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MbbbHbVIHbbbbHbbbMSbMMbbbbbbbbbb EDITOKaAL EiGE Of TUB eTODEML ITHE. JOURNAL IN INDEPENDENT KEW8PAPE"- t . & JACKSON..... Pabuaber FuMlht trrrw amnlna Itirrot gtrodart lind f 9vrr BoaOmr mnrnln t The Journal Build- I tor. Fifth and firnhlU atrarts. Portland. Or. t Entered at tba poati.ff'ea at Portlmd, Or., tot t traMmJatdoa broach tba suils aa arcoBdUH jnairrr. A i Ill i ii TEr,EHHONfTMAIN T17JL HOMB. A-SOM. Ali aVDirtmcnu raobd by tbeaa oombria. mm o peraror ina eepar-irni yon .. Erat Bid efflr. B-2444: Kaat 839. OKK1GN ADVEUTISINU BEPKESENTATI VE Trxland-BeaJmlii Snarl) AiTrcrtlilai Agency; Xurki 1007-OS Borer Pnltitioc. Chicago. J Sobacriptloa Term by mall or to n.r addreaa Ml toajLOJtofl State. Canada or Mexico: DA JIT. J0 ftir IVWIOni tnonth .80 J BUN DAT. . Co - J-tar.. $2.50 Ooa month S .23 DAILY AND BUN DA V, ,.$7.60 1 Ona' month t '.69 Cnxulstton (guarantee .JTlnj Ccrtifm that the circulation of tb. OBzoozr jcrrajrai. VU Bees audited and ft guaranteed by the Advertisers CerttSed CitxolatioB Blot Book VP -I ;i . tit-a. 7An Paper has proved by inrestiqattoa that the cirmlatioo records are kept with tale ami the circulation stated with tacA awaracf that advertisers may rely on any statements of same made br the oubluherm : a. under the ownership aao qtapsment SJ ia control September 1908. No man ever offended his own conscience but first or last it was revenged upon him for It. South. v. A GOOD EXAMPLE flectiva of the universal wrath to be expected If the policy of personal program be carried out and popular rule be frustrated. It ia typical of the reckoning that awaits those who Insist that per sonal government shall be substitut ed for popular government. The bosses ara few and the people are many. The grange resolutions are to be placed by law la position to prey upon the earnings of other men. It teaches them that It la right for them to be placed in post tlon to exact from others something for which no equivalent Is rendered It teaches them to expect the law to insure their business oroBDerity and that the toil and earnings of other men must be taxed for this purpose. It teaches them a false a challenge to the bosses from the people, and it la a challenge to the doctrine, in short, that government combat. It is a proposition about .should Intervene to make their busi- which there can h.e no misunder-1 ness pay, a proposition corruptive of standing. These granges Intend to effort, and damaging to citizenship meet the personal programlsts on J As Charles Francis Adams frankly their own ground, and to give them I puts it, "I am a tariff thief and haVe mortal battle In defense of the nri- a license to steal. I stole under It niary law. yesterday, I am stealing under it to The grange is a militant organiza- day, and I propose to steal under it tlon. It is a leader of rural thought, tomorrow. The government has If is always on the sido of civic forced me into this position and I righteousness, and always a factor I both do, and shall take advantage of for progress. It was said before the It." It is a generous program for country life commission in one .of the frank and wealthy Mr. Adams, the Portland hearings that wher- but what of the average man, from ever there is a grange best methods whose income it takes $200 a year? in agriculture prevail. It was. said I What of its effect upon the morals (hot V, ....I. 1 I (hA noHnnf . vuab nucio lucio ale BUUll urgalll&a- I v4 i. ma uauuu. tions, concerted action by the farm ers is easier, and in proof It was cited that in the Hood River district, where there is one of the best apple- growers' organizations in the world, mere are live granges. it was stated by an agricultural college ex- AS TO ASSURANCES T HE NEWS from Washington Is that the Oregon delegation will make a special effort with reference to the Willamette pert, who had traveled much through Project. The assurance sounds en Oregon with farmers' institutes, that couraging. Unfortunately, it ls,only in grange neighborhoods social life an assurance. It has a familiar ring. was always advanced and agricul- 11 nas Deen heard in campaign time, tural methods superior. It Is history and heard at the beginning of other that to the efforts of the National congressional sessions. In all other Grange is due the establishment of times, it has only been as sounding the rural free dellverv. brass. ' It has been mere sop, thrown It is such a record and such a re- to expectant and hopeful citizens. pute that gives portent to the grange These citizens have been fed on it resolutions. It is a rumbling from generously and with great regular- ii R. C. A. 9ARRETT, a Repub lican representative from Umatilla county, replying j to me nonsensical ana :n- -..j principled proddings of ttie Pendle Uon Tribune, said recently in effect Jthat he would not only keep his ; pledge to the people in the matter of voting for senator, as a matter of course, but would have no hesita tion or regret in doing bo; that he would obey the people's will not at .all grudgingly but cheerfully"; and that he believed Governor Chamber lain would make a very good, effi lent and satisfactory senator. We have not Mr. Barrett's exact lan guage before us, but he indicated Jthat while he was a Republican and would personally prefer a Repub lican senator, the people's choice was readily and conscientiously his choice, and that, moreover, a man's politics .was after all a matter of 'minor importance, the first consid eratiou being the man's ability and devotion -to the people's interests, . In these respects he considered the Jfoyernor a fit man, whom he would "Vote for very willingly. v Here is an example worthy of re spect, approval and imitation. It Is true that the politics of the man cuts no great figure in the case. A Democratic senator can serve the state in all essential matters, just " about as effectively as a Republican. True, he will be a minority member of committees, but a man like Cham berlain will not allow that to handi cap him much. He has the faculty of making friends and wielding in fluence, and bis politics will not be considered nearly as much as the party organs would have people be- lieve. If, as they assert, the Repub , tlcan majority, is really going to revise the tariff by reducing the duties heavily, there is not much dividing the parties anyway. The Republican majority in the senate Is .large, and an Oregon Republican's vote would really count for nothing. 'Chamberlain has declared for the "Roosevelt policies," and bo will support Mr. Taft insofar as' he will , , carry out those policies. ,f So what is all this partisan outcry .bout? It is mere "sound and fury, signifying nothing" except that a ".'lot of ex-bosses, rlngsters and dis credited politicians are determined .-J to . maintain or segaln their occupa tion, their hold on affairs. Tnslr "motto Just now is Rule or Ruin. And In order to cover up or divert atten tion from real matters of importance vthey declaim lustily about the im portance of the party, of partisan ship", of Republican "principles," and j, all sorts of delusive and irrelevant stuff. It Is this partyism that is the .; .real "bunko game," but. the people will not be humbugged with it any "longer. Mr. Barrett is right, and his posi tion ls entirely creditable to him as a true representative of the people. They lhaying instructed him, and he having pledged himself to the peo ple to do a certain thing, he wishes it understood that he will do so -.willingly, cheerfully, heartily, as not hard or unpleasant duty, but as one that he is glad to perrorm and that he fully believes it is right and jbfcBt to perform. This is'the right jay to look at the matter; Mr. Bar rett proves himself a fit aid trust worthy representative. the foundations of the state. It is an evil omen for those who insist on substituting personal govern ment for popular government. ity. THE C RIVERS AXD CONGRESS Maybe it was not the fault of the delegation. It is to be hoped that it was not. Yet, before us is the bitter memory that we have heard it HARBORS all before, and that nothing ever came of it. We all heard, and be lieved. We listened, we were OINCIDENT with the meeting soothed into hopefulness, and we of the national congress today lay down and waited. But ever, the will occur the meeting of the session of congress passed into his Rivers and Harbors congress, tory with only inaction, and for the a body that has no regular legal fair assurances, there were substi- standlng but that has exerted and tuted fair excuses. The program will exert great Influence upon the has become so familiar that the sur- national congress and upon others mise ls forced upon us. Are we a iu auuimuj buu puduc sentiment, -processed people? That we so in behalf of a larger, mare rapid, surmise is not our fault. We have steady and systematic movement for been patient. We have been meek open rivers and improved harbors. We etlll trust. We are still meek wonting along similar lines is the but we want action. We applaud miana waterways organization, the delecation for its fair assurances which will also be well represented but we will applaud It more for a at vvasnmgton this week, as well as free river and an unrestrained com many governors and other promi- merce. This Is the year for appro nent men who, at the suggestion of priatlon bills, and we offer to pay President Roosevelt, constitute the half the cost. How can there be organization for the conservation of failure? the country s natural resources. Co operating also with these are the Why not require a license for all forestry and irrigation services and sellers of milk in the city, so that the interests, the National Irrigation so- dairies everywhere, as well as the ciety and the Transmjssissippi con- milk, could be Inspected at any time? gress, and all these are supported The market inspector thinks that by chambers of commerce and other this would be a solution of the pure like organizations throughout the milk problem, and that four lnapect- country. org COUd sufficiently cover the Owing largely no doubt to the whole field. They should, however. efforts of the Rivers and Harbors be veterinarians and persons of un- congress arid these other forces, it is doubted ability and reliability. Port hoped that ther.e will be more liberal land would better spend a few thou appropriations in a river and harbor sands of dollars a year than drink Din tms winter, perhaps as hieh as fnni milk 1(5,000,000, and there may be a step taken toward complying with Two years ago the Chicago Trib the demand for a regular appropria- une charged Mayor Dunne with- ap- uon of InO.OOO.OOO a year for 10 uointing boodlers as members of the years or nlore for the improvement school board. It now retracts that or our rivers and harbors. accusation, explaining that it was I-or the people of Oregon the ef- made in "the heat of a political forts and influence of this Rivers campaign." This is possibly an oc and Harbors congress and kindred casion when a poor excuse is better organizations have been and will be than none and when an act of jus of immense importance and benefit, tice is better performed late than Judiciously used, the people of .this never country can afford to spend hundreds Letters From tLc People Letter tb The Jouraal 'ahould b written on one aide ot the paper only, aud ihould i ac companied by tha same and addreaa off the writer. Tha name wlU not ba . naed l the writer aaka that It ba withhold Tha Journal fit not to be nnderatood aa Indorsing the vlawa or Biaiementa er corresponaeuta. letter enotua oe maae aa Drier at poasiDle. -Thoae wno wish their letters returned when not Bted ibould In cloae poatage. - ' Correapondents are notified 'that letter ex ceedln 800 word In lecmh mar. at the dla- creiion or ut editor, be cut down to toat limit. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF of millions on its waterways and harbors; they can make no better investment. THE AVERAGE MAN T Bishop Hughes' Birthday. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal church was born at Moundsvllle. W. Va., December 7, 1866. of an old "Virginia family. He studied at the University of West Vir ginia and Ohio Wesleyan university, graduating from the last named institu tion In 18R9. Going to Boston, he en tered the Boston University Theological school, where he graduated In 1892. and HOUGH eminently correct in many of his statements about the tariff, Mr. Carnegia is wrong in his remark that the was ordained to the Methodist Episco tariff taxes the riph mnro idor, tks nl ministry in the same year. His poor. r rt:ueri(.K a. Cleveland, technical di- Mass.. where .he remained until 1903 rector of the bureau of municipal In that year Re was called to the pros research, has exnh. inr.H int r.ii idency of De Pauw university at Green . . mi. uiu icij castle. Ind. He continued as head of that It is the average man who suf- the university until his election to the fers most from indirect taxatlnn. hhhnnrii. bv the sreneral conference in I.-VQO.- tt,, , . it ,4. nrst parisn was bi ivewiun wnitr, txactl the opposite is true. . h r,.mnv t Maidon. Fulton Should Keep Out of Race. La Grande, Or., Dec. 4. To the Ed tor of The Journal I hold no brief for Governor Chamberlain and he does not Include me among hla "henchmen," and I have never been the recipient of fa vors from him. Nor am I a believer In Statement No. 1. In fact. I am as mujch opposed to that document as the uregonlan Is. A long time ago It was said, By their fruits ye shall know them." and Statement No. 1 should be judged by its fruits. The only fruit that It has borne so far that has ripened Is Senator Jonathan Bourne. I do not believe that he could, at any time, have been elected without the aid of some such scheme as "Statement No. 1." But the point that I want to make is this: Senator Fulton and his friends are the ichlef advocates of the defeat of Cham berlain and of the overthrow of State ment No. 1. It Is certain that in this part of Oregon henchmen of Senator FultQB. before the June election and after he was beaten at the primary, predicted that Chamberlain would beat Cake at the election, but they generally added that he would not be elected United States senator. Many of them oted openly for Chamberlain (I have been told) for the purpose of defeating Cake, and with the avowed purpose of favoring the eleetion of a United States senator by the legislature, without ref erence to the result of the Juno elec Ion. They figured that the defeat of Cake In June would eliminate him from the senatorial race, as he was beaten once before, and that Fulton would have another chance of election. If Cake should be defeated. I have no v doubt that Cake's defeat was caused by Ful- on s followers voting, for Chamber lain. It seems that these same men who voted f6r Chamberlain, to defeat Cnke, want men, who pledged them selves by signing Statement Ne. 1, that they would vote for the person receiv ing the highest number of votes at the une election, to violate their pledges nd to vote for Fulton who was repu diated by the voters at the Republican primaries! It seems 'to me that these men who supported Chamberlain In June are estopped by thr acts from ad-j vocatlng the repudiation of Statement No. 1 and the election of their favorite. f Fulton would eliminate himself from the senatorial race and advocate the lectiorr of a Republican other tha himself, there would be some reason In the attitude of those now onnnsln Statement No. 1. Fulton has been re puaiatea Dy his own party and he should recognize that fact and keep out of the race. It sounds a little strange to hear men who voted for Chamberlain In June now opposing his election. They voted for him. knowing that he was a Demo crat, and they should not now be heard to oppose him on account of his politics, i ne ruiion men are caught in a trap oi tneir own constructing and theii wall at the result creates no sympathy seems to me that.tlie only way to SMALL CHANGS! It have any reasonable show of defentlne Chamberlain is to eliminate Fulton from tne contest. Many Republicans would prefer the election of a Democrat to hi election. While many people do not like or admire Heney, they give him credi for slaying Fulton. INDEPENDENT. Prefers Yeggs to folice. Portland, Dec. 6. To the Editor of ine' Journal I am awfully worried about the discussion that Is now aris ing regarding the disarming of the law- aDiding gentlemen of the city. Why, If you keep this up it will be very apt iu ena in some sort Of an agitation, and the citizens may seize- their natural ngnts in spite of the police. The po- ii-e were quietly pulling all the rond men who never committed a crime in their life and were socking a $60 fine onto them In good shape, thus making more money ror the countv of Multno mah In a day than the holdup gang makes In a month. This was s-ood work and It was my Intention to go out with a sanapag in a short time and take in a rew or the suckers whom the po nvo lenuerea as Harmless as a rabbit. But now you are agitating this thing and I am afraid the people will "catch on," and not stand for be tne dis armed unaer tne constitution of the United States as InterDreted I n Port land police courts. That will militate severely against the rapidly growing In dustry of the yegg fraternity, now so well established In Portland. If the people kick on disarmament and com mence carrying guns for us. where, win we be? Why, It will destroy the whole yegg art, and I will not dare to enter ine ousiness in the spring, as I had an tlclpated. I do not see what comnlalnt tha nn. ie jbii urge against tne yegg fraternity They beat up a citizen a little now and then with a gasplpe. no doubt, fnr unmo citizens are a little slow in giving up. jjui. uun c get mum mnnov nftur IU7MBUXGS ir T MEANS something that Oregon granges, are necoming aroused. It means something that Ramsev Hark grange, the other da passed resolutions , and sent .them to The : Journal V for publication. , 'These resolutions denounced the j pn-ratent; effort to dislodge and de--feat the Oregon primary law, arid I the processes ' of. that law. Their adoption fcy an Organization of farm- trs is significant,'..',' It" is - f en graft and ba government. If he has a family, the- average man pays about 200 a year on these accounts, according to this expert. This 1b a large amount to a man earning Foundation luo or I200 a year, and many earn less. If the rich man pays more, say $300 jiuuu a ear, me amount is com paratively nothing to him. The $200 paid by the average man is, on the other, hand, a very heavy burden, a burden that is oftimes a chief in teger In his life failure. It is the consumer that is the vic tim from every standpoint. The landlord, the merchant, the butcher and baker have a recourse. What ever indirect taxation, graft and bad government ' add . to their life tax, they add to their own exactions. The landlord raises his rents and the merchant, butcher and baker their prices. As an effect, the average man, that unit typical of the mil lions whose salary 1b fixed, or .e farmer who is the victim of all the concentrated organizations, has his burden added to until life presents hard realities, and living tecomea a struggle.. V Bntbe worst feature is that the system tftaches beneficiaries of a tar iff that it is good ethics for them Baltimore last" May. During the years he was with De Pauw university Dr. Hughes rendered efficient service to the cause of education. He is at pres ent one of the trustees of the Carnegie This Date in History. nn 1 Vnah YJnvnAit flwflvnA T.lnrnln or $500, or even first appointment to the United States supreme court, born In Virginia, Died in New York City. June 8. 1884. 1815 Elizabeth Hussey Whlttler, poet and sister of John Greenleaf Whlttler, horn In Haverhill. Mass. Died In Ames bury, Mass.. September's, 1864. 1829 Suttee, the Hindu rite of burn ing a widow on the funeral pyre of her husband, abolished. 1846 Santa Ana proclaimed president of Mexico. 1882 Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. 1902 Ex-Speaker Thomns B. Reed died. Born October 18, 1 83 9. According to Location. From the Lo:tsvllle Courier-Journal.' "I don't ki:"-v much about buying meat," admitted the young husband. "How do.-the prices run?" "According to location." explained the dealer. Then gimme a two pound roast, best you have In the orchestra circle." The Administration Changes. , From, the Pittsburg Feat. "Tou don't seem to , be keeping up your tennis." "Well,. I don't know so much about tennis," remarked the- Washington of- jiciat i aon t jtnow ir Us M good Iimi u con." 1 . ; . . an. we i.iKe a rew dollars that the gentleman has handy and let him go on home. But the police when thev thr a man In, make him go out and Als un 50i they whan it him into th lrir.i hey drag him before hla h fore a roomful of rubbernecks that give him the sarcastic arrin. fnr hMr, . criminal gunpaoker. They give him no kind of a show. If he don't rnstlo i,n J 50 bill he goes over anrl nnun. rock 90 days and comes out a branded criminal for life. Now the yegg boys do not treat the citizen that way If a gent has only four bits on him, we Just politely bat him one over the head for being so negligent In money matters as to carry such small sums of nights ana men let him go. We do not brand him as ax criminal for we know he never did a thing in his life and never intends to. We do not make him send home for the full $50. The fact Is the people have no right to complain of the treatment they receive at the hands of our best classes of yeggs. Far worse abuses should be attended to first, not the least of which Is the agi tation against nun nf h . 3fc ( - - - -' 1 r- hi ir I IIJ III- ddtetrles of the northwest, namely, the legal art of proving all murderers in sane. Why, if carried to its legitimate conclusion me agitation aealnst th killers would end in a jury convicting some Insane man some time somewhere, or somewhere else. Goodness, nn't some, of these agitations be stopped? AH8U P. JOHNSTON. Fruit - More fruit . Better fruit Oregon Is the best Fruit state in the union. This fact is worth millions. Being onlv 318 veara old. Tfinch 1 viieu, in a j- noi aie oi old age. Almost any imaginable little excuse oerves now as a cause ror a divorce. It's been wintrv weather fnr rtroovin t v.... ..." - . icnijf, uui eastern visitors aont re gaid it so. " Msn t butter full of mlcrnh tnnl "maps u would be well lor poor peo- IV blUUA. oir, Thirty nurses have heen r,tra tn . vi eperor ot tnina. poor, imaeittuie nine ma. Ti 1- - . . ... remain correspondence with con- gTOismen ana governors was what rendered Standard Oll'a hiiair hD.. aruoue. ' There Is annarentlv nn anA nr n4i to excuses for and defenses of murder- em. ji is quite time tor 'Courts to sit uown on most or tnem. ine superintendent of thm Rfi Bcnoois wants 10 teacn a-lrla hnw,tn ra off cars. Plenty of young men would jio uuuoi volunteer as teachers. It looks now like a humner eron nt year in the inland empire. Of course several things may happen before next jmrvesi. due ma nroRrifct now in n n-o above average. 9 A Klna- countv 1ud?e holds that "ran" wurus usea ov a nuKtmnri nm nnt o cause or divorce under the Washington law. Then the wife should be allowed io cus oacK. ur. j-earsons nenips tnnr n iu nmnr crone, ana says ne has some $3,000,000 yet to give awfly. Even if he had no money, he would have what Is better. muuuuae oi rrienas. From nrlnter to lawvnr frnm to criminal; such is the downward step of J. A. Finch, is the way the Eugen register puts it. which is not exnrtlv complimentary to lawyers. If the countrv commission can the pretty and intelligent country girls to stay there, and not come into town to become stenographers, teachers anl saleswomen, it will do much to make country ine more attractive to young men. OREGON SIDELIGHTS. . . .. . jv A Crook county man has purchased a can at a cost or xiotr. . ... ' All that Medford needs, ald Opfe Mean, is a sou ciud. xmow mat ran is elected. It will soon have one. A 1000 acre farm near Lebanon has been divided 4p and will be sold In 10 and 0 acre tracts. All such items are good news. a a ' Increased interest la belnr manifested in this vicinity In the poultry business, says the Roseburg Kevlew. With eggs retailing at 36 to 40 cents per dozen mere is .certainly a very attractive mar pin of profit for those engaged In this inaustry. Douslns county Is irettlnor its full oimiD wi icvjuit?eeKers, says iiih miHtj burg News. New people are arriving In the city dally and most of -them are being accommodated by our wide awake real estate dealers In finding a suitable location to cast their lot A Medford man has one fourth of an acre of ground Planted to strawberries. and notwithstanding the fact tiiat these same plants hustled themselves a bit too much, last soring and some of the euriy niooms were nipped by a late frost. ne gainerea iou wortn or perries rr.om tne first crop, and from the second croD now being harvested, he has already sold S85 worth of fruit and thnaa plants are now full of bloom and ripe auu green uerneB. a A Bend man. neenrdina- to tha Dul. letin, has a peculiar horse on his ranch, that takes upon itself the care of a cow, and regularly each morning driven ii to me- pasture ana Drings it DacK to the barnyard each evening. As regular ly as noon comes the horse also drives the COW un to the watering nlfice. whether bossy wants to drink or not. And sometimes she doesn't -want to go, and then is when the fun begins. The cow rebels, the horse Insists, and after more or less of a skirmish the cow Is always forced to surrender and la driven to the watering trough. It Is doubtful if anywhere else in the kn(twn world there is another- section with so many natural resources half developed or wholly untouched as in the territory comprising western Jose- nnine, ( nos and curry counties, say UteKLAUM. FEMININE. Y: A Man's Problem. - a V 3UNO man, think well before you Duy that Christmas present .for ; the "only on." ' That i i,.,w.c - you ar perfectly willing n. ih w your Job. , A young clerk In ft. department ln ' last Christmas expended 125 for an urn brella to give the' girl he went to see every other evening. He was discharged a few days later. I considered that we. didn't want a clerk who -was drawing $18 a weok but VH ..2a ,ior J Psent for his sweet heart, said the manager f the store. V It might be all right, but that shewed wasn't the kind, of man we wanted '; ' to be working, for us at that salary.'' Was hot tha firm afford to take .the chance of coii-;-tlnulns to enroll among Us clerks a man who shows so llttln um, n i.oi- ance and proportion. And If a man Is so reckless in his estimation of tho Worth Of his Own money ix thnra n o strpng probability that he will be equally lacking In respect to bis em- ployer's funds? It Is a large and Important question, now much a young man should spend In gifts to the lady of his heart. On the one hand. ha ruuinnt Kiii. thought that she may think him stingy or penurious. On tha nthnr luM th.4 exists the probability that if he spends his money lavjshly, she will cease to respect his Judgment as a bustneax man and that he will create the impression of a man lacking in discretion, and one uoi to oe reuea upon in tne long run. And it Is the lone run which innn4. Many young men are mere transients in ma acquaintance or sensible youn women. Thev never come anrlnimi Into consideration "or really enter into their lives. They make good partners at the dance, or for an afternoon's picnic. They are agreeable callers and serve to pass an evening well enough. They will do for a theatre party, or even pass for a horse back ride but they lack that something which would ver cause uiem to ne seriously consid red by sensible, well poised young women as eleglble parties to a matri monial alliance. the Grants Pass Outlook. True, it 1 a wild country, tumultuouslv mountain ous, gashed with abyssmal canyons, and Homoer witn oense ioresis: yet it is veritable treasure house, awaiting the hand of progress. As far as the means r sustenance are concerned the scat ered population of this terra Incnir lto are as independent of the outside world as though It did not exist. There is trult land, grazing ground, and veee table rrardens and almost unbelievable productiveness. The great need is ranspartatlon facilities. FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE 'American Courage" -By Sherman Hoar (From an address before the Saturn club, Buffalo, N. Y February 22, 1897.) One of the best of those paintings which have made the name of Edouard Detaille famous Is called "The Salute to the Wounded." In the painting one sees a country road in France, along which are marching some wounded Prussian prisoners under an escort of French curasslers. A French officer of high rank and his staff are seated upon their horses by the roadside and are In the act of saluting their wounded enemies, who are passing before them. The picture always has had an attrac tion for me. because it shows that strong patriotic feeling which led the French painters at the time -of the Franco-Prussian war to find, even in the incidents Of a struggle fraught with so much shame and disaster for their nation, opportunities to paint nothing that did not put In evidence the best qualities of their national character. Here In the United Slates there is no lack of that admiration for courageous selfsacrifice which the French painter has. put so faithfully Into his picture; but I sometimes feel that we fall to find In the devotion, the self-denial and the sacrifice of those who have given themselves to make and maintain our country, all the Inspiration that shuld be derived from them, or that would be got out of them by the men of France had those qualities been displayed by their countrymen. I fear we undervalue the devotion to country which comes from a contem plation of what has been done and suf fered In her name. I feel that we teach those who are to make or mar the fu ture of this nation too much of what has been done elsewhere, and too little of what has been done here. Courage Is the characteristic of no one land or time. The world's history is full of It, and the lessons it teaches. American courage, however, Js of this nation; it Is ours, and if the finest national spirit Is worth the creating; If patriotism Is etlll a quality to be engendered in our youth; if love of country Is still to be a strong power for good, these acta of devotion and of heroic personal sac rifice With which our history Is filled are worthy of earnest study, of contin ued contemplation and of perpetual con sideration. , Let him, who will, sing deeds done well across the sea. Here, lovely land, men bravely live and die for thee. . The particular example I desire to speak about is of that splendid quality of courage which dares everything not for self or country, but for an enemy. It Is of that kind which is called into existence not by dreams of glory, or by love of land, but by the highest human desire, the desire to mitigate suffering I I n those who are against us. In the afternoon of the day after the battle or .Fredericksburg, General Ker shaw of the Confederate army was sit ting in his quarters when suddenly a young South Carolinian named Klrkland entered, and, after the usual salutations. saia: General. I can t stand this." The general, thinking the statement a little abrupt, asked what It was he could not stand, and Klrkland replied: "Those poor fellows out yonder have been cry lng for water all day, and I have come to you to ask If I may go and give mem suine. ine poor rellows were union soldiers who lay wounded between tha union and Confederate lines. To get to them Klrkland must ' go beyond me protection or the breastworks and expose himself to a fire from the union sharpshooters, who, so far during tha day, had made the raising above the conreaeraie worK of so much as a head an act of extreBaadnnger. General Kersnaw at rtrst refused td-aULow Klrk land to go on his errand, but atast, as tne iaa persisted in his request, declined to forbifl him. leaving the responsibility for action with the boy himself. Klrk land, in perfect delight, rushed from the general's quarters to the front, where he gathered all the canteens he could carry, filled them with water, and, go ing over the breastworks, started to give relief to his wounded enemies. No sooner was he In the open field than our sharpshooters, supposing he was go ing tho plunder their comrades, began to fire at him. For some minutes he went about do ing good under circumstances of most Imminent personal danger. Soon, how ever, those to whom he was taking the water recognized the character of his undertaking. All over the field men sat up and, called to him and those too hurt to raise themselves held up their hands and beckoned to him. Soon our snarpshooters, who luckily had not hit him, saw that he was indeed an ana-el of mercy and stopped their fire, and two armies looked with admiration at the young man's plnck and loving kind ness. With a beautiful tenderness, Klrkland went about his work, giving of the water to all, and here and there placing a knapsack pillow under some poor wounded fellow's head, or putting in a more comfortable position some tinaiierea leg or arm. Then he went back to his own lines and the fighting went on. Tell me of a more exalted example, of personal courage and self denial than that of that Confederate soiaier, or one which more clearly de- nerves tne name or christian fortitude. in that terrible war of the rebellion Klrkland gave up his life for a mis taken cause In the battle of Chtckamau- ga, put I cannot help thanking God that in our reunited country, we are Joint neirs wun -mermen rrom the south In me ei"iy miu inspiration that come rrom sucn heroic deeds as his. "Oh. matrimony." exclaims some Im patient one. "Can't a young man show a girl some "Courteous attention without its being considered a proposal of mar riage?" I'ndoubtedry. But we were talking about giving presents. Now no sensi ble girl wants a mats' to give her pres ents which he can 111 afford to give, which would cause her ajnbarrasment end which would, to say the least, ba a matter of ill taste If there were but a passing acquaintance between them. The three "B's" remain, as hereto fore, the only admissable presents to bQ. given a girl by a man friend -books, bouquets and bon bons. If the young people are engaged to be married, more elaborate anil expen sive presents are permlsnable, of course. In that event, anything which Is not nn article of wearing apparel, (only excepting gloves) may be given, providing always that It falls well with in the limit of a man's Income. It is only reasonable to suppose that the man who is engaged to a girl hoprs to marry her, that his prime ambition from that time on is to accumulate enough money to build her a homo and equip it; that he would count It a privi lege to deny himself useless expenditure and show himself able to conserve his Income for the new duties and respon sibilities of a married man. w the hot Logan Refutes Hitehings' State ments. Portland, Dec. ' 7. To the Editor of Ths Journal With reference to the let ter: printed in. Saturday's issue of The Journal, over the name of J, H. Hltch" lngs, I desire to make the -following corrections. I never said (although ln SvgrtantlyTnlsquoted to such effect), that I had secured" this appointment of the late Ralph Fisher as referee, or in any capacity connected s with the dis barment . proceedings against Finch. wnat iciia say was that Mr mhar who was, the regularly appointed prose-J Bob Jones has had a tacatioV this year cuting officer, desired for convenience that l assist as referee in. all the local disbarment proceedings then at Issue. I protested because of press of business, and had .him secure the appointment of Honorable C. M. Idleman as referee In the Finch case. Mr. Fisher needed no special appointment nor my assistance, for the very good reason that he was the official prosecutor of the Bar as sociation, i Concerning the often and freely ex pressed opinion by Mr. Fisher that Hitehings was connected with the anonymous communications, I desire to add that Mr. Fisher gave expression to this belief to allay Tear and to nhow his contempt for the writer. Hitehings had attained an Infamous celebrity long before Francis J. Heney procured his Indictment for attempting to traduce his good-name. Mr. Fisher was aware. of this and knew, moreover, .that he had nothing to fear In the way of bod ily harm, from a cowardly creature who had been publicly whipped a score of times' by citizens of both sexes, for un speakable Insults to unprotected women. JOHN F. LOGAN. ' ' Not the Bar's Faults ' Bay City. Or., Dec. 2.--To the Editor of The Journal Tillamook county people are much pleased to hear of the new host whhh is heing put on the Portland ahdr Tillamook run. And 1 is believed this boat will go when the weather and bar are favorable, that it won't wait ' forj tne sun to shine. And again. Captain and won't care to tie up at Bay City and Hobsonvllle and lay around for a week or two each trip resting up and laying It on to the bar being too rough. There have been three boats lying In here for the last two weeks waiting for the sea to go down and at times you could have crossed over the bar on a plank. i ., What Tillamook needs Is a boat which will come and go when the weather Is fit and then our merchants can keen provisions on hand all the time, but as it has been they can't even keep a sup- ui nuur. A READER. Tho Nervous Mother. From the Atchison Globe. An Atchison woman who Is very ner vous and Inclined to worry Is the moth er of a boy. She recently read of a boy wno was Kiuea wnue ronerckatlng and Immediately put her son's roller skates In ths fire. Another newspaper told of a boy who Was killed riding the street cars, and as boys are frequently killed while walking by streetcars running over them, she chained her boy to thai front door. Then she read Of a boy who died of bloodpelsoning, -caused by--Ms shoe rubbing his heel, and her boy's shoes and stockings came off The story of a boy who bit off a button on nis .waist ..and Choked to" death ' result ed in her taking off her boys clothes. He had left only, a , flannel shirt, -and she Is reading how that wearing flannet shirts Is the causa of great mortality. and is thinking of removing that, And how can a girl help It if a man wants to give her presents? Well, that calls for tact and some Judgment of men. If she does not. care for the man surely she doesn't want his presents. If she does care for the man and ex pects to marry him she should be able to speak frankly with him about his Income and, his use of It for her plea sure. He would .be a very stupid man who would bet offended at such plain speaking, and he would not be thor oughly appreciative of a sensible worthy and healthily minded . youne woman if he failed to understand her Interest In their joint future. Much may be forgiven to youthful enthusiasm and the occasional spasm of geherositv which o'erleaps itself In an effort to do fitting homage to the "only" girl. If such was the act of the young man who on an Income of $18 give his sweetheart a 125 Dresent. the ilonou- ment. while it was sad, no doubt served tne purpose or a wholesome lesson. ut a man who continually and hahl. tually discounts the future In such reck less fashion as the S18 a week cleric deserves not only to lose his Job, but inn gin too, ror an unpaianeea, spend thrift, reckless spender Is but a trav esty of the word "husband" which means to conserve and to protect. t X It An Emergency Heater. From the fjadies' World. E MOVED into a house without a furnace, where heat was needed In several rooms, but as house was soon to be fitted with water heat, we did not want to buy stoves. - Something must be pro vided. We had several single burner gns stoves ,that (had been utilized in different parts dr the house to heat water In cases of emergency. After these were properly connected to the gas pipes, an ordinary terra cotta build ing tile was placed on each stove with two square openings exactly above the double ring of flame. When lighted, a very strong current of air rushed up through the openings in the tile, so hot Indeed that we frequently boiled water in a vessel placed on top of the me. jne room, sxn, witn three out side walls and a very large window, was made perfectly comfortable during zero weather, y,hlle inside rooms re quired only the-lowest pressure of gas. We had the gas stoves, and the tiles cost very llttlp, bus had we bought the gas Btoves expressly for the purpose, the cost would have been less than the lowest priced coal stoves. Being placed on the floor, the Intense heat drew in the cold air, heated It and threw it out Into the rooms. As an object les son In circulation It was most Inter esting, and we found It far superior to the ordinary gas radiator as a heater. t ? Ink on Colored Materials. THIS SHOULD be removed as soon as the stain is made, for if it Is' ' once 'dried it will require stronger methods than the dye can withstand. Dip the stained part In boiled, but not boiling milk. The milk should just he warm. Rub the stain lightlv under the milk with the finger. As soon as the milk becomes Inked change It and per severe until the stain fades; then rinse, dry auickly. and smooth with a warm iron, unless the whole article Is to be washed. s s at The Dally Menu. BREAKFAST. Fried apples. Sausage. Buckwheat cakes with maple syrup. 1.U.M fir-Mii. Home made noodles with Salmon salad. Baked Gingerbread. Tea. DINNER. Clam soup. Broiled beefsteak. Baked potatoes. Stewed celerlae. Brussels sprouts. Indian pudding. Cheese and wafers. Black coffee. Soft gingerbread Cream together one cup sugar and two- rounding table- spoonfuls of lard or lard and butter mixed), add one egg well beaten, and one cup molasses, mix well; add one cup of -milk, one fourth teaspoonful salt, one' teaspoonful soda dissolved in little hot water," two teaspoonfuls gin-, ger, one teaspoonful nutmeg, grated. Best well, add three cups of flour Bake: slowly in well buttered shallow pan. If sour, milk 1 used add anothsir teaspoon soda, . ... , . -s. : t A veal broth. apples. 't
