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PORTLAND
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LEGISLA-
n ALLOT
TION
A HEAVY strain will be laid on
the intelligence of i Portland
voters at the coming election.
Initiative measures of large
moment will be on the ballot for the
voter's aye or nay. These measures
are no less than thirty in number,
and several of them involve legisla
tion of vital moment to the city of
Portland.
Even the best minds in the city of
Portland after careful study will be
more or less puzzled over the ques
tion of how to vote on some of the
measures. It is of first importance
that on each measure there shall be
an intelligent decision. The oply
way to make the ballot verdicts fully
Intelligent will be for every citizen to
devote careful study to each meas
ure. It will be time well spent, and
endeavor that will have its reward.
Investigation of these numerous
measures will, in a general way, give
every citizen large insight Into the
public affairs and public plans of
the municipality. It Is the very
best education that can come to. any
people. It Is the very best effort
that can be expended In behalf of
any municipality. Thus the com
mission plan of government recom
mended by the committee of fifteen,
which will be on the ballot, involves
a complete system of government,
and for every citizen tn become, as
he should, familiar with Its pros and
cons, its methods and its purposes,
will be of incalculable value. The
same is true of several other meas
ures. The effect of a careful scrutiny
of all these measures by all the
voters would be of immeasurable
benefit to Portland in that a citizen
body informed and alert In the ram
ifications of their public affairs
would be developed and the com
bined verdict of all these on any
public question would be infinitely
superior to the opinion of one or a
mere few.
To the limit of its power The
Journal will assist its readers in bo
coming familiar with the measures at
Issue. From day to day brief but
clear statements of the features of
ones measure after another will be
printed, and from this and the de
scriptive pamphlets voters will have
full opportunity to thoroughly in
form themselves. The result should
be intelligent legislation, and If in
telligent It is certain to be whole
some, for It will come from the
heart of the electorate.
THE GKANCK A XI) GOOD KOADS
THE OREGON state grange is in
session in McMinnville. The
grange. In stale -and nation, has
been and is one of the most
useful and admirable organizations
ever devised The grange, or Pat
rons of Husband r1. was organized
42 yciirs ago and has madually been
extended to us stats. ;uul has mi
a membership of nearly a million.
The unit of the order is thp local
grange, composed of farmers of a
single community. The Pomona
grange is a countv t oiel.jn;,! ion of
local granges. The s'a'e' p range
comprises all local grai.g".". in a
tuate.
Hon .1 I. Ha'rhfldei, master of
the national grange, said in a recent
address: "The purpose of the found
ers of this order was to bring the
farmers of the conn ry 'n:''r irt
one great organization., which should
work for the advance m nt of ant i-ru-lture,
both through the education
of the individual farm rs, and the
promotion of legislation for the ben
efit of the farming interests." But
while a farmers' organization, it re
alizes the interdependence of all the
productive interests of- the country,
and seeks to cooperate with them
for beneficial legislation
ind com-'
ninnity action. Though taking an i
active Interest in legislation, tncjers and the more thrifty wage earn
grange is necessarily non-partisan ers generally, and the business men,
and non-political, wrmld snhscribe to the stork and
The state grange will have no
mora important matter to consider
than that of good roads. The farm
'ra hitherto have been the road
tiaHdersd the country, tout in re-
nt I years, they have leafned that
mirmt of .the work was wrongly di
tected and largely thrown away,
Tiieyf are now generally willing to
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bear a largo share of (he expense of
building: good roads, but justly de -
tuand that all others -the state and
the nation---should help, for sood
roads are a benefit not onlv to farm-
'rs but a11 classes of people
Mr. Batehelder says that the
farmers, especially the grangers,
were the original and have been the
persistent good roads propagandists.
It required many years for them, he
says, "to secure the adoption in a
few states of the policy of slate aid
in road improvement. This policy
was but a few years ago regarded
as a radical innovation, and it was
only after a hard struggle that the
farmers were able to convince 1he
lawmakers of these states that the
condition of ihe roads -vas a matter
of public, Instead of local, concern,
and that the work of highway Im
provement should to a great extent
bp carried on out of slate appropria
tions." This is a very live, important,
pressing question in Oregon, and ii
is the proper province of the state
grange to formulate some specific
program or definite legislation, and
then use every possible, legitimate
effort to have its will carried out.
PACIFIC COXST AM) PH. NAM A
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ATKR SHIPMENTS from
New York to Pacific coast
ports present an interesting
situation. A California
congressman, after a visit to Panama
as a member of a congressional com
mittee urges the plan of a govern
ment line of steamers between the
Isthmus and Pacific coast ports. A
bill is now pending In congress that
provides for government purchase
and operation of 10 5000 ton steam
ers between Panama, San Francisco,
Portland and Puget" Sound. The
Panama-Pacific service is now main
tained by the Pacific Mail Line, but
it is an appendage of transcontinen
tal railroads. It Is manipulated in
the Interest of the railroads rather
than shippers and commerce. It re
quires 27 days for a trip between
Panama and San Francisco that
should be made in 10. Its main
purpose is to impede ocean com
merce between Pacific ports and the
Atlantic rather than further it.
Meantime, more than 300,000 tons
of freight for Pacific coast ports, is
shipped by steamer out of New York
harbor annually. About three-j
fourths of it is carried to the At
lantic terminus of the Tehauntepec
railroad, thence across Mexico by
rail, and reshipped by steamer on the
Pacific to its destination. Much of
this freight Is assembled in the New!
England states, sometimes coming
from as far west as Milwaukee. A
traffic manager recently said that he
gathers freight from as far westward
as the Buffalo-Pittsburg line, taking
starch from Chicago, radiators from
Detroit, books from Milwaukee and
farm implements from South Bend.
The carriage from the original point
of shipment to New York Is by rail.
In spite of all this shipment and re
shipment, the rates charged are from
L'O to tiO per cent lower than the
regular rate charged by the big rail
roads. It is claimed that this round
about journey is sometimes made
more quickly than by the more di
rect all rail line.
In addition to the Tehauntepec
line, the Panama route annually
transports 4 0.000 tons, gathered as
far west as the Mississippi, Tramp
steamers around Cape Horn carry
an additional lTi.000 tons. The ag
gregate, in view of the exasperating
handicaps, .tedious routiti and rail
road antagonism, is indicative of
the enormous volume of business
that would be incident to more fa
vorable conditions. It shows why
the railroads are secretly in bitter
antagonism to the Panama canal. It
gives a faint Idea of how enormous
ly beneficial the opening of that
canal will be to the Pacific coast.
Finally it makes it very clear that
the bill for a government line of
steamers from Panama to Portland
and other Pacific ports is not likely
to pass congress. The railroads will
stab it to death in the committees or
otherwhere . In the congressional
shadows.
MM'.M, IlAIMtOAPS
HE HIULSBORO Argus notes
the fart that the value of farm
ing lands along the line of the
new electric railroad is increas
ing gieatly. This Is a natural con
sequence, and one safely predicted
many times by The Journal. It fur
nishes valuable evidence to farmers,
fruit raisers, dairymen and business
men of other localities showing that
they can afford to aid in the con
struction of local electric lines, that,
money spent in stork subscriptions
is a good investment.
The Salem Statesman prints a mild
Wture to the capitalists of that city
on tliis subject. "it would be a
grand thing for Salem," is says, "If
they would lead a movement, for an
electric line to Stayton and into the
Santiam country or to Silverton, or
in any other . direction. If some of
the leading capitalists would take
charge of the movement, and jmt In
some of their money, property hold
bond issue." W hen a new road was
in operation, Salem could demand
extensions of other lines, or could
keep on building through and into
populous . and productive localities,
and this would greatly increase the
population and products of vicinities
tributary to Salem, and land values,
and would do more than everything
j else to make that a city of tho
j dreamed of population of rU, ono in
j a few years.
All of which5 is no "pipe dream."
Salem can double and treble its
population and volume of business
hi a few years if its capitalists will
set the example that it is their
proper part to do and build or con
tribute enough to Insure the building
of one or more such roads. The
country people, and those of smaller
towns would then wake up, become
Interested, encouraged, enthusiastic
and " do their share. Several
such railroads would be a good
investment. There is money enough
right at home to build them. Go
after them. They are the greatest
of modern developers. J hey are
needed already," and will be needed
more and more. Salem is admirably
Rituated to become a focus of sev
eral such railroads. By this means
It can make itself a vastly larger and
more important city.
"OLD FATHKK ANTIC"
INCOLN IS quoted as saying
on one occasion: "Nothing
should ever be implied as law
which leads to unjust or ab
surd consequences." A great Eng
lish lawyer, Colic, said that "reason
hi the life of the law," and Powell,
another eminent lawyer, supple
mented this with the corollary that
"nothing Is law that is not. reason."
But some decisions lead to he con
clusion that these maxims have be
come obsolete, or have been forgot
ten. The Philadelphia North American,
alluding to the decision of the United
States supreme court in the "com
modities clause" case, and to a decis
ion of the supreme court of Penn
sylvania in a Philadelphia streetcar
fare case, says that "a crying need
of the country is more tft the jus
tice of the railsplitter and less of
of the justice of the hairsplitter,"
That paper has no suspicion
of any base or improper influence
upon or motive of these high courts,
but It says, "without hesitation,"
that "nothing Is so fecund a breeder
of contempt for the courts ami dis
trust, of the law: nothing spreads
and deepens the dangerous, revolu-i
tionary spirit of discontent with
American institutions, more than
such technical decisions as thestv"
In England, in a similar case to
the "commodities" case, a like de
fense was characterized by the court
as a "flimsy device;" but here it Is
sufficient to nullify one of the most
just and necessary laws ever passed
by congress. Under this decision
"a single coal carrying railroad in
Pennsylvania can acquire by pur
chase or otherwise a majority or all
of the stock in every coal produc
ing corporation without obtaining
ownership of the coal in a legal
sense, and, therefore, without vio
lating the law enacted to prevent
this very thing, and which the su
preme court, declares to be consti
tutional and a proper exercise of the
government's right to regulate in
terstate commerce;" and the North
American asks: "Is it great, won
der that men grow to believe that
the law is what Shakespeare called
ii. 'old father antic,' rather- than
'the perfection of human reason.'"
The Pennsylvania decision was
far more strained: compared with
It the "commodities" decision was
"a model o clarity, logic and crysti
line equity." It will not be gone
into here, but the Ph iladelphia taper
proves it to have been monstrously
unjust and absurd, though In point
of mere legal technicality right
Pondering such decisions, one is
fain to wonder at the lack of an
archists in this country.
Some three years ago a Willam
ette valley man one of many, prob
ably,, who did likewise in response
to tempting advertisements or circu
lars, sent a carload of produce to
a man caning nimseir ueeo.. oper
ating an alleged commission house in
this city. Reed, or Bradley, or what
ever his name may , be, paid nothing
for the stuff, but sold it at less than
market price for cash, which he
pocketed, sending nothing to the
owner and shipper. This, it seems,
was the so-called Reed's regular sys
tem of doing business. It was in
fact sheer, audacious larceny, as
clearly downright robbery or thiev
ing as could be Imagined. But be
hold the beauty of the law, according
to which this nervy swindler com
mitted no crime at all, and yester
day he was discharged, as innocent
of all offense. It is said that a new
law makes stmh a transaction a
crime, but that it was not always a
crime, under the common law or by
statute, is a piece of expensive
knowledge to those who were
swindled.
Already there Is friction between
the new Turkish government and
the army, the heads of each want
ing the $8,000,000 found in the late
sultan's possession. No civil gov
ernment can long succeed if it sub
mits to coercion or domination in
any way by an army, and in this
rase the army has nine points of the
law possession of the money.
Director Newell of the reclama
tion service says that "any impres
sion that the United States reolar
maTion service is holding up the
construction of the Deschutes rail
road. Is incorrect," and he went on
to explain that it was never the de
sire or Intention of the reclamation
bureau to--rntprfere with building, a
railroad up the Deschutes. This
teiidr to corroborate tiie. suspicion
that the alleged opposition of the
reclamation people was only an ex
cuse invented by Mr. Harriman for
falling to keep his positive promise.
Letters From the People
Letters to The Journal should he written on
one aide of the Daner only and should he ae-
rompanltfd by .he parte and addreaa of the
writer. The name will nt he used If the
writer aaka that It he withheld. The Journal
la not to be unrterotoort aa Indoralm the rlewa
or atatementa of correspondents. Letters ahonld
he made ae brief aa posalhle. Those who wlab
their letters returned when not used should in
close postage.
Corraicindeot are notified that letters el
oeedlng 300 words in leriBth mj. at the dis
cretion of the editor, be cut down to that limit.
Incompleteness of Christianity. '
Ballston, Or., May 9.--Tn the Kdttor
of Tho Journal Th" rect-nt Ttaptlst at
tack upon Christian Seicncn calls to
ml ml the movement to "do as Jcsie?
would have done." I do not know the
present status of that movement, but
assume 1t has lapsod into desuetude like
the strenuostties of the Portland preach
ers who Joined the Hundred Year club
a few years aro. It lias generally been
held by "practical" people that literal
following of Jesus' teachings would
disrupt organized society, or, as It has
been said, make us relapse Into barbar
ism. This appears to be In reality
the view of the church, which niakes
no effort to put In practice the strict
tenets of the sermon on the mount.
Though many thousand years have
passed since Moses wrote on his tab
lets of stone, it Is still observed that
the 10 commandments are ahead of the
times, and hence in the dark ages,
when compliance with the moral code
attributed to Jesus was found to be
absolutely impossible for the people of
those days, the dogma of salvation by
faith In the precious blood was invented
to Insure a short and easy cut to
paradise and a basis for the most gi
K.intic dynasty of priestcraft the world
has perhaps ever even.
I say attributed to Jesus, for the
laws of evidence forbid us to accept as
absolute history all that Is recorded In
the four gospels of bis sayings and
doings. History, said Napoleon, is a
fable on which men have agreed: and
to the student of moral philosophy
the personality of Jesus cuts very little
figure, the question being whether the
body of teachings " said to have been
put forth by the man of Galilee will
stand the test of truth.
The claim Is made, generally, that
this Is a "Christian" nation. It Is
nothing of the kind. If the legal code
and the social practice of this country
have any Biblical resemblance, they
belong to the Mosaic rather than the
"Jcsalc' system. Moses set out to build
up a code of regulations to forbid man
from inflicting liurm on his fellowman.
Tie was evidently a firm believer in
the doctrine of total depravity, which
forms the main stock-in-trade of most
of our modern" sects. His whole for
mula was negative rthou shalt not.
Men must be hedged In with restrictions
to prevent them from breaking the
hounds that confine the straight and
narro.w way! jUur modern method is the
sani". Kurh winter, legislatures meet
to stop some gap which lias been dis
covered in the legal fence which hems
men In from liberty of action. Thou
sands of new laws are annually enact
ed, or flaws In existing laws repealed;
for oi.r solons continually find, as Her
bert Hpetn-er pointed out, that laws
have strange and unforeseen ways of
working out in actual practice; until
legalists begin to despair of the people
and to conclude, as Moses did, that it
is a stubborn and a stiff necked genera
tion :
Contrast with Uii,s. If you will, the
method of Jesus. We pointed out to
men the two ways one. the straight
and narrow way that badeth unto life;
tile other, the broad road that lemleth
to destruction, and left men liberty of
action to choose their path. For, of
every lesson he gave 'defining these
muds- lie says: "He that Is able to re
ceive it. let him receive it." The teach
ings of Jesus are positive, ran nega
tive like those of Moses. Instead of
restricting men from this and that,
Jesus tells men that they are all sons
of God. that within them all is a spark
of the divine, and to go forward and
use their God given privilege of select
ing the way of truth and life. Instead
of a multitude of bars across their path,
he lavs down two great laws: "Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself." It is this latter, known as
the second commandment, over which
all the battle has raged as to whether
or not his teachings are practicable.
Jesus does not give this as a "com
mand" of his, but states it as a funda
mental law of the universe which men
and nations will find they must follow
if they are to endure. He bases It on
what he states as a fact that "God hath
made ef one life all nations that dwell
on the earth"; that there Is no clearly
marked line of division between in
dividuals, but that the doctrine of sep
aratencSB Is a Heresy, as the Rrahmlns
have always contended. He says that
the two laws are Inseparable, and that
hue of God is Impossible without equal
love of the neighbor, j
Now this is where the church "falls
down." it has separated these two laws
and teaches that one man ran be saved"
while another is "damned!" Thus Its
dogma of the vicarious atonement Is dl
rei-tly in conflict with the "second com
mandment" of Jesus, and it Is this very
fact which hV counts for the di cadence
of so-calb'd Christianity, which Is really
mere church ia n it y. No matter how
much Interested translators may have
girbled the text of the gospels to suit
their dogma, the stern fat remains
that the teachings of Jesus all revolve
around that great rentral trutli the
"golden rule": and It is this which ho
pointed out as the only safe goal of
the nations. Mightier and haughtier
peoples than this have come to grief
by Ignoring It and following the broad
road of selfishness. Compliance with
this law would at least prevent, the
criminal Indifference to the needs of
future generations which has given us
the name of the most wasteful people
on earth.
Henry George in "Progress and Pov
erty," thus concludes: "The law of
human progress, what is It but the
moral law? Political
economy and asocial science cannot teach
any lessons that are not embraced In
the simple truths that were taught to
pooj- fishermen and' Jewish peasants by
one who ISaO years ago was crucified
the simple truths which, beneath the
warplngs of selfishness and the distor
tions of superstition, seem to underlie
ev ry religion that has ever striven to
formulate the spiritual yearnings" of
man." WALLACE YATES.
Advantages of Warrenton.
Warrenton. Or., May 11. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Warrenton Is anxi
ously awaiting the coming of the many
people whoJiavn bought property thern
and who, it is hoped, will come on rind
build In the near future. The ifPtrg resi
dence of John Hvenden Is Trow WeTT
under way. What Warrenton needs is
more people tn come In and build, both
residences and business houses. As
most of the hands in the mills are
transient ther are not enough people
here to do the work. Warrenton is
specially in need of a feed store and(
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Dreadnaughta spell deficits.
u be Rose Festival will be a success
in spite of Seattle's knocking.
Yes, they all seem to prefer Slrhon
to anybody except themselves.
Only real competition prompts Mr.
Harriman to treat Oregon decently.
The gnu refusing to reform the spell
ing of his name was shot on the spot.
Most of the opponents tof Simon seem
to be doing all they can to help elect
him.
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There are a good many people yet,
after all, who liaven't started a maga
zine. Everybody wants a bridge where he
wants it, 'cause he has a reason for
wantktg It there.
What Is all this nonsense about higher
shoes? Lots of people will soon be
wearing lower shoes.
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Senator Beverldge shows signs of be
coming an active insurgent also, In
diana is a doubtful state.
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East Africans have named RooseveM
Bwans Tumbo." We've no idea what
it means, but it Sounds fit.
The new governor of Washington is
alBo worn out and has to go away and
rest. Ulympla is a strenuous capital.
Perhaps the bridge location question
would better be left to people with no
real estate, within a mile of either site.
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The Hainses are surprised, can't un
derstand why tlyy can't kill a man who
nas wrongea or oirenaea inem ir tney
want to.
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Slanders of Portland circulated in
Seattle will not tend to Increase the at
tendance from this city on the A.-i.-l.
exposition.
The O. A. C. Is doing Oregon good to
a value far beyond Its cost and will
do more good yearly. Everybody ought
to stand by it.
A man whom the sugar trust nald $2"
a week to help rob the government of
some millions has been convicted. Put
the dangerous rascal In prison for life.
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It Is said that the death of ex-Gover
nor Holbrook of Vermont at the age of
leaves in the north but two war gov
ernors Sprague of Rhode Island and
Crawford of Kansas.
When be has sated his lust for the
slaughter of wild beasts, Roosevelt
might do the world a service by going
over to Armenia and killing off a few
thousand fanatical Kurds.
The sugar trust smiles as the fruit
canning and preserving season ap
proaches. Then It will raise the price
of sugar and gather In a few extra mil
lions off the unsuspecting housewives.
A Virginia justice has decided that a
girl who breaks her engagement to
marry must return to the giver the ring
with which it was scaled. That Is right,
he may want it tight away for an
other girl.
Mr. Simon sneaks of the Republican
party as something of paramount Im
portance Many people would be great
ly obliged If lie would satisfactorily de
fine a Republican. By the way is be
an Aldrich or a Dolllver Republican? A
thousand to one on Aldrich.
The dark, low banksof sea-mist are
borne by tlie south wind over the thirstv
land: by toe frost king's breath they are
pierced and torn with punctures num
berless as the sea sand. Then 'tis dark
and chill mid the deluge of drops, and
we worms and hlrds say 'tis wet and
cold: but tiie farmer smiles, as he thinks
of his crops: it's raining, not water, he
wef-tis. but gold.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
"Webster on Marct 7. 1850" By Albert Palmer
(From an address at the Dartmouth
college Webster centennial dinner. Re
vere house, Boston, January 25, 1882.)
"Webster met the 7th of March, 18T.0,
and neither supplicated the present nor
Implored the future. He was serenely
satisfied and proud to speak, "not as
a Massachusetts man. nor as a northern
man, but as an American, and a member
of the seriate of the L'nled States."
With unabated and undisturbed self
respect he wrote upon the title page of
his speech: "With the highest respect
and the deepest sense of obligation, I
dedicate this speech to the people of
Massachusetts," And then he added
the great words of the great Roman
statesman: "I know there are other
things more agreeable to be spoken than
these things, but necessity compels me
to speak true things instead of pleas
ant things, although my inclination
might not prompt it. I could wish, in
deed, to please you, but 1 much prefer
that you should be saved, however you
may be disposed In mind toward me."
It Is Idle, as we All agree, to speculate
on what might have been.
"Not heaven Itself upon the past hath
power " And yet there is a temptation
that rises unbidden and urges the Imag
ination to picture what might have been
the course of history if tn the voire of
Webster pleading for a pacific adjust
ment there bad been added other voices,
from the north and south alike, until
the chorus of the peacemakers had
drowned the clamors of the extremists
of both sections! Websler, at least,
saw the end from the beginning. He
had discerned the precipice of civil war
In 1830, as clearly appears in hts reply
to Haymt, and in 1850 he saw Its yawn
ing mouth still nearer. The height and
depth of his offending was this that
he. could not bring himself to do aught
but struggle against the Inevitable. To
me, at least, and I doubt not to many
others, the attitude of this majestic
man. this monarch among men. In view
of the storm whose first mighty mut-
hardware store, also of a good general
merchandise store. There is an abund
ance of the best grass In the country
which any resident can get free use
of. Vegetables and small fruits grow
abundantly and give quirk returns.
W. P. HORNER.
A Valuable Department.
Portland. May 10. To the Editor of
The Journal A very Interesting book
to all housewives can be made by
cutting out all or parts of the column
printed in The Journal, entitled, "The
Realm Feminine." and "Hints to House
wives." Have made one and find It
very useful. A. READER.
4 John F. Monnot's Birthday.
John Kerreol Monnot. noted as a metal
lurgical and mining engineer, was born
May 13. 1864, In Westchester eounty.
New Yark. He wis educated In France
and was graduated with honnrg from
the Ecnle SurJersure des Mines, de
Paris. Upon the completion of his edu
cation he. returned to the 1'nitod States
to begin work as a mining engineer. Ho
made Several scientific and mfnlng ex
plorations in South America snd in
3
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON" SIDELIGHT
Work on Eugene's four story $100,000
hotel has commenced.
a
A farm of 160 acres adjoining Pendle
ton will be subdivided and sold In small
tracts.
a a
It Is estimated that buildings to the
value of more than $150,000 are under
construction In The Dalles.
a a
According to bills rendered to Klam
ath county authorities, persons recently
quarantined each ate 12 eggs a day for
three weeks.
a
That Oregon is destined to be a
world's factor In the peanut market
within the space of a few years, those
who have given the situation the least
investigation are practically certain,
thinks the Grants Pass Outlook.
a a
Eugene Register: The big Rose Car
nival at Portland next month will be a
greater drawing card than ever. Port
land does things on a grander scalo
everv year. Eugene will contribute
many visitors during the reign of roses,
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A building boom seems to have struck
the towns of Joseph and Enterprise,
savs the La Grande Star. Enterprise
Is soon to have one of the finest office
buildings in eastern Oregon. A Joseph
woman is to build a brick building to
cost $20,000.
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"Within another year, Clatsop county
will have, a good public highway pass
able at all seasons of the year for
teams and automobiles from the east
ern line of the county near Vesper via
Astoria to Seaside and Cannon beach,
isays the Budget.
a
Bandon needs a fruit cannery, says
the Recorder, which affirms that "this
is one of the greatest f cult countries
on the face of the earth; Just as much
money can be made here as In Hood
River valley, Yakima valley or south
ern California, if the proper attention
Is paid to the work, and a market for
the product is furnished."
a a
Salem Journal: Spring wheat, which
would have been hardly suitable for
hav, in the condition it was growing
before the rain, and which would not
have been high enough stalked to be
cut with the reaper, will grow to lull
harvesting size now, and a fair, if not
a bumper crop, Is predicted. Half the
spring wtieat had not sprouieu, uui n
will now come up and grow.
A man who went back to Wisconsin
from Coos Bay to live writes to the
Harbor In part as follows: "When I
get back on mv little cranberry ranch
on North Slough 1 won't wade In any
more snow. Have stated that
I would sell my place on North Slough.
Wish you Would state in the Harbor
columns that It is taken off the market
ami not for sale."
a
Canvon Cltv Eagle: The fruit trees
along the John Day vnllev are now
loaded with bloom to t heir very ca
pacitv. Some of the trees are so full
of bloom that it seems .that it would be
an utter Impossibility to find room for
another bloom If the frost would kill
two-thirds of the bloom on many of the
trees it would be doing nothing more
than its duty..
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Corvallls Times: The very latest Is
tliat Hon. S. L. Kline Is a candidate
for the appointment as assitant post
master general of the Vnlted States.
While he is confessedly a candidate for
the governorship of Oregon, It ts said
that this Is a move to add prestige to
his candidacy for the other position-
This news conies to Oregon mini a
New York source.
a
Bandon Recorder: An electric road to
Roseburg from Bandon via Coqulllfo
and Myrtle Point. The project has not
yet been launched, but why not launch
it now? In conversation with a com
netent civil engineer the other day. he
Informed a representative of the Re
corder that the survey could easily be
made for $51100. and that nearly every
body along the line would gladly give
the right of way through their land.
terlngs greeted his dying cars. Is full
of pathetic, grandeur. He saw only the
gulf toward which his fellow country
men were rushing; he beheld In ad
vance the deluge of blood and tears
which was to follow and In an agony
of spirit he pleaded that the bitter cup
might pass from the lips of the people
he had Joved and served so well. Well,
sir, that cup was destined to be drained
to its last bitter dregs, and It Is our
good fortune to live to see what Web
ster despaired of the constitution and
the union surviving the shock of civil
war, with a new guarantee or perpetu
ity, because no slave treads the soil
or breathes the air of the republic.
And Webster still lives, and will live
in all the future of these 1'nited States
His far-seeing statesmanship and all
embracing patriotism Is the lesson and
(he wisdom for this day and hour, as it
was for his own day and hour. Only
his devoted loyalty to the constitution
and the t'nlon, become once more and
forevermore the common creed of all
our people, north, south, east and west,
can bind and keep us one, and make 1t
Impossible for this "government of the
people to perish from the earth." The
danger which threatened the Union In
his day Is not now, nor Is it ever
again likely to become formidable.
"Nullification" and "secession" are ob
solete words, having only an historical
Interest. That centrifugal madness is
spent; that dance of death has slopped,
and lights are out. But it is fatal to
rush headlong Into the central sun as
well as from It into outer darkness. In
this rerubllc. so long as It shall endure,
and tf It endures, it will be the tHsk and
test of statesmanship to keep these re
volving i states in the 'middle course
around their central government.
Gentlemen the memory of Webster.
It will live forever In the glory of his
country and In the reverence of man
kind. The statesmanship of Websler,
It can never lose Its power, for only in
Its spirit tan the republic have hope of
Immortal life.
,
Mexico. Mr. Monnot" has added to his,
fame by Inventing many valuable pro
cesses, among others one for extracting
rubber from the bark and leaves of
trees. Improvements in steam heating
and electric lighting systems, and a
process for making compound metals,
known as Monnot metals.
Prophet's Name Prevails.
From the Boston Transcript.
In choosing his title the new sultan
has nine recognized spellings of the
name of "the prophet" from which to
select. Mohammed. Mahomet. Mahomed.
Muhammad, Mahmoud, Metiemet, Me
hemmed. Mehemed and Mehmed all re
fer to one and the same' historic char
acter. Turkey has had four sultans
bearing the name Mohammed, ona of
them the conqueror of Constantinople,
and one Mahmoud. The new sultun's
suffix V. Indicates that If be bows to
simplified spelling he still adheres to
the traditions of the great name of
Mohammed.
For the first time in 20 years, a
Stayton man met his brother, "a glass
blower In the circus that lately Dissed
through. i
1
Ike REALM
FEMININE.
The Children's Safety.
A'
PLAN has batm'worked out by the
I arks and Playgrounds asso
ciation of New York to give the
poor children of the tenements
a chance to play with safety in
the streets, which is at least novel.
The scheme proposes that traffic
and carting shall be prohibited on
certain streets after school hours,
probably from 3 to 6 in the afternoon.
The blocks selected will be those
where the population is thickest and
the normal traffic very lif,ht. Those
streets wou)d thus be made safe play
grounds for' tho children, while at the
same time it would benefit the drivers
by clearing the children from the neigh
boring blocks, thus making it miicli
easier for both carters and chauffeurs.
Blocks of all residences or all tene
ments where no stores would be in
jured by tlje prohiibtion will be con
sidered, but only on the expressed de
sire of the residents will the traffic
exclusion between the hours of 3 and
6 bo attempted.
Since January 1 there have been
about 20 children killed playing In the
streets, and over 40 serious aclcdents.
Now that the warm .weather has come
the crowds will be greater than ever,
and the accidents consequently still
more frequent.
While a hot asphalted, treeless block
does not make a beautiful playground,
with tho carting barred after school
hours, It would at least be safe, and
that Is much; It would give the chil
dren a right to be somewhere, and
that also Is Important. Think how
dreary and oppressive It .must be t
belong nowhere to be always in thn
way. And then the proposers of this
plan point out also that his would be
quite inexpensive, and that it would
protect the children of the neighboring
streets who would bo drawn to th
blocks where playing is permitted and
where children are sate.
There Is a vast problem of mutual
interdependence to be worked out in
our big cities, and It Is a cheering sign
that In this day the children are re
garded as of enough Importance to be
considered, even at the price of a few
minutes' time and work for horses or
carters.
As yet Portland has no need to bar
traffic from certain streets to give tho
little ones a chance to play; but who
knows what may come in the nexl
10 or 20 years, as thousands of people
flock Into our city? Warned by the
experience of older cities which have
had to meet 'these problems, Portland
should have plenty of parks, free open
places, and playgrounds for her chil
dren In these mutters there is no
time like the present.
K K W
The rnbottoniiiK Kind.
AN IMPORTANT Item to be consid
ered in making up the summer
frocks for grown people or chil
dren is the ease with which they ma v
be laundered and the home dressmaker
Is wise, who carefully considers this
matter In making up the summer ward
robe. There are many models which are ar
ranged, with a thought to this mallei .
and as straight, lines and absence of
fluffy draperies is still the word for
this summer these should be elected.
If gowns, of this delightfully simpl-i
model are made to unbutton along tlci
outside of the sleeve and on the shoul
der seam they may be slipped over a
skirt board and Ironed almost as readilv
as one continuous piece of goods. The
skirt that unbuttons down the front
seam Is another example of attained
flatness and one that Is the cherished
Ideal of ail laundresses opens down each
side Into two flat pleies without pleats
or vent.
Children's dresses are not at all diffi
cult because there are many pattern
so arranged that they open dewn the
front, which Is a great help. Others
open under each arm and, being sleeve
less, they become a flat piece of mate
ilal when occasion demands. Many of
the quaintest dresses children and
babies wear are made In that good, old
fashioned way- a folded piepe of mate
rial with an opening cut Cfr the head,
and with the sleeves cutin one with
the garment These drespes lie flat, al
though doubled, upon the ironing board.
Many night dresses are made upon this
plan and simplify the drudgery of Iron
ing day to an appreciable extent.
K K
Mending a Ilrokcn Vase.
I
T IS sometimes puzzling to know how
to mend a broken vase or rare piecn
of china so that It can be used again
This method is recommended hjr one
who prides herself on iher ability in
this line.
Provfde plaster of parls, white of egg.
and if the article is broken so that It
cannot stand upright, a big box of sand.
Have the broken edges very' clean and
all pieces convenient. Sift the plaster
three times, then tie a generous pinch
of it in a piece of mosquito netting.
Beat the white of egg very stiff. Willi
a, clean brush wet all edges lavishly
witli egg. dust on the plaster, fit pieces
together, tie with cotton strips, also
plenty of suitable rubber bands, which
make it grip more tightly, then wrap
in tissue paper and stand away for J I
hours. If It will not stand up. bury la
the sand box so that no strain tonnes
upon the broken part. After a week any
superfluous plaster can be safely
brushed or scraped away.
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Real Aspic Jelly.
THIS recipe makes a large quan
tity, but as the preparation is
somewhat lengthy It is well to
make enough at a time to last the or
dinary family for some time. One who
has a small family might combine with
a neighbor In preparing dishes which
require such long cooking. It will keep
a long time in a cool place.
Put a knuckle bone of veal, a knuckle
bone of ham. a calf's foot, four cloves
stuck Into one large onion, one large
carrot, and a hunch of savory herbs In
two (piarts of water, and boil gently
until it Is reduced rather more than
half.
Vers- carefully remove every particle
of fat or sediment and place the jelly tn
a saucepan with a glassful of wdilte
wine, tablespnnnful of tarragon vinegar,
salt and pepper to taste, and the crushed
.shells and beaten whites of two eggs
Keep stirring until It nearly bolls,
which may be known by Its becoming
white; then draw It tn the side of the
fire and simmer gently for a quarter
of an hour. Put on the cover, let It.
stand In settle, and strain through a
jelly bag two or three times, If neces
sary, until clear. Put Into a. mold which
has been soaked In cold water. It lakes
from four to five hours.
DaJ
(Contribute: to The Journal by Walt Mavm.
the famoti Kansas poet. Hla prose-poema will
be a regular feature of thla coin mil In Tha
Dallr Journal.)
Dad Is growing old and weary and
there's sliver in his hair, and hts eyes
are always solemn, he has seen so
much of care; be has seen so much
of sorrow, he has known so much of
tears, he has borne the best and bur
den of so ninny bitter years! Dad's al
ready In the twilight of life's little fleet
ing day. and perhaps we'll often pon
der, when his load Is laid away, on
the steps we might have saved him
when his feet and hands were sore, on
the Joy we" might have given to the
heart that beats no more. We'll recall
a hundred errands that we might have
gladly run. and a hundred kindly ac
tions that we might hsve Rally 'done;
we'll remember how he labored, while
the boys were- all at play, when t(,e
darkness hides him from us at tho clos
ing of the day. , -
(Corj-rlffht. lot, hf I A fft -Caxircc
Matthew Adams.) VV-UJk. (M)U
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