: THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, .MONDAY ' 'EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1S10.
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AX I'lKrENjjEXT NEWSPAPER.
JACKFON
PBb"'hCT I
ere-y ironing (e-ept fenyT ' it' ChOOSGS. Yet ' doing- thiS, as the
Oa-.m'.tuot 1 Tokio paper suggests, prompts tthei
it th, pmor.. fpatins to he same, othb
i.uKitm tt,r..ga u miu a cjiid-cii. great national -waste on account of
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' i1TirUn-HW rwrW by these numbers,
11 U operator what department you. want.
i:ir;N advertising rk resextative,
r'lijnmln & Ken tuor f.t Broiwi-k BuiWlnit,
'..a Kifth Twiue,, New, York; ofC
building, Chinee. '. i ' .,'
M;lwl'itiio Tt-rrnn hr awiH of to any addreaa
. ii Lulled State, nsU or Melleo: -
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ii yer. 3.00 I One mouth.!..... I 4S0
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n yeaf. .!... .12.50 I On .mntith..,....! J5
I DAILY AND 0NDAt.
pe venr...... ..$7.S0 f Ona month. .'....'.$ .83
Our character 1b bur will; for
what we Will .-'We ' are. Arch
bishop Manning. SrA':i XA. ;
1 HE GOOD IADS COyVEXTIOy
ITTLE else than failure has re
; suited from, -past rgood T roads
. conventions in regon They
have been " held by the score,
but the state Is still without an , effl-;
i int road "eystemf4'; Barring a few.
stilendidj roads' in Multnomaii, Mar
ion, and; some: others of the more
progressive , Aunties, W.; country; ,
highways are in complete inharmony
with the time. -. There is literally no
! .item of good roads in the state.
After 40 years of so-called, road
building, we are practically where
we began. '. - . ,"
It is believed that the good roads'
convention assembled in Portland to
day will accomplish more than, has
its predecessors.-, It occurs at a more
fortunate time. There Is . a little
more road sentiment among the
masses than there ever was before.
It is small enough yet,' but even It :
is a distinct gain, for through 40
years there.lia3 been practically no
road sentiment.
This convention " has ; advantage
ovor its predecessors in that certain
plans . elaborated from j exhaustive
study are before it They are plans
thai combiiie . definite lines of pur
pose capable of being harmonized
into a perfected and effective system
of road building. To perfect, the de
tails1 of these plans bo they will ap
p&al to the various classes of Oregon
people and cotamunities and harmon
ise all into a united mas3 bent' on
good roads,. Js the task to1 which the
convention should -; address Itself. "
To bo' sutUfal the cQnvention
will doubtless avoid " thosa things
that have made so tnnch trouble
among the good roads people of
Washington. In the bickerings in
that state there is information for
Oregon. . " -' ,;;;; ; ""JVv "I ' '
In no endeavor is there so' much
need' of- tactj: ; Taxpayers jnust ; not
ba frightcEcd Into opposition by too
voluminous or too costly a program.
A plan to appeal to farmers is essen
tial, because the cooperation of the
farmers la any good roads movement
is necessary to success." Educative
publicity should not be overlooked,
for when all once . learn; what good
roads actually mean,' there 'will be
few opponents' to any rational plan.
A practical program for practicaf
work by practical men should be the
guiding purpose of the convention.'
A JAPANESE VIEW OF WAll
; 7ii'ru., a Tofcio newspaper,
urges the Japanese govern
ernment to prepare for war
with the United States. In
this, it follows the example of a few
American papers, and jnany of , our
urmy and nav officers, In their con
ttant appeals to our government to
prepare thoroughly for war with Ja-
ran. The .Nippon . quotes annn-
that war with, the United States rJs
inevitable, because of this country's
"attitude," and he says there is iter
ated and growing clusterings of hos
tility hero to the Japanese The fol
lowing comment, of ; the Nippon is
significant -as - showing that warlike
preparations are an incenUvevto war
rather than a guaranty of peace, as
is bo often claimed. ,'It pays:
"Japan must be prepared for that
contingency, i She must ask herself
j e., ' ,l, ; -r- " . 1
ttey "advocate the expenditure of
enormous sums for furnishing the
Pacific with a. big fleet; creating a
powerful army n the Pacific slope;
of building a huge coal depot and
naTtl station In Hawaii and of forti
fying the Philippines, Hawaii and
; Panama.' ,. Unwilling as "Japan -may
be to believe fn'any quarrel with her
old friend, it would be madness for
her. to ehut her eyes, to facts. which
stare her In. the face.;r - t r
The more one jiatlon prepares for
war, the greater... efforts -will other
nations make to excel it. In fleets,
armies, torts, guns and preparedness,
The more nations that prepare for
war, the more fervent will the war
spirit become? the' greater will be
law luuipLituuti uo go 10 war, and me
less' will become the excuso for war.
Lach nation that; tUnks itself .best
prepared lor war, will on that very
ae-iMint devire. to test .conclusions
with some other nation-and make
some use of its .great armies.' and
navies, :u k '" J. -; :f, f ;:;j- ;;.';:f' i : :i
Meanwhile, the enormous expense
of creatiog and in aintJinlng1 navies
"and armies is ycarJy increasing,' and
constantly becoming a heavier hur
upon the people, and Is one of
the causes of thohjgh cost of living
(ird r.('?d'' poverty In our great
''I ' ' ' ',' , "
Itrre is nothing snggoflted. that
i bu:i'.-l be co:i;;ldcrei for a moment
v: r 1. 1 ween the United States and
Jn -u or (uiy other country. ' One
any other nation, and any nation baa
a risht to build whatever warships
nnd fortify whatever of its own porta
some , future possible but . entirely
needless and foolish war goes on and
increases, . ' ; , ; . I .-, . ' ,
- But it will not go on always. The
day seems dawning when the rulers,
diplomatists -and ' statesmen of the
world will decide and declare that
here shall be no more war between
great civilized nations. Meanwhile
the people, in fvefyi possible legiti
mate "way,- should declare . their op
position to war, their abhorrence of
war, even their determination to go
forth! no ' more, unless - attacked in
their own rightful country, to de
stroy, property and slaughter their
fellow men. ' .. . '. ; ; ; ' -'
; KAIITEKING JtJSTICE '
TJDGE KENESAW .M. , LANDIS
. ias 'come into favorable notice
again; In the, postipn jheJtocikln
"recent case .tried before . him,. 1
Three, men had been Indicted for, de
frauding the government of internal
revenue, ; and one was convicted and
appeared, tof, sentencei, Judge Lan
dis had learned incidentally that the
other two were' negotiating- a com
promise,', with , the treasury de
partment whereby they were i to
obtain Immunity upon paying into
the federal treasury about 100,000,
the amount they had . obtained by
their , frauds. ! "I will not sentence
this jnan," declared ; Judge; l.andis.
"until I hear from the last person
regarding this compromise. If the
secretary accept .money from, Weiss
and Bronsteln and turn them loose.
111 1 turn 1 Frlndell Ioobg and .they'll
not get a dollar from him.' ,
The' attitude of Judge Landls will
meet with wide approval. The law
makes it a crime for any officer to
compound a felony -to his own, ad
vantage, and the prohibition should
extend equally to, the , government
The United States -does not need
this $100,000. and cannot afford to
do that which Is forbidden others to
secure' il To, accept it is yioIatiTe
of Justice ' and- the principle of ,,the
square deal. It was proposed : by
high government officials to set two
confessed criminals at - liberty be
cause thej. could refund; the money
they had stolen, while' punishing
with, imprisonment the man who, no
more, guilty, did not have the money
to refund. '
' Another .Instance of a different
kind was reported recently : in the
dispatches ; three convicts with plen
ty of money . In a Nebraska prison
have hired a negro to do the work
Involved in, their sentences and
have turned the best' pprtion of the
prison into an expensive club house.
They are eatlng, drinking; and malt
ing -merry, and euflering slight If
any punishment for their crimes.
Such Instances are not rare, and are
most reprehensible mockeries of our
boasted Justice. - ,'
A WTOESPKEAD OVERTURN
T
1JE WIlinUGrG of politics has
f made. a, notable change within
the past two years, t Only that
long ago there were only two
Democratic governors in ; northern
states east of the Mississippi river
Johnson of Minnesota and Iliggins of
Rhode Island. And then tBe Demo
cratic party seemed to be very scant'
of suitable presidenUal"'timber.':':';.7
But Democratic governors have now
been elected in Maine, Massachusetts,
Connecticut New York, New Jersey,
Ohio and Indiana, in the region men
tioned, and also in Colorado, Wyom
ing. Montana, : Idaho and Oregon;
and te New Hampshire, Kansas, Cal-
ifornla,' and some other states, insur
gent Republicans were elected. And
capable and fit men for a presiden
tial nominee have arisen in the per
son of Harmon, Wilson and Gaynor,
in addition to Folk, This overturn
was brought about as has been said
by the Boston Globe, "by ther devo
tion of the Republican party to pe
cial, privilege.; The president his
party Atlas,- is bowed undir . tlie
Weight of a tariff repodiatedby the
vision ne pronounced tne host ever
and It adds: Tbe logic of events
is that If the Democratic party adopts
a wise program and rises to the oc
casion Its candidate for President in
1912 will be .elected."
s That however, depends much on
whether the Democrats in the house.
In 1912, can avoid making V;humpB'
of- themselves. - ..-
OUR STEADY' GEO WTH 1
p v. , .1,1. ,.,. 1. 0 t:j t "if
HE bank clearings of Portland
for gye past week showed an
increase over ..the same week
T
for last year of more than$2,
j 300,000. - Along with this appears
! the announcement that the ' receipts
I of the local Western Union telegranh
'office have several times recently
( exceeded those of any -ollice north
i of , Sacramento and' west of St Paul.
; In' building lines, the activity is un
checked, with new : construction an
nounced aB ' regularly as though " the
winter season were not at hand
i, The bank, clearings represent the
money we are regularly paying out
in.' activities, and. - by this test our
operations are not - fitful or spas
modic, but are a steady growth; , A
week ago, Portland stood at the head
of the list of the cities of the country
for percentage of increase, -and in' all
weeks for many months he has been
! in the group of a few cities that were
In the lead.' This regular and steady
increase In our financial 'Ofierations
of the stable conditions around us.
How It fares with Portlaml is evi-
denced by the fact that while our
bank clearings Increased more, than
$2,300,000, Seattle's decreased $1,-
300,000, .In comparison - with the.
same week tne preceding year.
Wbile Seattle feels the shrinkage
that has been manifest In many parts
of the country, Portland has not and
will not be affected by it The Hill
lines, are spending $1,500,000 . a
month In railroad construction that
was over due. ' The Harriman lines
are investing ; heavily in new con
struction Manufacturing establish
ments Involving new building opera
tions t and heavy - investments are
regularly and frequently announced.
Heavy crops of all kinds are going
Into the markets. Our growth la ir
resistible. ' '
AGAIN THE POKT COMMISSION
N the 'return to ita attack" on
the Broadway bridge, . the Port
of Portland commission makes
another mistake. - A recent ; de
I
cision of the Oregon supreme court
held t the powers of the city of Port
land' to bo superior to? the powers
of the port commission," and declared
that the;Clty : has a trlghtCtoV build
bridges wherever it pleases and as
many bridge? as it pleases. . When In
the face pi such a decision,1 the com
mission still insists -in resorting to
further legal tactics to obstruct the
bridge, it '.assumes . an! : attitude ,that
It cannot " successfully. defencL ,;';
The commission has had notice that
it is the city of 'Portland that Is
building this bridge. ,It knows by
court decision that the city has full
right to do so. ' It. knows by' the
same decision that no commission
has the -right or authority to inter
fere or attempt to interfere. With
all this information to guide 'them,
the members of the commission in
their obstructlori cannot be proceed
ing as a commission. The law gives
them -no warrant as a conimissipn to
so proceed, and consequently It Is
as private citizens employing the
name of the commission that they
have returned to the attack.
It 'Is a most unfortunate policy,
It simply intes changes In. the or-j
ganization and possibly in" the pow
ers of the commission, - The '.body
has done excellent work tor the port;
and it Is important that it Jshould
retain the confidence of the public
to the end that it' remain unimpaired
for future useful endeavor. It can
not retain; that .confidence by en
gaging in the same policy of tech
nical obstruction that was employed
by Kiernanism, and thai at the time
wheniKiornanism reaches the end tf
its rbpe..v . . : . , .,.
,' In-Ita present 'purposes, nothing
but failure awaits the commission.
It cannot heat the Broadway bridge!
Wrat is the use, !then, of trying to
delay it? ', -1 ,
ROBBING A BOY
-rt HE limit of 'human perveTaity
I'' was reached Saturday eight
when , two. footpads held, up a
17-year-old messenger boy on
the east side and robbed, him of
$7.30, all the money la his posses
slon. . -
The average messenger boy is the
partial support of a family. v There
may be a widowed uotheT' and
younger j brothers and eisters. Al
ways, there s that spirit of 6elf help
and endeavor that is the beginnings
of' a useful man. ;'V.;-'Kv.
His duty: calls him through every
kind-of weather and every measure
of exposure. Ho is at his post whenJ
me more iorcunate in me are arouna
the family : hearthstone " in the.; full
enjoyment of . home pleasures. . To
hold up and rob a boy of this char
acter is one of the meanest acts to
which grown up men can Btoop.
What a boy can do, grown np men
can do, If this messenger could find
employment and an honest living,
so could the two perverts who robbed
him. The fact, that they selected a
boy for their victim shows the depths
to which some of our noble compat
riots have descended. The twentieth
century has much to boast of, and
much to be ashamed of.
DR. FOUJJKKS
T
IIE romlner dfmarture of Dr. W,
M. FoIkes from Portland' and
his relinquishment of his
pastorate of the First Pres
byterian church, : wll be widely
re'srettecL not ; only by i his con-
grcgatiorf hut in church and other
circles throughout the city. in his
four years of labor here, he has
earned, an enviable reputation, not
only as a polished and able pulpiteer,
but as an amiable, conservative and
honorable - citizen. The fruitace of
his pitstorage has been 583 additions
to the congregation of the First Pres
byterian church, the membership; of
which now reaches an 'aggregate of
1,400. " :
, Pastors of the Foulkes type are
an honor to, the church, effective
agencies for Its upbuild and a saving
factor1 in the social life of the world
He goes ', to Rutgers Presbyterian
church, at Seventy-third and Broad
way, New York, - and . leaves next
April or May. The good will of
Portland will follow him into his new
field. ' - -
. The authorities at Washington
eeem to bo taking as much time a3
possible to establish , postal savings
banks, and to design to establish as
few of them as possible. At the rate
of progress so far, the country would
not be- sufficiently supplied with
postal savings banks in half a cen
tury. There should : ba some prod
ding, done in this .matter. ?
j The Engliah, elections have v pro
gresKod sufficiently to eho that the
almost an exact duplicate of the one
recently dissolved. ' Practically noth
ing has been gained by either parly
by the appeal to the country. The
Liberals, will, retain; a -plurality ,of
parliament but In order to acccm-;
plfeh .anything they must combine .
with the Irish and Laborite mem
bers' who are therefore likely to get
large concessions. '
Whether the locomotive engineers
are reasonable in their demand for
Increased pay or not, everybody will
agree that they are engaged In ex
ceedingly responsible and hazardous
work, and deserve, pay ; accordingly.
The lives of many millions of peo-j
pie are annually in ,meir; nauuB, uiu
it Is a very rare instance that one is
unfaithful to his trust .or incompe-1
tent, or careless. ; Pjlo workers are
better entitled to liberajwages.
Stockmen-having secured a bounty
on coyotes and other beasts that feed
largely on rabbits, farmers now want
a bounty on"rabbits,1 , that are multi
plying in portions of eastern Oregon.
It Is difficult to draw the line, any
where "between Hons and mice, under
a bounty; policy. , .
Though the ' British : elections
turned out about the Bame as before,
the Irish members of parliament
seem much surer now of home rule,
and Ireland will probably get it as
she should. i . - . ;
Letters From tLe People
Bat The Journal Did Not Excuse
y ' Them. ,
Portland, ' Dec. 5. To tbe Editor of
The JournaWTour editorial, "An Ap
palling- Situation," la which you call the
attention-; of your, readers , t certain
awful , Recurrences in Chicago, covers
the subject i only ; in 'part, ; -Tou tell
about " women being beaten by striking
workmen, about nonunion workmen be
ing attacked and "badly beaten" by the
human, beasts! (the expression is mine,
please excuse), and you admit that tbe
sentiment., of every ;; race, eteed ' and
color" condemns these outrages. Then
you try to find some excuse for them.
'What must be the conditions of human
necessity ., In Chicago" you ask "that
drives men to euch. attacks on work
ing women" and men, I add. What
desperation men must be driven to that
they will "defy the canons of society,
the laws of the state, to beat ; kick
and malm" weak and poor and starv
ing women. Allow me to say that yon
are entirely too good hearted, if you try
to find, even the shade of an excuse
for euch brutal acta. A man yraay ba
suffering ever so much, be starved and
tormented by fate and adversity, driven
to desperation and brought ' to the
death's door,, but he will never take re
venge on hi fellow being for his own
misfortunes aa long as he la t man.
The very attempt to attack others, be
they rich or poor, fortunate or . unfor
tunate, proves that he la no man. There
Is no excuse. whatsoever for those ral
cols and .brutes, that beat and maim
men and women, because they Imagine
that they ; themselves are not treated
rightly by society. A person that can
not beAr his misfortunes is in my opin
ion not fit to live. In the majority of
cases the misfortune is so far as my
experience goes, self willedLi The worst
kickers are those that have squandered
their incomes - and then Imagine that
society owes them a living. -This is a
republic; and as the republic Is the high
est and greatest form of government, it
demands more of its devotees than-any
other government. It requires" a higher
grade of intelligence and cultivation. This
republic has been too lenient, too mild
and meek in admitting ail kinds of
people into its fold. It la not enough.
that a man is strong and stout and
broad shouldered and all - that if his
heart la not tender, his mind notvpure
and elevated, : he . should never: be per
mitted ; to give vent to i bis feelings,
much less to, participate by vote or
otherwise in running a republican gov
ernment. .': The occurrences in every, or
nearly eViery, strike are disgusting, to
say the least - So- called men that use
violence, . par Uculariy , In . their . dealings
with the weaker sex,' should he pun
ished in a way that would prevent all
repetitions of the same 6hamefuriut
erances of 'a ' TieTverted and degraded !
roino. The cond-tlon. as it isnow. is
appalling, and no one should 'attempt
lo una an excuse for it
K. S.
Street Vacations and the Law. -
PortJano, Dec 1. -To the TMitor of
The Journal In these days ; of direct
leglsUtloa, in whkh'every voter la not
only a sovereign but also a lawmaker,
It is above all .important that those who
presume to be leaders of public opfnlon
should have at least soma elementary
knowledge of the fundamental principles
which underlie our system of laws and
government Whatever we may think -
of the . initiative and referendum, all
of us must admit that Intelligence is
still a factor, in human affairs.
Why then, do we find so much obvi
ous error gravely set forth in our dally
papers in th name of truth? It is
not to be expected that in th improve
ment clubs, where all shades of opinion
crop out pure ignorance, blissful and
serene, should not at times manifest
Itself; but here we have no less a body
than tbe trustees of the Qhambcr of
Commerce telling us that a railroad
corporation, instead of Becking street
vacations, should bring "condemnation
proceedings" to, acquire. Buch "city
property," and that every 'Vacation
franchise" should contain a common
user clause. Is it possible mat such
men do not know that condemnation
proceedings havo no relation to a street
dedicated to the . use of the public?
Every one ought" to know . that - th
streets or public highways are not "cfty
property"- at ' all, the municipality hav-i
Ingr.'-- no title - jin them whafever, either
mam vrj equitaoie, ( wrucn. u can sea,
lease, . or in any manner convey. ' It,
merely has a certain control over them,'
and, can proviso, for their improvement
and the manner of their .use. -V If' may
grant t franchises over them or under
them for purposes not inconsistent with
public : use ' and upon such - terms, as
may be ' stipulated, and whenever the
public tnterept will be promoted thereby
it may vacate certain streets, that is
to say, surrender them to the Owners,
of tii niihttinc ia k
lie . Use. It U absurd to talk about a
vacation franchise." There is no such
thing; and of course there can be no'l Morrison -street is now being opened,
"common user" oj, a vacation .That is 'and an assessment of benefits col
a term, whlcii applies only to a frkn-1 lected from the' property owners ifi
chise, "and a franchise cannot be granted j a eortaln district ; and . afterwards
for a purpose lnconsls'tent with the pub- vacated, - should not compensation 3lf
Uo ..use audi as 'railroad yards or
freight houses tor instance.
Whether streets in certain instances
should be vacated upon petition of the
abutting property owners is entirely
question to be decided upon the criterion
of whether or not the public interest
will be promoted better by the vacation
or hy the, nonvaeation. The matter
of compensation to the ettv nromiri v
should, not enter. Into the subject at all,
ptate-tf
species of bribery. The municipality drs
snown , aoes not own ithft streets and
hiis neVetipaid a' dollar' for any of . them,
Whore a street has been opened, such, as
COMMENT AND
SHL1LL CIIAXGE ,
. Some women 'marry for money some
for alimony. .
, ,i ...).. . .
! It 3oesa't talte many Uemoerats to
bav a hot contest ,
Tla Milwaukee - railroad evidently
knows where it wants to get to.
JjO&g may not 'be AinloAri, but he
Buffers-, from a Jarring Bensation.
rt. is on the isth that Roosovelt is
rf"' " u"ui iu
tics.
This is1 especially the season of th
year to rut yourself in tbe other one's
place. ,
t -
Perhaps the president thotjRht the
message ought to be in proportion to
his own sue.' J
Having secured a lot of free edvfrtl-i
sing, Mary Garden looks forward to a
successful winter. . .
4
Mr. J. J. Hill Is rt-Dorted an snvfna-
that politicians, talk too much. No doubt:
also some railroad men.
The Kalflcr wants his noidlers and
sailors to drink less beer and more tear
gunpowder (tea, presumably. , -
It would also help some, and not hurt'
purchasers any, . if they would carry
their bundles home themselves. - .
" i
Pasfco aspires to be the capital' of
Washington. Pasco is bound to get in
to print, and attract' attention, somehow.
A. Loulslkna ' postmaster' has been
fined $500' for kissing -a widow, though
it Is probable that she tempted him ir
resistibly. " -
. , .,
' President-elect Porflrlo Dlas will b
inaugurated for tire eighth time Janu
ary 12 perhaps for the last time, per
haps not. . -
President Mellen of the big New Eng
land, railroad combine is also melan
choly; fears that the railroads 'won't
be "let alone." ,
In fruit In livestock, in - grain, in
hops, In lumber, In fish. In pretty women
m almost every m in g. uregon can cap
ture first prizes anywhere. . v;
The last act of the . Ienoker-Naylor
tragedy at Forest Grove was at least
comparatively commendable; tbe would
be murderer killed himself,.' .
;i-,'vvf :v;."";t:..y:
- Portland and Seattle can now put in
their ? time claiming what they have
in the way of population 'In 1930. Los
Angeles Times. Portland has already
fixed ob 600,000.
I
A Walla Walla minister preached on
The Truth About Hell." But as he
related no personal experiences, most
people will assume that his deductions
were -Imaginary. - -. . :,,'.;.
-Th stores,' swarming with Christ
mas purchases for the past two or three
weeks, have looked a if most people
had bought them early, but there will
be the usual crush on the ita.
Women Who persist la wearing hob
ble skirts should not . go : mountain
climbing; , one of those absurd ('things
caused its wearer to stumble and fall
40 feet down a steep mountainside. .,
4,.....-":..i.- - -- ; :-j
The corridor at the White TIouso ex
ecutive offices Just screened off for use
as an additional waiting room for call
ers has been promptly dubbed "Lame
Duck Alley." There will be a large
number of them quacking and squawk
ing: for federal feed after March 4. -
... v, . ; , ., i r ,
: A Portland man clahns that the te
hala'tion of whiskey fumes from a
thoroughly soaked barrel will cure con
sumption. It may be worth trying, but
if in the; process the patient .should
acquire an uncontrollable . desire' for
whiskey, the result of the cure might
be almost as 'bad as the original dis
ease, w. i .'.-;-V'rtV:J:.i-"'-V J-.-;--,'w-i-v.e,-:
Whatever else may be thought or said 1
about the Viscount Bollngbroke, ! who
succeeded Robert Harley, Karl of Ox
ford, as ; Prime Minister of England, be
'was 'undoubtedly the first, writer and
one of the greatest men of his age) Swift
siow , to find or ackhowledgs merit in
any man, considered himself exalted In
lauding St John, and Pope hardjy stops
short of . Taylng 'him divine honors.
Spence says in his 'Anecdotes:' 1 really
think theret Is -Something in that great
man which looks as if he was placed
here by mistake., .when the comet ap
peared to us a-month or two ago, I Tiad
sometirwia an bnaginatlon that it might
possibly come to our world to carry him
home, as' a coach comes to one's- door
for other Visitors." . . .
EolinVroke died " on December : 12,
1751, and a biographer says:,, 'When the
day of darkness fell on the proud philos
opher, the sophistry to which he trusted
proved Indeed a broken ret-d! He was
overcome with terrors and - excessive
passion in bis last illness. After one of
his fits of passion, he was overheard by
Sir Henry Mlldmay, complaining to h1m-
self, and , saying; What will my poor
soul Undergo for ill these Ihingsf "
In the history , of British politics
there never was a time when the con
duct of public men was actuated by mo
tives bo paltry as in the reign of Queen
Anne. Among the majority of the states-
men 01 tnai perioa a vam searcn is maae
for consistent adherence to principle.
Robort Harley, Earl of " Oxford, roso
fo power through intrigue" alone, and by
employing ms reiauve, mra. Aiannam,
the favorite of Queen Anne, succeeded In
uudennlnlng his former friends and; as
sociates arid in ilftiftR himself in to: su-'
preme control on the ruins of their for
tunes. ; His : associa te . and ' successor,
Henry St. John,; emulated Ms exainple,
and, by unscrupulous bribery, won the
favor , of - Mr ,Ma!ham and turned her
influeTice against rer relative, Harloy.
' Of the two tncT),' St, Johu. was by. far
the more . brilliant. ' His 'mother,: a
daughter of the Earl of rwlclt.. con-
ducted his education on strict Puritani
cal principles,: but ; bis after - life -was
Hstlnsu!shed by -reckless misconduct
After .leaving Oxford University : he
traveled, married well and was induced
to take hjs father's vanated seat in par
liament. He became secretary of war,
with Harley as secretary of state. Har
ley"s Intrigues caused his Own dismissal,
and St John retired with Mm,
When Harley returned to power as
chancellor of the exchequer. , St, John
was matie secm.Try ot siaie. gueen
Anne's -health was uncertain, and the
and their associates was how to so pro-
it Is to ,be given at all. f be given
In all Justice, to those property, own
ers who paid their money for the open
ing in vie first piaee?, what right has
the rttyto gathwber
sown?
ROBERT J, CNEIL.
The Parrrls Vttt,.
From the Boston Globe.
T'nRtmJiHter UenfirBl TTIf-tr..i' i..-
! to try a limited parcels poj-t on rurnl
rey f vwyren tyf jreetfETtiTeTf of ' the
reason . that It will. Illustrate how con
venient ; and desirable such 'Service Is.
It will prove aa. object lesson that
should cause all objections to such a
December 12 in History Deatxi of BoKngLrolce
NEWS IN BRIEF
OIIEGOX SIDEUGIIT9
School populaJon of- Eandon district
is 670.
.
Hood River has a lorjje, fine circulat
ing library.
A 110,000 Issue of . DallM school
bonds sold at par.
Pallas d?ar manufactory is turning
out about bOO cigars a day.
. . .. , ' .
Wallowa county men sold 1700 acres
of land and 58 horses for J23.000.
The monthly payroll of a Black Rock,
Tolk county, sawmill Is 15700, ,
' In a well ?27 feet deep near Madras,
water was struck and rose 90 feet.
'
The Coos Pay region log booms con
tain about 8,000,000 feet of timber.-
'
Dallas people voted about 5 to 1 for
a larger and improved water system..
. ... ... , -..
Bethel schooJ district. Polk county, has
dedicated -a fine three room sch6ol
houtie. - . .' '. - - '
;:p'. j, :;-, ',- :' ""r:" . '::''.;."s
There are thousands of acres of the
best quality of garden land In the vi
cinity of Banks, '.'
' Only 25 votes were cast In the Cor
vallis school election, 17 of which were
for ia B mill tax.
( -
Much residence . building and Other
improvements have 'taken 'place In the
eastern part of Albany this year. , . ,
r ' V ' v..-.--.-:-''-'-'
So great hos been the dovelopment
and .settlement of Josephine county out
side of Grants Pass that more schools
are being needed all the time. . . - .
It hns been authentically stated that
5,268,000 pounds of-hops are annually
produced ami sold within a radius of
six miles from this city every year.
From seven acres of Newtown Plp
pinsA. T. Helms of Ashland, Or, mar
keted 19100 worth of apples In 1909,
or $1300 an acre. In 1907 his yield was
worth Jltt.000, or more than $2000 an
acre.
"J
Medford Vill send a large delegation
to the state good roads convention to
be held at Portland Monday, instructed
to work for state aided highways and
for the employment of state prisoners
on the Crater Lake highway.
; ,- -.. r v .; -r '.' ' ,.
; There 'are' 12,06"0,00O,00O feet of mer
chantable timber in the Siskiyou for
est which , has its headquarters at
Grants Pass. Outside of the forest
and tributary to Grants Pass are 8,000,.
000,000 feet more of merchantable tim
ber. -.
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Rex Lampham, publisher of "the Gold
mil News, has installed a nnw cylinder
press and last week enlarged his pape.r
from a five column, quarto, wth patent
insider to a six column quarto, all home
print. He deserves liberal, local sup
port ,
'A" Roseburg reRl estate man, who vis
ited Chicago land show, estimates that
on account of that occasion 25,000 peo
ple have been placed in touch with the
conditions in Roseburg and the Umpqua
valley, while 80.000 others have received
pieces of literature telling of the ad
vantages and resources that abound In
that section. ,
Hlllsboro has a charter which will
permit of street Improvement drainage
and sewage, and this should be an epoch
in the history of the town, says the
Arjfus. With proper drainage, - with
soDtle tank sewage, and with th prin
cipal Streets , furnished with hard sur-
race we wm nave a town mat wiu d
praiseworthy. , . ... 7
Notices are. posted in a large number
of precincts in Wasbington county call
ing for meetings to vote for or against
a special tax for laying rock roads, and
It is said thatsthe sentiment Is very
strong ,lri those road districts where
citizens have traveled over the work
which Was accomplished last summer
and fall, reports the Argus.
Vide for the succession to the throne
that their opponents, who were commit
ted to the cause of the house of Han
over, would reap no advantage' from it ,
To St Johrt- was committed the in
trigues which involved" among other
things,, secret negotiations with the exiled-
li6use of Stuart
The Whigs were Identified with the
war that prevailed, and the people were
tired of War. St John accordingly em
Ployed every kind, of double-dealingr to
bring about peace, and the result was
the treaty of Utrecht
This secured the Protestant succes
sion in' Kn gland, the separation of the
French and Spanish crowns, destruction
of the works Of Dunkirk, enlargement
of, the, British colonies and plantations
in America, , with other conditions that
terminated the wars of Queen Anne. '
Harley and Bollngbroke were now at
the height of their power, but, where
as Harley became an earl,' Bollngbroke
had to content himself with being made
a viscount He felt that.he had not re
ceived his just ' .' due, and be turned
against Harley. v H ' ; -'..v -.
The quarrel grew u,ntil, after a stormy
discussion' that greatly excited 1 the
queen, Harley was dismissed and Bol
lngbroke received his place. But in a
few days the queen died of apoplexy and
the house of Hanover, in the person of
iGeorge l. came to the throne. ":'
Ui Bollngbroke was deprived - of power
and never again could enter public life.
He spent many years in exile, and oould
only return, to England when his influ
ence was gone forever. . - ,
i Bollngbroke has a reputation as an
orator and 'aa ft writer which survives
his political fame, but his Writings have
lojjt favor and, no specimens of his ora
tory have been preserved.- ' -Ills
futile career was -a striking ex
ample of surpassing - talents dissipated
in Intrigue.
December . 12 is tbe . birthday of Vis
count Hood, the dlstlngulphed British
Admiral (1724); "John Jay, the Ameri
can statesman : and Jurist, (1745); Dr.
Erasmus Darwin, poet and physiologist
(17S1) Marie Louise, second wife Of Na
poleon ,1791); Helnrlch Heine, Get.
man poet , 1799); Mary, Todd, Lincoln,
wife of President Lincoln (1818)? Sher
burne ,W,; Bnrnham. the American as
tronomer (1S3S) ; William K. Vander-
bllt financier (1849); and Mm Nordlca,
the singer (1859); It Is the date of the
death of Demosthenes, 222 B. Cj Henry
St John, Viscount Bolmgbroke, political
and philosophical writer (1751); Coll ey
Cibbcr, English dramatist C17VT); Kdwin
Forrest the actor (1872); and Bobert
Browning, the" poet (1889).
post to cease. .
- Congress will be asked by the poet
master general to sanction the- Intro
duction of this system, and, as it can
be. conducted with little expense to the
government there is not any , reason
why the request should not be granted.
It, will not require the appointment of
WJ?'
ployed have the necessary .equipment
in ; the way bf horses and wagons to
distribute tho parcels as well as the
ordinary mull. .
The parcels post service has been In
successful operation in European coun-
t rJL3? Jt9JC-m Wy.Jt '' naAm erican.
tourists iiave always wonuecud why the
United States did not hav it Once
adopted here, it would never ; be dhs
tm bed, . because it would gi ire so much
satisfaction. In. enery stats
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt
GETTING ACQUAINTED.
Dear - Mr. - Tanglefoot Maybe yo '
don't know Snyder. Snyder is either t .
humorist or a liar, I can't tell which. .
You see, he works for the P. L. & '
Co. - That's whv I can't oll. WelL
Snyder tells me that when President
Taft was bore, he (Snyder) stood on the
corner of Sixth' and Morrison and
watched the presidential parade. The
president merely bowed toward tho
crowd on the corner. Then, Snyder ;
says, he went down to Fifth and Tarn-
hill and saw the parade again. This
time,, he' says, Taft bowed directly at v
him. Then he ran down to Third and
Washington and- saw the parade once ,
more. As the president's auto' passed
the corner, Taft removed his hat,.bowed
and said: , "Hullo, Ed!" -
AN ACQUAINT ANCB. '
KVERY DOCJ HAS TTIS" KTf
yellow haired almanac carried a Joke
: some two or three decades age
A Joke, did I eay? Weft, no, not Just
, tnat, though It may , have been
If read Just like this; "Every dog has
nis day, but the nights are re-
Served for t.h cmta" :
And I laughed in my sleeve in hilarious
, voice tin tne people all thought
I . had, bats. ,, . - ... ... . , . , .
Time went on apace a habit it has
till about 24 years ago,
When I "saw by the naoer" that a 1ok-
ologist hud added once more to
our woe . . , ' ....
By springing the Joke: fEvery dog haa
ms aay, but the nights, are re
served for tha tts." ' .
And to show I was loyal I laughed once
again tiu 1 rattled 19 of my slats.
Now cornea one T. R., ahaklng hands -
with defeat which he met in ft
40-round m
With a glint In his eye and a smile in
ma ieeui ana a voice neitner tear
- ful nor low
And he sagely remarks: s,Ervery dog baa
,. nis day. but the nights ftro re
served for thA int "
And I laughed yet again, though it gate '
ne a pain, nut i aaaea anotner
- word 'Ratsr
' The Care of tb.6 Eyes.
From tbe Milwaukee Wisconsin. ,
Th New ; fork board of education
has carried out at last its project under
discussion f or some time of inserting In
all schoolbooks a llttl printed slip con".
tainmg the following warnings and sug .
bhbuuub wun regara to tno care or tne .
eyes: ., .' , ,,. ,.
, "Tour eyes are worth more to you than
any. book. ' Your safety and your sue-,
cess in life depend on your eyes, there- .
tore taae care of them Always hold
your pead up when you read, Hold ..
your book fourteen Inches from your
face. Be sure, that the light is clear -
and good. Never read with .the sun ah!nt,
ing directly on tbe book; never face the
ugnt in reading. Let the light come
from behind or over your left shoulder.
vu uuvui VI yBVl 01 J AAtft,CU 4VatF
ttnctly or In small type. Rest your eyes
by, looking away from the book every
few -moments;-, cleanse your eyes flight .
and morning), with pure water." -i t - ?
If all the other directions are followed
the final one regarding the washing of
the eyes, will not need to be considered,
for healthy eyes cleanse themselves. A
great deal of trouble with the eyes ls
due to facing glaring lights, i Klectrlo
lights are particularly trying.- 1 People
who are. Interested In' their - work or In
reading often strain their eyes for long
periods at a time without realizing what .
they are doing, for the reason that their .
minds are Intent on their occupation.
From this ' arises the necessity of 1m
presing ;. upon : people ; while - Uey are
young the necessity of forming correct
habits as to the use of the eyes and as
to guarding against sitting down to a -task
under conditions with reference to
light which will put these organs to un
necessary strain. , . -. -5;
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Encourage Small Home Seekers.
. . .. From the Salerd Journal . "
To get large numbers of homeaeekem
to Oregon, there must be homes for the
great multitude who have small for
tunes. ' - j V: ' ;,- -;.
John M. Scott of the Harriman pas
senger department voices tbe idea that
fruit lands are too high. , '
Ills idea is that large numbers are
kept away by fictitious and speculative
values attached to fraf lands especial- ,
ly apple lands.'
Louis J. Hill said, on seeing Oregon
prane ranohea: ' "This land is worth
2000 an acre."
TTabt i manto (-.. '' - .:, kiisf
country homes in Oregon at - $269 to
12000 per acre? ' - ;
r, There must be cheaper lands avalrabla -
ion a large Scale before there can', be
opening here in Oregon for large num
bers of the homeseekers of ' smallfy
means. . !. ' V;- .'' ' - j
What to offer the family that arrives
In Oregon with 11000 to $2000-thals -the
problem,
They cannot buy Vapple'' 6r-Vpear?" op
prune lands at Hood River, Salem ' or '
Medford.' : "!,.: -.- f:'t 'A. - -
Practical ' plans for' the location of '
homeseekers .on small farms, or lands
within thtrfr feach, are very much to be "
aeaireav' ;..?,"''": X:",
f
Mr. Joseph Supple raises Mr. R. B.
Miller's estimate, and says Portland,
will have 500,000 population In five
years, instead of in 10. 'This is prob
ably too-sanguine a prediction, but it Is '
better to boost than to knock.
iL(Onotrilwred to The Journal by Watt Miton,
tbe (anw ELamM po prow-pormi arr
ruUr tea tart of thia column Is Tbe Call.
Jvoraal). . ,.
X hum tnv tr1w - nt 44if ' ,.
wrong, and they are strict and straight;
no man can my approval gain, unless
he goes my gait ; He must admit that
I'm the fount of virtue and of truth; ,
I am a beacon for the old, a signpost
for the youth; he must admit that when
I speak all little , dogs should " bush;
when, I say "Halt," he'll straightway
stop; when J. say ;'Go," he'll rush. And
If he should, dispute my word, or in
obeisance f ail, the proper place for bba
to be is In; the I county Jail. . Some
spineless creatures say to me . that
suasioh la, the goods to touch the hard
and sinful hearts, in ; human, neighbor.
hoods; they say that men are mostly
good, . and open to appealSr but I be
lieve in hanging men, and breaking'
them on .wheels. Alas.a 'soft, decadent
fto-A' -Thaw . hfinlehA hUAl, n .1. . -
cannot boll "offenders
. ....... uiwia mm lauiv: wh-
niuiii m a eai-fti . . vv e cannot use th.c
iron dooi, or 1 log iiera, or impale, 'but
we can ; toely fashion laws to send
OnPJTiglit. lOlo, I j
iixt ' KatUirr AdsnM.1
1 BILL I V
The Reformer-
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