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Editorial Page of The Journal j ' " 1111 1 1,11 11 1 1 " 1 ii , . , ' .1 , fl - . . , . - a.' . f THE JOURNAL AN IKDCPtCNDgNT WPrgB" o. a. Jackson.. .FakSsa faMl.k mry .-.ntsf (an- wj ftneear sjoralBC, at T Jwl Boll , nrtk aa4 Xsvhlil striata. PartUaA, P-. Sntar- at the aoatufir at rertlaed. Or., far trait, ariaaloa Ikroufk Ux suUs aa eaesaa-alase i-lUa. i- , TKLKPUOJiB MAIN TITS. . All d-aartai-ata reare-a ky Uila aanbar. TU tba aprntw tha frtiaent J "- KOHKIOM APVERTIBINO BKPRK8KNTATITB Vrr-iasd-BeajaeilS' Sr-etsl dYrtalng Aavary. . 160 Ksbu etraat, Hew Itarki Trlbua BaUd Us. Lkmo. , r Sobacrtptto Terms kr anil te any atfdreae to 4ka UaitY Bute. Csaaoa ar ataxMei PAILT . f- On year. ...... . 00 Oaa mta.......t .80 : ., StIWDAT . ' ' Ona fear...;- UN I On moots... ....$ Jtt - r ' daily and sokoay. Oaa'Taar. 47. M f Ona Dotitti.......$ 05 -.-.you. must.dd the. duty et your I band, that is certain; but of ten duties next your, hand you are to choose that, which you do' most happily, which suits you best, or for ' which God fitted you. Ed ward Everette Hale, ' . . ; PERSONAL PROPERTY. , NOT PAY TAXES. DOES NOTWITHSTANDING- New York's many multimillionaire!, ".the tax lists for 1907 will con- , tain the , namei of but four ' persons who are assessed at over $1, - 000,000 on ; personal property, "T as against six such persons last year .and eight in , 1905. Fifty " persona known to be' very wealthy have been eliminated from the tax 'list 'alto- gether.-THie of these being Edward, H, Harriman, who last year refused to. pay taxes on $150,000 tf personal property;, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who "swore off ' a $100,000 assessment, and . the . seven Guggenheim, who were formerly assessed from $100,000 to;' $150,000; each. The - largest - tax If vet- asisessed.":by tl0O.Ter cent" in New York City, is that against the estate of thelate RusseirSage,which must pay on $50,000,000,. as against $2,000,000 which the late miser cbuld not successfully "swear -of f." An drew Carnegie comes next highest on the personal , property list with an assessment " of $5j000,000, perhaps one-sixtieth part of his'entire wealth. J.t D. Rockefeller, reputed to be worth a round billion, pays taxes on $2,500,000. Senator Clark is assessed at $1,000,0001 H. C Frick at $500,000, Ceorge Gould and the - Coelets at $750,000, H, O. Havemeyer at $500, 000, and so on.. , , , r ', i This does not seem to be treating ' tht Sage "heifralrlybut they can not "swear off", so easily, the pro bate court records being indisputable evidence of their .personal wealth, which is assessed at somewhere near half its actual cash value.. Personal property of all .living multimillion aires is assessed at from one-fiftieth to one-thousandth of their wealth, or not at all. If any oi them has any conscientious scruples about "swear ing off," "he excuses himself by say ing, They all do it." " , ' A it works out, a tax on personal property is a failure. Only a very rmall fraction of what ought to be paid under the law is collected, and this from the " more honest few among the very rich. Since long ex perience has shown that the collec tion of taxes on "money, notes and accounts," and stocks and bonds, is impossible while the owners live, the better plan would be to tax their estates very heavily after they are dead, high enough to make up for their delinquency whil: hey lived. and meanwhile make taxes rest on land values only. Such , taxation is " the simplest and in the ultimate an alysis the most miitable c'f any, but tle revenues might be largely raised by' taxes on inheritances, making the rate higher the larger the estate. PROMISING CANCER CURE. I FURTHER results are confirma I . tory of e efficacy of the new ; - cancer cure, and medical science : seems on the 'verge of one of its greatest triumphs.' To trypsin, which digests or consumes the albu men of the cancef in the affected cell, there has been added anylopsin, which destroys such of the cancer vi tality a may remain. Though un def experiment but a . few months, several cases that had passed beyond the curative reach of the knife, have been completely cured. , Results'are summed tip in a report by an emi nent New York specialist in a medi cal' journal," and in part, aret -First, two severe cases 'of cancer of the face were cured by use of trypsin; second, a case of cancer of the breast was fully obliterated, as has. been microscopically proven; third, in all ta4 &igns of amelioration have been lerved; fourth, trypsin in all cases shows results in rigors which in turn are a sign that the albumen in the ranter eel's has been attacked; fifth, wo!!en gland associated with can rrr lnve rapidly diminished in size under trypkin treatment; sixth, the treatment .'caused , hemorrhage cease and alleviated pain. .. A . distinguished Edinburgh physi cian, writing in the current issue of Harper's Weekly, says:,. "It is ab solutely demonstrated that it is cap able, not in pne isolated ease, or two, but in many, of curing by its unaided power, hopeless and inoperable cap - So many bright hopes and happy prospects have been blighted by can cer that the world will rejoice with the mch'of m"edtcinrifrr seems sured. thev have at last found de livery and safety for mankind from the banctni malady. MUST "MAKE'GOOD." ; A BILL HAS been introduced in 4l the California legislature injt tended ; to fescue Mayor " Schmitx and Boss Ruef, and practically to permit them and, at; tn law n" nf general, other accitsed persons, choose ..their own judges. oo to These men- do not intend to ' face trial jury , and aa impartial and hon est judge, ii they can. help it, and aa they 'were important and necessary factors in Herrin's program of state bossisnt, they- expect the Herrin Ruef legislature :ia save them from punishment,1f not " from trial. - The San Francisco Chronicle warns the legislature that if the- scheme is car ried out by this Republican legisla ture "the next legislature, in our judgment,, will be Democratic. It will not be ; enough to say that a Democratic " legislature would have been just corrupt ' It will be a Republican legislature that did the deeL And for that, the Republican party .must" jtand, or falL" The Chronicle goesf farthe'r, and declares; The party tie la not what It one waa. The people are waking up to the fact that an honeat political opponent In ot flco la far' better for them than a cor rupt inu of thalr own party. .The Re- pnblican party la boeomlng recpomlbl for acta which will kill, anJ which ought to kilt,-any political party. Tho Rspubltcan party must denounce, re pudiate' and oaat out 'the boodlera for which It la responsible or cease to bo a political element of Importance. This has a gfneral as well as a local application. . In a different way it applies in Oregon..; We have no such boodlers at Schmitr and Ruef are supposed to be, but we have peo ple who are trying by every, means in their "power nd their means are not small or light to defeat or ren der ineffective certain legislation greatly desired and clearly demanded by the people. And the people are not going to be fooled long after the outcome by any mke-belieyemeas; ures. If they don't get about what they want, the next legislature may be Democratic, even here in Oregon, or if not, members who cannot show a good, clear record will ask in vain for future political favors. VI' GOVERNOR LA FOLLETTE ON RAILROAD COMMISSIONS. , THE MESSAGE of Governor La Follette, delivered two years -. ago, is illuminative of two sub jects now before the Oregon legislature in various forms for con sideration taxation and railroad reg ulationand a perusal of it by. every member of . our legislature . could scarcely fail to be profitable. ' Gov ernor La Follette went into the sub ject of railroad taxation and freight regulation at great length'. '' He states the history of commission laws in different states, discusses rates of various ' roads, .their com binations, . discriminations, monopo lization and overcharges, and declares that at last the people of Wisconsin had definitely settled the ' question that raiiroad service and rates within the state should be controlled by a commission. ' ''The commission, he said, should be vested with full power to regulate rates and promulgate en tire schedules of rates and classifica tions, and over-capitalization should be inquired into and taken into con sideration in fixing rates. - But important and4 perfect a the law may be, Governor La Follette said, "The state will fail utterly in its undertaking unless the commis sion is composed of men of high character and ability. Party prefer ence or prejudice should in no way influence the selection of members of the commission. They should be men of the highest integrity, of marked -industry, and should possets special fitness for the important serv ice' demanded of them. No other of ficial will have such '. enormous .in terests with which- to deal; nowhere elsewill pressure for special favor be so great; and nowhere else will the effort to control the election of officials, and therefore their' action, be " so persistent and resourceful" Because commissions in some states hve fallen under the influence of the railroads they were created to regulate is no reason, he says, to abandon this method of railway, regu lationiVbut it. is a reason. for giving most serious consideration tp tha method oi selecting the members of the commission. Weakness at -this point will, in the end, be disastrous, for it will be at this point that the opposition will concentrate and direct its well-trained forces of attack. The content between a state and corporate power is a lasting one." . This ia very apropos to the present situation in Oregon, and here is. more of it: "Whatever differences of opinion may be found among sup' porters of a measure to regulate rail way service and rates, as to whether the commission should be- elective or appointive, you will find no division among theoppcments of such legisla' tion. One and all they are quite certain to be unitedly in favor of an elective commission. While they will oppose the creation of any commit sion whatever, as long as such oppo sition can be successfully made, and. while they will oppose every provis ion to strengthen the hands of such commission, they will join with great unanimity for the election' of. the commission. .This it exactly, tne situation in Oregon today. After presenting reasons in- favor of an appointive commission,' Gov ernor La Follette said: "Experience baa proven conclusively that the elec tion of commissioners by popular vote is dangerous in furnishing in ducement vto the powerful corpora fions-to make -themselves - felt-po litically." A chief" executive, lhl a given ease like thift. can cast aside partisanship in order to serve and obey tha people, but in a campaign between two parties for the election of membert 5 of congress, and state and county- officer's, partisan preju dices that would be injurious to the public welfare may be j aroused by interested corporations, .V ' V ; V JThe program, as Governor La Fol lette, from experience and observa tiondescribed it, is being or will be carried out to the letter at Salem. First the railroads voifced by their organ : in Portland, are objecting to a commission.' But if there, must be a commissIbn7theywanf ifthrown into the maelstrom of party politics. And whatever may be done about this, :they will oppose in-every pos sible : way . every, "clause that gives power and efficacy to the eommis sion. . - ' ' ' ' The "rights" bf the predatory classes are. being gradually curtailed; in the west it is demanded that mine sellers 1 shall not : soar into fiction when 1 writing prospectuses; in ' the east the 'courts forbid Mr. : Hill to water hia railroad stock; and in the middle states the packers are ordered to teir the truthrabout the .contenta of packages containing their products. A tew centuries nence a law may be passed compelling politicians to keep ante-election pledges. What Oregon wants at Salem is not so. much quantity as quality in legislation. It is not the number, but the character of his products that gives distinction to a solon. A safe rnle in law making, at in apple grow ing, is, if the products are too thick, thin them; if too small, kill them. That ia the way they, do at Hood River, and Hood River knowt how. Seven train accidents in six states in a single day and in one of them 25 people killed. No wonder they hold prayer meetings as they speed along on English trains, and in view of their constant proximity to the grim reaper, would it not be well for American railway passengert: to adopt the plan, too? "One and all, they (the opponentt of railroad regulation) will be united ly an favor of an elective commission. While they will oppote a commission, and every provision to strengthen it, they will join with great 'unanimity for the election of the commission." Governor La Follette. - ' To ore railroad proposition, that of the Southern Pacific to build a bridge across the Willamette and divert its traffic to the east side, relieving Fourth street of it, there will be no objection. , But three years it a long time to wait. " '' "J ' In charging Hearsf with the re sponsibility for all his troubles. Sen ator Bailey forgets one trifling thing: The editor did not make the states man attorney , for the Standard or any of its allied companies.' " x:' t Whther nn elective commission would be better . or not, there is "no doubt that the Oregonian believes it would be better for Harriman, for whom it is working.-- - --- - -- , Mr. Roosevelt's latest message will cause a wider tmile to bisect the face of the trusts, which should have lit tie to fear from a president who fa vors a ship subsidy. , -"Weakness a this point (method erf i selecting ' railroad commissions) will ba disastrous for at this point the opposition will concentrate and direct its well-trained forces of at tack." Governor La Follette. "The worth a legislator is meat' ured by is what he accomplishes,' remarks the Albany Herald. Yes, and by what he accomplishes negr tively, that is, defeats or prevents, in many cases. ""Party preference - or prejudice should in no way Influence the mem be rt of the commission. -Governor La Follette. . , ' s . , : A goo(j motto for members of the legislature to paste on their desks: "Remember the initiative and refer- endum." Lett th er5 rrom People . Law Maker and Law Giver. niAnlanTH.oThTTidUoT' The Journal An article in Tba Jour nal Monday from Judft-o J. C. B. Heb- bard of tha auporlor court of 8am Frn claco waa of unusual lnteraat to ma, as havo-lone; alnco concluded that any permanent reform . that eoraee to tha masses as-ainat tha Injustlco that la d- atroytng . tha character of our nation must be started from thia very aoure. Kver alnoo tha adoption jot the con- atltutlon of the United States, tha-majority In every law-raaklna body la and baa been from this profession, which la permeated with "dlahonest, incompetent. tlmo-aervlnc weakling-according to his own atatamentn. .. . . History prove that wherever pn par ty or power !a left very Ions: to hava Us own sweet way, evil predominate. And la thta aot the ultimata conse quence of natural lawaT And since atrug-flee and difficulties develop and make good his resolution. I it not hlrh time to chance our base of suppliea and aelect clttsena to make and execute oup laws not upon their greneral intel ligence nor even upon their atorea of knowledge, but upon their abilities, .to deal out Juatloo to mankind? . To my mind there la Junt as much heroism and devotion to right In the world today existed when our con stitution waa formulated. The only dif ference ia that those who have" the nec essary requisite to develop noble eharr actor are too often barred from shedding their lights abroad, by party or social ties and by customs which pretty much master the world. Wa heard . aw public speaker, who seemed to know what he was talking about, aay that 6an Francisco waa as well governed alnce the earthquake -as it had been in any previous administra tion; that graft waa no more rampant than In her slater cities, and that aome of the moat aotlve la tha present, ranch talk ed-of reform owed their own per sonal liberty to the abilities of some lawyers and law bodies. It la little faith we have In tha ultimate results Of auch reformers, for "It la Impossible to get high thinking from low living.'' W are not trying to know the motive that moved Judge Hobbard ' to make publio the mladolnga of hla fellow Jur. lata, but we do know that while- life appointed Judges have been lifted out of politics tbey have not always been lifted out of pollution. Therefore in stead of making life appointments as he advlees I ,. would" urge a "recall placed in the .hands of those whom he aaka "God to help," that they may help themselves the only legitimate way to serve your master. Our laws should be simplified by using common English instead of technical terms that, eases may be decided on their merits instead of quashed on appeal for technical errors. Then people should be forced to lay their differences before an arbi tration board, part elected and part se lected by each of the contending parties. We would soon find little left for law yers, courts or Juries and the necesaary appendages Jails, prisons and reform schools would have fewer subjects. . (MRS. A. BONHAM. , . Immortality and Humanity. Portland. Jan. XL To the Editor of The Journal "In the beginning God." Ood la th beginning, and from - th same he seeth the end, and with' the omnipotent ther 1 not th shadow of turning. Of-th-plan of th Almighty concerning man, which he worketh in that unfathomable vastness of eternity before th world waa, we are given here a hint and there a gllmps in the scrip tures, and although w aa yet see but as through a glass darkly, w know hla thoughts ar thoughts of peace and of life, no death. Mao, having disobeyed Ood, wss driven away from the tree of life and must die in a day. - - But th scripture tell us (behold a great mystery) that Ood has need, for a purpose, not only of a certain stated number, nut slso of other vast, multi tudes of th children of men.' These must be without spot or blemish, perfect In th sight of God. and to them he has promised life without an end. But that Ood, who is Justice, as well as love, might be Justified in Justifying ungodly men in order that be might give them th gift of a holy and never-ending life, worked the only work possible to ac complish this end, I. e.r gave his only be gotten son aa a sacrifice and ae a aubstl ture, "For without shedding ' of ; blood there Is no remission of sins." This son, th man Janus Christ, who Is a "Lamb slain from . th foundation of th world," having "finished th work." has been mad to us tha promise of ever lasting, life, "for as th Father hath life In himself, o hath he given to the son to have Ufa In himself; "and thl Is th record that Ood hath given to us eternal life, and this life I In his Bon." "These things hav I written unto you that' believe on the name of the Bon of Ood that ye may know that ye have eternal Ufa, and that y may believe on the name of the Bon of Ood." NIGHT WATCH, , Tha Lender a Debtor. One 'Sometimes wonders If there ere sny pew stories at all. Th other day In th reportof lecture by Sir Fran el Burnand I found a atory ofPhtl May, says a writer in London Sphere. Borne one having asked for a loan of (0 pounds, rhil May lent' him ell he had on Him II pounds which the man took, saying sternly, "Now you owe me tf pounds." And the lender wae o much under the borrower's dominion that he -avoided th club for a long time, haunted by this "debt." In an old bobk I now find that Bubb Dod ington was one aakd for a guinea In th earn a way, snd could produce only half a guinea. Ia tar th borrower mat him snd said. "When r you going to pay ma that other half guinea." adding that h might take hi time there was no dhurry. Borrowers ar so- much alike Is all aaas that - tho- incident might hav been genuinely original in botk eaea Tke Civil War - - From the Chicago Tribune. In the mind of the average soldier who took part la the war of 1861-1SW for the preservation of the union hla oppon ents will always be "rebels" and the war Itself a "rebelUon.". But the discussion which took place la the senate In con nection with the phraseology of the ear-rice pension bill calls attention to an In teresting point which might Just aa well be settled now as at aome future time. .An amendment aubatltutlng the word "civil war" for "war of the rebolllon" led to several propositions and to some lively. argument. Borne senator, who fought on the side' of-the south declsred that they saw .no objection to the word "rebel.' while others In the same Hat declared their dislike of the term. One member found little support for his sub stitute, ywar of secession. As a. matter of fact there is room for plenty of argument on the subject. In a strict sense the war was not a civil war, because it was a case of aeetlon against section rather than an internecine fight of cltlsens aa a whole. The "point of view might make a wide difference -of opinion about the strict meaning of the word "rebel" and . Ua applicability to those who took part in the- confederate states movement. In like manner there the states actually seceded or not. No term, therefore, which has been used ia entirely L free . from . objection by , the critical. , . . , , Practical considerations Indicate that some expression should be generally ac cepted which will bo simple, short and sufficiently Indicative In - charaoter to leave no doubt of its application. The war of the four years following 1861 was on of the great struggle of world his tory.- The politics and statesmanship of a century will be shaped by tt. Amerioan historical writings - wilt - b "lied -with reference to It. As the years 'go by the personal bitterness will be forgotten and - the- contest will be viewed In the large as a powerful .factor In national life. For all these reason tha adoption of a simple phras of reference ia desir able. ... .,".,-;-,. Of the expressions ' frequently used, 'civil war" Is the simplest and shortest, Its us will never cause any mistakes. It has no sting such aa attache to the word "rebellion." It la far better than soma longer till framed with to dealr to soften asperities of the past Conven ience triumphed when the senate gave ita Influence In favor of "civil war" as the best designation. . . ' i': . '-, ' ..' . Quit Knocking. . . V R. E. Chadwick In th Public' ' What's th ua of knocking always. TU me, pray, . . -. . .- What the ua of knocking aome on Every dayt' tet the other man alone: For your own sins try to atone. Drop your hammer in a sewer; Do not groan, i -. . - When you aee a man who's tipsy. Lend a hand;. Do not push him In the gutter Whr he'd land. -. - :' If a brother has tata 1t- He 11 pay for it soon or late. v Put your hammer In th stove It proper tat.-.. , ;. 1 If th lady's not lady. "" : ; What's th us . . . - Of your crushing her beneath The. more abusef ' , . . ' ,-; She's th on her sin has hurt;- lou re not groveling in the dirt '-" v Drop your hammer; you'll find good -If you're alert.. '.- ,. -, . ' Do you think that yon ar atl That you ahould bet t Why la tt your own faults Tou cannot , Whll th other fellow's soul Look to you aa black as eoalT Chuck the hammer; try hi Virtues , To extoL ,t . . ',. Turn the spot-light on yourself Bora quet day, ' ' " , Then you'll find the hammer business , Doesn't pay. . . 5 Let the guiltless on alone ' ." Brula his brother with a ston. '' t ' Drop that hammer in an alley. Then aton. V " The State of Or-Waah-I-ho. . From th Pendleton East Oregonian. ' To carv a new stat out of th heart of th inland empire, taking th cream of northern Idaho, eastern Washington and eastern Oregon, la th dream f Spokane,.. ' . She would bathe proud capital of th new a tat of what a hall w call it? "Or-Wash-l-ho"; a mingling of th three great names of th northwest Oregon, Washing ton. Idaho. Spokane is absolutely selfish In her agitation for a new state In the Inland empir region. Bh would b the capi tal, trading center, hub of the wheel and bull's y of th eosjrnerclal tar get. - .-, Spokane has failed to assist In open ing the Columbia liver beeaus ehe feared an open river would help Port land. Spoken ha been passive. snd unheeding in all the agitation for river appropriations, and in utter selflshne.ts har nursed her little dream of a new state, filled with commercial trophies for her alone.' There will be to new stat In th Inland empire, as long as Its formation Is dependant upon auch selfishness as actuates Spokane's resent effort ia that direction. When there Is an actual need for a new organisation, a fevolu tion in the map of .the Inland empire, the new order will. coma Doubtless there would be mor uni formity of Interests in a new state formed from parts of northern Idaho, eastern Oregon and esstern Washington, than exists in the present states aa they are bounded. - The coast districts have vastly dif ferent Interests from thoa found In the sagebrush district. But fairly good progress U being made under th proud banner of Oregon aad her two splen did daughter. Idaho and Washington. ' . Fifty Milllona for Smokg. "'. Nearly 1,000,000,000 elgarette were consumed in Austria last year, a gal nut som 1,200,000,004 cigars. Th figures furnished by th Government Tobacco monopoly show-an enormous lneraaa la th smoking of cigarettes. Thirty years ago t.l cigarettes waa th aver age annual consumption per head of th whola population. Last year It was 141. t cigarettes per bead. Cigar have decreased Jn the same period from 4t.T per bead to 44.1. . Last year Jl, 000,000 cigars less war smoked than in 1144, whilst cigarette allowed an Increase of 147,000.000 million. The country smoke bill for the year waa nearly 10,000.000, om 400.000 abov that of th former year. Th total quantity of cigars, tobaooo and cigarette was lea than In It04, whilst th proceeds were mure, showing that people had been smoking dearer to bacco. ' The tobacco monopoly took In nearly - f 10,000.000, - aad Its outgoings were about , 760.000. leaving th vary raspoctabl surplus pf va 14,000,000. How to Make Your w ay By Wag Nordau. On can make his way In th world In on f two way either by one's own superior quallltea or by the mis takes of others: . . ' - . The first of these ways la by far tha more difficult and uncertain, for. In th first place, It. presupposes a person to have superior qualities, ' which, bowever, la not the case with every-one, and in the next It is cloa.-ly bound up with this condition that these superior qual ities are remarked and appreciated at the right time and by a wide circle, whleh- almoet- never- happen in - actual experience.. . . Speculation on the mistakes of others, on, the contrary, always succeeds. A teacher would, therefore, do right la aaylng to his pupils: "Do, not take the trouble to perform anything extraordi nary or to let your work speak id your behalf; its vole Is weak and wilt be shouted down amid the uproar of Jeal ous mediocrity; Its language Ia a for eign one and will not be understood by th - ignorant multitude, only thl moat eminent and most unselfish will tske notlc-a or recognise your prSduo- anything for you, unless you fore your individuality under their eye. If you . put yourself under ; some threadbare standard. 11 v in an attic, eat dry bread and do not run up aay debt, you will find thera will be but on result th dog wilt yelp at you, the ponce will survey you with suspi cion and decant people will doubl bolt their door in your face.' And th grocer whose customer you ar will eaae to take avea th slightest lnteraat in you from th moment you hav paid him tha prioa of hla goods. ..... If you were to fall In a heap In front of th door of hla store, the only thought b will hav will be to remove the obstruction from his threshold.- If, on the other hand, you take every thing on credit, if you pump wherever you can, your position will , become transformed aa if by a magic wand. In th first place, all kinds of enjoy ments will be acoasalbla to you that th poor starving wretch has to deny him self, tyext your external appearance will everywhere arouse the most favor able Impression. Finally, you will hava a whole bodyguard or retinue of saeloua. nay, fanatical fellow-workers for your aucccaa. For js very creditor is a friend, a well-wisher, one "who will - advance you. H will go through fir and water for you. No father will take so much troubl on your behalf as a eredltor will, because he ha mad th mistake of trusting you. The more you are In debted to him th mor Interest he will talc trr seeing you prospers - If you hav plenty of creditors your chance will, from 'th . first, b as sured. . They will see that you get a rlch-wlfa high, a tat loq 19 Ufeand a good reputation. . Instead, therefore, of wasting your Mm with honest and sever exertions, employ it in studying -tha mistake af th multitude and-4n reaping from them your awn advantage. " - , . Th multitude has no Judgment of Its own. therefor fore on upon it; th multitude 1 shallow and thought less, therefore guard yourself against being profound or Imputing to. it . ca paclty for-mentai labor,' B sura - to aay everything plainly and la the moat easily uodeabtood terms what is bad about your rival and good about your self. ' s ; . v.- With these . fundamental . principles you will become rich and Treat and all will gQ well with you ort this earth. An Open Willamette River. From the Salem Journal. The Capital Journal believes the present legislature should take action to secure th opening of th Willamette river free and .untaxed from Bugene to the Columbia.. . Tha legislature need not take aay hasty action, and If tber la any rea sonable opportunity to aeour th ap propriation needed at the hands of oongreaa. it us wait ror that. But thla stat and the- people of western Oregon ahould not pay th tax Imposed on their Industrie by ' the lockage charge for an Indefinite time without- taking action themselves. A commission can be created and a fund can b provided, by a tax of not over a quarter of a mill extending over a period of four year, and within that tlm th river ahould be mad free. Jn four years the producer of weet- era Oregon will pay at least 1 400,000 in tonnas foes and added frelarht nn ttialr products ,andlncomlng merchandise. - In four years th locks can b con structed and built nev if necesaary and that is what the state muat pre pare to do. Personally we hav llttl faith in th ability . or disposition of oongresa t buy and operate the locks. Th stat might convey them to the national . government after they ere built or bought, on condition that the national government . maintain them fr of expense to th peopl of thl Stat. ' ' ' Beatricev Harraden'a Birthday. - ' Miss Beatrice. Ifarraden. author, of Ships That Peas. In the Night." waa born at Hampstsad, England. January 24. list. She won a B. A. af London univeralty, where she also took her dgre In mathematics. ."Ships That Pas in the-Night ' mad her famoua In th United State her book tid an enormous sal. ,About the time that she won fame afisa Harraden'a health bsoke down and ahe cam to America and for some time resided-in California - with beneficial results. She ,1s an enthusiastic advocate of womsn's suffrage and a de voted believer In the higher education of women, .'. " January 24, In History, "i '..; 117 First outbreak of tha Sepoy re bellion at Barrackpoor.' 188 F. A. Von Flotow, composer Of "Marts," died. . - 1881 New South Wales celebrated Its centenary as a colony. 188 Municipal .banquet given ' in London In honor of United States Min ister Phelps. 118 Eighty killed and many Injured by mine explosion at Dux, Bohemia, JUS Lord Kanaoipn Churchill died, Bora February It, 114. 1901 Edward VII proclaimed king of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India. 1802 United State and Great Brit ain signed treaty providing for commis sion to settle Alaskan boundary dis pute. The Sympathetic Frenchman. When an English wife has hysterics bar busband Is Immediately bored, and goes to bis 'dub, or else he says. "Ton ar not very well, my dear; shall I sand for a doctoTT" Th Frenchman, au contralra, has hysterics, too. . The Frenchmen may fight with hi 'wife, lov tvae, kaX teaf, kla her, -or kill her; but indifferent to har, superior to ber, neveg tange ' RabbUvill I in mourning, i : . " : '....,.., Still, it might not b wis to ely on this bolng spring. --,.;-"-'"'''''': Now, having' heard Bryan, will the legislature be goodT . . v So far, nobody in the houae has pro posed to shake the Bones.. ' The governor of Jamaica la generally, regarded now as a Souredham. " - " .. ' ,,,,' ;' '; : '. ' Vl ' Th block signal system seems to ba ia operation th blot-khaad yatm. , . - lrav!ngben ""elected. 'Bonator-Batley " think the .investigation will: turn out i oil right. . ;-.;..' '..( - -' ' - -' V- ' ' " A railroad commission' Is needed to fix rates, for one thing. A legislature cannot do thla properly. ( ' , . .. .''..'"''; ' ...:'- ' -.' ''' Aa exchange speaks of the ringing ; of a fir ball. Fire belles wer much -appreciated a week or two ago. tv. v,."'- ... : , ' - ' ' - - 'Th Southern Paelfte has raised the; rat on lumber again perhaps o that ,.. mlllmen would quit howllnalLaraL. ' . ; Tet there will always be plsnty of -men anxious to accept ths county offices and deputyshlps at present sal- ' aries. . :' .. -. Bryan was wise to arrange hla trip . to this coast In the winter aeaaon. whan the climate of Nebraska la "something fierce ,.-': . The publle might Insert a want 'ad In The Journal to thte effect; "Wanted, th resignation of Harriman attorney- -eouncllman." - ' - a e - - That water code Is another very im portant matter that need close study' and. when pnt in th best possible shap, ahould b passed. . .. .''-... ' ; a ;:' ' Tha publle and th administration being satisfied with United Stataa At torney Bristol, Senator Fulton' eon tlnued opposition appears uncalled for, ' J. Ham Lewis received a few Demo cratlo votes for aenator In -the Illinois -legislature, and thereby auocded In getting his pink whiskers . into the papora aagia. . " -'v ':.'' ' , ' - ' - While Andrew Carngl would glv . $200,000,000 for 10 years additional Ufa, soma people would b glad to trad . th other-way give up 10 years of life . for' that much money. , i...-,-v. v.-V::...";.:; , .The aenat having "chewed th rag" -, for thre .week over the Faraker rao- -lutlon, . nobody la any wiser or battel1 off, but som hav been slightly enter tained by Tillman's pitchfork feet- . -; - f - V- If It takes three month to find out ' whether Cheater Thompson 1 Insane or not,' how long will tt take to ascertain fth same fact in the caa of Harry.. Thaw, who isn't yet decided en this point himself t - . - - , - jOreon Sicleliglitfl MeVrUI will purchaae a flre engine.' i- ,' e'i.e '.. -,.-,;. - - -?'. ' ladependenea will have another bank, ' ; A cracker factory la alae taJkad ef In Albany. afcMlnnvlll woman have a elf-tm provament club. -. . t Two Dayton men have bought a 1,800- pound $2,000 hora . ' i , . " ' " . i 1 .' . . : - a 'An Ocean "Park ; man ' haa a dairy ranch ef too aores. - .. ' . ' -.' Dayton will have several good new buildings next spring, . . ' a a Another big sawmill will probably be established In La Grand. , .1 " '2' ? V- ' V ; Klamath county's delinquent tax amount to lea than $2,000. - V' -. - - - Proposed county dlvialon la oauaing lively discussion and rustling ta Creole eounty. Henry Proctor, - r-ntly-rappetnt4 pnstmsster st Elgin, has held th offle ' It years. ..- . . ..... J.r:--.. : Wheat not Injured, bat same clover f rosea out, up th vslly,y th recent ' cold snap. - ' 1 . . ' . . :.','..e . ' .', - The "poetry published Tuesday In thia column should have been credited -to th Malbaur Oasett and not to th Val Oriano. ... 'rf' , Should Japan and the United Statee declsr wsr we will wager that Lake view could furnish more soldier among th women thaa any ona plao of Ita else In tha .United States, says. the Her-aid.- -. ,- - r -. .'''''-, ', .. ..,;.... That she might be present at th . funeral of ber mother In Albany Sunday, Mrs. M. S. Durbln ef Euclid rod hera back along th Oregon coast all Frldsr night and covered a dletano of 40 miles, taking a train at Yaqulne, . ' - a e . .- . , ., - Speaking of the coal mln near Mad. ford, the Southern Oregonian a Thera seems to ba "every probability that. an extenalvs deposit of flrst-clss ooal will be exposed. . Both the quantity and .quality are improving steadily. ' Th other day C. S. Wright of Astoria accidentally discovered a cheat eon tain- ' Ing tha kettle, cups and other Belong ing of an old bon vlvant organisation called the Wlnahlp Chowder club, that flourished In that eity ever IS, year ago, of which he Is probably tha only . surviving member, and In viewing them be thought of "the good eld days, the dsyg -that are no more." ''- .. . An invitation to the young men of Baker City to bring their sweethearts to Ms church. Instead of worshiping ; Sunday evenings at their homes, snd a promts that they might do their court ing In church and b married there, waa xtndd Sunday evening by Rev. Dr. Bush, the new pastor of th First- Presbyterian ennroh. In hi first even ing service In Baker City, ' . ,' Klamath Falls Express: Tli editor of thl paper appeared In "The Prlvat Secretary" at th opera house last Sat urday night, assuming th part of Mr. Marshland. 'W say w appeared, and w faar that la all w did da At any rat It waa our first appearanr upon any stage, except the Pokegama stag. And ' we had a bad ooae of stage fright, to tally forgetting our lines st times snd . feeling Ilk a "blithering idiot" ' Some people always suspected u of being bad. actor; now they know it, . - Small Ji
