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Troubles spring from idle '
ness ' and . grievous wrongs '
from needless ease. Frank
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"TREAT THEM ALL ALIKE.
. HE REVOCATION of perpet
1, ual franchises to public-service
corporations inconsiderate-
:. ly granted "by legislatures
many ygsn-agg-rs-TinetMffgTln"e
revocation of a franchise to one par
ticular corporation, to gratify a ma
licious grudge of a newspaper, is an
other thing. These old and assumed-
y perpetual franchises should all be
revoked, - that of the use; of Fourth
street for railroad purposes among
them; and new franchises to public
service corporations should be grant
ed only for definite periods and on
. terms, fair and ,-just to the 'public.
But this is not what the Oregontan
is contending for; it has a particular
private, malignant spite against the
: tportland Gas company, and members
of that corporation, and for that rea
, son and not In" the least intheTpublic
interest urges the revocation of its
franchise.
IThe.JournaliiuisU-tJiatill should
be treated alike as to the revocation
of such franchises and as to. their
taxation, and that neither "the 1egis
laturenor the - Multnomah county
delegation should be used" as an in
strument to carry out the selfish and
malicious schemes of the Oregonian,
as was done eomeyears ago when it
succeeded in defeating a measure re
garding the publication of delinquent
taxes, and so fleecedthjtaxpayers
"o'lit'of some $50,000. - Now the Ore
gonian representatives at , Salem are
urging the Multnomah members to
wreak , its private vengeance on the
gas company, which it is no part of
a legislator's business to do. If these
franchises are to be revoked, let it
be done on the broad ground of pub
lic policy and the people's good, and
; not a single corporation singled out
merely to satisfy a newspaper grudge.
THE ONLY SAFE WAY.
' H E locomotive engineer sits
with his hand on the throttle
and, by his preparedness for
action, avoids many an accident
; and save many a life. With his hand
oa the thruttle of state, Governor
Meade of Washington was, by his
preparedness for action through the
power of removal, quickly and ef
fectively able ' o prune his railroad
commission. Thef act that one" of
these . commissioners neglected his
duty and became a source of .com
plaint, it' being used, in some quar
ters, as an argument against an ap
pointive commission.' Instead of be
ing an' argument against, it is an un
answerable argument for an appoint
ive commission, removable by the
. governor, ' ....
-The fact that a man selected with
'discriminating care proved delin
.. fluent, shows - beyond - per adventure
that errors may occur even when the
election are made with the utmost
care and discrimination. It is vivid
illustration of what everybody al
1 ready- knows, rthatnheTnost- tenons
' problem in launching a railroad coro
7 ml s tio n,Tsl n "t "que s tio n of selec t ion .
It is here that grave error is liable
to creep in and at once destroy the
usefulness of the body. Without pro
vision beforehand for the purity and
efficiency of . its personnel it were
better to have no commission. All
the laws that can be put on the books
will be furfle and impotent if the
member ' of the " commission . be
faulty. The force with which the
commission will ; be confronted
are the most ponderous in the state.
It is a place where iron nerve, per
fect . integrity and great ability are
vitally essentia!.- ..It it a place where
elf-seeking politicians, chasing office
for which they re little fitted and
less desh-ed, hare tio businestThe
really suitable men are of a character
little given to the way' of 'politics,
snd out pf tune with political con
tests. They should be men of big
rcss and breadth whom the office
should seek rherhn they should
trek the office, '
In Washington it. has been found
tli at even with the extrtnest safe
ur3$, error in tclcctioa.it nut. only.
possible, but frequent. r It meant,", if
it means anything, that first of all
as a measure of safety there must be
power of instant removal by a re
sponsible executive to there may be
tafe atid speedy correction of error,
and that in the procedure for-telec
tion the utmost care is imperative
It It a matter to-consequential that it
is sacrilege-for a question of party
politics to be even thought of in
connection with it.,' It it unthinkable
that in a matter to grave the legisla
ture will listen for a tingle moment
to those little creatures who would
put politics above the weal of the
state, aud -above- the welfare and
hopes of suffering Oregon shipper!
Confronted as they are with a prob
lem of teh ' portent," and ttandiffg
ah they are on the verge of uncer
tainty, it would seem to be a moment
when legislators have reason to feel
that in the bill. prepared by the non
partisan chamber of commerce, they
have a plan they can .follow with
reasonable assurance ot - safety. It
by widest experience and is probably
the best that human ingenuity can
devise. : .- "Tr" ' .
-NEEDED -CHANGE. -
T
HE LAW ought to be changed
in this state and in others, so
as to "allow the rest of a jury,
if one member dies or becomes
incapacitated during a trial, to bring
in a verdict . .The "Thompson case in
Tacoma lasted eight weeks, yet if
one of the jurors had died during the
last week, or. the last day of the
trial, it would have been necessary,
unless the attorneys on both sides
agreed otherwise, to try the case over
again. And this would Happen in
any " trial, . of ' whatever duration, in
this state. There is no good reason
for taking this chance of a repetition
of a long trial, or a portion- thereof,
on account of the demise or inability
of a single juror, or of two or three.
t ought to be provided that in such
a case eleven, -ten, or even nine jurors
should constitute a full jury, and thef
trial should go ahead, regardless of
the objection of attorneys, either
side. Heaping up expense on liti
gants and the people for retrials in
such cases . is - wholly needless, and
without any reasonable excuse.
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATION
BILLS.
L
EST we misjudge affairs at Sa
lem let- us believe , that the in
definite postponement by the
. house of the resolution instruc
ting the ways and means committee
to provide for but .two normals, was
not the result of a combination of the
higher educational forces. Represen
tative Eaton, speaking for the state
university, tayt it wat not. Mr. Carter,-who
represents-tbe county in
which the state agricultural college
is located, , says it wat not,- The
declaration of both it that appropria
tions for education as well as; for
other purposes should stand each on
its own merits. . . .
Survival by merit is the true test,
and if an appropriation cannot pass
on that basis, it ought to fail. Bad
faith with the people, with, the execu
tive and with the legislature itself, is
suggested the moment an institution
enters into a combination in order to
enforce its demands. . The fact that
a combination is made it prima facie
evidence that there are factora in the
combine whose demands dare not be
trusted to stand on their own merits
The moment promiscuous appropria
tions enter either house joined to
gether, it notice, pure and simple, that
there are in the bill items that dare
not undertake to stand alone,
Let us hope that no such tactics
wIHTeempIoyedrSalem;r IfTwm
be bad for the institutions and bad
for the legislature. The legislature
owes it to itself not to perpetuate
the follies' of past sessions. Before
t stands the massed citizenship in
UsvereigutyefexeMnmJr
To invoke the referendum means twq
years of delay, if not actual death lt
a measure. If by barter and combin
ation appropriations are indiscrimin
ately joined together, it will be temp
tation to the electorate to strike. The
handwriting is on the wall and inter
preted it means "death to legislative
logrolling and- omnibus- appropria
tions." Beware. - i
A LEGISLATIVE DUTY.
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F THE representative from the
normal school, counties persist in
combining, it looks as if it would
be quite justifiable, in the people's
interests, for representatives from
other counties to do a little" combine
ing on the normal school subject. The
people generally are not particular at
to where the western Oregon normal
school shall be located, but they do
and if necefsary will later in an unmis
takable way demand that two of them
be eliminated.. There are higher ed
ucation institutions at Forest Grove,
Salem, McMinnville, .Corvallis, Al
bany and . Eugene beside ..high
schools in all other-towns, and one
normal school in addition to these jjs
enough for western Oregon. It will
be, disagreeable to cut two of them
off, and regrettably damaging in
rather small degree to the towns
where they are located, bur the peo
pie of the state as a whole will not
stand for the biennially increasing
appropriations for all these schools.
It is the legislature's duty to relieve
the people of taking this matter up,
at a great deal of trouble and expense
and settling it at the polls,. But there
won't be any "combine" at the polls.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.-
S
EVERAL representatives in con
gress,' among -them -Burton
chairman of the rivers and har
bors committee, and Ransdell, a
member of the committee, have "put
in some good, licks" for larger river
and harbor' appropriations, and there
fore, incidentally, : for . Oregon
Whether tlje comparisons made be
tween the expenditures on tha-navy
and those on the country't rivert and
harbors had any effect on the house
or not, they " Were well entitled to
thoughtful consideration. Even the
jnostjrdeiit.jidvocaiesLA-bigJCayy
ought, to concede that Burton only
stated the 'truth when he said that
the policy of the government in the
past has been niggardly and parsi
monious in the extreme."
Chairman Burton, whose views by
the way, have broadened and become
far more liberal since, as chairman
of the committee, he has industrious
ly and conscientiously studied this
subject,, stated that during the 'past
five years the navy had cost about
$500,000,000, or $100,000,000 a year,
which is nearly as much as had been
expended on the country's rivers and
harbors ' since the - establishment of
the government; and he said further
that upon meritoriout' projects for
improving waterways a billion dollars
couldbe..well expended1whereat only
half billion had been thus expended
during our whole history.
Mr. Ransdell said the country's
commerce was not being given a
square deal when only three per cent
of the national expenditures goes to
the improvement of rivers and har
bors, while 40 per cent goes to sup
port the army and navy. That such
a comparison can be made is in fact
a' national shame and disgrace, which
we believe congress will not much
longer tolerate. IF it be considered
necessary or patriotic to make these
grea.t expenditures on the army and
navy, that should not be done at the
expense of the country't waterwayt.
If the country, at peace with the
world, - can afford, to tpend , tome
$200,000,000 a year on the army and
navy, it can afford to tpend at least
$50,000,000 a ytar on its rivers and
harbors. ;. . '
Apparently the national legislature
is becoming impressed with the jus
tice of the claims of river and harbor
projects, and. the prospect is for more
liberal appropriations in future, but
it won't do for the people to relax
their efforts. : They must keep peti
tioning and urging and demanding
and "showing" until it becomes the
settled policy of congress to treat the
country't rivert and harbors as liber
ally as . they . do its navy. ; Oregon
alone could afford to build a first
class battleship if, it could get its
rivers- and - harbort-sufficiently- im
proved. RAILROAD CAPITALIZATION.
T
HE TOTAL ; capitalization, in
ttocks and bonds, of railroads
in the United Statet in 1880 wat
$5,229,000,000. In 1890 it was
$10,675,000,000, or more than double
the amount 10 years before.- In 1895
the total capitalization was $10,830,
000,000, not much more than in 1890,
hard timet having come upon the
country. In ' 1900 the amount had
growrii Trtlle7-up--tr $11,562,000,000,
000,000 for the decade. In 1905 the
sum had grown to $14,167,000,000, an
increase in five years of $2,500,000,
000, or three and half times as much
as the increase for the preceding five
years. It is estimated that the in
creased capitalization during 1906
was not less than $1,550,000,000, mak
ing the aggregate now $15700,000,-
ooo. . ! . - -
Such ums are not easily compre
hensible in figures, but the compre
hension may be aided a little by com
parisons. The total national debt at
the close of the war was less than
one-fifth of this sum representing the
capitalization, of railroads, jand the
present national debt is only about
one-sixteenth of itTThe total valua
tion of all the property in Oregon is
only, about one one-hundredth, part
of the total amount of railroad stocks
and bonds, . -
This vast aggregation of capital,
actual and fictitious, is in the hand)
of a few men, perhaps not more than
half a dozen. Can any one im
agine" the power of these men?,. Is it
any wonder vthat people tay that "the
railroads ' own the government?"
Surely the importance of this power
being used for the benefit and not for
the oppression of the people cannot
be. overestimated. . " - ;
A Famous Love
1 Tragedy
;; . ;. ,-.. . -
By Beatrice Fairfax.
- Of all the famous lova toriaa of his
tory, parhapa the moat trasio and haart
braaklnc la that ot Abelard and He-loiaa,-
1
Seven hundred years have paaatd
since the convent and monastery doors
irparatad the man and woman who- aao
rifieod ovorythlnf fop-th aako. love,
Seven hundred" yeara, and in that
lima millions of lova atorlea hava sunt
their Kind aonv and faded Into oblivion
But etui that treat , atory or lova and
lonslna and wrona wlnWMtr1' Mdleaa
night tnrouch time.
Poor, liaplcaia " Helolea and Abelard
Would it ba any comfort to them, I
wonder, to know that thousands of
aweethearta have wept and aympathlsed
With their pathetic love atoryT -
Even the humbleat of lova atorlea la
lntereetlnc, but when It cornea to
great love story exquisitely told by a
treat jottCBi. the Internet begomee In-
tenae. ... .
In tha February number of tho Cos
mopolitan Ella Wheeler Wilcox fives
the lova lettera of Abelard and Heloise.
She haa not In the alla-titest decree
changed the aplrlt of tha lettera; ahe
haa merely embodied them In tha ten-
aerestr," mor beautiful "of otrjrr
The deathleea lova and Uonglne- and
rebellion aarainat fata penned by He-
lolae cannot but find a sympathetic echo
In the" heart of evtry woman who reads
her lettera. ,
Tho profound longing and contrition
expreaaed by Abelard In bla anawera
ara at once a. benediction and yet an
excuae for her to keep oa loving him.
Surely, if over man and woman paid
the penalty for misplaced Jove, thla Ill
fated couple drained their eup of bit-
temeii to the drega.
Their lettera (there are five of them)
are the moat wonderful lova letters
ever written. y
Deathleaa lov and despair ara ex
preaaed In them aide by aids with mem
ories of exquisite happiness. They reach
love a aupremeat heights, they aound ita
darkest deptha.
No ona can read unmoved thoae
pleading, heartbroken appeal a of Helo
Ise. She would ba reconciled to fata If she i
could; bu how can ahe ba resigned
when lova alnga his endleaa paean at
the door of hejf heart-
Poor, lovely Heloise) ReadheineC-
tera and see If your heart does not ache
for- her.-. If yoa-love, -or lf-you- ever
have loved, you cannot but pity her
and Borrow for her, even though aeven
hundred yeara have paaaed since her re
bellious heart found reat and peace.
Tkc Play
'Susan In' Search of a Husband" la
about tha prettiest and most delightful
bit of comedy that naa journeyed mis
T iai emmantjnl est 4ris TTplH
TSJTWyi A SI ' wwejetfaj r ssiaei' -'i' SSV
last nlaht by-Isabel .Irving and seven
other high-class artlata In a way that
charmed ona of tho largest audiences ot
tha season. -
In the hands Of a leas capable com,
pany Susan might search Indefinitely
without arousing an excessive amount
of public Interest, But as It was seen
laat night tha search waa an Immensely
pleasing series of amusing complica
tions. Tha play was written by Jerome
K. Jerome, and as presented by Miss
Irving la about aa delicious a piece of
comedy aa one could wish to see.
There could have been no mora ex
pressive token, of Portland's apprecia
tion of Miss Irving than tha complete
satisfaction of the Immense audience.
It was tha largest of tha season, per
haps, with the possible exception of the
one that witnessed the first perform
ance of the great Nethersole. - i
Certainly tha most pronounced " and
one of the moat satisfactory traits of
Mlsa Irvlng'a acting la her remarkably
clear and distinct enunciation. It Is
likely that not ona of her lines waa loat
Tgaayrart of thahon. Pagaa have
been written about her charms, and not
a few devoted exclusively to attempted
descriptlona of her wonderful eyes.
It Is seldom that star recelvea such
excellent support. With Mlsa Irving are
seven high-class actors, some of whom
have been successful stars themselves.
Conspicuously pleasing even In such high-
class company la Mlsa Jessie isett, wno
comes vary close to sharing honora with
tha star. Miss Ixett la intrusted wnn
ona of the most important parte of.Jhe
piece and quickly shows her ability to
handle It. Tha audience was also quick
to ahow Ita appreciation.
Maria Walnwrlght ahared liberally In
tha honors as Elizabeth Raffleton, a
spinster part which she artistically por
trayed. Haasard Short la a pleasing
and finished actor and glvaa eminent
satisfaction as Lord- Rath bone, tha hus
band about tha search for whom the
atory was written. . - - x
-.iilrnaat-Main waring la amusing at all
times as tho solicitor,' and Herbert
Standing glvea an excellent portrayal of
the keeper of tha Inn, where tha vartoua
complications occur. A. (3. Andrews Is
a satisfactory conatable.
The play la not ona that requires
stage effects.. or display of any. kind.
It la purely a piece of comedy acting
charming enough to please every Indi
vidual in a great audience. "Susan in
Search of a Husband" wlH be preaented
tonight and tomorrow night.- .
To Whom I tb. Credit Due?
From tha Pendleton Eaat Oregnnlan.
In an editorial ridiculing William X
Bryan and hla reform measures, T. T.
Geer, editor of the Pendleton Tribune,
takes all tha credit to hla own party
for tba reforms in popular legislation
which have coma to Oregon In tha past
few years.
Tha facta ara that every one of these
reforms was bitterly fought and ridi
culed by the leaders of Mr. Oeer's party
In Oregon, including himself, when they
were suggested by tha populists.
Now that the people have adopted
them. Mr. Qeer claims them a triumphs
of hla party, and ridicules Mr.- Brye.it
who haa always stood for theaa prln
ctplea. , -
Tha East Oregontan remembers when
Mr. Gear referred to "the. referendum.
now In fores In this state, aa the
'Yeferen-dum-dum,'' and ridiculed the
Idea of such a measure aver being
adopted by the people of Oregon.
Mr. Bryan has alwaya stood for popu
lar government and hta prtnclplea are
being appropriated annually by tha Re
publicans' who see In them a remedy for
tha evils of Republican policies of tha
past.
Mr. Roosevelt, an excellent man, has
been opposed by a powerful element In
his own party In enforcing Mr. Bryan'a
principles In hi administration.
t us give Bryan credit for what I
due hint, at least,- -
Letters From the
People
Free Text-Book Commission.
Portland. Feb. 8. To tha Editor of
Tha Journal A few weeks ago there ap
peared In Tha Journal a letter from the
Albany Herald reaardlnsr tha kind of
man who ahould eerve'on the tree text
book commission. After trying to read
something between the Unas of aaid ar
ticle, I Confess It aeems to ma tha writer
la laboring under ona of two troubles:
Either ha "Just trowed up" or else he
haa forgotten tho vain but untiring ef
forts of tha devoted teachers of . his
youth to teach him-logical thinking,
Ha refutes hla own argument for plac
ing business men Instead of educators
on the commission. He aaya, speaking ot
the old": ayatenr- -whencounty tupertm
tendenta selected the textbooks: "As a
result tha American Book company
handled -. tha -..country auperlntendents
against all comers. ' Again. "The aama
company, with tha high prices tt was re-
celvlng for Ita bouaa, mantmilated--leiirt-t
latora and meddled In politics." "fc.au-
catora could not cope with tha American
Book company. - They were handled with
out knowing It." '
What doea ha meanT Were the super
intendents or tha legislators handled,
or both? Our past history of political
corruption . doaa not . guarantee that
ttnmra thrown In either direction will
not break many glass houses.
The fact of the matter la. the fault
haa net been with the educators or
business men, but with tha lax methods
used for accomplishing a worthy ob
ject, Tba public aeems to think that all
ws jiava.to do isto pass some sort of
taw to prohibit any particular evu,
which enda tha trouble ever after so
far aa they are concerned. In reality
thla la a small part of any movement
for clvlo Justice. Any law to ba whole
somely operative muat ba honestly en
forced and by auch men aa have the
welfare of their constituents at heart and
who are bound by -well-defined limita
tions and checks to give an exact ac
counting to thoaa from whom they ttf
celve their commission. --
But with- tha free textbook commission
It means more than this. The commls
afou's duties ' ara largely legislative,
hence tha members should couple with
honest Intentions expert knowledge of
what Is needed.
From tha atandpolnt of who Is most
competent to carry out tha purpoaea of
tha commission, tha solution is not so
muddled aa the writer tries to have us
believe. Ma points to the present mem
bers of tha commission ' aa the result
of good judgment shown by the ap
pointive power In selecting educated
business men who ara "unapproachable
by wily agents - of book publishing
XJxmajQuit likely Jhla la true ao far
as U goes, but the vital 'question" Is,
are these men in any. way. by previous
training --and-- experience, - thoroughly
equipped to choose tha textbooks best
adapted for our particular needs T
To say that they ara because they
are - business men la aa- reasonable as
to say that a teacher would make a
success in promoting a large buslneas
venture. As well assume that a com
mission ot tailors ought to examine ap
plicants for the barbers trade; or that
the stockholders of a railroad ahould se
lect their president . from among the
novel wrltora of America.- Unless aome
ojfLhep resent members of tha commis
sion havahadctuareipeHence In the
schoolroom as teachers tbelr judgment
Is no better than would he that ot I
committee of blacksmiths. And, grant
ing that they have had schoolroom prac
tice, they are still Incompetent to pasa
judgment on which is the best book for
any particular Una of work. Only tha
man or woman who la in the harness,
working' with the constantly growing
science of - pedagogy, who knows its
problems, and who. is conversant with
tbelr needs, can bring tha proper expert
knowledge to bear in choosing tha proper
books. . , -It
la unfair, unpardonable, to 'say.
school men ara mora easy to "work'
than tha trained business man. The his
tory of state and national legislation
makes us smile at such class accusation.
No, let the commission be made up
of active educators, men and women,
each an authoritative expert and prac
tical example in hla or her field of work.
hold them directly responsible to tha
appointive power and we shall be tak
ing a long step toward furnishing our
teachers with sensible material to work
with.
Tha proteat of tha Portland school
principals was not strong enough. They
should make it ao strong that they who
are to use the tools of Instruction may
have a voice In their selection, instead
of leaving the matter -to those who
talk and write of things they know noth
ing about. J. R. FORDEN.
Immortality and Humanity. "
Salem, Or., Feb. 4 To tha Editor pf
Tne journal wuaent a". essay on "lm,
mortality ana Humanity la In many
points a most admirable paper. Hla
first proposition: "Let us live as best
we can today and trust tomorrow for
all the good tt can bring; perhaps it
would be just as well to let it go at
that and let our mind rest in peace,"
requires only tha observance and prac
tice of that fundamental principle, "Do
to others as you would have others do
to you," to make it an Infallible rule of
action. W ara not doing tha best we
can if In practice wa Ignore tha binding
force of that unleglslated act. .
Again, "Student" aaya: "Man passes
Into a eonsclous Immortal state at
death Is true or is not true. Who know V
If tha testimony of a cloud of-witnesaea.
both mortal and immortal Immortal in
tne anna or, having passed through the
incident in Ufa called death for It Is
but an Incident has no force or weight
witn "student," then tha case, ao far as
he is concerned. Is closed, and ha and
hla elaaa will, at great coat. Imbibe
wisdom after mortal death that could
have been easily garnered on tha mortal
Plana. J. R.
. Kissing at a Fine Art.
-Portland, Feb. . To tha Editor of
TM Journal I beg to register a most
vigorous kick against tha article In Tha
Sunday . Journal entitled, "What Is a
Kissr
The learned professor's views would
not ba accepted in this ag of enlight
enment. - I am sura I voice 'the views
of many women when I say the mus
tache is not a desirable addition to the
blissful meeting of- enraptured lips.
The sweet, sanitary, smooth-shaven
mouth la far and away tha mouth par
excellence and like unto tba mouth of
tender childhood. No juicy tobacco llpa
for me! - Tha very thought Is abbdrrent
and would frees She raw- on any -well-regulated
woman'a mouth. Much may
be said agatnat tha prickly mustache,
your mind is drawn from tha object of
your affection by those stubby wisps
that rind their way agalnat your sensi
tive lace, sa that your pleasure Is short
lived and leaves no pleasant femehi-
brances to cherish.
Tha smooth-shaven face has another
advantage that Is not lost sight of by
the observant woman of today. It re
veals In a largo measure the true na
ture of tha individual and 1 indisput
able evidence of the taste and habits
of its possessor. Note tha coarse,
heavy, or drooping lower lips, also the
crest-ant shape, and tha tightly com
pressed, parsimonious l!ps,nd ona will'
make few mistakes In placing tha char
acteristics of their owners.
I do not believe In men kissing each
other, or for women to kiss each other.
If one feela a desire to ahow affection
toward one'a own aex, I think a warm
embrace, with the cheeks' gentle press
ure, is far mora desirable than tha c
caslonal peck at the lips which one
often wttneesea and which brings on an
uncontrollable, desire to surreptitiously
wipe tha mouth at tha first opportu
nity. Women aa a whole believe in kissing.
But to be moat desirable, it should be
Impressed with neatness, delicacy and
firmness. lOLA BLAINE,
" ' Where is the Cain? i i
JPottiand,-Te, Tothe Edltor-of
Tha Journal torn time ago you pub
lished an article relating to the Im
provement of a street running from
Front and Madison streeta to tha ap
proach ot the Madison street bridge.
This street, according tn your article
is bounded on both aidea by property
belonging to II. W. Scott, editor of the
Oregoniant and othera, who compoae a
company that owns much property In
thla vicinity According -to law . this
company must keep tha atreet In re
pair that adjoins their property. These
public-spirited" cltliens nave - aoiayea
the Improvement by laws and other
E TO th noiIcebrTir W. Scoir
and others haa been brought the neces
sity for repairing this atreet. because
teams continually get stuck in the mud.
delay street car traffto and block the
street for hours at a timet but to no
avail. I present the following tacts:
L'HarveyJVVhUefleXd. gcott-f !dth-
the devil and then tho devil piirsuctn
him." - By thla I mean that because
Harvey Whitefleld Scott and "others"
believe that , they really save money
by not Improving the street In ques
tion, they are really loaers themselves
to aome extent by their action.- At 10
o'clock this morning, a targe .double-
teamed ' truck ladon with paper from
Harvey Bcott'a paper mill atiLa Camas
or Oregon City, aa tha case may be,
got stuck in a large hole on the street
in question, blockading atreet car and
team trafflo for one-half hour's time.
Now. the fact that trafflo was delayed
is not one-half as Important aa tha
fact that the poor horaea ara made to
Buffer terribly In their effort to pull
Harvey Whitefleld"" Soott's paper over
hla own unimproved land. This after
noon about S o'clock another -blockade
took plat-e and the causa onca again
was Scott's rolla of paper." Thla time
IS ..-W. P. cars were -tied up for
awhile, aa tha rolla of paper, becom
ing impatient at tha rough treatment
accorded them by their owner (Harvey
Whitefleld Scott) took leave of their
traveling vehicle and landed In the cen
ter of the street After much pulling,
laboring f men - and - belaboring of
beasts, traffic waa ones mora resumed.
A buslnesa man, owner of three large
hotels of the city in the near vicinity,
surveyed tha work of the horaea while
traveling over thla street, and remarked
to ma that the attention of the Hu
man aoclety should be called to It,
and the parties who ara responsible
for it and the cruelty to tha animals
that haul thereon ahould be punished.
I ean honestly say that out of every
1 teama coming from over the bridge
at least three get stuck in the large
hoiesinih!a Hreft-Now. Harvey
Whitefleld Scott and "othera." sitting
in all your affluence and wealth, doe
It pay? What la tha mere pittance that
it would coat to repair tha street com
pared with tha Buffering of beasts.
laboring of men and blocking of traf
flc? - Therefore, would you not benefit
youraelf by repairing this street? I
am sura tha good opinion of the masses
and tha alleviation of tho aufferlnga
of beasts ara worth mora than- the aum
required to repair the atreet. Chang
the aaeda and sow otherwise. ,
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Klamath Falls. Or., Feb. (.To the
Editor of The Journal: Sine the mall
route' contracta from this city to Fort
Klamath and Merrill and Tula lake are
to be re-let, the department holding
that tha present contractor is not com
plying with the rules with reference
to residence and perronal attention to
transportation of malls, a change In
tha rout to Merrill merits attention.
I The jreent route goes about six miles
out of tha way to reach White Lake
City. About 159 acres were plotted
and about 8,000 iota were sold." There
is on fair buslnesa building, where
buslnesa was started with a great blare
of trumpets but was soon discontinued,
snd there are about a doien shack
there now. A few persons maintain a
legal residence there, and a' school Is
maintained - with some pupils most of
the time; the teacher, who draws tto
a month, also acts as postmistress. The
stage man distribute and collect mall
along tha -route and the "day I made
th trip recently between Klamath
Fall and Whit Lake City, 14 letter
were collected, the last being' about
five mllea out. When I arrived at Mer
rill, by keeping 'my eyea and ears open
I learned that tha aack from White
Lake City contained but three letter.
which. I presume, were mailed there:
ao tha 14 collected from th rancher
along the main road, to where th dl
version Is . mad . to accom modal-- tha
White Lake city office, must have laid
over there till tha next day and would
he three days In reaching th railroad.
Were the rout changed So as to cut
out Whit Lake City six miles of th
worst road would be avoided, the man
of these ranchers would reach 1U des
tination a day earlier, and passenger
wouJd .nofr be inconvenienced byth
exeedlWtlc traveled.
, - ' W. O. SMITH.
When Father Ha the Grip.,:
From tha Detroit Fro Press.
Poor mother weara a worried look,"
And sister weara a frown; - ' .
And If I venture up the stairs
They aend me straightway down.
I'm going to the drug store now
Upon a -hurried trip.
To get soma other kind nl dope.
For father ha the grip.
I heard him groaning in th night
Ha said hi head would split; '
And then ha thought his back would
break -
tn jut a little bit;
Ha told u that hla leg were lore,
'Ana soon it was nis hip; ,
It aeems tnat everything Js aick . 1.
When father haa the grip.
The doctor eame today and left
Some capsules, and he said
To take on each three hours until
Tha pain had really fled. , '
Bays pa, "Ihat means twelve hours be
fore ('-.
t give thla pain tha slip;
IH bet he'd find a faster dope
If he had got the grip." ,
And, then he told ma that he thought '
That ha was going to die;
An' ma saya no, that Isn't ao, '
An' gave the reason why.
Then pa got mad and told her that ,
H didn't want her lip;
Oh. there' no, eo'mfort In our flat
- When father has th grlpl , ; T'
Small Ck
ange
,The water code seems
logged. " . - - . ' - r
water-
- There Is too much of both unwritten
and written law. .
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- The Sabbath waa made for man, not
man. for. the Sabbath. - - -
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Truth Is atranger than "a He, but la
not ao nimble-footed. - , '
.. Not quite all road yat lea toar
rlman, - Soma lead to llllL ...
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, Two questions no legislature 'ean
agree on, whisky and water,.
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Now the New Jerseysenator can re-
"tire intohis-PrSh-ntiaJ' dry --den.--w -
tfrst it was I subsidy,' next "subven
tion,'' but the right ham is "stealing. ' ...
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Alongwlta real call to a man t
preach goes one to people Jto "go and .
hear him. "
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'Shouldn't there be a law retiring j
senatora after they get to be (0 or 9 "s
years old T. ----.-.,
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The peanut crop fell off 4T par cant , '
laat year.- Peanut politics also suf
re red a decline. 1
If Oklahoma wants to get into the
Union, let it send to the Whit House
for Its constitution. :- -,
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: . It la useless for readers to hope that
newspaper wltt ceise printing pictures'
or Thaw and Evelyn. . , ,
There is no fear that tha high Wil
lamette will sweep away, tha legisla
ture and bring it down to Portland.
'
It is feared that the lid on aome
of the dry towns along the Willam
ette will rise up and float away thla
week. - - .
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The railroads are having a lot of
expensive trouble on account of storms,
but the people will finally pay the
bill. .- '
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p Bolng asked how many seasons thera
were a, normal school pupil - replied: '
"Four; baseball, football, basketball
and vacation."' - ::.v..,. ,
People have begun to think that in
spit of hla Harrlman Income Council- -man
Shepherd muat think ha needs
that S2S per month.
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An Ohio man was sentenced to th
penl tentlary . f or--Ufa -for stealln g a eldo
of bacon, and now ha la sorry he didn't
take th whole hog. . ,
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A Missouri legislator has Introduced
a bill limiting a woman's hats- to two
a year, and th price of theaa Prob
ably hi wtfa hasn't bad more than on
99-cent hat In three yeara. a - -
Governor Hughea announced that i
new state prison must be built imme
diately, and a lot of Republican poli
ticians immediately began ma kin
preparatlona for a European trip. '
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Can" thl legtilatur do s nothing ' te
provide more hens and compel them to
lay more eggar 'Should a bounty ba
offered, and an ample appropriation
made? Don't th honorable gentlemen
Ilk egg for breakfast T Ann are they
all. ao .'rich tha t they can afford to
ear 15-cents-a-doien eggs, and mayb
eold store re eggs at that T Gentleman,
the egg question Is on that touchea
atomaohs and pocketbooks. - Tha people
demand relief.
Oregon SideligKta
Medford may have an aleofaol plant.
- Mining prospects are good In outhrflSav I
Ore son.
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- A development club will be organised
in Dayton. , ' ,
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Wood burn may hare a 20,00t cold
storage plant ;. ,. - - ., .
Several Oregon cities are "going to
pave" but when?
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The Medford Iron works is to m Im
proved and enlarged. ' -.
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h Douglas " eounty fruit inspector '."
la doing good work.
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-A good quality of tobacco was grown-;
last year near Jacksonville.
A man killed two coona In an appl
tree onea night near-Monmouth.
e is
A Springfield man was fined for keep
ing hla cigar store open after midnight.
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A Creawell man sold flSO worth of -
butter fat from 14' cows In December.
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People ot the , Coqullle valley expect
this tn be the most prosperous year in
its history.''
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Sawmills will b greatly crippled by '
th advanced freight rat on (umber to
bay points In California to tS per iOM
feet, says the Roseburg News. . .. .
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A HaslDellWoman ha a fins
healthy orange tree which Is fullof
blossoms, buds and little green oranges.
She I remarkably successful with her
orange trees. Last year aha had an
other tree which bore and ripened Its
fruit. .--. '.
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During -the past week tha chorus of '
froga In the marshes near Myrtle Point
have been tuning up their voice on a
grand scale, say the Enterprise, Their
activity In thla direction has prompted
the boy to get busy and ,frog legs I
a dainty served on several tables a a '
consequent' ... ." ' i' '
The day will come when trains fronv ,
San Francisco to Portland will be mak
ing time on thla road, say tha Wood-
burn Independent. Then 'Salem and At- .
bany will ba on a. branch Una and Leb-
anon will ba seriously thinking of be
coming th county seat of Linn.
The Coqullle valley with ita limitless
resources lacks but two essentials of
making It av-lln of Industry from on
end to the other, and those are trans
portation facilities and cheap power,
ay the Sentinel. Both are In sight,
and the prospects are that they will be w
developed In tha very near future.
Big Sticky correspondence of Roseburg -New:
It will only be a short time
untlt our entire valley will be on great
orchard. It-having been successfully
proven that we have the best orchard ,'
land In th world. Our rich, black land
Is peculiarly adapted to fruttrslslng and '
more especially to apples and psara . . ' "
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