EDITOBMj DVGE OP TDE JOURNAL '. ' M vr t ' . f th .u r- -4 a i THE JOURNAL AN INDKPF.N'lif fT KKWSHAriR. C i. JACKSON I'shllaber I-aMkibad wt atinlnf ivimpl umln "iwl rntf Similar awnlM. T. Jmirl Bmlil la. KlftS " Vamblll tivta. I'ortland. Or, Es(r4 at Ibt palirrir I'ortlmiil. (r.. t"T tnm.atl.al tlirmifb U walli aocoud-tlaaa tn.ltrr. 9'KLSrilU.Ses MAIN 7I7J. HOME. A ". All drfartnirnta rancfcail bf tbe rumtra. Tall tlx perat lb 4-r'"i!M,tit "-"lit. rOIEICN AIVEHTISIN KKI'U I'SEM ATI VK VrwliiMl RanJ.iitiln Rprrliil Artar!llnf Again-, Rrnnawlik Ilnllitliur. HMh riiii. New Vri; Trllmiw ltn!!i!lh (blear" Cnharrtpibin Tirina If mall In Mir adilrvaa I Uw t'aitrd Siaii-v I m.u.la of Aliklro. PAII.T. One faar i una oiunlb... HI'M'A V - aeT. . . . . Ii' f On- mnnth... t'AILV AM' Kt.'MUY. at Jiir 7 .Vj i out- DKinth... I ..V) I .Si ever small or simple, it symboliies. A practical, homely objection to no much and such Indiscriminate giving Is that many people cannot afford it; they spend money In thl way that they need to upend other wise, merely to be In the fashion, or to forestall criticism or obvlats sneers or scorn. No such object should prompt or Impel Chrlstmai giving, and In making gifts each one should do so according to his means and circumstances, spending there for only what he can reasonably af- posed new rate a reasonable one? Thero .are others besides the rail roads and (be big mills to be con sidered. The amall mills are to be considered, and besides them, the consumers. We hnvo no doubt that .ho In man or all ho surveys or appropriates down there. We fear that Mr Hume's opinion of the court would not do to print. tVIIAT DOKN HKN'KV TO IK)? ntorosK THE TEOPLK of Oregon are deeply dissatisfied with the procrastination and Inaction of the government in the land fraud case during the past year and Mr. Heney's recent visit to Port land has done little to lessen this dissatisfaction. True, he has caused 'till the pending cases to be placed on the trial calendar, and has de clared bis intention to be here again to "proceed with the trials when the cases are called. But the very fact that all the cases, nearly a score In number, have been set for the tame day, January 13, plainly in dicates that all but one of them are to be postponed o some date in the future, and in the light of past ex perience it It safe to assume that this means more dreary and indefinite de , lays. It is said that in coming to Portland and setting the cases for trial, Henejr was acting under im peratlve orders from the department of JuBtlce, which served him with summary notice that further delay would not be tolerated. Assuming that this story is true, Hcney has ostensibly complied with his in- ' etrucUons, but in reality the ma ' Jority of the cases are as far from trial aa ever. There are some sixty defendants In -these casos. They have been awaiting trial for periods ranging frbm two to three years. In the eyes of, the law every one of them is Innocent- until proven guilty. It was the duty of the government to give every one of them trial. - This has not, been done and more than a year has elapsed since the last land fraud trial in Oregon. One excuso after another has been ford to spend, and with unalioye sincerll y. Rut realizing nd recognizing th fact t hut honx people overdo Christ mas giving, and that many have wrong conception of the custom, w s -to I think it Is vet a good custom, that It would be unwise to abolish. If thl were possible, as It Is not. It cer tnlnly helps greatly to make Christ mas a really Joyful, "merry" day one of good cheer, friendliness, fra ternlty and love, and this overbal ances all the evil. What a gloomy day by comparison It would be for the children If thero were no Christmas giving! We fear that a large proportion of those Chicago club women are childless, or neg lect their children. What on earth Is worth more, or should be, than the Innocent and perfect happiness of tho children, of whom It was said "Of such la the kingdom of heaven"? And adults are in a measure chil dren yet. It is good for them to be come for a little while as nearly as possible llko little children, whose JoyB,are pure, In whom there Is" no guile. Let the gifts go around, then, as they will In spite of club women or editors, and as they go let them be made precious with tho accompani ment of true friendship, in remem brance of the birthday of Him who gave not things bought with money, but Himself. Thero will soon be literally 'money to bum," or what is to somo Poulsen mill has cleared 11,000,000 e5ttent uk,n tne P'c ' money In five rears norhsnn Mr PniiUun cer'g- house certificates. In a llt- mlght havo nut the Azure even 1,0 whlIe tneX will all go into tho higher; but that does not show that! rurnace- the railroads ought to receive more A VOYAGE OF PEACE. r T IS a voyage of peace. Hurrah! When a fleet of battleships start out to fight, slay, destroy, to carry terror and death and destruction to fellowmen, people cheer tumultously, shouting vocif erously, "Hurrah!" And if tho fleet Is victorious over the enemy, sinks his ships, kills thousands, de stroys millions of dollars' worth of an earlyTproperty, and makes a multitude of widows, orphans and cripples, th peoplo of its nation enthusiastically and excitedly shout "Hurrah! Hur than a reasonable rate. It rather shows that consumers should have lcn able to obtain lumber cheaper. A net profit of $.10,000 a year, a quarter of a million in five years, would seem to be fair for even a big mill; but however that may bo, it is a private concern whose prices tho government cannot regulate. But the railroads' rates the government can regulate, and reduce If unrea sonable. The people who uso lum ber must be thought of as well as the mills and the railroads. Uesldes, the Inman-Poulsen mill is not an average case. It and a few other very large mills might pros per in spite of the proposed new rate, while others could not. To decide whether the rate was Injurious would require the testimony of different The New York Sua sya President Roosevelt is insane. And of course he Is also unsafe. Whom would the Sun consider sane and safe? Ald- rlch, perhaps. The new senator from Alabama, Bankhead, ought to know something about banking . and currency If there's anything In a name. Like a Hoy Again. O. I am (-rowing anxious. Just as anx ious as a kid. To see the Christmas presents that I know are snugly hid In closet or In bureau anywhere my eyes won t sea Until thry hang In splendor on th lighted Christmas tree. I know my children bought them fo inry siyiy nod and smile, And mamma who's Iheir partner wears an air of utter guile. I know I should know better at my age nut uee wills: when THE FABLE OF THE SENTIMENTAL WILDCAT classes of mlllmen. in various local- The toy'siVln Btr,K'" m 1 itles, and we think that the testi mony of most of thorn will show that 1 kno "aid1? b proper " my a"e lf mis rate is very injurious, and some cases ruinous. In I To court a quiet manner and be grave and dlgniried; That 'twould be more In keeping with my ace and hair of crsy If I would look Important and put chlld- sn tnmgs away. But what's Ibe use of talking? When the klda begin to eneak Around upon their tlptoen. and thry scarcely dare to sneak Above a giggling whisper something strikes me birr' and then I know It's nigh to Christina and I'm Just a boy again. At clone of day I hasten toward the llghta that shine for me; I want to hear the music when my chil dren lnugh with glee; I want to see them scatter as they haute to hide their things Evidently there will be a big slump in immigration during the present fiscal year. During the year ending June 30 last, 1,298,513 Im migrants arrived In this countrv, about a quarter of a million more A L. i I I iuhu arrived any preceding year. But since the "panic" came on manv thousands have returned to their na tive countries, and many other thousands will follow their example this winter. When this happens That rm not supposed to look at till there is also a lull In tho immlera- tlon movement westward. There was work enough for all who came I up till recently, but now It Is as well that Borne should return and few come over for awhile. And this country could get along quite well if not so many were allowed to como when times improve. If Im migrants adapted to rural rather old Santa kindly brlnsa. I want to be a sharer In the old-time Christmas Joys That have made the old world brighter to uncounted girli and boys. And that's why I can't be stately or auatore. like many men. For I get chock full of Christmas and become a boy again. W. W. Maupln, in the Commoner. By James J. Montague. A Sentimental Wildcat who for Long had lived Alone Discovered he was Pining for a Ilearthside of His Own; , lie therefore made a Canvass of the Girls around the Town, Who 'with much Unanimity and Firm- ' nets turned him Down. But, nothing Daunted, he observed, "A woman's 'No!' means 'Yes!' And though Rebuffed, I still hold Hope of Ultimate Success." Again he asked each Maid in turn to be his Loving Wife, And this time none said "No!" but each replied, "Not on your Life!" "I don't think that means 'Yes!' he thought, and wildly paced the floor r nil nc was vastly vuucr man nc u ever been Before. And Grizzlies are but Pettish Brutes, -. and.Tittrrs Meek and Mild Stacked up beside a Wildcat when he's really Good and Wild! In' this Distressful State of Mind - there chanced to Meet his View A Booklet of a College where they Teach You how to Woo (And where, when you have Learned that Art, they put you through a Course That fits you for the Higher Art of getting a Divorce;. When he was Handed his Degree he straightway Undertook To round up the Reluctant Maids and 'Woo them by the Book, It being his Malign Design, when their Consent he'd Got. By way of Getting Hunk on them, forthwith to Jilt the Lot. But. strange to Say, by College Ways they failed to be Bejruiled. And when he Worked the Books on them 'twas their Turn to be Wild! In Vain the Lure of Learned Love with high-trained Skill he set The more he Tried the Latest Wiles, the Wilder did they get! Which shows that Modern Colleges, to Give them all their Due, ' Can sometimes Teach the way to Court, but not the Way to Woo, And that the only kind of Books which influence the Sex , In Matrimonial Affairs are Books containing Cheques. 1 Small Clianga Nothtna? that hir.ua it.. 1 IJ I Santa, Claus" popularity. f ritDTnX.r r,,Ilv P" th 1109.000, on t It be a Joka on iienvsr? NOW for annthar rnt.nA ..t. ".. .. heavyweights, Harrlman and Fish. " . P n f ' on Tft boom Siou City Journal. Lenj us a telescope. Now that ha haa hull tho nnrih knb road, Mr. HIU can say what he pleases. New York haa a. mttmmv i AAA old. but it mustn't ba looked at on Sunday. Mr. CortfllvOII la III narhan. J thinking over that horrible currency rs- tici uuau.i'an. a a Chicago has a liidv nam A.1 Viba Ian his name may apply only to the pro ceedinga in court. Russia can't ba such a terrlhla rnun. try when auch a tnmntlno- tara-nt aa Taft gets Uirough It alive. Mr. Harrlman Has heen nnnrlM 111 again. And no Investigation needing him as a wltnesa going on, either. No newborn habv la fnnnil "bounclnr" ' by ftronnlna- him n- .- floor to see if he will bounce. a a Boston's debt amount tn 11 If m capita. At that ratio l'ortland would nave a debt of about 134,000,000. I'eoplo are af varlou going to heaven, but it opinions about tro unanlmoua not wanting to, go now, or soon. Letters From tke People of this proposed expendi- Rack in New York rllv mit tumnla don't know the difference botween Port land and Laramie or between Oreann and Uuam. a A president who would nrnmlaa tn write annual memniroa of not over 6.000 woras eacn migni gel a lot or votes on that account. a a With Mr. Tsft'a homecomlnr Borrow the nation aympathlxea. Kvcn to a big man of 60 the death of a mother la a heavy bereavement. a a Apparently some of the councilman can't do anything whatever officially without trying thereby somehow to an tagonise the mayor. a a Portland won't get a national politi cal convention soon, but It Is to have a National Peace convention next year. which is pretty good. rah!" They aro exultant, joyous given for-the delay and as a list f overflowing with patriotic fervor desperate expedient for escaping the I Just below the skin we are savages responsibility, for this Inaction the administration is now striving to tnake a scapegoat of District Attor ney Bristol, whowseems likely to bo deprived of his office as a sort of vicarious sacrifice to the shortcom ' ings of others. The Journal has pointed out more than once the folly of expecting . Bristol to proceed with the land , fraud trials until he Is put in pos session of the evidence gathered by Heney and Burns and without which convictions would be. impossible That evidence has never been turned over to him, and in demanding that v he proceed without It the depart ment of justice seems to be far more deeply interested In placing him in an embarrassing and untenable po i sltlon than in prosecuting the re- i malnlng cases , More than a year ago Her.ey an nounced. Jn the most positive and emphatic terms that he would re turn to Oregon and conduct in per Bo the prosecution of every defend ant whom he had caused to be in ; dieted. It was a recognition of the obligation which rested upon him to complete the task which he had be gunJ ?He now proposes to try only one or at most two of. the cases. Whether he is justified in this change of program we shall not now . discuss, but that the responsibility for the delays rests largely at Heney's door seems indisputable, and Indeed he admitted aa much three months ago. If he frankly places all the facta before the "au thorities at Washington there should be no more talk of removing Bristol from office.. What will Heney do? yet. We do not condemn nor criticise this, but hurrah we for a great naval expedition of peace. No foe is sought. No ships are to be de stroyed. No peoplo are to be killed. No damage is to be done. As the Christmas time comes to these ves sels, their 15,000 officers and men can truly say: "Peace on earth, good will to men." Hurrah for Fighting Bob Evans, that he sails forth in his country's service on a great mission, but not to fight. Hurrah for them all, of ficers, men, ships and guns, that they move In peace, and that their movement makes for peace. Hurrah for the world's greatest naval expedition of peace! SAD BUT TRUK. A' GREAT CRISIS, as it were, has come upon the Republicans of Oregon. Arrayed In the im maculate robes of its Imagina tion, pointing with pride to its rec ord, real and fancied, as a loyal sup porter of Republicanism, and with Behind the Foraker Mask. From the Cleveland Leader. Senator Foraker will be a candidate than city life were more numerous 'r president nominally for several and could be located where thev months to eome. There's no doubt about would do tho most good, a heavy that rolnt- He n "one to far to re- eaeiiy at the polls, Immigration would not be so obtoc- luu iar lu UBO p""" loc the dollars ture. The money asked for could he put to Tactical Blunder br Lienor Dealers. r . ' .".TV-' XV "MV"i" ftY.u.r u .!-. r. it t th DuiairiM nf hnni irhi ro n.r.' I A N(w York electrical com nany 1 ttr nf Vha Journal It la rumored crly Poaklng. portlona of elsht streets. "H.bJfct t0 flnC !?00 1 mln.ut,a f?r Editor of The Journal It -is rumorea . . ,n, I whatever time it falls adequately to that the liquor interests of the country ck, to any of the atreeta off the bust-1 UPP'-V certain pow-r. Ttiat provision will ftht appropriations for public work nesa center and they are next to being ""u"1 "- il vignanu In such states' as have recently gone '"X..T:.'r .1" Jl" 7er""' ru or noics dry." We heartily hope they will. w)tn wheela nearly burled to the hub Nothing will please us more thun to see in a mudhole. Our city fathers are the "rum shepa" try some more of their PT ProUf' t0 "',ow "ur eastern visitors .. ,, , over the city, but they pick the thor- The saloon and nreweryroen fought they forget, or do noi know, that these local option. It was carried the more fame visitors go around the city after A Minnesota boy of 16 married a mine of it. but thrlr parents separated them; thnt was elKht yearn ago, and they havo Junt been married again. And yet some jxFHlml.Mts aay there la no auch thing aa lovers' constancy. tlonable. ' I i . . . , , I IUIU1 OULCIIUIA. Kill's VI nil l I l nil 'inlquitoua lmoBt impassable have to K by the tne thing, and wouldn't have It While Senator Newiands was ad- in tSad. when the time cornea to dicker M " ft! 1 rr Ilia nroLAnl nfflna U Kaa aa aA I J "" - - . . , . on the nTaak in ak'hut it" n. jWeta was to defeat and erlppls) the er-1""" J1?2 bound to advertise aomehow n .r, rectivenees or Oregon s ramo u. lunan, niiu IIDllllIlK Illlrc. I , , . - . For tha unlnr annatnr frnm Ohln la ,y".,"T' '". " purpose of board through lack of funds. Would it back tons famous local op- F"'"" in in iraurovemcni 01 the way, Oregon boast trtn within a radius of (say) A nkUaA w. I a. .JwA.II.U. a. a a. - 1 a M . . . , I J VIMV.USU V f KIC1 11 IO SUtll IISIIIB eat ilW the City fathers are through and COm- l fnr return nf hr varml. The liquor aasoclatlon. it Is said, P" notes. Scores of streets that are f0rm appendix. Bhe doesn't really need ilng, and wouldn t have It put but being an actrena she was mi one '. . . ,. . ..... . vocating appropriations of $50,000.- too able, too experienced, too n?' 0 VuVa In the when our "e ern Wend. . our c y -elf becauae oer parent, would not al- 000 a vpnr fnr Inland .,.,.. shrewd, to take himself seriously In hia iV." ',,", L . Vriiah na- dafent at they will be able to av "the cltv of low her to receive the attentions of a uuu a year Tor inland waterways, latest rol.. He know, thftt the only Thl, attempt met a fXL; Portland has good struts in all dfrec- younF man but n Indiana girl of 17 Senator Beverldge interrupted to ask Ohio Republican who has the slightest LI1,?. ??" .A m?r.Wnf W?he "ia'1 rule tlonar" sireeis in an airec faf n(.rseIf becauae her parents al- if he really meant It. and added. "I fESS ttrniriHt7rlnt by n attempt to deprive the "dry" I am sure that every realdent who lowed hr Jo "ru n with" a young man , ' 1 lam Howard Tart. Mr. Foraker Is not ...... rtf .nnmnri.iinn. fnr nuhllo worn haa a yard of ground to hla hnune will w-hen "tie waa 15. hope not." Why does Beverldge proclaiming a hopelea. candidacy, seven roamP rthP, ''generat fuSf suppUed have V" bJh?no that thre will not hope not? Since wo spend J 140,- VT, f hi. Sni hJll c.1" by the Internal revenue taxes. bf a dearth of rosea. And why not "V C.'JJ.'A- 000 000 a vpar fnr nnnlr,nc rl io, f,. ,S.P til.?". U?n- As we said before, we hope they will, plant rose trees all along our plaras. ao LrctfOXl DldellghtS nnnnAA J pensions, $250,- sHe him joy to Plunge Into a futils It wlll pr0bably result in showing the hat. as It has been proposed to change 6 000,000 a year on the army and 3-h"1.' mfi.t n3- h- -tekifi states as well as the "dry" one. the name of our city from Portland to . man u D,ckIn(r rlo. "1 I here must needs be some other goal ,,ri ,,hiio lndirfaranpa that wlll Rose Citv It will trulv be a rn rtv A Kugene man is still piCKing rips navy, are to spend perhaps $300,- in the background, sonje other purpose. feD;rS!-P--1 .n'S.rm?."" .hnni- I true! the wrk n. -r wii.T .y: raspberries. 000,000 on the Pan are "protected" a billion or so a year country not spend year on rivers and ama canal, and hJVJ.UAhJhtrna"lU".!Ly'.it,i?l to produce paupers, crlmlnala. drunk- lr consider this matter; the time Is not . n I .. , iivM . cut wiiLcatiiivli I hJii ,n s-n 1114 s-trt m hnmai rill I III r nitiAnr uritJan thai xtr 1 1 1 ,Bi. I VJ t the cost Of a of the face behind ia not complete. And " .""ai rJitlntiaHea and aavl'umsL submit to a cut in wairea . thnah 'our . why should the Tl JXZrXlZZ , V.T'f.'S at. the destitution of orphan, thla should not he until the price of 3nhn tr.n nnn nno . ,;,. lilZt. n, k. nl mocK tne aespair or neariDroaen uuuocnuiu commoaiuei ana rente ran to w,;.h $jO,000,000 a revenge, not of desire for personal hon- Lu... ,nrt B tni tha aake of a few a reasonable fla-ure. brated canalR? " not th? rac 01 a. ?.nt,,dttt naltrv thousand dollars which could WELL WISHER OP CITT. "Ul I1" opponent or a canaiuatoand id.iiv he collected bv an eauitable dls- A 1 1 1 rants Pass man realized $360 from pear trees. HildehrSnd of Cove hss his ninety-third birthday. cele- TWr rnrnW . Wie ma.K OI M tOT vw, .jw. uaa looutu a Bia.iv- aaer candidacy is the settled determina ment saying that he is not an active un to defeat Taft, lf possible, and candidate for the Republican noml- Roosevelt. 1 " aown nation for president. Mr. Cortelvou I And nl d"s'res and intends to give tnlra himself oltwK.r l?e npf President to me country. ,.. .v0v.tu.. Druuuo- me earnest opportunity the Kepunilcans iy. How enormously his head must or t,,ls stat win make that point en- lin owollnrt That Y.a .lij m . inn'iy iicar uy lllouHing a 1SU aeiPga- be swelled. That he should think tlon to the Republican national conven or himseir as a possible candidate tlon- s a grotesque joke. We doubt III Portelvnn if n nnmlnon pnnM otti. State west Of Vermont, except company consumes $220 worth of pins I Pennsylvania. every month, a communication has been ciu uui ui ui general managers ortice asklnir that the manv hrnnph nfflraa ror me wnoiesaie rrauas, or at I mrougnout tne country exercise as least inexcusable and snsnirlnn.. rntlyrrf.F.?010.1" Pln. 1 -w una liiriuemaiiv reniiftRtinir rrtAt -ui .i n opponent n a canaiuaio-nu 1..., he coiee,.d bv an eaui J" ceS-?.r- 7nJc" ..'""a cA"ai- trlbutlon of taxation. Who pays the local liquor license? Who pays the gov- 40-acre farm near Cove, Union county, will be divided into slx-acra tracts. a There are In Klamath Falls 60t chtl- Self-Apparent Fact. ernment revenue? The man that drinks, -. .i -io uie r.ouor and nine tenths of the drinklna men are 1 01 i n journal I see by dlspatcTies men of very moderate means. The from the meeting of the National Civic I dren ot school age, which is an Increase monevea men ni tne country, too vci y i .1 . . ones 'who should br the bulk of taxa- " xiorac, vnuc spose tlon. are men who drink very moderate- against Bryan s plan for the govern ly. or not at all. , ment to guarantee national bank 'de posits. The reason this noted finan cier (?) gives 1. that all the nations in the world could not afford to guarantee the $100,000 000,000 of deposits; that tlon. aasumlna that the liquor dealers' tho responsibility la too great and, be argument is true to-wlt: That the sides, that it would invite lax method, revenue from their traffic reduces taxa- of hnnklna- Mnr,x, wmi, )n...u. tlon falls on the consumer, who pays like all the rest nf the hlh' flnnnnUra 1622.71 for November, 106. an Increasa more ior nis ooosb uf i suvnn- ana tneir spokesmen, favors greater or ju.-, or 11 per eeui ment and local tax on liquor is injured powers being granted the banks, e.pe- in a thousand ways througn the use or dally In the handling of their currency. Half a million dollars for cheese it. flnd flnallV PaVS more taX On the I In nlhnr wnrill ha ! nn ifnM nf hv rill K. .nn.4n,k. nan,- th, mmnunt nf iv remiHHLinar rnai nnn, 1 . . . 1 1 ----- . , ..v aw " w 1 n 'u r.,i,v rw mi w ... .... . takes, nernetrated nndpr tha Hwr of them be annronrlatpd tn a n.rannoi B.m0J1. amount or property ne owns man methods so long as the banks are fa- money Tlllumook county will receive -w... 1 ... r - nalin llnrad .A..tl.l-. ill A 4,1 a. . . n 1 V i - 11 . I . jua. tan buuii um i-uuioiiiiiiK 1 inia year irum inut jiruuuuv. PUI UUC9 1 J I nniuuu jiv-vuuv v - j aw Pin Money. Over one half of all Portland property is owned by moneyed men who do not drink at all. All thla talk about license and rev enue f rorri saloons and breweries is merely a "blind." The burden of taxa- over last year of 56. a a It is rumored, says the Tribune, thst a big enterprise is going to come to Canby in the next few weeks. a Mr. and Mrs. Philip Swank of Toll man, Linn county, have celebrated tha sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. a a Bedford's nostoffice receipts for No vember, 1907, were $913.13 as against ,-!.-.,..!, f 1 ,n . , I use. auuiiuiououuu m lue hcIIB Ul UUSin- In rnnnortlnn with tv, lf l I Ifl nnmiAll fn.. tha nfAtanHnn et tHa formation about state lands, the SU- there was also information given that Tu.' we a?e formed, over fhPie"L, 211,nf. 2S2L W""J !Ha.l? tne consumDtion or seannir wit iiui . mti 11 : 1 v- ""f" suinuunui a Two fine new school houses have been built on the South' Santlam above Poster this year. Thev cost about $6X0 each, but no school Is held yet in either. a a Bears are rather nlentlful and tame along the Snntlam In the Foster neigh borhood. They have been raiding tho orchards up there and several have been killed. preme court has held the ex-gov- . , " . z . 1 anil aaioona. Ann tLiiii uui ui-.-iiri: o 1 nnr namima nnAn, k 1 . ... . .1" o ,riirri,.r ii.i Tin -i wu mnra t i i u n r u . . i i . . . . i ... w . v rnjuuoi u.. , , incantations ana solemn voice tho rnnr nnt ldllr rennndu. h a h . ' I.' ' "Oout JMO. This gtves us a.iotai 01, And. Mr. Editor. It seems that rlirht -awa avw a-nu.a a vuuuimiuit, M U v U XJ I 1 v '"""J niuuiico wric BiBU I a U A AAA Dnet nn.1 -Vioss 17U nn ln. la m . .. . . : ". .2 rwo iT $36O.0OO. Pprtlapd i has 129 police- here lies the fundamental difference be- fi 1 . V men Wltn a salary i, nuy aiuw v nice in a too m0nth, an expense of $12,900 per monl v, ,,,. an outlay of $154,800. Making alio nope uaeii nas me money yet. Odell company aihut up tn one fourth pound Bnce" lor eernLti2sVha' r-.i f P'e- 80 " able to stand bank failures, may think it is a case of letting out boxes by lV??o&wi Hnkennew wewm sa a total of , ?tbr cll th,"K ?alr ,of th." "the man higher up." Pau. Mne.ota Th p.nsParS tegSSST. 7 nl.hy VftFAT hW thetF ntere"ta Trtll TMitfll. A0SnlAtrirn X t ,,1 f U I I Ad lit lnnn1 nW.. a U ,u"' doocciaLca asm uiTe- f floH that the State land ntront ""i'1"- l" ftr tn "ho nnlv a Mnrfla.ha,, tnl,... ..7 '. . --' necessaries 01 a railroad OKI j uaeU( 18 responsiDie. tne plaintiffs freehanded manner. tne party iu vreeun. The doll rags-have teen gathered up, and there is positively to be no more play in the back yard. The party haa been kicked into the street and set adrift in the cold and cruel worm, . wunoui iatner or bought by the pound, and it Is estimated is from 60 to 76 cents a that the cost W. H. Odell of Deschutes Ridge raised The supreme court has hit the sa loon men who have persisted in vio pour cents. At these figures the company CHRISTMAS GIVING. BUYING CHRISTMAS presents is the annual "order of the day." Is this custopi overdone? is a question often discussed, more . this, year than ever. The subject , was brought particularly into no , tice by the action ot the Chicago Woman's dab, which declared - against and is seeking to check the s practice of a general purchase ex ' change and distribution ot gifts on Christmas. It is safe to assume that . this "action did not meet with unani " mo u favor among the club women oof Chicago, but it seems to b'e,ap- provea vy me majority oi them. J w nne noi ueuevtng tnai iuch . will be accomplished in the way of , checking Christmas gift purchases, , we would 'not be Inclined to dispute th proposition thatthe custom has ' been overdone, so . that, as to some . people, 4t has become almost a vlca - It Is so when . people . give beyond , their means merely to be In fashion. or with a view of thus bribing good will or soliciting; -valuable gifts or , favors la return. . The true, perma- uent, delightful value of a Christmas gift.- rightly viewed.' Ilea, not, in its Intrinsic money worth so mnch as in the spirit ot love or true friendship Mca trompta It and .which, how' police record snows tnat rrom, dou to r. f n-H -vrti tnii OhonU rn i I ovv iiiBii "cou ai jnc.r that onlv onA-fnnrrh nf nrtA nar two ptuaives un wcikihiik live puunuo pound. Should the plns cost 60 cents a Bn inrflrlv conduct oer month. "'! " f?uJ.in 9 n,i th nthtr nvr fnnr na, one of the boxes a worth 12H : u;V hnnrl. nf nrimM r V1? JU" " proporuon 10 ueposiin 1"" r.""- - rr'ruVi .j. . v, ai ii. - I "O ia,vD ww M.m... w w ...... . ,.ua off 1 rTAfx in V TArMitr1 , tT ntrAP A II I uuuiiuii, n iu LI a. a IViai iuu wc- 'rL"?0" -deciding that a "social club" wheVeH VXu are not included SSS. fa -Wj EJL rT.o It is safe to say that Portland's sa- a currency red&mab Mayor Reddy can legally hold loons cost the city yearly close to $1.- f.1'," tm?," Juf 'SJVi? 55 office only till tho first of the year, or Aftft rtArt A a. ... M A I H KofrtfO ills- trtta I I v....,v.v IIIUIIJ UlllOq ,4UO 1 - . . ... vuu.uuv. . ."riSXZT the Standard ourrpnv. A rvArMAl nf lr iwo yearn vtsi, Ifltlni? thA laws two mnrn hnrH olona USi'.M. "".rVnus OI Pms montn, w om, maKine iybo ooxes. It Can K0 Straight to the devil as n ji j i , . , the pins that are saved and used tim fnr aa anvhodv An the Tail TnPr la ., . , , . ' arter time, in other words, 1,60 boxes rar as anynoay m tne xan tovver 8 that an ordinance prohibiting women ' the amount of pins wasted by the nnnoornprf nnd nn Ravine- hand will . . 7" '" " --v-- , uuu.uww. A. we ,"5'"' c ".u;1' the standard currency. """"" o in sninnnq ir rnnar fnt nnoi Tf I " " ' w- i wma is Dernans ikhs man aiuu.uuu. i n ; h. atreSte.hMf out to res"tie It from . .. " count or tnu tnat the communication Mow whera is the reduced taxation re- i'". Vl "I"?"1 ""?'? would seem mat alter awni fl fhft on- was sent out or the centra mni.'. .u inn ".uo hub ih in me interest or ine j nen destruction. Henceforth, if the ,non men wonId n(1 nhov r office. ssioons? : . E!0.. and J. llker. There is declare party asks for bread it will be given hQ, . " -Portland's 'taxable property for 1907 a stone, and if for the "glad hand." - , Miclielaon 03th Birthday ' I I . 1 1 . 11 lit I ! 4U HI... It . ... X-IUIBBBIT AlWTl ii win ue gncu us tvj cj-c. n The Tacoma authorities have or- recently was .Tack Matthews asks for a niece of .t tv. v.nin i .u for phyi " UCIOU IIIC VUlUtUh Ul a JUL JL Ultl I -f 1 .a . (, r fi , , nlo ha will ho tilf In tha u-.-j. ... "m-r,""v' looi- ou.1 coming uujwuw.,, .v., ... i uiaease-uitjeuinK buaens. tyvery cuv eariy 10 America was reared in San eye witn a unowDau, ana u ror ought to have and exercise this au- x,' V There are plenty of people whf openly is valued at over $200,000,000. A tax . A a tita x tha a4i-11nv wsiilH sunnltt tu A. Mlchelson. who A """n.""lyXi,Lit hV.i awarded the Nobel nrlae .w,ln J"V"' r"A'"' ","'T. 'W l1 t M for physics, was born in Strelno. OeF- S 'X "Srfi h Z wealthv few, many of -woom would be more than wHlins; to pay their share, he saloon was aDoosnea 15? VnlM rovlded" ' wherewithal to sell the campaign thorlty. for such old decayed build- he was made instrr in phv8icflndLTh!?ht,: fund, not one clearing house cer- hnea are clearlv In fact if not in law ?nemlstrX ln 1876' ,remalnln? four year- .. - -. . I Io" yLva iij, iu ii tic ill law, i jjurlnir the several Yearn that fnllnurail tiflcate will be nanaea over, it s I public nuisances. Portland has not he studied in the scientific schools of sad, but aias, too true. THE LUMBER RATE CASE. Bn manv nf thpm ns it had a W V.ernlllny . a"a "ance- eiurning to the j . i ;,,,,-(, Kiaics. ne accented the chn r nt years ago, out iney are entirely too I pnysies at tne t:se acientinc school In niimorniia vat Cleveland. In 1889 he became an in- At. 14 Ua V U V J -v . howl about cuttlnK off appro priations won't work. Let the saloon Interests try It. . JOHN L. SCHUYLEMAN. Taxes, Parks and Good Streets. Portland,, Or... Dep. 17. To the Editor of The Journal Will you kindly give that local option Is more tnan no neea to iook rurtner for the reason, likely to carry m union county in nor to answer the argument bv the June, and It seems auite probable that production or any other ract. - it ex-1 It may, says tne KepuDiican. piains useir. UNEl OF THE FKOPL.E. Salem, savs tho Statesman, is doinir naa.. aI1 In ViatMnsr tha larva farmt HI ' No Norwegians Invited. vlded up into'small fruit and garden Portland. Or.. Dec. 18. To the Editor tracts. But the worK will not De com- Of The JournalIn this mnrrtlna-s Ore. P e.t(La unlu lne lal'" l" u, I structor In Clark university, where. hLo ii , voluahla nnner for a few remained till 1892. Since then he has space y valuable paper ror a rew R. JOHAN POULSEN of the In- Tn 1S86 the Oreeonian surtnorted b.een professor of physics .and head of remarks from a subscriber on the con- man-Prtffliion T.nmhor immnDmr ii. n ' a,a . . ePa"me"' . l"e.H?Jv?r . dltlon of our streets and tne wasteful . "1"i' tne iieiuocraLu; raimiuaie lur siaie i t;nicago. in is ne receivea tne Kum- ,,M f funVla raised hv honrta testified in the lumber rate h-roasnrer fieoree W Webb who wan forA medal of the Ryal Institute of expenditure of tunas raised ty bonds MM v , " . u , , treasurer, ueorge vv. vveDD, wno was Great Britati., and this year was award- and taxation of the working class? x.v., Uv,u6 ucoiu uj mo in-1 eiectea, ior ine reason tnai ine ite- ed tne copiey meaai- or tne Koyal so-1 'irsir, i wn w wucn uuuy on me at nnhllrgn candidate Mr Mnretnn clcty. mis recognition Dy tne scientific oona quwuun a,uuv,vuv -at publican canaiaaie, Mr. Marston, worId due chiefly to his discoveries When will the taxpayers tCTBtate commerce commission at nnhllran candidate. Mr. Mnrtnn cicty. His recognition by the scientific bond tl"6"?" hA0J?.Aj ?I.Er.'j XMeV,io-(-., , . '-- "t world is oue cnieriy to nis discoveries vv nen win me mAvaycrn uuuersianu .!Xfi"'fl&yn. tnat hf3 company had had when a member of the legislarl and researches into the velocity of light, that the expenditure of $1,000,000 for made a net profit of $1,000,000 In Ave years, that its lumber shipments uy ran eastward were only about 10 per cent of its output, and that there fore the increase from 40 to 50 cents per 100 pounds is not materially In jurious to that establishment. . This evidence is good as far as It goes, but It does not go very far, for two reason's: First, most of the mills have not and cannot make such larce profits aa this great, establishment does? and second, the main question at lsue 1 not how- much the mills have been making, hut la the pro- ture voted for Mitchell for senator Yet that paper, rails at Republicans for ever voting for a Democrat. " ' r Ashland, once dry for awhile and then wet for a period, and so hav ing experience of both policies, has gone '"dry" again, this time by a large majority. Thus doth the pro hibition Wave keep rolling on. ; So It haa been finally decided that Mr. R. D. Hume, theihitherto "king of the Rogue" and ot the southwest Oregon coast.j lanot quite monarch This Date in History. 1154 Henry II crownej king of Eng land. 1662 Huguenots defeated at Dreux. 186 Sir Edmund "Ahdros, first royal governor of New England, arrived in Boston. 1793 City of Toulon retaken by Na noleon from the British. 1849 Henry C. Frlck, American financier oorn. 1S51 J. M. VV. Turner, eminent Eng lish landscape painter, died In obscure lodgings in London under an assumed name. ' '1 1861 The Confederates' defeated at Milford, Missouri. ' - 864 President" Lincoln called ' for 300,000 volunteers, I v ' . -.-. . . 1891 Maddlson Morton, authpr. of many farces, died In London Dt Mount Tabor into a park (?) Is a great scheme urged forward by real estate dealers, thereby enhancing tne value of land held by them for building lots. In addition-to the purchase there would be the cost of maintenance Of sam. anme thousands per annum, all to be paid for by increased taxation. ' Now, a movement is on - foot to- induce our council to purchase 20 acres -of land, a portion of the Lewls and Clark - fair gounos at - me mixiesi .rate 01 all, uuu per aore. What next?.This ia a propo sition of the "Rose Carnival society.". Tha writer Is passionately fond of roses, but-not at such, a cost. And this al-io'to be paid for by taxation. If the "Rose Carnival society desires a "rose garden,"' let them (Contribute a fund for the purchase of a if aw acres aiM let Its members hold shares in same. It seems , to me some-one wants a goodly share of gonian there appears the erroneous statement that the memorial services In honor of King Oscar of Sweden are ar ranged, by the various Swedish and Nor wegian societies and chruches of this city". - It is not so! No Norwegian or ganlzatipn of any kind has been asked to partake in either arrangement or participation of this memorial, as the loyal ' Swedish Americans have seen fit to not at least, insult the memory of the deceased king by allowing any Nor wegians to directly partake in the me morial. EDWARD J. GRAHS; Sec. Swedish-American Nat. League. Profit Is 200 Per Cent. Portland, Or., Dec. 18. To the Editor of The Journal Please answer a ques tion through your paper: . A man in vests $1 "and . afterwards sells for $3: what is his percentage of profit on tho Investment? r say he has made a profit of 200 per cent on his original in vestment, but I am disputed, and they say you cannot make iuu per cent on any investment 'unless .you ' get some thing for nothing. My answer is 200 per cent actual profit on the investment. Their answer Is 66 J-S per cent profit. I agree that my profit' is only 66 4-3 of my selling prtcer but my actual1 profit is 200 per cent, or two times my original cost. , Answer and oblige. . . . II. SAPPINGTON. : lYou, sr correct. -A profit of 5 cent on an Investment Of $1 wuid ba a t per cent profit A' profit of $2 la a. 200 jer cent profit?, . c . vlded up. a . Lalceview Examiner: The tules over nt Tniu inke nre on fire, and Tuesday evening the clouds hung in the horizon In such a way that the light from the burning tules reflected In the sky, and the "fire was plainly visible in Lake-' view, 100 miles away, and over a moun- tain- ... r ? Seghers correspondence f Forest Grove Times: Puck hunters are mdra numerous than ducks In these -parts., Every lake that has water enough tof float a duck is rented, and some of the Dllley sports -yer seen with shovel apd gun. We suppose they were go,ing to . dig them a lake of their own. . ' - The Canbv Tribune prints a strong. sensible lecture to the people of that town on the subject of Improving their opportunities, and -warns them that, '"Canby must either have an awakening, or new blood must be Imported lf the town ever expects to amount to any- thing. There Is no other alternative. : "Fossil Journal: Great flocks of, geese flying over town In a southwest erly direction, en route to the Willam ette valley, remind us that winter is . not far off. That the geese have put off their flight to their winter quarters: till well along In December la an omen of a short winter. Last year ere this time' the feeding of stock had been in, progress several weeks,'' while this year; there1 has" been -.no feeding 'ret,- witai stock as ft rule fat and aassy, ,