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. tabUeba every vensng ' ( ascent Sunday ) - and vary' 8unday morning at . Th Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill
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f Small Change. ':
Prom now on th county division bill
will keep a biff third house; at Salem.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY-OF PORTLAND
ABOLISH THE ROBBERS' DENS.
:'lUj?TpUEVILE DAfTCE HALtS6r combination houses
A i: ' x I i' .J"wlr v thiijg .that will - have ' to tga
Vj -Tht, longer they are permitted to offend and.
I ', . pollute, the more radical will "be thei elimination.- They
.. are every one robbers roost, ; People robbed in theni
- are entitled to no grfit-amtnt pf sympathy, bii it is
f h publtVfiduty nevertheless to protect illy men, froiju
, he gross! temptations, these places flaunt in their face's.
r i War is being made jpn- such placesin big cities as
TwelTas small. -They-are under the baa jiTKew Torkv The
Record-Herald of Chicago asks some Questions pertinent
i . . he:i "VVhen a dance hall proprietor has-lost his sa
loon license as punishment for keeping a disorderly
; ylace why should- he be permitted to get a license to go
'. ,V - mtd business as a pal ton of vice elsewhere in the city?
NVhy . should, keepersof ueh resorts be permitted to
X -' ,:' 'Violate, the I o'clock closing ordinance "rvery, Saturday
night?. .There is no xtuse foreuch laxity; of admin;
-r it ration."
, - -4 - Coming ' neafer home the - Astorian, -published in a
" t ery wide-open town, after well describing these derisjn
rortland, whicn description fits some w Astoria, says
fPublic sentiment is changing' in : regard to. tolerating
;1. . vice and disreputable places, and. ihe time is not far
' . distant when the lower class of .saloons win be refused
- -: av license."'-- r .'j J9i..,'iizt:
i ; CouncilmeirHegeC anTAlhee are on ,th right track
VU in moving to abolish these places, which are run chiefly
; ' ', - as a base of operation for female and male thieves, who
'" lay for greenhorns to rob them, the women robbers turn
. TIngihoit-jb'f '111'! tnohey-over lo their umurmablyivile
..' .tnale companions, after dividing with the proprietors' of
"-the- dens ----- --' i -1 . Jr.! " . L ,
' ' ; ' 1 These worse than nuisances' have been tolerated here
v ' too long. -There roust be strict observance of laws on
j-r-t the part of saloonkeepers, .and the city must be served
r iDy men who will enforce. the lawi.. . ; ::
-The. mayor is accustomed to point with pride to the
improtcd moraLcondition of the-city, but if a stranger
' ' ;; were to take these representations as true and. then visit
,v some of the robbers' dens and ascertain what is going
on there, Jie,. would Strain his imagination in trying to
:' picture this feature. of the city before these alleged re-
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- CHILDREN. ON .THESTAGE.
TUDG
VDGlS -WEBSTER is probably to be commended
tsioif that
f for his decision
an It-year-old boy must not
be permitted by.liis parents to work as an actor in
'f " theatre- : i . ' "' , '.:' .i
rf. 'i It would be going too far to "say, regardless pf 'any
-'.riir 'aw on the snbject, that i"0 child hou!. be permitted
,. . to act regularly on the stage. I There seems to be an oc
caskjnal exception to this ruleand the exception may
v' -f,.Test upon &fle of "more of several causes. For example,
v'v if . child'sjparents are actor and actress, and they intend
' ; " to bring it up fo the same-profession, and do so ith
p . out neglecting its mental or moral education, thia should
"- be aHowed." Again," possibly aToy or' girl witli a rare
aituralJtalent'lor. the i'tage-ajadjftbose earnings are ncc-
t s"slary for the .support of mother or -younger children,
i heuld be alio wed, tinder suitableguardianship, to accept
such eftiployment Or a child wfth'careful, morale truly
, .i.u:l'ovfng parents amighLbeermitted tp; go on. the. stage
.. ;. Among decent surroundings, ana develop such natural
j and made, and the making of a good actor, require early-f
4 . training and practice,".. And even S" botn actor must be
t "i i- gin early, in order Jo get jnte,the front rank before being
j ?'i"wornont.
So. we-would, not depTivf thtfstjJge ,6T, children en-
' " t. e'T- But-they should be permitted to go on'-the stage
j ; T''f- with much consideration' and-caution,; . Mere children,
piucumca very 111111 uiiti.-mie unn accn on - mo
stages of some vulgar vaudeville thestres where the per
formances ought to make a graybeard blush. In these
or other cases children haVe been forced or induced at a
sender age to goTon the-tage xjf such-resort toanpport
dissolute and vile' parents. , There, should be no tolerance
of such cases. .-, .. - , '. v .
-The presumption is that a child I out of its place
on the stage,' This presumption, is only to be overcome
by such a showing as makes the case exceptional. ; And
in no case ought a child o be allowed on the stage of
some of the so-cfatted. theatre of this ity, where they
roiist'necesiarily'pe.rform in an riivironment of ivnlgarity
and vice.v A .:'.."':''-'.';':!..:' . "-'-" ; v
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HOW NOT TO DO IT.
rpUE PANAMA-CANAL s another thing that has
1 been, put to leepi that is a" victim of the ."cant-4
- - do-nothing policy" Of this (ongress.TTNothing is
betny done, toward diggingjhe. canalndr evin. in pre
oaring or gettins ready to digr it; The ci'edulous coun
try supposed months ago that everything wasi ready for
a beginning of this work, but people are gradually learn
ing that nothing is ready, and nobody know when any
thing or anybody will be ready... ' : I ; " L'
The commissioners ar contented . and-jevjen happy.
They 'are 'drawing high salaries for dping nothing and
living. in fine i style ft Washington..Occasionally,lKt
they feel in need of an "outing, they take a , brief trip
down to Colon in a palatial government steamed, with no
expense whatever to themselves, spend a few hours on
the isthmus, and not liking the., climate return. They
have done nothingand apparently don't care about doing
anything. - A ?io,ooo-a-year life job is good enough for
- The commission has not yet decided whether the
cahal is to be a lock or a. sea-level, passageway, nor
anything else debatable about it.' The farthest it has
gone is to agree-tacitlynd tentatively that probably
some conclusion must .at some time be reached about
the disposition of the ChagTes rivetr This partial ap
proach toward a decision so mentally exhausted them
tnat they will not be in a condition for months to come
to think about the canal at all.
No wondf the president want to get rid oHbe com
mission. But can , he? As canal builders they may
be very inert and inept, but as lobbyists protecting their
soft job weTnry-beflrr-they-are valiant toiler. 7 r
A GOOD B ILL TO KILI
HE BILL to require all conditional sales, or, sates
1 on installments, to be recorded is a good one
as a specimen or neeoiess irritating and Dotner-
some lem'slation.i but not otherwise.- Such a law would
be productive: jof very little good and a great deal of
MAnmranaHaiBSijl iKtat 'r -
IIILVIITUIVUVV 'Kltriiuuumi i. f - - --t
" It it perhaps true that some people ard thus tempted
sometimes. lo-buy things that they cannot affofdand
perhaps pay. more lor them than they are reasonably
worth;; it may be true that. some merchants take ad
vantage of insiailment customers' financial straits; but
on,the; whole,- the j:u,sonV ,of conditional sales, 6r;les
on installments, as oracticed dv reDutabie and reason
able dealers, is a good one both fortthemselves and for
the people generally. "Many families get necessaries in
this manner.ihat.coii,Id .never be obtained jf they hid to
1 1 pay casn qown.
histrionic talent a it possessed Actors are both born y True, - the bill, does not prohibit -such sales, but it
seek to mtxe tnem ouncuii sua aisagrceaoie to ail con
cerned. To keep threeord of such sales would require
several clerks and the court house would soon be filled
wftbthe document-"-There is no more need of keeping
a miblicteceird of such sales than of everr bargain of
every kind that people make. - v ; r i - .
. ine piiiii siinpiy piece 01 looiisniress, anawe prej
ntn tha Mcrislatnra will iir reirara it. x .:. "V
Most rVon JcrfuT
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' ' " Portland Letter, In 'tha Chlao Inter-
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'' " fhe Forestry bulldln -at the Lewi
.and Clark , centennial will e down la
- history a the most unique-structure
v ; of ' all ' expositions. Not only la tha
bulldln a new departure tn exaoettlon
. atructure, but it ia a marvelous modern
- example of the ploneeri architecture of
-' . . the treat Oregon country gig-antlc
lo tiouae. ."''.' - ''' J ;
- It la not a lo cabin; It ia a lor pal
' ace, exempllfyln- in ita componitlon the,
-"'' - foreat wealth of Oregon and Washlng
to - Oianta of the foreat perbape od
whan tboa'e-'Sturdy explorers. Lewis and
"ClaraY penetrated into what la now
'-' I termed the Paclfle northwest 10. yrars
: -. I Ago. have been aaerllleed Jn building; thl
i monument in those msn'a memory.
' Jl This maatodon structure of rough
inwi ioa, xypicaiiy Americaji in awiirn,
1 Stand out In atrlkln eontraat with ita
' atately nelahbora of beauty and race in
the style df the, Bpanlah renalaaanee.
V Situated on an eminence at the d ire of a
.r natural park.- overtookinar Qulld'a lake
and tha Willamette river, with Ave
anowapped mountain peaks bounding
the horlson. the view from the gallerlea
-of thta building far aurpaaaea anything
of ita kind in exposition history. - '
The Fortatry building, bealdea being a
ttmbttr exhibit Itself, will contain all
;. the . finished products of the f tjrest," as
i welt las tbe woods in their native etat. I
The structure la 10 feet in length by
11 feet' In width, and Its extreme
' height is 74 feet. .. In its construction
-.two miles of five and alx-foot fir toga,
s eight miles of poles and tons of shakes
and cadsr-ahlnglaa were ueed.. . One- of i
the monster oga weighs It ton and
many ef thle alae were uaed. Tlie ldys
. have .been left In the rough with the
bark on. and - lichens, the delicate
.. tracery- ot. fern ageinet-thruged
; brown of the bark, clambering ' vlnea
,-and -rustle hanging baakets of foreat
- flowera will add touch -ef plctureeque
. wiianeaa.- -
3aey that soma of the base logs of
; th building are six feet in diameter and
- - feet long means littler to -the aver-'
age person. A more eomprehenalve idea
ef the immeaslty of theae logo-may be
. bad when It is stated that one of the
loga con Ulna enough lumber with which
.to build a one-etory cottage. 40x4 In
ise; a fence to surround it, board walks
. lo lead. up to it, and . than suf detent
" wood remaining with which to klndle-'a
fire for many months. - Or, - if one f
.thee loga waa eut up Into standard
.' sum flooring boarda three inchea by one
Inch and theae bnarda were flaced end
t't end they would, reaeh. for IS 1-1
. mil.
- ' The Interior of the building, ax well as
- tha exterior, will be an exhibit of the
fnreet wealth of tha northwest. Her a
. aulunade of coluaua of fir and cedar
trees 49 ifeet :' high supports the "roof.
Ruatie gtalrwaya and Inalde balconies
running around the entire building en
able the visitor to atudy the wonderful
virgin- -display of native, wood and the
other products of tha forest. ' .
In tha construction of this log palace
primitive methods were adhered to as
far as pcMelble. There was no car
pentry- work whatever, the log being
framed together with tree nails and blg-J
old-rashloned wooden pins. j
..Tbe foreat giant a used-wero felled 'in
the woods bordering on tha Columbia
river. After . betna; ahorn of their
branchea they were plaoed In cradles to
guard againat the 'bark being torn' off
and drawn to the river bank. Hera .they
Were formed Into large rafts and floated
down tha . river. .From the Columbia
river the loga ' were guided into the
Willamette river,'. From this stream
they were floated at high tide over a
narrow atrip of land 1 Into Oulld's lake,
tha natural grand .basin of tha expoal
tlon. The distance- traveled by these
loga was It miles. '
' From the lake the- tree were raised
to the alte of the- forestry building Jn
Centennial park by mentis of a skid way
1.500 feet in. length..- Tb glanta were
lifted, into place on the building by a
donkey engine of 40-horse-power, which
waa built specially for this work, the
ordinary donkey-engine being only about
1 (-horse-power. Twelve-thousand feet
of wire, cable were used for hoisting and
guys- - - . .'- : -. .- .
The finishing touches are now being
added to tbe Forestry building,-and
within a few weeka it will be ready to
receive the exhibits which.-like itself,
will show to tha world what vaat riches
are contained In tfie timber lands of the
Paclflo northwest. : . '
A feature of the forestry display wilU
be one of the largeat fir trees ever felled.
The log is 13 feet in diameter at the
butt. feet ' at the too and 100 feet
long. It-grew near tha eoaat In Clatsop L
county. Orealon. The logs- above the
base are tarefe fett In diameter and vary
In- length. Colonadea-of - immense Or
tree St feet h1g1iJwn(Ix'Yeel In diame
ter are striking features' of tha bonding.
A veritable forest of these tree columna
support : splendid loggia or gallerlea
over the main entrance. Beeliifa the
galarlea-'there ar picturesque bslconlea
on eaqh end of the building. The portico
over dne entrance la supported by slant
spruce trees and the other shows a
colonade of magnificent hemlopks that
wia be tha marvel of all visitors. The
upper part of the building la constructed
of cedar bark ahlkgles, II inches to the
weather. An overhanging gabled root
adds much lo the attractiveness of the
structure.' . . : i - - . - r - ' -
gently dealt with. 1 But lltU good can
be. accomplished if there is an attempt
made to evade the issue. . That lasu is
so plain that It. cannot be unintention
ally overlooked. It la this: "Outside
sheepmen have com rtnto.thls country.
and in the manner, of g'raalng. violated
moral rights in alt cases and legal right
in many.". d -.-- . 1
Any adjustment Ahat.eonslders this as
inni inainf -piacfc . mar succeeo; lr it
ignore It. Us result will be failure, as
In 'many previous attempta. The con
.sequences of dispute alone need oc
cupy but little ajun in the deliberations
of the member.. Remove the cause and
occasion of dispute and the dispute
will disappear of themselves. If .tb
difficulty should appear between men
wno anouid be neighbor public aentl
ment (nay be depended, upon to set It
right- . ( - , -. , . .
In this eountv there ia arrasa.ennu-rh
for all who ar entitled to It. flom of
It 1 adapted to sheep and soma to cattle
graiing. The whole aim and 'effort of
the association should be to aee that Its
members are, - put - into undisturbed
possession of their . light.: . Notice . of
thia intention : will Insplrej respect at
come and abroad. ,' . . . ..v
""'v- ooTZiAjrs to jAjpajj
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' From th Soottlsh-Amerlcan. '
Land of the rising aun. all hail! '
Sootta to thee a, greeting aenda; , "
Before tyranny thou dldat not quail, '
Nor leave unchecked her selfish mill
Fair flowery land, where beauty dwell,
- Auld ruggedi Scotia clasDa fthv hand.
And with thy pride her bosom swells;
i-or tnou. are one of freedom' band.
Scotland; aha know tha combat fierce.
The stealthy foe that would he-mlla.
Saw tyrant swords her patriot pierce,
- Who aeorned th proud usurper's wile.
And; with th love of freedom still, -
Haila with delight thy her pea bold,
And with a patrlotle thrill -
2JBh live gain in dartof pltllZSri
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Tani, mAvaa tbqvbu.
.it From Mia TOM t)y New,
The stock association meeting- at
Hamilton on th Ilth of thia month will
In -many waya be tha most Important
gathering . ever - held In - the- county.
Cattlemen,: sheepmen and horse raiser
are experted to be present and take part
In Us "liberations. It is In such repre
sentatlv meetlngK and On the trans
that ih Questloa can b most IntaUl-
The thistle and Chrysanthemum.,
'"May freedom they for ay denote.
Until w aee Christ' kingdom coma.
And earth becomes -a neacefu snot-
But -while that tyranny still lives.
Unsheath the aword and face the fo.
tie who hi life for freedom gives
' Finds bit above and fame below. -
7- -.-, -. Alex. Walker. ;
Philadelphia. , r ,
"What I th us of a dOsen or mpr
member or a. commute if th chatrj
man is ih '-whoufhlngr ; ,
. ; If r. Chadwick 1 completely shattered
and can't undergo a trial. But ah may
ne only acting some more. ..
Hop raisers ar learning that they
must keep their contracts and cannot
evade them 1 tbe prlc goes up.
. A French scientist ears dyspepsia can
be cured by smiling. ' But how can
person smile when h ha dyspepsia T
A Minnesota man -who died -recently
had two stomachs. Ha needed them' to
grind fuel ' enough - to keep warm there
in in winter uma: : u
I'A man dropped dead in a Seattle
restaurant the other day. Whether the
cause waa th grub or the amount of
th check 1 not known. ..;;
If Attorney-General 7 Moody nerslsts
In attacking the beef trust it will have
to raise th price, of meat and lower
th prlc of cattl -eomeraore.
If th precedent be established In th
puk case that a man' marriage Is evl
dene of hi Insanity,- there la likely to
do a large crop or. lnsan QlTOrc suit
piaintirra.
- Th Springfield, OK New thank the
"datller for giving reader a "glorious
relief" from tale of wo of Nan Patter
son and Mra. Chadwick. Tea, they did
get ratnar tale.
'-A-New Tork man sued hla wife for a
divorce - because she alwar went to
bed. with her shoee on ao-hat-h-eowld
be- ready to run in .case ef fire. Some
men have no sympathy with their wives'
reasonable precaution. : ,. - ,- -
Representative Humphrey . tell no
news when he declare that th govern
ment transportation! tervlc aoroaa th
Paclfle Is "rotten,", but nobody could ex
pect anything else with a man like Rep
resentative Hull In charge of legislation
on tni subject : . .
Th lateot. Vot.-I. No. . of a Journal
Isttc long-felt want la th Mohtavllla
Vigil, issued in the growing suburb of
Portland east of Mt" Tabor by Keeler
H. Oabbert. an experienced -newspaper
man, who will giv th Montavlllaln a
good local paper,
Th bill to m&k ubslstence on the
earning of fallen women a felony la a
gdod on to pass, Kveey one ef these
mil moral monstrosities should be sent
to th penitentiary and made t work
there. Portland - haa tolerated theae
loathsome vermin on the body of so
ciety ; much too - long"; already.. Make
their business a felony; run them down'
and convict them, and give them heavy
sentence; thu' they i Will - sooa'dlsep
par. r-
Senator N. ' Whaaldon. of Th Balle
was elected over A. 8. Bennett by inly a
mall plurality, and It waa th Hood
River district that ved him from de
feat, hi own city having given . Ben
nett It plurality. Now tha Hood River
region wants. to b created Into a new
county, aad Senator Wbealdon. though
a resident of The Dalles and therefor
opposed to the Hood River protect, can
not forget, the Glacier Thinks, that hi
offloe 1 duetto th paoptaf oHood River,
BOX o-iiv
Oregon Si&eli&ta j
Th Independence poatoffic receipt
Increased notably last year.
Th new broom rectory at Roaemirg
la manufacturing I dosen broom,-
Tha. "Arhlty ' Advance da ' well named.
It Is a better local newspaper than some
published in towns four time the Is
or .Amity.r-r - i
Chemawa American f" Mis "Lttgenbel
I th happy possessor of 3. skirt sup
porter, which was manufactured, by Mr,
Mann,, Her girl ar working on apron
check and aqorn aresaes. j . .
The Hood River Olacrer ha a new
Simple' typesetting machine, aomethlnc
it need In Its business, for th Ola'
cler print more matter than any other
weekly in a small city in ,th country,
Fort Slmoo - correepondene of - th
Chamawa. American tlndlin pupil, pa
per):. The boy and -Industrial teacher
killed flv hog this week, and we had a
great tint, cleaning them in th kitchen.
Publisher of tha.Eugene dally papera.
th Guar and Register, will reduce their
else and rata advertising rate. - such
action, they say, being necessary. They
re good, newsy-paper, nod dsssrv lib
eral SUPPOrti... I,. .J j."':
Warm Spring Indian reservation eof-
respondenoe of Chemawa American: Th
Indian had Christmas and New Tear'
dancing about six or seven night. "Th
girl have , new fascinators, but the
smaller girl ar careles with theirs.
An all-night dance alt Springfield "was
somewhat of a failure," says th Spring
Held News, "owing to a lack of printer'
ink. --The New and Ita Job department
waa completely ignored, consequently tb
Springfield dancers knew nothing- of tho
vnt ifntu nest dy." ?'- ;
Independence West Side: " Saturday
was coon day on th Willamette. . Wal-
flac Huntley ran down four.- On was a
monster weighing 10 pound. . . George
Wells' boy and a companion caught nine,
but the biggeet eoon etory cornea from
the-Kreba ranch. The working force
of II turned .out and they brought. in
17 coon. .,.
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. ' By It. D. Jenkins. D. D.
-.January2 i06 Toplci'rbyirot
Miracle In Cana," John Z: 1-11.
- Golden Text 'Whatsoever .he ,lth
unio you, no it John 3:
Responsive reading: Psalm 203.
v. . , Snteoosttaa, ....
"W re now entering on th ministry
of th Hon of Man. marked In ita con
trast to the preparatory work of the
Baptist with the. asceticism simoouo
of that ' W behold .him now freely
mingling . with humanity, sharing -Ka
joy and engagements, entering into its
family life, transforming and hallowing
all it experience by hi presence and
hi blessing; transforming th water of
legal purification into, the win or tne
new dispensation; and. more than thia.
changing - th water -ox -our . xeit warn
Into the wine "bf hi giving, and lastly,
tha Son of Man ahowlng himself to
be also tb Son of Ood and th King of
Israel." Edershelm.
' "The presence of Jesna at this purely
festive gathering ao soon after his pub
llo appearance, la In itself significant
It I another evidence of hi complete
severance from the achool of John the
Baptist and hi renunciation of all hi
moda'ftt.'lU'VTb..raanc of hi
mother at th wedding and th part he
played in, ita . venta, also disposes of
some natural doubts as to the relatione
that existed between them. The violent
expulsion from Naaaretb came upon her
a a great ahoek. It waa witn irerau
loua anxiety for hi afty;, with per
hap some illuminating hops that Cana
might in soma ' wajc atone ., xor in re
jection at Nasareth. that khs'set out
with him across th hill to th wadding
of her kinsfolk.'' Dawson.
"Wadding ceremonies began at twl
lighten waa the custom In Paletln
no less una ia ureeca, .
To bear away
Th bride from her hom at blaahtng
hut of day,'
or-even later, -far on Into- th night
covered from head to foot In hei loose.
flowing veil. I garlanded with flower
and dressed, in her fairest robe. She
era- heralded by toretillght, with ong
and dances and the tnuslo of tb arum
and 'Of th ftut. to' this bridegroom'
house. he -w attended by - th
maidens bf her village, and tha bride
groom cam to meet her with hi youth
f ul f rienda" Farrar. ' . . v -.
"It waa In th atmoephere of thl
entirely human vent that Jeaus showed
himself to be something other than th
follower of John. He would be soon
preaching repentince. but . her. In th
Wildstuf this social and tvrrbulenUy Joy
ful scene, he would prove hlmaelf no
tseetle .but -rather a man among men. ! ,."!?.
aauiua - . . ,
Tha IVaasom. ! '
Vr 1: " It seems reasonable to
undersund, that -Jesus waa already
marked personality In. hla Galilean en
vlrenmant . He had a few ' friend nd
w -may . well believe,--many ensmle. a
any good man will hav who is pre
eminent for virtue; He had-been cast
out of the city where he spent his early
life. (Luke 4:1-1K Whichever ofth
two alte in dlsput may hav been tbe
original Cana -in OalUee, It. wa not
more than eight mile from tb scene
of hl- rcentrJeetibn' --Tht wedding
waa in a circle where his mother was
Intimate, and tradition ha asserted that
It-occurred in the home of a ramlly
closely related to him by hi mother'
Vers 1 That Ju Wa bidden,
aays-not a little of the kind of repute
he had already acquired. In th eaat
nothing 1 so esteemed as tasting. Even
in the mlddl aea th saint who
etarvedv himself into bis grave was con
sidered next to a martyr. That Jesu
would not refuse an -invitation to the
most JubUantJfestlv1ty appear td hav
been believed by hi hosts; and that hi
- Btay-at-Xom Voter.
From the New Tork Sun.
The total vote for president in the lat
election wss 11,101.0. Thl ws 460,071
less than the vote in lvOO: notwtthatand
Ing an - estimated increase of nearlv
7.000,000 in population and of .1.40,0.000
... .iifwis tuiiik mini siiuuiu ini ioisi
vote have been In November had the
Interest of. eltlsen in th result been
profound and their preference between
the'A-andldatea sharply deflnedT Th
fullest vole in proportion lb population
ever rust In a presidential election wss
In 1116, when the ratio wss 1. to C. By
thia ratio the vote In November would
hav been 11.000,009. Th vote actually
polled wa 1,002,000 short of this, .
Th Nyssa Progress having character
ised a certain man a Jackal, he.fe-
pond In the Ontario Democrat that th
Progress, man 1 a -tugmulllon, which he
kindly explain la "a cross between a
hedgehog and and -a hyena." He also
alludes to ai crmo as a hobo and a
half wilted tramp, nd "worse than a
thief and assassin. " Th Progress will
doubtless atudy up aom names to call
Mr. Blantonv- No prospects of arbitra
tion or th Intervention -of other powers.
A Eugene doctor went to church "ne
evening for ome unknown purpose, and
when he left could not find hi valuable
pearl handled Umbrella, A few day
later he saw It In possession of a woman-whom
he -knew, but lacked th herve
to demand It until after.be bad consulted
a lawyer, who braced him up, and the
next time, he met th woman he de
manded 'hla property,' which ah refused
to glv up until he threatened her arrest
when ah did so. Moral: When you g
to church bang n to your umbrella, I
new disciples were also asked ahowa a
Willingness upon th part of thl house
hold to. tndentlf y -themselve with a man
and cause bitterly opposed in the neigh
boring, larger town of Nasareth. i
Verse I. The prompt interference or
MaiTVOur Lord mother, in thejanstr
of th household.- would- Indicate that
th two faraille were more than- ordi
narily intimate, s. Mary appear to hav
learned very erty . of . th failure of
tha wine, which was la all the east the
on provision' esteemed -. most ' needful
for a feast '- This failure may hav
been caused by an unexpected: addition
to th number of guests In the person
of the disciple, t Her words to Jesus
I may hav been only an exclamation of
sympathy In vlw ox their fleplorabl
.barraasmant In certain localities
tb water I a deadly still a In Ellsha'a
tardl'Klnm 1:U-II). . : .
Vera 4. Do th best ws may, some
thing of -obscurity still overhangs the
little wa know of what paseea neiween
Jesus - and - hi - mother.- - But . what . ia
abrupt t la on -.country .and . age- I
oourtesy Itself in another. Th addresa,
"woman,"' la used In Homer to queens;
and Augustus so addressed Cleopatra
Peloubet). We know that aoclal eu'
torn 1 arbitrary. What 1 manifestly
source of embarrassment at on mo
ment may be a source of relief le min
ute later. ' But th on lesson we should
be sure to learn. J that. not even the
dearly beloved mother of our Lord oould
dlctat to Him what- to do or when 'to
do It.-. Prayer may be persistent but it
never may be, presumptive. -That 1
needful to remember today. . i
Verne 1 Mary knew how to Interpret
her son's word. She wa confident that
he would find som wsy. to relieve her
kinsfolk from th confusion of fare that
would corns td them from th fallur of
their supplies. Hospitality la In th
orient th on virtu upon which not tb
shadow of suspicion of economy must
fall. It 1 doubtful if Mary had th
sugntesi anticipation of any miraculous
Interference; but as a child learn to rely
upon th resourcefulness of its na rents.
so- Mary had com to know that Jeeu
could find -a way out of many situa
tion which seamed to others, herself.
Included, n "impasse." -..
ply Jesus quietly brought In. Th larg
est vessele about th premises were
Ithos used for the atorlna - of water.
-fying"' their " bodies."- They always
bathed their hand before a meal (Mark
T: I), and not Infrequently their ex
posed feet (Luk 7:- 44). For such
gathering; a thia an unusual supply of
water had been provided. Th Incident
i recorded that w mar realise that
when Jeeu gives, it Is not in a nig
gardly or grudging fashion. -
Varas 7. In th same way and for tho
am purpose th Word of our Lord ar
given, and th way In which hla com
mand waa literally executed la narrated.
Hla word- constituted an Inexplicable
order., ,W cen jhsrdly believe that the
servant would hav obeyed auch aln
gular bidding from a' comparative
tranger had not the word of Mery re
assured them;. It may erv a,, lesson
to us that however little we may under
stand of our Savior'. purpose, we should
fulfill to the very Jot and- tittle of hla
word th behut he lays upon it,. When
he say "Fill," ws ar not to put, In
Imply enough to cover the bottom! 1
.Vers S. mt Strang than th con-i
mand to fill up th vessel waa th
command o taks something of their
content t th chief guest But "Wis
dom la justified by .her works" (Matt
11: 1. W can better afford td obey
a ctrange command of our Master than
try to Justify our tiegleetr of it (No
parent can mak all th reasons for hi
discipline plain unto hi aona In their
Immaturity, -ekxn thhtgs-th meet eew
roeloua child must rail , to oomproneno.
But obedience to simple commands I a
simple thing whloh tha -children of God
may alwaya aafely fulfill. ' ;
. - Verse . It would wU repay u " t
mak a detailed study of all th miracle
performed by our Savior. - But thl I
charaoterlstio of hi wonderful work
they wer never wrought tb tonlh
"oclaty."'-. Jeeua , waa conUnt - to hav
th servant rather than th master of
the feast-know what had occurred. The
tory ahowa that thl waa not a matter
of collusion-, . not a result of clever
manipulation, not th deft substitution
of unexpected uppll. .. . -
- Verse It, That th new upply wa not
from the aarae source as the first
draught the, master of th feast teatl-
ne by-th;raotrthat It U Yldently.
superior la quality. How lgnlfloant of
th dlvln method of relief Th Ro
man church ha taught for ages that
Ood forgives sin so grudgingly that we
must pray so many . prayer.- and glv
o many alma to Ike poor, and attend
o many religion function, and visit
so many Shrines, and .then think our
selves nappy jr we escape from nn :
mean pf long drawn out purgatorial x
Plationa No on who ha mastered tb
lesson of tha first miracle aver formed
such a conception of salvation. ' "Tha
quality of mercy lr not strained. Jesus
Christ gives when he give, abundantly,
give richly. - Thl miracle, strange a
some aspects of -It appear, contains
within it th marrow of tho aosoeL
. vere ll. Tb word of th evansellsl
mak tea know that th chief end of thl
miracle waa the strengthening pf the
faith of our Lord' dlaclnl. Many
thing had happened and other Incident
wer to occur, which must sorely try
their fidelity. They knew oomoaratlvalv
little -ef . Jesus-yet and xooet of -thsrr
expectations as to the Messiah were r
roneous. It wa Ilk our Lord to
straighten th.hculaeWeed rather than
its Dreaa ii. - iie aid not denounce their
misconception but corrected them.
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j lroa tht? People' j
' -' sMsagjissy a,..,, 0 sawJsaaFeassssaessasejyaaa
:-- an& Railroads
Paul Morton. eoreUry of th navy
and formerly vlc-preldnt of th At
chlson. Topek tt Santa F Railroad
company, 1 th author of an artlcl on
th railway rate question in tb Out
lOK.
H in -th - outset' expressly disclaims
writing as a-repreeentativ of President
Roosevelt' admlntatratlon, and aaya be
speaks merely, as on with somewhat
exiensry experience pertinent to an lm
portent auoject
.Tb eecretary In th article says there
ar very few complalnta against rail--
roaa rate per a in the United Btatea,
th chief troubl being with "th rela
tion of rate. between market." . He
say there are aa many rates that are
too-low aa there in' rates whlrh
li'ourt' Would ildeetde to be too high, and
.tnat auner cias or rate may be equally
aieasiroua ro. communities. '.He.- ex
presses th opinion that federal super
vision of railroad -1 - necessary, but
adds that regulation and. protection
should go together.;-; - - ; .-r -r-
H aya that on of three condition
must toon about legislation of pooling,
further unification of ownership, or gov
ernment ownership, and of tha three he
xavor tb firat -..
Aa to pending legisUtlon. Mr. Mor
ton favor th continuance of th Inter
tat commerce commission In substan
tially Its present form, earing;.
"Let. it go on making investigations
ana rinaings tt it find a rate la un
reasonable, either too high or too- low.
everything else being considered) let it
Order such, rate as it deems reasonable.
and If th railroad d fiotak them
ffactlv in 10 daya than tha entire
matter to be referred to a -central court
"V uauiuruiuua vi, say, inres or, live
members, to be created to especially
conalder and expedite all questloas of
Interstat commerce bo far a th trans
portation of th country I eonoaraad, It
being understood that thia -central court
ball has- -power to adJUdloat In 'all
auch cases except those involving con
stitutional questions; and th finding
of thlvTcourt In Intereut mattar lo
b final-- . - -!, -
"I would urg caver punUhmmta for
railroad or a team boat line engaged In
Interstate commerce, which, by any de
vice, pay rebate, commissions, rin
any -way afford preferential' rates, and
th punishment should be Just as severe
to shipper or commission agent eek
ing or receiving, them. :
"I would perm ft th railroad to divide
their earnings or torthage among them
selve, filling alt such agreements with
th Interstate commerce commission for
Ita Information, and I would snake thee
contract enforceable between th
railroads. I would do thi ka an Insur
ance to th mall shipper a aecurlng th
lowest rate, and a protection to the
transportation' tine against th vast
tonnage and consequent temptation of
fered by th big; shippers, which so fre-t
quently hav been used to Becur inside
rates. If these eontracta war Illegal
or against public policy, or unreasonably
In restraint of trad, than let them be
reviewed . by th . asm court of . com'
mere. .. "" .
'T would favor, vn If It wer neces
sary to have a constitutional amendment
to accomplish it, th declaration that alt
transportation by rail waa hereafter to
be considered Interstate commerce and
ubject only- to - federal - aupe
thereby relieving th state of th
rogativ -and establishing on
regulation, th federal power.
- ft would mak It Impossible for
than thoss directly, Interested ship
per or commercial bodies to bring suit
for action ..under - th interstate com'
mere act. .- - - ' -
"I would favor air agitation and shap
ing of publle opinion that would not toN
Vlalon,
faj pr-
cjentral
bthr
Vera I. That which Impressed the
disciples Was th abundance df the aup-Iexaia auch a thing a a preferential rata.4
nd would mak it squally dlagrabl
to grant or receive It Th president'
message en thl subject meet th view
of nil rood eltlsens, whether engaged in
rsnroatiing or snipping.
iiewifl san j GlaarjaT
In winter quarter near Mandan.
North Dakota. - ,
January tl Th wathr wa fin and
moderate. Th. hunter all returned.
having killed during their abaenee three
Ik. four deer, tw porcupine, a fox and
nar. . . ) , . , ;
. SOv Faaala
- From th Chicago Reoord-Herald. '.
Th superintendent of th mln t
Philadelphia says tha country Is on th
verge of silver famine. He ennounces
that there Ii no- more bullion from
hlch to mak dimes and auartera Mr.
Bryan will rto doubt watch anxiously
foe tha effect a shot-tags of Chang will
nav. upon th pucua.
Vo lsaoUs a
Salem.' Or.. Jan. IS To tha 'Rdltne
of The Journal The. masnlfleent f Ight-
" oy you two year ago against tha
attempt of ths tlraberhtnd corporation
to secure prohibitive franchises over tb
logging Btreama prompt u at thl time
to call your attention to what I ap
parently a mor effective and certainly
a more ineidloua attempt to absolutely
monopolise the logging stream of, th
Stat. Thl sppeara In hou bill No.
4. Introduced in th house by Vawter
of Jackaon. A- .. -t
This bill provides, among other things,
that "a corporation organised for th
purpes of transporting lpgs, lumber or
wooa tor hir upon said atreema shalL
have the right -to condemn lands tieuea.
aarlly flooded or damaged by the' erec-
nun w any aim erected in pursuance
of uch purpose or. Xor th purpoa of
forming a reservoir or pOnd tor th pur
poa of floating; or booming log, lunr:
ber or wood, and may condemn right pf
way along said rivers or stream and
condemn auch portion of the land cont
tiguoua to auch river or streams a
my be necesssry tor the purpos of im
proving said - river or tream . aud
rendering .the sam navigable for float
ing log, lumber. Wood, tc." , '.
- Alt thl eeema -very proper and pr
fectly harmless, but It probably means
much mor than appear oo th surface.
A story Is floating about tb corridor
of th state capltol that a short ttm ago
a logging corporation In western Ore
gon quietly bought up a long and nar
row atrip of denuded timber land along
th ehoree of a logging stream. '-Th
purpoee of the purchaae became ap-.
parent when on of tb parties inter
tad,, who la now attending very '
ion of th 'present legislaturs, notified
a private party angaged In logging in
th neighborhood, and who owns timber
land Just beyohd the purchased atrip,
that notwithstanding he had a right of
way acros the purchased strip -h .could
not dump hi log In th adjoining
treem. HI claim wa that such right
of way-gav no right to build a dam
r reservoir in th trm -for" receiving
the log from his chute. Thl would
absolutely nullify Ih right of wy. and
leav logger and th timber land owner
back of the purchased atrip absolutely
t the mercy of the "owner" of the
stream. It 1 claimed that rh law pro
viding for aeourtns: rights of war serosa
land for logging purpose grant right
no farther than th edge of th treami
The private logger In thl Instance then
dec! s red that in eelf-defense he would
enjoin th "owner" of th- trm from i
inJurlna. property helnw- . ir . ;
hehad Greeted, -which property wa be
ing deatroyed by th excessive flow of
water when Said dam wa opened. Houae
Bill No. 4. it eeema, 1 intended to pre
vent this bottld-up logger and timber
land owner from making use of, auch a
weapon In-self-defense. It give th
corporation thar may not be aw to e
rur all th ahor line along a logging
stream by privet purchaae th right W
condemn th reat of th ahor Una Then
it Will not llmsly own a loaslns fran-
chla In th stream, aa war provided In I
th bill of two years ago, - but -It will (
osuiuieiy. own. ins stream ana can tell
th owner of every acre of land that
do not border on th stream that ha
hall not hav acoesa to that stream x.
?ept on terms fixed by he corporation.
t,la known-that in one jartlcuUr case
grlat mill along th stream referred
to abov is belna- constantlv cloeead in'
ita operation by the excessive flow of
"r unra ukzhs auove iv are openeu,
and that hundred of acre of th choic
est farm land ar - being constantly
overflowed and rendered useles. ( -i
Th passage of th bllL referrd:to:
will nabl th "owner" of th atream.
not lmply to bottle UB- Vrr. losaer
n timber owner back of him. but to
oonriscars an tn farm and grist mill
th und in hi way. . u th country;
""y " u sur-our jogging streams
and' timber-land to be thus moneoo.
Used? ' - J .
Every farmer owning- -Ian on- a
logging atream and vry man who own
a alngle aero of timber land that doe
noi us oiroctly f on th-j shores of a.
logging Stream l vitally Interested In
defeating th legUUtlon called-for In,
ine Din referred to. PROTECTANT. . ;.
Plana . . . .
"Tortland. Jan.! l. To ih" tviu. e
Th Journal Tour editorial in thl even
lnrs Journal on "Misuse of the Emer
gency Clause" goes straight to th point,
and put the case of the people admira
bly. This, fallowing orr -the governor's
m""Of- yeaterday. putting In th
clearest possible words th true slgnifl
eknee of tha emergency claus and hi
poaltion In regard, to It, ought to -clear
th atmosphere In Ore son. However tha
legislature may Anally decide to, vote
on th various bills now pending that
especially Involvrtty people' right of
the referendum. It must now vote In th
fao of a luminous Intimation of th
people case.
Permit m word in' reran tn the.
local option law and th pending amend
ments. It ought now to. b fully ,.nn
d erst ood that the calling of namee I ef
fective neither to efface nor explain the
local option vot. When the worst ha
been ald of any. division, class or in.
dividual of th temperance people, th
vote of June and November still, show
that those people constitute a fairly
respectable body of th voter of Ore
gon. And whatever may be said of the
raleunderetandtnr of i th . local' ontlna
law In June, there was no -misunderstanding
of It In November. Th people
understood then fully what th law was'
fcnd what th various class of these
whe voted for- th law thought of It -Som
ef us out of our "tupldlty" helped
to : mak this plain in November. -
Our. legislators will doubtleaa make a
careful tudy of thl November vote, for
th significance of . It cannot' he mis
taken, aa th opponent of the law very
well know, and tho vot of Multnomah
county 1 not less significant than that
of "-thsrpthrscountla. - Say-whatw"
will, the vot on th law in November
stands there a non-partlaan vote and a -Olid
mass of temperance eentlment that
will not down. Furthermore, when th
vot I analysed and all th circum
stances f tb election weighed, it be
come crtln 'that th vot polled I by;
no mean all of that body effective
trength. - ... , ,
Barely, in view of the fact. It eheht
not to be regarded, a presumption to :
ask on behalf of ths peopl of Oregon
that th legislatur let the law alone,
until the people, who-mede.the lw,
hall hav ' tested it and decided' gor
themselvee which amendment it tIia
If unwIHlng to do this It Is difficult to
e bow It .can aver Justify lts.lg be
fore th people of Oregon If It fall at -least
to leave the-way opeiv for thd jeo- .
pi to pas upon any amendment th
leglalatur may mak. Te ne.a ' th. .
amendments now before th legislator '
or iny. amendment nearly- like them i
nd thn shut out th people by the
device of ths emergency clsuse. would
be a use of leglslatlv prerogative which
It eema to m lmpy Imnossihi.
ny body t fair-minded ITl Ml da II Katee. g-
Ur to mak. t t. , .Wilson
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