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PORTLAND, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1004
WHY FUNDS ARE LOW.
The extraordinary straits in which
our municipal government often finds
itself may be partly explained by the
failure of assessed valuations to corre
spond -with the Increase of business and
population. At considerable effort, es
pecially on the part of city and county
officials, we have secured comparative
statements of these matters, -which may
be found In extenso in last Saturday's
iesu' of The Oregonian.
Speaking generally, it develops as a
fact that the County of Multnomah and
City of Portland are actually contribu
ting to the support of the county and
municipal government less money than
It contributed ten years ago, notwith
standing Increase in wealth and volume
of business, improvement in "the times"
and gain In population. The county's
assessed valuations were higher in 1893
than in 1903 by $10,OQ0,O00. The city's
assessed valuations were higher in 1893
than in 1908 by $8,000,000. In 1895 the
county raised $522,000 from taxation, in
1902 it raised S458.000. In 1894, perhaps
the hardest year of all, the city collect
ed SS83.000 In taxes, and in 1901 It col
lected but $292,000 a decrease of $100,
000 Last year the collections reached
$396,000, and this year the valuations
will be again increased.
It is doubtless the truth that many
valuations are almost criminally low,
and that the discrimination which has
long prevailed in assessments is respon
slble, not only for light revenues, but
for the many Ingenious devices the city
authorities have been compelled to em
ploy In raising money in other ways
besides the tax levy. Yet it is not to be
declared unreservedly that a general In
crease in valuations Is necessary. The
undoubted theoretical truth that high
valuations go along with low levies is
to a large degree offset by the practical
fact that officials are prone to keep the
levies up even if valuations rise, in their
anxiety to have abundance of money
In the treasury for all purposes, their
own salaries Included. This is shown
by the necessity of limiting by charter
the millage that may be imposed.
It Is necessary to remember, also, in
extenuation of stationary assessments,
that the city is raising money In other
ways, so that the burden of increasing
municipal expenditures Is borne Just as
truly as if valuations had risen steadily
with the population and with the times,
In 1893 the city's revenues from "other
sources" was $184,510, but in 1902 it had
risen to $381,940. The county's miscel
laneous Income Is $52,000 now. as against
$34,000 in 1897. It is likely that the in
creased valuations proposed by Asses
sor McDonell for the ensuing year will
be just and generally approved.
TEMPERANCE GROGSHOPS IN BRITAIN
Blacklists for drunkards, after being
tried for a year in England, have been
abandoned as impracticable. The sys
tem was too cumbrous for the exlg'
er.eies of every-day life, and temper
ance by legislation, fondly hailed as a
reality, has once more been proved a
dream. There Is, however, a quiet agency
that is promoting the cause of temper
once In England along social rather
than legislative lines, and already much
pood has been accomplished. The Public-House
Trust Association is the name
of the organization that is doing the
work, and the London Times gives an
Interesting review of its career. Lord
Grey is the president of the trust, and
although he has been in charge but two
years there are now only five counties
In England without local branches of
the parent organization.
The basic principle of the trust Is
that the public-house or saloon Is a
necessity. The "poor man's club" is a
name frequently applied to the "pub,"
and the name conveys an accurate idea.
Secondly, the trust recognizes the fact
that a proportion of the people will de
mand alcoholic beverages. Most of the
"clubs" established by the temperance
workers In England absolutely prohibit
the sale of intoxicants, and the average
man resents nothing so much as any
nttempt on the part of others to patro
nize him or to choose his forms of recre
ation for him. The saloons managed by
the trust are open to every man that
conducts himself with propriety. They
are on a strict business basis, and the
customer feels that he has as much
right to be there as any person. The
distinguishing feature is that no at
tempt whatever is made to push the
sale of Intoxicants. The man who or
ders lemonade is treated as politely as
the man who orders whisky, and the
proportion of nonintoxicating beverages
sold is rising steadily.
Plain meals are served at a reason,
able cost, and facilities are provided for
those who would pass their evening
hour of leisure. The trust's saloons, in
phort, give the poor man the equivu-
lent of a club, where-be is oman equal
ity with its other frequenters. Tem
perance is promoted, and the saloon
sees in the trust its most Tserlou3 menace.
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT NEEDED.
The decision of the Congressional
river and harbor committee to with
hold an appropriation bill from this
session of Congress, while proving a
serious disappointment all dver the
Northwest, will not retard the work al
ready under way at that most impor
tant of all points, the mouth of the Co
lumbia. With nearly $1,300,000 avail
able for continuing the jetty and oper
ating the dredge .on the bar, a vast im
provement in the channel at the en
trance "to the river Is practically as
sured, and the results that will be
attained with the sum now unexpend
ed will be sufficiently gratifying to
render it a comparatively easy matter
to secure whatever is needed when the
amount now available is exhausted.
The amount available for the improve
ment at Celilo is very scant in compar
ison with what is needed, but will serve
as a basis on which to make demands
in keeping with the requirements at
some later date. The amount available
for the Columbia .and Lower "Willam
ette is adequate to keep open a channel
sufficient for the present depth on the
bar, but the work of maintaining this
channel, as In the past, will be to a
certain extent of a temporary nature.
The Port of Portland has performed
excellent work in opening up a
twenty-five-foot channel to Astoria, and
with the money available this channel
can be kept open for the greater part
of the year by occasional dredging.
The temporary character of most of the
results secured by dredging, however.
is not altogether satisfactory, and im
mediate effort siiould be made to have
the future -Improvements moM of a
permanent nature. It has been demon.
strated beyond doubt that a permanent
channel of almost any depth desired
can be obtained by the construction of
jetties at the shoalest places along the
river. Proof of this is amply demon
strated in the case of St. Helens bar.
For more than a quarter of a century
after the ocean-going vessels began
coming to Portland this was always
the worst point on the river, the chan
nel at that point being so shoal that at
one time the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company abandoned Portland and at
tempted to make St. Helens, below the
bar, the head of deep-water navigation
on the Columbia. This attempt was fu
tile, but expensive delays and lighter
age at this point cast so much odium
on the port that the citizens of Port
land eventually had to take the matter
in their own hands, and for many years
annual dredging made some Improve
ment In the depth of water.
The temporary character of dredging
improvements, then as now, prevented
the best results, and not until the Gov
ernment built the jetty at that point
was a permanent channel assured. The
construction of the jetty about twenty
years ago In a very short time Increased
the depth of water from fourteen feet
to more than twenty-five feet, and to
day the largest ships afloat could cross
what was formerly St. Helens bar with
plenty of water under their keels. Sim
ilar good results have attended the
"Walker's Island Jetty, and in fact the
only places where permanent good has
not followed the construction of jetties
In the river are where they have been
built so low that the Spring floods have
swept over them instead of staying in
narrow bounds and sluicing out the
bottom of the river. "Where the jetties
have been built too low they have not
only failed to prevent the current wan
derlng out of the channel, but sedl
ment has been dropped In over the top
of the piling and a detrimental Instead
of a good effect has resulted.
If Is, of course, Impossible to devise a
method of Improvement that will do
away with all dredging, and the Im
portance of the port Is such as to war
rant the maintenance of a good dredge
which can be used wherever needed
when floods deposit sediment where it
interferes with shipping. "With the
river channel permanently Improved by
the aid of Jetties, dredging operations
and the attendant expense can be re
duced to the minimum, and the cost of
maintaining a perfect highway to the
sea will be so small In comparison with
the traffic that Is benefited that no more
difficulty will be encountered In seem
ing appropriations sufficient to take
care or tne worK.
The Port of Portland has benefited a
vast scope of country with the Immense
sums that have been expended In open
Ing a twenty-flve-foot channel to the
sea. It Is not right that this city
should be forced to effect the perma
nent Improvements that are now due
As previously stated, we have a river
channel that will take care of the ships
that can now get over the bar. "With
the improvement at the mouth of the
river will come the necessity for
deeper channel between Portland and
Astoria. It Is none too soon to begin
agitating the matter of permanent irn
provement by means of jetties at the
worst points along the river. "We shall
outgrow the twenty-flve-foot channel
before they can be completed, and ac
cordlngly no time should be lost in
formulating a demand that will not be
turned down when the next Congress
has a river and harbor bill.
PAY OF SCHOOLTEACHERS.
Under the new system of levying taxes
for general school purposes a number
of counties will find themselves with
more money than they have had before
for educational purposes some of them
with nearly twice as much as usual
But there will be no trouble To find a
place for the money. In many of the
rural districts the school year has been
much too short, and this defect can be
remedied. If, after providing a full
school year, the directors find them
selves with a surplus of funds, they
might try the experiment of raising
teachers' wages. "We say wages and
not salaries, for the amount paid in
most of the rural and smaller city
schools has not been large enough to
warrant the use of any word that would
be commendatory.
The average monthly salary of male
teachers In this state last year was
$47.5S; that of female teachers, J37.6L
"When the amounts paid to city princl
pals and teachera are taken into con
sideratlon, it is evident that teachers
In rural schools have been teaching for
less than $45 for males and $35 for fe
males. If the average length of term in
rural schools was eight months, which
It Is not, the income of a male teacher
for a year would be $360, and of
female teacher $280. This is not enough.
As a general rule it may be said that
compensation is sufficient where plenty
of persons can be found to perform the
work at the sum offered.
Yet It will not do to adhere too closely
to this rule, especially in an occupation
in which the quality of the work is of
an Importance not to be measured in
dollars and cents. But even if this rule
be followed, it is apparent that teach
ers' wages have not been high enough,
for there have been reports of a scarcity
of teachers in nearly every county in
the state. Young men and women have
found that they can do better in other
occupations than they can. In school
teaching, and have left the schoolroom
in response to the offer of larger com
pensation. School officers must not con
duct their . official business upon the
theory that the education of the young
may be left to men and women who
can find nothing else to do. That isn't
good business policy, and doesn't, result
In the employment of successful teach
ers. A better plan Is to pay a fair -wage
and insist upon having good service. A
district having in its employ a teacher
whose efficiency has been demonstrated
should keep him even If a raise in salary
is necessary. A district without a good
teacher should get one by offering a sal
ary sufficient to induce such an edu
cator to accept the employment. "When
the teacher's profession yields compen
sation more than sufficient to pay liv
ing expenses, it will be easy to drop
out the Incompetents and place all the
schools In the charge of men and women
who will accomplish the best possible
results for the children who are pre
paring to take their places in the ranks
of the world's workers.
SHOULD LUMBERMEN AID?
Under the caption "Lumbermen
Should Aid," the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer states that the lumbermen and
the shlnglemen of the State of "Wash
ington have a large interest in the
bills now before Congress extending the
coastwise navigation laws to the Phil
ippines, and requiring the transport of
Government supplies In American ships.
The Seattle paper states that "one of
the most serious handicaps to the ex
tension of our lumber and shingle trade
has always been the car shortage," as
the "amount of east-bound freight is
always largely In excess of the west
bound movement." On this showing
the P.-I., by a decidedly vague line of
reasoning, decides that by limiting the
ocean transportation facilities to Amer
ican ships, more west-bound and less
east-bound freight would be obtainable.
Every transportation man knows that
steamships In order to show a profit
must carry cargoes both ways, and not
travel In ballast The Philippines are
susceptible of wonderful development
from a trade standpoint, and they al
ready supply large quantities of out
ward freight to the steamers going
there with American products. Seattle
will be unable to consume all of this
freight, In fact her capacity for absorb
ing It will not be materially Increased,
no matter what kind of navigation laws
are in force. The freight must then fol
low the route it is now following that
is, go east by rail and accordingly the
excess" of east-bound freight would
be just as much in evidence as before
tne ocean transportation facilities were
restricted. Just where the "Washington
lumberman is to be helped when the
cars which bring freight for the Phil
ippines to Seattle are loaded back with
freight from the Philippines Is a mat
ter which needs further explanation.
The Seattle argument on this point will
naturally be recognized as ridiculous,
but the P.-I. gravely follows it up with
this chunk of logic:
These considerations are apart from the
prospect of Improving the market for
American lumber and shingles In the Phil
ippines which will follow the Improvement
In transportation facilities to the Islands.
Could a more alluring bait be offered
the "Washington lumbermen and shln
glemen? Just over the boundary line,
so close In some places that the loggers
cut a tree in Canada and It falls In the
United States, are lumbermen and shin
glemen engaged in the same business
as the Americans. They are sawing
lumber and making shingles for the
buyers of any country on earth that can
pay for It. The P.-I. frequently informs
us that they can manufacture these
products so much cheaper than the
Americans that an Import duty Is nec
essary to keep them from giving the
American lumber-users the benefit of
$2 to $2.50 per thousand feet in the price.
Now, If the Post-Intelllgencer succeeds
In Its method for "Improvement In
transportation facilities to the Islands"
by restricting the American lumbermen
to American carriers, will their advan
tage over the Canadians In the same
line of business be as great as the P.-I
would like to have us believe it would
be?
The Canadians, like the mother coun
try, England, believe in placing no un
necessary restrictions on their carrying
trade, and they do not care a rap what
flag flies over the vessel, so long as she
carries thelrf relght to market at a satis
factory rate. The extension of the coast
wise laws to the Philippines would thus
give the American lumber shipper to
those countries the alternative of ship
ping his lumber In the limited amount
of American tonnage available or keep
lng It at home. The Canadian lumber
man, who has the tonnage of the world
to draw on for supplies, would then
have a decided advantage, and would
do the business with our new dependen
cies. The spectacle of the "Washington
lumbermen and shlnglemen making
frantic haste to place thl3 block under
the wheels of their own business would
be a strange one but it will not be
witnessed.
MONEY FOR BETTER ROADS.
The 5 per cent land sales fund this
year Is large enough so that some of
the counties will find It of material as
slstance to them In the building of pub
lic roads. This fund Is given by the
Government to the state for public road
building, and can be devoted to that
purpose only. It Is 5 per cent of the
proceeds of the sales of public land in
Oregon for the past year. The amount
paid by the Government recently upon
the proceeds of sales for the year 1903
was over $90,000, or about four times
the amount for the previous year. This
sum of money, if judiciously expended,
will build many miles of permanent
road In Oregon. .
The money Is not available for use'ln
any one place, but has been apportioned
among several counties according -to
their area. This mode of distribution
Is required by an act of the Legislature
of 1893. The Secretary of State ascer
tained the nurriber of acres In the area
of each county, and upon this basis
made the distribution. Harney County,
one of the most thinly settled in the
state, is the largest In area, and gets
over $10,000. Malheur, next In size, gets
$9252, Lake $7585, Crook $7574, and Klam
ath $5787. Other counties get sums con
siderably less, the amount apportioned
dwindling down until it ends with Mult
nomah, the richest and most populous
county in the state, which must be sat
isfied with $416.
This mode of distributing the money
was evidently intended to give to each
county funds in proportion to its needs )
for road-bull ding purposes, and though
it is perhaps not entirely equitable in j
any one year, it is the fairest plan that j
could be devised, and in the end will be
found to place the money where it is
most needed. Some of the distant coun
ties, where the grazing is the chief in
dustry, have comparatively few roads,
but those in use are long. Much of the
land Is still vacant, is therefore not tax
able, and the county revenue available
for road-building is not large "With the
assistance of "the money derived from
the 5 per cent land sales fund these out
iylng counties can do a considerable
amount of road work and aid In open
ing up the country t6. homeseekers who
will irrigate the land and develop, re
sources that are now but little under
stood. If the amount of this fund were small,
as it has been at some times in the past,
few of the counties would find their por
tion large enough to be of material as
sistance. Under sudh circumstances it
would probably be better to expend the
whole sum in one place, where a model
state road, permanent In character and
located so as to be of general use, could
1 be built Road-building Is an occupation
in wnicn too many novices ana not
enough experts are engaged. A few
miles of" first-class public highways.
constructed where they would form an
object lesson to a large number of peo
ple, would be of great value to the
whole state. The money that has been
wasted by the construction of patch
work mud roads would, ,bulld for this
state many hundred miles of hard-surfaced
roads, if wisely expended. The
great trouble has been -that road-build
ers have forked too much to meet pres
ent needs rather than to accomplish
permanent results. It would be Inter
esting to know how much of the $90,000
distributed last Thursday will be ex
pended in building first-class roads that
will be good 12 months In the year.
The burnt chL'd dreads the fire, and
accordingly the unfortunate bondhold
ers who are attempting to revive the
Shipbuilding Trust will have no more
of Mr. Schwab than Is forced upon
them by the sheer necessity of some
kind of a reorganization. News dis
patches regarding the possibility of Mr.
Schwab's remaining In control state
that "the cdmmlttee will decline to ac
cede to any compromise leaving control
in his hands, no matter how acceptable
a division of securities may be pro
posed." And yet, a few short months
ago the name of Charles M. Schwab
was one to conjure with, and American
youth were in a fair way to get stiff
necks looking up to the lofty pedestal
on which he had been placed as a model
for all that Is good In commercial life.
His friend, ally and co-consplrator, J.
P. Morgan; once testified in court that
he considered John "W. Gates "a dan
gerous man," but Gates with all of his
high-rolling proclivities and vulgar dls
play of wealth, has never been as dan
gerous a man as the' discredited and
distrusted Shipbuilding Trust magnate
Gates was never held up before the
public as a model citizen, consequently
he never violated the public confidence
by such a grand and lofty tumble from
grace as has just been executed by Mr.
Schwab.
In spite of the heavy falling off of
plg-lronproductlon during the last three
months, 1903 broke the pig-iron record,
the total output, according to the pre
liminary' report of the Iron Age, hav
lng amounted to. 17,949,00S tons,- against
17,821,307 tons In 1902 and 15,378,354 tons
In 1901. This record Is, however, dis
appointing in view of the heavy output
month after month, when It looked as.
If a total of almost 20,000,000 tons would
be made. But September and October
showed some restriction of output, No
vember fell 30 per cent, and December
almost 50 per cent below August, the
December production being only 898,000
tons, whereas in August it was 1,614,000
tons. The weekly capacity of the fur
naces In blast on January 1 was only
197,931 tons, whereas on June 1 the
capacity was 398,000 tons. But January
1 probably marked low tide. Prices
have stiffened somewhat, and several
furnaces have been put again Into com
mission.
. TheGerman petroleum company which
has been organized at Berlin with
capital of $5,000,000 expects to compete
with the Standard Oil Company for the
business of some of the remote districts
of the Old "World. In the early days of
his career Mr. Rockefeller might have
been Induced to regard such competl
tion with a mild degree of seriousness
but the "penny-ante" days of the oil
business are over, and the thrifty Ger
mans will be permitted to enjoy the de
lusion that they are competing with the
oil king until they build up a trade
worth having. Then Jo'hn D. will take
it away from them, and Miss Tarbell
can add another chapter to her story
The Count of Monte Crlsto In his fevered
Imagination "thought" the world was
his. John D. Rockefeller "knows" that
It belongs to him, and woe be the man
who disputes the ownership, so far as
the oil business is concerned.
Apparently despairing of bringing his
name before the public by any other
method, Mr. Norman Shelby, better
known as "Kid McCoy," has filed
petition In bankruptcy with liabilities
of $25,000 and assets of $150. The con
tributors to this advertising fund of
$24,850 are not mentioned, but as the
occupation of Mr. Shelby was that of
inflicting physical discomfort on his
fellow-man, it is probable that the cred
ltors are not of the class that will And
their standing In the mercantile agen
cles impaired by the announcement of
the loss they have sustained. As
fighter Kid McCoy never succeeded In
extracting much money from the pub
11c, but as a failure, paradoxical as It
may seem, he has been, with the excep
tion of the $150, an unqualified success,
Sending cards to announce a divorce
Is said to be the vogue In Paris. As
cards announce both engagements and
weddings, it would seem proper to send
out cards announcing the institution of
the suit for divorce, as well as the com
pleted decree. The basis of the action
could be given, the amount of alimony
asked for, and all the other details that
are so dear to the gossips. By this
means the horrid newspapers would be
forestalled, and bothersome explana
tlons avoided.
London's last annual health report
shows the death rate from all causes
in the British capital to have been 17.2
per 1000. This compares favorably with
St Petersburg, 23; Rome, 21.9; Vienna,
19.4; New York, 18.7, and Paris, 18.4. In
view of the terrible overcrowding and
the chronic starvation of a large per
centage of London's population, these
figures seem extraordinary.
SPIRIT OF THE N0RT& WEST PRESS
Why Didn't They Do Better Ui 19Q2?
Albany Democrat.
A good, many Linn County people
would be glad of the privilege of voting
for Governor Chamberlain for President
the United States. He has already
shown that he has the backbone as well
as ability for the position.
Strong Temptation Justifies Leniency
Salem Journal.
A Portland man Is accused of tearing
out and carrying off, with intention of
readlf The Oregonian editorial page. If
convicted, . of course, he will be commit-
tea to the -asylum, and properly belongs
there.
Important, If True.
Castle Hock Leader.
The north-bound passenger train was
delayed here over an hour by a hot boxj
The engine had to be raised and some
new brasses put In1. A freight train was
here at the time, but the crew refused
render any assistance, because the
engineer of the passenger was not a un
ion man.
Civilization in the Flour Barrel
. Albany Herald.
The American miller has been one of
the most potent factors in the enlighten
ment of the Asiatic Coast That part of
the 'world Is still quite a bit behind In
things that commonly go with this time
In the world's history. But the Pacific
Coast sack of flour has done much to
bring comfort and -knowledge of the outer
'barbarians" to some of the districts of
the Middle Kingdom.
An Equivocal Indorsement.
Roseburg Plalndealer.
The ardent admirers of George EL Cham
berlain (by the grace of Republican tall
mashers), Governor of Oregon, have de
cided to present his name as a mascot
to the National Democratic Convention
for nomination for Presidential honors.
We congratulate our friend George In
advance of the honor he wil receive and
hope that he may see his cork sink In
the Democratic vfish puddle.
No Stronger Than .Bryan.
McMlnnvllle News.
Governor Chamberlain Is to be presented
as a candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for the Presidency. If nominated
he probably would carry Oregon; but he
really stands no more chance for the
nomination than Mr. Bryan. The Dem
ocratic candidate must come from the
East, and be a man satisfactory to both
wings of the party. Then Roosevelt will
defeat him, whoever he may be.
Should Read It.
Burns Items.
The New Year's edition of Tho Ore
gonian Is well worthy of pratee. More
up-to-date facts and useful Information
relative to the present state of things,
resources and prospective future of Ore
gon and the other Pacific Coast States,
can be gathered .from this issue of The
Oregonian than can be gathered from any
history extant. Every one at all inter
ested In the coming Lewis and Clark
Exposition and In the future of our great
state should read it.
Suspicious of Uxoriousness.
Salem Journal.
Will the Oregonian or the Statesman
tell' the women flatly, and without any
soft solder or equivocation, that they are
not lri favor of women suffrage? Or will
they tell them that they are In favor of
It? Come, gentlemen. It Is not fair to
deceive the weaker sex any longer. The
Journal has told them squarely thaft It Is
against the proposition tooth-and-toe-nall
So far. not another paper in the state
has taken a square stand. Are you all
afraid of that lady "behind the throne,"
or are you freemen with the courage-of
convictions 7
No Division for Idaho.
Boise Capital.
The rapid" crowth and development of
Idaho means that within three or five
years, anyway, several lines of new rail
roads will traverse the state, binding to
gether the now widely separated sections
of the state, thus removing all desire or
cause for separation. When that time
comes pride in a united state, with re
sources, and Industries more varied than
any other commonwealth of the West,
will outweigh all trivial local animosities,
and all will rejoice in the fact that the
state division movement was allowed to
die' a-bornln', as It most certainly will
Seems to Cover the Ground.
Paisley Post.
The New Tear's Oregonian-was a splen
did number. Every portion of our state
was written up by writers .of well-known
ability, who set forth the advantages of
the several counties in the state in a clear,
concise arid Intelligent manner. The Ore
gonian never does things by halves, and
Is the greatest paper on the Coast. Its
editorial writers are men of ability, and
its newsgathers get all the news. Every
thing Is so arranged in its columns so as
to be easily and readily found. No taint
of yellow" Journalism permeates Its col
umns. It Is a paper for the farmer, for
the merchant, as well as for all classes.
The Immorality of Legs.
Deschutes Editor.
In Its New Tear's edition the Portland
Oregonian preaches a very nice sermon
on the moral improvement that has come
about generally during the past few
years. On the same page is found a dis
sertation on "legs" by the paper's humor
ist, which is extremely interesting reading
but does not conform at all to the moral
spirit that the paper has Imbued Itself
with. It do be funny how these "law-and-order"
papers sometimes forget them
selves. The Oregonian School of Journal
Ism is unique in that It Is the only one
that can properly define "character" and
"morals." Our friend Truthful James, Is
one of Its graduates post graduates.
Her Bad Quarter of a Minute.
Arlington Record.
The telephone gives rise to some ludl
crous incidents. At the Livestock Con
ventlon last week, there were two men
of the same name. One from Walla Walla
had taken his wife with, him; the other
from Arlington had left hl9 wife at
home. The Arlington wife wishing to con'
fer with her husband called up the clerk
at the Imperial, to know If her husband
was there, and was Informed that he
was, and had just gone up to his room
with his wife. The Arlington wife lm
mediately wanted to converse with the
woman who bad gone up with her sup
posed husband, when II was revealed to
her that the man was not her husband at
all. and about this time the Arlington
husband put In an appearance and
straightened out the tangle.
No Contest in Oregon.
Salem Statesman.
Recent Interviews among the leading
Republicans of Portland bring out the
fact prominently that both "factions" are
solidly In favor of the renomlnatlon, or,
rather, of the nomination of Roosevelt
for President. In some quarters there has
been a little concern lest those who are
known as Mitchell Republicans might be
somewhat hostile to the President's nom
ination because ot his repeated turning
down lri the most positive manner of
many of their men recommended for offl
clal position and bis Insistent ousting of
some ot them from the places they held.
but the Interviews among them seem to
Indicate that the animosity, if It ever ex
isted, has passed away and he will have
no opposition in Oregon.
This augurs well for the party in the
state and means that while there may
be a little friendly tussle on local affairs
there will be no contest in Oregon's choice
for a Presidential candidate.
GOOD WORD FROM THE SOUTH.
Monteomerv TAla.'i Advertiser. 1
This la the dav of blsr newspapers and I
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hardly a day passes that we do Eot j
ceive a special ecuuon mat is a. wctui.
to the newspaper fraternity and a graphic
example of the wonderful progress which
has been made of late years In the art
and business of newspaper making. But
of all the big papers that have reached
our table none has been more creditable
and more important than the 1st of Jan
uary edition of the Portland Oregonian,
consisting- of 64 large pages. This paper
Is not notable for artistic colored plates,
or fine paper and work, but solely for the
amount and character of the matter con
tained in It for It Is a complete and
graphic Illustrated history of Oregon, of
Portland and of tho preparations being
made for the Lewis and Clark Exposition
to be held there next year.- It takes up
the history of the country for a century
and literally tells us all about it, as weu
as illustrating and telling of the men who
made and are making this one or tne
most Important states of the great JNortn
west. In short, reading and studying this
edition of The Dreconian Is an education
In all matters nertalnlng to that region.
And this leads us to say something or
the great "World's Fair that Is to te neia
in Portland in 1905 to celebrate the Lewis
and Clark exnedition ICO rears ago, for
the people of Alabama- are Interested In j
it, as well as the people ot au otner sec-
tlons of the Union. "While in one re-
spect it might be called a local affair, to
celebrate a special event, it wui De ot
world-wide interest and importance to all
the oeoDle. Tho wonderful capabilities
and possibilities of the Pacific Slope-
that portion of it north of California, at
least are little known to our people. It
Is a wonderful region, not only for what
It Is. but for what the future holds In
connection with it. And whllo Portland Is
not precisely a seaport, Its position and
marine facilities, through the Willamette
and Columbia Rivers, make it one of the
gateways of the Immense region of wnicn
it Is one of the principal clues.
Visitors from the older states to Port
land In 1905 will find many things to ad
mire and to wonder at. In the words of
The "Oresronlan: "They will see how the
business men of Portland, San Francisco,
Seattle and Tacoma have already cap
tured"the Oriental and other foreign mar'
kets for the export flour and wheat trade;
they will note the mammoth cargoes or
lumber that Portland and tne otner
Northwestern deep-water ports are now
shlonlnff to China. Japan, Siberia and
South America."
All this the people of this section will
see If they visit the Fair, but they will
see a creat deal. more. They will see
visitors from all tho Oriental countries, as
well as from all portions of the Union,
and from the British regions of North
America, and will be able to compare
notes and exchange Information with tho
civilized and half-clvlllzed world. It will
be such an opportunity for Alabamlans
to become acaualntecl with the wonderful
Northwest as may uot occur again in
lifetime, and the opportunity should not
pass unimproved. Let Alabama and Ala
bamlans take advantage of such a great
chance to give the world some Informa
tion about ourselves and our state.
Its Chronic Bitterness.
New York S'un.
We sympathize fully with those other
friends of our President who are now ran
sacking the lexicon and the thesaurus
and the dictionary of synonyms for nouns
and adjectives -of turpitude sufficiently
ftpvpro to dpswihe;
X. The Republican who -falls to-see that
he already owes tho same loyalty to Mr.
Rposevelt not as President, but as a
candidate for a nomination lor Presi
dentas If the convention had been held
and Mr. Roosevelt nominated.
2. Tho Republican, whose ethical per
ception is so defective that he cannot
understand the treasonable nature of
whatever lurking preference he may en
tertain for some other statesman.
3. The Republican incapable oz com
prehending tho reasons why no discus
sion of rival candidates and alternative
nominations can be tolerated half a year
before the convention of 1904.
i. The Republican who still cherishes
the Infamous doubt that Mr. Roosevelt
will be nominated by acclamation, without
contest, and on a platform written sub
stantially by himself.
5. The Republican so base as to doubt
whether Mr. Roosevelt can be elected If
nominated, and to hope, accordingly, that
another candidate may be chosen by the
convention.
For all such persons or conditions of
mind as are included in the foregoing
category, the lexicon, the thesaurus, the
dictionary of synonyms, or possibly the
writings of Laurence Sterne and Francol3
Rabelais, have in store somewhere the
adequate penalty; and when found it
should be applied mercilessly.
Crests on Writing Paper.
Minneapolis Times.
The crest upon the writing paper of the
society woman Is becoming so common as
to cease to excite remark, but If she has
any respect for heraldry or the eternal
fitness of things she will have the next
paper engraved merely with her initials
If It must be engraved at alL A author
ity upon heraldry says: "A crest Is an
heraldic figure or ornament which In Its
original use surmounted the helmet. No
ladles, except severelgn princesses, can
with any propriety attach a crest to their
arms." This Is where the patriotic Amer
ican will get In some charming guff to
the effect that every American woman Is
a sovereign princess in her own right.
Despotism and Free Government.
Collier's Weekly.
While France Is purifying herself In the
retrial of the Dreyfus case Germany im
prisons Lieutenant Bllse for criticising
tho-army In his novel, "In a Little Garri
son Town," although at the same time
the government admits the truth of his
exposures by punishing the officers whom
he attacks. Lieutenant Bllse may have
deserved his fate, but the Incident 13 a
reminder of happenings not long past.
which point the difference between
country In which, in spite of military
needs, public opinion Is In ultimate con
trol, and one where, although the people
are liberal and enlightened, the system of
government is despotic
How to Get Good Roads.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Romans considered good roads
necessary part of their military equipment
Senator Latimer thinks they belong prop
erly to the Agricultural Department, and
perhaps they do. but he would be more
likely to get his bill for them through
Congress If he could persuade that body
to taue tne itoman view.
Lucy.
William Wordsworth.
Strange fits of passion have I knowp-
And I will dare to tell.
But In the lover's ear alone.
What once to me befell.
When she I loved look'd every day
-Fresh as a rose In June.
I to her cottage bent my way.
Beneath an evening moon.
Upon the moon I fli'd my eye.
All over the wide lea;
With quickening pace my horse drew nigh
Those paths so dear to me.
And now we reach' d the orchard-plot;
And, as we climb'd the hill.
The sinkinc moon to Lucy's cot
Came near and nearer still.
In one of those sweet dreams Z slept.
Kind Nature's gentlest boon!
And all the while my eyes I kept
On the descending moon.
My horse moved on; hoof after hoot
He raised, and never stopp'd;
When down behind the cottage roof.
At once, the bright, moon dropp'd.
What fond and wayward thoughts will slide
Intoa lover's head!
"O mercy I" to myself I cried, .
"If Lucy should be dead!"
flOTE AfiD COMMENT,
Controversy Over Great Im
t -t . ..
" cyutt win auena u:
meetings of the Board of Public Works and
other public bodies, and make their reports
from what actually occur Instead of guessing
at the same, or Interviewing some Interested
person who isn't disposed to tell the truth, they
won't be guilty of publishing such sheer non-
sense as that which appeared in that publica
tion yesterday, touching the remoral ot a
certain atablo on Queen Anne Hill. Seattla
Times.
Robert Burns, January 25, 1759. -
The fields of Ayr are fresh, and fair,
The furrow true and lontf.
The lark 1" the lift with wild un thrift
Scattered Its showers ot sons.
The fields ot Ayr shall aye be fair.
The furrow true and long-.
The lark aye drift In the bosnle blue lift, '
While rings the plowboy s sons.
The Poet's Feet.
Tour feet, Indeed, are meet,
My Sweet,
No feet were ever neater,
But mine Have got yours beat, r-
My Sweet
My feet, you see, are meter.
Kid McCoy is bankrupt; still, that's a
whole lot better than being broke.
t , r
we iope published photographs don't do
Justice to th& girls that captain Oregon
basket-ball teams.
"Old Bet," a Missouri mule, has aied In
Howard County at the age of 45. It is the
good that die young.
Japan appears as anxious for a reuly
to her note as a boy that has invited hla.
first girl to a dance.
In the classified ad. columns of The
Oregonian today the, following appears:
JAPANESE, VERT PLENTY COOK, NAMED
xtoy -jrtUDoi. wants to worz largest ramuy;r
only a plenty cook. C S4, Oregonian.
Will the largest family please step for
ward?
Persons wishing to danco in Albion, a
college town in Iowa, must present a cer
tificate of good character to the town clerk
and pay $15 for a license. This rule Is the
result of a dance that broke up in a row
early in January. Fifteen dollars a danco
Is likely to make leaden the feet of
Terslchore.
That a mere Chief Justice should demur
to the ruling of Major McCawley on a
point of ceremonial law is Intolerable.
Major McCawley, who is assisted by eight
associate Army and Navy officers, attends
to questions of precedence and such mat
ters at the White House, has been called
the "star dancing man of the uniformed
service." And it Is this uniformed leader
of cotillions whose decisions a Chief
Justice would dispute.
Chicago Is apparently determined to fix
the blame for the Iroquois fire. The In
vestigation held in Seattle Into the cause
of the Clallam's loss i3 apparently a farce.
The Seattle Argus says that more Interest
Is being taken In the Victoria inquiry than
in that proceeding In Seattle Itself. The
reason, the Argus thinks, Is due to the be
lief that the British Columbian authorities
are in earnest and that the Washington
authorities are not in earnest.
The life, of a superintendent of schools
is not altogether one of unruffled ease.
William H. Maxwell, superintendent of
schools In New York City, Is tha defend
ant In a damage suit for $10,000, brought
by Miss Emma Walker, who complains
that Dr. Maxwell made false statements
in connection with her applica'tioh for a
"Grade A" certificate. In describing a -
visit of protest to Superintendent Maxwell',
Miss Walker testified that "he gave me
the look that is known among school
teachers as the 'Maxwell glare,' and It
made my blood run cold, so that I vowed
I never would go to see him alone again."
What an Invaluable asset to a pestered
man must be a glare that makes the
blood run cold.
Having long considered the Ladles' Homo
Journal the most admirable of the maga
zines, It Is with regret that we regard Its
course this month. Propriety, with M. Bok
as chaperon, seemed more proper. The
Young Person could learn nothing but
worthy sentiments and how to make
crewel work from the Home Journal. It
was read, at the expense of the Nation, by
Mr. Clark and other blameless members ot
the Senate, and whether In Senate or
seminary never brought a blush to the
face of Innocence. And this month the La
dles' Home Journal comes out with a cover
of shockingly bold design. Two heads, a
man's and a woman's, are shown in jux
taposition. Inspection discloses the fact
that a kiss is being exchanged, a chill and
chaste specimen, indeed, but yet a kiss.
Is this rlghf? It cannot be. A kiss is not
the thing to hold up to the lily maids and
ladylike youths that read the Home Jour
nal. Publicity is distinctive of the kiss's
charm. Flowers are most fragrant at twi
light, and so is the kiss. ' '
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Officer Shawhan What's yon big slater get.
tin' teacbed up dere at de school? Teeney
O'Tuff Aw, electrocution, physical torture and
stuff like dat. Puck.
He I think the bride was wonderfully lucky
in receiving so many beautiful wedding pres
ents. She Oh, she always was lucky la that
respect. Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Oldstyle I don't think that a college
education amounts to much. Mr. Spa re rod
Don' t you? Well, you ought to pay my boy's
bills and see. Chicago Journal.
The Actor I hope we'll have better luck
at the next town. The Actress Oh, we can't
complain. We're leaving town Id broad day
light, and with our baggage. Puck.
"What makes you think she has a saving
sense of humor?" "Because she laughed 'so
heartily when she described the way you pro
posed to ner." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Then you have no sympathy for the deserv
ing poor?" said 'the charity-worker. "Me?"
retorted the self-made man, "Why, sir. I have
nothing but sympathy." Chicago Dally News.
Mrs. Gummey Is Mrs. Cranio really as
philanthropic as she pretends? Mrs. Gargoyle
I should say so. Why, she even invites her
poor relations to her receptions. Town. Topics.
"Two men held mo up coming home," my
dear," ventured the tardy husband. "So you
admit you had to be carried, do you, you
brute?" returned the Irate wife. Princeton
Tiger.
Excitable Party at the Teleohone Hello!
Who Is this? Who Is this, I say? Voice from
the Other End What are you asking me for?
Don't yon know who you are yourself? Cin
cinnati Times-Star.
Ruyter I'm writing a sequel to my book,
"How to Uve on Five Hundred a Tear."
Scribbler What do yon call the sequel? Ruy
ter "How to Get the Five Hundred." In
dianapolis Journal.
Chicago Man I do think our cab drivers are
the worst la creation. New York Man (with
the pride of conscious superiority) My dear
fellow, they're Innocent angels compared with
ours! Chicago Tribune.
Nodd Awfully sorry to hear your house
burned down. Did you save anything? Todd
Ob, yes. After some very lively work we suc
ceeded in getting out all the things we didn't
want. Town and Country.
Nell I was delighted to meet her at a' bar
gain sale today." Belle I thought you de
tested her. NeU So I do; and curing; tne
crush I found a chance to give her a few
good pokes on my own McouiuV-PhUadet-phla
Ledger.