The Oregon daily journal., December 28, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

1 THE JOURNAL
2 a!f INDEPKNDENT NEWSPAPER.
C, B. JACK80N.
.PobUaher
Publlahed r evening (exeept8nnday) ana
every ssnaar niormna: ai in un
Inf. ruth ana StmUlU atfeet. Portland. Or.
' Knteree at tha pwtofflet t PortUod, Or., tor
rrarwtDlaalo through th malls aa aocond-claaa
natter.
TELEPHONES MAIN 717S. HOME, A-OM.
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i Tell the operator the department JOB want.
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Vork; 1007-08 Boyc Building. Chicago.
a b
, n the, United Btatea, Canada or Mexico:
-";' ' DAILY.
On year.. ...... .f5.00 One month $ .BO
SL'NDAT.
On year... 12.50 1 On month.......! .28
DAILY. AND SUNDAY.
On fear. . .... ...17.50 I On month........! .63
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But what will not Ambition
' and Revenge ' i
Descend to? ; Who aspires,
. . must down as low
As high he Boar'd. obnoxioua,
tirst or last,
To basest, things. ' Rcyenge,
at first though Bweet,
. Bitter ere long, back on Itself
- recoils. Milton.
India, and asked what was going to I to run the government nHr th W.
be done about It. Recentlr S. S.I elusive policyT This year there Is
luorimm, a,aisunguisnea maian aa- a heavy deficit, and it will grow
ministrator, declared that 70.000.000 larger year by year If we r tn vn
people had been reduced to, such a put all importations hut tea. rntte.
state of hopeless penury that reform sugar and spices. ,Under this sys
was now Impossible. s tern direct taxation will hav to ha
Further fact and conditions will resorted to. so that th nonnio win
be considered later. But even these, be plundered both "goiu and
thus briefly outlined are sufficient coram' first they will be Indirect
to show what a horrible tragedy Is ly taxed on all ther ennsn ma In nr.
the government of India by a high- der to pile-'up millions for .monopo
ly enlightened and Christianized na-1 lists, and next taxed directs in or
der to obtain' revenue, which high j
duties cut off. This is precisely the
logical outcome of the policy of pro
tection. At the present stage of this
country's existence, there is not
tlon. The viceroy on certain occa
sions . extorts millions of dollars for
some inaugural or other parade and
show from people who are dying of
starvation. The only wonder about
the rumored movement of the peo- single sound reason or excuse for
pie of India to throw off the British
yoke is that they have life enough
left in them to move at all.
protection of established Industries,
except as It incidentally results from
a strictly revenue tariff.
SHALL SUCH THINGS BE? J THE JOURNAL AXD CORVALLIS
A
LL PORTLAND shuddered at
the dreadful occurrence of Fri
day night, in which a young
machinist met death under
T
HERE IS one Portlands paper
that' does ; not discriminate
against Corvallls. It does not
discriminate against Benton
M
A STARVED COUNTRY
R. J. T. SUNDERLAND, who
tragic circumstances in tne city jail, eouutv. It does not riiarrimtnara
A dozen men confined in a ceil nine against any town, any county or any
ieet square is in liseu a snocicing m- section. On the other hand, the
cident. It matters not that they were I newspaper In point, which is The
liquor soaked. It matters not that Oregon Journal, devotes its snace
they were In confinement as offend- freely to the promotion of every in
ers against a municipal statute. The terest, every town and every county
laws or neaitn are as essential to a in Oregon. It gives to the activities
dungeon prisoner as to the most eml- and enterprises of each. Corvallls
nent city functionary. The rules of and Benton county Included, the im
sanitation areas much the right of partial and earnest sympathy that
han HHrentlv at 11 riled Tnriln I o.uu caiurav ojuiyaiuj iuai
;4nf r vpr th outlaw 88 of tne kmg on w faction of every fair news.
and Its people for 5 years,
has recently furnished the
throne. Tne law tnat marks the paper to give. It throws ODen Its
public with much interest! fal1 take8 conlzance of columns and presents to all the op-
?Ub" W"n 'r'68"13?.1? the lowliest as much as of the portunitv for the widest uuhHdtv or
mm inn aruinr. mem. in a nnnK ir. n- i '
. f i micrhrioor Thora la nrt rrvvn l rtohr uvH .... J : i
titled "Causes of Famine In India." . M . . . I 1,co ut measures ana
nnri i. .,!,,. nri . - 10 rre8a air ana CIean environment, men. It plays no favorites. It has
" " I ri lmn.ai or. 4 eiff tea friok I . 11 . . 1
t!r.lP. Tb famlnPR li mv. Mn. y v utleTior enas 10 serve, no special
4 , ' j, I alr is voucn8ared alike to tne bum- interests
or localities .to further ajt
AMAflttf Thftn Arrn UAM
'nZr.w.Zrw::M,:f the city. It is vouchsafed to all paper striving to build for the Ore-
BomethTng. or heirthe naUvesTo d Wtry and to build for every
wmethtaf to P1lTfflw famine!? 1 every locality in the
It proceeds on the
ble and the great under the statutes the expense of others. It is a news-
B-."',r::;. r;r ZZ. obligation of common decency to the Oregon country
' -'"W uul 1 "IH, t, V.A loot t I . , ... ... .
juum " nj oici. '"s o'ccjj i proaa pnncipie-or an ior one ana
of death while eleven companions one for all. and holds that in com
slept the sleep of the drunken in a pactness and harmony of effort there
nine foot cell. His death under the s strength.
circumstances is an onense against
civilization and a crime against hu
manlty.
area, including Burmah, of over
. . 1,700,000 square miles, and has a
variety of climate, soil and prod uc
. tivlty. If the monsoon rains are de-
' ficient, there is drouth. But there
Is never a failure of crops all over
the country. There is already con
siderable Irrigation, but might be
much more. Transportation is
easy between all parts of the land.
On two sides is the sea, and navig
able rivers penetrate large sections.
The aggregate of rainfall Is large, In
some portions over SO Inches a year;
the problems are storage and distri
bution, for which facilities are ex
ceptionally good. The mountains
send forth 1 ample water for the
plains. With 'Irrigation, crops are
large and certain. Some 22,000,000
acres are now under irrigation, but
very large areas susceptible of Irri
gation ; remain neglected. Most of
the money invested by- the British
government In Irrigation pays 7 per
cent, and saves numerous lives, so
As an Instance of the paper's de
votion to the interests of Corvallls
and Benton county It needs but to
It is not the purpose here to fix be pointed out that no newsDaoer in
the blame. It is not proposed to as- Oregon, nor any ten newspapers in
certain wnetner it was rrom aico- Oregon, have devoted as much space
holism or from lack of air that he and effort as has this newsDaoer to
came to his death. It is not intended furtherance of the Willamette pro-
nere to aiscuss tne request or tne ject, a project primarily beneficial to
chief of polhe for better jail facili
ties, or to consider the relation of
the health officer, the city council
or the Portland municipality to the
horrible .occurrence. These are mere
details to be ascertained through
other channels. They are ofminoi
consequence compared to that su
preme fact that this terrible affair
haa occurred and that the scene of It
was Portland. It is an occurrence
in which the large consideration Is
not the mere fact that the man died.
It Is strange that more of this work i"?v " " , s
VT . , . under the circumstances is true. Yet
amount of water is going to waste.
.much of which could be utilized.
Even with insufficient Irrigation,
India is a great food producing land.
There was never a year when India
as a whole did not have food enough
for all its people. But the people of
the famine districts are too poor to
there is the mitigating fact that
death might have come exactly the
same if the cell had ' been less
crowded. The fact of death is por
tentous mostly in that it has called
public attention to the confesssd
enormity that we are penning up
our prisoners In a Black Hole of
Calcutta within the very corporate
"7LeV? atitW PrlCeS: They have hlmlf of the fair city of Portland
chronic poverty. India Is not as
densely populated as several Euro
pean countries, and its birthrate is
less. The natural resources of the
rVklin f MS Drnnlft a-v aiir.nAH hi.
. greater population in comfort. But
agricultural methods are primitive,
and the people are so dlrefully poor
that they can gain no foothold for
advancement. Even in years of
plenty a majority of them are on
the verge of starvation, and they can
lay up nothing; they can do no more
than barely support themselves with
out putting by a rupee. So when
crops fail they are Immediately help
less and starving. Thus millions of
them have died, literally of sheer
starvation. Sir William Hunter has
'. declared that 4(1 nnn nnn nmni.
. j . v. ) ; i .l I
- India are never able fullv to
the craving of hugger. Other Eng
lishmen have given similar and even
more emphatic testimony. An In
dian paper says that the income of
100,000,000 people of India Is not
more than f 5 a year. Many people
live on one meal in two or three
days; this; is not called famine.
Many a family of say six persons has
an outfit, Including house, utensils,
furniture, clothing and all posses
sions, worth less thanJlO. English
Officers estimate that thn n
. come, per head of the Indian people
is from 20 to 30 rupees a year $6
to $9 about 2 cents a day for each
-person. .
' Why" this terrible poverty in a
land rich beyond the average in natural-resources?
John Bright said
half a century "ago that the fault was
in the government,. Much earlier
Edmund Burke said that British
friendship had brought rulnupon
India. Still earlier. Sir John Shore,
a governor of Indiaatd the bene
fits conferred were more than coun
terbalanced by evils Inseparable from
remote , foreign dominion. Other
eminent Englishmen have acknowl
edged that the government by their
country of India was a blight and a
curse; It "drains her. wealth"; it is
"a sordid system of misrule"; "it is
an extraction of the lifeblood from
the veins of national Industry";
thpse are a few pt many similar ex
I rossioDs of pronhnent Englishmen
!out the government of India. Her-bt-rt
?penrer denounced it as a "cun
r'cc c!";mi!?W' Josialv oidfleld
'M t'.-e Wribla coudHMns in
We are committing an atrocity for
which apology cannot be offered nor
explanation be made. Is it not time
to attempt atonement for the past
with an adequate jail?
PROTECTION AND REVENUE
T
HE SEATTLE Post-Intelllgenccr
a sample standpat organ
admits, in view of Mrr Carne
gie's testimony, that perhaps
the steel industry "may have become
strong enough to stand alone" a
liberal admission, considering that
according to its own showing the
steel trust's net profits last year
were 1180,000,000 but the Seattle
paper asks: "But what about the
hundreds of budding American in
dustries that are in dangerof pav
ing the American market wrested
from them by foreign competitors?!
What about the establishments that
have not become strong enough in a
financial way to reduce the cost of
manufacture to a minimum? Some
of these establishments have not yat
reached the point when they can de
fend their own market against alien
competition."
wnat are these, industries, in
which Americans .cannot compete
wun ioreigners, but must have in
voluntary contributions from the
people? It might not be easy to
speciry one. The P.-I. would proba
bly mention lumber first that needs
protection against the "pauper la-
Dor or Canada. But Mr. J. J. Hill
says that labor is as high in Canada
as in this country. And there is no
protective tariff on labor; It can
come freely across the line. A small
revenue tariff is sufficient for any
American industy that can be men
tioned. But the P.-I. says that there must
be sufficient duties to insure Amer
ican manufacturers the home mar
ket, that we must import nothing
that we can produce. Then what
becomes of our foreign commerce?
Are other peoples going to buy of
n" more than they are absolutely
obliged to buy unless they can also
sell something to us?. Even, so
staunch a protectionist as the late
President McKlnley, in his last
speech, declared that "the period of
delusiveness was . past"; that we
must buy abroad if Kite would sell
abroad.' . -it . , '
And what becomci of bur revenue
Corvallls, Benton and other towns
and counties in the Willamette re
gion in delivering them from freight
exactions that have oppressed them
for 30 years. It Is a campaign that
this newspaper has carried for
years, In season and out of season,
and if it is not a service in behalf of
Corvallls and Benton county, what
town and what county is it for?
These remarks are prompted by
an article in the Corvallls Gazette.
In which it is charged that the Port
land papers discriminate against the
town and county in which the Ga
zette is published. By more effort
In behalf of an open Willamette river
end less in defaming, at least one of
the Portland newspapers, the Ga
zette would better serve Its com
munity.
before. , And so It will be In the fu
ture. Hence the Importance of some
changes In the revenue system, by
which the burden of taxation shall
be more equitably - adjusted and
made to bear in proportion to abil
ity to pay and benefits received.
Letters From tLe People
tmwm tvt VMai-.at aat..JI ftv A.A,U ...
on aide of the paper onlr, and ahonld b ao do more harm than good,
eompaaled by tn nam and addreaa of th I : ,tm- .-,
writer. The nam will not h naed If thai At xr. w - :
writer laka that It be withheld. .Irte-Imma 7' umo . . DV
la not to be anderatood aa lndoiIn th. View. v"" iii.jr miuay a iittie.
or atatement of orreapondenta. Letter ahonld
he made aa brief a possible. Thoae who wiah
ineir iettpr reiurnea wnen sot rnea aeooia in-
COMMENT; AND news in brief
SMALL CHANGE
The HOS entrasement 1m nurlv ni
UU V.
Ther Is no law or nil mlmt mntr.
ine "Billy Sunday sort of enthual
tMp,,Ta'f wen't have) to swear off on
New Years. He's already lone swore.
v. . - -... .. :- . . ,
Castro concluded that Dutch ronr-
w n nan oeen repre
a -. ;
It look a If Mr t
troTimna. 1 p. i ta rtia Tcnunr nf I ro buck to nia nrennnt tnh Th, miK.
Tne journal Thinking that a synopsis " wu ; ,
or me aays proceedings at this Instl- "Shall wnmnn nrv .ef.. v
lution may be of some Interest to yourlk a magazine writer. Some of them
many readers, I take the liberty to send " aon i work.
Close Dostase.
CorreaDondenta are notified that letter
eeedlnf 800 word In lenfth may. at the dls-
creuoa ice eaitor, d cut down to that umir.
Christmas at Kelly Butte.
It Is said that Castro drinks seven
you this account of them. After break
fmmt an . ,k. , . i . ma tnat tastro
uruiou in ni a gax in raaaing-, ho iuuuidi ne coma licit tne world,
card playing-, general gossip, etc.. etc. I , ;
When dinner was ready th boy filed I . When th nreslrlanr k)tt.. .nv,in.
into the dlninar room. whar rnnit I all ubseauent ODDoalnar avldAnxa
chicken, browned potatoes, various other I njaterial, incompetent. Irrelevant and
vegetables. . coffee -and pie In abund-1 ww"""-
awair.ea.inem, ana x assure you I "Bill-r SundawW'i .
thv did fun tM.tw ,. ;ntl fVii1""?;'". 0,B to spend a.
v.m J .; "'v"-n mure irying to convert poKane.
heartily enjoyed It After dinner the I If he succeeds there, ha mav hv. th.
' caca unuu was caxiea f nu I "urau in acaie Seattle,
as heacame forward he was presented I '
with i good cigar by the superintendent.! A New York preacher advises girls to
After the remain f itinnA, ho I paint their facea If th AV run hv rlntntv
ciearerj away, -an impromptu program "V."! attracuve-
cunsiannr nr inn trw nritartnn, nun i I - - ...
mg and boxine was lndulsred" In for
the balance of the afternoon, the super
intendent allowing the Uoys full sway,
and I think he enjoyed It as well as
me ooys, as I saw him applaud several
times.
After supper the boys sat around and
commented on the dinner and enter
T. P. Rvan has reslroArii Vila rllrertnr.
ship in 81 companies and still retains
max nosition in a few. snri vltl fcoon nn
gobbling up the millions just the same.
John L. Sullivan's wife avn ha la a
rauiiycoaaie. inn may strike John aa
numoroue; anyway be wouldn't hit a
tainment and expressions like, "Wasn't I la,dyt especially one that he Is probably
that a swell dinner?" "Wasn't that last "ram r- . .
round
Bill,'
place by any means," were heard
.f,dri-"C20lCl?ur- Jh8t.' 7h """ban of Anna Eva Fay, the
" . m nyyv "uib.i in j nu reader, naa
Perhaps th poor
"in. ... . t xajft luu
committed suicide.
fellow thought ho
That the bovs en lo vert thomulna could (ret loose and awav from her In
and had the freedom of the city" was no olner wa'-
apparent to all and Christmas day, 1908.
at jteuy uutie win be long remem
bered by the present Inmates.
ONE OF THEM.
If Gomners and Mitchell are sent tn
Jail, will It be contemnt of court for
peopie to mm or Dig nnanclers and
graftera who ought to be there but
never will be?
The 8eattle Times. a anmewhat
Democratic newsnaoor. Is verv anxious
that the Oregon legislature should elect
a Republican senator. The Times evi
dently desires the ruin of the Republi
can party In this state.
a
'The place for women Is at home."
says the governor of Kansas; "baking
bread and the like. They would all be
there If I had my say." The governor
was evidently a belated arrival in the
A Washington correspondent is o!
the opinion that no river and harbor
bill will be rassed at this short ses
sion of congress after all, and that
some of the leaders who have been
talking favorably are really against
such a bill. There 1b at least suf
ficient probability that such is the
case to prompt all possible ' efforts
on the part of friends of open rivers
to influence members of congress to
action In this matter. If this ses
sion falls to pass such a bill, the
special session next spring, having
revision of the tariff on its hands,
would pass it up to the next regular
session, and the result would be no
bill until the spring of 1910. The
members of the committees having
charge of this matter should hear
from the country right away, and in
no uncertain termB.
The Cigarette' Fiend.
From Montana True Witness.
'You smoke 80 cigarettes a dayT"
'Yes, on the average."
'You don't blame them for - your
run-down condition?"
"Not In the least. I blame my hard
work."
The physician shook his head. He
smiled in a vexed way. Then he took
leech Out of a glass Jar.
"Let me show you something." he I world unless he is willing to concede
sain, -aara your arm." v I " v;cj,i.ui.o.
The cigarette fiend bared hi pale
arm, and the other laid the lean, black
leech upon It. The leech fell to work
busily. Its body began to swell. Then,
au or a sudden, a kind of shudder con
vulsed it, and it fell to the floor dead
That is what your blood did to the
leech," said the physician. He took up
tne little corps between his finger and
thumb. "Look at it," he said. "Quite
dean, you see. You poisoned it."
"I guess It wasn't a healthy leech."
said the cigarette smoker, sullenly.
; "Wasn't healthy, eh? Well, well try
again.
And the physician clapped two leeches
on the young man's thin arm.
"If they both die," said the patient:
I'll swear off or at least , I'll cut
down my dally allowance from 30 cig
arettes to 10."
Even as he spoke the smaller leech
shivered and dropped on his knee, dead,
and a moment later the larger on fell
beside It.
"This is ghastly," said the young
man; "I am worse than the pestilence
to these leeches."
"It is the empyreumatlo oil In your
blood," said the medical man. "All
cigarette fiends have It."
"Doc." said the vounr man. rea-errt
mg the thr leeches thoughtfully,
half believe you're right.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
The RLALM
FOHNINE,
Ashland school population is 1424; 727
girls and 697 boys.
: - . ... -
Seio has had "Ten Nights In a Bar
room," by amateurs.
Pendleton people are talking of "a
breakfast food factory..--. - ,
Albany needs another school building
besides a high school building. -
A Cottage Grove' maa was fined 175
for throwing sawdust in a stream,
B'
oneap, put is sure w rise in price. i that we can crow nnr n hhit nv...
Habit Nurture.
EFORB5 ; wa begin any wholesale
jopping off of habits, apropos of
tn new Year, let us look over
our, stock of habits and make up
our minds as to which of them
we can spare, also giving a thought to
those tUat-ara, somewhat tender and ill
nourished, and which need not . prunintr
but culture. Let us remember, too, that
now is the best time for planting the
esd which are to furnish us with our
H.U1W lur Dg coming year. For It is.
one of the most useful of human traits
tnat we can crow nnr nvrn hnv.lt. nt...
can be planted from the" seed In a small
jjireaou out 10 inumrj pots when
t they get their second leaves, trans
ferred from thn hnthmia 4r,tn
Several eastern r.eoDl have arrived lair as soon as thev rr atmnv nmi,
In Monmouth lately, looking for new I and finally we can sit back under th
homes. , I protecting shadow and enJoy tha fruit
... " ' lor our labors. .
It Is reported that R. L. Bewley has I . You can't rln' thcit with e.,...-
I . I -To-- . . . -1 .1 I - ,1 - . .... ...vu .juillll.
buiu ma iDBV ana iraci near ononuau i out n can DO done With hahlts Tlia
frt, CAO AAA - ... I k. . ...I 1 .li . . . . ' 11x3
t-v.vvv. . . . . ,. iTOauuiui inms aoout it is that aronrt
It Is predicted that Eugene's lm-
Frovementa In 1809 will reaulrs seven
lgures to express
years old, has gone on a visit to Cali
fornia; and Missouri..
Several Oregon towns are - expecting
Bank deposits of McMInnvlIle are
over a million and a quarter dollar.
. , . - ' " .V . KVUII
iwoui arow aa raat am hnf nna rm..
I quir no mor watching, and their 'fruitV
IS ' to WhOleaOmA arnnrtl fnilt
leaves a saUsfying sense behind. In.
stead of that old familiar Dead Sea
fruit whos taste, is ashes. "
Let us bealn at one.a tn eta
seed for next season's stock of habits.
Excellent aead can ha hai nt !....
to do more cavlnsr next yaar: thev are I kindness, thought for other nutlet,
convinced. It will pay; , I humllltyj energy anct tact. Thes can
.., ... l naa in ine orainarjvgarden variety
17 T. mrml-m V.e n.,la I Which Will STOW without fnrHne
prised by a visit from a son whom hsmUural heat. In th common Tight of
had not seen since 186. I everyday, and surrounded by everyday
I Jina is wen m planting a
Thre carloads of niaeon's. or 600 h?.h,A.Karden...to those extremely
pairs, will be brought to the Krebs I L"f?un- ,01 foreign culture
farm. In Marloa county, soon. j w,hl,nr?u'vr unnatural condlUons for
I their arrow th- Or anuria 4 vah dav
Thraa ertn.n f . .wtrta .nri w.t.e I L.1"'? Pce lant and there are none
wheel maohlnerV have "bin unloaded need ySur care? and if . l5l'Sl, Cx
at Gold Ray within the last 30 days and "laV0 Vm.mf-htfJ-'iiiaIi?40t,l n"
the work of installing them is being ?f - fi y.H trjr culuvatl'1
rapidly pushed to completion. Many xo"C8-. .. . ..
other Improvements are being made. -,ai.r e"pp,rTall(in or "e . Gree
t nr Ka flneia.AMA. Me n t ...li
.?AiL? :eJ'J can be eultltet in'almo.i anv laM.
their farm lands at double the price with success if on m; Vi y t ihl
they would bring, three or four years teatViSJ IVlZ
?. r""7 Z?!?J!!" t.V.I?r.P?5: which it demands.
reas and development that has struck Hchlv eultlvar.rt.Mt ,iH.-.U ,?
this section of Oregon.says the Reg- r.?Iyf.H.ltiv?:t(!,80JJ'. hereditary lncllna-
iHter . I """ "u a (jcuut stops toward peacerul
' . . I filrltt an1 aiinnn lei..KnAA.
A Sherman county man has sold 1400 -wLInd5T. these . conditions," including
worth of hogs off his farm this season, "i1??"1 nourisnment ,and the absence
lmost net profit from 15 acres of hog MJf,,"?? J,'y(V! or coia araugnts, the
act ure, sown as such, and the waste of I"" ' 7 U1?":,J: 'a"s'cs can
h. mr e ih. e.m win i be cultivated and will brlnsr n rnnaiH.
700 rods more of woven fence this win- arable charm of bloom and a gentla
ter. after which a larrer net nroflt will I perrume wnicn IS agreebly refreshing.
accrye as an issue On his farm. j p"1 f thOBa whose time is largely
Sunday there was a great demon
stration In the Salem-Stayton ditch
caused by. the presence therein of
una reds or muskellunge. says the Mail.
These choice fish came in areat bunch
es similar to the smelt of the Columbia
river, and as soon as it became known
that the. fish were- "running" Stayton
went a hooking.
LOWER PRICES FOR IMPORTS;
HIGHER PRICES FOR EXPORTS
It Is not easy to rid a place of a
name by which it has long been
called, yet it is possible, and with
the cordial cooperation of the in
naDitants may be rendered com
paratively easy. Thus the name
"Alkali" was changed to "Arling
ton. me term "weoroot as ap
plied to Oregon is fast passing Into
disuse. The commission selected to
revise Oregon names may be-able to
make many changes for the better
that will stick providing the new
names are locally popular, scarcely
otherwise. Suggestions from many
sources are In order. Tastes and
opinions will differ, but gradually
some improvement in Oregon names
can probably be made by the means
proposed. .
' A negro Is now the heavyweight
champion pugilist of the world. And
for awhile recently another ' negro
was the world's lightweight cham
pion. And yet there are white peo
ple who despise the negro and say he
is not the white man's equal!
There was about the usual num
ber of murders and other crimes .on
the day of "Peace on earth and good
will to men," showing that a good
day has no effect on. a bad person
unless to make him worse.
Mind and, Disease.
In the January American Magaslne
Ray Stannard Baker, writing of "The
New Mission of the Doctor," tells how
physicians are coming to acknowledge
that mind and religion play a great part
in healing the sick. He says:
"Man Is not only a physical and ma
terial animal, but he is also a thinking
animal, a religious animal. Mind has a
vital influence over tha body, and re
llgion may also:, be a powerful agency
in healing disease. To this discovery
th medical profession Is being driven
by-the work of ' the new school of ex
perimental psychologists and by the
spread of popular healing cults like
Christian Science, the Emmanuel move
ment, mind cure, and the new thought
up to the present-year no medical col
lege In the world gave a course in
psycho-therapeutics ' or In psychology
now several strong courses have been
established,. - ,
'Tn short, just as the church Is be
ginning to .discover that man has
body as well as' soul; the medical
profession Is beginning to discover that
man has a soul as well aa a body. The
whole man must be treated; and he must
be treated not merely aa an individual
and unrelated sick man, but as a com
ponent and essential part of our close
knit social Ufa. where one man who Is
sick endangers the whole city in which
ne lives."
According to repeated reports Mr.
Harrlman is preparing to make Ore
gon a big Christmas and Ne Year's
present next year ; in the shape of
new railroads. 4 v , V .
State appropriations will almost
necessarily be far larrer than ever
This Date In nistory.
173 Robert ManCregor Campbell
("Rob Roy"), a ramous Scottish out
law, died. Born March 6, 1(71.
' 1817 American Colonisation society.
which aimed to return free negroes to
Africa, formed In Washington, D. C.
1829 Georgia refused to permit the
Indiana to set up an Independent gov
eminent in that state.
- 1835 Patent ' for revolving firearm
issued to Samuel Colt
1837 Steamer "Caroline" Captured
and destroyed at .Niagara fall a
. 1S62 Federal . force captured Fort
van Buren, Ark.
1871 Great fire In Little Rock. Ark.
88 Charles I proclaimed king of
rortugaj.
1807 Alexander J. Cassatt. president
of Pennsylvania Railroad company, died
in j'nnaaeipnia. worn in Pittsburg, Dec
s, !.
i V A Great Difference.
"Margaret, It was very naughty of
you to make such a fuss. You said
it I'd buy that new dollle you'd go to
the dentist's without a., murmur."
" .. didn't murmur, muwer. I
screamed." -
Finance. v
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
."I have- some , money, but I don't
know whether to buy a home or an
automobile." r ; i
"I have it! Buy the home' and mort
gage It to get the machine. Then Toi
will have both," . . . ..
Falling prices for Imports and rising
prices for exports are declared, by the
annual report of the chief of the bureau
of statistics of the department of com
merce and labor, to be a characteristic
of the foreign trade of the United
States In th fiscal year 1908. This Is
especially true, he says, as to the man
ufacturers, material imported and food
stuffs exported-. In manufacturers' ma
terials, whether raw or partly manufac
tured, the average prices for the year
are, saya the' report, materially lower
than those for the preceding year and
were also much lower at the end of the
fiscal year than at the beginning of
the year. The average prlc -per ton
of hemp In June, 1908, was but $141.02
against $174.78 In June. 1907; of manila,
1137.74. against $202.01 In June, 1907;
of sisal grass, $106.20, against $162.67,
gn June, 1907; of goatskins per pound,
24.5 cents In the closing months of
1908, against 31 cents In tha correspond
ing month of the preceding year; of
hides of cattle, 10.9 cents in June, 1908,
against IS. 4 cents In June, 1907; of India
rubber, 66 cents per pound in June,
1908, against 67.1 cents in June of the
preceding year; of raw silk, $3.23- per
pound in June, 1908, against $4.63 in
June, 1907; of pig tin. 27 cents per
pound In June, 1908, against 39.1 cents
per pound In June, 1907; and of clofJflhg
wool, 17 cents per pound In June, 1908,
against 25.7 cents In June, 1907, whll
other classes of wool also show a sim
ilar reduction in price during the year.
Th decline In the total value of Im
ports, which occurs In nearly all of the
principal articles forming the great
groups, foodstuffs, manufacturers' ma
terials, and manufactures, is due In a
considerable degree to this falling off
In prices, though in many cases there is
an actual decline In quantity. This is
particularly true In manufacturers' raw
materials, which show a marked decline
In prices per unit of quantity, the de
cline In value beine thus much greater
than that In quantity. In fibers, for ex
ample, the fall In value is-f rom $42,000.
000 in 1907 to $35,000,000 in. 1908 a de
crease of 1 per cent, while In quantity
the fall Is from 312,983 tons to 303.4R4
tons, a decline of but 3 per cent. In
India rubber the fall In value of Im
ports Is from $59,000,000 In 1907 to
$36,500,000 In 1903 a decline of 38 Per
cent; but the fall in quantity Is only
rrom 77,000,000 pounds to 62.000.000
pounds, a decline of but 20 per cent. In
hides and skins the fall In value of Im
ports is Irorn $83,000,000 to $55,000,000,
taken up with the arlndlne of tha meaj
to make the dally bread and who have
tittle time and thought to give to th
habit garden, the common stock of easy
'nurture will be found most satisfactory.
There should be some preparation of J
4 V, A .nil T 1 . . . . I
Mi. . pun. uaifio mm aiuny oouiaers
Hiiuuia db nrsi removed, a gentle har
rowing for, say, one hour's time, with
that old fashioned tool reflection, will give
sufficient depth of soil for the new
seeds. The seed may be had without
price, Which Is a most satisfactory thing
about this garden. It might be well to
water the ground with a- Tew tears of
repentance. At least, they will do no
harm, but prolonged periods of such
watering are not necessary, and the new
plants will really thrive better with
little of this treatment which takes
time and Is therefore seldom practicable
a decline of 84 per cent, while in quan
tlty the fall Is from 371,000,000 pounds for the very busy.
o aoa.uuu.uuu pounas, a aecnne or out Mavmg the ground harrowed snd
24 per cent. In pig copper the' value of slightly dampened, then plant your seed
Imports fell from $39,000,000 to $24,000,- not too close together. It may be well
000, a decline of 40 per cent, and th or the beginner In this line not to at-
quantlty from 198,000.000 pounds to if-TJ"? 1 ,.rtmye7rit--thl"w, ttr
cent!00inprt?nVe vaVh. ST " SZ
cent In pig tin the value of th im- how pleasant its culture is and how
portatlons fell from $38,000,000 to $25,- easily managed. It will grow In a wln-
000,000, a decline of 30 per cent, while dow box as well as In a 10 acre plot; It
the quantity fell from 96,000,000 pounds requires rather mor weeding than fos-
tn it nnn nnn iin ne en tertng. and If once It rets a fonthnlH it
In raw wool, the value of the lmporta- 'i1, pread wit" , u'te surprising
I rapidity.
Jhe blossom is pure white with an
tions fell from $41,500,000 in 1907 to
$23,600,000 in 1908, a decline of 44 iitmZiIR
cant, while-the quantity fell from 204,- which reflects everyone 'who naae h
000,000 pounds to 126.000,000 pounds, a your garden. Tha mora von nieir nt it
decline of 38 per cent. Thus In practlo-Jth more It blooms, and you can put a"Nl
ally all the principal articles used la little sprig of It into everything you do
manufacturing' the falling off in the f"" J' nav" aa aminaance
value of Imports as compared with those leio.ryt0ur.-?w".?",i . ..
of last year Is due In a greater or less those old fashioned flowed , whioh
degree to a reduction In price, per unit reom" ve'rymall "eed
of quantity, though In most of these ar- It thrives best In partial shade and is
tides there la an actual reduction In frequently-found growing wild in unfre.
qUantltiea, much less, however, than ouehted places.. It seldom thrives will
would be Indicated by a mere consider- ,n th" market place or wher ther 'Is
atlon of figures of value only. r?uch xtrm,1 dryness nd glare.
Foodstuffs do not share, as a rule. In FhJ f ,hL' .JJ'," ? '2T,n J2
the decline In values, either a. to Im- l&JLtTJnJl?2'&!&
ports or exports, which Is cnaracteristio able. However, small patches are occa
of manufacturers' materials. The aver- slonallr met even in hot r,A h.
age import price of coffee-in 19S was (Places, and their presence Is known by
i.o cents per pouna, against 7. cents jionum wnicn lingers with,
tn the preceding year; of raw sugar Pn:
not above No. 16 Dutch standard In col- m" llr,lT not jnecessary to tell
or. 2.38 cents per pound, against 2.11 m tUritZ w J habU plantsAn v
cent, in the preceding year; and of tea. of thtmwlll1 ihrlveV ne'commoS
17.3 cents per pound, against 16.11 cents soil of every heart, and ir l. i.Ir
per pound in 1907; , while In manufac-1 prising how much abuse thev will stand.
turers' materials fibers show an aver-1 Entire neglect of the seedllna-s la not
age price In 1908 of $117 per ton, against to recommended, however. They
$131 per ton in 1907; hides and skins, IV 2 ...,r:cn'u cu;"r through
19.3 cents per pound against 23.5 cents whenever 'ELfiu? "P801"
na, nnnnil In lOftT- (mil. .HK,. ,., wnen,Ter POSSlble.
;ienan PagU,nVr"r,! Tl UfSL1 8a'd
"Und V7a,.t14l1 foMor:-.n:'ia rcf SBft with
per pound in 1907; India rubber, 58.8
cent, per pound, against 76.6 cents per
pouna in in preceding year; raw silk,
$4.18 per pound, against $4.20 In 1907:
clothing wool, 22.6 cents per pound,
against it eentS per pound In 1907:
combing; -wool, 27 cents . per pound.
against so'c
carpet wool,
cents per
cents per pound in 1907, all of th above
being Import prices.
On th exnort stria-, com thnv, an
average export price of 64.7 cents per
Duanei, against as cents in 1907: wheat,
99.3 cents per bushel, against 79 cents
in 1907; bacon, 10.6 cents per pound,
against 10.6 cents per pound In 1907;
and lard, 9.1 cents per pound in 1908,
against 9.S cents per pound in the pr-
ceuma; year.
I
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A Luncheon Dish.
F a woman lives at home and finds
that her digestion is not doing Its
best there are, delicious dishes made
William E. Chandler's Birthday.
William E. Chandler of New Hamp
shire, for many years one of tha most
prominent members of the United States
senate, was btrn In Concord, N, II., De
cember 28, 1835. said was graduated
from the Harvard Law school and ad
mitted to the bar la 1851. Me waa a
member of th New Hampshire legis
lature from 1862 'to 1864, and la the
following year lie became solicitor and
judge advocate of th navy. In the
same year h was appointed first as
sistant secretary of - th treasury, and
resigned from that office In November,
1867. In President Arthur's adminis
tration Mr. Chandler -was- secretary of
the navy. H was elected to th sen
ate In 1887 to fill an unexpired term.
and waa reelected in 1889 and 1895.
After his retirement from th senate
he served aa president of the Spanish
treaty claims commission. - Mr. Chand
ler is best known, perhaps, for the part
na piayea in ine presiaenuai campaign
of 1876, when, as waa claimed, he went
to Florida and seised that state from
the Democrats, thus securing the elec
tion of Mr. Hayes. ,;--'.;--
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Coquille and Portland.
' . From the Bandon Recorder.'!
The constantly Increasing; demand for
Coqullle river , products , at , Portland
makes It almost a necessity that we
av a direct boat between here and the
Columbia river. Some company would
o wen to ionic into trie situation, as
we are sure they would find It, a ray
ing investment 'from the start That a
boat will b running between the Co
quill and Columbia rivers within the
next year Is a sure thing as the trad
wui aemana it, and the first company
that sees th opportunity will be th
one to reap the harvest when It does
come. With three regular steamers to
San Francisco, together with th schoon
ers that ar constantly coming, th ac
commodations between her and that
city ar very good, and if we now get
th same accommodations to Portland,
our shipping facilities will be first
class In every particular. If Portland
wholesale houses are desirous of get
ting their share of th trad on , this
river, and in this valley. It would be
well for then to look Into tha aitiiatin I
for better freight rates t thla harhnei
and they will have no trouble in s4cur-
lng what they want Let us all pull toj
ciner ior a.Doat direct rrom th Co
qullle river to Portland,
' .'' . What Tronbled PatT
v j'- Prom Flck-Me-Up. ; f
An old Irish laborer walked into the
luxurious sviairr of an artist and asked
for money to obtain a meal, as he was
took weak to work.
artist gave him a shilling, and
then, seeing possibilities for a sketch
In th queer Hd' fellow, said:
"I'll glv you half a dollar if you'll
let me paint you.", , i
"Sure." said the ipan, "It's, an easy
way to bake money, but but I'm won
VriH' how I'd get-it off." - ( ,
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n nu quanury or cnoppea nuts, a
hard boiled egg, chopped fine, and a
very-little seasoning, salt and onion
ju ice. - . .
. This Is mixed thoroughly, put into a
baking dish, covered with a half pint of
cream sauce, and the top is dusted with
grated cheese. It la then baked until it
Is brown. v ,
Another dish which can be eaten for
dinner as Well as luncheon 'and is said
to hold all the nourishment necessary
for the body is made of toast, tomatoes,
rlca. and nuts. Kach oh of these is
easily digested, and gives strength and
vigor to the blood snd sinews.
; It Is made by covering the bottom of
the baking dish with squares of toasted
bread. Tomatoes are carefully peeled
and cut into blocks and put over the
bread,
. t .-:
: Individual Oyster Pie.
FOR each pi take a tin plate half
the sis of an ordinary dinner
rtlata hutfae tf mm A ..,-. .V. - t .
torn with a nuff naata fnr i
In five or six select oysters, or enough
' wio uimora, nutter tnem and
season With a little salt and nlentv of
pepper; 'spread over this an e-o-a- hettee
and cover with a crust of the paste,
making a small opening in It with a
fork. Bake in a hot oven 15 or 20 min
ute until top is nicely browned.
st t t
: : . . Rice Puff. ; .
ONE cup of cold., boiled rice", put
through potato rlcer, add two well
beaten eggs, salt to taste! drop
by spoonfuls Into hot fat, fry a light
brown; serve -with maple syrup for
breakfast or as a garnish for the roast
or steak for dinner. -. - , ,.
-Ia .
. ' Escalloped JIani.
T WO cups of finely chopped boiled
ham, one cup Of . finely chopped
V hard boiled eggs, one teaspoon of
Wustard, pepper to taste., Mix the above
together with a white sauce fof boiled .
criimli and small pieces of butter, and v
bake one half hour. u v