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i PORTLAND,1 OREGON THE - OREGON D A I .1, Y AN ftspusbsd seery evening (ncql Stalir) sad svery "Sundsy'. morning af .-, ,..,, -; t v .. i i A REAL CHANCE FOR THE 'HE State Development' league on the 36th of thii month for It aeema perfectly reasonably solely a gathering of horticulturists or is it to be' a sew :,ing circle with its innocuous, fine spun theories or are Vital practical questions to be met face to face, looked 'squarely in the eye and dispassionately; discussed in all -their practical bearings?.'" " y,y,.?i"' -'."'' .''.-'.' : There are many live topics now before the people-of the state, in aoroe 61 which fheir interest 'Is or should be- paramount ,'They reach down into the very fundament- .; als of the practical condition which confront us. Shall the proeeedittgf be confined to "sane and safe" grounds, to a cut and dried program of no interest to the general : . public and of little consequence to the state, or shall theref be taken up those intimate questions which art close to the hearts of the. people and there given sober and rational discussion with the sole purpose of reach" : ing conclusions that are likely to benefit all sections of the state? A ;' " ---- - The Journal has been preaching for months that a jncw era was upon us, that we are no longer content to vegetate, that wc are' Just beginning to realize the her itage that la ours and determining to make the most of it One may note the outcropping of the new .spirit even in the remote sections of the state; things are no longer pre ; cisely what they were. We kfiow our needs better and more fully, appreciate our responsibilities. We are rap idly reaching that stage when there is perfect union on ' matters of state concern, when the people of one section, event though they see no direct benefit for-, their own communities," join in any movement which is likely to benefit any other section. The time is therefore ripe to actually do things.; There are plenty of things to do. . One. of the best things done' by the 'state league at its last meeting was its adoption of a resolution endorsing r the portage railroad project There should and probably 'will be delegates in attendance at the next meeting who will be desirous of realizing everything possible from that great public enterprise and who will have some thing to say about opening the river above Celilo falls. This indeed should be one of the great feature of the 'gathering for boats on the tipper river first step toward commercial freedom in Oregon anait should' naturally receive the heartiest encouragement of a state league formed for the purpose of developing the resources and potentialities of Oregon. V ' ' v - 1 A BIO FRUIT CROP IH PROSPECT. : REPORTS from different parts of the state strongly support the expectation that Oregon will pro duce a bumper fruit crop this year. The frosts about two weeks ago did some damage, but not enough, it is generally-believed, to prevent this' result The -blooms were killed so as to render the crop short in only a few localities, while generally, even if some : blooms were killed, there were more than enough unin jured left ... In portions of Grant and Baker counties, where the elevation is high, the fruit' crop may be light Jtuit unless . some further disaster bectifs most of the state "will probably turn off the biggest and best fruit crop in 'Its history. ' '.' ' ,, ; - ,..- - If we are not disappointed in thiSj it will be an es pecially valuable crop this year. not only because of the increased home demand which , the- thousands of fair ; visitors will create, but abo M ne of the very best and most attractive , and convincing advertisements of Ore gon's desirability as a place of residence . that can be ; shown to eastern people. y - . ' Oregon can be made -one of the best fruit states, if not the very best one, in the Union. Its winter applet are unexcelled,, and some of them unequaled, by any raised in eastern states its plums, cherries and berries are the perfection of their, kinds, its prunes are among the best in the world's ' markets and southern Oregon at least can produce peaches superioc in flavor to those of the Atlantic coast The cast can- beat us on grapes, as to flavor, and California as-to-size; lse to make such a showing next summer, if present crop prospects be realized, as will astonish many of our visitors who suppose, fruit is a rare luxury, with us up here in this corner of the country. i : It is important, if the fruit crop shall be abundant and excellent that it be placed on view and for sate in the . most approved manner, and that care be taken not to dis appoint beholders and consumers in its quality any more than its appearance. ( -The board of horticulture has an important work to do in this respect through moral suasion if not by au thority, and we doubt not that it wilf attend to that duty r 'welL If we are to have a great, fine crop of fruit, let us make the most of it for Oregon's benefit. ' WHY THE. PRESIDENT 4 I T IS SHREWDLY HINTED in a Washington, D. C, paper that the principal impelling cause . of the . president's departure into western wilds for a va cation at this time, when game is not fat and Washington climate is tolerable, was his desire to escape from the H members of congress who have been hanging on there ,' -ever since March 4 in order to secure appointments for . their particular friends and -vote-getting lieutenants. , , 7 V '"It was commonly supposed that when, the president " began his new term, the one to which he had been 4 elected, and so was free from obligations toa the-Jate . .President McKinley's appointees, he would make a great ' many changes, and that there would be good positions ' . for a multitude of hungering and thirsting patriots. But the president announced soon after his inauguration that , not many changes would be made, only such as the good (Of the service required. This damped the ardor of the congressmen who wanted plum to hand out, yet more ' than loo of them staid on at Washington until the presi dent's departure for the south and west and then, most At of them iiuji "greater or leu degree disappointed, packed their grjpn and started for their . '( placate or explain as best they might. ' An Indiana congressman, for example, had a trusted and - -vigorous tieutcnant who-at first wanted a good foreign appointment, but it could not be secured. He kept . , -falling in his demand, until he sent word that "anything r . would be acceptable," and his congressman sought a for ,';;' i est ranger's position for him, but wasVtoldthat the ( president had Just covered the forest rangers into the - The Play j At th time Rejane. the French come dienne, created furore la "La, Pas- surelle.",. tber. waa h dearth of spicy eomlia In Kngllsh, even aa now. This eondltlon led the . husband of Marie Tempest. Gordon tnnoa, to adapt the Krvnrh pleco for tho'-us of his wtf and blmseir. 11 'gavS It th title of -.'Th . Marriage of KlttyrTbolax setd in rteerTorS, sod t the sad of . INDEPINDBNT NBWIPAPIR .' PUBLISHED , BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. " - mnrnttt'trtnuaOt, oregeev ; OFFICIAL PAPfR OF THE CITVX)F PORTLAND LEAOUE. meet in Portland a two day' session. to "ask, is it to be gressmen or more their office or the president wanted and wildcats. ; . THE. eountry as a base. even if seconded There are many will complete the. These students done. : wet feet tortured food and sunshine. not sooner or later, and persistent selection. ', If Burbank had suppose this to be and .floricultural view we are fain- spectful attention less prune, the low, , the fadeless but we have enough stance. He has wealth as well as kingdom. head, ear 'or hill, of such products, destroy weeds as IS HAPPY.' be also true in " SOMETHING several districts, to , k, . , ficials. '.. .' Civic pride must affairs indicates, things requiring its rim was obtained by Jules Murry, who has sent it to the coast with Max Pigmah as Its mainstay. - The comedy la undeniably bright ' Few cleverer things are befor th public. In fact when It comes to amusing situations, and the dialogue la brilliant, barring the Ulklnra of an unsatisfactory .first art Of course, the piece contains a liberal sprinkling 1 of suggestlreness, which is 111 digestive tablet to the pa trona of Parisian- theatrical ' ' , The story Is that of a shallow,' theo retical Rnglish baronet whose unclc'e wUIflrohlbtia htm from marrying-. Pn nivlaa widow, but compels him to marry , , ..." . , .' - " , ' ' : , ' ' ;...EcBiiOEiaIl.: .J O U R-N A L "V . JNOi. P. CARROLL Tha Journal BuMlng. FHUt and Vamhfl ;,.;,,, ; - ' . - civil service!- "I shudder to' think what the effect will be on the party in -my'aUte,; said the congressman. "The boys are. sore. It's getting to be pretty hard sled ding for an ordinary congressman when he can't get jobs for the men who elected him. I don't know what is to become of us if the thing keeps tightening." ' Too- bad. 1 Terrible, in fact Probably half the con still have no higher or better idea of president's than this. ' No wondef Yhe to get-out awhile among the coyotes . ' , . " : .. . . .. t .'.'.". ' '' AWAKEN.INQ OF CHINA. CHINESE will be an interesting nation for PlUUCUlt IV "U UUIIU SI.M J .W jv What Japan has accomplished, or somethmg like it, may not the Chinese accomplish in the same space of time-less than half a century? The Chinese, though not as closely united, though so far lacking the Japanese national spirit, are twenty times as numerous as the Japs, and have an incomparably greater and more resourceful With Russia's hands tied, and with China s autonomy guaranteed by Japan; tngiand and the United States, why should not China become a world power of great strength and importance? Or will Japan take measures to prevent this? And can Japan, do so, by England? . i v k indications that a new era is dawning for China, thalifor so many centuries has lain dormant, stagnant The Chinese are not an unintelligent nor even an illiterate people, but the trouble is that they have been brought up for centuries to believe that their ancestors knew it all, -and that nothing more fit to learn and act upon was to be learned. But many of the more influen tial of them 'are awalening from that dream. . They are now perforce taking notice of the wonderful achieve ments of the western ' world, and more particularly of the achievements of Japan which has adopted and even bettered western methods.. The war ten years ago be tween little Japan and big China jolted the great celestial empire; this war between Japan and Russia has -stirred them into activities that mean a transformation. ' China-is-npw-following the -example of Japan in send ing its most competent youth abroad to study. There are. now over ioo such Chinese students in England, nearly as many in France and Germany, and 300 in Bel gium, which latter country is favored because its people speak English, French and German with egual fluency. are supported by the Chinese govern ment, and are doubtless the advance guard . of many others, who for years will embrace with avidity the op portunity, which for ages China has scorned, to learn of newer and more. progressive nations. - .... Watch China, for if it be given a chance for a genera tion or two, it is likely to become a nation that the world will have to recognize and 'respect as it never yet has CONVERSION OF WEEDS. T : UTHER? BURBANK, the plant life- "wizard." ; a says: ""Weeds are- weeds because they are jos tied, crowded, cropped, trampled on, scorched by fierce heat, starved, or perhaps suffering with cold, by insect pests, or lack of nourishing There is not a weed alive that will respond liberally to good cultivation not done what he has done; we might the verbal efflorescense of a vegetable enthusiast, but with his triumphs in to give even this extreme statement re if not immediate and full credence. , Burbank has produced the white blackberry, the stone- thorniest? cactus, the ' plumcot plum crossed with apricot the crimson poppy -from the yel . flower, and many other-wonders In plant life. David Starr Jordan ssys Burbank is a more useful man than the mechanical inventor Edison, for in added and is adding to the ' practical beauty of the vegetable andHoral . But as is gathered from the remarks quoted above, he knows he has made Only a beginning. He sees' vast pos sibilities of development and reformation along this line in better grains, nuts, fruits, vegetables, and plants of all kinds. He says it is not difficult to breed new va rieties of wheat, barley, oats, corn, rye, potatoes and rice, which will produce more grains, kernels or tubers to the thus adding immensely to the volume and to their quality as well. ' He would they now exist, of course, yet he be lieves that with proper cultivation, nourishment care and propagation even all the weeds might Jbe developed into valuable plants. . If this be true in the vegetable kingdom, may it not the realm of morals? Sins. and follies and faults are only weeds, that cannot or will not be exterminated, but may they not during the centuries to- come; be transformed into virtues and useful deeds? DONE BUT MORE NEEDED. GIVIC 4MPROVEMENT is not yet on full duty in the city. ,There have been many citizens .enlisted in the work, and parts of the city show wonder ful progress, but we might say with Cecil Rhodes when the final summons came, f So much to do, so little done." Frowning billboards are not alone in.unsightliness, in fact would be welcomed in some sections as a' pleasing screen to more crude vistas. Farts of Grand avenue are lined with cords and cords of slabwood. ' Dilapidated Chinese washhouses with their "roof garden" of flannel wear and skirts, v border the Sixteenth streetcar line en route to the fair. : Piles of rubbish mar premises in good residence districts. Industrious housewives seeking to adorn suburban yards with dfinty-flowers',, must stand guard daily to prevent chickens ruining their floral beds. Complaint was made yesterday by a citizen owning a handsome home that a neighbor had been Wbnt to stake a cow in an unused street adjoining his grounds, giving the beast just enough rope to reach the edge of his sidet walk, and yet relief was not to be had frpm city of - , -''' ' .... y . , ' be more aggressive than this state of else Portlands visitors will find many apologies. st a certain time, fead to state, he loves, or thinks he lores, the very kind of woman who Is barred by the will. In order to get the fortune h marrls an English girl on an asreement that they shall not live together, and then goes cavorting lit foreign eountrlea with the Peruvian woman, as b tersely ex presses It "a personally conducted jrmlnaL" At. the end of. a year;-; Sir Reginald "discovers that tie doea not love th . Peruvian adventuress aa - she proves to be a warmly as he - had thought. tvpon his return to eeeure the promised. divorce . he falls (desperately. In lore with his real wife, sndthe play " ' '.'....,"' t Peso - c:A ; Small CKangc j '' (lean up and paint up. 7"' " Jfexf, Vladivostok, probably. ' ) - Will Teddy kill aomethlntt - V v1: ' tUcUUr yovr politics this wmsC. ;, .Who has told the blffest nab story? J: Now let us stay good 11 ft can. Keep every thing moving forward and U'vr:i:.v,:,...! No fishing trawlers this time. BoJest- Didn't the revivalists foraet to era v for rain? . "'. , K : Ma W. Gates la uo "aaralast It anla and nobody sorry. ; ; ; , 1 An antt-armft maehlno . is ' about the only maohlna nooded. V ' Tho paint aboDa and nalntera should be even better patroQlsed. , '. . ' "An Ideal" and a aouarsr deafoukht to mak a strong combination. ,.- 'Tho proatdent Is doubtleaa havlnar ona of tho bullleat times of hU lift; Btlll a Panama, hat murht turn out to bo rather a prematura purehaao now. .A ss-eent man with a flOO.OW Income can 'make a lot of trouble vide Hyde, A portion will not remain converted very long. 'Tie the way of the world. Business in Warsaw and 'Soma other Poliab cltlca aeems" to bo bomblne- most of tbo time . . , - Tho olaktk nalr of -twina ha arrived In an-Iowa 'family and the parents are not worrying about race suicide. ., Judas' Dunne will nnd that belns mayor of a X, 000, 000 muntclpal ownerablp towa IS a dirrerent Jon from alttlng on the bench. Tho Bkualana won In Chteaso last Tuesday. One Republican was elected for city attorney and hut name Is Bmul- skt ., ;.. .v .. Commissioner- Oarfleld is Investisrating tho Standard Oil company In Kansas and is expoetod'to report that it is losing money and being persecuted. - ' . 'There will bo no lack of Republican eandidatos for mayor, and it appears that it wiu be a eaao of tho " Brand old man" against the Bold in the primaries. ' Somebody claims to have discovered that a woman can dress on SSI a year. But nobody baa discovered that she would do sa except on compulsion.,- ' Our -old friend Baer haa been talkfnir again about the AJmlshty'a plan and pur pose In sivlns a few avaricious fallows a monopoly of the anthracite of tho Coun try. Perhaps tho good Lord has a plen tiful' store of heat maklna material laid, up down below fori Baer et al. Now arises . a professor Who has In vented or discovered a spring fever anti toxin, a serum that will banish - that tired feeling and aot as an aatldoto to laalness. But a aood many people desire no sucn stun. , xney can o nappy omy yshen so laay as to be aired-. -.... .. . . Every time an Italian is killed or as saulted by on of his countrymen a lot o.f talk about th "Mafia- and tbe "Black Hand Society" arises, mostly based, prob ably, on imagination and baseless rumors. Just such crimes are committed by peo ple of other nationalities also. Oregon Sidelights Mors fishermen than flab. - Rosesj blooming In Rogue River valley. , New creamery operating' at Pendle ton., . ' -' - ' ... . . Harrlsburg wanta electric lighta $J,SS worth. . .. ,. . . I : - - - No damaWe to the peach crop In south ern Oregon.::', y. t ., , - Oervala is considering the question of electric lighting. , , , - - : . Pitching horseshoes Is a , fashionable I pastime at uerrais. - ' Woodburn presents sn 'attractive ap pearance to travelers. r r Plenty of fruit blooms left after the frosts, say most reports. ' 'lU Grande mn will start a brick yard soon, and expects to make J.SOO, t brick this year.- " , , - "Orandma" . Eberhardt ' of Hubbard celebrated her S4th birthday by giving a dinner to some of her friend. ' . 8eneatlonM things have happened In North Yamhill, saya the News, but it declines to Jell what they were.; A 'farm of 1(0 acres near Athena aold for $75 an acre. ' It never produces less than SO bushels of wheat an-acr. - - With the aaelstanee of an ordinary pug dog. section men near Huron cap tured two out of three young bears. . An Ashlsnd man claims that he eaught in Emlsrantt crk a trout 10 Inch long and weighing ik pounds Next , Plrasant . Valley Item In Tillamook Herald: The fruse! Is 'giving th peo ple some trouble, there has been several wagons go through It V, , ' Hlllsboro Independent! Jess Cran dall heard a bis conrmotlorf In the water on hi place (South of town Wednesday raoriUnc. and went down with hie gun to learn the cause of the excitement and found a large, number of carp flounder ing, about He shot two, and saya if he had had a apear with him he could have killed a doien or more. , The land where this "lake" ilea Is overflowed onion land. and the carp come up, to feed on th young onions. , ends as be runs away with her. On the whole. It la a pretty story, as well as a ridiculous fare.' . , " ' There are two unusual peopU" in the cast The flrat Is Mr. Plgman, the Sir Reginald, who waa formerly with Mrs. Plsk. He le doing the beet thing tof hla career. , By a short stretch of ' the Imagination one could see flashes of Btuart Robson In his work. , As Kitty, th buxom wife In nam only, Delia Nlven msde a dashing appearance, and her cnes with Flgmao were charm ingly carried much better, than ; her flrat act t - The piece calls for only seven people, and the house scenery la made to suf fice. The comedy will be presented for lb- Jast time-tenlsht. BACX .WUITNJST. . -ck,;:.,, r A List of New v Oregon Laws Each legialaturs of this etate enacta many laws, some amendatory of exist ing meaadres and others new In their operation That . th readers of Th Journal may" know what new restrictions and privileges hav been Imposed and granted, aa epitome' of aob enactment of the laat legislature, which received the governor'a signature, will be pub lished In this column. The referendum power of th people on bills ensoted by the legislature may be exercised if pe titions containing the necessary slgns turea. are filed with the secretary of state within to days after adjournment Some laws go . into effect under the emergency claus of the constitution immediately, while 'others are not ef fective under SO days. In summarialng the recent enactments, 'th time when they go into effect will b tedleated. As th work or tbo laat aeeaion or tbe legislature was voluminous, the time required for summarialng It Will be 10 to It days. An effort will b mad to express the aubetane of each act . to that It will t reediiy eomprenenaea oy the public Interested In It., The order of publication wUl be as the laws were ensoted: :..;-.- r.-;.. i'j.' ..y. . Oooaty School Superintendents. . H. B. t Is counties having 30,004 or more school children, th county school superintendent is given especial powera and paid tt.000 a year. He mar act with the. county court-or board or com missioners as a boundary commission for districts where petitions are Ald for " chafis. ' muat apportion - on . given principles the school fund, hold examina tions of teachers, ana perxorm many duties, in furtherance of school work. This measur waa enacted by the legis lature of lOOt. gnd vetoed by the gov ernor. Th last session passed It over the governor's veto. - i . V Olassop Special e..," ' " H. B. 6 Tho Clatsop county eourt la authorised to levy a -tax not exceed Ins mUla on all taxable property to erect a county court nouse. . Tne emergency clause Is attached. : ',..' H. B. 1 Tho government, is author- laed to utilise Upper Klamath, Lower or Uttl Klamath, Rhett or Tul lak and Gooee lak for reclamation work, - and the atato eedea all land affected which waa owned by It under the swamp grant of -the government, hack to th govern ment to carry out th irrigation project. Approved January SO. ..f , -' School Taa Tolfloao, ; 8. B.' 7 School districts - snd In corporated cities must notify th eounty clerk of the rate of th' school tax de cided upon, en or before January 1 of each year. In Immediate force tnrougn emergency .ciaus. , . 1 Bs9SMef AppropsiatlOBW H. B. 174 Th sum of $10,000 Is ap propriated for per diem of th legisla ture snd tha following sums to meet deficiency In last year's -appropriations! Maintenance and- general espenses or school for deaf mutes, tt.SOO; mainte nance and general expenses of Insane asylum, $11,000; maintenance and gen-: ral expenses or penitentiary, ss.xsei payment of salaries ' and expense of Judges and district attorney's. tl.lM; transporting convicts to penitentiary, $1,000;-expense of publio proclamations of the executive, $1,100; expens of pub- Ho" printing, $10,000; claims of various counties under Bounty scaip law, . $11. . "Want Into Immediate ' Offset through emergency clause. v . y " ; Oorkago enfi Tax. , .-' H. B. tS Th tlm for - CotUge Grove to notify tbe clerk of the eounty court of the rat of tax levy for 1001 was extended.- An- emergency measure. Agxievltonl jrr DlstrleS, 8. B. 1 UmatUla and Morrow counties are set apart aa the third Eastern Ore gon District Agricultural society, the board of commissioner to bo chosen from th two counties, five from Uma tilla and two from Morrow, three by the governor and four by th counties. Ap proved February t. , , : y - mstmsnrstsgr School Paad. - S. B. 0 Appropriating $10.0(1 out of tha general fund .to recoup th school fund for Its mortgag anLaccrud im terest on the stst fair grounds at Balem: Effecllfs 10 days from-Fss ruary $. , . . , yy -' .. ' Wfimt Bessd BUI. S. B. tl Th sum of $77.41 was ap propriated to pay Mrs. Mary Nlbler fpr meals furnlabed the state troops ordered after Traoey by Governor Geer. Effec tive $0 days from February t. .- OorporaMoas Approyciatlag Jbaag. S. B. 11 Incorporated elttes have the right to appropriate ' any private real property, water, water course and water and riparian right to any public or "mu nicipal use, or to protect th town from overflow by freeheta; ; provided, that in cities, of lesa than 11.000 inhabitants, such action cannot be taken by the council except upon authority of a ma jority vote, even In eaaes of overflow. The legislature declared that this law necessitated an emergency clause, and specifically excepted It from tho refer endum vote of tha people. , '.- t TtaasferrtDg ttsaxdlaashlp Bstsvsss. ' 8. B. It. The eounty. judge of any court having jurisdiction of any guard ianship matter, shall have the power, whenever tho interest of the ward ana the convenience of the guardian require, to transfer the earns to another eounty. Approved February 1, , , ' Creating aesadary Commission. 8. B. 48 Within 10 days from the en actment of this law, the county judges of Umatilla,- Union and Wallowa coun ties are required to appoint a eommls aloner, which body 'Shall be empowered to determine the boundaries between Umatilla and Wallowa counties snd Umatilla and Union counties, by study of old mapa and without running sur veys. If this commission fails to agr upon such Unas, they may be dlsctrargs In 10 day a and others appointed. The law became effective February g under the emergency clause. ' ' Parohaee ChSaapoeg Park. 8. B. 4S The governor, secretary pf state and star treasurer are constituted a ootnmtttee to purchase such landa in Marlon county aa are necessary to make a 'proper enclosure for the monument erected at old Champoeg, $400 belnglap propriated for tbls purpose. Approved February $. . .. ...r..X " - Deeds by Bxeeutors. B. B. $1 Administrators and execu tors sre empowered to execute any deed for wblch the deceased waa pledged in a bond at the time of death, In eaee of compliance with th terms of the bond, effective 00 dsys from February $. Penalise make Forgery. S.'B. 4$ It Is made a misdemeanor to forge or counterfeit a rsllrosd ticket or railroad ' transportation, or restore same to Its original appearance, the penalty being Imprisonment of not lees then 10 days nor more than a yeer. e fine not leee than $100 nor mors than $1,000. Approved February $. , Selaiag Wot Thefts. - .-It-41 The code section covering theft of notest .bonds, tickets. Mils st w. sale, chattels, etc.. Is made more general' and sweeping. Approved February I. ' if ettoe W Creditors. S. B. 4S It I mad th duty of pur chasers of goods described under section 421 of th code, to notify st lst Sv days before consummation of the sale or payment ef - the. oonalderatton. '. all creditors named In the sworn statement required qf the vendor, the penalty for fallur by th purchaser to comply with thla law being presumption of fraud in favor of any creditor named, , Approved February. 1. , . ; -' ; ;,v . , miaasMk Boheol SeurerlsOeadsali. sH. B. $4 Tha salary of th eounty school superintendent of Tillamook is fixed at $1,000 a -year. Approved Feb ruary $. , .-. .;-". " ., '-' aTmtsyXftjrafy Saw ' . H. B. 00 The justloes of the supreme eourt Sre lven exolualv charge of the sUte library. The state library . shall be open to all persons of this state or persons visiting it at reasonable hours, under such rules ss shall be prescribed by the Justloes, and they are authorised to appoint a librarian who Is to reside st ths seat of government, give an un dertaking of .$1,000 for proper manage ment of the library and . reoelve a flat salary of $1,1 JO a. year, Approved Feb ruary $. : .'...'; ' . ' ;".. , i Letters From the " People : The Basis ef FieOssOasii Portland, April 10. To the Editor of Th Journal Policing In a Portland paper thla morning (not Th Journal) a statement that Protestantism la found ed on human reason ss opposed to or In protest against ths doctrine of ' the church of Rome. It seems to m this statement needs correction. .At the sarao tlms It Is not surprising that this statement la occasionally made when tbe fact that there are Protestant de nominations holding different views is considered. ' ..,'" .- " ':''' .' t : For the moment looking st It from a hletoricai background (HIT to 18S0. 1t would be somewhat surprising. Indeed, that such a radical breaklng-away could hav happened at -th early ago of the Protestant movement, as ths setting up of reason or private judgment alone ss ths guide, snd a superseding of all tbe other Institutions of the church. In fact, this waa not dona. All that Prot estantism did was to make th Bible the supreme guide in matters of faith, doctrine and Ufa. The church waa re tained, but it was to be under and pro ceed from the Bible aa the only director In church practice and doctrine. The Bible, having- com down-through dif ferent languages and being composed by a number of wrltera at different times, -others were bound to arise dif ferences of Interpretation among the mill lone of people who have read and studied It This wss natural, and per haps msy haved for th best under th-stage of development the rao was In. If the world had no other trees but fir trees. It would b a rather sorry world in th timber lin. The tenden cies toward a mOr correct and uniform interpretation of ths Bible wUl doubt less increase aa the race Increases la civilisation and enlightenment Marry -new members of th church ac knowledge, that the Bible la the basis of -the social and clvU habits pC itbe whits., or, European, rjc ' Am Important Qaestloa. vn4T-rw Anrii 11. Ta tha Editor 4 ... v.v tof Ths Journal An sxsmpl of Chris tian unity Bas du aispiayaa m uim city as never before- seen, and certainly -i - w . . JiffaHMit flttnAmlnaliona can do If they want ta Now I wish to ask the Intelligent and . nonesi non-unrisuan and non-churcbgoer.-What haa been .u. IH..M..IHII a it nrwitt .Kim. mmA what - - - r . his candid opinion la about organlo and spiritual union Of, xne cnurcnesf - - . -,.- . - - -F. I PIERCE. Lewis and Clark' ! Xpril 11. We set out at daylight, and after-pasaing bars and barrea hilts on tbe south, and a' Plain eoverea witn timber on the north,.-- breakfaated at five miles dlatant . Here we wire re galed with a deer .brought .in by tbe hunters,- which wss very acceptable, as we had been for several days without fresh . meat, the country between, thla and Fort Mandan being so frequently disturbed by hunters that - ths game bad become scarce. V " ' . ' , - We - then proceeded with ' a ' gentle breese from the-aouth, which carried the perlogues on very well; tbe day-was. however, so warm that several of the men worked with no clothe exoept sround ths waist, which is th less in convenient, ss we sre obliged to wade In some places owing to ths shallowness of ths river. T-At seven miles w reached a largo sandbar 'making out from ths north. We sgaln stopped - for dinner, after which we wont on to a small plats on th north covered with oottonwood, where we camped; having made It miles. Ths eountry around Is much the same aa that we paaeed yesterday; on the sldea of the hills, and even on the banks of ths river, as well as on the sandbars. Is a white substance which appears In considerable quantities on the surface of the earth and teste like, a mixture of common salt wllh glauber salta; many of the streams which some from the foot of the hills ara so strongly impregnated with the substancs that -the water ham an unpleasant taste and. has purgative effect A beaver ' wes caught last night by on Of th Frenchman. We killed two geese and aaw some cranes, tbe largest bird of the kind common to the Mis souri snd Mississippi.; snd - perfectly white exeept ths Urge feathers on the first two Joints of the wing, which are black. . Under a bluff opposite to our encampment we discovered some Indians with horses, whom ws supposed were Minnetareee, but the wldtn of the river prevented pur speaking with them. CAJTAU MOT TBT ABABDOstBB. ;' '- From ths Cleveland Plain Dealer.' ' It will be remembered that a year or so ago 'sn - American . commission, of whloh . Representative Burton was a member, made an exhaustive examina tion of Europe's systems of Inland water transportation, noting and approving tho tendeney to extend the canal systems connecting navigable rivers, and coincid ing with the prevailing European belief thet the canal Is not only not obsolete but capable of still further supplement ing the railway.. i Ths same tendency !e sppsrent ia this eountry. The Ohio ca nals are In rather less danger than for soma time of being abandoned, still lees turned oyer t the railroads as a token of legislative esteem. The Erie canal is to be deepened, while domes tlo canal projects slmost ss smbltlous are being brought forward rrom tim 10 time in thle eountry and Canada. The . canal still has. its use and these seem capa i.r., , : r rr ixrr.'. , . j Ut Mating Succc;? for Js . , JuLusban (By Dorothy Dtx. - ' Suppose, after a woman ia married to a man, she discovers that he I on of , the kind of .people who. are the ,"al ran" of Ufa ; r . y. . - He may be good and honest and kind, -but he Hoes not know how to get along In the world. He doee not e chances until they have passed by. He lets op portunities slip through his fingers. He : le what people out in - Indiana cell "slack." Hs lack, ambition and push and vim and energy. If the woman ia bright snd quick snd ' progressive and hustling and there ar plenty of mistakes- of sex in which the ', one of a married couple who wears the . trousers ought to haVe on the petticoats, . , and the one who is doomed to petticoata oughts to hav the freedom of trousers ; the situation Is ons that fills her with despair. . yv,. , ..--' . . ? - To such a woman, Just to know that her husband cannot hold hla own with other men Is gall and wormwood. In ' addition ahe sees a future of poverty . snd deprivation stretching before her, In which she will not be able to give her children the advantages and position, she desires for them, and in which she ' wilt .have to endure the mortification of alwaya being spoken of by her friend,, with pitying patronage aa "poor Mary" , or rpsw Sally.-;-. . - ' ,-r, . .:" This situation Is far more common In' real llf than even men themaelvea sua- ' ' pec t and different women meet it dlf-.-. ferently. Th. majority of wives aim ply auocumb under It - Many It fills with a fraatio rage thai makes them .' hitter and disgruntled. A few sr wlae snd strong enough to see that.-. In a -: measure they cam aupply their hue- ,1 bands' . deficiencies and literally lift them Into a succors that they could not ' hav achieved alone.. ' '.. ' - How can a woman married to an ordl- , nary man make him oxer Into something . SXtraordinaryT - :,-'-, , la th first place, he must study htm : snd find out what ho can-really do. Everybody tn the world outside of a -home for the feeble-minded or a retreat for hopeless Invalids can do soma thing well enough - to msk money out of It and to attract attention in It If they " only knew what that thing waa' The trick ia to find thla but Alt tha : failures are-the result of ths round pegs -getting into square holes that they were never Intended to fill. There ar plenty of preachers trying to saV souls that ought to be half -soling shoes. There are plenty of starving lawyers and doc- y tors snd newspaper men who would b7" successes In business., and there are"; plenty of bankrupt business men who . would be famous as professional men. . ' Sometimes a man's occupation has been thrust upon him by his parents, or ' has been an accident and he haa lacked th enterprise to change,- and In such a case, when a man Is unsuccessfully r trying to do something that ha can't do. It la hla wife's part to get him out of it snd Into something for which he la fit ted. ': , , Then she should hold him there, snd ksep blm st It with all ths might of her courage. It la fatal for a wife to nag her husband, or for her to complain, or for her to let him find out that ahe does not tblnk him sa clever snd. capable as other men., ... . , . '.' Every maa.dealrea'.to be a hero Jn hi -wtfa'e eyea , Ha beliavea that fas a end . unless sbs Is a born-Idiot ahe fosters this , Illusion. There is an Innate desire, In all : of ua to live up to our blue china and to do what people expect of us. , . -. If a man knows that his wlf expecte him to succeed, that. ahe expecta him to atand St h1" POi xnd do his duty, no matter how hard It ia. and that she will think him a coward if he gives up his job because tbe work wee unpleasant, or there were difficulties in th way, it la easy to foretell what th f utur of that man will be. ' ' ;- ' ' : '' Hafor. ha married he may have been one of the men wbo were always getting discouraged and who drifted about from place to place trying to find some occu pation that had good pay and no work in It but when he finda out that hla wife regards ths man who Is a quitter as a craven weakling, he buckles down to th long, steady pull that In the snd al ways brings sucoees. - . -Tber ara precious few men so lesy they wouldn't rather workthan know that their .wives thought them cowards. .. ... y -" , . - r t: ' ;PracUcslly. If ahe has good business' sense snd fsr mors women-sre Hetty Greens than we A now a wife ean do mueh t help her husband by keeping In close touch with his affairs. Per sonally. I think It a great misfortune that the French bourgeois oustom of ths wife being th husband's aotivs business partner does ndt prevail In this eountry; bat. Independent of thla a clever women ean. If she will, do much to helpher hueband In bis occupation. , t V . She canlnduce him to talk ahop at home, and Im the dtscusalsn of situa tions this Involves she ean often clarify his views, point out to him opportunities that ho has not seen and even brace him up to take chances that, hs Is too timid to venture alone. -t . "She took the risks thst 1 wouldn t snd I followed your mother blind," says Sir Anthony Oloustw In Kipling's poem, and many another rich man might give tho sams aooount of hew he made his fortune. " " - f ' . ' - A woman cam also be of Infinite as sistance to her . husband by - making friends for him. - - - - ' ' . ' ... of eourse, logically, ws ought to choose our doctor and lawyer and preacher by the qualifications they have for the poeltlons thsy fill: but practical ly we do It half-tb tlm because we like little Mrs. Smith or Brown or Jones, who Is ths wlfs of one or tho other of them.. ; A enlffy woman's snub loot a famous politician ths governorship of ons of our great stetea laat year, while the tact and diplomacy of ether- women have. men of medlocr ability In high places. No woman of sens ought t give up the ship because she finds her husband Isn't the genius she thought him to be. Rsther she ehould emulate ths tug and tow him Into succeos If ehe cennot sail Into It under her own oanvaa ' , , ;-, :- ntt-OTnAr.f01t?- "y From Ihs Ixs Angeles Examiner. The graduation gowns of ths young women of the Maiden high school must be In keeping with the elm pis life. The school boardi after long snd careful con sideration of this subject, has decided that $1.10 at tbe 'utmost, ahould more than cover the eoet of the garb to be worn on such occasions. ... Gowna of white and mortar boards srs prescribed. A special committee appointed by- the school board to consider the -question of less expensive gowna for tha young womsn graduating reported that It waa tho opinion ef lh commute that th sum Of Il lOwse smpls.to cover the cost of such garments as were neces sary. Mrs. Nellie C Boutwell'wss dele gated to Interview pupils and parents and It wss on her decision that gowns should be lees expensive thst the com mute took action. Msny ef the young women who hav already ordered their gowns "for ths Juno exercises sre up In arms sgalnat tha school .board Interfer ing with then- plana, . ble. Of eUll. greater, extenaioo. : y..M - ", ; -.v. : ''""yt ' V X 1 -u.-.vi.'.".n....