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Editorial Page of TKe Journal PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1904. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL r I Small Change Sr- . - t Tkank God for Life The Play AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Horse and Cattle T . 1 C S. JACKSON Published every averting ( except Sunday ) and every Sunday morning at THE INVESTIGATION MUST COME. V ANY irregular transaction in office should arouse what might otherwise be con sidered disproportioned suspicion surely no one ts (0 blame for it but the city engineer himself. Before the executive board took any steps the Tanner creek sewer job was approved without reservation by the en gineer himself who either knew nothing whatever about what he professed to have personal knowledge or, know ing, was a party to the conspiracy to rob the taxpayers who had to pay for the work. Neither horn of the di lemma is particularly attractive and whatever way he turns he is not likely to get much public sympathy. Be sides, now that attention is directed toward the city en gineer's office rumors are active of other jobs and deals which do Rot tend to increase public, confidence. In the matter of stuffing the payrolls, something that has already twice-excited suspicion, more than enough has been developed to warrant the most rigid and search ing investigation not only of what may have been done Lut the methods of returning the time checks and the provisions made to safeguard the public interests. If there is nothing to conceal, the engineer, in self protec tion, should be the first to demand an investigation. Lut whether he is willing or unwilling that investigation bhould be made and the council should not rest until every fact in relation to it is laid before the public. If there has been no crookedness, if no one has been over paid and the payrolls have not been stuffed, it is quite likely that some more careful method of timekeeping and certification will be evolved and that of itself will be something well worth while, no matter who happens to occupy the office of city engineer. AN EASY WAY TO IT IS ESTIMATED that half a million dollars will I be needed to establish new rural mail delivery routes as fast as they are recommended the com fnp year. In addition to this Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Bristow recommends a reduction in the postage rates so as to aid in the further development of this branch of the service. No recent innovation in the gov ernment has done more distinct and manifest good than the rural free delivery system. We favor not only its extension and development but decent pay as well for the carriers who are now ill requited for the valuable services which they render. At the, same time all of this could' be accomplished without placing any additional burdens upon the pub lic. It coutd be done by shearing away some of the profits which now accrue to the railway companies for carrying the mails. The rates are altogether out of pro portion to the value of the service rendered and rel atively to what is charged other patrons. This has beep the condition for years. Besides there is manipulation of the contract basis .every time a contract is let. Masses of mail matter are rushed through at the very lime when the government is weighing the mails to fix an alleged average to cover the year. It has even been charged that complaisant congressmen have lent themselves to the scheme to give the government the worst of it by ending forward at those times masses of governmental reports. But it is a matter of general agreement that the gov ernment pays entirely too much to the carrying com panies. Congress should see to it that the cost is rad ically lowered. In this way enough could be saved, with out calling upon the taxpayers, to give a first-class rural mail delivery and pay the carriers living wages without calling on the taxpayers for a dollar to make up the general deficit now anticipated. GROWTH OF PACIFIC COAST CITIES. EIGHT MILLION, five hundred and twenty-five thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars this is the sum spent in building operations in San Francisco during the first half of the present year from January to July inclusive. During the first six months of 1904 there was spent in building operations in San Francisco $1,380,909 more than during the corresponding period in 1903, $2434,496 mors than in 1902, and $5,500,000 more than in 1901. These figures tell eloquently of the growth and pros perity of that city during the past few years. One rea son for San Francisco's rapid and wonderful growth duiing this period is one not entirely creditable to the general government, nor pleasing to the people of this city and state; for in the matter of Philippine supplies From the New York World. The Russian movement for the Zemstvo conference, upon tts ssnctlon by the czar, was referred to by Prof. John W. Burgess of Columbia university s a parallel of the agitation In the American colonies leading up to the rirst continental congress. Professor Burgess, who Is dean of the Columbia university School of Political science and one of the leading authorities on the development of the American constitu tion, wss discussing before one of his claases ths development of the national spirit and the national state. This distinction lie msde between the Russian movement of today and that In America ISO years ago. The continental congress was the crystallisation of a national spirit, an assembly without legal authority, repre sentative, not of the 13 colonies, but of the revolutionary psrty therein, thst eventually established Its legality by the Issue of arms. - On ths other hand, the Zemstvo con. ferenca. although revolutionary In pur pose, with the object of establishing a national assembly In Russia, will be a legality by ssnctlon of the csar. Never theless It will bs a menace to existing Institutions In Russia, for it also rap resents ths crystallisation of a national spirit squally dangerous to the sov ereign power u TaoniLE XM oni.ua From the Condon Globe. The AJax country la said to be In a condition almost bordering on warfare. Within ths last few weeks 12 homestead Islms have been contested, snd no one ran tsll where ths trouble will stop or what will be ths result of the mess al ready stirred up. Many of ths stettlers nf that section srs young men who sre olvllged to leave thslr claims at Inter vals to earn money on which to live while Improving their pieces, but the settlers rlslm that all have been com plying with ths ISW SS nearly as It Is possible to do. It Is alleged that a resident of thst neighborhood snd s PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. streets, Portland, uragon. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND San Francisco, and favored and given the city engineer's without it. We cannot show above narrated, yet a very large and terial lines than year, and its rate ment will be still Indeed, it will its present rate of and become the HE SALEM selves in concessions cheerfully borne are doubtless still DO IT. this citv. For one year but if we fail in the fault will be STILL E VER SINCE immediately after lawyer at Ths Dalles are at the bottom of ths trouble, and that for a consid eration they Induce strangers who srs looking for cheap land to believe thst all that Is necessary to secure a farm Is to contest some other man s claim and take his land away from him. The settlers sre qf the opinion, however, thst the wouldbs land grabbers have tackled a bigger job than they can handle. A gentleman who was In from that neighborhood ths other day Inti mated that things were liable to be doing out there most any time, and that some Sensational developments might be expected. Ths settlers srs considerably worked up over ths mat ter. TEAC HE TO CO T. Shelley Sutton. In Mtnd. God, give me strength or teach me to command The strength that sleeps within ma. In my soul Wske Thou Its subtle forces, that my hand May do Its work my ateps attain their goal. Let Thy sweet Lovs pervade my hopeful life; Let Truth and Wisdom to my heart be shown: Give Thou Thy sanction to my earthly strife. Make me. myself, my ssvtor ms. alone. jf Teach ma this truth that Thou ars All In All a Thst In Thy boundless Soul am I con fined Thst from Thy vasty presence I may csll Whate'er I seek for body, soul, or mind. Let every thought upbuild my strug gling heart: As from some Dream each golden Dead has grown As every Fsllure doth Success Impart So, from ths Past, let ms erect ths Throne! JNO. P. CARKOU. The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill in a less degree Seattle, have been large margins of profit, while Port land has been snubbed or neglected. Yet this business while not unimportant, is after all but incidental. San Francisco would have grown, and Portland is growing. such a great building record as that the end-of-the-year records will show fine growth in Portland also perhaps as much, in proportion to size, as that of San Francisco In fact, we shall doubtless show a better comparative record, for this city it growing much faster than is the metropolis of California. In proportion to population, Portland has probably improved more along these ma has San Francisco during the present or percentage of growth and improve greater next year. not take Portland very many years, at growth, to overtake San Francisco largest and most important Pacific coast city. A CHANCE WHICH SHOULD NOT BE LOST. PAPERS are freely expressing them favor of a big state fait and the liberal that go with it. The state has the burden of the state fair and be cause of some benefits accruing a majority of the people favorable to its continuance. But 1905 is a year when Oregon cannot afford to scatter: it must concentrate if it expects to get the very best results from what it has to show. There will be one and only one great exposition in Oregon or the north west during that year; that will be the Lewis and Clark fair. The stats has already made a pretty investment in this great enterprise; the sum has been supplemented from Portland and the national capital. What is al ready in prospect promises the very finest secondary ex position ever held in the country. AVhile the advance ment of the whole Pacific northwest and all the section originally comprised in Oregon will be largely judged by the showing which they will make at the Portland ex position what is true of what are now other states will be particularly true of this state. While it is and is in tended to be a great northwest exposition the state in which it is held will naturally be expected to put its best foot forward. It presents such ran opportunity as may never again come to make the most of everything Ore gon has to show. This great state and all that it stands for, actually and potentially, is too little known by the outside world. Every citizen knows and deplores this fact. The way to make it known is to make such a showing at the fair as will arrest the attention of every visitor. This can be -done if we concentrate our re sources and make the most of them." Portland should be regarded by the whole state as the actual center of things during the coming year and no money should be frittered away in other directions and for other shows. It is not Portland alone but the whole state that will be on trial then and the benefits which will accrue will go more largely to the rest of the state than they will to r , .... j let - all the people unite in this great enterprise and make of it what it should be in so far as it represents that which. is peculiarly our own. We can never make a better investment and can never have a better opportunity. Other fairs we can hold any timo this the loss wilt be. for all time and entirely our own. t -y THE TARIFF QUESTION. ther election the Republican party has found itself face to face with the question of tariff revision. That could scarcely have been called a distinct issue in the campaign, that is it was not debated and thrust forward as the campaign's keynote and no hearty campaign in its favor was found necessary for the reason that the Democrats did not see fit to make it the subject of vigorous attack all along the line. Nevertheless that issue was never lost sight of by the voters. The Dingley tariff has been so long before the country, its inequalities and injustices are so well under stood, it has been so frequently and justly attacked in and out of the Republican party that it is expected as a matter of course something would be done with it at a sntcial session which it is expected the president will call the close of the regular session of congress. The intimations thrown out by Vice-President-elect Fairbanks were not sufficiently specific to satisfy anyone who expects an honest revision. More than this is ex pected from the president himself. It is believed that in his forthcoming message he will have something to say upon this important question and it is expected to be sufficiently to the point to give hope for that relief to which the American public is legitimately entitled. EXFLAIimfO NOAM'S AM. Ths Danes have been building a vessel upon ths lines of Noah's ark, as de scribed in Genesis. The model Is 30 feet long, five feet wide snd three feet In height, one-tenth of Noah's measure ments. It was floated on the sound on October SO, with a party of professors, engineers end offlclsls on board, and is reported to have behaved admirably at sea. The event confirms the theory that ths Bsbylonlans had at a very early period a sea-borne commerce, that Noah's ship was a saa-golng vessel, and that it was driven, ss recorded In the Babylonian annals, by s storm wave up the Doab of the Tigris and Euphrates Into the mountslns. The remembrance of this calamity, which destroyed whole cities, lssted long, and grew with the Jews into the account of a flood. Herr von Dieting states that the Babylonians kept doves on board their ships, which they occa sionally released, and thus, by follow ing their direction of their flight, were able to reach land. MJJIUTB S CHEWS. From ths St. Louis Olobe-Democrat. "The fourth Jewel screw of a watch Is so small that to ths naked eye It will not look like anything more than a bit of dust," ssys Ed Kelly, watchmaker, "and la probably ths smallest screw msde. It must necessarily bs perfect (n evsry respect, and the character of the workmanship required on It is II lnt rated l.v looking at It under a power ful microscope, when It Is seen that the threads sverage ISO to the Inch. "It Is sxsctly 4-100 of sn Inch In di ameter and over S0.000 could bs packed Into a lady's thimble with sass. Count ing thsss screws ts never attempted, of course, but IN sre weighed on a dell cats steelyard and ths total number of an output la arrived at by comparing the gross weight with the weight of these. Such tiny screws can only bs made In large numbers by machinery, snd the operstlon attending their manu factura Is ons of the most delicate things In watchmaking." The killers are out of date. St. 1 .011 la, bow do you feel? How proud we are of dinger December Is all right, too, in Oregon. Yea, let's have a big stats fair, too. And Colorado Is In ths union yet! has! Next year wilt be a great one in Ore gon. Oh, for a big, courageous, wide-awake mayor: Many syea axe on Portland. worthy. Let's be Oh. what a comedy Fairbanks' tariff reform will be: Can t there be a trial without the handwriting expert? Really, Mr. Mayor, what do you think of ths city engineer? Look at ths tariff being reformed by the friends of the trusts. The beef trust. If anybody aaks you. Is still In business and prospering. Ths stand-patters are not quite surs whether they are standing pat or not. What is this ws read of people starv ing In a Mush district? Breakfast-food mush, perhaps What Is ths next legislature going to do about those shamefully excessive sal arlea of certain stats officials? 8. B. Ormsby writes to ths Oregonlan thst be is st Salem. But Is he In the rlgbt place at Balem. or vicinity T General Hell ought to have gone to Mexico, as it was reporiea ne was to o. In fact. It might have been well If Gen eral Bell had gone to Mexico before hs ever cams to Colorado. , .Oregon Sidelights No mors China pheasants, legally. Lots of ducks, up country. If you go after 'em. Woodburn Is going to Improve -much. and right off. Eighteen tons an acre of alfalfa in Oregon. True business. Gone out of business: Ths nickel-ln- the-slot telephone. Albany Democrat. That's right. It'a a fraud. Dolph Item In Tillamook Herald: Irving Hill's blooded bear dogs are nearly dead from the effects of salmon poison, but ss Irving is exercising great medical skill In doctoring them It is still possible to overcome the poison. TK TVallnfl Chronicle Aa another evi dence of gqM times which make our people In eastern Orsgon prosperous snd fat wa would- cite the following ad vertlssment hsnded us for publication: "Wanted a pleasant room on second floor, facing south, by a single gentle man with a bay window." Tangent correspondence of Albany Democrat: Farmers say that at least three fourths of the farming land has been seeded this fall which will leave a small spring crop to bs put In, pro vided the winter is favorable. Fall grain looks extra fine and 1s growing fast; also grass has mads a fair growth for thla time of the year. Prairie City Miner: It Is estimated that the Rlvalllar flour mill will grind 10.000 bushels of wheat this fall. This will necessitate a continuous run until the first of the yssr. Ons dollar per bushel Is the pries offered at the mill, and the flour Is superior to sny In the market and takes preference with the purchaser. Ths mill will make a longer run thla year than has been made for several years, and the prospects are an Increased acreage. Sumpter Miner: The train handa on the Sumpter Valley railway paasenger train, coming over from Tipton yester day flagged a black tailed deer In the timber, and lhe boys who carry a Jap anese naval arsenal In the baggage car opened fire without hitting the animal. An excited passenger Jumped off the train and gave chase. It is said the woods ore full of deer now, but the train doesn't wait for hunters. When the en gineer sights an animal he blowa the whistle. Woodburn Independent: Supervisor Charlea McKee of Monitor precinct has made a report to the county court show ing that 11.000 worth of volunteer work has been done on the Monitor roads dur ing the paat season. Labor to the amount of (00 was done in hauling gravel and IZB0 worth of volunteer work In cutting down ths grade of the Boxler httta, ths county donating $250. The Monitor people and live supervisor are to be highly commended for the good showing made with but little financial assistance from the county. John Day News: F. I. McCallum. who made a trip Into the Greenhorns last week, viewing the young city of the name and transacting business on the way, returned home Thursday night. He reports the mining Industry ss far more prosperous th4n the newspaper accounts had led him to believe, and that many good mines ars running full blast. Other properties are deep sinking on aome of the velna, and altogether the amount of work, under way was s gratifying surprise to him. He thinks the future of that mining section Is sssured. Tillamook Herald: The survey of the new water system Is now practically completed and it la reported that the direct line from the city to the point of Intake Is flva and three quartera miles, this Is a complete surprise In Itself aa nearly everyone expected It to be not less than seven miles to the point where the lntske Is to bs placed. The en gineer's report on estimate, etc . will be made as soon as Mr. Chase completes It and hands It over to the council. Owing to the Inclement weather snd. very short days It has been a very tedious Job. The report is snxlously awaited by every one. "We ran trace msny of our sin to Adam." ssld the breakfast philosopher, "but there Is ons thst ws cannot." "What may that be?" saksd the hat rlerk. "Walking around with bands In our I Sets.' ivustiers Prom the Monument Enterprise. The officers have bean scouring ths country In the vicinity of Dong creek the past week In search of the horse rustlers They have been making a gen eral raid on the semi-organised band of horse-thieves who have been operating on the ranges of northern Grant for a number of years. The rustlers are men and boys who own a saddle-horse and outfit but very little other property, and ride ths ranges almost continually, are present at every roundup and claim all the estray horses and always coma In for a large portion of the colts, and make a practice of rushing strange bands of horses through the country in ths night. Thsss rustlers are suspected and usually pretty well known to the officers and- settlers In ths communi ties where they operate, but their methods of stealing are so smooth that It ts difficult, and usually impossible, to gst sufficient evidence against them to convict any of ths gang. Their operatlona extend from central Oregon to the Idaho line, and It Is known that small bands of stolen horses srs sent from the Interior ranges to railroad stations In Idaho by relays of the or ganised band who pass the horses from range to range, never falling to 'take a few head of local stock from svsry range through which they drive. Oeorae Elliott, the 17-year-old youth. who Is now confined In the county Jail at Canyon City, has confessed to being a member of ths gang, and It Is under stood, given ths namea of the principal leaders, who. It Is hoped by every settler who has stock on the ranges In north em Grant, will be captured or driven out of the country. Settlers say that frequently old work mares that ars turned out In the spring to aummer on the range, come horns In the fall with sucking colts branded with strange or unknown brands; brands that are not recorded In any brand book In the country. These brands ars usually made with an Iron rod, old horseshoe or even an Iron stirrup, and np one claims them. At the first favor able opportunity, the colt disappears. In this war aettlers and small stock men over ths country lose hundreds of head of animals each year. Within ths paat few years no less than 10 of the rustlers have bsen ssnt to ths penitentiary from the different eastern Oregon counties for horse stealing. The operstlons of ths rustlers has become ao bold since the price of horses has advanced that the settlers and officers have determined to rid the country' of them, and consequently, the concentrated raid that has been In progress ths paat week. Clyde Jackaon, James and Rime Mael were arrested and given a preliminary hearing Tuesday before Justice Bowman, but for lack of evidence were turned looss. tT d. BTJTXDTjra. Robert Cluett, prealdant of Cluett. Peabody A Co., of Troy, N. Y., the large collar manufacturers. Is having plana drawn fpr a six-story, modern Young Men's 'Christian association building for Troy. N. Y., which h wtll erect, at his own exponas, on a lot he has purchaasd, adjoining ths present $100,000 building of ths association This will bs given over exclusively to school boys In the day time and boys working In the collar and other manu factories"" or Troy, In ths evening. Mr. Clustt Is not unfamiliar with ths Young Men's Chrtstlsn association. He has been for 10 years president of the Troy association, which was organised largely at his suggestion, and Is a mem ber of ths state and International com mittees of ths association When asked why he made this gift, which may ex ceed $100. noO. he said: "Aa s business man, employing large numbers of young men (over 1,000), I have had opportun ity to study association work on ths out side. From observation and actual ex perience. I have reached the conclusion that nothing yields a larger return than money and effort devoted to work for young men and boys through the Young Men's Christian association. Ths suc cess of the association's work has bsen so pronounced that the large building provided seven years ago is now Inade quate to meet the demands That build ing was erected to accommodate 100 men, and now 1.100 members ars on ths roll, snd they represent every employ ment, condition and class of life. This bullr'jng will be given over entirely to the boys between 12 and 17. In ths nsw building sleeping rooms will bs provided for 7 5 men at moderate prices; also a well conducted restaurant, where, with agreeable surroundings, men can secure good food at prices they can afford to pay. The motive which prompta me to provide such a building Is found in ths deslrs to surround the boys and young men of Troy with such good Influences as will make It more difficult for them to fall Into temptation " eight mourn BAT. From the Grants Paaa Herald. The oregonlan aays that the attempt to regulate the hours of labor by legis lation Is fallacious, for the reason that the same are controlled by economic law. Thla might be good logic If all similar matters were left to adjust themselves according to ecenomlc con ditions. But living aa we do under the control of a party that haa for Ita chief object the maintenance of high tariffs to enable Its beneficiaries to fix prices In defiance of all economic laws. It Is not strange If the laboring classes are afflicted a little with the same kind of heresy. And, Inasmuch as they furnished a large part of the votes to maintain Republican prosperity, they should not be denied a shars In It The party that preaches for three hundred and alxty-four days In the year that Re publican (tariff) legislation makes the people wealthy and prosperous, la In a poor position to deny the efficacy of legislation to lop off an hour or two from the working day. It may be pos sible that laws limiting the hours of labor are paternal, but thla would bs a cowardly argument fo be made by the Republican party In view of Its tariff policy and Its attitude as expresesd In Its plstforms In favor of ahlp subsidies. What Is ssuce for the rich gander the poor gooae cannot be made to believe la deadly poison for him. WB CAM ST A WD X rT TOTJ OAM.' Clark Howell, In sn Interview "The south Is not going to Indulge Itself In worries or vain regrets. With ths greatest cotton crop It has ever known, and the whole world after It st high prices, the south greets the other sections of our common country with cheerfulness and confldenoe. Down bars ws have our eyes turned hopefully to ward ths futurs. Ws have gone through msny a worse experience, only to corns out smiling. With the lion's shars of ths prevailing national prosperity due to a beneficent Providence, and not to ths Republican party we sand greetings to the sister states north and Wast anal assure them ail we can stand It If they can." Psspls who remained away from ths Murquam last evening because of the unsatisfactory title of the bUl "Who's Brown?" missed what Is really the most amusing farce witnessed In Port land this season. A company or tal ented players, headed by William Morris. presented It. "Whoa Brown?" Is ons of ths playa produced In New York by the stock compsny at Proctor's Fifth Avenue the atre. Paul McAllister waa then the leading man, and It was, In a wsy, s continuous performance two shows daily. (I mention this to ase If some of the vaudeville lovers cannot he Induced to attend the Marquam tonight.) The atory Is of a man who gets Into the car of a Ferris wheel In London with another man's wife, and at about the moment their car reaches the high est point, a break In the machinery oc curs and ths Wheel stops. They srs compelled to spend the night In mid sir The rest of the plot principally concerns their efforts to explain the all-night at senee. respectively, to wife and husband. The complications sre interesting, but the farce would assuredly fall In the handa of lass capable people. Mr. Morris, who In olden days played with Frohman's Empire company In such favorites aa "Men and Women" and "Ths Lost Psradlae," and with such stars as Georgia Cayvan and Maude Adams, la a capital light comedian, aa well aa a romantic actor. His work in "Who's Brown?" establishes his versa tility beyond question. Aa Mrs. Temp est, Miss Margarst Draw was thoroughly charming. Her gowna ars magnificent and she knows how to wear them. Miss Csrrls Hastings, who plays Mrs. Brown. Is a pleasing picture, but her dialect IS far-removed from Cockney, which It IS supposed to be Brown, ths hair dresser la In ths handa of Tom Magulrs. Me has his faults, but most of them might b overlooked If he would pay closer at tention to Ma wardrobe. The final performance of "Who's Brown V will be given tonight. RACE WHITNEY. ZBBIOOITS From the Irrlgon Irrigator. A year ago there were no Thanksgiv ing services at Irrlgon, for ths very good and sufficient reason that there was no Irrlgon. The sits was hers, then known ss Stokes, and about half a doasn of us "pioneers" were here, and wa had a Jolly good dinner, and something wet, and a good cigar, the services being presided over . by Glng Ylck. that versatile ori ental who aavlss Msllcan man's palats so well thst h can prepare mors savory dishes to tickle It than there ars fleas on a yaller pup. But no such word aa Irrlgon had then appeared In any gaseteer or lexicon, and In fact It had not yet been thought of by those who later coined it. The length of a year depends upon ths point of view: the record of a year can be vlswsd by the minds of those who have helped make It almost as quick as a flash but In living through ths year that makes the record of a new town thsrs comes to those who sre helping in the growth and development every ddy a new duty, every hour a nsw ob stacle, at every turn something to dis hearten and discourage, and In ths battle the weak falter, the pessimists faint and only ths optimists survive to reap the reward. And' our reward Ilea In ths faet that here on ths asnds that wsrs always con sidered worthless, on a plain that was always considered barren In a portion of Oregon which other sections of the state wars ashamed of and shunned as they would a plsgue on such a spot we have founded and budded a town, and Its foundations sre sure and perma nent and steadfaat, and In the short space of 11 months we have brought to gether, comfortably housed and dom iciled, a population of 310 happy and con tented and prosperous people, equaling in Intelligence, and all that goes to make up a good community, any Ilka number of souls In any town in the land. As Thanksgiving day ISO! dawned upon us we had not more than four small patches of partially Improved land and but thrss buddings, and brave the soul and stout the heart and aturdy the mlr.s that could look beyond that dawn a year hencs snd see our lovely Irrlgon of to day, with her hundred buildings and 76 tracts of land wholly or partially under cultivation. As to our Thanksgiving of thla year we all entered into it with heart and soul, for svery man, woman and child felt that we had much to be thankful for; and If we did not all give thanks In the same way, If we did not all aaaem ble and by word of mouth give praise to Him who glveth all, still each In his or her own way lived a day of thanksgiving. And who is there to deny us the right to do upon such occasions as our fore fathera did, give thanks in our own way. WOStAJT AJfS From the Silver Lake Oregonlan. One day laat week while In camp alone at the Horning bend about 10 miles from here, Mrs. D. B. Conrad and her little baby were called upon by a large brown bear who seemed to take it for granted that he owned the largest portion of the csmp. The lady shot at ths bear several times and finally succeeded In persuading him to depart Shs then took the baby and made her way about a mile to where Mr. Conrad and a crew of men were building a fence. After listening to a real bear story, of course, the boys were strictly on the bear hunt. Nothing more was seen of ths bear until the following night, when a nolae waa heard In the cook tent Bear waa the first thought and shot gun, butcher knife and ax followed. With this aaaortment of weapons they forced Mr.' Bear to take a tree, Conrad, Hint on and Joe Bush slso cooned a tree. Mra. Conrad picked up the gun which waa ly ing at the foot of a tree thst held a "brave" man, and after firing a few shots the bear fell out of the tree dead. At this moment the bear hunters came down from their places of rescue and carried the animal to oamp, where bear meat was served for breakfast. This startling adventure will go down In history as ths first true bear story In which a woman haa taken the most ac tive part FOX XXMSS MY A kOOSTEa. From London Answers When once an animal's temper has be oome thoroughly aroused. It Is strange how utterly regardless It becomes of the strength of the object of Its anger. At Compton Pauncefote, In Somerset shire, a fox waa killed In a poultry yard by an Infuriated cock. It appears thst ths fox made a raid on the young chicks, and after killing several be longing to certain hens, turned its at tention to the brood of another. This conduct, however, the plucky cock would not permit without a struggle, and. rush ing st ths fox. It was fortunate enough to pierce It In the eye with Its spur With suoh force thst ths spur pene trated right Into the fox's brain, be coming so securely fixed thst the victor could not remove It without the assist ance of a farm laborer, who had been an Interested spectator of ths contest between the Ill-assorted pair. (By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.) (Oeeyrtgkt. lS04.br W. K Hearst.) Thank God for life, in such an age aa thla. Rich with the promise of better things. Thank God for being part of this great nation's heart. Whoaa atrong pulsations ars not ruled by kings. Our thanks for fsarlsss snd protesting spsesh When cloven hoofs show 'neath ths robss of state. For us no servile song of "Kings can do no wrong" Not, royal birth, but worth, makes rulers great Thank God for peace within our border lands, -And for ths love of peace within each soul. Who thinks on peace has wrought mosaic-squares of thought In the foundation of our future goal. Our thanks for lovs, and knowledge of loves laws Lovs la s greater power than vssted might. Love is the centrsl source of all endur ing force. Love la the law that seta the whols world right. Our thsnks for thst increasing torch of light Ths tireless hand of science holds shroad. And may Its growing blase shins on all hidden ways Till man beholds ths silhouette of God! December I Ths morning was fine. but In ths afternoon the weather became cold, with the wind from the northwest. The father of the Mandan who waa killed brought us a present of dried pumpkins and some pemittgon. for which we gave him aome small articles our offer of asslstancs to avenge ths death of hla aon seemed to have produced a grateful respect from him, ss well aa from the brother of ths deceased, which pleased ua much. 3T0RIE3 TOLD BY DOCTORS. From ths Chicago Tribune. T had Juat fallen into a aound sleep," said the doctor, who doss not like to maks night calla, "when a compara tive stranger called me up on the tel ephone and Implored me to come to hla house to attend his wife. Asking a few questions to learn the nature of the Illness, I Informed him that in all my practlcs I had seen but one such ease which proved fatal. Immediately, to my great relief, he mumbled something about sending In the morning If he re quired my services snd rang off, and I hurried back to bed." A surgeon tells of a patient who was shout to undergo sn operation for ap pendicitis, but before submitting to ths kplfs ssnt for his pastor, ss that he could be opened with prayer. The late Dr. Austin Flint once saw tn consultation a desperately alck man. Waiting a reasonable time for some One of the family to pay his fee, he ssnt a bill "To ths estate of , deceased." By return msll hs received a letter from the indignant pstlsnt denying ths allegation. The doctor had Juat come out on his front doorstep for a moment's rest, when his friend across the street called out to htm: "Tou take life easy." Now the friend wonders why ths doctor shuns his soclsty. monnsi nw wntfi, From the Pall Mall Gaaette. Ths Indian papers contain Interesting accounts of a scheme which Lord Kitch ener Is setting on foot with a view to Increasing ths efficiency of the British regiments in the three presidencies. Thla tskes the form of organising a competi tion on a large seals between the dif ferent battalions sll over the country. The main outlines of the project ars ss follows: On ths conclusion of each corps' annual period of field training a praetlce camp Is to be formed. Thla will bs sttsnded by sll regiments in the district, end during their presence there the troops will be tested by staff officers from headquarters la ths Instruction given them under regimental arrange ments The subjects of this exsmlna tlon sre to Include the practice of the attack and defense formation, route marching and output duty, both by day and night. An allotment of marks up to a grand total of 500 may bs earned, snd each battalion will thus hs abls to ses not only how It stands relatively, but also In which part of Its training It Is deficient The route marching teat Is to be made under service conditions the men being required to travel 15 miles and attack a fortified position. Marks will be deducted on a fixed seals for In efficiency In marching and shooting. The unit In each branch which earns the highest aggregate In the opinion of a specially appointed board of examiners will be presented wit., a cup by the com mander In chief. A wealthy spirit bf inter-regimental rivalry should thus be established. zsn: aoaooic. Dr. Grenfell. on Labrador, la Leslie's Monthly Magaalne for December. The absence of all conventionalities and restrictions In Labrador la also very refreshing. A perlpatetla minister was called on at a place known aa Spotted Islands to marry a couple who were awaiting a chance for the ceremony. The bridegroom waa an elderly mai who was a kind of king In the place. When the mlntater arrived at the Island he found all the Islanders sssemhled In the little schoolroom awaiting him. It waa not till ne actually entered the building that he discovered the bride was ths deceased wife's sister. This being a forbidden relatlonehlp. he re fused to proceed, whereupon the Intend ing bridegroom quietly remarked "Nev er mind, Mister. One of thsss others will do." So. turning to ths expectsnt crowd, he selected s suitable partner, and she being willing, "all want as gaily as a marriage bell." or wobijB. From Magaalne of Myaterlea. Ths Iste king of Saxony Isft the rich est collection of crown Jewels In Europe. One glass case In ths "green vaults st Drssden contains assorted seta of the most costly gsms. In one Is noth ing but sapphires. In snothsr emerslds, tn anothsr rubles. In another diamonds. In another pearls. The largest rubles wslgh 41 snd 59 csrata. The rarest gem la s green dlsmond, weighing 40 carsts. There sre two of Martin Luther's rings h Lewis ana Clark yy j and one of Meier -don's ,