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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.
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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,'-;:"''.;
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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 :
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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-
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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 ' .