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Athletics at Jamestown. Norfolk, Va., March 16.-Dr. WH-: Kara. Grant, Chairman of the Champion-, ship Committee, of the South Atlantic Association, of the Amateur Athletic Union, has applied to Honorary Direc tor James E. Sullivan, of the James town txposition Athletic Events, for the following dates on which to hold the different Championships of this District; June 15th, Track and Field Cdampionship; July 18, 19, 20, Swim ming Contest, September 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, Basket 'Ball Championship; October 11, 12, Wrestling Champion ship. These events will be open only to the Athletes residing in the territory of the South Atlantic Association, which in cludes the States of Virginia, North and South Carolina. Maryland, west Vuginia, and the District of Columbia Dr. Grant savs that each of these events, will draw large numbers of en tries, and a most successful series of athletic Meets is assured for the expo sition. Arrangements have also been made for the holding of a dual meet between the South Atlantic and Southern Asso ciations of the Amateur Athletic Union. The Southern Branch is com posed of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. Each district will select a team of its best athletes, who will come together at the Jamestown Exposition Stadium, on October, 5th, 1907. Only $3,n0,0UO When Mr. Harriman Was giving tes timony before the interstate commerce commission he made this remark: "A little matter of $2,000,000 doesn't amount to much one way or the other." Perhaps not to Mr. Harriman, but let's see if it doesn't to other people. The average person in Albany could about live on the income of $10,000 judicious ly invested, paying 6 per cent net. Therefore Mr. Harriman's $2,000,000 would be sufficient to keep 200 people without a Btitch of work. It would give a thousand widows $2,000 apiece. It would build, equip and endow a col lege n Albany of such proportions that other Oregon schools would have to look to their colors. In short there are hundreds of things it would do of such a big nature that one doubts the sanity of Mr. Harriman when he made this remark. And, yet, after all, on Wall street, used in comparison with the enormous figures it takes these days to xpress the financial doings of the country, Mr. Harriman's $2,000,000 doesn't look so immense. A Graft City. San Francisco stands out likeamoun- tain peik as the greatest graft city in ' the United States. Mr. Heney has ta- j ken off the cover and revealed a spec-; tacle that staggers one. How millions of dollars were stolen from the people 1 is being made as plain as a picture, all eyes are turned towards San Fran cisco and the finger of scorn is in that direction. And yet there are undoubt edly other cities just as bad and not many in which the spirit of graft is not displayed in some form. Some one remarks that Portland's city council is piobably as rotten as the board of commissioners of San Francisco. There are some things that look that way New York City for years has groaned under the burden of the grafter and it is probable much more has been stolen there than in San Francisco. Not many big cities where Graft does not rule. ! The troublo is there are not enough ! j u w .uu.iu aim in uitiai, it is impossible t prosecution; secure an honest Something New. Tho demand for hollow bricks and K throuEh boUl housc3 l'ust on it3 ov" building blocks for house construction clleok- , has induced glass manufacturers to put - - 2 hollow glass bricks on the market, and Mr. ' Rockefeller condemns watered they promiso to be used extensively for stock in railroads, and with a long face novol and artistic effects. Tho fir.-t ' declares that ho is opposed to overcap glass bricks being solid proved a failure 1 italization. This sounds good, but it is uu account 01 tneir cost, cut tho hollow ' giuss bricks enn bo made at much loss expense. They are lighter and strong er than clay bricks and nro such ex cellent non-conductors that walls built of them nro proof against dampness, sound, heat and cold. The bricks are sealed hermetically when hot nnd placed in walls with a colorless mortar mado of special glass. Tho bonding strength of tho glass mortnr is almost as grent as tho bricks thcmsolves. Building management. If Tortland had :ill tho population some of the papers have been claiming had been added to it it would now bo a city of over 200,000 people. It prob ably has a genuine population of 15 0, 000 nnd that means a very rnpid and substantial growth. It is going ahead with remarkable rapidity and at the present rate it some day will b th best city on the coast. The Eugene Guard suggest that the 57 different kinds of democrats got to gether if they wish to elect a President. A merger is needed to secure some ef fective results along this line. Uncover the Grafter. The .Journal intimated that there were some grafters in the Salem city government, and of course the States man denied it, and declares that the of ficers are chosen from amocg the city's best citizens and that any reflection up on them hits the whole community who elected them. It is also true that the doings of the grafters dowa in San Francisco jfl a reflection on the people of San Francisco, and if the Statesman's chilJish suggestion were carried out rather than bring any re flection upon San Francisco and her fair name no mention should ever be made of the corruption in office. And this could be carried out in reference to the government of any city or anything else. Just because the people put the officers in keep vour mouths shut. The spirit displayed by the Statesman is the one which has kept graft covered up and permitted bossism to rule. It i3 the same spirit that operated in refer- nce to a consideration of the state legislature. Because the people elected the members therefore their infamous doings should be winked at and nothing said for fear of hurting the fair name of Oregon. This is not the spirit which is cleaning out corruption in high places in the cities and states of the c .untry, and the Democrat is glad it is not the spirit that is prevailing in the manage ment of most of the papers of the country. Wbat'stheR R.Com.Fo ? The railroad commission is made of good men. The Democrat has no fault to find with the men themselves, and it may not be fair to draw conclusions too soon, but the management displayed in the Fall City road case doesn't au gur well for the future of affairs in the proceedings of the commission. It was the business of the commission to at tend to to the interests of the shippers along the road, which they failed to do according to the.report that is made of the business, and shippers along the road will now pay higher than else where for the same service, a discrimi. nation the commission prevent. was created to Leads the Uniou. Lincoln Steffens says ; Oregon leads the unbn in the matter of popular gov ernment. The election of Jonathan Bourne by a direct vote of the people j is what did it. Oregon was the first j state in the union to do that. The in-. itiative and referendum lead the way, but other states have had those before j Oregon, but it was left for this state to actually have a senator elected by the ! people. Of course the state legislature Put the finishing touches upon it, but the Pe0P'e did the voting just the same and this has gone all over the country, and wl" undoubtedly have a good effect uPon tne development of the state Bigger game than Mayor Schmitz and Boss Ruef. How can that be. One is boss and the other head of the city. Money alone doesn't make big ger game. Schmitz and Ruef are the ones who should be convicted, and whatever others get in the way. A Chicago man left $20,000 for the care of his dog the rest of his life. The dog is dead. The money can now be put to a dog-gone sight better use. Turn it over to some country editor for the rest of his life. He has earned it. I Some one has remarked that the ship subsidy bill is not dead, but simply asleep. That is the worst thing about it. Like a hydra-headed monster it will appear again, and may some day notorious that Mr. Rockefeller has made millions from watered stock. There are very few businesses in which more is given for nothing than that of the newspaper business. The average editor has his hands full tak ing in 000 for free advertising. Oregon is Rot tho wettest country in tho world. Just now California is flooded in a manner to make our little rivulets look like gutters. A timber deal reported in Washing ton tells of 2.60 for stumpage. That would mean $10,000 for a claim with four million feet. The real estate boom in Portland hi s been a bonanza for the newspapers, whose pages are full of advertisements. There is to be some railroad building in Oregon this year, at least on paper. If there is half as much as planned and reported sure It will be a big thing for Oregon. Lawaon' Story A Boston Paper: The mission of Thomas W. Lawson's first novel, "Friday the 13th," is to an nihilate stock gambling. Through the medium of fiction nr. Lawson has set forth the havoc which may be wrought on the stock exchange, and which is, he says, being practiced by his old enemies "the System," and then he proceeds to give his remedy. Incidentally the book has a plot that reek3 with money madness and tragedy. It is the story of hand some "Bob" Brownley's meteoric ca reer as a stock gambler and his endur ing love for the girl who became his wife after she had been crushed by "the System." Beulah Sands, the heroine, came to NtW York one day from her Virginia home, leaving her father. Judge Sands, one of the most highly honored men of the state, on the verge of bankruptcy. It appears that he had been swindled by "the System" as represented by one Reinhart, and only saved himself from complete ruin by using trust funds which had been in his keeping. With her father's remaining $60,000 Beulah Sands hoped with the aid of Brownley, an old family friend, to re coup her father's losses on Wall street within six months' time. Although not believing in stock gambling she was willing to use it as a means to acquire the needed amount of $1,500,000. As Beulah Sands possessed "beauty be yond cavil, superior to all analysis," with eyes large, full, very gray, very blue, vivid with all the glamour of her personality, full of smiles and teara and spirituality and passion, to quote Mr. Lawson, "Bob Brownley, still a bachelor, naturally took an interest in her. In his first market operations he all but acquired $1,800,000 when "the System" stepped in, and alas, the Sands' capital of $60,000 was reduced to $30,000. This, however, opened the broker's eyes to the methods of "the System," and when he recovered from his surprise several months later he was wiser. In the mean time Beulah. seeing no prospects of acquiring $1, 500 000, wrote her father a discourag ing letter which he was due to receive on Friday the 13th. On that fateful day Brownley "gave Wall street adose of its own poison," and by his manipu lation of Sugar stock created a panic on the exchange and spread ruin in the financial world. Incidentally he cleared up $3,000,000 for the Sands and $5,000, 000 for himself. Returning to his office he discovered that Beulah had suddenly been transformed into an imbecil with a child's mind by reading in the paper the news of her father's suicide in Vir ginia. Insane from the loss of his for tune Judge Sands had cut hit throat on receiving Beulah's letter all before the news of Brownley's success could reach him. Brownley married Beulah at once, despite her condition and proceeded to revenge himself on "the System." When he had accumulated a hillion dol- lars by his onslaughts and wrecked Reinhart, dragging down banks and banking houses, he announced that he hH heaton -fha smtm" ,( it, num game selling short" without limit and buying back the stock after it had reached its low mark. He then an nounced his remedy, which is for the stock exchange to make a rule to pro- hibit selling short (that is selling what one does not have) and the buying or selling of the same share of stock more than once at one session of the ex - change. "When short sales are re - purchased and resales are made impos - sible stock speculation will be dead, " says Mr. Lawson. "When stock sDec. ulation is dead the people can no longer be robbed by 'the System.' " That is the message Mr. Lawson has embedded in his story. As for the de nDUment of the novel, it comes with a rush and winds up with more tragedies. Mr. Lawson is gifted with a vivid im agination and he possesses a style pre eminently his own. He presents exag erated pictures ot money madness, yet the story is not without its lesson fo those who seen, to get rich quickly. It is an admirable specimen of frenzied literature. Take it the year round and Oregon doesn t ask any odds of California. Altogether we have better weather than any section of that state. Some more solder needs to be put in to that cannery proposition. Just now it leaks. rurnisiung two big audiences in one night for entertainments indicates that there is considerable to Albany jet. The Minister Won. Toledo has an interesting justice court case this week. James Watt, an In- sian, sued Rev. Rinehart. the M. P. minister at Siletz. for rintnmroa f. snooting nis norse. it wns tried before a jury and a verdict unanimously given hi ivur 01 uie ueiennanr.. un one oc casion the Indian pointed a revolver at Rev. Rinehart, when Mrs. Rinchnrt appeared with a revolver also and the Indian "got," The verdict suited every body. ' 1 Saturday Night Thoughts. The newspapers continue to make the Thaw trial the leading national event. That may be a sad travesty on events and the country, but it is about a fact even if it does shame the devil. This week seven men proved that Thaw was insane, and it is now about which and tother on that point. This part of it indicates that experts don't know much more than other people. They just wrinkle their brows and swear wisely in opposite directions. The truth is that no effort would hare heen made to prove Thaw insane if the un written law had any force legally in Kiew York state. The Hermann trial continues to drag along like a tired snail, with indications of a pretty strong case against Mr. Hermann. Several Oregon men have been on the stand. It doesn't seem right for a case of this character to take so long, and there is undoubtedly something wrong when the wheels of justice fit in the cogs so poorly. On the coast there has been absorb ing interests in the trial of Abe Ruef, the premier grafter of the Pacific coast, and numerous indictments against prominent men, with pros pects of more. Sensation has fol lowed sensation under the master hand of Heney, who has driven the wolves to tne wau, piteousiy crying tor mercy, willing to do anything to escape them- selves. It is said that it has been Dro - posed to make Ruef and Schmitz im- mune if they will confess involving prominent wealthy men, but this would . n, - J the men, but on the part of the prose- cution, because Schmitz and Ruef are just the men who should pay the pen alties. Let the program be to get these men and the others also. Lef no thief escape. The quarrel between the president and the railroads has been interesting, A few days ago it looked as if the President was about to eat the rail - roads up alive, ties and all, but he has j evidently changed his mind, and will j h. j,. Benson of Klamath Falls, judge let the law take its course, which the 0f that district, who occupied the Alb law will proceed to do just as slowly as any bench several months ago, has it can drag its Ieg3 along. When the been launched as a candidate for Gov smoke rises it will be observed that no , ernor- Better wait a year or two- j one has been hurt. Every once in a while the President gnashes his teeth and whirls his big stick as if there was to be an annihilation that would make a San Francisco earthquake feel like a pulse-beat, but after it all corpses are never seen lying around very much, The President is a great foot ball player before the game. It will be sometime before the railrord situation is regulated. It is said that three churches, the U. B., Congregational and M. E. in the South, have agreed to unite in one or ganization. Everything of this charac ter deserves endorsement. The chur- Knas nave ueen u.ea UP 100 muc' Ior , tnelr wn Sooa- uc alcer a" lnac 13 , naturf s0 'onS 33 men differ, and it is ! Pbable there will always be denomi - nations, the same as there are different i & -uuuu uiauuu ui urn worict s aoings. ine great need is unity or purpose in tne estaoiisnment ot the Christ life among the people of the world, without any hair-splitting over ueLaua 01 runn8 lne macninery, I According to some figures given this , week the most expens:ve department ) in the """"ng of the counties of the , 3tate is the sheriff's office, with the , clerk'3 office next lhen the circuit court' care of the Pr. roads and 41.- Ji:i -e ti , . 1 britiges. elections, court house expen- . ess, current expenses, assessment, the county court, etc. Oiling the machin- ery and keeping it going comes high. Elected Officers. The Elks held their annual election of officers last night, when the following where chosen for the coming year: Fred Dawson, Exalted Ruler. O. P. Dannals, Leading Knight. Gale S. Hill, Lecturing Knight, J. J. Collins, Secretary. H. B. Cusick, Treasurer. C. N. McKey, tyler. C. H. Burggraf, trustee. E. J. Seeley, grand representative, Josh Ballard's Side. Josh Ballard called this morning and asked to have his side of the case re sulting in his five children being sent ..... ,.u a iiuuiou'.ruruuna, given. He declares that he alwavs Dro. vided for his family, though he was pretty close run during a recent illness, that at the present time he has ten shcks 01 potatoes on nand and has a jjb. which he will soon begin at, that his wne nas Deen prostrated by her child ren being taken away, that since Albany went dry he has not drunk any liquor in Albany and does not propose to, that he alwavs orovided school hnnka fnr children, that he wants them back if ho can get them, and will take care of them. Aquinaldo, the celebrated Filipino leader, is 35 years of age today. Prof. 3. B. Horner went to Fortlan 1 this morninr. and tonight in th? Wood stock hall, will present his illust-ated lecture on the Holv Land, for whih there is a demand from ali over Oregon. MISFITS. There's a good deal in a piano. The play, like life, is best without a villain. Should an agricultural everything else. college be The less aristocracy in the churches the more genuine religion. The millinery openings veritable flower gardens. this year are Portland is an example of what pro fessional boomers can do. The Grange wants an agricultural President of the Agricultural College, That's strange. Oregon has a state bank examiner, a man to look after the state banks. Wonder if he will really earn his salt. There was a time, for instance in the days of Xerxes when it was not safe fool with the Greeks, but that time past. Seven more doctors say Thaw is crazy, doctors., say most anything An exchange wants people to observe le golden rule in the treatment of the 1 tne eoide press. It thinks as it is the business . is too one-sided A correspondent in a valley paper says the only kind of a knocker who should be tolerated is the knocker who knocks the knocker, , Now the President has got his bear ings and says all he can do is to enforce the present laws. He will do mighty well to do thatmuch. In the window at the Fortmiller Fur- niture Co. 's store mav be seen a picture of the members of the lower house of tne uregon legislature ine irame is , a fine one and 13 a11 nt. Hon. Chas. W. Fulton has announced his candidacy for re-election as U. S. Senator. If a senator makes good the first term he certainly is in much better position to serve his constituency. Hag Fulton made good? Beethoven to some people is merely a jumble of notes, but to those with trained ears and musical taste he is the cnnRllmmatinn nf pynrpssinn. Tn evam cultivated ear. ' The Salem Journal intimates that Salem has an Abe Ruef, and now every last city on the coast will be laying claim to some such appendage. It never does anv harm for 1 eoDle to look f into the corners and see what's doinc. I ( Albany's first ten mayors were J. C. , Powell, E. F. Russell, Jacob Norcross, A. W. Standard, N. H. Cranor, A. W. Coll. Van Cleve. Mart V - Brown, David Froman, and N. B, Humphrey, of whom only three are a- live, Messrs. Stanard. now a resident ol Brownsvil'e, Coll. Van Cleve, tne veteran newspaper man; residing with some 01 nis cniiuren ana uavid t roman, who continues a resident of Albany. A St. Johns woman, Mrs. W. L. Thorndyke, was advised by her physi cian to get out in the open air, so just for the health of it she took a census of St. Johns, taking five weeks forit. She reports a population of 3,257. The at tention ot several cities claiming more people tnan they have is called to this cApeiimcui.. L.ei tneir women get out anu save aoctor s bins besides getting t p ci,ni:n ,u W been sJ the exact doduI awn of tho cit.lV 6 ...."Lvf !,?Shool,nB' wn0 ll.as. . , . During the big boom of a certain big city, m reply to a question as to how so many people were attracted to the &Vbtt?t'F'1 "Be" cause we booost the state, because we citv because w.'hof 6 l0" city, because we boost the population, because we boost the bnsiness, because we boost thechmateandfinally because to hnnnt.o.,,,!,; i. ' . A crazy man named Dowie, just be- fore he died said: I shall return and with ruthle hands shall I exterminate the vipers 1 and the dogs of hell that now hold the 1 high nlaces in the Citv of Zion. Thpu i dreamed and in the crossness of their dreams they thought they had prevailed over the first apostle. And no , priests and elders of Zion, I shall return and n,. pti0j t 1 . , . , The Portland Journal is showing the -,r-.... vt mC uuu3B, rranK Davev. un. Acpnrdintr H, T 1 he nas shown himself to be about th amnlLBt nan.,., -.1:..'.:.. - ... . u""-,,ia' hp'iuv HuiiLicmn in tne nistory of Oregi n. It is unfortunate for a state when politics are dominated by such invii. tut, uuurnai gives tne correct jotio me peopie snouia unite hereafter in keeping him out of office. leg Broken E. A. Thompson while working in the mill at Mill City yesterdav had his lPft bbhtt25LA &"' both bones at thp nnklo hpinn ' Dr. Hansom set the bones and he is do ing A3 Well AS Pan hp nrnontfll 14- Thompson is a brother of Mr. Geo' Thompson, of this city. This is his second serious accident in the lumber uusmesa, never.,! years ago experienc ing a much worse one. TELEGRAPHIC. Salem, March 21. -Col. J. c7" of MpMinnvilto tn,ln.. ' nAiav was by the Governor, manager of iVT'i gon girls drill company and specj,. missioner to the Jamestown eiiSi upon petition of mayor and citS Yamhill county. Cltl"i e He proposes to organize a of buxom, beautiful inn """PS; the different counties of the offer the companies to Rooo:,:e i cort for his ride. Each girt 11 f and be able to ride and throwaSf5 good as cowboy brothers. Portland, 21. -The Western U has no east, north or south wires !? washouts and storms hav ... l them. The Postal is working J! oaim r kainuisuo, March 22 -ii Ruef is said to be r.ady to makeaf- mnfpMtnn lint imnn . . lcrrng s , Heney and Burns are not ready t, gree. He wants full imm7 " immunity d mmseir, in return telling all aboutot hierh erafters who . city. Soon he will be removed (ZJvl cozy quarters in the hotel to a l, to ,se?"re p ' Walla Walla, March v miner was nangea this morning J was dead in 12 minutes. He mm w,t , .... ' tfK f red Dier at Castle Rock last hi SSSSi t New York. March 99 t. - ju?y was excused until next WednT 1 sbi People Who Come ard Go C D Gibson, Liberty, Ga. Dr C J Korinck, Salem. Geo A Bayne & wf, Corvalus. A G Benson, Corvallis. Miss Silva, Portland. E B Duffy, Portland. Geo A Peel, WDGarman, " Gertrude Brener, Chemawa. Marie Hutchins, Salem. 1 Elma Weller, Beatrice SheltaiSafe I G Kelly, Portland. John Halveso.i, Shedd. Ed Davis, Gates. Hillard Ackerman, Shedd. B T George, Niagara. C B Stone and wf, Halsey. M Wise, Portland. C E Maxon, Harrisburg. Dug Loye, " D P Ellis, Omaha. W C Cooper, Portland. D D Warnock, Eddvville. Geo L Hines, Portland. i Off le 1 E B Heseman, E L Davis, J S Haughey, Portland. W L Wright, Harrisburg. Tom Nolan, Corvallis. Glenn Ireland, " Geo W Averili, Portland. J C Brown, " B E Grimes, Harrisburg. J R Cartright, J D Bennett, " T J Anderson, " Gates. IB.) U Corvallis Be Republican: fl Clark hna haan of Alksna q fw (jayg looking after repairs on theete ric light line, Mrs. Yockey has moved from Fiis to i lttn street and is now near tneb. f. depot, Wm. R. Hand, the Albany archite was seen lojkmg after business at is 3 vaius luesaay. The Simp.ons are entertaining Mb. Davis of Portland and Mrs. Geo. Sim son of Albany. It is rumored that M. S. Woodcod the banker, will in the near future ted down the Occidental hotel building, e- tj H tC jjwj lObCU Mil 1.ILG LUIUCl Ui LlCVUHU miu " ison street, and erect a modern tto- story brick hotel building with pic glass front and all modern convene! ces. The hotel is now conducted!? ij. Nixon. Harrisburg. Bulletin: Harold Hendee. who is stopping w his grandfather in Albany, came 5 Saturday for an over Sunday visit his home in this city. lousiy 111 ior several monuis is "- improving. His many friends wisnt him a speedy recovery, a counle nf npw rural telenhonefc arecSpltXuroft'ltcity. wnen completed will bring neariven' tZTT this end of Sthe M speaking distance of the city and t business T men j o ,iihp Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Scott arrived!" rom Nebraska Ftiday evening will likely make thit their home 10 uj futur. They came unannounced, ft Mrs. Scott's parents, Mr. and M ' ;u- ""Piy. "'ere greatly surp.- Benton Circuit Court. ! Th., , ..,i t, isps on 6f -,. , tn to circult court of Benton county I vene on Monday. Following are w I Samuel E. Young 'ys Curtis B ana flattie ueers, nis wim. Attys. McFadden & Bryson, pit- otate 01 uregon vs j as. uuw & neal from .litaKo fVinrt- AttV. ' Brown, pit. 171. P. XT: ... T-U Wliiti l tlucl i-ei v iumi ' I m f '! mandate from Supreme court, 3 J, Weatherford & Wyatt, pit; VV.a-r BUUt,I ueit. Nine Initiations. There was something doing J j" meeting ui ine LIK8 litsi. evciii'-o- were nine initiations. Among tbe It. 'mt,?.tlon?: , m."g ,e Last night inn u,th fn,.- .F fksir f,.l0WCl'j' for all past offenses. Those to from there were R. L. Weatherwft E. Grimes, W. L. Wright and 1 ; D. B.nnet and J. R. CartwrightoM j place, members for some time, ' manipulate tbe goat. 1 J