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KUMBLIXG9 THAT ARE OMINOUS WOODLAWN GRANGE de nounces the assembly, pro gram. That ' program,, it says. Is an attempt to over throw the primary law and direct legislation. The utterance 'would be worth something to the assembly programlsts it they were not politic ally mad. But for their political blindnesg it would be .warning to them of whither their assembly fol ly leads.' t'..1 The grange resolution is a sign of where and what the resistance will be to the ' plan ; or scuttle. The grangers are type of a numerous class. They are the men . on the farms and their thought runs large ly in the same ' direction. ( Oregon politics under the convention regime with legislative election of senator, has, in .extravagant appropriations, in exorbitant fees for officials and in other ways cost them heavily in taxes. They have seen a legislature that never organized and others that did nothing else, but barter state funds in useless appropriations for senatorial - votes. It was a Business out of which senatorial hangers-on profited immensely, and which the men who have to dig what they get from the soil had to help pay for. It was to rid themselves of the bur den of these costly follies that the farmers of the state by overwhelm ing vote adopted the primary, law and -by the operation of the primary law and direct legislation they have been delivered from the old waste, cost and scandal. They are men who know" exactly what the :-; old regime meant, for they had to bear the shame and cost of it. In their intelligence they know too that the assembly Is a mere cheat by which the old time politicians are seeking to bamboozle them into acceptance of the -old; fraud and folly. .They saw the legislature refuse to , make lawful such a preliminary convention aa is proposed, and they recognize that the program is assumption by a few of the power to legislate the convention scheme into existence in spite of the legislature, in spite of direct legislation and in spite of the wishes or rights of the people. Hav ing suffered in cost and taxes from the machinations and operations of these politicians and being opposed to government by machine rather than by law, the farmers of Oregon will to a large extent vote to save from mutilation and overthrow the direct prlmary law and direct legis lation, an overthrow plotted and proposed In the program of scuttle. This, in part, is where the resist ance will come from. It is the logic of nature that there should be such a resistance from such a quarter. What It will amount to is not dif ficult to estimate. There are fig ures from which to reach a fairly accurate conclusion as to how many voters in the state are opposed to a return to conditions of folly and frenzy. The late vote on the com pulsory, statement" law shows exact ly how many men in the state favor Statement No. 1 of the primary law. The vote for the law was 69,668 and a gainst it only 21.162. The ma jority for it was 48,506, or nearly three and a. half to one.;. Here was a vote of more than 90,000 or about nine tenths of all those who voted in the election, and in the solitude and secrecy of the election booth the t lectors registered a. verdict that it is Impossible to misunderstand. There is not one reason in the world for this sentiment to have diminished and many reasons for it to have increased. la any event, there elands the record of the vote, and it is omen to the scuttlers of what ifcry may expect Pursuing, as they :rr. an unlawful program, hearing. ' they are, nothing but ominous lumbltnas from the foundations of t.- electorate, and realizing, as !' y must, that assembly candidates, r tbtr be launched, must go out y M.-.g th votes of people that they ; r1 tt'-ir assembly in'sift-Jrave not .! eaccgh to choo fit' caudi- ?. Is it Let tlaia that the pro : Kr.iMs are r.tcring a career that c twin Xl rr.3 in rarty dtsreption, t find j. .litkal docta for the i ti ti-lrk ia td rrrwnt irArl?I cat-: ier, ti d f r'rTs-J rr ;''" " f-"r 10 ; u ire J y -; r ea- . . . iL., . k .ma I ri:.':r'.rj:.:" has been a large increase in tno cni . . I port their familios. And reports r . - suow, mo rauroaua to fery prosperous h.s year, and that there is prospect or great proPvr nhBRd. PerhaDS a raUe OI WIH..v . . would be only a "square deal. ONE C.WSH OF MIME KXrWS- IOX3 IT HAS long ueen ooserveq ujbi most mine accidents- occur in ,rold-weather, and a majority of T HAS long been observed, that roost mine accidents- occur in .cold-weather, and a majority of them soon after cold weather has Bet in. A writer in , the Tech nical World Magazlna; says that If it did not get cold in tne wmier 2008 of those 'who meeb death each year in mines would-llve. If it did not get cold, he says, tne greai suc cession of mine explosions that fol low each other every winter would. pot take place. ' ' ' .. ' The . reason Is very simple, ; ana the wondef is. If this theory is cor rect,, that it was not discovered ana acted on long' ago. It is simply thls:: a .cold atmosphere is much dryer than a warm atmosphere; in the summer the warm air is abund antly laden with moisture,. and rather deposits than takes it . up in me mine. Rut in winter the com air contains little moisture, and absorbs much of that in the mine, being from 20 to 40 degrees warmer on its exit therefrom than on Its entrance. Ex periments in one mine showed that this cold air current took away 60 tons of suspended water a day. Re fore long the mine "becomes as parched aa Sahara." The activities in the mine cause the pulverizing of the coal and fan it : Into the air; which becomes laden wltn this oust. Finaiiv the danger point Is reached, and when a blast is set off this coal dust Ignites and explodes, and there Is another terrible mine disaster. In the first few. weeks of cold weather each season . the .moisture la ex hausted and ; the ;mlne becomes ripe for explosion.' This conclusion was reached by three' experts of : the - technologic hmnrh of the Geological Survey ak ter an exhaustive investigation into the causes of the explosions in tne Darr and Mbnoghan.mlnes, two years ago this month, In which 633 men were killed. . These experts have re cently reported that these explosions, as well as most others, that have occurred ' in cold weather, were caused by coal dusjt. not gas, and that tn a means of prevention is sim ply an "ample supply" of .moist uto in tninfB. How to nrovide this was the, next problem. Sprinkling with nmtor t taken from ; the v tunnels Is helpful, but hot satisfactory, and the Mrr,Arra have devised a scheme! for rUnn of steam. The steam from the escape valves of the jmahinerv will in some cases De sut flcient, but' where it is pot steam can be generated at no great ex Dense, and carried along and re leased at places where needed, noon pa tn sav. this idea is new. For hundreds Of years there have been mine explosions, many or mem doubtless from this cause, and yet till now nobody ever found out that on ninr wAn needed to prevent them nan in iTAPn the air in the mine i j OTttt. tnnintnre. aa it is in nm "mneev" days. It the tne ory of these experts .be correct, we may expect a decrease 01 one uan i mAM in ih number of mine ex plosions, and a great saving of hu man life in consequence. In' the past 18 years 25,000 men have died in the mines 01 mm wu try and the number killed annually has doubled wltmn xne ia. working under tar more wr conditions, which shows mat- many orA due to gross negll gence or careiessneoa ..-w tragedies have been' increasing at a horrible rate; and it Is probable that the report of these experts will lead to the nse of one means of pre- . - Tv. a ... mlflAI ventioou COST OP StTBSIDIZATIOX.' HE COMMISSIONER of naviga tion reports that American shipping totals 7,388,755 tons, iha iareest tonnage under any flag, except Great Britain's. This Is, however, mostly in coast and lake vessels. If ocean tonnage under the American flag Is to be increased by subsidies, the cost must be paid by the American producers, the people. That the cost will be enormous, un der existing navigation anM tariff laws, can be shown by two Illustra tions. The navy is sending Amer ican coal from Norfolk to the Phil ippines, and paying $7.50 per ton freight,- while vessels of other na tions would carry it at $4 per ton. About JOO.OOO tons have been sent within a year, the extra cost of $ J.50 per ton amounting to $1,050,000. The government purchased the steamers Shawmnt , and Tremont (now the Ancon and Cristobal) and put them under the American Hag to carry cement from New Tork to Colon. About 1.000,000 tons were carria. at a ft to the gov ernment jf H pr toau Mle " was offered traEs;crUtloa by fti;tl2g firms at $1.0 per toa. Oa this Job the government lost $1.IC0.C0 in crder flat the Hag tci'i float tr tte fftrietC f -1 ca 1 ni t'tT T'.srT'-, te co-ttrj'a cottca etporta ia?t nas aouoieu wiww , ' wiinoui , feaeou. , r suucm . wuih Three times as many mine workers, tfle miagion that It serves Its pat out of every 1000,are killed in this rong wltn tne news happenings of country as 4 in . Europe, : although the wo'rid with reasonable fullnesB I M Vov auI If fttrrpt VAir WUU1U I1.IU v ' I ...... - American hii. no.ooo.ooo mo re - th.n in rt,u n frartri prou... "7;" , ' Uion more: lumber IS. 000, 000 more, - - -- .., iron . and iirinV't ' "'V--. Mt- and oth0r exports, a sum eaumaieu m ev, 000.000. The estimated extra cost "t; $5,00a-.000; ..coffee, $2,000,000; teas.. 11,000,000; cneniicais. oreo, hl(lo8 rce, salt. eplriU and otner ,mport9 $40,000,000; passongcrs, eonoOOOOO.' These Items make a grand total of ZZ7,ouu,uuu jvat ht the American people would hav to pay in stibsidies. under present laws, to put the ocean carrying of American exports and Jmports into American hands and unaer . me American flag. .' . whn wHii -et the benefit of me subsidization at such a tremendous costT Only the shipbuilders, sup pliers and persons engaged in the traffic. These,' sufficiently sudsi- dized, would eoon combine tnai is. th hi canltallsts and employers and form another gigantic trust, a monster leech on the boay ponuc. This. Indeed, is the aim and object of subsidization. President Taft s proposed $8,000,000 or $lo.ouu.uuu . nmnirt amount to nothing ap preciable; year by year the demand for larger, subsiaies wouia do muuo, and aa we have shown, to make the scheme really work fully 1 it would take a quarter of a billion dollars a year. . -. v :' HIAT IS A REPUBlilCAH 7 HE SEATTLE Post-Intelligencer eVo Wriftt. in a ReDubllcan?" and 'answers In..', part as. fol- ,lows: 'JAmong otner mings, he Is v.- a protectionist, because ne doesn't believe in pauperizing Amer ican labor,; closing the American factory, or . stopping the American plow," :tyy-:-:yy'-iQJ-:ti; . Rut what kind of a protectionist? How much of a protectionist? An Aldrich protectionist or a uummma protectionist? And then ( a great many men who claim to be Republi cans no longer; believe this stale claptrap about "pauperizing Ameri ca labor,4' and -"closstog- racttrrier and "stopping plows." There is no duty ;on foreign labor; u comeB in fruo Protected Interests don't "di vide profits with labor at all, they buy labor as cheaply, as mey can. Factories here aa a rule can beat the world, without protection. , They have advantages that foreign manu fnrrnrnra do - not have. Labor is higher here, but it produces propor tionally more. Our,; manufacturers sell profitably abroad In free trade mnrVnta in comDetltlon with the ' wie-h hrotectlon enables them- to plunder the American peo ple by charging unreasonable prices. As to the "plow," the average farmer is not protected at alL With him it ia heads you win, tails I lose, every time. A great, many farmers and other discovering thee facts. A large proportion of them are Re publicans, but the V.-l. S CJapuaii definition will not be satisfactory to them. " NEWSPAPERS ' AXD NEWS- , PAPERS ' . D" URING the week, the Portland Oreeronian has passed another milestone ' in its history as a newsDaDer. At some length us past has been reviewed by Its editor. As a purveyor of news, large claim to excellence is made by it, and not without ; reason. - Fairness compels and celerity. Rut there are statements In the editor's narrative that are scarcely . . . . . i A. warrantea . oy me iucib. 'uw true represented that Mr. Scott has j,eeil a part of the Oregontan continuously. since 1865. : Mr. Scott entered (h6 employ of the Oregonlan In 1865 as a salaried editorial wrltpr. and remained with it 'for seven years. At the expiration of that period H. W. Corbett acquired an interest, and Mr. Scott,' who was an ardent supporter of John H. Mitchell, left the Oregonlan to be come a writer on the Portland Bul letin, , of which James O'Mara was editor and Ben Holladay the owner. The Bulletin was a radical Mitchell Hnttadav orean. and a bitter rival of the Oregonlan The rivalry between the two papers ana me use ior me rtuiiPtin of railroad wires then owned by -Holladay are familiar history to old residents of Oregon, la is? 6 Mr. Scott left the Bulletin and In Anrii. 1877. he curchased a one third Interest In the Oregonlan and became its chief editor. - During the five years from 1872 to 1877, W. Lair Hill was editor of the Ore gonlan. and in that period the paper took a leading position among the newspapers of the atate. The man who through all Tlcissl- tudes and emergencies sustained the Oregonlan, and who, more than any other nsaa Is repons.'bl for lis con tin aed iiftenr It Henry L. Pit toe k, whose buinss acumen. for i!ght. and fixed pnrpow intaiLd tie jarr n provided It with the e-ttU3s with which to cxt a con fiar.t'.y etUrgiEg future. Any fair reistw cf tte paj-cr and its fat,t wct ree-ie him as tta man wto 1 rf ;-ot:M fer 'its letg iit erre ail to a U.-.a i-,re f?r wat- .--Mil , II II . I '- I ever success it has achieved, a fact for whli h he has rm-elred Beaut credit In contemporaneous and eulo gistic comments publlnued eiaewnere and lorallv. It is not true as represented, that the Oregonlan has led In the develop ment of Oregon. It Is notoriously true that Jhe editorial policy of that paper has seriously militated against the fctate's progreea. It constantly understates population, it falsely ad vertises the Oregon people abroad as inmrtinetenta and fools, it decries movements for modernlilng theclty of Portland, and In a constantly ops tempered mood ansalls men instead of trying to aid them In efforts for the promotion of the state and its In terests. It la almost alwaya to be fmin.1 nn Ihn aids Of thOHO In OPPOal- tlon to measures of progress, and aiding those who resist advance ment. V .,...':. '. - the rirpconlan's circulation is in it.if an Indication. that its policies end attitude are unsatisfactory. ,In spite of .Its . long existence, and In spite of the fact that it is wimoui a competitor la the morning field. Its circulation is only about -42.000. The Journal though it has to aiviae ttiA AVAnin field with other publica tions,' and though it Is but little more than seven years oia no Mreulntlon of about 26,000. The Journal's circulation is but little less than the Oregonlan'a, and within the state is actually larger than that of the older paper with its undivided field. The swift growth of tne one and the non-growth of the other nave significant bearing on, the eulogistic article to which these remarks have reference. Tney Be!m t0 mean inai tr thA achievements of the Oregon lan are consequential, those of. The Journal are pre-eminently so. , ; . THE SENATE ' . ' ENATOR PILES of Washington ) has announced that, at the ex piration of his present term, he ; will retire from service in the United States senate. lie says that his expenses at the national, capital are greater than his salary as sena tor, and that for financial reasons he cannot afford to - remain. His onnntmfprnent that he will not be a candidate for reelection is accepted aa final by the people or his state. Recently Senator vnm or . caaiqr- nia made a similar - annoucement. He declared that In Justice .to him- eif and hia family he could not af ford to remain longer in the senate, and that it was Important ior mm to return to his law practice in which to amass a competency for the days of the sear and yeuow ieai.. . m retirement of Senator Spooner for similar reasons Is familiar rhlstory. The . retirement of these senators Is not occasion for alarm.' As fast ae one steps out there will be an other eager to step in. There ia no possibility, that there will be a fam ineeither in numbers or talent" In deed if a few more would retire to private life there would be ambltiouB statesmen . galore who-would 'he grateful, and many unambitious peo ple who : would extend heartieu thanks. ' The senate la an . august body. The privilege of serving in It is one of the greatest honors a people can bestow. The- honor Involved Is a consideration " beside which the t7Knr nalarv Is inconsequential. It is an honor so conspicuous that there Is scarcely a ' man in tne unuea sttntfiff who would decline it, all, of which Is assuf ance that the body will never lack for senators. , in tn TPtirements It Is probable that the process of senatorial elec tion In most states is cnscourasiHs to good men to seek, continuance in t-ha apnntA. Unfortunately in pol itics there Is a far lower standard of morals than in business pr social life. Legislative elections of sena tor" afford oDnortunity for corrup tion and low morals that tend to place the elean men. at a aisaavan-.oo-a mil 'in many states keep, them out of politics .altogether. Money is used in large hubbuuw iw.-uu,-ing legislative votes, as was evi denced by the statement recently of Judge McGinn, who says mai in one nrr.n enntBRt in which he partici pated $30,000 was contributed by a railroad company ior xao ubwi, w rtin candidate. The "interests" mart otrtfE. And they Pay the price to get a senator who will he their man." Thi . sort of tning is hateful to really clean men, ana mai tf lrBPna many a.man of Integrity out of the senate and lets numerous nn- worthy ones in. is not aouDiea. " Senator Piles of Washington, like Senator Flint of California, says ne tn rptir at the end of his first term, because he needs to make more money than his salary wnicn- uo t moot hi exoenses. to support and provide for the future of his family. Senator spooner 01 sin resigned from the senate for a tike reason, as did Senator Edmunds. Though not in the Edmunds , and Spooner class, Piles and Flint can no doubt make much more money in .vi rrr,fofnn than the government nars them tor their senatorial serv- lce, and mey nave a nsaw w out for their and their families' in terests. If a man ! just the right Lied of a senator, Jt Is unfortunate for his state for fclm to reeign at tte end of a first xerm. especially If he i. li tfceae. comparatively tousg man. for it is only the men ato are returned term er term who attaia to conmatditz commit tH ritiors acd great '.cfiuence. In (y f.t r;;r,t, t""". hs r- t'rfr-.'t i:l vt to ;ii t- wc;c"!T.I I.. ruiirnrnl ami tha country, fo he I a mere n-preHtntatlve of the Bouthefn Pacific railroad and allied Interests, not of the reople at all. , Oregon City will vote tomorrow on an ordinance proponed by Initia tive petition for. the purpose of re moving the McLoughlln hoime from the publlo purk, where after some opposition It was placed a few months ago. This Is not merely a local mattur. Vt. John McLoughlln belongs to Oregon, the old Oregon, tha Pacific northwest. All this re- gtrfa baa an Interest In this matter. Oregon City ought to be proud to have been so long the home of so noble a man, and' to have the privi lege of retaining and displaying tne house in Vhlch he lived during his later life. Oregon City could not at whatever ezDense or effort procure and set ud anything In Hs pubHc park so worthy of being there, so ad mirable, bo much ;to be, appreciates hv all visitors, as this old house. This ordinance ought to be defeated overwhelmingly. It must be some narrow, petty , spite wor- tna; prompted it. ' The ReaRv board only expresses the onlnlon and Judgment of nearly all business men of this city in de-" daring in favor of hard surrace nnvementa. . Mayor Simon has taken the right position In this matter, and should be and will be sustainea ny business men and property owners generally. A great amount of street improvement Is to be aone next vanr an A from year to year there after, and 'it la a matter of great im portance to have this paving done right, abd with the best and most approved , material. Portland, has thrown away enougn money nun rfrAda of thousands of dollars on experiments . with all: sorts of poor, temporary paving; now.iei us uavo nothing but hard surface pavement in every, case, and that of the best -Davement that will not oniy neip at first to make a "city beautiful nii a eitv Dractical." but that will last for a generation at leaBt: " A 'New York minister says John D. Rockefeller "has the brain of a Caesar and , unlimited moral inuu MM " and wants him to utter 100 words for the world's religious lit erature and in behalf of evangelical IS twin . wor- . . , iiv Vrt fVi Irta am rtrnfoflanr Bllipper wuu vuc . v.&y - I who" said Rockefeller was man than snakespeare. ow uuuig men . possessed : of -a' higher t. educa tion do worship great wealth and its possessors. As a matter oi iaci. TJo.vafoiior' "moral' Influence" lis inappreciable, and confined within a comparatively,; smau fircie. wiv , v niit AvanarcUcal re- II y UliKUb aaj www ' v t ltarion would carry no appreciable .Hj. .. . - weight to anyDoay Deyonu . That ia has a-reat minus iuuuuiw . 1 business ability nobody disputes, but it does hot follow that he is relig- KaTevSerS these lines . have been the fullest sort of commonplace platitudes - To . tmaoir nn as a religious oracle would only call down upon him the sneers and Jeers of the worm. Congress will meet Monday, and the president's message will be ready, but it was .a close shave.. But why shouldn't a president wait tin the last week to write nis mesBago. He can certainly know more about public affairs then; than he could weeks before. - "''''. fp, TinnfiA of commons lost ( no time and minced no words In saying that the house of lords naa nsurpeu power not belonging to It, and in appealing to the .country.. It will be a hot campaign in old "Merrle England." . s It the gunboat Prairie had been stead of Philadelphia, and had started down the Willam ette and Columbia instead 01 m Delaware, it would not have got stuck fast in the mud. Tet the Co- THE COMMISSION ' PLAN . x. , From tKe Spokane Many American cities, tired of mis- government, are trying tne ua Des Moines, or commission Jyp. ofmu nlclpal rule. They tnlnk thar Ameri can cities should be t,eer. not worse ruled that European town But Uklng three or five aldermen and calling them commissioners Is not the Galveston sys tem any more than the Chinese, notion of putting a smokestack absurd a sail lngP JunkJad. it modern steamer Th. Idea is to eliminate graft at least aa Veil as In Europe. It is generally understood that when th. achln. elects the aldermen and appoints the poliae fore, and municipal servants that such men will look to the machine ana not to the city for their rewarda. Nor can the city afterwards Interfere to punish for It will b. found that responsibility has been divided. Under such a .ys tem th. best men will b. found rarely in municipal Berru-e, either In th. coun cil or In the department.. Few American publicists and feWef clUe. bare a yet grasped the entire Idra. rxs Moin has seen that there must be undlrlded responsibility. Thus their commissioner, ar. specially ap pointed to a apr'al office and no eom rnisstoaer has hla responsibilities lis ened by the Interference of other com missioners In the personnel of Ms de partment Other cltir. would prevent the tnterfrTir of the machine by not electlnr all cf th fommlMlonfri at one time, for It Is much easier for the ma chine to a-t In a coor'e of It creatures la an election bl"n I mm than tf only two nn wre before the public GalTMiton am otf-r. ty resrTr.f the retail, the Initiative and referendum. Ibe rotfnt- fvobiic frre!- and ft traortl.nur rncney eTrenditur. tf-nper tie atMK-ix!t.!m wtich gfa with vnditiJ eJ Trrir.rAY U.tr. Put te tr"t Prrti cf Eif-reift ac- luitibla. needs tomt fixing.. With two American gunboats aground soon after starting for Nic aragua. ZoUya fan have some excuse for supposing that Providence Is d pleased at Uncle Barn's hostile atti tude toward him. "We assembly ruen propose to go Into the next campaign with certain fixed Ideas and certain fixed prin ciple.." The Dalles Optimist. Also with a certain "fixed'' ticket. If we had onlTknown in time the increased efficiency, the November increased efficiency. fr;quttntly 'J police report was to show, we the merest exUtence; It is equally k...A . orl anninthinC mOrt? lOr WnitUl.bat . aurnrlslmrlv larn nmnlx u a 1 u . . 1. v.. to b thankful. M W - 'I AH the"o7cngTrneu have to do IS to keep on vuwua - j, a. weU known Uct thai the-rart- tofora fOrBpeaker, SO Cannon can ou- departments of garment making be all "of congress 'that Aldrlcn is compriso one' of the largest Industries BOt.. ; - ; "mTTTrmBn once If ine- assciuui - succeed they will govern Oregon uliieve that the prosperous clement has a coupty in Rhode Island. .,.' m audacity. A mere count tried the other day to wt Mr, Rockefeller. , Stop Early From Collier's Weekly. . Christmas Is no Joy to employee to department .tor.. In the , erno ceding fortnigni many - "" r-" . with fatigue, wildly wishes the .train of life were past No for her the calm of the. .Uent nlM. "W?J?? shepherds, and peao. and good will were th. burden of the aonir.. After tin days .venlns. sun i"ea itandln. and ccumulatln? wearlneaa Aa the day approacnea, ---as mew 'vv kniidava at last until 2 o'ciooK ai nm"- . travel home, be SUlDie, IOO wuri, ,," V blanket curled up in the wagon, pu .d .b't hastily about, ninvwuu -from which he never woke. In . the ir. i. e 1908. In at least one bi. town, larg. delivery ww Been loaaea u 41 v. - - -v.i:r( . . .rmr a relieve distress. Sut o add cVmpirxny-"td the CbrMnM of .those already overfed and wwlotliea and bored with multltuda ottt: Btop . . mnnev on -tbO presenis, anu np ' -.. ( poof. If that step seems too sudden, at . jw two v Ant t nft poor.- ir tna ep Brwitiw Ueast fhopnj dtew da7 from being the climax of for so many families in "hop, in factory and in borne.' Follow these wis. sug gestions of th. consume. Bu-. " a . AW j. a.esnM altfl Sk St t I V 1. Buy.eany in m - '"zSend'packasres two "week-J. marked Not to b. opened un.tll Chrl.t- 1 . o. inunav' I chiefly to children. J. Minister to actual neeu-. 4. Choose presents haying either u.e- - - . , 1 1 umef 8 OT D. ur. .. h.n 1 ' Demana arucies wm --- roade mA BOid under conditions fair and wholesome .to , th. Jrkf , ; b, nemtaslon for dlspla, finnA Words for Portland. A Portland correspoftdent of the Chrla. tian Science Monitor, published In Bos ton, says In part: ' - v - Portland probably la growing the fastest of any city on the Pacific coast. Th. population ; fncreaaea at the rate of about 20 per cent per annum, and th. census of 1910 . undoubtedly will show a total population of more ; than 265 000, not Including th. thriving sub urb "of St. Johns,. with 12,000, or other ouUying districts adjacent to th. city limits which at. 'served by troUey fare. Should all those within th. five-cent far. son. to. Included In th. estimate , of th. city's population It would bring th. total upt to more than 3 00,000. -i v -,:':. Portland is distinctively a New. Eng land city In Its character, and It throws n.1,1 n tnulittona of Its founders, VM. - that It cam. . very near being nimrt that !it cam. very., near ueina, Boston. It 1. built o .ubstantially and) ..hm..1I. In all I that - they do that th. impress of the New England Influence i. manifest in man-. way . 1 .. v v: ; ' Th. City IS SUPPOriea wy luimoun as-ricultural area, which la susceptible of extension a. wall as of intensive devel-J opment orgranlzed in Baker City with a capital of $160,000., " Inland Observer ' It is a rigid civil service, jxeitner rani nor Berlin nor Birmingnom nor uiu - gow are naaiy servea uetu ""-tments convinced me mat mtie atten lv elected head of a department has .10 I , ,n Mli he avaratre dressmaker Khmar tn lnatantlv dlaohara. . Old mw ployea of th. city and subsUtut. friends cities and ar. So quoted all over tb.dle(, by the propoT U8e of iJne an1 eoior United State... It Is for the head t0 Mn the construction of a gown. Th.per direct and hi. personnel to carry ouii hi. orders under penalty or "'"""a. for disobedience, in ucn case Ju.n,"r - - - both. I outsiae macnin. roan r t" -1 sonal friend can hav. any .landing 1 "!T; VLZ 1 11 V (irnit vi .w r' n4 thrbv. Thus a municipal .ervant regards th. aervlc of Ms city as Ma llf. work during good behavior and endraTors to qualify for the highest position In the department In which he works. Good men are attracted and It may be taken tnr mniM that rood men will not v.",.: ihft.1 Srric. rr.T-C.Vn hi w.rea r dlsmiaaaLat h omrii-i nf a new commissioner. If they serve the machine that machine will see that If si-h a disTriseal unto wardly occurs a place la found for Its servant elsewhere In the municipality. The methoa cf the new movement arei Commissioners strictly heid re sponsible by the public: civil servant who b!r bound only by civil service nilea toK to the cltr and not tn try party or machine for their reward. With out each corr.mii"r.ers and such sr vnnts t romn'Ml'n ti of (rnvem niert wiil to rnrt .land Oe tt rf time than ?M m reforrrM tn jrii'r 1 tnvemmrt (f l"H!4.'r't "1 cti-.r wnr6 if r-e" stes cf P'.p-;iar i'z'-i. Iht REALM New Sxt ially ia Sewing, liy Mis. May C Muore. WK hear the remark, far too of ton , tltiia days "that drosmitukln ln't what It Ufd to be." Ap parently th. cumplulnt la not v 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n.rlaln fiiilmlatioll In truth. A glojiL-o at the povurty of score of dreksmukers. who contend dally with long houra of work, and poor pay 1. woll c-nlculattiil to glv. this Impression. Women who UBi'd to be abla to make a good livliiir bv "tukiiiH. In" aewlua ar. eKO out true rg. nutnbr of - o ....... . . I prorelvt. wotnon, who opened entab I llslhllinnfal St tm ia vaora m-m nvu n;ne,n,:rp,rl8fer,',Une' lhi now lult of I that .only a few are maolna- rich re. w"l-wMU 'thousand, are worklna- for mere piince, wa are crone to lie- - - " , w j-iuiijjui uu. vvu ilk aid trad, secrets not possessed by others. With - apparently . ao ' unenunl an amount of . labor I am convinced that w. hav. a problem that w. may ex-' amine ,and profit by th. study. It la . th. method of th. woman that we are " prona to envy, ah. who Is In business and making a financial success of her enterprise., " ' :- "Who ar. her patron. T How ha. ah. drawn an .xolusiv. trade, and how docs ' sh. keep it? True, .h. turn, out ar tistic and original creations, but how doe. sh. achieve Itf . To begin with ah. has th'latronaga of tha exclusive trad, of her locality, th. "cream of th. trade" that Day. th. high prices, and eh. gets It because aha can meet th. demands. The construe- tfnn n th .men. ,h.i m.H. k.. r & n , ' tlon called for , originality and taste, coupled . with a definite knowledge of good lines. , These dualities of work manship are th. foundation stones of good dressmaking1. . ... ' , :', : . -t rue, every , woman ooes no possess th. native talent to -reach, th. high ldeala of arttattn wnrVminnhln hut inn . woman who. attempts to work for money can g-iv. to It her very best efforts, , and- can respect tba trade sh. choose. of cutting- and fitting before she offer. 10 Berve tna puDiie. xni. is oniy lair and indeed, her only hop. of winning favor. - '-'.,': -. -V .- i. Sh. may not hav. - developed ' th. 'firlft nt nrliHriAlftv T f mev h. dmm.'. sary for her to begin merely by copy ing designs originated by others, but wth ' an average 5 amount - of imagtna- tif:etlvlty Shtf 'ifHoata ' Be""able 16 In-' dulg. in littl. -departures from, the orlg-. Inal iltvleal. fn, iha nura Ae) tirht tn Vik- ' riety, without ruining the gown. In ex- , penmen ting. it sne can ao tnis it win prove the most fascinating part of her wora.- - . i - invar i,n tn. Aafa ViitafncoH avnrnan know, that the highest prices are in-' variably paid to a woman who excels in a specialty, -- a tin. or. aressmaamg that, turn, Irt mm rmno'Alv neD-tetAil in adaptlntr model, to abnormal figures. I not only refer to the woman who . la deformed, but also to the woman w no feels that' sh. 1. consplcuoifs on account. t1 an Avcrfnll tMamr. end -urhnsA defectfl could be corrected In a great measure py means ex tne oressmaaer a an. A glance at the fashion Journal, of the Aav wrlll ennvince uv dresnmnker that tit 'tall, slender figures only are considered, unis ract aione snouia con vince one who is looking for a special opening that . this would afford an un usually good : field. Indeed to me it seemed a strangely neglected one, for of all the specialties It has impressed ' me a. the one most needed. - There 1. a growing tendency on the part of the woman of mean, toward fttmitruaaay ail well hi thA crAriArnt awak- . enlns- to the tinalehtlv annearance Dre- sented by an unwleldly figure. i Mere is an opportunity ior tne woman 6r Soma lnarenultv to make individual adaptation of fashion to the figure. These patrons are fastidious, It is true. They lay great stress upon good lines, but they ate more dependent, perhaps, than nnv other miHtnmer nrtnn the skill of the dressmaker,' ahd it aeems to me that their patronage would ; lurnisn . a short route to success to the woman of some ability, a woman who can combine iuuiv av4XAt.jr, . nuum tthi vwiaumu with simplicity of line that indefinite AlAnYA r rrra r4i Q r. af via ne the woman who, la burdened with flesh. Believing- that this opportunity wa. persistently overlooked by the woman , WXIU .1 gullying vr m fcviai U11.11B I her work. I irmde it my business to visit the various department .tores that keep a' stock: of ready made dresses, ana make special Inquiry regarding thev sup ply of suite, in black of rich material nil larira iA. -. i. ' . I was assured bv th. salesladies of the denartmehta that I waa rlirnt in mv sunrise, and that the .tout woman who wanted a good black suit, had- little to choose from in the average stock. These suits even in the department of ffl.wHaJ ii.ap " . . , a.i, mana BrB nn.ni aval inv. riuni v I the first to . ell and standing orders for them are always to be found upon th, book. . " " i A vlglt t0 tne dressmaklna; esUbllsh I aha .kr.np.n.1 eiarav No one. seemed to b. master of th. f . gjnjpiicitjr of effect in outline that 1 hfl out tho.best point and con- eeala defects, .eemed not to be under stood or , practiced to a degre. that 1 ar-aii 1 v yriawnr in. nnMia nr n w rusuriuua communUy vndoubtidlv It is a new field and on. . would afford an opportunity to the woman who possesses the courare to de sert th. beaten paths, ana taae oerinue step, to work herself out of a position wber. she ran set only a small price. v.w hii.i eitiier larae or Small, could not kep a dressmaker of this descrip tion busy. One who wiu give it tne erlous attention that it deserves can begin right where she I. to master a 6"-d ayatem of cutting and r.tung. ana prepare berwtlf t a erecialty that can scarcely fall to pay a price commensu rate with fcer effort. Only Thinks 80. -Portland. Or. iH t- To th T.' rat of The JournaL I hy tn- after noons Journal that lYvaiie-it Jnlrn 5Kiaree '-beatr-d cars ir.j irioas to blt" ITei1ent Jovaeirn ia vrxc ITealeJ ml s- r' t in, to t e-1 ti he' r-'y t;nk. ttty art. T.. a ttootl Crn'in f-ie-'a iit:', I "". a caw ;. 'rni c!-oi.:r f