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" BAIL! AND H'tiUiT. ; -0m
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In the true lift of the In-.-dividual,
each day it the begin,
ning of new year W.- G.-r
Jordon,!..-.,---
A VALUABLE CONVICTION.
rjHE CONVICTION o f J. W.
- I Reed , yesterday of participa
tion in the election frauda
committed last ' June itf ; preciftct 37,
Sellwood, is a decisive and important
victory for the cause of honest, law-
- ful elections' in "this Stafe,and7par
tietilarly in this city.. In "order to
defeat prohibition in that precinct,
a large number of illegal . voters
.were colonized and kept over night
in a hotel in the vicinity, and next day
their ballots were, accepted upon affi
davits made by men who, in many
cases, knew nothing pf the voters to
whose ; eligibility as electors they
made oath. The fraud was open,
: gross and palpable, at every one con-
- nected with it, including the election
board, must have known. Reed Was
- -A- in wrtrV1 nt fraudulent
conspiracy, active in securing men
' to vote in precinct 37 who had, as he
knew and they knew, no right to
vote there, and in securing affidavits,
in effect false and fraudulent, to sus
tain these ballots. Everybody knew
immediately after the election that
impudent and audacious, frauds had
been perpetrated in precinct 37, and
now, after more than six months, one
of the guilty men has been duly con-
. victed.. And other convtcttew
doubtless follow.
These convictions will be worth all
they cost It is exceedingly impor
tant that we have fair, honest, clean
elections, that the ballot-box be kept
pure, that only men entitled under
the law to vote are allowed to vote,
' and that all legal votes are honestly"
.,'. counted; and the conviction' of ;these
offendera will serve to prevent such
i frauds hereafter. , Men will realize
as they have never done before that
the election law really nfeans some
thing and must be obeyed, and that
. criminal infraction of it will be pun
ched. ; '' ' ' '
This conviction is especially a vic-
- tory for The Journal, that exposed
the attempted wholesale affidavit
frauds of two and a half years ago
and prevented them, and that fought
for an amendment to the law making
-such frauds more difficult This pa
per has insistently demanded a law
sufficient to-protect the ballot-box
and then its rigid inforcement, and
: this conviction and Others doubtless
to follow are highly : gratifying and
valuable results due in part to The
Journal's unceasing warfare against
corrupters of the ballot.
Other trials should follow as speed
ily as possible, and the dfrty "mess at
precinct 37 cleaned up, but in such a
way that those who made it will have
no imitators hereafter, The' defense
; of Reed -that on somebody's alleged
say to he supposed he was doing no
' wrong was, as Judge Frazer said, ut
. terly untenable, and contemptible.
Under such a theory any one could
steal or commitTany crime, pleading
that he had heard that the act was
not a crime. Let the convictions go
on, vherever the evidence proves
guilt, and let due an d sure putiis
ment follow. This is just what is
needed to-make our election laws re
spected and to insure their observ
ance. REFORMING . WATER SYSTEM
JTT-FHERE IS considerable out-
I , spoken objection to the pro
: posed changes of rates to be
recommended by the water commis
sion, and there is bound to be strong
and well-grounded objection to any
patchwork reform, such as raising
rates a' little here and lowering them
a little there. This may accomplish
small results that are desirable be
cause slightly more just than those
obtained tinder the present system;
but it is a complete change of sys
tem, to make it rest squarely and
Tettrdly on brnaI-pcinciplr of. justice
and equity, of "equal rights to all
and special privilege to non,e," that
is tnee4l".7".''?""''"r"T
' As The Journal has stated before,
ili ground for the establishment of
equitablt utta for. the water con-
fnn Jettons should first I
requiring the.public.tg
pay" for the.water.it consumes, and
by taxing the cost of new ., mains
against the property through which
they are laid. Men with large tract
of suburban property ought to have
to pay Joe the mama that add greatly
to the value of such property, and
without which their lor would be un
salable for residence purposes. Such
property should pay for: water mains
just the (Same as it has. to pay for
sewers or street improvements. ' And
the taxpayers as whole ought to
pay for water used for public pur
poses, as, indeed, was originally con
t em pi at ed. 1X-L. . :' ' '..
IIayingprovided these two natur
ally just and fair foundation stones
for the water system, the third one
should be composite, its first material
being a minimum rate of. 50 cents a
month to aH consumers, and the sec
ond a" rate to provide for the needed
baJanceTln- proportion to the water
consumed, for which purpose meters
are .indispensable. .
.The poor householder should get
what water he needs at small cost,
and under this system he would do
o. generaly" for 50 or 75 cents '
month; but he should not get it for
nothing. LH jt not a . pauper, and
should pay for costly things he must
have, but care should be taken that
he does not pay more in proportion
than larger consumers. And beyond
this arbitrary minimum base every
consumer should pay for just what he
uses, at the rate necessary to raise
the required Amount of revenue. And
the only possible way in which this
result can be brought about is by
the establishment of meters on all
delivery pipes. -
Fixed on this basis, the system
would give 'as nearly as possible a
square deal", to everybody, - The
btfgfejandholder, would- have to- pay
for the mains that make his property
salable; the taxpayer who is not a
water consumer would have to help
pay for water for public use; the poor
householder v would get water at
small cost; and large water-users and
wasters wocld have to pay fqr all
they consumed. ' It1: is only along
these lines that the water system
can be rightly reformed. . 1 ;
RESIDENT. AND PRIZE.
HE BIG Nobel prize awarded
to "President Roosevelt will
be put to what he considers
the best use that can be made pf it,
and it will be generally agreed that
he has chosen well, if, as has been
reported, he has decided to make it
the nucleus of a fund for promotin
and preserving not international, but
domestic, and particularly, industrial
peace. His reported intention is to
convey the turn, nearly $40,000, to
trustees, who are to invest it, along
with such other contributions as his
noted one may prompt, the income to
be paid over to committee of six
to be selected by the truestees, three
representing labor and three capital,
to be chosen for distinguished serv
ices in promoting industrial peace.
They shall use the income in holding
an annual "industrial peace conven
tion," and such other similar assem
blies as may be desirableSPin indus
trial crises. The, income from $40,
000 will not go very far, but. much
good may be indirectly accomplished,
for more people prominent in both
labor and capitalistic circles are com
ing to recognize the utility and need
of some mutual means of averting
prolonged and disastrous contests,
and will listen to the voice of the
peacemakers; and then some rich
people,, on . dying or during - their
lives, may contribute other large
sums to the fund thus started, so as
to make the work more effective.
' Alfred R. Nobel was a Swedish
scientist, the inventor of dynamite,
who, .on dying ten years ago, be
queathe'd hit fortune of $9,000,000 to
trustees to be used for "the good of
humanity." The income was to be di-
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tu be
awarded respectively to the persons
making the most important discover
ies in the fields of chemistry, "medi
cine,, physics," imaginative , literature,
and humanitarian - progress.- The
last designation, under which the
Roosevelt plan would 'be in conso
nance with the testator's purpose
though this is not necessary is de
fined as "an award to the person
who has worked most or best for the
fraternization ; of nations, "and " trie
abolishment or reduction of 'standing
armies, and to the calling and propo-
gating of peace congresses." It. is
supposed the award was made by the
Nobel fund committee to President
Roosevelt principally on account of
his efforts to bring about peace be
tween Russia-and Japan.
. The president might have pocketed
the. money. though inanolhef-aspext
he couldn't, and so he meant to put
It to' work in his own coantry to do
whaf" goo 3""if tcan m ""promoting in
dustrial peace, which is quite as) im
portant and rather more practical
than abolishing the ttandirfg armies
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE. YOU WAIT.
Edward's Subjects.
Kin Edward -has In Asia more than
300.000, 000 subjects. trrAmerlca 7,400,
000. In Africa about 43.000.000. In Aua
trails ovr 6.000.000, and tn Kurop. ovr
42.000.000. Cbuairylnff thm broadly by
rollirtona. ther ar 0l. 000.000 Hindoos,
I4.000.00JI - Mohammodarts, SS.000.000
Christians. 12.000,000 Buddhlata, and
11,000,000 of varlout paaan or non-
Christian retltrtona. , . ., ,-
, December 15 in History. -1814
Tha Hartford eonventlon k
opened. ,.-,'
l7l-"Boaa" Tweed arrated on
chars of felony and confined In tha
Metropolitan botl. Now York.
180 Sioux Chief Sitting- Bull killed
In skirmish with Indiana In South Da
kota. - '....
1SSS Calvin B. Brlca, American fi
nancier, died. Born Heptember. 7, 1S4S.
18t Boer defeated tha British at
th Tua-ela. - " ;"''.
1900 Queen wllhelmlna of tha Neth
erlanda srave a dinner to, Mr. Kruter.
1S0Z Venesuelan aovernment ap
pealed throiiRh United States for arbi
tration of European claims. .
Victor. t
In
A lonesome warrior, nm
ver one more
..... brave, . '
Discreet, considerate and arave.
He foug-ht some nobla battles, but he
cave ..-..--. , -
No voice to fame, and passed away-un-
Known. j 7"- ......
So trandly to oeeaaions did ha rise.
So splendid wore the victories no
planned.
That all tho world had asked him to
command, .
Could It his natWa valor understand
Ho fought himself, and, winning, gained
tho prise. IronquflL
; Modern Proverbt.
From Ufa.
Bailors aro fond of port. :
Pawnbrokers prefer hock.
Puglliats like claret punch. . - -
Artillerymen approve of highballs.
Thin men relish stout .
Tha luggage-burdened traveler asks
for porter.
Cotton growers must have their gin.
rrTh07aJd;7narr-wantis a 'nigh tea p of
some warm stuff. .
Tha drowning man eraves something
extra dry.
Gonsalo de Quesada's Birthday.
OonxaW da Quesada, tho Cuban diplo
mat and author, was born in Havana.
December IS, 1861. educated In the pub
lic schools of New York, and graduated
from tho University of tho City of Now
Tort His publio career, though It
dates back but a comparatively few
years, has been a notable one. Ho was
delegate to tha Pan-American con fed -
erance, COnSUl Of the Arnlln nui.l
lid in x-nuaaeipnia, secretary or tna Cu
ban revolutionary party, .and In 189 J
of the nations. The president's ef
forts to end the anthracite coal strike,
to secure shorter hours jfor. some
kinds of labor, his approval "of the
employers' liability law, and other
of his acts and expressions, show
him to be deeply interested in then
cause of labor, and he professes he
is also a friend of capital when it is
properly used; and to help maintain
peace and good will between these
two great forces of civilization and
progress, he considers the' best use
he can make of this money. How
much good it may accomplish cannot
be foretold, but the purpose' aimed at
is worthy of the provider of the
fund and the winner of this prize. '
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" MINISTER BARRETT.
R, JOHN BARRETT, minis-
to Colombiarhowflt
the guest of honor at a
banquet Monday evening, is a visitor
whom Portland cordially welcomes,
partly because he made this his home
for several years just prior to his
entrance upon his diplomatic career,
and still calls Portland his home city,
and partly because of the high degree
of success he has won in' that career,
through his talents,' industry and
faithful - performance of - duty. As
minister to Siam he made a good
record in a not very easy post; as
European commissioner for the St
Louis fair he was eminently success
ful; his advice when minister to Pan
ama, was considered valuable, andas
minister to Colombia he has done
much to bring about a renewal of
cordial relations between that coun-
ti y jiul tlltr
Bogota it Was ' a post of some em
barrassment, because Colombia held
the United States responsible for the
loss of Panama, but Mr. Barrett has
been very cordially received and has
done much outside of the mere rou
tine of his official duties to please
the Colombians and to bring the two
countries into closer and more har
monious relations.
- Mr.- Barrett stands high' with the
administration, and , in consequence
of Secretary Root's desire, it is said,
he will soon become the head of the
Bureau of American Republics, an or
ganization designed to stimulate and
develop the commercial, political and
social intercourse of these couifffles,
and particularly, jt may be said," of
the United States with the rest. Un
der his management this organization
is likely-io-d-gfei-goQ4. 7
Mr. Barrett, on his own merits,
has risen M a position of prominence
and importance, and anything that
he, can do lor Oregon, where he got
his start, he will not only cheerfully
but zealously do. Whatever be says
of tke
charge de'affairea of tho repubile of
Cuba in Washington., In .1100 he was
special commissioner for Cuba to the
United States. Ha was commissioner
for Cuba to tho Parla exposition, and
was made a chevalier of the I,eglon of
Honor of France In ISOt. M. Quesada
was elected a member of the Cuban con
gress In 1901 from IMnar del Rio. later
becoming envoy extraordinary of tho re
publics at Washington.
. -: i Dog Is Drum Boy. . '
A eurioua custom connected with the
Servian army la the manner In which
most of tha reglmonts carry the big
arum, it is not, as In most .countries,
slung, in front of tha man who plays It,
but is placed upon a small two-wheeled
cart drawn by a large dog. which has
been so trained that It keeps Its place
even through tho longest and i most
tedious of marches. The drummer takes
p a position behind the cart and per-forma-a-lha.Jtistiiuw8ii(
as tf moves
along.
' Some Bulletins.
They who sponge for a riving should
do made to throw it up,
Thanks, with some ceople. Is a same
or give and take. -
Tho unsuccessful musician may still
be a man of note. . .
A falsa beard is something in the na
ture of a bare-faced lie. v - , -
Tho coming man Is tho one who can
make a go of It.
It s merely a Question of time "What
o'clock Is Itr.
Tou may bo thankful for ono thing.
and that is, that you havo so many
tilings to no thankful for. :
The turkey's hopes aro blasted now.
For weeks they've seemed to wob-
' ble; ... ,
He knows tho day Is near at hand
When folks will say of him, .
"He's grand!" -
And gobble, gobble, gobble. 1 ' -
' Philadelphia Bulletin.
To Young Lady.
Sweet stream that winds through yon
der glade. ,
Apt emblem of a vfrtuous maid! '
Silent and chaste she steals along.
Far from tho' world's gay busy throng;
With gentle, yet prevailing force.
Intent opon her destined course; - ' '
Graceful and useful all she doosT
Blessing and blest wher'er sha soes:-
tPure-bosbmedTas Jht watery glass, -
And heaven reflected tn her face,
. William Cowper.
' " One. Day Late.
Ernest had been to a' children's party
and eaten all that hetould possibly put
beneath his little blouse; but It nearly
broke hi heart to think ha could not do
greater Justice to tho feast of good
things before him. A bright Idea came
to "htm. - Early -next morning ha went
around to tho scene of the festivities.
snd on being asked by Mrs.; Johnson
- k h -iH HI.- -..lli.-r
ranike
all tha things I couldn't oat yosterday,
please." . ,
canot fail to be of interest, snd he
will -find himself "at home" here.
In four cities the bank clearings
for the week show-a falling off
from the figures of the correspond
ing week in 1905. The greatest-gain
was made on the coast, and Portland
stands second,, with: 46 per cent in
crease. It is a pleasure to be able to
say that Seattle is the leader in the
per cent of increase this week; when
not occupying tnai post- 1
tion we find encouragement in the
knowledge that a coast city -is our
. . . . . .
IITI lit KIUWWl Ui UU91I1C99.
A New Yorker, for whom a doctor
had prescribed a powder and a porous
plaster, cut "the plaster "into small
pieces, sprinkled, them with the pow
der, and swallowed the mixture. He
physically 1
ethlrTwhen he T
called in, the doctor, but his mind
continues to be of the same rare
brilliance as before, and adequately
qualifies him as a juror it) any case
and a voter at any election. , t ,
Congress, which takes its religion,
manners and politics from Mr. Roose
velt, lias declined to accept its spell
ing' from the same source, the inti
mation .being that on air important
matters it shall exercise its own judg
ment I ''.' 7 "
OHSSBBBMsOlsasaaSBSSSjasSBSBSSHBSBISBSBISBBW '
Mr. Rockefeller Does Not Care
who makes the laws, of the .country
as long as he is allowed to select
the 'juries. . ' ', - y- - . .-: '
The Voices of the People, .g, dearwKTa toast that ie
By Ella Wheeler Wileo.
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Oh, I hear the people calling through
, the day time and the night time
They ore calling, they sre crying for
the coming of the right time.
It behooves you, men and .women, It bo
hooves you to bo heeding.
For there lurks a note of menace under
neath their plaintlvo pleading.
. . -. '
Ift tho land usurpers listen. Jet the
greedy-hearted ponder.
On the meaning of the. murmur, rising
here and swelling yonder; -
Swelling louder, waxing stronger, like a
storm-fed stream trial courses
Through the valleys, down abysses,
. growing, gaining with new forces.
Day by day the river Videns, that great
river of opinion, '
And its torrent heats and plunges at
tha base of greed's dominion.
Though you dam It by oppression and
fling golden bridges o'er it, -
Tet th day and hous advances when in
fright you flea before it.
Ts, I hear the people calling, through
tho night time and the day time
Wretched toilers In life's Autumn,
' weary y song" ones in life's Msy
time. . .
They aro crying, they aro calling, for
lhelr.sris.re of work and pleasure.
Tow ro-twsni" h- pouexof er while
you give them scanty measure;
Ton hsve otolen God's wide acres, Just
to glut your swollen punwa
On, restore them to his ehlldren ere
their pleading turns to curses.
Letters From the
People - i :
. ''Mtunanltr and immortality.
Blem.Or Doc, II. To the Bditor of
TBS journal AS tO IPO QUesnun
bated in your columns, "Immortality
and Humanity were It -not -tor,, the
gravity lf tho subject tho discussion
would partake largely of the farcical
a wladjam of words. It Is a waste of
precious time in -this hurrying life to
rive attention to Uudaon's far-fetched,
strained and baseless theories on soul
science. Had Mr. Hudson put forth a
tltho of the skill and vim in an honest
search for tho exact truth as to the at
tributes and Dossibllitiea of the spirit
and soul of man. after tho event called
death, that ha has In conjuring (also
thnrlM , lhn name, -he could surely
and safely have "planted his errant feet
oft the bedrock of a personal knowledge
tlTat would havo been to him a priceless
treasure. lie would havo learned for
himself that "there Is no death; what
seems so IS transition I mat mo
called dead arejUlyoMUM....
Fleaso. allow me to nrieny toucn on
n article by Ella Wheeler Wilcox in
The Journal of Jecember -1 1 bn 'Sul-
old;" After stating the important fact
that life cannot be destroyed, tho au-
thor refers to E. C - Randall's book.
Life's Progression," ' as containing
more "truth than Is preached In all
tha churches of the world., but depre
cates tho methods by which tho facts
contained In the book were" -received
declaring it necessitates the martyr
dom of a human life, I personally nd
positively know the distinguished au
thor quoted In this Use conclusion ' is
In error. Every other point In her ar
ticto Is - fully-lndorsed Any clean.
minded, upright "roon can personally
prove tha truth of all other points In
tho article referred to. There la a pos
sibility of tho martyrdom apoken or,
but this la not needful to tho gain
ing of the fullest practical knowledge
of what awatta us after tho change
culled death. ' .
Nona should yield his personality to
any force in or out of the mortal.
Only in such yielding does tho danger
pf obsession. Styled by Mrs. Wlleog
martyrdom, come In. ' ' '
I have written tho foregoing with the
possibility looming up that It may all
Slip easily Into the yawning depths of
the 1 capacious waste-basket, but - hope
Tho Journal's Jury haji evoluted beyond
tha Irish Justice who could more easily
render a decision when there was no
oppasiB--tettm"ny: J. BIODON.
. Only tho Bailroad Knows.
"Madras, Or.. Dec. 13. To tho Kill tor
of Tho Journal Will you please ox
plain through your columns why tho
railroads aro allowed to rob trie people
In tho following manner: A dtlxen of
this place cams from Portland on Sep
tember 2. , Tho ticket offlco at Pott
land did not open that day until- 30
mlnutea before train time. Tho ruah
was great and within 10 mlnutea of tho
time tho local to Biggs was to leave
there was such a, crush in ths baggage-
room that he found It lmpossfbletq
lcheck - - hi birtgero'JtTtglted tho agent
at Shanlko to havo It forwarded, which
the agent promptly neglected 1 to : do.
After threo weeks' time, upon being re
quested a second time, tho agent had
the baggage forwarded with charges of
$1.65. Transportations ' from Sbanlko
being very bad, tha trunk was at the
warehouse some time, and when tho
owner got tho opportunity to take tha
same it cost him 15.50 to remove It. -EDW.
P. ROBlSOtf.
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There are two things hard to under-staniltFitBtr-why-people,
whotBrough
necessity or misfortune havo to travel,
aro compelled to pay tho railroad for
mistakes it makes; and, second, why the
people stand the-Irritating imposition,
which is aggravated by the railroad's
what-are-you-golng-to-do-about-it man-net-.
Ed. Journal. . - .
, . More Bkidoo.
'- Portland, Doc l.-rTo tho .Editor of
? Journal I seAd -you herewith tho
greatest skldoo pusslo of this or any
other ago. Of course, you recognise
this should bo submitted to the higher
grades of Bkidoo clubs only, as It might
possibly paralyse tho Skldoo brains of
tho lower grades and cause untold harm
to the coming race: . -s .
John Johnson.-. tho sheep - king ' of
Bkidoo county, made arrangements with
three sheepherders . at the following
ntH! 1,-iip m r SS--ahBljB kent 23 dava
they were to receive Jointly S. Kor
every II lamba kept 23 days they were
to receive It cents Jointly.. When John
son left the sheep with ths herders
there were 2t times as many sheep as
limbs; every night after that there
were 23 lambs born and tha coyotes
would get away with 23 sheep every
night. On the 23d day when Johnson
returned he found 23 .tiroes a many,
lambs as sheep. Ha called his herders
and paid them according to rata agreed
upon, share and share alike.
Question: How many lambs did
Johnson havo the first day? -Answer
23 lambs. V , ;
How many sheep did Johnson nave
tho last dayt Answe-23 sheep.
How much did Johnson pay 'each
herder? Answer $33. '
O. W., 233 Broadway 8t.
All the Ear-Msrks.
The lata Barney Owens, tha noted olj
horseman of Point Breeze, had a flni
sense of humor, and at a dinner that
ha aava'ona Christmas to soma 'New
Jeraey politicians, he impressed Memarirpr Wealth, will no more buy tnem
nrononed.
"A toast to politics." ho-began. ' "A
toast to politics and, politicians.
"I know a man whose son 1 10 yesrs
old. To find out what his son's tastes
were,-this man put in tho boy's roont
one day a Bible bottle of whiskey
ani a IS bill, i 1 -
' 'if he takes tho Bible,' . tho father
said te himself. It's a sign he's going
to be a preacher. If ho takes tho money,
he'll be a business man. If he takes the
whiskey,' he'll bw no good a drunkard.'
."And he. crawled under tho bed and
waited for tho boy to come In.
"When tho boy came he was whist
ling. He ran to the table like a shot
snd took the money snd put it In his
pocket. He took the Bible and put tt
under his arm. He uncorked the bottle
ot whiskey, took two or three drinks,
smacked his Hps snd went out whist
ling again. .
"By. Jingo,' said the fatherJerawling
out from under the bed1 Tie'sl going to
bo a politician.'"., - f . 1
No Foreclosing,on Mortgages. .
The ifan Francisco savfhga banks de
clare that Instead of foreclosing nnon
mortgages as ha been widely reported.
Interest Is being paid with more regu
larity than beforo the April disaster.
The b.nks a re not loading up with prop,
erty' taken unde foreclosure, On the
cor f rTJvr"therp-tiitsJ ."heen a " surprising
falling off in the number f foreclos
ures, and1 tho few foreclosure suits In
stituted have been, tar tho most. part,
friendly suits to establish tithes,
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ff f "D IRDSEYE VIEWS Innf
liJ I i-. TIMELY TOPICS M
' SMALL CHANGS.
the same, as tn the good eld summer
time.: -.. 7 --,
It a up to tha Texas legislature to
say whether Senator Bailey has ex
plained, J -,-"- ,,
The Ponullsta have decided to stilt
They quit aomo years aa-o. but wouldn't
relieve tne news.
Another weighty reason for ' a htm
navy is that It affords fine berths for
a lot or-aorfieers.
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Moreover, tho early Christmas snoo
per's bills don't come in any earlier
man tne lata buyers.
Congress takes the first opportunity
I?- 'TiH1! rHTn-orouinbred -racehorses, "raised nea?
-03eHonan. ;. , ...
It la not of record that tha president
followed tha simplified system of spell
ing In writing to tho Storors.
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Of course Santa Claus has been 'up
around tho north pole, but he didn't
keep any record pt tho latitude.
A- lot of federal buildings, for nearly
all the larger towns of Oregon, are also
wanted, for Christmas presents, pre
sumably, ' f --. , , ."'
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If tho Callfornlans aren't good. Root
may be sent out to lecture them. Taft
wouldn't do; they would think ha Was
winking the other eye. .
Count Bont says he cares nbthlng for
tho comments of American newspapers.
Horse and horse; they care nothing
what ho doea or doean't care.
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Nicola Tesla says he ranks - among
the foremost men of tho ago. A lot of
men who do not amount to much think
It they do not 'say the same . about
themselves. ' r., 1 . ' . . ,
admirable thing about moat wo
men Is that they don't pretend to know
or wast to know anything about . the
tariff. Mlaa TarbelL la of course, ths
IHueti Sfms exception. "
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Noblemen In portions of Russia aro
subsisting on an enforced diet of rice
and rye, barotitis of tha hostility of
rounding peasants,
for some of them.
It's
good enough
The Astorlan reports that tho cigar
dealers, saloonmon and gamblers , of
Portland will havo a candidate for
mayor next year and thinks they can
elect him. Wo don't know that this Is
very Important, tf true.
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While auarrellng, an Indiana , boy of
ftvakmea nil brother ofolght with a
shotgun.. Parents should not gtva shot
guns to their quarrelsome boys under
eight or tan years 01 ago; reyoivera aro
plenty good enough tot boys under
eight. . , -. -"
Coast ' Defenses Discussed by Frederick
2-mimer 111 tuiuw
The traveler In Japan Is so frequently
Palmer-rnCol iter's.
told that Japan doea not want tho Philip
pines that ha suspects the Japanese mind
of dwelling on the subject overmuch.
The Japanese are a warlike race. They
are flushed with victory. No sooner had
they finished the war with China than
they began to prepare tor war wim
Russia. Since tho treaty of Portsmouth
It has been tho talk of the far east that
their would turn their attention to us.
and they havo steadily augmented their
military strength. Just In tho same way
as the Japanese masses thought that
Russia had robbed them of the fruits
of their victory over China, 00 today
they think that tho good offices of Presi
dent Roosevelt robbed uiem or an
enormous Indemnity. Tho truth is, as
statesmen know, that his action came
at veey happy time foe Japan. But
ths orlsntal. statesmaa is as little In
clined aa our own td shift to his
shoulders blame which Is already placed
elsewhere. . , " '' t
. If George Dewey had been ordered to
sail away from Manila bay after be had
sunk Montojo's -.squadron Japan would
not havo mado her repreaentatlons to
Washington In such a determined fash
Ion.. We have some Aslatlo Islands
which aro In lino with the spread t of
the eastern Island empire: -therefore, wo
aro vulnerable. If Japan should declare
war on us tomorrow sho would find us
worse prepared for the defense "of tho
Philippines than Russia was for the de
fense of the Llaotung peninsula, Japan
Is ready to art at a moment's notice.
She works with tho same quiet unity
of purpose toward a national policy that
Harrlman does toward the capture of
a railroad. While we are not thinking
oft the Philippines at all. sho may be
thinking of them very hard. When we
lose command of the Paciflo Alaska as
well as tho Islands Is out eft."
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Should such a crisis arise the question
would bo one of guns and ships, There
are no battleships for sale on the open
in a hurrv than shares In a water com
pany will quench yourthtrst lt,ou are
In the middle of tho Bffhara. lfi a crisis
their need Is as pressing as that et a
tournlqust whsn an artery is cut,-
Now. this article is not faint-hearted
or meant In any sense as a "war-scare"
sensation. Nor am I revealing any state
or military information which la not as
well known te tho Japanese as to the
American government. My object Is to
Inform the public of a situation In a
country where public opinion rules. 1
The Philippine Islands; havo cost us
HOO.000.one thus, far, and wo havo not yet
provided for their defense or decided
what wo are going to do with them. -The
lesson of Rojestveesky's effort to go
from tho Baltie to Tsushima without
coaling stations seems to have been lost
on our national legislature.
Within 1,700 mllee of Manila is the
homo bass of the concentrated Japanese
fleet. Our fleet on the Atlantic Is 17,314
miles away from Manila by Sues and
boot ll.ono miles away by Capo Horn.
It would have to make a longer voyage
than Rojestvensky did. On the way the
only coaling station snd drydocks would
be bv tho Cape Horn route and those
at Pan Franalsc0olingatatlnna-an4i
or'yflocks mean-to the man-of-war Bai
food and sleep do to tha soldier. -.
The oniv. us of the etatlons at Manila
and in .Hawaii would bo to fill, tho
enemy's bunlsVrs. Thanks to congres
sional dlay .there I .not single gun
empkired at Hawaii, at Ouam or at
Klska Islsnd In Alaska. Some batteries
have been empluoed at Manila; but there
Is not a.slngln coast artilleryman In
any of our Pat. Mo dependencies, , $ - (
' OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Gold 11111,4s troubled with its semi
annual visitation of hoboes, .
. '. . .;:.;.. .e ... ; .
Eugene boasts of SO per rent increase '
In . Ita bank deposits during tho past
year. ' .-. 7 '; ,- -.
' -; ' e , e - , -'fy
' The Albany Democrat has been hust
ling for that town. In Ha way, for ever
40 years.. . . .
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A Malheur county man Is busy haul-..
Ing aage brush to Welser-for fuel, for
which he gets 14 a. load. .
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. A man near Merrill dug 1,000 sacks of
potatoes, from . 13 acres, and It ,was a
poor yoar for potatoes there. to.
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An ArHngtonman soldlT hea.4.,ot
that - nlanav to Portland and lnd.M.
that, plaoa, to
denco parties.
' Fossil Journal: Oliver Phtlbrlck has
trapped 20 coyotes on Hilton's sheep
range during the past ' 30 days. Mr.
Hilton pays him a bounty of 11 a scalp.
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Roseburg is to have a new -M. K.
church' to cost 11,000 or l,000. . Hon. -J.
II. Booth will give half tho cost If
the church is named after his mother,
tho Wary .Booth Memorial church. ..
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An Arlington man tried to fttl a gaso
line lamp hanging above him while
burning; oil ran over his clothes; string
suspending lamp broke, it fell and ex
ploded, aettlng him on fire, and he ao- -
knowledges that ha deserves his burns.
and Is lucky no Is ajlve,
The apples from a Benton county or
chard brought over 3100 an acre. They
comprise several varieties, tho beat of
them selling st $1.R0 per box, others as
low as to cents. Tho trees are only six
and eight years old and had boon cared
for but little) till last year. . , " .
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Newt Prat her. near Buena Vista
raised some mammoth potatoes; ono
weighed- five and one-fourth pounds, -
others falling a little short of this fig
ure. A big ono now en our desk. woul4
make a tnaal for nearly the whole town.
says the Independence Enterprise.
Over one-fourth of tho entire prune
aiir-l""tP'Jt nf Oregon and Washington for
HOS was packed tsy
Co., of Albany, affirms tho Herald.
Tho firm during tho season Just ended.
packed and shipped ISO cars of dried
prunes to tha New Tork and Liverpool
market. Thla represents 4.000.000
pounds, of prunes, valued at 1200,000.
It is figured out .at Albany that the
prunes shipped fgjpm there this year
lfjjput endto end would exUndLaround
the. world and than some. A lengthy .
prune story to be sure, but no doubt
true, remarks the Eugeno Register. The
fame of the Oregon prune already ex
tends around tha -world without tho
necessity- of placing them -end to end.
The difference between an adequately
aefandeff harbor-and" an" Inadequately
defended harbor Is tha difference be
tween holding a doorway against a thug
with a revolver and with your arms tied
behind you. . Our regulars havo no
superior man to man; our ships havo no
superior ship to ship no equal. I think
with confidence as an. American, - But
our San Francisco gunners can not de
fend Manila and eur shhs esn not keep
their bottoms clean without drydocks or
run without coal. For tha guns wo have
ready in the United States wo need 45,
000 men, and we have only 10.000. .
If Japan mado war on us tomorrow she
could reach Mlsnlla In six days wtth 11
battleships and armored cruisers. Be
fore our Atlantic fleet could reach Cape
Horn she could put a fully equipped
army corps of ever 40.000 men Into the
Philippines. Against overwhelming naval
pdds our four armored cruisers, which
are en routo ttv the far east, would n
the Pacific?
to seek a rendesvouo with the Atlantlo
fleet. The big floating drydock which .
was towed via Sues , would probably
havo to bo destroyed or fall into tho '
hands of tha enemy. Our 10.000 infantry !
and calvary scattered over the Islands
would bo besieged..
By the time our fleet had arrived. ' ,
Japan would have made a naval base at
Manila or Sublg bay and would be stand
ing ready In her own doorway to re
ceive the atranger" W would havrab-
solutoly no harbor which we could enter.
She would choose her time and place
for tho fight, allowing us to stew on
the -tropical sea and use up our coaLy
supply. All the advantages of position
Togo had over Rojestvensky he would
have over us. The confidence of the
Japanese Is enormous.. Aocordlng to
naval precedent under such a handicap
we ought to outnumber the Japanese
by four te three, which Is ths present '
Satlo of our ' superiority. After we
ad won we would be securing only tho
Islands we had lost and lost because
we had not mado Manila a secure '
harbor. ... , ' ,'..!. -v. .,
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Wlhim the canarTrunrfnffntlo
fleet will have a route to the Pacific, . ,
and with Hawaii and Manila well fortl- ,
fled protected bases will bo In readiness.
Than It may take Its time to go, and it 1
may fight with clean bottoms, -Are we - -
gxilng to bold the .PhllipplnesT Are wo
going to maintain ourselves ea great
power on the Pad MoT -
Japan's want of . funds and not eur -strength
is the present guarantee- off
peace. Howover, it Is nit wise to count
too much on wealth and numbers. This ,
would be a naval campaign purs and -simple,
'and naval warfare la cheap be- '
side land warfare, ' The main extra ex
pen see of a fore always on war footing
are ammunition and coal. Out nf the
vast sum wo have spent in tho Philip
pines only. f20,boo,000 Is charged te the
navy. : ? .
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Any policy of Japan's er ours which
tends to make ns unpopular 'In the far'
east Injures pur position as her com
merclal competitor. That sentiment en
the Paciflo coast which would break
our treaty obligations with a friendly ,
nation can only be logical by advocating
half a dosen new battleships at tha next
session of congress and a provision for '
tha .speeds manning and tho rapt
structlnn of our Asiatic coasf defenses.
The best way" et keeping any nation's
friendship Is by never giving her any
selfish object for. being unfriendly. . Be
sides, no American who has been In tha
far east aver likes to consider that his
fisaftx under. the -Ihr eat, however polite;
of being hauled down even tempotsrHy.
Should It ever be hauled down tanrpor
arlly there wilt be no Portsmouth until
It has gone u to stay aennaaently. -
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