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he will accept lite. 'You must
take. It; ,the only choice ..la.
ho w. Henry Ward Beechef. :
THE PANAMA RAILROAD.
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.
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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
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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
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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 " - ' " -
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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.
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: 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
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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. ,- ,
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. 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.
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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. - "' " - . ;
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' 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. ;
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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.
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