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Dreadful Expert enc. In Utica.

To rHi EprroR OF rHH SpE--s,! just ~.
ago four Of W dropped Into the cafe OF Ioa
In Utica 70 quench 4 thirst generated BY ",
r,de and warm day. and bunch offratt,n, ~.
suggested juiep. The eounterfeit only Wi'h.m
behind the bar satsd In dissu,t "D!d We m''1
w wanted two mint julsrs'"
Yes. that was n! Another STARE o. nnt,.
then = lot Of queer msniruiations, then aholn.,
stare, then sxpiosivel-: Say. hstt IN. nos'
ioolishest drink man ever ordered"
!, "a, G. J "
NEW YoHE, June H.
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MCKINLEY majority in the city was
81 ,6S5.
Yet in the following year in the triple
candidate campaign for Mayor of the
city the combined vote of BENJAMIN F.
TRACY and SETH Low was but 253,s53,
or 81 ,Oe5 below that of MCKINLEY in the
preceding year. On the other hand the
total vote of ROBERT A. VAN WICK, the
successful candidate for Mayor, was
23s ,se7, or 1924 more than BRYAN re-
ceived in the preceding year. VAN
wYcK's plurality in the entire city was
80, ,lS7, or 20, ,77o above that of MCKINLEY
in the preceding year The official vote
OF the Mayoralty contest in 1897 was as
follows:
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Here was a clearly defined contest be-
tween a straight Democratic candidate
and a Republican fusion candidate,
showing almost a complete reversal Of
the national result in the city the year
before.
What was the result of the straight
,Mayoralty contest in 1903 between Low
rsnominated and GEORGE B McCLEL-
Ian? A complete turning over of the
result OF two years before Where Low
in 1901 won by 81 ,s3s McCLELIAS's S
majority over Low in 1903 was s?, ,8se,
az follows:
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Husband. II Jsn R.,p support wt~ss.

From NJ ciepsiend Plain pet'"
Chief rroes,ioAer Lewis OF the juvenile eou''
Yesterday received q ctstk for Sf from WE
workhouse. THIS represents the monihiy e.Ia ".
inGs OF the priseners sent there BY the )uNeh.
court. upder the new legislation . part OF u'
prisousr, sarninsG II the men have been ~
seneed BY the Juvenile court goes 10 me 'uPP'"
OF thsr families.
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A Lover Of HI, Fellow Men.

To TEN EpiroN or ThE sus--St: Count me
In As one who loves his fellow men, but under
no circumstance osn consider crank. tramp.
4 hobo. q corner loafsr or car rowdy a. a brother
or FELLOW man. To me that class OF undesirable
and unpleasant citizens are % vermin that should
be exterminatsd by lew a. tsst a. possible.
JASON Y. BAhSsIAHLI-
BsooxLyr, June ~.
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From fhs Phlddslphtd Press.

A Federal tax on corporations invsdss
q held Of tAxstion which the States have
regarded a. their own. II corporations csn
bear more tsxstion, Psnnsylvsnia Just now
would be glad to have the additional revenue
from this source. Before creating 4 na.
tional tax on corporations Congress should
consider carefully It's probable effect on
State revenues and its effect 10 restricting
State ta ration OF corporations.
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From the Ne,p York HsraId.

From revision OF the tariff schedules "a
the imposition Of an income tax Of this 10.
ture seems very long step" indeed, and
the power to impose such an excise upon
domestic corporations. like the tar upoo
inheritances. might we'll be left to the s.v.
eral statee. The Government must han
revenue. and when absolutely necessary ths
patriotic American people will submit 10
any measures needed to supply It. In this
time Of peace and prosperity. however.
many thoughtful citizens would prefer to
see the needed revenue obtained IL posi-.
BILE by tried and familiar methods rather
than enter upon the proposed experiment,
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From fhe Nev York Tribune.

The tax on the net receipts Of corporations
about to be disbursed as dividends must
be clearly shown to- wear the suiss Of an
excise tax before 1t can pass muster as not
conflicting with constitutional requirements.
Perhaps that can be shown, but as Justice
Harlan significantly remarked. the differ.
ences between direct taxes and excise ta,es
are often diff,cult to put In words. even
when the mind IL able to grasp the idea that
there are some technical differences
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Hayfoot su SAipbsard.

To ras ErIrcR o. TEE Sue-.stE II haa
always seemed 70 me that the easiest way 70
remember port and sarooard and the color Of
lights representing them 10 by the length Of the
words, !. e.. ieft=port=red; nsh,asATeoaFd=
green
Left" port" and red" are al shorter vor1
than right" -starboard- and green
ATLANTIC CITY. June H. Z. L. l.
TO TIE EDITOR or rHs srs-a,: Here, :
simpler mnemonie rule thnn o. r. p's Lst
the old designations "iarSoard" ane "i.'eosrS
sugsest "leftbosrd" and "de1tsrbosrd." L.
left" "isrbosrd- tnow porn: dexter. "nghI
(deE) st'rbosrd.
But thcB iuhbers generally have 70 think twice
TO Be sure OF left aad right let alone left and
stsrhoard. JOHN A. hffcHHh
NRw YORK. June ".
70 rnl Epr1es ~ rna suN-st,' In reply TO
%. r. D." In TO. days SUN. would Say that sn
easy rule for sestarers which also includes NC
color OF the lights Is:
Port 10 red. starboAyd Is green
Drink port and you will getlef'
". P. srAH
wIrrI RIVER JUNCTION, W., June s.
To rss Eprroa OF Tnr sus-sr' Harss I:
hmpls rule for lsndsnsn 10 tell the por sno
stsrboard sides Of . ship;
Port" hes sane number Of letters as 'Nt
aad further to distinguish the hehts ~ ms"
port" winei 10 red and the port light ditto.
Some year, sso when the sides and iishue'so ,'s.
10 stiek me I caught op 70 this, and ever '.h's
us been easy TOR LAfpsAN'
NV YokK, June ~.
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While McCLELLAN's majority in 1908
was 81, ,e96, his plurality in 1905 was 3,A72
1t was in that year that WILLIAM r.
HEARST came within an ace of destroy
ing the Democratic city organization;
yet McCLELLAN's vote in 1905 was only
s8,3s5 below his vote Of 1908, while
1vINs's vote was ll4,S93 below that Of
Low in 1903, indicating that HEARST
made far greater inroads upon the Re-
publican vote than he did upon the
Democratic vote.
For the information of all concerned
and with no idea that the vote for TAFT
and BRYAN in the city last November
will have a bearing upon the city elec-
tion next November, the vote is here
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THE ROOSEVELT STAMP TAX
And the Doubtful n Not Dangerous Ex.
pertinent on Corporation Prsnts.

From he Nev York Ttn,es.
The President is informed that the Ico,.
porationl tax will yield t2S. Coz. .ooo Of rev.
enue. Stamp taxes such as were imposed
In the year Of the war with Spain would now
Yield double that revenue: they would not
be burdensome. they would not ne com.
planned OF. they impose form OF taIato,
that Is employed by most other nations
the fruits Of the impost would be easily
and cheaply collected. Aswe have already
pointed out, this tar, however. lacks ths
merit Of harassins the corporations. and 10
II seems 1t would not be popular.
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aan o.

Shakespeare wss saksd u Hamlet Vas sant.
Certainly" hs cried, he only sees ghosts. not
sosrsships"
hsrswth hs esAs,ishsd the tssl
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between the results % to national and
municipal elections in the city, 1t is only
necessary to observe that ALTON B,
PARKER carried the city over THEODORE
ROOSEVELT in 1904 by s7,4oe, or BY
25,290 fewer votes than MCCLELLAN re-
ceived in 1908. and yet what was the
result Of the city election in 1905?
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Further evidence to the effect that
New York city elections in municipal
campaigns are inherently of local char
actsr is supplied in the returns for the
national election Of 1900. In that year
the result in the city was as follows
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BRYAN's majority in the city in that
year was 2s,5l5 and yet in 1901 in the
Mayoralty contest between SETH Low,
Republican fusion, and EDWARD NJ.
SHEPARp, Democrat, Lows majority
was 81, $50, as follows:
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foot Of each summit lock, with the intention
Of thus protecting one pair OF rates by the
second and preventing . disastrous result
from such On accident a. has now hanna n I'd
In the Canadian lock Of the 500 Canal.
The accident In the Canadian 500 Canal
lock- which consists only OF one lock cham
Der with . lit OF twenty feet, is child's play
compared with the terrible disaster that
would result from the carrying away of ons
OF the summit lock gates on the Panama
Canal with q total lift Of eishty.dvs feet
and with the dimensions OF the lock cham
bers 900 feet In length by 40 feet in width,
The result Of such . disaster would bs un-
paralleled and would involve the destruc-
ton OF the canal works below the bresk.
the enptying OF the lake and the blockin
Of canal navisation probably for an in.
definite number OF years.
The proposed system Of controlling YEA
sells approaching the locks and while lock.
ing through by means Of Approach pieYs
and new electric devices-vhateyer thsy
may be-heretofor untried and not proved
would In the opinion Of men familiar with
the handling OF vessels Be a very uncertain
and unreliable protection. for the element
Of human error and Of accidents 10 mschIn.
cry and materials 10 unfortunately always
present in navigation, under Whatever form
IL may be conducted. The possibility Of
the occurrence OF some serious accident Of
. similar nature 70 that which has Just bsen
recorded can In no way be avoided on the
Panama Canal with its siI locks. The
safety device represented by duplicate
sates would not prsves. :h= of.shins
through both gates OF q powerful steamer
OF many thousand tons weight. as the
momentum Of 20 heavy . body n,ovIns
through the water could under oertajn COW
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senior senator from the state, James

senior senator from the state, James
Stevens, who had not hesitated to fat
ter Norton and use him as cats paw.
This use the Hon. Charles Norton
seemed to consider an honor of large
propositions. Not every first term
congressman can hope for intimacy
with senator. Norton believed that
his work for Langdon would win him
the family's gratitude and thus further
his ambition to marry Carolina. the
planters Oldest daughter, whose beau
ty made her the recipient Of many at
| tentions.
! A complacent CLEAN shone In Nor
tons eyes as they swept over the fer
tile acres of the plantation. He
thought Of the material interest he
might one day have In them If his suit
Tor the hand of Carolina progressed ia
vOrably. Suddenly his reverie was in
terrupted by the voice Of young Ran
dolph Langdon. spirited lad in his
early twenties, who had just been made
plantation manager by his father.
"Well, how Is the honorable todayr'
said Randolph, approaching from the
doorway. 81 didn't think congress
man could be spared from Washing
ton but rarely, especially when the pa
pers say the country needs such a lot
Of saving"
"Oh, this saving your country talk
goes all right in the story books" re-
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That bids him fiout the law he makes;
That bids him make the law he fiouts.
-Kipling.
TN buoyant spirit the Hon. Charles
Norton rode up the bride path
leading through the Langdon plan
Il tation to the old antebellum home
stead which, on shaded knoll. over
looked the winding waters Of the Pearl
river. No finer prospect was to be had
in all Mississippi than greeted the eye
from the wide southwest porch, where
on warm evenings the Langdons and
their frequent guests gathered to dine
or to watch the golden splendor Of the
dying sun.
The Langdon family had long been
q power In the south. Its sons fought
under Andrew jackson at New Or
leans, under Zachary Taylor in the
war with Mexico, and in the civil wal
men Of that name left their blood on
the fields Of Antietam, Shiloh, the
Wilderness and Gettysburg. But this
family of fighting men, Of unselfist
patriots, had also marked influence ir
the ways of peace, as real patriots
should. Generations Of Langdons had
taken deepest pride in developing the
hundreds of acres of cotton land
whose thousands of four foot row
planted each April spread open thu
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MINING ACTIVITY ON
LOWER SNAKE RIVER

The old Anaconda" mine at Wild
Goose Rapids on Snake river is to
be revived, according to the Asotin
sentinel, which says a party of sur
-'eJoiS and assistants in charge of
engineer Hunter were taken up the
river to the old mine last week.
equipped for long stay. The party
is to do considerable mining survey
Ing between the Grand Ronde river
md Wild Goose rapids.
The Anaconda" was partially de
e. a, IA years ago by com
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mo, no. Mr.. Langdon-I should say
senator now, suppose. l was merely
telling Randolph how some legislators
conduct themselves"
The senator elect paused momentari-
ly, gazing at the congressman. VINO,
dark visaged, tall. black haired, broad
shouldered and athletic. was visibly
uneasy at having his conversation
with Randolph overheard by the IA
ther.
"No doubt 1t won't be all plain sail
ing in Washington for an old fash
ioned man like me. but believe In the
American people and the men they
send to congress-" slowly spoke the
| planter There's Senator Stevens, for
instance. He has always stood for the
rights of the people. I've read all his
speeches. Just why he brought about
my election it is hard to tell, for I've
been planter all my life except when
fought under Beauregard. i feel
that he did 1t out of friendship, and l
simply can't say how much l appre-
ciate the honor. am indebted to you,
too, congressman"
Tactfully disclaiming any credit for
his work, only NortOn's congressional
training in repression enabled him to
refrain from smiling at Langdon's' In
nocence, his belief In Stevens sinceri-
ty and his wonder over his election
Stevens, the keen, cold and resource
full, who forced his officeholders to
yield him parts of their government
salaries; Stevens, who marketed tC
railway companies his influence with
the department OF justice; Stevens
who was Republican In the commit
tee room In Washington and Demo
crat on the platform in Mississippi
Stevens, who had consummated the
deal with Martin Sanders. boss of sew
en- counties, to elect Langdon because
Of the planters trustfulness and sim
plicity of character. which should make
him easy to influence and to handle Ii
the all important matter Of the gull
naval base project!
The entry of Carolina LangdOn ant
her younger sister, Hope Georgia. gav'
Norton a welcome opportunity to shift
the trend of conversation.
"You ladies will have gay time II
Washington" he began, after directing
particularly enthusiastic greeting Il
Carolina. "You will be in great de
mand at all the big affairs, and dom
think you will ever want to come bacl
to old Mississippi, forty miles from {
railroad. with few chances to wea
your New York gowns"
Carolina spoke quickly, her fac,
flushing at the thought Of the nev
vista Of life now opening. "Yes,
have always longed to be a part of th
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"Yes, 1 do, from what I've already

"Yes, I do. from what I've already
heard, but l haven't heard very much
Of what the folks who advocate other
sites have to say. So until I've heard
all sides and made my own examina-
tion | couldn't give any one my final
answer. but Altacoola seems to have
the necessary qualifications"
Senator Stevens is in favor of Alta
coola," eagerly suggested Norton.
eyes. and that's pretty good argu-
ment in its favor" responded Lang
don.
Norton now excused himself, plead
ing an appointment with client at a
neighboring village. Waving farewell
to Carolina and Hope Georgia, who
stood at a window, he rode away.
"The old man is sure to be all right"
he muttered. "He leans toward Alta
coola and believes in Stevens. He'll
lean some more until he falls over-intC
the trap. There's fortune In sight
within reach. Langdon has faith in
his friends. He won't suspect a
thing"
Still another thought occurred to the
Hon. Charles Norton. "Stevens elect
ed Langdon out Of friendship" hi
chuckled gleefully. THAT will be wei
worth telling In Washington"
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Cope Georgia" yeti
Carolina. you must not think me
only your little sister now. have
seen life. Haven't l spent a week in
Jackson?'
THAT'S enough proof You know
all about life. Fm sure. Miss Hope
Georgia." smilingly remarked Norton.
Later. rising to join Planter Langdon
ON the veranda. where he had gone to
smoke, the congressman gazed intent
| ly at Carolina. "You will probably
forget your old friends when you en-
| ter the dizzy social race In Washing
ton"
"No. Charlie. couldn't forget you
anyhow. You will be there too. I
shall depend on you a great deal TO
take me about. unless you are too
busy making speeches and fighting
your opponents"
| Again 1t was Norton's turn to be
inwardly amused at the political ig.
norance of the Langdon family
| Speeches? The first term congressman
l uOcSu iuuhc bpcctuco III NhbuiuBtOh
because no one cares what he thinks
except the lobbyists, whose business
1t is to provide new members with O
complete set of thoughts. Neither does
he have opponents-he is not consid
cred important enough by the veterans
to be opposed.
Skillfully approaching the subject
which next to Carolina Langdon had
been uppermost In his mind during bis
VISIT Norton asked the senator cleo
on Joining him IL he did not believe
that the entire south would benefit Il
the plan to establish naval base OF
the gulf was successfully carried
through.
"Most certainly do. and, as ! sait
during the senatorial fight. the whol'
country as well will be the gamer" re
sponded Langdon.
"Don't you think the people WHIT
want Altacoola chosen as the site hav,
the best argumentsT was the visitor
next question. the reply to which h
anxiously awaited.
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Lived 1852 Years.

VIM. Parr-England's Oldest man
married the third time at 12O, work
ed in the fields till 1872 and lived
20 years longer. People should be
youthful at 80. James Wright. OF
Spurlock. KY, shows how to remain
young. II feel just like a 16-year-
old boy he writes, after taking six
bottles of Electric Bitters. For thir-
ty years kidney trouble made life a
burden, but the first bottle of this
wonderful me1icine convinced me
had found the greatest cure on
earth" They're godsend to weak,
sickly, rundown or old people. Try
them. soc at Burnaugh & Mayfield's
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$4,000 Folders for Lewis County.

Chehalis, Wash, April 24.-This
week the Bee-Nugget Publishing
Company is printing the first install
ment of the advertising for Lewis
County. The order is $4,000 folders,
of "a pages each, devoted to the re-
sources and advantages of Lewis
County. Eastern railway companies
have signified their willingness to dis
tribute $4,000 of these in places
where they think they will do the
most good. Within about week a
supply of the folders will be placed
with every postoffice in the county
with the understanding that the post
master place them at the disposal of
their patrons.
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Continued next week.
Whooplng Cough.

This Is more dangerous disease
than is generally presumed. 1t will
be surprise to many to learn that
more deaths result from it than from
scarlet fever. Pneumonia often re
suits from it. Chamberlains Cough
Remedy has been used in many cpl
denies of whooping cough, and al
ways with the best results. Delbert
McKeig of Harlan, Iowa, says of it.:
my boy took whooping cough when
nine months old. He had it in the
winter. l got a bottle of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy which proved
good. l cannot recommend 1t too
highly For sale by Burnaugh &
Mayfield.
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She Wasn't Playing.

In a western Kansas town, relates
Paul Lovewell. at party of adults
1t was proposed that the entertain
ment consist of games that pre-
vailed in the good old days Of child
hood-postoffice. tin-tin, London
bridge, and So on. Finally prize
was offered for the person who could
make the "ugliest face" The judges
Witnessed the contortion Of faces fol
awhile and then awarded the prize
to an old maid.
"You win," they said, handing her
box Of bonbons.
Il will thank you to know she
replied, Il was not playing"
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pany that spent several thousands of
dollars but later dropped the work,
A Lewiston man has now taken hold
of the mine, and matters are likely
to become pretty active as the Ana
conda was always recognized as
something pretty good.
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Professional Directory of U3aHowa County
Coyote s.alp Bounty.

Present coyote scalps to w. F.
Savage. at w. J. Funk & Cos store,
Enterprise, who is authorized to
take affidavits and give Warrants
for same on behalf of the Wallowa
County Woolgrowers association.
35b4 THOS. MORGAN, Secretary.