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li iifii THE JOURNAL AH INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. C. . JACKSON... Publlanef Puhllabed erery watnf -Pt isndar) and Bandar mornln at Tba Journal Build Inf. Fifth and Xamailt atreata, Portland. Or. Entered at tba poafoffloa at Portland. Or., for tranamiasloa through tba mails aa econd-claaa Batter. TELEPHONE!) MAIN TI7S. HOME. A-flOBl All drparfrornra retehM by tbesa nambem. leu tn operator ine aeparrmeni ju uit Bid orile. l4; a.aai rOEEIGN ADVERTISING BEPBK8SNTATI VE. Vreeland-Beujimtn Special AdTrtiliu Agency, BrnnawlHr Bnllriln. 221 Fifth ansa. Nw Vark; 1007-08 Boyca Bulldlnc. Chicago, nbacrtptlon Trtna br tn-ll or to any addraai b Ui Unltbd Statu. Canada or Mexico: DAILY. On year $5.00 I One month .00 SCNDAT. 0m roar 12.50 I On month. ..... .$ .23 DAILY AND SUNDAY. On year 47.50 One month f .63 So in our little dealings, humble trades, Our small besetting cares, our ' Simplest duty, We trace With golden threads of everlasting beauty. . Leighton. THE GOVERNOR S MESSAGE T HE GOVERNOR'S message was i to the taxpayers. The Institution M TRUST SENATORS STILL RULE i T BECOMES increasingly clear," remarks the Republican In dianapolis Star, "that the re actionary coterie in the sen- ate, led by Mr. Aldrlch, is as obdu- - rate as ever In its antagonism to re- forma demanded by public denti ' ment.' The Star cites the currency question, on which Mr. Aldrlch made a show of yielding to reform sent! ment, but it Is evident that this was only a false pretense. Various Wash ington correspondents are telling very plainly the method by which Mr. Aldrlch will attempt to prevent any honest and reformatory tariff revision, while affecting compliance with Mr. Tatt's program. On most other matters Aldrlch and his coterie of trust senators would yield considerable, if necessary, in order to prevent any injury to the robber trusts. As the Star farther, re marks: It will be easy on these heads, there for, for the ruling coterie in the sen ate to make a great show of yielding: to publ(o opinion, meanwhile concentrating strength on the defenses of high tariff schedules which the people want to Bee reduced. It looks now as If the new administration would have a tremend ous fight over this same tariff revision, and when we reflect how the "Interests" emasculated the Wilson bill, it la im possible to view the outcome without misgiving. The new president Is not so spectacular a fighter as Mr. Roosevelt, but behind that sunny smile, diplomatic - sauvity and Judicial aspect, there lies, we can not doubt, a sense of justice and a determined spirit which the senate may arouse to its own peril. But the people cannot -afford to depend on the Influence and power of a president. Veteran tools of the corporations like Aldrich will either defy or outwit him every time, as they have Roosevelt. What the peo pie of the states misrepresented by ; these trust senators need to do is to get rid of them, at the first possible opportunity, and the best way to do that is to adopt the Oregon plan and elect a legislature pledged to elect the people's choice. read to the legislature yester day. The state's affairs grow yearly more and more complex, and the document was necessarily long. It reviews the fiscal affairs of the Btate and shows them to be in the best condition In the state's history. The Irreducible school fund has increased $830,720 during the past two years, and on the thirtieth of September aggregated $5,429,930. Of this great sum only $11,848 is in the bank unloaned. The principal; of the agricultural college fund is $195,878, and It is all loaned ex cept $1166. The university fund aggregates $104,205, and is all loaned but $840. The amount of interest collected from the irreduc ible school fund during 1908 and disbursed among the schools was $256,067, ag compared with $247,- 289 for 1907. All the funds are in excellent condition. The receipts from the various for est reserves were $139,808, of which 90per cent goes to the federal gov ernment and the balance, 10 per cent, aggregating $13,980, has been paid into the state treasury. The 5 per centum fund for 1907 was $74,001 and for 1908 was $66,870. which has been paid into the Btate treas ury. The price of school land has been raised to $5 per acre and more and of Indemnity land to $8.75. The prices are. the largest the state has ever received, and the lands being sold are the. remnants of a former princely domain. There are 131 old soldiers in the Soldiers' home and veterans draw ing $30 per month pension are now admitted, the former limit of ad mission being restricted to those re ceiving $12 or less. The home is in excellent condition. Good results from the bacteriolog ical department and the need of facilities for fighting fire are re ported at the insane asylum. The Institution Is now crowded to its limit and means must be provided for a new one or added facilities at the present one. Stripes have been abandoned and cruel and unusual punishments abolished at the peni tentiary and a more humane system has been inaugurated with good re sults. The governor recommends that in conveying prisoners to the penitentiary the work Bhould be done by attendants of the institution as in the case of the asylum, and fig ures are produced showing that it can be done at about half the cost now have a population of 239,803. Every added fact makes the late un derestimate of Portland's popula tion more and more nreoosterous. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF for the feeble minded has been in Why isit necessary to, belittle Port- operation a few weeks and Is ex- land s importance? Why not give pected to be an agency for great her the position and standing to good. , which she is entitled? Increased appropriations for the SMALL CHANGE Oregon state fair for premiums and other purposes are recommended, and the need of a greater water sup- The really important matters. aside from the ordinary appropria- tlons, are or can be comprised in ply for penal, reform&torv and char- about a dozen bills, and most mem itable institutions is set forth. The bers can agree on what the most im- repeat or me lau.uuo oenosir. law i moimiB ore. lucra wen for insurance corrmanles and the worked on and legislated on it will creation of the office of Insurance De a small matter if the rest are commissioner are suggested, and the I -08t ,n the shuffle. Recommendation of the board for the continuation of three nnrmal Kchnnla la submitted. Attention Is called to down to Georgia, and is sticking to rnrtion war rioim. oni tn ,ivii wor him closer than a brother. As claims with recommendations that Bourne is working to raise Taft's they be investigated and that such ly from $60,000 to $100,000 a as are valid be paid. The good work of the railroad commission is recounted and its larger and further usefulness predicted. The library commission has loaned 25,000 books to readers and delivered 54,845 vol umes to the schools at a cost of $30,- 589. half of the National Guard, and with strong emphasis the corrserva How would you like to be the milk man: mm Now are they going to play politics, after all? No excuse will servo, aa to that torial pledge. The pitchfork seems to hav at laaar one broken tine. There should h a n aana a week from today, i Why doesn't the kninar nnr th -r- service after the reichstag? T- . V. . .. . Ronator Rn., nun-A TQff ""u Fv.er. -says the weather .. wwvv iiiuh. Metier late than latar WllV Shouldn't I fix tha nrl. nf aona nun. ir sunsnins and rain? No other nresldpnr itlsMvuraj uninn mua oi prominent liars. It IS lUCKV fnr nil on . Umt that 29,400.0'00 fine will tinr hnva tit Ha I yaiu, A biff icicle 1m rather but WOUld be hpftpr snnrio kA MAf Tula v,a. kVU VA. OREGON SIDELIGHTS. 3 1he REALM FEMININE, A commercial club has been organized in Hubbard. Two Sheridan men bagged 124 ducks nu one crane one day. Union people are talking Of putting In I a municipal iignt plant. "Q year, his presence may be accept able. Senator Foraker is still harping on the Brownsville affair. The country is tired of it, and of him on account of it. Few believe there is onir clnAaolfn n Win onAonknn Utiles I Will illlman De O. leSI OT H treater Consideration is asked in be- o - favorite as a Chautauqua spoute"r neit subject. summer? But what avail was all our wit? We had a fit When morning broke to find despite our roresignt bright T t vn.iat U n - i n ... n u,i (k. I . t '"-"i . "V opt&ifr .ole fin,, nr noh,..! on..r.o. to -.M P. I II'. ".J. "-"" inai maae mm v.. ..o . gestions in bis biennial message the J UV1"C1D,- IZ . v , - legislature cannot go far wrong. The word of a legislator to the people the richest state in the union and ought to be ai good ai that of any man tne worn or tne uregon commission Slngf nol pinmber! uwr' is imuuuieu as wis oesi in any eiaia. we turned the water it at noon, I Burbank has bred a thornless cactus The need Of an adjustment of the None too soon, put ne has not yet attempted a thorn- flh(r.ir law. onH nf . matr rHo onrl If1"" "'V"1. l" "Bl 01 lno I " - 1 tieiirn. no. ney; some measure by the legislature for Emptied the pipes just the right way, rarnnrlnn fni. tha nnhlin it thi im. " was V. li. a . u l u a.vra a,v puuiiv va, tuv uu appropriated water powers are top ics upon which much stress is laid. The extension of the employer's lia bility law, the extension of the time The water pipes uack our plight! 1X71,1 4 Were frozen tight! nriation. a non-nartisan ludlclarv. a Words are not found In Holy Writ bank guarantee law, a law restrict- Unvoice our righteous rage and woe, ine the carrying of concealed weaD-1 Hey, heigh, ho! ons, relief for the supreme court, rtht tdhld. fn mak th water oy ine aaauion or two new justices i or continuation of the present com- LP0" tne labyrinthine maze mlssloners, the establishment of ex-p)pfs outside, inside, cut-offs none, periment stations in eastern Oregon, . 'un - " 1 wnen tne wora was aone: loo-nl hnlirlav a law fnr nrnnnrt Innnl I ,nMt.tiA. j onn,nnrtnnn Those tortuous pipes! Genius devised urdays and Fridays. The peoples busl representation and an appropriation , tnem, I ness can always wait. tar a tuoercuiosis sanatorium are so do not condemn; , rocnmmpnrler! 1 rV nara. as we can tney never win The message is characteristic of our labor is in vain: Governor Chamberlain in its far- Traps (rightly named) no use to ar- He neeos to use his Jaws. . t i . j 1 m 1 1 I I -- signiea compreueuiou 01 largu yot- The inspector urbane. "The poultice of slrence has come to icies for the state and in its Biflcere I I heal the Ohio wounds of sound." says j ,Q,noo esll.1fta fnr tlta A"" "ol waicr pipe i 111 ouwrrauji wan, 1 an eisrern paper, bui coraKer IS JiaDie uu co.uoo. I Exposed to the quaii 1 to break out again any moment. fare of the people. Its recommen-1 When the icy north wind In rage un-l The Bible David was even more radl meet with earnest consideration in Fire will not thaw it. Come, plumber! I all men are liars. Roosevelt would ex- A new Dlav is cnllpd "Tho Vafiinm " A good many plays are pretty nearly that, intellectually. A Portland Preacher delivered a lec ture to prove "The Fact of Kin." Has anybody disputed it? All the PuKet sound emintrv ham ,1- pertenced an earthquake but it was but a weak imitation of that In southern Italy. . PerhaDS if -rant vlthnut Ho-ht. for a while we would And that they are a luxury that we can aet alonar aulte Well without. Occasionally onfe mav hear bird singing as cheerily as he can these tnanKS The Chcse. UEEN and huntress, chaste and fair," the poet sang of Diana, and o, perhaps innocently enough, Initiated that curious belief In which Polk county is gaining an enviable " lne Present day that women aa a reputation, for fine slock. T i ttre Per,sttly engaged in the 1 i nunung, ana tnat their game Tha school census Indicates a.!rjonula- '& man. . tlon of 227 In Silver ton. EverjTfew days some wl inHlvM.,.1 , . flv,u"e'-ance to some system which Several farmers near Toledo have I he thinks win ntnn tu .. tj... flurchaaM a. S76n alalllnn Mntl .. " V" ' " ' ' ' I ' - J a, niHH ranm In 'anr Vnvlr nrhA A cougar killed five nias one niaht !l'hlni?5-w for ntrtmoiiSU.. for a Umatilla county farmer. , "..ETJ? - ..,. X a . r-jrM . I YUP8 WOUlAQhOOd, the Bole thonirht im -ra. tv nouu wu in nici kui mcuii uiimaA ... water by digging a well 740 feet. 1 1- n no Pens' i , """vugajice aeniea, no I - - vw.cu, Corvallls Presbyterians will build a Z?T, " artirice shunned, that new church to cost from 116,000 to $26,- hintraM mii,i Korgeously decked out vvv. I .r,,i i k.i l; ner victim 5v.tV b,e. Vle gorgeously decked out huntress autakaut in anrun i ..., ana to brlns' him pnnnnA i . Many Corvallls business men are pro- L, fl,w 4"alI.y ,s that a fair estimate Bting against the low assessment I ft S ,n yunf womanhood? Is a lit unbiased, level headArf n..i chivalric. or even 1it ? lvh.n , A railroad through Harney vaHey is PZlll&h Places, and when their public coming this year sure, predicts the ""Vn naY weight of authority, we I'd Mum wine anu JUSI. We have a right to demand that their NAhnJ lrnnna ,Ve.n fratrlit wilt I ueClHlOn, Cref llllv wnlirhorl n . rfl I K be brought in here, says the Gold Beach erately spoken, shall add in some meas- Globe. . 1r? the world'a enlightenment. But I sort or talk is neither of these. It The Echo Register Dredlcts that Grant! 18 one sided, foolish and untrue B. Dimlck will be the next governor of I . Oregon. J American women are showing more " " I ""u ,u" , mai me wholly dependent This weather will aid in the destruc-1 woman, who thinks onlv nf mnrra tlon of thousands of covotes in eastern I a means of livelihood.- la hmin Oregon. Imore and more scarce. Nowadays there " I nunareas yes thousands of young A Bonanza, Klamath county, man im-1 women, well equipped in every wav to ported two hunting pups from Illinois 1 pe sensible, loving wives, who are earn- 0. ing ineir own livelihood becauan tha right man has not yet appealed to them. at a cost of over $100 days, no doubt to hla human friends for food. Three holidays durlne- the 40 1v ses sion, besides Sundays, and several Sat- Henev is back in San Francisco, readv to Drosecute Calhoun, and honlne that nobody will shoot him In the jaw again. both houses of the legislature. UNCOVERING HERCULANEI M wHIirLATE earthquake In south 1ern Italy was very different x from the volcanic eruption that y deeply buried Pompeii and Herculaneum nearly 2000 years ago. Messina and Reggio were not burled under molten lava, but their inhabi tants were none the less mostly de stroyed. In the cases of the ancient cities the eruption 'from Vesuvius must have been of enormous volume. for they have lain for many centur ies buried at a depth of many feet For years past the work of uncov ering Pompeii has been going on, and It has mostly been opened to public view, but only a beginning has as yet been made in disclosing " burled ! t Herculaneum. The work wjll doubtless go on, though the ob stacles to overcome are great. The best engineering skill and much ex pensive labor must be employed, and the task -progresses but slowly be ' cause Italy cannot afford large sums to carry it oh and objects to for eigner doing so. Last year a shaft six feet square was sunk from a spot In Resiha, which is built over the burled city, to a depth of about 60 feet, and has been equipped with electric Jighis and an elevator, but a difficulty is encountered in the opposition of the people of Resina, who claim to own the soil to the center of the earth, and imagine that great treasures may be unearthed, so they demand the deposit of a very large tun of money to allow the work to proceed. But the Italian parliament will probably pass a law depriving present land owners of any right to buried treasures of antiqu ity. Eventually, however, what re mains of these cities that have lain deeply hurled for 2000 years will be fully disclosed to the wondering gaze of tourists from all over thei world. carefully selected committees will not only lend additional encourage ment, but will practically, assure such a session as is universally de sired. Thus the eyes of the state are upon Preident Bowerman and Speaker Ho Arthur, and with a fer vent hope that each will name com mittees above reproach and equal to every duty. In the selection of each committeeman let the presiding of ficers use the plummet, the level and the square. try schools are not suspended because of a spell of weather colder than usual.. The Bch'ools are run' at great expense, which the people cheer fully pay, but both children and tax payers are entitled to continuous sessions, as far as possible. There are long enough vacations and Behold Here's our gold! Portland, Jan. li; 1909. O. M. cept Plnchot, Loeb and a few others. The Oregon Senatorship. From the Tacoma Ledger (Rep.) If Republican members of the leglsla- do so. ture should violate their pledges to support "people's choice" for United States senator, the party would be in worse plight than ever. Faction and If this legislature doesn't obey a specific demand of the people and keep the pledge of a majority of the mem bers, tha Deorjle will Drettv surely elect a legislature two years hence that will & c- i .a li. I They are clear hmlmui i . . . i walk with hops, which are not worth I ?rave . ad sane young women, who. much for anything else. nen, lneJ marry men who are their .,m i.iciiiui equals, will be In mt . r. n . , ill. , I ww j T JILICU I I IIH THA ItlAthara T i ner r vni scnooi cuuaren in I men Rnr m-a .,,i, . l j. Lane county, as against 9167 last year, rfbei eorn,,Wwmnu bt dt makine a net arain of 630. ?5rL-ta -8,8 rKeo.U8ly decked hunt- .coocb, enueavoring xo ensnare men? Marria.iT ham lamTv i f , About January 1 a Gold Beach woman I tha nnlv hnnnrahu " , picked a peck of quinces from a tree, I women may engage. The constantly mo secona crop mis year. growing army of women doctors ana. I clalists. lahoratnrv nrnfirara iih..in.. A Ehiaene livery man has kent four school teachers and what not la in tt.oie sleighs stored away for IT years with- sufficient answer to the claim of the rauin as 10 tne straining of women after the warliiintr rin. Our homes are not all hannn Laa It is true, but we must remember that out a chance to rent them till last week. a Edwin and John Weaver sold big slices of their holding near Myrtle Creek for sums aggregating a total of w?, ae, J"8.1 now ln a state of unrest $eo,000. i Which Is the preceding condition of a . better settlement of the question as H. R. Klncald of the Eugene Journal OuVounr'women'ari? .I?1?6" , has just begun his forty-sixth year ln for mat?monv ? ?. VV.1 raln,ed the newspaper business, running the ?' m. trtlnl on', ".I'S! but 1-"y aama natur all tha time. true, is the ract that our young men same japer au tne ume. are not tralne(j for lt eUh8r B ... ' , . Look at the shambling, unturned It Is generally understood that the trousers, cigarette smoking" sport lov- Usting- of Jron oT by Drchu- lng, money wasting individual turned u.. " V- . , . . r-i, , V '""' ' "i largo quantities Dy our best col the steel plant for Gold Hill Is now legem for men, and compare tnis es an assured thing, says the News. centric individual with the healthy tnlnded, clean, vigorous. mpntal I V Old "Joe," noted as one of the best poised young woman who is his college me mm, ana consiaer whether she is fitly as pitilessly hunting him huntlna: does ln the state and friend of every kid in town, is no more, described having in some manner got access to a I down, salmon remnant, says the Athena Press. a I Women must marrv. 1t la imm or., The magnificent power project of the I the ,r.ace must be perpetuated. , But the coquiue valley rower company is very win noi iurn oacKward, and much alive and la destined, at no dls- women will not go back to that state tiint riav. to work a meltamnrnhnsla In Of helpless dependency of tha lrl af the industrial condition of the Coqullle the period lugubriously chanted, in the the Enter-r en oif style of ballad the girl valley and the county, says prise. FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE A COMING EMPIRE F OR THE year ending December 31, 1908, the postofflce receipts at Corvallls showed an Increase of 23 per cent over the pre ceding year. The sales of stamps, as reported by the Times, was 2 6 per cent larger than for December, 1907. The phenomenal growth of population behind this increase in the postofflce business Is unusual in a Willamette valley town. Though the Corvallls increase is perhaps the largest, ll is accompanied by approx imate showings of the same kind at Albany, Salem, Eugene and other Willamette valley points. Being a firm believer ln the ultimate great ness of Oregon. The Journal expects to Bee this growth In Oregon cities and Oregon rural life continue. It is a growth that by the character of the region, its possibilities, its ad vantages and its opportunities was due a long time ago. It is a land where a failure of crops was never known. It Is a land where the real extremes of winter and summer are unusual and where a slight flurry of snow and cold as ln the present In stance Is the occasion of general consternation. It is a land where the peaceful and gentle character of the race with which lt is peopled offers a tempting environment in which to make a home. It is a clime where the extremes of pov erty are unknown and unnecessary. The contrast that it offers in com parison with the cyclone-swept, bug- ridden, storm-beaten, blizzard-blown and heat-laden conditions In other localities beckons the homeseeker to a "haven of peace, plenty and rest. The growth at Corvallls and other Oregon towns is a natural sequence and of which a permanent continua tion may be expected. contention would grow. Electors that enough holidays, in all conscience, believe faith should be kept would wlthniit keenlne the schoolhoiises merely wait until another time to pun- vacant whenever a little eastern win- . Pledge violator, and those who ter weather makes US a Visit. The The ReDUblicans of Orearon had a hlar "New England" By S. S. Prentiss (From an oration before the New Bngland society of New Orleans, De- schrJol authorities should Droflt bv part In opening the way by which Cham- cember 22, 1845.) hi. atnt berlaln has traveled toward the sens- uiorious iNew n,ngiana: inou an i . ,. tv,. . . . . , 1 1 torshlp They can not honorably go still true to thine ancient fame and ing to lt that before another win- back on what they have done merely worthy of thlno ancestral honors! A tr comes the schoolhouses are am- because they now find it operates to thousand fon.d associations throng upon piv equippea in an respects lor wiu-i punLitm uppuuenu us reused by the spirit or tne hour! ter weather, even If it does not come .The Sa situation Is a lesson in on thy pleasant valleys rest, like sweet ,v ,f . t. tne need of great forethought ln the dews or morning, the gentle recollec- enactment of laws. It Is a warning tlons of our early life; around thy against taking up with the divers po- hJU, and mountains cling, like gather litlcal panaceas with which legislative t0. mista tha mitrhtv memories of th Jersey City has an anti-spitting d.t0,? aIefafVllk 8t0clked- Th8 cranks revoiution: and far away in the horizon for another ten or twenty years may come any year. It ' law, as many cities nave, but as in most other cities lt is honored far more in the breach than in the observance. But Jersey City differs from other cities in having a promt nent and wealthy citizen, Mr. Bed ford Allison, who has proffered his and the faddists have been in the sad die for some time ln Oregon. If the Republicans of Oregon choose to give the electoral vote to Taft for president and then send a Democrat of the Bryan school to the United States senate to is their Senator Fulton will be wise not to services as a special police officer, Abased on l a VsregiVd of p.edges wunoui pay, tu euiurce iuib law. no maae to Oregon voters. has not gained even a local reputa tion as a crank, but he has observed that most people give no heed what ever to the law, be believes the prac tice of cpittlng in public places is a nKii k.oitv v emancipated their slaves. UI.U6CIUM mc jjuuiiv, ' I 1817 The ahln Rmrrllnni nf MnrfnlV sees that regular officers will not experienced a tremendous shock In the stop it, and bo he offers to under- KUI, stream' ""Pposed to be an earth- take a very disagreeable task with- j825 Slavery abolished in Mexico. out remuneration in order to bene- 1 1834 Horatio Alger Jr., author, born. uiea July 18, is fit the people. Here is a man who is willing to make a real sacrifice Hudson's Bay company. of thy past gleam, like thine own bright northern lights, the awful virtues of our pilgrim sires! But while we devote this day to the remembrance of our native land, let iia nal firirot iYim rtnA In u.tt!nh Anr ' h.ampe'Vth8 Taft P,lclM' tht happy lot is cast We exult ln the re prlvllegel flPftlon that th&usrh wo count bv thou sands the miles which separate us from our birthplace, still our country is the same. We are no exiles, meeting upon the banks of a foreign river to swell Its waters with our homesick tears. Here floats the samo banner which rus tled above our boyish heads, except that its mighty folds are wider and its glit tering stars increased in number. The sons of New England are found in every state of this broad republic In the east, the south and the un bounded west, their blood mlnrjleb free ly with every kindred current. Wo have but changed our chamber ln the paternal mansions; ln all its rooms we are at home, and all who Inhabit It are brothers. To us, the union has butj This Date in History. 1 776 Andrew Caldwell appointed commander ln chief of the American neet. 1788 The Friends in PhlladelDhla 1849 Vancouver island ceded to the for the public good, rare. His sort is i FIT SCHOOLHOUSES FOR WIN-TER 1864 Judah Touro. a Jewish nhllan thropist of New Orleans, who gave IlO.i 000 toward the building of Bunker Hill monument, died. Born June 16. 177S. 1868 Senate reinstated Secretary of war tawin m. Stanton. 1S4 Natick, Mass.. almost destroyed The bill to be introduced in the legislature prohibiting any one from linluatlv rrlMflalnff- nr mlarAnroaaTil. I by fire. , (V, ..ii i,i . 1885 Schuyler Colfax, seventeenth ing the financial condition of a vice president of the United States, died bank Is a sample of many that should be rejected without wasting any time on their consideration. It is wrong and injurious to the pub lic to do what this bill prohibits, but everything of this nature can- suddenly at Mankato, Minn. Born March 23, 1SZ3. 1908 Two hundred lives lost in thea- tre fire at Boycrstown, Pa. The Ever-Faithful Goose. Thompson Seton. Am fnr t Vi o n t rum n SAnHmanta n f ti n not be or should not be prohibited nogamy which I have claimed for wild by law. Such a law could not be geese, I can cite one clean cut Instance enforced, and its onlv effect if any trom thla very flock- Three or four ,nM iwa aHH t lAimm hm, yrs ago the husband of a female goose , , . . "'fe- died. For a year and a half after that tlon. There are already too many event I tried to induce the widowed statutes vainly attempting to gov ern people In comparatively unim portant matters. A duty that the presiding officers of the session face is that of nam ing the committees. Upon the com. mlttees depends in large part the success or failure of the session The personnel of each will be scrutiniged with much concern all over the state There is everywhere deep solicitude for a strong, harmonious and con structive session. The effecting of reaiUiafion with bo bitter contest! i tneouraged that hOpe. Strong. U' NDER GOOD management and with sufficient foresight on the part of the officially re sponsible parties, such a ces sation of school work as this city has suffered during the past ten days or so would not, occur. When deep snow stops ,the ' cars, many young, children cannot well attend school, but the car traffic was not suspended sufficiently to stop the- schools for more than a day or two, and while the weather has been se vere for Portland lt has not beeoJ cold enough to hart well-clad chil dren in going to and coming from school. In other parts of the coun- goose to take another mate, but with out success. She remained single dur ing that time and declined to enter upon any intimacies with any of her companions. Seeing that lt was hope- Now that there has been an earth-1 less to overcome her fidelity to her dead quake in the Puget sound region, it mte, J 5hen avt ""t? the Bronx Zoo . j 4u o .a.i ial and 1 have not heard from Mr. Horna- is supposed the Seattle exposition day since then as to whether she per authoritles will advertise it.. widely slsted In her desire to remain single as a possible special attraction. Bnt but 1 can vouch for the year and a ... rnnkl. la thmt CLoottla. or. I ul IttlulIU' WlOOWnOOO. VliV a, a uuuiu ap viiuit a,r , o a, i, a v-ea, uuui truthfully claim to have been the chief center of seismic disturbance. Other towns made a far better record. who smiled with delight if you gave her a urn lie. and trembled with tenra at your frown. women of this nation are demanrllnir somethlng themselves ln these day. They are beginning to insist upon a man's being decent fn his relations with both men and women, upright in busi ness, morally minded, truthful and of sufficient mentality to command her respect. So far from chaaine marllv wfter every sort of male creature who conies her hunting preserve. he Is one domestic hearth; its household gods are all the same. Uton us. then. De rullarlv davnlva tha rtntv nf fundtnir I Within the fires upon that kindly hearth, of keep ng herself aloof from heart en- niardina- with nlnui r-ara fhoaa aarrari tanglementa until much later than did ha-hM -J- sacred ner forhears ln th femfti Ilne. Mst nousenoia goas. young women receive at least two or We cannot do with less than the three offers of marriage before they ac- wnoie union; o us u aamits or no ai- cept one and theae. to a right mlmled vision. In the veins of our children I gin, are only those tliat were absolute flows northprn and annthorn hlnod ly unavoidable. How many she mluht How shall it be setiarated? Who shall have had If she had not been discreet , . r. ....... ... enough to steer them Off nobodv knows ' M . .,,, . ft these things she does not speak of. noblest Instincts of our nature? Ve If we are iroine to lament that women love the land of our adoption, so do are not trained for matrimony, why not we that of our birth. X,et us ever be true apply the same thing to our young men? to both, and always exert ourselves ln Are thev trained for It? maintaining the unity of our couatry. . Are .tllev. ruthlessly hunted down by tne Integrity of the republic "ft. nlPfg tlVl!!.ZlV ,?p."rVhh7Vn . ,,J1 j ,v.. . ,. . spite or themselves? If no, what he Accursed, then be the hand put comes of that fine theory of the all suf- forth to loosen the golden cord of the flciency and the masterly wisdom of union: ut no, tne union cannot ne the lords or creation? dissolved: its fortunes are too brll- , tt st nam io on marrea, us neaiinies too ., ci-.t Mr,,. Dowerful to bo resisted. Here will ha ,n lne B, K ". their greatest triumph, their most " IVE onl' few articles at one time mighty development. And wheal, a cen- I y and s:rve only a medium helping tury hence, this Crescent city shall of each. Never crowd the tray have filled her golden horns; when but leave plenty of room so that the within her broad-armed port shall be I patient can move one article without gathered the products of the Industry of a hundred millions of freemen; when galleries of art and halls of learn ing shall have made classic this mart of trade then may the sons of the pil grims still wandering from the bleak hills of the north, stand upon the banks of the great river, and exclaim with mingled pride and wonder, "Lo! this is our country! When did the-w-orld ever behold so rich, so magnificent, a city; o great, so glorious a republic! The number of births in Portland ln 1908 was 2,758. The number in 1900 was 1,040. The increase was 165 per cent. Tha population of Portland according to government census ln 1SU0 was 9U.4Z6. Esti mated by ratio of increase in the number of births Portland would The People Watching. From the Woodbum Independent (Rep.) There seems to be no doubt of the election of Chamberlain for senator and the will of the people carried out. The Republican party cannot afford to de feat him. The people are not in the humor to have their rights trampled upon and would - throw party to the winds in the selection of a legislature next time If their wish in thla respect Is disregarded. Senator Fulton,lt is aid. has bowed to the will of the people, and the few papers that have been fighting Statement No. 1 have Shut us. ::..' Figliting tke People lYom the Scio News. There are a handful of the dethroned political bosses now engaged in the endeavor to break down the primary law, through the overthrow of State ment No. 1, a most Important feature, for it practically places the election of United States senator In the hands of the people: But Statement No. 1 sen timent is so strong with the people and so many legislators have subscribed to its provisions, that the effort to restore bosslsm is doomed to Ignominious fail ure. A rich corporation, also. Is en gaged In the effort to break down in itiative law making. It Is the Pacific Coast Telephone people who are thus) trying to defeat the people's will. Why? Simply because the people of Oregon made a law requiring this corporation to pay its Just proportion of the taxes. The lawsuit brought by this corpora tion has been transferred from the state to the United States courts. ' If the last named court decides that the people have a right to make laws and enforce them. Initiative lawmaking ia destined to spread until the entire na tion will be freed from the domination of the political boss. So the people should Impress upon the minds of their respective legisla tors the Importance of exercising a most Vigilant care against any appar ently harmless legislation, restricting the powers of the people. The assault upon the direct primary law Is to be made in the attempt to defeat Governor Chamberlain's election as United States senator. The govern or, being the people's choice for that office, should be elected. Not alone on his personal account, but because tils defeat means - discredit to the law which made him the people's choice. Another danger his defeat Involves is the establishment of the principle that the U'glulator is not a servant, Vut a master of the people. There has grown up in our country. in recent years, a disposition of non- responsibility to the people, that is a serious menace to our form of govern ment. Public officials and especially our lawmakers both ln state and na tion, seem to forget that they derive their lease of power from the people. that the people possess the supreme power ana are greater than legislature. congress, tne president or even the fed' eral constitution Itself. General W. P. Duvali's Birthday. Major General W. P. Duvall, the pres ent commander of the troops ln the Philippines, was born In Maryland, Jan uary 13, 1847. He graduated from West Point ln 1869 and the same year was made second lieutenant of the Fifth artillery. In 1877 he became first lieu tenant. He graduated from the Artil lery school in 1892 and In 1898 was made captain of artillery. When the war with Spain began he was made major Inspector general of volunteers. In 18,99, after having been made lieuten ant colonel he was honorably discharged from the volunteer service. He was mustered out of the service ln 1901 with the rank of colonel. The same rear he was made major of the artillery corps and In 1908 took the rank of lieutenant colonel. In March of the same -year he reached the grate of brigadier gen eral. This rank he held until October 2, 1907, when he became major general. Last November he was selected to suc ceed Major General John. F. Weston ln command of the troops in the Philip pines. .. Reincarnated. From the Washington Post. If memory Is frot'at fault, the beef trust was dissolved, a few years ago, and yet here Is the government after It agnln. Why don't there Infernal trusts slay killed when they are officially Killed! - . . - - v I knockine all the others over. Never Whisper In a sick room. Either speak In a low tone or retire from the room and do your tailing from the outside. A convenient shade for the gas jet is a common tin pie plate. Punch . hole In the center and slip It over the gas jet. When you llglit the gas you will find it casts a deep shadow end this can he regulated by tipping the pan In any desired direction. wnen preparing ins Dea use plenty or sarety pins. ioin tne sneet wen up toward the top. Lap under the mat tress and pin three or four places. Then do the same at the foot of the bed. Pin lt also once or twice on each side and tuck the covers well ln at the foot. There Is nothing that adds so much to the comfort of the patient as a well made bed with the under sheet per fectly adjusted. Never leave cut flowers or plants In a sick room during the night and at all times exclude family pets, tor some times they are family pests. Never read or relate distressing incidents t a patient. Even the strongest minds are affected by these. M w A. Rabbit Ragout. STEW slowly one rabbit in wate one hour; take up; when cool enough to handle pick meat from bones; return to kettle with two r three potatoes cut In cubes, with two cups of water, a little salt and dash of pepper. iet tnis cook siowiy while vou fry one half pound of salt nork cut in small cubes. Stir constantly to keeD from burning. Then add one larera onion cut fine; fry until pork and onion are wen cooaea; in ract, there should be no cubes and onions should nearly disappear. Add this to kettle of rabbit and potato, then add one pint cooked tomatoes, one saitspoon or salt, one) fourth spoon of pepper and a little cayenne or one fourth of small red pepper and a -quart f water or light soup stock, coek a Tew minutes: when ready to serve add milk to make the desired thickness. Let come quickly to a dou ana serve. jou can vary thin by adding a small carrot cut fine and pieces of celery. Two rabbits will servo 11 people. K Baked Ham. PUT the ham in kettle and cover with cold water. Bring to a boll, , akin and set back where It will Just simmer for three hours or until almost tender. Add tw tablespoons vinegar and boll until tender. Ijet cool In same water It was cooked in, and when- almost cold, remove skin, sprinkle with sugar and bake in ra'hT slow oven fnr sn hour. A few whole rloves ran be sturk Into the hsin be fore, baking, if liked .I
