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EDITOMAFj DQE OP TUB (JOURNAL THE JOURNAL ' ' AS INDEPENDENT XEWSPAFER. 8. JACKSON i.............PoWHher PuhllHied Tery wiBf rTSoody) SBil eerf Mnnaiy mornina; i i ' v.. In. Kit lb and Yamhill tlfwl', Portland. Or. Entered at the ptofflo tt Portland. Or., for trammiaalcm tbroufb to malla a aeoond-clasa " mailer. . . irciioumtuLuiiv "riT.l ; HOME. A-CW1 jkil" departments reached W Oieae numbere. - 'Jell rn operator in aepaniueii, v Eaut Sid office. B-2444; KMt 889. FOKKltJM ADVERTISING BEPBKSENTAXIVE. Vreelanfl-Renjflmln Special Adverttoln Agency. Uninl-k Bulldliur. 228 Fifth avra. New ' York; 1O07- Boje Building. Chicago. Bithecrlprlon Terms by melt or to any addresi In tbe United Statea, Canada er Mexico: , " DAILY. . One rear.. ...... .85.00 1 Or month.. t -30 -; V ; SCSDAX. One rear.......;. 82.50 I One mentB. ...... 8 -25 . ' DAILY AND BUNDir. One rear.. 17.60 1 One month I .65 Circulation Guarantee Jhn Ctrti& tint tbt circulation of tbt it OBEOOV 70VBVA& ""111 Sees aaditedaedJt gaaraateed by tht" 1 Adnrtiatr't CtrtiSed CircaUtiea Staa Book : Thm Paper Asa prortd by iareatijraltoo (Ml tar tmalatma ncordi art kept with can and tbt cnveJtatraa states' with tuck nriw tfcaf adrertiaera may ritjr on any atattmcauol mow macfe by thtpablnhtn 1 H1UW ' T . . ' " jwroirtwrf September , 1908.0 . .... . ... s,. When all moves equally, says Pascal, nothing see ma to move, as la a vessel under sail; and when all run ' by common consent Into vice, none appear to do so. He that stops first views as ' from a fixed point the norrlble ex.- ; travagance that transports the jest. Colton. .-, , WHAT OP THE UNPLEDGED MEMBER? r THE legislative session Is ap proaching. The citizens of the state hope It may be a profit able one. It probably will be. The senatorshlp has been settled, and that agency so destructive to legis lation is out of the way. Fifty-one members are pledged to. elect the people's chblce, and It is not prob able that any power on earth can Induce one of them to enter upon a course of perjury. An tnsurrecto minority,, it is true, has been en deavorlng to substitute a personal program for a popular ballot, but the people of Oregon are still supreme. Their will is still the will of the slate. It is a higher authority than the will of a few disgruntled indi viduals. Programlsts may plot, but men are still men and the truth ' still true. '- '.' - .' Though this newspaper has dis cussed the senatorial situation,' it has been solely combating the ef forts of those who were to .overturn the plan of good order and public faith. It has never doubted the ulti mate outcome, and that in the ses sion that is nearly here constructive concern for the welfare of the state mould make the senatorshlp' an in cident and notthe paramount busi ness of the session. It is probable that when they as semble at Salem, there will be a ' sentiment among unpledged mem bers for carrying out the people will. It need not require a pledge to commit legislators to a policy of good order. They will be the better able to serve their constituents and the state with the senatorial ques tion out of the way. They saw the whole citizenship of the state em- " bark,, in perfect good faith, on the plan of selecting a senator by pop ular ballot. All the people were parties to It and the proceeding was conducted regularly under the law. The result of that proceeding was tbe selection by the Repub licans of Mr. Cake and the rejection of Mr. Fulton. The result of the i final voting was the selection of Mr. Chamberlain and the defeat of Mr. Cake. On a measure for instruct ing all legislators to vote for the sen atorial candidate receiving the high est number of votes, 69,668 were cast for and only 21,000 against. That was a test of the sentiment of voters that is of incalculable value to unpledged legislators. It was a clear demonstration of what the peo ple. In the privacy of an election booth think of the people instead of thie legislature choosing the sena tor. The people, as proven by that yote, want the choice made by the 100,000 voters in the ' state rather than by 9) men In the legislature. It is a sign of what Is in the minds of the men who do the voting and an indication of the resistance to ,be expected by any conrse of action against the people's expressed wishes. Its effect upon the un pledged members is almost certain to result in a sentiment among them for encouraging those . pledged to carry out the popular will. Such an . attitude would be infinite in its influence for ibe good of Ore gon. It would place, the session at once on a basis for business. It would clear the way for wholesome legislation that would be of incal culable service to the state. . It is a program that deep in his heart appeals to every member, whether pledged or unpledged., It is a course that with equal force appeals to his sober Judgment sas the wise one to pursue, it It the course advised by f'wry revutcble newspaper in the na i n, and by Ihev almost unanimous voice of the state press of Oregon. Every fact in the record is a pow erful Injunction to. each unpledged member to ponder well the path be is about to travel. A GHOST THAT STILL WALKS T HERB has been reference in these .columns to the Washing ton . roW over the postmaster- ship of -Portland. There has been advice to the effect that a peace should be speedily reached so that the delegation could properly attend to the larger concerns of the state. With the question of whether or not the man nominated by the president shall -or shall not be con firmed, this newspaper has no con cern. Tne trouble is one that could easily have been avoided, and ought to have been avoided. A proper confidence between the president and the two senators of Oregon would have been a means of avoiding It. It has been unfortunate all along that the standing of both senators at the White House was not on an equality. Equal confidence by the president In one as well as in the other would have made a relation In which mutual . cooperation rather than unhappy wrangles would have been the order, To the ; unhappy incident of T. .Cater Powell, is in large part due the prevailing order. On recom mendation . of. Senator Fulton and other members' of the Oregon delega tlon, this man Pbwell was designated by ; Mr. Roosevelt' as marshal for one of the districts of Alaska. Pow ell. was an embezzler. As county clerk he had victimized -Multnomah county to the extent of thousands of dollars. Two investigations by experts and one 'by a Multnomah county grand Jury established his guilt beyond question. By the laxi ties in procedure and through the protection extended by the political ring then In power, punishment was escaped. It was a case of shortage so acknowledged that though The Journal charged it unequivocally and repeatedly, no challenge of the statement waa ever made. Powell's guilt was so patent that no attempt was made, at denial. Yet, In spite of the fact that his embezzlement was thus confessed. this man Powell was recommended and the president was induced to appoint fclar to afi lmportsnt office in Alaska. It was an event that never ought to have occurred. It was a recom mendation that never ought to have been made. The result of that recommendation was' a first step la the Joss of Influ ence by Oregon's senior senator with tfce president, it is part if not com plete explanation or wny senator Fulton's objections to Mr. Young in the present instance xwere unavail ing with the president. The over whelming proof of Powell's guilt that went to Mr. Roosevelt after the latter had been misled Into the ap pointment of Powell aided In mak ing Senator Fulton helpless In the matter of the Portland postuahter ship. . It is a matter to tie regretted because it is one of the factors that prepared the way for the present wrangle at Washington. It was the beginning of that strained relation and lack of confidence between the White House and Oregon's senior j senator that has been manifest j through a considerable period. The ghost of T. Cater Powell's euibez Element Btlll walks. THE MAINS' GUN FLAY T HE LONG DRAMA of the Halns murder trial began today In one of the state courts of New York. The rehearsal of. the de tails will present another case of the masterly utility of the ready re volver as an Instrument for murder made easy. T. Jenkins Halns is on trial, and the testimony will show how he waved back the crowd with one revolver, while with another his brother poured a fusilade of bullets Into the victim. It will be shown from the court Incidents how . the gunplay has brought two men within the shadow of the electric chair, how It brought bereavement and sorrow to innocent relatives, how It has ruined the lives of the aged parents of the murderers and how nothing but evil has come about as a result of the hasty resort by the Halns brothers to the revolver method. By a small effort at self restraint and a quiet resort to the divorce courts, all this dismal train of happenings would have been averted. The plea In defense is a confession of the folly of. the whole proceeding. Peter Halns, to be tried later, will urge temporary Insanity, and his brother In the present trial Is seeking acquit tal on the ground that he could not be accessory to the act of an InBane man. If either was insane, it was the Insanity of the revolver madness, a plea that would be more rational in the present trial than the unique one presented. A BIG RAILROAD JIAN'S OPINION B. F. YOAKUM, . the executive head fit the. Rock, Island and Frisco railroad systems, is another big railroad man who favors inland waterways and ex tensive Improvement of the coun try'a rivers, believing that, this would benefit rather than Injure the rail roads. He la In favor of all the ap propriations asked by the Rivers and Harbors congress, and considers even 150,000,000 i a year for 10 years entirely inadequate Jfor the work of this kind that should be done. The work,-he points out, will require a considerable, time before it wil be come very ' effective or accomplish large results, while the demands on traffic facilities will constantly In crease. - " ;s' , ,; '-; ; .'' -.:,. ',.. Mr. Yoakum does not consider fa vorably the Idea of these waterways becoming regulators j of railroad freight rates, or Is not worrying about that result, but what he has in mind is the increasing needs of the people for transportation faclli ties, which the railroads will , not regularly or ; generally be able to meet. "It ia not a question of rate regulation," he eays, "but of traffic facilities." t Very well, the people are glad of Mr, Yoakum's support, on whichever ground he put it, but they win still believe that in many cases inland waterways will be vastly beneficial, as freight regulators. The Influence and aid, even if only in the public expression, of such opin ions, fcy blg railroad men like Hill and Yoakum, will be valuable and are especially acceptable at this time. They are Hght, and the Rivers and Harbors congress is right In advocating the issuance of these $500,000,000 of bonds for this pur pose. ; The proper way of , system atically and continuously carrying on mis great work has already been neglected too long. There is nothing whatever "Im-J practical," as Mr. Cannon claims, in . the project. The government has ample and unquestioned power to issue be bonds; the work proposed is urgently needed; the people want It done, and want to pay for it, and their demand should be obeyed. THE PRESS AND THE LAW'S DELAYS T HE CONTINUED and Increas ingly sharp criticisms of the press upon the law's delays, especially In murder and other noted criminal cases, 'seem at last to be , having some effect, at least In some places. Or, if the courts would ' not admit that newspaper criticism in this respect had exer cised any influence in this respect, the press will not preBs. that i point but' will welcome and commend Ihe reform movement, whatever 'and to whatever extent It can; be discerned though it so far is not a very large or widespread movement. But It may grow, for which there is in deed ample room. The reasonable press does not urge undue haste, or that persons accused of crime, even if certainly known to have committed .the crim inal acts, should be "railroaded" to the gallows or the penitentiary, or that any real, material legal rights be denied such persons; but the press almost unanimously does protest against a large portion of the tech nical -and dallying procedure in mahy such cases. It should be added that this evil has never been nearly so great in Portland as In New York, Chicago, San Francisco and many smaller cities, though there has been room for improvement here, and if it is taking place, as has been Btated, it will be welcomed and approved not only by the newspapers but by the public generally for whom indeed the press speaks.' THE FULTON AMENDMENT T HE SUGGESTION that all or ganizations and even individ uals of any possible influence should urge congress to pass the Fulton amendment to the inter state commerce law is one that should find ready and numerous re sponses. This is a' measure of very great importance not only to the lumber industry of this city, state and region, but to all people depend ent In any way on that industry, and in fact to all shippers and prac tically to all our people. The Jour nal has repeatedly printed full In formation on the subject, and as sumes that Its readers are now suf flclently advised upon It. The amend ment is, moreover, as an abstract proposition, so manifestly reason able and right that it is difficult to believe that any member of con gress can oppose it unless be is de termined to serve the railroads at the people's expense, , and to 'make the latter's subservient to the for mer's Interests. The amendment is in the hands of a senate committee of which Sena tor Elklns'is chairman, and he pre vented its passage last spring by pigeon-holing It, but It Is supposed that he will have to report it soon, and when it gets "before congress it may need all the support that can be gained for It. VHence this sug gestion for everybody who counts at all on the scale of influence to urge its passage. r A prominent physician of Port land, in a recent public statement, said In effect that Portland was a poor place. In which to maintain a first class medical school, because the city and state were so healthy, and contained so few very poor peo ple. On these, accounts there were not enough and a sufficiently great variety of patients for thorough in struction to medical students. This may be rather unfortunate for the doctors and students, but no other people will complain of it. ye sup pose few doctors even would change this condition of affairs it they could. - ?. '--:'-' V ' . : ! Thel National ..Civic Federation, now holding its annual session in New York, is a body whose discus sions; publications and other efforts are calculated to be of much ulti mate benefit to our national 'iff e and. especially municipal life. . The discussions at this session will be principally of especial Interest to workingmen, who will be benefited by reading them. Among the execu tive council are W. H. Taft, Seth Low, Samuel Gompers, and others of national repute. Mr, Heney, a. dispatch says, Is to lecture before various eastern re form clubs. He may soon become a greater favorite for Chautauqua as semblies than Bryan. ,v Lions and other wild animals will be tame, unsatisfactory beasts to Roosevelt when he gets out of office. Letters From tlie People Lettera to The Journal ahoald be written on ene aUaot tbe raper only, end ahoald be ae cmnpaniea ny ine name ana aaareae oi in writer aeke that It be withheld. The Journal la not to be anderetood aa Indorsing tbe Tlewa or atatementa of eorreapondenta. Letters anoold be made aa brief aa poeatble. Tboee who wish tbetr letter! returned when not uaed, ahoald in wrunr. Toe name wilt not te nea it toe close postage. Correaoondenta ate notified that lettera ex ceeding 800 words In length may, at the dta- ereuoa or ine editor, oe cut down to tnai uuiu. It Makes Him Tired. Lebanon, , Dec. ,10. To the Editor of The Journal I got so tired of the po litical mudslinglng- during- the campaign, I was in hopes that after election the dally papers would clean - Up and be fit to bring Into the house again, but Pul ton must keep things riled up. He makes me tired. It's all bosh about Democrats registering as Republicans In order to nominate Cake. Shucks, they don t want Cake any more-than the Republicans do. I don t know as I blame a Demo crat for wanting to deny it If he can, but It's like jumping out of the frying pan Into the fire, claiming to be a Re publican. -I didn't vote for Chamber lain, but a majority of the voters of Oregon did and It's his Job, so the best thing Mr. Fulton can do Is to shut up and look for some honest way of mak ing a living. He mustn t think he con stand at the rovernment crib always. Stand back, Mr. F.. and give somebody else a chance. R, M. GOODRICH. A Prohl. Everything All Right, But From The Circle. The late depression we have had In the financial world cauacd a friend of mine to be much worried- He went to his physician, who advised him to take a rest. 'Now. Charlie." he said, "vou must Stop smoking and excitement of all kinds in fact, you must keep yourself entirely by yourself receive no mall, read no letters, and get no news from the outside world. Go away, sir. for a month." . My friend did his and was much Im proved. Returning home, he met hln butler at the station and said:' 'James, how . Is everything? All right?" "Yes, sir, everything Is all right, sir, Purty good" - "Anything happen while 1 ' was away?" "No, sir, everything- Is all right ex cept your dog, sir." "My dog?" "Your dog, sir.". "What's happened to him?" "He's dead" "Dead?" "Yes, sir." "What did he die of?" "I don't know, sir. I think it w.is from eating burnt horse flesh, sir." "Burnt horse fbsh? Why, how did that happen?" "Well, I don't know. sir. I think It was from the barn, sir." "The barn?" "Yes. sir. The barn burned down, sir." "Why, how did that happen?" "Well, you see, slf, I think it was from the sparks from the house" "What house?" "Why your house. It burned down, sir." "What! My house- .burned down? Why, how did that catch fire?" "I don't know, exactly., I think it was from the curtains in the win dows" "Why, how did they catch fire?" "Well, I don't know. I think they must have caught fire from the can dles." "What candles? We ' haven't any candles in our house. We use nothing but electricity i and gas." I know. sir. But the candles were all around the coffin" 'The coffin? Why, who's dead?" 'Oh, nobody but your mother-in-law, sir." "My mother-in-law?" 'Yes, sir." How did sh die?" "I don't know, sir, but I think it was from the shock." "The shock T' "Yes. sir." "What shock V "Well, you . see your wife ran away with the coachman.:' M. P. W. This Date In History. T775 British under Lord Dunmore defeated by Americans at Norfolk, Va 17S8 diaries in or tspain, wnose war against England helped the United States in the revolution, died. Born . January 20. 171S. 18U7 An unusually large ana onuiant meteor was seen in Connecticut. . 1819 Alabama admitted to the union. 1856 Joel . Abbott, commanding the American squadron In the East Indies, died at Hongkong. 1861 The prince consort, husband of Queen Victoria, died. Born August 2, 181S. 1864 General DIx Issued an order for reprisals on Canadians because of the St. Alban's raid; order annulled later by President Lincoln. - 1873 Louis J. R. Agassis, celebrated naturalist, died at Cambridge, Mass. Born May 20, 1807. 1 876 -Destructive fire at Little Rock, Ark; - 1891 Sir Oliver Mowat, Liberal prime minister of Ontario, issued an address declaring vigorously against American assimilation. ' . 1894-E. V. Debs sentenced to 'six months' Imprisonment for contempt of court during tha great railroad strike In Chicago. v ; ' Bnt It Circulates' Extensively. From the Brooklyn Eagle.. The Thanksgiving Issue of the Port land (Or.) Journal contained an editor ial in the form tof a prayer of grati tude for favors received. The prayer Is addressed to the readers of that paper, which shows the non sectarian disposi tion of The Journal, wtoich never prays Where It does not circulate. - - " I'"-:.; -Advantageous. : . '" ; ; From the Chicago Nsws.. - There is one advantage in arctio ex ploring, v j;n the ace of - the-- gravest danger one can always keen cool, COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE. ' The great Usua, as usual "patron age." General Simon sounds like he would succeed. ' - - The hog market has declined on the end seats. Why not make Roosevelt press cen sor for life? There was a Jtard winter in Oregon -i years ago. - . Why la a senator? Easy: to distribute leuvrm unices. .... - -...-, Nobody worries about TJnols Sam's deficit, except some" politicians. . e Maybe the French doctor who on- erate on Castro will "fix him plenty." Hogs, pigs, pork.' hams, bacon, sau- eage, pigs' feet, salt pork money in era. - It beats all how many people make a living by talk that doesn't amount to much. ; . v . - , Tom Johnson Is nn the hlsrh road to fortune again: he has clven ud his last automobile. . . Every, other winter, a lot of bills are framed to meet some .special, per sonal case. ' .. Uncle Joe may be a standDStter. but he is first a politician who looks out for number one. v A college professor ' savs there will be no children 160 years hence. But he isn't the only man. .. Detroit News: Congressman Fordney Is still for Cannon and the lumber and sugar beet interests. Are we ever going to have congress men who will stand for the people rather than for protection? -e ,-; . ' A Detroit official's salary has been cut from $1200 to 1500 a month. And yet he la 'not Quite mad enough to resign. Roosevelt could again, considerably benefit the country and gain its ap proval Dy taxing tnat uencit with mm when he goes out pf office. e . e Professor Metehnlcoff. the celebrated Russian scientist, says It is easy to live 160 years. . He probably. Inherited large fortune and not a dlsDositlon to blow It In. s e The Chicago Record-Herald savs 3. Ham Lewis will still find some way' to keep himself before the public. If so, he will have to run better than he ever did but once. ' FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE "The Greatest Thing in tne (From an address on 'The Greatest Thing In the World," said to have been first given under that title, at the Mount Hermon Institute, Northfield, Mass., in July, 1887.) To love abundantly is to live abun dantly and to love forever Is to live forever. Hence, eternal life Is Inex tricably bound up with love. . We want to live forever for the same reason that we want to live tomorrow. Why do you want to live tomorrow? It la because there is some one who loves you, and whom you want to see tomorrow, and be ' with, and love back. There is no other reason why we should live on than that we love and are beloved. It is wiien a man has no one to love him that he commits suicide. So long as he has friends, those who love him and. whom he loves, he will live, because to live is to love. Be It but the love of a dog. It will keep him in life; but let that go and he has no contact with life, no reason to live. He dies by his own hand. Eter , Causes of Poor Light. The study of Illumination has not only become an exact science in these days of oerfectlon In artificial lighting. but every householder Is eagerly reading anything that will give mm a greater insight into this most difficult study. Many a poorly lighted room can be easily remedied by changing the light fixtures or repaperlng. It was formerly the custom to blame the oil, or the gas, or the electricity if there were dark shadows In tj)f room or if the light failed to dispejt the evening darkness. Now it has been proven that these same rooms, be it at the home or the office or the store, can be made almost as light as day with even less candlepower than before, all with a little study and planning. A wallpaper which will "absorb" Hght Is the greatest enemy to artificial light In the home. An llluminant is power less to light a room if the color of the walls absorb most of the rays. The il luminating engineers of tha General Electric company claim that a white wall will reflect 60 per cent of light, where as a red wallpaper will Teflect only -16 per cent. A light buff or yellow will reflect 45 per cent; a dark brown about 12 per cent. A light apple green wall paper will, reflect 40 per cent; a dark green will give us IS per cent Dark wood trimmings absorb llgnt; white wood reflects it. Velvets, chlntses, bur laps, will also absorb light-; so will wallpaper, whatever Its color, but & tinted surface wall reflects the light Wallpaper in patterns Is not only one of the greatest of all known absorbers of light but it also has a bad effect on nerves and eyes., ' The plainer the wallpaper the better for nerves and body, and the smoother the surface the more light it will re flect. In selecting wallpaper the way the room faces must also be taken into consideration. Those rooms facing north and east require lighter Colored papers than do rooms facing south and west. Care la the selection of tints and wall. paper will not only lead to a better and a cheaper artificial llgnt. out win protect the teyeslght save the nerves and tempers. , It will enable all to real ize to the greatest degree the many ad vantages of artificial light from the electric current where many are now us ing some Inferior llluminant because of an incorrect impression that electric light is too expensive. An Indian's Lore Letter. A Warm Springs ' Indian wrote the following letter, which it is supposed the maiden recipient lost and The Dalles Chronicle publishes: "Dry Creek. Or., Dec. 1. 1908. "Ida. dear friend:. It Is a long time-since I thought of ;alklng to you. This July I thought I would see you and have a talk with you. Well. Ida, what do you think of me? I like you very much with all my heart. You must not think that I am saying this -for fun. : No, I ' am telling you th truth, . ' v - ' 'I have been thinking of you for a long time ago.' But I was afraid to talk to you until now. I am talking to you With all my heart I think you are the kind girl In this reservation, the reason I like you.'. ' Soi we Will -live happy all theVtlme.-. Ivwlll- treat , you very kind all the , time. You know, that ,..t '" '',--..' -.. NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS. v Ths new Pendleton levee coat 126,000 Echo la a center of big Irrigation dis tricts., -.t - .-.A- ' Pendleton women . are working hard and successfully for a ; fine public library. . Fifteen miles of good toads are being constructea nortn of saiem. , . t Newport la planning' for several 1m portant improvements next year. - Clatskanle is proud of Its long nearly ana iineiy improved main laorougniare - It's' going soma for better streets wnen a Danicer gets out wim m ana cleans me mua xrom street crusuiHBs, That's what Banker Whiteneaa oia yes terday, says toe Medtora Aiau. , There Is rio use talking, .Forest Grove has sot to do something with its streets. We do not have In mind any particular mud hole to complain about, but every tning in general, says tne Mews. The L Grande Commercial club Is doing noble work In securing contracts ror tne irrigation project. 'mere is really no way to estimate In cold dol lar the value to this valley which -will result from the completion or tms proj act, says tne uoaerver. , . Oakland Owl: x Honors are being thrust upon us thick and last, wnen we came to Oakland nine years ago, little did we think- we would be a city councilman. We feel under many obii gatlons to the voters for the confidence reposea. we have no enemies to pun ish, no friends to reward. We shall simply aim to do our duty,, Miss Amanda Johnson, the young Swedish woman who recently walked from Boise to La Grande and became loat in the mountains while attempting to continue her Journey to Snokane. left la uranae Wednesday, intending to pro. ceed on foot to Portland, savs the Star. Again she got lost In the hills and was Drought DacK to LA Grande. She car rled two heavy grins and seems de- memea. A Sheridan man. according to tha Sun. has for sale a sort of a multum in parvo instrument that will do anything from extracting teeth to raising the price of winter eggs. . Apparently it is a ae- horning tool, but you turn a little thingumbob and it changes into a first class wagon Jack. You press another dufunny and vou have a mnnlrav wrench in steen sixes, turn It over on its siae ana no wire stretcher equals it, stand it on Its end and it would we didn't wait to see, but we knew If we naan t vamoosed it would have killed an eaitor. WorlT By Henry D rummonc nal life also Is to know God and God is love. This Is Christ's own definition Ponder it. "This la life eternal, that tney might Know thee, the only true Go. and Jesua Christ, whom thou has sent." Liove must be eternal. It la what Ood Is. On, the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never falleth and life never fallelh, so long as there is love. That la tne pnuosopny of what Paul is show. lng us; the reason why, in the nature of things, love should be the aunreme thing because it is going to last; be cause, in tne nature of things, it is an eternal lire. It la a thing that we are living now, not that we get when we die; that we shall have a poor chance of getting when we die, unless we are living now. No worse fate can befall a man in this world than to live and grow old alone. unloving and unloved. To be lost is to live In an unregenerate condition, love less and unloved; and to be saved is to love; and he that dwelleth In love dwelleth already in God For God Is love. I am all alone. My mother is dead. do not want anyone to boss you around only, me. My father wouldn't say any thing to you. He doesn't know how to talk a bad word to anyone. I think your father kind, too, and my father and your father are both kind so they will treat kind to one another. As long aa we live in mis way we will live alone. I have a land and house all ready to live in. And if you have a land then we win stay there too. "We will stay in both places all the time. What do you think of it? What snail you aay, Yes, la It alright or No. If you say No, then I will kill myself rignt away, h you any alright, then I will tell my father. You tell your fa- tner. i do not want to steal you like Indians do their girls. The tune has come and I am in hurry because Ella. wno wiu take this to you must go. If you say something, tell Ella when she gives you this letter; I am sure and true, oooa by. (Signed.) "JAKE METOXEN." Albert E. Mead's Birthday. Albert Edward Mead, governor of the state oi vvasnington, was Dora at Man hattan, Kan.. December 14, 1861. His education -was received In the public schools of Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois, and in the Southern Illinois Normal school. He studied law in, Chicago and was admitted to the bar In Kansas, where he -practiced from 1886 to 1883. In the latter year tie removed to the state of Washington" and opened a law orrice m the town of Blaine. He took an active part in Republican politics and in 1892. and 1893 served as mayor of his adopted town. He afterward served a term in the Washington house of rep resentatives and another as county at torney of Whatcom county, 1 Four years ago he was elected governor ,of the state for the term that will expire ftext month. . - j Two State Senators.' From the Woodburn Independent (Rep.) Senator T. B. Kay, a holdover senator, was not elected on a Statement No. 1 platform, but will support Chamberlain for United States senator because it i the will of the majority of the people. Dr. Smith, another Marlon 'county senator,- will do all in his power to defeat Chamberlain. . It Will be Interesting to note the different records that these two men will make In this county If they make the race fp renomination. ' Kay will be selecte'd by an overwhelming vote; while Smith will be snowed under, The probability is that "Doc" knows what is ahead of him and will not again be a candidate. - He surely knows th pulse of the people and is certainly aware Of ' the fact that -the farmers especially are ready to back Statement No. 1 to the limit , - . -. v'-. Explained, ' "Say, pa, why is English called called the mother tongue?" asked Jlmmla, . -. -.- "Because, son," replied pa, "she1 uses tha most of It" ,. . . -I- Two of a. Kmd. , Doctor Your Irouble lies In the thor ax, larnax and epiglottis. . -- Bridget Liord , save , met .(And me thlnkin' th' trouble was in me throat! 5 Ihe RLALM FtVMININL Cooperative Giving. PLAN ; for uniting the various societies and agencies which pro vide a Christmas for $ the many benefioieriea In , the city has been A , formulated by- one of the most active workers In charitable lines, and Is to be presented this week to all the principal agencies in this line of work. ' Vv cannot help being- much interested in this matter of Christmas giving. It ha" so many aspects, means so much to those who give,, who of course want, ii V. to where they will accom plish definite good, and means so much to those w-ho receive; and yet as it la done at present it is a hap-hasard ben encence, . some times reaching the right ones and some times not, bring ing happiness to many, giving lasting aid to few. filling empty stomachs for one dayand that Is. a good thing to do but bringing the dinners for the rest of the year no nearer, for the many struggling ones who -are never a day's rations Ahead. And SO this ntn tnr ,nnn,nHnn 1 M Christmas giving, A plan to compare iisia or ramuies to whom baskets are to be- sent, so that one family will not receive three and another as neeriv h overloqked entirely a plan to distrib ute the generous gifts of various asso ciations and individuals so that tha help given will be systematic, definite and adequate. , Here in " our cltv , a ; tremendous amount of money will be spent in giv- ing Christmas dinners to poor people. The Salvation armv nlnns tr rlva nut about 200 baskets besides distributing tickets tor the barracks dinner for all the hungry that , can be founds The Volunteers oi America are nla.nnlns tn alleviate the hunger of as many more. The Fruit and Flower mission will dis tribute baskets; the various church fruiltls are to do the same; tha People's nstltute and private individuals will add their contributions to the same end. Now this is a good thing to do. If it does not mean' that after the one day's feast there will be a lang famine; if Jt does not' mean that some, deserving, struggling woman goes wlrhout bread and potatoes that soma other family may have an abundance of mince nl and candy. This Is not to say that wnen individuals know tha definite needs of a particular family they should not make their individual gifts to meet these needs. W have the verv best of authority for that private individual giving of which no one but the recipi ent ever knows; of that personal obli gation we have spoken of before in this column. But this plan is on that pro poses deflniteness in publlo giving by all the associations fitting the gift to the needs instead of letting confusion and duplication of gifts ensue. If this plan is followed up a list of those whom each society wishes to send Christmas gifta to would be prepared and all these lists submitted to a cen tral ornce. it is not even necessary that names should be' given in every - case, it the directors know of a case where having the ham known would be the oaum of distress. In such a case the needs of the family and the address only might be given. Then these lists would be compared; tha particular need of each famtiv would be known and could be definitely met by the agency best prepared to meet it There are many cases where clothing, a grocery order or a load of wood would be far more acceptable than a Christmas basket, and would be a lasting benefit. On of the workers in the organised Charities 4old of a case last Christmas where one family had three Christmas dinners sent them, and in another fam ily, wnere tne motner was taxing in washing to support the children and the father was in the hospital, there was not only no ' hrtstmas feast, but there was actual need of the necessities of life. I know a woman who would think heaven Itself -were at sand," said this worker, "It she could see two weeks' rent ahead four dollars. It is a burden almost too heavy to carry, yet she must keep a roof over her chud s head." It is easy to see that a Christmas banket does not altogether meet alt needs. ' Yet there are many who want to helrj and who know no other way of ex pressing their feeling that they must dj sometning tor someroay. eomeininr for somebodv is a good motto for the Christmas season. It Is far more tn accord with the spirit of the day and the wishes of he whom the day honors than an Interchange of cut glass and gold mounted toilet sets among thoso who lack nothing of this world's goods. But that vague wish to be helpful. while it satisfies its possessor, if It be translated into a dinner for some one who does not always have enough to eat. may fall far short of being the definite help that the recipient -needs. Perhaps some of those for whom u.nncrs are planned need bedding for the cold nights: nerhaDS there Is a baby and it needs milk; perhaps the children nave no proper snoes. ana pernaps it is the mother herself who .needs a warm dress and an outside coat. If those who want to give, but know not to wnom. ani those who know what other poor people need could be brought together in such a conference there might be much done to make the Christmas season a definite help, a time of rejoicing, and a blessing wnicn should not be dissipated in a day, but should go with tbe recipients all dur ing the year. . Are you ior cooperation r i t ft ft Christmas Candles. rHE beginning of candy making Is the fondant which is the base of L almost all French candles and which must be mastered before any thing more elaborate can be built on the same foundaton. This is a contin uation of the process of candy making at home as given by Lorens France in What To Eat. The making of the fon dant was explained in this column Fri day. to make chocolate creams first make the fondant and let it ripen. The next day divide into two parts. To one half add any preferred flavoring, and coloring if desired. This Is done by dropping a few drops of extract n the fondant and then kneading thoroughly. The coloring la added in the same man ned. Now shape your centers any de sired shape, cover, and let stand sev eral hours .to'crust or harden. "When ready to dip,- melt the remaining fon dant in a double boiler, and add two squares f bitter chocolate and one ta blespoonftil of boiling water. Stir un til all ;the Ingredients are melted and mixed. Then remove the entire double boiler to the "table and dip the creams. ons at a time. Drop on paraff tne paper and when 'cool pack into boxes. - If the chocolate mixture becomes too thick re turn to the fire and add a few drops more water, then proceed as before. With a little care and practice you will soon become expert and you will -find that you can produce candles equal to and even better than those you have been buying, and at less than one half the Cost Better than alt you will be able to have a pure candy, and not one in wnicn sucn a narmrui ingreaieni u paraff Ine is used, as is too often the case, even in candles of the most ex pensive kind. . v ft ft ft -'. ... : Date Pudding. - H' ALF ound powdered - sugar, six egg yolks well beaten,' half pound " dates, half ' pound English wal- nuts, three tablespoonfuls : grated bread crumbs, one teaspoonful baking powder, six. egg whites beaten stiff,, one tea spoonful almond extract To Mix. Chop the dates and nuts to gether. Beat the egg yolks until thick and add to them the sugar. Then add crumbs, baking powder, nuts and dates. Laitly, add the extract and fold in the egg whites. Bake In two pans. When rendyi to nerve cnjreble coarsely and mix with flavored, sweetened, whipped cream. 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