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FORTT.AND. WEDNESDAY. JAN. 1. 1908.
j A THOUGHT AND A' REVIEW.
Tho New Year finds nearly the
whole naval force of the United
; States en voyage for the Pacific. It is
;ja suggestion of the vast changes of
jjthe recent time. Let lt.be observed
'jthat discovery of America and ctr
?(cumnavlgation of the earth belong to
'recent time. Our ships are now ap--proaching
the track pursued by Ma
. -gellan. first circumnavigator, in 1520,
Just 387 years ago. It is but a short
time in the history of man upon the
earth; yet the ship that first marked
a furrow with its1 keel round the globe
changed the whole intellectual status
of man, as to his relations both with
' the visible and invisible world.
In every way the consequences of
" this voyage were to the last degree
important. It led quickly to results
by which the commercial arrange
ments of Europe were completely dis
located. The relations of the East
and West were changed; maritime en
ergy was transferred from the Medi
terranean Basin to the west and north
of Europe. Hence the discovery of
America and the circumnavigation of
the globe were the first steps towards
the conditions of the modern time.
The front of Europe was suddenly
changed; the British Islands, hitherto
in a sequestered and eccentric posi
tion, apparently little favored by Na
ture, were all at once put in the van
of a new movement that has changed
the face of the world. A war fleet
j j embodying the strength and power of
( ; the New World is now to pass
5 ', through the Straits of Magellan, in
i ; the track of the pioneer band whose
J ' voyage revealed to man the realities
j and the possibilities of the world he
r lives In.
- The cloud which from the begin-
ning of things had hung thick and
, dark round the borders of civilization
was suddenly lifted; the feeling of
mysterious awe with which men had
i j regarded the firm plain of the earth
t and the encircling ocean ever since
jj y the days of Homer and the oldest of
J the prophets of Israel, vanished when
' geographers and astronomers taught
:them that the earth was an insignifi-
:cant globe, which, so far from being
' the center of the universe, was itself
swqpt round in the motion of one of
.'" the least of its countless systems.
i Again, the notions that had hitherto
j ; prevailed of man's place in nature,
' and of his relations to the supernat-
ural, were rudely Bhaken by the
; knowledge that was soon gained of
' tribes in every stage of culture and
living under every rariety of condi
;lftlon, who had developed apart from
5; the influences of the Eastern Heml
I - sphere. New conceptions arose of the
I, mind and work of God in his world.
J The obstacles these new conceptions
: met was a theological concept, based
' "on ecclesiastic authority, which maln
j talned an intense and intolerant oppo
, sltion. and which still asserts itself,
' though feebly, through utterance of
synods apd councils and catechisms
i and articles, but yields and must yield
steaouy, ana rinauy must yieia com
pletely, to the progress of science.
IlKor theology and religion, that once
i' dominated government and law and
physical science, have not yet been
'fully reduced to their own domain.
tut they are fast on the way to this
submission to an authority over
which they never had any right of
control. To religion belongs its own
empire, which is that of the personal
-y and individual human soul. But in
,- 'the direction of emancipation of the
human mind something has been done
". since the year 1616, when Pope Paul
V. with the Congregation of the Index,
e : condemned as "false and totally op
Dosed to the Holy Scriptures" the
work of Copernicus, "De Revolution
ibus Orbium," which was intended to
achieve for all time the miracle of
Joshua, "Sun, stand thou still!"
Every modern philosophical writer
declares that the first grand discovery
of modern times is the immense ex
tension of the universe in space. The
idea shows man where he is and to
an extent what he is. And the second
great discovery is the immense and
perhaps limitless extension of the uni
verse in time. Geographical discov
ery quickly brought astronomical sci
ence to a right basis. Thanks to
mathematics, astronomy within the
limits of our solar system is nearly
an exact science. True, we cannot tell
whether Mars is inhabited, but we
know the place of Mars in the sys
tem, as we know the place of our own
planet. It is no longer necessary to
bind up religion with the physics of
Moses and of Paul. Ours is not an
irreligious age, but it has nearly
cleared itself of the theological lum
ber of the former time, and almost
of ecclesiastical authority in matters
of politics and secular government, as
well as in physical science. And to an
extent In moral science, too. Yet this
change has had no effect on theistic
faith, except to widen and glorify it.
It is with political geography that
we are now immediately concerned.
The Pacific Ocean Is becoming more
and more the theater of new interest
for mankind. Here, on the American
shore of this greatest of oceans, we
face new movements and new desti
nies. Political geography Is among
the most interesting and Important
branches of historical study. What,
then, is to be the political influence of
the United States upon this ocean and
upon the countries that border it?
Commercial movement and industrial
forces depend always in great degree
on political Influence. With due re
gard for the rights of others, we want
our Just share which Is to be a large
share of the sovereignty of the Pa
cific. Power at sea has always been
the essential basis or condition of com
mercial expansion, as well as a con
tributory factor to internal growth.
Naval power is necessary to the main
tenance of any sphere of influence,
and always has been. The greatness
of our own country and its place in
the world will be taught even to the
people of our own Eastern States by
the movement of the great fleet to the
Pacific. It is an addendum to the les
son taught by the first circumnaviga
tion of the-earth.
PORTLAND'S MARITIME GROWTH.
With all branches of 'our commer
cial and financial system showing
such remarkable gains in 1907, It is
not easy to select any particular feat
ure for special mention. As it was
the ocean commerce, however, that
made possible development of the in
ternal resources of the Columbia
Basin, it is, of course, entitled to pre
cedence over all ither features which
have since contributed to the wealth
and greatness of the Oregon country.
Statistics show that more than 1200
vessels of 1,700,000 tons register, and
of approximately 3,500,000 tons carry
ing capacity, have entered and cleared
from Portland during the twelve
months Just ended. While these fig
ures speak eloquently of our commer
cial growth, their true meaning can
be best understood when it is ex
plained that the average draft of the
large carriers was greater than ever,
and that the carrying capacity of the
largest type of steamers coming here
for grain has increased 100,000 bush
els In the past fifteen years and about
60.000 bushels in the past five years.
The 20,000-bushel carrier of a gen
eration ago was too large for the
river, and in those days it was not
infrequently necessary to lighter a
portion of the cargoes down to As
toria. Fifteen years ago, about the
time the Port of Portland began ac
tive operations, it was necessary to
lighter some of the ships carrying
100,000 bushels, but now immense
carriers drawing twenty-six feet of
water and carrying more than 250,000
bushels of wheat go through from
Portland to Astoria without lighterage
and without delay. With the increas
ing size of these vessels has come a
corresponding reduction in freight
rates, so that all of the money that
Portland has spent improving the
channel, that these big freighters
could reach our docks, has been di
rectly to the advantage of the produc
ers of the Inland Empire.
The demonstration of this fact has
been so plain that the project for a
still deeper channel from Portland to
the sea should have the support of
every freight producer in the Colum
bia Basin. The building of the North
Bank road, which will be in opera
tion this year, and the improvements
on the main line of tho O. R. & N.,
have more than trebled the facilities
for bringing freight out of the Inland
Empire by a water-level route. This
increased traffic must find easy and
quick dispatch to the sea after it
reaches tidewater, and it is the duty
of the Government to lend a hand and
assist in the work in which Portland
has made such a surprising showing,
with attendant decrease in ocean
freight rates. An open river from
Portland to Montana would be of but
little use if the river below this city
shall not be improved so that the In
creasing traffic can be handled eco
nomically. Completion of the Jetty will do
away with the delays now sometimes
experienced by the larger class of ves
sels which load at Portland, and the
channel above Astoria must be kept In
condition to handle any vessel that
can enter the river By this manner
only will the producers be enabled to
secure to the fullest extent the ad
vantages which Nature has conferred
on them in a water-level haul to tide
water. If the good work which Port
land has done in the past receives the
assistance of all who have benefited
by it, the ocean commerce of the Co
lumbia five years hence will show
vastly greater gains than those which
were recorded in the year just closed.
Trans-Atlantic passenger traffic for
190T exceeded that for 1906 by nearly
a million passengers, reaching a total
of 2,957,328. This remarkable traffic
accounts for construction of so many
new ocean flyers for the great lines
that are handling it. At the very low
estimate of $50 per head, this army of
travelers would have paid in steam
ship fares about $150.000.000 a sum
sufficient to build and equip approxi
mately twenty-five ships of the Lusi
tania type, or about fifty magnificent
floating palaces like the Amerika and
the Augusta Victoria. The Ameri
cans have not participated in this big
business to any great extent, the prin
cipal reason being the refusal of the
Government to permit them to buy
ships at the same rates at which they
are available to the foreigners. The
Hamburg-American, a German line,
will spend some of Its millions In.
building at a British yard the largest
ship In the world. The bulk of the
patronage to support the new levia
than willcome from Americans, but
American registry will be denied the
craft and we cannot compete with it
with an American-built vessel.
THE STORY OF A GREAT STATE. "
The marvelous story of the progress
Portland and the State of Oregon
have made during the year Just closed
is told in detail by The Oregonian to
day. The recital is one to swell the
heart of the loyal Oregonian with
pride and ' to inspire him with a
boundless faith in the state of his
birth or adoption. So great are the
natural resources and industrial op
portunities of this empire in the Pa
cific Northwest that it is only when
they are reviewed, as they are today
reviewed in The Oregonian's New
Year Annual, that they are brought
within the perspective of the mental
vision and grasped in their full sig
nificance. To the people of Portland, in par
ticular, is the progress made by the
state and the great territory tribu
tary to this city, during the year Just
ended, -a cause' for pride and self
congratulation, for It renews and
strengthens the faith they have ever
had In, the destiny of the city. Splen
did as was the progress made by the
city during 1907, when, as The Orego
nian tells today, more than 19,000,000
was spent in building operations and
every business activity excelled the
record made in the record-breaking
year of 1906, there is every reason to
believe that the tide has not yet
reached its height and that the pres
ent year will set a mark still higher.
The completion of the North Bank
Railroad, by which James J. Hill
makes Portland the terminus of both
the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern transcontinental lines and obtains
a water-grade highway through the
Cascade range to the Inland Empire
and the East, was one of the great
events of 1907, and marks an epoch in
the railroad development of the Pa
cific Northwest. During the year to
come Portland will reap the first ben
efits of this costly engineering achieve
ment. Of less but similar Importance to
the city and the state is the comple
tion and opening for traffic of the Ore
gon Electric Railway, connecting
Portland and Salem, the first link in
the, system of electric roads that will
ultimately bring the metropolis of the
state and the cities of the great Wil
lamette Valley Into nearer commercial
relationship to their mutual benefit.
The story of this accomplishment of
the railroad-builder The Oregonian's
Annual also tells.
Portland's export trade for 1907
was the greatest in the city's history.
Shipments of breadstuffs and lumber
foreign far exceeded those of 1906,
and both in number and tonnage of
individual ships the wheat fleet of
1907 broke all records, with gains
leaving rival ports far behind. The
story of the wheat fleet, of the lum
ber Industry and. of the jobbing trade,
three great factors In the upbuilding
of Portland, are well told In the An
nual. Of interest to all readers will be
found the numerous articles telling of
the wonderful progress made by the
apple-growers of Oregon. The horti
cultural industry of the state has
never been given more adequate
handling.
All Oregonlans will read with satis
faction, too, the special articles tell
ing of the great strides dairying and
the livestock industry are making in
this state. Already the annual income
from the dairy herds of the state is
$15,000,000, and fully half as large as
that derived from the forests, which
now are the state's greatest source of
wealth.
Last, but not least among the many
topics reviewed by The Oregonian to
day, is mining, in which the state dur
ing the year has seen flattering de
velopment in face of a high labor
market and Inadequate transportation
facilities.
Oregon is the state and Portland is
the city of present opportunity, it has
been epigrammatically said. The
rapid growth and development both
are making are due solely to natural
advantages, which for years were un
appreciated by the country at large,
but which are now being heralded far
and wide. None in the great sister
hood of states faces the new year with
greater confidence than Oregon.
SCIENCE AND INVENTION IN 1907.
No extraordinary scientific discov
ery like that of radium or the Hert
zian waves has signalized the year
1907. During the past twelvemonth
science has developed like a powerful
stream fed by manytributaries. The
flow has been constant and even, with
no period of surpassing Hood. Every
university in the world, has contrib
uted something to the steady advance
ment of knowledge, while the invent
or's art has flourished, though noth
ing of epoch-making Importance has
been produced.
For one thing, the problem of pho
tographing objects in their natural
colors has been virtually solved, while
the delicate process of transmitting
pictures by telegraphy has been im
proved. The , wireless t -legraph has
been perfected so that messages now
easily traverse the Atlantic and ships
crossing to Europe scarcely lose com
munication with the land throughout
the voyage. Much' remains to be
done before this wonderful art be
comes commercially available, but the
path is open. Along the same line we
must not forget what has been done
with the wireless telephone, which is
now an accomplished fact, though not
as yet applied in business.
In a direction not quite so practical,
perhaps, electricity has worked other
marvels. The telharmonlum cannot
be numbered among the inventions of
1907, but it was not known to the
public before last year. This is prob
ably the most wonderful musical in
strument ever invented-, and the world
will presently hear a great deal more
about it. The subject of electricity
naturally recalls Edison, but his an
nual achievement this time was in an
other field. It is his concrete house,
built so as to be one mass of solid
stone, which is attracting most atten
tion just now. This invention is espe
cially interesting because it promises
to give us cheap dwellings even after
we have wasted our forests, a favor
which we do not seem to deserve.
The inventive genius of the world
has been applied to transportation
during 1907 more than anywhere else.
The internal combustion engine has
been winning victory after victory. It
is now used not only by farmers to do
field work and by automobile makers,
but it is encroaching upon the domain
of the steam locomotive on the rail
roads. Here the future belongs not'
at all to electricity, but to gasoline
and alcohol, which work cheaper and
better. More interesting still Is the
gyroscopic car, which promises incal
culable savings of time and materiaf
in transportation, together with
greater safety to human life. If this
invention fulfills its author's predic
tions it will revolutionize transporta-'
tion throughout.
Science has won Its victories upon
sea as well as land during 1907. The
great Lusitania has appreciably less
ened the time of transit across the At
lantic, while her vast bulk presents a
mass substantially Immovable to the
waves.' In consequence, people who
can afford to travel by the Lusitania
escape seasickness. It is almost as
stable as a country lane.
In the air, too, science has gained
something. The dirigible airship is
now an unquestioned success, and has
already been applied to the art of at
tack in war. Of course the next ques
tion is how to defend an army or city
against It. All this, of course, makes
a grat noise in the world, but it is
only preliminary to the genuine con
quest of the air for the purposes of
peace. This has yet to come.
The evil of the treating habit is lit
tle understood by those who are total
abstainers. To those who frequent
,clubs and bar-rooms the treating
scene is familiar. A half dozen
friends meet and one suggests a drink
in which all join. They stand at the
bar a few moments to talk, and a sec
ond member of the group proposes
another drink. Then each of the oth
ers feels the desire to show his spirit
of hospitality and no one of the crowd
will take the chance of giving offense
by declining to drink. Thus six
glasses of liquor are consumed by
each where one, at the most, would
have sufficed If each had paid for his
own drink. More than that, but for
the treating habit It 1b likely that the
first drink would not have been pro
posed. There would be little drunk
enness In the world if men drank only
because they want the liquor and not
because they are asked to join in a
"social" glass.
"Even as Oregon, Colorado, Idaho
and Utah have enfranchised their
women, so must the rest of the world
follow their example," observes Col
lier's Weekly. Collier's is sadly in
need of enlightenment about Oregon.
Not long since it made an offensive
remark-about the Governor of Oregon,
when it it really meant to assail' the
Governor of Wyoming. Now again it
probably means Wyoming, which
properly belongs with Colorado, Idaho
and Utah In the quartet of states
where there is female suffrage. It
makes no great difference, perhaps;
but why will Collier's persist in dis
cussing Western affairs when It knows
so little about them?
"There will- be a general revision
of the tariff in the near future, but
there will not be, nor Is there any ne
cessity of, a revision of any particular
schedule at this time," says Congress
man Littlefleld, in arguing against the
reduction of the tariff on wood pulp.
Mr. Littlefleld is correct in stating
that there will be a general revision of
the tariff In the near future, but his
qualifying remark regarding present
needs discloses his ignorance of the
direction from which the revision is
coming. If the time has not arrived
for tariff revision by the Republican
party. It is getting dangerously close
to the hour when the Democratic
party will relieve us of the task.
Four out of five big mills at Ho
quiam have resumed work, and two
of the mills at Astoria will begin op
erations next Monday... The steady
improvement in the financial situation
in the East is almost certain to bring
with it orders for lumber. The de
mand Increases a little each year; and
the supply decreases, and while recov
ery in prices is not always rapid after
a period of stagnation due to exces
sive supplies, it will In due season
place the figures back where they
were before the slump began.
It is wonderful how much evidence
it takes to prove to the councilmanic
intellect something that everybody
knows is true. Of course there is a
drayman's trust, and in the lapse of
ages possibly the Council will find it
out. But what will happen when it
does? Will the pointless tale of the
fuel trust and the ice trust be repeat
ed, or will the Council really try to
remedy the evil? The New Year is
the fitting time for repentance and re
form. Let us hope for the best.
The keepers of the Congressional
Library have asked for an appropria
tion of $1,000,000 to afford accommo
dations for 5,000,000 more volumes.
This would make ' the National Li
brary the largest in the world, as to
quantity of housed literary matter.
Quality is quite another thing. Nine
tenths of the stuff isn't worth keeping,
and will perish, whether an effort is
made to keep it, or not.
Foraker will be a candidate for
President, not because he has any
hope of being elected, but because he
may thereby be able to defeat Taft.
Taft is the ox before the' manger.
Puzzle: Find the dog that won't let
him eat the hay.
All the gold that has been Imported
from Europe Into the United States
will be paid for right away by our ex
ports of wheat, cotton and tobacco.
Europe merely advanced the money,
and we pay interest on It for a short
time. -
Cessation of the df and for gold
in London is further proof that an
excited state of the public mind has
passed away.. The country is now on
a sound metal basis.
Resumption of full activity in the
sawmills of Hoqulam and Astoria Is
Indicative of general conditions
throughout the Pacific Northwest.
A multitude of savings bank de
positors will put more than usual
cheer into the greetings today and no
little thankfulness.
Beware, today of that seductive
drinkN artfully concocted with sugar
and eggs.
Happy New Year!
SILHOUETTES
Br Arthur A. Grefae.
BY ARTHUR A. GREENE.
Good morning! How are your reso
lutions? ' ,
Just because a woman applauds when
tie band plays "Dixie" is no sign that
she is a proud and haughty daughter of
the Old South. You will usually And
that she acquired her Southern accent
in Los Angeles grillrooms.
People who attempt on occasion to
sing should not throw stones through
the windows of voice culture studios,
no matter how great the provocation.
Sometimes, when I feel real peevish,
I refer to the Saturday Evening Post
as the "Gentlemen's Home Journal."
By all means, if possible, be cursed
for your faults rather than pitied for
them.
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The Sorrowful Soubrette.
She was a foolish young soubrette.
They said she was merely a gay coquette.
And that never a thought, nor" grief, nor
fret
Could make such as her the part forget.
Nor that trouble could ever her soul beset.
But they did not know the sorrows that
come
WJien one has lived and still Is young;
And they laughed at the merry songs,
she sung
And they smiled at the graces that she
flung
Just because of the charm of this gay co
quette This delightfully sorrowful soubrette.
The rose of yesterday is responsible for
the florist's bill of tomorrow.
The fool when he would be wise Is silent
and the sage when he would be foolish
talks about himself.
The surest guaranty of friendship is to
pretend to understand your friends sar
casm. I have never been able to understand
why the papers devote so much space
to policemen.
A New National Anthem.
Sing a song of dividends;
A pocketful of boodle.
When will the guileless middleman
Get wised up in his noodle?
This is a song that suits the time
. Far more than Yankee Doodle;
And the burden of this runic rhyme
Is boodle, boodle, boodle.
No girl is altogether lovely who habitu
ally talks slang.
Many a newly turned leaf will be sere
and yellow cy nightfall.
An expectant public is eagerly awaiting
the announcement that Charles Warren
Fairbanks has been indorsed for the
Presidency by the National association
of ice-cream soda dealers.
A Tribute.
(To Richard Le Galllenne after re-reading
his beautiful story "The Quest of the
Golden Girl.")
Dear Richard, one who loves a book and
girl
Would feel himself a very sorry churl
Did not he some small tribute, bring
Some poesy that poets' sing 1
Some frankincense and myrrh of praise
To recompense you for the days
When first, with joy his head awhlrl,
He met your darling G.olden Girl.
e .
Politics, and the clerk of an over
crowded hotel make strange bedfellows.
'.'
Many a man who affects" a military
stride acquired it from reading the
Richard Harding Davis romances.
Laugh and the world will laugh at you
for a silly ass. Frown and you'U be con
sidered a very wise person.
.
The last widow of a Revolutionary
soldier has Just died. Some of the mem
bers of the original Florodora sextet still
survive, however.
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.after an 1907 was not such a bad old
year for In dying it left behind much
that will be cherished in the lavender
scented treasure-chest of memory,
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Many men are mistaken for musicians
who simply haven't the price of a hair
Cut.
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A cold, gray dawn of remorse is neces
sary" to a high noon of repentance. As
human beings are now constituted, none
can be very good who have not at some
time been bad.
When grief reaches the stage where it
is able to sit up and take notice we call
it "settled melancholy."" It is about this
time fhat the widow commences making
eyes at another victim. .
PUTS BULLET IN HER NECK
Ocosta Woman Prefers Death to
Continued Ill-Health.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 31. (Special.)
With a revolver grasped in her hand
the body of Mrs. William Hunter was
found in her home at Ocosta by neigh
bors, and a jagged hole through the neck
told a mute story of death. Despondency
caused by continued ill health Impelled
the woman to take her life. No one was
In the house at the time but the aged
mother of the suicide. Mrs. Hunter went
to her room and lying down upon the
bed, placed the muzzle of a pistol against
her neck and pulled the trigger. She had
lived at Ocosta about six years and was
universally known and respected. She
leaves a husband and one son, a resident
of Montesano.
Greely Goes to California.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash..
Dec. 31. (Special.) General Greely, com
mander Department of the Dakotas, who
has, for the past week, been visiting here,
will leave tomorrow for Southern Cali
fornia, where he will spend the Winter.
Although no permanent commanders
have been as yet assigned to either the
Department of the Dakotas or the De
partment of the Columbia, tnere is a
general impression among the officers of
the headquarters that General Edgerly,
who has lately been abroad studying
military tactics, will assume command
of the Department of the Dakotas after
the retirement of General Greely. It is
also generally thought that Colonel
Woodbury will remain in command of the
Department of the Columbia until next
Spring.
Robberies Numerous In Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash.. Dec 31. (Special.)-;
Four burglaries and one attempted bur
glary, all evidently the work of hoboes,
were reported to the police this morning.
At no place did the thieves secure over
$6, and in several places nothing was
taken. The robberies were committed
some time between 3 and 4 o'clock, while
the patrolmen were changing shifts.
Dixon Comes to Portland.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
Dec 3L (SDecial.) Captain Harry B.
Dixon, paymaster, has been assigned to
station at Portland, to succeed Colonel
Thomas Goodman, who was transferred
to the fnmppine islands. , j
A NEW YEAR
Over the threshold a gallant newcomer
Steppeth with tread that is royal to see,;
White as the Winter-time, rosy as Summer,
Hope in his eyes, and his laugh ringeth free.
Lo! in his hands there are gifts overflowing;
Promises, prophecies, come in his train;
O'er him the dawn in its beauty is glowing,
Flee from his presence the shadows of pain.
How shall we welcome him? Shall we remember
One who as royally came to our door
Twelve months ago when the winds of December
Moaned in the treetops and raved on the shore?
He, too, had largess of bounty to offer;
He was as smiling, as gracious of mien;
Only the beautiful sought he to proffer,
Only such looks as were calm and serene. .
Now he has fled ; and our hopes that have perished.
Lovely ideals which never were found,
Dreams that we followed and plans that we cher
ished, Lie, like the Autumn leaves, dead on the ground.
So wilt thou cheat us with sign and with token
So wilt thou woo us to follow thee on,
Till thy last sigh, through a lute that is broken, "
Till thy last vision is faded and gone.
Nay ! we are thankless indeed if we borrow
Only the weary libretto of pain ;
Find in the retrospect nothing but sorrow,
Count up our year in the tones that complain.
Surely we're stronger through faith and endeavor;
Surely are richer in courage and love;
Surely are nearer the Infinite Ever
Nearer the dear ones who wait us above.
Welcome, then, New Year, with stainless white pages,
Though we may blot them ere long with our tears;
So it has been through the long passing ages,
Worn with the footprints of close-crowding years.
Welcome, sweet year! may' the full-handed hours
Find us like servants who wait for their Lord;
Using with earnest devotion our powers,
Looking for him, and obeying his word.
ANONYMOUS.
HOPMEN" MEET AT EUGENE
Ninety Per Cent of Them Join the
Association. .
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 31. (Special.)
Hopgrowers from Lane and Linn coun
ties today met with the California com
mittee, which is organizing the Pacific
Coast Hopgrowers' Association, in the
Eugene Commercial Club parlors. Mr.
Levigne was elected chairman and Dr.
W. L. Cheshire secretary. A committee
on bylaws was appointed, consisting of
Stephen Smeede, W. P. Cheshire, Lcnn
Stephens, R. O. Brady, James Seavey
and George A. Dorrls.
W. E. Lovdal, an extensive hopgrower
of California, opened the meeting, .out
Hng the purpose of the union and Btat
ing that upwards of 90 per cent of the
Washington growers would join the or
ganization. Attorney- A. L. Shinn of
Sacramento and Senator Woodward of
Santa Rosa explained the, plans of the
union.
Over 90 per cent of the growers pres
ent signed the bylaws and seem enthu
siastic over the proposition. Y. D. Hen
sill was chosen to represent Oregon for
the territory comprising Lane, Linn,
Douglas and Josephine Counties. ,
Supreme Court Decisions.
SALEM, Or., 'Dec. 81 (Special.) In
deciding the case of George A. Cusiter
vs. City of Silverton today, the Supreme
Court held that when a defendant in
a criminal proceeding in a Justice's
Court calls for a jury trial he is en
titled to trial before a jury drawn from
the precinct list as provided in chap
ter 5 of the Bellinger and Cotton Code.
Similar action was taken In the case
of J. M. Brown vs. City or Silverton,
in which the same questions were In
volved. .
The case of A. W. Stearns, appellant,
vs. H. Wallenberg et al., respondents,
from Douglas County, was affirmed.
Rehearing denied In the case of Mc
Leod vs. Despaln.
Diphtheria at Castle Rock.
CASTLE" ROCK, Wash.. Dec. 31. (Spe
cial.) Yesterday afternoon the family of
Jacob Umiker, residing near Tuttle,
this county, came to town, bring
ing a very sick child with them,
which was found to be dangerously ill
with diphtheria Everything possible
was done for the little sufferer, but he
died in a few hours after reaching here.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Umiker, at wbose
home the little one died, had planned to
celebrate their golden wedding this even
ing, but joy has been turned into mourn
ing. The other members of the family
are under quarantine, and it is feared
that the mother is coming down with the
dread malady.
Pat Brand on Other's Logs.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash.. Dec 81.
(Special.) John L. Harris, manager of
the Metcalf properties, and his boom
foreman, A. E. Boyland, were ar
rested yesterday afternoon, charged
with putting the brand of their
company on logs belonging to
the Jensen Logging Company. It ap
peared from the evidence that while
the defendants admitted the act
charged, Mr. Harris did not know the
plaintiff's logs were in the boom. How
ever, tho Justice saw fit to impose a
small fine, and admonished them to go
and sin no more.
Rushing Gr&ln to Tacoma,
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 31 (Special.)
Tacoma received more cars of grain
during December than any other month
in tho history of this port. The receipts
almost . reached the 3000 mark, which
means that nearly three times as much
grain was hauled to tidewater here this
month as during December last year.
When the office of the state grain
inspector closed last night, the North
ern Pacific had already brought- 2682
cars of wheat, 112 cars of oats, 57 cars
of barley and 11 cars of corn, making
an average of 95.4 cars a day.
Leg Broken In Fight.
BURNS, Or., Dec. 3L (Special.)
rriarence Luekey. a youne man who 1
somewhat noted around the saloons, en
gaged in a fight today .with a young
man named Mosier, lately from Grant
County, in -the Windsor bar and came
out of the melee with a broken leg, the
fibula being fractured above the ankle.
Luckey has been on a spree several days
and was under the influence of liquor
when he picked the quarrel.
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GANG OF CAR THIEVES IN JAIL
Detective Woods, of O. R. & Ji.
Makes Important Catch.
BAKER CITY, Or., -Dec 31. (Spe
cial.) E. B. Woods, special detective
for the O. R. & N., brought five men to
this city this morning from Hunting
ton, having been bound over to await
action by the grand Jury for grand lar
ceny. The men are alleged to be mem
bers of an organized gang whose pur
pose was to loot and rob cars. They
would take grips, overcoats, towels and
other articles from the trains while
the passengers were eating at the
lunch counters, and would also break
Into boxcars and remove merchandise.'
This thievery has been going; on for,
some time and became so bad that a
special officer was sent to Huntington:
to eatch the guilty parties.
Bride ot- Five Days Dies.
WESTON, Or., Dec. 3L (Special.) The
remains of Mrs. Hose Sams were interred
today in Weston Cemetery. The deceased
was a bride of only five days, having
married Willis Sams, a young farmer,'
on Christmas day. She suffered an at
tack of scarlet fever last Fall, which
left her in a weakened condition, and
pneumonia was the immediate cause of
death. She was 20 years old, the daughter
of Samuel F. Phillips, a prominent
pioneer farmer living on Day Creek, who
claims to have been the first white child)
born in Oregon. '
Attacked by Vicious Bull.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Dec. tL (Spe
cial.) While E. R. Huntington, one of
the oldest residents of this region, was
attending to his chores at the barn, tia
passed a vicious young bull, which at
tacked him' from behind, knocking htm
down. Mr. Lampkin, his son-in-law,
heard him groaning and came to the res
cue. He found Mr. Huntington on his
feet, but badly hurt, and assisted him to
the house, where he since has been con
fined. Owing to his advanced years. It
may be some time before he will entirely
recover.
Swindler Fleeces Chinese.
I w aiua walla, Wash., Dec. 31.
(Special.) Nearly every Chinese merchant
of this city has been victimized by a
smooth swindler passing himself- as a
traveling representative of the Empire
Distillery Company, of New York. The
alleged' salesman exhibited some fine
samples of liquor which he offered to the
Chinese at very tempting prices. One- con
dition of the sale was that, at least one
half of the purchase price be paid in
advance. He secured about JC00, and "he,
nor the liquor, has not been heard front
since.
Marshfleld Is Marooned.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Dec. 31. (Special.)
Coos Bay was never in worse condition
In the way of quick communication with
the outside world than now. Telegraph
and telephone wires to Portland are down
and the telephone lines to the Coquille
Valley are not working on account-of the
floods. The railroad to the Coquille Val
ley is out of commission on account of
the tracks being under water. There Is
yet several days' Christmas mail some
where on the road in the mountains be
tween' bere and Roseburg.
Vain Search for Drowned Man.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 31. (Special.)
Searching parties have been at work the
past few days looking in vain for. the
body of Arch E. Ferguson, who was
drowned In the Calapooia River near this
city, December 22. When Ferguson met
his death the river was flooded and it
was realized it ,wou!d be impossible to
make a thorough search then. Now that
the river is back in its customary channel
some hope was entertained of finding the
bedy, but thus far all efforts have been
fruitless.
Second Officer Killed by Fall.
GARDNER, Or., Dec. 31. (Special.)
James McKean, second officer of the
steamer San Gabriel, was accidentally
killed here the night of December 27, by
falling from the dock and striking against
the side or on the rail of the schooner,
Louise, which was lying alongside; his!
neck being broken. He was a young
man of good habits and well liked by
all who knew him. He was a member of1
the I. O. O. F-, of San Francisco. Ho1
will be burled by the local lodge here.