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Newspaper Page Textii5L THE JOURNAL AM IKDBTBKDHNT K1WBPAMB. a sV laCKSON. ..fobllsber I'ubluiwe' erafy traolof taaeapt SumUr) evarr flan4a buwiiIik at Tha Journal Ball ln. riU as yabUI itr.!. IHa-tUnd. Or. Katars4 at rba poatofflee at Portland. Or., fnr triumiMloa Unmgfc Ue oalia as aneood-tlaaa ELKfnOMES-lIXlN T1TJ. BOMB, A-0USV . B Sapartmeota rrh4 br thi br. am tat rwrator Ua Sapaitmatu yoa East Slda office. B-S444; Km! MO. rOUCIQIf APVKBTI8INQ REPBKSSNTATI VI Vrlaa4-IUamlD Special AdwtUlnf Afr, Hrawl-k BulMlu. 24! riftb aveooa. h Vnfb; TrltxiM Bnildlng. Chicago. Bn bacrlptloa Tarsia by mall to tor addraaa to tka Vattt4 btatra, Canada ur Mexico. DAILI. Ob year f3.no J (Hit swath I M SUNIUT. dM ft tt.60 I On month I J8 PAH.Y AND SUNDAY. Ocm tr fT.SO I Oaa axnlb I M fl-aw - I: A sonl without reflection, "' like a pile without Inhabi tant, to ruin runs.. Edward ,' fount -a AST ARGUMENT AGAINST TROIII- :f nmox. tefTE U0DEL License League," I a organisation, we judge, v'J composed mostly of liquor manufacturer! and antl-pro- fclbltlonlsts, with headquarters at LoulsTllle, Kentucky, has aent to the press of tho country some statements and arguments against prohibition that are entitled to fair considers tlon. President Eliot of Harvard university,' is quoted as expressing Umself strongly against prohibition, aying among other things that it has bred "a whole generation of habitual law-breakers schooled in evasion- and shamelessness, courts ineffective through fluctuations of policy, delays, perjuries, negllgencles and other miscarriages of Justice, of ficers of the law double-faced and mercenary, legislators timid and in sincere, candidates for office hypo critical and truckling, ana office holders unfaithful to pledges and . reasonable publlo expectation." Abraham Lincoln Is quoted as say ing that prohibition is Itself "a spe cies of Intemperance, making crimes out of things that are not crimes." Thomas Jeffersoti, John Qulncy Adams, General Grant, and Jeffer son Davis are also quoted in oppo sition to prohibition. The circular then attempts to show, and apparently does so, that the number of deaths due to the use of liquor Is greater in. prohibition than In license states, being 2.16 per 100, 000 In Maine, 2.18 in New Hamp shire, and, 3.20 in Vermont, averag ing 2.41; while the average in li cense states, is 1.63; in Oregon only 1.21.,. ' , Next the argument shows, if Its figures are correct, that the number of retail liquor licenses is greater per capita In the prohibition states of Kansas, North Dakota and Maine, than In most license states. In North Dakota there is a retail liquor li cense t or every 241 of population, In Kansas one for every 428, and In Maine one for every 661, the aver age being one for 428; while in li cense states the average is one for every 611 of population. The cir cular continues: "The government's census reports show that in the li cense states of Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ore gon, Texas, Tennessee, West Vlr ginla the death rate, from alcoholism 1 decreased 34 per cent in the 20 years prior, to 1900. The same reports show that In the same period of time thetjeath rate from, alcoholism in the prohibition states increased 5 per cent. It is clear that not only Js the number of liquor dealers In creased under prohibition, but that the fatal inebriety Is also increased It Is further urged that prosperity does not. prevail in prohibition as in license states, and it is stated "Maine s population in I860 was 21.2 to the square mile; 30 years later It was 21.7. Kansas Is' a typic al prohibition state. From 1890 to 1900 its population increased from 1,427,095 to 1,470,495; between 1888 and 1890 the population of this fertile state decreased 90,000. . We are further Informed that the crime or "Jail records" is greater in prohibition states, ahd the St. Paul Record is quoted to show that the number of drunks, and of persons sent to Jail for various causes, is , greater in Maine than in Minnesota, ' the two states being about equal in area and population. (But this part v of the argument, we think, can be - refuted.) f,,1 Hence, the league thinks it has . established the fact that prohibition increases the number of liquor deal ers, the number of deaths from the use of liquor, and the amount of crime- committed, stagnates "a 6tate and prevents prosperity; brings law - Into contempt, and deprives a state . of large revenue without conferring any equivalent benefit. Then the License league says: t"The solution Is based on knowl edge of human nature. Give the re- ' tail liquor dealer a license free from the influence of politics and make the life of a license dependent on the obedience of the holder to all of the laws of society, If the license holder violates the laws, take away his license by means of a law so framed that the court has no choice but to suspend the license' upon the mailer's first conviction of any "of fense and to cancel It uponsecond conviction. Such a law would make it more profitable to obey than to disobey the law and the law would be obeyed. Violation of the law is more profitable than obedience un der the present system in many states, and is far more so under pro hibition. The Journal cheerfully presents these alleged facts and those argu ments as a contribution to the dis cussion of a great public question. It need not be said that The Journal is In favor of and entirely in sym pathy with the Oregon local option law, and of all practicable and rea sonable means of Increasing tern pcrance; but it doubts the wisdom and practicability of state-wide pro hibition. Prohibition never has beon made to work successfully In large towns, and probably never will at least not In our day. Lot local com munities, even counties, enact and maintain prohibition if they choose and can, but where It Is Impracti cable to establish and maintain ac tual, genuine prohibition, establish and maintain a high-license system, keeping the liquor traffic under strict regulation, and requiring deal era to obey the law strictly. The better class of liquor dealers are now disposed, we believe honest ly and sincerely, to observe, obey and help maintain a good license law, and to help weed out saloon keepers who violate the law. A local option and high-license system, with the laws strictly observed, seems to be a better solution of the problem than country-wide or state-wide pro- , Running . SHota 5 . By Fred.C. Denton. '&:..., J: Just now some anxious Journalists J Small Ctantfe Y .v ., n r t Father Torke fulfilled expectations. . -r. . . application to Oregon politics and to I body were the worst of Its sins, if J Oregon Republicanism at this time. J there were no greater occasion to We scarcely need point Out wherein I censure that body, the people might or wherefore. We have not a Herrln I be satisfied. There Is no real need in Oregon: but the record, the his-1 to make an outcry of censure about and statesmen are worrying . for fear I Teddy and Tillman make aa Interest I... . .. - i. .llManakla i tory. the influences, the situation, this act; but In other respects con- the Oregon farmer, win do something i e ' the need, are much the same here as gross the congress of the past 40 n, oZm'HnlEi knowSTow The Catholla societies do good work In California. I years well merits the' caatlgatlonsl to figure a little, and the uauaraant I in various ways. - rniia art upon 10 ma inspection. II on I --,.,.. ft1llina It hill ha (hat tnw Maw I m .... . ... . Y) ..M n NEW FIKLD FOIt OUIt FARMERS. i mefhoaV Uxatloi praMsMMs solni To xhu I- t.rribTl" 7' " ' e REALM V FEMININE Pew men eaa become Interested In blbltion. OUR COSTLY NAVT. w E COULD not be spared a penny by this congress for Inland waterways, but are to have above 134,000,000 for new war craft for the navy. The ad ministration asked for 70 odd mil lions for the navy, and now we have charges by high naval officers that our battleships have grave defects. Another faction of rear admirals, captains and commanders insist that there are no defects, and the layman Is left to wonder which guess, it either, is correct. What he is cer tain of is, that, costly as are these monster engines of destruction In collected millions, they will all, within a very few years, be of obso lete types, when many more mil lions must be collected to keep up the splendor. When to this he adds surmise that the enormous sums now lavished on naval enterprise may be going into ships of doubtful effectiveness, he realizes that our glittering dream of naval grandeur comes high, especially for a nation whose traditions and history are not ably those of peace, and should make her a leader, not in the panoply of war, but in the arts of peace. Perhaps our allowance for naval trappings would be smaller, and for waterways greater, were congres sional committees differently organ ized. With the house committee on naval affairs dominated by con gressmen In whose districts are lo cated the five big navy yards, costly allowances for a huge navy come easy, xne canaiaate wno promises most In naval work secures elec tion, and the ordering and building of ships goes merrily on, while the improvements of waterways stand studiously still. But is It wise statecraft for the policies of the nation as to navies to be controlled to meet the political requirements of a few navy yard congressmen, or rest upon that loftier principle of the greatest good for the whole people? What does the Oregon delegation think about it? THE JOURNAL has pointed out greater growth, aa to resident popu- will ge to the polle and vofi It down. .ft "!!?.!! I the extraordinary Incentive the lation, than the west side which is ldl sttempt to make him "go it muiinery ai.piaye. establishment of packing quite natural and proper. This rela- it te said every lav i . vrt. xi hi , . . . a . T ",-.. aVa.M ' ..1.1. . aa, f Til"- ii'Tsi V houses in Portland will, on ac-ltively larger Increase of east side count of preserved soil fertility, of- population Is likely to go on fer the northwest farmer to engage indefinitely. There is unlimited in animal husbandry. Growlng.graln room over there, practically Town and Country. HH I Isolation and the dreary mo notony of the woman on the farm has occasioned no and n lthetlo comment; and It is quite uwuini to near rrom a mother on the farm who tells In the most straightforward and interesting way of the many advantages which the farm liuuiauuu. .- mg things eaay, but the tallest governor . v . 0f farm liau" ; ""'""I."'" ho nn th -ant aide Oregon ever had la worrying over the " Taft imhii to have pretty well '".V? ,i, "y" thle farm mother, be on the east side , ;v,rk wom7n making ii occupied "the field" also. t ffi"?? tho iue the west. for lost time hoeing corn. " f v 1 whorn "d The ha?-inimii"",ndi1' , T . N Baseball fane will begin bussing the farmSrSo f thS w.?2 "dT faur'ly no' . v. t- . i ......ii. t- ....... 1 urllM than aleotrln fans. "i w". .. . lawyer In town will In eastern Oregon they are ooklng vote for Judge O Uay. rood deal of fun at ex-Oovarnor . Oeer. I a who ia after the Republican nomination! , Party, aa to moat offices, ehould be I dweller has over her city alatar ror congreaa ana nee Deen euapectea or I a minor consideration. I "vvhn ... . . . ,V bina .?L.r n.thin .inn-ririVh. anl" . . v nen our moil esteemed Preeldent no I hie ' Bllx" typewriter etruck the 'rae- .v k.. - k. I ooeevelt ' propounded the aueatlon or depletes his soil, while growing live, end of fine residence districts, and a ' Pfndleton eoroe l years ago. ughi tor a . month yet. how mr we overcome the solltudei the ... I I I H A i frA sanf Ittriii m raAfft aafn as in naw v ai af I w I u . - stock will make it more fertile, fine, progressive population. PorH In tWs easy, but the tallest a-overnor I .. nt M0.?.0.1?.11 uncomfortablenea'a ...... I .w ' - B mar a.AAaHaB a aw 1 tvery ton or wheat hauled away to land's growth will market costs the farmer 17 or $8, even more than on every ton of bran fed to animals adds as much value or more to his Assassin Orchard appears to be L In south Australia .recently several I earner wian eier imi. I .il".?om"'.rlone are beneficial and In , . . . . . , , l , , vi mi . . , . i towns we wouia can cuiee nave piacea I . nrucuvt wnat leaeona wa mls-ht a-i-an land In Increased fertility. This Is sincere In his willingness to expiate, ii their taxes on the value of land. I The east side of Portland has become from the mother in Aha farm .5'?!!2 an Item of enormous value to every as far as forfeiting his life will do so, tt attracts Investments and helps de- its big aide, aa to population. wr h r ln the c,t? Th mother farmer, but It is more especially val- his crimes, and this will Induce In ulirTh'e VdUci'terSf "'.S, Thi dl.trlct atto'rneV. office . a very uable to semi-arid sections, where many minds the belief that he told vrry,tn'n" ,n 1"1ht"t h?Ti,,in ,0rtyon ImporUnt one; try to select the best frr',"(il outdoors to romp and play . i. i a . u ... . w i ii a ..i.l . iw u-itj -ir-uuiuaj in I mn I wo areaiiy Dltlad. Nha .Lnaa Kaiu ia uuw (ruwii. duuio vi uiomimo nuiu m iuo jmjuuuu nioi, jci Zealand and New South Wales. Oreaon are yielding good crops on 13 inches such a conclusion does not necessar- Uxpayars may bump them a little here nt r.i.r.n i v.... i. i. ,h I n inHnkitnKiir I one of these days. I belief of scientific agronomists that the soil cannot survive under this The whole country and Just now rue or the Republican party in rortiana tv uiiivj nsnin uu invtr vhuiviz rill sub- drain. They believe that a rotation the Pacific coast In particular, will bkliou Vfore the "Machine" of peas and other leguminous plants regret the illness that compels Ad In connection with livestock produc-' niiral Evans' retirement from his tlon must be invoked as a measure long and distinguished service ln the of safety. Of such lands there are navy. Here's long life and better large areas In eastern Washington, health to Admiral "Bob Idaho and eastern Oregon. If their theory is correct the Dacklng Jiouses Senator La oilette has waked the and their bettered markets afford senate up with another speech, in deliverance to owners of these lands which he told a lot of truth that side. It worked well with a Democratlo machine a few months ago. a While the "Interests" of Wall street Mm to worry a good deal over the wel-' rare or thf democratic party ana warn man. I " , "..' areany pitij. Khe does xne country people an r ma -"V.;v" """-" ra wnicn it cornea, are laughing at the Hodaon et al ma- "orf w.U?'h,r.1t,ie Pur to Inapector has chine. Kr,.rmd M mission. Bhe hae the n? Preat the land affords at her It Is said some Republicans have reg- H,10"1- nd hae it in abundance, letered aa Demoorata. Then are there i... .utn "f the paper sack baa no any DemocrateT ."2KrtUl, ttat r her. " "nows where her boya and a-lrla We hear nothing of Judge Alton B. v'T hour jn the day and. b'tte" Parker being a Bryan delegate to the '?7 Mght in the weJk. She may Denver convention. b't literature that la pub- man Thaw J her iu mum may ma niMa -n.i from threatened losses, and at the same time, place before them an avenue for greater profit. Another Influence the packing xne roriuna lart or oia man intw i ,vhju. - . . 1 1 -1.. 1 . T1....H . .... I I . V. . I .... .... V. , . I hawT V...M.WII ii iiriurtaiuiy kqiiibi hijuii. wicj 1 1 tj nvrvr iiim w nuiu uui ci, w u v iv 11 . o . i'BvaalreCt notning to eay aooui aaving mo ne- i umn greatly aepieiea. 1 1.. ,v..i puuuun pariy irum ja.ii. fllnr "In noil Wm Truiit" Ifl to be DUt L---Jt - - . . " . .. I aieauBwuufc. www win icu jwm, ia i BViUW DMn wntt M STelr .rJnredCu'r'n'ed 'and went " "h0wM b' olnaUd. next November. that h.pplne.J i "j ,0Vnd'' wUhjS needed to be told. The people have campaigning onthI.ploua record T It . berlnnlna to make hubbub of 1 excitement tir&S11.! one friend at court, at leaBt. aDnaVntiv " " thefr PP ranee In New Jeraey. Mos- travel and eight eeelng. or the galetlei t a a a I win act uu unn a iiuni.nr.i-' iu ma urea motner, com With tho city council playing peanut " ..t..v" nuaoana. and children. their minds that the long win. enlnaa around n.. i,.. F.JZ.J lecte'dr ask. ,h. Bos- LW W. will tell you. If he I "Some "TJL Tes, Mr. Taft Is a capable and a i 1 1 1 i 1 a.... a t t . 11 .1 i houses will exert Is ln the line of an UKaDie man' uul w aia poncwa emsen is gotting-wes . ...i. inni.nt nno.iinn. .v. I use of the recall resu improvement in the Ijyestock stand- VB,l"'u """ out of some of the ards. A big carcass Is as easy to Knows r remaps senator uourne is would not be surprising rw.-. a. i nor an rar nrr avati i r nm nnpi nnna i - iry. If the first Impossible to dreae on leas than 1(00 a "f,?f nl 1!"awcont Its In a cleaning week. But we don't care whether she mIhL" th ,??m irtlaan trlflere It dresaea or not v".,ihu .! mere la one aure fact, that If ana cuned to believe It will not ha fmk.4 parti nor injurious. Le never flnda it world, and I am J a. produce as a small one the revolution as to wrought, the farmer will Involuntar ily turn to the new system. The mid dle west farmer did It, and the north west farmer, for exactly the same (reason, will do it. At once tne bet ter profit to come froni weil-bred livestock will become apparent. The "cat-hammed," long-horned steer will neither suit the grower nor the packing house people. The "razor backed," long-legged hog will have to go to the scrap pile, along with the other discards of the rude and crude past. For them the farmer must substitute the round, smooth, well-bred animal, with its heavy car cass and immensely greater value for all concerned. In the double profit to the farmer from the better livestock, to which is to be added the further increased profit from the bet ter market ln which the world wll be a customer, the northwest farmer will have an avenue for thrift to vastly better his land and his toil as revenue-producers. This is change absolutely certain to come, because it is the evolution of the porthwest into a field for which na ture designed it. The moment markets is as a Republican. "Steps are being taken to rid the country of undesirables," says a government dispatch. Yet we have heard of no executive order to mem bers of congress to emigrate. After the storm comes the calm. March may bluster and pour down, Even ln the. little log school houses In the remote rural district they are having fire drills and rehlnging the doors. Mankind learne through some fearful examples to protect the children. a a 'The mixture of French and African blood recme to produce some of the moat peculiar revolutions In Haytl. Cuba should annex the Inland and start a little empire building of her own. When Portland extends east to Two Hundred and Ninety-eighth street we Governor Hughes' presidential boom Lh,? n?, 1 believe aome of the seems to be In about the same condl- PP U .H.11"6 sppreelate this tlon aa aome of those racing automo- r" ne 'stay-at-home' biles stuck fast In the snow. moJh. fr" Whom we frequently hear a a P.ltUd ,n thelr loneliness and lsol. oenaiur zisveriage cauea senator un man near ator uevenage cauea senator Tin- -whan I h..r . , , . . a "cornfed lawyer." This eomee tnvlrnmen of tX if Pi2?n th plagiarism. Ex-Senator Spooner LYir0n." f"m "d -dr called lllman a "cornfield lawyer.- ".l,?n" Ior Betterment X ' Bin v i ii i nil rn nr mr meinv ak-b . . where mlaalonary work Is of so mi tie dam- greater Importance, and I am ready e slight, declare with the poet who apprecli nd, even in Its fullest extent country life aa . n.na. kfl' k mi.. o.i Will not be. trifling time away waiting aa inviu nuuv, tsui. m torn uittU5 I f Qp Q must and shall triumph and she does bo early and easily ln Oregon. If the would-be machine keeps up its struggles, Oregon may become a doubtful state, even in a national election. THE GOVERNMENT EQUALLY RE MISS. I MUCH THE SAME HERE. T HE Pacific Outlook, an inde pendent Republican weekly published at Los Angeles, one of the many papers of that state that perceive clearly that a far higher duty than abject loyalty to any party is the destruction of the Herrin machine, says: "Let us have peace! This is the cry of the cunning and diabolical 'organization' forces of the Calif or nla Republicans. 'Let bygones be by gones!' This is the cry of the San Francisco grafters and the rebaters Who recently have organized for the protection of the Southern Pacific company from the heavy hand of the law. The voices which utter these appeals are emitted from the same camp. They argue tnat tne only so lution of the questions now before the people of California, if the Re publican party of the Btate is to be served, ia to let the dead past bury Its dead. In other words, they tac itly admit that crimes have been committed In the pastrbut that the safety of the party demands that the trouble-breeders' Who are seeking to dislodge from its seat of authority the Herrin-Harriman machine shall cease their interference with the pre vailing order of things." The Outlook proceeds to say that the "mouthpiece of the corrupt ma chine which has bullyragged and bulldozed the decent Republicans of the state for a generation" has prom ised that Republicans will again "get together"; but that papery asserts that Republicans can only "get to gether" if they are "honest men and enemies of the vicious Herrin-Harriman machine." All this has direct and significant N VIEW of the statements which have been made to the effect that the purchasers of lands from the Oregon & California railroad did not use every precaution to ascer tain the validity of their titles be fore purchasing, it may be interest ing to note that the government it self has been accepting the same title. Approximately 200,000 acres of Oregon & California railroad lands were Included in forest re serves, when tne owners or these lands sought to relinquish them to the government and received scrip on which lieu lands were selected, the government compelled an ab stract of title to fee furnished before the exchange could be made. The title to these 800,000 acres of lands ln every instance same directly by patent from the government. The land commissioner accepted the rail road's title without a protest. Hence, it Is fairly reasonable to assume that If the government officials in the land department certified to 200,000 acres of land despite the question as to the legality of the title, and allowed Innocent purchasers to go upon the market and purchase this scrip, the government Is also open to censure. Letters From tLe People rawbridges to close or open. With railroads working mainly for dividends and sext for the public It Is a wonder the public gets as good service as la given it. Between the law and the lawyers of San Francisco the grafters manage to keep out of jail. a Universities come high, but every well regulated state must have 'era. Living Them Over. March rains have done a little dam age. but all must expect some occasional incidents or this kl ln this exceptional! favored region. a John D. Rockefeller advises people to am reminded of so many other sou roe e where missionary work is of so muoh to ted " "Tie pleasant through the loopholes V k Oil 7 H L, be content with what they have. It Ii J Peep at such a world: very, easy for a man with an income To see the atlr of the great Babel, and of millions a month to give such advice. The Pendleton Tribune wants Bishop Paddock put and kept ln a Pendleton -II.-.!, K. - 1 - 1 . .1... own. The editor seems to realize " ' murmur on the uninjured not feel the rrnn.il- To hear the roar she sends through all her gates. ' At a sa?o distance, where the dying "Jutiu In spite of late events and aongs Wltn wnicn our uvea .re crowutu, n Jackson county, and a very highly We listened to while sweeping Its publlo advocacy by people who be- I A few window boxea mkii P...iw spected person. Apd. had he como Adown the stream of Roekaoy Have In destroying men selected to ex-I will hasten the time or bloaBonia t on the side of the people, hla defeat Into the land of sleeping, erclse official authority is mischlevoua A good suceestlon I. tn tiu n J k.. Id have been next to lmoosslble. Than anv newer, later songa and aome tlmea intolerable. I with rin4 .. ... . J "V " I Than any songs of any thing The grandest singers sing us. We who have wandered far afield With sweet Bo Peep a-nunting, Spells Defeat for Hammrrsly. Central Point, Or., March 15. To the where Is the man who e'er forgets Editor of The Journal. I note ln vour The stunt the nimble cow mo, paP" ' Weh 3 that Mr. Hammers.y The tale of which ' hetened to or uold Hill le a candidate for repre- An,i dl.l reoeat ln childish tone sentatlve on the Republican ticket, on With happy thrill and quaver? an ami-statement mo. i platform Air. l-fammeralv la a mr i res ou wou He Is a very conservative man. and has been quite honest in stating his reasons for opposing Statement No. 1. While he would, no doubt, make an ideal representative, there are many men In Jackson county Just as well Qualified as he, who are willing for the rank and We who have gathered rabbit sklna m, me men wno are tne oacaoone or I TO wrap up naDv Bunting, the country, either in peace or war, to Have sacred chambers in our eouls rule. I For the malthouse Jack bullded. His declaration that he would "vote I Ani wanrfer there alona- old wars for the Republican receiving the great- The suns of childhood gilded, est number of votes" does not amount to anything. Where Jack the Giant Killer did It makes, or should make, but very Hie mighty deeds of daring little dlfferenco, what the political com- At bedtime we drop off our years icaiuii ui our unueu oiaies senator I And often go a-raring, tuns n no id iiuueai ttiiu uttnuio, I And WO are giaOver in W1UBB wajrs We would better sacrifice Dartv fori v .nnmc. unil plants haunted honor, than honor for party. I Than we have been ln all the years T 1. 1 i .. . ; . . I - ----- - - . . . . xiiib vuui iiy is luu u k H 1 1 (l inn irresir. the chances for progress too manv for the wave Of PODUlar opinion to bfl mn w. n.h ha hxinrnra ram, tn Invn. than temporarily checked. The Deonle hurv tha dnn n-hnrklna-. of Jackson county should Induce some The tunes of Tom the Piper's son man (who la otherwise qualified: and Full oft reward our harking, a supporter of Statement No. 11 to nm. ui.tr.. Mom nnlt rnntrarn make the race against Mr. Hammersly. ve watch cowslips growing. ow ia mo time ior tne mends of Ann the cow with the crumpled horn keenly his need of salvation. a When the shah of Persia aoea rldfns- he sends a eourt officer dressed like him In an automobile ahead of him, as a probable target for any bomb thrown by an anarchist. I)e)lghtful job, that A Massachusetts man 88 veara old who had ear." t K March Gardening. MARCH la the month for getting ready, both ln the house and the garden. The city dweller who has but little garden spaoi must steel her heart to tha .nil 1 a vision that he would die in ..., ""Z"" V". six months gave away ail hla property. wnere eacn thing la beautiful The vision was not fulfilled, and now I nd every sort of plant more desirable he is in an almshouse. There are two than Its fellow. Kh m... cording to the eltuatlon of the houae and vnril o n .1 ,.. ...... . . . Mankind being aa they are, anarchy while she cannot have all she 'may Oregon Sidelights popular government to act. and keen nn acting. A READER. Across the fields comes lowing. Contradicts Landon's Statements. Yacolt. Wash.. March 11 To the ki- itor of The Journal. In this evenlnir'n edition of your paper appears an artiile frntn thm nan n f tha tru t nr u n . i .l,...t er of the Incorporation of the town of Ah. they are fancies sweet and old XI10.- IWVJ " . . Jack climbs the beanstalk ns of old Soon as his bean is planted. And chases giants as of old Through vasty halls enchanted; We ride adown the paths of night The steed of Motner uoose s- COXGRESS AND A CRITICISM. T HE OREQONIAN remarks: "The house of representatives desires to restore the ornamental 'In God We Trust' to the coinage. This would imply that for some rea son the house believes it has cause to trust the Almighty. What can the reason be? To the casual ob server It appears as If our national representatives had extraordinarily good grounds to call upon the caves to hide them and the mountains to cover them from his presence. Can their zeal for the motto be a trick to divert his attention from other matters which they would rather he did not observe too closely?" Yet congress is the great, constant, vital exhibition and exposition of our sacred and belauded representative system. If this system is so good, so perfect, how can it be that repraJ sentatlves should "call on the caves to hide them and the mountains to cover them." By the way, if this act of congress restoring the motto that pleases and comforts many people and barms no- Yacoltf C. C. Landon. I brand everv as sertion he has made therein as a false hood. Tne Weyernaeuser Timber Com pany has no Interest whatever In." the water works here; It Is owned by two private individuals. Tneir camps were not closed down at four o clock on cAcc tlon day, and out of the three hundred men employed ln these camps onlv about twenty voted, and they were either men who have their homes and families here, or men that have made their homes here for the past three or rour years and all nan perrect right to vote. Mr. Landon, who la the original owner and platter of the town-elte of Yacolt. is the man who circulated a tie tltion for the Incorporation and went before the county commissioners with it. lie brought tne- writer a blank cer tiflcate of release to be ilgned by the logging company, and at the same time gave him to understand that all the residents Inside the proposed lncoroora tlon fnora whom releases were required were in favor of incorporating, and the morning of election when I turned ln the release from the company the judge of election told me the other releases were already ln. J therefore venture the as aertion that If Landon had been elected for mayor all necessary releasee would have been forthcoming and the In cor poratlon would have gone through with out trouble. Mr. Landon's assertion that the company waa dictating the policy or the town, by replacing him on the ticket with Mr. Hoag Is so abaurb as to be ridiculous. There were two tick ets put up but at no meetings where nominations were maae was mere any representation of the company. Mr. Landon was the nominee for mayor on one and Mr. Hoag on the other. Lan don waa defeated nearl-" two to one and the voting for incorporation waa almost unanimous,- only two votes being against It. ' It looks to me as lr tne incorporation laws of this state need to be revised if the county can be put to the expense of an election and afterwards the will of the people thwarted by a defeated candidate. PETER CONNACHER. I at fS.000. Ah, heroes of our baby days! And tales of what befell them! We take our babies on our knees And sing to them, and tell them The sweet songs all new to them, And, hand ln hand wth them, seek nr. Path8 I V. r-rt. i .V. Judd Mortimer Lewis, ln Houston Place this winter. they will aet tha full nhi tn ....... 'The 'Portland Journal Saturday or 10 days, until tha Inavltahio evening and the Oregon Ian vaaterdav appear. Cull thean nut .ap.ri,it --a contained long accounta," says Mon- the sail le ready for seeds. Baking the day's Albany Democrat That's the com- -earth will also destroy the weeds but mon thing, though frequently the Ore- It is said also to destroy some of tha gonian Is several weeks behind. valuable qualities of the soil There Bum- garaen plants which can he had at so sen all a price from the locl florists that It la not worth while lo grow delicate plants from the seed. Othera a-rnw p. a H M .iik . v. . Pilot Rock has a commercial elnh cr nf .h. ' "U. '.. ""V;rl" nearly 70 members. be grown from seed, aivin the eiVn.. I of buying the plants, finr-h am ..t.1. The projected Pilot Rock bank win and coiraoi. Popples do not bear tm.n. open about May 1. planting but will grow -readily If sown outside a little later. Mignonette la so One Morrow county farmer has al- nraanti.fd dJi'tfui ?iat a wel1 r- ready sown 240 acres of grain. flL???1 Sted "ow" within . . ltie next month ln the house will get a . . ! . good start for early bedding. Petunias Several fanners living south of Pilot are not difficult to etart and I will ftLJf ih!tbeen thre8hin- thelr furnish abundant bloom in midsummer! barley and wheat. And of course the amateur gardener - "" uii ii is not too eariy to plant Corvanis has a new lumber company; sweet peas out of doors. Such attract- will get a new depot; cannery company ,ve varieties are offered now by tho has been incorporated. local florists that the ordinary mixing packages are at a discount. Single t?a nnii..j r v. v.ii. t varieties ln blue. red. cream and nlnir b? .wm that ITH h2dv."?h.radlI)r rown uhodiuk m, viiv ui ivieunune DOjeB. It The future for Newburg, says the The Daily Menn. Enterprise, looks brighter today than onr.!... ever before in the history of the city. BREAKFAST. Orange marmelade. Buttered toast A stallion not yet three years old Poached eggs and bacon. Coffee. purchased by an" Alba, Umatilla county, LUNCHEON. M.JJfff M 1,,w Puna. a"i i valued Cold veal loaf. Nut butter eandwlch... Baked apples with nuts. Olnger wafers. Chocolate. An Ontario man has been shipping J ly any freezing weather In the latter Clara soup. DINNER. Poet. Missouri's Opportunity. From the Commoner. The Missouri legislature has sub mitted the Initiative and referendum That the coming summer is to sur- faes all previous seasons ln the bulld ng line eeems quite evident at this time, says the Roseburg News. Broiled beefsteak. oiovrcu tomatoes. Cabbage and celery salad. Orange Bavarolse, Fruit cake. Coffee. Ginger wafers Three-fourths cup butter, creamed with two cups whltS sugar, one cud milk fnn. - i Ecno has 'thousands or acres of the ;',rl """-'l'r" ifaapoon aoda, dis- A Negro Town. From the Kansas City Journal. Tat urns, a negro town of 600 Inhabi tants in northwesters Carter county, Oklahoma, doesn't eil any town lots to whites or Indians. Taturas has col ored rjreachers. teachers, sawmlllers. cotton ginners, merchants and some re tired capitalists, ail negroes. voted u Don this fall. It la a Demo cratic proposition, and ought to be sup ported bv the Democratic party unani mously and by the Republican party as well. A large majority of the rank and file of the Republicans believe ln the Democratic doctrine that the govern ment should De responsive o the wfell 6f the people. The Initiative and refer endum do not destroy representative government. Tney ao not take away from the legislators tne power to legiS' lata, but ther compel leaislators to re. spect'the will of the votera ln matters of legislation. Where legislators do their duty, the initiative and referen dum will not be invoked; where legis lators betray their trust Of neglect to do their. duty the Initiative and referen dum are useful. The honest legislator will not object to the Initiative and ref erendum and any objection made by dishonest legislators ought not to be heeded. Representative government will be better when It is purified by direct leg islation. The Initiative and referen dum protect the representative from temptation and protect the public from betrayal. It has already been adopted ;n a number or states and will be aooptea in an or tne states when the people thoroughly understand the sub ject. Oklahoma has set an example which Missouri can well afford to fol low. If the governor has a right to veto a measure passed by both branches of the legislature, why should not the voters have a right to veto. The legis lators and the governor are the serv ants of the voters; the voters are the masses and ought to be allowed to alt in Judgment on the work of their publlo servants. By all means let Mfseourl have -the advantages of the inlUatlye and the referendum. - -r----j ia m. Dbam a.wa.11.- i . . . . o " uun ing home bulldere. They are coming ,l,M???n Sins"; Spread the mixture - In on them, too, says the Register. leSX in,n n bottom of pans, well a a wa!he,d "d greased. Use a flat knife. With the work that is soon to be done triVMiJLt'owa' on the roads ln this vicinity, outsiders plea with nuta&lt .i,e , will have no room to say that there Greenings scooS ouT Sd sized! are nn a-ood roads leadln tn Ontrl "CJ? out cores. Place tn . w . i i iiau. r m wj. uig idwvvi.i. dash of either nutmaar nr' rinn.n,'n. V.hA 1.4al... TT r m . p. ... V. . . ... . anJ IsMtt,.. . ... l ..." . . ... v . w a . uubv gut- . ' i "ft'uui meats. Aioisten wltn ting ready for the summer work. It not water and keep enough on bottom will be but a few weeks before alfalfa of pan to keep from burning. Cook un cuttlng begins. Our growing season is til soft and candled, a long one and the crops follow one Orange Bavarolse Dissolve Quarter another right along. of a package of gelatin In one-third of a a a cupful of cold water, then heat. Strain A smaller quantity of hay has been ln? oupful of orange Juice and pulp, fed to cattle and sheen ln Umatilla a.nd a?d th. Juice of half a lemon and county during the past winter than In inree-iourths of a cupful of sugar. Set J ' a wiiuu uuugetuing, but in a pint any winter la the entire history of the county, according to pioneer stockmen who have noted the stock conditions in the county, says the Ea.it Oregon Ian. It la estimated that not more than 45 per cent of the usual amount of bay has been fed to sheep and perhaps not that percentage of the usual amount to came in uie county. e a With the opening of spring comes the inrush of homeseekers from the east and Freewater and Milton Is get ting Its share of the people who wish to settle on small tracts of land, says the East Oregonian. Many small farms have been sold of late. Land here has not yet reached the value of the fabul ous value of the Taklma country; yet the fact remains that the Freewater and Milton country last year raised nearly as much fruit for shipping as did the Taklma country. There was never a: brighter putlook at this season of the year. - . :' or wmpoea cream: turn inin mni.i lined with blood oranges, and garnish with candled peel. McCourt Tallied Home Ran. , From the Hood River News Letter. The game is over, thank God. and take courage. r Tne contest to land the district at torneyshlp for Oregon has been a dirty mud slinging affair, and the state at large Is profoundly glad that the game Is over. Following Is tne lineup: Batteries Fultonltes, Ellis, Hawley and Fulton; Bourneltee Teddy ana Bourne. ' ... Umpire Senate. Time Six months. - ' Score Bourne 0000000 0t Fulton ..i ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Home run John McCourt Lef t on bases BistoI.:. SchuebeL -Cleeton. J SS' Psrmendsmngsto -;t.:1r rrr.: 1