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-' j - - . ; , . ' -' -. : v ' ) . ' .. - '"J"f w-y -i -'y-e , - :' 7"."" :.n -'.V ; . ' 1 v - 1 . r- . -r--r -,-;-.v.'.. fri wTLAND,,, OREGON fit fj j LT J Us..' . , t I : . a t r: f. .: n - - .-iu 'ti 'm E O-RlE-G AN i C C. JACKSON. Ihibtiehed every evtnlnf (xcept:8ttnU) an every ' 8urjgy,exrTJ -" '" '-',;' . '' ' -,7"""r Portland, Oregon. zVJ0 NJXD TOWORRY. .. iTX7 " fcOTE some lear, of he revelations' in the-iand r1 ' to do Oreiynn and the fair which ' W V Is.ridiculout. Which is likely: to do. the. most harov to suffer under such conditioos or to make an - honest effort to improve them? Isn't place inf which to J2vett.n it was before Folk began his ' . work? As a matteitjf fact it is those communities which, i wpen fyedbear the diseases ol the body Tolitic that are 'f 'entitled to' the conteropfof the world rather thap those w hich try to Cure .them by methods however drastic. ( ' ; In this ame connection som timid it !ns; the fear that ihe city may-suffer a setback, after the 'fair is over .Why 'should it? Portland has not pnder - ftaken a contract' that ia too big for ft j it has not over- loaded itself with debt The money which it has' spent . "!it.can afford to spend. ' It ha projected 4air Iwhich jn imany espects will be the most satisfactory ever held but - 'it will not break its back financially by' doing so. . . ' -vWe know of many, building enterprises that Were not "'utMleTtaken because there-omuch being" tleme'irrthat -, direction it- was .not considered advisable to . initiate'-tny others. But the money to do the-work is still on hand And the intention to, comment it still remains. The greatest advantage we may expect' from the. fair is that "iit;will be' a self revelation; we will .discover what we : 'really need to make of the city what nature intended it to Ibe. Wfe have here the money to do it; we dojiot need to go but hunting foreign capital. But outside capital will .'.cpme. Many of those who come her will find this a T, promising field Jor, investment There are several big .building projects, the work on which will begin soon and . jthere is at least one great hotel project which is rapidly ' reaching a stage when it may be counted upon as a cer tainty. So. far as house-building is steadily forward and writ! continue ?toto. The matter ofl February 4s-more 'apartment houses is not-yet pverdorie and the only ones (that can possibly suffer after the fair are those which fail to tome 'no to the standard. - " " ; : r Let' no one worry about the period .theta lather iorry abonr the fair itself 'they can to make that enterprise Vest will take care of itself.- -- -HIGAGO has a juvenile court Tjr "-tt young :of fenders are-considered, and whose judge exercises a wide - - "Awhile back be sent a young rowdy who had been .some " ' what' instructed. and disciplined back to the -gang" of T missiotiafy .and" policeman;'-with1 considerable-success. The boy wis "ordered to tell, all his associates that the jodge would "hold them, alt mutually and equally '.re . - sponsible if any of them threw stones at anybody there - after, that the boys who encouraged and abetted the one who threw the Btone.ortlid the other; piece of mischief and ran "away in his company would be held equally ' guiltywith him; and also that all such offenses would be . rpnnrted and acted noon. ' 1".' - j s : This"is .6nljr one ctf.maay methods young rowaies ana impressing xucm wun incrr rcspou- sibility. The-cases are disposed of more with 'regard to ,the general cnaracter ana neeas ot tne cnuaretv tnan wun sole reference to thelpartlcnlar ofTenes-Troyed ksainst them, " Courts dealing with : adult offender!, cannot be operated in this way, but with the such a juvenile court is believed to be a great improve ment over the oldnethod. Indeed, it .would .be well if courts in dealing with adult offenders were freer from iniiexinie statutes ana customs consiaeea sacrea, so as to deal with each case more in accordance with its pe- - '- culiar nature and f eatttre,-and not ' every criminal case exactly on a level with all other of - the same class or kind No two criminals are just alike, any more than any other two .people. The law cannot make itself flexible,"ecept by increasing the discretion - r ary power of the coorts. 1- ,7 p- w-; ","'' ' At all events, the juveniJecourf is"cohsldCfd, in cities where it has been tried, by those most competent to . i ju3ge, to be a very desirablrtnd-yaroable; . dition to tne machinery ot justice, and we-nope tne Dill for. the establishment of one in Portland will not be - buried and forgotten at Salem.( , v':' : THE PUBLIC MUST T HE MANAGER of the Armour of a committee of congress details of that company's business. This is only one of many " similar, incidents that, have occurred during the past few years. Officers and managers of railways- and other public serving corporations refuse to disclose their affairs to the courts, to the interstate commerce commis sion, or to representatives. of the people in congress. , V All this must be changed. The refusal of these men to - ,give the public,the congress, the courts or the interstate -commerce-commission desired information is based on an entirely erroneous conception of these "corporations' - proper relations to the public. They consider their bnsi- - -riess private,- the same as that of a banker, a manu facturer or a merchant,, who alno deal with the public 'generally. But this is a misconception of the position of i railroad, even of a "private ear" corporation like that of the Armoursr with respect to the public. These cor- . poratibns, if they exist legally at all, are creatures of the law. They are authorized to exercise the right of emi- went domain. They perform seukei in which the jwbole - public is directly, constantly and vitally interested. , , Within reasonably broad limits they permitted to manage theif owfl affairs, but ther ' ' Irn tTjrx-OTD arrrxa or uvanL rHirSrossr Bnceeaa.7 .-f v' Rueal t" pre-eminently the land of - spiea. Democratic and Boctalieticlfranoe hue rained the spy system to a state function, but In Ruaala. It la the very. . ..amil of the state. In afoarow in the - at recta, hgenta of the police are stationed ...every S yards; In addition. 1 secret agents watch the houses night and day one being allotted te every four house and In every houae Is another spy, the t porter. (Jo where you will, yon are never Hit of the watchful eye of the police. Tom brash against spies In your hotel, m tn the theatres; In a restaurant as In tlie drawing room ef a friend.: It Is -ridiculously easy to . recognise' those you - jneH in the fashionable reoorta. They ' eAMee themeelvea as geatlemen, and for tme ef thew the livery of a gentleman l a rrot-k ooe.t, a auk hat and, always py rain or umihtan umbrella. The famous third police! A stranger might - fancy that. In an epen cab talking rTfnrh w Kniiinn Wiit friend he would at leaet be afe from eurvalllanee; .but Ma mend will fouen blm gntflcant " ly and apeak of the weather. The fat eebbf wv las bos, somnolast, with white ': if. O N; D A I L Y - I NOEPENDENT NltWIPXER ; PUBLISHER VJOURWAt PUBLISHING ;CO?:;r OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND Tions?eO"tloserypiridely-ad-arieJly - possibility - ihat ih"? fraud cases are likely some' harm. ' All of St. Louis a better ones are express-' old Father concerned it is going after the fair; let and do everything great ju)ccc8SirThc f V"'- :'v in which the cases latitude of discretion. 'jot getting- ioldt f" school children next fall. - .. X: . . ' u-'i "Other matters right sort of a judge drriduaJs when, tlcic, W5 rememDer the oldkdaaes: necessarily" placing field once mown ,. i'. ; modern ad- priations for the KNOW. private car lines respecting certain No irrigation law, No improvement are and should be 7 No taxation of hair aqd good. peterneJ eyeavmay be a apy. more skilled In the languages than the traveling stranger; and. it. the cab man has been found loitering near the great i-iube, the hotels or the embaasles. the chances are strong ' that he is. . A subtler police than that of the third sec tionthe akrana, -which has It ramifi cation in every- capital la Europe ami America completes this great system of espionage. Its mesh la7 over every man In Ruaala; no one goes' nawatched save only old Count Tolstoi. :.-'. A Toaaaty Oaaage Kla Prom the Boetbn Record. JJttle Tommy had brought the teacher a hanieme bouquet of rosea, and as ahe placed Jt on.r her desk his 'little heart tng, aeaalon ahe had occasion to correct and pwniali him gor-iseme' infraction of Iherrutea, and' he. went, beck to his seat wry much dleconcertedi not to any hum bled, In spirit. He thought It all ever and at the rlnee of the session presentr ed himself before the tesohef. - "Well, Tommyr-'- - t t-.-f: - "You know those rosea I gave you?" . "Yea" . . , . ' "Well, I didn't give them U you. I only let you take them,". t , , - J Q U R N A L JNO. P. CARROIX . . , . .'VJJr. 1.. the interests of the people at large that their managers and Other 'officers. must understand that the public has a rfsrhtto knowand will know" all about their, business. This is especially the case when, as has been repeatedly and positively ascertained, these corporations in many In stances have made' a practice of deceiving the public, of swindling people, of favoring, some at'.thexpense of others, of defiantly vfoUtinff rcasonableHawa fortheir regulation. The more such men as the presidents otTlre coal roadsrtheArmoursratld the larger magnates" resist these proper inquiries, and refuse this needed-informa tion',-the more insistent and irresistible will, be the de mand for still greate.r knowledge and stricter regulation of the railroads. The people apparently-have the presi dent; on their side now They may not have the senate yet, but -will have if bit their side also, ere very lorig; and the courts too--for even the Sourts yield' to ,pop Ular sentiment ; .'-'"'V ': SuchTesistance to the people's . demand for light, infor mation,' knowledge, .simply- invitesT more. radical means than the people really desire to take.' It invites not only regulation bur controt," hot bnty control bnt ownership. Strange it is ; that "Wen '8hrewdrnSn"lsthese-Tailroad presidents and traffic managers do not see this that they scorn the notion of .public ownership as an -impossibility, an iridescent dream. -Practically nothing is im possible for. the people. And wilder dreams have come true.v . -, - : FATHER TIME'S STEADY JOB. HE peculiarly important year tp. the people of Oregon iocs, -is-eliding swiftly away.- Already Time, .wrth-his steady, silent, diurnal scythe-swing, has shorn off a considerable, segment of the round face of the year ' Over -six -week havevpassed; than half gone; within two weeks th first calendar month of spring wilt arrive-and then h is only- three little short months till' the. great exposition must be all ready for-the world's inspection and enter tainment - .'':K': - -:' '' ' We. assume that .the exposition managers realize the facts Stated as to the unceasing and inexorable flight of 4jme and change of- seasons, and are bestirring thenv selVea in all directions accordingly, but gentle reminder of thegTeat Importance of diligence and foresight now cannot be malapropos. , Some things must depend some what upon the springs season, bnt reliance must in the main be placed upon the activity, the energy, and, the intelligent grasp of the affairs of. the situation as a while, by those who' have' the exposition-in hand. Big work, an immense amount of work, is yet to be done; if well ajjromptlydone the success of the fair; assured I ZZThexe are other . things that 'the. , diurnalrlnaudiblr swing of Father Time's scythe, whenwe"stop to glance back upon the segment of the year-field already mown, prompts consideration of ; chief among' these is the needs of tiext school-yearV school children. We onght to have aTight"t(Tuppbse"lhaT"tire school board is considering that problem, and preparing to attend .t6 it in time and sufficiently, but latv year experience justifies ' the; re minder. We shallvn,o'tassamea,the attitude now of be ing prepared next 1 fall tvsy fWt ,told you; so;? but wilt e content with saying that this important duty should not be neglected, nor its performance delayed so that ' there '.wfll b. any .. lack , of ' accommodations for might be suggested; some wilLsuKgest themselves to readers as officials, as urbanites, as in hearing the hoursTatruck or the clock in 'connection wiia pressing- auiies "Tentpus fagit; "V'Time past nevet. re turns." Old Father Time never ceases to awing '.his scythe, but. he never turns or looksbackwardi.yearT is mown forever. y it , The question of the normal schools should have been met in a business-like way by the legislature. There can be no honest difference of opinion, that it Is a criminal misuse of the public funds to try to maintain four normal scboxllli jsjpotialonejhe present cost of maintaining them, it is not alone the paucity of fettiltsrbnt-it is the (rthrt fact -thlthev saddle mdefmitelv upon the public an" increasing burden of taxation which is in no respect justified. '- To make the matter as difficult as possible for the governor the legislature has embodied the appro normal school tn the appropriation bill. And the calm,.unbiased judgment of the people will sua tain him in doing that duty as he sees it, , No better work could be undertaken by the chamber of commerce or any other public body than in promoting a higher type of civic pride. . Such work is always , in order but it ispeculiany appropriate in this year of grace when the fair will attract so many people all of -whom are likely to judge the city by the evidence which each individual householder presenU in-the appearance of his own premises. In that work the vacant lots should and must receive merited attention. ' , v. B. A.' Worthington, the new general manager of the Harriman lines, comes here with a' Wgh repatatiofi. Few men were-ever-betterualified -toiproduceagood firt impression and those who know him best say that the first impression is the one that lasts. . He has certainly a .. . 1 .! 1 1 ' I . t . . ... . , ' . . maae a gisiinci nit wun an oi tnose wun wnom ne nas so far come in contact - ; t Meanwhile, the 40 legislative days have nearly passed, and we shall probably have - -. y . - ' -.-'-' -'; ' vV ': ot the fishery laws, franchises, - '-..-.. ry expenditures: roxdus mx$ aaxsn oxeorxaa -fc From theyifew Tork Preaa. 1 Goodness gracious! . Cah It be Ameri can bridea-elect will adont the tanA&rd of eligibility' set Vt the Fflnceas of noims, wno ja to ie mametj to tne Orand Duke of Hesse - this - moothT-, Rumor says tea. but offora no oroofat- - a tmi terrible thing it would be. for .straight from the kaiser's - domain cornea the news that the princess trousseau In cludes garments embroidered taatefurj by her royal adorer. The grand duke' is aa adept at needlework, and they amy he turns out the loveliest things but fancy an American hraaflmlnnir .mui. Hahlag hit sweetheart's outfit wltb hie vw nanosi 1 rin a save te take a post graduate eoursn In front of the Flat- Iron. ;., .- - -.. .There's Raaswa rev rt, ' rrom the Kanms City Times. 1 Colonel Oaedke. of the German army, describee Oenerai Karopatkln as over cautious.' Maybe If Colonel Uaerfke had been bumped by the Jae aa eften as Karopatkln . has he would- be "over eautloua," leu, , . yiWWtf,aa TNissisJf) Will It'be alnt diet , If tali, fa to 8lem. ; iiook out -for Veil " JSveu'stale e'ecs are high. ";""'" - Delaware still preMnrts her honor.". It.baL.beea"'a notable federal gras Jury, ; . ;-i ' ; ..The machine's main remaining asset iauata.jran.-v .- -,. , ... r . i ' ...V WD1 sq much winter sunshine be oS set by aiunmer rain. , , , . If It Isn't cold enough for you, go up east pf, the mountains. ' . ; - i- On -rrldiiy np.xt won t be unlucky; the legislators will adjourn. '.. .. . f. K Now Tom Lwqn bai a chance to go weet and grow up with Kansas, - - At this rate how many hundred yean Will It take to do up the bad trusut fortunately we ari not. able to .have a larger police and detective -force.- - Mlssourf la , probe bry " 'sorry 1 already that It elrnt a .Kt-publlrn legislature. ':'- It not .expected that Oeiieral Ml hi will show up In-the Inaugural parade. '. Now' le h'etlme -to -Tinenibr,the needs of school children next Beptem ber. . - '..v.- O, we guess we can bava a little win ter weather ourselves oace in a great while. . -. - --j'' ... . Tha Colombia, river jtnd Its tributary country waa not responsible for that deficit. . . .. - Thoeetrialewiii ad vert lee" Oregon In an undesirable way, but they can't, be helped.-' . . , lf Moch were liberated more Women would want to marry htm than he ever wun, . . .... ... ' -, , , ' The grand jury prepared I big grlat for trial Juries, and more to follow in the -spring, perhaps. - . The legislature will lop ' off a little prong or two of ' the normal school weeds jtnd let them grow. '. The more a certain clique of enatora disagree with the president, the better he will be liked by the people, v ' The weather they are having" hack east should be hard on the-Ice trusts, if people Improve their opportunities. The senate views with alarm the en croachment Upon ita sacred prerogatives by the troublesome man In the While House.-- : If you imagine it was cold during the past few- days, just read about , the weather all over the east and outh-weat-. and go out ir-yourahinaleevea and amile. . - - , .-:.;,.-..: - A very strange thing happened at 8a lem, Monday. - A. bill rednoinr the aala rlea, of certain ofBoera aetually passed the house. .It out down the salsxiea of tne omcers or urant county -about f 3,000 In the aggregate. Such an ificident prob ably never happened before, andprob ably never wUt JigaJn. . Oregon; Si Jclights :'- Lef -ef revlrallng and dancing. V. - Klamath, sugar beet teat well."J"J" Mackaburg has a German school, j' - Hedford now has a first-class hoteL : Klamath Falls wants the ' tadceview land ofBce. . . . : - Fendleton Scandinavlana have organ ised a club.. ; . .. ProapecTior the bast crops a-rar-ln tla rinilamette valley. Pretty girls taking Mat rides on the romantic Bllets. , -- . - Over tise.ooe depoilU In First National bank, j.' Bumpter 7" ' lone ealoon llce'naeslfl probably be raised from 1400 to I00. - - ' f -. l ' Klamath Falls High school youths axe publishing a printed peperj ' North Powder is the source ef Ice: it was 19 degrees below aero there Friday night ' -- r. - , v . A Condon man, in digging a well, dis covered ore which may be valuable man ganese, j ' ; - - ' f; -. - - Paisley people meetly go hunting Bun days, and shoot a good deal, but re turn with, few fowls. .. , A mounted patrol has been established along the telephone line between Cot tage Grove and Oakland. ' ., j Thirty-seven ' stage 1 pasaengera 7 one day between Arlington and Condon. But the stage's days are nearly ended. - , The'North Pewder paper, the Cltisen, Which haa been run for the past year by a preacher, has paaaed into the bands ef TT!arpentar.i .. . t ... ., . mwhL. ' ' - The Paradise City (Mnrion county) mayor has given notice that loafing or aparking on street com ere Runday even ings will not be tolerated. Then shouldn't the name of the settlement be changed? ' Glen Arbor correenondence of Florence West: William Wheeler haa been lying around the house all the-past-week, claiming to have the grip and letting his wife do moat of the chorea., Hls behav lor has Improved in the last day or sox ' A Pistol ' river rancher, " while-1 rtdins over hla range, came a crone a bear feast ing on one of his aheep, and. dismount ing and approaching brultr. raised hie gun ana rirea, out oniy wounded. and- raged the brute, which chased-him off the range. . i.' Florence West: .Last Monday ws no ticed two ladles out in a garden gath ering a mess of greens for thalr table. 'The plants were crten- and- ten der and had grown In the open air with out any forcing. Hew Is that for the th of February? " , '' . Dayton correiipondf nee of McMinnvtlla Telephone-Register: . Dayton la cornid ered a dry town, but if kum ( k a people Could see the cargoes of wet goods nnionoea at one or our business piaoes oeeaslonally lt-wenldmake them think the place was qulte'wsr, . ' .- jI;,.I.ctlcr5iO,r.' From the People Refereadaaa wae. a Bajlroad Oosaaalsstoa. Do rtlandi . Kel, X i. To the Editor of The Journal Why aho'uld not the state ot Oregon have a rail way-commission giving them the power to fix ratesTi jnvre-ia ao longer any competition in this state as the llarMman evatem ewna botOlha.Xlragou Kailroad- 4-Nav4atiem uuu miuunrn racino . togeiner- witn steamship lines, coastwise between Port land and California and Intermediate porta.. .The Wei la, Farge Kxpresa eeiw- pnny nas tne monoeoiv of all bualneaa on' the Southern Pacific and thla com pany, la owned and controlled by Hurrl man. The- fruit ' krowefs ' tn southern urt-gon are at the merer of this monoo. elT-I-am aWare of the fae-that the proaent legislature will pass no bill that ia oojectienaole; to the jwllroada. It is amia mat Oregon' formerly had a rail way commlsalon and' got tired of, ft and repealed the 4aw. but- any- state-would repeal the law for such railway 00m- mianion aa uregon had. It was a com tntsaton' that waa dlcUted by the rail mads and had no oowar. . I am in favor of a real railway-commission, one that nas some - power not-euch-- -railway commission asby common report- Is to do ciroaieu in Washington, merely as a sop to the people and which .will coat them probably $80.000 per year" the terms of which will be dictated . by railroads, and whether they, are or not. the commlsalon will have no power to Bx.ratealiut I aav speaking ef -ail- way commlaulon that haa power, to fix rates and shall have the right to say when a rate Is reasonable, 'This ralL- way commission should be authorised and . empowered by law not only to Ax rates on the railways In this state, but should also have the1 pbwer to regulate and flx rates for the express companies, and especially Wellsf Fargo 4 Co. This corporation, the Wells, Fargo Express company, not only doea an express busi ness, bat also a banking business. It haa a bank here; It has a -bank in Cali fornia and" other places. - It came here and bought - into- the' -Commercial t National-, bank, -owned all Ita stock and when it wanted to liquidate the bank a nd da t)ua1neea -under the- name, - Wei Is, Fargo Co.,- it entered into, a scheme to f reese out." and It did freeae out. the minority ot atockhoklecs, and when the courts or Oregon and the supreme court of. the: United Btafes held the Commer cial bank liable to the .minority stock holders, they, found that their Judgments could not- be collected because the as sets, . amounting to more than a million dollars In. face value, had been taken over by Wells. Fargo aV Co., ao that the Judgmenta against the Commercial Na tional bank, which was owned byJVella.. Fargo C o., tould not be collected. This oornoratifin, like the railroads, is an open dener, of the law. It believes that every other person should obey the law. but it wUl otudee,?hefBct- that wens, rargo je a is naoie unoer tne law makes no difference to-this eor- poratlen, no more than the violation of the law by the railroads makes any dU- rerence to them. But in -thla state a bill should, be prepared for the people under the initiative and referendum: to enact a law ' controlling both the rail roads and express companies. The rates made by ' these companies are unrea sonable and 1 suggest that-e bill should be prepared creating a commission with power to flx and determine what reason able rates are - wltb penaltlea against . violation and aivina to any individual tn the state a right of action: to recover these penalties together with-any dam agea . sustained - by such Individuals. Thla bill should be submitted to the granges and other organisations In the state. Petitions should be circulated and discussions had sor that -ati.thenaxt election this bill cAild be enacted un der the Initiative and - referendum. Oregon la the only-atate in, -the union where the people by direct legislation have the power to enact such a measure. President .Roosevelt has asked congress to regu)ate railways and to give the Interstate railway commission power, of fixing rates. Why should not the people of Oregon who bave the power in them selves and who Cre not dependent upon the legislature, which the railroads elect and control, pass a bill creating a com mission that-haa some power, who may fix rates and save thousand upon thou sands, of dollars to the people. - If such a commission were created the, people of thla state would, not demand- a repeal ef the law. They would pay -the expenses of such a commission because hi doing so they would, serve through reduced rates thousands upon thousands of dol lars which they now pay to the rail roads and express companies. Let the people assert the power which is now in their hands. ' The Wells. Fargo company haa had much to say about Its honesty, but Its acta In this atate, through Its banking arrangement and other ways do not come up to its pro fessions. Its book ot promise Is fulL Its book" of performance Is largely com posed of blank leaves. . I make this sug gestion because I believe in the Initia tive and referendum.:. I think it Is due to other states that the people' of thla state demonstrate the utility - of this measure. If a bill such as I suggest were prepared 1 and submitted to the people and if it were enacted by them into law It would go farther to demon strate the utility of this measure than any other one thing the people dt this state could do. ,-. "- ;..-"' ':. -4t Is the one thing that'll, great ma jority of the people are thinking about Action' taken by . this state - under this law regulating rates : of , railroads' and express companies would challenge the attention of the entire civilised world. I appeal to the granges throughout the state of- Oregon and to the people gen erally to take this matter up, to have a law formed creating a railway com mission; not A barren commlsalon to draw salaries and .expend ' money. - one that baa no power, but a commission which has power to create and fix rate a, who will not only be Just te the peo ple, but Just to the, railroads and other corporations. It Is not injustice It . Is not confiscation - that the people want, but they want what la right. What in equity arid good conscience they should have, and the way to -get that ' Is ' to. create. tribunal which has the po war to flx these rates and a public opinion that will ' sustain . such . commission ;ln doing reasonable Justice on behalf of both the people and the 'corporations. Two thirds of the state of Oregon is not served by. railroads st the present time. - Of course, the railroads wll say that If the rates are fixed they can't develop-'the - state. That,. Is idle - talk. They don't develop the state now, at least two'-thlrds of It. If a law was enacted compelling the present rail roads to accept and receive the freight and cars of branch lines on eduat terms With; their own and to give these branch lines the sdvantase of terminal facili ties at a reasonable price. Independent branch lines -would be built In Oregon, developing every pert Of the state, but ne such, privileges will be granted the independent lines end the present rail roads refuse to eover the state, so that the entire resources of Oregon can ' bf developed. ' ,.'. , . ... . .1 - Let a law be passed comprehensive enough to cure, these evils with the power to . commission to flx the rates not only on hs. roads already built," but also .flx " compensation for Independent lines over railroads now existing, and every part of the atate of Oregon within a short time, would. have railroad eerv- lec and the state would develop more In the next 10 years than It has in the past 60 years. 4lt, would beneut every property holder, every worfclng man and every person tn this state.-; Wr have seen what the railroads will-do "when let falone," let ua try the experiment and see what the people oan do wnen el Waan opportunity. ..-.. t. -. . : -.7 CLHVJiljAND ROCKWElXi-l - OpsaTpiweT at 1 ViewHaner.'-1W'eh.".l4T to ; the lditor Of fTbe Journal I. with many others, pleased with the stand The Journal naa taken, in regard to the. rights of the public on the open draw euestlon- j There Is another phase of the matter to which I wish to call your special attention and' that is the open draw arter 1 a. ra. I am employed on this side of the river, while I reside in Seat Portland on Grand avenue, near Mor rison... J quit work at 1 - o'clock, too late te catch -a car, and, naturally, I wish to- cross - the Morrison street bridge' on my way home? , Quite often i -have 'reached the draw only to And It -.open; then. I was forced to-retrace my, steps and reach - home by way of the' Madison-- sUeetr bridge, . being com pelled to walk sa extra distance of It diocks. . ; -, v--j - . Last- week5" four of us had to- take that course and, not knowing when the draw will be closed, of late I have avoided - Morrison .-street entirely ' and gone by the way of Madison. Te the great -body of east alders It makes no difference, but to us who bave to toll until 1 a. m. It means al most an extra' mile's walk, and we feel we are entitled j to .A : "kick'' and, we hereby- register It," -, ' - If the draw hi Closed wby do sot the authorities put up. a. notice to mat er feet? And wby la it closed anyway . --.,.-- ', A. KICKER. Bcrtta SanforJ "Little Deaconess From the New Tork World.'' --The "Little Deaconees" who yelped to create the great religious .revival tn Br.h.niM.t.iw 1- In thla elt toda. - She Is staying at the DeaconessShome, at No. Ill President street, Brooklyn, and tonight, at ( o'clock, at the Warren street, Methodist church, she will .show what ahe can do Jn a single iervice toward aiding to convert that txiFough. , She la looked upon with admiration byhedjgnltariesef-the-Methodist Episcopal - church thla ahr.demure, brewa-haired litUe Misa Bertha Sanford. with meek white bonnet strings tied prlmly-nderher smootht rounded chin. They say. that upon her slender shoul ders has descended the mantle1 ot. the great old "awakeners" of Methodism, again the- Words of fire and power of I the early evangelists. It waa when ha heard her speak in bis rich, fashionable-church 1n Schenectady that the pastor, the Rev; Qeorge R. Lunn, cried out before all hla people; Behold, I am not worthy to lead you. This-woman baa shown -me that I have hot worked with the consecration and the power and the grace and the spirit with -which 'it Is given to me- te work, t feel ah awakening. She shall lead us to s new life. , ,r ' The world haa heard a great deal since the 1st of January-about the religious revival - that swept over . Schenectady. Nineteen churches were banded together for the work, and the servlcea'tnclnded procesBlons rpf children in the streets and meetings in saloons and low dltes, besides the ordinary gospel meetings. '. A moving spirit, an inspiration, waa this little Miss Bertha Banford. who has won for herself the title of the "Little Deaconess Who Converted Schenectady," Miss Banford Is a Smith college girt. Intellectual and thoroughly educated tn modern thought and philosophy. Despite the forces , of agnosticism that aur-. rounded her throughout her college career, and afterward In her various other activities, she turned, bark 'en heterodoxy and clung with faith su preme to the doctrines' of Methodism, which she had learned in her childhood. Throughout a tong and severe course in the law schooTof the city or"NewTnrk she stood by her belief, and after bar graduation, although she had won the highest honors and the right to practice law as a profession, she left the world behind . and entered the. Lucy Webb Hayea Deaconess' - Training school in Washington. While there. she studied in the Sibley hospital and received the degree - of a graduate . nurse. Thus equipped., with, a 00 lege education, tws professions and. - the special ' religious training of a deaconess she took up the work of the evangelist , ,. One of her gifts is a -wonderfully ap pealing and sympathetic singing as well as speaking voice, and the power te ao company herself on any one of a num ber of instrument It is said that her singing alone haa converted dosens of erring and' seeking souls and brought them into the church. - - Miss Sanford's metheds in evangelistic work are original and daring. On one occasion during tier stay In Schenectady ana.ABa .auv acwui .cauurcn..inruugn ue streets of the city . singing. "Onward, Christian Soldiers," and only dismissed them at Crescent park after they had gathered under the leafless trees in the snow and sung, ,s "Stand Up. Stand Up, for Jesus.1 - Other unusual features of her work Were midnight meetings for night' workers tn the-heart of the city. Jail meetings, meetfngs in mills and factories, and 'a gigantic mass meeting In a" theatre. - - " : ; : : ? . -. Miss Banford will hold only one' meet ing In greater New Tork, and will then go to New Jersey, where she will give a series of evangelistic meetings for the Woman's Home Missionary society. TADS Ol o KevaT. !' ' From.-"Wall Street and Tt a Wardens' in the Saturday Kvenlng Post. These strong men of money have their weak.. sides; they have their fads, and will, spend money like water on them. Mr.Keene's weakness Is the race horse; Mr. Morgan's Is pictures; the late Mr. Whitney's was ruga (he Is said to have paid $36,000 for one, and the transac tion would have been all right had. he left the last two ciphers off the pride); Mr. .Brady's of - the . iohacce trust is black pearlsi'Mr. Addlcks' -of Bay State Oas Is -emerald. while Mr. Lawson will go In pawn to, buy-a ruby. - v r-i -Mr. Laweort "travels beyond fails snd owns to superstitions. He pins bis faith to the numeral three .and Its multiples. -His telephones are 3112 and 3J3I; his offices are 31 State street; one of his Pet copper mines 4a the Trinity, and he be gins his .great enterprises en the third of the month. His "big medicine," es the Indiana wonld tslt It, Is a chain of 333 golden beads, each with sw gypsy girl's fac9enamolod, thereon, and . this fetish he consults and communes with In. ways know only to himself. , . 1 . . - ,1, ., - 1 1 , aw W : ... .l-'l . -.':- - uamiric rainax. ;: Forgive 'me, my sweetheart my last - thoughts were of you. r My dreams can-: '.,, not come true. I cannot llve-and. see hyou happy with another girl." - - .wiia tneee9r-da.as.a.laee--eaeBsage-- totheraweetheart whom she' thought wajt!Hng of her; pretty'Annle:-Weltt-rT traub took her life' "by swallowing - poison, i'-'iy "'C"Z.'r: ...' '" She" had li card -he was paying alien- ll tion' to another. -girl,- and- he failed to keep an engagement to take her to the'- ineatra, - j. ' ' , --. . .. "-t Of course, t do not know' -what- ath proofs of his waning interest she-may bave bad. but if she had only hearsay,' and his failure to keep that one engage- 2. ment to go by, the poor, child flung away her prauloua young-Hfe -pn;;vcry'" slight 'provocation. -.'-; -.jj -,-u - - There are thousands of men .worth ' ' living for, there is not one in a hun-. dred worth dying for. - v-f- .'- -. . j .The great trouble with- so many young glrle is that they arr apt to mis--1" take spurious. Jove for the real thing. . If they could only look ahead a few yeara and realise that the men they are. , readyvte die for at 17 will have abeo- ' lutety.no charm for them at 3J.1- - Tlioi majority of girls fhlr- In love several .' times before they-fill in' love for "keepsVjAnd each time they imag-" tne 'ttit:','1tfs the love of their lives. .1 They, think: ''Should thu man' prove untrue to me, I can-not live; life is " worth nothing, without hini-'V-. ' There is ne pain ao bitter aa Jealousy, . and undoubtedly -even- though the love mar-not be great, the suffering Is. l - The"" distinction between love snd ? rid Is oftlmea .very fine, and were the '' ruth known. -as - many-tears are-.1 ah ad -for Shattered prtd as shattered TeTfc-" If poor little Annie Welntrauo hid -exercised -mors self-control .she - might ' have been alive today. . . . She should have . waited : until' ' the man's falseness was absofutely. proven, -- The man may have ben temporarily. attracted by another girl, and still In . bis heart have been true to the old love. 'Some men' are so constituted that It Is quite impossible for- them- -to resist occasional digressions -from the 'pre- -scribed path of love and duty. V - . However,, i these - -digressions ,!- realjy don't, amount to anything, and If a girl can only make up her mind to 'ignore .7 them, things will run smoothly enough.. - Then again, if this -unfortunate-girl had looked into the matter she might , have found that: the man Was totally. unworthy of ' her lovej jan4jtheu;aha would hsvs' had' no desire to die. And supposing that she 'did love him . deeply every woman is the better for a great love, even If It be unrequited. - Te- ss the 'man- she-ievesafrtT who haa Brarnaaad to love her ttiaktnv love - to another 'woman 1 perhs.pe as bitter a pang as any woman can suffer.' and It Is very hard to look proud and Indlf frr-. . love awe Jealousy. -., Men do not suffer tn this respect aa. women do. " . . .... No matter how much a mart may love - a woman be has so many outside in-,, terssta that his mind ' is constantly dl- ' verted; whereas a- woman sits at home and grieves -until her whole mental at-. , . tttude becomes distorted and she itr not '-. capable ..of reasoning- clearty.v .' ' . . . It wrsuid be a good thing TffOhSrn could be brought to realise this, and '. perhaps it would teach them net te lead a woman on to bellerve In their love until they are' sure ef It -themselves. Many girls take men too eerlouely; " When a man la merely naylftsTrthemr the most ordinary-attention theVnlnk he la .making love te them. They give ' away tlieir hearts too qulcklyw There Is one thlnr to always bear In mind. -and- that ia. that no matter how bad the-wound,- time. will work wonders , . for It. ..:-.. . f s ,,i-,'- -.v... .. , !... Time 'and youth -are- marvelous healers, but patience IS needed) also, and V youth Is not given to patience, - It Is often a matter or mistaking heartache for heartbreak," and the 'dif ference between the two la vast.. , V HeartacKe and ; t'Heax-treak iVcwis: an i iClark sw - --- - - .-." j n -...,,:-: " , ' ..- .,--. uarters near .. Maadsn, J North Dakota. February 1 Captain i Lewis set out L st sunrise with. 34 men. The morning whs. fine and cool', the thermometer be ing at. '18 degrees below, aero. In the course of the-day one of the Mahdan . ' chiefs ' returned from' Captain Lewis's : party,- hla eyesight having become so. bad' that he could not proceed. - At thla seesorr of the year tho 1 reflexion- from ., the Jee and snow Is so intense as te . occasion almost-total ' blindness. ' This complaint la'Very common, and the gen eral remedy Is to sweat thepart af- . fee ted by holding the faee over a hot stone, 'and receiving . the fumes from snow thrown on it. A large-red fox waa killed today. :-. ,Y-V -i , OAS OM BS SAFaTXTf 8t Paul Dlapatch to the New Tork gun. ' Can a woman kiss e dog oncer da v 1 for 10 daysT As the result of a bet otv this subject at Mountain Lake one wo- . man-hv eertouely- H I.- flva ethers are-un der a physician's care, Jhfee 'dogs ste -' dead, and ether dogs . are-exhibiting . strange - symptoms. " it all came about from a wager made . by-John Aegelhardt, a wtalthy-church i member, to six women prominent In aid society work In the-church. ' At a meet- ing or the ahTHKiciety Angeinarot was much amused at the: custom of one nf . the members of frequently kissing a fa vorite poodle on the mouth. - Hla merrt- ' meat provoked the women., and all d-. . clared they were In the .habit of klssinr .' their dogs and thought It m 'tries cue- , torn. ' ," ' - , : -' - ' . Angelhsrdt then made the. wager that the six could pot kiss, their dogs once a day for 30 days, the act to be performed immediately- after- breakfast." The " wo men took the bet. It they-succeeded. , Angalhardt Wss to pay them a second time for everything, sold at the coming annual church fair, ir they failed, xhey. were to make for him' a dunltnat f , everything sold at the fair. ., -i v After the kissing had gone on for 10 days two ef the women became violently 111 and the others also suffered. - One ' held . out until the, lth day. Angel hardt, it Is announced, will not hold thi women to the bet, but Instesd has made a liberal donation to the church. , , -. - 1 As answage Part ef XV -V,--.' Trom the ' Louisville Courier-JeurnaL' 1 "An 'Bngllsh , woman; supposed to be j dead," so a veracious contemporary re ports, "arose while the undertaker was . measuring her for a shroud, and asked him If he thought ahe would" be caught dead with a garment that didn't At bet- ter than that.". The Improbable thing about this Is that English women should so object to being caught dead- In. ill- ' flttlng garments; though they seem' tn make s point of wearing that sort of apparel when jiving, - II TV'-. ; ' .' -. ': ::
