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Ueamuet September 1908.
Speak little and well, if
you wish to be considered
aa possessing -merit- From
the French. : - '
TSSXOKO THE CASCADES
ACTIVITY CONTINUES la be
half of a System of experiment
stations In eastern Oregon.
President Kerr of the state col
lege of agriculture Is to leave for
Washington this week In , an effort
to farther enlist the departments In
the plan. Considerable concessions
In the line of national aid have al
ready been secured and. by personal
representations at the departments
President Kerr hopes to extend the
scope of the government's activity.
The bureau of reclamation, the bu
reau of plant Industry, the bureau of
dry farming and other of the ex
pert establishments at the national
capital with as much material means
as can be made available are de-
DAKOTA DECISION INAPPLICABLE IN
OREGON
T
HE Dakota law undertook to compel legislative candidates to
take a pledge to support the party choice for senator. It al
lowed them no alternative but to take the plcdfre. It did not,
as in Oregon, leave them free to take a pledge or not take it,
as they should elect; It was fundamentally wrong, in that it made
me laKing 01 trie pledge one ot the qualihcations tor election, lnis
iiuamicdiiun inc law naa no ngnt to nx. ijuaimcauons are nxea
by the constitution of Dakota, and that is why the law was declared
unconstitutional.
The Oregon plan does not have this defect. Here the law does
not require the candidate to take a pledge. He is left free by the
law to take a pledge or not to take it. Here the pledge is not made
a qualiiication for election. Here many candidates were elected
who did not take a pladge. Here candidates were elected who took
a modified pledge. Thev could do neither of these thincrs under
uie Dakota law, and that was wherein the Dakota law was de
fective.
The two statutes are as widely different as are dav and nieht
They scarcely resemble each other. "By law, one "required," as
the tourt says, the candidate to take the pledge. The other "re
quired nothing. It left the candidate free. That freedom to take
the pfedge or not take it removes Jiim entirely from any effect of
tne Dakota decision.
The contention that a voluntary pledge by a candidate is in
contravention of constitutional rights is absurd on its face. Every
candidate ever elected to any office has taken voluntary pledges.
Sheriffs pledce themselves to enforce laws or not enforce them.
and make that pledge an asset for election. Legislative candidates
vi j it. i i r , . . . .
tcugc- uiemscives Deiorenana to support certain measures
and plead that pledge in getting votes. Legislative candidates
always nave and always will secretly pledge themselves before
hand to support a certain man for senator, and by that pledgee are
elected or defeated. In caucus legislators nledce themeslvM rr
each other to support a certain senator. Candidates for congress
pledge themselves to their constituents to triven legislation, and
fiv.aU wai pcugc iur ineir election, r arues in tneir piattorms
make pledges and urge those oledces as a reason whv thrir ran.
didates should be supported. Taft made nledcea on thp stiimn
and so did Bryan. So has every candidate for president since, the
nation was founded. So will every president, so will every troy-
uuu,i ou win every legislator, ana so win every constable make
anie-eiecuon pledges until the heavens fall or self-government per
ishes from the earth.
A pledge, and just such a pledge as the Statement No. 1 Wis.
attve candidates took, is a fundamental factor in a self-e-overninF
ajrotciw. ii i a precious neruage oi tne people, it is their strong
est means and almost their onlv means of mntrn!l5n(r triir mki
servants. It is their sole and onlv test in th
uiiviiis. iKjway me ante-eiection pledge ot candidates and
self-government must fail wretchedly miserably fail. It is a
lunar m me pian, a stone in tne toundation. It is a fundamental in
tne system, lo contend that any such oledee. voluntarily taWn
ia uiivunHuuuonai is aosuraity a tnousana times absurd.
purely between himself ana hl maker.
It It U proper or legitimate to oppose
man for belnr a Unitarian, as was
Johll OlllflRV illAml. fnr Initani o la
sired to cooperate -with the state and I the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, at the
me college. - I present moment chaplain of the senate
For the present the plan is mere-1 then It would be equally proper to
ly in the incubating stage. It is be
ing worked out by President-Kerr
for a report that will be made to
the college regents early in Decern-
, ber. Extended correspondence with
various communities in eastern Ore
gon, with the departments at Wash
lngton and with other factors in the
plan is la constant progress.
The plan contemplates a system of
sub-stations so distributed as to be
helpful to all the various areas of
the inland empire. As is known, the
agricultural features of eastern Ore
gon present widely different charac
terlstics. within comparatively
short , distances there are Irrlttable
semi-arid and arid lands. In ' all
there has been as yet comparatively
little Investigation. It ' Is believed
by President Kerr that an enormous
ly increased output of products can
be secured within a few years by the
application of the best method's in
the various districts, and that the
, region can be made an immense fac
tor in contributing to the material
. enlargement of Oregon, in the mat
ter of the best suited cereal varieties
for .the different sections alone there
Is opportunity for an immense bene-
scientific experiment and investlga
tlon. In this line a considerable
stock of valuable knowledge has al
ready been accumulated at Wash
ington and in the agricultural col
leges, and the application of this
knowledge to the districts of the In
land empire would return rich re
. wards.
NO BEIJGION IS POLITICS
,-JHE PRESIDENT'S letter an
Iswering a man who opposed
. Taft on account of his religious
that should receive the approval of
all true and liberal minded Amerl
cans. True, there was no occasion
for. the president to say that this
. man, in expressing his opinion,
"foully slandered his fellow country
men ' l such - an . expression shows
Strong symptoms of the very intol
erance which the president de-
rmt n w AV 1
: UUUUtCI. ; VUVJ Uia CAJI ODB IUB UlflQ'
Ion that a man is rather- narrow
minded who thinks no one fit for
president who differs with him re-
. KgJously; but there is no reason why
such an expression of honest opin
ion , should be characterized as a
"foul slander." -
However, the president in the
main is right, and his letter on this
subjort is one of the best things he
has written. , He correctly sammar-.
lies the se as followsf ; ' v
To discriminate ag-alnst a thoroughly
uprlht cltlsen because he belongs to
Rome particular church or because, like
Abraham Lincoln, he has not avowed his
anctianer'W any: church,' 1 in outrase
rRlmt the liberty of copscfeac, which
t one of the foundations of American
liberty, toa ar tlUe to , know
wnnner a man ekln(r your uffrane
Is a man of clean an Might llfe Jion
erahle In all bis deeiiniti with hla fel
lows anJ fit by ounltflrition and pr
Ie 1o ef wU .o u.e sreut of ftca -for
-Mch 1 - u enfli,late; but you are
tct tnutU'd to know matters vMoU'lie
support or oppose a man because of
views on Justification by faith, or the
method of administering the sacrament,
or the g-ospel of salvation by works. If
you once enter on such a career there
is absolutely no limit at which you can
legitimately stop.
- The opposition to Mr. Taft because
he is a Unitarian was negligible, in
appreciable, which is proof of the
liberality and resonableness of the
millions of members of evangelical
churches in the United States. They
know that Mr. Taft can be Just as
good a president as if he agreed
with them in the basic tenets of
orthodox Christianity. The Ameri
can people have evidently pretty
well learned not to run their re
ligion Into politics.
PROBABLY NO TARIFF REVISION
N"
OW IT is reported that the plan
of the Republican leaders Is
not really to revise the tariff
at all at the special session of
congress to be held next spring, out
only to make some verbal changes
and some corrections In the language
of the law, leaving the schedules to
stand substantially as they are un
til some more convenient season.
And this, It will be claimed, will be
a redemption of the party's platform
pledge to revise the tariff Imme
diately after the Inauguration of the
next Republican president.
This report may be erroneous, or
it may be based only on the opinion
of some of the leaders who will hot
be able to carry out their program;
but it should surprise no one if the
report correctly forecasts the event.
Mr. Taft is no doubt in favor of some
mild revision, but is not likely to
be at all aggressive In the matter,
for he was careful all through the
campaign not to advocate any spe
cific revision. A few of the old
standpatters have fallen by the way
side, but most of them will be in
the next congress, and they will not
revise the tariff except so as to suit
the protected Interests. They will
point to the results of the election
as their ample warrant for continu
ing the present tariff in force, as
well as their complete Justification
for maintaining It thus far.
THE PRICE OF EFFICIENCY
0 ENDEAVOR is more worthy
of its hire than teaching in the
public schools. A committee
of . the Portland school board
favors recommending to the taxpay
ers a 20 per cent increase In the sal
aries of Portland teachers. The in
crease will cost 1100,000, but it is
only, an atom In contrast with the
millions worth of taxable property In
the district. It is a small consideration-
for- the cltixen-t Infinite to
the teacher.
Adequate compensation Is a first
factor In securing efficient service.
Poorly paid teachers lack enthusi
asm, and. lack jif enthusiasm has for
its consequence a poorly instructed
pupil. A-poorly paid teacher lacks
permanency and lack of permanency
is demoralizing tp every calling.
There can be nox perfect organization
in the schools without both enthusi
asm and -permanency, and without
organization Instruction is effectless
and expenditures wasted.
In the last analysis the reward is
almost certain to be the measure of
achievement in any calling, but1 in
none with such accentuated fruitage
as m educational work. Their en
deavor is of character in which the
devotion or lack of devotion of the
servitor counts for much or counts
for little. If teachers must scrimp
as some or them have to scrimp in
-oriiana to meet the demands of
life, they are without that thank
fulness that Is the fundamental in
spiration for devotion to their work.
Enthusiasm is not born of poverty,
nor is auty stimulated by indigence.
Reduced to its ultimate, If the com
pensation be Impossible the results
will be impossible. If the compen
sation is adequate, the service will
bo adequate. The service must be
adequate, for with the proper com
pensation the talent will be attracted
and a standard be established that
must be met by elimination of the
Inefficient. Survival of the fittest
should be applied in the school room,
for it is in the common schools that
90 per cent receive their all In prep
aration for the exigencies of human
life. The action of the , committee
of the school board is timely and if
presented to them should have un
limited weight with the taxpayers.
Because over 9,000 Oregon voters
registered as Republicans and did
not vote for Taft, and over 10,000
more men voted for Bryan than reg
istered as Democrats, it Is assumed
and asserted that these 10,000 vot
ers or more registered falsely and
committed perjury. This does not
follow at all. Party chains are not
po tightly binding as they used to
be, and a man may now be con
scientiously a Republican and vote
for Bryan. That is, he may be a
Roosevelt rather than an Aldrich
Republican, and may also depend
upon his Judgment rather than
Roosevelt's opinion or dictation as
to which candidate would better
carry out the Roosevelt policies. A
man may register as a Republican
and vote for an occasional Demo
crat, even up to president, if he
chooses, and he is not therefore nec
essarily a perjurer-'or other sort of
criminal either.
now. Democratic senators get quite
as much for their states as RepuD
lican senators. It must be so, un
der 'anything like a "square deal
The mere politics of Oregon's next
senator will cut no figure with re
gard to his services to the state.
It Is a high duty of the two rep
resentatives in congress from Oregon
to vote against Joseph Q. Cannon
for speaker. To mention nothing
else, he is obstinately and perverse
ly opposed to all Internal Improve
ments of rivers and watprways and
against everything else Imaginable
that Is good for the people. Our
representatives should aid others to
get rid of this "Old Man of the Sea."
It has taken 10 weeks, durlne
which time 1,400 talesmen have been
examined, to secure a Jury in the
Ruef bribery case in San Francisco,
Can anybody pretend that this
method of starting or proceeding ,in
criminal case is anything else
than a farce and an outrage upon
helpless taxpayers? How long will
people endure such performances in
the name of Justice?
It is pretty easy to guess what
and who are some of the "large In
terests" that demand the retention
of Mr. Cortelyou as secretary of the
treasury. Mr. Rockefeller, for in
stance, did not cast that vote for
nothing, and Mr. Morgan' stands
ready to relieve the country in any
financial stress.
Mr. Watson of Indiana Is another
surprised statesman. He gave up
his seat in congress, where he was
one of the stalwart standpatters, to
run for governor of Indiana, but
failed to get votes enough, and so
Is at present out In the cold. But
President Taft, if not 'President
Roosevelt, will no doubt do some
thing nice tor him. "
With the Columbia and Willam
ette rivers opened, and a lot of new
railroads built, during the next four
years, Oregon can grin gleefully even
while bearing the burdens imposed
by the trusts.' ;
Letters From tlac People I
'tttem to Tba Journal honld be written oa
one Hide ot the paper only, and aboald be o
fompaoied by tb namo and addraaa of the
writer. Tba name will not n used tf the
writer a ska tbt It be withheld. The JdarnaJ
la not to be understood aa tadoralna the tlewa
or (tatenenta of oorreapondenta. Letter abould
te mane aa Drier aa poaaitile. Tnoee woo wiid
their lettera returned when sot Uaed aboald In.
close poetafe.
CorresDondents are notified that letters
aeedlng 800 words In length may. at the alt
eration of tbe editor, be eat down to tbat limit.
BRIEF COMMENT AND NEWS
SMALL CHANGE
Takes Exception to Journal's State
ments.
Pendleton, Or., Nov. . To the Editor
of The Journal I desire to take ex
caption to your editorial on "Social'
ism" In last Sunday's Issue. I believe
it to be grossly unjust and unfair
its treatmenc of facts. Also In regard
to the principles of Socialism, it la to
say the least, misleading.
First aa to the perversion of facts,
will say that the vote for Debs haii
not decreased from nis vote or iU4
On the contrary, there has been a gain
of about 60 per cent In 1904 his vote
was 409,000,- this year It will in all
probability be,'-600.000. In 1904 the
dues paying members of the Socialist
party numbered 20,000, in August of
this year they numbered 48,000. In ,1904
the Democrats who could not swallow
tha Parker pill voted- for Debs, simply
as a protest and not because they had
anything In common with his party.
This year every Socialist ballot fairly
represents a Straight-from-the-shoulder,
lass-conscious, revolutionary vote. One
of the most, encouraging things to the
Socialist is that the decrease In our
vote tn the large Industrial centers has
been more than offset by tbe Increase
In the rural communities. Heretofore
the farmer has not taken kindly to So
clallsm. The country over he ia now
rallying to our ause, and especially
is this so In tha solid' south. It ap
pears from a studyv of the vote that
an entering wedge has been, pried into
the stronghold -of Democracy, that in
ue time will render it In twain.. Can
the Democratic party get any consola
tion from this year's voteT None
whatever. Is there any consolation or
hope In the Parker vote for you? Not
bit. Can you point out a single
man In the Democratlo party who would
make a stronger race .than the Com
moner? I believe ot., Why not turn
His friends say . the chances are
7 to 10 that AbruizNwill wed Miss
Elklns. With the known genius of
Pa Elklns for business it is prob
able that the three missing chances
are in his hands. It may not only
mean that if the wedding goes, the
bride must be admitted to full com
munion at tbe Italian court, but
that Pa Elklns himself is to bloom
out in the . cocked hat -and knee
breeches of royalty.
It Is sometimes urged that a Dem
ocratic senator in a Republican sen
ate would be devoid of influence for
his state. This pretense has often
been refuted not by theoretical as
sertions butj-by record, facts. Qne of
these Is the .history of the record of
the late Senators Dolph and Mitchell
in the senate when congress and Jthe
administration were Democratic. So,
then to a young party with new blood
In Us veins? Study; its program and
principles. It Is International in its
scope and can boast that It la the larg
est political , party In the woMd. If Is
the jbnly pariy lh America that has a
definite program In opposition to the
Republican party, the party of the large
corporate Interests.
Second, as tp the political and eco
nomio 'principles. You state that . "So
cialism involves the elimination of self
ishness from the human organism." On
the contrary Socialism recognizes In
the Innate selfishness of humanity the
chief factor in progress and civilisation.
It always has been so. It will probably
always be so. The material point is
this that the producers of the world
have always been too generous with the
wealth they produced. They have buiid
ed palaces for their masters, and they
have been content to live, in hovels.
They have made it possible , for the
wives of our plutocrats to give Expen
sive dinners to pet poodle dogs, the
while 15,000 children of their own class
went hungry to school in Chicago alone.
They are now awakening to the truth
or the axiom, "Charity begins at home'
and by the time the supreme court deals
a death blow to Oregon's initiative and
referendum law, and tha O. O.-IJ fails
to send George Chamberlain to the sen.
ate, the people Will flock into the So
cialist party for the battle of 1912,
which will b between the. Republican
party and the Socialist party. " The
Democratlo party fe dead.. It .died and
was burled beneath a sea of ballots on
November t, 1908.;, It did inot have eve
a 60 per ent iflncrease. . Verily, Mr.
Edl Vr7 people Who live itf lasa houses
should ot throw atonwii Very respect
fully, v. " CLYDE E. FINCL
Isn't the high school business being
overaoner .
e
Tom Watson, like Bryan, carried his
uwu precinct.
a
All the parties but one. If not dead.
uaau-ueaa. I
ii vetoes are valuable, tha mayor
vmium ma sauary.
Persistence) la &
"jr uvcraone.
NOW amnio attenHnn h, V vtv.n t
,1 A.' fi - "
iuo twuioau games.
'NOW Oraernn In Mtahln. rtn.lv
i,v i ",i . . -"-'
Certain "lam inttf -.
telyou retained. . Naturally.
Of entire a hn. m v.
.. -.va wtv uu anyway.
... .v- , e -.
Onlv tha Boat nf living
ivfw irvu oeing prosperous.
a a
Now is tha time
xvuoo jt-esuvai next June.
a .
Soma R'eDubllcana am X,tanlnil t
maka Oregon go Demooratlo next time.
Tha turkeya will also be very pros
perous, for the next two or three weeks.
fiut soma man
----- -llliua, mm BHAIUU
about the full growler as tha full din
ner pall.
Western Oraemn la tha rin..f !
th untry yet we Import
butter and cream.
a
It can't be that that ffannhiiit.. Kn.
SutLhMben Postponed to await tha
coming of prosperity.
Mr. Cowherd nt Mi.
and ia put of a political job. But he"
may not hava to herd cows.
a
The loss from nuhlln if
men who fell by the wayslda on No
vember S is the country's gain"
John Tt. dmirtrloaa aimnn... .V.-1 .X. .
Taft majority in New York was due
tt his timely remark In Taft's favor.
i
The "labor vefa" aaoma . v.
thlnar like what tha 1Fnvlli1ima th.n.it
oi a woman, a doc and a walnut tr.
e
Ohio tnla-ht eleet flon.tn.law
worth to the senate. Then It would be
represented in that body by Dick and
Nick.
e
A Georgia magistrate ha
obliged to pulk But It
uuraocracio donkey.
m
"The dav nt th hnmni. .i i.
!"?" announces an eastern Dublieatian.
Hut the nrettv trlrl la not llk.lv tn
worry much oVer this.
NOW it will rta artnt,. In Ka .u.,t 11.
that if a man doesn't like the tone of
?n .e! tr,,al ,ak?,ut h,m. ho or son la
justified in killing the editor.
' e
It seems thatwhen Emperor William
does too much foolish talking for pub
lication, he realize it In time to keep it
out of print, which is more than can be
said of some American statesmen.
President James of the Illinois state
university has notified the students that
anyone found guilty of hazing will be
expelled. This is a good precedent for
other college presidents to follow, and
stick to.
OREGOJT SIDELIGHTS.
A Wheeler county man sold two last
spring colts ana one yearling -colt lot
uu. ,
a ' a .
Bandon adopted a charter and be
came a city by the light vote of 105
a a ''.'.''.!.
Umatilla county's nubile school 11
brarles have been increased by 1,500
new dooks.
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Tie BXALM
FEMININE,
5
-w. . . .
Pensioning Mothers.
OMETHINO that la of Interest in
tne matter of motherhood and tha
protection of childhood la a little
Item In the Dallv ronui an
Trad reports whioh ) tvn :
unaer in new scale it weeklv mv.
menta tn vMawm ..
The increased valuation of Wallowa . v"
county for 1908 over 1907 Is practically .lB. wt wueenaiand naa ar-
a round million dollars, being 17,217,000, ranged a new scale which allows to a
as against 15,242.000 laat year. mother having on. child nnnrt.nt
i ...... .. . on ' 11.22; for two children tl lft
An Ainie aoar. aava ina enrvama itei t . . . ,
publican, has captured and killed 120 , uj r nrM cnndren. 7 cents each;
coons, two bears, three coyotes, a nura-l0' four-children 91 cents each and for
w..0.. IOe a"0 dob ana no use cats r cnuaron a maximum
without number, l?r . The state has found It wiser
a i., Ion mother and allow her to
Lakevlew cltliens are alive to tha 2? .t0. h?' children than to force her
mportance of the good roads move- and " Vhii,,r"
mem ana especially me piano lor con-1 nr , ,.. Vi.i. ..." " " ""iiouwu
necting that city with fclamath Falla frn? ZrlihlJ uPPPrt upon tha sUte
Dy a rngnway or the best kino. . I it tl anfni-7a evv' :V '
A Umatilla countman says that hJehi.i3
can name men who have taken money (state, and although JV .f. i".y
iu iiio auiouai ji uver eo,vvv,vvv, mucu
in tnat county, and invested it else
" " I iiioui aesiraoie aid to a e r..k.
a I denantlanta ,
A few veara aero a man boutrht a I
40-aora piece of land near Waldport I For a woman who may ba anavcallant
He afterwards sold enouah timber to mother of thraa r,T. Ac'liS?!
pay for the entire 40 acres. Ha is now may be witling to work for thani aarlv
selling acre lots at the rate of 1100 and late and deny heraelf all but the blr'
each. est necessities of life, may be an al-
r - n a r tn 8ti u"le5" tlLCtr in the world of wage
produce any better grade of copper ore, ful wife to a man of small means: capal
and its gold bearing rocks are not ble of obliterating herself for hi arnVvi
beaten In every mining district, says the and yet since self-abneeVation hai
Gold Beach Cflobe. The sandstone of eommarSiai v.i,,rri.iDiLgV?n.il'f J1.0
finest quality. . . to the progress of the commercial lifi
.- - t or tha state.
Some celerv broueht to the Echo I Ona thin. nw .t.. : v.
Rearister offloi was SS inches hlKh and of AZIZ.''.,
very tender. There are fortunes' to be this rul?ng Tl the Australian itkte la
made in celery farms in this country bold enough to reconfse that hv dnln
and manv nlacea on tha meadows are thi. -n. "iIL K-.r?'? bY '
..Plany adapted to this money making uy "0, son."and da'uggteT. "h uiddl
more of value to the state than if aha
accumulated a competence at lnduatrv
indoned her family,
men and women of the right
now much a donkey could be laarallv
decided
ally
the
not
That many of the country people are and abandoned her family,
becoming Interested In good roads is jt u men and women
rviuBiu irom ina ici inai many ui i sort Of brinefnar-un that (hi
districts are now voting a '-special" tax h,,i.,, "r,.:H5 f?" P"r
on thempelves for the benefit of the shaTloVv ls ou ' thVuJhtkiyt?9Zl;.2Z
roads in their own districts, says the 0W-iS S?,"!1 ? u
Kuaena Resrlater I u r. IX., f 'lr u mm community
-ugene, register. that to think Of it la worth navina- for
n - .. i- .... 1 1 shock to our nervous svstam.
tied dTaU-icta than thev ever have been f,OWvmu.c.n 1ettr ott wou!' the coun
l1?! vict : ih v" a,Iteer try. if many women who are now
our nervous system.
considerable loss is reported by the kindf V.ii
various -farmers, and certainly some- Ki-0' -."S"?-.1''. .t .
thing will have to be done. Between ""f-wnue inlr cnu-
wolvea and varmints. sheeD. goats and 215" I V th? '. "treeta, wer taken
deer are being slaughtered to apro- J iri.fili.1 1?"!""11?, ana f?"?-
aigious extenu
C'reek has .
150 goats.
One man on Cedar SEiiS" i" i'11." meir
Creek has lost over 100 out of a band o( .;l"Lwi within the
- ' 1 . " wvmi ytt s ui .utoir 1, 1 III 4
when they are not In anKr.nl tar. Aatn
Butte Falls correepondenee of Med- rL " " .2r"fw?.tl? aPou tbr home under
ford Mail: As an evidence of what . "it "i ' LJtl.hi .w
homesteaders have done who settled b kif. 5 ",c,,vai1 f th5? m,sht
and opened up this section, we point ? ",m ?L Probation officer am-
with prldrto fhe many residences Taunt , la'ts at th homes
in Butte Falls, to the erection of a fine c.rtin iKIr!. ? "Ut2 Jd t0
sfchool, to the establishment of a beau- n,7n,m5.ltUe"irnd, b,y.
tiful townsite, to the installation of a SSP .i'it0 ? ? t9J lab2.r-
fine mill plant, besides our stores and fi1!3,,1"! J?wIi,i? fJ?ort J1, tondh
general inieresls ofoutsiders In Butte V. 'An'fhK hljfcr mSm ,h'J
Falls. k I - Tbl would maka tha
a e . t i mginanpf a lam-
.. .-t-i uy a DrODer ouranlt tar m wnmen Ba
pllshed during the year now drawing to .2rr. . Siih1 rank" Sh
a close in tS matter of road Improve- Wo?r? i.n LSd S?f 1 wpur,u.,.to or
ments and within another yea excellent nrn who mu,t be UP-
public highways will have Been com- vrng.
pleted and rocked to the Nehalem val- T . . . . .
fey. to Elk creek and probably to the i2tc: mo?.5'ou think of it, the
Tillamook county line, says the Astoria f.",1" 2ppf" ha alvantage of pen -
Budget Clatsop Is making aa rapid f '"'", w.omn who hf turned her
eneralea to a wnman'e nat,.i
that of belnar wlfa end mntv mnA
the district Is an extremely difficult one XiJi'V0"0 no ault of her own
progress In this line aa ia any county In
tne state. notw!insianaing"ine Tact tnat
to build roads in.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
'Abraham Lincoln" By EmiL'o Caatelar
The Puritans are the patriarchs of lib
erty; they opened a new world on earth;
they opened a new path for the human
consoience; they created a new society.
Yet, when England tried to subdue them
and they conquered, the republic tri
umphed and slavery remained. Wash
ington could only emancipate his slaves.
Franklin said that the Virginians could
not invoke the name of God, retaining
slavery. Jay said that all tha prayers
America sent up to heaven for the pres
ervation of liberty while slavery con
tinued were mere blasphemies. Mason
mourned over the payment his descend
ants must maka for this great crime of
their fathers. Jefferson traced the line
where the black wave of slavery should
be stayed. Nevertheless, slavery In
creased continually. I beg that you
will pause a moment to consider the
man who cleansed this terrible stain
which obscured the stars of the Amer
ican banner. I beg that you will pause
a moment, for his immortal name has
been Invoked for the perpetuation of
slavery, Ah! the past century has not,
the century to come will not have, a
figure so grand, because as evil disap
pears so disappears heroism also.
I have often contemplated and de
scribed his life. Born in a cabin of
Kentucky, of parenta who could hardly
read; born a new Moses in the solitude
of tha desert, where are forged all
great and obstinate thoughts, monoton
ous like the desert, and, like the desert
sublime; growing up among those pri
meval forests, which, with their fra
grance, send a cloud of incense, and.
with their murmurs, a cloud of prayers
to heaven; a boatman at eight years in
the Impetuous current of the Ohio, and
at 17 in the vast and tranquil waters
of the Mississippi; later, a woodman.
suddenly deprived of her protector and
wage earner. Somethlna- nf a atmiiar
nature might well be considered in re
gard to women and children deprived
of the huaband and father through his
own act, as In the case of this man
David Wisner In Malheur county, who
sia uvea nuniencea in uta. ltnnr tun.
meat for kllllnr his nartner aftnr mnm
dispute over the possession of farm lm-
jiiemenia.
ACCOrdlne- tn tba ntnntni, nnnrti
- . . . - . - I Trr i " ". ."-".-"'
ircoa 10 open a way to unexplored re- l " wr mira a win ana aaugnter witn-
gions for his tribe
with ax and arm felling the immemorial
era; reading no other
Bible, the book of great sorrows
Of wanderlna: work- ut. mean? of support, yet our prison
oi wanaering woric- sytem gives him no opportunity of
her book than the earning their support during the Ion
years that he must spend as a prison-
great hopes, dictated often by prophets uste not 'SyTe'nfa who",
to the sound of fetters they dragged brought disgrace and sorrow uoon them
through Nineveh and Babylon; a child 5" w,v 08 leaving them penniless, but
of nature, in a word, by one of those c50yUn?aaMHSL J?"
miracles only comprehensible among Ing of natural responsibilities. Some
free peoples he fought for tha country, dy ws Bhil r'nd it possible, to make
and was raised by hi. fellow cltiaena to nearlyUthanmwetdcf,Bow Crn'? ra0r
the congress at Washington, and by It is possible that we may find It
thn notion tn th. nm.M.n.. iv. practicable to set such a man aa thla
public: and when, the evil grew more pV.sner",.
virulent, when those states were dls- of farming while the state's prisoner,
solved, when the slaveholders uttered K?.d Jel 5 pa,rt of, hl alrn'na" 2 t0
their war cry and the slaves their llf fficlA&iJtti
groans of despair the woodcutter, the deprived of a wage earner.
boatman, the son of the great west, the , Surel7 th utter Irresponsibility whtch
descendant of Quake, humblest of the ffir SSSS ?..?"if
humble before his conscience, greatest receive nothing and which neither fits
of the great before history, ascends the JS?1' their
- - e- "-Kv . , OAlCt WilOU
their sentence is ended, works a definite
hardship. It lowers the moral'1 tone of
the men whose Ideas of rational re
sponsibility are already too nebulous.
And anything that lessens the world's
already too small stock of moral re?
sponsiullity Is strongly to be regretted.
- t n
LtCtle Pointers.
HOLE cloves scattered plentifully
among clothing In dreaser draw
era are said to keep away moths
as effectually a camphor.
capitol, the greatest moral height of
our time, and strong and serene with his
conscience and his thought; before him
a veteran army, hostile Europe behind
him, England favoring the south, France
encouraging reaction In Mexico. In his
hands the riven country; he arms two
millions of men, gathers a half million
of horses, sends his artillery 1,200 miles
m a week, from the banks Of the Poto
mac to the shores of the Tennessee;
fights more than six hundred battles:
renews before Richmond the deeds of
Alexander, of Caesar; and, after having
emancipated 2,000,000 slaves, that noth
ing might be wanting, he dies In the
very moment of victory like Christ,
like Bocrates, like all redeemers, at the
foot of his wtfsk; hla work, sublime
achievement! over which humanity shall
eternally shed its tears, and God big
benedlotioni . . -
Mexico Likes It,
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
President Diaz has spiritedly denied
that he has said that he will not be a
candidate for reelection. He declares he
has said nothing at all on the subject
That is enough to show to Mexico
that he will be a candidate again. And
that ia enough further to show that he
will be renominated without doubt and
reelected unanimously.
It Is a way Diax has and Mexico likes,
His nineteenth or Is It his twentieth?
term arouses no apprehension In Mex
ico. Under the form of a renublin and
under the formality of reelection, Mex
ieo enjoys the reality, of a life presi
dency or a strong man, with the pow
ers equivalent to those of any monarch.
We may not like that: but Mexico
does, and Dlaa does, and that ia .enough
for both. '
Prefers Socialism to Tammany.
From the New York Post. 4i
Opposed as we are to the practical
teachings of the Socialists, we yet have
the feeling that a great Socialistic par
ty in this city in the place of Tammany
Hall would i be an improvement upon
the existing situation. An' "Idealistlo
organisation, however mistaken, is much
to be preferred to one purely mater lair
I stlc, 1 without . honor or morals or de
cency, i -.
J. Ogdcn Armour's Birthday.
J. Ogden Armour, eminent as a mer
chant and capitalist, was born in Mil
waukee. November 11, 1862. the son of
the late Philip p. Armour, the pioneer
of the meat packing induatrx in Chica
go. The younger Armour, mfler attend
ing Yale, entered upon a business career
in his father's offices in Chicago. Upon
the death of his father in 1901 he suc
ceeded to the presidency of the greet
firm of Armour ft Co He early showed
an aptitude for business and. under has
management the great commercial en
terprises founded by the elder Armour
have continued to grow and Prosper.
These enterprise include, In addition to
mammoth packing houses In Chicago,
Omaha, Kansas City, Milwaukee and1
other cities, an extensive chain of grain
elevators. Mr. Armour Is also heavily
Interested financially rn railroads, car
lines and other large industries.
This Date in History,
1781-i-Cvrus "Alger. Inventor of the
cylinder stove - born in West Bridge
water, Mass.' Died February s, 1866. ,
1794 Treatv concluded at . Canan.
daigua between the United States and
the Six Nations.
1804 James Monroe appointed. United
States minister to Spain.
1818 Americans defeated at battle
of Chrysler's farm., on the Canadian
bank of the St Lawrence river.
18S4tjrhe third pleuaryi council ' of
the Roman ' Catholic church met at
Baltimore, ' - - v - r ; 1
1 889fc-Washington admitted to state
hood by proclamation of President Har
rison. .... v.:-.; .
,1907 German emporor and em-press
arrived at Windsor on visit to King
Ktiward. . . ,
w
Save the garter books from old elas
tics. They are useful for hooks on Iron
holders, short towels and In many way a
can be used for a second purpose to
very good advantage.
Instead of using vatfIuato flavor oup
custards, boil half tt dozen peach ker
nels in the milk. This makes a pleas
ant variety from the ordinary winter
flavorings.
n at at
Mustard Pickles.
CUT In small pieces one cauliflower,
one quart of cucumbers, one quart
of peppers, one quart . of small
onions, and one quart of green
tomatoes, add one quart of eltron
out Into small pieces, sprinkle with one
cup of salt, cover with water, let stand
over nlsrht. than drain. Ml- t..ih.
one half cup of cornstarch, one and one
half cups of sugar, one half ounce of
turmeric -powder and nine tablespoons of
mustard and stir Into two quarts af hot
vinegar. When thick and smooth, add
the vegetables and boll for one half
hour, stirring frequently to .prevent
burning. - ,
.
The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Concord Arnnaa TnmA
Cracked Wheat with. Cream. '
, i . . . . Broiled Bacon.
Buckwheat Cakes with Maple Syrup
Coffee. ,., i , -
LUNCHEON.
Brains with Mushrooms.
.... Fried Cornmeal Mush.
.Cress and Cucumber Salad.
. ' Appjej Sauce. Macaroons. Tea.
- A DINNER.
'. - - Gumbo Soup.
Roast. Chicken with Chestnut Dressing
Creamed Cauliflower: Mashed Potatoes'
. Lettuce with French Dressing.
(f;, Taoioca pudding. White Cake. -Cheese,
Black CofXeie.
" Chicken With jChestnut pressing
Stuff chickens with crumbs highly sea-'
spned and add to thla a i few chopped
chestnuts.,. Sew up and lard the breast
with thW strips of bacons Koaat and
serve with cream ;sauoe. to which
chopped cooked oysters have been
added.