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Editorial Page, of The: Journal THE JOURNAL AJI fKDKPBNOMiT KKWSFaPKB - C. I. JACKSON. .Faettab ' r-ubuabed rj tenli i-pt ."start nt .114- . 1. TltU tad Xwbllttrie. Or(u . .'' partuaa. " Baterr t Mm pnatofSo it rortlaad. for triDamliaioa tarousa ' the eaaooe- ttmm Biat tar. - J BLIP BONES TdltnrUt Imim.. .Mala VW .Mala BuslotM Office.. .nc.nvn HFPKCRKrJTATIV few-Und Bo)..lo SpwUI Alwtl.l;S t,'n'J i A., w 1- vk: Tribune Bulla- ' .Catctfv ' ' . , . Bubarrtntloe T-wt k-U.ta , any addrae la the Called BUtaa. Canada a Ma- natf.r - On raar..... 1A 00 I Ona Boots.. I . : M'KDil. ' 0b raw.... tl.OO I Oaanmtitk.. ..... JS DAILY AND 8UMDAT. ' Ana mi; S?.M I 0a Dxntk. ...... t . Delays breed danger; noth ing ao perilous as procrasti- nation. Lilly. MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. - r T WOULD TAKE i good deal of I space to recount all the things tnaTTKepeepleof PoTttan drmnd of Oregon, have to be thankful for. "There Is much for them to be thank ful for at alf seasons of every year, and never more, perhaps, than-iiow, when the annual Thanksgiving day conies around.' '.. ' Though there was a partial failure of some crops in some localities this year, they have on the whpre been . good, as usual. Prices have not ruled as high as was hoped and expected for wheat, hops and prunes, yet for these and other products the returns have been such as to make agriculture remunerative. And agriculture is the, cornerstone of industry. There has been much development, and the prospect is good for still greater -. development next - year. Marked advancement has been made In the fruit-raising and dairying in dustries; livestock is being improved; . except for the shortage of cars the lumber industry would show -great gains; shipping facilities hsve Jeen increased; and irrigation has nude a long stride forward. '' ' Some additional railroads are being - Constructed, andpthef are "on the jway." Coos, Bay and Wallowa valley atfeeingJbrougntpMotherailroad snap; iiuamooK is pouoa to get mere before long; and central Oregon can vnot br kept bottled, up many years A start has been made in con struction of electric railroads through the Willamette valley w4ich.will be pushed forward next, year. . ; The peoble of the state are more alive and act "thin" ever bliore, snore appreciate of Oregon's great advantages and opportunities; are be coming interested in development and in doing better and more profitable work. . And the people of different Sections of the -state are more, har monious, broader-minded, than, for merly. 7 Portland has experienced an unpr cedented growth, details -of which ' fiave been published from day to day in The Journal. In population, in rTnanufactures,iri "trade "and -commerce, in new buildings, in bank busi ness, in everything that constitutes rapid but healthy growth, Portland is satisfied with its record and proud of it. This city can well afford to. take a day off and have a big, hearty Thanksgiving day. . The state, county and city govern ments, generally speaking, are in good liands and are well conducted. . Im provements could be made, but the . people can well be thankful for much improvement that has been made dur ing the past few years. The, state is out of debt So is Multnomah ' county, and several other counties. The city's .financial condition, consid ering its growth and necessary im provements made, is good. Portland has no notorious boodlers or official scandals, and its people are quite gen erally -awake to the need of. good. -clean -government.- The schools and churches have done good work, for which we may all be thankful; the unfortunates obliged to seek refuge in charitable institutions are well cared for, and have cause for Thankfulness; it is a healthy state and city, where people are likely to live to a good old age; nowhere are chil dren healthier or happier; here re sources are illimitable, and here sre Opportunity's favorite haunts; so let V9 make it unanimous throughout this splendid city and state in being thankful; THE PULLMAN MONOPOLY. HOW LONG are the people go ing to stand the extortions of the Pullman company, that is pulling millions a year out of their rxx-Vets in excessive charges? It is estimated that ill eight years past J'ullnian stock has paid 454 per cent ,!ividend.i, arid recently- $26,000,000 surplus was divided Hp among ' the rhatrliolder', who are few and ex (ttie.1 I'nder these circumstances Wu!d uot ihc Pullman company be obliged to cut its chargVs in wo and pay its employes? ..- r ,v, ! Under modern conditions of travel the Putlman service is no longer .a luxuryTbut ft considered a. necessity by most of those who travel. The patronage of rullm.n sleepers has 'in creased to such an extent and with lower rates would increase so much more that this company can well af- ford to pay their own employes good wages, which they deserve, and cut the rates in two. .: - -. The Pullman company is a monop oly, and as such has long been- extor tionate and odious. It is one feature of the transportation 'business that needs regulating, with a big R. FICTITIOUS. VALUES. IN HIS LAST annual message the president, speaking of the neces iity of railroad and trust regula tion, said: Of these abuses (other than those connected with, the restriction of com petition), perhaps the chief, though by no means the on: 7 one. Is overcapitali sationgenerally . itself . the result of dishonest .... promotion because of the myriad evils It brlnga In lta train." for such overcapitalization often means an Inflation -that- invites business panicrIt always conceals the true relation of ths profit earned, to the capital actually Invested, and it creates a burden of In terest payments which Is a fertile cause of reduction In or limitation of wages. It damages the small Inventor, discour ages thrift and encourages gambling and speculation, while, perhaps worst of all, is the trickery and' dishonesty that It Impllee for harm to morals is worse than any possible harm to ma terial Interests, and the debauchery of politics and business by great dishonest corporations Is far worse than any ma terial evil they may do. This is a feature of railroad impo sition upon the public to which The Journal has repeatedly called atten tion, and it is one in which the new so-called rate law is defective. The president having these views, being so clearly apprehensive of this evil, his surrender of tht plicable. . There can be no genuine reform of the railroad business until the water is pressed out of railroad securities, and until they are made to have a stable, genuine value and not allowed to be the basis of high finance gam bling. It will be interesting to see what the president has to say on this subject next week. . But why should the people of New 1 York, or theitjpol'ticalapokesmen. call upon Senator Piatt to resign? He 1 is no worse now, in character, than he has been for many years. Except for physical weakness he Is not materially different from what he was when they repeatedly elected him to the senate, and submitted to him as a boss. What rieht or reason have they to complain that he is not good? "They have known what he was " forthe-T pa st quarter of a century at least. He would "serve them just -right to hang on. ', Conspicuous among the many peo ple to whom the thanks of the needy are due are the members of the Com mercial club of Hood River, for a car of the famous Hood Kiver sp at will help greatly to make nniversary, enjoyable by many ess fortunate than the-aver age. . NoKonly they, but Portland as a whole, thank Hood. River. Tomorrow's football game between the Multnomah nd the Oregons promises to be a very interesting af fair for lovers of this popular species of athletic sport, and for thousands of people it will be the chief event of the holiday. Both teams are in fine con dition and confident, and it is ex pected 'that the winners will have "to do some playing that will win them much applaust and glory." Mr. Scott has turned his billings gate on Colonel C. E. S. Wood. The reason is obvious. Colonel Wood attempted to enforce the law against the Ore gonian. Mr. Manning and the late grand jury may now reflect on .the quick fruit from their notice to the Oregomarr-thet it was1 above-ttre law and would be protected in un bridled abuse of citizens. The new governor of Colorado is a college professor and preacher, but it doesn't follow that he will be cap able of doing much to reform Colo rado politics. A Teddy Roosevelt and a Dr. Parkhurst combined could scarcely do that. From the number of people directly and indirectly charged with connec tion with the land frauds, it would ap pear that the only, politicians who did not get into the gujlty mixup were those who did not liav.e a chance. TheTarmers snd shippers of Ore gon who love their neighbors as themselves sincerely hope that Mr. Harriman has as much cause to be thankful as they have. , '' Ifou have nothing to be thankful for, try giving aome poor family s dinner, and share their gratitude. . Jfyoi bear in miud.thc thought A Little Out T THINGS PRINTED TO RK "TV . . Titles for Actresses. 1- There are now five British peeresses who were actresses namely: May Car rtngton (Lady de Clifford). Belle Bllton (Countess CJancarty). Connie OUchrlst (countess or Orkney). - Kos Hoot (Marchioness of Headfort), and. Anna Robinson (Countess of Rosslya). . v, November 28 iri History. .. itSt London university Instituted. 1851 Lord Orey, governor-general of Canada, born. , lttz Battle of Crane Hill. Arkansas. 1889 Fire in Boston destroyed 14,- 000,000 In property. 18S2 Loubct ministry, in-France re signed, on the Panama scandal Issue. 1897 Austrian ministry resigned owing to disorders in the r'lchsrath. - 1899 Harpers publishing house. New fork, failed. . . - T. 1901 Colombian Liberal - troops sur rendered at Colon. u. A Drop of Ink. . By Leonard C. Vaa lNoppcn What's In a drop of Ink one drop of inkf A smile,- a, tearr -or some deep sonnet Think- , T What Shakespeare with one little drop could do " tV"qulokeTra"aeiaagerToa1ftrTdry6U Bome Hamlet pale or rosy Romeo, Ravished by peerless eyes, that burn and glow ' - " Like twin stars, making rich Its cloudy gloom. Witching that hopeless night to love's sweet doom. - - ' O godlike pen. thai ' from one drop of night Could round such worlds of wisdom, love and light! Maidens With Acrobatic Eyes. : From Life. (Compiled after reading half a dozen modern novels.) "With her eyes she riveted him to the spot." "Her eyes sparkled aa they drank in every gesture." . "His conceit perished before the with ering gaze of her scorn-filled eyes." - 'Fixing her eyes upon the reclining form, she remained Immovable." er trained -eyes . penetrated every nook and corner of the desolate room." 'He stood rooted to the spot by her magnetic eyes." "Hhe permitted her eyes to reet upon the celling for a moment, and then they roamed carelessly about the room." She returned his caress with a single glance from her beauteous brown orbs." "Isabel s eyes took in everything that the room contained, and with a dignity befitting a queen she left the place." "Slowly her eyes followed as be dis that you ' are likely to have other chances of eating turkey and mince pie, you may be able to carry some of that Thanksgiving feeling over . to Friday. , . : TT ,y . g . Members of the Rhode Island legis lature are expected to be able to re tire from business next spring; three men worth over $7,000,000 each are contestants for United States senator. Mr. Shonts having been put in sole and supreme command ova the canal, it is supposed he will make another trip down there before long. The senate, it is reported, is going to slight and snub La Follette freez ingly. . But he is somewhat of a caloric manufacturer. . Well, try to think of something to be thankful for, anyway. -Portland's Shrinking Little Violet. .' From Mr. Plttock's Paper,the Oregonlan. . Mr. Henry L. Plttock Is modest. His life has been one of painstaking and un remitting . labor, and of devotion to Ideals not to be turned from their pur pose, i He Is the most unostentatious of men. Mr. Plttock has "always been and Always will be a very modest man. Kaiser Appraises Himself. From the New York Sun. The kaiser's opinion of himself Is re vealed In a statement made by the poet Oanghofer about a lengthy conversation he had with his majesty during the let ter's recent visit to Munich. Talking owr Oanghofer's writings, the kaiser said that their optimistic tone greatly pleased him, aa he himself was a thor ough optimist Happen what might he would remain such to the end of his life. He described himself as filled with joy in his work and addedl "I want to go ahead. I will he happy If my people only understand my pur poses and support me." The kaiser com plained of the distrust which every hard worker meets with, quoting a sentence from - Oanhofei-e "Silence In the Liwoodal-ia lhe.effe -thatpne should not mistrust another without reason; aoing so wrongs the other and hrms him self. The same rule, he. said, applies to politics. The Oermar people have a fu ture, whatever may toe.sa.ld, and conse quently the kaiser U always hurt oh hearing the words "Empire weariness." He works without 'weariness, and thinks he Is making progress. The kaiser next explained the res son for his fondness for traveling. He said his work was fatiguing and he must refresh himself with frequent change of scene. Therefore he regarded criticism In this respect and his nick name of the "TrCvellng Emperor" as a good Joke. II would not allow It to diminish his pleasure In seeing the world. He regretted that many Germane did not know the beauty of their own coun try, and said they ought to travel more, as to do so would tend to strengthen their love for their country. He also re gretted the complicated arrangements for his Journeys. He would prefer to go automoblllng alone, returning re freshed. Such recreation was doubly needful to a man of his calling, who had to light so many misunderstandings, and all the more as a monarch is not al lowed personal independence. He added: ''When he succeeds In anything, the world aoks who advised him; when he falls It save he did not understand the matter. .When I am doing thlnga that are regarded as harmless when done by other princes the people demand the reasons. . My only reply Is that my aots are for th good of the German empire and Uie Uerman people" oi tne Common AD WHILE YOU WAIT. appeared from - view ,o'er.thedlstsnt hilltop." . . Friendi and Success. Make friends and stick ' to them. Solze every-opportunity to give help. Men have risen on the ruin of every one who came In contact with them. They hate risen, it is truer but they have left a trail of ruin and misery be hind them. -This is not success.'' Suc cess Is to get the best of life. In that they have failed, and failed horribly. Earl Grey's Birthday. , J. ' Earl Grey, who succeeded Lord Mlntq as- governor-general of Canada, was born November 18. 1851, and la a descendant of a famous Liberal statesman. His father was-that General Grey who was for so many years private secretary first to the Drlnce consort -and then to Queen Victoria, and who accompanied King Edward on his tour In America 40 years ago. Lord Grey won his spurs as an administrator of great ability In South Africa. The first Earl Orey was one of the commanding officers of the British forces In the American war or independence. aVd England owea to him. and not to Lord Vincent, the possession Of the greater -portion of the West In dies. , Paragraphs of Interest. Artificial Ice Is manufactured in Ath ens by machinery bought at Waynes boro. Pennsylvania. This plant is capa ble of producing 15 tons of ice In ti hours and cost f 11.000. More recently M. Crlsaaphides, of Piraeus. Greece, or dered other machinery from the United States, of a capacity of SO tons In 14 hours. The boilers for the above ma chlnery were ordered to England.-- Japan has commenced Importing coal from New South Wales, In Australia, advises Consul coding of Newcastle, who quotes the commercial agent of that province to Japan as saying that the first 5.000-ton cargo had arrived. If thla produces a good coke, the trade will be large. , A French horticulturist has discovered that roees and mlgnonettea cannot live together. Rose and mignonette, placed together a vase, wither within half an hour. TheBedoula Arabs are light eatera. Six or seven dates, soaked in melted butter, serve a man a whole day, with a very small quantity of coarse flour or a little rice. The German relchstag proposes to raise more revenue by taxing picture postcards sent -through the mails H cent each. Consul Brlttatn of Kehl writes that on the estimate Of 600,000. 004 of these cards sent through the malls annually It would produce 12.600,. 000 revenue. . . Nome Hears of tke Seattle Spirit ' .. : YronT"the"Nome Nu gget. ; Nome has heard a 'great .deal -f the Seattle spirit It has been dinned Into the ears of this community until It would be strange 'If anybody had not heard about It It has been preached to the city and district In season and out of season. The Dally Nugget It self,, believing that a .new era had dawned n relation to the great see port'a attitude toward Nome, had begua to entertain the Idea that Seattle would this year have recognized the fact that Nome' la one of its best customers and have tried to see that the orders placed there should not only be filled, but also forwarded. - This has been a mistaken Idea. The' season of 1S0S closes with thousands ot tons of merchsndlse lying on - the wharves at Seattle, with no chance of their ever being forwarded. This has been the ease every year for a long time past Nome merchants are heart ily tired of such treatment. They send annually s Urge amount of money to Seattle. Indeed, the business that Nome does there Is no negligible quan tity. Is there. In fact any business community thaL ran afford - t-7 take chances with a large antt growing trade such as Nome and the Seward peninsula gives it. That la net busi ness. It Is folly. Sooner, or later It will react on Seattle. Alaska Is pour ing1 annually an Increnslng tide - of wealth Into Seattle, and It would not take a great deal to turn It In some other direction. San Francisco would bej glad to have the handling of this business, and could probably do It as cheaply as Seattle can. Alaska has suffered msny things at the hands of the outside. It has been deliberately Ignored by Washington, and has had its two delegates thrown to It like a meatless bone to hungry doga In the hope that the country would take to snarling and fighting over it In this it has been utterly mistaken, and Is now revising lta Judgment. Seattle may as well learn now that Nome and Alaskans In general are not of such caliber as to sit down In the meek acquiescence with such short sighted and contemptuous treatment. While admiring what Is called the Seattle spirit, Nome would like to see a little of It displayed In lta own di rection and not to be convinced that it is meant for home consumption alone. Alaska, fcynojneans-Jntenda-iagivs everything and receive nothing In turn. Its people have shown themsolves capa ble of harmonious action wherever their rights are concerned and the Seattle merchants would better get together and aee thaf steamers are provided next season to carry all the freight needed by this country. Until they do this the Seattle spirit need not b (exploited,, aa It Is gradually getting Itself Identi fied with the spirit of selfishness.1 ' Would Welcome Jim HilL .From the Coos Bay News."' We hope there. Is some truth In the rumor that Jim Hill is back of the Oregon 'Coast 4 Eastern railroad. We would be pleased to see his road come to Cooa Bay, and we think eventually that It Will do so. There are few who believe that the Southern Parlfto would have atnrted the Drain road at the time It did If there had not been a suspicion that another road was heading this way. The Pout hern Paclflo would be In no particular hurry to get here now-If other road a were inactive, and it la safe to assert that even now If they could bold this territory through . franchises and concessions so that another road could not, enter It the Southern Paclflo would never work overtime In getting here. We were In their territory for lo these many years a,nd we were completely Ignored. We are nevertheless espeoted to fall over ourselves In welcoming them at this late date and In giving up to them all the privileges we enjoy, private and mu nicipal, so that competitive railroads can h kept out ana our waterway destroyed. " Letters From the - ; - People , v.; Age ef Ovportuaity JPaMtaaav ' . . Portland. Nov. . To the Editor of Tha Journal. In the course of a speech at the Auditorium hotel la Chicago, October , James 3. Hill, president, of the Great Northern railway, said: . "Our Iron and eoai supplies will begin to show signs of exhaustion before to years have passed. Tha former, at the present rate of Increasing production will be greatly reduced. Our forests are rapidly going. Our.vaat supply of min eral oil flows to the ends of the earth. We cannot continue to supply the whole earth and recruit our own resources by the methods of trade that now obtain, because the mineral stored In the ground do not recreate themselves. Once used they are gone forever." Mr. Hill then went on to say that with an ever-Increasing population, which he estimates at 100,000.000, with in E0 years, the only hope of the future would He in small farming of the most Intensified character. . . If these -conditions are to prevail In (0 years, then what doea IU future hold for those who will follow a hundred years hence? Mr. HIU with all hla financial aafaclty overlooked the vital fact that .with the decay of mining, transportation in any considerable vol ume, must of necesa It y cease forever. and as a consequence our great and densely populated cities must Inevitably fall Into decay andrulnL leavlngnQjno?L live for "commerce, and furthermore re turn to the soil, which bodea no good to its present occupants, and no lasting good to those who seise it to destroy or nnslave Its natural owners. Right along with trie-history of min ing Is written the history of the world, and on the fate of the mining industry hangs the fste of all Its people, for without great cities, great fortunes and great enterprises, how 'can any people be called great? That agriculture- can be successfully carried on, whether mining continues or not, is a delusion of the first magnitude that may Just ss well be abandoned one time aa another. Agriculture, other than that of aavages, requires a mar ket, and in order to have a market we muat have a class that are non producers of agricultural products. This class congregated In any considerable numbers constitutes a city, and the ex change of products between city snd country requires transportation facili ties, which in turn require the employ ment of Iron and steel and other metals, and th consumption of coal, all of which must first be brought from the mines before "either city or eountry ean be accommodated. Could anything be ' gained by dis couraging the business of "mining or limiting its output at ths present time? Not by any meana. The only oourse open is to continue -' In - eur headlong career and let the remote future take care of Itself. The demand for metal la aa Imperative aa the demand for bread, if one considers th needs of to morrow, and to undertake now to cur tail the aupply would result In Immedi ate hardship to all. , No doubt mining wilt eventually be conducted under government super vision, and Its ' products stored and meted u'. only aa absolute - necessity demands, but when that time arrives,. the age of apeculatlon and fortune building will perhapa have passed by to return no more. We are living In an age of oppor tunity; let us seize and, moreover, ap preciate Its wonderful advantages while we may, for the boundless privileges ws now enjoy cannot last always, and may be withdrawn at any time. -. Mi L, Kh.IZl.-B The Baloea QnerUoa. Portland, Nov. 25. To the Editor of The Journal I would like to make a few suggestion-to saloonkeepers and temperance advocates. The salbon Is considered a necessary evil and often a den of vice, while the drink habit is a curse to humanity. , Now, the saloon keeper pays more tax and higher rents than any other business man In th land: therefore his business should be entitled to Just and fair consideration. Would It not be a good plan to have saloons run wide open: te.. Just like mercantile houses? No screens, blinds, curtains or stained glass; let every one look In. ' This plan would aid the owner In con ducting - an -orderly : place, Just ti I butcher or grocer does, and treatly aid th police In enforcing law and order. Of course. It would close - some sa loons, aa their patron would leave the city for the city' good, and th pro prietors of low saloons would either have to go to work or emigrate. This plan of conducting saloons is not an ex periment, but has been tried., and ap proved in aeveral cities. -. ----- "TEX." - A Blagraoefal Standard. Portland, Nov. 2S. To the Kdltor.of The Journal "U I up to the young men of the town who make that home (the Florence Crtttenton) a necessity to send a few turkey anonymously." Oregonlan. A hem, a city, approximates Its standard. A th standard Is rstsed, so I raised th moral tone; a It la lowered so Is lowered the mors I tone. Such an editorial a th one from which those lines ere quoted will do more to lower the standards, to-put vie In th light of a mere eccentricity of gay young men, a alight offense to be readily con doned, than a whole book ful ef . "Bur glar Dick" yarns. The very ton of ths suggestion, which I will grsnt was In tended In a generous way, tends to make tight Df man' rsnonslb41Hy-tn- manner that cannot fall to be perni cious. Why not suggest to the murderers of the, town that they send turkeys to Portland's -orphan? . To tha , hold-up men, that they send turkeys to working girls whom they have Impoverished by an occaalonal wayside encounter? To the saloon keepers that they send few turkeys to the families they have made; worse than fatherless? This would bo Just as -much in' keeping with a respectable standard as th original suggestion to the young men of Port land. ' And another thing: How do th "young men of th town" like this wholesale classification with the Flor ence Crtttenton refugees? Is It any more pleasant for a Portland mother to think of her son, one of '"th yonng men of th town" In tht connection, than It would be to think of her daugh ter aa an Inmate of thla very deserving Institution? Does a father relish the idea of having his boy, whom ha Is proudly watching develop Into ambi tious manhood, connected with such "young men of th town?" Indignation felt' over this lightness of treatment of a very grave evil, this general settling of vice Indiscriminately on the shoulders of "th young men of th town" Is fully Justified. B. J. D. The Roeebutg Review of November 34 published -this statement across the top of It first page: "Luscious ripe strawberries, grown near Boseburg In the open air, wer on sal In th local market today. Mo bllssards hers." BIRDSEYE VIEWS cf TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHANOK. ' Don't forget ths homeless kids. 7'And In all thlnrs gtv thanks." .' ; , .'e e ' . " Winter's advance - agent has been "positr"-'round." " '... '. e -a The turkey that had boot aooetlt or digestion Is in luck. It Is neerly time for congress to ad journ for the holidays. e e "' "' -. We suppose Bon! will be allowed to retain hla maiden name. : . . '. ,,: .. e It's rather easy for some people to Imagine that turkey la too dry. . - e - Most adults are babies yet In want ing something to amuse them. ." " a e V , It will be akldon't for a aood tnanv who think they have aolved th skldoo pussle. '..'. i " " t -e ; r--- But- It seems, from reading divorce court .news, that we have trial mar riages now, '"".z. ' ; - . - lie--eeplng-Over-ihe-Jiltlna-of Bill Corey by Mabell Oilman wakes no grest noise in the land. ... - Yet there are oult a rood man mar. ried people who, for one reason or an other, will stand pat - v r e - - - ' ' , That automobiles are to he a kun. dred dollars higher next year doe not interest most people. - Still. It IS doubtful If the late Herr Most would' hsve accepted Mr. C. E. 8. Wood as a full-fledged brother anarch 1st - Again the waving of a red petticoat haa saved a train. Girls who walk along a railroad track should wear red petticoata. , ' . e e If the audience la larger and more en- thuslaatlo than was anticipated. Caruso may take chances on pinching a few other- women. , . . .,.- - . ''.. As soon a Thanksgiving la over the business of buying Christmas presents begins. It's little peace a person with any money get. - If you mis a fin Thanksgiving din ner, you won't know th difference next week, but think how you would ever lastingly regret pot seeing that football game. - --- ; Homer Davenport's horse-trainer had small praise for the half-tailed horse at th New Tork horse show, but the feminine gowns snd hat war beyond criticism. . If a- person had the difference be tween what" George Ade gets for hi lit erary atuff and what soma unknown fellow could sell the same froth for, he could buy a lot of choice Portland real estate. Some Odd Railroad Statutes From th New York Sua. - - -Montana . requires Its railroads to maintain a station at plotted townsltes of 100 Inhabltanta or more. Thirty ette have eta t railroad com missions, io of which have power to fix rate on purely atat traffic. Intoxication while on duty I mis demeanor for a railroad employs In California, and If death results, a fel ony. California makes the wrecking of a train or an engine a felony punishable by death or life Imrlsonment, at the option of th Jury. , . Railroad running within three miles of a county et In Oklahoma muat build a line through th county, seat and es tablish a station. In South Carolina It I a misdemeanor for the conductor of a trolley car to re fuse to separate negroes and whit peo ple. California haa mad It a misdemeanor to transport cattle, sheep or swine la carload lots Tor more than St hours without stopping for 10 hours' rest Virginia ha found It necessary to paaa a law declaring that for all legal purposes the word "railroad" and "rail way" are to be considered synonymous. In Maasachuaetts th Illegal ami of street railway transfers Is made punish abl by a fin not exceeding ISO or Im prisonment for not mor then SO days. Th legislature of Washington at Its Istest seeelon psssed a law making the maximum railroad fare for adult S cant a mil, and for children 1V4 cents. A trolley company In Vermont whose cars fall to come to a full stop and display a signal at a grade railroad crossing Is subject to a fine of 121 for each omission. By th terms of a new" statute In r Pnlltlcat ftolanca Review. . According to Plutarch, Romulus, af ter forming the army, employed the rest of the people aa th cltlaen body, the multitude he called populua, and ap pointed 1 100 nobles to be councilors, whom he called patricians. nd their assembly the senate. There can be no doubt therefor, a to th opinion of th ancient writers. They believed that from tha beginning social distinctions exlstsd naturally within the populus Romanus, and that these distinctions were mede th basis Of an official division of th people into noble and commons, pstrlotl and pleba, by the government This view is not only reasonable In Itself, but Is supported, as ws shall see, by analogies drawn from many other state. All th source mak th patriciate depend upon th connection with the senate, Dlonyslus alone ahowtng some Inconsistency on thla point . Why ths senators wer called pstre th ancient glv various reasons. Clcore thinks pa tree a term of endearment; Sallust be lieves that th nam waa applied either becauae of age or because of th lml larlty of their duty; Llvy sets It down ss a title of honor; Festus thinks chief ly of their age and wlsdomi Paulus, his rpltomstor, suggests that they wsrs so called because they divided their lands among ths poorer clsss as fathers among children; Dlonyslus gives three possible ressons: (1 grester sge! (J) possession of children; () family repu tation. . .. The sources generally agree In repre senting the patre as mea who la eg, The Senate in Days of Old (II OREGON 6IDELICHTS-. Shooting matches furnishes sport In Haines. -- k: . Now that Rainier has a" new' phone system a park is talked of. Rainier I bound to be quite a big town. . ' During October th milk from ' fiv cows of a Hillside farm yielded I7T.10. or an average of S15.4S each. The best oow, a Holsteln, yielded 1,214 lbs. of milk worth about til. -,' ' e The Albany Democrat telle an "In quirer" the substance of the ten com mandments. As - long aa th eountry ha such accomplished editor it Isn't really neoessary for people to. buy .Bible. . ' ..' TV ' .. e a .... , , ;:. ... In consequence of the recent ralna and -warm winds, the Wallowa at Lostln was higher thaa for SO years, overflow ing Its banks and cutting new channels, carrying with it fences, trees, bridges -and foot logs that have served resi dent for a quarter of a century. ' f " i ' " ; . Co rvallle Times: The hog Idea 4 worth attention. ..Wilbur Starr kept one sow over last winter aa capital with which to begin the year's business in hogs. He sold a few days ago I1SS worth6fhogs snd ' halw6 - left aat stock with which to do business another . year.-The; onlyfeed Used waa screen ings. . v Two Toncalla young men wer . ar rested for fighting and the temporary recorder asked them: "Are you guilty ot not guilty?" They both answered "not guilty." "Then." said th re corder, "hold up your hand and be sworn." They obeyed and the' oath as follows . wss . administered: "You do solemnly swar that you have, told th truth?" They both answered, "Yes, your honor." "Very well, then, I-will fine each of you It and costs," A month or so ago Th Journal re printed from th Toledo (Oregon) Re porter an Item about a man who pulled .up an apple sprout along th railroad right of way, which grew Into a large tree, bearing fine applea, for which & name was . wanted. Th little story was . reprinted In New York, -Lo Angela and elsewhere, and Mr. D.-V. WUerry. of Lo Angeles writes to The Journal auggestlng the "RIght-of-Way" aa a suitable nam for th apple. So per hapa in a few years we shall have some other ."Just aa good" apples on the Ore gon .'market called the "RIght-of-Way." ...- A Crook county rancher, who hae lived there SO years, says tha climate has changed greatly; that SO yeara ago it waa SS degree below zero and the Co lumbia froze at The Dalles so that cattle could be driven : across nearly every winter; that 21 years ago no small fruits could be raised In Crook county, while now they are ralsod - with - but Utile trouble; that the change ooourred not gradually, but about 114, since when the winters have been warmer and the summer cooler than, before; that year. Some other confirm this, but still others tbink th change Is imag inary. , . ... , ,.s . Michigan. In a suit by or against a rail road company tha books of the company are subject to th inspection of th attorney-general of the state. The state f Mlsslsatnpl tiae effected -an Increase of about $11,000,000 In th amount of taxabl property In the atat by a recent adjustment In the sssess ment ef railroads. In Minnesota, railway, telegraph and express statlona must boar the local nam of the community, unless It is llknty to be confused with the names of other atatlona on the same line. California rejoices In a law making the circulation of fraudulent reports re garding the value of stork of a cor poration formed In the state a felony, punishable by two yeara' Imprisonment -or IS.S00. fine or-both. Down In Georgia the supreme court has concluded that an engineer I not Justified on acting on the presumption that V child of tender yeara on a rail road track will appreciate Its danger and use the discretion of an adult la getting out JT the way of aa approach- ' Ing train? According to a recent act of th legls- ' lature ot that state, Florida railroad falling to pay a claim for loss or dam- . age within SO daya must pay tt per cent on th Judgment obtained by th ' claimant In excess of th amount Of fered by th railroad' In settlement ef the claim. Th mar fact that a great many pee pl have been la th habit of using a railroad trestle aa a footbridge and that th railroad company ha mad no com plaint says - th court of appeal la Kentucky, doe not gtv th people any special right on th brldg or compel th railroad company t exercise a spe cial degree of ear la their safety. - honor, authority, and duty tood toward th rt of th cltliens a a father toward hla ohlldren, and In Identifying thea oclal-polltloal patres with the senators. Aa examination of th word "- Itself will tend to confirm the ancient view. It seem to bav originally signi fied protector," "keeper," "nouiiaher," heno "owner," -"master.' Pater faml-" lla Is nourlshsr, protector,' and master of a household. la 1st Roman law th term continued to refer not necessarily to actual parentage, but rather to th -legal position of th head of a house- ' hold; In fact, It Is only In a distinctly ' derived sens that pater come to sig nify th mala parent Ides early at- ' tachtng to the word.' accordingly, ar, those of power or authority and agJ Ths senate, this word Indicates, waa , originally mad up of elderly men, sen ators, malores, natu. It would be nat ural to call thera patres because of thslr authority over the community or of their age. Aa a designation of rsnk, peter, excepting la Jest Is always pin- ral an Indication that the .authority and dignity did not attach to th Indi vidual noble but to th senators col lectively; they were eolleotlvely patre 'of th community, not Individually pa- ' tree of children, ellenta, or gnte. . But whea In time a limited number ef fam ... Ilia) monopolised th senate, th term could easily be extended to the entire privileged circle, meaning those with hereditary right to authority over the , rest of th community, though In th source the pstres are generally sena- ' ' rrs, tha word Is sometime synony mous with pairicw. ., , , . . 1
