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state baa no militia, but it has a full- bier, paying no attention to what he
fledged state government, which is does, and asking no ' questions, it
bound to protect life and property only accounted for by dividends to
within its borders. If it cannot do produce which thepnbl!c must be
this it should return to a territorial plundered. '
condition, in which the federal rov-I According to this story, Mr. Ilar
ernment would be the power to act ilroan not only lost or recklessly and
In such a case. foolishly Invested $60,000,000 that
he made year before last but last
TIIK GOVERNOR'S DUTV, lyear had to borrow $25,000,000 be
sides to make good. The stockhold
I
T IS perhaps superfluous for The era are kept quiet and contented by
Journal to offer advice to Gov
ernor Chamberlain with refer
ence to the Steel bond. He has
shown abundant capacity to take
care of the state's interests in that
matter. But for his forethought in
the payment of large dividends, and
as to the rest of the people, about
999 out of every 1.000. who have
to pay in freight and passenger
charges why, they be d . They
have nothing to say, and if through
declared that it should be the gov
erning bodyof the city and county.
whom all Republicans should obey,
The theory la beautiful, but,. the
trouble la that a large proportion of
Republican voter won't obey worth
a cent.
Probably the MethodJaUgilnlsteri
desired the absence of reporters
while they discussed the text, "Lot
brotherly love continue"; or "Be
hold, how good and pleasant It ia for
brethren to dwell together in unity,"
or some other similar scriptural
monition.
-C5
TUTiatovAt fcatfi TAfi vrlf.
m ten shall remain,
Kor be erased, nor written
o'er again;
' The unwritten only still be-
longs to tk,
.. Take heed and ponder well
what that shall be.
" Longfellow.
Probably the most curious sur
exacting a larger bond shortly be- their congress and legislatures they nrl8lnK verdict ever rendered was
iure mo suspension or me Title attempt anr reiminton nf thio hn. in" me omer aay Dy a jury corn-
Guarantee & Trust large sums of iness, which is in realltv theirs Har- P08e entirely of women, who de-
state, school and other funds would riman talks of persecution and Joins elded that a gown purchased by the
uru ueea iosi. even in me race or m w th other nni1Mv ramhw tn aerenaani waa a gooa nt. liui mey
this known fact, the governor has bring on a panic to frighten them, h" nave a11 had a grudge against
ueen cnucisea Dy some or wr. steel s All this nranr rurinn ennrti. ner.
friends for conditions imposed with tion of affairs cnrlmm aiir th
reference to the new bond. It is a neonle will so lone and .n nHntiv Tn mikado sends a message de-
strange position for them to take, in submit to this sort of mananmnt claring that he Is for peace. He
view of wfaat has actually happened of public service corporations, espe- came to tnat 'rarae of mind none the
anfl in view of what might yet hap- daily railroads. There
are synip-
less because of the voyage, of the
IS'OT A BAD VEAR,
pen were the state's interests not toms of a reformatory Aane-fv hut American battleships.
fully safeguarded. With a less how soon it will be brought about '"'
courageous executive the effect of 0r to what extent nobody can say "eP" to be awakened at mld
the criticism might be to cause i No other Deonle on earth, under v nlht' yo "hould go to sleep bo-
rclaxatlon of that firmness essential form of covemmpw prrnt nni. fore that hour- The new year must
in the matter of this ,'bond. fhitr th nn..i.n. th rt,i'a De welcomed noisily.
D6 DO. more laxity in I would anhmlt in it nch a nilum I '
The year is about gone; let it go;
a better one, hope and believe, is at
hand.
Wmuim iim nistorr or 1907 mere snouia oe no. more laxity m woUid submit to any such a system,
shall have been, fully writ- state matters than in private hpl- or lack of Bystem, of corporate man
ten, when iU record has cess. It should not be expected, and agement. It has long been acknowl-
r Deen entirely maae up as nj iao peopie aj iarge it is not ex-1 edged that Barnum told only the
inaeea nas oeen pretty mucn aone pecieu mai any oona snouia De ac- literal truth when be said the Am
already, except as to minor details, J cepted for the slate, that would not erican people liked to be humbugged,
in me columns or ine journal rrpm oe accepiea as Dansiaoie security, but It seems, from the way they al
day. to day it will be found to have Instead of being less exacting, pub- how such men as Harriman to nor.
been a rather good, prosperous and He officials should be more exacting form, that they also enjoy being
eaiisiaciory year lor me country ana u transacting anairs or me state I robbed.'
Xor Oregon. Only "rather," and not than is usual in private affairs,
wholly satftfactoryV a to Oregon, for Even' had he :the inclination, Gov-
reasons ,jtoo. obrious to need men- ernor Chamberlain has no right to
tionlng the principal ones, being be lax in guarding the interests of
lack of railroad construction and the state in the matter of public
the "panic"; yet we must always ex- moneys. It is, over-laxity of other
pect some little setbacks . and disap- officials that Is at tbei bottom pf the
THE NEW YEAR ;
, . ... .. . ,r -, t a .
MORTAL: ;.v... 'J-, '-
"The night is cold, the hour Is late, the world is bleak:
and drear; - l- . ' '
is it knockine at mv door?:
THE NEW YjCAR: : ' : '. . "A . "
MOKTAL:
ur voice is strange; I know ou not; in shadows
. dark I grope. . , ' r's
"What seek you here?"
THE NEW YEAR: " V '
"Friend, let me in; my name is Hope,"
MORTAL:
"And mine is Failure; you but mock the life, you
seek to bless.
"Pass on.". T
THE NEW YEAR:
"Nay, open wide the door; I am Success." '
MORTAL: ,
"But I am ill and spent with pain; too late has come
' your wealth.
"I cannot use it"
THE NEW YEAR:
"Listen, friend; I am Good Health."
MORTAL: "Now, wide I fling my door. Come in, and your
fair statements prove."
THE NEW YEAR:
"But you must open, too, your heart, for I am Love."
Letters From the People
Uselcssness of Political Clubs.
Portland, Dee. 49. To th Editor of
The Journal An observant rltlsen ma'
readily discern the recently aroused ac-
Some Current Slang
THE ENt)rXO OP A YEAR.
T
Br Caroline Frescott
Are you one of the sort of people,
dear reader, who vearn for knowledge?
imiy or me picayune jolltlclans at this Have vou ever felt that It would be of
present Juncture to promote the wrganl- value to you If you should learn a lsn-
HE POINT of time when one
cation of partisan , clubs for use duf-
IflK the aruroachlil camnnlra for na-
year'ends and another begins tionai, state and county officers, it is
unuBuni inierri
In such matters
ment an effort tn
flf!curea portion of the eapected graft
inoi io do wneeaiea or stolen from an
lunocont and unsurpectlng community.
PoMsiblv It .would ba th wise Dart of
our citizens td look askance at all such
tlonal. state and. county
needless to stat the ur
three harleQUiosAtnk In
as for self aRftraittlxemer
is one of much interest and con
slderable importance. The bus-
polntments, and on the whole Ore- present troubles. For what has hap-jiness of a certain natural period of
gon can rejoice good deal while pened ana for, many other reasons, time Is then wotfbd up, or note taken
complaining but- little, especially as I it Is important that somebody at the I of its condition-.' and that of another
it faces very bright 'prospects for the I state house should stand as a pro-lperiod begins. Many people at this -effort on the part of the ever alert
lime seirisn partisan, in the opinion
of the writer the usefulness of political
clubs has panned away never to return,
the people have become too wise to tol
erate them much longer. These organl-
s.iuuus are 01 no special Denem to edu
cate any one. At their meetings thev
spout torrents of meanlnrlpns nlntltnrt.d
aimosi loiany ignorant or the subjects
they undert&ke to explain. One good
issue oi a sterling, wen conducted
newspaper presents more Information,
finer logic, than mav be heard In all the
meetings or an tne clubs durlnor an lm-
portant campaign In Portland. Years
lang syne, when the partisans of both
parlies met In Joint debate and able
spoaaers tooa opposite sides and under
lie year; to begin tomorrow. teat against high finance, nqt as an change of date give a little especial
Beginning with the soli; the basis example of It. .; Therefore, Governor heed to the flight of time, and the
of all - prosperity, only hops hare I Chamberlain should, as he doubtless necessity of being up and doing if
Deen a aisappomtment,- ana not a w". continue sinciiy m tne posl- mey are to realize much on the ln
Bource of profit. ..; This happens tion 6 has assumed with reference vestment of early hopes and expect--qnite
frequently s-to that crop; to the treasurer's bond. Every ations, and some make good reso
better 'luc"k may be reasonably ex- snrety on; the new bond "should be lutlons .that are in some measure
pected;nexf year. ' SVheat has been 8d tor the'amount Jhe 'purports to kept.'
a great crop, and has brought a great tahd as security for. . If a: surety : History turns over a new leaf here,
price. - Fruit has done ' well, and 'orr 15.000, he ought to. be of such Such and such a thing happened in
been ,. very profitable. .The dairy financial standing as to be accept- 19&7. Another event, happening a
output . has much increased in toI- bl at any' sane bank s for that few days or a" few hours later, will
ume and value." The lumber Indus- amount. ' Any other kind of security have occurred in 1908. People men- 1, b.y, reasoning and good knowi-,Ili..--rji
lahAnM t,,o W .wk v va Td? cr ?e,r uWct to inform their
n, uuiniwDiDuuiug . luierruyuuna, " .r"" " w,iu, ui . 114c 1 nuu inai iucjt ci e uui n, or marriea, j "farers v:pon me questions at Issue.
Is lmmennp. Wnnl-' and Iho lln. state than by a bank. The atatn fslor marlo an iiniinnnl Innrnov nr nf.
stock industry have "oeen large fac-1 not an stabllBhrnent where any kind fered a great disaster, or had a pe-
tors in onr industrial life. v or-bona wlir answer, or, all the de- cullar streak of good luck, in such
. The -work on the Columbia jetty J 8ree or frenzied finance be prac-la year. In a sense we will all be a
Isprogressing, and for .'.he flrst tlme I ticed. year older tomorrow than we are
its successful end Is in Bight. A I There are many names on the new today.
railroad has been constructed from!"011" tnat carry , weight and respect J; Business men check up to see how
Portland to Salem, the bednninit of In Oregon finance. It is possible they stand, take an inventory, fie
much more work of this kind. Har-jeacn vname'on-the bohd is good for ure up profits and losses, make espe
riman has done tut little, but may! the niount it assumes to stand for. clal plans and preraratlons for an-
soon be ppshed Into activity. Thej" journals aavioe to the ctner years business. It is well to
north bank road 'has been nearly J Eovernor not to be moved by any do this in the realm of ethics, of
completed. : There has been much criticisms by Mr. Steel's apologists, morals, also. Physically, after a cer
building and other improvement lnDUt to adhere firmly to his purpose tain point, we "rot and rot," where-
most ; of the. towns, throughout the Rna msist mat, every aoiiar on theas before we did "ripe and ripe."
state. 'immigration has been greater bond represent 100 cents, and no Mentally this is less so. Morally, it
than usual.
The panic . : was a setback, but
scarcely regrettable. The country's
prosperity, and Oregon's along with
the. rest, will continue on a safer
nnd saner basis. Wages will fall or
have fallen," somewhat, but so have,
or; will, the prices , of necessaries.
There'wiU soon be work for all will-
less. '
A CONTRAST.
should be the exception, not the rule,
as to the rotting process,
The record, the lessons, of a year,
how useful they may be. For mon-
vAMES H. COLLINS tells in the Jtion for instruction, for guidance,
I aiuraay evening jfost or the for growth ih wisdom. Experience
: I difference between the status of has been called a teacher, also a
y the American and the English lamp. He is dull indeed who in a
stockholder in railroad or industrial year has not learned to be better and
lng and .capable menaccording to co(irPoratlon8; Taking the Union Pa- wiserhe next year,
present -prospects. Oregon, and en- c'flc railroad as an illustration of the Time is inexorable. It heeds not
pecially Portland, are ' greater and mer,can Method, he says: , season or date or event or humanity.
An important event in salt Lake City. It is tne incarnation of the thought
Time: October. 1906. Annual meeting of steadiness, the idea of ceaseless-
01 wo union racuic rauroaa. capital, nesa. It never pauses, never hast-
,,I1A AAA AAA . IT AAA . . . I
uvaiiy fui,vvUiVlfv. auvui SIOCK-
holders. President, E. K. Harriman.
By operations in the stocks of two
parallel lines the company made $60,
000,000 the previous year, and the flnan-
Tlcher "than on any. previous year
end,. Confidence abounds. "Enter
prises will go ahead faster and on
a larger scale, than ever "before.
There" is no occasion to bid 1907
good-bye with a tourcountenance.
And 1903 can be welcomed cheerily,
TROOPS AT GOLDFIELD.
THE SEVERAL acts of the fed
I eral administration with refer
nce to the situation at .Gold
field are not very readily un
oersiooa. One bent ; on criticism
might quite .plausibly say that the
president had been "playing politics"
in this matter; Sending the troops
to Goldfleld was pleasing to the mine
owners,. and Indirectly to the big
. corporations and the "interests,"
w&cit might be said, were thus pur-
- poseiy placated, and caused to think
; better of Roosevelt than they-had
Jateiy. t" . '
- But then Taft, "whom the president
is trying to make president, comes
back- from abroad, and immediately
the order is sent out from-khe war
department "that the troops are to
be cent away from ' Goldfleld, al
though they had Just arrived there
, This, the man bound to criticism
would say," Was to gain favor for Taft
with labors anions,; which have been
somewhat against him. '
Cut time passes, and the troops
remain, and finally the president
shifts the responsibility to Governor
Sparks,; telling him that if he will
vuot call a special session of the leg
islature the troops will be withdrawn,
but if h will call a session they will
be kept there until it has bad time
to convene and act. So the governor,
against his will, has decided i;i surri
mon ihe ;legislatnre.'.-r"t'.m'i:-
; However much or little truth there
1 might; be la these conjectures as to
the president's motives, he. Is appar
cntly. right in the position that the
situation at Goldfleld is one for the
state tof Nevada : to handle. That
ens. A poet called time the tomb-
builder. It builds much else, bu
destroys all, even tombs, and builds
f again, uncaring for Its work. A
Uwy were listened to with nleasura anil
profit and the Information Imbibed was -faric vervd elmiters to keen down
guage or two? perhaps you would Hks
to speak French with a real Parisian ac
cent, or German or Italian? It would be
nice, but It would take a great many
years to learn It too many, perhaps,
so you slve It ud.
But If you only knew It, you could
learn a new language right at your own
doorstep, , It were. Not one In one
hundred of the people who talk th
English language as It Is spoken today
know anything at all about it, with the
exception of th few words that come
into use daily m tneir own nmuea
vorahulary.
Don't believe It. do you?
Suppose you are a girl, for Instance,
fend think you talk a very nice sort of
language. Perhaps , yau do. but your
kuiull brother could give you a line of
talk that you simply couldn't under
stand at all. And trier are a thousand
little brothers In the Smoky City who
could do the same thing. Ton might
listen to their conversation for hours
and would then fall to grasp their
meaning.
Do you know what it means to "trim
the Smoky Cltv crew." or to "outshine
Vic Willis on the slab." or to "cJInch a
victory by scoring two runs on Willis's
wild throw on Blagle s tap, or to "pile
up a ponderous mass of blngles," or to
stored away for use and digestion. Now
it Is somewhat dlfferont, a coterie of
pin-headed egotists assemble and among
themselves agree to partition the offi
ces, using the members of their respec
tive organisations as tools and promising
only the few nuts the kernels of which
are rotten. It would appear to me that
the orlmarv law and the initiative n,i
referendum obviate the necessltv for
me
the swat output of the Cubs"? Of
course you don't.
Neither do you know what a "rabbit
lnflelder" Is, nor a "slabman nor a
"muff." nor a "tallio." nor a "shut-out."
Even the little cashboy who rides
downtown knows what all of these
words mean. He literally "eats them
up'' on the sporting page of the paper
formation of an v mere nnlltlnl n 7 ' .u. .1 .
elnha Th. mihll, !,.' OT v "--.
if - . ,1 1 you ininn you know an anout your own
ct8se0ehetO:'n "' ZIVX "- a great deaf to learn
) ntia. Vo'Vhe 0 If yoi.reaa'myann.nd"have the m...
i"" tiy it'iiuw w 110 nan no rpniita f inn ahi. i i . j
. . r ; IV. il ri tuiio iu imvo iiti lurr t who mrr
nhia Ai iVo- ZJtiJ Vonr?M Bweethcart. wouldn't you be h
L ilf!nh5..a8i confidence In his heyy of feminine b-autie alio
Ki
axims on
omen
By Mildred Stuart.
Women and fortunes are. said to be
fickle, ' Women, however, do not al
ways forsake one when fortune frowns.
The noblest of men hav acknowledged
their obligations to woman' for help in
the ascension of the ladder of fame and
fortune.
Mothers are held e sponsible for the
faulta and failures of their sons.
A heartless woman is without a mis
sion in this world.
A true heart full of 'tenderness and
affection will give a woman more po
tent influence than the most brilliant
intellect and scholarly attainments. 1
Women who do tho most good spend
nine time in thinking or themselves.
Forgetfulness of self la the surest road
to being remembered by others.
Change of occupation has done far
more toward restoring the health of
women than all the rest cures In th
world.
The science which will causa women
to quit thinking of themselves and their
pnysical defects will hav accomplished
more than the science of medicine.
Women who spend much of their time
aamiring themselves, trying to change
tne coior or tneir hair ana complexion.
":.- Small Cliangg :'
babies '0pl ra ""'fryIn not being'-
asHy?1 wUho? muo1? r'P c thsgrlB
.' i . .
. Don't think about - th bills and be '
nappy, ... , j .
Clqs up the old book; open up tha !
new one. . . . T . '
e .,-,' .:
Ooodbyt, JJ07J., Many will 'ion re
member you. . , "
' . ' ' ; ' 'v.
Coal IS dear, hut hnniii llf. 1.
mines, is cheap. ,
ingtla7" Vt VW ta btgla
-.!-. . '.. .' . .. V
t.Whjr,!"P't..;t rolletta a food "Roos. '
. ... V(IVIVS llllill I .tf
Th VOlinr man tirllt . - .t . - ..
back to see th girls. , " V
'Few tear" nnmi n,.n. -1 - :
lng with "New Year's." ,
Doubtless th nlumk.. .'1.... 11,
1 : "V v m r null Will:.
nsvs a nappy isew A ear. , .
- .. j
Making resolutions snil tranlnr llmi
ara quite different thing.
ttnllim mam n . 1 . ,
for some watch meetings. . "M',u
tress had reformed the currency?
Is the enuntrv .!..
New York or Ohio for presidents? -
Next year la the nn in ahUii
attle's population will becom 73.6S4.
More Olisht to be - lft
than In 1907; it will be one day longer. . V
t mm,''
If Black thinks Ronsevslt ! a
f " the head of a barrel," what does ha
mm 1 -, .
Senator Platt'a sunnort wnn'f h, '
candidate much, for nobody hii.u.
anything he says. . - .
mm r-
Senator Fulton does nnt icVnnai4r. ' ,
to .having run into any stunning oddo- '
itlon booms. .
Howling Wolf wants tn ha .
congress from Oklahoma, perhaps to
It seems strange that a man who has
been In congress a long time should get
mad becaus another member calls him , 11
a 1 1 a r, - . .
The doctors say that as soon a one baa
the least symptoms of grip he should
quit work. It may be expected that
many people can discover ' symptoms
easily.
A serious defect in the fikl
stltutlon has been discovered. It did
not fix the length of hotol bedsheeta.
But the legislature will remedy the
omission. T
m
. Farmers are continually cnnmtulnt.
ng us on the getting out of a weekly
nstcad of r semi-weekly. Dallas Item-
im hub a nmi mat a
would suit them still better?
monthly
An Ast jria naner sreuea that nr fc.te
ce"turY Portland has been frustrat- '
the shape of their nose, finger nails lng the plan and purpose of the Crito?
f."d.ffiU,:7 ilS Ie"''ihf cul- h""1 reference to? thrSown-rfvi?
il 1 , , Iiii ",rl. n mat case, the Lord didn't care
applies to th mind and heart as well as
the body, and all women should prac
lice mis maxim.
One story la that Evelyn has grown
s out, another that she has dwindled
lost if some
1 . t t: 1.
,v, , 1 ui irinuiliic ifiuuoi biiiiiiq iuuituii
"w"v'ew" th? organisations are an un- forth in a conversation retrardln Mar-
nuisance ana conducted itLi n,..,.. hirnn n,i..iin
and in most InHtnnnea I - 1 ' j - 1 v. ,
stnalt9hebePearrtandtl?aVe,?dnke!,n1 1r)f bandT and m.Tne. and'had Va!
rr'fllSt.te'Jerr ffeely dlS- you would
Again, while I consistently believe In VI ,?.U"-y0" -TTV"1--,,-
a renresentntlv- fnrm n no ' '"u I
.;.....tV.,: 7. " V wun a prorounu respect ror tne jsng
' - - V " Ja v" J H ucra
" 1 iisn ianffuaffe. vou would r nuzaied to
he Whole DeonfJ hil ni?? i.U ?f th weaning of "skidoo'- and "23
tho machlnPee0Cy ' wWch 7- nt! 'PI 1" !1 -om?. E:
I mi itiat3a inai mil (i ettliv irnm iub
a woman 01 cure mina can minx or almost tn ihaHn.. n.n. t,.L
do no evU and may safely be trusted as perhaps circulated to tempt the news?
a wife and mother. papers to print pictures of w ..JL.
Women who have had many sdmlrers day during the forthcoming trial 7
in their vnuth ara rnr.U mnM """a uiu.
and mothers. Their love of admiration I O 1 1
eTuty'Tn1 women attained throurh On biaclltfhts
cosmetics and artificial means Is ex. I
S,,Srla"!: L.k 'b" ty coal mm.
able companions. ,
Vovm of admiration and self-conceit A Scandinavian I5vantriiei ,,..t. 1.
are fatal defects In th character of a to b T built at Canby church is
u unttiii minaiun wii iorcnraainpa to I mi.- ....
be one of self-denial and devotion to ?iT"n"iu5.,.?81.n? ,aw. en-
others. 1 luiuu.uuui xvianiain cqunty.
flfmA mAtbara ara lAalmitt tt fti art. I
miration bestowed on their daughters. I : tnr?y Wiled at Roseburg last week
women wno grow 01a graceruuy are 1 iu jiacoma weighed 42
more attractive in tneir 01a age than 1 ".
tv,.v n f hl vntt, a '
they must cultivate virtues which are I .'?", "lro'lmSnt at the iiugene publla
m.ii,uiB is t.iia, as against 1.JI7 last,
February. "
taineil. and clubs ar sn mirhtv n,n
ana insignificant a cog In the whole
ma:nine( mat we may well say, "Hold,
...jwus.j, men ustji.ujiit'in is gone.
H. W. PARKER.
Who?
(With anoloalea to Tneir RnKin
Who'll build lines In eastern Oregon?
1 win, nam ine evasive KUale,
'.YS'1!le? don't know when I'll be ready.
Who
clal world la anxious, to know what will flakes of snow fluttering from a low
be dona with thia money. The meeting, cloud to dissolve on touching earth
nowever, is very quiet, a lew or the are in illimitable pace, so are we
oincers atiena tunaie or proxies are iu the realm of time.
proaucea. minutes r0 mumoieu over Wa rnAf m.,.h tllMa
Adjournment. Brief reports in the news
papers. Jr.;,
One year later flame ' place annual
meeting of same railroad. During the
past twelvemonth .'that 80,000,000 has
disappeared in speculation and : a
new bond Issm of $76,000,0.00 'saddled
on the company to pay its debts. At
tendance about the sama as Aunt year,
except for a mysterious stranger who
proves to be a lone stockholder, present
in, his own person instead of by proxy.
Meeting called to order. More proxies
produced. Nothing said about new bonds
or lost $60,000,000, Xrdne stockholder
rises with a question and a protefet, but
Is Indignantly suppressed. After which
resolution is passed approving the
management. Adjournment.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of a large English corporation about
the same time as this . latter Salt
Lake meeting, a large assembly room
was filled with them, and a greater
number was outsjde, so the meeting
was adjourned to a larger halt A
minute account of Receipts and ex
penditures was read, and various
stockholders interrupted with ques
tions and criticisms, and several mo
tions "were made and carried. In a
word, all the stockholders who can
do so attend these meetings, they
pay close and intelligent attention to
what has been done and is proposed
tp be done, and may often, if they
1 noose, dictate th policy of the cor
porktioa. This is not so practicable
in this country of . magnificent dis
tances, yet that year after eai lxuh
dreds or perhaps thousands of stock
holder should turn over everything
by proxy to a single Wail street ganj-
constructed that we are chiefly con
corned with little everyday affairs
with work and pleasure, with the
struggle for , existence, with trivial
troubles. and ephemeral amusements;
,with love and spite 'and sacrifice and
ambition, and so fulfill out atomic
careers In the mysterious aniverse
of matter and of mind. And in these
careers we Count a new year as a
sort of mile-post, a point passed, a
date of significance.
As the clock strikes 12 tonight
one of these points will be reached ;
a year will die, a year will le born;
1907 will pass, 1908 will come. Old
year, adieu; New Tear, welcome! A
happy New Year.
Those two women caretakers of
the baby home near Seattle,' did only
their duty when the building became
aflame, in running dangerous risks
themselves and being severely in
jured to save their helpless charges,
but they proved themselves heroines
nevertheless. " To do a difficult and i
dangerous duty without any hesita
tlon or thought of consequences to
oneself is an exhibition of heroism.
passe.d tho reciprocal demurrage
law?
"I didn't." said Blllv Cotton
"Though I think it's rotten,
I didn't pass the law."
Who helped the car shortage?
"I didn't," said Jlmmie O'Brien,
"Now, sure, I'm not lyln',
I didn't help the car shortage."
Whodestroyed the lumber business?
"I," said Dickie Miller.
My "experiment was a killer.
I destroyed the lumber business."
Who saw it die?
"I," said Jackie Stubbs,
"We've finally fixed those lumber
u un.
I saw it die."
Who'll mourn the loss?
we," said the u. P.
"More traffic there'll hava tn
We'll mourn the loss."
Who'll sing the psalm?
"I," said Billy Crooks,
"For LrfUkderstanrl the turtff Wv.
rtfsssJftgthe psalm." .
Who'll toll the bell?
1," said Willie Skinner.
Our scheme failed to be a wlnn
And I'll toll the bell." , W. W.' 1
IIds of the newsies and the elley kids.
After all, though many of us have a
nrm conviction that we Know aoout an
there is to know of the language of this
great country or ours, the fact remains
that we know very, little Indeed.
We know nothing- but what has been
taught us bv the penole with whom we
come in contact, together with the little
ws learned In school. We are wofully
ignorant or the language that Is talked
bv neople whose lives float in channels
different from our own.
It might be good for 11s. therefore, to
get out among these oirrerent people:
to learn what they know; to look at
things from their tmlnt of view: to
study and borrow from them what Is
best of what they can give. This would
broaden our view, at any rate, snd de
velopment Is the keynote of perfection.
The Portland postofflce has a big
stoy about ready to tell of Port
land's growth in. 1907. When the
government reads it there ought to
be no doubt of Portland's ; need ; of
a new postofflce building. .: --"x - Vf
; At the meeting of the Republican
county central committee a member
Tho President and the South.
Don Marquis, In Uncle Remus' Magaalne.
Four years ago President Rdbaevelt
was not a very popular man in U10
south; but today there are few' south
erners mora popular la this part of th
world than is this New Yorker. I.tttle
tmngs snow, oeorge jsroadhurst's play,
"The Man of the Hour," has been tour
ins: the south, and it will be remem
bered that there is one In line fliat ninv
which lauds the president's corooratlnn
policies. In several southern cities the
audiences broke out into spontaneous
three-minute demonstration at the
llvory of that line; demonstration of a
sort usually reserved until the band
nlavs ''Dixie." And nrobablv i
cent of those who applauded would get
a iittie notuea at you it you called
them anything but Democrats. : It looks
aa If John Temple Graves (who used to
do a rroniDitionist, due nas now become
a Hearst . Independent leaguer) was
right -when he said that .the southern
people admired Mr. Roosevelt because
tney innugni ne was tn Diggest ieme-
Ciai III: IIIU uuuuu;.
Only Asks Fair Play.
From the Pendleton Tribune.
Again, in order to pacify Brother
Bennett of The Dalles Optimist, as well
as Imbue him with the right under
standing, the Tribune wilt say that tt
la not In favor of covering up anything
oonnected with Mr. Steel's administra
tion of the 'state treasury; that it is In
favor of treating him precisely as it
thinks a Democrat should be served In
the same situation; that men high in
public station should be given no more
consideration in cases of lapses in the
discharge of their duties than is ac
corded the humblest citzen; that all
public officers should be held to the
strictest accountability to the people
for their connection with the trust "re
posed in them; but, nevertheless and
also, and besides, it is in favor of giv
ing a man found in the difficulty by
which Mr. Steel was surrounded an op
portunity to see where he is at, be he
Republican. Democrat. Pooullst. Metho
dist or what not. That is all It has
e sited for Mr. steel; it objected, to hang
ing him to a lamp-post the very day he
was discovered to be in hot Water, to
stringing htm by quarters without the
nenent or clergy or a chance to bid his
minuy siwuuyc ji nia was ana IS the
position or tne Tribune, notwithstand
Mig what Brother Bennett "believes"
mis paper oeneves.
reflected In their faces and their char
acters. ;
Women cannot spend too much time
In cultivating their minds and their
hearts to fit them for the positrons as
signed tnem by their creator.
Physical culture can do much for the
Of 1122.000 Polk count 1...
than 1809. mostly Doll tax. rom.in. ,,
collected. . . .
Myrtle Creek ' people
preservation of the physical, beauty of Vft J0' r" "Joyjnjl
women, provided t!i-- do not go to the ?i,"n,ghi)"tatoe"' rown slnc 'all
extremes In the exercises prescribed. ln" Dan- m ,
, . " Uncle BIH Brown of Dallas, of widow
This Date In History. dinner fame, gave away 150 pounds of
13M John de Wycllffe. "the Morn-T "u' l" tu"urea -nnsimas.
lng Star pf the Reformation," died.
1460 Lancastrians victorious st
Sttikeneld. (War of the Roses)
1650 Henry of Lorraine, third Duke "how
born. Died
East
December 23, J Clatsop county,
J nai:j company
Stuart, tho
C. W. Carnahan in th Astoria nug
get gives, many facts and figures to
mai uairyirig is profitable In
The Suislaw country is making rapid
advancement in both the quantity and
the quality of Its dairy products, says
Died .January the Florence West.
the Bank
There is a certain roan in Aurora.
uut-
ot uuise, corn. jjiea AJecemuer 13, iiuisop county.
1D8S.
1600 British
chartered.
1720 Charles Edward
young pretender, born.
il. inf. i
1781 Corftrress chartered
or worin-America. warns the Borealis. who l aiwov
173 Thomas Jefferson res arned 11 Hn inin -.,t' v.. , .
tiLl ;a ? that coralnf to him '.om.
syfitem of public accounts. ,'
Imperlarorder of the Crown of Indl wiUing to wo?k can mVke moreDmon.2
itiBo TjU-.fi-, 111 u .u on 10 ftcres of land ln this vicinity than
flrit '"inl6"; wll0 Aran .the on a "ter section of land ln the worn- A
first railroad locomotive In America, out eastern states.
aiea in new jersey. Born in 1802.
Rtl?e2tt.,tiir., 1?;nf.p,nrnfr'-MUnUeT A Eugene man has a Jackscrew mad'
5at1" .t.r.asuLer uDiffr Lincoln, and in Ohio in 1779. It is therefore l?i
urani, oiea. uorn January 21. isoz. am j v,.., .1.. . "v,:
naxorftn.?14- by a pioneer" of 1847. "'vhS wooden ft
Tin tor of t n a nlnnmpr fnt fnm -fnv 1 1 j a . 1- 1 j. . . . . . b
. - m.j t i i rri huh fii 1 1 1 Jt 1 ' m wn nnr nnsi t n irv nu
Huff a tnma I I 1 17 7 I "i " 77 1 v
BoT in "Net 'rorlKir1 n?iS ment " BtlU in od condition.
Ttwm- a vl nMU- I Several Florence people have lost their
Harry S. Aew s Birthday. cows, the animals actlna as if thev
Harry Stewart New, the chairman of poisoned. They were accustomed to .
the Republican national committee,
was born ln Indianapolis December 81,
1868. He is a son .of the late John C,
rew. who served as treasurer of the
United States under President Grant.
feeding below town and around Snruca
Point. Some think the trouble la caused '
by the animals eating wild parsnip.
Polk- county is all right financially
and the people are happy and contented,
says the Dallas Observer. The year Just
as assistant .secretary of the T treasury ?y". "V11" uoserver. me year just
under President0 ArthSr.nd toVsu? teSfLfc" .bn SiJ,nI!c.8dint.!?
. Aavice itareiy followed. ,
JL I .,111 UUU 4,lUIIC.JVIlIUCrilt.
.When" times are good -the oeoDle aV
urged to save their money, and when th
day of depression comes they are urged
to turn It loose, but the advice is rnrel
heeded in either Instance. -
Sqnaws and Sewing Machines.
I am Brenarina' for mv annual trtn
to the Indians of the Florida ever-
giaaes, tne most interesting trin I ever
saia a sewing macmne agent.
But What do VOU sell in tha nnt-
lanaisn evergiaaesr' a woman asked.
"Hewing machines, dear madam." he
repnea.
IT Ik. Tn4t..,"
juven so. -mere is naroiy a squaw
in the wild and remote everglades who
has not her sewing machine. Indeed.
sewing macnines nave oecome necessi
ties in the everglades, .like moccasins
or nrewater.
"Why? For beadwork-making. --v tou
know this beautiful beadwork that the
Indians of the everglades sell? Well, It
Is all made on sewing machines.- It la
made on my -machines. I have done a
good trade In the everglades for five
years. . - - . ,. -"In,
the everglades,' he ended, 'th
hnnt nf the loon nt tha Bnlaai, a o.
crocodile Jn the bayou are well nigh
drowned in the continuous whir, of a:
thousand busy machines."
general at London under PrmaiamtHU'lPllf J -?eJfer ,.R.,ve"
rison's administration. Harrv New re. ?rlh Prom 88 v.en Pe"er. tilings
ceived his education fn tha indianannna Ior i" wnose lot is so - tortunateiy
m.lMnl at BntlS? coTge! with this favored portion of out
hffB H."!5 beloved country
,J 1 ' .imiuauwu WRHl IQ WOrK I i'"
There Is room within a radius of sis
miles . of Myrtle Creek for 100 mor
on the Indianapolis Journal, of which
nis rainer was puoiiaher and editor.
i lean , m'.. "r..r."j miles, ot wyrtie ureeic
Indiana state senatiT nurlr, .h- families, sajfs the Mail, One man near
".Vi8", Bli During the wit th). tnwn TOith oni- jfn acres or i
with Spain ha served as assistant adju-
i miii 1 1 a i.iitiu wiii in ui uiuuuulb iriim ir
rank of cantaln He flrs? -3 R! thiiT year, and there are many more 26:
and was reelected to reDresent Tn,ifann .vf.n.el??i nrn.lni? r" ca1a or
In June. 1904. Durinath 1 a Blf WfaSil
dentlal campaign he was vice-chairman
Of the committee and early in. tha
present year was named to succeed
Georg B. Cortelyou as chairman. Mr.
The heavy rains last woek hit Browns- '
vllle a hard blow, and as a consequence
it is probable that' a number of her lead-' ..
New was offered the nosition n fir.t ing Industries tha Woolen mills, flour
, . - . . - . . M,11M . nA. . i.hl ctntlnn r.A.
mniBinnt poBtmaster-generai ny Presi
dent Roosevelt, but declined for busi
ness reasons.;-' ''...'
Fat Men Can't Get Work.
Employment agents say It la
as hard for fat men to get work as for
Employers of lnboraiold that a
man is Indolent. They declare that the
hustler, the - fast, nervous, energetio
tvt of worker is ilrtewv ratwthg
rat. and they saV that the sinewy chap
does 40 per ceift more work than tha
soft, fat fellow, j ,
Hence It is not uncommon for em
ployment Agents to advise, fat natrons
to diet and reduce their welrht hnfona
.beginning- to canvass for a Job. v
Inn- mills, electric light station, water'.
works system and planing mill -will be
put out of commission for some time to
come, 'the trouble all comes from th
washing out of abortion of the new
dam, built at a considerable cost at tha
head, of the mill race last summer. ,v
-- XX, v-;'i','
The city council of Elgin has decided ,
mat 11 was not necessary to levy a tax I .
to carry on tha municipal affairs the'-.
coming year.' Biffin has Just completed
a new water system whl'ch Is first-clnss
In every respect, at' a cost of: 114,000,
and there" Is sufficient funds in jthel
hands of the treasurer to pay for It- No I
bonds -were floated and the . entire
amount has been accumulated - during
th past few years by excellent and
business-like officials.