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tha native! here la a building which
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
IT"
Ttt legislature can't htt-the rambling
llWOMfy too hM. 't 1 .
T
' Senator Julius Cnwur Burrow, chair
man of lh committee on privilege and
'f
' rw. t..i J " I. h.n. iV riMiihiii I elections; sitting aa tha head of tha In
perhapa; llltl Alex.
'h ' ' A DEEP INJUSTICE Tp OREGON.
- - -ArA. .. iV. 'AA:' TiL
VA f T T-W -SURPRISING at this late day that' Chairman
liil ' I A Burton of the river Snd harbor committee should
.-V !; interpose any objection to n appropriation for. the
f"i Celild" canau Indeed that undertaking. j even now, or
' should be, recognized, tote on a continuous contract
"" ' f liaaia. . .Th s-overnment. engineer- have favorably re
! tHjrled UDon It. . Tbey lonK-aed recoa-nized if$ merit and
- - : how. intiinately it .would affect the commerce' of.'three"
, . ute.t Here h a no Die stream or water. aecona in, im-
. . , portance to the Mitiisiippl alone. It presenti.fewdtf-
T ; T ficuhiea to navigation comparable to .that muddy ' and
" fewatic'itrearrt. There ; U Indeed but one insuperable ob
T v ?.tacle-to. opening it up to free navigation and that u the
,1 rapid at Cehlo falls, a matter of eight and a bau miles.
Witn tne oostacies tnere removca u .wouiq oe openea to
."tiinimpeded" nivlgation'toroainjlef Tmd-jtTeould Tonfer
' ' ' 'jbenefiU tlmoit beyond calculatioa upon the enterprising
... I t: people pi tnree.'staies. , , . . . ,.r-'-
'.;.V.i'-" Recognizing thi fact, the people of ' thia" .' state". jhave
- ,r .v appropriated Sioo.ooo out of the public funds to acquire
V7,A right of way ior the canal, a hitherto--unheard of de-
7; - inan ttpon he part of the federal government but one
'-''.- clearly indicating in its consummation the . perfect good
'. .:' faith bl th people. That" right tf way ha been secured
. and turned overto the' government so that it would be in
'A ; l a, position to begin the work without delay.-, This canal
: would immediately afford the relief which the people de-
-msnd andja which they are justly entitled. - But it has
' i been recognized that the work, cannot be completed at
r-"-once, that it ir a heavy -undertaking and to thrdinary
.11 course of tKings will, require several years for its com-
pletion Still acting on the. theory oftrui.to protect
themselves and still manifesting their perfect good faith,
the people of Oregon appropriated the further sumj of
i 160000 to acquire a. righ Col war and to build and equip
portage railroad which would Sterve the temporary put
. v pose of givmg the public much needed relief. It may
. ; turther. be said that even this-sum will not fully meet
the. need and private citiicn have pledged themselves to
v advance the further sum required to place the road in
" Condition fot its contemplated opening the middle of next
- it May. r-. . -.1 V - Trr"'"! '
- To tell the people of Oregon now that the portage
.' . road should be relied upon to meet an exigency which
; heretofore bas always been- met by the federal govern
ment and indeed which ordinarily can be met in- no other
: n
' ':, J,-W,y because "thV'lfederar" claims -exclusive
. . supervUion oyer the' navigable streams of the country, is
. v most extraordinary and tt the same time bitterly disap-
'i,u pointing, we cannot conceive now vniirmia xsurton a
(rriart so well informed and with such a reputation for
: I' justness, can maintain such a position once the matter is
presented to him in its- true, light The people of Ore-
' gon have done all that could reasonably "be expected of
-TtheijJt theyrJv done more thaoJhe.peopleof any, other
' .' - section have ever done in the same respect and under
, . .Tlike'conoiuonK uiaey naye earnea ana mey merit con
" ; .7.ideatio!They 4 not ask-anything unreasonable; they
: are backing no wildcat enterprise. The enterprise which
. .they father, is 'ode. that appeals to:very mtelligent rnaji
' - who has aver rnvestinted it and thev so before conarreis
.UwitH gerfect- confidence in the oatcoma-befcausei is
- f .Daa upon tne aosoiuie menu 01 10. cue, , :
lEATYTODCrNOTHIW1
"..... A"'VN ''tX(klromlriom- City, J6urnal , wUl
'arm?-' 'i we" .ny ne f many, other similar
-mpL.,,, comments being made Jgynewpaper thaliarc
" ' invariably atrictjy partisan:'"; '"" " '" . '.'
; "As the case stands ,it lOfOt to be "expected that con?
v.; greu at the present session will pas a bilMoolring to the
enlargement of government regulation of interstate com-
Vmerce.". It it ."reported . from .Washington, that leading
members of the senate and house, who have given at
. v tention to the matter, will soon, if they have not already,
' 'I'J. inform ,the president that it . wilLTe' possible fof conr
grtss to undertake interstate commerce legislation dur-
; ing the present session." ' . , ---r'r...' . '
The explanation is that the problem 'is of such an in
- tricate character that nothing can be done without long
'r : ' deliberation. This would be more worthy of acceptance
:''.' it the question of enlarging the commissionW powers Jiad
' i notkbeen pressed upon the attention of congress for the
past, ta years or more. - Every member of long service,
.-. every leader there, every congressman fit for the position
he holds, has had this problem before htm for years, and
V knows that the railroads, being held up by the trusts, in
"' -..turn hold up the people, and that the interstate com-
merce ' commission - has been powerless to perform - the
, i 'proper functions for which it was ostensibly created."
r,--C 2i .Jt.ULnot . necessary itp decide 6e. even to. dUcliss all
.. .' phases of the railroad problem in discussing and deciding
the question whether the commission should be -given
' 'more power, enough power to be of service to the peo-
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T "ck nIB " uccii uciticu mem uniijjr,. jcar axicir
jeariufortJie reason, we are bound to conclude, that the
' i "majority in congress are representatives of the trusf and
' '-'"'rthe railroads rather th-in of the"people.' " "
" 4 ; - The same excuse is being made all along the line. "No
-r Vchanges can be made in the tariff except after prolonged
deliberations perhaps to find out how much if any re
- Eductions the trusts and monopolies will stand, without
' Riuala muaf win' some -rletoriaa ba-
I for thinking- of paaoa. Bo Spain aald.
It j la poaalbla that Japan may
and , o
Tea,
qulaljorlal board In tha Bmoot caaa, this
waek was ja-lactad for another , term
by tha leglalatura of Michigan. -
He appeared on tha senate floor for
the flrat tlma thta afternoon alnoe tha
senate's reoeaev- Piled hi ah on hla daak
war rosea. " Around tt war floral of
ferings. Among thaa was a huge
wreath. . It waa as a map of Michigan.
Its snore
AN ILLOOICAt POSITION.
breaking with the party. -X It would be a, simple job,
eas'ily and quickly performed, to' put some articles known
to be controlled by trusts., on the free list.- , . ; ; j
The plea for long delays in a great meaStre only an I evareetimat her importance
excuse -for 'not doing at all what the people need and I p0,tjr,J - ' '-
want done, or doinar in as slictht. and ineMectual a -de-1 ;a unn,. i... Kni .. IThe three lakea that wash
gree as pofsiblefC"-- ?. v rV'T;T'; : ' , I Olandata New bon 'Homme, rewer rapreaentad. the working : la of the
: . '. .-,i '.'; whKa roaa letters at, the top were tha
' Repreeentatlv Bmltb of" Joaephtna Jirdai "All a-ours.' - '
aaema to be. acting for the whole v It waa the largest and handsomest
HE TRESpEN a.y.
principle IS involved in regulation 01 ireigni rates, 1 Th BrownavUU Times aara ther are I to take It out The flowera were from
the revision of the tariff is only a ouestion of I too many holidays In tha puNle schools. I the woman of Washington who appreoN
I and It mar ba riaht. - . lata Senator Burrowa' efforts towards
"77 rMU. """v M.....-... -r . . . - , - r..-imm.i.;:y-:s 1 t- driving out Mormpnlsm. . , .f
SO much to be insisted upon.- . - - ; ; : - . Remember that thia is the rainy aaa-J , .;. "
;lt would be interesting. to discover oy wnat process 01 1 son. BrownavlUa .Tlmea. Who's going; J Senator Knuta Nelaon dreariir waa
logic he'reaches". these conclusions. In 'the absence of to forget it. whan It rminstt - ;, pounding his way. through the statehood
. 1 . .. 1 Din inia aiternoon. -.iie wa. nmn .ira
r Pretty saver wtntw weather;. Ore- aama speech two: years age, and nearly
goniana umt, out now wouia uiey im 1 all. of tha senators praaent had heard
a spell of Chicago weather T : . i lhlnt than, It waa a good speech, too,
"'': I' " ' ' " ". ---- ' (hut thav ilU .tint mm ta llatan to .It
" Alloa Webb Duke while yet a Webb again. . Senator ICullom got up ' and
naa an vregon iinw ana aeneme on I moved toward tha cloak room. On the
way he met Senator. Crane. , They
atopped. Tha Illlnolaan took- a'elgar
from bis .pocket, and, bit lpg off its
mouth -end, put it between hla Upa.'TJn-
eonaeloualy Senator Crane drew forth-a
match and struck it on tb desk that sat
before htm. Tha- flam shot high, for
a piece of wood so amalu - Senator Cul
lom stuck his cigar to tha fire and
puffed , away until a curl ; of - smoke
laaued from hla mouth,- The two sena
tors stood talking for three minutes.
Then Senator Cvllonr want to hla cloak
room. : - -,v -. , ' - -
That," said an attendant noticing the
. f Letter v'4h'
From tKe People
A.' '' Th Papav gtslSad Mtm.
uchemofltratibh:it"murt the"prer-
dent' reasoning is illogical. - ..- -.'V-i-". . , ; . '
, Freight rates- are jnanipulated soo favot. certain
combines of big. shipper, to the injury of other shipper
and of the people generally. .This is a great evil, which
-the president recognizes as such, and the suppression of ther tairpet, Let harlb inoioted.
which he say has become a high, moral, duty of govern
ment, jr So .say we all of us.'except the beneficiaries of the
evil ' system :bl,x U .'-";-
Tb few Dam oc rata left in Oregon can
at leaat congratulate ". themselvea . that
they are sot having mnen trouble., .
Tha tariff laur ia th fmmriatinn nl various trusts and! 1
monopolies it encourage, and aid. other.; it is designed I;J,Hnt.U"rJpu,D?. .SLSSZ
to benefit some at the expense of others; it protects the many of them have tha making of very
few and plunders the manyf it tempts every congressman good cltiaens. , . -
to be a representatiye of some special" interests instead AA . , -'.J ' .,' " ,
of the whole people; itTielp. to provide immense corrup- buonTeSml. 'toCmS
tionr campaign funds by which the ballot is debauched; it and Improving tha Columbia river, la
is-an implement of selfishness, greed and fraud; it robs different ..c- . .' ,
the people while falsely pretending to benefit them and I " . " ' Aljl" .1 1 Incident. "Is the first time in sight years
yet'the president is reported as ssying that tariff reform .aaaion at Salem," cynically remarks the J, T mtcil struck nd aigr
!. i ' a.: j: . . 1 ... v 'l I lighted on tha aanat floor.'-- '
is niFre t- a-onrn oir ai rxTjr-tiiriii i 1 judut unmurnL nui m.m ajdut man I ------
To be genuine people's presidenConeqTaily ol ' and0 ehl?' clerkship. . ' : :
for the people, as we believe he mean to be, he mutt in-1 who vr heard a frog alngT Salami MirnwhU tha.HUl eurrency bm was
sitt on a very large measure ot tantt reform no less than 1 statesman, who hasn'tr , a frog can "iM uu". v"
drTmirhtcTofnl ' i " A . ln battet-than acme acreTa that sent fot Ha waa In the smoking room
VI Jrcigm iciuriih, . - 1 " 1 , - : I ..- - . , a. J and waa anlovlnv a rlrar. Aa ha
Wty"' w "T-rtT- calved Mr! DaJll'a -mi.ah arose
STRIKING A STKONO NOTE. --I Nasmlth'Ja-propoaad aa tha-nam
ttCt :.rt.j s'--t ' --; , r . I of tb new county, if It be created.
Twm? nrxr ,.i. d f . , - i inia wonra p a auiiaDie nonop au to
NY PUBLIC BODY' with, definite practical aims, th m,mory of a notable and noble man.
that can show substantial progress in tne work
which it hss undertaken nd that makes clear hs
quickly and - walked -to th speaker's
stand, the cigar still red with fir.- As
he took the gavel he laid the cigar; on
tha desk In. front of him. When h
picked It up after tb house had ad'
journed a tiny: black hole in th blue
covering stared him, squarely- la tbei
mc vujr auu eiaic, a utiuiiniicaa m .. put lna cceni on in rini syuaoi ana
termination' to right the wrongs of K? - goveratnent on a aalary used tha long sound of In th bar
to' elevate -Portland torir entirely Do.' JS? ' r
jr and achievement. ., " j .,... ;.;.-;. Kt in,ty. - ; -r .-'..i.j
Governor Adams . of . Colorado starts
purpose to continnthat vork cour.g.ly.. persistently " V? 'l rT
and intelligently is" worth while in any community. It ImillUrUm and display ef arms at civil ,-: A ' 1 - ' ' .'
wa -exhilaratina- to attend the annual meet in fir of the funetlona. .-- r-A - I - when con greu a resumed business the
chamber of: commerce last eveninr. not' alonel because 1 r : : 7 A. :: .' . ; .: v I oth"r th hoUM did not remain. In,
of the gratifying report f the work done during the, past .," V' .w to X ih.t ."5 Zll Tt' th deTth Zt
year, uut oecausc oi ine tone ana ipiri j .wnicn cnarne-i wnen in-nepuoiican leaoera are reaay. i ftepresentatlvs ; Mahoney of Chicago,
terized the proceeding. .There ' wa nothing said "and A-long-farewell to prospect of tariff t ,"Mr. Mah6ny."J said Washington
. Jnu h .h l .n. ...1 .nM Ka f "S' . ' . : -- I man, lOUaT, "W1I a OUlUlt CIHUMWr in
radical and yet there was a frankness'n discussing the! Heney. thk man who-is mekingso mannerhs Tproniuneed hla -naaislH
tnmgs tnit concernca tne city ana state, a aciinucncss in inuup wr jauu-grmaoara, ia i put the accent on ths ftrit syllable and
expression and a determ
the past that tended
new plane of eiideavoi
' Tn the vlsftors gallery-the ether after-
t,ns may be gone after in the future bck of it. will Pf .ht
the .full f orcein . momtntunijoi thetaber member-1 amaiieat-
shipc-JJefinite i and perf results are ioughu 'These 1" woo,a "' -g; hn she. uw tha neat arrav of
can Only be achieved hy aingld-hearted .. effort : Mr. ""s acounoreiT -t - - iegi,itttlva talent below , her. net
WhtfeMfrright-ieerng tn he the right ' man in theflghTT, -"ATAT .V?'11 '"'j'"texnB wnere-
Mr. Stone haa a seat In-th., rear ef
tha chamber. And h Is always -tntt
uplesa engaged tn commute work. His
cold, steel-cut. lmpaaslv f eaturea
toomed'"up7as-a : stately 'senatorial
Frtnevill la opposed to ths proposed I silhouette. - As U hm habit, the senator
new county, : I waa cnewmg grum wntn ne waa pomtea
. . ii .i -- " v I ont.-.-Hls jaws wr -working In glow.
An opera house will be built tn Balneal "r rythmic motion. The-Womaa looked
ext springy . .. at bim for som seconds and. then turned
, . . . . . " i , ..I her ya to th others around him.
Fall sown wheat U all tight so far to !"Why ah aaid after a bit, "I had
Umatilla county. :, ; , - ' heard that h r waa called Oum Sho BUI.'
. .- . ' I se my mistake nowi Hs Oum Chswlng
There are 1J7.000 head of aheen owned BUI: and anVhow I wouldn't want my
the caoacity of United States marshaL if. we say. they 1 1 Grant county.-; - ,r . , , r - ; I husband to be called Bill. , I address him
place. . He has breadth,' dignity, experience' and succes
as part of his equiptnent ior the "work. If the present
year" fails to show- material progress in the line upon
which the chamber is now proceeding it; would be sur-
priiing with ucn "inan at the head of affairs and-with
sucli incentive to work and achieve. J A,,i
5
Oe SicU
; - THE REWARD OF VIRTUE.-
I
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F THE?EOPLE of Nome,- to "which piace ourdeft
...and distinguished fellow citizen, T. Cader Powell, is
about to be exiled- by a philanthropic government th
was to learn something about politics a it is practiced
in Portland, they could not possibly hit upon an abler ex
emplar. Mr. Powell harbeen an industrious practitioner
of many. years standing; he knows all the tricks of the
trade and it is popularly supposed he has qualified for and
taken the 33d degree among the elect In the. election
'A new lli.eoo achoolhouaa is te be I
built $ Klamath Falla. . ,.
las Willie.'
A':
The minority room is In a remote part
of tha caDltol. A atranaer wlahlna to
-Rainier Pish company ia doing-a large get to It must. hare a gulda,-- On aoes
business In smoked sturgeon.. .- I through a narrow, lane-Ilk alley that
i : : - . ' t - I shoots directly off jfrora pi -. main
Th aaaeaaabl nronert of -Klamath I Daaaaaewav from tha Timiaji nf ' mnra.
last spring he did 'everything that could reasonably be Falls ia fl3l.1T, an increase over last senutlves t th aehata wing. Thfre
expected of himr He was one of that faithful band which year of-.60. t A - . la a f reah" - elavator man who- takes
signed affidavits by the bale so- that those Industrious ; L .ViSS? V?SU2 ?r ?f!
. . . . , . , . I ww..fc mv ..via I V U41 H1IUVI U J ' . VI ICI1, WUH1
voters wno naa not ixgimcrea nu many 01 wnum were running at large, Is wanted by eaatern John Sharp Williams now la working
not entitled to register could pevertheless cast- their bal-1 Oregon, farmers. - , j ... v , , JllkeaTrojan. A gentleman from New York
lot under a' law) dislocated to the' advantage of the ma- I - . ; -." A. ' '- . : got on the elevator th other afternoon,
Essex, lit, Jan. . To tha Editor of
Tb Journal On - rqut I . raoelved
frm you a Sunday Journal ot Pecera
ber to. 104. , I wlah to thank you for
th aama. I will say. having read Sun
day papers from many of .our principal
cities,, your paper was th beat; of any
I hav read.- To gain some idea of your
state is why I sent th request... I bad
corresponded" f ith your government land
office, also tn sain at Washington,
P.- C, and learned nothing compared to
What I larna from year, paper. ; ...
I wish vry -principal city: of the
United -States .would- lasua a Sunday
copy r your section five. December II,
1904, ea ee maay people that would, da
not know how. when or where to proceed
to get to a new and better location from
th crowded aat.. - . ' , ., ...
Tonight I will writ Tom Richardson,
sacratary of th Oregon- Derveloproent
laagua, Portland, for a llttla advloeL and
I think, if all goes well, Illinois bits
sards by . next winter , will check short
on mor victim, and' a llttla later -the
Portland Journal will deceive a new sub
scriber In th person of yours truly,- '
'; fC :. : .. ' E. &.PAIJ3. -'
m or
From "New Zealand." by T, BL Donne,
. in Four-Track Newa for January.
But the moat sumptuous, fit all New
Zealand -landscapes are thoae embraoad
in th overland rout from Lake T
Anau to HUford sound. '. Hers are in
deed - the aecret and most - beautiful
place on earth a. wild and gorgeous
parkland. First "of all - tha foot road
from the head of Te Anau traverses the
Grand Canon of the Clinton, walled for
many miles by mountain cliffs, . 1,000,
4.000, S.000 feat high th gulch filled
with a dens beech loreet through which
Jkcrystallear jlver flows , winding to
th , lake. Tb track penetrates this
deep - and " shady - buah: " f raarant' with
woodland odors, delightful to the Sys In
11a weaitn ot xeatnery lerna, its climb
ing -orchids, pendant sprays of aword-
leafed plants, that love th wld tree
forks, and th moake and llchena that
clothe ovary buttreaaad trunk and hang
in ionr oearas mm every bough. Quaint,
flightless birds, tha wekss and kiwi and
kakapo, haunt .the foreat Thin eaa
cades leap thousanda of feet down Ink)
tb dark praclploesqutvarftig la th hot
sunahin. waved to -and fro by - the
Wind, v.-":.' ;.v.'', ,-.,." X - :
- - From- Suggestions. : - - -
Thousands . of doodI actuallv. think
themaelvea to death every year by al
lowing their minds to dwell on morbid
' Th Idea that on has soma Indolent
dlseaa In one's System, tb thought of
rinanciai ruin, that on is getting on la
life without Improving prospect any
of theae or thouaand similar though ta
may carry a healthy man ta a prema
tura grave. 'A melancholy thauaht that
fixes itself upon one's mind needs aa
mueh doctoring aa iihTslfar alaeaaa It
needs to be eradicated from the mind or
tt will hav Just the same result as a
neglected diaease would hav.- - . 7-
Evary melancholy thought, every mor
bid action and every , nagging worry
ahould be misted to-the utmost,-and
th patient should ' b-, protected- by
cheerful thoughta. of which there la a
bountiful ator In every one's posaea-
ston. - Bright companions are cheaper
tnan a ruga ana piasters. .
Th morbid condition of mind pro
duces a morbid condition of body, and
If th dlseas does happen te be in th
system. It receives every enoouageraent
to develop. - . wnd mora mental
therapy, ;: -v-.:i;,..;
OOaVPOmATH ouaAmoxT.
' A Tillamook man says h Is glad tha
saloons are cloaed, for now he will-get
som hew clothea and look decent. ,.
chine. (The proposition was an exceedingly dangerou dlct, that, ioo houses will be built in
one-ano were ij not tnat ine cnemt was discovered ana 1 that city this -year.
exposed by The journal on tne day ot election it is barely
possible the result might have been different, from what
it was; for there is no telling where enthusiasm such as
prompted this step would lead the enterprising men with
whom- Mr Powell was that day associated. j .
But as it helped, through the grateful recognition of the
congressional delegation, to land htm in a fat-ofi
stead of .a less comfortable quarter, he is doubtless in
dulging in. no vain regrets and awaits hi confirmation
by the senate with that confidence which virtue and merit
conspire to produce....,.,. , :t '.'.-.,-.-AA"
An enthuslastlo Ia Grande- man pre- the door was shut and th heavy, thick
necked, elevator conductor aang out:
"How near to heaven do you wish to
getr - AA:v:: . ' ' ;
- Ths minority room.' was the " reply,
eoldiy.- . . .. '-"A; ;
"Huh." ss he pulled ths rope, "you
got to go up to get . there, but It ain't
in tha right direction at that." -
' Th new county, If created, ' will be
Jefferaon, not Stockman, unleas tha
name Jefferaon is too. of fenelve to th
Republiajeglslaturt- --7
XOw'
xxrosxTxo mo:
Catt otiido ami ivnna
.-1;.. .'From tha Hood Blver Glacier. .
- , Aftr a trip of three month to Indiana
' and other eaatern atates John A. Wllaon
,- ' - ha nr longer any fear that Hood Blver
-ran overdo the apple, busln. Tha
""-orcharda .in Indiana hav all been neg
Iwtcd. and today! they look like a forest.
" '4 f K eno thinks of apraying fttilt treea ir;
".-' that country and It la impoaalbla to find
A; good npplaa. - ,
r - M. Vllaon ears he atarted bom with
m tml1 desan Indiana, apples. In his grip.
j .; i but . they spoiled ibefpr he got -here.
: A .--Yeaa-a ago Indlatta apple tasted like
"If nectar to Mr. Wllaon. but todwjr ha can't
."'..' " tlnd anything tn twmpar with ths peer-
- -. a applea from Hood River.
A ' 'Down at JhelSt. , Liqula fair. "If it
'' waen't for .th applea .from Oregon,
Washington and Idaho ther. would have
, . . been a very poor ahowlng- of fruit, I
; didn't look over th uhlbit .wltb a pr
. v Judlcvd eye, but I muat say ther waa
., . nothing t exeat th Hood Klvar apples."
'.' r - It waa IS year ago alnc John Wllaon
hla foot on the aoll of tha Hoaler
., atate. He left there shortly after -th
vrnr ana tti't t ..im.-! yr ray
lng to- hav better law and order, and a
4 mor advanced atat of civilisation. To
bring about - thaa condlttona, to make
Morrow county a better community in
which to live and rear famlllea, la th
motive' which prompted me to take thi
action, and I earnestly call upon all good
cltliene to aaalat and sustain main. this
effort'-- - ... ; -V, t.;. , : ,
. of th newlr renatruoted t'nlon and Cen
tral Paclfle railroad to Ban Fraoclaco. -
, ,- -r; sarroBonra txx uv. ;-'
f gtKtrltf Bhstt of Morrow county' has
- IvatMMt another rdr t aalnonkeepers
' ft rloae on Sundays, In which pronun
, (riamontA h eaya: -Morrow eounty Is
Imt lratt In Alaaka. , IHir towna are
int -mining 4-ampa, and thia wlde-opea
tMillcy, tha watnral fruits of which are
' t rime and ronx-mpt fot law. muat eeaaa.
' , It ta high time for ua ta nt a aide
t - ttma pmner eondltln. and te prv to
t world that henceforth ,w are go
aVAOB USUI,-
Ftom th Loutavllle Herald. '
Tha race taav la not dead la th south
but there ax three agencies at work to
kill it as a political fetich enterprise.
Immigration and education. ..Evary dol-
lar ot eapital, humn vr eattaneous," tn-
vested in buslneas In th south Is a dol
lar, put. wisely Into th solution of ith
race trouble, 'Every whit Immigrant
aetuing in th south Is an agent work
ing ta the Ban1 and. Whit Immigra
tion la large volura can bw secured by
broad gauged atat guvernment that
will glv security and ampllflcatlpn to
capital. . .
Th school houee ' . however, - th
most powerful of th factors that will
eliminate -two rec difficulty. Ws-b"
llav la th education of all th south
ern people, whit and black. ' W do not.
however, . bet1v in the ctducatlo ef
th- races. - Educate th black man by
himaelf to fit for aom ueeful purpoa
la life.- Exdud Illiterate, white and
black, from tha ballot. Make elections
In all ths southern states models of fair
dealing. .. , ' '," ' . , . : s - , -
(,b V6veloy Boath. .
Fmm tha Bmithern ParniJMBgaainai
Th aouTJf la" ptwctlcally a new coun
try In Ita agriculture. -. Scarcely one
fourth of Its srabl lands are In cultiva
tion. , ; , - .- i,
OBZOOI rjTDlqTaClWTB.
From the Minneapolis -Trlbun.
Th caaa reveals two evils In our sys
tem of practical politics. -On obviously
Is th appearance of law-makera with
political pull before th department in
the interest of clients who may be try
ing to evade or break th law. Tb other
la th train of political followers of
senators of a certain claas, .who get Im
munity in profitable law breaking, as a
reward for political service. . Tha presi
dent would merit more popularity and
gratitude by abollahlng these two evils
than by buating all th trueta In tha
country for a few minutes, till they had
Independent West Bid: Work on the A """i" w pM5i'
big mill will begin next weak. Several nalna. maei TnV rntir Slid in
'9.U: Pmlrl't.V hi KrV; vsry
I annthllalf atrlA ya.lei ahmit h1a. aanllnn a
Kw MAaanSvW ' f 1 Kk A W AaV.
A 11vlMs saaa UaAla. f ' VVUllll J. , AW, - WIIU Ul UlUCf
" 'Lli .ZZLi: ' .;.rC?i" grangers, was deeply Impressed with
fnwftiTio1 . to,.n XXJ!Z1 ";wi; and j ClaTk exposition irounoa:
2 T.iLa-i Sne .h.lr Hera Is a .ample of what he wrlten"--
to rslse 1.000 bushels next year., But j Was saying something abotit
tap'jilewsom of Rainier tbelievt
that th Coming leglalatur should paa,
. a.. .1 . . . 1
""r.,!? .'. I they should not. b. fully r-dy for
- r., . ""insa ano th most critical inspection on
ir street car rid and the sights wa
aw at; tha fair ground a The buUdings
'are
1 Well under way. I can e no raason
th opening day, .the first of next Jiin.
Well grouped, well arranged - and of
,;JL2?tV: 'f.0? bV wh,B stately proportions, th-buildings appeal
Its "w" comes to tha fair' next sum'
mar, h will hav a chanc to e a
former bright young Pufur man, Jimmy
Btaata, who Is a 'street rar man, at
to th. eye. , They stand at th foot of
Wlllamett Heights, which rise '1.000
feet or so above the at 111 water of
Oulld's lake and the Willamette river,
water frontar
From the Chicago Trlbun. -
A correspondent of th New York
Evening Post says that many of ths
men who are charged -with tb adminis
tration of ths-lnrportant business inter
ests of th country see In th large yote
caat for Dabe-at th last election a mani
festation of reaction sgalnat the extreme
centralisation of power. The reaction is
aaid to b evident and to be directed
agalnat centralisation In government or
In corporations,- but especially In the
latter. ,,-v . .. , : - , ,' . .
Ther Is, says th correspondent, an
Increasing distrust, not ao much ot cor
porations or their wealth, and power, as
of what hs calls "corporate oligarchy.-'
Under th "community of lntereata"
system of management directorships and
executive committee memberships are
exchanged between great corporation
la such a. manner aa to glr absolute
control ot them, their wealth and power.
to th smallest possible number of the
"financially elect.'' - That- la a form of
centralisation which attracts mor at
tention and provokes mor popular pro
tests thaa centralization in government.
XtATOB au mxaxnarniD.
'From W. J." Bryan's Commoner: .
- Th Portland Oregon lan. on of the
moat ultra of th corporation ' organ,' '
recognlaing that It can " not meet- th
arguments advanced In aupport of Demo
crat lo reform, attempt to befog th
Issue. It aaaumee that tha contest ia
between "th haves and th have-nots ''
it aocuse th Democratic party of war- -ring
against property" and- appealing -to
th discontented.-ThU Is th method -usually
employed by the champions of
plutocracy:-they pos as guardians of
"buslaess" and oi "property" and aceuee '
reformers of dealrlng te overturn so
ciety. Democracy Is th friend of every:
legl timet enterprlee and it aims to pro- ;
teot legitimate buslneas by separating It ;
from Ullgltlmate business. The Una
Should be dlaUncUy , drawn between
thoae who aa buaineas men are really
serving society and performing a useful
part and thoae . who under pretenae tof
doing business are really plundering th
public on a gigantlo scale. , .-
The farmer la engaged In a very Im
portant work and should be counted
among th buslneas men, Tha laboring
maa fills aa important place and la a
buslneas man In every true sens of th
word. These two classes together -eon-
stltuts a eonalderahl majority of tha .
peopie. nesiaea tnea there are small
merchanta. She taachara and tin until..
atonal clasaeaj nearly all of whom suffer
from th abuaee which, the Damocratlo
party la trying f to remedy. - If th
elaase abov mentioned really belonged
10. tne -nav,nou - that fact alon would
he a ad reflection on tha Republican
which has ben.ln power so long. But
theae people are not to be classed with
th destitute or with those if there b
such who enVy the sueeaaftH... They
are the bona and sinew .of tha land: they'
are the nation's strength In peao and
war. Th predatory class la compara
tively small In numbers but -It la In
fluential baeaus It can control newspa
per (Ilk th Oregonlan), corrupt law
makers and supply campaign fund.-
Th-Republican party la, today tha1
political rtpreaentatlve of predatory .
wealth. - It helps the manufacturer to
tax tb consumers .through' a tariff and
It ahlelda tb rich from taxation by op- -posing
an lnoome tax. It. allowa tha
truata ta ax tort hundred of millions -
from th people. It aUowa tha railroads
to water their Stock and then wring from
their. pateoaa axceeslve ratea. .It allows
th great oorporat employers to coerce
their employ with writs of injunction.
It turn th treasury department over to
Wall atreet financiers. It burdens the
producing masses with an army larger
than w need, and with-a constantly
growing navy. - It Is trampling upon the
doctrln of salt government In order to
to give-eyndloatea a ehanoe to exploit
th Filipino. To be sure, th president
ha shown soms reform symptoms stno
th election, but, it Is too early to show
how far h will go or whether hla party
wilt support him In any effort he may
Lewis an a Clark
la winter-quarters - neee - MandanL
North Dakota. ,,-.. 5 -v--j, :t
Jaauary 1 Tha weather continue :
vary eold, the, mercury at sunrtaa being
gv oetow aaro. i Three f .-th Hunters
returned, having killed thre eHc ' . i
::a" -r -r-r x; '.a.
wora. mux jimmy wiir pro oaoiy collect which furnish ample
a nicaei a riae, an in name. : : 1 AnA mtltmr (w. Tha srraat wean
steamers can unload' their ware right
Secretary Hitchcock says these indict- A farmer near Wston has installed a at th doors of the fair. . Tho who
1, iu.ii f-noitui nowfmii aeen weii Damn wun 'mmii.pi .1.1. n. MMM .u.
th euntry wilt guess why senators are! pip three Inches" In diameter and I leaat by any on of four or flv great
eonjtantly eUmorlng for th removal I inch cylinder, and a lUnoh trok. and railway Unas, and return by any ona of
the othera. . They caa ride TronrBOSTort
to San Francisco by rail, and finish the
Journey by ahlp to Portland. Or they
can travel west to Seattle by another
railroad, - and then t- snipping and
flnlah.th Journty-hy annthaa water
of th crtary of the Interior, - Per-1 easily lifts a lsrgs volums of water from
haps th country, can begin to under
stand why many senators do net Ilk th
president.
BXVATOB MZTOaTJaXb
itn the Waaco
the 100-foot well. He has In connection
arena and three fifths horse power , wind
mill in a'JI-mlle wind. -. .
Stayton Mail: . On our return from
rom
- : From th 8alm Journal."
- Th poor young - man- who . may . be
honeatly taking a wife and founding a
home and rearing a family, what doe
he need of publio lands? -r' "
It la true, hi father may have' taken
a homestead or cleared a farm In the
timber In the east somewhere, may hav
endured th privation of having lived In
a sod houee on th pralrl or in a log
cabin to get a home. , v; -
The young man who has no. bank ac
count and no pull tJ gat onto the publie
payrolls, may hav soms such idea, and
may be planning to get a horn out of
tb publio domain, and rear-hi family
as his father did. -, '. - - "
- But he should get rid of that absurd
thotlon Tf Tnaklng a living by becoming
an honeat prodaoar, witn merely a home,
stead of his - own He , should under
stand that the publie lands are for the
speculative, . the predatory claas, . th
publio official who already fattena-on the
taxpayer. For that claas first. The
reat of the publio domain belongs to th
syndicate and corporations, - ,
tiorvattla Til rmlar w TOUIIJT generous ront. Or. the can leave tha ttraamna
supply of fin pork rib had been left I car at TheDaUea on th Columbia
ror ns at our home, w wer at a loealeome mUe from Portlaad and ride
rom tne waaco.Kewa
There ar few if any who ar so base
",..'?f hJHt! - tht-.ntoT : Mltchel, Is for several day to find where they eame by boat to Portland en thf most won-Slty;-fOr
over years hs hss beenl from, but nnally discovered that our derful of Amerloan Hvara. ---.
Wir- most treated - japraaantatlv at good friend S. PhUIppl was responsible. Ws wer all especially Interested In
Washington. It la true that there have The remembrance waa certainly much the Incomplete forestry building. It Is
.1 "VJi ' -w '. dobtd th "- apprclatd at our houea. . : so masalve. It la a, genuine. A log
wrlty of his prtnslop while his mo- - , , -i . . l vf'v -;A cabin for a king: Not that exactly; but
tivea In many cases have born the According to Its Irrigator. Irrigon has a log eabln worthy of a grat expoat.
?. P ,1 ?. lf,,h ; ambition, e a been brim full and running over with tkm. Its walla are hug log from four
it would b a sad thing to know that strangers lately. Som find aeoommoda- to si fact In dlametarj-its pillar other
-th gray-haired veteran of Oregon lew tlons for sleeping snd som sit up, while loga aa large or even larger, and more
iaiator has- been guilty bf th betrayal others atand around enr wonder when than 40 feet long; art ttg frame work of
Z !J.por, t." ,Bd w hop that th ho,,,t wUt Pn- - In th meantime round leg. Th airy frame bnildlngs
Ita will be able t prove hla Innocence; many of them buy land, and all ars abont, beautiful with their covering of
if guilty, let him Uke the consequence pleeaed with Irirgon and the future but- ataff. are large and nna and tmprea-
f hla acts.
Hook,
I slve but her is ths real thing! here Is
From tha Bt Johns Review.
Th Oregon Journal of la at Sunday
morning. contains a resume of matters
publie which It, haa accomplished dur
ing its (4 months' exJatence. Everybody
admits that Th Journal has bean a
grant factor In history building both la
Portland and Oregon, and to It la due
many reforme, bud hat It ahould claim
everything In eight seems a littles ex
travagant, r However, The Journal has
performed a. magnificent work and has
a right to feel proud- of Ita record, and
w do not blam Its publishers for In
dulging la a lUtl toot of It own horn,
especially at holiday time. -Portland is
a batter city because of The Journal's
existence. k '
- SAXOV XOa1XATXOV'OTn.
From tho Pendleton East Oregonlan. ,
Th death struggle with, saloon domi
nation tn Oregon 1 now on..- For a quar
ter of a eenturr they hav dictated to-
political parties, to cities and communl.
ties ln'OfagdnTTThey: have-held a rein.jl
over yery politician Who noped to win ,
In hl aspirations, and have practically i'
mad moral conditions Ih Oregon cltle "
what they are today:- Th taste of arm
blbltion which Oregon ha taken will In
splrs greater effort next t1ma It waa ;
not thought, the aalooim eould . be da-
featad In many of tb older eomtnunitle
In - weatarn . Oregon,, but the result tn
Benton county gav tb prohibitionist
hop.' Corvallla. on of th. principal
school towns on th Pacific eoaat haa '
had aa unsavory record for being tough
for many years, but when th people
became aroused and exercised their prlv- "
lieges .snd executed their heartfelt .een
tlments, saloon domination vaniahed aa .--it
will In every other community in th ' '
state where ther la a demand for moral
surroundings and ' clean : government. -Tha
old element that la, responsible for
Its domination, ia bow wnjifiiiiv
Th later generation and th new cltl-.
senahlp rushing from th east and south
to the Pacific ooast, will soon revolution-
ise iconaitions in the frontier towns.
vdilio xan rnMromm.''. -;.
Front thS Balem Jou'rnat ; A '.
Ex-Oovernor Uaer ha a loss editorial
explaining th way th lieu land business -
naa become such a problem and Issue In
state arrairs. .... . f. , .
'-Explanations may explain,, but they
restore little or nothing to th pole of ''
their atolen patrimony. - .- -,
No governor In our brief II years hss
called halt in th lieu land operations, '.
until the preaent executive. . r
He haa Inatructed hi land agent, Mr. 1
West, to go to the bottom of th busl- .
neas and formulate a report. -
Whether that wUl accomplish anything"'
remains to be seen.
Th state and th nation hav . but on '
plain course to purauaaave ths rest of ',
th land for tha home-builder. , - 4, '
Let horn builders alon hav publie
land at nominal price for homos only.' , '
Maks them llv on Iti r
For each chtld born on th land give " .
them a commutation In time or price, to
sncourage growth In th population of--th
atata . . . . -.. a .
Unmarried men or unmarried women A
do- not need all-the privileges ef taking '.
up bomeeteads that persons of family
should hav. ' ' , t ; -: ,.;.. ):
" 'Vilf'S " 1 1 M It 1 1 ti.i .lm 1..1, j
m lOiiia bAnvT.
This Infernal prohibition -!
Is a sideshow of perditlonTA"7 r."""
Fur It keeps a feller wlsbin X
He could go 'way back and die. .
Not a drap to wet me gullet, n v.
Not a glaas with boose to fill It. "A
isot a cnanc to vn emeu it,
BlncaOha town wentidry.
uut ana in mem aoora was swingln
.j..-,
Down th drinks we wns a-sllngla'(
And the glaaaee was a-rlngln', - . -
- In them daya gon byr f--'-.-r-
But them doors stand shet and wlnVIa '
At m as I pass, a-thlnklnV ' , .
How smbarraaatn' la drlnkln', -( ;
' ,glnc the townt went ery. , .. ; ...
' ' ;
Te, thm door stand wlhkln', bllnkln.
As I paaa, a-thinkln', thlnkin' ,
Of them good old times of drlnkln' i'
Ia th day gone by. ... '
Oh. my soul is rilln", rlllir, - , ,
And th prnhl's soul Is smllln , - .
Teuea the llcker s all a-spllln' '
. Sine ths town went dry.- . '. "i
.-. , ', .. CorralUgjimss.
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