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Oh! many a shaft at random
"! aent,
Finds mark the archer little
meant;
And many a word at random
spoken
May soothe or wound a heart
that's broken.
Scott.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
POSTMASTER General Hitchcock
Is to- be a Portland visitor to
morrow. He Is the postmas
ter general of the United
States-. He Is a. member of the cab
inet, of the president of the United
States. He Is at the. bead of a de
partment of government In which
there 1b a vast multitude of work
ing officials and employes.
It is said In postoffioe circles that
Mr. Hitchcock Is. an . unusually ef
ficient official. ' Hijs errand in Port
land is circumstantial evidence in
that direction. - He is- here attend
ing a convention of postmasters. He
was at Seattle In the same behalf,
He Is Iff the midst of those who give
direction to the handling and distri
bution of the country's mails, mak
ing suggestions, setting up Ideals
and seeking Information. When
asked by wire to attend a banquet
In Portland the reply of Mr. Hltch
i cock -was to the effect that he would
accept the Invitation 'if It did not
Interfere with bis duties at the post
masters' convention." It was a re
ply suggestive of an earnest devotion
to the business if the convention and
a desire to see that the great public
shall be properly served with, its
mails. ; ' ' '.
The system of selecting postmas-
- ters general does not always conduce
to apt Incumbencies. To head this
great department men are taken
from civil life for political reasons.
They are untrained for their work
and ' unfamiliar with its require
ments. , In the case pf Mr. Hitch
cock, the appointee was not without
preparation. He had served during
the Roosevelt administration as first
assistant postmaster general and in
that position is understood to have
developed organizing capacity that
bore very beneficial results. The
system of making efficiency as well
as long service a requisite to promo
tion among postoffice clerks was a
reform initiated by Mr. Hitchcock
through authority secured from con-
gress.- His experience-in the lower
position and his visits to many of
the states In attending postmasters'
conventions should enable Mr.
Hitchcock to Inaugurate much that
will be of benefit to the great de-,
. partment of which be is the head. i
Thin mean (Imt ma I tin rnul t
larger; that pipe linen niurti ! In
creased ami that reatrvolr np I
ties have to be greatly enlsi All
thfae thine haw to tut paid fix.
and thuy make a pretty bill of routs
in thla tit y of Portland. They nr
a chart!" uioii thtt water ronaumei
who must pay for their own water
and for the water other people
wattle It places n larger mortgage
in bond and Increased Inlerc.l
charges on taxpayers, and the whole
thlriK hna to he paid al tho rate of
100 rents on t be dollar.
There Is but one fair method In
the dlHtrlbutlon of water. Let the
homes of those who wa.te water he
metered, and let them waste all they
want to slnre they, and not some
body elne will have to pay for It.
Then meter the homes of those who
do not waate, bo they will have to
pay only for what they get and not
for that somebody elite, wastes. It
is the business way and any other
way la iaaanlty,. -
lury W'IIbod recently mated t!ia' he
wanted a largo number of highly
trained (-hernial for government
iiart ment. but ihcrc were none to
be bad
Kviry where there U call
young men who know how to
put everything In charge of five codi
iiilnalonera and ao far it haa had no
oct anion to regret lt action.
If a romparatlvely small city like
Oalveaion, l)lng thus, can do all thta,
for hat cannot Portland do If mm trl
dj
thlngH. Kxpert aay the coming rail- mf ITIT TlTinnfTl1'
road men are to be thoae who hav) ff lA Nlal I
received technical training In unlver- fy lxlUujl UU 1
altlea and college, and that a wide ,A7- --r 1 "1
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANG 8
EQUALLY WOHTHY OK HONOR
N'
EV YORK welcomed Cook yes
terday, and Sydney welcomed
Peary. In each Instance the
generosity of the greetings Is
omen Of the universal Impulse. The
public wants to honor both men fully
and will do so If they will behave
with ordinary civility. There is a
-8 1 great American heart that beats re-
sponsively to men who achieve. It
was the capital physical feat of the
age for men to go to the top of the
world. It was Just as hard to get
there after one explorer had reached
It as It was before. The best men
that three centuries afforded tried
it and failed until Cook and Peary.
If Cook got there first, which he
did, he only got the news to civili
sation five days ahead of Peary. The
weather was just as bad, the ice JuBt
as drifting, the open leads just as
obstructive to progress and the silent
north Just as fatal, when Peary
reached the goal as when Cook did,
and vice versal In the whole pro
ceeding there was not one discoverer,
but two, and, as was seen In the
greetings to both yesterday that is
the view the whole world wants to
take of it. If they will behave, it
Is as willing to honor one equally
with the other and would rather ap
plaud both than either. Good man
ners Is all that is asked for, and if
there was ever ' a time when good
manners were precious, it is when
the limelight is on. If gentility will
rescue a clown from contempt, and
it will, how conspicuously it will
serve men brave enough to go to the
pole and famed enough to get home
again.
In any event, Christendom is re
sponsive. It is going to beBtow
laurel wreaths and garlands in
profusion. It loves intrepid men,
especially when they succeed, and
two of the bravest men of any age
have written success in letters that
time cannot dim, flames burn or
seas wash out. Honors, rewards
and roses will fall to them both, re
gardless of frailty or foible, because
after all, they are men that counted.
field la thou opening to virile and
aerloua minded young men
The preaent In a period of golden
opportunity. The youth who Is suf
ficiently aerlons minded to apply
htniHClf euongh to become a flnlahed
product In any line of endeavor, need
not worry about his future. He ran
win if he wants to. If be fall It
will not be for lack of opportunity,
but for lack of preparedness and
reasonable endeavor. All around
there Is the call of enterprise, and
young men who want to count In
tho great beehlvo of Industry and
commerce are finding Important
places, and rewards to match
WORKING WOMEN
la not. fattmlng-.
A'
mr must ovaatioLT
TMK BON AT Hl'MOOU
'"ar Pop. Plna
Rend lllr "MU llliilt)
nullify I do not wy
till from fnrc of
habit or to keep IU
tract i', nut I n-ai
IV nrol tlia collttt
rial. I bavn brrn
wholly without
phynlcal aiiMtanance
for rloao to threa
1nv and unlra I
get a little finan
cial encoiiratrenit-nt
within the next cou
ple of wwk. It will
uu hard with the
landlady' pet poo
dle. I Vm afraid.
Education, I find.
If It were I wouldn't
b able by thla time to button my ahoea
without the aid of a awEelnuali M-rubher
nt itim uMimf nlr .if til liM t m mm -
1 . I 1 1 1 I .1. ..V. lV.lt. I . . ' " 1
uj v in iiiiDoia proiuuiiB ongo cninrry.
earning women from tolling , 1 a..on rop. to ne aeir-auatain
more than lu. hours per aay hn( nni ltH anon a I graduate, tine pro-
fn, Ihol. omIAi.ora Tkn I(ir HHVI 111) Will Hrflir m a Iioal
,u. ...r.. '" ,, ,.,, Mv.HIaln hoard
measure was panned by the last leg- through tho principal etrects. So you
islature of that state. The Mantt- "('.MI education la CoinK ror your
now urn, I 'op.
facturers association Is endeavoring i don't want to amiear nresainif. Pon
tn hav tha aar rioolaroit iinnnill. but could you hurry that coin a little?
, , Vou are. Pop. I have to enter my room
tutional. A COUrt hUS granted a by way of the flro eacape temporarily.
temporary injunction and the case Is
pending. The Manufacturers' asso
ciation urges unconstitutionality on
the ground that wage earning women
should have the privilege, if they
so desire, of toiling more than 10
hours a day.
It does not appear as to whether
or not any of the wage earning
women of Illinois are concerned In
the effort to have the law nullified.
The fact that the suit 'is brought by
the Manufacturers' association
rather than by the women has some
significance. That the owners of Il
linois factories should seek to se
cure for women the right to toil
more than 10 hours at a machine,
and that they do so solely in the in
terest of the women is a new and un
expected philanthropy, but one In
not necessarily for publication, but as
evidence of an overdrawn account and
feature of my landlady.
son,
Your anxloua
BILL.
THE GCM DROP FAD.
EXPLORE
PEARY'5
TMIA WUK
CmwiuJ,
lc ivrj r. .die
A candy merchant paced the floor;
Treat cobwebs graced the outer duor,
The counters covered o'er with dust,
Thrt dlnhea too heirnn to rilAt.
which most of the great Mlssourian The candv mn with sloomy face
public will have to be shown. L?oke "J,? ,L2uS,t.h'iJ!lace:
It Is hardly likely that wage earn- A fancy grade made up hl line.
ing women .desire the law made B" 8t"i ", pri stayed nwny,
MnH nnsufn him hv frnm Hav to MM v
void. Even if they do there Is ques- The merchant Kazcd across tne street
tion as to Whether they should real- And saw Kreat crowds of people meet;
. , . . . , , He saw them enter at tho door,
ize their wish. Something IS due a a human stream they seemed to pour.
Ccok fot home flrat, too.
Who'll ba flrat at the South Pol?
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There la alao the slory of the fall.
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There la a pola yat to be dlacovered.
Iooka Ilk It wa time for the aharlff
o get ttuay.
Ifurruh for Cook; we refuse to believe
ho Is a liar.
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Perhnp Mia Summer will plar a re
turn ei'gaRctrr.ent.
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Dr. Cook Is somewhat of a talker
and writer Miuelf.
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The wide .open town haa Its disad
vantage, to say the least.
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Portland should be nroud of her fair
and stork show and show It.
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News Item. 1999: The Ess Pee ha
moved It trains off Fourth street.
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Looks like the saloonmen were bound
to tiring about statewide prohibition.
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Heavens! Won't ItooBevelt set back In
time to b counted for the next census?
a a
Hon t fall to go and see that fine
stock, it will omke you proud- of Ore
gon. a
Tho nation mourns, with Minnesota,
lior lost favorite son was a noble Dem
ocrat. .
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There's joy In the ' morning-, also
mourning. It Is an Interestingly varied
world.
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Policemen loafing around saloons, as
some do. are net a credit to the ctty
administration.
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Even the prunes will oil he harvested
in Rood shnpe. The Oregon climate is
about r.s dependable as any.
The Commoner: What a high senao
of honor those hankers must have who
first limit their own liability hy or
ganizing a corpora tfr- then demand
personal security of i !r patrons and
then refuse to give security to their
depositors. They ought to hiush. I
OREGON 8nELIGiTbl
A Minneapolis newspaper man saya
the (1oob Lake valley is tne riwii
nart of Oregon and h la no aooa
either.
Irrlgon Irrigator: A party of HermU-
ton people were here Tuesday looKing
for araie. Ild Uiey art them? My,
they went home loaded Inside ana out.
e
The Seaside Signal thinks that "there
Is a whole lot of street improvement
naat dim (hat would hell) the appear
ance of the town If we only bad tno
money,"
a a
A Roseburg man has bought, over
4000 head of mutton aheep In in vi
cinity of Gold Hesch and Is gathering
them up to drive to Roseburg for ship
ment iy rail.
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Dead Ox Flat correspondence of the
Ontario Optimist: There wa quite an
exciting time at the session of the La
dles' Aid Thursday. They received two
new members.
REALM
FEMININE,
A yearling calf was found killed .by
a gunshot wound near Port Orford. Till
la hut .the loglral result of allowing
mall boy) to ri4n-rmrtJ with high
preaaurw rinrs-eeys tne i noune.
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The lumber Industry of Lane county
Womra la the labile Ee.
The Arch Duch
eae Marle-Therese
of Austria la the
aunt of Prince
Miguel bf Bragan
sa, The rch duch
ess arrived at Tul.
loch castle. In Boo,,
land, about twr,
weeks ago to at
tend the wedding
of her nephew to
Mla Anita - R.
Mlewert, the Ameri
can heiress, on
September 1.
Hvn bf the War.
NCE upon a time two women of
so-called middle age, and of
about the same number of years,
met for the flrat. time and the
contrast between t)im Ka not
ably striking. was wrinkled and
showed unmistakable sign of age, the
other was freah and unwrlnkled with
0
Is in better condition now than It has! the complexion of a girl. On had led
peen ror a numoer or years, mnyn ins
Register. Mills are running steadily
and there la big demand for all the ma
terlal helng turned out.
The Dalles Optimist: The era of rail
road building setting In In Oregon will
not cut much figure In the census next
spring. Hut wait until lzo. Oregon
will then loom up with nearly as great
a population as Washington.
a a
life of ease and nlentv. th. nih.
had worked hard from the time she
was a girl and aiie was the one that
wa young and freah.
No, It was not the work alone which
was responsible for the difference al
though It no-doubt had Its place. Nor
waa tho cause to be found alone In
the fact that the freah woman
of Scandinavian origin and had, spent
cany year or ner life in far 'off
Threahlng Is about flnlahed In sum- Norway. The cause was much deeper
mer Iake and so far as we have learned than ith.r e .... , ' ; .
crops have turned out very well, says be Vtir..V- i. ,1 . "
the Leader. No threshlna has yet been r....Lra.to.d. d rcy to the different at-
done In this valley, but It Is expected V luue" OI lne lw0 women toward life.
that crons will -urn out better than I
was looked for earlier In the season. I or generations the forefathers of
Norwegian woman had been living
The Booth-Kelly company's big log f'mpie, truthful lives snd she had never
drive of 9.000.000 feet which has been ""own anything else. As a child she
coming down the river for some time ""n given ner regular work to do,
Is now oeing taken into the race and ?"e had grow n up without fear, had
rioiirl at f'nhnrir mllla Ther will ha IWtrncd not to comolaln and huA hu
enough logs to fill the pond and race taught that other people's business waa
to overriowtng and win Keep the mill own. noi ners, ana that no com-
Dusy ror a long time.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
Daniel O'Connell-By Jean Baptists Henri Lacordai:
THE MINER
T
THE IOIJCY OF WASTE
T IS a mistake for the Instaila
I tion of water meters in Portland
. I ' to be abandoned. If postpone'
' ment of installations until next
spring means final abandonment of
the policy, the mayor and water
board are unwise. There is not a
city In the United States that they
can point to and from its experience
prove the wisdom of their course.
There is not a city in the United
States that has tried both, thajwould
give "up the metered1 au go back to
the unmetKd system. There is not
a city in the United States that has
tried both that did not find that un
der an unmetered system of distri
bution that it takes two to five times
as much water supply for the same
population as under a meter system.
It Is as human to waste w ater paid
for on a flat rate as it is to breathe.
Th man who pays for lights on a
flat rate keeps all the lights in all
rooms burning to the limit. If he!
HERE WAS a melancholy re
frain in the story of an Alaska
miner, told In yesterday's Jour
nal! "I am in a desperate
condition," he said; "I am all crip
pled up with rheumatism and can
hardly walk. Am all alone and 60
miles or more from the nearest help,
so far as I know. I am going to
try to make it through to the rail
road survey, with the hope that I
may find men working there and
get help. Good-bye, old boy, goodbye."
The remains of this miner were
found amid the bleak surroundings
of the icy north. It was a year af
terward before the scrawled mes
sage reached his friend in Seattle.
He waa one more unfortunate, led
on by the lure of hidden gold, gold
that has led men to the four corners
of earth and left their whitening
bones in many a distant wilderness.
This one, like many another, staked
his all on the dream of a find, and
Fortune, ever a fickle jade, played
him false. Search for the virgin
national physical standard. Most
women ultimately become mothers.
Ten hours a day at a machine or
otherwhere 1? strain enough to break
down the vigor, destroy the nerves
and impair the digestion of even
strong women. It is a swifter de
struction of the frail. When they
have toiled 10 hours it is time for
them to rest. In the interest of the
physical well-being of the generation
they are to mother it Is essential for
them to rest. They owe it to the
public and the race to seek rest after
10 hours of toil, and the public and
the race owes it to them to see that
their social condition is such that
there will be food and rest for any
woman who has toiled 10 hours.
It is a mighty close approach to
a national shame that a cold blooded
industrial organization should be in
court clamoring that women should
be able to toil not only 10 hours,
but longer in order to earn food and
shelter.
Once more he looked: a sign he saw
Which read: "Come, Exercise Your Jaw.
Buy gumdrops here; come take a look,
The kind the great explorer took
To feed the chilly Eskimo;
You need gum drops, need the dough."
The moral's plain, though ery sad:
Don't win on merit; get a fad.
THE GALVESTON SEAWALL
T
treasure, off 'aadion, has een a
costly1 business, and thvr pepalty has
fallen as heavy on human life as in
the dollars spent In the feverish and
everlasting search.
YOUNG MEN WANTED
E
ASTERN BUYERS telegraphed
the Oregon Agricultural col
lege requesting that a young
man be recommended who
could take charge of the planting
pays by meter measurement, unless I of an orchard on land purchased at
he Is rich, the lights are promptly I Hood River. A recommendation
turned out In room not In use. In
unmetered houses water is allowed
to run in winter to keep it from
freezing and in summer to keep it
cool. If there be a leak In the
pipes It It allowed to run. for it is as
cheap to waste It as It Is to save it.
especially since it will cost some
tDlag to repair the pipes. In a hun
dred ways the meant and methods
of every day waste by flat rate con
sumers could be aioailarly detailed.
Somebody baa to pay ror all the
waste. The more water that ba
to be brought to Portland to b
wattc-d the more money Portland
renin re era have to pay for It. The
eiperleace of long list of metered
title la contrast with a similar list
tf stroke-red eitlee shows that la
te Utter aboat twice at mack water
ii Me4 as Is act sally cocsBe4.
was made and the easterners wired
the young man to go to Hood River,
to put up at the best hotel there and
await the coming of his employers.
The whole country Is calling for
skilled young men. The Harrlmaus
are passing and somebody has to
take up their work. Minnesota
must have a new governor. Irriga:
t Inn projectt mutt be opened and
great power plants be Installed.
Mines are railing for developers an-1
railroads asking for skilled men to
build truck and branch lines. Ai
in the case at Hood Rlyer, orchard
murt be planted and somebody is de
sired who kaows bow, to take
r barge. An Oregon Agricultural
col lf-ge graduate waa recently a tired
to take cbarge Of a 6 0(0 acre farm
at a good salary, bat be had a Iml
ter position, and decllaed. 8er;-
HE VIRTUE of the great Gal
veston seawall, as demon
strated last summer, has been
widely commented on, yet not
overmuch. Galveston occupies the
east end of an island 30 miles long
and from one to three miles wide,
lying only five feet above the level
of the great Gulf of Mexico a sea
sometimes raging tremendously.
Yet there has been founded, and is
maintained, a great port.
There occurred one of the great
est tragedies, and greatest victories,
of time. On September 8, 1900,
over 6000 people were killed and
$17,000,000 worth of property was
destroyed at this place by a great
gulf wave. But the remaining peo
pleof Galveston did not give up.
They thought and worked new
things. Even while suffering poig
nantly in manyyways they built a
triumph of concrete creation.
The Galveston wall Is three and
one third miles long; it rises 17 feet
above high water; it is 16 feet thick
at the base and 5 feet at the sur
face. It Is built on piles driven 45
feet In the ground, the seawall foun
dation being faced with steel piles
2 4 feet long. In front of all this
extends a trranlte rip-rap from three
to seven feet thick. ' Then there is
a great bank of sand filling, 13 feet
wide for walks and 3 8 feet wide
for driveways.
This seawall is built of concrete
cement, sand, granite. In every
t H feet of It are enforcing rods of
corrugated Steel. Three engineers
of national reputation designed this
celebrated breakwater Brigadier
General H. M. Robert, a retired army
officer; Alfred Noble of Chicago, and
H. C. Ripley.
The cost of the wall was . about
tl,M0,00, and beside this the city
authorised bonds, amounting to
I2.000.00n. for raising grades, and
made a grant of $70,000 a year for
17 year for carrying cm the work.
Then to inttre the success of this
great enterprise, Galveston estab
lished a commission form of city
goreniment-abollibed the eonncjl.
THE BAXiD HEADED MOUTH.
It Is no disgrace to be nude In the
mouth, of course, but at tho same time
I have seen a few mouths that ought to
be looked into. It seems to me that
when a man has a falling out with his
hair and his teeth fade away and his
ears begin to stand out from his head
like the crate ort a promissory note and
the tobacco that he fondly thinks he is
chewing paints an Italian sunset on his
shirt bosom, then it Is time for his rela
tives to come to, his rescue and with
draw htm from publication. I never saw
but about seven sadder rights than a
man who is bald headed In every par
ticular like that. He is a failure In
everything he undertakes. When ho at
tempts to talk he whistles, and when he
wants to w-hlstle his face splllo Itself.
And he wears the shinKles off the roof
of his mouth trying to eat enough to
satisfy his hunger craving.
I knew a man once woo didn't have
any teeth and he had to stay up nights
and eat mush in order to keep from
starving. He worked 24 hours a day
at it and he was as hungry at the end
pf the day as he was in the beginning.
f inally he connected hlmseir up with a
sausage grinder and he liveri hannlly
ever arter.
(From a "Panegyric of Daniel O'Con
nell," which was spoken In the Notre
Dame cathedral, Paris. In 1847.)
Such was Ireland's condition when the
eighteenth century opened, and was In
augurated under the hand of God by
two peals of thunder; one exploded In
the new world, upon the shores as yet
hardly known, and the other In the
bosom of our own country. These two
shocks of providence warned the op
pressors of Ireland; It caused them to
suspect that a reign of Justice and lib
erty was preparing in the conscience of
men by such memorable catastrophes;
and whether from fear or the rising
of compassion, they loosened a little
the fetters which chained the life of
'their victim. Among the rights then
restored was one, In appearance, of lit
tie value that of defending private in
terests before the tribunals of ordinary
jurisdiction. Assuredly, gentlemen, the
concession seemed to be but of slight
Importance and of little ; Interest for
the future; but England had not re
flected that it would give freedom to
speech, and that to give freedom to
speech is to deliver God; for speech from
Hps Inspired by faith is truth, charity,
authority. Speech teaches, strengthens,
commands, combats; speech is the true
liberator of consciences; and when op
pressors open the field to it we may
Letters From trie People
Letters to The Journal should be written on
one aide of the paper only nnit should be ac
companied by the name and addreaa of the
writer. The name will not be used If the
writer aak that It be withheld. The Journal
la not to be understood Ittdoifilng the view
or atatements of correspond. -iiti. I i-ltrrt should
be made as brief in possible. Thoe who wlaO
their letters returni-d when not nsed should In
close postsffp.
Correspondents are notified that letter ex
ceeding 300 words In length, mux. t the dis
cretion of the editor, be cut down to that limit.
City Xeeds Another Fireboat.
Portland, Sept. 21. To the Editor of
The Journal Since the council, on rec
ommendation of Mayor Simon, returned
the bids for the bonds for building of
the fireboat and fire mains, unopened,
the question has been raised from many
quarters, especially those who were re
sponsible for having this matter put to
a vote of the taxpayers, how this much
needed 'Improvement is to be carried out.
If not by special bond Issue.
The mayor has expressed himself as
oeing heartily in ravor or anotner rire-
boat some time in the future and he
told the council that there; were suffl
dent available funds from which the
money could be taken, wbereby' he would
be ahle to reduce next year's taxes. Now
if we draw $275,000 from the general
or any sp'clal fund, provided this can
lawfully be done, then this amount can
not be rmde available for other neces
sary current expenses, this year or
next year, for which these funds were
kept or crated and -this amount will have
f-to be made up from some source, which
In this case can only be by direct tax
ation. On the other hand, if we do not
touh any of the money receiver from
taxes now on hand, and obtain the neces
sary money for building the fire main
and heat from sale of bonds, having 20
year for redemption, only one twentieth
of the amount necessary will fall on
next year's taxation.
It would be a mistake to charge the
I-ene administration with uncalled for
extravagance, or with this clamor for
additional fire protection. The move
ment for this started shortly after the
San Francisco fire, when It was shown
that Portland might some day experi
ence the same sort of disaster. If Inde
pendent fir mains were not provided.
which were Independent of Bull Run
mains and could be enrpplled direct from
the river by the fireboat. Since then
experience has shown that these Bull
Run pipe do break ana take a long
while to be repaired.
Nearly four years ago business men
of this city decided that additional fire
protection w seeded. In order to bare
the future population of this city par
ticipate la the pepneti of the were Mary
qaipneat, the bond tswoe was sledded
on as the most effective mode of raising
the means and the people have voted In
favor of this matter almost unanimous
ly, at the same time when the necessity
of raising money for building the Mad
ison street bridge came up. Opponents
of any kinds of improvement have
fought these measures in the courts and
as a result the Madison street bridge,
which should have been finished long
ago Is just being commenced and the
fireboat and fire mains are still being
held up; and probably will be until
those Interested exert sufficient influ
ence with the present administration to
make It realize the fallacy of misplaced
economy.
That we have not had some disastrous
conflagration In the past few years,
while giving due credit to the personnel
of our fire department Is not due to the
protection we have provided, but rather
to good luck and fortune. If any day
fire and wind should come together In
the right direction, we may wake up
and find our docks and warehouses
wiped out of existence and the business
of the city of Portland crippled for
years to come. How the present ad
ministration can afford to .assume tho
responsibility of such a hazard, and pos
sible calamity, Is really hard to under
stand. Portland Is so situated on each side
of the Willamette srlver that it almost
seems frivolous to ignore the useful
ness of this river to furnish the means'
for fighting fire. The expense of lay
ing high pressure mains from the river i
Into the retail business section as far
west as Sixth street la estimated to
cost not over $150,000 and provisions
may be made to extend this system up
to Portland Heights If desired.
Tha George A. Williams andthe pro-posorf-
new fireboat could pnmp into
these mains 15,000 gallons of water.
giving us 160 pounds pressure, or more,
at point of delivery, sufficient for driv
ing three inch streams 100 feet over
the Oregonian tower. All the fire en
gines we possess, 14 In all. have only a
rated capacity of about 11.000 gallons
together, provided each one Is connect
ed to an Independent hydrant and main,
while if they happened to draw from the
same main, their capacity Is greatly re
duced. It cost the fire department last year,
for operating expenses, not figuring on
cost of new equipment, about $385,000,
which Include $30,000 for fireboat and
It attached hose compapy. If we as
sume that two fireboat can be main
tained and made available for the most
valuable section of our city for $(0,000,
capable of furnishing at one sixth of
the cost 25 per cent more water than
ell our land equipment combined, even
as a matter of economy we should not
hesitate to get this extra protection
without delsy, regardless of any other
consideration. It goes without saying
that this extra fireboat. If one was need
ed six years ago. Is surely Deeded for
the growlnc harbor of our city today. If
we look and consider tb addition that
baTe been made to the ware-txrasea. fac
tories and docks stnee then.
San Praikris'O. learning by dreadful
experience. Is hastening ta complete ber
new system of high preesure mains and
two of the most powerful . ffreboats,
each of them costing ovrr $lt fVeet
Ue t just finishing her e mud fireboat,
retfb $ ItS.Se. New Tork. Boetnn.
Chicago, Detroit. Cleveland asd Buffl.
ment from her was culled for
After she came to thia iftuntrv
pie began to talk about her ramiin.
and tell her how beautiful It waa. All
of which was a great mystery and aur
prlse to her for she had never been
told in all her life in Norway that
she was so blessed. Thev never tailrA
about such things over there, and to
leu ner, arter yeara of life in thl
Pllllntrv tKal ulA rnm,r.m. .. a
believe, without being wanting In respect bring a protest of genuine surDrlaa
lor mem, that they know not what thev and embarrassment.
do. Speech then became free In Ireland. she was a woman of poetical and
and from the first day, in the very hour dreamy tastes but never able to In-
whilst It still wondered to find Itself "Jf1" beca"se .ner "eemed
no longer shackled. It touched the heart ?e!iJ" W?.;V1.. Ufe far 'rn?
and lips of a young man of five and .he lived her life eh rUl T?D.iL!
twenty, and found that those lips were she did not worrv .h. hi
eloquent and that heart was great. plain, she did not gossip, she waa ever
Suddenly trin lulici i,r lrlnj h.u ready to excuse rather than condxmn
upon their waves the breeses that ruf- flf i t0Hk.htne nJ?rd .,th,ouJt murnur.
fled them; her forests stood still and oyed she took no thouah? Srn..ir"
trembling; her mountains seemed as In ih i!v!ih iierV.h2V?A 1 heI.!Lf'
expectation. Ireland heard free and out realizing It, made those who met
Christian speech, full of God and coun- her wish that they could be more like
try, skillful in maintaining the rights ner- ,
of the weak, calling to account the . I
abuses of authority, conscious tt Its v, 1 j ot"r woman had been more
strength, and imparting it to tnewhole ardfiheheen ihu'8 Bt"d-
people. Truly It la a happy day when vts 111 he?" llfeand 1 had beVn SSi
a woman brings her firstborn into the to Indulge her aeslre for pretty things
world; It is a hapy day when the cap- in clothes and surroundings. She had
tlve sees again the full llarhr of heaven I & good bUSDand. firOOd children Jini-I all
It Is a happy day also when the exile re- ot ,tne things which make a happy life
turns to his country; but none of these and, y-et s.n8 wa" never contented.
delightsthe greatest which man enjoys r'.iJUJ0! e,t
, iL A. .... i ' v' " Dvui.iiiii -.no ii aiicr Willi
almost everything that came to the
table. She did not care for the berries
for she did not know what sort of a
person might have picked them. She
could not eat veal and lamb because
of the stories she had read about the
slaughtering of them, and so on through
a long list. "It was no pleasui-e to
ride in her carriage because it might
get scratched, the boys passing the
house might throwpaper or- a stick
on the lawn, a covf two blocks awiv
might chase her, the boat might upset
and a thousand and one things that
no one else would ever think of. She
was continually wondering whut peo
ple's motives were and was In a oon
stant state of showing her disapproval.
"I did not say a word but I Just looked
at them." was a favorite saying of
hers.
If you mentioned almost anything In
the world It reminded her of an acci
dent or catastrophe of some sort. And
yet she was a dear, good woman with
the best of Intentions in the world
and nbsolutely no conception of how
she robbed herself of much-of the best
In life. Without realizing it she al
ways found the thorn on the rose, the
blight on the fruit and the stone In
the path.
She was afraid of everything and
everybody and had literally worn her
self Into an old woman with constant
thoughts reverting to herself and her
contorted aspect of life. And she won
dered why she was wrinkled!
There is a lesson for every woman
In the appearance of those two women
and a lesson that the world would
be the better for if more women heeded.
produces or equals the thrllllna- of a
people who, after long centuries, hears,
lor tne nret time, human and divine
language In the plenitude of their lib
erty; and Ireland owed that unspeakable
Joy to this young man of five and twen
ty whose name was Daniel O'Connell.
tem of high pressure mains with the
addition of auxiliary pumping stations
on land, wh-ich we may also need some
day.
None of the cities named has as much
river frontage, lined with combustible"!
docks, sawmills, flour mills, warehouses
and factories, all constructed of lnflam
ahle wood, on elevated roadways and
piling, as we find in Portland.
The absence Of large fires during the
last coupte of years. largely due to the
efficient work of our only fireboat haa
aone, snouici not instllr in us the sense o
security, as this one boat is liable to
De our. or commission for needed m
pairs or overhauling Just at the critical
time when its services are needed, and
fires may gain such headway that a
general conflagration would he the r
suit. Regrets and exnlnnntlnn-,
men ne too late to explain our nn
wuimuie economy. TAXPAYER.
This Date in History.
17T0 Convention met in Fanuell hall
con-on. xo protest against standing
ariTueH.
1S29 William Worth Belknap, secre
tary of war In President Grant's cabinet,
born In Newburg. N. Y. Died in Wash-
lugiun, ij, uciODer 12, 1890.
18D8 aranch T. Archer, a leader In
ine nrsi lexan congress, died in Bra
7 r!a,county' Texas. -Born In Virginia
1 n 1 7QA
184 Federals under General Sheri
dan successful In battle at Fisher's
Creek, Va.
1881 New lands In Oklahoma were
openea 10 settlers.
1894 St Mary's college, at Oakland,
WCU. UUIIIVU.
suo nane . i. u ierrall, ex-governor
Of Virginia, died.- Born October
il, 194V.
j 908 On the New YorV stock ex
change 1,480,000 shares of. stock changed
hands a record for the year.
Henry Itoseman Lang's Birthday.
Professor Henry Roseman Lang,
prominent In educational circles, was
born in the Canton of St. Osll. Switzer
land. September 22, 1853. His father was
a leader In the liberal school of the
ology In Swltxertand. The son wa edu
cated at me Lnirersity or Zurich and
at Strassburg university. Soon after
finishing hla education he came to
America and accepted a position a pro
fessor of Latin In the State Normal col
lege at Nashville. Tenn. From 1881 to
IsM he was an Instructor in the high
chool at Charleston. 8. C. and during
ine nesi sm yearn ne was similarly em
ployed in New Bedford. Mass. Since
ne nas held tne chair of romance
Lhllology at Yale university. Professor
ang ha been honored with membership
In the learned snd scientific bodies of
Portugal. Brazil, Italy and Switzerland,
and In 1801 he waa created a knight
commander of the Order of Santiago by
the king of Portugal.
I? any man Is able to convince me
and show mc that I do not think or
act right, I will gladly change, for I
seek the truth, hy which no man was
ever injured. But he Is Injured who
abides In his error and Ignorance.
Marcus Aurelius.
at R s
A Request.
A REQUEST has come in to the
Realm Feminine for a pickle Jelly
reel e. If any of our readers have
particularly good one and care a
.1. ft In . n will k. .I.J n V. II U
It for -the rvoereTit-of the inquirer. Mali
it to tne Realm Feminine, care of The
Journal.
The Humble
Newport Signal: The county fair la e
good Institution. One of tbe beet fea
ture In connection Is the bringing to-
getner or tne 4opi, mna toe new ac
quaintance which reeuit, as well as tbe
renewal of old acquaintances. It haa a
tendency te hmaden the en tod and pre
ent people frora becoming cmaorlal, as
Is sotnetlnie the ravee, wbew people f
on community rail t properly talz and
aeanciate with people ef other coin ma nl-
tte. A rain. . tne rsir eroate a iral
eomptitioii In stork and ftrodvefs ef t He
tml, thereby gnerate a-frlidly rleai
ry. which Is e good thing. a It srfanulat
farmer to rt th txt stock aad to
j i-w- , fmihtct the f 1 rla- fruit and r--!m
fact all essshoard lak clUe are ! i. w.. J
xSdlng te tb troniber of thWr flreeoau.1 th upbuild lrg ef tit coisaanitr as a
r bar already Installed thla a dm sr-1 bole. i
Contributed to Tbe Journal br Walt afsana.
ta famoas Kansas port. HI trose-Doems are
malar feature of till comma in The Dalle
J os real.)
I have studied. I have brooded, and
I've just about concluded, that I will
not go a-huntlng for the loet Antarctic
Pole; other men will have to trail it:
someone else will have to nail It, some
one elae must gain the glory and tbe
medal and the goal. I would like oulte
well to find It; I would Ilka to get be
hind It, and to nail thla sign upon it:
"Notice to the Public Shoo!" I would
gladly cross the planet, gather In tha
pole and canit, but I hav about a thou
sand more Important things to do. All
my dally stunts are humble, and I of
ten knock and grumble, thinking that
my lowly elation la a moat disgusting
shame: one who sweats around and
alosbea gathering tha beets and squashes
doesn't atand a chance of winning much
or glory or or ram. AH my work la
dull and sordid: when I hav the store.
wod corded, when I've fixed the sag.
glng fence, and hav carried In tbe
coal, I rebel against the weary rcmnd
of toll so stale and dreary,. ad would
like to borrow snow shoes, and go off
and find a pole! Bat the praacber nays;
"Old chappy, ywe hav mad tome peo
ple bappy. yon hare don your work
ably tJiat It la beyond compare; every
thing ts annkdory! for there Is n great
er glory, than In baring don your dnra-
eeent l nereror cease to tear
hair
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