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all, him less who condemns
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GIVE THANKS
FOR HEALTH, for competence,
for - all comforts;- for friends,
for opportunities, for all suc
cesses and good accomplish
ments. If lacking in these, for
what patience you possess, for
Btrength to bear ills, for such cour
age as . can be summoned, for
hope
i For a great and marvelously re
sourceful country, for a splendid
state, wherein opportunity beckons
on every hand, for a - fine, rapidly
growing city,' of which all can be
proud, and anyfinhabltant, traveling
abroad, can say, with Paul: "I am
a citizen of no . mean city"
, , For : civil and religious freedom ;
for a government that, with all its
faults; Is far better than most; for
the growth of education and enlight
enment; for the spirit of progress
toward higher ideals and a broader.
cleaner life, active In the land; for
common schools , and coWges and
churches; for- benevolence and phil
anthropy and charity; for so much
.of reasonable religion and of love
For the necessity of toil and bat
tle, for disappointments and de
feats, for crosses and burdens, even;
for thus only mankind grows in
strength, wisdom and grace
For the gracious climate, for the
abundant crops, for the certainty
Of harvests and rewards of toil; for
thea variety of seasons, for the beau
ties of ' nature, for the manifold
glimpses of heaven afforded us in
our physical and spiritual world,
for the opportunity-before all to do
better-- -
For all these and all that they
suggest, for things innumerable
give thanks.
JfOT "PORTLAND" APPROPRIA
TIONS UNDER THE head, "Portland
Has a Pull." the Tacoma Trib
une says that city gets an es
timate from the government
engineers of $40,000, while Port
land gets $2,040,000. or just $2.
000,000 more than Tacoma. But
what doe3 Tacoma want an appro
priation for unless it Is to partly
fill up Its harbor? That city boasts
ot an unlimited harbor, "where all
the fleets of the world could con
gregate," and n wide, deep water
channel to the main ocean; hence It
needs no appropriation, and ought
not to object to ample appropria
tions for other cities if they are less
fortunately situated in these re
spects. But the Tribune is quite mistaken
In- crediting Portland with the al
leged $2,040,000 appropriations.
Tho sums expended on the Colum
bia river are not for the benefit of
Portland alone, but of hundreds of
thousands of people all the way
from Astoria to poinis in Idaho and
northeastern Washington. Th?be
and future appropriations will bone
fit people of the Tribune's own state
to the extent of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars annually.
More than this, Portland alone
has spent about a million and a
quarter dollars in dredging the chan
nel of-' the, Columbia river and the
Willamette below this city, and will
spend, much more, and this work is
not for the benefit of Portland alone,
b-ut also of all those people beyond
the Cascade mountains. Portland
in helping herself has spent and
will spend a great deal of money !
In the Interest of eastern Washing
ton producers, and to aid in this
work they' haVe not contributed, nor
have been asked to contribute, a
dollar. ' - v
That '"Portland has a pull" Is an
other, mistaken, notion. Considering
It v slVuatJon, considering the river,
both sbo-re and below this city, con
sidering ,thji resources of the trlpa
tary region and Its. possibilitiies f
production, Portland , has been neg
Ucicl rather than favored by the
federal government. It has on sev
eral occasions been grossly dlscrlm
inated against by the war and navy
departments in favor of Paget sound
cities and San Francisco. No other
city in the country has done as much
to help itself and 6how the govern
ment that it was willing and able
to do more than its part as Portland.
And of the benefit of these and fa
ture taxes and appropriations Port
land will get no more than her fair
share in a region embracing some
200,000 square miles of territory.
The Tribune admits that Tacoma
doesn't need much, but pleads for
a diversion chance! to carry off the
floods of the Puyallup, Stuck and
White rivers, that periodically cause
great loss and damage. While this
seems not to be a case within the
ordinary scope of the general gov
ernment's work, it is safe to say that
nobody in Oregon will object to it.
These Pacific northwest states ought
to stand together in favor of all
such projects..
OXE OF THE POOD TRUSTS
A FIRM with the romantic and
delightful name of Charles
Mornlngstar & Co., has sub
mitted to the ways and means
committee a statement about the
tax on corn and potato starch and
their product, which shows, the
New York- Times remarks, that
"since the time when Joseph made
his famous corner in corn in Egypt
there has been no such monopoly in
foodstuffs" as this exhibit discloses
-The duty on corn starch is $l.-0
per 100 pounds, and on corn and
potato dextrine and glucose, $2 per
100 pounds. Under these duties the
prices of these products, extensively
used in American homes, have been
raised from $1 or $1.60 to $2.65,
or approximately the amount of the
duty. Not only has the price been
raised, but the products, it is as
serted, have greatly deteriorated in
quality, and are much inferior to
those made in Germany and else
where abroad, and Importations of
which are prohibited by these
duties. And why should the great
est and thd only great corn-producing
country in the world need pro
tection against foreign corn prod
ucts? y
But there Is another significant
point t in the Morningstar story,
and that is that all these products
used in this country are in control
of the Corn Products Refining com
pany, an off-shoot of the Standard
Oil company, with offices at 26
Broadway. We boast of the hun
dreds of millions of bushels of corn
raised in this country, but when any
of it Is manufactured into use for
American people, they must, pay to
this monopoly a 6o per cent" tax for
adulterated or inferior products, in
order to swell the billions of Stand
ard Oil.
Such wholesale, ingeniously sys
tematized and successful robbery of
tens of millions of people by taxing
almost everything they consume, as
the high protective tariff authorizes
was never before devised in the his
tory of mankind.
CARNEGIE ON PROTECTION
M
R. ANDREW CARNEGIE is in
favor of abolishing the pro
tective policy, as to most
products now hignly pro
tected. Having made several hun
dred million dollars out of his infant
industry under the protective sys
tem, he is willing to let other people
depend on themselves and not on the
government. The protected inter
ests will think this is an exhibition
of selfishness and ingratitude on the
part of Mr. Carnegie, but even if so
he tells some important and unde
niable facts.
A general fact is that protection
is propprly for infant or new and
struggling industries Only, and not
for great industrial giants, such as
are now its beneficiaries. And a
specific fact is that steel, on which
the duty is prohibitive of importa
tions, and which is sold abroad 30 or
3f per rent rheaper than in the
Vnited States, can be manufactured
cheaper in this country than any
wh re else In the world. This is
true of some other highly protected
products, too, but steel is a very con
Eplcuous example of this species of
robbery of the American people, and
on this subject Mr. Carnegie is an
expert witness; he knows exactly
what he is talking about.
He very correctly says, also that
the main object of a tariff law
should be revenue, with protection
carefully ronfined to really new, un
developed, "infant" industries. This
is Democratic doctrine, but Mr.
Carnesie says the tariff should not
he a party question, and keeps on
contributing heavily to the party of
high protection. Like many others,
he preaches one thing and practices
another. He hasn't forgotten what
enabled him to make $500,000,000
in a few years. v
Judge George says the instruction
law is .nnH and Void. Verr well;
but this does not render a legisla
tor's pledge null and void. He says
further that the people had "no right
to hold up a candidate and make
him promise!'" ' This remark Indi
cates what desperate straits the ad
vocates of perfidy and dishonor are
in, for It states something as a fact
which everybody knovns Is not a fact.
Nobody was "held up." No! eandis
date was under any compulsion.
There was no Jaw requiring him to
giv a pledge or subscribe t6 State
ment No.l or any ether statement.
It was entirely a voluntary act on
the part of every candidate who
signed that statement. He could
have made Statement No. 2, or made
none on the subject, as Borne who
were elected did. In addition to
gnat-straining sophistries and hair
splitting technicalities, are we also
to have distortion of facts?
BUY THEM EARLY.
M
UCH IS said annually from
this time on for a month
about buying Christmas pres
ents early and it is to be
hoped that some heed is given to
these many appeals and adjurations
of the press. ExceptJn cases that
are unusual, sensational or that are
brought directly and emphatically to
their attention, people are disposed
to be too selfish, too regardless of
the welfare and comfort and hap
piness of others. The very spirit of
the Christmas season 6hould prompt
all people who read these appeals to
heed them as well as they con
veniently can, and to help ease up
the exhausting rush that always
comes to a pushing, jamming, strug
gling, almost panicky climax just
before Christmas.
The salespeople in the stores are
not the only ones to be considered.
A letter in The Journal Monday re
minds people of the mail and ex
press clerks on the trains, who dur
ing the holiday rush are grievously
overworked. Not only do they get
no holiday for themselves at this
time, but when the prolonged strain
of extra work is over they must
keep right on with their ordinary
work, which is onerous enough at
best.
Buyers of holiday presents ought
to consider this matter more seri
ously and try to put themselves In
the places of these saleswomen and
clerks. The request is entirely rea
sonable because the stores are
crammed with holiday goods for
weeks before Christmas, and one can
make better selections and be waited
on more satisfactorily two or three
weeks- than a day or two before
Christmas. Those who buy their
Christmas presents within "the next
two or three weeks and the earlier
the better will be surer of getting
what they want, and will have the
pleasant consciousness of doing their
part to. relieve hundreds of people!
who are distressingly overwomea
just before the popular holiday.
BLOWS AT BOURBONJSM
B'
OURBON1SM in the American
senate has received another
blow. Forces are gathering
that threaten, an effective re-
sistence to the iron rule of Aldrich.
The flection of Governor Cummins
of To wa to a senatorship yesterday
adds one more to the ranks of those
who will at all times resist the Aid-.
rich autocracy. The advent of Cum
mins Is a welcome sign of the wan
ing power of Bourbonlsm. He U a
leader with pronounced genius for
leadership. He was one of the ear
liest exponents of a reduced tariff,
and has , successfully defended his
position until, as a pronounced pro:
gressive, he is elevated to the sen
ate over the wrecked chariots of all
the old standpat leaders. His power
for usefulness will be accentuated by
the accession of a man of equal po
tentiality in the same political school
by the election of Brlstow from Kan
sas. Nobody sees more clearly than
does the imperial Aldrich that the
downfall of his dominion is augured
in the approach of these two sena
tors. Nobody hears more distinctly
the tread of marching forces of pro
gression. Wllhelm read aright the
omens and standing in the Bhadow
of 2,000 years of divine right yielded
to the gathering revolution among
his German subjects. His sixty mil
lion people now have in reality
rather than in mere form a govern
ment by a constitution. In reality
the German czarshlp is a wreck upon
the reefs of fate. From Iowa and
Kansas to the banks of the Rhine
the resistance to Bourbonlsm is
gathering. The movement points an
accusing finger at the great sena
torial Caesar. Doom to his power
is on the horizon, and it is well.
in view of it all, how strange it
will be if the present Bourbon move
ment shall succeed in its effort to
upset popular rule in Oregon!
Lord Roberts, the chief military
figure of England, has raised a sen
sation by predicting an Invasion of
that country by Germany, and says
England should have a standing
army of 1,000,000 men. This is the
military or the naval point of view
the world over. The trade of the
general or the admiral Is war, and
If there Is no war they get busy pre
dicting a war and hoping for one, for
that way lies promotion, honor and
emoluments. A German invasion of
England is only a little less absurd,
with all due respect to "m' lud,"
than a Japanese invasion of the
United States. Germany has busi
ness enough on hand without jump
ing across the sea on the British
Lion. But what a terrible trial it
must be to Kaiser William to keep
silent after reading Lord Roberts
speech.
The Oregon-Idaho Development
Congress will meet at Valei, Or., on
Decembai 17-19, and the prospect
Is that It will be an interesting and
Instructive occasion for those who
attend. Eastern Oregon and Idaho
not only Join, butVl their physical
Lfeatures andresonfces arti much the
same, and tbelr Interests are Identi
cal.' In .all that tegioi Portland has
1 '
a direct and vital Interest; and this
city, and' other western Oregon
cities, should be well represented at
this meeting. Development is , the
paramount slogan now throughout
the Pacific northwest, and all sec
tions of It should pull together, and
help and learn from one another;
There are better things than mak
ing money, says Mr. Rockefeller, and
he otherwise Intimates that he has a
very charitable and philanthropic
disposition. If he is sincere about
this, why not return all above fair,
reasonable profits made during the
past 40 years to the people, or come
as near doing so as possible? Build
ing up a great, raw college Is not an
act of just restitution, for the vast
majority of people get no appreciable
benefit therefrom. Very rich men
often prate about the unsatlsfactori
ness of great wealth, but we observe
that even those who profess the most
that they desire and mean to get rid
of It never let loose of more than a
fraction of their Income.
The chief of police has taken a
proper and needed step in ordering
the arrest of, all people of the
vagrant or doubtful class who carry
firearms. The law against carry
ing concealed weapons ought to be
strictly enforced against them and
indeed, as far as possible, against
everybody. Hundreds of hoodlum
lsh youth running about town
doubtless carry firearms, that
should be taken away from them.
This habit of carrying a gun leads
to no end of mischief, crime and
sorrow.
The more one reads of the pro
ceedings of the Portland council,
with Us constant wrangling and
jangling and Jawing and recrimin
ations, the more he will be in favor
of a council of only six members.
Perhaps three would be better.
An Obstreperous Son
By an "Old Fogy."
Father (to son who in a student of
moral philosophy, political history, etc.)
My son what la a stinkard, a renegade
and detestable elmen?
Son A- -member of the legislature who
has promised ajollt!caI boas to BUpport
a certain man lor senator and does not
do it.
Father. Correct my son. Now what
Is a patriot?
Son He Is a member of the legisla
ture who has promised the whole people
that he will support their choice for
senator and refuses to support that
choice. i '
Father Correct my boy, I am glad
you read the Oregonian.
Son I want to ask you a question
Have a dozen men in the past 20 years
b'een elected to the legislature of Ore
gon who have not promised either the
people or some political boss to vote
for Some particular man for senator?
Father I do not know of any.
Son Is it unconstitutional to promise
a. boss tQ vote for hi? maA for senator
and keep the promise?
Father Of course not. That has
been tit rule for years.
Son How then is It unconstitutional
to promise the whole people to vote for
their choice for senator and keep the
promise? , ,
Father X can see by the nature of
your question that you are leaning
toward the monstrous doctrine,, now be
coming prevalent, of taking the govern
ment out of the handB of bosses and
vesting its power in the people. If
you keep on you will be as big a fool
as Abe Lincoln.
Son Say Father, what makes you
political bosses die so hard?
Father Oh, shut ' up.
Letters From tne People
Letter! to The Jonrnal should ba written oa
Dor aide of the paper only, and nhoold be e
rompanied br the name and addrssa ot ta
writer. The name will not ha lined It the
writer aaka tt-at it be withheld. The lonrnaJ
la not to be understood a Indorsing the rlewe
or abatement of correapondenta. Letter ebon Id
be made aa brief aa poaalble. Thoae who wlib
tbelr letters returned when not need ebon Id in
close rwatare-
Correapondent are notified that letters ex
ceeding 800 worda in length may. at the dle
cretion ot tbe editor, be cut down to that limit.
An Indian's Example.
Portland. Or., Nov. 25 To the Editor
of The ' Journal A few years ago
the papers were full of the story
of an Indian who had been tried
under the , laws of the Indian na
tion, convicted and sentenced to be shot.
The Indian was a noted ball player: the
club in which he played was anxious to
have him play a season. He gave his
word to the authorities that If they
would let him go he would return at
the close of the season and surrender
himself in execution. Relying upon his
word they let him go. He played ball
in many of the large cities of the mid
dle west and when his term was up he
returned to tho place of his trial and
was executed.
The Indian kept his word. The writer
believes that the members of the Ore
gon legislature ought to be as honest
as an Indian. OLD FASHION.
Thomas L. Hisgen's Birthday.
Thomas L. Hisgen, the candidate for
president on the Independence party
ticket Is the recent election, was born
in Petersburg, Ind., November 26. 1858.
At the age of 16 he went to Albany,
N. Y., the former' home of his parents,
and became a cierK in a ciotning store.
In later years Mr. Hisgen. having ac
cumulated some capital, engaged in the
oil business in Springfield. Mass.. where
he came into prominence because of the,
bitter fight he waged against the Stan
dard Oil company. In 1907 he was the
Independence league candidate for gov
ernor of Massachusetts and polled the
second largest vote of any of the guber
natorial candidates.
This Date in History. .
1762 First school of anatomy In
America was opened in Philadelphia.
1799 Joseph Black, who has been
called the founder of modern chemistry,
died In Edinburgh, Scotland. Born hi
Bordeaux, France, in 1728. ' ' '
1807 Oliver Ellsworth, i Chief Justice
of the United States, dled. -
1829 Bushrod Washington, lavorue
nephew of George Washington, .died in
Philadelphia. , Born in Virginia, June S,
'l861 Union force defeated In, skirm
ish at Hunter's Hill. Va.
iSS4 Madam Pattt. in " New York.
celebrated the sliver Jubilee of her ap
pearance there) as a prima donna.
11MJ riiPP qrnv ivuwpovwi rioncu iuc
Bt,-Louis Woild's Fair. ,
A The Dalles man owned ft Spits dog
that he valued at $60, and as it ran into
a store one evening a woman of that
city followed t and took It away, .claim
ing that the owner had given it to her,
'id now he is .figuring ; art the best
means to mot it back. - ,;
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Most of us havs a good deal to be
uiauaiui xvr.
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There l time yet to make somebody
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Every year Oregon has more reasons
The appetite for turkev la evldentlv
guuu as ever.
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Last year at this time every day
was a bank holiday.
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Bryan can be thankful today: see what
a hard job he missed.
A whole month must pass before
wa have another holiday.
Having had some word about Abruss.1
every day lately, everybody can bo
inanKrui.
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A Clackamas county farmer says
'there's nothing in hoars." Nothlnr in
the man, more likely.
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Mr. Rockefeller haa built n. 125.000
laundry. But It won t wash dirty con
gressional linen clean.
Many Russians grieved over the death
of the late Orand Duke Alexia that he
died a "natural" death.
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Kaiser William is silent: stunned
that Me Und Oott should he dictated to
by the spirit of Democracy.
What some women would Ilka to see
invented is a pay envelope that can't be
opened by a man until he gets home.
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If Uncle Sam haa to 'go down to Cuba
again he will nrobablv stav which
would be the beat thinar that could ban.
pen for Cuba.
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The poor man back east who has his
winter's coal to buy at an extortionate
price, which he hasn't, is a little doubt-
iui auoui prosperity.
Ex-Queen T.llluokalanl will trv again
this winter to get something out of con
gress, and may be more deserving of it
man many wno will get something.
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A national convention of gypshes Is to
be held In St. Louis. They may fuse
Inter with the national association of
hobos and nominate' a candidate fot
president in 1912.
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Weston Leader: Doubtless the devil
is fertile In exouses for his conduct;
and the antirstatement crowd do not
lack for alleged reasons why Chamber
lain should be turned down. The stub
born fact remains, however, that they
are conducting an utterly despicable
campaign.
PRESS OPINIONS ON THE SENATO
RIAL SITUATION
They Are After Loot.
From the Pendleton East Oregonian
It Is announced that the "battle
against Statement No. 1 is on. The
slogan will be that Statement No. 1 Is
a "bunko game."
But it is a sorry crowd that goes
forth to battle. It is not composed of
representative Republicans of this state
Such stalwart forms as those of Judge
Henry E. . McGinn and Judge S. A
Lowell are not in the gang. They
would be ashamed to be caught dead in
such an undertaking.
The squad that says It Is out to battle
Statement No. 1 Is composed, in the
main at least, of disappointed and dis
credited machine politicians. And they
are out to loot, not to fight. It Is an
nounced that all "honorable means" will
be used to prevent the election of Gov
ernor Chamberlain. But how can he be
defeated by honorable means. A ma
jority of the legislature are under oath
to vote for him. If honor Is observed
he will be elected without opposition.
As to Statement No. 1 being a bunko
game, there is nothing In the charge
Nomlng could be more complete than
Governor Chamberlain's title to the sen
atorshlp. In a free and open race he
defeated Cake last June. He was elected
In spite of the big normal Republican
majority. How can anyone cry foul
after such a contest?
"Whom the Gods "
From the Newport Mail.
"Whom the Gods would destroy they
first make mad," says Lucretius. It is
not for us poor mortals to know tho
plans of the Gods. No man can point
the finger of condemnation and say,
"Him the Gods should take away."
Nevertheless, our anxiety bids us speak.
Our esteemed, though excited, friend the
Oregonian stands In appalling danger.
While It is hardly ripe for immediate
destruction, it is highly perturbed al
most mad enough to explode because
of the coming election of George E.
Chamberlain for United 8ta,tes senator.
What is this "Kubbish" that the
Oregonian with mighty hand would
brxish aside? It Is the will of the peo
ple of Oregon. It is the voice of th
voters themselves who declared in no
uncertain tones that they, the free born
citizens of this state should decide who
should be sent as United States senator
from Oregon. Yet the Oregonian would
brush it aside.
What is this game that so hairows
our learned contemporary's feelings?
It is the supposititious conspiracy
wherein 38,000 crafty Democrats who
voted for Chamberlain because they
wanted him, aided and abetted by 14,000
other voters who voted for Chamberlain
because they didn't want him, did this
uncalled for, hellish thing for no dls-
cornable reason except, perhaps, to an
noy the Oregonian.
Where are the Gods? The Gods have
retired to laugh.
The Oregonlan's "Incomparable Bunco
Game" Is a Joke, a carefully prepared
and solemn Joke, conceived and success
fully carted out by thousands and thou
sands of separate and independent
voters who walked' thoughtfully to the
polls on election day and voted for
Chamberlain. ' Not voting as Demo
crats, as ' Republicans, : or Prohi
bitionists, they Voted merely as citizens,
human beings, free American citizens
Who had gained the right to vote. Twice
Qeorge E. Chamberlain has been elected
governor of Oregon, and many of these
same voters voted for him then. Twice!
In the face of an overwhelming Repub
lican majority, a Democrat has been
elected governor. He was elected not
because he was a Democrat; but be
cause he was a man.
The Performance of a Public Duty.
From the Salem Journal. (Rep.)
The man who thinks he can go to
the legislature and by some political
device trade -his vote on electing a
United States senator for a public of
fice, as appropriation, or some other
kind" of tjuld pro qub, does hot under
stand the situation. Any political man
ager .'or boa or newspaper that lsad
vlslng men to break their pledges under
Statement No. it or Statement No. 2, In
the -expectation that they will get a
pecuniar reward or any other reward
political or otherwise, for their vote for
senator, ia committing a crime against
the ceoole of this state and the nation
Ths man who' does such thing of hlsAthe people,' ; For therv Is something
own accord is -a. political outcast from1
the moment he does the feet, and like
the ' dladple who sold hit savior for
NEWS IK BRIEF
7T
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Toledo people are becoming enthused
over the good roads movement, says the
j-aaer.
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Mrs. Margaret Marie Blocum or Ilepp
ner entertained a number of friends
lately on her eighty eighth birthday.
Arrangement are being perfected to
niHKe Biuppingiown, tne new town . on
the upper lake, the main manufacturing
point in .tviamam county.
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Waldport correspondence of Toledo
Leader: Some careless hunter shooting
wnn a nign power nne rrom tne north
side of the bay, sent a bullet through
the front door of Mr. 'Washburn's resi
dence, missing his wife's head only a
lew incnes. '
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While Grant county as a whole Is
busy growing stock, the country can
tlguous to Ritter Is rapidly becoming
a prosperous community rrom the rev
enue derived from the raising of hogs.
says the Canyon City Eagle. Two men.
repently sold 160 head at a large profit,
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There are many new settlers moving
onto the land in this vicinity, and al
most every day you can see new faces
or, the streets of Bend, says the Bulle
tin. These people invariably begin at
civ e to build houses and barns "n their
land, put up fences, and start the wo: k
of clearing off the sagebrush. A drive
east .of town for a few miles will sur
prise one at the development that is
taking place.
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If ever in the history of the county,
there was a time when we can truly
give thanks. It in the present year, says
the Wallowa Sun. Prosperity has smiled
upon the land and Wallowa county has
reaped her full share. Here the wolf
bides far from the door of the humblest
cottage and the wail OT poverty is un
known. Not a table will be spread on
Thanksgiving nay that will not be
blessed with the joys of the harvest
feast. Verily the residents of our
peaceful valley will feast upon the fat
of the land.
Brownsville Times: Linn county
ought to make some preparation for a
systm of better public roads. The Linn
county grange has struck the keynote
In the resolution recently adopted con
demning a state highway and Instead
favoring improved roads leading to ami
from the market places. But In order
to improve the highways In a perma-j
nent way more money must oe proviaea
for that purpose. Several valley coun
ties are going at the problem in a way
that will solve it by making arrange
ments for good appropriations hy the
county. Linn county, the richest agri
cultural county in the state. Is far be
hind a number of counties In this very
Important matter. Instead of being
behind. Linn should lead.
30 pieces of sliver has nothing before
him but political suicide. That there are
any such men even in the debased at
mosphere of Oregon machine politic
is unthinkable. Such an individual
would have no future but to leave the
state he had cheated and betrayed.
It is no longer a question of whether
aa assemblyman has tkken Statement
No. 1 or any other statement or tio
statement, he Is no" longer free to vote
for anyone but the choice of the peo
ple if the instructions of the people are
to cpunt for anything or if the repre
sentative principle is to be maintained,
or if the people are the masters and the
otflce holders their servants.
The public duty owed to the people
by the members of the general assembly
Is to establish the principle which the
people of all parties have labored for
20 years to establish not alone In this
state but in nearly every state in the
Union. That principle In Its operation
Involves the right of the people to elect
all officials from the highest to the
lowest, and which will be established
with the growth of Intelligence and the
spread of Democratic ideas. That prin
ciple cannot be overthrown hy any po
litical faction or by any party without
danger to those who seek its overthrow.
The principle Is now firmly grounded In
the hearts of the people of all parties
and can never be eradicated unless It
proves to be vicious In practice, and
unless It brings about a worse condi
tion of things than prevailed formerly
when the legislature nominated and
chose the candidates for the United
States senate. Those who talk of re
turning to that system are asking the
people to take a step backwards and to
retreat to a position which they them
selves have condemned, time and again.
It is a public duty to establish the
newer and better way, and the sooner
the better.
Technicality and Honor.
From the Portland Spectator.
But regarding the pledges made
by
certain candidates to elect the man
who was the people's choice for United
States senator The Spectator presumes
to have a right to say something. The
legislative candidate who, before elec
tion, pledged himself to vote for the
people's choice for United States sen
ator, must keep that pledge after elec
tion. When an honest man makes a pledge,
he intends keeping it. The men who
subscribed to the provisions of State
ment No. 1 were elected by voters who
believed the candidates would carry out
to the letter the things Statement No.
1 pledged themeto, Some men who did
not believe in Statement No. 1 refused,
these men are under no (Obligation to
vote for the people's choice for United
States senator. But the men who vol
untarily subscribed to Statement No. 1
who sought election under its provis
ions, and who were elected under its
provisions, must keep their pledges or
be forsworn, and accounted knaves and
rogues.
Decisions In North Dakota do not
touch the situation In Oregon: all the
decisions by all the courts in the world
would not affect the fact that a major
ity of the legislative candidates morally
bound themselves to vote for the peo
ple's choice for United States senator.
That the pledge taken by the candidates
did not legally bind them to do what
they solemnly vowed to do will not be
accepted by any honorable man as an
excuse for breaking his pledge. I
Imagine that with men of honor a po
litical promise Is as sacred as any other.
and that the man who seeks a position
from the people on a direct promise to
perform a specific act when he gets It
is as likely to dd what he promises as
is the person who engages himself to
perform certain ' services for an indi
vidual.
Among men of honor there is some
thing higher than the chicane of legal
technicalities. . Did Legislator "Jones
Sign Statment .Jftv 1 ? - FMd sseJt elec
tion on Statement No. 1? And was he
elected on StatementNo. 1? If Legis
lator Jonep answers these questions in
the' affirmative, -Legislator Jones as a
man ot honor must vote for the people's
choice for senator And decisions from
North Dakota, and legal technicalities,
and ' the Cheap subterfuge of hairsplit
ting .lawyers will not relieve Jones of
the solemn obligation he knows he owes
higher, even In politics, than legal. fcc
nlcalltles and that la Jones' pesf Atal
honor " . i :.
Ihc REALM,
fe,minineJ
After Dinner Plays.
T
HE young people do not need any
romping games of course, ao soon
after the. hearty dinner, - but
they will appreciate some , quiet
- - amusements around the fireplace.
One of'' the stand-bys is orambo. and
It never falls to interest thoae who
are old , enough to think rhymes
and Jingles. You know how to
play crambo, - don't you? Provide
each person with a silo of naner
and a pencil. Let each write a word
and fold over the slip. Tosa these to-
geinor ana jet eacn one a raw again.
This time each writes a queatlon, no
matter how absurd or unanswerable.
Then another mixing of papers, and
each one draws one. Now they are to
be unfolded and much puckering of
brows will result as each one tries to
write a rhyme, using the word and an
swering the question. Or If this is
stale from much use, vary it and insist
upon having limericks. Limericks are
no end of fun, and once you get them
started In a family, they are almost
as contagious as measles. A travel
game ia easily managed and will suit
the needs of a party of children old
enough to have studied geography a
little. The hostess arranges neatly in
little dlshea. or on paper dollies, a col
lection of articles of common use up
to the number of 60. Numbers to cor
respond with the numbered articles are
given on the cards Which are naaaed
among the gueats. Each writes down
tne piace rrom which each article Is
supposed to have come, or the Dlaco it
suggests. For Instance, a paper chrys
anthemum would represent Japan; mac
aroni, Italy; rice. South Carolina; an
orange, California. Coffee, salt, pep
per, figs, sugar, peanuts,,lne nuts, a
doll's sombrero, cotton, g an ostrich
plume, and other articles which are
commonly connected with the places
wnere they are produced, can be provid
ed in any household. One of the little)
ornamental globes filled with candles
might be the prize for the best list.
If you can Dlace a numhnr nf tahlaa
and do not care for cards, a game ot
progressive hearts may be amusing.
Cut large hearts from pink or red pa
per and cut these hearts with curving
scissors, a.3 the now famous Jig-saw
puzzles are cut. In front of each place
put one cut up heart in a pile and at
the ringing of a bell let every one start
arranging the pieces to form the com
plete heart, and at the ringing of the
bell stop. . Those who make the best
score for arranging the cut tin hearts
ot all the tables, may be given some
simple prize.
A game which makes merriment for
one group of young people is what they
call "key.' One gives a key to a per
son who is beckoned from the circle
and whispered Instructions are given to
mm. in turn iib selects a person to
whom he gives the key after imparting
directions. As no one of the conspira
tors knows why he was given the key
all are in a flutter of expectation un
til all have been given the key. Then
the one who started the game tells why
the next was chosen. He says, for in
stance. "1 pave the key to Maysie as
the girl with the bluest eyes." Maysie
then comes to the front and says: "I
was told to give the key to the boy
with the biggest feet, and I gave It to
Bob. Very puzzling and perhaps flat
tering, to be given the key, but one
doesn t know until these confessions
are made why he or she was selected.
Is It the very little people you want
to keep busy, and perhaps quiet until
the dinner has had time to get settled?
And have you tried entertaining them
with toothpicks and cranberries? You
know how min-h fun they get out of the
soaked peas and toothpicks in th kin
dergarten, but cranberries are prettier
and will do nicely, besides they do not
split. Men and animals, boxes and
sleds, bouses and windows and dumb
hells will be only a few of the charm
ing things they can make. If they tire
of this let them make beautiful neck
laces of alternate popped corn and
cranberries and wear them. By the time
this Is finished tWey will be sleepy and
will come for a cuddle in mamma's lap.
Then the climbing up the long high
stairs, with many a wistful lingering
over-8 hln1, and Thanksgiving day is
RnmA PnHHInrra
SNOW Pudding Beat half a cupful
of butter and a cupful of sugar to
a cream, then add in alternate por
tions, until both .are used, two cupfuls
of flour sifted with a level tablespoon
ful of baking powder and half a cupful
of milk. Flavor with vanilla, and fold
in the stiffly beaten whites of four
eggs. Turn into buttered half pound
baking powder cans and steam one hour.
Turn out, roll in granulated sugar and
serve with:
Chocolate Bauce Moisten two level
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with a
fourth of a cupful of milk, then add ta
one and three quarters cupfuls of hot
milk, adding also a square of unsweet
ened chocolate and half a eunful nt
- Huuiua.ni
sugar. Cook about 10 minutes, stirring1
constantly, and flavor with vanilla.
Serve hot. This is a delicious combina
tion and fltlite attractlvn In Innunniu
Cabinet Pudding This Is an excellent
way to use remains of sponge cake.
Butter well a pudding mold holding
about three plnta - Have ready one and
a half cupfuls of fruit raisins, cur
rants sliced citron and chopped nuta
mixed. Sprinkle the bottom of the
mold with the mixed fruit, then put in
a layer of stale cake (sponge cake, mac
aroons or ladyflneers may be used), add
another layer of fruit, then of calra nnrt
so continue until the mold is nearly
full. Beat three eggs and a third of a
cupful of sugar until light, add three
cupfuls of hot milk and flavor with
vanilla, then pour over the contents of
the mold. Steam one and a half hours.
Serve hot with:
Currant Jelly Sauce Boll a cupful of
sugar and a third of a cupful of water
to rather a thick syrup add a third of a
cupful of beaten currant Jelly, and when
the Jelly is dissolved, add the juice of a
lemon and rub through a sieve.
Amelia Sulzbacher.
H
Queer Titlec.
From Tit-Bits.
AMONG the whimsical titles which
appear on the pages of national
history few are more apparently
frivolous than the Duke of Marmalade,
the Count of Lemonade and the Earl of
Brandy. They are. or were, however,
real titles, bestowed by a genuine mon
arch on three of his favorites, and that,
too. during the last c,en:ury.
In 1 SI 1 a revolution occurred in Haiti,
and Christophe, a negro, declared him
self emperor. Through conspiracy and
plot.' his life often attempted. He re
tained power till 1820, preserving to the
last the pageantry of a roval court and
Creating a numerous nobility. Among
Uiem were the three already mentioned,
and the oddity nf the titles has suggest
ed to manv writers the frivolous of the
Africa character.
In faet, however, all three names were
those of places, the - first town being
originally plantations. but latterly
towns of some importance. This not
being generally known, a misapprehen
sion has arisen with regard to the titles
themselves, which, however absurd,
were scarcely more so than some which
were bestowed In France and Germany
durl& the- rAitdle ages."-
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The Daily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Orange marmalade. Cereal and cream.
Chipped, beef, cream gravy.
Biscuits. Coffee.
LUNCHEON. I
f Sheepa' tongues with tomato sauce,
i, Mashed potato souffle. ,
Apple sauce. : Cream cake. Cocoa,
y. - DINNER. ..
' Cream of celery soup. Cold turkey.
Browned sweet potatoes. Cauliflower
Lettuce, French dressing. - s
Cranberry tartlets... , ... . Cheese.
v i. Black coffee,. . - . , , ,,