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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. -- ' ' - -
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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, " 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.
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