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A man should never be
ashamed to own that he haa
been In the wrong, which Is
but saving that he Is wiser to
day than ho was yesterday.
Edna Lyall.
TIIK riU:SII)K.T 8TAXDS TAT.
quest Ion under iIIkcuhmIuii una one
of which he had mitdo mi ' i;il,
exhaustive Htndy for yrnrs, nnd lie
wnii prohnMy the best Informed man
In the senate on It; henro he had a
right tn speak, nnd It hhr IiIn duty
to speak, nnd the si'ii.-ito ought to
havo r oiiHldered him nn exception
11 it t when the arnntorM would not
llaten. he nnld the country would,
and It did.
The new senator from Arkansas, i
Jeff Ialh, )ian made a apertncnla
Infraction of thin hi nate custom, cl
dently nee king notoriety. There I
a Rood deal of truth In what he nall
but (hero waa no particular orra
alon for rinilnc It Just then, nnd
many other member could have salt
It better and with better effect, lie
wished to show his disdain of nnd
contempt for thla unwritten rulo of
the senate, but the country will not
be in sympathy with Mm. The rul(
la all rU'ht, If not Insisted on too
rigorously, and with duo exception
allowed. The Arkansas flre-eatcr
would niako a much better appear
ance remaining quietly In his seat
for a year or two.
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HE INITIATIVE la a danper-
us weapon, and lta use
easily subjected to a ter
rible abuse." says the Ore
gon City Courier. It la truo that too
I VIDKXTLY DESIRING to si
lence or check third term talk
and effort, the president baa
repeated what he said imme
diately after hla election, and de
dared that he still standi by that manr people 'l&a Iotitlona without
tatement and will stand by It. Yet uuc lu""lu"suon or rare- ana ,nai
there are prominent men. our Sen- ln BOme casci the object sought to
itor Bourne amonr them, who will De ""-nea nas DOPn misrepresented
not take him at his word, but who bv "ollcltora for signers to a petl-
ay that when he sees that the peo- uon' Dul ineM racls aro n"t -
pie insist on his accepting a renomi- cieni 10 cnM ine people to do away
nation he will do so. wiin tne initiative. Experience haa
This is falrlr fatuoni. In the to often "own that leglalaturea
first place, it discredits and demeans and clty councils will not give them
the president. He is entitled to be- what they want, and they must re
lief, and to the supposition that he taln the power to get it, in the rase
knows his own mind. Admitting 01 emergency. UecauBO a law
that he might have changed his mind Pr ordinance proposed by means of
ln three years, he is entitled (o full tbe initiative Is voted down Is not n
credence and confidence when he em- ,unclfnt reason for condemning that
phatically says that he has not weapon. It Is a good weapon for
changed and during the next seven tne people to hold, even though the
months will not change it. To in- petitioners may sometimes use. bad
aist that he will yet do what he says Judgment or bo careless.
he will not do is to dishonor him, The Courier, by the way. Is con
though this is not intended. stltutlonally opposed to all reforma
Besides, the people apeak through tory or progressive movements, and
convention of delegates, and in all is disgusted with tho attacks that
probability a large proportion of have been made on monopolistic
them will not be ln favor of renomi- trusts. It thinks that tho people
eating the president, at least not should let Standard Oil pursue the
against his will. It may be expected, smooth tenor of Its way, because the
Indeed, that many would not favor average consumer of oil does not
Ills renomination even if he desired feel the few extra cents a gallon of
It. Some will be there who do not cost, evidently supposing that this is
like him, want to get rid of him. the nub of the contention, which of
Many others will be there who, course it is not. So It would have
though liking nim, are opposed to a the people let everything nnd every
third term for anybody. And they body alone, and not bother to at
will be right. Washington set a tack or antagonize monopolists, or
good example. A fourth term could trusts, or machines, or rinss, or
be urged as well as a third. bosses. In brief, the Courier is
So there will be no unanimous quite in sympathy with Dr. Day.
and enthusiastic stampede of the This Is an entirely legitimate opln
convention for Roosevelt. He will Ion for a man or newspaper to have
not be universally Implored to go on and attitude to take, but the ma-
saving the nation. The convention Jority of the people aro not likely to
won't be "swept off its feet" in hia agree with it. They are looking at
favor at all. There are several rea- ultimate results, which would be the
sons for this, but a sufficient one is absolute, tyrannical rule of an
that half a dozen other eminent, am- oligarchy of wealth
was u consequence that he could not
prevent, and that If foreseen should
not have prevented him from mlk
liiK Mich uttempts as he haa made
to correct great evils.
This periodical aays that "the cor
rection of evil and the punishment
of dishonesty are not thlugs to be
flaunted ln the public cyo are not
cases to be tried by the nation's
oiecutlvo through tho public press;
are not properly the public themes
of i president's politlcnl activity."
That Is, of course, the opinion of
every "malefactor of great wealth,'
and of all others, ln the country
If the press would only keep still
about the thieve and other rascals
!lg nnd little; If the president and
cHIcors under him all down the line
would only correct evils quietly and
softly, and so as not to let anybody
know and not hurt anybody of any
consequence ln the business or po
Htlca! worlds, this Chicago publics
Hon and the people In whose inter
est It speaks would be much pleased,
of course.
It Is right here that Roosevelt,
with all his faults, haa done the
country an immense service, even
If he had to split his party wide
open to do it. He haa made it his
business to correct evil and punish
dishonesty, and to do it ln the pub
lic eye, and with the aid of the pub
lic press; and ln this respect he has
set up a new standard for the great
office he holds that If it can be main
tained will be of Incalculable bene
fit to the country.
nE HAD A REVOLVER.
A
NOTHER MURDER has been
committed In Portland in con
sequence of drink and a ready
revolver. A young man of
good family lies dead, and another
man faces trial for murder and pos
sibly tho gallows, because they went
nto a saloon, and because one of
hem had a gun handy. It appears
that tho men were friendly. They
were drinking and talking together.
But one, probably ln consequence of
drink, made an offensive remark.
The other replied in kind, and with
u slap on the face. Then out came
the deadly revolver. Results, death,
over this money when the city has
exhausted every posslbl legal mean
of resistance. Let the case go to
tho aupreme court and the ex-detec
uvea wan awniie. Tney never
earned a cent of the money nor but
little of much other money that was
paid them.
The country has a sort of llkln
for some of Lncle Joe Cannon'
ways, but it will not stand patiently
for hia design to postpone the lm
provoment of Inland waterways. Tho
people think they know what they
want in this respect better than
"I'ncle Joe" ran tell them.
Hut the president's re-statement
of his attitude won't stop Ihe third
term talk. Teople who would not
believe the president woa't believe
him any the more for reiteration.
Mr. J. J. Hill speaks of "the vitu
perative attack of demagogues on
the railroads." Who? What Where?
When? Wo have never heard or
read of them.
Letters From the People
Postal Savings Banks.
Garden Home. Dec. 7. To the Kdltor
of The Journal: I noticed In your pa
per a few daya ago that confidence will
soon be restored. You went on to nhow
by the Import and export of fold for
the last 11 years. Aa far aa I can make
out from table the United Statea ex
ported 163.93,448 more than It Imported.
Now, If I spent that much more than
my income, would 1 not be In a bad
shape? Is It not an established fact that
all the confidence and credit that anr
government ever had or ever will have
l lta capacity of production for ex
port? If the moneyed men In Europe did not
think that thla country would he M
to export commodities to pay back would
not they rfue to lend?
1 underifcftd that the government la
aaulng bond for the curnnee of In
creasing the volume of national bank,
notee, but I bow a short time ago where
nrcreimry i. orieiyou earn that the na
tional bank have underdrawn their cap
ital 1250.000,000.
What guaranty have we thni mr,r
bond.i will Increase the circulation of
money?
Would It not be better for the govern
ment to Issue Its own paper money? It
Would be cheaper, would save Inlarmi
on the bonds besides controlling tho
money. Then I believe we would have
fewer holidays and cheaper money for
maie ousiness
BEAUTY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA
IS ON THE INCREASE
rty Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
(Copyrlcht, 107. by American-Journal
examiner.)
Elizabeth Towne, In her raacailne the
Nautilus, recently spoke of the Increase
of beauty In the human family, and de
dared that In the last score of years
there was a noticeable gain In the num
ber of beautiful faces encountered In
nny American city.
Km met lensmorn aava woman's In
rreiuied Intellectuality Is adding to her
beauty nnd Henry Klnck gives many
Imerestlng points on the same subject.
One rise only to look at mediaeval
nl( turpi." ha mvi. "to note how coarse
in! void of refined expression are the
men, nnd how hard and masculine are
tlm women."
Htiskln said: "Do not think you ran
mnke a girl lovely, If you do not make
ner nappy. There Is not one restraint
jiiii put on a good girl's nature, not one
check you give her affections or natural
Inntlncta. which will not be indelibly
written on her fare With a hardneaa
that takes the brightness from her eyes
and the charm from her brow.
There Is small nuestlon that the fame
of many of the beauties of old was the
result, not of transcendental loveliness.
but of the scsrclty of beautiful women
In Ihe world at that era.
In the days when plagues were so
prevalent, and physical cleanliness even
courts tinusunl. one or I lie great rac
ier In beauty, hygiene, was lacking.
Well-ventllated rooms, clean linen,
good drainage nnd pure water all help
to make beautiful people.
While traveling in oriental countries
looked vainly for the paragons of
lovellneKS described by poets and trav-
Iers of old.
In Kgypt. In Turkey, and among the
Moors ln Morocco I saw but one mem-
rably pretty face. To be sure, most of
he women veiled their fnces; yet,
through or under the veils any on
with a watchful eye alert for beuty
could determine what type of face was
partially concealed. The appearance of
the masses of women seen in all parts
of southern Europe was exceedingly dis
appointing; while some of the man were
strikingly handsome. Hard work In
sufficient food, and continual child
bearing are conditions which do not
produce beauty In women.
Nature Intended the Italian women to
be beautiful, however, and at a concert
where the leisure class wss represented
the ladles carried out nature's Inten
tion; because they had been properly
nourished, and were not overtaxed phy
sically. In Morocco, I was allowed to enter a
harem of widows. There were foin
wldows of on man. All were some
what beyond middle life and all pos
sessed agreeable features, yet not one
of these Moorish women would be re
garded as possessing beauty such
beauty aa we see at every turn In every
rlty or country place In America, or Kn-
glund, or Krance. Their faces lacked
the Illumination of Intelligence.
The young wife (and so far the only
wife) of a son of the dead governor of
Tangier was the only oriental type of
woman i saw who possessed tne neauty i
one expects to find In harems. Hhe re-
Small CLtng
A Qoldfleld is always a battle field.
Another thins- that la eomln An n .
rain. i
e
The sensible dairyman Is good to hia
cows.
e
hondayabr' n1 '1 'd10' 10 tle
Rut what la Hroth.r Oeer's plan of
currency reform? . p
..iur1? f" tl" for ,ha oond elective
term. Jle s no quitter.
Congress Is becoming anxious to ad
journ for tho holidays.
be la tit Oregon mist.
fie th cow. is u a cow?
cow. The cow gives milk.
Few people, bad or good,
they really seem to deserve.
It is a
get what
Trohahly Senator Jeff Davis Imagined
he was saying something new.
e
.,r?rn.,1? "y" mn "r t T
than at 40. Carnegie Is 70, not 40.
one expecia 10 iinu in narems. one re- I Thr .
embled an overgrown Infant, adorably i..m"m S .!. " ""call for more
dimpled and plump, and In 10 year B,n,"Ily r tn financial conscience.
f
.elV1' what ' ,h UM of mor currency
n J, mC lru, r go'n o get nearly ill
g or 1 1 r
time will doubtless be an uninteresting
mass or gross, unintelligent riesn.
The most strikingly beautiful woma
seen In IX lands visited was a youn
Hnnnlsli Ctrl
Yet from shops, and factories, and mm. in Democrats In the
dry goods nouses, a well a from the- u'a not tnrow too many
at res and drawing-rooms and opera 1 l"ere a lialley.
houses In America, may dally and , "
nlirhtlv be seen scores of astnnlahlnr I v I Can t somebody start a mAvmn
beautiful women; and It Is quite certain substitute some other word for "anon"
that Kllxabeth Towne haa a solid basis I and "shopping?"
of fact on which to rest her assertion
senate
rocks;
hat beauty Is on the Increase in Amur-
n.
crime, disgrace, sorrow, misery and If the government establishes saving
beavv exnense to the Dubllc. mrougnout the country where we
i i set I 1 1 h fit n npnnni r nit t
Probably If the men had not drank believe we would have confidence re-
anv there would have been no nuar- 5iir.eu-. Ulpn w.nv llmlt amount to
i iou or anv other nnmhor? r h
rel and consequent crime. But even vat banks could not give good security
if they had drank and quarreled, , ?,"n,'y government could
this murder would not have been 1 don't think the bankers would be ln
rnmnilttAd Pteont fnr th rovnlver iavor or tnnt. DUt they are the minor
. ' . . . . ' Ity. and I fall to se why thev are no
bltlous and Influential Republicans
want, the nomination.
Taft wants it, and apparently will
have the president's support. If
this support should become aggres
sive and resourceful, Taft will prob
ably get it. But this Is by no means
sure. He won't have even Ohio
solid.
ANOTHER ROAST OF ROOSEVELT
T
urj American uusiness Man, a
Chicago monthly publication
that Is trying hard to attract
attention, continues in Its lat
est Issue Its severe strictures upon
Knox wants it, and will have Roosevelt, asserting that ho has
Pennsylvania'. Hughes won't decline paralyzed business and that he alone
It, and may have New York. Fair- caused the panic. All the present
banks wants it, and will have In- financial and industrial troubles,
diana. Cannon wants it, and will this periodical asserts, are due to
"have Illinois. . LaFqllette . jvante it, Roosevelt's "policy of openly, blat-
and will have Wisconsin. Dolliver antly denouncing business institu-
.' and Beveridge and Cummins and tions and his practice of wreaking
Deneen are each hopeful that in personal vengeance on unfavored In
case of a deadlock lightning might
Btrike him. Under Btich clrcum
stances there will be no stampede.
The president did not need to re
peat Lis statement, for until he with
drew it people were bound to take
him at his word; but since there has
been so much 'clatter of foolish
tongues lie did well to do so. Now
everybody ought to drop the third
term propaganda.
NOT A RAD RULE.
j-plir: SENATORIAL courtesy, or
1 custom, by which a new mem
ber is supposed to keep mum
for at least, two years, and not
try to take' any nrilve part in de
bates or make himself conspicuous
in any way, has been carried to an
unreasonable degree, and of late
years has received several shocking
Jolts from incorrigible new mem
bers. Yet it is not a bad or unrea
sonable custom. If not carried too
far, and if due exceptions are al
lowed. A new senator should look,
listen and learn, rather than talk!
And something of deference Is due
to the Veterans of that body. Un
less a new senator has something
unusually important to say, he is
out of place in rudely overturning
this custom. Besides, he is impol
itic, for he only gains the ill-will of
the older members of the senate.
Senator Beveridge is yet an un
popular member of. -the senate, one
who can gain support for a measure
lid advocates' with' difficulty, partly
because he broke over this rule of
tho senate, and his offense was con
sidered the greater because he was a
tery young man. Senator LaFollette
Jiad a good reason for violating the
rule, because he was already a man
of national reputation; he had served
several terms la the house and two
dlviduals." "The whole cause is
that Roosevelt, in his Inflammatory
way, has upset the equilibrium of
public confidence" in "fundamental
enterprises," by which the critic
means railroads, banks, reat cor
porations, trusts, etc.
Roosevelt, says his assailant, as
sumes that all big business is bad.
He makes an "abortion of his IiikIi
power to petty personal ends." His
"attacks have not been on specula
tion, but on industry." They "have
not curbed the evils of over-capitali
zation but have shredded and shriv
eled that warp and woof of our
business fabric public confidence."
He has "inflamed the public mind
into semi-socialism." He has been
engaged ln "a mad scramble to tear
down the business of the nation."
There is no excuse for the ven
geance and destruction which is be
ing visited on the foremost business
enterprises.
Roosevelt's policy "brands him as
a dangerous, destructive politician."
His method "is that of the patent
medicine faker." Instead of giving
a square deal, ho has "incited the
public into a clamor that winds up
ln a panic." lie "tries cases on the
rear platform of a train." lie
"swings his big stick and smashes
and tears down industries."
There is a lot more of this stuff,'
1 A i 1
uui tnese excerpts will suffice. At
some minor points the president' is
vulnerable to portions of this criti
cism, but for the most part this at
tack needs no refutation; it is man
ifestly a special plea for the big vio
lators of law and plunderers of the
people under the forms of law.
Roosevelt has been injudicious ori
various occasions, but that he has
vici6Usly or vindictively and will
fully attacked any legitimate, worthy
business, however big, is absurd. If
A little fist contest would not have very Important after all. from what
hnxn Rerlmis. The next rlav thov naH transpired tno last five weeks
would have cooled oft and said no
more about it. But one man had a I An Unanswered Challenge
revolver, and look at those two 1 ornana. jjec. jz. To the Editor of
ine journal A special dispatch from
Pltttthlir.7 (1 f lla rxf Ka Gl. I . .1
Why did the man have the revol- , ,hlZ ' ,K ' ,
... ... ser es, I think, more than a casual
ver. ne aiu noi neeu n ior any reading. I quote in part: " here
legitimate purpose. Not once in a after none but American born or nat
thousand times is a revolver any pro- urallzed citizens will be employed about
lection against a holf-up. That at ,ne 20.767 ovena of the independent
the first nlnn nnon his face and his coke makers ef the Pittsburg and Con
first Hash of consequent anger his I nrfiatvlll. district. These will be paid
hand seized and used his revolver, "'"Y "JT , , op"a
siiouuiiK imee uiiica, buuwb luai. ue ures produced at a meetlnir (of the od
carried it not so much for defense as rntLr.8 show, th1 60, A?"!;10"1? can
. . - - , ul iiwuT wuir man i.uvv lorcignera.
for aggression, not to keep from be- of the so.ooo men employed more
man one hair are foreigners, 1. e., not
naturalized, and statisticians (of the op
erators) find that of the S5, paid
monthly to each alike, the foreigner liv
ing; In squalor unon 120 saves and sends
home the $65, while the American-born
and naturalized spend or Invest their
il, in better living, ln their homes, and
ine killed but to kill. The habit of
currying a revolver breeds thjs feel
ing.
llow many men and youths in
this city are going about carrying a
revolver, which only a little provo
cation would cause them to use
murderously? Hundreds. And mur
dors are frequent ln consoquence.
Simple Lives Are the Best
By Carolyn Trescott.
'Teople ln the cities sneer at the
small towns, but there are worse
laces. We prefer living In a email
own, where the people will sympathize
1th you If you are In trouble, and If
ou haven't any trouble they will hunt
up for you."
The editor of a certain paper writes
his, and many will agree with him,
though some, myselt among the num
ber, take exception to the last sentence.
People who live ln small towna, peo
ple who lead simple lives, people who
live as people In the city never knew
how to live, are sympathetic, warm
hearted, always ready to reach out
helplnr hands to those who need them.
I remember a story which appeared
ln the papers, perhaps a month ago,
about the dying woman who was left
two weeks on a park bench. On a
bench In Madison Square. Think of It'
A woman dying of consumption, so
weak that she was unable to walk, so
111 that she was dying. A man who
had noticed her sitting there telephoned
the department of charities and several
hospital, and after repeated refusals,
llnally prevailed upon the authorities
of one hospital to send an ambulance
for the dying woman. The ambulance
came It was too late! The woman was
dead.
Would this have happened ln a coun
try village? Never. Country people
are not or mis sort; ir one or their
number falls 111. an endless procession
of friends come and go, carrying
riowers, delicacies and chec-lng words
to the invalid. When the sick person
recovers, everybody Is glad and con
gratulatlons are showered uDon him
If prim death comes, there are loving
nanus to perrorm tne last Baa ornces,
to place flowers upon the casket and
to mingle tears with the bereaved ones.
This Is what people In country villages
uu. jn cult's i nave seen runerais and
receptions going on under the en me
roor. ln apartment houses, hotels and
rooming houses, nobody cares'" much
whether anybody else lives or dies;
hearts grow as hard as the granite
stones tnat pave tne city streets
Oh, frenzied city people, how little
you know of the meanlnz of peace and
of the eternal verities of reasonable
enjoyment that come of living ln a
village.
Up in a War Balloon
Oreat
Iy Wex Jones.
honor. The government
Only nine more days, exclusive of
Sunday, ln which to hn 'am tk.
varller thw better.
Since It dnean't run within iia n
of Seattle, why Is it called the Portion
A Seattle railroad?
of What the country Is after mnn
France has asked me to take part In ,d Je, in "ta ocks nn cnJ.
mo ceremony ui swrnnng in ins iirst
dirigible balloon to be attached to a
fortress.
Knormous crowds present when I-a
Scartrlo Is floated over the fort. Sol
diers presented arma, band played
"Moon, Iear," people cheered madly.
Sudden puff of wind. Captain yelled to
soldiers, who dropped arms and grabbed
a lot of ropes to hold us down. Wanted
to climb out, but captain wouldn't let
Mrs. Jan Kubellk Is reported as say
ing that she doesn't car who kisses
him. But he may car.
We are worried a llttl about not
hearing anything Yrom our illustrious
friend Wu Ting Fang lately.
By nezt year President's RooseTelf
message may be nearly a long aa a
hypothetical question ln a murder case.
Another puff of wind. Soldiers went Somebody has estimated that It would
up ln tho air with us, but hung on no- t" 1100,000,000,000.000.000 to tmprov
bly until we scraped them off against 'he Deschutes river. I,et it go, then,
a thorn hedge. Ia Sratrle shot up Into r a few years,
the air and began to whirl around.
"Steer her toward a hotel," I said to Congressmen aro receiving (0 per cnt
ine captain. want steer, saia ne, I "i") man ever peror. but It
"leg's torn off my trousers and stuck doesn't follow that they earn any more
in me moior. ner are we goingr man uioir preaecc.isors.
said I. "Je ne savoy pas," said he.
wnere the wind blows us.
After all the glory and the bands
and so forth, to be adrift In La Scatrte.
the pride of France, Just like two
tramps of the air! A tear rolled down
my cheek and fell to th earth, hun
dreds of feet below.
We drifted and-drlfted all nlrht. Clel.
but It was cold and wet! In the morn
ing we saw a fine country below. "Let
us descend and obtain refreshment."
said I to the captain. In the end he
did so.
The persons tilling In the fields
looked at us and at the balloon. "It Is
the French war baJloon!" thev cried.
and ran like rabbits.
HI! 1 cried, "all we want Is food.'
Now will some man be appointed
flitted States district attorney with ref
erence to the services he can render to
a United States senator?
Some people seerrl to think that a bank
should keep all the money It erer re
ceives In its vaults all the time until
demanded by the depositor.
Professor Oohler, the French lecturer,
says American energy Is a bluff. Let
him trot'out a climbing Frenchman and
see If an American doesn't Oohler.
Perhaps the reason Brother Bennett
And some nthera n n f Inr-i I. -.
but they kept on running. What was ntze tho Republican party Is because It
one to do with such fools? Half an has become so largely Democratic,
iiour inter, un i wan niumoiing over ine
rieias toward a farmhouse. I saw a
company of soldiers approaching. One
of the farmers pointed me out. "There
Is one of the men that aro trying to
seize our country." 1 did not wait for
the volley that rang out. but scooted
for La Scatrle.
We rose high in the air. and I could
not smile again until a bag of sand I
dropped hit the farmer on the head.
Then I laughed and began to think war
was a good thing, and some of the old
glory or France was reflected on my
face, but the low soldiers fired several
1.,, 1U. n, , i.i.t.,
Tn lonrnev ll,m,k nnl,. I..... " . iuiwiig
tiZ i i, '. '" quite ciose. l owaras:
sa T ha landAs a t a r a aliinA A I . . . ....
In home comforts
And here you have the logic and com
mon-sense of the whole matter: Higher
standard of living, with Its concomi
tant, a higher Intelligence, and higher
Wnpni wltli thnlr rauiilfanf .i t ,, 1 ........
Is it not time to take more stringent ing of cost of production. How ram-
measures against tho carrying of a P'et,ely, , f" al? established the
, . ., .. . , contention that the American manufac-
revolver, and to outlaw this almost turer needs no protection aeainst the
altogether useless and so frequently s-cal,1.ed) ch.PaPer labor of his foreign
j , . ' competitor. Nearly 25 years ago the
murderous instrument? New England Free Trade league chal
lenged the protectionist advocates to
produce a single "protected Interest"
"HOXKV 1 ITZ" DKFKATED.
see the tender stars shine down from
the summer heavens; to hear the whisper
of the winds blowing across the
meadows and fields; to hear the pur
nns or ousy nine DrooKs; to near the
Innumerable voices of nature, trans.
lated, by the children's tones and the
song of birds; to feel that you are a
part of nature's self, part of its for-
.ui. .....
envo liua o.iu oiiettuin, u in enter dernelh us.
imu imiuion iit-uri, ana realize mat I the side,
you are a part inereor; mat you have Dived!
Ainmny iu every iree; mat you are Wnrahn n ma nn on.l ...i.l.
related to very animal that moves, asked me what we were doing chasing
to every stone that lies by the way- bj ship. 8
siae; tnat you are intimate with every
uiing mat lives ana Dreatnes. All
Wind shifted and we began to drift
ln the opposite direction. "Why don't
yon ao sometningr l asked the captain.
v nai can i ao r saia ne. well, said
I, "what's the use of a captain that
can t captr
Floating over the sea now. Wnrshln
in hikiil; may rescue us. warsnin r r-
lng heavy guns at us! They all go un-
Thlnk I shall Ulve over
President Wilson of Princeton say
President Hoosevelt "talks as soon aa .
he thinks." But that Is better than talk
ing before one thinks, as many peopl
do.
It has been suggested that perhaps
the reason why Mr. Bryan Is so friend
ly to the donkey Is that Bryan manage
to stay on his back and doesn't get lie
hind his heels.
Since there Is doubt as to whether
there is any Republican or Democratic
party, Bepresentatlve Peter A. Porter
wouid seem to have a good chance t
start a pnrty.
Oregon Sidelights
"J
OHNXY FITZ,"
known locally as "Honey
Fitz," to wit, John F. Fitz
gerald, professional polltl
clan for what there is in it, for him
self and friends, was defeated Tues
day, by a small margin, for reelec
tion as mayor of Hoston. "Johnny"
is a Democrat, and Boston is a Dem
which would be able to show that 1
was paying 1 cent more ware to It:
Otherwise workmen than the foreign manufacturer
in comparison to product or each
Further. If afforded the opportunity t
test the matter by actual results I
could be proven that the American wage
earner was actually receiving a lesae
portion of his daily production o
wealth. This challenge has never been
accepted nor win It be.
E. C. PROTZMAN.
Winter Banana Apple.
Cornelius, Or., Dec. 10. To the Editor
ocratic city, but it had stood him aslof The Journal In reading your mar-
iong as it could, at least for the ket Quotations of December 6. I note a
present. There are good points about c c n Winter Banana apple,
"Fitz"; lie is a man of surprising " bel"5 fa ''feoelt'" which means a
and admirable activity, and in many t0 dlffer wIth thefreport. Fir8Bf( you
wajs aiuiis Buuu nues, too; ne in gay it 1 a pretty apple like the Ren
some measure deserves his popular- Davis, but not a good keeper. If I am
ity; he is a tireless worker, first fori right the Ben Davis Is a red apple, as
his friends and next for the people. I Lnav? always seen them and so called.
, , i . , , , lit such an apple has been put on the mar-
In a word, he Is a superior type of a ket a9 a winter Banana then it Is a
ward politician, but never more "aud or the worst kind. The winter
Ik.. Hint Vr.llticQ h hln hlo l""H-. . . v.eiij. Kpvia uul
"" - " " " i u is a koou KeeDer. ana i tn nn vnu
trade ever since he was In his teens, w.m,flnl u a Kreen apple, with a slight
"iu " u' in tne oiusn. sucn is tne apple I have
working the public for the benefit Of received as the Winter Banana. And
. . ,, i x.ia j I i miner my Buinoiiiy la ui me Oest re-
himself and his friends and sup- spectlng the apple and Its origin.
norters. The genuine winter Banana was
Fitzgerald seryed three terms- in ago and planted on the farm of a Mr
congress, and gained some repute as Wolfe on the Tualatin, it has always
. , i ,. . I been a good keeper on that place and a
a snouter on almost every possible choice appio, although not a pretty one.
occasion. He is somewhat of an ora- Thf ,orlB'"a' ,s. ntuKr,ow,lnK. thero
, ..... . .. . , and Is about 30 feet high, I think. If I
tor, has unlimited audacity, and in- mistake not. It Is a fine bearer and a
exhaustible physical vitality. Con- ood keeper. The trees on that farm
sideling his record of extravagance said before. 30 years ago. Such is the
and system of grafting, and that a correct origin , anc d-ipUon of ,ha
terms as governor of Wisconsin; theUnjr tucbi business haa Buffered! it
large number of Democratic votes market reporter is correct l n his version
vonr to the Indeoendence leatrue f .the. frult ,on lhe market, then the
" I apple lie speaKs or is a base fraud and
Canuluaie, lie uiauc a BHU115 iaue,
and may be heard from again,
though men of his type are regarded
with growing disfavor.
Roosevelt has not said he would
not run for vice-president again.
How would Bryan and Roosevelt tlo
for the Democratic ticket? -
The council has done the proper
thing in sustaining tine mayor's veto
of the ex-detectives'. grab ordinance.
It wijl be Quite time enough to pay
those persons selling them should be
prosecuted. mere have been very
many trees sold on the strength of the
rruil Deing a goon Keeper.
ALBERT O.
these go to make up the life of the
men and women and children who live
ln country villages.
The people who live In country
towns they are of the world's best.
words railed me!
War Is war. but only on rood, hard
ground.
This Date in History.
1250 Frederick II of Germany died.
Born December 26. 1194.
1521 Emanuel the Great, king of
Portugal, died. Born nu.
1B4G Opening session of the council
or Trent.
1660 Duke of Sully, chief minister
of Henry IV of France, born. Died
1641.
1642 New Zealand discovered by
Tasman.
1664 Robert Livingston, founder of
the Livingston family ln America, born
ln Scotland. Died In Albany, New
York. April 20, 1725.
1776 American congress determined
to build a navy of 13 frigates.
1784 Dr. Samuel Johnson, lexico
grapher, died. Born September 18,1709.
1816 First savings bank ln the
United States opened In Boston.
1836 Phillips Brooks, ramons Ameri
can divine, porn, uiea January la,
1893
isRo Many killed and Inlured In
boiler explosion on steamer Anglo-Norman
at New Orleans.
1862 Oeneral Burnslde repulsed at
battle of Fredericksburg.
Vanishing Days.
From the Atlanta neoro-lan
Lay the Jest about the Julep In the
camphor balls at last.
For the miracle has happened and the
olden days are nast.
That which makes Milwaukee thusiv
does not foam in Tennessee.
And the lid on old Missouri Is as tight
locked as can be.
Oh. the comic tJaper colonel and his
cronies well may sigh.
For the mint Is waving gaily, but the
soutn is going dry.
By the still side on the hillside ln Ken
tuckyall is still.
For the only damp refreshment must Grants Pass Courier
The goat men meet at Dallas Satur
day. Many people around Freewater and
Milton are making money on 10 and
u-acre iracis.
A plant will be erected near Hunt
lngton to extract gold from Snaka
river black sand.
1'p to this week there had been no
thing like winter weather up ln Lak
and Harney counties.
A T'matllla county man bought
farm near Pilot Rock for $7,600 and In
two weeks sold It for $,600.
The assessed value of property ln
FnterprlHe has Increased in one year
from $396,000 to over $474,000.
Owing to the recent drop of prices
In the hog market many who wer
fattening hogs for sale are compelled
to kill and pack their meat.
Laurel Grove correspondence of
YATES.
Government Reserve Timber.
Portland, Or., Dec. . To the Editor
of The Journal Kindly state in your
paper, can a man buy timber ln a gov
ernment reserve, and how? to oblige a
subscriber.
No one can buy a timber claim with
in the boundaries of a forest reserve,
but under certain conditions the gov
ernment sells some of the standing
timber. For particulars applv to Forest
Superintendent Alien, Tilford block
Portland. ED. J 1
John G. Milburn's Birthday.
John George Mllburn, chief counsel
for the Standard Oil company ln the
suits brought by the federal govern
ment to dissolve the "trust," was born
in Sunderland. Kngland. December 13
1851. After receiving his early educa
tion In England he came to tne united
States, and for a time studied law at
Batavia, New York. He was admitted
to the bar ln 1874 and began practice in
Buffalo. He rapidly came to the front
in his profession snd soon was recog
nized as a corporation lawyer of excep
tional ability. It was at Mr. Milburn's
home ln Buffalo that President Mc
Kinlev died, after being shot at the Buf
falo exposition. Mr. Mllburn was at
the time president of the Pan-American
exposition, and the martyred president
was his Kuest on the fatal day. Shortly
after the tragedy Mr. Mllburn removed
to New York City and has since been
connected with the Standard Oil com
pany ln a legal capacity. In 1904 Mr.
Mllburn served as one of the American
delegates to the Universal Congress of
Lawyers and Jurists, held at the St.
Louis world's fair.
be dlnped from ud the rill.
N'th C'llna's stately ruler gives his
soaa glass a snove
And discusses local option with the
South cilna gov.
It Is useless at the fountain to be wlnk
ful of the eve.
For the cocktail glass is dusty, and the
soutn is going dry.
It Is water, water everywhere and not
a drop to drink.
We no longer hear the music of the
mellow crystal clink,
When the colonel and the major and
tne general and the Jedge
Meet to havo a little nip to give their
appetites an edge.
"i'ls sweet to kiss, but oh how bitter,
To kiss a young tobacco spitter.
Canby Tribune: The Canby saloon
men are now singing:
Hush, little saloon; don't you cry.
You'll be a drugstore by and by.
Coos Hay Harbor: When Captain
Olson returns with the Alliance we hope
every blooming whistle on North Bend's
water front will blow its blamed head
off. He deserves every toot he can get.
Enterprise News-Record: Interest In
the proposed electric railway from
Walla Walla Into Wallowa county by
For the eggnog now is needless and Jl W 'UE:
And xvxr t end
All the night caps now have tassels and Pendleton rejoices In the starting f
are worn upon the head the woolen mill after a temporary sua-
Not the night caps that were taken Pension of several months. This is not
when nobody went to bed' only good news to Pendleton, but toaall
And th breeie above the bluegrase i Oregon and the northwest, as 'It lafan
as solemn as Is death indication of the far-reaching demand-
For it fears no pungent clove-tang on for rnore manufacturing establishment,
its odorifio breath, 8J's the East Oregonian.
And each man can walk a chalkllne
when the stars are In the sky. Baker City Herald: Old General
For the fi glass now Is flezless, and Prosperity has not only been heard from
the south is going dry.
Eat Prunes.
Six rules on how to live long, by Ed
ward Payson Weston, the pedestrian:
Eat prune every day.
Take a cold water spong every morn
ing. Take a salt water bath one, a Wck.
Walk to and from work.
Don't amok cigarettes.- 1
Don't kep lata noun. ' . r ' ,
Lay th Jest about the Julep 'neath the
chestnut tree at last.
For there's but one kind of moonshine
ana tne oiaen days are oast:
For the water wagon rumbles through
the southland on Its trip.
And it helps no one to drop off to pick
up ine driver s wnip,
For the mint bed makes a pasture and
th corkscrew hangeth high.
And, all is still along the atill side, and
the south ta going dry.
Atlanta Georgian.
It's Noise That Counts.
Frpm the Philadelphia Press.
As long a the Bryan Democrats can
mak more noise, than the antl-Brvan
Democrats it does not make any differ
ence whether they are in the majority
or not. It la racket that tella In h
kind of campaign. . - 1
but he is on the way to again dwell
with his friends. The best evidence of
this fact Is the announcement that
Stoddard Brothers' sawmill will start
up In a few days for all winter's run.
This means employment of labor, the
circulation of more money, the encour
agement of other enterprises to begin
operation.
The four produce houses of Milton"
and Freewater shipped out 410 full,
carloads to other localities in addition
to forty carloads of local- tuff Aani
fifty carloads of goods from thn
nery. Apples netted the farmers from
$1 to $1.26 per box. One hundred car
loads of prunes netted $20 per ton or
tSOO a car: SO cars of peaches aver
aged $400 a car and 1 carloads of pears
averaged $700 a car. Fifteen thousand ;
crates of strawberriea war shl Drier! j
averaging $2.71 ; a crate, and 10. 009 '
crates of other berries averaging $3 a
crat.. , -- 1 '. :, .