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Newspaper Page Textwl""" ,trW v ' THB NEW AGKB, PORTLAND, OBBGOM. ",.J' "" '';' 'i'"nnwuii"--,itTarrr m ; THE NEW AGE A. D. ORIF'F'IN. ManngeP Offle 4tyi Second St., cor. Ath, Room 1 and t Portland, Oregon. Entered at the po'tofllce at Portland, Oreton. m tccond-clui matter. SUBSCRIPTION. One Veer, payable In advance.. , .$2.00 I EDITORIAL THOSE SAFETY-GATES AGAIN. At last thoro flcoms to bo a deter mination on tho part of tho ntitliorN tics to compel tho Southern Pacific Railroad Company to protect tho pub lic from tho dangers of Its traffic on Fourth street. Construing strictly tho terms of Its franchlso from tho city for tho uso of that Important thorouh faro for ordlnnry railroad nrafllc, In tho very heart of tho city, tho South ern Pacific has practically lost Its right to uso It nt nil, tho question hlng ItiB on tho point as to whether or not tho city should first make u demand thnt It comply with tho conditions -of its contract before It shall move In the rriattcr. That Is an Inflnltcsmal crack through which to crawl out of Its pres ent unpopular predicament. Hut, nevertheless, If that bo tho ground on which It delays tho fulfillment of Its promlso for tho prlvllcgo It enjoys, tho city council should nt onco mnko tho demand. Mombors of thnt nugust body nccden't nil speak nt onco, of courso, but tho tlmo has como for dcflnlto nctlon nnd It should bo taken without further delay. It may bo conceded now thnt those In tho municipal legislature who ns plro to bocomo mayor to succeed Judgo Williams will wlthold expres sion concerning tho matter for renn ons political; but they nro making n serious mlstnko, If tlioy hopo, In thnt way, to curry public favor. Their present duty Is plnln. Tho Inw defines It clearly. Thoro Is no chnnco for equivocation about It. Tho frnnchlso Itself outlines tho conditions under which tho Southern Pacific Company mny opornto Its Fourth-street lino. Knforco thnt Inw nnd thoro will bo no further complaint. Hut until It Is en forced there will bo complaint nnd thnt complaint Is now assuming dcf lnlto legal form. Tho lives of thousands of people who uso tho busy crossings on thnt high way every hour In tho day should bo protected; tho law Itsolf declares that to bo tho enso nnd thnt tho company In question should Biipply tho necessa ry in cans of protection. Tho city coun cil can compel It to do so nnd tho city council should do It nt onco, or tho pcnplo mny yet ho compelled to tulio summnry nctlon ngnlnst tho negllgenco of that body. It Is composed of pub lic sorvnntB, nnd their duty Is clearly defined. How many lives shall bo sac rificed hoforo they shall have discov ered tholr obligation to tho community which elected thorn to office? Thcro can bo no doubt now thnt It wilt be ono of tho grandest affairs In the. history of International exhibitions. President Ooodo has shown remark nblo ability nnd acumen In directing tho great work of preparation. There has been neither hitch nor hindrance, scandal or squabblo In tho cntlro af fair or any part of It. Tho names of stato after state nro being ndded as claimants for space ob exhibitors nnd conceslons nro being sought from un expected sources. Tho railroad companies aro doing n most effective scrvlco In advertising this great enterprise, but tho Northern Pacific should bo especially commend ed for Its last effort In this direction. THE TELEPHONE OUTRAGE. IUILROADS AS ADVERTI8EnS. A flfty-pago pamphlet In tho form of tho modern mngnzlno, recently Uauod by tho Northern Pacific Railroad Com pany, Mr, Olln D. Wheeler being Its editor, Ib dovotcd entirely to tho Lew is nnd Clnrk Centennial Exposition, its purposes, commemorative, histori cal, commercial nnd political, nnd Is ono of tho host ndvortlscmunts that that great entorprlBo has ovor rccolv ed from nny source. Tho Northom Pnclflo Rnllrond Company has boon widely nnd warmly congratulated on the neatness' and completeness of tho publication nnd tho business enter prise and llborullty of tho company in issuing It. Tho book Is handsomely illustrated and Is unusually nttractlvo us a production, both In n literary and a mechanical way. It serves to show, also, whnt effectlvo ndvortlsors tho railroads nro whon thoy deslro to bo; and, In this particular enso, tho North ern Pacific has outdono all other lines Id tho matter of displaying most enter tainingly tbo purposes of tho great ori ental fair to bo held In Portland dun Ins tho presont year. Tho book con tulus n bird's-oyo vlow of tho fair grounds ns thoy will look when com pleted, a condition which Is rapidly being reached; elegant pictures of Epeclnl features, nnd many vlowa of Oregon's grandest scenery. It should bo road by hundreds of thousands of people and, doubtless, It will bo. Tho prgress now being mndo In tho matter of putting things In readiness for tho groat fair is notable, notwith standing tho fact that tbo grounds havo necessarily been enlarged to af ford spaco for exhibitors, both private und public, who havo finally concluded to get Into tho Exposition bandwagon. Not much has been said of tho tele phone strike latoly, but thcro Is yet hopo that the "tolephono girls" will ultimately win n victory over employ ers who have opposed them with over tlmo work nnd "undortlmo" compen sation. These operatives havo been treated outrageously by tho Pacific States Telegraph and Telephone Com pany. Thoy hnvo dono valiant sorvlco for smn!lpay. They havo worked at trying, tedious nnd nervc-wrccklng labor for many hours a day for n mere pittance. Thuy woro unnblo to obtjiln cither an Incrcnso In their pay or n dccrcaRO In tho number of hours of service. It could, In fact, get no con cession from tho corporation nt nil. It enjoyed n monopoly of Its business In this blg,proud city. It defied them. Then It enmo to pnss thnt tho girls de fied tho compnny. Dcflnlto results hnvo not yet followed; but, with tho nld and encouragement of tho busi ness clement of tho city, they will win yot. It Is a shamo and dlsgrnco to tho city of Portland that such n condition could so long exist. Tho business men nnd women of this grcnt metro polis nro much concerned in this mat ter. Thoy havo miff oral most from lnck of proper sorvlco. Then, why should thoy hesitate to take prompt nctlon In tho matter? A very strong petition hns boon pre sented to tho city council, praying that body to grant n franchlso to n competing company. It was signed by leading business men and probably n mnjorlty of tho patrons of thu present monopoly, nut tho city council has "snubbed" It. Aro tho mombors of thnt body under special obligation to tho ono compnny In thnt lino of busi ness In n city of 135,000 pcoplo? At tho municipal election next Juno tho voters of tho Oregon metropolis should glvo such matters as this care ful attention, as no doubt thoy will; but tho oxlsltlng condition should ho remedied sooner than thnt. It Is pos nlblo for tho council to do It now, but, since It will not, tho pcoplo have lit tlo guessing to do to discover tho rea son why, At least, thoy hnvo formed nu opinion thnt will last us long as tho dilatory conduct of tho council mny Inst. And certain Jiiembcrs of tho council mny hnvo to nnswer for It later on. they will novor convict him on per jured testimony Ib tho concensus of public opinion, It Is hoped thnt Senator Mitchell will rcsumo his official place In the senate. He is an important factor thoro, not only to Oregon, but to tho entire nation. His prominence In com mittee work really demands It. The effort to cntnnglo him in these land fraud cases is outrageous. Tho real culprits In theso crimes hnvo done so to "lighten their burden." Dut they mny havo added tons of troublo to tholr own cause. SCURRILOUS JOURNALISM. Governor Pcnnypacker of Pennsyl vania, having mndo himself ridiculous in tho past by securing the enactment of one Inw ngnlnst tho freedom of the press which ho has novcr had the courago to attempt to enforce, now proposes another law more foolish still. Ho would like to hnvo tho courts given tho power to "suppress" nil Journals nddlctcd to the "habitual publication of scandalous untruths" on tho ground thnt thoy nra "public nuisances." Tho attorney gcncrnl of tho state would hnvo tho initiation of proceedings left to his porsonal dis cretion. It Is nn unquestioned fact that thcro aro In this country many surrllous JournnlB, and thcro will bo gcnornl agreement thnt tho country would bo bettor off without thorn. Thoy slan der where thoy foci It snfo to slander. They mako n vrist outcry far reform thnt they know would como to noth ing. They sneer nt genutno effort for chic betterment whon it docs not purpose Thoy cs- sincerity ns thoy Thoy know no re- disregard of truth, except their own Interests. Yet to suppress such Journals by law, an Immoral publications nro sup pressed, would Involvo In this day nnd ugo n grcntcr danger to society thnn anything thnt tho newspapers enn ac complish. How true this In appoarn from Governor Pcnnypncker's own case. Thcro Is n woli founded sus picion that tho Journals ho would sup press as public nuisances nro thoso thnt hnvo been most Insistent In tholr opposition to him nnd his methodB, not thoso thnt nro most oxnetly des cribed by tho terms of tho proposed law. Thoro Is renson to believe that nows papers which resort to "habitual false hood, defamation nnd slander" bring upon themselves their own punish ment in tho long run, whntovor lip penrnuco of prosperity thoy may for it tlmo show. Thoy nro to bo rognrdod inthor nti tempnrnry nuisances thnn mi permanent dungcrH to tho state. This paragraph has been "lost In tho shufllo," two or thrco times, but Tho Now Age cannot overlook tho op portunity to say that tho Now Year's Orcgonlan Was ono of tho grcniest ed itions that grcnt paper ever Issued. It wns really a great newspaper in every department and thoro woro many of them; but that devoted to tho Lowls nnd Clnrk fair has won applauno from everybody Interested in that grand enterprise. It wns a magnifi cent advertisement of tho purposes of tho Oriental Exposition nnd Its prob able results. The Illustrations woro excellent and tho descriptive matter was Interesting In an extraordinary do grco. Tho Immense circulation of the Orcgonlan in tho west, tho middlo west and tho "Now England country" gavo tho advertisement special value not only on account of tho fair, but of Ore gon nnd tho ontlro northwest. It wns by far tho best special edition of that great paper over put out In its long and useful life. sorvo tholr own chow sanity nnd would tho pest, strnlnts In tholr Governor .Chamborlaln has warned tho legislature that tho referendum statute must bo proporly respected and that tho rights of tho pcoplo un der thnt enactment must be protected. Thcro nro too many fllmflammers In tho legislature men who aro not will ing to respect tho laws which they mako. Too mnny of them nro con stnntly looking for "perquisites." Thoy mo thcro for tho "rnko-off." If tho referendum enactment Is objection nblo, let them offer to ropcnl It; but tho Inw Itsolf gives tho pcoplo tho right to say whether or not It shall bo repealed. Thoro's tho rub I Room Ji'r New Standard. "I see tlmt Snn Francisco has Jus, frndtintcd the first Chinese doctor li Its history. "I wonder If he will bo a specialist," "I don't know. Do tho Chinese bnvi any special Ills?" "Never heard so. Rut if the new doctor is clever he enn soon Invent some." "Just think of n doctor making out his bills with n paint briiHh." "Sny, it must be embarrassing to have to put the totals upsftle down." "Nothing of thnt sort ever embar rassed a doctor." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gliinpm-N of tho I'll t. The lender having fallen, Xenophon hastily gathered his Greeks about ilm and gave the order for retreat. "Hut general," remonstrated a stuff officer, "why not surrender? Wo enn never mnko our way back. Tho en emy will head us off." "The only thing thnt can stop me now," fiercely exclaimed Xenophou, "will be an Injunction." Anybody who Is curious to know how the affair turned out may read all about it In thp "Anabasis," If be can. Chicago Tribune. Hair-Dying Injurioua. Some of Uic Insurance companies of Paris refuse to Insuro people who dyi their hair. vjyni ! " jj rr- r a. jPkaaaaW aaHLaaE' ! ; -uh :MSQfcgBMB. . n . . filZ aaaaaaWWBBBBaataaaaaaJaml,--' '"'yUiM. KaKfflaaHHHaaLlaEaeHt- Jl -lV'' ' l9fl BariaraaTBeTiaaTiaBv Bbmbbbbbbbmbti. mm aWa , . JLbbW BKaBHHaVVf!ffi5!BBBBaSBWB '"""B.VV'' TbH BHBHBJJrlTHBmaaBflBaBBBBBBlBHe?KeF' ?ei.-aBBW'tX.'lkisBB HHIbbbBIBIb9HHHK!9k aaaaaaHffffllaaaaaaaiaTMaBaWaWll llaMa?1?" W'f Even n wise man relishes the sllh, rattle of e vietty wouiuu. FIRE THE LUOHUYIST. SENATOR MITCHELL'S EXPLANATION. Thoso who heard tho remarkable speech of Sonator Mitchell on the floor of tho United States senate on Tuesday Inst, ns well ns thoso who havo read it, aro moro than over con vinced that "tho grand old man" from Oregon is both sincere nnd Innocent. Some of his nccuscru nro self-confessed thloves nnd perjurers. Their tes timony cannot convict such a mnu as Sonator Mitchell of wrong-doing In this laud-fraud scandal. His explana tion to his colloaguos In tho sonato was roploto with genuineness of heart, of purposo and of conscience. Tho sentiment expressed wns that of a good and Innocent man; und tho man ner In which It was oxpressed carried with It convincing proof that ho Is tho victim of n gang of perjurers. It wub an eloquent plen in solf-dofonso heroic In Its feature of defiance, trnglc nt times nnd occasionally pathetic. It wns a masterful plea for tho good namo and Integrity of a great mun who has dono eminent sorvlco for his country. Not alono Is Prosecuting Attornoy Henoy responsible for this grievous circumstance Ho might easily hnvo averted It, knowing, as ho did, tho character of tho witnesses whoso tes timony ho might uso against such a man. Ilut United States Attornoy. General Moody has on his "olllclnl docket" ut this tlmo a Bravo respon sibility. Uudor his nnd Secretary Hitchcock's direction this enso was sought to bo mndo ngnlnst Sonator Mitchell, Thoy havo gono so far ub to Indict him nt a tlmo when Oregon needed his sorvlcos in tho errent na tional body of legislation; but thnt Governor Folk of Missouri, has fired Uio profeslonul lobbyist from tho cap Itol building of that state In behalf of public safety nnd tho "ponco nnd dignity" of tho commonwealth. Thirty hours Is tho limit of tholr stay In tho capltol tin lobbyists, ilut, then, n professional lobbyist can do n great deal of damage In thirty hours. The tlmo would better havo been reduced to thirty minutes. If Governor Cham berlaln should follow Govornor Folk's examplo In this mnttor, how sorry tho "third house" would look next dayl As a matter of fact and public duty, ns well, ho should. Theso lobbyists nro not there on legitimate business. On tho contrary, thoro nro thoro, in n mnjorlty of Instances, to defont legi timate business. Thoy aro brlbo-glv-era nnd brlbo-tnkers. Thoy nro "go-betweens" In dirty work, which tho leg islator himself is nfrnld to do, for po litical rensons only, Flro them out, Governor! Tho work of good legisla tion should proceed without their In terference. Thoy uro not responisble to tho pcoplo In an official capacity, but many of them ought to bo made responsible to tho stato for their crimes. Tho federal grnnd Jury continues to unearth sonsntlons In tho land swin dles. Men high In social, political and business positions continue to bo in volved In theso crimes. They may not nil bo guilty, but tho ovldonco ngnlnst ninny of them Ib so concluslvo that tho public has begun to bellovo that It hns been swindled almost Into n stato of bankruptcy. However, Its chief losses In theso cases Is not financial, It is loss of confldonco In thu "body poll-tic." Tho Cnnadllnn government hns ap pointed nn Immigration ngent who will opon nn office In Boston nnd try to Induco American citizens to sottlo In tho Dominion, Wo aro glnd to bo nblo to report that tho Cnnndlnn gov ernment hns not, so far ns Is known, given nny sign of an Immcdlntc In tention to nnnox us. Always ask for tho famous General Arthur cigar. Eabcrg-Gunst Cigar ., general agents, Portland, Or. Tho Applteon Cafo. First-class in every reiper.t. 8onthweit corner Sixth and Everett Streets, Portland Oreogn. Tho first-class hotel of Scattlo, Wash., is tho Hotel Washington, headquarters for tourists. Tho hotel of tho West. Mr. Murphy, who became tho Tain mnny lender when Crokcr depnrtcd, has purchased for $60,000 a fancy farm on Long Island. Some of tho politi cians hnvo been trying to mnko It ap pear thnt Murphy wns n falluro as tho Tammany leader, hut this real es tate deal would s6om to upset tholr clnlni. A woman was fined for dlsordoly cauductnt Drlstol, England, tho other day becauso sho was found by n po liceman "kissing all tho men bIio could lay her hands on." It would, of courso, havo been very rudo on tho part of tho men if thoy had pushed her away. John Dull wants Thibet to pay htm nn Indemnity of $3,750,000 for tho troublo ho hns bad in sending his boys to Lbasaa. Thibet didn't urge tho no coslty of tho expedition, but Mr. Dull, being a funny old follow In somo re spects, will not permit that to bothor him. Senator E. V. Carter's withdrawal from tho fight for tho presidency of tho Oregon Bcnato, on tho ground that to continue tho contest would bo to obstruct needed legislative work, is nnother ono of his "grandstand" plays. Ho defeated tho proper organization of tho sonato for two days, withdraw ing from tho contest only when ho saw ho was defeated nnd thnt his friends in his own faction woro about to desort him. It's nil right to aspire to promotion to nn honorable plnco In public sorvlco, but it Isu't all right to destroy even two days of work for tho commonwealth, at this tlmo, in nn Important body bucIi as Is tho Ore gon sonato today, nut, then, cheap notoriety is about tho limit of tho am bltlou of cheap politicians, In which Representative Jayno of Wnsco, ere ntcd a sensation In tho house of tho Oregon legislature on Tuesday by of fering an amendment to tho presont local-option law which, if adopted, would practically destrpy that statute. Rut It hasn't yet been adopted. ' Tho WashlnKton legislature Is a very busy body, but thero Is a good deal of politics in it. Tho senatorial contest is not sonsatlonal, particul arly, but It has developed conditions that may prolong the fight for several days, Governor Pennypackor of Pennsyl vania continues to think freedom of tho press Is unnecessary in this coun try. Pennypacker will never bo able to forglvo the newspapers for discov ering his littleness. Mrs. August llolmont has lost a $1000 dog which word a $500 collar. Her faith in tho nobleness of tho human raco Is shown by tho fact that sho hopes both tho dog and tho collar may bo recovored. Tho Oregon legislature la manifest ing a disposition to do considerable business of Importance atthls session; class Senator Carter scorns to deslro but It la yot too early for a weekly pa to belong. per to glvo a rcsumo of its work. Try tho North CoaBt Limited. Tho finest trnln on earth. When going East boo that your ticket reads over tho Northern Pacific, and you will on Joy your trip East. Uutto Transfer Co., baggago and poBsongor checked to nil parts of tho city. Tho only rollablo transfer com pany In tho City of Uutto. Thos. he vollo, proprietor. Groat Western Coal Company aro putting out a first-class washed Boot less coal for $C per ton delivered. Tholr washed lump coal for $G deliv ered Is tho choapest fuol on this mar ket. Thoy guarantoo all their coals to bo freo from rock, slato nnd 'screen ings. Full weights guaranteed. Glvo thorn a trial ordor. Phono Mnln 048. Notlco Is hereby given thnt tho un dersigned, ns administrator of tho es tate of John H. Millar, deceased, has filed his final account In tho County Court, in tho Stato of Oregon, for Multnomah county. Thnt on Mondny, tho 30th day of January, 1905, nt the hour of 0:30 o'clock, In tho forenoon of said day, In tho Court room of said Court has been appointed by -said Court ns tho tlmo and placo for hear ing objections thereof, and tho settle ment thereto. M. D. GODFREY, Administrator. W. S. HUFFORD. Inst Insertion, January 28, 1905. PETER JOSEPH SHIELDS' ESTATE Notlco Is hereby given thnt tho tin derslgnod ns executor of tho estnto of Peter Joseph Shields, deceased, has filed his final account In tho County Court of tho Stato of Oregon for Multnomah County, nnd thnt Mon dny. February 27, 1905, nt 9:30 o'clock A, M nt tho court room of snld court In tho county court houso In snld county hns hen fixed ns tho tlmo nnd plnco for tho hearing of objections to said final account and tho settlement thero of. Dated and first published January 14th, 1905. ' JAMES HYLAND, Executor of tho ostnto of Peter Joseph Shlolds, deceased. W. J. Makellm, attornoy for estate. J. T. Concannon, oystors, fish, poul try and groceries, G81 Johnson street, corner 21st street. Phono Main 1747, and phono Mnln 4252. Tho Tacoma Hotel, tho only up-to data hotel In Tacoma, headquarters for tourists and commercial travolors. American plan. $3.00 por day and up wards, W. D. Dlackwcll, manager. FrtBok Dyeing and Cleaning Works. All work done at very modreate prices. Dyeing and cleaning of all kinds ol ladies' and gent's clothing. Morn lag cloth dyed in 48 hours. J. De leau, proprietor, 455 Glisan street. Hotel Victoria. Spokano, leading ho tel. Rates, $1.00 and up. Largo sam ple rooms for commorclal men. W. M. Watson, proprietor. Tho Grandon Hotel, Helena, Mont, Is ono of the first-class up-to-dato ho tols In Montana for commercial trav elers. Jos. Dnvls, proprietor. M.i in aj THE PIONEER PAINT COMPANY. Tho p I o neer paint es tablish m e n t of Portland It that of F. E. Beach & Company, of 135 First St., the oldest and most ro llablo house of its kind in the Northwest, It carries an immense stock of the best things In paints and building materials, together with an unusual list of specialties. Those who need anything in these lines can cer tainly profit by going to F, E. Beach & Company. Remember tho number, 135 First street. Abk BBBfBBBBBBB WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT? 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