THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, . SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1909.
WOMEN'S
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. or sneuia oe u iny are net, tea-
Ing a deep -interest In the see-.
sion of tiis legislature' that ' la
now almost upon us. , How; the
house 4nd senate will , he organ
ised, who wlli.be speaker end president,
how the members .wlll stand ,to their
pledges, art matters' of little Interest
to the women of the state,x except as It
will affect legislation that strikes near
the home and child. "These, to the wo-
meij of be state, are tne vltaj; questions,
una on everything that touches theni
they should not only he - alertV but tap
and doing. V v-'"; - . '
KX: ha. Grande, the resolutions com
niitM rnnrted favorably on the meas
ures proponed by the legislative com
j I'nnecu i'j . . . . -
that tne eiuowomen i u
to stand by and work for the following
i Again to present; the bill providing
for the wife's signature in addition to
the husband's a? security on another
person's -note, v -' ., .
An amendment to our school law pre
Tiding that - schoolhouses may be used
as neighborhood centers. "' ml '
A amendment to the law providing
for public -play grounds, , which hall
change Its application to cities of the
- first class. ' '
An amendment to the pure, food and
drug aot forbidding any samples of pat
ent medicine to be thrown about In a
public manner.-v ' - ; - r" " - '"v
f The clubs are also pledged ;to support
- and cooperate with the state association
for, the prevention of tuberculosis, and
ito indorse apy legislation, presented by
that body. ' " ' "
They are also pledged to cooperate
with the chil labor -commission In Its
efforts to guard , the children of our
-state from the evjl effects of illegal
employment. -v-i ,; i j";. '
Whllei all theee -measures, and resolu
tions were thoroughly thrashed out at
,the convention, to the many who were
not there a word of explanation may not
- be amiss. . . v M' -'
Regarding the first one, weTieedonly
ask: "Where is the woman whose male
relatives figure at 4 all in the business
world who has not directly or indirectly
been affected by that relative Indorsing
the note of a friend or business asso
ciate?" - It has not come to every one
to suffer .acutely from this, but there
are hundreds of women all over the
i land who are living in poverty because
their homes and all their earthly pos-
sessions have gone to pay in ueoim i
isome one else.. The husband could not
Cneii the homo, without the wife's slgna
' tnre. wKv. then, should he give it away
to accommpdate-ra friend? .-''-; '
' There . are - other' thousands of; men
and women In the world, the whole cur
'. rent -of whose lives has been changed,
who have been deprived of the educa
tion and training that would fit them
.for the beet service in life, homes have
tneoiv.mede. desolate by crime andzul
irlde and Innumerable other evils nave
5 followed the act. Of mistaken, kindness
bv the indorsement of somebody else's
note. And the pity of it is that this
havoc and ruth generally comes to the
wife and family like a thunderbolt out
' of a clear sky. "It is only for a few
days to help a friend out of a tight
ifclace," argues the husband. "The wife
does not understand these things and
why trv to explain business matters to
,her," when right down in his heart he
knows he is ashamed to tell her he has
Jeopardized; their home' because he
hadn't the courage to say "no."
Mtn who era doinfir a straight, legit
imate business will not oppose this bill
no more than they would oppose the
i wife's signature-- to a deed. In fact.
' many men welcome It,' for ft will relieve
them of many embarrassing situations,
and other men would be more loth to
ask the favor if they knew the wife
- as well aa the husband had to grant it.
. . Indeed, there seems no lawful reason
- why it should not become a law. ..
Wby.'indeed, should our school build
' ings not be used as neighborhood cen
ters? Why should they be closed to
evening gatherings of the- fathers and
mothers, and not used for : entertain
ments of an educational . nature?
Thev belong. to the peonle and It Is a
poor law that abuts the doors in their
The only reasonable excuse that can
, be, given la that this privilege will be
abused and the wear and tear on the
s building; will- be expensive. To edu
'cate the people by establishing refining
1 Influences In their, midst is the surest
way to prevent the abuse of any privll
, ge and surely If the school building
. wears out in tnis service it will go
' down In a good cause and the taxpayers
will stand ready to build a larger and
. a better acnoot in its place.
Playgrounds should be a state. wide
.. movement. The children of a small town
should have just the same privilege to
learn to ttlav rlaht and have l n1.- tn
t play In- as children of the cities; and if
i tarn taxpayers are wining to, pay lor It,
and they always are, why. should they
. not have It? . . -.
The bill that went through the last
; legislature was a very lame affair, and
"Mealcy at many places. Wisdom and dis
cretion were shown when no attempt
was made to organize under Its provis
- Ions, but the substance. of the bill must
he jiustained, and it must be put Into
Just and legal shape. ln this the
. women can ao mucn by watcning iegla.
latlon, and reminding their represehta.
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tives tli at the clubwomen of the state
sund back of It. ... , . t
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The only persons that can oppose the
fourth bill that will be presented
are. the - patent medicine - fiends, ., or
the people who are always on the look
out to get something for' nothing -even
if H is medicine. But even, to 'Oblige
them the risk Is too great to the little
children who pick up this vile stuff,
and, attracted by the gaudy wrapper,
an attractive odor, or even a pleasant
taste with which it Is often disguised,
it is eaten, often resulting-in serious
sickness, and not infrequently in death.
It Is" a very safe proposition to go on,
that medicine that has to be advertise
in iiuo way wouia noi pass, inspection
in legitimate praotlce. ' ,. ,
These are the measures the federation
will present through Its state committee
and it Is hoped they will have the ear
n,e,t support and . cooperation of every
clubwoman In Oregon, , ' f -
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MrSS. ETHEL ARNOLD and , Mrs,
Turner, two sisters of Mrs. Hum
phrey Ward, are as strongly in
favor of woman suffrage as she is op
posed to It. Miss Arnold is speaking
for It In New York, and Mrs. Turner tn
England, At the great meeting in Lon
don -the other day -where Ellen Terry
sent In her adhesion te the cause, Mrs,
Turner argued ; that . women teaohers
would never get equal pay until women
had a. vote. aIt Is just as hard work to
teach the multiplication table to girls
as to boys," she said, referring to the
unequal scale of salaries paicf to the
teachers in the schools for boys and the
schools for girls. It Is probably' as 'hard
the .same inequality is seen In the pay
w;uui imi oi ine Doys Latin
school and the girls. Latin school In
Boston, - . . ,
f?LUB NTES, the official organ
-" i h ,Qhlo6Ute federation
sent out a verv nrattv mn nrii,.
Jnal litUe card-of greeting, this year. It
la the. sire .of a poatal card, upon the
?Pfr ,"1,o( which is, a calendar for
1S69, and belowr beglnmng with an- il
luminated letter. Is this Inspiring text:
. - 4iu wunien or
nne enthusiasm! A materialistic age
cannot wither them, nor the world's
custom qi elamnjing the doors lit their
faces rob them of that Infinite cour
age. They are as a fresh breeze on a
"""' wniie sometimes they
blow a little too. hard, they keep, us
- . . j - "'si" uu psRHimism
and Inertia the while we are holding on
1 ! ir-nucnng now long IX will
W VnnW t wta !. a . a
"fins enthulasm" to-any greater extent
than Miss Louise Graham, the intellect
ual and charming young editor of "Club
Notea" . Miss Graham, however, in her
enthusiasm over the high plane which
she is endeavoring, through club influ
ence, to plaee women upon, never ''blows
little too hard," for she Is always
aweet. eonservative and womanly in
her utterances. . i
-"Club Notes" is one of the best alK
around Club pubiioatlons in the country
and the best wishes of every one who
knows Miss Graham personally . or
uiruuKH ner ina(uin wisn ner un
bounded sucoess during the ' coming
year.
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ARLETA. Mother and Teachers' club
held an Interesting . meeting last
, ,w week. It was entertained by the
puplla 'Of the primary, grades, Mies
Pound and Mrs. Patrlquln, teachers.
, r. lenney, secretary t the , state
board of health, delivered a lecture on
"Hygiene of Children." He made It so
interesting that ilia elub members were
unanimous in their reauaxt that ha
come and give another talk on the same
sunjecu
The committee on the "scholarship
loan fund" has arranged to give a re
ception for its benefit in January.
The club will also give a reception
to the graduating class, at the end .of
the present term. Mrs. .Sadie Dunbar,
president of the club, is also chairman
of the state health committee, and was
exceedingly active In enlisting the clubs
of the . state In selling Christmaj
stamps.
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THE Present Day club held Its regu
! lar meeting Tuesday of this week
. at the home of the secretary,
Mrs.. O. B. Balloii, 699 Irving street
Miss Eleanor F. Baldwin delivered an
address on "Democratic Ideals of Wo
men,'' which was very much enjoyed by
the club. Many of tha ideas presented
were discussed by the ladies who hope
some day to see women's conditions
bettered. , .. " ,
Miss it. Margaret Smith played sev
eral pleasing piano solos. .
The club then, partook of dainty re
freshments. . .
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MRS. PHILIP K MOORE, president
",tf the General Federation, was
chosen a member of the National
Child tabor committee at the annual
meeting of its board of trustees, lately
held in New York City. The plan for
the National Children's Bureau,, under
one of the government departments at
Washington, was reindorsed, and action
in the S8 states whose legislatures meet
within the coming year was discussed.
Encouraging reports were presented,
showing that legislation in the Interest
of the cause had been secured in Vir
ginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky,
New Tork and Ohio, and compulsory ed
ucation laws passed In West Virginia,
Oklahoma and Oregon. "
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BT AN inadvertanca the annual report
of the state civics committee was
omitted when the other state' re-
Fiorts were given, we therefore- present
"In answer to requests for reports
front the different clubs, 18 letters have
been received.' Some of the clubs re
port that their city has a civic associa
tion, and that the clubwomen do their
work in this socletyi Among these are
Eugene, Weston, Salem and all of the
Portland clubs, excepting that the Salem
club- assisted in . entertaining st the
cherry fair. - They gave a luncheon and
helped decorate the booths at this time.
Several clubs have not taken up any
civic work, but nearly all expect to do
so the following year.
The Women's Social Science club of
Sllverton has a committee to visit the
school They-erected, street- signs in
their town and have Improved their
city Dark. -
Tha. clvlo- club - Pendleton -devoted
one afternoon, to the discussion and
study or civic improvements. Commit
tees were appointed as follows: To
beautify waste place, provide for narks.
to beautify the cemetery and to confer
with the city council in "regard to pro
viding arrest room jm tne new city hall,
and to work with the city council in
c loan ine ud the streets on the annual
cleaning day.
The Woman's elub of Lents report
that they have made preparations to
make their grounds around their new
t "5,000 schooluouse. beautiful within the
next year.
The. Ninety-five Mental Culture club
of Roseburg has distributed acorns and
seeds of various kinds throughout the
county, sending them to be planted on
school grounds or vicinity.- They have
the ground at the railroad station readv
for planting, and next spring will find
them very busy preparing this ground.
In conjunction with the W. C T. U. they
srave a beautiful t&OO drinklnir fountain
to the city. This was dedicated and
irromra ovyiisur' au, last. - -The
Woman's club of Mrwxl RIvoP
which Is a very young club in the feder
atlon, has done excellent work. They
succeeded In having a cleanup day in
April,. and In the fall a committee was
appointed to visit the city council ant
they succeeded in aettina an order de
manding, the . Streets and allev in he
cieanea. r rom inn oraer mucn good
work resulted. - Their greatest work has
been given toward the improvement! of
the Hood Ttiver cemetery and bv con
ferrtng with the cemetery board this
.place has been, improved very much. A
permanent gardener has been secured
fur the first time, hedges ,are being
planted auk lots are being cared for
and many v shrubs . and trees v being
planted. - . , v ' .
The Study 'club of Coqullle has fos
tered a publio library and reading room.
All the money in the club treasury has
.nei n cnee-iuny given - ror mm wore,
ana i many -eiiieriainmnia nv vven
giveh to raise funds for it, the club
women usually giving their time as li
brarians. The club in conjunction with
several other organizations of the town
formed a -corporation - and have pur
chased a site for a permanent library,
gymnasium and auditorium. '
The Women's Press club of Lents Is
a club of pen women, and all their work
Is with their pens. Three articles on
civic line have been written, and they
offer their assistance to the civics com
mittee in getting the work of the depart
ment before the reading public.
The influence of The Dalles Sorosls
club has been very much felt, through
out their city, and especially in the city
council, which cooperates hand in hand
with the civic committee. They have
been Instrumental In hastening a clean
er city, better - sidewalks, Improved
streets and especially through their ef
forts the city park has been established.
This year more rose bushes and many
shrubs and trees were planted, and the
park has become the pride of the city.
Band concerts were held there during
the summer months, and public services
in the evening, but with all this their
main strength and force has been cen
tered in one object, that of the Carnegie
library, which they are proud to say
has been accomplished, and all plans
for the building have been - adopted.
They adopted a cleaning; up day, assist
ed their educational committee in plac
ing SO fine pictures in the public schools,
and they expect next year to take rad
ical steps toward improving railroad
? rounds, and last but not least, -they
eel that publio sentiment Is with them,
as it responds most graciously when a
demand is 'made of it.
Civic improvement department of the
Woman's club of Cottage Grove for the
year 1907-1S08: -
Their first work last year for civic
Improvement was a mass meeting held
In the Armory for the purpose of agitat
ing and discussing the question of clean
ing up the city. They-had a short pro
gram, and a number of talks from their
business men on different subjects.
IVhis resulted In the el ty being divided
into several districts, and a committee
appointed for each to oversee the work
of cleaning their respective wards. They
also at that meeting designated every
Friday as "cleaning up day." -j
Their largest effort probably along
civic lines was for the sweetpea show,
which was decidedly, successful as a
show itself, and the results obtained
toward a greater interest Irr beautifying
yards were decidedly successful. Their
Judge was a specialist in his line from
Portland,-and his report through the
oregonlan said that the quality of the
sweetness shown he had never seen sur-
J passed on the Pacific coast. The fol
owinr day after the show the flowers
were 'distributed on the trains as an ad
vertisement - of Oregon's rescsirces.
These ladles are now working for t city
park, and will soon be ready to purchase
the ground. . .
The Neighborhood club of La Grande
gave their second annual aster show,
which was far greater In every way than
the first one given, and this year has
shown great Improvement in our town
brought about by this aster show. In j
that almost every yard this year grew
asters or some other flower where be-1
fore barrenness was to be found. The
ladles are actively at work toward es-!
tablishlng a free publio library, more of !
which will orobably be heard next year, !
and they ere also giving their assistance
to the Park association.
ANNA MCDONALD OLIVER.
i Chairman Civic Cora. G. E. W. C
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IT IS a matter of immense satisfaction
to the club women of the nation to
sea the commercial bodies every
where taking up and indorsing the
movement to have the additional em
ployes required for the taking of the
1910 census, selected by the merit sys
tem. More than a year ago the chair
man of the civil service reform com
mittee of the General Federation sent
out a circular, urging the club women
of the nation to begin agitating this
suDject; saying in part:
"An attempt is being made in eon
gress to appoint the additional em
ployes needed for taking the census
of 1910 under the old patronage system.
Though the permanent census bureau
was placed in 1902 -under the merit
system, the bin lor tne new census, in
its present form, provides that ap
pointments shall be made through non
competitive examinations. As the
United States Civil Service commis
aion has every facility for furnishing
promptly' the requisite number of well
quallTied eiiginies Dy means or open
competitive examinations, the only ob
ject of the non-competitive provision
seems to be to make subject to con
gressional patronage some 4000 posi
tions in other parts of the country.
"Honorable Carroll I. Wright, who
had charge of taking the census of
1890, has stated that, if the force then
employed had been appointed under the
civil service rules, at least $2,000,000
would have been saved, and more than
a year s time.
"In
his special message of January 8
President Roosevelt strongly urges that
appointments for the new census shall
be made In accordance with the merit
system. He protests vigorously against
the old tnetnod, saying:
" 'The non-competitive examinations
used in selecting the force at Wash
ington of the last two censuses served
only as a cloak to hide the nakedness
of the spoils system. The taint of
the spoils system will not merely ham.
Der and delay the economical and ef
flclent taking of the census, but will
impair the belief of the public In Its
honesty.
GET IDEA FROJI INDIA
Americans in Throwing Rice Imitate
Hindu Couples.
From tne Housekeeper.
The custom of throwing a shower of
rice over newly weqaea coupies comes
to us rrom India, ana onginatea in me
idea, that rice was an emblem of fecun
dity. ' The Hindu bridegroom, at the
close of the marriage ceremony, throws
three handfuls or rice over tne bride,
and she replies by throwing the same
over him. wun us ine rice is mrown
hr nutsldera v
The "old shoe" custom Is generally
supposed to come from the Hebrews,
and is supposed to have originally Im
plied that the parents of the bride gave
up all authority over her. The Germans
had long a custom, which perhaps they
have not wholly given up even now, of
putting the groom's shoe on the pillow of
the bridal bed; and in Anglo-Saxon mar
riages the rather gave a shoe or tne
bride to the bridegroom, who touched
her on the head with it to remind, ber
he was now master.
The wedding ring was used among the
ancient Hebrews, primarily with the
Idea that the delivery of a ring con
ferred power on the recipient and thus
the wife wearing her husband's ring
shared his authority.' The ring in the
Roman espousals was a pledge of loy
any; ana tne iaea inai n snouia ds
worn on tne tnira ringer, or tne lert
hand because "a nerve connects this
finger with the heart," originated with
the Romans.
Orange blossoms were worn by brides
among the Saracens because they were
held to symbolize frultfulneas: the very
general use of these' flowers in Europe
and America for bridal adornment . is
comparatively a modern custom. The
use of a bridal veil Is a relic of the
far off time when the husband was hot
allowed to see his bride's face MU after
marriage.
It Is said to be a enrious fact that
the wedding cake, that elaborate, indi
gestible compound so indispensable at
the modern marriage ceremony; is the
direct descendant of a cake made of
water, flour and salt, of : which at the
Roman high class weddings the mar
ried couple and the witnesses partook
at the time of the signing of the con
tract. - :-....-.. :-.
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:-;;"::.:;A Parental Ptrtjr.
Mothers and ' fathers should be con
cerned as to places where their boys
and - plfls obtain- employment. - Many
girls are subject to the most Insidious
temptations In the places where they.
works A. little quiet Investigation on
the part of parents would not be en
tirely lost-.
NEW OFFICERS
1 TRAINMEN'S
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W. O. Lee at Right, New Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, and P. H. Morrissey, Who Resigned on New Year's Day,
'at Lett... -'."- '. -;, v -'.'"'' "
For 13 years P. H. Morrlssey as grand
master of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen has been a big factor in all
railway labor disputes and his equitable
decisions have made him far famed.
On New Tear's. day he. resigned to be
come the first president, of the 'new
American Railroad Employes' and In
vestors' association, a national organ
ization, which is an offshot of. the
Brotherhood. Mr. Morrlssey Is 'suc
ceeded by W. G. Lee the. present vice
grand master. ...
Morrlssey during his administration,
built up the Brotherhood from a strug
gling membership of 12.000 to 102,000,
and nas earned the reputation of being
one of the most broad minded labor
leaders In the country.
The new American Railroad Em
ployes' and Investors' association is sa,id
to have the backing of half a dosen of
the largest railroad corporations of the
country. Morrissey's salary is said to
be $16,000 a year.
, "The new organisation la Vnot to be
used for political purposes," Morrls
sey says. "It is not to take part in
controversies between railroad officials
and employes, either.
"It is to provide for more active co
operation between employes and invest
ors. Their interests are the same.
Some of its objects are:
"To encourage friendly public feel
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
, Believes Mr. Mealey Right.
Hazel Del, Or., Jan. To the Editor
of The ojurnal I have read Mr.- Mea
ley" s summing up of damage done by
varmints with considerable interest.
Mr. M. seems to think that he has esti
mated the cougar full high, but I do not
believe he haa I have been in the
mountains more or less for 35 years, and
I believe that Lane county will run close
to the number that Mr. M. has estimated
for the state. There have been seven
cougars caught in the last two months,
and the tracks of several more seen,
and all in small territory. As to the
number of deer killed I do not believe
the estimate ef Mr, M. high, for the
cougar, and he has not said much about
the wolves, and l believe they are as
destructive as the Cougar.- I have seen
as many as five deer that - had been
killed by them in one day's tramp. .
When you consider that the greatest
number of deer are. killed in places that
the mountaineer avoids when he can it
will be seen that the number destroyed
is very large.
As to the bear some do net believe
that he kills any deer, and I do not be
lieve that he kills many, but when he
comes across a carcass that has been
killed by a wolf or cougar he takes pos
session, and the wolf or cougar has to
catch another. As to the wildcats it
is pretty much guess work as to the
number of deer killed by them, but one
wildcat has been known to kill a full
grown deer In this locality.
3. B. HILLS.
Must Reckon With "Benson.
Portland, Jan. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice that several gen
tlemen, Mr. Johns of Baker beings one,
have recently announced their candi
dacy for the governorship.
I wonder if it has occurred to these
gentlemen that Governor Benson must
be reckoned with? Governor Benson
has demonstrated that he is a great
vote getter, and If his administration Is
all that I think It will be he wUl be a
hard man te head off. At any rate, let's
give Governor Benson a fair chance and
square deal. Your truly,
C H. JASPER.
Birds Need Water Too.
Portland, Or., Jan. 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Permit me, , through
your columns, to suggest to, those who
have at heart the welfare of the birds,
to place water as well as food at their
disposal. The poor little creatures suf
fer as much from thirst as they do from
hunger, when all their customary drink
ing pools In gutters and streets are
frosen solid. Place a dish of water in
some sheltered nook, on window ledge
or porch, where the icy wind cannot im
mediately congeal It. "Take the trou
ble", to save (Instead of burning) the
scraps and crumbs from your table the
waste from your own well fed canary's
cage and scatter them, with perhaps
a few grains of seed or a- handful of
corn meal, near the water. Then watch
and be rewarded by such a sight as I
see now from my windows. Hundreds
ef cold but happy birds In an excited
scramble for food and drink. I counted,
besides the common birds, 10 robins,
seven fox sparrows, eight . meadow
larks (what -is sweeter, when winter is
passing, than their Cheery call. "Spring
o' the y-e-a-r!") and one forlorn, be
draggled blackbird looking blacker
than ever in contrast with the snow. It
is a treat to watch them and hear their
eager chattering ever the banquet board.
Try it and see. - MRS. F. X L.
A Pure Food, and Drug Law.
Cloverdale. Jan. T fn th "FMItnr tt
The . Journal Frorit a drug Journal I
clip the following: tWhen Oregon legis
lators enact i rooa ana-drug., law we
should make it our business to see that
Slow death and awful suftVrintf
follows neglect of bowels. Con
stipation kills more people than
consumption. It needs a cure
and there! is -one medicine in
all the world that cures it
CASCARETS.
.- Cascarets-lOc. box week's treat- "
ment. All druTKlsts. Biggest seller -ia
the world-mdlios bexei a moato, -
Suicide
OF RAILWAY :
BROTHERHOOD
ing toward the rail roads? to keep watch
of railroad legislation, and to secure
fair nhirm to catiital and labor.
"Investors and employes are to have
equal voice. There is need of coopera
tion between them. They may quarrel
as to the relative portions of the earn
ings due them. But they cannot quar
rel in their resistance to tne unjust re
ducing of rates and other limitations
which in the end hurt employes more
than investors. '
"'Hit the railroads and hurt the
rich, is the cry. And every time the
railroads are hit, 1,600,000 rallroaa em
ployes are hit."
W. G.s Lee, for years vice grand mas
ter of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, who has succeeded P. H.
Morrlssey as grand master, has coma
up from the bottom. He was a brake
man 80 years ago.
Lee began his railroad career on the
Atchison, Topeka ft Santa Fe at Em
poria, Kan., In 1879. He was a brake
man and switchman on various roads in
the southwest until 1891, when he be
came a freight conductor on the Un
ion pacific In 190B he was elected vice
grand ' master cf the trainmen at the
Galesburg convention of the order, of
which he had been a member since 1890.
The new grand master has almost aa
great a reputation as a union leader
as Morrlssey.
a clause is attached preventing physlQl
a'hs from making drug sales."
: This subject is and should be of the
utmost importance to every man,
woman and child living in Oregon, and
the very best law that can be framed
is none too good fpr the people of this
state.
From 'a careful reading of the above
clipping I conclude that, If there is a
pure food and drug law enacted during
the coming legislature, the druggists are
afraid something will happen to them.
If they are. not, why attach any kind
of- clause to such a law? Surely the
druggists do not mean to say there are
enough doctors lnOregon making such
drug sales as to ieopardlze the drug bus
iness? . . . . , .
. It is-true there are .many localities In
the state that are too remote from, the
invaluable services of a druggist, that
sometimes need drugs and medical at
tention which have to be supplied by
the country doctor. Does this drug Jour
nal mean to say that the doctor should
f ive such a community his services and
he drugs which -the druggists sell him
at a liberal (?) discount? I do not
think so; yet such a law would effectu
ally hinder some of the most self sacri
ficing men In Oregon doctors that are
ministering to these remote communi
ties and who would gladly . give up
hapdling drugs If they could, but they
must handle more or lees drugs of ev
ery kind, or leave i. to the country
groceryman.
No busy doctor would furnish jeven
his own medicine if lie was sure he
could get just what he wanted from hts
nearest druggist, but he has learned by
sad experience that he cannot always
do this, and hence many physicians have
had to order from the manufacturer in
order to get pure drugs for their prac
tice. And the number of physicians who
order from the manufacturer and keep
in stock their drugs the tools of their
trade is Increasing. This Is a chip
with a bug under it to the average drug
gist. ,
The legislature could, with as much
reason, attach a clause preventing drug-
frists from prescribing or even suggest
ng what- is good for a sick person Just
for the sake of selling him some of his
own dope or that ot another; and with
equal reason the legislators could attach
another clause preventing the druggist
from foisting on the public some of his
own cough cures, consumption cures,
dyspepsia cures and female regulators.
Another chip with a bug under it.
But what we want is a pure food and
drug law without a clause favoring
either the druggist or the doctor & law
that will force dealers and producers
to give you and me. each and every one
of us, pure food and pure drugs, regard
less of what dealers or producers It
helps or hurts. If a man Is producing
or dealing in any of these things ant! hla
wares are what they should be, a pure
food and drug law will not hurt but help
hie business; all others should be forced
out of business pro bono publico.
I think it benooves every citlsen of
the state to write to his representative
In the legislature, asking him to vote
for a pure food and drug law without a
clause favoring any dealer or producer.
Urge him to help enact a .measure as
near like the national pure food and
drug law as possible, which will make
that law more effective in the state.
W. T, B.
Stray Topics From
Old New York
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-rThe Americans
as a rule are nervous and high
strung to the verge of hysteria,
and the New Yorkers, living fast
and furiously, with the high
speed lever in the top notch all
the time, are probably more so than the
inhabitants of any other city or part
ef the country. Like all high strung
people they crave excitement and strong
emotions and, between the stage, the
pulpits, the Brooklyn bridge arid Wall
street, , they generally get what they
crave. It is perfectly appalling what
a tremendous amount ot hysterical sen
timent and-sympathy is-wasted in New
York every day. Upon certain occasions
the flood of sentiment rises so high and
the people become so hysterical, in the
manifestation of their feelings, joyful
or otherwise, that the city, to an outsid
er, occasionally. visiting New York,
makes the impression of a big lunatic
asylum. '-' .
After a visitor haa seen and heard the
crowds on Herald Square, around old
Trinity church and an along Broadway
on New Year's eve, it will be difficult
to convince him of the sanity of the
people. It must appear to -them like
Bedlam turned loose. It Is, indeed, al
most Incomprehensible to the average
mind that men, serious minded business
men, who do not crack a smile during
364 days ef the year, dignified profes
sional men, whose sense of humor has
become atrophied bv constant contact
with the miserable side of life, should
act like a lot of silly 'and boisterous
kids, and make such consummate fools
of themselves on the three hundred and
sixty-fifth day of the year.-
This hysterical tendency of the New
Yorkers forms a valuable asset In the
business bfl theatrical managers, pro
fessional humorists, professional beg
gars and -crooks and also- of ministers
who are more Interested in a fat bank
account than In the spiritual welfare of
their flocks. New York is a better field
for Sensational plays and sensational
sermons than, any other city In the
world arid offers ' greater opportunities
to the , professional beggar than even
tourist ridden Italy. -As -to proiesslonal
humorists. Mark Twain might tell, if he
chose, how much New York has con
tributed to his eomfortable balance on
the- tight side of his bank account.
Prohably not more than one in 100
of the professional beggars which ob
truda themselves to view In the most
crowded thoroughfares, Is" really what
he pretends to. be. The number of fake
crlpoles and men or women with bogus
harifjuek stories Is legion, and It would
ua a great surprise and an unpleasant
revelation to many of the hysterically
charitable New Yorkers to learn tha'
many of the crippled men and rag cla
and filthy old women, from whom the'
buy superfluous pencils or newspaper
or to whom they drop occasional dime
or nickels are in reality well to do anr
own houses and bonds and have - nor
money in bank or in their stocking
than 99 out of 100 of their dupes.
It was to be expected that the Tecera
brilliant achievements of the westerc
members of the Ananias club would stir
the eastern members .to : unprecedented
activity and the fruit of their efforts If
beginning already to show. The Wor
cester correspondent of J a New York
newspaper which "print allthe news
that's fit tq print. a few days ago
sprung a yarn upon the' unsuspecting
readers of that paper, which' reminds one
of the palmy days of yore, when an
even more staid contemporary New York
newspaper published a marvelous series
of correspondence about chickens that
laid eggs with handles to them and
others that produced eggs with fried
ham flavor.
According to the yarn sent In by that
bucolic genius rrom tne DacKwoous or
MtuiMichuHettes some truck farmer In
that part of the country had succeeded
in producing a most marvelous orange
cuenmbar. as the result of cross fertili
sation. What a wonderful flight of
the imagination: wnat is Jutner Bur-
bank compared with that botanical wls-
ard in Massachusetts T Just think or the
vast possibilities of cross breeding on
the truck farm! Strawberry cabbages,
cherry turnips, currant melons and wal
nut pumpkins might be suggested at
suitable combinations for ambltiou
vegetable raisers and particularly am
bitious experimentalists might even try
a cross breed between an oyster and a
sweet potato.
The news from Philadelphia that s
Most grateful and comforting is a warm bath with
Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings with Cuticura. This
pure, sweet, economical treatment brings immediate
relief and refreshing sleep to skin-tortured and disfigured
little ones and rest to tired, fretted mothers. Guaranteed
absolutely pure and may be used from the hour of birth.
For preserving, punfying and -beautifying the skin;
for : eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations; for pimples,
blackheads, red, rough and oily complexions; for cleanin
the scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and preventing
dry, thin and falling hair; for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and sore; hands, and comfortin,,;
itching-tender feet, and for sanative, antiseptic cleansing,
as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and
nursery. Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment arc worth
their weight in gold. , -
' Complete External and Internal Treatment, for Erery TTunv r rf Infers 4
Children and Adults,- consists of Cuticura Soap (25c.) to Clean $9 the f- kin, ( if.
cur Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Skin and Cutkmra Resoive-t-it (.'.0c. ), ( in t
form of Chocolate Coated Pills, 25c. per vial nf 0) to Purify t't f;i..i'.
throughout the world. Depots: London, 27, Chart erhnii? h .; f nr . ., i
la Paix; Australia, R. Town ft Co., Sydney; Indie, B. K. Paul, t 1. ! -m . i
Prug & Cheat. Corp., Sole Props., 131 CoiumbiiS Ave., Boutin, M i .
" WMailfd Free, Latest Cuticura Book which tells all a
, and purification and how to cure torturing, tiisf'jr.rijj ei ! in . .
and imUUons, with Iocs cf hauy when all else l.n.
scientist ef thst Hty h ii -. '
new and, as yet unnamni. kin -i f ( - -has
caused great commotion r""-! t -loyal
denlsen of Long lsiant. 1 in .
now buallv enae I examining t' ;"
stock of flefts, larger aiul n.r v."
than that of the beggar cotonv In t'i
atantihople, to ascertain whether it M
really, true that this new kind of fi.
Is not Included In their hfna assutt
tnent and. If possible, to - find nn or
more new kinds that even the i'hUH. I
phia scientist; has never dreamed of.
: Soma persons are humorists when tlies
are sober and become Just ordinary foul
when they are drunk, white other etn
as dry mentally as the average "ftinm'
page" in certain New York papers, when
they are sober, but become excruciatingly-funny
after - they have become suf
ficiently tanked up. To the, latter c!mi
belongs a man from" some aandplle vil
lage of Long Island, who recently set
a whole earful of Brooklynltes on
their way to Manhattan, Into hysterics
and copious manifestations of sympathy
by telling them between heartbroken sob
the most pitiful hardiuck Btory. He ad
mitted tearfully that he was drunk, but
explained, te Justify his condition, that
his wife and. six children, whose nama
he gave, had died during the night from
typhoid pneumonia. The whole car shed
tears and so deeply aroused were th
sympathies of some ef the passengers
that they ordered flowers sent to the
alleged address of the "bereaved hus
band and father," and m"Hej checks for
the funeral expenses to him. before thev
ascertained from the authorities of the
place mentioned by the victim ef fate,
that the whole story was-merely- the
emanation of a -wonderful Imagination,
usually latent, but developed te prodigal
fertility under the stimulus ot alcoholic
fumes. .. . .... ... ., .
A big gray eagle was added to th
ol lection of the Bronx o the ether
ay and thereby hangs a tale with a
noraL . During the night . the eagle
-wooped down into the courtyard of a
. arlem tenement house in search of a
oed. He did not find the chicken- he
'Xnected to find, but his hunger was
ipfceased. A foolish alley cat tackled
the eagle but came off second best. Then
boy, who lives with hla parents in
he tenement, came In the yard- in the
nornl rig, the eagle was still there, so
full of oat, that he eould not fly. and
Was easily caught tn a bag. And the
moral? . Jf the cat had not been a tool
and the eagle not a hog the rest 13
sy. , . , . . .
The President' Forehandcdness.
From Collier' for January .
On a train which leaves Washington
early In the afternoon of March 4, Theo
dore Roosevelt will ride to Oyster Bay.
and will spend the night In his home on
Sagamore MIL The following eight
days he will spend In final preparations
for his African trip. Only those who
know his forehandedness and his sest
for work are aware how complete his
Slans already are. The last public ad
ress of his administration, the one he
will be content to have the public con
sider his valedictory, the speech, at the
Lincoln farm In Kentucky. February
1 2, Is already written. So also are eveii
the Oxford and Sorbonne lectures, which
are not to be delivered for over a year.
The plans for his African trip are fixe;i
he win sail from New York March 13,
direct for Mombasa. Prom Mombasa.
In April, he will set out on the Uganda
River railway for Lake Victoria Nyansa.
Most of the year will be spent In Brit
ish Kast Africa, and in April. 1910, the
ex-prealdent will come out of Africa at
Khartum. ' -
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