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Are you In on The Bee's Book
loverg' contest? If not, why not?
' Thus far the beef on the Texas
border seems to be free from taint.
The harem skirt should not, how
ever, be charged up to the famous
David.
Th trouble Carter Harrison now
has to face Is to make good on that
promise of 70-cent gas.
It seems the only defect with the
Oklahoma deposit guaranty law Is
that It did not guarantee.
Dr. Hyde's new trial may. be 'put
down as another triumph for the
Great American Technique.
Evidently Senator O'Oorman is sat
isfactory to the powers, for "Boss"
Murphy has not lost his job.
At any rate, Henry Clay Richmond
has covered himself with iridescent
and unextlngulshable glory.
One Washington observer says that
Bailey's fears are no longer for I x ri
mer, 'but for Bailey. Selah!
Wonder where our law-makers re
turning from the Holy City will take
their well-earned vacations this time.
Unless Dr. Cook speaks soon one
will be justified In assuming that he
has slipped away on a quiet hunt for
the other pole.
The most Important feature of Car
ter Harrison's victory ia that It shlea
another castor Into the democratic
presidential arena.
Banker Vanderllp of New York says
money is "distressingly easy." Still,
some of us are comparatively free
from tlje distress.
-Opportunity la knocking boldly, and with
a show of confidence, at the door of
democracy. Cincinnati Inquirer.
Sure It is not the hammer of Mr.
Bryan you hear?
Omaha Is to have a rock pile on
which city jail prisoners will be per
mitted to take exercise. Graduates
from the rock pile ought to be In per
fect condition to resume playing golf.
Madero, leader of the Mexican ln
surrectos, Is said to be so rich he can
not be bought off. Wealth has also
at times proved a great advantage in
politics on this side of the Rio Grande.
President Taft'g favorite pitcher,
Walter Johnson of the Washington
team, is holding out for more pay.
No one need be surprised to see a spe
cial message sent to Manager McAleer.
It's still a quiet time In the senate.
World-Herald.
What's the matter? Hasn't the
WorM-Herald editor, who now holds
down a cushioned seat there, gotten
his bearings?
"His calmness and agitation," says
a correspondent, are signs that betray
Senator Lorlmer's fears of the second
investigation. , When a man is calmly
agitated be cannot conceal his feel
ings. aagBBSaMBMSBBaaBBBBBaBBBSSBBasBBBBBBBaa.
There is none the less a gruesome
coincidence In the fact that one of the
men who profited by the Lorlmer
jackpot fixed up In aSt. Louis bath
room should be found dead In a bath
tub.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson must have
felt, as he read the Chicago city elec
tion returns, the peculiar advantage
be, as a college profensor, enjoys by
reason of a resldeuce In New Jersey
instead of Illinois.
Senator Hitchcock's organ persists
in singing the praises of Governor
Harmon of Ohio, presumably just to
show Mr.- Bryan (hat he is not the
only pebble oo the democratic beach.
Hurrah for harmony'.
"Tom" Johnson.
A "olorniy petrel" wm "Tfm"
.tyihnson's own description of himself,
and it seems to have been a graphic
one. Hut his love for a fight short
ended his life, In spite of bis assprtlon
that it was in the heat of conflict he
enjoyed life most. lie was a pow
erful fighter, a formidable foe. and
yet when defeat rame to cap the cli
max of his long train of triumphs it
fell with a crushing; force.
"Tom" Johnson was a man of pro
nounced opinions, and It was, no
doubt, his caper willingness to fight
for the stakes of poltl'T that, made
him believe he enjoyed life most when
fighting. When lives like his are cut
short it cannot but remind ub that
even such as they might have accom
plished more to the world had they
been tempered In their fiery passion.
These spirits are not indomitable.
They fall as easily as less belligerent
ones. "Tom Johnson only tnotignt
he loved a fight more than peace.
What he loved was to win the fight.
But when his time came to lose
when he lost politically and financially
and nonetheless from the standpoint
of principle he lost out altogether.
The life of "Tom" Johnson reads
like a romance. He was a bt),' man.
He had a big brain, as well as heart.
He had a strong hand and he attained
a success at the age of 17 which most
men counted successful would be con
tented enough to reach by 40 or 45.
In business and In politics he never
failed to stamp the influence of his
dynamic character on whatever he did.
His chief fame, of course, was as
mayor for four terms of Cleveland,
during which he forced the inaugura
tion of the 3-cent fare for street car
service. In state and national poli
tics he made little headway, although
he had achieved a national fame.
CampaiH. Promise Guaranty.
The town of Alton, III., seems des-
tlned to fame through Its mayors. A that will demand most serious eon
former one serving in the legislature sideration. Never before since the
achieves notoriety by fathering the so- present constitution of Nebraska was
called stork bill to pay cash for new adopted, unless In 1896. when twelve
born Infants, and now a candidate for
the office deposits $2,500 cash in bank
to bind his promise to close all .aa-
loons on the Sabbath if elected.
This ambitious patriot seems to
have suggested something worth
while. We do not know but it would
be a good thing to exact smilar
curlty of all candidates for office. Per -
haps the public would be able to
realize better on their Investments if
me oracenoiaer were oouna Dy a casn
consideration. It is only strange that preme court whereby a widow is de
with all the flow of statesmen in the dared entitled to insurance on the life
republio it should have been withheld
so long from practical test. No man
who has given a thought to the nature
and conditions of pojttica may , doubt
ror a moment tne utmost feasibility
of the plan. Some of the hypercritical
may fear its fruition because of the
obtrusion of other less loftily inspired
office seekers; perhaps that Jealous
city councllmen or police officials
might obstruct the mayor's perform-
ance. Or some sordid soul might even
say that special Interests, that work
In a mysterious way their wonders to
perform' In politics, might find it
practicable to reimburse the mayor
and let him forfeit his money.
But what use to ferret after reasons
why such an ideal plan should fail?
If it will add a feather's weight of
actual value to the average campaign
promise accept it and put it to the
test.
Champ Clark's Kevision Rainbow.
In that array of platitudes that con
stituted Champ Clark's stump speech
accepting the speakership he relter-lof
ated for his party the promise of "an
honest, Intelligent revision of the
tariff downward," at this session, and
added, "Bills are already far advanced
In preparation looking to the accom-
pli8hment of this beneficent end."
Nobody knows better than does
Champ Clark that the moving purpose
of the democrats Is not for "an honest.
Intelligent revision" of the tariff at
th resent time, but that thev have,
been forced to adopt a program be-
ause of the extra session, which they
would much have preferred to have
delayed until the regular session in
December, and that whatever they
may do In the way of tariff revision
will be for political purposes only. If
the democrats were really imbued with
destre for "an honest, intelligent
revision" they would have made some
manifestatlon of it before this. When
the last tariff bill was taken up they
had had ample notit u r,f it and plenty man whose name bas since become In
of opportunity to formulate a demo- volved in the Lorlmer cage. Is said to
cratle measure for revision downward. nve requested the president to have
Had the democrats possessed any con-
structlve ability they would have of-
fered a democratic tariff bill as a sub-
stitute for the Payne-Aldrlch bill and
gone to the country on It, but Instead
thev contented themselves with oc-
cupylng a position of negation, voting
in the interval to keep the duties up
on articles In which their respective
constituencies were interested.
It la generally conceded that the
prospect for "an honest, intelligent
revision" of the tariff would have been
furthered by the creation of a perma
nent non-partisan tariff commission
charged with the investigation of pro
duction here and abroad and the pre
sentation of facts upon which the
duties could be properly adjusted and
based. But the democrats In congress
wanted no such tariff commission, and
by their votes prevented its etilablish
ruent, making necessary continuance
of the temporary tariff board, which
Is doing the work in the best way It
can. Even now while Speaker Clark
refers to bills in preparation for carry
ing out the democratic tariff program
he makes no reference to any bill for
a permanent tarifT commission, be
cause the democrats see no political
prestige to be gained by them in that
direction.
In view of the events here recited,
too recent to be so soon forgotten, the
public is apt to look with suspicion
upon the revision rainbow painted by
Champ Clark and to refuse to take
promise for performance.
Nebraska's 1911 Legislative Harvest.
It Is a little early yet to take stock
of the work of the Nebraska legisla
tive session Juat adjourned. Measured
by ordinary standards, the record of
the legislature, including acts of omis
sion as well as acts of commission,
wirl probably be about the average,
but measured against the high water
mark of efficiency and reform of the
last republican legislature Of 1907, It
will be sadly deficient. '
The members of the present legis
lature were for the most part elected
on a straight-out Issue of wet and dry,
end as a consequence the democratic
majority crediting their control to es
pousal of the wet cause subordinated
everything to their one prime mission
of preventing further encroachment
or restriction upon the liquor Inter
ests. Incidently the railroad and
other corporate concerns, with possi
ble exception of the stock yards, ordi
narily the focus of legislative assault,
have a right to congratulate them
selves on having escaped from the
melee with few scratches and no
bruises.
In one direction the aetivity of the
law-makers Just adjourned will be
notable, and that is In the multiplicity
of proposed amendments to the consti
tution gubmltted for popular ratifica
tion or rejection at the polls in 1912.
The initiative and referendum amend
ment and ,the home rule for cities
amendment are the two that have at-
tracted most attention, but there are
several others of significant scope
propositions were submitted, have the
people been called upon to patch their
fundamental law in so many places at
one time.
It goes without saying that the leg
islative harvest going to make up the
session law of 1911 will furnish
se-jmajiy other topics for further discus-
slon.
Stickinsr the Insurance Company. "
The decision of the Nebraskrr-su-
0f the husband whom she was con
vlcted of murdering is understandable
0Diy on the theory that it is always
legitimate to stick the Insurance com
pany. This may be good law, and
doubtless Is, or It would not be so de-
clared by both trial and appellate
courts, but to a layman it looks like
putting up prize money to commit
murder if a pardon for the crime can
be later had. The usually accepted
ruie j8 to stipulate in the insurance
policy that there shall be no claim for
payment for death procured by the
beneficiary, but in this case, although
the beneficiary had been adjudged
guilty and was serving a penitentiary
sentence when released by exercise of
executive clemency, the insurance
company was not permitted to use the
record to establish its defense
The Bee has no disposition to de
hat again the guilt or innocence of
I the unfortunate woman Involved, but
It does not hesitate to disagree with
the principle mat a murderer may
lawfully collect insurance on the life
.
bis victim
Such a rule as laid
down appears still lesg tenable here,
where the money awarded the par-
doned convict comes out of a fraternal
insurance society which must, to pay
it, levy an assessment on hard-work
lng, law-abiding members whose bur
dens should not he made heavier Just
out of misdirected sympathy,
Ii There a Lumoer lTMtl
I Some months ago it was said the
government would undertake to dls-
solve the alleged lumber trust, and
now, on what seems to De reliable
authority, it is reported that a federal
grand Jury will be set at the work
with an investigation within two or
three weeks.
When Herbert Knox Smith, commls-
loner of corporations, disclosed some
results of his late investigation tend-
MnK to show the existence of A lumber
trust. Edward Hines, the big lumber-
the full findings of the commissioner
made public, to disprove the existence
r combine. An unbiased person
reading the summary of report of the
commissioner of corporations on the
lumber industry Issued under date of
February 13, 1911. will have a dlffl
cult time agreeing with Mr. Hines
that it tends to disprove the existence
' combine.
The commlnsloner himself deducts
from the report these three "foremost
facts" as having been conclusively
proved: "
1. The concentration of a dominating con
trol of our standing timber In a compara
tlcelv few enormous holdings, steadll
tending toward a
lumber Industry.
central control of the
S. Vast speculative purchase and holding
of timber land far In advanre of any use
thereof.
X An enormoua Increase in the value of
this diminishing natural resource, with
grrat profits to Ita owners. This value, tov
the very nature of standing timber, the
holder neither created nor substantially
enhances
Only forty years sgo. as this report
shows, at least three-fourths of the
timber now standing waa publicly
owned. Now about four-fifths of It Is
privately owned. And the rrice of
lumber has Increased with the degree
of private ownership. Three concerns,
Mr. Smith points out. the Southern
Pacific company, the Weyerhauser
Timber company and the Northern
Pacific Railway company (Including
their subsidiaries) combined own
238,000,000,000 feet, or about 11 per
cent of all privately owned timber.
But, as the commissioner has Indi
cated, threatened monopoly In stand
ing timber Is not the only menace In
this situation; after the timber Is cut
off there Is the monopoly In land. The
report Is such as to bring forcibly to
mind a realization of what a trust In
timber means to the future of this
country. It Is therefore imperatively
necessary that the g;overnmi--t disre
gard what interested parties may say
to the contrary and find out for Itself
If a trust really exists, and if so, dis
solve It and bring to a fair accounting
those responsible for Its existence.
This hub-bub around the city hall
over alleged shortening of funds by
the governor's veto of the charter
amendment Is amusing. Had there
been no veto the charter changes
would not have increased the money
available by 1 cent until the year
1912, but. on the contrary, by raising
salaries would have reduced the
amounts to be spent for other pur
poses this year. The city government
will survive even though the elective
office-holders are compelled to serve
through their terms for, the same com
pensation for wfiich they hired out
when they sought the Jobs.
M. H. deYoung, owner of the San
Francisco Chroincle, has been given
credit his city and state for doing
more than any other man to get the
Panama exposition for San Francisco.
Mr. deYoung, it may be recalled, was
director general of the Mid-winter
fair, which waa held in San Francisco
in the early '90s, and is something of
a genius when it comes to running
big things.
The hearing before the governor on
the 1100,000 appropriation for a
building for the State university med
ical department at Omaha has at last
drawn the opposition out Into the
open, disclosing two sources, one the
graduates of other schools of med
icine opposed to anything strengthen
ing the regulars, and the other the
interests behind Crelghton Medical,
who evidently want that institution to
monopolize the local field of medical
education. We are surprised that
anyone speaking for Crelghton uni
versity should proceed on such amall
and narrow 'lines. Omaha, with its
surrounding territory, is quite large
enough to support two great medical
colleges, and the rivalry should be not
to block one another's growth, but as
to -which can maintain the highest
standard and equip students with the
most thorough instruction.
An Omaha Baloon keeper Is trying
to get away from a charge of selling
after hours by splitting hairs on the
difference between standard time and
sun time. If he succeeds it will soon
be the fashion to set clocks in our sa
loons by New Yorfc time in the morn
lng and by San Francisco time in the
afternoon.
It will be interesting to watch and
see how long all those boomlets for
senator, governor, congressman,
udge, etc., sprouted at Lincoln during
the past few months will stay inflated.
A Fair Fighter.
Boston Transcript.
Not everybody, perhaps not anybody.
could always agree with Tom I Johnson
of Cleveland, but even hla enemies have
honored him as a two-fisted man and
fair fighter.
Ct Oat -Playing Politics.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (dem.).
If the democrats will be aa prompt in
ratifying the reciprocity agreement as they
are In claiming to be the originators of the
Idea, the public will waive the question
where the credit belongs.
A l.eVr World. Thle.
Brooklyn Kagle.
Bryan declines to move to Memphis be
cause IJncoln, Neb., Ia nearer the center
of the United Btatea. Thua he saves us
from an upsetting of national equilibrium
which no sana mind could contemplate
with eqnanlmity.
Tearful Soba of Baalnesa.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Merchants of Washington are sobbing
over the plight of the underpaid govern
ment department clerks, but through the
tears we seem to see the look of convic
tlon that If the clerks get more money it
wll find its way into the merchants' till
Patriotism Before Parttaaashle.
Philadelphia ledger.
To any democrat or Insurgent In con
gress seeking to make political capital out
of the mobilisation of troops near the
Mexican border, only one word of advice
need be given: "Don't." One reaan for
this advice is that there Is no capital to
be made by criticism of action so com
pletely Justified by known conditions. The
other Is that while such criticism would
have no effect at home. It would give
some measure of encouragement to for
eign critics, who misunderstand or mls
repreaent the attitude of the I'nited
Btatea. This Is an occasion when there
can be no partisan division among patri
otic Americans.
Black Ky for Prohibition.
Philadelphia ledger.
The action of the Alabama legislature
In enacting a county option law to regu
late the liquor traffic la the moat aerioua
blow reielved by the prohlbitlonlata since
the wave of prohibition swept the south,
ten yeara ago. Alabama had the moK
drastic state-wide prohibition law In the
country. The agitation since this enact
ment has been extremely acute, dividing
the democrats Into bitter Irreconcilable
factions. The antla finally succeeded In
electing a governor, and the lealfiature
has now pasted a bill which provides that
lb pr cent of the volera of any county
may petition for an election to determine
whether liuuor shall be i'11 in that county
by a loons, dupnry or lfttile.
Army Gossip
Matters of Interest en and Back
of the rirlng- Line Gleaned front
the Arm? ad sTavy Register
It la expected that flights with aeroplanes
purchased by the army will begin at I'ollrge
Tark, Md., al'Oiit May 1. Four hangar are
being erected to house, that number of
machines. A Wright, a Curtisn. a Burgess
and another machine will he used, and It
Is expected that two officers will be as
signed to each machine for Instruction. Bo
far only one officer. First nontenant Roy
C. Kirtland, Fourteenth Infantry, has been
detailed to this work at College 1'ark.
Among the work which will he conducted
Is the sending and receipt of wireless mes
sages by seroplanea. The signal corps has
deslsned an experimental' wireless set for
aeroplanea. which was given preliminary
Uriels at Washington this week.
The board of officers at Fort Ieaven-
worth, which has been revising, In connec-
lon with practical trials with troopa, the
rntatlve draft of the revised infantry drill
regulations prepared at the War depart
ment by the general stuff, has been or
dered to proceed to Pan Antonio, Tex. Ths
board will submit the proposed regulations
o a practical test with troops of the ma
neuver division some time this month. The
hoard consists of Lieutenant f'olonel John
Morrison, Infantry; Captain Merch B.
Stewart, Klghth infantry, and Captain Al
fred W. ujornstad, Twenty-eighth Infantry.
Brigadier (irneral Joseph W. Duncan and
Major Clarence K. Dcntler, Twenty-third
Infantry, who had much to do with the
first revision of the regulations while mem
bers of the general stsff, are at San An
tonio and they will doubtlessly co-operate
with the hoard In Its field tests wjth troops
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri, the
friend of the army canteen, Is again to the
fore. One of the first bills Introduced In the
Sixty-second congress Is that which am
biguously provides for the repeal of sec
tion SS of the act approved February 2, 1!01.
This Is the particular section of that law
which prohibited the sale of, and dealing
In beer, wine or other Intoxicating liquor at
post exchanges or canteens or on board
army transports or upon the premises es
tablished for military purposes In the
United States.
There would be no special Interest In thle
renewed effort on the part of Mr. Bartholdt
because he attempts to' accomplish this
service to the army every year were it
not for the intimation that there la some
slight hope that the existing anti-canteen
legislation will be repealed. It seems In
credible that those who have worked so
desperately and so successfully to abol
ish the army canteen have been led to ap
preciate the harm they wrought and the
worse than Useless legislation which re
mains In force.
The army medical officers have a right
to be elated over the success of the meas
ures which have been adopted and en
forced as a precaution against disease
among the troops composing the maneuver
division in Texas. The climatic conditions
are most favorable to bad health, espe
cially In the case of troops which were
suddenly sent to Texas from places where
cold weather prevailed. Lieutenant Colonel
H. P. Birmingham, who la chief surgeon
of the maneuver division, and hla aslstants
have been Indefatigable in the installation
of a system which gets rid of all the re
fuse. One of the new ideas hug been that
of burning the picket lines. The waste hay
and refuse Is distributed along the line and
sprinkled freely with crude oil and burned,
thereby not only disposing of the material,
but effectually destroying fly ova and
larvae. As the kitchen waste solid and
liquid la disposed of In the kitchen crema
tories, the fly has no abiding place, and
the communication of disease is corre
spondingly frustrated. More than this,
nearly every 'offlee'r and enlisted man not
previously Inoculated with anti-typhoid
vaccine has been treated to that means
of avoiding that disease. The effectiveness
of these measures is demonstrated by --the
fact that there are only elghty-slx patients
in the hospital at Fort Sam Houston and
a few cases In one of the field hospitals.
The first of what may be a series of bills
in the line of democratic policy of decreas
ing the expense of army maintenance has
been Introduced In congress this week by
Representative James Hay, the chairman
of the newly organized house military com
mittee. It Is a measure which la bound to
excite animated discussion on account of
ita provisions, which are incorporated un
der the title "to decrease the expense and
Increase the efficiency of the staff service
of the army." It Is proposed to consolidate
the quartermaster, subsistence, and pay
departments under a major general, with
two brigadier generals. The officers now
composing those Independent corps will
form the personnel of the consolidated
biancb to be known in departmental ad
ministration as the "bureau of supplies"
and to form a "supply corps of the army."
Those officers of the permanent personnel
of the existing three departments who are
not promoted before they retire, under the
new consolidation, are to be advanced one
grade upon retirment. This Is a protec
tion to the brigadier generals and senior
colonels who might otherwise consider
tbemaelvea adversely affected. There will
ultimately be a reduction In the number of
majors by eleven and the number of cap
tains by tulrty-oue. so that the saving in
expense, according to the estimate made by
Mr. Hay, will be In the neighborhood of
(000,000 a year, with, he believes, an In
crease In the efficiency of the service.
People Talked About
The wife on an Omaha newspaper man,
who haa a collection of 1&3 pitchers, can't
be Induced to make an exhibit In Rourke's
park. It Is understood she doesn't need
the money.
Salutations for ths "lady mayoress" of
Hunnewell, Kan., are premature. A re
count of the ballots by ungallanl men
pushed the hope of the sex'' off the
boards. Ye that have tears to shed, spill
'em now.
Victor T. Noonan, a Crelghton alumnus
and former contributor "to The Bee, has
become edltor-ln-chlef of the Free Prs
Record, a weekly fiubllshed at Waverly
N. V. Stanley R Osborn, also a former Be
man, la doing special work on the Chicago
Tribune.
The Maderoa, one of whom Is leading the
Mexican revolution, are the richest family
in the country, being worth from lAi.OiAft'O
to !'..O0o.O0O. The spectacle of a nyiltJ
millionaire bleeding for the "poor peons of
Mexico." surely is enough to make the
angels weep.
rireen tea drinkers will be glad to learn
that they are not to be deprived of their
favorite beverage after all on the first of
May, provided It receives the preferred
tint through natural processes As we have
already shown. It Is as easy to cure the
herb so that It shall be green as It Is to
make It black, but the demand for It haa
I ..i i. artirtrtjtl rnlortna. and that 1 what
I w
U to be prohibited.
SafcffunrtI Year Food
tiy A I way a Using
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JdU uu
C REAM
r.lado from Puro Cropo
Cream of Tartar
Its purity, wholesomcncss and
superior leavening qualities
are never questioned
NO ALUM
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derided Irritant qualities, owing to which, when
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ant. purgative, and may soon cause fatal gastro
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v "The use ol alum and salts of alumina In food
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tiottoo that all advertisements
of the cheap baking powders
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POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Washington Post: The horde of famished
Job-rustlers are chagrined to learn that
there are no salaries attached to those con
gressional situations they used to read of
back home.
Philadelphia Record: Tarty makes
strange bedfellows. Unless reports are er
roneous, Senators Penrose and LaFollette
will grin at each other across the table of
the committee on finance.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Sink or swim, live
or die, survive or perish. It all depends on
whether they stick to the principles of
democracy that won last November or tie
themselves again to the corpse of Bryan-
Ism.
Indianapolis News: It seems that a re
count of the votes In Hunnewell, Kan.,
has resulted In the defeat of the woman
candidate for mayor. Thus the Interesting
plan of trying a woman aa chief of police
s also. frustrated.
Houston Post: Oh, we want the demo
cratic majority to run the steam roller
over tho republicans every day the house
Is In session. It ia no time for magnanim
ity with the sorrowful memories of sixteen
weary years pressing upon us.
Washington Star: Mr. Bryan Is no longer
the graceful youngster 'of 38, slender, black-
haired and bright-eyed, but a rounded old
ster of 61, bald, and slower-motioned. Still
he remains good to see and to hear and his
hold upon popular attention Is extraordi
nary. I.WAUI.XU TI1M ILAU KM 11 HE.
Extensions of tne Itarrlman and Hill
Lines In tao Northwest.
Bpokanes Spokesman-Review.
In the noiseless battles of the railroads
one sees that peace hath Ita romance and
stirring conflicts as well as war.
The definite contract for construction
on the North Coast railroad from Spokane
to Ayer Junction, involving the expenditure
of approximately ft.000,000 for eighteen
miles of grading from this city to Cheney
through Marshall canyon, is not only an
important Item In the history of develop
ment In the Inland empire, but it marks")
another strategic move in the struggle be
tween the Hill and Harrlman Interests for
railroad control of the northwest.
It la Interesting In this line to note that
with this Invasion of the inland empire
comes the announcement from California
that James J. Hill la to Invade California.
so long claimed by the Harrlman Interests,
from the vantage point he haa gained
through the Deschutes valley to aouthern
Oregon. The gulf of Mexlue Is regarded
as his objective point.
Interesting and not a little thrilling, this
bloodless struggle for the transportation
of the country, the combats with chain
and transit, the masked attacks for right-of-way
hare, the flank movements for a
rich market there. Courage, brains, gen
eralship, are qualities as much In demand
as If prises were battered standards and
the losses In wounded and killed.
But this 1 a war of construction rather
than destruction and the sharp struggles
of competition bring material benefits to
the people. As the railroads may be con
sidered the arteries of commerce, these
railroad conflicts stimulate the commercial
circulation and tend to bring the glow
of health to the cheek of the land.
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LINES TO A LAUGH.
"Hut. colonel, you-wlll admit that there
is more or leas corruption In politics.'
"Not al all, sir; the corruption is in lbs
politicians." Chicago Tribune.
Old Toper You know. It s
to me why women always
a m.vstery
op"tse sa-
loons.
Social Student Why Is that
such a
mystery?
Old Toper Recaune, you know, saloon
sales are all bar gains. Baltimore Amer
ican. "Thst's queer," said the conductor.
"What Is?"
"When I told that woman her transfer
was no good, she didn't tell me that shed
.lust that minute got off the other car."
Detroit Kree Press.
"1 thought you were trying to econo
mize on coal?" said the perspiring ten
ant of an apartment.
"Only In the winter," said the Janitor.
"Now we're trying to turn up what's
left 'cause we need the room It takes
up." Washington Star.
Daughter There ain't anybody come In
for dinner today, ma.
Landlady (grimly) No: this Is the day
that they ail promise positively to pay
lJuck.
"I see you've got a new mule. Mose,"
said the colonel. "How does he work?''
" 'Deed, sun," replied 1'ncle Mose, "dia
mule he done wuck bote ways."
"Both ways?"
"Yes, suh: he kin kick des es well wif
his front lalgs as his back ones." Catholio
Standard and Times.
"John," said the foreman, unexpectedly,
"we have decided to raise you five dollars
a week."
John made no answer, but appeared to
be looking for something on his desk.
"Why don't you say something aren't
you satisfied?" demanded the foreman.
"I'm trying to see If there's an alarm
clock here," said John. Buffalo Express
"What would you take for a cold?" anld
the sufferer.
"I dunno," replied the man who never
forgets business. "What'd you be willing
to give?" Chicago Record Herald.
"Johnny," said the teacher, "here l a
book. Now stand up straight - and sing
like a little man."
The song was "Nearer, My God." No
sooner had the scnool commenced to sing
than a little girl waved her hand fran
tically. Stopping the singing the teacher
Inquired the cause.
"I'lease, teacher, I think Johnny will gel
nearer If he whistles." Judge.
HARMONY.
Washington Star. '
We're havln' heapa o' harmony at Pohick
on the crick.
We held a meetln' so's to help the wheels
of progress click.
And Incidentally to have- eome i under-
stamlln' clear.
'Bout who should get the offices, as va
cancies, drew near.
Joe H rut hers had a hatchet neatly tucked
Inside his vest.
Bl Slmlln had the gun Ms father used to
tote out west:
And Krry Stlgglns, Jes' to hlp toward
gettln' at the facka.
Was rarryln' behind his back a- sharp an
shin' axe.
They looked at one another aa they opened
the debate:
The kindness an' politeness they displayed
was somcthln' great.
81 squinted at Joe a hatchet an' Joe peeked
at Ezry's blade,
And Kzrv saw the gun that 81 by accident
displayed.
Tou should have seen us all a-shakln'
hands and bo win low;
We knew 'twould be a riot If the trouble
once let go.
I hope It mav continue. Compliments Is
flyln' thick.
The harmonv Is wonderful at Pohick on
the Crick!