THE MOKNING- " OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1901.
DENTISTS ON EDGE
Applicants' Protest Arouses
Controversy.
BOTH SIDES HAVE PARTISANS
Examiner "W. C. Losan Denies Re
ported Remark That There Were
Too many Dentist, and Ac
cuses an Applicant.
The controversy between the applicants
tor licenses to practice dentistry and the
State Board of Dental Examiners Is by
no means over. It Is still a fruitful topic
of discussion among the professional men
Interested, and the men who were before
the board and failed to pass. Partisan
ship has been developed, and feeling Is
high on both sides. No definite action has
yet been taken by the disappointed ones
toward filing a protest against the exam
ination, ahd what action the board would
take if such a document was filed is not
known.
Dr. J. Ij. Beavls, president of the board,
said yesterday that he had not looked up
the law tp see what power was delegated
to the examiners under the circumstances,
and did not know what action he would
take. Dr. Reavls was asked the reason
for refusing to inform Edwin L. Ross,
one of the applicants who failed, of his
standing In the different subjects, and his
average In the examination. In replying.
Dr. Reavls said:
"I will not express myself as to wheth
er or not the ruling that such
Information be withheld Is fair or
not. When I assumed the pres
idency of the board, a resolution was In
effect forbidding the members to tell an
unsuccessful applicant wherein he failed,
and the extent of his deficiency. The rea
son for the adoption of the rule was that
the members believed that the applicants
would be inclined to attribute personal
spite of the examiner who marked him
below the minimum."
Dr. Reavls was asked why this should
apply to the examinations of the dental ex
aminers any more than to students in col
leges, who are told In what studies they
failed, and what marking they received.
He said he did not know that any definite
reason for the distinction existed other
than that there was a belief prevalent
among some of the applicants that there
was a desire to prevent new practitioners
of dentistry being licensed in the state.
"When asked as to whether or not this
spirit did prevail, he said he did not think
so, if it did, no evidence of it had ever
reached him.
Mlsrht Appeal to Conrts.
If a protest Is filed. It is probable that
the action of the board upon It will be
final. A special dispatch from the Salem
correspondent of The Oregonlan, under
date of yesterday, says:
"So far as appears from an inspection of
the dentistry law. the nine candidates
who failed to pass the examination in
Portland last week have no recourse to
any other authority than the dental
board. The dentistry law passed in 1S93
provides that the examination shall be
elementary and practical, but shall be
thorough enough to test the applicant's
ability. No provision is made for appeal
to any other tribunal. The Governor is
given no authority to control the action of
the board in any respect. It is probable,
however, that If the board failed to obey
the law In Its requirements that the exam
ination shall be elementary and practical,
the injured persons could find relief In
the courts."
Was There n Concerted Movement?
One of the assertions which has been
frequently made by the applicants who
tailed to pass the recent examination is
that there was a corcertcd action or. the
part of the member.- of the board to pre
vent the licencing of candidates from out
side the state, no matter how reputable
the college from whjch they were grad
uated or their ability as dentists. The
members of the board deny this, but, on
the other hand, the applicants emphatical
ly state that such Is the case. Dr. Her
bert C. Miller, dean of the faculty of the
North Pacific Dental College, says in an
Interview that there is an element among
the profession here that seems determined
to prevent the licensing of new arrivals
and of recently graduated applicants
It was currently reported that Dr. W.
C. Logan, of Astoria, a member of the
Board of Examiners, had made a similar
statement during the sessions of the
board. But Dr. Logan flatly denies ever
having given expression to the sentiments
attributed to him, and made the follow
ing statement last night to the Astoria
correspondent of The Oregonlan:
"I made no such remark or anything
like it. What I did say was that the
practice of Insulting ladles was becoming
too common In many Oregon dentists" of
fices. "What occasioned this remark was
that one of the applicants, who had been
drinking, insulted the lady whose tooth
he was filling, and she was compelled to
call on Dr. "Wright, the member of the
board in charge of the chair, for protec--
Dr. Miller Says Xo.
Dr. H. C. Miller, by reason of being dean
of the faculty of the North Pacific Dental
College, which Is located In this city,
would be especially interested in the cir
cumstances if he thought there was any
desire on the part of the board to make
the examinations, prohibitory. In an in
terview last night Dr. Miller said:
"I am well acquainted with a major
ity of the members of the State Board
of Dental Examiners, and my confidence In
them Is such that I believe they would not
purposely and knowingly do an Injus
tice to applicants for licenses to practice
dentistry. Only a few years ago anyone
might engage in the practice of dentistry
in any of the Pacific Northwest States
without qualification and preliminary edu
cation. The first law regulating the prac
tice of dentistry in Oregon provided that
all who desired to commence or continue
the practice, of dentistry should register
with the County Clerk, and after a cer
tain date all who wished to commence the
practice should present a diploma from
some reputable dental college to the State
Board of Examiners, or pass a satisfac
tory examination before that board.
"It was claimed at that time by many
of the best practitioners that Oregon had
become the Mecca for all those who were
unable to obtain licenses from the exam
lng board of other states. Looking to
the correction of this supposed weakness
the first law was repealed by the passage
of the present measure. The Board of
Examiners is appointed by the Governor
from nominations made by the executive
committee of the State Dental Associa
tion, and ought to be composed of repre
sentative and competent men.
Opposition to Xctt Dentists.
"I understand that for some time past
there has been a small number of dentists
in this state who believe that the profes
sion Is overcrowded, and are doing all
they can to prevent increase In the num
ber of competitors, and with this end in
view have tried to organize what they
have called the Dentists Protective As
sociation, and are given to slandering
dental schools and discouraging worthy
young men who desire to make the profes
sion of dentistry their life work.
"I believe the so-called Protective Asso
ciation has had no Influence upon the
state board, and, unless it can be proved
that the. examinations were unfair, the
board should be sustained. The examina
tions should be elementary and practical
in character, and sufficiently searching to
test the knowledge of the applicant. So
'ax no graduate of the North Pacific Den
tal College has failed to pass the examina
tions of the board. Dr. W. C. Logan
handed me a list of his questions In anat
omy and physiology after the examina
tions had closed, and I do not consider
them unduly severe. I had not seen any
of the other questions until I read the
chemistry questions In The Oregonlan. I
am satisfied that If the examinations were
too rigid, it was unintentional."
Lobbied at Legislature.
At the last session of the Legislature a
bill was Introduced, by request, by Rep
resentative A. W. Butt, of Yamhill County,
which aimed to draw the lines tighter and
prevent the employment In dental offices
of men who had not previously been
granted licenses by the state board. -A
lobby of local dentists was present at
Salem to urge the passage of the meas
ure, but it never came to a vote. Tho
last heard of the measure was February
12. when it was reported back to the
House by the engrossing committee. Sec
tion S of the proposed bill was as follows:
Any person who, as principal, ngent, em
ployer, employe, assistant, or In any mannor
whatsoever, shall practice dentistry, or who for
reward or hire shall do any act of dentistry,
or ahall profess by public advertisement, card.
circular, sign, or otherwise, to practice dent
istry, or dental surgery, or slve advice there
in, or in any wise to lead people to Infer that
ho is qualified to practice dentistry or dental
surgery in this state, without having filed for
record and having recorded In the office of tho
County Recorder of the county wherein he
shall so practice, or do such act or profess to
so practice, a certificate from the said board
of dental examiners entitling him to so prac
tice, shall be guilty of a. misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any
sum not less than ?50, nor more than $200, or
be confined for any period not exceeding six
months 'In the County Jail, forjeach and every
offense, or by both such fine and confinement.
All fines recovered under this act shall be paid
into the common school fund of the county In
which conviction is had. Justices of the Peace
shall have Jurisdiction of violations of the pro
visions of this act.
Froora' View of Situation.
Nearly all of the applicants for licenses
at the last examination are employed in
dental offices in this city and elsewhere,
and under the existing law they may be
so employed, but are not allowed to prac
tice for themselves without first passing
examination. It was said at the time that
the bill from which the foregoing section
Is reprinted was designed to prevent the
New York Dental Parlors from continuing
In business In the state. Manager A. C.
Froom, of the New York Dental Company,
believes that the state board has shown
an enmity toward him for the reason that
he advertises. In an Interview yesterday
Mr. Froom expressed himself freely as to
his opinions of the situation, and said:
"It was a pleasure to see that The Ore
gonlan of this morning had taken up
the subject of the manner In which the
State Board of Dental Examiners of
this state has been conducting Its busi
ness, and the statements were far too
mild to meet the facts of the case. Since
coming to Portland, I have had a great
deal of experience with the Board of Ex
aminers, and am pleased to see that The
Oregonlan has given the public an oppor
tunity of knowing that the dentists of
this state, through their representatives,
the examiners, are endeavoring to keen
competent and qualified practitioners of
dentistry away.
"They are, by their unreasonable acts,
trying to make a close corporation of
dentistry, -which is an injustice to tho
public, as well as others desirous of lo
cating in our state. The oicamlnatlon as
a whole at their recent meetlnr was se
vere In the extreme, and portions of it j
can be proven to be unfair. By what
right has any person to be an examiner,
and be sole judge as to a candidate's fit
ness, who does not know the subject he
examines on, and cannot himself piss an
elementary examination on the same?
This is the condition of affairs among
some of the members of our State Board
of Dental Exam ners, two me-pbers of
which not even being graduates of any
kind of a dental college. Aside from this,
it has been tlu c -inii.on boo&t i...... t.iere
were enough dentists in the state, and
that they would 'fix the examinations
so that there would not be so many
come hereafter. This was told to mc per
sonally by an examiner.
"I came to this state wishing to com
ply with the laws, and had several of
my associates apply for a certificate,
they all being graduates of reputa
ble dental colleges, and men competent
la every respect to practice dentistry; but
they were refused certificates because we
saw fit to advertise in the columns of
our dally newspapers. In the remarks
of Dr. Chance, In his Interview as pub
lished this morning, can be seen the
feeling of a great many of the :-o-calIed
'ethical' dentists. They were graduated
themselves when dentistry' was in its In
fancy, and have not advanced any more
than the rest of the practitioners who
have had to make a living in the business.
They are afraid of competition, and of
course would like to see the gates of the
state closed against all newcomers.
"It can be safely said that a large per
centage of the other practitioners, by
their own acknowledgment, could not
pass an examination on the same ques-
tlons they wish new men to obtain Tfi
per cent upon. In the matter of dental
examinations, this state has assumed the
extreme. A few years ago. It is stated
on good authority, all any applicant need
do was to signify his Intention of buy
ing his supplies at a well-known dental
supply house, icnd he would receive a cer
tificate. As a result, we have a variety
of Incompetent practitioners throughout
the state, who received a certificate un
der his reign In the board. Now they
arc trying to put a fence around the state
to the detriment of its best interest; and
why? Solely because a number of den
tists are Interested In a dental college
in the city that Is run purely on a money
making basis.
"They are trying to Intimidate those
desiring to enter dentistry into believing
that in order to practice In this state they
must receive their education at this in
stitution to receive a license, it being
the boa.t of the dean that none of his
graduates would be refused a certificate
frm th5 Board of Examiners. So it Is
evident that dentistry has been con
trolled by the manager of a supply house
and stockholder In the Dental College,
who recently stood on the corner of
Fourth and Morrison streets. In companv
with a member of the Examining Board,
and openly declared that I must be driven
out of Portland for advertising. At the
last meeting of the Oregon State Dental
Association an Invitation to visit the
college was declined by a majority vote.
"The close corporation not only en
deavors to prevent honest and competent
men from earning a' living In Oregon, but
also tries to take the liberty from some
of us as citizens, by saying how we shall
conduct our business with regard to ad
vertising, but will themselves take ad
vantage of any cheap notoriety that pre
sents itself, as evidenced by a portrait
of the recently-elected president of the
Oregon State Society in Saturday's Tele
gram. Who Is more honest, the legiti
mate advertiser or the so-called ethical
dentist, who stoops to such acts? I have
probibly more invested in dentistry than
any one man Iri Oregon, and only wish to
see justlc; but so long as the examina
tions for licenses are in the hands of In
competent men, and those who will stoop
to such methods as their recent meeting
will show, what can the public expect?
What we do want is a reasonable dental
law, that will be a protection to tho
public, and not a protection only to these
already In dental practice here, an J
the enforcement of such a law put in
the hands of competent and honest men.
"I sincerely hope the public will awak
en to the present state of affairs, and at
the next session of our Legislature sec
that our representatives remedy the evil
by either doing away with a dental law,
and leaving the state open, or by enact
ing one that is just, and appointing to
office graduates in dentistry from reputa
ble colleges, who are competent and scru
pulous men, to what should be an hon
ored position as an examiner.
SWETLAKD'S ICE CREAM
And Ices "round out" the Christmas din-
I ner. 'Phone 413.
PEACE ON EARTH
Christmas Good Willthe Key
note in Portland Churches.
SERMON OF DR. G. C. CRESSEY
Ministers Speak on Topics Connect
ed With Birth of Christ and Sig
nificance of the Annual Festi
val of Good Cheer.
At the Unitarian Church, Dr. Cressey
spoke yesterday morning from the text,
"Peace on Earth," on the general subject
of "The Progress of Peace in the World."
He spoke In part as follows:
"At the birth of Jesus the world, for
almost the first time, was in a state of
profound peace. The traveler might jour
ney in safety from the Pillars of Her
cules to the banks of the Indus, from the
confines of the great African Desert to
the boundaries of Scotland, & state of
things made possible through the majes
tic power of the empire of the Caesars.
"But It was the peace of oppression,
the quiet of servitude; and from that
time to this mankind has been striving
to realize the peace of Bethlehem the
peace of liberty and righteousness, the
peace of which Jesus spoke. War, strug
gle and conflict have ensued thus through
the centuries, until today the world, with
its armed nations, Its fearful machinery
of destruction and Its manifold conflict
ing Interests, seems hardly on the surface
to attest the prevalence and triumph of
the gospel of good will to men. The very
existence, however, of nations with over
flowing population, their territories con
tiguous and every means of warfare at
hand, yet for the most part in peace with
one another, is the strongest attestation
to the advance of the sentiment of peace
In the civilized world. Such a condition
would have been Impossible for the first
contflry, or even 300 or 400 years ago.
Such variety and supposed hostility of
Interest would have provoked Incessant
war till some one nation had become
dominant. The advance of peace among
men and nations indeed may be ascribed
to fear, to the disaster of war to com
merce and industry, in short, to the In
creasing common sense and wisdom of
the world. Wisdom Is a prime factor In
the foundation of civilization and of re
ligion. Men are indeed still struggling in
the arena of peace, but a3 the world
progresses it Is less for profit and more
for proficiency not solely for the benefit
of the individual but more for the good
of all.
"The greatest witness, however, to the
progress of this Christian ideal Is found
In home life and the life of communities
of the present, in comparison with an
tiquity; In the charity and philanthropy
of the. day, which, while they do not al
ways reach the root of the evil, at least
mitigate and alleviate it. These results
are to be ascribed not so much to what
Is technically called the Christian theol
ogy ns to the spirit of the teachings of
Jesus, energized by his own life and ex
ample." The speaker closed with reference to
Christmas as both holy-day and holiday,
the time when we as united Christendom
think together and feel together.
SERMONS OX CHRISTMAS.
Dr. E. P. Hill Spolce on the Incarna
tion of Christ..
At the First Presbyterian Church the
services yesterday were of special Inter
est. The praise service in the evening
was of a very high order of merit, the
large auJ'ence present following the dif
ferent numbers with evident appreciation.
In the evening Dr. Hill spoke on the topic,
"The Sacrifice of Praise," comparing the
old sacrificial system in its degradation
and at Its best with the service of praise
in Its shortcomings and Its excellences.
In the corning the pastor took for his
subject a line from a poem, "We Three
Kings of Orient Are," preaching on the
text, Matthew, 11:11: "And when they
were come Into the house they saw the
young child with Mary, his mother, and
fell down and worshiped him; and
when they had opened their treasures
they presented unto him gifts, gold,
frankincense and myrrh." In the course
of the sermon the speaker said:
"That child was more than the innocent
babe of a Jewish mother. He was God,
come to the tabernacle among men. He
was the one promised from of old by the
prophets. He was to take on his shoulders
a world's woes.
"It Is a mighty test to our faith to be
asked to believe that that babe was God
In the flesn. But before Hinging the stu
pendous. assertion aside consider two
things: First, what more appropriate way
could God make himself known to men?
What Is the very highest expression you
demand of God's greatness? Would you
like to see him hurlyonder planet through
space as a bowler anight fling a ball
from him? That could do nothing more
than arouse your wonder. What you de
mand is some evidence in the realm of
cnaractcr mat snail not only mi you with
awe, but stir your moral nature to Us
depths, and fill your heart with love. Be
hold, then, Jesus and only Jesus, since the
beginning of time, unapproachable In his
righteousness and matchless in his love.
"Notice, secondly, that with the assump
tion that the babe was God come in the
flesh, all else follows naturally and with
out offense. Paul said: 'By him were all
things created In heaven and In earth
visible and invisible.-" With such a clew
follow the wondrous life. See Jesus as
he goes through the villages of Galilee.
He opens the eyes of the blind. What a
marvelous thing! Why marvelous? It was
he who created the eye. What more mar
velous thing to pull aside an overhanging
curtain than to form the eye at the flrst?
He spoke to the winds and waves and
made them cease their fury. How re
markable! Why remarkable? He It was
who at the flrst sent forth the winds to
be his messengers and said at the out
set, 'Let- the waters under the heaven
be gathered together unto one place.'
Jesus stood before a tomb in Bethany
and said, 'Lazarus, come forth,' and tho
departed spirit returned to its forsaken
dwelling place. An astounding thing!
Why more astounding than for a watch
maker to start again the watch he him
self had made? Oh. mv friends, we do
wall this daV to repeat slowly the great
words, 'In the beginning was the word,
and the word was with God, and the word
was God. And the word was made flesh
and dwelt among us.' "
GOD IS EVER PRESENT.
Hist Mankind Does Xot Recognise It,
Says Dr. H. J. Talbott.
Dr. H. J. Talbott preached an Interesting
ssrmon last night at Taylor-Street Meth
odist Episcopal Church from the text John
i. 10-12, on the topic. "God's Presence."
"The Divine One was present in the
world, but unknown by the world," said
the preacher. "The declaration Is not to
bo limited to the days of his Incarnation.
Long before angels snng above Bethle
hem's plains the Divine One was In the
world. In the morning of history Adam
and Eve heard his voice. Abraham heard
him In far Mesopotamia and obeyed his
call. Moses saw the glory of his pres-
nce and heard him speak from the bush.
Joshua saw him, sword In hand, before
Jericho's frowning walls. Isaiah saw him
In the temple amid throngs of adoring
angels. So, while the declaration 'He was
In the world applies with particular em.
jhasls to his Incarnation. It must not be
Imited to that period.
" 'The world knew him not.' That can
only be said of the world of mankind.
Nature knew him. The water, the storm,
disease, death and demons knew him.
Mankind knew him not, because he did
.tot meet tho prc-concelve notions formed
of his coming, character and mission.
"We are not here dealing with ancient
history, but with history now making.
He Is in the world today. Nature Is a
storehouse of his power and wisdom, and
'every common bush Is ablaze with God.
He is present In the onfjow of current
events. The battle is not to the strong
est battalions and warships. The nation
that upon the whole Is just and righteous
is the powerful and abiding one. If men
would understand that he Is In the world
watching over Its destinies and narrow
ly searching Into men's motives and lives.
It might make them more just, humane
and brave for truth.
"How pitiful the record, 'His own re
ceived him not.' It is pitiful to think
"of a man whose best years have been
given to his country in most dangerous
service at small remuneration as forgot
ten and neglected. It Is pitiful to think
of a mother who has tolled early and late
for her children as neglected and unshel
tered by them when she has grown old.
Agamemnon returned, famed and glori
ous, from Trojan wars, to bo murdered
by his false-hearted wife. But nothing
ever recorded or conceived of measures
up to this the King of heaven came to
redeem and save, but was rejected, scorned
and slain.
"But what a high privilege is here to
become sons- of God! Both John and Paul
Insist on the privilege of filial relation
ship to God, the one presenting It from
tho human, the other from the divine
side. If we are God's children, we may
confidently look for his blessing upon our
honest toll, so that we need never stain
our hands with a dishonest act nor our
lips with lying words. If we are his chil
dren wo may entertain a well-grounded
hope that, though unworthy of such dis
tinction, we shall have his presence to go
with us here, and at last shall go to be
with him forever yonder."
INCARXATIOX OF JESUS.
Significance Pointed Out by Dr.
Alexander Blacklmrn.
"The Significance of the Incarnation"
was the theme of Dr. Blackburn's ser
mon at the First Baptlbt Church last
night As his text he chose Matthew, i:23:
"Behold a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which
being Interpreted is God with us." He
said in part:
"In Jesus we have the perfect uniting
of God In man the God-man. But what
does this signify In the world? The in
carnation signifies the world's great need.
God did not send his son to perform an
easy task or one that could be done by an
other being. The reason angels did not
save men Is because they could not "He
laid' help on one that was mighty." And
whtn i .-ay save I do not think of the sav
ing from hell In the future life. Without the
incarnate one the world was helpless, and
is today. The Bense of sin and need Is not
peculiar to Christian lands. All lands
have had men who saw the ruin wrought
by sin. Men like Socrates and Confucius
sought ways of relief. They gave pre
cepts and laws that are almost ethically
perfect. You know the result. China is
morally ro':--n In spite of the beautiful
teaching of 'ier sages. No human, skill
has yet prod .iced a cure for leprosy. No
more has any human system of ethics
produced a cure forsln. The Incarnation.
Is God's answer to the world's cry for
help.
"The incarnation signifies God's willing
ness to help. Love Is measured by the
gifts It makes. 'God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten son.' An
American Army In- Cuba was the evidence
of the love of this country for that op
pressed people. Nothing less would meet
the case. From 'the glory .he had with
the father before the world was,' to the
stable in Bethlehem was no short step.
Men seek the evidences of God's love, and
they do well, for he Is love. But they will
not find it in some sort of infinite good
nature that ignores sin and justice and
makes no difference between .unrlghte5us
ness and righteousness. A morally char
acterless father over morally characterless
children Is not the picture of infinite love.
But when God gave his son to help set
the world right, knowlrg that such help
Included the death on the cross, he showed
the love of a father, and that father the
holy God. The angels sang, 'Peace on
earth, good will to men,' but It was a
peace to be purchased by the blood of the
TOSS.
"The Incarnation signifies the coming of
the world's true leader. 'I have given
him for a leader and commander to the
people' Is the word of Isaiah. In the
struggle for right in this world a cap
tain Is needed who Is stronger and wiser
than the foe. I would that in this cele
bration of Christmas there was more of
that which appeals to the manly and he
roic. We do well to look Into the
manger, we do well to admire the son of
Mary in the arms of his mother, but let
us remember that he was a babe for
only a few days and a man with the
limitations of humanity for only a few
years. Now he has returned to his power
and glory. He Is to ride forth conquering
and to conquer. See hhn as John saw him,
'His head and his hairs were white like
wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were
as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto
fine brass, as If they burned In a fur
nace: and his voice was as the sound of
many waters. And he had In his right
hand seven stars; and out of his mouth
went a sharp two-edged sword; and his
countenance was as the sun shlneth In
his strength.' This is the Incarnate leader
who will finally conquer the world."
HOPE OP HIGHEST MAXHOOD.
Dr. Ackcrmnn Preached on Ills Con
ception of the Christ Life.
At the First Congregational Church, the
pastor. Rev. Arthur W. Ackerman, D. D.,
preached on "The Hope of Highest Man
hood," from Col. 1:27, "Christ in you, the
hope of glory." In historical order he re
viewed the manifestations of the Christ
life Iri the Jewish nation, the earthly life
of Jesus and the Christian world. He
said In part:
' No race of antiquity has had greater
Influence on mankind than the Hebrew
race. No nation produced a higher type
of manhood. But the greatness of the
Hebrew race was in the Ideal Messiah
which It treasured. Not a mean, sordid,
earthly ideal as we are sometimes told,
but an ideal manhood, an Ideal church, an
ideal society, an ideal state and at the
center of each an ideal man, the Messiah
who was to be, coming like the sun In the
greatness of Its strength, crowned with
a rainbow anil clothed with a garment
of praise, embroidered with peace and
girdled with righteousness. Because of
this Ideal Israel rose to its lofty place.
The Christmas glory Is older than the
Christmas day, for it glowed in the heart
of Israel.
"In the earthly life of Jesus we have
the most massive manhood that the world
has known. In Him was life, and the lite
was the light of men. If we look at our
own scant experiences, or dwell on the
dwarfed existence of ordinary human be
ings, we know not what life is. But when
wo look away to Jesus we are thrilled
with the knowledge of what It Is to live.
When that earthly life came Into touch
with the nation of which he was a part
then came the marvel of history and or
human nature as well. Having dreamed
of Him, pictured the glorious day when
they should see Him, they did not know
him when he appeared. Because they re
jected Him Israel ceased to be a leader
among the nations. Israel's great con
tribution to the human race was made
before Christ came.
"But the world, so far as it received
him, was made new. It was the same
world, but it meant more; the same life,
but it was more worth living; the same
God was In heaven, but He looked dif
ferent, there was the same hope for the
future, but it had gained in strength.
Jesus looked at calamity and saw a sol
emn beauty in it; Into the grave and
aw the many mansions beyorid; Into the
human soul and saw marvellous poslblll
tlcs and an untold value. He came as a
child, and childhood blossomed Into great
ness; he worked a3 carpenter, and labor
rose from slavery to dignity; he lingered
in compassion by the publican and the
harlot, and the sinner loomed large as
God's lost child; he entered Into sorrow,
suffering and death, and these rose to a
larger significance; he died on the cross,
a stigma of shame, and behold it was
changed Into an ornament, a glory, a
throne of power.
"And wnen a man comes to his own
Individual Christmas day he finds not only
one. but every faculty enlarged and
touched with eternity. It Is Christ In us
that bears us upward to the grandeur
and lofty sweep of true- manhood."
TO GATHER IN CREAM.
XV. W. Cotton's Plnut Establishes as
Extensive. Route.
GRESHAM. Or..Dcc 22. W. "W. Cot
ton's creamery, under the management
of H. E. Davis, Is preparing to make a
new departure in the butter and milk
business. A cream route will be estab
lished on the 1st of January, which will
reach as far as Pleasant Home, six miles
eastward, for a starter. Later on it will
be extended to the Sandy. 10 miles
further. and embrace all the territory
within "reasonable distance cither way.
The plan Is to take cream only from the
milk farms, each one being provided with
a separator. Nearly a dozen separators
will be Installed by the flrst of the year,
and more will be put In operation as
rapidly as possible. The milk will thus
be kept at home by each farmer, who
can use It for fattening calves and hogs,
thereby increasing his profits, which he
would otherwise lose under the old sys
tem of selling all the new milk: besides
he does not have to make a daily trip
to the creamery to dispose of his milk.
Another enterprise will be Inaugurated
by Mr. Cotton on the 1st of March In
the way of supplying Portland custom
ers with fresh milk dally. The fluid will
be bottled In pint and quart bottles, spe
cially made for the trade, and taken to
the city each morning, where distributing
routes will be established. Bottles of
milk will bo left at each house and ex
changed next day, thus Insuring sweet
ness and cleanliness, as the milk will
flrst be run through the separator and
then be cooled down to 54 degrees be
fore bottling. There will be no cans and
measures to get sour.
Mr. Cotton is buying all the milk avail-I
ame anu win continue the manufacture
of butter on a large scale, which will
also be sold In Portland to private cus
tomers. Grcshnm School Statistics.
Principal E. H. Anderson, of the Gresh
am school, reports an enrollment of HO
pupils for the past month, of which 56
were boys and S4 were girls. There are
six pupils In the ninth grade, recently
established. Of the total number, 45 were
In the principal's room, 43 In the Inter
mediate department and 32 In the primary
grades. The attendance Is not as large
as It should be, as there are 1D0 children
of school age In the district. The school
register shows that 152 have been in at-
tendance during the term, but that 12
have been absent during the past month.
The school now has an excellent library
of over 200 volumes, of which Principal
Anderson donated 30 and 10 were bought
with the proceeds of an entertainment
given early last Summer. School will
close on Tuesday afternoon for the holi
days. Roads in Good Condition.
Road Supervisor Cleveland has been
doing some good road work during the
past few weeks of good weather. Sev
eral crossroads were graded, and the bi
cycle paths put In order throughout his
district. The roads are now In excellent
condition for travel for the rest of the
Winter. A tree fell across the bridge
near Helney's mill, badly demolishing the
structure, but it was removed and the
bridge repaired.
Brief Xotes.
E. C. Lindsay Is putting up a neat cot
tage on his property on Cleveland ave
nue, which will cost about JGOO. ,
The Baptist Sunday school will have a
tree on Christmas eve, preceded by a
musical and literary programme by the
little folks.
F. Fuchs, the new merchant and post
master at Terry, will erect an extensive
addition to his present store building
early next year. It will be used as a
feed warehouse and storage room.
Public school at Falrvlew closed on Fri
day for the holidays. Principal Stringer
will spend the vacation at Lebanon, while
his assistant. Miss M. Cornett, will visit
with relatives in Portland.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. M. Lynlff, proprietress of "Drift
wood" Cottage, on North Beach, Is reg
istered at the Portland.
John W. Pratt, an attorney of Seattle,
passed through Portland last evening on
his -way to San Francisco.
Hon. William M. Colvlg. the well
known lawyer and politician, of Jackson
County, Is registered at the Perkins from
Jacksonville.
F. E. Seufert, "the well-known cannery
man of The Dalles, is In the city on :i
short business trip. He Is registered at
the Imperial.
Sheriff Blakeley, of Pendleton, arrived
at the County jail yesterday with a de
mented patient, en route .to the State In
sane Asylum, at Salem.
Judge S. F. Chadwlck and wife, of
Colfax, were In the city yesterday. Judg
Chadwlck Is a native Oregonian, and a
son of the late Governor Chadwlck
John F. Kelly and bride, of Eugene, are
at the Imperial on their honeymoon, trip.
Mr. Kelly Is a prominent lumberman of
Lane County, and Is a member of the
Booth-Kelly Company.
illBS Perineal French, of Prairie City, Is
at the Portland. Miss French Is Sta
Superintendent of Public Instruction :n
Idaho, and Is one of the best-known edu
cators of the Northwest.
L. N. Roney, of Eugene, Is In the city.
Mr. Roney Is a contractor and has re
cently erected several substantial build
ings In Eugene. He says that Lane Coun
ty Is more prosperous than ever.
A. H. Black, who represented Coos Coun
ty In the last Legislature, Is In the city
en route to his home at Myrtle Point,
where he will spend the holidays with his
family. Mr. Black has been engaged in
mercantile enterprises in Pocatello, Ida
ho, but still retains his residence In Coos
County.
J. F. Duthle, formerly of Portland, was
the successful competitor at the exam
ination for Assistant Inspector over tho
battle-ship to be built at Moran Bret.'
shipyard, Seattle. J. F. Duthle, Sr., was
well known for being the Instigator of the
boy choir at St. David's Episcopal Church,
East Portland, of which he was a mem
ber. His younger brothor Is also In
charge of a shipyard In Honolulu.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 The following
Northwestern people are at New York
hotels:
From Portland R. B. Reid, at the Hol
land: G. C. Strow, at the Imperial: Miss
B. Wagonblast, at the Normandle: M.
O'Neill, at the Hoffman.
From Spokane S. R. Stern, Miss Mouth
gon, at the Holland.
From Seattle Mrs. J. M. Ryan, J. B.
Agen and wife, S. Tegen, J. B. Howe, C.
A. Riddle. Miss S. Futh, F. K. Strun and
wife, at the Holland: J. B. Wright, at the
Imperial; S. G. Brace at the Grand Union.
YOU NEEDN'T BUY TO BE.
WELCOME.
"We'll treat you with utmost courtesy,
we'll gladly show you through our stock
of "cigars and pipes and smokers novel
ties, and not Importune you to buy
against your will.
SIG. SICHEL & CO.,
Opposite Chamber of Commerce.
' Will Bore for OH.
DALLAS, Or., Dec. 23. Preparations are
being made soon to commence boring for
liMHIJilJ IwilliBIK I0!' II
COnIKtT KM IT THC rOCTl A Ulllt CO. CI"-CIT
SOAP
" ' Ft f J 4
&? 5T4 1 lo easy to imd
smn .-..
to imd a cheap one. 1 he problem is
to find both combined; a soap that is
pure yet inexpensive. Ivory Soap is the best
solution of that problem. It is an original
product, evolved after years of experiment and
research. It is the most of pure soap for
the least money. It stands approved to-day
by a second generation of Ivory Soap users.
e
i H WE REGRET H I
c
We were unable to wait on ail those who called
yesterday afternoon and evening. We shall
have more help Monday. AN ALLESINA
ANTI-RUST UMBRELLA for an Xmas
present will please your most fastidious friend.
JOHN ALLESINA
e
o
e
e
309 MORRISON ST. (Two Stores) 286 WASHINGTON ST.
9 9ec0soosO6Oeeooocs)oeoosoe see a
ii(titt(ti(e'(ttc809o"oooo6tocteoatt(o
e
ATT. PHTTTTRY RFrFTVFn AT THF
e
. ...
Poultry
Retail Market and
: Oregon
2 Are FRESH, FANCY DRY PICKED, furnished direct from the
ranch each day. And remember, our FRESH RANCH EGGS.
Others cannot get them. Fancy, live and dressed Poultry and
Game a specialty. STKIUILY FKbbri fcggs, Butter, Cream, all
kinds of Dairy Products, Fresh Vegetables, and Foreign and Domes
tic Fruits and Berries. Lard, Hams and Bacon. Poultry Supplies,
Poultry Foods.
NOTICE: You DON'T WANT cold-storage Turkeys, so be
sure and order where all poultry is furnished fresh each day.
Phone Main 916.
eesttt9Sstte(seti(site6aaiasQOGto9so9ao3to9
OOAL
FULL WEIGHT.
247 STARK
oil on the WW taker place, two and one
half miles southwest of Dallas. H. H.
lilrschberg. of Independence, is the pro- (
moter. ;
!
CATARRH OF THE BRONCHIAL
TUBES
Causes hacking cough. -Jiakes you lose
flesh; causes you to take cold easily;
makes you cough until you gag; brings
on continuous hacking cough; causts
soreness in the chest: makes you cough
up thick yellowish matter; makes you
cough worse at nights; and In time leads
to consumption. S. B. Catarrh Cure taken
in small doses frequently Is a positive ex
pectorant, having a tcnlc and vitalizing
effect. The object of small and frequent
doses Is to induce expectoration, allay the
spasmodic, nervous action and get the
true tonic effect of this great California
discovery, which has cured thousands
when all other remedies have failed. For
ealo by all druggists. Boo:c on catarrh
free. Address Smith Bros.. Fresno, Cal.
.
Remedy WItli the Voters.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The Supreme Court of the State of Ore
gon has decided the primary election law
of that state to be constitutional. As the
Oregon law and the California law are
the same in principle, the friends of the
California law are now contident that the
attack being made upon our law will fall.
The Oregon decision gives especial con
sideration to the provision In the act re
quiring a voter to state to the election
clerks with which of the political parties
he proposes to act. The court declares
the test a "reasonable regulation by
which to ascertain party affiliations." The
defect in this test lies In the facility with
which It may be evaded. Purchasable
voters may declare their intention to vote
a party ticket which at the time they do
not Intend to vote, but even with this de
fect the test Is the best that can be
made. The requirement to state former
political affiliations would be subject to
the objection that past political affiliation
does not necessarily determine future po
litical action. The Independent voter Is
pretty active In these days, and his activ
ity should be encouraged. The larger the
proportion of Independent voters to the
whole ntfmber of voters, the greater check
they will Impose upon corrupt politicians.
It was the independent voters of New
York who rescued that city from the grasp
of the Tammany organization. If there
had been more Independent voters In Phil
adelphia a like work would have been
accomplished In" that city.
The reputable voters of any party have
an easy remedy to apply to the defect
in the test requirement. That remedy Is
to turn out and vote. The reputable vot
pra axa more numerous than the purchas-
DIGNITY.
a pure soao: it is easv
. .. 9
and Supply to.'s i
Commission House
124 flFTH STREET.
RENTON, NEWCASTLE
PvOSLYN
ROCK SPRINGS
PROMPT DELIVERY.
rip
COMP'Y
STR5E1.
fble voters. The latter succeed In carry
ing primary elections only when tho
foimer are too Indifitrrt as to the re
sult to vote. A legal prtmary is the only
way we have to secure nominating con
ventions that relhft the wul of the peo
ple. DeeiHinn ly Judtrt- Cvorge.
Judge Georp will auiicunci' this morn
ing hk decision on a motion for a new
trial in the ca of Lew!.-. v?. Blackburn.
If you wake in the morning with a blttes
tastf in the mouth, ccatul tongue, Dcr
haps healach your .iver is torpid. You
need Carter's Little i.Her Pi.i
Ji.
It is a wonderful soap
that takes hold quick and
does no harm.
No harm ! It leaves the
skin soft like a baby's ; no
alkali in it, nothing but
soap. The harm is done by
alkali. Still more harm is
done by not washing-. So,
bad soap is better than
none.
What is bad soap ? Im
perfectly made; the fat
and alkali not well bal
anced or not combined.
What is good soap ?
Pears'.
Sold all over the world.
"ALL WRIGHT-FOR M0RG THAN HALF A CCNTURY"
ITOTH
x ;
&WJ
wJfemiJSsrHrt
Can UritiA, CansUoitlon, Chills nd Fr?r, aniiiMIUl.
loos Complaint. All Urngzltu. innsi ccm r x.
WRIGHT'S LND1AN VEGETABLE PILL VO.. Nrj Y Jc.
9
ML ?s&
JWffnB . $S
filt &1