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ANOTHER GRANGE PROTEST
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NOTJIEK GRANtiH organlia
tlon protests. Linn County
Council, P. of II., denounces
th proposed assembly conven-
u refuses to fall In tho tru)
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(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.
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Hope'
The
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of nil Ills II, nt men en
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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. .
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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
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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