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EDITORIAL BV3E OF THE JOURNAL mm I 11 THE JOURNAL AN Iri:iTMKVT J.( IiSiiN Ni;wjir.irrri I'ubilir -HIS.1 ncrr mnli.c ltcrl Kunljr! S'iI rr c-M.J-r .irul-i- si Yac Jeurm.1 NulM W. rifli ..! .s.M.I sire, ts I'. rll .ii't. 'r. ANOTHER GRANGE PROTEST A NOTJIEK GRANtiH organlia tlon protests. Linn County Council, P. of II., denounces th proposed assembly conven- u refuses to fall In tho tru) " '.ntr'ad ! O-r H.M.'.'f to. nl I'urllJIid ". f r ' fismfnUiIon Ilr.,uj3 Uia trails sscouJ rlaaa 1 1 OH. VSfffS ' I ..--.. . .... . - -.- i i'i n rn no nn r tm w). U.K. TII3; Ili'MK. lf, .... : !! mioii.fi.. r, i 11 iiiinnip nir inose IlieaN- the primary i. ii i ! .''.d'UOM'S ' All h partut-itli ri brj t.r J I'll t arit shin .1. ..irliiirt J .. . ftur.MS a ii vi:Kr: i.'.Nd KEi'ia.sKST.ti ivr ' Wr-hasti A .rpr. Co. Ilrun.l-k IVdMI-c. fi rtftb ar-tc.. Sti York: I0U7-OS boi'' .1 - " ''CtlllK. CMf.TCf. (lailoim enough to put the dovll to shame. It la tho HimiA aort of frlend Klilp t hut was lu tho kiss wllh which Judas betrayed Christ. It would bo better for t Initio who inako the pro fession to throw off the mask, ac knowledge tho truth, take tho bull by the horns and declare openly that the primary law In a failure brellaa, overcoats, tents, ham sand wiches, hot coffeo, and perhaps an occasional bottle of tarantular for thocf. who might grow falpt by tho roudslde. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF tfiibwrtMI.-h -i ortn hr nintl or to any sildie la Ike l'nlfr'1 Siair. ( inriti cr klcilio. PAILV. On fwr f J iV) ' oth mniitn.. RI'NOAT. 4W rear ? SO I One mrrtta.. PA1I V AXH KPNOAY. -! sr 7 f.. On.' ii nib . Hope' The Thou of nil Ills II, nt men en n! chtnp and milveisal t captive's freedom, nni thou sick man's henlth' Thou lover's victory, and thou be Kg hv'b wealth. Cowley. OREGON' MTY ures, hope to scuttle Inv. .Statement No. I, and direct b r'lslatlon. It recognizes the pro-'and should be overthrown and the tesMons of friendship as hvimcrlxv, j convention substituted. They would and realizes that no matter what be stand a better chance of success In , i.-iiiy say. any man who In for tho as-J a frank open fight than by koIiik w Kcinhly convention Is apalnnt the about In sheep's clothing hiding piimary and is seeking Its destruc-1 their Identity and purpose In sham lion. I iti.mjii Icm mid ciiriinir banners la- U'haf else than such an attitude ! belcd "Cod Hless Our I'riniary l,aw." (onld lie expected? The hullowost asselidily convention c.uidldale, inelense ever uttered In the nrnfe.s- I robed In the livery of righteousness, fiimi of any man who favors the iib- ' wearing badnes and mottoes of love, reniblv convention that he Is lov.il ! lisping his little lay of loyalty and to the primary law. It Is a profes sion to niHke men laugh at him for The November and Thanksgiving issue of the Oregon Countryman, a monthly published by (udent of the Oregon Agricultural college, la an exceptionally interesting and val uable ii u m her, containing; many ar ticles that will be read with profit by furinen, horticulturist, dairy men and other producers. Indood It would pay farmers to take thin useful little monthly regularly. BMALL CIIANGF Only It Chrlalinaa. mora ahopplnf day till A DISTINCTION, peculiarly Its own, belongs to Oregon City. It has a history and traditions . U A i L . . 1 i . i a i . intu i ii" oilier chick or uregon Way well contemplate with envy. By ; reason of Its eminent past, the state's ; , Own name Is borne by the city at the - falls. It is a title worn by right of the episodes and tragedies of the .' earliest pioneer days. Oregon City 5; was the first and principal s?ene of the original Oregon. It was the ; Snrsery and rest place for that spirit -'that ultimately made Oregon Amer " lean rather than British territory. Zr The. hospitality dispensed, the suc- Cor given and the assistance extended '8t Oregon City to arriving linml-s- grants whose strength was spent and resources gone were indirectly the rescue of the Oregon country for the " republic. Foremost in these boun- ties for the weary ' and discouraged I . T k f 1.ll.. M ... 1. 5s ww ur. itjciuiiguiiii, iroin wiiohu v home went Btrength and sustenance . -- whenever and wherever there was demand. From his store went the relief, information and advice that f nursed men back to strength and . that in turn fed the spirit that was yet to makre Oregon a commoinvealth and not a vassal province. " This nursing of the future state Is the distinction that Oregon City " can point to as a noblest period in j her history, and It is one her people have every reason to accentuate. It .is a past worthy of commemoration m,, and there can be no fitter monument than the little' pioneer home from If the portals of which was shed the : cheer and hope that stayed so many who were spent in body and re- source. To perpetuate and cherish this early house as emblematic of J?, what the early Oregon City was to Oregon is a privilege and a purpose Incomparable. The vote of the citi- sons to do this Is just recognition by his audacity. The solo and only argument ad vanced for the assemhly convention Is that the people have not sense enough to select fit candidates. Men who take this position then and there declare that the plan of all the people making the selection is impossible, and that therefore thw selection must be made by a few in at: assembly convention. They de clare that the primary method is a failure, and that., In order to get fit candidates, the convention method must be employed. By their atti tude they denounce the primary plan as futile and foolish, but out of their months they sav they love it. It is fawning over the primary law. but carrying In his hands a great blud geon with which to destroy It. will be the sublimest hypocrisy of tho century. Actions speak louder than words. The selection must be made either by the convention or by the open primary. The selection is the only function to be performed. Which ever of the two makes the selection will survive and the other will die. The two are irreconcilable and cau nnt exist rontemnoraneously. If the assembly is to be used the pri mary law must bo and will bo aban doned. The Linn county council so understands It, and in effect so de clares. The people can take their choice, but if they try to have both A fresh chorus of low moans will beard from believers In Roose velt lau policies as they road the president's message. Their only comfort is Balllngor'a repented withdrawals of power sites from entry and th president's promise that conservation and, Jdndred top ics will be treated in special mes sages later. William J. Calhoun, a business man of Chicago, has boen offered, he says, the position of minister to China, which It has been found so difficult to fill, but as he has told all about it In an interview it may be that he, like Mr. Crane, Is In clined to talk too much. O, the mow, the doggoned mow, none too quickly can It go. Ixioka like Zclaya. waji between Uncle Mam nd tho deep bvo. Hut think how nice It la to have; winter niuatly over bt'for the holiday a. Meyhn the comiIhk of the coniet la reMpoiutlble for tlila unuaual early win ter. Iiim't be one of tho Billy crowd that wait till the laat day or two to liuy thrill. The mnn who deal out hot air 1m- iiKtn.'H that Ii In society la welcome lately. Fortunately there l no threat of re vInIiik the tariff upward any more this winter. Women certainly hav one qualifica tion for hnrberlnt?; they can talk continuously. OKEGOX SIDELIGHTS A Eufena sugar beat Is ovar two feat long-. Another steamer will be built tor Kla math lake. . e v Kuaene may refund 1160,000 of Its lnuetiiedneaa at 6 per cent. a hypocrisy and false pretense an-1 they will lose their primary law. are reasonably accessible. There a-e whole states, not to mention hun dreds of counties, without, tho klud of a bank that such people need. A savings bank such as the multitude of small depositors need should be states, carved out of the origina mm lars by his environment, but taken all in all he, was a noble soul, and the old Oregon owed him a debt that It could never repay. The present and future Oregon, and her sister limited by law to tho very kind of investments which commercial banks do not use, unless In a very limited degree. To sum up the matter, there Is really great need for savings deposi taries that is not met by existing in stitutions, and postal savings banks can beat supply .. that need. They would be of great benefit to millions of people who save small amounts regularly, and to the country at large. Other countries have them, and would not be without them, but in this country legislation is pretty much controlled by private interests rather than the public interest. Oregon territory, owe perpetual re spect to his memory RECK LESS AUTOMOBI LING P a people of that which brought their place enviable renown. THE BRIDGE DRAW PROBLEM HE AGITATION for closed I bridge draws during certain ; I short periods morning and evening should be kept up un- til the desired policy or practice Is established. That vessels traversing the river should be delayed as little .as possible, with due regard for the rights and interests of people cibss " lng the river on bridges, is recog nized by everybody, but the latter peopie outnumDer tne rormer many times over, and in most cases it is JJ even more important for them, in JJ dividually, than for the river trav- elers, to avoid delay. These people m have for years been held np too of- ten and too long just at the hours Z 'hen they needed to make quick J transit to and from work, especially J In the former case. Steamers could alter their schedules much more easily than these business people, avna ine employers or tne army of working people who twice a day cross the bridges. And in many in stances, even keeping the necessity of caution and safety in mind, the draws are opened sooner than such action Is needed. As to boa's tow ing log rafts, and other very slowly moving craft, they should be re- times when the traffic across them is lightest. There mnst be conces sions and tolerance on both bides, but so far the bridge crossing peo ple have had just ground for complaint. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS OLICE Commissioner Baker of New York city has uttered some strong language on the sub ject of automobile recklessness and criminality. He urges a stric system of licensing for chauffeurs and the withdrawal of the license from those guilty of reckless driv lng; also, that the penalty for vlo lations or the law be made severe enough to serve as a real deterrent In this connection It Is to be ob served that the National Highway Protective society, In a leaflet re cently issued, recommends a license system, with revocation of license fo reckless driving; also that any one running away after an accident shall be liable to Imprisonment for a vear The New York Evening Post com mends Commissioner Baker's recom mendation for a severe penalty for violations of the law, and in regard to the proposed year's imprisonment for running away from an Injured person says: this is entirely too mild; one year should be a minimum, and it should be within the discretion of the court to make the imprisonment fully ten years. For two things must be remembered: first, that the running away, unlike the accident itself. It an absolutely voluntary act; and secondly, that In order that the penalty should effect its purpose, running away must clearly present itself to the mind of the culprit as involving more danger to himself than stopping." What is true of New York Is true in a greater or less degree In Port land. While most automobile drivers are probably reasonably careful, too many are reckless in what ought to be If It Is not a criminal degree. There have already been a good many casualties and several deaths !n and about this city due to this I cause, and these will increase as j peopln and automobiles increase in numbers unless there are strirm.'nt laws, with severe penalties enforced, against reckless driving. Representative Fowler, deposed bv Cannon as chairman of the com mittee on hanking and currency- will be one of the Insurgents, though he comes not from the west but from New Jersey. He declares it to be "perfectly clear that unless the Re publican party gets rid of Aldrich ism and Cannonlsm the "people will get rid of the Republican party; " also that "the people's hopes have been turned to disgust and their faith to resentment." He predicts "a thun derbolt of righteous indignation and punitive wrath," that will "strike, shatter and paralyze the Republican party unless It utterly repudiates Al- drichlsm and its subservient instru ment, Cannonism." Mr. Fowler is a man with a personal grievance, and seems prone to Indulge in hyper bole, yet he may not be very far wrong. Insurgency is likely to in crease rapidly next year. Now a hitherto unheard of young man in Humboldt county, Califor nia, unaided, out of his own head, has built a monoplane that he op erated successfully on a trial trip. This is the latest of many air ve hicles of somewhat varying patterns that have been constructed and suc cessfully flown during the past few years, since tnis is so, it seems rather strange that such things were not invented and built long be fore. Many attempts were made, through hundreds of years, but un til recently with small success. Of late the aviators have become too numerous to oe counted, ana it seems as if almost anybody who sets himself diligently to the task can build an airship. The later ones opy from the earlier inventors, no doubt, yet one could be excused for believing that aviating thought- waves have been iu circulation lately as never before. BY mUS OVXB.MOLT OIlltJlN OF MINCK P1K. In ancient days a noted cook Possessed no knowledge from a book. in iHct. were !eil to umierstiinn 'that ancients learned their trades by hand. Hut. anyway, this cook of old Could hulld rich dinners, hot or cold. jnn people came for milts around To bee him cook anil then expound The virtues of his pie and cuke And other things that he would bake. Now he was baker to the king-. And he would eat like everything. Hut one fell yenr a famine camo Which struck the rich and poor the same. For there was naujrht for them to buy, N'o food for them to stew or frv. The cook -who learned hl trade by air Wait ptftty nearly "hups" for fair. "Because," said he. "what can I cook When everything the famine took?" What worried him and made him sigh Was how to make a luscious pie. For there was nothing left but scraps Of meat and fruit and, yes, perhaps A little brandy. 1 hero whs hash And apple sauce and other trash, But not enough of anything To make a pie fit for a king. "Ah, woe is me," he loudly cried, "When In my youth would I had dld.' Or some such words to that effect. The cook was troubled. I suspect. He grew morose and thin and rale. ' tie started drinking beer and ale Vntil he got the James H. Jams He saw pink turtles, cows and lambs, Ho saw great snakes and swarma of bats Vnd pale green dogs and purple cats; And then, ah then, he had a think. And Just as quick as you could wink He snatched up all those scraps and sturr. And when he thought he had enough He took another drink or two And then baked pies till he was blue; And when at last the pies were done He took a drink and tasted one. Just then the king came on the seen And ate nine pies, so did the queen. if course the royal pair expired. And better yet. the cook was fired. The saddest part of all this tale: The cook then made mince pies for sale. And so by diligence and hash He built up trade and made some cash. And paved a road toward the grave, Followed by many a mince pie slave. And so today where e'r you be, At Portland, Or., or Portland, Me., You eat mince pie; at night you swear When you are kicked by an old flight 0.1 boat named Prairie should want to a"et on me land. There Is time to make a fortune, tf opportunity knocks, while two women are saying- "Good-bye." Don't overlook thoae Red Crosa stamps: km Chrlstmaa draws nearer their sales should Increase. If Zelaya ftreta awav he could make a lot of money In this country next year lecturing to Chautauqua assem blies. The greatest aid to digestion, an ex change haa discovered. Is to eat lesa. This Information Is especially accept able when price of food are constantly rising. It hasn't been very severe winter weather, after all. but It was more wintry than western Oregonlans are used to or like. A little or It la plenty for them. The State Horticultural society, and especially Its sealous and efficient sec retary, Mr. Williamson, have done an excellent work for Oregon, and are en titled to cordial snd liberal commenda tion and support. King Gustave of Sweden has been working as a stevedore, and will do other kinds of hard manual labor, In order to get acoualnted with all sorts of working people, and learn their Ideas and needs. There Is a democratic king for you. Oeeae and dunks are very numerous around Shelburne. Linn county. ' V Looks like Salem waa going to aret mountain water, nays th titateamanv Pclo Is bound to have a railroad to connect with the $. P. Una at Munkera. Several a-rances have baen orranlsed In Klamath county lately. Good things. People of Springfield and vicinity are receiving large consignments of fruit trees. Iht RLALM FEMININE, r Tito IUt Itebclllon. T IS not enough to be fed bonbons to tvlot the old aga microbe and to b deprived of the Joy of waving hand kerchiefs in farewell, but war must now be waged on "rata." Oh, no. not he rat that women climb articles of furniture and scream wildly to eacatie. but tho hannloaa rata which nestle ao comfortably beneath their tresaes. Nor la that all. The revolt goes fur ther and lncludoa puffs and false hulr In general. Witness, the assistant prin ciple of the Brooklyn high school haa ordained that tho 1500 rlrla In the school leave their rata outside the school yard. Almost simultaneously A. D. Richards, district superintendent of the Postal Telegraph comnanv In Karon e(i Iml Grande beet sugar industry was took his own lira in hi. v...,h. ...a before uccc"ful th" year than v,r Ptl the following notice: "All lady ' olerka and employes must discontinue One nursery agent from outside the ,h wearing of rats In their head state has aold over 200,000 fruit trees in dresses. Please govern yourselve ao Rogue river valley this fall, and isn't cordlngly." near through yet Mr. Richards then prepared for a The receipt, of th. Lebano poetof- Vokt.L When iJLl floe during November showed an In- . at nimt". hen they le-nd the creaae of C0.17 per cent over the re- r was given in good faith a riot celpts of tho corresponding month last threatened, but they stormed in vain, year. The rerelnts of October showed I and Mr. Richards "stnnii nc h i. an Increase of 67.3 per cent over the re- brave man, and haa the oourage of hla celpte of October 1908. convlctione. A Ira r a a nn rf v tf an wr Vi na Kaon It would seem that he also took the In the Brownsville vicinity for the past I of hl company In his hands whon two months. There are about IS men In I he placed the ban on false hair, for, as the party. It is thought they are sur- I one of the girls t plained: yeying and running levels with the vlow "Everybody knows that the a-lrla Who to irrigating nn immense tract of land , , t tT.hi T,.. .ii . ? In the upper end of the valley. re out th,8 Publlc PJacB ke to get . ' as much business as possible for their Eugene, and the whole county of Lane company. And they know, too, as Rioli- are holding their reserve forces for the ards would If he had a lick of sense, greatest era of activity in 110 known that 75 Der cent of the men whn ni to the upper valley, says the Guard, ronlze the keys don't care which com-" pany they give their business to. They pick out the nicest looking girls of course, because they're nearly all swell traveling gentlemen. "Now I know If I look plain and ugly The development for 1909 promises to apnear small compared to the big enter prises null will develop, Portland parties who recently pur- n V, i . .. i i n n n , . A i i . . V a www bvich ui itiuu in ino limine It seems that Morse, the high finan cier who made millions by raising the price or Ice In torrid weather In New York, so that poor people could get no cool water, may have to go to prison for a-few years. It will be a just retribution. When Informed of theft and bribery In the New York custom house, former Secretary Gage referred the matter to Havemeyer, the man who principally profited by the thievery. This was equal to Indorsement of It. Yet Mr. Gage says he Is not a Theosophlst. A Boston man tells In the Herald of that city about being glad to pay IB cents apiece for "Washington apples." with a "perfect flavor and a heavenly perfume, and said they were cheap at that price. But It Is to bo sus pected that they came from Oregon. Pear snow, please go. You're beau tiful, we know, as you flurry down. softly and slow; you are white and light, and children bright you do de- licht: you're feathery, sure, and soft and pure, as you fllrtlngly fall, at the weather gods call; but soon you pall. You are cold and wet, slush and floods you beget; you business upset; your beauty you lose, you are cold, dull news; so please don't refuse very oon to go, you mean old snow. valley have about 200 acres ploughod and horrible the business will fall off, and expect to complete 300 acres before because that Western Union gtrl over tho flrsi of the new year. They will set I ,),. ,, ,,,. m,, , this tract to fruit- trees in February ..T, i ? ..1 f th1.ha'r 1 vo and follow up the work as rapidly as ,,ut worm or rats possible. Six teams and 15 men are em- and puffs, and all the men will flock ployed. over to her. , , , . "The simple country maid style gooa ( latskanie Chief: The amount of nur- ai right in the storv books In the Bun. sery stock arriving here this fall lndi- llhre ZL Alt cales that our farmers are beginning to day 8cho01 "brary, but it doesn t get you take notice of tho profits of fruit rals- awny anywhere or buy you very much In ing. A number of people are planting reaI 'if0 in a place where the streets are an acre or more of new trees or' berries paved and where they have electric on tneir iana ana some expect to add I lights. more in ine spring. several nurseries have shipped In large orders. Letters From the People The Reforestation of Denuded Lands By J. S. Young1 in the Timberman Iettrre to The Journal thould be written on one tide of the paper only nnd should be accom panied by the rauie nnd address of the writer. The Dime wi.l iot be used If the writer asks that It be withheld. The Journal Is not to be understood as Indomlng the views or statements of correspondents. Letters should be made ua brief as possible. Those who wish their letters returned when not used should lnckwe postage. correspondents are notified mat letters ex ceeding 3UU words in length, may, at the dis cretion or the editor, be cut down to mat limit. THE QUESTION whether th.re Is need of postal savings bank."' Is not sufficiently ari8erf i in the negative by saying, even if It be true, that there are nuch commercial banks to give ail peop Chaxce to deposit their mon-y. But this Is not a tru assumption t'p In Pendleton Mayor Murphy, a Pmocrat, was reelected by more than two votes to one for a Re publican opjKsnent. Some effort was' S.inbury is a made to clve a partisan tone and 'this community The next few years will witness titanic contest, between Canada, nd more particularly Montreal, and New York state and city, for the ransportation and shipment of the rain of the Interior northwest on s way to Creat Hritain. New York s spending more than Jl 00,000,(100 i deepen the Erie canal between uffalo and Albany, and Canada Is o Improve the Welland and other analK, and will probably build the eorplan canal, at a cost of $100.- 00,000. The Canadian route from ake Superior ports is the shorter. but with the cheap rates to be ob tained by Now York hopes to retain Its pres tige In this contest the advantage and value of waterways will become more and more apparent. Tillamook lioad Not Blocked. Yamhill, Or., Dec. 6. To the Editor of Tho Journal. Please correct an arti cle which appeared in your paper a few days ago stating that the road leading from North Yamhill to Tillamook was blocked with snow. The day the articre appeared In tho paper there were about 12 Indies of snow on the summit of the mountain, and It did not bother in the least. Today there are about 18 to 20 Inches on the mountain, with a good, hard beaten trail. The mall Is going through every day. G. W. (iRAYSON. The recent death of Miss Alice lamentable loss to She was an tr-nd to the campaign, but It failed fatlgable. intelligent, practical work utterly, a-s a iarge majority of the er in various good causes, an ef-wi-ors of Pendleton are Republicans, firlent helper of the poor snd the Postal savinps banki are needed by Many of thene Ignored the politics afflicted, a oman who devoted her the candidates and Toted for time talents and mns to making Murphy because they believed he the llve of such progret V . . M , , , . me army oi alien worKlngrr.cn. many of whom are more or leg nomadic. They are used to governraent sav ings banks In the countries frgm hlch they came, and will cot trust private bns. however sound they the raw? now In most cltv elections rosy be. hence millions are ,.Bt :n OregoD. and it Is an evidence of aorcaa every .year tuat might he kept la tbe country. Many of the people actually pay our government to care for tlseir money by buying inopey orders payable to themselTes. Then tbe re are rret numbers of alive or BatoraJUed riMxeas living tb cotiBtry BrH Bear any aavlr.gs V-s-rk.and, many of , rT5 a'"" a - not tt sur" of.lLa safety ef K-Vy l J ia such tasks a What the Alsop Claim Is. The Alsop claim of this country against Chill that King Edward has consented to arbitrate. Is stated as fol lows In a South Amerlran paper, as translated from the Spanish by Major Alfred E. Sears: The Alsop claim refers to s certain credit relating to business at what was the Bolivian port of Antofugasta on th Pacific before the Peru-Bolivia war the improved Erie canal with Chill in 18S0, when Chili, the con quering party. b-came the owner by conquest of all the Bolivian coast on the Pacific. It is a claim for a con cession made by tbe Bolivian govern ment to Ixipei (Jams and transf erredj by htm to the house of Alsop, merchants doing business in Valparaiso. When, after the Chilian conquest, Alsop claim ing that Chili now stood In the rela- ifid"- Hon to him previously occupied by Bo livia, the affair came up for J idgmeit the Washington tribunal gave favorable derision for Chill, although the claim ants w-re Americans Subsequently Chiii. by Its treaty with Bolivia, as sumed'eharge of some of the obllga- people brighter yoe.cOO. that of Alsop being amonr the to settle which Chill offered Tbe house refused to conjldrr People who are dealing with statistics and theories tell us that our rorests will be practically exhausted In B0 years, at the present rate of cutting; and as the rate of consumption will undoubtedly Increase, It would seem that our only hope of supply for future generations Is In growing more trees. The question of conserving and pro tectlng our forests and raising another crop of timber to take the place of tho one we are now cutting and destroy lng Is purely an economic one and not governed by academic theories. Hence, we will conserve and protect our pres ent forests, plant and raise a new crop of trees on our logged orr lands lust as soon as we find out that It pays to do so. What Is the age of our present for ests? What are the means to be em ployed to reforest our logged-off lands? What length of time will it take.' wnat benefits can be derived? And then the great question. Will It pay? To the first question I would answer: "From 100 to 400 years." The national government is at the present time gath ering the data to answer questions two and three. The writer has made some observa tions regarding the growth of timber. which lead him to believe that growing timber will pay. I have found trees 1.15 years old 52 Inches In diameter on the stump that cut over ooo reet or mer chantable lumber. The annual growth showed these trees' were 24 inches on the stump at 40 years and at that time should cut 900 feet of lumber. From my observations, exuraing over severm sections of timber, 100 trees 16 to IS inches in diameter can be grown on each acre In 40 years and these will mako 30,000 feet of merchantable lumber; Not to be outdone, Chicago followed a close third, and two of the largest de- Port Orforrt Trlhun- Tr, n. t..,. partment stores Issued similar orders. for October and November hune Deroen- The storm broke and the respected pro- dicular. Powder horns could not be prletors of Mandel Brothers and Mar bling on the moon.- The- old Indian sign shall Field, lacking the courage) of Mr. iias uetm viuuicaieo in so empnauc a Richards took refuge behind the skirts Thomases" Octobe'r Wa. wet-h.yu wel w7th?hT bUer" whom but November was wetter hlvu wet- veted with authority for the occasion tor! I and to whom they gave the title of I headdress censors. From counter to The Influx of homeseekers is heavier counter thev went rpntionf In it th a trvn by ar, 11 R,e(monl tniin to any other to do their hair plain and wear no more part of the interior and almost the en- ratg - tire equipment of the stage company ia ,.,ir, ,, .... taxed in accommodating the travelers, Why aI1 th,s fuBS after " long?" was says, the Hub. The mails are almost tbe burden of the feminine wall. twice as heavy as last fall and the ex- "We have stood for the rat as long as press business Is much greater and the we are going to. As the rat has grown freight teams are taxed to their utmost larger our patience has grown smaller, capacity untJ1 u hf)a oeaBed to b(J a vlrtue was Grants Pass, says tho Courier, has a the resolute reply of the employers and mercantile and manufacturing business the teachers who have led the rebellion which Is much greater than any other against tho rat. town In the Roguo River valley. Its it Is funny way off in Chicago and rough lumber trade amounts to from Kansas Citv Isn't it? But niinnnxtnir 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 feet annually, 4 " C' T Jl f 8UPPOSInK. while manufactured lumber will amount just BUPP"8'"? they enacted such mean to many thousands of dollars more each urs ln Portland. You never can tell. This business employs ln wood- anu wny would it not be a good plan to practice a little tn secret on those plain old Grecian styles of headdress? H Another Sage Gift. RS. ELMER BLAIR, president of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs, which held a con vention at Rochester, N. Y., announced that Mrs. Russell Sage had given $10,000 to the State Federation, with the provision that the federation raise 112,500. The object of th gift IS to provide an endowment for the federation out of which expenses of officers may be paid and a scholar ship ln a woman's college founded. I 55 st Vegetarian Stew. TEW three- medium slsed onions and a bay leaf In a cup of water for 10 minutes. Remove' bay leaf and add a pint of rich milk and three me dium sixed potatoes, cut ln thick slices. Let It simmer until tender. Season with salt and pepper and thicken with floury, mixed with butter. Add three sllceu naro Doneu eggs, ana tnen pour over split baking powder biscuits. year. This business employs in wood men, loggers, mill hands, lumber haul ers and in the two factories ln this city 450 men who are paid on an average $2.60 per day during the season. Iff i these same trees will cut 76,000 feet a the end of 125 years. The question is, What will be the value of this 30,000 feet of lumber grown on an acre 4U years or tne io.vuu reet grown on an acre ln 125 years? I will hazard guess that 30,000 feet of standing tim ber will be worth $8 per thousand In 4 years, and that an acre of land planted to fir trees will earn $6 per acre for the entire period, not counting the small trees that can be taken out and utilized for wood, posts and poles during the 40 years. I do not think there la any use to which we can put our mountainous, rocky, logged off lands that will yield as much wealth, though to the Individ ual 49 years Is a long time to wait for a harvest, but not long to the stato or nation. I would also advocate the imposing upon all logged off lands a baslo tax sufficiently high to Insure their revert lng to the state for a reasonable conv pensation, the lands to be utilized In raising trees for future generations; the levying of this tax to be suspended in case private owners should wish to set aside their logged off lands for the pur pose of raising timber under state reg ulations; this timber to pay a cutting tax at the time It Is cut. The details of such a tax and the set ting aside of logged off lands for tho raising of timber by private owners are matters that can be worked out; the In- eresls of the people protected; the rev enue which the timber and lumber in terests should rightfully par the state provided, but collected ln such a manner as will help conserve our forests In stead of encouraging owners to cut and waste them as under our present sys tem of taxation. as the fitter man for the roltlon. . and better. Such unselfish and number, r,H ik. r . n a ar M vfr . ! ...rtf trir a women are rarer fo , I '(''' eii the city's Interests. This In fact Is lo i . ..... . i the orrer. claiming ii.ob.dbo with c- few is given sucn a gm oi love lor cumultw, merest on that sum When ly humanity, or such Capacity tor J puga Borne timr minister of foreign helpfulness The sttark on Dr. John MrLougb lin Is Ore'E City, by means of a circular letter ct to voters, tbe authorship o! which has ben con-fesfu-d by aB attorney of that city, shoti'il. a It probably will, hsv as orpoatte effett. If any, from that fa-ten-i. Dr. MtLoughlia had ait fiait4. accratai4 ia snn rartf.a- In theory Mr. Josselyn's plan for hating street car patrons walk across the bridces Is a charmer. In practice on a bluMry. blltwrdy day, bowever, when ft swallrrws bave homeward flows and the robles re fe to sltif. there woald be draw- barks bo lent the mm piny" a offer to fnrrJsh transfers should b npple DuttUd villi sayplit-rio fcacb of a ra- ffalrs. hf prcpoed to the rrprepenta- tlve of Alsop that th affair he referred to Tte Hague court of arbitration fer eettlTtienU while at the same time the American government hs.d proposed an other project- Notwithstanding t Ma dif ference the affair . haa been pursued with amiable tranquility on both sides. Th dw.tin of King Edward will end the matter. wide note, was born In Foxcroft, Maine December 8. I860. He graduated from the Ypsllant! Union seminary In 170 and seven years later entered the I'nl- Lariah ministry. From 1881 to 1S1 he mas naator of a Unitarian church ir. Madison. Wis. Subsequently he etab llshed large Unitarian congregations n Helena. Mont.. Ann Arbor. Mich., and other cities. Plnce 105 he has been pas tor of the Rosllndale Unitarian church of Boston. In 1!0S Dr. Crooker waa elected to preach the anniversary ser mon at the meeting of the British and Foreign Unitarian association In Lon don. He is the author of aereral books on religloua topics, among them being 'Religious' Freedom In American Educa tlon" and "The Supremacy of Jeeua." Joseph Hesary tVookcr'a Birthday. Rt Jnoeph lewrr Crooker. tr-eMent f the National Units. rla Teenpereoee I aattaif-. aaj a Jergyaaaa an auUsnr of This Bate In History. 177S The aiege of Quebec began. 110 Elihu Burrttt. originator of trie Internatlnr.al peaca movement, horn Is New Britain. Conn. Med March . l7t If II Macon, Oa-. Incorporated. 1144 Jefferson Iati entered the hnuee ef rvprceentatlvee from Missis sippi. I4 Joel Chandler Harris, author born In Katnatoa. Oa. THed la Atlanta July . !. Robert E. Pattlon, nr4r ef Prnnsylra l , bern. I.-a AT gust l.j 1904. 1854 -Doctrine of Immaculate concep tion proclaimed by the pope. 1880 Charles Fisher, of New Bruns wick, one of the "Fathers of the Can adian Federation," died. Born Septem ber 1. 1808. 1903 General Reyes elected president of Colombia. 105 John H. Mitchell. United States senator from Oregon, died In Portland. Born In Washington county, Pa June 22, 1835. 107. Guataf V ascended the throne of gweden. STE H The Tariff and Slavery. From the Atchison Globe. ": It may be said by the defenders of President Taft and by himself, that the people do not know all about the tariff, but there can be no doubt as to the general dissatisfaction with a re vision which was rather upward than downward. Following the same logic. It will be remembered that the people had to take a great deal for granted ln considering slavery. Certain It Is that the "experts" who owned the slaves! could rrove It was a fine thing for the j country and prove it was the proper thing by scriptural quotations. But their arguments failed to be convincing and few will now question the wisdom of the people on that question In which they were less directly Interested than in the tariff. rVasted Compliments (CoDtrltratsd tn Tbe Journal by Walt Mason. ids rammis aansas port. Mis pros-posma srs s rrrslsr featurs ef this eotama la Tbe balls Journal. ) Wants McGinn for Hen a tor. From the Woodbum Independent Henry McGinn will probably be the successor of Senator Bourne. The Re publican 'assembly amoker" brought It about. When Judge McGinn declared t that "smoker" that "the direct pri mary law came to ua aa the result of the most oorrur.t pontics any state haa ever known." thoee at the "amoker did not arrlaod. bet ttm people orer ta state did wtten tl, j read tbe speech la the Oreaon Dettr Journal ntrs mm McGinn for L'sflted state equator. A 111 acre Irwot sr MeMlnttvCI haa hn hjht fer I1T.1M an 4 t;i he jt Mf irif t end j acre tracta for wal nuts and fruit. i When first mine eyes beheld the sea. a majesty appealed to me; stood alone upon the shore, and listened to the breakers roar, and cried aloud: "Flow, Ocean, flow! You are the big gest thing I know! Flow on. flow on ye mighty wavea. o'er darkened eaves and sailors' graves, and waah the rock of shoree afar, and beat the cliffs where sirens are; flow on where sunny Island" lie. and moan your message to the sky and wall It where Atlantis s'ool I would not stop you If I could' Your vastness anasea tne human nerves Until I watched your mighty mrvnj and beard your roirs, that nobly w;!p like forty thoweend collewe yilla, am! saw your wrecaaga drift Ilk straws I ttever tnw how small I was" Th I addressed the raalrg n. It seemed pay no heed to me; some little apra on roe It threw, and wrecked a ahlo. an, drowned a crew, and tore a lighthon from Its rovk. and raaned a whs around a block. "Alas" I vs-d. ' 4e?rt pay to hand the ae tag bo eaT: I reed It qnlte a cmpiiTwt It doeett t mttm te rare a eewt an tnr my praises will reaownd. and It ca chase Itaelf around, and alt iWr beet It snar; I pass l as; a. Pea, ay cirit twta, A. mrr, ainln KJHJI