The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-27

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: The Republicans evidently wante,
a successful man for state chairman
: That rag-pickers' trust in New forl
ls one that j Pierpon, seems TO have
overlooked.
The spauiding Logging Company u
planning a 100000 daily capacity saw
mill at Newberg.
In governmental affairs the world
over conservatism seems TO be having
a prolonged Innings.
/ Big crowds at the Chautauqua are
lcutting down the attendance at the
seaside summer resorts.
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Roseburg may tie the Raglans, but
cant beat them for the pennant, un'
less n Is I'm the playing off of the tie
and this would be the tie that binds.
B S. Pague who used to graft the
state for appropriations for the state
weather bureau, is now making an
honest living as lawyer at Portland.
49,
Salem people will give their base
hall team more support In adyersity
than when In the sunshine Of prosperi'
~ they were wiplng of one team after
another.
Entertaining Chautauqua audiences
with a magician is herdly up TO the
ideals OF n Christianity-prOmoting ed
ucationnl enterprise. rhsv viii next
lsDrlng continuous vaudeville.
The lnnoculatlon Of the soil with
the alfalfa microbe Is considered
necessary 10 success In raising that
crop In the Willamette valley, accord
ing TO the latest agricultural science.
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II Is hopeful sign for the improve.
ment OF the Oregon public schools
that while some counties show de-
creased school population the same
counties show increased attendance.
Every politician Is said TO have a |
lightning rod up and Is ready 70 be
struck. but not In the way the tighten
Ing hit a statue OF Henry Clay at Lex.
lngton. KY. the other day and knocked
an arm on.
DR. Hutchinson. Portland officer OF
the Bureau OF Animal Industry re.
fuses an assignment 10 Ofilce In Utah. \
preferring TO remain In Portland. He
has the drop on the government He
har rich wife.
A fresh water pearl was found at
Gsnoa, Wis. near Prairie du Chen,
1880 grains and nearly an
Inch In diameter. II was sold TO To-
cal dealer for S2s75. believed to be but
= fraction OF its real value
In place Of as gold medals at the
Osaka Japan exposition. Oregon gets
on with a letter OF thanks and II will
now he In order 10 spend lot more
state money 10 send brer Dosch some
where else with his Jars Of bloated I
salmon done up In yellow alcohol.
The big syndlcates are 20 spend mil n
lions and paper railroads are thicker
IN Oregon than heas at Santa Barbara.
IN the meantime the fact remains
that there Is a written agreement be- =,
tween the managers OF the big syndi.
Gates TO not enter one another's ter.
ritory
The people viii groan under three
big bills that the last legislature
heaped on thetnxpayers-the Portland
fair, the portage road. and the Indian
war veterans. But the referendum
has been knocked IN the head aud the
only thing 20 do Is TO ante up and
look pleasant"
Tho conviction OF w. N Peacock for
killing Alexander Kerr was doubtless
In accordance with the facts and in
accord With the letter and the spirit
OF the law, But TO hang hopelessly
detormed man. who Is also probably
unbalanced mentally would be dis,
grace TO Oregon
The New York rag pickers have
formed a union, and are going To
strike unloss tho contractors raise
their wages. one would think In this
country, where the bird OF freedom
scars SO altitudinously. that man
might pick rags without having a
hard'hearted trust over him.
There are now only FIVE thousand
indian war veterans claiming pen. /
slons In Oregon, The legislative an.
proprlation Is not half enough To go
around The next legislature better I
hurry up and pay them on. as the .
number OF veterans In any war seems
10 he constantly increasing.
land grabbing goes on lust the I
sane. There Is only one redeemine /
FEATURE 10 the whole proposition: /
Those who are getting school lands /
and timber lands will be parting with 4
lhem for less than they give IN few 4
years, aud In the meantime they viii
De taxed by the local governments
70 lmpNyo the country. aud line the
pockets OF some county seat rings.
ess
Why blame old man Williams Nav.
or OF Portland, sometimes called the
VfMld Old Man OF Multnomah county
pohues. for ne aaiulent failure of his
'lN administration. when he was put
on ne ticket ON the theory that he
NQnld be a rutly partisan mayor who /
would not seriously interfere with any /