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CITY
MUST PROTECT
ERTT. ' ,
PROP-
IT. GOES ' without saying that
property of citfaens of all kinds,
including public sen ice corpor
1 ations, is entitled to protection from
lawless violence, and that the police
V force of a city must' always stand
ready to protect property and persons
threatened with violence, whatever
the merits of the controversy that
caused the condition requiring such
protection.,. In performing this duty
the police force can only be expected
to do what it reasonably can, to act
promptly, intelligently and fearlessly,
to such an extent as it h a power. It
r cannot overcome or restrain the
whole populace, or thousands of peo
ple, engaged in riot,-, but with pet-
ststent-effort, et the -right-time and
places, it can usually suppress the
hoodlums who ara always, active" in
such an occurrence as that of Satur-
day night,' fr which the" police
seemed not as well prepared as they
should have been. The chief ssys he
had not sufficient warning, but the
. evening paper) out' about 3 o'clock,
contained sufficient information to
"... put him on guard and to get most of
. L.ihe force together. . The acts' of vkv
lence and - damage were not com
mitted by strikers, for it seems most
' , f the car crews were not strikers or
were so unwillingly, but by street
hoodlums, always ready for mischief
-and to commit' injuries. , The city
cannot afford to allowjhese mischief
makers and car-wreckers any leeway
1 , on ; such ocfasionr they should be
promptly "a nd sternly suppressed, for
if. the city does not do its full duty in
this respect it may become liable for
the damages sustained. . ' .
The demands of the laber union of
ficers on behalf of the men seem in
the" main to be just, and a large por
tion of the public is undoubtedly in
sympathy with them. The men,j;er
' tainly earn all the pay asked; and
photographing them is an affront that
appears needless; but it seems they
are not ngreed among themselves on
the strike question, and many of them
seem to be opposed to the action of
. the labor leaders. However this may
; be, and however much the public may
Sympathize with alt legitimate efforts
of the streetcar men to better their
condition,' , lawlessness snd destruc
tion of property must be prevented,
and' those who commit or incite
crimes must be promptly arrested and
punished. If the streetcar men want
to tie up the service and wilt all act
together for that purpose," they can
probably -do so, but damage to prop
erty and other lawlessness by hood
lurus is against the wishes and in.
terests of even the men who wish to
strike, and only serves to weaken the
cause of labor. ",
STATE AND FEDERAL POWERS
- T"lORECASTS, supposed to be
;JPianoried. of the forthcoming
message on ine sudjcci oi ine
, San Francisco-Japanese episode rep
resent that it will go beyond all
former official declarations in favor
of the augmentation in theory and
' practice of federal as against state
. power; that it willeargue and urge
that the states as such have and of
right ought to have but little power,
a compared with the power of the
federal government, the particular
point at issue just now being that a
treaty with a foreign power is para
mount to and supersedes state consti
tutions and laws. "
The question of the relative or par
. amount power of the general and the
Tstater government is a very old one,
"and Its discussion rocked the cradle
"of the republic stormily. The advo
cates of State rights had to recede
, from, one point and another, and on
the question , of secession " were
crushed by the civil war.. Since then
the federal government and the tev-
j;ral.tatfSJrO!Ln!l.erJ?l! Co
flicts, and have gotten aTong rathe?
' amicably; ard though there has been
not epoch-marking -transference of
. 'iif. the federal goyernment.hai
been gradually gaining; the nation's
"i . '
N haa been 'growing largerrwhile the
states," ss - political entities,- have
shrunken in comparison. .
This has been necessary because of
the close relations and union of inter
ests between the states. Each still
retains control nf its local affairs in
many respects their - interests- and
needs' ara so bound up with one an
other and all with federal legislation
that state lines ae . less .significant
than they used to be, .and. by com
mon consent all look to Washington
more than to their state capitals.
There are certainly limits, how-
ever, to this tendency to make the
federal srovernment everything and
the state governments almost noth
ing. ' Some of the state right doc
trines of a. century ago have been
killed and buried long ago, as nstional
progress demanded; but it does not
follow that the states have no real
and important rights to maintain, as
contradistinguished front the rights
granted to the federal government by
the constitution. The states have the
"reserved" rights, all those not specif
ically granted; and though the consti
tution can be read so as lo mean al
most anything that the federal gov
ernment wantsitto mean, yet the
time may have come when it will be
proper and essential for a state to as
sert and insist upon its rights in the
face of federsl encroachment. ; We
shall have no more wars, however, on
this score. The questions of state as
against federal rights will be settled
as they come up by the courts, and
the people will acquiesce and if our
people do, certainly those . of Japan
or any . other foreign country win
have to. ' ' ' ' V .
President Roosevelt has advanced
and . radical ideas on this question,
and believes jn Jarger and practicaMy
unlimited power for the7ederal gov
ernment and we can see that its
powers need to be very broad; but it
is well that there is a congress and a
supreme court to deliberate upon his
views and upon the questions of state
and federal rights as they arise. He
means' well; he would make a 'lovely
dictator or czar; but at times and in
placea he V may need holding in
check, and this California case may
present one 6f those oCca
BENEFITS OF WALKIN7.
E HAVE often read that it
, is' healthy ' to - walk, and
that people - who ride on
streetcars habitually would be bet
ter off if they would generally walk
instead.- So many, scientists, profes
suis uf une kind or another, doc
tors, editors, ' philosophers and. re
formers have made this assertion,
that we believe it. At least we can
not confute it, and it looks reason
able. It :a well to be out in the open
air, especially a fine, pure air like
that which envelops us tn Portland
Bsying'nothnTg about an occasional
fog. , . .
Walking, we have, also been in
formed innumerable times, is the very
best form of exercise. It brings all
the muscles into play. It is art ap
petizer and an aid to digestion. If
one walks straight, with his should-
ers thrown back, walking-develops
and strengthens the lungs, it.ts a
preventive .of tuberculosis. Besides,
one can think better when walking
than when riding. He has no one to
chst with and cannot read the news
paper. As one walks he can plan or
review the business of the day, and
so he really loses-no'time,.--
Again, if one's mind is not ab
sorbed in business, he can enjoy the
distant, verdurous landscape where
buildings do not intervene.' If he has
to walk far he may contemplate some
of the beauties of nature as he never
noticed them from a car window.
And he' can note, the new buildings
going up and other improvements
being made, as he trudges along, and
congratulates himself nthe growth
'j portland.
With these considerations in view,
it is easy to conclude that a com
plete tieup of the streetcars of Port
land for awhile would not be an un
mitigated calamity. To have to walk
few miles every day would be a
blessing in disguise to thousands of
Portland men, and not a few women.
Streetcars are not nearly so much of
necessity for a great many people
who use them as they imagine they
are. Walk, and look pleasant.
THE 1906 APPLE CROP.
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HE APPLE CROP of the
United States this season is
36,000,000 barrels against 25,-
000,000 last year and a trifle over 40,
000,000 each of the two years before.
The immensity of the figures shows
that Oregon, with all her adapted
soils in apple-bearing, would not,
gre4 as would be the aggregate, have
appreciable effect in the way of over
production. . In any event, were the'
wfjrM't"TipTi1erocls -over abundant
the Oregon apples will tell, and they
will go at the best price, for they ars
sought , byv those, able , to pay fancy
figure. They have found the way te
' A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
No More Seasickness,
' A flornun nrt1nr. clalme to hsvs dla-
rovr4 an fflclerir method tt prevent
Inc tha violent motion of ship at ara.
Tha Invention conalata of a kind of tur
bine fltad vertically to the amp s aaai
Whn at In motion tha turbine coun
teract tha ahlp's tendency to roll from
aide to alde. An old torpedo-boat waa
fitted with tha apparatus for a trial trip
In roush weather off tha mouth of tha
Elba.. Tha ahlp rolled to the extent of
alna desreea. but after tha turbine waa
Bet In motion she only rolled one decree.
Tha revult waa attained without any re
duction of eeaworthtneaa and tha ship's
buoyancy was unaffected.
Winter Sunshine
Eden PhtllDotta. in Mcdure'a.
There's a. shadow on tha BtarHsht far
iaca,waS
There's a pearl hid tn tha tnldat.ao cbltf
and rrey.
Where young- Mornlns. allvar-eyed.
Steal along- the ateep hlllald
ror'to aek another little new-born day,
rortoflnd and love a llttla new-born
day. .. ;
There's a flory on tha granite, far away,
far away
There's a rainbow on tha mlt ao cold
and arey. .
Soft and roay In her breast. - .-From-
the mountain's golden ereat.
Happy Dawn doth bear another new
born day ;
Happy Dawn doth bring a 11 tie new-born
day.
The Emerald Isle.
Why la Ireland railed the Emerald
IsleT Bosauao of the richness of Its ver
dure tha term waa first used by Dr.
William Drennan, the author of "Olen-
dalloch," and other poems, published In
the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Handling Mail at See.
One of tha most Interesting perform
ances of modern times la the handling of
tha maila In great ocean steamships.
Borne of tha men become ao expert at
sorting that they work aJmoat automat
ically, many of them being able to put
their finger on any particular - town
marked" on Tb rack IThdfdldeaWa1irrbe?n--trled without aucreaa. Dun.WAS.-put 1
ordinary weatern trip they carry on an
average about K0.60S letters and some 10.-
00 registered packets. Tha latter have
all to be written up in detail in their
books during the voyage, and this takes
more time than tha actual sorting. Tha
officials do not always manage to finish
the work by the time they reach port.
and when such la the case they accom
pany what Is left to the general poet
office and complete the job there. .
December 17 in History. ,
1S0T John Oreenleaf Whit tier, Amerl-
1S14 Benjamin W. Crownlnshleld of
Maasachusetts - became, secretary of the
navy. . -i
1849 Captain Richard Walnwright, V.
8. N., born.. . '
' 161 The Union troops occupied Baton
Rouge, Iowa.
187J Jay Gould restored SI. 000,000 worth
of property to Erie Railroad company for
sake of paaea. - -
1874 Emigrant ship. Cospatrlck burned
St sea; 4K lives lost..
1S7S Gold sold at par In New Tork, for
first time since J anuax:
hs President Cleveland sent . to con
the tables of the New York and the
London rich, and the question of the
cost does not figure. ( Hood River
apples at $3 a box and more this sea
son, with Rogue River apples selling
almost equally well, afford proof that
the world knows where the fancy ap
ples are and is going to have them
regardless of price. x '
J,t is an t opportunity that ...Oregon
ought not to fail to rise to. The
.lands sre here, so is the climate, and
Hood River has led the wsy to an
open and enduring market. All that re
mains is for care to be taken of the
orchards we have, and intelligence
to be applied in those we are yet to
plant.!
It has been repeatedly established
that spraying will reduce the . loss
from codlin moth to five per cent or
less, and that San Jose scale and
other diseases are easily controlled.
It is a fixed fact that apple lands are
worth from $100 an acre and upwards,
and that they will pay handsome're
turns on' that investment in addition
to the labor and expense of culture.
All these fortuitous conditions open
up hostilities in the apple field to
which there could be a sequel in ad
vancing lands and bustling industry
of which we do not dream. If only
they oTlhe ovefcFdwcIedeast knew
what Oregon offers them in orchard
ing, thousands of them would be
quick to accept the challenge and
come to the golden west."
" Senaational Consequences.
(A Transposition from Gilbert.) .
Wallace Irwin tn Life.
Senator Huah was aa good as gold;
He always did sa the railroad told.
He never asked if a thing wss just ,
Nor gave offense to tha Mugsr Trust;
ii- n.w sniffed at the tainted dongh
Which lobbyists dropped In his hand of
snow. '
He never squealed when the gang kept
still
Nor stood in the wsy of a land-grab bill.
And tha consequence was he advanced
In station
And died at the head of a corporation.
Senator Growl was a naughty boy;
To start reforms wss hla chlefest Joy
ii wouldn't vote as his. Boss decreed;
He wouldn't- psndor to .private greed; J
Ha said rude things to tns wan street
man ,
When ha esma around with the whire
. wash can;
Ahd 'ha often wrote, with i llendlah
"Ttiotr shirr tl6r"rsil'n "lbs Senal
- wall. ,
1
And
the consequence - was ; , when his
tertn was over - ' ; '
Us faded back t the talL tall clsvsr,
of tke" Common
Urn
grass his memorable message on Vena
suela. - , .
ism Baron Ferdinand d Bothachlld
' . Boat end Carriage ia One.
The combination conveyance JUst built
In England for an Indian maharajap. la
absolutely unique. Tha body, shaped
like a boat and painted In rainbow hues
In accordance with eastern Ideas of color,
Is hung upon a four-wheeled skeleton
carriage. While Intended by lta owner as
a atata carriage. It may be used on oc
casion as a atata boat, as tha body can
be unalung and -converted Into an eleo
trlo launch. The skeleton carriage Is
about IS feet long and Is provided with
four rubber-tired wheels. There Is a sent
for a driver and room for four lnthe
boat-shaped coach. Tha total weight of
he outfit la less than one ton. '
Beerbohm Tree'sBirthday. ;
Beerbohn Tree was born In Iondon,
December IT. IKS. His real name la
Beerbohm, which haa been ' Anglicised
Into Tree for stage purposes.' Mr. Tree
waa educated In Germany and mada hla
first appearance on tha stage In UTS.
He made hla reputatlort tn "The Private
Becretary!I-4n-tharolo of Rev-Jtobert
Bpaldlng. He had played, it is aia, at
least 100 parts before ha atudled the
ways and tricks of manners" of a meek
young curate, whom ha chanced to meet
at a diner party and set all the theatre-
going world crasy with 'his revelation of
the character In the role of Mr. Hpaia
Ing. In 1K87 Mr. Tree became the man
ager of tha Haymarket theatre, London,
holding the position until 1868. when ne
became the proprietor and manager of
Her Majesty's theatre. Mr. Tree and his
wife, whose stage name Is Maud Holt,
have made several auceeasful tours of
America. ,:"",'7"
! The Late Mr. Dun.
Why,' when a person la elng pressed
for money, do we say .he ia being
dunned T .
Because, In the reign of Henry III,
there lived a bailiff named Dun, who
gained a great reputation for making
persons pay their debts, wnen every
other method . of getting payment had
to work, and "dun him," became
the
popular advice ae a last resource. .
W '' . ' Bulletin Bubble.
A 'warm friend cold cash.
Down la front the youth's mustache.
The sponger likes to keep In touch with
his. friends.
Foot power helps the chiropodist to get
ahead.
It's an even bet that some people will
always be odd.
In the stock market, some men want
tha four corners of the earth. ' '
Hneahlitg at rushliifhts, . you sesJUiern
on many an automobile.
A half a loaf Is better than no holiday
at fall.
To call a person feather-brained is a
ticklish subject. -
The thorough baker haa no excuse for
being half-baked.
. Soma people always have time to have
a good time.
- Perhaps- tha .rotund., Prsonoy f htto
wear a roundabout. . ;
The hand of fate knowa when to grasp
an opportunity.
Ing tracks for home, the railroad
is a great convenience.
By Johnaton McCulley. ' " '
Alberta Gallatin, knowa for her ex
ceptional work In "Cousin Kate" and
in "Ghosts, opened an engagement at
tha Helllg last night In tha dramatisa
tion by Paul Kester of Charles Major's
romantic novel "Dorothy Vernon of
Haddon HalL" Miss Gallatin, playing
the madcap Dorothy, haa a role of va
ried shades and emotions, ' one that
would try tha skill of any actress. She
must pass from smtler to- tears, from
Joy to anguish In tha twinkling of an
eye. And Mlaa Gallatin doea It. She
did It exceptionally well last night in
spite of the fact that the street car
trlke kept a great many-people from
the theatre. - The - small number there
showed by appreciative applause that
they were glad they had walked, v
Miss Gallatin did not ring true last
night at some stages, of the game, ea-
hpectally in some of tha emotional
scenes. - Tet where aha was the mad
cap Dorothy In very truth she pleased
Immensely. .
The play ia one of pictures, and Is
dressed admirably. The scenes at Had'
don Hall are trlumpha of stage beauty.
Costuming is worthy of special praise.
Of the supporting company, It may
he aald that It' la thoroughly capable.
Walter Pennington doea well as Sir
John Manners, haa' a pleasing stage
presence, la handsome and gets Into the
fervor Of the rola ; His voice Is a trifle
harah at times, but on the whole ha Is
worthy of the star. Frank Smith doea
well aa Sir George' Vernon. Jamea K.
Applebee captures a blue ribbon', by
his work as Perkln, the Jlater.
Applebee sustains this difficult role
very well Indeed, giving a performance
that ia artistic to a great degree. Rich
ard K. Webster plays Lord Stanley In
a capable fashion. - Florence Racey could
tw a f feardeaT6etteT-as-tueen Ellsa
betn.
Tha play la filled with dramatis situ
ations, approaching melodramatic clap
trap In many instances.- - The- . love
them Is intense, as it is In u novel
from which the play Is taken, and pre
dominates at all times. There la a Vela
of comedy that touch delicately th
moments of emotion to tho proper de
gree. "Dorothy Verrnon of Haddon Hall"
and Alberta Gallatin ara worth seeing.
Last night the members of th James
O'Neill company wltneaaed Mlaa Galla
tin's performance. Tonight the officers
of tha local chapter of the Daughters
Of the Confederacy will occupy a box
and after the performance Miss Galla
tin will tender them, a reception on the
stage. . Mlaa Gallatln'a father was a
general In the confederate army, hence
this distinction. "Dorothy Vernon of
Haddon Hall'' will be at the Helllg
tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
with a matin Wedneaday,
"A Bachelor's Romance."
IU may have been tha effect of last
week's Shakespearean offering or any
thing elae, but whatever It was. It mad
the. Bakerltes Jump Into "A Bachelor's
Romanes" yesterday and "give " one' of
the moat finished performances of th
season. Two things wars In relief ts
sll others th work of Ernest Haatlngs
And th work of Martbel Seymour.
I ..Latuwek Hastings- had conaldsrabta
trouble with his nne7"ang tnet s wers
those', who declared h was not an ac
tor. This week those selfsame persons,
when they see "A Bachelor's Romance,?
will say they wer mistaken. As David
Holmes th bookworm Jjsehelor, -Jar.
Tkc Stranger of IJast
Hampton
i " V ' . "... 1
(Coprltbt. ISO, by ABMrksB-Jnrntl-BtaslBr)
. By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
On "beautiful day In April. If 40,
distinguished looking stranger, with
pronounced Scotch accept, walked up to
the Inrf Ht'RasthawirXaa, I.iOng.jBland,
and aaked If ha could bo given entertain
ment, for himself and his man servant
Upon being, aina wared In the affirmative
the atranger entered the humble hos
telry which was to be hla home for the
next Ave yeara, when he waa to be
come an Inmate of ' tha . Huntington
home, -where be was destined to dwell
for more than 16 yeara more, ... v
Tha stranger went by tha nam of
John -Wallace, but who John Wallace
waa to the quiet villagers was a deep
and ever-perplexing mystery. Wallace
waa a man of majestlto ' presence, and
charming personality. Even tha rustics
of tha retired lltte Ixmg Island hamlet
could aee at a glance that the stranger
tn their midst waa no common man.
All the diplomacy of the village and.
aa every oiiehawBrtasrirtproiiiBty
la oftentimes not to bo sneesed at
waa unabl to pluck out tha heart of
tn mystery that lay about the
stranger's Ufa . That there was a great
secret somewhere everybody knew right
wen, put there tho matter ended.-- John
Wallace allowed tlrem to guess and
kept mum as tha Sphinx. ' . .
For mora than to years Wallace
dwelt in their midst, respected by all,
beloved by all, for hlajupright life, de
lightful manners and innumerable bene
factions proved hint to be oas of . God's
choicest aplrlta.' ... , ; -
On ' th night Of December SI, 1ST.
SO years after the lovely April day on
which he drove up to the Easthampton
Inn and aaked -for entertainment, John
Wallace at tha venerable age of (1,
breathed his last The old year and he
aiea togetner, and with, them the secret
of the old man's life.
But no! - Th old gentleman had
spoken to ' th villagers of a "lady
friend In Edinburgh." A letter a I
dressed to "Mr. Wallace's lady frlendTi
brought no information, but later on s
communication from, a gentleman In
Edinburgh brought tha news that the
.mystery waa known, but that It might
not be told. ' ..'
In 187, at th foot of rika Peak.
ine mystery was cleared up.
jonn waiiaee- was th high sheriff
or a great . scotch county,- and one
D.lght-3hejre twa jgadajinsthlm the
suuue cnarge or a grave crime. At
o'clock in the evening tha lord hlch
advocate went to a mutual friend. .Go
to enerirr w at once.' said he. In aad
and measured tones, 'and tell him that
when I go to my office at 10 In the
morning a warrant will issue for hla
arrest.' That night Sheriff W died
out of Scotland. He had Just time to
aay te a ftiend that he was not gnllty
of mora than indiacretton, but that he
could not face even the ahame of that."
Hence it came about that th dis
tinguished stranger lived for so long In
thevllttle Long Island town, and today
lies "waiting resurrection" under the
wBits ma rule tapet 'In the bid Esb1?t
Hampton burying ground.
Haatlngs snakes a distinct hit It fa
the . rola. In . which Sol Smith Russell
won honors, and Mr. Hastings plays it
well. In voice, manner, actions tn
everything h la heart and soul In tha
role. ; w
LMiss! Seymour, who made her real
debut to Portland -playgoers yesterday,
won instant recognition. She is a viva-
clous little miss, who has those quall-
Uf.a mat-go to . mKSanexollenXJn
genu. , She has a multitude of little
stage tricks that cannot fall to please.
In a word, aha Is satisfying. - - -
The othera of the company did good
work. William Dills captured a prise
oy nis wors as Martin Beggs. Wll
liam Gleaaon won out playing Mr.,Mul-
oerry. - jgmea uteaaon did well as Mr.
Savage. , Ann Singleton was excellent
aa Helen Lc Grand. Donald Bowlea did
the harum-scarum brother to perfec
tion and In the approved Bowles style.
Mrs. Gleason waa Been aa Miss Clemen
tina, the aharp-tongued old maid, and
she acquitted heraelf with honor, as us-
uaL Howard Ruaaell waa there with
the merchandise as Harold Reynolds.
' This week's production--.: gives th
Baker another chance at producing
marvels ana tne management takes ad
vantage of the chance. ... .
- Tha-play-tella-how a. glrlwardof s
bachelor bookworm awakens aald book
worm to the realisation that there Is
something In the world besides books
and puts Into the stmoaphera In which
ha lives and moves the sunshine that
was not there before. There are many
pretty stage pictures. "A Bachelor's
Romance" will be the bill sll week with
a matinee Saturday,
, . "Out in Idaho."
Ths wild west and Its many Interest
ing' types was never better portrayed
In melodrama than tn "Out in Idaho,
which opened yesterday at the Empire
for a ween a run. The hill waa a genu
Ine surprise, far above the average
melodrama that viaits Portland. It waa
a bill of astonishment In that It waa
tilled With things original. - Th com
pany producing the play la above th
average. Webb Chamberlain is excel,
lent in tha lead, and Mia Lou Law
rence, his leading woman, pleased yes
terday'e audiences.- Art Rankin Intro
duces some pleasing apeclaltles. - Harry
B. Gage playa - Judge Gathers well.
Ralph Belmont does the naughty vll-
lajn In snrh worthy fhjnn hrt n ,
roundly hissed.
The play la thrilling and th melo
dramatic cllmaxea are - not overdone.
The performance rlnga true. Ther la s
good lov Interest and enough comedy
to decorate the main theme. "Out In
Idaho'- Is worth seeing. It will be th
bill at the Empire all week, with nrntl
nes on, Wednesday and Saturday,
The Children 'e Empire Song.
RudyardJ Kipling has presented the
sole right of reproducing the Children's
Song In hla new storyr."Puck of. Pook'a
Hill." to the Empire Day movement.
Aoy request for rmlslon to reprint
tha earn should be mad to th acre
tary, Empire Day Movement, SI Lancaster-gate.
W. The verses, of which the
following are typical specimens, msy be
sung to th tune of "Sun of My Soul,"
or similar tunea: , .
Lastd of our birth, we pledge to thes -Our
love snd toll In th years to be:
When w ar grown and taka our place.
As men and women with our race.
Father In heaven who loves t all,
O help Thy children when they rail;
That they may build from ag to eg.
An undeflled heritage. ,
Teach us- delight In simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done,
And love to all men neath ths sun!.
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Land of our birth, rour faith our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
rO motherland, we pledge to thee.
Head, heart and hsad through, ths years
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BIRDSEYE VIEWS
cf TIMELY TOPICS
y SMALL CHAN OS. i ,
Btorers vanquished! Next. ' h ,
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ing tha Thaw Xortune. ,
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It looks aa If Senator Bailey quit de
fending himself too lata. . - .
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An old maid always knows exaotly
how a child should be raised.'
It seems It ought to Be rather easy
to keep a colored men's,, poker club
dark. - . ' v. " ; -.- ,.. V 'V .,' 1
If one really, wants to experience a
hard winter, ho can do so by going back
to North Dakota. ; , , ,
Who said President ' Roosevelt never
gives upT He will let congress spell
a hyty-Trglealel.' . -
It is a cold, dull week when the presi
dent cannot think up a hair-raising
message to congress. , .
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It looks like several countries were
going to get a big bunoh of trouble for
their Chrlatmas presents. , ......
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under the new4 law, actors must pay
full railroad fare.' In order that they
need .not walk, tha ghoat must.
With so many marriages and divorcee.
It is ao wonder that Swlftwatar BUI
Oates- Is broke most of the time. - -
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According to many people who fre
quently have to wait for a car, a street
car shortage also exists In that city.
The Hudson river between New Tork
and Albany Is closed by Ice, but th
rivers of Oregon are Inviting navigation
t
J. P. Morgan ts negotiating for some
more rare scriptures. His conscience
must be hurting him worse and worse.
' The W. H. Tsft reported captured' for
misdeeds la not the large and Jolly gen
tleman who gets his nam In th papers
so often. '
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nrnCe!lane7IsrotnsTy,-t
very sorry beeauaa of ths separation
from' hla wife. From his wtfs's money.
h meant. -. ,
'Just think!" exclaimed Maria. "I
myaelf gave him that. club, and he haa
turned around and whacked my Bellamy
and me with It"
A great debt that many people will
owe for enjoyment to Chrlatmas and
New Year'a Is on account of the foot-,
ball games that are to- be played ex
cluslvely on thoee holidays. . , )
Letters "From the
or L.urrent Interest
. Xamaalty aad Immortality.
Portland, Deo, 15. To ths Editor of
Ths Joumal--Reading aboutsoulsJn
the columns of The' Journal, brings to
my mind a sermon of ths Rev. Mr.
Ramsay in nansxs City, li which -he
said: "He who want a soul has to. make
it by honest dealings with JUS feMow
men." ' He was expressing the convlo-
tlons of the great philosophers and
scientists of the psst and present.
Investigate th history of ths human
species and from th attestation of Im
plement unearthed In th various part
of the world, you will see that the
white waa here berore the other races.
Man Is no less a subject ' of culture
than are other things of both kingdoms
of nature, for the reason that perf ac
tion does not exist in nature, and tnat
which to our senae appears to be Im
perfection la the characterlatio of eter
nal perfection in tne ever acuve. crea
tion.'. So you see we are nothing more
than a product of nature, and, like the
fruit of th wild apple tree, we need
proper culture to sweeten our disposi
tion. It is ths making Of ths soul that
distinguishes us from other members
of ths animal kingdom.
T. A, LAMBOTTB,
Portland, Dec. 14. To th Editor of
Tha Journal I have been much In-
tereated In what various correspondenta
havs had to say In your columns regard
ing the nature of man Is ha Immortal;
has ha inherent Immortality T So much
la aald on this subject new that I wonder
why we cannot let the authority we all
acknowledge settle th matter Ood's
word. ."'''
Jesus himself says: "And this is life
eternal, that they may know thee, the
only true God, and Jeaus Christ whom
thou haat sent."
If this is truth snd it is then its
converse is' also truer those who know
not God hsve not eternal Ufa. , This
verse alone proves man's nature h Is
mortal, and not two beings aa some fan
cifully conceive, composed of s mortal
part and a never-dying soul;' a material
and a spiritual part. This, I know. Is
not a popular view, and thereby doea
not mak gods of us. Th doctrin of
Inherent lnimorta4Uy-4a-aapopulsr to
day ss It was In th garden of Eden,
when our first parents chose to believe
Satan when he said: "Y shall not
surely die. for God Moth know thst In
the dar ye eat thereof tnen your eyea
eha.ll be opened and ye snail d as gnaa,
knowing good - from svlLV Its popu
larity, however, does not alter facts.
For aa In Adam ail ai. even so n
Christ shall all bs mads sllv." "Th
wages of alA Is death, but ths gift of
God ts etemsl life." -
What a fanny thing It wouio ne ror
m to sav I would give something to
you which you already possessed. What
an Inconsistent God part or numamiy
would have us believe In. Tou will
.find that it Is only by patient contin
uance 1n well doing that men see ior
glory - and honor Immortality, eternal
Ufa. t It is something te lay hold on
and Is given when? Now. mark this
well, onlv at tha coming of Chrlat. In
a moment, in the twinkling of en eye,
st tha laat trump. So when this cor-
ruotible ahsll have put on incorruption
and thla mortal ahall have put on 1m-
mortalltv. then shall be brought . to
pass the aaylng that Is written, death
Is swallowed up In vlrtqry.
Is-this etranget. It may seem go. but
It la biblical, at least. If not popular.
This Is what tha word ssys from-ene-sls
to Revelation.
'.V K. R. FRIES.
Would Our Railroad Jtvtls. ,
TJamsrOr DUrifto ths Editor of
ine ouroaj nvr are ismh? ituww
tlone bound up In ths discussion of
transportation difficulties that It ts hard
to think of aay en of them separately.
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OREOON SIDELIGHT. ,
Salmon numerous In ths Walla Walla
river. - . .. " -' ,"..,
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r-JactaHffl"-Btronty Tntn Ttiattad:t t.Tlf T
rain, iw acres oi peers.
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' A valuable new industry la Dayton
is a brick and tile aotory. ,
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- Some Independence hunters secured
tl ducks la on day on Xurro lake.
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According to the Tribune, oak wood
In Medford costs III or mors per cord. '
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Soros Malheur county farmers , are
plowing, regardless of snow and cold ,
weather.- - .-, . - - - .xv-" - -' , '
Thousands of Wheeler county Iamb's '
being sold for .spring -deUvsry at from .
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e r-H-.
Tt is nredtAteA fcv tt,. - . w . '
the Trask hatchery . will turn out a
great success.- ,- . , , . u
Carlton people ar setting out a targe
number of walnut i trees for shad as
wall aa fruit .
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Eggs tO eentg a dosen la Marah field,
and many of those shipped in, says the
Newsi smell as if th hens that laid
them wars oa th sick list. ',--.
3. L. Jones, of Cottag Orova. wins
ralae apples on a large scale, He has .
Juat received trees for 10 acred, and, tn -a
year will set-out ISO acres., , ;
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. B. Nsttlaton, living below Eugene,
brought to th Register office four .po-i .
tatoea the combined weight of. which t
waa It pounds Two ware of ths mil
lion dollar variety. .- !
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Tillamook HeraldV; Ths usual editor;,
lal matter ia omitted this week owing
to our being unable to find time to
write the copy, sat ads, finish up a large
rush of Job work, keep the fire a going. .
and a few diverse, vsrlous and, sundry
other Jobs. ' . , '
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Moslar correspondence of The Dallea - -Optimist:,
Mrs. G. R. Wood and Mra
M laxls.a ..aja-.tbS-OnlypeoBls Jn the
valley getting any egga. Mr. Roop is
feeding 160 bens and says be wishes the .
ladlea would Impart some knowledge to ;
him Instead Of looking wis snd gather v
tnaj aggs. - v ' - ,i. ... : f
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A Condon man who ts trying to buy .
two train loads of lambs, has bought
about 4,000 head of raised lambs from -Wheeler
county sheepmen tho past few
days, at a uniform price of tt per head.
the lambs te be delivered on their Te- -
spectivs ranges April 1, 'with tho wool
on. ,.'.
People on Topics
Open waterways are, of-course, "of first
Importance, and for theee the American
people have always been willing to pay,
and as a rule nothing prevents the' lm-
provement of waterways but bad poll-,
tins Tha mlnrts ol th. paopU Individ- '
ually ara always right on these sub
jects; politically, circumstances some
times carry things astray and Injustice
IS dona But In this beloved country of '
ours wrongs ars generally righted.
Of course, th Willamette river should
be opened to free trafflo and akould have
been years sgo. If It had It would now
be a large factor In bringing better :
service from the railroads; and If tha '
general government should fall to give
this question Immediate attention I be
lieve It would be, good policy forthe
state to take It up and furnish ths
means and the work,
I believe sa open Columbia, an opea i
Willamette and river ImpYovemants In.
sll parta of the state will do f uUy aa
much or. more toward railroad regula- '
tlon and furnish more ears than volumes
of remedial legislation will. Ths Wil
lamette river in particular should be
Improved as a waterway from its high
est possible navigable point to the Co-,
tumble. Every interest, from ths sum
mit of the timber and gracing ranges,
every farm and hamlet and every Indi
vidual would be benefited beyond meas
ure. If I -were a member of the coming
legislature I would Insist oa all possible
legislation in this drectlon. I regard it
of more importance to ths state than .
any other question, not excepting esr
shortage. This' question, however, will '
be eaaliy adjusted. Ths railroads, la
my opinion, have been as hard hurt aa
any 'other interest. I believe they see
hastening to remedy ths evils and will '
do sa- But te help them along let us
hsve some good, stout legislation. Joe :
Teal's bill Is good from top to bottom
and tt won't be hard to put Its previs
ions into effect One good, hard-headed
bualnesa man, with thS asaiatancs of
our efnalent governor and our able attorney-general,
will do th .- work set
forth In that bill. More men ars unnec
essary ; and never make the office of .
railroad commissioner elective let him .
be appointed by the governor. AS soon
ss yos try to sleet, polities will cieeutn
I mesn railroad polities. - .
Give us open rivers In alt directions
snd let -us have a chance to pay for
them. Ws are willing, and let us have "
mora csrs snd fair rates on the rall
reads. While I do not believe In puhllo
ownership and all that, I do say that'
If ths Joe Cannons of ths country con
tlnue to stand pat and the Theodore
Roosevelts begin to pinch their former -views
up a little It may become necee- -sary
for something to be dons nation-'
ally, Juat ss It. has become neceaaary
for us to do something In Oregon.
M. M. ELLIS, i
-' - ' President Board of Trade, L
People Want th Opea mives..
Monroe, Or., Dec 12. To the Editor
of The Journal Ws ars very much
pleased at .the stand that your paper
Is taking on ths open river, and with Its.'
advocacy of tha plan that the atata buy
ths Oregon City locks, snd we appro-,
elate the splendid . fight that you ars -making.
This would mean on .of the
greatest things that has sver happened .
for tha sntlre Willamette valley. .
A. WILHELM SONS.
Olendale Advertising Herself.
' From ihs Glenda.e News.' . 1
"How Olendale I Advertising Her-.
self" is the heeding of sn interesting .
article which appeared In the last 8un---day
Journal, written by H. N. Pratt...
It 1' Illustrated by -tiw aee held aiett,
surely appropriate, as Olendale la ablase -with
ths spirit of progress and advance-.
aasat. ,. .