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THE JOURNAL " . AH JSDBPKSDENT NEWSPAPER. t. . JACKSON Publisher Pnbltsbael ntr nlo CPt naJ o.l .1. Mart surear norainr ai tHT. rlfU sod Yamhill atretta. PorU.no, Or. Bntered at the poatofflea at Portland. Or., for rratianitaatoe Cbrougb f" Balls as aeeood-claaa ml tor sEI.EPHOXES MAIN 717S. HOMK, A-OM. All lf.partrnn'a reached by thess minihera. i Tell the operator the department too want. Eml Side cffice, B-24t; Eaat 830. rOREION ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE. Vreeland-ReBj'DilD Special AdrertUlnir Agenor. Braral-a- BnlMlnc. 228 Fifth aremie. New Vora; lWii-08 Boje Building. Cbicncn. Tba Journal Is on file In London. England, It th office of The JournHl'a English rppre tentatlTea, E. J. Hard & 30 Fleet afreet where subscription! and adTertlsenwuIJ arlll b reeelTed. Subscription Terms by mall or to any address to the United Stales, Canada or Mexico: DAILY. Oh rear $3.00 I Ona month f .50 SUNDAY. On year 12.50 Or.e month ( .IS DAILY AND SUNDAY. Ob year... 17.80 I una month I .63 Oood and bad men are each less so than they seem. -S. T. Coleridge. Br- - - 65 A STORY STUPENDOUS NO. 2 TfS THE Port of Portland commis- ' fif "in uric a T t rtrnnnoAci a QA I foot channel to the sea. Because ' Infinitely cheaper water trans- . portation saved on products shipped In and out of Lake Superior in a single year $338, 633,364. it saved, as shown in The Journal yesterday, since the United States took over the Soo canal in 1881, $2,918,000,000. During the same neriod the saving on the ' great , lakes system was $5,000,000,000, a sum equal to one eighth of all the wealth France has ' amassed In all her history. The course of history has actually been changed ', by the cheapness of lake navigation. It has given the United States leadership of ' the world in the manufacture of iron and steel. It has enabled the United ' . States to produce more than any two nations combined, and there is . promise that we . shall ultimately produce more than all the rest of the earth, The marvelous changes, transformations and developments incident to the Industry have been a ' fundamental in directing the very course of civilization itself. It haB Influenced almost every phase of our national life. Had these Lake Bu- perior ores been out of reach of wa ter transportation and been sub jected to rail haul "costing eight , times as much the entire industrial , - development of the country would have been radically different. The " added, blessings to men and to the codntry are so illimitable as to be beyond human comprehension. Is a story more than stupendous It Yet marvelous as has been the ef feet of water transportation on the lakes, even greater results are pos Bible by the rivers. Writing in the New York Independent, S. A. Thomp son, secretary oi tne late rivers an harbors congress, says "even the lakes must yield the palm to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers" in cheap transportation. It costs eight tenths of a mill per ton per mile to carry freight on the lakes. Coal is car ried from Pittsburg to New Orleans for one third of a mill per ton mile The price Includes the return of the barges 2000 miles up stream. The cheaper cost is due to the greater volume of freight that can be moved at one time, and, contrary to .the usually accepted view, in this th rivers take precedence of the lakes The steamer Sprague has carried from Cairo to New Orleans a tow of barges bearing 57,500 tons of coa , which Is declared to be tjie heaviest I cargo ever moved at one time in the history of the world. Besides car rylng greater loads the river tonnage Is . In less expensive bottoms. Lake - vessels must be as trong as ocean going ships in order to withstand wave action. The cheap barges on the jquiet river, water reduce trans portation cost to an amazing mini mum and produce the remarkable result of Ohio and Mississippi craft carrying freight at one twenty-third of the cost of rail haul. Changing, as It has the course of history, transforming as it has the ' trend of civilization, forcing as lias this country into leadership of the world, would not the developed .water haul 'bo a good thing on the Columbia river system? What single Influence would do one tenth as much ta make of the northwest one vast Titanic workshop? v .7 PORTLAXD THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Tfvlt. George Wharton James, the I 1 author and artist who is spend I ing some time . In , Portland, ,. agrees ? with many other visit ors that Portland has the site for the most beautiful city in America. The estimate or judgment of such a man, one of keen, educated observa tion, who has traveled extensively, nay be relied upon, especially when It Is in accord with that of all other travelers well qualified to express an opinion. That Portland in I oca- j tlon and surroundings Is the most beautiful city in the country, per haps In the world, should be worth great deal to its inhabitants, and will be if they properly appreciate the -fact and aci accordlngljf. The valne of this Tact Is by no means chiefly sentimental, but Is prlnel Tuy. a to most people, practical, . r"mm..rc.lsv Out of It million of iwwy.ran- b. Intimately made tht could not otherwise be made, ' aT.MW n,ot,ey will1 be -quite gen- raor iuutci among the peopla. No monopolistic corporation can ever "corral" this city's site and surroundings its hills, river, trees, slopes, climate, foliage; Its emer ald setting, its views of mountain peaks, its numerous natural charms. But much money must be spent, on streets, boulevards, parks, bridges and river front, and it will not be money wasted. Portland's plowing and Justified reputation as the most beautiful city will bring multitudes of people hero temporarily, and many to remain, who will help pay all the cost, and a great deal beside. We do not sufficiently remember that Portland is the most beautiful city or ran easily be made bo, and what this is worth. XO NOMINATING CONVENTIONS WANTED A NOTHliR EFFORT is being made in the legislature to get back to the convention svstem of making nomina tions, and so partly and mischiev ously breaking down the primary law. This Is the purpose, or would be the effect, of the Mariner bill, passed yesterday by the house by a bare majority. This bill proposes that a convention shall nominate three men for each office. This would be absurd, and would not remedy what some people regard as an objection to the primary law, a multiplicity of primary candidates. Besides, these three would not be chosen by the people, but. as can didates were before the enactment of the primary law, by delegates selected by the machine to a con vention run by a machine. It was in the nominating conven tion that the evils of the former sys tem were focalized; this was their culminating point; there the people were shut out. Hence the people wisely hit right at the convention and knocked it entirely out of ex istence, so far as nominations were concerned. Conventions car still be held, by any means mat any aggregation or individuals may devise, but they have no legal right or power, as to nominations. The people Intended to and did take that right and power away, and they knew what they were about when they did so. The primary law In this respect should be let alone, and every ef fort to furnish a basis for recon structing party machines should be resisted. MB TAFT AND THE CANAL M R. TAFT Is undoubtedly not only an honest man. In the fnll sense Of that term, but he is supposed to be a good business man, an exceptionally capable man in handling large af fairs. He has fine talents, and has had touch experience. So when he comes back from .Panama, even if he was not there long, and says that everything is going on right, that there haB never been any graft or mismanagement, that everything is in an entirely satisfactory condition, that the lock canal is the right kind, and that the work will be finished by 1915, we are inclined to believe him and trust him, and to let it go at that. He has been down there before, and has all the time kept close watch of the work. He took with him eminent engineers, in whom he had confidence. He him self inspected the work. And so be certainly knows what he is talk ing about, truthfully we are bound to suppose, better than any of the. editors or other of his critics do. He Baid nothing as reported, it may be noticed, about the ultimate cost of the canal, but the job can not be stopped now, even if the cost should be, as predicted by some, nearly three times the original es timate. Mr. Taft is an optimist; he looks at things in a broad, liberal way, and he may be to some extent deceived; but unless somebody has some very specific ' and well-supported criticism to make, it will be better to chime in with Taft and trust to him to do the best that can best JoV be done with the big OREGON'S HANDICAP 0 REGON is afflicted with a re actionary element that fondly Imagines it represents con servatism. It appears in Vari ous forms and finds expression in different- ways. It clung to mud streets, ; and opposed hard surface pavements. It believes in schools where only the three Rs are taught, rather than modern educational in stitutions. It is against anything new, whether courthouses, or ideas. Parks and, boulevards are an abom ination. It is opposed to good roads If theyv cost anything. It '.would rather eeePortland a village than city and half the state without railroad facilities if it requires any self help to make a change. It fears the people, and would have them limited fn every . direction. v It op poses granting cities or ,the . state even the power, to protect, therh- selvee.- It stands in the -path of progress barking at everything and everybody tnat .wouia ao anyiaing, What was good" enough 50 years ago Is good enough today. It finds expression In condemnation of every thing and anything that Is helpful or modern. Its "blighting effecf .has been felt for years. During the 40 day Besslon of a legislature its chief purpose Is .to bring the legislature Into contempt, destroy Its influence, undermine confidence In it, terrorize It, and then howl over every appro priation no matter "how' necessary, ! This clement no longer represents the real spirit of . this. state. Th people that are trying to do things are weary of its constant pessimism complaining and fault-finding. It i this spirit that has held Oregon in check and allowed our sister state of Washington, although but little more t nan naif as large to pass u in population and development. Al though "a territory for years after we were a- state, " Washington now has three congressmen, and will soon have four, while -we have two. It has two United States Judges and courts, and will Boon have three while we have one. It has hundreds of miles of railroad more. than we. It is building state roads In all di rections to enable Its people to get about and move their products while Oregon lags behind and does almost nothing. Economy Is one thing, parsimony another. Wild, booming is one thing, progress la. another. While the leg islature should be prudent and care ful . in Its expenditures, it should not be so parsimonious that the state will be hampered. The needs of the state are growing and must be met. The amount required Is more than It was tw years ago and much more than It was 20 years ago, and will be more In the future. Those who stand In the way of progress will find they only will be hurt New people are coming, new ideas are bearing fruit and the day is fast approaching when representatives of progress will be in the saddle. The legislature should recognize these conditions. Before two years go by many who think the spirit referred to Is still dominant, will learn to their sorrow they were mistaken. CUMMINS BUTTS IN S ENATORIAL precedent or cour tesy did not keep Senator Cum mins from making a few re marks soon after he had taken his seat as a member. The powder item of the naval bill was the sub ject, and he reverted to the fact, which was no news, that most of the powder used by the government was purchased from the powder trust, of which Senator Du Pont Is at the head, gt an exorbitant price. The gov ernment uses upwards of 3,000,000 pounds a year and pays 63 cents or more a pound for it, a profit to the trust that makes it an exceedingly lucrative business, but what Is $500,000 a year or so above reason able profit as between a big govern ment and a friendly trust that is a good campaign contributor? It may be expected that Cummins will now be read out of the party, along with La Follette. But In a few years they will have lots of company, of men much like them, and the people won't, or shouldn't, care a conti nental whether they are called Re publicans or Democrats. It is being whispered about that a "new plan has been adopted to eliminate the people's control of their own affairs. The senate is to kill all proposed amendments to the constitution. Provision Is to be made for a constitutional conven tion. The initiative and the refer endum and all other odious novelties- are to be carefully omitted and a new constitution is to be submitted to the people, who will be expected to adopt It meekly. Altogether four years will be consumed in car rying this scheme to complete ful fillment. Some gentlemen who ought to know better, have not yet learned their lesson, it seems. But they will. We would venture to sug gest that it has been found danger ous to monkey with a buzz-saw. . The senate may refuse, so far as It has the power, to allow the peo ple to vote on any amendments to the constitution. But suppose the people want to submit them, just how can the senate stop them? It may make it more expensive, but that, while unnecessary and produc tive of unkind feelings, will not pre vent submission. Illustrating a point by the case of two sons, each of whom was left a farm, on one of which a city sprang up, the other remaining In about the same condition, Mr., Car negie recently said: "The growth of the city soon makes millionaires of the children of one son, while the other's children remain poor farm ers. In no other field is the making of wealth so greatly dependent upon the community, bo little upon the owner, who may wholly neglect it without Injury.. Therefore, no other form of wealth should contribute to the 'nation so generously." There Is nothing new about this sugges tion; It only , becomes notable be cause Carnegie Instead of unknown John Smith said it; but the wonder is that people who thus become very rich have so long escaped tax ation on wealth thus gained for them by others. 7 "In less than two hours this morn ing the house passed bills appro priating $1,727,90,3 of the tax payers' money," is the way a report reads in the morning paper. If is put that way to convey the impres sion that the "taxpayers money" Is being recklessly squandered because a large amount waa appropriated In a. short time. But this suggestion Is insincere or childish.,. The sum mentioned was determined upon by competent committees after a month or more ot investigation and delib eration. If the appropriations were Just and necessary, and as near right as they could be made," ; why, not pass them "In less thaw two hours"? Tbey; could not bo ' discussed for ( weeks yet, .nor even days, nor was there need of doing so. The remark quoted is mentioned , merely as a sample of unreasonable and non sensical grumbling at. all expend itures. No attention was paid to the peo ple of Oregon by their great father, go long as they; were suppliants and petitioners. But the moment they set about to deliver themselves from an intolerable railroad situation, Mr. Harriman saw a great light, and hurried .forward with protestations and fair promises. Except for the boys on Boston Common, the men of the Boston Tea Party, the heroes of Bunker Hill and a few other daunt less spirits, this country might still be a province of Great Britain. Af ter seeing the advantage of a policy of fight rather than supplication, it would be madness for the legisla ture not to put the people in posi tion at any and all times to give battle. , The house at Salem has voted to cuttle the primary law. The con ventions It would provide for would be an opening wedge to deprive the people of their rights to nominate candidates. The people took these rights to themselves after a ' series of "rump" conventions, 'Mitchell" conventions, "regular" conventions, "Independent" conventions and "cit izens' " conventions had convinced them of the folly of the convention system. To attempt now to scuttle the people's method and restore the politicians' method is political mad ness, and if persisted In will usher n a train of evils that will bring nothing but regret to those who foist the scuttle soheme. Is there a Joker in the plan for a constitutional convention? The Ore- gonian has always opposed such a convention. It now favors It. Why the change? Does its anxiety' pro ceed from a hope that- a convention will afford means of depriving the people of rights they have recently taken back to themselves? Tis pity, but 'tis true, that the Ore gonian's reputation is such that Its changed attitude awakens suspicion. Halefnl blasts of booming bliz zards roar raglngly and ruthlessly throughbut the northern, eastern and central portions of the country Say, don't you love old Oregon? Apparently Mr. Harriman and his subordinates . suddenly discovered that the people of Oregon meant business, and under the new system could do business. Cut tlie Transcontinental Rates Prom Christian Science Monitor. Leading- officials of the admln iBtratkm - have , a plan by ' which they hope to effect some reduc tion of .the transcontinental rates now charged by the trunk line railroads. This plan will be disclosed next Mon day at a meeting- of the directors of the Panama Railroad company. It contem plates a definite loeriner of the rail road rates across the isthmus of Pan ama to euch an extent as to compel the all rail routes across the. United States to meet the reduction. It seems that the administration has been In formed that the present trunk line rates are exresslve and can well be lowered without injury to the railroads. The sugRostlon is credited to the Interstate commerce commission. Until now, the Panama Railroad com pany has maintained rates which bear direct relation to those charged by the transcontinental rail routes In this country. The Panama rates were raised or lowered tn direct proportion to the fluctuations in the United States. For some reason Increases of rates In the states effective January 1 did not result In a proportionate increase by the Panama railroad. The effect of this, it is understood, waa felt at once In an increased traffic across the Isthmus. The administration Is understood to have the stronjf support of big Johhers and shippers In San Francisco, who promise that If lower rates are offered by the Tanama railroad they will not only offer large tonnage by that route but will make Immediate shipments. It will also be stated at that meet ing that far western capita can readily be enlisted in the establishment of a line of steamships from San Francisco to the Isthmus. The Interest of Presli dent-elect Taft in the proposllon to es tablish a government line of steam ships between San Francisco and Pan ama is well known. This Date In History. UIl The Plymouth colonists chose Mllfs Standish their captain. 1T69 Six negroes whipped by the English In Boston for drumming for the Americans. 1815 Peane between ths United States and Greut Britain announced. 1867. Alexander Dallas Bachn, for many years director of the United Slatfs roast survey, died at Newport, R. I. Born in Philadelphia, July 19, 180. 1SKP. Papal Zouaves left Montreal. 1R70 Mississippi readmitted Into the union. 1SH8 Frances E. Wlllard, famous temperance leader, died. Born Sep tember 28, 1S39. 1903 Steamer Olive sunk near Nor folk. Vi, with loss of 18 lives. 1905 Parcels post treaty with Great Britain signed by the United States. 190S Wedding In the White House of Miss A Dee Roosevelt and Represen tative Nicholas Longworth. 1908 Turkish reserves ' called ouj and moved to the Persian frontier. People Are With Him From the Pendleton Rast Oregon Ian. In his fight with the legislature over the raising of salaries Governor Cham berlain will win again as usual. The people are with him In the stand he has taken. William Loeb Jr., . who tn all prob ability Is to be the collector of the Port of New York., it 4J years old and a native of Albany. Like his Predecessor. George B. Cortelypn. who was secretary to President McKlnley. Mr. Loeb Is on of the most efficient shorthand writers io the country, tie nas rn enter sec retary to President Roosevelt .. Since earl. In UOJ. . . ,.-rr,'- COMMENT AND; SMALL CHANGE It seems chorus girls ar barred from f ft hannuala . On such a Jav a veaterdav. hoar ran a prjng pot suppress uaeir? r It Is ma bad not to vote monev for neouuu purposes rub io vote too jnucn. Here'la the hravent man: A 7s7w ftn. leans policeman wno arrested his own wiie. .'!. 1 . , Cllmmins Is anothair now iiimIiw whn has little, regard for the silence prece dents. .. a Should, actresses marry?" asks an eastern paper. No oftener than they are uivurveu. r It's coins' to be n. venr nreanereua year prices of everything but wages auu suing- up. If MIssIssIddI wouM let the nerrnes vot. Koraker might go down there and rex into ma senate again. A 1 detrrees below sera bllszard vas. terday in Nebraska and elsewhere and iook at Oregon and notice its reel. Bo It seems unless still another dis appointment 1 In store hat Mr. Har riman could go ahead with the Deschutes roaa. Kansas Is always comlnr to the front with tome thin a- new and wonderful: drifted thistledown stopped a train In mai staie. - Shouldn't the nraver for those who m down to the sea in ships be made to In clude those who sro ud Into the air In aeroplanes i According- to directory estimates Port land is bigger than Indianapolis. - But tney may nave better census takers next year In Indianapolis. A Chlcag paper alludes to C. P. Taft as a newspaper man. But the genuine craft looks down on mere multl-mtllion-alres, and won't acknowledge them. Caruso Is to get $10,000 a week. No wonder Roosevelt refused an offer of that amount to join a. show. He won't put himself on a par with Caruso. t Roosevelt would not accept a $10,000 bequest from a non-relative because he had not earned it. This Is straining a point out of the sight of many people. The two circuit Judges of the Third judicial district did not need or want a third judge, but don't they understand that many lawyers up there would like a judgeship? Root, Burton, Brlstow, Cummins and Chamberlain constitute a senatorial crop that Is away above the average. Chi cago Record-Herald. Because the peo ple got buay. Now It la asserted that the Liberty Bell 1 cracked, and so cannot stand a long journey. It Is strange that, being kept in Philadelphia, k has not all rusted away long ago. That Bill Taft Lady; the ba'by who at birth weighed only 20 ounces, will have to keep growing steadily a long time If he ever reaches the Blze of the man of whom it is a namesake. But though a boy. little or big, he will always be a Lady. 1 FAMOUS GEMS OF PR6SE Tha Mayflower Civil Compact"By Henry W3or (From a banquet address at the cele bration of the 250th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, at Plym outh. December 21, 1870). While I agree in the sentiment that It waa piety, pure and simple faith in Gou and In his son. that brought those brave nwn across the waves, I cannot forget we should all gratefully retnember on this day that they laid. In the cabin of the "Mayflower" the foundations of civil liberty in America. Bancroft, in his history, tells us that In the cabin of the "Mayflower" hu manity recovered its rights; that gov ernment waa then founded by them on tha basis of equal law for the general good. That compact proclaimed that, for the glory of God. the advancement of the Christian faith, the honor of country, the general good, there should be Just and equal laws. These grand doctrines of the Pilgrims, then em bodied In a compact of government, have been inspirations and examples in all the succeeding1 generations. From the day that compact was signed to the time in which we live, there has been a struggle here In the western world to establish and maintain Just and equal laws for the general good. The example of the Pilgrims has In spired the faith and strengthened the arms of those who have battled In legislative halls and on bloody fields. It inspired the colonies in their struggle for mofe than a century against the aggressive policy of Kngland. It in spired the burning eloquence of James Otis, and the pen of the organ tier of the American revolution, that grand old Mexico Praises New York Roads. From the Mexican Herald. The rich state of New 'York aomo time ago voted to authorlxe the spend ing of 350.000,000 on roads, and already the legislature has appropriated $11, 000,000 of the amount, the state en gineer reporting that 811 miles of good roads were mada In 1907 and 820 mile. In 190$ . This is commendable work along the true lines of civilisation and the Em pire state of the northern republic will find the Investment of the great sura of money mentioned a paying -one. for the farmers will be materially bene fited and also the growing automobile Industry, rapidly increasing In import ance. We are glad that a beginnlngMn the way of providing ths federal district here with good roads has been made and we hope to see the work kept up till bad roads have become a mere memory. It is not easy her. to make substantial highways, and some of the work already done may be considered as experimental, but so ' the best and most economical ways of road building are hit upon. The road between the city and Churubusco. which la kept up well. Is ln striking contrast to the old dirt road, almost Impassable in the rainy season. Unspeakable Folly.. , From the Raker City Herald (Repl) The legislature of Oregon Is a pux xle to some. Different bills , have In dicated a freak show, while others have tended strongly toward insanity. But the most doleful feature of the. whole session has been tha energetic pouring of water on the Chamberlain wheel by different Republicans who claim to hate the man whom they are aiding. ' Vor Instance, hia indiscriminate sal ary raising that is being passed only to have the governor veto such meas ure, while the taxpayer, throws up his hat and yells, "hurrah for George." Can't those legislators understand what the resalt will be? Granting there are salaries that should be Increased . when it comes to a matter of real merit, this session is no time to attempt jurh a transaction. Chamberlain is yet over- NpWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Gold Hill will have a largs new the- 7 A new big lumber company .at Elgin win emRioy manymen, Snow Is s'tlll very deep la the moun tains Dacic or iiaiis uuy. , : t Another i nursery will- b started in Polk county, near Dallas. The orosDeot Is that Brownsville, will - j ihla vast - grow a good deal this year., The Rosebur New. predict. WJ sand, of new homes", in that -city this . 1. . , . ' i , . j , S"""1?? Y.Jd "''S: l pansies and I violets ana oiner eariy spring flowers are blooming profusely in the yards In Monmouth in spite of the fold est weather In 2 S years In the Wlllamette valley, say. the Herald. This is the time to go after aqulr 1 rels," says a Wallowa county farmer. I "Thev come out of' their holes these! warm days, weak and starved. They gobble the poisoned grain greedily. I put out soma th. other day and killed corea." . - t- r ,. : With the eontract let for a .fine up to date schoolhouse. and work on a hand some church building to te oegun, oe platlon. will make a building boom of ' what Is the honest and willing work no small consequence here this year, I r to do if he arrives- in our fair land say. the Silver Lake Leader. - , I or promise without money? How is he .-, Brownsville -Times: It Is time fruit growers were making life" burden for the fruit nests bv soravina if a arood crop of good fruit is to be secured this vear. The work should be done now. year. The work should be done now, and if there are any who refuse they ought to be made to comply with-the law or else qestroy tneir orcnaras. Recently The Journal nubllshed a storv about some hunters In Josephine county killing a wild boar tnat naa been committing depredations tor 10 years, but the Incident, J. R. Geddes of Sciov inrorms ine journal., Happened in Linn county, and the hunters were L. Craft, Lt John Rpr"' h "ve about eight miles southeast of Sclo. inere is now mue qoudi mat a ncn coal find has been made in Malheur county, says the Ontario Optimist. The company formed at Vale some three weeks aro for the purpose of Invest!- gating mis coat vein, nas pusnea tn worn xo a point wnere it seems proven beyond a doubt that there is an im mense deposit of coal of good quality in t lie vein. A. J. Domes, near McCoy. Polk county. has nine cows on yearly authenticated test, two of . them mature cows, and seven heifers.1 One'of the heifers, aged two years and five months made an official record last month of 1243 Sounds of milk and 92.7430 pounds of utter, which Is practically three pounds or butler a day. rne nine cows and heifers made an average of SO. 7491 pounds of butter apiece last month. a Bandon Recorder:. Rerjort comes from Denmark. Curry county, that great ac tivity in business circles are onenins ud tnere. some outeiae company nas taken bold or the proposition and the country is being surveyed and laid out into town lots, wnicn are selling very rapidly. Re port also has It that an electric line will be constructed along the coast, tap- J ping Denmark, which will be a great Im petus in the development of that place. puritan, Samuel Adams. It inspired and mill, "back east" waiting and hop the majestic eloquence of Daniel Web- M"" nd "vln the hope that some tT; .lhe,nnahe, n'0,?nd HTh," VT tury ago and denounced the slave trade as the crime of his century. It in- spired John Quincy Adams in his grand struggle. In the hall of congress, to maintain the sacred right of petition: ?. ohn the byr? ir:vndT cate, on the banks of the Mississippi, most dear, the most honorable, the most tne freedom of the press. It Inspired William Lloyd Garrison when he claimed Immediate emancipation and his firm resolve to be heard by the Amerl can people. It inspired Abraham Lin coin ln his Immortal proclamation of emancipation, which smote the fetters from the limbs of 3,600,000 men. It Inspired brave men among the lir Ing and the dead, ln minorities and in majorities ln the long struggle wnicn lncorporatea mio tne constltu-l tlon the 13th amendment, that made Mt Impossible that a slave should tread the soil of the republic; the 14th amend ment, that defined the rights of Ameri can cltixenshlp, and the 16th 'amend ment, that gave, every male citizen the! right to vote, and practically the right to be voted for. This grand compact of government on board the "Mayflow er," adopted before the men who mads it had trod the soil -of the continent. will Inspire their descendants and brave men ln the advancing future to hope on and struggle on to make equal and Just laws for the general good, the I vital, animating, and living spirit uf American Institutions, so long as the memory ot the Pilgrims shall live in the western world. nor, and he has his veto power as se-l curely tucked away a. the superstl- tlous darkey carries his mysterious rah-1 bit foot. And It might be rightfully eaia nere tnat unamoeriain'. veto has I been about a. lucky a. the darkey's rabbit foot Is supposed to be. ' Joseph Howell's Birthday. Joseph Howell, representative-at- large from Utah, was born In Box El der county, Utah, February 17, 1867. After attending the. common schools of his native county he studied for-three I years at the University of Utah. At- ter leaving college his first employ, ment waa al f clerk ln a store at Wells- villa, Utah. H took a prominent part in, the affairs of his -adopted city and u. th. ,,... w , . . la the course of time he was elected mayor. This served as the beginning of his public career and led to his elec- tlon to the territorial legislature, where he .served three terms. After the ad! mission ofUtah to the union Mr. How- ell served one term In the state senate, la 1903 he was the successful candl- date on the Republican ticket for rep- resentatlve-at-large in the national congress and ha has been three time. honored with reelection. . . 1 ' TKs. AltAtmaHwa i From the Harney -Valley News. - wow, should tnese hopes be ground-1 'wo, Biiuuiu it. un puBBiujtj mat ing i mrranan people are niaying last and I ""ra "iiu una cvumrjr auu rt Only I nlavlnar to hoM it aa. an aaaot tn Kl' used when they may ultimately seel fit to use It. then we believe the neonle I of the state should during the present! year take steps to inaugurate a move - ment which will enable, them to ceeq with, a v constitutional ..enactment! that Will m-ivm tha mtmtm th. I build a through line of railroad from " - - ...w . " . " ' !' rw n V I I. ... " . w 1J7 :rwal" "n . w . ... ojaicm i. uuiiuhik, sivinar ioioi property owners along the line tha first 1 r1a.it tn'snhaorlhA fnr twinria a'n.4 vtl.la ing the road under direct state con-1 trol.. W. believe tha people can do thlalan in their sovereign power and We be lieve the commonwealth 'will greatly! proiit ,ojr tne movement. " - Tie REALM, rLMTNINE, The Mao and tlir JLoaf er. ' r T SEEMS a poos way of arriving ai a definite plan for helping the in digent men of the 'north en for the mayor, the city council and lit Churches to be drawn Into av mu. tual vilification of one another's no-I. teles and intentions. "So are they all ;Ai.,r.UI v"'".""" 1 wic uuconvu mr wi nuuiojeoB ana t hitriR. nri mm S,th,?' clothesT: " " I wouia seem that some plan of ac- I Jlon might be devised which would aerv J? Pa? worker.. JtJS to separate the ' willlni the willing trarrrps and mer class in a way to a independent livelihood. ia piace tne for an honorable and Anil HAth.lntf Kit the chance to work will ievpr Hn that PrOmiSCUOUa rharltv will nut An It tncn - 1 Ing more reading rooms will not do U: allowing the .weary Willies to come into the churches to sleep will not do It. It takes Just that simple alchemy to jjeu- arate the dross from the gold the chance to. work. ' Given that, and there should ba. lit- I w runner dirnouity about tiding over a great multitude of conscienceless loaf- - ers for the sake of the few deserving - i umununuie ones. l " vy energy, ma iime ana talents iV.""Pm?."r "naoHBe?waiting lnto hiiJ J f.?m iti1.'. .Ma 5?h.to.D?y farm. Implements and ;lJllSvwSiT' i.ked..Bn Important step between, the aviracuve advertising literature .which is so generously sent out calling atten- tlon to the riches whlch do lie hero only waiting for the man of grit and muscle to develop them, and the placing pf that roan. In touch with hi. possi bilities? ' It may perhaps be said that It is not the pauper class that the advertising literature is meant to attract, and that is of course true. The country needs money; capital can do in a vear what stow and steady plodding laboca comnllsn only in a score of vur. r,h is there not also a piace for the wtllirta- I " "a ma liraiiy, xne man wno win begin with little and gradually by in- dustry and common sense and some de. privation, build himself up a compet- ence in what has been a wilderness? The uus una or men auite I muvu is n neeas ine promoter or the advertising specialist whose chle value Ilea In the absurdly hlarh hom with which he flits his listeners, some of whom are bound to find disappoint ment and disillusion. vve have need, it seems, of a elen be tween land and mani Just what it I should be Is for a wiser head than that I a realm reminine- artist, yet a nini pie suggestion miifht be made. Rnmmm. that the chambers of commerce, the mu- the state, were to iease large areas of tillable lartd and advance lumber for a home, seeds aud implements, to tiis men Who Will go out into the wildrrnpHN and begin Its cultivation. Suppose t!nt men with families were allowed to build a sufficiently large house to shelter them, allowed to rent as large acreage as they could handle and were per mitted to get a start In that wav. while both parties to the contract were to agree on , sufficient Interest for the money expended would there not he c rapid decrease In the floating popula tion of our city? These men are not alone In the worlds Most . of them have some ties. There are heavy hearted women waiting for of which they have heard so much, so that the wives andchildreit can come and join them and make a home. There are toiunr women workers in factory oMnomerthS fortune he was to make in the far west will be able to send the harnv word I which will bring the waiting woman to I bis side that they may together begin ln e wnren means nappiness. mere precious. And thev are willlna- to come pro-land cast their lot with them in the new land, but wait only for the word that lens mem mat jonn nan got a start. But here la where the block comes. The country is here, the riches of it are . unquestioned: the muscle and the will ingness are undoubted. The trouble Is that the man can't get his start with out money, and the money has been spent In arettlnar here and In huntlne- for the opening. i r.rt f 1ft a- .r. l.mh enough to build a house, an assortment of seeds, and a few Implements, would mean the whole difference between idle ness with poverty and work with com petence. Still the literature advertis ing the great possibilities goes out. In the hope that some will sell all thev have and come here, where the country needs developing. And here are the weary hearted, discouraged men, herd ing in saloons for lack of other loung ing place, sleeping on the floors of Jails, Salvation Army halls, Portland Com mons. Men's Resort or Straver Mission, and bemoaning the hard luck that lsnd-f ed them in sight of all the riches of the promised land while denying them the chance of putting hand to plow to make the first sten on the road to inrienenr- dent and honorable livelihood. Not an our unemployed men want mnm lnunartna' nlnou naw . !. ..... are quite tired of lounging. What they want is work. But they cannot find It. There are few Jobs in the city for the many seekers. There are few jobs 'In tha country unfit thm anrln vnrb ' " ' .lit th Ammtrv n and then not enough for all but there is Plenty or idle land. . Why not devise a nlan hy wTilrfc th mie una ann ine ui a men roniii tu brrhight together? It would be of Im mense advantage all around. K R l Concerning Good Form J HEN a man takes a ladv tn tha theatre he should no Insist on gofng out before the play is over. even if he be bored. It la a har.lt .r woman hates, however much politeness Sehonot'ask her totSVuppe'r afterward, If they are clvaperoncless Neither should he hire a carriage for ,31 k1!0 Jlt.kni,w".now '".d" things when he cannot afford more than streetcar fare and knows she knows ha cannot. . - When a man leaves after calling, a Plri 5arf f?d"by." .t0.t,m in tn" P"lor. s"tt 'n,tMt hA1ha11 to tJh'" fwh-i". do for himself when there is not a maid to do it. It Is graceless and awkward ff a girl to be stiff and formal -about Jh,8i 'Ai8 u,.te correct for her to saun 'eftlJ wr-dv? if lkrhUl ruESiW "it.thKj; ? lGates dxt not go to th door witU hr ffUBt. Whftn thjtt criiABlf 4a. at a --T . JIX wl t".r "IS J? "-I .Rnx,ou"-l li rnnvontlnna htiUn , srs xounaeq.on mis tneory. a aa aa TI".. Kl . Mam Titters, TT e'Al 10 bo'11" point one upful of rl stock. Thicken with a tnhiarwn ful each of flour and butter cooked 1 together, and add to it one cupful of pro-jebld cooked chopped ham, one egg well ' ff "na ory musiara and Worcester HMO UU IU ''HBUIl. LLV,iru5n.'y. - W.rronl 'I'- " . . . , . . . - -iv.ji. jnnni inuw oaner or ona run. ful of sifted flour, two tablesnoonfuY.- meiten nutter, a scant cnnfnl nt tint wswr, the beaten white of an-egg. ami Pinch of Salt. onapv tne nam mixture i P Jniiter-Jiatter , iry lB daap tmU ' ' ' '- ' v;4v' I'Two automobiles will hereafter niti'' ??ily between Vale and Burns, aboat - aa miics, ui it nourav , .