THE JOURNAL
AH INDEPENDENT KIW8PAPER.
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PAILY AND SONDAI. '
One wr.i J.M van monta f .SB
Love worketh no ill to Ws
neighbor; therefor love is
th fulfilling of the law.
St. Paul. . ..
-a
the blight of sneers
i-HERB OUGHT to be in end to
I this policy of destruction. The
I men who are trying to build a
state here In Oregon aught not
to do constantly pulled down. The
penalty for public spirit ought not
to he personal abuse. Men who
plan and strive for state expansion
and struggle' for better conditions
ought not, for that reason, to hare
their personal concerns invaded and
be made the :' target of Tile and
vicious ' newspaper assault ; It is
"difficult to, build when there Is an
Influence j devoted ' exclusively ,to
tearingr down. It is discouraging to
men when their every effort and the
effort of every man in a public way
Is met with abuse. . It is discourag
ing to a state, and a deadly hind
rance to Its .advancement when
every" plan, every move, every-proposition
and every struggle in Its fce
ialf is met with scorn and censure.
' Any state beset with such an lnflu-
nce la ' dismally handicapped. It
may -teem with . resources, but its
growth Is unduly retarded.
Strength comes: from unity and
concert. A forward movement is
Irresistible when all pull together.
Men are spurred .on in public en
deavor when appreciation ? rather
than insult is the reward. '. Insult to
them when they are honestly striving
for the publio weal not only dis
courages them, but : deters others,
and the consequence Is blight. To
the discouragement there la the fur
ther deadly Influence of factional
Ism and f eudlsm that is always con
sequent upon , a policy of knocking,
disgruntled grouch and destruction.
More cheer, mqre optimism, and In
some of the press, more of a spirit at
tuned to the rhythm of harmony and
state pride would remove obstacles
that now stand la the way of the
progress or Portland and Oregon. A
city or a state cannot be built on a
foundation of sneers and snarls. ,
A BIO.XEW YORK HOTEL"
T
WAT PROSPERITY is not yet
In full flower,; though the elec
tion occurred ; nearly : four
months ago, la Indicated bythe
fact that the city of New York, Ao
. cording to the World, is now con
ducting a "hotel" that cost $425,000
and accommodates over 1000 guests.
It is conducted on sanitary prin
ciples,, with baths, etc., two regular
physicians, and furnishes an' excels
lent 'menu.? This is an outgrowth
of former police lodgings, tut Is In
adequate to accommodate more-than
a minor fraction of people who need
isucn i accommodations, These men
are not criminals, or at the most a
few of them are but petty criminals;
they are men out of employment,
hungry, shelterless, wretched, de
spairing. Of thia institution and its
Inmates, and other thousands who
cannot be thus cared for, the World
says: v .c ; . - f: -i ''. ;
- Th tragedy of families briikea up, of
husbands and fathers Unable to prorldo
for their own, of desertions and, moral
wrecks due to misfortune, Is pitiful
nough. it jnakaa tha strongest appeal
to puoiio ana privato ptuianuiropy. But
Is. It not worth the while of thinking-
rnen to consider, before another panldls
brought upon us by the .' rapacity - of
financial gamblers and the folly of poli
tician, how the g-reat' publio w&sie in
volved la the uneinplorrtiefrt of yvtiltng
rao iiitj u'Tviuea iur xne , general
OOdT , ...
LANE OOUXT1
AXE COUNTY," says the Eu-
gene , Register, "Is "jUBt be
al-rf
ginning to reap tha real, ef
fective result of laBt year's
advertising campaign and the con
tinuous work for 1909 will swell ma
terially the influx of new capital and
new population, Wklng ; 1909 the
most marve4ousl period of develop
ment for Lane county ever recorded
la all of its .history.; t , . -r
Many enterprises " are- at the ,
"launching period." -Companies are
being formed toaandle fruit lands
c.n a large scale' Farm lands are
advancing ii -value. vin J'tna ctle!
and ; towns - "the tillage spirit'' has
fled. The sie of farms U decreas
ing, rural population's increasrhg !
towns are becoming: progressive.''
ell; adds- a bank ana organ
ises a l!g fruit farm, corporation to
develop the fruit production In that
favored section. Cottage Grove,
-Springfield Coburg, Junction,, Flor
ence and other Lane eounty towns
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w ' " 1 - '"" , . ' ". : . - ' " .- - . i r :' ' . . 1 i I'- '..'''.'. .' . . ''-. ' 1 ; "''
report an unprecedented activity
along, all lines that iweans great ad
vancement,"
; Outside capital Is seeking Invest
ment in Lane. People must be alert
to keep np with the onward more
ment in the period now beginning of
advancement and development. ,
a Of course, the right kind of ad
vertlslng Days. . Lane county, and
especially Eugene, have advertised
much and effectively. They fold
the truth attractively, and scattered
It systematically abroad. Lane coun
ty "has the goods." Newcomers
needed only to bo shown to be con
vinced. It does not take long for
an observant man to sea that Lane
county Istme of enormous and great
ly varied resources. It will easily
support five, ten, perhaps twenty
times Its nresent population. Ita
opportunities are legion.
The Lewis and Clark fair gave this
movement its first big start. It Is
working yet. Then . the . counties
that continued the work . on thel?
own account are beginning to forge
ahead as never before. There are
other counties as good, as resource
ful as Lane none better. What is
happening there is happening else
where, or. If not, can be brought
about.
This Is going to be a great year
for5 Oregon, . And greater ones will
follow. Toot your boms, telling the
truth; It is good enough, wake tip;
get busy. Help make a greater and
better Oregon.
SITTING OX THE IJO
HE RAILROADS are keeping
the lid on prosperity until
they can be assured by the com
ing ' administration that they
will be "let alone'- hat is, allowed
to run the transportation business
exactly as If it were a private affair
with this exception, that they shall
have the privilege of violating any
laws. for their regulation or control
with Impunity, s With them are ar
rayed the great protected trust.
They will not allow prosperity to
emerge unless they can run the gov
ernment, in whatever matters con
cern their Interests. This Is the sub
stance of the situation, and is the
reason why there is not the antici
pated revival of Industries and re
turn of business activity and pros
perity. It is a large question that the rail
roads and trusts are putting up to
the inconnngadmlnlBtration, name
ly: .Will the government control
them sufficiently to protect the in
terests of the people, or will the rail
roads and trusts control the gov
ernment entirely In their own In
terest? This is the biggest question
pf the coming administration, and
will be the biggest one in the coun
try until It is settled and settled
tight. And It will never be Settled
right until the railroad men under
stand, and acknowledge, and act on
the truth, that the transportation
business is not a private but a pub
lio . business, , (and that the people
have a right to demand that it be
run in their Interest and subject to
their control. i
FULL OF PROMISE
T
HE NUMBER pf cattle being fed
for the Bprlng market in Ore
gon is far short of the usual.
In the Edho district, where the
number was 7000 last year, but 1000
are being fed . this winter. New
mills for reducing alfalfa to meal
are consuming large quantities of
what was formerly a part of the hay
supply, an4 thia with, the somewhat
shorter crop of alfalfa reduced the
number of stall fed beef from 7000
to 1000. Reports from other sec
tions reduce the number of feeders
in the state to about one third the
usual average. - That the condition
will be reflected later on In higher
prices for beef Is likely, unless Im
ports from California or elsewhere
shall hold the market down.
The condition challenges atten
tion In that It should invite farm
ers and stockmen all over the state
to a careful' study 'of the future of
the livestock:- industry. A ' great
packing company has planted Itself
ip 'Portland, and withjn a few months
will have a great modern plant ready
for operation.. A demand for llve
Mock that has not hitherto been
known and a volume of livestock not
yet dreamed of, is certain to appear.
The vast Investment in the packing
industry must have a raw material
to sustain it, and this is In Itself full
assurance of both demand" and vol
ume required, such as stockmen and
farmers can always count on. To
stimulate the Industry, It is funda
mental that the packing people must
maintain V prices, and - with prices,
volume and demand thus 'assured.
the producer mast see ahead an in
centive for expansion of the business.
The success of the alfalfa mills, the
higher prices for the hay, the new
market tor livestock, the millions , of
money Investing in enterprises for
packing, all this, In the face of the
reduced reserve of fed cattle at this
time, is a glittering prospect for the
man on the soil. More alfalfa fields.
more hoofs and . more intelligent
methods in the business are the in
exorable logic of present conditions
and immediate prospects.. The man
on the soil In Oregon never faced a
vista so full of promise. . . ' :
. A desperate attempt was made by
the Oregonian during the late ses
sion to prevent the legislature from
taking action that would force -Mr.
Harriman to change hlepolicy, with
reference to railroads - In Oregon.
That paper Is still further defending
the Harriman Interests by personal
abuBe of men who aided in the pas
sage of the railroad amendment,
Why all this fustian about banS
ruptcy and why all this "plain talk-
ing" it boasts H is going to do, when
the only Interest menaced is Mr.
Harriman with his elx million a year
strangle hold on Oregon. Generally
there is something In it for a news
paper that so madly champions the
cause of a great corporate monopoly,
Will the Oregonian deny that it is
receiving, or is to receive, compen
satlon for the great service it Is en
deavoring to render Mr. Harriman?
SOME SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCES
I
N AN address given by Mr. J. C
Stubbs, the traffic director of the
Harriman lines, before the trans-
' mlsslsslppl congress last fall, he
made fhe following statements:
. "Under our form; of government,
supervision and regulation by law
might oe extended to any other In
dustrial pursuit if the people willed
it It has been applied to railroads
because of their monopolistic nature,
and" the well proven fact that trans
portation in this country is absolute
ly necessary to the ' wellbelng, the
indfstrlal life, of the people. Hence
these agencies of transportation
must be restrained and regulated
lest the power they naturally exer
cise be used to the hurt rather than
the help of the people. . But funda
mentally the right of supervision
and regulation does not go to the
extent of practical management, nor
should It limit the rate of profit be
low that which other Investments of
labor, skill and money commonly
yield. f . v:-, ;
' "In the year ended June 30, 1906,
tor every 100 square mlle of its
area New Jersey had 81 miles of
railroad, Massachusetts 26, Penn
sylvania 25. Ohio 22, Illinois 21,
New York 18. In the same year for
every .100 square miles of its area
Missouri had 12 miles of railroad.
Kansas 11, Minnesota 10, Nebraska
8, Washington and California 5, Ore
gon Z, Nevada l. xnese ngures
show how much railroad develop
ment there must be west of the
Mississippi before the states in: this
section will possess aa ample trans
portation facilities as those east of
the river,
But with all possible Improve
ments In the existing railroads, the
material development of our west
ern states will require and demand
much, very much new construction."
It Will be noted that Mr. Stubbs
takes exactly the same position that
The Journal has contended for as to
the control of railroads, their mo
nopolistic nature and their being ab
solutely necessary to the wellbelng
of the people.
It , will be noted further that he
points out the extremely small de
velopment of Oregon as compared
with other states la railroad mile
age, and also emphasizes the seeds
of new construction. It will thus
be seen that the requests heretofore
made by the people of this state--for
they have not been demands
are fully Indorsed by the highest
traffic authority of the Harriman
system. - I
OREGON AT SEATTLE
W
E HAVE assurance that Ore
gon's commission for the
Seattle exposition is ; doing
excellent work. Its ac
counts are correct and its expendi
tures judicious. Oregon- has the
best location of any of the states,' and
the building cost less money propor
tionately than any other. ; The in
formation Is contained in a report
recently made by a legislative com
mittee at Salem.
The Information Is encouraging.
It Is additional justification for the
$25,000 the session appropriated in
further aid of the Oregon exhibit.
It .was one of the best" Investments
made by the late session. The added
wealth brought into the state by It
will return the $25,000 appropriated
many fold. If Oregon is alert large
advantage will come to her through
the Seattle exposition. Most of the
thousands who visit the fair will
visit Oregon. A sight of this state
is a temptation to the visitor to lo
cate or invest in it The crowded
east Is seeking a spot, where there
will be more" room for living and
more Bcope for expansion. The pos
sibilities In the situation are re
flected in the aftermath of the Lewis
and Clark fair at Portland. Its
sequel was every town and village In
Oregon enlarged, every city expanded
andpe price of lands and city prop
erty advanced. .More Occupied
homes, more big. farms subdivided
and more industries established are
among, the fruits of that notable
season of displayed products.
this did not happen by fortuitous ac
cident, but as a result of the forces
set in motion by the thousands who
came and saw. Results of almost
equal Importance" are, possible from
the exposition at Seattle. ' , The Ore
gon commission has received a vote
of confidence In the added appropria
tion, and in the expenditure of the
sum it should strive to more and
more deserve it. -
. In the , quietude and sanctity of
the inner office, and with the, legis
lature reposing under distant vines
and fig trees, possibly a gentle smile
illumines the gubernatorial face as
the whack of the veto ax falls among
the salary hills.
The Indian that whipped out a
long dirk on a crowded railroad plat
form and Btabbed and slashed to
death a woman with a babe in her
anna, And and caxxed ,jmoat.fi;
riously several others Is a shining
example pf , , the concealed weapon
craze. - Another is the ' eastern Ore
gon man who carried a revolver in
his coat pocket and by its accidental
discharge : was gravely wounded
There are few. If any, instances of
benefit, and a dismal record of blood
and death from the weapon habit.
The Oregonian refuses to give de
served credit to the legislative ses
sion. It never gives crdlt to any
body or anything. Can .-; anybody
point out a Bingle Instance la which
It has done so? Does If not, abuse
men living and deride them, dead?
Does it ever see. good In anybody or
anything except Itself and Harri
man? Letters From tke People
Latter to The Journal ehontd 1m written en
one aid of the paper only and abould be ae
companion dj ise name ana eaareaa or iu
writer. Tne name wiu not oe uaea u oe
writer aaki that t Oa witnneld. 1b Journal
la not to be understood aa Indonlna the Tlowa
or, statement of correapondente. Lettera abould
be made aa brief aa possible. Thoae wbe wish
their lettera returned wnea not need eboaia in
alone poatage. A .
. Comanondrari are notified that lettera ex.
eeedina; 800 words In length mar. at the die.
cretion or tne editor, be cut dews to tnat unit,
. CaUs Oregon No Dairy State.
Portland. Feb. z 8 .To th Editor bl
The Journal In reply to several art!
cles receritly appearing In The Journal
and other Portland papers concerning
the low average of buter fat produced
per cow In Oregon, I wish to say the
reason for the same is not as stated,
the poor quality of cows, but the poor
quality and quantity of feed. I have
lived In 14 different statea and In no
one of them ! feed for dairy cows ao
poor and scarce. .Oregon promoters
state among other things that cows
may "find green feed the . whole year.
But they never do; In fact.. It 1 neces
sary to provide feed at least eight or
nine months f each year. The quality
la far from the best and the feed is
expensive. . Oat and vetch hay Is as
good as can bej, produced in any -great
quantity, and one ton of alfalfa Is worth
three tone of the above as a milk pro
ducer. Unless western Oregon Can pro
duce a more cheaply grown forage crop,
and one better suited to the I production
of butter fat. it cannot compete with
more favored locations. . The one great
cause for high priced butter la lack, of
suitable feed, ., JC have tried dairying In
the much praised Willamette valley and
know whereof I speak. -Every .pound of
butter produced cost me SO cents and
my cows were ae iood as the best
owned In dairy states. ' ....
I am open to conviction but you will
have to show me that western. Oregon
Is a dairy country.
,i GEORGE A. BPRAGUE.
. lift East Tenth North.
(Having lived, as he says. In 14 dif
ferent states, might .It not be that
Mr. gprague has not had time to give
dairying a thorough test In Oregon?
If it cost him 60 cents a pound to pro
duce butter fat, there must have been
something' -wrong In his methods, for
hundreds of dairymen in Oregon are
making good money selling It at half
or less than half ( that figure. , In
Washington county, which is a part
of western Oregon,; land on which the
Industry Is dairying- Is worth $160 or
more per acre. A few years ago it
went at 125 to $50 per acre, but a
profitable dairy business has raised its
value to the better figures. In Tilla
mook county .where dairying is the
leading Industry, land values are even
higher. What makes It but the profit
from dairying? ':
As to alfalfa, why did Mr. Bprague
not grow it for feed for his cows?
Others in western Oregon do, and most
successfully. For further, particulars
on -the subject, write to- Dr. James
Wlthycombe 'at the Oregon Agricultural
college, Corvallls.
Of the 14 states in Which Mr.
Sprague resided, he aid not find one In
which . green feed . Is ' available all the
year around. He found few in which
it' Is available by ; natural growth ai
many months In the year as In Oregon.
However, with a thorough test he will
f find that In Oregon with alfalfa, clover,
vetch, soiled for summer feeding, with
kale for late autumn and winter feed
ing, and with green grass the rest of
the year, he can have splendid green
feed for his cows . the whole, year
through. The bank accounts of dairy
men in Washington and several other
counties establish every1 contention The
Journal bbsi ever made with respect to
dairying In . western Oregon, and that
few regions are so well adapted to the
Industry iT-Edltor.) ,
Not Teachings of Christian Science.
Portland, Feb. 24. To the Editor of
The JournalTour issue of February
2 J reports a paper read by Rev. J. A.
P. McOaw before the Ministerial asso
ciation, in which the gentleman mis'
interprets the teachings of Christian
science. , - . t- -. j
It would seem strange indeed, that
a commentary on . the' scriptures such
as Mrs. Eddys, Inspired by many years'
study of the scriptures.. containing over
800 citations from' them, and express
ing at all times deep reverence and
gratitude for the truth contained there
in, should In any way seem to be the
antithesis of the Bible. ,
; It la evident that a sentence snatched
here and there without the preceding or
concluding thought, , may be so dis
torted as to , express In no way the
author's meaning. 'The Bible has often
been' subjected to Just such treatment
A carefnl study of Mrs. Eddy's text
book reveals the continuity of its
teaching. and its conformity to the
scriptures is' then readily discerned.
The", statements In Ir. McOaw's
paper, which intimate that Christian
Science teaches that "God never for
gives sin." and. that sin and sinners
are mythological, may be answered - by
the fdllowlnsr auoMtiona from SH,nci
AlLiend Health, page 6, line 23: "Sin Is
forgive only as It Is destroyed by
Christ truth and life.'- If prayer nour
ishes the, belief ' that sin is cancelled,
and that man Is made' better merely
by praying, prayer in an evil. He
grows worse who continues In sin be
cause he fancies himself forgiven."
Page : "We cannot escape the penalty
due for Sin." ' ',-',- v-.;.;.
That there. Is "not"; a personal God"
is further explained on pate 11$, -Hue
27, and page 330, line 82: "If the term
personality, as ' applied to God, mt;?.t.i
infinite personality, then God Is Inflt-
He person in the sense of Infinite per-1
sonanty, but not in a lower sense. ,An
Infinite mind th a finite form - is an
absolute ' impossibility." "God Is indi
vidual and . personal ., in a scientific
sense, but not . in any anthropomorphic
sense."-' .-'"-V'v .:''. - --v
In stating that -Mrs. Eddy "denies the
efficacy, of prayer," our reverend friend
has drawn an entirely false conclusion.
The chapter on prayer In Science and
Health Is of Itself a refutation of such
a charge, but further than this, let us
call attention to the vast benefit that
Christian Scientists are receiving today,
in better health and morals through
understanding a higher order of prayer.
"fa&JiJgb.e&t prayer Is not one of faith
I I I i i mil I I
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Not a trust did Teddy .bust .
ellman Wills. .
. ' .'"- ev . ... .
- Ten times as many laws were parsed
as were really necessary. ,
-The governor's reasons fo his latest
vetoes seem- to be- sufficient.
They're still shoveling snow back East
Haven't they heard of Oregon? . .
The light artillery that is banging St
Cannon docsn t even mane any aenta.
The evil that legislators do lives long
after they are political pack numbers.
Only a week more, of Teddy. .Then
many people will feel like aoldlng a
wake. 4 .
e,e'
A southern naDer savs Adam was a
Democrat. It looks like It; he made a
tenure or his sort jod. . r
-.. a a .- . . -" ;
Be sure to put your marriage certifi
cates under your pillows or otherwhere
nanoy wnen you, go. to oeou ,
' .A naturalist argues that parrots have
bralna and reason. A wise parrot must
aouoi wnemer, some people nave.
"Are women to blame?" asks a south
ern paper. Why ask, a question settled
ever since .ave gave Aaam me appier
It seems as if that rain deficiency
must have been made ud by this time.
Hasn't the weather watcher missed some
When asleep? , , ..
'' An artist defends smoke because,' be
says, it maaes cities look artistic. o
sides, it tends to make some people
oetter. loosing. r, ;::;,(
New 'poor fco Jits disappeared from
the I-cent niece, and Lincoln's head
takes his place. This Is a high honor
lor me numoie coin. . - -. r .
But recent tariff laws were made
by non-partisans-1 the protected tnter-
estr. ten are for whatever party that
mem an tney want.
recent comunlcation Wills uses
th: j, i ' v'Sent" or "gents" several
times. But. then a councilman is not
obliged to copfine himself to dictionary
words, v , .. , , . ... ......
: ' . e e ' ' ..
AS a senator. Fulton lies a-dvinar:
Bourne has at least four years of life.
This, the' committee that - reDorted
Young's nomination, probably consid
ered, v ..
- Those corporation attornevf that
Taf t is going to put Into hie cabinet
ought , to be onto , all the corporation
tric-Ks. II not. they can ask Senator
Boot. - -. . -
e e
, Bryan has bought a farm In Texas
which he will plant to fruit and make
a winter nome or arter awhile; And the
man lias been to the Pacific coast sev
eral times, too.
...... - m w
NOW it In charareA that Wanltlln rr.
Veagh, spoken of for secretary of the
treasury, puts bensoate of soda into the
catsup and other stuff he manufactures.
oic-a nim. ur. vviieyj
The Eugene' Reeister oertinentlv raw
marks: .
'Oreeoh is alwava inner nn a aHtatlnn
for road Improvement , but extremely
short on action that requires putting
up the money to do the work." ..
Mr. Watterson's paper, the Louis
ville Courier Journal, says that "there
are rascals, fools and liars who dare to
say that a man may be a Prohibitionist
and remain a Democrat." There must be
many such down South. But Isn't the
colonel becoming Rooseveltian?
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
"Nathan Hal. and John Andr
From aa oration at the centennial
celebration of the capture of MaJ John
Andre at Tarrytown, N. T., Septem
ber 2$, 18$0).
MaJ Andre's story is the one over
mastering romance of th revolution.
American and English literature is full
of eloquence and poetry in Jributa.to
his memory and Sympathy for his fate.
After the Ispse of 100 years there is
no abatement of absorbing Interest.
What . had this young man done to
merit immortality? The mission whoso
tragic issue lifted him out of the ob
livion of other minor officers, in. Its
Inception ' was free from peril or dar
ing and Its objects and purposes Were
utterly , infamous. Had he succeeded
by the desecration of the honorable use
of passes and flags of truce, his name
would have been held 4a everlasting
execration.' V "':.-
In his failure the Infant republic es
caped the "dagger with which he was
feeling for its heart and the crime
was drowned In tears for his untimely-end.
His youth and beauty, his ef
fervescing , spirits and magnetic dispo
sition,, the brightness ef his life, the
calm courage in the gloom of his death,
his early love and disappointment, the
image of his lost Honora hid - In his
mouth when captured In Canada, and
the exclamation, ."That saved, I care
not for the loss of all the reW' sur
rounded him with a halo of poetry and
pity, which have secured for him what
he most sought and could never have won
in battles and sieges, a fame and rec
ognition which have outlived that of
ail the generals under whom he served.
Are kings only ungrateful? and do
republics forget? Is fame a travesty
and the judgment of mankind a farce?
America had a parallel case In Cap-,
tain . Nathan Hale.. Of the same age
as Andre, he graduated at Yale col
lege with high honors, enlisted In the1
patriot cause at the beginning- of the
merely; it is demonstration." (Science
and Health, v page 16.) - -
It Is safe to state that two thirds
of any Christian Science congregation
would stand np to testify to their heal
ing through a better understanding of
prayer. - ' . ;
Cnristian Scientists can agree with
Reverend McGaw, that "The cause of
God has made great -advancement in
the last three quarters of a century."
LUTHER P. CTJDWORTH,
Committee on Publication for, Oregon.
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V Asks Publicity for Charter.
Portland, Feb. 2. To the Editor of
The ' Journal The new ' city charter
may be far, superior to tha present
one, but the people who are going .to
vote for it are as yet entirely Ignorant
Of Its contents. There should be some
means devised - whereby the people
eould be enlightened on this matter snd
know what they are ; voting' for. The
voters should not be put. to the extra
expense of holding a special election
which would cost the city $7400. If
the charter is all that Its friends claim
for It, it j would seem but reasonable
that they should '.take some means
whereby the voters could familiarise
themselves with It For instance, The
Journal and Oregonian could take the
matter In hand and publish Us leading
features from now on until the June
election; by doing this it would materi
ally help the voters to cast their bal
lots understanding. As the matter
now fctahda. tb.e- only ones who seepj at
NEWS IK BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A big lime ledge near Gold HIU will
be opened up. .
Grants Pass people give receptions to
newcomers. Good idea. ; .,;
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Dallas Is short on dwelling bouses
and bouskeeping rooms. .
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' A bed of soapy clay near Gold Hill
IS about 47. per cent alumna. ; , , .
f Nearly BOO cows snd steers have re
cently been sold in the vicinity of Fort
Klamath. . .
Shearing wili be early this spring in
eastern Oregon, Some -big flockmasters
will begin shearing March 30.
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' A Monmouth1 man has sold two ferms
of $00 and 260 acres, which will be
divided Into small tracts and sold.
A bundled newly Irrigated farms are
expected M l result of the big rVfa
tion project Just completed in Josephine
county. -..':-:. . v t . j.- ' ., .-. : V
The BeASldw Signal man paid 4 cents
express charaa on a package of paper
from Portland that weighed exactly five
pounds. ; " . - v''a'" " y
Visitors to Seaside will be pleased to
learn from the Signal that Dan J. Moore
will continue to run the big hotel there
which heureoenOy sold,, y. .
f ' ..-.i'- e v '-"' -
Nearly $.000,000 pounds of cheese,
worth well up itoward $400,000. made
in Tillamook county last year, is an as
tonishing record, yet the "output can
be greatly increased. ,
,'..' e
A coal deposit of encouraging prom,
ise Iaa been found In Dry Gulch, about
10 miles north and west from Vale In
Malheur county, and a company has
been formed to develop It
v '. .-. ' r e.'-e ; '- :-.- - ?' " ',.'"'; -
A recent big timber land deal Involves
In both Union and Wallowa counties 273
tracts of land, the big majority being
quarter sections, but Including some 40
acre, $0 acre and 120 acre tracts.
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'lone Proclalmer: i There Is nothing
so Interesting an the little lambs, and
when flock of 8000 are nearly doubled
In number, the newer half being the
small ones, It makes a pretty sight on
the green grass. - . c
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Canby' Tribune: When you near a
lrtud mouthed blatherskite going around
damning the local newspaper,- you can
put him down as a worthless flea in
fested canine whose society would con
taminate the morals of a respectable
eur; . '. . f.--:.
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Present conditions Indicate that Gil
liam county's wheat crop for the-year
1)0$ - will greatly surpass all former
records, says -the Condon Globe, . Gil
Ham ".county comprises 890,000 acres,
of which 500,000 are tillable and about
226,000 acres are in wheat. In HOT,
with 126,000 acres In cultivation, ths
county turned off $.360,000 bushels of
grain, and as better farming methods
now prevail It is expected that if the
season continues propitious the output
this year may reach 9,600,000 bushels.
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... farmer near - Brownsville ' was
fount in his barn euttlnar off beet tons
by a neighbor, who writes to the Times
as follows: "I picked tip at random ten
peets wnicn cad tneir tops cut oir. ana
weighed them. They weighed 40 pounds
or 4 pounds each. . although there
were beets In ths bile weighing 13
pounds. Figuring an average weight
or 4 pounds eacn, we rind that Dy plant
In: in rows 18 Inches apart and having
the beets 12 Inches apart In the row. an
acre will easily produce 68 tons and 140
pounds, now now long win it tane a
cow or hog to eat that amount In the
winter time when they have nothing
else to- aor-. r :
By Ckauncey M. Depew
contest and secure the love and con
fidence of all about him. When no
one else would go upon a most Im
portant and perilous 'mission, he vol
unteered'' end : was captured by the
Britlstft t While Andre receive every
kindness, -courtesy and attention - and
was fed- t fom Washington's table. Hale
was thrust into a noisome .dungeon in
the sugar house. While Andre was
tried by a board of officers and had
ample time and every facility for de
fense, Hale was summarily ordered to
execution tha next morning. , While An
dre's last wishes and requests - were
sacredly followed, the infamous Cun
ningham ' tore from Hale his cherished
Bible and destroyed before his eyes
his last letters to his mother and sis
ter and asked him what he had to
ay. "All I have to say Is, wss his
reply, "I regret I have but one lire to
lose for my country." -
His death was concealed for many
months because ) Cunningham said he
did not want the rebels to know they
naa a man who could die so bravely.
And yet, whill Andre rests In that
grandest1 of mausoleum's, where1 the
proudest of nations garners the remains
and perpetuates the memories of its
most eminent and honored children, the
name and deeds of Nathan Hale have
passed Into oblivion and - only a ' sim
ple tomb In a village churchyard marks
his resting place. The dying declara
tions pf - Andre and. Hale express the
animating- spirit of their several armies
and teach why wltlj all her power Eng
land could not conquer America "I
call poa you to witness that I die
like brave man." said Andre; and he
spoke from British and Hessian sur
roundings, seeking only glory and pay.
I regret that I have but one life to
losr for my country," said Hale; j and
with him rand his comrades self was
rorgotten In that absorbing, passionate
patriotism which pledges fortune, hon
or and life to the sacred cause.
all familiar with its contents are the
privileged '.few.'. ' ".".-..".'. v
It li hard to convince the people that
this charter is going to be better than
the old on when It is an admitted fact
that under Its rulings the city officials
will get $60,000 more than they now
receive. There Is no doubt that we
need a better form at nmrnn..i .
kthe present charter is entirely too cum-
utnsunie win us numerous commis
sions and civil service rules. The ma
jority of people filling these subordin
ate ofices. having passed a satisfactory
examination, seem to believe that It is
a life preserve created for their especial
benefit ' The majority of voters have
but little confidence in the authors of
the new charter, as there is scarcely a
framer of It who did -v not represent
some esneclal intaraat ... -nn..,
pie want ts a charter whose purport
shall be in the upbuilding of the city,
and when the taxpayers'- money is spent
there should be an asset to show, what
the money has been expended for. As
tha city Is. now run the' taxes a re en
tirely out of proportion to the Increase
of taxable . property. .. u
. .j . . : THOMAS GUINEAS
Tha rw11 rL... v.. i
- "...w j nan iwcivni ma
----- - - v.atn ujl ,-ui t,lN mi.
the present manager of the Hotel Cor
nelius, who desires to lease the local
uraitur wnen compieiea ior a term or
requires the building of a fourth story
vided for, says the Chronicle. -
the RE,ALN,i-r
F"LMININL
- Our Unwelcome Teachers, ' -
NOT willingly, but slowly, with dif
ficulty f we- leara our best les
ions of Uri from our unwelcome
teachera . They are not 4he . les
' sons we set-out to learn, not the
methods by which we would fain be
taught, yet we learn because we must.
There Is strict discipline in the school
of life. - ,' " ; - ' y , '
.- in cur haste to learjr the eay -and
f pleasant lessons which ambition or self
ntereet putafefore we - perhaps
neglect heatfh'. i In av, short time the
Inevitable result follows sickness. Here.
Is one of our unwelcome - teachers.
Would we deliberately chooie such a
methnd nf learninsr the hard lesson
submission to a stronger power th
-wf Mot at all. ,
Would we willingly taae a course tn
patience, in giving up pursuits and
amusement that are pleasant to us. In
sacrificing, our-own desires and hopes .
and begin thinking of other people? Not
we. Yet through the long arduous, dif
ficult lesson' of sickness with its en
forced Idleness and unwelcome Inter
ruption of the cherished pursuit many
have learned these hard lessons.
" Consider again. Would we- voluntar
ily learn through trouble the hard les
son of sympathy with those who
mourn? Not we. In our own planning
of our life's lessons we should nave In
cluded a course on -"applied" sympathy,
f erhapa. . Not an " actual touch with
hese dark .things of life, .but a sort
of visiting. - ministering contact, which
should leave to us our own free, happyi ;
untroubled spirit and let tne ngnt or
our own happiness shine in on those
who sit in dark places. But that is not
life's way.- , U' -,"- v.;""-4'
Into, eacn . lire no matter now shel
tered,. ho matter Jiow guarded, no mat- '
ter how situated in regard to fortune,
there cornea the lesson of trouble, when -the
dark unwelcome 'figure of sorrow
comes and takes each one, of .us by the
hand and leads us down to dwell with
those who have known of old this un- ,
welcome teacher.' In this way. not br
a smiling benediction from high and
happy places, we learn sympathy,
Is it ths loss of fortune? Aaaln one
of -our dour schoolmasters with whom
we should never of our own accord
have chosen fellowship. . Bitter is the
cry that we send after the thing that
is vanished. We want It it was out-sour
very own,- and we have been robbed.
it out or the experience Of gathering .
aether What remains and nherlahlnu'V'
thia, -and exerting our utmost endeavX.
ors to protect those whom we love that
the blow may not be too hard on them,
arise the lessons of conservation, of
wisoom, or tne use or our own powers, ,. .
which are of far more use to us thaa
that which was taken away. .
: fln. With tha nth trnnnlrM aMif M
buffs that we must all take along the -way.
It Is not given to any life to bei
spent altogether in. the' smooth' places
In the sunshine, in -cheerful mood and
with chosen company. That Is as -we
would like to have It, and if we had our ,
way we wouia nave no harder lessons
than these. : But we are onlv littlm
children who are: not wise enough to
make an eclectic course a success. -Well
It Is for us, though we cannot
realise it fully, that life has not been
made a cheap, easy thing, to be lived
successfully by those who have neither
experience nor desire for experience. It
is through our unwelcome teachers that
Tam ahftt An wn.. A.i.a - - iw.
great lessona that mankind Is set here K
to learn, as little children in a school- vs.
room. .Learn to walk humbly, trusting-
God. JUarn to be unselfish, to have pa
tience, to use what Is riven us with dis
crerinn anil fn, itrH t
oepenfl upon our own powers, under
suiurauj. arn tne common
touch with humanity which keeps peo-
These be hard lessons, and not to be
.c.mcu in uif primer grades. . Thev
are the graduate course which we take
only in the school of life and under the
tutelage of stern, unwelcome teachers.
But they are the lessons which are.
after all, most worth while. .
ii wm tneir varyma- ways of meet
ins mlafriptisnA a n.t.i. . , .
shall know the inner character of those
whom youmeet It ls..easy to besmll-
,.and "1;1 when everything goes
rleht. when t Hm jBA "
lesson an easy one. But to go under
,"u mere is something hard to
learn or to do. Is. the attitude of a
ing when he .or she meets trouble
Draretiy, grits teeth harder, strives all
the more earnestly, and so wins out.
AnVl flMl A, fiHV.ii ma .. . .
in tne strong, serene, worthy souls Who
I"". o unwelcome lessons
for their real purpose, and by learning'
ly toward the part of the- journey which
"Then welcome each rebuff that turns .
llfA'sj ttnnAf hnaasiaa rrui rrVn jr.
Each sting that bids nor ' sit. nor
iinu uui go.
-J Spring Work With Poultry.
; .- By Mrs. N. ' '
THERE are mahy items to consider in
I. order 'tfi ann-ao-a itrnnarlv In th.
' poultry business, -whether oil a
large -or small seals. Foremost in these
Is location. Are you located in the coun- V
ww m jvm uiivg air.- v.uuiiiavuue U4
range for the poultry In the small
n . V. A V. I I ..... i
auu Kai uciii . vi. jrvur Aaa lortunaie
neighbor, or . in the city where, being-
. . i -j n i . , t
they have but a few square feet In '
WrhlnK r ..... ( a a ni4 1 1 .... PlkriA.. ..a. .
h pn a nrcnrd i n fi- t o wherar vnn llva. f
it Im , nn mmam... . fai. ...IT:
Rocks or other breed Which will content
l ..... 1 . i . ii,. t m i . l . . . Z
iiavi-. it s aiv. in me ouuniry
the Lghorn. or other breed, as to my
rn nrl . tha ruaflfna, hn Im tha, haar
producer.
wnemer in tne country, town or city,
keep their house, yard, food and Water
clean.-- Just now let us resolve that we
will give our hens plenty of good clean
water and keep the crlt box well filled
and placed where the hens may have
free access to It at all times. . . -
nwi navar, many iqwii. x-jeiter
a few healthy well cared for hens than
wiKcr iiumuwr ic ana 111 iea, xea -at
all Look them over now, pick out
thai lieairlAW m t nrr n A .1 n m.4 -
you would an old garment. . -
mi m wu you cow i raiaea mv
Chicks last year. I Set two or three
,lo""L ,wi" iiiiih villi ni4ia uiy
brooder-by nslner two bushel boxes, a '
piece of sheet iron and a broken window
ViS tla Ua saAaMA,l aU A a 1 1. .
ri.w, a x-o imuwvfni til t,J,a IIU UOllOIII
mm the. Tlraf hnw loarlv axe hut wkaa lAm
and n3s. He then tacked the Bheet
Iron on the. bottom of the eecond box,
iiiouo wl nuiq m ins top tna iuiea tne
sVlnaai v It iiUa. . a . J - -
r ' vr- f V xr jimi. a l (j (il ss.U 9 W .
(Inor t n vriaa aa. a! 4U a
uVVa ' fu Ut V'lV UUi, IUW ,
Ump wm placpd Jn the firet box near
.no vciuvt. nits ottvjwiiu ptix jJiacea upon n -end
tyo light boards placed In the hot-
chicks would not burn their feet. A -v
uuuru im piucea rrom tne door io tne
ground, snd you are reedy for the Chicks.
This brooder placed at the south side of
tha hanrtmiBK nn a V. m.a k.,IUla.. .
HWn-; U( UV1ICI UUIIUlllg U ITU
for me better result than any other
method X have tried, having never used v
aa uiLuwatui itu uruijuei. ;
.. ,. - - ' St k -; ';
s Orange Fritters."" '
THIS la, a pleasant change for a
luncheon or dinner, and eason- ,-
able; Peel two of'angas and sep
arate into the segments, carefully re- :
moving - the seeds If any. through -as .
Small an openlns: as possible; dip the
sections into a batter and fry In deep. -hot
fat; when done, drain on paper,
sprinkle with powdered sugar and heap
on splatter.. -. --..- , w
To make the fritter batter: Sift to
gether thoroughly one. and one ..third '
cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking
powder fnd one fourth tf-aspooii of salt:
add gradually two thirds of a cup of
milk and oe egg well beaten. ' j