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Newspaper Page Text(lnri iir"" 'v.. fV'V . I 5 THE JOURNAL AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. C. a JACKSON. ..,.. .PaMMrar lliblMieif errr? rnlnt tnrrpt Somlir) aa4 ry Snndar BorDinc. it Th JoortM I Build In!, rifm an lamb 111 ateta. Port la oa. Of. Rotere at a poatoffloa it Portland. Or., for trarwoilMioa ttrouga U) lla aaoond-claaa mattar. , , -.i ... ,,. lKLKI'HO.N ICS MAIN TI7. HOME. A . AH departaMnta raaebaa or tbeaa aumbara. iau im opwatar lb department yoo wibi. WEE1UN ADVKRTUINO EEPBESKNTAT1 VK Vivl.n(1BoJimln Special Adwtlalnf ttintr. , Bninawli-k Bulldln. 224 Flfta awou. Naw : Voftl TTlima Hiilldlna, rMmfQ. ' Sohacrlpfloa Tu bf mall to anr addreaa la t Uuittd SutM. Canada or Mtxlco. DAILI. Om year.. 18.00 I Om Booth t 'CO SUNDAT. Cot fwmt. ....... IliO I Ob month I -V DAILY AND HUN DAT. On year fT.tO I Oca month f.l .89 feon. plenty of thern of 'grand, good mold. It is Bbocklnff that Jth:.word had to go out four. years ago .that prosecutors for Oregon must come from other .states. Yet, such was the crowd of rlngsters on oar earth works and filling our offices, that a public prosecutor was actually Im ported. In the midst of the humilia tion our officials have brought on us, Is it not clear to the Oregon dele gation that It Is time to have a new deal? Let the man for district at torney be clean, proven and uncom promised. - Is Mr. Schuebel all this? M' ' A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. Emerson. TIIE DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP. N FAIRBANKS AT HOME. It. FAIRBANKS is certainly not a man without honor in his own country. The Repub- Iican portion of the country press of Indiana has no doubt that he is the par excellence candidate. The Marion Chronicle says: "The belief is growing not only in Indiana, but throughout the country, that Vice-President Fairbanks has a bet ter chance to secure the next Repub lican nomination to the presidency than any other man. The truth Is that the Republican party has no leader more available for the presl O OFFICE !n , this county. Is mors Important than that of , state district, attorney. This Is especially true in conse- ,,, . a m . I V uwaaaawiaw V U AA V IVV A A V dent Fairbanks:" The Madison Courier says: "He Is a statesman of experience, ability and poise. A well-balanced man of the McKlnley type. Under hlr- business will re vive and prosperity return. The Indiana delegation can secure the nomination,. of her favorite son. His chances are better than those of any other aspirant at the present time quence of the fact that he is for the most part the acting, grand Jury. True bills or not true bills rest with him." But his other duties are also very Important, and constantly; In creasingly, o. The outcome of criminal prosecutions, and In many . cases the Question whether there shall be a prosecution or not, depend on him. He has It in his power to persecute In one case and favor in another;. He ; can do the latter in .various 'ways. ..Vital interests of the whole community are in some de gree and In one way or another In - his hands. He has more real power than any.' other county or city officer,'-;:"''.; 'J--;" . ..; -.-. The mere statement of tnese facts is Bumcient to . convince any one that the people should be very care ful of their choice for district attor ney for the next, four years. In do ing this they should rise above all party or personal . considerations that Is,' all personal considerations except those hearing; . . directly and solely upon a man's fitness, for this office. . Mere personal liking for or dislike of a man should have noth ing to ; do , with . the case. . Neither been Invoked, but has largely failed. Legislation to 1 destroy ' them has likewise failed. By the ' hundred they survive. In pest-breeding and dl8oase-di88emlnatlng unslgbtllness all over western Oregon, Yet by a little effort and slighter expense, these, old orchards can be put on a handsomely paying basis, It Is the claim of experts that these old trees that are yet. healthy can within three to five years be put Into condition to yield a return of $5 to 10 each per year. ,M. 0. Lowns dale says it can be done and has been doner The plan is to cut down the tree close to the ground, pre serving only the roots. That should be done by March 1. The next year modern commercial varieties are grafted on the best of the sprouts. In three or four years a new and vigorous tree is in bearing. ' The old unsightly orchard la gone and a beautiful one Is In its place. ' Dis ease has been banished and youth ful health set up. The old, multi plied and unsalable varieties of pio neer time have been replaced with apples the world wants and pays big prices for. The orchard land that paid nothing has become the most profitable spot, acre for acre, on the farm.' A long 'stride has been made to modernize the farm, with the result that Its desirability and salabllity is heightened. In no line In Oregon. Is there a way to get quick and heavy returns at so small an outlay of effort. It Is the quickest way to make an or chard, and If universally and at once applied in the old orchards. It would quickly make the Willamette valley, In point of volume, qne of the great est apple producing sections Jn the world. The value of the plan Is ac- able comment. Two more articles are to follow, and will complete the series. "Altogether they shov wfde and deep 1 research Into " our system of government and a clear and com prehenelve " apprehension of ; all phases of Its practical? 'operation and the facts, reasoning and conclu sions are eminently practical. .Mr. Strain is a . man who thinks cor rectly and who can ftpress his thoughts understanding and to the point. 1 s LONDON'S IMMENSE ARENA V ' Small Ciiangj The "true-blues are truly 'blue?1; A hotel clerk thinks that the al leged fact that a greater proportion than usual of men visiting the city are accompanied by their wives Is a sign fit increasing prosperity. May be; or it, may be a sign that more women are demanding their rights, or becoming suspicious, of ttfeir hus bands, or fear.ing the wiles of spinsters who have leap year privi leges in mind; or most of these men may come from "dry"counties, and need watching in wet Portland. The Philadelphia Record com plains of the government's irriga tion work because' some of it costs from $31 to nearly $40 an acre. But the Philadelphia paper should look a little farther, and before criticising this work find out the further fact that by 'irrigation land worth noth ing is made, within a .very few ears, worth from $200. to $1,000 an acre. The United States gets all its money back, and does millions of .dollars' worth of good besides. From th Nw Tork Evening Post . Nothing mora . extraordinary, , a constructive feat. Is to be seen just now in ..London than tbeClty within" "a city, which Is rising aa rapidly as Aladdin's palace on the open spaces of Shepherd's byslf. Astounding advances have beu made In the , last, few months in the erection of the huge conatructlon that cover 140 acres of what was desert land less man lz month ago. v ' Efklit apacloUa halle, each 400 feet by 70 feet, are .already outlined In steel. Iron and concrete. Por many the e- ternat aecorauons nave already been affixed to the fireproof atruoturai walla. Two hundred and fifty thouaand aqunr nn or noor apace naa oeen roofed over for the machinery hall alone. Other 'palaces are rising rapidly for education, fin arta, mualc and woman a wortc In lta. present condition, with onl the two a-reat aeementai flnlhl at ua end of the mlahty ellipse, the Wlymplo arena irrealatlbly reminds the spectator vi me uunseum, aa mat venerable monument of Imperial Rome now looks In the splendor of Ha mnjeatlc rulna; But the Coliseum. With all lta tiara nf runes, couia d easily contained wlthta vvuiidvu airvua. or lousy, The stadium of modern Athena, sAts and all, oould be built within the space of grasa that forms merely the center of London's latest marvel. The amphi theatres of Nlmea and Arlea could bo hidden away at on end of the Shep. herd's buah arena and scarcely inter fere with. Its proportions. Some 80,000 people will ba able to alt around lta spacloua seatg and watch the greatest athletic gathering the world haa ever seen. According to reoorts from the vari ous countries Interested In sports In- all I in iaihll?KluUoa la. ,a r day : n --.. : ''". , "'i ' ".'.' ' :,-'"., 2' !-A Pi"1' A.w?v large, cannot i faU i. .!leXr., rh 'order of th da'y'lsj th higher courts. - . , , " " part of the world, the assembl y ' ftf athlete win ba tn greatest, ootn in quality ana Quantity, tnai ever com oeted for. international honor. ; France, Oermany. Greece, the United State. Into .two mom ha and many other nation, aside from I . . a England and tb British colonies, wiui Besides, Taft Is a Tala man .. t.u be represented by a host of entranta, j can . play football. f T ance,-.ana' ine winner or nf ipucni event can' welt be termed the champion of the world In his particular specialty. ' The OlymnJe games will be held un der the auspices of tha British Olym pic council. The Amcrloan committee, which haa been appointed In accordance with the wlnhes of Lord Desborough. a prealdent or the Olympic council, is a reoreaentatlve one.' the "honorary bret- rtont taln Thaorlnri Roosevelt.-' presi dent of the United States; Caspar Whit ney, president, and Julian "W. Curtlss of xaie, treasurer. - ... No athletes of tha United State will be permitted to compete In tha Shep herd bush stadium through an Indi vidual entry, lie must be a mambor ) n. ':'. - V''Vv'(.f'.:''V -; .A.C5,ir,nt,3l rM.y 'was- not offended at tha second elective term boomT , . jTiianeyer uregon nas mora than one member, of congress they, fall oyCf ? .??fin luld downj th fleet' paad Vnesuela without a shot from him. Tha Bible aaama a v. . ', ..A. of the American team and entered a I sufficient befere tha miasln nart such by the American Olympic com- dug up. . , J". P . mlttee. Only native born or naturalised I . ''. fc J ' Americans. - -either residents Of thai It aeama a rm,..i . United States or having migrated to dar of thing that as hops to Sown bae foreign countries within rocent years, I goes up. w'! 1 Beff will ha ellrlhla for the team, Whl1a.lt la nnt llkal that in Of them will be uaed. the United State ha quite a few athlete In England Itself, who, In case of necessity, or In tha event of their ahowlng such class that they would be entitled to place on the team, can be called upon to compete under the stars and stripe at the Olympic games the Rhode scholarshln men. Under the ml In a- of Lord Desborough. these men are eligi ble, None of the Rhodes men- are world beater, but , In intercollegiate e . ii.. Tha arln Ymu a , , time in doin, -mi.cHrr::-i climate. v'"on Ijap year proposal are a Sootch In- , Klega. r,? lrI- aoa'y Th'Judlolal dMHniM a "partment1" beCOm' tWUT Man a .. m "VA hV6 been PJce most this year,. but Without SSJtTiti'- It Jrahaaa --a- of the time; Letters From tke People Tte Chimoereo! Nautilus Newtown are selling today In the London market for almost as much a box as eastern apples bring per barrel DISAGREEING JUDGES. should party politics, unless two 5 AV candidates are exactly balanced in "Tt merit la the Totera' mind. In their r'S? J "".' It' own manifest Interest they should Lft .L.T:: h T q ,. -r-2.iw-mfa.f-n.a h.f- r to ect by the Indianapolis The Columbus Republican, says "The prediction of Norman Mack, centuated by the fact that Oregon toai tne rairoanks strength In the Republican convention will surprise many a politician, Is not unlikely to be fulfilled. The vice-president commands the quiet confidence of many an observer who has not cared to proclaim his choice from the housetops." The Fort Wayne News says: "As the weeks roll by the cause of Mr. Fairbanks grows stronger and stronger with the peo ple." The La Fayette Courier says "From every section of the country are coming expressions of belief that -Mr. Fairbanks stands the best chance of landing the next Repub lican presidential nomination." The Nobles ville Ledger says: "Fair- H raiy vote ior me Deuer or iwo 0, nun . 7 7 -I as . - now, snouia bestir, themselves o cone; lawyers to become candl- 0. ;'-'-,.":. ..-. . r- Vt ' ' Uhrlillstrlct attorney of this dis trict should be an able, alert, thor ough, lawyer,, one especially adapted to this work. But even more than this he should be an -absolutely de pendable man,' one upon whom the people can all rely with the utmost confidence In every respect; one of the strictest fidelity in the perform ance of every official duty without fear" or favor; one who can in no way be tempted or swerved or in fluenced, to step aside in the least particular, from the path of duty; one whose character Is a guarantee against his playing any tricks in his own or any one else's interest a clean, straight, reliable, fearless, un questionably' Upright man, " It is important for the people of this county to find and select such a man, and Induce him to accept the office jf they can. If no idear can didate will try for the nomination, then the next best man who will do bo ought to be urged forward, and at the polls the candidates' character and ability ought to be the test, rather than their politics. The Journal makes no suggestion herein" as,' to any particular tperso either for or against, but only points out' the Importance of choosing the right 'ort ot - a man; and d6esr It none too early for voterto be tak ing the matter under consideration. say? If so, Mr. Fairbanks can have the satisfaction . of knowing that he is fully appreciated- in hfs home state, and that Is worth a good deal. But we suspect that the Indiana Repub lican press greatly overestimates Mr. Fairbanks' strength outside of that state and Wall street. COAST TRADE. A' DOES SCHUEBEL FILL THE BILL? I N ASTORIA man has suggested to the chamber of commerce of that city the advisability of the building of a boat of about 100 tons and seven-foot draught for use in running to the Nehalem, Nestucca, Slletz and Salmon rivers and Tillamook and Netarts bays, saying, in part: Tillamook county today la the largest aairy prpaucer In this state, although only a small per cent of the rich bot tom lands which border all of- these Streams, are as yet In a a,tate of culti vation, the main drawback to air of these ports being the lack of transpor tation. The Salmon river country prom ises a bright future in both dairy and ..14 . iiun prouucis. xnis rich little valley lies directly south of Tillamook county in Lincoln county and the merchants and farmers of this country have to haul the merchandise and products over a mountainous road to and .from Sher idan, a point on the Southern Pacific, a distance of about 30 mil. gome of them drive their sheep to this place' iijr mem mere ana drive back again in order to get their wool to market The -entrance to these places, this man says, ranges from 8 to 18 feet at nign tiae, and he believes a light draught vessel could develop a large .trade with those regions, to their benefit and the profit of Astoria mer chants, A little gasoline steamer running to the Nestucca river alone OW UNCERTAIN a thing "the law" is finds constant illus tratlon. On no new or not yet definitely settled proposition do Judges agree; seldom would three of them agree. Many of the most Important decisions of the United States supreme court have been rendered by only a majority, sbmetlmes a bare majority, of the court, and even in such cases the majority of the judges did not agree on the reasons lor the conclusion reached. This was the case in the decision rendered regarding the em ployers' liability law. Already two federal district judges had decided one way and three another, and in the supreme court four judges were for sustaining the' law and five for overturning it. And of ihese five. only two agreed in the line of rea soning leading to. the decision. This happened In the celebrated Porto Rico cases, which determined the political status of our island pos sessions. It was also the situation in the Income tax case, with the added peculiar feature that after a majority had decided in favor of the law, but before the decision was an nounced, one of the majority judges changed his position, and so the law was held unconstitutional. All of which shows that It Is often "close shave" or a "toss up" as to what a decision of the highest court in the land will be. When this is so, it need not be wondered at that a multitude of lawyers, nearly ajl of whom think they are right on any disputed proposition, find business to do. Those are very fine birds on ex hibition at the poultry show, no doubt, and are proper objects of ad miration, but is it not to be sus pected that they are inclined to race suicide? Or, to be more specific. are The handsome dames good layers? ' Joke on Coucannon. Portland, Or.. Jan. 7. To the Editor of The Journal I wish to tell you of a trick that a practical joker played. on Councilman T. J. Concannon In tha city council today. Councilman Concannon, who ia af fected with sore eves, haa taken to wearing glasses while reading. He removes them when not reading. Today. In the council, he took them off ana laid tnem on the table In fronj or By Oliver Wendell Holmaa. This la the ship of pearl, which, poet feign, Sail the unahadowed main The venturou bark that flings On the sweet summer wind it pnrplsd winga In gulfa enchanted, where th Siren alnas And coral reefa lie bare. Where cold sea-maids rise to sua their atreaming hair. Its webs of living arause no more un- ruri; Governor Hughes is a greater man than President Roosevelt; at least his message to the legislature, it is said, was longer than Roosevelt's last message to congress. hlKi 3hJ h."t tonuo wa lld'n,g f Wrecked la the ship of pearl! But possibly Fulton can win out over Bourne In heading the Oregon delegation to the national Repub lican convention. Of six decisions rendered by the Oregon supreme court Tuesday, four were reversals. arms were in the air. a joker picked up nis glasses and stuck a new 2 cent stamp on each -one of the lenses. Con cannon put hJs' (classes In his pocket without noticing the stamps. Tonight, when I. hlg Journal carrier, handed him hla paper, he tried to read it but could not see through the glasses. He jerked them off and had a hearty laugh over tho stamps. The last saw of him he was oevining a means or getting me stamps off and saving them at the same time. "I'll tell you,:' he said. "4 cents is a great help to a Portland councilman nowadays." JOHN U MILLS. Oregon Journal Carrier No. 115, Where Its dim dreaming life wa wont to dwell. A the frail tenant shaped hi growing Before thee Ilea revealed It Irlsed celling rent, it sunless crypt uuBcuieu : toll for OREGON COMPLIMENTED. F & THE Oregon delegation sure Mr. -Schuebel is the right man .for district attorney? Is Sena-1 has-, all the business it can handle, lor Bourne, ana is the president ia8t year carrying out of there about sure of It? , Oregon is sick and tired of a hu miliating, public service. It is worn oat ' with' these scandals in ofllcial - position. ' Yesterday it was an ab sconding clerk of the school land hoard. . The day before the indict ments and trials of a senator and congressman. Today it is Steel. And .there are Mays and Meldrumi and. here is Hall, former district at torney, scheduled for a trial in the courts. . There is Jack Matthews iu.ooo cases of cheese and other products, and carrying in between six and seven hundred tons of mer chandise, and next year she will not be able to handle the business from this one place alone; It seems toThe Journal that this is a very good suggestion for the merchants of Astoria to act upon. There. Is undoubtedly a large busi ness to he obtained, and one that can be developed greatly, in this way. The Journal has for years been dismissed from the marshalship for pointing out this fact to Portland INANCE, PUBLISHED at Cleve land, printed last week an ar tlcle on Oregon written by Bishop Scadding, referring to which It says: "The wonderful development of the west which has takeu place dur ing the past five years and which Is now going forward, is a matter of great interest to every citizen of this country. ., "The greatest development of our nation will unquestionably come in the development of the western half, of the United States during the next 25 years, and in this great develop ment of the west, Oregon will be at the head. "The immense resources of this beautiful country of mountains and plain, of-clear, cool mountain streams and wonderful health-giving elimate are set forth in a very interesting manner in the Interview to which we have called attention. "The possibilities of Oregon are indeed great, and whether one's life is cast among the developed portions of our great country, it behooves one to keep in touch with , the doings of those who are working in the newer lands." At Nightfall. heard you whisper -in your sleep Me loves oo daddy, des a heep." And. though your mother had prepared Your little bed for you. I dared To sit and hold you longer, till heard the plaintive whlppoorwlll Call from the gloomy forest's edge; And till the Dullirog in tne sedge Eent his deep cry across the gloom. A vinrant, rumming, loud ba-soom, General J. Franklin Bell's Birthday. Brigadier-General James Franklin Bell, chief of the general staff of the United States army, waa born In Shel by villa, Kentucky, January 9, 1866. Ho was graduated from the United States Military academy in 1878 and for the following six years served on the plains In the seventh United States cavalry. His experiences with the In dians werajt many. He captured a band of half-breed Crees in South Dakota; was in the Sioux campaign in that And clasped you tighter than before. And sroopeu ana nopea ror something. .tate. and became adlutant of the real ment ana secretary or tne cavalry ana more To wing to me from realms of sleep Than "loves oo daddy des a heap." But that was every word you said. And. yet, it seemed .your, curly head Lay closer, warmer to m; breast. Till I imagined that your rest Was full of me just full of dad And that rour little soul was glad. Where'er It wandered far and free. Because of - the (treat love of me That hedged you round and all about And loved you when the lights were out; Ana -wncn tne woria hung in the dark. Moonliaht nor starllcht. with no soark To guide It: naught below, above. But only God's enduring love. love to think of this old world. Like a wee baby, lying curled Against the Father's loving breast All nightie-robed and sung to rest. Content and glad and unafraid. And snuggling, as its ear were laid Against a. heart whose each throb sings Of love, excluding all such things As gold and fame and" an the dross That men pursueat such a loss Of love; the old world wandered back To youth along lta age-worn track. And in the Father's arms asleep, Lisping. "I love oo des a heap." Judd Mortimer Lewis In Spare Mo ments. - alleged irregularities in the land fraud cases. And .there are others. It has gone on and. on until everybody has tthat tired- feeling. It , has been a nightmare of incom petency; and Irregularity, f We want to forget It by. being given the means of forgetf illness. - We want , officials 5who Twill no longer ,be re minders bof ' this era of . nastiness. We want no more little politicians for big places.' We want men, men whose character and reputation will dispel all doubt, -. We want men whq , can pass muster under the old Thur mo test, "Has he been tried; is he capable; is he honest?" -We want " prosecutor who can and will prose cute.' , v " . There are plenty of them in Ore-, merchants, but if they do not choose to Improve this opportunity there is all the better reason for Astoria merchants doing so, as they are in an excellent position to do. CUT DOWN THE OLD ORCHARDS. T IS the proper season for mov ing on the old orchards of the Willamette valley. Most of them are a perennial signal of dis tress. W The ' worm-eaten, stunted fruit from them is of ' no . value. They ' are the nesting place and brooding ground of fruit diseases and . pests. 'Because of this they handicap the fruit .'industry by per petuating' hostile conditions that could otherwise be- controlled. Leg islation to secure their cleansing has Xi'-1- 1 : r. r I The New York Press is ardently in favor of Governor Hughes for president, yet worries because he has no known views on national ques tions. Nobody knows what Hughes thinks on any topic of. general na tional interest. The Press has been intimating to the governor that it would be well for him to speak out on several matters, hut so far he has neglected to do so, perhaps rea soning that the people may prefer a man about whom they know too little to one about whom they know too much. " i Not Unlike Other Lads. A writer in -the World' Work for De cember pays a glowing tribute 'to the man or woman "who carries the gospel In a surgical case and whose chapel is a thatched, dispensary in an outrof-the- way place in the world." Honor is also due those who are preaching the gospel of labor through the manual training schools on foreign. rnlssloijary ground. une sucn unaer me care or tne Ameri can board in South India gives instruc tion in carrentrv and blacksmithin. and Is about to add departments In me chanical and free-hand drawing, agricul ture, nooKKeepmg, correspondence and wood-carving. The principal of the school, John X. Miller, writes: "We hope in a year or two to be able to add shorthand and typewriting and commer cial law, but we must first secure tvDe- w ruing- macnines. inpr,q is a real aofc mand for men trained In this wav. and while government Is doing a little along tnis une, ana omers are taming about it a great deal. It I the privilege of the American missionary to enter and de velop the work along line of western thought and method. "Boys here are in many ways like boys in America and school life differs but little, sav.i that here it is more sim ple and less expensive. The work of the class-room is like that at home and our text-books are, for tha most part, English productions. Tho government passes Judgment on all text-books used, as all examinations are conducted by the universities with which the schools are arniiatca. an athletics we try to encourage manly sport: football, cricket and tenia-have their devotees Just as with you, We n.ive a very good outdoor gymnasium and all students are required to take regular class work therein. h..t there la no attempt to establish or to break records as we find in schools In America." Light Artillery achool. He wa aldo to Oeneral Forsyth in California, Arl- sona and wasnington. ne served in the Spanish-American campaign In the Philippines and was In tha Philippines insurrection. He was made captain in the regular army In March, 1899, and In July of tne same year waa appointed colonel of volunteers. He organized the 3Cth Infantry of volunteers immediate ly and commanded a regiment until the end of the year. He was awarded a medal or honor ror gallantry in ac tion, and at the (termination of his com mand of the regiment was appointed brigadier of volunteers and commanded various bodies until July, 1900. H4 was provost marshal-general of the city of Manila, and was arterward appoint ed brigadier-general of the regular army. He returned to the United States in 1903 ana served as commandant or the Infantry and Cavalry school and Staff college, until he became chief of the. general staff. This Date in .History. 1784 Admiral Jervls, hero of the naval battle off St Vincent, born. 1793 First balloon ascension In America made by Francois Blanchard 1806 Public funeral in London -to Lord Nelson. 1809 Congress urged drastic meas ures to enforce embargo act. 1811 New Orleans militia called out to auonress negro insurrection. 1816 Safety lamp, invented by Sir Humphrey Davy, first used In a coal mine. 1861 Mississippi seceded from the union. 1872 Oeneral Henry W. Halleck died in Louiavlllei Bern in New York, Janu ary 15, 1815. '1874 Statue of the prince consort unveiled in London by the prince of WalefcV " ' " " 1883 United States senate passed a presidential succession bill. Tear after year beheld th allent That spread his lustrous coll: Still aa the spiral grew, Ha left the past year's dwelling ine new. Stole with aoft step Its shining arch way through, Built up lta Idle door. Stretched lb his last found horn, an.l anew uie oiu oo more. . Thanks . for tha hearvenly message brought bv thee. Child of the wandering aea Caat from her lap, forlorn.' From thy dead lips a clearer not is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn ! While on my ear It rings. Through the deep cares of thought I near a voice mat sings: Build thee more stately mansion, O my soul. As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast. Till thou at length art free. Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting aea. Fulton and Statement No. 1 From the Scio News. Senator Fulton is an enemy of State ment No. 1 of ouY primary law, and will urge all Republicans for th legislature to refuse to subscribe to It, Senator over 1906. Fulton haa good reason for taking this position. Ha is fearful ha cannot win out before the people if matched In a race with Governor Chamberlain, and, expecting a Republican legislature to be aelected, he does not want lta hands tied up by Statement No. 1, and per- I being leap' year. '' A Colorado ir-w nt .... verdict in f.voV of V min UIlorT Hi muat b a love of a fellow. . If a eaae could ba mad p, the su preme court would probably decide that the president waa unconatitutlonal .uN,w Tork thorltls hav decided that women may amok in miMi. taurant. But they don't hav to. Modern vrlon: It Is a easy for a camel to go through th aye of a needle a to punish a prominent and wealthy law-breaker. . Receiver DaVy of th Burns land office aya the appointment cam aa a complete aurprlse to him. What a phe "w"'"' iMnii iie must nav been. ' Cortelypu I going to addrs the t"Jnf" pn the duties of cltlaen fiViP' 11 I not aupposed he will tell anything about that campaign fund. On arrival, a New Jarsev huh four great-grandmothers, two grand mothers and two grandfather awaiting him. If he isn't sDOlled h nattinv will b lucky. An Atlantic City chair pusher found a purs containing 1400 and a. int diamonds and restored them to tha owner, who rewarded htm with 20 cents, and ndw he I doubtful whether honesty la th beat policy. ' mm. . A Japanese newspaper prints a story of a pitched battle between two armies of frogs, with 700 killed and 3,000 wounded. Shouldn't the president make Inquiries of the mikado to And nut tr thl ian't a case of nature faking? Oregon Sidelight 'The Pendleton commercial club Is on ine Doom. Many peool want to buv Hrfort River valley land. ' Some hailstone that fell In Wedder burn, recently, measured over 3 Inches In circumference, allege the Radium. Bright prospect are In store for th year 1908 for old Douglaa county, the moat favored spot In all Oregon, says the New. ' a The general freight business at Wes ton atation In 1907 was double that of 19U& and snow a substantial increase F. H. Hopkin Is preparing to set about 6,000 .young tree on hi Snowy Butte orchard property in Jackson coun ty, during tha present winter. Monmouth Is. to have a oreamery chance be obligated to help elect the and a til factory, 'and that city im governor to the United States senate, growing. In fact, all the town around Senator Fulton need not worry about I Salem are growing, sava tha Statesman. ine mailer, in ine ursi Diaoe. ine Deo- Die are not going to give ud the direct primary, at least not for a spell yet. They would do this if they elect a leg islature which will Ignore Statement This Year. be righted and The very InstructlYe, articles of Mr. C. P. Strain, that have been running in The Sunday Journal, have deservedly attracted wide at tention ,a.nji .provoked much Ttavor- A Fine Action. From the Weston Leader. It is a fine action of William Ladd. guaranteeing the deposits of the Insol vent Title Guarantee & Trust company. While not connected officially with the institution hi name waa used by i, and iw mvvw uiiub bjviisui lur IXIO Bl&gger- ing sum of two and a half millions. In these time of depression that try men's souls and reveal so much dishonesty, the character cf this grand Oregonian stands spotless, clear and strong, for lesser men to admire and emulate. - The Important Thing. ,Frpm the Forest Grove Times. The general public cares little for the fight between Simon and Fulton or any one else for that matter, but it is con cernced for. th safety or Statement No. , ..- In .that : statement is much that .- Jia been neglected hereto fore in thi state and. it mean freedom, from the ward heeler., .-),-' - - , --jf , - : " There are .wrongs to good to e done In Nineteen Hundred and Eight. Thfre are battles to wage and some ftehta to be won Tn Nineteen Hundred and Eight There are evils to banish and wrongs in dethrone: There are Joys we may scatter where grief sits alone; There is light to be spread where the aun never, anone. In Nineteen Hundred and Eight. There are. trusts to be "busted" by stopping tneir grart Tn Nineteen Hundred and Eitht. There are fetters to weld upon greed and on crart Tn Nineteen Hundred and Elsht. There are men to defeat hiding back of the scenes And pulling the wires that control the .machines. And it's up to us now to find way and maans. In Nineteen Hundred and Eight. There are scheme to defeat If the rie-ht shall nrevall In Nineteen Hundred and Eight. And ours ba the blame If our wrongs we bewail , '.-'.-In Nineteen Hundred and Eight. Well have to strike out and keep busy tha while We taekie the wrong in a vigorous ; style -- . - . Keop a stiff upper Hp till it bend In a , smile .- -. . . A in Nneteen Hundred aftd Eight- - W. M. Maupin in The Commoner, r Th Dalle Chronicle tells, of an ac tress who tn changing cars at Biggs tn go to Wasco, where the company played one night, left 30U in toe car, aha i', Jl! "2" '""W moved Vul of and 'idst it. ' Sh. ee"rns ly and closely connected with men In dieted for complicity In the land frauds. Aa land fraud Investigations are to ba commenced again this month, th sen ator is liable to be connected, too Inti mately, to be a successful candidate to to have kept her diamonds. , ' A Santlam farm correspondence of Scio News: Th writer has Just butchered two May pigs of Duroo Jersey stock. succeed himself. There is another. x- fh dressing near 300 pounds -16 gal cellent reason why Oregon should Bend a Democrat to succeed senator Fulton. There are toe many Republicans in the United States senate now, even for the lonn of lard EO nounds of sausage re- mf. suited from the trimmings. l John Carter, a Monument freighter. good of the Republican nartv. There heat one of Ma horses with a fence are too hiany standpatters on the tariff stake, knocking out Its teeth and both. question, 'ine people want the tariff eyes, and the animal naa to oe kiuoo. revised, and they are becoming well sat is lied mat tb only way -to have It done is to kill off a lot of the stand patters of - the Senator Fulton class, who are bldcka In the way of revlblon. Bubonic Plague; Last year when bubonic plague ap peared In Sari Francisco the city .ap pealed to the government for aid in stamping out Xha .dread disease. It, la ata importation from India, where the British government expends thousands of dollars annually in trying to enforce taws ror cleanliness among the people. For filth is the chief cause of the plague and it la disheartening to meet with bitter opposition from tne native themselves in effort to improve their sanitary condition. It Is a remarkable fact, however, that tho Christum vil lages are exempt from ,the dlseaae. Why? Because the men and women JfiL?. tem- f.i!?w.of C.hrlst -keeP destinedl,to become of th. grea est Ho was fined 360 and costs. In all about ISO, He daaerved a aevar bet. Ing bcaides. , . , . A tramp printer at lone, made a bet. that he could drink three pint' of, liquor at once and a ruffian was fbund. to take the bet and supply the drink. Whoever did o. murdered th man as surely as If he had shot the poor w re ten, say tha Condon Times. Roseburg News! A large number of emigrants arrived in the city a few days since, having several carloads of baggage, horses and furniture, and have left for the country, where they expect to locate on a tract or land recently purchased for them by eastern, cap italists. " . . ,.,'' a, -. . There was a big meeting of fruit growers In Eugene Saturday, with refer ence to which the Register says: 'That this section of the state of Oregon Is their bodies and their homes clean. What the government can not force them to do they do willingly of their own nccord as soon as a new principle controls their lives. "Hon. John Barrett once remarked that ?'It Is no exaggera tion to Bay that the missionaries are fruit producing parts of the United States Is self evident We may1 hav wealth in timber that would fHra several king's ransoms to equal. Wa may have water power worth millions, w MAv hava stored ud in our moun tains wealth in precious minerals, that Couldn't Stand It. ' ( k '' From Everybody's. President Manuel Amador of Panama tells this -little tale of a certain Cuban millionaire: v . ' "An unfortunate man tone obtained access to this millionaire and started to lay before him his woes..: He depicted his wretched poverty In most vivid -color; - Indeed,', ao graphic waa the man's sad story that the millionaire felt him self affected, a? lie had never been be fore. With tears In his aye he sum moned hla servant and In a quavering voice, said: "John, put this poor fellow ut Ha ia breaking my heart."' solely responsible for preventing the m m.iiti.minionalrea of thosa Who extract them, DUt ll remains an unr disputed' fact that the Greatest sourca of wealth and profit to which thecpm-. mon people, th averse cltlaen of this section cah look forward to; ia tha fruit ijndustry." -.' . - ' -. y - Startling Information. From the Circle. . ' A teacher 1n the Salem, Massachu setts public scnooi naa maae up ner mind that It wa a "at the children should thoroughly under- spread of smallpox all over China. Ja.. pan and Slam." , In a Nutshell. , Since the United State became a world power there is an increasing de mand for fresh facts about foreign countries, In compact and usable form. Within the compass of 44 pages the American board has condensed Into its Almanac for' I90S not only a -vast amount of useful Information on mi.. slon but Items of interest concerning era ana present condition of various lands. Among the Illustration are anown moaes or -travel lir Turkey Jiow tiles are made In West Africa and nhe kind of houses , occupied, by tha Fili pinos. A valuable feature of thia titti. fampniei, wnicn costs oniy io cents, is he pronunciation of geographical name at tha end. We are being shaken out of our provincialism by touching elbow With atrange peoples all over tha globe, but it Is still hard to twist our tongues around -tha names of their cities the form of government, population, rul-i stand what thay read. arid, should -hevi able to give in - nwir nu,u 11 iva t Smartness.' Wrnm thA New "Tnr Vu..' A' widow Is pretty smart to ask' a I man ndvlfe ahmit tnv.tin h.. . -I - -- - , ... . .... i.vi uiuuejr, especially when she hasn t any. ... tniitrent interpretation of th meaning as they went along. ; . - Tha clas wa reading "Th Wreck of th Heeprus,". andr had; juat finished: the linea: - . ' ' "But th father Answered never a word, A fiosen corps waa he." . "Now. children, why didn't th father answer T" asked tha teacher., 'What do you ay Johnnie?" i V .. "I a'nose." replied the boy. ."baoan -ha thought he'd talked enough. V u "Oh, no, mats not in reaaon. Tha next tin tella why. 'A frozen corpa waa he.' Who can tell tha meaning. of corpse r Well, Annie FInnegan, do you "Yes'm." answered f Ai llMmia - .,. , ..-.. . iBnJ,-. ;'it's a po- 4 t t s ? ", i ' A ' .