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THE JOURNAL AW INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. C. JACKSON Publisher Puhltahwl twr evening (??P.B,,I",VL?1"1 c t . - irh Innmal Build- Inr. Fifth and Sajnnlll atreete, .Portland. Or. F. nfered at rte poatofflce at Portland. Or., ft trann!lfB through the , mail aa eecod-lae metier. - i ...,-.. rrieunnKrl U11K 178- HOME. IWl All d-prtmnta reached by tbeee sumbere. " Tell the operator the department Jos want. tilt Bide nam- rOREIGN ADVEHTI8IN0 KEPEE8HNTATIVB. Vreelaad-Beajimtn Special Aflvertlahis Agencr. Branewlefc BalMlnf. 225 Fifth aenaa. New 4'ork: 100T-08 Bo tea Building. Cblco. Snteerinttoa Terme br ""ll r to any addreaa U tha patted Stater Caaada or aieiiee. - -.'V -. --i:--f- DAILY. ' "' . t '' ' On rear.. .15 .OA 1 Om month. ......$ S0 -- r. SPKDAX. -:-'-,- - On rtar.....,...$tSO I Ob month.......! .28 . DAILY AND SUNDAY. f. Oaa Tr.........i7.0 I One nwnth. ...... I .85 r Circulation Guarantee OXZaOH ffCVaUTAJb Airtr titer" i Ccrti6ed Cvraatroa m Boa! HiO-rtm-wSl ; 7i fmper As prortd bf omU(t!roa iMt th timlmtiom nrona aw irpl ml A rare astf (to cirrniMtio ttmttd with nek tmmtcf that mdrtrtiten mmjnrtly on an iCatrrnrou or maor or coe paomnert antler tor ewserxaip tea aanngtrntnt in control September 1, 1908. He who ascends to mountaln- tops, shall, find : The loftiest peaks most wrapt ' In clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues .mankind, ':.:; ';'- -Mast look down on the hate of those below. : ;.. . ' Byfon. "9 DISHONOR AND DISASTER YESTERDAY The. Journal print ed a timely article - from the pen of Frank Davey. . Mr. i Davey is editor f the Harney News and ex-speaker of the Oregon house. His article merits wide at tention for its trenchant expression of a commanding truth. f. He. .says the election of Mr, Fulton as sena tor at this time "is Impossible, with out dishonor and disaster, for the Republican party." Nobody doubts Mr. Davey's party loyalty. If anything his partisan ship is over pronounced. , Nobody doubts his ability or his knowledge of Oregon political conditions. In both he fs profound. When there fore he; declares emphatically that "dishonor and disaster" swait the Re publican party if the legislature re fuses to ratify the popular choice for senator," his partyifriends are defying the fates If they do not listen. The Impossibility of Mr. Pulton without dishonor and disaster is ap parent, .There was a primary- elec tion. All the people of Oregbn were parties to it. Senator Fulton did en ter the lists as a candidate. He did say at Cor vail Is that if defeated his name would not "go before the leg islature for senator or any other of fice." Mr. Fulton opposed State ment No. 1 and for that his party nominated Mr. Cake. ' The law of the state did authorize the whole proceeding, ;the voting was lawfully and orderly conducted. .' AH did un derstand fully what was meant, the Republican party In good faith joined in it and all the people in like good faith participated. ! There was a final election, the tacit agreement by all the people was that whoever won in that 'election should be rati fied by he , legislature. . There was no understanding that, the side that was beaten would' have the right to kick over the verdict and smash the ballot box.. It was a game of men and not of little children. All this makes Mr. Fulton impossible. It will make dishonor and disaster for his party if the legislative order be violated In the effort to make him possible. A .senatorial deadlock at this time; would raise a popular wrath that; would crucify the strong est and best party on earth. Any frustration of an orderly and prompt organization will bring political cru cifixion upon whoever is responsible for -it.. 5 A few mottled politicians cannot In Oregon thrust a personal program down the throats of a peo ple already worn Out with (bossism. Nobody .jsees this more clearly than Frank;, Davey and hp is too loyal a Republican " and too courageous a citizen not to publish his convictions to the world. , In contrast with his dictum how complete the folly, how full of menace and peril for their party Ii the doings of cheap politi cians who are planning to tie up the legislators.; Can ; the Republican party afford , to. Invite dishonor and disaster for, the t benefit" of .,8. C. Beach and his associates? THE MILLS HOTELS A VERT rich New York man who has carried out a good idea is Jh D. O. Mills, In buildingrbotels for people . 'of small" means. Not that they are mean or shabby hotels, for. they are as perfect for their purpose as money and brains could make them, but they furnish rooms and lodgings at prices which people pfjnodetate incomes can af: ford to 'pay, an!d this in the 'heart of tlie great city. :, The first of these hotels ;as opened in the downtown district eleven years ago, witty 1554 tifdrooms and the second 1 a year Ir.u f with 600 bedrooms, and they' 1X t2tfw have both been filled almost ' from the beginning. The new hotel Is on the corner of" Seventh avenue and Thirty-sixth street and , has, 1875 bedrooms, so the three contain 4029 sleeping rooms. ' It ,- occupies Iground space, of 200x100 feet and is I . & A I t . . . " '"m i Bwrien niga. i in-, every ieaiure ana appointment It is, though aim pie, tasteful and conducive to com' fort, and in all essentials modern. About 100 of the rooms are 8x& feet in dimensions and rent for 49 cents per night; the rest of the rooms are 6x6 and rent for 30 cents. Every room has a window opening to the outer air. Every room is sufficient ly furnished, has an electric light and la heated by steam. All water is filtered. There are ample bath ing accommodations and a large reading room. Especial attention has been paid to the kitchen and dining room t n an amply ; varied meal is furnished at a cost, for breakfast or lunch, for 25 cents and for dinner 30 cents. Thus a single man .can live comfortably. and re spectably, as to meals and lodging, for 11.10 or $1.20 a day. . In small cities this may seem nothing extraor dinary, but remember that this Is in the very heart of Greater New York, where there are no cheap ho tels or lodging houses within miles, Mr. Mills does not offer anybody charity. He expects to make and so far has made a fair interest on bis i Investment These hotels, he says, "are Intended for self-respecting, self-supptortlng men receiving small -salaries who . desire cleanli ness, comfort and convenience, hut want also to' lay up something to ward attaining Independence. - It should be understood, however, (hat it Is In no sense a charitable con cern. It would be affectation on my part, to deny a strong desire to benefit my fellowmen. But I seek to do this in a strictly business way, without offending the pride or the praiseworthy independence of, those whom I am trying to benefit. The Mills hotel will differ from the or dinary hotel for men most of all In the effort to give the patron what he pays for the very fullest possi ble equivalent for his money. It it true that I have devoted thought, labor and capital to the earnest ef fort "to help him, but only by enabl ing him to help himself. ' In doing the work on so-large a scale and in securing the utmost economies in ad ministration, I hope to give him a larger equivalent for his money than has hitherto been possible. He vlll think better, of himself and will be a more self-reliant man and a bet ter citizen when he knows that he is honestly paying for what he gets," Here is a" philanthropy that Is pure. It Is incomparable, in con trast with the vaunted expenditures of Carnegie and Rockefeller. More wealthy men of the Mills type would be of infinite service to humanity and the world. THE CONGRESSIONAL INSULT T HE LINES are tightening be tween congress and the presi dent in the secret Bervlce feud. The senate, including Foraker, feels it has been insulted, and so does the house, including Sibley; It seems strange that It should be so, but it Is so. Both have passed reso lutions demanding Information from the president respecting sums spent (n the service without authority of congress. The resolutions were passed almost. Without dissenting votes in each with as much solemnity as though each member voting were as immaculate as a cherubim. And there sat Foraker and Sibley! . Joseph Benson Foraker in the role of 'Injured Innocence is good. Jo seph C. Sibley In the same role is immense. : What a ' spectacle for John D. Archbold to behold! How his hardened cheek must loosen np in a grewsome smile at the virtuous pretensions of these worthies. Know ing that he bought them bodily to "kill legislation" hostile to Standard, remembering the certificates of de posit sent "my dear senator" and the friendly advice from Sibley about a literary bureau, there lis for Mr. Archbold, in the quietude and sanc tity of his own chamber, a tre mendous Joke over this "insult" con gress feels it has received from Mr. Roosevelt. And It is a joke for the country. There are doubtless many honorable congressmen and senators. But there are also Bome who are hot honor able. The siren voice of the tempter sings forever in the capitol' at Wash ington. Men fall. Foraker fell. Sibley fell. We know they fell, and by that token know that others have fallen. When Archbold bought them he bought others, a Job lot of them, sufficient to "kill the bill." It Is horrible, but it is true, and because it is true, the president, if his secret service men spied tm members, was not without warrant. It has done no' harm to the members who skirts are clear. -If the guilty have been spied on they ought to have been spied on and their misdoings be given to the country. High office has ceased to be a credential of In fallibility. It once was, but we have all been disillusioned and It Was in part from congress that the disil lusion came. -- ' ' - - 4: - . r In a former train holdup In the vicinity of Portland one of the highf waymen was 'captured and sent for a long term to the penitentiary at Salem. It happene4 at a point sev eral miles beyond the scene of i last night's robbery. Whether an 'out come equally or more, harmful to the criminals will be realized In the. present instance remains to be seen Officers who are in the business for love of catching criminals rather than for love of 4be salary-are-both powerful and effective in ' pursuit. Yeggmen are bolder and more active according as this official enthusiasm Is manifest or-1 lacking, - More live wires and less materialism Among of ficers ; everywhere , would : lessen the hold-up Industry. ' Pride, In aniline of endeavor' in these modern days Is. a' firsts essential' to effectiveness and success. ' ,; ." AY AWAKENED NEIGHBOR T HE EXPANDING life of Vancou- ver is a feature of the ,vast municipal growth la the vicin ity of .Portland commercially and geographically, Vancouver Is Portland's neighbor and conditions that make for the growth of the One aid the other. Since the first of the year, according to a report. Vancou ver has expended in public and pri vate -improvements more than $2.- 000,000, and plans for the new year are for even more elaborate expen ditures. More than forty blocks of bltullthlo pavement have been laid; a complete new railroad system has been completed and put In operation, covering three miles of track with in the city proper and a mile In .he suDurus, ine water system, has been improved and five miles or new pipe line laid, while a large "number of expensive new k business blocks have been erected." The new industries established during the year include a cooperage plant, a plant for Pas teurizing milk, two new foundries and- a large flour milling plant Fully 800 new private residences have been constructed, and the tele phone service has been extended largely. Population has increased much, as has also that of the tribu tary country, and the prospect Is that this growth will continue steadily for years to come. ' Vancouver Js, for, this region, a very old town, as everybody knows. It was long the headquarters of Fac tor John McLoughlin. But for many years, up till recently, It waB rather a sleepy place, and advanced but lit tle. It seemed as if it had about reached the limits of its municipal size and achievements. But how all Is changed. The dormant old town has responded to the spirit of a new, larger, more- vigorous life and is be coming an ambitious and progressive city. And it is admirably situated to carry out an ambitious destiny. . FOR THE PUBLICS SAKE F ORTLAND WOULD be delighted to see amity between the rail roads with respect to depot conveniences in this city. So would1 a" Oregon. So would the great traveling public; That amity does not now exist. There is division instead of harmony. The Harriman terminals are in one spot and Hill's In another. Were they united there would be equal convenience and equal business with that secured by each under present conditions. There would be Infinitely greater accom modation to the traveling public. There would be more order and sym metry for Portland. Neither road would nor could, so far as a layman can discover, suffer the slightest loss by the arrangement. Neither road would sustain a loss in gross earn ings, or suffer a loss in net earnings. The myriads of travelers would all be benefited, convenienced and ac commodated. The old ethics of railroading was to tax the traffic for all it would bear, pocket : all the profits possible and let the public go to. In the newer conception of the railroad function a community of interest between the transportation agent and the public is recognized. This concept will be more : and more realized and more and more applied in the futore., It Is a panacea with which to prevent pub lic ownership. It Is a lotion with which to reduce public Irritation and a wise precaution against hostile leg islation. Incidental to the policy would be a consolidation of depot facilities in Portland and he rail roads will be wise in thejrday and generation. If they can fintt a way to consummate It Are the insurrectos reading the protests from the granges? Do they, comprehend what.. It' means when non-political organizations, cqmprlslng men of all parties, adopt andMigh ringing resolutions against theplisyjf tieing up the legis lature with a senatorial 'deadlock? Do they see, as others see, the fore shadowed wrath of an indignant pop ulace It there Is carried to Its final ity the attempt to rcfeat the popular will as to senator and cram a per sonal program down -the people's throats? Do they see on the wall the warning that Frank Davey points out as "dishonor and disaster?" Oth ers see all this. . ; It will be a queer war If lf'takes place; Venezuela has no navy and Holland's troops can't get far Into the ' enemy's country. But with Venezuela's two ports held, the Dutch would seem to have the best of It --, . The people are willing to support the fire, and police departments lib erally', but -A they want somewhere ivear their'money's . worth, y Are thsy getting It? . ' . Mr. Taft Intimated in his New York speech Wednesday - evening that if congress did not pass a tariff law In accordance Witt his constrqe- Hon . of the Republican' platform he would veto it This may serve as a pointer to the standpatters. ' A veto that could ot be-overridden might suit them, for then the Dingley law would still stand. ;?s- . , .Perhaps that . -disease", of- Castro's was apprehensiveness of what was going to happen and he wished to take a long distance treatment. - - -Trust the oM ringleaders of - the senate to play Roosevelt's game for him, so far as popular opinion la concerned. .. ' ' But If Bomebody , tias . falsified about somebody or something, is it wprth such a tremendous uproar? Letters From tlie People Iettara to Tha Journal ehonld be written on ona side of the paper only, and ehould be ac- rompauiea nj ine name ana aaares 01 te writer. The name wlU not ba nned If tb writer aaka that It be withheld. Th Journal la not' to be underatood aa tndoritnc tha vlewe or etatemente or correeponaente. uetiera anouio oe maoe aa Drier aa poaaiDie. xnon woo wina their lettnra returned when sot need ehould in cjoea poatace. Correenondenta ara notified that lettera t eeedlna 800 worda la length mar. at the dl. ereuoB. or in editor, ne cut down lo tnat umn. A Howl. t C'::'f Albany, Or., Dec.- 15 To -ths' itor of The Journal In The Journal of yesterday vr learned that tha pos tal gavlnr bank bill waa doomed that "Senator Aldrlch and the powerful Wall street clique In the senate have ordered the defeat of the bill." In the last campaign- this bill was asked for by the people -of all.' political parties. and are we now to understand that the people are to be, turned down.. This; bill was the principal slogan of the ' Re publican party against the bank guar antee policy, and all the Republican papers took especial plana to toll us of the beneflclence of the bill and that it would be passed at this session .of congress. If congress does not pass this bill we have the only alternative of believing- . that the party, promises were only a. sop thrown to us voting cattle' to delude us Into perpetuating In power the promoters of predatory wealth. we are also Informed that "while members of the national monetary com mission were ' abroad they -were very busy collecting ammunition to fight this measure." Thla is a second instance in thla case where the 'dear people are paying their public servants a good fat salary to defeat the people's will. Then Aldrich et al, have the - nerve. the gall and the effrontery tottiSItr the plea that If the savings bank bill becomes a law, Wall street can't get our money to gamble with. That might bo J misfortune to them, but we simple minded people think we could plug along In our humble way If they did not use our money In building stock Jobbing cobhouses that tumble down and Involve us In disastrous panic. I think, there is such a thing as a man being In office too long, and It becomes evident when he feels called upon to represent the . Interests of one as against a thousand possibly for what there Is "In It" for him, and is equiva lent to saying, In the language of the notorious boss, Tweed, of . Tammany: "The public be damned." Reforms come from the people but It seems to have come to that pass where if we get what we want we must sit up and bowl, . G. W. LEWIS. Glimpses at the Record, Eugene. Or., Dec .14. To the Editor of The Journal -"As some people seem yet to be pu&led why Senator Fulton. Harvey Scott, etc... try so hard to get 'Statement No. 1 representatives to dishonor themselves .'by breaking? their Pledges to the people and electing Mr. Fulton or some other candidate of his kind, I wish to add my mite to make the case more clear to such people. In the opinion of myself- and thousands of other citlaens of Oregon this great fuss In favor of Senator Fulton Is most ly caused by our powerful railway cor porations whom Mr. Fulton has served so faithfully. When the railway rate bill was before the United States senate. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin spoke upon the bill on three different days and offered four Amendments to the bill. Three of these ' amendments 'were aimed to make the bill effective In regard to regulating .freight rates. .These amend ments were; ' ... ' "? 1. "Amendment- to restore- the Ipeh' alty -of Imprisonment or fine for the violation of the rate law-"- Senator Fulton and a large majority of the senate voted against thla amend ment although a schoolchild could figure out -that, a rate law without proper fines ror its' violation Is worthless. 2.- '"Amendment to prohibit any fed eral judge, who owns any share of the capital stock, or any bonds of a com mon 'carrier, or who accepts or uses any railroad pass or free transportation, to try the caaa -or any railroad in wr.icn he la thus interested." : ' Senator Fulton and a large rl jorlty of senators present votad against hi amendment, showing they did not want to reduce corporation Influence in the appointment and service of our federal courts. ' ' . - 3. "Amendment to ascertain the actual value of all railway property in the United States so aa to provide for the interstate commerce commission an accurate . baals on - which - to determine what are juat and 'reasonable rates." . -Again 8enator Fulton and a large ma jority of .senators present-voted against this amendment, evidently because the companies do -not - want It - shown on hbw much watered stock ; they are drawing an income from tha people. Evidently the . whole -'proceeding . on rate regulation Is onlyfor the purpose of i.xietlng public ownership sentiment. The vote on these amendments with the name of senators voting for and against, was published In the "Arena" of Boston, Mass.. in the - issue of Sep tember, 1907, and also in the Congrea- sional Record, pages 6827, 6973 and 701. MAX BURGHOLZER. The Employer's Real Liability. "It may be from .certain standpoints heresy to say It, but the Interior,-' says that contemporary, "would be willing to endure heresy trial for saying very emphatically that no Christian employ er of labor has any right to give - to missions or church work or any phil anthropy a dollar- that he might use to make his factory, his store, his mine or his railroad safer and more sanitary for the men Who . work for him.- By the same token he hasn't any right to apend that dollar for luxury for him self. VThe beginning of religion is . In fulfilling the royal law in business; it's very true1 that It's not much of a re ligion that stops there, but lt'sa hor ribly poor brand that . doesn't start there. . When the, judge of all the earth alt on his great white throne and men tions the visiting bf the sick and the feeding ; of the - hungry as acceptable titlea.to eternal reward, he surely isn't going to' be too much la- a r hurry to atop for Special-mention, -of artythlng that any American employer has done to diminish that terrible total of 00, 000 industrial accldenta which happen In America every year."1 , COMMENT AND; NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE What about that steamboat Una to Co- The. "hard winter'! has' arrived; It So many elections. crimarv and all. kib . viu veil, f -The -snow iova or hova ara mhnrt IIvaA ia mis- Iowa, L Of course- all the rltv". ihirti mill - . . r. Libeling- the United States la a new crime, it it do possible, -" Dairies and hoa-a an tns-ether- manw uiui um. cuiu are neeqea, t A week from now mnnv will wish uiey n aa oougm toenr early. Though ' far behind. Rrvnn .repelvMil quno a, 401 oi voiesr ,3a3,iM. Among other bis- thin as In tha annua.! governmental reoorta is a big deficit. TO T. R. Ha thtLf rnletV, tila antrli ia greaier man mm mat taketn a city, '.- V . ,i . . infamous libels," Mr. Pulltier, d'ye hear? , . -. e Most neeole wouM rirefee an antnma- blle to an airship for g Christmas pres- vuw - . .. . ' Country neoola should hnv nf innal merchants, not order from traveling ' One New York woman's a.ntnmnMl has killed three men. . Shouldn't she nave a meaau a my m When there are1 so manv liara. wh-e make so great, a fuss about one or two in. particular T A prominent suffragette wss recent ly marriea cernaps oy tne aid ot leap year ana s naipin. Fx-Secretarv of tha Tranaurv Ah aw is-siraia oi socialism, xnere would, oe more danger in very many.; Shaws. . . ''.''.' .. : ' ' '-. Evangelist Pat Crowe aavs ill eotten gold brings no happiness.. The very rich old men say the same only they don't admit that their wealth wa.a ill gotten. e A Chicago judge has made . Friday llmnnv Aan n.V,l.K maamm that , , will be an unlucky day for many hua-l bands, whether they are superstitious or -not. " . - ' ''- . There are men who will not admit that they can ever be- in the'sllghtest degree mistaken about anvthlns on earth,- and that all persons who say or Mint uuiertniijr ir liars. , -.. . a The- Journal still believes in nostal DniiugB uaiiu. vwc iiiuuH iiibj Bin supported by Senator Tom Carter and Chauncey Depew, though it must be con fessed that their support Invites another iook into tne question. . . -a a . "'" ; Have the people of this country en tirely forgotten the fact that they re cently elected James Schoolcraft Sher y eieciea james ecnooicran ener vlce president? Chicago Hecord Id. Why remindi them of it, espe- now when they are trying to bs man Herald. clallv happy T A. Pennsylvania preacher aayahe has discovered a method by which he can llftx himself Into space and watch the earth revolve. Unless It is different from the usual method. It 'Is objection able on account of the horrible feeling the next morning. ; - FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE 'John Albion Andrew" By (From an oration at the dedication of a monument to Governor Andrew at Hingham, October 8, 1875.) Ia it not well, in this centennial year, while the pulse of the nation is bound ing with Joy over a more complete re union among this people, while tha deeper springs of patriotism are stirred by the recollection of the deeds per formed Jby the fathers at Lexington. Concord and Bunker Hill, and the out stretched hand, with words of peace and reconciliation, . is extended from , the north to the south, from the south back again to tha north; is it not well, rX say, in our joy and thankfulness over a restored union,! that we ahould keep In mind the greater struggle for the na tion's life, and pay our homage to the memory : pf the . grand war governor, who, at the first approach of danger, aent forward Massachusetts soldiers, that,.' in God's providence, Massachu setts blood should be first shed in this war for the union, as it was In the war of independence? What more fit ting spot than this beautiful resting place of the dead to recall the deeds of the past, the virtues of the fathers, the sacrifioea of the revolution, the de votion and suffering in our later strug gle, and our own duties to God and to our country? At Its portal stands this ancient meeting' house, the oldest In the land, where for nearly two een turiea the descendants of the men, who, for the right to worship God according; to the dictates of conscience, braved the perils of sea and land, have, sent up words of prayer and song's "of praise. On tha aummit of . yonder hill repose) the remains of General Lincoln, the friend and companion of Washington, whose name is written in the records of the war for independence and civil liberty. - ' - And now, beside his resting place, with his face turned towards the rising sun, we have unveiled the image ' of hlrrr) who, in the terrible struggle for union and for unlveraal freedom, stood foremost among the foremost a central ligure. giving llfo, energy, and inspira tion to the : whole.. Whereelse could This Date in History. , ' 1777 North Carolina adopted consti tution. . 1787 New Jersey ratified the federal constitution. : a 1799 Burial ot General Washington. 1807 First Roman Catholio orphan asylum in America .Incorporated in Philadelphia. 1845 Sir Hugh Gough defeated tha Elkhs in battle of Moodkee. 1865 Thomas Corwln, Ohio states man, died. Born July 29, 1794. 1899 Lord Roberts appointed com mander-in-chief of the British forces in- South Africa. . ;-y. '., 1903 General Henry Kyd Douglas, prominent confederate veteran. and au thor, died. Born September 2, 1S40. Francis Burton Harrison's Birthday. - Francis Burton Harrison, one of the younger leaders of. the .Democrats in New York city, wag born in that city, December 18,' 1873. -He graduated from Tale In 18IM andUrom the New Tors Law school two years later. "- The same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law Ire New Torlc. During the tWar-with-Spain he served In the New Tork volunteer cavalry, and waa promoted captain 'and assistant adjutant-general of United States volun teers. , He was nominated and ifected to the 58th congress on , the Democratic tlrket. He resigned his1 seated con- j grcss before ths cxplratlbh of h term,! OREGON SIDELIGHTS. i Harrisburg la psomlsed a creamery next year. j - There are 85 automobiles in Medford and 117 in Jackson county..- ' The freight and express business of Stayton have greatly Increased during tne year. - a Dallas now has a commercial club, which Is to commence an extensive ana practical . boosting campaign. . A cannerv well under-way and a ftnnilonsAr mtartA ara not a haA end ing to 108, says tha Albany Democrat. -..- . a .- a v, The Indebtedness of Prlneville js only $2500 and the levy for the next year win oe oniy live mms. Ana mis in spite of the fact that the revenue from the saloons baa been cut oir. Georse Wlndom killed a large gray timber wolf at his ranch near Culver last Sunday, measuring 71 inches from tip to tip. WUen killed it was trotting down the road in front of the Wlndom borne. . . ., Jefferson Review: ... Iand la beginning to raise In -rjrlce already as the result of our progressive movement. More land has been sola, during tne past iew -weens than In , the same , length of time in years. .., Durlna- the naat vear I2S.068.98 was nent on tha roads and bridres of Ben- rtun county. Of this $16,137.27 came from the generairund, ana from special, taxes levied in different districts, ' v . ... i. v - ' ... .. .- .. a -., a A strong null and a long pull and a null all toaretber. and TlliamooK (Jity can be made a manufacturing- center. irrA(t dean water nhlnnino' . nort and aa pretty and live city as any In the state, aaya a local paper. 1 , Ranchers on the unrter Deschutes re port that the feeding of stock has been postponed this season later tnan at any other time in their recollection. This Is due to the continued absence of snow, and the fact that fall and wintr rains gave the graaa a good atari ana the range la in fine condition. a a . . Stavton and vicinity have more op portunity to the square mile than any other section in the Pacific northwest, asserts the Mall. Nature has placed everything here for man to use and en joy. Climate, soil, water, timber, coal, Iron, copper, gold, silver, lead, and other ores. Also the greatest known district for producing fruits without irrigation. ..... a -:- ' '. ; , Tha new owners of a 900 acre farm near Dayton will begin at once to plant the entire property to fruit trees of va rioua kinds and then clace it on the market in small tracts t. 4, 6, 6. 7, 8. 8 and 10 or more acres. The selling; of this land in small parcels Will mean the advent of at last 125 families, says the Optimist. .. The' man who is looking for "three acres and independence" will do well to see the fine black sou tributary to un ion, savs the Republican. - No better land Ilea out of doors. It lies tributary to timber, water, schools, churches and other things desirable. The man look ing ror a small tract can not una any thing better than this section. An agent of the Milton Fruitgrowers' union has traveled through all the northwest states, the central states and as far east as Chicago, during the past five months, and that his efforts in ad vertising and securing markets for Mil ton fruit met with success la easily shown by the fact that the present year has been tne most nroritaoie in tne. His tory of the union, aaya the Eagle. General Luther Stephenson we find' the spot which so beautifully represents and symbolizes the three great principles of religious liberty, of civu iiDerty, ana universal freedom; that glorious trinity which is to make this country in the future a refuge for the oppressed, a home for the weary, an example of advancement and civili sation? Ayl this la holy ground. The people ot thla land shall. come here to revive the fires of patriotism, to re flect upon-their duties to God and their country, to learn that the noblest im pulses of life demand sacrifice and labor for the good of others, , t. The sons of tha south rejoicing in prosperity under a restored union. Mr nklng God for their release from the -toad which their fathers carried, wilt pay homage at the grave of him whom we honor today, who sprang for ward first to stay the fratricidal hand; who, when the sword was sheathed, hastened to send words' of peace and reconciliation, faith and confidence. The dark skinned child of Ethiopia shall come, and, kneeling at the feet Of him whose" philanthropy and love were lim ited by no . distinction of race or color, class or condition, drop a tear of grati tude and affection. , . The traveler from other- landa. as tonished and wondering at the growth, progress ana power or tnis great peo ple, can here learn that a country, to be truly great, must recognise the grand principles upon which ours is founded, of the. right to worship God aa heart and conscience dictate,- and that tha only superior power among men is that which is derived from virtue and intelli gence. ' S"-, ... The soldier of the union will come, and, beside this marble form, -live over again the deeds of the past Baek -to his memory will rush the eleetrio words that aent him with, bounding steos to meet the armed foe;' the word of com mand will again sound in his ears, the roar of artillery, the rattlinga of mus ketry, the charge, the shout, the groans Of the wounded and dying, and then the sound of victory, with tha Joy of .wel come home. . ; having accepted the Democratio " nom ination for lieutenant-governor of New York, but waa defeated by the Roose velt tidal wave. In 1906 Mr. Harrison was re-elected to congress from the Six teenth district of New Tork. . According to Bole. ' .. ' From the Philadelphia Ledger Much to his indignation the feudist had been arrested for murder. j "Sun," he said to the court in the suave vernacular of the section, "I must characterise this proceeding as an out rage upon a gentleman, suh.' ; , "But ypu shot the man? .' - - . "Shot him I Of co'se I shot hint, but I observed every - requirement ' suh. Didn't I shoot him in the back, suh, taking him unawares,- as is the custom In .these parts? Didn't I hava mah frjends along to see fair play? More ovah, suh, I can prove by a dosen -witnesses that he had called mah coon dog a yellow mongrel."- -i ' Apparently, after all, no ethical' code had"suffered. violence, v , The Last Thing, j From Harper's Weeklv. ''Wow,- my dear rector, I want a little spiritual ad viae. You see, .Mrs. Delan cey goes In for Scientific- Pantheism. Mrs, Van Giltner goes in for $wamj ism and Mrs. Slmpklns for New Thought. Now, can't you tell me what ia the very latent thing In rcllgton?' 2Xe RILALM FEMININE, One Phase , of Race Suicide. T B decreasing birth rate in thw 1 United i States, which seems to be fully supported by statistics, has given rise to the idea that ,, tha American race la dying out. Those who feel alarm, at this darkly foretell a time when the American bora hall be no more, but our fair Jand will bo occupied by . the hordes of foreign peoples who are now swarming into tha country at auch an amaaing rater" . This charge of dellborate . reduction In the birth rate has been commonly laid upon American women. - They have been . scolded v for being unwilling' mothers, and for being selfishly indul gent, too much afraid of aeemlng to grow older, too vain to sacrifice per ednal beauty, too indolent to care to be bothered with children. , - t - But while these things are true of a very limited number of women, those useless ones whose height of ambition la to board at a hotel because It ia easier than keeping bouse, to be fash ionably dressed and to be constantly entertained, it is not true of the great majority of American women.. Taken in the main our -women are sensibly minded folk, living modestly and within their income, and making loving wtvea and mothers. ' And yet the birth rate declines. There are seldom heard of in these days the families of 11 or It children, that were npt so uncommon 100 years ago. , WhyT Is Jt not possible that we have over looked one. item in thla computation, and . that is that the apparently high rate of birth then did not really mean that that full number of effective work era were added to the community, f or the reason that so many died In in fancy? In ax family of 10 children the average raised to maturity was six or seven. We do not have auch large) families now but we raise a far larger proportion of the number of children to mature life, - -It may be doubted whether tha country affects the birth and death B9 IOBU r Biiviaui vi iiiiuiainwwu aii-w rate materially, wot in numosrs put in balance. These peasant women of the hard working class, raised upon farmi and accustomed to severe and ' long continued work, bear children eas n v. hut the ara also desperately ig norant of all the lawa of sanitation and hygiene, and If their children art sur rounded with the depressing influences of crowded life In tenement districts. they die off easily. . - , In the ordinary American family there) are four or five children. - These ara accustomed to good sanitation, clean water, fresh air, and have mucn more understanding care than did the chil dren of our grandmothers' time. - And consequently -there la a great decrease of infant mortality among the Ameri can families, except In tti few erowded It Is onlv fair. too. in casting a look over this problem, to note that our girla marry much later than they did 100 years ago. One reason may be found in the greater care for childhood, that haa been ond of the discoveries of the lata centuries. Thla Understanding and rec ognition of childhood makes parents keep their children young longer, makes them more tender of the adolescent child, makes them more oaref ul to con serve the Health and weirar or their children. ! When our grandmothers married at 16. it was considered quite the right thing to do. Such children, as we should call thenr now, became mothers at 17, anq naturally tneir ramuiea were large, and the mother herself was Worn and old by 40. Our girls are surrounded by school influences until 4 or t yearn later than this, then they turn their attention to making a living for them selves, or find some vocation Into which they may enter, and no longer feel it In a disgrace to be unmarried at 25. They have at least 10 years more of ft I rl hood than had their forbears of two generations back, a change which no doubt greatly Increases the vigor -; of their children, when they do marry, and yet which must materially deoreas the number of births compared to times some years back. " Looked at in this way, our decline of births Is not an unmixed terror and bogy. The well poised, well-informed, active woman of 26 who marries Is apt to select her husband with some degree of care; aha becomes a mother Intelli gently, and she gives her two or three or five children far better care, than was possible in the great-grandmother's time, gtvea them more childhood and tarta them into mature life with sound er bodies and : quit as well formed minds. . . -... ... ..' - It Is. not likely that even awarding heroine medals -for women who marry at 16 and bear 13 children would be a sufficient inducement to ths girl of to day to persuade her to change places with the "female" of . whom that waa the expected thing, . . . , . -- , ft at n.i French Cream Cakfe. From What to Eat: 0! NE cup egg whites, one and ona fourth cups granulated sugar, one cup pastry flour, sifted sis' times. two tablespoons lea water, one tea spoon almond extract, pinch of salt, one level teaspoon cream of tartar. Add the salt and ice water to the eggs and with a wlra whlsp beat until frothy. Then add tha cream of tartar and beat until stiff enough ' to slice. Sift the flour once.' Measure and sift five times. . Sift the auaar after meas uring. Their add the sugar to the egga and beat five minutes. Add the almond extract- and fold in the flour. Bake in an un greased pan without a tube In tne center. . iit a bottom lining or let ter paper in the pan and you can read ily remov the cake when cold. When the cake is cold take a sharp knife and cut Into three even layers, . place tha filling between the layers and cover, first with a plain yellow frosting, then with a white lattice Work, and decorate with violets, rosea and mint leaves. Filling One pint, stiff whipped cream sweetened and flavored, one cupful al monds ground fine, one half cupful candied violets rolled to a powder and one half cupful - candied orange peel ground fine. Mix all 'together and put between the layers of cake. t- V -- ' -New Things to Eat. ; SOUTHERN Horns Scald one pint of. milk; add two talespoons of melted butter; when . lukewarm - add one yeast cake, dissolved,' two talespoons of sugar and enough flour to make a soft dough; knead lightly, put back In the bowl; stand aside for three hours, or. until light; roll out; cut into cubes; stand aside to rise in a greased pan for one hour: bake in a quick oven for about 15 minutes. Five minutes before they are. dona draw them from the oven, brush them with a glaxe made by heat ing - a teaspoon each of. sugar and milk and the white -of an egg. Dust them quickly with chopped almonds. Re turn to the oven to brown. Noodle Scramble Take a half a pound of home made noodles, boll about 15 minutes In salt water, then strain off water, put them In a hot skillet with a good sized piece of butter, mixing same thoroughly; thlan add three or four eggs and scramble allHogether until the eggs are cooked. J Corn Tamales Take ona can corn one egg, butter size, of - an egg, chopped parsley... green pepper, one tablespoon cracker crumbs, a little milk, peoper and salt to taste. Mix together, put In baking dish and . cover with cracker crumbs and daub of buiter. Serve hot. Bake one half hour. V,, -:V-;:..-:--.'' R K , " A Gift for One Dollar. BUT one yard of linen sheeting at $1 and make a palr-ef hematltchea - pillow cases. I find them more ap preciated than anything I can buv-for ten time the sum. An embroidered, Initial will aJiJ to their daintiness. ' - '
