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.STRUCK THE KEYNOTE.
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'HEN Councilman Sharkey de
dared in the council meet
t mg yesterday that the Ore
.'. gonian's effort to secure the
revocation of the Portland Gas com
party's franchises was due simply and
V solely to that newspaper's private
grudge against the officers of the cor
poration, he struck the keynote of the
situation, and voiced the opinion of a
large majority of the people of this
' city.-..''. -v .'y '" " .'V'.'
?No thought was given to the fa
s' erests of the, dear public," said Shar
key. "It was just a private grudge
fchat had its origin in a newspaper of-
fice.".. Precisely, v And a majority of
he councilraen 1 declined to become
catspaws -to pull?: the Oregonian's
chestnuts cut of the fire. The real
- purpose of the campaign against the
gas company was not to give the peo
ple cheaper or better gas, not to se
cure to the city some adequate return
for the franchise, but to destroy the
i value, of the . company's property.,
i There was no effort by the Oregonian
to secure the purchase or condemna
tion by the city of the gas plant, at a
just valuation. ' . ' ",:.':;.'';,:''..
- Undoubtedly the public has had in
the past some .pause of complaint
against the company. ! The service
and the quality of the gas have not
always- been -of - the best.-- Blunders
have, doubtless been 'made b- tirt
less employes in meter tradings and
in computstiotis of bills. Similar
causes of complaint exist in greater
or less degree against similar c6r-
, ; porations in. every large city in the
;; land. The investigation by the Port
land city council has been productive
of some good in this,, that . the ex
posure of abuses has done -much to
bring them to. an end. ; '
.' J But the gas -company is not the
v only holder of perpetual franchises
in this city. It is not even the only
lighting company holding such f ran-;
4 chises. Why has the Oregonian
made no campaign' against these
other corporations? Why has the
a--va, -v -.1 mm f f flats .a, aTsFaWi
. I. fin llUfVlJ VI lltC vTTi
! been ao markedly exempted from
attack? Why has the, Oregonian
nothing to Say about the. Southern
; I. Pacific's usurpation of louth street,
one of the most important thorough-
fares in the city? Every intelligent
. citiien understands full well the real
" situation," the motives which govern
the Oregonian's course.
. .The same tactics employed in the
, effort to whip the council into sub
, serviency are now being used at Sa
lem, to wring from the legislature a
forfeiture of the gas franchise. Other
holders of perpetual franchises may
go scot, free. ; Other monopolies
Including that of the Associated
Press-must be undisturbed. But to
gratify the private grudge, of the
' Oregonian, the' gas company's busi-
: ness is to be destroyed and its prop
erty is to be . virtually confiscated
We do not believe that the legisla-
-r tttrg-wtH -put its power to any such
: tise.'?
HAVING
EARS. THEY
NOT.
HEAR
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AILROAD apologists undertake
to say that the car shortage is
the only source Of complaint
. h against the " railroads. What
' about the exorbitant freight rate com
plained of along the line that. has en
abled the.O. R. & 'N. to pile up a
fabulous surplus in nine years of
$Xp00,000 on 1,200 miles, of road?
Whal about the freight rates in the
, 'Willamette region that are as high
now as they were 30 years ago,
' though population has immensely
multiplied in the meantime, though
the traffic fias so increased that the
railroads cannot handle it, and though
in that, period the average railroad
rates of the country have been re
duced until they are but 63 per cent
of their former figure? What about
the exorbitant rates that' were so
liigh that at long as the Yaquina-Sah
; I-'rancUco line was in operation they
caused rT.tigen "shipper lo .' haul
freight by. wtgost paralleling South-
ern Pacific lines between Eugene and
Corvallis? -What about the high rates
in vogue now that are causing ship
pers there -to be at this moment plan
ning to haul freight parallel to South
ern ; Pacific lines between Lebanon
and sAIban? What about the rank
discrimination m rates, all over Ore
gon, exacting for instance $1.3S per
hundred on narness hardware from
Portland to Union, almost as much at
from New York to Portland? Ho
about an assessment on farm lands
on which the owners pay a full valu
ation when the railroads . by the
means known trf them escape oii
valuation of a little over $10,000,000
whejOheir. property in Oregon is
believed' to' be worth between f0,-
000,000 and $100,000,000? ; .; ;
How strange, how passing strange
that in the midst of all these com
plaints, .the railroads' apologists
should have heard only of the car
shortage. Through what ears do they
hear-and throuah whatlasses do
they look darkly?
OKLAHOMA'S CONSTITUTION,
T
HE OKLAHOMA constitutional
convention is inclined to adopt
some . provisions of ; organic
law that will not be acceptable
to true railroads and other monopo-
ies, and, according to some recent
reports, are not acceptable either to
President Roosevelt or other, Repub
lican leaders. The convention seems,
disposed to guard the future state
better than any other state is guard
ed by its constitution -against op
pression by railroad and other mo
nopolies and public service corpora
tions, and this is "viewed with
alarm" at the capitol in Washington
and, it seems, even in the white
house.
Another, reason" why the conven
tion is regarded with unfriendly eyes
in administration circles 4 that it is
overwhelmingly Democratic, it being
composed of 99 Democrats and only
12 Republicans. If the . people of
Oklahoma and. Indian Territory,
with their million ol people and vast
resources and wealth, persist in vot
ing the; Democratic ticket, should
they be given statehood at all? '
Another proposition that the con
vention has indorsed is looked upon
askance by the powers that be in the
national capital.-andthat -is -that -the
Oregon method of electing United
States senators has ' been adopted;
the people are, really to elect, the
legislature to ratify their choice, and
the politicians of high degree at the
national capital are mot pleased with
this plan. ; Where, if "this system
were in vogue throughout the coun
try, would Piatt and Depew, and
others, be? '- ' "
For these and other reasons, and
since the president's policy is for the
federal government to assume many
of the powers hitherto exercised by
states, the required presidential proc
lamation of the new state's existence
may not as a matter of course be
forthcoming on its arrival in Wash-
THE TAX
COMMISSION'S RE
PORT. THE TAX
tax comm
as a bill
HE. ..TAX, code prepared by a
commission and introduced
in the legislature is
from the circumstances of its
preparation entitled to favorable con
sideration on the part of the joint
committee of the two houses now
considering it. The work done by
the commission cost the state some
$10,000, and it is to be presumed the
members worked upon their report
diligently and faithfully. Tbey
spent about 13 months in the prepar
atlbn of this report, whereas the Joint
Committee can spend but small por
tions of a few days. The commission
investigated the laws of other states,
and their operation, as the -commit
tees at Salem have not time' to do.
There i Jittl doubt untler such ctr-
cumstarfces that the report as a whole
would be a great improvement upon
existing laws. , j .;
The assessors of the state at their
last annual meeting indorsed the re
port. and most of them are earnestly
in favor of it. They are men who
have a practical and to some extent
an expert knowledge of the subjects
it covers, and their opinion is . also
entitled to much weight. ,
Besides, any member of the legis
lature, upon examination, can see
that the proposed bill contains many
good features and if. it has any dis
tinctly bad ones they have not been
pointed out publicly. It is designed
to require certain classes of tax-
dodgers to pay their reasonable pro
portion of taxes, and will apparently
work some reform in this respecu It
provides not only for full assessment
of all classes of property but for uni
form assessment in all the counties
of the state, a change greatly to be
desired. It contains many other de
sirable and progressive features, and
in tire main 1l, we believe, deserving
of a favorable report '
. This report of the joint committee
ought to be made soon, for such a
bill, will necessarily arouse much dis
cussion and require considerable time
to pass. The people generally exJ
pect some legislation on this subject,
and those who have studied this re
port and are competent to form an
opinion are generally agreed that it
is a good measure and ought to be
come a law. If any serious defects
disclose themsYlvfs they can be rem
edied two years hence, but a new tax
code it needed, and unless this is
passed about as recommended by the
commission we, shall, get nothing, as
usual. - .'' . . " . . " .
HARRIMAN'S POWER.
T ' V.
Tii:
HE WALL Street Journal says
that E. II. Harrimart is the
most - powerful individual in
the United States, not except
ing even the president. It makes no
allusion to Rockefeller, from which
we inter that it assumes tnat he giv
TTarnnian an absolutely free hand
The Wall Street jiaper, one of recog
nized high standing in financial cir
cles, says of the lord of Oregon:
Ilia power la absolute over about 1B.0O0
mllea of railroad having a capitalisation
of about fMOO.OftO.oOO. Hla authority !
very lar over 11000 additional mllea ef
road having a capitalisation ot 11.200,000..
000, while he haa a potent voice In the
management of S8.O0O mllea of road hav
ing s capitalization of XI, 600.000.000. Thus
directly and indirectly hla power extends
over one third of the railroad transpor
tation Interests of the United States.
and of a very considerable part of this
he 1 an autocrat, and by reason of hla
autocratic powers over the Union Pa
cific, and especially hla unrestricted
power over Its finances, : hla-Influence
over the remaining portion, a well as
over-the financial markets, Is Increased.
There . be those . in Oregon who
think it useless to try to legislate in
opposition to the will of this potent
man, and who are hopeless of. the
will of the people prevailing over his
inf!uence,exerted, - secretly, for the
most part, in many ways at Salem;
but The Journal at yet does not re
gard the struggle as, hopeless or use
less. We shall soon see, however.
California is slowly recovering from
her awful panic. The citizens are
crawling up from cellars and sliding
down from the tall timber; one or
two restaurants are opened, the gild
ed palaces where the demon ram pre
sides are doing business; pther com
mercial enterprises snow signs ot re
turmngactivitykand.'the people of
the golden state have great hopet
that President Roosevelt will recon
sider his decision to declare war on
them.':, ''V v . , - ' .' ;'.'''' '.
. Thak millions of people are starv
in China ought not to be a matter of
indifference to the people of Oregon,
who have plenty and always tome-
thing to spare' to those in dire dis
tress. Many ought to follow the ex
ample, as their circumstances will al
low, of Mr. Wilcox and other leaders
in thia good movement.
The employes of '. Harriman and
Hill spoke so bitterly at Chicago of
these heads of the great western rail-
roads that the public will be pardoned
for showing some alarm. It is feared
that Hill and' Harriman are about to
combine.
Mill men v cannot market " lumber
and farmers and fruit growers have
found it difficult to market their
products,-because of the car shortage,
but Mr. Harriman seemt to find no
difficulty in finding market for lots
of water. - ::
It was Senator Bailey who last
year indignantly defended the char
acter of the senate as , a whole and
its members individually. Perhaps
Depew or Guggenheim will do as
rrracTrtiexf year for Bailey. ; v
, The price of a battleship . like the
Dreadnaught would pay for building
12,000 boxcars, which the people need
just now much more than the battle
ships c4withstendini-the-msnufacr
turert of war rumors. . . ,
Why not offer the Philippines to
Japan, not in settlement of any an
ticipated difficulty, but just - as an
evidence that we are doggoned tired
of themrV' "''.' . .' '. '".'.;'
It is quite possible, now that Ex
pert' Wiley has had time to think it
over, that be knows there is a close
relationship between the dorsal re
gion and the solar plexus.
.Undoubtedly the stranglehold of
that land shark, the Southern Oregon
company,' ought to be loosened by
the legislature, if possible. '
Senator Bailey Cof Texas) also
came quite near suffering from such
serious indisposition as would require
his retirement from politics.
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The normal schools need large ap
propriations.' Lobbyists have' to be
paid. .. ; '. ' ', . '
" Oregon is the fine "model and ex
emplar of her sister states, Those
in the east are copying our direct
primary laws, while Washington will
make use of ourwhipping post for
obstreperous husbands. ' ' ' , ,
, An Iowa woman has filed, a divorce
complaint in rhyme. 1 The defendant
ought to need no lawyer to secure
the -decree himself. - J' .
. Acquittals on the ground of insanity
are calculated to breed lynching as
well as other forms of murder.
- The Oregonian is-making a fight
against perpetual gas franchises. It
wants no competition, . . -
In spite of - everything, - we
Stand up. for' Oregon weather.
still
Golden Weddings
. By Mrs. J6hn A. Logan. ' ' . t'
1 '!' 1 hJB.rin te re tin. g In these days
uKKexuona.or Trial marriages- ana
the dumping of "love upon the rubbish
heapa" to read accounts of the cele
bration of nftleth anniversaries of wed
ding daya.
Conspicuous among occasions of thia
kind that have occurred recently Is that
of ex-Postmaster-Oeneral and Mrs.
James A. Gary of Baltimore, who on
the twenty-sixth of November cele
brated their golden wedding, surrounded
by their children and grandchildren to
the number -of SO. Sons and daugh
ter", bringing their children with them,
filled the spacious mansion of General
and Mrs. Gary, which Is In all respects
an Ideal home, where love .and happi
ness reign supreme., - -
Oeneral Gary, now TS, and Mrs,
Gary. 70, are a remarkably fine-looking
couple, both the embodiment of mental
and physical rvtgor, happiness and cor
diality. Mrs. Gary la a most gracious
matron, whn. When aurrnunded. hv her
, . . - A
seven daughters In .their weddlngl
gowns,, vied with them for the compli
ments of the fortunate guests of the
evening. v' ....
No evidence la necessary to prove
that love baa been the basis of such a
union and the law that has governed
such a family, or that the children will
endeavor to emulate the example set
before them by their revered, parents.
The second generation are Intellectual
ly, moraily, and physically splendid
specimens and bid fair to be as useful
In their day as their proud antecedents.
General and Mrs. Gary and their at
tractive daughters are .Temembered ae
among she moat charming people of the
cabinet circle. There was an air of
cordial greeting and genuine hospitality
that Is rare In these later daya. The
Garys never allowed callers to feel they
were bored by calls and other civilities
showered upon them. If - they " were
bored they were clever enough to hide
It from their guests. They never com-
plained to hosts of . the drudgery im
posed -upon . the raralltes of officials.
They found something else to talk about
when returning visits or making their
dinner or party calls. They made many
persons very happy,by giving them an
outing at the magnificent country place
of the Garys at Catonsvllle. near Bal
ttmore. It was from the greenhouse st
this lovely home that the - gorgeous
chrysanthemums and other yellow flow-
era were grown which were used in such
profusion on the evening of the zstn.
- a a a
On the same evening Hon. snd Mrs
Isaac R. Hltt, now of Washington snd
recently of Evanston, Illinois, observed
the fiftieth anniversary of their wed
ding day at the home of their son.
where the children snd grandchildren
assembled to do honor to the venerable
pair. j ceremony wn prnurnma .. vi
exchange of plain gold rings which
were presented in appropriate speeches
by the eldest grandson and grand
daughter. Bishop Cranston. Joined the
hsnda of the couple and pronounced a
beautiful benediction upon them. Al
together the occasion was f delightful
Tan
low a happy married life -which has
been spent In conformity with God's
holy ordinance. Their children's chil
dren rose up snd called them blessed.
It Is to be hoped that no anniversary
of this kind may pass unobserved, as
there could not possibly be better ob
ject lessons In support of the power of
love In marriage. -..,
Robert T. Mantell's Birthday,.
Robert B. Mantell, the actor,was born
In Ayrshire, Scotland, February 7,
164, but was brought' Up in Ireland.
His first appearance was made In
"Richelieu." Under the name of Hud
son he made his professional debut in
1174 at Rochdale, Lancashire snd the
same year he came to America and
played In Boston. In 1871 he supported
Madame Modjeska. His first lift into
popularity srrlved when Fanny Daven
port engaged him for the- part- of Lorts
Ipanoff In "Fedora." His success In
this character established a vogue for
htm' that paved the way tor his stellar
career of several years in the one play,
"Monbars." Mr. Mantell has added to
hla reputation by his appearance In nu
merous Shakespearean characters
-A- Lonely" Christmas. 77
Many missionary working In one or
other of the outposts of Christendom
has spent a lonely Christmas thinking
of the festivities of home, remarks the
Liverpool Pout and Mercury. But the
loneliest station of them all la that on
Herschel Island, off the coast of far
northwest Canada. The nearest postof
flce Is - more than 8,000 miles away
south. On account of distance and the
character of the region, malls are only
delivered twice In the year. The Island
Itself Is a dreary and barren waste, on
which the sun shines but two months
In the year. That Is their summer, and
It Is too short to allow ofany vegeta
tion whatever. Yet . the missionaries
plod on and It Js good to be told that
the Esquimaux are very glad of their
company and responsive to, their In
fluence. . :-''..
. Famous Irish Giant.
One of the most famous giants of
comparatively recent times was Cor
nelius Mas rath, the Irish giant, who,
born in 1759, caused a great sensation
In Europe, being seven feet, nine and
three-quarter Inches tall when it years
of age. He was afflicted with rheuma
tism from Infancy au,l was' not strong
mentally. His skeleton was preserved
In the museum of the medical school of
rlnlty college and in 17 wss taken
to the Anatomical anT-RooIoglcal mil.
Nurn. He died when only 25 vasts old.
The bones ahdw symptoms of serious
dlsesse. being all Irregular In shape.
The skull seems rather small In propor
tion te he -rest nf htg hody. "lul one
remarkable feature Is noted, the piece
for the pituitary body 1 so large that
u wowa eoia smau orange.
Letters From the
People
The Water Problem.
Portland. Feb. S. To the Editor of
The Journal In today's Journal Is an
editorial entitled "Working Out the
water Problem.'! I request that you
publish this reply to that editorial as
an act of fairness to the "othor aldo.-
Referring to the meter system contem
plated, you aay it ."would oblige larger
consumers to pay more and exactly In
proportion to the amount consumed.
which no one will have the tiardlhood
to aay Is not Just." I wish to asaure
you that you are mistaken, and that I,
for' one," have the hardihood to deny
tne justice of such a proceeding, and
will slow Incontrovertible reasons for
rejecting the scheme as unjust.
The Portland water system was built
by the people,, paid for by the people,
for the purpose of use. - Now, aa a con
sequence, land values have risen. , The
people pay these land values to a use
less set of monopolists. . called land
lords. In rent. That ' to say. all the
benefit accruing from this enterprise of
the people goes Into the pockets of the
landlords. Now.. If the maintenance of
me system was laid directly agalnat
land valueahy a 1st on land values.
eacn person wuuld pay hhi or her share
or Denent orce... But this meter system
111 compel each Individual to rutv
iwice xor tne sen- thing ones In rent,
once in direct tax. This Is Unjust, and
neither - The Journal nor -the-water
board nor the "citlsens". who attended
the landowners conference at the city
hall can show to the contrary.
mat tma Is seen by those who. on-
pose the free water agitation la shown
ny the fact., that those who have per
sistently pursuecTa selfish and look-out-for
- my - own-pocket -demh-the - people
course. landV grafters and their servants
carefully avoided any plan to tax the
land, though Its value Is leaping rapid
ly towara ranuious unearned fortune.
If these gentlemen were imbued with a
sense of clvlo righteousness or a - de
sire for the common good they would
have advocated a return to society of
wiai unearnea increment which has st
tached to their Koldlnn b- virtue of
this enterprise. But since the nannla
have Installed and paid for the water
system. It is rightfully theirs to freely
uao xor consumption. Where, on the
other hand, the system Is used as stock
In trade, as capital for the production
of wealth, It is right to charge the
amount of public wealth so Used against
the user, otherwise there would arise
an ' undue advantage of one over the
other. . v ..-,..
But if the people to Whom the water
belongs waste it. whose business is
that? Is it not theirs T It is certainly
undesirable that a water board and
some special-privilege citlsens become
self-constituted conservators, aa though
the people were a pack of rattle-brained,
thriftless Idiots. It Is sn insult to sug
gest such a thing. And if they did
waste some water. It 'would not equal
the " waste ot money under the graft
conceived system now in operation. -.
Why has this body suddenly awak
ened to a sense of economy) The free
water men have driven them to refuge
in subterfur".
Some time ago The Journal nnnnnajt
that It was favorable to the single tsx
as right doctrine. How, then, can tt
maintain that the fractional burden be
longa on the general publlo. regardless
of land rrlvllegeT It Is wholly incon
sistent with the single tax, wholly in
consistent with right
' It Is cute to say the meters will be
beneficial. But howf We eagerly
await a reply. Certainly not In the
estimated expense of $CO,000. If the
people wish to waste water, it Is their
business, snd when they want more to
waste they will build more pipe lines.
But the desire is not to prevent waste;
It la to furnish tnoro fat Jobs for in
specting meters, eta. snd a good chance
ot graft In buying them. But fat jobs
sre obstinate, and landlords will favor
mess uuraens on tne people's backs so
long ss their selfish Interests sre
served, The question Is one of right
If 11.50 a n.onth Is wrong, what sys
tem of logic do you use to determine
that SO cents per month is right?
.. LOUIS BOWERMAK.
Use Historic Names.
I
iter l
The Journal Please, grant me tne
courtesy of your columns to appeal to
the legislative assembly for proper rec
ognition in the creation of new coun
ties of the Impressive names in- the
history of the state. I am sure it would
be a proper and Just tribute to the
work of McLoughlin to give to the pro
posed county, whose borders will reach
near ths scene of his great career, hie
name. The word Cascade can signify
nothing, except that it may indicate
falling waters. It wlU teach no lesson
to the generations yet to come. If an
other county Is to be born. let it bear
the name not of Clark alone, hut Twi
and Clark, that It may Impress Itself
upon tne map in recognition of the ex
pedition which counted so much for
the Oregon country. -
The third msy Justly be adorned with
the name of Abernethv. in recognition
? J' hegnnnln gsf the state and of
its nret executive. If others ars to fol
lowand they will ultimately, aa the
vast interior becomes neonled let na
remember Jason Lee and Manrua Whit
man. Oeady and Applegate, Nesmlth and
Mlnto, and a score of others, some liv.
ing and others dead, who have helped
to build ths commonwealth. And if
these names are not enough. We ahonld
certainly recall before bestowing names
without other signification than eu
phony or local compliment that neither
Hamilton, nor Jefferson, nor Franklin
has yet been honored here.
STEPHEN A, LOWELL. )
'. Immortality and Humanity.
Life- , .'
Oh, what is lifer Ws live and breathe
and move .- j
Like pigmies wand'ring midst the
great unknown:
We elutch at shadows, "thinking Bern-
uiance real.
And strive with secrets that ars God's
alone.
' - .. .
Oh, what Is life? So weak, so blind we
are.
We can but follow where our faith
. may lead;
We weep, when angels sing aloud for
joy
Rejoicing when an angel's heart might
bleed. . ,
Oh, what Is lifer It is a riddle deep
We may not know till, life's short day
s psai;
Then God himself shgll lift the parting
' veil
And clear away all mysteries st last!
Emma Tolman East.
"What la man, that thou art mindful
of htmr Is the question with which
"Nlghtwatch" begins his article, and
which needs his thorough support. I
would not rare to answer it were It
not that I thought both his and my ar
ticle mlght.be read by "Student," whom
I thank with all my heart for his ar
ticle, which Is philosophical; yet I feel
J there Is a certain egoistlo spirit la part
iWatckinf Jupiter
...v . Revolve
By Professor Edgar I lrkln-
Anybody now., even a man suffering
from the hideous money disease so se
vereiy that it prevents him from eve
thinking about anything e"e. can see
Jupiter if he la unable to think of It.
That giant world rose at aunset on
December 3S, 190. For It the earth and
the sun were all on the same straight
line on that day, or Jupiter was In op
position, pulling the earth sway from
the sun a little and off its regular track
somewhat.' . - i -
Let us fix vp things as they were at
noon on January 1, l!r. On New Year's
day old Jupiter was 4W.J06.Su0 miles from
the sun snd ass.9Ul.400 from the earth.
Both worlds forever move from west to
east In direction, always opposite to the
hands of a watch.- Now here are some
Items bout Jupiter: . . " r
Greatest distance from sun, 601. 000.000
miles; least distance from aun, 42.0u0,
000 miles; average distance from wun,
4X3,000,000,000 miles; time of one revolu
tion around sun, 11. SS years: velocity on
Its orbit per second, t miles; diameter,
equatorial, 88.200 miles: diameter, polar,
2.m miles; larger than the earth. 1.283
tliyes; surfm-e KreateTttlaTr"TBaT'Ptthe;
earth, lis times; quantity of matter
greater than that In the earth. 31 times
time of one revolution on Its axis,
hours and U minutes; density, 41 per
cent greater than that of water; nura
ber of moons known. 7.
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And on Jsnuary t tt wss only five
minutes of are south of the plane of the
earth's orbit, a distance so small, that
one would not notice It with the unamea
eye perhaps unless sttentlon wss called
to It - - -. -
So If you want to know where , the
earth's track la. watch the place where
the sun . sets; draw a line from that
point through your head to Jupiter and
you will be within five minutes of it
The wonderful thing about Jupiter, is
Its short time ot turning on its axis.
It takes our speck of a world. 23 hours
to turn around, but Jupiter, 1.283 time
larger., gets around in pine hours and
65 minutes. Everything on the equator
moves around at a lively rate, snd It Is
just fine to watch it move in the big
telescope. -
The dlso ef Jupiter is slways belted
andTtanded with streaks darker In color
than the general surface. On January
they were plentiful and of a light
chocolate tint. They sre thought to be
In clouds. They sre often bankad and
plied In heaps, and at times contain
spots. By centering the telescope on
one of these and watching, one can see
the planet turn. .
e e- e .
It Is fascinating to watch the motions
of the four prominent moons of the
Jovian system. Hers are distances from
Jupiter and lengths and months:
Names of Distances Time of Revo-
Moonst from Center of tlon or Months.
f Jupiter In Miles. Days. Hra. Min.
To tsi.000 i, .. is rt
Europa 416,000 i IS ' IS
Ganymede 64,ooo " 7 I 41
Callixto .....1.167,000 ' 111 M SS
These satellites go behind the planet
srs Invisible for some time and reappear
on the other side. And they as often
go in front of the disc and cast shadows
on the surface ef the distant world.
But. the most Interesting of all Is to
itch ecllDsea -The denaltr of Junlter
Is1 1.41; that of water being L And this
Is slmost exactly that of the sun. Cal
cimine aa mixed with- water for walla
and ceilings Is nearly of the same dens
ity as the sun and. Jupiter.
Essays ty Bobbie
- By William F. Kirk. .
i ., HEROES. '
Heroes is men that curt to New Tork
It then kit married on the salm salary
thay had when they were single.
That la ths greatest kind of heroes.
thare were many other kinds in the
good old days, but thay were, not so
bralv aa the New York heroes.
Among the old heroes was a strong
man nalmed Herkulees. He was taller
than any of us wider than the widest
policeman you ever saw. He was bralv
beekaua he had the else to be bralv A
r jii .. iz irr ' t.r- .w- .
ae he dldn t caSr, he was so big that
when he got up In the 8t Cars eight (S)
ladles cud sit down, but he was a hero
so he dldent git up, he always sed that
nobody but a hero cud stay in his seat
when eight (!) ladles was standing up
looking at him setting down.
A other grate hero In the old times
was Alexsnder the Grate, ha was a nne
titer wlch licked all the soljers on the
other side eV sed 8how me a other
world, I have Jest begun to flte, but he
naa to me jest the salm as all the rest
of us He is ded now.
A other grate hero was David wlch
fought the Giant He sed to the Oiant
wlch was nsimed Goliath Cum on, you
big (4) flusher, I am waiting for thee,
then Goliath calm on A David hit him
in the forehead with a rock wlch went
write thru Goliaths brain A then the
crule wsr was over.
COWARDS,
-cowards 1 wen that run away A live
to flte another day. There are very
many kinds of cowards such as mar
ried men etc. My Pa is married A he
Is a. coward up hoam A a bralv man
down town, when he Is down town he
meets sum other men A he tells them
about the time he shook hands - with
good old Jack Dempsey A John Sullivan,
ail thay- talk-about-ta-ntes. wherr he
cums hoam he says Why shudent a man
be bralv, why shud he fill a Cowards
Gralve then my Ma starts talking to
him A Pa starts talking lower A lower
A then he doesnt talk st all..
February 7 in History.
1471 Sir Charles Moren born,
July , 1615.
1S12 Charles Dickens - born.
June t, 1170. . v .
Dledj
Died
- l5s Oude. annexed to the British
territories in India.. :
Uii Ship Orpheus wrecked oft Nsw
Zealand coast; ISA lives loaf
18S4 Jacksonville. Florida, taken by
ths Federals. ' .
170 General Sir. C Windham, hero
of 'the Redan, died.
1 1S9S Duke of Orleans visited Paris,
arrested and Imprisoned.
of It What becomes of the human per
sonality at death no one can solve, but
we do know we shall be far better off
dead than alive after a life Of pure
thoughts and good deeds, as the reward
of a good deed lies in doing it Every-
tning tn me universe goes to prove this,
not lesst the inward consciousness of
ones self, the inexplicably small part
of Uod, that I am, which amounts to as
much as one drop of the ocean, 't Yet
who can kick one drop of water away
from the ocean T I am satisfied that
Ood lovea me for my own sake, for his
own pride's sake, and not on account
of any blood being shed on any cross
fbr me. I do not want one drop of the
blood of Christ; hut how could mortal
blood stone-for sin .What was hla
sacrifice., since he Sacanded straight
Into heaven and' to the right hand ef
the Father p. O. A,
Small Change
Too many men want laws to auit their
particular little casea.
' Portland appears to be short also ef
material for policemen. 1
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The speaker la hound te get down
among 'em and speak some. , , . ,
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t "Don't be a Clam" does not spply to
people born with thst name. , -
- ' 'r ' "'-,'
' la the. Willamette river ' indicating
that U -wants 'an appropriation?
?''.!:;-'.''''. ' ''
- What are the members of the normal
school combine going to give ae a con
sideration T , , , .
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Dr. Wiley, the Thaw alienist Seems
unqualified to be superintendent, of a
sanitarium for --demented esta, , ' - .
y i ' v ' e - r ''
Spring has put in another appearance,
but we are not guaranteeing that it wilt
be in evidence by, the time this state
ment Is read. -'- - -
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No use to pass a law' to prevent dees .
Snow and slides snd floods up the Co-
-wlnter-time
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iThere is plenty of snow in eastern
Oregon, but thenew county propositions
up there seem to have hard sledding st
Salem. . v - .- i
v . -':',.' : s,-.-, ;.: :.:..'.,:.y;:
The late Senator Gorman was eulo
gised by men who hated and did not'
respect him. a common case of congres
sional hypocrisy. . - ,v . . .
, .-. ;-. ' s - . ..' . ',. '., ;
. We don't know what trusts Briggs.
elected senatos , Jrom -New Jersey. . Is
tied up with, but he can't be worse than
old poverty-plundering Prudential, '
The Safest place jto buy. stamps Is at
t'nele Sam's shop, of his agent J.
Mlnto. . If you do this you won't get In
Jail on account of stamp purchases
A Los Angeles woman sued a man
for $50,000 damages for breach, of prom
Ise and got a verdict for 1 cent and
her opinion . of the Jury io not print
able. :'-
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What will he- the next erdlnance that -
Councilman Shepherd will' desire to get
through before resigning? Otv any old
thing, providing its passage takes plenty.
Of time.-... -" r-.- - - ..--..-: :.!-:- .
The Duchess of Marlborough will pay
llOO.OOO a year, for the privilege of re
taining the name without the company
of the duke. The latter consideration
makes It a good bargain. -
A younsi woman tip the valley is re-t .
ported distracted because her husband-
to-be is blockaded up the river, nut she
ought to be thankful that he isn't In a
Dakota billiard -or the Salem lobby.
Oregon Sidelights
A hard winter makes a fat harvest In
Oregon. .". , -.
Revival meetings at Olex are credited
with TS converts. - ;'
A farm en board of trade at Canyon.
vllle Is talked of. . ' -
A Hood River man was fined
fit
for allowing minors In hla saloon. .
Fights are becoming too frequent in
town, says the Lakeview Examiner.
Lumbermen and fruitgrowers are Pre
testing against recent advances 1n freight
rates. '-., .-''
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rai-rallla has offered a bonus Of SS.OOO
for the removal there of aa Oregon-City ;
furniture factory.
8. L. Kline of Corvallis presented tlHfc.,1 J
public school grounds with a large, 31
beautiful fountain. ...
Astoria's future Is brightening, says
the Astorlan. and its chamber ef com-
Astorla thinks It sees In the near fu
ture a Hill railroad all the way from
that city to San Francisco, . -
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Six coyotes, emboldened by hunger.
came up to the back door of, a Hood
River butcher and demanded a handout
Hood River NewtownS sold In Lon
don for 11.11 a box more than California
Newtowns sold the same day to the
same buyer. - '
Hon T. Q. Hendricks, who recently
donated a publlo park for Eugene, has
now given 1500 to purchase books for
the Euegne library
Fur. traoners sre meeting with very
good success this winter, and the furs,
taken are of good quality, while the
prices are up in the air, says the Gran
ite Gem. One man has II marten skins.
Albany Herald, sth: . The Herald of
fice Is situated (at S o'clock this morn- -
Ing) st the foot of Broadalbln street
somewhere between the middle channel
and.Jhe east. bank oftbe. rlve&Irp
down and plunge In.
While digging s pout hole a Palsle
man found a piece of rock which
out being assayed la eatimated to ge
1,000 pounda to the ton. says ths Lake-
view Examiner. Ae further develop
ment he sank another shaft eight feet
away.- -y--'. ' ---v '.'.' ' -'Ji
Dayton people held a meeting for, the
purpoae of organising a development
company, the object being to engage in
the work of buying and improving prop
erty, erect brick buildings to aooom mo
date those who may desire to oonduot
stores and office rooms, and a suitable
hall for publlo gatherings. . 4 1 ,
Robert Wilson of Corvallis, Is tt' years
old, holds a permanent Job as station
agent telegraph operator and Wells
Fargo express sgent st Summit, a sta
tion on the line of. the corvsllls A East
ern. Hla salary is loo per month, to
which there Is an Increment through the
commissions of the express business.
His mother Is a widow, and the earnings
of her manly boy sre a valued asset tn
the household.
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Laurel Grove correspondence of
Grants Pass Courier: I was Just think
ing the other day as I heard someone
finding fault with Oregon, what a para
dlae we have here. No one Is freeslng
to death, no floods, no cyclones, no
drouths snd no snow to apeak of. Tet
yoa wilt hear them kicking Oregon, but.
look st th blessed, sunshine . coming,
down from heaven, on the Just and the
Unjust alike snd see the beautiful flew,
era in midwinter, the green fields and
the, beautiful mountain , scenery all
around us. Oh, let us be bappjr. .
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