The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, March 12, 1907, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextJournal of The Ml Editorial Page "V a ii i r : l m u si "e 11. .ataa . THE JOURNAL AN o. a. JACKSON ..rabuaher taa. rwi .li -Su etreeia. r-ariUsd. r. toraraa at the fklfl r-rtlnd. . ' TSLEPHOBSV-alAIll TITS. AU tKiiinU nmM by tele oee, the acectar the eearls.t "' POSRIGN ADVS.RTI8INO EBirTaTIV" ,. ISO Xaaaaa etnet. ew Trlbeee SttU ' fas, ChtaaSe. . ' a.nrrtprtoa Tame by wl easiess se UaUeS lulw, UuU ar Mexloai , v . . . . . DAILY r.......oi Oae smth -0 SDMPAY ... . ' , tl.00 Oh Kat. - . PAILT AND IUSU1I ..-.' Oae year-- T.SO I One nwth ..t J The JOURNAL SWOK CIXOtnUTIOK. ykraary, 10T, A Daily sverage.--. .28.372 00AXATTTS RATXXOT, yeeraary, 1MT. Sally seense rehraeiy. 1S0S, eauy average. M.m ; Sata la the yea (eUy average)... S.ISS The Jocrnal la the aaly au eepar to PertlanS that tm etmtatioa ' see rixmrae to IU pa bile. fuUy aad freely to abort, aakaa Ha reeorde aa apes book. Bart a every Jooraal etralaUoa etatsaMBt abradant u4 caattarlnc proof, ofwa ta every advertleer woo aeelfee to suke fr anoml Inveetlcattea, araaarunei report, ear ner route etreete, ctrraletlna rerord. papa bllla. etpreae aa4 eeatefflee receipt, eaa tka eaah receipts (sr atmlatton. Um taat arMcura all. Om top mt thla Tha Jaarnal la antltlad to Rowall'a AaMrlea Hawapapar ttractory'a puuM alar, tbsa toaarinc tha feU oaUrary at aoea to to 4- S ALARY AND "GRAFT." FOR MANY jreart there was more or lesa "graft" connected with the iheriffa office of this coun ' ty, and of moat other coun ties, vntil the fee law was abolished and the salary )iw took its plac. As applied to former sheriffs, the word "graft" in its offensive sense is hard ly applicable, for the fees and' per quisites they" received "were in" most cases allowed by law, or at least tolerated, and th people let the loose system run along, . although they knew that the sheriffs emoluments were far more than a reasonable sal ary would amount to. The sheriffs office not only in Multnomah but in other counties was considered a big, fat plum, and to obtain it there was much vote trading and oftentimes no little bribery. But finally the- people became tired of and disgusted with this system, and enacted tine Aus tralian ballot law, and later the pri mary nomination law, and meanwhile put sheriffs and other county officers on salaries, and prohibited them from receiving any other official emolu ments whatever for any service re quired of them by law. Under the law a sheriff is restricted to the legal salary and is not allowed to charge or accept a penny more for any offi cial service from any source, and any money ao received belongs to the county and not to the sheriff. On this theory the salary of the sheriff of Multnomah county was fixed at $4,500, which waa deemed sufficient to enable a fit man to accept and fill the office, without craving for more and seeking to divert some fees, profits or pickings to bis own pocket One of the sources of the former sheriffs' emoluments, " as "everybody knows, was the profit on feeding pris oners. This was more formerly than it would be now under the new law which Sheriff Stevens worked through the legislature, but it would now be, according to careful and easily made estimates, about $4,200 a year, mak ing the sheriffs - personal income $800,' instead of $4,500 a year. This extra $4,200 may not. be strictly a "graft,"' for it is nhr authorized by a law lobbied through the legislature by the sheriff, but it is at least a legalized perquisite which the people never intended the sheriff to receive in addition to his liberal salary. It is $4,200 a year more expense than the taxpayers of Multnomah county should be put to in maintaining the sheriffs office. ' If the salary is not large enough, then it should be raised, but the ' principle of the salary law should be ; strictly . maintained, and i this ' and every other attempted "graft" or perquisite cut off. 'The county court is moving in the matter of invoking the referendum on th'n law which takes $4,200 out of the taxpayers' pockets and puts it in the sheriffs pocket, beyond his legal and proper salary of $4,500 a year. It is . a good move, and the law ought to be killed next year at the ballot box, not so much on account of this $4,200 a year, though that would amount to quite a sum after a few years, as be cause if the salary law can thus be broken down at this point it will be overridden at others, and after a' lit tle, through pernicious lobbying at the legislatures, the salaries wilt be supplemented all along (he line by all the old fees, prfliisites, profits, pick ups and "graft", The people would therefore better knock this law in the bead, and so serve notice on sheriffs that thry will be paid 09 mor than r - r straight salaries, and that they can either take these or resign or decline tf run. They might save considerable, too, of their salary money by staying home and "attend ing to their duties instead of going to Salem to lobby for a "graft? bill MORE THIRD-TERM TALK. THE THIRD-TERM" talk will not stay laid." After each re V current protest of the presi- dent it subsides for a little while, and then breaks forth again louder and more clamorous than be fore. The "circumstances may ; be such, the third-termers insist, that Roosevelt cannot refuse. But he can foresee , any ' possible circum stances thst may arise, unless it is a big war, and, having considered them all, he has repeatedly and most em phatically and positively declared that under no circumstances would he accept a nomination. ,This being the ease, it Is not very complimentary to the president to in sist that tinder certain circumstances which can easily be brought into apparent existence he would run again. Nor , is it complimentary to the American people , to assume that the country could not get along or would be left in a position of great peril if Roosevelt should not serve another term .The argument that the -country's salvation, safety and' prosperity depend on only one man is ridiculous. If it were true, the situation would be truly alarming. The president is mortal, and, while a ' young man and apparently good for many years of life, wfiich every body hopes he will enjoy, his death is not impossible; and ahall it be said or thought that in that calamitous event the country would go to ruin? We ere disposed, fof our part, to take the president at his word-to believe that he meant what he said and will stick to it It is true that he has shown volatility and has exhib ited contrarieties, and ao given the third-termers ground for hopeand argument; yet we prefer to suppose thai in this matter, his declaration having been , made "repeatedly and most positively, the president will not be tempted to break, his pledge, even though it waa voluntary and unneces sary: .- -. .J , v : A STRANGE CAREER."" DOW OWIE'S STRANGE and stormy career ended while be was yet comparatively young man. only a 'little past 60.? He had worn himself out, physically and in tellectually, and if his pictures rep resented him correctly, he looked al most as old as General Booth, who, though over fourscore, is makirg a working trip around the world. Nobody can entirely understand a man like Dowie, nor probably did he understand himself very welL He had great powers within circum scribed limits, but he lacked that best of all abilities in a man of power the faculty of taking things philosophic ally. He allowed his Scotch temper to wear him out, and at the same time to aid an inordinate ambition to o'erleap itself and so defeat his greatest projects. He could not be contented with great and marvelous success, but, like Napoleon in his in vasion of Russia, was impelled by evil spirits to attempt the impossible. He misjudged his own work and accom plishments, else he would not. have imagined that he could bring London and New York to his feet How much of a fraud Dowie was nobody can surely say, nor, probably, as we have said, did he know himself. What began as fraud may have re solved itself into divinely commanded duty, or, 'on the other hand, fraud may have crept in and built on the purposes of honest if mistaken teal To the average man he seems to tiave been an unscrupulous, unconscionable but strangely gifted mountebank, but this would be a hasty conclusion. ' An honest delusion and seal may have grown into a species of actual insan ity, and this is, the charitable conclu sion of many of his followers. THE HOUR IS PASSING. NTIL THE buds appear, it is still time to spray with lime - sulphur solution for San Jose scale. In the case of peaches, prunes and cherries, the hour will soon have passed,, but in the more im portant apple industry as late as April 10 is usually opportune. The reward for the work is re deemed orchards, obliterated scale, gradual emancipation from moss and scurvy, cure for apple scab, and trees thst present the pleasant appearance of thrift, cleanliness and vigor. ' This is the immediate reward. Later com pensation dimes in the more remu nerative condition of fruit that the market wants and is willing to pay handsomely for. To let the orchards stand unsprayed is at par with half fed and uncurried horses,, farm' ma chinery lying exposed to winter rains, poorly cultivated' fields, indifference to debt and other marks of unthrift Where progressive method is in vogue on the farm, the standard of living is highest. and the per capita of wealth greatest Competence and thrift seldom come to the sloven and laggard, but are reserved for the man whose eyes and ears are open and his hands busy to utilize the newest and best wsya of doing things. Oregon soil and climate are ready to do their part in the production of fruit, if only the husbandman will give them the opportunity. ne world wants Oregon apples and is willing to pay the price. Three jdolr lars a box for Hood River apples and three dollars a box for Rogue River apples last season mean splehdid prices for Willamette" valley apples if Willamette valley growers will oply aid them to mature unblemished by worms end unblighted by scale. Ahead is a time when the foothill farm will be largely salable or nnsal ableVand when its'value will be en hanced or diminished according as the orchard ' presents thrift or un thrift, for it will be a time when Oregon apples will be a desideratum to the incoming seekers after homes. To fail now to spray will be to drop behind the procession of forces and factors making for a bigger and bet ter Oregon.'. ' ' , ' MORE EXPOSITIONS., T HE CALIFORNIA legislature hat appropriated the same sum , that , the Oregon legis- lature -did,' $100,000, for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition at Seattle in 1909, and may make an ap propriation for the Jamestown expo sition, and $3,000,000 is asked for a show to be held at some future time in San Francisco to commemorate some of the exploits of Senor Balboa of Spain. '; '. -J Many congressmen , have declared or intimated since the St Louis ex position was - projected that. Lthey would stand for no more appropria tions of that kind, and yet the Lewis and Clark fair got a large appropria tion, as will the Jamestown and Se attle expositions, and others as they occur, for, probably they will keep coming on one excuse or another. The San , Francisco Chronicle doubts if money spent at a distance onsuch-xpositions- is -a-paying .in vestment, if direct or apparent result only are'( considered, but considers that a really great international ex position, about once in , 10 years. where the world's progress can be shown in one general review, is with? out doubt profitable;' and such expo sitions "promote international ' good feeling, just as the minor expositions promote interstate good feeling. The Alaskan exposition has , the peculiar merit of making known the. pro digioua natural resources of that out- Ivinv recion. but the Chronicle adds Really, we suppose, however, that the trongaat tnotlva for inaklna tha appro priation In thla ta.ta. is to anow our good will to Seattle, emphasis tha sol idarity of the Paolfla ooaat, and Uy the foundation for a liberal appropriation from Washinrton when we hold our big exposition in the sweet by and by. We have paid Oregon, we enau now pay Washington, And we do not know but It la a wiae. expenditure regardless of paying anybody for the good nature which ft engenaere zor me uraa oeing. Amiability is a virtue well worth en couraging, even at considerable expense. Long live Seattle. May . it grow ana prosper mightily. ' LECTURES BY SPECIALISTS. THE PROPOSED "course of lec tures by the deputy city at torney to policemen on their duties ought to be of value to them and the city. , A man in his position is supposed to be an expert in the law of police affaire and con duct, end many of the patrolmen will no doubt profit by the suggestions he may make. V This means of instructing numbers of men in like employment by means of lectures, or practical talks, by one competent to give Ahem instruction, is coming into vogue in private af fair also. . Labor is constantly be coming more specialized, and lectures on technical phases of a business are becoming increasingly . popular. ' ; For a year or more the principal railroads entering Chicago have con tributed through one of the vuniversi ties there a large amount of money for the purpose of employing ex perts on railroad topics to lecture to the railroad clerks. ' , Some , of the large insurance companies have like wise held during a part of the year a sort of school for the' purpose of teaching green Or would-be , agents the ' fundamentals of the business and it is to be feared this teaching was nbt altogether grounded , on strictly ethical principles. ' i Now the ,Y. M. C. A. of Chicago is 'arranging for a Series of evening talks on various phases of the real estate business. ' This has been tried with alleged success in some other cities. - There is much Id learn about the real estate business, even if con ducted strictly on Ihe square, knowl edge of which imparted by an expert would be valuable to most member of that craft especially young men starting out in this interesting busf- The scope of this lecture course is indicated by the announcement of the subjects to be treated of, among them being "management of a real estate office, title insurance, loans, appraising; advertising,, fundamental laws governing real' estate, taxation, apartment and , tenement ; property, and management of office buildings." Thia list of itself indicates what a complex business a full-fledged and all-around "real estate" establishment conducts. . - '.,'- ', ' ' ' Such special lectures on various kinds of business may be expected to increase, along with the increas- ... .. . . ipg specialization oi Dusincss. a pig real estate office, 'like a department store or a great terminal , freight office, needa specialists of different kinds, and ao it is with other large business concerns. Let us be thank ful that so far the public has not been called ipon to maintain these special lecture courses. That may come, however. ' '.',. : - The Astoria Budget saya "Port land has fought and is still lighting every effort to improve the channel across the bar." If Astoria has not prospered and gone ahead as much as it desired and expected to, one reason may be found in the tone of its newspapers, that persistently pub lish such absurd falsehoods as this, which everybody, including them selves, knows to be ridiculously un true. A truthful, progressive news paper, that would pull and push for its town on its own great merits, instead of ' constantly . decrying and abusing Portland, is one of that city's needs.-; ' v The Hidden Demon V By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. In the terrible, story of Thomas Baldwin of .Colfax, Illinois, there is re vealed the chapter In psychology that every one ' of us would do well, and more than well, to read and study with all seriousness. well-to-do farmer, well past the middle milestone In the Journey of life, universally respected for his truth and probity, and noted throughout the re gion round, about for all the qualities that go to make up an exemplary mem ber of society, suddenly, flares up, reaches for his sun and rushes .forth like a madman to shoot down and brain his neighbors! i " One ' moment -Thomas Baldwin is ' auletly watching his ; eattle - munch their provender, -the same- model clti- sen that he bad been fer years, enjoy ing the esteem and confidence of the community that bad been nis ror a juii feneration, when, all at once, like a flash of llrhtnlnr out of the storm cloud; he becomes a veritable devil, bloodthirsty as a Bengal tiger fresh from the 'uncial . - One - minute everybody would have sworn that there waa no finer, kindlier, rentier soul in . the community than Thomas Baldwin- and the next minute the entire neighborhood was - snooaea and astounded. Baldwin bad shot down four of his old friends with as little remorse as a man would shoot so many mad dogs! ; Of course, the demon waa In Bald win's soul right along, else, we may be sure,, the horror in question coma never hare been. The demon was there lurking quietly behind the mild, gentle exterior, waiting for the opportunity to spring forth and begin its oiooay ac tion. ' ' Human nature) la a dual affair, part god and part devil; now mild aa a day in June, and now furious as a winter tamnest: now sweet and beautiful an angel, and now bloodthirsty and ter rible as a fiend. k . .-- " Such was FarmerBaldwlnaadauah.lt must be said, are we all." - ' - "Saints" and "sinners,' "good" and "bad,' the 'Haw-abldlng" and the "law- laaa." are slmnly names.' We are all human and to' be human Is to have wranned ub within us the grim possl billtr of the demonlo ss well as the angelic the bad aa well as the good, tha sinful as well as the saintly. The good old clergyman who, seeing a convicted murderer going to the gal lows, exclaimed: "There goes myself but for. the grace of God!" hit the nail squarely on the heed and at one swoop got down to the supreme fact In ail mortality and psychology. Tho best of us might have been the worst had the demon within had the opportunity to break loose and get a.wav. Maybe the occasion for the test of strength between us and the demon did not come; or maybe, again. It did come and the demon was held dowa and we remained "good." - But it were well to remember that It might have been different, and that If tha monster within had triumphed we would have been "bad." ' A great many "criminals" are ex plained In this way. It Is true they are criminals and must meet the criminal's reward. . but those of us who are not t rHmlmla would do well to be ss charitable as ' possible . In thinking of the other fellows. We don't know when our turn may come. The demon Is In us as certainly as he Is In other people, and It Is Just nnaaihla that in some unguarded mo ment he may spring up, get' control of na snd not us behind the bars. It behooves every one of us to watch, Perpetual vlailanoe le the prioe not only of political liberty but of that far more important kind of liberty liberty from the btId of the fiend that lurks In averv one of us. Don't be too sure that you are beyond the demon's reach. Keep ever oa the alert Watch, fortify yourself." Keep ever upon the rantpartf of your soul's manhood the sentwei or a sooer, serv on a. reverential self-Inspection. t. that wav. and In that wit only. can you (eep from being what Farmer Baldwin Is. . .' Doubtful Progreee . ' From Life. ' .. l'.- Our ancestors said, "God . save the king!" and bowed their heads. But we say, "Damn the Standard Oil crowd!" and look very tierce and cocky and disrespectful. ' To such a degree has democracy af fected that sentiments of the ruled to ward their rulers. Is mankind the bet ter for having such a grouch against the Inevitable! . '-..T7 .1' ' .Letters ; r rom tne People ; Strike Deserves Sympathy.' i 'Portland. March .To tha Editor of The JournalOf all- the strikes that have taken place In the northwest dur ing the last 10 years there Is none of so great Importance, so Juatltfled and worthy of our support as the present sawmill strike. Lumber is the mala in dustry of this city; lumber Is very high In price. And still, men empioyeo. ai the sawmill work longer hours and are paid less than other, workingmen. - How is thla possible T Biuipiy tnrouan lack of organisation among the men. The men are good workers, of good In tellect, morals and education. And the mill 'owaers. rich euoush -to buy prop erty for speculation, give princely gifts to relatives and others and live in lux ury,, have never thought that the men who created all their wealth live In very modeat circumstances, are over worked and underpaid. ' . . , It Is often said, that workingmen are rough in eonduot and appearance. But what can be ax pact ad of men who work hard 1 or 11 hours a day (not to men tion the still harder night work which Is done at the. mills) who have not the time to read a book or newspaper. If they had the money to buy - literature, and who have -no time to mlngje in so ciety t It Is but natural that, they be come living Illustrations of Edwin Markham's "Man With the Hoe." And thla only that a few ahall live In luxury without .work. - la not this a disgrace to our civilisation, and Is there no, remedy T There certainly Is. And the remedy He with the men them selves. . The churches have so much to do with dogmas that tbey have forgot ten the real teachings of the great man from Naaareth, soma ' of the churches being simply places of amusement, ctr- eus-Uke, so they have neither, time nor ability to understand, still less to soive, the great problems of the day. And, sad to say, some of the great labor organisations seem to have lost sight of their mission. They hare organised certain tradesmen, giving them shorter hours and better pay, but they have for gotten the large number of people who do the hardest work snd work the longest hours. This omission is to be regretted because tt will have baa re sults for the future. Are the workers to be divided Into Indian vastest Then, woo to labor organisations! "A kingdom- divided against Itself cannot stand." A man working at a sawmill la entitled to the same hours and wages as any man of a "trade," especially aa his work Is harder and he often Is a better man lo all re spects than those who work shorter hours and are better paid. And until labor organisations understand thla they nave; no. riant mens or. weir mission. They have especially no right to com plain If tbs Boclallats take ears of those people whom-the priest and the Jvlte have proudly passed by. It Is the writer's sincere hope and wish that the men (for the aake of progress and true civilization, for . the aake or generations yet unborn) will not return to work berore they are granted what they ask. And not only that, but they should demand sight hours, a day and S3 pay. Toe .mills run night snd day, and it Is plain that there should be three shifts, not two, as Is now the ease,-thta being-the-light dlvtstotr of the 14 hours eight hours' work, eight hours' sleep and eight hours for meals, nleaailra and dnfia.Llnn. ' - i ... C A, JOHNBON, . . ; Sunday Rest BOL v ' Boise, Idaho, March 7. To r the Edi tor of The Journal As soon as Gover nor Gooding eompUee with his assur ance by signing house bill number S the. state of Idaho will have for the first time an effective Bunday law. A so-called Sunday -closing law was en' acted two years ago, but It was soon declared unconstitutional. In - fact, it Is supposed to have been drafted for that purpose. But the present law, which passed ' the senate by a vote of 19 to against, will be one of the beet Bunday laws, found on the code of any state west of the Mississippi, and in some respects there will be none su perior to tt In the union. The bill was . Introduced In ; both houses of the legislature simultaneous ly the last of January, under the aus pices of the reform bureau of the Pa- oifle coast, it was drafted by Dr. O. Lb Tufts of Portland, tha superintend ent of the bureau, and passed under the critical eye of attorneys of four states for Its finishing touches. It provides for the closing of business bouses, sa loons and such public amusements aa the theatre,' danoe halL race track, cir cus br show, merry-ro-round, pool and billiard room, - bowling alley, concert saloon and variety hall, with heavy pen alties for violation of the act and suf ficient provisions for its enforcement, The measure was severely fought In the house, but to the surprise ef most of Its friends It passed that body by a vote of II to 14. It la generally ac knowledged that tha arrest of Mr. Tufts for lobbying In behalf of the bill by those who were trying to kill It made votes for his cause. It waa only by persistent doggedness that It was brought to Its final passage on the last day of the legislature. - This leaves California as the only state In the union without some form of Bunday legislation. ' But a movement was inaugurated this year for a sim ilar law In that state. The reform bu reau had an anti-slot machine bill in troduced In the Nevada legislature and It was instrumental In defeating bill In the Idaho legislature to license gam bling. After an abaenoe of nearly four montha In various parts of his dl trict. Including a trip to congress, Mr. Tufts Is about to return to nis bead quarters at Portland. , READER. . .Don't Borrow. , ' Portland, March 10. To the Editor of The Journal Many people get into the habit of borrowing. - There la nothing that will tend so quickly to destroy neighborly regard or mar the ties of friendship as that unprincipled habit of borrowing. It shows a lack or aeir-re-spect, extravagance, poor Judgment; and among housekeepers poor calculation. poor housekeeping. There are ' many that think that It Is neighborly to step over the way and ask the loan of some article (alwaya to be paid back right away, but thla la usually forgotten) and how very often no thanks are of' fered for the kindness. They seem to forget that all things oost money, and that under the system of borrowing, the neighbor Is ths sufferer In pocket and In trouble to accommodate, and orten in commodes himself to help a chronic borrower. Very tneny things never are returned; In fact,-the borrower don't In tend to do no. That should come under the head of larceny, or obtaining things under false pretenses. . Often things are returned badly damaged with no apolo gies and no thought of 'reparation. I hardly know what to call that sys tem. I only know that H reflects on the character of the borrowers, and the name alwaya etaya with them. Borne people think, "Oh, well, they are well off and wont mind It." Don't they No matter how well eft they are, -aad, i x- r i . . i w g i . .i l-'ertection umau vmangc r R, limti 3. Montasue. " If you think there's a dearth ef delight . on this earth. That life la a snarl aad a snare. With Its pathway beset with ths fever ish fret -x . ''' Of rancor and canker and care. Take a car up Broadway some sunshiny day . When the foliage of bate shimmers areen. Aad you cannot but choose to bark to the views , Of some dosena of maids ef eighteen On their perfeojtly beautiful luncheons, And their perfectly wonderful eats, And their perfectly marvelous brothers. And their perfectly heavenly nets; . Their perfectly glorious- wde-eombs. And tho nerfeotly exaulslte style. And you pessimist -chaps will conclude that perhaps This life, after all. la worth while. , If you fancy that life Isn't turmoil and atnre. That It pays you a minute to mingle In world where the trouble forever aroea double And pleasure Is seldom and single. Stay light on the car, and before you've gone far -Ton will travel llfe'a gloomiest glsdes And bear of Its woes (they're enough, goodness Knows) From the lips of those' same little maids ; - f .,v Of the perfectly odious neighbors, And tho perfectly horrible coo It a. And the perfectly , wretched March weather, - ' And those perfectly wearisome book a; And that perfectly old prima donna, ' With her perfectly hideous face. And, my optimist frfcna, you'll conclude, in tne- ana. That the earth IS a pretty rough place. Adolph S. Ocha 49th Birthday. Adolph 8. Ocha, who. while still under e years of age, has attained rank among America's foremost newspaper publishers, waa born tn Cincinnati, March 11, isss. His parents bad emigrated to the United Btates from Germany. While a young boy Adolph removed with his parents to Knoxvllle, Tennessee, and It waa In that city that he received -his publle school education aad began his career. From the time he left school until he reached manhood be was In turn s newsooy, a ciera . in store, a druggist apprentice and ' a printer. During the most -of this time he attended night school In order that he might become better educated. At an age when moat young men are Just beginning to figure oa their future call ing young Ocha became publisher of the Chattanooga Times,- which, waa his first newspaper venture, and of which he la still the proprietor. A year later he established a trade publication, whtoh was a financial success from the start and out of which ne mad enough money to acquire a controlling Interest m one of the great metropolitan dallies In New York. Not yet satisfied with the extent of his field of operations Mr.Ochs a few years later bought two of . Philadelphia's leading newspapers. snd Is today, at the beglnnlag of bis fiftieth year., the proprietor of four great .-newspapers, and .has in addition many other business interests. , 9 ' . today'ln Htor.-. ? V V HOT Caesar Borgia, son .of Pope Al exander v I. assassinated: ' lt Blshon Berkeley born.- 1I0S Gustavus Adolphua IV. king of Sweden, -dethroned; aueeeeded by Charles XIII. It IS John Lawrence Toole, English actor, born. ' -. f. - - Hit England France and Turkey formed triple alliance against Russia. lit 7 Railway suspension bridge- be tween Toronto and Hamilton gave way; 77 lives lost- US Commodore Dupont took pos session of Jacksonville. Fla, IStt Georgia appropriated $200,000 to buy corn for the indigent poor of ths atate. llll -Alexander II ef Ruaala assas sinated. . . , HIS Negroes killed In longshoremen riots at New Orleans. . , -,- 1S0O Bloemfonteln taken. HOI Supreme court decided witness es In anti-trust proceedings cannot be excused from testifying against their corporations. . - V Eyelashes and Tears, i ' Frona ths London Dally Mall. Professor Stirling In his lecture) told the audience many strange things about their eyes. The eyelashes, tor instance, eon tain from 100 to ISO hairs on the up per and SO to SO on the lower ltd; these halm are rspiaoea aoouz every iuw saya. Tears are- of three kinds, he continued: "L -. Natural - tsars, the little flood which nature secretes In the eye to wash away all the dust partlclea. "I. Psychle tears.' which flow when mines are lor ine moment unosiancva; and, : ' . Alcoholic tears. Tears do not alwaya overflow, ' be cause there is Just a little oily secretion along the edges . of bur eyelids which keeps the fluid back.. -, 'The Japanese have A peculiar over lapping fold, which obscures the real edge of the eyelid. That Is why their eyes look slanting. And babies" alt the mothers In the room bent forward "have Just the same fold on their eyes If you look, for It." Plunging on Jewels. " The , appraiser of the port of - New Tork says that the Imports of precious stones and pearls tn - January, - 1007, were In valor IS7S.104 more than In the same month last year. This is an In ereass of II per cent. how kind and considerate they are, they do care; and It does as I say. It mars the tlea of friendship, It destroys real neighborly regard, - and sometimes It leads to estrangement. ' . "A friend In need le a friend Indeed.' tut to be eternally borrowing Is not ths way to cultivate friendship; It Is the exact opposite. . - ' - , Don't borrow. ., .' v" ,' A. C T. Caution to Investors. . Portland, March 11. To the Editor of tha Journal It Is amusing to read in the Portland papers every time lot or Tquerter block changes hands. north or ansan ' street, that a ware house will be erected thereon. Now for' the benefit of Intending purchasers of Warehouse sites for speculation, I want to say that If all the available property from Twelfth to Thirteenth streets and from , Thirteenth to Fpur teenth streets Is used fof warehouse purposes enough buildings can be erect ed in this location to do the buelnees tn Portland for ths next 15 years to come. This 1s the only location where trackage facilities are to be had. ' And It must be remembered thst the East Bide has splendid warehouse locations, ss good as you can find on the "west side. X F. EBEAIIARDT, Boose is a bad irrigating material. ' e e Borne men are 'lucky to be Innocent," e e '. .'' It la diffloult for a Trill to be original. " . ' - ' But perhapa some plagiarists are not discovered. ' . . e e -. Senator Piatt admits having only one . wife too many. e e - .' . , Satan's employes . never ' ' strike fof '' higher wages or .shorter hours. ...... e a ,.- - The mayor would like te know - whether be Is a long Lane that Is, four years long. -;. .t:", ". . , , e ,-i - Doubtless alienists would ' prove Rockefeller and lUrrlman Insane, if it were necessary.', , . Ths burglar also complains of the law that handicaps his business and makes success difficult. -'..., . ' y. .-. , e a --,. . .. -i. Senator Bailey will have eight months in which to practice looking as tt noth ing bad happened. , V - number of workingmen to be taking a rest in Portland. , a a . . . Mrs. Mae Wood says she is going to name it corespondents. And Mrs. Piatt doesn't dispute lt v, . " e Several newspapers and magaalnes would no doubt support Hearst and Watsoa, all right .. ... Free streetcars would be well enough aa far as thsy go. but what the people , really need ts free automobiles. . Eastern states are covered with a thick mantis of- the "beautiful." but we prefer our green to their white. J Ice Is tt Inches thick yet oa Mas sachusetts ponds, and yet some people think there Is no place Ilka dear eld New England. ' - A. "We want snore men like Roosevelt," says a Boston-prescner. .xea.-. ye i : would not do to bsvs too many wne - knew more than everything. . - , .... . . e- ; ,;-:. ': Now If Mrs. Eddy will take the wit ness stand, so that her picture can be , taken about 7S times, the newspapers may conclude that she is perfectly sane. . . ... e. e . If the government could only Imitate Barrtman It could gradually buy all the railroads of the country with an ortgt- nal Investment of tl0Q.o00.e00, and have. A W a- ..11 flSMM. we, .VMaV-a.W..-wem-...,.jl,l..i.ii . , Schralts probably thinks that after saving California from an Invading horde of Japanese that would save an Immense amount of fruit from spoiling, hs cannot be convicted. (. ' i .. " ' i e ; e' . , '.' ; A New Tork woman sues for divorce because her husband threw her dough nuts at her, and might have crippled her tnr Ufa. Ha, could also ba orosecuted for assault with dangerous weapons. , ijOregon Sicteliglitfl Eatacada's school attendance is IT. "'' ' e ' e .: . " 1 Roller skating la "the rage" in Marsh field... ; v. ' " ..;.,''-. Much work Is now being done tn the hopyards. , . Albany merchants are securing m list of dead beats.. . -. . , . , ; e . . . Deep River people will build a steam. M, t. vilv trt A at Aria. . e e r Prices of good heavy horses Are still going up all over Oregon,; - ''!. . ' ' "' '; " ' . "A clean city" Is the slogan Of the Borosls club of The Dalles. , " . . e e 'Raines needs a development league' and a publle hau. urges the Record. ' '. ' i '. .e . e . Several farmers around Woodburn are resowlng frosen out grain fields. . e e e - , -;' ; ;' ; The cold weather and deep Snow killed many, rabbits In Crook eounty. . ... e a , The Dallas Observer, that has Unproved much lately, was IS years old last week. -.'... , e . e .. ' A farmer near Baker City tug a ex pound parsnip along with others, last' week. --, ' ' v ..:,' ."' ", '--.v Shooting gophers Is 'the principal sport on Long - Prairie In Tillamook county. a e e FaHs City will soon have.'' a ' rock crusher. The school house will have to be enlarged. . . ; . ;: e e Natural gas Is being prospected for In the Lewis and Clark' district of Clatsop county. .. ' : - ... :" . Astoria was never In so hopeful, helpV ful and hearty humor aa she Is now, says the Astortan. . . , . , e e , . .. : '. . A Monmouth radish weighs) four and a half pounds. Is II Inches long and 11 incnri il Girvuiaivivui- t , .. ''.'.' '.''''.. Out of a population! of nearly 10, Washington eounty has but 10 Inma at the county poor farm. ... : . . -e e : . ; ;'. ...V ". Irrigon Irrigator! Please notice that the Irrigator has no patent medicine ads this week. Nor will there be 'any ae long as "Old Man Bennett" rune It. e e- -; -..- . . ' Wamlij car respond en oe of Tygh Val ley Bee: Bill1 Johnson 1s very , much "out of geer now loosing the use of two fingers from some unknown cause. The lumbermen of Coos eounty are ad vertising for men to work In the woods. There will be a great demand ' for all kinds of labor there this year, at good wages. '..."' .... ..- , v . . i i . ' ' - A HUlsboro man offers a reward at IIS for Information leading to tho con viction of the party who squirts a great mouthful of tobacco juice every few days on the glass door of his office. , ' A man n.m. H.vt IiumJiuN was drowned in the Chetco river lately by the upsetting of a skiff. ' Five ether occupants. Including two ladles, man aged to catch the brush along the banks and dragged themselves ashore. ; e e . - ' A Central Point man without a gun came upon a big buck deer being at tacked by a gang of coyotes, whom he frightened away, when the deer made for him, and he barely esoaped by climbing a tree. The ungrateful dear kept him a prisoner for -several hours.