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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.
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VrwliiMl RanJ.iitiln Rprrliil Artar!llnf Again-,
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I Uw t'aitrd Siaii-v I m.u.la of Aliklro.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Apparently some of the councilman
can't do anything whatever officially
without trying thereby somehow to an
tagonise the mayor.
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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.
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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.
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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, ,