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PORTLAND, OREGON. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C S. JACKSON Published every ev C except Sunday A SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT WHICH STRIKES THE M ARROW. WHK REPORT, of the. council's 1 on the Tanner creek sewer desired for directness, force the first line to the last k hits ihoalder. It neither seeks nr . scapegoat upon whose weak .shoulders to oast the I'lirden of the biarri, so that, those officials who in the final analysis inut be held responsible might at least cftcape public censure, however severely they were re- i cttving sincere condemnation. The poor devil of an in spector comes out tattered and torn and the contractors get all that is coming to them. All of this was ex pected as a matter of course, but what .was not ex pected with such onfidence, because thtj public haa not had the opportunity to become used to that sort of tiling, was the severe and well merited castigation so in telligently administered to the city engineer and his chief assistant, Scoggin. Whatever the fault of the underlings the sins of omission and commission must ; fall upon the devoted head of the principals in a trans action of this nature. These principals wers the city engineer and the assistant sity engineer, one of whom certified from his personal knowledge to the quality of the work to the executive board, which indeed accepted it on the strength of that official endorsement and the "other of whom made frequent incursions into the sewer presumably for the purpose of keeping fully informed o: what was going on and yet apparently without seeing 'anything that Was obvious to other observers. If this were a. lone case it might stand on its own merits, but it is not. It appears to be one of many in'which the city engineer's office is charged with favoritism in con nection with contracts and further favoritism- in the execution of the work. This single case, therefore, goes down to the very bottom of all contracts let by the city. It has long been understood "that the city en gineer's office has been a sort of infirmary for political hacks," many of whom nominally employed and actually p.-id by the city have too .often been engaged in doing political work. T . . But the startling thing in connection with the affair is that it throws suspicion, and justly, too, upon every, piece of work wb'0" has bn done or is being done .under the direction of these officials. With that show ing before him no one can tell what queer pranks have "been played or are being played. All he knows is that he is perfectly justified -in regarmg everything with -suspicion, in refusing to take anything for granted, least of all the solemn official assertion of the city en gineer and his assistant. When this point has been reached there is an obvious course for the mayor to pur sue and only one and that is for him whose administra tion is thus assailed in the most brasen way to act im mediately and in the way his official self respect would dictate. The city engineer's office is part of his of ficial family; once a cloud of suspicion has been thrown MORE AND SMALLER WHERE VVHEAT is the principal and most profitable crop, as in portions of eastern Ore gon, large farms yield not only the larger - pioffts in the aggregate, but per acre. In such cases it wosM be useless to advise their breaking up into smaller wheat farms, even if the advice were wise. A .dairyman who conducts his business on a large scale also needs quite a large farm. An orchardisC too, can make more money per acre, perhaps, from" a large than a small orchard. But considering the matter generally, and taking ill kinds of agricultural and horticultural, products into view, Oregon would be vastly better of? if most of the large land-holdings were divided up. and so multiplied into three, five or ten times as many hold-, lor many profitable purposes, in the .well settled portions of the state, and near a transportation line, a small tract of land is sufficient. It can, furnish the owner with enough employment, if he makes the best . and utmost use of it, and it will support a good-siied family and in many cases provide a comfortable bank account beside . .! Owners of large tracts of fertile land, much of which i practically useless and profitless to them, would themselves be better off after selling the greater por tions of their holdings. Thus they would increase the population of their neighborhoods, would decrease the per capita taxes, would get better wagon roads and perhaps an electric road, would have money for im provement w investment, and the fraction they re- . tained would in many cases be rendered within a very few years as valuable as the whole original tract would have been if retained and not utilized. This is a matter that must be left entirely to the will and disposition of the land-owners,- but it should do no 1. - ... in ihrm nrrasionallv that thev would rot only greatly benefit their several THE OPES AHD CLOSED SXOP. Question The editor of MeClure's Magasine. In presenting Ray Htannanl Raker's article on "the RiM of the Tailors." In tba De emter number, makes this explanatory statement: "The extra ordinary Story here given of labor warfare In New Tork City In terprets, perhaps, better than any , amount of purely academic discussion, the real significance to the American people of the 'closed shop' the most "vital industrial problem of the day ' This well prefaces Mr. Baker's remark able dlecuaaion of the strike of the gar' me.nt-workers, the tremendously meaning story of "democracy on Its way up." He describes the condition of these work ers, before the union came to their salva tion, in the sweatshop the lowest paid, moat degrading of American employment, far worse loan slavery. The Yiddish straggler, seeking the land of freedom, merely changed oppressions from the political tyranny of Russia to the Indus trial tyranny of America. The former deprived him of his rights, the latter took his life. Today the sweat-shop . and the task system, as they were known s few years ago. have utterly disap peared, and the ehf Influence in effect -Ina this reform has been trade-union organisation. The (Jerment Workers' union grew In usefulness and power, but, succumbing to the weakness of human nature. It sometimes abused that power. Thar appeared the usual tend r notes to monopolise labor, to rise wages Inordinately, and to practise many aorta cf restrictions. The protest then the action." of lbs employers followed, the principle of, Ut "open ahflp" wss dr. flared and enforced, and the union struck. I'nitar unfavorable condition. In spite of the .heroic sacrtnee and devo tion of the garment workers, the strike tailed .There were man to All every vs cant place. Somehow the world's work gets Itself dons, Irreslsflhly. remorse -lessor, regardless of unions or associa PUBLISHED BY "JOURNAL PUBLISHING ' CO. 1 Mid every Sunday morning at strests, Portland, Oregon OFFICIAL PAPER OF YHE CITY Of PORTLAND over part of the special committee leaves nothing to De and courage. From straight from the attempts to find a election to the office ffible. are casting and upon other, tion of the city engineer. It there has been caooKea ncss, and appalling crookedness at that, in the case ;ni the Tanner creek sewer, the -public is rneHned to be lieve there is and jobs. What Is wanted are the facts. For these there i a public demand which no official should attempt to frustrate. The public wants to know the worst and to know it as speedily as possible. In some directions there may yet be service and increase officials and the oath. Much good vestigation, but until the very last fact in every direc tion has been dragged forth and laid before the public, until the extent of the conspiracy which seemingly ex isted between the contractors and the city, officials whereby, there was graft on one side and immunity on the other, is made clearly apparent in opeA court, every thing that could be done has not been done and to that extent the investigation will fall short of meting out punishment to those who deserve it and establishing a new line of conduct in public work that will insure full value for every dollar spent Among the timely and much appreciated Thanksgiving gifts were those of the family of the late Henry Wein hard to the various charitable "institutions of the city; and to two widows of former employes. In this at tractive way his heirs cheerfully carried out his ex pressed or known wishes. FARMS. the state at large, but themselves as well, by Selling off portions of large and not fully utilized holdings at reasonable prices. A VICTORY FOR PORTLAND. STRANGE. Portland. .mlli .i. - ..i, ,,f th l II r lUH.i . circuit court. At subterfuges and technicalities, and neia cioseiy ana c.miv n the nlain letter of the law. At last juries. prompted -thereto aroused puDlie sentiment an ironng uiim, only the pertinent and material facts intd consideration, and have quickly done their duty. Hitherto it was only Chinamen who could be convicted of gambling, and then, perhaps, only when they did not ''pungle" sufficiently; bit at last the Jong violated, defied and outraged law has got a successful grip on two of the chief gambling bosses, and the moral and even the political atmos phere of the city is already clearer and purer in con sequence. It is somewhat to be regretted that the city itself, instead of becoming a partner in law-breaking, did not take up and accomplish this task. As it is, the city of ficials get no credit for this victory. It hadto be won under a state law. But the ultimate moral effect will be the same. Some ,day we shall have a city adminis tration, that will join forces with the state authorities in suppressing this criminal vice, as it has been fla grantly practiced in Blazier's, Erickson's, Frits' and the Portland Club. There is little doubt that the great majority of voters are pleased with the outcome, and will be more care ful in future than they have been in the past to elect of ficers, city as well as county, who will not tolerate any such shameful exhibitions of this criminal vice as have disgraced the city in the past. communities, and tions, of human aspirations or human life. Yet Mr Baker points out, the union, though defeated, has accomplished much "the Industrial policeman" he calls it. To the garment workers It Is the only barrier that stands In the way of a swift return to sweat-shop conditions. The public certainly paya for unionism. Wage advances corns, finally, from the pocket of the consumer. But the Americanising of the east side" through unionism would be cheap at almost any price. gome Important deductions are drawn by Mr. Baker concerning the question of unionism which will near much study. "Unionism." hs declares, ''Is a neoessary, vital force in our life: but just as surely as it Is a great power for good, It msy also, unlimited and unrestricted, become a dangerous Influence for evil." "The union," he says again, "Is not only a benefit to both workers and em ployers, but it has become. In our com plex democratic civilisation, an absolute necessity, and It should be as Jealously guarded by society as any other great In stitution." and this well summarises his argument: "It can be conclusively shown thai, exactly as em extreme 'open shop' condition (the result Of Which Is finally s wholly non-union shop) is a detriment to employers as well aw to the workers, so an extreme 'closed shop' la a detri ment to the workers as well as to the employers. Neither extreme la wise. It Is essentlsl to recognise the limitations of the principle Of trade-unionism. The best eondltlon Is one In whleh there are strong organsatlons on both sides, each holding the other In check." The labor problem is not abstract, but Intensely practical. Keen side must re frain from exercising all of Its rights (In common wlllVall men in civilised society), end must submit to the eternal law of compromise. ihSt Industry may prAgress In peace. It would he hard to estimate the valu able serleea of Chairman Prank C. Raker during the late Republican campaign. Malheur Gazette. Perhaps that's so. Editorial JHO. P. CARROLL The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill - , administration, its official head cannot afford for the sake of his own reputation to appear to condone by failing to sharply rebuke it. When public confidence is so completely shaken as it hasbeen by the evil smelling emanations from the Tanner creek sewer investigation, no man with the experience of Mayor Williams need be told what he owes to himself and to the people erf Portland who aumitred him by his which he now hiRCS But rumors, which arc constantly growing more tv serious, suspicions in other directions jobs which have been under the direc has been more crookedness in other time to save the taxpayers from be ing defrauded; in others a laying oare oi tne tacts win successfully throttle such crookedness in the future and bv illuminum the dark spots vastly improve the public official responsibility. Jf this view of the case is taken the Tanner creek sewer is worth all it has cost and out of the evil will come great good. This branch of the investigation should be taken up at once and relentlessly pursued. In this way the spirit of graft will receive a deadly blow from which it s not likely soon to recover. , ,: Furthermore, as the committee recommends, the fea tures of the case which imply collusion between the cil contractors should at once be taken up by the grand jury which is now in session and that phase should be probed to the- very bottom by a. body with power to summon witnesses and put them under has already resulted from the in NEW EVENTS are happening in Astonishing, inexplicable,, to the boss and their associates and followers, are turn la at (rambline cases tried in the r m .. last the courts, have frowned on all in great measure, no doubt, by an Uncle B SMll porta Three Bela of Bevolntlonary Heroes. From Success Magazine gome of our pension statistics are curloua. For example, we learn that there are still on the rolls three pension era of the Revolutionary wsr. which wss brought to an end over 110 years ago. Of pensioners accredited to the war of lilt, there still remain S19, while of the Mexican war ho fewer than It, 016 survive. Of those accredited to the Revolutionary war. one la d widow and two are daughters. The report shows that pension paymsnts are made to people residing In every state and tsrrltory In the Unloa, and In almoat every known country on the globe Among the states. Ohio leads In the amount of penalon money paid annually to Its rltlzens, with Pennsylvania sec ond. Nsw York third, and Illinois snd Indiana following closely. At the date of the report, there were 4,110 pensioners residing outside of the United States. and they drew $722. 4lo.fi:' In the last fiscal year. Nearly half of thla amount went to persons in Canada. Quarterly pension vouchers were sent besides to persons in Mexico. South Amerlcs, every country In Europe, the A so res, the Bar bados, China, the Comoro isles, East and South Africa. Samoa, the Seychelles islands. Slam and St. Martin. It shows that the pension bureau was a buay of fice laat year. More than 211,000 cases ware passed upon, and lil.000 certifi cates were Issued. No fewer than 101, 114 applications were rejected, of which 83. OOP were thrown out on medical and 24, tOO on legal grounds. Willing to Oblige The Bride Oh, Jsrk' You Shouldn't kiss me before sll those girls. The Oroom I'm glad my little wife is so unselfish, and lust to please you I'll kiae all those girls. Page of Tft Jonrn . ..asssss. ..ie- t - I 0.-'m,.m . I Small Change Once a year, though, is often enough. Our circuit judges know their busi ness. I If It waa say consolation the turkey might have considered that he came high. Tea, turkeys are scarce on poor men's tables. The doctors are keeping closs to the telephone. Taft took with him a soft voice and a btg stick. at TmVre are more waya than one of becoming too full. What a tremendous preacher the presi dent would have made. Turkeys will, of course, be cheaper when you don't want one. Why dont you start a turkey ranch gnd become a millionaire? Panama haa about as much for an army and navy as has Alaska. j After you bought the turkey, did you have enough money to get the "f Ixln's" T It is a, dull week when Miss Al-ee R-sv-lt doesn't bob up Into public view somehow. At last a white gambler haa been convicted. Law and the people will win after awhile. We won't believe any of them are real airships until one falls into the Mississippi river. General Stoessel .Is not havmg a pic nic, yet he seems to like the place he sticks so close to It. Roses are In bloom, grass Is growing, and governorship and mayoralty booms are beginning to Sprout. Port Arthur says that Instead of be ing ready to fall It Is standing up stralghtrr and aollder than1 ever. livery member of the next Michigan legislature Is a Republican, but two Democratic sheriffs were elected In the Mexico has a lot of surplus sugar. But the sugar trust will see to It that this does not cause sugar to be cheaper In the United States. A little suit for $350,000 doesn't worry Tom Iawon a -Wfr only gives him an extra box of pepper, with which to season his speech snd writing. Chiraaro Tribune: Portland's varia tion of the Mldwav and the PlVe at its exposdtlsn next year will be known as the 'Trail." - Of the same serpent? The psrty of Jim Inman of Looking Glass, Or., la at a disadvantage: there being no member of the party but him self he cannot have a quarrel within the party unless he fights with the looking glass. It has Ween demonstrated that a eon tractor, or contractrng agent or . pro moter, though his general aim may be to swindle the taxpayers, may yet, on ocoMlon, and for the sake of spit or revenge against some of his pals, do the taxpayers a good turn, perhaps the Tanner creek sewer Investigation will have the effect of cheeking Jobbery in the future. Oregon Sitjglignta J -A good deal of building Is going on in Cor vail Is Amltv hss a new naner. the Advances! tnat makes a. good Initial appearance. Only 1.100 of Jackson county's 4 000 voters went to the polls on November I. A numrkln raised near Medford la ss big as a waahtub, snd weighs 83" pounds. A lot of McMlnnvllle beer kegs were decorated with crepe Tamhtll dry. Kvery county of Oregon ehould be working zealously now on those ex hlbts Many potatoes ralssd on a farm near Dairy. Klamath county, weigh from SH to I pounds each. One day last week a train of II oars of cattle and care of hogs left Elgin for the Troutdale atoefcyarda. Farmers In the vicinity of HatneS raised a surplus of 2B.040 pounds of fine apples, which they shipped to the mines around Sumptsr. Report says that there will be another Wedding In Corvalla during the holi days.' Corvallls Oasette. What! Only one, In a big town like CorvallteT There are1 to be plenty of turkeys In market this year enough to go round and to spare. The price wilt be 10 to 22 cents. Albany Democrat. Does this really settle It? A warm controversy Is going on In Klamath county Over the btg ditch through Klamath Falls. That It will be a great agsncy of development Is gen erally acknowledged, but a portion of the people of Klamath Falls think it is being given too great and permanent privileges? Plnevllle Review: But one vote was cast in Montgomery precinct for Parker, and the distinction lies between Jake Merrill. Tom Sharp and Dave Weaver. As neither of these gentlemen VIU own up to It. the conclusion Is forced upon US that the voter made a serious mls- taks and cast his ballot for the wrong man. If a man Is liable to commit a crime. what a fool he la to have his skin tst tooed. A man arrested in Bend for aa sault was recognised by a deputy sheriff ae a probable California murderer, for whom a reward of ItOO had been offered, and positive identification was made by figures tatooed on hla arm. The deputy sheriff's good memory and close obser vation add 1100 to his purse. Tillamook Headlight: Nothing has given such general, sat laf act ion far a long time In Tillamook city and county as the vote . to adopt the local option law. snd. from what we can gather, there la a disposition, even by those who were opposed to It. to give the taw a fair trial and for the city snd county of ficials to enforce It, es well as the state gambling law. That la what the peo ple of this county demand. - --.-, -lit Strtvngc Story of we. is- 1 Fan Italian murder ' Rome They are trying at Turin a countess, three professional men sad a woman of ill-repute for murdeasvan atrocious, cowardly murder worthy of the Rme of the Borglaa. OnAuguBt 23, 10I. Count Francisco Bonmartlnl, a young and wealthy nobleman, left hla wife. Una. and his two children in Venice, where they were spending the bethlhg season, for a hasty trip of one day to his homo In Bologna, where be had business to transact before starting with his family .... nwiarland. It Was iML Wiw twin iwi " . dark when he arrived at Bologna. He drove at once to tne -hibs where the Bonmartlnl tenanted the tlrst floor, closed up at the time and without servants. Aftsr a hasty exchange of greetings with the house porter, the count ran up to his rooms. . The Countess Linda Bonmartlnl ex pressed alarm when her husband did not return Jo Venice the next evening. Iter friends reassured her. but she wired for news of the count to Padua and Rome and went to church and knelt and wept before the shrine of the Madonna. She did not wire, however, to Bologna, . . i i.,.r natasxo and her brother. Tullio Murrl. resided and mtgnt have been awe to iivi the missing msn. Five days after thla strange, disap pearance of the count the tenants of the nk.. ei.t. ,.r the RlatoBhl palace com plained to the police that something was wrong in tne apartment t ..lnl The norter explained that no one was in the apartment, though the count had neen mere a w - fore. Doubtleas. said the porter, he had ..r. - mnrniM nrohablv Passing through a private entrance" which led from his rial to an unirwiiuw at the back of the palace. v. hmlra into the apartment and a horrible sight presented Itself to .. . .... J . , In the their view. ine couni ijr uu entrance hall covered with wounds The furniture, In disorder and smeared with blood, bore evidence of a fierce struggle. His vsIIbs had been forced .tut ranaaeked snd his DUrse WSS gone. An open letter In a feminine hand signed with an initial and ad dressed to the dead man waa found in hla pocket Two glasses and a cham pagne bottle were found. A woman. It was declared, must nave oeen in ius MH.kat.lv introduced bv the back i .....in , ,, ........... . . : . , B,Ki,.h Mh moat have aubaeouently I It,., i. ni, i. it aw .' - opened to her murderous associates. The police lookea ror tne perpetrmiora ui iw crime In the slums of Bologna, but without success. The countess hastened to Bologna in . nt .rUf She waa so delected that after a summary examination by a pitying magistrate, to whom ahe un willingly aomiltea mat ner iaie nuauanu i.u '...ftuinnniiv consorted with kow ..Mnla,, aht waa sent to Zurich bv her father. Professor Murrl. an eminent physician, a man or weaitn ana mnu ence. a senator and. like all hla family, an agnostic. Her brother. Tulrlo Murrl. and a physician accompanied her. TuMio. after crossing the Alpa. suddenly left her. He had receivea oaa news troia Bologna. nv miim Um A .htttn Informed that n Pnntiil formerly a confidential servant of the countess, bad been seerr loitering pear ine oisiogm pic evening or the count s imm " ir.r.ic. Keenly cross-examined, she gave clews Which at first seemed In credible. She waa arrested whereupon another dlsreputsble character, a Dr. Plo Naldl. a young physician and a . ,m known to be Intimate with Tullio Murrl, disappeared from Bologna. He was traxkea 10 uenoa, preparuiB embark for America, and to avoid arrest MtiMti to Roloa-na and confirmed the suspicions raised by the , testimony of Rosa Bonettl. . Tullio Murrl wanaereu in iiunai y snd Bosnia, shadowed by the Austrian police, eagerly reading tne lianan pi i vers full of comments srd surmises about the Bologna murder. He saw that the same waa up and determined on a bold stroke. Hs wrote td his fsther. confessing that he had killed hie baother-ln-law In seir-derense. tie nan high words with the count, he wrote, and. as the latter attempted to stab li h rAr.chH the daearer from his hand and in a fury of rage stabbed him to death. Tne poor iatner gave mo icu ter to the police and shortly after Tullto returned to Italy and waa arrested. . But the story of a murder In self defense oould not hold water, because the police In the meanwhile had ascer tained other facts beyond a doubt. The Countess Bonmartlnl. hitherto looked upon aa a paragon of matronly virtues. was found to oe maaiy in love wan a Dr. Secchl. The two had vainly tried to get rid by poison of the inconvenient husband. They they induced the countess' brother. Tullio. s lawyer ana a spendthrift, to dlspstch the count In ..M.iMn of a sum of monov. Which Dr. Secchl paid. Tullio nought the aid of his associate, Jt'lO -aiai. ana ine two were let into the apartment shortly he fore the arrival of the doubt by Rosa Bonettl. who had a key of the back door furnished by the countess. The love Istter, the champagne bottle and the rifled pockets and valise of the victim to put the ponce on tne scent. All the needful proofe took two years to collect, during which time the countess and Dr. Secchl were also ar retted. Now the five prisoners hsve been sept to answer the charge of mur der before the aeslaea of Turin. The trial Is expected to dreg on for three months before a verdict can be obtained, because there ere about 300 witneases. as well as numerous lawyers, the roost eminent and consequently the most long-winded In Italy, to be heard for the defense, quibbles Innumerable to be dis posed of and because Justice la a 'slow coach In Italy. From the Oregon City Rnterprlae. J. W. Thomas of Molslla Is the pos sessor of a coin that awaits the Identi fication as to its value' and the country by whlcrrlt was Issued. In slse the coin IS Identically the same as a $20 gold piece, after which it- appears to have been modeled. Its composition Is sn un known quantity, although It resembles brsss. but Is considerably lighter than that metal. On one side there Is a wo man's head with the word "Liberty" in scribed across the forehesd. and beneath appeara the inscription: "Compos Splel Munse." the design .being enclosed by IS stars. On the reverse aide snd In the center le the eagle and the shield, above which are Inscribed the words: "In Unltate Fortltudo." with another In scription similar to that on the other aide, and sa follows: "Compoe Spiel -Marks." The cola was found-In a recess In the mountains above WUholt springs by the Scott children. There Is no date on the coin to indicate the time of Its eolnsge. The fsct that there Is a hole In the cw4n leads to the belief that It was , probably the property of Indiana at an early date by whom It waa used as a piece of Jewelry. tl tMoiUpat. Advice to Lovelorn! s- . Dear Mias Fatrtax-I am a young lady and, would Ilka your advice. There kt a young man calling to see me for three months almost every night. I am deeply In love with him- and I think hs levee me, too. He Just went Into business and be Is not far advanced aa yet. Do you think it would be proper for my parents to' ask him, as they are willing to help him out with money, because they think he does not propose o account of his not being In good circumstances yet? LOVELORN OIRL. If your father thinks the young man would be a desirable husband tor you. It would be quite proper to offer him pecuniary help but on no account allow him to ask the man's Intentions. It might ruin all your chances. If the man has any sense he will realise that your fathers aid moans encouragement and If he wants to marry you will come for ward. Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young lady It years old and engaged to a man 30 years old. I love my friend, but have not much confidence in him, as I noticed on several occasions he flirted with other girls. What Is your opinion or a man who flirts and who boasts of former girls? Do you think It safe to marry him? The question la this: There Is another young man of my acquaintance who loves me, and who has all the desirable quali ties a man should hava. I do not like to break my word to my friend, but think he will cause me much unhapptnese if I marry him. Do you think I ought to break my promise and choose the man who likes me best? KATHLEEN M. Because, a man has flirted doee not necessarily Infer that he will make a bad husband. But a man who boasts of his conquests la contemptible. Tou seem to be very doubtful of your chances for future happiness with him. Don't you think that "way down In your heart you have a longing" for the man who loves you beet? I think you have. Do not harry him unless you do love him. hut be very sure you don't before you let htm go. If you cannot trust the first man do not think of marrying him. tnrgea it Ss Puget Sound American: The recent visit to Belllngham of a large number of prominent railroad officials and agents from al! parta of the country la a pertinent and timely- reminder to Bel llngham people of the fact that now le the time 'to advertise Belllngham's lo cation, advantages and resources to the world. The approaching Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland. Oregon, Wlhlch la to be opened In a few months, will afford ua another Una opportunity for making these thlnge known to the large number of strangers. Immigrants and visitors, who will be In Portland, on Puget sound and on ths Pacific coast during the coming year. "There Is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune," is tme not only In the history of men but in that of cities, towns and communities, "omitted all the voyage of their life Is bound In shallows and In miseries." No time should be loet la preparing for circulation throughout the country at large by means of these rail road agencies that are so much Inter ested In travel and transportation, full nd ' complete descriptions Of the ad vantages of Belllngham and the sur rounding ! country In all thetT varied forms with' the numerous attractions of soil, climate and production, both of land and. water. It la the belief of the railroad officials referred to, whose means of information on that line are exceptionally good, that there will be a larger movement of popu lation to the Pacific coast than was ever before witnessed, and there . are many other Indications to the same effect. In carrying out these suggestions It would appear to be a wise movement on the part of thoee having charge of this matter to . s cure, If possible, the co operative action of Whatcom, Skagit and Island counties. These counties are very similar in tbelr general character istics and are more or less tributary to Ptlllnghnsn In addition ' to accurate descriptive matter relating to these and kindred subjects, such ss cultivation of oysters, the manufacture of lime, etc., for gen eral circniailon. there ehould be liberal exhibits of all these producta next year at the Portland exhibition. Maps should be prepared showing In detail the loca tion and characteristic of the various Items. To do this work requires time and money, but It .la believed that no Invest ment made by ths people of Belllngham would bring better return. In order that the work may be wsll done, It should be begun at once. There la no time to spare Of proper exhibits are to be made at Portland. The com mercial advantages of Belllngham should be fully set forth. Probably no other such opportunity In the lifetime Of the present generation will be af forded for advertising these manifold advantages amongst the many people now rooking to the Pacific coast for ' a permanent home. ' .From Success Magazine Judge Sauaderson, who is practicing law In Rverett. Wash'., formerly lived In Kentland, Ind . the boyhood home of Oeorge Ade. the humorist. "Ade waa a peculiar character In hla younger years." says the Judge. "He made my office a sort of a loafing place during the little time he spent In loaf ing. He was employed on a farm owned by a banker. One day he walked Into the office and aald to me: " 'That man Is the best I ever worked for.' 'Why?" I asked, for I knew that some thing funny was coming from Ade. " 'Well.' he replied, 'he doesn't ask a man to do a day's work In 10 hours he gives htm IS.' "As a boy we didn't suppose Jhat Ads would amount to moeh." continued the Judge, "though hla drollery was always amusing." T TO AVOID. From the Philadelphia Ledger. The glei who would be attractive must Avoid loud talking, especially In a public place. Avoid slang: It may sound amusing, but It la anything but ladylike, and other people know it. Avoid making faces whett she talks, and cultivate repose of countenance and manner. Avoid a blase air. and appear bright and Interested in what other people are saying. Avoid making unkind remarks abont a person not present, aa other people will consider whether she says such nasty things about them when they are also out of the way. Avoid ostentatious dressing ov clothes evidently too elegant for her etation or means. And. above all, have a cheerful face, although she most avoid the attrlbufe of the Cheshire cat In "Alice In Wonder land" the cat who wae all smile MOygMBEi . . " II I The HelpleMnero of Women (By Mrs. John A. Logan.) (Copyright. 104. by the Amerlcsa-Josraal-EsaeUMr.) There has always been weaker eex and consequently Innately helplessness. That this csn be truthfully spplted to women of this dsy and age la ex tremely doubtful. Few women are now brought up aa they once were to be abaolutely depen dent upon some man. The privations Of pioneering in the development of the resources, wars, catastrophes and other cauaes have left the women of this country no other alternative but to take hold of whatever was at hand tu support themselves and others depen dent upon them. Borne women are naturally timid and dependent, but the majority are not helpless. If their environment offere a little encouragement, as a rule, they strlks out and find something better. Unlike moat boys and men, girls and women do not wait for some congenial opportunity, but courageously adapt themselves to whatever offers. They rarely remain long In undesirable po sitions, but manage, etep by etep, to mount higher on the ladder of success. It Is an exceptional case where women desert those dependent upon them. Parents who are incapacitated and; un provided for In their old age are more likely to receive care and maintenance from their daughtera than from their sons. Children In their Infancy may be abandoned by their fathers, .but never by their mothers, unless, perchance, the mothers have descended very low In the scale of womanhood. Often women are left wldowa with debt hanging over them and helpless little children about their knees and no visible mesne of support at hand. They have been only housekeepers constantly occupied with, domestic cafes, and yet when they are thrown upon their, own resources they assume the responsi bility laid upon them, struggling un ceasingly to bear their burdens, clothe, feed end educate their children. The moat Illustrious men of the na tion were the sons of pojor widowed mothers who were aa courageous aa the Spartan mothers, thrifty and helpful to themselves, their children and to their neighbors as well. Win n people are In clined to talk or write of the helpless ness of women, let them recall the In dependence and heroism of the mothers of Abraham Lincoln. .James A. Obi -field and William McKlnley. They faced poverty and wMowhood and the care of their children with naught save their Innate helpfulness and Christian fortitude. Their sons did not hesitate to give all the credit of their success In life to their adored mothers. Who had guided their foot steps through the labrynths of poverty from Infancy to' manhood. Many other instance might be quoted proving that helplessness Is not an In herent quality In women. On the con trary. It Is as natural to msn aa women. Probably It would not be claiming too much to say that women are as re sourceful aa men, If not more so, and that they have more fortitude than men when elouda of adversity gather above them and the "slings and arrows- of out rageous fortune" faU thick and fast upon them- That women are caaily Imposed upon by being too trustful there la . no dis puting Once men have their confi dence and affections they can ' make them helpless and can obtain, absolute control oarer them. They will surrender everything to the keeping of the objects of their affeoUon. and, in too many cases, see their all scattered to the four winds without raising an objection, Mentally women are aa strong as men; morally they are stronger; physi cally they are weaker, and feereln Ilea their helplessness. Many women, how ever, undertake and accomplish her culean tasks that would appall men of prodigious physical strength. Journal of Lewis ana Clark November 24. The wind continued from the earns quarter and the weather was warm: we were occupied In finish ing our huts and making a large rope of elk skin to draw our boat on the Orison Swett Harden In Success Mags sine. Don't let go of love, or love of ro mance: they are amuleta agalnat wrinkle." If the mind Is constantly bathed In love, and filled with helpful, charitable aentlments toward all, the body will keep fresh and vigorous many years longer than it will If the heart la dried up and emptied of human sym pathy by a selfish, greedy Rio. The hesrt thst le kept warm by love Is never frosen by age or chilled by prejudice, fear, or anxious thoughti A French beauty used to have herself massaged with mutton tallow, every night, in order to keep her muscles elastic snd her body supple. A better Way of pre serving youthful elasticity la coming Into vogue maasagtng the mind with love thoughts, beauty thoughe. cheerful thoughts, and young Ideals. If you do not want the' years to count, look forward Instead of backward, and put as much variety and as many inter ests Into your life aa possible. Monotony and lack of mental occupation are great age-producer. Women who live In cltlea, In the mldat of many interests' end great variety, preserve their 'youth and good looks, as s rule, much longer than women who live In remote country places, who get no variety Into their Uvea, and 'who have no Interests out side their narrow dally round of monotonous dutlee, which require no exercise of the mind. Insanity la sn alarmingly Increasing result Of the monotony of women's live on the farm. Rllen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt, "who seem to have ageleee brightness of the stars," attribute their youthfulneee to action, change ofMhought and scene, and mental occupation. It le worth noting too, that farmers who live eo much out doors, snd In sn environment much more healthful than the average brain worker, do not live so long as the latter. James Brygs Is a small man. about t years old. With a very large head, most of which seems to protrude back ward and to slant upward arm backward from hla high forehead. He le bald on top. with that sort of white hair and beard Which sometimes turns yellow. He hss very bushy eyebrows of the same color. Is round shouldered, very, nicely dressed, and haa quite a distinct IrlsD accent which I had expected. He Is a distinct speaker, though very quiet and absolutely unemotional. He haa a high nasal voice, but he expresses him self In very good English and can be easily heard.