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For tlra first -time in hiBtory this town Is heralded bs a city ot fiction and fraud - The Butte News gives to Its 'Wash ington news story of. the cut in Port land's population, these head lines; 'Tortl and is in census scandal. Rose City and the'rlvai city of Seattle both falsified. Enumerator expert3 strike off thousands, j. Transient construc tion gangs ot Japanese laborers and other : laborers counted in." . The headlines in the St. Paul Pioneer-Press are as follows: : "Recount makes cities' smaller. Bat official census ; figjirea ive Portland 207, 2H, and Seattla 237,194,. .Frauds called deliberate." The Detroit News exploits its news story with this heading: , Unique methods' to pad census. Portland and Seattle $hrinkr In size when re count ' la ; taken. . ' Director Durand finds .that names of transients were need lri . flrst figurea., 1- The concluding "sentences ' in ; the News' account of the cut run thus: '."Several enumerators in Portland as signed large numbers of names to va cant lots or buildings containing no' residents. One enumerator in check ing np some slips fonnd that his own name ' appeared ' on frre different clips. One ' railroad, grading; gang which possibly was at one time em ployed in Portland, but' which-at the time of the enumeration was in Mon tana, was counted- In one, district an: enumerator, listed over 1100 per sons as residents ot some business establishment . Qver ' 100 persons were enumerated asl residents of a certain Japanese church." . . These are samples of the : ex ploitation" Portland : has been . given throughout the .teormtry' by newspa pers carrying press dispatches. It Is an undeserved publicity ; brought about by an incompetent and inef fective census' system, conducted by incompetent officials. It implies that Portland people were parties to a stuffed count,: whn, ,1a fact, 'Port land people neither sought nor de sired to , have the total enow one name more than the number to'which Portland was entitled. , , , , The count was under census au thority, and census, authority alone. No citizen ; had access to the lists, or . surveillance of the blanks. The central authority at Wash ington .; devised 'the "plans,-, ap proved the methods,- issued ,the in structions, arranged the details and selected persons to preside over the enumeration. It wSs a census enter prise, and wholly a census enterprise from beginning to end. The' results achieved were the fruit of census methods directed by census experts so-called and carried ; Out by census rules. J And the result of it Is a most scandalous misrepresentation i of a well-bred,, well-behaved and well-ordered city. Matchless indeed," is the schema of our wonderful, wonderful census. ' -, i t '" - ' .A LEGISLATIVE PUTT ERE IS A late issue of the I J banoa " Express, carrying six I calls 1 for district meetings of . taxpayers for the purpose of voting special tax levies tor improve ment of the roads.' The districts are all in the vicinity of Lebanon. The levies are made i under the M. A. Miller, law giving taxpayers authority to vote special levies up to. 10 mills for road improvement, -. The incident is worthy of note by members of the legislature." Similar activity is probably on la road dls- tricts all over, the' state; 'r Under a practical plan for practical- men, it Is likely that much could be accom- plifihed la - road building Jn Oregon. The difficulty. in the pa4 and the; difficulty now Is the 'lack of -systematic improvement The hasty and haphazard repairs of today are temporary, and twlli disappear to morrow. The work' of yesterday and of the past 40 years is lost because I not refmancnt. " The road laws have lirrn as changeable and unstable as the road officials; and the officials ns variable In their plans as the n rather la Its moods.' The point has been reached- where roadtnaMiis ehould be systematized. 11 is the duty of tbe coming legisla ture to evolve, a practical system for practical building. It should be a plan so simple, so 'practical aud, eo rfffrtlvo as to command , universal m y,jr,l co,T'riauculIi' kot 1 leaiu r be subject- to constant d a o s.c. . It should ' be such as will fppeal to the farmers, for their !co wt tat ion ' is essential to 'sticreRS.t; It tiuiilu H Hi in ate th' desultory and ' iy principles that v ill make for u'.'ilitj- and permanence. it is ti:e amy oi iu irjiuiiuiio iu address itself to this problem. One ! good, sensible, constructive road bill wm k WOrth more than a thousand . .. i, 0I tno petty mV-lsUI e ' lUttl. uauaujr find their way into the average ses sion. ,If the members will enact such a blll'lt will be some evidence that they were worthy of election: PAIR .i .V- . THE SUM OF $22,073 waspald by Mayor Simon "yesterday to .the Portland Railway. Light & Tower company, . The money went for payment ot street righting during the Lane " administration, street lighting that Mayor Lane al ways claimed was never furnished. Lane's contention was backed up by experts whom he hadv examine ' the street lighting during the process of Its delivery, to the city. It was also backed up by the members of May or Lane's, executive board who in sisted at the time and still insist, that the lighting for which payment is now made was never furnished. As the matter happened - during the Lane administration, by what process has Mayor Simon reached the conclusion thatie : city; owed tthe companys,$22,073, no more, no less? From what data other than that sup plied by the Portland Railway, Light & Power company did,he make his finding?-, , - - The mayor .did not consult ex-May-, or Lanel He did not consult the exn pert whei supplied technical - infor mation as to the lighting to Mayor Lane; v- He. did hot consult the mem--bers of ; the Lane executive board Whom did be consul except tae Portland Railway, ; Light & Powef company, and in such a transaction la Information from that source safe for , the city?, ; , ,. ; ' " The company's original elaim was $29,500. In Lane's time the com pany insisted that , $ 2 9 ,5 0 6 was the correct : amount ;, due; 'In Simon's time,.by accepting $22,078, It Admits that more than $7000 of the claim was wrong' If more than $7000 of it was wrong, how does Mayor Simon knenv that more of It'waa not wrong? A ;GOOD SORT OP EDUCATION T in? DEPARTMENT of agricul ture has sent out & bulletin out lining the importance, of teach ing , the youth of the nation "how to make money in agriculture," telling what has been accomplished, and explaining how "best to proceed In order to engage the attention of the boys" and girls, , The possibilities In this field of "development 'are al most illimitable. ' , ' It Is stated that only, one (n, every 600 young people In the rural dis tricts of the United States ever en ters an agricultural college. This one gets a valuable agricultural ed ucation, but what of the 499? It is also estimated that only three per cent of the children and young peo ple of the country districts ever get beyond the district schools, v The gov ernment urges efforts to reach this great majority of uninBtructed youth by means of Farmers' Institutes for Ypung People,- The government, has been doing excellent work In in structing fanners how to; cultivate theiland and raise more and better crops, which is good aa far as it goes, but what is desired is, the Instruction along . the same line of the young people,? the toys and glrla, so that on . arriving : at ; maturity ; they rwlll not only know how to make the most of agriculture'; but so that a far larger proportion, of them , will be content to remain on the farms. But to effect this object boys and girls trihst first be interested.. . The favorite method of" attracting, them Is "by means ot contests. ) Prizes are awarded for the' best crops of dif ferent sorts, to be competed 'for at county or district fairs! ' This plan has been already adopted in' many states, jnotably in" Minnesota, where last year there . were 1 4 8 meetings of such societies, with' an aggregate attendance of 12,400 young people, all sealously interested in producing the most and best pt certain crops on small areas of land. In some states, particularly In the south, these contests center on corn grow ing. But it could be potatoes,' straw berries, . alfalfa, , or any one of ' a dozen other products. Thli is a sort of education worth while. A ; OOTTOir PICKING MACIWVR 0 NE OF , THE most wonderful machines ever .' invented, one of the greatest triumphs of mechanical invention, is the new cotton picking machine, . It is i said to be as great an Invention as Whitney's cotton gin was In its day. The greatest difficulty in inventing a machine for picking cotton consists in the necessity for it to discriminate between' the open and the unopened bolls. "Unlike wheat, the cotton of a t Held is ndt all ready to harvest at once. : When" a portion of the bolls open out they, must he picked,' and those -not yet open left ji be picked later. In this respect it is like mel ons or strawberries. Now this ma chine, pretty , well . periected - after many ( years' '"effort ' and repeated trials and failures,1 fill pick the ripe or opened cotton and leave the gseen or unready bolls' not-only Hihpicked but uninjured, and in doing this it is1 said to move along a row about as fast as a. man would walk. ' This-, machine, when perfected, as H-no doubt will bet will enable cot- tea-grower- rale--TTioch - lrrr crops, for.tbelr principal trouble hatf been the uncertainty of hand labor, A planter with a larp crop could never be sure of .'getting1 it all ;ha-' vestcd; ''''-Besides; it can be harvested by hand j ii kin A writer la V. o Wt.'rl.'.'s'v.'ork rc lates that ono man, after t ;nz what tftia machine d!.l, bail it could do everything but- talk and vote th Democratic 'ticket; and that most of the farmers felt as the old woman did who, on first seeing a hippopota mus, walked around it several times, viewed it carefully, and then turned away with the "remark, "There ain't no such t-lng." MRS. SAGE'S GOOD WORK HEN RUSSELL SAGE died he left none of his $100,000, 000 or 'so; to philanthropy, and nearly all of it to his wife; s'he, having, a larger, better lighted soul than ho, is making noble use of the great fortune. Year after year has ' witnessed public benefac tions at he hand that will be in the aggregate of incalculable benefit to her city and state. She.;'glves not money outright in hand to tho needy, but what Is far better she gives so as to: help them to help themselves, and become Independent and solf-re-specting. f ' Her latest "foundation" Is in tended to enable families In moder ate or. rather poor-circumstances to Invest: in. sub u rban homes at " mini mum cost; paying enough to yield a fair profit n the investment. It might be said that she gives nothing:, then, bnt she provides the land, and houses, purchased and; built on a large scale, at cost or thereabouts, so that purchasers can buy homes much more cheaply than ' they, could ot speculators. She makes easy terms, and they can pay for their homes in a few c years , with the money that they would have paid in the city for rent She bestows no direct and pos itive charity but 'she helps hundreds of families i to get homes of their own. This is not only exceedingly helpful to them, but ft la beneficial to society. - -.'. u; a: ; , 1 t'-V" '.J . . The campaign for another election la, on in 'Great, Britain, and already we begin to. read of violent assaults on prominent public speakers. Home Secretary. Winston Churchill ,was the victim of one .; of. thtse disgraceful and barbarous exhibitions , Tuesday! evening. The rowdyism and -yielence at British hustings are a cnrlous phfr nomenon,' considering the high state of civilization in that conntry and the general conservatism of its peo ple. ; We of the United States are supposed la England -to be raw. and rowdy,-, "wild and' woolly,".. In com parison with Britishers, " but-, any thing of this sort rarely occurs in this 'country. v A public - political speaker Is almost invariably listened to quietly and respectfully, by. those who differ .as7 well as by those whso agree wjth him, - It looks as if some missionary work on decent behavior at legitimate public ' meetings .was needed in Great Britain. r Dr. David Starr Jordan, a keen ob server, of contemporary events and tenaencies, says the insurgent Is a thinker, and in a majority of cases is a college graduate The insurgent ,was loved in the west, that Is gradu aung eaca yea? aoout 3000 men "whp believe that the Dartmouth col lege; case, with its doctrine which festers 'special privilege, should be modified; the modification to be that a franchise involves obligation, and that no grant should be made with out a corresponding duty, and that the time i when rights of .value are given !-awayr without corresponding obligation in return should end." He also points out, as others have done, that wherever the Republican party has followed tho calLof - the : insur gent it has .maintained Its hold, and wherever It stood pat the Democrats won. , Insurgency is intelligent and rctsyeciti uio. ?M'' -';-:-',-.. ""'' J:-,'v't'7''- "The December World's Work has an. interesting Illustrated article by Randall R. Howard on "A Railroad Fight for an Empire," being an ac count of the invasion of the great Oregon "Hinterland," so Jong kept desolate by the "Harriman fences,' The map shows that this vast region. Into which; for many years no rail road was permitted to penetrate, in eluded not only the greater part of Oregon 'but northeastern California, northern Nevada and southwestern Idaho as wen a region "so big", that one could put mto It the states of New York and Ooniectlcut, aid have enough left over 'to' make i : two or three of the smaller eastern states." The article, though no news here,' is wen written,. and win be of value to Oregon in attracting the attention of the World's, Work's eastern read ers to this region. Elsewhere on this page Is printed an article from the 4Bandon Eagle that Portland business men ought to consider. It .Is an old story, but in one form or another must be repeat ed 'until action is-taken,, and 1 steamship line is established between this city, and the rich, productive and resourceful Coqullle valley. . , As the Eagle ' says, ; Bandon and the country back of It will do their part Portland is not showing due enter prise In this matter. "' , 1 1 . Much: ore.corn was raised In Oregon this year than in- any pre vious year. Of course Oregon can ralso corn, and in some places and to some extent it will paf well to do so. .-For, one thing, proper culti vation: of a cornfield puts .the land in good shape for another crop. . - TJtc -ranroaasTrTBambrlnrrfbr higher ..freight rates, but might they not' better,, or at ' least concurrently with this demand, make a concerted, syBVtp alined offort to stop tho enor mous waste.' : tuui: 1 ari&i observers I us founi in tl.eir r ; ; it : --? I i - I). Brandois, .a :.r-I : 1 lawyer nni a thorough sr-l ri '.l.lli Inv..'t,tIg;itor, declares that iacfricl.'ut railroad management causes a 'raste of over $1,000,000 a day, nearly $400,000,000 a year. Much cf this waste is in the use of fuel, a larg-5 portion of the heat power of cal being wasted. Soma railroads are improving in this respect, are re ducing the amount of waste, but the testimony not. only of Mr, .Brandels but of other exports leads to the con thision that the railroads could save a vast sum annually without impair ing their service, and 'so render In creased freight rates unnecessary. For the second time the Califor nia supreme court has reversed the conviction of Louis Glass, vice pres ident and general , manager of the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph company, convicted of bribery. There is too technicality too microscopic to serve as a ground for some courts decisions in favor of higher-ups con victed of crime, " . ' - ' Russia is also going to build a big navy, considering wnai : nappenea to the last one- it had, it would bet ter save its money, or spend it for something ! useful. ' ' ' A Victory for rersonal Liberty." Portland. Nov. 2S.The the Editor of The Journal Ths press dispatches call the provision adopted by. the Arizona constitution makers, which prohibits fu ture legislatures ' Irom jxcludlng , rrom practice -any school of medicine, a vic tory jot Christian: science ana osteo pathy, i It may t b that, but it r Is a great, deal more it Is a. victory for personal liberty. It say ' that every one anall neve th right to his wh choice of a doctor without state interi ference. k And why not? In nearly all the states : this right Is now flenled, either directly or indirectly. For one or more schools there are state aid. state protection, compulsory laws In flicting, their practices (as -in com pulsory 'vaccination, ' compulsory antl-. toxin, the -treating consumptives like lepers, :; eta) fof outside v systems of healing there are presecution, prosecu tion, flnoa and Imprisonment This state of affairs discourages-ana drives out dragles hearers, keeping .their- number down to the brave minimum of fighters; hm nA AhM,. .tit: Auroinn r::"---i" IJi irr";.: their eysteiihst and ' prove them , to. the world. The - writer was once In a trange-city with a sick child on her hands. 'None of the 'various drugless doctors could at that time be found In that whole city, owing to the reasons just stated. ;'. The respilt was that proper treatment was not given the child, who died .s have countless numbers of oth ers under the care: of an approved M. D. (the best hat could be got) who. knew llttte of the art of -healing, ,. It waa a 'horrible injustice;'-'"';:;:" Hundreds or thousands , win hall .the victory irt Arizona as a- presage, of free dom from, medical domination for the whole country. It la coming, and those who are able read the signs of the times mow tii at the day Is not far dis tant -. CORNELIA WILLIAMS. . Conditions in the Korttt End. Portland, Or., JCov. ,l7.-To the Editor of The JournalTheTS has been quite an agitation of late In the press ot Portland regarding conditions in the "north end.' J . It appears Jlke a . frmail tempest in-- 4eipot.-: .'-: ; ,-r-The "bogs" of th north end as he is termed, has probably not been black mailed to any great extent. In fact, a much stronger emphasis might be put on the statef affairs existing at pres ent '.:-5:--',"'''..?'" ;'T:' '!. ."',.:.:'."".:. It is qnjte- a ims1e matter to get liquor on Sunday In .Bruno's premises. and in .'fact, in several other . rooming houses In . that locality. Also it you wish to. basn in .the smiles of the gen tler sex, you can find them galore, from the maid of U summers, to her more mature sister bf 40. , Another, lodging house in the same locality was visited and five wromen were found and plen ty of liquor In sight. , , , ' This state of affairs has been going, on to a certain extent .since the for mal closing of the resorts a year ago. It Is : known to the police and has been - from," the start, , bnt . for some reason , their,- eyes T have beei tigh tly ciosea, : pernaps iot : j.ne - same ! reason that certain labor agents of the same locality have generally got off "soott free" after duping th laboring man. A couple ,ef white slave convictions are all very nice, but If all he north end crooks were tried singly, the court would be working overtime for the next iQ years. , V!:V.J.;.Cy REYNOLDS. . y 'CS Chalienges to Debate.' i :...., Portland," Or., Dec. 8. To the Editor of The Journal Will you kindly pub lish this ..statement -. in reply to a,5 let ter la the Oregonian of the 88th instant from Cornelia Williams , of 1130 Fran cis avenue; cityT Not wishing to im pose upon "your : generosity for the pub lication of-a" printed controversy : we make : this challenge, to a kindly edu caUonal debate of the subject matter contained In , the before mentioned let ter, with - the" party named or any su b stitirte Whom she roay choose. We wfTl furnish the : hall. In a convenient and respectabl ; part of the city, fre - of any expense to our opponents and ex tend to them the fullest courtesy. Here it n chance for ighteoas,' "safe, I'saoe," "freer people'io use, th rpow er of, the spoken word against the "evils, and ' "forces making for chaos" In the "sawlngs" of "Socialism." Th "great pity" that the "great, body" of "level Jieaded people remain silent" is herewith excused. . - If tfils challenge be not accepted we ahaH claim the victory of having won the contest without contesting it , . Tours to "remove the rnbbishH and give the "good people" the "gain. ",". V fj. W. BARZEE, State Sco. a P. .' '.!' """'' ' ': x'i r -' - . Taxpayers, 1 , ) Portland, Or,, Deo. 1. To the Edi tor of The Journal Among all the fads anfl fancies 'of our young political life, none impresses - roe as so thoroughly ridiculous as the word taxpayer. . The poor, poor taxpayer is, according to th reports of meetings in the papers, the only citizen to bo entitled tj any con sideration. ' Now,, pray,- explain -tome, why not even every baby is. a taxpayer. If I hay n , orfice in "a ,dow, town building. which is owned by arr east- erncrJs H .'paying the taxes or. am 1 and , thf ; others , who ore living there? You may; be sure that as soon as his taxes are'Taised he wfll take the raise out cf -our hides. Is not the common-" est nooo paying a. tax wnen he drinks a glass cof beer? - The heaviest , tax payer Is a salooAkeepor,' and his taxes are paid by the drinker, s Now, let us acknowledge as citizens, only those who ire-4n-4iMteerg-typ ctflwrnn(f&6uh ties and dig tip, for taxes the money of 7-otliers. .. Ii A. HEARST. it Short Weight Loaves or Bread, ' Portland, Nov. 3n.'The the Editor of The Jn.irnal Why do, not the; attthori" ties of this City, tmfprce- the law in re- Letters'From tKc People ; f J . Lx ::.LiLL CI The lawyers disasrrwd, of c tnn Sant Claus al30 ba 'rrorrw. slve"? - rrtland is at the top, in percentages Of lncreaso, ppeembcr will scarcely beat Novem ber's wet record. Football ifems to be on the way to playing itself out , "" :' . Astoria cwldn't tn wpfctci t gro dry; 18.S5 Inches of rain In November. Only 23 days more for Christinas shopping, The earlier ones are the beet . Read about the Chlcsro weather and be thankful that you live In Portland -rxpr. somewhere else In Oregon. . ,' . e . , ( . Nothing is gained by sending money away to -mall ordr houses; the best policy Is., to buy. of home merchants, The way to develop Is to develop amplified to use -all possible means of development Individually and ; collec tively. . ' Well,, a young woman could do worse things than wear a man's clothing though it must be admitted that it la not exaj.ly ladylike. , . . ' '' .i'Jy. ;; Hobos vhave formed a ! union. But there Is little likelihood of their -being able to arbitrate with tha ancient as sociation of watchdogs. t;;iiil...i,;;1.?Jf ,ii Xr'.r:: 1',Jrv',:fi::''4:f:C Hood River apples and - a Morrow county heifer are -first ' prise winners at Chicago. ' Oregon can take first riies ,n almost everything she pro ucesy anywhere, 1 .. V , r -x ' Wall street and the railroad magnate's, ft is reported, are considering the ad visability of pulling off another panic; unless higher freight rates are secured. Doubtless they can do -so. If they so determine. . , - . -' j . , .;-.' i f 'V ' Peary saya h has1 nothing to say about ; Cook s new story, and that he hasn't can't bet made too: emphatic or strong which addendum to the suffi cient statement that he had nothing to say exhibits his spQn, , , v According to 'item a published; every few weeks fowls .,1'xve a itnu rre(li lection for gold. If thct-e t -rtort in crease In frequency we rnav i .-t a wholesale slaughter 'of fowls to t 1 If they have gold" in their crav 1. "'A "man" was sentenced td a ar prlsonment in Clackaniks conn no elect to suDDOrt hts lamilv r. !. m mr the County will be at considerable c-,.nc Villi, ,1, 1".... ".'.. . j can starve to aeatn. . wnat wtsaom.. .- A Marion county, man has tken hia children out fi B,clS0Lbtw8A.inf-t?.c er will not teach thetn that the earth Is flat and stationary, , as ne. neue ves. and accordlng" to the Bible. 3ut the days when a teacher . would teach that the earth was round or flat, a a the school directors required' are past DcccmDcr 2 in History-r '- ' '- - v ' .The first saving bank, appears to Aav been of German origin and was opened at Brunswick lnsI76i. A short.tlm af terwards similar banks were opened in Other- cltie of Germany and; Switzer land. 'These banks kwere introduced to .the ibtice,' of th English public by Jeremy Benthan, whp, In 1797, proposed Well devised system of J'fru gal banks," to constltnte a branch of th pauper system of the government ; The first BngUsh saving bank of the modern type was organized .by the Rev. Henry Duncan of RuthwelL ScoU land, in M10. , ' . ." .v- xx . Shortly after; the i successful Inau-r guratlon of savlnga banks In. Great Britain upon a popular and practical plan these institutions began to attract attention In th United States..Th first organization of which ; there Is rec ord was effected in the city of New York-ion November ; 21811, but ? the first of Such bank, to go into actuaj operaUon was In Philadelphia,, which aa a purely voluntary asociation . began to receive deposits on December 2, 1S16. During the summer t of , this year the times had been hard, business was dull and as many people were turned out of employment, much' suffering occurred among . the poorer . classes t ef th com munity., i t ; . ' - : f' '-: ,. ,' Meetings for relief were held and considerable- money subscribed; , but Ita or der to render the public benevolence sys tematic, it was determined to form a so ciety for the purpose of amelioraVn the conditions of the poor end for re moving or preventing the causes which produce mendacity." Dr. Mease proposed g -saving bank,", under corporate au thority. The first saving bank in th United States to ' become Incorporate " was In Boston on ' Decembet ' 13, 1 818, which organized and-, began business In the spring. of 1817 Thus the United States nucleated Great Britain in giving to this interest the sanction and ,protec. tlon of law. .,.)' , The savings bank of ( Salem, Mass was next Incorporated tn January, 1818, and commenced business In April fol lowing. ? The savings bank of Baltimore opened "as a voluntary association for receiving deposit on March 18, 1818. and was duly incorporated, in December of that year. -' - 1 y.. .' -- Rv 1820 16 savings baftks?,haa been founded ;i the United, 8t-e?.and the Sard 'UiniiimtyhfVrbw is m law now whiclf jsays a loaf of baker's bread must ' weigh ! on , pound; but th loaves sold in .this city rarely weigh half a pound, or" even less.. There Is no, reason why th authorities should not see ,to It that the people are, pro tected, and that they get a pound of bread a th law Calls for. ' :': ";; ; ' Wheat -l treasonable, - there U- no shortage or scarcity of this ooormodlty, therefore, the bakers should glv full weight and if they d not they shottld be called into court and punished. Bread and all otberfood stuffs pas through too many hands before reaching the consumer. Th baker Instead of deal ing directly . with . the consumer first delivers bi bread to : the grocer; the latter will not handle and distribute the bread without charge; the : baker makes his profit, th grocer make his, and the consumer 1 compelled to pay for it ' " - . v This Joggling is the main cause, of the high cost of living, The country produces an abundance of everything, but there , Is a class of sharks who manipulate and . speculate and gamble in the necessaries of life. Those who hare in authority to rectify this state of affairs', and enforc the laws , should compel all .bakers to live up to tbe law and Should they' not, adequate punish ment should be meted out to them. ' V:"4-,. - , THOMAS GUINEA M " Z ,.' i Bhepard for (Senator-', . : ' .From th New York , Evenlag Poet , Of . the- strength of the sentiment in favor of Edward M. Shepard's election as United States senator there can be no manner of doubt The remarkable thing about so many of the expressions of oninlon that have anneared Minurn ling it,isiae .simpla.' tatemeDt-ot-hJa manifest superiority, In point of quali fication for the offce to any other can didate that can, be. named,' This, it Is felt on all hands, will hardly b dis puted. v Mayor Gaynor's words were; vile Is th man above all others to rep repent NSW York state at Vfanhlneton." The same sentiment Is expressed, in CO- : ( T'rinevi!: r.'ir r .'l 1 running' night 8 :y' . . Alhnpy wl "move for a T.IL C A. bu""'" ' , "' ' ' A Jl.OOrt.f'"! ell company h-ns been or ganiii'.i Ai Val . ' , . r Turkpv rttlsinsr has become profitable around Willannna, . Much road improvement : Is going on around Hermtston. -. " x ',-..-. - On .one day, one Oakland firm handled4 o,uuu pounds or turKeys. . - . - On November 20 a Talent man picked fine, large, ripe strawberries, Mines In Mormon Basin, Malheur county are yielding encouragingly. v . .-...'.. ,' . ,.l . Prlneville banks show a big gain; have resources of about II, 000,0i)0. There are a dozen Congregationalists in Vale, who will organize a church. Three new postoffices were estab lished In Crook county in one, week;, , Within less than two months. 290 carloads of products were shipped from Union. ' , ,. Since Currv county went. wet three saloon are planned for the little ham let of Gold Beach. -(. , ; -,- Willamina' man hung two quarters of beef in his woodshed one evening; never saw them again. Wasco county taxpayers will vote on a new court house, which. the OpUmlst says Is badly needed. . , .. Langlols Is gradually rebuilding; one new building is a hotel, and the upper floor of another. will be used as a Wood men's hall. ' ' . -. Correspondence of Dallas ttemlzer: Monmouth ia no exception of a town. We have a few. kickers here. They will kick if times are good, and kick if times are bad. . . - ' L. S.' Kelsey f.Fowder River is Just completing an -irrigation ditch whereby he can Irrigate; 1200, acres of choice land, only one and one-half miles from the city, i '.. y a . - -. a -A The run. of salmon on the ' tlmpqua for the past season has been a banner one and aa a result between 130,000 and $40,000 will be distributed among the fishermen. ' i . ' . .r ,".' -The latest exploitation- of Benton county lands is betnsr made by-the Hloomlngton Fruit & Nut company,-an organization completed at Bloomington, 111., during the summer. . Oold Boach Qlobe: a Just'' as. w go to make-UD form. the "Devil." got his clumsy fist in, to, a galley, of locals and as a consequence, have more "pie" than tfhy thing else in the shop.. ,We hope, however, our readers will forgive the Devil this time-.n.: : r . America's Savings Banks number had been increased 'to 61 ln 1840 and tn in 1860. since , then the development has been steady, the num ber Jn 1909 belnj 1703. Last year there Were 8,831,88a depositors In th-.sv ings banks of the country,' with "de posits of $8.7X3,405,709. It i hard to realize the ' tremendous growth of the American,' savings , bank from does to four billion deposits in 1909 with depos it of only a little more than sis mil lions in 1830. :: "'-''V' V V; '' ,, ' "v.. 'The sir states - having the largest number of; depositors -at present are New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California and Iowa in the order named, Tne. six states havr ing the largest amount on deposit are : New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California. Pennsylvania and Iowa, v, . ; In foreign countries th most .frugal are the Germans who have deposited In savings banks 3,191,882,000; second, Austria,' .with ; $1,111,658,951 deposited; third, the- United j Kingdom, $l,033,?Oi 304. '; ' -X- : :;-;; X-f : ,, American savings banks are of two types; mutual and Joint stock;'' The mutual banks are ' managed l by .trus tees" who give their services gratui tously, the entire profits .being. dis tributed in the form ,of Interest on, de posit. The Joint, stock savings banks retain for tha shareholders all f of it a" after sUpulated Interest t)as been; paid. The former type la the only one .round In the eastern states. ; InfAme of the western state joint stock sav ings banks are found to the. excUraioh the mu tual banks. Many Commercial banks conduct a savings department lp , addi tion to., their regular business. .! ;,- .j December 2 Is- the date the Mariner's compass was invented in 1300, StvPaul's Cathedral wasopned (1697);: th battle ef Austerllt wa . fought" in 1805;- on which the - Monro Doctrine was de clared ln1823; : J.ohn-Brown"waa exe ewted in 188; and the "first.; grbund waa .broken at Omaha for the ''Union pa cific rllroaaln 1863i-Today, ,U the birthday of Richard Montgomury, wlJ- was kiued m , tne. attach on-Quebec (1736)1 John - Breckenridtce,ttrorney general In Jeff erson's cabiaet?u(1760) ; Brastus , Wells, h St Jjoulsf merchant and promoter (1822J; and the date of the death of Hernaa Cortes, " conquerer of Mexico ,(154) ; 1 Margaret of . Na varre (1549); St Francis Xavler (,15521 and Amelia Opie, novelist (1853), xU;: varying forma and with or without spe cification . of detailed reasons, by one representative man and representative newspaper after another. Commenting on the Brooklyn Eagle's remark that "more senatorial qualifications center in him than In any other member of the party who Is now proposed for. th office," the Syracus Herald ys: "The press of this state, -wltli very few ex-. Ceptlons, will cordially subscribe to this estimate of Edward M. Shepard." And this up-state newspaper goes on id'ar gue against giving any weight to the consideration that Mr. Shepard's election would make both the- senators residents of New York: City,' pointing out. that the fact that Roscoe Conkllng was a resident of the little city of Utica did not : prevent a Democratic Jegielature from electing Francis . Kernan, of tho same place, as his colleague,: ; : Railroad .Bates. - . From the Boston Globe..' ' ' Transportation rates for travelers on steam railroads fluctuate from time to time; but they are very much higheriall over the civilized world compared with 10 years ago..,,;,,.',;:,::.,.:.,.;.. la the large Cltie of : Eu rope second class, fare now! average pei' mile more than' first class ' fares in the; United States, while sleeping car charges in foreign cities are from 20 to 30 per cent higher. It also costs about one third more for- an American; to 'travel ; the earn .distance In Europe , than in the United States taking the cheapest route possible. .': 'j-'-- 5 '".;' Why railroad tramiportatlon Is "higher than formerly is easily explained, it 1 a condinon and not a theory that is con fronting all roaas., ?Their fixed charges ar-vnr hiahiw- and rmjst b 'met promptly. That Is the reason why, the interstate commerce -commission re cently- approved advanced rates on cer tain southern railways. ; Considering all the factors in transportation, the out kiok for cheaper fares, even where the government owns the road is not very encoux aging. v r r. A f 0: i.HV DM V b(? 1 fl. ' l!i-p. --:,1rr. t V, ht'!i lie ( .'.-! a u l c-isar f:toi'H 1 lis f lar Jtiay ( ' i i (! iM'i-n.i' iit , .. 1Vin-n his volume' of ImsinetiS hts grown, He may gaze at the w o r l 1 etralght and foarlfss -He may have suc cess under kev. He may think other fellows are . cheerless , But pay day still , ; . feel , ,: good, to ; me.- . -''.,' A man may sell port nuts and paper?. And ly by a good deal of pelf, , He vnty cut many f didoes and ca .. . pers, .- :.: And take pride in. Or he may, boss a crew of his fellows. - And dole out tne checks with great glee, n He may have a hat full of yellows ' But pay day still feels good to ns. . A man Is s king when no master , ,. Stands around Just to- tell him to ' work, - . ' And, of course,' he ne'er feels a disaster When be grapples notion to shirk. But the cares that are bound to obsess him' - - Cause Joy and contentment to flee. And troubles and worries possess him That's why pay day feels good to me. ..' . , , .- ,,.-. Smile a little every . day; . put away your grouch, . . Always keep tobacco In your old , to bacco pouch. . ' ' " , : When It comes to making verses, really I'm no slouch, v You soe, I had to find a word t rhyme .- with that word "grouch." - ''V Portland's Self Conceit. ' ' ' ' From the Bandon EagJe. . ' Being geographically In Oregon. Bani don people retain some, state pride, even though commercially In California. That is to say, If the wholesalers of Portland, which loudly proclaims Itself both- a progressive and aa aggresstv city, will put a steamship on the Coqullle river run between Portland and Bandon, said vessel will be patronized to a" good pay- . ing basis ', Bu t Portland is skeptical and. so far a Us local opportunity exists, slumberefo. It Is all right to investigate any busi ness1 proposition, but to insist on a sUpulated kruarantee ef so much busi ness when this valley Is already fSVind antly well Supplied from San Franclso looks foolish for Portland and tn no- , wise enhances, th prestige of th Ore gon metropolis in local eyea. What 1 Portland .and .that Portland ., chamber of commerce ought to do la to put a" steamer on the run regularly or forever abandon the enormous and profitable trade of Bandon and the Co qullle valley t Portland's principal competfltor, San Francisco. - Portland's tardiness in' its- own state, betokens a taint of mS8backism so evident, to Callforftlan " and - uewcomers,. who as yet hav accumulated no moss. - -Let Portland awaken. Bandon will do its part' y'-":' ,''' ; ;;'.'' t "x t Whose Bon Was ITT r '. , " Th Albany Democrat - ' Wlioe boy was the stranger killed af Miller's and buried in -the city cemetery at. this city? f It may never be known,, but somewhere here is probably a mother wondering where her boy is. Because he was killed while stealing a ride on ,the cars the world called him a' hobo, an unpleasant designation; but those who saw him .say there waa not a bad look in b l face,' and perhaps after all he was- simply som laboring man .getting toward home where a mother is waiting for him, . The heart of th world beats for the mother whose boy goes astray and many feel like deal ing leniently with the stranger out in , tbje cold, even though there through his own bad 4habits and indiscretions, The press generally refers to, th band of men-t raveling through th country, Whatever they raay haye been before, as hobos and tramps, and U gets hard- ' ened to the designation; but the mother with a boy of her own, , whose heart is, alefays soft for thb IS affliction, docs) I It not like its harshness, ana wotuu nav- , something less severe, for perhaps itx might be some one' boy closer home. x 1 1 1 :: 1 " ; C!ompulsory Arbitration Needed. - From the Spokan. Spokesman-Review. ".. .. From Chicago, come, the terrible as sertion that "6000 babies are starving sa result of th labor war." , , Every fathers and mother's heart aches at th thought of th suffering" 1 irtfllcted on-, the innocent and helpless., - It is an outrage, a travesty on prog ress, : law and civilisation, when th - lockout or,, th strike , brings . distress on adult non-participants., -,But it 4s : intolerable - and unspeakable ; when . an . , Industrial war results in the starvation . Of children, and babies..V'i.,-'rfH5i:. ,',,' When will A)nerlcaa citizens learn Xx that capital and' labor have no right, to Xight? ' When willvsoclety realize that It ' suffers from their internecine con-. ': filets? If the difficulty betweenth employe . in the garment: Industry- of, , Chicago had had to e submitted to' arbitration, the world would not have ' been horrified by the starvation of 5000 : babies. ' Compulsory arbitration, of in. ' dustrlal. differences must , be wrought Into the fabrio of every American state.' , V""'" :'-' , ' ' ) " ' . "- .',:..' l Enthmrlastlo Klamath Fall 'Odd Fel lows pledged over $1200 rn one evening : to furnish their new hall. ' (Contrihnted to The Joornal by Walt Miwon, the famous Kni piifi. proae-poemi r a regular feature ot this, colauin in Tbe Pill ' Journal). i. ... . . . . - ., . ' -: X"' ' ":'V .- -' "" ' ; -"' . My feet, are broad and : flat ! and larger and either shoe might be a barge. My feet are always In my way j I stum ble o'er them every day; 4and all the people that A meet are ever looking at my feet; I've .heard them saying, a they 'passed, that Cinderella - is .out classed. Is gaze -Upon my ..trilby wideb and oft my bosom swells with pridi? for, through they look like i hods of bricks, I've tsatnod them to some useful tr'ck's.'. If, there's a, sick man needing ale those feet will give a . street pa rade," and hasten to his, humbis dftnr, that I may do some helpful chore. If. there's a neighbor, plunged in woe, 'those blamed old Urilbys seera to know,- and they go 'scorching down the roaov that I may case . that- neighbor's load. , If mere s a sane ana neipiul plan' to bn.: efit. the creature man, thobe feet are Straining in their shoes, and not a 'min ute will ,they lose;- they carry me in haste aWay, that L may butt into the fray. If" earnest men, with weapons strong, are battling with some grtevofls wrong, those trilbys fairly paw the ground, as, though they heard tbe mur UaLiiouili..anaba.ft. to- thiN-rTTe-of .strife, that ,' I may fight as for ray life.' "Sortie people hand me large bon quets, and praiwe mo fort-'ifven ways, but I'm an idle,, trifling skate, content to go a earless traits wo' shies at car and toll and sweat my feet dprerve tV, rtrl.4A t a-ftt I r , ' , . , u , . . ;. V . Useful Feet roprrirhf. into. V. Vt A 6