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Av INDSI'ENDEXT
course The Journal has uracd uiwm
NswsPAPta. the delegation and with rwMd to
t. j4CK'8os....TT. mtiub which It has spokes in plain term.
'jvi :: ' : . . .' . : It is the time now to put behind u
- fuMIhM -Try atentnt pHit Sunday) and , T .
awry Similar mornh.it. it Th Journal DnIIU- In Oregon, those method Id poUtift
ruip ana itm-M .in.. .-,. r. that have bee Q fruj,fttJ o( thu
EnlerH at the noatofflpa ( Portland, Or., for I and Of Odium In the Past. AfTUJnc
tratwoiUaiuB tiroueh tha mail aa aund-claaa I , . .
matter
X
: TELEPHONES MAIN TITS. UOHK. A4091.
AU drpartmrnta ra.rtml br ttae oombjra.
?en tee operator ttt aepanuiatir ou ,
. Kaat Slila offtea. B 2444; Kaat 880,
FOREIGN 4UVEH-IS1N0 BKI'KBSESTATITK
fingers are pointed at us, for wU
known and bitter reasons, from Mc
Neil's Island. The records of the
federal court In Oregon display a
stern motto, on which is written the
word "beware." The records of Ora-
Vraod-Bj.mli, Spatial Adarrtlaln Af.ncT. I 1 no rWOrOS 01 Ure-
y ornnwio iiuuaiui nun ". " Ba m ioe nous or representatives
yr: TriMiw Hnfldiim. Cbicgn. 4. vnr,r-. ......
SnharrlptloB 1rma b nH anj addraw
in Iba Col ted but. Cauada or alaxlco.
DAILY.
Oaa 7 ear S3.ou I One nootb $ M
SUNDAT.
On rear SJ.fio On month t St
D1ILV AVn SPNDAY.
On rear 17.60 One month I
This is the message that
ye heard from the beginning,
that we should love one an
other. John. -
63-
ifDWER OP THE PRESS.
speak, take up the melancholy re
frain, "beware." The senate of the
United States, in the story of one
of its generous hearted but fallen
members, points to a grave in the
far west and involuntarily murmurs
"beware." The people of all Oregon,
mindful still of these mournful
things and deploring the vicious sys
tem that made them possible, will
thank all members of the Oregon
delegation if the news of their new
purpose in federal appointments be
true.
A
MORAL obligation of the deep- RAILROAD TELEGRAPH OPERA-
est import rests upon the
newspapers of Oregon. They
are mirrors and moulders of
current opinion and current opinion
means more than ever before In Ore
gon. They have wider opportunity
TORS.
N'
ORTHERN PACIFIC railroad
telegraph, operators declined
to accept a reduction In wages
and van Increase in working
and greater power for good and at hours. The wonder is' that this rail
the same time have It within their road, that according to its own re-
reach to ie more successful in ac- ports has recently made and -is mak-
' compli8hing evil. It is peculiarly a lug great profits and declaring huge
time when it is a fortunate commu- dividends, should ask these respon-
', nlty that Is v served by an honest slble employes, who must be per-
newspaper. It Is a moment when sons of skill. Intelligence and de-
that district or that state is unfor- pendabllity, to work for less than
tunate whose newspaper or news- their present yery moderate wages
; papers are unscrupulous or subser- And to work more than nine hours a
- Tlent to interests, political or other- day.
. wise. . . Other railroads are moving to the
New privileges granted the people same purpose. They bW the times
; for large participation in affairs of are so hard that they cannot afford
. v state are a reason why ah honest to pay their telegraph operators the
-; press is an essential. New rights present wages and get only nine
are conferred, and largely upon the hours' work a day. We do not be
.v newspapers depends the question ot lleve It. The proposition seems pre.-
how sucessfully these rights will be posteroul Times are not hard.
employed. It lays a new and lofty With right management the rail
responsibility upon the newspaper roads, are making a great " deal of
man, state and metropolitan. His pc- money. ' This is a false pretense, an
sltion in society makes It his duty to excuse.
seek for an hottest, unbiased view of There is some ulterior purpose In
the. Import ot policies or measures this movement just now. Of course the
; pending and to discuss them fajrly money that would be saved If the rail
and conscientiously before the peo- roads could, carry their point would
pie. , From this source, more than be a large sum In the aggregate, but
, from any other, will the inspiration there is probably some object besides
ot the people in the use ot their new this. What it is can be pretty easily
powers be derived. From this In- imagined. They are trying to make
' fluence and very largely by the test the country believe that business is
of whether It" la wise or foolish will ruined and that Roosevelt is its de
depend the conduct of the masses a stroyer. , It won't work
rut u x-?vy mtuui ever arise on eariy morning ; are eloquent aa
tfc fUw t vnf.rss (o deliver an I preacher' never was, of God and his
tmr:siAuJ appeal, begging that the handiwork.
rlMi N tsed to grant poor ship- V All cannot be farmers. The aver-
pt a uhidy. The road to the age city man would probably make
I niisl Slates treasury is by a route a failure as a farmer. A farmer's
that poor people seem never able to life Is not one of ease or gayety. It
trarl. it Is the men who captain Involves that great blessing, as Car-
the railroads, the barons of Iron and lyle and other philosophers viewed
stHl. the overlords of finance and it, work.. Dut it is never a lonx
the masters of syndicated wealth drudgery at the same sort of work.
that know the way to the treasury There is 'constant change, relaxa
vaults. They talk about the "flag," tlon. recreation. Successful modern
but all the "flag" they know Is one farming also requires a man to be
covered with dollar marks. They a thinker. He needs intelligence.
prate of patriotism, but the only He needs a good brain as well as
time they are patriotic is when they strong arms
movement there la toom for good opposed to the majority rote of the
deal of sympathy. Japan "needs over- legislature this wouli need .to be
flow ground near at hom$.; , if has done.?-. Why shouldn't Republican
taken Korea and means in a some- member "of ' the legislature be
what less direct war to take Man- "dsked" to vota for- Denioirat. or
churia. This. if it can keep , its vice versa, if the asking Is done bra If.?. tha Ieet of him that n?taKntEftob3
head above water financially, would majority f the neoDlef There are wain- Iih 111:7. 1
A Sermon for Today
v, '';.. - ..f
j. The Place of the Church.'
By Henrv Y. c.nnt - "
.l $!futLfV P?nh mountaf
make Japan the comdete master and 90 members of the legislature and
dictator of the ; orlentf It could over 90,000 voters, more .than 1,000
freeze out" hof only western Eu- voters to each member. Pray, why
rope ana the United States but Rus- should not the 1.000 ask the one,
eia, uuu maae unina a .mere Dig eieccea as tneir representative?
vassal. The rest of the world will
not stand (or this, for the strongest
T
HB church stands In the commu-l
nny ao tn special organlaatlorl
t aimer . oijeugion, ' What
nas a man a right to expect frorJ
ne cnurc&T It takes Its placrf
among the world's Institutions everjf
uuo o wmcn must justify its exlstenc
Five years aso Mr. Scott declared I tnd tt it.m. . . , . .
of reasons, one that appeals to their that he had not been a candidate forjmg the contribution ntta maklnr TJ
vn nvuiu buui mo i uuiiea . DiaceB eenator. naa never wwiai jtooa. . .
He must read and "door," or open It only on Its own sought nof desired the office and! " we, are thinking; of the ChristlaJ
appeal, for agovernment bonus for study, and act' constantly with dis- terms. It would become to a large had never aBked any member of the f munftv" tnen..they "td in the com
their business. Of more than $38,- cernment as well as diligence, to sue- and an Intolerable extent the arbiter legislature to vote for blm. But founder a dtV bl hik ?f thel
uuv,uvu ucyusuea Dy eecreiary uor- ceea. tsui since worn is tne common 01 a great portion or. me worm a l-that, too, was purely in a Pick- fir thT leaders. This in
telyou In October four great banks lot. what work on earth is equal to commerce. wickian sense. See the Brownell of ci" tun chuh dLi01
commu
la th.
In Nav Vnrb rn l .11 am vi t)..l 4V, wl'- j chnrnh iui it -T" i. '."oa . n4
- - - ow uuan; f iv,- uioi . i wviui.a iuv nwim . luioia nuu I VclcKri.111. .1 , "'" 1 iittlt HpeaK lO OUr lnntj
vyu.uuu going to the National City No, it would not do for even a diplomats, at Mr. Hay's fine and far- Buti7,r.
i i i i . . cm. its.1 nor mRTTAp ina
Dans, ownea Dy Btandard Oil. In- large fraction of clerks and other sighted suggestion, made practically! Now it in rnnrtoi rw Jeacll,n. or doctrine, aoirituai truT
terest ran up to enormous rates and city men to go to farming. They a pledge to China to preserve Its ter- dent wants Senator Fulton to recom- " nature, and dVeioph!. orV&ernni
the Standard's bank loaned these would first have to get their farm, ritbry intact. China has a right to mend some new mn for TTnit Uv.e"-.. ur nee is for guidance Tand in
government millions for enormous But where the choice is open to a rely upon that promise. Hence the ntnr. iHarri,. tnn -1111.;. "f?.0 " before and
T,fif K..a tA - i--TT..,. . I , . t1- i.r- v" r via ior our ialtlnid
1
profit, but paid not a penny to Uncle young man of little meaus and a powers muBt warn Japan that she 1 pointing one in Fulton'a absence and d0,Hbtln ,teP
Sam. That was a apeclea of subsidy very few acres may constitute a good must not encroach too far upon Man- turnina- down two or threa thr I church K'J
turning down two or three that he church, and unsatisfied there raay'uH
to make the flag wave and "patriot- farm and unless country life is churia. Japan will have to heed the naB recommended didn't that iar u? from lu (l00r" forever is this ieSI
ism" leap. Four mlHiota little chil- thoroughly distasteful to him. that warning. Let her send, her overflow ki,t ??l5? Jnnor ,.lf- the churchel
can do la to iv. .r.""""
nn.4 - . " "voieiiur.
. 7 "uuer concerts and provld
?hi!rln,menr we would rather look fo
of good also.
dren toil daily in the mills and mines If the best, highest and In the long population to Korea, and to Man
or the country, but no ' Gallagher run most delightful (and dignified of churia also, but only so far as China
rises in the senate and moves a sub- occupations. Is willing. And Japan must further- k.,, r. ... . "... better,
Mv for rfcAm . I T w fo, I n 4ln lfh rr,lno rA r,m. I-u"cou uo u luo worm,
However, every epoch of error has though he-may have hated It then, ers having possessions In the orient
Jts end. Socrates expounded theories the rural nostalgia returns the In maintaining the open door
f i n f A99aaA , 1. . , , . 1 I 1 1 1.. . 3 11 ,4 ... T .. I rrkAMA tI11 1. a
uai. umticu iiuiu luuso ml iu3 Buwii ui uoHiyiuiugu tun uuu uoiiij- i uci o urn uo uu i uici iiijo uini- i rnliph nntlnaA kv made the weak atrona- t nil
priestcraft and was forced to drink mown hay, of apple and lilac bios- ter unless Japan Is prepared to fight f TJf ti vlUli,t ln flght- th week to be tb
his cup of hemlock. Galileo Insisted soms; the hemely melody of barn- all the rest of the world. And for ews J0urnal we,comes ""ch f1";, cleirniwraothi
bauai. lit 19 iuuuu auu niter joiu nuu paHLUref Mi uii us m a uuu- ncaia iw vuuio ayau tuuuut ioioq . I it liiai rive in Ilia
DfttPr nArftArtiflnna mraa rnmna n I Hroii n-hlonnrlrnr hAiicrha thA f pnernnt I mniTPV fn f lirhr Anv lartrp nnfiAn I I . wAUAii.tj.
die a prisoner ln his own house, tonic of the cool morning air, the
While observing so much that Is 'how thing, to rthV who SS to th$
To the city man, reared on a farm, more Join with China and other pow- ,f . ' fi1 wants to look above himself; h
' . ' . . . ... . I leu us notice morothe treat amount would aee bvnni th. i... ." .i..v
Time, most of it will J X l""e 1 "ai
be found in humble, lowly places, have tu?nej peaeant. 'into heroef'hav
owl
Copernicus discovered the hello- delightsome restfulness of the "dewy
centric system, but through fear of eve," the appetite that made every
superstition and Its inevitable fagot homely meal a feast, the tiredness
kept the secret tightly locked ln his that made utterly unconscious sleep
own breast. His Illustrious pupil, consciously sweet, the breath that
Bruno, learned the secret from his gave children the Joy of young anl-
master and elucidated it with such mals ln mere life.
ability that he was hunted all over
SHOULD BE SETTLED.
T
HE CONTEST between the Mt.
The Journal Is much pleased when th.t cJl.a-f.p"?e" but that we reailtl
it can say anything favorable of the in the glut of material things T there ll
Portland city council, hence hastens ai ?ruu.a?ork,r.e h.u''w"for lovl
to approve its action in declining to ruet cannot corrupt jd thiev JLnVll
Hood railroad and the city employ eight new detectives. The ' ..iD'uT- J'cr. never wiu be an I
authorities would seem to be city can put Its money to better use. that meet, these d&n n2L .chiH?J
meeta these deep needa and Ion
one to be settled by engineers.
The city cannot afford to allow its
water plant to be seriously or in- ing in a Pickwickian sense when . it thattnnt1?!,. thlng? Ps"
rd- said that Lincoln Steffens' story of f "he has learned, the love of life at
Rnrnna. and At lnat hnrnnri nt thA jurlouBly interfered with or jeopard
stake. But a later world has ac- "K l"J liAW' i?ed. If the construction of the rail- the deal between Mr. Scott and Jon- 0ovr &on5'...th ??.
rAorl win VtotrA wAeiilf thAn ia I At nan RnnrriA woa float. sn fni.A Ir,... A n. ' .. ' vuv y
VUU nill WB'U 0 S U 1 L.t fcAJC I "VMea. wviiiuv V HBP MOOUg Ul iaiOTJ VA fl At IKJl HI I ITln il6 Will 111
city must right us location "to the nooa. """ "r oiaT authority
The world waits for lnnit...i .
jui wnnesane waterworss are tne
knowledged the truths these martyrs
to science taught and condemned the
fallacies that opposed them. So, too,
the Gallaghers and their fallacies,
1
S A railroad company bigger than
the government? Is a corpora- . ... . ,
.. .1.- . last ditch.
tlon higher than the court and
outside the jurisdiction of the
plutocracy ana us superstitions, are iaw? Shall a.hunerv man who at
having their day but directly they tempts to steal a loaf of bread for
more Important of the two, the rail
road is also Important to the city and
H
ymw
to K
now
will pass on to their unmourned ulti- k,B famishing family be sent to Jail !hou(1 be ?,ve flH reafonvab,e fn-
mate.
A SAMPLE - "ARGUMENT."
and a railroad, corporation that at
tempts to steal 2,000,000 acres of
public domain be not only not pun
My Ouide.
By Horatlua Bonar.
(Dr. Horatlua Bonar, whose ministry ables every man to bear his croaa an
i a.eiBo ana at niainDurgh, Scotland. u" vur- r me aaae or the life
the passion of great faiths, for vlaloiil
that atlr men to noble endeavor. Kvel
our most nru tlr..1 nnr.. .n i -. ' I
hr,o ...riV..".u--.-" ana
lutjr are animated hi
uiuo btbiii. nope or aream. Kellg-ion 11
the passion that makes life worth whllJ
k? lvy"'llm ,l inner vatuea, that er
R
EPLYING to a correspondent
whom it ridicules as crazy or a
fool, because he gives some
reasons which he thinks good
loot?
Law has been the mere chaff that
the wind blows in the case of the
whr thA nrnnnnatl tar mnr1mnt K..ulS.
v ,a v. m ,x . The courts have been as mere toys
couragement. It seems to be not a
mere promoters' speculative scheme,
hut Is rlpafcnPfl in h npn m o ronlrllv a I . . M .1 n .1 . . . (all.
v h v -" uhb uu w w wv u. w .mu.u.. U I CICUUCU II v r I I 1 1 n ETWll w r 1 11 r I HI in. . . . .
, h. 44.i t I real railroad, such as Portland should last century. Is today best remembered cause he doe. .no L tX r..
'"" """--.V. l.V 1VD I . 1 . i K. .11. .V -Ifn-hl. mor,,r ft .. V. t . I mil.. .., .V..,
should be passed, and calling it bun- ;"" rr""" J T
L.k K, 1 that children play with
The eame I rlnrPB that (t thn farm
the exercise-of these powers Men is played out. The railroad officers 50 per cent of the taxes ln Oregon he J . ' at a ?"? ulated. p,ce' n 8,t,pu:
reason and arrive at conclusions can't fool the country any more a would nay 100 ner cent in this Iate.d ouantit es "a to stipulated
largely by suggestion and every little bit. amendment should carry. It actu- , ' fc l? , .ua "t,8
newspaper worthy of the name has
a clientele of readers" to follow its
lead.' If thia source of public Inspira
tion" be poisoned by dishonest pur
pose or by unworthy motives it Is
indeed a matter greatly to be de
plored.
may finally own It.
Engineers ought to be able to de
cide the case. If the railroad will
Injure the alrvalve the railroad peo-
nln itioVif tat mnvA m 1 r a f a r Vial
J track, rather than fight for a long
time ln the courts. If it does not ln
anywise injure the waterworks prop-
erty, the city should cease its opposition.
book entitled
Hope.")
"Hymns of Faith and
low was published first ln 1857 In his SLwrk- She -does not need to go lnti
-.." .""6 ii 11 no oiner could cl
iiiem; sne must d tne orce pusbltil
the men out Into their own service, th
power that compels us to do the worl
o uuiui 10 uo ior tne world a satva
tlon. a
.u ' .w at a church after all btl
win auuiaiisea expression or the religlou
i "? ot . "roun of people. We ouraelve
WATCH AND SEE.
the proposed law the farmers, Just
dog. The law has been held as
The Pendleton Tribune says it
T
ry.y -' doesn't look like Oregon was a I
. the farmers, would havfe to pay every "I v ... 'T' . V ' doesn't
iia next xtepuoiican campaign dolIar of taxe8 v&lfi ln Oregon. ""7, l"D ''a""u? lu "iBOU- doubtful state' "when the 1
uua wm uuuBuauy inter- Think of a paper that makes such 7," f " , "J"'D presslon of the people at the polls
eating, not so mucn ior wnat it a Btatement criticising anybody for
that basis. . The regulations pre-
gave to the Republicans a larger per
will contain as for what It wlin man wild tatmpnt. nr nmJKrlbed by that sreat law-giving cent of tna offlcIfll nc)filt,onfl than
. ... ........ UmU MTVm. 1. Ill - . x 1. . I CT w . . . ltt,f- 1 Ua - wvn m BAa . - ..-II,... 1 I
ine Dear oDservera insist that rho I "i say 01 tna kio- i -m ,r,m..i. uaimu, .n h. f,,nri n n- nihm- t.t t.i I
the rreatest menace to the rennblin rloua past of the grand old party a tM. have DGen trampled upon as the brl- tnA TTn,n Thn. h., ,hT
are' the foes' within. Civilization and ?eed be-noticed; it can be taken i wladom and loglc, not a cent of taxes, gan.v 8ur8 h hls beel thf Z0 lugubrious walling on the part of so
eaucauon; mey aeciare, win De im- wo KUUW wuat " if the amendment should be adopted, ." a 6, . v. . T many Republican newspapers and
. ... - . . Inrlll V. n Ttini., .tll v. , i i. I ' ' I Tin It an Ht a toa vntun t. tn. BR'Ann .
Thy way, not mine, 0 Lord.
However dark It be!
Lead me by thine own hand;
Choose out the path for me.
I dare not choose my lot;"
1 would not If 1 might;
Choose thou for me, my Jod,
So ahall I' walk aright.
The kingdom that I seek
Is thine; so let the way
That leads to It be thine.
Else I must surely stray,
Take thou my cup, and It
With Joy or sorrow rill,
As best to thee may seem;
Choose thou my good and 111.
Choose thou for me my friends.
My sickness or my hearth;
Choose thou my cares for me.
My poverty or wealth, .
Not mine, hot mine" the choice.
In thing's or sreat or small;
Be thou my Kulde, my strength,
My wlsdorra and my all.
potent to save if morality be lacking wil1 be- There will be some truth
United States, which is the 85',000,- lltlc,an to the effect that the Re- Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens' Birthday.
determine what such an expression aha
ue. ii me cnurcn rails it la not b
cause we nave raued to put our llv
mm nor serviceT it Is folly to a
uown ana lane or her sins; we are onl
vunuemning our own sloth.
,a.v Buy, mo, mat we nave no co;
cern With the church simnlv m m
that we have no part ln the social r
llgloua Ufa of the communltv
tradlte ourselves from the higher, tl
nfiiLuni uuiiuziunai me. vve nave
right to expect helD and Inantratl
from the church only as we male it
means of help and Inspiration to other
-aivery man nas in riitn aotrie messa
ior an oiner men, each of tie has h
share to give of the world's lllumim
tlon and Inspiration. Is It not ot
ousiness to pool our spiritual posse
atons, to brinit toaether vrv hi.
thought and rich hope and through tl
L l , l , . fi 1
" " & . , , , I wouiu ub paiu on any city real .es- A . . .. yu't'waua iu iuc cumi mat iuo ivo-1 . ..-r-.Tintinn ,hi- . y
Jn the citizenship. Mr. Roosevelt ln Bt. Poking at the present tate on any corporate property, on 00 ,n !h? U1D,,t!d States- has publican party has been destroyed Mr- LIlllan M. N. Stevens, president m"ftai lipfrM S
recognizes tnis ana these latter days au 'u"ucu'1' mime, muca oi t any timber lands, on anything what- ' B and can t elect a senator or other -inwan iem- uesi Bla oi eacn io Decome the con
ih his administration have been di- not be ve;y important truth. ever but farms. The farmers are enou8hito tak back from Mr. Har- pr,nclpal officers? All the Republi- !??n or" 0VPr' m" g ?
rected against dishonesty and cor- The campaign book will try to told that they would have to pay 100 riman 2,000,000 acres of public land can8 can Btu, vote 3ust as tney h; nxree .3 5 a. 3
ruptlon in high places. Greece and mane a snowing of economy. This
Rome decayed, and before them 18 always considered a strong feature
per cent of the
course nobody but farmers could pay1
taxes. Then of 1 , J. 1 n01 xae govern- please, can't they?
uioui d uui uia uwu t'OLUie, iu iittVH
and to hold, though not one scratch
Of a pen gives him the right tO ltithmttrh lila liltr tnntpr ara 4lliJv to I temnerance work whan tha Int. Ml..
ene spent ner early womanhood as a
teacher, and married at the aire of
It looks more and more like Taft, 21; Mrs. Stevens became interested In
her first visit
from that time
EgypLand Babylon, though all had of such a document issued in behalf Lnv - n
reached the hlerhest forma of rWn- mo yariy in power, uui nere is nr- .v-
tlon and civilization known to their where 14 wl ,omlt matters a hundred of thA nmpnriment at -n niv and not one Penny dld e or anybody exaggerate some. . But he manifestly YJ' YJ"iflr pa
times, and as Mn Roosevelt declares, times more Important and interest- canirig attention to the styre of "ar- eer pay for lt- T18, ln effect ne has such a lead that before the con- to this Mrs. stevena has been constantly
It was the venality and immorality of inS than the presentment of figures KP(4 t th n,,flrtr an. Publicly avows, after a period of 38 Uention meets many delegates who ?.ihJ?fcSt. llS .uw.0r.?
ineir citizens mat wrought their ,uauB- "uw U1U tuusrebB economize.' tloned. And this is characteristic r "U1U'UU" u' mm uu "B want to get on the Dig and winning w. c. t. u. in i76. For is years she
ruin. By the history of the dead and rerusmg to mprove rivers and of that newspaper, whether discuss- T ." J T'l.T or tne Bde will gravitate to him. It is ;n7 -aV "Recording ' secretary o'f the
decaying nations, of what imnort. narbors and inland
; a nee Is lt then that the trusted men through railroad influence
' of the press in Oregon should meet cut ott tens ot thousands of rich pen
$helr resppnsibilitieB honorably, con- aioners? Did it cut off the railroad
' eclentlously and patriotically. To Kraft or the army Rraft- r the navy
none is given a power so great and raft or tne official graft, any-
npon none depends so much of the ' here? Not a dollar
' public weal. From the least to the 11 may parade a few good laws,
greatest, it is a time for honest pur- Dut we th,nk very few of a"y Import-
pose and an Oregonlan's duty,
waterways, Ini reiigjon the money standard grant act' each of wh,cn violations practically a case of Roosevelt national organization, in msh
:e. Did it party or an3r publlc question. " ' "th a friTate c,,tlzen" haTe against the leaders of the Republi- S&hof
I
GOOD 'TO BE A FARMER.
T
been just and ample grounds for for
feiture and for which forfeiture
would have been exacted.
The crime that this succession of
AS IT SHOULD BE.
T
HE Woodburn Independent says:
"There is a certain dlenltv ln outlaw corporations nas committed
farming that is not found ik an against the people of Oregon and
ordinary clerkshiD and nrepar- against the government of the
ance. Can it tell of the enactment I ious position in a laree city Better United states, is impossible of ex
of an employers liability law, or a be tilline tha soil and helm? nnn'a aggeratlon. The despicable facts
parcels post law, or a postal savings own manager and independent than about it cannot be painted over
banks law, or an inheritance tax law, a drudge at a desk or behind a coun- larSe- Tne mystery is, what have
or an income tax law, or a campaign ter and probably the small salary oath-bound federal officials, charged
1 11 a. 1 1 a . . 111. a 1 M m . at
The latter generally wuf 8na 1,1110 Ior emorcement or
HE JOURNAL, points with a
measure of satisfaction to the contribution law, or a law to give mortgaged
changed attitude of the Ore- larger powers to the Interstate com- means a short life and a gnnnoupriiv laws, been about these 30 odd years,
gon delegation with reference merce commission to regulate rail- merrv one until ennni seta in Th that these subversions of law were
to the federal district attorney-1 roads or any reciprocity treaties, or vouna man on his own farm not detected and arrested? Where
snip. If- tne news rrom Washington I a Philippine tanir reduction law, or more valuable and valued citizen of were our senators and congressmen
De correct, Mr. uourne, Mr. Juiton, any tann reductions where the du- the commonwealth." making tne laws, ana wnere our fed-
Mr. Hawley and Mr, Ellis have de- ties are now admittedly too high? These observations and sueeea- eral district attorneys and United
termmed that the man next to . be We will wait and sep; but lt is tinns nc. Rnm likn thm r. non States marshals enforcing the laws?
recommended by them shall be I tolerably safe to predict that none of made, and it is well often to repeat Wor8t ot all, in what other ways and
"clean and competent." We assume these laws, all except the ' last re- them.' They are especially true ln under what other guises are great
AL - A. al a. 1 - A. A 1 . all J . a a w 1 ) t II 1 A 1 1 J . U
mat me report is true ana mat tneipeateaiy urgea oy rresiaent itoose- these days when farming Is not so eorporanwn iu iub iauu awanowing
delegation Is sincere In jts declara- velt, officially the head of the ma- hard and narrow a' life as it used to UP undetected and unchecked, those
tlon. The old method of making the Jority party, will be passed. If not, he: now. when there are a mnlti- things which are the people's?
selection as a reward for a political f the -Democrats- ean- et up a veryftude xst helpful implements and ma-
jou uone or to De aone is to De gooa campaign dook snowing wnat chines, when the conveniences and
abandoned and the personal and offi- the majority in congress has not comforts of life have been multiplied
wai worm or the appointee is to be done that lt should nave done. for the farmer, when country schools
the test The office is not to be - nrja hotter rnnila flrA hfittcir nawa.
SUBSIDY. . papers and books are more numer
THE WARNING TO JAPAN.
hawked out to a time-Bervine doII
r tlcian but Is to be given to a man
. - of calibre andL character. . The posi-
tlonls to be contemplated not as a
political asset of this or that
. -. ber of tha delegation but as a public
T
HERE seems to be no doubt that
Japan has not fully and fairly
kept its agreement and promise
with resnect to m&Intafnlner th
ous and cheaper, prices are on the
HE week has seen a burst of whole better that Is, farm products LrmMai nf th Pm-tammi'tt, t.0f
T
oratory in the senate, clamor-Ulll buy more arid when through roaardinir Manrh..H Th. Ttt
Ing for ship subsidy. Perhaps diffused intelligence and an awak- states has of course a large Interest
IhofA iniiot h an Binds nt ran- I naA ..rinnUm.oi dni.it f. I . .. ...... .
trusti set up for the rfctoncr a i. , . l i. 6..w.b.. i..u.w w tne estaDiisnment and malnte-
T!;vJ .e,fle.fense of the Pie In the world and among them can take more Interest and find ftni, of the nnpn a tn
I'wvw' auv lue atau:. . , tn tv. i , , . . mi. , it.1 ... . . ' vuo
. - ... .7 "ciw- suosiay peggars. mey ana me more Pleasure in nis WOrK. aside
inroads they and their stripe make from its greater profits.
ln plundering society are the bane yes, "a certain dignity in farm-
. tioa a majority of -the delegation Is
to control : and the minority as it
- ought to do, is to cneerfully submit
T Such lassaid to be the program and
" if It be strictly adhered to there will
a be .'resultallot.. consequence t. the
' . state, f . It, will speedily end the un
seemly . squabble that has been on
and subordinate a matter that, in
x coinparison.is trivial among the du
ties of those who are sent to Wash.
to gton "as statesmen to grapple with
J nd soIts problems ot. conseauenca
or tne race. Governments were
originally instituted for the protec
tion of all those who are members
of society. They were never de
signed and properly conducted they
do not, now contemplate, that it Is
their function to collect money from
poor people and put It in the hands
oft ttie rich to make their, business
pay. Poor people de not own ships,
but If they did It la extremely doubtr
ing" is a good phrase. No man is
so really independent. . None, PJjre
water and cleanly habitations berog
assumed, is so healthful. Nono is,
or may be, o spiritual. This may
seem absurd to some, but. we think
It true. The farmer is constantly
in the very midst of God's creative
revelation in soil and crops and
brooks and trees and animals. The
very, silences of the late Teniae; and
orient. It is a world-wide matter
and European nations Joined with
our government in making this de
mand, or request, or suggestion.
Moreover, the European powers
Joined with the United States, speak
ing through the late Secretary of
State John Hay, in demanding the
physical . Integrity of China, of
which Manchuria is a large and im
portant part. But Japan scarcely
conceals fta design to overrun and
finally for all practical purposes an-
sex ana ruie Aiaucnuria.
can party, and Roosevelt in
4 she was
on the
s was
this I chosen her successor aa president of
la lltrnln rt T .. V t . I lna aUllVIVU W. V. 1". (J. BnO USS T1I1CU
case 18 likely to win. But whether the position ever since. Mrs Stevens
Taft, if nominated and elected, will is n nhie speaker ana has been' heard
turn out to be a Rooseveltlan presl
dent is another question. In Canada, England, Switzerland and
timer uuunu icu, in aaauion to ner
tAmnrflnOA wnrlr ah. Tina hun ottt..
Under Mr. Harriman's direction in numerous charities and phllanthro-
tha O. R. & N. nflW a dlv!df.n1 voa. Ple-
a . Af mo nrn ri aa i i a a 1
teraay ui te,ov,uvu, oeing over u Thls pate , nlitorT
per cent oi ub capital biock. mis nil First issue of the Spectator ap.
is an exceeuiugiy oig, juicy melon, pearea in uonaon.
mostly grown ln Oregon for the de- 1809 Frederic Francois Chopin, com-
lectatlon of Mr. Harriman and his
poser, born. Died October 17, li49.
Ifm iTha "92 rnsnliitlnna"
wan street rnenas, wno win get Quebec
passed at
practically all of it. Yet the people
who pay all this money the patrons
of the road should have nothing
whatever to say about its disposi
tlon; of course not.
' " 1 - 1 " v
The, rose fiesta managers say they
do not Intend to subject the school
children to a long march or a pa
rade that will tire them out, and if
this plan is followed the children
should be made as prominent a tea.
ture of the affair as possible." "A
rose fiesta without a liberal display
of children would be without one of
the most attractive features of such
an occasion.
Sentence Sermons
By Henry F. Cope.
Folly congeals faith.
Character la controlled will.
a
Silence will end almost any quarrel.
a a
Faith finds Its fullness ln frlendahlpl
a
The rest of religion la for the wea
Things readily believed ara not of
realty believed.
Men tend to approximate to their owl
expectations.
a
Living for others la an Imperative d
iuu iiiKucr ius.
Tour foea will not fear you a !oo af
juu xi ci vvor mem;
a
H who rives to be asm nanaliv
uiucu ns wants 10 niae.
a a
Lvinar nsuallr la a nlan af fctAfnar mi!
uicuiiBu wun a pigger one.
a a
He who follows duty ever majr
danger often, but defeat never.
At this writing Thomas A. Edison,
one of the world's most wonderful
and most useful men, is improving
and nope is entertained of his re
covery. Mr. Edison is almost a
young man yet. only 61, some 25
years younger than the late Lord
Kelvin at his death, end tens of mil
lions of people whom Edison has
benefited wish him many years of
life yet.
TEe ' Corvaina" Republican- -says:
"There is certainly one bad feature
about this Statement No. 1.- No Re
publican thould bC asked lovbte for
a Democrat for United States senator
and no Democrat should be asked to
vote for a Republican t ol such of-
Jfor tbls jqce, and should the popular" vote he,
1841 Two steamships collided on the
It la better tn arlva, trlthnnt think
, i-iwiuoui BiHiioa me Dm ior man to tnmic without giving,
the annexation of Texas. .
1067 XT.Ki..l,n ... I . . , 1 T t I ,
ion When th churoh J only Ple .q
1870 President Lopea of Paraguay " i ramum,
He who does not look forward -wllj
killed in battle.
1884 Chill and Peru concluded nc.
1900 Lord Roberta and the British
forces entered K.imDeney.
reverence will look back with regret
Faith Is the power to weave the tasua
of tomorrow from the discords of toda;
a a
. There always are few friends
for mourn the loss of the man who made r
a
. Pinched.
By Wex Jonea.
It's pretty toiHrh on a burnlar man
mat's roiioi
years
It. i-t- i..t -. -itrnmnn,.
I aw x.nu . .J v ... LI a i iiu.9 mm i .,. . . " '
mm Dy ine Bnrs. I , rP " wun m worry iruin yu
When first I noticed, that dachshund ao?r ana lne re"t win lane care or tne:
. whelp he looked like a canine Bves.
KUpe
And him from the Central Office Just
piaying me ror a oood
He wiggled along behind me you know cal1 hlra llar-
now a aacn
a a
When a man tells the truth aboil
him serf he Is atjxlous for some one
ow a dachshund saulrms.
He walks about aa graceful as one of
those fuzzy worms
I noticed he always kept near .me; it
'.-almost gives me a fit
Remembering now how lt pleased me
- to think I was making a hit
No men and few dogs ever bothered
- to make me much Of a chum.
And I never guessed that this dachs-
bund was stringing me like a
rum.
I saw that His -Ldngnesa waited aa
I slipped through the Jimmied
door, .
And when I came out- with a bundle
. I saw he was waiting . some
more.
I was walking over to pat him. when
he suddenly pulled a gun
And murmured, "Caught with the
goods on; better come quiet, my
. son." . .....
I'll never forget; that moment when
i, . , I aaw that the Jig was up .
And was marched away to the station
Ii by that ollydetective pup,
I tell you ifa tough on a fellow that's
bn a tr at til. trH. . ..
To be pinched by a cop with a figure
. resembling a. stcaet parade. ,
Few men are In moral danger as greif
aa tnose wno proclaim religion ao eirea
uouaiy tney reel no need to practice li
Pigs' Bathrooms. :
"And this la the pigs' bath room."
mnlA th. 4tt.. t l.lh aMHM.. . 1
' v. . i . u . n (.,1 lii; iu 1.1,11 IUI J 1UI 1111 . av ...
fittaA an PTwnttan Mntt IntA . 1 Hfc.
and elegant tube ot meerschaum ait
amber. .
"I have hear-, of hog-wash, but
didn't know pig bathed. Do they?"
The. farmer struck a match on, h
London-made -walking breeches.
"Yes," th modern pig bathes," H
aalaV.. 'Wlth squeal of rage -and "HI
trust he tumbles once a week Into
hot. bath, and is thoroughly .ecrubbcf
wuti stttr nrusnes aippea in strong- 80
oao. This cleanliness , keens him . n
ways well, and it increases bis weigli
20 per . ent.., ,-- , i. 1
"All our agricultural colleges nw t
viae , pig io pame. uy. exDerimenl
they continually show that hatha mu
him In fattan a fifth, hattt.i. . Tt.m
J-bath room la a feature of the twentlelf
cemury xarm." . -