THE JOURNAL ' AST INDEPENDENT KEWSrars-r... C. I. JACKSON...... ..Publisher and VBl"Dm,L TZ"J .YnllZunil build- Knteree a Ox pottrf t PortU4, Or.. f tnumluioa til rough tbs mills as setood-clsss snalitr. ...... TBI.EfHONBS-MAIS T1T3. HOME, -6061 , All depart men-s reached bT tbwe aolnbers 5 Tell the operator tbe department yoo wsnt E.st Bid office, B 2; East S39. FOKEIGM ADVERTISING BKPBBSKKTATIVK. VrarUnd-Renlsiiilii lowlal Advertising Agency, Brunswick Bulldtnr. MS Clfth itAm, New : Votk; lOUT-OS Bojce Bullaluf. CMctgo. fa . lb UUIM Stales, uanaoa or atexicv: ' DAILY. Oh resr. ........15.00 One month I .SO ' :.;: ;.: sundat.' .. Out yesr, $2.60 I Om month. I .15 ' " DAILI AND SUNDAY. ; Irns tear .17.60 1 One month f .63 K How near must a person live .to me to.be my neigh bor? Every person Is near to yon whom you can bless. He Is the nearest whom you can bless most. William Ellery Charming. 8 THE MAYOR WILL STILL FIGHT r M AYOR LANE Is, right In re sisting to the last possible, limit every attempt to com pel the payment of those de tectives who on a technical decision have been awarded salaries that they ' ever earned.': While stllV on the force and legally entitled beyond question to their pay, they were, the mayor asserts, an Injury instead of a benefit to the city, vniey drew its . money, and, he says, stood In with lawbreakers Instead of .arresting them. Hence it waa better to be rid of them, even if the city had to con tinue to pay them. - So the mayor removed "them. The courts have de cided so far that the removal was Illegal under the civil service law and that they were entitled to their pay. And they have the effrontery to assert that they are still entitled to it, although they have not been In. the city's employ for several years. . ; j It seems incredible that the courts will finally i hold that these worse than worthless men, in the mayor's: . estimation; are entitled to pay in definitely, and that there is no way to get rid of them. Courts are or ganized and maintained to, do Justice between men who differ, and surely no one will pretend that there is any justice In these men continuing to draw large salaries for years af ter , they bad been discharged, " for good cause, and ceased even the pre tense of doing any work for the city. Admitting that the "mayor made ! a . legal mistake in discharging -these men summarily .as he did, must it follow that the city .must be perpet ually held up by them to the extent of some $5000 , a year? Can the law, with Its multitudinous, provis ions and manifold v Interpretations, find no way to remedy or prevent such a manifest and absurd piece of injustice as this? , . There should, if possible, be a fur ther trial of this case. The mayor Intimates that it was poorly tried be fore, owing tothe pressure of work upon the city attorney. In view of the palpable absurdity of the situa tion, the; mayor is to be commended for regarding the matter as not yet finally settled, and resisting the pay ment of these possibly legal grafters to the utmost. It would be better to abolish -the whole civil service 'system than to tolerate such a situ ation, in which a man once employed as a detective or other officer can not be discharged, however worth less or culpable he may be. LINCOLN'S HUMOR THE BETTER and indeed the conclusive evidence is that I Lincoln was not a relator nor an enjoyer of obscene or vul gar stories. That he gained this reputation was due chiefly to the in vention of low minded raconteurs of his own time and later time, who to attract greater attention to a dirty story would credit It to Lincoln Thus, a generation ago, it was quite a common belief that with all his great virtues Lincoln delighted in anecdotal smut and slime. : But this is not true, and it is a good time now, If any stilly o believe, to set him right in this regard. , Lincoln had aa astonishing gift of illustrating almost every proposition that was presented, bowever grave and Important, by some humorous anecdote. fc During his earlier career he had beard many such stories, and he had a , memory that retained them; but there was no filth in such as he was accustomed to recount. He was no Pharisee w iconoclast, and doubtless would join in a laugh at some rather highly seasoned yarn, and may have occasionally retailed. In company that It suited, something of questionable taste; but the whole tone and tenor or. his life, besides the testimony of bis best Informed biographers, contradict the notion prevalent years ago that Lincoln! took delight la stories that would dlsguit retined gentlemen. Lincoln m . man with a great sorrow over nl w, from early man hood; he was one who for many years before- his call to the presi dency was intensely studying and tecltlns to sojve, a great ' national, fven a worldwide problem: he was a man after that event who night and day carried one of the heaviest bniirns ever borne by mortal; he was moreover a man q! lnnate-clean Uness, tenderness and genuine right eousness; and It is incredible - that such a man should choose moral rot and ribaldry for his favorite amuse ment. - : - . . - " Lincoln threw off his sorrow and his burden frequently and tempo rarily to indulge in humorous lllua tration and anecdote; , he gained fre quent momentary respites by jokes and little stories; nis mmo was 100 broad and generous and kindly and tolerant and sympathetic to be en tirely and constantly confined by the bands of sorrow and the bars of a nation's woes, and he took recrea tion in innumerable little quaffs or sips of humor from an exhaustless fountain within himself, but we may be sure that vulgar obscenity was not one of their ingredients. And that Lincoln had a large bump of humor and gave it frequent play was fortunate , for him and lor the country. AS TO CALIFORNIA THE PRESIDENT'S telegram to the Californlans Is complete. It puts the California attitude in an unfavorable light. Its terms are so clear and its suggestions so reasonable that it commands respect and at the Bame time vastly weakens the California case before the coun try. The; record ;are quoted to prove that" more 'Japanese are , de parting from than' are entering the country. The., suggestion, la .made that a maximum of good results can be attained through mutuality of ef fort by this -country and .Japan, and that the. minimum will come .If the California' plan be followed. The further sensible suggestion Is made that If the national government fails to secure the ends California wants, then In-a year or two California can go about "lt'In her own, way, All this goes to the heart of the case. "Tne excess 01 aepanures over arrivals of Japs in the country ehows that there is no occasion for the shrieking, hysteria at Sacramento. It fills the country with surmise that the agitation has little basis in fact, and that it is the old Sand Lot prop aganda of Dennis Kearney handed down for latter day agitators to operate In their own interest. Its effect is bad for the state and bad for-thr country.- It will cause no war, but it is tiresome to the coun try and vexing to those charged with administration -of federal relations at Washington. It is even more un fortunate in the harmful character ization It gives to the state of Cal ifornia. It is a characterization in which a minority., of "agitates and hot bloods lead the world at large to believe that California is a place tp be avoided, a repute not at all in harmony with the facts. Oregon Is to, be congratulated for the fact that her legislative assembly is en gaged in no enterprise bo foolish. HONOR FOR OREGON MAN. T HE ESTIMATED VALUE of the poultry products for the coun try in 1907 is $600,000,000. This is more than the value of the wheat crop for 1907, and exceeds the value of all the coal and petro leum produced In 1902. This colos sal product with the business but partly developed, shows the enormous possibilities of the industry. Experi ment station records disclose that hens vary in egg production from 250 eggs per year to no eggs. With the standard -of poultry brought to .its limit of possibility and with the no egg producers eliminated, the extraordinary avenue for creation of wealth by the industry Is disclosed. These, and a hundred other facts incident to poultry husbandry are set forth in a pamphlet Just Issued by the department of agriculture at Washington. In a direct, non-technical way, the publication gives In brief a complete resume of all that is known of the science of poultry keeping. It is for use as the sylla bus' for an illustrated lecture on poultry . keeping, and was; prepared by direction of the department for distribution among farmers' institute lecturers In the various states of the Union. It is also to be used la the public schools of some of the states, and should be adopted .in all, at least In rural communities. Accom panying the publication, are 44 lan tern slides, Illustrative of plants, va rleties and methods Incident to the noultrr industry. The pamphlet is of extreme inter est on account of thematter it con tains. It Is of peculiar interest in Oregon, for the reason that , to an Oregon man fell the honor of being selected by the ; department from among all the poultry experts of the country to Trepare this work. The author Is Professor James Dryden, head of the department of poultry husbandry ' at the Oregon Agricul tural college, to whose Investigations and publications Is due the fact that be has become a national figure in the industry. c - .s t- OREGON GARDEN PRODUCTS. T HE Eugene .Register - recently complained about the lack of home-grown vegetables, saying that "many carloads a year of truck garden stuff were Imported, while much . land in that -vicinity, especially along the river bottoms, excellently adapted to this purpose, lies unused or used for less useful purposes. But a. farmer" in reply asserts that the merchants of that, city discriminate against home grown products of this kind, and he cites this case of bis own: He says he took a load of onions to town and could, get oniym cents a pound for . - "" - - 3. - - ... ... - ' ' .. '' ' " ' raise anything more of this sort for that market. : If this farmer has represented the case correctly though ; a .' general conclusion should .not-'be .'drawn from a single Instance and it his onions were equal in quality to the Imported ones, the blame that ; we newspapers have been laying on the non-producing ; farmers Bhould In part be shifted to the dealers who discriminate against home products. It may be answered that the dealers must please their customers, who demand imported stuff, and if so the onus must again be transferred to the consumer.' So very likely most people , are - In Borne degree culpable. There must h cnnnArntinn all along tfie line or all around the circle, to I bring ; about desired re sults. First, producers should take pains to bring to market as good stuff, in season, as can be procured anywhere,, and this they certainly can do, and they should not become discouraged at one disappointment. Second, dealers should as far as pos sible give , the preference to home grown products- and recommend them to consumers. And third. consumers should divest themselves of the childish notion . that the farther away a thing is produced the better it is, and should always pre fer things produced nearest home. When these three classes or ele ments of people get in. the habit of doing this, they will all be better off, and they will help greatly to ward making a greater Oregon. TAXE8 IT is to be hoped that the best thought in the session at Salem Is devoted to the subject of tax ation ana mac me result may be a sound and sane measure. Ore gon deserves as much. The prob lem ought not to be impossible of solution. We have tried many ex periments and there' is a rich experi ence for guidance. We know that one county will undervalue to the detriment of others unless there Is an authority to prevent it. We know that assessors have temptations to be partial and that they should be hedged about with requirements. We know' that It is human to dodge taxes and that any law which does not safeguard the tendency will he ineffective. We know that the rich have avenues for escaping taxes that are not open . to those of small means, We know that they do dodge taxes and. that the only means by ' which-- the state can - recoup its losses from this source is to tax In heritances, taking at death that share of the property that has been withheld In life. We know that the most advanced governments and the mere advanced thinkers are turning more and more' to this feature of taxation as a source of revenue, and that It is important for .Oregon In her system of taxation to avail her self In full of this asset. We know finally that the only safe basis for valuation Is that which the property brings In cash In the market. It is a guide to the asses sor that if faithfully and Intelligent ly applied, will provide the largest possible accuracy. We know that if accuracy be attained in this re spect and that if all property .be reached, the uniformity that the con stitution requires will be closely ap proximated. With these fundament als as a basis the session can, if it applies rigidity In all provisions of its tax measure, do much to give the state a system that will be just to all and that as such will be re spected and obeyed by all. One reason why men dodge taxes Is be cause the tax laws are so often In competent, faulty and unfair. If the session will frame a measure In which the public will have confi dence it will be a mighty good thing for the state and a badge of honor to each legislator. A COSTLY BUSINESS F IGURES SECURED by Journal correspondents at Salem throw added light on the congestion of business before the Oregon supreme court. The court was cre ated by, a law which became oper ative October 17, 1878, or more than 30 years ago. During 1879 and 1880, the court's worx consisted of decisions that are contained in 1110 pages of published reports. During the two years of 1905 and 1906, the court's work as reflected in the pub lished reports required 2120 print ed pages, or almost double that when the court wag first 'organised. In 1907 and 1908 the court had the as sistance of two supreme court com missioners, and It is estimated that during that period the reports of de cisions will " cover 8200 printed pages, or approximately three times as much' as during , the first two years of the court's existence. ' In spite of the increased work done, the. court Is still nearly a year behind with its business. If the state in any Important public matter, wants a decision, it must, If the is sue cannot be set forward on . the docket, wait that year for a deter mination of Its cause. Issues of great moment,' both poblle and pri vate, are tans constantly suDjectea to -costly and vexatious delays.'. It is a character of method that, Intro duced In any private enterprise, no matter how rich, would lead to bank ruptcy, , swift and certain. What makes the case the more unusual is that although still a year behind, the help of the two. commissioners avail able for the past two' years will be tnem, wane, zv cents, were being paid for California . onions by the dealers; hence he quit trying to withdrawn unless provision; ia jmade at the present session for. the same or other asslstance.1 .WIth'the state swiftly peopling, arid 'the volume of litigation speedily Increasing, : how far will -the court be behind, and what will be the cost in loss of time and loss of money to the state and to, private .interests by the time an other legislature meets? '"Million of. people wanted . and needed the' law proposed by the Ful ton bill. It would have been of ad vantage to the people of the country generally, and of this coast in par ticular. It was! manifestly, reason able and Just. IV was .a, piece of legislation which no true representa tlve of the people could have op posed. If the: people had been rep resented In congress It would have passed without opposition last spring. But Elklns, a "railroad" senator, has killed it, and a ma jority of the senate approves of his action. The . corporation senators are In thp majority, and nothing for the .benefit of the 'people can get through that body. So it has been, with the exception of a very few laws, for forty years. . Yet there are people and. newspapers that are sat isfied with the senate as It is, and object to any attempt of the people to change its character by electing the senators directly themselves, The newspapers of Eugene show narrowness and Ingratitude in op posing an appropriation ' for the Crater lake road. The state univer sity Is a great asset for. Eugene and the people of the state support It with large appropriations. - Eugene should be glad to recriprocate when a good opportunity like this occurs. The anti-Japanese California leg islators are probably more than half right, but the Japs are not going to overrun the Pacific coast within a year or two, and so the president would better be given a free hand to settle the question if he can. Tne German people will treat King Edward respectfully, but they take little pains to conceal their hostility of feeling toward him and the British. Each nation is grouchy against the other, but nations don't go to war on a grouch now. Letters From tlie People Lettna to The Jonrnil should b wrlttem om on aid of the Mpr only, and ahonld b computed by tie nam and address of , too writs. Th nam will not tM.nsed If the writer asks that It be withheld. The Journal la Dot to b understood aa Indorsing the views fir atatfmMita of MMresnondpnts. Leiters ahonld h made aa brief aa Dosslble. Those who wish their letters returned when, not used shoo Id In close" postage.;. . ,. - . . - t a . , OorrasDondents are notified that letter eeodlna 300 words In length mar, at the dis cretion of the editor, be cot down to that limit. No Cold In Curry County. Gold Beavch, Or Jan. 22. To tb Ed itor of The Journal I have been read' Ins so much In the Portland papers about cold .weather In Eastern Oregon and Washington that I will tell you what we are doing in Curry county. Cattle and- cheep are on the range without hay or herders, as they always are. I have not seen any Ice on any tub, bucket or pan this winter We never have to feed range stock here. There is a pear tree In my orchard with third crop of blossoms on it I saw them today. Clusters of blooms are on the straw berries. Cabbages, . beets, carrots and pannlpj are growing in the garden. Small streams never freeze here. We had an inch of snow that went off the same day. The rainstorms have been longer than usual. That Is all the difference we note.' The wild violets are blooming, the wild currants are leafing out and the elder buds are bursting. A SUBSCRIBER. Singular Hunting Accident. Central Point, Or.. Feb. 1. To the Ed itor of The oJurnal I see in your ed itorial of January 29 a statement of your views with regard to the acci dental killing of hunters by other hunt ers. It is not to be denied that a lot of careless, reckless shooting goes on during the hunting season, but I can not see how it is to be avoided, A number of good men have been killed in this community by hunters mistaking them for game, but in every Instance it was purely an accident. Only last year a Mr. Roe, his son and a neighbor were out deer hunting near this place when the son was Instantly killed In a most singular manner. The neighbo.- was about 150 yards from Mr. Roe and his son when he fired at deer, the bullet glancing from two trees and making almost a right-angle turn struck the younger Roe In the left breast and pierced his heart. Would It be juat to send this man to the peniten tiary? C. W. JEFFERS. Waldport Is Favored Spot. Waldport, Or., Feb. 8. To the Editor of The Journal I would like to say a few words about the recent high tides that did so much damage along the coast, both north and south of here. The tides at Waldport were not as high as last winter by six inches, nor was there a very heavy surf. We think Waldport Is one of the best sheltered places along the coast There has been no sleet here this winter and only one inch. of snow. The recent warm rain has swelled the small streams, but that is only natural. A READER. ; The Man to See. Portland. Or., Feb. 6. To the Editor of The Journal Will you please , pub lish the names and addresses of the parties I would have to see to get a po sition as conductor on the street rail way that is being built on Pettygrove treet. A. C. F. ' ' iApply to the superintendent of the United Railways company, 72$ Cham ber of Commerce). Levi C. Walker. ' ' (8peetal Dtspetck te ! JooraaU Forest Grove. Or.. Feb. 10. Levi C Walker, 5$ years of age. died at hi home here today of pneumonia. He was the son of Rev. Elkanah and Mrs. Mary Walker, pioneers of 1(38. Levi Walker was married in the seventies te Belle Putnam of Amity. Both he and hie wife were graduates of Psclflo uni versity, ' He taught school for three years at the fillets Indian reservation, and, with - his wife, for two years at the Cheraawa IrvAian school. Mr. -Walker else taaight at Pact fie for two rear. At the time of hfs eWth' he was county surveyor ef Washington, and had -charge of several large govern ment contracts. He is survived by two daughters Miss Eva Walker and Mrs. Kid a, both being engaged in teaching; three brothers Samuel of Forest Grove, C. H. of Albany, and'Rev. J. E. Of Ehaowu. China. - ..... t -. ' : - : Five Bills Passed la Four Weeks ITovldes T,hat Working People Shall Be Paid by the Week; Appro priations Asked Aggregate Nearly $7,000,000; Public Highways to Be Kept Clear of All Refuse. . ; . , J ' ' " ' .- ''. f Soeelal ftlsnateh. to Th Jnn-nal Olympla, Wash., Feb. 1 In the fqur weeks, that the legislature has been In session the appropriations have grown from an estimate of over $5,000,000 to an actuality of close to $7,000,000. But nvs dims naa oeen nausea uo to veatei-. day. ell anoronriatlon measure. h largest ror ss&.uoo, lor the. expenses of ins svBBlon. - .-r.. ; At this time there 'are 40 appropria tion bills before, the committees. . The amount asked for In these measures aggregates $1,254,138. The smallest amount la $30 and the largest $208,000. Then the various state departments ask for $801,985 for expenses during the coming two years, this not including the institutions which have made eiitl. mates for the. enlarged conditions and ijicreanea population -expected. , The university, the normal anhnnla the state college, the Soldiers' home, the Industrial school and other Institu tions ask for $4,686,686. betnar the larg est appropriations ever asked for. This aggregates the enormous sum of $6,7ol,- i os an tne amount now oeemea neces sary, for the maintenance of the state for two years. .. Some of these-amounts will be shaved slightly, but in addition there will be needed a. new Inumx a av ium, which is expected to cost $250, 000. A bill asking for $100,000 tor the Improvement of the Columbia i rlvr above Priest Rapids la also nearly ready AVI vlBV'1'tuii. , ... !; j' ; . Legislation is expensive in Wash ington. With five -bills' passed both houses and siarned liv the nor, four weeks of time have elapsed. As it costs over $1000 per day to oper ate this lawmaking machine, these laws cost over $5000 each. This is about the limit of high priced legislation her. The bills cover, appropriations only and do not in any way affect the impor tant legislation wanted by the people. It is said by men who have served in- a number of sessions that the net amount of work done thus far in the session is tne smallest or any session since the state was organized. Still, the houses hsve a full Quota or more of emnlovea and the attendance has seldom ben more than a man or two short of the full number In each house any day o the seeslon. '.-,. The attendance has been arood. hut the effort to prepare and present bills" in correct- form has been poor. - Most j Graceful Reading of Richelieu by Sothern at the Heilig Theatre By J. F. 8. If there is one thins that we as a people outside of a few ultra-Oregon-ians-rdetest. it is something that stands still. It is a rule that applies as well to actors as to streetcars. Recently Mrs. Brown-Potter returned to New York. Everybody rushed to see what she had dona in all these years. . They found aha had done nothing. She was the same genial Mrs. Brown-Potter who had left them to teat the joys of Europe. She wasn t anv Deuer ana sne wan t any worse. Result: Dreadful falling off In talk and Interest. It was sad but we manage to bear up under it because it gives suoh a lovely -opportunity to-remark that. Mr, Sothern doesn't stand still, whatever his -brother actors and sister actresses may do. His Dundreary, silly and tire some as it was, had for the first act or so-the flavor of novelty. It wt a new taste even though it soon developed Into a bad one. Last night he' showed ua what he could do with "Richelieu." It was inevitable. Anyone who has watched Sothern must have known that "Richelieu" was on its way to a place in his repertoire. U couldn't nave sidestepped - if he had .wanted to of course he didn't want to. And It proved to be an unusually, worthy lnterprtaT tlon. Mr, Sothern disappointed some because he didn't rant. We have actors right here in little old Portland who could rive him cards and spades on how to do that We have wept aaltr salt tears as out we digress, on to Rlchmon Richelieu! It is probable that Mr. Sothern's pres entation of the cardinal is tha finest that we are to see in the next decade. it to be. Sothern is graceful In spite of his seriousness and he has an un usually fine knowledge of the rare art of speaking the English language with out an accent, and so as to give the COUNCILMAN CONCANNON IN LINE WITH MAJORITY ON CREMATORY Thinks City Should Build Hant on Each Stfe of River. "My idea in regard to the garbage de struction problem would be to have two burners," said Councilman Concannon this morning, "one on each aid of the river, both to be as centrally located as possible. . Most of the garbage cotaem from the business section, where ho tels, restaurants and other big garbage producers are located. "From what I have been told, I gather that a modern crematory is not undesir able In a residence community, as I un derstand that the latest construction keeps the evil smells from escaping. "But if a great majority of the people do not want a crematory near their homes, I think the next best thing to do would be to purchase a site high up in some one of the canyons that run down Into the city, say about a mile back from some county road. - - "One of the gulches near . Ltnnton would be a good place for the plant I think the United Railways will be run ning a line dowa In that direction short 1" and the garbage could be transported on electric cars. J think this mode of transportation would be much cheaper and better than that of sending the re fuse down the river on barges. "In regard to collection of garbage I think the plan to have the city attend to that is a good one, and I would ad vocate small tax on each household for the service to make it self support ing. ' THAT ErjERGENCY CLAUSE STANDS (By Journal Leased Salem Wire.) .Salem, Or., Feb. is. The house yester day afternoon sustained, the minority re port on the Hart supreme court bill, keeping the emergency clause in tbe bill. The measure will now go to. final passage aa It cam from the senate, pro viding for the increase of the supreme court by the addition of two judges. The vote on the adoption of the reso lution was a follcws: . . Yeas Altman. Applegate. s Barrett Reals, Bean. Bedlllion. Belknap. Bonea, Brady.,Branclon. Brattaln, Brooke, Bu chanan, Calkins. Carter, Conyers. Cor rlgan. Davis, . Dodds, Eaton, Greer. Hlnes. Jackson, Jaeger. Mahone, Ma ho ney, Mann, Mariner. McDonald, McKin ney, Meek, Miller. Muncy. Munkers. Pat ton. Philpott Ptirdln, McArthur-J 8. .' Navs Abbott, . Bonebrak. jrJtrvant, Campbell, Clemens'; Couch, Dlmigk, Far- Cost $5000 each; Bill Before Senate of the bills which ihave come up for consideration on committee reports have been rereferred for some correc tion. The real work of the session was begun when the local option bill was laxen up last Thursday. - - . tTrging" that business should be put on a cash basis the supporters of a bill before the senate for passage say that by making payment of wages weekly Instead of monthly a long step will be made In the right direction. For this reason all cities and school districts in t cities will be required under this law to pay employes, in cash at least twice a month. The law will not apply to country school districts, as it Is urged that too much trouble would be placed on the board of directors to meet and issue the warrants and make deliv ery to teachers. - Backlns th bill is the State Federa tion of abor, and a number of strong friends of the salaried class. In the large . cities , hundreds of thousands of dollars - are paid : out in - wages, out the monthly pay day gives loan sharks a chance to reap where they nave not sown. The weeklv or Dimontniy ment. It Is urged, would practically put these fellows out of business. Thou sands of school teachers would b bene fited by the enactment of the law. It will likely pass 'he senate tomorrow Public highways will no longer be usea as dumping grounds tor tin cans, oia snoes ana reiuis oi uu smoi, u cities and individuals, if a bill whic! has passed the senate shall make good with tha house.. Without opposition the bill passed the senate yesterday after noon. . . . , .;.;.'-.''. , - Tha law will provide that the entire width of a highway is public property, and as such-cannot be used - for any purpose but travel, and - that throwing refuse of any kind, especially- glass, cans, nails and iron objects, shall be considered a misdemeanor, and penal ties of not less than $10 nor more than $100 are attached.- The idea is tar force cities-and towns to clean up tha roads leaainars to tnem ana Keep tnem ciean. A second uumose Is to prevent auto mobiles from being cut and punctured while ' traveling alone: highways. The automobile men combined with those of a civie beauty turn and trie Dili re eetved hearty support. full value to every word in every line. But in the very treat momenta of the play he finds the coveted response with-! in himself Just put or reach. e ust rails to attain that satisfying ideal which he doubtless holds out for him self. His performance never Jars It merely leaves with one a tinge of dis appointment He is a sounder actor than was Mansfield, but he falls abort of the greatness -that Mansfield now and then and often quite unexpected ly would reveal. It's useless at this day-to alt down and take a swat at - poor old "Riche lieu. . It s what actors call an exceed ingly "fat" part The star does a tre mendous amount of talkina. Ha re cites and talks to himself from first to last. That is not rood statecraft and It usually' results in sleep for the au dience. , It'a an unusual thing- for any one xo recite ".rucheiieu without see ing half the house , prepare tot a nice neD. Even I "-wtisn t sleeoy last nlaht Mr. Sothern's support was very un. certain. Gladys Hanson who played Julie is an unusually good looking young woman and "played up" to Mr. Sothern exceptionally "well. Frederick Lewes did Mauprat without making him elf as absurd as did Lytton. thereby snowing gooa sense. . i-towiana buck stone is one of the most competent members of Mr. Sothern's company and was entertaining as De Beringhen. Syd ney Mather waa kinglike because In significant Which bring us down to that dear oia suDiect tne stage settings, xes. they were "bee-oo-tl-ful," and the ac cessories showed an attention, to detail that is seldom found going even to the -extent or using as incidental mu sic a sons written by Louis XIII. No body knew that, but it's a good point, I think, and I'm glad to speak of It People who are stingy with their knowl- edge are apt to vegetate. Councilman T. J. Concannon.-. "I am opposed to remodeling the pres ent crematory. Money spent in patching uo the old plant would be simply wasted. - I de not think it economical or advisable to maintain a crematory at the extreme northern end of the town, as it is both expensive and disagreeable to haul -arbage from one end of the city to the other." rell. Ha tteberg. Hawley. Hughes, Jones (Lincoln), Jones Douglas), Jones (Clackamas). Letnenweber, Llbby, Me Cue. Reynolds. Richardson, Rusk 20. , Absent Orton Smith. . - STATE PRINTING IS IX THE AKEXA AGALY i Salem, Or," Feb. 19. Senator Bailey has introduced a bill revising the rates for state printing. The bill meets the approval of the state printer and those who are familiar with the working of the. State printer's office- The rates the state is now paying for its printing were established in 18T8 and have been in force ever since. Because conditions have changed materially a revision 1 looked upon as. In the interest of tb state. - A revision im recommended in th bi ennial report of the state printer. MrV fhmtway believes th plan -of revising he rates, .lowering them in a great many instances, would be more eco-nnmli-il th th end . than nuttlnr tha printer on a flat salary. Tne manage-! ment or the -office would Be more satis factory in that qnloker and mors effi cient . help could be -obtained If i the printer had vmp1ei charge of the of fice force, ht j OIIAGAIII VJITII tudcc Nnnnnia ; I HULL IIUIUimLO House Kills One-School Bill and Three Bills Will Be Reported. ; f (By -Journal Lrssed Salem Wire.) ' - Salem, Or Feb. ; 10. There will be three normal schools. The house hag said 60 by a vote of 38 to 21 and tha ways and means committee's reeonik,. mendation of one normal at Monmoutiv has been killed.- AshUuid, Weston und Monmouth are to live, and be glveu de cent appropriations by the state, fhtv bills will be reported, one for each school providing for maintenance.!; i There ar two horns to the dilemma'. . The house -wants three . schools. The one-school followers forced the ' three bills, and if that plan is, adopted finally it will throw each school Individually open to, the referendum. . Each schooL in other words, will go out at the end or the session before the people for favorable action, should its enemies call the referendum' upon the appropriation, -i What the senate will do is unknown.' but the . friends of the normals have' rallied and are shoulder to. shoulder for the three schools. ; - "Let's, settle the fiuat(nn nnv. .nnns Sor all:': let's have aood schools and support them decently,," Is the slogan. - 9onea wants Three Schools. ; ,., Jones of Lincoln and Polk opened the right,. He said he had always been in favor of three nermal schools. He lived under the shadow of Monmouth and It would be to his benefit to have tho one achoo ' there.' v Yet he could ' not stand for a change In his old attitude, and he wanted the bill sent back and appropriations made for three schools, cyie, at Weston, one at Ashland and one at -Monmouth, as the board of regents had recommended. Hawley seconded the motion. He said th geographical and other peculiar con ultlons demanded that the report of the board ; of regents asking for three achools should be upheld. ' Calkins argued that it would be a step backward to follow the recommen dations , of the way and means com mittee. No institution should be established except- on careful consideration. Once . established they should be maintained! He was very much opposed to the r. movai ot -tne west on and Ashland schools. . - ... Barrett Vledge trmatUIa. Barrett of Umatilla did not want ta see the state take a step backward. He wanted to call the attention of th leg islature to the fact that the eastern Oregon delegations had stood behind all the educational institutions and the eastern Oregon counties paid their share of the taxes and more. Umatilla county paid more taxes than either of. the other normal school counties. -The county waa willing to pay its share and to be taxed for Its schools and for all achools. Patton also favored tha motion u u.u ui jiuw mv. ways ana mesas committee could disregard the report of? the board of regents. whlCo. had studied AIJ . L - 111V quvsuun. Altman was In favor of the three schools. The three achools should be maintained and wall supported. "One SohooL and a Oood One." Dlmtck thouarht th commit t. liait id siuaied tne - question end it was mo : rigm to instruct it. Ha- waa in f. ir . i vav nuvui tian. -wsnieo one school were not so good as they should un. iuv uiiuir Hciiuuis naa oeen main tained in the oast. Ha. would h mva An school, and make It one that th state should be proud of. Brandon was with Dlrolck. He said not It per cent of the graduates taught school. He thought the students should be compelled to teach three year after graduation. - Reynolds did not want to refer bill There was no sens In snendina- ISOO.000 to educste ICS student- Tha state might be sble to support tin schools in time, but there was ho rea son for supporting three schools whan one could do the work. Buchanan said the nurnosa of the normal school was to train students to teach. He asked how much tralninsr the students would get if there was only one school .and that at Monmouth. It was not theory, but practice that was needed In th normal work. Ha was opposed to th ways and means committee s bill. -"T TteeMr Member Waats Thr. Carter waa' also In favnr r r.. re ferring the bUL His experience as a teacher made him in favor of ' three schools. Other states found it neces sary to have several schools. ' Geo graphical conditions made necessary an eastern Oregon, a southern Oreaon and a Centrally located school. He disputed Brandon and said 75 per cent of th teachers of the state were normal grad uates.. If one school was maintained there would be few normal a-rmduatea engaged In teaching, Jn comparison with tbe present number. Manone contended that the experi ence of other states had shown it was the small school anA tha. small lege, that did the effective work. The only trouble with Orea-on normals was that they did not have sufficient ap- f ropriatlons for their proper main enance. If there wis ona nnrmai f Monmouth, the eastern Oreaon students would go to Idaho and Washington and me souinern vregon students to Call fornia. where there are excellent nor mal schools. McCue closed th discussion. It waa wan he uia , If not a Question or tnree schooia h said, but whether the legislature would maintain tnree scnooia aecently. was in favor of three achools. but did not want them to have to come to tne legislature every two year beg ging for sustenance and for life. : Th Tot em the Xotloa. Tb Vote on tbe motion to rerafa waa as follows.' Yeas Altman, Barrett,,, Bean, Bedll Hon, Belknap, Bonebrake, Brady, Brat taln, Brooke,- Buchanan, Calkins. Car ter, Conyers, Couch, Davis. Dodds, Eaton, Jla tteberg, Hawley, Jackson, Jaeger, Jonaa (Lincoln and Polk). Letnenweber, Mahone. Mahoney, Mann. Mariner McCue, McDonald, McKlnnev, Meek. Miller. MiAcy, Patton, Purdln, Richardson, Rusk, McArthur 11 Mays Abbott. . ADDleaate, . 'naata Bones, Brandon. -Bryant. Camnhall. . Clemens. Corrigan, - Dlmlck, FarrelL Greer, Hlnes, Hughes, Jones (Douglas), Jones (Clackamas), Llbby, Munkerv Philpott. Reynolds, Smith 21. Aosent Ajrton. j. TEAXS3IISSISSIPH! ; : i : CONGRESS CALLED A preliminary program ef subjects far discussion at the next annual ses sion. Of th Tranamlsalnalnnl cons-res ha been received by the Commercial ciud ror runner recommendation from Tom Richardson. The subjects include a discussion of trade with the Latin- American countries, and the calling of a Pan-American congress to secure TeW ter trade relations with Central, and South -American countries 4n antlclpa- -tlon of the earlv completion of th Panama canal; - th matter of better coast defenses for th Pacific coast, the maintenance ef an adequate naval fleet on this coast and the fortification of Pearl harbor, Hawaii, the merchant ma rine, publie domain, separate statehood for New Mexico and Arlsona, the land laws parcels post. Insurance, immigra tion and good roads. . .The congress will meet - In Denver -Augustus to 11. -and the official call asking for the appointment of delegate accompanied the program. A number of new families are dror plng in here and very little land Wilt remain idle this ye(,r that fS tributary to Ion, eays the Proclaimcr.