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TRIBUTE TO SELLING PAIDBY JOURNAL Portland Newspaper Says Ho is a Friend of tho People. Dtood for Statement No. One Whe Many Republicans Refused to do so. Proving Hint a long career of con Blstcnt fighting for measures tlint bring tho Btnto government closer to tho people, and also sends the nam of Oregon to tho top of tho column In advanced legislation, tho following extract from tho Portland Daily Jour no! of Friday, February 22, 1912, not only endorses tho progrosslvo poll clcs of Hon Selling which nro now lawB on tho statute books of Oregon but It also shows beyond question tho standing of this man among tho pco plo and press of tho ntuto: MR. SELLING Senator Den 8elllnn has an nounced his Intention to con test for the Republican nomina tlon for United States senator. For a number of years the political course of Mr. Selling and The Journal have run along much tho same lines. Support of progressive methods of gov ernment In Oregon when they were badly In need of support, brought Mr. Selling and The Journal on common ground. When there was need of Statement One candidates for the legislature, they were not always easy to find. There was a time when most of the higher ups of the Republican party In Oregon were, and soma of them still arc, against Statement One. It was In such a time that Mr. Selling was a welcome addition to the forces that were striving for direct election of senator, and for elimination of disgrace ful deadlocks at Salem, Without at all entering Into the support of Mr. Selling's pres ent candidacy, it Is as little as The Journal can do to thus ack nowledge the aid Mr. Selling has been to the cause of popu lar government In Oregon, an acknowledgment that, In fair ness, lo also due to Senator Dourne. SELLING iS THE PROPER MAN "Naturally, lion Boiling would he my choice for I ho United Htateit sen nto," wild n prominent Portland Our man to n ruportor for (ho .oltung "Ilo knows tho people of Oregon, and his IntorestH nro lioro In tho ntnto, He knows what tho people of Oregon ncod, and I don't bollovo thoro Is a man nllvo batter able to supply thoso needs." Illght In lino with that sontlmont Is another, very Keuerolly oxprowiod, to tho offeot tliRt while Mr. Selling" has always bii one of the mottt pro Kresslvo of oltliens, Insistent upon tho dovolopment of the state and tho Mil lintloti of nil Its resources, he Is tho liuplacnbla foe of graft In all Its forum ftecognUIng tho fact that all public expenses must ho met from tho pock ots of tho people, ho Bland firmly against the waste of public money. Oregon has gone forward amnzlngl In the past twenty years; and It every step o( Ita progress Hen Selllni has been In the front rank of Oregon t citizens. He has done his part. II has borne his share of the burdont and discharged his share, of the du ties. He has asked no man to per form his tasks. The men who own homes, and the men who pay in industry for the good things of life, want to intrust their public Interests to a man who has always stood shoulder to shoulder with them, who knows them and their problems, and whose citizenship Is of the sturdy character which asks no special favors from any one. Our people know Den Selling. They have dealt with him for many years. He has been fair with them, and they can confidently trust him. Nachrich- ten, a Portland German Newspaper. Please do not Read This Three lots, 7room house, 12 8-year-old fruit trees, gas in house, wired for electricity, street im proved, on most promineut street; $2000, $500 cash, balance on time. See K. C. Couch. Subscribe for the Telegram best evening paper on the coast. See Bd Stockton. 1 Drawing Inferences. President Lincoln onco told the fol lowing story to D. II. llntes, manager of the war department telegraph ofllce: "I'm lllto an old colored man I knew. Ho spent so much of his time preach' Ing to tho other sin res it kept him and them from their labors. Ills master told him ho would punish him the next time ho was caught preaching. " 'Uut, mnrsa,' said tho old man. with tears In his eyes, '1 always has lo draw lufruenocs from Bible texts when dcy comes in inn hald. 1 Jes' cnln't help IU Can you, mursn?' "'Well,' said his master, '1 suspect 1 do sometimes draw Inferences. Uut there is ouo text I never could under stand, nud If you can draw the right Inference from It I'll let you preach to your hcnrt'H content "'What Is do text, marsn? asked the colored man. " ' "The ass snuffetli up tho cast wind." Now. what Infcreuco do you draw from that?' "'Well, mnrsa, l's neber heard dot text befo' nohow, but 1 'spects do In fruenco am she got to snuff a long tlmo befo' ho get fat' "-Pittsburg Chronlclc-Tclegrnph. Trapping a Tiger. Tho tiger is possessed at times of an almost supernatural cunning, a won derful hciiho of smell 11 ml a One In stinct with regard lo trap nnd the like, which make him as dllllcult an animal lo tnko nllvo as any existing Sometimes ho enn be snared, hut not often. On one occasion tho writers unlive Indlnti servant ran In In great Btnto of excitement to say a tiger was trapped In the Junglo bnlf n 111II0 nway, nud tho entire camp, of course, nt onco flocked over to seo tho prisoner. The trap was exactly on tho principle of n humblo mouse trap, with a falling door, nnd Imllt of strong timbers laced together with rattans Tho ImprUoued tiger was a full grown mate, nnd It would bo dllllcult to Imagine anything wilder than his rngr as he roared nud stormed and hurled himself In futile fury on each part ol the structure In turn. Them ho was to stay until hunger had rendered him mnnugcnblc, the Incident showing that the tiger can be trapped, although not often. London O lobe. An Idol With Diamond Eyes. It Is n curious fact and one scarcely known outsldo of Itumdn, and there hardly ever mentioned, that tho fn ipotis Orion dlniiioml was onco the right eye of tho great Idol Herrlugliam In tho temple of llrnhmn. 'J his pre clous gem was stolen nt about the be ginning of tho eighteenth century by h French soldier who had mado n pre tenso of being converted to tho Hindoo religion In order to gain tho confidence of tho priests nnd admission to tho temple. Tho r. jiichinnn first sold tho diamond for f.'.OOO. On tho next turn It was bought by a banker of Con stnntfnoplo for 12.000. Tho banker kept It until 1771 nnd thoti sold It to tho HuMslan empress for 00,000 nnd a llfo pension. Tho com has been In tho Hussion royal family ever since As It Is now set In tho Imperial scepter of Uussla It presents a flattened, rose cut surface nud weighs exactly lfrlH enrnts. Ancient Iceland. Iceland was founded A. D. 87-i by men from Norway. In tho words of John I'lsko, "It was such a wholesale colonization of picked men ns had not been Hcen since nuclcut Greek times and was not to bo seen again until Wlnthrop sailed Into Massachusetts bay. It was not long beforo tho pop ulatlon of Iceland wns W.000. Their sheep nnd cnttlo flourished, liny crops were heavy, n lively trade with flsh. oil, butter and skins In exchange for meal nnd malt wns kept up with Nor way, Denmark nud tho British Isles. Political freedom was unimpaired, Jus (Ice was fairly well administered, na val superiority kept all foes at a dls t a nee. nud uudcr such conditions tho growth of tho new community In wealth and culture was surprisingly rapid." His Compliment. Tho governor of n western stnte wns mnklng Inspection of certain stato In stltutlons when ho mndo Inquiry ns to the progress of a chaplain by him ap pointed to un Insane asylum. "How Is ho gottlug on?" asked the governor, thinking to got an unpreju diced opinion from the official acting is his guide. "Flnol" oxclattned the man. "nis prcachln' Is very successful, governor. Tho Idiots enjoys It especially," CJn clnnntl Commercial Tribune. No Apology to Offer, "Why spend three years cultivating your voice If you don't Intend to go on the operatic stager' "For the same reason, 1 supposo, that you've spent fifteen or twenty years In cultivating a discriminating taste for alcoholic beverages nud yet don't In tend to go Into the saloon business," Chicago Tribune. Assembling Herself, "Hubby, did you bring home my new swltchr "Yep." "Aud my puffs?" "I did." "now about my face powder?" "Here's your complexion. Now get busy and assemble yourself." Louis vllle Courier-Journal. Hard to Deal. Wigg now do you get along with old Crusty? Don't you And him bard to deal with? Wagg As bard as a wornout pack of cards. Philadelphia Record. Prelodlce snuluta when It looks and lies when It talks. Abrantea. Bring In your Job printing while you think of It. Don't wait until you are entirely out. Wo are equipped to turn out neat and tasty printing promptly at Portland prices or less. o Poor nlumbiutr is almost as bad as no nlumbintr- Better cet an ex perienced plumber to do it, and Overstreet, opposite school buildinsr on Jersey street. SECOND SIGHT. M- 1 An Apparition That Was a Messenger of Death. Tho third Lord Teiuplctowu used to tell of nn extraordinary and really au thnntlc enso of second sight. Ills brother, Henry Upton, tho second vis count, wns with his regiment abroad when ho nnd several brother olllcers saw, an old friend wearing trousers nud shirt only pnss through the mess room to another room from which thero wns no outlet. They followed nnd saw nobody, and the sentry per slsted that no person had entered. Henry Upton wroto to his brother, nfterwnrd third viscount, to request him to go to their friend's lodgings In London nnd And out what ho was do tug nt such nnd such an hour on n cer tain day. Tho brother in London com piled nnd found that their friend hud died, but not on tho day he had been seen abroad. Later tho lnudlndy was asked on oath as to tho dnto nnd hour of death and whether he had died in n white shirt with n bluo check. After some demur sho confessed that her lodger did not dlo when she first slntod, but on tho day when his friends lind seen him pass through tho mess room. It seems the dnto of demise had been falsified on account of tils pen slon, which wns almost nil his family had to depend upon. And ho died In n whlto shirt with n bluo check, his landlady having lent one of her litis bnnd's to him on tho morning of lils death. London Court Journal. SHE WANTED LIGHT. And 80 She Had the Windows Fixed Exaotly to Her Taste. Tho architectural feature of the new houso that caused n decided do mcstlo rupturo wns tho windows. The man was lu favor of medium, sized windows, with small panes to mutch tho rest of tho house, but his wife In slsted upon enormous sheets of plate glass. "you nro nway nil day nnd do not know whether I cntt boo my hnml be foro mo nt noontime or not," sho said, "but 1 am In tho houso most of tho tlmo and must Imvo plenty of light and sunshine" So they had big windows. Before tho carpenter left sho ordered Inside shutters put up. Tho family's llrst night In their now homo was cele brated by adjusting two sets of win dow shades, ouo while, the other dark green, which served as n background for two pairs of curtain, onu of silk tho other of lace. On tho third day tho man helped his wlfo to hang nddl tlonal sash curtains, htld 011 tho fourth day'ho fouiid n twin 'tinkering with the outside of tho window lodge. "lie n Just getting ready Mo put up the awnings," sho explained, Her husband looked nt the shutters, tho two shades, tho two curtains nnd tho sash curtains nud tho arrange nients for the awning nt each win dow. and then ho laughed, but she could not understand why.-Now York? Times. Superfluous Verbiage. It was Sunday evening and llkowlso his llrst call. Sho was viitcrtnlulug lilm nt tho piano, nnd ho wns not fond of music. Of course alio couldn't be expected to know that, poor girl! Sho was not particularly accomplished, but sho didn't know what else to do, nnd ho hadn't suggested anything. So she played on and on, occasionally Mklp ping n few bant that hIio didn't re member and trusting to luck. Finally from sheer wcarluusa nud to inako ..'.il.u .1...' .. cuin I'loaiivii niiu iuiulu iu miu iiiiu eald: "Papa thinks It Is wicked for' 1110 to piny the piano 011 Sunday." "Papa Is certainly right," ho replied wearily. "Uut why Uoca'hocr speci fy Sunday?" It Is perhaps needless to record that ho was novor ngaln Invited to that lit tie flnt.-l'lilladelplilu Ledger. Absinth. Dr. It. Hereod of ltitsauno In n spe clnl contribution to tho Alllnnro Tom perunco Almanac points out that the absiutb liquor, which is now prohlb tied In three European countries Bel glum, Holland aud Switzerland owes Ita peculiar noxiousness to tho fact that It Is prepared with several es sonces, among them wormwood, which have marked toxic properties. Added to the action of the alcohol la strong absinth contains 03 per cent) these essences Imvo a most deleterious ef fect on tho organisms, especially on the nervous system, Evon small doses provoke a great Irritability, which may easily lead heavy drinkers to crime. Epllopsy is more quickly de veloped among absinth drinkers than among the drinkers of tho commoner kinds of alcoholic liquors, Dundee Advert lser. A Quaint Inscription. An old churchyard near London h famous for tho Inscriptions on its tombstones. There Is one on tho me morial of Susannah Harford, died 10.12. aged ten years and thirteen weeks. The concluding lines beneath tbr skull and crossbones on her monument nre: Her stage was short, her threal was quickly spunn. Prawns out and cutt. sot heaven, her worke was done. This world to her was but a t raged play. Shea cams and saWt, dlsllk't and patted away. When Dining Out "Popl" "Yes, my son." "What Is an ultimate consumer?" "Why, he's the one who usually has to pay the check for tho dinners, my boy." Yonkers Statesman. Tho concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. Burke. REVIEW'S LEGAL BLANKS The following list of legal blanks are kept for sale at this office and others will be added as the demand arises: Warranty deeds, Quit Claim Deeds, Realty and Chattel Mort gages, battslactiou of Mortgages. Contracts for Sale of Realty. Bills of Sale, Leases. All these blauks at the uniform price of 30c per dozen. ORDINANCE NO. 468 An Ordinance Appropriating From the General Funds of the City Money to Pay the Excess Cost of Edison Street Improvement Over and Above the Amount Lawfully Assessable to the Property Benefited. The city of St. Johns docs ordain ns follows: Section i. That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the general fund of the city, not otherwise appropriated, so much money ns shell be required to pay the excess cost of the improvement of Udlson street, being that portion thereof lylngnnd being between Hurling ton street nnd l-'cssendcn street, over aud above the amount ' -.u fully assessa ble to the property benefited by said im provement, nut to exceed the ntuouut ol elj'ht hundred twentymo veil nud 8-too (J8j7.o8) dollars, face value ot unre deemed warrants Issued for said Im provement nud accrued Interest thereon to the amount of fourteen and 7-100 (,14.07) dollars. Passed the council this the j6thdny oi .Mnrcu, 191 2. Approved by the mayor this 26th day 01 aiarcu, 1912. K.C. COUCH, Mayor. Attest: Prank A. Rice, Recorder. Published In the St. Johns Review on April 5, 1912. ORDINANCE NO. 469 An Ordinance Repealing Or dinance Number One Hun dred and Thirty of Ordl nances of the City of St Johns, Oregon, Entitled An Ordinance to License Vein clcs, nnd All Amendments Thereto. The city of St. Johns docs ordain ns follows: Section I. That ordinance numbered one hundred nud thirty of ordinance o the city of St. Johns, Oregon, the same passed uy tnc council and approved t) the mayor November 13, 1906, entitled an ordinance to license vehicles, and any and all amendments thereto, be, and the same Is hereby, rccalcd nud held for naught. Passed by the council this 2nd day ol Anril. ioi2 Approved by the mayor this 2111I day 01 April, 1912, K. C COUCH, Mayor, Attest: V, A. RICH, Recorder. Published III the St. Johns Review on April s, 1912. ORDINANCE NO. 470 An Ordinance Fixing the'Sul nries of the Officers of the City of St. Johns, Oregon for the Year 1912. The city of St, Johns doeS ordain as follows: ftctlon i. That the salary of the mayor of the city of St, Johns be aud the wime is nerciiy nxed at j.oo, lor wieu rev ul u r meeting of the city council which he attends. Section 2. That. the salary of each councilman of the city of St'. Johns, ex cYptlng such councilman us mnybeap Doliited nsclmfiiuau of the street com. mltlce, be and the same Is hereby fixed nt f 2.oo for each regular meeting which he attends. Seciiou . Tliet the Salary of the member of the council of the city of St Johns who shall be appointed chairman of the street committee be, and the same is hereby, fixed at Jj.oo for eoch regular meeting of the city council which he at tends while lie is acting ns chairman of mid committee. Section 4. That the salary of the city recorder uf the city of St. Johns be, aud the same is hereby, fixed at f 100,00 per month. Section 5, That the salary of the dep uty recorder of the city of St. Johns he, and the same is hereby, fixed at $50,00 per moiitii. w Section 6. The salary of the city treakurerof the city of St. Johns be, and and the same is hereby, fixed at fjo.oo per mouth. Section 7. That the salary of the city attorney of the city of St. Tonus be. aud the same is hereby, fixed at f 75.00 per moniii. Section 8. That the salary of the city engineer of the city of St, Johns be, and the same Is hereby, fixed at 112,50 per month. Section q. That the salary of the chief of police of the city of St. Johus be, and tnc s-ime u uercuy, uxeti ai 205.00 ixrr mouth. Section 10. That the salary of the night nol ce of the city of St. Johns be and the same is hereby, fixed at 75.00 per month. Section 11. That the salary of each regular assistant police or patrolman of the city of St. Johns be, and the same U liereny, uxeti ai hs.ijq per mourn, Section i2. That this ordinance shall tike effect and become operative on and after the 9th (lay ol April, 1912, Passed by the council this 2nd day of April, 1912. Approved by the mayor this 2nd day ol April, 1912. ft.. i, (UUV11, Mayor, V. A. Rice, Recorder, Attest: Published in the St, Johns Review April 5, 1912. YOUR DRUGGIST STOPS THAT ITCH If you are suffering from Kczema, PsorlaalH or any other klnil of skin trouble, drop Into our store for In stant relief. Ne will guarantee you to stop ttiat Itrh In two seconds. A tic trial bottle will prove It. We have sold other remedies for skin troubles, but none that we could recommend more highly than the well known compound of Oil of Winter men. Thymol and a few other In gredients that havo wrought such won- aerrui cures an over me country. This compound, known us D. D. D, Prescription, will cool and heal tho Itchy, burning skin an nothing eUa can. net a regulur bottle and see on our no-pay otter. Not th label en your papsr. For County Assessor I will give personal attention to the office. You will find me on the job all the time. Expenses of the Assessor's office have increased 272 per cent since 1903. I will separate the office from politics, and that will save the taxpayers' money. I will not permit deputy assessors to pass out election cards and campaign literature enclosed in assessment blanks. I will conduct the Assessor's office according to law. No juggling with the assessment roll. I will make the Assessor's office an open book to the tax payers. No star-chamber proceedings go with me. Multnomah County assessments have been increased at the rate of nearly 30 per cent a year since 1904. Assess ments climb year after year, and the tax rate climbs with them. The tax burden falls heavily upon all classes of people, but heaviest upon the little home owner. I think the time has come to investigate these heavy increases and see what justifies them. What do you think? I believe in economy in public expense, but not in parsi mony. We cannot tax ourselves rich, but we can tax ourselves poor. Therefore, I am opposed to excessive increases in assessments and excessive taxes. If you , believe as I do, vote for me in the primaries on April 19. Multhonlah County has been my home for forty-one years. I pay taxes on land as well as on personal property. Henry E. Reed i Republican Candidate Moycr $15 Suits Always Satisfy When you First and Alorrison First and Yamhill (Paid AdvertUement) They satisfy in appearance, because they are well-tailored from reliable fabrics; they satisfy in price, because we sell them lower than equal quality is sold for elsewhere. sec it in our ad, it's MOYER FIVE STORES Third and Oak SO Second and Alorrison 87 and 89 Third