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PORTLAfOV OREGON,'
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JACKSON
lss-JJats Jpitif svanlng ; ( saocpt Bnnday ) . 'and every Sunday moraine at
MINORITY INTERESTS IN1 FOREST RESERVES.
OCAL INTERESTS are not
. tion.Jn.-creating forest, reserves. Theory and,
; 4 Practice in this program look but to the farmer
. in the, distant valley, "or .future generation' who will need
,v timber. Central Idaho Ji at arisen in
i withdrawal of something like t.ooo.ooo acre there, as
every other community blanketed by
t done. Interests' embraced ' within
. character suffer -Immediately , and "'
: where that the reserve policy has been inaugurated those
"', most directly affected have protested OregonV Blue
i mountain . withdrawal, the Cascade reserve, Rogue' river
and Warner reserves stirred up a hornet's nest, which
'only an unalterable purpose on the
i went and inexorable progress toward' the end, have
V quieted. ' , a.v :'':'' .''v'.'-4
. r-; There is the element of justice in
"f 'demand attention. Majority rule is
;; hilation of minority interests could scarcely be warranted
;.; by any stretch of this principle. The man who has taken
, property by location or purchase
regions, builds., upon ; the future1,
around him, development of resources and natural evolu
tion of industrial condition. . When he is permanently
isolated by 'a reserve withdrawal, the
holdings is eliminated. Railways can
hi property, and all the benefits of community work are
; ; forever checked. . . ,; .r;-. v ' -"" '
The world i not ready to tay that the rights' oTthese
J pioneer in forest regions should stop' preservation. of
timber resources from wasteful consumption iythe
present generation. ; Reserve must be maintained by
1 "government, else' timber in the United States will be
ftlestroped within a very few decades. But tie rights, of
vested interest within the area of proposed withdrawals
must be given every-possible recognition, consonant with
, the broad purpose executed. -'v. j n'-r'
. The sweeping order for approximately 1,000,000 acres
, withdrawal in central Idaho no doubt embraces large
areas more valuable for agriculture
than growth of ' timber, The state
men surrounded by the withdrawal,
' mug inac mc uiuiuei care ,ic cjicrtiscu in determining
v what shall be permanent reserve and
open to development. It must be
past, government agents have been exceedingly miscel
laneous. Complete isolation of promising districts hat
been frequent, and the inspection upon, which -recom-
: : raendations of ultimate boundaries were based, was not
of the. thorough, painstaking order demanded. .. If the
government had proceeded with greater ; care in the
' early stages of this work, and had been less susceptible
to the methods of great timber syndicates, it would- be
Wound that there would be vastly Jess protest from com
munities adjacent to the withdrawals. ' Under the new
and infinitely -better regime that now exists these mat
ters should receive the painstaking attention they de-
: : wUl.
r. CONTRACTORS AND CITY OFFICIALS.- . "
HE PLEADINGSin a case at
' run in hntk law and -canity,
flow are before thte circuit
' pretty kettle of fish." Not that, anybody -is "much sur
prised -at the dish presented by the. papers in the cases,
for they present only specimens of a system that the pub
lie has long been more or less aware in a general way
was in .vogue herev "'. 'A,'.'-" .'-.? ".' "'':"
Just, how many hundreds or thousands of dollars the
taxpayers have paid or agreed to pay to the drydock con
structors beyond a fair, legitimate competitive bid, we do
, not yet know, but ia the contest between various parties
to the transaction it see'ms to be admitted on all hands,
and in fact is contended by some, that the taxpayers were
bunkoed. ' This has evidently and undoubtedly been go
- ing on, with regard to many contract for city work, for
years, and while it may have been fun for the stork con
tractors, it has been hard on the fish taxpayers,
Tht contractors are not to be severely . censured bff
' hand. . Such combination and agreement are perhaps
' regular trick of their trade, not only here bmielsewhere
.whenever the public is to be dealt with, and in their judg
ment are no doubt legitimate and even laudable unless
. they fall out among themselves. .But have, the city of-
ficials done all they could to prevent
' ing on the body politieMHave they not known all along
v of these contractors poolsTarid winked at them?'7r Would
:""it be too much to suspect that in some cases, like those
.. of the Tanner Creek sewer, the Morrison street bridge
and the Marquam gulch improvements, there, was prob-
ably en official rake-off somewhere? . Certainly, the
' ."work" wa '"raw" enough to give color to uch an idea. ;
. Is it not possible to have honest competitive bids on
1 public work of these kinds? Why cannot a city look out
for itself the same as an individual, a firm or a corpora
tion does? j. Contractors could not easily combine to get
s-a large percentage more than a job was worth from ail
individual, a firm or a private corporation. But a city,
it seems, is helpless against them. ' Why? Is it too much
to suggest that it is simply and solely because the of
. 'ficials having the duty of looking after the city's interests
- in these respect have been either incompetent or dis
v honest? -,- -' s . ' v ' ' ; .
VVe think that this Is not only' a natural and reasonable
i, DUt an inevitable conclusion. If this be" the case, it is
the people's business to cadeavor wjU all their might to
secure a city administration that i both honest and com
petent, and that will neither stand in with nor be hood-
; winicea oy a contractor' pool.; ; ; '
"WE MUST HELP OURSELVES.
VlIE. IIA&RIMAN SYSTEM
.way of building cutoffs when
shorten the. line to the east
, ' .San Francisco paper Mr. Harriman has already given
order to spend without delay $560,000 in building a cut-,-off
line in Nevada a8, miles iq length between Hazen,
; ,a sUtion,on the Central Pacific,' and Churchill, a station
on the Carton and Colorado branch of the Southern Pa
cific, and by this means reduce the distance 75 miles in
the handling of all traffic from the east into the Tonopah
and Goldfield country. This ia easy, natural and proper;
V there are no difficulties in the wy either in getting the
' ,t-;orvauis linn. v . f
'I Ttni la a Benton county In Iowa.
.and thereby bans a tale. Mr.v Marietta
from that county ta out - In - Benton
unty, Oregmi. He arrived Thursday,
and luces the look of things. He says
the court bnuae yard In Benton county.
Iowa, lUs exactly, as does the yard in
Bentnn county, Oron. and like the Int.
'tr. la wivered. wrth maple trwwu. The
iall Is about the same SIM and shape,
and ooruplea the same -comer of the
Neck. The enurt houae la In course tit
, caaatraeUoa, and Wbea completed, Mr.
, ' . : -;A' ' $.
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PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL " PUBLISHING (Jo.
trs-aw, 1 r-orusoo, -.uregoa, v;-,f
OFFICIAL PAPER Of THE CITY OF PORTLAND -
needed money or'
given full consider
But it is very
tween Rioaria and
mendous stretch
protest against the
,a reserve order ha;
withdrawals of this
heavily," and every
part of. the govern
people that they
be helped and the
these protest that
is already assuming
admitted, but fthnK
out in the mountain
growth of interests
the course of a
real Value of his
never' penetrate to
, v , THE TALKS OF THE PRESIDENT.
print
commonplaces
were they uttered
and other industries
and especially the
have the right to de-
what shall be left
confessed that in the
way. It will do
The president is
some occasions
yet he has thrown
most unscrupulous
the . country.' But
law, or in equity, or
that have been or
court, disclose "a
is sowing.- - t
r our fruit is
. ; grocerymen
stantial pocket-filling profit ' . . s
that the material
aid unlimited 1111
this species of graft
Oregon have known
were winning medal
HIS PACT
;;'.
f . -
finds nothing in the
the purpose -is to
According to the
so as to proclaim
Marietta avers will took almoa! exactly
like the Benton county, Oregon court
house. ' More remarkable still, - Benton
county, Iowa, Joins Linn county, Iowa.
Just as Benton ' county, : Oregon; Joins
Linn " county; 1 0regon. ' "It's ail very
strange," said Mr. Marietta, Mrmdiy, aa
he drew a long breath, "about " the
strangest thing all around, t ever met"
waMeBjaBwaaBaBi
'). ; PeeaUarlty af a STams. , ' '
. Few people have such a px-ullar name
as Miss KHa I Allen, a Main school
teacher. Whether spelled forward or
backward, tha name spells Just the same,
Th Jo-urnal' BuOdaog, Fifth and Yamhill
y-" ?,r .-.; '
in doing the work.' The work is' or
dered and tne money is forthcoming as a mater 01 course
different with the little 80-mile gap be
Lewiston. which would give a tre
of marvelous country a water level road
clear to Portland.'; Much of that work is now practically
done; what remains to be done would not require over
four months' timeJ It doing would be advantageous to
the Harriman system from the standpoint of traffic, but
it isn't done. The. reason it isn't done is that it would
disturb the existing relations between the O. R- & N, and
the Northern Pacific and Great Northern which are again
cordial, each company charging for freight upon the
basis of the long and difficult haul to Tacoma instead of
the thort and gravity,grade haul to Portland... ; !
. But the lesson is not without its uses: it is teaching the
must help themselves if they wish' to
movement from Portland t.lwiston
such proportions and it' is backed by
such determination of purpose that-there can be no
doubt of the character pf the outcome. . The lesson that
the river is the "safeguard "antf salvation of the country is
being well learned. From that lesson to its application is
but a thort step. . -The starting point of it all it boats for
the upper Columbia to supplement the portage railway
it Celilo. These will gradually solve the problem-end in
shoj - t time settle it to the satisfaction of
T X THAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS when read In
it oftentimes almost altogether com
.,w... ...... monplace, what. might-b-said -by -almost any
body, -though few would express themselves to the same
effect so readily and vigorously. Yet it is well, and to
some extent important, for the president to repeat these
simply because he is president, for
that reason they are listened to, read, and we may pre
sume remembered and acted upon, as they would not be
by plain Josiah Tompkins. Inst the
president says .them makes them n6ne the more trueor
Important, yet comingfrom hit tongue they have aft in
terest and perhaps a value that they would not have if
uttered by a "private citixen. .-vt .'.' .
The president in these sophomoric homilies rarely says
anything that anybody can , reasonably disagree witn.
He preaches the gospel of work, "activity, industry, en
deavor, effort honesty, usefulness, reliability, account
ability, virtue and achievement all of which we all
know to be good and right and worthy of acceptance;
and though we know it we are glad to hear the president
reiterating these homely old truths in his vigorous,' virile
the country good.. .v - .- "
somewhat of , a curiosity, in spite of
his seemingly bluff downnghtness and - manifest up
riKhtnes. ' Undoubtedly honest in every fiber, he has on
thrown his influence on the J palpably
wrong side, for polities' sake, as in the. case of certain
federal judgeships, in Chicago. He certainly ha a good
deal of independence, and that quality called backbone,
his influence in favor of tome of the
and unclean politicians that ' afflict
these comparatively , small idiosyn-
cracies may be-passed over as of light consequencen
view of the good the president has done and is doing,
and the good seed that, often unconsciously, perhaps, he
' "-...." ' ' '?.:' , ....-' ---j'
AN OBJECT LESSON IN FINE FRUIT RAISING.
- Fine' California oranges 5 cents a dozen; New
York Baldwins, four pounds for 3$ 'cents; Hood
Rivor Spitzenbergs, two pound's for .as cents. y; ..
IGURES .TELL' Oregon's triumph. The glory of
not an empty honor when California
publish . such prices as the above.
Mr. Franz of Hood River says he found these rates at
Pasadena, under the shadow of the far-famed orange
groves, and where New York apple knew, for years no
competitor. The Oregonian' heart was filled with pride,
while his fellow orchardist experienced the more sub
iuchbcmjfacts as thMeJhaveJeenJsmih'aJLloLHood
River horticulturists for some time, but it is only lately
results of high price, steady demand
ket Mve"bceri circulated. PebpIeoT
that their big apple and other (fruit
at, public fair, but they dp not yet
realize fully that, the more gratifying .medal bearing the
eagle stamp is being captured with equal celerity. ' If
all Oregon land owner having good orchard site appre
ciated that their property only await . intelligent cultiva
tion to yield fruit bringing a figure equal to the pro
duct of the famed orange groves of California, would
they permit it to continue year after year bearing stumps
and brush, or, as in many instances, the decaying grove
of fruit trees that yield a wormy product unfit for cider?
All of this state cannot be expected fo become second
Hood river and southern Oregon districts, but it is ap
parent to the most casual observer that thousands upon
thousands of acres are untouched, which will in the near
future become the scene of the most profitable fruit in
dustry. Hood. River and a few more enterprising com
munities are merely pioneering the way. ; - ,
:'-f'l!' WHO SHOULD REGISTER. M v
cannot be made too plain nobody caii
vote at the primaries who ha not registered his
-' psrty politic. It is not enough that one ha al
ready registered is the usual way. ' That will permit him
to vote at the elections. But if he wishes to have a hand
jn the selection of the two candidates for mayor whom
the Republicans and Democrats will nominate he must
in addition register his party politics on or before the
night of 'April 14 't.?-- - i ":. r 1
; Each and every voter should make a . note of this for
his own information. , Doe he want fo vote for a party
nominee at tne primaries? then he must register again
his party politics. Doe he (imply wish
to vote at the election?; Then if he is already registered
that is eufficient- ' The ordinary registration, however,
does not carry the privilege of voting at the primaries.
He told his love good-night.
Oood-night, good-night rood-night; ",
Ha told his love good-night, all repetl
... tlon scorning: . ,.
Oood-nlght sood-nlfhf iood-nlht;
- Oood-hlght. good-night tood-nlght;
Until tha milkman cams along and told
r them both good-momin.
. Comvrford Oasette.
:: .m,. 11 -.. ;
Xt Mas. i .. r
'Prom th New Tork Tlmea .1
The truth generally has a sting In Us
tali.
Small Charge
Bxtt th loot araad Jury. ' j
Oot your bail bon4 readyr , '
Tha hena em I nellnad to b goad.
," Only ; tw waeka
till EaUr brtnr
. Don t let polities tatarfar wiUl'
It Llnavitch ' eeuld - gat rid et hla
nanks ha would na all right -
. Then wouldn't It be wrens te take ao
poor a man s money, anyway ;
' .Ha can't do anythlni ta and tha war.
for if be did ha wouldn't b tha eaar.
The Damocrata can always carry aome
towna In oft years, so aa to keep hope
ana courage aaive. y- ; .
. Alas. an4 aome more alaal Mayor-
meet uunne waa ror tree silver la It.
ruy poorjchioagoi , t v
If Sir Thomee Upton will come to
our fair he will have permlaaloa to
mi any -cup la roruand. . .
Bealster .your pollUea, It .Republican
or Democrat and vote at tha primarlaa
or eiae oon t kick arterward.
Mrs. .Welchtmaa-Walker. the richest
woman, perhapa, ia th country; aeema
to do one or the moat miserable.
..Carter Uarriaon probably thinks he
oould hare wo a too, but probably he
oouian t, ho aaa straddled too much.
The mayor of Richmond, Va., objecta
to the display In store windows of hoalarr
modala How so sensitive a" soul muat
' It la suepectcd that It will take a Ions
tTm tor bring- to trial the oases' ot some
people indicted by the Uat county grand
jury. : . ., . . j; ".., .
Most ot the candidates for councilman
want to run at larare. Some of them
.will be left to run at large aa private
A larae reward would be paid by
people easily awakened early. In the
mornms. but who wlah to aleep, tot the
invention or a crowleas cock.
. Some crook raised a dollar bill to 110
and paaaed It ea,jt aTOoaryman- But It
la nothing new for Kverett street Dollar
Bill to have to ralae 0. ' .
' nocKereiiers , money can t be any
worse than some that 001ms Into church
collection plates from people who rent
nouses ror immoral purposes. ,
It was reported that Presldant Roose
velt, desired Mr.. Harlan's election aa
mayor of Chloaaro. But as mayor-elect
Dunne has It children the president will
be reconciled. . fi ;
Chicago that rave 180.000 - majority.
more or Iftss. for Rooawvalt and Deneen
only Ave months aro, elects a Dmoeratlo
mayor by ZE.OO or so. Mloral; Partisan
ship cuts little flgura any .mora la mu
aid pal elections. i"'f. '
The Portland airl wha, being strad by
the Seattle man whom she had Jilted, for
the rumitoro ha had given her. compro
mised the ease by again agreeing to
marry him, keeptns the goods, may have
some thoughts up her mental sleeve as
to what she. will do after marriage.
f Oregon Sidelights
. Carlton Is to have a newspaper,
1 1
' Wild strawberries la bloom up south.
v Wild geese flying north, up the valley.
A takevlew man haa ordered aa au
tomobile. . . ; il ;
' Eugene thinks
population. .i ,
It has close to 7,6eo
- Sixteen divorce eases cnthe -Jackson
county docatu------ ;
. Owing- to a well signed remonstrance,
Talent will have no saloon. -
It ls a small or sleepy town
hasn't a baseball, team. , -.
that
Passenger cars coming to Orsaoa an
loaded, going east mostly empty." -
Bumpier people have faith in that city
and district The mineral Is there.
Three Bellfontaino men chased a coy
ote for two days, and then didn't get
him. ,
New people are oomlng to! Amity each
week, and there la not a hoSse there to
rent- .: " ' - : ' V ." 1
Cor van la expects a building ' b 00m
this summer, 23 houses having already
been planned.. :. c .
The Newberg handle factory -will make
Insulator brackets. 11,000 a day If a mar
ket can be found. ...,; ; ;
The Amity Advance aays that town
promises to improve mora In six months
than la a dosen years past
A Farsntngton dairyman's IT sows
yielded 182. Si eaeh for tha past year, a
net profit of I5S.II each, r; - t
John Day News: Whs said, "No snow
in the- mountains," and "No molaturo
In ths ground?" O ye of little falthl
Benton county - married . people are
setting a good example., At the last
term of court there was not a divorce
case on the , docket ' . .- .- - '
Tor Chreo days there wera six preach
ers In Irrlgon. and the Irrigator says
that there were some ehlckens left after
th preachers were gone. , ,. . - 1
' Marriages and divorces of Indian al
lottees pf land according to their own
custom are illegal, and a lot of them
don't know where they are at matri
monially..,..: -j;. j ' t V,'.:. - - :y,iK
It Is expected that In a little time
there will be telephone connections be
tween Waldport 'and- Cprvsllla The
Alaesns now have a line to the head of
tide on the Alsea bay, only 10 miles
from Waldport, and the people of -the
latter place will shortly complete th
extension to their own town. ' "
- Fifty-roar towns and cities 1ft Ore
gon and Waahipgton own and operate
their own water" worka. . The number
Is far larger than mnat people would
have giieeeed. . The Information was
obtained ny -tha sub-committee that I
earning, data for the use of the water
committee: In devising a plan for con
trucUon or a plant lor corvame.
Sunday ScKool
'Av-l,
LcSOn-r.'?':-A
. (By M. B. Jeaklas, S. S.)
April , 106 Toplot Ths Raising ot
Iaaarua John xt ll-ii.
Oolden text Jesaa salth unto her, I
ara the reaurrectlon and the life -John
- Responsive reading; Psalm xct
- -Zatrodasttoav'
Jtsus was drawing near tha end of his
earthly mlaaloa The aulmoalty of the
rulers In Jerusalem was open and de
clared (vv. , St, ).. It was Impossible
for them to deny that Jesus wss becom
ing ths popular Idol (vv. 47, 41). lie
had mads no attack upon public order;
be had even counseled respectful atten
tion to the teaching of .the established
schools" (Matt, xxia II). But selfish
and unaptrltual men realised Instinc
tively that the religion of Jesus waa not
ths religion-they lived. Just ss today the
Sultan of Turkey believes ths open Bible
nis most powerful roe,
' Outside Jerusalem and Ita immediate
neighborhood Jesus was safe from per
sonal violence, it, waa only m -Jewry'
that peril threatened him (John vlL I),
Just as in the middle ages a man whoas
life waa not worth a ruah In Rome was
seoura lu Florence, although Florence
was. also professedly Catholic. . It waa
equivalent to giving himself UP to die
when Jesus cams bsck to the. capital
where a price bad been put upon bla
head.
In the aospels we have three lnatances
of raising from the dead, and one, in our
Lord's caae, of a resurrection from the
desd. The widows' son (Luke vil), the
daughter of Jaime (Matt. IS) and Lata
rue of Bethany (John xl).. were all liable
to new attacks of disease. They were
"reprieved," not set free. They muat
experience death a second , time.' But
Jesus "dleth no more" Rome vL ). He
paaaed completely from ths abode of
death into the realm of Ufa
It -should be noted ta -the'-throe) ln
stances to which ws refer.: that the
young daughter who was restored to her
parents had Just breathed her laat The
widow's son was, on the contrary, being
borne to his burial. But in the caae of
Lasarus three days had intervened. , It
is quite probable that skeptics had said
of the .other cases that they were only
"happy coincldenoea" No attempt had
been made to establish the reality of the
dlseeae. It might be considered an open
question, whether death had really taken
Dlaoe. But the Jews believed that on
the third day the separation of soul and
body was complete. -If not still In the
body, the spirit hovered about the body
for that length or time, this is tne
reason Why Jesus waited for ths expira
tion of three days before he raised
Lasarus . from ths tomb. Jesus would
put th miracle' beyond all cavil. At the
oloss of three days he presented himself
at- the house ot bis friend. In Bethany.
- -. i Tha Xjaasoa.
Teres II. ; Nothing teats our faith so
fearfully aa th death of our beloved
opes. Fortune, health, lire iteeit may
be snatched away and- ws ' can . still
smile. But when our household circle
Is broken, tt is only divine grses which
will enable ua to say, "Tha JUrd gave
and tha Lord hath taken away, blessed
be the name of ths Lord." Let us mark
In this Interview between Jesus and
Mary that despite' tha unsolved mys
tery of her Saviour's absence la - the
erttteel hour, she threw herself humbly
at his feet when he did appear; and de
spite her evident disposition to murmur,
Jesug addressed her in the gentlest and
most loving terms. "lie knoweth our
frame; ho remembareUi that we are
duet" (Ps. cUI:14). Mary was sight In
asserting that death never appeared
where Jesus waa present Wo must live
Ilk Christ In our own home to assure
the spiritual life of Its members. . .
Verse tl. Jesus was not in haste to
resent Mary's Implied reproof. He was.
howsver. deeply touched by the poign
ancy - of her grief. His distress was
mors marked even-than her own. Roll
gioh doea not demand ths suppression
of our natural emotions. Stoicism is
ths worst possible substitute for Chris
tianity, "'
Verse 14.. Every cemetery is a saerea
shrine. Ot every civilisation the tombs
outlast ' the palaces. Joseph had ' not
our "sure word of prophecy" concerning
ths ' future world and the resurrection
of the body.-but he wished his bones to
Its beside those of his ancestors in the
old horns (Hen. xl:i). Wo may spend
three-fourths ot our lives where duty
has called us. but ws would' be carried
back to ths
(rod's acre" uf ftilldnooa
after deathp Jesus would see ths grave
where his friend's body lay,-
Versa St. The shortest veree in tns
Bible. and ths best known! . The- tears
of- Jesus , were never expressive of
despondency but alwaya of . sympathy.
and they revolutionised the aspect , of
rellgton. The fatalistic philosophy of
the Koran will never stand much ot a
show beside th precious .sympathy of
a divine Redeemer. ; not . even nis
miracles Of help. . so. endear Jeaus to us
as bis tears of love. "The Son of Ood
in tears" makes known to us how alien
to ideal life is death! . Tha very per
fections of a Greek vaae show that it
was not fashioned In order to be shat
tered. Our Uf with all Its precious en
dearments was not formed to bo broken
by tha hand of death. To see it in Its
ruins - might, well sxclts the Maker's
tesrs.,','- ' 4 -; ' ,.,
Verse It. . The tears of ths Savior did
not witness to ths greatness of Lasarus
but to ths affection of his divine Friend.
Ws are left In total Ignorance ss to ths
personal trait of Lasarus. lie no
where else figures In ths gospel history.
But Just . as the mother does not al
waya love the brightest child most ten
derly, but 1 ths rather drawn toward
th ona moat dependent upon her care,
so we may believe that Jeaus loves tha
disciple not simply for what ths disciple
does but also for what no neeas to nave
dons for him. .'. ' , 1 '. -
Versa 17. Ths onlookers of our Lord's
day eould not understand tne mystery
of his girts and tne. witnnoiaings- any
better than we. With" these disputants
the question waa merely a question of
power. One miracle Is ss eaay.- or ss
difficult as 'Its fellow. - The return of
Jesus to the neighborhood of Jerusalem
wss proof of his courage.. They hsd In
many miracles seen tokens of his power.
They hsd demonstration of his affection
In emotions. What could It-all meant
They wvrs ss dumbly confused ss we by
our own sorrows. . w '
Verse IS. Natural or artificial 'caves
were commonly used - for . sepulchers
throughout tha east wherever evllable.
They did not occupy space, useful for
agriculture, and they were not liable
to spoliation. The revised version notes
that the tomb was closed by a stons laid
"against" it, and not "upon" It. -
Verse I. One of ths greatest of our
trials, is th dscay of ths body. If w
eould only keep ths , body sweet snd
beautiful as we have known It In' it
prime, or grave and serious ss we have
found it In Its age. we would never
permit It to dlsappesr. The Pinters had
doubtless visited ths tomb svery day
until forced to close the gravs sgslnat
all future entrance, Th Incident ls
mentioned here- to show that whatever
might have been objected to other rais
ings front tbs dead, it waa beyond all
controversy that Lasarus was dead.
Vers 40.' Vary gently Jeaus replies
to- ths sorrowing sister. He simply
reiterates his promise that In obedience
she will behold something of. Ood'
power and goodness Of whioh she had
uot dreamed.' -1 ; - v ' ' 1 '-"
- -Verses 41-41.' We have here recorded
the thanksgiving of our . Lord, but not
the preycr to which he refers. It msy
bavs been short mad slaculaXory, or it
may have been extended and consola
tory. But Jesus would have thoss who
stood by realise that he did not perform
so solemn an act as this out ot impulse
or - personal affection, or as' a mere
demonstration of the extent of his
power. It waa ta show1 that all he felt,
Ood felt; all h, would do. the Father
WOUld do. - .... - 1 - '.
, Verve - 41.. Jesus prays . heaven but
commands msn , Living or dead, he
speaks to men aa their sovereign He
would not simply have Lasarus breathe
again, but arise; not simply arise, but
com from the grave unaided.. Now
that his ministry is so soon to termi
nate, ho crowns the work wfcn aa aot
which was witnessed by friends and foes
alike: witnessed by mOltltudca , and
which- embraces within Itself all that
could be demanded by the most captious
as complete evldenoe of his divine com
mission and his divine oneness 'with
the Father. ' W -,;,-v
Versa 44, '. We believe it waa Huxley
who asaerted that ths '.evolution of life
from non-living matter waa credible to
anyone who had seen an egg become a
chicken, Tha Illustration waa not vary
happily chosen, because . an egg Is as
much aUva ss a hen.', .But ths .elements
which we find' In a loaf of bread, and
which become ' living In na-weraa few
weeks before tha harvest aa lifeless as
the body of Lasarus. To make them
live in ths wheat and later in ourselves
requires omnipotence ss truly as did
the raising of Lasarus from his tomb. 1
- Verse 4. Ths result ot thla miracle
was at once to make converts and to
multiply enemies (w. 47-60). Ths, vary
success ot tha gospel hardens - some
heart a. ''Missionaries ara seldom mo
lested until their teaching begins to
raise dead sinners to Ufa ? Persecutions
do not follow failure but suocesa The
word of Jesus is as potent - today .aa
ever. What, we need v Is not to amuse
the, sick but to wake tha dead. Jeaus
alone can do that. But ho will do it
for us if we seek him tightly. '
From tha Washington Post - '
Ws have waited long and patiently
for an official intimation as Ml the fate
of the Hon. John Barrett miniater to
Panama It haa not coma Announoa-
wient haa been mads of ths reorganisa
tion ot ths Isthmian .canal commission,
which will supersede the present ar
rangement. It Is dimly understood-that
ths Hon. Charles EL Msgoon will become
the diplomatic head ot the new canal
regime. Mr. Barrett H is said, will be
provided with "something equally aa
good. .... .. " :' ' . ' . - J
But whatT And now; what latn no-
come or nimx ratience is ev toreiy
thing, but it cesses to be a virtue when
ths fate of th lion. John Barrett bangs
In ths balance. Ws want to know wnat
will become ot Mr. Barrett and wo want
to know it now. Will be be rewarded
with ah ambassadorship? Will he be
come sssiatant secretary of state when
the Hon. Francis B. Loom Is is pro
moted 1 These are questions tnst anouid
be answered, snd ths president has no
right to hide In the wilds of Texaa while
such matters are pending. ' '
John Barrett w the lsngusge or one
of our. esteemed eonUtnporaiies, has
"few Beers snd no equals." Ha has
worked esrly and 1st for tha glory of
tha administration. In tha handling of
delicate diplomatic situations be In un
rivaled Mis industry of voice and pea
Is unflagging. His pulchritude Is un
questioned. He has earned the admira
tion of ths administration, and needs it,
gratituds.',- '-'.. - "-' - . "
In tha ' distribution pf diplomatic
nlums immediately -aftet March 4. Mr.
Barrett was cruelly overlooked." Butl
that la the . way with, ths American
people they work a good thing ta death.
He stuck manfully to his post and saw
,k niuma a-o to tha others. There must
be something good in store, however, for
the miniater to rename, ins aorainia
tratlon must realise that however p'g-lx-tfut
the- oeotle msy be. they ' get
mhiiJ ta the noint at laat They will
rise as One man, If required, ta demand
tha proper dlspoesl or tne ion. jonn
Barrett - He must not be permitted to
return to privets nrs, 11 na wa ever
thera If nothing better offers, let him
rnvlnr commission -among- the
South American republics, charged with
. 11 HMttftAMlM. A
tne aiiinuuwwii , , -
rood oDDort unity Is open in this Una for
an . energetic, capable' man, with per
suasive tongue and winning personality,
snd tha Hon.. John Barrett would fUl the
bill. With, the. proper lumumi rra
m.i.tmi. -there la no reason why Mr.
Barrett, should not pave She way for the
establishment of protectorates over
most of' ths feeble - South Amerlcsn
countries, thus putting a and to revolu
tions and adding immniij
foreign nctivltleo of the United States.
, Anrii s The day was clear and coot
ths wlifd from ths northwsst so that ws
traveled slowly.'- After breakfssting at
ths second Mandan village we passed the
Mahaha, at the mouth of Knife river, a
handsome Stream about t yards wlda
Bsyond this wa reached the island which
Captain Clerk had visited on ths lOttt of
October. This Island has tlmbef as well
as ths lowlands on ths north, but Its dis
tance from the water naa preveniea our
Timmnlnf '' there during the winter.
From ths head of thla Island we msde
IH miles, ta a point of wood on ths
north, passing a high bluff on the sdtath,
and having coma about 14 miles. - In
the course of ths day one Of our boats
filled and was near sinking; we, how
ever, saved her witn ths loss of a little
biscuit and powdsr. ( . .. '." v 1 1,
;'J7;jT w mat's v maxd o 'qt
(By Agnes Lee In London Msgailne.)
Oh, the lads call me false now. But
what's a maid to dot
For blue, gray and brown eyts are true,
'. true, true! ; .. . r: ' v : -Oh,
tha lads mind them well, now, that
. every winter day.
At broom and at spindle. I preach jn
tha grsy. .
OH,, ths lada gossip low, now. that When
'"' th spring flaw down -f
My heart sang a, new song v the song of
ths brown. -' , ,' .'. ;
Let ths lada whisper on, now. for aoy
'. one may.-sea . - r
Where Leva plants his colors . the blue
r shines for ma --'., . ,
Oh, I'd best be an old maldl For what's
a maid to do -When
blue. ' grsy and
- truer true, true?
brows eyes are
V ' ' ' v-J ; ' : . -;-'.
Wkat AJbut Hon.7
John Barrett?
)m,mmm,m. .1 '. .I. ,. , ... ' . i
ljcwis ana Clark
'. r. - -
nVasaaBSSieeweasw.
Littcri Frcn tli"
...... Tie gJfcaUfattaaa ef sarMs. .
Portland. April . To the Editor of .
The Journal Replying to Dr. Walton's
talk as reported in The Journal of the -tth,
we should like to eay that we think
a few comments on it at this time
would hot be out of piece. Ths fsct of ,
ths saloon man's, activity In politics is .
sst forth In a wsy as to try to encour
age Christiana and church members to
take more Interest la politics and sea to -electing
more men - such ss Sheriff
Word.. iThls Is all very good, but why
stop there T -If It is a Chistlan'a duty 1
to register and vote tt Is his duty to uphold-a
party whltb stands for prlncl-'s
pies worthy of one professing ths Chris- '
ttan faith. V The two great, political,
powers of today each stand for certain '
principles mors or less right and more
or less wrong, but they both stand as '
a unit an the question that there Is no '
right In and is wrong altogether from '
a Christian standpoint via, the saloon .
question. A political party standing for.
a principle that Christ would not sano-,
tlon in ths least Is a party altogether
unit for a Chrlatlan to belong to or sup
port. We cannot for -one moment -.
Imagine Christ, whom- they, pretend to .
be followers of, supporting or sanction- ,
Ing tha workings of a party directly re-
sponsible for. m. existence of, tha aa- .
loon.. -. ... ,v ..i'...- v. t.'.',. .- ,
Now it Dr. Walton wants his hearers "
to engage in a political warfare against1
tha saloon. , why. doea ha sot ahow-tnam -the
facta of the case aa. they are?
Everybody knows that ths so-called ;
Christians (church members) - ara re
sponsible for. the existence Of 'the es
looo. If they hsd preachsrs-who had.,
ths backbone ta stand up - before ths ,
churches and denounce sin In their ;
polltlca, which is responsible for tha ss-
loon, aa they denounce tha sin of the
saloon, it would not be Jong before there-'
would be a decided chsngb In the polltl- .
cal attitude of .. tha churches. . er the
ChUfthpopulariry" of "the preacher T who .
naa noiy boidneee to aaeert nimseir. - -'
Ton. gentle reader, and I are firmly -convinced
- that the latter would be tha '
effect It would ' have" and that aald 1
preachers would be out looking for un
other job." Now, a word about Sheriff
Word. There Is no doubt thst he Is' a
good man, and all indications are that
he la but ha has not the opportunity to -show
to the world how good hs would
be under fewer restriction - If he had
his wsy ho might wipe .vice off the
map.. Who knows?-; Maybe he would.,,
but hs was put into office by a political ,
party which upholds vice of the most,
degrading nature, the liquor .Uafflc and
tne evus mat always' iouow n. ano ne
is without power to act beyond the re
strict lone1 of ths lsws :. made by his ,
party..' Let the Christ la a and church '
member stand together ss a unit and -support
a political party which as Chris
tlana they would . not be ashamed of.
and ons which Christ whom they pre-':
tend to be followers of, would sanction.
' 't S ;' ; W A. SLlNOERLAND. . ;. ,
'J V.v C ;. Tha Mrslsler Beoltat ' '
"Portland. Or.. April . To the Editor -ot
The Journal The Journal in com-'.
meant Ing upon the' small nees of the audl-
.noa-to hear ths violinist Krelsler, hit-'
ths nail on tha head when It asked the
two questioner First as to whether the ;
Empire . is ths plao - for big musical -events,
and. - aecond, whether Portland
had yet - learned, of . Krelsler's great-nesa-
The lover , of musts haa learned -that
'he muat not take for gospel all
that ths press agents say,- and I speak -'
of my awn knowledge when I .say thst
the great European musical centers do
not' yet recognise Krelsler ss being a'
great violinist.. It may be that In the
future Ithey may; but ho haa not yet .
arrived a that distinction.- - 1 .
. In- ths-.famlly ot the writer there
are two musical enthusiasts. - They have
heard ell the greatest singers af the '
world . who have - occupied ths boards '
for ths - last 1 years, here snd ln
Europe; slso ths greatest pianists and
violinists. r Theyr felt, however, thst
there wss poor management somewhere
which would bring Krelsler to a thea
tre given up mostly to cheap perform
ances and whoss seats are proverbially
.uncomfortable. Then, on- the top of '
that to charge from II to a minimum
of 11 iwss Courting failure. Ths rouulo
lovers of my family expect to psy 11.10
to li lt to hear tha greatest performers
an plsna.nrvloUn.3ut- ths performer
must be Of acknowledged-greatness and-ths-
performance muat b given - In a ;,
place whoso surroundings snd equip
ments are eqrtal to the occasion; - ' "
T "writs this nTetter bscausa I, don't ,
want tha Krelsler experience ' to lesd
people to say thst Portland people do
not appreciate good thing; they do. bat
they have their choee -as ta - - where ;
they wUl take the" good things, if the
performance had been given In thr Co
lumbia thestre. and tha prices had been
graded from 41 down, there1 would.' In
my Judgment have been a large house.
and the event would have been more of
a financial success than it waa : I be- :
lie ve there were a good bisny other
people in Portland who felt Just; ss the '
musio lovers in my fsmlly did. - -
:'..- ii' '.V , OBSERVER. f
j'.'v'v'i-''"" wiatferaa Xoga. ; v;V.!''J'' " - '"
Portland, Or., April I To ths Editor -of
The Journal In all the coast cities .
from Lbs Angeles to Victoria In none
have I noticed ths nulsanoa of men
crowding on to rear platforms of street
ears so bad and aggravating as It Is In
Portland. Conductors don't soem to
have any Influence or authority to com- i
peL the "platform hog" brother to the
"end seat hog" to go inside th car;'
and bold on to a strap or take a seat, 'f
any are vacant It'a a positive nuisance'
for a lady to foros her way through the .
platform crowd when she wants to got-,
off or on a car. Then there Is the baby .
carriage, all very welt , in Its wsy, but
In aVerybody's way on ths platform of a
streetcar. If baby carriages must be,
taken up by street ears, why not havs - .
hooks on ths rear of ths oar to hang
them on, or, better atlll, decline to take ,
them at all t If earn are overcrowded
now on ordinary fine days, what will ;
they be like after tha fair openaT- , ,
y,,; sastern ladt.v'.
t'V"'-'-'Want tha Sajaa,? ..-C';;'. r
147 Third Street' Portland, Or., April
I To th Editor of The Journal This "
itth day of March, 15, ths forty-ninth .;'
snnivarsary of the whits settlers' mas- ;
eecre at the Cascades by tha Indians.. ,
and tha stats of Oregon hss railed snd
neglected $0 psy the veteTsna of tho
tndlaa war tha amounts granted to them
by tha legislature ef 1168. If the wld-
owe and orphans and assignees of the
veterans, desire to recover the money.,'
due them from the state and wlU assign -their
claims to me on or before tha litu
day of May next I will Incorporate tlielr
claims with my own, and on that data
bring ault In- the United States court,
for their recovery. , .,...
. JAMBS MTONALD, . .
fi " . Indian War Veteran.
;';:..; sWf-saJaew:'... ,
' From the . New York Mail.
Marshal Oysma aays tho Kunatase re
gna soldlera And this ia a delicate as'
well as soldierly way ef ssytng that the
jap are considerably finer.
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