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ir mw i atwiruu koug.ana zaaoy
wbo have read It lor ftmuruuin. kru. ,L
veneration. Mom
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at tbt ftace la tbe paper.
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
Tho P.irtlan.l Journal aaya' it 'Ioea
not always entirely agree with tbe 8u -
lem e4tatfman." Well, it ia ita owaitiirtel them. And this faet is tever
fault, cn 1 one It should remedy. p
All the Dcinoeraey might hav hoped
from" a poor erop is sent a-giimmering
by offsetting high pries. The proa
peet tor the street eorner orator is not
fit all dazzling.
The Xew York World, Demoerat ie,
soya Robev'lt 's letter "reveals him as
a strong, able, ambitions, resoureeful,
ambitions, militant, passionate person
nlity," WeH, what's the matter with
a combination like that j
With L'000 el.iidren in Portland Hh
out aeromroodations in the school build
ings, the Hoefety for the Prevention of
Ifaee Hiiielde seems to have reeeived
gratifying assurances of siipirt from
the metroion nenr the mouth of the
Willamette.
And still we have no information as
to who built Hie first, steam ferry aeross
the Willamette liver at Halem, and
when. The tin t is wanted in .connec
tion with an .historical write-up of nav
igation on the river, f'anot some old
Halemits refresh' his memory on this
point? '"..
The men who eight years ago now
were on the street corners laily mak
ing free coinage speeches to the listen
ing crowd that was always present, ore
here, bnt are not making street eorner
speech1, Why not, if conditions are
such as to call loudly for a -change in
the name of the "common people!"
A Democratic exchange ha this:
"What has Fairbanks ever done or
said that has been of use to the cam
try, and why, therefore ohoul.l the
voter elect liim to the second highest
office in the land, and, in "ase ,f the
demise of the President, to succeed to
that office. lie may be "sane mid
safe" but he has never shown a vestige
of ability except as a machine politic
ian." Hut the admission that he mar
be sane and safe should deci le the mat
ter in hia favor. And Hist he always
knew enough to understand the fallacy
of the free coinage of " silver and to
work against it adoption by this coun
try, with" the first admission, rate his
nbility 'way a!xve the mere machine
politician. - .
Hi'nee the Oregon Democratic papers
nre at ill losing sleep because the ab
inetoflRcer nre nway from Washington
and making political speeches, thus
proving, as they claim, that there bad
a well lie no such officers, if their work
Is being done in a satisfactory manner
during their absence, it becomes necea
sary again to remind them that Govern
or Chnmberlaia was away from the
state this summer for a month, or more,
engaged in nominating a Democratic:
eaudid.ite for President, and hia work
seeme.Unot to anffer in consequence. Do
our perturbed brothers assume, there
fore, that he should resign as being n
superfluity Ib the body politic! No
nepublican is complaining of bis ab
sence, but the Democratic ppnera of the
tate are roasting him unmercifully
every day, by implication, for doing a
very ordinary and altogether defens
ible thing.
"I havt uted your Hair Vigor
for Ave yeara and am greatly
pleated witb It. It ceruinly re'
tores the original color to gray
balr. It keeps my hair oft' Mrs.
Helen Kilkenny.New Portland, Me.
Aycr's Hair Vigor has
been restoring color to
gray hair for fifty years,
and it never falls to do
this work, either.
f You can rely upon It
for stopping your hair
irom railing, for keeping
your scalp clean, and for
making your hair grow.
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AS TO FOREST FIRX3.
For et fire will never be prevented
by legislation. This baa not only beea .
tried, bnt ita failure could have teen 'eminent ownership.' Ooveramcnt nt n
eorreetly' prophesied br mm .f eyperi-Jership of ; railroad, telegraphs, rtwt
enee in sneh matters before the effort frailwaye, beating and water plants, and
was made. . . '
Fire In eitjes had an wrll be legislat
ed against' a fir in the fore.. AH
fire are accidental, save thje resulting
"incendiarism, and wool 1 -. bare
irn' r.r-.ve'ated it noeaihtV
prevented, 11 possiDie.
" i--., "'-""'-- -
2 A
are always losers by fires, sonw men al-
f ' . J ' "
; war regret them, and, if the result of
!..i 11 . r
!pa''fne, wonla prevent hetn, if to
Jo over again. - ;
But All men are eareltaa, eareleaa ia
a thousand iliffereat waya. Many of
al j . . i
"" "wroeiive urea m oor emea reaou
if the event eouM he reealle.1, tbe Mam
able pfcrty would easily prevent. Firea
reaolta many other regrettable evepta
in our lives, beanae, being human, we
aro eonetantlv doine thinss in an exaa-
peratingly human way.
It is very rarely that anybody knows
bow forest firea originate. All at Me
the attnopbre is amoky and foreat
Area are reported in a dozen plnees,
j without any information as to who
discovered. Settler all over the
country are obliged to burn their
"slashings" while they are dry. The
snggetions ,if some writer whose im
agination ia called into active service,
to the effect that "slashing should be
prepared in the fall and burned the
next spring when there la no langer of
fret fires," only serves to excite the
smile of practical men who know
foro. thing about eon fit ions a they are.
Any law that would undertake t. de
fine any particular time or condition
when a sett l.-r might lawfully burn li
lashing would be a ''bl.wiming farce,"
Individual judgment nintt be used and
th chance taken, when a hug fire i
ittartfil to eonsnme the Iry brush f.nd
timber on a clearing. There is no fib
er way.
Of course it is well to provide 'strict
legal restraints against careleisly leav
ing burning fir- by camper in the
mountains, tbongh most campers i.re
very conscientious in this matter.
The trouble i that with hundreds
of thousand of acres of forets with a
litter of broken limbs and pine f.nd fir
needle as dry as pow ler, the preven
tion of fire is practically impossible.
That; caution which result from indi
vidual responsibility and interest la
the best and only reliance ngai'ist de
structive forest fires, so long as there
are forests waiting for the careless1
match or the chance spark.
But settlers must be permitted to
burn their slashings when they vill
burn, or stop settling and when slash
ings will burn the most successfully
the forests themselves are in prime con
dition to yearn for just one spark that
they may engage in the fantastic frolic
of destruction. It is a situation where
there i nothing to do but take chance
ami exercise the utmost caution.
SHALL THE "PBOQBAM" BE A
! DECREE?
Tliere are other senators who would
preside with diguity over the delibera
tion of the state senate next winter
beside the "programed" aspirant
from Lane county, and whose election
would be entirely free from the dom
ination of political engineering of the
close communion type.
We have already spoken of Senator
Haines of Washington, as a man of leg
islative exjerience and general fitness.
In this catalogue also, is Renator Ma
larkcy of Multnomah. He is man of
good ability in many direction and
ha a special claim for public regard
in that he ha not resorted to combin
ation where the position is "fixed"
by conferences of men who are not in
any way connected with tbe Legisla
ture, but who presume to decide such
matters for those who are.
Senator Malarkey'a independence in
the matter ia to be commended and it
would be a matter of general rejoicing
if he would entei the lists and secure
the position in a manner entirely out
a'de the realm of what some people
would call "ring rule." Men who are
already holding high positions and not
members of the Legislature, should
leave it organization to those who will
have to U with it during the succeed
ing forty day.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
TIE3."
OP "UTILI-
Wilh the defeat of Jn Ige Parker in
Novetadier, the consummation of
which Is now virtually conceded by the
nnbiased leader of tbe O-mocrstie
party," the trouble of the Democracy
will have only just began. Thi will be
so for the reason tbat it will again en
throne William Jennings Bryan in the
lea Icrship of his party, resulting in tbe
same division a that of ISM nnd 1000,
Mr. Bryan ia certainly today thjf
choice of a vast majority of hi part
for, the, presidency. Alout tbi tbevie
cn be no mUtake, an.l the lifticultis
thst he ha made no chAng' in
hia. opinions on any . public qu.nt)o4 He
still believes In the fre? coinaV nt
silver, and if in bis power, woaM
tablish that policy in the Unite States
within twty.four hours. JOien he!
come to tbe front again, At will be M
. t L .11 l i ? ft
wus sit ine eninniam or a.? man w!io
has Wen re ject.M imt ult lately male.
the h.'ad of the corner, aaj it will
htt
Ji-
accompanied with tbat aJ'-itioaal ra
ealisai that ia the haadmfcJ I tobl
yon so." : ' .': - . '.
But en of tbe worsfof Bryan :via-
about everything else that enter into
the a very day business life, of the ri
roonity. ; . ' '
- Ia other words, Mr. Bryan ia a Social
ist, and while" be stands today as a
Demoerat aBd is a gol Populiat. hia
theories belong more ; partienLirly ' to
th realm of out and out Socialism, He
profeiaefi to- belong to tbe ebool of .Tef
fersonian Dem.ierata, wid allegea that
the world ia governed ; t4M mwh, yet
propotM to a id to the pampered of
fieial" elaM several buadrel thou
aand additional ' office holders wbo
would be required to manage the rail
roads under governmental rontroi.:
But Mr. Bryan ia flexible ia bis
Irwwer of adaptability to eireumataneea.
ilfaving een tbe . ineoniteney of lu
former a1 voeaey of ; railroad control
by the Feleral Govern men t with : hia
objection to "centralization,", he has
modified bin scheme so that be now fa
vors state control. Of this, it may be
said at once that it is the most imprac
ticable proposition that even Mr. Bry
an has ever made. Under this contriv
ance there would be forty -five state
railway directorate having charge
of the: passenger and freight btisirea
of all the roa.ds from Boston to Port
land and from J Charleston to Chic go
an Han Francisco. They would alb be
eleetd by the pe,ple of the different
states, nominated, of .;oiire, by politi
co l conventions, and the freight and
pas.nger rate would, be governed in
eaeb state liy l the whims an4 infln
ence, political and otherwise, that
might prevail. -i ' :
2 There would be a Populist Uiar l In
one state, prhaj, ft Detnoeratie ?n
another and a Republican in the next.
The through lin from Boston to Port
land w6nld be owned by the Federal
Oovernrnent but controlled by the po
litical Director in each state through
which they passed. All the hnndrel
of thousands of men now employe I by
the railroad would still be in the pub
lic service, for not i a surplus nan in
now on the ty roll. We would hnv n
half million more "pampered ofilciaN"
than now, wearing uniforms to denote
their superiority over tbe ordinary citi
zen and the result would lie i he forced ec-
eeptance of an official oligar-'hy evok
ing an earnest protest from those who
bedieve, with j Jefferson, that "tbe
world i governed too much."
Fortunately, while it is certain that
Bryan ia eoming to the front , ng&in as j
the loader of the Democracy,; reinforc
ed with an additional supply of rrazy
idea on economic and governmental
subjects, there is not the smallest dan
ger of hi being ablo to force them
upon the people of the United States.
Hi new stock : of erule notions will
alienate a larger percentage of his par
ty from hi aupport than di I his fran
tic promulgation of the free coinage
proposition in 1S5K5. :
The certainty of all this, n we ex
amine the p.ilitienl horosfopi;, no doubt
has' given ris to the query by the
Spriargfield Republican, "Are tbe Re
publican to govern forever!" They
certainly will, or, at least nrtil Mr.
Bryan die from old age. It is likely
that the Democratic party w,ll be gov
erned with l.-ss" sanity and stfety"
four years hence than ever before in
its history. J
DEMOCRATIC HOPES IN ILLINOIS.
In it effort to extract assurances of
Democrat ie success in Illinois this fall
the Brooklyn Pagle strains the fact
a to the situation in a manner wholly
in keeping wilh its other pen-picture
affecting bright 'prospect where, none
are known to exist. ;
la busing its calculation on some
foundation which may seem encourag
ing, fbe Ka gin's Chicago correspondent,
like tbe Democrats generally throughi-T
out the country, goes back to rj
a starting point, for the reason 4!at
Illinois and the country wcntDemo
eratie at that time, an I i, nerefore,
more certain to figure oitt a more
cheerful way than any later late would
do. Taking 1W2 for basi of ita
comparison, the Ka git's correspondent
declares that ' "theyiost sanguioe and
unrcflective i Hetitddicnn in Illinois
ought to cj thay it is a very different
thing to go ty the polls with Mr. Roose
velt against Jwdge Parker than it was
to J go t J&t poll with Mr. Me
Kialey against Mr. Bryan upon a par
tial revenfcil of the issues."
To bedrank, tb Statesman finds no
diflictilr in fully agreeing with this
conclusion. It is a different thing. Mr.
IbKsVelt ia fully a iHpulnr in Il'iooia,
or i any other Western state, as was
McKinley, whil Parker is rouch
eaker than Mr, Bryan was or is. '
i Ami Parker is weaker tbaa Bryan for
f)he very reason that the issues have
been "partially f reversed, although,
to be mor i1 specific, the issues have i.ot
leea reversed at all, but the IVmo
eratie attitude, for the ackaowledged
purposo of toadying Vto ; what it has
figt:red out to be the fiopubir breeze,
j has "partially reversed" its opinion on
J several "paramount isues."
Mtti ine 1,,U ,e'fl'r,, "boly,
w, k'r
oa tbe p polar
j'k"" - " Mini or saaiiv i
4 iMaHaa B A aV . a i.' . : Ml
th nemoeratle j patr. Judge Parker
. v a
eoull not change tha ftttitttdr ef tbejft U HttaIJ tJl- fKrmtr wh
Democratic party en a grwut question 'money mtmt, aiwl -at one,
by the means uf a telegram jf.. tbe na-
tioaal eonventioB. , ' ,' " j
Beattlea, tbe fat that Illin.ia matte
the greatest mistake in ita history in
1802, iaateail of eontribnting to Derao
eratie hapea this year, will W the eryj
meana of iaaoring au exemption from
a repetition of it thi year. Illinoia ia
aafe for 75,fK0 majority for B.oavelt
anl Fairtabka.
A COMING QUESTION.
-Tbe Statesman thoroughly agrees
with Mr. Hermann in, the position he
took in hia address at the Fair Grounds
Friday night, that the good roads move
ment is faat becoming one of national
importance. While it is a question
specially local ia ita application, yet
the time ia eoming, indeed, has eome,
when its solution will not be solved
alone by preeinet wbima or by the re
aulta of atate legislation. J T f
One hundred yeara ago the national
government - was spending millions of
dollars annually directly from the treas
ury for the building of public high
way between the states. Duriag Jef
ferson 's term as President tbe great
Cumberland road was authorized, reach
ing from a point in Virginia to the Mis
sissippi river. For the construction of
this road alone, $6,000,000 wa a supplied
from the public treasury, and that at
a time when the entire population of
the United States was but 12,000,000.
- The publie roads of the eountry.are
of more actual importance to its people
than are It rivers and n arbors, and
this was tbe view taken by all tbe pub
lie spirited i fathers.'' But the mag
nificent, start made by them has been
avowed to;lapse." Indeed, since the
first quarter of the last century, noth
ing has been done along this line, ev
erything of that nature being devoted
to the improvement of tbe rivers and
harbor. But after nearly one hundred
yeara of permitting the matter to be
left to fbe states, and tbe state leav
ing it to eonntie and precincts, It is
seen that practically no progress has
been made at all.
After a settlement of over three hun
dred years. New Vork, for instance, has
a nyntrm of road but littl better than
some of the remoter of the Western
states.
The proposition to lend national aid
to the states a incorporated in the
Browlow bill in, the House of Repre
sentative and in the Latimer bill in
the Senate, is a revival of that states
manship on the question that animated
the founders of the Republic, and which
will become before many years the fixed
policy of the general government.
i ne object lesson given each lay at
the State Fair as to tbe most approved
method of road building was one of the
best features to lie seen there and will
no doubt result in great good along
lines of practical education in la hither
tq badly neglected field. j
AS TO AWARDING PRIZES.
The Statesman is in receipt of a com
muuieation from Mr. r, T. Bonney, the
superintendent of the Marion county e.x
bibit at the State Fair, in which he
gives his version of the decision bv
which he lost the first prize, and, in
deed, the second, also.
Mr. Bonney had a good exhibit, tit
best, in our judgment, Marion county
ha had for years. We nre free t con
fess tbat it would have been 'difficult
for us to have decided against it and
in favor of any of its competitors, bnt
in these matters it is best to submit
gracefully to the decision that is hand
ed down and quietly saw wood with the
tools that are at band.
Mr. Bonney mide a most excellent
showing and isntitled to great credit
for the magnficent display he made.
Tbe Statesman baa tbe greatest resect
for him j&A ita sympathy goes out to
all those wbo strove -so hard for prizes
withoat success. It should certainly
have given at least the second prize
tA Marion eountv. but since failure is
Hk I ways one of the probabilities in j
m -
contest of tbi character, it is best to
accept it when it comes with whatever
of grace can. be secured at the time
for immediate use.
For these reasons a desire to not
unnecessarily cause hard feelings,
against the Pair- management, the
judge, Mr. Bonney or tbe Statesman
we have thought it best to let the mat
ter drop without printing the commun
ication of our good friend from" Wood
bnrn, whose exhibit, we repeat,! was a
eredit to himself and the county-hr so
tyft
h
well represented.
WHEN TO DISPOSE OP WHEAT.
There, is an old maxim, and not a bad
one, by the way, tnat the. best time to
market any kind of produce is the very
lay you get it to market In other
words, it ia said that tbe best price
obtained for any product is usually
that which it will bring oa tbe first
opportunity you have to aell.
Experience proves that while there
are exceptions to t hia rule, in a rast
majority of rases the farmer will find
It profitable to aell his produce as soon
as it is in the, market aat seeare his
money for use in whatever other ft iree.
tion ho may neerit. To hold wheat,
for instance, for a rise, is pure spec
ulation. When the future state of tbe
market is ascertain, as it always is, to
hold wheat for an increased price la a
direct form of gamhli g on tbe prop-
smaaauxa anaa a nw nr ien araaa suivaneai cana
!.. .w- : m .t-a,
th principal objection to this is that
- r m m . a mm m a a uw- in ir tw ww a a aa a r a nr-aw. h na a
to netda t.i
wbo decides j .
. From ;
:,n Office
VhcviI Window
l&s'm
What' the matter with YambilJ and
Cal Cooper! ' . , 1
. o . O ;. ;
Sending the Russian , vessel Lena, to
a place of safety In Mare Id:ind was
a horse on Japan, all right.
o o :: v . .
Among the matchles attraction at
tbe state fair were the goo,! oldf sum
mer girls from the country. Their' only
rivals were their isiatera ffom the cities
and towns. They all wore blue ribbons.
H: ' ;0 ; ;
The latest fashion decree has decided
that women shall carry eanes this fall
Since, most of them are already attach
ed to clubs of different sorts, the men
had a well ad become politicians and
take the stump in self defense.
o o
It i said that Tom Watson i to get
$20,000 a year after tbe eloetion as an
editorial wri r. But tbi must lie. de
pendent upon whether he m defeated or
not. It &t least indicate that! there
are worse condition to lx contemplat
ed than a deefated Populist candidate
for President.
O O ' , j '
It is now sail that Mr. Bryan loe-
1 i -, -
tor has ordere 1 him to take a ; three
weeks rest, l'.ut rent fr.im what! We
have not heard of his doing i.nything
since tb St. liui convention. It
would a safe wager that iheiDemof
ciatie national committee saw the pre
scribing physician 1-fore he made Ids
diagnoyi public,
O' O
Nebuchadnezzar's Hard Luck.
Xebreba Inezzar cropped the grass,
"It's hard." he mn-l, ''that 1
fhould have to chew instead f rmoke
just at th time the candidate jve
their friends 'perfectos, , too." Here
upon for t ho first timo he, felt th foil
weight -if h:s punishment. New Vork
Sum. ; ; 1 -
But his trief wai shot t-lived.l Ifc'cov
ri! - 1 '?. '." .' firM l,IMK'fnlmeiit, hJOregirn anjl hilater years have 1h en
to njH-cuiai- in tne premises, n nu,
a majority of cases, loses. 4 ;
The present price of wheat isj largely
above the average of that winch has
prevailed for the past ten or, twelve
years. Under the circumstances, seventy-five
or eighty cents per bushel is a
splendid price for wheat. Ten year
ago this month wheat was worth bnt
thirty-four -cents per bushel in Salem.
Its price is-double what it was then
and its purchasing power is nearly so.
At such a figure it is a good time to
sen.- . y' ' ' ; "
At the same time, it is true that the
outlook is favorable for an advance, I
but outlooks in such matters are of ten
very deceiving, as most farmers can
testify from .experiences not easily for-lj
gotten. Jhe entire crop in the Uniteitj
States will not much exceed C00,OKt,0()0
bushels, if any, and this amount is
sehrcely more than that of our . home (
consumption. If thi estimate shoubl
prove approximately correct, our eon-"
tribution to the world's supply of wheat
as an export iug nation, will be practi
cally nothing. .
.For this reason, largely, tbe situation
appears to be favorable to an advance
in prices, but, as stated at the outset,
these are speculative rropositions, and
the farmer who need hi money, and,
indeed he wbo does not specially, will
probably have no cause for-, self-reproach
if be disposes of his wheat at
the present very satisfactory price.
A FICKLE MEMORY.
A Democrat ie exchange whose recol
lection of American political history is
as nnrelUble aa its jtidement on eco-
nomie questions, has this
, . " . - i
"John Hay compared Roosevelt to
Lincoln. Perhaps he will tell us on what
act or utterance of Lincoln the Presi
dent onaed his twenty-fonr hour recog
nition of Panama, or hia executive ex
tension of the pension law or bis threat
against the South American republics."
Since Secretary Hay is a very busy
man, the Statesman will relieve bins of ,
tne necessity of answering tbe above!
- ? . a ' a m
I
question by merely recalling the fact
that altout every Democratic 'platform.
newspaper and speaker in the United
., . , - : .
during the entire four years of
s's administration denounced him '
States
i.inrom uoin n mi ra t ion oenoiiuceu nim
'. . i -
as the most heart leas and tyrannical
monster that ever looked with, a atony
eye-upon the sufferings of an. oppressed
and subjected people. In comparison
it h the Democratic abuse which was
heaped npon
Lincoln for Wing a tyrant, I
.s.vr .i.. f
atiek" campaign againt
the "blflt
T?VrwArl tm m i,ltMiil lift la 4ai nu r 7
www T . mrw as -wm f
with a lovely background of flowery
beds of ease. As a high roller "amid
tbe shattered fragments of (he Consti
tution," Roosevelt ia not even interest
ing, by comparison.
AFTERMATH OF THE STRIKE.
It is estimated that follv half of the
men who went out in the Chicago strike
two months ago, will not he taken back
by the packers, and tbe worst feature
of this fact is that the rejected men
are mostly those belonging to the na-J
aBwan jaaaav m bsb bk aaa t
7 jfirr
JLLil ' U
a a a - . an- ara . n s a
litorll Si Jallghta aatitl Obaor vatlona on Various eopla
and Thlnga. PlckexJ Up and Scrlblad Down at Odd Time.
recalled that, though he roulln't smoke
with the candidates, his -tower to chW
wa not - wholly without value, so he
joined the same candidates 'the"' last
month in the campaign and Wcame so
proficient in chewing the rag that a he
passel under the pole he waa easily a
neck ahead of hi swiftest associate.
J o o .
"Jacob Collier, a laborer in Londm,
aged 7i years,' bad a son who lived in
Wale. This son recently came to get
the old gentleman, who wa practically
destitute, ami was taking him borne
with him to live. The surprise, to tbe
old gentleman, together with his joy,
was too much for hi endurance, and
while on the road, and giving expres
sion to bis feelings or -gratitude, waa
overcome by heart failure and died
from syncope. v;
' This was equal to the reportel ease
of a woman who wa troubled with
growing olieityr and after her physi
cian hud tried every known remedy wit h
out effect, told her that nothing but
the most severe trial of awful trouble
would arrest her increasing stoutness.
Within a few month afterward she
came to the physician's office bubbling
over with joy, saying that she had lost
her husband and two. sisters, and that
she wa so indescribably miserable over
it tbat she waa certain she would imme
diately begin to decline in avoirdupois,
A month later, however, tbe physi
cian met ber and not noticing any ap-
;j a m ' a
-areni mm mm ion in tier size, Tonni up
on inquiry, that she had rejoiced so
much over ber ronective h of flesh t
that she hi'd Vnined two Txiunds everv
day through ?t he joy she wa getting
ui of her Mortow!
Some peojde couldn't fix things to
suit them if Ihey had their own waf.
', ' 1 o o .
Among the familiar face to' be seen
on the fair! ground during tle'puM
wk was that of lieo.' H. Ilime. the
rustling secretary of the Oregon llislor
ieal Sciety. : Through corttribiiting rir-
enmstnnee and a natural adaptability 'to remember" thaJ ., !at 'prewent .ne- has
for the' work. Hint" ha Income i:?i al-j three cliHiiceN tojfo froni H.iIimii -to
most infallible authority on all ies .J I'oitland -vrry ;r by tail hi I r.tnni
lion fx-rtaiuiiig to the ejirly Ijistor ivf.au I at one third the cost in money, -t
in'SKinctl class, those wno were. earning
the lowest wages nnd, therefore, the
, least prepared to withstand a prolonged
period of idleness with an approaching
winter staring them in the faee
We have seen it stated that when the
differences lclccn the packers and
the butchers were first the subject of
discussion, the former came within one
half a cent ; of the demands of the
butchers n to the hourly wage. Thisj
was rejected npon the advice of the
union leaders, and the result is a loss
of $.",0(r0(00il in Wages to the misguided
workingmen and most of them without
employment.
It is not a case calling for special
comment. It is only another instance
at the futility of striking as a remedy
for even well-grounded complaint,-and
causes a feeling of regret that the
-Bjell paid leaders who are so handy
with advice cannot lie made to recoup
their poor assiM-iates for their u of or-
tuna te losses.
NOT THIS YEAR
DIRECTORS DECIDE TO POSTPONE
TEACHING PHYSICAL CUL
TURE IN SCHOOLS.
Matter Was Up For Discussion, But
Satisfactory Arrangements Could Not
Be Arrived rt With Applicant In
structorJanitor for East School.
The way matters look at the present
. 1 1 - ! .:n t i : i
I" . . T L . '
iuav in hip
Salem public schools ex
eept upon the line that has len taught
for years, when it ha le-n known as
"physical exereis" or calisthenics."
The question of whether a regular
teacher, experienced and . comjietent,
should be employed to teach thi nec
essary branch of work in the schools
came up for consideration liefore the
Ixiard f schI director at th regular
meeting last evening, and, after several
minutes discussion, it wa "-decided - to
, the matter for an Indefinit
. . . . ...
eriod, presumably for this season
at
east. - ? - ',
Miss Ruby Phelm was the only appli
cant for the tiosition as instructor in
rhysi.aI ,njtlr.f esj-ecially for girl,
imt it seems that arrangements which
hut it seems that arrangerne
were satisfactory to nil concerned could
not be reached, consequently the mem
bers decided to lrop tbe question for
the nresent. Miss l'helns seems to lie
'the onlv competent person available
for this work and, since she asked $400
fp introducing it in all of the build-
lgs for the school season, a price which
Jti KMir, not M wUInje or nhUt
to pay, it was indefinitely deferred.
It was decided that the telephones
were to be re-installed in all of the
school of the city, a ban been the esse
for years past, but is understood that
they are not to be used forv any other
than strictly school puriioses. In years
past some feople were in the habit of
abusing the privilege of calling upn the
pupils and keeping 'them nway fr.im
their studies until it became a nuisance
and it was finally found that they had
to oe taken ont. ir tne same eonlition
:t2"Zlil" "...: I" "r"-rJ
i In remove them Nirain anil iliaenntinna
.I.I. mm. . I. I .
them indefinitely. ' .
With sll bills paid, with the excep-
from WEiUCNESS, taito.tuo
Strcnrtth-Giver.
liver,
devoted exclusively to gathering frets
connected with it and the exferiiiic.4
of the vent nrem.tiie pinnet-rs.
Mr. Hi men waa an attendant r.t the
state fair on the grounds here ia Kei..
trmler, 1S64, jns't forty yeara . aK,
Hime is a ixrinter by trade, and
then, .a now, a citizefT of Pnrtland.
The- Legislature wa in session in pia
lem, and he bad seeure.t a job tiu br
If. I. I'ittock, State Printer to '. a.it.
in the state printing, which wa t'fce
done in what', wa known as the
Mo"res Block,' bnt now as the "R,H
lornrr i.'rug store. '
lie had agreed t.i begin his work ca
the morning of S.'ptemtier -.M. sn.l
made arrangements to come to Salcni
the day lefoiV-by Twat, a there weie
ao railroa I in those days, but on that
morning the clerk at the .!, Arrie'imi
hotel, "The Pioneer," fsile I t u,U
the' call in timf. ml Mr llin....
left. Iuckily,. however, he found a man
tiu.. na k"1" K 'imr i rairn -timt
da and made arrangements to com.
with him. They came to Aurxra fr
litiner in.l'jiia.tj 1 Km I . ......
- - " jr. .'fimil H
French Prairie toward sundowu where
thy demands cf an! e.xliauste.l team re
quired them to tay overnight.
The next morning, however, thev rr
rlve.1 in Salem, where Mr. Ilim. ,f.;
sen ted hi m"lf at the State Printer's
office and began w.trk.
In 1hoH. (lays it.; w4 H counri'-n to
wi vo i ro. i .-.ik-iii in i oriuino wiiii s
(team as it now is from Saleiii to Silver
i i.:... s. u..t . . -i ..
ton &r Dnll.i. K'vervl.iMlr who c.,n.
. trange it miMMged to take a inc.il
at the ramoiia " AutVra h OH known f;ir
and wi le for it hijtjof nlit y ;id. .ci,..
meals, and fh open 'fa no lo.ii- of H:ini
Brown on l't iich f'raiiie was i.Iimki j,
welt known as a place vvhrrc the be
lat.l Iravi llej- coiili.1 iilwm fin 4 i.n,.
aeCiiHlMlOilNt ko -' cheerfully be.oel,"
TI,oe liinen havii paSM-d f.ir yer,. i n.l
while there r. many pleaxant miiiiih
ri' 'connected.' with them, it i will
i the.'' former charge.
tion' of the! warrants drawn at lnt
night's meeting, it was found that tli.-ie
remained in- the; 'school' treaNiirv tb
sum of ?t7H.(i.". ' -
l'Mn the pietiion of the election of.
a janitor for the J.central school to (ill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Fred J. Keene. it was dcci..-. that
it be understood t hat whoever be elect -
e.l it should le for one mouth, on trial.
and upon a s ballorjbeing taken Mr. ).
Li Mcl'eet was elm-tcd to fill the imimi-
tion for a salary" of -$50 ier mouth.
NATIONAL
POLITICS
PARKER INSTRUCTS EDITORS OF
, DEMOCRATIC TEXT. BOOKS
USE NO PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
Illinois Political Campaign Opened in.
Chicago; by Senator
- - Foraker.
Watson Speaks at Paducah, Kentucky,
for hi s Party Grand Republican
Bally at Chicago Is Full of Enthu.H-
. tasm. J
NKW VORK, Sept. 17. -The" 'follow
ing letter concerning the - Democrat ia
text- bMik, wa recidved by Heo. K.
Parker, Cldef of the LiMiiocratic Liter
ary Department, 'tonight, from
Parker:- . V. !i '
.1 n4g
The
:" Itotam.'unt,
Hep't. 17. -
Tiiim'i this
moraing sat' the
party
text Imok ; i nlomt to be prepared ;
therefore I -hasten to leg yon to s-
that no word in it reflects on the ir
so rial honor and integrity of ' residi t
ltoosvclt. " jj '--
"The Kvening Post I editorial indi
cate that little care ha been taken in
that -lirection toward rmysclf b th.
compiler"if the'ii Republican text" Ixtok,
but let there be no ' rejoinder in kind
r
ot lierwiH.
.': Illinois Republicans Begin.
C hicago, Sept. 17 The Republ'lcnn
party of Chicago formally .opened,. the
wilitical camMiign tonight by a nrn.l
rally under the nnspice of the llaiuil
twn club. Senator- J. It. Foraker, of
Ohio, wa th" principal Speaker, the
adilresa creating great enthusiawin.
Watson In Kentucky.
Paducah, Ky Hpt. 17. The Pon;
list campaign in Kentncky was oen"l
toalay by Thomas K." Watson, the candi
date .for Presiilent.
WILL BE ONLY STR0NO MAN
PARIS, Sept. 17.-One of the highe-f
diplomatic officers here reeeived aa in
teresting report concerning a court in
trigue at St. Petersburg. The report
says the F.mperor has declared his or
his it ion to having a strong man like M
Witte exercise nut horitv to the practi
cal exclusion if himself. This added
to the chief eanse of Witte s retirement
and the Kmperor's resentment again'
the late Interior Minister Von Ph-hve's
Autocratic power. The Kmperor ht t
le understood there is to be no H''r
strong man but himself.
Jayns's
Javns's Tcnlc VcnrJ:-
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