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6 THE MOKI OKliUOAIAX, MOXDAV,- JAXUART 14, 1907. ei'BSCKllTIOX BATES. 17 INVARIABLY IN ADVASC13. (By Mail.) rallr, Sunday lncludea. on ytar. .... .$S OO Dally, Sunday Included, elx month.... 4.23 latly, Sunday Included, tlires month!.. 2iS lMly. Sunday Included, on month "5 Dally, without Sunday, on year 6.00 I n 1 1 v, without Biiudajr, tx month..... .23 Dally, without Sunday, three uionlhi. . 1.75 Pally, without Sunday, one monto Funiiay, one year Weekly, one year Issued Thursday)... 1.50 eunday and wKly. one year. ........ - -50 ST CABBIES. Dully, Sunday Included, ona year f-00 Ually. Bunday Included, ona month.... .75 HUW TO KKMIT Send pcstofflcfl money order, expreae order or personal checlc on your local bank. Bumps, com or currency art at thu tender's risk. Give postofllce ad- drama In full. Including county and atat ruHTAGB HATES. 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For three years the Southern Pacific Company has withheld from settle ment and development three mil lion acres of land In the heart of Oregon, It has, besides, throughout the whole hitrtory of its Immense land grant, not only defied and violated- the laws of the Unltefl States requiring that no land should be sold for a greater price than $2.50 per acre to "actual .settlers' but it has also euccessfully created a powerful land monopoly that now will not sell to ."actual set tiers" or to any one for any price. JSo frugal and in- dustrloua Immigrant, brought to Ore- gon from the East or Middle West by the attractive railroad advertising- of "cheap lands" In Oregon, and desirous of building a home-for himeelf and his growing faml ly in a. new country, need apply to the Southern Pacific to carry out its contract with him, an "actual sttler," or tvitta -the people of the United States, -who gave the com nany this land to sell. He will be tHijappolnted. for the owners of the 000,000 land grant acknowledge no obligation they can evade; they are holdlnsr their enormous concession until it shall be worth 50,000,000 through development and enrichment of contig-uoua lands by ithe -thrift and labor of others. No prospector who discovers gold or diver on railroad land finds it worth while to ask the Southern Pacific either to eell or leaee Mm a claim to which It obtained title by virtual fraud, for the land monopoly Is hoi dinar not only the asrlculrural and timber lands under the terms of Itr grant or Its Interpretation of the terms but it has seized and keeps in Its unyielding- gxasp a vast portion of the valuable mineral belt o! Southern. Oregon, to which It Is not, and never was, entitled. It will avail nothing now to appeal to the Southern Pacific to aoknowlode lt accountability to the public as & public service corporation or ns the trustee or a great patrimony intended by a benevolent government to bo distributed amons actual settlera; lor it nil been lone in vain by indi viduals and communities, and It lo now to be done by the whole tate through Its legislature. It may be taken for trranted that the Southern Pacific will do nothing- It is not obi isred to do. The cold facts ere that the Southern raclflc, Mich inherttea this imperial domain from the Oregon & Califor nia Railroad Company, regards it as private property, -which it may uispoee of as It sees fit when It gets ready. lint, it Is not private property in. a.n- proper or honest eenne. Congress long ago offered to give to any Oregon company about six million acres of land as a bonus for construction of a railroad, from Portland to the Call- fornia line. The long and intricate .history of the entire transaction was set forth in The Oregonian yester day; it to not necessary to repeat it here. It was made perfectly clear. then, that the purpose ot the United States Government was to encourage the -building of the railroad by a. laud subeldy, made under conditions that guaranteed settlement of the land -within the limits of the rrant. The railroad company was to realize- from the proeeod9 of the sale to "actual set. tiers" no others not more than $2.50 per acre, and no purchaser was to get more than 160 acres. The rapid ipeopllng of the lands would of course be of direct benefit to the railroad and to the government, whlcn thus dfeireci through the agency of the railroad to net theao lands into the hands ?f the people, for whom the public domain va and Is Intended. It Is puerile for- the railroad -ri tr"- n y to Pity tht the' Congressional act means by "actual eettlers" persons then (In 1866) occupying the -land. The ques tion is not worth argument. The Con- grreasional act as to actual settlers -was In harmony -with the uniform land policy of the United) States, and any court and every Bane person will so Interpret it. The original land, grant was made nearly forty years igo to th Oregon Central Kallro;il Company. The Ore gon & California usurped the position of grantee, and trot possession of a Rrant never Intended to be given to tliat corporation. But let that pase. The Southern Pacific is the euccessor of the first owner and the beneficiary of Its boldness and enterprise. So the Southern Pacific must be required now to fulfill the truet and- discharge the obligations incurred by the Oregon & California when it accepted the grant. It is not too much to declare that the Southern Pacific by its repeated. ncr systematic violations of the conditions of its grant, and by its steady negation of the purpose of Congress that the landT should be sold to actual settlers at $2.30 per acre, has broken its eon tract with the United States. For feiture of the remaining 3.0O0.O00 acres would be a. ju?t penalty. If forfeiture 1 not feasible or practicable, there should at least be procedure that will require the Southern Pacific Company to throw these lands open to settlement by placing them on the market at 52.60 per acre. It can be done, probably, only through a memorial from the State Legislature asking the National Con gress to authorize and instruct the Attorney-General of the United States, or other proper officer, to proceed against the Southern Pacific. Company. It should by all means be determined at the earliest possible time which is the greater the railroad company or the people. OCX OF THE STtMTL The Oregonian Is proud or its coun try brethren. They ar a husky lot, who know what they -want and get it in cash, cordwood and grain being barred. "With possibly jthree or four except ione, their papers are well print ed, well edited and well balanced gen erally, each ambitious to be what a Missouri brother long ago called "a nonpareil paper in a email pica, town." There isn't one in the lot that is not ahead of its surroundings, and: Its edi- torMs leading an ideal existence, en- vied by the workers who are in the daily grind seven days In the week. They have a way of their own and an originality of expression that if? a joy to the exchange rnan. Nowhere does he find, euch "mental pabulum" and never does he so "chortle with joy" ae when ''riding the range" from Ontario to Tilla.moolc and from St. Helens to Klamath. Yet here cornea the Coqullle Sentinel, one of the best of the lot, barring: a strealc of yellow In double-column edi torial shape, accueing- the '-bis- -dailies" of "throwing the harpoon" into them- for using mich stock, phrases as "a q.uiet election", or 'a pretty wedding." Well, perhaps the larger, brothers are guilty. They mise the old-time "loath some' contemporary" who ' 'old his birthright for a Jtiess of pottage." No more Is the other fellow accused of non-payment of grocery bills, of own- blbuious bliter Just ahove the whisky orifice that a misguided Cre ator in a moment of temporary aber- ration put on the map of the State of Idiocy and .miscalled a mouth. No more does "the other fellow" come bacK by alleging that the feeble-minded epawn of Iniquity who changed his name at the state line for reasone best known to himself and several Sheriffs east of the Mississippi is but stopping here un til he can raise the wind by his sane- timonious snivelling' and depart for -parte unknown. Those days are gone. Now they call it "nocturnal hallucina tion." or a fall of the "beautiful." or perhaps "a bad fiendish plot" or maybe a Portland potato-buyer is in town after ""pommes de terre," or a lamented friend ia '"called hence." The virility is lacking. The editor, is too busy marking up his (prosperity, and so Is the other fellow down the street. They ha-ve become -mercenary and sor did and simply have to fall back on stock. And to carry out this "exegesis" to a "proper finish" The Oregonian mm eay that when the time ehall come may it long be delayed) for the editor of the Coqullle Sentinel "to Join the innumerable caravan which journeys toward that mysterious realm where he shall take him chamber In the silent halls of death," we will feel Impelled to remark that lie ''passed peacefully away," -when a proper reward for Truth id lead one to - say that he kicked all the vay down, WtAt ESTATE- A(iH?;TSp RIOUT8. II laws can be devised that will clearly establish the rights, powers and duties of real estate agents, such learis latlon should . certainly be enacted. Tnese hueine?3 men are important factors in the development of any country. They bring- -buyer and. seller -together, thus -performing a service for both and opening the way for the founding of new industries and 'enter prises. Without the aid of real estate agen tst negotiations for the aaJe of property would be less frequent and more difficult. The agent is. therefore, worthy of his hire and -his right and remedy should be clear. But property owners are also entitled to protection and. to have their rights do fined. The property owner i always a responsible person against -whom the real estate agent can enforce his rights. Some real estate agents are not responsible, having no property by means of which a Judgment can be collected. The dishont3t or negligent real est-te agient bas the property owner at tile mercy in a large pro portion of the transactions In which" he participates. The fact that property-owners sometimes have difficulty with crooked real estate men hae made some people afraid to put their prop erty in the hands of real estate men to sell. The agent who will list prop erty on hi9 books, and then sit Idly for a buyer to come, performs no serv ice for -the lntenditiK seller. Yet men of that kind sometimes keep a prop erty owner waiting until he becomes discouraged, and when he attempts to put the property in the hands of another agent who makes a cale,' they come In with a demand or commission upon some -pretext or other. In the .con test thus precl-pltatedj between a prop- etty owner ana an irresponsible agent, the former is at a great disadvantage. OontroverB and litigation over the right to a. real estate agent coramia- .sion are so frequent as to make prop erty owners hesitate to have anything whatever to do with the agents, or rather, with such agents. A law that will tileflne the rights of agent and eeller and aid in driving out the un- gcrupulous real estate dealers, would be of great value, not only to the agents themselves, but to the indus trial interests of the state. THE 7.0X0 A'D SHORT II At I.. The long and the ehort cu-iil, with rates at times seemingly out of all pro portion, has been a fruitful theme for trouble for the railroads since the first tariff eheet was issued. With widely varying conditions' to be met at differ ent nolnts throughout the country, it has been impossible for the railroads to ,make a rate which would be satis factory to all shippers. The meeting of the Interstate Commerce Commission at SpoKane this -week is for the pur- pose of Investigating an alleged dis crimination against Spokane in fayor of the Pacific Coast ports. While the complaint is filed by the Spokane shippers, and is directed against the roads entering that city, the ii?sue te one which involves all territory west of the Rocky Mountains- and all roads doing business therein. Water oompf- tltion is the keynote of the contention, and the Interstate Commerce CommiB- e-ion has never yet assumed jurisdic tion over water routes extending be yond the ocean shore lines. The specific complaint of Spokane ie that her merchants are compelled to pay a higher freight rate than is exacted from Portranrl, Seattle and Tacoina merchants doing business over 300 miles farther than Spokane from the originating -point of the traffic. It. of course. requires no argument to demonstrate that, in this case, the rail roads are receiving more per ton per -mile for the ehort haul than for the long haul. No attempt is -made to die- DUte or evade the etatement. But the railroads are forced by the existence of natural conditions, which it is be yond t.heir' power to change, to make this lower rate on the long haul, or cease doing business with the Pacific Coast ports. For many years before Spokane enjoyed railroad connection with the East, all of the freight from the East that was received in that city and in the entire territory lying west ot Spokane, was shipped through the Pacific Coast ports. By far the greater part of it was brought around the Morn in sailing vessels at a compara tively low rate ot freight, so low in fact that the one transcontinental rail- road then terminating at San Fran cisco was able to compete only on ex- press matter W fast freight which required much quicker dispatch than was -possible by the slow-moving sail ing ship. The "Spokane rate" was accordingly based on the Avater haul around Cape Horn, plue the rail haul from the cowrt port -where the ship di&charged. This was the only basis on which rates could be made when .the railroad- came, and on a number of commodities the Spokane territory was . undoubtedly enjoying lower rates by the old route than she would, -have had. if the rail roads had been free to fix the tariffs without taking into consideration the competition ;from the sea. But the railroad was unable to make Spokane a terminus. It . was or vital neceaeity that it push on to the Pacific Coast and make a, bid for - the tmmenee and rapidly growing traffic that was com ing round the Horn from the Atlantic seaboard. And yet this traffic was unobtainable . unless -the railroads met the competition of the water route at Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. in other words, they were forced to carry Atlantic Coast business to Portland, at the same rate they carriod it to Spokane, less the local rate from Port- land -to Spokane. failure to -do this of course forfeited the business, . for. despite the most strenuous -efforts of the railroads, they have never succeeded In depriving the Pacific Coast cit les of the advantages of the .water route to the Atlantic seaboard, and the volume of traffic round-the-Morn to Portland and other Coast citiee Is greater today than it has ever boon. The lecent opening of the Tehuantepec route, . by which freight can be.shlpped from New York to .Portland hy water ana the trans ithmua portage In thirty days, haa Intensified the situation,' and made, it all the more difficult for- the -railroads to advance rates to a parity with those to Spokane. If the railroads were forced - to give- Spokane as low a rate as 4s given the Pacific Coast jobbers, practically all the business -would be transferred to the water route, and the roadia would, te forced to haul empty Cars to Pacific Coa&t ports and for this 'Mead haul" our lumber, ehingle, live- stock a-n-d other shippers would be compelled to pay additional freight. LOOKing heyond the local aspects or the ease, an attempt to base rates on the distance the freight carried, regard less of conditions affecting the. traffic involved. Is almost certain to lead to serious and .even ruinous consequences. 1ak:e. for example, the 60-cent rate on lumber. Thle product is hauled 2000 miles and. more for Ed cents per hun- dred. and a strict adherence to the Spokane Interpretation of the Ion? and. SHOrt Haul problem would necessitate the roads carrying" freight between- points, located, a few miles apart, at a rate which would be simply disastrous. Eyen if SpoKane wotiia succeed m her efforts for a terminal rate, her jobbing trade would be los than at present, for the rate would of -course apply to Col fax, Lewlston, Rltzvllle, Wilbur,- mua Walla, Moscow, Tekoa and a dozen other interior -cities which are not avenge to becoming Jobbing centers. PANAMA CANAL CONTRACT. Considering the magnitude of the task and the element of uncertainty- Involved in construction of the Panama Canal, it ia eratifying to learn that, contractors are In readineeo to under- take tne wit at a cost slightly lower than the estimates made by the Gov ernment. The experience of the Ameri can people -with work of a similar character handled on a smaller scale, under direct supervision of the Gov ernment, has not been such as to cause anything but general satisfac tion over the present decision to have the canal built on the contract plan. Based on the percentage . of profit? which the, Government has been will ing: to pay for the work, the lowest bidders are expected, to make a -profit of more than $9,000,000. This seems a. large sum, but the task 'Is of corre- sponding magnitude, and, if the con tractors can hustle the work through with the rapidity -whicb ehould follow suck an incentive for speedy comple tion, there will be no complaint over the amount of their profit. THe undertaking Is one of the great est that has ever attracted the atten tion of the -entire world, and. to eecure the best results for the investment already made and the enormous sums yet to be spent, it its essential that there be no such delays ae always characterize Government work con ducted by the usual red tape methods which seem so indispeneeble when the work is done by the Government In stead of by private contract. Direction of thousands of laborers, both skilled and unskilled, requires executive abil ity of a much higher grade fhan is usually obtainable for the meager sal aries paid by the Government, end, untrammeled by the reetrlctione of red tape, the private contractor on a Gov ernment job can handle his labor with more freedom than is postfible where everything must be done by hard and fast rules. With full control of the labor. It is in the power of the private contractor to facilitate greatly completion of the canal by meants of premiums or bonuses paid the laborers without any violation of the eight-hour law. The men who worked for Contractor Nelson Bennett in construction of the Northern Pa cific tunnel ' through the Cascade Mountains made higher wages than were ever paid for any eimllar work, the tunnel was built in record-breaking time, and the contractor made a large profit. The success was due almost wholly to liberal payment of a bonus for every foot of progress made be yond a certain point each day. A. slid- ing scale of remuneration of this kind is, of course, impossible while working for the (Jovernment, but. if it is adopted by the contractors on the Panama Canal, there is excellent rea son for believing that the great canal will be rushed through to completion at a much earlier date than has been expected. In, a de&irer-to illu.trate the short- comings 'arid Iniquities of American railroads, attention is frequently called to the alleged Improved conditlona that prevail in England. Even thts idol is now shattered by the news of a "pool ing" agreement -between the eight big: railroads which serve the port of Iiv erpool. The agreement, which fixes the rates on all competitive freight, is for ten years, and the- -profits are to be divided on the basis of business done by each road before the trust was formed. Stations or territory where one particular company now enjoye s unopposed monopoly are not Included in the agreement. The reasons given for formation of thia big trust on a small island are -that it will effect an. enormous saving in freight solicitors and enable the roads to cut out a number of expensive conceits! one now granted shippers. Mr. Mill with his Northern Securities and Mr, Harriman with his "Pacific" had a similar ob ject In view, but our Government, It spite of its reputation-, still seems to be several laps ahead of Old England in the matter of prohibiting railroad monopolies. . One of the worst enemies of popular government i the legislator who will introduce an innocent-looking: bill with a oecret "Joker" in It, intended to serve some selfish purpose. This trick has been worked successfully at sev eral sessions, for the man who tries it usually puts hie "joker" in as an amendment, whieh, not being printed, is likely to escape that careful read ing" it would otherwise receive. So long as there are dishoneet men in the world there will be a few in the Legislature. The most that the con- ecientioue legislator can do is to Keep watch of proceedings and expose trickery- when he finds it. A certain de gree of "courtesy" i due from one member or the Legislature to another, but there Is nothing In the code of ethics that requires an honest official to cover the trickery of one who ie dishonest. Of all crooks the sneak Is the most despicable, and the word sneak, is a proper one to apply to a legislator who tries to secure the enact ment of a law whose purpose Is othef than it pretends to "be. For the first time in many years the Ohio River was at a navigable stage throughout the entire year Just closed, there being no interruption at any time during the twelve months. As a result, all steamboat companies ens-aged in the river traffic made great profit and a're enlarging their facili ties for the new year. St. Louis, Kan sas City and even St. Paul have? also awakened to the advantages of river competition and new lines and a re- establishment of oldr lines are contem plated. If the universal car shortage and, attendant loeo ot bueiness will re- suit in driving back to the rivers some of the 'business that was lured, away by -the nllroada anany years ago, it will not be an unmixed evil, Mr, Burton's Ohio River made such a good showing last year that -the chairman of the rivers and. harbors -committee ought to reel very Kindly cifpoeea toward other meritorious projects. With a large number of very im- portant eubjeets before them, with public diemand for legislation thereon. It is to be hoped that the members 0t the legislature will waste no time on freak bills that some tineophlstleat- eoL member may he induced to offer. It has always been a popular belief, fre- quently expressed, that too many bins are introduced and too many laws enacted. Th ? Xegislature can -un doubtedly win credit toy diminishing the Quantity of legislation ana improv- ing the quality. Two foreign, titled ladles one a grass widow, the other soon to be will toe doing their fellow countrywomen a service if they shall etatabltsh in IMa w York a Gould-Vanderbiit Society to Encourage' the 'Homo Marriage Market. One good way for Mr. Harriman to Increase tfivia'enfle vouia be to aaa an army of Oregon farmers to the present population toy selling them homes out of the old, Oregon &. California land grant. A. railway commission that will be effective should e made up of men who have some time been turned down toy .the man who hand, out Tssc. All things haVe their blessings. This cold snap will make all the less bu&s to be sprayed out of the orchards in the Spring. If Senator Bailey's, enemies in the Texas legislature want to prove things, vhy don't they hire Heney? Is it possible that Champ Olarlt on a still hunt for the nomination in 190S? Good morning! Did Jack Proot get your water pipes laet night? Eliminate the blasted east win and we wouldn't mind it so much. 1,1 FE IX THE OREfiOV COUXTRV Merely rrrllmUar). Seattle Times. Portland has just closed her greatest It Am. Olympla Recorder. The Portland papers are growing red in the face shouting for the Oregon apple as the most wonderful product of fruit culture to be found in the world around. Xature's "Way. Bellingham Herald. It is a sad commentary on the me thods of Dan Cupid that tiiose who would die for love, outside of books, usually belong to that class to whom life is not worth the living. Should Be In Red Type. Condon Times. Our subscribers are vicing with each other In paying their subscriptions in advance. Albert Lovgren the prosperous Gooseberry rancher is in the lead at pres ent as he Ib paid up to July 8, 1WS. Debatable Olory. Seattle Times. A Japanese steamer came into port yesterday with 400 passengers and. of course, most of them were immigrants. That kind of a report can occur in every important harbor on Puget Sound about once a month. The 1 glit Stuff. Gresham Herald, of our young folk vay through sclio Gresham Herald. A number of our young follcs are work ing their way through school and col- lege. These young people are worth keeping an eye on, for after awhile it will r- found that they are among the nuraoer wno do things Bad lien of Wallowa. Joseph Herald. One day recently Dr. J. W. Barnard showed us his black list of 11 men, who reside in Wallowa County. The doctor said none of the 11 can get anything ou t of his drug store without the cash ex- oept saltpeter to pufupon his face when he dies, and then the doctor will give two ounces free. By Februarj- 1 the doctor expects to have the Mack list entirely Wiped out. The initials of the above are as follows: S. B. J. K. M. C. A. D. X. R. I.. T. O. E I. P. V. E. G. CI. V,'. U. J. SC. S. H. A. Nt 1 . i . In looking over the above list of Dr. Barnard's, we find that every one of the eleven owes the Herald from one to three years' sub scription. OreRon's VIde-ReaclilnK Prosperity. Medford Mall. F. Tj. Tou Velle, the gentleman who, a couple of years ago, purchased the Klein- hammer orchard, south of Medford, has sold 40 acres of the tract to . C Hopson. of Milton. Or., for $sOOO. Kleven acres of this land is set in ('omice pears, I10W in beamig, and the remaining por tion is also set to nears. but not bearing Mr. Tou Velle has left of the original Klelnbammer tract 103 acres, no part of which he will sell. His reason for sell- ing this 40-acre tract was that he had more land than he could care for and do it r-ro'-erly. It was only a few months ago that this same 40-acre tract, was troa liatori fin the market at J350O. The splendid record Cornice pears lhade On the TSew York market is responsible for its Increase in -value and it is cheap at .u. noM Tn three years' time it tllC Llllt-C JM'U1 " , win have paid back more than the pur chase paid. . Tit .1 LonKwortli'. Mry on n""" Saturday Bvenine Post. At the oanauet of the Ohio Company riven in Marietta the day a bronze . . n iinnf Pflt. Ammomnrnrlner tne IlTSl uei iimncui. ot-t tlement in the territory northwest of the Ohio wa unveiled. Oonsrre.-sman "Nick Iioneirorlh told about his first attempt to make a stump speech. Mart Hanna was traveling through the state on a special and Loiiffworth was one of the leswer lights of the party. Very early one .yotn- w tha snpr ii arrive" at cai, Jllj, U1U i-v . , , a crowd was aireauy as.icinuicu. ,,. 1 to aDDeas. their demands for a aaoeech. Longwortji the only man up .on osirpri to eo QUI ami " He said he walked OUt on Uie iedi ymi- Xorm and in his Dest voira pegan. JUSt then a limited whizzed by and hla first sentence hung fire. HC-gllMlUg ttguill ie repeated: i --i iaa nnil smn -trie men A SWitCil engine across the railroad ,.o, Mt in motion at this point and its whistle punctuated "JNlcK opening words with shrtu Hiaccato h iniena. Biderably flustrated. but holding himeelf well in hand, the orator once more began his speech: "Ladiea and nentlemen " Tt whh no use. A freight train, a inllo iOng it it Wa3 an inch, came rumbUiig and creaking down the yard, and the In terruption -was of such duration that the crowd Kot restless, and "Nick." to keep u .nm dicintpfrntintr entirely, snouted a il 11U1U wei'" o .ha ton of his luncs: von nennle don't need any npeechmak inc Thr aro too many eigna of r-tihiioo n nrnsoeritv in your town. IJoolc at the length of that freight train " But a voice in tne rear ot tne croi houted aolc: 'Say. young Teller, what ycr givln" Tnnm'a ftttintlCS." And Longworth disappeared into the chei Cook t 113,000 1 Yrtr.' Baltimore Jews. The chief culinary artist ot the CT endisll Hotel in London is Mrs. It who Is paid ft salary of $1 5.1 year. The graduates ot ner Kitcnen are always sur or prood pomtion, ' She draws the largest salary of an female cook in the world. BrrK IJke. . climb Mm.Brt.lu New YorK Herald. James Bryce, the new British Am bassador. is 68 years old. but he hai not by any means "exhausted his phys leal enerKies or his fondness tor exer eis6 in the optn. His favorite recrea tlon is mountain-climbing, and he is president or the EnRllBn Alpine :iud. NEWSPAPER lYAIFg. YT yiaa - 1 don" t t akn no ntock in any bu reiar'lar prescriptions. Baitlinure American fihBik vnu liko a eored skirt? H f diplomatically) That depends on whose III rt: Is gorea : New uneani i lmea-unmo Brown I lot Smith have iO this morning, and It's a safe bet that I'll never jet u haMc firppn Whv. isn't he Rood pay Brown Oh; yp-n ; but I owed him the $ lO tor nearly a year. unicaKO uatiy ;vew. Art masror (who ha Bent for a cab, nnintlne to horse) What Uo you call that Cabby An 'orse. air. Art Master A horse KUD It OUE. auo. oo 11 a.KM.1". r uin:n. Wltrir AX" af hfta bifomfl of t hA.t fnl Bjones, who used to run a clipping bureau Tj he still In the same line ot bualnesa ya?(rin a way, yes. He's a barber now, Philadelphia Record. "There are bleiulnes in defeat as well as In victory, saia tne pnno'opner. -a. answered the disappointed candidate. "There Is nothing Ukrf defeat for keeping a reformer from backsliding. Washington Star. whir non't x-oii t rv to make vourse nvrpeahts?" asked the reproving friend, "My dear' answered Miss Cayenne, 'the desire to be agreeable ia what has spoiled -mv diHDOBition. You can't mak vourse If agreeable to name people without saying things about otnera. tsnmgion star. Mr. Jigley The other day I. saw quite an Interesting educated pig . Hiaa reri Oh. ot course. I suppose . Mr. Jlgjley- Xont Mv it! You were KOlxmr to lay yo minnoNfl I looked in the kI&hs. weren't you Miss Pert Not at all. 1 don't con?iaer you Interesting or educated. Philadelphia rrefc T cannot be your wife. ihe replied, an Iddea i i nis if nnai. n rHtcra hwiie to and fro several tiroes, then, halted rt brii i lv In front or her. "Pray be Tamiia with me." h said. Dot without the ilftte of cultne impatience. "About how final 7 1 hi was too ir.uch, Hh tiunit Into team. Jio do x a now t an looiica. fucn. THE OREGON! A A XX U A I X UMBER sAod T la aye. Kelso Washlmrtonian. Sueh issues are sure to be a great thim? m encouraging immigration and reflects great credit on the publishers'. Prizewinner. Newport Kews. The Orepronian as usual issued a splen did Xew Year edition. Oregon's big daily like the rest of her products is a prizo- 1 1 nnpr wnen it comes to great things of terlin value. Highly CreriHable. Salem Statesman. The Xew Year's annual of 42 pases turned out by The Oregonian yesterday highly creditable and a valuable compilation of facts and sta.t'Sti-s illus trating the growth and possibilities of Oregon's metropolis and of the state. Kveryborly Is All Rixhl. Thank. Yon. Toledo I.eadr. The Oregonian annual was certainly a warm number.' and nobody is offend ed because it was devoted principally to Portland. Oregon s metropolis is in the mellsht and will stay there. Meanwhile the rest of the state is all right, thank ou. Wonderful anil Inieromtlnff. Echo Register, he Tew "Voar edition of "The OreRonia n , wonderful and interesting: assemblage of Interesting: information concerning Ore- gon. Portland is. of course, given much space, hut that very nourish I nsr metropo lis deserves it. "The interests of the tate are well written up, and the Uma- ilia projects given space. All of Interest. Florence West. The Oregonian issued its customary sn nun number on New Year's day. The first 16 pages are handsomely illustrated with views of different places and scenes n Portland. The rest of the 42 pages are filled with information on various subjects of interest concerning Portland and the entire state and with the usual amount of news. Id Direction of Concrraa Castle Rock Advocate. The Oreeonlan's handsome New Year edition was a decided departure from the voiriie of former years. Instead of page after pae of dry flgureg and stereo typed write-up?, there were a number of pages of Illustrated articles handsome ly printed In colors. hen that paper makes a move it ia always in the-direc tion of progress. Send It Away. Lexington Wheatfield. The New Tear number of The Ore- sonian shows many scenes in Portland and urrrundinK tern tory. Many copies of The Oregonian's annual number are sent to all parts of the world each year and the issue of this year should be no exception and be spread broadcast throughout the land that others may know of the wonderful resources ot the Oregon country. Summit of Journal tM iu. The Dalles Optimist, There are some things beyond praise. nr language not Koinjsc above the super lative. And so we rind it in attempting to write about the late magnificent issue of The Oregonian. Sufficient it 13 to say that our groat contemporary has scaled the heights and reached the very summit of Western Journalism, and that this New Year edition will long stand as Koal for all the other JPacirle Coast papers to strive to emulate, but will al- ways fall short In reaching the very top notch attained bjr The Oregonian. This edition will be of more value to Oregon than all the previous special editions of all other papers In the state combined. And this la not flattery, but truth. Senator Spooner Roula Junketa. Washington (D. C.) Herald. Senator Spooner. of Wisconsin, ftur- prltted Rome members of CongreM with whom ri - waa chattins the othur day by announcing that he haa never taken part in a Congressional Junket of any kind. "I never shall undertake such a journey at Government expense," tia said. "There is something, very objec tionable to me in members of Congress on such - expeditions. r or the reason 1 1 1 t made him sidestep a Congressional Junket, Senator Spooner aid he had never been sh&Ved In Ilia Senate barber shop, which is main -t Uncle Sam'" expenae. Ulned Odd Deflnlilon of "Crflief." Chicago Chronicle, r'hat It the real dettnltlon of the word 'grafter'?" asked a friend of Wil liam Dudley Fotilke. 'Grafter, my friend, is susceptible of but one den nit loo." said Mr. Foulke, Who haa just returned from investigating- the .regularities In the sale of town lots in the Creek Nation. "The correct definition of a grafter la 'a white man who deals in Indian titles. I II Chicago Kecord-Herald. One of Speaker Cannon'fl constituent back In Danville. 111., who has an eye on the mil 1 n eh a nc-e. lately wrote this letter to Mr. Cannon: "Dear Uncle Joe-Old Fire - Alarm Shot of Filipino. Washington r. C Star. " "W hat's , a F'illpino?" Representative John Wesley uaines or Tennessee asked. "One part Spanish and nine parts rev- IT'S COLD IN THE -ilt A XEW WAY TO KILL PAIX. K.prrlnr... tvlia oral Mr- 1y Expert. la norkrfcllrr lnalltutr. New York World.' John T. Ror-keffllpr's $3.00ft.OlO Institute for Medical Research in Nrw YorK an- nounces a discovery which is expected to revolutionize the use of anaesthetics in stirprery. The discovery relates to ro- coaine. As an anaesthetic for serious op erations etlier is loss dangerous than chloroform: it stimulates the heart, and. after its influence has subsided, the pa tient becomes deathly sick. otilorororm does not produce nausea, but It depresses the heart, and even a slight overdose Is likely to cause death durinK the period of unconsciousness. Cocaine haa heretofore been refiarded. as available only for minor operations, and local applications, eurh as toothache and external cuts or wounds. Dr. Kast and Dr. S. J. Meltzer. of the Rockefeller Institute, after a series of elaborate In vestigations, have found ont, however, that cocaine, instead of being a mild drug, in reality exerts. In certain dosage. a profound and far-reaching: influeme over the internal organs which will ren der it available for serious operations. This is a boon to surgeons a.s well as patients, because cocaine Is not at an dangerous to use. and has no bad effects. Involved In the discovery as to co caine Is another curious one ot scarcely less importance, namely;, That, notwith standing the Ions prevailing belief to tile contrary amontr the medical profession, a. n'an'a liver f i ml kidneys are as suuceptil.lo to pain aa his finger or toe. l-"or senera- tions doctors have been regarding the abdominal organs as dead to all sensa tions, doing- their work mechanically and unaupplied with sensary nerves. It was in exploding; this theory of "dead" organs that the scientific experts of the Rocke feller Institute stumbled, an it were, on the vastly important disco very as to co- caine. It having: been insisted by Tennandcr, the Rreat Swedish sureeon, that the in ternal organs could be cut. squeezed or burned, without any more sensation of pain than would be experienced by the hair or nails. Ears. Kast and Meltzer set out to prove the contrary. They have car ded out their experiments on dogs and cats. They ascertained that Lennander, In hia experiments. ha4 put his anlinals under the Influence of cocaine and mor phine. Lennander had used the cocaino subcutaneously without dreaming it could extend Its Influence far Into the bodv. So. when th Internal orntana -were tested and showed no pain reaction, it was re garded as conclusive that they were not subject to pain. . Kast and Meltror round that cocaine In jocted even In the foreleg would produce anaesthesia all through the abdominal region. By further research they estab lished the fact that It overspreads the system through the circulation. Thus. Ltnnander's animals proved nothing- ex cept that their organs had been deadened to pain. Cocaine did not act as a narcotic on the Rockefeller institute dogs and cats. It only deadened the pain. The animals retained consciousness and with their eyes followed every movement of the sur geon's knife. Teddy, Jr.. Practicing Boilnc. Boston Dispatch to the Cincinnati En- qulrer. Although special pains have been taken by Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. to keep the fact secret, he is following closely in the footsteps of his father by devoting him- self with zeal to the practice of the art of self-defense. He haa been taking box ing lessons during the hours which his comrades at Marvard believed he was devoting to study. The President's son has become so tired of the notoriety which has followed his career since he entered college that he took special pains that his boxing les sons should not become public property. Those few of his chums who knew about them were pledged to secrecy, Theodor Br., was easily the best ot his weight while at the Cambridge Institution, and Teddy. Jr.. bids rair to be as good as hia aire. Pen-ton for Mm. "Stonewall" Jflrknoii. Philadelphia Press. A bill granting a pension of 2S a month to Mrs, Stonewall JacKson, the widow of the dlstlngulHhed Confeder ate General, ia pending In the Senate. .Tackaon was a graduate of the "Went FOlnt Military Academy, and served in the' United States Army Several years before the Civil "War. Just a Hint of Ilngbcit Hartford Ct.)' Times. If the American people desire to put a. level-headed, well-poised. Constitutlon-re- SPvCtlng, thoroughly sane and safe man in the White House in 190S they now know where to find him. Ho is doing business In the office formerly occupied by Samuel J, THden ana Grover Cleveland in Albany, N. Y. My JIINen S, Green. "I know that my Redeemer Uvea, What comfort thin wit tentenc ri My mothar often ung In lOOtblng numbers soft and mild To mi. fftien I rrtwui cima Unto hr bosom dung. tTam a.Al sn.Ht irrtinr IKl IUIIIIB oyi'H nlH"8i I could not know the wl(cht of er 'With arhlrh Eh brea.thed for m th TT That trembled on r tongua. Tint love-wroojht fftdence to my can Comes floating- down th stream of year I n tones that Mem dlvlne My soul la lullod. calm rpo An vneO Of yore, at dayft-hts cioss. tlnjc down th stream or y I n tonxi that em dlvlnt s lullod. o -atm ri )f yore, at OayUft-ht" cioa, She kid her lm to mint. ht-yond the myatlo veil ilt-eii never fall That aong of love to wn The Weiily choml grefltfl hf cflfl In praUe of Him. whom, thro' long yean NORTHWEST ROOM -From the Chicago Record-Herald.