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jwroirtwrf September , 1908.0
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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. '
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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.
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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
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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. What To Ka.t v.