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PORTLAND AND ATf OPEN YIL-
-.. : LAM.ETTE
TT IS i Bafe guess that the mem
I bers of the Multnomah ' delega-
J' tlon are not opposed to the Wil
. lamette locks project, local news
paper statements to the contrary
notwithstanding. An original fac
tor in the building of Portland was
the Willamette region. The time
was when that region was practically,
all Oregoij." It was " the trade and
barter with "the settlements of. the
great valley that started Portland on
her career of growth. It was a
commerce that for 30 years was car
ried on almost entirely by means of
steamboats on the Willamette river.
, It was the presence of this commerce
and the agency oB the river therein
that led the state to appropriate
$200,000 toward construction of the
locks, an appropriation that carried
trlth It th rlp-ht ft nnhsAnnent mir.
chase, which right was, through the
connivance of crivate interests in the
legislature,' allowed' to lapsel '
The Willamette region still is an
enormous factor in th commerce .of
Portland as business men In this city
will : testify. That -valley, as all
know, is but a fraction of what it
is yet to be. The application of in
tensified methods in agriculture and
animal husbandry will develop it
into an empire from which the an
, opal output , of wealth . will . be as
much or more than the present out
put of the whble state. It is a re
gion of Incomparable possibilities.
Its ultimate will be a population of
several times that of the present
Oregon. It will be an empire of Its
own and one to alone sustain a city
of the present proportions of Port
land. It is a region that is essen
tially one that will be divided ulti
- mately into small holdings with in
tensified production, now beyond the
, dream of the average observer, but
thoroughly appreciated by experts
and students of economic life.
A way to hasten this development
is to give the region an opportunity
to break down the freight rates
that have stood unchanged for 30
years, and to do that is a business
proposition for Portland. It is in
credible that the Multnomah
tlon would lor one moment, by op
position to the Willamette project,
throw away that which promises so
much, for this city, the Willamette
valley and all Oregon.
.IDLE MEN
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' It. ' ROBERT W. BRUERE.
'managing agent of the As
sociation, for Improving the
Condition of the Poor, a New
Tork city society, states after what
he claims to have been a thorough
investigation that it is not true that
It is only or T even chiefly the shift
less who are out of work. From the
thousands of cases with which this
institution deals he took at random
severe scrutiny, and found that only
6 per .cent were of the hobo class.
He found 70 per cent of them to
be skilled and qualified to do use
ful work in one way or another, and
honestly ; anxious : to, find something
to do. Thr?other 24 per cent was
men who were willing- to do some
thing but were la some - way unfit,
incapable. I-,',' i'-j-
The obvious inference from' these
statements Is that the percentage
ui , nuutjB ur iucu wuo . uuu i wiui
to work and wont work among: the
unemployed has been greatly exag
gerated in the public ' mind. Mr.
Bruere tbtnlTs this is the case, and
one object of his investigation was
to disabuse the minds of people of
the prevalent idea that a man, who
is ut of work is . so because he
wont workl r Conditions are quite
different - In New York city from.
itMhPV are la Oregon,' however,
SAVE THE
T WILL .be unfortunate If, as re-
1 ported, an attempt be made at
the coming session to meddle
with the Oregon railroad com
mission law. It is known that the
commission has enemies who would
like to assassinate it. That they
could succeed in doing so in an open
fight seems impossible. The danger
is that the work might be accom
plished in secret. Secrecy and si-
ence are agencies always Invoked
when public rights are to be Invaded
A railroad commission has become
a recognized public essential. It is
an arm of authority employed in all
the states. Oregon was one of five
that was last to establish a commis
sion. The necessity for an authority
to stand between the railroads and
the public has opponents only among
railroads, express companies and
other like interests. The Justifica
tion is seen In the Interstate Com
merce commission, which Is the na
tional railroad commission. It as
well as the state railroad commis
sions, will, with the flight of time,
be given more and more power.
More and more the pnbUcnaracter
of the railroad will be emphasized.
The principle of public control Is
as yet only in its infancy. It will
grow. It will be added to as bulk
is added to a rolling snowball. A
process of evolution will go on and
on in which the rights of tie pub
lic will be added to and the subor
dination of public utilities to public
for a strong, capable man who real
ly wants a Job seldom has to hunt
for one long here though one may
be of a temperament that needs a
little encouragement, and if "flat
broke" a little aid.
THE POSTMASTER
THE REASON why Senator
Bourne' rather than old time
leaders has been able to dom
inate in ine posunaBtersnip oi
Portland is very plain. The old
leaders with their organ have re
sisted the will of the Republican
masses. , They have attempted and
are attempting to compel those
masses to bow down before false
idols. They Insist that those masses
should not have power In political
affairs and that all power should
be exercised by a few bosses and
their henchmen. They hold that
the touch of the great unwashed
masses, of the Republican party is
pollution. They Insist that there
are certain leaders ehosen of God,
the hem of whose garments must
not be defiled by the touch of the
plebeian multitude. It Is their creed
that these strutting leaders are the
select seed to hold conventions and
dictate' candidates, to counsel among
themselves and vouchsafe who is to
be senator, to thimble-rig with each
other and announce what laws shall
or- shall not be passed. ' It is their
regal thought that it Is for the Re
publican masses and all masses to
thankfully accept what the self-
chosen Inner circle may hand down
to them, and to be grateful - for
whatever may be the sweet willa).f
their party's anointed. , j ,
It is a doctrine the masses resist.
The attempt to cram it down their
unwilling throats is madness. It
has destroyed the power of those
who insist that they are political
overlords. That is why there is a
Senator Bourne. He confessed the
people's sovereignty. It could have
been some other eminent Republi
can If any- of them had accepted
the Inevitable. That is why Sena
tor Fulton is down and out. That
is why Mr. Toung is named tor
postmaster of Portland. It is the
consequence of incompetent and self-
sufficient leadership that is at
tempting to bully the Republican
masses into surrender of their po
litical rights to be exercised by a
select inner circle. It is political
insanity that is as impossible as to
gather the fixed stars Into a hand
basket, and it will destroy every
man who attempts it.
ONE MAN'S WILL
CALEB CHASE of Boston, long
a member of the firm of Chase
& Sanborn, died recently leav
ing an estate oi aDout zi.uuu,
000. This is not a large fortune
these days, but Mr. Chase managed
to divide it up so that a great many
people will be benefited by it. Mr.
Chase gave away much during his
life and In his will he leaves ?180,
000 to public and charitable institu
tions, In amounts ranging from
$3000 to $15,000, some of the bene
ficiaries being the Salvation Army,
various homes for aged people, the
Boston Floating hospital, a school
for crippled and deformed children
the the Massachusetts Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The gifts to towns are for the sup
port of the poor, and various relig
ious organizations in addition to the
Salvation Army were remembered.
Coming a little nearer home, as
one might say, Mr. Chase's will pro
vides that $55,000 shall be distrib
uted among the traveling salesmen
of the firm to 'which he "belonged,
$20,000 among the-widows of de
ceased salesmen and other sums
among employes in various depart
ments of the business. Any one
who .has been an employe for one
year la beneficiary.. These gifts
range from $200 to $2000, Then
the still large balance is divided
among many relatives. !
How a rich man deviBes his prop
COMMISSION
control will be . more and more
marked. -
Government ownership will not
come by a sudden or Immediate act.
If it ever comes at all it will be
through a process of economic evolu
tlon in which the railroad commis
sion is the beginning, and the de
cisions of courts and etatntory leg
lslation with a growing power for
the public, the process, by which
ultimate consummation will . be
reached. A long period of years
may intervene. Ultimate public
ownership may never be attained
In the developing evolution of eco
nomics, a scientific and Intelligent
public control may obviate the ne
cessity of ownership. If there is
not such control, if conditions re
main as at present or as they have
been In the past with railroads ex
ercising all power, with a complete
concentration of their energies and
with the public without means to
resist their aggressions, government
ownership would be Immensely has-
tened and njlght not be very far in
the distance. .
The Oregon commission should
not have one power taken from it.
If anything its hand should be
strengthened. Its function and the
full exercise of that function are the
logic of developing and demon
strated economic truth. They will
be enemies of Oregon and of the peo
ple who attempt to strangle the pow
ers of the present railroad commis
sion.
erty is usually and for the most part
his own business, yet It is not ont
of place for a newspaper to com
mend one who gives something both
before and after death, as this man
did, to many generally approved and
admittedly useful charitable or phil
anthropic organizations. Assuming
that they are doing good, helpful
work for humanity, a few million
dollars would accomplish more than
can be easily computed.
TWO CHICAGO ALDERMEN
TWO CHICAGO aldermen Whose
names are Coughlln and Ken-
I na, but who are known to
fame as "Bathhouse John" and
"Hlnky Dink" annually give a ball
in the First ward to raise money to
pay their campaign expenses for re
election and year after year they
are reelected. This ball occurred
last week, and resulted in a cam
paign fund of over $20,000. It also
resulted in and was accompanied
with lawlessness of various kinds,
drunkenness, obscenity, the lowest
forms of vulgarity, numerous as
saults an orgy of vice, wickedness
and crime.- It was, as, the Record
Herald says, "vice and thugdom on
parade," and the $20,000 secured to
aid these malodorous aldermen to
earnings of shame and the proceeds
oi gran ana tawDreaving to two or
their official protectors." And the
policemen on duty there when vio
lent assaults were made on news
paper men showed eagerness to com
ply with all the wishes of these vul
gar, vIcIoub, grafting aldermen. Yet
year after year they are reelected.
It is quite In the natural order of
things that a city that elects "Bath
house John" and "Hlnky Dink" to
its council should gain a world
wide notoriety for crime.
MR. CARNEGIE'S TESTIMONY
IN A LENGTHY examination by
the ways and means committee
Mr. Carnegie repeated and re
iterated his recent statement in
a magazine article that steel could
be manufactured in this country
cheaper than in European countries.
While he praised Mr. Gary, presi
dent of the aft eel trust, and Mr.
Schwab, president of the allied Beth
lehem concern who testified in favor
of the present daty, and while he
declined to go into detailed figures,
he stuck firmly to his position that
there was no need of any duty on
steel whatever, because it could be
manufactured cheaper In the United
States than anywhere else. Incident
ally he remarked that the net profits
of $180,000,000 of the United States
Steel company indicated that it
could make steel at a cost of $15.50
per ton. ,
Mr. Carnegie's testimony will
make a deep impression, aa like
statements from some little-known
man would not, because he is Mr.
Carnegie. And it may be reason
ably assumed that he knows pretty
well what he is testifying about.
He did hot make half a billion dol
lars or eo out of the business with
out knowing all about it.
And what Is true of steel is true
of many other highly protected
products. A revenue duty would In
almost every case be ample for all
the protection deserved or needed.
- , Editor Bennett is still scoffing at
"the people" in his two papers, and
insists that if any attention is to
be , paid to them in . the matter of
electing a senator their, vote for Taft
should be taken as an Instruction
to the legislature to elect only .- Re
publican. But besides voting for
Taft for president, they voted for
Chamberlain for senator, did so vol
untarily, Intelligently; purposely, de
liberately. They voted for a Re
publican for one position and for a
Democrat for the other, just as the
people of a county often vote,fror
a Republican for one office and a
Democrat for another as they have
a perfect right : to ; $b. Brother
Bennett would better abandon this
line of argument and stick to the
motto:, Hurrah for, party; d n the
people. " : ru,1
It is estimated that 99 per cent
of the power or energy of all the
streams of this country is going
to waste. And most of that utilized
is in the hands of corporations that
pay nothing for it. Here is a great
opportunity for the people to add
to their comfort, wealth and hap
piness. Nature has done her part
It is said that In England 700,000
people are suffering for the barest
necessaries of life. And at the same
time a few hundreds of men own
most of the land of that country
and cannot devise ways to spend
their incomes.
It seems that when the sheriff's
office and police department both
get busy capturing robbers, they get
too many who committed the same
crime. But better too many than
none at all.
The Venezuelans don't know who
Is their president these days and
perhaps many of them wish they
had none or a difflrent kind from
any they have ever had.
Letters From the People
r.ttr fa Tha Jonrnml hanld b written OB
on aid of the paper only, and should be ac
companied TiJ me name ana iramp oi
writer. The nam 'will not be need It the
writer aaka that if be wlihheld. The Jpornel
ia not to be Dnderatood aa indorsing th vtewa
or atatementa of correapondenta. Letter ebon Id
be made aa brief a Domlble. Tboe who wish
their lett-r returned whea not uaed abould In
cloee poetace.
fm i limits mm fisittft-l that letter' ex
ceeding 300 worda In length mar, at th dlt-
ereuon tn editor, o cui sown to met "'.
Fate of One Traitor.
Waldo, Or.. Dec. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal However the senatorial
question may be decided In the coming
legislature, a great good haa come or
it tn exDosInc to view "ring: politicians
of easy virtue. The Oregon penitentiary
la full of men who toon tnings wnicn
did not belong to them; they argued
with themselves in the beginning that
thev had use for the thing and could
use it better and had a better right
to It than the real owner; and all that
was necessary to bring themselves to
a point that would justify the laying on
of "petty larceny fingers" waa to accept
the devil'a wink and go along-.
They probably began when fooya witn
the taking of pins and went from that
to marbles and pocket knives and from
that to ropes with horses fast to the
other ends of them; all the wniie ar-
ruins: the need and the right of their
act until eventually they had no com
punction whatever in packing off any
thing that was loose at both ends.
And in the race or an tnis some
Oregon editors are opposed to honesty
in politics, we have an editor in south
em Oregon who evidently hates the
idea of a man being heid to any po
litlcal promisemade upon . his honor
as a man. Well, perhaps this old gen
tleman Is not' frlenaiy to a republican
form of government the people's rule.
He recently came from Canada to this
state and as he haa a good deal to
say In his paper of methods In Canada
is ceaaonablo to suppose that he
woufa like ttrneee his Canadian notions
I ofpolitical dutyajjread all over the
Bnited States. n.
V T oto .all tMa ,ltn-.iittnlnii tn
an incident In the past history Of-Jcse-
phine county as It affected one of our
citizens who at that time hld the same
political views and acted them out, as
this editor holds now.
He opposed the people's will. I refer
to the senatorial fight between Corbett
and Mitchell in the -legislature. One
J. B. Slfers, a prominent flour mill man
of this county, was elected a member
of the legislature and he was instruct
ed to vote first, last and all the time
for H. W. Corbett; In the beat of the
battle he flopped over to Mitchell, which
so incensed his constituency that his
honor did not return to live In the
county, but disposed of his property as
best he jould and left, and the people
are sorry to. this day that he could not
take his name with him.
No wonder the New Tork Sun. In
speaking of this attempt to set aside
the will of . the people has this to say:
So immoral Is it indeed as to evoke
astonishment at the condition of public
sentiment which would tolerate Its pro
jection even." W. 3. WIMER.
How Hobos Are Created.
Portland, Dec 22. To the Editor of
The Journal Having studied the hobo
problem in its various forma during the
past 16 years, J am glad that you are
giving the subject consideration through
your valuable paper. The majority of
hobos are in very near the same position
s ex-convicts, 1. ., the people generally
and officers in particular view, them
with suspicion and tell them to move
on. NOw, kind reader, If you landed
in a strange city, hungry, tired and
weak from lack of food, with your
clothes dirty and torn, holes In your
shoes and not a cent in your pocket,
what would you dot Tou are too weak
to do heavy work at once, even should
you find work, and then you would have
difficulty in securing a place to board.
because you are dirty and broke. No
doubt you would be arrested as a sus
pect and riven 10 days in tha chain
gang and then told to move on without
money and with your. clothes more di
lapidated than on your arrival, if such
were possible. ' .
It is no wonder tha many unfortu
nates turn enemies to society and com
mit crimes, on the theory that th
world owes them a living, but as a rule
a hobo will not steal or take any chance
on going to prlsqn.
mere are some nooos, nowever. who
become so proficient at panhandling
that they live fairly well, secure some
money and b good clothes as they -dare
to wear and to all appearancea enjoy
traveling over the country, but they
are few ' and usually disappear in a
train wreck.
Now it does not require the ability of
statesman or th theories of Social
ism to find a solution of tha hobo prob
lem, but is it worth while? Tea and no.
No; because any one knows that to be
a hobo ia next to being a convict from
a moral and social standpoint and you
should dread the "hog train" as you
would tha chain gang.
TEX ALEXANDER. .
Gives Advice on Crematory.
Portland, Dec. 21. To the Editor of
The Journal In Us present condition
tha city crematory ia a menace to tha
health of tha people. By ths expendi
ture of a few hundred dollars this
nest of filth could be put in. a condi
tion whereby it would not be a. breeder
of pestilential diseases. Ths head of
the crematory should be a man capable
of handling 10 or 20 men under him,
to sort , out all combustible material,
pile it In a heap, and the refuee mat
ter, now overrun with rata and other
vermin, should be liberally treated (with
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Now, comes the final rlish.
No weather can be baJ enough to
Venezuela is finding it a hard job to
oeai in uuicu. - . .
Uncle Jo would Ilk to frees up tha
waterway project. .
What a fine, valuable present a dozen
nice iresn eggs would pe.
"Principles" and "tradltlona" have
been rallen back on again.
Arguments of lawyers on trivial
technicalities should be cut short.
Now Mr. Harriman doubtless haa
great respect for the supreme court
.
The Cleopatra of romance may have
to go, out we nave eaiome and others,
e
Castro took a curious way to ahrtl.
cate, if that Is what he intended to do.
It isn't everybody who can ret a fat
jod over a year in advance, llk ttoose-
"New light on Brownsville." savs an
exchange. A aort of dark light, as it
were. ,
Children ar th true optimists: thev
will be happy even If there is no Ice
or snow. v
The Havtian naw consists of one
little gunboat, heavily armed with , a
mortgage.
If you can think of nothing elatt for
grownup people, ox coursa cash will
raj-ely be refused.
How would it do to have a country's
instead of a Wall street's secretary of
me treasury zor oncer
It is said that Roosevelt will now
speak softly to congress, but h will
not drop his big stick.
Now will thos people who said no
criminals could be captured in this city
or county take it back?
It would nrobablv not be strictly
original to remark that a useful Christ
mas present is th best.
e
We shall not know whether Castro
is really a great man until we learn
how much money ne carried away with
blm.
e a
Now Brother Charles waata his re
ward for those big contributions. They
were not all on Brother Bill's account.
after all.
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Governor Hughes has appointed a
commission to Investigate Wall street.
The memoers would oetter leave tneir
pocketbooka at home.
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There seems to be no help for larger
and still larger biennial appropriations.
nut tnere can m a mora equitaDie sys
tem of raising revenuea.
If Senator Piatt la going to be very
candid in his memoirs, as he announces,
Anthony Comstock is likely to be heard
from as soon as the book is out
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It seems th engineers expected and
had In fact planned for ths sinking of
the Oatun dam: also, perhaps, for sink
ing some more millions of money.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
Tne Music of" Wagner"
- rir-responifeto- tha . toast "Music,
Noblest of Arts," at the Liederkranz
Stanton-Seidl banquet New York. April
2, 1891.)
Knowing nothing of the science of
music, I am not always looking for
defects, or listening for discords. Aa
the young robin cheerfully swallows
whatever comes. I hear with gladness
all that is played. :
Music may be divided into tnree
kinds: First, the music of simple
time, without any particular empha
sis and this may be called the music
of th heels; second, music in which
time is varied, in which ther la th
eager naste and tne aenciou aemy,
that is. th fast and slow. In accord
ance with our feelings, with our emo
tions and this may be called the music
of the heart; third, the music that in
cludes time and emphasis, the hasten
ing and the delay, and something in
addition, that produces not only statea
of feeling, but states of thought. This
may be called the musio pi tne neao
the muslo of the brain.
Music expresses feeling and thought,
without language. It was : below , and
ore speech, and it is above and
nd all words. Beneath the waves
he sea -abov - the clouds Is the
skf. - . ...
efor man found a nam for any
thought, or thing, he had hopes and
fears and passions, and tnese were
rudely expressed In tones. .
Of on thing, however, I am certain,
and that Is, that musio was . born of
love. Had ther never been any human
affection there never could hav been
uttered a strain of music. Possibly
some mother, looking in th eyes of
her babe, gav th first melody to th
enraptured air.
language- is not subtl enough, ten
der enough, to express all that wa feel;
and when language fails, the highest
and deepest longings ar translated Into
musio. Musio is th sunsnine tne cli
quicklime. Th old Iron should be sort
ed and given to some foundry; old tin
cans broken up, then placed in a pit
and covered over. The inflamable ma
terial should then be treated with coal
oil and set on fire, and while burning.
men owning rat dogs should b invited
to be present and when the rats are
driven out by the fire the dogs could
easily kill them. t -
Th runways ussd by th rodents
should alao be treated with lime. This
would have tha effect of making the
feet of-the rats sore and also destroy
the stench now arising from the pest
hole. Some may Imagine that by burn
ing thla mass In the open It would
create unpleasant odors, but this Is not
the ease,, as it would, not ba any more
disagreeable than - if consumed - in th
regular crematory. The only advantage
It would have would be In the height
of the smokestack. In a climate like
this, the smokestack In order to b
serviceable would hav to be high. .
If the superintendent of the crematory
had regard lor the health of th citi
zens he would never hav allowed this
mass of filth to accumulate. During
th long dry summer months he should
hav -een to it that this refuse was
raked together and properly burned. The
old plank roadway now In use I sfmply
a nest of rata This should be taken
up and a hard surface or macadam pave
ment, laid In Its place; If this were
done there would be less danger to the
horses attached to the garbage wagons.
The construction of a CrematoryJ if
properly done, would cost but a small
sum of money, as ther .Is no expansive
material used In , its erection, neither
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
A Nehalem ranch sold for $32,000.
Prom two to ten degrees below zero
lately in Wallowa county,
and a fruit evaporator ready to handle
tn products of tn orcnara and aairy,
the garden and berrv farm and back on
the hills there ia aa good fruit land as
can be found In the state, says th
Herald. '
La Grand Observer: Ther Is v no
question but what 10,000 acrea on the
soutn side or tne river can te secured
for the irrigation, project 1 This will
extend to Catherine creek and will mean
the subdivision of these present large
holdings and will be na small factor in
securing an electrlo road across the
valley.
One evening latelv the Methodist
brethren of Corvallia held a ohurch
meeting Tor tne purpose or raining
S2300 to clear off a debt of some years'
atandlng. Only a very small proportion
or tne memnersnip waa present out t
tAtbl e9 KlKfllk miam Klihanrth anil Taa.
1 tor Leech Is confident the remainder
will be raised without serious diffi
culty ' .
AH things come to the town that
goes after them, says the East Or-
guiuun. AmDiig mo ininss fenaieion
has set Its heart upon are a revived
woolen mill, a properly equipped pub-
no iinrary, a remodeled commercial as
sociation, gravity water system, branch
asylum and th improvement f the old
cemetery. .
The year 1900 promises to b the big
gest building year In Medford's his
tory. 1 Plana ar under way for a score
of business blocks and th city will
present aitogetner a different appear
ance by another Christmas. Old build
ings ar to be torn down and new fronts
placed In many other stores, whil the
pavements will o extended in every di
rection. , .
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A Crook county man haa a small flock of
snen on nis place, and says that they
nave not coat Dim a cent lor reed this
year from about April 1 to December
1. Thev wer allowed to ran are In the
vicinity of th farm, and secured their
living rrom tne Duncn gsass and tne
tender saga. They brouse quite a little
on the tender shoots of certain varieties
of sagebrush and grow fat
Turkevs In this vicinity ar a splen
did profit yielding crop and Oakland
ia not tne omy community in yregon
mat amps inousanoa or pounds or tur
keys, savs a Marion county exchange.
All we lack la to let tne public know
that this section of Marlon county is
second to none. If there la any other
section in tne weaver atate tnat mints
they can outdo us -we will trot them
heat at any time.
Criticising In one respect th report
of the Oregon conservation commis
sion, the Port Orford Tribune says that
no mention was mad or fori oriord.
ov long odds tne pest ana safest har
bor on th Oregon coast," and asks:
"Whv was this doner Is It a revival
of the old Portland jealousy that one
memorallzed congresa against a harbor
of refuge here? Hav tne authors of
this report forgotten that a board of
five colonels of the engineers, selected
Port Orford as against all other places
as the only suitable place for construct
ing a harbor of refuge? do they not
know that those" engineers said that
23.900,000 would be sufficient to build
an adequate sea wall for 60 years? Do
they not know that $150,000 lies ap
propriated to Degin tne worxr"
By Robert G. Intfersoll
mate of the soul, and It floods the
heart with a perfect June.
I am also satisfied that the greatest
music la the most marvelous mingling
of love and death. Love ia the great
est -of aH passions, and death is its
shadow. Death gets all Us terror from
love, and love geta its intensity, its
radiance, Its glory, and Its rapture.
from the darkness of death. Iove Is
a flower that grows on th edge of
the grave.
I am not saying that great music was
not produoed before Wagner, but I am
simply endeavoring to show tha steps
tnat nave neen taken, it was neces
sary that all th music should hav
been written, in order that th greatest
might be produced. Th same Is true
of th drama. Thouaands and thou
sands prepared th way for th su
preme dramatist, as millions prepared
tne way lor the supreme composer.
Wagner seems not only to have given
us new tones, new combinations, but
the moment tha orchestra begins to
play his muslo all th Instruments
are transfigured. They seem to utter
the sounds that they have been longing
to utter. Tne noma run riot; the
drums and cymbals join in. ths gen
eral joy, the old bass viols are alive
with passion; tha cellos throb with
love; tne violins are seized with a
divine fury, and th notes rush out as
eager for the air as pardoned prisoners
tor tne road a and rieida.
The muslo of Wagner Is filled with
landscapes. Ther are aom strains,
Ilk midnight . thick with constella
tions, and ther are harmonies Ilk
Islands In the far seas, and others like
palms on the desert's edge. His music
satisfies th. heart and brain. It Is not
only for memory; not only for the pres
ent, but for prophecy.
Wagner was a sculptor, a painter, In
sound. When he died the greatest foun
tain of melody that ever enchanted the
world ceased.; His musio will Instruct
and refine forever.
would It be necessary -to hav an expert
builder, any good furnace builder With
the assistance . of an engineer, could
erect one. '
At the present crematory the ashes
should be scattered over the ground,
after first being mixed with lime and
the rat boles and runways treated in
tha same manner. The- rats, unable to
escape, would perish and their holes
could be filled up. A ahed should con
tain all tha material to protect It from
tha rain and this in turn should b
sprinkled ; with lime. Pulverized cop
peras Is also a good rat exterminator
and if sprinkled over the surface of the'
laka. would serve to purify the water.
It is to b toped the board of health
will attend to this matter and see that
this plague spot is properly cleaned,
r f : THOMAS OTJINEAN.
This Date in History.
, 1747 The colonial , house and records
of Boston destroyed by fire. .
178S General Washington delivered
up his commission to congress at Annapolis.-
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1832 Civil war m Mexico terminated.
1838 Execution of rebels In Montreal.
1855 British Arctic vessel Resolute
found and brought . to . New London,
Conn., by a whaler ' --
1874 The Hoosao tunnel turned over
to the atate of Massachusetts by the
builders. - :- : .-v. ,.. ',
o99 Lord Roberts left England for
South Africa to take command of the
Brltlfth troops., ' -, -.- t
'. 1905 Chicago board of education vot
ed to bar tuberculosis- pupil from the
public school. - ' j - ' " ' : v .
The RLALM
FEMININE,
A twin CDln
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O MOST women the difficulties at
tending the, wrapping and tying
and mailing ot packages at Christ-
. mas nme is mora arduous than
all the reat of the preparation It
has cost Most of us have had little
practice In wrapping articles; the
strings tangle up. when w get them
tied they ar too loose, th ends of tha
paper curl up and it. is with sora mis
givings that, wo - finally release ; tho
whol In th postoftlca mailing window
and realize that It haa become inevl.
table. W are nearly sure it will coma
undon and tha wraonlnra will work off
and the address get lost before it geta
to its destination. And truth to tell that
is exactly what happens in many cases.
Yet there ar certain crecautlona that
anyone may take. For Instance, it la
quite unwls to send wet flowers in a
I pasteboard box through the mall and
tnue uox jooks quite auostantiai wnen
well wraDDed ur. but wet naatebnard is
hanythlng but a durable substance. If
you think or sending rosea from your
own garden to eastern f rlenda sprinkle
them, lay them in damp cotton, or at
least the ends of the stems should have
the cotton wrapping, fold over them oiled
paper and enc-ioa in a tin box. Then
wrap this snugly in heavy . wrapping
Faper and tie with stout cord. Chrysan
hemums will - stand a journey better
than rosea, and can ho beau M full v re
vived by cutting th stems and putting
them in boiling hot water. Leave until
the water is cold, and the flowers will
oe rresn and pretty.
If you are sending a cun and saucer.
or any ouch fragile thing by mail, be
sure that each piece Is well wrapped In
newspaper with layers of paper between.
Leave plenty of room for th packing of
paper or excelstor, and place all in a
wooden box. Writ the nam and ad
dress on this, then Inclose all la atout
wrapping paper which haa the address
on each side, so that no matter which
way up it comes the address can ba
plainly seen.
Th manner In which a naokaxe is
wrapped has much to do with its accep
tation. Whit .tissue paper, Christmas
seals and baby ribbon with neat littla
cards of sentiment or bearing th fa
miliar legent "Merry Christmas' are
cheap aa cheap can be, and there Is no
excusing haste and th neglect of thes
little niceties In doing up your gifts.
Rumpled paper and atrlng instead of
neat tissue paper and ribbon ar Inex
cusable. But let no one Imarlne that when thev
are thus daintily wrapped for Inspec
tion they are ready for mailing.' Not so.
They must have heavy wrapping paper
and strong string for their outer cover
ing, and th address should b both In
side and outside. And remember that
th holly seal, without which no Christ
mas present Is complete this voar. must
not be placed over th ends of th
strings wner tney are tied, nor over
th folded up ends of the paper which
forms the outer wrapping, for that
makes your package a sealed one and
liable to first class postage, which la
expensive.
Use the holly seal, by all means, but
not for postage, nor to hold the naner.
The condition under which merchandise
is sent through the mail Is that it can.
if It seems advisable, ba opened In th
postofflc for inspection, and wraDDed
up again without disturbing the con
tents, if you seal it you make thla Im
possible and you must pay extra for
such a wrapping.
And do not send a letter In the pack
age, for that also ia a violation of pos
tal rules. You may write tha address
card with a greeting, but not a private
communication. Let that go separately.
Besides, that gives you an opportunity .
to use another holly seat and every
cent helps a good cause.
And do not guess at th postage, be
cause it takes too long to stand in line.
In case you guesa wrong your packs g
will have to be held tn the office of the
city to which It la addressed until the
person who is to receive it Is notified
and pays the extra postage to get It out.
Thla is at least discourteous treatment.
And perhaps it would not be amiss to
remind people that the sub-station post
offices are quite as reliable aa the
crowded and overworked central west
greatly taxed. It is mora or less of ft'
secret, I know, where the sub-stations
are located, and yet a little Inquiry in
your own residence neighborhood will
reward you with the Information, and
bv using the smaller station you will
save a long wait in line, perhaps a car
fare and wear and tear of patience.
Station A is at lit Union avenue; Sta
tion B la 232, 234. Ruasell street: Sta
tion C, 990 Belmont street: Station D.
661 Milwaukie; Station E. 826 Flanders
street: Montavilla station. Base Line
road. Klnsel Park; Mount Tahor station.
West avenu and Base Line road; Sell
wood station, 6S4 Umatilla avenue: Uni
versity Park station, 690 Dawson? Wood
lawn station, 459 Durham avenue.
Arleta, Lents, Milwaukie, St Johns,
Woodstock hav permanent postoffloea.
Clerks In attendance at all thes un
derstand weighing of mall.
For the Dinner.
ERHAPS th housewife looks ask
ance at turkey at 10 cent ' a
pound, and yet la at a loss to
know what can be made to serve In Its
place as a sound meat course for thn
Christmas dinner. A writer In Good
HousekeeDlns tells of th cook In a- of an
excellent piece of meat a crown roast of
young pork. This should hav an ac
companiment of apple or cranberry
sauce, or of red steamed apples aa de-
acnoeu. it win please tne most ias
tidious cooked in this manner.
Crown Roast of Pork. Select the
ribs of a young pig and hav the butch
er cut them so they can be rolled Into
a crown, like a crown roast of lamb.
and cook it as you would the ordinary
spareriD. i ne pest way to roast rreso
pork Is to put th sparerib Into a cov
ered roaster, dust It with salt pepper
and a very little powdered sage, but
on th cover and cook it about an hour.
then remove th cover dredge th meat
with flour and continue cooking for an
other hour, basting often with the fat
that cooks out of the pork. When dona
put meat on a hot platter and keen it
hot while you make th gravy. Turn
th pan gravy into a bowl and set' tha
bowl into another containing cold wa
ter, when the fat will speedily rise to
the top. Skim this off and save It for
future use, return 4he gravy to the pan
and when boiling add two tablesnoons
of cornstarch wet in half a cup of cold
water. ; uet tnis cook rive minutes, add
more salt if necessary and a drop or
two of tabasco sauce and on table
spoon of Worcestershire sauce. While
the pork Is cooking cut cold boiled
sweet potatoes Into balls or slices, put
them Into a pan, cover them with plenty
of sugar and butter and a dash of cin
namon and bake them until they are
well glased, about three 'quarters of
an hour. Put these in the crown of
meat and surround with steamed red
To1
pies and serve the gravy In a boat
steam the apples peel and core them
aiiu yu tut:, i, ... DqniuTi nil iciiuri.
in a steamer tin tender.
tnen immerse- mem in two cups or
water and half a cup of sugar cooked
togetner and colored a deep red. a lit
tle cinnamon may be added to the syrup
to give the apples flavor. These apples
may be prepared the: day before and
slightly warmed when ready to place
then around the meat A large cran
berry should -be1 stuck on the end of
each rib ot the pork roast before serv
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v. f Roast luct Stuffing.
TO ONE pint or two cups of mashed
':' potatoes, seasoned, as for the ta
' ' ble, : add one cup of fin bread
crumbs, one . cup of fresh' country sau
sage -fried lightly and broken up with
a- fork, one beaten egg, half an onion y
grated and half a teaspoon of powdered
sage .or other seasoning to taste. Be- ,
for stuffing the birds rub them In
side and out with a cut lemon; put tha
Hrffftlnff In liffhtlv.
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