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Published" every evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning, at The Journal Building. Fifth and Yam.
',,. ' .'.hill streets, Portland, Oregon.,... - .' - '', -
START TH UP-RIVER
X, Tllfe MONEY NEEDED
;. up-river, boat line should be
people of Portland mhaif
mittee to aolicit subscriptions ts. ow u'aroTaFw'ork'and
this week should ce the. finish of their task. The tithe
is now at hand when the matter should be definitely dis
posed of. There should.be no need to offer any argu
ments in ita favor to the, people of Pprtland who. will be
so largely benefited by it The need as well as value of
she boat line is a self evident proposition. . '' ."; ;
Thcrt are towns actually being
, Washington side of the Columbia to
" the transportation facilities which
river. Products that are now being
tains to the Sound at great" expense art expected to find
their way hereby water.. Even Seattle men see the ad
vantages thus presented and are fathering schemes of
this nature. Many other similar projects will be started
the moment river competition i assured. . Thie is .an
other of the many reasons why Portland should iramed-
lately settle the question' by subscribing "all theTmdncy
seeded to get the boats" into'commission." . IT. " 7
;!T.rr nationalizing japan's RAiLWAYScirr:
HE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT is preparing
- to pay approximately $25000,000 for such rail
road interests as it doe not own in the empire.
- though it may turn the roads over to American railroad
r kings and financiers who will finance the scheme, The
- project, however, seems to contemplate genuine na
tional ownership and the government, already heavily
" in "debt," U endeavoring to carry-it out without appre
ciably increasing the country present burdens."
This movement is not. onjy in line . with Japan's; ?p-
tcriul" policy, but is a strategical one, having in view
the direct control by the government of inland transpor
tation, and the utmost development of Japan's limited re
sources. '".'-'" " , "t" ' "l
Japana iirst-r ailr aad. . is-aa. b uilt .LyjUi t k o Y c m m c n t in
. Ani . . i i :i . t : t:
1872, and in J880 private capital began railroad building,
- to that at present the government owns 1345 miles f
railroad and private corporations 3,151 miles, the latter
v capitalised at an average of $35,000 per mile, the pro
posed price being about double the capitalization..
- Japan expects to. make this purchase by floating $250,
000,000 bonds within five years, which in addition to its
present debt and considering its small agricultural ter
ritory and resources seems rather risky. The present
value of all property in Japan is estimated at less than
$10,000,000,000, nd its debt, is now about $ 1,000,000,00a
Thepurchase of the railroads woujd swell the debt to
$15000,000. which, it U estimated, would be equal to
$1250,000,000 for iuv or ever five times our national
debt at the close of the civil war. ' -.'.'
But it is to be remembered that Japan's railways are
very profitable, and even at the apparently exorbitant
', price proposed to be paid might be made in course of
' time, to pay for themselves, so that the $250,000,000 would
: not really be an addition to the national debt, and might
. be an investment yielding some profit
The Japanese generally -know what they are about, and
" succeed in what they undertake, and if they do not have
to go to war again for a long time it may bar confidently
expected that they will not only meet all their oblige
, tions but will gradually unload their financial burden.
J: ' . SEATTLE'S TRADE WITH ALASKA 7-
np HE CUSTOMS RECEIPTS show that the ship
, I ., menu to Alaska -for the leven months of the
' ' '' flaasl owaaeae A a A try - Tnilflfw ' 1 1 -. Ca mAil tl mA tA
saves J vees vnuiu y eaa-aaei j v uivwntvu a.v
$8,06464, over $1,150,000 a month, while the shipments
of domestic products from Alaska to the United States
during the same period, exclusive of gold and bullion-
. and this will be surprising' to many readers were val
' tied at a slightly larger sum. leaving the balance of trade,
without counting gold, favorable to Alaska.
. The seven months ending with January 31 include but
a portion of the open season during which merchandise
"can be shipped to Bering sea points, and the records of
' May and June of this year are certain to exceed any
past records of those months in the Alaska trade. Yet
:-. Portland still sks supine, and apparently has not yet
consummated direct ocean communication. . " . ' . . '
At' the opening -of the sesson 24 ships, according to
the not always strictly veracious Seattle Post-Intelli-"
" gencer," will be ready to engage in the Alaska trade,' and
' two other vessels are on the way from the Atlantic for
that purpose. Ia addition to these 10 sailing vessels
will go north from Seattle during the summer, carrying
Halo and Hearty at 99.
, Fran tha Grants' Paee Courier.
. James Ferren, who ha a placer mine
4n4 ranch oa Brlccs creak, la tha old
eat man in Josephine county to be.
actively engaged In mining and be is
probably tha oldest person In tha county,
for ha elalma that be will be M year
id thla spring. Notwithstanding this
tardea of almost a century of years be
is as hearty and strong aa the average
aaaa f .., ,.
- afr. Ferren lives all alone on Briar
creek, his wife having died some year
- age-, and he works away quietly - and
. happy, taking Ufa easy with na physical
r financial troubles to Bother him. His
placer mine is so rich that he la able to
, ground sluice sold for aU his neada and
for investments. Ha owns considerable
. property In Qranta Paes and last weak,
whaa be was In town, ha bourht- two
mora lota. At hie place oa Biggs creek
.he has a flne'trtct of bottom land In
" fruit and garden and bo raises moat of
bis supplies.
:" There Is -not a road to Briars oreek,
; and It is only reached at present try a
traU from the Rogue river road at
XJmpy ereek. It is nine mUee aorosa
' tha divide by this trait from his plaee
; to the county road, yet Mr. Ferren walks
' tha dlatanoa with perfect eaae. . lat
Week, thourh it was storming and. a
. heavy snow was on the divide, Mr. For
' ren walked out to lower Applegate to
" vlait his daughter. Mrs. Nick Thova. Ha
than came on to Grants Pass to visit
another daarhter, Mrs. Mary MoClunr,
remaining here until Sunday, whan ha
returned ts Mr. Tboas' home, where be
will stay until the snow gets packed on
tha hills and than be will etart for hla
noma among h tree-elad hills of Brlggs
--valley, - - (- --, . ,
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.... v Egypt and the Philippines, 1 .-
From the Baltimore News.
While the Britlab administration lo
' Frypt cannot point to sueb eostly and
' alaborat efforts to spread' popular edu-
. ration -ai we are making In the Philip
pines, It Is creating a state of affaire
well calculated to make the people con
taut Through the attention given to
tha development of "the material re
soureea of the country, the a vera re
..eng. h freaav doubled U the last il
O. ND. A I L y
AH" IHOaPINDCHT )(aVIP'APfn
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING; . CO.
BOAT LINK.
to ejtabllah the
subscribed by-1 the
an nour. ine com'
open at all times..
averaged - more
that this wilr be
alleged fact thus:
'" projected on the
since the time -of
take advantage of
such an extent by
will flow from, the
shipped over moun
otner cities on tne
every Instance. .
s
PEAKING
the Boston
party to thia
that the men who"
with what is left to
the time, in spite
clone .
Observe that this
Other similar
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longer be endured.
Such intimation!
MAKE
years, while at the same time taxation
has been reduced. Thess are results
that the people can appreciate without
any Instruction In civics or Inculcation
Of new political Ideas. They are eon
fronted by the solid fact that the value
of all landed property la now from five
to seven fold what it used to be before
just and economical government was
establlahed. ...
We are going quite the other way In
the Philippines, We are doing our bast
to educate the people and to-inspire
them with political ambitions and at
tha aame time wa are -repreealng the In
dustrial development of the country by
our tariff policy. We educate them Into
discontent with old conditions and at
the earn time deny them the oppor
tunities of Industrial advancement. The
intellect of the country, Instead of be
ing attracted to Its material advance
ment by creation of new epportunltlea.
Is turned to political agitation. What
ean be expeeted from such a policy but
a ehroalo spirit of revolt against Ameri
can rule? .
Millions Lost la Traction Slumps
From a Chicago Dlepatch
Millions of dollars wsre lost ia the
general slump In traction stocks which
followed the announcement of the
Untttd States supreme court's decision
wiping out the It-year elalms of tha
Chicago streetcar corporatlona
- Tha haaviaat loos was borne by the
Morgan-Horalna ' syndicate, - which re-,
cently took over the stock of the Chi
cago City railway, numbering 1SS.00S
shares. Many s Chicago financiers,
numbers of the syndicate, were ef
fected. .'.. ;' .
la the crash the fortune' of the late
Charlca T. Yerkee also suffered. The
Consolidated Traction bonds - held by
the Yerkee eatate as tha purchase price
for the Suburban Traction system wsre
guaranteed by the United Traction com
pany. Underlying these la another is
eue, guaranteed by tha North and West
Chicago companies. ' -
Chartae W. Oatee and those who fol
lowed hire lost heavily becauea of their
misguided plunge on falsa reports- that
the Unite State supreme esurf had
upheld the l-yee claims Instead at 4e
MU9iinf .Umm r?., .
- . J : O U R N A .L
no. r. caxioxx
full cargoes.'. The steamers art expected to make five
round trips to Noma during the' summer,, and' will be
able to carry 116,000 tons of freight; to Alaskan points.
' In addition to the Nome-fleet, the Seattle, paper, says
that there 'are 'fix steamships plying from that city to
VaUea- and. Seward, rhidt- porta.- are open- the- year
round,' and five to points in. southeastern Alaska, also
The total tonnage of .the vessels ply
ing between Seattle and Alaska points is 40,000. Last
year, the steamers departing from Seattle for . Alaska
than one a day, and the Y. I. .predicts
exceeded this year by 50 per cent.
The Post-Intellieencer concludes these -statements of
"The growth of the trade with Alaska,
the 'Klondike 'rush, has been steady,
ndfadefseTrispermanenrrIsc6htr6ned"t(
Seattle that this city has practically no
opposition in the field: - Because it has centered here the
attempt to establish profitable transportation lines from
. t . . .ll Tl ' f' . i i : t r t . . '
x-aciuc coast nave provca lauures in
what do Portlands Dig business men think about it?
THE PUBLIC WILL FIND A REMEDY.
of the threatened coal miners' strike
Transcript ssys: : "There is another
controversy. - It is the great public.
The public may and probably will be the chief sufferer
by a atrike of the. coal miners, but it will find a remedy
some; day, either: w-taktng possession" or tne private
oroDcrty "of the coal operators for, the public good, or in
hemming the corporations about with such restrictions
.are so arrogant now will be content
them. The attitude of men like Mr.
Baer is that.of being ready to fool all the people all of
of. the fact that this has never been
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is not the utterance of a socialistic
Dublicati6n76r"a"lelTow"newspapef7T but of a con
servative paper, never indulging in extravagance or in
temperance of ideas or expressions.
newspapers are intimating that public
ownership of coal mines may become necessary-as a
means of protection to the public, and warning the Baers
that their ' policy and practice in operating the mines
nd-the-el-raUads-winnot-always-ior -very-much
''.'' ''..,. ' ''
and warnings are significant, and
need to- be heeded by the people's -theoretical : servants
in -Washington. The standpat . policy, pursued long
enough and wlpi sufficient fatuousness, will bring about
rnorjientous'if not actual epoch-making changes,
"AN OPEN RIVER CONVENTION. ' ;
E; ASTORIA CHAMBER" OF COMMERCE
has under consideration a plan to run an ex
cursion from Lewiston to Astoria in May. The
idea would be to take by the river-route all those who
attend ao as to give each of them a demonstration of
the beauty and feasibility of the trip and to hold at thje
mouth of the Columbia an open river convention.
The suggestion is uqualifiedly good.' The river either
directly or indirectly is the salvation of the inland em
pire, for it alone is the freight regulator.- That lesson
is now well learned but to clinch it there should follow
a demonstration which can only be given by the river
trip clear from the Snake' td tha mouth of the Columbia.
The trip from Lewiston can thus be made in two days.
Such a convention would attract a great many people
but its chiefest advantage would be found in proving to
our own people the superb advantage they possess in
the noble river which finds its way to the sea at Astoria.
THE HOME ATTRACTIVE.
HERE is another obligation resting upon parents
besides keepmg their children at home and out
of mischief and making them mind and behave,
and that is to make their homes attractive, pleasant,
clean, comfortable. Growing children should be made to
work some, if aside from study in the schools there is
anything that they can do, but they must be allowed to
play some too, and they should find innocent amuse
ment at home. School-books arc. not all they need but
amusing and illustrated publications too, for recreation,
if such can be afforded. Tasteful if cheap meals and a
clean, orderly house with some pictures, even if cheap
prints, on the walls, and a neat dooryard, and apprecia
tion and encouragement when they try to be good, will
do much to keep children at borne and out, of mischief.
If more parents would think of these things and take
pains to carry but" these suggestionsrmaking home an
attractive rather than a repulsive or disagreeable place, a
far less number of children would go wrong, and the
parents themselvoV would be greatly benefited. :
The Wlnklesa DoIL
By Wex Jones.
Have you ever lain awake at night, too
scared to cry or move,
And thinking every creaking beard a
"burgular will prove;
Your mind Just filled with "ghostses,"
which don't exist by day.
But seem such awful real things when
mother, goes away;
Your bead beneath the bedclothes to the
rengling of your breath,
Fur a blanket feels a bulwark In the
face of stalking deathT
. It you've ever known thie mldnlrht
chill from brlatllng scalp to toas
Tou'll understand Dots feellnge for
- . her doll whose eyee won't close.
One dolly was the bestest girl, and
closed her eyee up, enapl
Ne matter what tha time of day, when
bid to take a nap,
.But now the pathos ef those eyes,
. their blue unwinking stars, .
As If they'd seen a truly ghost, and
frOsen with despair! . . .
Condemned to lie awake all night, she's
taken In tha eot, .
Where she and other precious things
cramped quarters make for Dot,
Wbe so deeply faels the burden ot her
vicarious woee
That shs sobs into the counterpane
sines her dolly's syes won't close.
Father, lie shook poor dolly's heed till
something In It broke,
And, brother with his Jack-knife has
given it many a poke.
And mother with a hairpin thought
one time shs had it fixed.
But all the welWmeant treatment has
left things juat as mixed.
So Dot. aware of terrors that haunt
waking kids at night,
Falls asleep with wlnkleee dolly clasped
lovingly and tight;
. And yon bet the greatest trouble that
. our borne at present knowe
Is ths family's efforts to make dolly's
- eyelids close. .
Averting Hailstonna.
' French . winegrowers are more than
ever convinced that hallstorme can be
averted by the timely firing of cannon.
In the Beaujolele dlstrlat alone t! caa-
atoa are sew1 lav use ...
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SMALL CHANGE
, It is scarcely to be believed the an
nouncement from Washington that the
Bmoot bearings have ended.
e" a . -
Whst does orovar Cleveland de to
earn that lllJJOO a year, an way r
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.A white man -baa' become the elrhth
husband of a Umatilla squaw. In Chi
eago .she. would be considered. a high
type or civilisation. -
t'--n
It's Bums who's 8. A. D. and hs's also
M. AL V.
The toot of that steamer oa the upper
Columbia next fall will be eloquent if
not musical. . .
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But In soma part of the country the
peach erop is killed every year. .
a a ,
Nice, time to make ' garden. If you
ha veu eprlng vever too'-wad. .' 1 1
Of course Ambassador White did It-
if you let him tell It - '
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Angela Morgan says there is ne ex
eus for being bored. To this extent.
we don't have to read her stuff. -
Willing laboring men don't have to
look for a Job now. ..-'...'
Rockefeller has heard that etlence l
golden. ; - t. ' - "- .
"7-- "r r jk - t i I. 1 r ' "
A girl thinks she baa equandered her
money unless the fortune-teller tells
her she will marry, a very rich and
handsome man and take a foreign tour,
- - v ITar--' r ; rrL. :
Who said there would. be no cherry
bloaaomsT ;'..'. , y
General Wood "has captured the palm
front Hell-Roaring Jake Bmlth. -
Ooverner Pennypaekar of Fennrl
vanla la said to apeak alx etnrnt Ian.
guarea bealdea the on ha uaaa wba
peaking of newspapers. - . :
PrhpS -Ou.ra-3ohTitn' atipport
won t ba any balp to Juot .wabatar.
Tha Till man tongue ia tha moat ao
Uva thing In. the aenate.
VLt. Col wall wants S(-eeat gaa. His
la a'en cheaper.
"Parhana tha Pendleton union work'
Ins-man know Judga Ellli " batter than
the Portland Federated Trade council
does.
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Corvallls Isn't dry after all; man abed
imri up - - ---r- ... -
o far as beard from Mrs. Chauncey
M. Depew is enjoying herself abroad.
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The" Japa arei. trying to Increase their
else. The Ruaatane think they are toe
big already. . '......:. .'J.- .',
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A' Mraarapher says that one good
thing about a woman Is tnat. she never
borrows more than a dollar at a tlma
But there ere exceptions, Mrs. Chadwlck,
for Instance. . ." -
Front street la getting a temporary
rest :: .. . : "' - : " ', ;';
OREGON - SIDELIGHTS f
Suckers . vsrr numerous In Bbeepy
creek. In Klamath' county. . ,
A couple .'near , Sllverton who had
been married SS years pad, domestic
discord and threatened . to separate,
but were surprised by a . large com
pany of neighbors en the tsth anni
versary of - their wedding, all bad a
good time, the couple made up and
renewed vows and perhaps . will live
happily ever after. '.. - , . -
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One '. Morrow' county ' firm ' owns
tl.SOO head af sheep. There are
sheep raisers In the oonnty, -
a e ' .
Coos Bay News: Ths "owner ol the
Chadwlck tract of ' timber, containing
about 1,000 acres, closed a contract on
Friday last with the Simpson number
company to furnish said company with
10,000,000 feet of lore per year for rive
year a - Tha Chadwlck tract contains
some of the finest white cedar timber
In the world. . .- ' '
e
A big sawmill will be erected at
Olendale, : . -.
New gold discovery between South
Coqullle river and Cow creek In Doug
las eounty.
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DryUnd alfalfa" wU be tested neat
lone. -.,,'-''
An arUOclal lake covering SO acres
will be made at Hldaway springs In the
Blue mountains. ,
a . a
A man living four mllee north of
Salem has It acres of alfalfa'on bottom
land and IT acres on upland, "and on the
former tract be kept last year from May
to November l rrom lao to 17S nogs.
which were thus fattened for market
a a ,, ,;
A Pendleton ' horse : became so dis
gusted when left etandlng in a filthy
gutter that he climbed up en the side
walk, turned the buggy over and tried
to run away.
-Two Ashland men of II and one of II
died last. week.
.. s a a
The North Bend Harbor Inalsts that
no more money shall be expended on the
Columbia river until Coos bay baa a
harbor of 41 feet. 1
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No peaches In Wheeler county this
year; other fruits only half a crop.
Another big sawmill on Young's bay
probable. . ; v , . t
e a V -
Not ao much Injury to fruit around
Medford aa ,waa supposed.
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' Several ' yeara ago, says the Med
ford Mall, a Central Point farmer be
coming dissatisfied sold out and moved
to Texas, Where be thought be could do
better. Two years In the Lone Star
stats was enough for him, and he hae
returned to Rogue river valley satisfied
that there la no country on earth equal
to thla
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The Cooe Bay Harbor expects oil te
make North Bend the blggeet elty oa
the Paclflo coast. - ; . c . ,
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'Many Improvemente In and about The
Dallea. .
a -e .
Seaside's electric light plant la being
Inetalled. . , )
Railroad pronpecta for Iike county
brightening, pays the lkeview .
amlner, -, r , , ,
"DADDY 1INDSEY. AND
BAD BOYS
llasewaw-easswaaw
' ' ' By Elbert "Hubbard.
Down In Boston they have a female
Jail -end why not, since In Buffalo they
have a female seminary T. Well, in the
kindness of their Judicial nsarta In Bos
ton when" children are arrested, bovi
ana nris. iney put them In with the Udy
onminais instead ef the genta-Theidea
is xounaea on the auppoaltlon that all
women have : a motherly- Instlaat and
wtu exert themselves in looking after
tne juue waira .
.If a worse blunder' eould aeeur thaa
locking boya up with depraved men
le to lock them UP with depraved women
to picture the dire effecta uporfa child
of contact with drunken women of the
eUeeta la frightful to contemplate, but
it reveals the tboughtlees, inconsiderate,
heedless treatment meted .out ta. the
luckless 'little ones, even in the great
cummonweaiin. or Maasacnpaetta. .
l na state of Masaachuaetta. Ilka moat
otner etates. reeornises Its duty dons
when it provided, .a prison in which te
lock the boy up. A bad boy should be
thankful for really any kind of a Jail
Dieae my souil r- !. ' 1
Judge Lindsay - was recently In Bos
ton .and gave II publlo addreeees In
five days. To hla almDle. heartfelt story
of what be Is doing in' Denver for the
noys or the street, and the so-called
bad boya, tha Boatoniana listened in
wonder. Many doubted the literal truth
of the meeaage. others smiled and talked
of "hypnotism." and one eminent Jurist
remarxea: - "We do not need advice In
Maasachuaetts from people who live on
tne aoraer or civilisation as to the man
areroent of our criminals. Wa hava bad
three hundred yeara of experience In this
una I ean try all the children that are
arrested in Boston during the week la
aa hour."--..- . ...
And- be could, there Is no doubt, but
ha could not try them in tha Judge
Mnasey way. . , ".
Judgs Lindsay weiahs ana hundred
and twenty pounds In tha ehade Just
one tnira or what seeretary Tart scalaa
tfua: juare Llndeey has done 'thlngs
taatbare never been done before In tbe
nistory or the world, and tha beneficent
Influence be ia wielding Is mighty and
far-reaching.
umciaiiy ne is known as the Hon.
Benjamin B. Lindsay, judre of the pro
bate court and magietrate of tbe Juve
nile court But te the street boya ef
lnYerb la plalBJXddy wndeey,"l
The custom' in most places' when
boya are arrested ia to put them in tha
pen with ths drunks, suspsets, vagrants
ana - hardened ; eriminale. Thus - every
J all is a school of erlma ' . v
Judre Llndsey was ths first man In
America to provide a "detention achool"
(or children under ' arrest-This school
la In charge -of a man and hla wife, who
re and are school teachera and are
experienced, in -the management of chll
dren. - . - , . ..
The next move ,vu' to Investigate
each ease and find out why tha oh lid did
tne thing with which be was charged.
The child was regarded as "a victim of
unkind conditions." and instesd Of
bagging htm off to the reform school,
aa earneet effort wae put forth to better
bis environment And by the probation
aystem be was kept in touch with tboss
who have bis best interests and welfare
at hearty. . ... ,
About three years aro wT bov " was
brought before Jndre Llndsey charred
with eteaiing sand and lumber from a
railroad company. He was caurht by a
railroad detective, red handed.. He
pleaded - guilty and asksd -. for his
"papers," whloh . meant that . be was
ready to take - his commitment papers
and go to the reform school. -
Judge Lindsay hesitated about send
ing this frank, active, alert and Intelli
gent little fellow away without further
Investigation. : 00 tbe Judge put- on hie
bat and he and the youtnfut"cTlmlnal
took a streetcar to the boys home, in
the suburbs of the city. . - The bouse
where the boy lived was small and very
plain the borne of a laborer, built on a
lot is by 7. in the little yard behind
the house was a pile of sand.' stolen
sand, and two barefoot little girls wsre
digging In it . In tha corner was a
shanty the boy bad built with his stolen
lumber. -. -. t,
Judge Llndsey explained ta the . boy
the wrong of taking things that be
longed to other people and the sin of
staalinr sand, even If the railroad did
have plenty. But be did not aend the
bey back to the detention school, neither
did he commit him to the reformatory.
une judge went etrairht to the office
of the superintendent cf schools and
induced that worthy to go with him and
sea the stolen sand and playhouse butlt
with lumbar that was pinched.
Then theee two men laid tha case be
fore an of f loisi af tha railroad cosnpany.i
Tne result-, was tnat - tne company
donated a lot near by for a publlo play
ground, and deposited on it a carload
of sand. And the superintendent, of
echoole fitted up the basement ef the
school In - that ward with Improvised
manual training apparatus. - The bad
boy who had stolen, was made monitor
of the room, with a requeet to gather
up all the bad boya In that vicinity and
set them to work. . .The result has. been
that the arrests of Juvenile In that ward
hava been cut down 10 per cant, .
.
When Judge 'Llndsey decides that it
best to send a boy to the reform
achool at Golden, he does not send an
officer with the younceter.. No, he Just
makes out ths commitment papers, gives
ths lad II cents to pay car fare, shakee
hands with him and away be goes."" Of
loo boys sent in this way, not one baa
proved disloyal te the trust reposed In
Mra. Judge Llndsey believes in the boy,
affd the boy believes In Judge Llndsey,
and when you get a boy In that frame
of mind where he responds to a trust
proving true, even to going to prison
alone and unattended, that bey Is on the
way to reformation, for he la reform
ing himself. " v
Judge Llndaey is one of the modern
saviors of . ths world. .. V 1 -
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The Views of One. , . ;
jjy Ambrose Blerce. .', .
The presidents commendation of Gen
eral .Leonard Wood la In msrked con
trast with his treatment of that older
and better soldier, General Jacob Smith.
Both these offloers had ta fight the devil
with fire or not fight at -all, for the
Filipino devil takes no prisoner a, except
for purpoeee of torture.' and his fe
male and young are active combatants
from the oldest crone to the youngest
Imp. General Smith spared at least all
those below the estimated are of 10.
In throwing him to the Hone of the
church the . administration derived a
etrong moral support from the act of
apme ingenioue rascal who had fastened
upon this mildest mannered of gentle
men the nickname ef "Hell-Roaring
Jake." ' The name fitted him about as
neatly as ths tub of Diogenes would
have fitted the Apollo Belvedere, but It
aerved to discredit him sufficiently to
make hie dlemtaeal "popular" with the
eentimentalleters and futllltariana Who
eeDaure military operations In oriental
Junrlec - from the thronerootn of the
American -Sunday achool and from be
hind the ironclad desk In Manila. --
H General Wool bas gcaUy.-develops
the military talent that nobody ever
credited him with It win be a aieep-
polatment to tbe president will It "nott
The president declared tnat ne maae
blm aaajor-general te reward klaa far
service in Cuba distinctly civilian. It
It turns out that he lo a good soldier,
epmpetant to lead tree pa la tha field and
flt foe eventual command at the ajrmy,
many wUt think that the preeldent eus
pec ted It all the time whereby some
thing of the glory of fidelity to personal
frienda And aratitude for commonplace
eervleee will , depart from r thla candid
administration. - . - ' -
-LETTERS -raOMTHE
people
Vac "fccos Option Amendment,,
' Portland, Oregon. March KTe the
Editor of The Journal-In the prelude
read by Dr. Wilson laet evening he
makes a statement which it seems to me
must be a mistake, and I wish to call
He says that In the liquor dealers'
amendment to the local option law they
include In the title the statement, that
their- amendment glvee equal rtghta te
the antl-Prohlbltlonlet and the Pro
hibitionist. Hare is. where It seems to
me the mistake must . ba As I under
stand It the state constitution requires
that a law shall have a title and alee
that the title shall clearly show the pur
pose of the law. I am sure many laws
have been declared unconstitutional be-
r ii , i , 1 1 m I
Now, tha aaloonmen are wise tn their
own generation. Their amendment Is
really Intended and if passed would ac
complish exactly the oppoelte of that
title that ta, it would make the rights
exceedingly unequal between, tbe Pro
hibitionist and the antl. , The whole aim
and purpose of the amendment la thla.
first, last and all ths time, it counts
air blank ballots for' the raloon, makes
tt almost Impossible to convict by re
pealing present provisions or evidence,
permits anyone to attack, the. decision
and then the county Judge alone passes
on It without appeel, eta, eta It eon
near being a laughing farce. This being
the case if It is passed under any suoh
title the supreme court would oe com
pelled to declare tt unconstitutional and
the thousands of dollars spent by the
saloonmen ln thla campaign would have
been in vain. . v ...
Tha riant thing, cf course, ia tc vote
down- tbe amendment, under whatever
title It may be, but I think yea read
the algna of the times, aright when you
fllscoverlhattha. amendment Js simply
a foil to take the attack ef the temper
aaee foroec while they slip In a Isgis
latlve ticket of their own.- It la common
rumor around town thai there Is a
combination of tha aaloonmen and ethers
to elect a lerlslatlve ticket which will
do their -will., This also should be
watched by those whe love the home and
dread those set for its destruction.
- T. JOHNSON,
VbnC d aaanll. .
Oregon City. March 2tTo the Editor
of The Journal Apropos of the much
discussed recent aaaault upon one of the
editors of the OregonlanrI dealre to eay
that while I would not take up the
cudgel for another (unlees a belplees
relative), nevertheleaa t do believe at
times a personal assault on soma mem'
bere of that staff would be Justifiable.
I am In no wax related to Meesrs. Ad
ams, Teal and other stockholders of the
Gaa company, and am therefore in un
biased witness te the dastardly cartoons
and editorials which constantly appear
In that paper ooncernlng these gentle
men.-- .- ,
- Having been a resident of Oregon for
several years and traveling (occupation)
throughout thla and our neighboring
states, coming In contact with various
classes of people who naturally discuss
papers. I do not exaggerate when I state
that It is the consensus cf opinion met
with that ne mere monopolistic paper
In its tendency has ever bean published
tbls coast If it cannot mold opin
ion to suit Its whims Its answer Is
abuse. For years la this elty It bad
a monopoly of the telegraphic newa
service, bought ' what it wished, bor
rowed from the eastera preea without
credit therefor and anarled at. anyone
venturing Into the newspaper field
with as much, to aay "What right have
you to invade our ranger ' - . :
Now It whines and abuses other pa-
nere for bavlnr entered the field in oo-
poaltlon to lte evening edition, being
blind . tc - tne ract that tne foregoing
reaaons and more, too, were the causes
which Invited others to come here and
publish a paper with independent and
liberal Mass. "
If one attempt to submit a thourht
upon any question for the benefit of his
fellowman or the state at lerge and
such communication does not meet wltb
tbe approval of tbe deep and broad (T)
ralnd .of the managing editor of that
paper, or tr ine article in any manner
remotely affects Its treasury, the man
uscript is either basketed or enawered
in scathing, vulgar and insulting lan
guage.
Tne uregonian, umikc , tne oroog in
verse, "will not go on forever," - for
there are found today in thla ctate more
independent tninxere than could be
enumerated in the past when what that
paper said "went" And it doee seem
to me that ere long the management of
that organ will begin to think so too. y
,t i . , .. ' K. r. CAHJELTQN.
The Socialists be the Beaone.
Portland, March II. To the Editor Cf
The Journal, Whereas, The editor cf
the Oregonian has been assaulted in bis
sanctum by, as is stated, an hireling cf
the plutocratic class, and v
Whereas, said editor has always been
an able defender of Speneeriaa ' indl
vidualletn. and ' -
Whereas, Said editor has In recent
writings maintained the doctrine, "the
king can dc no wrong," and x.
Whereas, said editor has Intimated
that the courts .could be relied -upon to
deal out even-haadsd Justice to all Irre
spective cf class distinction or condi
tion cf affluence or servitude, and
Whereas, Said editor now- malntalne
that a elaec has hired a criminal to be
used In ths commission cf crime, and
Whereas, The socialists of Portland
dc believe (I) that said editor has been
convinced of tbe error of his way and
has repented of - bis folly; therefore
be it - 1 : ;" '-
Resolved. That the Soclsllsts cf Fort-
land In regular meeting assembled ten
der said sdlter their sympathy and con
dolence as best they - may la their
humble way," and extend tc said editor
a brotherly invitation - te Join the
Socialists ' and with Eugene V. Debe
strike for the freedom of man and the
Aeeoclated Press from the contaminat
ing . hands of plutoeratle conspirators,
assassins and gas oompaales, and that
a copy of thess reeolutlons be spread
on the mlnutee and also a copy be cent
to each of the ssveral - newepapera In
this city. .
(Signed) - THOMAS BLADDEN. "
rV,.v Valud Received.
From the' Yankton Preea and Dakotan.
Congressmen are deploring that there
are no more "free passes" being passed
around. - The feet Is, though, that there
never were any free pasnea. The rail
roads always got the full value ef the
transportation, r- T . . -
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THE-PATHFINDERS
i OF HISTORY,.
By. Rev.; Thomas fcj Gregory! f
When the light of thie world first
met the eyea of the Inent Jesus In
his humble home In Naaareth, of Gall
lee, no ooe then en eerth. outeide of a
paltry few, possibly. In Athena and
Alexandria, eould have told, scientific
ally, whence that light came. ,
The sun, the ruler of the dey, shone
then ss he shines now, and all eyes be
held his 'splendor; but what he was, or
what was his rslatlonshlp to tbe earth,
was, to aU. savs the handful referred
to, a profound ' secret ,--,,. ', . .. .
- It was Copernloua who first made the
formal announcement of the heliocen
tric idea the. id,a .hai tbe sun. jrather ,
than ths earth, is the center W bur
planetary . system- .
Thm Ptolemaic theory, -which had re
mained practically unchanged and un
questioned, for fifteen hundred vun
taught-tnat the earth "wee the center '
around which aU the heavenly bodies
revolved.
The Ptolemaic Idea la. In a wav. the
moat natural thing In tbe World. To
the unactentlflc " mind nothing appears
truer than the statement that tbe earth
le the center around which the sun re.
volves, end that tbe moon and stars
arc but for the embelllehment cf Its
"firmament"
i Such is tha idea taneht In tha. hnnlr
Cf Genesis, and such was tbe idea in
which all Christendom firmly believed
In 14TI, tbe year of Copernicus' blrthTr
Ths work that forced men ta suhatl.
tute the heliocentric for the geocentric"
den wes -. Copernloua' Immortal book.
"The Revolutions ef the Heavenly
Bodies.". pubitehed in 1641. with a arov.
si lag preface and cowardly apology by
Cope rn lev y friend and literary execu
tor, Oslandsr. . - . .'
It wea -ths 14th- day ef Mar. 1141.
aad Copernloua waa on . hla deathbed.
For mors -than' 40 of his three score
yeara and ten he had thought ef hla
book I The mighty dleeovery had lain
In his mind for a whols generation; the
work Itself bad been ready for the '
prees for many years, and now at last
It wsa printed, printed with that mean
apaloretle lie el Oa lander t hat tt e
great -author had propounded -hie doc
trine, not aa a fact but aa a hypothe
sis! . : - '..-:,
On his bed Copernicus lay dying: ths
eyes that bad ac gloriously .swept the
neavene were closed In the deeth stu
r;.the imperial brain that had made
ene-ef the- aeost a as a sing dlaoevarlae of.
ail time waa alraoat unconscious; ap
proaching footsteps were heard, and a
messenger entered' the sickroom with
a printed copy ef the book that waa te
maks a greater stir In the world thaa
any book had ever made before.
Copernicus touched hie book, a earned
to realise what tt was. closed his syec
again and dledl
- But the truth had been proclaimed; -and
aa eoon an men should once fairly
see that truth they would .be obliged .
to admit it -i..
In a way It wae a humiliating truth. -Tbe
result ef the discovery of Coper-
ntous was to bring the-earth -to her -
real position of subordination and in
feriority. Bo far from being the unl-
verse,' the earth was soon te appear at .
her true value aa being but cne of the
smaller satellites of the sun, the sun .
hlmeclf being but one of millions of .
other suns, all of them, perhaps, ths
satellites of soma as yet undiscovered
central masa. ' . 1 '.''.. ' " "..! ' '
How big Is a man, anyway t Well,
he la. bigger, somewhat than a mos
quito, but be la not ao big aa an ele
phant and the ' elephant Is small la
comparison " with a mountain; and the
mountain la a mite beside the earth, .
and the earth la but a speck In the solar
system, and the solar system Itself Is
as a single leaf In a mighty forest com
pared even with that which is re
vealed by our present-day teleeeopee! v
Tbe . great Hegel , Is Said to have .
openly regretted the overthrow of tbe
ancient astronomy, "because it wae
more . dlgalfled for man to occupy the
center of tha universe."
Re that aa it may. tha fact was shown
pretty conclusively by Copernicus that
man did not occupy euon poeuioni mat
hla earth-bome waa but aa insignifi
cant member cf hierarchy of worlds.
and that . hie hlgh-acundlng theories
about hla Importance had unqueatlon- .
ably been woven out or nis own im
measurable self-eoneelt , .
At Bachalor'a Island.
March II At an early hour wo pro
ceeded along the elde cf Deer island
and baited for breakfast at the "upper"
end of It, which 1c probably the com
mencement ef the Columbian valley.
We were bere Joined by thred men of
the Towahnahlook nation, with whom
wa proceeded till, at a distance of 14
miles from eur camp ef last evening,
we reached a large Inlet; a considerable '
rtvsr smptlee from the north elds cf
Columbia. Its pame Is Chawahna-
blocks. It la about 150 yards wide.
and at present dlcchergec a large body
ef water, though the Indiana asaure '
us that a short distance above its mouth
the navigation la obstructed by falls ,
and rapid Three miles beyond Js sn
Island . (Bachelor's), , near the north
Shore ef tbe river, behind the lower
end of which la a village of Quathla
potlss, whurc we landed about I o'clock.
The village eonelete of 14 large wooden
bouses. The people themselves received'
us very kindly and voluntarily spread
before us wappatoo and anchovies; but
as soon aa wa finished enjoying . this
hospitality. If It deserves that name,
they began to ask us for pressnte. Thoy !
were, however, perfectly aatlafled with
tha small articles whloh wc distributed
according to custom, and equally our -
purchasing acme .wappatoo, 11 dogs ana
two eea otter akino. Wc alec gave the -
oblef a small medal, whloh he, bow-,
ever, coon tranaf erred to hla wife, -After
remaining come time we era
barked, and coasting along ths Island,
which, after the - nation, we- called
Quathlapotle Island, camped for the
night In a small prairls en the north
side of, the Columbia having mads by
estlmats II milea. The river is rising
fasb'. In thai couree cf the day we caw
numbers of geese, duoks and large and .
all swans, wbieh last arc very aounc-
ant In the pond.s where the wappatoo
grows, aa they feed much on tnat root
We.'alao observed the crested' king
fisher, end ths large and small black
bird; and this evening beard without
seeing the large hooting, ewl. The
froge, which we have not found In the ,
wet marshes nsar the entranoe ef the
Columbia, are , new - croaking . la the
awampa and marshes with precisely the
same note aa In the United States. Ths
garter snakes appear tn vaet quantities
and, arc . scattered through the prairies
In large bundlec Of 41 tc 10 entwined
round each other.- Among tbe moes orv
ths rocks . we observed a .species . of
email wild onions' growing so' closely
together ee to form a perfect turf, and
equal in flavor to the shlves ef our gar
dene, which they, resemble In spue
Aace alsa, .-. '- - - -'- - -
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