THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. i . . -. JL-'S WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' DECEMBER 21, 1910. JOURNAL 'HE AN IN'dEPEkJkST NEWSPAPER. 8 ACKSOS . , ,. ...... .Pobuaber s. Hitb and VambUl atweta. Portland. Or. 1-nn.mUwioa Uirousk tba Sialla ecooadt "K...-;i'HOJtM - Main. Tip; Home, 11 d-partmetita roacbed by "min; 'it-U the opwator what depftnnt yon wt. r'Of.KIGX ADVERTISING RE. KT- s;s Filth oue, Kew J0OTs woyef tiuiMlng. Chloge. ' ifi ' -- " ' S.irwlnfioa T-rm. b m ,V!L?.d'lr!M .a tba United SUtee, 'ntda of Mexico. ne jrear...?...'.fS.M I One moot.... gITKDAT. One rr.....T..-.i 1 One month.... DAItT AND 80NDAT. One Tr.. 87.80 1 One month.... .f JSO ;.$ .25 . -as A man without a wife is but half a man. Franklin. , . acquire exact knowledge of facts. If facts - disclose defects and demand remedies, apply, the tests.: See. if the administration of thelaw rather than Its essence be in fault Use the best tools in the best handa and industriously, and patiently , apply the laws' we bare before discarding the old and Inventing new. If this policy' wants brilliancy, surely It Is reasonable.., . And it be longs to .president, lair, ana can oe most clearly read In this long mes sage. ' ' . , OREGON FARMS AND FARMERS interests, Just as Smith, does ta New Jersey. One is "a "-. Republican, ' .the other-a Democrat, but for all prac tical purposes they are in entire ac cord and are equally Inimical to the common people's interests. ' j . , i ' dustrial horizon now that to them looks In the least like a threatening cloud. As it la in Detroit, so It must be in a general aspect, in other cities. The calamity croakers' are out' of season. . :.-i. ;-' . '-. ' " - '-v , RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA The January number of the Pa cific Monthly, Just out, is of more than ordinary attraction and excel lence. ; Among the articles of pe culiar interest are: "On the .Trail of DrJCook," by C. E. Rusk; "Story "A TO INVESTIGATE THE EXPRESS COMPANIES - - TrHE Interstate Commerce com , missi6n, it is announced from Washington, is about to enter noon a thorough investigation of Uie express companies pf the coun try, with a view to determining the reasonableness , of their, rates, ;, coa sirred in connection iwlth thd in vtments involved In establishing and maintaining their business.: Ev erybody who has looked into the matter at all knows that me rates nf all the exDress companies are un reasonably higher are extortionate, and there can be no doubt that on a full and fair Investigation the com mission will, find - them so and or- rtpr a reduction, as under the law passed last yeaf it has the authority to do. ': A presumably reliable estimate of the net capital Invested in thelrbusl ness by ..the four, leading..- express companies is a little, less than f 12, 000,000, yet their net earnings are said to be about U.715,000, or more than 55 - per cent. More detailed complaints state that ' the returns from the capital actually employed range from 43 to 115 per cent,; or more. Though less than , $12,000, 000 ; la invested in the business the canital of these four companies ag gregates $36,000,000; ' and their gross assets, are given as $119,534, 053. .-. - ' -: -, It Is high time that the rapacity of these companies was curbed and that they were required to serve the public . at reasonable rates, that would, yield them a fair and liberal income, which would be" perhaps one third. or one-fourth the amounts that they are now requiring patrons to nav. . Not only have these compan ies charged extravagant rates - dur ing many years, but they have been for a quarter of a century the prin cipal baleful Influence at wasning- ton In opposition to a parcels post law. such as all other civilized coun tries have. This may have been a heavy expense for them, but it was not a legitimate one, and they are not entitled to charge it up as such, There Is In fact no vry good or strong reason why the' government should not carry , people's packages, up to a certain weight, as well as their letters and periodicals, but it the, business Is to be left to the ex press companies they must do-the business on reasonable , terms, ; So, It is to be hoped, the commission and the courts will decide. , ; HE standpatters who say that there ls. no demand in Canada for ' reciprocity, are mistaken through Stupidity or ignorance L. . Mclean Political Refiieftfl." hv or ODsnnaieiy ciing r iaise prv Gutierrez de Lara; "Narrative of sentations, as mey am wnen las? ft ghanghaied Whaleman,": by Henry persisted inai mere was no aemauu clock; "The Present and Future In. this country for a revision or tne Af cTj,atAPT1 . n Randall n. CHTEMl'S'amansr us ukine tariff downward, and no widespread Hnwarrt? ""Th Wst and' rh Narlmi- notes, and faith, he'll prent ana anusuai proiesi agaiai lu al Capital," by John E. Lathrop, and it!" Oregon's farms and Payne-Aiaricn tann iaw. mere w Three Kings" a Christmas po- farmers are to: La bronerht ltt fact a strong and growing sentl- w o m S. Wood. The number into the lime . light of the Saturday nwni in nau ,.wr 6cuu.up, i Js finely Illustrated throughout. Evening PosU, and in order to get reciprocity, ana it is especially, BironB the most readable story, that million among the agriculturalists. , as an j General , Santa Claus will have and a halt circulation, paper has sent, evidence of this a train carried more subordinates, assistants and Emerson Hough, to get' material. ' ' 1000 of the most influential farmers employes from now till Saturday It is to be hoped that hj will get ot the Domipion to uttawa last wees night in fact, has had for many all sides' or the conditions. The in- w utz Jef procjty in iraae wuu days past than any mlliury gen trvewpf hfttnir interviewed, tell ns United States. 1 Not all Canadians eral or captain ot industry, or , any a little of his'advance Impressions, ireer traae wun-vnw cuumrj, i8Core or hundred of them combined, for which i'-we are : thankful. ' He but there, as nere, u is onjy uie oen- eTer ha!l He-g a tremendous per warns n first by the examples of ewiaries of prohiomva protecuon Bonage, old Santa. TTatiRim and STehraska aealnst the Who are against it. A large ana uu- for -Sail On (In a recent critical article In the London Athenaetim is1 the sentence: "In point of ' power, workmanship and feeling, amonc all the poems written by land oemra wWhrins- tW apttipr eral measure of reciprocity a long i r(m kten toward tree trade, would be there and get out leaving him to do vastly beneficial; to, both countries the best he can. But . Oregon Is not As the Boston, Globe says; , hit, her withers are unwrtrng. for .? We manufacture a host of thlnp h Hnveiotimeiit : inaes. who fol- that . the average Canadian wanta, low the foTttrnes of the new corners aaa w are greauy in neea ui me Americans, we are inclined to ,-flve of 1 ft 0 9- and 1910 ' renort' that not 1 raw material which abounds in Can- first -place tQ Xlombua,' by Joaquin less than ninety per cent ot he new ada. so it .looks as If SBSiU lay m m Azor, Mmcra. hare fonnd home and re1 opportunity and a basis tor a reel- Behind the Gates of Hercules: already: absorbed into , the citizen- ' BlUVo$ $hip of Oregon. " ; ever, are certain: ( Canada can t ex- good mate 8aid: 3 "Now.: we m Tho tal nf tha OrApnn n nnMN Pect reciprocuy f vtiwuui uio.rn.iuB annpaia to our visitor and riffht.lv. some concessions, and we can't ex niwtwt trtanMv hh'' on for I pect it unless we also are ready to them he cannot say too much .to nrnkq concessions. Anything short -tbt men rrow mntinena day by days nlease ns. ' But now about the "new of mutual yieldings will not be reel- Mymen irrow 'iiwUrwu andweafc.- Ha of aettiera" h dARtvat Are procity. but an attempt by each to tbe "hroiipbt out hv Mia land hoom. deceive the other,, a euuauon sure lng people in a Pullman car, and to Drln8 about unpleasant results." rtnmtwMi Hown in . i hri,Bh So far. unless recently, our gov i1ert' Ta 'Manrf wvmtne ntxv. emment PSS never Sincerely siwuiyv nle" that do most of that work are ed reciprocity. Its pretended efforts They ; Rilled and sailed the already: settled settlers. The have been Insincere and farcicaJ.Jt back tide of correspondence that time that honest, earnest efforts ior ireer traae wnn uur utaiwi, neighbor , were made. ' must rray, For lo. the very stars are rone. Brave AdrnVl sneak: what shall I savT vwny say, sail on i sail on; sail onr The stout mate thought of home; as sprav Of salt wave washed his swarthy "What shall I say. brave admVl. sav. If we Bipht naiiRht but seas at dawn 7 sail oni sail ons aau on: sail onr - Only three days more, kids. e . " ' Remember the sick and suffering. , .. It can't be a morry Christmas everybody. ; Woudn't an antl-treatinx law. cause more treating? ' . 'e e . Insamuch as ye did it unto one- of the least of these n -4 t Portland Is all ready to make a lot of new records next year. - Every' Christmas season should leave the world somewhat better. , . i i ' Better a Red Cross' stamp on a Christ mas present than a price tag. Don't acorn the little, cheap1 things: they may have the roost real value. It is more In what one Klves than In what one gets that happiness consists. ADDarenUv a rood many oeoole who shopped early are 'also shopping late. ' The bridegroom to not always the only happy man at a wedding; often dad U nappy aiso. Don't think too much about the Jan uary bills; sufficient unto the day are its trouoies. v.; . , ,.,.,'. -e e . .' ;,.. " - . - . The Hawthorne bridge ought to be a good one; it cost enough and people waited ior it long enougn The ex-klnr of Portufral Is said to be impecunious, but it has not been report ed tnat lie is doing any Manuel laoor. We really haven't any great amount of symnathv for the suffering people who are doing their Christmas shopping late. i i .- .; . . e e Santa Claus Is a standpatter in cus tom and principle, but progressive in method; he brings new torts of things every year. A few Inches of snow next Saturday would belp to make a jolly Christmas fills the mails with the stories of famine's who have come, have seen the fair Oregon lands, who . have breathed ' her healthy air, who are tilling her fertile soil, who have' re ceived the' grasp of neighborly friendship those letters are onr best "boomers." Our visitor will find yet another BRITISH MUNICIPAL TRAMWAYS j the winds might blow. Until at last the blanched mate said: "why, not even God would know r Should I and all mv men fall dead. These very winds forret their way. For God from these dread Deas is " . arone: : ....... :. Now speak, brave AdrnVl, speak, and " say ' ' He said: "Sail ont sail on! sail on!" T Then spake I They sailed. They sailed. tne mate: .; "Tbis mad sea shows Its teeth to- . .nlcht. , .. . . ' He curls his Hps. he Ilea In wait. with lined teetn as if to Duel 1TIE KEY TO THE PRESIDENT'S . MESSAGE . , . . .RESIDENT TAJT'S thirty thouS' and word , message deserves more stndy than the average man will give to it It shows the conscientiousness of a most com petent and painstaking judge, who finds it his duty, to master every de tail of the- case before him and then. and not till then, does he de liver himself of his conclusions. His anxiety to lead all who read to share his convictions, and to do. i each of them, bis , part when . the . time to 'act arrives, is responsible ' for the mass ot detail and the labored statement of tacts which make the : message but dull reading. But It la clear that a policy has been applied, bit by bit, to each and 'all the departments of the govern ment of this great nation. The mes sage reveals. his success. .. . Dealing in turn- with the treas ury ' department, the Philadelphia mint, the collections at the port of New York, the post office, the navy department , and others . in Jes8 de pre, the expenses ot government are reduced by $53,000,000 below the ' appropriations for 1910. , True it .is that the results may rightly be apportioned between the - president and his administering offi cers." t But in the end, to president Taft is due the credit of consistent work in so many directions that he may fairly claim a "policy." .The word Is often ' used without much -thought- But the essence of tit seems to be the following out .of plans of action that are connected by a common purpose and developed ' by similar or parallel methods, The two Ideas which govern the most modern . investigation of husl liess and manufacturers, are admit ted to v be,' first, 'standard cost units," and 'Btaff aid and. asslst ance." The experts, examined be fore the Interstate Commerce com mission apply these to the opera Hon ot tbe railroads. President Taft has so thoroughly made, them his own that he has tested every gov ernment department by their aid. leaping awordr on! sail on!" deck. Ah. Of all dark nights! ' And then a speck. lit grew, a starlit flag-unfurled! - it rrew to De Time s buret or aawn. He gained a world,1 he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On, sail on.? A Woman Municipal Housekeeper. The Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane of Kalamazoo. Mich, has the distinction of being the first public housekeeper in the world. ? It la .her theory, put effectively Into practice, says a writer In the Jan HE United States consul at Brad ford, England;, reports . that, it was stated at. the recent con ference of' the British1' Tram answer , to his "land booming" and wayar association" that last year the Brave AdrnVl say bnt one good word: then "get out". ideal :when he sees privately owned street railway com- V1 we, d0 when, hope i. large farms cut up Into email ones, panics naa Deen aoie to . put asm tii iwordt leant aa a ..u and these smaller ones taken over only about one per cent of their cap- BlUl on- u on- M1 by our immigrants, he will natural- ltal for depreciation as against three Then, pale and worn, be kept hu ly ask, what has become of the land- and one-half per cent put by for the ABdtnttrendlghV,roUffh poor owner of . the section Rarely I same purpose oy tne municipal tram, has he left Oretron. renerallv he has! ways. The consul further says that replanted his family tree In the same "excellent conditions prevail among neighborhood in. which he and hjs tne du,ijd meiijUirwuj family ; have grown vn; If he 'has tunhjng , electric "cars. They ; work, been stockralsiDg or ' farming on a pnly M tonrs a week. A motorman large scale,-It has pleased, many a Btarts. at , 12.3 7 cents per, hour 'and land settler to buy ten or twenty works up to ', IS. 2 9 cents. ; - A , con acres near a city or a college town, ductor begins at 11.Z5 centa per nour not to enJoy the frtiits of idleness, and receives fa maximum oi ld.ai bnt to. havn WorA enlnvmont of lif cents. Uniforms are supplied free uary Hampton's Magazine, that a large than the routine and continuous em- and employes are pensioned A bo- .SK ployment of the ranch or dairy farm nus of 1 is given; quarterly to mo- becauee men.do not know how to keep allowed. , tormeh who have been free from ac- house. - Oreeori has nothinr to far from, cident due to negligence." , , ' "We have waited a long time,1: says ... ... .I: . . - it. I Mrs. Crane, "hnnin that the men would nor will the tide of settlement: to : Tnese wouia.Beem very buu waB- . - -K;. - - ' - , -,. M ,flj her borders be turned by the com- e8 in ; tms. country; inaeea, .noooujr women, are tired of being told to. open raents of any fair and unprejudiced would work for such pay; out it is their mouths arid shut their eyea and hheorai. Kilt lAt TV.T XXt .., Kowb to h rememhered that" the cost of i every thing will be done for them., if -Oregon has many 'attractions for living is far less in Great Britain Ttre.ffi must such as he and the delegated "spy" than here. At any rate, municipal walk in -order to, reach their homes are may return to become the settler street car systems appear to be a la part of that sphere also.". s . cnwnca In msnv Rnrnnean cities, ml Hue tow ine recent conservaaon' con- . r , gress In St. Paul of the simple, plain, IS pluses that" go to reduce taxation, that under her direction have been ap- American' cities may get around tolpiied in a number of cities, and of the municipally owned street car systems wUen results which had .""owed. WONG the . fast growing cities after awhile: hut not very,, soon,; not KS Z uuwug tuw paai,,uwue wre until municipal government nas ueen speech the state board of health of Birmingham, Ala., that in- a good deal reformed. -' , Minnesota voted an appropriation to en creased in populaUon'from 38,- - , five -weeks of . her time. The 415 to 132,685. and Oakland; Cal., DIVE ROAD HOUSES SHOULD GO the state. .wtteW wS thi himself in the ."Promised Land. COMMISSION GOVERNMENT GROWING A' COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Baker county is over $0.000 Jn debt e A willow basket factory near Banks Is prospering? : - HiUsboro has two banks, and two more In prospect.. TANGLEFOOT By Miles OverUt J ' " for the boys, but Santa Claus isn't a weatner goo. Bach different element or sort of the liquor traffic wants an ordinance to make it easy for him and hard for the othor fellows. , Judged bv the crowds in Portland stores, this city must have a population of about 350,000 but, many of them are from the country. . It is as true now as' It has been on previous occasions that now is a better lime man any luiure , nine wiu ue iu get a piece of land. " .,v' y v v ,4 ., ... The nartlea most Interested tn a bigger army and navy are making deaporate ef forts for Dig appropriauons now; iney know that tbe next house, will be .Demo cratic. , ; . That neoHed 110 00(1 fop the Vlsitinr Nurse association Is scarcely half se cured yet Far more liberal , buying or Red Cross seals should occur the rest of the week. , , Women's aowns that button down tbe front ere announced as the proper thing from Farts. ' This is one change In women's apparel that all married men win heartily approve. An eastern man asks a divorce from his wife because she darned the socks of their Japanese house servant Now Con gressmen jHooson, Humpnrey ana mo Lachlan will be surer than ever that Japan will overrun and conquer the United States. k ... 'U,'s;i A correspondent of tbe London ' Mall Is rolnr to write-- a series of articles about the United States after a visit In this-country of 38 hours, spent in New York. Washington and Philadelphia, and on trains between those cities. ; what he doesn t know, about this country would make longer and , perhaps more Interesting articles. Independence will probably pave three streets next year. Development work on the Ontario oil wll will be resumed. ... ......,. .. Riff Imorovements are promised ,in Hillsbo,ro, says the Argus. . A HiUsboro narsnlp Is 81, Inches long and 4 inches in diameter.. T-mn .tn w,niTlt hlllldlnK. 70X118 feet, will be erected In Springfield. Womiuf near IallaS cleared $2200 on her prune crop raised on .11 acres.'1- Morrow county, has only .ISO more In habitants than it had 20 years ago, . The school census of Milton this year shows 826 as against 73 1. last. year. , ; i ...; e ::;.. ';..,..-,-, . e - ,: iv I- Umatilla county Good Roads associa tion recommends spending $70,000 next year. BrownrriUe has a new factory that will manufacture handle on a large scale. There ta much activity la the Blue River mines, 40 miles ; southeast of Brownsville. e e '"' " California oil expert eay there ar Indications of oil in tne jttcn..i" trlct, Jackson county. . , Morrow county booster club In prepar ing to do much advertising of the re sources ot mat countjy. . , j . v e e i A Vale man boarded the train to look for a missing cow and had only gone a few miles when she appeared n sight, and he yelled at the top of his voice, "There's mv cow. stoD the train, and they did. . . . . . ; w iirintion dam ' being built on Succor creek ,by parties. to irrigate the lands of the Succor Creek valley, as well as a good section of bench lands In the Homedale territory ,is mov. lng right alohg, reports tna yaieuriu 'The Central Oregon " IrrlgaUon;cony MMv.1-iia a .amn nf .4R men construct no- iatrai plirht miles east of Bend. says the Bulletin. There are 18 teams working now and the number will be In creased to 20. The company Is arrang ing to organise two more similar camps, one in Redmond, the other In the Powell Butte district. ; . ' - i-:r:f. ' I ; ' t .HHnn' t' the new bank build- i7 m ho entoted at Eagle Point in the spring, at least two modern store buildings will be erected as soon . aa the weather permits. Eagle Point is growing ,and will continue to grow. The P. ft E. has built a handsome station -rn..lA Mmnmdltt a city .Of 5000. Many new . residences are planned for the coming season. Streets are to be graded. ; cement walks laid from, the depot down town and around the busi .imi - A . new lumber yard is planned to meet the needs Of the grow- mgtown., ,. v..;...-.- ,'..r:'V;-., a i,.nhia Bud clammy fog. com plains the Weston Xader,. rolls up daily fAM uuaAn i nav M.nii biivciuub uq Mai fortunate town as with a shroud. I kills every cheerful thought, every gen erous Impulse, and makes a croaker out of the Jolliest. optimist while the pes .tu. wnniH a thtna- unendurable, and is generally dragged off and burled after 4IVi,i homicide. This fog makes "good wheat weather, but one is almost impelled to say that he doesn't give , a hang If there Is never, any ' wheat if crops must depend upon an annual vlstf tatfon of .this sort -And .airthe while ik. fMh. mnnntAineers make our lot heavier by coming to town and bragging fog doesn't reach them. -. , WHEN YOU W1-:RK SWEET SIXTEKN When I was but a little yap, my gratid- dad Bald to me: '"My son, when you are sixteen, why . you'll know much more than 1." He said: "I don't know why It is; J'm too bl;nied old to see, But kids, that ago know everything - from past to bye and byo.'' When you're sixteenth years pf ago. Then you think you're quite the ruffe. nut you re noi, (treat Scott! - What you need you haven't got: That swat! . , . As a wise guy, . . .. s ,t -: You're a prize guy Mixi noi xsu: ,' ivoti ' ,.-.-' Ten years after. I remember that- - age was sixteen yenro, ; Honestly. I thought the earth was nourlv ten thirds mine: . . . ' Though I failed to make folks notice. I relt llKe l earnea tneir enters, For my vast amount iof knowledge; sure I let the limelight shine. 4 When you're sixteen, you're, a wonder, xou pry up a 101 oi uiunoer; , You ve a mot - On the knot ' And you need a gentle swat - OentleT wot: . Folks should turn yon on the grass, Till you've learned a little class. You're a hummer, , f You're a comer- ' ' : . KiXl oi ui rtvii -: ., , - Nil TIT RUMBLES. A nmt little thing out at Lenta , Had a dollar and sixty-eight cents, And the next day tne omaiaen, with fhrlntmas (rifta laden. Came home with a box labeled, "GemffcT HOW LONO, O LORD, HOW LONG? A. O Lomrnecker has been found ' (rnllty of dlspcnalnjf near beer in' Uma tilla oounty. ' ' roh, mamma. I wish I bad a necic like a giraffe." said the little girl; H I v could taste my Ice cream longer."- r LET TSR RIP. , Mrs. ' Rlnner of Butte has- ripped through two marriage, on divorce and. Is ripping at another., ' Her first name to NOT Jack-tha. . The December 21 in Histbrjr Sir Jolin Coventry which- grew from 6 6,9 6 Q in 1 9 0 0 to 150,174 in 1910. Both these cities, by i an overwhelming popular.: rote have recently decided to adopt, the commission plan of governmenL-The THE rrel eve' of a housekeerier. and renort : Now county court .very properly those cities are getting the house-ciean- rfnffu1 the ri ff Inn a license. 1 ing or tneir uvea. : .-. my .,4 M.i., - come time aKQ ine meai: oi. puuuc , 41110 wi . vw service grew so stroitg in her heart that for this decision,' One waa thatjMrB.oane resigned her pastorate and erowth of these cities indicatea that a maiorlty Of the residents of linn-1 devoted her entire time to civic work. M ..ft.. .1. -., t nMn nnnmorf . ihe llcpnnp tsne organisea tne women a i.rvc xm- iuW viU6lCtiTO iu W'" ! -1m looo.,,. oryA ; .tariA . nnt municjpaiiues, ana not ngeiy to xnis reason aione was auuiweui. cut lean up Kaiamazoo, which sadly needed make a tnree-to-one mistake or inere was a Droaaer one, waica xne cleaning at that time. - Mrs. crane or- Judgment as to the style of govern- court could not well ignore; the place fered to take charge of the street dean- ment they want after having watched: Jias been a madorous resort such n' grhercha7g7"oT8Tx other cities that hare adopted the a place should be suppressed wnetn- block. on iIaln rtreet for three months. commission plan.-?;'v 'V :k:::-vii..'jer'' a"' majority, of the "voters of the I Mrs. Crane InsUtated the plan of "white At nr(RAnt 9R hMab bava nr!nntd vieinltv nnMHnn for or aerainst it. . wlngr' nana woraers ana soon naa ner the commission form of government iThere are other places In Uhe !!!V0: "rhT, 7 in Iowa, ?0 in Texas,: 19 in Kan- county ' outside the city limits thatFor certain allotted space of atreet sas. 7 in South Dakota 5 in Massa- a!re -of mdeh the sai character. Kalamazoo had been expending? : J8.39. chusetts, 10 in Oklahoma, 6 in Ten- They '' are- the rendezvous of 'lrres' nessee, 4 in California 3 ln North ponsible and immoral Joy riders who Dakota and 1 or 2 in each of ten are a pest la any civilized communi other states.- Besides these; Pitts-hf," Their orgies in these1 places re- butg and Buffalo are movinfor this suit In frequent wrecks of automo- cnange, ' and progressive people in biles,, tne breaking or neaas .ana many other cities are considering it. bones, and sometimes fatal casual- Tbe commission, form of govern- ties, . - ment is not a cure-all for all munici- But in ' addition to these Items pal evilB, nor an end-all for all mu- there is the disgraceful feature of niclpal problems: it has Its difficul- the case, r This . gives ine county ties and disappointments; but so far and city an, unenviable Teputatlon. it appears to be a great improvement It is not such bachannal road house on. the ordinary diffused style of dives that help to give a community government generally in vogue, and a good '. name or make it attractive is well, worthy of consideration: by to desirable people . quite the coft- the1 people of Portland. ' trary. - , .... , The - LInnton neighborhood, ana Governor-Elect Fobs, campaigning the county, can ; congratulate them in Massachusetts against the reelec- selves on the suppression of - the tion of Senator Lodge, as Governor- Cliff Inn; and care should be taken Elect Wilson is doing in onnositlon that it fn nnt resnrrected. " " L ' to James Smith,. Jr., in New Jer- sey,. says: - f'It is not a question Speaking, of the outlook for 1911, whether a Republican or a Democrat a newsoaner of Detroit, which - has shall fill this vacancy, It is purely become a great manufacturing city a question whether the man shall savs: '. ' l ' mpaanrft nn tn tha rnnlrpmpnta nf ; Not . one of .the scores of companies, the times and the needs of the pb- employing yrud?h'nen ,.. ' , . ' , . nroduclng hundreds t of v thousands . oi sition." This Is true wholesome doc- JjoU4,. worth 0f, goods 'every, month, trine. Which party a, senator adheres sounded a ' note of pessimism. ; They to is of little consequence these days:' look forward to a bigger and bet- n bi bttrtrv fif his fldminlRtrft- .hf,, ,m onrQiifciioLteL.caratJhO-amft.-um : J, V-v ' : c- w .-.i.e.Ml..e.r7-ran?TwlM that, this year of grace x ioiTik A raw n by hi m Turning, then to the advice the rrwldent tenders about legislation for the immediate future, the same iKilicv appears. Before loglKlatiog '.if v .:, . ; - .-, -ly--:--:-' serve the people Is the important con- 1910 was as good aa could be auked. Not slderatiOtt. ; Lodge is a scholar and one" , of them expects to bo compelled to a man of "much 'ability, but he rep- c to; ftt ,th '.w , , ' . . . - Nearly- all of tlnm-' hope to -Increase respnte only the New England trusts, ,eir output, and, consequently, employ combines, corporations and financial more men. There ia nothing on the la- Mr. Crane cleaned the same space for $5 and banded the extra $3.39 back to the department. . Before her three months had elapsed -the city had adopted her plan. , This waa only . the beginning. Mrs. Crane and her Civic Improvement league next went after Kalamazoo's food sup ply'. They visited the slaughter houses, the dairies, the martteta, and tne reports they - turned in to the 4 clubs' the churches, and the newspapers were Btartilng that the town almost lost Its appetite. The result of the league s ex posures, was a law providing for muni cipal inspection of meat, milk and all market products. - All the public Institu tions in the vicinity Of Kalamazoo were next brought under- the Inspection of the league. The almshouse was found to be in a shocking condition of neglect The women cleaned It up. Other Insti tutions were examined and found lack lng. ' The . women supplied their wants. or rather they made the proper author! ties supply them. t,: - m--'V -.m " Having t made Kalamazoo 2 into the "spotless town" of the northwest, Mrs, Crane continued,, by means of writing and .Jecturing, to preach the gospel of civic, cleanliness and. order. :, Soon dls tant cities began to send for this public housekeeper,' to tell .? them : their Own shortcomings. 1 .'' The ' : most ( valuable part "of Mrs. Crane's , work If .that It has proved "in almost every case permanent Her visit and Inspection Is followed by organiza tion of effort to bring about tbe changes suggested by. her. After her visit to Kentuukythc ..Icsilalaaura-, paaaedstt healtti laws that were a generation In advance of those Mrs, Crane criticised A f ji montlis after her Inspection of Naanvllle they had cleaned the public market and laid new sidewalks through out the town. Calumet, HL, waa changed lii a year lrom.a mining, camp Into A strange scene was enacted In Lon don on the night of liecember 21, 1M9. Near Suffolk street were, assembled . 18 or 20 of his majesty's guards, mounted and unmounted, under tbe command of Sir Thomas Sands and the sop of the Earl of Inchiquln.' From 10 o'clock to 2 they waited Impatiently for the com ing of Sir John Coventry, whom they expected to pass on bis way home from tne tavern at .which he supped. ' At length , he came, and, divining ; their hosula purpose at a glance. Sir John snatched a flambeau from his servant and, drawing his sword, placed bis back against the wall and bravely defended himself ( with both .weapons. He suc ceeded "in, dashing O'Brien and some others of his assailants to the ground, but was forced to succumb to superior numbers. After they had disarmed him the cowardly rew. threw him down and, cutting his nose to the bone, left him. Thla atrocious act waa, perpetrated In accordance with , the orders of the Duke of Monmouth, Coventry's pro fessed friend; but the actual Instigator was .Charles II himself. T,n a parlia mentary committee, of ways aiad means a motion had been made, "That towards the supply every one that resorts to any dt the playhouses, whoi slta In boxes, shall pay one shilling; every one who sits In the pit shall pay six pence, and every other person three pence. - This was opposed by the court party on the ground that .the' players were the king's servants and a part of bis pleasure. , Whereupon Sir John Coven try pertinently, but Indiscreetly asked, "Whether the king's pleasure lay among the. men or the women that acted?". This , Was touching Old Rowley too near to be pleasant and It did not need much argument; to persuade Charles that If f the offense were allowed to pass unpunished reflections on royal weak nessea would become- dangerously com mon. And so the kmg, forgetful of ob ligations : incurred by the ' fugitive Charles Stuart determined to make an example of Coventry, and carried out his resolve despite ;the ; remonstrances of his brother. ,- . . :s " ' Parliament was furious at the indig nity offered to one of its members on the very night after its adjournment and made It the first subject for con sideration upon reassembling. The re sult of their deliberations was the pars ing of an act banishing tbe principal actors the ...affair, with a -special clause rendering them lnpapable of re ceiving the royal pardon; while to pre vent a recurrence ofMhe offense, the cutting, maiming . and . disfiguring - of any man was made felony without bene fit of clergy and puniabaoie by death. The Coventry act as it waa, called, re mained on the statute book till tba year 1828, when It was repealed. It Is a curious circumstance that Pepys records the fact that Sir Wil liam Coventry, uncle to Sir John, medi tated, anout nine months previous to the outrage on his nephew, a similar revenge to that taken by Charles. Sir William fancied that KlUlgrew intended to bring him upon the stage, and be accordingly gave the dramatist to un derstand that if any of his actors "did offer anything like- representing him that he would not complain to my lord chamberlain, which .was too Weak, nor get him beaten as Sir - Charles. Sedley Is said to have done, but that he would cause his, nose to be iilt" Today Is. the birthday of t Thomas Becket, archbishop , of Canterbury (1117); John Kepler, distinguished as tronomer (1671); Mary Virginia Ter hune ("Marion Harland"), - author (1831), and David 'I Brainard, Arctic explorer (1865). Today is the date of the death of Giovanni Boccaccio, cele brated tale writer (1375); Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II of Eng land (1705).' and Rev.' Dr. Harris, emi nent clergyman and author (1866). k On December ' 21, . Benjamin Franklin reached Paris as ' envoy to France (1776) ; the famous Virginia resolution was passed (1798), and Sherman fin ished his march to the sea (18(4). v Secret Report" of Jingoes. Y ; t:- '', : From the Denver Post' ;"' Let It be understood right here, and ' now and you may stick a pin, .even a hatpin, t through it if you wish the American people ara patriotic; they will fight for their flag, they will aufer for a cause, they will march to.. their death for their country today, just .the same as they always have been willing to do when war clouds lowered, or' a for eign foe menaced. . Don't get away from that point but don't set the people down as, being fools, either I " ,v 'v '. ' ' ' It would seem that those In charge of the war and navy, departments had re sorted to a cheap and tawdry trick to frighten the public Into the belief that an enlarged army and a double navy were absolutely necessary at once. -:, All right! If they are. the peopU .wlll provide them and pay for them!i -But.it will take something mora than a 'secret report" filed and withdrawn -something more than, the swish- of an imaginary black flag of war something mora than ; tbe shadow pictaro, of a threatanad for- 8 elgn lnvaslcm to convince them that an emergency is at hand. . 'vr '..: ,; The secretary of warfllet a report in which he holds up hl'a hands in hor ror at an - "only too apparent ' national weakness.' Tbe nmntander of the army j sends ill ? brief tellinB'of tlre-; utter helplessness of Uncle . Sahi in the Pa ciflo states. Just enough of these docu ments are given ont ta arouse the public ; curiosity and to attempt to make the public hair stand on , end.' , ' ' i Then the" reports are balled In, and ; the " people are left In darkness, ' that they may become afraid afraid of the gloom that surrounds them, ; 1 . Out of it all never fear will come the demand for many' new;battleablps, ; more, sailors to man them, and an army i almost twice: the size of the present body, '.-.r.1; f :-.- :, If there to. any war speck on. tpa horizon it must be In the direction of Japan, and the country thought that dot had disappeared long ago, Tba race question has. been settled, and If there Is any other troublesome problem to be solved no one baa beard anything of it for a long time. - . v -::r ..j : Yet we are toltV rn a wbtspar, and, -oh, so. secreUy that a foreign foe in 30 days could land ,204,000 men m the racinc coast, wow up tne . mountain passes, cut off the east from the west and (that it would require years and a billion dollars to 'dUted'-';':' ' " We listen lmot appalled but 'tba wonder grows what , Uncle Sam would be doing during those SO dayay n- if something besides mountain paaees would not be blown up, whether a "for eign foe": would not suffer a ''little cat ting off, and whether some one else would not be spending a few dollars. One can almost Sea the framing of , these reports well nigh hear the con versatlon behind-closed doors. '-- ; ' "Now, we fix this thing up, and send it in. , Just enough of it will leak out to scare 'em. They'll clamor for the' rest' but we -won't give it to 'emj until they're ' thoroughly frightened. Little I by little we'll tell 'em how weak they ? are, how the country is in danger, tne -flag likely to b disgraced, and j n , two months they'll be demanding a dozen battleships f and an ; increased . standing army. Then we can give Tom, and Dick, and Harry good Officers' Jobs, and every thing'H be fine." .. jt. Iu . And it need not be forgotten that this is ths last whack the ar.my and navy ring will bays at the treasure for soma ' time toome.,, ,The ; next congress will i be Democratic,' o--. 'v, ;Vti.-.';i. : '. modern town' with parks,' good streets and an organized system of public relief. Nothing to Pea rom Japan. ! From the Seattle .:P6st-Intelligencer. 1 .: The alarm expressed by a ; few per sons .at , tkeS national capital over a lack of ' defenses on this coksti may cause many'.' timia persons io ueuevB that Japan Is contemplating an assault of some sort On this, coast - Of course that Is error, ill fn absurd. .. Japan , is thinking of ho such thing. There lis at the moment no reason for a break between the two: countries. ' On the contrary such unsettled dip lomatic differences as exist V between Japan and -America are In process of peaceful diplomatic :, settlement, and they will be satisfactorily ; adjusted In due season. ? Moreover, lapan is In no condition to invite a quarrel with this country, even If grounds for a quar rel , existed. - Japan has not recovered from J the struggle with, Russia, and Japan, knows also ; that it would ;be disastrous for the empire at this time to turn its back on Manchuria. Rus sia Is .still looking toward the sea, and Japan's aspirations in Manchuria and in Korea might, come to a sudden' end 4fwjBpftnhold"hallengeAmerea'n the Pacific. ' ' Behind the excited speculation at the national Vapital lies the -larger fact that the three most powerful, govern ments, Br far as the orient is con cerned.' from a " military knd naval standpoint, -are interested in, maintaln- ..L,..,,,A-:----4.,''"-,".;--" ing peace oh the Pacific. '.These powers are America, Great Britain, and Japan, and it is not too much to say that peace on the Pacific depends upon these powers; There Is not the slight est indication t that the present ' good accord will be disturbed, and the alarm ists should quiet their, fears. , , Great Gold and Copper Prospects. From the Joseph Herald. Fabulously rich strikes are reported from all of the numerous rich gold and copper prospects in .the Joseph district Samples of ore are being brought in daily 'which;; if from some inaccessible place like Alaska or some horriblo dess ert like Nevada or Africa, Would cause such a - wild stampede : of , prospectors that they would break their arms, legs andneck9 in the mad scramble to get there first. . This careless condition can not last much longer, as capital is about ready to, transform the Joseph: mines Into the greatest gold and cop per . producers the . world has ever known. .; We have every resource here for cheap- and profitable mining-rwlth our vast mountains of the richest ore (Contributed to Tbe Journal by Walt llaaon. tbe famoni Kaniu poe;. proae-popma ar a regalnr teatura of thla coituua ia Tbe Dally Journal). - . ,,:,...: It gives my wearied heart a wrench to see such whiskers on the bench. The highest court in-all the land" should the respect of all command; and noth ing should disturb tbe awe with which we view that home of law. But how can people, calling 'there, regard that wide expanse of , hair' and think of any-, thing but soap and razor strops ahd barber's .dope? - The lawyer,' when p ' pleads -a, . case, will soe ; the ";, greens jbnl '-"i Hughes's face, and , straightway all b1 thoughts will fly td where the fields 'of . spinach lie. - A man can't think of iaw, alas when " facing such , a. stretch. rof graHs. jine.oiner juages, sitting near, with v faces shaven, jcaim. severe. w3Il find those whiskers tn the way 'about ooo.times a day. ; If it should 4 charjea that ( Justice B should turn t apeak with Justice' D, ? eoncerhlng-' matters most ' profound, he'll find that six, for seven pound of "Weeping willows Inter ? yone, and hide tha judge as with a screen. Will law be'nurifled or cleared a climate mat win permit wora. every day In the year and the richest farm ing and Btockraislng' country , In the world. ," ',i .... ;i ' The people pauKed the new water main ordinance; now they are beginning to pay for it in the world, an inexhaustible supply 94, timber,. and , watec,,rail way. iaciUtieaJ. wbun-fUUred-.-theearh-that-wltlf'spread" bard? Will court decisions seem more fair delivered, through Mot of bairf I cannot think it and I hope that Justice Hughes will ret some soap, a brtirh, some water and a saw, and whack thoKt tassels from his jaw. ... j - CopjTteiit. .WW, U. V.. JJ.' '' ieorgo Uattbev Adami. MlCXIk' a4W