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Simplicity and plainness ars
the soul of eieganca .Dickens,
MR. I1ILL
JAMES J. HI.LL makes many vis
its to Portland,' and no man is
more welcome. " Since the day
of the great banguet at which
he was the guest of honor during the
Lewis and Clark fair In Portland, he
has been claimed as one of the fac
tors -for a; greater, ? Oregon. Big
events In the transportation world ia
which he I so conspicuous figure,
bare followed, each' other ,1m quick
raccession since: that time.-'" -
Among these events Is the rWrth
Bank road. ' Another is the Oregon
Trunk. Another Is the Expanding
Oregon Electric Still another Is
lie United Hallways, and in all, Mr.
ilH Is the master spirit
Nor is this, all. Other folks are
building the Natron-Klamath cut-off.
They are building a .line, throngh
cental Oregon,, an another to Til
lamook. They talk too of a line to
Coos Bay and another from Grants
rasa t to Crescent City,
. .The narrfanaa people were build-l-g
no lines when Mr. Hill came to
Dre-oni , Though In every, part of
the state there was clamor for .rati-,
mads, they were .refusing to build.
They even went to desperate lengths
to keep. Mr. ,1311 out' of Oregon.;
Sat in this ' they tailed, and, realii
isg'wbat the coming of Hill maant
they , themselves "began a jigOrous
campaign of. railroad construction. ''
This statement la not an attack' on ;
the -Hart man system,. hu a .recital
of well known facta from the record.
If It is In any way a disparagement
of the Harrimaa policy,- the fault to
that of those who directed the des
tinies of the narrlman lines,' ;
.Because Mr. rail's work la Oregon
is thus understood, it Is thoroughly
appreciated. ;. The $1,500,000 a
month that Mr. Hill la pouring Into
the state- la railroad construction is
safely placed. Oregon people are
a -,ana,' and C jstable. constituency.
Though for years the worst treated
people in the country from the
standpoint of railroad service and
effectiveness, they were one of the
five last states In the union Jto enter
upon a policy of railroad regulation,
ta fir as they have proceeded or are
likely to proceed In regulation, they
have been , conservative. Just and
rational. ; .-' '!, .;.';' .'. ,-''-; v -.-Mr.
Hill has never been a rail
road wrecker, .but always a builder.
His confidence in Oregon as shown
by his investments In Oregon, is not
misplaced. ." , , '' ' .
A DIG GIFT FOR TEACK
NDREW CARNEGIE, however
the system under which he
amassed his hundred of mil
lions may . bo deprecated., has
done a splendid service to humanity
in donating. $10,000,000 of five per
cent bonds to the recently estab
lished. Peace "Foundation," the 'in
come of $500,000 a year to be 'de
voted to the effecting of internation
al peace. This is an Infinitely more
praiseworthy gift than a like amount
to build and equip a new battleship
would be for which $10,000,000
would not suffice,' ,:'"' I''-
In hia deed - ot trust Mr. Carnegie
iays that although .civilized people
no longer- eat- one another, nor sack
cities and Indiscriminately slaughter
non-combatants; "we still kill each
other In war, like ., barbarIana,,
which, ho asserts; -ia excusable only
fn wild beasts; for 'the erlme of
war is Inherent; 'sinw it aeddes- not
la favoi of the right, but alwaya In
favor, of the strong. " ,
Just how this $500,000 will be 'a
pended W ' faot"yt ' announced is
: probably not yet decldedl - It wjll
be left to a board of trustees ol Mr.
Carnegie's selection,. 1 Bnt the prin
cipal pnrpose will ; be to carry on
the peace propaganda vigorously and
to induce the nations to arbitrate
z) differences,; instead of going to
war, and good results win doubtlesa
be gained. . , . . . , . .
WT5 REAP A3 WE SOW';'
'KB OF THE evftntuattona of the
l new agriculture Is seed selec-
I tlon. It has been 'reneat.fllT
demonstrated that the charac-
t"r or the seed has much to do with
the-resultant croo,' A train oMm
or five bushels and even, as high aa
ten cas neen securea In the yield of
wheat by use of properly selected
seed, at planting time.- , .
It has beeri proven that shrunken
teed is evidence that there 1a
enough plant food istored up In the
kernel, ana that the resultant plant
in Da stuntea. . Plumb kerrj.i
variety suited to climat. nA unti
sinditions are certain to yield a vig-
ifus ana prouiic crowth.
Vhfse facta have been so flrmly
r iiBnea icai in nauonal depart
'nt f--errlenltuT hs"tftetan
-HVVWilVU
r: f t testing laboratories In cooper-
; ; n urn a:i the agricultural eol-
, .... . ,
k-sea of the country. One Installed
a year ago at the Oregon Agricul
tural college tests- seeds and gives
reliable information to farrows and
others & to the germinating value
'of grains. ' ""'. ','
: In Kansas the Investigations at
the agricultural college have been
so successful that there has been
evolved a new variety of wheat which
adds, measureably to the yield in
that stats. The testing process has
reached tuch a stage In the same
state that the agricultural depart
ment at this college recently issued
a circular giving the name of 200
farmers from whom reliable seed for
planting purposes could be uecored.
The millers and grain dealers of
the country have also recognlxed the
value of good seed and are every
where : spreading t information that
will stimulate the planting of wheat
and Other grains of demonstrated
germinating power. A pamphlet Is
sued under their auspices and con
taining full information on the sub
ject is widely distributed.
Tbe: interest of the mlllers and
grain dealers proceed from their
desire to get first class wheat,, bar
ley, corn, and ' other cereals. The
plump seed yields a plumper grain,
and.' adds to the aggregate of first
class product on the market '.. ; v 1 v '
The higher price realised by the
farmer gives him. a profit . not only
in the larger figures but he has In
addition the increase of a four or
five bushel gain in his yield. The
alert agriculturist in these days of
agricultural colleges and scientific
knowledge Is finding many ways of
turning hi broad acre to increased
profits. i. V, ::''.'. ;
WELL DONE
Foa o.nuh, Tina inanKs or rors
landers are due a city council.
The - Indefinite ' . postponement
. yesterday of the street vaca
tion ordinances warf a most commendable-
action 'Thanks : for It ? are
especially due Coandknen Lombard,
Rushlight, Knbll, JBaker, Ellis ! and
Concannon who were pioneers in p-i
posing the -deal. : t ,v ; r 1
It was not the - present varae , of
the streets that made their "proposed
abandonment to the railroad a cost
ly mistake for the city. . The ) feal
slgniiicafice was in the added water
front that ; transaction would . have
turned over to private monopoly. '
Observers , know that in th f o-
tnr, cities will more and mora tarn
to a policy: of publlo control of wa
ter fronts". The crimes and tragedies
of transportation In the past have ,
resulted from the carelessness of' the
publie aa. to water terminals. To
this nbn-consertation of water ter
minals and water routes la duo the
heavy , toll the country Is i daDy pay
ing tn hign freight rates and other
extortionate taxes' on traffic ' The
main cause of this national blander
has been, first ignorance, and second,-the
venaHty or carelessness ,of
city councils. : . !
Portland is already, knocking at
the door of private ownership for
water front. In time, by the , exi-
gendca of 1 her commercial require
ments and destiny, she will knock
harder. ' What will be the prices she
will later have to pay for needed
shore line? : What busiaesa sagac
ity ia It .for her to trade Off for a
song today, strategie areas for Trhlch
tomorrow she la certain to be a
cash bidder TT What manner of city
. - - m ""7 a . m a
woma we oe io vacaw water ironi
streets today . and be later a bttyer
In the open , market . Of water front
at thousands of dollars a front foot?
1 The' city council has done well.
The seat of government is still at
the city hall. . . . . , , .
THE SAFB PXAJT . ,
irT' ARBITRATE qtiestlons
pending between the city
and the O. TL & N.T " What
are the courts - tor- but to
arbitrate exactly such issues as those
Involved in the recent, negotiations?
The law provides a plan. It gives
to the city and to the railroad the
rignt of eminent domain. , ., What the
city requires it can secure through
condemnation proceedings, and what
the railroad is entitled to it can ob
tain ta the same way.
A court and a Jury are, In contem
plation of the law and society, im
partial. They are on honor and. oath
bonnd. ' Their finding Is that under
which' Justice, If justice ever ; ob
tains, is at its best What fairer
tribtmal or more ; perfect plan f for
rendering eqnal Justice between the
contending ; parties? i V';: :
The city hall will be wise td avoid
plans of arbitration- Why shall it
expose, Itself to the suspicions, and
snrnilses .certain to" eventuate from
thejLfjpoIntment of arbitrators, and
why Invite the reproaches sure to ap
pear, if ' the arbitrament happens to
yield debatable results? , j
Itwill be sound policy and a wif)
discretion if the city hall goes to the
courts1 for whatever It wants " from
the railroad."'' It ' the courts cannot
be trusted, who or what can? V , 1
CHEAP WATER TKAFPIC
HOUGH .THE volume of traffic
on the great lakes "for October
; was 10,000,000 tons less than
for October, 1909, the amount
carried for. the first ten months of
the year was If.OOO.OOO tons. Even
a larger amount might 'have been ex
pected when the low cost of carrying
large masses of freight by this great
waterway Is considered. ? Theecon
omy of this stretch of water car
riage Is attained through the .han
dling of many, thousands of tons of
freight In large vessels needing onlf
small crews and requiring relatively
small jtoai consumption for the work
uone.. iias laae transporuuoa saved
producers and shippers millions of
dollars In freight charges tbat-with-
W
out It the railroada woald have re-
ceived; hence It la easy to under
stand why the railroada are not as
a rule, favorable to- the opening of
interior! waterways though Mr., "J,
J. Hill is broad enough to welcome
them, -r;
It Is to the interest of all pro
ducers of surplus1 agricultural, for-;
eat and mineral products, all ship-!
pers, and finally all consumers, too,
to have open waterways wherever
practicable, for the saving on freight
rates vjould be a large pcrcflntase 61
those charged by the railroads. And
production is increasing at such a
rate that as Mr. Hill perceives, such
waterways would not injure the rail
roads, whose traffic would continue
to increase, and be more profitable
per . ton, after all available water
routes were In ese. ' . ...
MAM.imS OP AMBUSH
THE SUPREME court of Oregon
. has held, the Broadway bridge
bonds to . be legal. Four cir
cuit coart decisions in Oregon
are of the same effect. '
- An attorney In Chicago holds.that
there are flaws in the, issue because
congress and the state legislature
did; fcot ' authorize the bridge. in
his, Jejtter, be adds to; his , fipding
some enlightening statement about
"mob rule". In ' Oregon. A conse
quence of, his view is that 'the Wd
buyers to whom . the second issue
was sold refuse to complete the pur
chase, and a new sale has been .or
dered. . .. " v '
.When, as In this instance, an at
torney Ignores the - decision of "the
highest ' court in a state andt holds
as invalid bonds that It' has pro
nounced valid, there is abundant rea
son to surmise that other Influences
In the issue are in the game. He
flings back at , us the- same thread'
bare, sayings that tKiernanism has
monthed at us for more than a year,
lie trios our case outside the rec
ord, and by the same processes that
the skulking interests behind Dunl
way have been trying it for a twelve
month. ' ':'
Gradually the Inner secrets of. the
opposition to the bridge are coming
to light . It is the history of man
kind that somewhere, some time and
In some way thw mask always falls
off,: and that an overdue reckoning
always comes to the secet and si
lent mandarins of ambaah. .
Meantime. the bond buyers who
dallied with Portland ,in the recent
sale of the bridge bonds should nev
er be countenanced at the sale of an
other Portland security.
: ,A. JOCY MELON
MELON JUST cat by the Ore
gon Short Line discredits the
shrieks of railroad manager!
for increase s of. . rates, As
A
shown hy the report to the Oregon
railroad commission, a dividend of
$13,875,5 has Just 1 been distrib
uted 1 among stockholders. ,
The operating revenues for the
line were $20,822,846. The oper
ating expenses were $9,541,673. The
net Corporate income la placed by
the report at $19,420,984. . . ',;
The Short Line, with a system of
feeders, extends from Huntington,
Oregon, to Granger,; Wyoming. Most
of its length is through a barren re
gion, ; unproductive of traffic, Its
tonnage , to and from, Oregon and
southern Idaho is its chief source of
revenue. ' v-'--'-' '.!Lv.--1-
With more , than , $13,000,000 for
division, with' Its operating expenses
amounting to but 45 par cent of its
revenues, do raOroad magnates feel
that government regulation has been
very disastrous to the Short Line?
Does this road that was on the verge
of bankruptcy before regulation went
into effect;, and that under regula
tion cuts a $13,000,000 melon, seem
to have suffered at the. hands of government?-
! 5'V '"'v''
And where is the' dire need of the
Short Line for an increase of rates?
is not $18,75,530 a sufficient profit
for the stockholders, of the line to
Worry along with for a while? Oth
er people need money too.
Th Benate committee . that ' ao-
qnltted Lorlmer" waS composed en
tirely of lawyers, and treated . his
case on the principle that the accu
sations against him must be proved
as cieariy ana : conciusrvery, as a
charge must be proved against an
accused person In. a criminal court
This may be the correct rule of pro
cedure In such a case; hut the find
ings ot the committee under", it have
no . force or weight to convince or
assure th country that' Lrher" was
not'etected In consequenoo of whole
sale bribery.- . On the Contrary: the
evidence that he was so elected, while
not sufficient in a court, is .convinc
ing to the general public. The coun
try has the same opinion of him and
the bribed members of the Illinois
legislature that It would have had
if jthe committee had found him
guilty;," v
, The "California board of health es
timates that it costs $4150 to raise
a child from birth up to the age, of
20 years. ? f This, it is supposed, Is
the estimate for; the average child,
though some cost much more, some
much less. Then for some years the
child may . earn mor than his ex
penses. And who will ''say that the
little Infants and toddlers are not
worth a million times; what they
cost? Pew parents, Burely.
The . will of a St Louis man who
died leaving an estate of $6,500,000
was , declared invalid! because .he
placed the property in trusV for cer
tain descendants for a period of 75
years. The court rendered a right
eous jndgmenL.Thci'a.'has. Uea-at-together'
too much of, this tying up
of great , estates under trusteeship
for long periods of time, though no
j other "millionaire has socLt to uo
so for three quarters of a century.
It is, an un-American praclka, and
there should be legislation and ad
judication against it
Maxims anrl Anecdotes
of Mark Tvairji
. From Harper's "Weekly.
To a auastioa oa cn occasion a td We
method of work Mark Twula rfpilod: I
work Try regularly cea I work' at fell
I work very day and All day ftoln After
breakfat unUl tat. lata the night until
th work is finished. I never begXn to
Work bfor 11 in th morning:, And I
Sit at It until th will me away from
the table to dress for dinner at 1 at
night they mak m nltti lhn for a
wMle, as thjr think X misht overwork
myselC, but I don't think there Is any feat
f that The Jnerfe physical work would
not hart mo er any one else j yon can
sleap that Of r. The mental part t It Is
nothing- but Amusement; Its not. work, .
:- -.' . .j1 ".;..,.. . .. ; . .
The late IL H. ROgera, his most intl
qiate friend, once took Twain. to see a
very beautiful and valuable 'pleoe of
soulpturo. It reprceented a younff worn
an colling up ef Lair, and the workman
ship was euch that the owner's, other
eompanione stood open mouthed In Admiration.-
J V t r. . i.' -
"WeH," said Kosera, turning to Mart
Twain for his verdict "what do you
think Of it? Grand, isn't itr
-.y(;9, It's very pretty," said Mark
Twain, "but It's not true to nature!" 1
? "Why notr inquired every one in sur
prise. , v - ,.
- "fine ought to Uave er mouth full et
hairpins,", replied the humorist sravely.
- ) -v- o-'K.J'WS't
When Mark Twain visited Germany he
was "commanded ' to nine wun the m
perorv At the dinner the emperor did
most of the talking. A few days later a
gentleman called upon the American au
thor with a message from the ' emperort
"Convey to Mr. Clemens my kindest re
gard., - Ask him ihe remembers that
dinner, and ask him why hs flldn't do
any talking," , t
Mark eTplained in hi auteblflgrapbj
why t; tiled to give rein O his elo
quence at the emperor's tahl using a
tory as -aa illustrations v "A man was
approached by a friend, wbe said: -1
think It's a shame : that you have not
spoken to your.wife for 15 years. How
do yon explain 'it? How do you justify
itr : ' - .
"T didn't want to interrupt, her,' said
the poor roan." .
'Senator Stewart of Nevada told this
story of Mark Twain's early days Irt
Carson City.
"At that time." said Senator stew-
Art, the humorist had hot attained to
the philosophic carra which eorries with
college degrees. He, was a Journalist
and an unterrlf led one. In Carson City
he. boarded at the home of his brother,
b. was a modernrciuisen and a Chris
tian. One morning- he waJ the guest of
his brother at breakfast We had Just;
seated ourselves at tha table when a
voice drawled from the stairway above:
"Have you read the Scripture jeesoa
this roortilngT ,
-Tea,' was th reply.
Ha4 family praywrsf eontlnae4 tfae
voioe from abova - - ..: '
" Tea, Sam,' sal Tb host, arnRiBg at
me. .'x . - . ,( ,
- "Thorn came a paoae, tbea'eama the
further question: i ,
"Said graoer
"Tea. responded the patient head of
th household. " '
".'An right then,' ;eama cheerful
comment from the stairway; Til be
right down.' "
When Mark Twain first me the lady
who afterward became his wife he was
not such a distinguished man as he was
later on, says the Wasp. His origin was
humble, and be had been a pilot on the
Mississippi rive. The future Mrs.
Clemen was a judge's daughter, and he
father desired, for his son-in-iaw som4
one of social position equal to his own.
Clemens, however, fell in love with the
daughter and proposed to hef. iHS was
refused. Not in .the least downcast, be
said to the yonng lady: "Welt X did not
believe you'd have me, but I thought Td
After awhile he tried again, Tvtth the
same "poor result'' With that celebrated
drawl he- sald, Td think a great deal
more of you if you'd said yes, but lfe
hard to bear." - ' '-t '
The third trial resulted In suceess, but
then came tha. task : ot taekling the
father. '
"Judge, " asked Clemens, "have you
seen anything going on between Miss
Uzzland mer
- nv"hatT "WnAtr testfry exclaimed
the old gentleman, and Clemens repeated
the Question.
"No, indeed, sir; Z have not1 replied
the Judge.
"Well, look sharp and you wilf said
the rising young author, v. He got the
The Cake of Bmlfh vs. Wilson' and
Wilson vs. Smith. "
' ' From the "Boston Globa '.
In 1893 William Lyne Wilson, a high-
minded Democrat, was chairman- of the
ways and means committee in a Detno-
oratlo congress. By virtue of the chalr
maashlp and through his scholarly at
tainments, and with, Democratic aid, he
put through Jth house a fa riff but that
bore- nis name. ; it went to in sen
ate, whers- It Was expected that Demo
crats of - high purpose and standing
L would secure its passagaj but noth
ing or uie una nappenea. tnsieaa,
Its schedules, that' would have helped
lift a prostrate country, were slaugh
tered ruthlessly or fbiough cunning.
Senator Arthur tue Gorman ; of Mary
land .and James .... Smith, Jr.", of: 'New
Jersey were the chief butchers. They
performed An act of perfidy and dis
honor thaa wrecked the party.; The rest
is painfully remembered. " 1 '
Now in 1910, after a political over
throw, and the revision of '. th tariff
falls again to a Democratic congress,
up rises this same James Bmlth, jr ,
till of New Jersey,- -as a candidate
for the United State senate. ; It can
well be feared that if he is ejected he
will resume his role ef . tanrr bin
wrecker. ' .":,'
In 1833 Smith was on the trail of
William ,1 --wagon and got his ioalp,
What is the situation new? William L.
Wilson has been sleeping in his grave
a. decade, but Woodrow Wilson is very
much alive, end 1 not too young to for
get th tariff crime .enacted 1 the sen
ate in IS. And as governor-elect he is
on the trail of Smith and deserves to
get his scalp, , . . f - M -
The New: Jersey 'Contest, jv";
From the New Tork Evenln Post
In his clear-cut announcement of hi
position, Dr. Wilson makes it plain" that
In coming out Against smith he is not
Bpeaking as governor, s He is, he ad
mits,, going outside of his "legal dut-
lee.- ' nut, , as he ;; grimly remarks,
"there ar other duties." v A question
Of good faith with th people has aris
en, and-of "genuine representation" m
the- senata,' and tie, asa "citizen." And" "as
. man who has , .taken upon himself
special obligations and responsibilities,
from Which he eannot shrink, does not
propose to hold his peace. He ha not
r-r.l
It l
Smith waf given every opportunity to
take himself out of the senatorial con
tost. But gnv-8 te has re in 1 to do
o, Mr. Wilson caila u-on "the party' to
compel him to that course. ' There can
be no doubt Of the r-i-illt. Jamps Kmitli
cannot stand ud again.st tv'ooJrow Wll
sn. Whether tnowinKly or unwitting
ly, the reii;ocratio party of New Jersey
has elected a real man. governor, and is
bbUnd to follow where he leads. A
breach with Smith docs not matter, ev
en an angry quarrel within the p"rty Is
of no Consequfnca, compared with the
overmastering duty of keeping faith
with the people.
It is important "to notice precisely
what it is that Woodrow Wilson is at
tacking. Xa a word, it ia an attempt
secretly to circumvent the will of the
people. Smith has made no open can
vass. . His own newspaper, the Newark
Stan has kept as silent as the grave
About his candidacy. There has, in fact,
been no publlo advocacy of hia elec
tion, worth speaking of Such expres
sions of opinion as have been made are
nearly all against him. But that did not
prevent his machine from being ; put
quietly into operation. Every kind of
subterranean influence -has been exert
ed, every hidden wire pulled, midnight
conferences held, furtive appeals mad
to this local boss and the Other nolitl-
cai dealer- The whole smith campaign
nas, in xaot, been under a blanket! and
what Woodrow Wilson has done IS to
tear the .blanket ott . Th thing can no
longer be done in a corner. .There must
now be open, dlecueelen, and the sena
.torship will be settled in the full light
of flay. Thi Is the old fashion, and it
l the only aemocratio fasnlon. .
CanaJ and the Tariff.,
From the New'xork Evening Post
J. J. Hill's strong words on the Ques
tion of reciprocal trade between the
United States and Canada will attract
exceptional attention in existing circum
stances. Both the international situa
tion from the diplomatic point of view.
and the economie situation in Virtue of
he pressure of high . prices, point to
progress toward free trade between the
two countries. Mr. Hill, if correctly
reported, declares entire free trade With
Canada , to be the logical consequence
of the position of Mx. Taft and the Re
publican leaders; we confess that we
are unabl to follow the logical thread
to that conclusion. But when We get
outside the- domain of - pure logic, the'
forces making f or a sweeping reduction
of uriff rates between auf country and
rts northern ; neigBbor are obvious
enough. There are great numbers of
our people keenly interested in getting
Canadian raw products at lower prices
than tha tariff permits, and there are
many of our manufacturers- who would
be glad to have their Canadian market
eplarred; and there ar reciprocal inter
est that Would b correspondingly ben
efited . on tha other side Of the lineC
Where there Is sncn contiguity a that
with Canada, the burden of protection
Is more palpable and seems more speci
fic thaA in other case, and an agitation
fof a reciprocal lowering ot duties would
meet, at this day, with very widespread
support. .
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Plutocratic Fidgets. '
i ' -.rrora ths Iubllo. "
The Portland Oregonian has fidget
over the adoption by the Oregon people
of county option In taxation. For mor
than SO years the New York legislature
has fought off this eminently derno
crerJe and sound fiscal reform: but the
people - of Oregon adopt It almost as
soon as power ot legislation are re
served to thee through th lrrruaove.
For this reason tha Oregonian thinks
it Is demonstrated that "limitations"
and fegmtrdjr should be put around
ths initiative. All because th county
option amendment makes it possible for
any eownty i -' Oregon to adopt, the
single tax for local revenues. Yet It
has so much confidence in the people a
to; believe taey will repeal tli single
tax, also through th initiativa" But
if that is so, why any "limitations" and
"safeguards"? If the peopl can save
themselves from tha singl tax, they
need so safeguards; and if they don't
Want to save themselves from It why
put them under guard?
. . , . Effective Advertising.
From the Weston Leader.
The Plnet creek IrriguUou project Is
"coming right along." Ono after an
other the -farmers whose land will be
Intersected by the main canals ar sign
ing up for the rights of way, and thi
important preliminary will soon be dis
posed ox. All ever the country people
are interested in and asklny about this
project It has already advertised Wes
ton in the right kind of a wayand the
prophecy is universal that the material
ization of 'the enterprise -will toeaa a
grand country here, served by a pros
perous, growing city. - Wlde-awAke peo
ple will come here and grow up with us
when they know that lrrigatlos and
progress have become our faithful ailtea
Decanter 15 in History--Deatb of Wayne
, Today is the (date of the death ft
General ? Anthony f Wayn on of the
most picturesque figures bt th Revolu
tion, in 1796, "Following the clos ot
the war Wayne returned to Pennsyl
vania and resumed his civil llf He
was elecetd to tthe general assembly
And assisted In -ratifying th constitu
tion. ltr. he f removed to Georgia,
until ho was nominated by Washington
to b general in chief of the United
States army., i 4 " o -.' -- - '
. About this time the Indians In the
northwest began making trouble, urged
on by" th British, and Wayne collected
an . adequate force And moved against
them, After a number of skirmishes,
including the battl of Fallen Timbers,
on August 29, 179, he finally, the fol
lowing year, signed a treaty with them
in which 12 tribes participated. . ; '
He spent the' winter at Breenvllle,
Ohio, and was requested to remain in
that section; a sole Commissioner to
treat witn the Indian of th north
west, and to take possession of all the
forts held in thst territory by th Brit
ish. While pursuing his work he was
taken ill and his death shortly fol
lowed at Presque- Isle,; now Erie, Pa.,
wher ho was buried. Hi body" re
mained theje until' 1809, when it was
removed bjf hi ori and -buried In Old
St David's churchyard, several miles
from Wayne, Pa., a suburban village
named after the general.
Although Wsshington credited Wayne
with being especially -prudent, hi un
expected successes in perilous expedi
tions won for him hi more popular Ap
pellation of "Mad Anthony Wayne."
The titledr "Dandy 'Wayne" waa atad
applied to him, Owing to his constant
attention to dress; and in one of his
"letters to Washington he expressed him
self In favor of an elegant uniform and
soldierly appearance in preference to
poorly , clad troops with : a greater
amount of ammunition. He waa called
"Black Snake" by the Indians,, perhaps
because - that reptile will attack, any
other species and rarely gets the Worst
of ad enoouater, , After he defeated
them in 1794, he was glved the name
Of "Wind," or "Tornado," because "he
was exactly lika a . hurricane, that
drives and tears And "prostrates, every
thing before it." - - :.., , - "
Th fact that Wayne was very par
ticular in his dress is not to be takeri
to-mearr-that-h8 "WAS-enobbtshr but
rather the. opposite. When the "Tory
ladies of Philadelphia feted and made
so much, of the British officers during
i the period they occupied the city, Wayne
A lame duck Without
It la rtfHer lor,g a w
ent in Oregon. .
later of Olaf'ffn-
If lbre lj an old mother et A dis
tance, don't lorget h?r on CUriKlmas.
-
TW-r!. r.n't t' V t'icm vfcry early
now, but the earlier t?ey can th better.
'
Tariff talk hn Alrfadv b9-un !a the
senate, but It will come, to nuthing, thia
Winter.
A c!!v Ilka Portland needs several
other tilings tren more than ft milium I.
people. ' , ., j
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Tortlond wiH b tne.,rreatePt rnil
roa.1 terminal and center on the Facifld
coant. '
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No, Gladv. Oresron grape is hot good
to e-it at this time of year. thoUffrMt l
pretty. ' . .
Berlin has more inhabitant than
ChlcftMt), but doesn't speak as many
languages, .' - -,
The Oj-spfrs?Uf0n; to the Broadwey
bridge dies hard, but it will be ovtr
come, Tdeverthek-ss. . . , : ,
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Jame of two French battleships re
Sr-ruth," and "Justkce." ,,' But there's
nothing In a name. ';".'-:.' -.:"''
' A. rw bookefititled "The-Passing of
the' Idle Rich," seems to have been
published prematurely, ; : : ..-.
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Birmingham Age -Herald: Senator
Lodge never uplits an infjnttlve or votes
against Privilege. j
Seattle had a little 'earthquake shock,
perhaps In protest beeauso Its popula
Uon did not show up to be SOO.OOO,
r-'-. - - '
Four cooks have simultaneously quit
Vassar college, Aud the 1000 girls there
are likely to become hungry.! Of course,
not one of them can cook. ,.
A etorv is told of lemons growing on
a Waphlnirtoh, D. C, mnn's thumb. It
will Be handy for him te hand lemons
to people he doesn't like.-
" The Lorlmer InvesitlgAtlon turned out
as expected; senators Are inclined to
etand by one another, but publlo opin
ion la not changed by the coat of Whlte-
. :,.
Couldn't some one invent a means bf
sending samples of Oregon winter cli
mate bank east and turning it loose
there? If that could be done, immigra
tion would flow on fast enough. ,
..,-"'...!.:, r:, fM'-'i. '!-"'
Architect Bennett predicts that Port
land will have a million inhabitant
Withla a generation meaning -perhaps,
about 15 years. This is a conservative
cellmate: many would predict a million
within 19 year. . ,
.The celebrated Dr. Wiley 1 to be mar
ried. H is an imminent And veryuje
ful man, but many people will. be, in
clined to pity hia wife. ; How can she
fe expected to exiermmaie u. di
mi
crohe from the famUy food , and
drink
. . is.-.- - .,,.-.-' A
An Up-country Democrat i? uuoted as
aayihg that the members of the Stat
rptral committee are not Democrats,
"Ahd TH be oossed if I know what we
r." Ther are ' lot of aunnoeed Or
nominal Democrats and Republtoana, too.
who ar la the same quandary, orotner.
- Owing to rivalry among the fashion
able dresemakers. women don't know
yet where their vtelst line will bo trm
year, say an exchange,: but for prac
tical nurnone as - far as masculine
arm are concerned, it won't make much
FrorS an acre of rhubarb a man made
more money this year than most of his
neighbors who have large farms.. And
be raised lot of other profitable truck
besides. "Three acres and liberty" and
a fat bank account s
John D. Rockefeller, a dispatch saya,
Will be Santa Claus and. dispense little
presents to the children of his church
st Tarrytown on Christmas. Any child
that wants a nickel's worth of candy
from John D. must get Into th First
Baptist church of that town. " ,
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Los Angele Times: Th Egyptians
were grievously tormented of old but
they never knew the horror of Turkish
cigarettes. It 1 stated that the price
of those .vU concoction of alleged to
bacco and rice paper 1 to go higher. It
is a great pity it cannot be made pro-,
hibltlvav . ,
Oregon Sidelikts
PopulAtlmi of La Grande school dis
trict IS 1633, an increase ot about 12 per
cent in a year, .
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Myrtle Point district has 371 school
children, 188 male and 1S7 female, an
increase ot 33 tn a year. .
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That BandoU is assured of a good
growth during the coming year la be
coming more evident all the time from
the new Industries that are constantly
springing up, says the Recorder. Th
latest Is a basket and handle factory.
was, very harsh in hi criticism' of such
conduct" After the , battle- of 'Mon
mouth,' in July, 1778 he wrote to a
frlead In Philadelphia: ' 'Tell thoS
Philadelphia ladle who attended Howe's
assembjles and levee that the heavenly,
sweet pretty redcoats, the '. accom
plished gentlemen of the guards and
grenadiers, have beea" humbled on the
plain of Monmouth, The Knights of
the TBIended Rose' end .the ' 'Burning
Mount -hAve resigned their laurels to
rebel officers, who will lay them at the
feet M those' Virtuous' daughters of
America, who - cheerfully gave- up ease
and affluence In a, city, for liberty, and
peace of mind in a cottage."., ' . ,
From January, H7, ' np" to the date
of hi death, Wayne WAS Almost con
stantly" employed , in werfara , He
BrandyWine, . Paoli, With the army-at
Valley Green, at Germantown, Stony
Point, Monmouth, and h was AtTTork
town when. Cornwalli surrendered. ' Sir
Henry Clinton ald of him, at the be
ginning of th war, that "where Wayne
went there was fight alwAys; that
was his business," and Clinton bad
many experiences to know whereof he
Spoka - .. ; . .i ',: ;-,:.
Th year following his ' well con
ducted attack on Stonyvpolnt, he was
sent to capture Fort Lee, but it Was
too Strongly fortified. He was, how
ever, successful in swoeptng the coun
try of cattle, i horse and of everything
available for the ua of the enemy's
Army, and thwarted Clinton's plans.
This raid gave rise to Major Andrea
poem of "Tbe Cow ChAse," which elided
with the sumza:. .
"And bow I've closed by epic strain,
I tremble as I show it,
Lfst this same warrior-drover Wayna
.. Should ever catch thn po-l."
As if by poetio juttice. Wain had
command of the. troop from whom,
uie guard was drawn that Attended
Andre's execution.
December 15 is the date Of the meet
ing of th Hartford convention in 184;
of the battle of Nashville, Tenn., in
1864. afld of the meeting of the Ala
bama arbitration commission at Geneva
in 1871. Today is tha birthday of
Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry
VIII , (1485); Theodore Dwlght, Ameri
can Journalist and author (174):
Thomas H. Perkins, the noted phlmn
throplst T,7ei); Edward Bishop Cudley,
thtj North Carolina slateaman (1787),
and Fiank B. Banborn. - author and
philanthropist (1831). It 19 the date of
the doftth of Isttao Walton, the nottvl
Angler (1683 v
There is iikty
hopo.
TANGLEFOOT
' Ey Mi! Ovcrlsolt
WHAT ONJ3 i-STCS. WliKN ONffi IIA3
NO GUN.
Fellow who goes out. or in ahead of
u. and. lets the dooo-Slam in our face.
Woman who superciliously flounces' in
a seat w have vacated for her, without
thanking us; waiter who spills huckle
berry pie on our shirt front and then
expects a liberal Up; same waiter who
brings us back the fearrie cup of coffee,
Minus the fly. that we ordered ex
changed for a fresh" cup. , . vr
Hft CALLS IT''VkRS;;iv;;.;-tl;'.''
Editor Tangloifofit: I bate to . give
you this verse outright It is really
worth a dollar, but you are entitled to
a Christmas present, I suppose, though
t .. H -, Wmmm ,ft.w
'Bout once a year I have to writ a
T tender little verse, - '.
A Sort Of sad, sweet melody that really '
', la worse ", -......... .
Than any other style Of staff that I
am wont to say,
BUt I have got to write it or tbereH b
- the deuce to pay.
I hAV to write about' my bines mv
meerschaum, briai. oflh.
NovperfqmA ever smel led so sweet bof
did so well a Job, .
For pockets,- clothing, "house and barm,
and all the spot between "
Give forth a noisome odor of Cad
Nick Old Nicotina!
And people passing by the nous bang
i oa each other's coat '
And wonder what's th pries ef 'gtoe,
or why We keen a goat
And when the toll of day is dona I
the n reside . " ;-.
And light old- cob and ket toy
Whatever may betide.
I also lose two-thirds my mind and :
. tenths of my health:,
At present cost of cabbage . I
I'll lose my wealth.
ButyStiU I smoke and pet my
mr mserscnaunk Briar, coot -
Old friends of mine, come weed r
; they're ever on tha Job. ,
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' FrKffi! FIBJCI. FTTtEl - ,
Medford. Or Dea," 1 7. Tan zYetCmtan i
"Asbestos . Wedding Bwtls," beads a
-j a
ujo. US.UW x . .r , XW' EM 1 t ' '
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, . .' Watch Orcgwa. , , V "
From th Boston GMb ; :.' i
A significant thins haxroened at thm
November election In Oregon the adop
tion ot tne count option amendment on
taxation by means of which any county
may choose whatever form of levying'
taxes it deems seat, Single taxers la
that stat and throughout thv country
ar greatly sncouragod because on of
the chief obstacles to the Introduction
of the taxation of land values baa been
removed in one commonwealth, and they
believe that at least one county la Ore
gon will try th experiment.
Where- the .taxation ; of land values
must be statewide of not at all,, land
monopolist have little difficulty in
influencing legislators. , Whore, . ho w
ever, county option prevails, as la Ore
gon, there Is .the . possibility of one
county introducing the reform.-.
Some years ago a committee of the
New Tork legislature naively reported
against county option, in taxation .for
th reason that the single tax might be
adopted by . some counties, and t they
would prosper at toe expense of other
counties! That would clearly b unfair
and unjust As unfair and. as unjust
as it would be for a man to prosper In
business because he sold nothing but
honest goods and because hi word was
as good as his bond I (
Oregon 1 far away, but it is not too
far away for New Englanders to -watch,
With keen Interest the consequences of
county option in taxation.
- Shop Early.
. "Shop early I"- . : t
Behind pAcked counters all day long.
Faoing a rushing, crushing throng,
Breathing the heated, teeming air, '
Now answering here, now answerlig.
' ' t horn. - , i -
WTh Jumping nerves all torn to shreds.
The shopgirl tand, and weak and faint
Their voices ris In this on plaint-.
-Shop riirr s;, r .
' "Shop early!- '
Parked watrons cross th crowded town
wim aoninr leei ana urea neaas. -
With ChrtBtmae wonders laden down;
From" Harlem and from Brooklyn way
They come and go all night all day;
Worn, plodding horses drag tbem on,
Ilrired 'bv their. drivers tired and wan.
And as the creaking wheels go round
They seem to give this mournful couaU
- - . . "Shop early . - , . .
"Shop earlyl"
tTp And down the street
Tramping their never-ending beat '
The men in array with heavy sacks
Of Christmas mail upon their backs
Go back and forth, to us to bring
Glad marks of friendship's offering '
Boxes of gloves, or books, or games.
Card With their gen'rous givers" names.
And as they creep from door to door
With lagging steps that spring no more,
Bearing us gifts that thrill each heart.
This plaint their haggard looks impart:
r "Shop early!"
Paul West, in New Tork World.
Tfie Wrestlers
(Oontrlhffl to The Jenrnal tr Walt Mnano,
tha fnniouit Knnmi pne L- prone-po-mt tra a
Sogular (eatura .of Uila column la Tlio paU
our ail), .. ..
The beefy sports of Europe are com
ing to these shores, and soon their loud
Icf-yoodleg Will flU all out,- of - doors.
All through th long, sad winter they'll
bind us with a spell, and malt the
sporting writers ( roll up their sleeve"
and yell. With defl and with challenge
they'll fill the public print, they'll dish
up threats corrosive and most blood
thirsty hints. . They'll thunder and
they'll chortle, they'll bellow and de
claim, and they may do it safely, for
Gotch hast quit the game1 O Gotch! Tha
cornfield called him, and so he quit th
mat, to feed his Poland Chinas, and
watch them pile on fat; and while he
gathers henfrult and plants th6 mellow
spud, a lot of foreign "lions" ere clam
oring for, blood.. A Jot of brawny ter
rorsare telling what they'll do to this
or -t'other terror when he comes intd
view; and SO they nail the roubloa and.
burnish up thoir fame, and nothing can'
prevent them, for Gotch has quit the
game. And when th foreign wrestlers
become too great a - bore, it may be
Gotch Will offer to chase tnem from
thls'shoret Forgetting James J. Jefff-les
Ahd all that Reno dope, the hUaky Hum
boldt farmer will come forth as a hone
but lej. us draw a curtain upon this
mournful thme; the beefy sports of
Euror-e are comtnir' In a 8trftm The
ti-iiLidtsTroar lllid lions,' and 6li, it
a shame, to earnest, soulful people, tivat
Gotch has quit the game! -
rirvric!)t. into, ;
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ttxirca ilHtllipvr AduDia.
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