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THE JOURNAL Aif TNDKPENDKNT NEWSPAPER. ft . JACKSON. PnbUaher Bi,hI.K4 anr nenlna (eXretlt Bnndajt and u f The Journal Build it rtrtk .iwi v.mhlll streets. Pertland. Or. Entered at tha poetofflee at PortlandOr.. tor iwiBlaaioa through the mail aa eaootMi-claas trans natter. TELEPHONES MAIN TITS. BOMB. A-051. . All departments reached by " noiDbers. Tall tha operator tha department JOM want. Last Bias oroce. u-xm; " FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. Yreeland-Benjsmln Special AdrerUsins Agency, . Rmtxwtrk Bullrfin. 225 Fifth BTenue, ew tork: 1O0T-0S Boyce BuUdlng. Chicago. Subscription Terma by mall or to any address IB taa United State, uaaaaa or v. DAILY, Ona year $3.00 i On sjonti $ .50 . Ana rear.... 12.50 I On month.......! .25 - - DAIIjr AND SDN DAT. - Ob year ....tT.60 t On month 8 .S3 Cnrctfattan Guarantee jf StitCertiS$tba ; .1 ; obeoo: ; 'if as 1 H ' - - that tb timlatioa of &. OBSOOV JfCtTBHAi vi rx audita aoeTa) gvanurlrtJ Sy tie" tprrtarr'a CertiSed Cimlatior Blat Beck Tim fnper ass pnrrd by ar(e;ex tfrtt the cimlstioa record art ktpt with car and tbe eirealatioa atated witi each aecmraey that adrertutn atay rtlj oa amy (t Erases u o tame nnx or bt jwuisocrs amine tie ojyaswsay soar Moaeair 2C meonuot itDtomlm 1. 1908. Our appointed llfeway Is an ascending path upward, if we would have it onward. There are obstacles on it ft is for ua to choose whether we will 'stumble on them, crawl around them or surr mount them; and our des tiny Is contingent on our choice. Andrew P. Pea body. ' . CHRISTMAS; CHILDREN; HOME C iHRlSTMAS IS peculiarly a chil dren's day. They are made its prominent figures. It being a joyous holiday, they naturally harmonise, with, it For the most part they are . Joyous creatures. Their sorrows are but ' momentary; swiftly succeeding them ;.re smiles, f On the echoes of crying comes "laughter.-::,;. ' v ". : " But there is' a less apparent rea- on why children come to the front on the' assumed birthday of hjm . whose life and words-are the basis of 'Christianity. Religion includes, 4 at least theoretically, innocence. . purity, freedom from sin, from will ful or conscious evil. Little children are lilting, blooming types and ex amples of this the only ones, out side of a nunnery. "He called a little child. and set x-- him in the , midst." . ."Of such is t,he kingdom i of heaven."- .... I . There ;is another; reason, a . little below , the surface. Christmas is " peculiarly the home coming or the home remembering day. There are homes without children and cb.ll ' dren without homes but these are exceptional cases. The main uBe of the home is to raise children, and few men, however lonely, or .far strayed, or degraded, fail on this holiday to. think of their childhood home. At the homes on Christmas gather the scattered members of the " family,' or to and from the old home presents are sent; the old home ties, forgotten at .other times, are felt, on this day as on no other day of the year. There was where, we were children; connected therewith are sacred memories of parents; tnecce come floating across the yearB hal 1 1 lowed memories. Christmas is the ; day when memory's homing pigeons ..take their annual flight. ..' This thought suggests especial kindness to the homeless on this i holiday.. Some deserve no home; .many apparently desire none; then pity them, and be kind. And chil dren who are homeless should be especially remembered. Christmas, Children, Home; these are tomor- , row's passwords. LOOTED CITIES THE DISCLOSURES of corrup tion among Pittsburg city of ficials are consequent upon in vestigations by citizens' good ..government organizations. The movement for reform is in progress .Un many cities. The Municipal league of Scran ton sent sundry of ficials xo ine peniieniiary. ine agi- . .1 1 T I 1 I . . . . t IHLIUU JB MIIIIIUS a""UL ICJUllMB 111 a dozen other American cities. The .original organization was the bureau of Municipal Research of New York city." An account of its work ap- pears in an article by Robert Sloss ln the current issue of Van Nor den's magazine. . The achievements by this organi ; cation have been magical. The work I has not been to present a theory J about T-eform, but to . establish a practical method , for: bringing re j form about The effort has been to give to the jcitlzen more of the J. good things he feels his taxes should j buy and results have demonstrated that municipal, research Is the only practical way of getting them. ; I The bureau has demonstrated that 4 New York has been spending $2.21 each for installing '. six-cent coat hooks la comfort stations. By the came - monstrous business ' methods, $64' was spent by New -York anthorl '. ti- for five and one-half hours' Work In repairing clocks, and $1 Ot.ii la 1987 for the cleaning of I - .... ? one municipal building, or $378.98 per room as against $24.15 per room paid by private owners for cleaning in one of the city's tallest sky scrapers. Over against instances of the many bootblack, fruit stand, boat house and other privileges paying Inadequate or no rental, the bureau brought it about that the park com missioner by public letting, secured over $8,400 for a soda fountain prlv ilege, which paid before as low as $600 per year into the city ex chequer. Disclosures like these en abled the bureau to effect correc tlons of vast abuses with enormous savings to the municipality. The basic postulate of the bureau is that as in private, so in public business organizations, it is not who the official is, but what he does, which counts. Why, it Inquired, is it that the best business concern would pass at once into bankruptcy if it employed the business system exemplified in the municipality? It began, not In a spirit of sharp shoot ing for Irregularities, but with courteous requests for permission to study In the light of modern busi ness methods the systems prescribed for the prevention of waste and the accomplishment of work in the city departments. Even from Tammany, the bureau found officials willing to afford opportunity for Inspection of methods and a purpose to cooperate in betterment of systems. A sample disclosure was the discovery that in its relation to the street railways there was due , the city $1,500,000 for paving done at the city's ex pense between the rails of the com panies, and the pressed collection of these neglected claims resulted. I Another discovery was that existing systems not only put a premium on peculation, but made it impossible for even an honest official to render! efficient public service. The report Bhowed the system made possible the carrying of unnecessary men on the payrolls, the absence of any check as to whether or not employes were on duty, the diversion of trust funds and the evasion of the legal method of letting contracts by pur chase of goods from dummy supply companies, whose profits ran from 3V to ouu per cent, uae Dorougu president was removed, another is soon to be tried for falsifying rec ords, a third hurried to Europe to avoid trial and a fourth is now un der Investigation. AN EDITOR MILITANT F UBLISHING a live and aggres- ilve newspaper in Jackson county has its drawbacks. The testimony of George Putnam editor of the Medford Tribune, is in point. It appears in another col umn on this page. There is a closed season for wild game, but none for Editor Putnam, at least in JackBon county. He has been at tacked by grand juries and felt the heavy hand of a court that held it an offense to criticise the action of a grand jury. He has been per sonally assaulted by a deputy sher iff who elected that an assault would disprove ,a charge by the newspaper that was not otherwise disproved. Along with the other manifestations toward him of Jack son county Justice, he has been in jail, but in the face of it all he and his briKht newspaper are still in the ring. Happily there are higher courts, and If his vitality holds out Editor Putnam will survive the courts, officers and grand juries as applied in Jackson and reap the re ward that always comes to the pa tient. A great political party per ished because it attempted to muzzle free speech. THE PITTSBURG PHOTOGRAPH T HERE WILL be those who will condemn the methods employed in detecting graft among Pitts burg councllmen. It was out of the usual order, and a portion of the public is always ready to con demn the unusual. There is con demnation by some of immunity for defendants who turn state's evidence. Yet it remains a fact that bribery and graft are of such character that detection is most difficult. In all crimes. In fact, the burden of proof is on the state, and convictions far more difficult than acquittals. Because the detectives led the Pittsburg councilman Into decoy ne gotiations, proceeded to pay him the money and then took a flashlight photograph of him while in the very act of accepting the bribe, a cry of unfair methods will he raised. Apologists will say that the man was led into the act by a trick, and that his guilt Is therefore artificial. In Pittsburg, a storm of protest will.be raised on this account, and senti ment will be more or less divided. Yet It Is obvious that this council man Is as guilty as though his detec tion had been by usual methods. The flashlight photograph displaying him in the act of taking the money is finality In proof of his dishonesty. Every man is either honest or dis honest. There is no middle ground. If honest, this official would have spurned the detective. He would have scorned at the first blush the attempt at negotiations. He was, on the contrary, dishonest, and he walked straight into the trap. His guilt is as complete as if the briber had been an actual briber. The methc-d. Is Justifiable, Just as im munity for witnesses r who betray partners In -guilt is justifiable.- At best the , avenue to detection and punishment of the guilty Is difficult . . . i .... 1 land round about. Because It is so, grafts and crimes are manifold and punishments comparatively few. If a batch of councllmen are sent to the penitentiary as a result of the Pittsburg photograph, the ends of good government will be well served RAILROADS AND WATERWAYS R' ECENTLY Mr. , James J. Hill asserted that , the end of the era of railroad : building had been reached. He gaveecon omic reasons for this statement, and in a modified 'sense he is probably right That is, . railroad building will not entirely stop; Air. Harriman Is planning to build a good deal in Oregon, and Mr. Hill will build some more himself. As Louis W. Hill lately said, in effect: "Where we see a resourceful region without a railroad, we build there and de velop It." But henceforth the main efforts of the great railroads will be to combine and to Improve ex isting lines in every possible way, so as tcf handle a larger traffic upon them, rather than to complete and build new lines into one another's territory. It will be readily remembered tha"t in 1906, the year before the panic, there was a great congestion offreight and a car famine, causing much annoyance and loss. The re sults of the panic are slowly passing away, the presidential campaign Is over, the tariff will be tinkered up somehow next spring, and it may be expected that freight congestion and car famine will recur next fall, and for years thereafter. Railroad men like Mr. Hill see this, and ac knowledging that in the, near future the railroads cannot take care of the traffic they are urging, not op posing, the improvement of inland waterways. Obviously, transportation facili ties must be increased and enlarged. We cannot measure the future by the past year or two. Mr. Hill has also made an estimate of an Im mense amount of money that would have to be expended on railroads to prepare for and keep up with the prospective traffic, and he intimates that railroad men are not going to get and spend this money for this purpose; hence the urgent necessity of the fullest possible Improvement of all practicable waterways as soon as the work can be done. The friends of improved waterways In congress should be prepared to make a combined, aggressive and persistent campaign for the $500,- 000,000 bond measure as soon as congress reassembles. THE MISSOURI MUDDLE jtl HE SENATORIAL situation in Missouri Is curiously compli cated. Senator Stone won out in the popular election by a small majority over Governor Folk, but most of the legislative districts that went Democratic gave Folk a majority. Stone's majority was nearly all in St. Louis, Kansas City and other large towns, and It is asserted not only ' that the vicious and lawless classes all voted for him, but that gross frauds were perpe trated in his interest, and there is probably considerable evidence to prove this. Stone's career in the past is no guarantee, that he would not sanction and willingly become the' beneficiary of such methods. The legislature is Democratic on Joint ballot by only four, but Re publicans control the house and con tests have been filed in 10 districts, the apparent purpose of the Repub lican leaders being to unseat enough members of the house to give the Republicans a majority on joint bal lot. The same alleged frauds which helped Stone to defeat Folk also, it Is claimed, helped elect several Dem ocratic members. One proposition Is to give the Republicans the lieutenant-governorship, which they ap parently lost by a very small mar gin, In exchange for their withdrawal of these contests. There' is likely to be a warm mixup in the Missouri japltal this winter. Those who have criticised our sleuths should withdraw everything. Instead of no captures, we have on hand two complete sets and positive Information that both committed the same train holdup. If everything is genuine the country must take off Its hat to ov.r sleuths for the first and only case of the kind on record. The incredulous, of course, may stop to inquire how it happened that two separate gangs of highwaymen per formed in a single holdup. But then there is the reply that perhaps two trains were held up and a capture of one guilty gang was effected be fore the holdup. Of the second train was even discovered. Or, there is the other theory, that perhaps there were two locomotives on this train and that one gang operated at each end. Maybe that later a third posi tively Identified and genuine gang may be captured, in which event the theory will probably be that there was a third locomotive in the mid dle of this famous train. In any event this business of performing as a sleuth has its possibilities as well as its drawbacks, and in the present instance it Js the possibilities that are on parade. It is a great field. Oompers and Mitchell will have to go to jail for contempt of court, but whether th,e court Is right, or wrong, the decision and. sentence will make these leaders martyrs in the estimation of a great number of people and add immensely to their popularity amopg unionized work' Ingmen. It will, be truly said, for oi.e thing, that rich . employers who violate a law are never' sent to jail, The merchants have been doing an enormous business, and doubt less will report far larger sales dur Ing the ante-Christmas period than ever,i before. , .There Is no sign of hard times in Portland or "in Ore gon; and a prospect of better times thk,n ever so people generally may well take a happy holiday tomorrow, Castro seems to have been more than half right In his contentions with other nations, and especially in his attitude toward . the asphalt trust, but he -was domineering, die tatoriaL lacked diplomacy, and be came an incubus on Venezuela vnicn is well rid of him. Let nobody who is very poor or otherwise in distress or deep trou ble be overlooked tomorrow. "In asmuch as ye did it unto one of the least" , Having been fully shown about the subsidiary Standard Oil com panies In that state, Missouri says, "Get out o- here, and stay out." Jackson County Ju5tice From the Medford Tribune. It Is to laugh! When is an asaaul. not an assault? When it happens in Jackson county.. Surely nothing- more absurd has oc curred to make a travesty pf the law than the whitewashing of Earl Jackson by the county grand Jury Juat dis charged. ......It m. . . r. AH A yv&r ago m.11 uaauit nun umua uwu Mayor Reddy and an ax hurled at his head. The grand Jury held it was not a punishable offense to try to brain a man with an ax. The Tribune criticised the grand Jury for falling to perform Its duty, and the Jurors, who saw no crime In a mur derous assault. immediately discovered heinous crime in remarks upon its own shortcomings. The editor was at once indicted, pulled off a train and thrown Into Jail for his wickedness. Then came the trial. A forger es caped unscathed - the consequences of his crime. A murderer went free, but the relentless wheels of justice grind exceedingly fine when the real thing in the line of criminals (an editor) comes up. The courtroom rang with oratory that reminded one of the matchless elo quence of Sergeant Buzz Fuzz in the celebrated case of Bardwell vs. Pick wick and 12 good men and true brought In the comic opera finish and sentenced the wretch to punishment. The penalty still hangs over his head until the su preme court in its own good time passes upon the points at Issue. Now follows chapter two and another grand Jury. In the course of the political cam paign of last spring, the Tribune print ed a story, the truth of which has never been questioned, that Earl Jack son, while deputy sheriff, triced a pris oner up by his wrists. Some five months later, during which not a word had been said on the subject, the Tribune editor was assaulted, without warning on the street by the former, deputy whom he had never seen. Without loss of time, the young man. whom publication of the truth had so Injured, hastened to the city recorder's court, where he filed a 'complaint against himself and paid the minimum fine. Then he hurried to Ashland, where he had a similar complaint filed before a friendly Justice of the peace, who also accommodatingly gave the minimum sentence. In neither case had the young man been In Jeopardy in neither case had the Injured party filed a complaint, nor had anyone who witnessed the as sault filed a complaint they were fake prosecutions to enable the assailant to escape real prosecution. A complaint was filed before a local justice of the peace and a real prosecu tion begun. The youth with pugilistic propensities was bound over to the grand Jury, which, after hearing the evidence of tha. complaining witness, brought In a not true bill thus declar ing that an assault Is not a punishable crime In Jackeon county. Just as the previous grand Jury had decided, that an assault with an ax was not punishable. The grand Jury had nothing to do with the fact that the defendant had twice pleaded guilty upon fake prose cutions. Whether he could or could not escape punishment upon the plea of former Jeopardy was a point that the circuit judge alone could decide and this column could be filled with cita tions showing that he couM not so es cape. But legal points and technicali ties are not for grand Jurors to unravel they are sworn to act according to me evidence Derore mem and the only evidence placed before them was that of the complainant. Tet no indictment was returned, though these same grand Jurors took oath to act according to evidence. The Tribune has profited by experi ence the grand Jury has been dis charged so the editor cannot be Im prisoned by-It, The annual grand Jury farce Is over for this year and the mer riment of this glad Christmas time Is considerably enhanced by this opera bouffe exhibit of Jackson county justice cakewalking tor the protection of thugs. It Is to laugh! a In spite of the grand Jury's decision to the contrary, the Tribune wishes to announce that the open reason for edi tors has ended as far as its own editor is concerned, and the closed season is on. This Date in History. 1737 Silas, Deane, a special ambassa dor sent to France" in 1776 to seek aid for the American cause, born in Oroton, Conn. Died In England, August 23. 1789. 1800 Attempt to assassinate Napo- tenn oonapane. 1809 "Kit Carson, noted scout nnri pioneer, born in Madison county, Ken tucky. Died at Fort Lyon, Colo., May , lOOO. 1811 The "New Orleans," the first sceamnoat mil.t in western waters, start ed from Pittsburg for New Orleans. it i i reaty of peace between the united estates and Great Britain signed at Ghent. 185 Two United States shins mIzoA at Havana for conveying arms and sedi tious .proclamations. 1864 Wilmington, N. C.,' bombarded by tho union fleet. 187S Johns Hopkins, founder of Johns Hopkins university, at Baltimore, died, Born May It, 1796. 1893 Unsuccessful train robbery on the Southern Pacific near Burbank, CaL Balm for Fat Men. From the Atchison Globe. t Every picture of the devil in human form represents him as very tall, very slender and elegantly dressed. The fat men need all the comfort they can get and may find soma in this, COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE A good day to swear off. Castro may ba laughing in his sleeve. Many people 'will be too tired to be merry. .,.;. , . ., ' So far the Toung Turks haven't taken ine narem. a Tomorrow is It Ba aa hannv and goou um you can. - , . r - But of course there will ba manv crimes and accidents. Everybody wishes the nresldent a bully, corking Christmas. a a 'toon't blame Tha Journal : it kect warning you to buy 'em early. ' a It Is an unhaDDV nerson who cannot enjoy the happiness of children. a a ... So far Castro Vasn't rone down Into tha low country to call on Wllhelmina. Oversea! on ' the nart of attorneys when they have no caaa doesn't help any. a , a Doubtless) Castro wftnld Ilka tit send Gomes a bomb for a Christmas present But how ' could Rnhwah . have built that 15.000.000 palace without tha hlsrh duty on steel. 9 - w Senator Plait shouldn't: the soonar na Is forgotten the better though a hor rible example has its uses. a Mr. Hearst is -now a warm eham- ?ion of the president. Once Mr. Root old what the president thought of, Mr. Hearse It might be a godd plan to begin tomorrow practicing on the conduct that you are goinar to make a resolution about on January 1. a The three days' holiday scheme that s being adopted In Chicago is one that l multitude of overworked salesDeonle will approve heartily. a a A lot of whlnkev amountinsr to SO 000 barrels was sold in Louisville the other day, an Indication that some people in tend to have a certain kind of merry Christmas. a a There is a piece of evidence that one town is really dry. A visitor there gave stranger, after a brief conversation. $5 with which to buy some whiskey for him. and the fellow- hasn't found any yet; at least he never came back. Senator Bailey Is exceedingly indig nant' at - the president at an alleged hint In his message that some congress men or their appointees needed watch ing, ine senator is exceedingly sensi tive ever since that Waters-Pierce transaction was discovered. a a He might be a benefactor of humanity at least he would benefit the hop growers who would Invent some large use for hops besides beer-making. But mall quantity or hops is used In a barcel of beer, and wtmt is needed is some other means of consuming; them. and they are said to be healthful things. Dorando, the Marathon runner, ad vertises a certain kind of wine for days before he runs, claiming If he can only drink enough of it he can sustain anything; then while he is run ning he wears a sash on which is In scribed the name of a certain brand . of cigarette, as an advertisement of his choice. But he fell down and it was Tom Longboat, an Italian, who doesn't drink wine or smoke cigarettes, who won. FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE 'William Penn" By (The closing lines of the "Life of William Penn" (N. T. 1S82). Born in stormy times, William Penn walked amid troubled waters all his days. In an age of bitter persecution and unbridled wickedness, he never wronged his conscience. A favored member of a court where statesmanship was Intrigue and trickery, where the highest morality was corrupted, he never stained his hands with a bribe. Living under a government at war with the peo ple, and educated In a school that taught thft doctrine of passive obedience, his lifelong dream was of popular govern ment, of a state where the people ruled. In his early manhood, at the bidding of conscience, against the advice of his dearest friends. In opposition to stern paternal commands, against every dic tate of worldly wisdom and human pru dence, In spite of all the dazzling tom tations of ambition so alluring to the heart of a young man, he turned away from the broad, fair highway to wealth, position and distinction, that the hands of a king opened before him, and, casting his lot with the sect weakest and most unpopular in England, through paths that were tangled with trouble, and lined with pitiless thorns of persecution, he walked into honor and fame, and the reverence of' the world, such as royalty could not promise, and could hot give him. In the land where he planted his model state, today, no descendant bears his name. In. the religious society for which he suffered banishment from home, persecution, and the prison, to day, no child of his blood and name walks In Christian fellowship, nor stands covered In worship. His name has faded out of the living meetings of the Friends, out of the land that crowns Letters From tne People Letters to Tbe Journal sbouM be written on one aide of the papar only, and should ba ac companied by tbe name and address of tha writer. Tha nama will not ba nued if tha writer asks that It ba withheld. Tbe Jonrnal la not -to be understood aa Indorsing tha views or statements of correspondents. Letters should ba made as brief as possible. Those who wish their letters returned when not used should In close . postage. Correspondents are notified that letters ex reeding 300 words In length mar. at the die. eretion -' tha editor, be cut down to that limit. Says Hammer Away. Vancouver, .Wash., 'Dec. 14. To the Editor of The Journal Dear Sir: It has only been about two years since I have shaken off the 'tenderfeet ' and cast my lot with the Evergreen state. After looking over Oregon and ming ling some With Its people, I decided that the former nickname, "mossbacks," was very nearly correct. After looking over your very re sourceful state bnt a few weeks, I' found that a railroad had It "fenced In," and was bleeding it to death, neither build ing nor letting others build railroads; that this same railroad was illegally holding millions of acres of the best land In your state. ; Tour king, Mr. Harriman, said in a ' speech delivered in California a year ago last September, that they . would hold that land for "future generations." Who are these future generations? The Harriman juniors? .; , ' I also found that your: people 'Were just simply sitting down and permitting the P. R. L.' P. Co. to levy toll on a navigable stream at Oregon City. tow can fool some . people beyond those locks ' to - "pay the freight," but not all of them, j . I , And now com' your politicians and i NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS. The Drain road. district has voted t mill tax. . ; . . - .-' ' A tSOO shlnment of fruit trees to Tonna valley man Is lost, strayed, or siuieu. sr.-, ,i . ;'! - ' . ' An Ions butcher discovered two well developed hearts. in a steer, relates the Proclalmer. : ',.! ., . -r; -v. . Skating is fine on Klamath lakes, and a large amount of Ice will probably d narveatea. A Milton man who sold 101 head of fat cattle guessed within 40 pounds o ineir toiai .weignt - a a The Pumnkin Center schoolhouse an prooriatelr has a numpkln suspended irom ine center or ine ceiling. . a . In a divorce case at Pendleton a big pue or rocks and scantlings are in tne court room as extilDits. , . Tha enumeration of Corvallis school children shows an enrollment of more than 1000, an Increase of something more man iuu over tasi year,. , . a The alfalfa mill is kept running day and 'night, the output being 25 tons per day, aaya the Echo Register. - The nutritious value of the meal Is much greater than was considered at ilrat a A rella of the antideluvian age. be lieved to be a tooth from the maw of a huge mastodon and weighing nearly six Dounds. was recently picked ud on tne bank of J-oat river near Merrill. a a The percentage of increase in O. A, C. attendance the past four years reaches 118, which surpasses even Washington State college, which shows only 107 per cent Increase from 1904 to 19U8. a a A farmer brought to Jacksonville one beet weighing 27 V4 pounds and from four rows four tons of beets were marketed. He also brought in several carrots weighing from seven to ten pounds each. a a ' A movement is on foot for the en larglng of the Stay ton Woolen Mills company plant. The company has been gaining ground steadily and with more capital could do three times as much business, says the Mall. a A Butte, Crook county man, raised some fine turnips In his garden this year, three of which weighed 11, 12 and 18 pounds respectively, and ona head of- lettuce that was three feet 10 inches in clrcumrerence. a a The Crook County Journal tells of the importation by a Haystack man of 26 Hampshire sheep and in describing them says that "they present a striking appearance, tne rams naving Doia Koman countenances and the ewes characteris tically strong but feminine faces, a Crook county is the abiding place for 10.088 horses, valued at 2l6,974; 17 mules, valued at 8340: 80.882 cattle. valued at 8310,830; 102,880 sheep and goats, valued at 8178,645; 1540 swine, valued at 34402. and three dogs, valued at 8.150. Cattle have Increased In num- creased. The total valuation Is 17,070, 254. rne attorneys ojr coos county are moving in the matter of securing a new judicial district for Coos and Curry counties, says tne Marsnrieid News. Douglas county Is now a part of the district, and the circuit Jndge resides there. The object Is to have a resident juage ror uoos and curry, wnere i great deal of legal business is trans. acted. Robert J. Burdette his memory with slncerest rwwence Even the uncertain stone that would mark his grave stands doubtlngly among the kindred ashes that hallow the ground where he sleeps. But his monument, grander than storied column of granite, or noble shapes of bronze, is set In tho glittoring brilliants of mtghty states between the seas. His noblest epitaph Is written In the state that bears his honored name. The little town he planned to be nis capital has become a city, larger in area than any European capital he knew. Beyond his fondest dreams has arrow n the state he planted In the wilderness Dy aeeds of peace." Out of the aloomv mines, that slept in rayless mystery be neath its mountains while he lived, the measureless weaitn or this model state sparKles and glows on millions of neartnstones. From its forests of der ricks and miles of creeping pipe lines, the .world is lighted from' the state of Penn with a radiance to which the sons of the founder's sons were blind. Roar ing blast and smoky forge and ringing hammer are tearing artd breaking the wealth of princes from his mines, that the founder never knew. Clasping the continent from sea to sea,1 stretches a chain of states as free as his own. From sunrise to sunset reaches a land where the will of the peo ple jh ine supreme iaw-a land that never felt the pressure of a throne, and never saw a sceptre. And In the heart of the city that was his capital. In old historic halls, still stands the bell that first, in the name of the doctrines he taught his colonists, proclaimed liberty iniuugiioui tne iana, ana to all the In habitants thereof. This Is his monu ment, and every noble charity gracing wn mine is nis epitapn. ' . . some of your newspapers ask your leg islators to break a solemn pledge and your people support such political mountebanks and such corrupt sheets. If The Dalles Optimist cares nothing for the will of "the people," as ex pressed at the polls, aa your editorial of yesterday seems to say, why do you "mossbacks" tolerate such an affair? An affair that would corrupt a legislature even before it Is in session. I wish to congratulate' you for your continual hammering away and hope you will succeed. ' R. T. WILKINSON. Manuel Estrada Cabrera's Birthday. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, president of the republic of Guatemala, was born December 24. 1858, and acceded to the rulership In 1898. His election followed the assassination of President Barrios. Cabrera was the first president of the republic taken from fivll life since 1838, those Intervening having been military chiefs. Cabrera was a thorough Span lard and an advanced Liberal. Though he has held office considerably longer than the average term enjoyed by his predecessors, his ruls has been beset with many troubles. . In 1899 an un due issue of paper money caused much dissatisfaction among the people and the result" was that several unsuccess ful attempts were made on the life of President Cabrera, To the Internal trou bles of the country, were added serious disputes with the neighboring republics of Salvador and Honduras, which a year' or more ago assumed such a threat ening aspect that the United States was obliged to Interfere to bring about peace. '; Regularly prepared manuscript sheets were circulated as newspapers In China, Rome and Venice long before the In vention of printing. ., , i Vie RLVALM HLMININE, my tne 1'oor. ; - T- HE closed door, the lack of room, . the preoccupation, tbe indiffer ence of "that solemn midnight, centuries ago," when the kingly child was born in Bethlehem, are not less in evidence in these days. The Christ came, but found no wel come. The Christmas time comes, but wakes- no echo in many cold.- hearts. With all the Christmas Joy and happi ness that there is in. the world, yet many lives reflect none of Its warmth. These are tha really poor at the Christmas time. Those who are poor Indeed are they who have starved out the human need for their kind, the Inv of little services, who have crushed the nean tnrob of sympathy, denied them selves th privilege of loving. Among those who are poor In worldly goods at this time there ia to be sure sadness at being dented the privilege of giving. But in many lowly hearts the Christmas spirit shines, though the day brings little of personal cheer. Theirs at least ma Driviieere or Deinar in accora with all the spirit that makes festivity. A neighbor will share a gift with them, some one will, send them a basket of food, some on remembering old friend-, ship will send a letter; they will pick: up a piece of holly in the street, or they " isuy wis uiaupff iw iiiww imu - Few so poor that Christmas means nothing. But our hearts may well be moved with pity for those who, well supplied with means of blessing, get no blesslnsr from It. Into whosn ice bound souls the Christmas glory can not shine. Who walk among the throngs of holiday shoppers, eagerly searching in these last moments for something to gladden a )m,.4 MnA 11 1 . 1 - . " . . H VllV. UUI IV Mil IIVUBOIIH, nuisance, tomfoolery, buncombe. xou nave prepared gifts for those who love you. Tou have made a careful list of those to whom you have been in debted for little services in the past. You have recalled the names of those whose lives touch yours at some point, such as the postman, the janitor, the grocer's boy, the messenger who comes with the Christmas parcel. Then you have thought of soma rtoor whose, Christmas you could gladden. For all these you have taken thought and prepared some especial remem brance of the Christmas season. But there are other noor than those whose Christmas seems sad to you. And these are the poor, starved, unresponxive souls to whom the coming of the Christmas season is a disturbance of carefully ar ranged business method, a tax unnn clerk's attention, a huge piece of foolish ness wnicn annoys, aisturDS, rons tn man Who wishes to give his thouirht ami his whole life to the business of amass ing. Suppose some kindly woman had seen the travel worn Marv and her. husband coming Into town on that eve of the first unnstmas day and had said, "there are so many strangers in the town: come and stay with me." How that woman would be blessed and remembered In all our succeeding Christmas seasons. But the ignorance In which the mod ern world and its devotees are sitting today nas no such good excuse. It is a willful Ignorance, a determined blind ness, a deliberate shutting of the door. Pity the poor at the Christmas time. Tes. indeed, pity the poor. Those who deliberately shut themselves away from It all, holding It folly, those who have grown so crabbed, so narrow, so hard, that there is no room in them for the Christmas spirit. S K for the Dinner. Crab for SOMETIMES we overlook the easily procured edibles in our searrh for noveUy. Crab meat, which is com mon enotfgh with all Portland markets. Is a highly prized and priced delicacy in many cities and is one of the daint ies served at the most exclusive hotels. As an apoetizer It Is delicious for he. ginning the dinner and may take the place of raw oysters. Served ice cold in small glasses as a stsrter for the Christmas dinner crab meat prepared In this way la good. For six persons take half a pound of flaked crab and mix it with three table spoons of tomato catsup, two table spoons of fresh horseradish, the iulce of one lemon, a little salt and paprika, about two tablespoons of mild vinegar and about two tablespoons of finely minced pimento and? the same of green pepper, If your family Is fond of hot dishes. Or the peppers may be omitted If preferred. Crab a la Newburg must be served ' hot. and is good tilled llirhtlv on rounds of hot buttered toast. What to Eat has tnis recipe for the making of a New burg on the chafing dish. Gas stove cookery Is not different: rut three tablespoons of butter in the chafing dish, when hot add two enns of crab flake and let it cook for a mo ment, adding a little salt, paprika and a dash of nutmeg. With the spoon draw the crab to the side of the dish and tip the dish in order to have all tha butter by Itself; now add one tablespoon of corn starch (a scant measure) and cook until It bubbles; then pour in one cup of cream and stir all together until St Is boiling; then lower the blaze and add two egg yolks slightly beaten and one tablespoon each of sherry and brandv mixed, and serve at once, on hot plate's over hot, buttered toast. If there sre blectlons to using the Honors use more, nutmeg and the Juice of one lemon, which will make a good dish, although it is not then to be called a 'Newburg. ' at, St St The Invalid's Christmas. TERHAPS there is an Invalid in the hearty Christmas dinner provided for the rest of the family. Don't leave him out Let his room be bright with dainty holiday gifts, the brightest and the prettiest. Bring a tiny tree and set it UD for him with Its colored ranera and a few selected ornaments. Buy him a new cun for his cocoa or a dainty serviette for the tray. Let a spray of holly or mistletoe accompany his frugal meal. These little hints mav heln fnn in serving the Invalids Christmas dinner. Chicken Broth. Select a four-pound fowl and cut into Its natural divisions Remove the skin and all the fat. Break the bones with a nntatn rrnuher ii... In an agate kettle and add two quart of cold water. Place on the fire and bring to the bolt Boll briskly five min utes. Reduce the heat to the simmering point and cook until the fowl is thor oughly cooked. , Drain the liquid Into a bowl and season lightly with salt -and pepper, vv hen cold place In a very cool place and It will jelly. This can then be used plain and hot In a ran.n, with thin wafers. You mav, make a change by serving it with an egg yolk or by mixing with hot milk. Hot orange iuiee-slie-htlv nuu and strained will make a nice change. To make a small nimniltv n v,-.. broth take one pound of finely chopped lean beef, nlace it In a add one pint of cold water. Let s'tand half an hour. Then place the sauce pan on the fire and bring the contents slow ly to the boll. Boll briskly five min utes, reduce .the heat and cook 80 min utes. Strain, season and serve hot. If one ia in a hurrv. hMf ..t.at . .. be made in this way. Place a pounfl of fresh chopped beef in a Mason Jarand ouu iwn uiuieBDoonruia or coia water Stand the Jar in a kettle or saucepan containing cold water and bring slow lr to i the boiL Boil 15 minutes, drain off the Juice, season with salt and serve at once. "The remainder of the meat can be used for stews or hash for tho rest of the family. i Foaming Milk. Ingredients, one egg white, pinch salt teaspoonful sugar, cupful hot milk, tahlespoonful whipped cream. Add the- salt to the egg white and beat until stiff.. Then VddV the sugar and hot milk. Strain into tall tumbler and place the whipped cream on tOp. ;'.'-, v i 'Mr. Arch hold's Answers. ' From ths Philadelphia Ledger. Archbold was, merely trying to be ' Ignorant, having: heard somewhere tni! , Ignorance is bliss. , ' . "T
