.THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1910.
THE JOURNAL
" AI.VDEFENDENT KEWSPAPEB.' '
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V Important article, written by
Jl M. S. Fhrock of Hubbard, Ore-
! goa, appears dn this toiiga lit
contains.. Information of .value
to the public. t discusses dairying
in Oreson, and.: 'presents, facts ..and,
figures .to enow that the industry
la profitable and ought ..to flourish;
It Quotes experts to ehow that In soil
and climate, which are the basis for
a successful dairjr industry, Oregon
has large advantage over the great
dairy states of the country. ' It says
that failures in the Industry are due
to use of scrub cows and ncrub meth
odB In the business. Mr. Shrock
ascribes the failures to the man, and
not to the Btate, and reckons that
the importation ' of - dairy products
is due to the newness of Oregon and
the , undevelopment, of its resources
incidental always to -every- region
that is yet comparatively new. ,
; It Is the testimony of experts that
western Oregon in particular Is pe
culiarly adapted to successful dairy
ing. It has the advantage of a mild
winter against the long cold winters
of Iowa, Wisconsin and other great
dairy states. With kale, the Oregon
dairyman has the advantage of green
. feed throughout the winter season,
and vita other forage plants can
provide green teed the entire
year through, ; As Mr. Shrock
fays, . If man1 will do-, his ; part
as well ; as , nature, j '' there Is
every requisite for profitable dairy
ing;.;; The fact that for every dol
lar's worth "of feed properly bred
cows are yielding $2 in return Is a
practical demonstration of not only
what can be done, but of what Is
actually being done.'"- The $103 to
1119 per cow that Intelligent dairy
processes are, yielding In"? Washing
ton county Is concrete : evidence ot
the thrift; that' attends the business
when Intelligently conducted. ' It Is
common knowledge that the value
of Washington county land,- which
lei all other lands -la the state la
the .Increase" la price, was ,tlue tQ
the dairy Industry. -The same pro
cesses spplled In other counties will
"produce the same -esults, and, as
is done la Washington county, will
yield a handsome Interest on hlgh-
THE CX)XVEXTIOX HALL ,
T 13 the opinionof the city "attor
ney that Portland can. legally Is
sue bonds and build a- public
auditorium'. The prorjer charter
amendments would have to be made.
before a bond Issue could be floated
for ..the frurp&se. Opinioa .was ren-
dered a committee of the Live Wire
club, and that body is-seriously con
sidering such a plan for., getting a
suitable convention hall for this city.
- Whatever-the: way. It is worth
while to build a proper, auditorium,
Portland was never so much' la the
public eye. There was never a time
when so many ? people in ."distant
states were looking westward. There
never was a time when, great con
ventions could be brought to this
. city with such comparative ease.
Tortland and the northwest have
given a good account of -theraselvesj
throughout the past. The easterner
who hag. Invested money in either
cas. reauzea splendid returns. It
has been profit, .made In legitimate
channels.:, Portland in particular
has beea good to all who came, saw
and Invested; The stories of gain
and good ' living here are widely
told In the-region toward the rising
eun. ' They:are an influence to vast
ly assist ;in bringing, great gather
ings and assemblages of people to
;.tb!s clty.'";:-;,"; -r :;:-:70;:-i
Bnt,.flret ot-all. there, must be
a meeting halL - There must be a
structure that will reflect, enterprise
and the spirit of progress.' It would
be harmful to bring great gather
ings , here'and ' have the- delegates
meet lnan unlit .place. : . ; The. hall
should In its appointments be a mon
ument of Portland's taste and pro
gress. It 6hould be oho of the fea
tures of the city. It should oe of
20th century model, vand harmoni
ous with the splendid features that
a bountiful nature 'bestowed upon
this city. - The. movement is one
worth , while', and should enlist, the
concera'of the whole city. .
win: its coxceilx? '
w yUT this hoBtillty by the. Ore
1 fi - gonlan to the candidacy of
y y . Itallroad ' Commissioner Os
wald West for the Democrat
ic nomination for governor, Its op
position to his nomination has ap-P'-arod
in . various ways.. It first
branded him as a protege ot Chani-b(-i4ln,
Insisting-that to be objoc
- livable. ' Then it jumped Into the
nrona-wlth its celebrated Btory of
how "the .Kentucky -IOlck had in-
nr. ana namncifr, want for rail
road comml.-sloner..'. The Oregonlan
v.d.UA tl;.'ih3 Kl!k Is composed of
':'!) j;-,t nibt-rs,'' but Ifiilod to utate
tr-it ir pv nwtlrg wps ln-M at nil,
r : 1 ; ! tLia Lu'd a dozta ptr-
sons were present.' It. failed to state
that the men ..who supplied it .with
the statement, that' action, had been
taken, refuse absolutely to give the
name-of a single person who was
present. Why? ; ;
' Nor has this been all. of the Ore
gonian's opposition, to Ex-State Land
Agent West. This morning It prints
a news, story suggesting ? that both
Mr.' West and lit. Myers ' be pulled
off so some other Democratic candl
date can be nominated. It profess
es to fear that Inharmony might
arise among the Democrats if both
6hould remain in the field. Its so
licitude over the situation would be
almost distressing were it , not lu
dlcrous. ::..:':j-v.;.;;,0' vK:'.;V"f '
As to Mr. West and Mr. Myers
or any other citizens of, Oregon, thje
primary law guarantees to them the
right of going before the people with
their; candidacy. It Js the people
who are the real assembly, and be
fore whom any candidate has a right
to go with his claims. It Is the elec
torate that Is 'the sovereign tribun
al, and beside it, "the little gather
ings of committees, groups,, kllcks
and such bodies as the two so-called
assemblies held in Portland are
nothing. t The! day of special selec
tion of candidates bya special few
for special panoses was voted out
of Oregon by Oregon cltiiens ia the
adoption.; of 'the. direct primary, and
It Is probable that the - November
verdict will require such methods to
stay out.
niLL AND OREGON
T
HE announcement that the Or
egon Trunk will cross the Cas-
- caderfrom southeastern Oregon
to Medford is an event In Ore
gon railroading.- It Is a further view
of the HiU plans. The stagnation as
to railroad construction that had pre
vailed In Oregon ended with the com
ing of Hill For it. Is substituted
the greatest activity' In the history
of the commonwealth.'- In no district
in the west have there ever been
more extensive operations. In miles
built and projected, the year 1910 la
the most notable Oregon has seen.
The Oregon Trunk Is scarcely a year
oldr and yet it Is programmed to be
one of the state's most extensive sys
terns. It penetrates to central and
southeastern Oregon, and Is then ' to
traverse the. state westerly to Med
ford and probably ta the -coast Tho
Oregon. Electric, acquired by the
same interests, -Is advancing south
ward to 'Eugene, That It will ulti
mateJy, penetrate to the extreme lim
its of the Willamette valley if not
western Oregon, is undoubted.. It
may uiuniaiciy db a part or vast
belt line encircling the entire state.
The extensions programmed for the
United-IJallways are a further exeili-
plificationf, the 'Hill activity.
The' whole Is a tremendous fact
in uie upDuna ot uie suite. it means
the peopling of districts and the tam
ing i of wilds In? - -which" 7 there- la
now but little If any production. It
will be a stlmnlus to development
wljiljaurillniiry influencflr lt'mcaiis
hge increase In the state's popula
tion. It will be a quickened impulse
in bringing latent resources into the
channels of -trade and wealth mak
lnfct "It will spread showers5 of pros
perity .through' districts that have
been barren. It will awaken forces
for growth and expansion that will
be Incomparable In their 'Influence
It will lift' Oregon but 'of the Tut "of
railroad "Inactivity, and -by -forcing
competing lines into greater exer-
tlona to get business, work a trans
formation, ot which , there ia as yet
oui iiiue- concepuoa.. xne many
new activities of the Harrlmaa sys
tems are indeed evidence, pf the bat
tle for business, that has already be
gun between the rival' lines. ' '
AH this activity is the logio of the
North Bank road, - The $40,000,000
expended in that gigantio railroad
must have, business. The road was
not built to Portland as an experi
business and Its owners have to grid
Iron Oregon to, get the business. Its
coming was the magic of . enterprise,
and its presence here is ) to be : an
enormous factor In an expanded and
developed Oregon. The horizon of
the state was never so full of prom
ise and Its perspective never so lu
minous with good omens. ' ,
THE FALLING OAVKL
I
NSUB.GENT WICKERSIlAM wlas
renomination - as delegate from
Alaska; by 2000. : Even la the
icy north, Cannonism is on the
run. The gavel Is falling from the
hand of the', autocratic ; speaker
Enough has ; already happened to
make are , thaC he will; be over-IP
whelmed in the. next houses . It wai
by, the narrow margin of three. yotes
that the tariff - bill failed to be re
committed . for , amendment v in . the
house,' :?,That margin : of . etandpat
powerv is already many, times .wiped'
out. . In Iowa four anti-Cannon con
gressmen ; will succeed as , many
stand-patteg now ; in , office Ohio
and Pennsylvania have each dis
missed -at least one Cannonlte and
replaced him with an Insurgent ;ln
South , Dakota, a " Cannonlte and a
near-insurgent have'been made op
ponents of Cannon by "popular man
date and an uneecapable platform
pledge. - In Kansas, four stand-pat
congressmen .give way to four, In
surgents,, raising' the. total Insurgent
strength ; to a point that will make
a power .difficult to be reckoned
with seriously in the next house. In
two Kansas districts -and as many
In Minnesota, -the Democrats will
ujtt.w bu nominations against Kepub-
Thus.even if the- Democrats
should fall of. a. majority iathe
tint house, there will ' be a Contin
gent of Republican Insurgents that
will still 'further strip Cannon of
hja power. The 28 Implacable in-
surgents in the last, house, very
nearly -held . tha-balance. of power.
The gains to their ranks already as
sured - and the strong indorsement
with ' which they will gov back to
Washington will increase their ag
gressiveness. .The -legislative oli
garchy at the national capital Is
failing,: J .L' J ."J.:: '
JTTDGE LOVETT'S SUGGESTION
SUGGESTION by Judge Lor-
ett challenges attention. He
says some of the large bodies
of nrlvatelv owner! land r
held- at prices ; that are .too high
Others have-made the same sugges
tion. They insist that the state is
going to be, harmed by an epidemic
of speculation and speculative prices.
Such a, spirit Is in the air all over
the- country and 4 It Js not improb
able that Oregon has caught the con
tagion. ' vv.;;. ' ;;
.There Is one fixed truth that must
be borne In mind. Land , is, worth
for- production an amount per. acre
on which it will yield a fair and
fixed " return: Washlpgtbn." county
farms are worth. J10(J to 200 per
acre because, with Intelligent dairy
ing, they will yield a return "on such
a valuation.' The apple lands of
Hood River and the Rogue river
districts are very-valuable, because
Intelligent orcharding has demoa-
strated that they return a handsome
revenue on a heavy valuation. Some
6f the alfalfa bottoms in eastern
Oregoa districts are worth $100 'to
$160 per acre, because each year
they turn off alfalfa crops that give
them such a value. -.
But, it is just to the . local res
ident andto the homeseeker. to be
reminded that all Oregon lands are
not Hood River or Rogue river ap
ple-, lands, ' or Washington county
dairy lands or eastern Oregon alfal
fa meadows. , Nor; can all lands be
given a valuation on a oasis or ap
ples, alfalfa, and dairying. Nor Is It
wise to attempt to fix value in one
district by -the values In another.
Indeed, It Ms harmful to he state
to sell as apple lands to the unsus
pectlng that whlch Is not apple lands.
or to sell any old land as alfalfa or
dairy lands; ; Some prudence In those
matters Is desirable, for a day wHl
come when an economic convulsion
will reduce everything to Its level
and Jar all the water out of specu
lative land values.' . i
MTUKEY'S rLATFORil
R..-MULKET, who has an
nounced himself as a candi
date for congress la the.- first
district "against Representa
tive Hawley, has published the fol
lowing declaration as .his platform:
If nominated and elected to consress.
I will not. vote for Joseph Cannon tor
speaker of the house and, to the end
that legislative power may not b 'con.
centrated In the hand of a few men.
will vote to take away from the
neaker the appointment of The rules
committee and all other committees and
return It to the house, whence it orig
inated. :"-': ': ''"" : '.''
I sliall vuts tu-Hlve tlie lutefBtale
Commerce' commission power to . regu
late railroad rates upon the basis of
the value of the physical property of
the . railroads and . to give tb com
mission power and authority to limit
the issuance of stocks and bonds of
railways to actual Investments made.
I will vote for a revision of the tar
iff with the interests of the -mass of
consumers constantly In the. foreground
and shall Insist that, on all "trust man-
ufactured articles -thejeviston, fcffdowai
ward until the : tariff schedule shall
cover, the difference In the actual cost
of production In the United States and
foreign countries only.' as was prom
ised by . the last national Republican
platformt.Jw.-,,,,.,-
I will vote for a constitutional
amendment providing : for direct .elec
tion- of United - States- senators1 and
shall give my moral support, to the
Oregon plan known, as "Statement No.
One" until such time as an. amendment
to the federal constitution ; shall rent
der it no longer necessary. ; , v
Mr. ? Mulkey's declaration is a
splendid platform. . :".;-;vv :l
IN A RACK YARD . '
A
i'- k GAS3IZ said ' that he spent one
whole summer exploring his
back yard. While he was do
ing this a -merchant "prince"
sent him a check for $1000, invit
ing him to take a trip to Europe.
Agassis didn't go; returned the
check and kept exploring, his back
yard,. Digging down a few Inches
he found a little stone that held the
form of a mollusk, and another' that
had Imprinted on It the lines of a
fern leaf. From this back yard
work Agassis wrote his Elements Of
Geology. - ,
Yet It la not everybody who could
find as much In his back yard as
Agasslz'dld. ' i '
T
Obviously, hntlli the flenres are
announced from Washlnetom aiiv
statements as to .census figures are
uncertain and doubtful. - Officials
ot the aensus are tinder, oath as well
as under strict injunction not to
reveal' the" figures of population.- It
they are loyal to their official oaths,
exact information Is, impossible'. .'The
Journal, on. what Beemed excellent
authority,; printed yesterday, a state
ment that Portland's population will
exceed Seattle's in the official , cen
sus by 20,000. Today, there ls
equally authoritative information
that Seattle's figures will ' exceed
Portland's by 15,000. The two In
cidents are evidence that, for ac
curate Information, we shall have to
wait for the official figures. - Until
they are announced, ; nobody- will
know,: unless some census official
forgets his oath and leaks.
What has become , of ' Theodore
Roosevelt? . Is he alive? If so, why
Is" TrgTTTfeWnfloTisly in6nt7"-"Every '
morning we feverishly search the
news columns for information as io
how to live, walk, oat, breathe; but
for at least three lays past, .not a
word. Colonel, this is not treating
poor, weak mortals right.
Unless
you speak, how shall we know what
tc do?--Your silence is equal to fam
Ine and pestilence, f . Unless you 'ut
ter something, Oregon is likely to
go Democratic. y
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Lrtfrt to Tfce Journal iliotild ti wrltts on
on aid of th paper only and ibonld ba ims
paold br the nam and addrnaa ot the wrltar.
Tba nima will not be used If tbs writer akt
tbat It b withheld. Tba Journal la Dot to b
ondaratoud aa Indoralng tba lwa or atatemcnts
of correspondenta. Letfera abould be made aa
oner aa poaalbte. Tbo wbo wteh tbalr latter
returned -when not uted should incloae poatuge.
CorreaDondenta ara notified Hurt lattnra i.
ceadttig aoo worda In length mi,,at tba dla-
crouva m utm collar. Da cut down to IDai .limit.
. Dairying rays In Oregon.
Hubbard. Or., Aug. 10.-To the Editor
of The Journal Mf attention has been
called , to a letter by one George A.
Sprague, printed on the editorial page
of your paper of August 8th Inst, enti
tled "Dairying In Oregon." I will try
t6 answer that letter, not with any hope
of convincing the author of It, but to
avoifl nis , leading the reading pubilo
astray
Mr. Sprague makes bland statements
without any proof. He says dairying
ddesnlt pay in. -Oregon.' -Every day we
near so-called dairymen themselves say
th same.- An Investigation shows In
every case that' their herd is a scrub
herd and that the herd Is followed un
-with ' scrub, methodsv' t Every day we
Bee otner dairymen Who employ meth
oda similar to those employed by sue
censrui men m other lines of business
and ths fruits of .their labor would put
to sname such writers as Mr.. SDrasrue.
Undoubtedly he has not traveled much
in. Oregon outside the city, of Portland,
else he would not say tbafOregon has
no pasture," "we cannot grow alfalfa,'
"we cannot , ba.ve .green feed all the
year. Such' assertions are too rldlcu
lous to command serious thought. When
sucn men aa F. H. Scribner of Wiscon
sin, N, M. McKay of Iowa, Professor
larsen or South Dakota. Professor T.
I Haecker - of. Minnesota;"" Professor
Bernhard Boggeld of Denmark, men who
nave ouut up xne dairy inaustry in tnei
states, tell . us that we have them all
skinned from the standpoint of climate
and soil, their words should carry some
weight.
However. If Mr. EpraKue Is not will
ing, to accept the statements of these
authorities and wishes to be shown, and
ir the grouch is still In his system when
this gets into print, . I would ask him
to pay a visit to the following dairymen
or ivasnington county: wmrrwn Schui
merifih, Hanley Bros Fred Schomberg
of lUllsboro, O. D Lilly. Charles Bam-
ford, J, D. Mlckle, Thomas Williams,
W, R. Douglas, Fred Wilson and F, A
Bennett of Forest Grove, The above
dairymen are 6aeh making U worth of
butter fat for every dollar's Worth of
feed, fed throughout the year. Many
more could be named throughout ; the
Willamette valley who are doing as well
but the above are within easy reach ot
Mr. Sprague s home and grouped to
gether close enough so they can all be
visited in a day. They are each selling
from 1103 to tilt worth of milk or
cream per cow annually, to say nothing
or the value of manure and heifer
calves.
In regard to the values Of Oregon
sou as a baels for profitable dairying.
th Schomberg dairy Is a good example
or what can be. done. The owner Is
retired dairyman with ample means for
his future support.; The farm ls run
by his son and a hired man. Last year
tne net prom above all -expenses (In
eluding wages iof both hired man and
son), were enough to pay a dividend of
10 per cent on an Investment of f 180 per
acre, and only half the farm In cultiva
tion. . - . i-
J. D. Mlckle made during the month
of November, $2.32 net; profit per day
rrnnorn nerd jtjnlns cows; , that la. his
cows paid him market value for his hay.
grain and green feed, of which they got
do pounds each per day, and the $2.32
was his pay for milking, feedingLand
carting themllk to the road. --
During December, Hanley Br"Os. made
butter fat from their herd .6f 13 cows
at a cost of 14 cents per pound, and
uiey were getting three times that price.
All this on a winter ration, of , which
green feed was an Important item.
During these same months another
dairyman in the same county Was mak
ing butter fat at a cost of 47 cents per
pound. This dairyman, whose name I
withhold for the same reason that Mr.
Sprague should have withheld his, be
longs to that class of men who depend
upon nature to do everything. Some in
divlduals of this -'class are content with
their meager reward, and others, when
they, find that nature has done only its
part and left man's part .undone, set up
nowl that make the HveB of others
nearly as miserable as their, own. Mr.
Sprague's reference to Ariaona brands
him as one of that numerous class that
Is always seeing and harping about the
beauties of some other land far distant
but who fall to see 6r apprecfate the
gooa tnings nearer nom.
-why-docs casttnu butler ' come to
Oregon? For the same reason as east
ern eggs, by. the carload, eastern hogs
by : the train load, eastern horses'and
Missouri mules come to Oregoa Such
has ever been the case In a nw coun
try where Immigration and development
worn tooK place faster than resources
could be brought Into Action,
. M. S. SCHOCK.
.e Attempt to KL Gaynor. '
Portland. Aug. 9.-To the Editor of
The .Journal The - attempted assassi
nation of Mayor Gaynor of New York
City Is another example- of a ' noble,
faithful and able servant of the people
falling victim to the hatred and per
verted Idea of some worthless, depraved
wreck of the race. It Is the best men.
of the age who are struck down by the
villain; We have placed three of our
greatest and truest presidents In mar
tyrs graves, and other nations have
sacrificed thefT Humberts and Carnots.
The devil has as many agents on earth
In the twentieth century as ever before.
Should we not endeavor to find some
preventive solution to this hideous
problem? Can we not make It nossibla
-Uor-a-imbUc-of fleer o do his fair duty
m w people wiinaui. endangering his
lifer The assassin's bullet Is hot aimed
at an individual alone, but at the wel
fare and stability of. the whole, nation.
It Is an attempt of malice and anarchy
to destroy truth. The bullet that cut
down President McKlnley stirred the
country. Have we forgotten Its warn
ing? May the sad tragedy in New .York
recall it with doubly Increased force.
Let justice be speedily-dealt out to the
wretch who hot Gaynor.- But that ia
only the beginnlngft, will not prevent
repetition of the act, Let th nation
become fully aroused. 'V Let us rid the
country of anarchists and members of
the Black Hand, and let no more land
on our shores, v Let us also Beek Jo
eliminate the conditions and forces that
produce such men as Caolgoss. and Gal
lagher at home. : ' Hera lies -a problem
for the wisest men of. the age; but not
Impossible. ; It can be done, and should
not America that takes , Buch pride In
its achievements -accomplish-this? God
grant that Jt' may., '
The man who committed this act 'was
dninkm and had ..i'Cfnyiidertha
ence"of litjudf for days. -afjlgoB3 was
reared in a salpon and dre his theories
of life frtim Us atmosphere,. How many
times the news arcouat of some crinio
hows Uiat drink was the direct cause'
Rparlor, you do not need to go far to
Bee It.'
A fine citizen of our own pity was
murdered bya drunlwn Finch, What
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
S3L1LE ClIANGS
It Is a fine day to register. . l
a
We prophesy rain Aa September.
- a. ': " -
The next governor of Oregon -guess.
... a
Ifs a president who can take a long
vacation,
a
Tr. Crlppen and Dr. Cook are not can
didates for office.
If Ballinger does not "resign tinder
fire, he will never resign., -
Y.' ''-,-'--.':'.. -.-i-Tr.-
The "Outlook's editorials are written
by a man. not God, after alt
' :
If you -want a two months vacation,
become a preacher, teacher, or an office
holder, . . . s
.- ' ' -':' ' "' '.' :.-;-' : .' '
We know a few people who manage
to enjoy life fairly well,- apparently,
without owning automobiles,
.- - ?. - : a .-.-.'.---'trt'.r' :rT'":-
it is reported that new Bpecles of
raoaquuo na oeen aiscovered in New
Jersey. Thai state needs some reform
ers oi mat Kind.
It Is nearly, the awful time of 'Tear
for the Horrible . katydid to " shriek
throughout the night. She Is another
ovu mat cannot be suppressed.
St Paul Pioneer Press: There ia one
thtmr about a blind man. timv hs.v tn
tell It to him instead of sending any of
"How many Democrats?" nnrvmmlv
asks John t. Wilson's P. I. Too many,
possibly, for John L. The state of
Washington needs a lot of good Demo
crats. i . a . ,
Philadelnhta TelRGrrnnh! And nnw
Senator- Hala announces that he mav
seek a reelection. vThat Biszling sound
you hear is caused by one Cummins
making war medicine. ,
-4 . ..... .; : W ..i ".
Detroit News-Tribune CRnnA : " Tf Mr.
Balllnger persists in refusing to relieve
his party administration of its most
serious embarrassment there still re
mains an alternate resort.
Does any reader of the-Times know
Of anything that will keep a shirt from
Creeping up in warm weather. Com
munications will be - considered confi
dential. Loa Angeles Times. - yet you
claim that your climate la perfectly de
lightful down there. .
.. . . a a .-!.. , - . .1
Eusrene Guard: The Orweonlan r.p-
toons the "country editor", because he
takes little stock in the "assembly" and
intimates that he has been bought by
Senator Bourne. ' As a matter of fact,
the small number of Durchasable Danera
In the state . rtave com -against 4ha pri
mary law, and in favor of the assembly
and one. of these is that big country
paper,. -mo iregoman. i '; r.
August 12 m Hiatory
Today, -August 12, 1744. is the birth
day of Rev. Rowland ruil, one of the
most eminent divines of his period, .as
well as one of the - most eccentric
preachers. Sheridan ' used to : aay, -"I
often go to' hear Rowland Hill preach,
because his Ideas come red hot frora
the heart." ': The eccentricities of man
ner, the Qualntness of 'expression, the
anocdotes and witticisms In the pulpit,
were forgotten by his- regular hearers,'
In the rich vein of sterling piety and
spiritual Instruction that marked the
Service. . ' -,
Rowland - mil was ' a Calvanlstlc
Methodist and took Whitfield for his
model. His discourses were singular,
being sometimes crowded with puna and
Btories, while at others their solmenity
was unbroken. Some of his traits are
mentioned In his diary.
1747, January 1, preached at Chester-
town: we had the honor of a mob; no
other harm was done than the windows'
broke." "Thursday, in a barn, for the
ft
t- time, j-wltlinueh" eemfort.Ged-
send,. If. I am to live, this may not be
my last barn. Some gownsmen were
there, but they were not permitted to
do more than gnash their teeth;
Mr. Hill used to be . circumspect In
receiving recruits. To a person who
had a great desire - to preach, and
talked about hiding bis talents, he re
plied "the closer he hid them the bet
ter." . In- his field campaigns he used
to go to large towns -on market days,
and address Ihe assemblage in the mary
ket houses. When he heard of a fair
or a revel, he preached there In 'spitje
of the violence with which he waa as
sailed, and often, with Buccess. Hiai
favorite text waa "Come, ya out from
among . them." The freshness., and
originality of his addressee attracted
crowds to hear him.- -He beached Tn
Calton Hill, In Edinburgh, to an audi
ence of 10,000. Nor was he admired
by a vulgar and uneducated class only.
On one occasion. Hill was preaching
for a public charltyi when a note was
handed up to hlra, inquiring If it would
be right for "a bankrupt to contribute;
coald hanging do to repair the lossl
can: the nation not awake to the fact
Xhat- the aalemanufacture. and use of
alcoholic liquors causes the greater part
of all crime In the land, and its revenue
can In no great part pay even the cost
of the crimes? Even If the revenue were
a thousand times what it is, can .we af
ford to permit and to license a business
that Injures" more or less every person
connected with it and . striken at the
vitality of the commonwealth? There
Is nothing good to be said In Ita de
f ense, although ' men who are gaining
money by it may seek to do so. I chal
lenge anyone to put up a goodhonest
argument in Its favor.- In this great
national evil lies a solution to part ot
the problem, a large part of the solu
tion, but not an by any means, aien
will commit some crimes lust the came;
not nearly bo many, however, and the
whole tendency will be towards a clean
er and better national life, t
Beyond thla there lie utill ether prob
lems to solve, and there la call for men
of the highest Intelligence and states
manship to undertake them. We in this
second decade of the twentieth century
do not want 'the recurrence of such
dastardly deeds, as the one Just com
mitted. : It , Is : therefore ejir duty to
cleanse the country of -moral degene
rates and to prevent as far as possible
the production .of new ones. '
Kavages of the Sleeping Sicknesfl'.
Theodore Roosevelt in Scribner'B Mag-
.. - azlne.
We passed by many Islands, green
with meadow and forest, beauilful In
the bright Bunshine, but empty with
tho emptiness of death, A decade pre
viously: these Islands were thronged
with tribes of flshet folk; their villages
studded the shores, fuid their long
canoes, planks held together with fib
furrowed the surface of the lake, - Then,
from out of the depths of the Congo
forest carrfe the dreadful ; scourge of
the ' Bleeping sickness, - and smote the
doomtd people who dwelt, beside the
Victorian Nile, and on tAa coasts of the
Nyanza. lakes and In the lands between,
lie agent was a bltlnff fly, brother to
the tsetse whose bite is fatal to domestic
animals'..! Th)s fly dwells In- forest,- be-
Ide lakes arid rivers; "and wherever It
dwells after, the sleeping Bickness came
ltwa(. j:pund,-that jaaB-fo.uld.ftOtOl va, L
a this country, between, and along the
shores of, the great lalterf,' two hundred
thousand pmilo died In slow torment.
before -the hard-taxed wisdom and skill
medical science and governmental
administration . cquld work any7 better-
out whatever in tho eltuatlon. Men
till 3te,by thwiKfttids. nd the disease
Blowly.. spreading ..lata. . i(ouh dis
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Hood Elver county U experimenting
in oiling ;ounty roads. - .
a 1 ..:.-. .... , .
R." B. Twls of -Hermiston presented
the East Oregonlan with a 36-pound
watermelon, ..
, - ' -
At a -recent meeting of the city coun
cil at Clatskanle the saloon license was
raised from $400 to $800 a year. It
Is thought this will reduce the number
of saloons. - There are five at present,
one having quit business last week.
? '' " : .. -..v.-.'-'-:'
. Eugene Guard Most of us are glad
that John F, Stevens resigned that Pan
ama canal job and came to Oregon to
build railroads .Things have been doing;
stnoe he came to the northwest." and we
will be In shape to furnish some business-worth
while for the canal when
It is completed. . ' : ? . v A
Klamath Fails HeraldThe last
this month will witness the-comrltlon
of an excellent system of sewers for the
city of Klamath Falls. When the work
is finished the-Chico Construction com'
pany will have laid 18.699 feet of sewer
pipe and built an up-to-data septic tank
for the disposal of the sewage of the
city. - , . . , .
Salem Ststesman People do not have
to send their children to Salem to drink
Impure water. - There are other places
The state government does rot nave to
remain in Balem, to have Its officers
killed with typhoid-germs. - There are
other places for the state capital. Bet
ter think. Mr. Salemlte, if you have not
yet thousrht before you vote agalnst-the
bonds. . Do you want to ruin your city?
t .v.i::''fi:i.r?"'S.V.
The Hood River cltv council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the pro
miscuous distribution of mediclper sam
ples in the city and - fixing a fine of
from $25 to $100 as a penalty fof its
violation. The language Of the emer-
fency : clause, which follows, leaves nc
oubt as to the necessity of the ordi
nance: . "Inasmuch as the indiscriminate
distribution of patent medicines, soaps,
pills and other articles deleterious to
the oubllo health, by agents, to the dwel
lines m Hood River Bids fair to work
havoc with the Inner mechanism of the
adolescents of sald city, an emergency
is hereby declared.1'
Pendleton ' sbortsmen are becoming
very much enraged over the fact that
younsrv arouse are belna: ruthlessly
slaughtered in ill dlreotions by unscru
pulous ttonters wno are aaiiy violating
the earns law with -impunity, says the
East Oregonlan. The open, season does
not begin until August IS, but It is de
clared the past , few weeks hundreds.
osstbly thousands of young birds have
een shot along the foothill regions. It
Is said that- there was a veritable bom
bardment of guns In the vicinity ef
Meacham Sunday, while the slaughter
along Upper McKay and along Meacham
creek ia said to have been even worse.
- rRe v. Rowland- Hill
He noticed the matter In the course of
his sermon, and pronounced decidedly
that such a person could not do so In
Christian honesty. : "But, my friends,"
he added, ! would advise you who are
Hot Insolvent, not to pass the plate this
evening, as the people will be sure to
say t There goes the bankrupt'" .
One wet day he observed a number
of persons enter his chapel to take
shelter from a heavy shower of rain,
and remarked, pithily, that many people
were blamed for . making religion a
"cloak ut he did not think those were
much - better who made It an "um
brella.'! , .
It Is related that Hill, In the pulpit,
used to make personal allusions to his
wife, as an example of the transltorl
ness of beauty and the necessity of hu
mility . and self depreciation. On one
Sunday morning-, ns -hlf wife entered
the church during his discourse, he Bald:
"Here comes my wife with a chest of
drawers on her head! She went tmt to
buy -tlim and -pntaU. hor moKy in
that hoity-toity bonnet!"
Rowland Hill died April 11. 1833, In
phis eighty-ninth year, i Almost to the
last he maintained . his mental, vigor
unimpaired and delivered his. last ser
mon only a little more than a week be
fore his death.
: On August 12, 1878, the death of King
Philip brought an end to his -war. It
is the date on .which the first Ameri
can railroad was conipleted in 1830, con
necting Albany and Schenectady; that
General William T. Sherman was made
major general In the regular army and
that Hawaii was formally annexed to
the United States In 1898. - It is the
birthday ' of George IW of . England
(1762); Robert Southey," poet (1774).
Robera Mills, the designer of the Wash
Ingtbn monument (1781); Llllle Dever
eux Blake,. reformer and' author (1835).
and Edith M. Thomas, poet (1854). It
is the date of the death of Pope Greg
ory (1241);' Pope Innocent XI
(1889); George Stephenson, engineer
(1844), and Albert Gallatin (1849). . ..
tricts. ''- But It has proved possible to
keep it within limits In iha regions al
ready affected; yet. only by absolutely
abandoning jiertaln districts, , and Lby
clearing all the forest and ': brush in
tracts which, served as barriers to the
fly, and. which permit passage through
the Infected belts. On the western
shore of Victoria Nyana, ; and., in the
islands adjacent thereto,' the ravages of
tho pestilence were such, the mortality
it: caused was so appalling, -that, the
government was -finally forced ' to de
port all the ' survivors inland, to for
bid all residence beside or fishing in
the lake, and with this end In view to
destroy the villages and fishing, fleets
Of the- people. The teeming, lake fish
were formerly a main source of food
supply to all who dwelt near by; but
this has now .been .cut off. an,d the
myriads 'of fish are left to -themselves,
to the host of water- birds, and to the
monstrous maa-eatlng crocodiles of the
lake, on whose blood the flv also ffiiiH
and whence It 4s supposed by some that
it draws the germs so deadly to human
kind. - -" ....' ., '
C: Assembly Not Beprcscntativfl. -V:
.Frotn the Newberg Enterprise.'
Over and over again the plunderbund
press' of Oregon uses the term "rep
resentative, Republicans" as .applied to
the mass meeting of machine managers
and has bcens, called assemblies. These
honorable gentlemen on the average 'rep
resented less than their own numbers,
or about J per cent of'dJioir party.-The
lowest average vote cast In Republican
primaries In New York state is about
13 per cent of the party vote.; In Ore
gon the' average assembly did 'not reo-
resent, 2 per cent In many cases one
lone man, or two or three, named a
doien delegates to a county aBsembly.
This bunch of misfits named themselves
and any other corporation tool or office
hunter who wanted to so to the nut
assembly. This final gathering was no
more representative of the Republican
party , than It was of the conservative
party of Great Britain.
Gold Hill News r Man Whorfnh ho. '
hen that Is a crackerjack. Not satisfied
with laying one egg seven inchoia
length and eight inches in circumfer
ence, sne laid an almost exact duplicate
and then to show lust what is
la 4t-aingdony-ihehew pyotfedwrto
lay a sort of Siamese twin product. It
consisted Of two ordinary sized eggs
connected by a ligament about art inch,
lit length and nearly a half inch.- in'
diameter, The one thing that la lurid,
Is the hard shell that usually encom
passes an reg, the 4wo eggs, as well os
the connecting link, being the soft
Rhellod variety, aHhough otherwise per-
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overtolt
A CHRISTMAS STORY. .
(Editor's Note: The magazine edi
tors tell us to write our Christmas stor
ies in July, 6ur Fourth of July stories
at. Christmas, and so on. That's why
the following blood-curdling tale be
low Is published now.)
Chapter L " .
" It was Christmas eve. ' ' . ,
Outside the wind walled and Blghed
among the dead branches of the trees.
The. snow fell fitfully and the ther
mometer shivered.
' John Oglethorpe's seventeen little or
phan children hugged up close to the
stove and tried to keep it from freezing
to death.- ,. . : .v, r
- ory jonn ogietnorpe had gone away
On the good shin Sarah Jin nA hait
ofi' more been heard of ; no, not non
ino-more.
The ship waited until it reached the
middle of the ocean and then sank with
all pn board, but one man. He was
the fellow who forgot to get a ticket
and when they pulled, the gang plank
out from under him he decided to walk.
' ' ' : '" -."fi ;Chapterl i. -' -rh .:t
The scene -changes.-lThere is ho land
scape. You can't have a landscape when
there is no land, can you! ' J 1
The good .ship Sarah Jane Is' plow,
lng through the mighty, waves. . It has
already plowed - about ten acres. ' and
the captain 1s laying' out another field
to plow.
The passengers are leaning along the'
rati, looking into the moist, damp sea,
and ever and anon, if not oftener, can
be heard the' low, sad kerplunk -of
bread as if is cast upon the waters,
? But hark! ' The wind rise, A storm
Is brewing, The storm brewery la
working a double shift. - A squall Is
heard as the parent of the squaller stabs
it With a nin. fTnA then .tha ntnrm
breaks dver the ahlp in' all Its mighty
J fci--i ; Z . n .. -
A tire la punctured and the ship be
gtnsto elnk, '!-. y , ..v--.-..'; -- vv 3
But Bee! Who Is that man rushing
Into the kitchen and boiling something
In a copper kettle? Tou may well ask.
It Is John Oglethorpe and he ia making
preserves,. He 1b preserving his life,
x ,: -:; . Chapter t. , J.,
' It is now time to look Inte the Ogle
thorpe home. : v .-
The seventeen little orphan children
have gone to bed and are talking about
Santa Cfaus in hushed TOloesthey are
dreaming, -"-v-- -" t --' ' ic'- r. t
. The wind continue to wall In har
mony with sixteen cats who are also In
the walling business.'
-. : : ' Chapter 4. '-: ;' ', V''';
The wind is Btill walllnr. -
P 8. This chapter Is run tn to give
John Oglethorpe time to reach home.
" Chapter..::",'- ,'
There is a faint knock en the door
of the Oglethorpe mansion, and seven
teen -little orphan children. , whose
mother has also retired, awake simul
taneously and listen. They also listen
simultaneously. t.v -, ..,.,.: .., .
The knock Is repeated and then the
door opens and admits John T. Ogle
thorpe...:' -'-.-.-5'.. .,s.:::..'..V.:, ' ;':-
The children close their eyes In happy
expectancy, and their mother dodgee
. a . . a a a .
Oglethorpe ; tiptoes eoftly Into ' the
middle of the room, turns off the light
puts out the cat and goes to bed.
- FINIS. -
ASK ASK. -Dear
Tanglefoot! Some one stole a
horse belonging to Alexander Ask, of
Fort Stevens, the other day. The man
waa arrested; the horse was not Where
fore: ;::?vi,::: : v.; 4. .,i : ;. J .;:. ;;' ; .i '.
Aek Alexander Ask If he will lend his
"Where is my hossr asks Alex Ask,
' chuck full of grim remorse.
"I'll rget'im.'i-says the-sheriffr as he
started on the task.
Don't ask. me for the answer; Just ask
Aiexanaer ahic. ft w. n
' ' AW, GO 'ON: X kx:-v':;V !:
r: "I see that Aviator Hamilton smokes
a cigarette ss soon as he lands from a
strenuous trip," remarked the man who
reads about flying machines and prize
fighters. :"-'-' "7-
"Xes, you see he can't smoke In the
air -yet; he hasn't learned how to roll
fly paper." said the smart Aleck.
The burglar carries a kit of tools.
A murderous look and a book of rulM. "
But what of him with a Jimmy and lamp?
Not half a kit for the robber scamp. -And
so you must Bee, to get the wit In,'
His kit of tools is but a kitten. 1.,
A Compliment to Statesman Lodge.
n From the New York Evening Post.
The Payne-Aldrtch tariff was wounded
in the house of itat friends when Senator'
Lodge declared at the unveiling of the
rilgrlms' mo'nument yesterdayi "We
must have material prosperity but woe
to that man or , that nation which makes
Wealth Its god and expects to find sal
vation in large statistics." This state
ment coincided with the Joyful emana
tions from Washington of news concern
ing the wonderful" reooTd made during
the first year of its life by that tarlf f
bill in the framing of which Senator
Lodge rendered such yeoman service. It
would b Interesting, indeed, if some
thing of that fierce sense of righteous
ness that spurred on Bradford, Carver,
and Winthrop could be trained on mod.
ern; conditions as they manifest them
selves in. Mr. Aldrich United States
senate and Mr. Lodge's Republican, ma
chine at home. In saying this, we are
aware of the essential unfairness of
holding up a marl's utterances on solemn
public occasions as a standard of n
conduot Only we speak not from the
muueiii, Bopniswcaiea point of view, but
from that of the little group of men
who. 290 years ago, on board th May
flower, signed a compact that was not
a. .trust agreement'"-'. ; .- i. . .
t(jOHtrltDted tO Th Innmal K nr.,, r ,
tee fampua baoaaa poet. Hla nroie-Dorma ara a
,l Know now well Horatlus the hosts
of , Lars defied, till the great Lord of
Luna came with his stately . stride.
Twaa i he, the mighty Astur, who fig
ured In the dope as being the exclusive
and only white man's hope. "I'll knork
that Roman's block off," he oft was
heard to say, when he-was busy train
ing before the fateful day. "And now
the twain encountered above the Tiber's .
flood; - Horatlus soaked . him roundly. '.
and Afftur's name was Mud. The dead
game sports beheld him knocked end
ways through the ropes, and cried In.
lit,,..- M... an.. . . . v..
unicr iurj; - uoa gasi an wniie men s
hopes!"; But whon the mighty Astur
his broken wishbone, and washed away
the gore, he said to sporting writers:
"That . mlxup wasn't fair, for I waa
'greatly worrlpd; my mind was full of
care. I couldn't sleep for thinking
ahont thewoe and rM.nhatjw.guUaf,-,.
flict . the people . unless we soon, had
, v..., u.uhscu inl
and put me on the blink; Horatlus ought
to give me another chance, I think."
But In the halls of music Horatlus, man
bf,.poWr,.waa cutting Ice and drawing
five hundred lire an. hour, .
Copvrlirht. 1010. b
" Ccvria SlattUevf- Atfama
Me
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