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THE JOURNAL
'AM IROBPCNORNT KIWSPAPEB,
OL ' . IACKSON PsblUbw
PubHabed wrerj evening mpt Snadey) ta&
"T nowoay BHtroinc. TO journal nana-
tag, ta oo Ktiu tr w, iMrUana. w
Baton, at tb paatoffloe at PertUad. Or- tot
traaamlaaioa ttroufa the Ball aa eaaoaa elaaa
auaiirr.
But I4. efflce. S-la Ewl
umptlon per capita, whll. cacao lm-
porta Increased from, 18,000,000 to
92,000,000 pounds. , ,
Export of those countries .how
a fairly satisfactory Increase, con
sidering all the circumstances, and
will increase much faster. ' without
and subsidized ablpa, if American
manufacturers and other shippers
uucpHONK9-.it4.iir tits, boms, A-Mt. I wui late toe Jain. that foreigners
a U 4nartm. "'m.h4 k. u aamhan. I do tft TiIasba thole imtnmaH mnA II
IU tb. op.ratnr the ihKwrtnMDt I root mTtA ., . '
HSU. I iwn 1.1 couco
arranged. What is needed is not
tiBf-BBjaiia apwiai artiu.g Aiwr, .ubsldles. but freer trade and greater
I?'""!' "".. s arum. Ktw consiuVatldn for South American I
W ft 'IXhltlk. UnlMUa ar1.S.u aM. I '
" - ..... ouiiiniii, v,u ii But
' - i I, . w i mi vara
mwj "a
dtim, are the proper and only
means of doing this.
'The would-be political bosses
in Portland, Calem, Eugene, Rose-
burg, and other towaa of Oregon,
are now making, to some extent
openly, but in a larger degree se
cretly, under cover of fighting. State
ment No. 1, a determined attack. on
the primary law. It is in their way
and they mean to get rid of It. The
people need to be on their guard.
Cling to your primary law.
: .abacriptloa Tarns by mall la aay addreaa
IB ua liallafl Btataa, Canada or MutM.
Om rear.......$s.o i imt tmti I .00 1 "HB
BUKDAI.
Om year 11.60 Ona nontk S JS
Ooa faar S7.5S I Ona Bonta I
UN1TEB8ITY
Tioy.
ArrnopniA
Shallow men bellere fn
luck, bellere in circum
stances. It was ' some
body's name, or he hap
pened to be there at the
time, or it was so then,
and another day it .would
have been otherwise.
Strong men bellere in
cause and effect by look
' lng narrowly you shall see
there was no luck in
the matter. Philadelphia
Ledger.
ts
LESSONS OF TIIE CLETELAND
- TRAGEDY.
IT
iIIG JOURNAL, believe it can
give wise advice to those who
are participating, pro and con
In the discussion of the appro
priation" for the state university
There ought to be no occasion for
resort by one side to abuse of the
other. The subject Is not one to
necessarily elicit displays of bad
temper. It Is a mere question of
public policy "with reference to
higher education and people can nat
urally differ on It without either be
ing guilty of bad faith or bad mo
tives, in contributions that hare
appeared in The Journal there have
been many innuendoes, slurs and im
putations of various kinds. These
things in the discussion of an edu
cational policy serves no good pur
pose, hut, on the contrary, do much
T
harm. They are more likely to dls
HE fire drill has usually. If not credit than to benefit the cause in
Invariably,, been effective in which they Are invoked, whether it
: public schools to prevent a he by opponents or supporters of
panic, but it failed yesterday at the appropriation. From the be-
Cleveland, and a frightful and terri- ginning of time, It has been habitual
ble holocaust of children . resulted, for men to differ In opinion, even
The teacher apparently did all they on the simplest proposition. It will
eonld, one of them lost her lite in at- be so until the mlllenlum, and, ,es-
temptlng to stem the panic-stricken pecially on. Issues - of educational
crowd of children and another will character, public welfare will be
die. - Possibly the fire drill had not promoted if a spirit of tolerance and
been autficlently practiced. Whether sincerity shall prevail. It Is manl
0 or. not, the catastrophe .teaches 1 festly a toj?Ic over which the dlscus
the necessity of its frequent andlslon should be one of reason, and
thorough practice In our crowded
public schools.
The building was of brick and
wood, and the fire seems to have
' made very rapid headway, so that
perhaps so severe a test of discipline
has pot occurred "before, yet it seems
from the account that all or nearly
- all the children might have escaped
If they had not become panlc-
stricken. Again, impress upon chil
dren the supreme importance. In
such a case, of keeping cool and
obeying orders or of obeying orders
- whether! they can keep cool or not.
'.'This is the principal lesson of the
awful tragedy at Cleveland.
- The matter of exits is another.
In - the North - Collin wood school
' building there--were two exits, but
one of them was closed. This looks
like a piece of gross and criminal
' carelessness. Theatres have been
. forced to provide numerous exits,
hut we leave our school houses and
.' churches with but two. Perhaps
more are not easily practicable, but
unless entirely impracticable they
- should - be provided, and always
-when the -room -Is ill led left free tb
be . instantly opened. This is
another lesson worth studying
closely.
The horror of It some 170 children,-
a moment before bright,
happy, full of life and vigor, the pets
and darlings of scores of house
, holds trampled and mangled and
burned to death almost as quickly
aswe can thus mention "the great
calamity! The scene is more than
sorrowful; it is sickening. To gaze
upon It, with even the mental vision,
does no good. Let us learn Its les
son, and, shuddering, turn away.
not of insinuation or Intimidation.
The Journal's suggestion Here made
is not In one Interest or the other,
but for the good -of both.
A further suggestion to corre
spondents will not be amiss. More
than once the Oregon Agricultural
college has been drawn Into the ar
gument, for comparison or other
wise, both by friends and opponents
of the university appropriation. This
is a feature that ought to be elim
inated.
Its effect can only be harmful, by
reason 'of its tendency to create an
tagonlsms between the two big te
institutions, and of a character that
ought not to be aroused. Both In
stitutlons have their field, and both
are, The Journal believes, doing
most excellent' work. The spirit of
the hour and of the future should
h construction for both, and not
destructive of either. The wisdom
of such a course ought to be so ap
parent to the friends of each that
the suggestion here made ought to
be sufficient to end the matter.
STAND BY YOUR GUNS.
FAILURE OP REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT.
A
COMMERCE WITH
AMERICA.
SOUTH
c
OMMERCE between the United
States and the South American
republics Is Kratlfylnxly in
f creasing, and will continue to
Increase without any ship subsidy.
Secretary of State Root helped the
commercial relations between this
country and those countries by his
visit last year. Director Barrett has
helped by his various services, and
the trip if the fleet will help.
" The figures are encouraging. In
1885 we Imported Cut $218,000,000
worth of products from all the Latin
American states, mostly coffee and
rubber. The Importations , for 1907
exceeded $600,000,000, and the in
crease has been steady. But there
are Indications that the Increase will
be more rapid,' .tor. .the Industries of
the United States are becoming more
and more dependent upon tropical
and semi-tropical products. This
1s true of rubber, and more
especially of cacao, of which we im
ported last year $13,000,000 worth.
Our leather manufacturers consume
great numbers of South American
hides and large quantities of quebra
cho and other tanning agents. We
are buying and -need more Argentine
.wool, the importation of which will
not materially injure our own wool
Industry., And It beef continues to
advance, or even is" held at the
prices of the last 'two pr three years,
we will need, "and unless the beef
truttt Is I strong enough to prevent
will get; many cattle from the south
ern eouutrles.';5 ; ;;.
As a nation we are continuing to
substitute coffee and cacao for. tea,
and the Imports of coffee for I9pt
were $87,000,000 .pounds,! nearly
double those of 1890. Tea between
t he same years Increased only from
F 4 .000,000 to - 86,000,000 pounds,
i;.(wlEg a great falling off 1 of con
GREAT DEAL Is said these
days about the sacrednesB or
infallibility, or at least the
desirability and necessity, of
preserving representative , govern
ment. , a strictly Republican lorm
of government, and not pushing any
farther fdrwftrd toward a pure Bern
ocracy. But mere , is the Chicago
Rectrd-Herald, a prominent Repub
lican newspaper, saying:
We have In this state what la called
renreaentatlve government, but every
time the legislature la In eeeslon we re
ceive renewed evidence that the assem
bly meets to resist the demands of the
pooble. The report of the Legislative
Voters' league presents some of the
moves In the last campaign of resist
ance. It refers to the obstructive tac
tics that were employed against the
direct primary bill; to the defeat of
the Crook county civil service bill; to
the defeat of the bill allowing cities
and villages throughout the state to
regulate the price of gas. This, how
ever, Is only a Jist for purposes of Il
lustration, and Is therefore by no
means complete. Other striking cases
of the use of obstructive tactics
against measures plainly in the in
terest of the people might be called
A PRINCIPLE that was good yes
terday, Is good today. It di
rect election of senator was
sound doctrine in Republican
slate platforms and In Democratic
state platforms In Oregon for years
past, it ' Is sound doctrine for all
newspapers In Oregon to advocate
today. If 66,850 voters of Oregon,
with only 16,354 voting against it,
have adopted a measure that makes
direct election possible, that is full
warrant for every such newspaper
to stand by the doctrine. If any
man or group of men claim to be
for direct election, but oppose
Statement No. 1, it is full and for
mal notice of Insincerity. It Is im
possible for any may to be sincerely
for direct election, and sot be a
'launch supporter of the present
Oregon plan.
The voters, by a tremendous flood
of ballots of nearly four to one,
have declared for It. The question
of whether or not they are to have
It, largely rests with the country
presv. If the men of this class
t And resolutely by the principle,
and fight it to a finish, they will
be as certain to win as that the sun
111 set on election day. They have
the truth with them, and by that
token are thrice armed. They are
lose to the people and by redoub
ling their efforts can overwhelm and
put to rout the present effort to
discredit popular choice of senator
in this state.
A more important responsibility,
or a greater opportunity to do good
for their countrymen never fell to
the lot of newspaper workers. They
are on the outposts In a movement,
that pursued to its ultimate, means
the certain reform of the United
States senate. If they surrender,
and allow the experiment In Oregon
to fall, a reactionary movement will
set in from whlqh recovery will be
slow and tedious. They have the
power and the means of victory if
they will stand by their guns and
keep their colors flying. They should
neither underestimate ' their 'Own
capabilities In this crisis, nor under
value the importance of their cause.
Leap Year Letters
aftaai1i In' that j4f v ! O.ntamliar I '
'T . ....t-. .... I WU1UC
vuugi atiMHiv , ;vu uyvu naiiua i
auoa municipal government, mu i . , :n. c. R. Ouinrv.
don't car if It ll headed by a Dem- From Miss Krmentrude Popcorn of But-
ocrat i What w want la municipal ; bf,n c"a otw fork! .
politic, and iu all politic. U decent
honest government la the interest of beautiful ,,
the people, and when we get that It I x WM comina home. 1 amoved ever
minute of my visit New York is so
lnspyring. I should thlnC that you
must -feel inspyred in such a magnifi
cent city. " I will never forget the. palm
room in the Squeegls. with the real
fountain fountlng It made me think of
nii-iiia nave you ever seen
Is not Important what the color of
the politic. 1..
It wa. to be expected that Senator
Hopkins of Illinois would favor the
Aldrlch currency', bill. Hopkins 1.
one of the distinctly 'railroad en- tbem-rpr, should 1 amy, ever seen it?
ators." and ex-Senator "Billy" Ma- n""",'r confusing. 1 think they
' 1 u vi. .. I parieciij aear. uui i mustn't ram
BUD BBS UW UUUgllt Ull vut'
right.
lleREALM
fg"j FEMININE
A great calamity always teaches
great practical lesson, and the
Cleveland horror is no exception to
the rule.
ble like this to such a busy business
man. Ever so many thanks for the
nowers. xours very sincerely, Ermen-
. ' ; Small Cliango
Standpatters will be run ever.'
, ,.:-.
It's pretty sure that Taft will be It
Be ready to welcome the Immigrants..
Rooseveljt may be ready to run agaJa
in ino. ,
Little Hsrriman is bigger than all
Oregon.
Shall it be left to the people T is the
question.
Bo far Governor Uughe has not beenmny substitutes for meat even If om
muck-raked. f Idoes not car for the sanitarium ; u-
Thls time Sultter's gun was flred Iooa" ih ar abundantly offari
once or more too often. I that it really is not difficult t tM.
sufficient nourlahmfint t k. ...
F
Lenten Cookerr.
OR the housewife who looks ahea
. aaye and wonders what:sh
shall glrs tb family to eat
these dally menus are meant t(
be a Suggestion. " Than im .
weather this
, Letters From the People
Instructing Legislators.
Waldo, Or., March i.To the Editor
of The JournalBoss rule and corrup
tion In the Republican party of Oregon
led to the adoption of Statement No. 1.
The first I ever saw I received by
mall from Jonathan Bourne with a re
quest to sign and return it to him. X
saw at once that to do so was to aid
In the election of Mr. Bourne. I am a
Democrat, but the principle Involved so
Interested me that I signed and re7
turned it without waiting to consult
anyone.
I also voted for Mr. Bourne, not be
cause he was my preference, but to aid
In establishing Statement No. 1 in Ore
gon. The Republican party manage
ment In this state had become so sweep
ing and odious to Its respectable mem
bers that they had conceded us a Demo
cratic governor. I could see nothing
wrong in my vote for a Republican
United States senator.' and I was pre
pared to Dut mr hand on any Demo
cratic member of the legislature who
dared refuse to adopt the people'a will.
And we may mark it on me panngs
that thoae men who cannot give up
corrupt politics are the ones' who are
responsible for past political conditions
In our great state.
From MIsS Poneorn to Mr. Cuffs !
Dear Mr. Cuffs Thanks for you de
lightful letter. But do you think it
ever so wicked of me to carry on such
a correspondence with you. Well, I don't
care; 1 just know you're a boheemian
at heart, like me. My, but I wonder
how you business men can work away
wun sucn terriDie reesponslbllllties.
Do tell me how you sre getting along
in 11
such
in
Some Oregon winter
month will be acceptable.
. a a
Oh. the monev many of ua lost by
not buying wheat a few days ago.
Aotlvltv isn't neoessartlv usefulness.
yet it is better man aonotningnesa
ent nourishment for th .mit.
without Using meat We have nni. 1,
i ?iAif,ld t,h,r ""durance to know thsi
The housekeeper who proposes to keei
Lent must not Imagine ma she is roln
to out down the expense aeJo.? V
thyit tV. AnT'i.i' Ki H
1 nmwr minaa n can toiq paying ma I t7 ,V " " "" mgner aur
lawyers, ur.ay. sure ir ne na. money. U-eu,""t "V, fuii
Behind the chairman's gavel in the foi m.7,". ""I.?.uPP1f. lk
1 eenina me cnairman s gavel in the for most of thaT .o.Vimfw" "'i'"
ie omce. nut 1 mustn't interrupt Chicago- convention will loom the Dig I have a milk baaiV Tn.iA Yi '"5" v?" J
a busy man. s I will stoD aosslD- stick. I Boll J1" J?"'60? M stock. Shj
g. Ever youts, Ermentrude. a . froits than wK- 5Ti.cn . I-' 1StB-B,l
P. S. Did you know this Is leap It Is about time when the woald-b V a mi.t -u? ,i',..,.vln i"1 f"?
T Soma of tha arlrla have a rlnh bosses dearly lova the worklncman and I are ine main
: -- vfii.i mm nurocenoua tanA tkin.r
the place nf lean meat . 1
year
here to propose to some man In turn.
Aren t we just too stilly. You must
think it awful frlvelous, don't youT
Do you New Torkera eat nlna tlmaa a
day, like Upton Sinclair says you do? Muldoon.
1 icing ne is wonaerrui, me way ne
snows up me ncn, mie women. 1 could
never go decollete to a Long Island
picnic I threw away the flowers when
you said you didn't send them. Wasn't
mat too foolish of me! E.
granger.
w
Taft seems ts bs running fast vat Is
about as fat as ever. He might try
Prom Mr. Cuffs to Miss Poncorn:
My Dear Miss Popcorn Don't think It
wicaea or you xo write. Not a bohe-
mlan at heart. Getting along all rlxtit
in onica junior partner told me yes
terday. I'm not so much in the way as
1 usea to De. Knew mis was leap year.
xjon 1 mink your gins' club so very
my. uniy eat twice a nay. Ulad you
keep your neck warm at picnics. Not
foolish of you to throw away flowers;
would wither If you kept them. Tours
truly, Albert Cuffs.
Every thins- considered. Portland la tha
best city on the coast but must bs
mads better.
a
When one rains blows on another It
la rjroDer to aav that tha latter haa
been "soaked." .
a a
There was no good excuse for keenlns
8ultter on the police force after the
tiuranart episoae.
a a
How Seattle will love Uncle Joe If ha
defeats that fair appropriation bllL It
all rests with him.
a e
Isn't It funnr that with 10.000 ma.
jorlty the Republicans are afraid they
can't elect a senator?
3
From Miss Popcorn to Mr. Cuffs
Dear Albert You don't think It very
wrong of me to call you that, do you.
oui you ve written me sucn lovely let
ters that I feel I know you better than
any one in HUirajo. it s as g
lng in New York to read your
Think of
Instead of
served by
Every little while we ses In the maga
auveriisements that fertile flel
or literature srlowlnar aru.nn.
oriental food stuffs which are aaM
contain ail the nourishment needed b
me numan body. Perhaps we send fo
E tKi fa-V" th.lnk .w,th 0m i
Stafi1, '-? PSODle who have such a:1
T- wneat wnion nas ex
Zv;w V" ""me properties, and Mc
uicb i "Imost the only food of mil
!1 , -" nrr Peopie, ana Uploca whic
.Ines'wS. rr0 wnloh "
And in addition to these, any one ei
Pllh aaaaieaalaFftaB A L . .
kJ. w 1 " "" iooa elements, w
have barley which i 1 ,
ferent forms of corn, which are a store
vi.lo9 vaiue. do we are not s
badly off after all.
Add to these the veretahlaa n h
r conrad. Fallon and nits, eaten raw or cooked ind h. 1 T "
l.pfflcpllSa, PorUn1' b,,nf rt aubi?iteTo
its offlclala meat) the nuts of our own part of tb
country and tranannrtad tnr .,. ....
nair raa inan 1 . . v - sr awa vui aaa
rood a a 11 Tv- r T.r,rr foDbery must cease." says the rrom far-off lands, and the whole rangl
Mh-iv iL Angeles Nsws. After how many of fruits with the multitudinous us"
it metroDo" mor n"onal Ic"? to which milk producta can beut aS
kuwa
lUCl
Miss Harrlman has just been mar
ried to an American, we are glad
to say and we suppose her father
will give her a large cash present
As he and his associates have taken
between f3D,000,000 and 140,000,
000 of "surplus" out of Oregon, we
out here suppose that we are help
ing to pay Miss Harriman's dowry,
and so feel Interested In ner, and
hope that she will be Just as happy
as a poor man's bride.
iL uivt nav v iiui uron icwin " ii" j jiih u rtww ivik iv roau yuur 1 1 V r i V no- i mnr. n . ...1 I , . 1,1.1. 1 1 . . . .
have been truculent followers and they scrlpUona of life In the great tnetropo- the housekeeper who plana for Xl
eSemrma&''by ud "o'r " There Is something I want to ask you .vtft "5J??uM,c !ach'M .M2?!..?ffM,f bundantlj
the people. They would have us be- for. but I don't know how you would r..L I" i""'1 .!"!. campaign " -v..n..
, - . . - , . . . . . v .11 , w . . - iii inrsiu rm i 1 ri nnrr nnn ns i- .
neve mat me party is nrsi; wo ueuevo taae u. May 1 asK you ror a certain ' vor braakfaat it win
our country is first before any party; thing that I want very, very Tnuch? I . . I Dr"t. " will not make muc
don't know how I've lived without It spouting 011 wen at vale is re- 10 me orainary family I
jjo say ye. Albert, mte a dear.
Don t ou think Elinor Olynn la per
fectly clever? Don't you think she Is
a greater writer than Dickens, George
Ellott and those other men? Ever
yours, Tootsie (my knickname).
P. S. I may be In New York this
week, and then I can ask you person
ally. Tootsie.
Certainly all possible efforts
should be made to secure the pres
ence here of some of the battleship
fleet during the rose fiesta. .That
cruisers can come to Portland with
entire ease and safety has repeatedly
been demonstrated, as the navy de
partment must know. Two or three
at. least, of . these vessels wUl he a
great attraction, and we believe Ad
miral Evans will favor their coming.
up. Ofcourse it Is represent
atlve in a sense. It represents some
thing and " somebody, and, of course, it
must have its reasons for doing so.
But- this means, necessarily, that It
betrays the people as a whole. It is
shameful and humiliating that official
representatives . are thus false to their
trust and that If we had to depend on
these representatives alone conditions
would be much worse than they ars
Were it not for the press and the ac
tivity of civlo; associations the legisla
tive tricksters would be generally tri
umphant But It Is. to be hoped that
through, the new primary law the peo
ple may be able 'to secure fit nominees
who Wlll really represent them.
.All this Is true not only in Illin
ois but In : most, other states, and
it Is true of the' nation as represent
ed by congress. In a thousand and
one case, the people, the masses,;
the great - majority, are not. well
served, are lost sight of, are be
trayed, for. one ' cause or another.
We do not mean to say that repre
sentative government," though thus
largely a failure, should be ' aban
doned; it is necessary; but the peo
pie . musU take a greater Interest
and part In their affair., and exer
cise more of their reserved power-i-
forU power reside, in them. "And,f after.
as , the Record-Herald says a prlv
mary law, such as we have la .Ore
gon; and the initiative and refertn-
There are various facts and cir
cumstances which Indicate that
President Castro of Venezuela is
right in -his contention with certain
citizens of the United States; that
they were playing a big bame of
corporation graft down there, and
Castro would not stand for It. Then
they ran home to Uncle Sam and
want him to force Castro to let them
play jtfut the game.
and we must look with suspicion on
any man or set of rn who express
fear of the people, ana especially ir
they are clamoring for the reinstate
ment of political conditions which we
have had to put down because of their
corruption.
if it is a proper tnmg to elect presi
dential electors and send them to ft
national convention Instructed, why may
we not so Instruct the members of our
legislatures. I have supported that the
purpose of electing members to the re
spective legislatures is a matter of ex
pediency; that It is not possible for all
of the voters of a state to attend a
session of Its legislature and take active
part In its proceedings; so the plan was
adopted . of. electing a few men to go
there aa the people's agents to do the
work for them. That work, SO fat as
the, electing of United States senators
is concerned, has not been done honest
ly and promptly by these agents and
employes of the people; so that the
voters Irrespective of party have de
cided through Statement No. 1 that they
will instruct these agents In the fu
ture "so mote It be.'r
It seems to me It Is an extraordinary
proceeding for these political wire
pullers who fear the result to say to
the people of a free country, "V 'do
npt want you to Instruct us; we want
you to send ua there as your repre
sentatives, but do not take the pie from
the crust with your instructions. It
may suit you to Instruct us, but we
do not want It, because it destroys
party harmony."
This position savors strongly of Boss
Tweed's or Schmlts' replies to the suf
frages of the people; only it is a degree
milder; it premises, however, to nature
well with age.
It Is lust as right and proper to in
struct the members of a legislature itt
the polls as it Is to elect and instruct
our presidential electors; and the voters
of all parties will be wise to steer
clear of every man who opposes the
rule of the majority bv and through
statement ino. i. w. J. wiMKn.
A snouting oil well at Vala la rat-
ported. But it may be only a hot-air meat does not appear for 40 days. Mos!
spout; Brother deer been over there? n.nl. ...... . "f
, . I --- " - .vw.i. tuai. meal ! unneccnj
Astoria will never be satisfied till the
aary ror breakfast It la well to bavt
new road Is called the Astoria, Seattle. I'll e ih? "r'U oer"l. lrl
Spokane & Portland railroad. Or Port- . AA her. ar " man' 0o1 ""' th4
land might be omitted. f different one each morning for-Oil
would
From Mr. Cuffs to Miss Popcorn:
My Dear Miss Popcorn Don't think
It wrong to call me Albert; that's my
name. Don t know author you ask
about You can, of course, ask me for
anything you like. Am going to Alaska
mis evening and m,y. address will be
uncertain for the remainder of the year.
xuurs truiy, Aioert Luns.
Elghty-flve million people have to de- klnfi'thit ffcd flavor". parUa
SSV-nn frlm-,B.fcr,Bt of,Uncl "u? f.mflv. Yhese ma bl Tv.riSl by't'l?
r,2fiajT5 JnrSt TJLt-.h?I ,wantan1 Edition of a cupful of choppedfigs. o
usually he wont give It to them. steamed dates or raisins. Rloa wit!
w
tTom Miss Popcorn to Mr. Cuffs (re
turned unopened "address unknown"):
Dearest Albert I wanted to ask you
for your recipe for making that ador
able salad dressing you made for us
that day in New York. You won't be
very angry, will you, although I know
fou haven't given it to any one else?
want to aurprlae our club. Tootles.
From Mr. Cuffs to Miss Popcorn:
My Dear Miss Popcorn Glad you en-
joyea your visit, uifln t send nowers;
David liarnum sent them. Never been
to Niagara. See lots of water In North
river. , Yours truly, Albert Cuffs.
No Premium.
Portland," Or.. March 2. To the Edi
tor of ThJournal Will you kindly ad.
vise me through the columns of your
paper If there Is any premium on a
$20 gold piece issued In 1S58 and not
bearing the motto, "In God We Trust"?
A CONSTANT READER,
Coin collectors state that there Is
no premium on the double eagle described.
The state is knocked out in the
flrBt round in the attempt to try, con
vict and punish the Title Guarantee
& Trust bank wreckers. Yet it is
not quite certain that this result may
not yet be accomplished. If a poor
man had robbed a victim of $30, last
summer, he would have been in the
penitentiary now.
An editorial yesterday read
"Though Missouri otherwise went
Republican four years ago, electing
a Democratic legislature and giving
a majority for Roosevelt," etc. The
word "Democratic" should have
been "Republican," as that legisla
ture was, electing Warner United
State, senator.
With 30.000 or so Republican ma
jority even feore according to the
registration so far and with well-
known candidates up for nomination,
why are Republican would-be lead-
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era so scarea aoout me re&uit in
June that they dare not trust the
senatorship to the people?
The registration In Seattle for the
late city election wa. nearly 35,000
Portland has about a. many voter.
as Seattle. They should register
faster. All ought to vote.
Running Snots
Written for The Journal by Fred C.
Denton.
With two of the Republican candi
dates for United States senator out for
statement No. 1 Is not the third can-
dldate feeling lonely? Perhaps he de
sires to be still more lonely after the
primary election, for as sure as grass
grows the next United States senator
will be a Statement No. 1 man.
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Cities should rule themselves subject
io ine laws oi me iana. a city legaliz
ing or licensing burglars, highwaymen.
Frederick II. Xewell's Birthday.
Frederick H. Newell, chief engineer
of the reclamation service of the United
States, was born- In Bradford, Pennsyl
vania, March 6, 1862, and was gradu
ated from the engineering department
of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology in 1886. Immediately after the
completion of his studies he took up
irrigation worn in uoioraao. He en
tered the employment of the Irrigation
survey as a hydraulic engineer In 1888,
and has continued in the service of the
government ever since. When the re
clamation service was established by
act Of congress of June 17, 1902, Mr.
Newell was appointed chief engineer, and
one year ago he succeeded Charles D.
Walcott as director of the service. Mr.
Newell has spent practically the whole
Of his professional career in reclaiming
the arid lands of the west Under his
guidance the reclamation service has
grown to be a most important branch
of -the government service. The work
of the service, which was of most In
significant proportions a few years
ago, now gives employment to 10,000
persons and Involves the expenditure ap-
Sroximately of 81,000.000 a month,
everal great Irrigation projects have
been completed In the western states. I
and a number of others are In progress
oi construction.
i ne Boston uiods waa nappy one
morning last week because It "was only
14 degrees above xeio." Thla beats Port-I
mna s recora ror the whole winter by :
A ur. I era.
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Secretary Taft was m lata. Iran whan hi
said Lincoln's boyhood was passed In
-quaior. tie ougnt to Know the mean
ing of words, for though Nancy Hanks
was poor, she never descended to
Bquajor.
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An Oakland (California. man tiaan.
feseed that he haa been In tha hahl,
inning inree cocxiaiia Derore breakfast,
two before luncheon, nlna before riinnar
and several before retiring. He used'
irm wora "everm" in tne last case. It
Is presumed, because he got loo drunk
IU UUUIll.
Oregon Sidelights
people enacted a
raisins boiled in is a favorite dish wit
most cnidren.
If the housewife has not already mad
up ner orange marmalade she will fin
It advisable to do so now while orange
are at their best and cheaneat. Aa th
whole of the fruit Is used for marmaf
lade. It Is really a most economical fori
of fruit. An excellent apricot marmrf
lade may he made from the dried fruit
mm hub ia weu-iiaea oy tne cniiarei
and gives variety. Grape fruit, apple
usnanas, oranges stewea prunes an
figs are depended upon for the breakj
last Din or rare.
Unless they are fried hard and dr
or swimming In fat. it Is difficult v
spoil eggs in the cooking. For children
however. It is best not to have then
boiled hard, unless they are boiled
long that they are powdery, an hour el
more, sort Doneu, scrambled, pcachei
as omelet, shirred, or raw. beaten II
milk, they are nerve and muscle bull.l
ing ana paiataDle. For the nervous d
tired woman there is no more valuabl
iooa proauct tnan raw eggs, ir the on
who would be benefited thinks that sh
cannot eat raw eggs, let her try the pla
Sheen shearers ra rmttinm . t in t
. . ' m . vww. . U. I V. TT ... I. CIV W IIUUI ,1
DUSineas in eastern Oregon. her and h will acarnelv h rnnarrlnJ
of It, except that It gives a smoothnest
to the coffee which Is delicious. In thf
same way she can take an egg In hei
cup or cnocoiate, or she can add thf
beaten egg to a cup of hot milk ani
nave a vaiuaDieDeverage.
.
Aa mlllr la t A ha iio.il tn ,u
All kinds of livestock In M.iii.ii, . . ... . . 1
count la reported frea from "n menus an lormi or puaama
TTiit vw .wvyiauiu, L yuu wuuia lilt V
a rice pudding that is soft and cream
that melts in tha mouth like a rlc!
a custard, try this recipe lor "ooor maul
The poultry industry la rrowina- rlc" pudding," which Is a tlme-honore
Mi in tha vixinirv n ii-- I one. It Is to be made when a Ion;
the Qaiette. -Mr, Bteady f lre ln squired for .omt other
a a aomestic use. - I
I Put Into the baking dish (buttered!
out of Crook county was shipped last tw? generous cups of well-washed rlcf
week from the Prlnevllle creamery to BniCOve.1' .Woter' . L?ok t0 yoi!
Portland, the shipment ammintini i Pudding n about 20. .minutes and ad
600 pounds. more water ir tne first has-been ft
miiuou. rain uiv I avtj wueii yvu iua liTl
Thirty Fossil
'screaming farce.'
Eastern Oregon needs more rata or
now. Dont worry; 'twill coma.
P
Dairy has a gbod school, but needs
a blacksmith, says a correspondent
ni.Thf. firot?fit''..n ",009 hotel at
The Dalles Is believed to be a "sure go "
Alsea Correspondence? Tf .nma e water. Now every IS minutes for thj
w i n.T r niM,r ii tha aa ma r hitiir aiihi..
ine millions or rrogs that are croakina: ! , " .""' v"'a
here don't look through an Icy window !5vf L!f"ff?'u 1?' f?"
train robbers, fake schemes, etc.. would I 1861.
be Incompatible with the peace and rep- I 1817
utatlon of the rest of the state. If anr
provision of the organic law is adopted
by the people under the misaprehension
that it extends local sef government and
It Is found to enable municipalities to
set at defiance the will of the people,
that organic law will go by the board
with an axe In the hands of the supreme
law-making body of Oregon tha people.
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For a motto to place at the head of
the columns of a paper taking Its name
from this state,, none could be more In
line with its policy than "The people
be d d; It's party we want."
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Now Is at
This Date in History.
1701 Earl of Bellemont, one of the
early colonial governors of New York
and Massachusetts, died ln New York,
Born in England In 1636.
mi Dr. Thomas Arne, composer of
Rule Britannia," aiea.
1798 Samuel A. Eliot, mayor of Bos.
ton and organizer of the first paid fire
department, vorn. uiea January zs,
.William H. Crawford of Qeor
gla became secretary of the United
States treasury.
18S2 Isaac Israel Hayes, who
reached the highest latitude ever at
tained by a sailing vessel, born ln
Pennsylvania. Died ln New York, De
cember 17, 1881.
1841 Daniel Webster became secre
tary of state.
1848 Tunnel under the Thames river
at London opened.
1849 -General Zachary Taylor Inau
gurated president or tne united States.
1862 General Beauregard assumed
command of the army of the Missis
sippi. a Off. IManaauHai 41 4 TT A M a
pproachlne the tima when V "la" "uuo "lB opnngs,
the insurgent Republlcans-the old Lin- I AVS,Srv.fiv-- iotn,ii. i,
an rhrnw a fant helAlm . . - .ww. wus
. Chairman of the Way. and Means
Committee Payne say. tbt there
may be tariff revision after 1908.
He is careful not to say how long
The Seattle Time.; quotes "Secre
tary Taft as haviss said la his
coin kind can throw a few bricks Into
the whirring political machine being
aiocKea ud oy politicians wno nona to
set aside the will of the people and es-
TaDiisn on nis tnrone once more old
King Graft, with his strong cheat of
spoils.
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The longer a man la before tha nennla
for presidential nomination the mora
likely he is to say something his friends
wish he had kept m "the silent" about.
Taft is no exception. Even Hughes,
who says so little, has said a few things
too many for comfort. This rule does
not seem . to apply to Bryan, but there
must oe exceptions to an rules.
Australia Is to have a paid militia
keeping Us individual arms and am
munition at nome. electing its own of.
fleers Jind- consisting of every man from
18 to 10. It is scarcely necessary to re
mark that it is not expected to be avail
able to shoot down striken, or drive
miners into nuu-pens. ; -
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While the Oregon farmers are dolnar
their spring plowing and planting thev
will be doing some hard thinking on the
various political and legislative prob
lems placed before, them. Rural mall
delivery and local telephone lines put
the farmer next to political schemes
sooner than In ye olden times,, and he
thinks more,- 'It I only . the grafters
who fear the results, y - ? j
Canadian elections.
1895 Japanese captured Neuchwang.
Esperanto Is Much Easier.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"What 0 you think of the simplified
"It would be ,411 right if it wasn't so
hard to learn."
yet this winter It will be because prob
the freeze came.
A million pounds of Grant county
wool will b hauled to Austin and
shipped to Baker City for the sales
days June 22 and July li, on account
of a small reduction in the rate on wool
from that city to eastern points,
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Tillamook Headlia-ht?
Jar the fishermen on the bay if an
other cannery and cold storage plant
was started up? A boat between Tilla
mook and Portland would soon bring
this about, when the fishermen would
mixing. When the rice has absorbe
two eggs, a tea spoonful of vanilla, an
a cupful of sugar.
cover the pudding dish and bake fo
an nour. When wen set uncover an
brown. It makes a, good addition t
cover the top of the pudding with slice
bananas and a meringue of the beate
whites of two eggs with a haif cupfJ
of sugar. The "poor man's pudding1' i
equally good cold tne next day.
There Is a good deal of nonsense ovej
the distinction between pastry mad
with lard and that made with buttJ
Borne people Imagine that the former
sudden death and that the latter Is
get about what la paid on the Columbia wholesome food. As a matter of fac
uvc- lui iiieir usn.
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During the past winter 20 wildcats
have been killed between Push and
Howe's ranch, a distance of flva miio.
along the Necanlcum, says the Astoria
Budget. Most of these cats were of
there is no difference in the wholesome!
ness of the two sorts of pastry. Lari
makes a greasy crust.- Butter makes
flaky crust and a mixture of the twf
shortenings makes a crust that ia
blending of both. Ona kind Is not mod
easily digested than the other.
or tne peacn tartlet in todays nenii
unusual size, and without doubt any one make a crust of whatever kind you a
prove or can arroro. koii it quite tn
of them was strong enough to slay a
deer or an elk, calf. They were all fat,
ouvvv.us, wio.b tuuu nail ueeii pientllui.
It is reported that the wife of a busi
ness man of Canyon City did not want
Prairie City flour, as she could not
make bread of It at all, says the Miner.
Her husband secured an . emntv Ann,
sack with the Snowflake brand, filled it
with Prairie City flour, and brought It
home. "Now, you see' she said while
cutting slices of a fine, snow-white,
light loaf, "this Is not from any of your
rotten Prairie flour."
Vote for No Legislative Candidate Wno Fails
to Sign Tkis Pledge :
Statement No. 1 of the direct primary law, .which. ensures to
the peppJe the right to elect United States senators, is as fol
lows;. . J'!"''. ,
JtZ-'I further state to the people of Oregon,, as well as to the
Feople of my legislative district, that during my term of office
k will always vote for that candidate for United States senator
m c6ngress who has received the highest number of the pecK
pie's votes for that position at the general election next pre-
ceding the election of a, senator in cdngress,, without regard to
my individual preference.''-" ' ' ,
and cut it into squares of about thra
inches. ioid up tne corners and Daw
unt)l crisp. When done put a hal
peach in the center or each square
cover with whipped cream, dust wit
grated marcaroons or chopped almond
and serve.
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A Lenten Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal Wlth Cream.
Orange Marmalade. Virginia Cornbread
Tomato umeiet. uorree.
LUNCHEON. '
Cracked Crab, Mayonnaise.
Boston Brown Bread.
Nut and Apple Salad. Peach T&rtle
Tea. ,
DINNER. ' :
Lentil Bonn. Fried Butter Clams.
Masbed Potatoes. Browned Parsnip.
, ' ueiery and tjaDDage Bain a.
Rice Pudding. White Cake.:
Coffee."
M; - , Good Advice. . . . i
From the Wasco News'. ":
Now is the- time for Sherman count
larmers to look into tne business q
raising hogs and cattle. Portland Is I
oe the Chicago of the Pacific coast,' si
rar as tne packing industry is . corf
cerned.'and the great packers who ar
already, looking for .a market frorf
which to draw their Immense aunnlv ci
uicai naive tneir. ryea on onerman court
- 'i wa auia.a kuuu iu mis parxiauitu
wui mean great aeai to unerma
county, . . ,
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