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JOSEPH 14 BrISTOW,' who a few years ago became prominent on ; account of his Investigation and v- exposure of poatofflce - depart ment frauds, has made a report on the Panama railroad situation that 6hould arouse national Interest, It will arouse national lnterest-7-and Indignation, too In exact l propor tion aa the people read and under stand the facts. - It .must necessarily arouse some congressional ..Interest, too, but congress, being as; a ' rule, end In any such-case, devoted to the service of some big special corporate Interest, and not that of the people, must be expected - to - pigeonhole Brlstow's report,, and try to prevent . the people from noticing it.' If: therebe fcny -conclusive "and clinching argument for letting this report alone; as one With bare fingers would a hot stove,' It is that ; It Is socialistic. It', absolutely , recom mends. Instead of government . sub sidy of a steamship, trust, the owner ship . and: operation of ' a line of steamers from the . termini of the Panama railroad, ' lnf opposition to the Pacific , Wall. . This would ' be rank treason to the trusts. i Here, In .brief, . la the , situation: The , government owns ' the Panama railroad; it is doing scarcely any business over the railroad because the government has not yet made a two-ocean-continent monopoly . of thePacifie Mall; the Pacific Mall re coups, : through 5 . cooperation with transcontinental railroad', lines all of them by an agreement by which all stuff that under natural and fair conditions would go by the Panama route la shipped across the continent by rail, principally by the Southern Pacific ox .: Santa Fe, , at exorbitant rates. 4 . ' , h " I Thus millions of people" are held up and made to pay .tribute to a combination of railroad and steam ship corporations. 'The government holds the absolute, complete, key to the situation. I Owning this . inter ocean key railroad It can only .make It of use to the people by owning or controlling or dictating terms to the connecting steamship lines. The cor porations won't;; make" reasonable terms, for the very god reason that so far as their, Interests are . con cerned they own : not " only some steamship . lines , and railroads, but the majority of the aggregation of alleged legislative and. administra tive public -servants at 'Washington. We shall see nothing done about the matter unless more complete surrender of the government. In fact, it Is doing nothing now, nor proposing to do anything.' It only hopes the people don't know or no tice. 4 ; -"',' TOWN AND . COUNTRY PREACH- .''- ING. Vl. : . . : ; ' ; .. REVEREND J. R. N. BELL, a minister long and well known In . Oregon, . spoke, recently in i , Corvallls, where he is at pres ent.located, of the scarcity of preach ers in rural communities and their congestion beyond any real need or "call" In towns. He pointed out that in Corvallls, with from 3,000 to 4,000 population, there are 11 evan gelical churches, each with its min ister to be supported, and suggested . that. If Ahere were only about three ministers there and the others could be circuit! riders as the Methodist people had years ago, the preachers would be much more - evenly . dis tributed andTthere; would not be children who grow to manhood and womanhood without ;, heaHng even one'sermon. ' rFour of five other Cor vallls preachers agreed ., with thl3 a sentiment and . expressed a willing ness; to do what they could to carry or spread the messaged ; of the gospel to Interior country, communities. So, says the Republican,' It is expected that there will be severaV ministers preaching over In the Torests of Ben ton, Lane and Lincoln counties next v summer during the vacation seasoft. This is a" suggestion ; that seems oVthy of wide and careful consider ation on the part of the churches, especially with reference to sparsely settled but growing, regions .:: like Oreiron. It is sometimes said that there can. be too much' of -a good thing, and Is ' not . this true of churches and preachers in towns of from- 2,000 population up,whlle ' hundreds of communities get no j reaching, or, but a little occ'aslonal !v? It Is true that churches already to supply country commn!tIes t a tt nslderatle extent, but could not' this policy be., broadened and strengthened,, and at the same time towns like porvallls relieved la some measure of the burden of "too much of a good thing" that Is, a multi plicity of-churches and preachers? And it does not sufficiently accom plish the suggested object for, town preachers to spend only their sum mer vacations In agreeable seacoast or mountain aettlemonts. , ; If church services are a good thing, they are needed in all country communities, and as much, during the rest of the year as in the summer time. " . AN ENCOURAGING INSTANCE. .v,,-... ... -HIP ' ,V.....;..f--,T A' TRACT of 38i5' acres of land, largely wooded, lying for moro than a mile along the Willam etie. river in Clackamaa coun ty, has been sold to parties who will clear It and put it into good shape for Intensive farming, raising vege tables and small fruits principally, and will, divide it into small tract and put it on the market for home seekers and homebullders. If these new owners will fix. a reasonable prlceon these, tracts they. will have done a good piece. of work not only for hundreds of people in particu lar, but for Clackamas mnd adjacent counties, for the nearest toWn to this tract, for Portland and for the whole tate. For every instance -of tnu being done will furnish an example and an incentive to others' to do likewise, and a thousand such cases happening within' a few months would do much to double Oregon's population-within the next two or three years. These men" can aouoi less do all this, and yet make a good profit for K- themselves, which they will of course deserve, aa they make no pretensions to being philanthro pists Yet we hope they will not demand too big a profit. V .'Such land as ihl, now. ajmost Idle and worthless to the community, can by this means be made very pro ductive and valuable. .The soil Is excellently adapted to vegetables and fruits, and to small bnt profita ble' farming .generally. . The .land lies along a river and a railroad, and is not many miles from this metrop olis and large market And Jt Is only one of many similar tracts, more or less advantageously situ ated, that J could .be. thus handled with' great benefit to their Imme diate localities,' and In a less degree to all others of ; this state and re gion. The Journal hopes to record many such enterprises during the next few months. They will do more than anything else except more rail roads to bring in people and develop the state, and tbey will help to m duce the building of more railroads. The two great agencies of develop ment wilt naturally -work together A LOGICAL CONCLUSION. HY.NOT amend the constitu tion of Oregon so as to have the governor of the state . elected by the legislature? Why not allow the legislature to elect the ' , secretary of r ; state, the state, treasurer, the judges of the supreme court and every "other state official t-'-' :;V ".:iV. .'.'. -; ' Why not strip the people of the right to fill any office of real Im portance and delegate all their power to the 90 men who assemble bien nially at Salem? ! i If the people are not fit to elect United States senators, how can they be qualified to choose a governor or any other important official? , Why not ; follow to Its logical con clusion, the argument of those . who oppose , . Statement No. 1 and the election of senators by .direct vote? 'Play" out 'the - stririg, g'entlemen' Since you cannot truBt the people to choose a senator, why trust them at all? s Be outspoken and. be consist ent enongh to follow your own rea soning to its Inevitable result. And while you are on the subject,! per haps you -will explain the consistency of allowing, the r people " to choose their representatives in the lower house;; of congress and at the same time denying them ' the right to choose ' their representatives ' in "the upper house.'f ' :' If the legislature is to elect the senators why should it not also elect the congressmen? THE SHORTER THE BETTER. T HE THAW! trial, m compared with the former one, is making good, progress. This was first shown in the selection of a Jury, and 'appears" since, in the'intro ductlon of evidence. -If this apparent effort all around to restrict the trial within something like reasonable limits shall be maintained with re gard to the alienists who are yet to testify, all parties concerned will be entitled to congratulation, and the general pubUo ':m well. But that a vast amount of inquiry of and tes timony by the alienists that is need less, not to say nonsensical, will, oc cur. is to be expected. The testi mony of manr conflicting alienists in such; a case offers too ? good an , opportunity ; for lawyers; to lie f I e sisted. Perhaps some testimony ot this kind in the Thaw case, especially-such as relates to his boyhood and youthJslDertlnehti and t useful, ; as well as legally i. admisslble,?,httt 1 it nevertheless Is true that this class of evidence has been made the subject of, a growing abuse in the courts, and any effort n the part of judges or lawyers to confine it within rea sonable limits is to be commended. A4 bill for the direct - election ot Massachusetts United States senators has been Introduced Into the legis lature of that state. .But Senators Lodge and Crane are not supporting it, of course. Not acting officially under the theory of legislating Tor the people, but for special Interests, they naturally don't wish the peo ple to elect the senators. The peo ple might turn them out. ' - Culberson of Texas ' aee'ms to be another man of presidential - sue, made by contrast more clearly so by Bailey's downfall: but there U no use of talking of a southern cand! date,. for reasons that while not very strong are easily perceived, are keen ly recognized If not thoroughly un derstood. There Is not likely to be a southern candidate for president for many jreartvV iV"' 1 " .... r ; " ri As long as a saloonman jbeya the law he should not be persecuted, of course. - tie nas paia nis money to carry on his business. ' But once the authorities are sure that saloon- man has violated the law, and es pecially If he has done so repeatedly, and has helped to ruin' girls through his traffic, he should never be given the privilege to engage in this busl ness again. .V t: With some Intent of sarcasm the Detroit Newi remarks:, "Of course Wall street doesn't want war with Japan. It might be merely a rep etition of the graft in selling ships, decrepit yachts, steel, ' arms and canned meats of '98, which would be an awful bore to Morgan and his Corsair." There is a possibly, growing sen timent that a president should not force the nomination of any certain person for his successor, bnt should keep Ills hands off the business. . ii Is becoming a question whether Taffs cause will , be helped or harmed by Roosevelt's strenuous ac tivity. , " . 1 It has been an unusually mild win ter so far back east, and also, it Is supposed, up In. the Arctic regions) for icebergs are ; numeroua in the north Atlantio ocean, something not known before, at i this time of year. Perhaps this, would have been a good time for Peary or Wellman to get up to the pole. ; : , . The president of Brown university Is quoted as saying that "there is no American In public life, who sur passes Governor. Hughes in . intellec tual graspMn .clearness of, vision, or In fearlessness ofctlon.'';; Thfs may be so, but how ild the professor find it out? Governor Hughes? public record Is rather brief. r The latest Job suggested for Roosevelt after he Is through with the present one is minister to Eng land. But this seems inappropriate: too much Btyle and toadying to suit him. He might get us into a war with Great Britain. " V ! Judge Cleland overruled the tech nical and frivolous motions of the T. G. & T. high financiers. But their lawyers can dodbtless make all sorts of arguments, except one, . to the supreme court, to . show that Judge Cleland is in legal error. . The authorities of Tillamook coun ty are acting properly In making the movement to re-try tne man nem bree. since that is possible. Let all the facts be again disclosed, and an effort be made to obtain better re sults. " bji i ii ' ' Walter Wellman claims to have discovered that Harrlman is for Huehes. But it Harriman is ap parently for Hughes, Is he so real ly?' Doesn't he know that his sup port wouldklllaman?J &;.; i .... , ... , . , To paraphrase an alleged remark of Madame Roland, as she was about to be executed: O party, what crimes have been committed In thy name. . ; - , " There is also a matter of civic pride In the matter of registration. Where is our 200,000 population if only 20,000 men register? The ' January, and other - showers and the spring rains will bring the roses all right, but they won't pro duce a fiesta. Registration Is positively an act of civics duty. It takes less time now than later; why not do it? This Date In History. Elizabeth opened the flrirt royal exchange in London. 1806WlUiam Pitt, the great English tjitesman. died. Borit .1769. 181---TiankBglving In New Orleans over General Jackson s victory. -lS348t, Louis caStle. at Quebec, de- "ralVS. nxii the first Tues day after' the first Monday In .Novem er as thd time for presidential, elec- lil'i-HtonhAn A. Doutrlas of Illinois. Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska bill In 1856-St'oamer Pacific, with 184 pas .!. r.tt r.tvornnnl for New York andw..;..r heard ln- f vtnnA relieved of his command. . , Hood relieved of his command 1906 Steamer Valencia wrecked prj Vancouver island,- with Joss , of .-: 117 lives. Beneath Her Dignity. From the Philadelphia. Public, Ledger, - ..Yes, Mid the society girl, haugh tily. "Bhe got a duke, all right , -''Why didn't you get oner . - "Oh. I never attended a remnant sale in my life." - . - . - . . - - ! " Skeptical. ." 'From the St Iouis Globe-Democrat ' -The impression that tne Republican nomination for president will go either toTaft or Hughes Is not shared by the pre-ident of the senate nor the speaker Letters From tkc People : ' , . . Taxing , the Farmer. , ; : t McMlnnvllle. Or, Jan. I0.To the Ed itor of The aoumal---The Oregon Ta association of Portland Is getting very busy. I. have read the article in The Journal of -January 17 by Tred C. Den ton, hcadel "Unjust T"tlon,- and to ny the least. It Is the most unjust and deceiving harangue that I have ever read. lie - begins with the Fhar- knha anil . xiida - UD With A,H an. nf Orrimi II 1 UD vnn ' Wh.t'l un tn 11.1 ' TO bt hOOd' winked by such Bosh as there Is In his article, vis., exempt aJl properties or every nam and nature, from taxation xceot land. my home, our homes,. ror without land, we as a state and nation would be as nothlngT - Tax thehoin frnm .unilai. tha nriiilumr ' which tnIS amendment would surely do), and you destroy the loyalty of the clUxene of our country, for whoever, heard or man tlghtlnar, for -a boarding-house. It and It's now up to the farming public (aa a eneral tbingl to mwd wh ' farlous and cursed taxation amendment. If auch law should exist the tax levy on land would be twice, what It is now, and in a abort time our homes 1t ! t ha rail home) WOUld be covered with mortgsges and the multi millionaire would very - soon wwn ... lands, and hold It In large bodies. Then hia nafarinua law would be repealed and landlordism would reign supreme. Denton seems-to oe very niucu wor ried over the poor worklngman (wiiy. k h.a hut , Ilttla tax to nay. If any)i and also.the poor farmer. ho w he has naa to Dear in ouruon ,""'"' roads, achoolhouses and all public build ings, etc. Well, we pioneers have aon only our duty . to our fellow-countryman, and we are still willing to do the same, and havenur houses, barns, stock. machinery, orcharda. yes, and snruns and vines (and all old Junk) assessed for H toer are wortn. - . . A.IM .. TUntn i.trl a daimond can be hid away in any old dirty rag. but 1S.00U tons or nay la iun w vv the eye of the. assessor. ' . ' ' T aak Ur Hnnton hfl mUT IWffl. rs own lO.OOd tons of hay at $11 per ton worlh $110,090. and hew many men own diamonds at that price, laid away In a dirty 'rag. Dear, dear, 'how he and the Reform Tax league do sym pathise with the clodhopper. . They would exempt from the assess ment rolls all the costly city and town blocks, costly mansions; In fact, all val uable property of all kinds, all factor es and mills, machinery of all kinds. In cluding automobiles everything where the real wealth-Is possessed.' For the soil has been, the great factor in -producing this wealth, which those, pro moters wish to exempt Our soil has become a skeleton, and the 'richness of hr nah haa nrosoered the cities la Irlehee -and to exemyt this wealth now. It would be disastrous to me proaucera of this state. Farmers and grangers, let us unite and prevent this single tax octopus and tax alt properties, with no exemptions; whatever. I want every rarmer ana producer this valley to read the honest article mrrlttan hv n.nrrn Wi Dixon of Canby. Oregon, in The Journal of January 13. and also to read the article by Fred C Denton of January 17, ana compare them. . ' W. J, GARRISON., i Rights Under Socialism. Portland. Jan. SO. To .the Editor cf The Journal What Is "state" that so troubles those who oppose Socialism by Its "absorption" and control ofAthe pro ductive means? These are enumerated in detail and counted up in a manner meant to alarm. It Is need as a scare crow of unknown quantity, suspicion and uncertainty that creates a vague impression of danger and disaster that Intimidates. V Many think it a ruling ciass of spe cial privilege and power. So It would be were it "state" ownership and the Dlutocrats , In power "as now. not a democracy. . This would make It an ac tive political body of capital organisa tion, class Interest and government function; partisan, 'prejudice, narrow, perpetuating all the evils of appoint ment, allotment and ajvil-servlcelsm; having and wielding the coercive power of poll tela! and military force. In fact the masses would be worse off In loss of liberty,, freedom and Independence awing to the arbitrariness of state con trol. . . . ' -V- Socialism has no state faction, part Or class. It's the whole people with out distinction of any, a popular sov ereignty of all through the Initiative and -referendum of the whole, whose collective will rules, social self gov ernment by right of mutual interest Thla malcea the- neODla the direct Power of legislature and execution of laws for their own good. By that It's seen that Socialism's "absorption' and control of the living means productive power would 'simply be the Intake and havlp of this right. Mutually benefiting oy this, the wortn is in tne vaiue oi use, the more the arrester gnin. none lose. having equal privilege. This Is neither equal ability nor production, but chance unlimited. But' as there is no wage dependence,- yet .mutual need of' help as betterment it will naturally -result in a cooperative commonwealth' Just why this industrial association of greater productive power benefiting eacli, snouia cause a oreroni in yi uutuun to "the barest means and needs of liv ing" is hard to see, ince "spoon and porridge" would be choice, not depriva tion of chance Job-to have more. Let trial of the Job chance be had first theory of it afterward. rxTMt,a J, W pAUil aVU40 , - Concahnon the Reformer. ' Portland, Jan. 28. To the Editor ot The Journal Mr; T. J7; Concannon, the representative of , the Democratic party In the council, wants "to reform the nv.ni rftimcll. which he says he will do (not tb council but . the reforminjf ) as soon ss possible. . Concannon thinks that the council makes a great mistake by passing 10 or 15 petty bills at every meeting when it should be devoting its spare time to enforcing the : bills which, are already passed. - - V !' ' ' A, - Concannon says that bills are passed at 'every -meeting which don't amount to anything. The bills, , being passed are put on the books and forgotten,,- If some of the books were run 'over, vou would find to your surprise that there are wagon license bills that are never enforced, electrW sign bills that are not enforced and hundreds of-other. "I'll tell you," ' said Concannon. fit I had my way, the council would do better. ounn saiuxjo, journal carrier Jno. iia. Why Girls Excel Boys. : . i PorUand, Jan. 20. Ta the Editor 'of The JournaU-ln your editorial in to day's Journal "Girls Surpassing Boys" In our high schools and universities, you five manr - reasons and suppositions why It is so, but I think you omit the chlefest and real reason, .therefor, vis. r Girls, as a rule, do not use tobacco, and boys us a rule, do. 1 have read that in one of the oldest and largest eastern universities five-sixths of the male students use tobacco, and that for more than 60 years no tobacco user has grad uated at tne head of his class. Does not this seem to Indicate that tobacco has something to do with the dullness of the boys?- W., WOODRUFF. The Forum. ' , ; Salem, Or., Jan. 10 To- the EdltM of The , Journal 'TVUl" you please in form m through your paper where the "Forum" is. published .and .where I could grt it in Portland. W. J. WV- The Forum is published In New York city and Is on sale at tha principal news stands .in-Portland. - ' h'v . -.v i. in .hi r i ' ' ' 1 ' Not Convincing. 1 " ' I From the Chloaga Evening Post Mr. Spooner hastens. to explain that In solts of his recent speech "he Is not n enemy of the president." " That car ries one back to the days woen fond mothers assure us the whipping with a alioner hurt them .more than it did f us. Perhaps, but v- VALUE OF GOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMORIES v.V: " ' 4" ; By Landon Carter. . ' (Ooprrlaht I0. Amwknrnl-EiimlMr) .There sre.' perhaps, few things more Important than associations, for they hot only reflect character, but affect It and upon . the experiences of child hood depend upon the memories and sentiment of maturer years, which are the guiding factors of future noble- . Upon the Influence f home life are a child's thoughts, smbitlons and lovo educated, and accordingly are these traits revealed la after life, when he gravitates naturally to his most coo genlal sphere. , ' To all, the responsibilities of good ex amples are very great, but to the f uardians of youth they are incalculable, or no amount of pretext Is -effectual, If example be missing. ' ' The associations of youth are. pe- oullsrly indelible, and no one ran fore see by what little thing an Impression able child may be Influenced a mel odya gentle look geature the odor of certain garden flowers frown an injustice,, may alike affect their thoughts, from the dawn to the end of memory, for memory has as many moods as the temper and shifts Its seenery like diorama. . - When Jovlng associations have been accumulating within us for years, even the possible suggestion that there could be any substitute for them seems el most sacrilege. ' - , . ' George Eliot says ""the Illusions that began for us when we were less ac quainted with evil have lost none of their value when we discern theni to be Illusions they feed the ideal tet ter,' and In loving . them still, we strengthen the precious habit of loving anmafhlna-. not visibly, tangibly exist ent but a spiritual product of our-vls-Ible tangible selves" cherish the chllJ ish loves and associations the memory of that worm little nest in which our every nigh impulse was neogeq. Small .Ckangd :',;. v Bend the climate back east - ;. V , e . . No, It isn't any too much rain. 1 . ... ... . e e . Kobody else can be Roosevelt ." ', e ' Groundhog day may be. ominous. , - . i , . ' e e -., t, The crop-killing season approaches. e . v.. The mill grinds slowly, but perhaps surely. , .. -i " - ' " - ... . - - - If robbed don't tellHhe police whafs the use? ' Governor Hughes begins to feel the speaking spirit moye. Harrlman can't kill. nor, only tem porarily retard, Portland. ' TVonle who won't sDray deserve no orchards or fruit of their wn. Treating-to make people believe one Is a good fellow is a failure. a nnnvictinn la onlr the fair beginning of the defendant's lawyer's work. .... . -. ... y.'i" It often turns out to be true evn yet thst the way of the transgressor is hard. ... .. - . v : o iar as Oregon is concerned winter Is mostly a mete? calendar seasonal, name';. -''-y -.. . -h Bo far as reported, there Is no sntl Taft organisation of federal office holders. : -' , , ... Keep your eye' on . Msyor Hlbbard.-- Boston UIODO. ,very ,Jejr m watching. ' , . rba'i tha' e-ftvernment. out Of 85,000, 000 people, find a few fair imitations of .Heney?..'.;-: :y.,J,?: .. V 1 he estimate for the Panama canal la now $300,000,000 But there Is plenty of time for. It to grow. JV v.-- . . "v nl tr Thomas doesn't Chal lenge. His is apparently a case of wis dom increasing witn age. . - ;r .,f .' : - . - "'' -'I - Littleton atwarently means to send TUm- tn an aavlnm for awhile. In which case he may become crosy beyond any ' Vhat an absurdity to try to prove Thaw's insanity by his love letters, r-nii M n't anybody be proved Insane in ' "Ginghams were very active," says a mirlr.t rfrmrt. Wll It SUCH a nlgn wind that sllka and other fine stuffs weren't, outT-..; ;- . , . ' Count 8sechenyi--or whatever it 1 has hat a miniature iisi-Bna-tpimuo rw In New York sign that is one of the Bonl class. , , ; ; Washington POst: A pessimist is a man to whom the ash heap always looks bigger than tne coat pue oeivr un win ter Is half over. , ' ' ' . '-it tha Rnnuhlk.an convention mana gers can get Fairbanks and Hughes to attend in person, they figure that they can save a big ice ouu . j.ia Turk now has more money than ft knows what to do with. Couldn't Harrlman manage to borrow enough to set men at worn -again.;- ; . Evelvn apparently hasn't gained any in , rhiidlnh sweetness of disposition air.ro the former trial. But It could not be expected mat sne wouiq. .:; - I'lie Ttenubllcan leaders rather- favor Cannon ; for president than any other candidate. Democrats are very willing that he should be Dominates. , .- v V.-. is X-.: '- ,J : M r-;,tHJ r-oS-'- According to most representatives of Governor Hughes, Vice-President Fair banks is a desert siteocco, o a geysor spouting DOinn- water, in conipariayii. T4.-vntra won't register, government bv the people must be to a great extent that people do not cars what happens." m.: annil., whv , somebody " doesn't moke a. great fortune by inventing and manufacturing a really - good, honest, reliable lea.l penci,. v Or Isn't the thing possible? . , i , a ;. arhn' hna had 'the bubonic nlartia and got rid of 'it would not be apt to want it again. This is about the way the average taxpayer should view a party machine government , . v Klffbtren decrees below sero 1ft Ver mont. -And when it thaws out next April nothing much will grow. Yef there are people who .would rather live in Vermont - man in nogue rivar' vauey. Ut hi populate Oregon-" . patriotic ally says the Medford Mall. ' But the trouble 1 that too many young people think they cannot afford to raise cnti drnn, or love aa easy and careless life too much. - i , . . , . Think - whst horrible stuff It must nave been that inspired this story; A tiwne rattlesnake belonging to an Arl zora farmer sleeps every night on the front gate of its owner's garden, soiling himself around the gate and gatepost : 'l.i.Troe...' ? Li '" From the -Milwaukee Sentinel. .V "Fools enter where angels fear to tread remarked"' the man who was fond of repenting old sayings. . 'Yes," replied Senator Bargcr, "and nine times out of ten the fools win out" s , . r - v ' - ' . , With equal force, however, comes the all forms of Injustice, and what more acoumiilatlva In lta effecta than blttf ness, from which emanates atheism and almost every a ciiarariariaua w wi h i; tha riaah fa heir. What little child was ever taught Chrlstlsnlty or the love of God by the learrui nocirjne or neu rira nniTf ' Ami whit little heart per- meat..! with the natural Impulses of vnuth waa v,r made haDDV or sood by monotonous doctrines and the eternal coniteauences of good conaucir vnua hoods longings are .not alwsya pre versely obstinate, and to the little girl whose arms are hungry for a doll there can be found no solace In housekeep ing recipes, nor.wlth any degree of satisfaction, to a boy can ' UlbbOTi s noma1 aver, substitute the Joys of a taolrknlfa ... : . . . " The exercise of childhood's duties ire as Important as those of after life, but so also should they find recompense in childish pleasures, which will ever en courage and feed the memories of love and Justice. - L It "lgon ranee Is a painless evil, so also are the memories of those merry Inno cent childhood's days, the thoughts of which, like the sun. rise every morning to flood the day with happlneas and to which rays respond and blossom llfes nigheat impulses. ; ' " ' ' In life'a comDllcated game, when the devices of skill are so frequently' de feated by unforeseen and unavoiaaoie IncldentaAwhat better of f set to oppres sion than memories.- to which onos mind naturally reverts? And such irriilnaa not onlv makes life desir able, bur from a practical standpoint Is a rine asset ror t. . , In encouraging cnuaren oy lumpio, ...nxi.iinn. . anvlrnnment and every rational form or indulgence one penexna humanity In general. a - ,,Thn future of thla country depends npon its children' and tneir succesa w rende moet largely upon their early la buences-and aasoclatlona - - ' Orctfon SideKgHts ' ... 1 ''. ': '""""t. ' A BUverton man picked ripe rospber rles last week. ,- , . -j - T- . The region around Canby is also tx ceUent for English walnuts. . A Yaquln'a bay man has a yoke of oxen that weigns s.eue pounos. v vi , . .i i e e . '.' ' ; Vlt U still the time to spray. Nature Is doing her part but won't do every- The Callea will hoU a cherry carni val net summer. ' That Will D a une occasion for a trip. . ".. .e. : . A Prlnevllle man'expects to make a fortune -out of a clothesline tightener that he has patented. - ' A happy valley.. Yamhill county man Is named John Hopfleld. but not all his 180 acres of land is a hopxteia. . Stockmen are turning horse out on the range In Swan Lake valley In Klam ath county. Better not let them stray far away. , - - The editor of the Canby Tribune may have been thinking of some one else when ; he wrote; $ "You ir can't always measure a man's brain by, the aise of ins town ns uvea id. .Harrlman Is the name of a townsite in the Harney valley. It. will, be no more than a barren townsite, unless the man whose namesake it is bunas ran rood through that region. '. , -.. . .e a. . j'- . -, Correspondence of Corvallls Repub lican:' Soap Creek Democracy may like the donkey aa a party emblem because Its long ears make it so capable of lis tening to eloquent speecnon. .. - e . ' . '' Fort . Klamath correspondence of Klamath Falls , Express: This is the mildest winter so far In this valley that the oldest settler ever, saw. Bnow in this valley runs - from six inches to three feet The coming summer will see portions of Klamath and Lost River basins thor oughly prospected and developed for oil, says the Klamath Falls Herald. This is work that needs to be kept up in different ports of the state. , , Madras Pioneer: Many ranchers of this section are considering the advis ability of going into the hog business as a means of getting rid of the sur plus grain- produced in this - section. The plan Is doubtless a good one, and will not only create a' market for the grain, out will prove a most profitable venture. - "' " - . ; , . O' e - . " . -i ' A Summit man tella the Corvallls Republican that everything ! prosper ous in that part of tha cpunty, and that many . new people : have settled - there during the past year. - .Prospects -for hay, the principal product far back in the mountains,;, are- exceptionally good this season. . f - ' ... f .-- Medfosd needs a cannery, badly, says the Tribune. . In many places In the valley, especially along Bear creek, the soil is especially adapted to the growth of every- species of vegetable, the two most prominent being the tomato and the pea." No spot of land In the United States is superior Vor the raising of all classes of vegetables- to- Bear Creek val ley UnLvi-;-" ""r- r-.!- Sllets . valley items In Toledo Ite- rorter: A heavy land slide occurred at he new cannery Wednesday : and came near ; taking the messhouse. Tons .. of earth and hundreds of trees slipped Into the Sllets. r Hard times havs shut all sawmills f down. There : are three in this vicinity and none of them running,' and we don't know how many men are thrown out of employment . ,. . HHlsboro .Argus: The United Rail ways company does not seem to be very anxious about building the line to HHls boro. In - fact, a majority of, HHlsboro people, . and tnose wno -live aiong mo proposed road, are not sure that It will . . ... i. ,...u .I.,. ..h. ever- db ouut, u i wwu.u aw faction here if the Portland council . .ia in.i.t nnnn tha nrtalnal aarree- ment under which the franchise was ob tained. - HHlsboro la getting tired of being used as a bumper for franchise schemes In Portland. The United Rail ways should build as It first agreed, or get out OI tne way wu i.u ovw company have a clear field. , - M. Coqneiln's Birthday. ', Benoit Constant Coquelln,'. who Is al most universally regarded as the. great est actor In France, was. Worn in Bou logne. January 23, 1841, and received his education under Regnler - at the Paris conservatoire. . Short ' Of .stature . and nlalrt of face., with, a disagreeable voice. Coquelln astounded hfs friends when, as a lad, he .announced bis intention o going on the stage; They endeavored to dissuade -him.' believing that a life of disappointment and failure was in store for ore; Who naa, apparently,, so tew of the requisites for succeeding- In ,a stage career. conviciea oi njs own in- tiate -powers, nowBvcr,' vumu a dear ear to them, and by astute prac tice and devotion to the rudimentary re- uutremenis ot Ba m . . I ,IBM,..UiJ. IfAtn. Int. An. Ihl mn.f muRlt-al organs to be heard in anv part of the world, and became So accomplished a speaker that he has long hern fceld up as a model of the way an actor should sneak, He made Jhls pro fessional debut at the theaUe Francals In I860 and -It was not long before his extraordinary talent was recognised. Of late vears he has been the most popular aotor in France and has also met with fvfr In- England and America; In- sd dltlon to his acting bess written much on 'matters relating to the stage. '; , - REALM FEMININE 1? '. How to Help. r . NS ADAMS once spoke of social settlement work aa a "renaissance' of Christianity a movement to- . ward its early humanitarian a- , peot": - . ... j . : , .Certainly the .force of such a move-' ment and the desire to be vitally help-, fur has been abundantly manifested in Portland Within the past week. At tha annual meeting of the Y. W., C A, the' great and far-reaching wqvk of.,' that , organisation' was .recounted and not the least impressive part of the report win that of the director of the Traveler's Aid department, .which has found em ployment for 861 girls, has responded to innumerable cans for assistance of various kinds and has been called Into servic for over MOO cases of varylug needsi ..-'.(.' v - --: -.- - ,, , It that isnt the early humanitarian Sspect of Christianity, what isT The may be other kinds of chsrltable work . which stir the spirit of all the people, but this appeal of the girl alone In a strange city, needing help, and advice, In peril from dangers that she cannot even know or be warned against is one that seems ta grip the heart - ' not- onijr tne timid gin traveling aiona, wno is mat at tne station, given, kindly advice as to iodglncs. Is fed ir she is without' mean, is befriended if , those whom sha! had expected to meet care until she is started on her war again, but all girls. In whatever neod or however situated may call upon this . inaiiiuuou ior asHisiancs. , r r f And it is not ' doled out as charity. but it Is the kind of friendly aid that an older and wiser woman knows honr to rive to a lonely or homesick or even a betrayed and outcast girl or woman. It la service personal service, such as the rest of us would Jike to give to our fellow - creatures if we were not to- busy. -or too reticent to offer-it and if we. were not Ignorant of how to get hold of these cases, that need assist ance. ; , ,. J. w .-. The "Young Women's Christian asso ciation, through its ..Traveler's - Aid branch, then, acts for all of us, takes the mattav un with wlarlnin onH tart and discretion and carries it on for us. No father or mother who looks about his or her own ', fireside and la glad that the children are not out righting the world alone, but may give a thought to some other mother's or father's child whom tha association mothers. In hor- need.- . '..-" The world Is not all selfish, not all hard and unkindly.' There are abund ant springs of warm, generous feeling. and or a desire to help, only, as i said, we' are most of us Ignorant as to how to go about it- v - Would it not be an excellent Idea for all of us,, then, who believe in this work. who feel always a little quickening or the. heart as we think of what auch aa association means to the friendless girl exposed to the dangers or a city,, who. 1 U . h. I. . la .Via flfcMUW ,iimi WWII. 1 I IOI, 4. ' wv Lord's work, to stand behind the asso ciation and let it act as our agent? Mrs. Baldwin's report says that tfio association had need ror II.b&b in toe past year and that the work la con stantly crowing. ' Of course It is. The city Is growing, the work of the associ ation is becoming better known, tne work is bearing fruit To curtail it is manifestly impossible. ' ' -. It Is a big opportunity to-put litfo use any sum of money, large or enmU which is not already employed. 10 could scarcely be better used. ; :.: X fc H . -. - . First Aid Hints. ' , J OR unconsciousness. Lay patient ' flat with head slightly raised. Ap: . ply cold water to bead. Keep body warm. Apply hot water bottles to soios of feet Give no stimulants. , For' hysteria. ' Apply mustard : plas ters to the soles of feet, wrists and palms of hands. Do . not . sympathise with or Restrain patftnt' Frequently the patient recovers beat If left entire ly, alone.' ''."-''.; For 'croun. Keep room warm and nave water noiiing ciose enougn so mat steam will reach the sufferer. Apply - - . ... i . . ... . flannels wrung out of hot water t tlio throat and cover with waterproof ma terial. - Use mustard plasters on th soles or . tne reet ana cneit ror a rew minutes only. Apply hot foot baths: and If not relieved try cold. In mem braneous croup, slack slims in the room. allowing patient to innaie. - In sudden attacks sometimes playing I With a toy or listening- to a story will cause symptoms to disappear. A phys ician should be sent for immediately, i t . - Why Flannels Shrink. - ' .. From January Delineator. "; ! T'lRST-r-Soap has oeen rubbed on r them instead of soap-Jelly beln Second They , have .'either been washed or rinsed in water too hot or too cold. '- J- ' Third Thev have been allowed to 11a about wet ' Instead of being - hung up to dry immediately. " Fourth They have .been dried- tod slowly. ' ' Fifth They have been dried Bo close to an open fire that they steamed. Sixth They, have been Ironed while wet with a very hot Iron. - .., Daily Menu. '- T have come to the conclusion that more than half the disease that-embitters life is due to avoidable errors in diet" Sir Henry Thompson, M. D.- - - BREAKFAST. -' - Baked Apple and Cream.- - . ' uatmeni, t'ream. . f . Broiled Pork Tenderloin. - j ? ' V- Baked Potatoes. . I r:: Toast, j- v- I ' Corn Cakes. Maple Syrup. . X!t ,v';..; i.h Coffee. w"KM-ii'fi''i M -'-A 5 iAjncheon.V? f ., -- Chicken Broth with Rice . r- ' - Egg Tfmbales, i Bread Sauce. t-, Parker . House Rolls. ' Cabbage and- Nut Salad. v : - Cranberry Pie. . , ! ; . ' . . ; dinner. ,,.-1 ' ; Grapefruit CocktaH.-;i-r.'if.;;:.:.i Consomme en Tasse. " Crab- Mousse. Hollandalse 8auce. Roasted Loin of Lambf Mint Sauce. , 1 Brussels Sprouts French Peas. .. Celery and. Green Pepper Salad. Cafe Demi-Tasse. : j, -Caramel Porfaitl in Glasses. From' Boston Cooking School Magastne. Crab Mousse Pound ' one cup (gen erous measure)- of crab mea. and the unbeaten whites of two eggs ih a mor tar until the Whole' is reduced to pulp: continue pounding while gradual ly sddini? half a cup of cold.twhite or Bechamel sauce.; After, all the sauce lias been added and the mixture is per fectly smooth, press it through a puree sieve and set 'aside" to become chilled. Beat Hhe whites of two eggs until dry. and : 'one ; cup of double cream until firm to the bottom of the bowl; add half a teaspoonf ul or more of salt and a generous dash of pepper to the -crab mixture, then fold in the - beaten egg and cream. Turn. Into a welt buttered mould, set the mould, on many folds Of paper, into a pan. and pour In boiling water to half the height of the mould. Let cook until . the ; mixture-, is firm without allowlns the water to .. boll. Rerva turned from the mould. With pens and fish, Bechamel or Hollandalse f sauce. i
