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THE 1 OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, MONDAY EVICTING,
DECEMBER
13, 1010.
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must toil for It; and K plea. .
ure. you' must toft for rt Toll
Is the Jaw. Pleasure cornea '
through toll, and not, by self-indulgence
and .indolence. When ,
one gats to love work his Hfev
is a happy-ote.-f--Ruslrtn, '
CHARLES n. MARKIIAM -
7T IS NO SURPRISE in Oregon
I that " Charles H, Itfarkbam has
si become president of the . Illinois
" Central raiR-oad, one of the' great
corporations , of " the 'country. His
way to " that great ' position was
through the processes of ' personal
merit and executive force. He will
transform that corporation from its
present condition f grafting offi
cials, in to a purified and effective
agency, just as he transformed and
systematized the freight handling at
a Texas station which was the begin
ning of his ascent to a, lofty place
in this country's industrial life. .
Other railroad : presidents will
learn much from the things Presi
dent Markham will do with the Illi
nois Central. They could learn ranch
by a study of his. railroad career In
Oregon; '?:-';."' ' ':A
' No railroad official ever in this
state did so much to bring railroads
and the public to a better under
standing of each ; other. No other
ever went so far in bringing carrier
and producer to terms of mutual
cordiality and friendship. ,
As general i freight agent of the
Southern Pacific, Mr. 'Markham
taught a new doctrine of cordial re
lation with those who make the traf
fic for railroads. He went out among
the farmers and hhnself preached
the gospel of diversified : farming:
lie engaged wltu them in public
meetings and felicitated with them
at banquets. He entered with them
into their plans, preached to them
about dairying and igave. them a new
and more favorable view of the pur
poses and plans of Ms railroad. "
Before he came to Oregon, the
railroad of which he was a part was
sincerely bated throughout the state.
It was condemned In every newspa
per, denounced on every street cor
ner and excoriated in every .'public
meeting. Before he went away, he
had brought the corporation Into a
large degree of popular favor among
those who had been loudest 'in its
condemnation.. He had performed
an effective part in removing the
popular idea that a corporation is
soulless and heartless.
Mr. Markham's work bore a splen
did fruit," both for his railroad and
for the state.: He was a great aid in
the movement for a diversified farm
ing and the. better conditions result
ant therefrom; ' He is the type 'of
man whose career as a railroad pres
ident will .be a good one for other
captains of transportation to watch.
The Markham method ... brings har
mony and cooperation between trans
portation and production, and, it, is
the best method. .
DR. COOK'S NEW STORY
T5"V R- COOK'S new story, the first
I installment ; of which appears
J in the January number of
Hampton's, magazine, wiH be
read with much Interest by a great
many people, whether they accept as
true ; and. sufficient his , excuses or
not. He frankly says that he does
not know whether he went exactly to
the Pole or not, but he claims, that
the evidence was "sufficient to con
vince him at the time that he was
there, or very near' thereto. . j One
piece of -evidence was that a man's
shadow waB exactly the same length
at all times of the day; another was
that, the magnetic needle pointed
south, r But as to most ; of bis. ob
servations Dr. Cook says he did not
expect them to be sufficient "proof,
scientifically," to geographers. " Many
of them ' were taken" tastily and the
results scrawled down when he ras
in a condition of almost physical 'and
mental collapse. Others he worked
out carefully.'. He made himself be
lieve he worked continually toward
and finally to the Pole, . and was
buoyed Up by that conviction, with
out much thought , at the time of
making a sensational impression on
the world by his success. . From
boy he had always had anVovermaS'
terlng desire for exploration He
had been to the Arctic , with , Peary
as surgeon, but whence accompan
ied Bradley on a big' ga'me bunting
expedition : there ' was no design t0
try to reach the Pole:;? But the lure
of the earth-end . became irresistible
buppues were pienmul and game
was abundant, bo be decided on the
"dash to the Pplaj'V It was to grat
ify en . inordinate personal A desire
rather than to gain fame or fortune.
Cook ' describes concisely his ter
rible Journey nQrthward, ita extreme
lardehips, privations and sufferings
l!o was pemi-insane much of the
time from hunger, cold and sleepless
'T.i :TTJ u fwbetbein&r8".oblBVi?aH6M
were ouitw correct, or whethei1 he
1 achod the Pole, he repeatedjy. says,
"1 do not. know' -At the time, he
thought he had succeeded,' but he
does not know." He asserts that
no one can, ' be absolutely positive
by scientific tests of hla exact posJ
tioo Jn those awful . wastes of ; Jce
and snow, and Intimates that geo-
gratfhers sitting In homes or librar
ies are incompetent to pass upon evi
dence furnished by explorers of the
polar region. "-" . '. - , Wv
That most of Cook's story is true
may well be believed. He was gone
two -years, ' and it is admitted that
he went far north. Tut his repre
sentations; that it was "merely the
mania fori Arctic . exploration, with
little or no trongbt of fame and for
tune" as the result if he should reach
thp Pole, or induce the world to be
lieve" that he had reached It, is not
bo credible.' i.
NEW ROUTE TO INDIA
T
HE ISTHMUS of Panama, to be
completed, according to pres
ent prospects, tn about three
years, will cut off many thou
sands of miles of ocean travel, from
the r navigation of the , globe. . In
Persia a similar service Is about to
be done for land travelers and over
land freighters from Europe. ' Such
great, enterprises i as these not only
bespeak material and commercial
progress and , development, .but they
make powerfully tor the world's
peace, - . - - ,
, A ? prominent Russian railroad
builder and capitalist, at a cost of
100,000,900 or more, proposes to
establisb an all-steam overland route
to , India from all the capitals of
Europe, redncmg the time of travel
from; England to Calcutta1 from 12
days now required tia; Brlndisl and
the Red sea to less than a week:
and the fare wfll be reduced one
third.1 The capital will be raised h
Great Britain, France and Russia,
the three nations most to be benefited
by the road. This road, it is expected,
will give a great impetus to Indian
commerce, and be the means of much
development s and , , advancement , in
Persia, which is capable of snstainr
ing a large population if Irrigated
and scientifically farmed. , , '
When great nations like Great
Britain, Russia and France combine
to push forward such an enterprise
as this, the success of .which must
depend on the products of peaceful
vocations, they are not likely to go
to war on any slight pretext The
Lion and the BeaT are no longer
growling and bristling at each other
in Bavage hostility, but are forking
together to encourage and expand
agriculture and commerce, the pur
suits of peaceful industry. No more
will .France send forth armed le
gions to wreak terror, destruction
and idaughtet in other countries, but
her surplus money win t be- used to
open new fields to agriculture and
new paths 'for commerce.' . .
How much better it is tor nations
thus to combine to build a great in
ternational inter-continental railroad
than to spend Its cost in, battleships
andother war equipments. How
much better' for this great republic
to dig the Panama canal and improve
its .' harbors and open tip Its ; rivers
than to spend their, cost on an ever
greater and probably needless, navy
and army. ' t
THE THREATENED STRIKE
I
T SCARCELY seems credible that
the threatened strike of the 1 lo
comotive ;, engineers will take
place. In so momentous an en
terprise, it is easier to believe that
a- peaceful ' - agreement ' may ' be
reached, and the differences be ad
justed without a resort to violence.
If a strike is 'called, 82,000 train
men will become idle. The trains on
116,115 miles of track will cease to
move, The loss in wages to em
ployes will be $145,000 per -day.
The loss to the railroads and their
employes in case; of ' a prolonged
strike would ,be enormous. The loss
to tbe . public in delays, inconven
ience,1 in interrupted traffic and loss
of . business would itself be an ap
palling, sum. 1 J -
The, strike, If it should eventuate,
would be the most Important rail
road strike since that of the Ameri
can Railway union In 1894. It is
best remembered' for its scenes of
violence and bloodshed, and for the
conflict between national and state
authority in Illinois. In that state
the late John P. Altgeld was gover
nor, and bis opposition to the policy
of tbe late Grover Cleveland, then
president, in. sending federal troops
to "prevent " interference with the
transportation of iUnited States mails
was a national sensation.
- Tne. strike, affected a. district ex
tending 2 5 0t) ; miles east and west.
and 1500 miles north and south. It
000 for. troops,' and cost the em
ployes on the 24 lines then centering
In Chicago In loss of wages $18 9,
143. On. the same account; the Pull
man mployes lost ; $350,000, ahd
the cost to the railroads in property
and loss bf earnings was $5,350,000
The loss to the shippers and the trav
eling publicum:; the strike district
reached an enormous! aggregate.
The origin, of the strike was a re
duction of wages by the, Pullman Pal
ace Car company; and the summary
discharge by the corporation of three
employes who acted as a committee
to request restoration of the former
wage scale. , A. general, strike of ; the
Pullman employes was ' inaugurated
May 10, 1894,, and onJnne 28 there
began . ' sympathetic strike by ' the
American i Railway union, whose
membership reposed r. to move , cars
owned by the Pullman, company. The
strike ended when Debs' and others
were thrown in jail and the strike
forcp.Jlv.lrJ.ITO
of federal and state troops.-
A. strike" by the locomotive '"en
gineers is much to be dreaded by the
railroad managers. ' Tblsjs shown in
their offer to grant 9-, per cent of
thq 14 to 15 , per cent increase in
wages asked. No organization Is
stronger, and none managed ..with
more wisdom and effectiveness than
the Brotherhood ' of Locomotive En
gineers. : The appeal of the man
agers for Commissioner Nefl and
Commissioner Knapp to arbitrate is
evidence of how well the railroads
understand the situation with which
they have to reckon. '
The great public, which after all
is a third and deeply interested
party, hopes the differences may be
settled by compromise and in peace.
TITE miGEDT OF C1TRISTMAS
A'
N APPEAL that will doubtless
command respect is sent out
by the Portland Commons.' It
is or provisions that can be
used in supplying a Christmas din
ner to the families of thpse who are
in prison, and to others on the lower
levels who are without the means of
providing themselves with the cheer
incident to the Christmas season. -
Last year, the Commons" sent hun
dreds of baskets to poor people in
various parts of the city, and by the
act" carried gladness into bomes that
would otherwise have been without
evidence of the return of , the day
when gifts are given and hearts are
gentle. ; '
It la the tragedy of Christmas that
thousands are without the means of
observing the day according to the
canons of modern custom. In many
a home the pinch of poverty is; so
strong that it is all the bread win
ner can do to meet th$ necessities of
each day as' It passes. ; It is the
human impulse to' make bestowals
on the children, but In such homes
the, recurring' anniversary is one of
denials more- than : of gifts and re
membrances. 1 - v'j '
In Its way, the Commons is doing
what it can to take the tragedy out
of Christmas. , The example' it sets
id one that the m6re fortunate among
us can well afford to emulate, '
There is a Book that says it is
more blessed to give than to re
ceive. If we measure 1 the " Joy of
receiving .. by . the gladness of for
tunate childhood, at Christmas' time,
giving has a most delightful and
most , profitable , recompense. 1 . Re
sponse to .the appeal of " the . Com
mons, or cheer sent out to the needy
in any other form or through any
other' avenue will have Its full re
ward in the after consciousness of
the giver. , It is a way to eliminate
the tragedy of, Christmas, .. ..
A SANE STEP
, v..
'hi
VERT SANE ' step has been
taken in behalf of those who
are seeking legislation for con
trol of tuberculosis among cat
tle in "Oregon. This step Is the ap
pointment, of a committee named by
the secretary: of the state board of
health that is to cooperate with otb
er ' committees la preparing ,a, bill
pertinent to the subject, and the
sanity of the proceeding ia evidenced
by the. personnel of this committee.
The committee was authorized at a
meeting called by the -Consumers
league of r Portland, at which Dr.
White was made chairman with pow
er to name four additional members.
For his' associates, Di. White has
named W. W. Cotton,. Austin T. Bux
ton, Mrs. A. E. Rockey and John
Forbis. " .
The committee is notable for the
varied interests It represents. Mr,
Cotton Is engaged extensively in
dairying and is a thorough student
of the industry, Mr. Buxton Is a prac
tical farmer,' is exmaster of the' state
grange, and bis home is In Washing
ton county,' which is almost a head
quarters of dairying in the state,
: Mrs. Rockey is a leading, member
of the Consumers', league, and win
represent the J consumers' , viewpoint
on the committee, Mr. Forbis is
lawyer, but is extensively engaged
in dairying.' Dr. White as secretary
of the state board ot health will rep
resent -on the, committee that influ
ence; irt proposed rlegtejyattoiriwhlcb:
win viev the subject from the stand-
point of medical knowledge anil pub
lic health, r ' '.V1':'."'?
It is a good beginning. , It is an
ablefc well balanced and rational com
mittee,, and in ': cooperation ' with
other committees should be able to
prepare a measure tbat will be the
beginning ot a sane' movement
against consumptive cows m; Oregon
vi President Taft is to be especially
commended - for his remarks , In
Washington Saturday, evening, in
which he deprecated the war talk of
some ; people, and - controverted the
proposition that a foreign army could
find easy entrance to this : country
and overrun it. There is no pros
pect of ' war, f he said, and ' under
sucb circumstances the American
people would not consent to a large
standing army, able to cope with a
European army. ' - With but little
more attention to the matter, be said,
"We shall have all of the army and
all of the munitions and material
of war that we ought to have in
republic, situated r as we are, 3000
miles on the one hand and 5000
miles on the other, from tbe source
of hostile invasion.". " ,'. ,
"There Is only one way to reform
the protective tariff, says Bourke
Cockran, nd that is to exterminate
It, root and branch.-J The convic
tion Is growing Jn many minds that
be Is "right' Tbe protective system
is based on a wrorg, unjust theory,
one that destroys equal opportunity
for American citizens, and it cannot
endure. ' . .
of the performers and the audience
of the afternoon1 concert yesterday
at; the MeiHg theatre waa marked
and, t is' hoped, decisive. The
doubting Thomases, who declared
that it was impossible to fill a the
atre at cheap prices to listen to
good music, however well performed.
can hide their heads. The demon-'
stratlon was perfect. Thanks of the
whole community are due to the
seventy , ladles and gentlemen who
followed Mr, Boyer8 baton, and no
less to the members of the orchestra,
under Mr. Rosebrook's lead. One
point may be taken, namely, that to
fully.' earn the title "popular" the
gallery prices, at any rate, should
be set at 25c - The music was de
lightful; and especially the dean,
full tone, and prompt "attack" that
marked every ; number sung by the
prof essionaP and semi-professional
chorus. 'Rather an awkward de
scription perhaps, but we know what
it Ineana.
Two out of three senators com
prising? a- sub-committee ; Borah
and Rayner -have reported in favor
of .the direct election of senators by
the people. : 1 But this .; does not
presage similar action by the whole
committee," still less by the senate.
The' "regular". Republicans are, as
ever, opposedto the change, and it
is predicted that the resolution will
not be allowed to come to : a ..vote
this winter.' But other states can
adopt ' the Oregon plan, and so get
a senator after a little that will favor
this reform. '
For publishing an antt-goyern-
ment speech, of a member -of the
Russian duma, eight newspapers
have been suppressed, and their ed
itors are? subject to. eight years ,in
the galleys for lese majeste. Yet the
Russian government affects to be
civilized and Christianized, . There
can be no liberty of, the masses, nor
much progress or intelligence among
them, where there is no free press.
Letters From tlie People
' Good Roads In Oregon. ' '
To the Editor of Tha Journal 4i have
read In your-paper a great, deal about
rood road building- and I am Just won
dering: what It is going to be, "good
roads" or "good graft" I hav heard
and Been bo much about thce good
roads In Oregon it Is enough to disgust
any man who 1 knows anything about
good roads at alt , My opinion Is that
money enough aas been expended to
have an the good roada In Oregon the
people could wlstr for; the reason why
there are no good roads is poor manage
ment, and as long aa graft and tn ex
perience are tn . the ; lead of good road
bulldln&, we will not. have good, roada.
Let any man go out on the old Foster
road and see for himself the good road
Clackamas county built there last rea
son. It Is a. disgrace to the county,
but has cost thousands of dollars and
Is less than a mile in! length. "... Why
don't the state superintend the build
ing of roads. Instead of each county hir
ing farmers to do the good road build
ing, to give him a checkbook and the
right to make out checks to anyone, he
pleases make him paymaster, timekeep
er, superintendent, dobs sales agent and I
vhn VnlMU, what alM', !' Ba kriii ..h'.l
road boss gets his sons, with his team,
and a few of his good friends and goes
to work and bnilda roads. To get mod
ern roads it takes modern men, modern
machinery and above an. modern man
agement :, ; COUNTRY RUBE. ,
Politicians Not Patriots. "
. From the Oregon City Courier, ' r !
The politician who accepts the lead
ership of - certain members of the
par ty to which he belongs, votes for
them, and with them on all measures
proposed by party leaders and against
every measure, proposed by the oppos
ing party, cannot ; be considered an
ideal citizen. There-, are. always . mer
itorious measure" before leglslaXlve
bodies that should receive the earnest
conslderatioh of every member, but of
late, years the rallying; cry of the lead.
era seems to be ."party first and coun
try last" No matter how small the
office or what qualification a man
may have to fill It, the staid party
man must vote for him simply be.
cause be is on the ticket , Of course,
parties and party leaders are. neces
sary la a repubilo like' ours, but It
does not necessarily follow that they
are always right and that their " lead
ershlp should go unchallenged. The
result of the recent congressional elec
tion ia an indication that the average
voter is becoming familiarized with
the "different questions between , the
parties and that notwithstanding the
leaders of the Kepubilcan party took
the task of forcing the masses to vote
I as ; they-dictated,- they- not-only repud
iated the leaders In , many instances,
but they t voted to send men to ' the
national legislature whose political
principles tney am - not wnony en
dorse, but they" cast their ballots 'for
them because they 1 did 5 hot consider
the party in power had come np to
the ; promises made previous ; to the
election; . , The '' . incoming Democratic
house does not' promise to be any Im
provement ' on . the. previous congress.
The party whip will be cracked and
the patriotic Democrats must rally , to
the support ; of , the Ieaders. 1 Tbe At
lanta Constitution calls on the nnter-
rifled "to, stop' playing f the foot now
that they have a chance to secure con
trol of the federal government - and
quotes with approval the venerable Dr,
Northup, president : ,of ,the . Minnesota
State University, wno in a recent ad
dress Baid;, , :
i "There is no patriotism in party
politics. , When a good measure
la : proposed,' by one party the other
party does v not ; frankly approve tbe
measure and help pass the laws neces
sary for the adoption of the measure.
On the contrary, It triea to sidetrack
it m some technicality, admitting that
it ia good In Intent, but not correct
in form all because they are afraid
that j the party proposing the measure
will get too much credit for it If the
law la adopted. That is politics, but
not patriotism." ,
Mr. DoraiKPs Specious Plea.'
j 'From the Seattle Times.
1 In connection .with the census of Spo.
kane, E. Dana purand, the Callfornian
who happened to be director of the cen
sus, has made a remarkable statement
The population of the enterprising
metropolis of the Inland empire is riven
at 104.402. ' But as has been th ease
In, other cities tms is not the . total
turned in by tbe enumerators. The
original figure is known , to' have been
tn the neighborhood of 111,000. :
.. when the announcement was - made
that the population of Spokane was of
ficially 104,402, the Tlmes telegraphed
to its Washington correspondent for the
original figures, and the answer came
that the director of the census je
T09cttTrgTv6 thrTMQrtnati6nr."Mrn5u:
rand said that the , eliminated .figures
could not be given-, unless accompanied
by an "explanatory statement" which
ho had not-the tlmeuo make.
When it is remembered that the H-
CO xMMSNT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Tbe women at the Red Cross booths
are doing a noble service. - . '
' The problem of the "social evil" will
last till tbe mUlenlnm and after. ,
Let no nnf ortenate one, especially chil
dren, bf overlooked at Christmas time.
There ts a new China cabinet In Pektn
and it ts likely to be smashed np at any
time.. . .
. , ' . .
Last week 'In1 th Christmas -'campaign.
Everybody will be glad when It
Is over.- . . .-. ,
:?. : : ' :
The railroad building record In Ore
gon next roar will beat . this year's
record, i .' . .
True neace Is not to be-bad by keep
ing the other fellows half scared to
death all the time, - .
Th finest decoration for the back ot
a letter or a Cnristioas package, is a
Hed Cross stamp. ; ; ;
' One troubla Is that a large proportion
of humanity doesn't want -to be re
f orgjed- or to have things reformed. . .
Lafe Young in his speech said that he
considered his return '..to the senate
doubtful, and he rendered it more so
by bis foolish talk. --: .,
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- It is not In most eases the -persona
with the most money who will have the
hanDlest Christmas thousrh some
money helps much to be merry. ,
TTavlnflr reformed the tariff. Senator
Aldrich wants to reform the currency.
But th- country is somewhat suspic
ious of Mr. Aldrich as a reformer.
A Brooklyn man received $7600 dam
ages from a lumper company ror the
loss of a big toe. At this rate, the com-
j any would nave gone Droite 11 ce naa
ost; a leg, :!:.:--(aV;;;v:1:!,V:;.s.).
" In bis noble lecture at Harvard Koose-
velt praised , the Ideas and work of
Plnchot and Garfield, aa an example of
"aDOlied moralitv" ' in Dubllc affairs.'
He did not mention Ballinger.
The people vdXX not object to morel
pay ior reaerai juages, as recommenaea
by President Taft, provided Judges, are
appomtea- wno wiu serve tne, people
rather than corporations ia their decis
ions.
'
The second daughter of George Gould.
aged 19, will marry a British lord 41
years 01a, wno presumaoiy- needs tne
money as much as the girl thinks she
wants the title. Look for an early di
vorce..' .!:,.:' ' ' . :": k' ' itV-
. ., rf'i':; 't?:j.. i.. .$, -,i -;.." '
The Salem' Statesman growls about
"disagreeable dampness." ? It ought not.
to be so regarded. It's "fine and dandy."
Who wants perpetual sunshine? Damp
Bess furnishes .variety, and insures big
crop. - '
The lawyers are-nearly an In favor
of more Judges. Tbe more Judges, the
more law business. , And the new Judges
will be lawyers, of course, and who can
ten wnere tne coveted ngntning might
strike? . : ,
Senator Lafe Young of Iowa hastened
to make speech in the senate because,
as he realizes, Ma time there may 1 be
very brief only until the Iowa, leerls
lature can' elect . his successor. 1 The
speech will probably be considered suf
ficient reason ror the election of some
other man. " . -., (
Flnlng the sugar trust-accomplishes
nothing except-to further burden con
sumers; sending Havemeyer and some
of the other higher-ups to Jail for two
or three years and treating them as
common criminals, would have the de
sired effect . .. - '. .
Now. . married ladles,- according- to a
decision of a Kansas City Judge you
can smoke all the cigarettes you, want
to at home, and your husbands can't
get a divorce on that account. Con
versely, you 'caa't get a divorce if
the man smokes a strong old pipe or
a holiday cigar in the house. .
- On December 1, 181 S, there died in
Bath. England, David Hartley, who was!
elected by W sovereign, George III, to
make a peace treaty with the United
States. , The conduct of George III to
ward the American colonies, even . when
they had thrown oft bis authority, and
subdued his, armies, was marked by a
petty bitterness, as well as a disregard
of their, rights.. 'r;'.'-y!" i:. ' J't'
Even when Franklin suggested to the
ministry that peace was Inevitable, the
-king would not permit the negotiations
to begin in tbe usual way, but was bent
on choosing as negotiators men who
had little or' no 'political standing or
connection with the tovermtient rttttrr
During the last few years of the rev
olution he sought a number of times to
seduce Benjamin Franklin from his loy
alty to his country by making overt
tures to him through his friends.
Though the king believed. Franklin made
"hatred of this country th constant
object of his mind." yet he thought It, in
his own words, "proper, to keep open a
channel of Intercourse with that insid
ious roan." V ; , . . .' ' ' ' '
For this reason messengers wtthont
apparent authority JhadL vtslted Franklin
In Paris, and laid before him flattering
prospects of preferment if he would fa
vor a reconciliation between England
and the United States. .":i'-;j -) -
, England desired to "avenge the faltb
iess and insolent conduct of France'
and it could only be done by first break
ing her alliance, with America. ' Frank
lin, as minister! to France, 'had formed
that alliance, and he stood firmly in
Lsupport of it - All the blandishments of
the British ministry made no impression
on hlmj The only proposal he made or
would entertain was tha. proposal of ln
dependence'f or the United States.
v , When England' Was forced at last to
negotiate, she did so in a characteristic
manner, - She sent . no - minister, no per
son of rank dr influence, but Selected
Richard Oswald, to conduct the first ne
gotiations and -.next David Hartley to
frame the final treaty. . .
Hartley ; was an amiable scholarly
man, a student in-chemistry and me
chanics, and a member of parliament In
which he went on record as opposed to
the American war. Ha was a friend of
Dr. Franklin.' 1
December 19 in History -Dcatli of David Hartley.
111. 11 '11 1 1 1 1 11, 1
rector had time to apotogtse to San
Francisco . when be made an inconse
quential reduction of 8280, and fix the
population at 416.912; bad time t& pat
Los Angeles on the back and felicitate
that city on Its 819,198, without regard,
to tbe rufa which made tt possible to
add 50, DOT names to the real count; had
time, to pass an insult 'to Seattle, when
h cut out 11,188 names from the offi
cial returns of the . supervisor, and re-
duced the city's population . to 237,194 ;
had time to af rent the- intelligeQce, of
Portland, Or In reducing that City to
207,214, and had time to explain at great
length how he happened to rob Tacoma
of thousands of bona fide residents, and
reduce that city finally to only 85,743,
Durands "lack of time" In tb Spokane
case is indeed remarkable, Durand's
most outrageous ruling aroused the
righteous indignation of the Seattle
chamber 0' commerce, tbe Seattle Com
merolal' club, and' the Manufacturers
association of Seattle and they have
made reply. '
In order to help. Los- Angeles, and a:w
Ibelanrne , felljrwoopo tTBtrlko.a,jparaJ.
lyaing'biow at Seattle, the director pro
mulgated the rule affecting "f loatlDg
population, " especially "sailors with no
definite place of abode.",. .
.His rule worked both ways. It gave
to Los Angeles thousands of tourists:
" ' ,
NEWS ' IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
AH settlements in Lincoln county are
growing. ;
New Methodist church is building at
Lakevlew. - - '
G-4S field is likely to be developed in
Malheur county,
,
Only seven voters attended the Med
ford school meeting ;
New grange has been erganixed at
Summtt, Benton county. ,
Summit. Benton county, district win
build a 4 room echoolhouse.
-. -a- '. H
Albany man says land near that city
will produce - the beat . applea la the
world. , : ' ' -V- .;.
. .... . . :-;, : . ' v - " ,
A E11 gene man ' manufactures' Imita
tion marble that is nearly as good as
the real thing. - . ' .- ..V;
; A get-together meeting of the Albany
Commercial club discussed the advan
tage of factories." y v y 3 J
'A tree near . Independence still con
tains fully 20 bushels of apples, and it.
bears evidence of fall rather than mid
winter. , . ' , '
A man and his daughter were. mar
ried the same day at Drain, the former,
a local story , says, to a .widow worth
125,060.
Wasco county's courthouse 1 de
scribed by the Chronicle as a "small
ratUe trap building," and It calls for a
new one. , , ,
.. r:. ; -. -A". -
A great deal of development work is
going on in the Ogle mountain district
says the Scio News. One man is open
ing, up a group of , 10 claims. Some ore
recently brought out shows native gold.
At the recent city ' election m Toledo
131 votes were cast, Indicating a popu
lation of 651. Newport cast a vote of
205 at the election on the same day giv
ing that town (using the same multiple)
a population of 1025. '
' Six miles of street grading and five
miles of new sidewalk built In Ontario
since last March is the record of this
town for the year. 1310, and according to
present Indications, next year will
eclipse the present along these lines,
says the Optimist ... ' . ( -..
The bank statement of the li banks
in Yamhill county shows a total of $2
260,142.76 deposits. The populaUon of
the county as shown "by the census re
port is 18,285. Thus the bank deposits
represent an average of a little over
2124 for every man, woman and child in
the county. - ' , r , ,,,
That Central point and" the rich fruit
growing section immediately surround
ing it comprises one of the most rapidly
growing communities in Oregon Is
shown by the latest statement . of the
Central Point State bank, which when
compared with the statement of the
same institution 12 months ago shows,
the wonderful Increase in business in
that time of 72 per cent, says the Her
ald. I
. '.-'.;:'.'. ;.
- The Dallas Itemlzer doubts If three
saloons in that town will find the busi
ness a paying one. s Habit controls us all
to a great extent, and we believe that
so many of our Inhabitants having for
over two years now been in the habit ef
drinking and keeping their , liquor? at
homcj they will continue to do so, sa
loons or no saloons. There are other
reasons that will also tend to make the
business much less remunerative than
In the past
McMlnnvllle . News-Reporter: word
comes of the great sensation Yamhill
walnuts are causing In the east as a re
sult of the recent exhibition at Chicago.
The five or six other displays of the
English walnuts grown . in this county
previously mentioned in these columns
are nowygolng forward to dp, their mit
sionary work in. widely separated dis
tricts of the nation.. and it is impossible
to over estimate the good these may do,
botn , to the region which has raised
them and the people who se them and
ultimately come to this locality to make
their homes, ,..''';),,.-'.,'... 1, -.-;. ;
''' His selection, while not unfitting, em
phasized the lack of grace with which
England bowed to the inevitable, but it
was by no means distasteful to Frank
lin, who, though seeing the, animus of
it, was well pleased to negotiate with
such a liberal man as Hartley.' " C .,,
The negotiations were long and ardu
ous, and the councils.' of the American
peace commissioners were not without
internal friction, for. John Adams, the
strongest .personality in the commis
sion next to Franklin, was jealous of
the batter's influence, sind often opposed
his opinions. ... '' "t. . ' ;;, . ,(.
Franklin , was in much ef the time
during the final sittings of tbe conrmlsJ
slon, but ne had many informal meet
ings with Hartley; with whom he part
ed, after the treaty was signed,, on a
- - r & ...v ... w. u V. U V . . . VUUOU.y. ...., '(
The framing of this treaty was the
one great work of David Hartley's1 life.
Although his selection for the work was
in ; pursuance, of Great Britain's policy
to belittle the negotiations, he wrought
ably And to good purpose, and the es
tablishment of American tndopendence
was a source of almost as great satis
faction to him as it was to $he Ameri
can commissioners. V
In the remaining years his life"
Dr. ' 'Hartley devoted himself to' oi en
title research, taking very little interest
In public affairs., , '.- . i ,
On December 1 the first English set
tler left London for -Virginia- In 1608;
Andres arrived in Boston with a com
mission for the government' Of all New
England-in. 1686; and the massacre by
the British at Fort Niagara occurred In
1818. Today is the birthday of Thomas
Willing, ;the first president of the first
batik of North America (1731); Benja
min Trumbull, clergyman and author
(1735); Captain William Edward Parry,
Arctic navigator (1790); Edwin M. Stan
ton, secretary of .war under Lincoln
(1814); Mary AV Clvermore, reformer
.820)r Jane CT Croly ("Jenny June"),
author is (1831)f . and -, Minnie 1 Maddern
Fiske, actress OW5). . It is the date pf
the death of Baron Grimm, statesman
and wit (1807); Benjamin Barton Smith,
American naturalist (1815), and J. M.
W. Turner, tbe , celebrated painter
(1851).
ahd ft excluded from Seattle thousands
of sailors who are as el early and unde-.
nlably citizens of this place as ts the
president of a local bank or the em
ploye. of a streetcar line. . '
On the Senators.
,... From the Washington Star.
' The Wit of Bishop Seth WaTd-amuses
Nashville frequently. ,
Bishop"' Ward, In company with Cwo
senators, ; came forth from a - Nashville
reception the other day and entered a
waiting ''motor- can'''- .'.;::'-"v'i ?-x.j-,-yv;
"Ah; Bishop" said one of his eomnan.
ions, "you are not like your Master. He
was content to ride an ass." - . .
Tea, and .so . should I be," Bishop
wara answerea. , iiut tnere s nor such
animal to be got nowaday.! They make
mem au senators.
, The Difficulty. - .
t From Tit-Bits. ' .
"Life ain't notmV but dlsappoiwt.
meni, -, gronrreo. tne - cnronio. Grumbler.
"Didn't yer git 10 for puttin' yet pic
ture in the paper as havln bin cured o'
all yer ills by Bunk's .Pills?"
VYes, I did.: .An' now all my relatifs
are sskin' me why I "don't go to work,
now th't I'm-cured!" .
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt
LITTLE LESSONS IN VATTDEYILLE.
THE MONOLOGIST. v '
Well, well, well, not to Say welcome
to our. city, well done and Walter
Wellman, I'm glad this isn't fish day.
I always get bit by'a shark on Fri
day a loan shark, ray day, you see,
cornea on Monday. .
'Funny thing happened to, my wife.
You know sho's very thin. Well, she
was wearing her pew hobble skirt the
other day, which made her thinner than
ever. She was tripping along till she
tripped headlong and she couldn't get
up. What happened? A; fallow cam
out of a nearby restaurant, saw - her
lying there, and, .by heck, be picked her
up and picked his teeth with her. He
thought she was a splinter! . . '
- There's my friend Jeremiah Twbits.
He's the fourth stepson of 1 old man
Dollar.' He's a rag picker. ' He- picks
raga on the mandolin, ' He can play
any I kind of an instrument' " Tve eoen
him 1 play four aces all at once. He
can get a tone out of anything.. Th
other day he went out to the cemetery
t get 'a tombs-tone and he fell over a
casket into a - grave and it gave bira
a fit , Yea;; he got a coffin Xlt Ills
condition was certainly grave.
I wish. I had enough -money te boy
myself. Christmas present Butr I
havent a cent All I've got to my pock
et Is a bullet and It's a spent one.
Wish somebody' would pick my. pocket;
it's overripe.,
Well 1 guess Td bettor sing tb nex
verse.' It's a lonesome sort of a para
graph and I hate to go It alone, so m
ask the orchestra to acotnpany me:
Mary Jane looked through the fence
And gained 10 tons experience.
Fot sitting In a shady nook
She Baw, her. father kiss the cook; "
She saw her mother enter in - '
The limelight with a rolling pin; ' " ,
She saw the cook jump np and floe, ''
She saw her father climb a tree.- ...I"
Despite all this, the Uttle elf t
Got married to a man herself, ' ,
, DOES IT PAT? . . ' ' "
You may be faithful' to your trust
And honest to the core; . -'.-V
You may be good and kind and Jnwt,
You maybe that , and more, .
Your soul may be as whita as snow, ,
But-Ballinger's s, too, you know, v , ,
Yon may have had a' chance to graft.
With riches as your goal. - .
You may have stood aoe-hlgh with Taft,
You could have grabbed some coal;
You didn't though. There's credit due,
But Ballinger is honest, too, .,- . ,.
AMUSEMENTS " FOR A RAtNY DAT.
Try deciding upon the Christmas
presents you wOl buy, .for II persona,
with 2.6. - v , , .
' Tbe Enchantment of Distance,
From the Boston Globe,
Professor Perclvai . Lowell, having
come back from Mars for a few days -
and cast his glances over this little ball '
whirling - through space,' ' to-wlt ; the
Earth, expresses in' no optimistic spirit ".'.
the result of his observations.. Scorn 1
for labor unions, for old age pensions, ;
workingmen'a compensation acts, work- -men's'
insurance, all. forms of Social
ism, Roosevelt, new nationalism, env.
ployers' liability vacts. initiative and ref.
erendum. woman suffrage tn fact, scorn. .
for all legislation which many persons
cal I p regressive, - is the dominant note t .
in his : clashing' discord with, the poll t
leal muslo of the djay, . , . ;f . . . .
, A man's best thtngs are nearest htm, ; ,
They lie about his feet, , -. h , j, ;
sang a poet who was made a peer. But -it
is ' not easy to see things close at
hand, i, Sometimes j we .cannot sea th
forest because the trees , aro so many,.,
and some persons, especially travelers, -find
excellence only, in foreign lands.
The astronomer may be pardoned if '
he cannot see any such beauty on the 1
earth as his tube reveals to tbe rings
of Saturn, the moons of .Jupiter or tht.
Teanals". ot Mars. ?
From his observatory , at Flagstaff, "
Ari., Professor Lowell has been able to r
perceive through the nebular haze man-
made canals, and thus exemplify by his '"
faith a more audacious optimism than
the -Genoese, who believed., there 'Was ;
another side to the earth.- '.' .
What a pity that from some obeerv- '
atory on Mars Professor LowoTi could '
not scruttnixe the planet on which wa
live. If be could we doubt not ' that '
distance would lend enchantment to the
View. ' ' '
" , Th Democrafle Outlook.
rrat 'cMUenf .'Weekly.
'. If . the Republican, party bad been,
sufficiently controlled by tha ins urgent
or progressive element, after Mr. Roos
evelt left the presidency, or if Mr. Taft
had not made tbe fatal error of lining
lup with the Aldrlch-Cannon-Barllngor ..
wmg, no nange or power would :nav
taken ptace, because tbe Democrats had ,,
done nothing to earn the .confidence ef
tbe public.. Their record on the tariff .
had been -worse than the average record
of the Republicans,' to say nothing of .
the brilliant record of th Insurgents.,
What will they do now? If they act ;
with , intelligence for two years, they
will probably sweep the country ra No
vember, 1912. ; It ought, tb be easy , for
them, as they have only to introduce
a few sensible and honestly progressive :
measures in, the house, . support that
part of the. administration program,'
which is liberal, and oppose all tliat "
means special , privilege. . 'They' nocd, 1
none of the tricks of politics. They "
need only a little prlnclpla if thy
begin their old game Of preferring pea
hut politics to statesmanship,' or if the
Tammany type of Democrat in congress.'
Is able to sway- the "party, they Will
give the Republicans a chance to win
in 1912.-S in order to wn, the Republi
cans need '- intelligence : on their ; side
and folly on the other, while the Dem-
ocrats are In1 the more pleasant situa
tion where nothing seems , needed to.
assure victory except a very reasonable
amount of sense and virtue in them
selves. ' ' - 1 ,
Roli
inson Crusoe
(Contributed to The Jonroal by Wilt Manon,
tketamoai Kansas pof .. i. proM-poruui
ftgnUr - fttur of thlr columo In Tb Dally '?
townalU , - - , : '
: Old Robinson stood by-himself on tha !
shore, and looked, at the murmuring sea. '
TThis island some people ,would prob- '
ably bore,", he said e "but li looks good
to me. No oily-tongued agents can cor- '
ner me . here, and sell me a raft of, old
Junk; no statesman can nail " me, and ' '
breathe iff my ear a Job. lot. of prom
Is as punk. . Assessors won't camp , on '
my mid-ocean farm, to pry and to snoop .
and to pqte, and fill out a paper, as
long as my arm, and leave me disgusted
and broke. Here ardent reformers will
rleav me aloney and perils no longer will
fret; and no one can call me by-long-
distance phone, to' ask If rve registered
' yet l can't run m oeot and rve noth-
In g to pawn-no unci e'a at band : If I
had; no bank can infbrm me that Tve
overdrawn; the, first of the month tsn't
sad. So why should I prance on tho
beach and lament because I'm forsaken
atid broke? There's nothing to buy and
l uon t ,noea a. cent ; and tbe whole
Z, " ,,'- ,w7"' f ' ,nZ ' T
uled duh.
who would at the wailing place sit! Thim .
Island's In line, for an-optlmlt club,
and L by your leaVo, will be IU. , .. .
Oonrriitbt llo. 'j,
, tcorga Uatthew Adams
V.
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