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Editorial of ournal r Page The THE JOURNAL AS INDEPENDENT WEWSPAMB C S. JACkSOM. .Fnblleatr fabllibea twrr rntnf (except Suar n4 every Snaday botbIdi. t Tb Jeornal Bull. In. riftH cad TtotbUl str Is, Parties. Or. ' gntered st th seateffloe at Portland. Or., fnr InnniHlw mt ike mtt ee secaaiKlaee TELEPHONES. .rMMorlal Itanina. '.Mala ! hmnm otiif .... .. ' FoBtiaN advertisiso eprRNTATivi " VrUiKl-BiUsile Brerta! Adrefirtlii Axwtrr. , 150 Ma street, Kew Tor a; Tribune Balld- la. Cnlcice. ' ' ' .. Bakeertptloa TaraM or maU to anr address a Uw I'altea 8UM. Canada Mufco: .. ' , . w - -' DAILY ' J 6a year.,..,.... Slot) I Oh sxst. ....... I .M ' ' ;. . : . SUNDAY - Om tat........ WOO I On Booth........! .S V. PAILV AND BCNDAT C-se year . . I.0 One month. .......$ .68 He that It - faithful In a 1 rerr little is faithful in much; and he. that is unrighteous in :7a very- little is unrighteous in - muchi The Testament. . . - - M HIGHER LICENSE AGAIN. i' ... V .;. ,.'. V ' IF THE COUNCIL cannot find , t: any place where it can cut down flic committee's .' estimates and so cannot see its way clear to keep the tax levy down to last year's rate, yuof -tean'the other side of the proposition and see if the revenues cannot be increased without raising the rate? ',...:'',' i That this can be done The Journal hss shown, and will mention again the matter of raising liquor licenses. . , The council . has rejected the ordi nance raising the licenses from $500 Id $800 a year, but in this (emergency, And on reflection, it may deem it wise to reverse that action and pass such .'"a ordinance. '' ' ! : . If the number, of the saloons is not : 'decreased by such a raise, the in crease of revenue would be over $120,000 next year, and more there after. The. number of licenses might be less for a. short, time under an $800 Ordinance, but th$ experience, of Chi cago and other cities has shown that the decrease of licenses under such a raise is small arid .that the revenues - from saloons are increased about 90 per cent. -We might therefore safely count on an increase of $100,000 next year if licenses were raised as pro posed This would more than offset the proposed increase of five-tenths ;.f a milt in the rate. ' " The council eyen it friendly io the saloon men, can the more readily do this because many of them do not ob ject to the increase of license, but on the contrary rather, favor it; and be cause, at these saloon men perceive, an $800 license would probably stand f of-4ong-4imr-whf easMhe' f airur of, the council to raise the license will almost certainly result, in rajsing it to a higher figure through the initiative. Considering the subject therefore, from either .side, from. any. point of view, the speedy passage of an ordi nance similar to ihe one recently'de feated would be wise and timely. - It would save raising the tax rate. It would yield the added revenue tlraffe needed.-' And it would be best even . for the liquor dealers. i AN ERA OF LAND GRABBING. MOST, if . not all, public -men must have ' Known - for the past 20 years1 that the land laws were loose, if not "rotten," and that under them the public domain was being, looted of hundreds of ,- millions of acres, particularly during :, t recent years, of timber lands. How much of the negligence or indispo sition to correct the laws was due to , sympathy through self-interest with the land grabbersand bow much. to incapacity to devise a re'medy and in ability to agree on means of relief '' and reform, cannot be decided. Some ; members of congress were doubtless " influenced by base motives;' more, probably, did. not knowwhat to do and . feared to make a , bad, matter worse. .And the interior department, Until lately, has seemed to be the ac tive partner or the stupid victim f the land grabbers. . ' " , .' ' The forest reserve policy was . Adopted just in time to help out the big land grant railroads and the colossi timber Jand thieves im mensely. In thTTorcst reserve - scheme,., a good one in itself they found the meant to1 gobble up" hun- : - dreds of millions of dollars' worth ot the finest timber land left in the world, at almost nominal prices. The - creation of the great forest reserves was not intended for this purpose. but u. it had been it tould not have been better designed for authorizing or permitting this wholcsale'-acquire . merit of timber lands by syndicates, whjch always secured firUrand "in side" information, and which, how ever, dt not scruple to vioUte laws whenever necessary' to accomplish their purpose. . ' 5 ' . ' 1 " , The acquisition of large contiguous tracts of timber lands by individuals or syndicates is perhaps not to'be " greasy deplored, fpr adherence to the strict letter and apirit of the law in tenra- to these unastnat tney should only be taken "and owned by iudifiduals in " 160-a ere tracts is im practicable. A poor man with a quarter, section of timber land could do nothing with it except sell it to somebody who owned or could buy a large number of adjoining jtracts.', It, is necessary that large tracts ol such lands be combined under a single ownership, or the timber conld never be manufactured., and the lands cleared. But the government ; either corruptly or bliiyliy allowed jtsetf to be swindled out of an immensA aggre gate sum in the aale of these lands', and the Weyerhaeuser JU& other companies .and individuals and A the railroads, profited by the govern ment's generosity . to the extent of hundreds of millions, of - dollars, a small fraction of which was picked up by individual original claimants. The present agitation of the matter is of no great . consequence because nearly all the lands have already passed out Of the government's hands and into those of the Weyerhaeusers and other. millionaire land gobblers. ' Nothing can and will be done about It, though perhaps as to the comparatively email fractions of the public : domain" left that are valuable the government may be better able to protect its and ihe people's interests. Ten years ago this month President Cleveland called attention to the ne cessity of a better-protection of the public domain, saying that' the land laws,-"through viciusadmmistrative methods, have been so evaded and violated that their beneficent purpose is threatened .with defeat." Yet at that time Mr. Cleveland had been president nearly 'eight yeara from 1883 to. 1889 and again from March 4, 1893, and it seems he did 'nothing to reform' the "administrative meth ods." f Now President Roosevelt is "gravely concerned at the extremely unsatisfactory condition of the public land laws, and at the prevalence of fraud under their provisions." He does not confess to bad "administrative-methods," but one of his pet policies, not being sufficiently guard ed, gave : the t fand grabbers their greatest" opportunity. The people have "had the worst of it all around and all stlong for many years. , .LChristmas morning the San Fran cisco Chronicle said; . "Never in- its history has Sarr Francisco had a mer rier, jollier Christmas than that which it will enjoy today.. Neverwere the oeoole' more good-natured. Never were. they more contented and con fident. . Never were the crowds greater wherever there was anything art-active to JoaghU Never . was money TTiore abundant to pay for whatever was desired. . Never was the trade so hopelessly unable to sup ply the demand for the more costly gifts." And this only a little more than seven months after that city was apparently almost wiped -out of Exist ence by earthquake and fire. Amer icans ate-a- marvellously recuperative people. r' Society is trying to protect itself m Spokane by having the young mur derer, Sidney Sloane, incarcerated for life, but will probably fail. The jury having found him "not guilty," it Js not likely he can be imprisoned very long. Of course plenty of expert alienists can be found who in a few months wilf declare him sane. , Per haps after he has been liberated and kills his mother or some one else, a jury may conclude he is guilty of murder. , ' . A boy about a dot en years old shot and killed another of about the same age in Baker "county, -this week. Across the Columbia a, boy of, 10 or got shot and killed a little girtof 4. Almost every week one or more sim ilar items are published. The num ber of parent 'who allow young children' to play with guns seems never to decrease, howevermariy such tragedies occur. If the Pendleton Tribune isn't care ful it will find itself classed as po litically heretical and a party goat, for it says that "the United States sen ator who is a supporter bi-La Fol- tette's general policy . will cqme nearer being reelected than those who line themselves up on the other side." If the strike streetcar company might establish a time schedule "that f ould insure cars passing a given point at least three times an hour. Une car every su minutes is really not , enough wheij the company has all the help it needs, 1 :' . -r' Secretary Shaw, it was reported yesterday, had marbleized his official heart and; refused t relieve the money stringency in Wall street But he will soon relent, of course.' 'He must What's he in office for else? Tfce Philadelphia Press takes half a column to shdw that "whenever there is a food of the yellow metal everything else, ie. carried up and when the stream of gold runs low A Little Out' '.THINGS PRINTED, TOHRE . Oddities of Genius. Erer-ntrlrlty ama a,lway attendant upon renlua. Raclna, thai French writer. compoa-,4 Ms work; while walklna rap Idly aJrtmti ahoutln out th linea in a loud vote. Ona 1a whll he wna thus eompoaln "part of his paly of "MUhrl-d-4n"-tn -tria Tullertea fardena In Paris, ho was surrounded -by m (roup of work men, who took him to b a maniac. On hla return homa from theae walks 1)0 would writ down-acone after aoena Tn pro and when they were flnlahed he weuldaxctalm. "My traaody la done!" considering- . the trannpoaltlon of the Unas Into verae only a trivial thine. Masilabecht, on the contrary, rarely left his room. He lived amid an army of books, and wrote his works at a table upon which were littered great pilea trf papers and long-f oraotten . volumes, which hs took a special prlds In collect Inc.. - Luther ' would take his seat at his desk and write for days without lea vine hla chair. On . these -occasions he had hla fpod brought to him, but often for aot -o eat It. When his brain became fatlfued he would take up his tuttar, and the soft chords of the mueio acted as a never-falling refreshment. He was passionately fond of mualo, aad did not hesitate . to say that', after theology music was the beat of arts. Unlucky Friday-. , The superstition whlah regards Fri day as unlucky originally cams from an ancient custom. Many years ago It was usual to observe Friday as a fes tival day In . honor of the Goddess Freya. Those who - did not give up this day to honoring the goddess and who pursued their own Inclinations were supposed to Incur the wrath of Freya and to'be doomed to 111 Juck. Tbe superstition remained after the1 ex planation bad been forgotten. -. In Spain and Mexico Tu'esdayits con sidered the unlucky day, and In Scan dinavia It Is Thursday. In France the tradition that Friday Is an unlucky day Is strong. Seamen will not sail on this day, and there are few marriages. A strange contrast, prevails tn Soot land, where marriages on Friday sxceea thoee of any other day by 11 per cent. , . When the Title Originated. The title of "cordon bleu" for a wom an cook dates back, acocrdlng to this authority, to the tlms of Louis XV and Madanrs thi Qarry. and the origin of ths title came about In this ,wa.y: The two, oonversingLjaav dsy about cooking. King Louis contended that only a man could cook perfectly. Woodrow Wilson's Birthday.1,; ' Wood row Wilaon, prealdent of Prince ton university, mentioned as a possible presidential nomlnea-on the Democratic ticket, was born at Staunton, Virginia. December CS, 1861, and began his acad emic studies 'at Davidson college. . In 1175 ha went to Princeton - and ' was graduated, jwlth - high honors. In' ths University of Virginia he studied law for several year and theit he "practiced law la Atlanta, Georgia; thenca he went to Johns Hopkins university to devote his whole time to his chosen- studies n 1181 he received his Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins and ths. naxt three years prices of other things fall.". But a few years ago the Press was one of a large number of newspapers that could not sufficiently ridicule or con demn Mr. Bryan and others who based arguments on the same fact. ' . ... ... j '-.'. , . Whatever else of a calamitous or deplorable nature is happening . in Oregon, we haven-'t heard of any body freezing to death around here, as some have back east' .'";" The machinery of '.paturCf and its tireless . watchrold Father Time, never takes a holiday and recognizes no calendar dates. -., " Justice to Mr. Teal From ths Salem Journal. In the Oregonlan's Washington cor respondence, giving an account of what took place befors ths rivers and harbors committee of congress, when ths delega tion of Oregon business men appeared in behalf of appropriations for this state, there Is great Injustice dons to Joseph N. Teal of Portland. j Hs Is represented as having not been there at all, or having taken sny part In the' proceedings, which Is a misrepre sentation of the fact, as be was spokes man of the. delegation, and made ths fullest and most complete statement of the needs of the upper and lower Co lumbia river and Its mouth. He, an swered all of Chairman Burton's In quiries' Intelligently and with .great ability. . The same account telegraphed the In formation that Mr. B. Hofer, ths editor of this paper, killed ths bill to have the government purchase the locks and canal at Oregon City. As the Ors gonlnn Is very slow to glvs any man credit with such tremendous power as killing a bill of that much merit and magnitude, the readers must draw their own conclusions. k:rn Ths editor of thtsparer will not de fend himself In print Vgntnet anything the Oregonlan may say about him, but will stste ths faots to the- people on soms publlo occasion where there. will be opportunity to fairly answer charges without foundation. Mr. Teal pursues ths wise policy of never answering misrepresentations through the Oregonlan. He feels, no doubt, that it would be hopeless to ex pect fair treatment, and useless to carry on unprofitable, newspaper contro versy. If his example were followed by the public generally the effect would be heneflclal to Oregon. - , Justice to Mr. Teal requires1 It be stated that he was not' only the organ iser of the movement to send a large delegation, to ths National Rivera and 'Harbors congress. But he was ths most prominent private cltlsen st that great convention, serving as chairman of the committee on rescflutlons with great ability.. It has been the cuntom altogether too mucti to belittle and misrepresent, our publlo men and public-spirited private cltisena In Oregon. To Ignore the work of a man like Joseph Teal In connec tion with ' the - development of our waterways Is a species of folly and smallness thst Is unworthy of any school of reputable journalism. . Mr. 'Teal and his associates In the great work they haVe undertaken are very much" appreciated In Oregon, and they do not depend upon . newspnper boosting to have the merits of their labors understood. . , . of the C ommon AD WHILE YOU WAIT.' he spent as professor at' Bryn Mawr. In 1S8T Wake Forest college mads htm an LU P.. and In 1181 he was. elected to the chair of history and political economy at Wealeyan university. - In .1810 he 'was made processor of juris prudence ' and political economy at Princeton and tn 1S0I he became presi dent or the university. President" W1I son has been conspicuous as a lecturer and publlo speaker and has written a dumber of notable works on political economy..- . . - .;.'.---. The Wonderful Something. There's a Something that maketh a pal- ... ace , . Out of four little walls and a prayer; A Something that seeth a garden In one little flower that Is fair;' ' That tuneth two hearts to ens' purpose And 'maketh one heart of two; That smiles when ths sky Is a gray one Ana smiles whetf rha sky Is blue. Without It no garden has Trargranos, -Tho' It holdeth the wide world's blooms; ' ' Without It a palace a prison With oeHa- for banquetlng-rooms; ' This Something that halloweth sorrow ' And stealeth the sting from care; This Something that maketh a nalaea Out of four little walls and a prayer.l Maurice. Smiley. " , ' December 28 in History. 1112 John C. Calhoun resigned vtce presldency of the United States. ... Ills Dade's maaeacre by the Se'ml noles. 1851 Parry Belmont, New Tork fin ancier, born. 1861 Second attack on Vlcksburg. 188 Charles I proclaimed king of Portugal. 1890 Captain Wallace and several soldiers killed by Sioux Indiana In South Dakota.. " 1896 Mrs. Stirling, famous actress (Lary Gregory), died. Born 1117. The Queen as Collector. Queen Alexandra posaesses one of ths largest colelctlons of charms In Europe. It consists mainly of tiny elephants In malachite, jade, porphyry,- sapphire and turquoise, and humming birds, swallows, bees and beetles, which are Vorks of art, composed as far ar possible ot un out gems and enamel. ) Bulletin Bubbles. - -' From the ' Philadelphia Bulletin. Man of the hour Father Time. , Rival dentists do not pull together. Far and. jiear a distant relative who Is Tctase." i, . It's perfectly plain that no woman ever thinks shs Is. " It doesn't augur wsll for any person to bo a bora. A blind actor ought to ba- abls to act feelingly. . Many people never sing a dust with the voles of conscience. A corner In ths market Is not always a square one. A round of drinks Isn't always a treat when It's on you. . , Many a man has a hair's breadth es cape from complete baldness. - A doss of Iron may not bs ths best tning. to improve a slnrer's rana-a. The honest booking agent Isn't afraid to swear by ths book. , f Tlie Play, Should all the people who see Rose Melville as "Sis Hopkins" go upon ths presumption expressed by her When.she tells Addison Vlbert that "It ain't any use to do anything for anybody who ain't never dons anything for you," It would be a aafs wager that the actress would never lsck for friends and kindly regara. ens is as-good a prescription far th4 blues as Dr. Merriment aver wrole. It Is not necessary, and would be of no benent to any one, to say that "81s Hopkins" pleased ths audience at' th Helllg last night. Every one who knows much of anything knows that tho play wouia do appreciated with Miss Melville as. Sis. She has Impressed that belief as an axiom on ths memories of Ameri can theatre-goers. For eight years or so, fMIss Melville has chaperoned "Sis Hopkins" In her travels ovsr the country and has .made of her a favorite wherever her awk ward, yet winning personality has been aeen. About all that Is necessary to say about the, producelon Is that "81s Hopkins" Is "Sis Hopkins" still. . saiss ueiviue nas mucn ths same company to assist her In making her audlenos laugh and cry with her this yesr as last J. T. Ray as Obadlah, ths undertaker's agent. Is hers again, as a urs.-cioas iun proaucerrioreneav Weft. ter. as "Ma" Hopkins, Is real old fashioned Indiana housewife and makes the farm look real. Frank Hartweil -Is ;Pa" Hopkins still. The remainder of ths company, soms nsw, some veterans, under Miss Melville's standard, are abls soldiers of their able lesder. "81s Hopkins" will be at the Helllg tonight, tomorow matinee and tomorrow night. Those who can find ths time to attend wll not loss It If thsy see and near miss Melville. . i Alone in Switzerland. From Judge. An Iowa schoolma'am who has Aeen traveling in Europe writes for ths Ma. son City GlobSrOasette an Interesting account of her trip. Ws havs pleasure in extracting these paragraphs from her article: Ths scenery In ths foothills going through the vineyards and small farms wajJ refreshing. - We reached Geneva. In the early evening-. As ws were getting off I heard an officer speak In Gsrmsn. It was a relief after hearing French for several days. French as one hear It In France seems such .a chatter. - , The party became rather spread out at times, and ones I was out of sight of sny other person. The Idea of being alone in ths mountain rorest waa In spiring. But another mule cams In sight just then, so I did not writs a poem on that Inspiration. Uncovering Buried City. Among mining enterprises nons. com pares in Interest with ths excavating of Herculaneum, an undertaking about to bs started by ths Italian government This' ancient city was buried . under St feet of volcanic mud, which Is now rock. Under this vast blanket He buried the treasures of Oreek art and literature of nearly 1.040 years ago. Ths neighboring town of Pompeii was only a conimerclal town and a cheap place of amusement; It was to Herculaneum as Long Branch Is to Newport .Pompeii wasreatly damaged by earth quake long before Its burial and It had been fllmslly rebuilt, while Herculaneum when It was sealed to silence was a real center of Greek civilisation. Alrssdy ona villa that has been unearthed has yielded ft whole Jlbrarx of papyri - Letters From the ; y: People Tie School Tax. , Croy, Or., Deo, 16. To the Editor of The Journal I notice In your paper thatf'tt Is proposed to' have the legisla ture pass a law miking It obligatory to havs a levy . sufficiently 4arge to make IS to eacU child of school age la ins county; 'also to make It obligatory that Lmvil UI.UIVl W 1 . ..VI achool. ' " " ' ' r It aeems to ms if Is about time to glvs some thought or ths ability of the taxpayer to meet all these obligations that the solons propose for us to pay. I shall confine this letter exclusively to ths school levy. There are a number of schools In ths stats, that have only from 10 to II pupils In the district. Counting; what they would draw from the general fund, net, over 1100 In theae districts, would glvs two months' school 1160.. This must be raised to pay - teachers, and Incidental expenses will make 110 more, a total of 1100 to be raised by special levy? This would mean a 10-mlll levy on 110,000, and In soms districts there is not that much taxable property.' Our school Isw doer not limit ths amount of levy, nor Is there any limit for any levy. ....... With this Idee, of progressing faster than our ability to pay that la so preva lent Just now, IS It not time for the people to think about having a limit to ths amount that can' be levied 'In the aggregate In any on yearf My opinion is that no state can long remain pros perous where the annual levy exceeds St mills for all purposes (state, county snd school levy). Ws havs school dis tricts that have already voted a 10 mlll tax.- The . county fixes a 10-mlll tax. the state. e.'-mfU Lax; toUUi mills. This ' will soon make practical Socialism, for ths state, county and school districts would soon own all th property. ' My Idea Is that ws should have a constitutional amendment fixing a maxi mum limit to all levies for stats. county, .municipal and school taxea, and that so low that It would be Impossible for taxes to exceed what property would bring In rents. . - Wejl do I remember how earnestly soma of Portland s business men In 1198 urged ms to use my vote ss a member "of ths legislature to reduce taxes. Probably soms of them still re member how. hard it waa to pay taxea at 'that time. Our motto -at all times should ' be economy In publlo expendi tures, i -'3. E. DAVID. . ' Bad Streetcar Ssrvtoe. i ' Portland.. Dec. 17. To the Editor of Ths Journal Cars on the Union avenue branch of the Portland Railway, Light sV Powsr company between 1 and-S o'clock Iq ths morning are about- as scares ss automobiles in Siberia. - For the past three days csrs havs been run at Intervals of. fom 10 to 19 mlnutea, and this during ths Busiest hour of .ths morning. Today there waa not a car from 7:10 until 7:11 o'clock. A Wood lawn car crossed Albert street at ths time last mentioned, and stopped to pick iup passengers who were standing . In croups qf. from Ave to ten at every corner, : ' When Fremont street wss reached th conductor signaled the motorman -to go ahead and stop for no one." There was a crowd waiting for ths car on ths corner, but there was no uss of stopping, for there was not room fpr a single additional pssssnger on board Men and women were picked Ilk sar dines, snd - when anyone wanted to alight It was necessary for him to work his way through ths crowd by ths uss of foot, knes and elbow. This process proved- rather -uncomfortable to those who were hanging from the straps the toes of some short people barely touched the flooxt-but .the relief afforded by th vacation 'of space was ao welcome that.no on complained of an -unnecessary poke In ths ribs or of a heavy foot landing upon a pet corn. At East Burn side street many left ths csr, but mors got on. so ths crowd Was almost thick at Fifth and Washington streets as it waa when the, "ho stopU" order was given si r remont .street, v . Must we always put up with this sort Ot servicer AN EA8T SIDER. Essays ty BoLLi le By William F. Kirk. Painters. Painters is men wlch talks different colors aV puts them on paper. Canvass, Darns, rences. etc th men wlch puts ths colore on fences A barns doant git so much munny as ths men wlch puts th paint on paper or canvass, when a man puts colors on a barn the owner aays That la a good job, A handg him 4 1, whan a man puta paint on a canvas sum -rich old man from Chicago hands him 10.0001 A sava That Is jest what I want It la also jest whst the painter wants, so every body Is satisfied. u. - I saw sum fins paintings ones when I was In a Art gallery with Ma, they was all very costly, one-'of them waa called Nit on the Lake, It was a plcter or sura water' at an th rest wss dark. I went horn, A took my paints A painted a better lake. It looked more like water than ths other plcter beekaus my paints was water colors, but .when i tried to sell It all 1 got was 19 cents, my Pa paid m that much for It, but he owed me 10 cents for sawing aum wood anyway. I guess t will be a poet Instead of a painter, beekaua Ink Is easier to git off of yurs hands than paint after th job la done. I will cloas with a llttel poem I wrote today; ., - Bs kind to yurs father, no- many may know How much yurs deer father luvs you. H may not be with us for many more yeers . i A Xmas U neerly hear, too, . , Some Speakers. . From the New Tork 8un, Mr." Burleson (Dem.. Texas) Will the gentlemen stats ths salary of the speaker nf the house of commons T Mr. Llttauer He Is paid 125.000 a yssr, besides which a magnificent goth- 10 mansion is provided ror him. - At ths snd of his service h Is made a peer and receives a pension -sufficient to maintain his rank. So Is ths ntisaker of the French chamber of deputies. He hss 115,000 a year and a regiment of soldiers for sn escort; and th band plays svsry Um he takes his seat From the debats in the house on th increase or saisry om. ' t We cannot Imaeine T'ncle Joe envlnna when he looks 'upon this gorgeous picH ture. Whether his house In Vermont avenue ,1s gothlo, w don't know; but he can sit In It. neglige and amok his llavs n a. Money la no object . to him, and 14,000 mor a year won't make him proud. He Is. of course, th peer of any mart In or out of congress, snd if he csh't hsv a regiment of soldiers to conduct him to ths canltol he has troops of friends, H wsnts no pension, for hs hss resolved to die In hsrness. As for .mtmlcv "Horn. Sweet Home", or Th Wearing of ' the Green" hw ran hear n a band organ any day la Wash ington, ; . . , . .. :- - , ED TDIRDSEYE VIEWS 4r V TIMELY TOPICS SMALL CHAttGE. - - Th- tag problem Ing. , . "v x is always perplex. : Ths wster wagon -will start out well loaded, as usual. -. , , . . i . ' : ' ' Christmas Is also a great doy , for crimes and calamities,. 4-1- i a - . i '.( How much did Rockefeller put Jn Chancellor Pay's stocking? ' e . . ' . . ' In- making the city tax ' levy therl seems to bs uss for a brake. - - ..';' ' e . , ' Teddy Is alwaya In Juck; now It 1 Foraker who la attacking htm. , e e Of course It will b a happy New Tear isn't there a footbat game? . . , .. . .- ee . . Much can sometimes be accomplished In three days all that it left of 1101. . .. e Norcroas seems to havs got down 'to rather thin, light stuff In his muckrak ing. .. .,... , , ; . . .. . -, . '" e ' e .... j TTnele Sam woufri. not treat tta Mnatal employes amiss If h gave, them all a Christmas present r ... e ..,.. It will be a eold time down at Pine Knot If the president can't think up anotner message or two to send In. Dont wait till a man ts desd before saying something good of him, if hs de serves tt and an opportunity occurs. e . . . If Miner Hicks yields to th tempta tion to go erf th vaudeville stags. It's a good many chanoes to ons that he's a gonsr. t.. . . e , e j . -..... People who didn't get any Christmas presents If there ar any each think New Tears Is a more suitable day for gift-giving.' e i Halll Ermine Rive consented to be tied for life or least to a Post, but as his other nam Is Whseler she may expect to travel aoroev-, Those crasy "tongues-of-flre" people up .at Salem ar now preparing to raise soms dead people. vThey might experi ment on a few mossbacka first. Ve ,. . ; The shah of Persia promised his doci tors death If they did not agree on a favorable report end this Is on case where the doctors did not disagree. . V. e-. e. . Strange. We haven't heard of any wealthy people sending . their poorer neighbors eras for. Christmas nresenta But even th rich 'must, draw the line somewhere. ; - ..: I A Portland meat market man- is ac cused of selling a turkey with a torpid liver. Ws don't doubt thst a good many consumers of turkey and other Christ mas stuff havs torpid livers. A San Francisco -grand juryman actu ally admitted that before he was drawn he read th newspapers. .With . such men getting on grand juries ths liberties of ths country are as good aa gons al ready, - t . rrr I'he Latest NeVi REPORTED fiX A. BENNETT, Well, aomo of us leedlng sltlxens ha been over Into, the backsklrts of ths new county which the Hood Rlvver folks wants to call Cascade county, and we have picked out a dandy, place for a county sect and we expect to raopvs roabbltvllle over In a few, days or so. Ws will be almost In the very senter of th new county, snd ws think sure ws can get ths county seat and all ths of fices. It will bs a big joak on Hood River you bet, and w got to keep It kwtet, for It wont do for th candidate down ther to catch onto our skeem. W know th cost of this new county will be big, and th taxes way up, but we wont have nothing to tax. ao We dont cars about that All ws wsnt Is the offices and a chance to spend, ths money, and If.ws do get ths county Into debt, why that dont cut no Ice with-ua. We sr not going to talk court house until the new county ts maid, but we' will blld a court house lite away, and bond th county for mebbe a hundred thousand I I to pay for tt. Of course as th om cers of the county ws akit going to steel nothing, but there will b a little rake off annyhow.- enuff to keep us In' per- scrlntlona. ' Ws want to hold out snuff at ones to start a newspaer, ao w wont havs to havs no printing done In Hood River. But that Is another thing to keep mltey kwtet. But It alnt long now ontll ths thing will corns up at Sallem, and ws will get there then with both reel. Do not forget tbe watch meeting at ths dominies on' ths last nltcof the year. . Come early and watch the new year out and the old year in. Bring your lunch with you. Also each seat la .re- kwested to bring, a deck of cards or soms poker chips, as we -wU . have a game of progressive poker, five cent aunty, and one cent fom evvery pot to the kitty, for the benefit of the dominie. It la-lipped the rake-off will bs enuff to bye1 ths domlnis a pair of boots, wlch he needs them bad. P. 8. Also bring a botle of perscrlptlons. . . . . a e a . . Ws have In our midst a new sitlsen sv the nalm of Goodnow. which. nalm Is very sppropoe.' for ho Is good no. When he arrived into our midst last Sattsrday hw had a wad ot don as big ss a beer keg. So much mimney was nswer be fore sen In our midst. There wss over s hundred I out of It, snd all good munnay two. So wa got him down to the city drug stors snd thro wed a few Pslousers Into him and then sot- him Into a little galm. When It cams Heel I glv him four Kings and I gave mm uipp lour aces, and then ths fun begun. Ws got together all the munney In th town and glveitt to Sim and W got the hull wad on that one deel. After the feller waa broke we divided the munney smongst us leedlng sltlsens. My sheer was most six dollars. Ths nerscrlptlnn blslness hs been mltey good sense then, but. ws all expect to sober up by new years. . A feller from over Wapanltla way was In our midst Sunday and hs took dinner at ths Bunco bouse. . He found a cockroach In his soop and .maid a fuss about It and Bunco hit him, and ths fits begum Ths stranger wood havs whipped Bunco, but us leading sltlsens fll lent a hsnd, and w' used ths feller up shameful, some of the boys walking on his counte nance and blteln of Mm up horrlbler than I ewer seen a feller chewed up be fore. After th fuss we arrested the feller and the squire flnded him. twenty S dollars and 10 cents, but the,, f slier ,-"'.:. .'..;: 'V: v ''" -V - - - ' t V y- 31 :) OREGON SIDELIGHTS. " . i . . . . i. A Stay Ion man. baa 14,000 worth of plies on hand. i. . - . ' .'.. -.. ..' v , Lebanon has sf sewing society. Oos- 1 sipping not prohibited. .' . . - 4 ' - e e - ., : ' . " , . Deer are plentiful on the desert In southern Crook county. t . - '' V - ' ' . Increasing demand ' for -good ' dairy eowa in Yamhill county. ." . .-,,' '.. ; .. . , , A Yamhill county" representative will Introduce a wide-tlr bill. ;, -..j ' Springfield Is steadily growing and. many new bouses will 4 built next ye?. ,:- . ' - . , .... ;e". . . '. .', Fine weather yet ttn In Crook count. In spits of all ths signs and predictions of a hard winter. ' : . - a .- ' A few cars having put In an appear " ance, the Crawfordsvlll woolen mill ha started up again. . . : t , X . . ' Glendal Is rejoicing over the nros- pectlvs removal of the Southern Pa cific roundhouse from Grants Pass to that town. ' ' - f ' Gooss hunting has been "quit th go", around lone lately, but 'most of the geess a yet alive and regard the hunt- era aa the real "geese." ' . . . - ' Th remains of a man. supposed to ' be Arthur Crawford, a sheepherder, who waa lost In a storm last winter, have been found In Klamath county, A. ... '': '.( '; Content Valley correspondence 'of GJendale News: Spare-ribs and ' back bones ar becoming as common aa ths strawberry blossoms yet seen on the hillsides. '. v '' - . .' Bom hunters south of Prlnevllle earns -across a cougar feeding on a eow'a car- ' cass, with aix coyotea ranged around and howling for a division, which the big cat would not allow. Th cougar and . two coyotea war killed, ... e . '. . ' . Table Rock correspondence of Med ford Mall: Between 1.000 and 10.000 trees will be set In this small neck-of-the-woods this winter. One. men Is seriously eonsiderlng the advisability of putting out 200 acres tn one body. '.. . '. ,-e . e :" . K 1 Thr.t ths farmers of Linn county sr . awakening to th advantages of - ths proper knowledge In fruit culture. And desire to discover all they can which . will benefit them In placing their fruit on th competitive market, was shown by the large attendance at, and great Interest In the recent meeting df the Linn County Horticultural society. ' . . e e '.."'' . j Ths turkey shipments from Yoncalla .this yesr will divide among tho people thousands of dollars ana. unlike otner shipments, ths money I evenly els- . trlhuted. says the Courier, the result being that aven the homesteader with but a few years residence mskes as mucn, oftentimes more, than thoaeon the com fortably arranged farm, for he has mors . range, and that Is necessary, for turkeys ' In this country. '. -. From Rattityille OF THE DALLES OPTIMIST. only had li forty S. But ths squire waa -good to the feller and trusted blm for . th rest, t's leedlng folks extend a hsrty Invlt to jents from Ovsr Wspln Itla way to come ovef into our midat oc casionally and enjoy thelrselves. e e, a t Now, Mr. Optimise man. Mister Ben nett I will havs a fsw words to say to you. . My feelings toward you Mr. Ben net t are not fit to print la any paper or -any langwldge, and the things I cood . say agin you ar not found In Mr- Dan- ' lei Webster's Dictionary. You ough . ms almost six ft or to bs exact you ough me for seven oollums of letters at 10 cents per collum and you are getting deeper and deeper Into ray det evvery blessed weak. Yon keep promising! O yes you are a dandy at promising. You . ara what they mite call a man of grata promise, hut It all ends tnere. YOU DON'T PAYI Do you think thy servant In i a DOGT Do youhlnk words from ths ' jawbone of a aas will buy perscrlptlons and clgarootsT Do you think you can . DO me aa you DO others? - Do you I think I forget what Is DOO met ,jQr do ' you for a moment think that I am glv--4 vlng you my valuable cervices for a mess of potash T And not getting that neither. Now lett mo put you Next to a skeem us leedlng sltlsons has hatched , up In our midst. It Is this, I B ws have deslded that If you dont pay me by the. first day of January, proxtmus. ' that about a dosen of us will go over to the Dalle and jest naturly war you out.! We will IKk you aa bad that you will look mor like a Sid of meat than a human, and then w will bring your remnants over Into our midst and fetch you before the squire aad find you for contemt of the court and take away evvery cent w find on you. And to thla end and by .nese presents I hearby and hearln and eearoit sub scribe to the best of my nolledge and beleef, amen, ' Realistic Military Training. Great Britain has reserved a tract of land several hundred square , miles In -extent on which her soldiers play at war. ' according , to the Technical World Magailne. The Russian-Japanese war served to emphasise the radical revolu tion which has taken place In warfar ' due to th remarkable improvements which have, been wrought In the devls-. Ing of long-range and quick-firing weap ons, combined with Improvements ' in explosives. ' i Ths result of this revolution in- war fare Is that a battls front may rang over as much Is to or 70 mile.' Conse quently a grave difficulty presents It self in the training of an army, to eonv , ply with and to understand these new conditions, sines It ts essential that an army In peace ahould be brought to" a . high standard of efficiency which will enable It to cops wlh any peculiar dif ficulty that mayDtesent Itself In actual combat But to train an army upon this , basts necessitates a vast tract of land V having a conformation of ths most dif ficult nature, and far removed from th influences of human habitations, to en able tho men to have the fullest scop ' In which to practlcs the new conditions Of their science. ' la practicing on Salisbury field, as th British rail their large mock battl ground, ths attacking party uses bullets and live shells, while the defenders use , Dianas, i ,; i - ...j -. f . . I 1 if u:
