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SUPREME COURT RELIEF
- MrfHERE IS not the slightest doubt
that aid should be provided for
f I - the supreme court. Three jus
; tlces" are confessedly unable to
" cope with "the huge mass of litiga
tion thrust upon them. Even with
the aid of two ''commissioners pro
vided by the last legislature the court
Is still about 10 months in arrears
with its work. Any ordinary case of
appeal 'that reaches it must pass
through a tedious wait I nearly a
year before it can be taken up. We
complain bitterly at the law's de
lays, but here Is a case in which we
ourselves block the wheels of Justice
by refusing to ' "provide sufficient
justices. . The terms of the commis
sioners provided" to , assist the court
'expire by limitation within, a month,
and after that, unless the present
session provides relief, upon the
three, justices will fall the old bur
den of wrestling with litigation they
. are manifestly unable to manage.
How far will they be in arrears, with
their work by another legislative
session? How much in dollars and
cents, how much In tedious delays
" and inconveniences will the public
-interest have suffered in -that time?
Governor ' Chamberlain v-advlses
either, the creation of two justices
or continuation of the present com
mission. His opposition to public
charges that are. unnecessary is
known. No governor In the state's
history has vetoed bo many measures
that proposed increase of burdens to
. the taxpayers. His record is assur
ance that if he urges a need there
Is full reason for it. He is in im
mediate touch with' the supreme
. court, is an able lawyer and is com
petent to speak advisedly. In his
biennial message he is urgent in his
recommendation for relief, for the
court. Ha correctly advises -that
the reason why the electorate re
jected the proposition for two addi
tional justices , was because a com
plete revolution In the court system
was made possible and that the ques
tion of Increasing or decreasing the
number of justices at any time was
placed by' the Initiative measure in
the hands of the legislature. He
adds that by reason of these features
and the electorate's objection to
them, the legislature would not now
run counter to the electorate If it
provided relief for the court He
points out that the present court was
created 20 years ago, and that the
population'of the state Is now twice
as great. la that period litigation
has increased fourfold. He points
out that with the present rapid
growth of the stcte the. work of the
court will be augmented in an in
creasing ratio. The Inevitable con
clusion is that the court will drop
further and further behind, that de
lays will more and more increase,
that the public . Interest will more
and more suffer and that It would
oe a very uuioriunaie circumstance
If the assembly adjourns without
affording relief. .
GOLD OUTPUT DECREASING
MHE GOLD output of Australia
I for last year was In the neigh
I borhood of $33,000,000, about
13,000,000 less than for 1907
a decrease of 8 or 9 rer cent.
If
. this ratio of decrease continues gold
.mining In that continent would be
come extinct In. 12 years. Some
predict . this, i but the prediction is
unlikely to be falfllled.- And if no
new gold mines are discovered In
Australia, as probably there will.be,
pected in other parts of the world
In each of Its continents. It Is not
wise to begin to worry about ex
haustion of , the gold . supply any
more than about "an excess of that
money standard metal, about which
some sensitive financiers have tried
to spread an 'alarm.','
The Denver Mining News Inclines
to the opinion that the output of
gold will gradually decrease. It
thlnkB South Africa will cease to be
a gold producer, that the mines "of
precious metals of China are about
worked out and that In other gold I
producing regions, except perhaps
Nevada, there will ' be a decrease
rather than an Increase of produc
tion. It says that "the day will
sometime come when the ,; great
snowball of gold production can be
rolled up to no bigger dimensions,
end when the heat ot a decline vm
cause it to melt again. - It may come
in twenty years, and again maybe
not for tony or fifty. But It win
come, eo sure as comes, the setting
of the sjin or the snows of winter."
-ia our. optimism Induces the be-
lief that new gold fields will be dis
covered and a sufficient supply ob
talned, but of course there is no ab
solute certainty of this."
Now, suppose this prediction comes
true; suppose the output of gold in
the world should steadily and rap-
Idly decrease; suppose that in ten
or twenty years most of the great
gold mines should peter out and no
others should be found what then
becomes of the sacred gold stand
ard? Meanwhile the commerce and
other business of the World has
been increasing apace, demanding a
larger volume of standard money.
The world will need a large per
centajte more of. such money, but
will have a constantly decreasing
supply. Suppose that.' when the
world re(jr.ires twice as much money
and has only one half or one fourth
as much gold as now, will the gold
standard serve?
We all know what would happen
while this process of increase on
one hand and decrease on the other
was going on; gold w6uld become
constantly dearer and commodities
cheaper. While a, bushel of:wheat
or a sack of potatoes will get a dol
lar now. It would then take two,
three or finally perhaps five or ten
bushels or sacks to obtain the dollar.
And to carry the matter to ita "log
ical conclusion, what would the
world do when there was no more
gold except hoarded remnants of an
old supply, and no standard money
but gold?
We are not worrying about such
a dilemma.' Somehow the world
will adjust itself to conditions over
which it has no control. But the
possible prospect presented sshows
clearly how unsound and sophistical
are the frequent statements and arr
guments maintaintng the infallibility
under all possible circumstances of
the gold Btandard. '
AXTWAP MADNESS
T
HE NEVADA legislature smites
President Roosevelt for his ef
fort to arrest anti-Japanese
legislation An California. The
California senate is persistent in its
purpose to pass a law preventing
Japanese from acquiring lands in
that state. The congress of the
United States . goes on arming, hav
ing appropriated, when it could not
spare adequate money for rivers and
harbors, f 135,000,000 for the navy
for the current year, all for the pur
pose of fighting an imaginary war
that will never come. The hysteri
cal Hobsonltes and other jingoes
continue to shriek about the diaboli
cal designs they allege Japan has on
us, prophesying an invasion of this
country that Japan could no more
accomplish than she could by the
breath of a Japanese babe turn back
the sun In its course. These .are a
few of the every day diversions in
this big United States which, by
Its magnificent distances, must be
expected to present here .and' there
occasional lapses of rationalism.
Meanwhile a United Press corre
spondent, just arrived from Toklo,
tells lis that Japan in is the throes
of a great public debt. She is im
potent for battle, because she has
no money. She could not carry on
a war three months without national
collapse. She has ceased the de
velopment of her army and navy,
because standing as she does on the
threshold of national bankruptcy,
she cannot afford it. It will be 15
years before she can undertake a
war, and when she does she is con
fronted with the certain knowledge
that Russia, seeking revenge for
the past, will be her antagonist.
Furthermore, Japan, by her po
sition and by the arbitrament of
Fate, is not our natural enemy, but
our natural friend. Commercially,
she will compete with us, but com
mercialism does not necessarily In
volve resort to the knife, to blood,
to slaughter, to captains and to can
non. Japan met our fleet with
music, with flowers, and with her
school children singing American
songs. Japan has respected our
manifest wish, and her government
Is trying to arrest Japanese immi
gration to this country. It is scarce
ly two months since Japan, on her
own Initiative, signed with the
United States an identical policy for
the peace of the Pacific, a ceremony
that was a triumph in diplomacy
for permanent and preserved peace,
Measured by the meaning of great
national acts, and squared by the
supreme test of reason, what is the
occasion and what the excuse for all
these molehill outbursts that serve
nothing, aid nothing, build nothing,
but merely foment trouble between
two nations whose mission and am
bitlon Is comity and concord?
GOLDEN RTJE"
POLICE
CHIEF OF
r
HE chief of police of Cleveland
has to some extent adopted the
policy of : the . late ''Golden
Rule", Jones of Toledo In the
treatment of petty criminals with
apparently, good' results. Daring the
year 1907 there were 30,418'af rests
by the police in Cleveland, and in
1908 the number was 0,0?S, a re
duction of two thirds. .And the
chief reports that along with this
remarkable decrease In the number
of arrests, there was less crime in
1908 than in 1907. This is certain
ly a result, if the facta are as stated,
worthy of the attention and consid
eration of the police authorities of
all' cities. i; ,
Chief , of Police" Kohler's, "golden
rule" policy consists mainly in giv
ing a little friendly advice and an
also friendly warning to petty of
fenders,: instead of punishing them.
But he does not allow, them to be
come repeaters. He -lets them all
go, the first time, feeling that In
him they have found a friend and
brother; the second time he is not so
easy and If a man keeps coming back
he is punished severely. In effect
he has: to a great extent adopted
with adult petty offenders the-sys
tem of Judge Llndsley "of Denver, In
cluding te parole feature. .And no
body complains about this system ex
cept a few police court attorneys, al
ways on the watch to get a big fee
for defending a man for a small of
fense,:."'.:,,,'. ''' -A-;;V
This ' method "would accomplish
good results in any city, . If admin
istered by the right kind of a police
judge or chief of police, but such
men' are rather rare. Not Infre
quently police officers think it part
of their duty, or their privilege,1
when arresting an inebriated man
or, some other petty offender, to
treat him brutally, jerk and yank
him around, perhaps beat him on
slight provocation, as If he -were
Some vicious wild beast. This has
been witnessed in this city.. Such
men should be ; given a chances
should be advised and warned and
paroled on their promise td be care
ful thereafter. The police courts
are crowded with cases that under
just the rlgh sort of heads of the
police department could be elimi
nated.
WHERE RIVERS FLOW.
P
ORTLAND'S shipments of wheat
during January were practical
ly double those of Puget
sound ports combined. The
passages through which the rivers
run are the channels heavy products
like grain follow. For the same
unalterable reason that rivers flow
to the sea, the grain ot the Inland
empire and of western Oregon gravi
tates to Portland. Rail lines follow
the river passes, betause they are
paths of least resistance that nature
made. The heavy wheat goes where
the rivers flow, because the rivers
are a compelling force in minimizing
freight rates. In the last analysis
of the great problem of traffic, the
rivers are the potential factor. They
blaze out the trails of commerce,
they dictate the highways of com
merce, and they regulate the rates
of commerce. With what infinite
reason, then, should every citizen
of Portland be a promoter of our
rivers and their conserved utiliza
tion. With what unseeming grace is
it that any person standing as the
accredited representative of Port
land in legislative halls can, directly
or indirectly, block development of
these rivers, or any of them. It was
the rivers that made Portland, it
is the rivers that conserve Portland,
and it is' the rivers that must be
depended upon to maintain Port
land's commercial supremacy. A
deep, wide channel to the sea, and
freed and deepened channels to every
river's source this is Portland's
safety and it ought to be every
Portlander'B slogan.
President Bowerman proposes
adjournment February 10, 10 days
before the end of the usual 40 days.
When the electorate settles the sena
torshlp, the session for matters of
legislation, has time to burn. Yet,
every day, up In that tall place where
they spurn electorates, majorities
and ballot boxes, in that high tower
where they declare they will take
the selection of senator away from
the people or the Republican party,
up in that elevated spot where the
winds whistle, and the bats bivouac
every day there, they carry on a
propaganda for a return to election
of senator by the legislature. With
Bowerman at Salem proposing ad
journment at the end of 30 days,
with legislation proceeding orderly
and uninterrupted by the distrac
tions and demoralizations of a sena
torial deadlock, with peace and busi
ness substituted for the old con
ditions of passion and disorder, why
1b It that the Oregon Ian, this morn
ing, yesterday morning and every
other morning misrepresents the
facts, juggles the truth, distorts the
realities, divides its party and de
ceives those who happen to trust it,
all In attacks on a system that the
people want, that they intend to
keep and that human judgment of
Just men distinctly approves? What
is the underlying secret of all this
opposition?
Various mighty "interests" are
massing their forces against the
passage of the water code prepared
by men intent on conserving the
state's resources and protecting the
people's Interests. After so much
experience, no one need be surprised
if the special interests win out again.
The "people may have to take the
matter up through the initiative.
There is some need of a new con
stitution for Oregon, but almost any
old constitution at' all is better than
the Infliction upon a state of a new
one, with the prolonged, In fact end-
less, flood of litigation which it en
genders. The courts ' would t be
crowded with business for 50 years
construing ft.' V" v"' - ';ti
--. At last .there is a fair prospect
of Identical laws for s Oregon and
Washington regarding fishing in the
Columbia river, which '; probably
would "never have been accomplished
except for tbe Initiative laws passed
last June. ' v j"
; That discretion is the better part
of valor was again illustrated, and
that tbe use of legs Is better than
that of fists on some occasions, was
clearly shown, in the case of the
Scotts Mills school teacher who, see
ing several angry women - armed
with horsewhips awaiting him, made
a hasty rear exit and skedaddled out
of sight This was not an exhibition
of cowardice; rather of ordinary dis
cretion ana everyday common sense,
Thus he saved his epidermis from
humiliating easygation, and foiled
toe trate aamesin jneir ieu pur
pose. The: cause of their wrath was
the chastisement of. the son Of one
of the hostile visitors, and assuming
that he fakes after his mother and
juagmg tjver, py ner action m ; this
episode,, the 'teacher did not hit him
a. lick amlss,,v ,;"''; ."-' '---;
The supreme court of Oregon has
again declared that the Initiative
and referendum amendment to the
constitution is : valid,' and that the
telephone company must pay Its 2
per cent - tax.- . But It Is supposed
that the company will fight as long
as there is a court to appeal to.
Letters1' From tte People
Letter to Th Journal ' shoaM b .written on
on aide f th paper only, aod ihould b e-
compauua oy me name ana aaare o in
writer. The name will not he need If th
wruer au that it be wi tune id. Tbe journal
la not to b under rood a indorsing th view
or statement of correspondents. Letter should
be made as brief a noasibla. Those who wish
ineir. Kiur returned wnen Botusea noma la-
Correspondent 'are notified, that letter ei
feeding soo words In length majr, at the dis
cretion ot tn editor, m cut down to toat limit
As to Lands,
Baker City, Or., Jan. 2 To the
Editor of Tho Journal Kindly Inform
me of the difference) tn land that, la
subject .to homestead, and .that subject
to entry under the Carey act.y and of
mo amount ox una-gn can ootain un
der the Cerey act
z. How eoon after filing on a home
stead must- one begin-' actual resi
dence? ' ,
8 Does the law require residence
tinder the (Carey act the came- as un
der the homestead law?" R. B. E.
(Under the homestead law residence
must be begun within six months after
the date of entry and must b continu
ous for five years. Under,, ,tne.--Carey
act, proof of reclamation, Ycultivatton
and settlement , can be made rit any
time within a period of three " years
from the date of entry, provided one
eighth of the land has been cultivated
and Irrigated,- and actual residence
maintained for not less than three con
secutive months. Under the Carey act
the amount of land that one can obtain
cannot exceed 160 aers. . There are
certain Improvements that can be made
by the settler that will permit proof of
cultivation and settlement being made
With only 30 consecutive days of actual
residejhee on the land. The difference
in the land subject to entry under the
two acts. Is that land under the home
stead act is agricultural without resort '
to irrigation, while that under the
Carey act is arid, requiring irrigation
to be used for .agricultural purposes.
For further particulars write to the
state land board at Salem -for pamchlet
containing the rules and provisions of
the Carey act.)
Questions Answered.
Turner, Osr, Jan. 30. To the Editor
of The Journal Will you kindly inform
me whether San Francisco is larger
now than it was before the earthquake,
how many times congress has met, and
who is the governor of Florida?
- -r LIZZIE M'KAT.
(San. Francisco claims a slightly
larger; population than before the earth
quake. The bank clearings are reported
by San Francisco papers as 20 per cent
Increased. The first congress met
March 4, 1T89. The present Is the
closing session of the sixtieth congress.
Congress has met 120 times, noti4
cluding extraordinary sessions, of which
there have been many. Albert W. Gil
christ is governor of Florida.)
Samuel M. Felton's Birthday,
Samuel Morse Felton, whose intention
to retire from the presidency of tho
Mexican Central railroad was recently
announced, was born in Philadelphia,
February 3, 1853, and received his edu
cation at the Massachusettes Institute
of 'Technology. He began his railroad
career in 1868 as a rod man for the
Chester Creefc railroad. InM873 he be
came chief . engineer of the Chester &
Delaware River railroad and the follow
ing year he went to the Pittsburg. Cin
cinnati & St. Louis railroad as general
superintendent. From 1882 to 1886 he
occupied important positions with sev
eral eastern railroads. In the latter
year he became vice president of the
Erie railroad, a position he continued
to hold until 1890. Then followed sev
eral years of service with -railroads In
the south and middle west In 1899 he
accepted the presidency of the Chicago
& Alton railroad and a year ' ago he
became president of the Mexican Cen
tral.
This Date In History.
1399 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lan
caster died. Bom 1340.
1497 Henry Vllgranted a second pat
ent to John Cabot to. make a western
voyage of discovery.
1779 Americans defeated the British
on Port Royal island. South Carolina.
188 Abraham Baldwin chosen first
president of the University 'of Georgia.
1809 Territory or Illinois established.
1811 Horace Greeley, editor , and
presidential candidate, born. Died No
vember 29. 1872.
1848 Isaac Hull, captain of the "Con
stitution," died In Philadelphia. Born In
Derby. Conn.. March 9, i775.
1864 Battle of Newberne, N. C.
1869 Opening of Booth's theatre in
New York city.
1900 David McKoy. United States
senator from Tennessee -' and . former
postmaster general, died.
1908 United State supreme court de
cided that labor boycotts are unlawful.
Y6n Can't Always "fell. '
You can't always tell, says an, ex
change, what will happen.- -For in
stance, there la a story of a man who
determined to commit suicide. He went
to the store. and bought a rope, a can
of coal oil, a box of matches, a dose
of arsenic and- a .revolver. He" went
down to the river and pushed ' the
boat from the .shore and waded to
where a limb hung over;, saturated his
clothing with, th coal .oil; lighted a
match and set fire to his clothing, took
the dose of arsenic, put the muxxle of
the revolver to his temple, pushed the
boat from under him and pulled ths
trlrrer. . But the bullet glanced and
cut tne rope above hint and he fell
kerflop into the river; the water put
the fire out and he got strangled and
coughed up the arsenic. He rose and
waded out and, declared ' himself a
candidate for the legislature. :
f - " Use 'for the Marines. - ; !;
'From the' Washington IX). C.) Tlmes.
If worst comes to worst, a couple of
mariners will have to arrest the Island
of Hay U and lock In up. ' w'
COMMENT AND
. SMALL; CHANGE . , -'
Most Important news of the time, to
many people oasKetoaii. ; . ,
Wireless telesrraohv will cheat Daw
j ones , iccKer or many a victim.
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The srr-nd h-T was Satisfied, and will
get ready to begin his spring business.
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The people of Oresron are arolnir to
ruie, ii tney nave to rererena 40 laws.
It is berinnin to he doubted theale
days whether evea the watchdog's bark
is nonest,
v Elector Butler mav learn a finite ex
pensive lesson on tbr Importance of be
ing on time.
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It was the coldest .Tanuarv tint nnn
in at years in ureion. nut iinniwiv
f rose. to death.
r
Mesnbers who onooae the loer-rolllnsr
scnemea are tne ones lor tne people
io nonor in ruture. -
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Of course 'the " other three Ore r on
electors are each sure that he would
not nave arrived late.
iRev. Allaln must have thmirht it
quite a joke wnen he was the clergy
wan oi uie noiy innocence cnuron.
After breaking his neck the second
time, an Atlanta man died. Some -an en
never know when they have bad enough.
i
There have been other great and good
men In this country, but let us confine
our personal holidays to Washington
ana Lincoln.
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A Detroit naoer admit that hell mav
be no worse than Chicago in other
respects, but oolnta out that Chlcaaro
nas more exits. .
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Of course the "interests" will make
a tremendous fight against the proposed
waier coae. -i nis tact is almost con
clusive evidence that it ought to pass.
It is' stated that one of the vouns-er
VanderhMt wives is still living with
her husband. What a strange, old fash
ioned couple. But they are over young
yet.
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Something new and strana-e turns un
almost every day; a New York chauffeur
naa'been sentenced to Jan for a -year
for recklessly running" over a man and
Killing mm.
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'Woman is a preposition." savs a
suffragist. Also an interjection, a con
junction and all the rest of the parts of
speech, and altogether a proposition and
conundrum.
Taft drank persimmon beer down
south. This looks suspicious. When
man who has sworn off begins drink
ing near-beer, he. is more than half off
the water wagon.
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Taft is to be feasted on alllaratnr
steak- in New Orleans. If he survives
to get back north, a first class sirloin
beefsteak weighing three or four Bounds
will taste mighty good to him.
In Cuba nearly all men with any
money at all are politicians and office
seekers, and wnen tnev have a chance.
grafters. In these respects they are
said to be even worse than Americans.
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The young lady having, thoua-h tardi
ly, said that the president did not strike
her horse, he will stand acquitted of
that charge, unless congress can dig
up some positive evidence totlie con
trary.
That some women have at least as
much liberty and as many rights as
they ought to have Is proved every time
Mrs. Charlotte Gllman Perkins or Mrs.
Caroline Chapman Catt opens her
mouth.
' The number of horses In the United
States is given at 20,640.000. an in
crease over last year of 648.000. What
are those people saying who wrote long
articles few years ago about "The
Passing of the Horse"?
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
"New England's Fairest
(From an oration before the New
England society of New Orleans, Decem
ber 22, 1846.)
Behold yon simple building near the
crossing of the village road. It is
small and of rude construction, but it
stands in a pleasant and quiet spot.
A magnificent old elm spreads Us broad
arms above, and seems to lean towards
it as a strong man bends to shelter
and protect a child. A brook runs
through the meadow near, and hard by
there ts an orchard; but the trees
have suffered much, for there Is no
fruit except upon the highest and most
inaccessible tranches. From within
its walls comes a busy hum, such as
you may hear in a disturbed bee hive.
Now peep through yonder wlndo and
you will see a hundred children with
rosy cheeks, mischievous eyes and de
mure faces, all engaged or pretending
i to be so. In- their llule lesaona It 4
the public school, the free, the common
school, provided , by . law, open to all,
claimed from the community as a right
nbt accepted as a boWty.-
Here the children of the rich and
poor, high and low, meet upon perfect
equality, and commence under th
same auspices, the race of life. Here
the sustenance of the mind is served
to all alike, as the Spartans server
their food upon the. public table. Here
young ambition climbs his little ladder.
Bug Var Saves Farmers Millions.
From the Technical World Magailn?.
The winter of 1906-07 and. the spring
which followed It brought such a cdm
blnatton 'of conditions in Oklahoma and
northern Texas, that those states were
swept In April and May, by a plague
of "green bugs" which Md enormous
damage to the wheat and oats crops,
completely destroying them In' mny
counties In those states, and doing
considerable damage . In Kansas, Into
which - state the insects extended In
great numbers. The estimate made by
a scientist sept out by the federal de
partment of agriculture was that the
damage done in Texas amounted to
60,000,000 bushels of grain. In Okla
homa It was probably half that much
In Kansas It was considerably less -probably
not far from 10,000,000 bush
els. These estimates make a total loss
In three states on account of the "green
bug's" activities of approximately 85,
000,000 "bushels of grain, worth, had it
been harvested and marketed, not less
than 360,000,000.
' Professor S. J. Hunter, head of the
department of entomology In that In
stitution, at once recognised the dan
ger and soon devised a remedy. He
sent out several field agents to locate
a sufficient supply of- the xpring grain
aphis's most rapidly multiplying enemy,
a wasp-like parasite.. Three-or four
days sufficed, to locate, near Enid.
Okla., a wheat field In which the crop
had been hopelessly ruined by the in
sects, but to which the parasites had
followed the bugs In great numbers.
The already ruined crop was purchased
for a song and a, small corps of men
began cutting the smitten stalks, parking
them in boxes and shipping them, laden
with both green bugs and pars si tea. to
the un'versity or Kansas.
There they I
were kept tn cold , storage until thpylls
could be parceled into small packages, the ' of
news in brief
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Wasco county 111 spend. $600 on the
ww canyon roaa. ; v . -vif.v.--.
Coyotes killed eight of a. Hebo. Til
lamook county, man's pigs.
' . - . .
, -The Outlook Is for a bumper fult
crop in the Rogue River vauey. '
The Bllverton lumber mill, long Idle,
will prooably start up again soon.
...- .
Ashland Rantlst raised 1400 by 'an
evening's tubscription and. got nearly
ciear oi -o.cot
. The riatsltnnl nreamerv is nrosnor
ing and If farmers would plant more
small fruits a fruit cannery would pay
tuau. - -
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Presbyterians of Klama4h Falls have
planned a new church. Two men will
each give a tenth of the cost, perhaps
JOVV, ' . ,i . '
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During the cold shell two Eola men
thought they found a coon tree, but
when they out itdown there were no
coons but bees, Ipfs of horfey too. , .
... s. . m 1
An ice-jam In CroOked river last week
was it bout three miles long and in
places 60 feet high, stretching from one
wan or the canyon to tne otrjer, ana
was almost solid Ice.
Tidewater Correspondence of New
port Mall: The- steelhead run has been
the most successful and Drosperous this
year of any previous time and catches
oi zoo and UQ pounds are a common
occurrence.
Sheridan 8un Covote chasing has
been quite a pastime lately, but so largo
nave some or tne jaca raDous oeconm
tnat tne hounds permit tneir vision io
overcome the scent and they go chasing
th hnhlnlla Itrntoad '
Too hard for n. bituminous, too soft
-
for an anthracite seems to be the un
settled definition of the character of
the coal which is now being mined m
the coal fields recently opened UP
northeast of the town or jonn Day.
Madras Pioneer: A. B. Phillips sent
two wagoi, loads of lard and bacon to
silver iMke tins ween. Tne paeon ana
lard were made from hogs which Mr.
PhilllDS fattened here and he got a good
price for It, sufficient to net him big
returns lor his grain and work.
'
Nehalem has been seised with an epl
demlc called -the log erase, says the TU-
lamonk- Herald. Thfl drift which came
down with the recent high water was
unusually large, and everybody from
merchant prince to dishwasher was on
the river trying tojand a log. Some
were In gasoline launches, nshlng
boats, skiffs and- scows, while others
were out in wasntuos.
Dallas Itemlzer: During the . high
water the LaCreol is said to have cut
itself a new channel right "across H. K
Fenton's hoo yard, a clean cut of prob
ably 1000- feet. The waters have long
wanted to take tnia course, and some
time ago the Spauldlng company' con
structed cribbing to prevent their doing
so at flooding time, but the high waters
naa no respect ror orainary Dreax
waters and cut out a channel to suit
themselves.
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Last week, relates a correspondent
some Josephine county coon hunters
routed a wild boar from his sleeping
den. Several have hunted lor blm dur-
elusive brute. His history tends to
ilia iiio mav ,v y Tin i m. sut 410 wao mix
show a record or fences tnrawn down.
gardens plundered and other depreda
tions. Peode have lain out ntahts
watching to get a shot at him, but of
no avail, uut at last oegan a cnase.
and finally he stood at bay, champing
nis moutn, nair on end. tunics or tusnes
gleaming in the sunlight forming alto-
? ether a most exciting scene. After a
ew charges by the boar and return
charges by the men, a couple of shots
laid him low. His shoulders stood as
high' as an ordinary table. Hia jaws
were a foot long. The four canine
teeth,' after being extracted, are 8H
Inches in length. - s
Boast" By S. S. Prentiss .
and boyish genius, plumes, his half
fledged wings. From among these
laughing children will go forth the men
who are to control the destinies of their
age and country; the statesman, whose
wisdom is to guide the senate; the
poet, who will take captive the hearts
of the. people and bind them together
with immortal song;' the philosopher,
who boldly seising upon the elements
themselves, will compel them to his
wisnes, - and through new combinations
of their primal laws, by some great dis
covery, revolutionise both art and sci
ence.
The common village school Is New
England's fairest boast, the brightest
Jewel that adorns her brow. The prin
ciple, that society is bounAVto provide
lor its members' education, as well as
protection, so that non may be ig
norant except from choice, la the most
important that- belongs- to-modern phll
osophy. It is essential. to a republican
government universal education la not
only the best and the surest, but tbe
only snre foundation for free Institu
tions. True liberty Is the child of
knowledge, she pines away and dies In
the arms of Ignorance. "Honor, then, to
the early fathers of New England, from
whom came the spirit which has built
a schoolhouse by every sparkling
fountain, and bids all come as freely
to the one as to the ntner! -
rpld holding in suspension the develop
ment of tbe parasites. The small pack
ages, which were about .the sise of
cigar , boxes, were sent, by mall or ex
press, to all who applied for them.
The enormous number of parasites
thus handled may be reckoned hen it
is known that 8,882 boxes were sent
out over the state, each boxi contain
ing. It was estimated, 80,000 parasites
a total of considerably, more, than
260,000.000. And these were only the
progenitors, tha- ' starting stock the
"seed," so to speak.
The President's Reply. .
. From the New York Wrld.
Mr. Roosevelt's special message in
answer to the secret service resolution
of the. house of representatives Is in
no sense - an adequate atonement for
his original offense.' . ;
To say that "I have made no charges
of corruption against eongress, .nor
against- any member of the -present
house." is either to deny the plain
meaning' ot words or to confess the
utter Irresponsibility of- his utterances.
He declared specifically in his annual
message . of - December, s that , "this
amendment has been of . benefit only
and could be of benefit only to the
criminal classes.' and that "the chief
argument In favor of the provision was
that the congressmen did not them
selves wish to be investigated by se
cret service men." - If this was, not s
charge of corruption against "the con
gressmen,"" then words have no mean
ing. :.-..,'-. .('.,. -
For Maintaining Kational Economy.
From the Boston Transcript '
One of the best ways of checking th
needless growth 6f public expenditures
to prevent the creation cf needless
flees - -
IK REALM
ILMININL
Entertaining' Young Folks."
H
are two more letters on tht
subject; of ; entertaining the
young pedpfe In the Jong winter
evenings on the Tarnn. They am
both interesting as actual ex
periences and showing how some others
mothers manage with their children.
Mrs. I C. writes: ;- . V ,
"These long "Winter evenings often
prove dreary and lonely to young peo
ple especially In the country,
. , And. they .are often tempted to In
dulge In games that only pass awav
time, which they will later regret and
wish had been mil m ih iranirin.
knowledge that would help them to apt
pear commendable. . s .,
or course card games are very iti
teresting and diverting but I. am not
II1U( II in mvor or mv vniirta. -lunnl,. L.M.
coming very familiar-with them- til?
iir euucauon is pretty weU under
gone. . 'I
"There is no more interesting; and""
Instructlnr diversion than . ill....,,
club in a neighborhood not so sparsely
settled but that frequent meetings from
house to house can. be made possible.
"L,lvea of great men may be studied..'-;
and their general Characteristics fa
miliarised much more thoroughly than -when
the subject Is taken up at .home s
alone er- lil school " Of course in a
family consisting of more than olio
young person the old folks may Join
in where It Is not possible to have a
neighborhood club), and hunt un r-fnr.
ences and have a very good club of
their own. - .. , .
"Music Is another vnrv lv,iln..ii
cheering amusement that cannot h in.
dulged In too far. 1 s ,
"Even those who are not fortunately
endowed with great musical -Mime
can sing, and perhaps play, well enough -
v j'nno away mesa long evenings.
"Don't discard the old, old favorites.
Sing them often for the old folks; they
never tire of them, for their sweet
tones brlna? hark r.mln loi..n-a. a k.
long ago. ,
"And don't fall to get something
new. If you can't afford to buy, per-
haps you have some neighbor who
you " wUUnly ."change music with
"An occasional Innocent game Is good
and will do no one any harm and will
he restful to mind, nerves and eyes,
but our time is too fleeting to waste
any great amount on uninstructlv .
games."
K K st - ",; ,
Amusing tha, Children. i -x
By Mr. B. E. - "' '
-a.- - - . ra uiv j
children? Well, as a general ft
thing, I doh't do anything as th j
climate is mild and they play outside
till they have to be called at bedtime,
but the cold weather of the last thre
weeks has been nerve-racking. Whn
the weather, was coldest I would wrap
the small ones all up and had them rua
outside with the larger ones. - They
would come tn every few minutes to
et warm and out they would go again,
'ha snow was so doeo thev Played on
the 'porch covered with lee, but they
got fresh air and enough exercise to
make them sleep well. We have seven
children, aged from 17 to 2 years old.
I have supper about f and-at 8 they
all go to. bed but the two oldest ones.
They play checkers, the four youngest
cut pictures out --of maraslnes ami
papers and save them till they have
a lot; each one has his separate ' (even
baby) in a box, and then paste them
in books. Old books with good covers
on them will do for this use; cut every
other leaf out; an old magazine will
do - for baby, as It will have to be
burned. - as she --carries lt around
through the day to look at the plctarvaiv J
and usually tears off a leaf or two. Ikf
make paste by scalding flour and .
water. . Have it thin and let each one
have a small amount in a fruit, jar
cover, so if it gets spilt it can be
easily cleaned. It Is messy . work but
they don't paste often and when sum
mer comes they nefer think about It
r.ny more, and ir we keep tnem ousy at
home with anything they won't ' be
some place else, and work don't hurt
us as much as worry does. A 6 -cent
box of colored pencils has been In use
every day since Christmas. The Httle
girls make an army of rag dolls by
rolllna- ud clothes and tvlng a strintf
around them; some I make with a cloth
head (they don't care for ready-made
dolls) and dress them In old clothes:
sometimes the stand cover is used for
a shawl, but not often.
Four of thent go to school nearly
three miles away. They walk when the
roads are dry, but now tney nae tne
horses In the morning and papa goes
aftr them. Thev have to get tho
night's wood and water in. after get.
ting home. The oldest one doesn't go
to scnooi. ir i nave time aner upvr
I reari atnrlna till bedtime. I teach the
girls to sew and cut and help make
their clothes and the two boys can
ew 'things they want to fix on the
machine. I let them examine all th
wnrlr narti. and SAS how it Is made.
tell them what every part Js for and
that they must never turn any screws
unless I am there to see about It. 1
m, .a . . . . An aa aIJ HT 1 1 A - JL
i ney bid x aim " jw. ,
oldest girl helps tne with the work.
and to do her own sewing: we have
a library In the school house that has f,
many good books. w.j-aa '
In the summer , time the children j
don't go to bed until It Is getting dark, j
but It takes more sleep to do them In
the winter, and J&y Jiaviug them go to A.
rest" early they are up early in the i
morning and breakfast Is over with ;
and the dishes are all done up at once, f
- It has turned cold and the snow is f
frosen solid. There Is a coasting party t
on the hillside and papa and the thre ,3
oldest children are there. There they f
come; It's IS minutes to U and mr ft
letter Is finished. But no. while I am
wrltinsr I would Imnress on the mothers
not to be too strict with the children
tney nsvs ineir u mis an xiwwn.
Sympathise with them. Invite- their
playmates to come and see them after
scnooi or uaiuraays; gei avquaimeu
with them and learn whether they are.
fit for them to play with. It doesn't
take much to please. child, and a plate
of cookies or bread and fruit will taste
good; or make candy; let each one help
and. above all things, never let clothes
make any. difference, and always teach If
. u a ..ll,lr.n ktt, ,hv mirtKt nvr m n k - I, '
port of a ragged or awkward person.
V' K K H
, Pancakes a La Celestine.
THESE are to be baked In a frying
pan and much larger than m our
ordinary pancakes. They should
be about the sise of a breakfast plate.
Sift Into a deep bowl one pint of flour,
a tablesDoonfuI of powdered sugar and
f, half teaspoonful of salt Have ready
imrr a inn vi . i:icam -ur mo oaiu
amount of milk with two tabiespoon
fuls of melted butter in It,, and add
gradually to' thj flour, beating out all
the lumps. Whip three eggs until
foamy and light, add to the flour, then
beat all together, using the large stsed
patent egg beater. v - - -
It Is this vigorous beating that does'
the "trick." as no baking powder enters
Into the composition of these delicious
cakes. lastly add a little grated lemou
kmI then bake in a well-buttered fry
ing pan. using three tablespoonfula of. ft
the natter at a time. ,a oon . as it.ji
delicate brown on both, sides.-and it
will be in a moment, ror tnis oatier is
extremely thin, spread with strawberry
or other jam, or simply lemon Juice,
roll, dredge a little, powdered sugar
over each one; and serve very hot A
i Sour Cream Salad Dressing. . .
B'
EAT one half cup of' thick cream.
add salt and pepper to season and
last one tablespoon of lemon Jul cs
and woof vinegar.
: ..' , Tariff aad Wit, .
Fxnm the Milwaukee Journal. ;
: We guss that we could get witty on
the tariff, too, If It had put us In a posi
tion to sow free libraries. - ' -
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