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DAILY.
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. ' All, things are ready. If our;
minds' be so. Shakespeare: Hen
ry V.
FACT AXD FALSEHOOD
AGAIN the canonlzer of St. Bal
linger finds a text for denounc
ing "Plncbotized conservation"
in ' Louis W. Hiirs statement
that the forest service Is responsible
for aonsettlement of 25,00ft acres of
agricultural land around upper ivia
math lake. We are asked to shudder
it Plnchctfs malevolent hostility to
ward would-be settlers and his Im
plied insults to Oregon's early pio
neers. j - "
There is 64 per cent of misleading
accuracy In tiis charge, In bo far as
It is true that about 16,600 acres
of this marsh land are jvithia the
national forest, but-this unusually
high percentage should n6t occasion
too great surprise. Enough other
facts are suppressed to 'produce the
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, In the first place, these 16,000
scre8 (not 25,000) were Included In
the national . forest many years be
fore' Plnchot's bureau tad anything
to do with the matter. They were
retained later at the request of, the
reclamation service because of their
relation to one of Its proposed pro
jects. Even now, being under special
withdrawal for this reason by Bal
linger himself, they could not be en
tered were the national forest com
pletely abolished. Finally, all but a
email portion, also In the withdrawal
mentioned, was recommended by the
forest service for elimination, be
cause not suited for forest purpose
while Pinchot was In office. .
Nor does the Oregonlan mention,
la-connection with Plnchot's "perse
cution" of settlers, that it was he
till rt vwrrraaA Art4 paahxaJI 4V
age of the forest homestead' law,' al
lowing entry of, agricultural : land
within national forests, a thing pro
hibited until .he took up the cause
of the, western settler,, "Neither does
the Oregonian mention that notwithstanding-
widespread; press . notices
Implying that Secretaries Baflinger
end Wilson acted upon the opportu
nity given by his dismissal, it' was
Plnchot's order, .Issued, tegore any
controversy arose, that brought
about the many eliminations, now be-
J J - L A 1 Lt.
jug umuB iruiu me aituuuai loresie.
"The most valuable citizen of this
or any othef country la ttua-man who
owns the land from whiten" he makes
his living. No other man has such
a stake in the country. The farmer
who owns his land is still the back
bone of this nation and one of the
things we want most Is "more of
him." :'"?r-;;;;-V:v':;'-';.,';'-
This is Pinchotlsm, which the Ore
gonian denounces. On the same oc
casion Plnchot continued, : in : pre
scient mood, "The easiest , way to
hide a real Issue always has been,
and always, will be, to replace it
with a false, one."
THE MAYOR AXD THE COURT
ON SEVERAL occasions recently,
Mayor Simon has been very
plain and direct In charging
that the, courts permit unneces
sary delavB in the Klernan suit In
in interview May 10, he said:' "Fur
thermore, I am vexed at the tedious
and unnecessary court . procedure.
There never should be . this ' delay.
The suit questioning the validity of
the Broadway bridge bonds should
be set down for trial in the circuit
court immediately, and .should be
pressed to an Issue and settled. We
could then proceed regardless of the
action of the railroad, companies,"
In an interview May 24, Mayor Si
mon said: "if the courts will cease
listening to trivialities and decide the
Kiernan case; without' further pro
crastination, then I am sure, we will
be able to build the Broadway bridge
without any more delay. It seems to
ine that In a matter of such vital
importance to Unpeople at large les
ser matters than technicalities could
be disregarded and the matter set
tled, I mean no disrespect to the
courts when I say that their procras
tination is the chief trouble prevent
ing the building of the bridge." .
The mayor's energy is admirably
but is his position. ..sound? , If -there
were no Klernan suit, there would
1 q no further delay.! The' bridge
would before this have ben under
construction. v How then can procras
tination by the courts be "the chief
tumble"?
As to whether or not the courtB
have given Kidrnanism unnecessary
license with reference to dilatory tac
tics, being a lawyer, Mayor. Simon. is
in the better position to judge; but
ii is the belief of The Journal that
,a courts would bo glad to Hasten
H.pfoceeanig. in a .matter or sucn
r rral'1mtns'riT;Snd-.In, which :so
,y p(Hv.)5 are so vitally concerned,
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: i ' vIo!;SjjjCjDux,coarU-chuldle.iuraiag4 skilled iwrsons to take
ij !tx)i:ii8 to expedite rather than to J charge. : -;
r ,:r evoiaat'io oDsiruction. ; ice
o i that -the courts are con-
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ing. 1:o rc. ort to the courts 13 not
to obtain Justice, but to use the
courts as a tool to prevent it. In
this case the plan of the plaintiffs 13
not to have the courts serve too peo
ple, but by use of the forms of law
to obstruct, harass and harm the
people. It is so extraordinary a sit
uation that the men cn the bench
encounter the utmost difficulty in fa
cilitating procedure. '
It is so seldom that courts are
confronted with Kiernanism that they
are unpracticed in ' dealing with it.
Lawyer Duniway has had great ex
perience and much success at that
sort of business. In the several.years
that he "maintained obstructive suits
against the paying companies, he be
came an, expert postponer and pre
venter, so expert . indeed that the
paving people put him on their pay
rolls in order to secure the immun
ity that they, thereafter enjoyed. It
is a skilful man in the law .who can
so perform with it that he can draw
a salary from paving companies and
render no -further service tq them
other than not tq brlrijr.an obstruc
tive suit against them. ".; It Is thl3
sort of a lawyer In a Kiernanism suit
that makes it difficult for the courts
to hasten the Broadway case. ,.
WHAT WOULD BE LEFT?
F
ORTLAND has its assembly
mayor and its defied . public
will. Under the leadership of
a direct primary mayor,' the
council voted to carry out the will of
the majority as expressed in a reg
ular, election. Under the leadership
of an assembly mayor, some of the
same councllmen voted to defy .the
public win. The case has been high
handed ' and cannot be ; misunder
stood. With every public body in
Portland demanding it," and with one
of the most emphatic ' votes - ever
given in Portland directing It, the
docks plan has been turned down by
an assembly, mayor and his managed
councllmen. It Is a foretaste of
what government in Oregon will be
if the assembly scheme wins the gov
ernor and the legislature.
As has been revealed by the docks
episode! an .assembly governor will
be ready to set up his will in opposi
tion to the people's. - With the emer
gency; clause in a subservient legisla
ture, he will have the power to pre
vent the . bills ,'rand .appropriations
from .being referendumed., .The su
preme coUri; of Oregon has decided
that 'whenever the emergency clause
Is 'fan & bill, the referendum cannot
be invoked on that measure, and has
further . decided. 'that It- Ilea solely
with the legislature to determine
when an -emergf icy exists.-Thus
armed, an asseml governor and hla
legislature could: pass any . measure
they desired, and no power In heaven
or on arth could prevent it. They
could scuttle the direct primary, or
eveii repeal It; they could nullify the
referendum and could, as they have
boasted they will, "put" the knife" to
direct selection of senator. They
could, as they tried to do In the last
legislature, make it an offense pun
lshable by law for a legislative candi
date to subscribe to statement . 1.
They could malm, mutilate, cut in
pieces, distort, flestroy the whole fa
bric of popular processes provided in
laws passed by the people, and as has
been evidenced In the case of the
docks issue in Portland, they would
be of mighty mind to do it Hasn't
Chairman George proclaimed that
the direct primary doesn't give . us
good officials? Didn't the Sellwood
Republican club declare "the initia
tive and referendum Is a.menace to
our business prosperity?" Didn't the
Oregon spokesman. q conventiqnjsm
declare "Republicans of Oregon will
put the knife to statement 1?" What
will be left of anything aftef an as
sembly state government once gets
through with its. process bf division,
subtraction, : clrcumcislon,; elimina
tion, destruction, and assassination?
DESTINY.
T
HERE la significance in an inci
dent reported from the Oregon
Agricultural college. Though the
number of agricultural grad
uates in this year's class Is large, three
times as many positions are offered
them as there are graduates! It is
further stated that all the members
of the class In forestry and in some
of the engineering courses have po
sitlons awaiting them on their grad
uation next month. The significance
lies, in a general way, in the ac
tivities reflected by these requisi
tions on the services of college men,
and in the movement to secure tech
nical men in the conduct of jthe in
dustries. -
.But the particular significance is
in the fact of the strong demand for
especially trained men in agriculture,
horticulture and allied industries.
One" of these graduates has gone to
accept a government position in the
horticultural line at Toronto, Can
ada, i i Another has gone to the Uni
versity of Maine in a teaching .ca
pacity In the same line. . The others
go mostly Into good salaried posi
tions in the new orchards and on the
farms of the state. : The latter shows
the movement for-applying the most
enlightened processes in fruit grow
ing, agriculture and dairying, m
some instances the purchasers of or
chards and orchard sites are little In-
formed as to the industry, and with
the same Intelligence applied hy rail
roads anH other great activities, they
vregon s reputation as a fruit
growing state, achieved by the lead
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t for 6 Killed pro-
f . " 1 It I 11 I mi
formation taking
st rial line In the
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I place in every In;
state. It is a process to help Oregon
swiftly cn toward a position of
greatly enlarged strength, wealth,
productiveness, power p.nd import
ance. It i3 a tardy working out of
original destiny. -
A KURXIXO ISSUE
?T SHOULD not be lost sight of
that Oregon is losing. $2,000, 000
I every year on account of bad
roads. The fact should be her
alded at every cross roads, shrieked
in every school houso, preached from
every platform and reiterated in
every newspaper. ' It Is toll on ef
fort, a tax on time and a tithe on
human life from which there should
be surcease.. It, is as easy to have
good 'roads 'as bad ones if once the
public couia be made to understand
how infinitely more costly the bad
ones are.
All this Is reminder that next Sat
urday evening Portland is to study
the road issue. A, meeting called by
Dr. Andrew .C. Smith, president of
the Oregon Good Roads association,
is to be addressed by Mr, Eldrldge, a
federal government expert, who has
spent almost a lifetime In the study
of the subject His theme is one to
awaken consequential concern and
the facts to be recited In connection
with it are full of material to make
the blood, tingle. It is a message
that ought to be borne oh.the winds
until the four quarters of.' the state
and its center shall be stirred to
their foundations. It we conducted
iur commercial establish ments,-man
aged our manufacturing industries Or
directed our banking institutions as
we build our roads, business life
would be in perpetual ruins and the
affairs of the country in stagnation.
The Eskimo lives in his Ice house
and eats walrus blubber because he
knows no other life and we perform
in the same way with a wretched sys
tem of highways. The man-eating
islander in the' Pacific sleeps in his
bed ; of leaves and, roams wildly i
through the island Jungle, and when
we look down on him ; from the
heights of our civilization we have to
apologize to him fcr the condition
of our roato We sacrifice dollars,
we sacrifice comfort, we sacrifice
time, we sacrifice happiness and al
most sacrifice life through our pain
ful inertness on the subject of good
roads. Every prominent man ; In
Portland, and all are prominent,
should 'attend the good roads meet
ing tomorrow evening. .
- ' .BRIDGE DRAWS
THERE is promise that the clos
ing of the bridge draws during
rush hours at Portland is to
be secured - by ' the - Bourne
amendment at Washington. If that
plan should fall, another is suggest
ed by E. T. Williams In an article on
this . page. Mr. Williams suggests
that the governing body In charge
of the bridges proceed to close the
draws at suitable intervals without
waiting for authority from Wash
ington. He urges that the conven
ience of the" public ,1s a very conse
quential 'consideration, : and correct
ly argues that at least a fraction of
the convenience is due the overhead
traffic. 7 The spirit of his contenti6n
is that .the more than 100,000 peo
ple who reside on the east side of
the river must, In the, natural equi
ties of life, have at least a shadow of
rights in the premises and that not
all of the.' conveniences and privil
eges belong, to the' harbor traffic. -
It is easily discernible that in the
process of time officialdom at Wash
ington, in its enthusiasm tor harbor
commerce, may have taken apposition
that the spirit of American life does
not Justify. - Somewhere in the com
mon 'law-or the constitution it is
probably provided that the rights and
privileges of all men are abejut equal
and not that special, rights and spe
cial privileges belong to a dozen men
on a little steamboat with no rights
Or privileges for a thousand men and
women on delayed cars, vehicles and
bridges above. $ It Is easily, conceiv
able howr through a, long and undls-1
puted process , of time and events, of
ficialdom in. such 4matters may have
drifted away from ancient ..'moorings
in human 1 ethics. - If the governing
body ; of the . Portland bridges In
structed their bridge tenders to close
the draws at stated rush periods. It
would raise "a question that might
result In a judicial determination
that In all things, bridge draws In
cluded; Tall men have equal rights
and equal privileges blfore the! law.
AN UNSATISFACTORY : CENSUS.
'."-.':'.' -" ., v-- ?
OREGON people, .both city and
country, have not' been fully
counted. Of. that fact proofs
multiply. Many reputable lo
cal papers, such as the Eugene
Guard,, the Medford Mall-Tribune,
the very conservative Albany Demo
crat, the JForest Grove "News, and
others, unite in saying that the work
has been' poorly done. Some say
that not more than three-fourths
of the -people have, "been counted.
This is vprobably an exaggeration,
but there 1b evidence ' enough' to
warrant the general complaint. ' Ap
parently Oregon will go into the
returns as having less thanJyO.QOO
inhabitants, whereas It probably has
over 800,000.
uThe Oregon Goverjimrnk
; " From the Puhlto.! .
"TS-'Tilgli' tribute to "the Oregon system
of popular government was paid by
Senator Bourne in the senat .recently;
he naid that '
i "Oregon has the test system of popu-
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fcenator I.onnie sa!d more that was
reported in th disratchps, and still
more thnt was not. But here Is enough
to justify a question for Oregon voters.
Will they penult th interests to load
thpm up against "Such a government to
overthrow It? Intentionally It is not
likely, but unless they are very careful
about that proposed constitutional con
vention which the interests are trying to
roist upon them they will lose It, and
without knowing it until too late. Eter
nal vlgflance la the price also of what
Senator Bourne Justly calls "the beet
system ol popular government 1n the
world." the government of Oregon; and
a constitutional convention is a dan
gerous thing for a people already armed
with the Initiative, the referendum, the
recall, direct primaries and ;. the Aus
tralian ballot.
TANGLEFOOT
By Mile Overtolt'
HE KEPT THEM ON.
Portland, Or., May 25. My Dear Tan
glefootImmediately upon returning
from the land of vast distances, t. e
central Oregon, I beheld the "fres Aigs"
sign, and fulfilling my promise la re
gard to the bahdllng of high explosives
by the railroad, employes, now boring
through that magnificent country, per
mit ma to eay that: ,.
Giant powder is an explosive which 1
perfectly harrnresa when it Is frozen.
The usual method of handling Q. P. by
the railroads is to have it f roien when
it Is loaded on board the cars and to
keenflt frozen In transit This, however.
Is not always, possible, as you will
doubtless realize, taking Into considera
tion th$ length of time the cars are on
the tracks and .sidings TvltlH the sun
beating down upon them. In some cases
the heat Is great that the G. P. actu
ally runs out. .of. 'the. '.receptacles la
which It Is loaded." This was true of the
case In question. 1 j
Imagine, if you can, a big "husky"'
bossing a truck for Mr. Hill, unloading
a car of Q. p.,5 and ss he guides the
loaded truck over the boards of the sun
beaten platform the G. P," slowly oozes
onto the platform, from which , is pro
truding the heads of 20d spikes and the
Iron wheels of the truck liable at any
moment to strike the giant powder cov
ered head of the aforesaid spike. ' - :
Seeing the danger of Mr. Husky, we
hastened to Inform him of his danger,
which he then saw more plainly than we.
didf and pulling off his shirt- he tore
it In two and. wrapped the pieces around
the wheels and lifting the truck he
started Af agalh. ' We then called his
attention: to the fact that the iron legs
of - the truck were still unsheathed,
whereupon he took off his shoes and
stockings and encased the ' legs of the
truck with his stockings, replacing his
shoes, but when We called his attention
to the fact that the nails in the heels of
his. shoes might work a hardship upon
him he removed his shoes and com
menced removing all the slivers from
the platform.- ' -' : '- -s v.
; Once more we were compelled to ad
vise him of the danger of striking the
explosive with the iron rim wpon which
the freight rested. And well the man
had but few clothes left, and well
there were Mad Jes In .camp, and. after
all, he was a prudent man. 1 r .
But he did unload that car of G. P.,
and the platform was still standing
when we returned that way.
. Tours trury, b.
Letter? From tlie People
, How to Sell the Bridge Bonds.
. Portland. -May 2 fc To the Editor of
The Journal Here Is a bond proposition
that Mr. Kiernan and Mr. Duntway can
not knock. Let the city or county offer
the bridge bonds for sale In small de
nominations of $6 to $100, drawing
per cent Interest and non-assessable
for taxes. Thosfe bonds would make
a return-equal tVT per cen'ae they
would not be subject to taxation. The
common people will take these bonds
because they are safer than all the
banks,, since all the banks are security
for tha-sama. Just as all real and per
sonal property Is security.- The highest
authority In the state (the people) said
in the last election that they wanted
these bonds and they will be glad to
get them. Tby should have a chance
to buy them, for the reason, that they
have to pay for them. The people will
buy these bonds regardless of the in
terests of Mr. Klernan or Mr. Duniway.
. ,, " v , , ... Fw J. Kelly; v
One Way to Open the Draws.
Portland, Or.; May 26. To the Edi
tor . of The Journal The people of
this lty are deeply Interested in the
Question of "Closing the Draws" during
certain hours of the day. The closed
periods proposed by Mayor Simon ere
generally approved, as accommodating
the majority and interfering but slight
ly with river transportation interests,
a small minority. '"; v'-.
Congress will not pass a law to cover
our special needs. The war department
has declared that it will make rules
In accordance with the wishes of the
people. I,therefore, suggest that the
Mayor and ;! council or the governing
body' that is operating the bridges, put
in effect the regulation desired and
call upon the-.war department to ratify
the same. ... .. V --'
The entire question, ' will ...probably
have to be tried out in the courts, even
though the war department- took the
initiative. 'Why not -start now? The
will of the majority will certainly pre
vail. E. T. , WILLIAMS.
Senator Gallinger's Frank. '
By Mark Sullivan in Collier's Weekly.
The' American Protective Tariff league
Is, In a broad sense, probably the most
effective Organization for evil In the
United States. (This statement will
be amplified another day; for the pres
ent we reprint a portion of a circular
letter sent broadcast through the United
States by the league):
"Deer Sir At our request, United
States Senator Gallinger of New Hamp
shire will cause to be .mailed you a
remarkably document which has . lust
been issued entitled 'Story of a Tar
Iff.' " ' 'v- .."'.'v.':.-.
This means that Senator , Gallinger
has promised to use his government
frank to send to the voters of the coun
try literally thousands , of copies of a
book containing 482 pages and weigh
ing one pound, v, (A, book publisher, or
any private citizen, would be compelled
to pay 8 cents to mall the book; if
Mr. Gajllnger allows -the American
Protective., Tariff . league to send- out
one million copies under his franks the
cost to the government will be $80,060)."
The book. Of course, Is a defense "of
the Payne-AJdrich tariff bill'; the pur-posu...aX..it.-J.Xo-iuUu
"vole.rn --in
the congressional elections this .year,
Naturally, It Is an --Untruthful defense.
.For example, it purports to quote Sen
ator Bacon , of Georgia; concerning this
alleged quotation,' Senator Bacon volc;4
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O, j ft l C -l . ' ' ?!
Fear is an emissary of Death.
Halley's old. comet It a back number.
,, Lorimer should end hia toga to the
wasn.
The crack pitcher Is still the national
hero.
Kipling should try farming for a
living. ,
Even a fine rooster's tall beats the
comet's.-
Wise Eepublicans fear an assembly
nomination.
Can the assembly decide what Is a
Republican? - - .
A bad man's death doesn't make his
life any better.
'The summer girl Is, more glorious, if
possible, than ever. '
." "
Public officers can take frequent and
prolonged vacation trips.
-.',,... ....
It will be the greatest season ever
for the Oregon beaches. .
. .
The callow graduates may be wiser
than the greybeards think.
Could we first have a safe and sane
or. a decent Decoration day? -
Let's forget .the comet; It wasn't
worth much notice, , anyway.
iv '.. , .; . ' ... " ', ' : f'.'j. . -:
The "snakes" seem dlfifcult to kill
off; they grow and multiply.
' Get ready on this coast for a tip-up
when Booeevelt lands in N' Y'ok.
But If the Improper play Is barred,
won't the theatre have to close?
- ...-'
Not all graduates will have been emi
nent in : football or baseball; what a
pitx. i
' " '
No babies are belnff named after Hal
lev. Vet he was a fine astronomer in
his day. : ..
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There is yet time for that flood and
a right smart chance, if It turns oft hot
for awhile, v
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' When Roosevelt becomes emperor of
all the Americas, will the other mon
arch s return the call?
,
Anarchists have held a convention; it
was far more peaceable than one of the
D. A. R ters or suffragists.
President Taft released, a young man
from prison so that he could be married.
Only an exchange of bondage; perhaps
a case of out of the frying pan into the
fire.
There are plenty of young" men who
will go any distance, or to any reach-?
able heights, to see a comet's tall, or
anything else, visible or Invisible, If
the girls will go along. And the girls
will. go. - .'. ...
May 27 in History BirtKday Natnaniel Green
Next to ' Washington, " Nathaniel
Greene wag the most potent force in
our struggle for national Independence.
He was born on May 27, 1742, in a lit
tle farmhouse In' Rhode ; Island. His
boyhood -was spent, like - that of the
other youth of the neighborhood, prob
ably a little less exciting, for his father
Was a Strict Quaker and pastor of a
church at East Greenwich. He was
also a "captain of industry at that
period. With his five brothers, he owned
a forge, a grist mill.: a -saw mill, a
well as a store for the sale of general
merchandise.
.Nathaniel received little education
and early in life was employed assist
ing his father, uncles' and cousins in
the operation of these various enter
prises. That he might read the Bible
and run the business his father had
the boy Instructed in the rudiments by
an itinerant teacher, but further than
that he would not go.
When he had . grown to manhood,
however, and a certain portion of the
business was turned over to him by
his father, he became a great reader,
and studied considerable law In order
td assist him as a merchant. When
the cause of Jlberty began Us ascend
ency,' Greene was. one of the first in
this Quaker community to espouse it.
He received a charter for the organi
zation of a military company in his
town, and several adjoining villages,
to be known as the Kentish guards. '
Greene walked with a limp and in
consequence he joined the company as
a private, -although he was suggested
for a .lieutenancy, bat, he feared that
his lameness would bring ridicule upon
the Company. ''.. Not being the possessor
of a musket, and none being obtainable
at any point nearer than Boston, he
rode an the way on ' horse back and
secured one and sent 'it back home con
cealed tinder a merchant's load of
goods.
While in Boston he had watched the
British troops drill on the commons
and he persuaded a British deserter to
accompany Mm back to Rhode Island
to act a drlllmastee for the "Guards."
When, the Quakers saw Greene, the
son of . their former pastor, a member
of the military,-they thrice summoned
hls" Indignation on the floor of the
v "So far as that pamphlet professes
to quote me, It is a gross misrepre
sentation in which there is a stu
dious effort to present only Just so
many words spoken by meas may
entirely misrepresent what I . really
said." ".-'',.'
Probably Senator Galllnger's scheme
may miscarry; perhaps the high tariff
beneflclajrles may be .compelled to buy
a hundred thousand dollars' worth of
stamps or more, tor, the matter has
been brought np In the senate officially
and is now being Investigated.
Turn, now, from Gallinger prodigal
to Gallinger careful of the public
money. On the fifth day of May Sen
ator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon dellv.
ered a really great speech. It was lis
tened to with intense interest At its
conclusion Mr. Brown of Nebraska, re
flecting the enthusiasm of a large part
Of the eenate. arose, apd the follow
ing colloquy took place: . '
; "Mr. " Brown Mr. President, the sen
ate has Just listened to a most remark
able . speech remarkable in Its sub
stance and interest I think the
American people should read that
speech.- I therefore ask that It be
printed aa a public document, and that
60,000 copies of it he printed.
"The Presiding Officer Is there ob
jection to the request of the senator
from Nebraska?"
"Mr. Gallinger Mr.. President, I think
I shall have to object to that.
"The Presiding Of fioer Objection . Is
made.1' 1 - " -
Why. Why was Senator Gallinger
alert Jo prevent that speech from being
made available to the people, quick
iq keep it safely burled? in the files
of ''the 'Congressional Record? Because
Senator Bourne's speech was a descrip
tion, of Oregon's successful use of the
'dlrer,w"py."'the-Taitirnr'rif Ti(itnrg
by direct vote of the - people, and the
Initiative and referendum and the re
call all of them . Innovations detest
able, to Senator OslHnger. So Jar, with
a few exceptions, the pest has hot pen
.1 : V) ii'ivf. a ;.'.".!. . '
'.- W-U i.,na a t ' JDi1 .") I-1 1 .
More .hell roods will be rna le on tl.e
achat a.
First Tnit.iri.in church of KJurAne has
bren iii'H.i (--oiatv.l.- -- -
EanJ of isc cattle arrived via Junc
tion City at Eugene.
Twenty-five voting people praduated
from the La Grande high school.
Union county is alive to tlie neces
sity of good roads, cays tlie Observer.
. -..'."
A man who a year and a half ago pur
chased 12 acres of a place near Central
Point, paying J1B00 an acre, or $18,000,
has just told it to a Mr. Heckworth, an
attorney of New York, for $1833 an acre,
or J22.0OO. The 12 acres are planted 1o
apples, which are In bearing.
'' -
Gold Hill News: Platinum in south
ern Oregon but let no one be surprised.
Everything that man needs for his com
fort and happiness has been placed here
by a beneficent providence. It remnins
only for the lord of creation to make
the most of the opportunities that here
abound. .
Hood River News: We learn from one
of the promimmt'orehaxdlBts in the val
ley, that nature is lending a helping
hand In the apple orchards this spring.
The apples are thinning themselves very
nicely, saving much labor and expense.
The apples remaining on the trees are
firm, perfectly Bhapecl and clear of blem
ish, making the. prospects for ..a fine
crop perfect. . -.
. -..' ""' '
Prineville Review: Statistics show
the death rate from tuberculosis all
over' the country to be close to 10 per
cent; in Crook county last year there
were but 43 deaths from all causes.
Apd this In a county containing close
to 8000 souls. A trifle more than one
half of one per cent, But one county
physician is .required to look after the
contagious and county cases, with nomi
nal fees, and very little of his time is
required for this purpose, s
W. W. Masten, six miles south of
Klamath Falls, says the Chronicle, has
gone, into tha .farming business on the
largest scale of ; any man who ever
attempted to till the soil of Klamath
county. He has purchased a gasoline
engine with which he Is doing his plow
ing. Twelve plows are hitched to this
monster engine which cuts a strip 20
feet wide at every round. : The engine
has a big headlight end is run day and
night, and Is turning over 50 acres every
24 hours. . , :
''The census taker have been finish
ing up their job, and now there will
be bairpulllng," says ; the Albany
Democrat. "Albany this year is about
in the boat of Salem ten years ago when
It got a population of 4280, due to con
tracted limits and poor census taking.
It immediately -enlarged. There . Is a
leakage about Albany that Is startling.
Accordingly it means a showing about
like that of Salem of 1900. , Already a
hundred misses of one enumerator have
been found. Just picked up."
hfm to appear at the monthly meeting,
and uponhJ& refusal he was formally,
cast out t the congregation. -The
Quaker had turned soldier, and soldier
he. was henceforth . to remain. -;
When the news of . Lexington came
to Greene's home at Coventry, with
out a moment's delay he took; dowa his
recently purchased musket,' and with
Ms company headed Jfcr Boston. While
Greene was absent the patriots at home
mustered together an army of -1000
and he waa mads brigadier general, a
rapid promotion from private, even in
those days. . He returned home, per
fected all arrangements and In a few
days he was . on hi s way to Boston
with his Rhode Island army.
From this on, through the entire
war, his name was on the Hps of every
one. The tribute-paid to Greene by the
late John ' Ftske, pronounced as it is,
is none too strong. "For intellectual
caliber," declares Flske, the other of
ficers were dwarfed ln ' comparison
with Greene, who comes out at the end
of the war with a military reputation
scarcely, if at all, inferior to that of
Washington. Not was Greene . less
noted for the sweetness and purity of
his character than for the scope of his
intelligence."
Greene fought with dlstlictlon at
Fort Washington, at Trenton, at Ger
mantdwnr succeeded Gates at; the
south, and his southern campaign, per
haps more than any other , In the course
of the war, reflects credit on the
American arms and their commander.
He died iif 1786 on his fine estate at
Mulberry Grove, Savannah, which had
been given to him by the state of
Georgia as a recognition of his splen
did services In the cause of American
Independence.' '
May 87, 1679, Is the date of the en
actment of the habeas corpus law.
Forte Erie and George were abandoned.
May 27, 1813. It is the birthday of
Cornelius Vanderbllt (1794); Rear Ad
miral Thomas H. Stevens (1819); Julia
Ward Howe, the, authoress (1819);
Charles Francis Adams, financier and
author (1836); Jay ; Gould, financier
(1836); and the day Noah Webster died
in 1843. ' . .. ' .::' i .
etrated the eastern states, and Gallinger
proposes to keep the quarantine up as
long as possible. ' Senator Galllnger's
action consumes but two lines in the
Congressional Record; it Is an exam
ple of the vigilance and Ingenuity with
which, in small matters as in o-reat
he ahi the group of regulars with which
no is laentuiea ngni at . every pqint
the ; growing power- of - the people, and
the weakening grip of the machine.
. j i - . ,.
-' Foul nay. ' " .
From the Philadelphia North American.
(Republican.) . , - . .
We do not believe that the closest
friend of Mr. Plnchot . or Mr, Glavls,
nor any other honorable American, can
look upon -the revelations "of the past
three , days at Washington" with ' any
feeling of exultation. The exposure Is
a shameful and humiliating one of du
plicity and ' false statement, explicitly
and by Implication. , ,
And the saddening - feature Is, the
smirched men are not only the two un
fit cabinet officers whom the American
people have had previous reason to dis
trust, but the facts degrade the preal
dent. In whose good faith and high con
ception of duty all heretofore have had
full confidence, despite his many mis
takes.' ......... ; , ,'
Whenever Mr.' Taft erred, we felt
certain that It was because he hail been
deceived by evil advisers. Jn view of
his own admissions and attempts at
explanation now, it will be Impossible
to exculpate him from having shared
knowingly in at least one 'deliberate
deceit. ; , '','
. A rroper Hourr
From the Bend Bulletin.
The Grand Old Party has been "ce
mented" together, we are told, by a mid
night conference at the White House.
That's about the proper hour focjiuch
a"deca."Th(5"E 'oner, the," band' of con
federated, robbers now masquerading in
the guise of "party regularity" is
broken beyond the possibility of "ce
menting," the better it will be for the
country. ' '
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: f i w , ;s to ' 1-e
1 -' mi t i :i i ; . in t ',.' Hue de la
lii ill it iir (3)
X 1(1 t X tt l t "
ale as to l.o coifi-i.-u-Mt titmn any but
H '1 fill it at ti i
same time a number of -waists at $8
apioce that wh-i-c. got!. enou'-'h for any
occasion, and with a linen tkirt in the
summer were more than ordinarily
smart, says a -writer In Everybody's.
Last year the most elaborate waists
of the Hue do la Falx cost as high as
$W0 to $125 waists that were then no
more remarkable for their elaboration'
than were the $40 .waists 10 years ago.
Yet and note this particularly one
may today In Parisbuy t'ae Identical
waists that were for sale 10 years ago
at (ho Identical pri ces;' but with the.
change in .fashion has come, a .corre
sponding change In the use to which
the same garment is put. The $8 waist,
for instance, could be worn very well
today, tout scarcely without a supple
mentary lace trimmed collar and ruffle
or jabot. Ten years, ago it was worn
plain, exactly as It was bought. . The
$30 or . $40 waists of that same period
would be very pretty today, but one
would wear them where the $8 waists
were worn before, in order to be dressed
at about the same degree of smartness.
It is illuminating to compare these
elaborate waists of 10 years ago with
a blouse now used in the same way.
A certain $40 one 10 years ago, for in
stance; had a plastron of very fine
Enplish embroidery on the front, a real
Valenciennes lace collar, and Insertions
of Valenciennes in the yoke and In the
long suffs of the sleeves. But the
sleeves above the elbow,, and the back
of the wahst, were perfectly plain, ex
cept for a few tucks. In the last mod
ern blouse I happened to see the entire
waist front, back, sleeves had the
Valenciennes lace set In, making It a
lace and linen material. And then the
whole waist was almost covered with
great masses of embroidery as fine as
that used for monograms. Another
blouse, was hot made of linen at all. but
of net lace foundation upon ' .which
was appliquod a lot of embroidery on
mull, and old Italian lace. .Very beau
tiful, very costly, and sr perishable A
that It would tear like burnt paper. :
Both of these waists Were to .be worn
under a cloth coat, regarded aa shirt- '
waists, treated as.shlrtwalsts, but wera
quite without a shirtwaist's .utility. One
hundred and fifty dollars marks the
most exaggerated price for blouses,-but
this means no more in relative elab-,
oration than did a $40 waist 10 or IS
years ago. ;
,.
. For Brunettes. ,
WHAT BLUES are to the blonde
geranium pinks and reds are to
. the brunette. " , v '
The genuine brunette,- dark eyed and
dark haired, with a clear, pink and
white complexion, may "choose any tone
from Jhe faintest pink that tips the
geranium blossom to the richest- scar
let ; - .? 'v i . ' ; v.Y."" '.' '
This rule does not hold good with the .,
fair bTunette, who has only the, leasts
flush of color in her cheeks, for bright,
vivid scarlet would kill thke delicate
tints. " The ; pale tones of ealmon and
coral pinks are effective and at the Oth-.
er extreme a very rich deep. red,.. inclin
ing ta, scarlet. -,v,'--:" ;-:-7r, ,,-!
The creamy, brunette will look ber"
best in very pale coral pink,' ' bright
poppy, deep crimson and flame color.
Then there is the sallow or olive
skinned brunette, to whom jfiiuine pale
pink will be fatal ,But she can .wear,
deep, dull rose red, ,013" rose, wine red
and crimson,, and all these ehades are
included in the term geranium. .
. Deep navy Is the only blue she should
ever attempt and that always needs a
relief of some kind in order to make it
successful.
. The fair and the true brunette may
choose almost any shade .of blue and
find it becoming, but the paler, creamy
type will feci safer if ivory or pale
lemon lace la arranged about the hack.
In the case of the between color type
much depends upon the eyes. . ,,
If these have a tinge of green In them
then the paler shades of blue should ba
avoided and the tones of pink chosen
instead.
1 If, however, the eyes are blue, gray
or brown, , and the complexion fairly
good, then either pinks or blues will be
an oqual success and personal taste may
be gratified.. 77" 7" '"",'. ;;7'T .' 7'""'
i:, v,V77';.77r R K 7::7vV;,77
- . Raisin Short Bread.
TWO CUPS of flour are sifted with
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and one half teaspoon of mlti Into
this, One ariTl a half teaspoons of short
eningall lard or half butter' and half
lard, as you choose la worked over
so lightly with the fingers. Then a
third of a cup of milk is poured in a
ittle at a time, and mixed lightly with
a knife, after' which one cup of seeded
raisins are added and the whole quickly
shaped into a single loaf and baked 30
minutes' in' 'a pan two inches deep. This
is to be , eaten hoi, and the cost of such
a' loaf, which will serve eight persons,
la about 16 cents, at .- present, market
pi Ices. , ,
t
In the Oiled Districts.
HOUSEWIVES who are having trou
ble with their porehea and etepa on
'account of having Oil from - the
streets carried on them'WUl bes glad to,
learn of the simple and effective man
ner in which one woman has been able
to remove the oil and Btalna. She
pours on gasoline and then sweeps it
off with the broom. After that she
pours on boiling water jnd when she '
has finished all tracea t the oil 'are'
removed. ;
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Norway Municipal Suffrage.
BY A great majority the Odelstlng haa
voted to ..grant .universal municipal
suffrage to women over 25 years of
age. The new legislation will become
effective at the next electlona and will
Increase the present women : eleotora
from 275,1)00 to half a million. ..
Get Busy
luiuirjiiuieu j ina juurnti py yttii MHion,
the fnmoiid Kan poet. Hl prose-poenn aru
regular fuatui of ttiii column la Xbt Daily i
Journal.) . . i ' '.-
The world rolls on, from day to day, .
and Idle men. are in the way; the loaf- '
lng graft will never pay; pet busy,
then, get busy! The man who loiters
In the Bhade to watch the busy men's.'
parade will find his hopes of fortune
fade; get busy, then, get busy! If you .
In feeble style depend upon assistance
from a friend you're sure to fall before
the end get busy, then, 'get . busy
Make-up your mind that you. will pack
your burdon on your own broad back,"
and, brave and buoyant, hit the track
-get busy, then,' get busy! "Just feel
that you're of equal worth, with any
doggone man on. earth," regardless of -his
age or birth; get busy, then, gt
hnfrt-And,h'rtrT8r rna.ln your liiind up"""
quite, -Bhow hy your acts that you are
right! - Cut grass, cut grass, hy day
and night! Get busy, O set buny! '
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