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L-i Mure Bad Bunking Methods. A Philadelphia bank has just gone to the wall on account of the loaning of large amounts of money to a man with out sufficient security, who on the face of it, a promoter, was not fit to be trusted to say nothing of his collaterals, No bank has a right to loan the money of its depositors except on gilt-edged security. It is the business of a bank to spot the wildcat speculator with tis sue securities and kick him out the front door. It is the business of exam iners of banks to go to the bottom of things, but instead of that half the bank examiners are fellows whose only recommendation is their politics, men without sufficient perception to figure out a common business transaction On some of the railroads they say it is absolutely impossible for an agent to get the best of the company a single cent, so well are matters looked after by the auditors, but all over the coun try almost daily come stories of banks busted for reasons that should have been seen before hand by an average bank examiner. Wanted a Saw Mill, Mr. Spaulding makes lots of money by building big saw mills down the river and taking his logs from the mountains down stream to the mills, which sets one to thinking. Occasion ally a man comes along and says he would build a mill in Albany if it wasn't for a charge of 25 cents too much for transportation of logs down the rail road, But it looks more and more as if that was not the real reason, for men who make saw mills pay don't have to stop for such things. Mr. Spaulding takes the bull by the horns, and no one ever sees him fussing around about a little difference of 25 cents. He keeps doing things, and the result is an immense busines and great wealth. Albany is a good field for a mill, a splendid distributing point, as well as a city well situated for securing logs by rail, a great vehicle for business these days. Telling the t ruth Mr. Jerome says Mr. Hearst is in tellectually sterile, socially vulgar and morally obtuse. Mr. Hearst Bays Jerome is a neurotic, feeble creature, with nn inflamed mind, almost lunatic who hon mnrlo I it safe for the criminal. I Perhaps Mr. Hoarst is sterile but he destined to be a groat boon, not only is giving a prolific crop of rottenness ( to the manufacturer, but to the house on the part of the city government of . wife as well. New York, cursed by graft aud con- j That the law making free of taxation trolled by thugs and thieves. Mr. non-potable or denaturized alcohol for Hearst has undoubtedly been telling , use in the arts has so largely escaped too much truth to suit Mr. Jerome, . a time when it looked as if newas close to the people, , There was TV X VJ j . . "m T1,5' : hlir Hint rlnu io nnar anri if nnn Ini-ilrci Lf T ..!.. ...,.uu I no ij. uu wub 111 wiui mo rutt:uia ilium- i Belves, winking at crime, sitting like a j Biovo while the city is being robbed, Mr. Hearst may have his faults, but he occasionally 6" "(5'". "ot like a big locomotive and makes fast time along the rails of public doings. The Best Krsort, People who go to different beaches', universally declare that Yaquina offers the best natural ocean resort on the northwest coast. Most Portland nconle rush down to tho mouth of the Columbia; UI1IU1U, .called where there are two or three so- resorts, with a long stretch of desul tory bonch and nothing else, whereas if they would go a little further and change cars only onco they would find a place with numerous attractions, a veritable beehive of things to see, and where nature is doing something all the . time. No other place in the world can present its visitors water agates and rock oysters to say nothing of the moss agntes, etc., whilo on every hand are things of interest. Somo day it will stand at tho head of all tho coast re sorts. What They Are For. Tho polico of Eugene learned that cjrtnin parties in that city woro run. ning a disorderly house. Instead of waiting for somo ono else to make a complaint, as incompetent officials do genorally, they made a rado on the house and will break it up. Thut was the way to do it, and what police offi cers aro paid for. Tako a city where the policy of tho polico force is to wait for others to filo complaints and noth ing is ever done, and a city might as well not have any polico force at all, But whenever it is appreciated that the forco is elected and appointed to en force the laws of a city and then some thing is dono and no ono ever ques tions the fact of their earning their money. A city is fortunato that has a torce that appreciates this fact. Tariffs seem to be worrying the rail roads and express companies, as much as tho fear of j revision of the tariff worries tno standpatters. Tho general public knows as little about railroad and express tariffs as theydoaboi t the Dingley tariff law, except in a general way, that all theso republican piotect iye tariffs are plundering them. Machine Politics. The awful political conditions that prevail in states long controlled by the republican party, shows the depravity of republican leaders. The voters seem to have but little to say. Some ot them attend caucuses ana conven tions, but these abjectly follow their leaders and endorse their worst doings, When it comes to election they show still less indepeneence, for they march to the polls to ratify the ticket named by the bosses. Occasionally a republi can partisan organ of the faction that loses control of the organization blus ters a bit about the depravity of the ins and advises the outs to do some thing but when it comes near election time the whole bitter dose is swallowed for the sake of the party. Just now there is a factional fight on in the state of New York and the anti administration faction are kicking vig orously to try and get a chance at the flesh pots. Thus we find the New York Sun, controlled by the Morgan crowd telling some home truths when it says: "It is a long time since the people of this state have had anything to do with their own government. They have been permitted to vote for certain candidates for office, buc not to chose those candidates." "Is there today in public oifice, high or low, in the state of New York a single man who occupies his place as choice of the neonle? Not one!" "It is time that the people usurped , their own powers-reasserted their fac-1 ulty and their right of choice. The suffrage is a mockery otherwise." Not one republican official the choice of the voters. That is a terrible in dictment of republican machine politics. Turn the rascals out. A Use hi' Alcohol Congress has passed a bill for free alcohol! Don't be alarmed says an exchange. This statement which you may have seen in the newspapers, does not im ply free whisky; it simply means that tne government nas seen nt to remove , . , .. . the heavy internal revenue tax from non-drinbable alcohol intended for in- dustrial purposes, thereby placing I. within the reach of the people a fuel material of incalcuble value and utility. In the opinion of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chemist and chief of the national bu- reau of chemistrv. "denaturizetl" nlen. I hoi. or alcohol rendered non-potable, is popular notice, altho of the most important industrial rL,s- ures of an extraordinarily busy session, I . " ""y ' la ninhnhhf lnwnltr Hna fn a nnrlnanHnn A :......i i ir . si.. ..:!..- . ., iiiiouuuuiofcaiiuii - K ui 111c hik iuiit:-.iit. oi the phrase "in the arcs." This does not mean merely the fine arts, such as 1 painting, but all the industrial arts and I uainin.i.iu, 111 unit, iiiuiouuiB every possible use of alcohol except that of a beverage. By All Means Go. .,. . . 4. ,, v,beggers on horseDacK type, rroiec- ci " ". ' ... ' " turn out in arge numbers and do their part towards making it a success. The i - , . ,, ... , 99urance 18 Given that the display of it.ltli(i mill 1A lllA linnl- in fkn Uirtinmt , prouucis win ne me uesi in me nisiory , of tho fair. Not being held last year a double effort will be made this season to make it a success, and a credit to i the state, It will bo helped some by the experiences of the Lewis uud Clark fair. Linn county will have a creditab'e display, preparations for which are now ; being mado by competent men. The I display will be helped by the finest front shown by tho Lewis and Clark fair or any other fair, itself an exhibi tion of the fine woods of the county. Pillars ot Churches. Tho Oregonian gives a suggestivo cartoon, in which a bank president with a lot of loot behind him, is made to say: "You can trust your money with me sister, I am a pillar of the church." Tho slam is on the man who serves the devil in the livery of the church. It is to bo regretted that so many rascals in the world uso the church for a covering for their schemes. But it is not only done in Philadelphia, but in many other places of tho world, until people naturally stou ano wonder whether men aro gen uine in their professions. A man's re ligion ought to count for something, and it docs, if ho has any, but if he hasn't an?, just professions, how can it? It's a good way thoso Iowa stand patters have of beating Dollivor and tho revisionist Congressmen and letting "tho President, who has enacted into law all pressing legislation," do the work alone. What is the use of repub lican Congressmen, anyway, as they 8y, "there is nothing at stake except thaoil inspectors and janitors?" Frenzied Thoughts, You can become a stand-pat republi can for one dollar; they're a cheap lot. Capable and wide-spreading as he admittedly is, President Roosevelt will have his hands full if he shall under take to personally manage the congress ional elections this year. It is a great country. It moves on. It can't stand pat forever. It seems necessary for the U. S. sol diers to kill the refractory Pulajanes in the Visayas Islands. It is some com fort to be informed that the killing will be conducted with as much humaneness as is compatible with vigor of repress ive effort After reading Secretary Wilson's op timistic crop predictions one wonders why he did nogo into the business of writingjprospectuses for mining ci panies. In financialjtragedies, bank examin ers only appear in the closing act. Talking about rag-time, poor old Chicago again comes to the front with a strike of scrubwomen and window washers. Needs a New Brain, This Rev. Smythe, who attacked Rev Warren in his own pulpit down at St, John, evidently needs a new brain, as we" as a new heart. The indications are that he has made a first-class don- kev of himself. In the first place his charges against Rev. Warren were un- doubtedly groundless. In the next place he was a sneak when he secured the pulpit and then turned on the min- iscer wno nau permitted mm to use it. The people are quick to believe every charge made against a minister, but it is well to weigh the evidence and be a fair juryman. The whole thing is a very toonsn chapter in a somewhat yel low romance. An Untimely Strike San Francisco has a big strike on strike in hand. This is no time for a -.. TU U. U. 1 " ought to be above such things, less than five months after the most disas- 'rous hre in the history of the United ' Ktat-ia TVi-v aliniilH hflva wniter awhile to have aired their grievances. San Francisco is in a strenuous strug- gle for rebuilding the city and every man in it should have at heart the e(Iort beinS raade Chinese -Immigration. Whnf .mil t hinr nt if? Tt. la nnw wmi.fc vm. ... . . said that 30,000 Chinamen are to be im- ported for the benefit of contractors r J j avorg fr0m Oyster Bay and that Can- favora from 0yater Bay. and that Can. . " . nni Sherman and other republican . . 4-u jnni The A. n t :, - t n, ,u ,J. ti" . " t k ' , jd on thB 2fith q lagt january and was fully exposed . pn.. u MpNirv Willinma nnrf , . Underwood " It will be noticed that all those Pitts- ' burg millionaires, who have made such scandals are Republicans and of the 'lionism has fostered them to the point of their own undoing, 'loo much money haa mad(J them mad. Reform the ittllll uuu lima tune tiwajf nn m-ni. sub3i(, t0 thege special interests and I 1..!1V 1 I.U.... !.!.. ...... t-Ur, t-nwifT , .. mnnliat. TOin -wl off" nnd th plunderinK of the people will in a great j measure cease. " z David M. Parry the Indianapoli manufacturer of carriages declares his busineas needs no protection and that employees and laborers, benefited by protection in Indiana are only an in- finitesimal percentage of the whole population of tho state. Yet Parry r ' " persists in voting for Republican can - didates who iiot only stand pat but re - fuse to vote for or consider any bill looking to tariff reform. n Roosevelt has paid his dollar to the republican campaign fund and son-in- law Longworth has now paid his, so t.ht Unnsi.vi.lt fnmilv. that are renubli- ! cans, arc accounted for. Why does not rnnnnn u iv irhnnira ni-H tho nUmr standpatters come down, or do they , ... . think that as the glory of the campaign is to rest on the Koosovolt crow, tnat .. . ;. .!.. li the expense 01. producing uie rusun should rest there also? Wheat reached its lowest price in four years a few days ago. Yet wheat is "protected" in the tariff law by a tax of 25 cents a bnshel. Does protection protect the farmer? , llOUSe Dlimed. The old residence of J. S. Cooper near the Albany Nurseries, was burned this ' , ... . , afternoon. It was occupied by Mrs. Ignatius Mutter and her four children, the youngest being only two weks old. some of whose things were destroyed. Mr. Huttor died several months ago. They have been taken to the county farm for care. Saturday Night Thoughts One of the leading events of the past week was the return to the United States of William J. Bryan, after a trip around the world. . The big papers regardless of politics paid the recep tion tendered him marked attention filling their columns with the accounts of the doings in connection with it and the papers have been full of editorial comment, of course characterized by the political sentiment of the paper, His address was a scholarly and thoughtful effort, showing profound thought on.the great things which con cern men and government. He has the faculty of making very plain his position, and possesses the honesty of doing so regardless of consequences. The Oregonian, generally vituperatiye, ruled by bias, stolid in its old time prejudices, says he is a shallow and superficial man, one who never says anything. All of which is false. He is not a shallow man. There is not a man before the public today less shal low, for hestudies deep and carefully and circles the world that he may go to the bottom of her institutions. He not superncial, like the Oregonian writer, who throws together words trom the vocabulary, and he always oaya someenmg co mane people tninic. ne uiu on this occasion. What man today compares with him in cleanliness of thought, depth andj statesmanship. San Francisco has gone about crazy, wild withjits rebuilding, and there come reports of senselessness in busi- mr, tw ,,. trtnn Tt . evidently good place to keep away from, notjmly on account of the possi- bilities of "earthquakes, but as well be- cause of the possibilities of being held up in a business way. Sleepers are charged as much as a dollar an hour iur ueub m wmcn .u sieep, u1Sp.ayi..K tne madness of the rush for wealth re- u I i .i.i . i j: 1 : gardless of the mode. Other prices are said to be in keeping with ' this, and a person does well to come out of any kind of a deal with the clasp of his pocketbook left. The city may be rebuilt into a great town, but just now D there is ton much of a sme of frontier ijfe j0 SUggest a great metropolitan center. 4 I A great deal is said these days about enforcing the laws passed for the gov- - ,,,. f if A eito rwtninlv theoretically they should be enforced.1 Why not practically. It is plain that no law should be passed unless its enforce mentjwould be for the good of a com- , munity. Take, for instance, the ordi- , nance prumuiuug wie miming muuiiu nights of boys after 9 o'clock. Isn't 1 J-,i. Ii re enforcement mean a good deal for the .J nf !. !.... ..) tha mh onH vat good of the boys and the city, and yet fn the past how' utterly has it been ig nored- And 80 the argument is just aD0Ut Ba Buuu alo"B a"3 , Aa " ui "ie "";""lJr ui is""""- mem men are secureu jusi iur me jjui- pose of enforcing laws. If they are good officials they go ahead and see ",ul' uml BtB eu.u.ceu. 11 mejr 1 they are n!.:i u.. n.n; poor officials they wait for somebody to run a stick into them and remind them of their duty. And they keep at it. Perhaps it is not a pleasant busi- j nesS) but if it doesn't suit them the thing to do is to get out of it, for office ;a not a sinecure. A GREAT KECtPTION . . . v , Given W. J. Bryan at New. York. N'?w York, Aug. 30.-Such a welcome I ai sell jm in this country s history nas j beea accorded a private citizen was given William Jennings isryan at iviaa- ison Square Garden tonight in celebra- tion ot his return irom a year or loreign ' travel. More than 20,000 people filled the great structure, the streets and avenues Being cnoicea ior oiocks uy ' other thousands who stood patiently for 1 ..-:t.. f fV.n nmf,lrr nf axtan ,"' t7" ' STniVh.H ! vj3jt0r. So touched was Bryan by the demonstration of welcome that after his introduction by Mayor Tom L. J ohn- I . r....l.! Un i m .i n if 11 HUH, Ul iieviitiiiu, limn mull vi n.w the evening, Bryan's eyes filled with ipniM nnH nnc.ed nervously from side to side of the speaker's piatform while waitine- for the crowd s cheers to cease. He began his speech with expression of heartfelt th inks to those assembled before him, to those who planned the reception, to Governor FoIk and Mayor . ohnson. and dec area ne reiumea io ! the land of his birth more proud of his i citizenship than ever before, Bryan concluded his speech a few : minutes after ten o clocK and when ne I ....-.. .ifo.4 tha k-i 11 u IWI. ohiicuicu uuwiud . tion wuited him. Government ownership of railroads and public utilities a necessity was his central idea. Fre silver because of the enormous gold production is no longer an issue, Letter List. 1. l. fAniiM.,. I.tlflva unmoin In tl,A me 1UIIUII1 ic.wia iviuniu in vnc lAlhanv. Ore.. Dostoffice uncalled for ' Aug, 30, 1906. Persons desiring any of these letters should call for advertised lct.rrS',?ivinKtH!rd-tte:in,n K,rv T Miss Georgie Berry, John Berry, I. , McClellan. Miss Venerva Pnrsy, Andy Karrier, W G Gavlard, George Johns- tpni Miss Ivia Jame-, LeKny Lucas, ! Mis8 Kthci Morgan (3). Mrs. Anna I Snyder. Miss Giase Van Ordir. 3. S. Train. P.M. . MISFITS. Pay rolls make a city. Mr. Bryan is now the center of at traction. A cold day in Kansas yesterday, banks was there. Fair- Better fruit in the Albany market than ever before. It is a business proposition to have the woolen mill rebuilt. Mayor Lane of Portland is earning his salary for certain. Albany can raise the woolen mill bonus all right if given a chance. wno wants a jod as policeman in Russia. 101 killed in ten days. All the bands should get out when the dirt begins to fly on Panama. Shortage of irirls for for a few weeks. All going to pick hops, : Over three thousand mi'es away, but you are welcome home just the same Mr. Jsryan. 1 A bank failure has awakened the peo- ple of Philadelphia. What else could do it. Cannon is to fire the first gun of the ' ?e.asn m Lmcaeo on bept. 22 It will W. J. Clotherir of Philadelphia is now clothed with the title of champion tennis player of America. Benton is the next to the smallest county in 0tegon Multnomah the most diminutive in size. being Krebs hop yard at Independence is to have both a dance hall and preaching, The hop hall will probably win out. The Portlands againshook up the San r Franc sen Chili vesf-prrfav d t-n 1 Thv have again struck a winning strata, AlLany is fortunate in having banks run n a conservative and careful nner ln the terest of their deposit- Are all murderers insane. Then a law is needed providing for hanging for in sanity. Shake Mr. Bryan, glad to see you back. Would like to see you in the white house. " tnese iana simes aown in tne sis- fftf distance around the loop. If these land slides down in the Sis- uar shortage all over the country, Evidentlv cone w d w th bus ness nr the railroads are not equal to the oc- Nightwatch Catlin proposes to keep the boys off the streets after the hour limited by ordinance. The correct 1 g 10 ao" An organ grinder and monkey are said to be coming up the valley. Tho monkey is reported to presenr an in telligent appearance. A Creswell man made a small fire on Vila Knvn Artrt rt Vi 1 vn finf a italTrtnr jackets nest. It burned, also the whole I barn. Where's the fool-killer. Mrs. Sloane will spend all she has to keen her boy who murdered her hus band from the gallows. If the boy is proven insane it will be easy to guess where ne got it. In a divorce case in Portland yester day it was prove.i that the only occu pation ot tno oeienoant was dnnning whiskey. Ought to have been a happy and prosperous family then. St. Johns is a live city. When the members of the city council speak to each other their words hiss and sing. and the Mayor has been roated. Hot town that. Women, who have been dressing very lightly during the summer the coming winter will dress very darkly. In fact black is to be the popular color. Women for extremes. Common street scene: lumber wagon, two horses in front, man, woman, five or six children, several hop baskets, some chairs, bundles of bed clothes, girls in calico dresses, boys in overalls, pails hanging from the wagon, Independ ence or bust. An exchange declares that if all the one left out of the jails to enforce ;rVtionfThTpreCVhVioiyatae aws punishable with more than a small ;no law: fine. . . . . - , , , . Lizzie Caughell, of Gold Beach, is en- titled to a seat beside John D. Rock efeller. Postmistress, she has done as she pleased, delivered letters or held them up.sent them away or not, helped herself to reg'stered packages, told post office inspectors to mind their t.uj incss and made them for at least three days. Miss Caag-hell is decidedly a tropical number. TELEGRAPHIC. New York, Aug. 29. In exuberant spirits and bronzed by the sun of many nations William Jennings Bryan today ' received an ovation from large welcom ing parties which went down to quar antine to meet and cheer the incoming steamer Princess Irene and its distin guished passenger. Bryan will not land in New York City proper until tomorrow afternoon when he will be received at the Battery by delegations of prominent democrats from all parts of the country. New York, Aug. 30.-W. J. Bryan says he has not made up his mind as to whether he will accept a nomination for President refuses absolutely to talk about persons or politics today. He will make a big speech tonight. La Grande, Aug. 30. -M. Baker, aged 7"), for many years a prominent lawyer in Eastern Oregon, a member of the delegation to the Iowa conven tion that nominated Lincoln died last night of asthma. San Francisco, Aug. 30. President Calhoun today said he would ignore the offer in the letter from the carmen's union and refuses to deal with them hereafter. Havana, Aug. 29. The Associated Press is reliably informed that General Aleman has telegraphed President Pal ma that unless reinforcements are sent Santa Clara city is likely to fall into the hands of the insurgents. Woodburn, Aug. 31. BertGossage, an employee on the oil tank of the Southern Pacific, fell during the night from the porch of the roof of the Small man House, and was faund unconscious this morning from concussin of the brain. He is in a senons condition. His parents are prominent people of Petal- uma, ualitornia. . Lebanon, Aug. 31. A. F. VTcBride, a prominent pioneer farmer was thrown from a wagon load of lumber near this city yesterday, the wheels crushed his body, killing him. The team away down a steep hill. He was aged 77. San Francisco, Aug. 31. The out look for the settlement of the street car strike is said to be better. The mayor, merchants and officials are mak ing a Dig effoit to adjust matters. Portland, Aug. 31. There is a threatened strike of six hundred freight handlers of the Termial company to night. COURT HOUSE NEWS. Deeds recorded: Auton Palska to Josef Kafka, 120 acres $1400' Harmon Green to Dora A Burnett, tract, Sweet Home 1 S F Bilyeu to Carrie B Elstun, 2 lots Hobson's ad Mill City 250- Hod morteaee for $600 at 10 Der cent in favor of Ladd & Bush. Satisfaction for $250. Circuit court: In West agt Rowell, motion of plaintiff to strike out part of ' answer and demurrer to answer. C M Vidito aet D S Smith sheriff. replevin suit to recover horses valued ac luu auacnea uy me snenu in tne suit of W B McCormick agt Oscar Dilley, now claimed by Vidito, and $250 damages. Weatherford & Wyatt and E R Bryson attorneys. W F Smith agt Harriett Smith, suit for divorce. Couple married Nov 1,. 1899, in Lawrence county, Kan. Cause cruel and inhuman treatment, etc. Weatherford & Wyatt attorneys. Hunters licenses: J S Morris, Scio;; W A dcott, Parker; J A Bilyeu, Scio; G A Grifiin, Scio; W A Ray, Crabtree; H A Stepanek, Crabtree, I F Bartus, CraDtree; Mylo Bartus, Crabtree; Edi Stepanek, Crabtree, W T Larwood, Crabtree; C L Morris, Harrisburg. People Who Come ard Go L J Houser and wf, Roseburg. B?n Dill, Portland. W H Wallace, Seattle. Edward Girlinger, Dallas. Mary Baker, Lebanon. Clifton Phillips, Scio. R Van Lore, Milwaukee. F H Madison, Portland. Fred Stanton, Florence. Fred Chambers, Toledo. Henry Scott, " Alonzo Morrison, Portland. H C Harmon, Portland. F E Holman, Silverton. C O Cook, Portland. Mrs J A Thompson, Sweet Home. B Edson, Anidem. J M Sears, Dallas. N C Cristensen, McMinnville. E D Baker, Portland. D C Bogarr, " M W Lillard, Portland. H D Overton, Oakland. Mrs Rosa Sperry, " Mrs L Parrtsl), Portland. Geo H Hall and wf, Murphy. John Blakely, Portland. T W Hubbard, Salem. J A McKinnon, Portland. Anna O'Brien, Salem. J H Gray, Prineville. A D Miller, Minneapolis. Henry Seer, Portland. E Nordensen, " E Tobin, Portland. Mrs Hannah Dowler. Hollcy. j Bright Outlook for Normat, The summer session of the State Nor- School at Monmouth, which will clo3J in ?n,ot)l?r vee; has been very successsful. The enrollment has reached 120, and many of tne eminent educa- tors of the state have takenlpart in the work. The coming leguiar session, which opens September 26, promises a very large increase in the enrollment. With the added apparatus and new material for the various departments, and the renovation of the entire i uildings. the school has a most promising outlook. The demand for the graduates of the Monmouth Normal is extending beyond the borders of the state.