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V s .( ElAKmGE OP THE EDIT JOUKNAL) THE JOURNAL . ixnicreKDrKT kewipapeb. - C. A. JICKBOB.... .rsbllabat I'abllabart eaaaa, owning i"pt Sunday! and erarf eunaar wornm! ai im mm.i ,, lug. Firth ana YaaibiU straal. fort la ad. Of Eaiarvd at tb pnatoffloa at Portland, Or for traaaaa I torn IbrMKk Um Bulla aa nacood-cUaa aattar. - . lit r.r ho vks mux titv Route a-ei. - , All aVranmro a rracard r tbaaa tmaaNara. Jan lb operator taa occarto-aut jnn wmi. tOBEIOM ADVKHTJ81NQ REr-RBSKNTATl VB. JJanlamln A holnir Co., Rrnnawlrk fliilMliif. , '.'2ft fifth aaanur. Kbit Vork; lOuT-US HtO-ee , lialldlng.. Oik-aso. . . Ttie Journal U on Mia la tonrton. England, at lb-af flo of Tnt Journal' Biifilah rrnra erntatlTra. B. A I. Hard Co.. 0 fWI roe. br aabacrlptlona and advartiMUM'uti ill b rwa1ad. . Siibacrliitton Tama bf nail or Jo .any addraaa . ra in unitaai statea. Oa nad or aifkleoj DAILY. ' ,0m rear.., (3.00 I Ono anontb. .....I .BO SUNDAY. j no raar 11.60 O.a month......! .23 TAILT AND BUNDAX. Oaa rf 11.80 una month......! .S HUGE PROFITS OF TljE HARRIMAN - y' l-' " SYSTEM ; ,7 V I . . . . Letters FromtL$ Peoply j -- COMMENT AND flEWS IN BRIEF ( Laltara to Tha' Journal should be wrltta oa Ida of tba paier 4017 aua ahoaU b ao It Jb a folly for ah eminent ' man to think of escaping cen lure, and a weakness to be af fected with It. All the illus trious persons of antiquity and. Indeed, of every age in ..the world, have ' passed through this fiery persecu- ! - Hon. Addison. " ' a 5 RAILROADS AM) COMMISSIONS - a" - REITERATED plea of the rati I roads la that only trained ex- -- "r-perta can Intelligently and y fairly decide what freight rates should be; that so complicated and delicate a business problem can only - be solved correctly by men with especial knowledge and appreciation of all the circumstances and condi tions and long experience In study . log and applying them. This is .true, but the suggested or inferred assumption that only jnen of . the railroad circle or In the railroads' employ can do or aid In doing this : work does not follow. Men cm- ployed by the federal and Btate gov ' f rnnients,' legally given access to all the facts, figures, circumstances and C'inditibns, can decide with quite as much intelligence, can make themr Mtlree quite as capable of deciding, of fixing rates as the railroad' men themselves. ..V. . Conceded that transportation of people and products is a public rather than a private business, one Mn which all the people have a direct and Tital Interest, and in regard to the cost of which they are entitled ' to a voice, It follows that they have a right to elect or appoint, certain men In state and nation to attend to this very,TImpo'rtant f business! ' anaN -.while at first these men cannot be .experts cannot be even capable of ; performing this duty fully, they may ; In a comparatively abort : time be " come so. .-The courts-, have : decided that the people have the right to appoint men to do this, work; the ' people. In nation and state, have ap pointed such men; but the railroads keep appealing to the courtB and saying that these commissioners are not and cannot be qualified to decide . these freight questions. The rall- ' roads will have to abandon this posl Mion also; such men are or may be- come fully capable for this work. They are an imperative necessity, riand it would be strange indeed if the people could not find among themselves suitable material for this ; service; If among thein there were no men who could learn all the com - plications and intricacies of freight rates as well as railroad men can. The people having created these agencies to represent thenr the 'federal and state railrsad commis ' alons the proper, sensible thing for the railroad men to do is to, meet them in a spirit of harmony and con ciliation, recognizing the people's superior rights, interests and if need be power, in this great business. . This.tbey can do willingly, if their professions are - true, because thq. ' people want nothing unreasonable. They stand in a friendly, not, as is so often falsely represented,, a hos tile attitude, to the railroads. It Is of the utmost importance to thfjrii that the railroads should prosper and be able to do business in a fb-st class manner, and make all nec-ep.-ftary improvements and eitensi'na. and that the big railroad financiers thould be able to build new lines wherever needed. The people do Dot want to go into this transporta tion business. They want tar' en-j courage and aid if necessary ,1 hose 1 who have engaged in It. Tbe com missions, while created to lodk out I for the people's interests, are prop frly friends, not enemies, tf tierail- reads and the railroad men.' They sliould both tneet and attain this spiiit When they are wlllfng to do thl these freight rate que!ons can bo adjusted amicably, whtiout this croatant appeal to the courvs. which after all know less abont the mat ters adjudicated than th commls s.ons do. '. The sottitlon of this , matter is tterefore eaay, providing' only that "the raljroad people will. fully yield f th principle that the "people have light,- through hlr 1 tpert enm niFviocs, to coatrol. tiii that the rommUsiona will be ritreral, whflc fully protecting he jxple's inter- l, to treat the rallrrtads, raj-gnii. fag them as great fmblic beDefar tor,' fairly. Ge toother, gentie mn, and appc' ' to the courta. ore In the grand totals, we pub lish In another column comments of the .Wall Street Journal on tho huge earnings of that system. Every cit izen of Oregon should read the ar ticle carefully and weigh it well. The net earnings of the system are so great that It is a problem how to get rid of the money. That some of the system's huge surplus might be used Jn developing central Oregon or the Coos Ray section, does not seem to be seriously considered by Mr. Harriman. Pay bigger divi dends, issue more stock and pay dlv- Mends on that, make an extra dis tribution, but never, never build a mile of road in Oregon. In the face of such evfdence as thtla latest financial statement of ipe Harriman system, the assertion tjhat the people are oppressing tbe rail roads is mere drivel and bosh. In the light of these figures the nrent advances in- terminal rates and the advances in lumber rates were abso lutely uncalled for. In view of these huge. earnings, what can courts think of the plea of confiscation so earnest ly urged by the railroads. 1 Yet the people of Coos , Bay are asked to guarantee operating ex- N VIEW of the fact that the earn-1 pehse and 4 per cent Interest aa the eoaaiiid i b tba aao.a and addr.a vt .. .. I .1 .... . . . . Iwrltar. Tho aama will not ba anad If logs of the Oregon end of the oniy condition on wmcn jiarrjman iwri, Mk, ,b,, lt bo wiuaMd. ib. journal Harriman system cut a large fig- ralimad - wtll take no chance,-, even b uta aa brut aa poMibia. ttxm im ua though its .enormous earning come l9n"m ihn ol ,hXKiU '"" froon roads that only few short tfraiudrBalar) noting that iait vU a- inh- t..flH. u . ""1 1 '"". h? !r ' ' - . . . - - " i min oi in auiiac, aa otic aowa IW uuii, celvers.'.. Now the earning or tnese i . roads are so rreat that lt la a nrob- rotesU Proposed IroproTement. lntfl how rt .nonH therri Th neo- Purtland,. MwoS It. To tha Editor of J. i Div amiii ti tmr. Th- Journal Ther la .movment on iJe of Coos Bay are expected to guar- ffflot on AIIierU atreet ,0 wl(lBn the amtoe fair retnm on Mr. Harrl- tret from Union avenue tn Vancouver man's Investment but are to get none avenue. It eecms this moement has of the profits. When the road be- be'n trd bf businees men of the the ell-Bet. for the will hava to irlva at laaat five fert and a half on each side of the etreet. and then they will have, to par the taxes to have the- street wld entd i; nS man can show me where this movement will benefit mo or any other email property owner on Alberta was supposed.'he could become. He had a good and great mother, and a good If not a great father, and with all his faults he has made a re spectable figure In his" exalted posi tion in the world. WHEX RAILROAD&ESS T RANSPORTATION la the hear or commerce ana maaistry. De velopment of a locality Is im possible without means of tran sit. Where there is no Instrumen tality for moving products there Is little civilization and less wealth. Recognizing this fixed law of de velopment, Belgium, a country with an area, scarcely one fifth that of the state of Illinois, has, within two or three decades, expended $8, 000,000 from government funds in providing canalB and other moanB of transpor tation.: The story of railroad exten sion is the story of developed areas, Chicago is the product of intensified transportation facilities. Oregon uppllee a remarkable illustration of the effect upon a locality of the lack of such facilities Six counties of the state are prac tically without railroads, and can not be1 reached eyewater hauls.' They are Crook, Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake and Malheur. Their total area is about 40,000 square miles. They comprise more than two fifths of the total area -of the state. Their aggregate wealth as disclosed by the equalized assessments is ?s,s5J, 044. as follows: Crook, $7,070,254; Grani $3,654,675; Harney, $2,500,- 428; ; Klamath, $7,105,904; Lake, $4,30fi,578; Malheur, $4,212,205. v In contrast, ..Umatilla county, ly ing In the same region and small In area, is assessed at $25,159,227, a4 most as much as the six counties combined. . Umatilla Is threaded with railroads. Multnomah, a still Bmaller counrty lu area, but at the heart of pulsating transportation systems, has an assessed wealth of $236,187,737. It Is an aggregate nearly nine times that of the six counties with their 40,0"0 square miles of area. Of course, it is true that better so3 and climatic conditions are present in Umatilla and Multnomah counties. Yet" in tjie vast reaches of tlris 40,000 square mllea of undevel oped area there are thousands of acres of the richest landB on the face tl the earth. There are alfalfa bot toms capable of turning off a prodi gious wealth were there but means of getting it to market. There are tremendous expanses of country ca pable of yielding an enormous wheat aggregate. There are but few spots In the most arid of these regions that are not capable of yielding a good nrooortion of wealth In some form. It is an empire of huge possibilities, but it is, comparatively Bpeaking, a vast sweep of mere waste, because it is bottled up and rallroirdleas. It, is a striking illustration of what rail roads mean to a locality. .in. n n. ..i i, ..u hi rrn. j n -not wnere il win oen gins to pay largely, aa it would If eflt the residence property owner, of uuiu, me proms are iu iu tuti system, none to the guarantors. What grim, sardonic humor there is in the proposition.-r When bread was asked a stone was given, al- thrino-h kb far hark jia 190S tha con- utriiftlofi of tha road was nosltivelv ',t,,,'t lhen 1 wU1 p- willing to help the struc tion or me roaa was posiuveiy faod work fclonr otherwUe i anl K)ng iiiuuiiocu. , 1 10 pui lorxn every. error to stoo iu'.'- What difference in .principle Is I I, as well as other property owners there between the offer made .and ?,OIl Alberta street, have only 40, foot , . . . . , i iuibi aua any una caul ee Wliai we win the building of the road by the peo- nftV, left when Ket ,hrough vlth pie tnemseives7 jr me jiarriman lus. I do not blame the business men system owns Oregon aa its exclusive I alona tha street if they, can work the territory, does no obligation rest I "'Jl-Sr.i A I""" upon it to aid In the states develop- .n1 to lt that the busIneM meA of mentr ' It Is just such disregard or I the street do not hand them a lemon. the rights and welfare of, the people It, eems the people who are back of that will lead ultimately and inev- oi'Vnon aven ueT rherthemser. Itaniy io siepa iui uiauj now iear I did nothing to Improve Alberta street. to tread. ' ;" " . I There are others that seem to be mixed np in tnis movement that do not live on Albert At all. Tt la a vorv amav mattar zations proceeded to investigate, and I to be a good fellow when it does not the sequel is the resignation with, its cost anything, i think that this im the practical plea of guilty entered by the mayor himself by his act of re tirement, i The country has seen no clearer exemplification of the value of the Lboat that these fellows are In. W. H. BOLWELL.. Undrawn Poultry. Portland. Or., March 10. To the Ed itor of The Journal I notice With mnsti sad tlafartti rtn Va Krln rri r tw iim nl varying forms of popular govern- the undrawn fowl oueetlon. I have ment, such as are in vogue in Ore- long wondered - why people were buy- gon. If the citizen has ft means of ,n foul meat and saying hoth- reachina- Into and exercisinir a laree ,nB 1 h8v been' learnlB" recently that reacning into ana exercising a large the ma(n Baleg of thig 8t0ck went t0 influence on government he will take restaurants. Several people remarked a deeper interest in public affairs, as I in my presence: ,"lf the chickens, were iha mu at Tjio annloi Homnn. only dressed wa would 'take one. t strates. Because the citizen took dare say hundreds of people would buy thm who do not on account of the un that interest, corrupt Mayor Harper, known condition they are in. They wflo otherwise would have certainly J can hang there tin the green shows v, i -i a vi. mrouKn me mm. parts ana nun u r Y v T v J.6 ; :v , ' ' The restaurant man office, though he had but nine must haye chicken. His patrons call months yet to serve. The result Is for It. He cannot race out in th coun au object lesson to all officials from Si CuZ'Zrn one ena oi me country 10 ine otner. dees he do? He Koes to the meat Ar- It 1b . an Illustration to the citizen ket, buys what he can, and good, bad body in all cities and states of how or Indifferent, his customers eat lt, they can provide against misfeasance 5? tc .teandtaTto ana corruption in oince. it is an ieave the table, it is time for .the example to the whole country of the pure food commission to act on t value of municipal organizations and of the good results to follow when the best citizens and all citizens take an interest in public affairs. It is a complete and overwhelming exem plification of what a valuable thing It is for the people to have the largest possible powers in the con duct of government.. At one time In this world all power of government was exercised by kings , SMALL CHANGE 'J Trustjtaft .,V-,';' ; Boost; don't knoolc . w ," Tay, and look pleasant. .' , a . -It'a the season (or growth. - Easter and baseball are coifilng.v - ... e a -. . .;.; Wake up; aet,busy; It's spring. ' . . . But bif Improvements coat money. ' t Taft has a tremendous opportunity, '. f e , . .O . r-. There's Chamberlain: . svhare'a Me tiargr o.a Miss finrlna- could not kan i artv lunger. . t It brats all how seldom a anollraman la rtraj noro, . A little Dlece of fertile 1u) anl! j r niuvpangrnt'Bi r . ,. Most Officials are anrki hnnaat nan, How. would It rin tn hunt nnf iha ila . a o. Monday Aldrlch and fannnn will ra auma operautms. , - . t - e , Nobody Imaclned that: aacp ig wag. , i This Is B-olfla in ha thm. Kl. ,.. ' ' - . ',. a ' a ' ' - ;. ; Salem gets prom!ninUy into tha date linea again next weeht . , . The lonae a man la dud t ha t., iiu uciior no is, as a rule. a a Did you rreet that hitmaaMbwa with tne xiaj nana I xon should. . Hpnng! Why. -yesterday afternoon even auggesteo met ice man. vine tils, :hVm and hundreds of people will thank them for crushing out the filthiest proposi tion now existing in our markets. '-, A UlTlZtaN, Activity at Tjyle. v Lyle. Wash., March 8. To the Ed ttor of The Journals-Residents of Lyle, Wash., and vicinity, are becoming deep-" ly interested In the development Of their part- of Klickitat, county. ' . One may see stockmen, lumbermen, fruitgrowers and. merchants on every hand, planning, urging and pleading for It was then held that the attendance and cooperation at their king could do no wrong. He be- coming booster meetipg toba held at headed his subjects at will. lie "Kt Bevelop taxed them to suit his fancy. His raent league will deaiver a - booster orgies, his revelries, his injustice speech. Other Goldtndaie speakers will and his inhumanity to man were bJ jjf" ""f t"rad 10 the general awful. From Nero to Mayor Harper prThis the" firs?1 concentrated effort is a long stride. From government made here to, secure comiminlty ad then to government now is a mighty I vantages and those who are leading the movement say mey are Deing very The leglalatlva Insdora am man who can oq irusiea as about right. '". A arowllna-. aioiinJiv. lAflmt vmm bier never was mourned much whan ha aiea. . a a Taste has berm defined aa afmnllnltv Then soma ao-alety women must be tasteless. Farmers hava laArnAfl and ara nr..n ixing. They can run this country if mey iry, rignt. a The legislrcture ahnuld atralihlan un all serious errors, if lt does take an extra aay or two. S a a Now is also the time to clean up the premises. This is as Important as Cleaning up, pontics. Taft wtll earn his little JTS.OOO l year, If he does his duty, and The Jour nal beliex-8' he will. a a : Hello, Miss Spring; mighty glad, to p juu,, even ir your reet are trosty, Put 'em on our back. , a . a i uuvvmior tnK nas unautaunua en gagements amounting to $17,800. Poli tics itays for some people. - t a a " . Dojs anybody who owns desirable business lots want to aell them at the aatteeBea valuer wot a man. -' ' a ;" ' Tlie tariff will be-somewhat revised, sune. The people are beginning to rule, In Spite of Aldrlch and Cannon, a a Come out to the coast this summer. President Tr.ft; you and we'uns will all enjoy your visit, even If we haven't 'possums. a a Atlanta Journal: It Is to he douhtad whether a more popular man than Taft ever neia tne presidency. Kyen Chancel lor Day has made no complaint. OREGON SIDELIGHTS f ' - A peach orchard of 11 acres near The Dalles sold for 100 an acre, 1 t . . ' a a i The Echo wool securing plant' will aoon be ready for buslneaa. .. . , a a , , k. , Trrison Irrigator: The weather Is fretting lalmv and spring like, and th tens iaylns ilko everything. Bprinr 1 ure at nana. r -.. Roseburg real estate has been on the go for tha past 10 dyv tmye the INews. ny impnrniu aai aT curred ajiu more ar peiiuius, ,- . . '-"a ;is , ;.' . RnJiar Pltv. Harald: ' Don't you Slip. foae the angel really wept when Mayor larrv Iane of ' Portland, spoke of IiisiTin In connoctlon with bis admlnla tration ana ponce roroer Mrs.' B6aslo'y has' presented The Ir. rlaratnr with a naranitp almost as big as a sawSxig. and as long.- Anyhow It Is SO inches-long and la incnes arouna. It' wulo-ha lhra nnunda and two ounces. And she had larger ones, old man Bert- nejc; .says.;, J, 4V,.; ' . thrman WIia Iiaa Inauariiratitd a Cam palgrt for' advertising Astoria mat i rarfaln in attract attention, eava th Budaet. L Ha has Jiad printed on. the ln nis -.correspondence- the following catohy phrase: "Come, there's more bus mesa ana-ies siaxnena in Astoria. The ' Journal - aoea , not.: indorse tne spirit of this remark in the Eugene Guard: The.peopla of Salem will prob ably expect the voters of Eugene to eaat their ballot In favor of the state caoltal remaining at Its present location. Let'a sea what was the majority Mar lon county rolled 'up in favor of tha state university appropriation T' -. r Eua-ena needs electric railways run nlna out into everv Dart of the ur rounding country, says the Guard. Why wntifor foraia-n caDltal to build them when there Is money enough at home to go ahead on. After the start has been made tha bonds of the roads. If more money Is needed, will sell readily in any money market in the world. Get busy!. ' From the nresent aooearance there will be a great many more onion seta raised m tne vicinity oi nuooarn man in , any -former year, says the News. More people are going Into the business of raising onion pets. This section ap pears to be the best adapted for that business, outsiae oi me grrai uniuu s-rowtn&- spattons of California, where nnria arrowem nave mane lonunes. una onion business is Decerning an import ant ona in this vicinity. - Pandlatnn Tribune: The colonists and llknwiae the residents of. Umatilla county are both visiting the Irrigation projects In the western end of Umatilla county, aaiiyi ana on ounuay every available conveyance in both Echo and Warmlainn warn is use. transporting prospective land buyers to the ranch. sites now reaoy lor Bememeni. . iu mnnev market has become easier, and a boom in these lands is now being experienced. nulla nhaarver: E. R Stints, of Alrlie. has received from Kentucky one Lof the finest bred, registered coyote or fox hounds that he could secure in ine south. He is already the owner of one of the best trained packs of coyote hounds In the state.-and Is recognised aa- one of the most successful coyote hunters, in tne unceasing war mat nna been waged against the coyote peat by the farmers and stockmen of Alrlie and vicinity. Mr. Staats hounds have teen almost, indlspensible. v j. a a Echo Register: When a poorly dressed transfer antorad the bank Wednesdav and feouested admittance to the back room cashier Htaniieia oecam buh plcious and curtly announced that all business was transacted through the window. He was somewhat surprised when the stranger calmy out open an Id sack he had orougnt wit n mm ana Hed handful after handful of gold on the counter. A total of M7Z5 was left on deposit. A Canal Wi'tk Locks I if sweep. By his resignation Mayor Harper of Los Angeles has confessed that the recall was properly invoked against him. But except for the greatly pleased by offers of coopera tion and assistance fjrom every side. i H. J. CLARK. Pure Milk and Our Babies, ' If babies' had a jte the milk supply recall he would probably not have artlcuiate and the slaughter goes on. resigned, but would have still con- is there aay reason -why babies tlnued his career of official and per- ehould die. asks Walter Weyi in "Sue sonal debauchery.' The recall seems tn this notable case to have vindi cated itself. cess Magazine" nut occasionally, not now and then and here and there, but wholesale, like flUo? We are so cruelly accustomed to tha little coffin and the white hearse that we never look at the facts or ask ourg'sHves the question. But In there any reaann why babies should die? . ."Suppose you enter the house of The appropriations of the state of Washington legislature will be larger, in proportion .to population and wealth, than Oregon's, yet we poor family and see a new born babe Hnn't fir. ' n tVoah In crn n,a. in a corner or tras room, ana mere near VA V AB V tlUtl U J TV C7M iuqivu nu papers predicting wholesale bank ruptcy and ruin. Huge Earnings o Harriman Lines, Approximating Twenty Per Cent on Stock. THE RECALLED MAYOR Mht-t ESward tlld not die. t rrr.bljr will not Itm long, accord it to an n porta. Jl has naoW a r fri :rf, a klois go; aa :, t te cfi.'.i'Je n.Icr than it ; . - . N THE resignation oi Maor Harper of Los Angeles the virt ue of the recall as aa Instrument of popular government Is com pletely confirmed. Mayor Harper not only resigns from his office, but withdraws his name from the ticket as a candidate for reelection. Dis covery of documentary evidence by which the mayor and a number of his officlal8 are alleged to be com promised with reaidents of the red light district was final Influence that brought abont the mayor's re tirement. The triumph of, the re call and the forces behind It is com plete and overwhelming. Tbe result will be of incalculable benefit to the cause . of popular. - government throughout the country. - The poa oavion by the electorate ot the power to recall this mayor waa a weighty influence ia creating the agitation against him. If there had been ao power of rerall there woald have been little or no encouragement to attempt his removal eve a though his official shortcomings were widely suspected. Armed with the ower to rompe a ahmiaeinB of his cae to the etatorate. the ,M-! alclral i;-ae asd, otter civic orjinU It takes a brave man, or one of tough fiber, to become secretary of the treasury at this juncture. But there's always the nation's great and good friend, J. Pierpont Morgan, to fall back on. Gustav A. Andreen. Dr. Gustav Albert Andreen, president of Augustana college at Rock Island. Ill,, waa bora Is Porter.- Int, March 13, 1S4. - He graduated from Ameri can college In 1881 and later studied law. Hebandoned his plan to become a lawyer, however. In favor of a career as an educator. In ISM he Joined the faculty of Bethany college In Kansas and remained wllft. thaf institution seven years. Froaf 181 to 1100 he was an Instructor In German1 at Tale uni versity. The next two years he spent as a student tn! European universities. Cpon his returri to America be wa chosen president of Augustana college. Recently he has been engaged in a movement among the Swediah Luther ans all over the country to raise the endowment of Augustana cellega to 1289. OW). This Date in History. lJa Indians attacked Groton. Mass. lit Karl Orey, prime minister of Raglaad. by whom the first reform bill was carried, born. Died Joly IT, IMS. 1121 Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia abdicated. 1MX Tha Confederate "evacuated their works at New Madrid. Mo. lift President Johasow asksd Says tlnis to prapars bis aaswer te lb artWa of Impeachment. . 1174 Body ef Charles 8tjsuie lay Is tbs rapHnl at Wanking! mv. - 1171 P")rt lasuo of Philadelphia TiBs. v ll Sj stam ef atsJxSard tlas estab- IVaihed In Amarlea. Ili-T Italians killed In a tenver Jail by a WW. . ' I Ml itni)aml Ilarriaon, - twewly-II-Ira) rrvaM-tH a lh Ftataat. d4 la Isdfcanapnna. .Rni lp orttf Bens. Ohio. A fee at :t. lttl. 1 the fire, doddering over his slumberous pipe, the babe's great-great-grandfather, a rheumatic, .asthmatic old man of 90. The babe -was born today, this very day, endowed with all its heritage of thousands of lreneratlons; the great great-grandfather was born In 1819, when Monroe sue president and Na poleon was alive. Crabbed age is frail, and yet the sta tlsttcians will prove to you that slim as are th chances of the very old, that' babe is more likely than his great-gr?at-grandfather to die. In a year, and very much more likely to die within three snonths. If the mother knew how . great was the danger to her baby, she would hover even more anxiously over the cradle. If she knew how often babies are slain by tbe milk of tjie city If she knew. there wouldn't be,: so many slain. Wants Co Be Judge. Peter West, an' old lawyer of Pendle ton, wants to be the new federal Judge, and has mad tbie application therefor. He says h is a ncm-partlsan, .but lean toward the Demjocmtlc side, like .Cham berlaln, and that a Judge need . not know much la-st for the lawyers will tell him enouglL. Judge West recently, by the way, luad i woman for a small balance claimed to be due -on a divorce fee. though shs bad a receipt ha full. and he adraltt3 that he had given her th receipt t fool other lawyer and make them believs he had charged th regular fes. It 'was further brought out, say tbe Pendleton Tribune, that West had taken th Initiative In tha case and had callel at th womsa's house long before shs had ever thought sf securing a d I farce. At first. sb was angered St lite suggestion but finally aftr he lu id told ker, that bow sbe bad aa e apart iia-ity -oget. ths di vercs cheap, aha decided t accept th offer. . I Tbe Groarth I Jfew York City. ( rrsia th Kew Terk War Id. Aervrdliisr to tas eetimet of th health SisTtmest th population of New Tork.' city Is mw 4,422 . Th city thus contains half a million more peopl thatt war In th United States When the aronsUtatlos was sdopted. Its pobstattaiv ra arrestee than that Of Ofcta of ef tla fetir New England etatva, Maaaavhwaatt. Conseetlcat, Abe4 Is land anl, Verroeet. It has a larger population tbaa Eng Prom th Wall Street Journal, - Tha narnlnara of the Harrlmafr lines, nartlcularlv those of th Union Pa clflc, continue to make large gains. In fact, the earnings of the .Union Pa cific are Increasing at such a rate that notwithstanding that the company will have to meet Interest, charges considerably In 1 excess of those of the last fiscal year, it will nevertheless earn clos to, if not fully 20 per cent on its common stock after the payment of all fixed cnarges, sjnKing lunun, ana pre feriwd dividends -' .'"-' This means that tha Union PscifiC will earn not far from $20,600,000 after the oavment of its regular 10 nor cent dividend. It Changes the ques tlon which the nulnduncs of Wall street used to ask, vis: "How can the Union Pacific possibly earn 10 per cent dividends?" to that other question .. .. ... ... , . 4 r ' wnat ia tne union racmc io ao witn afiiu ...UI., . , Th. ilvsnentin critic will be aulck t say in answer to fhisquestion: "Make the railroad cut Its rates." And that would be a very unhappy answer for the simple reason that If the Union Pacific were allowed to eut Ms Tates below Its competitors' it would get all Dusiness u couio possioiy nanaie, far rafl fnllnwa the llrve of least resistance and lowest cost. There are other critics who would say: "Put the money back into the nronertv " I But this would only make general excrescence of fat which 1 not a good thing for a railroad nowadaya to have. Besides, sine Its reor ganisation the Union, Pacific mala line has had expended on It for improve ments and betterments, aside from th extraordinarily large charges to ex penses for up-keep and renewals, no less than f 50,000 a roll. I Mr Harriman and bis creditors ar face to face with a proposition In which a way should be' found to lncreass the distributions to the common Stockholders, and there Is reason to bellsva that, whether by , putting , the stock on a 12 per-cent bssis. which would be a large contract, or by mak ing an- extra distribution, which could be an easy matter or by giving the common stockholders the right to participate In an lssus-of new common stock, this proposition In som form or other will receive serious considera tion during' the current year. 1 , ' Some or th results of the operation of the Union Pacific and of the Southern Paclflo in the present fiscal year may be tabulated thus; UNION (PACIFIC. , P. C. nmaa ravenue. Jan.. 1S0I Inc. f 1M.814, or J. Net earnings, Jan.. 1909.. t'ne. 4i.es7. or zj.-i 115.893. Or .02 4,8J,50, or ?4.l Gros revenue, 7 monthafto Feb. 1, 1909 Dec. Net revenue, 7 months. Feb. 1, M09 Inc. Ratio oper. exp. to gross rv., first 7 months of current fiscal year ..,..;-... Ratio oper. expenses to gross, first T months 1907.08.. - .,-.:. SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Gross revenues, Jan.. 1969....... Dec Net earnings. Jan., 1909.-. . . :'V.V.' iv Gross revenues, 7 months to Februsry 1. 1909 Deb. Net revenues, 7 months. to Feb. 1. 1909. Inc. Ratio oper. expenses to gross, first 7 months current fjcal year ........---' .i nrwir. cxnanses'to gross first 7 mos. 1907-1908.. j Thus 4t Will BS seen mat wain mc umun racum wa nnn aoia to noia Its own In reapact to Its gros earnings ss between thl year snd last year, largely owing to the fact that Increases In Its gross earnings have been re ported in th last few months, en ths ether hand, the Southern Pacific has had a decrease tn Its gross rsvenaes of f(,in.tl9. Nevertheless both com MnlM Show large gain In net earnings, which, wbeitv properly made. Is th IT.i ... at, t'ain PaMflo In this resort hstrlng an ad a a asla In the first seven months of ths ys'of . per cent, th Southern Paclflo of 17. psrl eeat. . v " , - J ' 44 '.- C( PC I 817.I7J, or 281,080, or 11 .l 88.019. or 7.8 1.78 1.314, or 17.C ' i 9f t.. nautaar tha rreat EUsabethv It Is six times th wis numerically or Fans under ths grand mooerdu. four times aa big aa London when Oeorge HI was king, mora than four times greater man Rom under Aagustus. There ar sena torial districts la Manhattan trior densely populated than wa Athena, rth y of Oreec," In ths sg of Per- tela. It wa said of the Roman By em ef their historians that they "had mad th world a city." New Tork has foe eom a etvie commonwealth greater is ambers, tn wealth, is snrlaL srtlstlc. moral snd all but lagtslgtlve Influence than any ef the state ef th Union It adaW to Its population last year a elty'th etae ef Denver. At the sain rwiov lu will add every dreade ths pP- Istmw oqntraJant to a Boston and BaJ-ttuMare- mWieJ. ef thra cjtias ef tha rack of Cincinnati to be? ' Superlatives loss their fore when employed to express tbs wonder ful growth, of New Tort city. , The Ednrsated Grocer. - - From Success Magssina. - "Say. mister.' -said the email bey. breathlessly, "take down this . order quirk; I got to g ts school: Tare pounds of rofree at 4a cents; thro and ons half of sngar at sevs cents, six boxes of cocoa at 2V two dnsrn eggs st 11, snd four pound ef batter St 4 cents. Hw mwcH doe It rem to T" ' "Feor dellsrs and elghty-thre eettta, my llttl mas." aaid th grocer. "What address,, plaoa?" 0: Tlaanksr said the' schoolboy as he ana 4a bis aarasH "That was th only m I eesldnt dT - , FromKlh Now YorhV Times With that urbanity and broadmlnded candor which aro so eharactarlstlo of him. tha ex-jycldtint informed , con gress tliat Inasmuch aa th lock type of construction has bean adopted for the Panama canal any attack, upon th lot plan must hereafter be considered as "merely an attack upon th policy of building any. canal at all." - Also, with that manly courage which la char acteristic of him. president-elect Taft declares that . h i ..i. I- - mm bVIIIIUV. VI ill kBoundncsa and sufficiency of ,th lock ana tnst n will assums full of. freia! responsibility for Its adopuAn. We are not quit sure,, under thC edict' of Mr. Roosevelt, whether ths penalty l iir nil rn Ata asii,.ihm a . wi',M indictment by ft -federal gri Jury . In the Plstrlot of Columbia - saaaw aUl - III Mil irHIIAn Whatever, may be the nature of tho peril, It has ' been incurred, and we fancy It . will continue to be Incurred, by a large number or desirable Jamerl can cltlsen. It our Information that a majority of civil engineers In this country, and -substantially all shipping men, regard the adoption of th lock type aa a deplorable blunder. Perhaps the dissenting engineers will be disre garded ss of no account , Mr. Roosevelt aava that tha am n-( n ...m. . . obligingly sent to the Isthmus with Mr, - Taft are the "best qualified to pass upon these very questions which they, ha vej examined." Nevertheless a majority of Mr. Roosevelfa fnm.a board , or advisory v, engineers, Davis. Burr, and Parsons,' being among the number, did recommend a sea level canal, and did advise against the con struction of a lock canal substantially on the ground - thai tha , plan waa im practicable. 8o far as ws are aware, ths assumption that ' these engineers are opposed to the building of any canal at air must rest upon the unsupported statement of Theodora Roosevelt. A' majority' of trie engineers who ao companlad Mr. Taft, and who now re port, whether or not appointed for that reason by the president, werer al ready committed to the look canal plan. It is not surprising that ' their brief1 visit to th Isthmus confirms views al ready entertained. V , - a a a . m C The country may. aa well make Ite mind to provide not less than 84 uu,oow ror tne building of a canal at Panama on the lock plan. This is. we believe, about 1100,000,000 more than the maximum estimates ' of cost of a sea level canal. - It ts a very serious question that Mr. Taft has decided, and upon which he has sd firmly taken 'his stand. We hope he has not- been too much In fluenced by -such puerile arguments as that of these engineers, that there will be ni trouble about earthquakes, since the locks will be structures "of great stability and Uttle subject to damage by earthquake shocks." Whatever Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft may think of that affirmation, a candid world will laugh at lt. The American people will not laugh, however, If after completion the canal ehould be put out of busi ness for two or three years because of destruction of Its locks by earth quake. ... : v. , J, , . ,,,, ,,".:,. u The Legislature, r rium 1 ua lilies Ujillillipi. The Optimist has from time to tlm mad-a little, fun of the members of the'' legislature, , and has had , a wor l to say about their whiskers! But we have in no way attempted to vllllfy or abuse them. We have thought and still think the election of Chamberlain was not nec essary to preserve honor, and that the election of a Republican was the only logical method for a Republican legisla ture to pursue. But that Is all ancient history. Mr. Chamberlain la our senator. and the question is settled In precisely the way we supposed It would be set tled. We did not suppose ha could be defeated (after hia Indorsement by the voters last June), but fought for our honest convictions. We lost, buffljat has nothing to do with the question. But we dot -wish to say a word In commendationX of the work, other than political, of the present legislature, and that is this: We believe they did better work than has been dono In Salem for a great many years. . The personnel, of tbe body was above the average, and they gave us many good laws, besides having the stamina to scotch, if they did not kill, .that -foul normal -school graft, which has cost this state so dear, and which has tainted nearly all Of our legislation for year. We do not . believe a single member of the present body made a nasty deal or a dirty dollar during the late ses sion. ; We believe ftielr every action was performed with: a high sense of public duty, andthat the public will ao consider their acts. ' The Appropriations. From Ths Dalles Optimist From 'certain. quarters there is a ter4 rible howl going bp about the heavy appropriations of tba legislature, and from a casual perusal of these remark one would think that th state la sura to go to the demnltlon, bow-wows, orJr into bankruptcy. But It Is all bonKF. and nonsense. Tne amount appropriate was more than formerly, but who wai ed lt.lessT Nobody but a lot of sore heads who have no sympathy with any policy of advancement that 'does not Inure almost solely to their own presci ence or their own pockets. Oregon Is growing., and why should we expect to keen th running expenses' of the state down to what they Were two, four of ten years sgo?, Any st tempt to so hamper us would be ab surd, v As s matter of fact wo believe our expenses per capita ar as low as any state In th -union, and that the legislators sre to be commended .for acting decently, and not abused as spendthrifts. . Eagles and liens CChatrfbated te Tha Joarnal hr Walt aftaon. rba faawma kaaaaa poot. Hie aroaa-pneoia will a rrraiar raator af tat eolaasa la Tka rmrreaatva B altar City rnaartr rrmm- ara ar aaalna nn for narpatita awmd r nt-i m iiuia vita ptrviog pSfS. ba Oally JoaraaL) Copyright,. 1809. by Qeerga Matthew Adams ' . j The eagle ought to hava a place amoag th faJs alarms; wa pine its pirtu on our cotna, snd oa eur coat of arm bat what did eacle ever de but frolic la - the- aun 1 - They'd be til jail for larceny If Justice ahoald be den. They are not half good to eat as mallard dock er greua- they'd surely cause a panic' In a section boarding haaaa; and never la This weary world wa fanaar ej 1 go. tn trad a pall f ) egg for nail er calico. The hsmhls hea. en t'other bend. UU bains ths werld 'org: he lift tn , farmer' mortgage sa ah trill bar snatrnlng aoaig. sh yield the frigrant emrlct. and when rdnct-d to pia, aha makes ths boardar fa1 that b st la at 1 fit ts dta. 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