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ever so lowly; '
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Frances S. Osgood.
IXLAXD WATERWAY
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'HE REPORT of the Inland wa-
tefways commission to the con
serration congress recently held
in Washington was that it has
; been estimated that the . Inland wa
terways could be improved in ten
years at an annual cost of 15 0,0 00,
000 a years a total of $500,000.
000. . This would amount to about
," 60" cents per annum per capita, or
a total for the ten years of $6 for
every person in the country cer
tainly not an alarming amount for
such a great object. But it wlirnot
, be money thrown away; for the re
port further estimates that the di
rect benefits to accrue from the com-
"Neva" Ctee.
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- pietea plans' are an annual saving
or szso.ooo.ooo in transportation,
siou.nno.ooo in flood damages. 125.
000.000 In forest fires. 175,000,000
in cheapened power and $600,000.
000 through increased farm produc
tion, a total of $1,000,000,000 a
year. Or twice the total costof the
, work. Of course, this can be only a
rough, crude .estimate, yet It was not
made entirely on mere guessworkt
4 uul u capaDie men , wno gave the
subject much attention. If the esti
mate be correct, here is an Income
; every year after the work is com
pleted of twice Its total cost. And
. yet . there are public men who op
pose this project, or. seek in every
. way they can to delay it.
It is objected, too, that It would
be unbusinesslike and foolish to au
a thorite the Issue of bonds until com
plete surveys are made of all pro
, . Jects and reports thereon received.
; This is a dilatory plea. The bonds
need not be issued until needed;
. some projects have been already suf
ficiently investigated, and with the
certainty that the policy had been
- decided on, surveys and other nec
i essary investigations would go for
, ward much more promptly and en
ergetically than if the matter were
; still left undetermined.
The champions of tljis movement
-" ' In congress have by long odds the
best of the argument; they are fully
fortified by a great array of facts;
there is no real merit in any objec
tion made to the scheme: the Deo-
Pie In all parts of the country are
' unquestionably in favor of it, and
therefore these congressmen ought
to "go In to win" this winter and
press this Immensely important
project through both houses.
t CALIFORNIA PROTESTS
NUMEROUS MASS meetings are
to be held in California to pro
test against the increased
x . . freight rates from Pacific coast
. f points eastward, to go into effect
t,- January 1, and perhaps ,it would be
i. well for Oregon to Join in this form
of protest The committee of busi
' ness men and shippers which Is di
rectlng'the movement In California
. represents very reasonably that this
. Is not a matter which the railroads
have, or ought to have, the right
- arbitrarily to decide. The other
- party to the transaction is the whole
people of California, indeed of the
Pacifie coast, and they are not even
consulted. The railroads claim that
1 they have been having hard times,
" that freight revenues have decreased,
that they are obliged . to spend a
great deal of money to impr9yeandl
- exiena we eervice; -. merejore- in
creased rates are. Justified and nec-
essary. But the Callfornians re
tpond. "Show us. Wt-only have
your word for all this. Lay bare all
the facts, the whole truth;' about
your business, and if an Increase Is
jnstlfied we will not object to it."
Tbts is a fair proposition, bat the
railroads will sot entertain It be
cause they claim that their bus!
ness is wholly and exclusively theirs
and not the. public's at all. It Is
this fatuity on their part that is the
main foundation for the government
ownership propaganda. The railroad
transportation business is very much
the public's business; all the peo
ple are directly and vitally interested
parties and they have a right to
know everything about the business,
down to the smallest fact and fig
ure, and then to decide, or at least
have a share In deciding, what are
reasonable rates. It must come to
this, and the sooner the railroads
realize this and act accordingly, the
sooner will they and the public es
tablish those amicable and mutually
beneficial relations that we hear bo
much talk about and that are so de
sirable.
AX UNBELIEVABLE REPORT
A'
NEWSPAPER statement credits
some members of the Multno
man delegation with hostility
to the Willamette locks pro
ject. It is said that they favor re
peal of the law by which the state
offers to bear half the coat. The
report is unbelievable. Every con
sideration discredits it. There is no
reason why any member of the
Multnomah delegation should be
ready to turn back the wheels of
progress In state development. On
the broad ground of what benefits
Portland benefits Oregon, and of
what helps-Oregon promotes Port
land, every member of the delegation
should have a personal Interest in
the expenditure by the state ot such
sum as will eliminate private own
ership of the locks and make the
fiver free. For personal and selfish
reasons every business man and
every property owner in Portland
should take the same view. It Is
not a matter over which there 1s
room for difference of opinion.
Every facility that is added in
making It easy for products to reach
Portland gives impetus to the growth
and establishes more firmly the
destined supremacy of this city.
Every move that lessens the trans
portation cost between this city and
adjacent territory is one more rivet
in the structural formation of a
greater Portland. . It was the rivers,
the Willamette and the Columbia,
that jnade Portland a possibility. It
is trie greatest utilization of those
rivers that will more firmly fasten
Portland to a position of supremacy.
Why is It that Chicago and Illinois
are spending $20,000,000 on water
ways and canals In the state of Il
linois? Why is it that New York
city, and New York state are spend
ing $110,000,000 on the Erie canal?
It is because the men who are men
in those states and cities know the
laws r of transportation, and the re
lation of city gr'owlh and state
growth and the promotion of com
munity life and wpllbelng thereto.
By every law of progress and thrift,
by every consideration of business
and enterprise, by every known in
fluence trending In the direction of
Portland's commercial success, not
one man in the Multnomah delega
tion should hesitate for one single
moment to be an earnest advocate
and a persistent supporter of any
appropriation necessary to secure at
once the opening of the Willamette
river and the deepening of the chan
nel in that river toTCorvallis and Eu
gene. It will be amazing If any other
view is held by any member of the
delegation. So far as The Journal
has ever been able to learn the only
opposition to the plan ot a freed
river comes from the railroads and
private interests that profit from a
monopolized river.
GOVERNMENT IN THE
PHILIP-
PINES
I
T IS intimated in a news dispatch
that Mr. Taft, when he becomes
president, will Inaugurate a con
siderably different policy In the
Philippines from that hitherto pur
sued. The past policy, due In large
part to Mr. Taft himself, has been to
confer most of the local offices upon
the Filipinos, and as far as possible
treat them as equals the McKlnley
policy of "benevolent assimilation."
Mr. Taft in a recent speech at the
ceremony of unveiling a McKlnley
monument praised that policy and
lauded the assassinated president for
that among other things, so this re
port may be unfounded; yet prob
ably nobody knows better than Mr.
Taft that except as a shadowy the
ory or a political pretense benevolent
or any other sort of assimilation,
except in a very small degree and
at few points, is an impossibility.
There 's but slight and strained as
similation between the whites and
blacks In this country, though they
have lived together for hundreds of
years, and must live together In the
future, and are all Americans; much
less can there be assimilation be
tween the Americans, most of them
officeholders or soldiers, in the
Philippines? and the natives. Un
doubtedly our military operations
and schools have been very instruct-'
ive to the Filipinos, and our peo
ple over there have learned their
character pretty well, so there is a
tort of enforced and surface amity
and comradeship between them, but
theAmerlcaa is -the Anglo-Saxon
etljl, and the Filipino Is the. Malay
Tartar oriental still, and so will re
main, spite of armies and school
teachers. . "
A Montana man, out hunting,
heard the bushes ratle, and sup
posed It , was a deer. He fired, as
they5 often do. Four hours . later,
his brother nearly frozen and bleed-
ing to death was found at -the spot
The victim expired before the near-
est farm, house could . be reached,
Ana mus tne aay'a sport by. the two
brothers had Its terrible sequel. And
thus the harvest of death through
the carelessness and recklessness
the hunters goes tragically' on. In
Michigan 11 hunters fell by accl -
dental shooting within two. weeks.
Thereafter the legislature passed
law and now the man who eboots
another for a deer goes to the peni
tentlary for 10 years,
IMPOSSIBLE, MR. FULTOX.
S
ENATOR FULTON'S letter to
an Oregon legislator is a prac
tical avowal of his own impossi
bility. It ought to be so ac
cepted by his friends. They wrong
him by adhering toor tempting him
to, a candidacy. It places him in
the wrong light before the electo
rate of Oregon. It puts him In the
attitude Of an Insurgent. It makes
him anno-A,. t ,1 j ,
otio.om. iuc iu lira ui ucny
flOW Of affairs. It ascribes to him
, . ...
a purpose Of setting the Will of the
people at. defiance. It is an impos-
sible attiude for any Public man.
t t i-i it ... .
il 10 an iuiiuB mat ine eiucioraie
win not forgive, and that Is a rea-
Mr. Fnltnn tn ha a oanriMota Tin.
. j ii j , .
are his best and truest friends who
frankly tell him that he Is not even
remote senatorial
possibility at
this time.
Jlft letter practically admits as
much., It. recalls that he was an
anti-statement candidate before the
peopie, ana that pro-statement won.
That alone eliminated htm and 'by
overv r-nnalrlopotlnn -A
V"' " " , fc.r
should have been final. He was a
candidate before his, party and his
party rejected . him and chose an-
ntriar Tfc.i ii. ui u.
other. That eliminated Air. Fulton,
and byevery consideration of good
faith it should have been final. He
declared at Corvallls in a public ad-
j . . . . , , ,
dress before hundreds of people
that If defeated before the people his
name would not go before the legis-
lature for senator or any other of-
flee, and, by every consideration of
EOod faith that should be final,
With the people of all parties voting,
Mr Chamberlain was selected as the
candidate for senator, and by every
known consideration of good faith
that should be final. Mr. Fulton
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went to Washington and sought the
id or tne aaminlstratlon. but failed,
The sequel to his effort was that
the president frankly declared it the
duty of Oregon to ratify the people's
choice. Along with all this there Is 1
a rUtno- tirio nt VovnWinn .n
the state in which the granges are
indignantly protesting a against the
election of any other candidate than
the people's choice. At the same
time a united eastern press and an
almost unanimous state Dress In
Oregon Is denouncing any plan of
. . , . ..v.,, , .
Interfering with the regular and
peaceful order programed' by the
DeODle.
To all this there is but one mean-
ng. it is Impossible to .overturn I
the majestic mountains or drain the
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wett" "l 118 WL5I- 41 . imposs!-
ble to count the sands -of the sea-
shore or to enumerate the raindrops
that fall from the clouds. There is
. , ,. , .... .
an Irrevocable fixity In the political
events of recent date in Oregon and
their Inevitable logic Is the Impos-
slbUlty of Mr Fulton It harms him
for his friends to attempt to make
him possible. It' wrongs him fdr
them to Buggest him as a possibility,
The rivers cannot be reversed nor
the ballot box defied.
In 1910 Argentina will celebrate
i , ii n . t I
Its centennial, and will erect in the
harbor of Buenos Ayres a gigantic
statue with the inscription, "Peace -Stand at the corner of Third and Mor
and liberty for all men of the world iiB0Jtl ut and J10! . ar th?
wishing to live on Argentina soil."
Argentina is a progressive and rap
idly developing republic of 5,000,-
nnn n.nni. ninv t t
000 people, living in a country ca-
pable of sustaining 50,000,000. Its
government closely imitates that of
the United States, Its position in the
. . . "c
southern hemisphere corresponds to
ours in ine nortnern, ana its great
export staples are wheat and beef,
It leads commercially all the
nations ana us iraae per capita is
greater than that of the United I
States or any large nation of Europe.
R.nni ,.. - n,.io.i
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about 1,200,000, fourth on the west- keep her glass slipper, youth and beau
em continent, and only New York T: Samson his strength and vigor; m-
anrl CMcairn ra crnwlne- faator
There has been all along an un-be
explainable lack of enthusiasm wlthHow lovely are rosy cheeks, bright eyes
reference to the Willamette project
me journal nas eeverai times canea
.a a , , . aa a I "
puoiic attention to tnis Ilsuessness. I
A local newspaper now comes for-
vnrrl with a Mtm that thnr. n in
- vu.o -
trta that nnnnaa tho n,nWI onH I
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that vtant repeal of the state law
appropriating uu,uuu in aid or tne
open river. We know now that the
fine Italian hand of secret interests
want the people of the Willamette
region to continue until the crack of
doom to pay the same old freight
rates exacted of th.m fnr th
rateB exacted or tnem for the past
v jcaie. mere was manifestly I
method in all this madness of sec-1
recy and silence. Is this why, the
Willamette project cannot get a
hearing on the floor" of congress?
W shall see what we shall see.
Every possible influence should
be invoked to bring the L'iberty Bell
to the Rose Festival. Its educative
Influence alone is worth all the trou
ble It may cost to . bring It Every
time we are reminded of the day
when the old bell pealed out the
notes 'of a jiew freedom, the best im
pulses In the American heart - are
stirred and" new supports nailed to
the fabric of liberty. Then there
is the absorbing Interest with which
all would feel the desire to get a
I view of the famous bell, symbolic of
the most notable event in the his
of I tory of the human race. Governor
I Chamberlain's assurance that earnest
1 effort and cooperation with , the
I Alaska-Yukon exposition people will
a I secure the bell, will doubtless In
I spire the Rose Festival committee to
- renewed activity, '
, Economy in expenditures should
be practiced, as far, as. is consistent
with desired progresslyenesa, but in
castae? tax burdens ought to lm
press people witn tnes, neea or i
somewhat different system of taxa
tlon, so as better to equalize the
burden. ' . -
Letters From tkc People
? Z -SLSff!?
I eomoanled by the nam and addrae of the
I writer. iM nam win not om hwi ii i
I writer aaka that It tu, wl.Ji held. The Journal
u " underataod Indorsing tb Tlawa
atateinenta of eorreapoiidenta. Letter ahoiild
b made aa brief aa poaalble. Thoa who wiab
Iftter. returned when not naed bo14 fu
I Correspondent are notified that letter ex.
Iceedin 300 word Id leneth mar, -at tu. ma
Icretlon ef the editor, be cut dowu to tht umit.
' t The Train Holdup.
1 Portland, Dec. 21. To the Editor 01
I i ne journal x ii proinjjwure u.
traln crew ,n obeying every command
of the robbers in Friday night's holdup
"hows them to have been as well trained
as ine usual college iguwau wiu.
- ..m. n. film.
in off the- light so that the robbers
?ou,a not "wing" him as he ran orr to
J the .messenger m opening, the safe, tas-
ing from and concealing the valuable
packages and replacing them with
"fool" valuable, then recklessly opening
the car door in the glare of electric
urht. that n winded him that he
1 could not shoot, but could plainly see
M16 robbers' guns; the braicemRn wno at
command reentered ine car mm wiiu
remarkable coolness advised the pns-
sengers to conceal the valuables;
In fact, they did everything the
bbe.r" coJl1!d a,8 aB?1 70S
one thing they failed to do "defend
tna train
Is there not a radical shortcoming
here? What advantage, man for man,
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COver to some extent; robbers mostly in
the ooen. Under these conditions two
trainmen are more than the equal of
pptreadmit "hatrag..
nopoiized by highwaymen, even if most
holdups are In evldenoe that such l the j
caf- ' . . , , Alm
Have maudlin sentimental laws dis-
armed the trainmen? Why should not
messengers, firemen and brakemen have
arms ready loaded in convenient places
""v,
held accountable for any failure to
shoot, when they have the advantage.
These robbers were really quite mod-
them neaf tha streetcar line. They
probably could safely have made him
run tnem t0 the west side and saved
inr-iYe..r . Kr
ger but that was a woman. Brave wo
man, we take off our hat to you. You
ceLtalnly w,"not r?,186 towards.
The report is published that three or
fmiP Daasenrera havine firearms re-
solved, as soon as the robbers left. t
defend the passengers. They should
Und followed her lead in an attack on
the holdup men. in the name of all the
&ods at once, let us awake a more
couruKBUUB puuiiu ecnumenw umarwiie
wa wU1 eoon be 8neered at as a nation
of cowards. . .
T"8 Photo of the men just starting to
"t L a" a"csrt,!h rVh
In a morning paper, was a happy
thought It is almost as good as an
introduction. OLD PIONEER.
- ,
pVe? "tTt, of
Tne Journal It is quite a surprise that
no cognisance has .been taken of "dance
nails," 'clubs," and "orders" In the
c";on th. "women's clubs" have Ig-
nored this. I mead the very early hour
when young people return home from
such gatherings.
wo as ciiiens are iteming ag&inn
tuberci0Si8. Our youngest, fairest, best
We as citizens are fighting against
are very rapidly going under,
You cannot pass '70 per- cent. ,
The early-closing movement Is in use
here; but entertainments, even church
services, - commence at 8, , 8:80 and
dances at p. m. To take supper, wash,
dress, does not require these three hours,
but it la not that. Mission meetings up
It 1t'k n5f unt"1: I 3'
The tired feet that have stflod all day,
the courtesv of manner kent-uD. the
strain of pleasing so many, then, the
hydra steps in and tuberculosis as an
Z'ZrTrt
five hours.
Let the mayor and counclltnen enact
tlat Yery, PuW,c an xnurcn. oe
Promptly closed at Iz midnight, espe-
ctallv thnA for danclnr. Cinderella, will
pioyers will una gooa service; patrons
TvMlelnar ami anartment hnuaea ahonlrl
compelled to have a bath service.
f?JL -i2T" !LVTO
these are only preservd by good food,
- CUft1" tXUU 1IWU11 VJ U( (..(- X IOq; i CI
cleanliness and rest sleep.
-.elinor m.. DAVIS.
m i. t.- a mi
u ' " niowr,.
' 1790 Thomas Mifflin became the
flrBt governor of Pennsylvania, under
the constitution of 1790.
1804 Lord r Beaconsfleld, English
lfig" , - : p '
1807 Embargo act passed, forbidding
the departure of any vessel from the
United States for a foreign port.
1864 Armed collisions took place In
eastern Kansas between the two pollt-
leal parties. - , .
l General Sherman entered r the
city ot eavannan
1894 Sir Mackenzie Bowell became
premier of Canada and formed a new
ministry, . . -.7-' ...
1900 Martial law proclaimed In Cape
Colony, - v-i - , i ' .,- -
1902 Remains of Julia Cent Grant
placed In the Grant tomb on Riverside
drive, New York. , . ' . . -
Charles Homer f Hasklns Birthday,
; Charles - Homer Haskins, a noted ed
ucator who has. been mentioned as a
possible successor to President Eliot of
Harvard university, was born In Mead
vllle. Pa., December, "SI, 1870. He was
graduated frbm Johns Hopkins univer
sity in 1S87, and took advance study at
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
An old question:
borr .
"VTio is myiaigh
Some people are having another va
Have some robber rll hun
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A hard week this, for the store em
ployea ; v. . . . . ;. .
Last call to hav ' th
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But some ha hnnrht aarle alii k.
It is linllkelv thaf fiilm li W1r
Why Should ahvhorlv want tn ka "a
Most -former nnreaaarlaa ara linn.
Ing luxuries, . . rf. ,
As to the rohhAr-mtcfitTia enttlnaa
uuiiuiiaj uoing. - .. i - v
as it, inn niimi ipnnn i.
l,uuv,VVV city,
T ' 'a a
The mavor Inalata na lattlna lleht l
Get "all readv fnr a me ht- A.
. . . ' y . ; s- - , -k-
xneres no use wlahlna anma nnn1.
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JrerhaDaj Castrn amaeta t e th.
jwviuna revived. , -
The judicial miirdee mill .sm.t.1..
nulta K...U--. . "
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"Bear ye one annthar'a hurn
so fulfill tha law of Christ."
It Is already belnar An-nvTA
rather small orchards pay best.
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Coming on Fridav. rhrlm win t
unlucky for some people, of course.
ACter the holiday it I mnnniui ih.
ship subsidy bill will bob up again.
a.
Secretary 'vVilson
Is adulterated. Same as bleached com
plexion and hair,
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These be nrosDerous tlmna fnr thm.
who sell; to consumers the cost of liv
ing increases constantly.
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"Shall congress abdicate?" asks the
New York World. Well, It might be
wen ii a majority or it aia.
.'
An exchange alludes tn tha ri.
dent's last message as his "swan-song."
Another case of nature faking.
a a -7
Being now assured of Vtha speaker
ship. Uncle Joe is talking out pretty
saucily. But he never wao a hypocrito.
It is reported that Abruzzl will cllmh
Mount Everest, 29,000 feet high, next
summer, He feels about that cold now.
A New Jersey man took 10 baths In
30 hours. . But the Item doesn't say
that he was connected with Standard
Oil.
Senator Depew sarcastically remarked
that being only a senator he had noth
ing to do with federal appointments. He
shouldn't have.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
'The Bell V lW"
From chanter S of
"The Life of
George Washington."
The representatives of the people as
sembled In solemn conclave and long
and anxiously surveyed the ' perilous
ground on which they were treading. To
recede was now impossible; to go on
seemed fraught with terrible cop
quences. The result of the long and
fearful conflict that must follow was
more than doubtful. For 20 days con
gress was tossed on a sea of perplex
ity. At length, Richard Henry Lee,
Shaking off the fetters that .galled his
noble spirit, arose on the 7th of June,
and in a clear, deliberate tone, every ac
cent of which rang tb' the farthest
extremity of the silent hall, proposed
tne following resolution
"Resolved, That these united colon
ies, are, and ought to be, free and inde
pendent states, and . all political con
nection between us and the states 'of
Great Britain Is, and ought to be, to
tally dissolved."
John Adams, In whose soul glowed
the burning future, seconded the reso
lution in a speech so full of impassioned
fervor, thriving eloquence and prophetic
power, that congress was carried away
before it, as by a resistless wave. The
die was cast, and every man was now
compelled to meet the issue. The reso
lution was finally deferred until the
first bf July to allow a committee ap
pointed for that purpose to draft a
declaration of Independence. "When the
day arrived the declaration was taken
up and debated artlclo by article. The
discussion Continued for three days, and
was' characterized by great excitement.
At length, the various sections having
been gone through with, the next day.
July 4, was appointed for action.
It was soon known throughout the
clty,,.and In the- morning, before con
gress assembled, the streets. were filled
Johns Hopkins and the Universities of
Paris and Berlin. He was instructor in
history at Johns Hopkins for one year,
and was assistant professor of history
in 1891 and 1892, and professor of Eu
ropean, history from 1892 to 1902, at the
University of-Wisconsin. Ho was a lec
turer on histiry, 1899-1900. and prof es-
sor of history at Harvard, where he has
been since. . He has : contributed nu
merous articles on the Vatican archives,
mediaeval student life, . the study and
teaching of history, the Inquisition and
the Jury. He has served as correspond-
inr secretary of the American Historical
association and as state historian of
the Wisconsin Historical society. ;
. Prosperity's Surest Indication. .
From the NeW York Times..
Perhaps the most convincing evidence
that prosperity has returned, or at least
is on the way and close at hand, can
be found In tha fact that th , Immi
grant ships are coming Into port again.
crowded with passengers confident that
we have work for them to do. and eager
to exchange their. strength for our good
dollars. - . . '
Of course no one Individual among
the thousands now dally-landing from
the , steerages knows very much about
economic conditions In the United States
for the great majority- of them are
neither observers nor thinkers, but each
man. has his particular ' source of in
formation, and. as a whole, they never
make mistakes in deciding when. times
are going to.be good or when the out
look. Is bad. Their foreknowledge .has
much the appearance of being a sort Of
instinct, but that is because we do not
know much about the -data on which
they act, -; . ' 7 . t
it is. the movement of the mass that
seems - mysterious. In ' each case, - If
proper inquiries i were made and an
sweredthe course of the Immigrant or 1
.NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Streams- are lower than for -many
years at this time of year.
Nearly 60 W. .of W. were Initiated
at Praln one evening lately. .
;.f ,-. , r, 7..
A place In Lane ' county Is named
Yi ineberrj , That sounds good.
and 18 H Inches In : circumference. "
a . . .. V'
The Clatakanla Phrinararltra
I. reported a. progressing favorably?'
A fair oueatlon- a,,.' tr
need pving?-.RftseburV Newa aia7diy
fair, grammatically. ,..., r ; ,
rZ"i!!jWW. 1-a'I
councilman $50 'a year, i .
vvw' an. a w 111 fllWU Sam VMir. MJlll
'' 7; ' 7
A farm of 77S acres near Ullley was
sold last week fnr tit tin ft iri -m v.
subdivldad into 20 and 40 acres farms.
, 7 a ' '
Tha n 1 .
ready begun he work of advertising
this vlcinaa-e and results will won h,
gin to follow, says the Star. ,
n-,"-i'?'a..:l'.: t..!.. . 1 ' ...
and peach trees are set on tha Tfo
u?xvjin iiai . oiAir M.f :i ri 11 1 aim
mer) Hukard place and 1300 trees are
P"-.0" P".nt- T"9 Kround
umug vioea i incnes aeep,.
. . " - ' 7 - 7 .
A Jasper. Lane county.' woman rath
ered from her garden a few day s afro
a number of green , pea pods in which
the peas were fully matured. There
arralso a number of vines In bloom, 7
-, . , .
Tha Dalles and vicinity nrorlne
some of the best celery that reaches
the local markets. The flavor of home
arnarn . e
any other locality, says the Chronicla
Hubbard has had more new side.
smlll sized town along the 8. P. R. R.,
y,ma.rrn"n k .ml 'i1"1
,"luch mor be -built before
spring. ' ...,
mimtatm . v- . ... is--,
An estate case has been in the Klam-
th county courts for 17 years, the olr-
null J.,J. lnn. iw
VfTrm1J".n;V?(re"; cause o' the distress Is Investigated,
f is iSf- . "i the 'emedy is Bpplied. if possibla But
t Is years aro. Now ltlnrtu v,A i ,,i..i ....
nt juage ana ai
the county court
will probably go to the supreme court,
- -
A St. Helens Citizen, says a Carres -
pondent, led water going to waste by Is the drinking habit of the fatner. He
troughs to a vacant lot. and with alls able to work, he does work: he aarna
very little leveling down, now has a I enough money to keep his family de
fine looking garden spot, where onlylcently but Instead of doing so he
rocks were In evidence before. Other I turns his wages into liquor and lets
owners with larger holdings are also
building troughs and If the mud holds
out, will soon be setting out walnut
trees.
t
While Carl Aglesly and Charles Lane
of Eugene were walking along Smith
river with their packs on their backs
on their backs they came to-a sudden
declivity to get down which they would
have to slide down to a narrow shelf
of rock and then worm their way along
me mountain sine until tney got to the
bottom of the canyon. Just beyond
the narrow, ledge there was a sheer
precipice or fully 60 feet. Carl made
the slide first, struck the ledge all
right and held on. but when Lane at-
tempted- to make It he shot clear over
the ledge, falling on the rocks below,
nut as ne reu on nis pacK, ne was but
slightly injured.
- - By Joel T. He.cUey
'with avHtl 1 mam I.
groups engagedin eager discussion, and
aMSaZT' e I.
All business was forgotten in the. mo-
mentous crisis which the country had
now reached. No sooner had the mem-
brs taken their seats than the multl-
tude gathered in a dense mass around
the entrance. K bellman-mounted to
the half ry to be ready to proclaim the
JoyfUl tidings of freedom as soon as
the final vote was passed. A bright-
eyed boy was stationed below to give
a.1 a . . . I
ine signal. Around tne bell, brought "x snowing iwi "", ',,L "r-
from Kngland. had been cast, more n arm roun,d th2 "itlh,n flUre'
than 20 years before, th. "propnet h2 Mother?7' tasked him.
motto. Proclaim liberty throughout all "No'm " "A father?" "No'm." "Where
the land, unto all the inhabitants there- do you liver' "With my brother."
of." Although Its loud clang had often "Just you, two alona?" "Yes'm.' Then
sounded over the city, the proclamation "he found that these. twaclUldren. tlis
beeTken '.Toud" "P r "tW ttW "geTheV4' WThe "eJ
t. spoken aloud. . b carried papers in the morning, and
It was expected that the final rote "hey both came to school. The older
would be taken without delay, but hour boy's wages were absolutely all they
after hour wore on, ' and no report had to live on, and their food, morning,
came from that mysterious hall wbere noon and night, was what do you sup-
the fate of a continent was in aim. pose pancakes, made- of flour and wa-
The old man leaned over ths railing, th. Mhe Flour is pretty cheap, you
straining his eyes downward, till his know. It will make) a good many pan
heart misgave hlrn, and hope yielded to takes. . ' , . " ,..
fear. But at length, at 2 o'clock, the "And I might have scolded that child,"
door opened and a voice exclaimed. "It "tt,d tha teacher, with tears in her eyes
ulrhttaBL7ia,sWi fTeV'i:e tNt.TwodB'not wilfully harrow
lightning from, lip to lip, followed by your feeiings if that were all. But ths
huzzas that shook the building. The point is that such things are actually
boy sentinel clapped his hands and hannentno- rlsrht here In our midst now.
shouted to the bellman. "Rlnsrt rlnr!"
The desponding bellman, electrified Into
lire by the Joyful news, made the bell
rlnr nnt with a tH.t
.rtf!' Aii.arilt.,J ? ,.,Urt2'd
every- heart In Philadelphia like a bu-
gle blast. "Clang! clang!" the bell of
libertjr; resounded on. higher and clearer,
more Joyous, blending in its deep and
thrilling vibrations and proclaiming in
loud and Ion accents .r aiiTa ii.
the motto hft anci'J it ' 1
tne motto that encircled It. . ...
' . . ' 1
the emlarant would ba founil riarAen.tnaji
in soma TVerv almni-n? Jl-.f- S
hLfiTi- LJI JlP n compre-
henslble way. -The man hurriedly quits
the country, because, bavins- Inst hi
job, and being unable to get ' another, I
he hurries home, where his savings will
be a little fortune and sunnort him in I
cnmfnrtahiai Mian. .,." , --. lyour scnooi toaay ana see lr ne Knows
wrVtVV thn K Rny ch,ld wh0 ,s 1,h,J' to have no
tney would here, he cornea back because! Christmas.
no nn rora a relative or rrlend that
the old Job is waiting for him, or be-
cause the ever watchful agents of the
transportation companies . carry the
same news to him, v .;-
Somehow or other, these foreign la
borers get what for their purposes is ac
curate Information as to A m pHran aafi.
dIUons. and they often get it before we
have made p our own mind. I- To
k,i i .i . , . i inu mo jiut-a ui a lumuiii ana cui la
What 18 going to i happen. Their In.l.-n i. arith - rt.tA vnu. r
comings and outgoings are therefore of
great diagnostic value. And now they
are all coming back, 6000 a day some
daya If they are sure that all's welL
the rest of us might as well be
Yj,a ,. , . , ' I
Bad Outlook for Bachelors'. -
Frora the St. Iaus Post-Dlsnatch " v-. 5
A 8t. Louis temperance worker a
woman. Of course sava that nn. ,i y
evil that afflicts the . country Is the
bachelor. Perhaps the new president or
some or tne new governors will look into
thla It Is a good . while since the
bachelors at a class have had as nvar.
hauling and perhaps they need It .
' ,. A Practical Movement.
- 7, From the Bohemian.
"George." spoke his better half, "you
are interested in the temperance move
ment, are you not?'-' 7
"Why, certainly am," he answerad.
"Well, supt-oso you go out and make
few of them with the numn handle.
I am In need of a pail of water' right J
aaa.
The RLALM
FE.MININE,
The Neglected Child.
H
OW Is one to find those who Jieed
neip at the Christmas time. If .
one does not know? Do you 7
remember that that question was 7
7 . asked us not7 long - ago by a i
mother who wanted her child to iearn1'.
w "umel f others? ;
I ,,V."'wer waiting- for ber if aha
I rl" wepnone Main SJ58. A - teacher
rSoWSI ZZ'J!" l
.1 ifhV?. SM C?" aV
chief several h7ve" no wSrV than
a change of stocklSga In 'HSR .av2
rda0 WitScUri!
' clad so m fed" . tST'.K
I UTrJn in BUh rtllhli a ... a
I moves One-tO Dltv to ana than.
We have been making quite a to-dd
I about our school tenhsn' a-,,., n..
J1 occurred to you that many of these
i ', . re contriouting from their
I Slender Store to hnv llnrlAra-anr ahn.
iff'ShiPfS. f..th.e 'i"1? "Bted'
!' are sent to school so poorly
"""a:
.. Thl" problem that is hard tNJ
Hirsnrn fiikM
aT -r It """aaJ".,- "I . lo
tio'n. for" insunce. is imWm SSSIt ;
effort to Interest The m?the?s tn ch
school district In the Welfare of their
1 children;, trying to get better ideals of
- 1 child rearlnsr and of homa kmnine k.
for the mothers, circulating books on
child culture, bringing physicians and
I lecturers to . the schoolhouaaa tn
tto them.- You would suppose that this
imusi do a great neip in having bet-
I fr homes. And it is but as we all
fh an, . ort 5f,hs kind It la
I Hf, W07Te? wo."ed it least who at-
tend. Unless they COme the nther
I LU.-and y.'u I"or?J?-
"":."Brw VI
I carina for her (hiinVen
Sometimes the Visiting Nurse ao-
elation, or the Fruit and Flower mis-
Islon. or the AsKOcIated Charltlea fina
i tiiwo laiiiiuci wneira nm cniiaren ar
I necleeted and ill fri- then tha rath
n5 X?Ka-ii' JJa i"?"1?
I iouiiou Willi, tlia
children's c.dltion ii I beyoTd the Tpo
iers oi any sort or cnarity to reach.
1 More freauent than any other causa
the children go hungry and cold,
Who can give definite assistance to
a family in such plight as that? And
It Is so common oh, A common that
It is almost commonplace. And yet It
in not the children's fault. They, poor
little things, worse off than if they
were fatherless, accept their . rags and
their neml-starvatlon with childhood's
wonderful philosophy and try to catch h
some brightness from the days as they' ,j
come. i
Let me tell you some ..real true
stories of little children in our own
public school", in our own prosperous
city of Portland. A teacher felt so
sorry for one poor little lad who was
In her room, so cold, so dirty, wearing
an old thin pair of girl's shoes without
(rubbers during a spring or sieety.
rainy days, that she spoke to some of
the other, teachers about ' it, and to
gether they raised some money. After
school that night she invited the young
ster to- go down town with her, and
witn tne generous assistance 01 one or
the nronrletors-of one of our largest
department stores, the little fellow was
fittan-mit rnmnletelv with new warm
clothes, probably the first time In his
life that he, had been comfortably clad
thrOUgllOUl. i ne lIt.UO cnap Jiuil l any
?H? XX
clasped in his grimy fist and presented
them to-her.
" I could have cried." she said,
Another teacher told me this. It hap-
pened some years ago. but It Is none
" L"al 'r?. nSt Drre
t?&trtolZ eh?
"ked him to stayK after school so that
ha could talk to him. The little fel-
low was shy and not at all eager to II
talk about himself, but little by llttleu
a . J 1 4 aa taaast amain ntlTTlnO V
Our various agencies and societies are
doing all they can. They are supported
oy. personal cumriouiiuu. "' ""T
wno nave enouin aiiu m ayam. an
they are In constant touch with ths
problems ef cold and hunger and slck-
ness and wickedness which ars the con-
stant surroundings-of . many,
And yet, there remains a great field
for Personal Individual effort in allevl-
tlB the sorrows and troubles of those
hose cases do not properly come wlth-
th- nmita of these aaenc s.
- Perhaps some way will be found next
year so that before the Christmas sea-
son comes the teachers and, the moth-
ers mnd the little cold and -neglected
children may be brought into closer
touch, i And vet teachers are such busy
people land so tired when the day's work
is done.
- Suppose you caU. up tha principal -of
' A Novel Turkey Stuffing.
NT
OISTEN three . cupfuls of soft
bread crumbs with one half cup
ful of melted .butter. Add one
'cupful of butternut or black walnut
meats, blanched and broken, one calf's
sweetbread which has fbeen blanched,
k?A JBt.YAtr-e2n
teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of cav-
enne. Toss these Ingredients together
and Hshtly rill the Vody and -the-neck
2$ t,he hird. Never pack'' -stuffing in
rfwls unless ; you wish it heavy and
UIIUi - I
For a.turkey weighing 15 pounds two
qjiaria ui boh. urenu crumu will oe
required. Moisten them with a teaenn!
ful of melted butter, and season with
one and one half teaspoonfuls of salt.
blespoonful of poultry seasoning and
one smalt onion grated. Add one pint of
raw cranberries and one - cupful of
blanched chestnuts 'chopped coarse.
F JC. P.
tt K H
Painty Pudding.
PUT Into a dish some coarsely crum
bled sponge cake, over it spreads
layer of whipped cream sweetened
and slightly flavored with vanilla Then
add some more rake crumbs, -mora,
cream, etc.. until the dish Is full, get
away on ice until needed and when
turned out serve with chocolate sauce .
This "dessert decorated a-itK ...i.j .
"".'""i?"""' vvv, one is
.cherries and leaves ot angelica. maki V
a beautiful Christmas dish. . Serve ths
a onvcr jiiitiier.