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PORTLAND; OREGON.
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'V1 . nAno Of". , THE CITY Or
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A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
LHB "-RESULT of th congressional
ern Oregon -presents a question ry- - -
than political. It seems that Mr., Moody Is far
gnd away the choice of eastern Oregon, t is tnew"
' Irltten law that that section shall name the congress-
MSTu Xb hamed htm. If Portland fleets him .through
exigencies ofWe politic, it will lose . gM of a con
" deration of really more Importance. Thai Is the busi
' SSS inland Empire have rec.proca. Inter.
.sTThe transportation problem, depending upon the
. m!r,v?r improvement, 1. of mutual ,me
. Commercially the CTet
rmni the great country mm y""'- . - ..
! .Cm. of wealth. It would be a misfortune to permit
Inching to estrange the good-will of . . sec km which
. to the prosperity of this. city.
W. may all play politics up to a limit, but bu ines.
1 pexamountu to politics with business men. If the
. Multnomah delegation allowed Itself the freedom to con
tfrr only the true Interest, of this city, can there b,
,ny doubt that it ought to- give the nomination to
. n thot eastern Oregon want, andnot
Aflirarn m rcauu iuik
to one that it repudiates? v.
. The unwritten rule that concedes the congressman to
the trans-montane country Is a recognition of Its rights.
' That section not only baa the right to the congressman
but It has the right to name Mm. To orlppl or Qualify
the right is to give lust cause for complaint that, cannot
but disturb .the relations that TorUand Is to greatly in
terested in inaintalnlng. ":v : . -r-
1 A GREAT WORK WELL PERFORMED.
HE Yourif Men's Christian , association night school
, ' I will close tonight with a series of exercises which
J. riu be profoundly interesting, not only to those
who participate, but to many others who will attend. In
' the Whole ot Portland -there Js no jnore.slghlflcant and
' gratifying" roorement afoot 'than this. - Tor seven years
these, classes have been in operation. There Is a stu
dentship roll of about 700. Twenty-five teachers, all of
them specialists, are employed in the works two give up
their entire time and twenty-three- give up their even
ings. The basic principle of the school Is the develop
ment of the industrial rather than, the commercial life
of the city. More than half of those- who attend Mtfm
- ttng' themselves for: some industrial "pursuit They are
here provided .with every, facility., to - practically further
their studies, They have in addition all the advantages
which a. big dub affords, whether in its aoctal or recre-
' ' atlvt feaures.'-:";:;,: j;;-.!';;4.i: "'
' There Is no similar association school of anything like
the same else and vljtallty west of Chicago. In the whole
United States and Canada this ranks seventh In the work.
Two-thlrda ot the cost of maintaining the school to paid
by the small, fees charged the students;, the other third
Is met by contributions of Portland
n Portlanil aa a. jule,,. have' been rather disinclined tq
NOT RELrlGiON,
' (By Rev Thomas B. Gregory,)?.,
It strikes' us that it would not be well
t peirtll;toorinanrjrepeUtlons.,.af .th
Urbarlty tliai came so dangerously
close to getting Itself enacted the other
. day up In the good old lUti of Maine.
On Beat's island,.' off the eoast of
- tVashlngton 'county- Malnev- the "Holl
nees Society" had been holding a heated
"revival." which they purposed to round
off by the murder of a 7-year-old son
of one of the members of the society.
It was-"rvealer to them, they as
serted, that the child's death was "de-
manded" as a "sacrlfloe unto the Lord."
In obedience to this "demand" they
gathered In force, and were about to
make the "sacrifice" when the meeting
was broken up by the authorities, who
ot wind of the Intended murder just in
. time to prevent It - --
When the sheriff .reached the Island
' from the mainland the little boy, Frank
Beat, waa already bound andkbllnd-folded.--"
.
Over the poor little fellow stood the
: fanatics who were unmercifully beating
' him, to "cast" out the devils" in him be-
fore offering him up aa a sacrifice.
Reaching the house, and realising that
the situation called for quick action on
Ma part, the sheriff, It is said, burat
In. a door and threw himself, without
ceremony, Into the midst of the fanatics,
scattered tlpm and saved the child's
life
But the "Holiness" people did not stay
OXZOOBT A GREAT lOJrarO STATU.
From the Ash wood iProapector.
' The American Mining News, published
In New York City, comments editorially
on the 'mining industry of Oregon, and
' gives an idea of the magnitude of the
rea of the mineral lands in thla state.
Eastern Oregou la credited with the larg
est production of preetoua metaU. The
'article referred to states that the min
ing area of Oregon is aa large as the
States of Massachusetts, Connecticut
and Rhqde Island combined. It esti
mates, that there are at least 65,000 men
in the state engaged In the mining of
gold, end that the Industry brings more
money to the commonwealth than is
i realised from any other product. Oregon
la' becoming known in the east aa one
of the greatest of onr mining mates,
nd capital 1 beginning to seek invest
'vment here. As yet the industry is in
U- ts infancy. ' but it is a good healthy
' f young ,.pne." and its rapid growth
from this time on la assured. The min-''-
Ing congress to be held In Portland will
give the... Industry In this state an im
f . petus that will carry it Into the front
" v rank of the mining- states of the Union.
, - A SgSADUT OOD TBAOEDT.
v . i v' ' . From an Exchange.
The Brown household is run on
' strictly bygfentc line, and particularly
so with" retard to .food. Whenever a
new nourishing compound appears on
the 'market it la pounced upon by the
' Browns, and, they live upon It till the
next -cam ; comes along. - A little time
' ace Mrs. Brown bad to go on a visit
which would last well Into the after
noon.-and; therefore, Brown bad to pre-
pare his own juncoeon. c,
. h ot on very well this morning,
ha aaltl' when they met In the evening;
"made a capital meal off that new -cereal
cf youre." . k. '
haven'-t any new "cereal, she said.
What dld'vou eatr'
Whv. that stuff , you left " on the
kitchen, table.- .Ai,: . . 7-
Mra Brown sat down suddenly.
XJh." i she ; walled, "you ve eaten up
my window garden! Tfeose were seeds
.1 was going to pianii"
ANJN DEPENDENT
NEW8PAPBR
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING- CO.
every T,
wherea. the tendency In other section, of the country
has been very Wrongly in that direction. The'inand
for trained-men in Various industrial minults. has. feen
increasing with extraordinary rapidity hV . , fM
years, and the supply has not nearly eoualed the demand.
The standard has been rapidly advancing, and men with
purely practical training have- found 1 themselves ' out
classed by younger men who have had the advantage of
theoreUcal and: practical - training which. th ;rro&lMaland
technical schools of the country afford. ; --
The need of such work In Portland needs no further
demonstration than that afforded by" th extraordinary
success of the night classes In the M C. A. rooms. ; In
it all there is cause for gratification, not only to the men
who direct and have had the practical foresight to es
tablish this great work, but to the mpn .who help to
make It possible through the extension of financial aid.
At the same time there Is the further proof that the day
has come for .the establishment of a "manual-training
schooUn connection with the public sohools, which, while
It will' In nowise interfere with the work 3irf the-, same
direction now. being, done bv the T. M. OVA will ex
tend Its benefits In a smuntlal way -to large number
of children who cannot otherwise enjoy them. - . ;
BOOTH-TUCKER'S LAND SCHEME.'
CONSUL-GENERAL BOOT-TUCKER'S message
Is worthy of notice, heed. He left one -army- to
Join another better, grander army. The army
he left waa organised to go out and kill men. He Joined
and headed one whose business It Is to save souls. Truly
this Is a great work-the grandest fight of the time, of
the ages. ". r ' '
Commander Booth-Tucker has discarded his "sword,
his gun and his pistol" to take up better, more world
moving weapons. The Salvation Army Is doing a good,
grand work, because It work sJong practical lines.' Its
officers and pTlVWee b aWerTeearcf out. find and succor
the people in need, In whatever way. ( : -
, In need of bread. In need of counsel. In need of
friendship. Whoever Is so wlU find Salvatloo;;Army
worker near.
Naturally, necessarily, this treat general wants money,
and he wants a lot of it He tells Just how be will use
It. He wants 150,000,000 from congress to put poor,
worthy people of the great cities on lands not now occu
pied. He says these, people. will pay the. money back,
with Interest, In 10 years. Nodqubt ; whatever that , they
will. The Salvation Army is good for that amount; and
Commander Booth-Tucker's word is good for 150,000,000.
Think of the immense, ever-Increasing amount of good
the expenditure of this money will dol No suspicious
political fellows will handle it; it won't have to be
drained through the dirty sewers of the postofflce de
partment or the war department. It Is to be loaned
under some government , supervision, of course to Com
mander BoothVTucker for "-'thta epedflo purpose. --
It Is a noble scheme. It Is better infinitely better
than -going to war, than paying hundreds of millions In
troneeeaMry; peiwioni. 'jrc'-rf' "r":" "vr."' :'
contest Jn eMt-
oltlsens. ! Educators
BUT MURDER
scattered, we are told. Gathering them
selves together they attacked the sheriff
like so many demons,, aud . were about to.
overcome him when he backed himself
into a corner, holding the boy behind
him. and. drawing his pistol, finally suc
ceeded in driving his assailants away
so that he could make his escape witn
his little charge. - - . , t
' The people who are responsible, for
the disgraceful attempt that was so
heroically frustrated by Sheriff French,
call themselves religionists, but -good
people and sensible people everywhere
will admit that they are nothing but
crack-brained fanatics, y;
' They were engaged, there in that
house, not in religion, but in murder.
: Now, while in this broad land of free
dom and equality every man is entitled
to his religion, no man certainly Is en
titled to carry bis religion to the -point
of making it the Instrument of murder
ing other people eapeclally when t the
other people are poor, innocent, hejpless
little children.
The proper place for such people as
those who .were about' to "offer up" lit
tle Frank Beal is In the padded ward
of .some houpital for the insane. Where
they can rear around without doing Aery
much harm either to themselves or to
others. '
Those of us who Are rational anfr In
our sober senses owe something to the
helpless little children that will never
be paid until their would-be murderers
I are prevented from getting at them.
AM VWTOMTOSATM SBOZ8ZOX.
From The Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
The decision of the state board the
governor, secretary or state anq state
treasurer to abandon tne state portage
between The Dalles and Celilo. is In
deed an unfortunate occurrence. It
means that the people of the Inland
Empire are to be placed at the mercy
of the railroad for years to come, for
the canal cannot be completed In less
than five and possibly 25 years. The
contention of the board that the appro
priation of $1C5,000 Is lnsufficent to
build and equip the road, after changes
of location to keep off the canal right
of way have been made, has some
weight; But had the board appealed to
the farmers of the Interior the excess
over the appropriation would have been
forthcoming.
HTOIAKS AHB TXZZX KOSSXg.
From The Dalles Chronicle.
When the state veterinary was or
dered by the governor to kill a portion
of the band of 800 mangy horses owned
by the Columbia river Indians and kept
on a range near Coyote 18 miles in width
and 30 miles In length. It was feared that
fierce opposition would be met from the
Indians. Ten horses were killed and
the owner began to protest vigorously.
However, the more Intelligent Indians
were made to understand the law and
trouble was averted. The Indians agreed
to din their - horses and cure them, If
possible, and the matter will' rest until
the spring round-up when Df. McLean
win be present to look after the con
dltton of their horses. . At the spring
round-up all horses found to be afflicted
with the mange will be killed.
Enterprise Appreciated.
Lincoln' County Leader.
The initial number of The Portland
Sunday Journal is metropolitan in every
sense of the term, and Is no doubt only
a fair sample of the numbers to follow.
The Journal ' has made' rapid strides
during Its brief caree?, and Its manage
ment Is entitled to much credit. Ray
gardless of politics, we do love enter-
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JOURNAL
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PIATT AJTB ODKXIi.
From the New Tork Sun. -
While Senator riatt and Governor
Odell had a talk on Saturday night at
the Fifth-Avenue hotel. It may be set
down M It positive fact that the personal
relations which: have existed between
these two men for eo many years are
sundered, never to be resumed. Senator
Piatt has been very loath to admit tnat
Oovernor Odell should , seise a year
fraught with sue! importance to the
l.rn and MneclallV to Preai
dent Roosevelt in his own state in which
to cbitduct a bitter personal and political
fight against the man who gave him ev
ery political promotion that he ever en
joyed, and against the president of the
United States, wno nas nearly Droaen
his backbone leaning over backward in
hls-endearorg-to-keep the peace la the
state.
na &ABGXST OBAnrxvs.
From the Kansas City Journal. '
" The largest grapevine In the worWls
growing in the Carpmteria valley,
12 miles east or Banta uaroara, uai.,
and Is called La Fare Grande. It was
started from a cutting 61 years ago by
a. youn Spanish woman. Dona' Ayla. It
is eight, feet four' inches, in circum
ference at its base, and one of the horl
sontal branches measures more than
threateet in circumference. - The trellis
covers about a third of an acre, and 60
heavy posts support it. The vine pro.
duces as many as 5,000 bunches an.
nually, at a conservative estimate, and
In good years many cluster measure 11
to 15 Inches In length and weigh six to
eight pounds. Its owner estimates that
in 1885 the vine yielded 10 tons or
grapes. 1 .'
Tl True, Tis Pltyi and Pity Tie, Tis
True.
From the La Grande Observer.
The Republican party In many states,
the same as In Oregon, is rent with war
ring factions, or rather miserable
squabbles over , federal offices. It is
only a question of time when the party
must go down In ignominious defeat be
cause of these petty strifes, if tney.eon
tlnne. That time has not yet arrived,
but unless there Is a change for the bet-
ter It will come. There are-a; great
many thoughtful members of the party
who think the day of humiliation can
not be Dostponed beyond 1908. . ,. t
Tha momentum which Its grand mo
toric achievements have given the Re.
publican party, , and the demonstrated
wisdom of Its economic policies, wiu
safely carry, it through the approaching
presidential , eleotton with Roosevelt as
the standard-bearer, but by the time
1908 actives the deadly work of the fac
tions will have done Its Job and the
oeoDle will turn In disamst from a party
that elects United States senators for
the sole purpose of acting as office
brokers and members of congress whose
only ambition Is to reward their political
friends with federal offices.
;..;.' Voteworthy Prediction.
From the Weston Leader, ' .?
The. .Oregon Sunday Journal was In
every respect a creditable and note
worthy production and a type of the
highest mechanical perfection to which
Journalism has attained. 'It was uch a
paper as the public1 had a. right to ex
pect from The Daily Journal's wonder
ful success.. S.
. ' : Weloome .Dose Beoeived.'. ;;. .,
From the Bandon Recorder.
The Sunday-edition Of The Oregon
Journal made its appearance this week
In the way of a 44-page paper, well
filled with news, illustrations and valu
able reading matter. It will soon re
ceive a hearty weloome from the public.
It will be spring sure, soon. 5 i s
Plant roses; let Portland bloom.
It rained, of course; no matter.
Never forget that we ought to have
the. finest city -on eeurtt.w.; jf -
Work "on that fair ground must ' go
ahead now. swift and'sure-v' ... .
yi ' jin and rirht .taxation.' ac
cording tOJhe law, is about .the great
est speclfio neijld of the time. ; . j ;
vi.tt ni rtdeii have conferred "again
bout how best to combine and con
spire against the common peopie..
.'t- conceded that Marloii
county will go Republlcaivin..sp!teof .
Geer and Hof sr. " Chamberlain isn't run
ning now. V,
jnhn a. Adams said: !Thr will of
the people is the source, and the happt
aeaa of the oeoDle the end, of all legiti
mate government on earth." .-
The ' Salem. Journal. ' considerately
noticing that there Is no Democratic
Eaper in tne capital city, one
lemocrats some space in Its columns.
Which proposition they may or may not
consider. A paper that in 10 years has
been for and fornlnst everything and
everybody isn't' a very valuable yehlele.
roxsom? on pax.
', Thomas A. Edison In April Outing.
"i keen mr health by dieting; people
eat too much and drink too much; eat
ing has become a habit with most ev
eryone: It is like taking morphine the
more you take the more you want.
Poeple gorge - themselves with rich
food." he said earnestly, "They use up
their time and ruin their digestion and
poison themselves. Diet is the eecret
of health. I eai aimoai noming.
eat less than a pound of food a day;
three meals, but Just enough to nourish
the body. ' "'' '
"It is not the laborer who has gout A
man must eat . according to his work.
A laborer needs more than a man of in
tellectual pursuits. My diet consists of
meat, vegetables, eggs in fact. , any
thing that I want, but in small quan
tities. I don't really care whether I
eat or not; it Is not my pleasure. One
soon gets out of the habit of caring
much about his meala If the dootors
would prescribe diet. Instead ot drugs,
the ailment of the normal man would
disappear. Of course, if the body is
not all right if something organlo Is
the trouble, that is different; nut nan
the ill come from over eating; then
drugs, so that people can eat more.
Halt the people are food drunk all the
time. I never beer an outaoor nww
tlon. J Diet 1 the secret of my health.
1 i..M-iln Hred abstemiously. It
Is a religion with me. My father before
me practiced dieting and be Instilled the
Idea into me. I am . hardly what you
would call an outdoors man.' "
a pxAnr poutxoaxi rzrxosopam.
n TtnttinaVi trt Kast OresonlaA. i'" ;
If the newspapers knew the truth. It
would be a breach or journalistic eti
quette t tell It and If the politicians
inM it aiwava. they would have no Jobs,
se the people must guess at conclusions
between the lines, ana xigur oui m.u
in th rirt nlace. there 1 about as
much need for two aet of nominee for
the county offices in-Umatilla county
as there Is for two tails on a dog. If
the people had the nominating power
and could name a set of officials wno
would suit them, one ticket wouio o
all that is necessary this year. - . -
iftar .ntn1nnlna- several nresent or-
fidals-Mn-Buttmski says: It - float
make ny difference what the polities
of these officials are, they are efficient
able and honest and suit the people. It
Is Just as sensible to ask wnat tneir
religion Is, or what the color of their
hair, aa tn ask their BOtlllcs, wnra -t-
erybody knows them and can trust them.
' waa a aTeoessity. ':'"'.'-' '
nvom the Goouille City Bulletin.
The first edition of The Sunday Jour
nal has reached our desk. The rapid
strides The Journal has maae since ita
establishment are little short of the
mlrannlnna and aneak volume for th
management From the very first it
took it place among the leading dallies
of the-Paclflo coast and its popularity
has increased the demands until tne
Sunday edition was almost an absolute
necessity. Long live Tne .ouroau
STRAWS IN THE i STREAM
(By H, R. R. Hertsberg.)
Blaok Sambo in the Vorth. .
hh. vaaa. da No'f am very nne.
An' daaa.de way Ah" feels about hit
Dey aln't no kin' o' color line .
Aroun' dese pawts, ; an aon t 70
doubt hit . v
no Ah is black es soot or sin.
Dese whit folks hit aon" ooaaer
In nlana n' nlarsruh. Ah he bin
Addressed (dass bit!) es "cullud
--. gem'man."
Sho'. suttlnly, hit mek me proud
Fo' to receive sech reco'nlshun.
An'- ylt ma spirit:dane allowed
Dat hit am not in gop4 eondlshun:
'X Whe' Ah'ye saw yo'
LaVl Jiea BayO '..
: TechC ln-Loosianhy-lah', .
Dah ma hawt an
Soul am caught an'
" 1o' is got 'em. Lily Annl
Ah may be crasy, an Ah may
Be lackln' In eppresheeashu
(Dem wuds n hee'd a preachuh say
Onst foh' de Bible sosheeasbunt)
But Ah would sho'ly trade hit alL
Ma dignity an' soshul sUndin', '
An', anwuh to d "nigguht" call,
Fo' Jesa day at Bayo' Landln'l
D gnow am layin" on de groun', ;
U heeah, wl de sun In hidin' ,
Ah ush dat Ah wus Southwa'd bOun'
Die mlnnlf on de train an' rldin':-
Whe Ah've saw yo i
Las', nea' Bayo'
Teche, in Looslanny-lan',
Dah ma hawt an'
Boul am caught an' '.
To' is got 'em, Lily Annl
" Sump Speech.
Tie true today a In th time of Greek
.": And .Roman wise:r,:-f s -1 '.v
The sweetest" words woman "ever
; , speaks H . ryii A, . .
Come from her eyes.
; TBahr said the flowerless weed, t
shouldn't like iota rose-bush. Can''
you see the mess all these fallen rose-
leave maker- ,
Speaking of horse-sense,, you will
Dlease- notice that ' mares do not use
high heels on their shoes. , - . ;
.' Criticism by a person you like Isn't
ope" half as bad a indorsement . oy,
person you despise. r ;-. .'
From th Yokohama Advertiser.--. . :
While Russia's essential weakness, n
the utter discredit with which her prom
ise are regarded by the nations, in the
Internal trouble which are assailing .
her. and In her financial dependence udon
those who distrust her, Is becoming pat
ent to all, dispelling the dread - with
which her mere size has heretofore dom
inated :, the Imagination of ' the world, ;
the growth In strength and resources
of what we t perversely call Vlittlel'
Japan Is- by no mean the least of .the
surprises which this empire nas-ot mte
years been Springing . upon - the .people
of the west, .She Is today rich In every
thing which 'Russia lack. . Her honor
Unstained, no promise she h mad has
ever, been broken.. No Internal troubles
can vex a government. like that of the
emperor whose throne , rests upon , the
wellntgh Idolatrous affection of his peo
plet-and a-for wealth,- nor other nation
can compare with It In the readiness
with which this people would lay every
dollar of. their savings at. his feet
Nor is Japan' wealth by any mean
solely ot this sentimental sort She Is
rich not merely in the honor and patriot
Ism of her people. Relatively she may
be said to be one of the richest countries
In s the world, -surpassing every other,
except perhape Franc,' in th" rigid
economies of life and .in the proportion
of the -savings to the earnings of her
people. It is only in the aggregate of
her areaHh that she can be distanced by
the nation . of the west, r 1 . , . . ' .
rt im hnwavcr. when we come to con
sider the marvelous development of her
resources since her emergence into tn
world that her growing, if not her pres
ent ability to cope with her giant an
tagonist become at one manifest An
estimate rof tht growth Is new made
poaslbl by th recent 1 publication of
.ha aMnanui and Economical Annual
of Jfapan," Issued by the department of
Of finance' and printed In English. - To
the eye it is but a columnar array w
figures, yet, to the student of modern
history it la an arrey eloquent with It
surpassing record of progresa Begin
ning with the year 181$. the date of the
restoration of the emperor to power,
there I no Held of industrial or commer
cial enterprise which doe not beer wit
ness to the rejuvenated energy and am r
bltlon of the oldest and youngest ot the
nations.' - "JXIT
i Leaving out of account tne iit nv-
Ing lea thn on nu mu 01
line, the empire or Japan o?""P"-
417 Island, witn an ar- x "t-vv.:
.nn.M miiaa. Ucon this area, about
quel to that of th Atlantlo eoast state
from Main as far south a North Caro
lina, despite the fact that only one
twelfth of the land ble,ftthre le
subsisted a population of 48.000,000, In
creasing today at the average rate of
nearly a .mimon per ennunj -;-
SO " long ago tnat am vw. -
thought tuelf the greatest of tiaUons
m (wvnniatinn reached that flgure,
and the natloauwould hav been greatly
wroth should aayon nave iwiww ..
then the diminutive with which Japan
is so often designated. Nor, with Amer
ica's wastefulness and i extravagance,
wottld it be in any way possible to sup-
. n nit a. number on SO 11m-
Ited an are, .japan,. "
By Prot Frank Parson, of the Boeton
This article la th first of a serle by
Professor : Parsons, written ep'"j
for The Journal, professor Persons has
reeenUy returned frora New .Zealand
and written the most complete book
yet published on New Zealand !
ress. M is entitled The Story of New
Sit-. -t a re New Zealand wa
a.group-Ot4sannlbal v,0'
heads the procession yvu
mlo progress. Her people have done more
in-the last dosen year to ameliorate
the condition of labor than all othr
nattonslput together. - . '
' The reason Is that the common people
own and operate the government -
Tears agorNw zeaiana w
with unjust laws and a grievous con
gestion of wealth and pOwer. . The taxes
rested mainly on the poorer classes. The
land monopoly was one -of the : worst
ever known. A ytem of multlpl yot-
Ing for the rich placed tne gov-rnm-n.
In thOvhand of th monopollt.r -But
In 1890 th worktngmen united
with the email farmer and tradesmen
to elects "Liberal-Labor" candidates
pledged to the interests of the common
people; they swept in- iuuuwv.
of power and made New Zealand the
most democratlo and the most progres
stve country on the face of the globe.
To put the burden 01 taxawon on
best able to bear It the Liberals es
..kii.ha nf-oBrressive taxes on land
...1.... trA IniMimH. with complete ex
emptlon of all Improvement and of all
persons or smaii propen
Income. '; ' '
To check land monopoly ana nww w-
FABMZSr 9ZTOX POOMSXBIO.
From the: Hood Reiver Glacier. ' ' r
Money, for ditch stock Is pouring Into
Butler & Co.' banit in a .mannar
satisfactory to thr managers f - the
Farmers' Irrigating company. .The first
note of $10,000 wa paid off a week
before It wa due.nd money tor the
remaining note will oon b on hand,
Monday, N. C. Evans, secreUry of the
company, said h hal.; Just , finished
writing contract ior "'"rr
holdera Many of th farmershad I th
ready cash to make payment for. their
Stock, while the other 1 find money
lenders quite willing to advance loan
on land that la to be Irrigated. ' '
The only bad feature 1 th continued
rain which ar delaying work on Im
provement to the ditch. Snow etlll
cover the ground In places, and wher
ever .excavating hal to be done .the
ground Is so saturated wiinwaier na
wrtrk with horse would be Impossible.
Considerable repairing has been donoon
the lower lateraia . as "
weather permits, N. C. Evans will run
levels for straightening up. the -main
flume. Lumber for repairs ckn be se
cured from Frank Davenport' Mount
Hood saw . mlu, hauled to. tne neaa 01
the ditch and floated down a needed.
'Want m-'GuMg&:v?:.-i:V!)
From th. Oregon City Courier. ;
This year presents an amaslng oppor
nit tn the Democrats ot Clackamas
county. Not In years ha, there been the
Intensity of feeling against the dominant
party that is to be found with all classes
ot cltisen thl year. High taxee, corrupt
methods, extravagance in .nigo P
and . reckless ; expenditures ! , of , publlo
menles. bad roads. Indifferent bridge
and a county debt that Is appalling - in
Its amount 1 thw heritage of Republl
ran mia In thl. county.. ' Every eltlxen.
be he a Republican, - a i Democrat a
Soclallat or a Prohibitionist Is up in
arms against the !"gang" ; and the me
thods which have prevailed inClack-
antai ennntv ; during . the'; pt : . OSn
years.";
-.. mm mi a tfhi ." ..t; .l ..
: -IV Wrnm the Condon Tlme."!"- . .
; . The first Issue of The Sunday Journal
Was a hummer, and if tn management
keepe up the high standard or tnat eqi
tlon the paper Will- become more popu
lar tha ve&.- ." ' '-:
VleWrlmay, therefore, ba-regarded-ae one
of the richest countries of the world.
As to the aggregate of the nation
wealth, while no uch claim a tho
above cart be mad,, yet if the eoropara
tive Ubles of the revenue and expends
tares of the government for. 85 years
of Japan's new era may be taken aa au
Index of the growth of the nation's
wealth, the exhibit is a surprising one
In 1868 the total revenues of the., em
pire amounted to only I8.0S9.818 : yen
(81.644,56). while those of the ourrenl
fiscal year have reached the sum of Ml,
81.851 yenhe annual - . expenditures
during the same period increasing from
J0,606,08 yen to 144.751.S44 Even
more signally illustrative of the growth
of 1 the -nation's wealth 1 the .relative
expenditure In certain departments. Th
civil list for example, while calling fof
only 850.000 yen (81M.000) in 1848 now
Involves an expenditure of 8,000.000 yen.
Japan's "eomlng out' has cost a penny
also, the appropriation for the depart .
ment"" of foreign affair mounting from
111.871 yen in 1868 to two and a Quarter
millions ' for the current year. In the
meantime, the cost of the- maintenance
of the army and navy has grown from
one million to upwards of sixty millions,
th latter um being, the appropriation
of th current year for the depart
ments. A proof, however, that the nar
tion has not given her exclusive devo
tion to ' these expensive modern, play
things, th department of publics in
struction and of communications bear
ample witness, the cost of the former
having leaped from 57,708 yen in 1868
to 4,4,888 yen in 1008. while the latter,
opened In 1871, end then administered
aran expense of. 111.788 yen. now re
quires an apropriatlon of mor than ll,
090 000. ' ' f -V -
; In modern reckonlnr a nation which
can afford to have a debt is reckoned
rich. Japan now boast of thl requi
site, which during the era since the res
toratlon har grown Item 4.880.000 yen
In 1870 to the more modern figures of
568,681.011 yen In the present , year.
Even thl amount a national debt go,
1 extremely modest as by reference to
the revenue mentlonel above, it may b
seen that It could be easily liquidated
by the government income. In two year,
only. ' ! : :'' -- v ' ' .
The chief source of revenue, according
to the figures of thl latest official re
port are theV land tax. amounting t
46.M6.S1S yen for the current fiscal year,
and the sake tax. which footinup the
large sum of 88.585,404 yen. . The cus
toms duties play a very small part In
the receipts, the . foreign powere still
laying a heavy hand upon their Increase,
and keeping them down to the very mod'
est flgure ot l6.600.000. v - -
rt,. aaatttlne-lv. o .heavy a burden
that above enumerated 1 laid upon
th land, many of the farmer being so
poor that they cannot afford to eat even
their own rice, Is a fact largely due to
the control which the foreign power
have so long exercised over the Japanese
tariff. It Is, however, more of a seeming
than a real burden. Inasmuch a the of
flclal assesmesnt of land Is at a ereiy
nominal rate, it being usually old at
fly or slat times the government alua-
tlon, while not seiaom .r-
hundred times the official figure.
ward the nationalisation of tbesoll,
i-.Hta4 a. avatem of perpetual
leasing In the place of the al of pub
llo Jands, and devoted , large -urn each
year to the state purchase of large es
tate and their division and leasing to
capable workers, the landles being ae-
mAA ta nrafffAnea - .
To undermine the interest sharks, a
government loan office was open-o. x
,!., tkmua-h- the tMMtOf flC. WOrkUlg-
men,. farmers, tradesmen manufacturers
.. an Aiaaaaa ean'borrow money from
.v. ...t. ,t in interest 4tt per cent
To enforce the right to employment
and the right to work under wejwnable
conditions wlthout which the ' rlghtto
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
is but a glittering dream), the Liberals
established publlo employment Bureau.
with a minister of laDor wn ?r.
function it I not to publish statistics,
but to find work for tbe workless.
Every policeman Is an agent-of the
national employment bureau to watch
for and report all opportunltle for work.
Th state railway carry th unemployed
th.ir nan find work, the fares
being advanced by the governmentto
be repaid by the worker when Jie I able.
; Bight hours is the standard day, and
a half holiday s requir-u a.., --
t.a atrnwi miiat eloae -early. -
Short hours are regarded as of vital
moment in New Zealand. , They mean
leisure and vitality for r elf-develop-aa
anrt civic and oclal activity.
Strikes ahd lockout hav been abol
ished. Labor difficult! are settled by
Judicial decision. -. There has not been
a conflict between capital and organised
labor in the nine years 1 since ."
tratton act went Into effect in 1895.
ajrornm mAnatoAa raw.
' ' . Wnm ha Aahland -Tiding. 'i-ti.
' . 4aat nt naroiam in connection with
the collision below Mott h not jret
found Its way Into print but is worthy
n Mmrf tn the ' annals of deeds, vot
hav railroad men. Henry Wooden, en-
gineer.ot tne nir --
who put his Own life in the balance In
an effort to v the live of hers.
The helper engine had been deUched
from the passenge train at Slsson and
.a , An to the scene Of the wreck,
- u .AMu la 4tia man
and was standing Immediately next to a
caboose full or section men, wu
glneer Wooden saw th passenger train
Kaarina- riowg unon them and that a col
n.inn would be' inevitable. Shutting
the oil off from the tank to prevent an
..ninainn. ha - reversed ' his : engine and
backed toward the a onrushlng ; train.
While both engines .were damaged, the
weight of the helper broke the force of
the Impact to the car-iri front and th
cool-headed action of the engineer prob
ably aaved many Uvea Mr, Woodeq, Is
on of th oldest engineer in length of
service on thl division of 'the Southern
Paclflo.- . ' ' '1,
AGS OP POBXi; OATOZ9ATXS.
svrtm tha PhiladelDhla Record.
. Richard -Olney of Massachusetu will
be 69 on September i. '
nrnvar r-laveland was 67 On Maroh 18.
Alton B. Parker ot New Tork will be
58 on May 14.
Arthur Pue Gorman of. Maryland wa
65 on March 11. :
i David B. Hill 'of New York will be
61 on August lf.:.:';''i
.V.. a n.1.n will ha tl
on May,4S:i:.v:3' ?c.'r-A-
WUllam J. 'Bryan tf Nebraska wa
President Roosevelt fcf New Tork will
be '4f on October 87. s - ' t ' '
Jon Hay of . Ohio Will be 6 on.Oo.
tfiha, a:. -rji ...f - k f y'Mw.
William H. Taf t Of Ohio will be 4T on
September 15. J''x" .x ' '
h jPiwttr a a rictva ; ") r
iv ': s; From the Malheur Gasette.
' The Sunday Journal mad its appear
ance In our sanctum Tuesday morning.
It contain . pages, 1 as pretty as a
.picture, replete with Jive, reading mat
ter, and speaks volumes for it future
success, ' -
Barrett district correspondence of the ' ' .
Hood River Glacier: The -ground hog 1
still boused up. : y-'-. ." r
'.Hopgrowers ''are already' engaging" VVl
hands. The- hop crop promlsef To "be
larger fjian ever ln,Oregpn.'';..w,..;:':;';';;?;fV..'
. The ',Newberg "laundry ; received '' last';'-'Ik
week a view washing machine, steam 1
wringer dnd a stove for heating Irons. ? '
Arlington Record; A the, editor of' "' . .
this paper has- been' confined to ' his T.Tf
home this week on account of sickness, v
If the paper Is not up to the standard
lay all the blame on the foreman. u. i i: f
Tamhlll county Is systematically 'pre-
paring to have a. great exhibit at. the
1905 fair, Hurrah for old TamhBi. tn :
greatest county on earth! (Now listen :
to the kicking ot other "greatest" coun
tiea) '.;''..'". ' ::n-rX-t
Forest Grove' Times: The Times of- !
flee has been made bright the pest week ..
by beautiful boquets of spring nower j
fmtn Aunt Ana.l Hmith ' Mav . her. Ilf . -
always be a bright a the flower he ;
raises' In such abundance. . .- v.'-i';,,;
Will Dunn has lease? the Emm el place '-a
and will move-his -family that I, he
will move over and - she welt there
ought to.be a she, and she ought to
move over, so we suppose it will, come
to pa In due course ot time. ,. - : ;r
MoMlnnvllle Reporter; Our creamery -";
under the management of Mr. u. . ,
Eldridge of Independence, starts out In
flourishing condition. . There is a rair ..
prospect of ome large dairies being es- ; ;,
tablishea here in toe near suture. 1 .
' Mosier will he a lively place during f
the ooming summer months. Two dwel
lings have recently i been . erected. - A ' ;
Baptist church ha been organised, and -:
will soon build an edifice, v The box fac-. ,
tory, to be run by water power from '
Mosier creek, will soon trt ,up.
' Olet correspondence of the Arlington
Record: At I p. m. Rev. Llets preached
after which Sunday-school officer wer
elected, , Sunday-echool to ' begin next -Sunday.
Mra 1 J. W. ) McKlnney , wss '
elected superintendent' Ml Wet- or-
ganlst; Mis Carothere, eeereury. ,
La Grande . ObMrreri - The ' dog
poisoner has been getting In his dirty.
worg in L uranae tor a tew an
end several valuable doge have been -r-poisoned.
Dog owners are Indignant .
and say that If the poisoner can be lo
cated they will make him hard to catch. -
Condon Globe: - Mont Ward has pur-'
ahaaad p. H. steohenson' . nana ox
mules comprising 81 head, th price be-
in tSB ear head. The animal are ait -
four and five year old and are a fine.,
lot v Mr. Stephenson -paid CookeBro.
868.60 per head for th nuncn two year (
ago. . ,'.. : : :'. ..,,'
i Mnxrinin- Rnortei'S Farmer oh -
th hills above Dayton are busy plow-
Ing and getUng ready to sow. - we nv
not yet learned which kind of grain
they will sow spring or fall arwlns. ,
From th appearance of the weather we
wntiM recommend , mem to ow iu
graln.1-
. - j. . - .
"t ia undaratood that a number ot Ba
ker City business men are promoting a
telephone line from Baaer- u-iiy vi
netfa milt Pin week, Unity, to Mount
n.ain, tha aeene of a new mining ex.
cttement last fait and which bid fair
to be of great' Importance a soon o
spring opens. .' CWV-t-1----
vnv, Tamhin Record! - A. C Good
rich finished the sacking and shipping
of his dried prunee the last of the week. ...
There were a little more 4than 100 ton
of them; "and "they wereT shipped to a
processing and packing plant of . the
Wniamette Valley Prunegrowers' asso
ciation in East Portland. .
'' a wm-UmmA amir to the large gravel
bed ton the Willamette river at Inde-
pendenc t-to- o ouut im ''""'
The Southern Paclflo will use this
gravel on the west side and. Tamh ll
divisions, and the motor oompany will
ballast the two miles ot track between
Independence -and Monmouth. , ,
, , !' Ii 1 kassaW--- , . , , --a.
Tia.'r'hiitas' JSeho: A petition asking
for a dally mail service to Deschutes
was. signed by over 800 patrons pf i the
office. A petition some Urae ago asking
for dally service f rora Prlnevllle to .
Silver Lake was refused by the depart- . 1
ment but there is sumcient mau i
Deschutes to -entitle It to dally service.
POUTICAL POINTERS
Aviinrtnn Raoord. To clinch the mat
ter for WlUlamson be delegate In con
venuon unanimously Instructed the con- u
greesional delegation to vote for Wil
liamson for renomlnatloar It seems that
everybody but Mr. Moody and hi friends
accepted the, decision , of , Multnomah) ,
Tt would seem that Mr. Moody
is determined to run for congress again,
whether jtne nepuoiiran
him or hot The -pemooratlo; papewl. r
the district seem t geperauy xavyr .
Moody, and 11 may be expctedtKat the .
Democratlo party will homlnate him,
hoping thus to defeat Mr. Williamson, r
If Mr, Moody doe not expect the Demo- .
cratlo nomination w can see no reason
why he should continue to be a can
didate. - . '..-'.
Ex-Governor Geer, speaking from ex
perience, jn Balem Statesman; - For tne
defeated candidates the Statesman dl
tor is In a position to reel tne ae-pw
measure of sympathy. Few things are .
more difficult in thl life.- than to s
sume a natural smile of genuine Pleas
ure over a defeated Aspiration. .1 .16
quite impossible , .to so s gloiA It -oyejf T- .
that the spurious nature of the eneer-
Ing will not plainly assert Itself. But , .
n-a . 4v unavoidable results of '
polltloa contests n:hf-th,l1!!!
ha been brought about 'airly and with
out abuse,. It is the ow ' h ?
pointed man to make the best fac he
ha at his command. Even-, then his
best friends are likely to, have diffi
culty in recognising him. ... -) .
Woodburn , Independent: -Seventeen
Slmonltes in the Multnomah BfPblloan
convention represented 6.00. voters, and
large number of other delegatee rep- .
resented 1,00 votera -.The solid 17 got .
nothing, the other sld believing that -to
the- victors - belongs the spoils, but
they are now' trembling in their boots ;
and bowing and scraping before th Sim- -
onlte. many of whom ere liable to knife
the ticket 'The Mitchell men erred In
noClecognlsIng the 5.000 votere. The " -Simon
men can see no bright future in . ;
the election of Mitchell state senator . '
tor four. years. z- ;
Deschutes Echo: If Portland news
paper - correctly describe th wrathy
doings of Sheriff Btorey. after his1 de- -feat
for renomlnation,' the . surprise I '
not, that' the man -got out of Office, but, V "
that he ever managed to get in. The ;
ehanpe for 'the Republican; party to J
succeed In any part of the United States -T ,
this year seem, very doubtful to Storey ' f ?
now.;:i-? !v.S-y MVi
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