SUNDAY. MAY 31. 1908.
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Cloudy and showers.
i HIGHWAYS OF CLATSOP.
In the days of old when every man's
boast had to be "made good," and a
nation's also, it was the proudest and
truest boast of Rome and Romans
that "all roads led to Rome!"; and so
genuine was the predicate, and the
cry, that in many instances, those
same roads are still leading to Rome
after 20 centuries of use. They were
9 the fundament of the power and
wealth of the ancient imperial city.
Over them flowed the mighty vehicles
with the treasure of vine and field
and mine and forest; along their solid
and indestructible miles went the
legions of conquest in pursuit of vic
tories that lay ready to their rough
hands; and returning, the captive na
tions of the earth followed them over
the same adamantine routes; as the
armies of Rome moved, whatever the
direction and distance, they built
their own roads and built them right;
and the foot of the modern traces
these magnificent triumphs of engi
neering to the same old city, from
the uttermost parts of Europe. They
were direct, open, capacious, acces
sible, used by the world at large.
We are not looking for road-building
such as this in Caltsop, for many rea
sons, chiefly, because we have not the
labor nor the money, nor perhaps, the
engineering ability, required for such
a system; and the allusion to the
Roman road is made simply to ac
centuate the primary principle of
building and routing them rightly and
as soundly as we may, with the re
sources at our command; nor is it
made with any disposition to carp or
complain of the plans and processes
to date.
We know as all men know that a
county's roads and a city's streets
are the avenues of their wealth, the
means of constant and feasible inter
communication and inter-trade; that
by grade and line and reach, they in
crease, or bar that promiscuity and
commercial intimacy that makes for
prosperity and stable conditions gen
erally; and as Clatsop's work is not
yet nearly begun, nor done, on its
principal routes, we are anxious to
urge the adoption the best methods
at the right time.
Roads, good roads, are costly, and
the expediency of correct grades, the
most direct routes, and the compre
hensive grouping of the systems of
the county, are peculiarly essential in
view of the fact that roads are pre
sumed to be built for all time to
come. The Roman formula is as pro
foundly valuable today as it was 2000
years ago, and their roads prove it.
The same principle applies to the
streets of a city, and if any point of
the principle takes precedence in
municipal work, it is that of grades.
The annihilation of the hill; its re
duction by rates and ratios of ascent
and descent, at once feasible, sightly
and permanent, are elements that
make the question a live one in this
city and one that a larger public in
terest is to be taken in, in the near
future. The man who lays out, and
the administration that builds, a false
line and a bad street, never gets be
yond the echo of the reproach to
which he, or it, is altogether entitled. .
TOMORROW'S TASK.
Tomorrow, election day, govern
ment, as it is understood in this coun
try harks back to its first organic
principle, and the people declare for
their administrative servants and the
tools that they shall use in the new
official period.
In the booths of the State of Ore
gon tomorrow each man with the
franchise will stand, and act, as the
representative, the agent, of his fel
low citizens, and for the five minutes,
or the half hour, it takes him to scan
and dispose of his ballot, he is "his
brother's keeper" in the large and
lofty sense that he must do the best
and truest duty his conscience ami
judgment dictates, for that brother's
welfare under the men and the meas
ures that are voted into power and
operation.
The task is not so small nor flip
pant as some people think. It de
mands all the honor and honesty and
loyalty a man possesses to do the
right thing at the polls, provided al
ways that he has the right conception
his citizenship; and we reiterate our
firm belief in the overwhelming hon
est intent and faculty of the electo
rate, here and elsewhere, in this
country. Some men are slower than
others in unravelling the intricacies
of the voting problems passed up to
them; but the major part of them "get
there" with the consciousness of hav
ing done as nearly right as they knew,
and no man ever did more, trained, or
untrained.
For the good of the State and
County, we shall be glad to see heavy
local and state majorities set up in
favor of the following referendum and
initiative bills, as submitted on the
ballot to be used tomorrow, to-wit:
Changing general elections from
June to November. 306. X. Yes.
Fixing the power for popular re
call of officers. 324. X. Yes.
Establishing the Oregon National
Guard and Armories. 312. X. Yes.
Increasing the appropriations for
University of Oregon. 314. X. Yes.
For the abolition of the fish-wheels
in salmon fisheries. 332. X. Yes.
Increasing the pay of legislators.
300. X. Yes.
Permitting location of State insti
tutions elsewhere than at the capital.
302. X. Yes.
Increasing number of Judges of Su
preme Court. 304. X. Yes.
For working prisoners in county
under order of County Courts. 308.
X. Yes.
Requiring common carriers to grant
free transportation to State and
County officers. 310. X. Yes.
For the creation of Hood River
County. 336. X. Yes.
As for the personal line-up, we
counsel the election of the Republi
can candidates from one end of the
long ticket to the other, without ex
ception, and by such majorities as
will preserve the organic status of
that party in Clatsop to be used at a
later day when its power and influ
ence for good shall mean far more
than it seems to mean at present.
Holy Innocents Chapel (Uppertown).
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onnu.iy M-nuoi, u:u a. m.; evening
service, :w p, m.
Satisfaction from your viewpoint as well as ours We measure qual
ity and the value that stands behind the price by what you are to get
out of it. The mere payment of money and the delivery of the
goods doesn't end any transaction here by any means no matter
whether you spend ten cents or ten dollars, it's all the same to us.
The moment you hand over your money we are responsible to
you for two things in return the fullest value for that money in the
best merchandise that can be sold at the price vou oav and abso
lute satisfaction. These are what you pay us for until you get
them both the transaction remains open-.-wc stand readv to vivt
you "Your money back if you want it " regardless of which of the
two you have failed to receive.
MEETS SPRING SUITS
First Norw. Ev. Lutheran.
Sunday school. 9:30 a. in.: morninu
service, 1U:45; evenmir service. 8 n m
ineo. r. aeste, pastor.
Christian Science.
Services in I. O. O. F hmMint
Tenth and Commercial streets, room
o ami o at IU a. in.. suhiirt "An,-;,.,,
.... ""v
ana Jiouern necromancy; or Mes
inerism and Hvnnotism" Ail nr. i.
vited. Sunday school. 11:30: Wed-
neday evening meeting, 8 o'clock.
heading room same address, hour. I?
to a daily, except Sunday.
Norwegian M. E.
Morning service, 11 a. m.. Rev. F.
A. Scarvie will preach Sunday school
at ii a. m. there will be nd evenimr
service, u. i. i-ield, pastor.
Presbyterian.
Morning worship, H o'clock: Sab
bath school, 12:15; Y. P. S. C. E.. 7:00.
At the morning service the theme will
be "Echoes of the General Assembly."
nve mmute addresses by the follow- JITS AT TF.N DOLLAR.. rnnlrl fccilt, 410 .t,.U...'
mgmen: Extract from retiring mod-17. Ti ., 7 7, T r " . "7.'..""" wisjr is
crator's sermon, jno. Brycc- "The rea"y worm u. Men are paying mat ior interior suits at otocr stores. Uur proht basis
linger, I. .. uakin i he i'resbv- is sniaiicr man meirs mai s me reason, ine iaorics are or exc mt
tenan u,urch and I nborinR Men," R. quality, ID tasteful patterns.
M. Gaston "Men." Prof A. E. Kocnig; All eilL SaIa
I he I'resbyterian Church and V
' v"i'lli i.. i. .yui,in. ut. i. a . no 1 1 etffrc a m nrr w mrr w- a n - -. .
will have charge of the service Male av"la " 1 mVtUULUAtta Yd U It I 1 LtNI The Ilia-
chorus. Xo evening service on account tenals are strictly all wool fancy worsteds, Scotches, plain cheviots. The tailoring is
y. . iiiruhr m me ineatrc mind- smart ana styiisn made to now us shape. 1 he suits, in
First Methodist (practical man warns lor ousmess wear.
unavoidable Christ" will he the M mmix iunno-iis a very common occurence lor a
ur pi oik uasis
'S The ma-
ucvjuifc, a iic tailoring is
$12.50
mon theme at the morning hour. At man t cmie in for a $20 suit, but make up his mind, after looking at our qualities at the
this service Mr Douglas Dirkin, lead- prices, that $15 will do the business. It Will. Kf A mmm
mg soloist of Z.on Church, Winnipeg, f t ,J feV 1
Lanada, will sing a solo. The even- j r"'-" " J kOlt J
mg service will be a mass meeting -. today mT
Sclvi" AT TWENTY DOLLARS Nowhere else can $20 be made to do
vited to attend, c. c. Rarick, pastor, as good service as here, buits that hold their shape by reason of the
caretul way they re made hand made buttonholes, hand padded
collars and so on
First Lutheran.
Sunday school, both at the Upper-
iuwn ana at tne Uerman Lutheran
church at 9:30 a. m. Morning service
in oweaisn at IU:45; theme for ser
mon, "The Cause of Jesus Christ Vic
tonous." Evening service at the Her-
man Lutheran Church on Grand ave
nue at 8 o'clock. This service will be
m English and of a memorial chnr
acter. Theme for sermon, "Christian
Patriotism." The Luther League
Circle meets at the same place one
nour Detore evening servic. All are
cordially invited. Gustaf E. Rydquist,
pastor.
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LuuRinen Harrison
9TH AND COMMERCIAL STS.
FORESTRY
METHODS
INTERESTING VISITOR.
Washington has had an interesting
visitor this week in the person of
Ilerr Louis Adlon who enjoys the
title of "King of European hotel
keepers" and who is inspecting the
hotels of the larger cities of the Unit
ed States in order to obtain new ideas
for his great and fashionable estab
lishment, the largest in Germany,
which has just been opened in Berlin.
This was not the primary object of
his coming to the national capital
however. He wished to see and meet
President Roosevelt, whose reputed
likeness to the Kaiser, Herr Adlon
says, has greatly interested all Ger
mans in him. As befits the distin
guished German's rank in his own
profession, he enjoys the friendship
and patronage of Emperor William,
and the first dinner held in his hotel
was given by the German Crown
Prince to members of the royal fam
ily. Incidentally, diplomatic Wash
ington was interested in the fact that
the visitor is the host of Ambassador
Hill, who makes the Hotel Adlon, his
Berlin stopping-place. According to
the statement of Herr Adlon, the re
ported opposition to the Ambassador
in German court circles never existed,
and the stories of it was based on
misapprehension. The Kaiser is a
warm admirer of the American dip
lomat's abilities, and the "Hill inci
dent" which received so much discus
sion here attracted no attention what
ever in Germany.
Baptist
aunday school, 10 a. m.; sermon 11
a. m., subject: "What Christ is Ex
pecting." B. Y. P. U., 7 p. m. No
evening service on account of mass
meeting at opera house. Conrad L
Owen, pastor.
Timber Cut by the "Selection
Method" Is Best
TAKES ONLY PART OF TREES
THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.
"How do you manage your rail
roads it. tliH country?" impured the
Man from Mars. "In those countries
of what you called the Old World
which I have visited, they are owned
and managed by the Government."
"Inasmuch as I have never been
abroad," replied the politician, "I
must, of course, conclude that their
methods are purely theoretical. We,
in this country, pride ourselves on
being practical."
"May I ask you to explain?" said
the Man from Mars.
"Certainly," replied the politician.
"Our practice proceeds on the theory
that the Government is too poor and
too inefficient to own and manage
our railways. Accordingly, the work
is turned over to private individuals."
"And are the individuals trust
worthy?" "By no means," said the politician.
"We have to appoint railroad com
missions to watch them."
"The commissions, then, are to be
depended upon?"
"Xot at all. They are watched by
the legislatures."
"And the legislatures?"
"They in turn are watched by the
magazines."
"Oh, I see, the magazines are the
final arbiters. That is very interest
ing." "No, you are mistaken. The ma
gazines are watched by the people."
"Of course. It finally gets back to
the people. They act upon the in
formation provided by the magazines.
Surely the people do not need watch
ing." "Wrong again. That's where we
come in," said the politician, proudly
sticking his thumbs in the armholes
of his waistcoat. "We have to watch
the people to keep them from watch
ing us."
"And how does it all work?" in
quired the Man from Mars.
Service Has Many Knotty Problems
to Solve and Requires a Great Deal
of Calculation as to Future Needs
of the Country.
To bring the forests to their full
productiveness, however, they must
be cut over. The ax is the forester's
hoe as well as his scythe. Reaping
and sowing are usually for him one
and the same operation, and cultiva
tion is accomplished by gelling rid of
what he does not want. There were
cut from tht National Forests during
the last fiscal year the equivalent of
a little over 20,(X)0,IKX) board feet of
timber. This involved cutting opera
tions on slightly less than 360,(XX)
acres of land, or about one four-hun-dredths
of the total area of the Gov
ernment's forests. In other words,
hardly a beginning has been made in
bringing the forests to their highest
productiveness through use, and their
resene of mature timber has scarcely
been touched by the operations under
way.
Timber cutting on the National
Forests has hitherto been done al
most entirely by what foresters call
the "selection method." This takes
out only a part of the trees and leaves
the rest to grow rapidly as a result
of the opening up of the forest, while
permitting also the seeding up of the
ground with new growth. Each tree
to be cut is selected by a forest of
ficer, and stamped at the base of the
stump, ami again at the breast height.
If the cutters fell any tree which were
nut marked for them, the absence of
the "U. S." stamp on the stump be
trays the fact to the Government in
spector, and the persons responsible
arc brought to book. By this method
of cutting the actual practise of for
estry is being gradually introduced.
This means not merely that the tim
ber is protected nor merely that it i
made use of as it matures, but also
that it is cultivated like a crop in
order to get as much as possible out
of the land.
The total nit from the National
Forests during the last fiscal year
(280,(XIi.0il,l board feet) was insignifi
cant in comparison alike with the
total timber cut of the country, the
total stand of Government timber,
and the yearly productive capacity
of all the forests when they have
been brought under management.
Balancing one thing against another,
the Government has undoubtedly not
lessened its stock of timber in conse-1
(ucncc of the cuttings made during
the year, but on the contrary has
much more now than it had a year
ago. A great part of the increase,
however, lias been on timber which
lias not yet reached merchantable
size. This suggests one of two im
portant reasons why it may not be
safe to cut right along as much wood
as grows, taking the forests as a
whole. The first reason is that it will
do the country no good some years
hence to know that the forests are
making a certain amount of wood per
year, if it is all in sizes not big
enough to cut to advantage. The
second is that it is necessary to fore
cast the needs locally. The inhabit
ants of Arizona will find it small con
solation to them in the future to be
told that there is a large supply ofV
timber remaining in Washington if
their own forests have nothing for
them. Such problems as these thn
Forest Service is preparing to meet.
It is too much to hope that mistakes
will not be made.
To Republican Voters
COFFEE
Schilling's Best is a business-like
name; you know
what it means; and it
means what you want
Your froctr returni roar aoaor II f Ol 4m1
Sko II; ft par him.
A
N OVERWHELMING
j - -v vivgvug
voters by registration have formally declared that
they believe in the principles of the Republican
Party. Let them now show that they are honest
by voting in accordance with their declarations. The
Oregon election comes before the Republican National
Convention. Let every Republican voter in the Second
Congressional District uphold the honor of the Republican
Party in Oregon and strengthen the influence of Oregon's
delegation in the National Convention by voting for
H. M. Cake for United States Senator and W. R. Ellis
for Representative in Congress. If either of these Repub
lican nominees fail of election the primary election system
will be discredited and a return of boss rule will be invited.
The good name of Oregon's delegation to the National
Convention will be placed in a humiliating position. For
the effect it will have on the November election it is
imperative that the Republican nominees in the June elec
tion shall be elected by an overwhelming majority. As
a believer In the principles of the Republican Party it is
your duty to be at the polls June 1st, and vote for
Cake and Ellis.
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT I
; ULrUiiLlLAN UtNl 'L COMMITTEE
E. H.'FLAGG, Secy. W. E. WILLIAMSON, Chairman