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SURPRISINQ ARITHMETIC
I HE . Oregonian publishes an es
timate of the census -bureau
which fires Portland a popula
tion last year of 109,884, which
a headline in, the morning Ynossback
declares is "surprising arithmetic." It
is not much more surprising than the
fOregonian's," which has "made tout a
Jittle better estimate. The V census
bureau probabfr depended upon As
sessor Sigler's census of 1905, which
the Oregonian declared to v be about
correct, and last year it concluded
that the population of the city. was
not much if any mora than 120,000.
When a' newspaper of a town pub
lishes such estimates,' it should not
complain or be 'surprised if the esti
mators at Washington reduce the
figures a little rather than raise them.
as . they suppose ' a local newspaper
will surely claim all for its home
town that is coming to it The knock
that the Oregonian gave Portland!
with regard to its population, for its
own selfish purpose, puts the. city in
a false position throughout the coun
try, wherever that paper's estimate
has been republished, but. Portland
will continue to grow, right along
nevertheless. People at a distance do
not understand the Oregonian' mo
tive in running down the town in this
respect, and so, if depending on that
paper's figures, suppose Portland still
has a population of only about 1 10,
CO0; but an increasing number of peo
ple are learning differently, and that
the morning knocker cannot be de
pended upon to tell the truth, even
in favor of its own city." t , 5
A HOMESEEKERS' CHANCE.
HARNEY COUNTY embraces a
territory of about 10,000 square
miles. It is: larger than the
V state of Masarhu setts, and
contains only about 3,000 people! It
contains not a rod of railroad, nor
any. within. many miles of its border."
By stage, it is about 120 miles from
' Vale, the - end of one. railroa d and
7norethantbalf ax far from Prairie
Citythe end of another, to. Burns,
the county; seat of Harney. t While
. there is a jtreat .amount of untillable
' land in Harney county, it also con
tains a large area that will produce
excellent crops of hardy grains, vege
tables and fruits, as well as grasses,
and a vast expanse of gracing land,
besides mveh timber land. Agricul
tural pursuits have passed the experi
mental Stage, and only need means of
transportation to expand immensely.
round the lakes in Harney valley an
excellent quality of sugar beets can
be grown. So far the only exports
have been live stock, wool and borax.
: A good many people could do well
t raising hogs there, as the merchants
, of Burns alone ship in from 75,000 to
: 100,000 pounds of bacon and hams and
. from. 35,000 to 50,000 pounds of lard
annually. .What is pronounced the very
Lest quality of building stone exists
in unlimited ' quantity. ; Borax has
been found in paying quantities. Good
water can be found almost anywhere
not far beneath the surface. , The tim
ber consists of yellow pine, and there
are also tamarack, Cottonwood, Juni
per and mahogany. About 2,000,000
feet of lumber are cut annually for
iocal consumption. . i ; '.
,, Harney valley, a small portion of
the county, is 75 miles long and 45
miles wide, and is as level a floor.
The soil is dark and rich, and is cov
ered with native grasses, blue joint.
mrr grass, red top and clover; and
timothy- snd alfalfa are raised. Jt is
ti-Jnuted that enough bay ia raited In
this valfey to make a full train load
every day in the year.; Harney valley
is "sportsman's paradise," wild fowl
abounding in and around its several
large lakes, while - in the higher re
g ions are deer, bear, antelope, elk,
coyote, jack rabbit and bobcat, and in
the larger streams are salmon trout
and other fiih.T Though Harnyy val
lev i 4,100 ie-t ibove sea level, and
the surrounding region is higVer, the
climate ia cot very severe. The mer
cury goes- botb very low and blgh.
bat the air has little humidity. The
annual rainfall is from 12 o 15
inches, but ia said to be increasing.
Harney is the richest county per
capita in the state, and has no debt
Railroads are bound to cross it ere
long,' and then its development will
be rapid. A Umatilla county man
who has been investigating Harney
county recently said in the Eat Ore
gonian;. -.v. . ;i;
"Harney county presents more ad
vantages to the landseeker than any
other section of the great west It
offers a more attractive field for the
j-oor settler, and a greater oppor
tnnity for the capitalist, seeking in
vestment for low values in land, with
a future, than any similar area west
of the Rockies." . , J .,, ,, .
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
MINNESOTA state senator
has introduced a bill designed
to make United States senators
'? elective by the people in that
state, by the same method that tena
tors are so elected in Oregon, allud
ing to which the St Paul Dispatch
says: "The idea is a meritorious one.
It is a feasible method f -r the direct
election of senators, -and there has
l?ng since ceased to be any dispute
that senators -ught to be so elected.
It is a ereat advance over the method
of indorsing1 candidates at state con
ventions, for the election t returns
would speak the will of the people,
teyend any cavil, and be mcch more
trnd'rg on members of the legisla
ture than the voice of a state con
vention." ' -; -. -. v .,, 1 . , ; '
The Dispatch is rather ludicrously
ait m one particular, in alluding to
the Oregon example, when it says
"The plan has been tried in Oregon
and has been a success even to the
extent . that ' a -Republican ' senator
was elected by a "Democratic hgisla-
ture, because he bad prevailed at the
general election and the members
were - pledged to obey the popular
..-.It rtft kni.. V a. V2 . itAivm
As the Oregon legislature is om-
posedjof 83 Republicans and seven
Democrats, the joke seems to be cn
the Dispatch..'.-,' - . .
LET PORTLAND BEWARE.
ORTLAND has never been the
victim of t official boodlers to
the extent that many other
cities' have,L yet it has by-no
means been free from boodling oper
ations, 'most of which. If may be pre
sumed, have nevef been made public.
A city election is to be held in a few
weeks, and it would be well for all
honest voters, and those who desire
to protect themselves from graft, to
arouse and take a" lively interest in
bringing out the very best and most
dependable men obtainable for. city
officers. Not only the mayoralty is
important, but so are the offices of
auditor, ' city, ' attorney and council
men, . Partisan politics is of infinites
imal consequence in comparison with
securing men for these positions who
are most surely capable, honest,
faithful, incorruptible and devoted to
the public service. Behold San Fran
cisco t and beware. ' Let Portland
make sure that she elects no boodlers
to office. ' . '
CLEANINQ UP OF TOWNS.
T
HE Boston Globe alludes in a
complimentary way to the cleaning-up
day in Spokane,., when,
it was reported, 50,000 people.
about two-thirds the residents, includ
ing children, took an active part , in
the proceedings; but the Boston pa
per expresses a doubt whether such
action on the part of the people of a
town is advisable, because the offi
cials whose duty it Is to do this work
are thus relieved of it, and so are en
couraged to shirk their duties. A
cleaning-up crusade so generally par
ticipated ' in, the Globe admit, is a
fine exhibition of civic spirit, but, it
sdds, "it is ; not government" It
would leave all such work to. "gov
ernment" ... I f; ' ' . : ;"
- We think this is a mistakes view.
The "government" of a city should be
required to lo more than it usually
does, no doubt, in keeping ' a city
dean; it should be compelled, if
there be any means by- which this
may be done, to enforce the ordi
nances; but when the best service
possible is obtained we must realize
that the "government" can't do' every
thing that ought to be done along
this line. Officials cannot do all the
cleaning up that ia desirable if they
would, and they would not "if they
could; hence ' this movement of the
mass of people in so many towns.
A general cleaning-up crusade may
not be as practicable in large as in
a small city, yet is not impossible if
the city were divided up into districts
and each had , local civic improve
ment society. . But in smaller towna
this is the only way to get them
cleaned up occasionally. Most towna
of the Pacific northwest have had or
are going to have one or two clean-log-up
days, in which all the people
are suppoaed to help, and we believe
it ia a very good thing to da Not
only is the town considerably cleaned
up for the time7Turonce"put in that
condition many people will on this
account take more pains to keep it
dean. ' '-.-V. . .
So go ahead and clean up.. Insist
that officials should do their duty in
the premises, but in addition to that
let af! the people turn out and clean
up, and see which town can show the
best results. We are prone to depend
rather too much on "government"
THE SAN FRANCISCO BOOD-
':.'''' ; LERS. ,
-HE COUNTRY is astonished at
I 4 -the. '.revelations', of municipal
X '-boodling in San Francisco, at
though prepared by many pre
liminary rumors and reports for just
snch disclosures there. And notwith
standing they are about the same
character as exposures in various
American cities during the nat few
years, San Francisco has always, or
nearly " always been t a. high-boodle
city, and boodling has coma; to' be
taken there as a matter of course, as
something inevitably involved in mu
nicipal and county government , But
Ruef and Schmits and their tools in
office played the game too fast and
far, and aroused indignation and in
vited investigation more than others
before" them "had because they oper
ated when' the city was lying pros
trate, temporarily helpless, and two
thirds destroyed by an unexampled
disaster To rob the people of ,a city
t such a wholesale rate under such
circumstances rendered these bood
lers guilty above their kind. In this
case the crime was of deeper dye than
usual. As ; compared with the,' St.
Louis' and Philadelphia boodlers, for
example, these San Francisco bood
lers might be classed as. robbers Qf
sick and helpless people in hospitals,
or injured victims of a train wreck,
in contrast to burglars who enter rich
men's houses in search of pliinder.
As always develops in such cases,
the heads or managers or agents of
corporations " desiring franchises for
public utilities were particep criminis
with the corrupt officials. There are
no persons guilty of taking bribes
without others guilty of giving bribes,
and In every case the people are at
the mercy of both ends of the rob
ber combine. Not only does' the
money paid the officials belong to the
people, but many times these amounts
are also , their due ,- for . the , priv
ileges granted by their traitorous
servants to the : corrupting cor
porations.'' Verily, when a city
falls - into the 1 hands ' of . such a
combination, no means of escape and
retribution are too aevere, . Bare an
archy is preferable to such govern-!
ment aa this.-' .', : "
Every auch case is a lesson to the
people of all other large cities, but
how soon they forget, how little they
realize, that ,"f temat vigilance is the
price" not only of liberty, but of hon
est government .
Oh, not the ' Oregonian , wasn't
guilty of plagiarism I True, "R. L.
Stevenson had previously published
similar article," and true that the
Oregonian printed as original edito
rial a large portion of his essay,
using sentence after sentence with
out the change of a syllable and with
out credit; "On this 'fact," sputters
our excitable old contemporary, "is
based a silly and malignant charge
of plagiarism." Isn't it an outrage?
One Cannot but feel a deep sense of
ndignation against Robert Louis Ste
venson for daring 'to anticipate the
Oregonian and for - using first the
very; ideas and even the very lan
guage which that illustrious paper was
going to use some years later. But
Stevenson is not the only man who
has wronged the Oregonian in this
manner there are thousands . of
others. . By the way, should not some
friend of Harvey Scott's . cable , him
to come home and conduct his own
defense? .We fear be will 'not be
entirely aatisfied with the' manner in
which the case is being handled in
his absence. ;
As a sample of Ruefs dealings
with the Supervisors, it i said that
out of a certain $450,000 paid by cor
porations he shelled out only $91,000.
No wonder the supervisors will testify
against him. ' r -
It is said the -investigations ; of
Heney and Burns in San Francisco
point toward Herrin, and even to his
master, Harriman. But why should
anybody be surprised at that? How
much better than municipal boodling
was . Harriman'a Alton deal or bis
quietly tipped 10 per cent U. P. divf-
dend? And hasn't Herrin been em
ployed as a master boodler for many
years? We venture the guess that
Heney waa not at all surprised at the
course he waa taken by following his
nose. . :"'.,. : ,.
The Astoria Budget declares that
"the western terminus of both the
Hill and Harriman lines Is to be es
tablished in Astoria, just as soon as
men and money can complete th
construction- of the Harriman road
which ia now building thru the Ne
halem valley' to the mouth of the
river." Trains wilt atop in Portland,
however,: while passing "thru.',;,,
Indianapolis raised $250,000 for
Y. M. C. A. building, and $140,000
for a Y. W. C, A. building. , Indian
apolis is not much larger than Port'
land, and this city will paas the In
diana metropolis within two or three
years. No explanation goes with
this hint.' ' .-.VV'"'.' .,
Senator Fulton ta wise In deciding
to remain at. Washington . attending
to his duties instead of coming home
to participate in the campaign next
year, r He will suffer no net loss of
votes by so doing." ' -' . ?.'.'
Letters From the
C;' v' j '"People.
Humanity and Immortality, j
Portland, March 10. Te fbe Editor
of Th Journal Bacauaa th Soiipturaa
tell aa that Jeaua Christ haa within
htmaalf eternal Ufa for thoa who b-
Uv la him and for all men It they
would accept hlm. It ta well to one
again etato, whlla th door la open,
these prophaales conearnlng him. Ton
who believe in .Abraham's God, llatan:
Flrat Ia Matthew the rane ration of
Jeaua Chrlat la given from Abraham,
ahowlng that he waa th aon of David
according to th flesh, with thla dla-
tlnouon: that a apeclaL" perfect body
i prepared for .him,, aa previously
prophesied. -
Second He aald to th Jew. "Before
Abraham waa, I am," thus claiming to
be very Uoa. ' v
Third H (Jeaua) mad all things
which wr mad, j-
Fonrth It waa aald to him and of
nlm: "Thy -throne, O God. la forever
and vr." '
Fifth In the ninth chapter of Iaalah
there 1 found thla: - -. -,- '
"For unto ua a child Is born; unto us
a -son. la given, and th government
shall be upon hla - ahouldera; and his
nam shall b called Wonderful, Coun-
aelor, th Mighty " God, th ' Everlaat
ing Father,- th Prince of Peao. ' Of
th increase of his government and
peace there shall be no end, upon th
throne of David and upon hla kingdom,
to order it, and to establish it with
judgment and with Justice from hence
forth even forever.
Sixth It la stated In. th prophaales
contained in th Hebrew Scriptures that
th Meaal&h waa to b born of a virgin,
and waa to be believed on by th Gen
tiles. Million upon millions of Gen
tiles have believed that th - Jesus
Christ of history is th Messiah of
Scriptural prophecy, thus proving posi
tively that this earn Jeaua la our Goa.
?.. ST '3V NIOHTWATCIL 7
Tke Play
Barrie's exqutstt and refined humor
permeates every Una of the delightful
comedy, "Allce-Blt-by-the-rire," which
was preaen ted at th Hell I g theatre laat
night Th fact that It waa written by
J. M. Barri and both Ellen Tarry and
Ethel BarrjrnoT starred -In it la a suf
ficient explanation for th great amount
of attention It haa received. .- -
It ta a play that on must see to ap
preciate or to understand. Th play
Itself tells why It haa auch an odd name
and th queer significance of th hy
phenated tjtle, bat It would be very dif
ficult for yea to tell any on els after
yon have aaan It. - - -
Th plec la delightfully aattrtoal and
exquisitely hnmorous, containing a va
riety of humorous altuatlona and clever
lines. - It la comedy of th highest type,
with th regulation comedian eliminated,
and minus the usual and continuous
efforts to cause a laugh.
It deala chiefly with two young girl
who have been greatly Impressed . by
certain plays they bar seen npoa th
stag. Th mother of one, th wife
of an English army officer, who haa
boen in India with her husband. Anally
returns homo, and her daughter imme
diately assumes th task of chaperon,
doing ber - duty as It haa been . pre
sented to her In th plays ah haa seen.
The' complication which follow pro
vide ' a' charming plec of refined and
wholesome comedy. '- t
Mia Roselle Knott haa th title part
Though It 1 th Bret time th play ha
ver been presented in Portland, Mlas
Knott haa been seen here on numerous
occasions. Bh la an accomplished and
finished actresa and fully appreciates
the character aha attempt to portray.
Bh ta supported by a eompany of
more than mediocre ability. Erlo Blind,
who ha the part of Colonel Orey, la a
splendid actor and contrlbntea greatly
to th suocea of th performance, In
appearance ha la an ideal retired army
officer, and portray th character . ad
mirably. Robinson Newbold 1 a young
actor of ability and 1a qtilt satisfac
tory In h part of Stephen.
Mlas Viola Knott, aa Amy Grey, en
ef th ' young women who thoughts
have been Influenced by th eta, ta a1
promising young actresa It la quite
aa tmuaual coincidence vthat a real 1
mother should play th part of a mother
on taa stage, whlla ber real daughter la
taking th part of a daughter. But It
la th eaa with Mis RouHl Knott,
who la th mother of Mlaa Viola Knott
"Alioe-Slt-by-the-FIr" will be pre
sented again tonight, tomorrow night
and tomorrow matin. ,
. Japanese Women Divers. V
Th women diver of 'Shugashlme
have developed an ability to withstand
th cold of th water, and are now the
support Of their famine In their
trang vocation. They dlv to depths
aa great a SO feet, getting pearl and
th hallotl or abalone, a ehellflsh that
4a la neat demand for food.
Concerning Politics
and Politicians
William J. Bryan Is scheduled . to
apeak In several citlea of Michigan dur
ing th latter part of March.
. Th leglalatur of Arkansas haa
changed th data of th state election
from th first to th second Monday In
September. ' Th change was made to
avoid ooafllct with th celebration of
lbof day. ,.-
'"t " ' pMM i fr ' ' ''
Negroes of Mlaalaalppt and Louisiana
ar aatd to have invited th members of
their race la other southern state to
Join them In a movement In support of
Senator Foraker of Ohio for president
or tn united state.,
VIoe-Prealdent Fairbanka, It ta
averred by Waahlngtonlana, 1 very par
tial to frequent and ooploua applications
of Medford rum and castor oil In an
effort to prevent th spreading of that
bald spot which la now so nicely ov-
rd by dexterous manipulation,
It is reported that Senator Foralwr
of Oh la haa contracted for $1,000 worth
of photograpba, to be followed by litho
graphs newspaper outs and timely car
toons. . The senator evidently expect to
gat , hi feature well In th public eye
tn ample tun for th national conven
tion.
Vice-President Fairbanks ha accepted
an Invitation to deliver th principal
address at th laying of th corner
stone of th new SSO.OOS T. M. C
building to b erected in Bay City.
Michigan. Th corner toae will be laid
th latter part of May or oarly la June.
XxOovrnor Frederick Holbrook ef
Vermont haa Just paaaed hi S4th birth
day. and ta atlll on of th hardeat
working publlo-splrlted man In th
stat. Ho ta th oldest ex-governor tn
th United Btatee. and. with th excep
tion of ' William' Spragu of Rhode
Island, h 1 th only eurvivr of th
governor contemporanaou With him
in office during th Civil war. ' ; .
Sevan Democ ratio eandldat for th
United State aenatorahip from Okla
homa ar now In th field. They ar
Colonel Hoy Hoffman of Chandler, T.
uore or Lawton. M. L. Turner of
Oklahoma City, and W. S. Whlttlnghlll
of Enid, from th Oklahoma aide: Col-
nl Robert I Owen and Morton Ruth
erford of Muskogee, and Henry M. Fur
man of Ada, from th Indian Territory
Bid. - . , -
In Indian Territory there ar thro
brother named Watts, each of whom 1
mayor of th town la which h resldea.
all of them Democrat, and alt were
looted to th office of mayor oa th mum
day. They ar Thomaa J. Watts, mayor of
Muigrow; jea o. watte, mayor of
Baltlsaw, and Charles O. Watt, mayor
of Wagoner. They ar son of W. J.
Watte, who established a horn t In
dian Territory la 1171. All three are
lawyer. : - - , .v-..t
1 Freeman Raatn, who recently passed
away at hla hom In L Baltimore, was
for (I yeara Democratio leader of that
city and th political lieutenant of the
late Senator Arthur P. Gorman. It waa
Raaln and hla control of th eltv that
kept- Gorman - in power -during . th lat
ter' a career. HI death, it la aald, may
throw th entire political aituatloa ia
Baltimore into chaos and result la soak
ing Attorney-General Charles J. Bona
parte dictator in Maryland politico j
According to th Bun certain promt-!
nent New Tork Demoorata orofeaa to
believ that already th foundation of
boom for Morgan J. O'Brien for gov
ernor ef the tat tn 10S have been
laid. Mr. O'Brien I IS, waa twice
elected a supreme court justice of New
York county and waa appointed by th
late Governor Higgina to be presiding
Judg of th appellate division of the
first department Justice - O'Brien re
signed to enter the law firm of Albert
Boardman and Frank H, Piatt.
Mr. Roosevelt. "C tn
-.Forester
From th New Tork v World.
In th aggregate th new forest re
serve established by President Roose
velt laat week in defiance of congress
inoiuae aoeut i7.ooo.ouo acres, more
than five time th area ef Connecticut
and ona-elghth that of th entir Ger
man empire. . . rA ',
President Roosevelt makaa no secret
of hla intention to defeat th nurooa
of aongr when h Issued hi hurried
order. He knew that within a few hours
th agricultural appropriation bill
would b In hi hands. He knew that
at -th Instance of Senator Fulton, of
Oregon,-It had been so amended a to
prohibit him from reeerrlng any more
forest lands without th convent of con
gress. II knew that he oould not af
ford to veto th appropriation bill be
cause of single . obaoxloue provision.
So with characteristic decision ho first
aaed hi legal powers to balk congress
and then a llttl later signed th bill
depriving himself of those power. - If
Congress is dlseatlsfled with hi land
policy, h good naturedly point out, tt
can overrule him later.
Preparation had long been under way
to rat these . naw forest reserves.
Western senators ware acquainted with
Mr. Roosevelt" plana and thought that
they had annulled them by aeourlng th
adoption, of th Fulton - amendment
President Roosevelt beat them at their
own game. , H preaerved th forests
for th publlo while th senators were
serving the lumber interest that would
destroy th forest for private profit
Aa about half th land reeerved He In
Senator Fulton's stat and the adjoining
tate of Idaho, he may not find th
irony of 'th aituatlgn o exqulatt a
President Rooaevalt and Chief Foreater
Qlfford Plftchot . ' '
Thee great areas ar now aa much
part of the publia domain they
wer before President Roosevelt's order.
nly they are closed to th raids of th
lumber syndicate. Th timber on thra
cannot be laid waste, a apon an many
thoueanda of aquar mllea It haa al
ready been under th policy of publia
neglect and private greed, except con
gress htrectly reverse th president'
decision. Th state In which th re
serves II should be th first to see th
neceaelty ef eonaervlng thir foreats for
th benefit of their settler and th pro
tection of th water supply, yet their
representatives at Waahington have
been th most persistent opponents of
th admlnstration'a far aightad efforts
to maintain a careful watch ever th
national property. ,
Prealdent Rooeevelt ha at least suo.
ceeded In forcing congress to go slow.
If at some later aesslon It undertake
to throw down th bar which he has
ralaed against th lumber men, th peo
ple will have been amply warned. They
will not remain passive exoept at their
ewa coat ...
Small Change
That right: a street car la ne proper
piao to emoaa. .
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Maybe MabU haa agreed to be
step-daughter t Corey. .
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- But tt may be only a Beaton person's
soul that weigh something.
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; A Wall atreet panto doesn't get much
antaia or wall street these day a
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. People f many Oraa-on towns are be-
ooming muekraker for a day or two.
A good job, too. - 1 ;
Ruef waa each a bog tn dlvldtn th
boodle that he can expect to find no
mend among at fellow thieve.
Th wireless telephone next, perhaps
o many wonder have been wrought
inai no promotion win a disputed.
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Perhaps Mr. Rockefeller 1 going to
spend ttO.e0O.S0S to benefit th Chinks
bocause they have never criticised him.
Feopl need to do some level-headed
thinking before voting for that free wa
ter schema It 1 a misnomer ta begin
1 ' " .'. ". r t it .
Jeroni want Thaw declared Insane
because h I Inoapabl of advising hU
oounaeL That is) a test that few nan
oouia atand. . , . ,
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That Thaw la eraay now la no aim
that h waa whan h killed Whit. Lla-
tenlng to that trial ia nough to make
anyooay. eraay. f w-.. . .r,.. ,
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Dowla follower will wait In vain
aa long aa they 11t for hla promised
return, unles they have an unusually
oaa sugntasar, -. . - -v a-."
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If Reeaevelt should o to th senate
after hi term XDlra. what fun there
would be for the galleries whan hla big
sua ana unmane Pitchfork cot Into
a xigni. - ,. . . , .
Thar ar a number of thlnr ahnnt
th laat Oregon lerlslatur hara tn m.
pUIb," remark th Salem Journal. Haw
would adolescent paranoia do for a gen-H
vrai exoianationr ;
Th Cottac OroVe Nimt Aarlaraa
that preacher of that town ar eltl
sena and hare families, and so have
a rlrht to vot tn th approaching olty
election, .notwithstanding their profes
sion. -,v... , . .
Fortlaad offer a fins- alt- fn a
Capitol and t760.000 in oash if th cap
ital I removed to it. . Laat Haiam
should become excited over thla infor
mation w will add that It la Port
land, Maine, that make th offr. Th
mean thing, to try to Uke th capital
away from Augusta, a lady eity.
Record-Brealdng Egg Hatching.;
' From the Eataeada Nwa
Nancy Lee and Lady Fannv Mint A are
tw Estaeadans who bav recently com
into prominence by reducing th time
it Uke to hatch ergs, a doaen eggs
were placed under Nancy Lee, and ah
kept them ' nice and warm for seven
day, when a ehang had to b made.
Th egge war then placed under Lady
r-anny Minto and at tn end f seven
day little chick began to stick their
bill through the shell. Thl is. w
think, th world record la hatchln
gga Th time la out down a third,
and th poultry bavin, If th secret
can b found out, will become more
paying. . :.' .' 1
rVi Je-Sweeping Movement ior tne
'aVj: Initiative , and ReferenJum(:-
The Initiative and - referendum : la
sweeping th oouatry, aa hav th Aus
tralian ballot and the direct nomination
system, says a recent bulletin of th
National ; Federation for th People's
kuic. Tn Missouri leglalatur ha Just
aubmltted a eonatltatlonal amendment
for th Inltiatlv and referendum, and
the Oklahoma oonatltutional convention
ha adopted the ayatem. - In Oklahoma
there were only five delegatea who vo
ed against it In Missouri there waa a
practically unanlmoua vote In th house.
with but six negative votes tn the sen
ate. : ' - - - '
By a vot ef T4 to IT the North Da
kota house haa passed a bill eubmltting
to th . people a constitutional amend
ment ', . - t v .
la the state ef Washington th honte
ha pasaed a bill submitting a eonatlta
tlonal amendment, .th vot standing St
to ZS. ' i
In Minnesota a bill haa been favor
ably reported by a senate committee.
Loaders ef th eeveral parties in Wis
consin ar aeh advocating a bill for
the Inltiatlv and referenddm.' Some
thing will surely be accomplished this
Msalon. .. , ' i -. - ' .'
In Michigan, at a recent Joint session
of th committee of th house and sen
ate having in charge th blua for lni
tlatlv and referendum, arguments were
presented by th heads of th Stat
Grange, f Stat - Federation of Labor,
Stat Referendum league. Progressive
Voters' league and - other nonpartisan
organisations. It ia believed that this
union of th city and country voters
will carry the day. . ... .
- The Ohio legislature, ' an adjourned
seaaton of which meet next year. Is
ptedged : to submit a'' constitutional
amendment. S ' ' '
In Pennsylvania, both th ' State
Grange and Stat Federation of Labor,
also a Stat Referendum league, ar de
manding a direct vet system, for pub
llo question and a Republican leader,
former atate Senator Fllnn. baa taken
up the issue. Some time ago he framed
a bill for th Inltiatlv and referendum
for citlea and . boroughs, and secured
Ita introduction In the houae. Th bill
haa been reported ananlmoualy, and th
local grange ' and trade union ar
bringing preasur on their 'representa
tive. . ...
In New Jersay, too, the restoration ef
a direct vote eystem for publln ques
tions has become a II v lasue. BlUa for
th Inltiatlv and referendum for th
tate have bean Introduced by request
of th People'e Lobby, representing all
the .reform force In th stat Th
8tt Federatloiy-ef Labor I demanding
th measure, and It Is setd that-tb
house, which; 1 Democratic I pretty
surs of pasalng the bills, thus putting it
up to th Republican senate, which can
not afford to defeat the popular meat
urea. Adjoining thea laat mentioned state
I th formerly boas-ridden stat of
Delaware, which Is- completely re
deemed.. Two years ago the leglalatur
submitted to th people th question,
"Shall tb legislature establish th nd
advisory Inltiatlv and advleory referen
dum T" At the election laat fall th
people aald "Tea," and by an t to 1
vot. In th city of Wilmington th
Oregon1 Sidelights
Jefferson needs a bakery. '
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Haln i trying to get stockyards.
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Many Jandbuyor are coming t Bd
mond "' ' t ; : '.-'' r.
Bandon will have a modern ateam
laundry, - - .
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' Th mayor of Milton haa "ef faraA
prise for th prettiest premises . - ?
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Th Rogue River valley la th "Cream
of Creation." declare th , Oold Hill
Nws. ,' : ... .. -
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Huntington ,1s th gateway to the :
wonderful copper distiiot Juat over in '
Idaho. " v .,
Umatilla and Morrow oountr farmer '
will Join in th pure has of grain aacka
In wholaaal lota. -- -.
Klamath eounty towna are coin to
spend a lot of money tn advertising
themselves and that county. .
According to numerous Itema tn th
Sold Hill New there ta great activity '
ia th mining district thereabouta ,,
i.- 'v.. ., e . ,ti. ......',.. 'i;.
Caar Rusvlt ha laid th hand of 00-
preaalon heavily on Oregon and th Pa
cific northwest, aaya th Silver Lake
Contra! Oregonian. -
Soon Milton. aya th Eagle, win be
advertised far and wide aa the town that
l Mean and where the charms of nature
may be enjoyed tn their fullneea. .
Toledo Reporter: The vaoaat houses
have nearly all been taken aad a good
many more will be needed whea th
new aawmlll ia ready for buslueas. .
R. S. Smith and Georg Nolan, late
of Astoria, while practicing law In Kla
math Falla, will - also angag ta th
dairying bualnesa oa aa xtnlv aoai
on th Al tarn oat ranch. ....
During th atorm In th Rogue River
valley laat week, though llttl damage
waa done, th volume of water that fall
and th wind that accompanied It have
bad so parallel In many yeara.
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Aatorta is approaching the period of
th moat rapid development in her hla- .
tory, aaya th Budget Within th next
few month earn wonderful chaoses
will take place ' in thia oommunlty tn
the line of industrial growth. , , '
A apring brokont to a cellar near
Madras and though th owner attemot-
d to dig a drain from the outalde. he
truck another sertif and had to aban
don that also. Th cellar, which 1
walled up with atone, waa built II yeara
ago.' and haa always been perfectly dry.
Th closed flahtng aeasoa is be In a
observed strictly In all parta of the
river aa far aa eaa be learned, aaya
th Aatorla Budget. - There . are the
usual ruraora and predlctlona about the .
river being full of salmon, but they ar -
baaed entirely on xueesea and .may be
true or not.,. . , '- - . ' , ,.' .- .
a augen man, aaya ta Guard. Is
now working three mea . puttlna no :'
brooder.. He 1 (hipping thee all over
th country and h Inform us that .he
1 atlll behind with hi orders. Evident
ly a good many people ar gvttlag next
to tn fact- that., thar - la- money .-tn .
poultry and agga. T
vot waa 11 to 1. Thia winter the bona
ha unaalmoualy passed a bill for. the
advisory inlatlve and advisory referen
dum for Wilmington, with a state bill
pndiag.' H ; .... . ,' y.. , .- ... .. .
Over ia Nw England, ' the former -crdle.
of liberty." both th great par- .
tie in th atat of Maine have promised
to submit a onatltatlonal amendment
for th inltiatlv and referendum. The
details of th measure are bow being
worked out '-; -,' e
In Maachatta. WSr th' house
ha repeatedly paaaed a bill for th ad
visory initiative, both the aeuate and -th
house wer pledged at th recent 1
lection to pass th bllt .-..
Previous to thla practically naanl
moua action In thee IS states, vn 1
sute bad sUbllhd th direct vote ;
system, namely, Oregon, South Drfiota,
Utah, Illinois, Texas. Nevada and Mon
tana, while nationally lot member of
th next national bona ar pledged. !'
The pledge I to work and vot for a '
statute for th Immedlata establishment
of th advisory Inttlatlv for eight que
tlona, and th advisory referendum for
law of oongrea and bill paaaed by
either house. .4, -
Bllla hav been Introduced and are'
being oonsldered la all the other north
era state, also In Arkansas and Vir
ginia, at least, v.. .
Thla wlde-aweeplng movement for fi
nal power In th voter th termina
tion of machine rule Is part of the r
more general movement for eompVet
dominance "of the people. No party or
faction la openly opposed to the ehang.
Tb program ia preeminently American '
and will aurely succeed.- The tendency
of tha world ie towarde majority rule..
Maohlae rule I laat disappearing. Th
new regime. Judging by what la taking
place In Oregon and South Dakota, la to
usher In a new ara or liberty and of
progress, .,
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' Today In Hiatory.
fni iurpresaion - of th Order ef .
Knights Templar by a papal decree.-
17i Tha British stamp act became
law. ' .. 1 ..
U20 Commodore Stephen Decatur mor
tally wounded In duel with Commodore
Jamea Barrow.. 1
1834 First Issue of the 'New Torker"
by Horace Oreeley and two associate.
l&M Sir Francis Bond Head resigned
ernce aa lieutenant governor o:
if Upper
Canada. ' .
141 Duke of Oarence defeated
and
killed by the Earl of Buchan. -
IM7 Bombardment of Vera Cms. Mex
ico, begun by American shtpa .
1K5 iRamon Pinto, eminent Cuban
lawyer, - ga rotted at Havana for con
spiracy against th government.
17 Agulnaldo, Philippine leader, bora.
1SX3 Edmunds law. aimed at Mormon-
Ism fh Utah, passed. . ,
1900 Canadian troop arrived at Cane
Towa to engage la war with tb Boer.
"Hustling" Suits to Measure. ' ,
Edgar Jephsdn of Werhly, Middlesex.
Is the lstest British dress reformer. lie
haa Invented a hustling suit for men
In a hurry. Ite main usefulness lies In
th fact that It can be put ea ead eft
la record time.