The Oregon daily journal., December 30, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

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GOOD WORK iOF THE RAILROAD
COMMISSIOX
I
HE OREGON1 railroad commis
sion has already, saved the state
many" tini' what ; It cogt. , It
has more than paid Its keep In
the scores of conveniences It has af-
icapped in that it had to begin at
the bottom, . and build . a policy, its
agency of beneficial control has been
veil established. The lighting and
heating of waiting rooms, the light
Jng of platforms, the bulletining of
delayed trains and enforcement of
regulations for keeping station build
ings open, better sanitary conditions
at stations and on trains and other
kindred reforms In regulation are
among the minor accomplishments of
the commission. ,: New depots have
been required constructed in a num
ber of towns and additional station
facilities have been secured at many
points. , Stations have been estab
lished where no stations were main
tained and . large bodies of railroad
patrons accommodated. (In the ter
minal yards at Portland the commission,-secured
the reblocking of
switches and frogs, the removal -of
obstructions and , the strengthening :
of dangerous trestles. Dangerous
' cars have been taken out of service
and renewed alertness has been re-
Sulred In the matter of tracks and
ridges. ".Reforms have teen" Instl-
, tuted in livestock "shipments' until
stockmen say the service Is quicker,
the yards cleaner and the prices of
feed more reasonable. New yards
loading chutes and other facilities for
livestock; shipments have been1 In
stalled at many stations, Strict sur
veillance has been maintained in the
'. effort to prevent., overcrowding of
passenger-coaches with toe result
that a far better service has been se
cured Jn this particular. . These and
many other minor improvements are
reforms for which the commission Is
responsible. Many of them- are the
result Of ; tedious and , painstaking
hearings necessary in order to act
- with proper knowledge of the facts.
The greater, work of the commis
sion has been along the lines of ar
riving at a basis for an accurate ad
justment of rates. 5 Much' progress
.has been made in this respect. In
ventories and appraisements cover
ing 800 miles of track together with
estimates of the reconstruction cost
have been secured and testimony is
being taken by which similar infor
mation with reference to the remain
ing mileage will be secured. This
will be a valuable basis for a scien
tific adjustment of rates. Without
waiting for this information reduc
tions of rates have been secured in
many instances. A , reduction or
dered between Portland and points
east of The Dalles, now under en
Jofnment, effects a Baving of J50,000,
annually to shippers. - Fares on a
more uniform and lower basis were
secured on the Astoria and Columbia
River road, and a freight schedule
was put in on the Coos Bay, Rose
burg and Eastern Railroad and Navi
gation line. ; The rates charged oh
grain shipments from eastern Ore
gon to Portland find all rates
charged by ,Wells-Fargo and Pacific
express companies are now under
Investigation. Many collections of
refunds "and claims for damages for
Individual shippers have been se
cured and In a variety of other ways
the public has been well yjerved by
the ' commission. The necessity of
an Intermediary between railroads
and the public is more and more recognized,-
and up to the present, the
efficacy of the Oregon commission
as such an agency has - been estab
lished. -
forded thepubUci; Its efficacy as
an arm of authority has been manyA The Indians are civilized
times 'demonstrated. Though hand-1 gifted, not stupid or semi-barbarous.
are three times as high inproporllqn
to Incomes na in Great Britain For
example, the tax on salt, an abso
lute ; necessity, is two thousand per
cent of its value. . The 'consequence
is that many of the poorest people
have tried to do without salt and
epidemics of diseases have resulted
The ' British government says taxes
are not so high as under the former
moguls. That is, a highly civilized,
Christianized government " of the
twentieth ' century Is a little better
than the pagan mogul government of
centuries ago. But this is doubtful
for the, moguls took taxes in kind
whereas the British government re
quires money, a very difficult thing
to . produce. The . British government
In India Is said to bo the moat ex
pensive in the world, and ltd cost
has to be paid by these miserable
beggared, hopeless creatures,' who In
a year cannot earn a day's pay. of
many a. British officer. And Brit
ish. officers, civil and military; are
very , numerous. It is a favorite
service, with "little to do and. plenty
to get." Indians are employed in
government service, however, ISO;
000 of them, and It is a fat Job for
these favored ones, their average pay
being about $180 a year, while in
the civil service there are 8000 Brit
ishers whose average pay Is about
$3050 a year. Every position of
dignity and large pay is held by an
Englishman, although there 'i are
thousands of Indians capable of fill
ing most offices. sv-
and
as many suppose. Many are Aryans,
of the same ethnic f amily as the peo
ple ofL Europe. Lord Curzon ; said
that India was a highly civilized' land
with arts, letters and . philosophical
systems when the ancestors of Eng
lishmen were painted savages run
ning wild in the forests. ! 1
The army In India is als'o a crush
ing burden that is constantly In
creasing. And . besides supporting
this army and paying for its own
conquest over and over again, India,
during the nineteenth . century con
tributed $450,000,000 to help carry
on British wars and expeditions In
other countries. Another cause of
poverty, Is the destruction' of Indian
manufactures-cottJb,n silk 1 goods,
muslins, brocades, etc. These ' have
all been destroyed by protective
dutieB or favored competitloa-.The
people were helpless and could . not
retaliate. . "She was at the mercy of
the stranger." But the greatest
cause of India's poverty is the drain
of wealth from that country to Great
Britain; a -large and constant flow
supplied from various sources. This
has been estimated by A. J. Wilson
in the Fortnightly Review as high
as $150,000,000 a year, and other
reliable authorities nearly agree
with him. Ever since 1757s the
k'Bengal plunder" has been flowing
Into England, and Mr Brooks Adams
has said that "Possibly - since the
world began no investment has ever
yielded the profit reaped from Indian
plunder." He had probably not ob
served the American high protective
tariff system, but this is strictly
home plunder.
large. The ; process sbonldj.be -the
6ame that 'prevails in the council
room of a -; big business establish
ment, for the business of Oregon is
bigger thin the business of any In
dividual or corporation In Oregon
The Multnomah delegation seems to
understand this and Is preparing for
the business of the session in a busi
ness way. :
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CAL'SKS OF POVERTY IN tSDIA
T
ME PEOPLE of India have no
.voice whatever in making her
own laws, no power to guard
their own Interests, to develop
the country or protect Its resources
from spoliation. For more than a
century and a half the country has
been a field for British exploitation.
Dritish rule has its good points; Jt
is -perhaps preferable to any other
foreign rule; but it is rule by for
f isoers, aliens, mere exploiters and
officeholders nevertheless. Macaulay
Mid: "The heaviest of all yokes Is
the j ol.e of the stranger,? '.r " .:
In proportion to their ability to
!;', the people of India are grlevous
Jv t.ucd to pay the enormous cost of
l'-.-;;Uh officialism. Taxes In India
'WATERWAYS AN NAVIES
T IS Impossible as yet to believe
that the present congress . will
pass . no: river and J harbor bilL
It Is unthinkable that great sums
will be spent : on the navy and be
withheld from the country's water
ways, i The battleship built today
will be obsolete tomorrow. ; The con
sequent of money spent on a water
way never becomes obsolete. It con
tinnes in service until : eternity It
continues throughout time as an
agent for cheapening ( the delivery
of food to waiting peoples. It opens
one more artery ; through which the
Ufeblood of commerce may pulsate
It is f lnlshment and perfection of
the economic system. It is a means
for adding ; to the comfort of the
millions ,with whom at best life Is
struggle, and . destiny a doubt
Two of the greatest gatherings of
notable men ever held in this coun
try,, the recent Conservation and
Rivers and Harbors congresses, em
phasized waterways Improvement as
the most conspicuous enterprise upon
which the country could embark
The . testimony from . every source
.and the . consciousness i; in men's
breasts constitute One long ringing
demand that for the sake of the
people the waterways should be fos
tered and developed. 'It Is the su
preme irony of folly that aid should
be withheld from- the rivers and
harbors and millions ' be spent on
battleships for ' purposes of : bun
combe.. There is no war, nor chance
of war. There Is no peril nor chance
of peril. The thrift of a people can
not be built on a foundation of bat
tleshlps and bullets. A reasonable
navy Is necessary, but If the drain
of substance for Its malntalnance Is
en erat that '' moner cannot.
spared to, cheapen the cost of trans
portlng.food from one people to an
other It Is national folly. If on such
a -pretext congress adjourns with no
aid 'for rivers and harbors, but mil
lions for the navy, every member
who Is a party -to the policy deserves
defeat for reelection, whether he be
from Oregon or Maine, from Cali
fornia or Florida.
owned the higher the tax per acre,
these few men or this single corpor
ation would not be gobbling up this
pnmense body of land, but Its own
ership would be divided among many
residents and producers. And under
such a law, many men and corpora
tions owning thousands of acres of
land each would be forced to sell
most of it -
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Two New York Judges of equal
Jurisdiction have Just decided par
allel cases in opposite ways. . Two
men each earned $6 a week. One
Judge held that this was only enough
to support one person, and refused
to require htm to divide It to sup
port his divorced wife. The other
Judge, required the husband to pay
his wife $S a week. '
The sympathy of all nations and
peoples goes out to Italy and Sicily
in their great calamity, and aid will
promptly follow if needed. It ap
pears to be one of : the worst , dis
asters of "the kind In the world's
history,' . , , '..-'
The Journal congratulates .both
the teachers and the taxpayers on
the vote of the latter on an Increase
of the former's salaries. It was
practically unanimous, so nearly
everybody Is ' happy 'over the result
The Tennessee night riders are
swearing to an alibi; It may be a
wonder to some lawyers that they
did not, try to make out a caBe of
self-defense. . . v
What Dana Left to tke
Dun
A BURDENSOME BROTHER
OREGOX LEGISLATION
T'
HE ACTIVITY of the Multno
mah delegation in the study of
measures for .the coming ses
sion Is to be commended. Law
making is a technical business.' It
is not an enterprise for the carrying
out of the personal whim or fad of
an individual. It Is not or should
not be-an agency for serving the
private Interest. of one or a dozen.
Legislation is a science that involves
the welfare of the whole body po
litic. : It should not be invoked for
carrying out questionable theories,
but "should deal only with demon
strated" , truthB. , Careful research
and thoughtful Investigation are es
sential and it is only by application
of these that scientifically accurate
laws can be passed.
Too often the process is a hit and
miss Dusmess. Measures are pre
sented and action taken without suf
ficient consideration. Hundreds - of
measures are introduced and there
is a period of but 40 days for their
discussion. In , the", very nature of
things ;. wisdom ' cannot always pre
vail.. .The time and prudent delib
eration essential to" wise action are
not given measures. The conse
quence is that many a legislature has
adjourned with the status of laws no
better and sometimes worse than
before the session met. Two years
more drag on and another session
by the same, processes leaves a
legacy of the same results. Hasty
attempt Is made to correct a bad law
with the result that often a worse
one is enacted. Two years later It
is again changed, and again it is a
jump from the frying pan Into the
fire. These are known conditions in
this state, manifest In unstable road
laws, "unstable tax laws and other
changing measures. It results In
censure of the legislature, disrespect
for laws and ofttlmes the ruin of
members. . , r . . :.
The reason Is obvious. : Legisla
tion requires expert knowledge. It
Is not a passing and momentary
duty to be easily and carelessly dis
charged. It is not , a small matter,
but a great matter. It is .not the
mere Involvement of a personal no
tion by the welfare of a common
wealth. ' - The process ' should be
calm and dispassionate. The gov
erning idea should be the general
good, and what will, and what will
not, best serve It.- The session
rhould be free from .passion, haste,
flurry, or excitement. The measures
should be few and .their purpose
T
Hfi COUNTRY is likely to be af
flicted J with too much Taft,
.Not of the William H., but of
the Charles P. brand. By : a
great majority the people elected
W. H. Taft president, and they have
full confidence that he will make a
good one. Even most' of the men
who voted against him are friendly
to him and believe he Is an excep
tionally fit man. And that, Brother
Charles is determined to break Into
the senate from Ohio is but slightly,
If at all, the business of people out
side that state, yet on the president
elect's account, not to mention other
reasons, it is to be regretted that
Charles P. Taft Is determined to go
to the senate. He is a man of many
millions, otherwise he would not be
considered In this connection for a
moment.. His election to the senate
could not fall to prove embarrassing
to the next president. When Senator
Taft sided with Aldrich and Elkins,
many people would suppose he re
flected the president's views. II
would be, a delicate matter for one to
repudiate the other's words or acts.
And Collier's Weekly, which, ex-
presses this view, adds: "Charles
P. Taft has a record not to be envied
one which nnder no possible inter
pretation could entitle him to the
Office." Charles P. Taft is ethical
ly no better than Foraker, and . is
without Foraker's outspoken candor
and ability. Charles P. Taft con
tributed much money to secure the
nomination and election of his
brother to the presidency. He can
do the president-elect a far greater
favor and service now by withdraw
Ing from the senatorial contest in
Ohio but he won't.
Several times during Mr. Carne
gie's testimony before the ways and
means committee he exhorted mem
bers to "use their brains." They
do; the makers of tariff laws have
always used their brains, and will
do so one way or the other. Hith
erto they have used their brains very
effectually to enable a few to plun
der the many, and iti such a way as
to delude wnue deirauding a ma
jority of the people. This certainly
takes brains. Only men of brains
could have concocted such a system
of colossal plunder,, and made- It
stick for. nearly half a century. :, It
was this use 6f brains that gave Mr.
Carnegie most of his $300,000,000
or more.,: . -, ;
. gaaBaaaajaaamaaaaaaaaaiwwamaaajaaaaaaa ' , ?
Representative Burton has brains,
experience, high character, an envi
able reputation, ' a record of : great
usefulness and the whole country's
high esteem, but Brother Charles
has the' millions, - and j these will
probably prevail. ' '-;" .
An Interesting article on the New
York .Sun appears In the January
American magaslne by Will Irwin. In
speaking of Its late proprietor, Mr, Ir
win says: ; ?
"Charles A. Dana. has been dead tor
II years.- The men who worked with
him have their own estimate of bis
career, their own belief concerning the
thing- which he left to the world. That
he did leave something permanent,
something more than a 'good newspa
per property,' the Sun will always main
tain. This permanent heritage, as ex
pressed in the Sun and by it dlssem-
haJ-lnated through the" conservative news-
conviction that the writing of news- for
a dally newspaper is worthy of all the
power, all the insight, all the command
of Intellectual tools that there is In any
man. .
'Dana believed that the dally news
paper is the chief Intellectual food, the
bread , and meat, of a . modern people.
The most cultivated among us has. hard
ly taken as much from the conscious
training of the schools as be has rrom
the unconscious training, begun in early
youth, of the dally newspaper. Not
the editorial page either the straight
news columns. It Is tbe raw material
from which opinions are formed; If the
material 'be shoddy, how .can ? tBe fin
ished product be sound? ' ,
: . "Therefore, t)ana thought the work
of reporting should be .worthy the best
that there is In a man -worthyHhe best
,he knows of taste that the publio taste
may not be corrupted, the straigiuest he
has of sincerity that the people may
not . follow vain things, fthe deepest he
has or insignt tnai tne people may learn
to look below the surface. He believed
that the reporter who describes a truck
man's wife as a 'prominent society lead
er of Marlsm' barms the publio mind
not only by his little lie. but also by
his creation of false standards. He be
lieved tnat the reporter who strings a
murder story on such phrases as 'dull.
sickening thud,' -blanched countenance,'
"mad panic,' 'prostrate victim,' and the
like, is doing his little part to take the
edge off the public mind.
"He believed, too, that newspaper
writing might be an art. In this age,
when , the supreme literary artists are
working with the novel, one remembers
how the .pedants ana purists scorned
the early . novels as v mere tales, told
to amuse the vulgar and shallow. As
there has grown up a kind of novel
which interpret people to, themselves,
illumines the , soul of man, . so, be
thought, Is there a kind, of journalism.
to be attained. by the exceptional man.
which goes deeper than -tbe facts and
reaches a truth deeper than the surface
truths. ; Though limited and restrained.
this 1 'Star an art . -v- .:;,
'A reporter grumbled 'because Dana
kept him on police court .work. ...'young
man,- the greatest police court reporter
who ever , uvea was named Charles
Dickens,' -said Dana. Another com
plained .that they had "boiled down' bis
story. " "The v story of ' the: crucifixion
was told in 600 words, said Dana. , Ho
uced to come; out, all excitement, and.
pointing to a mark on the margin of
a clipping, -say to Mr. iiora, A great
sentence there, ' Mr. Lord.' Who wrote
ltr TVho did that football storyr ha
asked once. "When Dana put such' a
question, . his Interlocutor used to trem
ble. There wM no telling from his
tone whether he meut to praise or to,
blame. Mr. .Lord named the man.- It's
Homer, that's what it Is!' said Dana.
The . reporter," he ' said again, wields
the real power of the , press.' This,
with all that It Implies, was the idea
which Dana left to his world, the good
that was not Interred with his bones."
SMALL CIIAXGB
Now It Is Frits! Pox,' but foxy Frltsl
Mature s New Tear . does not corre
spond to man s.
Only one day more In Which to'' work
up mu jyus recoro.
Congress and the president are ex-
ciianging no Holiday guts. , -
'...'.-".:''.-'-";' a : .i A'r-vrY'JV"
; The proper place for a sprig of mis
tletoe is on a pretty girl's Jiat. ,
" -a i. a .-, ;. ...-. i
Nobody seems dlsoosed to wlvm the
new secretary or state to be any hard
Knox. . u ,, .: .
' By the time Taft "gets back from
Panama, he will have a cabinet of about
79 members. ,
Ethel Roosevelt ts "out," and It la
reported that she is really not so bad
looking as Alice. .
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The Venezuelan mlnlatw'nf fnlm
affairs ought to be a good man. His
name is Jesus Paul. .
a '
No really' larare1 man . would mule a.
great effort In the matter of organiia-
nuu ui ino legiaia lure.
Will they 2 be the same resolutions
as last New Year's? Knmo llmn,h
can't remember what they-were.-
A woman ti years old teattflnil thnt
she had never told a lie in her life.
Never very good company, it is to be
suspected. ,
Mr. Rrvan av that hm "nnvttr In-
all his life was. surrounded bv 150 dead
ducks," aa was reported. But he doesn't
say as xo .
Who can doubt that the world la
growing better when it Is remembered
mat me old faun ion or New I ear calls
nu passed away - , .
i ' 1 m im i
President ' Wood row Wilson . sava wo.
men should epeak their minds.-- They
don'teed any encouragement, or wea
pcriiiiBBion, no meyr ... ,
! - jt ' .'" . .:'
Six hundred bags. of Christmas pres
ents were sent from this country - to
i;nina. nut wen nave to pay for the
firecrackers just the same. . - v
It might be best to elect for nrl.
dent of the senate and speaker of the
house two men who have martn nn f.
fort to secure those positions. - . ,
If old Ratan la-ever dlalni1ait " tmm
his present realm, or for any reason
concludes to move, no doubt he-will
strike out straight for Pittsburg.
Public officers all want more denutlea
and clerks, and everybody wanta a
larger salary. It keeps taxpayers
hustling to pay the cost of government.
Champ Clark savs the avers re value
of a woman's hat Is 1 5. Poor Mrs.
Clark and Misses Clark If there are
any. How can they endure such a
nuony and aaddyr -
Father left his "unloaded" a-un on. a
table: -y ear-old bov took it an acni.
dentally shot and killed his mother
near Corvallls. An everyday story, dif
fering only in details.
Durlnr the fiscal year endins- June
30 last.. $95,000 was used bv the war
department for artificial arms and legs,
but - for this ' year Secretary Wright
wants $410,000 for this purpose. ,Wnen
and where did such a disastrous war oc
cur lately 4. , ' ,
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS.
nncen uena men nave organised a
IHUIO. . , 'r .
A Salem man wants a law to hang
. Roaf burg has finally decided to do
sumo paving. " ? . . . , . j ,
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Ihe RLALM
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RF.SIDENT ROOSEVELT'S coun- V(
try life commission has brought,
to the, fore the needs of farmers
rf In, all parts of the country, and ;v
has given prominence to the quea-
tion. ,: "What can be done - to' I in Drove
( Echo has purchased a $67& hook and I conditions on the larmT" " X number of :
ladder lire equipment. s , ; , , I uh..iu,. t - .vl.i...
vuuuv.. iwin naif CAyirxiEieu . iuciiidvci
on the question. Here is another letter
pertaining to this subject: ' '
Why-Farmers Succeed. f
By E. W. 1 '
I suppoee the reason I Ilk the farm
so well is due to the fact that I was?
The Engle nredirts that Milton Will Horn the farm and I enjoy the free-,;
become the largest town in VlmatTlla dom nd Independence -of the farm life,
county ln largt town n,umatiua No class of people la more Independ-:
Th trmA... "s.- i i. I not fftrt him so much &a other roo- -
uUta hM. been, orfa.nUed; -lul tbiSV& t' &
. ' ,w ' a : ' 1 -.5 . - I and early to rise, makes. man healthy,'
Young Moole. throuahout central and wea.,t.nr.an1 wise. ; .. ;,.. ' -
southeastern Orcaon are havina much - J 11,8 " very true, especially or tne
equipme
Nearly all the .road dlntrlrta In niis.
las county voted fcyr a special road tax.
The assessed valuation : of Rainier
property is 69 per cent more than last
year,
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true.
port skating. . " S,. Jl07,um ?LrSSJS. ffu,iK
i . W " m '"vviuiip a. I g f ia Sllri ' "W
jrAM mil: - ..ii.ii..: lftirmr will nrnsner If hA dofHn't iri
erVt" ?"aSll: the field by' Look -around it"
has Vver" been' harvested Iri thlnfindl n"?.hbor."-.' .There to Mr; B.. he is always
mpire, and It adds to the pleasure to '?'" v'iV.. i
now that the area-is e-reate? than ever fw? before Mr. M.'s. . If you
before.., I toon , at Mr. burn you will notice
... a. v - v ,. i bum wviyiiiing is in pic.- ,
Echo has -a creamery and an alfalfa . His harness Is all , neatly" hung on
mealjnlll, aa well as a first class flour nOKS- has a box nailed up in the
mill, and Is now to have a wool scouring I horse utabla where the curry combs and
plant, and it also wants, says the Regis- i "- r . , e rai p
... .' . i i. , I evervthlns-. 1 Hn - hna a. KheA for'. Vila
and packing house. J machinery Instead of. leaving , it Just
Hi
So manv Inauiries are belnff received
in frinevme irom persons , living else
where about land, realtv and Invest
ments In. Crook county that the local
newspaper offices and the postmaster
are kept besieged, says .the Journal.
Eugene,' with five miles of pavement,
can understand what it means when
neighboring cities complain of : their
muddy streets, says the Register. , Eu
gene was once in the same fix and
would not. go back to a like condition
for many times the cost of the Improve
ment. .
Klamath Republican: The snow Wed
nesday stopped the fishing on the lake
Deiow town, wnicn readied extensive
are all well cleaned and -oiled and the
next season " when he wants them ha
knows where they are and In Just, what,
kind of condition they are.
Mr.- M. eomea out about halt past-S
a fortnight after Mr. S.'s hay is cut to
cut hia. He looka around and wonder
where hia mower Is, then remembers
ha left it at the other end of the field
about a mile away last season.' Ha goes
over to get it but finds It all rusted and
on examining finds he will have to. get
a new. sickle for it and .that he (guesses
he might as .well., get a new mower;
but he did want to cut today so he goes
over and borrows Mr. S.'s. Both - farm-,
era got new machines a few seasons be
for. Mr. S.'s is. still a good and new :
looking machine.-. How many farmers
proportion, the past few days. Hole. EZh?-fcES& r
appearance or neglect. ', He works, hard
were out In the ice and with - the aid!
of , an .ordinary hook and line 'a string
or lb or zu risn could d secured in
an hour or so. The fish were a species
of salmon trout and are said to have a
good flavor. .
A Merlin correspondent of the Grants
but ntill never gets along.- He was in
too much of a hurry to stop and think
what is the trouble. . -5 . : . ,
' The same thing can be said of'tha
house. Some wbres take. good care of
the. things they have to do with, per-
Pass Courier tells of a man of that set- with as s ome Vthr Bel7hho1r7
tlement who is convinced that the pro- ??u .tin thefr ho,e look. hJttr Th
nn.pd olortrlR from Mori In ilnan ?ut 8"11 twr JlOUSeiOOkS better. .Ihey
nosed electric line from Merlin down
Rogue river -to the coast will kill the
town, that a new school house -will
never be needed, and that If the district
have taste -and skill. .Their pictures,
furniture - and curtains may - be - of th
Inexpensive kind but the pictures are
is put under Irrigation nine tenths of ftZra ?tn i ft" Z XiZjYifZZ
the farmers will go broke trying to pay i.-1,'?., P'ta?!l ,!a.Y? J-
taxes. He can also see dire failure fol-1 f "".T,"- ?i i.-I "I":?:
lowing every man who is clearing land I i" " y?ur wib..ii you nave piciurea m
for. the purpose of putting out fruit I lnu nem ,n our J' l
roomr
If the paper on your walla has becun
to looH' faded and shabby you can make
trees and the utter uselensness, of any
errort to improve tne town,
. ,-.-...o. a a
" The HarnSr Valley
authorities to go slow
orancn asyium. ior it W line la mad ready for use by mixing
??h!.S riSVIaLmnJmtMni tr V. ! w,tn 001(1 water. Apply with a paint
P th .Kf? Mm5niai!2?an(l,12 brush, i It will not hurt the brush aa
A,,Wnao connect wlih t
west road, the
. .' ' V.' .W. -J -look fresh and new by using alabas-
VL Vf.i'Ui'tiSS Un- which you can get at any paint
li -Ll-VUd.,.if. 5nai tor for 45 cents per box. .TheValabaa-
T...3!?." line la made ready for use by mixing
warm water and soda.
latter oeing connected! . . v.-- .1 . .
with Lake and Klamath counties on the known am ong the housed r of tod ar
the north, then Burns will be practically
the center of eastern Oregon -and will
be tbe place for the branch asylum.- All
this will happen in toe -next is months,
, It ls reported that a syndicate 'of
which Mr, J, j:"Hiir Is the principal
fnetriber has purchased Or Is abouu
to purchase v,ooo,ou acres of land
In the southwest part, of the coun
try. : - Now; If a graduated land tax
were In .force.-fe law under which' the
more unused land a man or company
. . This Date In History. ,
1620 The Pilgrims observed their
frst Sabbath in their Plymouth settle
ment. c-
: 1775 General - Montgomery killed
while leading unsuccessful assault of an
American force agulnst Quebec. ;
17S0 Mutiny of the troops in General
Wayne's winter -camp. . '
1819 John. Lester- Wallack, - famous
acttfr," born in New York. - Died near
Stamford. Conn., September 8, 1888.'
, 1829 General Guerrero re-signed the
presidency of Mexico. K
' 1832-Insurrectioa of the slaves In
Jamaica. , . . - . -. . ,
1862 Battle of -Murfreesboro continued-with
indecisive results.
1882 Jston Gambetta, ex-dlctator
France," died,; Born April 2, 1838.
of
.Recovering Optlmisml.
From the llron Trade Review.
With 'the : end of ..Cthe present rather
unsatisfactory year fin eight, . iron - and
steel makers are recovering a good por
tion of their former optimism and are
preparing to start the new year with
confidence. A survey of the market
at this time shows it to be quiet -and
somewhat- uneventful,, but through It
all there is a strong undertone that la
accepted as holding forth favorable
promises i for the future. Condition
have improved by a slow and measured
process to their present 1 point, and it
Is, universally believed j that the change
Is permanent, since it Is evident tht
the whole; atnionphere .of the-industry
has been ' clarified 'in 'marked 'contrast
lothe general uncertainty of one year
ago , .: -.. .v- . -.. - ' 5
FAMOUS GEMS; OF PROSE
"The Character of Webster By Thomas F. Bayarfl
rFrom an' oration on Webster com
memoratlon day at Dartmouth college,
Hanover, N. H., June 28, 1882.)
In a humble farm house in the town
of Salisbury, N. H., Daniel Webster was
born. It was an American homestead
of 160 acres, that "quarter section" so
well known to the land laws of the
UnitedStates. There this great typical
American first saw the. light. There
first he learned, from a pious mother's
lips, the letters of the language that
in later days, by speech and writing,
he was - destined to adorn. From that
mother's teachings he imbibed In tender
Infancy those vital truths of religion
and morality which formed the basis
of his character and today give strength
and permanence to the immortal part
that survives. ' - . '
lie was born in New Hampshire and
he died in Massachusetts, but he lived
and died with a love for his whole coun
try that never knew state lines, nor
paused upon the Imaginary boundaries
of aectlonaL Nature had gifted him with
great powers - of mind, . coupled with
warm and generous feelings... His in
tellect enabled him to comprehend the
mighty and manifold interests of hu
manity, contained within the federal
union, ana his heart was large enough
to embrace them all. Before or since
New Englahd has had no such cham
pion or representative, but he gained no
victory for her at the cost of other por
tions of His country; and in all the
loving praise and manly defense Of bis
own home, in no speech or letter, wher
ever uttered or written, not a mougnt or
expression belittling or derogatory to
reputation, or wounding' to the self love
of .any .- other portion, of. his , fellow
oountrymeh, have 4 lound. ; P ;
- Jsir. Webster, was a statesman living
under a written-constltution of govern
ment and his creed may neither be stat
ed In a breath, nor condensed into a
pharse. It would be as delusive as It Is
uiust to try, such a.- man by phrases
torn from their context,- and by chance
expressions, without Interpreting them
by -.the 'general . meaning - which sur
rounds them. But-as )to some , mean
ings there is no doubt and that Mr. 1
crackllnaa haln
fed to the dor or cat.-' This is a waate.
It only, takes a small ambunt of grease
to make a pot of soap. - If you will go
according to fhe directions on a can of
lye, your soap win-be af success, ir
there is grease on-your soap after It la
cold take a saucer or plate and skim It
all off. Then have .your boards ready
to lay your soap on. The best thing to
dip it out with Is a shovel, for when
new it is very hard on the hands. The
soap must then be placed In a warm,
dry place. .
When we kill a beef all meat that la
rood for drvlna- is amoked. Thfl Ion
stltution, because It created and con-land flunky pieces are put -down In a
tlnued the government ht "a, more per-1 pickle or brine. ,To keep, put down In a
faoi- iminn" 1. i. th. ... Dnn after the blood ; 1 thoroughly
l1slonhaV0ll:iS on
vision that was prophetic he -wlt-l top.. Skm the ut rooi and pour over
iiBBscu mo growing mieuiuun 01 n is i meat. - ir there Is not enough of th
countrymen ana , ine dangers to theiortne-to cover it. make some more an-
union which it threatened.- Theaa an. add to It. In thla way It Will keen for
prehensions clouded his' anticipations, two,r three tnonths. There will be lota
and : the re6orded and reiterated T warn- S.LLont. &l Z J'l
ings and deprecations agarnst sectional tie or vat and boiled. When done re-
tne bones (these make' good
"Webster , was " tbe soldier Of tha con-
animosities, that bursts from his very! move
heart, are almost countless. - They form
part of his history and read now and
hereafter they . will i ever attest the
sagacity of hia mental vision, and the
depth and sincerity of his patriotism.
He was a marvelous production, the
chicken feed.) After the bones are re
moved boll till when cold it forms a
jelly. 'This may be canned the same as
fruit. Have boiling hot, pour in Jars
and seal. This is excellent for making
soup or seasoning-for vegetables.
'The meat off of tne neaa makes ex-
Vi: The Cost : of . Living. :V " ; !
From "- the Astorlan. ? - 1 : '
In Astoria, at tn every other com
munity-. In the United States, , the cost
of -living increases constantly; tnat is,
to the people to whom the cost of living
means something;' to the man and
woman earning wages or living from
the meagre -profits .of - small business
or trade; the pressure is the' same on
all these.' though the question, of In
come may vary considerably. . Nowa
days one never hears of the cost of any
staple dropping; they 'rise perennially
and perpetually: we used to. take some
satisfaction from the failing market.
but now we' know of nothing and pre
pare for nothing, but "the expected ad
vance on : those - things we - must have.
The staple markets are cinched up and
the sources of production are held fast
in the grip-of bloodless-corporate pow
er that may . not De broken even by
the law. and any "lawless" attempt to
snap the tentacle is punished swiftly
In . both the temples of justice and tho
temples of trade, the1 reprlsar f ronf the
latter of course taking the form of an
other "ralfe."
.It .Is held . the world over, thafthe
poor of America are infinitely better
off than any similar, group anywhere
else. - What of truth ; there ia to this
is dtfe to the5 freedom and education
o .. .e great masses. Education en
forces a patience that -tripeta- the situ
ation wln -iiope and self-reliance, and
very fruit and flower of our -republican I cellent mince meat. Here- is - a good
Institutions; and he trod with majestic recipe for making mince meat: Three
step the avenues so, freely open to all. P0lnd" boiled beef, one pound suet,
which lead, in this free land', from wrDSSndseedg14lstns Pf 3mia
poverty - and obscurity to the opmost ? "om pond' of ' ciWnS
heights Of power and distinction. A nutmrir irrntnl nun t.ihlcnnonn onrh
kingly intellect throbbed beneath :. his mace, allspice and cinnamon. Chop meat
republican brow and proclaimed Its and fruit and mix all together, pour on
strength and dignity . throughout his weak , cider-lnegar to orm s . batter,
life rand now . " place on the stove and simmer till done,
lire, ano now, . , . . ,v v . r - Always make neatness and system
n. '--l.t,' ' 1.1-1 a f' ' yur motto. Ton will find it pays to
He Is gathered to the kings of thought ,,n e tki. -iv.a voi, nt.ntv
Who waged contention with their time's of time for your toilet, Never go down
; aecay; y . -, to your Kitchen to cook break rast tin
And of the past are all that cannot pass j yur ha,r ,a. combed. -What. - Ipok'i
... ... i-' ? ' ; . ?v Ivah will nntlfn th wnmnn itrhn fnnV
The veil which hide, 'from 'our" eve. fast . with hUl2?:- u."Ia?tfJ
. ..i , . ' - 1 rillOCB, Wild I inoB alU w L.-Jj try t a, (i c
the future, no doubt conceals. In. mer-hate riser. When we get up,early;we
cy. many an assault upon the peace, law have mere energy.---- ,'. . -.
and liberty of the land, we love; and -In As ; soon as. breakfast Is; over, clear
the-misty foreground of the future I away the, dishes aa quickly aa possible,
fear there are dlmlv to , ,rfirr, If you are to have anything for dinner
tnJmlirthtl that requires a great deal . of cooking
I?iTT ?rffc ! 1 w J uVwus,t put It on as soon as the dlshea are done,
stand as the father of Webster stood. Then Clean the room, down stairs and,
a minute-man,:' ready for their defense, lastly, the upper rooms. If your -book-fortified,
enlarged and refreshed? by case has not doors or curtains, it will
the memories and the counsel of our save much handling of the books and
great countryman Daniel Webster. , 7 will "nreaaa . sneei . or
I t;iUL I Iivri llirv vacrx? vruas j vu a I i.
'Though world - on world In myriad! Give your house a thorough cleaning JJ
myrladJ roll . I every morning. trai ryinin in hi f
Round ua with AtfaTfn nnvrn i jimce, . uuar wt jra nuu iwur
An a l.VT. Li uVl JPfwer8, ' - house Is always In order and if yon
And otner forms or life than ours . I .in. h,v, xomnanv vm, win i
What know we greater than the aoul? I have . A rnmmence clean In a- house : a.
Pn God. and 'godlike men we build ourl week - beforehand. f , v : ; : - t y
trust. . i ' -rage pnoe in wnaiever you ao ana
aon I Tiegieci your garaen ana yara.
KfP that thpm aren't anv blta of nnnrr.
begets a courage that goes to make us sticks or tin cans lying about-the yard,
independent of brute force. We are on 8nd that the flower bed" are kept clean,
the ; lert.' always, -for the roan, and This '? Kood ,tranln for. the children.
the change, and the propitious reVoli- n.-?""?" "J.J'l..-"'."" "S
,IAM ult M . . I Vlimr uwil nnu nave nwin ftwp 1 1 -Clean.
tlon thtt shall relieve us and brintf , i find roses are. the easiest and moat
about the eauatlon we Innc Tor. Tim,tii.f..iAFv finnaM.i. i, n,t, .
fi'l the practice of these qualities Viave I easily started from the cuttings. , Take
perfected our . patience until we are Just I the cuttings alter tne rirat rose, nave
a bit stupid about the thing: and due oioomeo. j una is a gooa ume. - inn
i wi . in
em - deep
. , .. .. . - I iivu.h in -" ' . . .it inai buiiic vi 1 1 1 r,
traae. - -- - ' t Kiirla will n rnvrrf. mm ih wvr.t
Wra KAIIa'v th... 1m -n' wal.At. I ft Pil KPtlt nut mnr, rHrfilv from- thm hnria
iiani- thr man ... I January or February Is the best time
nlng to reallae the pressure and Strug- SirtiJi1 'JlZ.TrX' "P,nd
.! .. in. t i. n. Pi "n .tne'r permanent places, ' r -
. -. - unii.uu ,-j-ry t Tlnrt ome tine in eacli -day
going up soon that may not be longrJ-for good reading ofsome kind.
Ignored or avoided, and that the same) Don't stay, at home- all the timer If
rorcea tnat nave , made for our quiei-1 you get an invitation to some social
ence and passive . acceptance of the! gathering, go. Take plenty of tlm
frightful load, will reach- for our de
liverance and bring about . adjustments
tremendously long over due.
. A Misunderstood Man. v .
- From the Washington Star - '
'"Think of the extravagance of that
mobile to an actress.?.. ; - .:' . M
'"Gave away an automobile." rejolprd
Mr. Chugglns. thoughtfully. 'That
wasn't extravagance. That was economy.
After filling ft number1 of large orders,
the Weston brickyard Is now engagp'd
in- shipping 125,000 brlMr- - - atory
building at Pasco.
0
for your toilet and dress so you will
look neat Cainty and attractive. .'Your
friends- wlli appreciate your trouble,
as' Will, your husband ard children..
i H K -v-v
Rlitz Kachen. .,
NE .cup sugar (granulated). . one
'heaping iron spoon butter, thre
eggs beaten -separately,-11 one lemon.
Hulce and grated rind, ' one tablespoon
I water, one pint sifted flour (sount), one
J loaplng teaspoon baking powder, one-
lourtn pound Diancned almonds, cut
fine; oneyhnlf cup granulated sugar Into
which on teaspoenful of cinnamon has
been mixtPrtV Pour mixture into long
gTt-ased pttn and cover with angar, cin-
iHtyon nno aimonns. 1 ins la line and
iiiucn use cjuiiee urcau.