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..J IT? J 8 flr 5 n H In TLAND,. OREGON, -sW .v ' XH E OR EGON T WJ XN - C S. JACKSON Published every eerlaf - ( except HEXl THE present settjon I the legislature ends next Friday, .Its -i. W-w,- ( , amuuwq viu unuuuoicuiy suuw sumc muuu '-., . and .beneficial work, noasiblv more , ' goodiccomplished by leg-islatiires;'et as usual it looks- r, now as if it will have failed tdp tome jmporlant :.nHTf-.-tnrTrnouia nave aonr, : . some iningi tnai u anemia not nave . ' Fur one thing, appropriations are nt he increase of : population, The appropriation!. Mill he in the a million .dollars more than they were .two-years. ago, '. --f .exclusive of the unusual appropriations for the Lewis a" and Clark fair, the right of way for the Celilo canal. and $100,000 for the Indian war veterans.. These and the ' vi work above The Dalles required approximately $100,000 'more this year, but aside from that there are no large ... . unusual nccas. - v . v But where could any considerable v made? Well, 'there js jo use in "Lr-.ny.inore but a good deal might saved by dropping all or all but one of the normal ' schools. When the local high school at ""Drain mly - r graduated two alleged normal' teachers last .year, every . member of the legisfature, as well as everybody, else, -knows that an appropriation for that school-is a sheer " waste of money and cannot be justified for. a moment .... ifiora any point of -view. And "while the other schools i ' are, , larger and make a better showing,' It "is slear to ,Jverybbdy-4hat they furnish the base fof Interminable. log Toning ana Da a, it not aosoiuteiy corrupt, legislation The legislature' plain duty was-to get rid of them. , ;The Oregon national guard takes ; and, , while 'we suppose not a 1 single member of , the .legislature would seriously think of task-of explaining its value to the state at large might -.. : be.'difficult. ; ''.-"TvV t. Th state printer's big graft could have been cut down ' good many thousand dollars, and there were 'other way of Curtailing expenses', none of which were adopted or .considered. ; y-j--tX-v - ,'r-H'- ' -'.'. "y ' But airie this is to, since it seems impossible to prac tice any economies whatever, it was an argent duty on ! the prt of the legislature to pasa one or more laws - that' would resultjnthe raising of .more revenue. No business man thus increases his expenses from year' to '"year, without providing means for an increased income. . JI makes sure ofthis first. The legislature is the busi-!-y-ptp: agent ofjthe ''people-,of-'the-tate,-twhe,-tru8fto;it -,-," ( to f increase revenues : proportionately, at least, to the ! increase'of expenditures. But from the present outlook '. ; this will net be done. 'The bill to collect back taxes of big tax. dodgers, particularly land grant corporations, - may be a feasible one, -or i maj.,be-oniy-buncombe. - - Whether its provisions in detail are practicable or not, its ostensible intent is right .Oregon has a good many tax dodgers, and they should , be brought to book. ' j Another, tlinf that pugTjtl "to . be . done,, cve'.yet, to, . 1 piss a law taxing public, service or public utility cor ' . porations inccordance with their gross earnings. This is a just, Equitable measure, and the legislature has no . right to dodge that 4vtT,.1-:j-;;r - - If, we are tq go on increasing expenditures, we must ' '.. Increase revenues, and they must ' or . should be in creased by other means than addingo the burdens of Jecommon taxpayer. , ' ; J . 'Ll : trc-rLi , t ; - 1 IT IS THEIRS, GIVE IT TO THEM,! ' ' '-"7.:; -:- -oil1--, ',y .'-.oH...-.--.-:- , . .. - T FTHE MONEV' .Toted atTthe taxpayers'Jmeeting . . 1 , wa intpnded to go .to . the grade teachers, the school boards should see that it goes to them..: Not .only" thatj- but iT should go to. them without ,ay dis . .. qhalification, and they should all get,it. The so-called merit system does "not appeal to this common sense, of ...the. jeopler ior the good andsufficient reason that ,it ' may open Che door to favoritism, which above all things ; ; should be avoided in the public schools. , ' r L God: salaries should command good teachequ 'r. If '7yTthTeare any teachers who are not worth the money paid to instructors in their class, then they should be ' V. replaced by teachers who are. In this -way the standard t i would be constantly raised, the self -respect bf the.edu , - eators who stand upon their own merits increased and .' f ffhe public would profit by the better service. But the introduction of the so-called merit system simply tends ( y ; to place the teachers under the thumbs of the principals. . ' - If 'they stand welP wtVf them-then swthing more is vneedeL"This is precisely the way such things work . . out when practically applied without appear. . It ii a , system to -which the teachers' and the public have . a : '.8h to object and it is an objection which should re- . i ceive consideration at the hands ot aATOB MlTOMBLfc. .. - Mow Xia Xevtag reUtteal rriaads An -.- Belplag lm Hie wur ot as4.. ' : i. y Frm tha OreKOiilan, February S. ' It the leaislature Is to adjourn to e certain, ur ie or 11 months from ' now, how would It do to begin th jro i. lutton form 0ecll lon with 4 pro- amble, declarlos that "Whereaa, Sena .'tor, Mitchell la undor Indictment, tha x ' ault of which cannot ba foreseen; and, t . whercaa, hla health la not flratrate. any .. way. and Ufa la a) way a uncertain; and " wheraaa, Oreeon hat a Democratic gov ,. ; rnor who. in caaa of a vacancy, -would . appoint a Democratic .senator: Thera--,! fore, ba It reaolved. that thla body ad- ,; lours to a day of , etc.. etc If , there are any reasons for an adjourned i fcenclon. thla would be a fair staU-ment : ' of them. But "call you this backing rr" your frlertda" t v f - ' " - - - From tha Oregonian. February It. . ' t 'It does not becom the Oregonian to v aay very much at this' time about the dlacloaufaa maoa-thruoirh-H. "Tan !r"il fonfeaalon yeaterrtay, In .TnJ l4l llnvwr-M nntlrt. Tliarft npwl. nit hnm. ' lly n the moral "effect of this confes- - a Ion on the position and fortunes of -John II. Mitchell. Almost alone during 'many lara. the Oregonian was a critic. accuser and-opponent of Mr. Mitchell,. ' Many thought .It waa censuring him , without - Juat - none. - Thewa persons ,; now such of them aa aurvlve may b rilspased to rev1e tae barah opinion of the Oregonian which they entertained at - h at time,, and. for long afterward. - But though tha part and place of Mr. ' Tanacr are important In the develop rnM oT this ' remarkable drama, he-Is but nmor figure In It. The chief f Ig-uro-Mbe man In high place whom this ronfeMlon Involves, and who now can - make no',ilfue let no -one now name lihn but wrth pMy. It is such 4 fall! ''Unperfluousit Is to aay -that such a . career and such a full point the noa -impressive moral that the history of Oregon has known. To think of that , apivrb of aolamit denial, mads with emotion and tears, end of the denuncia tion aue 'defhtnco, (a the senate, less T T V iNDEPENDfe NT-WB W 3 PAP 5 R '".'., ' v'r'-, )' :; '." y, ; ', " PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHINQXaT ? Sunday ) and very- 8uindrT mominj at streets. rcetiandKuregoa. . OFFICIAL PAPER OFHrriTY"Of PORTUtJll.. HAT -record on careful ex than the averaee of scientiouif eare - ana wiu ,niTc uuut as he serf out aouc. 4. .. too large, consider- w property and ' business. neighborhood of half Immense amount have made, a ; : , ' .' ty,? t, saving have been they' came by it,j law's meshes, was going over the ground and should have . been low men and even to themselves. - . - . - - - Young men erty wrongfully or. dereliction ot trunts of all kinds, about $45,000 a year, abandoning it, the Tanner ture instead of sine Democrat for a lican much barm. if there are any no- doubt give, So there is no Mitchell's; place, right .thustoexlareitsbelief tion. The men stay with him in VTHE T more than a third the. school bo than en montl?"afo, and then to have' in revelation! But the Oregonian can not pretend to surprise. It haa readers by thou sands who know "why. ".- The Oregonian ould aay -much, It win say little. It-reloloas In no man's downfall. Enough now to say that Sen-', ator MHchell was. He. at 111 Is Senator nominally but that title to ,hm ts not even tha shsdow of a name tha name tn'has dominated tha politics of Oregon nearly 40 aeare, The only wonder Is that this expos ore baa been delayed so long. y r , : -y-, Portland, Feb. 13. To 'tha Kdltor if The journal: A common sens way to settle the agitation over , the raise Jn Professor Rlglers -salary would be to refer the matter to a school meeting called for . the purpose. T I understand that It Is to be paid out of the special fund voted by the last school meeting;, and that- that tax was voted with the understanding that It was. for an In crease In . the salaries of the grade teachers, to amount to about 10- per cent aytd to bs aa general as good judgment would advise. If It has'been applied m any other way. it appears It 'would be in the Jurisdiction of the courts to pre vent such diversion of tha fund from the purpose for -which it waa raised, and Uvthere Is ahy lndeflnlteness about the purpose for which if was raised, that another school meeting would -settle It If Professor Rlglsr or any other school official wants a raise in salary pro cured through dubious, devious, or In direct methods; If they want to break lnt fnnde not Intended -for themthey had better be spared to those cities which stand In need of such senrfces. My own opinion, which, however, I ent wining to defer-, to 'others. Is that the special tax should not have-been voted at all, and .the upshot bears, dut this opinion. It appear now as a subterfuge to secure funds, for the machine. - . . The greatest need or the city's schools and the one demanding flrat -attention (and that, could .very well be deferred) Is play grounds, more play time, more physical eXerclsa In tha open air, more Billing of -the children in play junder the esplonsge of good teachers- with which I ' think Portland'' ia very well T n TTD M A T.! JNO. P. CARROLL Tbe Journal BuiMinr;, Fiftb and Yeraaill - ..." ..' ,. .? , (CTSSON-TOlTYOVNCrMENT a tremendous lesson there is- in . all ihese accusations and indictments' and con essions and " denials -these strugglings of victims in JB ncL One simple, single thing is the foun dation of all riifeagefness -Jor money, without.-con a - to: how it Is obtained. ' These men have been; following the advice of the father to his son upon his career: '"Mj son, get money, fionestl if you can, but get money,'; The love of monejd is not thi roptofalLeviU-Iut-it4-re4poniblefor an of ev-it. ' Every one of these men could sufficiency, (or all their' wants -honestly; they were all able to do that; but that was not enough; they burned and fretted with a desire to1 get rich, ta get things bl "nothing or without rendering a fair equjvf- lent ,-Most of them lawyers, they used their knowledge to obtain nioney:.orP"operty "wrongfully. To get money or property wai the main thing, the only thing; how sft.Ahat,lh.ey ..were jot-aught in-the a matter of no consideration. 'They becamevdiseascdwit avaricerwhich - perverted - their morals and obliterated their tense of duty to their fel starting out on a career, think on these things, t A priceless truth to you is that money or prop obtained, gained by any'itrooked means duty, is a curse, even it you 00 not actually transgress the letter -of the- law; or if, having so transgressed, you are' not found out. Fidelity to fidelity to yourself as an honest man, God's noblest handiwork, even though you shouldgo through, life wkh-barely r competence, is more valuable than all of Rockefeller s millions. . , : r "NO NEED OF ADJOURNED SESSION.:" IfY ' should " the disclosures made by Mr, 1 furnish' any ground for the- legislar to adjourn to some certain future date die? Mr.. Mitchell is still senator, He has not yet been convicted of any crime, and may. not be.fJThere il no occasion for-the legislature-to assume that he will be-convicted, especially after, the state senate almostjjnanimouslyput itself on record a few days ago as having implicit confidence in his innocence. And if he should be convicted end expelled, or if he should resign, the constitution provide a means of filling his seat True, an appointment would have to be made by' Governor Chamberlain, a Democrat, but this appointee would hold - the office only, until' the. next legislature elected his successor," If the senate .were close politically the case front a partisan point of view might be different, Jjut there is a large' Republican ma jority in the senate, and the presence there of one more 'year or two could not do the Repub The presidents a Republican, and .federal, plums to. be distributed, would them - io Republirans-tliough one could not . reasonably blame htm if he has a-raher poor opinifn of the Republican party-of -Oregbn.' ' rr ' ttrsent need or an extraordinary ses sion, and adjournment with one. in view to .fill Senator would be prejudicial to hfht m his trials to an ynartanted degree. H-e'is still - legally presumed to 3e innocent; the legislature has no good who placed him-where he is ought to his trouble, not thus deeert him before word of evidence is heard. ' - - ': '", ' ;. ACT OF A OHOUL. . x HERE WAS NO OCCASION to rake up jinl spread' before the publieuncidents in the xareer of -SenatoT" Mitchell that had "been buried-by of a century of time He" is to be triel on Certain specific accusations of wrongdoing with reference to aiding land . grabbers, and the testimony must be confined to this iasue.-.If that work. was to be done, it might at least more gracefully be left to the political enemies of the senator to do it, .,",;';. During his recent successes the Oregonian , changed its former attitude and. has been exceedingly-friendly with him and his close political associates, but as soon as, he gets into trouble it not only deserts and prejudges him,, convicts him before trial and tries to kick him out of the senate, but like a ghoul digs into Ais past-life and resurrects long buried skeletons that form no part of the present case. 1 .. '--v.C.-; ' , " , -1 It is a congenial occupation and ow in which the Oregonian has always found delight Luckily there are none, not even among the so-called yellow journals, to dispute its premiership in that particular field. 4' , .-k , supplied. Aa it la, there Is hardly any provision', for such exercise. "The chil dren are .turned out ef the large and congested ' schoolhouaes about" the "mid dle of .the ' afternoon, and , their -wild dash ever the public highways and pri vate premises of cttlsens Is sufficient proof tof tha need of play grounds. - At home, .there era no adequate grounds or facilities for play, and tha poor kids have to repress their energies or play hooky. . ( ..." '.', ;. . - v. - If at the 1 last -school meeting the solicitude had been for tha welfare of the children, thla or soma kindred diffi culty would have come Into view. If it had- been for the corps of teachers, the double-dealing and evasion .on the part of tha school board would not have de veloped. As far aa I see, 'the teacher are good enough, and that good teachers are procurable at the old salary ia proof that It was sufficient ; At all events, if tha teachers are not paid enough,, and the taxpayers vote more .money I tot them, let them have it, they, themselves, as e body, not a selected number at the behest of the machine. Nona should be excluded except tha manifestly in competent, and manlfesty superiority might "el! receive tlue eacepMiinetTw ward. The taxpayers appear liberally disposed and willing to meet just de mands for tha needs ef the schools, but ?do not believe they are willing to de Ivef Into the hands of a corrupt ma chine, a fund ' f orf artsHrary disburse ments In the was of political , emolu ment; . . - B. ZIKGLER, A Veefel Belatlva. ' . '-. vV From the Cleveland Plain Dealer ? "Tea. tny mother-in-law ran mak her self very useful at times." 1 "Olsd you are fair enough to admit It," "Of course I'll admit It Why Juat the other morning aha was ee provoked at me because I didn't get out's nd Chop the Ice off the front steps, that sh went oat herself with e broom- end loe pick. She Is a stout lady and when she slipped on the top step and bumped herself all the way to tha sidewalk, she fall ea herd that she cracked the ice on every step. Then her language regarding my short comings was so warm that It melted alt the fragments and left the steps a clean and amwotb as. they ever ere In July.". -.-,'.' ' ; ' ' , O It. "II .'!' y pmall lutiangc The antl-bypnotlo exhibition bill la a good one. - , Ise't It time, that Jeff Davis Incident were cioseaiv .,, " What .about the taxation of vastly valuable francblseaT .- ' ; . , y Ce"rierar'Stoesser haa"ToI4"Bow"lt" bap" paned, and It seemg an o er true tale ' Fortunately, if Machen writes a book in prison there will be ne free delivery for tt.- ', ; j -- y " -rr- VpzCp ' rAl'l Rockefeller's 79-odd. mlUaif ' rart road can't -eerry-tilS soul en Inch on the way to Paradise. Fears that Oeneral Nogl could not keep his head - level were Justified; he baa written j e ; Speaking of grafts,, those Panama ca nal comralsslonersblps are about the soites. ones in siguu - ' ' Wbnt has' become of our 'great and good friend, J. Pierpont Morgan, lately? Isn't he worth mentioning any moreT ; -. As to the' duty on sugar and tobacco, congrtsa has nothing to say about It; the auga and tobacoo trusts Settle that ' Elijah 'sends word upTo hls freetlng Zlonitee that the winter down in Ber mudah la mild. Just aa he prophesied it would be. . . . i '. v y A New York doctor want all Idiots drowned, but gives no particulars aa to when, where, how or by whom he shall be drowned. -j- Increase 'In school attendance shows that Portland Is Increasing" in popula tion at the rate of at leaat 10,000 a year. this year it will be more. -AVhole lot ef women who never were married to Uoeh claim him ae their hug. band, which Is another proof that wo men ere strange creatures. jr-;,' '. ' half the newspapers spsll. It .Hnch. half of them Hock; but If all those wives could get at hire simultaneously It would be. spelled scraps. , If'ls to 'be "feared, that Tom Lewso'a will delay the real bot stuff he has been promising till next summer. . But per haps It will not be ready till next Winter. - : ... V . Senator Elklna says the senate cannot pass the ech-Townaend bill at this session. .-There ia only one real reason- too many, strong -: railroad strings on senators. . .": . , - 'Why all this fuss about railroad regu lation., when Messrs. Jlarrlmen, Caeeatt lllli. and a few other railroad men-and a few eenatore 'like Elklns could attend to the, whole business easily? . Secretary Hay says that Consul Miller of "Oregon haa made surprisingly good record.. and recommends his promotion: That- an Oregon man should ' do well strikes the secretajry with amaaement ; -. -v ------"."' The Washington senators ere buttlna- In again they never get busy except over some federal officeagainst tie appointment ef Henry Wilson as a min ister to ; Belgium. Wilson ' Is an -offensive politician no doubt, to them bitt the-prealdent .le eridently ttred -of-helr petty . wrangiings, rfrrr.'.. : 'f' Three brick' blocks coins: up- In On- tar4o.' .,,..,-'..,:,.,.,; . ,.v'r:" Truck garden ground being prepared In. TJllamook. . ;., ... , ' -j. Albany business buildings and 5 resi dences all ' occupied. - Wilson rive, dairymen 'will erect e large cheese factory. . .. t . - ; ' - - . - v ' Corral Is M-IE. church ladles', chicken pie dinner netted 171.10. , - ' ' y. Catching and shipping TTrogs' to" Ban Francisco ts quite a Myrtle Point in dustry, r A Fossil little boy wUl probably lose an eye Inconsequence ot te!ng hit by snowball.,;-' - :, -Hfhe North Bend Harboe-wlll send the most popular young woman of Coos county to the Lewis and jClark fair. - Is Mount Hood In Clackamas county? Or Is It on the line which divides this county from Wasco? asks the Estecada News.-.'. . ' ' ; ,...-'.,. Farmers "fin the valley an in southern and eastern Oregon havrtoeen seeding nearly all winter, and ean afford to take a little rest . . . ."- . - In driving a band Of 15 sheep a long distance a Benton county,, man had to drive them acroas footlogs spanning sev eral streams, and had no difficulty in doing so. ;,.'-..',. : -. y , s ;',. . , Sunday - was a" lovely day on - Port Orf ord -beach, says the Tribune. -and the ocean was smooth and blue as sum mer. . A party of young melt were out boat riding' in the bay,, and groups of lada and lassies were strolling up and down the beach enjoying the fine weath er and the beautiful scenery, which is not equaled at any beach we know. Barrett correspondence of Hood River Glacier: J. H. ' Shoemaker- - passed through our street on Wednesday of last week; with a large dressed bog. J. H. saya he la going to have more head cheese- Nothing like 'providing for the household. Well, J. H. knows a good thing when be sees U, and he surely,! made a' good choloe when he bought that - Twe Hood River men ere In the moun tains hunting for five cougars known t be thereabouts. Wheji" trailing the cougars the dogs would pay- no atten tion to the numerous deer 'that jumped up every now and then. The hound are trained te hunt bear and cougars, and consider deer toe tame a game for them. The cougars have become numerous end destructive to. the. deer..'-,. Carcases 'of deer killed by the eougare were frequent ly met with, . w .. , '.. vfV-i We ewe an apology to Miss Alta Pool and Mr. Thomas Britain Inasmuch aa we reported the marriage of this lady and gentleman In our faijue of '.'the week be fore last It appears it Tae mistake and they ere not married. Parties giving us such information should be more care ful seerror of this kind are very an noying to all parties .concerned. Wasoo Neva But are they going to be "mar ried, or were they going to be, or was it only a sell, and If ao why not crack the heads of the false Informers? ' Liots of young people ere Interested,-'-: -; I Oregon SiJcliglita T : T VcwaiAit ' Be Owned " V 1 rt-i Frern-the CTireaeo Journal. 'What, shall it profit our country if It gain the world and lose its soul? The loss that confronts us la the lose PX.JnaiYlduai.Jiopa.,and,pra With the loas of measureabla Individ ual independence will come social end, eventually,, political revolution. "- Private property is the foundation bt The prnprletorihlp. of private 'Wop erty by the bulk of the people la radii cally narrowing. . "The corporations' must be eomnetltlve Monopolies are maintained by having a gcaap on financial resources as well as tne phyluatproperty-T--- i ' r-7, Ahead lies the road to paternalism To the left Is the open road to state socialism. ; ,- .'. . Individual opportunity must be afford ed and the federal government must so rulate corporations as to bring this about - r. :r1 c Judge tjrosscup ef the federal bencll asserts the growth of corporations, hav ing driven the bulk of the American people, other than fanners, out of prop erty ownership, means' social and even tually political revolution in the United States.. unless checked.' .,', ... e are tn -the-mtdrt'of; "n"eweer nf events," he declares, --"t hat. - unless -ar rested anwturned to a, different .account, will transform this country from a na tion whose property, .is within the pro prietorship of the people tp e nation whoae Industrial property, so far aa ac tive proprletorahlp-goea, wilt be largely In the hands of a few skilled or fortu nate, so-called captains ot Industry and their lieutenante.: , ,' i The specter of socialism already Is ah serted to be looming up in tha form of revolution, but -it may' come in the following manner: . - - -. "Those who possess lnvestlble means will come to rely solely upon the great nnanclal Institutions, end those who possess nothing but e capacity for 'labor upon- the -great erga nlaatrone of raborv "That -ia paternalism the paternalism that eventually will-divide the country Into, two hostile camps, . the camp of those who have and. the camp of those who have not; the paternalism that speedily descends into actual state ao Clallam, or a dry-rotted cltisenahlp as nerveless and squalid as stste . social lain." ; . - . r.'- . Judge Grosscup's warning Is given In the February number of MeClure's mag aslna, and is- certain-to create wide spread comment , ,J ,r ... ' Tm "pf ' individual' Hope"- hae-eome to the plain American cltlsen, who sees the great aggregatlona of wealth In- crsaetng- .day by day. .- ' :. , " - The soul . 01 republican . America -4a striving 'for some measure of dominion end Independence, bu. "the lose republi can America now confronts Is the lose of Individual hope and prospect - 'In ene century," the jurist asserts "the Industrial life ef the nation has been chengetL- v -- " The men who once did the planting and harvesting are now in the marui- facturlng eenters, maklng raachlnee that plank.; cultivate, and harvest 'The artisan proprietors in, the towns have been succeeded by artisan em ployes In the great factories. , - " - in 1100, according -to tne census, tne value of farms, utensils, horses, i reap ers, binders, plows and farm products amounted to 110,000,000,000, while the capital Invested In - corporations . was 2 2,000,000,0 oose Thus baa corporate dominion, within 10 years, outstripped agricultural own ership. .. f .-'. ; - ' , - v-'-'i,-',-: It is no wonder, then, that the way In which the corpoeaf ion shall be hereafter organised and;the bounds given to ita dominion art coming to be -the para mount political problems of our times." - The increase in savinga banks, wnicn to the - ordinary observer -means the prosperity of the country, are taken by Judge Qroescup ee en inoicaiion mat tha owners of the money are unable to put it Into property investments of'an Independent nature.' - ;.;.--These opportunities constantly are be comlne fewer.-owing te the rapidly in- ereaalng, acope of corporate control. , . A natton of dependents cannot do tol erated, but there is e remedy outside of socialism, and It must be adopted oe eause private property is the founda tion of ell progress. v, . . " The way lfs over high ground Indi vidual "opportunity the opportunity, ac tual, aa well as In theory, to participate In "the proprietorship ef -the country. The country's industries must be . re peopleiaed. i' ; , First The government must take con trol of the corporatlone through the fed- Urel arm. ". ."-;...;:.;...:.... Beconu Tne stoca-joooing wyvia'mu must be suppressed. .. .. Third The wage- earners must be made proprietors. - j . ' ' A psrtnershlp between labor and cap ital Is declared to Ipe a thing that "oBghf'-to be "done-; ' '-1 .' iAt the Republlcen . party, secured the homestead end pre-emption . laws, -the M-urlst believes it will solve the corpora tion problem Tne aay ox rerorro win come because the voice la rising . In America, "What shall It proflt'us if we gain the whole world and lose pur soul?." :yyy-- - .--. ; . vrAsaam $fioo nui a team. W.Alford Green In February Outing, f On January 1. .1101. I eonoelved the idea, of walking 1.000 miles before the expiration of the year. ?he object waa not to achieve any unusual feat not to accomplish anyeonspicuous performance. The underlying- motive was, rainer, in ensure e plan by which regular end sys tematic exercise, could be obtained. . To travel . thla- distance It waa neces sary to cover an average of1-14 miles e day. Now, 14 miles for a day s walk la well within the compass or tne orai-eary- man. ' But an occasional walk of this length' is ene thing: the sustained effort, day after day throughout the year. is another. -zr : r Let me answer the question placed at the eid of thla' article by saying that at the end ef the year I bad completed a distance on foot of 1.206 miles, or LftB.,; ""u thethenkUss ?m dally average Of 14 U miles. The "puTT" "n X lated S.O00 miles were finished on I- ' Ccau' uXlJ. iMth.! eember 1, but an additional H0O miles "J jfj !IjMht'e were covered in order that each of the it weeks of the yeer might claim art aver age Matance traversed of 100 miles. I set out upon my enterprise with the knowledge, that it was Incumbent .upon me to maintain a dally average oft 1 1 miles, and I made tt a rule, when prac ticable, of keeping above the average, so as to have something In band to-rm-et the emergencies' which are almost cer tain to arise. That they did arise wis shown by the fact that for It days in the year,, owing to sickness, lameness and railway traveling-, no walking what ever could be Indulged in. The lnabll-1 Ity to utilise these II days was qual to loss of over 200 milee It will there fore be - seen that under the circum stances named. It 'was Imperative on man, occasions te exceed the distanco of 14 miles a day,, in order to preserve the average. ' . e ..' At tha beginning 'of 'W walk, mf weight waa lt pounds 'In etreet clothes, while et the end of It my weight waa 171 pounds. . The loss ef 14 pounds wss in every way acceptable. The avoir. dupol lost. was only redundant weight' ana t ru. as a result,, more eotive, stronger an4 harder. , In 'the matter of health. I felt decidedly better then t bad done for several years. , , . . Born-At 2:30 yesterday afternoon, at ihe - Empire ' theatres this -cHy,-the Brandt-Baume eompany. All doing well, thank you. Friends of the homestead eord tally. invited to. call.: i . -. Whatever may be said tiers or here after ef thu new stock Organisation pre sented - to, the pubUo , yesterday by Lincoln Hart. It -will never-be denied hat Its. beginning was most auspicious; that It waa received with every slam of extreme cordiality by tremendous audi enees; that. Its , career - was full of promise. A capable lot of people in a very clever play waa what the manage- ment. provided, and in ao doing fulfilled every promise made te the public. ' . . In many resists "Lover's Lane? was tae happiest possible -setectloa as ' an opening bill, ,lt.is among the freshest and most impressive examples of the rural comedy drama before the public, and wee written with the projir lo Clyde r itcn a very, best quill. -' There.: are no fallen women, nor really bad men, The plot has ia do. with nothing more seri ous man e young" ministers eriorts to broaden the eld. '.orthodox minds ef bis congregation and their resentment ef ell such efforts. . . . ; Two powerful love themes are woven around - thla simple series of situa tions, and masterly waa the bend that did the. weaving. There - ere spots In T-Lane- wntcn ' would- compel teers from e marble eta tue end just as many bright t passages play upon the risibilities until a than makes , tool of himself laughing. 4 .', ' ' The ..stars of the occasion, Louise Brandt and Edgar Baume, were tendered perfect, ovations by old friends In front but .candor forcea the statement , that the triumph of the performance belonged distinctly to the ector. Mr, Baume la always at aa advantage In semi-sombre, dignified roles, and bla country minister in this bill will cent pare favorably wltn the beat of .tits previous work here." It Is just forceful enough te be true Miss Brandt essayed "SirnpHcttjr" - Johnson, the mischievous, "good-for-nothing"-orphan, a character which made a, star of Its originator.-, It la net the sort of part in which, tha popular young woman excels. .. Miss Brandt, did not make-up young-' enough! she was too large In. stature, aiut at, nin time - sufficiently awkwarof to Carry out the author's Idea,' The ectlon end delicate nits or stage business whiet wUld" jnafce .the chareo ter eonsplcuoha above all others were lacking. - Miss Brandt wilt do many greater things than "Simplicity as abe has done in the psst --" . . ' John Salnpolla, to whom the additional credit of staging the piece belongs, waa thoroughly admirable . as - Wood bridge, the' divorced husband. His scene with the child In the last, act waa a perfect bit of acting, end moistened, practically every eye- in the house. Roe' Irvln'e quaint storekeeper, Herbert Ashton'e. idea of the heed deacon and Tony West s opry house manager, were three choice character bits remembered without an after glance at the program,' x. The feminine portion of the east is splendidly upheld by Ethel Hepburn (aa Mrs, ' ,woodbrwge. ' Mary- -Kanrson (Matty), Paula Herbert (Mary Larkthh DH ly - Bre nsoorribe ( Aunt-MellesyV and Maflon Kelly. Marlon Barhyte, Madge Odell and Olga -App)egat aa the quartet or meddling village' prudes. I,. '. The play Is picturesquely staged.-the acenlo work being ttaal-ef-Frank King. 'Lovere Lane" is In for-e-weeka . run, tp be followed by "The Climbers.", , "Quo Vaflla" is alwavs welcome; "es pecially when made the subject of Re vival by an organisation ot recoenhwd merit. When we look back on seme tf the combinations that have presented the reet Christian play in the west it Is a matter or congratulation that an in telligent reading of the drama Is once more within ear-shot "Quo Vadls" went the way of all good plays. It waa pro duced for two or three see sons by play ers ef reputation, gifted In their art and was auddenly burled from ita pedeatul and dragged in the mire ot mediocrity. It waa eventually given up to stock com panies, and the large majority of them made a faree ef It. For it must not be forgotten that a comparatively small per centage of the stock organisations In America even approach the standard of the Columbia In this city. , v., - .. THw particular . version of tb- story usea py Manager oaiiara s piayers in is week Is not the greatest of the list ex cept In ene Important regard t cohe slveness. The auditor doesn't require a mtcroscoplo eye end ear trumpet to con nect the ohaln. of" Incidents- which tot tered Nero's throne It opena with Vu Iclus declaration of love for Lygta, and closes .-with the slaying ef the bull by Ursua In the arena, incorporating - the burning of the city and the alaughter.of Christians. - .-u'v Stage Director Bernard put .bis best shoulder te the wheel In making tha pro duction, and the result Is i marvel, al lowing always for'; the - brief time in which It was accomplished. , The paint ing is Frank King's. . , , Howard Gould's Petronlus is little short of magnificent (I would that hla eoetume were the same), and further demonstrates that the leading -man is nearest perfection in hie repoeeful stud ies.'. In sharp contrast to his methods,' as It should be, is Mr. 'Bowles ardent lover, Ynlclus. : By the time these two turn their swords into pruning hooks and shave' the rough edgee on which they trip over cues, each wui nave recorded another local triumph. Mr. Dill's Nero is excellent in its originality! He doesn't play the cruet monarch as a buffoon, as many do. There is a line in the pert about the monarch's heart strings be ing . wound around his Infant's hands and from this Mr. Dills took the cue for hle:JmperonalqrtjiThiCaeearJiadl some sort ef a heart after all. the actor Isays, and he makes Nero bad enough, lthout resorting to clownlshness. - - The ChllO of Mr. Bloomqulst is hid- portrayal, a Is Julia Romarne'a Aulus. the ohtld. Miss Douglas made herself properly despised ae the empress, end Fay Wallace added much to the beauty of the picture ha Bunloe, Smaller bits were capitally done by Lauretta Allen and Roy Bernard. """ . . , - RACE WH1TNET. zz-r " 1 . ' ,, ,. ;, . Seat mg la Order. ' ,-A ' - - " . From the New Tork Mall. ' Comes Mrs. Llllie Devereux Blake with the theory that Eve munched a quince, not' an apple. We'll be hearing that Joseph stoped that famine with shred ded wheat next ' ";- - , The Missouri legislature may And tt proper to change hie name from Neld rloghaus to Nlxcumareua. .' -' , ; . ;:;Itlly't.V:''.:j L' PfciWof Allied V T - - . ' - " ' ; Jrroaperxty eeseC 'Orefor lolate-journaTT(Eugenej. t ; v The country is now or has been dux- , lng the last eight years since McKlnley was elected in 1 Its, on the tP wave of IVroapexilyl-ltoweauoh-teaaes U-epUl-last Is something that mill lone of peo ple are Interested in. The, "captains 6i Industry" they" do not live In Oregon have doubled and quadrupled their mil-, lions slnee ltS, the chief beneActary of "prosperity." , Rockefeller, having , in creased hie vast accumulations from three or four or Ave hundred millions to six, eight or ten hundred millions, of dollars. Those who- already had fabu lous wealth have - through trusts and"' combinations doubled it in a. few. yeare by squeexlng more and more every year -out of the laborers and producers, who gain-nothing but a. scant living. - The leaders of the meat trust have plied up millions and perhaps hundreds 01 mil lions with which to buy dukes and eerie . for their daughters, by putting down prices, .of -livestock raised - by .farmers and ranchers below the cost ef produc tion end selling meat at extortionate ' prices to consumers. All other kinds of trusts, ' controlled . by the - enqrrnuusly ' rich, have been bleeding the people who - are barely keeping even, by the greatest efforts of their lives or perhaps -not ' holding their own. " ' " .'' :' --r-::-y - This greet wave ;Of "prosperity"" is rapidly drawing the greater part of the wealth ot the people into the possession ; of the millionaires or those who already have hundreds of millions, like Hocke- ' feller. If - President - ttoosevelt .can change thla state ef affatre.-whlch-he Is now trying to do, he will only be eurbing and checking . an evil which' Bryan, tried to prevent closing the door ' af ter in beat-horses., have been stolen. but that 1s much better tnanrto let tne "frenxled financiers", clean ovit the ranch entirely and put nine tenth e of the peo- Die on foot ..- - .;. "y . - Of course, these Immense ecoumula- , tions by the very rich, fur beyond any ,. thine ever- experienced before ; In any - country, make "prosperity" tq a limited . extent f or the-weny-whe- -pch up-the . crumba or lick up th drippings from the tables and shops and manufactories of these trust magnatee .But U is only ; temporary from hand-to-mouth prosper lty, which will soon fade and disappear when the tables shall be removed and the shops and manufactories closed, as they win be tn ttme,-whetrthe mney-ieii taken"out of "business'!, and put Into bonds, stocks or landstid the Interest ' or rents are shipped off ' to- Europe. France, Italy, Germany, liidm, or some , other land of aristocracy, to-support the. trust magnates and their heirs In luxury . and Idleness, like; William Waldorf As toMVanderbllt's daughter who paid 110. 000,000" for a duke, Huntington's adopt ed daurhter. Gould's daughter, the three Letter gfrla who bought llflea anff puTTedrT out tn spend v their millions or gooa American money abroad among people who never-earned a dollar of It end..' many others too numerous to mention. . But to come down from greet to small thlnn. from tha sublime to" the rldleu'-' ' loue, as It were, Senator Foster' lumber"" eompany has just paid a yearly dividend ; of la per cent three times oroinary in- -terest on a capitalisation of 11,500,900, ' all kqueesed out of people who are work lng to Improve and build Up the country, and they are Just that muolvpoorer, not- -; withstanding meir apparent pwiFf Ity,"- This enabled him to spend, nth-.?.. out scarcely missing it; ee tt ht nn more . than a drop In the -banket1 ehd can be , quickly brought beck, about 1 28,000, -ac-;iJ cordlBg to report, among a ww . noutlciane at Olymnla. a lew idaya agd In an attempt to be re-elected, "which faned."' Thle made"proaperlty'' tor tnose wne , got money they did not deserve, bub , somebody . who deserved and needed It '" more bad to earn It without receiving it ,, The land freudn In Oregon made "pros perity" for the principals In the frauds . and for some of those who aided them or had dealings with them, . er- received benefits from their extravagant habits. But somebody has to pay for it elk end -In the final wind-up there will be eon- -traction, suffering and misery as the re-" suit of the temporary '-prosperity." end the innocent are liable to suffer with the guilty, If the guilty do not . escape en tirely, as often happens. . . -r '.v In winter quarters nestlJJapilan, North Dakota. :. ; . . February It. The morning '"""was cloudy, -the thermometer at I degreei below aero, the wind from the so.utfi- " fast' Captain Clark returned last even ing with, all his hunting, party.- During -their excursion they had killed, 40 deer, three buffalo and It elk;' but most of the game wss too lean for use, and he - wolves, who regard whatever .lies, out ' at night as their own, bad appropriated . a large part of .it When he left the v fort on the 4th Instant -he descends on the ice zl roUes to New Mandan Island, near some of their, oldTyllgcs.Jl and' encamped, having , killed hotklng" and.' therefore, .without" food for the ;J night' . . . . ; i ". ' -' J . -Early on the tth, the' hunters went m out and killed two buffalo and a .deer, ',-, but tne last -only could be used,, tlm others being too lean. After brekkfimt they proceeded down to an Indian lodge--and hunted during . the day :v tha , next ' morning. Sth, they encamped 44 mltoa.5 frtjm the fort" on a eandpolnt hear thii mouth of a creek On the southwest aldn, . -, which they cell Hunting creek, and dur- lng xnie ana mw miiw,iinu,j through ell the adjoining plains with much euooess..Jiaving killed -a nflmber of deer end elk. On the tth, the best of the meat was sent with the horses to , the fort, and ' sooh parta of the re-. ' malndeae were fit for use were brought r to a point of the river three miles be- .' low 1 end Sftr -the bonee were- taken ' out, secured In pone built of logs so i u. to keen off the wolves, ravens and magpies, who are very numerous- and constantly - aisappuiui - ine . nunwr aia orVr They then went to the low ground rear - the Chtsshetaw rlver, Where they encamped, but saw nothlna; .. except some wolves on-tke hills, and a -number et buffalo too poor to- be worflt hunting. The next -morning, th, as... there wee wo game, end It wotild have been Inconvenient to send It ' back III v. miles to the fort they returned up th- ' river, and fof three days hunted aloiti . i the banks and plains, and reached the . fort in -the evening ef the 12th, ranch fatigued, having walked 0 miles that " day on the Ice end through the snow, in many places knee-deep; their mores-; slons. too, being nearly worn out The only gams which they saw besides what Is mentioned waa some grouse on the , sandbars in the rivers ' v ' !-''"' ' : '.'.: Oantloa. , ' ' From the Philadelphia Preaa -y ' ."Popley e baby ts getting old enongh now to understand ordinary words." , "How do you. know? - lias .he - been telling your' abont it?" " - "No, but I was In a candt. Store yes- 1 terday and he came In and absent mind- , edly called for a pound of c-a-n-d-jr.' : " Lewis ' ancl Glart r 'V ri a. , ! - '
