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; When wo gpcak of Joy, we
. do not apeak of something we
are after, but of something
that will come to us when we
' are after God and duty. It is
; a prize unbought, and Is fre-
est, purest In Its flow, when
' It comes unsought. Tou must
carry It with yon or It Is not
there. It is the rest of con-
fidence, the blessedness of In-
tarsal light and outflowing
-.benevolence. Being the birth
; ' of character, It has eternity la
. It Horace Bushnell.
miLROAPS AND OREGON.
Colonist rates, if put into ef
feet again for awhile this
I." spring, will add considerably to
Oregon's population, and to this
extent the Haniman railroads are to
be commended and. appreciated.
While the promised rates are a little
higher than they hare been, they are
moderate, and onght to tempt a good
many eastern people to come to Ore
gon. The Harrlmaa lines hare also
distributed a good deal of attractlre
literature, that should also have a
good effect. Mr. HcMurray has done
much fine work along this line for
Oregon.
But, while giving the railroads
due credit for this good work In be
half of Oregon as well as themselves,
. we cannot abate or retard the criti
cisms made of Mr. Harrlmaa for
neglecting to build needed railroads,
and la stopping work on lines be
gan.' True, there Is plenty of room,
and there are. many good opportun
ities for Immigrants along the lines
of road now In operation, especially
in the Willamette valley. Counties
strip them in advancement. And in
seine "'co-ed" colleges girl 'and
young women are in the majority,
Thlj may be a good sign; it la cer
tainly well for the girls to get and
appreciate an education; yet we dis
like to see boys so comparatively few
in the higher' schools, and making
less advancement thin girls.': . It
should he remarked also that ath
letlc sports and general carelessness
are not the only reasons, for proba
bly the average boy finds It more nec
essary than the average girl to 'go
to work and become a breadwinner.
COMMERCIAL BODIES' GOOD
WORK. , - 1
P'
ERHAP9 the average citizen
who does not belong to the
Commercial club or chamber of
commerce does not sufficiently
appreciate the constant and valuable
services of those bodies and espe
dally of their officers and more
active members. They spend a great
deal of money in the course of a year
freely for the commonweal, for the
general good, and non-members, as
well as members get the benefit of
their work.
Recent reports of these bodies.
which have been published in The
Journal, are eloquent with facts and
figures showing what splendid work
has been done, and with what liberal
ity and civic loyalty these men have
labored for the advancement and up
building of the city. Borne names in
particular will suggest themselves
to the reader as those of men who
have labored long and faithfully for
the good and greatness of the city.
Of coarse they get a share of the
benefit, bat they are working never
theless (or the benefit of all citi
zens.
We would like to see the member
ship of these bodies greatly In
creased. Every business man or
considerable property owner ought
to belong to one of them, at least. It
Is largely by such agencies that a
city grows and prospers.
GET THE SUB-TREASURY.
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IHE BANKERS and other busi
ness men of Portland, and the
Oregon members of congress,
will have done an excellent
piece of work for this city it they
can succeed In getting a sub-treasury
established here, and there seems to
be a fair prospect of success In this
move, providing all possible efforts
are put forth. The present. and pros
pective importance of this city and
Its location furnish a strong argu
ment in favor of this proposition.
like Clackamas and Polk could sup- The distance to San Francisco, or t
port several times their present pop- Denver, the nearest sub-treasury cit
uiation. xet it is a shame and a I ies, renders the establishment of one
wrong that year after year passes here reasonable and lust, and no ef
with no railroad to Tillamook, to fort should be spared to Induce the
coos nay, or though, the vast and government to grant the request,
resourceful central Oregon. Mr. The recent financial stringency,
Harrlmaa is in reason estopped from when there was a dearth of gold
saying that funds are short or hard was an object lesson showing the
,. to get, because he has accumulated benefit It would be to Portland to
a surplus of some 130,000,000, In have snch an institution here. Port-
Oregon in about 10 years from the hand, as the government should he
O. , R. ;& N." alone, 'and h has er-1 induced to understand and apnrecl
fcloited the Union" Pacific to the ex- ate, la the commercial center of a
tent of many tens of millions for use I rast and exceedingly resourceful re
in his. Wall street speculations. : Of gion. its trade . and commerce are
course , all, this is an old, and fre- growing rapidly, and .this city prom
quently repeated story, but It la one fees to become the undisputed me-
that gives Oregon a great grievance tropolls of the Pacific coast.
. against Mr. Harriman. , I Seattle Is a ble and arowine town
But, aa we said at the outset, we but It has a mint already, and its
will be rair to Mr. Harrlman'i roads, situation Js not so central for this
and give , him and his subordinates J whole region. AH these and other
credit for good and beneficial work facts will doubtless :be properly ere.
In .'the matter of colonist rates' nd sented; 'at least they should be. A
the circulation of fine descriptive I city usually gets what it goes after
, literature. Tne more people tne nar-i with earnestness and persistence,
. rlman lines bring to Oregon the
to itself and won't play the Republl
can organ any more.; Just .what
Its exact grievance ts it does not
make quite clear, sinte the editor has
often declared that he wanted no of
flee. We suppose he means to dep
recate factionalism, but this is to be
expected when a party has so great
a majority of the votes; and haven't
there been some rather good reasons
at times for dissensions and reprls
als?
Nor do we understand what great
harm has been done by the election
of a Democrat or two. Are the peo
ple 'suffering on account of this?
Since the Democrats have a third or
a quarter of the votes should they
not occasionally get a .little, piece
of political pie. Would It be fair or
best to have 90 Republican members
of the, legislature and not a Demo
cratic member? Why lsn t It a good
thing for voters to discriminate, and
occasionally vote for a man of the
other party, especially when the of
fleers of the dominant party have
not always served the Interests of
the people well?
So we see no good reason for all
this reiterated scolding of Republi
cans. They surely have a right to
vote for a Democrat occasionally.
and very likely in most cases did so
conscientiously and patriotically. Dr.
Wlthycombe, so far as his case was
concerned, waa not defeated because
Republicans had any grudge against
him, but because they wanted Cham
berlain. And In looking back over
some Republican officeholders, could
Republican voters be blamed for be
coming disgusted or at least lukewarm?
Then. vVhen it cornea to that, what
great or Important party principles
or policies are to be upheld or main
tained In a state or city? There is
no tariff question in the state or
city administration, and a protective
tariff Is the main distinguishing fea
ture or principle of the Republican
party. Truth is, there has been too
much partylsm. The Republicans
show their good sense by paying
less attention to it.
As nearly as we can understand
the argument It is this: The Ore
gonlan has been the Republican
nartv in Oregon: the Oregonlan is
no longer Republican; hence there is
no longer a Republican party In Ore
gon. L'etat e'est moi.
more likelihood there will be of the
needed new lines In the near future.
But It would be a great thing fori
Oregon If Mr. Harriman would re-
an me building this year, so that sec
tions of the state now isolated could
A CAMPAIGN JOKE.
GAIN THE report comes from
Washington that Mr. Cortel
you is still a candidate for the
nomination for president. This
secure portions of the Immigrants I may be a loke. though nrobablv it
and thus become developed, and so noBO considered by Mr. Cortelvou.
mat, nw-wnst ,w oi great import-1 16 size of whOBe head, metaphorlc
ance thousands of laboring men! n- speaking, is sufficient for It to
bow out of employment could get entertain sucl an ambition. The
work again. N secretary of the treasury. It Is rum-
kraut, I dlanleased with the nrpsirlnnt
GIRLS SURPASSING BOTS. , vftftmin- hir .ArAt.rv t
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HERE IS nothing unusual in the ln8fd of -himself This does
report that comes from Albany 1 1001 f 'TZ, mvou T. lTe
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about girls excelling boys in tha President Had so rapidly and signally
hih .rhnni tm. i i f-t . advanced tha former stenographer
frnnnr norrrRnV- Tt t... h h. private secretary. Why Indeed,
aerved in many towns, perhap. In " Cortelyou 1. .fit tar all the po-
1L. The reasons why girls excel "i"uuo ,' " " , "Wfc "
boys Jn studies, at least in the high "'J?? 1 " MI" T&, ? ,
schools and other preparatory But th4t Mr. Cortelyou will be
Whools. are not far to seek. One rea- dominated, f"
son is that the girls are not so much tPPort, Is Improbable. The 'Inter
taken up withgathletlcs . and 'other SiTtii'SumtlTt
sports. .Hence, they "have more time JJi'SSll
for study and their minds are not
vso much diverted from their studies,
Girls are also more inclined to be
punctual, orderly and well-behaved.
They, are not so mischievous and
careless, and so give better attention
to their fcooks. Besides, it-Is prob
ably . true that a girl learns more
quickly than a boy. She may not be
able to go as deep or attain so much
of an education , along some lines,
but up to certain' limits she aonre-
hends more readily. A boy matures
mentally more slowly. And In addi
tion to all this," girls seem; to care
more for getting an education. In
nearly all our high schools, so far as
we have observed, the girls far out
number tne boys,' sometimes three or
four to one,
.This state of affairs furnishes
quite a contrast to that of a genera
tion or two ago, when it waa thought
the average girl had UUle need of
anything beyond a common school
education; But now they outnum
Icr boys 1a high schools, and out-
state, and some from New England,
though this Is not likely. The pres
ident will have a good deal of In
fluence in his home state, and may
be" able to swing it for Taft at the
OUtset.
No. there is no danger of Cortel-
you being the nominee.. To make him
so would be a joke, sure enough, on
the ReDubllcan party, for It would
pretty certainly make 'Bryan the
next president.1 Mr. Cortelyou's style
of relieving the financial stringency
would- rise up to overwhelm him.
STILL SCOLDING REPUBLICANS.
ND STILL the Portland morn
ing paper Is ; denouncing Ore
gon Republicans for not hang
ing together on all occasions In
the past, and unitedly uupporting all
candidates, s and it reiterates Its
threat that! unless ' Republicans do
this the party may .vgp hang for all
It cares. It Intimates that it has
been holding"" snipe" sack for years
past, and has now taken a tumble ;
The opinion seems to be growing
that Mr. Taft will be the Republican
nominee for president though of
course there Is no certainty as yet
of such a result. He will make a
very respectable and possibly the
strongest candidate.
The trial of a land fraud defend
ant is a very expensive affair and
then the chances are that a convic
tion won't stick.
It would not be surprising if the
women suffragists would keep on
persevering till they win, bat scarce
ly this year.
At the rate at which the Hall-
Mays case is proceeding, there will
be no time to try any other case this
winter.
We think that so far 'as Oregon is
concerned Mr. Bryan need have no
doubt that the "rank and file" are
for him.
This Date in History.
1722 Rlchartf Henry La. American
patriot, born In Virginia, Dlad June 19,
1794.
1775 Chatham preaentea nia motion
to parliament for conciliation with
America.
1801 John Marshall appointed cnier
Justice of tha United States.
1861 Samuel Ward Kins, governor of
Rhode Island during; "Dorr's rebellion,"
died. Born May 23, 1788.
1887 A civil service reform measure
introduced in the, house of representa
tives.
1878 Jean Francois MUlec, French
oalnter. died.
1879 House appointed a committee to
Investigate alleged purchase of presi
dential electors in behalf of Samuel J.
Tilden. .
1881 Edward A. Bothern. actor, died.
uorn April l, lttv.
Fornlfold BL Simmons' Birthday
Furnifold HcLendel Simmons, United
States aerator from North Carolina, was
born January 20, 1854, In Jones county.
North Carolina. After graduating from
Trinity college tie studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1876. His first
political honor came in 1886, when he
was elected a repretientatlve in congress
rrom uie oecona aismci or. JNortn Car
olina. From 1898 to 1897 he served as
collector of Internal revenue for the
Fourth district of North Carolina. He
was chairman of the Democratic execu
tive committee of his state during the
campaigns of 1892, 1898 and 1900. In
1900 he was elected to the United States
senate to oucceed Marlon Butler, Popu
list, and last year he was elected for a
second term, which will not expire until
March. 191S.
OLp HIM STILL?
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AN UNRULY MOUNT
IN LIGHTER VEIN
By Ettellt Klaud er
Bachelor Sealskin.
"This skin," said tha furrier, "came
from a young seal bachelor, a youth Ig
norant of love and of lit:"
"How do you know?" tha lady asked.
"By Its fineness. Its perfection," he
replied. "Tha pile, you will note, Is
Ilka close-cut velvet. Only bachelor
sealskins have such a skin.
'The bachelor seal," he went on, "has
a rather sad lire. The big Dull seal
in the seal islands have each a house
hold of li or 20 wives, but the young
bachelors must herd by themselves. !Let
one of them attempt to marry, and
straightway a bull slays him. Not till
be is bis enouarh to fight and conauer
A bull not till he is 14 or 15 years old
can he Know tne aeugm ox settling
down in a home ox his own.
He la not like the human bachelor.
the favorite of the chorus girls, the
reveler In all sorts of club luxuries:
but he leads a hard, ascetic celibate
Leisure.
From Life,
leisure is an obseleta form nf nil.
inar time. It once existed In larra mmn.
titles. It is now. however, a tninar of
uib paai.
Leisure at one time waa used aulte
extensively to produce statutes, laws,
legends, poems and other masterpieces.
Its place has now been taken by labor
saving devices that turn out figures,
franchises, gossip, doggerel and other
quick sellers
Will leisure ever come In araln? Not
as long as there are thinsrs to advertise.
In the meantime we are too busy to
write any mor, about it, there being
a best seller up our sleeve that must
be ready for the winter by :30 p. m.
tomorrow. I
life, only in tha end, aa like as not, o
make a lady a very fine coat. All tne
very fine coats, I repeat, are mad from
tne unnappy oacneior seais.
Scared Into It.
It was announced on tha lee,
"But how on earth," said tha girl in
the white skating suit, "did you get
mm to propose, aearT
The rlrl In sables smiled slightly, t
"Oh. easily enough,'' she retorted. "I
told him that you ware crasy about him,
and reminded him that it was leap
year." .
Stilt JSkating.
"They skate on stilts in Bweden,"
said a traveler. "It is an odd and
pretty sight to see. Here a girl skims
along, elevated two feet above the Ice.
There goes an expert upon stilts quite
rive reet. high.
"Stilt skating la very, very difficult.
Nevertheless the Swedes do the outer
and Inner edge, cut rings backward,
even make the grapevine.
"But when they fall! A fall from
five-foot stilts often makes a hole In
the Ice."
have sense enough to know that dif
ference.
"This It. Wound In the morning,
the mainspring is relaxed at night.
wnen tne watcn lies quite still, sub
Jectcd to no Jar or shock, on the dress.
Ing-table or under the pillow. That Is
as it should be. But wound at night.
tne spring is relaxed during tne day,
when the watch is being pulled out and
joggled and Jerked tremendously. It is
when the mainspring is tight from a
recent winding that it best stands Jars.
Hence the morning-wound watch keens
regular, tlma, while the night-wound
one is apt to vary a uttie.
'Try this- on your watch and you'll
see a maraea improvement.
Sad Memories.
The commuter handed the brakeman a
6 -cent cigar.
"Say, George," he said, "why does the
engine always let off such 'a heart
rending howl Just as we Da a a Lam
Oakr
George shook his head sadly.
"Ah. said he, "it was here that the
engineer, poor feller, first met hla
wife."
Is
For Long Bills.
"I see." she said, looking up from
the woman's page, "that a new machine
has been invented to manufacture paper
in strips six inches wide and nine and
a quarter miles long."
He nodded.
"Yee." he said. "It's for the bills of
that new Rltz-Carlton hotel that young
vanaerbiit is going to put up in New
xorpc.
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This Is Official.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press
After consulting our goosebone.
preaici tne rotiowing ror 1VU8:
Harry Thaw will have trouble with
his lawyers.
No resignations from the senate.
The Ananias club will grow.
An unsatisfactory spring.
War clouds in the Balkans.
To Be Said With Care.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal..
A noted scientist says that women
who blondine their hair are immoral.
A perfectly safe statement to Anaka to
the Associated Press, but a, rlakjr ona
to make in a Urawlag room. '
Complaint Book.
"All clubs." said the secretary, "keep
comolalnt books, and some of the com
plaints sot down in them are funny. In
our book, yesterday, a member com
plained "that the hot water was always
cold, and moreover, there never was
any.'
"A novelist last weeK had trie nerve
to comDlalir -that his latest new novel
hafln't been added to the club library.
"Young swells sometimes contplaln
aDout tne ciud wines ana cigarettes and
Cigars in order' to introduce brands that
they are touting for on tne sly.
"Sometimes anonymous scandal soils
tne complaint dook s pages. Thus, last
year, appeared this entry about a very
porUior member:
" 'Major -Hawkins is flirting with too
many -of our wives. By the way, he
still owes that tenner he knows t
whom.' "
For Better Time.
"Everybody who got a watch for
Christmas got a card as well, U the
watch came from my shop, advising
mm not to winq u at nignt out in tne
morning."
The. speaker, a Jeweler, pointed to a
stack of letters.
"They are all from people," he said,
"who want to know what nosslbla dif
ference If can make whefer a watch is
wound before going to bed er after get
tin, up. Now I tboufbt aaybodjr would
The Right to Live.
From tha Kansas City Star.
The recent strike in New York
merely a protest of wage earners
against tha general tendency to in
crease the cost of all the necessities of
life. It is, In plain terms, a plea for
the right ta live. The matter of rent la
only ona of the It eras in the entire Hat.
It Is not surprising, however, that the
protest snouia . nrxt De manifested
against the landlords,' for a place to
live is tne nrst consideration witn the
man with a family. He must have a
home. Other things that appear as ab
solute necessities to tne ricn or even
to the moderately well to do may be
sacrificed, or at least curtailed. As the
burden occasioned by the eves Increas
ing cost of food, clothing and fuel be
comes more and more oppressive tha
proDiem oi now to live may be met as
emergency requires. The rood may be
scant ana tne supply oi ciotning may
lack much of affording comfort, but the
piace to live is tne one great impera
tlva and absolute need. It is only
natural, therefore, that when the land
lord nxes a rental at a price beyond the
means of tha tenant to djv. tha latter
should make, an aa-sTesslve nrotest
against it. ror tne wage earner tne lm
possible rental is the proverbial "last
straw" added to an already unbearable
burden.
But to solve the problem of nrnvltlln
ror every nones t laDorer a noma where
his family can at least live in comfort.
at a rental within the reach of his
wages, is tne lesson involved in the
New Tear incident. The rlaht to live
jnay be cdnceded. but the possibility of
living in comrort ougnt to oe a matter
of vital concern to all cities. It Is not
only a matter of elvic pride that should
prompt American municipalities to the
solution or tne rental problem, but a
matter of protection. It involves the
question of a better citizenship, fc high
er civilization and every material and
moral interest of tha country.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Killing Canadian Thistles.
Salem Or.. Jan. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal I have heard of many
waya to get rid of the Canadian thistles.
Some one told me to cut them off and
apply salt, another party told me to cut
them off and pour turpentine in the
open stem. Some one said there is a
certain day in August to kill thistles
If we only knew when. Another man
said there are three days in tha month
of August at a certain moon change
that if you cut your thistles on ona of
these three days they will not grow any
more.
I have tried salt, and I have tried tur
pentine. I have never tried the moon
shine way. but I have seen other parties
try it without auccesa; also killed a
few thistles with salt A farmer may
get rid of them by digging them out as
far aa he can track the roots down arid
then salt the bottom of the hole. I
have killed a few thistles in thia way.
I have also tried to salt thistles on top
of the ground by cuttlnar them off Just
above tha surface and splitting the
stem; then I put about a spoonful of
salt on each one, but that was also a
failure. I think it will kill them to
cut them off on top of the ground by
putting enough salt on, but It will be
too expensive where there are many
thistles,
Unconsidered Trifles.
From tha New York Press.
The world Is composed of trifles. The
nerve of a ' tooth, liner than a cambric
needle, nearly drove Napoleort Bona-
f arte to distraction, and actually caused
he mighty Caesar to lose a battle. A
mosquito can drive an elephant crasy.
A mouse can teaaa a lion to death. The
reef which sinks a navy is the work of
a tiny worm. . The warrior that walks
up to the cannon's mouth and faces
death In a thousand forma is killed bv
an insect, email pleasures maite up
the sum of human happiness.' , Thia
deepest wretchedness often results from
a perpetual continuance of petty palna.
Tlfe first rlass of wine that waa drunk
led to all the horrors, miseries ' and
crimes that have sprung from drunken
ness and darkened the earth for centuries.
revenue to the city from this source
for 1907 was $7,111, while the amount
raised from taxes was I3,S!, and all
this haa been accomplished without a
single dollar saloon revenue.
The substantial character of tba bus
iness of the community is shown by tha
statement of tha Bank of Milton, which.
snows deposits on August is. izvi,
000 and on December , 1289,000.
It is an easy matter for one Ignorant
of tha facta and careless of the truth.
to say that prohibition la detrimental to
the, business of a community but the re
sults here, after many years trial, la
very satisfactory to this clean and
thriving town. N. A. DAVIS, Mayor.
The Clock, Habit.
To the Editor of The Journal la
your issue of Thursday I noticed a par
agraph about a firm taking away the
clocks so that the clerks would not lose
time in glancing to see how much long
er they have to work.
It would seem that If the said clerk
took a little more Interest In their em
ployer's work, and If it were made to
th'elr interest, they would not look at
the timepiece to see how long it would
be before quitting time, l, lor one, al
ways seem to be working against time,
to see If I can do so and so before quit
ting, and I don't think that I am tha
only one in Portland that does the
The way that was a success, the only ,am thinr
I? 7a J 7 V? ?Z ZT' L'ue I don't know what kind of a firm tha,
at I know of. is to use the plow. I 0ne referred to Is. hut it munt not InT
sure
that
have got rid of five or six patches of
thistles in thia way. The best way is
to plow the thistle patch in the fall two
or three times, then next spring as noon
as U Is dry enough plow them up again
and at least every., two weeks after
that till fall, then the patch is in fine
shape to now to grain. No more thistles
will show up, but any one tending his
thistle patch in this way must be sure
that he Is plowing a large enough patch,
because the roots go further than the
thistles if the Datch Is only plowed as
far as the thistles are. it is very likely
that soma thistles will show up the
next year on the outside of the old
patch a cultivator or disc harrow may
be used, too, after It has been plowed
several time, but should be used at
least every eight or ten days, becauso
they do not go so deep and are not ao
sure to tear up an tne roots.
Any person who wishes to start In
tha aorlna- to clow nn his thistle natch
anoum plow tnem every weeic xor a
month or six weeks, after that every
two weens.
The hardest place 'to get rid of this
ties Is along a fence or in timber. If along
a fence if possible the fence should
be moved. If in timber 'or stump land
it will pay to clear the land and treat
them as above mentioned.
FRED DE VRIES.
Good Results of Prohibition.
Milton, Or., Jan. 17. To the Editor
of The Journal In your Issue of Jan
uary 14, a dispatch from Pendleton rel
ative to tha probability of Umatilla
county joining ma list or "dry", coun
ties, states aa a fact that "Milton has
had no saloon ror 13 years and allowed
Freewater- io grow up and capture much
of its business, when the latter place
had salooas." The facts are that -more
than 22 yajnrs ago the saloons were ban
ished from Milton, since which
- Sunshine From Cucumbers.
From tha Kansas City Times. '
Now that Senator LaFollett haa been
runished by being mad chairman of
he select committee to investigate the
Potomac river ' front, there is some
prospect that the Potomac river front
may be Investigated, anyhow, j
time
it has grown . from a population of
anout bou to a prosperous town or l,tuo,
with mercantile establishments, depart
ment store and business Institutions
wen patronised ana prosperous nd not
excelled by any town of its aise in tha
state, and their ledgers are not over
burdened with uncollectible accounts.
Freewater also haa bean without sa
loons for over two years past, -and has
made more substantial business devel
opment during that period than in all
its previous history when It. had from
one to three saloons. , Both town are
enjoying peace and prosperity and have
a kindly and neighborly interest in each
other; the strife engendered by the sa
loon interest ha passed away and both
are working for the' upbuilding and Im
provement of tha community
, Milton has S mile of graded streets.
an emDtv tall, an electric light Mant
Land a water system worth 126,000, more
uaa Its enure inaepteanes,-. ana ; ma i
terest the employes much If they are
always looking forward for quitting
time. Why does not the employer mak
tt a little more pleasant for the clerk
In their work, and; not sq much like ma
chinery then they would not - get the
clock habit. CLERK. .
Believes In Statement No. 1.
Hood River, Or., Jan. 19. To th Ed
itor of The Journal:' I was somewhat
surprised to notice in your Issue of the
17th under the caption, "Political Gam
On in Wasco County," the statement
that I am a candidate for the office of
county cierK. This is an error, I am
not a candidate for that position, but
may later decide to become a candidate
for the position of state senator from
this county. If I should do so, I shall
sign statement No. 1. aa I am not afraid
to trust the plain American voter, who,
I believe. Is as competent to 'say who
shall be United States senator as who
snail be governor or justice of the peace.
However, I sincerely hope that the peo
ple will choose for United States sena
tor some man who is pledged to work
for tariff revision, as I believe that our
present tarirr law takes millions or
dollars from the people arid is the
mother of trusts.
If the Republican nartv will' not re
vise the tariff, I predict that the Amer
ican people will revise the Republican
party. ju w. jbl.uwh.kb.
May Have a Local Application.
From the Des Molne Capital '
Recent developments In Iowa politics
tend to recall the story of an old col
ored man who stole a pig, and after
ecttlnar home with the animal knelt
to pray before retiring. His wife heard
him tiravlno- to the Lord to foraHve him
for stealing the pig. She went to sleep
with Uncle Eph still praying. Later
in tha night she woke up ana saw her
husband still kneeling in prayer. At
daybreak his supplications had not
ceased.' "Boh.' why don't you ooma ta
bed?' aakad his wife. "Let me 'lone,
Mian, ve mo i tries to spiam to d
Lord how I com to ateal dat pig, de
wussar i gats mixea.
:r An Averted Disaater. . i
From the Kansas City Times. -'. '
Chairman Burton ef the house eom
mftte on rivers and harbors, trong1y
rAfi a n , AWvvnnrlt1fn t K ft AAA An A
for inland waterways. A Kansas City
may bav suggested before. It would
have been-' a national disaster to lr
such an. excellent and sagacious con-
frresslonal -' chairman, in :. order merely
hat Cleyaland might gain Republican
mayor,' .-v.v.--;. 4" .
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