The Oregon daily journal., July 22, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

EDITORIAL FAGE OF W JOURNAL
THE JOURNAL
AK INDEPENDENT KBWSPAI'HR.
C t. JACKSON .
, . . Putlthr
fublUbrd mrtrr lnr (irnt Sunday) and
giindar mornlnc at Tba Jmirnni noun
log. Fifth and Yamhill atreta. Portland. Or
Enrvrrd at th pnatnmr at Portland. Or., for
tranamlaaloa through th nulla aa arcoud-claaa
cnatlrr.
TKI.KPHONKR MAIN TITS. ITOMB. A-WXI1
All dvpartmenta readied by tlirae numhera.
yell the operator the department too wauu
Eaat Slda ofrtra. B 2-I44; Kn.t R30.
rOBRION APVKHTISINO HKFRKSKNTATI VK
Vreeland-Benlamtn Sun-tn! Adept-Mains Agency
Krnnewlrk Muddlng. XXi Klfth avenne. Naw
lora; 1O07-ON Hoy it Illuming. nicago.
Suhaerlptlon TVrma by mull or to any addrcaa
IB tD united state. Canada or Mexico.
DAILY.
On far $5.00 I One month I -BO
6CNDAY.
On rear I2.B0 I On month t .23
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
One fear 17. BO (One month I .0.1
To fall'n humanity our Father
said,
That food and bliss should
not be found unsought;
That man should labor for his
dally bread;
But not that man should toil
and sweat for naught.
Ebenezcr Klliott.
praiseworthy effort by a resolute
people, and should succeed.
Meantime, there should be more
government assistance for Sluslaw
There Is legitimate opportunity there
for performance of a legitimate gov
ernmental function. Thirteen hll
lions of feet of the finest timber In
the world Is available for market as
soon ns there is transportation
Three large sawmills cut 200.000
feet of lumber dally, but there In no
means of Rotting the surplus out of
the reclon. Ten thousand boxes of
nniilen rotted there last var heraust
there was no way to ship them out
It is, however, the dairy Interests
that most suffer. The soil of the re
gion is rich and deep. It Is Inex
haustlble In fertility nnd prolific In
production. It Is hii ideal dairy sec
tion. It produced 16.000 pounds of
butter fat In June, which, in order
to reach Portland had to be hauled
ever the mountains i5 miles 10
Junction and thence bo shipped by
i all. The process cost $80 a ton,
which is a sufficient commentary on
the need of government as well as
private aid for Siuslaw.
nnVALDA IX U ( K.
A WATER CODE XEKDED.
AS THE NEED of irrigation In
western as well as -in eastern
Oregon, notwithstanding the
difference of rainfall, becomes
more apparent, the greater becomes
the need of a clear, complete, concise
water code for this state. Attempts
have been made at the two last leg
islatures to pass a water code, but
Without success. The law proposed
In either case may not have been
Just what Is needed to draft such
a law is- not an easy task but even
If perfect It 6tood no chance of pas
sage because of the influence of cer
tain "interests," corporations and in
dividuals who seek to control the
water power of various streams, or
that have other selfish objects In
view. Efforts should be renewed at
the next session of the legislature to
get such a law passed, by members
.who will work not for tlTemselvea or
their friends or clients or some cor
poration, but for the whole people;
and It Is none too .early for any such
members to be working on or study
ing this subject.
The state grange, at its recent ses
sion in Eugene, adopted certain pre
ambles and resolutions that are
worthy the careful consideration of
nil members of the legislature. The
pieamble recites that titles to water
are as Important as those to land
: and should be as clearly defined
and as easily ascertained; that wafer
users are now burdened with costly
litigation, irrigation is impracticable
and development is retarded; and
that the only law is varied and un
certain decisions,, of the courts, on
which nobody caff agree, therefore it
was resolved:
G'
EXEUAL Fl'XSTOX has writ
ten to Washington, recom
mending the remission of Pri
vate Buwalda's sentence, and
it is Intimated that the war depart
ment will in a few weeks before
election, we suppose comply with
his request. 'o doubt some people
will surmise that General Funston
was requested by his lnte superior,
the secretary of war, to make this
request. A good many men who
sympathized with Buwalda, believ
ing him to have been too severely
punished, will have votes next No
vember. Quite recently General Funston
wrote at length to the Labor Press
of this city, inclosing a letter of his
to a New York paper, in which he
justified the sentence, though he cut
down the penalty from five to three
years' imprisonment. Less than a
month ago he thought three years"
imprisonment for applauding and
shaking hands with Emma Goldman,
by a man who had been a faithful
soldier for 15 years, was a proper
punishment; yet almost immediately
after expressing this opinion the
general asked for a remission of
nearly the whole penalty. He did
this, he says, because "the main oh
ject of Buwalda's punishment had
been achieved." But how is it any
better achieved by sentencing him to
five years' imprisonment, reducing
this to three years, and then dis
charging him after a few weeks
than It would have been by suspend
ing and perhaps imprisoning him for
two or three months In the first
place? Either the sentence was out
of proportion to the crime and un
just, or It was not; if It was, the
court martial should confess Its
error; if ' the sentence should
stand. I' ; oks like a case of play
ing poi;,ics. The court martial
seems to have forgotten or Ignored
cannot be. A widely diffused educa
tion is the first and best mean of
preserving the republic, the sanest
and safest defense of the people and
a truth so manifest as to be unde
hatable. Abundant money for the
little red school houses, and ade
quate compensation for those who
preside over them is a puhllc policy
far more snne than is the hue and
cry about the "buBiness Interests" of
the trusts, or the prodigal millions
spent on battleships.
OI R BED KECOIID OF CHIME.
A'
- That It Is the duty of the statn of
Oregon, at the earliest possible time, to
Codify and enact n complete, concise and the approaching election.
definite water law, leaving to the courts Civilians will generally agree that
if there must be an army, discipline
must be maintained in it and sol
diers must strictly obey rules and
regulations and preseitt at least a
surface appearance of patriotism;
nnd also that Buwalda, ac
cording to the reports, de
served punishment. But con
sidering his long and meritorious
service, and that he acted as a cit
izen, apparently for the moment for
getting that he was a soldier, the
common opinion is that the penalty
imposed was entirely out of propor
tion to the offense.
THE PITTANCE PAID TEACHEItS.
f w?tcr for
llr-.lte.l to
! t , renewal
' t ;t '..-rir.is-:
' is, for
H. i R.:j j.Jy
well servo
a law r:s
T
HE published report of the
county superintendent shows
that the average salary of male
teachers In the public schools
of Benton county is $46.1 5. and of
female teachers, $3 9.89. Their pe
riod of employment !s from four to
nine months out of the 12. They
must board themselves, and out of
what Is left, they must clothe, board
and maintain themselves the rest of
the year. It is not probable that
conditions in other Oregon counties
are very different, though the un
derstanding is that there Is better
pay, but a higher cost of living in
eastern Oregon.
And such is the material reward
for those engaged in one of the most
important professions in the world.
una ltsS v, nptv-two or 53 per cent of all
a
RE we to have no surcease
from this wearisome gunplay?
Is there never to be deliver
ance from these tiresome peo
ple with a pistol and a passion? The
Connelll-Sharp-Peterkln tragedy of
Sunday and spectacles like it con
stitute the worst blot on the Amer
ican name. We have one of the
worse criminal records in the whole
world. We do not detect our crim
inals. We do not convict and punish
them when detected. We have more
of them than any civilized nation in
the world In proportion to popula
tion, save one.
An American cannot read the
criminological statistics without a
blush of shame. To each million of
inhabitants, Canada, just across the
northern border of the Cnlted States
has five criminals. Germany has.
for each million of population, three
criminals. We have 129. Is It not
a startling as well as a shameful
rocord? For 20 years ending 1904
the average number of homicides in
the Cnlted States was 6,547 per
ear. High water mark was reacnea
In 1S96, when the number of mur
ders was 10,662. In 1895, there
were 10,5 00.
Various causes contribute to otrr
undesirable criminal record. We
are the dumping ground of the crim
inals of the world..' The countries of
the old world have a better police
surveillance and drive their crim
inals out of their borders. We be
come the asylum, and among the
more than a million aliens annually
admitted, our loose immigration
laws permit tlrOusands of vicious
criminals entrance along with the
respectable and desirable incomers.
Once in, the politicians seize upon
them for voting purposes, and with
in a short time the criminal Europe
drove out Is robed in American cit
izenship, and ready at any moment
to rob, vote, or cut a throat. The
inadequacy of our police Is a notable
factor In the situation. Berlin, with
2,000,000 people, Tias 5,303 police
men; Chicago, with an equal pop
ulation, and more criminals perhaps
than any other city In the world, has
2.6S8, a little more than half as
many.
Worst of all. we do not punish our
criminals when we capinre them
red-handed, Fine epun law and le
gal quibbles in our courts abet in
this carnival of criminality, A com
parison of statistics for 1906 in sev
eral countries shows our laxity. In
that year Italy tried 3,606 murder
ers and convicted 2.S05, or 77 per
cent. Austria tried 689 and convict
ed 499, 72 per cent. France tried
S47, and convicted 580, 68 per cent.
Belgium tried 132 and convicted
101, 76 per cent. England tried
318, and convicted 151, 47 per cent.
Spain tried 1,584 and convicted
1.0S5, 68 per cent. Holland tried
35 and convicted 28, 80 per cent.
Germany, with a population of 60,
000,000, tried 567, and convicted
476, 83 per cent. In the United
States with a population of 80,000,
000, with an average murder record
of nearly 7,000 annually, the con
victions equal one and three tenths
per cent.
No wonder the ready revolver is
forever in evidence and its victims
constantly gasping a last breath.
Dm all Cna
Keep cool, whatever the weather.
At lenat Senator llourne has not lost
Ids "nerve "
a
A week from now Taft will know ho
wan nominated.
About one time In 10,000 a revolver
does a god J t .
a M.cniii.ti rlnli' nt home, or near by
in Ik ti t ul.li bo enjoj.ihle and profitable.
isn't li false snort" to kill a lot of
harmless animals of which no nee can
le rn.i'le'.'
O. It has been only a spell of nice
summery v itncr, jusi ngiii iu oi'ni
up the iTi'i s.
Now the forest rangers need to keep
alert to prevent fires. Thus tney can
do excellent service.
a
As between llolily Rider Hobson and
Am'in.ilor ' Hrlen. the Amertcnn peo
ple will rely upon the latter.
The campaign having been duly
openoil in Portland, let us nope mat u
will kindly close up again for awhile.
a
In a year or two Portland will be
the greatest wheat exporting port In
the world; It Is close to that already.
The Pendleton Tribune at this late
dav remarks that Mr. Cakes defeat
"was a shame." A "shame" on or to
whom ?
a
There's one good thing about that old
North Pole. It may be relied upon to
stay rignt mere, ready to be llacnvere.il
by anybody who gets near enough.
a
It Is hinted that some Democrats who
wanted to contribute to the campaign
fund are angry because thev cannot
give over J10.000 each, and so will give
nothing.
A Ft. I,ouls dog has fallen madly In
love with an Angora cat. If obliged to
live together they would doubtless have
less of a dog-and-cat life than many
human couples.
Mr. Taft agrees' with Bryan In the
matter of campaign contributions, hut
the trouble seems to he that whllo
Ihynn can control his campaign man
agers. Tnft can't.
Bryan's Idea though not orlglnnl
with him Is that a person Is worth to
the world what he gives to It. rather
than what he takes from It. This Is
worth thinking over.
Candidate Kern was welcomed home
and praised In a speech by Vice-President
Fairbanks, but he has never been
accused of confining his drinking to
water and buttermilk.
MINING COAL IN WASHINGTON
Although a good part of ths market
for .ishlngion coal In California has
been lost through the Increased pro
duction of fuol oil In that state Wash
ington shared In tho general Increase
In the production of coal In 1907. The
total output for the year was ,680,S3J
S! rV to"s' navlnr spot value of $7,
6 1 9,801. an lncrsaae of 404,148 short
f. I2.-? ler CPnt' in Quantity, and
of $ 1,771,867. or 29.K8 per cent. In value
compared with IDwtj. The average prlco
,,2r09tO"ii1907 COd from'1-80 ln t
During the' first 10 months of the
year the coul-mlnina- lndnmrv f k
r.,,1., , n uigiiiy suusruotory con
dition. In November and December,
however, owing to the financial dis
turbances, thu OlltllUt nf Tba mlnii .
curtailed about S3 per cent. But for
huh wie production would probably
have exceeded 4.000,000 tons.
The number of men employed ln the
com mines or Washington Increased
from 4.K29 ln 1906 to 6.94S In 1D07 n,l
the average number of working days ln-
treusea ironi Ztt to Z73. The on v de-
creaae shown In the statistics of coal
rroJuctlon In Washington ln 1907 hm
compared with 130H was In the product
ive capacity of the employes the aver
age yearly tonnage per man havlne de.
cllne-d from 723.4 tons In 1906 to 618
tons In 1907. The average daily pro
duction per man docreased from 2.72
to 2.21 tons.
Nearly all the mines of the state are
operated on an eight-hour schedule.
5,594 men out of a total of 6,945 em
ployed working eight ' hours a day ln
Washing nptinratus has been In
stalled at 15 plants ln the state and
ttie total amount of coal washed during
1 907 was 799.015 short tons, vlehlinc
144,60 1 tons of cleaned coal and 154,
514 tons of refuse.
D. C Rotting, state mine Inspector,
reports that the total number of acci
dents ln the coal mines of Washington
ln 1907 was 131. of which :i6 were fatal
The death rate per thousand of employes
was 6.06. and the number of tons mined
for each life lost was 102.237. This
makes an unfavorable comparison with
the casualty statistics for 1904, and
particularly with those for 1900. In
1906 the death rate per thousand of
employes was 4.86 and flie tonnage for
each lire loot was 14N.H17; in l90t tne
death rate per thousand was 3.73, witn
x tonnage of 220.379 for each life lost.
The coal boils of Washington are
found ln tho western and central por
tions of the state, and are mined
7fa REALM --fFEMIlINE
A
In
"A woman bather shocked Chicago,"'
says a news Item. Don't believe It.
Her costume might have attracted a
good deal of attention, hut Chicago Is
Jiot so easily "shocked."
Running Shots
Written for The Journal by Fred C.
Denton.
We are told that Taft Is to call Bry
an some perfectly awful names when
he writes hla acceptance. Fortunately
Bryan Is case-hardened to that sort of
thing.
Harrlman takes some twenty thous
and a day out of Oregon. Sufficient to
build a mile of railroad. The state
could build a few miles Itself and run
such a bluff on Harrlman that he would
set aside a few years of Oregon sur
plus to keep It from building any more.
The Iteady Avenger.
GAIN the ready revolver, the dis
appointed lover (what a parody
on that, royal word), the frency
wrought by advances scorned,
the shot, the pursuit nnd th
IK'III "I Hit' til IB, ClUU mi) )lllttpu 1,1 I --li ...
five nrlnclnnl fields the north PuKet cau Hr t'le undertaker.
sound field, Including the coal mines of Who shall deliver us from this repe-
fikaglt and Whatcom counties; the south tltlon of tragedy T Who shall frame,
Fuget ound field, comprising tho mines r " " , , T.
In Klna- and Pierce counties: the Puget UB Pottx;tlon from this kind of mad-
sound basin, lust east of Heattlo; the ileus, and who shall make It lmnosslble
Roslyn field, In Kittitas county, on the for any man wltn a rea, of ram.lej
eastern slope of the Cascade mountains; grievance to provide himself with the
and the southwestern field, embracing Instrument of death and calmly await
li, c luuuiivB in licien miti iiua VIUUII1, HI1U IfiVTl US Often escstia
The coals of Washlnicton range from Justice un mwt it?
Include some nntural coking coals, and There must he some solution of this
Include some natural coke and anthra- kind of u trouble, for It 1m heoini.,
cite. The bituminous coking coals of more und more fronuent.
Washington nie thu onlv coaklng coals Pharmacists nre (linaitfl tn rit.i.)l,.n
on the Pacific slope of the United but not men who deal In the mora ob
states. They are found ln the Wllke- vlouo Instruments of death. Druggists
non-Carbonado district, In the south must keep au uccount of the name of
Puget sound field, and also In the north the purchaser of a poison and of the
Pnget sound field, but coke Is now date when he procured It. nut anv fool
mode only In the district first named, who has money enough to buy a revol-
The Wllkoson-Carbonado conl runs high ver may buy It anil carry It about with
In ash and Is usually washed before him, waiting a favorable opportunity
coking. The lignite or subbltumlnoua for dealing the death blow,
coals of Newcastle anil Uenton, ln the And if any man who cares to do this
south Pusret sound field, are generally may do so. now are Innocent women to
of high grade nnd well suited for do- escape the pursuit of designing men
mestlc use. The steamship consurnp-J who may wish to frighten them Into
tion In the trade with Alaska ami the yielding to their designs?
orient is now the most important mar-
ket for tho IiIkIi grade bituminous coals Something more than an occasional
of Washington. very occasional death penalty for
An advance chapter of the volume "luiuor, u wouiu seem, must ie unuer
Mlneral Resources of the Cnlted States, taken as a means of protection. So
calendar rear 1907, on tho production lo"S UR women are women, and there
of coal, by E. W. Parker, giving the foro uncertain ln the bestowal of favors,
statistic presented above. together and 80 lnn8 8 10n arn men and there
with iimiior fnxii n -n rA i hr. fore easily enraged when the oblect of
other states, will soon be published by tl'elr admiration casts her smiles else-
. . . 1 . , ...!. ,3 ' iuiiq an J1.'. ...... iiuij I'm
bought as readily as chewing gum, we
shall have the three elements of this
familiar tragedy with us.
But may It not be properly the duty
of the city to prevent the sale of wea
pons of death other than drugs to Ir
responsible persons?
Whether It be a Thaw case, or an
Kmorv case, or a Blodgett case, or a
the Uniteot States geological survey.
Letters From tne People
Only the mere Interpretation of this law
On such occasion as it' might be brought
Into dispute;
That such water law should be based
Upon the best experience of other states
and countries, such as Wyoming, Idaho
and Canada, and should Include the fol
lowing fundamental principles.
1. That no water right should be
come vested except by direct grant from
the state.
2. To provide a system whereby the
priority and limitations of every exist
ing right to the use of water can even
tually he ascertained.
8. To provide a reliable record in
ome central office of all water rights
as determined, and of new rights as Ini
tiated. 4. That actual measurements of
ditches, and streams he made as a basis
for the adjudication of existing rights
and the initiation of new rights to the
surplus lvntu If !:nj .
6. To provide a definite procedure
whereby rip In a to such surplus water
may be acquire.!
6. That her,. fl?ial use should be the
basis of all HkMs to the i-e of water,
and that water f,;r irr..-;ii:i'n purposes
Should be made bi pu : tena r.i to the land
Irrigated
T. AI rights to ti e i
power dcvelopmert 1:ouli !
a period of Hi ers ... ;
Under certain r'-strle! ,.,:
8. To rovi... a:. , : : ., -i
trative s t-'e;,.. w ;i
the ri i s t T I '. . t i v. : t e v ,(
among tho-, . r ! t . cl t '. x e
Those suggestion-- may v
bp a basis, at ! at, fur such
Is needed. Oregon lb h
nf-lghbor ftates In this r-
Cfrtatnly ran r f : i by the!; ej,o
rlencps Wh.v j p.-e,.,i i- , -ir.,f,,;
CODftclntioufi 'rk ,n ;!ie part nf
able memhers ,. for ! ) e.?a::i-.?
meets For If that to;, d I;,,f
enact an irrigation cod rr'' u'.r. i to
t beneficial to the r . it is
prettr certain that thrr win ;,aK3
om Ort Of a law on the subltrt , - of this beforehand? Manv
j(.r (lieu enue is ir'.iu i-)i uia)es
Chairman Hitchcock thinks most of
the negro vote can be won over for
Taft, but he doesn't want to be re
stricted ln the matter of campaign con
tributions, nor in the manner of their
expenditure.
Kill the rats and burn them. Four
plague-Infected rats have been found ln
the last week ln Seattle. Tacoma
ledger.
But first, we suppose. It Is necessary
to catch the rats, or Induce them to kill
themselves.
Senator Fulton ln his Taft-rally
speech Bald that last fail's panic
"was but a summer zephyr, com
pared with the tornado which blast
ed the country during a Democratic
administration." Of course it would
be too much to expect, a campaign
speaker to tell the whole truth about
that period. The causes of the panic
of 1S93. as Senator Fulton knows,
all lay back of that year, and grew
up and became Irresistible during a
Republican administration. These
causes were not Democratic any
more than they were Republican;
the panic would have come just the
Fame if Harrison Instead of Cleve
land had been ehcted. But the
business and purpose of a party
campaigner is to deceive the people.
Oregon Sidelights
Longest strawberry season ever
known up the valley.
Idnn county Is harvesting probably
the largest crop for a decade.
An Irrigated ranch of 721 acres near
Fort Klamath sold for 31S.00O.
Crops ln Powder rlvor valley are
turning out better than expected.
In a day and a nltrht a Pendleton
man lost $1,080 ln a three-handed poker
game.
At Wasco Sunday a canary boarded
the Columbia Southern passenger
alighted on the bellcord nnd rode half
way in onaniKo oerore it took a notion
to leave.
Let the winds blow hot or cold from
east or west, north or south, Henry
Hartmnn Is sure of 25 to 30 bushels
of forty fold wheat off his 301 acres of
fall grain, says the Condon Times.
A Klamath Falls man who Invented
an egg tester, has sold the rights for
Oregon, Washington and Idaho to a
Spokane man for $6,000, and the test
ers will be manufactured at Klamath
falls.
Several new residences are be.lng con
structed ln St. Helens, ajid others be
ing planned The town has made con
siderable growth during the past few
months, and from appearances it will
continue to do so.
It does seem as If tho Bryan forces
were not so excitable as In '96, but
where Is the Republican excitement and
enthusiasm, likewise characteristic fcf
those days? Does Taft equal McKln
ley as a spell-binder? andean he In
spire confldonce ln such predictions of
prosperity as were mane at that time,
considering the late "prosperity panic?
Jim Castle and wife, who live six
miles from Prairie City, lost three chil
dren, all girls, in three days from scar
let fever. 4ne. 9 years old, riled on
Saturday, another, C years old. on Sun
day, and a third. 15 years old. before
the second one was burled.
The hammer and saw Is adding
greatly to the appearance of the ;),
addition to I.akeview, says The H'pi!d.
Besides a new flouring mill, and other
improvements are being made and lots
are being sold daily upon which build
ings will be put up as soon as ma
terial and workmen can be obtained.
Oregon Is Ao have no more railroads
until population deveJons more business,
and where population has done so to
the extent of thousands of tpns of rot
ting agricultural products 'there aro
still no railroads. All of which may he
railroading, out would indicate to a man
from Mars that some of our railroad
magnates are not good farmers, nor
even good farmers of the farmers.
Cons bay towns want to establish a
Port of Coos after the model of the
Port of Portland. There are some leg
islative problems in the way, and the
Port of Portland needs some additional
legislation also. A general law should
be framed at a conference of represent
atives of the different Oregon -ports.
The Columbia river mosqultw Is a pale
and sickly thing beside his cousin of
New Jersey. The Pacific coast Is be
hind New Jersey on oysters and mos
quitoes, when it comes to weight and
size. ),';
There are tens of thousands of marsh
lands in Oregon around the bays and
river mouths that ln Holland would be
eagerly dyked and developed by private
and public schemes Sometime these
lands will be one of the chief assets
of the ftate. The lands around Tilla
mook bay that are easily rec.lalmable
would make several first-class Europ
ean principalities and those at Coos
bay would tempt a sovereign of Rus
sia or Italy to extend his protection
over it If It cost a war and all nis wife's
relatives.
The fearful waste of slabs, sawdust
and hark going on In Oregon would
make millionaires every week If this
material mulil be usee, 10 mane paper,
alcohol or creosote. Cannot capital und
genius get together and utilize these
products? Every little while we hear
of some such thing but It does not seem
to materialize. There Is enough stuff
burned at the sawmills to get rid of
it to bust the pilper truBt Into seven
million pieces.
In Denmark the small farmers have a
kind of grange to which over 160,000 he
long. Tliev recently adopted a resolu
tion unanimously requesting parlia
ment to take taxes off their Improve
ments and personal property and place
it on land values. To this grange only
hind owners belong, so it Is not Some
"divide-up" scheme.
Ought to Advertise His Soap.
Portland, Or., July 18. To the Editor
Of The Journal In your issue of the Cornn'cflll case, the main elements are tho
17th there la an article entitled "While same. And there are scores of others
n,. T ,, . . . , of exactly the samo sort.
Iheres Life There s Soap In Oregon, p,u fe mtn ,n ,ne or,,inRry pursuit
Lsui jr.iie aaie ror it. I make no on- or nnpplness in n city need to carry a
Jectlon to your stealing my motto of revolver. These few should be known
While there's life, there s Soap," be- ' authorities and any uPPrent
cause I stole It mvsolf. nnrl it's no crime carelessness In ths handling of their
to steal from a thief; but I want to weapons should be tho means or taK-
reply to the complaint of Mr. Thomas. '"S,1"1 Vill P,h""80,";.. w.
wm.iT .-r , i Ami a careful record at stores wner
r 7!3er xil . .ovhf? -emr Loe r,P ammunition or weapons may be bought
l R? "le,r;-JIe 8ays '.hat, for some rea- gh()lll(1 k , , Ihat a mftn wno
, ! I l" u"8, ve'p.u u i .im purchases a gun should be under sur-
mis soap wntcn is mane, you i migiu velUaIU-e. All(1 lf the murderer has
say, right under their noses Perhaps lot tnQ w,8ll(,m and kindness to take
he does not give it an odor that Is pleas-I himself off after he shoots to avenge
ojii iu Die Bineu i vreKon nuacs, u fancied wrongs, this end should bo
pernaps uie Oregon people Know noin- readilv and swiftly and Inerrantly pro-
lng of the good qualities of lus soap, yldcd for him bv mm process of law.
He makes the further statement that o have not yet reached that state
me wregon people win not use uns or perfection ln society wtlch makes
soap because It Is mined right here al- it safe for every man to follow his
most ln the midst of their homes.' I own whim In these matters without re
do not believe that. I believe the Ore- gard to the welfare of others and wlth-
gon people either know nothing of his out coming Inerrantly to Justice. Nor
soap or else they do not like It. for I can King Misrule be allowed sway ovor
have learned thnt the Oregon people as weak minded men. When shall we ar-
a rule know good soap when they wash rive at some solution of this very vital
with it, and are not stingy with its matter:
use. What does Mr. T. do to make the! H H W
No Bs e man" Z ev r ' hV at t n CannlK Fruit in the Oven.
Soap Stem soliciting orders for It, and T HIS method of canning fruit Is, ln
no literature has ever been received I the opinion of Maria Parloa, the
teiiing or us gooa quant es, ana i nave X on6 m6thod to be preferred. The
claiming Its virtues. Salesrrten from work Is easily and quickly done and
eastern sonp factories are soliciting the the fruit retains its shape, color and
Portland trade continually, but lf wo jriavor better than when cooked In the
""'"I "Y , VL' . j nrcservlne kettle.
... . i.i.. . . iT. ? ,i " -1 Cover the bottom of tho oven with
mem to ueiiver us simiih miaii. .ui ioiik . , ,,, i,i,i ..i,..,,),
nr. I ,. r-.,. c.rQ In A than.' f,r- "l "I Die ,., , . , . , . e-r .
j V 1. i il ...i.j. "'" use in covering pipes. It is very cheap
to find out where I could get a certain , usuaflv be found at plumbers-
brand of soap for one of my customers ',,... , , iinhie
and received the Information that It was ,h ..,. sri.iiiow ,,,,,, in 'which
m.lA 4n Tm.inr.A "V.,. l.n,. , trr. . . - .
iiiciuc? ii a ,iau. a w J et) fhant nr ntiont loO inenes III 1)11 OH
away from home to learn the news.1: water. Sterilize the jars and utensils.
The Oregon people are continually nn MoUn the ninm: nrennre the fruit thu
the lookout for better soaps, and If Mr. same as for cooking In the preserving "
1 nomas nas a superior article u is nts kettle. Fill the hot tars with It anil
own fault lf thev are not using It. The, pour )n enough sirup to fill the Jars
physicians of Portland are just as com- solidly. Hun the blade of a silver plat
petent to Judge of the merits of soap eA knife around the Inside of each Jar.
as are "the physicians of New York and place the Jars ln the oven, on the as-
other eastern cities, who use It them- bestos or In the pans of water.
selves regularly." Give them and tho I Tho oven should be moderately hot.
Oregon oeonle a chance to trv this soaT Cook the fruit 10 minutes; remove from
before condemning them for not using the oven and fill the Jar with boiling
It "because it Is mined right here al- sirup. Wipe and sial. Place the Jars
most In tho midst of their homes." I on a board and out of a draft of air.
never heard of Oregon Mineral Soap, and If the screw covers are used tighten
1 have been handling a large variety of mem aner rain jm nan ram.
soaps ln Portland for the past two Ljiiga nuii bu-h i"i" .
and a half years. quinces, crab apples, etc.. will require
I think Mr. Thomas has another guess v'- "","V i. ", , .iUi
coming. Let him advertise his soap n . '' , ,n
Oree-on anil ret It before the Orftenn 8 '"tie over lnlf a pint of sirup.
.,, ,?fi " . J ? ,; J , f2 ! The amount of sugar In each quart of
Some people
land. All right.
don't want Irrigated
friend. Oregort Ims
t.iTvnsnlns nf Vt where Irrigation Is
never needed. Also the best irrigated
areas In the west. Take your choice.
people as other manufacturers do, and
lf it stands the test he will have no
cause to complain of the way they will
make the lather fly. But lf, as he says,
"It keeps them hustling to keep up with
the orders from eastern wholesale
houses," they couldn't handle the Ore
gon trade anyway, so have no kick com
ing on the Oregon people.
Am I right? Let us soap so.
C. M. MOORE.
FOR 1
cal
8 PI
g the latter days of last meek
J. Hill, the great railroad and
Durtn
James
steamship magnate, had a represents
tlve in Medford. says The Mail. As I
Is known that he was shown at lei ? t 1 ), must be confirmed by the legisla
ture oirrerent e,,a prospects near this tnre More than that, manv of them de-
It looks as If Russia needed another
Japanese war ln order to call off her
cossacks from murdering the women
and children In Persia. These hell
hounds of tvrannv can slaughter Per
sians and enjoy life, but they turn tail
and run when a l-.tle brown Jap gets
after them with a few Jabs.
All river the state Republicans who
voted against Chnmberlaln declare that
those who become clti?enp efet all the I This, however. Is not quite so easy
education they ever receive, from as It used to be.
(Vioca teachers B;tr Iv eleht I" "r
cent of all the pupils in the conuaon
rchools pass beyond the eighth
crade It Is scarcely too much to
jav. that tr.e actual aeriny or tne
city, It Is to be presumed that Jim
Hill Is looking for a place In Oregon
where he can obtain coal for his gnat
steamships which ply Irctnun Seattle
and the orient.
G. H Ooodenough of CatVanle tells
The Chief about his strawberry patch,
ss follows. The area occupies a space
iu reel long oy tia wiae, Hnu contains
thennelret.
cWre that the vote or tre people on tne
Instruction of the legislature to obey
Mem in this matter was so overwhelm
ing and positive that it Is the bounden
it ity nf the legislature to make It unan
imous on the first ballot, and thus for
ever ellence the still, strong voice of
Colonel Masuma end the grinding of
the machine. Newspaper grannies may
whlrnner. and ouote drivel about the
1 rows set three feet. Kmm the 1 snrre.l constitution, hut even the most
vines whl-h were planted last year. ! rat-Id Republican in the state is dead
, i.msi pounds cr t rrles have hi en mar- ' set agalrst monkevlr.g wltn the e
: keied slreay. beside w!at the f ami ! v , presed will of the people of Oregon.
T nseH for ll,A tnl.lp The K(.)r!pi n m . ' t... t I. il it 11 1 Inn n n ft don't von
I nil diM'oseci or at jorai fioru an, n
ll!.3 cash No Irrigut
i forget It
COVKRXMEXT Ain TOR SU si.AU
TMfc. eir-neip spirit of Siuslaw u , other day. when he declared that the
to be dmlred During :8n f nirpersatlon of our teachers Is not
yemrs. government appropr!- , commensurate w!-h the gervlce they
Hons for harbor Improvement render the country. The Incentive
there kTe ben In a deoeridtng to enthusiastic and effective work Is
-.). The more the need for aid. ( at least p reasonable reward It Is
th le was reretved. The harbor. ; imj-oMMe to retain talent adequate
threats Uek ef attention bas at last v, tfco rev ponIUl!tes of the teach
tocoae har-bonad. la the emerg-'lne profession on a Dtttanee nalarv.
uey. the elUieet haTe set about to Bd it 1 an unwle policy to attempt
Who wouldn't have Joined the
new Independent party, and got
l I It ..l n a Ajarrfitr f r i K
mm.-" ii .... t(vj cash. .no irriBat'nn was
"national convention. since Jir. , im-i. but m grouni r.as t--, , a-en.'y wn Unterwat Plank.
republic Is largely ln the hands of : Hearst provides special cars and ; fnough, " L'J ' Th. plank of the National Democratic
these teachers, who.e poor reward ! foot, all the bills. If he. had known r n Platform concerning P-'"f
morning we took a drive in the frin- country, is ss follrrws:
... c for fema'e and wotl d have gladly become an inae- irg amtrict na tn grain was fins We t Water rurnisnes mciirm ",n"
and ror iema.es ana .... . , tnr . saw wr,-at and at higher 'han a five- , of transportation and the nstlotiil
l i r.rd themselves ln Benton pendent lor a tew aajs ior a ire-; ,,riar1 ffnre ,n(1 n,r, thp m,n had irovernment havir.g control of r.avl
I' ro-hsKlres the Insistence trip to Chicago. But it would be a , commenced cutting, it l inked like .i gnhie waters should Improve them jo
1 om,. names tne insistence ,.,.,.,.. 1f Mr t solid wall, and saw timet hy thr-e t: - fullest rapxcltv We esroesTly
f Mr. Firman at Lincoln theNflke on tne aeiegaies n air. , tn fnur fpf.. h,sh ,n(, llV,k(i , f,n f,,or ,ftP trnme Hate adopt ion rtf a
ll.nrst chnu d not Pav all tne Dll S. , as could be. and saw oat. tmd vptr'i ! l.erl and comprehensive run lor
i rny ir.ni was so ir.n tr.at r. uu fl not' n.prnv r,i vry
sirup should be regulated to suit the
klna or rruit wun wnicq it is usea.
It K K
Shortcake Next Winter.
OR the lovers of strawberry short
cake the following recipe will b
jpreclated as by putting them
up In this manner without cooking them
one can have shortcake any time, writes
Real Admiral Bradford's Birthday. a housewife who has tried It
Rear Admiral Royal B. Bradford, who Take only perfectly ripe berries and
retired from the navy two years ago af- for each quart or berries use tne same
ter a brilliant career of nearly 46 years, quantity of sugar. Put thorn ln a
was born in Turner. Maine, July il. grnmie or inn vu.c nou umu
1841. He was graduated from the naval with a silver rorg. mir in me sugar
academy in 1 S65. ranking third In a and when It la dissolved put in rrult
class of 54. In his early years ln the can and seal Stand the can bottom tip
navy he saw service In West Indian to see mat tne air is an out. nou too
waters nnd on the Asiatic station, can In several thicknesses of paper.
From 1S77 to lSSn he erverl on thulPut In a cool, aarK piaca. ins perries
Alllnnce as her executive officer and keep perfectly.
for the next three years he was in- t st st
structor In torpedo warfare at New- White and Dark Cake.
port. During the next ten years or . , . , , r- .v ,. .
more he served on various naval T MAKE white cake use one and
boards, reaching the grade of com- I one fourth cups of sugar, one
mander ln 18x4! In 1S92 he nartlcl- 1 fourth cup of butter, whites of
pnted in the Columbus celebrations in , . . ,, , ...
fepsin and Italy. In 1897 he was ap- threo eBa- tw0 tblrda CUP of mllk-
pointed chief of the bureau of equip- three teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
ment. where he remained until the out- two and one half cups of flour. Flavor
break of the Spanish war. when he ap- with vanilla or lemon.
plied for duty at sea. He was refused For R good dark cake use one cup
sea duty, however, on account of his nf nugar, one half cup of butter, one
value ln the equipment bureau and re- nnir cp or milk, two cups flour, two
malned In charge of the burerfu teaspoonfuls baking nowder. three eggs
throughout the war. At the close of the an(j flavor with vanilla,
war he served as naval attache 'of the
Paris pence commission. For some time
prior to his retirement ln 1904 Rear Fragrant Pot Pourrl.
Admiral Bradford was In command of avf a t nc,rri ir nr.f.hlT
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one with a double lid. dry the pet
als of the flowers ln the sun. but
out of the wind. You can use any per-
the battleship HUnois.
H
Thin Date In Hlntory.
IfitM Anthonv Ashlev Conner, first
earl of Shaftsburv. who has been fumed flowers, wild or tame. Park
caller! the first gre.it party leader In n jar with a sprinkling of snlt between
the modern sense, born. Died January the layers I se plenty of lavender, six
22. 11SJ. to eight ounces, if vour Jar Is not
1704 - Gibraltar attacked by the Brit- fun you might add several ounces of
lsh snd raptured two days later. powdered orris root. Stir every day at
i i j uriusn ana aines aereaiea tne first to be sure the leaves are not mold
French at battle of Saiamanca. ing. Some people add a little cinnamon.
died. Rom March 20. 111.
1S63 First pier of Victoria Bridge at Gooseberry Fool
M . , . From the August Delineator.
c, T'n3 lr.Vii0rr i-. I. I C TEW a quart of ripe gooseberries
10)th anniversary of Its settlement
104 Wilson Harrett, actor, died
rs
after all.
"Interesting lf true" was the gen
eral comment upon the Oregonlan's
rs so the k that K
I be rakerf 8fer it had b'-en rut so t)
were tak'.ng It up w th f. rk The
grain Is fine as ran be all over thu
rt cf the vailev.
il9.r,tisn fit o Arfoif Milton
"U'UU! I worth less thsn S 1 n ar-
that Judge Landts' Standard OH d
clsion
Eagle Land ?hlrh
! bl of proiui-inc
It now
and rar-
n lv wl.t r n'he r
via to h arflrmed br the nrav cereals ran wltn sl.Kht eprse
court 01 appeaia. L-niononsttiy a
water ro::rs In r.-
t'nitfi taie which is ii.stirien :i-
the n-d f commerce snd to rr-ft
hat n l we favor, when prrr ticatile,
the connection of th ?rat 1-sk'S
lth thf nalah rivers and with
g-lf thrmih the Misifrpi river and
the rv!rhl rivers wltn sch other
and th .tr lr snd surds of th
rosst with ch other by artificial rr,-
pl -;tr, a view io fni inn
Born. February U. l6.
ln Just enough water to cover
them and hen soft rub them
ralM IJ00.0PO for bulldlrg a Jtty
that viU coaflne the flow of the
water la aad out the entrance into
svarrowef Uaiita. a ad bf arourfng of
U aantfi tire tleeper watar It It a
to do so The heart of a teacher
rar.not be In the work when the
rorket-book li empty, and unlets tha
teacher s heart and aonl Is folly en-
.tr tmm hnnra temontfted tbat mV'?:T mrreass in
.w- . " "r.i ori r rr Ther
the itorr was exactly wrong. w as i thosnd seres of this lard
the correspondeat a rlctlm of Ox-alaria?
li.t 'tV. -.,er,ir. 1,,. Tp utnu.nn,i niTn rwcora is
-"" " uf" i u4nld 14MUit ktUlAUll rld.
nd garden land on earth and wt 11 in. tem of Inland waterwsv . to h aari
m"!la!e'T inrresse in aiue t l.'rit' t?1 hv reset of stsdsrd drtoght
Is en;l W favor The rrv--rdlnat!on ef tne
various ffvlc ef the govmTTnt
connected wi; lri,i In on r-
ls lard -llrnt
union, anq ion flr ff low with
prominent forehead and a fw d liar
will come none and gobble v.p this a"d
snd rrke his Terlaln fortune Then,
too Milton will hrxvm merliy. as hun
dreds of fan-nit wlUjCiad fcoiati -uce
net en ilTti HOT.
An Aatoria Editor's Remarks.
From the .Astoria Heral 1
Clrcumstajices have rendered It neces
sary that the former editor of the Her
ald again ssaume Its m&uagemenL H
had hopd to retire from the Journal
latlc field, specially ln Astoria where
every newspaper Is for sale hcsjs-
they caji't sell their space Astoria Is
th n-ot liberal town ln the world In
the patronag of free shows. Xln
tnth of the population read a news
paper. but never think of raving f or
It It would cost them a Tlrkl and
they prefer fcer Htnrnts su'u
scrO fer th bmeflt of the high stool
roffe and slrker fields The pvpl
vice for th purro of aldihf tn th 1 whl don t tt nwarr r the oco
who never suorTin. M aer oa hear
complon of aurh a system of Inland
wstTwar. M w Jtvnr th erection
of fund ample for eonnn-ootjs won.
whlh shall b cnfl'-ta rxr t )
dlrecuaa faX k CferarniBA,o at eaperta I suca issue la Astoria.
a man kicking a boot nmethlrg tn the
local paprr. he is the cbsp tnat nerr
mtssvs a ml or r s a cant. Lou ef
through a colander. Take the pulp
that goes through and beat Into It a
tablespoor.f ul of butter, a cupful of
sugar and the yolk of four eggs, well
beaten. Hap In a glass diss and put
on top a meringue made by whipping
the whites of the four eggs stiff wltn
three tablespoonf uls of powdered sugar.
How to Make A mbroaia.
NK largs ripe pineapple, six or-
cnges, one cup of sugar, one glass
of sherry. Slice one large rtfn
pineapple and six oranges, sprinkle pul
verised sugar over them, thea on layer
of rlnippl also sprinkle with sugar
one !eTr of oranges, srrlrkle with
sugar, continue till awl tho fruit is used.
Pour a wine glass of sherry ovor the
top. Let It stand shoot tare boar be
fore s-rTlng. Tala Is a delicious eoei
Jeeaeert. - -
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