THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2U 1910
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THE JOURNAL
AS INDEPENDENT NEWBPATER.
0. JACKSON Ilibllsher
FuMMitd Trr tnnlDf (exeit Snndnr) anil
wy Sunday mr-rjilnr at The Journal Build
in, rifth and Yamhill etrwte. Portland. Or.
rather conclusive proof thai the com
mon opinion Is well founded. Hut
whether an Illegal comblnat Ion can
be proved no as to secure convictions
In not yet certain. And If such con
vletlons are obtained, what If any
will lie the direct benefit to the
consumers'.' Would not the great
packers merely change their method
Entered at the pnetofflee at Portland. Or., for
Iranatnlaalua through the walla aa second -claaa
: , (if organization and proceed to nr
TELEPHONES Main 7173: Home. A rte.M rompllsh the name results, trilllKfer
a 11 oppinmiini mrnpi 117 mew iiuimn-i .
Tell tba open tor what depsrtment too want
F0RKKJN ADVERTISING HEI'RICSKVTATIVK,
Banjamln at Kentrmr fV. nurnawl-k HulMlna.
i29 Tlftb ereiiue. New York; 11IO7-08 Hnyoe
Rulldlnf, Chicago.
(juhacrtptlon Terms bj mall or to but addms
In tba 1'nJied RJste. ir'aiiada or Mfilro.
DA1I.T.
One rear t.l.OO ; One month t (''
SI'NPAT.
On rear $2.50 ! On month I .2."
DAILY AND HI.'NPAT.
On rear 7.!H One month I OB
ring their penalties in the unorgan
ized consumers ? At any rate, we
need not cxpt'tt any great and sud
den decline in the price of meats
and other foodstuffs manipulated by
great combinations, on account of
these threatened prosecutions.
KHSOVAI, IMtOPKIlTV TAXATION
tt Is the little rift within the
lute.
That by and by will make the
mush mute.
And ever widening slowlv silence
nil
Tennyson, Vivian's song In
"Idyl's of the King ."
IU1SK PLANTING day
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FFICfAL recognition of the
Rose Festival by foreign na
tions transpires tomorrow. At
Citv Park In the afternoon the
accredited representatives of Ger
many, Japan, England and other
governments will participate in the
ceremony. They will plant In Port
land soil rose shoots brought for the
purpose from their respective coun
tries. ' The governor of the state,
the mayor of Portland and others
of distinction will have places on the
program. It will not only be a
unique, but a notable ceremonial. It
will accentuate the Hose Festival
Idea, by directing attention to the
fact that distant climes and disting
uished men recognize Portland as
the borne of the roses and the annual
celebration of the roses as a worthy
and laudable function. A vast as
semblage of citizens will doubtless
be present, and every home In the
city will be en rapport with the oc
casion. Than the Rose Festival, no agency
does more to give Portland a repute
that inures to the city's advantage.
It has a meaning to distant states
and peoples that is immensely com
mendatory of Portland people, Port
land climate and Oregon soil. Roses
do not thrive in the Arctic, or In
Sahara. It is only In climes of mild
est temperatures that they attain
greatest thrift. Barbarous people
do not cultivate flowerB. The best
advertisement that can go over the
world for Portland Is that here is
a people, here are homes, and here
a climate with roses aB the setting
and environment of living, and
where the growth of this queen of
the flowers is so marked that it is
the subject of celebration. Tomor
row's function Is a worthy one, and
It should renew in the city the spirit
of rose culture, and the determina
tion to more than ever heighten
Portland's primacy as the head
quarters of the rose.
AVOIl CAYXOH. Andrew Car
negie and other prominent
men of New York have late
ly been discussing the sub
ject of personal pioperty taxation,
and I lie conclusion reached by most
of them, as It lias been reached b
many students of the matter here
tofore. Is that the attempted taxa
tion of personal property, especially
money, notes, accounts, stocks and
bonds, Is to a great extent a fail
ure, only a small portion or sucn
property Is reached, that of the more
dishonest or least conscientious pos
sessors escapes; this sort of taxation
invites evasion and disregard of law,
and successful perjury; It leads to
flagrant injustice and discrimina
tion, often against widows and or
phans It .penalizes honesty and In
effect rewards dishonesty.
All this has been seen and said
before, and no remedy or means of
compelling full and equal payment
of taxes has been found. In large
cities, especially, many very rich
people pay but a small fraction of
the taxes that the law contemplates
that they should pa'y. From whom,
from what, will the added taxes be
rollected to make up the deficiency
If personal property of the kinds
mentioned Is made exempt?
Mayor Gaynor Intimates that the
easiest and best solution of the prob-
formation. This belief has a strong
hold on Latin nations beyond the
wnter, and is openly and vehemently
expressed, it is a reason for raising
the wreck to the end that the truth
or falsity of the charge may be de
termined.
However, the Issues or perspective
of the war that followed the wreck
of the Maine would not be affected
by any disclosures that might re
suit. It was not the destruction of
(he Maine that was the profound rea
son for American interference in
Cuba. It was the broader and
higher issue of Spain's folly and
futility In the fertile island. . The
reconcenf rado policy of VVeyler with
Its herding of famishing' Cubans
within the lines of armed soldiery,
together with the other cruelties and
barbarous brutalities was the Influ
ence that enlisted American senti
ment In behalf of the oppressed Cu
bans. It was an Impossible system
of taxation and the terrible tyran
nies of a government by the Man on
Horseback that aroused the latent
passions of American citizenry and
forced deliverance of the suffering
islanders. The war that succeeded
was not a war of retaliation for loss
of the Maine, but a war of humanity
for the relief a'nd succor of an op
pressed people it was one of the
noblest wars that has ever been
fought, and one of the most exalted
acts of this republic. Discovery that
i he explosion that wrecked the
Maine was from within might make
a sensation, but It would not alter
the aspect of the war that freed
Cuba from tyranny. The wreck of
the Maine, tragedy though It was,
is a mere episode; the deliverance
of the Gem of the Antilles was a
capital, political and humanitarian
event.
The lords, while it la not expected
that they will again reject the
budget, whatever it may contain
doubtless view with niuch satisfac
tion the apparently Insurmountable
difficulties that confront Premier
Asqulth and his assistant lenders.
The situation is one to make Hrltlsh
politics of groat Interest for a con
siderable time to come.
A Georgia man has succeeded In
producing a black rose, and says he
can also produce black cotton, also,
perhaps, cotton of other colors,
which may be a very valuable dln
covery. Hut it is not intimated that
he has any prospect of producing a
white negro.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE.
The nature of the meat packers
is just about the same as that of
most of us. In their places almost
all other men would do the same.
Yet It doesn't follow that they or
their methods do not need some
measure of reformation.
IHHK.'ATION IN THE WILLAM
ETTE VALLEY
A good many Portland streets are
no credit to tho city, being rough
and deep In mud. But perhaps as
much Improvement work Is being
done as could be reasonably expected.
It costs the government over half
a million dollars a year to send out
the free mall of congressmen. Yet
no congressman seems to have
thought of economizing In this respect.
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overliolt
It In nearly always somebody rise
who to blame.
Tim till baseball la growing compar
atively short now.
It s a warm day now whon It doesn't
snow at least a lit tlx.
There will lej prosperity In Oregon
in spite of t tie politicians.
Not nil people wi be able to tell
In what year their eastern eiiffs were
laid.
Mr. A. T. Buxton Is also sound and
right on the constitutional convention
question.
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Find roads In many localities at pres
ent should jirompt activity In good road
building;.
A person may talk a good deal about
the went her n nil yet not worry much
shout It.
As to rain. including snflw. we have
had only just a square deal since Sep
tember 1.
Put yesterday, nlonjr with rain, snow
and sleet, there was considerable spring
sunshine, too.
Isn t It about time to begin looking
for that romet that is, If the clouds
ever disappear?
One need not travel far In Portland
these days to see, the need of more Im
proved stieets.
No doubt forest preservation can be
overdone, and perhaps It hns been over
done In some Instances. (
After the testimony Is all In, opinions
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Freewater la trying to close its near
beer Joint.
Roseburg is waking up in fine shape,
aure enough.
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Fine new bridge will ho built across
me Yamhill river at Balistou.
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Drilling for oil has been resumed near
loo King (j lass, uougius county.
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Thirty head of mulea were driven
from Harnev county to rendleton and
sold at a low price on account of scar-
cuy or reed.
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Seven years ago John Konerk arrived
In Med ford with IJ800. Last week bo
sold 12 acres of land for $6600 and has
over ti000 worth of property left all
made off the $1800, and work.
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In view of the, fact that a fruit
growers' union will probably bo organ
ized tn MeMinnvtlle, a large number
of farmers express their Intention of
engaging in commercial fruitgrowing,
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Lane countv spent over $ 79.000 on
roads and bridges from tho road fund
Inst year. Besides this, between $8,000
and $30,000 was spent In various dis
tricts as the result of speelttl taxes vot
ed In various districts, says the Jtegln-ter.
UAo REALM
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Eugene Guard: It Is rumored that the
telephone company will soon Inaugurate
a new schedule of rates In which resi
dence phones will he chained for at the
rate of 51.50 a month, and restrict each
house to five calls per day. If this Is
true, now Is the time for an Independent
system to apply for franchise.
Woodburn Independent: The new
waterworks system Is gradually ReitlnK
The Boy Away From Home.
N reply to the story in 'the Realm
Feminine a short time ago relative
to parents neglecting their boy3 und
not making home the most attrac
tive place in the world, a real hoy
away from home sent In the following
expression of his 'feelings which may
throw light upon the actions of many
young men:
How to. treat the boy so that he will
find home pleasant forms themes for
many an anxious mother's thought and
plan. Rut almost always she excludes
any consideration of hoi to treat the
young man away from home. So much
(ft the time he represents only a cog
In tho wheel of Industry.
He must eat and sleep, of course.
but does not the work of tho day take
all his attention and behind the mask
of hla face can there be any particular
thought of sentiment? How cn be be
lonely if he is ambitious and works
that be may rise? Sound reason, tills,
undoubtedly, to tho one who reasons.
That one would need give tiin subject
no other thought, but for one unfor
tunate faculty of the boy away from
home If ho could stop remembering;
If the present were nil.
about (tlavls and BalliiRer will differ 'In shape and there Is every evidence
about the same as before. ; that Manager Page means business on a
big scale. A pit Is being dug hiki wlil
OO TO THK HEAR, THOl' PAl'PER
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HERB IS. an Increase of talk of
Irrigation in the Willamette
valley, and that considerable
action will result Is probable,
not to sav certain. State Engineer
John Lewis Is reported as saying
lem might be to transfer this at- that the materialization of projects
tempted taxation to real estate, but amounting to 1,000,000 acres Is not
he admits that public opinion would j Improbable. That production and
There are always plenty of men who
want the offices, and they will soon
bloom out numerously in Oregon.
Perhaps Or. I'eok Is not so unhappy,
even "if he did not gel to the pole." aa
some people have pictured lllm to be.
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Many people who never read Wash-
be concreted for tho new pump and
an addition to the pumphouse will be
built. The new well, 118 feet deep,
showed water within to feet of the top.
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Tygh Valley correspondence of the
Dufur Dispatch: K. S. tlouser's terrier
dog was blown to pities by a dynamite
i bomb last week. He has the bombs
liiKton's farewell address might find It j "nt'"un ls, nl BO 'nal
... " 'vcni n,Mr pv Arm nala l ilt crivntpl that
bother his sheep." These bomb traps
profitable to do so, und to ponder It.
Carrie Nation has been a certain kind
of sun-ess for a long time, she still
gets her name Into the newspapers
frequently.
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When one reads the name Professor
LcRdietlzky It Is scarcely necessary to
bo Informed that he Is an eminent
pianist, with long hair.
AT CAIRO
TRACTION system having
been projected through Uma
tilla county, with a terminus
at Pendleton, tho people of
that city and other communities of
that counly are congratulating them
self on what seems to be good pros
pects of the success of the large and
Important local project.
There has been some sharp criti
cism in this connection of Secretary
Ralllnger for his withdrawal of cer
tain strips of land which the pro
moters of this road desired to use,
It being intimated that such with
drawal W'bs caused by the Northern
Pacific railroad with which the pro
posed road would to some extent
compete. Any such project, if well
the breaking point. Resentment, re-1 considered ana nonesuy promoted,
venge and every other of the worst 8,1)llln liave Ulp rrdiai support, ln-
nasslons of men are at nlav. and saa me opposition or uie gen
WOMEN in Cairo, 111., are car
rying revolvers. It Is the
If fruit of inter-race hatred. 1
One dead, one dying and
several wounded Is the outcome of
a clash between whites and blacks
a few days ago. Troops are on guard
"and feudlsm so Intense as to he at
probably not yet favor this step. He
Is asking for suggestions, and try
ing to find some more equitable and
satisfactory method, and will prob
ably find none more so than the re
striction of taxes to land values,
though of course he cannot bring
this about; it can only be done by
a further enlightened public senti
ment. The tax question Is always a
difficult problem and will doubtless
remain so for a long time to come.
PROPOSED UMATILLA COUNTY
ROAD
profits could be greatly Increased In
Now Itenjamln Rinks had a wonderful
scheme
To churn the butter and keep the cream,
t r. In other words, what he meant to do
Was to eat his cake and keep It, too.
tho Willamette valley by Irrigation is Now the cost of food, as you must know
were Invented by a 1 ygh valley man
last winter.
(iradnally the large farms in this seo
tloivare being divided Into small tracts
and sold, says the Woodburn Indepen
dent. If this section wore filled with
fruit, truck and chicken ranches it would
be more prosperous and populous than
with large farms. Hut It is neodless to
litiU 11, tc a'..ll 1rwiVL'n fn,( ill a r A
Hut considering "Pinchotlsm'' as a j ,u it ,r,i h.. ,.n..r.iu. o.ui.u
whole, -by and large," it has been and i and gainful' change is taking place,
will be a great benefit and blessing to I 1 a .
the country, now and hereafter. n,hlir l.n,rtn,i,n,, f Rn.r,r
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, ,. ,. ,, , ,, , A, News: Joe Francis went to Yoncalla
It Is said that all the money In tle!,,,i v,. i .... ,i n
(lon.uoo. It was supposed that Morgan
ana jiorKeieiier naa that much
the opinion of all good Judges, and
In large portions of the valley Irri
gation on a greater or less scale Is
undoubtedly feasible. In a good
many cases small tracts could be
subjected to well Irrigation, as sug
gested In an Instructive booklet
written by Mr. W. M. Rrereton, but
In other cases farmers by combin-
For coin woo l grow from a little shoot;
In timis like these It goes to root.
"In the winter time, a bear," snld Hlnks,
"Just goes to beil and sleeps snd thinks.
And chews his paws and likes em. too."
And that's what Binks thought he
would do.
So he found a cave that was snug and
warm.
Well hid from cold and the winter's
storm.
io only auoui I ."".- ,,1K . reeo verl nr from a reeent Btiorlt nf
la grippe, when the toothache, whicti,
like every other malign influence, de
lights In tackling a man after he Is al
ready down, gave him a final round up.
There Is only one way to deal with such
He should make the present and Its
duties all sufficient and be does If
he Is the rlfiht sort. In the workday
hours. Rut 'here Is the evening when
the darkness corner drtayn and shuts
away tho day and Its fullness from his
tired eyes. Perhaps It Is only for a
moment, but loneliness is a sudden vis
itor and oonsoiJ with memory, who
on magic- canvas and with fairy brush
pnlnts pictures that glow In the tender
light of days that will never come
again.
The little kindnesses, the small at
tentions, the home thoughtfulnesa, the
mothers love full face in every fore
ground: he looks at the pictures aa they
come until his eyes mist over, ujitll
the lump In his throat makes breathing
hard, until liti heart seems all at once
I vacant, yet filled with a great unspoken
yearning for a, contact of sympathetic
understanding, and his hands go out
with a grest wishing toward the now.
even while he falls to understand the sj
wisn.
The- boy r.way from home will not
tell you of memory nor her pictures.
He thinks It unmanly, or even to tell
you further of the place In the olean
est part of his nature he keeps warm
and responsive to all real home Influ
ence because of what he has known In
other days. J
Kven If somebody does discover the
South Pole. 1'eary will not think the
job of much Importance or Interest as trouble, have it out, and the sooner the
ompared with his discovery of the
North Pole.
Now that egga laid by the pauper hens
of other countries are being shipped In
to the Lntted States, should not the
better.
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Corvallls Gazette-Times: A city may
not become large as It wishes, but It
can be made clean and attractive. Clean
liness means both beauty ami health
free and glorious American hens formlri it i,io .-ati in th'a o-r..tv, r '
societies and ca. kle for more protection ? J city. There can be no excuse for litter
and trumpery In the front and back
wa.inmgton was uie ratner or his , yards. Only careless and slovenly neo-
Ing and going at the project In the 'And he crawled therein and made hi. counT.y'.nd if b" could romenae'k now 1 p are lak'fni.n the" ,"7, InVire,
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the condition the most melancholy
from the standpoint of viclousness
that can exist in any community.
It Is but three months ago that
the same city was the scene of a
similar outbreak of the mob spirit.
Violence at that time claimed a num
ber of victims, and kept the city In
a wild storm of passion for several
days. Subsequent attempts to ap
prehend and punish the ringleaders
were futile, a fact that in part
era government anil the interior de
partment, and of all others In au
thority, but the reported withdrawal
of these strips of land may not
have been made with the Intention
or design or upon the influence
mentioned. Secretary Ralllnger has
been under considerable fire, but
that should not lead to his hasty or
undeserved condemnation In other
matters.
The Journal hopes the people of
doubtless explains the latest out; Umntilln county will get the pro-
break
A community reaps whatever It
BOWS. If the seed is the wind, the
harvest will be the whirlwind. If
courts are slow or Ineffective in pun
ishing crime, whether the offender
be black or white, yellow or red, the
product Is encouragement of mon
ism. The mayor of Cairo charged
the original outbreak in that city
to the futility of officials and the ln
efficacy of the courts. The country
will now charge the latest condition
to the same cause. Civilization it
self will, in astonishment, contem
plate armed women, the death rolls
and the recurring turbulence at
Cairo, and be forced to ask itself, if
after all, 2000 years of boasted prog
ress from the barbarous toward a
civilized state is all a myth. j
posed line and (hat it will prove a
success, and a means of the subdi
vision of a lot of the big farms up
there; and that slniilar roads will
be built in other counties which
tliey would serve to develop.
REMEMRERIXO THE MAINE
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HE LATEST should be the "last
observance In Havana harbor
of the destruction of the Maine.
Refore another anniversary, the
wrecked ship should bo removed
from its resting place in the mud
and mire of the harbor bed. The
bones of the sailors in its hulk
should have some other sign to
mark their resting place than the
topmasts that rise above the water's
surface. A national cemetery wlfh
graves that go with the honors of
war should be accorded theso long
neglected bodies. For 12 years they
THE ADVANCE In meat prices, nave Iain amid the wroekage-and
and the apparent fact that the I ruin of the ship in which they went.
increase in such prices Is due 1 down. The United States should
partly at least to the methods! take this relic of tho memorable
of combined packers, are prompting tragedy out of the harbor In which
administrative activity in several ! it is an obstruction. The ordinary
most effective way could bring in
water from adjacent streams, or
construct reservoirs In the foothills
or on elevated ground, and so in
sure good crops of all kinds every
year, regardless of the weather.
It may be that the heavier soils
of the Willamette valley would need
Irrigation somewhat differently ap
plied from the method of treating
Jight and loamy ground, but that
irrigation would often be helpful,
and especially on comparatively thin
and gravelly soil, la not to be
doubted.
The Willamette valley, taken in
the aggregate, Is one of Immense
producing capacity. Much of its
lands lies waste as yet, or at best la
but slightly and Indifferently culti
vated, and in many cases by methods
that are going out of date with pro
gressive farmers. There has indeed
been much improvement in recent
years, and this will go on even more
rapidly. With irrigation, In all
cases where it is available, and with
progressive and scientific farming in
other respects, this great and beauti
ful valley could be made to multi
ply its prod lids," even while the soil
was being less exhausted.
Though long settled and tilled,
though the "(lod's country" of the
pioneers of more than half a cen
tury ago, the growth in population
and wealth of this magnificent val
ley ought to be greater during the
next 20 years than it has been, in
the past fiO or 70. And Irrigation
will be one large means of such
growth.
and see his offspring ):n would, no I lei nl Iness and order about their resl
..a.i ....... a in nouoi. ne very proud or lt--and in some dence property.
He went to sleep and snored a,nd snored,
And thought how cheap It was to board.
And he dreamed of wealth and jewels
rare.
-.nd he also dreamed that he was a bear.
He dreamed how all-fired hungry he,
For a sleeping bear, could get to be;
Hut he chewed his hands when he
awoke.
And said the dream was but a Joke.
Hut alas, poor Hlnks, his hunger grew,
He longed for bread and an oyster stew, i
Or a piece of rle and a hunk of meat, I
or anytning mat is gooa to eat.
I respects, perhaps a little ashamed of it.
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President Taft has aroused Republi
can wrath by appointing an alleged
Iiemocrat named Hugher to a fat of
fice In New York City. The name looks
The federal census of 1900 gave Eu
gene a population of Ji.lfi, says the Reg
ister. In llM)n tho population had In
creased to BS00. In 1908 the estimated
population was 7f00 and In the past two
years has grown to 1 2.000 In other
suspicious, out probably Hugher Isn t words, Eugene 1ms four times the popu
a iiemocrat enough to hurt. As a pro
tege or John R .McLean, his Oeuiocrncy
Is likely indistinguishable from, a fav
orite brand of Republicanism.
latlon It hnd In 1900 and if it makes the
same ratio of gain during the next 10
ye.irs. the 1H-" census will find ua with
fn. 000 population.
9o the second day he came to earth
And spent near all that he was worth
For a meal of fish nnd pork and beans,
And ham and eggs and pie and greens.
Poor Blnks' plan was found to be
An unsuccessful one, you see,
For he learned that bears, when hunger
grows,
Only chew their hinder tv.
February 21 in History Washington Monument
Letters From the People
l-ettrrs to The Jotirnnl ahnnld ! written on
one aide of the paper only nnd should be accom
panied by the name and addrpsn nf the writer.
The mi me will not be used If the writer aaka
thHt It be withheld. The Journal la not to bt
understood to Indorsing the vlewa or abatement!
of correspondents. letters should be made aa
brief as possible. Those who wish. their letter!
returned when not used should Inclose postage.
Correspondents are notified that letters ex
reeding 300 words In length maj, at the dis
cretion of tic editor, be cut down to tbat Unlit.
ATTACKING THK PACKERS
A Boston man of English birth,
named James Henry Stark has writ
ten a book In which he clothes the
torles of tho revolutionary period in
the American colonies with all the
political and other virtues then and
there extant, and portrays the revo
lutionary leaders as very undesir
able and for the most part crim
inal people. Patrick Henry, accord
ing to Mr. Stark, was an utterly un
reliable person, John Adams Is rep
resented as joining the revolution
ists for selfish purposes, Samuel
Adams is designated as a defaulter,
John Hancock as a smuggler and
false to a fiduciary trust, and Ben
jamin Franklin Is said to have ri-
Wonien Versus Car Steps.
Portland, Feb. 19. I want to say. and
this Is final, that I think we are going
to get what we battled for, 1. e., lower
car steps. The railway company has
Invited us to their car barns up on
Savier or 1'pshur streets, near by. Any
conductor will tell ladies where to get
off at 4 o'clock on February 22. I hope
every woman will go till the barns are
full and the outlying streets are
crowded.
Many say why go there? Well, to
prove that we are In earnest.
I do not think it was necessary no
more than It was to ask a lot of men,
who wanted something done to stand
around with their hands In their
pockets and tell people how to do that
which they fully comprehend. But let
us all be there If possible. Seattle has
already gone to work to lower Its car
steps, not waiting for council or
women's outcry.
A grand battle was fought In Chicago
and won. After all I believe the chief
blame lies with the car builders. They
will probably have learned a lesson
when we are through. I measured my
front porch steps. They are eight
Inches. We have been stepping up
twice that and two Inches thrown In
every time we have entered a car, for a
long time.
Now when we have our lower steps.
The monument In the form of an obe
lisk, erected to the memory of George
Washington 'at the national capital, is
the finest monument In the United
States, and one of the finest In tho
World. It was finished In the year 18S5,
and was dedicated on February 21,
Washington's birthday that year falling
on Sunday. The ceremonies were most
lmprrsstve, the government, the army
and navy, the representatives nf foreign
countrVes, and men of distinction In
civil life, united to do honor to the
great Washington.
The formal presentation of the monu
ment was made at the tease of the grand
obelisk, while the dedication ceremonies
proper took place in the hall of the
house of representatives. Colonel Casey,
tho engineer In charge of the work,
turned over the monument to the gov
ernment, and President Arthur accepted
It In Ix-half of the nation. The orators
of the day were Hon. John W. Daniels
nf Virginia And Hon. John V. Long of
Massachusetts.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
plan of a monument to General Wash-
The shaft f the Washington monu
ment is 655 feet hfgh, and the entire
height of the monument, Including tho
foundation, Is 692 feet. Tho stories of
which the monument Is constructed are
great blocks of crystal marble from
Maryland, of which there are more than
IS, 000. one hundred and eight v-one
j "memorial stones" have, from first to
I last, been contributed for use in the
monument. It cost about $1,500,000,
which was raised partly by a congres
sional appropriation, and partially by
private subscription. It Is 30 feet high
er man any other work of man. except
the lofty Eiffel tower, erected In Paris
for the gret exposition of 1889.
Next In Importance to the Washing
ton monument, among monuments in
hls country, is that commemorating the
battle of Hunker Hill, which was dedi
cated on June 17. IMS. Of the other
monuments erected to the great Ameri
can, the one at Philadelphia in Fair
mount park, by the Society of the Cin
cinnati, is second In importance. The
first monument erected In the country
to Washington was dedicated nn lede-
lngton was approved by congress In the pendence day, In 1S27, near Boonshoro,
latter part of December, 1799. nothing
was done In the matter until 1S33, when
an association of prominent persons un
dertook the raising of the needed funds
by subscription, and on July i, 1848,
had so far succeeded In their undertak
ing that the cornerstone of the monu
ment was laid, and during the succeed
ing eight years the shaft was carried
to tho height of 15 feet. The work was
suspended on account of the Civil war,
and nothing further was done until In
1876, when congress undertookits completion.
Aiaryiana. 1 nere is a very imposing
shaft to his memory In the center of
Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore. Mil.,
and very few of the large cities but
have a monument, erected to the "Father
of tho Country."
He cannot but turn from the pictured
past to the actual present, he cannot
prevent a want of companionship. 8uch,
he net ds that with it, he may fill la
the place others, more fortunate, make
bright with home Joys and Interests.
If those who could put around hlra
Just at tlat time the right Influence,
turn away In neglect or indifference,
refusing to read the warmth of the
heart under the mask of a face, he it
very apt to find associations where
friends seem easily made but where
lives change from sweetness to gall,
from Innocence to guilt.
Some of the dearest we know, mother
ly folk they are. seem to have It given
them to know when the hoy away from
hom Is loneliest nnd needs cheer most.
I They seem to realize Just the right mo
ment when they may extend a hand of
real sympathy and help. What a fol
lowing such have. Tn what an atmos
phere of exhilarating blessing thev
move. For the boy Sway from home
Is glad to give up ways and thoughts
of which he 's ashamed, to know him
self more worthy of such kindliness.
His life grows broader, stronger, more
effective and more rounded; he be
comes a contributor In his turn to tin
forces of good and his life Incorpor
ates, elements of power.
The need of the boy away from hom-i
is a national issue, for it is he helped,
lifted up. the illlmltabje possibilities
of his virile, warm blooded life t.iinc l
Into practical applic ation who bci-c.nn s
one of these who are building up M"
nation for tomorrow's greater pnw.:
and influence.
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Fudge Pie.
NE egg, one cup sugar, one piece of
butter size of an egg. tieam w. il
ogether and add one cup of iu:ik
and enough flour to make It ri- lit
consistency for cake and two teaspec ;
of h, iking powder or dry yeast. I :.i U a
In two Washington pie plates.
Filling for pie Three cups of light
brown sugar and a small piece of h i'
ter. Boll for eight minutes, stli i liipr
constantly. Then remove from the fii
and beat until creamy. Add the W"1I
beaten whites of two eggs and one tea
spoon of vanilla. Iet pie stand until
cold. This filling is to be used for
frosting the upper part of pie iiso.
This is very delicious. J
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A1
February 21 is the birthday of
Cardinal Newman f 1 KOI ) ; of Kbenezor
R. Hoar, attorney general under Grant
(1S16); Robert W. Shufeldt. naval offi
cer (1822); James Brander Matthews,
the noted author (1852; and John Mer
edith Read, the noted diplomat (1837).
, , i .iT-, ici u i i hi ii ci inciei in uur own eve.
fled mail boxes at Boston, and bo i ,.B lnmi(1 our manner3 a mtIe. ljPt
us have a car fare ready. It is easy
to keep nickels on hand. Let us move
when others come in. Let us not place
our children In scats when they are
not paid for. leaving those to stand who
on. .None or which rarrago of defa
mation will be believed by Ameri
cans, nor even by Impartial English
men. These revolutionary leaders
doubtless had their personal faults, ! have paid. Let us step to the front
but it is now too late, and too much ! w ithout being asked. Let us not stand
reliable history has been written. 1 ,n fon, of some seated man. thereby
cities and states w ith a view to tie-1 decencies suggest it, and the honor j for anv man obsessed with preju-l" t,,at 119 must Pt UP
dice to cause anv considerable num-! further e,i n? m, a oh, .n
big cold storage proprietor hae: But there is even a more poten- ! of ,)(,0,,i to reverse their onin- ! tbank a man if he gives' vmi a seat, not
termine whether the packers and ; of the nation demands if
eck to be raised i ion of those f,emost figures of the ff,1"t,v- hut
Is a charge be-j r0yni,,tinn. Mr. Stark's antiouated ' . . ,,'
a house and lot which I have rented.
Tho sheriff advises me that "there is
personal property tax charged to said
real estate, and that this personal prop
erty tax Is a lien against said real prop
erty, and the real property will be held
for the taxes and sold for the same If
not paid in course of time."
Now, as the personal property belongs
to my lessee and not to me, the owner
of the real property. It seems to me
that It would be a Wry unjust law to
hold my real property for the personal
property of my tenant. If such Is the
law I am sure that many of your readers
will appreciate the publication of same
in your valuable columns. HAYSKKD.
Generally speaking, there can be no
lien on real estate belonging to A for
personal taxes of H, even though the
latter Is A's tenant. If, however, B
bought the personal property from A
after March 1 the personal tax for that
year would ha assessed to A and his
land would be liable for It.
been violating either the Sherman Cal reason tnrthewret
anu-iruM .aw oi mat e si at mes iim v- a nu 1 1 mov eu . i nere is a cnarge oe- rov.())ution. Mr. Stark's antiquated
Ing the same object in view. Few yond the Atlantic that the liiited j Biamiers will only discredit himself,
people have any doubt that meat States government fears to raise thej .
prices have been raised to nnrea-jwieck through anticipation of the! The British Liberal leaders have
onable and extortionate figures by 1 disclosures that will conje.. A proper I no e;isy task on their hands, what
those large concerns that principally e.;ni)in;ttion, the charge Insists, will j ever program they may map out fir
control the supply in the leading ' reveal that the Maine was wrecked vvhlchever task they may first un
packing centers. The facts that ' by an explosion from within rather dertake. Without the Irish votes it
American meats, after freight has than wirheut It holds that these riis- ' is at least doubtful if anything prom- j Sher-ff"V v
been paid to Europe, are sold t h-re, . b.sures win thow that the Spanish ,'ised or dTfgne can be accom- j Callhv or F,-b l-r "tiVdit
Cheaper than in the I'nited States Government bad nothing to do with plished. and the Irish members un- The journal-Will ' you klndl'y "give
and that meats and other food prod ' t he destruction of the Maine, and . der the leadership of Kedmond are synopsis of the law oii personal property
ucts are, much cheaper Just across that the sentiment created in this' not in sympathy with portions of tax eollectlon in The Dally journal, as
tfie line 'in Canada, seom to offer , eouury at the time was on ialse In-; tho ASquith-Lloi d-George program, j f,- "ailed to' pa'y iso-J "tax'on
enthusiastically.
omen, one ajid all. come out
i,ci iruiuniv iii mu car Darns. Any
car to Willamette Heights will take
you there. It win be a pleasant ride
and a fine scenery view.
Above all, we owe a great deal to the
newspapers In this matter, because
through them only we could voice our
sentiments to tho general public-.
NINA LA It OWE.
New Developments lit News Service.
From Newspaperdom
One of the most important develop
ments of recent years in the new's-ser-vice
field is the launching of two new
pitss associations, with headquarters
at 200 William street, this city the In
ternational NeWs Service and the Na
tional Nexfrs association.
Without any, blowing of frumpets or
previous announcement to the outside,
world these two corporations a few days
ago began serving news reports by
leased wire to a large number of news
papers throughout the country, the In
ternational News Service to morning
papers and the National News asocia
tion to evening papers.
On the same day . the Hearst News
Service, t lie American News Service and
the Hearts Syndicate 'ceased to exist.
The two new concerns had completed
contracts with the Hearst newspapers,
the Morning American and the Evening
Journal, for all their output and are now
sending it out together with a complete
morning and evening telegraph service.
The change thus nnietly brought
about in the serving of nevvg and syn
dicate features to a large and important
clientage Is not In any sense a change
of name only. It means the passing out
of existence of three organizations that
had been in. the field for many years,
and that two newly formed corpora
tions have entered the arena.
Mr. 8. S. Oarvalho Is president of the
International News Service and Mr. E.
H. Clark of the National News Associa
tion. The" two new organizations have se
cured as their general manager Mr.
Richard A. Farrelly, who for some time
had been general manager ofMhe three
old organizations. There has been little
change in the personnel of the staff
which he directs aside from the addi
tion of new men to meet the require
ments of an enlarged volume of business.
n n.
AmlM'r Marmalade.
MPER MARMALADE One large
orange, one lemon, one grape fruit.
Slice all verytbln, rejecting seeds
and cores. Measure fruit and add three
times tho quantity of water. Let stand
over night, tiien boll five minutes, add
pint for pint of sugar and let stand
till next day. Boil gently for about
two hours, or till it Jellies when cooled,
stirring as little as possible. This will
make 12 glasses, and is delicious.
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Scalloped Cranberries.
SCALLOPED CRANBERRIES Moist
en two cups bread crumbs with
hfclf a cup of butter. Butter a pud
ding dish, sprinkle In a layer of the
crumbs, add a layer of stewed and
sweetened cranberries, 12 large seeded
raisins and a little grated lemon rind,
continue the layers until the crumlis
are used; cover and bake half an hour
In a moderate oven. Serve hot with
hard sauce.
The Meat Boycott
(Contributed to The Journal by Wlt Mason,
the famoun Kansas peet. His prose-poems urs a
regular feature of this column in The Dully
Journal.)
Drawing- Toward Centralization.
From the NeV York World.
There ae many respects in which the
states should draw closer together. But
If absolute uniformity is to be de
manded the states might almost as well
cease to exist and leave all legislation
to the federal government tn Washington.
Deficit Uncertain.
From the Houston Post.
"That "handsome clerk our grocer had
has disappeared."
"Anything mlssjng?"
"I don't know; the grocer was Just
counting Uis eggs when I was In there."
O butcher, spare that steer! Touch
not a single horn! We've sworn, for
half a year, to live on beans and corn:
to live on oatmeal cake, and prune and
succotash; no more for us the steak, no
more the corn beef hash! O butch, r. '
you've tears, prepare -to shed them new!
We look upon your steers, we contem
plate your cow; for stews and rcarl vcei
yearn, the grub or yesterday, and Dion
in anguish turn, and eat a bale of hny.
This life seems gray and diear, as , nm
December dawn; the cabbage we gun's
here, and we must all climb on. n
butcher, spare that mule thy w;',no:i
be accurst! .We're making it a vi! to
eat no welnerwurst; no food our lips
shall pass, that s gained by slmMIng
blood; by day we live on grass, by night
we chew the cud. We dietary wvoks
eat grass, upon our knees, while taller
rubbernecks bite branches from thyf
trees. So, butcher, spare that cros
that fell into your snare: spring chicken
does not go. upon our bill of fare. Wo
long for good lean meat, but longing
will not wash; for us the gaudy heeL
for us the pallid squash! j
Copyright. 1910, by
George Matthew Adams.