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T
HE JOURNAL is anxious for
the present legislature to make
a good record. It is so con
cerned for the sake of the leg-
islators themselves. It Is so con
j; ceraed also for the sake of the state
and its good name. It hopes ad
journment may not be followed by
the old aftermath with its abuse of
members and condemnation of the
fcCbsion. By a wise course legisla
. tors can lessen the resort to the
" Initiative and referendum. By un
wlse legislation the electorate will
T only be incensed and resort to dl
J. rect legislation be increased.
A high-handed bill offered yester-
day is the height of unwisdom. It
proposes to make it a misdemeanor,
- punishable by fine or Imprisonment
it for. a candidate for any office to
t sign ' a written, pledge. It" Is of
course aimed at Statement No. 1.
Its audacity Js without limit. The
pledge of a candidate and the right
to take It is a fundamental in self
government. Political parties make
; it. It is the Only means the electo-
rate has of determining the attitude
of the candidate on public questions
Rt Issue. It Is the only means of
t determining whether or not a can-
didate Is fit to vbte for. -
With tb,e pledge removed the of
ficer is free. Without it there is
no assurance that he will do his
vduty. . Without it the people are im
potent to "carry their, will Into ef
fect, , Without It the official is not
subservient to the public will,, but
, merely to his own will. With the
' right to make pledges removed a
. pillar In self-government is gone.'
By the pledges a president is
t elected or defeated. By the pledges
of. his party his policy Is known.
Every president and every party
- from the days presidents and parties
rame into existence has made
- pledges. Ever governor ever.elected
- has made pleoges. Every legislator
Bnd every sheriff ' ever elected has
' made pledges, .All officers make;
pledges as a stepping stone to elec
tion. To remove the right would
be to stick a stiletto in one of the
a great fundamental processes of self-
' government. It would be an atroc
ity upon freedom. It is a proposi-
. tion that slaps in the face every free
i man in Oregon. It slaps in the face
the people of Oregon who by a vote
pf nearly three to one enacted the
present primary law, living legisla
tive candidates the right to make
i pledges. It is an insult to the elec-
torate that the legislature shall or
) daln to be a crime that which the
J"., electorate through the initiative de
f Clares to be the law. Its introduc
4 tion assumes that the legislature is
higher than the people. It is re
I grettable that such a measure should
have been introduced.
TBOTESTS ANT) PROT EST A X TS
THEIR PROTESTS robbed six
Statement No. 1 legislators of
much of the credit which the
Statement members who did
-'Hot protest have earned. They made
the protests on the assurance of the
; discredited McHarg that thereby a
basis would., be afforded for defeat
i Ing the people's choice. If anything
should come of the protests, the art
'. of each protestant will be as base
find treacherous as if he had broken
.' his pledge. The pledge . was the
means of securing election. If, in
th final .determination, the protests
I abort the legislature's action of yes-
terday, eacB protester win re a
traitor to ,hli constituents, to the
, truth, and to his plighted word
Each protest was made with full
knowledge that it was the last des-
perate effort of McHarg, Clyde Ful
ton, and the other senatorial hangers-on
to upset the electorate's will.
Fortunately for' the case of the pro
, testers, the protests are false on
. their face, ia that each member in
taking the Statement had sense
enough to know-its meaning, and
took It freely, voluntarily and wlth-
out compulsion or compunction, and
for that reason all the protests com
bined and all,the,inner and ulterior
designs of the protectants will avail
nothing. : - '
It Is gratifying ' to note that the
published report o the effect that
Representative Barrett of "Umatilla
. waa among the legislators who Voted
for Chamberlain under protest was
lot true. From the outset Mr. Bar
rrt has. been an advocate and de
'. u-I-j of the-authority of the pec-
OBSERVATIONS PERTINENT TO
TUESDAY'S RESULT
i
N CLOSING this incident of a sen-
atorship, there are a few obser
vations that ought to be made.
They refer to late political re
sults and their causes. They are
elicited by the Insistence of the Ore
gonian that Chamberlain's election is
an unfortunate incident from the
Republican standpoint.
The Oregonian caused the division
in the Republican party which
opened the way for the election of
Chamberlain. At its door lies the
responsibility. At its guilty door
lies the responsibility for schism in
the party. At its door lies full
responsibility for the defeat of Ful-1
ton. The whole state knos it, and
confirms it.
Herein, from the Republican
standpoint, lies the Oregonian's
culpability. There was an old re
gime of political rottenness. Of this
rottenness the federal court records
afford , proof. Senatorial elections
with dismal sequels were the in
strumentality of this rottenness. The
voters rebelled. They resented
those elections, and in a remarkable
ballot revolution, provided for se
lection of senator by the electorate.
Nobody denies this, not even the Ore
gonian. The Oregonian refused to accept
this popular method. It knows why.
The people know why. There was
ho other opposition. Dogmatically
slid ftubbornly, it set up its will as
superior to the people's will. It set
up its will as superior to the will of
the Republican: party, whose votes
by thousands and tens of thousands
passed the primary law in order to
get deliverance from legislative elec
tion. , The Oregonian insisted on
taking this right awny from the elec
torate, and restoring it to the legis
lature. Naturally it attracted fol
lowers. It attracted politicians, of
course. Politicians prefer the old
game. It is a game of pelf, profit
and profligacy, and that is as honey
to the bee or sugar to a fly to the
men who live by politics.
Among other men, the Oregonian
misled Senator Fulton. That man
was originally for popujar election.
His article in the North American
Review proves it.
But Senator Fulton changed. The
organ of his party was on the other
side. It was supposed to have in
fluence. He wanted a reelection.
Naturally he changed. The Ore
ple ln selecting senator,; His record
is as clear as the noonday sun. In
the"' many rumors about pledged
legislators and possible recreancy
the name of Mr. Barrett was never
mentioned. .
IT IS STIIL UNTRUE
"In the primary last spring ft large
faction or body of Democrats voted for
Cake; and a large faction or body of
Republicans voted for Chamberlain In
In later election. In the primary, Ful
ton was defeated by two main incidents.
First, by registration of Democrats as
Republicans, and their voting In large
numbers for Cake in the primary."
Oregonian.
A'
NY NUMBER of repetitions of
these statements will not make
them an more true. They
were untrue when first made
and are equally untrue now. A few,
and only a few, Democrats, as near
ly as can be ascertained by a study
of the returns, voted for one or the
other of the Republican candidates
in the primaries. Of these Demo
crats it Is fairly certain that a
greater number voted for Fulton
than for Cake. Democratic votes
did not beat Fulton and nominate
Cake. And in all probability Ful
ton, if h,e had received the nomina
tion over Cake, would haye been
beaten in the election by phamber
lain, as Cake was, for a great many
"Statement" Republicans voted for
Cake who would not have voted for
Fulton on that Issue. The matter
Is of no great importance now, but
the repetition of these false asser
tions is Inexcusable.
The first credit for the preserved
integrity of the legislature belongs
to the pledged men, who In' spite of
the intrigue, bullying, wheedling,
promises and all manner of pressure,
kept the faith and carried the col
ors of the electorate to victory.
Great credit is also due the grange
organizations of the state. Always
devoted to the interests of producers
and toilers,, and realizing that a
great principle was on trial, many
of the granges issued ringing reso
lutions that became a potent influ
ence in saving the final result.
These and the stand taken by the
.organized laboring men were effi
cacious in molding public sentiment
anqVin reflecting the wishes of the
masses. The politicians listen when
the foundations shake,
President Roosevelt insisted that
the will of the people should control
in Oregon. Scores of prominent Ke-
publicans in Portland and Oregon
publicly asserted the same view.
Thousands of other Republicans of
highest standing and unquestioned
party, loyalty privately took chj
same ground. To all these credit
Is due for the fact that public In
tegrity has been preserved. To. ttiem
is due credit for the fact that Ore
gon's public repute abroad remains
onscarred. To" them U due credit
for the fact that, the legislature has
been r saved from a reign of bedlam
and Is now- free to go . about . its
gonian's position and his own known
lack of touch with the aspirations
of the people misled him.
Senator Fulton changed and the
result is that pathetic 19 votes at
Salem Tuesday, ' He changed and
the consequence was the miserable
incident of McHarg, Clyde Fulton,
Ralph Williams and their like in
trigulng. and buttonholing members
to enter upon a course of perjury
He changed, and the effect was the
unprecedented spectacle in the vbt
ing at Salein 6f "a name that was
cast out of the running by the Re
publican voters In April, a name of
which it had been declared that it
would not, if defeated at the pri
maries, go before the legislature for
"senator or any other office."
For all this humiliation of Sena
tor Fulton -the Oregonian - la direct
ly chargeable. ; Had Fulton recog
nized the right of the people to gov
ern Instead of accepting the Ore
gonian's dogmatic claim of its right
to govern the Republican party and
Oregon, he would In all human prob
ability have been elected at Salem
yesterday. His oppositon to popu
lar selection defeated him for the
nomination. -. It made him impossi
ble before the ..legislature.' It re
duced him to that pathetic 19 votes.
It reduced him to the alternative of
McHarg. It opened the way for
Chamberlain. The people sought a
man who embodied, popular choice.
Fulton refused to be that man. Cake
essayed the role fox a time and beat
Fulton at the polls. But he swerved
and the people, determined to find
a man Of known fidelity to their
plan, sought and found him In
Chamberlain. They were after a
principle and a man to defend It,
and that is-the explanation of re
sults at Salem Tuesday.
For all this the Oregonian is re
sponsible. It howls now to cover its
tracks. It knows its guilt and
shrieks loudly in the hope of hid
ing It. The whole situation past
and present can be summed up in
one sentence: In its insanity, the
Oregonian set up its will as superior
to the whole people's will in govern
ing Oregon, and the result Is Cham
berlain. That i the start, the fin
ish and the whole of it.
Incidentally, the Oregonian
wrought better than it knew. Cham
berlain as senator will be as he has
been as governor, broad, big and a
getter of results. ;
duties in a business way. To thorn
and all of them is due credit for the
fact that the Republican party has
been saved from overthrow and the
state from a, political revolution.
The decision of the Oregon su
preme court in the Yamhill county
tax case Is a very fortunate one for
the Btate. Certain taxpayers of
Yamhill county sought to overturn
the present law by which state taxes
are apportioned among the counties
'u proportion to county expenditures
during a five year preceding period,
and to restore the old law ui.der
Mhich state taxes were apportioned
according to county assefraents.
Theoretically the former law is
right, but in practice it worked very
badly, and had become fairly in
tolerable. The present law worksn
very much better and it is well for
the state that it is constitutional.
There is usually a Justifiable sus
picion about a man who disappears
and after awhile turns up with the
story that his mind waB for a while
a blank and he did not know where
or who Jie was. Whether such a
man is shamming and inventing an
excuse for misbehavior can general
ly be determined by concurrent cir
cumstances, as will probably be done
in the strange but by no means un
precedented case of Professor Saw
yer of Oakland, Or. Just what ha
says happened to him, except as to
minor details, has happened to hon
est, innocent men in not a few
cases.
The Oregonian says: "Nobody
knows better than Chamberlain that
he is not 'the people's choice.' It
is a juggle of politics, and he has
been the prizewinner." Neither
Chamberlain nor anybody else knows
this, for he was the people's choice
once for attorney-general and twice
for governor, and two of these elec
tions were held under the old law.
With this record to his credit, why
should it be incredible that he should
be the people's choice for senator?
Of some half a dozen decisions
rendered by the Oregon supreme
court Tuesday all but one were re
versals, and this one was rendered
by a circuit Judge now dead. Is
this circumstance a basis for an ar
gument in favor of more circuit
judges, or, rather, of better ones?
Now the president wants this
country to" go over and protect and
reform Liberia. Really, haven't we
troubles enough at home, and in our
own island possessions-, witnout
butting in over in " Africa?
The : earth's surfaee has been
a-tremble in many widely separated
localities lately, and it might be a
good time for calamity prophets to
get busy. ' To guess the right spots
Is difficult, though.
A .splendid beginning has been
made .by the presiding officers i of
the legislature, Their committee
appointments are acknowledged to
be fair and impartial. k Both refused
to allow their; positions to be made
the catspaw of McHarg in his in
trigues.'. The organization was man
ifestly without reference to the sen
atorlal situation and has - been so
maintained by President Bowerman
and Speaker McArthur. The session
can now go on with business and
building legislation.
Letters From tbe People
Letters to The 7oornst should be wrtttea ea
on aide of the paper only, and etxrald be ac
companied by the nam and address of .the
Writer. ' The name wilt not he naed tf the
writer asks that it be withheld. The Jovrnal
is not to be understood ss Indorsing the views
or statements of correspondents. Letters should
be made ss brief aa possible. Those who wlih
weir lerTors returned wnen not usea snouts m
eloss, postsrs. - - r
CorrtsDondents s uHflnl thai letters ex
ceeding 800 words la length m7, at the die.
wuob u soitor. Be cut aowo to u uaw,
Infection of Milk.
Cornelius. Or., Jan. It. To the "Editor
of The Journal Read In a- a eommunl
cation headed "Vigrorous Protest From
a Farmer" with regard to Infected milk.
i wiu say that I aulte agree with him
That It la not Infected at th home of
the farmer I am positive, aa well as
no, ior go wnere you will in this val
ley. attd I dare may In the whole of
America among the farming communi
ties, ana you will find none but the
healthiest of children exceptions to
every rulei always the exceptions not
tne result or drinking impure milk. Forty
yeara nay seen the writer in this val
ley, ana with "A Farmer" I win say
that tf the people and children of the
citiea are affected, as medical authori
ties have It, I take the stand that It
Is not through the milk shlDDed to the
cities, and If ao, then It becomes tainted
in the cities. And that I can readily
believe, for the milk If at all sensitive
to such taints, like the children In the
cities, takes it from the atmosphere It
is introduced Into. For can anyone
dare say that the atmosphere of
dense city, or any city In fact. Is a.
pure as the atmosphere circulating- In
the country, and breathed by those earn-:
healthy children of the farms who
arink always the milk direct from the
cows, as do the men and harvest hands
employed, especially in the summer
months?, The young children on almost
every farm drink nothing else almost,
and eat nothing, but the purest and
plainest foods as welL Now then, hav
ing lived In the cities likewise, I will
ask: Do the city children live the
same? I Will answer my own question.
They do not, nor never did. nor never
will, for while the children of the
country are feasting on the wholesome
roods of the country and breathing the
purest ozone and running about bare
headed and digging and playing, the
children of the cities are shut up in
close rooms, poorly ventilated and if
ventilated at all. It is the ventilation of
some other 111 ventilated house or
houses, wafted about from house to
house. They breathe the breaths of
thousands of people of all ages and
sizes; they play In the back yards, and
walk in the streets, ripe with xpector
ations and fumes emanating from ill ven
t Hated storerooms; inhale the smells
of decaying vegetables or the smells of
coek houses; Inhale the dust of the
streets; breathe the breaths of every
conceivable kind In streetcars or thea
tres or other places where people are
thronged together; breathe the tainted
air of cesspools- wafted from some
where; breathe typhoid and other lurk
ing germs in back yards and drains,
and then eat, what? Not always our
wholesome foods, but sweets and every
thing that looks good to the eye and
is for sale, and then live In houses
where the God given healthy sunshine
is kept out by curtains and shades for
fear of spoiling the furniture or car
pets; keep all kinds of hours; learn all
kinds of excesses from one another,
dress in unseasonable clothing for
fashion's sake; lesrn vices that country
children know nothing of, and - are at
the same time sprung of many un
healthy parents who have lived In thos
atmospheres all their lives perhaps. And
then because they are not healthy It
Is the milk from the farms that has
tainted them, and the producer of foods
has to bear the blame.
If there Is death in the milk, why
does It not kill the calves and chickens
and pigs and everything in the country
that drinks It? The fact Is the mrcrobe
fallacy has become a craze and It helps
fill the medical poeket, by preying on
the imaginative. Let's have less of
microbe talk and more common sense
ways of living; more sanitary ways of
dressing; let nature's laws be the laws
to follow after. Pon't try to know
more than the creator, and then rest
assured that there will be less physics
to swallow and less doctor's bills to
pay. Why. medical authority Itself con
tends that to cure consumption the
cases must live out of doors and
breathe the pure ..atmosphere; that
proves my assertion that It In the
tainted air of cities that has more than
much to do with the diseases that city
dwellers are subject to, coupled with
the fast and extravagant ways of living.
A. O. YATES.
Strong Testimony for John C. Young
Portland, Or., Jan. 20. To the Kditor
of The Journal. In Monday's Journal
I noticed a news Item In which It If
said that some of the ministers of Port
land are planning to take action against
John C. Young because he Is a Mormon
sympathizer.
I am not directly or indirectly Inter
ested In the appointment of Portland's
postmaster, except that I want to see,
as do all good citizens, a capable and
efficient postmaster appointed.
I want also to see that every appli
cant Is considered on his merits and
Is not discriminated against on ac
count of unfair and misleading state
ments. The facts are utterly at variance with
the. statements made relative to Mr.
Young's attitude on . the Mormon ques
tion. From 1872 to 1879 my father was
editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. Every
one conversant with the facts will know
that the Salt Iike Tribune waged a
bitter and relentless war on polygamy.
During the seven years In which my
father was editor of the Salt Lake
Tribune he had no more loyal and ef
ficient helper in his aggressive fight
than John C. Young. Both my father
and Mr. Young were In constant danger
on account of the fearless fight they
waged against polygamy.
I vividly recall one Instance of the
displeasure of the Mormons. Mr. Young
had finished his reportorisl work for the
night and turned his copy In to my
father. This was about I o'clock in
the morning. A moment or two after
Mr. Young had left, my father heard
some one groaning at the foot of the
steps which led from the editorial of
fice. He hurried down there and found
Mr. Youngi bleeding and unconscious
from a blow between the eyes which
had lacerated his forehead badly. He
saw two men running down the street
nearly a block distant and hailed, a
policeman who stood near, and asked
him to pursue the men who had at
tacked , Mr. Young. - The policeman,
looking at. the fleeing men, responded,
"Why, I don't see anybody,. and anyway
I couldn't catch . them, so my father,
revolver In hand, started In pursuit, but
was unable) to overtake- them. Mr:
Young's face is still scarred from this
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
IMMM.SaMMNSWIPSMee
SMALL. CHANGE
Cheer up; it will soon be spring.
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Finch should have stuck to insanity.
It is to smile at some of the pro
tests. ...
Oregon is bound to keep In the na
tional eye.
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Here's health ar.d success to soon-to-
be uovernor Benson.
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Only some politicians and organs are
complaining, not tne people.
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Tillman did not quite charge the pres
ident with stealing his letters.
i '
Never did all members of a legisla
ture vote for their real choice.
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So far the president hasn't ridden his
i-orse into either charaDer of cougresK.
It Is not yet quite definitely estab
lished that' murder is conclusive proof
01 insanity. , .
The Republican party in Oregon Is no
more, says a Portland paper. But the
etate still lives.
Gumshoe Bill Stone will aro back aaratn
for six years, along with several Re
publican undesirables.
An Italian corresnondent Jiaula
Abruzzi Into notice again, but the -matter
is of no real Importance. -
A Chicago man offered his wife 'n
personam for. bail, but It was feared
that he would become a ball Jumper,
It will be only a few weeks till Deo
pie of moderate incomes may be able
to have an egg for breakfast occasion-
elly,
A Boston doctor savs. "Everv one
should swallow one dozen raw eggs
every day." Every millionaire, we sup
pose he means. ,
a
New Jersey farmers report that geese
are milking their cows. If this is so.
the reputation of geese for silliness
must be undeserved.
"No person with brains will kiss in
the future," says a woman doctor. She
probably imagines that, everybody is go
ing to become like herself.
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In Liberia the man with the most
wives can be king.' His must be a
crowned head that lies especially un
easy, if women have their rights In that
country.
It Is intimated in Arisona and New
Mexico that Uncle Sam and Miss Co
lumbia are expecting twins this year,
their forty-seventh and forty-elghtn
offspring.
Dharacter is after all the final est.
nnt what a Demon believes, and char
acter Is not made by especially and en
forced good conduct ior a montn, dui
bv the regular ordinary conduct of a
lifetime. . .
Tacoma Tribune: Statement No. 1
exists only In Oregon today. Its spread
manna th breaking ut of the peculiar
character of the United . States senate;
that Is whv Its test Is watched wttn
such Intense interest and why corpora
tions at least baneful corporations
everywhere are against It.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
'Our Constitution" By
(From an oration at the 100th anni
versary of the Inauguration of President
Washington, New York city, April 30.
1889.)
Our constitution since Its adoption
has been amended only upon the lines
lild down in the original instrument and
In conformity with the recorded opin
ion of the fathers. The first great ad
dition was the Incorporation of a hill of
rights, and the last the Imbedding Into
the constitution of the Immortal princi
ple of the declaration of Independence
of the equality of all men before the
law. No crisis has been too perilous for
its powers, no evolution too rapid for
Its adaptation, and no expansion beyond
its easy grasp and administration, it
has assimilated diverse nationalities,
with warring traditions, customs, con
ditions, and languages. Imbued them
with its spirit and won their passionate
loyalty.
The flower of the youth of the nations
of continental Europe are conscripted
from productive industries and are drill
ing in camps. Vast armies stand in
battle array along the frontiers, snd a
kaiser's whim or a minister's mistake
may precipitate the most destructlye
war In modern times. Both monarchlal
and Republican governments are seek
ing safety In the repression ana sup
pression of opposition and crttldsro.
The volcanlo forces of Democratic as
piration snd socialistic revolt are rap
Idly Increasing, and they threaten peace
and security. We turn from these gath-
rlner storms to the British isles ana
fimi their oeoole in the throes of a
political crisis Involving the form and
uhstance of their government, ana tneir
statesmen far from confident that the
enfranchised and unprepared masses
will wisely use their power.
But for us no army exhausts our re
sources nor consumes our youth. Our
cowardly assault with brass knuckles.
It will be very easy for the Ministerial
association or any other similar body
who are In doubt a to Mr. Youngs
attitude on the Mormon question to
write to the Salt Lake Tribune, or any
old time resident of Salt Lake and se
cure full information.
I am giving you the above facts be
csust I do not feel that I could In Jus
tice to myself and Mr. Young, hold my
peace when the chirge brought against
him is unjust FRED LOCKLEY.
No Longer Mormon.
Hlllsboro, Or., Jan. 19. To the Editor
of The Journal. I note that at a. min
isterial association recently - Held in
Portland, a clergyman viciously attacked
John C. Young, and charged that he is
a Mormon, and for that reason holds
him to be unfit to be postmaster of
the city of Portland. John C. Young
was born a Mormon, which was a mat
ter over "which he had no control. His
father was a brother of Brlgham Young,
and his mother was the original or first
wife of Brlgham Young's brother and
was by the way. a most estimable and
talented lady) who was always opposed
to polygamy. t
John C Young was destined for a
Mormon - minister. I but Instead became
one of the editors of the leading anti
Mormon paper in Salt Lake City, and
for his vigorous denunciation of poly
gamy was branded as an enemy of the
faith, and was bitterly persecuted. Ho
was assaulted time and again by his
enemies, and at one time was iSO bru
tally beaten that it was thought he
would die. That Is the kind of a Mor
mon John C. Young is. - -
.These facts are well known to many
people of this state, and could easily
have been learned by the . Virtuous
dominie who seeks notoriety at the ex-,
pense of misrepresentation..-. ' i
The writer- is not a champion of po
litical aspirants, but believes in justice
to all men. If the ministerial "assailant J
OREGQN SIDELIGHTS.
Two new sawmills have started. up at
Lostlne. , . ,, ,
The Eugene Register suggests boiling
the water. . -
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There ar nearly 100 pupils In the
Paisley school,
Heppner also wants the dry farming
experiment station. " ,
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"Wallowa county people are preparing
to do much good road making..
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Bandon will probably have a wireless
leiegrapn station nerore long,
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The postal receipts of Haines in 1 9 OS
increased to per cent over ivui,
Never at this time of year was the
wneat prospect Detter in eastern ore
gon.
With irritation, the cnuntrv around
Grants Pass might raise great quanti
ties or sugar neets, thinks, the courier.
Both the president of the state senate
and the presidential elector who will
carry the Oregon vote . to Washington
are irom uonaon, and are law partners
Miss Sadie Douglas of Springfield was
a winner for Oreaon 'In a recent nrlze
contest, or the illustrating and cartoon-,
ing course or tne uorresponaence insti
tute of America at Scranton, Pa. Her
prize was fa.
Ralph Patterson of Bend walked near
ly 40 miles In one day, through the snow
and dragged a sled containing a lot of
traps, bait, etc. par of the way, finally
apanaoning tne siea ana taking the
I pack on his back. Besides making the
itrip ne set is traps.
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- K The Condon postoltlce receipts during
every inumn oi me year. us
were
larger than the corresponding months of
tne previous year, xne Business or reg
istered mall during the year 1908 was
more than double that of 1907, while the
money orders sent out of tne office
amounted to 1500 more.
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"Within five years Medford will have
a population of 25.000," stated Colonel J.
F. Mundy, who. with his partner, P. F.
Murphy of Springfield, 111., have taken
hold of the coal fields adjacent to Med
ford with a'vlew to developing them. "I
never saw a country with so many nat
ural resources as the Rogue River val
ley, and so many latent possibilities."
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Corvallls Times: The heaw snow cov
ering all the feed has caused the China
pheasants to visit barnyards and feeding
laces of sheep and cattle In great num
ers. It is reported that men have taken
advahta'ge of this condition, shooting
large numbers of birds. Game wardens
are getting active, and there is hope of
catching some or inese people.
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Referring to the report that the town
site of Surhpter had been sold for a hay
and stock ranch, the American explains
that this land Is additions laid out in
boom times, and Is now a part of the
town proper and adds: "Sumpter is by
no means a 'dead' town, as any one who
will take the trouble to Investigate will
find out At the present time there are
over 40 firms and business houses In
the city, not Including lawyers, doctors
and other professional men. The public
schools employ six teachers, and there
are in the city three active churches,
and a dozen or more fraternal orders.
CHaunccy M. Dcpw
navy must needs increase In order that
the protecting flag may follow the ex
pandlng commerce, which Is to suc
cessfully compete in all the markets
of the world. The sun of our destiny
Is still rising, and Its rays Illumine
vast territories aa yet unoccupied and
undeveloped, and which are to be the
happy homes of millions of people. The
question which affects powers of gov
ernment and the expansion of limits
tion of the authority of the federal
constitution are so completely settled
and so unanimously approved, that our
political divisions produce only the
healthy antagonism of parties which Is
necessary for the preservation of lib
erty. Our Institutions furnish the foil
equipment of shield and spear for the
battles of freedom, and absolute pro
tection against every danger which
threatens the welfare of the people will
always be found In' the intelligence
which appreciates their value, and the
courage and morality" with which their
powers are exercised.
The spirit of Washington . fills the
executive office. Presidents may not
rise to the full measure of his great
ness, but they must not Tall below his
standard of public duty and obligation.
His life and character, conscientiously
studied and thoroughly understood by
coming generations, win b ior them a
liberal., education for private life and
public station, for citizenship and
patriotism, for iove and devotion to
union and liberty. With .their inspir
ing past and splendid present, the peo
ple or tnese united mates, heirs of a
hundred years marvellously rich In all
which adds to the glory and greatness
of a nation, with an abiding trust in
the stability and elasticity of their con
stitution, and an abounding faith in
themselves, hall the coming century
with nope ana joy.
will look up the files of the Salt Lak-
Tribune, during the 'TO's, he will find
John C. Young was one of the' strongest
ana Ditiereat opponents of Mormonlsm,
who ever wielded a trenchant pen.
JUSTICE.
Maryland's Presidential Vote.
Portland, Or., Jan. 20. To the Editor
of The Journal This from the New
York World printed in the " World's
Almanac of. 1909 and. found on page 2J:
r "Although Bryan obtained electoral
votes in Maryland against Taft's two,
this victory was obtained only by reason
of the complicated ballot employed in
that state by which many thousands of
Illiterate Republicans were unable to
mark their ticket correctly."
This is an admission that Taft. was
elected by Ignorant voters. The Repub
licans of Maryland should have helped
their Illiterate brethren by marking their
ballots for them. Perhaps this was the
case in most of the northern states, or
maybe the ballot was less complicated.
Had the Maryland Republicans been in
telligent, Taft Would never have received
any of its electoral vote. Maryland
should have followed the good example
set by her brethren in Nebraska, where
the ballot Is less complicated or where
the voters are more Intelligent Which
S It? , - JTJLHIS BEYER.
This Date in History. -'
178S James Quln. celebrated English
actor, died. Born February 14, 1693. -
1790 The Rhode Island assembly
called a convention: to consider the
adoption of the federal constitution.
-1805 The English Order of the Oar-ter-waa'
reconstituted.--" ,.;rtv
1829 Oscar II of Sweden born. Died
December S, 1907. a - ' .
1855 Severe storm swept along, the
North Atlantic coast . . ---.
11 Jefferson Davis s resigned his
seat in the United states senate.
1891 Score of. HVes lost in hi i mine-
of surgical Institute in Indianapolis.'
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FOHNINt
Choosing a Wife. ; ;
H
OW shall a man choose his wife?
' . Do men deliberately ' choose
their . wives, or la it managed
for them? " . '
; , if they do choose by a definite
mental process, what Is that process
and 'an It be investigated? , And if that
proess were disclosed would It afford
ar.y valuable Information to the young
Women who are under Inspection?
f A bachelor who admits having gone
at the matter in a business like way,
says that with, him.lt. Is a process of
elimination. When he began to think
seriously of marrying ' and settling
down, with, a view In his mental picture
ure
loftl
rom
eek
gauery or noma ana nresiae, compi
ionshlD and felicitation, he-mode a no
of all the possible candidates. ."From
that time," he says, "I-began , to seek
the society of the girls that I thought
wrmlri do and listen to their talk."
"I- found it took the average .young
woman about half an hour to talk her
self off the list The plan was working
admirably."
He explains that one settled the case
for herself by stating that she abhorred
tobacco- smoke.- He - didn't'- and so that
line of Investigation was closed.. - An
other made herself ineligible by stating
that in her opinion married men should
five up all club membership.- And a
hird hastened ..the process by carrying
out the logical idea that a married man
should be free to do just as he likes,
adding that a marrlea woman should
also. ......
"When I find one that can stand the
test of being permitted to Halk three
hours straight and who doesn't in that
time kick over some of my hobbles, I
shall prop'ose to her on the snot and we
shall be happily married," is the way
tnis- wouia-be-married man rimshes his
little address on psychology.
All of which reminds one strongly of
the braggart who announced that he
could marry any girl he pleased, and
then found that he couldn't pleaso one.
The kind of partner that this bachel
or will select by his ellmlnative pro
cess will probably be one of the softly
feminine creatures who hasn't enough
spirit to chase a cat out of the room,
who has been Instructed from her cradle
up about how to "please" men, and who
will hang upon 'his words of wisdom
with bated breath. What he wants as a
life comrade is one whose conversation
Is like that of Miss Hazy, of whom you
remember Mts. Wiggs says that It is
"like talkin' to a phonograph; you get
out just wnat you put in.
, Really It Is to be doubted whether
tnis negative process or cnoosing a wn
or a husband fits to any extent wit
the experience of most intelligent peo
ple. Do we not as a rule choose our
friends and so our lovers, for what
they are rather than for lack of the
things they are not?
Strong character Is seldom founded
on a negative creed. The man or wo
man who is living an active Intelli
gent life must have within himself or
herself a dynamic force, of will, of
purpose, of belief, of conscience, which
marks the individual as an entity. . It
Is not enough that a man refrains from
doing certain things.' This may be from
lack fit opportunity, or oecause or im
plicit ooeaience to a stronger win wnicn
has forbidden them; or even because of
cowardice the fear of what people will
say.
But the strong man is he whose con
science and will are Ills own; who is
not standing upon the brink casting a
longing look at the things he dare not
do, but who Is throwing his whole force
and energy Into tne forces wmcft maKe
ror right living, rignt tninmng. and
right willing. He does right beeause
he wills right, not because he is- afraid
to take the chances of doing wrong.
And choosing a wife or a husband Is
merely the process of choosing a friend,
carried to a further degree. Wo must
have many friends, some to suit one
side of our natures, and some for an
other. We want as friends those whose
thoughts run somewhat as our own,
whose views of life harmonise with
ours, who draw to themselves our ad
miration because they stand for certain
things that to us seem admirable.
When such a liking and such a friend
ship grow Into love and two people are
so strongly drawn to each other that
they both feel life incomplete without
the other, we have the only foundation
upon which marriage) should so much as
be thought of.
It Is perhaps true that few people
would fall In love If they did not hear It
so much talked about and yet It must
be talked about. And yet for the sake
of all honest minded and sensible peo
ple, and for the sake of the young who
are growing up on our teaching It would
be well If It could be talked about
sometimes sensibly. Instead of with so
much arrant nonsense, bad, taste and
offensive sentimentality.
Choosing a wife, as did the man In
the old fable, by the scraps of dough
left In the mixing bowl when she made
bread, by the ellmlnative process which
distinguishes one who doesn't "kick over"
any of his "hobbles" whatever that may
mean, by face or figure or because of
wiles or coquetry. Is at best a doubtful
expedient.
A sound and enduring friendship,
ripening because of mutual dependence
and admiration for fine traits of char
acter, into a sane, reliable and beauti
ful love has been In the past and will
continue to ; be, the only method of
choosing a life comrade that Is not open
to grave objections and tremendous
risks.
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Poise for the" Body.
EVERY women can possess a supple,
' agile body under perfect control,
says the Delineator.
The first essential Is to learn to stand
properly, with the head erect and the
snouiaers nat. not pressed backward.
To acnulre this, balance an obiert on
the head, in Imitation of the peasant
woman, ana stana against a solid wall,
the heels, trunk and back of the head
touching It When you feel that you are
"In position." sten forward, retain In or
the object (it may be anything a small
pillow or a weight) upon the head.
Now raise the heels slowly, pressing
the floor with the toes; repeat this 10
times. Now hold the arms flat against
the sides, bend the knees and lower thai
body toward the heels without actually
touching them; raise the body slowly,
keeping a the back straight and upright
(otherwise the object will fall off your
head),, and not allowing the hands to
touch the floor. Repeat 10 times. .
Next, fill the lungs full of fresh' air;
hold it and with the bodv nt he
erect, raise one arm forcibly above the
neaa wninun otner is neia close to the
side: lower the raised arm. enH whiia
doing raise the other. Continue vigor
ously this alternate movement (aiding
yourself In the erect posture with the
object upon the head) until the air In
the lungs must be expelled. Slowly re
fill the lungs and renent Thl .n.iu
has also a particularly stimulating an.
tion upon the HVer. "
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Just Right Frosting. V
nNE cup sugar, one third cup boiling
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as m egg, one teaspoonj
vanilla or half tablespoon lemons
juice. Put sugar and water In sauce-
R an and stir to prevent sugar from ad
erf ng to saucepan, then wipe down the
sides of the saucepan before cooking.
Heat gradually to boiling point -and boll
without stirring until syrup will thread
When dronned from tln'nf atirwwtn etas
tines of stiver' fork. - Pour syrup sradu
ally on beaten white of egg, boating
mixture constantly, and continue beat
ing Until of right consistency to spread;
then add flavoring and pour over cake,
spreading evenly with silver knife.. For
chocolate add one and one half squares
melted as soon- as - syrup is added to
whites of eggs. Crease as soon as firm.
If not beaten long enough frosting will
run; If beaten toe long It will not bs
smooth. ::- Frosting beaten too long ma V
be improved by adding a few drops of
lemon juice or boiling -water. This
frosting Is soft Inside and-has a glossy
surface. With - care you will be suc
cessful with this and fullv repaid f of
your work, : - a , , . , -
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