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THE JOURNAL
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PAH.Y AND SUNDAY.
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tant, to ruin runs.. Edward
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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.
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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' " '
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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< .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.
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