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THE O R E G O.N D A I L Y; JO U R N
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PUBSHflO BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
Published vry ayeninj: Tcpt : Sjwday ) and - a vary Sunday moraine . at Th Jaurosl -'- BnIMinv Fifth ..and Yamhill
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITX OF PORTLAND
A NEW ERA FOR PORTLAND. ,
HE OUTLOOKJor Portland, .menttlly, morallT
, ana physically, was never so goo a as n is -roaay.
A movement which reaches all.quartcrs of the
V"ft ; ytity. jd ajl glasses and condition "of people, a movement
, f sobroad" and far-reaching that none can lose ita sig
'iTniJcanc,! is in progress. '"" It ia not one of those, purely
1 theoretical 'movement which dissrpate themselves in talk
'but aomethmg which has seized the very heart and in
.Ty; intelligence of the people y who ' are ' diligently seeking
" ayt and" means toreach desired and necessary ends. "A
few years ago when the public keenly felt an imposition
'..W.tlejr would mect,ii indignantly talk and pass adequate
' resolution and that would be the end of it "But now
' ;N( they not. only meet and Ulk and past resolutions but
thecscEL TTiVe mk afT-illnstration -tha bridire 'drew aues-
. tionfrwhich is now up for consideration, 3A few years
' 4 ?a exactlv the same ' asrttation' Was in oroffress and
s . evjything was done vp to the point of acting.' There
; thej movement fell short and there Jt ultimately died.
But this year it is taken hold of with different heart and
! spirit Men are not only ready to tak and pass resolu-
tions but they are ready to tand up and demand what
they believe to be their rights and take he steps neces
' ssry to secure them.- This illustrates precisely the spirit
- of the newer Portand.vC ..: :
i . We used to hare hert a civic Improvement league; It
' did mpch good work but most 'of it was done practically
. 4 in defiance of such public opinion as -found expression
'V I from the prominent men of the city. Now the chamber
i of commerce' ranges itself back of, the movement, it has
J been taken' op' in the 'most, practical way, everybody
" j resliies its importance, everybody is willing to do his
, . j share to' bring about the desired results -and the ends
.,.;! aimed at, the beauty and cleanliness of the city, will both
,'Vbe achieved.'-. lhiX ;'.' .
Herein we find the very foundation tf civic pride, the
'i quality above all others which Portland used to UdcVIt
C inatis absolutely a new era in our history and it means
Mnore ,han M, other things combined in achieving the
t destiny which nature itself has marfciid'oiit for Portland,
j , Nevertheless we note some signs if the . reactionary
spirit. In the course of a public address delivered last
, . night Wore the Men's Social club of the Taylor Street
, Methodist church, Mr.' W. D. Fenton took occasion to de
- fend public officials from the unjust attacks which were
made upon fbem and upheld the. doctrine that they were
, no better and no -worse than the people who elected
. them. If this were time, if the very worst men elected to
, v, office, ormaintsined there for that matter,; were no
"7 worse than the people who elected them,; then the out
t look for the-country would be dreary and hopeless be
yond expression. But it.is distinctly untrue. '' Here to-
fore under the crude methods which hsye prevailed elec
f tions as a rule were not the expressions of a popular will
but of the will of a political oligarchy which we call a
. machine. Every bit, of political astuteness wasjexerted
not to express but to thwart the popular will, to get men
.' "'in office who obeyed the behest of the machine no matter
' ' how fsr it ran counter to the public will or conscience,
. Through the manipulation of primaries and conventions
' v Ihe people were, practically .helpless. ;Usually the con
i ;ventions left them but a choice of evils. If they voted t
"all they had to vote for tome men.whd in no sens jrepre
,' i sented them. As a matter of fac therefore,-while nom
;y inally we were living In republic we were actually ruled
.v v, by an 'oligarchy whose interests ! were inimical .to the
V people.; The starting. pointlof the. change in. Portland
came with! the city charter. That gave the people a
chance to govern themselves and to directly pass upon
-. whatever 'amendments were proposed to that instru-
. .. mcnt,' .iThen 1 followed the initiative and referendum
:j t through, which they could not only initiate laws bur, ptts,
' upon the work of, the legislature itself, thus increasing
. v , i v. the responsibility of . that body to the' people' by excrcis--v
-ing popular Veto right ..upon its work. Now comes the
- , , uucvi yuunijr w unucr wnicn ine people as a wnoie
, '-. have an opportunity to designate the men for whom they
f wish tOiVote.:,; With these instrumentalities in their hands
-- fail to use them the strictures passed upon tbem by
, ' Judge Fenton will then be justified as they are not now
' - justifjed It is undoubtedly true that the. people them
i r: selves have been to blame but conditions were such for
t i o many years that the outlook seemed hopeless, in look
V :; J'n bck at it now the only wonder it not that so many
; oaa men: nave neen elected to ottice but that any good
. t..T7f,ne" cou,d have been. . There is a wholesome streak of
; ef.t honest in the American people 'and that is the saving
. ' .t grace. With a properly exercised franchise no bad tor
i - dishonest. man will hereafter' get into, .office except-"by
' . , mistake and he never will be retained there. But this is
' t only possible while the people themselves hold the power
'' I in their own hands and exert it in Jhejr own interests as
i t f they now have a chance to do. ' i - ,:
! CEWBRAL BEEBE, AND COUNCILMAN FLEOEL
f.&J TVfEINTlMATION of Councilman Flegel U Po
"'' ' i A 'ice Commissioner Beebe that it wa, a waste 'ol
; ! -timeito report solicaderelictiona ta th nnMr,
' i j Doara, lor no attention would.be naid to them. rnnti.
v . ? tutes as grtive and serious a Charge as could be made
-'1v against public body by a man in every wav 'retoonaibU.
' . ' ',' If fioiatttntion is naul.tn mirh rhartr.' it thl
V'' wijl 'giv ntt heed to Reported infractions of the law, if
j.,t rt can be.pujbjicy stated that the chief .of police himself
. ? has vis?ted' saloons after "hours' without himself taking
"I'-i . any .cognizance of. the violatioas of lawand if a "public
L (i.t u: .1.. - .
t . 1 knew the police board would da nothina in
l ins. a.ucu iic uulb uutfii inai mnv an i m nuiatinn 4Aa
f f ' ' , tMiHMluvU uuuet
i-.f. Heebe, a man of culture and refinement, reputed by .his
'ds to he a man' of high ideals, strict integrity anja a
' .. ' .- a . '. ' 'I '
Icffty concept ion -of his ilpubli idutiesfcat is'a char
acter which a man must eiiher Ipse orir'jjp to. It wilj
Mt do to exercise these dualities in private life and re
lations and apply a different standard tT thought and
conduct to the public duties which he has willingly ..as
sumed and sworifrto faithfully discharge. -We 4 do - not
say that ne' has hot sqiiired his official conduct by, the
rule "which goidrs him .in the transaction of his private
affairs but v do say that for hit own take, for the take
of the police board and the department he .cannot test
quietly pnder the imputation which in the' public jn in d
the words of the 'councilman, cast ' upon him. There is
there made a distanct issue on serioua questions of fact;
it would be idle to attempt to deny itr-'ln all seriousness
and in alt candor The. Journal wishes to, say that General
Beebe for' 'his own sake. and the sake of the board of
whicbf he is' the head cannot afford to allow it to pass
unresented, unrebuked but. above all uninvestigated. . :
A PREMATURE SUGGESTION.
I MMEDIATELY alter learning of hit election on No
vvember.8 lasc President 'Roosevelt issued g'ttate
ment in which he said: ' - ' 1 .
' "On the fourth of next March I shall haveraerved three
and one half years, and this three and one half years
constitutes my first term.' The' wise custom which limits
the president to two terms regards the substance and not
the form. Under no circumstances will I be a candidate
for or accept another nomination. . -.
- But' since the railroad and Standard Oil and beef trust
cases have come to the front, and become paramount,
and since. the senateshows a disposition . to delay and
hinder any reforms, it is already urged, by tome news
papers that the four-year term upon which the, president
will toon enter will be too short for him to finish up the
work which he is apparently undertaking, and that cir
cumstances may be such that the people will demand that
the president continue in office for another term. . ,;
The St.' Paul Dispatch voices this sentiment It says,
what every one sees, that the difficulty of carrying out
demanded Reforms rests in the senate, "the citadel -of
privilege, dominated by the selected and elected candi
dates of railway systems." The senate wilt do Httle, and
that but slowlv. It dawdles with hearings. The cor
ridors are thronged with lobbyists. ; No one expects that
when it acts it will do more than eviscerate the house
bill The, senate it hostile to the president But he it
not the nian to back down or surrender." The'tenate's
action, or refusal tb"act. the Dispatch concludes,' 'will
force a recall "of the announcement of last November.
The recall will come from the people. ' They;will insist
that Roosevelt complete what he undertook in their be
half. And he will consent He cannot do else. The
country cannot permit him to do else. It cannot admit
that the senate it the, government and that any interest,
by dominating the senate, can be the government" .t,
Possibly, but we think, the president will keep his.
word." He"windwhatTiCca ln-four-yeartnd leave
the work to--his successor.' The people can find a suc
cessor who .will carry on the work, and fn the meantime
can retire a few oi the trust senators and elect mien
like La Toilette and Van Sant is iheir placet, i m .
! BALTmORE'8 j MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. );.. 1
ALTIMORE, that a little over a year ago suf
fered, one of the greatest and most destructive
fires eveir known fn thia country, has already ad
vanced far In the work of reconstruction and rehabilita
tion, and in doinar to it building up, in aeveral respects,
better than before, for although one of the oldest of
American cities, residents of the Mound City who are
at bVice conservative and VrV'eMivc- perceive that they
not only shohld but Jean have far better cityhan theT
haVe had hitherto. ."With this oBject.lnlvieW'aJlarge
number of citizens": have held a meeting and forinj a
municipal league, on a basis ot, memocrsnip ana -man-airement
as broad as the city itself. All Sections and
classes were represented, and a general committee of
too members is to be appointed to prepare details of the
workman, executive committee of nine having, been se-
IceteAjV-',4. :!' -.-'. ' --. . ";v :; ; - '.
.While imirovement from a purely material , or busi
ness aspect ii'one'cf the main objects of the league, it
will interest itself also in civic reform and good city
government, and in; the moral as well at industrial and
commercial welfare of. the city, and to" these ends .will
take an active part in local politics or governmeht, a
the following objects set forth in the Constitution' of the
Iraome show: ' - " '' '.'! '-. -i. ,'f-': ?
Fint The purpose of thit organwation 1 shall; be J
'. , : -x t T-t.: .4.. a
. tO asSISl Jn securing iw m tiif ,vi , svutuui v r(. i
efficient and honest government, the nomination And -.''election
of efficient and honest cityofficert, lirre- J:
', spective of party affiliations. : ? V:
;" Second-i-With the view of carrying out the above
object, the association' shall assume the duty of
I investigating and, reporting upon the charact and
...records of .the nominees of any party fo? any xnu-;
, nicipal office' for which names may be suggested,
Tttnd to give Jhe result of its Investigation that.the',
, public may Vote intelligently, f ' ; - '.,'.
.."'..Third To aid in the investigation and determina
tion of. all municipal questions of importance lo the-
citizens
..time
Foorth To
agencies designed to discover and correct abuses, in
' municipal ,uiin,. u duiuuiiw &4 'lUICICBl .'liV -
citizens in such affairs, and to ' secure the -utmost X
"' practicable separation of municipal questions from.
;. state and national issues.1:, : -' "X- '".
' Such a 'league, co-operating harmoniously and real-
ously, cannot fail to accomplish a great .deal, of good in
anr,laTgeIlty".'It At the best possible antidote to the
poison dealt out to munieipalities by political machines.
B
OI. ail municipal quesii9na 01 iraporiancsio ine(
:ns of 'Baltimore as such questions -may from
to time arise. V "Xv'": " i -A ''.'y
mrth To jincrease; the. number, of- efficient
5
f , ..v .. ., From the World Today 1.
. x- It wnuld b cslcr to uil where !a th
. . MKt. That ta always toward the Allan
. ':' tic Boston la tut to Clovajaoil; Chlcaao
! at to Colorado, and everything1 -febla
' , elde nf th Caaeoda mountains la ant r
th Pacific ooaat. . It almoat amounts t
'4-',-1.' feet.h'. hU father can
i ; l from. . 1 . .
c - It -pomes Id pane that thewet has
-.a "xed araphlcal llmtu Ilka the
outb and New JCnfland. It la enrrve-vJ-ihlng-more
Chan aeosraphlcal term.
"T "Uke Boaton, It U a aUte of mind. There
. - 1Car. mountalna mnA tln - m nA
.'within Uia Itralta of which thla elate of
' mind Is. pre-emlneally to be found, but
i ; , It la to be reeocniBed In either reaiona aa
- j , well. Tow can, tell a westerner aa yo
nil tell a aoutharaera - eotntlm by hlf
. aneecn, always by hit hUltude towiard
a .-. life. . ; , -7 . t
: , "' Tha wt aaeana Americana whV art
; ' etrlid by certain Ideas and' motive.
Hut American does not meea .Anglo
, . bayondtb. Allrshenloa. It U
1 , eever. etrlrOr apeakina, a matter of n-
l lawaat, buU Uia la 4ooUj true; r that
treat region where blood and Ideas and
habit of every"t people undef tha aan
are fulns Into I new race. Inevitably
the west la cosmopolitan. With such aa
orl-1n it could not be otherwlee. Pro
vincialism, in any arroaanb aenaa ot tbe
term, you wilt sot find outalda of thai I
orlalnal autea af tha union. . On the
prairies too many 'men bsvo sucoaeded
where according' ta all precedent they
ought to have failed for say on t
claim a proprietary right In -omnisci
ence, lacking that however, eonennood
It may be of Ita own ' auporlority, tb
went ia. tolerant and the westerner la at
home everywhere. - ,t 'J v , . -
r Theo In 'Helen of Try,-N, T-
Published by Jutin laine. r
Why do I carry nty lunch In a, baa?
Ifiecaaae If I satisfy my modest hunger
fet a hotel there la not s man In th
Voln Who la tint ea-Ung at my coat Two
ahUllnga worth of cold beef la eaten-
isprnny worth ' by . me and elghieen
pennr. Worth by him and w each pay a
shilling. , - ; -
X JTfben . 1" meet soma grenadier1 of a
woman on my oYaaamskar'a stsarrsas I
know that whole ysrda of her dres ar
down on (my bllL Her glovea and her
boots coat her no more than mlna eoat
'. An overgrown ereaturs alts in front of
ma at tb theatre. , He sees the piece
and I Me him. And we tkr fbana.m.
It-la s gepat InJuaUc..- Is th Ikr t
fixed prl it Is well to be bfav Tb
neceasaiies of life aV pooled land th
value averaged per Head of tie popnia-
tlon... . . . . -f i ' v ' . 1
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Sxnalli Change
aaeaaaaaaaejVwajaeabiaabjgsesaaaaa
-Stobaarlt fa In bo hurry tin his borne-
jrard Journey;
to
m esBBsaaaaaesBSh ...... J- i
' "Winter nesrlfr gon and jio trip
Tb next legislature also will 'have i
few vetoes t consider.
Roblnl have returned to, give notlceJ
or in annual spring opening.;
., Th American hen'seeaaa to be fully
qualified for mmberahlp.n a trust:
Benstos Burton lan't ao badly off: nil
tMOO s year yet for dolnarnoUitag.
Bom people's Idea of charity to ta
poor to glv them nothing; but advle.Wmlw,by ,U lifdevalopln tb
6h6uldn't the . federal court" chart
for admleaioa U the trlele next sum-1
merT i . ' . .. ' - .
t'nleea vodka 1 , banished th Zemelnr
obor- may turn oub to be s Zamaky
drunk..,. ;o i : i. ,
Kansi Is niarly In tha temper to
dynamil a few , Standard Oil grand
dukea. '.' ..., .- -.yj. ..
- England ia burdened with He-houa
of lords, but the United State has its
aenat. , . . ,.-, . . "
But how esn th preaidant glvs'th
people a square deal from a 'Senatorial
pack of eardaT .i i . . t ;.i ,.
..' t ., K.I i i . ' ' "
Soma glrla seem ts think It ia leap
year yet But February,, 21 wilt; b
March 1 thla year.. V. ,
Now ahsoldbf th -Mormon-. eb arch
Investigate' Smoot for belonging toUb
United Btata asnatet -J
The Albany Democrat think ' thai
much rackles legislation . waa du to
houa bill ; Maybs b Sampled It i
r Th fish wardeii wUl get .'no, special
launch and will have to. travel up and
down tb river, by ordinary maaba aa a
"T-:". rv-"-;:JVl;-:V-:-
' February, though th runt amona? tha
month, baa romatbinga.tp.ta proud of;
both Waahiagtoa and Lincoln wees bora
tn"February. f " t -;, -;.u. ; .
Delaware ma not bs' dlagraoM with
Addlcka In tb aeoate bat it wyi take
her several . yeare .to ', get rid . of the
odor of him.1 t- -':.. , .'.'
. Lawson need predooe' no affldavita to
convince . the oewotry that there Waa
something well, contrary to- the" fco
pl'aanterests In that , Cleveland bond
sal.' ;vrf .' -''- , -v j.''..;
A man theoretleslly charitable, says
there are no pauper famlllee In Port
land. There are a' considerable number
ot fmlll however, who need and de
serve help that they, do pot get y- i-t .,
.- 1 y. ii . i v. f - j ! ,
Th aenat cosatm. committee .can
3o nothing' about railroad rat regula
tion until It" hears from ail the railroad
mn and finds evt Just wat they wast
and don't. wnt ' J-'r''" 'r "..'':.'.',:v-
with her father's coachman. f Butcher
parents can console : inemeeives ' oj
thinking that it might have beta worse
eh might -.have sold herself W a for-
tlgn.eonnt P. j01t " V -y' .". ,y
- it is' reported from Waahfairtoor that
Max Fracht'got hi, last appointment
1 - conseqtteno of . '4 - pleo ot - baa
treachery to hi -political patron ' of
years. If io. th government deaoanded
to a pleo of mighty mean bualnaaa.
But nothing alas. could b expected of
Praeht hungering for in Office.
' ; Temjowrs," tt
'' From th Now. Yorker. ,. .
A teopardesa said to her mater--'- '
We may be a little bit Uter. : , .
Fr the animal show; -V 1 - f"i; ''
-.But really, you know, ' ' ' , v
I must aee if wy a pot are on atraight"
- . :: Of 6m BT4ac.' ' .'f --; "-.
f " From the Philadelphia Pfar
, Th American people ara of a mind
vltb PrMnt Beoeevelt da th regulat
lion Of railroad rata. Hl4prh atth
X'nion leagu" sums publio conviction Oa)
Tatt'4"w hetel In Dttfnr,
! Hay 1 becoming eare- around Ash-
Cleln Is ,to b th nema of a new
Oilllam cof ny, toynttjtf r, ." ,'v.;,: ('-,
Tamhlll '" county -t telephone lines 'may
consolidate into, a county organisation.
, -, .. I ...... .;. v ly
A WlllanUna boy lias caught U eoona,
eight cat and two otters this winter! ,
'- :)''.-' ' -
Kearly all Wheat arOoad Athens has
been sold t : srtaas ranging from 7H
to- 3I", et X. ;-''"
I. K Tatfe,, whn-aded the' city of Tb
Dalles tor a large amount of damages,
got golhlngr rfx'.i.i, vy ... V
k 'Orsat :fntprovemnts - ar planned -at
Newport and Olsenvllle, oa Taqulna
hay, amqtik them , a;' t.f M .hotat. . ( ? ?
i ThS.?-iTUlamook . "cresmary manu
factured last' year IB.Ml pounds of but
ter and M5 sounds of ebes from
1.J8J.021 pounds of milk and 5 pounds
"--A -TIllamooK ,edttdr who recently re
tired, say he did so .rwitb th convic
tion that all I vanity.' i From the hour
his paper was started to : th present
tiro ke' baa; bwtn solicited to II upon
vary given subject snd can't remem
ber having told s.wnoleaom truth with
out diminishing .hi subscription list or
making aa enemy. 1 -t'pder ...these clr
onmstasee Of trial, and having a thor
ough contempt, tw blmasif, he retire In
order to recrurt- his moral constitu
tion." .v - '.i-, ..-4. 'y
y ' ' . .1 ; . v .,
VOdelt preclncU' k rich belt of eonn-ti-v.
'af 1 feftll valleys and ' treat for
ests. In Klamath county, practically un
known t th rtsindv sv ine county,
la over MO mllea frdm Klamath Falla,
and is reached by, trails and clrcultoua
routes which require tan -f to elevtf
days 1 for a letter mailed at OdeU tb
reach Klamath Falav ; Tho precinct has
17 votes, -and , U ' somtlms require
weeka.to set election ret am from
ther. It waa only discovered by, th
assessor two .yearn ato,
' Corvallla la. now In communication
by th Independent telephone . with
Brownsville.' Lebanon, -Plalnvtew,' Tan
sent and other points cm tb east aid
of the Willamette. Tb routing la via
farmer's llnea, connecting with an in
dependent vlln built by, th local In
depeadent -compay to Tangent' An In
deiMndent, system is being. Installed In
Brownsville. An Independent .system
has been estsblisbsd ia lebendn. A
neWeeaet aid Una from Corvallla. fonr
miles long, haa bea put lm operation.
'Two other new line expectd to enter
Corvallla aoet are a aeroHd lln from
Wells and on from Oakvllle, -Una
oounty. a Tiew-ewiica oosra ass- osei
Installed and la hew In opratlcn Ii
J tb Indewendent system at Monro. Wtto
th line built and building. Corvallla
haa doubtless th beat country connec
tion of sny system in the state. If not
on tha coaat - The coahty will present
ly be tapped at .every pott snd "ths
xtenatnns' already reanhlng Into Other
aatoumtst are , fast muiusryinav ,
LStriking Facts
Al out O re don
; ' '.. t ; ' 1 , . ' ; " i.
"'.-jt ths Tquet of tho Commercial club
a number of uika Wers made to ths
school children st ; th varioua schools
by business and professional mad of th
city. Among taoa dsUversd before
th High achool .pupils by B. A. Wor
thlngton, .general manager of th Ore
gon Railroad dfc Navigation ' oompany,
contained nuch a maaa of -Information,
ao solidly compacted and so freshly ap
plied, that It, ia. well worthy o repro
duction. . - i .W " ', V ,--', .
ftr a prellmlnry" atory to Introduoa
bis aabjeot Mr. Worthington said:
.'M nav been, aakad to suggest a meana
great atat of Oregon. And, If possible.
Indue aetUemrnt ia .. Mils wonderful
country. : People, aa a. ule, do not ap
preciate thai magnitude of figures, and
possibly a, few auggeatlons aa to how
they ook 'in other ahapea might help
you la- Impressing 1 upon your friends
In th east just what this handful of
people in Oregon are - aceompltahma.
because, with a Jlttl less baa on per
cent of: th population, of th United
States the atat tot Oregon ranks, from
ficst So svath in many, of thstkpl
products ';. - . '.-'.....-. . ". . P.i -
- It la not sren rally known that theJ
ares of th atat of Oregon la almost
equivalent to that of th etaita or New
York, tprnnayl vanla and N ' . Jersey
conrblned, where ths last esnaua showod
there wrr ovarii 1,000, SO of people.
BUtlatlca show that In th school
rcatem of Oregon had 141,710 school
children, of which ,000 were going to
school' in 1,190 school Rouses, or a school
houae for wvry 41 children, and 4.04
teachers, - or about on for rery - tl
cbUdren going to achooL - The money
available for school In 104 was-1 2.
4(4, 00,' representing about II for every
inhabitant, and the value of th school
property was I4.tt0.tt, or nearly ft tor
every Inhabitant. Oregon atanda third
from the top In freedom from Illiteracy,
with a percentage ot tl.lt; that ts, to
aay,. only on child out of every -Its
between the ages ot It and 14 years is
Ulltarat. ":- .
If each Of tb school children Of ths
state of Oregon, through correepondance
with their aaatern friend, could Indue
one mal . settler or voter to corns to
Oregon, It would add to tha population
of the state 410,000 peopl. thla on the
baals of th census bureau,' which 8g
nres ,f ly ptrsons. to vry ,votr. -'
I would now ilka to'glv you a few
facta concerning th product -of our
State, and wa : wlli commeac With:
8trwbetTtea Th Hood River straw
berry la celebrated throughout th coun
try. Last year ther wer 1 SI carload
shipped, which contained 7,000 crates
of 4 pound-each, or a total of over
2.000.000 boxes.. If all of the achool
children of the United States were at
on atrawberry festival, th Hood River
crop alon would flva each child a good
slaed dish. -' " : : ' - ,.'''-.; ;
Potato Th ' Willamette ; valley
raised' 2,60 cars last yar, , which rep
resents , -about 1&0.000 sacks. - Thla
amount of potatoes would make a, con
tinuoualr.in abounmna long," or.i
aay, of a lensrth sufficient to reach from
Portland to Oregon CHty' " ' ' ,y
' , ' Hops Ninety thousand bale were
produced, principally in" western OrSgon.
Thee hops are' packed in balsa weighing
ISO pounds each. Th total crop there
foe weighed ore IT. 000,00 - pounds.
These bale of hop contain It eublc feet
each, and all of .the nop. If placed la
oris house, would fill a building th sis
of th Chamber of Commerce, W are
tod that an average of on half abound
of. hppa la npw uaed in each barrel of
beer of It gallons; therefore the crop
"would make 1000,000 gallon of beer,
or 4,00,000 kegs of flv gallons each,
such as are commonly used. y
Apples Th Oregon sppl I ' well
known all over th world, and a great
many go' to' London. '. Th principal
pleos-of production sr th Hodd River
valley and th Rogue River valley. . Last
season lit cars, or 76.000 bozs of -60
pounds each, wer ahlpped out of th
Rogu nvr country, making a total of
S. 160.000 - pounds Thar . wer atao
1104. a near a can b tlmated. If
loaded In oara ot an average. lading of
tt tons to tha ear, would make a continue
ou train over ttt mile n length, snd
the lumber output for. th earn year
would make a continuous train I U0 miles
fn length.. ; ' . .. r ' y
Tyjpicali Cklld of
y' ':, France v
llxitory of tHc ,
- ; ICornans ,.C;t',;-
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Louis Beck In London Mall.
. "WelU" excUlmed aa American lady
to mo a few weeks ago, "yod hMglish
peopl say and writ real horrid things
about th, tobjectlonable' msnnars of
American children and -1 admit that
they are allowed to much freedom of
apeech In the hearing- oa their eiders
but good nee me, tb French . child!
Why it ia a monstrosity r -f ' - r-4
- "Ah, I thought you said a few days
ago Jhat th average French dblld had
a lot of brslna and that thk Kngliah
boy or girl-suffered in comparison."
.."1 did. aad I think I am Just right
to a certain stnt You don't let your
children, well expand their Intellects
aa w Americana do, Wa ballev Jn n
ooursging, not suppressing, cleveraea.
."Most English Prnts--xept those
who ar fools dlalik precocity - snd
curb tt. But tell me what1 Is wrong
with tha brilliant vivacious. French
child r .'. '' i' ." -.. .
"I have juat been over th farm with
Felle, who haa been "explaining" thing
to mw Myl That child ia only 11 and
well, ah Is quit competent to set up
In business ss a eage-femme. t had to
tall her . ta stop, 8h - mad tt fetl
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' Let me take Felle Boulanger (which
lan't her nam aa a typical French child
of my experience, gained after, a. nearly
three years' reeldene in Franlc. '
- 8b 1s on of flv children tanging in
age . from her brother of "1 1 to th
youngest girl of . Felioo haaa skin
Ilk th akii of a pearl (which is mar
veloua considering th amount of Indi
gestible food she bolts- flv time a
day), big, -deer-like oyeavv long-laabed;
daintily shaped but seldom clean band;
a thin, reaping and petulant voles, even
In her merriest mood; and a physique liks-i
that of a starved and ho melee eatr
narrow cheated, spider legged, and stam
inaless generally. let sh sems full
of vitality nervous, Irrl table vlUllty
eat as mnCh food as fen English navvy,
and certainly Jia.aa my American
friend KeJr, 'liesp of sense." But to
see th child stlng, It painful, though
interesting In a way. - , '.
An- English.- toother " Observing her
would say that satenln powders were
what she wanted. , Mind. Felloe ia one
hot s vry common type of French girl
children.' Hef ps rests ar well-to-do
farmers, and the and her brothers and
slaters .receive a good education (edu
cation only, nothing el) he boys at
th publlo lyc, th glrla at-a school
conducted by some , religious . sisterhood-
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An English girl ot 11 years of age.
like Felice, would be aent ts bad st say.
t o'clock. Felle and her type, and her
younger sister,' sit down to dinner st
:8t, p.f m.. and stay up until 11. or
later-llstenlng to tb conversation) of
their elders--J'.i. ". ' .
more than a few mouthf ula All through
hipped 0 cars of pears, weighing t.ltO,-1 tb nseal."' when their, mouth km not
000" sounds.
.' Hood River-shipped 11 cars of applea,
equal - to 12.60 boxes, and 'weighing
4,1 Jl.OOt pounds- - , " yy
- Taking ,both rardllevs together, ther
was ahlppad a -total -of 405 cars of spplss
and pears, which would mak a continu
ous trall about ti miles long; IT piled'
together, it would fill a spae of 260,000
cablo feet and it th. boxes wer strung
tout In lln It would reach for It mile.
Dried fruit Th dried -prune Industry
is aaothar of th great tonnags-produc-ets
ot tb stat. , Weatem Oregon alon
ralaed t0.000.00t pounds of grn prunes,
wblcb, j when - dried, mad . 20,000.000
peuDds-enough tO'flll 600 car, snd if
w put' sit ot the csrs together .It
would - mak a continuous train over
thre mil long. '"", T- '
Wooi Oregon . Is the third largest
wool-producing atat in th union. Is
104 tha clip amounted to 22.000,000
pounds in ,th. grease that Is, as it
comes from th aheap.. It has to be
aoouisd before ue. . snd -when, this . la
don It amounts - to - 7,000,000 pounds
All but 1,000,000 pounds wa shipped to
tho Atlantic manufacturing cities to be
mad up Into clothes and blankets. It
takes as averag of four pounds ' of
Scoured wool' for on suit; therefor th
output 1 equivalent to 1.710.000 suits, or
over ..three for eech inhabitant if all
wer mala, and If mad Into bedcover
there would bo from 4.tO,000 to S.00O,
00 blanket. . . t
- Ther la also snoot 600,000 pounds of
mohair raSssd annually In Oregon,- prin
cipally th Wlllmtte valley, As you
know, mohair la th fleeo of th angora
goat and ' Is used principally in tb
manufaotur Of pluah snd alpaca cloth
ing. ; i y;y. r' -.:.- i .. , X
y Uveatock Th livestock induslry'"of
6rgon IS on of th most important to
day, th vatu per annum running cloae
to 120,000,000, the xhlblt at th SUt
fair and tb St Louis world's fair Indi
cating that the standard of livestock of
th tat of Oregon Is fully up to the
highest standard, being aqnal to that of
the "blugraa territory of Kentucky. -A
compartaon of th growth ot thia
Industry between Hh years 1,164 'and
1004 la quit intereatingT .
. y , t . A04"
Horses ;...'tl.0 20.00
Cattl,.,;. t.000 760.OOO
Sheep 16.000 4.000.00
Hogs ......10.090 2B0.00O
loiTt.
'. i Vatu.
t I.SOO.000
1 6.000.00
t.oot.ooo
1.00,0t
4-
Total ...... .4, . .. 121,100. oet
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' . Salmon Very few- peopl-realise the
quantity of' aslraon packed In Oregon.
Th 1904 pack amounted to 4)3. 000 easea
of 70 pound -each, or 1$. IK. 000 pounds
Each caa conulne 41 cans; therefore
ther waa toul of ts.oot.tot can
narked.: In addition to' the salmon
packad- In this way. 10.t0t.6ot pounda
war f roaeri.'. and pfckled and -shipped to
fore I an port. Reduced to tans, eve have
about -to.909. nr i.soo cart, and ir these
were all ntrpled together It would make
s continuous tram aeven miles in lengtn.
Wheat The wneat crops or tne atsten
They art '"exptgdinr tharr Intellects?
listening to and commenting (upon sub
jects that "would never b alluded to in
an English family ar the dinner tjble.
Subjects such as murders crimes, pas
alon, d Ivorc ' sub j4 etueh a no gng
lishkiaborlng man would bring up at hi
hornely Ubl in the bearing of hi cbUd
ren without having his wife harl.th
family tea pt at hla heed. : iV
'Felice returns hom from -school at
4:20, an usually has . twon or, three
hours' . "preparation" to do four nights
out of Six. During the lessons she and
her brothers each drlnk-a largo bowl of
potage or oof fe and eat half a pound of
new bread thickly plaatered with con
fltur of some kind, finishing up with
hslf -.a plat of cider.. -This. I to give
them staying power ..until dinner time,
from t:3 to,?.p-m ,Tbey eat rapidly
and est to esceea. invariably asking for
and obtaining a second helping ot aoup
or meat bafor their alders hav taken
full and when they ar full, they talk.
talk? Incessantly,, . y The - - presence ' of
strangers Is no deterrent to the talk
atlv propensities, ef French children.
Their parent never check .ibsiaw To do
so. would b rvmlLf Y' f:f'" '''"'-;?y
? Felice's mother tails her to go .upstair
and' see. Jf Jeans the bonn is there.
Hh goes t thsdoqr, throws It openand
screams MeaknW!"..XOur times. No aa
ewer. 6 Felle slama - tha door, with a
violent bang, and.stamps upstairs, yell
ing: for Jssnn st every tep., , $he r
turn,' bursts opso th door.', bangs It to
again .with- a terrlfjo clssh. pushes her
way back to hen et and bsglas.to eat
with violent! haste. - ; -1 - , . ,
Jacques, a red It, ' flnlahes first and
goes out tearing open th door and dos
ing It with th usual crash it la th
custom in Franc to ill-treat doors. , In
a few minute yon may hear him bawl
ing out on, the landing for papa or
mamma t Com 'out to him. "
f. .want a bootlaos, . Com and find
on.? or something 1 lk that
...And papa. or mamma obediently goes,
for th French child bosses his parents.
He or she thinks that parents ar mad
to wait upon children. , - . ( .
.. Dinner Is overhand ths Kngllsh vlsl
tors, after coffee ia eerved. go into th
salon, fondly Imagining (If they ar
new to tb manner of French -cWldrerV)
that they will at away from the clamor.
They jrr bitterly raiSUken. Thtp
tits Coma. . too. snd join In th con
versation until tt is bedtime. y ) --
At 11:20 p. m. th petite very likely
want a little) gout of soma sort. It Is
glvn. and they sump- upstair, all
shouting at each other as If they wer,
half a? mile apart, ,".; ''
- Then yon hear half ' a dosen doors
banging snd 'boots thrown out on' the
landing.. Then more doors banging. The
French clilld haa gon to bed. . . t f
TatXsTOMI Oara.ovaanr.TO DO.)
a
'- Vrom th ' Chicago 'Nwn, - n
Why don't you answer your f Hand's
letter at onoet It will hav double
value If written promptly and will tak
no more time now than by and by. -
Why don't yeu mak tb promised
visit to that Invalid T 8b Is looking
for you day after day, and "hop de
ferred maketh th heart alck."
. Why don't you sand away thit little
gift you v been planning to sendT
Mer kind Intention never' Accomplish
any good. - 'V '
Why don't you speak out thdWaoou.
aging words that you hav m yos
thoughtst ' Unles you- express i them
they ar of n 'us to. -others. .-'"
Why don't ya try to ahir th bniv
den of thst sorrowful on 1 who Work
besMe youT Is it because you 4
growing selflaHT .Why don't you- ta
nave pains to be self-sacrificing and
loving In. tha everyday hom llfet -ITIme
at rapidly Wssing. Tour dear one will
"hoi be with yoil alwsys. ' .
Why don't you create around you en
atnfbsphere of happiness and helpful-
nss, ao that all who com ta touch wltD
- (By Rv. Thomas Br Qregory.)"
Th object of thla srtlcle' is to ao
qualnt - th younger reader of this
newspaper with one of the moat remark- '
able books In th world Montesquieu's :
-V'onsideratlonat onf th Causes ot the
Orandeur and Deeadenc of the Ro
mans," written away back In th year .
- It will be observtd th subject of th .
boeh-.,! en- Immenae one, jhe causes
which led to the rls and th cauaas .
which led to the fall of the most stu-
jjndus poUtlcsl structure "that ; th
wunu na ever even. . v ,
' As Mr. Bakeri tha translator and an.
notator of tha work, well aaya, "Mors "
than any other, th lilsiory of the Rtu'
man occuplea a ecntral position in unl-'
vral hlatory."
"'Aa regards tHe world's main stream of
civilisation,, it may be said on th one
hand) that all pre-Roman hlatory metts
In th Roman republic and empire as
many trlbuurles in en grand trunk'
and, on th other, thst on the dteaolutlon -of
this great body, th powerful ihflu- '
one of its apirtt surviving th loss of i
,. - k.. .. i a . . . . , , .... . .
tw w ih. umm ifvitmn mWk U KUV nnuy '
modern civilisation. .- ; -
(Tb story of Rom besides being liH
tensely dramatic, in ita slow but irr.
slstibl rts from the Uttl camp on tho'
Palatine to th capital of- tha dasitaliP
of th world poaaeese f5r ua the llv- ,
iresi morsi interest, ana aoqunas in lea,
sons of suprems importance to the ris
ing generation ot this American repute.
lie. ir;.: -. 'f. :''--. i
Monteaquleu lived, wrote ;and paased
away before thla government was found- ;
ea. and yet his book on the'"Orandeur ;
and Decadence Of fh Romans" might .
very broflubly be made a text book in
the ptiblio schools' of thlsnatlon today.
In the "Conalderatlona" we lrn how
and why It was that th Uttl Shepherd
band waa abla to Ha to tb hegemony
of th world; and how and why It waa. ,
on th other hand, that the august do
minion, founded so wisely 'and -Well,
finally perished from ths earth. v
Montesquieu shows, quite' clearly, that
the -'grWQdeur" to which th Romans at
tained was- owlnav-tl the fact that they '
peralatenUy-adhared ito certain, Meas ana
principles, shaping;- their- private " and
publ(o life to thos Idea and principle;
and, that the. "decadence- of the Romana
vegan nay --Because tney rorsooa ' tnoas ,
Ideas tnd principles, and dSerted their
former way f Uvlng. i :
. He makes thla ao plain - that no) 'one
esn mlaa aeelng it; and after carafully
reading hi great work w know just
how it was that Rom became great,1
and (just how it was., alao, that Rome,
having become so powerful, dwindled
away uatil she ceased to be. - .,,
la'th building up ot Rome's great
neas w th working of the Identical
forces that were St work in th building
up of -our own oountryy-y '. ,
Th fathers qf tha Ttoman republic
ser actuated by the same high 'princi
ples that dwelt In th breast of tha.
men who founded this republic of ours.
They -wer plain 'men, tho aid Ro-;
men, men ef aimpl habits.-meniof con- ,
science, men- who believed thst right
was" right sad that wron-jwas -wron. '
and -that It was not saf t forget the
atetinctlon between the two. .
- Th men who . built "up ths ' proud
structure df the 'Roman' dominion be
lieved that asm, thing' were sacred' 'and
r'w-'S,!0- FOtialdeTan ' .. bq .
trifled with. . y - . t J . , ' i
" Among the thlhgaV thst' th earlier
Ronoana belle'ved to- be sacred . were
bsaith, the home, truth,,. duty . to on
another and to- country. . . . .
The . builder of ' th Roman empire."
were temperate; they respected the mar.
flag vow;, they apoke truth to on an
other, and from on another' demanded
th same; they plsced honor before gold,
and loved their country ss tha bride
groom loves his brld.
-The things mad them, great, and
Would have kept, them great .. '.., ,,
- But -when they became powerful .and
rich, their dominion extending from the .
Pillars of Hercules to tha Euphrates and
from the Danube and Rhine to the Af
rican Barters, they forgot th rock from
which they had been hewn and th pit
from' which they haL" been digged, for-"
got the old landmarks, forgot the good
old-fashioned . truths and nrlnrlnlra , '
and all was ovary y y .' - J
Their renunciation of the old Way a
waa the beginning of thr end of their
power andg glory. . -..; ; :,
Rom roa to great neas and to gran-
deue because Jlom.-4n tier. private and
pubil Uvlng. harkened . to the, moral
law,' Rom fell from her greatoesa and
was ahom ot her grandeur becauae ab
forsook that law and eeaaed to llv up
to US high and holy commands. -.
... In reading Montesquieu's" Consider.
tions on the Orandeur snd Decadence '
of th Romans," one Is reminded, upon ;
almost every on if its pages... of past
and -present conditions in, ths .United
States of America. -1 . ; , .
Nor 'to a true American is the reminder-always
a plaaaant-Onr for aj
h reads along h oomee all . too f re
quently upon th thmgs that ha Is wit-'
neaalng today In his own country
thmgs just Ilk those that broke down
and destroyed tb. ancient republic.
- Vp to tha first Punlo war Montes
quieu's story deals almost , exclusively .
with ths Roman 'grandeur" and, with
tb homely vlrtuejs upon which tivst
grandeur rested;, while .after that date
th story , begins to tell of the ..Nieca-,
dence." and of the vices 'to '.which the
decadence was attributable.' . v
' Ths American who knows, his" coun
try's history, and Also Its present-day '
conditions will b ahle, while reading .
Monteequleu to Say '.'Trils reminds me
forcibly of American, hlstbry .from th9
earliest times down .to. ths war between,
the ststaa; and this,, sgsln. reminds me
of th wsy things hav been going slug '
1170." yv- - -, : . , - .
-Prior -t 1140 th - American people'
were certainly., adding , to. their "gran
deur." It may take .another la years or.
so to tell 'whether or not since 1S70 they ;
have bn in - thlr "decadence." 4
This much I.m confident ef during :
the' earlier -period our peopl wer char.,
acterlsed by the kind of private and
pablla life that mad Rome great; wbll
during th. latter period they- are- be
coming more and an or aa th Romans
were wbll descending to their, doom. '
- I cannot go jnto detail just now,'- but"
I wish thst every young' American
would buy a sopy of Montesquieu's, aoiit .
and road It through-sr good many timea.'
. It would help Jilm to- boom a good
cttlsen. and In that way. would .
Strengthen tb-foundations ef the r'
emment we all lev so wlL' : r " .
hJUewis and
Feb. ts. The day la warm and pleas- '
ant Having worked industriously 'yes-'
erday and-all this morning, we wer en
abled to disengage on of tne perloue
and haul It on shore, and aim-nearly
cut Out th 'second. Th father oft the,
boy whoa foot had been. an badly frbsen'
and Whom we had now cured, rsn-e to-'
day 'and carried him hoes in a a.- . .
l ot Orrv.',WsUlngton-and' l4aho tar jrou ms he made hettec. A
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