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WATERWAYS COMMISSION RE
PORT.
IHET REPORT of the Inland Wat
erway! commission, published
In full in yesterday's Journal,
Is more than sufficient to jus-
tlfjr its creation and maintenance.
The report ably and exhaustively
shows the Importance of and neces
sity for the Improvement of Inland
waterways. - And It shows also that
the railroads, that object In every
poscslble way to any government reg
ulation of them, have been and are
-the powerful enemies of the Improve
"ment of rivers and the use of Inland
; waterways for .freight and passenger
traffic This opposition is all-powerful
In. congress now. No appropria
tion for waterways will be made,
and Chairman Hepburn of the ap
propriation committee, on the petty
plea of economy, desires that the
commission shall not be paid. He Is
of course obeying or acting In con
cert with Speaker Cannon, who is
.and always has been a tool of the
'railroads and trusts and an enemy of
the people. Tet next summer a great
party's platform must be construct
ed that will equally praise Cannon
and Hepburn, and Roosevelt, who
'earnestly urges Inland waterway im
provement. . It is. high time the people were
expressing themselves, in no uncer-
these matters, they are expensive at
fairs. Good roads and bridges are
a prime necessity in any progressive
country or state, and they cost lots
of money. So we might go through
the lone list of nubile expenditures.
and flndffew places, at least so far
as-appears on the surface, where
much of a1 cut could 1e made. Of
course there is a good deal of graft
and extravagance, especially In
municipal -management. ""There
ought to be no occasion, for Instance,
for New York city to be burdened
with.' debt of $700,000,000, and
Boston with an even larger one In
proportion to wealth and population;
but the demand for very expensive
fire and police departments, public
buildings, well-paved streets and
beautiful parks, cannot be resisted,
and In almost all public service it is
difficult if not impossible to avoid
yielding the maximum of pay for
the minimum of service. Talk of
retrenchment is easy, and cheap, but
where and how to retrench under
popular government, is a more dif
ficult matter.
The effort should be made, how
ever, by public officers who have
the expenditure of the people's
money In their hands, and govern
ment, national, state, county and city
ugbt to be more and more reduced
to strictly business principles, con
ducted more as a great corporation
employing a large number of men
conducts its business. It should be
the devoted duty of every public of
ficial to Bee that so far as his acts
are concerned the people get full
value for the money expended on
him or through him.
But while perhaps not very much
can be accomplished In the direction
of lessening public expenditures,
much can be accomplished in meth
ods of raising public revenues and
distributing their burden more
equitably. For this purpose every
reasonable plan of readjusting our
tax system should be given consider
ation. President Roosevelt has re
peatedly urged the heavy taxation
of large inheritances, and another
effort to tax Incomes, but congress
shows no disposition to follow his
suggestions. State legislatures have
also been slow to respond to the
need of providing new sources of
revenue, particularly by taxing very
valuable franchises granted to pub
lic service corporations. This is a
subject that ought to engage the
earnest attention of all lawmakers
and Influential publicists. If the
country Is to go on spending more
a 10-mule load with one lonely mule.
It! is, however, a truth that many
farmers and numerous dairymen
have during all these ' years - been
trying, to make profit from a dairy
with fifth-class cows. To the scrub
cow is due the failure of many, a
dairy. The business, was dismissed
as unprofitable, and attention turned
to other channels without having
been given a fafr trial. It Is as Im
possible to make a dairy pay with
inferior cows as to operate a 12
horse thresher with a one-horse en
glne. It cannot be done, and never
will be done.
1 But substitute first-class cows and
a revolution Is at once wrought Feed
costs no more, for a scrub animal
eats as much and often more than a
good one. The care and keep is
the same, but the milk product is
doubled, possibly trebled. Thrift Is
at once substituted for unthrlft, and
an unprofitable Industry gives way
to a remunerative business.
The man who is trying to do bus
iness with a scrub cow Is fooling
away his time. He is attempting
the Impossible, and Inviting failure.
It is only the Intensified cow that
is worth her keep and care. The
scrub is, along with the ox-cart and
flail, a relic of the gone-times. 3he
in the twin of the moss-covered pest
ridden old orchard, and the sooner
she is "passed up," the better for
her owner, and the country. Per
haps it is cruel, but this Is an un
sentimental, money-changing age,
and it is her fate.
tain terms, on this subject. They
should do so as far as possible by an(j more, It needs to shift some
petitions and personal appeals; but now the burden of taxation so that
.they will' not accomplish much un- jt will be more equitably adjusted to
?tll they use their ballots to get rid those most able to bear it and those
of Cannon abd all men of his Ilk, J wno receive the greatest benefit from
to whatever party they belong.
government.
THE MOUNT ANGEL TRAGEDY. OREGON IJTJTTER GOING EAST.
0
REGON is squaring accounts
with the east in the matter of
butter shipments. Whenever
in the past there has been a
kERHAPS IT is the way of life
for j small' boys , to lose their
lives in gunning accidents, like
the melancholy affair at Mount
Angel college. Every activity and movement of the product, we have
every diversion seems to yield Its been importers. or tne moment,
r harvest of death. No station in life, we have turned exporter. We ought
4io field of endeavor escapes It.. Boat- to be and doubtless are gratified
1 2ng has Its sacrifices, so does swim- with the showing. Icicles and snow
ming, so does football, so does the banks are not essentials in tne man
streetcar, the railroad, and the mine, j ufacture of butter, nor are blizzards
At every corner -and from every land tero temperatures. In Oregon
cause the hearse and its casket and we do not have to blanket the ther
flowers stand waiting. The church mometer In winter nor keep It in
i"bell never ceases tolling and the road cold storage In summer. The soft,
to the cemetery is perennially peo- open winters and the cool summers
pled, f': afford every natural condition requi
r Yet. reconciliation to the death of site to successful dairying. They
one 13-year-old boy from a gun In permit a longer milk flow and af-
,the hands' of another Is difficult. It ford greater economy In the keep of
Dneans a shudder for every parent the animal. When dairymen apply
who hears of it, and then thinks of full intelligence and correct methods
Hbls own boy. It is an unnatural and the regions eaBt oi tne itociiy moun-
cosily aeuia. ii is cotsuy id lenrn, i tamo win uo uumuicu m
Jm - . . . . . 1 . . .... . mv 1 1 V. it. A
eosuy ior mose wno mourn ana cost-1 iion wuu ub. mej cauuui, wuu mo
3y In the misgivings of those whom expensive artificial expedients they
It forces to anticipate futurity. It tion resort to, produce dairy prod-
"arouses the wish that such mournful ucts so cheaply, and must in time,
things might not happen, because confess themselves distanced
Jhey are so much at war with what It la storage goods that is Involved
Beema the fitting In life. Might not in the present eastward movement
parents save tnemseives tne empty or Butter, trices mere tor tne
chair, in the home by postponing to product are much better than on
a day of greater trustworthiness and the coast, and that explains the
thoughtfulness the time when the movement. California pioneered the
child may be allowed firearms? A way in these shipments last year,
loaded gun and two boys, over-young, sending to the far east many car-
lf riven free-rein, are almost cer- loads of the stored product. The
taln to demand blood atonement. Pacific northwest has taken up the
shipments this winter and several
With characteristic malice and un
fairness tha Oregqntan Is striving to
create the impression that the evi
dence In the WaymireRadding case
established the woman's charges
against Mayor Lane. Such insinua
tions are absolutely false. The Jury,
by its verdict, declared In effect that
Mrs. Waymire'a testimony was per
jured. Asde from her testimony
there was' not a particle of evidence
to Indicate that the mayor had been
guilty of the slightest Impropriety.
But the Oregonlan prefers to accept
the perjured testimony of this ad
venturess rather than the evidence
of Mayor Lane, backed as It was by
a number of reliable witnesses. Ap
parently the Oregonlato has under
taken the task of carrying to comple
tion the nefarious Job attempted by
Mrs. Waymire and her accomplices.
"There Is usoally honor among
newspapers In the scoop business,"
remarks the Albany Democrat, re
ferring to the Oregonian's breach
of faith in publishing Senator Ful
ton's letter before the date he had
fixed for Its release. But this wjs
not a case of "scoop" at all; news
paper men only grin at scoops and
rustle harder; It was a pure case
of a breach of faith and of trust
such as not one newspaper in a thou
sand would be guilty of.
:
Opinions of State - Press
on Statement One
, Will Not Change Rack.
. From the Myrtle Point EntarprUa.
The Oregonlan and a food many lad
In politicians ara indulging- In a aya
tema.Ho attack acalnat Oieaon'e inltla
tlva and referendum" law and Bu. la
ment No. 1. It la doubtful If tha peo
ple, having one experienced tha bune-
uia or direct uw mtk n will ba in
cllned to forero the crlvilea-ea. and a
oeciauy win inev neaitaia to rive dick
to tha leelalatura tha full cower of
onooaina: aenatora witn lia ion xiania
ana wire-puiung- policies.
Difference in Two Editors.
From tha Seaside Blgnai.
Colonel Henry Watteraon, writing to
hla paper from Florida, saya If tha
Kentucky legislature ahould unanimous
ly choose him as United States sena
tor he would positively refuse to qual
ify and take seat. Now. It would be
uurereni witn our mend. Harvey bcott.
He would say, "I thank you. gentle
man; this Is what I have been fishing
ror lor many vears. and la what mv
friend, Brownell, promised ma several
years ago. wnen he nanaea me mat
great big lemon.
That the school children should
have a conspicuous part in the Rose
Fiesta most people will agree, but
if the program includes a long march
for them, the school directors are
Justified in making an objection
Some other feature for the children
or a short, brief parade if any, can
doubtless be devised and arranged
A long march might be all right for
most of the older children, 'but for
the smaller ones it won't do.
COST OP GOVERNMENT
, TAXATION
:T
AND carloads have been despatched to
Philadelphia, New York and other
points. At about $15,000 a car the
HE coBt of government constant-1 movement, even though temporary,
ly grows, and out of proportion iB a contrlbutlve factor to Oregon's
to the growth of population and abounding prosperity,
wealth. . ' Is this necessary -
and inevitable, and If SO when and DAIRYMEN RAISING STANDARDS
where is the limit? This Increased t -,-
expense is to be discovered all along jTHE MOVEMENT for raising the
the line, especially in the cost of ' I , standard of dairy cows In West
, 'municipal government, and yet it I era Oregon, if carried on to Its
aeems difficult to point out any large , legitimate sequel, will result
nd important expenditures and say In great benefit to the dairymen of
? that they should be less. Take the the region. By .the plan, it is pro-
mattef of 'river and harbor improve- posed to demonstrate to farmers and
ment in the country at large, or of dairymen the greater value of the
street and park Improvement in our .heavy milk-producing animal as com-
Jclties, and; the clamor Is constantly pared with the ordinary, and by the
;for more money, and it is not an process to accentuate attention to
f unreasonable demand. Pensions now the better to the exclusion of the:
Jrequlre about $150,000,000 a year, scrub. The work' is carried on from
the proceeds of a fund, subscribed
In Portland, and Is unda the direc
tion of the state food and dairy com
missioner and the Portland board of
trade. ,The plan" is adapted' from a
similar one in use in Denmark, where
it has been prosecuted with remark
able success. . . i
The -object aimed at is so axiom
atic that there would hardly seem to
be need of demonstrating it, A
farmer never attempts to rua'a 12
horse thresher with a one-horse en
gine. Nor, does lie attempt to pull
and - various congressmen are con
stantly active in devising means of
: Increasing the pension budget. Con-
stltuents with votes who lecureTn
: dons are appreciative, and the1" rest
of the taxpayers make little or no
complaint. There is continually a
. demand for more public officials and
for larger, salaries, yet we seem not
to he extravagant, in this regard. An
. army must be maintained and a
navy built up. and while the United
States has not, gone to' the length
that come other countries Jiave la
As The Journal recently suggest
ed, it is not fair to saloonkeepers
who are obeying the law for the
council to tolerate lawbreaking sa
loonkeepers, hence it is not strange
that the former class of saloonkeep-
ers are Joining with other people In
demanding that the council revoke
the licenses of lawbreaking saloon
keepers. Possibly the council will
listen more to a demand from this
quarter than to one from any other.
The Bpring colonist rates will go
Into effect next week, and a large
number of homeseekers will begin
to arrive In Oregon in' consequence,
soon after. We should be parties
larly ready to extend to them a sin
cerely cordial greeting, and to give
them all the true information and
assistance possible. Make them
friends of Oregon from the begin
ning.
The Journal has been asked by
two of its readers to answer the
question: "What is a man to do when
out of work in a financial crisis and
is starving?'' rThe question is plain
ly only academic, for here in Port
land and in Oregon no man need
Btarve for lack of work. It is time
enough to deal with such problems
when they actually confront us.
The Oregonlan seems to have be
come an accomplice in the plot to
blacken the reputation of Mayor
Lane. "
Ihe Gladdest Time.
4 like It in the morning when
i lie eun Bmnes in acruss my uea
And aeems to kind of whisper then 1
Uet up, you little sleepy head.
And just outside my window, where
A limb sticks upward from a trea
The sparrows often sit and stare
And nod their heads jand chirp at me.
I like It in the evening when
The sounds all seem so far away,
And all the men go home again
Who had to work so hard all day,
For then my muyver always singa
And dresses in her nicest gown,
And soon we'll hear the train that brings
My papa back to us from town.
Z like It best on Sunday, when
. We don't get up till very late,
Because the maid a so weary then '
' And has to sleen till nearlv l-ht
And after we've had breakfast, why,
My papa doesn't start away.
But staysat home, and lie and 1 '
H.eeo an me house upset ail aay.
Oregon's Political Octopus. ,
From tha Oreaham -Herald.
In a recent editorial tha Oregonlan
saya "that Republican candidate tor
tha legislature -who takes Statement
No. 1 pledges himself to vote for
Qeorga K. Chamberlain for the United
Btatea senate." In face of the fact that
Oregon la known to be largely Repub
lican, thla aeema queer loglo. Is It
possible that Republlcana have so lost
tneir loyalty to party aa to vote by
choice for a Democratic aenator? Not
t all. It haa been done and will ba
one only for aelf-protection. When
tha political machine of Oregon draws
in us eniaciea, ceases its nerarious
measures, and lends its strength to
nominating clean men for office, nom
ination and election of Republican can
didates will be assured and not till
then. . i
But soma, mora honeatlv inclined
than others, may doubt the existence of
a Republican nollticai machine. If so.
Just watch the columns of the dally
ress and there will an near sufficient
evidence to convince any and all doubt
ers -of Its existence. We know of no
better way or describing thla Repub
lican political machine than by com
paring It to the octopus. Aa Is well
known, the octopus Is a aly, cunnlns.
subtle Insidious monster. - Hence is it
more often called the devil-fish. One
f Us most useful wearxma Is Its Ink-
Sack, which enables It often to concent
Its real purpose until its trev is rath-
red into its deadly suckers and ten
tacles and escape Is Impossible.
For years the Oretron les-islature was
within the grasp of the Republican po
litical octopua. Its tentacles reached
out, and, protected by the good work
pf Its ink-bag (the subsidised press),
its suckers fastened themselves onto
nd stifled everything honorable In the
world of politics. Nothina- was too
good or too large for its capacious maw.
Poor men went to the legislature and
came away rich. Votes and men's hon-
ur were uuugni ana soia iiae came.
Every phase of political and social life
was Diigniea ana prostituted by it.
At lensrth. through the efficient work
of the direct primary law, and es
pecially statement no. i, one or two
of its tentacjes and numerous deadly
suckers were cut off. True to its
name the devil-fish dies hard. So also
oes the machine. It realises that It
is now or never. Hence the political
octopua of Oregon is mete fully alive
many mm ii naa Deen. ior years.
Kvery Indication points to thia. In
fact, a slate la alreadv made un. a
plan of campaign is outlined, and, un
less the people of Oregon awake to
their danger, honesty in politics will
be known no longer and the producer.
ine oreaawinner, tne very foundation
of our government, will .have lost, and
"the interests" will have won the big
gest viciorym meir history.
Letters From the People ,
Small Clianga
Perhaps Heney end Fulton both tell1
nnutlnn. Ia If talniM ' ' )
BakVr City. Or..',.F.b. Ifc-To the con.ld.rabl. truth.,
Editor of The Journal I nave rouowaa
with Interest the campaign that la be
ing waged against eur state university
by Eugene Palmer and othera of Linn
At least no untoward weather oaa
kill the crop or DaseDau ians.
Before the tariff can ba revised right.
county, and I tako thi opportunity? to I congreaa will have to be revised,
ask Mr. palmer the following questions;
1 Are those who were instwmentw h -h. ld h haA MVtr tol
I ..11U- I r.r.r.nriilitt Aimftifid .tall II . t
atmtuirt nt hlrhar aducatlon. eSDe-I " ' ' ' " " '
"i.ii ..r ii m.i i.niu.r.iivf I Tf a. nan keena hla mouth Shut. ez
'ZyX :r:"nid ',hr vot. 'ts cept to eat he never jute his foot
aboliah tiua wortny miiiumon u wj " m .m
WowoSrup7l and M- .o- u Wa. It tha trouble with Bruin that
clatea expect the unlveralty to run af- he waa doing too honest, and faithful
tar juiv l or inia year ii wet ponutus I
. ri - i Km J n.,.1 rid I
?TPoT the pTofessor.' to T serve -HtlVw n't re.aonably a ..pect
without pay T r-P lettuce, green, peas and tomaioea
I Has there boon any graft at the quite yet.
?r0IVrt" :.w"e"wnArr: P.rhap. Oorre Ade wlh writ, the
Judge Bmith. Judge iJolph. Judge Bean Republican platform, but he must cut
and tne otner regents noncsi mvu v i . .
"? S".r'""vZ": a . T..ir The battleehlo fleet will soon be In
.raM&Ulet.;" tte-AI-
veraity ahould heveT Have may iyr m.
it- need.Y -H Whn Abraham Lincoln was a Re-
,''m, . r .!.- mmA hi a I Dubllcan. he party was young and con-
aasociatea rarer ine u. a. j. diub mu i -
the normal achoal bills to the peopleT
Why did thev select the Kusena achool I But win Japan allow us to send some
to tha axclualon of all tha others? Do new battleships over for exhibition at
they know that O. A. C receives almost that great exposition T
three times as much money, from all . a .
aouroea, aa tha university? if there have been any leap-year pro
sif the legislature P"' poiili.-iwbody haa railed up tha re
nin aa Mr. Palmer and his friends I nnriura in n itumt ih.m
would have ua believe, why are they . .
r-JllHhnrhHti''i'Vrka 'There's snow uae expecting anything
fhl'JeVfl ir.ti- for thta! February." saya a DeUolt paper,
tha definite appropriations for tne va- Bllt it , difernt tn Oreo-on
rloua needa of the lnatitutlon? uut " " aHrerw1 ,n Oregon.
Tha disinterested end fair-minded " "
votera of this state ask to be correctly The do-noaing policy of congress la
inforn. n tha mniiv.i hohinrf thla some advantage: It may not pass tha
referendum movement against our lead- Morgan-Aldrlch currency bill.
Ing lnatitutlon of learning. Wa demand
fair play. Who Is tne "nigger in the "Shall the Democratic party die?"
woodpile" behind the movement Will asks the Xew York World. What!
Mr. Palmer please explain? Tours Hasn't the World klllod It yet?
truly, 11. 11. bmuuab. i a a
.... '. 77 , . I Oh, well, when the councilmen are
a majority anumai-. I having a hoodlumisn row, they are not
Logan, Or.. Feb. is To the Editor Of aomg any very serioua mischief.
TK. lftiira1 R1n firm believer in I
ft.tArnmAnfr Kv mwA fn. tha njn-1 iM"tuui uu i.wuv mure women
government of, by and for the Po- than mer. It ,UDI)osed that many
pie, i nave vnere j ore, irom m nusoanaa are chilled to death there,
been. an ardent friend of direct leglala-1 a a
tlon, direct primaries and Statement No. Japan either does not exrJect or de-
T v , . A ,ith Interaat Tha 1 w"" umiuu oiiiea, or viae
I have red with great interest i ne Amb.-.ajlor Takahira. la a nP
u,,n.l. .Iin.l.u nn hM menaurea I
liuuill.l aa.v v.. " 7 71 a
nd heartily applaud ita ngnt agamat n.n.tm tj-.,i. t-jii....
ln.. rw . . J ".rVthiVI nnded motto la "Falrbanka forever." He may
UUII
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REALM: -FEMININE
to make them more effective or to re
move objectiona to them. I note mat
the great objection to Statement No. 1
.. i. ih.i ih. mihU. a Mcnan oniciai says "pontics is
d.' JP'K Z uramv and nd butter." . For
- - . - . - . i Hcimfl ill 1 1 1 L I ( i n I H inn nn I T.r inn n n.
. . - . t 1 , . ...j Hal. fir fr.n ro. n - r - Hv
iiui a 1 1 1 a j J 1 1 . L.imi.i.m;. v. v..... ..... , I CUt OUt
omn caaea. the arreat Oblectlon back
of the stated one. Is to tne rule of
the people, but If a real majority cah-
Who can deny that railroads are soul
Anti-Machine.
From the Sllvertonlan-Appeal.
The question of direct primary law
and Its connecting Statement No. 1 waa
tried eut two years ago ln June be
tween the electors of Oregon and the
macmne politicians or the state, when
the latter came out second best. Not
contented with defeat ln that cam
paign, it Is apparent that a disposition
Is prevalent this year, -on the part of
that machine clique, to overthrow the
law and Statement No. 1. which has
caused the old-time bosses so much
trouble. It appears, however, that tha
naiter ana iasn in tne nands or this
element Is a thing of extreme obscur
ity, and all efforts to hoax the voters
at the coming election will be of no
avail. With hut very few exceptions
the voters of Oregon are satisfied with
the results of the present system of
voting and will Ignore the issue which
the noise of the anti-Statement No. 1
conspirators involves. When the
question is tried out again the bosses
will see how useless have been their
efforts to Invoke the old-time bossism
which prevailed ln the days of ma
chine politics.
Oregon has experienced that "new
birth of freedom," and we now have a
government of the people, for the peo
ple and by the people ' not party
wmcn snau not peri sn ai tne nanas or
the would-be bosses. Under this sys
tem the practice of fraud in election of
United States senator nas Deen obliter
ated, and Instead of the customary
holdup ln the house practical legisla
tion can be pursued. The opportunity
for graft Is absent under our present
system;
Voters of Oregon who are interested
ln clean pontics and who have the In
terest of true American citizenship at
heart should support only those candi
dates for representatives who ardently
stand out tor statement jno. i.
dldate can' be secured r. gain will have f Je"; "1Pdles( crue), thln"T
been made. I have formulated a plan They wpn t let chorus girls ride wlth-
whlch I claim will give a majority can-
rflHaia nr nannla'a fhnlr-e If rarrled Out. I
and I send it for publication so it may L... r". oi. d,t.?rl5n7
n.n th untlet of criticism, editorial 5.1C.V8. The Origin of Woman." Evl-
nd otherwise I uo'il,i ,l epucai e to me. Adam
My plan involves but very little Bna -ve BloT
cnange in tne tickets at ine primarma '-., -rin. . 4U - . .
j E... i, .... -.. n. n a. Senator Tillman admits that ha haa
average voter to understand and apply n'v.Vud- ,V"ncA But he Probbly
it. All that would be required would , " 7. . T cumracia
be that where there are more than two -"- "'
....lr.nl. tnr Ik. rnmlntlnn n anv Of-I
flea or either party, tnere snau db a I .""iy urcn nam out ana said She
space before or. after each name where dldn t say no such thing or maybe she
the voter can express his choice by con- "ever aaid sr.a didn't say she didn't say
secutlve numbers, using the figure "1 wnat a tne ainerence?
for his first choice "I" for second a
cnoice, o ior uiiru, lur iuui in, en.-, i mrrcnani tailors nave Deen holding a
That would be the voter's part of it national convention hut they are of
anu ii is cfrriitiiuy Biiiiyiv mm ioin. i biiio.ii LuiiBcqucnce oeBiue a national con-
un tne tauy sneeis every canuiuaie lur vemmn or aressmakera or milliners.
a parucuiar oiiice wouiu ue pairea on
with every otner candidate ror mat or- Democrat who win .ii..j v.
flee. If there should be three names venT,on at Denver V,i.f m,mm kI
thera would he thr nairs aa A R. A IT?. L-H?nY'f eL.."un,nie.r ""P
- --- ------ nun tiiej iiutwi prices will not ntt anv
P and R C. If fnur nftniPM. thnfft would I ki.t... . yl r wT.
be six pairs, A B. A C. A D, B C. B n, " -e reak.
be ten pairs, etc. "ff, J0"?' of h,B "k a man
-To explain the counting of the votes 5ya V?.V',r ?f h1' on- college stu-
we will suppose there are four names, ' i" .n"n,.V . VTJ7 . unusual
A. B, C and I"), and that the votM- l"' ""B" io sam " his father,
haa mnrlced A hla t Irat rhnlra R hla I
aernnd C hla third and T) hla fourth A I It 18 reported that FlAafer hat. ill
will be counted one vote in each pair be smaller this year, but hubbies and
tn which his name appears; B will be daddies need not figure from this that
counted one vote in eacn pair in whlcn " ytiw win uecrease proportionately.
ua nairi-j appeara, except in ine pair
with A; C will be counted one vote
ln the pairs in which his name appears,
except with A and B. which is only
In the pair with D. D being the voter's
leaf iiaI nA Via m ha sanal iraJ . a mmt
Now Is It not plain that when the votes clal club-
in an me pairs are counted by the
At..tlAn h.B.1 .Illin. A . ......
name has received more votes than each I oeaa yet,
name paireu with It, and that this
Oregon Sidelights
Pilot Rock has organised a commer-
P18 Gervala cannery proposition ii
Is the name of the logical majority k ..ui5-? In VttIe "Peot to Strike
A.nilM.1. r that 11.... la ...... I aalv woier
soon.
Rosebdrg Is to send out 30,000 book-
People Should Decide.
From the Jefferson Review.
Oretron haa Vomi 30.000 ReDUblican
majority. If a Republican, with a lead
like that cannot defeat a Democrat.
then the Democrat Is a whole lot the
best man, and the voters know It. They
say so by their ballots, and they should
nave him. tds pontics or a.canaiaate
should not be consiaerea alter ne has
received a majority of votes at an elec
tion. He Is then entitled to his office.
and any effort to prevent-him getting
it is ln direct violation or tne American
spirit of fairness and majority rule.
We do not think Statement No. 1 can
be defeated, for we believe it is favored
by a majority of the Republicans and
an or the .Democrats.
Straws ln Linn County.
From the Brownsville Times.
It Is a fact that every one of the
seven newspapers ln Linn cdunty Is a
taunon advocate or statement No. I.
I S. & Kiser la Citcego Record-Herald,
Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice's Birthday.
Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, the pres
ent British representative ln Persia, and
who is talked of as the probable suc
cessor of the RiEht Hon. James Brycir
when the latter retires from his post as
British ambassador to the United
States, was born February 27, 1859, and
was educated at Eton and Balllol, Ox
ford. He became a clerk first in the
British war office and then ln thn
foreign office, and for a time was as
sistant secretary to Earl Granville and
also an assistant to Earl Roseberry.
Since entering the diplomatic service he
has been consecutively secretary at
Brussels, Washington, Toklor Berlin and
Constantinople, and was charge d'af
faires at 'Teheran ln 1S00. In the fol
lowing year he was appointed British
commissioner of . the public debt at
Cairo. Two years later he succeeded
Sir A.- H. Hardtnge as British Minister
to Persia. Mr. Spring-Rice is a compar
atively young man for the post at
Washington. Jf he succeeds Ambassa
dor Bryce his promotion -will be due. ln
soma-cart at least, to the fact that h
Is on exceedingly friendly terms with
many of the leading public men of the
United States, whose acquaintance ha
made while serving aa secretary of the
embassy la Washington, i
candidate or that there is one or more
ties?
I do not know what provision there heta to coat 12 7Kft
Is in the present law ln regard to ties leU t0 co,t 2-750
or what provision should be made in . '
the proposed plan. I pass that on. It JonS!' wno lle't i"1 Linn county,
should not greatly matter to the voters w" over years old.
who Vhave failed to decide.
This plan would cost a little mora Cooa county Rnclnliata -t
.1 . v.. . . : ....j . .1-,..- - "-
mail tun picoem one, DUl WOUld nO lll at UCHl, as USUSl.
tne- -results oe worth more than the
1. t Jf .La XDe rf.anl p,anw'!! pPr mal1 reaches Gold Beach only
as 1 do not smoke, though it nav hi wai-
a r.1niTna n'm A r "- 1 waaw y WAllCLlllJCB,
jiv yy 111011 a ctatii,
fV r w-fc ywnw.M
U There ha. not been a death in North
v a v 4fr'S ctiairt
. 1. .r.-!50"'an' . L-f?ayvir. if Planning a bigger and
Alio iuftiu ui uttaiei 11 uregon ao 1 ucuci xu.u uian iust years
not annreciate what the erection oe I a a
J3,500,000 packing plant at Portland 'Marion county Is building a lot f
means for this section of the state, " """"" ooa worK-
HUlUICr UV lailCJf AjyUl CUiiltO Wliai III I tatftlaili a.aA.HM4.a. ,
compleUon of the U.foo.OOO government L.f lri,!eu?;?r28PecA9. arrowlnr bet-
irrigation project In Umatilla county I --.rwa county,
means for the state. I a
Tha Portland nanlcino- nlanl- will nn. I FOSSU haa an un-tn-dat raon.ora
vert Eastern Oi-egon into the feeding I which shows that It la not a fossil
grounas ror tne orient and Alaska. It I
will nl JIPA feedlncr nena on morT l.l I
gated farm in the inland empire and Some change of newspaper ownership
will load Umatilla county products for or editorship takes place on Coos bay
every port in ine woria. . j
The Umatilla irrigation project will
give homes to from 10,000 to 20,000 Salem has raised liquor licenses from
I. Km. 111 . .1 . I OAn . - . . nl I. , . . . ilUlll
ywio fit nine a'iu win tuiivQii nittv ouv io ii,uw wuiui may neiD to ore
sagebrush waste into a productive gar- vent local option prohibition,
den apot, yielding immense stores of all a
kinds of croDB. t-j
The packing plant in Portland will named Treadgold. BfftTcM "he x'
supplant the settlement of the Irrl- nect to walk on ,niH L Shi L"Jf
aatfon project bv Kivin the farmers on E?, '?.. 0n gold ln fhe newspaper
that project new markets for their a a
products, by making It possible to feed r.nt vat ,i.,.i j .. i
and market all kinds of livestock at we7e eoaetracted in HepFner. and the
excellent prices and by making their nrosDecta are that van mr ?n S
land more valuable by reason 0? these EXPthS J?r v. tmfT rJPrJ. wtU be
wMai nnaelhfHtlAn thfilA hAtir aveniiAa " ' " v
-nriev. eu rnnr y,AaihllUUe PralrlsJ City Miner: Omnt nmmfv l
V V 1 1 11 nicoo v yy w lit- yy uuiiniuiiiiica 1 j . . T " jo
ahead of Eastern Oregon; with the Port- ""uuu mi, n notning win awake
landT packing plant and the Umatilla ir- rer.,excepit artu g00J, earthquahe. It
rlgation project alone, as inducements '"..f"0."4 tIm? tne Quake came, or she
..ium.ni thia rmmtv an ct.rn will sleep entemally f orever and aver
Oregon should" receive thousands of new and 'no one to bury her.
"ewrS don't y appreciate what these .S' ra!??3 '.Norway, Coos
mean to the state. county, measured 17 inches i clrcum-
iojoiive wo w j emu ao 11 1 13 utiier. nci
ar a4 rrhA AvAn t y- rnttAmt mi- a.
. , . -ww a I wt;'a"U wa inv lPfi UIIUO, i.lla ires
This Date in History. which grew this one haa grown some
1765 British house of commons which weighed three pounds.
passed the stamp act.
1777 South Carolina militia defeated
a largo force of American royalists. .
1792 Baldomero Espartero, celebrated
general and regent of Spain, born. Died
January 9, 1879.
1836 General Russell A. Alger bora.
Died January 4, 1907.
1S71 A joint commission met in
Washington to settle disputes between
the United States and Great Britain.
1873 Committee on the Credit Mo
bUier scandal recommended the expul
sion of one of the United States sena
tors Implicated.
1KS1 Boers defeated the British at
Majuba H11L ?
18U1 Yuma, Arlxona, nearly de
stroyed by flood.
1800 General - CronJa and" the Boer
forces surrendered to the British. - 1
Schelffelln brothers sold half of their
Dig rancn near uenierviiie, to rive tier
man -families, lately from Minnesota.
The deal Involved about $34,000. Tho
otner pan orpine tract la to be sub.
dvided and sold In small acreage lota
a .
Bend Bulletin: Five farmers living
in the Laidlaw and Tumaio districts
have dug wells and have been so for
tunate as to find water at a depth
of 10 feet. The 'water Is 'cold 'and pure
and Is there in . great abundance for
stock and. domestic purposes.
mm.
Prlnevllle Review: . From , all parts
of the county come reports of the
thriving condition of all kinds, of live
stock. The winter has been ao mild
that there are numerous big stacks of
hay left for feeding ln a possible win
ter that may yet visit Crook county.. .
Z Bnrbank's Bclcnce. J
MUCH as we have heard of Luther
Burbank' through the. medium
of magaslhes and ' newspapers,
- there remains always something
to tell, end that something Is
always of interest. That he is to re
ceive an appropriation of 310,000 from
the Carnegie fund for the" promotion of
science, to be devoted to hla expert
ments in plant development, la tho new1
and interesting fact The public knows
that this money will be put to its best '
use when it reaches Luther Burbank's
handa. -
Laboring quietly, studiously and with.
out thought of publicity, through many
years at tha absorbing problems of tha
creation of new species of plant lleky
crossing known varieties, a field ef la.
cultivation l700 newspicle. 7puSS.
?i.?.!.r,.Mnte,.b. thouaande of vT
.ni t?ntl n.9w 'rult " fodder plant.
t1ohn.A-Ublir.vU. Plneleaa cactua, are
Watched with lntenaa Inl.r.., K. 1 a
fnd tTlculturlsta aU over the
ZZr.l2l u Plat ua orlg-
lnated will preserve their tvDa. " .
The Cilmmon Am..ln.M -A 1 '.
- ' - naH.an.aii, II QUI OI
tha plants In which Mr. Burbank is
ffU. lnterut- Singularly, thla plant
MrnB..kUowJl ,n '.u 0,,,Snel wild auts.
t7.I' Blrnfnk con8Wers tha South Amer-I--ar.in.d
fraea. taoslnte, iu nearest
worklnir to mnrmiiu.. t v.. M.i..-.
naiit of tha corn species, and by cross
ng corn with teoslnto and otherwise lie
nas proaucel m. ilmnl. r. .. ,h..
be the orlglnarform: "
The St. Loula Globa-namnrat In
mentlng UDon tha noaihiiiti.. i,i..h
f,uch, discovery opens, saya that if
Burbank Is aatlaf arf that k. - 1
duced the missing link In corn that has
hitherto been but a theory, with natur
alists, he hal Performed a nofahia mnimn.
Utlo feat and added a chapter of wide-
uHniiuo iu iut i acts 01 evolution.
It would not be wide of the mark to
aay that corn haa been the making of
America. What It meant to the Puritan
fathers we can only dimly recognlie.
Such small comfort as they were able
to wring from tho soli In their pioneer
days, was chiefly through tha rultiva.
Hion of the com to which tha red men
ntroduced them. Tha vellow
of the south has been Its chief depend
ence as a nutritious and lnexpensle
food.
Nourishment for man and beast corn
has furnished In abundance through tha
harvests of 300 years. If Burbank has
found tha original form, ln which tha
native grass grew over Immense areas
and Without cultivation, furnlahlnir a
nutritious food for graxlng animals, and
If this form can ba so cultivated aa to
furnrsh again a fodder plant of such
quality and quantity. It may have a
larger bearing upon t)M fundamental In
dustries Of the country than anv other
of his marvelous achievements.
March 7 Luther Burbank will be ro
years old- For 33 years he has baen
conducting his experimental gardens at
Santa Rosa, which is now admittedly
one of the wonder spots of the world.
It is an InsDlratlonal lesson on what can
be done by one Individual, worklng.out
his own life along his own lines by per
sistent, patient, scientinc work. It is
the careless custom of many dcodIa to
speak of the scientist as a dreamer. "The
dreamer of science, one bears of con
tinually. . ...
Is it not time" to show ourselves can-
able of a little clearer sort of thought
on this matter? No scientist is a
dreamer. If he Is dreaming he Is not
scientific. A scientist works, and his
whole work Is an effort to secure abso
lute knowledge.
Granted, he has an hypothesis, a
theory which he is seeklnar to develon.
But ho does not spoak of hla theory as
a fact. It is primarily his business to
find out facts, and not until a succes
sion of facts so strong as to be Incon
trovertible array themselves on the side
of. his theory does he speak of It as
scientific truth. Moreover, the true
scientist holds himself in the condition
of mind which Is always open to truth.
A new fact which would utterly unset
all his theories and cast hla labor of
years onto the rubbish heap he would
be the first to welcome. No, a scientist
Is not a dreamer, and Burbank la not a
wizard. He is a scientist
t K
A Young Girl's Coiffure.
NE of the most fashionable acces
sories to bridesmaids' costumes at
present are the Alsatian bows for
the hair. 'These are especially suitable
for young girls, either on the occasions
of weddings or for evening functions.
They are exceedingly dashing in ap
pearance and yet very simple and are
much more becoming to young: girls
than feather or aigrette ornaments,
while they are also newer though not
more becomlns- than tha leaf or flower
wreaths. t '.,!
The bow aoes directly In front, a
twisted piece of the material going
around the high coiffure as a snood.
The bows mav he mnrin either of s-anaa
prinmea witn crystals, gold spangles.,
tc, of liberty satin or velvet to match J
or contrast witn the costume, or of
cloth of gold or silver. The bow is
quite large and very Jaunty. Its loops
and sides do not stand up, but set out
straight across the head. The ends aca
pointed.
K K K
The Dally Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Figs. Codfish Balls.
Cream Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Scrambled Brains. Lima Beans.
Hot Biscuit.
Apple Sauce With Custard.
Soft Gingerbread. Chocolate..
DINNER. Oxtail Soup. Baked Halibut. '
Brussels Sprouts. Nut Banana Salad.
Rice Pudding. Watewnelon Cake. .
Coffee. r
Oxtail Soud Wash-- two oxtails well
and put to boll In cold water. Add one
large onion, sliced, salt, pepper, ana one
lariro or two small carrots. Simmer J
gently four hours. HKin ana strain toe
soup and serve with croutons.
Scrambled Brains Wash the brains
11 .n.a .1.1. 11. ..mv.I.. .I..
VV1311 aiiu daiii vaiciuiiji ICIHVTIIlg IU.U
all bits of bone. Parboil ln salted water
to make the brains firm. When cold
mix ln bowl with three or four eggs ac
cording to quantity. Have smooth fry
ing pan heated, with one tahlespoonful
butter. Pour in the mixture and as
it cooks atlr gently with a fork. Serve
very hot
Apple Sauce With CUstard After
stewing the apples sweeten and set aside'
to cool. Heat one pint of milk to near
boiling. Add to it one pint of milk into
which has been beaten one egg and four
tablespoonf uls corn starch. Stir wnilii
mixing with the hot milk. Add one half
teaspoonf ul of salt or one teaspoonf nl
of butter. When smooth flavor with
vanilla. Sorve cold with BDDle arnica.
Watermelon cake or ine wnite parn,
stir to a cream two cupa 01 sugar witn
one of butter: then atir In one cup of
sweet milk, mix two teaspoons of cream
of tartar and one of soda with three and ;
one half cups of flour, then stir In with
the other Ingredients and add the beaten
whites of elKht eggs. For the red part.
one cup of red sugar and one half cup
of butter stirred to a cream, then add
one third cup of sweet milk, two cups
Of flour, in which haa been mixed one
teaspoon of. cream of tartar and one half
teaspoon -of soda, then add the- beaten
whites or four eggs and a cup of small
seedless raisins; have a round baking
San; put a layer of white dough In the
ottom of the pan. then all the red In
the middle,, and then the: rest of the
white around the' Sides and on ton. Baka
in a moderate oven. - , ..