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It Is only, necessary " to
grow old to become more in-:
diligent. 1 see no fault com
mitted that T have not com
mitted : myself. Goethe. .
WAIT An SEE
AND SO, as a sequel to the late
Portland election, it has come
to pass that the Sellwood Re-
t publican club rises and de
mands the assassination of the in
itiative and referendum.- That elec
tion was.a complete vindication of
y legislation by ballot in that, though
S5 measures were on the ballot, the
electorate discriminated perfectly
; between the good and bad, and voted
irltll unerring Judgment and com
plete Intelligence. Twenty-seven of
' the 25 measures were thrust upon the
electorate by the city council, but
out of the complex and difficult eit-
nation the voters brought forth or
, der and regularity. With the ex
ception of rejecting the new charter,
: due to lack of information, not a
false move was made, not a conflict
resulted, not a single unwise verdict
was reached. But, in spite of this
splendid confirmation of the elector
ate's capacity, a few Bourbon poli
, ' ticlans, acting through the Sellwood
Republican club, decree that the
right to legislate by ballot, and the
right to veto legislative measures by
ballot, shall be taken away from the
electorate. Drunk with the success
. that attended the ante-primary con
vention a success, due, as all know,
to the insane division of the opposi
tion, and made mad by a wild desire
for a return to boss rule, Bourbon
Ism believes the time ripe to come
out into the open and launch its
program of scuttle.
A so-called "advisory" state con
vention next year is likely to be one
of the next stepB. The ulterior pur
pose of that convention will be to
further the program of jvhlch the
Sellwood club has sounded the key
; note. The ultimate objective of
. that convention will be the proposed
constitutional convention, which is
to be the slaughter house of the in-
..' Itiative and referendum. The final
ty of the .whole brazen scheme is a
eecret purpose to emasculate from
the Oregon system all of the-reforms
.that have been adopted in recent
years, and return to the rotten po
litical methods of other days, in
cluding legislative election of sena
tor. This is exactly what the Sell
wood move -contemplates, and ex-
,. actly what will come' to pass, if the
Republican masses of the state per
mit a lot of Portland bosses to con
trol them.
. It is a program the Republicans
of Oregon cannot afford for one mo
' inent to adopt for their party. When
ever that party in the state is made
to stand for distrust of the people
It is doomed to demoralization and
defeat. The Republican party came
Into being through a leadership that
loved and trusted'the common peo
ple. It Is an insult to the name of
Lincoln and a travesty on his every
Utterance to proclaim the incapacity
, of the people. His great heart beat
' In sympathy with their desires, and
his lips never denounced their ef
forts at self-help as a "menace to
our business prosperity." The Sellwood
resolutions are a libel on the
name of Lincoln and a crime against
everything he stood for. They are
a shame upon Republicanism, for
Republicanism was born out of the
theory of individual liberty. It is
f Impossible to maintain this Sellwood
doctrine and be in harmony with the
principles and teachings of the Re
publican -party. It is impossible for
the Republican party to proclaim
Buch a doctrine and succeed. .The
men who are trying to fasten it upon
, their party are ignorant of the his
tory of Republicanism, and amaz
" lngly ignorant of the purposes and
deajres of. the voting men of Oregon.
; They have lived beneath the shad
ows and amid the flint walls of the
tall buildings of the city until their
.'horizon is narrowed into an impos
sible and Impotent vision.
The man on the soil is never go
ing to give np the rights he has won.
The Sellwood club can take his acres
away from him as easily as it can
take away his citizen privileges. You
can make him surrender his master
nhfp of his farm as quickly as you
can take away his right o veto leg
islative appropriations." Yeu can
make him prostrate .himself before
the zar of Russia just as easily
before a bunch -of Portland bosses.
He knows these bosses, ani has. had
tnl'USa of their riot, their extrava
gance, their senatorial deadlocks
and their "rulership at Salem,; all
done in the name of "holy represen
tative" government, which. In real
ity, is rule by a gang. It all means
that there Is blight, distraction, bit
terness and defeat for the Republi
can party, In this state, if in any
evil hour the dismal doctrine pro
mulgated from Sellwood Is made
part of the party creed. Wait and
see.
OUIt BOYS' PERIL
T
HE GIANT cracker and the toy
pistol since their introduction
have been killing an average
of 400 boys annually, mainly
In celebrating the glorious Fourth.
High water mark was reached in
1903, when 466 were killed. Of
this number 363 perished with lock
jaw, the most horrible death known
to mankind. The slaughter was a
dead boy for every day in the year,
and with Buffering so. horrible that
the doctors, parents, brothers and
6lsters who stood by the bedside,
powerless to alleviate his suffering.
were actually glad when welcome
death brought relief to the victim.
u is tne tern Die price paid ror a
custom founded on the ignorance of
tho peril that lurks In the explosive,
on the cupidity of those who make
and eelt the appliances and the fail
ure of city authorities to know and
do their duty.
Death by. lockjaw Is described,
and the figures of its mortality are
given. In the- current Technical
World magazine. The article is a
terrible warning to parents not to
permit boys the use of the deadly
toy pistols and other usual noise
making devices on the Fourth. The
dying child, some mother chMd,
has for his last hours, a bent and
twisted body, anguished face,
clenched hands and bloodshot eyes
eyes that implore relief that cannot
be given.
When lockjaw Is about to develop
the wound from which trfe infec
tion comes becomes irritable, red
and tender, and pains shoot up the
nerves toward the spine. The jaws
become rigidly closed and the
muscles of the throat so sensitive
that they resist the passage of food.
The muscles of the face become
fixed and tire lips contract, expos
ing the teeth. The brows wrinkle,
the eyes stare, giving Jhe counten-
ance a mixed expression of anguish I
and laughter. The rigidity of the
muscles next extends to the body and
extremities and the victim becomes
stiffened and helpless. Often the
muscles of the back are so tense
that the body is bent backward like
a bow. resting on the back of the
head and the heels. The spasms be
come more frequent and so exquisite
ly excitable are the nerves that a
mere touch, aurrent of air, the re
flection of light from any bright ob
ject will bring on a sudden pa
roxysm. The face is horribly dis
torted, the spine bent and the hands
violently clenched and drawn up. So
severe Is -'the contraction that
muscles are sometimes torn In two.
The voice is dry and guttural, and
at times unintelligible. The body
temperature becomes the highest
knowp in any disease, and sometimes
rises even for an hour or two after
death. Finally, the boy, your boy
It may be next, sinks, breathing
stops and death terminates a dis
ease which has the worst terrors
of meningitis, strychnine poisoning
and hydrophobia, causing an agony
hardly to be surpassed by the worst
tortures of martyrdom. It is "a pic
ture to deter those parents wont to
see their boya sally forth on the
morning of the glorious Fourth, full
of life and enthusiasm, and who
may return at night with, a slight
wound loaded with the deadly germs
that later plunge him and them into
a distress beyond the power of
words to picture or brush to paint.
Nearly all the cases of lockjaw j
reported are caused by blank cart
ridges, by large fulminating caps In
toy pistols or by cannon crackers.
It is through the wound caused by
accidents with these devices that
the lockjaw infection Is introduced.
The germs are omnipresent in soils
and the d,ust of streets. It is a
germ that survives boiling or freez
ing In liquid air, or a ten-hour ap
plication of a 5 per cent solution of
carbolic acid. It has vbeen left for
a period of 10 years on a dry stick,
and then, when Introduced into
mice, has killed them with lockjaw.
It has, as a part of the coating of
bullets or unburned grains of pow
der, been shot by army officers
against targets and after that stren
uous experience produced lockjaw
when applied to rabbits fend mice.
Fortunately, it cannot multiply ex
cept when excluded from the air, or
it would depopulate the earth. When
driven by an explosive under the
skin or into the flesh of a boy, It
is in the most favorable place for
carrying on Its work of death. Its
character. Is such that a wound
from an explosive should always be
treated by a competent surgeon.
The disasters to boy life as a re
sult of lockjaw caused by celebra
tions have led'to stringent legisla
tion In most of the cities andfco
operation by parents ' tintll for t the
past two or three years the death
list has been brought down to about
100 annually.
In Wisconsin the legislature has
sent a bill to the governor providing
an annuity of $300 a year for all
teachers who have taught 25 years!
in the schools of the state and have
paid the required percentages out
of their salaries for the annuity
fund. The measure carries an ap
propriation of 180,000 as a begin
ning for the annuity fund and makes
it compulsory .for teachers to accept
the provisions of the measure. Sta
tistics show that three male and two
female teachers in each 100 have
taught 30n years. This insurance
agalnBt old age in a vocation in
which accumulation is Impossible is
legislation creditable to any state.
TAFT AND IXCOME TAX
r
HE INCOME tax appears to be
incomparably preferable to Mr.
Taft's proposed corporation
tax.. There are various objec
tions against the latter: ' The tax
would fall on all stockholders,! many
of them people of moderate means;
it would be shifted upon the people
at large, through Increased prices of
commodities dealt In or services -ren
dered by the corporations; and
finally, it Is manifestly unequal and
unjust, because many concerns quite
as able to pay and as properly sub
ject to the tax would not be reached.
An income tax, on the other hand,
if it could be enforced and it la
pretty thoroughly enforced in Eng
land would reach everybody whose
income was over a certain amount;
as to all such people It would.be
equal and uniform.
The president favors an income
tax, and advises a constitutional
amendment providing for it, but
bases his recommendations on the
fact that such a law was held to be
unconstitutional. But it sterns quite
probable that the decision holding
It so might be reversed. The his
tory of that declson is singular. Al
most up to the hour of its irender
Ing the court stood five to four In
favor of the law. Then one judge
changed his mind, and so the court
stood five to four against the law.
Since this decision, several Justices
have passed off the bench, and new
ones have taken their places. Con
ditions and sentiment in the country
have also changed considerably, and
these often influence courts some
what. A decision in favor of the
constitutionality of an income tax
would not under such circumstances
be considered such a reversal of it
self as it need consider' humiliating.
Submit the constitutional amend
ment and pass the law, too. Then
if the court sustains the law the
amendment to pass which by three
fourths of the states will take a good
deal of time, and may not be possi
ble, will not be necessary. Or if the
court sustains itself, then efforts can
be concentrated on the adoption of
the amendment. This course of ac
tion affords two chances to get the
law, while Mr. Taft's program al
lows of but one chance.
A RECALCITRANT JUDGE
J
UDGE BLACK of the superior
court of Snohomish county,
Washington, refuses to obey
the new law of that state re
quiring judges to wear gowns pr
judicial robes while occupying the
bench. On the day when he should
have appeared in a new gown, he de
livered an opinion In which he held
the law to be unconstitutional. He
said he had no gown to -wear; the
state had provided him with none,
and he could get one only by buy
ing, it, which would decrease or sub
tract from his constitutional salary,
which the legislature had no con
stitutional right to do; no more, he
said, than it could require him to
pay the janitor or bailiff, or for new
furniture. Any judge in the state,
he declared, would declare void a
law reducing his salary $1000 a
year, -yet the legislature had as
much right to do that as to lessen it
by the price of a gown; the prin
ciple is the same.
While this was the main conten
tion, of Judge Black and he seams
to make an unanswerable argu
ment on this point It Is evident
from his further remarks that It is
his di6taste for the gown rather
than its cost that causes his recal
citrancy, for he said that gowns be
longed to the dark ages when all
rights and privileges came down
from a king.
The law appears to be one of the
"fool" sort. It might be well
enough to allow-a Judge to wear a
gown if he wants to he can with
out any law, there being' none
against it but to oblige a judge to
wear what is distasteful, not to say
disgusting to him, is folly.
Fulton, Scott, Hammond and De
lano four, men so far have de
clined to accept the position of min
ister to China., If this keeps up, the
Chinese government may begin to
feel affronted. Mr. Taft is usually
a politic man, and It seems a little
strange that after one or two declln
atlons he did not ascertain whether
an intended appointee woul5 accept
before pifbllcly naming him. There
are plenty of able, competent men
who would be delighted to become
minster to China. What Is the mat
ter, for Instance, with Consul Henry
B. Miller, of Oregon?
The higher congress raises the
duties,' the more prohibitive it
makes them, the more It favors the
trusts and 'the heavier it taxes the
consumers, , the better It will be for
the country; for the sooner will the
people destroy protection.
Their "lordships" of England, who
have great 'areas of, part lands for
the diversion -of their families and
guests, are grumbling about the new
system of land tax in that country,
which taxes undeveloped land high,
and the. more of It a "lord" or any
body else has, the higher it Is taxed
The British government would not
treat its big land owners bo, except
that it must have money , to build
"many more Dreadnaughts.
The ', police department will do
well to bring to book all automo
bile and motorcycle violator j of the
speed law. Arrests in every case
possible and heavy penalties will put
a stop to reckless speeding in the
streets and around corners, which
unless stopped will Inevitably result
in fatalities. The department Is
right in its determination to "go af
ter" these automaniacs.
"The consumers are asking them
selves 'where they come in in this
business of tariff making for special
and voracious interests only," re
marks the Chicago Record-Herald.
They don't come in at all; they are
not wanted "In," and can't get "in,"
The outside, where they can work
to pay the tariff taxes, is the place
for them.
Photograph of a Cat's Yowl -
From the New Tork Sun.
There was a man. H slept o' nights
the aleep that is easily broken. There
was a cat Her nam waa Meandering
Mollle. He waa th first light sleeper.
She waa the first peripatetic cat. For
this la a tale of beginnings.
Mile. Mollle was enamored of the
straight and narrow path tha straight
and narrow path that tops the backyard
fence. One dark night, stung by roman
tic memortea, ahe uttered a sound of
sustained and searching lamentation.
wlah," murmured the man, vexed in bis
dreams by tha unwonted thing.
wish," he nald, not studious of refine
ments of language, but with unmlatak
able sarcasm, "I wish I had a photo
graph of that."
Science at last has responded. The
ear Isn't any longer to have things all
its own way. For sound may be seen.
Hear and give eye, ye skeptics. Ocular
audition hath come to pass. A wall may
be photographed.
It simply had to be. For though the
first light sleeper probably long ago
has gone the way of all human tran
kienta, there are others. Science has
taken account of these Inheritors of
that historic wish. Whether Professor
Dayton C. Miller, of the Case School of
Applied Bcience In Cleveland, Ohio, real
ly had these unfortunates solely in mind
while conducting the experiments which
have resulted In an astonishing device
for snapping the lineaments of sound,
the" meager reports of his achievement
don't say. But he must at least uave
derived from their predicament a po
tent stimulus. Pity is a powerful spur
to the Inventive mind. At all events,
he's the first man who ever came for
ward with proof that you ran got a
blueprint of a yowl. Not that he has
actually produced one, of course. Pho
tophonography Is only In Its infancy
as yet, and this is a tale of beginnings.
Hut science and .Professor Miller are
pressing on. Already be. can make you
see with the naked eye the difference
between the tones, say, of a tenor and
a kettledrum. Could a musical critic
do as much?
Well what next? Probably we shall
taste invisibility and see silence.
To Abolish the Fly.
From the Technical World Magazine.
It happens every day, and so one pays
very little attention. Maybe it Is the
butter, or perhaps the slice of bread
alongside one's plate. Or else, quite
possibly, it is the milk in the pitcher.
But, whatever it Ib that attracts the
omnipresent fly, its appearance, as it
crawls over the food on the table, is
unappetizing.
The health authorities of New York
city estimate that about half of the
deaths from typhoid in the metropolis
annually are attributable to the distri
bution of the germs by flies. But, se
rious as this matter is, it is of vastly
less importance than the destruction
of human life, particularly that of
young children, by the bowel complaints
which these Insects are chiefly instru
mental in spreading. It is reckoned that
deaths from these latter maladies in
New Tork would be reduced from 7000
to about 2000 a year if proper precau
tions were taken to prevent the breeding
of flies.
The Insects will breed In fermenting
vegetable or animal material of almost
any kind.. Garbage suits them first
rate. Th maggots and chrysallds have
been found in great, numbers in rotten
straw mattresses, among old cotton gar
ments, and even In waste paper that had
been exposed to wet. '
Now, so far as stables are concerned,
which are accountable for 95 per cent
of the fly output in cities, the hatching
of tha insects can be absolutely pre
vented by the simple device of putting
all manure into a covered receptacle,
and removing the contents once a week.
This receptacle should be a water tight
bin or pit provided with a cover, so as
to prevent the Ingress and egress of
files.
The additional methods demanded are
the following: Abolish all unsanitary
outhouses. - Allow no accumulations of
filth of any kind. Compel people to put
all their garbage in covered cans, .and
remove the contents at least once a
week. Compel owners of abattoirs to
keep all refuse in coveredreceptacles;
and remove Such wast at least once a
week.
This Date In History.
. 1619 The first assembly of Virginia
met at Jamestown.
1764 -Second colonial congress met at
AlBany, N. T.
1786 General Nathaniel Greene, an
officer In the Revolutionary army, died
In Savannah. Born In Rhode Island,
June 6, 1742.
1S10 Right Rev. Richard Luke Con
cannon, first Roman Cathollo bishop of
New Yrk, died.
1814 Captain Matthew Flinders, an
American navigator who explored and
charted the coast of Australia, died.
Born In 17.74.
18S4 The Alabama sunk by the Fed
eral gunboat Kearsarge off Cherbourg.
1867 Maximilian, emperor of Mexico,
executed. ,'
1888 Republican national convention
at Chicago nominated Harrison and Mor
ton. 1908 William H. Taft resigned as
secretary of war.
Birthday of Hill M. Bell.
Hill McClelland Bell, president of
Drake . university, Des Moines, Iowa,
was bora in Licking county, Ohio, June
19, 1860. After a common school edu
cation he entered Drake university and
was graduated from that institution in
1890. Later he took a post graduate
course at the UniversiH of Nebraska.
Dr. Hill's career as an educator covers
a period of nearly 80 years. Both be
fore and after his college course he
was a teacher in the public schools In
COMMENT- AND
SMALL CHANGE
Borah Is a senator that Idaho and the
wuoi country may be proud or. -
The tor pistol ought to be utterly
Huiuuii, wjicwier me pueiness : re'
volver Is or not
Hurrah for some Michigan sweet girl
graduates; they wore calico gowns
uiau vf mcmseives.
Jim Johnson has made a great repu
tation, yet it Is evident that he Is one
oi me Diaca nana people. -
m
Unless the tsetse fly will agree' to a
iwurmro spelling or nis name, Roose
velt will show him no mercy.
.
Far more June weddings so far this
year than ever before. They will help
a little toward that 600,000 in 1912.
'
Ifs a drearv vawnin countrv these
last few weeks; scarcely any news and
nui denounce irora uwano a umbo.
.....
It Is too bad for such a stout portly
old gentleman as -John Bull acting no
nervously every ,tims a German hollers
hochl"
It' is no credit to the drunken porter,
nor to the mischievous crime causing
revolver that Mr. Trumbull and Mr. Mo
Laughlln ar not dead men.
,
It rained this week less In Portland
than in some other parts of the state,
but the farmers in Portland are do
ing very well, nevertheless.
-
An Alabama town has nrohlblted the
entrance within its limits of anv auto
mobile. Its people must greatly desire
to enjoy the simple, quiet life.
.;
A Santa Rosa man was thrown from
a buggy and one of his legs was brok
en, but as It was a wooden .leg the
accident might have been worse.
,
Yet If Mrs. Gould can manage to deny
herself some luxuries, she s can get
drunk a good many times a year on
JUS, 900, in which condition she will be
as rich as she pleases.
About the first thing Bishop Farley
of New York did when he got to Rome
was to go out to Castle Gondolfo and
start a game of baseball by pitching
me nrsi oaiju tm aear oia Doy,
There's nothinr the matter with Kan
sas except the annual lack of harvest
hands. But somehow the Kansas crops
are always harvested. A lot of Kansas
girls help If need be. Them's the sort
Indiana, after trying an anti-cigarette
law for a year or two, repealed
it. The state of Washington is trying
to enforce a similar law, but like In
diana may get tired of it.
Kate Gould when drunk tried to drive
through a fence, and to move a big
clock fast to the wall, and swore a
good deal, but after all she did not
act nearly as bad as many other drunk
en people have done.
It will soon be so that the poorer
people cannot afford to buy clothes with
any wool at all in them, and even
shoddy, on which the tariff will be
raised, may become too expensiv. But
in this part of the country there are
plenty of leaves left.
V
There were 11 contributors to the
Dempcratic campaign fund In the recent
city campaign, including candidate Mun-
, wno coniriDuieo tu oui or
e total of $597. So there is positive
evidence that there are at least 10
faithful Democrats In this political So
dom.
A fair Sunday In June to all ought to
be a precloua portion of time, when from
toil ana rrom sou we are nana ana nean
free and nature preaches a sermon sub
lime. Our years are but few, and our
Junes are no more. Glory fills their
long Sabbath days, and beauty and
power, a limitless store, for our use,
our wonder, our praise.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
The Independence of CubaBy Benjamin F. Butler
(Prom a speech in the United States
house of representatives, June 19, 1870.)
I have ever been a friend end am now
frlend of the independence of Cuba,
and In favor of the annexation of Cuba
to this country. In 1850 I was a mem
ber of the order of the 'Xone Star." I
sympathised with Lopes and Critten
den, and was a warm personal friend
of General Quitman, the leading friend
of Cuba of that day. I have never since
ceased to desire that Cuba and theWest
India islands should become a part of
this republic. The studies of this ques
tion in that day taught me the impor
tance, of the islands between the two
continents to this country. I believe
for one that no country can be great
without tropical possessions.. What
would Englasd be today without her
possessions in the east from which she
draws her wealth? All that there Is
left of Spain is Cubs and Porto Rico
to give her power and wealth. All that
is left of Portugal but there Is noth
ing left of power in Portugal since she
lost Brazil. All that Is left of the once
powerful Netherlands,., that dictated
maritime law to the world, are the Mo
luccas snd Sumatra Therefore, I de
sire to see everywhere our arms, our
laws, our liberties, civilisation, snd our
power extended. And I hope that within
my day I shall see the stars and stripes
floating as evidences of our control and
beneficent power at tne istnmus or
Darlen; while the traveler at the north
pole shall mistake the radiance of its
red and white for the glow of the Au
rora. And I have no doubt of living, if
to the alloted age of man, long enough
to see this prophetic hope fulfilled.
And were I today to speak according
to my sympathies' and according to my
wishes, and were I to speak from my
heart, and not from my judgment; were
to speak as an individual without the
responsibilities which I owe to society
and the part I am obliged td take in
public affairs, I would say. let us have
Cuba at any expense or niooa ana
treasure. A I have before said to
this house, let us have San Domingo
and. the other islands of the Antilles
when we can get them.
I now rise, therefore, to speak only
because I believe the course taken in
carrying on this war in Cuba, if war
It can be called, has retarded and is
this day retarding: the independence of
Iowa and Nebraska, snd. for the past
IS vaara ha tiu been connected with
higher Institutions - oflearning. prin
cipally Drake university. He is a mem
ber, of the leading- educational associa
tions of the country and Is the author
of a number of school and college text
books. . ' -...
They Waste Lots of Wind. '
. - From tha National Magaslne.w --
The. tendency of the senat to break
forth into lengthy speeches on the tar
tff question called forth from a Cap
itol habitue the other day th observa
tion that-if tne senators would read
the autobiography' of Thomas Jeffer
son on- this subject of speech making
they would learn something to,thclr ad
vantage. Thereupon he recalled Jeffer-
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Great trout fishing lately in the Uma
tilla and Its inpuiaries.
weiisma nuntv shiDDers are com
plaining about high freight rate.
Campers are becoming numerous al-
reaay onine coui in nu
a r.ahiannn cannerv man will use be
tween 80,000 and 40.000 cans this year.
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The new Milton schoolhouse Will cost
$20,180; the Jfreewaier scnoomouao .
Acoording to a Tillamook man, that
county contains a valuable ore called
bauxite. '
A fine Astoria coach dog, "smart to
the point of human speech," says tne
ARfnrian. (ilea 01 some uiuumnu
ment -'
Since trout fishing has become the
rage in Pendleton, several small .boys
nrnfltable employment In
catching minnows to be used for bait
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A competent Jddg says that the Le
banon locality has been endowed by
nature to become one of the largest and
finest fruit producing sections on the
Pacing coast x
The Coos County. Chamber of com-
meroe has let to the Norm ena mriwc
a contract for 20,000 48 page 4x7
Inch booklets, with an additional 80,009
at the option of the committee.
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The Echo Gun club has purchased
China pheasant eggs and the farmers
along the river will donate hen to
hatch the eggs, and then care for the
young pneasanu unui ineir ntuurai
wild Instincts cause them to leave. In
this way it is thought this part of the
county can be wall stocked with pheaS'
ants In the nxt four years.
Lost in the mountains for three days
while tracklne- horses was the experi
ence of Roy Freeman, a Lake county
boy. While twisting and running on
the trail of strayed horses he became
confused and was unable to rind his
way. Search was Instituted, resulting
in his being found in a famishing con
dltlon.
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Preparations are being made for ex
tensive improvements on the Klamath
Indian reservation this summer. The
policy of Improved educational ad van
tages and better school facilities will
be carried out and this year will sea
between $30,000 and $35,000 expended
ror new Duiidings.
The Oliver boyH now of Lakeview.
and others who have lived in Grand
Ronde valley In which La Grande is
situated, say that in no essential ex
cept the railroad is there any difference
between that valley and Goose Lake
valley, says the Lakeview Examiner.
And yet there, land Is selling for JS00
per acre, while here it can still be had
for $20. V
Baker City Herald: Bear this In mind:
Whenever a company, corporation or an
Individual brings one single acre of land
under water thus making it produco
something for mankind, the company,
corporation or individual has done
something for his country and for pos
terity. There is a great deal more to
irrigation projects than mere matter of
money making: they are the vehicles
which are making the golden west a
garden spot Boost 'em every time you
can.
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The oil well which has been drilled
on the desert to a depth of between
1100 and 1200 feet will be abandoned
and ' a new well started near the old
as soon as a new mast Is received for
the drilling machinery, says the Med-
ford .Tribune. Col. Mundy Is not at all
discouraged and says that the Indications
are most favorable, as the past 800 feet
have been In oil bearing sand and that
as long as this formation continues
there is good prospect of oil. It Is 1305
feet to sea level at the well. . and the
well will be driven to a depth of 8000
feet if necessary.
Cuba and the consequent and subsequent
"annexation of that island to this coun-
tr Whel rebellion in Cuba broke
urn, mm in KccuiRpauixneni oz me reoei-
Uon against the Spanish monarchy, I
looked forward with confident belief
that from that hour the Independence of
uuoa was achieved. I believed that
her people would rush to arms; I was
oertain in my own mind that there
would be eno'ugh of 'brave and gallant
men on her soli to break the power
from Spain, as Indeed there were if
they had moved to separate from Spain,
but they did not but preferred to rev
olutionise with the mother country. I
synjrathlsed with the movement in the
direction of their freedom; I watched
every fluctuation of affairs there with
the lntensest interest as the news there
of were brought to us.
Now, sir. we are asked to do what ?As
I read the resolutions of the minority
and of the majority of the committee
and I. beg their pardon all round for
saying so they Just escape being noth
ing at all by being mischievous; for
they provide nothing in the world that
Is practical. Only one thing do they
tend to do, snd that is to embroil us in
a quarrel with Spain. And gentlemen
get up and say, "Well, are we afraid
of Spain? Are we not ready- to have
a - war with Spain, we. so treat a
power!"
I answer to that, aa a Fourth nt .Tniv
oration business, yes; but as a states
man, dealing with high questions of
state, I say no! And why? Because
Spain Is not in condition to desire war
with us, a nation of greatly superior
power, upon any fair and Just and hon
orable pretenoe. See what Is her con
dition. She has a government only pro
visional. In a transition state, not wtth
any assured fixity, and with no hold
upon the people. But if Spain was
brought Into a war with this country
on any fair pretext what would be its
effect upon the present regency? It
would rally round that government all
her people. It would unite themby a
common bond of patriotism. It would
give . the Spanish government prestige
at home. It would make the regency a
dynasty. It would more than compen
sate for that prestige Spain would lose
in consequence of our taking Cuba from
her. She sees that she would lose
Cuba, and, In my Judgment Cubs is
lost to her already. -
son's sbhorrencs of long speeches, espe
cially . speeches not directly pertinent
to the mala point' Jeff arson wrote: "I
served with General Washington in the
legislature of Virginia Before tie Revo
lution and during It with Dr. Frank
ling In congress. I never heard either
of them speak 10 minutes at a time,
nor to any but th main point which
was to-decide the question. They laid
their shoulders to the main point
knowing that th Uttla ones would fol
low of themselves. If the present con
gress errs In too much falklng, how
can it be otherwise in a body 4tp .which
ths peopl send 150 ; lawyers?1 whos
trade, isto question everything, yield
nothing snd talk by the hour?".
Sclo will have a rose show, on the
19th.
S, Ih RLALM
TLMININE;
' Stuffed Green Peppers.
THIS recipe is for stuffed and pickled
green poppers to be eaten as a rel
ish with cold meats. Tbey ar
f?!d it.keeP well prepared ' in
this fashion. Select peppers of
about th same siae and:- quite tier
fect With a sharp knife cut a circle
around the stem and take out this piece.
Through this hole remove all the seeds '
and tie the stem back in place. Put th
peppers In strong brine, allow them to
remain for 38 hours. To fill use the
following filling; quarts green toma
toes, l quart ripe tomatoes, 1 cabbage,
3 white onions and 1 red pepper. Mince
these fine, sprinkle with salt, put them
In a coarse bay and squeeze' out sucn
Juice as you can. Whtn well squeezed
add three-fourths of a pound of sugar,
S tablespoons grated horseradish and one
half teaspoon black peper. Cover all the
Ingredients with enough cold vinegar to
moisten them, let them stand all night
and In the morning pour off the vinegar.
Just before filling the pepper -stir into
the chow-chow 8 tablespoons each ef .
white mustard and celery seed, 1 tea
spoon caraway seed snd one-hair teacup .
chopped nuts, fill the peppers, tie on'
th olover,r-and pour over the peppers '
the spiced vinegar. Keep them in jars
well covered. A bit of horseradish
dropped in the bottom of the jar keeps
them fresh. .
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Spare the Invalids.
SILK petticoats, starched rattling
clothes and creaking shoes should
be avoided by th attendant in an
invalid's room. Whispering is intense
ly Irritating to a sick person, who nat
urally concludes that his symptoms are
so bud that they have to be discussed
In an undertone. Conversation between
the nurse and visitors should be in a 1
low tone of voice, but quite distinct; i
If there is anything to be said that the
invalid must not. hear, it would bet
ter be said In the hall, entirely out of
his sight, earshot and imagination. A
small table in the hall, outside the sick
room, will be appreciated by the nurse
and by whoever has to deliver and call
for the Invalid's food tray.
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Potato Puff.
WHILE new potatoes are still high
in price and old ones require
some "fixing" in order to make
them palatable the recipe for - a nlo
dish like potato puff Is not to be over
looked. Take cold mashed potato and add two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, beating,
these together to a cream: then stir in
ono cup of milk to which has been added
the beaten yolks of two eggs. Last of
all stir in tho beaten whites of the eggs
and pour all Into a buttered bakinir
dish. Bnke until brown and light and
serve at once.
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To Fill Cracks.
FOR unsightly cracks in old floors
the following la recommended:
Tear newspapers Into bits ana
soak them to a pulp In boiling water !n
which has been dissolved a teaspoonful
of gum arable for each quart of water.
Add a little carbolic actd to prevent
souring, also a little powdered alum.
Now squeeze the ruin as hard as von
can to get all the wafer out. It should
oe iiKe putty in consistency. With a
broad, thin stick work It Into the cracks
and let it dry. Much depends upon
squeezing and pressing it down hard
and evenly.
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Marble Cake.
LIGHT part 1 cup white sugar. H
cup butter. M cup milk; whites
of 3 eggs, l teaspoon cream tar
tar, 14 teaspoon sods, 2 cups pastry
flour.
Brown -part One-half eun hrnwn
sugar, one-fosrth cun butter, ona-haif
cup molasses, one-fourth cup milk, one
half teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cinna
mon, one-half teaspoon allspice, one-half
loospuun Bona, i Teaspoon cream tartar,
2 cups pastry flour.
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Preserving Fine Stockings.
A SUGGESTION is made which may
help some woman whoss fine
hosiery la an annoyance because
of broken threads, dropping stitches and
muse unsignuy runs irom nem to an
kle. To or event this hmlilnr
loops of black tape at the bottom of
the stocking and attach the hose sup
porters to these instead of to the top
of the stocking Itself.
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Pecan Marguerites.
TWO eggs, one cup brown sugsr, half
cup flour, on fourth teaspoon
baking: powder, on third teaspoon J
salt, one cup pecan nut meats out tn
small pieces. ' Beat errs slightly and
add remaining Ingredients In order
given. tu small buttered tins- two
thirds full of mixture and place a pecan
meat on each. 'Bake in moderate oven
16 minutes.
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Rhubarb Cobbler.
LINE a dish with rich thick crust
take some nice stalks of fresh
rhubarb, cut in one inch pieces and
put in sugar to taste. Stir it slightly
and put it in the lined dish. Cover with
rich thick crust and bake a rich brown.
When done- break tip the top crust Into
small pieces and stir Into the rhubarb.
Place whipped cream on the top and
serve.
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Creamed Ham.
COOK 1 cun of finely chopped ham
that has been boiled and 1 pint
of cream, together. When hot stir
in quickly 2 well1 beaten eggs snd a
little pepper. Stir constantly.' Serve
on toast. It Is a good way -to us up
small bits of ham.
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Walnut Cake.
ONE and one hair cups or sugar, s
eggs, cup butter, cup milk, 2
cups of pastry flour, 2 teaspoons
of baking powder, 1 cup chopped wal
nuts The vnlkn and whites of the eSKS
beaten separately, the whites added to
the mixture last
Tne Wailm Place
(Cflntributed to Th Journal br Walt Mason.
tb ft room Kansai poet Hit prose-poems will
b regular '.-iturt of this columa la Tb
Uillj jourotLl .
If you must tell your tale of grief.
to mortal ears, O friend, be brief! We
11 have cares and woes to burn, snd
find some more where'er we turn, and
as we paddled down the years, w had
our share of scalding tears. This we '
discovered- long ago: The', more we
talked about our woe, the less w knew
of joy and peace; and folks would call
for the police when they beheld us on
heir trail,- or heard us letting out a
Wait And- so at last, with queenly
grace, we ceased to haunt the walling
place; we -rlrled our tears and wore a
grin that reached from either ear to v
chin, ' and when we had a grief' orX
care, w smashed ths blamed thing with N
a chair, ' and went around and told the
boys long stories of our humble joys,
and chortled all the day of bliss snd
pretty soon w- notlcedthls: ( Folks
greeted us with faces ay, and threw
no cabbages our way. ( Don't bind your .
sorrows in a sheaf, arid pack around a
load of grief; the wise man tells how
good he feels. throws up his hatt kicks ,
up his heels! , V ,
(CoprrlRht, 1909, by .
George Uattbaw Adams.)