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AN INDEPENDENT PAPEK.
SATURDAY, JULY 21
to which the advertisers are eucourug
ed to add their dUcordaut notes. "
The writer belelvea the independent
newnpaper to he "the moat vital iu-
: Btrument that democratic society can
produce for its own advancement
and protection, ' and conclude; (
j "It U my h-po, my ambition, that
the independent newspapers of the
United States bhall become, as the
years roll on, more and mote truly
apostles of an industrious peace, not
, only for the sake of the highest and
i best development of this nation, both
spiritually and materially, but for the
i advancement of liberty, justice and
j enlightened democratic government
throughout the world "
THE MAN
OF WORDS
Br RUDYARD KIPLING
I
I
The Independent Newspaper
Although tbo greut American news
papers have aeheived, through the
devclopoiiinut of their news sorvice, a
practical political iudepoudeuce, the
the old politicul thraldom has been
succeeded by a commercial thraldom
more insidious and more dangerous
to the welfare of society. This Btrik
lug statement is made by Samuel
Bowles, liimiolf proprietor of the
Springfield Republican, one of the
leading independent papers of Amer
ica, in tin illuminating article in The
North Amtriciin lloviow, it has come
to pass, ho f ells in, that a party or
gan of the old-fashioned type cau not
be sueuosafu'ly maintained, lint in
stead we have "the cheap newspape"
of many pages, selling often at whole
sale for loss than the cost of the paper
on which it is printed,' dud dom
inated by the advertiser, "who pays
ull the other heavy o.xpon.sos and tho
profit." Under these conditions
tho motto of an old Salem newspaper,
"Hero shiil1 tho Prosa tho People's
cause maintain,
Uuuwed by iulUiu.ico and unbrlbed
by Uiil.t,"
might Boom a onniiHtil of unattainable
perfection. Nevertheless, asserts
Mr. Bowles, tho press today not only
Btands for tho rights and interests of
the people, but on the whole, "repre
sents them more efficiently than ever
before." It does this by its daily
presentation of eneh day's history ' of
the whole world, Thus, as Mr. Bowles
goes on to say:
"Even the ourropt aud dependent
press Is vompolled to publish the
news. It oauuot. hope to exist if it
falls to do so, Tho possession of the
news, tho knowledge of the world's
dully life, thought, movement, consti
tutes the most effective weapon foi
the protection of society. Justice and
truth flourish la the light of public
ity. Iniquity and wrong dread it and
are ultimately cured by the Influence
which flows from its illuminating
rays."
The modern editorial pago, more
over, lias become "a most Important
part of the news-giving mechanism of
the press," Its timet Ion being "to Il
luminate, to suggest, In inform, to
exposo, rather than to persundo or
denounce." Although uiHiiita'.nliig
that tho press as a whole serves the
poople ofllcleutly, Mr. lluwlca Is u li
able to make ooitalu "yellow" jour
nals "compose" liarmou loudly in his
optimistic general survey. We read:
"When tho individual citizen neg
lects his elviu duties, the couiuiuiitly'
aud state stiller; but when the news
paper, with Its exceptional fnciltiies
fur influence, Is derelict or prosti
tutes Its powers, the cflt Is far
rcaehHg and mouieutuous. It is ub
viously (ho pretense of every news
paper, seeking public support, that it
htm. U fur the public enlightenment
a:il welfare.
Even though It have no editorial
opinions to express, ami be simply au
organ of Information, It professes to
publish things that are true aud to bo
so far an honest servant of those who
buy It. It is, then, a national mis
fortune that so large a section of the
American press, under the operation
of commercial influences, has been
led into the adoption of methods aud
practices which are essentially dishon
Ht. I refer especially to the exagver
ntiont nl misrepresentations which
characterize the so railed 'yellow
press.' The predominent toue of
this of yurtml Is a painful and dis
tressing scream which manifests itself
in dreadful typographical effects, an.l
At present the Aiu.-riruu railroads
are divided into a small number of
groups, such as the Vauderbilts, the
Hills aud so on. If the Union Pacific
and tho Milwaukee combine, the total
mileage will be in still fewer hands.
One combination brings about an
other. There may yet bo a close al
liance between the Great Northern,
the Northern Pacific and the t ana
dian Pacific to bold in check the Har-rimau-Milwuukie
alliance, which will
control all Pacific lines south of the
Columbia river, the Atchison, Tope
ka & Santa Fo being ouly nominally
independent.
This from the Sulem Journal s a
body blow straight from the shoulder:
It is noticeable that Mayor Lane
Hub very harshly and arbitrarily made
the financiers in charge of the relief
funds for the San Francisco sufferers
dig up the liibt remaining fifty thous
and aud send it forward. That is the
first time a fund of that kind has
over all gone whore it wag intended,
and there is talk of removing Poit
luud's cranky mayor from office.
When Samuel Bowles, the brilluiut
editor of the Spriuglleld Bepublicau,
eulogizes independent newspapers,
he does not liavo in mind tho vapid,
colorless stieets, afraid to express au
honest opinion, or take a stand for
their couceptoiu of whut Is right up
on a question of public moment.
Such publications fulfill no mission
aud are entitled to no eousldeibtiou
or respect from auy source whatever.
It appears that New York capitalists
lmv6 formed tho American Farm Pro
ducts Company, which looks very like
a trust. It is to take chickens,
choos,o, milk aud eggs under its care.
This business la rather too much dis
tributed 'Or any trust to control.
Alfred Belt, the South Afr'can mil
lionaire, has bequeutahd milliona to
educational institutions. His career
was similar in many respects to that
of Cecil Rhodes and the dispositoiu
of bis vust estate is along the sumo
lines.
Llston to this from the Albany
Democrat: "Several years ago Salem
had u new railroad for breakfast evory
day. Now it's Eugene. Hut so far
Albany has tho goods." Watch Al
bany blow I
The Russian government has notifi
ed all sti ikers to go to work by a cer
tain date or bo exiled to Siberia.
Wouldn't that jar a walking delegate!
An exchange insists that it Is im
possible to twist u live dollar bill in
two. Hut who would desire to lio
such a foolish thing anyway!
Luiio county booze no doubt has the
exhilemting elt'ect of old, even If it
should be labeied as soda pop or gin
ger ale.
Senator LaKollette says ho Intends
to keep on lighting, a declaration that
causes no particular surprise
Let's have a I'o.OOO dub. That's
the size Eugene ought to be In five
years t rum now.
The people of Portland will not
have to walk, but tho walking dele
gates will.
Eastern Excursion Rates
June 4, tl, 7. El, 2. July 2, 3, An
gust 7, 8, 1, September 8, 10. Oil the
above dates rouud trip tickets will
be sold from Kugene to St. Paul and
Missouri river points for 3.75, St.
Louis 171. S3, aud Chicago 73.25.
Limit, days. Call at the local
ticket office for particulars.
K U. ADA IK, Agent.
ITERE is an ancient legend which tells us that when the first
man achieved the first nolile deed lie wklied to explain to
his tribe what he had done, but as soon as he began to speak
he was smitten with dumbness, ho lacked words, and sat
. down. Then arose according to tho story a "inaster
esa" man who had taken no part in action, no special virtues and was
"afflicted" that ia the phrase with the mngic of the necessary words.
Ho spoke, ho explained the action to tho tribe in such a fashion that wo
are assured that the words "became alive and WALKED UP AND
DOWN IN THE HEARTS OF ALL HIS HEARERS."
Thereupon the tribe, seeing that the words were alive, and fearing
that tho man with tho words might be telling untrue words to their
children, arose and killed him. But later they saw that the magic waa
in the words and not in the man. We have progressed in many direc
tions since tho time of this early and destructive criticism, but so far we
do not seem to have found a suflicient substitute for tho man with the
necessary words as the final record to which all achievement must look.
Even today those who have done a thing must wait until all has been
said BY THE MASTERLESS MAN WITH THE WORDS.
X K X
It is certain that the overwhelming bulk of these words will perish
in tho future as they have perished in the past. It is certain, too that
some few of these words will live, and by those words only will our
children be able to judge of the phases of our generations. Now we de
sire beyond all, tilings to stand well with our children. But when our
story comes to bo told we do not know WHO will tell it. There are
many tellers, and they aro all talking together.
If anything short of undisputed and distilled truth be handed down
how shall our achievements profit us? Tho record of our tribe is just
its enduring literature. The magic of literature lies IN THE
WORDS and not in any man. Witness, a thousand excellent strenu
ous words can leave us quite cold or put us to sleep, while a bare half
hundred words breathed by some man in his agony or in his exultation
or in his idleness GENERATIONS AGO can still lead whole na
tions into captivity, can still open to.us the doors of three worlds, can
still stir us so intolerably that wo can scarcely bear the look of our
souls. It is a miracle and one that happens very seldom, but each mas
terlcss man with the words is Imping, or has had hopes, that the miracle
may be repeated again through him.
And why not ? If n tinker in Bedford jail, if a pamphleteer shop
keeping iu London, if a condemned French thief or an English admiral
can bo the medium for making necessary words, why not ANY MAN
AT ANY TIME? And our work, which is only concerned hi the
perpetuation of the record, sanctions that hope as kindly and just as
cruelly as naturo sanctions love. It suggests that the man with the
words shall wait upon the man of achievement and stop by step with
him try to tell to the tribe. All it demands is that tho magic of every
word shall be TRIED OUT TO THE UTMOST BY EVERY
MEANS, fair and foul, that the mind of man can suggest.
Thoro is no room for pity, mercy or respect, for fear, or even for
legality, between man and his fellow man when the record of the tribe
comes to be written. That record must satisfy the keenest and deepest
SELF KNOWLEDGE of the present and satisfy also the shameless
curiosity of the future.
WHEN IT HAS DONE THIS IT IS LITERATURE, OF WHICH
LITERATURE IT WILL BE 8AID IN DUE TIME THAT IT FITLY
REPRESENTS ITS AGE. I SAY IN DUE TIME, BECAUSE AGE 8.
LIKE INDIVIDUALS, DO NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE MERITS
.OF A RECORD THAT PURPORTS TO REPRESENT THEM.
I H poem for Coday !
THE RIVER. OF LIFE
By Thomas Campbell
"WHAT ft pity It K" Mill Sir Wnlter Scott to Wath
InRton IrvhiK, "that Campbell clops not write oftoneT
anil Kivo full nwpop to his KentiisI , hns wings that
would boar him to the sk.ts, and ho does now and thpn
pi-pad tnem KMihdty. hut folds thorn up opuln and ro
fiimea hi? porch us If he was afraid to launch thorn.
The fiu-t Is, Cnnipbetl Is in a manner a biight'iir to hfm
oi'lf: tho brl;rhtnP!N of his pnrly nuecr.ss 3 n detriment
to all hiH nt't-.-r ftVurta. IIo Is afraid of tho shadow that
his own famo cast before him." Campbell, who was
born in 1777 and dfod In 1M4, was the author of "Lloh-Mi-lln.l.-n."
"The Downfall of Poland," "The First Kit"
nnd other famous poems.
t
T
HE ninre wo live, more brief appenr
Our life's siii'eeiMliiK sihki's;
A Uny to ehililhiiKl seems u year,
Ami rears like fussing ages.
The rIikImmiip current of our youth,
Kre pnsslon yet disorders.
Steals lingering like a river smootti
Aloug Its grassy borders.
But, as the careworn cheek grows wan,
And sorrow's shafts, fly thicker,
Y stars, that measure life ti man,
Why seem your courses quicker?
Wheu Joys have loot their bloom aud breath.
And life Itself Is vapid,
Why. na we reach the Kails of Death,
Feel we Its tide more rapid?
It may be arrange yet who would change
Tlrae"a course to slower speeding.
When oue by oue our frleuds havo gone
And left our bosoms blecdlug?
e
Heaven glvea our years of fading strength C
Indemnifying fieetnoss;
And thoe of youth. seeming length,
Proportioned to their sweetness.
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KOR SALE
TOR SALK One hundred acres of
laud near eity limits. For partic
ulars call on owner ut 52 East Ninth
street, Kimeue, Or. tf
KUU SALE -A driving horse, 4 yenrs
old, quiet; biiKgy aud harness.
1'lioue Ijo, 1 riiiKlield. j23.
i DAY & HENDERS
Undertakers and Embalm
Corner WUhmdte and &veth a"
W. T. GORDOnTfu
STATE LICENSED EMBAUT
vuvc iu uraoo Uljck. 0tB ...... . "UI
DK. F. E. SeToveT
General Practitioner.
Office and residence in Beckwlth ul
Telephone Red 1591. cecllWlth Wt
1'UK SAL12 -l our or rive bay balers
m good as new, at half price. Eu
quire at the Eugene Excelsior
Works. diwtf
TOR SAI.E-Une of the finest cottage
houses In the city. Fine flowers,
fruit and garden. Call aud see the
place. 370 West Sixth street. tf
FOR SALE Tou-room modern
house, on 8uxl00 foot lot. with
fruit, only one block from Wil
lamette street ; very cheap If sold
soou. Investigate this. Call at Oil
Oak street.
FOR SALE A piece of Eugeue busi
ness property under five year lease
to good tenant, paying ten per cent
on price asked, monthly in advance,
aud tenant to make all repairs dur
ing term of lease, offered for sale.
See or address J. R. Campbell, Eugene.
FOR SALE 1 have decided to sell
my Altainont Driving mare. She is
sired by Altigo, with a record ot
2:U8(-4, aud dammed by Satinette,
with a record of 2:20. She is stard
ard bred on both sides. She bus
great speed aud is kind aud gentle.
A lady can ride o' drive her auy
plaec. Price, 6300. 'Phone or write
Frank E. Rluir, Fall Ci'eek,Oregon.
tf
FOR RE.MT
FOR RENT Two desirable office
rooms iu centre of town. Address
Rox 14, Eugene, Or. tf
FLAT TO RENT Modern flat to
rent, furnished or unfurnished.
Apply at Schneider block. tf
WANTED
WANTED blacklerries for canning.
Cah at 594 Olive street. j21
WAXTEU 200 lbs.' sweet cream, to
be delivered on Saturdays. Highest
price paid. Hull's Drug Store. tf
COOK WaNTED Lady cook wanted
for restaurant at Junction City
Address E. S. Lester, Junction
City, Or. j27
WANTED TO BUY National cash
registers. Highest cash price paid.
State serial number aud price ex
pected and buyer will call prompt
ly. PO. Box 458, Portland, Or. tf
WANTED mm improved farm of
about 80 acres freter to deal witn
owner rather than through au
agent. Please hurry replies. Ad
dress J. E. Day, uare of Guard,
Eugene. j21
LOST AND FO'IND
POUND by a uumber of Eugene
ladies, that the old carpet rugs made
in Albany excel all others. I pay
the freight. See Oscar Faust, Fisher
Laundry, local agent, A. L. Ferriug-
tou, Albauv. Ore. tf
MISCELLANEOUS
PURE WATER Pure water from bed
rock welis. I cau bore or drill oue
for you cheaply. Why not have the
best water! Call ou or address J.
E. Kilboru, 219 Jelferson street, or
C. E. Ourdinier, 1UH5 Vlllard ave
nue, Fairmouut. Telephone Red
4 TIU.
Woodsawlng
Hnve your wool su.ve.l by i.
gasoliue wood saw. It furnishes Us
wn fuel and does not buru yours
see the point? Saivs by u gauge. For
prompt service ring up Red 1771 or
call at 775 Ferry street. W. E. RODDY
A Hard Lot
of troubles to couteud with, spring
form torpid liver and blockudcd
bowels, uiiltss jou auukeu thuia to
their lirnimr nntion uM'i ..'int.-'a
New Life Pills; the pleasantest and
most effe "tive cure for constipation.
Thev ill-event. linnpnrllf.ItU uml fnnn
up the system. 2oc at W. L. De-
uauo s drug store.
Wanted '
Young man to learn pressing and
cleaning. Good pay to start with.
See Ed McClanitbau.
TR&flt
DR.. CPO uai i
Surgery and General PractjJ
Offlce-Roney Building, over ttUrt
exchange. Eighth Street.
Residence Address, Room 1, R,U R u I
in. Ninth street. ' U I
Eugene, . . .
Mrs. Anna Maurer
Osteopath physician. All I
diseases treated. Women aud childrei I
a specially. umces over i M
uunu s. ruoue lied 1031.
Dr. M. G. E. BENNfcTT,
iu ui, n. e,, remand.
Osteopathic Physician.
Acute and OirfinlV FM r. .
-- "ij-oxj i real to. I
Office corner Seventh and WilUmrtuSkl
lumiiMTOjii. residence Kedtta. I
DR. McDOUGAL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEC
In addition to general ri 4il
special attention giveu io diseass A
women aud childreu.
Office over Preston & Hales.
'Phoue Iilack 1C31
W. O. PKOSSER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Id addition to gen-ral prictlce of neaitu a
inroai ana eye.
Residence, corner Hth and Pearl itieea,
ui'iie, deck wim uunuiriK.
TVIephnriM Office. Black m: Re!Ji, Idttl
LM. R. C. V. S., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAKO.
Dr. J. CHRISTiE,
Veterinary Surgeou.
Secretary and ueaturer or (be Hoird of Truro I
Medical Baamloers: Dotneitic eolnuu of ill a
treated on icleotlrtc principle.:
Located at Bangs' Stable, Eugene.
Res. Cornet 10th and Olive. Phone Red 4611.
J. M. Williams L. . Boil
Williams (Sb Bean,
Attoruey8-at-Law
Practice -SA all the courts of till
state aud before the U. S. Land C
floe. OfUeea 12, 13, H, 13, JlcCltnl
Oldg.
LEON R. EDMUNDSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rooms t and 2, Eugene Loan nd Sjtoi I
Bank.
JOHN H. BOWER
Lawyer
All kinds of legal business traoucbi
Over Chambers-Bristow Back.
Eugene, Oregon.
HelnietisW Thouipsou Ctm.t-'
THOMPSON' A HARDY,
Artnmera-at-Law
Of Dee over Yorau's Shoe Store, t
gene, Oregon.
Practice in all the courts.
L. B1LYEU,
Attorney -at-Law
CIRceover Yoran's Shoe Store, I J
gene, Oregon.
L. M. TRAVIS,
Attorney -at-Law
Ollice Over Eugeue Loau 4
Bank, Eugene, ureguu
S. D. ALLEX,
Attornej -i
Rooml, Fhft National P"9
ng. kucciii-. v '.
ci.n it DiiKKlS.
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Atttoruey.i""
Office west si.Ie of Y.II" 1
between Ninth and ici""
CSS)'
See our 'flue Standard Paragon
sowing machines ot only $13.80 and
ri'l.utl, fully guaranteed in all re
pects. Yon cau try them before you
buy them, and I think you will agree
with me that they are wonderfully
Kod machines. 33 East street Ninth.
(Jo to the river bridge and get yonr
wagon or Tehicle repaired. All work
I. N. HARBAUCH, Ul
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Snecial attention to '.. J
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J.
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