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Prosperity doth bell discover
rice, but adversity doth bett
discover virtue. Bacon.
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THE FREEMAN AMENDMENT,
T HE EFFOKTltf makeitTtppeaf
I that; Representative i Frank
' X Freeman of Multnorrih county
was guilty of tampering with
an ainen3meht to tTieIanalf'aTter
its passage by the house, and that he
surreptitiously altered the language
of the amendment, appears, after care'
... .. ful investigation, to have 'been with.
1 out. basis in fact and -a- groaaand
unwarrantable 'reflection upon Mr.
Freeman. The testimony of the chief
clerk, of the-acting, speaker and of
l! Mr. Freeman himself on this point is
positive and conclusive.- Itappear
also' that the nature of the amend'
menf was distinctly stated by the act
ing speaker before it was put to vote.
"Whether the proposed amendment
was a wise one is quite another ques
tion. I t provided that when school
'""land certificates, acquired originally
through fraud, have passed into the
hands of an innocent purchaser, the
- state land board must either refund
the money that has been paid or,
upon receipt of the final payments,
issue a deed to the certificate-holder.
The board is vested with the sole
power to .decide "whether or not the
' certificate-holder s an nnenrpw-
" chaser. Mr. Freeman a argument was
that the' state could not in common
honesty keep both the land and the
money after adjudging ' the hplder
of the certificate innocent of all com
plicity in or knowledge of the origi
- nil fraud.; It cannot be denied that
there is some force in the argument'
On the other hand, it was contend
ed by State Land Agent West and
this was the view ultimately taken by
the house that . auch a mandatory
. amendment would set premium on
fraud, because it would render it easy
for the crook who had secured cer
tificates on fictitious or perjured ap
plications to dispose of them by as
signment to third parties, who would
then pose as innocent holders. ' True,
the board would determine whether
or not they were innocent but guilty
knowledge of the frand would often
be extremely difficult to prove. At
the present time certificates for some
thing like -100,000 acres of school
.lands. secured Jbrough fraud are out
standing and in. the bands of profes-
; sedly innocent holders. By the ex
ercise of ordinary business precaution
the holders of these certificates
would have discovered their fraudu
lent character before purchasing.
They. are now seeking either to re
, cover from the state the money paid
' or else to get the land.
We incline to the view of the state
land agentnd-helieve-tba Mr-.-Free
- man's proposed amendment to the
land bill was unwise. It was an error
of judgment to attempt to throw
down any of the safeguards which
protect the state's school lands from
fraud. But the facts do not appear to
r justify any reflection upon Mr. Free
man's motives.
KUROPATKIN'S STORY.
r E N E R A L, KUROPATKIN'S
I history of the Russo-Japanese
J war, which the Russian gov-
' . : eminent tried vainly to sup-
press, will be read by students of con
temporaneous history with great in
terest It is to be assumed at the
outset that General Kuropatkin gives
as favorable an account of himself as
he can, and lays the blame upon oth
era largely according to his personal
jealous and prejudice; yet, after
making due allowances for all this,
his story, which in most parts is flee
' essarily fortified and substantiated by
official reports or known facts, will
be an Illuminative and Valuable con-H
tribution to the history of that ter
ribly destructive war. :
According to such outlines of the
history as have been reported, Kuro
patkin. not only censures the Rus
sians all around government gener
als and soldiers unsparingly, but
pays a high compliment to Japanese
organiiation,. preparedness, .; skill,
valor, strategy and patriotism lBut
the Japanese hsd so thoroughly dem
onstrated these qualities that it
would v been-in vain to denyor
discredit them. .The'. Russian general
might have been excused for letting
his country down as easily as pos
sible and making some excuses for
it, but apparently he makes no at
tempt and has no desire to do this,
and he admits in effect that from
start to finish the Russians scarcely
knew what they were about, or why,
and intimates that the rank .and file
had bo spirit to fight- '.;
One sentence of. his book affords
r-coneis--epitome . of the Russian
failure: "The preponderance of the
Japanese forces; their, incomparably
better preparedness for action in a
mountainous country and in winter
weather; ' 'greater youth, , lighter
equipment and plentiful mountain ar
titlery and pack trains; extreme, pa
triotic spirit, energetic and capable
officers,, and, finally, the insufficient
warlike spirit of our own troops, in
consequence of obscurity surrounding
the objects and causes of the war.
This sums up the main causes
quite completely. The Japanese had
omclhingxjfyer jthing, to fight for;
were ardently,inselyTatrttie,
and were thoroughly prepared and
organized; while the Russians were
unprepared," with all the vast armies
of the empire -were inferior hi num
ber on' the field, were led by incom
petent and mutually jealous officers,
were fighting for they scarcely knew
or cared what and as to the soldiers
with no love of their country in their
hearts. Japan did not beat Russia
because Japan is invincible or could
beat any equal foe, but because she
was pitted igirt a nation intrinsically-
and-iearfullyjreak from very
internal rottenness. .. . ....
IS THE NUMBER 12 SACRED?
I
F IT had been Juror Bolton, in-
atead of his -wJfe',wh6 diedrthe
Thaw case would have to be tried
over again from . the beginning,
unless both sides contented .to go
on with the 11 remaining jurors.
There is plenty of time for some
juror to die yet before the case is
finished, some weeks hence. If this
should happen the last day of the;
trial it would be the same; the case
would -have" to bctriedovciy "with
all its expense and other , disagree
able features. It is hinted that even
the death of Juror Bolton's wife may
distract his mind so much that a new
trial , will be necessary.' ,' , :. ..
We have never yet read or heard
of a good reason for this custom,
rule and law, nor one why it would
not be reasonable and wise to change
the law, as The Journal has hereto
fore suggested, so that a trial must
proceed with the remainder of the
jury if one member dies or becomes
incapacitated. ' We see nothing either
revolutionary or iconoclastic about
such a proposition. Is the number
12 as relates to a jury something sa
cred, a numerical fetich, that it must
be bowed down to and worshiped
throughout all the generations of
men, at -whatever cost f It, would
seem so, from the tenacity with
which this law is adhered to. . '
REAPPORTIONMENT.
N'
O REAPO RTI O JTMENT "bill
' that anybody can devise, how
ever ; impartially, will . suit
everybody, nor a large minor-
ity.
It cannot be done so as to treat
every county with exact justice. Per
haps the Hart bill comes about as
near being right as any that could
or would be framed. It does not
give Multnomah as much representa
tion as Tf de se rve s7e venuhd er" the
"census," according to population, by
about one sixth, but we do not imag
ine that there will be any great uproar
in this county on that account Mult
nomah is big enough.to stand a little
pinching without squealing. As to
other- counties, some will be cut
down a fraction ' and others given a
fraction more than they are entitled
to, and so it would be in any case.
The only thing to do in a reapportion
ment bill is to approximate equal rep
resentation,' and at the same time
frame the bill shrewdly so as to
please a majority. ;There will always
be a large minority of kickers, how
ever the apportionment is made.
Multnomah has a rather better right
to kick than most other counties, for
its population is about 75,000' more
than the state census gave it, but this
fact cannot be taken into account. r
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THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
S'
IR JOHN L. WALTON, attori
ney-general of Great Britain,
in a recent speech declared that
the house of lords is so com
pletely out. of sympathy with modern-institutions
and popular, progres
sive sentiment that it must go.v This
is a itatement made in one form or
another so frequently by Englishmen
of more or less prominence that or
dinarily little importance ia attached
to it; but, coming from a responsible
member of the government, it ma-j
sumet a little more importance than
usual. - The Campbell - Baonerman
gOVeriWilnVra "rfportedpwni'inr-"
deavor to give effect to what it be
lieves to be the will of the people in
several matters, expecting the lords
to reject the bills, on which the gov
ernment will go before the electorate,
with a view to the practical if not the
absolute elimination of the lords from
aWoice in legislation. It 'is quite
generally supposed in this country
that the lords have for a long time
taken but a formal, perfunctory part
in lawmaking, but in a negative way
they occasionally exercise their leg
islative prerogative and refuse to pass
a bill passed up to them by the com'
mons; and as auch bills are almost
invariably in accord with public sen'
timent, the house of lords .becomes
increasingly unpopular with the pco-
pie." .-,'. ,'. -
I If this movement to abolish the
house of lords should become aggres-
sive, it would only be the continua
tion and climax of an old story that
of the historic struggle of the com
mons for supremacy. The last great
forward movement of the commons,
as representing the masses, was made
W-4S32,. when, following, half cen
tury of agitation, reform- bills were
passed, after having been twice rer
jected by the lords. And now, if
the people represented by the com
mons demand certain legislation, they
will get it even if to do so, they have
to alter the form of government and
deprive the lords of anjr share in: leg
islation. 1
The struggle of 73 year ago was
mainly. over representation in parlia
ment Under George III 558 members
of the house of commons were elected
by only 160,000 voters, and later,-jtra
poimlaia--;ol22ppOtJhe electors
numbered only 440,000. At one time"
6.000 persons could elect the majority
in parliament This was, of course,
only. a. mockery . pf popular . govern
ment, and the great charter of 1832
swept away 50 rotten boroughs con
taining altogether only 2,000 voters.
Thirty others with an aggregate vot
ing population of 4,000 were cut
down one representative , each and
large towns were given more repre
sentatives. This V charter also in
creased the power of the commons in
other respects, and in MiT-Ptolongedl
and seriourclash between them and
the lords the commons will have their
way. They have the power to revise
the constitution, they have hold of
the purse-strings, and they are legal
custodians of sovereignty. Hence a
British king in any crisis is bound to
side with "'the 'commons, however
much ' his political aympathiea may
draw him . the other way, and the
lords are practically powerless.' They
may stop legislation until they see
that to do so longer "would cost them
their official heads; then they will
perforce yield. But some day the
people may cut them off as a national
nuisance and dead weight, even if
they are in a yielding mood. j
- There are 496 hereditary peers.
Sixteen Scotch peers are chosen to.
represent all the Scotch people, and 28
Irish peers to represent all from Ire
land. Two archbishops and 24 bish
ops represent the church in the house
of lords, and there are four judicial
members, termed lords of appeal in
ordinaryhe crown can appoint ast
many peers as he chooses, and could
create a lot of new ones in order to
break a deadlock between the tw6
houses. ''',' ; '
' The present agitation has its source
mainly, in the rejection by' the lords
of the educational bill, which is par
ticularly opposed by the clergy, but
this is only a cumulative cause. The
popular sentiment is that the lords
should be satisfied with their titles,
emoluments and grafts, and not as
sume tq block legislation, but should
as a matter of course agree to what
ever the commons pass. And if the
lords do not manifest an acquiescence
in this view they are likely, as the
attorney-general suggests, to wake up
some morning and find themselves
lords in name only. t
The ': modified " rules, amounting
practically-, to a suspension of some
of Secretary Hitchcock's rules, an
nounced by the president will be a
great convenience and an act of jus
tice to honest western homesteaders
and other government land entrymen.
Yet the secretary is not deserving of
much of the censure bestowed upon
him. We must , remember that there
has really .been a great amount of
land-stealing. The bigger thieves
have not been touched yet however.
The mayor of Tacoma is gaining a
great reputation and is the object of
much comment because he ia enforc
ing certain anti-vice ordinances which
were passed over his vetoes. Is it to
be inferred that, if he had not en
forced the ordinances nothing in par
ticular would have been said about
it? Is a mayor who,' even at a late
day and unwillingly, does , his duty,
such a curiosity? ' '. v. "
-The anti-womafl suffragists should
be "thankful that Arnerican ' women
who demsnd the l!l?tdoiiot go at
it In" the way tha English women are
doing. When it came to a choice
between giving women the ballot or
riding them down with mounted po
licemen and putting them in jail, we
suspect that Americans would let
them vote. But it is to 'be hoped
that the test will not come, and that
congress and legislature will not be
carrienationized by suffragists
So it seems that Roosevelt and
Schmitx are quite aufficient to "de
cide and regulate both international
and state affairs.4-When two-auch
great men aettle great questions, no
body else is supposed to have a word
to aay.
" Evidently Thaw has entirely " too
many lawyers. They are reported
to be quarreling again, the rest of
them being jealous of Dclmas, who
has cast them in the shade too much,
Too many lawyers may be nearly as
bad as too many doctors.
Great Red Men ot
T History
TOTTCTACT
.By Kev. Thomas a Ortiorr. ,
H waa not abova ' mlddU , hel1it
though hla muscular flrur was east In
a mould of rmarkabl symmetry and
vigor. His complexion, waa darker tbaa
la usual with hla raoe, and his features,
though by no means regular, had a bold
and atern expression, while hla habitual
beealng waa Imperious ana peremptory,
Ilk tb&t Of a man accustomed to sweep
away all opposition -to hla . Impetuous
will. - .., ...'..... .
Buch la arkman'a picture of tha re
nowned Ottawa chief. Pontlac, the great
eat Indian of wham-JuatQryakeaaor I
mention.
Over .thoe around him. continues the
hletnflan Hi authority waa almost dee-I
potto, and hie power xxenoea-ww ue..
yond the limits of hla own tnoe. mis
Influence' waa great among all the na
tions of the Illinois country, while
fromthe sources -of tha Ohio to thoaa
of tha Mississippi, and, indeed, to the
farthest boundaries of the Alongquin
race, hla nam waa known and respected.
And every bit of this tremendous in
fluence was aaed toward tha destruc
tion of tha white race on thla continent
The average red man did not have In
telligence enough to comprehend the
full significance of th whit man's
coming, but the keen intellect of Pon
tlac . saw clearly enough that one of
two things must happen the palefaces
hftdta n. exterminated or they-wgul
exterminate the Indiana. - '
Accordingly. Pontlac resolved t
sweep the white people from the conti
nent It waa indeed stupendous con
ception; but Pontlac thought along
large tinea, and the wiping out of the
proud race that had set itaeu aown
upon hi country was an Idea quit in
keeping with hie princely brain.
In th fall of th year iss rontiae
sent his ambassador to th various In
dian nations throughout th country.
They visited th country of the phlo and
its tributaries, passed northward to th
ree-ion of th upper lake and th border
of the River Ottawa, and far southward
toward the mouth - of th Mississippi.
Bearing with them th war belt of wam
pum, broad and long, aa th importance
of th message demanded, and th
tomahawk stained red. In token of war.
they went from camp to camp and from
village to Village. f
. Th reapons to Pontlac'a appeal was
universal, and In th spring of 17(1 th
war began. For four years the struggle
lasted, and from th Great Lakes to the
Atlantic, and from th Great Lake to
th Potomao, th aavagea, whose patriot
Ism had been aroused by their great
leader's eloquent call, did all that they
could to clear their country of th un
welcome Intruders. -.
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With torch, rifle tomahawk and scalp
ing knife th red men spread terror far
and wide. Thousands of whltea were
slain, village wer destroyed,. landa
wer devastated, and nothing that Tend
lsh passton and dprat courage could
accomplish we left undone.
But of course, th white did not
want to be exterminated, and, besides,
they had a great liking for the red
man's beautiful land, so they struck
back at th Indiana, and struck hard,
and kept oa striking Until they crushed
them. : '' '
By .th spring of 17i Pontlao - saw
that all waa over. But his unconquer
able spirit could not rtv up th fight
without on mor trial, and with a
handful of hi devoted tallower Tie fled
to th land of th Illinois, hoping there
to raise th force with which he might
make another strike for th land of his
fathers. . ,.v
While with the Illinois, near th town
of Cahokla, a white man bribed an In
dian with a barrel of whiskey to kill
Pontlac Th renegade burled hla toma
hawk In his old chief's head, and the
greatest Indian - brain that we know
anything about-aeaaed to think.
The Sultan's Screen. '''
There la a story told of a famous and
Curious screen r-hlch occupies a promi
nent place In th menage of th sultan
of Turkey.- It is made, so rumor hath
It of human skin, perfectly tanned and
elaborately tooled and embossed, and It
has been In th royal quarter for over
two centuries. - This remarkable screen
Is not an evidence of cruelty or bar
barity on th part of Turkey' ruler 100
yeara ago, but 1 a memorial to II faith
ful servants- of a former aultsn. At
on time during th sultan's reign, 200
years ago, a wing of th palac caught
fir and during the conflagration a
much loved member of th aultan'a fam
ily was rescued by 12 servants. Th II
servant perished, soma Of them dying
later of their wound and burne. so his
majesty had their skin removed by an
expert and had them preserved In this
touching though remarkable manner.
Th acreen Is now looked upon aa a part
of th ruler's Inheritance, and It Is said
that every sultan cheiiahe It almosjt as
h would his own royal akin.: . v.
Grim Joke In a Blue Book.
A grim piece of humor appears In a
British blue book dealing with th taxa
tion of unimproved land valuea In th
oolonle. 'Th tax commlasioner of Ada
laid, after referring to th inaccurate
returns, ays:
"Side by side with thee Inaccurate
returns It haa been pleasing to not th
completeness with which others have
been prepared In th minutest particu
I are, and we cannot fall to recognls
the thoroughness of the taxpayer who
returned that pier of land of hla, meas
uring nine feet by six feet in the
cnmtry, and undorhe column. "Nam
f-Oceuplpr.-gavr thai "6nis departed
wife," .. .
. Letters From the
'j People . .
Immortality and Humanity.
' Portland. Feb. To th Edltor'of
Th Journal. In a recent letter O. C
A. asks, "How could mortal blood atone
for lnr "What waa hi (Christ's)
sacrifice since be ascended ' straight
into heaven and to th right hand of
the Father r
As his ''heart Is jiot right with Ood,
let Ood reason with a C. A.. I may not
but hi question, with which the evil
one has cauxed many to stumble and
fall; -from -Cala-ovaaiintlllhlsday.
may, I believe b answered yetbnea
more, until Ood arise and shuts the
door: " Tb first man waa composed of
th dust of the-around, and tha breath
of life' from Ood, and "became a living
soul." Ood said, "the soul that slnneth.
It shall die." "Th wages of sin Is
death." Man, 'mortal, though mad to
waia upright in th beginning.- sinned.
and died, receiving, in death, his wages,
or punishment. If you" please. In full.
Lwatn
la the aBTsncg ot lira. "Bvan
their very thoughta ar perished.
But Ood la not willing that any
snouia pensn. tto n gave nia only
begotten -aon-a-aaorif lea and . aa -
substitute that whosoever belleveth In
him should not perish, but hav ever
lasting life" aa a substitute to die In
place of those who sinned, and a a
acriflc wholly acceptable-to Oed
who, the Scriptures-tell Hi, cannot re-
Jeau Christ th only person who was
aassw aw we as wvaa w ot jjivbuvu aa sag A a .sua
In each of thea particulars. Took on
himself th flesh and blood of a man.
mortal, because Ood had condemned all
men to die in a day because of Adam's
sin, did no sin, but waa a perfect man,
fulfilled, th. holy law of God, written
on th tablet of stone to th last
crook of a letter, and having his blood
shed. died. 'Who did not merit death.
But because th shedding of his
blood, and hla death, were th wag a,
full and complete of th sin, of those
for whom he died. , death - of course
could not hold him, so he rose again on
th third day, according to th 6orlp
turea. His saoriflc consisted In hi
shedding hla blood and dying befor he
might hav died naturally because of
Adsm'sjitn: and Ood was abl and per
fectly satisfied tu iui'eu in sine or
thoe who accept Christ '
' "Come now, and let.ua
gather, aalth th Lord; though your
sins be as scarlet they shall be aa
whit as snow." NIGHT WATCH.
Immortality and Humanity.
Hood River, Or., Feb. IB. To th Edi
tor ot The Journal. I have been inter
ested Ui th varying vlewa of this aver-
recurring question aa aet forth In th
rolumna of your paper. Tha views of
'Student" and others, stimulate earnest
thought t least and bias th way for
more accurate thinking. ' And, Ilk the
young seer In .th dramatic book of Job,
I will also show mln opinion."
Immortality, considered aa a personal
possession and an inspiring hope-And
the greatest gift of God to man. Ilk all
other gifts of nature and providence Is,
in some real and vital sens to b ac
quired. Potentially, man may be aald
to be an Immortal being that la, the
possibilities ar within him, th oppor
tunlty la afforded, and the ens of thla
heirship ia Implanted la his conscious
ness - But ther ar certain .. contin
gent In tb case Th fall realisation
depends upon personal choice will, pur
pose and aim of th recipient upon the
spirit and -character, whether In this
or some other world, of htm who would
attain to the aunltt heights of th im
mortal regions.
No speculations of philosophy, no In
vestigations of science however dili
gently pursued or skillfully applied, can
glv sufficient evidence to fully satisfy
th mind of man In respect to thl
great boon. Neither can th investiga
tions of modern spiritualism, whatever
may br may not be th phenomena wit
nessed, or th messages received from
over . th borderland, prove anything
more than personal existence beyond
what we call death and existence per
ae la far from tha realisation. All thla
may b helpful In our anxious Inquiry,
but tb heart of man pleada for some
thing more definite and satisfying.
Spiritual facta and experience must be
tested by spiritual laws. Tb test of
clenee-oannot reach th ssentiartlfs
of a plant a flower, much less unfold
to tis all th mysteries and possibilities
Of th human aouL What thenT
W may grow Into th consciousness
of th life Immortal by right relatione
with th lnfinlt mind, by obefllene to
universal laws, by devotion to Ood and
mankind, to truth and duty, and at
whatever cost W most If need be
hasard all things all non-essential, ma
terial Interests and unholy ambitions
for th supreme Joy and triumph of at
taining, aa Jesus himself attained, coa
acioua soulehip with th tnflnito Father.
In other words, on must so asplr and
stow and Joy and achieve that on can
not conceive of an and of one's being. .
This I th old way, th vr new way,
the only way, "the straight and narrow
way which leadtth unto life."-
, J. A. BAL.DJEUDUJ&
: :"''"' Water and Ita Users.
Portland. Feb. is. To the Editor of
Th Journal Because I feel under obli
gation for your extrem fairness in
publishing my reply to your editorial oa
th water board meeting I hesitate to
reauest the privilege of your columns
for the further discussion of this ques
tion. But I not that Mr. Frank says
thateontrsry to my declaration I did
not show "Incontrovertible reasons" for
rejecting- th meter system aa unjust
think I did. Though l am accused or
narrow-mindedness, I am yet broad
enough to realise that evidence of tu-
ustlc 1 Incontrovertible reason for the
rejection of the meter system. Why
did Mr. Frank totally ignore this plainly
stated reason 1 Is it not an sufficient
to condemn any schemer Is his soul
dead to th touch of righteousness? . Is
his mind so enveloped by th clouds
and fogs of personal Interest thst th
ray of Justice cannot enter? From men
who willingly-neglect car"ln contro
versy we may not expect any other fair
or reasonsbie act. Tiie Tea rag" wnicn
caused Mr. Bowermsn to . "know" and
"throw dirt" was not the fact that cer
tain ctttsens wer invited to meet with
th water board.' but that th Water
Users' sseoclntlon, an organisation
which has forced this question to an
Issue snd through whose efforts a re
duction of to cent a- month has been
made In place of th contemplated rise
of (0 rents a month, they and their
plana wer totally Ignored. A fair man
or body of men would have honored
their efforts snd th failure to do this
show that personal Interest was at
th base of the procedure The Wster
Users' association haa requested the
water board to debate. It has offered
Inducements to th board to com out
In th open. But thee efforts have
failed, and th board bss crouched In
obscurity snd contemptuous silence con
trary to Mr. Frank's statement that It
haa."aiwaya ahown, v wilUagn e He
ten to suggestion." '
,Lt' It b distinctly understood that
Mr. Frank baa' misrepresented ' m as
favoring wast of water. I do not
favor wast of water, but I do tak the
stand that when it comes to a choice
of graft or principle, a question of waste
of water or defense of Individual rignts,
I shall choose and fight for principle
ana right.
If th expenditure of 14.000,000 haa
not been sufficient to provide th emi
dren of Portland with drinking water
under tha scheme until lately indorsed
and .operated by the water board It Is
time some heed should be given to the
voice of th Water Users' association,
Mr. Frank, who Is extremely solicitous
Of th comforts of th children of Port'
land, ia unjust enough to advocate the
saddling of- a tribute of over 1300,000
for meter directly on the backs of the
poor, and Is- willing to -do- anything- but
advocate .th placing of th burden
where It belongs on land values. Con.
oernlng meters, let me say I khow of
a man, who, having a meter attached,
paid for 4t gallons of water that In
some mysterious wsy fl6wed through
an exposed pip that waa fro sen; of sn-
othec who refused to pay for a Charg
ror i.soo gallons and upon rereading
was notified of mistake In reading of
100 fttlrt gallnna,
Mr. Frank admits that land value
should bear Ita proportional share.
maintain that It should bear all the
burden and contend that Vnythlng short
or- tw -1
dlshoneet. Thsf- term Jtro-
portlonate" l a subterfuge Its purpose
in my opinion to hid th troth. Know
Ing, as he claims he does, th land value
Is the.dlrect.reuU-of the Joint effort
ofthe people If Mr. Frauk ia honest
I ..i,k r mnp dtdu G
The Juvenile Court
' Portland. Feb. 16. To tha Editor of
Th Journal I hav bean' following
with great Interest tha up and downs
of th Juvenile court bill Just passed
by your senate. One little realise what
thla bill means to a stat Ilk Oregon,
and I can glv little conception of th
good it win no toward tb betterment
of th little onee
I hav watched sine residing In your
country the development of this geod
work, and If not out of place would like
to glv an outline of the woxk as It 'a
carried out la Oreat Britain. , We hav
no Juvenile court there but have ta
place of auch, an Inspector of th Na
tional Society for th Prevention of
CruUy -tavChUdrea- preeat at nearly- JJ
th . pollc court sitting, and In any
cass where a child is brought befor
th presiding magistrate th child - la
generally handed, over to the care of
th officer, who, pro tem, leavea It at
th workhouse-- should - th facta- war
rant auch a step (th workhouses ar
county Instltutlone and . investigates
and reports to the magistrate who then
decides th f utur of th child. The
officer's duties are' many ucb aa visit
ing homes, baby farms, institutions and
looking Into cases reported to htm from
various sources. If tha officer sees a
child's life In danger he has, after call
ing, la a doctor, th right to apply for
a aummon or warrant - according to
tha seventy of th case
I think, if I am not In error, that this
Society has greater power than similar
ones In this country, and la .entirely
supported aa far aa I can remember by
the people
I trust my few remarks may be help
ful In this good work, which I am aorry
to se so necessary In this new country
But bo long aa saloons and other sources
of vie ar allowed to exist, ao long will
it be necessary, to hav auch a court
PEKCT J. JONAS.
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Churches' in Curry County. ...v
. Langlola, Or., Feb. IS. I hav been
a little amused at th various reports
regarding th church history of Curry
county. Oregon, and aa It seems to be a
popular theme I will glv you another
account which, I think, nearer correct
than those hitherto published.
In 1184 I cam to Curry county and
settled near Denmark postofflco In tb
northern part At that time ther was
not a church hous la th county,
neither a preacher nor a physician.
Soon aftaf- a minister, th Rev. H.-B.
Swafford - of the M. E.- church south.
commenced holding services In this vi
cinity, and In 1184 completed th first
church hous ever built la th county:
it was located on th north bank of
Flora crk. where the county bridge!
now spana tha creek. - Then Patrick
Hughee built th church at Cap Blan
ce Then Bishop Morris of th Episco
pal church and th Presbyterians erect
ed th church at Port Orford.
Aa Informed by "Qrandpap" crook.
Professor Emory of the CorvallU Col
lege then an Institution belonging to
th M. E. church south, preached the
first sermon In tha county at Port Or
ford In th '60a. He was called to Port
Orford In connection with some school
land that belonged to the Corvallla col
lege ;
Th United Brethren, In an early day,
bad societies ia th Rogu river country
befor there wer any church houses In
this county, and did some good pioneer
work. They held eampmeetings and re
vival meetings, resulting in good yet to
b seen. ' , , .
- , J. E. HAWKINS.
Mr. Hawkins' Information or memory
leads him astray regarding datea, ac
cording to communications from other
readers of The Journal. Some corre
spondents say ther war churches In
Curry long before the date given by
Mr. Hawklne Editor The Journal)
August Belmont's Birthday. --'-August
- Belmont conspicuous In
American business, waa born February
18. 1868. He wss given a careful pre
paratory education In the best schools
of th east, completing hla education at
Harvard, from which h wa graduated
In 1871. On th death of his father Mr.
Belmont became the head of th firm
and th merlcan representative of the
Rothschilds. ' Six or seven yeara ago he
cam Conspicuously befor th public
by organising th f 88,000.000' concern
which built th underground transit sys
tem for New Tork. Then he organised
th Ipterborough Rapid Transit Com
pany,! which secured a leas of th great
subway system for 40 years. New Tork
awoke to find ..that Mr. Belmont had
com Into virtual - control of all the
street railway. Unee both above and be
low fround. In the metropolis. - Then
he started to construct tunnels under
the East river to connect Manhattan and
Brooklyn, and this worktls now rspldly
nearlng completion.
- February 18 in History.
HH Island of Trinidad captured bv
British naval and military force.
, 1853 Attempted assassination of Em
peror Francis Joseph of Austria by Ll
benyl. , ' '
18(11 Jefferson Davis Inaugurated
president of th' Confederate states st
Montgomery. .
1878 Chsriotts Cashman, American
actress, died. "j
1888 John B. Oough, great American
temperance lecturer, died. Born 181 T.
188 Boiler explosion In Park Central
hotel. HsrtfordlMccUcutklll4-
1S0 Emit Loubet elected president
of France
Small Change V
Last week of tha big Salem biennial
show. .
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Nobody with fruit trees should neg
lect to spray. .
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The Astortao already has the Port of
Columbia bill beaten In tb courts. ,
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Sometime on think It 1 Opportun
ity knocking and gets knocked down. . '
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" Mayor Schmtt concluded not to go to :
war with' either Japan' or. tb United
Statee .:
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Don't- ory.. for. money- for every thing -and
then howl about th amount of ap
proprlatlone . .
' "Six weeks mor of freese and shiver," ,
saya a Maryland paper. Not If you
com to Oregon.
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Won'taome kind capitalist lend th
railroads a little money? They're all
brok tney aay., ,,
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Doubtlea Senator Piatt and Pepew
hav a very poor opinion of the New "
Jersey legislature
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Whethe a thing looks right or wrong "
often depends on whether It is coming
thej looker s way or not. ,
Th pebplwho Insist that th evi
dence la th Thaw case should be re-.
pressed read It all, of course
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Thla hereditary Insanity plea Is rather
a -slam on dead ancestors and relatives
who hav no chano to defend them- V
selvee .. - .
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A Chicago professor uses three col-'
umns of spac to descrlb th dress of.
Congoese which seem a to b a ess of
much ado about nothing. ' j ' , -
Th Salem Journal says it doe not
condemn Individuals, but practices. But
bow can ther be eondemnabl practices ,
without censurable Individuals?
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-Think .of tha possibility of th United '
Statea la oaa ot a war with Japan hav.
Ing lost Guam, and be thankful . that :
th war cloud haa passed away. ,
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Amancha.ryed ' Willi nianrlnr four -
women, all alive and undlvoroed, pleads
thst on each occasion h was drunk. -
Bom men In that condition do Imagln '
themselves millionaires. - -
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ThSalm 8talemn boasts 'that'
Salem la going to hav fin millinery
stores that will draw trade But won't
they tend to prevent husbands and fath
ers from, settling near Salem?
A Chicago professor saya American
women can't walk, Henry James says .
they can't talk, and now a New Tork
maa aaya they can't blush. And we
know an old bachelor who say thov
cane cook or maa a oca. enouinni
thay b abolished? v
Speaker Davey having remarked that' -
th Chapln bill as paased waa about aa -good
a measure aa th people could ex.
pect, th Medford Tribune responds that
as th speaker did everything tn his '.
power to emascuiat in measure and
render' It uselese th facetlousness of , '
tb remark may be fully appreciated. ,
Oregon Sidelights
Goat aheaiing baa begun . In Polk '
county. .-"'' !' J -v '
Tha I. O. O. T. of Vale will bund a
Bw brick halt
House for people needing them ar ,
scare In Carlton. . .
Local capitalists will organls a saV
Ings bank In Medford. - -
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Th Sheridan Sun boasts of that
town's churches and achoole";
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Willamette valley grain waa consid
erably injured In spots by the freese .
LAs hlga-aa 1.000 bushel an acre of
cranberries grow In Tillamook county.
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A large "hotel will be built at Ten-
mile on Coos bay, for summer visitors,:'
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A Sheridan mercantile establishment
haa aa automatto changing electrlo
sign. - , '
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. Notwithstanding much anow, the win- -
ter In Malheur county haa not been
aevere .,, .
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Baker county dry land farmer ar
confident of success under th Camp
bell matbod. . . .
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Th revived Astoria chamber of com.
mere la going to pull for "80,000 popu-
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Th sew Toledo mill will bav a
capacity of 100,000 feet a day, A don
key sngln sled haa runners . 81 feet
long and 18x28 inchee - - " ' ' .
Th stag from Pendleton to TJklsa
la southern Umatilla county Is loaded
every day with timber land huntera
and some days an extra team Is called
into requisition.
Th second largest creamery In Tllla- ;
mook county handled 1,184,808 pounds .
of milk last year, th proceeds amount-
ing ao ssy.ef v. a larger creamery a out
put was 148,884, and that of a third
118.154. :: - , I ; '. .
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The Irrlgon Irrigator editor - last
Sunday morning saw a band of 18.011
ooyotea crossing th Columbia rivr '
from Oregon to Washington; on account
of the acalp bounty but Thla Is the
third year Bennett ha used this yarn.
Ion Proclaimer: , During th recent
cold snap on of our ."bachelor gfrle"
who is holding down a homestead east .
of town, kept a man around the hous '
for protection, but he got aoared at tha
Chinook wind and rail away. 8b made
him .of snow.
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Tha Sclo News editor Is possessed of
on solitary chicken, say that paper
II la a rooster. Strang to say, he Is
of g particularly valuable breed, a h
haa commenced tc lay, , At leant we .
tint) an egg In th hr.t every day, and '
aa ther are ni nh l,(b.n. ahniif -
th dally- egg must b charged up wV
sgainst him.
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'Central Point Herald: Th sun shines , ,.
warm and bright, the early vegetables
In -th gardens ar getting a regular r i
April mov on, a mosquito bit th ed
itor's no Monday afternoon, Chief of
Police Ram Murray has put his last i '
year's strawstlntftcommlsalon. Ilia ,.m
-Never-Sweet club has reorganised snd
ar again taking their dally sun batlr
on -the sidewalks, snd everything la
decidedly lovely along th Rogue
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