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Another chafe, may warm
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Mark all his wanderings, and
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'As . cunning fencers suffer
heat to tire.
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THE 'LEGISLATURE AND THE
-WATER POWERS
E EVERT HORSEPOWER unit in
the streams of Oregon is worth
$20 a year. It Is Important
that this truth Impress Itself
upon every citizen of the Btate. It
- - Is Important that It hum itself Into
the mind of every legislator at
Salem. It Is the testimony of ex
perts and the verdict of experience
that every unit of horsepower trans
mitted by electrical device from a
water power for commercial and in-
- dustrial purposes is worth, even in
the worst market, $20 a year.
-'" The' fact mates of the flowing
' streams in the Cascade mountains
' and other parts of Oregon almost
literal streams of gold. They arej
to be and will soon be a means of
enrichment almost beyond descrip
tion. Every drop of water in every
. stream is as a particle of gold. Its
value will go on increasing as long:
as the streams will flow. The for
ests disappear, the coal beds suc
cumb, the gold mines work out, the
oil wells exhaust and the copper
veins vanish, but the streams with
their vast wealth of potential energy
flow on forever. The longer they
flow the more "valuable they be
come, for with 'increased population,
multiplication of Industry and com
merce and exhaustion of fuel, the
greater will. be the demand for) wa
ter powers transmitted by electrical
. agency, r
Far-sighted capitalists realize all
this and everywhere they are seizing
upon water powers, filing on streams
end otherwise acquiring title to the
stored energy in the country's rivers
and streams, seeking to snatch from
the government and from the people
that which will be a source of enor
mous enrichment to themselves and
their descendants ' forever. They are
scheming to work . their plans
through congress as has been evi
denced by the vetoes and the denun
ciations of their schemes by Presi
dent Roosevelt. They are trying to
gobble up water rights in Michigan,
where they are about to be balked
in the effort by the Michigan legis
lature. They literally own the wa
ter powers of California. They have
nearly monopolized North Carolina
and are fast possessing Montana.
They are racing into every state
and coveting every stream. The
prize to be won is so rich that they
go to legislatures, and by corruption
and otherwise endeavor to wheedle
those bodies into betrayal of the
1 sovereign people's water powers Into
the hands and ownership of the pri
vate few. That was the way the
forests went, and four fifths of the
standing timber outside of reserves
is owned by a few men, who have the
power through that ownership, of
(Cinching all the rest. That is the
way the discovered iron fields went,
and BO per cent of them are con
. trolled by a single great corporation
. ; So with coal, so with oil, so with
copper and so it is to be with the
water powers, unless the hand of
resistance Is lifted in defense.
President Roosevelt at Washing
too has pleaded for such resistance
President-elect Taft has urged the
inauguration of such a defense. A
great nation! uprising of men, in-
. eluding presidents, governors, eena
fors and all the known great of the
country has solemnly proclaimed the
need of such a defense of the last
remaining great resource of the peo
ple comprised in the water powers.
Such is the situation and such the
peril of the hour. The water pow
ers of Oregon , will go where the
school lands went, where, the for
ests went, where the country's oaI,
iron and oil wentunless statutes are
, framed and passed to prevent.
It all makes strange the news
from Salem, wherein we are told
that the state senate halts in the
plan to set up in Oregon laws and
statutes that will protect the people!
la tbehvrlghts to their. water pow
ers, and save those water powers
f rotrrthe clutches of private monop
olists. It. is unbelievable that the
, legislature will tail to do its duty in
an issue so vital and of portent so
momentous;'-
The resolution tor a constitutional
amendment authorising the state
nil counties to bond themselves to
build railroads ought to pass. Let
the people vote on iC The peoDle
of Oregon liave been held back, and
sat down on, and suppressed, and
throttled, long enough. If in the
meantime Mr. Harriman and others
build needed railroads, no harm is
done, even if the measure is of
doubtful practicability. It will help
pet railroads. And the people ought
to have this power in case of con
tinued need.
THE CRATER LAKE ROAD BILL
I
T IS no more a wise policy ror a
mrmber of the legislature to
votp against every new bill
carrying an appropriation than
to vote for every such bill. Each
should be considered on its merits
and the vote decided on the broad
Krnvmd presented by the question:
Would the investment required be
profitable or of adequate advantage
to the state?
Considering the Crater lake road
bill from this point of view. The
Journal believes it a 'very meritori
ous, excellent measure. Instead of
the state not being able to spend
the required money for this purpose,
the fact is better stated by saying
that the state-cannot afford to neg
lect so spending it. Some large ap
propriations are absolutely and un
questionably necessary. This is not
one of that kind. Others, of which
this is one, are advisable, are a
good investment, are calculated to
be profitable to the state and bring
back the money 6pent manyfold.
This road and the lake to which it
will lead and the scenery which it
will open to view, will attract nation-wide,
even world-wide attention.
It will attract thousands of money
spending visitors annually, who will
continue to spread the increasing
fame of Oregon as a Bcenic and cli
matic resort equal to any in the
world. California has profited un
told millions by Its Yosemite valley,
and Crater lake should be a greater
attraction than Yosemite. Some
globe-trotters assert that Crater lake
is the world's greatest natural won
der. The state is not asked to pay all
the large expense of the road be
tween Medford and Klamath Falls
via Crater lake. Jackson and Klam
ath counties have each pledged $50,
000, and individuals, chief among
whom is Mr. Harriman', liave pledged
$50,000 more $150,000 in all, and
the state is asked to appropriate
$100,000 of the estimated cost of
$250,000. It ought, under suitably
guarded conditions, to do so. It
will pay. Nothing the legislature
could do would more extensively and
effectually advertise Oregon.
People coming to this state to
visit Crater lake would visit the
Willamette valley, Portland, As
toria, eastern Oregon. They would
note not only Oregon's scenic won
ders and beauties and its superb
climate, but also its great crops, its
variety of production, its wealth of
resources, its manifold opportuni
ties and thousands ol well to do
homeseekers would flow in here con
stantly in consequence. Think over
all these things before voting
against this appropriation.
THE HOUSE AND VETOES
A'
T SALEM Tuesday, the nous
made short shrift of executl
vetoes. Speaker McArthur dj
nounced the vetoes and de
clared in effect that now is the time
to discourage "gallery play by the
governor." There seemed at this
distance, to be an air of resentment
in the proceeding, with a disposition
to regard the executive veto as an
improper Interference.
If Such is the case, the house has
a wrong conception of legislation,
and the governor's relation thereto.
The legislature is not the whole
legislative body. One-third of the
legislative responsibility devolves on
the executive. Not all but only two
thirds of that responsibility is, on
the legislature. The distribution in
that proportion is made by the or
ganic law, and whenever the house
imagines Itself affronted because the
executive vetoes one of its bills or a
dozen of Its bills, its conception of
its own function Is wrong. Speak
ing in a late message on the subject,
Governor Hughes of New York said:
"The executive power is vested in
the governor, but he is , also an im
portant part of the lawmaking power
of the state. This is through his
power of veto. The governor is
also to recommend to the legislature
such matters as he shall judge ex
pedient. It Is not his constitutional
function to attempt by use of patron
age or by bargaining with respect to
bills to secure the passage of meas
ures he approves. It is his preroga
tive to recommend, and to state the
reasons for his recommendation;
and, In common with all representa
tive officers, it is his privilege to
justify his position to the people to
whom he is accountable."
To "Justify We position to the
people to whom he is accountable.
a governor must, if he doubts the
virtue of a legislative enactment, re
turn a veto. If, Deing opposed to
the measure, he does not return a
veto, he becomes responsible to the
people for a measure that his Judg-,
ment condemns. Therefore, whether
It be Governor Hughes or Governor
Chamberlain, the appearance of a
veto message is merely a proper exer
cise of executive prerogative, and
should not be the signal for an out
break; of resentment. . 1 j
As between the house and the
governor in the Incident of Tuesday,
nine-tenths of the people are with
the governor. One veto opposed the
raising of salaries and the other op
posed a return- to the fee system
lo counti oltlceuk Jh principle
maintained by the governor In each
case was right, and that Insisted
upon by the house distinctly wrong
It has been by bis consistent fealty
to Just Buch principles that Cham
berlain has won the full and abld-
ing confidence of all Oregon people.
It has been by Just such acts as
that of .Tuesday In the house, that
Oregon legislatures have become
most potent influences In strengthen
ing Chamberlain ,, with ; the people.
ana in giving him his present polltl
cal ascendency.
A STRUGGLE FOR 8URVTVAL
T"ORTLAND workingmen are ask
La ing for funds to aid in the fight
for the condemned labor lead
era. Their fight. Is a battle for
survival. Tremendous influences are
arrayed t6 keep the American work-
lngman down. A late report on so
rial conditions in Pittsburg Is in evi
dence. It is a startling disclosure of
the canker gnawing at labor's heart,
This canker is the foreign working-
man who Is supplanting the native
toller in the great industrial estab
lishments. In the Carnegie steel
works at Pittsburg for Instance there
are 10,421 employes who were born
In Austria-Hungary. There are 2577
Russians, 2010 from the British
Isles, 287 Swedes, 58 Bulgarians, 62
French, 26 from European Turkey
and 24 Roumanians.. The establish
ment is literally a hive of foreign
workmen. These workmen are ac
customed to hard conditions and
mean fare. They work for low
wages, and, the report says' they
"are eagerly sought by manufactur
ing employers." They keep up the
low standard of living they were
used to in Europe. Their food is
meager in the extreme. Their ordin
ary meal consists of a herring, a loaf
of rye bread and a mug of beer.
Wages are from $1.35 to $1.65 a
day for the unskilled, and from $1.75
to $2.25 for the semi-skilled. Yet
these pauper wages, an un
married laborer saves $10 to $15,
and the semi-skilled $20 to $25 a
month. They send thousands of dol
lars to Europe to pay the passage
of others of their kind to America
or to help families left behind.
The quarters where they sleep and
live are. crowded beyond belief. The
investigators found 33 Russians liv
ing in one house of six rooms and
an attic. Many beds were In use
all the time, being worked double
shift, night and day. The sanitary
conditions are so bad that in one
case 50 per cent of the new arrivals
contracted typnoid rever within a
year. The general life conditions
are so inhuman as to be but little
above the animal. In Allegheny
county alone 70,000 to 80,000 steel
workers are employed. The labor
unions at Pittsburg have collapsed,
and the foreigners on a pauper wage
are filling the Jobs. Only 33 per
cent of the population of Pittsburg
are native whites of native parent
age. Thirty-nine per cent are natives
of foreign parentage, and 27 per
cent Is absolutely foreign. These
are militant forces with which the
American laboring man Is confront
ed, and. It is no wonder that he Is
triving for survival.
The house at Salem promptly re-
jeciea me orooKe-nean Din. ll is
scarcely understandable that so
many as 27 members supported it.
They had before them as a warning
the political disaster that came to
Senator Fulton through exactly
such a policy of reaction and resist
ance to the electorate's will. Beaten
in the primaries, beaten at the polls
In June, beaten In the effort to
perjure pledged members, beaten In
the endeavor to secure aid at Wash
ington In Fulton's behalf and final
ly beaten in the last act in the sen
atorial drama, resistance and reac
tlon now meet another rout in the
overthrow of this unspeakable
Brooke-Bean measure. Fate and
the forces of reason are against this
reactionary madness, and disaster
and rout await it wherever and
whenever it lifts its head. Time
and big events yet to come will
demonstrate that it is fortunate for
those who supported the measure
that they could not summon enough
strength to cause a Republican leg
islature to commit the Republican
party of the state to this rash reac
tionary craze.
Speaker McArthur remarked that
the governor, in his warning about
the increased salary bills, was play
ing politics. But the speaker must
have ' observed that the people of
Oregon on several politically memor
able occasions have very convincing
ly testified to their approval of the
kind of politics the governor played,
and his ways and means of playing
the game. How many of his op
ponents have won public approba
tion?
All the facts about that curious
consolidation of the Tennessee Coal
& Iron company with the steel trust
Bhould be brought out, no matter
who may be trying to distort or sup
press them Everybody ought to
know lust how and why J. P. Mor
gan et al saved the country, after
precipitating the .panic for that pur
pose, if; they did so. ,
The Journal . Is " receiving many
congratulations upon the complete
ness and excellence of its news re-'
port of the legislative proceedings.
The paper has at Salem a corps of
the best correspondents obtainable.
It has Its own leased wire, connect
ing its editorial ,( rooms with the
statehou8e. This wire Is cleared and
available everi norcujnt up to The
Journal's press hour for dispatches
for this newspaper. Every resource
in the way of newspaper brains, me
chanical ' appliances, modern , ma
chinery and telegraphic service 1b
brought to bear. In . reflecting in
Portland and throughout the north
west, without the slightest delay, all
that Is of Interest In the legislative
proceedings at Salem. No arrange
ment so complete and no service so
perfected has . ever been given the
people of the Oregon country. The
day's doings are so completely cov
ered in The Journal's report In the
afternoon that newspapers Issued
the succeeding morning are, in the
main merely a rehash of The Jour
nal's news of the preceding after
noon. ,
Governor Comer of Alabama de
clares: "The whole south will be
prohibition territory within five
years, and the entire, Union in 25
years. It will not be many years
until We will as soon think of re
turning to slavery as to the open
saloon." It Is not a very Improbable
prophecy.
Letters From tKe People
Letter to The Journal ataould be written en
one aide of the piper only, end ahoold be ac
companied by the name and addreea or tne
writer. The name will not be need If the
wrltor aaka that it ha withheld. The Journal
la not to be understood a Indorsing the vtewa
or statement of correapondenU. Letters sbnnld
be made ss Drier as posaioie. imm woo wiu
their letters returned when not used should ls
cloae pnatase.
rvirraannnilonfa era notified that letters ex
ceeding 300 word in length mar. at the dis
cretion of the editor, be cut down to that limit.
Proportional Representation.
Portland, Feb. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal In your issue of Mon
day, February 1, H. Denllnger writing-
on the subject of "Proportional
Representation," " makes some valu
able suggestions to the effect that
single districts need not bar the
operation of party proportional repre
sentation. It Is apparent, however, that
unless the present constitution, as
amended, is again amended, the single
district plan would prevent represen
tation according- to party strength, and
result In the very evils Denllnger points
out, namely, that good men living a
few rods away from a voter's residence
could not be supported If a district
line Intervened. The objeot of giving
single districts on the part of the hon
est advocates of the plan is to give the
minority some representation, but ex
perience shows that- It usually gives
the minority the corrupt, partyless
minority that fattens on graft In all
parties too much representation. This
is the very reason why some of the
machine elements In Oregon are talking
and working for the single district plan,
which will be unallevlated by the plan
Denllnger proposes of giving party pro
portion the state over and at the same
time having single districts, voting at
large and simple yet effective features
that would set the machine element
further back In the rear of the party
procession. The single district plan of
the professional politician and that of
Denllnger are entirely ' distinct. A
camel Is humped, but he Is not a hunch
bac' and an elephant has a trunk, but
he cannot ait on It.
The bill proposed by the People's
Power league uses the terms "quota,
"unused ballots," etc., simply to save
repeating sentences, making clear the
meaning and shortening expression.
which is along the lines of any enact
ment on new subjects. Under the con
stitution as it now stands the bill Is
practicable, easy of analysis and would
undoubtedly give us proportional rep
resentation to such a considerable ex
tent as to demonstrate Its further ex
tension. It Is too thorough to suit
thm rmrtv vnrthlnnpri end mnrriine
worker. FBED C, DENTON.
V,
vil Service Better Than Boss Rule.
Portland. Feb. 2. To the Editor
of the Journal Every once in a
while articles and communications
appear in the public press of Ore
gon against civil service employes,
setting forth that the system loads
down a department with Incompetents
and drones, and with more or less argu
ment giving the Idea that the power of
discharging or hiring should rest with
some Individual official, elected or ap
pointed. The civil service rules and regula
tions, both national and local are un
just, absurd and often productive of
the evils complained of. The remedy
is not reversion to the old boss plan
whereby every office and public servant
was a grafter or the appointee of a
grafter, but the enforcement of com
mon sense regulations, the payment of
decent wages to the 'rank and file end
the elimination of appointing men to
supervise work they know nothing
about.
In the postofflce of this city, for
instance, under the regime of Jack
Mathews men were appointed clerks
and carriers who were unable to more
than write their own name, the chief
qualification being pull with Senator
Mitchell, or usefulness as repeaters or
ward healers. Men drew down pay
who never carried any mail, and who
were unknown to the working force
in the office. In spite of the red tape
and bureau rule from Washington, In
spite of the appointment of Inexperi
enced politicians to supervisory posi
tions of various degrees, In spite of
many absurdities in the postal laws
and regulations which are so Involved
and lengthy as to enable the depart
ment to warp It to any man a aub-boss
or two may get down on, in spite of
abuses that would consume columns to
describe and name, the efficiency of
the inadequate, underpaid, over bossed
civil service clerks and carriers of the
Portland postofflce is far and away su
perior to what It would be If the po
sitions depended 'upon the appointing
power of a postmaster, who in turn
was responsible to some political ring.
It might be bettered but It certainly
would be worse for the public, the
workers and the department If we had
nothing whatever to protect a clerk or
carrier but the nod of some Ruef or
Buckley. FRED C DENTON.
The Sunday Law and Adventists.
Blodgett, Or.. Feb. 2. To the Editor
of The Journal I notice In The Jour
nal of January 2( a statement that the
legislature of Oregon Is soon to be con
fronted with a petition by the North
west Sabbath association, asking for
a stringent Sunday law, making It s
crime with adequate penalty for any
theatre or other place of amusement
to be kept open for the purpose of
stager plays or shows of any descrip
tion or dancing on that day; second,
that It -shall be unlawful to engage In
public games, tournaments or races on
that day; third, that It shall be unlaw
ful for public carriers or others to ar
range for or prosecute a public excur
sion whether by land or water on that
day; fourth, that It shall be unlawful
to engage In any commercial business
or work for gain on that day, works
ot acts of. Bectsaitx or mercy excepted.,
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Governor's Dlayinar politics, says
Speaker McArthur. The people seem to
like his style oi playing me game.
It Is orobable that 'If the people had
a chance they would vote for only two
normal schools, or still more likely only
one.
. .
Why not make It a crime" for a man
t6 register or vote as a Democrat If he
voted ror Lincoln or ror isiaine, or
for McKlnley?
Has it come to this, that a great
patriot like J. P. Morgan cannot save
the country without his way of doing
it oemg investigated
President Roosevelt is very quiet for
a little while, but he Is liable to break
out any day. A few more "policy mes
sages would oe in order.
Now that Harriman Is going to rush
his road to Grays Harbor possibly the
Northern Pacific will give Portland ft
decent service over there.
e
Members of the legislature don't go
heme or come to Portland as often as
members did formerly. The reason Is
simple; no more free passes.
But If the beer and hot) men get
their bill through, will the breweries
agree to buy all the Oregon bops at
prices profitable to . growers?
a e
Bomethlna- very strange happened
Tuesday In Salem; out of seven cases
decided by the supreme court six were
affirmations and only one a reversal.
Harriman has been visiting Atlanta
and The Journal of that city alludes to
him as "one ef the prominent railroad
men of the country. He's that, sure,
and then some.
a
Charlemaarne Tower says he wishes to
live quietly In Philadelphia. He knows
the town, evidently, but has he ever
heard of Taeoma as an Ideal place for
the quiet, sequestered nrer
Enterprise News-Record: It would
still be "lawful" for a legislator to
pledge his vote to a corporation or set
of political bosses. Oh. yes! That
would De perfectly constitutional.
Perhaps It would be advisable to
adopt a constitutional amendment mak
ing It a crime ror any man who ever
voted for a Republican to ever vote
thereafter for anything but a Repub
lican. John W. Kern Is an admirable and
worthy man. but the Indiana Democrats
seem to have made no mistake In choos
ing Shlveley Instead of him senator, as
Shlveley Is said to be a man of very
exceptional ability.
a
Chicago aldermen have voted to In
crease their own salaries from $1600 to
13000 a year. Think of a city paying
men like Hinky Dink and Bathhouse
John 13000 a year to rob them- And
our cities call themselves fit for self
government! Divine Right Baer had about become
disgusted at Providence on account of
the mild weatner this winter, but the
severe cold and storms lately have
strengthened his faith, and he is de
voutly thankful that a lot of people
are freezing to death.
Speaking of floods reminds one that
the Willamette river Is one of the first
to be seriously affected when floods oc
cur at all In the Pclf Ic northwest.
Seattle Times. O, 'Indeed, more dam
age is done almost every year by
floods In the Puget sound streams than
In the Willamette valley In 10 years,
a
Booker Washington says: "Since the
emancipation proclamation by Abra
ham Lincoln, there has been no benefit
conferred upon the negroes of the south
equal to that conferred by the closing
up of the barrooms) throughout these
southern states." And If they would
observe the law. it would be an almost
equal benefit to the whites also.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
Farewell to His Army
(At Appomattox courthouse, Virginia,
April 10, 1865.)
After four years of arduous service,
marked by unsurpassed courage and
fortitude, the army of northern Vir
ginia has been compelled to yield to
overwhelming numbers and resources.
I need not tell the survivors of so many
hard fought battles, who have remained
steadfast to the last, that I have con
sented to this result from no distrust
of them, but holding that valor and
devotion could accomplish nothing that
could compensate for the loss that
would attend the continuation of the
contest, I have determined to avoid
Now It seems to me that the North
west Sabbath association Is going too
far in this. I am a Seventh Day Ad
ventlst; I keep Saturday, the seventh
day and not the first "commonly called
Sunday," as the Sabbath. I cannot
possibly do otherwise' without a plain
violation of the Sabbath commandment
which declares the seventh and not the
first day to be the Sabbath. The sev
enth day Is the one Christ kept when
he was on the earth. Doubtless he
knew which day It was right to keep.
I will give $100 for any text contained
in the New Testament In which the
first day of the week la called the
Sabbath. We have, I suppose, not far
from 3000 Seventh Day Adventists In
Oreaon and I do not think I am saying
too much in stating that we are a
faithful, honest law abiding people.
Are we all to be made criminals and
sent to prison because we cannot break
the commandments of God, which com
mands us to work six days and rest
the seventh? It seems to . me that we
have criminals enough now in Oregon
without the Northwest Sabbath asso
ciation taking measures to make 300O
more of them. The constitution of the
United 6tates provides that the sub
jects of this great nation may wor
ship God according to the dictates of
their own conscience. Besides I am
unable to see how an enforced com
pulsory Idleness of the people could
work for the welfare of Oregon or any
other state. C. P. WILLIS.
This Date in History.
1787 Bishop White of Philadelphia
ord-ined Bishop, of Pennsylvania-by the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
1824 Congress, by resolution offered
a ship to convey the Marquis de Lafay
ette to America.
1834 United States senate appointed
a committee to Investigate the national
bank.
1831 The Confederate congress met
at Montgomery and elected Jefferson
Davis president of the Confederate states
of America.
1864 Engagement between Union and
Confederate troops at Moorfleld, W. Va,
1886 Dlngley shipping bill passed by
the house of representatives. . -"
1887 Interstate commerce commission
established. , '
1890 Centenary of the supreme court
of the United States celebrated.
1901 -Carrie Nation began her liquor
crusade In Kansas.
1908 E. S. D. ShortrlrJge, ex-governor
of North Dakota died. . . -
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS. ,
Several new residences are going up
all the time In Enterprise.
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First class steamer fare from Coos
Bay to San Francisco is only $7.60.
The Grand Ronde valley will prob
ably not lose Its beet sugar industry.
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Ground squirrels are numerous
around lone. Shouldn't there be a
squirrel scalp bounty?
Lakeview la looking', forward to a
beet-sugar factory, for which It is said
all conditions are favorable,
i
Olalla, declares a correspondent, has
the finest climate, best soil, fairest wo
men and the homeliest men on the face
of the earth. "
A man 6ri Kane's creek, near Gold
Hill, is shipping lime to Hood Rlvier
for spraying as It la said to be the
beat for. that purpose to be procured.
The snow has all melted and the
grans Is growing every day, says the
Fossil Journal. Cattle and sheep have
been turned loose on the ranges again
and are doing better now than any time
last summer. -
The all well Via now naaned. the 1100
feet mark, and Is still steadily descend
ing, says the Ontario Optlmus. Some
hard drilling was experienced early this
ween wnen a nara sana roc en
countered for a -while.
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One- nf the thlnars that attracts the
eye of the visitor at North Powder Is
the vast amount of livestock that Is
shipped from that point, says a corres
pondent The town Is full of cow men
almost all the time, and the corrals
along the track are the scene of almost
dally loading.
The flnma to be constructed at Mll-
tnn win he four feet six inches Inside
diameter and securely bound with Iron
bands after they have reen ireaiea
with a nroceaa of dlDolnr Into melted
asphaltum. which Is said to give In
definite life to them. The flume will
be 1975 feet in length.
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Salem Statesmen: Tillamook bay will
have three steamers to and from Port
land, after the first of April. Has two
now. Had only one up to a short time
ago. Will have rati connection ai m
end of this year, and two electrlo lines
and probably another steam line or two
of them, before long. That country is
coming Into Its own, and will boom
and grow and develop.
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T-tanrinn Recorder: People of the Co-
niiiiia vnllev are indlarnant over the ex
aggerated story of a tidal wave In last
Saturday s (jregoman, anu -w -stand
the same feeling exists at Coos
Rn v Poos eountv is all right, and we
have the most favorable conditions to be
found anywhere,- and we do not blame.
Coos Bay people for being indignant
over the slam, as Coqullle valley people
are also.
An Item In The Journal credited to
the Dallas Observer gave the Impression
that the people or tnat town were op
nnaed to votina- for bonds to the amount
of $40,000 to secure water, but the fact
is that Dallas now has an ample supply
of fresh, pure mountain water, and the
question at Issue Is whether a bond
Issue to that amount shall be Issued
to buy the existing water plant, or allow
It to remain for the present under pri
vate ownership, the majority of the peo
ple favoring the latter proposition.
Klamath Falls Herald: Where only a
few months ago there was nothing but a
growth of sagebrush, with no Indication
that the land would ever be made to pro
duce crops, one can now see the small
houses and barns of the pioneer farmers
who are destined to make and mold this
vast agricultural area. Along the foot
hills, where a year ago there were no
signs of civilization, one can now find
dozens of comfortable homes built
by homesteaders and homebullders who
oome from all parts of the union. And
like evidences of development can be
seen all through the Klamath country.
By General Robert E. Lee
the useless sacrifice of those whose
past vigor has endeared them to their
countrymen. .
By the terms of agreement officers
and men can return to their homes
and remain there until exchanged. You
will take with you the satisfaction that
proceeds from the consciousness of
duty faithfully performed, and I earn
estly pray that a merciful God will ex
tend you his blessing and protection.
With an increasing admiration of your
constancy and devotion to your coun
try, and a grateful remembrance of
your kind and generous consideration
of myself, I bid you an affectionato
farewell.
The Progressive South.
From Collier's Weekly.
Speaking to southerners. Walter H.
Pag, himself from North Carolina, re
gretted the Republican solidity of states
like Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire
and Pennsylvania: and not less the Dem
ocratic solidity of Texas and Virginia.
A breaking up of unbending fixed po
litical habits, north or south, he de
clared, would help along the day when
men r
"May walk by thought and not by
lormmas, ana act Dy convictions and not
by traditions."
In the same speech he said:
"We must have In the south a Demo
cratic party of tolerance and a Re
publican party of character; and neith
er party must be ranged on lines of
race."
Mr. Page represents that strength and
Intelligence which once gave to the
south Its leadership. The south has
other men like Mr. Page. These men
have courage and vision and self-crltl-clsm.
Turning away from that love of
praise and hatred of criticism under
which countries stagnate op go back
ward, these men shed light; they spur
onward to new bellers and strong ac
tivities. While others capture an easy
popularity by flattering prejudice, these
real leaders point out needs and how
to meet them. They work for open
mlndedness; they make for strength and
progress.
Bishop Hlckey's Birthday.
The Rt. 'Rev. Thomas F. Hickey, the
successor of the late Bishop McQuaid
of the Roman Catholic diocese of Ro
chester. N. Y., was born In Rochester,
February 4, 1861.' He attended the paro
chial schools in his native city and com
pleted, his education at St Joseph's
Provincial seminary. In. Troy., where he
graduated In 1884. Upon his return to
Rochester he was ordained to the priest
hood by Bishop McQuaid. After serving
as rector of several churches In nearby
towns Father Hickey was called to Ro
chester to assume the rectorship of St
Mary's church in that city. Later he
was elevated to the vlcar-generalshlp
of the dtocese, and In 1905 he was se
lected as coadjutor bishop by. the con
gregation tit the propaganda in Rome
at the request of Bishop McQuaid. -
Eight years 'ago a Milton man pur
chased five acres near that town for
$950, and after It has produced peaches
enough :to' pay -for Itself several times
over he could sell it for (7600. m
3X RRALM
FEMININE,
' Youth and Reforms. -. v "
I AM thoroughly provoked with Eunice
(we will call lier that because it
is not her njime)-and I. will tell
you why. Sh is growing careworn
and hollow eyed and queer, reading
books that are too old for her, stooping
under the burdens of all the disappoint
ed, weary, travel worn people' In the
world who have grievances to air, and
losing the brightness and happiness
that belongs to her.
What she doesn't know about social
problems, and the oppression of environ
ment, and the sinful laok of appreciation
of higher art among the better classes,
and the decay of the drama and the
nd the
llllstlnifct
, Is noli
nd with
nil till- 1
moral turpitude of the whole phi
ignorant end contented masses.
worth hunting for fn. books. And
the unreasoning zeal of youth (and this'
is about all she has left of her youth
except her age) she wants it changed,
ntui iiih ana now, ail or ll.
Ndw there are changes working out In
the social order, but not that way. No
body achieves a revolution in the case
pt the work-ridden factory dwellers
by pulling down the factory and turn
ing them out to starve.: The taste of
the publlo in regard to the drama is
not accomplished by locking up tin.
theatres which produce some semblance
of It i -d turning the people away to
nlckleodeons. Nor Is the whole bour-
Jolsle to be converted to a sincere love
or Botticelli by forbidding them gaily
colored laundry calendars.
But Eunice cannot see It "It Is wrong
therefore It must be changed," Is the
whole of her creed and she Is willing
to go to any length to prove her devo
tion. She does not see that denying
herself the happiness which her youth
and freshness and vivacity should as
sure her. is not helping to solve the
question of the environment of the
masses, nor their taste in art and
music.
Eunice Is a theorist like many other
young and serious nennle. hut what T
object to Is that her theories are point
ing her the wrong way. The sum total
of misery In the world Is net to be
ll-htened by destroying what little
brightness there la left.
An: another point In which she la In
error is that the conditions of the mass
of mankind are steadily becoming worse
and worse, to end In some awful cata
clysm of miserable extermination.
They are not Conditions are becom
ing better: worklna-men are hatter off
than they used to be, taking It thj0
world over; avenues of escape from im -
tolerable conditions were never so manv
and so various. A genuine humanitar
ian interest in mankind was never so
general as It is right now. There Is
less of slavery, less of oppression, better
laws and a more general observance of
them than at any other time. The situa
tion is not utterly deplorable far
from it.
As a matter of fact the rate at
Which human nroaress Is movlnar lorlnv
Is far swifter than the rate at whlrh
It has moved In bygone times, heoauea
there are more people Interested In such
things, they work with more cohesion,
they think more clearly and feel moro
humanely than ever before In the his
tory of the world.
une nas only to iook at the response
to the recent terrible need In the earth
quake district of Italy, and the way in
wnien money, supplies, nurses and ships
were hurried there from all over the
civilised world to know that these state
ments are true. Industrial nroeresa has
aided humanity and humanity has aided i
industrial progress. vjl. i
Had we lived before the days Of' theUv
telegraph and printing press we of Ore- ft
gon wduld not as yet know anything
of the earthquake and Its miserable sur
vivors would all have perished before
aid could have reached them.
When before in the history of human
advance were there world-wide organi
zations of people working to advance
tne rignt and tne good, as exemplified
In the Red Cross society, the Y. M. and
Y. W .C. A. the federations of labor
societies, women's clubs, churches and
Sunday schools?
We are not moving backward. and
taken all In all, our progress Is not slow.
It is relatively fast. And thou eh there
be pessimists and soured reformers who
groan under their apprehensions as to
the fate of the race. It seems a great
pity that these ranks should be recruit
ed from the fresh, wholesome, Intelligent
college girls and boys who are coming
on to take their places as workers for
the world's progress.
A little more peace, a little more sun
shine, a little less of the straining after
showy reforms which by and by fall of
their own weight and a little more
common everyday interest In the people
and the tasks which come to hand, will
In the end prove more helpful.
Time and growth, sunshine and fresh
air these are the elements whoch pro
duce results that last.
Worrying at the heels of the rabble
like a dog behind a drove of cattle pro
duces much nolce and some irritation
but it doesn't help the cattle.
' st $t K
He Objects to Trains.
f NE of the best known physicians la
II America Is a bitter opponent of
" the -trains worn by women, espe
cially in the ballroom. He savs the
are responsible for "the ballroom cough"
because they pick up microbes one nev
er would believe could exist on a highly
polished floor. The doctor's own words
are: "Why Is the long skirt worn In a
ballroom at all? Simply because of
selfishness and vanity, women do not
wear long skirts because they delight
In them, out merely so that other wo
men may set about speculating how
much they coat. The same reason in
duces them to wear large hats at mati
nees. Men If they can do so, avoid wo.
men with long trains at dances. Thev,
do not care to risk the danger of tres-W
Ins- on these llttnleim annann ,di L
one who has been to the tropics and
seen a lizard disporting itself with oth
er lizards In the sun is reminded of the
little reptile running about with -Its
tall ' in the air when he sees wome-t
whirling about In a ballroom with their
skirts held In loops over their arms.
"At all events, women of uncertain
age are invariably pictured In print
with long trains. A girl of 26 who?
wears one looks almost 36; It gives a
false aspect to her ae. Wallflowers?
almost Invariably have trains. But thai
truth is tnat trains are worn mostly
as a sort of protection bv women wkli
squaddy feer I call them 'yam' feet.
It Is such an expressive word. What
is more beautiful than the aiarht of th.-
dalnty, exquisitely shod feet of a trim
and active girl gliding through the de
lightful maze of s dreamy waits, or
even disporting In the more frivolous
polka? The reason why nineteenth cen
tury women showed such a fondness
for long trains was that small feet in
those days were at a premium. The girl
of today, blessed with dainty feet ought!
not to nme tnem completely rrom vlewl
with a dust collecting train. If not ohl
the ground of health, perhaps she mtgntj
be appealed to successfully on the poind
of beauty. But long trains certainly!
are a real source .of danger to health! I
and should be done away with." , .. 4
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A Query for lou.
T3 THERE any way of preserving the
I Columbia river smelt when they ars
plentiful, as now, so that they can
be used for food in the winter like the
salt or dried nsh? . - I
- It seems a shame to let such delicious
fish go to waste and then pay higl
prices ror salt fish from Norway o
Nova ScothL Suarsrestlon alona- this lln
from any one who has tried the expert
ment would be gladly received and
printed for the benefit of others.
st $t.
Gems. i
fWO tablespoons of sugar, dne tea
I spoon of butter, one-half cup o
milk, one cup of pastry flour, on
egg and two'small teaspoons of baklnj
powaer, a nine sate