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Heroism Is simple and yet It
la rare.- Everyone, who does the
bent ht can. 4a a hero. Josh Bil
lings. -
SENATOR BOOIXU
vE HEARD much about Sena
hl tor S0"116 during the-late
' VV unpleasantness, ,. jWe heard
f much .about Senator Bourne
.that was false,' Vr-'.'-':; '
- For Instance, Mr. Bowerman sent
throughout the state a letter which
stated that , Senator Bourne "owns,
operates and controls" The : Oregon
Bail Journal" That' letter, was on
what purported to be the stationery
of the stat of Oregon. In it,: Mr.
Bowerman represented himself as
the "'acting governor of , Oregon."
Both the stationery and the title
were borrowed to give the letter
. prestige. ' 1 -
The statement was as complete a
falsehood as was ever uttered by
man. It was and is an untruth made
out of whole loth and with evil In
tent. It was an insult to, the people
of Oregon In that It was an attempt
to mislead them, and for It Mr. Bow
erman should make public apology.
Senator ' Bourne was f also de
nounced from one end of the state
to the other by Mr. Bowerman, who
assailed Bourne for his votes on the
tariff bill. Yet the tariff bill was
"the act of Mr. ' Bowerman's own
party. It was the act , of Mr. Haw
ley and the act of Mr. Ellis. Mr.
Bowerman therefore was -not : de
nouncing Senator Bourne for. hla
; votes on the tariff bill In reality,' but
for another reason. I And that rea
son was that Bourne 1 .,' napporter
of the direct primary, and as 'such
diJot"upport Mr. B0werman;ho
. was an enemy of the direct primary.
The verdict in Tuesday's - election
shows that several thousand Repub
licans in- the state took exactly the
same' view. as did Senator Bourne. ';.
Senator Bourne , was : also V4-
nounced as being - in alliance with
Senator Chamberlain,; f and 5-1 this
charge the Bowerman organs spreadJ
broadcast They asserted that west
was a party . to the compact, and
that he was desired as governor to
aid them politically, hereafter
Tuesday's verdict la the answer to
that fake." That .verdict is another
' proof that; though you print a lie a
thousand times,' you cannot .make
the people believe It. The attempt to
da so cams of that high browed no-
, tlon that people are uninformed and
can be gulled. . It is the assembly
idea that the citizen- masses are
stupid greenhorns who can be fooled
and faked with any. kind of rot that
may. be dealt out to them. The elec
tion' of .West is a splendid evidence
to those who promoted the fake of
how foolish and futile they were.
The one thing . that the .politicians
of Oregon must learn Is that they
, must not go with a He on" their
lips to the people of Oregon. They
must go with the' truth, and If they
Ao, they will be listened to respect
fully and , be Judged on their merits.
, When they attempt to bamboozle
and deceive, they will come to grief,
As to Senator Bourne and any fu
, lure ambition for reelection he ma
have,? The Journal knows nothing
But this much It does know; If his
i opponents in "the Republican party
; want to beat him fo reelection they
must .meet Mr. Bourne on. his own
; terms. IThey must put a man In the
i field against him who Is as loyal to
! the direct primary and to Statement
. One as is Mr. Bourne." They must
. bow to the inevitable, and; put an
' end to this effort to take the eelec-
tlon of senator out. of the hands of
the people. They must abjure as
- semblles and assemblylsm and go out
,. to the people with their claims for
election or Mr. Bourne will . beat
: them. ; ' i
ROOSEELT'S SETBACK
TT WOULD be idle to deny that
" the defeat , of Stlmson In . New
.. York was Intended to be, and Is
a heavy blow struck at the can?
'.dldate himself but aimed to hit the
-man who championed his cause so
lustily.
.. Here Is another instance of the
temporary success of a coalition of
many men and diverse Interests. The
- bitter .antagonism of Tammany, of
, Wall street powers, of the, standing
army, of Democrats, was to be ex
pected.' The secret, undying, revenge
' seekln g stabs of the " defeated old
guard, were also to be foretold. But
other forces must have operated to
.. overturn the Hughes majority of two
. years back.
From one end of the union to the
other Roosevelt has been met In his.
campaign by shouting thousands.
But the votes have not followed the
arclalm. why? 7
i The grea't Earl Dalhousle returned
to England,; after, his Indian career
iua-jueformsWwreedhrot!
Jn the far east by his dominating per-
. f Tiatity, to find himself disliked and
; fred, not praised and welcomed as
, 1 e kciw that he deserved. A friend
asked how be could" account for it.
Ha answered la words that match the
conditions that surround Roosevelt
today:" "I have gained,' said he,
"the full hatred of men to those who
would fain' do them good against
their will,- by ways they do not tin-
doratand, and by vchanges in , which
they disbelieve." - And yet " Dal
bousIeV reforms stood the test of
tlme-a-and his name lives among the
great ones of his race today,.
So vital, a force as Rdosevelt em
bodies may be obstructed it cannot
be defeated until the last strokes are
struck and the war.l won
NOW FOR DOCKS
T
HE PEOPLE of "Portland have
voted . for public docks. - They
have rebuked Mayor Simon and
those members of the city coun
cil who set aside "the popular will
of two years "ago. i They have ordered
an issue of $2,500,000 lri bonds, and
to make sure that no city function
aries may block the plan, have pro
vided for -a 'commission of five citi
zens 1 to construct and operate the
docks. ,::VJ -,' w '';, ".',.1,'.'
The people have done this oyer the
protest of those who failed or " re
fused to realize that the step is . a
long stride forward for the develop
ment of Portland and Oregon. It
comes at the moment when John F
Stevens announces that 250 miles of
electrio railroad . are to - be built In
the Willamette valley and while
other lines of railroad are being con
structed In long stretches throughout
the state. It is also contemporan
eous with a general movement of
trunk dines for Pacific coast connec
tions, more especially with Portland.
Public docks ; is the exact enter
prise to fit In harmoniously with this
forward movement. ; Such docks con
trolled by, the city will enable other
great trunk lines to reach Portland a
waterfront and prevent a single line
from obtaining a monopoly. ' They
will give, a landing place to all the
merchant ships of the world, and en
able every competing railroad line
and every competing steamship line
to Interchange their . traffic. , They
will provide Equipment; devices and
conveniences that? will reduce .'the
transfer cost to -the " minimum, and
exert a. powerful. Influence in lower
ing the dockage tax on transporta
tlon. :: ,"A,viv.C"':; v;
The docks will do more. They
will remove Portland forever -from
the influence that has killed water
transportation on tne Mississippi, on
the great lakes and wherever else It
has managed to gain a foTrthaTThts
nfluence is the control by railroads
over water terminals, which hold the
interstate commerce commission has
officially declared' to be the. means
by which competitive water trans
portation has been destroyed, '-' :
Finally, the docks will olace Port
land, "n" Mne fr receiving full benef ItJ
irom tne greatly enlarged ocean traf
fic that will come from' the opening
of the Panama canal. Great steamer
lines, when the canal Is finished, will
ply between Pacific coast and Euro-,
pean ports.- Other great ocean lines
will operate between Atlftntlo and
Pacific ports. They will -be great
ships, carrying enormous cargoes at
greatly reduced freight rates, and
with her new docks, Portland will be
In position to receive and accommo
date them. One of . the greatest
moves for the promotion of Portland
ahd the state "was the vote Tuesday,
authorizing, r construction - of the
docks. The, , Journal congratulates
the people of the city.
And now, that a second vote has
been given for docks, let each of
those entrusted with responsibility in
the activity,.., p'romptly do' the things
that are his to do and that the elec
tors have ordered him to do. Let us
have an end to the obstructive tac
tics and petty Interferences that have
disgraced the .city, lor many, months
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REFORMATION OF CRDHNALS
I
N A PUBLIC address delivered In
a Seattle . church. Judge Ronald
of that city declared that It was
utterly., Impossible to teform the
criminal. . According to the tub-
lished report of '' the speech, this
statement was .without qualification,
It la a rather strange declaration for
a man in his bosltion to make-and
many students pf penaldgy will dis
agree with him. , Some: criminals".
certainly, are lrreformable, but by
no means , all, .and it Is a constant
effort and duty of society, not only
to punish crime but to reform crim
inals. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In . commenting on Judge,, Ronald's
remarkable statement, well Bays
He ' seems to .be totally blind to the
meaning and significance of prison
studies conducted in this country "and
abroad, totally indifferent to the value
of reliable statistical data collected by
painstaking observers, and Inexcusably
unmindful Of the light careful scientific
Inquiry has thrown on ' the subject of
crime and : criminals in recent years,
But it ls-possibla, and it is
profitable also; to reform criminals, and
if"JuflgRonalddoesnt'know-tnfact
it. is because he has allowed the agei
to slip away from him despite the rapid
and , constant accumulation of . books,
documents, reports and free and reliable
data in almost every form.
Many people who have committed
more or less serious crimes, suf f i-
cient to Incur a term of petra.1 servi
tude as. a penalty, have thereafter
lived, honorable and upright lives,
and alt criminals should be encour
aged and aided in every possible
way to do this.
A $1,000,000,000 GRAB FOILED
S
IX PROMINENT men were In
dicted by a federal grand Jury
In .Spokane' this -week- for try
ing fraudulently to" obta!noa-IrLJ:J:n? h, .JanfLJcJSKdjUetUHttU
ST"Tlir1iWndTnnl convincing evidence that the whole- plying England and other near coun-
coailandfl esti
mated. to be worth $1,000,000,000.
They , pursued the usual tactics, -Inducing
people to file on claims under
an , agreement to convey " to them
when "title was "perfected. It was
substantially tne same game that was
being played In the case of the Cun
ningham claims, -that Glavis exposed
just in time to pteveat their "con
servation" by the Gug genhfilms, who
were probably-behind this $1,000,
000.00Q grab ajso. .'' ... J
'I The , Guggenbelms are doubtless
disgusted. Things have come to ,a
pretty pass when, In consequence of
the pernicious activity of some med.
dling s understrappers like Glavis,
they cannot gobble tip all the rich
coal lands on the public domain, par
ticularly in Alaska.
TIHB SWINGING PENDULUM
r
HE POLITICAL pendulum took
a swing Tuesday to which it
has ' heen unaccustomed In re-;
cent years. A - gain of eight
Democratic United States senators Is
among the changes. Democrats are
to replace" Republican senators in the
following states: Maine, Indiana,'
Missouri, .Montana, Nebraska. New,
i vi &, vjuiu turn vv chi y rgima aus
Republicans have gained no Demo-'
cratic aeats. The new senate will
consist of. 61 Republicans and 41
Democrats. i iThe ; Democrats.' and in
surgents, If they act together; can
control that body. ':.
..The lower house of congress Is
Democratic." The latest returns Indi
cate that tie majority for the Demo
crats in that . body 'will be about 60.
The gain for .the Democrats Is about
56 seats that were held byRepubli
cans while only six Republicans ook
places away, from Democrats.
In governors there Is a similar
swing of . the -.political pendulum
Democratic governors are elected In
New York New Jersey, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma. CoU
orado, Oregon, Wyoming, Alabama
South Carolina Texas and North Da
kota. Thirteen states elect Republi
can governors 'as follows:"- Pennsyl
vania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Kebraska, South; Dakota, Wisconsin,
California, Nevada and Tennessee.
Idaho Is In doubt on. governor, with
the Democrats claiming the election
of Hawley by 625 and the Republi
cans Insisting that Brady is reelected
by 225. '
SUEZ AND PANA5IA CANALS
D'
URINO LAST year 4200 vessels
passed through the Suez canal,
their Combined tonnage being
15,000,000, of which two thirds
was British. Of the- 4200 vessels.
1644 werealso-Brltishr8 Quwere
German, 100 French, a9 .Austrian,
20 Russian; 4 Italian and only 2
American. ,:. : . ,
, : These figures are used , in some
quarters as a basis for an argument
in favor of a ship subsidy policy,
but as has been repeatedly pointed
out there are other and' better ways
of building rup the Anterlcan mer
chant marine than by paying cash
out of the national treasury. The
tariff could be taken off chips' ma
terials.; and supplies, as Is done by
other countries; foreign built ships
could be given American registry:
and if these acts did not bring about
desired results, imports" carried In
American ships could be subject to
lower duties than those carried In
foreign ships..
The Suez canal has long been a
very, profitable Investment for Great
Britain, as it pays not only for its
operation and maintenance, . but a
large percentage of Interest on its
cost It Is not expected that ; the.
Panama canal will do this, and
Americans will -be pretty well satis
fied if it pays the cost of Its main
tenance. . Some prominent men urge
that passage through it should be
made entirely free, but this policy
is not likely to be adopted. Ships
should pay for passage but - the
charge should be moderate. v
Among the election aftermath la
the statement of many parsons that
they voted for Mr. West because of
the campaign, of villiflcatlon and pet
ty abuse carried on against him by
the Oregonian and its evening edi
uon. ... 4' i- . .:'
A great many people are saying
that the Oregonian accomplished
pithing in the late campaign. They
are mistaken, tua it not assist In
the election of "Abe T"
The Republican Party and Tariff.
From the National Matraslna.
It Is common knowledge and has been
lor a quarter pi a century that the
protected Interests paid the Republican
party In campaign contributions for the
tariff schedules, i The whole party is
wmsramaieo. iiepuDiican leaders of to
day . have grown up amid " thosev sur.
roundings, the strong- men of his nartv
the powers in the state conventions and
at the national gatherings have rjreahl
to the younger ones the necessity that
ensiea ror catering to the protected
mieresis. corporations, -thus given spe
cial privileges, have Uusht their em.
ployes to vote the Republican ticket ' or
lose their Jobs. With the example of
tne national government giving prlvi
leges to jtewiheti aa-been-tirr-en
publicans . not only took that money
couragement to aii forms of graft
om the trusts, but Insisted upon hav-
ing s it. rat fryers are remilarl v on-
pointed tin addition representatives of
the big interests have been put In by
ico xvepuuucaa leaders in congress to
aciuauy write tne- tariff schedule. And
senatorial tasicmasters saw that th
work was well done. Senator Aldrleh
watched ; over all ,, and in : a particular
manner observed the ' rubber schednU
because of his connection with the rub
ber trust Senator Soptt had an Interest
m tne scneauics made for the glass
trust: Senator, Smoot revised the woofen
schedule with careful resrard fori Mis
woolen trust and an ey for his Indl-
vuu4 weuare, - wnne eenator Guggen
heim looked after the smelter trust and
all the other Guggenhelms. ' It may be
going a bit far afield ift brjnglnf in these
individual cases of Renubllcan eohne-
mission oi tne llepuDilcan party, its
leaders and Its statesmen is to promote
privilege. ; .::,...'" ', ..... ..
The insurgents have seen the tide of
opposition rising. Responsive to the
teachings of, the Democracy for . the
past decade, the people have .eWung to
the support1 of progressive ideas. Some
of .' the Republican statesmen of the
west haw sought shelter. They are
called insurgents,' .'After the storm sub
sides they - will go 'back td their' old
moorings, and high tariffs.
' Beautifying Cities
t From the Christian tfclence-Mpnltor.
Ascending public ideals are reflected
in measures to 'improve the appe&rance
of streets, buildings,' parks and sur
roundings of cities,1 as -well as in the
promotion of oleanllnesl; elimination of
signboards and embryonic" movements
to prevent unnecessary colsemaking. All
the world seems awakening to a sense
of ithe incongruous that was allowed
to creep In until some one discovered
that it had no business anywhere. Dust,
refuse, smoke and other inharmonious
accumulations are irreconcilable with
the scheme that includes symmetrical
rows of buildings, beautlfttt ' play
grounds, . drives and other accompani
ments of progress. , Up to data men and
women rverywhere,1 Individually and by
means of organization, have lent thejr
efforts to the abolishment of a form
of idvertlsing that cannot vie on eaual
terms- with - the newspaper, the maga
tine and Other periodicals distributed
by the energetic- carrier, . - ,
Thromrh all their campaigns runs an
admirable element of consistency . that
demands civic improvements in keeping
with 'the gradual advance or tnougm
and methods of living. The handsome
dwelling needs no hovel .to set it off.
The modern "block, neatly designed,
looks better elsewhere than, beside a
dumping ground. v Nearly immaculate
streets, like those of - some ; mQdern
towns and cities, complete the picture.
A New Yorker, writing home from Lon
don, contrasts the highways of London
with-those of New York in respect to
rlsanlirtPHs to the disadvantage of the
American, metropolfts. - London's 'streets,
including the .great thoroughfares ana
the poorest east 'end alleys, . he finds
superior to New York's far wept Sixties
or Seventies; recreation places , in
Britain's capital, he discovers, are not
Uttored like Union and Madison squares
or Central park,' while, ponds and Jakes
In London parks are kept noticeably
Blear. Window flower boxes are com
mon In London, whereas In America
these beauty spots are opposed in some
municipalities by regulations. - These
observations point. Important lessons for
American municipalities every whert J
Yet even USe smaller centers of popu
lation have Joined with iest fa elaborat
ing , plans for ? improvement. , Enforce-'
rnent of previously ignored ordinances
has been the initial step with some, and :
others have legislated anew from the
start But. the desire for more altruistic
surroundings, inherent, everywhere in
local pride, is taking form in new de
partures that become manifest in home
and public utilities. The signboard and
smoke troubles already, are abating,. and
unnecessary noise, another member or
the same clan, Is the subject of hand
writing on the wall.
Wallowa County Lands.
From the Enterprise News-Reoord.
The recent withdrawal from the for
est-reserve and the-restoration te en
try 'of several townships In Wallowa
county has called the attention of many
people this fall to the land still avail
able to entry under the homestead laws
of -the United States. , Scores are scour
ing" the county, and consulting maps and
plats In the office of the United States
commissioner with a view to becoming
the owner of a auarter section of land.
Many of the- land hunters are now and
have been residents of the county for
some time, while otlvors are from varl
oua parts of Oregon, Washington and
even the eastern states.
One family from Michigan was for
tunate enough to find a homestead
within four miles of Enterprise and will
soon take up their residence thereon.
In the judgment or many or tne oia
settlers there Is very little desirable
land yet remaining open to homestead
entry, but other old settlers will recall
the fact that In but few instances did
the first settlers in the county fire on
the best land. Frequently they selected
homesteads that are now : considered
very inferior, and lands now considered
the best lay vacant for many years-.
And such may be the case now. Prac
tically all land on which there is run
ning water has heen taken up years ago,
but running water is not the only con
sideration for desirability. - A few years
hence may see some of the land now
vacant pronounced the best in the
county. : ' - '
Reports from the Pine creeK, cnes-
nlmnus and contiguous country are to
the effect that there are numerous
squatters holding down claims until
November 21, when . they can file on
land hitherto In the forest reserve. Oth
ers are not so much impressed with .the
land thrown open to entry but are look
ing nearer the valley end have found
land Just as desirable. ' Tents have been
pitched on many quarter sections, rude
shacks spring up. in a night while oth
ers post a notice declaring their selec
tion Of the surrounding lands as a site
for a future home and go ahead getting
ready to build a .house and barn,
One man from the east was looking
over the land in the Crow Creek country
and finally found a piece that satisfied
him. He prepared to establish his res
idence and wait until November 21, hav
ing brought his bed and a tent with
hlnj. After' fixing up camp a little he
strolled down and over a nearby -hill
where he found, much to his surprise,
a tent with evidences of being inhabit
ed. He Investigated further and found
that , a young lady had moved Into the
place at 12:15 a. m.' and " claimed the
same land. He was about 10 hours too
lata
Danish and American Dairies.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
... The Danish.;; System -of cooperation
may not be entirely applicable In the
United States. But the argument which
has been advanced In this country, that
crazing regions are no longer what they
were, might apply with equal force to
Denmark since it would be Impossible
for that small country to support its
millions of cows on grass. The Danes,
however, have i discovered - the best
Lmethodt for feeding the, etock artificial
ly, ID to SPeaK. immense imporxauono
of corn, and cotton seed oil for the
mCTut&ctUre'BrgageSTare usedfor"feed;
and the richness Of Danish cream , Il
lustrates the value of this 'method.
If the Danes can do bo well with ma
terial obtained largely In this country,
could not American farmers s do the
same? There is no doubt that the In
creasing Interest of western farmers in
Danish butter making and stock raising
has Its foundation in tne excellent re
suits obtained by the Danes. ' The co-
oDerativa system is, in effect, the send
ing of tre farm milk to a central dairy,
each contributor; as stockholder In the
institution, ', getting his share in ac
cordance .with what he supplies and
the quality ,of the milk sent in. : The
profit from the 5 sale ' of butter and
cheese 1 divided ; monthly. Daily the
skim milk la returned to the respective
farms, where , It : becomes a valuable
food for cows and pigs. 1 Danish bacon
is famous abroad, The quality of the
butter lias become a byword, and the
tries, It Is shipped in large , lots to
Africa and Asia, There is no talk in
Denmark , about givlns; , up the dairy
industry, and it would, prove an aaton
lshtng proposition to the Danes. .
Education is-essential to successful
COMMENT AND
BMAJX CHANGE - '
. Let 'erTraln. - ; , - '
Governor West .
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The Journal told you so,
. .
. A lot of them came West,
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Will Harmon bring harmony?
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. And yet the women can't vote.
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v Election come quite often enough
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A billion-bushel oat crop helps soma
. Get good and ready to be thankfuL
Roosevelt's wall paper charges didn't
stick.
Now don't you wish you had good
roads? . .v -
Bowermaa - eouldn't , "deliver ? the
gOOdS." i.
Snowing In the east; fructuous rain.ln
Oregon, .
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The March magazines are not quite
out vat . ' ' j . . . .... ..
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Oregon the greatest apple state in
the union. , , . , - ,
r. s ' i ;T . !y''-:.r V, p.?.;.v.' v v'j:
Well, there , ia a chanoe for Hawley
to reform. -
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Polities 1 almost as deadly a game
as football. .- . v
."Oregon has almost a habit of electing
Democratic governors.
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. The campaign .cigars are all smoked or
thrown away we hope.
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The colonel will not have so many
anxious visitors now, for a While. '
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There is no present prospect that
turkey will be any cheaper this year.
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It is. not strange that there was trou
ble on, election day at Fussy Creek;
Okla. , r- . . ..... , . , '
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Voters seem "not to bave-paid much
attention to the colonel's advice and
entreaties."..
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The principal object of an ' average
actress In marrying is to get a divorce
soon after, and alimony, v
.y . ... , .. '::''.-;V-'.,
Albrfny Democrat: For political rot
the campaign of the Oregonian has been
the worst la the history of Oregon. , -
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The. Democratic candidate' for, gov
ernor in California was beaten, but a
rantc lnsuraenL Hirara , Jnhnnnn. A-n
elected. ; . ' .. r ..
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Anv honest rllirunn n)it kdx Ml
few burglars and hlehwavmen . will
thereby render the cltv and ulatA
service. -
The Rostdn ftloha linn rltoAvri4 that
foodstuffs are"not luxuries, but neces
saries," which Statement probably no
body swill deny.
ixs Anireies Times: A Nm Tnrlf tn.
male lawyer says there should be wnm
en Judges, too. Then Justice would not
omjn do puna, dui powdered, perfumed
and hobbled, .. .;.,,' . , '. ; . .
There are recurrin rnort th
Belle Elmore Crippan, whose husband Is
unuer sentence of death for her murder.
Is alive, but the British aethorities will
want very ciear ; proof of this before
uiey wui Deueve it. , , . .
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- Yesterday a email paragraph lnthis
ooiumn said: "Raise more hens and
boys." It was a misprint; the copy was:
'Kaise more hens and hogs." But we
won t go back on it: Raise more "boys"
u Citif., uwi uens ana nogs.
Chicago Record-Herald! Fletcher says
you should "hold your face down" when
you are eating. o that your tongue will
hang . perpendicularly in your mouth.
To do this most comfortably 'get down
v" yuur imnua tuiu unees wnen you eat,
NovcmVer 10 in History Oliver GoWsmitK
Today is the birthday of Oliver Gold
smith (1728), who was one of the most
pleasing of the English writers of his
century., -His father was partly a
curate and partly a, fanner, and be
tween the two made a scant living in
the little town of Pallas, where Oliver
was Dorn. as a youth-he was taueht
his letters by a maid servant, and when
7 was sent to the village school. ' At 9
he. entered a grammar school, but only
stayed for a short time, and made a
number of changes Before he was
ready for college This was : due ito
the fact that he was extremely homely,
smau or stature and with limbs ill put
together. The ridicule amon? tha bova
at poor Oliver's appearance was height
ened ' by . a peculiar simplicity and a
disposition to blunder, which he retained
to the last He became the - common
butt of boys and masters, was pointed
to as a fright in the playground, and
floged as a dunce In the school room.
When Goldsmith had risen to emi
nence, those who had once derided him,
ransacked their memory for the, events
of his early years, and realted repartee
and couplets which had dropped from
him, and which, though little noticed at
the time, were, supposed, a quarter of a
century later, to indicate, the power
which produced "The Vicar of Wake
field" and the "Deserted .Village."
At Trinity college, -- Dublin, he " sup
ported himself by doing chores. He
lived in a garret, on; the window of
Which his name, scrawled by himself,
is still read with interest' Here at
college he led a life divided between
squalid distress' and squalid dissipa
tion. , - After obtaining his degree, he
went to work at one thing and another,
never succeeding - at' anything, and
finally with his flute as his only asset,
he Started, on a foot ramble through
Flanders . France, Switzerland, playing
tunes ; which everywhere, set the peas
antry dancing, and whlehT6ftett pro
duced" for hira a supper and a bed.
Everywhere he lived on .he " alms" he
was able to obtain. , .
Finally, in 1766, when he was 28
years old, the wanderer landed back at
Dover without a shilling without ' a
friend and without a calling. He turned
strolling player, Joined ' a swarm of
beggars, was usher In a 'School, and
finally In despair, took a garret In a
miserable court, and settled down to
literary work. He wrote muohr little of
which iwas accepted . at first. He
gradully got a foothold, however, and
became known, ' He was Introduced to
Johnson, who was thea .considered fes
the first of English writers. He be
came Intimate with eminent men who
dairying. ,,tThe department of agricul
ture, rather than -to advise the abandon
ment of dairy farming, might better di
rect its ; effort ; toward 1 finding ; means
whereby the industry can be made prof
itable. The publio stands waiting with
Open purse, asking only good food and
plenty of it.' Let the farmers, to begin
With, be Instructed In the best methods
Of caring, for the stock. If every footjOf
available ground in New England were
devoted to the dairy iadustry the large
olties of the east alone -could, make use
of the milk and butter. -
Steam Roads Are Being Electrified.
Ft-oirr-Etsctrte1' yews -BervTceT
' Electrical .engineers -prophesy the
time when, all our main trunk line rail
roads, as well as all the branch lines,
will be completely , electrified. Nearly
all the large terminal, and tunnels are
now being electrified to avoid the smoke
and gturTtiulsance and the electrio lines
N'EWS-IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS ,.
Milton prune growers get $30 a ton.
net, .
' -
Redmond has organieed a fire depart
ment. . 1
.
' Seven new houses right lately In Jor
dan Valley.., . . .::-;.;
' Blsr dnlopmont sure In all. parts of
Oregon next year, ,. .
"The hg burned Peacock flour mill at
Milton will be rebuilt .
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. McMInnville atid Woodburn had two
successive days of voting, holding their
city elections on Monday.
Ban Francisco isan writes that -apples
received from Coqullle were the finest
he has seen or tastod in that city.
The Joseph Herald publishes a list of
30 buildings erected there this year.-at
a cost, including a $50,000 elecUlo light
plant, ot $218,600. r - , , f ... ,, :
According' to- the hop buyers there are
nniv.im hoi r i4n hona unsold In
Lane county, much less than usual at
VMa f 1m A fit VMr . S - ...
It is said that Bandom Or:, bears the
distinction of having a daily paper
which is printed the farthest west of
snv dally paper on the mainland of the
United States,
A Tnnna Vallev man dutr 900 sacks, of
potatoes, and the Bonanza Bullettn ays
that some of them were monsters one
of them being so large that it.would not
go into a Six gallon bucket, ; .c ;
One hundred and fifty trees in a Cor
vallis man's 7 year old orchard produced
700 boxes of fruit wnicn.ne sqiu at i.is
a box. Thla is the third year the orch
ard has' been producing proUfically. . -.
with !! thpn two weeks' work the
Solicitors for the Wallowa free reading
room and workingman's home have suc
ceeded irv raisins nearly $800 toward the
erection of a bunding, ana. worn un
commenced. V -t':'-;'U
Man near bntarlo, from 20 acres, har
vested and cleaned 76 sacKB or auaiia
seed, averaging 160 pounds to the sack.
11,250 pounds of seed, and at the pre
vailing price, of 1(4 Vents per pound,
this would give him $U28.ia from his
20 acres. - . '
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Trinumth rntmt.v hnn more water suit
able for. the nronaeation of fish. than
any other county in the state, if not In
the United States, and there is no reason
why one of the largest hatcheries in the
country could not be located here, thinks
tne jyeraia. -. .
Woi-W on s thd Nehalem iettv Is pro
vreaslns ranlrtlv nnrt it Is cxnecteA that
It will be possible to secure a depth of
20 feet on the bar. If these hopes are
realised, it wUI be but a short time until
the little town at the mouth of the rich
Nehalem valley will blossom into an im
portant seaport, Btys the Enterprise.) '
- einc tha nfflam shovel has been rilaced
in operation excellent progress Is being
made on grading ror tne Astona couin
m Rallwav comDany's new railroad,
says the Budget The first big cut at
this end of the road has been completed
and the shovel Is now at work in the
second cut - .
Corvallls Gaxette-Tlmes Many people
have donated liberally for the relief of
the Pochlke family in jods aaaiuon,
and the family Is now beyond need. Rev.
Horoth nf th Rermftn Lutheran church
asurei the publio that the family will
be cared for. ? Several men donated
clothing and potatoes, apples and other
provisions nave come in. '
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The Weston Leader tella of a man Who
bough a brood sow last December,
welching 190 pounds. This year the sow
raised nine Discs, ii Last Friday the moth.
er weighed 605 pounds'. and was .bought
for cents a --pound. Buyer paid H
cents, for four ' pigs, weighing 1030
nounda. and Mr. St e wart realized a total
of $143.80'in cash.- He has five pigs
left, and these represent "clear , velvet"
Raise more hogs,-, friends.
Am
looked upon rhm as clever, lie moved
to better quarters, f .
Towards the close of 1764 his rent
was so long in arrears that his land
lady tone, morning called in the help of
a sheriff ' officer.1 The .debtor, in
great perplexity. . dispatched a - mes
eenger to Johnson, ; and Johnson, al
ways friendly, though often surly, sent
back the messenger with a guinea, and
promised to follow speedily. He came,
and. found that Goldsmith had -changed
the guinea, and was railing at the land
lady Over a bottle of Madeira. Johnson
put the cork Into f the .'"bottle and en
treated his friend to consider calmly
hoar motifiv -wnn tn Via -nrnnnrtwl ' nnld.
smith said hat he had a novel ready
for the press. Johnson glanced at the
manuscript saw that there were good
things In it, took it to a bookseller, sold
it for $300 and soon returned. with the
money. The rent was paid, and the
sheriff a of fleer" withdrew. : ; According
to ona story, Goldsmith gave his land
lady a Sharp reprimand for her treat
ment of him; according to another; he
Insisted on her Joining him in a bowl
of punch. Both stories- are probably
true. The novel which was thus ushered
into the world was "The Vicar of
Wakefield," ,
From this on 'Goldsmith rose rapidly
in public opinion and literary import
ance. Goldsmith was Undoubtedly one
of the most brilliant writers Of hj day,
but he is credited with being equally
stupid as ' a conversationalist, in
spite of tne face that ne associated with
Johnson, - Burke, Beauclero and Gar
rick, the greatest wits Of his day, . So
extraordinary was the contrast between
Goldsmith's r published.' works and the
silly things which be said, that Horace
Walpole described him as an inSDired
Idiot ""jSoII," said Garrick, "wrote like
an angel arid - talked like poor Poll."
Goldsmith died on the 8rd ' pf April,
1774,;.ln his forty-sixth . year.- Ia the
few years after be had turned over the
proverbial rnew cleat he had accom
plished wonders.' ' , ,
On November 10, 1620, the Mayflower
arrived at Provincetown; Hampton
Sidney college was opened in I11hr and
Napoleon ' was declared first consul in
1789. - Today ia the birthday of Ma
homet,1; the .Prophet . (670) ; ; Martin
Luther, the Reformer (14.83) s Frederick
Schiller, the German poet (1769); Rob
ert Y. Hayne,' the southern statesman
(1791); Samuel. G. Howe, philanthropist
(1801); ancinnatus H. Miller ("Joaquin
Miller"), the poet (1841); Henry Van
Dyke, clergyman and author4 (186 2), and
Winston Churchill, novelist (1871). .
are reaching further and further out Inc
to the country. ,5 .
In total .length : of single track the
-West Jersey and Seashore Mine leads
among the , continuous current, electrt-
f iejl eteam railroad systems with a total
length , of i 150mlles Of single track.
Then follow the New York Central. 132
miles; the Long Island,126 miles; the
Pennsylvania, S6 miles; the Metropolitan
railway, London,-67 miles, and the Lan
cashire and Yorkshire railway, England,
60 miles of slngle"track. The 'electrifi
cation of subway and elevated, systems
in America has reached a total of 438
mileS. ,'.' W,-' ,;.v ;''.'-';'..';';':..:.':',.;,:,..,.
J.JougStUlngia.sysiej4a
the Interborough Rapid Transit company
of New York, which has180 miles. Then
follow the Chicago elevated eystems
with 113 miles; the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, 71t miles "Boston - elevated, 19
miles; Philadelphia Rapid Transit 11
miles, ,and the liudson and Manhattan,
12 mile. ... '. . - - - -
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt
AND SO, OF COp'RSE-
The gas man's bills are coming due.
High prices make me sad- and blue,'
Thl cloudy weather worries, too. - .
joui vneii--iection s over, . . ' - . .t
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There's Christmas giving coming yet,
And we must pay that "lection bet.
The rain morever's awful" wet,
.out uiun -elections over.-
There may be tons of gloom ahead,
This life, is not a futher bed, . :
And w-hen-we're dead, why, we'll stay.
, ' .UOc1.U,
. But. then election's over."' '
. . s JONKS jinti RRnuw
Jones and Brown were - nartn'nrs in.- a
: little hnsinsn Hnht-nci .... : -
'.Way back In .eighty -. -something V and -
they made a lively team,
fhey worked with all -their might and
--7 main and plied up much success,
And the firm was known from 'Frisco
- . to Alaska's Bay of Yea.
Though many years have passed away,
the old frrm name still stands,
The business has increased until, the '
. firm owns stocks and lands.
But Jonos and Brown. O. hen ara
theyt The other day there went "
A man to visit Brown and Jones and
.. see the president, ' .
But when the man was, ushered in he
saw Ike ' Mosensteln, - .
He saw Abe Potash standing there: he
11TlTWt -lo saw Jake Klein. - t
'Which one of you is Brown?" he said. .
Wlilch one of you is Jonesr'
"Vy, none of us; ve bought 'em out,"
. . ".a-ld in solemn tones.,
And still today it's Jones and Brown,
and-people passing by ,
So Isaacsteln and Goldcnberg ahd wink
the other eye, .
And then-they say, with putxled looks
i.. . and - troubled,- wrinkled frown: 1
"Which ne of , -em is Jones, I say t
, Which one of 'jem ia Brown t" (
The pible In Public Schools.
"The reading of the Bible in the nub. '
lie schbqls 'of Illinois constitutes see
tarlan Instruction according to opinion
of the supreme coui;t of Illinois, reports
the Docket The coiyt holds that as the .
Douay or Catholic version ot the Bible
will nof be accepted by Protestants, and
the King James or- Protestant version
Is inconsistent with the Cathollo, faith,
the reading of the King James version
in the public schools of Illinois deprives
Cathollo children, of the freedom of re
ligious worship guaranteed to them In
the constitution. ' Judge Dunn - says:
"The Bible 'is ; not read la the publio
schools as mere literature or mere hla- -tory.s-
It Is tot adapted for use as a.
textbook for the teaching alone of read
ing, "of history or. of literature, without ,
regard to Its religious character. Such '
use would be Inconsistent with. Its true""
character, nd . the reverence in which
the Scriptures are held and should be
held. If; any parts are to be seleoted
for use as' being free from sectarian
differences . of o"prnion,v who will select r
them 7' 'All.ects, religious or even antl
reMgidus, stand on an equal ''footing.
The public school" la supported by. the
taxes Whioh each "citizen, regardless of
his religion or hls-lack of It, is com-
pelTed to pay. The school, like the gov-, '
ernment, is simply a civil rnstitutlon.
It Is secular, and not religious, In Us
purposes. The truths of the Bible are
the truths -of religion, which : do not
come within the province of the publio
school. The banishment ef relielous
lnstructton from the publio schools is
done, not from any hostility to religion,
but because It Js no part of the duty of
the state to teach religion tCr take the
money of all, and apply It to teaching
the children of all the religion of a
part only," , .
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- A Tip on Hatpins.
From the Boston. Globe. , .
When mere man puts on his hat It
ordlnarilr stays, without being artifh.
ANV WAV f- (tiH
dally-"attached to his head, but when , '
the modern Phyllis dons her '.'creation,
-alias hat, her task is only half com-
pleted and she must rorsootn, pm the i
creation through and through with- a
tiny c stiletto, commonly called a hat
pin, -Originally a precautionary device.
the hat pin has grown In length until it -;
has become, a menace and a weapon.
Public safety being involved, city coun- .
oils wrestle with this latter , day prob
lem and In grave and pointed debate de
cide whether the. pins shall, be a foot
and a half long, or only one foot long, u
As the Btyles are constantly changing,
Snd will be till the crack of doqm, the f
proc-iem is ever open. -v- " - '
In the Interest of society, to prevent
mayhem, to save men who ravel' in
lurching public 'Conveyances from w the
necessity of being ever alert to escape "
puncture, It: Is respectfully : suggested t
that Phylll8 et'al be permitted to wear - '
hat pins of anyvlength, but that cork ,
V t..iH,.jT..K . ... wn.v .-A,... ..-.j,...
ue. xuBiaieu., ujjuh. r vyilji mo auop-.
tlon. Of the change suggested a man; in
stead of being rushed to an eye In
firmary maimed for Ufa would merelv ;
say politely, "kindly remove your cork
up irom my eye, v ana tne -. incident ,
would be dosed and his eye opened,-- It
Is admitted that this suggestion is" a
compromise, and neither Senator Crane,! :
the Oompromlser emeritus, nor the Ku-i?
thor of the new nationalism la Its spon-
sor; nevertheless, it Is advanced on its
intrinsic merit and lnthe belief that the
tip la a corker. , -
T1 ' T 1
i ner readier
(Contributed to The Jouml by Welt Maaon,
thi famou Kanm poet, juii proie-poemi rc t
regular feature of UjU eoluoiu la Tbe Dlo '
Journal). . r ,
Last eve I- sought the. church 'nrt
heard a gifted pastor preach the Word.
He talked of men whose days were o'er
two tnousana , years ago or. mora ' He
talked of kings whose bones were dust
whose sceptres, were reduced : to mat '
so long ago their stories seem like r
fragments of a summer dream.. He saUt j
no wore? of those who strive in this old
world, Intense, alive, who fight Jhelr
battles every, day,, obscurely,- in their '" i
f eoble way.' I'd Just , as - soon be in '
the dark concerning Father Noah'n arlt?
1 care not for the tents of Baal, or
juBBiiim cum, or i onan r whale; I want
tahear my pastor talk about the people V
oft tWs block, whose lives are full of ; '
stings and smarts, whose problems often !
break their hearts.- ; I'd rather learn
some way to cheer some hopeless toiler '
struggling here, than learu how Pharaoh
blew his dough about five " thousand
years ago. Tlie dust of-klngs In ancient -ground
la worth a half a ent a nnL r
aud Ashur wd-aRyr-Wer-a "dried
before old Julius Caosar died; the things
of which my pastor talks are dead es
Adam's brindled ox, but all around us
there are cries, and wringing hands and
weeping eyes, s jle'll have to got his text
on straight and bring his gospel ud
to date. , ,
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