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EDITOISIAIj FAGE OP TUB JOURNAL
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THE JOURNAL
THE SUPREME COURT
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fORtUi aDVgKTISINO BKPRKBENTAnTB.
PfnU.'n A liestnor Oo nsew1- ll(f1i.
JV irik arenas. New Yurki luul-e Bore
Hilldlus. tlilcefa
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iPEAKRCQ OF the Oregon const!
tatlon, the Oregonlan eaya, "It
d'stinctljr limit the Justices of
the supreme court to three and
K.t'd .' tb' Mtarru. .1 f.ctia.4. or.. fc ays oothlnc at air about seven
tr.B.ntMiM ufi ik suits eouijb9 confidence with which tbla as
ertioo la made Indicates unfamiliar
T ."'T JU'i.. I KT with the constitution, or willing
- " . . T . A I A - . A .A A. t L
IU Ik oparaldr waai oeoarrma.1 rm w. i bcbi to iniareprpseni 11, ur ouiu. lun
very fact that there la controversy
over' what la the number of Jus-
ticca the constitution attempts to
fix., shows to any layman that the
The Jnernal
I rfc erfloe
ralallTM.
where eaasrrlptluoe sod . edeertteeaMats
will Da reraieeo.
2 .P!:J&nZ0t. provisions are Indefinite, wherefore.
Hardr ,. t Wwbea the Oregonlan aaya "tha con
atltution distinctly limits the Ju
tlcea of the supreme, coart to three,"
It becomea ludicrous. When It sbvs
the constitution "aaya nothing; at. all
I about sevep." It aimply denios that
which la, to be found In cold black
type on the printed page of the docu
ment, aa will be seen in, the last
biennial message of Governor Cham
berlain to the legislature, a part of
which appears on another page in
this paper.
Aa to the question of what limit
Suhsertptlea "Vrtna ar anil or to tar address
la tha United States. Canada ar Malic:
, - DAILT.
One year ........ fS.oe Oh anil. ......
" BUN DAT. '
Ooa fear i-tSJM I On BMinrh... M
vDAtLT AND BCSDAT.
On year.. ...... gT.IO Oh aoM I .68
- "Th fact 1 that a man
ought to b optimist lo about
everything In this worlj . a
cept himself." Buslneaa Man.
1 lion names to the paid admissions
to the Lewis and Clark, and Ita most
ludicrous statement that tha Lewis
the constitution fixes, verr few if td Clark fair had more paid ad
anv law vera In Orernn bnllitve the missions man me A.-I.-f. a aiste-
number limited to three The late b TAh" J,"rnal b.
legislature bad, in ita membership
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SHALL CHANGS
many able lawyers. ' The measure
for Increase of the number ol judges
woa Introduced by a lawyer . of
known ability, and its passage
through both branches waa urged
leading lawyer members. None
these men believed the Dumber of
justices limited by the. constitution
to three. The legislature was an ex
cellent and honorable body and in
the passage of the measure it went
on record as believing an Increase to
five permitted by the constitution.
If the body had believed to the con
trary it would not have passed the
measure.
The unbiased opinion of the law
yer members of the legislators about
the supreme- court is worth a great
deal more . than the Oregonlan'S.
They have no grudge against the su
preme court: the OTegonian has; it
lost a "base there.
to correct because the Oregonlan J?? a$t0lJ'p'TW9 V"
woman it now auoui dui mere is
not space here to mention them all.
A falsehood la navar ennvarted Into
a. truth ly tlnf awurn to.
5 ffllBFOOTi
A DEa.SIOX OP VALUE
is with those who favor a referen
dum of the measure as a best means
of settling the differences between
the lords and commons.
Immense significance would at
tach, if the step should be taken. For
so great a government with so , ex-
1N' THE course of its decision in
the Ross case the supreme court
of Oregon says:, v -Tha
trust ootnpanjr Is a corpora
tion, ka inlaogibla thlnf,' existing- only tended an electorate to employ the
in contemplation of law; a collection of I referendum would ' be ,to give that
individuals, -auuiometi to act as ir tney impiement of government an un-
were ona; th Individuals ars Its com- , and nnexpected ' Indorsement,
pooont parts and the axlstanea of a cor- ... ..!. i.aj .
Vontioi lndep,d.tiy of it. .tock- The English sys em Is already a very
how. Is Action. ' Its rights ana close approxImatlonTo a pure democ-
Jutles ar the rights and duties of tha racy, and the submission by the
person, composing' it ' . . Thara referendum of so Important a meas-
may bo acta for which the corporation I nre as the pending budget would be
will bo held cTlmtnaJiy liable,' but notf o take a steo nearer. In the mean-
in any caao la which Intent 1. Involved jtime the fact that the action Is serl
er whera tho puni.hment Is more than . considered shows the trend of
LfS "ZTT. oml Political thought and confirms the
er. and directors of a oorporatloa join sagacity of those WHO , are aireaay
In a orimlnsi. act as a corporate act employing the Teferendum and kin-
ther ro JolnUj liable with the corpo- dred models in tneir system ot gov;
ration If It la an act for which tbejernment
corporation may be prosecuted, aad if
" 18 .!iTrth,?fl1,Cer' . f,r!i." COLOSSAL" RAILROAD EARNINGS
criminal aat and not that of the corporation.-
' V
, In view of the many successful at-1
tempts of officers of great corpora
tions to evade criminal responsibll-
PATCH '
anv I)
arrowtra will tie . themaclvea ud with
on eldd contract a,
If Cook's audlenors Bra small, nut
anoufh. It la a14 to par axpenars,
won win -erjr a vmj . .
, -.ft
A milaflalDhla actantlat aava man
nard not ill unleaa he wants to. Kut
ho muat hara nes'octrd to oonalilar the
Y MlU OVBBHOLT
aiMMB A MATCH.
Ihe autimtlcal cuaa conatantly Incrmalng coat of Uvln.
took hi. 'pa.r!! I
IS
V. . A . VA...1
iikiiu iv wu.ai ail fh rilmav. annh
down A choice ttltlea intrpod in the Koaa caaa wore
All tha filmajr, .ophlatlcal technical
thought once
sain till ho al
most disrupted
t Mi , thinker.
HI. eye. grew quite
red, -. hie . . noae
jriir oulta red
der, and he looked
a good deal Ilka
a drinker.
For ho . wanted a
phraao that is
common today phrase that la
used by the maaaea.
Ho tried, "How dye-do," "Good morn
ing-," "Hullo." but each .lfted
of knowledge: , I lruahed aaiile by the aiifrrine court
lie naa namuea gra I r ",vn lm rna juuitiai rye on
lure attached to.u"l,ce. .
.Very COItega. I -na hn nmi ( In af In lnMl.n
Ho thought and he I about the same time, and If possible
thougnt ana no I even mure reokleaaly. ','
Bvervbodr' must' admit that fl-nilor
riourne. In hla statement publlalied In
Tho Journal Tuea.iny. used plain lan-guaa-e
and resortnd to no evasion or
aubtrrruite lie wUl not be found-bar-
gaining with tno "asaemuly" bunch. .
-"...- e
Soma Vlrrlnla, Preabrtarlana rnfuaa to
Invite Preahlent Taft to talk la thalr
burg oecauae no Is a Unitarian. They
When their soul, get to heaven, St.
Peter will need- av tnlcraacona of a-reot
aianntting power.
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OltKGON eiUEUQIITS
Two additions to Lebanon are being
platted.
t e
A big walnut tree near' Ilalaay Is 81
years ocl
Tha Newport Commercial club la be
coming active. ' . .
25. RLALM
FEMININE.
I
Children's School Lunrlx-s. ;
T Is estlmatad that at least 10 per
cant or the at-hool t-hlldren carry
luurhea, ao that tha question of
aultable -lunchea Is conatderabte of
a problem for those mothers whose
A Jefferson sunflower measures im I children ar not able to come home at
Int-han scrniM. I n iwtn -
' . , a ' n ' i. . I Lun'hes are objetloimbla for a num
Flna neara were ahlpoed from Baker i 1. ...
n i.-i,-.t ' nu aiuiuia never om
tlt to England. , , , Ven h.r. It l nn..lt.l. tn. th hnv
Milton K. of P.'s have curchssad a I or girl to come home at noon.' First !
alt for a new temple. I the line of objectluns comes the fact
. I that the lunch must alwaya be , cul.t,
One of the Twohvs boueht 100 tons I and cold ' lunchoa are hnurtllv k r,i.
of hay In Wallowa couuy. ' 1 dernned by all those In a poaltloiu to
' ' . ... isprak with authority on the aubjoct.
i-enpie or jiarrieourg ana VH'iiniy i
are going to try to get a creamery.
e
JX1i1 Tl.n.mt1.f.,r!.f "'that In, a number of. the ei
pecia to .cut. slsth crop of alfalfa, . ,choolll; introduced here which
IHERE !VAS held in Cincinnati
Tuesday,, an " important and
widely attended conference of
shippers from many, states for
ity, and at most to pay the penalty th.e purppse of protesting against a
r .rimi-.i . .id. ei. f,ia i nrooosed - and general " advance In
plain, clear, sound statement of law railroad rates, About a year ago
is Important, gratifying and refresh- the trunk lines began an agitation
ing. Everybody knew all along that for increased rates on every class of
it was and must be true In reason, freight, and it is expected that the
in morals, In equity, yet this import- advances will bo announced at any
'anT truth "he been ' fildetraclrAd or time. It IS to CODlDai me mcreano
submerged in various cases-durlnglthat a campaign has been inaugu
the nast few years.' r rated by the Ohio Shippers associa
ment of a few months operation an
nounces considerable extensions.
There must have been demonstrated
profits to assure that swift sale of
the corporation's bonds, which went
to the amount of 12,000,000 within
iy,a norfru- nT f fir PA nmirS after. De-I"' " "".-"I Th... Miii, -.i-k.. .... ii,1a. 4.i..
, i ina- tiuiio. out eacn sirtea i . - - " v.a, unuin,
ing placed on the New York rket d 0 t th 'cl - tj-j. fo m
lao net earuiugn ui iue puuiu oi aiuuieu lur uay. uia navir iiu i or you. But it takes a lot of them.
Pacific in Oregon as announced a I t",t 'or h was exceedingly wor-1 they aay; to do up a tn a kid; a hundred
day or two ago were nearly ,3.00"H. began to' lose sleep, hi. appetite h'd. But when million or mora coi
000 for the past year. . fled, alas. , tho poor man soon Jf J" tJl'tulj bwr: the-eol-
t-i r. V 11.. .aIa ' Vln1l waa twirlAtyl ... . - I rr .JT'"-- a
niveu wi.u iuo icgiwu uui .u.m, I ... , iDaoy rair. (Whtcn, by tho wsy. shows
peopled the roads are earning enor- A nl"b,0.y1 Ped up this s again, as often has been -dono, that
y ...... . a ,,, , mans notes snd smiled when belby combination of forces small great
mous dividends. This Is an lnflu- noticed the cuery: ' victories may be won). Just how these
ence to encourage the building Of "What pharso la most common all over I inmiitesimai things, of which th naked
other lines. The multiplication of J"
lines ' .la' itself adds ; to population .JTJl. MLm' pr .tho microbe, .harps, folk don't quite
. . .. T ... " " ' r. ".' unaeratana, out. we 11 take tneir word
and to . traffic. Large farm areas I gimme a match, and kindly take (that in some milk, there aro microbes
are subdivided and a dosen families hold of me hand, sir," "-v. I "to beat the band'
located where there was but one be- newsboy --r.ghts pr..c.
tuio, o a aAj kcu a I .k. , answer.
Oregon Electric: The farmer is
brought nearer the railroad and his
weary haul of products over coun
try roads shortened. Thus In every
war there is stimulus to greater pro
duction, enlarged wealth and more
people. It is destiny for electric
roads, to vastly multiply in Oregon
and a decade or two will see destiny
fulfilled. -. "- . fi..
It Is practtcaJIy Impossible to do
away with cold lunches for the ashoul
children unless, soma plan, .' Similar to
eastorn
h pro-
Bar Creek d'AnJon rears sold for vldos a plata of Iiot soup1 for the cUU-
17.11 m box; a carload brought 12100. Idren at tha cost of a penny or two a
. . 'V I plat. Until some such plan can b
Much -seeding will be dona In Morrow I in.w.i.. h h, .in. 1.
county In spit. oMIght crops this year. lmothera t0 UB car, Jn y,, praparaUor,
Men Interested In tha Bohemia die- or lunches.
rk-t aro confident that tho mines will! - 1 .
make good. . . - . I Many mothers seem to think that any
1 lert-over la good Enough for a lunch,
. . One Portis iver man will have IS00 and with this In mind they put together
o0f,7Kf. ."r,own" "n1 000 bo3tc! of almost anything they can find, wrapped
epusenoergs. , : . 4 . in any sort of paper they have handy.
Tounar orchard near McMInnvllla and send the youngster off with ' this
yielded from to 20 boxes of good ap-1 concoction for hla midday repast . It
pies per tree.
Mdford wants a. $160,000 federal
building, a weather bureau, and a fed
eral appropriation v of 1100.000 for tha
Crater Lake road. -
.
Three fine ' Quinces weighing' five
pounds and four ounces and each meaa
urlng 16 H inchea In circumference,
were raised near Clatakanle. ,
, , - 1 . . ' ''
Captain Edward MoCoV, 10 ears sgo 'reJ?h1 "! , bVad everT
maaf.r f . i-niiimhi ha I day. A lunch should always be wrapped
to Tacoma and raised chickens, and re-1 in waxed paper and paper napkins sup
rently .old a pleo of ground for .$160,-1 plied, which will add greatly to ' tho
000. "v., . :j. attractiveness and roako It muoh more
The fruit Insoector of Benton eountv I pi?,1 ..'..''l-.l- 1.''!' !;'. "
received, for his labors for tho six "." . ""5
months ending September 10. 10. "r rve ner cnua a juncn wnion wui
$83.60. This amount Is not sufficient not only tempting , in appearance,
la not a good plan to wrap lunches in
newspaper or put them In paper sacks,
for th , lunches so frequently ' gat
mashed and th paper becomes greasy .
with the result that the whole Is mads
unappetising.
...... 1 . . I . A. - . . A 1,a
iuv iuiii:ut;a viiuuia um put up in lit
tle basket, or pasteboard boxes. Tho .
folding ,: pasteboard lunch box Is a
nanny coninvaj.ee ana is so cneap loat
to enconrase a man to overwork him
self.
KANSAS CITIES BEING COSDltS
6IOXIZED
T THE present rate of progress
of the commission form of mu
nicipal government in Kansas,
it seems probable that most Of
the cities of that state will adopt
fhnf hvh(-tti Tlflthtn tha navf voir nr
Even President v Roosevelt, ; when "on. ; At me cumcreuw.. ""'"'two. Leavenworth adopted the com
his special attorneys, one of them I representatives from all the commer-
the present governor of Ohio, found clal bpdies ano trainc Dureaus 01
that officials of the Santa Fe rail- Columbus, Cincinnati, ipamnapous,
road were persistent, habitual Acrlm- Toledo and other points, as well as
Inals. and were prepared to prove it, many snippers irom otuer ctat.
restrained them, and would not al- Statistics were cited showing that
low those officials to be prosecuted the average earnings per mue ior
on .the false and mischievous theory the railroads .are such as to ellml
that only the -corporation, the "In- nate the necessity of an' increase in
tangible thing," could be punished, rates. Resolutions of protest were
and that Its officers were individual- adopted and the foundation laid for
ly guiltless. a campaign of vigorous resistance to
-, In Oregon at least, hereafter, of- the railroad program. -
ficers of a corporation will not go In the past ten years in this coun
into court with the, technical, petti- try the net railroad earnings have
lOKKing plea that only an intanelble. increased 453 per Cent. In 1897 ,
unpunishable thing, the corporation, the net earnings of all the railroads
Is .guilty of their criminal acts as In the country were si,uuu,uuu.
such officers, and will know that it Ten years later, or in 1907, which
is they as individuals who must per- Is reckoned as about a normal year,
sonally answer to charges of laws the aggregate earnings had mounted
violated and defied, , ' to $449,000,000 an increase exceea
- The Ross case furnished the basis Ing in all probability that of any
for a very healthy Ueclsion not only other known activity. It was a sum
in this re8pect;.hut in the further sufficient to pay an average dividend
adjudication that the deposits of of 6.23 per cent on all stock, the
State Treasurer Steel were special watered variety included
and not general deposits, and could
not be loaned out or otherwise used;
alBO that a check that could -be
cashed any, moment was In law
' money. . These : subterfuges of the
; defense obtained no favor with -the
court, " which could not . allow such
paltry technicalities to defeat jus
tice.- And it is gratifying also that
the decision was unanimous. ' Not
t one of the supreme court justices
i could . find any merit whatever. In
i these defenses.
' - Oregon will be a better,, safer,
( healthier state, from a financial, a
A NATURAL ORDER
business point of view, for this de
cision.
A SIGNIFICANT POSSIBILITY'
A'
MOVE OF unusual consequence
seems on the verge of taking
1 place in ,ngiana. it is a po
litical T)henomnnn nn Ihi
t significant than the "possibility that
' the referendum is to be invoked for
settlement of -the' differences that
may arise between the commons and
lords over the pending" budget. The
opposition of the lords to the budget
with Its Very radical provisions Is
well known, and It Is expected that
the body will reject it and thus
usher In a crisis. It Is not only ser
iously rropoeed, bat several of the
great tory newspapers are ardently
nrirlBg that Instead of the usual dls
2acion. of parliament, the issue bt
rubmftted to the people la the form
tt the referendum. Xof only are
the tory leaders nrging thia plan,
iut the conservative liberals favor
it. and the Anjtilth government Is
Vr'.'erwl to be sxrlocsly considering
ft. Lord Robbery complained
I.-- ri str tbat there Is weak
iM la ttse BrlMib rofintlt utioa In
t?tt it . d -s trt rrovjde arsisot
' f rjwr I t the roajor.ty.
Zt ti a I.'VeriT.' he U crp-rM to
j t! at'.tti t tat ffads
; a tie J': I'r-t botfgtt snl
ESIDBNT3 OP the Willamette
valley are pleased with the an
nouncement that another elec
tric railroad is programmed
for their section. It is the Welch
road and its promoters relate! that
they are to build from Salem t$ Eu
gene ' Via Albany, Peoria, Junction
and other intervening points. At
Salem it is to connect ' with the
United Railways for access to Port
land, and from Eugene other ex
tensions are to be bnilt." Power for
the purpose Is owned' by the Welch
company In the Cascades east of .u
gene. Light and. power plants are
owned by the same company in Cor
vaiiis. Albanv. Eugene and other
principal Willamette valley clues.
The plant for supplying this power
would obviously be a plant for rail
road power, and the program ror
combining the two activities is a
natural order." Incidentally, the
same corporation Owns power and
light plants as well as water privi
leges ia eastern Oregon and other
sections, and recently merged Jnto a
corporation ,of several' millions cap
ital. If it carries out Its announced
program it will enter Into large fac
torship in the - transportation ar
falrs of Oregon.
Whether the Salem-Eugene line
shall be built or not it may be set
down as certain that a vast network
of electric line will ultimately
thread the Willamette valley as well
as many parts of eastern Oregon.
Power unlimited is la the mountain
streams, and productivity for sup
port of a great population Is la the
so!L In the Willamette region nat
ural conditions are peculiarly fa
vorable tor the Intensified caUiTa
tloa tkst IS the basis for dense s4
tlemeEt. and It Is dense, settlement
on wtlfB rsi'rosd eartirys 'fi
Tfce Orr ob Electric after the c x;ri-.
mission plan two years ago,, with
such good . results - that the legisla
ture last winter amended the mu;
nlcipal charter law bo that cities of
the first and Becond classes could
adopt this form. Four clties
Wichita, Independence, Hutchinson
and Anthony adopted the commis
sion form and elected commission
ers last April. Only one city, Win-
field, voted against it. Kansas City,
Topeka, Parsons and Coffeyyllle ex
pect to adopt it next month, and Ot
tawa, Lawrence and Salinas are pre
paring to vote on it next year. The
prevailing impression is that nearly
if not quite all these cities will vote
in favor of the commission plan.
Kansas City, the largest city lit the
state, will have the Initiative and
referendum and the recall. In the
main 'the commission system ' as
legalized in Kansas gives municipal
ities the power to regulate corpora
tions, and adopts the initiative and
non-partisan elections. ' The recall
applies only to the larger cities.
Letters From tte Peoplf
Lettera to The Journal ahould be written on
one aide of the paper onlr and alwaild be ae
eompanlea t7 toe nam ana aaarma or to
niter. The name will not b need If te
writer aaka tbat It b withheld. Tha Journal
la not to be spderetood aa Indorsing the Tlewa
or statements of correapondout. letter should
be made aa brief aa poeaible. Those who wish
their letters returned whan sot ased should la
close postage.
Correspondents sre notified that letters ex
ceeding 800 words la length, may. st the dis
cretion of the editor, be cut down to that limit.
Judge Dimick Replies Vigorously
Oregon City, Or., Oct to. To the
Editor of Tho Journal I notice In
your valuable paper of October 18 an
Interview held with one H. L. Ward,
Barton, Clackamas county, Oregon,
wherein he states that tho residents
who realdo- northAof tha - Clackamas
river aro desirous of being annexed to
Multnomah county, and to withdraw
from Clackamas county.
FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
Borw-ell's Life of Jonnson By Thomas B, Macaulay
(From the essay on Croker's edition
of "Boswoirs Llfa of Johnson.")
Of all confessors. Bos well is tha most
candid. Other men have pretended to
lay open their own hearts, Rousseau, for
example and Lord) Byron, have evidently
written with a constant view to effect,
and aro to be then most . distrusted
when they seem to be most sincere.
There is scarcely any znttn who would
not rather accuse himself - of great
crimes and Of dark and tempestuous pas
sions than proclaim . all his little van
ities and wild fancies. ; It would be
easier' to find a person who would avow
actions like those of Caesar Borgia or
Danton, than one who would publish a
day-dream Ilka those of Almaschar and
Malvolio. . ' Those weaknesses which
secret places of tho mind, not to ; be
disclosed to tho ! eye of - friendship ' or
thre a? a few Tesldents who resld !!hf h .T?2l b?" L
In m.-Wo. nuinl. h- Im.tHn. that w""- ws periwwjr WCSU
ii-v. , iL4-r,nnrtm.h th weakness of hl understanding; and
county they could force tho city of
Portland , to build their : publio ; high- j nually In those particular road dls-
ways for them, to macadamise tho I tricts, they win ne convinced mat tne
but to tho palate as wolL Cut - th
sandwiches tbla and fill them with
such things as around meats, nuts,
with lettuce . or anythJ-ng" that tho
child likes. Add some cold : boiled
eggs, a few olives and always fresh
fruit, ; with a bit of candy or some
thin a; of tho sort to satisfy the child's
natural . oraving ' for sweats. Tho
lunch ahouM ba ambatantlal. but not
the tumult of bis spirits prevented him I too abundant, and If possible there
from knowing when he mado himself 1 ahouM b enourh of a variety so that
ridiculous. His book resembles nothing tho child will not grow tired and lose
so much as the conversation of the In- appetite for . tho lunch.
mates of tho palace of truth. v -,' , , .
, His faro is great; and It wilL'We It Is always preferable t bavechtl
hav no doubt, be lasting; but it Is fame tren come . home at noon Jf It Is at
of a peculiar kind, and indeed marvel- all possible, and the mother who glves
lously resembles infamy. We remember her children a lunch day after day
no other cas in which th world has simply to bo rid ofthem when they
made so great a distinction betweert a could just as well come home makes
book and Its author. In general, -the a very grave mistake,
book and ths author are considered as The greatest objection to the lunch
one. To admire 1 tho book Is to admire system is that the children very fro
thi authpr. The -case of Boswoll is quently get into serious mischief at
an excaptlon, we think th only excep- these noon . hours. That the serlous
tlono this rule. His work Is universal- ne of this has . been recognised by a
ly allowed to be Interesting Instructive, number of ths schools 1 proved by
l!l999iAJh fact that, a.:- teacner , is" detaned
most menTSeep coVerecrup 1 IhWroostp-Tm nothing but contempt. - All :', thotto ,tay in the room where ' the chll-
; r" ; " trcAjsm" n dren eat their lunches. In taany
&,rILJZ J. 1 J ver to of th9 .chools it was the practice for
ZL,1 .t0 V2 ft Vy tho children to eat in the basement,
rpresslon of respoct and admiration for but that has largely been done away
the man to whom wo owe so ntuch In- " J!-! e"r ' 1
structlon and, amusement - , . . J ; . " . " v
A little care .will make . the child's
pervlslon over all expenditures of road Munch dainty and refreshlrig. It Is well
same without expense to themselves; I county -court of Clackamas county has
but. they never take Into consideration I treated them fairly.
that the city of Portland, assessed at I The road law compels the county
its true cash value, la now- paying 201 court of Clackamas county .to give each
mills on tho dollar for th state, coun-lroad district 80 per cent of tho amount
ty and city government. Including pub-1 of money rained In that particular dls-
lie schools, and that sooner or later I trlct, and wo have always given each
tho taxpayers of Portland will ask th road district 100 per cent of th money
residents of tho rural districts to as-1 raised in each district, ana usually
sist themselves the same as in other I from 1 to 10. per cent more than the
counties la building their publlo high-1100 per t cent ; ' Y ' r-
ways, which' greatly enhances th value 1 I have always endeavored ' since
of their own real ;- property, and not I have' been on the "bench to treat every
depend solely upon an overtaxed city I section of Clackamas county fairly and
to build publlo highways for them so I honorably, and In order to induce the
to enhance the value of the real 1 people residing In th several road ais-
propsrty i lying out In the interior, dls-1 tricts to levy special assessments tor
tricts. . ;'i.:-'''.'i;",:--.ii - I road. purposes w havo-turnsd back to
Ths undersigned has - known. Mr. I eaoh road district all of ths road money
Ward for a great many years, and in I that is raised by general levy, so as
all probability every resident in Barton to let each road district stand upon an
district who has ever traded at the 1 equal footing, and tnen, ir it required
store of Burkhardt tie Co. has seen him. I more road money -to scarry on their
His usual position is on a dry goods I work the legislature. has provided for
box In Mr. , BurKharara store .'-wnit- 1 special assessments to cs maae in eacn
tlinar. talking politics- and Informing ) road district for road purposes.
One of the active agencies in the I the road , supervisors and other off 1-1 w hava always considered that sys-
. 1 i xr i- a I clalS " regarding the best method of tem to be fair and equlUble, and In
the commission system is the Mer
cantile club, a commercial organi
zation comprising many prominent
business men, who have become
tired of party politics and municipal
grafting. Kansas City has recently
acquired control of the waterworks
by issuing bonds in the amount of
$1,000,000, and $500,000 .more for
improvements. It is building
$60,000 addition to Its high school.
will spend $75,000 for . park, and
boulevard development, and ii open
ing a . system of municipal play
grounds. Hence, and for-other rea
sons, It adopted the commission form
of - government. Readers, should
keep 1n vmlnd that this la not Kan
sas City, Missouri,, but Kansas City,
Kansas, a comparatively small city,
with a population of, probably not
over 60,000.
The author of "Oregon Literat-
ture," a, book which has passed
through two editions, Is to lecture
tomorrow -' afternoon before - the
Woman's clubs in Portland. He is
Professor J. B. Horner, a prominent
educator known throughout Oregon,
and with such a theme his address
should be very entertaining.
The Oregonlan says The Oregon
Journal, is unreliable, and in dis
cussing the theme, has several cat-
fits. It is the known reliability aad
honesty of The Journal that has won
hosts of friends throughout
the Oregon country. Incidentally.
peaking of reliability, how about
be Orecoctan's statement tbat it
was uniawfal to draw a check of
les than tl, which statement Tte
Journal bad to correct? How about
its pstUcation of false nance of
stcdfcU suspended from aa dura
tlor.al lctitntion. a statement "akUh
The Journal -1.1 to rrev-t ? How
abost Its ad 3. lion if sbo-t a c!l-
buildlng publlo bignwaya and making! fact It meats ths approval of a large
other Improvements. I majority f our citizens
Mr. Ward was a canoiaate ror road I 1 admit that in ttie nortnern part
suDsrvisor of hi - district two years I of Clackamas county, where speculators
ago, and on account of the overwhelm-1 are buying up large tracts of land and
ing petition against mm ns am not cutting It up into small acreage , ana
receive the appointment, and since that placing Jt "on, the market there Is a
time he has been an advocate of attach- heavier - call for road ' money to open
Ing all that part of Clackamas county up new roads dedicated to the county
north of the Clackamas river to Mult- so -aa to' give purchasers Ingress and
nomah county,' egress . to and from th lands pur-
He states in bis- interview or yes- chased.
terday that. during the past 20 years! When we take Into consideration that
they have never naa dui one oommi-1 w have. 8100 miles or roaa in Uiacxa-
sloner north of th Clackamas rlvr, I mas county, with 14 . bridges more
bat from th records In tho eemrt-1 than 75 feet In length, and some -of
house It appears that J. R. Morton, of I thes more than (00 feet long, and
Damascus, served one term as com-f over. 1800 smaller bridges, with 1 about
miasloner. Richard Scott of Mllwaukie 1 170.000 road money, to maintain and
served 'pn term as commissioner, and I improve our large mileage of road and
John W. Meldrum on term aa county 1 about 880,000 to be used In building and
Judge, and during that time tney .nave I repairing our larg numoer of bridges.
had several members. 1 a tne state leg-1 the county does not nays a great
Islstur, and at th present time they I amount of money to uss In making
have the county treasurer of Clacka-1 ztenslv permanent improvements.
mas county. . ' I . But in addition to th sums of money
He also states In bis interview tbat I above mentioned a large number of
while they raised one-slxta or thai the .road districts have levied speclai
taxes, they only receive a ono-slxteentb I assessments for road purposes and
share of th road money. I hare thereby assisted - in putting the
I am not prepared to say tbat Mr. I publlo highways of Clackamas county
Ward wilfully ransiiioa, dui l mm pre- in fairly gooa eonainon.
pared es say that th statement was I in every county in - th state taxes
mad an account of Ignorance, and I fare high, but not caused wholly by
tnaks this statement - for th reason I th general tax levy. The general tax
that I am so well acquainted with tha I lary la Clackamas county upon the
gentleman that I make bo mlatako I tax roll of 10 was 14 mills. Thst
ben I ay uat nie-rutra or iniorma-1 included state tax. general running ex
tlon on any subjoct is so small tbat I pense) of th connty, general school
It is not worth consideration. . I tax and road tax. -
Th ocmnty court, sine It Of. nasi Now. as an example, w will take
sivea to every road district la Clack-1 th a-eneral school tax raised In Clack
a mas county - vry ' aoiiar ei rrma 1 amas county for trie year 110f, wherein
money raised fa that particular dls-1 v, ralaed under tha law of 107 8T
trlct, and ail of thoo districts lying I Mf choUr for every child between
north of the ClackamaA river bar ra-1 the air a of 4 and tt years, which
celved vry doll-ar of road money I amounted approximately to 8SS.e.
money, and audits all claims presented i wortU the. effort,, too, for as ono per-
for road work, and audits all bills and son declared: "The school atmosphere,
accounts against tne general fund of Is often overcharged with cross cur
the county for .running expenses, snd rents that t y the pupil and teacher
while a large majority of the accounts both, but a good luncheon will oftoh
against the general fund of the coun- short-circuit disturbing elements, and
ty 'ar not Incurred by the county tho normal condition be restored.'
Court. Such SS turv fees. anln.rv nf n.
fleers, witnesses In the circuit court " H K .
and before the grand Jury, costs of Pan nnw.lv
Justice cases. Insane accounts, : elec- . , . "' ; . '
tlon expenses, we have endeavored, dur- ANH large cupful of grated bread
ing my administration, to keep our I I crumbs, six or eight sliced apples,
running expenses at a minimum, and I V one-half cupful of molasses, but-
am certain that. tha running expenses ter. sploes, one-half cupful of cold
of Clackamas county compare favor- water, sugar. Take a quart pudding
ably with the running expenses of oth- dish.. Butter It well. Ley ton the
er counties in th state of equal slse bottom a layer of apples: over this a
and population, and I herewith sub-1 layer of stale grated bread crumbs,
mlt the amount of running expenses of I Just thick enouirh to cover tho apples:
a few counties In tha state of about (add little lumps of butter, sugar and
the same population, that we have fori a cinch each of cloves, allSDlca and
the year 1807: . twice-as big a pinch of cinnamon. Then
Count V. Am mint. I i,Aw1n aiaraln wafif-Vi M-isa aannlaisi ftntmh.
Baker - . . t . ..... - tB0.272.H3 I AA .a , nMn.ii.iia .nfit 4ha vtt u ia
rSfi rv"' s5-"?J filled, ending with a thick layer of
ijina : j. . ?i i'm I bread crumbs and Jumps , of butt
Marion 84,239.75 1 Then with the blade of a knife mak
Umatilla 80,468.01 la space on four sides, between the dish
Mow, during the year 1908. tha grand I and the pudding, and pour In one-half
jury system was reestablished by law, I a cupful of molasses and the same
ana eacn county or tne state was com- quantity of cold water, smooth the
polled to bear its share of the election I snaces over. . Set ths dish in a nan.
expenses In th primary, state and pres- into which pour boiling water to one-
ldentlai elections, which. Included the half the deDth of th suddine? dish.
general' running expenses of each. coun-i Bake for three-tiuartera of an hour on
ty for that year, so we. find from th until a broom whisk can b easily
reports filed in the socreUry of State's nushed Into the auDle. - Us nlentv-of
office that th running exposes of thai butter and bake well and tha .dish will
counties above mentioned for th year I be a success. Eat hot or cold, with
raised la thlr territory, and mora than
2 m- rent additional, whlcli waa ta
ke frtnai th mavl fund raised within
the corporal limit cl Oragoa City
ar.d pr4e4 In tbost districts; and Is
Mr. Wards district in particular thy
ha re always rr-lTr err aitnot th
district was crratM lairs tSa ro.il
mnf ral4 la tv.a dlatrlct.
if any of r eittiB, like Mr. Ward,
will tsk this matte wp with th rvm4
cperiora la t-Xoaaj districts Irtrs
nenlt of tha C.atksmaa rim arid aa
(rtai f rrna tent the amemnt r-f road
work d"t Stvl tt awionrt ef laonfT
r--,'T-d, fc.?hr at'1! 1. r -it I ft
my r!i for read aa-j
Then tbr waa recetrad from Interest
on th Irreducible state school fsad
about 88 per scholar, amounting In tb
a(Tgat to about 818.004, making a
total of I raised for ochool pur
poses- from too Boitro abov snea
tionai. - -
Tfc- w find from th rport Of
county orho-nl sii--i-tntndent that
tbaro waa xriad la Clackamas coi a -ty
for school pria for the yar
r--1lcg" Joiy 8ft. 81M?4i:. and th
dif fAvr-Afa rt n that Sam and thai
t (.a irxn frseotlfwja-4 ae raid t-y
ar-r-l aaafwanti la ta .TTl
tkrhrwl 4 f'H in t court t.
She ct.r,ty urt 1 aa a ir.fial sj-j
1908 ar as follows:
County.. . Amount.
Baker .860.172.
uiacxamas .................. 6S,S02.sV
Clatsop . ......MM . 84,438.60
Ivan .j. ........ ............ BS.272.Z9
Marion 80,955.051
Umatilla 72,486.50
The running expenses of some of ths
counties abovs mentioned for th year
mus wero less man in 107, but In any I on which they ear to send to the
event they exceed tho running expenses I Realm Feminine Jt will be published,
cream. Raisins and citron may ba ad
ded to each layer. , .
. :.-;'t n n - .
' " Wanted, m Redpe., .". ; ; ';.
A REQUBST has com In for a green
, tomato sweet plckl recipe. Iff
am.
soma of our raadera hava a a-ood
of Clackamas county,
It should b remembered that the
general running expenses of th coun
ties do not Include road tax, state tax
or school tax.
; GRANT B. DIMICK.
; County Judge,
' This Data in History.
1780 vAlpbonse Marl Lamarttna. fa.
mous French statesman and poet, born
at Macon, France. Died at Paris, March
1, 1869
for the benefit of the inquirer,"
TLc
(CoatrttMjted to Tba yoarnal bj- Wt.lt klaaoa.
the famaoa Kanaas post. , Bis proas poaats ara
a racuur ftatnra ar thla duiuuva la aae uaiu
Jaaraai.)
The laws are numerous aa flies -upon
a summer day; at maicing laws the
statesmen w-lse still pound and pound!
th battle of Trafalgar.
1835 New Tork Anti-Slavery society
formed at - the houso of Oerrit Smith
at Peterboro.
1841 John Forsyth, fifteenth "gov
ernor of Georgia and United States
secretary of Stat, died In Washington.
Li. c Born in Virginia, October
1806--Horatlo Lord Nelson killed at wajr- No rtl!,n on ar,h could recollecU
a list 01 ail ins laws, 1 inea 11 once j
my mind ia wreckud, and now you know!
tb cause. Some gents who are In
prison yet . proclaim wltn angry shout)
that they Br so with laws beset, tlyi
really can t stay out. A man can c
walk around a block." I heard a
man wail, "but what the cops will rounl
hi in flock, snd chuck him Into Jail." 1
. t
28.
ll
rim irirgrmpnio m rasa res Sent 1 nrara ins oururer una rvtunm, ana wpfui
between England and Australia. land ran st rate, oooaune n bad to par
1811 Tho Heary W.- Orady mono-1 a fine for bing short en weight. I
ment In Atlanta was unveiled.
1891 World's Columbia exposition at
Chicaro formally dedicated to science
st Lake Geneva. Wis.
1902 Great anthracite coal strike in
Pennsylvania declared off.
Nerer befor" In history of Astoria
ha th proTct fnr ber future been
bright and promising as thy ara
t r-r!t and .thera Is Tery rraa-n
to t!lrr that theien-,irg rear t.J
r an ir-rtionally prop-rrtis me for
a l local Ir Uts!. ax s tha Pa..e.
1 girra facta to airport t.'
heard the corner grocer snort, snd uss
some language sour, because they)
yanked htm Into "court for sT:ttii
moldy floar. The milkman twttled half
the erk, and aold It oa bis route; hi
said: The law Just wiak me sW-k. J
when friends bad balled him out. Tk
lawa are . numeroua as scales upon at
fish. TiO dqubt; and "0 some penr l'e ar
In Jslls. and simply can't stay out: bai
all the time- and everywhere on great
truth stn"s out clear. T: man wK
act v-poa tb square, turn T.oit. r$ mac!
to fear. -
irnt, tor. Iaa. f
4Vear aiit'cew a4tua '