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" COPYING OREGON MODELS.'
OREGON is VideljJ indoredi
- tate with s progressive citi
, zenship bjr the acts of other
- commonwealths in ii; framing
ineastfres of state polity after models
set up here. It is an item for arriv
ing bomeseelcers C ;to be - impressed
vith. It is a feature of Oregon life
to challenge the attention cf home
seekers not yt arrived fc "civic
environments and arrangements of
state are of" vital importance to the
intending ..settler. They are ,.of
utmost consequence to the man
already settled To have i equitable
Jaws and th ' nearest pcf:ble ap
proach to pure government is ejslly
essential with, fertile I and J and frr.ntle
climate. . The most productive field
are inhospitable, and the bvst states
VO desirable f purposes,, of home, if
the usufrucjt 'w to b dissipated by
an unfriesdly or, unsafe Jsystem, of
Jaws. . The. graft J. of San Francisco
nd the late shame of Philadelphia
jare in point,'. :i. .-. .j J.'-: ;'-' '
The legislature of Washington has
' passed a primary law fashioned after
the Oregon plan, and the legislatures
bf other. states have, copied the same
nd other provisions from. new Ore
gon models. In the new constitution
cf Oklahoma there has been engraft'
. ed the Oregon direct-legislation law,
the . Oregon diect-nomination ..law
and the Oregon plan , of electing
United States senators by direct rote.
This copying of Oregon models is a
wonderful advertisement for the Bea
tr State. It is i notable testimonial
jto the. civic virtues and intelligence
ti Oregon citizens, for it was by. the
Insistence and votes o the Oregon
aJectorate'that these models were
' framed and inaugurated. It ought to
be and doubtless will be to Oregon's
people an incentive to, press on in
; cine iciorm, iu continue to icaa ana
watch the others follow. 4
.THE FIGHT WAS RIGHT.
TT.HE EFFORTS of The Journal
I ' for opening the waterways in
X
tbe Oregon . country are vindi
cated by no less an authority
than the president of the nation. Late
-action by .Theodore Roosevelt is a
(direct indorsement of the attitude as
sumed by this newspaper long ago.
when it) began a vigorous-campaign
for an open Willamette and an open
; Columbia." '
The development of the Willamette
valley ' and the Columbia basin has
been handicapped and retarded for the
reason that the transportation arter
ies that nature - provided have not
been utilized. The Journal pointed
out that until these streams are
fepened to fret and unobstructed navi
gation, neither ' region could attain
that point in material growth and
a a" m a
civic me wnicn a Dountiiul nature
jplanned. It was cited that wt have
been railroad mad far 40 years, and
that while the rabies was on, we have
neglected tha magnificent streams
' that are our first and greatest step
ping stone to wealth and power. It
was recounted that water transporta
, tbn is the true means for cheapest
.transportation, and that water routes
. would have to be invoked because of
the inability of the railroads, first, tc
compete, and second, to satisfactorily
handle the traffic " .; T . , ';
Throughout this campaign, The
Journal has been unsparing in devot
ing space and effort to the task. , It
i the only Portland newspaper that
Jus ever made a persistent fight in
' s 1'tnlf. It hasTiow the tisfae
. t t'vrj its views confirmed in
the action of President Roosevelt in
naming a national . waterways com
mission, which has for its object the
advancement of - water transportation
throughout the nation.
As a reason for the 'creation of the
commission, the president use the
identical arguments The Journal has
urged upon the people of Oregon.
The ' inability of the I railroads . to
handle the traffic,' thv urgency of
opening the natural water routes as
a better and cheaper means of mov
ing the traffic, and the. general ne
cessity for turning attention to de
veloping and utilizing the long neg
lected rivera are cited by the-p.esi-
dent in his letter naming the commis
sion. To his action, peculiar empha
sis is given by Mr. Roosevelt, by ap
pointing to the chairmanship' of the
commission , no less conspicuous a
person. than. Chairman JBurtonr the
rivers and harbors committee, a fact
designed doubtless to bring Mr. Bur
ton into a broader comprehension and
more liberal policy toward the Hrers
and harbor of the country. "
The commission,' in its work, is al
most certain to vastly augment . the
world wide sweep of entimtw for
diminisheduse of water, in, railroad
stock . and its increased us i i a
transportation agent . It augur well
for the . prospect of river" improve
ment in - the Oregon country, and
ought to stimulate all to renewed ef
fort. We have been fighting along
the right line, and it is gratifying to
have this important recognition t f the
fact
HELP FOR HARVEST. ; ,
Ai LREADY farmer in the Walla
' Walla valley and other regions
, where large grain "farm? are
the rule are worrying over the
harvest-help problem and trying to
devise means to solve it An associa
tion of farmers has been formed, with
headquarters in Walla Walla, having
I? a its object the importation of har
vest hands from the south, and this
may relieve the situation, somewhat
in that locality; but looking over the
area of large wheat farms in general,
not much dependence can be placed
on this scheme.1 -. ; r " '". ' ; ;'
The ultimate reraidyand the only
one, we think will be in breaking up
at least a portion of the large farms
and selling, them in small , tracts to
people who will .raise other '. product
than wheat, and will at the aame time
constitute a force npori which the big
wheat-farmer can "draw orrhelp "in
his time of need. The simple, patent
fact is that in a large-farm region, if
it be productive, there are not enough
people, and - will not be, to handle
the products at the time when they
must be handled. -c
The big Kansas farmers, or even
those of North Dakota, are somewhat
better off than those of tlje inter-
montane wheat belt, for the former
are l nearer the i populous . portions
of the country whence help may be
procured. But since there is such an
imperative demand for labor for all
sorts of purposes, and since so small
a proportion of laborers are willing
under any circumstances to work in
the harvest fields, the only recourse
must be to let in more people on the
grain farms. ; ; ; -u
This will be brought aboutradual
ly 'by the large grain-raisers them
selves, if after several years' experi
ence they find -that sufficient . help
cannot be procured, or that it can
only be procured at too grett an ex
pense in money and strenuous effort
The new Spanish minister tells an
American repo'rter , that his country
has prospered greatly since the
Spanish-American war, and intimates
that we did Spayt a great favor by
relieving her of Cuba and especially
of the i Philippines. ".'.This is . no
doubt true. If.-, we.' could : lose
the Philippines we could afford to
have a great celebration 4 over the
evenCespecially "a none of the peo
ples we have liberated are in the least
gratified therefor.- ,'"
Now several of the San Francisco
boodlers have squealed and told the
rvhole story, and the beginning of the
end of Ruef and Schmitz aa free and
influential citizen one a high offi
cial, the other a boss appears to be
in sight. The reports 'indicate that
the evidence is complete and over
whelming; and, if so, the boss, and
perhaps the mayor also, will ere long
be paying the penalty of their in
famous crimes.., . , -,
Mr, Ruef thought , himself very
shrewd, but he was no match for
Burns and Heney. In fact he was a
fool for supposing the truth, known
to so many scrubs, could be kept con
cealed. -,. " V, .
Captain Mahan, who stands about
at the head of the world' authorities
on sea power, is quoted as being op
posed to the giant class of warships
like the Dreadnaught, and persists in
recommending vessels of the cruiser
Class like the New York and Brook-
lyn. Bulk and weight are detriment
tather than an advantage, for it is the
nimble, alert, easily handled and
swiftly moving craft that can Tush,
turn quickly and act with celerity that
are' most efficient and ' dependable.
This seems a reasonable view, and, if
it be correct our government would
do well to wait awhile before Imitat
ing Great Britain in building-Dread
naughts. ',v ".i:y--
-.' ILLINOIS MAY JKL -i '
THE Lake' Michigan-Mississippi
river canal project, hot having
.secured an appropriation in
.' , the river and harbor bill, Gov-,
ernor Deneen : has " laid before the
legislature of Illinois a scheme of in
ternal ' waterway v improvement that
transcends in importance and; pros
pective cost any ever undertaken or
seriously-considered; by., any ..state,
probably not excepting the deepening
of the, Erie canal across. New York.
The plan is for the state, if the gov
ernment will not undertake tht wo'.k,
to connect Lake Michigan- with the
Mississippi river, using the drainato
canal already built for Chicago as
a part of the route.'.-.' ' - ;
Thi is a project of vast importance
to the middle west region, and. it is
likely that " the federal government
will eventually aid in the work; but
if not, Illinois may do it herself, as
the canal will be entirely, in that
state. - So Oregon, though hoping for
and expecting government aid, -will
buy or build locks at Oregon City, if
such aid cannot be procured, and
other state having obstructed water
ways or desiring to make new ones
may have to do the same. . , .
It perhapsVwould .be fair in . such
cases for the state to bear part of the
expense, and the government the bal
ance, as is contemplated in the case
of the WiUamette.Jocklfor every
such opening of waterways i a bene
fit, not only to the adjacent region
and the state in .which the river or
canal is situated, but to the country;
at large. C. J "' ,. .... . v -A. j
Orson; D--. Mnnn, who died a few
days' ago" at the age of 82, bought
the Scientific Americanthen a new
magazine 61 year ago, and made it
the leading scientific and technical
publication of the country, if not of
the world. He never engaged in high
finance nor-tolerated any deception;
through threescore years he, was s
most useful educator; and left behind
him better materials for a memorial
monument than, bill-'ons of dollars.
Hjie famine conditions in China are
becoming worse. The Christian Herald-ha
cent $100,000, and has prom
ised $50,000 a month for three months
to come. " Over 15,000,000- people are
starving,, or will be soon. Is great,
rich, prosperous Amerjca, overflow
ing with all the necessaries ani luxu
ries of life, doing'all it oubt to help
those people f ; - t -
Tha Salem Statesman reports that
Secretary of State . Benson .is gradu
ally , improving in health, to which he
expect. few week, in California will
fully restore him a report that not
only his many personal friends, but
the people of the-state generally, are
glad to hear. A A A'-' ; A-A
. The president has issued a prac
tical defiance and challenge to Sena
tor Foraker and little Boss Dick, and
they will have to do some heavy
stunts to save Ohio for themselves,
let alone getting delegate elsewhere.
While running for mayor of Chi
cago on the Republican ticket Mr.
Busse is 'still postmaster. Yet lat
fall a letter carrier was discharged
for running for congress on an anti
Republican ticket lA"1 ;"
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j' .;.: ... Ducked. ,.
. Senator Bacon recently told his eol
laaue th following- atory about an
old Ooorala nero who waa notorious
for his ehlcken ateallna, but who,. after
having bean paraumdaa 10 attend a ra
il Bloua ravlval, had expressed hts de
sire to live a totter life, and was called
up to be questioned.
. "Well. 'Rsstua,t aaU the revivalist,
"I bopo you are now prepared to live
a Christian , life In accordance with
rules of the church. Have you been
stealing any chlnkena lately?"
"No, sahl I ain't stole no chicken ob
late." - :- '
"Have you stolen any turkeys or pica,
thenr ' - . - , -
'Raatus looked grieved when he re
plied "NO. sah!" . -
"Lam veryglad to hear that yota
have been doing better lately," replied
the evangelist "and I hope you will
continue now to lead a holy and Chris
tian life, Rsstua."
- After the revival meeting was over,
'Raatus hurried eut of the tent with hie
wife, who had heard ' the catechlzinc
her huaband had received. When they
were finally out of every borty'a hearing
'Raatus drew m long breath of relief,
and turning! to his wife, exclaimed:
"Mandr. If he'd er mid ducks I'd been
a lost nlah suaht" . '
CeUulosa and the Pine Tree.
From the atandpolht of ; Industrial
atlllty, say Professor Duncan, In Har
per's Magazine, tbe aubjeet of celluloee
can only be characterised aa stupendous.
Take a pine trea, for Instance. Stand
ing It la worth 114 a ton; cut ,and
stripped It la worth lit; boiled Into pulp
It Is worth 140; bleached It la worth
I RB, turned Into v1aroa nd Spun Into
sUk'U la worth $5,00.
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A Thriving Town.' A A, ,
1 tAOOmb, tins' County, alaroh Jl
To tha Editor of the Journal Dear Sir:
I thought I would write a few lines to
you in regard - to our little ' town of
Laeomb. ' Since - tbe first ef February
to the Hth of March we have- ahlpped
1,11 doaen eggs to Portland, beside
several coops of chickens and several
calves for veaL This la a great ooun
try. for poultry, bealdes a great fruit
and berry country. We have a. graded
chool In La comb. . Alt kinds of water
power ean be bad here and there Is no
end or fine sawmill timber In tbe vi
cinity. Land la reasonable here.- La
comb, ie situated 10 mllea southeast of
Albany, 1 miles soutbeaat of Soto and
Id mllea northeast of Lebanon - Junc
tion. There Is a One water supply and
plenty of flab and gam In the neigh
borhood. '.'.', i 7 '' 1 .'
The Weight of the SouL
Portland. . March 1 To the Editor
of The Journal I e several Boston
doctors have been trying to find out the
weight of the human soul. They fix it
at about half an ounce." New York doc.
tore, strangely enough, dissent from this
conclusion. , Who ever heard of doctors
disagreeing before? But that Is not
the point I have In mind. Why not ask
the disembodied spirits themselves how
much they weigh? Surely, If they re-.
tain their personality they remember
how much .they weighed In their earth
life, and they would be likely to know
how to weigh and measure In their new
home, and . they would . probably know
how much they now weigh. Why not
ask them and find out? Perhaps one
of your correspondents who writes on
these matters could help these doctors trot
of their tangle.; I wonder what CrookeJ
and 'Wallace, the great scientists, : aald
about thim la . their publications? - -
AT THE THEATRES
BaBsaeapeS
Last Tlmo Th VIrgtnln.H
The last performance . of Duatln Far-
nun In "The Virginian" will be given
at the Hcllig theatre, Fourteenth and
Washington streets, tonight at 1:16
e'clock. . . -. ... '. '
Roeelle Knott Tomorrow Night y
The -coming of Roselle Knott In J.
M. B trie's latest comedy, "Allce-Sit-by-the-Flre."
will be of especial interest to
tha members of the women's clubs, for
the play deals with a mother's love for
her children. ' Mlea Knott cornea to the
Hetllg theatre, Fourteenth and Wash
ington streets,, for an engagement of
three nignta, beginning . tomorrow,
Thursday night A- special, price matinee-will
be given Saturday. . Seata are
now selling for the entire engagement
at the box-office of the. theatre. -. : ,
Baker's Play Draws Well. " 7
"Shannon of the Sixth" la the name
of the attraction offered by the Baker
company for the week beginning with
St Patrick e dayy tt played to- crowded
houaea on Sunday, and baa bad the
Same good fortune since that time.!, The
pUy Is one of the most interesting mili
tary drama that naa ever oeen pre
sen ted In Portland. - It la magnificently
presented by tbe Baker company.
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,'. Interesting Play Next Week. ,1
' "Aa a Man Sows" is scheduled for the
Baker next week, Thla play is of pe
culiar interest. Its plot is laid in an
unusual place, Wales, and the story Is
ons well calculated to make one remem
ber Aa a man Sow for a long pime
afterward. All next Week,, commencing
with the matinee Sunday. .'.,.,':',
y'-A - Matinee at Star. A -';.-.
' Tomorrow there win be a matinee of
"Deserted at the Altar" at the 8 tar
theatre. Tils Is a play which ta draw.
In g crowds to the Star this week. The
Allen stock company ; la staging the
piece without regard to expense and the
play Itself Js sn Interesting -love atory,
tinged with - adventures wnicn cannot
but make tbe audience find It an enjoy.
able entertainment . It Is not a, lurid
melodrama, but pastoral play with tbe
Adlrondacka as a background, and - a
glimpse Is given of city life ta New
Tork. Matinees will be held Saturday
aad Sunday. , : ; .
Splendid Hit at Empire. . ,
.' "The King of Trampe" has made a
great bit at the Empire this week and
la nlasing to crowded houses at every
performance. It 1s Just tbe - kind of
show that Empire patrone delight to see,
for It Is tbe very beat kind of fun and
thfre Is a conatant laugh. - 'The King
of Tramps" will be the bill for the re
mainder of the Week. It la one of tbe
beat shows of tbe season, containing a
number of high-class specialties. : ;
I MA Cowboy' Girl- Coming. '
Something very much out of the ordi
nary will be aeen at the Empire next
week. It ie "A Cowboy Girt" a play
that baa scored wonderfully wherever
seen. It is replete with true western
flguree and the Mexi.-an dreaalng is aura
to eatch the eye. All next week begin
ning with Sunday matinee. Matinees
Wednesday and Saturday.. - "f: , '
; Good Bill at Grand.' 7"
' No one ean. see "bur Honeymoon"
without laughing. . It la at the Grand
this week and la ens of the numerous
amusing specialties. , The plot tickles
everyone, whether married or not Mr.
and Mrs. John Cossar are presenting It
by special arrangement with John C
Rice and Sally. Cohn. Mr. and' Mrs.
Walter Deavea with their merry mani
kins are - tbe . headline attraction , and
supporting them on the Jotll are such
entertainers aa - the Osaves, comedy
Jugglers; Smith O'Brien, the singing
monologlst; Burt U eat on, - the enter
tainer; Dacy, Chase and Adams, come
dians, and aevetvU others.'
' ' Great Russian Drama. - '
. "Michael Strogoff. the famous drama
of Ruaelnn Intrigue, la, the Ml at the
Lyrto theatre thta week, and the popular
stock company, la glvln It a produotlon
worthy of the play's great fame. There
are special stage effects that are atarf
llng and beautiful. - The company has
been enlarged for thla production. Mati
nee every day. Seats now selling for
the entire week. 1'
Emma Earoea Philosophize.
"My theory," writes Emma Eamee.
In the Circle, "Is that where technlo Is
Uncertain or a preoccupation, one can
not be wholly convincing, and I' have
always looked for any fault In myself,
being thereby at times unjust; for, as
the body Is one's Instrument anything
that affects Ita physical or mental
health preventa one from having com
plete mastery, ef anx c part ef It,"
Letters From
- : People ;
Afraid of tKe Bogie
a' "Man
By Beatrice Fairfax. '
' Walking home from the office tbe
other day I noticed a email crowd of
people on lower Sixth avenue. With
feminine curtoaity I stopped to see what
the excitement was all about I " -
" About , twenty . - excited, chattering
women and one half-amuaed, half-angry
policeman were gathered around a
tiny, boy of aboutfour years.
IJe was lost and be was howling at
tha top of a pair of extraordinarily
healthy lungs. ,
He was not crying because he was
lost but becauae be was petrified with
fear of the policeman.
' The policeman was a kindly-faced
young giant the kind of man toward
whom you would' expect a child to turn
Instinctively.
But . some foolish grown person had
evidently frightened the boy by threat
ening whenever he was - naughty to
"call tbe policeman."
- Tha reault waa that at thla critical
time, when tbe policeman waa the one
moat willing and able to handle the
situation, the child waa too terror
stricken for the policeman to get near
him. ' 1 .- -
. It ended by a good-natured young
woman offering to lead tha child toward
where some children ' suggested his
home might be, and the policeman fol
lowing a short distance behind them.
Every time he came , too eloae ' . the
shrieks began afreah.
. The bablt of frightening children by
threats of bears, black men and police
men I an extremely bad one, and the
parents who use these threats are not
fit to-rear-children. - i t
Children are high-strung, nervoue
little pieces of mechanism, and their
own imaglnationa will suggest enough
horrors without any assistance from
their eldera , " .
When I waa a little girl I was des
perately afraid of the dark. My mother .
real! eed thla. and never left me In an
absolutely dark room. - There was al
ways a comforting ray of light some
where near. , .i
But I on oa visited an aunt, who lld
not believe In . humoring children's
fancies. I alept by myself In a great
big bed In a great big room full of
large pieces of furniture. My aunt
would put me to bed and then go out
abutting the door and leaving me to
the horrors of that black room. -
Nolsea began, the furniture seemed
to turn, Into horrible ah: pea. I cow
ered' under the bedclothes, afraid of
the sound of my suffocating" heart
beats.-and-every night sobbed myself to
Sleep. - 1 - ' 4 '
I think that If I had been threatened
through tbe day with the black man
getting me for all the naughty thlnga I
dM I should have died of fear in that
dark room. - .-.' -'
Policemen are a np posed to befriend
loet children and all people In distress,
but how can they help a child who has
been taught to fear them? " -
- Never teach your - child to fear the
policeman; tell him that be must obey
him, and .If lost turn flrat to him for
help. . v . . .A ;,. -
If you eay td him, "t will give yon
to tbe policeman If you are bad." he
naturally grows to look upon all po
licemen as monsters. Teach htm tlftt
tha policeman Is his friend, but that he
represents the law and muat be obeyed.
As for the, threata of the bear and
black man, they are . simply loo cruet
They give - children . -an . absolutely
wrong Idea, and are sometimes the
means of turning them ' Into nervous
little wrecks, a ,
- The poor babies have to learn enough
of life's horrors as they grow older
so don't spoil their babyhood by cruel
and cowardly threata -v . ?,
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The Sovereign States
' By Jamea X Montague. ' '
. The president by wiring; to tbe Cali
fornia legislature stopped the paasage
Of a measure excluding tbe Japs. Newe
""V'A AAA-"' ' AA.AA
The Maine legislature was doping a law
' Affixing a bounty on mink, ' -
Along with a rider declaring bard elder
Should . be classed as a , temperance
''1 ' drink. ' - ' ,-'
When tbe member from . Moosewallow
rose In bis seat A
- And thundered dramatically: "Stay I '
Naouw haouw dew we know that thla
v bill oughter go? .
: Let's see what the White Baouse'll
. sayt" : , ;- ( " . t- "
A.-j v . ' '
And that very night eame a measage:
"Tott are ; -.-- ,
Endangering peace with that mink bill.
, T, R." . "
Tbe Florida solone were acting aa act
Providing a tax on the swells
Who . prance through cotillions and
r hustle through millions, '''
- In the Ormond and Palm Beach betels.
When the senator bailing from. Evsr
gladeburg . ,.,,:, '
Exclaimed:. "tet ns hot go astray! r
Such meaaures as these seem to ua Just
the cheese,
, But what will the president sayf '
1 . . ''i
That nlght'eame a wire: Tou're going
. ... too far; . v- - ' . .H .-, .
That bill lnterferee with my . peace
.,: plans. T. R." -At ... V -.- .;. .
The Oregon lawmakers busily tolled '
For the state waa la terrible need '
Of Jaws to restrain the amount of the
nlJl ........... ..st;.
And limit the Jackrsbblts speed. -But
just as the jackrabblt bill was about
To proceed on Its legalised way, - .
A member cried: "Oenta, thle yere lew
"'tis Immense -".-But
what will the president say?"
This message that night gave the mem
bers a Jar; '
"That Jackrabblt bill will mean war.,
. "' Tours, T. R." V , ,
I'.',1":'' Thankful."- .-.Y,-";, '.'
. M. T. In Detroit Newa A ..(.
I waa all alone last evening, j,
- And I blessed the gods who sand
A coy-nook and well-tried book
To take tbe place of a friend.
X read for a' time from' Omar,1 ;
But he didn't ault my mood.
And Dante didn't please me; ,
. He seemed Inclined to brood.
Voltaire waa really too abstruse '"' '
And Bacon didn't ault
Shakespeare seemed behind the times,
. Emerson to boot, y - . ' ' ' '
1. '
Goethe waa too prone to love,
Shaw, he eooffed too n-tuch.
Ruskln didn't aeem Just right, V
Nor did Kant and euch, - ,i
Mollere waa cynical, ' v1 .. ' .
- 80 waa Tolatol, too; 1
Byron knew too much of woe;
. ibeen made me blue.- .
t turned me from my bookcase, .'.' ,
To the table, and I aaw
An evening paper open spread , :
And Z read p: lira, Tba w, ,- .
Mr. Dooley on Car
a. ;; .; Shortage . ;
P. J. Dunne ("Mr." Dooley.") "' ,
"Thin Hill goes Into th' box ft th'
railroads with Illlott behind th' bat
'Tls a strong batthery, Hlnnlssy. Some
iv Hill's curves are th' wondher Iv th'
age. -t ' 'Tie pot a car ehortage at all,'
sy a ' Jim. "Tls a track ahortaga
There'll always be tnrubble till I dou
ble track Uh' trackleaa wilderness. To
keep pass with th' dayvilopmlnt Iv th'
oounthry an' succlssfully cope with tte
rapidly lxpandlng commerce, th' rail
roads must have two blllylona a year f'r
tin yeara Give me two blllylona a
year ft tin yeara, an' If I don't lay
tracks you'll see me make tracks. - But
bow am I to raise two blllylona a year
with Prlsldent RooseVllt an' all th' rest
Iv th' countbry campln'. on me Innoclnt
neck? Here la th' state Iv Mlnnysota
howlin' an' . klckln' an' . lnjolnln' me
frra ralaln. a palthry alxty mlllylon
dollars worth Iv wather to alake th'
thirst Iv th' Gr-aeat Northern I 'An'
still ye wondker at a coal famine In th'
gr-reat northweat! - An' etllf ye won
dher at th' Increaae Iv crime, eaptclally
th' crime IV gr-rand larclny, whin men.
women an' ehilher atheal ooal all along
th' line fr"ra . 8t Paul to Seattle an'
don't care who knowa tt! '
, . .Tl, bltther an' vindictive wor
ruld. How menny thanks do Illlott an'
me get f r pullln' an' haul in' th' ooal f'r
thlm to stheall Tit how manny euraea
are heaped on our denncellas beade
whin we atheal a carload Iv ooal our
alive f r th' expriaa purpose tv keep In'
th' system in orperatlon. so that they
can keep on atbsaltn'1 coal? - 'Tls an
Indless chain of robbery, so it is. 'Tls
deraorallsln. 'Tls criminal In th' ex
trame. 'Tlr worse than th' Butte polls
foorce. It st harts mln on th' highway
an' railway to Jail. An' all becauae th'
countbry won't give me two blllylona a
year fr tin yeara. Don't tell me Iv th'
eufferin' people Iv North Dakota.
"I've done all I could f'r thlm, han
dicapped, aa I've been.' If they don't
like their lot let thlm pull their freight
'tis more than I can do with th' snow
drifts a quarther Iv a mile high. If
they find It too cold In North Dakota,
they can go to where 'tis warmer than
North Dakota.'
. "Such. Hlnnlssy, is Jlm'e slntimints,
as I underathand thlm." -
Portland's Growtk
A ' A : Portland'a Growth.
Jl From the Irrlgon Irrigator. 1 '
The growth of Portland has reached
the phenomenal atage and - - Ie forging
ahead with as rapid and healthjr a move
ment as any city In this country ever
did. Indeed. In looking back over the
last 40 years during which the editor of
the Irrigator has noted the building of
phenomenal cities, or rather the phe
nomenal growth of cities, and noting the
achievements of elty builders from the
days of Eaat Saginaw. In Michigan,
which was the first real "boom town"
we ever noted, down past the days of
Chicago, Kanaas City, Wichita and Loa
Angeles, we must say -that. we never
aaw a plaoe Jump from a town to a city
and atlll bold her pace and head, with
the prom I ae of euch a glorious tomorrow
SS has the city of Portland. "
Portland ta no longer a town or a
local elty; -eh Is a metropolis. - She Is
no longer provincial,' but cosmopolitan
In all of her ways, and each day adds
to bar proweas and her dignity. Port
land Is of Oregon, but her field le the
whole world, and In tone of thousands of
places where her commerce comes and
goes the name of Oregon Is unknown.
'As to the future of our great city
there are no two opinions; she le Just aa
sure to nltlmately become the great city
ot the Pacific coast in America aa the
sun le to shine. Nothing but a great
catastrophe like that which visited San
Francisco can keep Portland from reign
ing supreme from Mexico to Alaska
along thla coaat. ; ' '
And we believe every Oregonlan
should rejoice In these facts . and do
what he ean to accelerate , the - great
movement 1 In our Queen city. .We
Should be proud of our great city and
loyal to her, and moat of ua are. There
are some soreheads who would like to
see Portland "downed," and who are
doing all they can to Injure her and her
people. But such enemies do barm only
to themselves and their own communi
ties, and their eentlmente - are by no
meane eontagloua.. for the reason that
they lack the fabrie of truth.
. Aa for the Irrigator, It always baa
been and always will be a stanch friend
to Oregon's metropolis, and will ever
stand ready to aaalat her and her people
In every way In our power. . We cannot
do much, but we can look on and ahout
and throw every dollar of trade we
ean to the Roae City.
Today In Htatory.
lttt Thnmae Seymour, lord high ad
miral of England, attainted and - beheaded.'-
.. - fr rr-.-f'
1710-John Tyler, tenth president Of
the United States,- born. - Died Jsnuary
I?. ls. ----- ,. '.-.. -.
1104 Neal Dow, "the father f prohi
bition." born. Died October I, 187.
HOT Alexandria taken by the British
under Frsser. - - j - ' .-
1111 Napoleon It, styled' king ef
Rome, born. .Died July It, 1811.
181 Prince Frederick Charles. Ger
man commander In the Franco-German
war, born. Died June II. 18S. -
1131 Austrian - troops entered Bo
logna and subdued Italian revolution.
' 183 Colonel ' Fannin, Texas soldier,
surrendered to the Mexicans with (00
men, who were maaaacred one week
later. , . .. '
) 1 851 "Uncle Tom's Csbln." by Har
riet Beecher Stowe, published in book
form. 1 - ' '
1884 Two shocks of earthquake felt
at Macon, Georgia
1888 The Arabs defeated at Haaheon.
lt John Morgan, with 4,00 men.
defeated near , Milton. Tennessee, by
troops under Colonel Hall. ' " .
18IS Chlnaae .troope 'attacked the
capital of Tonquln, In French posses
sions. - . ' l . ' . '
1891 Prince Napoleon burled at Tu
rin. - "" "- " , r "
1811 Mrs. Place electrocuted at Sing
Sing for the murder ef hs'r stepdaughter.
10 Mississippi river at New Or
leens reached height of 19.8 feet
r Maine' Froaty Air. . i . V
' From the Kennebec Journal.
' X Bangor man In his effort to describe
the eoldest place in the world spoke of
a ahed that waa "too cold to keep wood
In," and thla waa the limit until this
correspondence came In from Mt Desert
concerning the weather down there last
week: ."A fisherman from Otter Creek
says a big codnsh was so attracted by
the warmth of a gasoline beater In bis
dory that It Jumped Into tha boat and
tried to wrtp ltaelf around the heater. It
frose In a half circle. Jed Jerkins of
Trenton went to the barn to water his
stock. He fell and upset the pall. Be
fore be could atep out of the weer hie
boots frose to the floor.- He had to take
hi boot off to get away," . , " v
Small vCnange" '
Good evening; have you helped clean
up? '
.. ' , . .
Again It Is tbs time ef year to regis
ter. - v -
-,-' e . e ' .- - - ... .
. At any rate, Harrtmaa len't a Molly
eoddla . , - 1
J'': a e . a - '. '-
It is nevsr the boiled-water season'
In Portland.
.- '
Discussions of Christian Science are
not very Eddy-tying.
.., ,.. ',, - J'-':-
The soul is now the aubjeet ef a good
many light paragraphs.
- ''-: -" - ' A j A.
- Whom Rooeeveit will favor for pres
ident is guesswork so far. -',
- - . o a "
Not having been down to the Isthmus
yet Goltall.haa not resigned.,, j,
.'. : '.-' '' '.
. Some people can talk er write much
In telling what they don't believe. .
' . . . . -. 1: e.. e - , : , . . .. , :
, There will be no strike breakers la
tbe case of the Kelly butte etrlke.
,.'. ' . ,--'e e '.. ., ... . v-.
Street Improvement and good roads
are ever live and Important questlona
- ' a e .... .
" It wont be very long now till both
b ''ball and bock beer will be on tap
" - ' -V
It Is about time for the wheat-pit
bulls to distribute bugs la ths vwestern
wheat fields. , . , ...... . . ,
' j -... - . ' e. e v ' '
The temperature In local polities Is
gradually rlal'ng, but . la by no means
scorching yet ' ' -",' .
, e . e . : -.. '
There are 1.000,000 goat In the Unit
ed Statea end more than that many two
legged tiutters-ln. ' ,
Tha Republican editors -sire still try
ing to give those garden aeeds away,
but few farmers want them.
A v " ''' '' . '-' . e e ' . - ' '
Tha DhtA rlvar' Mnaaa mam tA.Kl. .
and loss la a year than the Columbia -
ana wiuiamette together do In ten. .
. - . , e a , ,. .. . .
Can' the Snaran mon wKa m h. ,
should be more Roosevelts point to
anything that Rooeeveit Isn't doing, or
trying to oot . , fc -..-.!
It seems that soma nannla Ma
Cuba work enough to raise and ahlp -strawberries,
some being In tbe Port
land market now. ,
"The legislature has done Its worst"
says a California paper. But nobody
nurhf ta ha ril..nMf..j a . v -. . .
1 - - - " " " ,. v 1 1. . . ii v, 1 u a,
California leglalature.' - ' r- A- r
TTntll the fact im ...l.t.t.
onstrated It will not be believed that
sums peopis s - souis weign . anywhere ,
near half an ounce. - - , .
.. A' e . ' .(. .... '
Senator Piatt says' the story of his
resignation Is lia f the wn.t bi. -
Hardly -that but that It wasn't true Is .
of course a greet publlo disappoint
ment , ,,X .. '- , a A . ... '
-.- : ., e ..e "..'.", ;" . , -,
Baker City Democrat: A well de
veloped movement le on foot In Mult
nomah county for ' the election of H.
M. Cake to succeed C W Fulton, for
United State senator... .-v -'-.
A' ' :. " ' - ''-,,. 1 ,A. ,4 ; -t
Tha eiuia' rt the . woe 1saa tr.v-
duraa and Ouatemala la . said - to . have
bean a. mnla . That Im - k.. -
belli than any heretofore . given, - The '
uiuio im taw mnx-ssnsioie -one Of - the
whole batch of klckera. , ;.,
Oregon Sicleliglits
The Echo, Commercial club has been
found-. ... - , . v, s .
SUyton , will have a horse show .
March g.': . . - -
- ..-.' '. "...e ,e , -., ;i
- About (A enstnaa' are In too lo aaa. '
vice out of La Grande. ...
.::.'::;; e..e V'" -A -
- Both - grain and livestock prospects '
are fine In Morrow county. r, ,;. '
y f t e. e t ., ',,'' ,' , -.
Morrow county poultry raisers are
talking of forming an association. -' -'
i- .A e- e- ... . . - . :
VnnmftnOi wlil tiaa a m'umm ...
wsnts a furniture factory and a cracker
; The gold camps of Baker county will '
make a big record this year, says ths
Democrat . . , -
A Kanaas man bought 14 acres aeer "
Newberg two years ago" for 81,100 and
sold tt last week for 14,000.
Cock fighting le a prevalent sport
In all the towns along the O. R. A N.
from Umatilla to Huntington, says the
East Oregonlan, .? . w v
.. ' - - - v .. e e . ; '.';..'
After dragging a trap attached to ene
ef Ite fronttfeet for three weeks, a
coyote was really run te oerth and die
patched near Athena ,
- .-' . - .; e -e-.V-'. i" -. -. 1
Myrtle Creek Mall: Joe Rice has
planted out a nice family orchard and
will have to hustle if he gete a family
by the time his trees are bearing fruit ,
A - : '- :-y-'' A -'-:
Otis correspondent , 'of Cloverdsle
courier: Arou Thompson's two little
boys, aged 1 ana IS yeara klllaa
large cougar by ehootlng him II tlmei
wun a zz-cauore nno. . .
: ' , - " " " -. f .: ' i
Laat year Irrlgon ralaed the largest
watermelon that was produced In -the
west or In the United Statea aa far
aa we know, says the Irrigator, and
thla year we hope to beat It. - -
' - ' ' : ' ; . , A n-..,'. ,
. Some weeks ago a Tillamook teacher
naked a class of 10 - girls how many
could make , bread, and only two re
sponded affirmatively He promised
prises for the best breadmakera, which
were distributed Isst week, and now
moat of them ean make bread aa good
aa their mothers ean. v .-; -
v , . e a ''" ' '
-Dallae Itemlser: New buildings are
being erected In Dallee end carpenters,
bricklayers And all claaaee of labor are
tn great -demand at all times. There
will be no lesa than 100 new houaea
created In DaUae this summer e homes
snd for rent Immlsrsnts sre a rr I vino-
daily looking for homes, business of alls!
since is rinurinning, and -never before
In all her hletory has Dallaa enjoyed
suchsroaperlty,as at the preeent time.
e
a Springfield News: 'If the Newe le
not up -to the standard thla week, Juat
Mams Landlord Hunt Te editor and
family were Invited guests at the Hotel
Springfield Sunday and took advantage
of our host'a generosity to euch en ex
tent that we have not been able te
think of anything since but good thlnga
to eat -The new landlord certainly
puta up a Sunday dinner that 1 fit for
the god. , -
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