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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 101D. ' HE JOURNAL AN IM'EPE.VjENT newspaper. r. S. JACKSON........... ...Pnbll I .-il.mrf rrtiti lnfi)t Sunday) and ctw -Siiudir awrnln;- at The Joornal Bui! 1 ;-r--Hth od Xaniliill atreeta. Portland. Or. rntd at ths pontofflea at PortUnd, Or., ft tranfmlMloa Urocjh Ux BuIU M aacond-cUM inner. ' , UK. ..-.PHONES Main. 7173: Hoaa. A-6061. AM department! trtael b theaa Humbert. Tell tb operator hat department fm want rPl.EJGN ADVERTISING RK. RESENTATIVi. P'-nJemln A Kentnor ., Branairlrtt Bolldlng, 2JS Fift aeoue, Sew lork; 1001-08 BoT building, CilcfO. , StHnpfiMtoo Trmi hy mad or to any addraaa In Ua United State), Canada r Mexico! BMLY. ' Ma nr....,., .81.00 I On xrtb,......8 .80 8t71fDAY. . . - , f On rear...;....$ZM ( On month I S - DAILT AND SUNDAY. .- One rwr..'..... .87.80 I On Booth..,...'.! .89 Action may not always brine s happiness; but there is no- hap- J 1 pfncss without action. Disraeli. BUT, WILL IT? I T IS REASSURING to be told that the county courthouse Is to . be ready for occupancy June 15, With four lone men as the sole force on the building through several recent days hope was at low -ebb. Seasons had corns and gone and the . swallows homeward . flown,: but - the cold gray days of incompletlon stjll uung over iue nu uiiuit. . ;?:!.-"-:'- . - The 13palding building had Its be ginning, went through its structural processes, reached completion and received its occupants, but the court house lingered and loitered along In unfinished ugliness.5 The Jeon build ing rose up 15'splendid Btories,and though begun months after the county commenced "operations, : will teem with tenants long before the courthouse approaches the - final stages or construction,. All over the city the same order of progress obtains, save on the court house lot. ;. There. ' the spring . and summer come and , pass, there , the autumn leaves turn and : fall, and there the winds and rains of winter revel through the Incompleted stories that are rising heavenward with the speed of a century. . Far be It from this article to seek explanation or apology for these postponements and delays. We have had them with us from one winter until another. We. have seen Justice ground out amid the noise of ham mers and - from quarters slightly larger than a drygoods box. We have waited " and f watched ,f for he newVbullding ; with public offices topsy turvy throifgh "' the .non-progress of the construction work. We have heard the murmur of complaint and observed the distress that came . out of the delay, but the powers, be hind; the big public building have moved slowly 1 along In their - own mysterious way: their .wonders to perform. - ; - . ' ; ' But, the flowers will again bloom In the spring, and the golden har vest will ripen for the sickle and the husbandman. ; Then,, they say, the courthouse will be ready for occu pancy, but will It? THE TARIFF AS A DRAWBACK . ,to ri;oDUcriCL ' !. r 'N THE ADDRESS given at Manila to the delegates from, the cham hers of commerce of the Pacific coast by Mr. Harold M. Pitt, the chairman of the committee on pub llcity of the Manila Merchants' asso ciation, we get some sidelights on the American tariff as an obstacle U production of raw 'materials in the islands. :?:. ;-f f f -r The speaker temarks ihat thft isl ands when developed will yield '. in piactically; unlimited quantities, not only hemp, copra, sugar, and tobacco their present main exports but also coffee, cocoa, rubber,, silk, spices and other tropical products. But sugar and tobacco produced in the Philip pines were favored in the Payne-Al- i?r!fb tariff M11 K t- import duties on a proportion of the same.-Instantly exports to the .isl ands from the Pacifio coast states gained over" 50 per cent in one year. In 1910 Puget sound sent them $2, . 640,860 and San Francisco $5,008, 347 worth of goods. Of the total exports to. the Islands in 1910 $7, 690,837 worth of merchandise went from Pacific coast ports, 58,2 9 2,5 a1 from New .York. ' Portland receives no mention in this statement Why then, should not the rest of their sugar and tobacco be admitted free, wjth the certainty of compensar tion from corresponding -. increased exports td them?-"". There is, saj-s the speaker, a nat ural corlaln relation between a coun try's imports and exports, the one limiting the other In its automatic regulation of the purchasing power of a people. ;' .V: ,t y;,f ' How, then, can the imports to the ' Philippines .from this country be in creased by increasing thislpnrchas Ing power. , .- First, they spend $70,000,000 a year, or thereabouts, in buying rice for food from' Siam and French China. "The United States govern ment's Irrigation project in Luson.i now under way, is to provide lands whero rice can be so cheaply grown, and to so great extent, that all this $70,000,000 can be kept and spent at home.'"l!".;i;-:1'Kff v' -.. .v' ?i ;,..!' !Trt, said the speaker, the invest ment of ontside capital in the Phili ippln5 in production of coffee, cocoa, rubber, silk, and spices is hln dored by the fact that the island's tariff, for revenue, must be paid and the exports io the United States miist ray also tbe-name home tariff as rpnTo-a?inmiJonsnfoBa7dres3ror country or origin. In Mexico, for instance, a bounty is given the x nortcr of sisal fibre, the chief com- petition with, hemp, which enables Its Import Into the United . States at prices which make It 'an artificial competitor with Philippine hemp, Its superior In Intrinsic value and the United States receives, no duty con cessions, and no compensating trade in return, from the coffee and rub ber of Brazil, from Cuba and Java for their, sugar and tobacco, from Japan and ItaIytor their raw silk. All which are possible exports from the Philippines to unlimited extent if Inducement be giyen for their pro duction. - Therefore, Is the plea, let the United States remove all limita tion placed on the Islands' Bugar and tobacco duty, free exports. Let all articles now Imported from foreign countries without payment of duty, which can be produced in the isl ands in competitive Quantity and quality, be charged with such duties as shall ' protect production in the Philippines. ' ' " , All which is respectfully submitted to the tariff commission - without recommendation. .' . :V . '. " '';- . : -v-t- STATE rRINTTATG IN OREGON A BILL TO PUT the state print er on a flat salary is to appear In the legislature." Printer . Dunlway has made large re ductions In the cost of the office, but there is still room for improvement. By what plan the further reduction is to be made is a problem requiring careful and exhaustive investigation. On the point that the office costs too much, there Is probably no dif ference of opinionu ' It la common knowledge; that ; under the ' conven tion system the great graft was per petuated for political reasons. J Its profits were 60 enormous that spoils men maintained it as, an asset from which to fry fat for 'campaign pur poses. Efforts to diminish its great revenues and reduce them to a bus iness basis invariably met' the re sistance' and intrigue, of politicians who protected and perpetuated the graft In spite ' of all 1 efforts to prune it, ""V It is Common knowledge that for years every state printer who has had a turn at it has come out of the office a rich man. . Its profits are the product of an ancient system ot fees : and the printing of tons of stuff that nobody ever sees or wants to see. ' Even the savings made by Mr. Duniway have not brought the cost of its maintenance to a reason able business like status, and pro vision of some kind should be made for further substantial lessening of the cost,'" ' - v '. i i The Journal supported the candi dacy of Mr. Duniway not ony be cause he was' aii anti-assembly can didate but because of the savings he has. made. Its suggestion therefore of a cut in' the cost of the office is not personal but a matter of princi ple. Whether the corrective should be a flat salary or a rational fee sys tem, or when the chang should take place Is not within the purpose of this article. "The point Is that the office is over costly, imposing a bur den that the taxpayers of the state ought not to be asked to sustain longer, 'and the time has come for legislation that will correct the sys tem. : i 1 WHY TARIFF REVISION , . , BEEN DISASTROUS HAS S ENATOR LODGE, reviewing the tariff for the past 20 years, ,said that disaster awaited any party that, attempted any gen eral tariff revision. This comment seems Justified by past events, but the trouble was, not so much in at tempted revision as in. wrong revis ion, such as favoritism for the sugar and 'steeL trusts. ,. These and other schedules were not revised In the interest of the people by the. Gor- manteed Wilson bill, ' nor ; by the Payne-Aldrich bill. - If there had been honest revision, to benefit con sumers nd not as dictated by the iru sis, no sucn sweeping changes as the country has seen during the past year would have occurred. The, Democratic party ; met over whelming defeat In 1896, not be cause of downward revision, but he cause of a panic and for the further reason that It allowed itself,1 in Mr. Cleveland's phrase, to be made an Instrument of "perfldy and dishon ors'The Republican party was beat en almost afl over the coun try ; this year, not because it attempted tariff revision, but because it made a false; and deceptive pretense, at re vision.; fit promised the people bread and gate them a stone. THE CHAMBERLAIN CASE N FAILING TO return an indict ment against Chamberlain for ' the shooting of Massin, it is projbabjd that the grand Jury ac I cepted the theory of self defense. All the accounts of the affair described Massin as drawing revolver as Chamberain entered the room. Evi dence of that kind before the rrand Jury might, be warrant for Its failure to return a, true bill. Mt is not likely that any trrand Jurv would assume to excuse a homicide on the ground of a so-called unwrit ten law. . Much as human nature is prone to believe it, there is no. un written law, , Nor must we eO too far In allowing ourselves to.believe that the knife or the revolver is a right ful resort of an injured husband In such cases as that in Chamberlain's home, ;; It is a dangerous doctrine, overflowing ;-wlth ; dangerous prece dents and fruitful of dangerous con sequences to society, t " The ultimate safety of Wiety ilea in. aanermg to, the forms and an !ltLoLLbe.lawQ,inatter. what the provocation, It is not safe tn l. low individuals to take the law.into tbelr own hands. Whenever they do, there should be a, strict reckoning for them in the courts with! penal-1 j ties applied to match the offense. : In this ease, the sins of the unfor tunate woman have found her out. They have stained the hands of the husband with human blood, and it Is a stain that will not wipe outA For the man who Invaded and profaned the home, there, is a grave and obliv ion.. : , '. It was a costly price to pay. It is a .penalty without a recompence, for those, who were chief actors in the unfortunate drama., The only com pensatory feature is that perhaps the tragic sequel Is powerful reassurance to those who walk in the paths of rectitude. LOAN SHARK BUSINESS ' - ORDERLY" MDIS- P HILADELPHIA authorities have found an unique method , for dealing with ' "loan sharks An assistant .district attorney, on evidence secured by a newspaper, caused the. arrest of one of the loan sharks that infest that city and pro ceeded to prosecute him on the charge of keeping a disorderly house, which Is a misdemeanor under the Pennsylvania statutes. A conviction was secured, and the case on being appealed- was affirmed, on these grounds: The - taking of usury in Pennsylvania Is illegal. It is against the policy of the state. . The defend ant kept; a : house, .for; the, habitual commission of illegal acts. A place established for the purpose of carry ing on an Illegal -business Is neces sarily: a' common nuisance and is' a disorderly house within the meaning of the statute. There was a similar decision; re cently In an appellate -court ; of New Jersey, which, held that "the end or purpose for which a house Is desig nated will render the keeplnff of It Illegal If It be such as of necessity contravenes the provisions of any public statute." Hasn't Oregon a usury law? ' And might not these decisions be relied upon to sustain actions or defenses against "loan sharks", here? : It is contrary to law to demand and' take more than ten v per -cent a year ln terest in this state ; Is the law at all vital, or Is it a dead letter? Penn sylvania and New Jersey courts bold that such a . law is valid and vital, and that contracts in violation of it cannot be maintained. BIG TIM SULLIVAN , f I T IS NO WONDER that,"BIg Tim" .Sullivan can be elected to the New York state, senate,' and is a power . in local 'politics of New York City. Truth is, he is not alto gether an admirable ,, figure , as : a statesman, lawmaker, of public man; but there are worse ones. What he does annually to please . the poor voters of his district may be a form of bribery, but he is open and alcove board about it, and it is a less reprer henslble iformi of bribery than some that have been practiced by gum shoe politicians." And then who can say - that "Big ..Tim" does all this merely for votes and political influ ence? r It is quite conceivable that with all his faults, and admitting his undeslrablllty from a high, viewpoint, he Is a man with ' a big; generous heart, that wants to make a great many people happy, at Christmas time, at least?,,,';.-.,; . ;';';; For fifteen years "Big Tim" has given an annual dinner to the poor, down-and-out. and hungry who could attend;. Sunday, he fed 6000 such people. - in addition; every diner was presented with a card entitling him to a pair of shoes and two pairs of socks, and was also given a pipe and package of tobacco. ; Every Bummer, too, he sends all the poor families of his district on a boat excursion and picnic, paying all expenses. This is not high grade politics, but it brings sunshine to many who are otherwise in eternal shadow, and is to , the everlasting credit of "Big Tim" Sullivan. . And yet, in spite of all former loss es and deaths, from fire in connection with Christmas trees, decorations and ueostumes sucb tragedies occur every year. In one case in Portland a woman intent ; on .helping to make others happy was fatally burned; in Chicago a Christmas wreath caused a woman's death by asphyxiation; in Seattle two" young children were - killed and several others were injured by a lamp explo sion and a Christmas tree fire.' The Christmas celebration always brings its calamities. "' -- Again reports are rife of cabinet changes, , the , members reported ;as likely to go being Knox, MacVeagb, Ballinger and Wilson. But rumors of this sort arise every, little, while,' out of thin air. Three of these men, if they need ; or desire to make money, may very likely desire to re tire trom a lightly-paid Job; and Uncle Jimmy Wilson grows old, and will 8oorf . have : attained his ambi tion of being a cabinet member long er than anybody else in the country's history: ., Let us be charitable with respect to Dr. Cook. He. saw peaks of snow as great volcanoes; cities and fruit ful valleys and fairy castles; huge, grotesque leviathans wriggled : and writhed along : the , Boreal horiaon; from the sun at midnight rose gi gantic blue and purple flame- flow ers rand many other, strange sights appeared to his perturbed vision. So why Bhould he not have believed that he saw the Pole, or the place where It ought to be? . Thi..fiiUiag:.4riJtiUrt regarded with alarm In Great Brit aln. The rate for the past three years is 20.6 per 1000, a much lower percentage than 1 formerly. It is ' 1 . ' dropping toward the rate in France which was 20 for the same period Germany leads In the percentage of births, with a rate for the past three years of S2.!4. , ' The year 1910 has seen more ad vancement and progress In Oregon than any preceding yean but the year soon to come 1911, will see far more. - : - '' ' ... Rockefeller's princely gift to two housemaids In Jiisi Forest' Hill home was checked apron each. Shall we I expect an advance in the price of oil? .People arriving from the frigid east are pretty well pleased with Oregon's normal winter climate. Good Roads and Politics. Lebanon, Or., Dec 84. To the Editor ot Th Journal -In your emt-weekly Issue of December 20 An ,' fertile ' by "CountryTtube' Just-hits the spot There are Just lots of us country rubes scat tered around who have been thinking thanks like that for a long time. Here tofore about ' the - only ,. qualification necessary- to tret the cold biscuit of te-lng- road boss wu to be a good old line, stand pat, Republican, and have, some sort of a "political null" or "stand In" among the stock of his own breed. It made no difference how graft hunsrry or ignorant, leather headed old numb skull, -he -.would do any way., To with the roads! That wasn't the ob ject, to make good roads, ' Eight you are. Rube. . We will never have good roads until the whole busi ness Is lifted clear of politics and. set on a sound business basis. First and foremost the roads should be laid out by a competent engineer, regardless of farm lines, pig lots and calf pastures, out, with an eye single to permanence and public convenience (the public's right should transcend all other rights). And then let them be built and pos sibly maintained by private contract. The railroad companies have set the people a pretty good pattern to go by which w would do well to. imitate as far as practicable. But then after all what la the use. v 1 A people, who have no better sense than to send men to congress wuo they know will vote to squander the nation's resources on ship subsidies, big guns, big battleships, big armies and navies, would likely make a bad mess of a proposition of .the size of . the ?"good roads" problem. After all Oregon roads and Oregon politics are about on a par. Oregonlans seem to be so stuck ion high tariff, let' thera take their medi cine In pulling their old wagons through the mod, there's tariff to urotect ie Ipfant farmers for you. ' So let us wal low .along, Rube, and do .the best we can, and If you vote the Republican ticket. Rube, vote her straight and ask no questions, and stay with it till hell rreezea over. A COUSIN v Ru . The Laborer Is Worthy of His Hire" Portland. TW.. S7ta th v.Atnn The Journal What kind of a principle Is It when persons employ others to work for them and then lay back and enjoy the fruits of that labor without a tnongnt as to the workman havlnr the same - right to enjoy the- fruits of bis own labor (that is,i the wages)? Ot is ii a principle at auT ( We know that it is a common, everyday occurrence for people to do Just what has been stated, regardless of be inconvenience It may cause the laborer, or mechanic or clark who have expenses to meet, all the time and yet, has to wait the pleasure of his employer, till he gets ready. All the while the employer ls enjoying' the fruits of the other's labor. Is it right or Just between man and man? .Ia it the Christian principle, as advocated by the one great reformer, who said: The laborer is worthy of his hire"? There are thousands' who make religion their creed and attend divine services with. aU. apparent seal of Christians, but who do Just - what 1 have stated enjoy" the labor of other hands but give no thought to the laborer's enjoying, tht- fruits of his own hands. It would be well for those who read this to ask themselves: Am I one of the Inconsiderate, ones? and practice the teachings of the divine reformer of the( principle of "Do unto others as ye would have them do to yon." That's religion. The employe fulfills his part of the agreement ex pecting that as soon as his work is completed he will receive the fruits of his labor, and perhaps his made, certain arrangements for the use of his wages. Instead he receives some excuses, that "we haven't the money Just now." or "I have some money coming in soon," and so the employe goes away with a knowl edge that he can't meet his obligations. and which will certainly be hurtful for him In the future. ' The fact Is that it would be more Christianlike sot to give employment unless one has the means so that both employer and employe can enjoy the fruits of the labor done. ALBKRT a TATE3. .' , . .; j , . . , , t The Problem of Divorce ! Rheta Child Dorr in the Forum. , According to the census of 1890, there was a married population In the United States of 22,447,769, with an annual av erage of S3.197, divorces. That is, there was pne divorce to every 678 of married population. According to the census of 1900, there was' a married population of 27,770,101. with an annual divorce rec ord of EG, 502, or one divorce to every 600 of married population. Between 18S7 and 1 90S the record of divorces reaches the amazing total of 946,620. Nearly a million .American marriages .went to plecea in twenty years.. That is, disrup tion overtook 47,281 marriages a year, 8,940 a month more than 130 at day. , No. one section, of the country pro duces a much larger divorce crop than another. Louisiana,' with Its large Catholic population. Mormon Utah, and Unitarian Massachusetts furnish similar figures. ; Broadly speaking, the divorce rate rises as we cross the map west ward, but, on t the whole, the rate, is fairly even ; throughout ; the country! The rate is slightly larger in cities than In th country, but divorce is by no means a eity problem. ' ' ' Wt; It Is astonlshing'to find that divorce laws, . stringent or liberal, affect - the rate very slightly. New Hampshire, Utah and South Dakota show almost exactly the same proportion of divorces per population and per marriages. New rork with Its one cause for divorce and New Jersey with its haif-doaen causes show a rate nearly identical.; ; ; , , :. The solution of our divorce problem lies in - securing a better relation be tween men and women in every depart ment of Ufa, It is an anomaly In this republic, that there should be any dla- Unctions on account of sex. It is ab surd tnat women should receive lower wages than men for equal work per formed or. equal service given. It is unfair y to deny women their share In public housekeeping. It is unjust to tax them and at the same time refuse them eltlienshlJV : -.'-. , -' American women are as well educated, as intelligent, as moral, as conBclen-' tlous, and, within their opportunities, as efficient as American men. Once this .!nJ"t yo- Letters From the People ; tlgtr of eOreJudIc8"and "ex:conte'inpt vanishes from custom and from the Statute books;, once the same standard of morals is recognized In society as It Is In the law; once .it is made at least as easy for women as for men to earn , "; ' . . . . ' ' i - r ": -" "" .' " ' ' ' ' " ' : " ' '"-; " : COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF I TANGLEFOOT !I " i " ' " ' - ' ' " ' ' 1 r : 1 K - SMALL CTJAXGB pKEGON SIDEUGHTS ' " J3y MHm Overholt ' " ' Tbe Oonntry won't be Hobeonfcsed. . '- ; j. '' . The oocasionsi holidays are nice for some people, , ..' j ' .;; ; , arnfy It Z 100005,00 8tron4 EaKle Point' ta to have a bank, and n-B1 Hir,t?.StaU'8 nd n army; it urvo Kim prjiaioen, etc. m.. . r v.nCT7 many who didn't get ....uBU uujriuK utjiom v.nrieimas. i no , locomotive engineers will get more, but what about the Pullman por- Not all the people who can for great W . i F , VI amoog ine truest . ' - - jv;f, wno is the "enemy"? Whore is th Toe 7 Them la nonu 1 k..k.. ioun . jrv j . . , ' .... . .i ' .w nv voium- " mr ion isnt married to some man , with more .money than sense, it Isn't her fault ' , 1 K - r ' ;,. .''! ;' a ; : ."..:' ; . :. ..! . .-' . . ' A fit. 1jtom mmn . Kn . , vu t . . ... , Vv. 1. times, i Her only regret pug u.y uui aian in earner. i ... . t .. President Dlax m k ma . ...i.i. that insnrrectiorv but he seems to be '""w ww ana weaJC.in doing It. ' ' A Cincinnati woman mm hZ rii Ki rest until kissinar Ih nhni(h.H t... she will be restless while human life .'.j,5-:,;,,'; . , "-:1. K.iv.'j'.w larger immiirratlon neTt Vnai than in any previous year. And it has room uyiwi luuiiy xor au wno may come. Uncle Sam hami't t )HmmJ ii ' ?b" yei, Dut he has been dolnr the best he could. He is only human, after all. Here's a Happy New vmw rrt htm ... , . " . . w . . I , 1 1. ' ,",",,,,' ; uetrolt Free Press? Mnirm rrrin4 wants to know who will rock te radle " "' i kubo to . congress, v The she's out playing bridga :' :-, , " Some women of an' onniorn v,..,. 1 - n xavor or baidheaded men: say thejr are "clean, white and pretty wdn-nl- vto ,,5,B8 ' But wht man wants to be kisM) nn th tnr, v,i. head? , A r?lfl.tft1ritn1 mo. Va m.uj has the agency for a butter merger that makes two pounds of buttor from a single pound, with the, addition of sweet mJ't No doubt; if enough milk were added and properly churned one could make three pounds. A" Dararranh trnlns i m,n,i A Kansas mule recently . m. in jw ib sucn a manner as to cause her to bite off half of her tongue." This may-start an association of liu. bands to build a great monument to the mule, '.v.:;. - , . , , . An Oreeron mnn han Gaynor of New York that women are scarce In this state, and he cannot se cure wife. Well, there are not quite so many women as men in Oregon, but the right sort of a man need have Uttle difficulty In finding a mate. The flmw - nt ' th. fantt,! i.- board of health show that the average vMz?P 80 haa a commercial value of $16,000, rnade up of t4000 value at the age of 20 and M2.000 earnings between the ages of 20 and 80.' Yet if forced to dff so we could point to many fellows 80 years old who are not worth 80 cents A lone robber again proved how easy was to lntimidn.ta n.ni1 nK . It number of people bv, train 4n "Missouri Christmas night and luniuK munoy. anq. .watcnes trom more than .100 people,. Including' the "train creWj..A- pin In a bad man's liand is worth many In unDreoared mn-H nnntr. eta-., . " Dcccmler 27 m Hiatoryr-A Great Aatronomer It Is a strange fact that, the three men upon whom ; rests the whole struc ture of; ' raodernl, scientific astronomy were' .bora- wi thin the space of U ttle more than 16 miles Newton; Halley and Flamsteed and it Is of record of good authority that the beginning ; of modern astronomy is fixed upon . the date that Flamsteed began his observa tions at Greenwich. ' ,'..., , -. ; The discovery of the Western Hemis phere and southern point of the conti nent of Africa, to extended the -fleM of navigation that it became a necessity to devise some means that would enable in a manner to determine at any time Just when he was ;.upon the trackless waters. It was a well established fact that In order, to reach such a system It would be necessary to gain a more reliable knowledge of the planets. . It was past the middle of the seven teenth century when Le Seur de St Pierre, a French adventurer, came for ward with a theory which he claimed would meet the requirements; but King Charles II was apprised of the fact that one of bis own subjects had exploded St Pierre's theory, and had Issued a learned paper on the subject that was i attracting much attention. . . ,; The author of the paper, although j hidden behind an assumed name, was discovered to be John Flamsteed. who, to demonstrate the accuracy of his claims, said It would be necessary to make observations of the moon and the fixed stars from a definite observatory through a series '-of "year. '. Flamsteed was born on August 19. 1646,- and had so far advanced In his astronomical research, that when, he was 29 years old King Charles, who had completed the Greenwich observatory to provide him with the proper 'facilities to carry out his project Installed him as the royal astronomical observer In' Thus started on a utTflty basis to meet the needs of sailors, the work of the observatory drifted In a sclentiflo direction and ultimately became an in ternational Institution by Its universal acceptance as the sero point of longltud inal calculations in the construction of maps and charts. While the government constructed the observatory, it did . not furnish Flamsteed with a single Instru ment and he began the work which Was to cover a period of nearly half a cen tury and to- result in discoveries that should stand as the foundation oft as tronomy, with an iron eextant of seven feet radius, a ; quadrant of three an honorable Irving; once marriage on absolutely equal terms is made possible no moral or physical advatage on the side of the husband, no parasitism al lowed on the part of the wife: Then it will be perfectly safe to at tach a divorce coupon to every marriage certificate, ;i with ' permission .for ; both parties to tear It off at will, , . r-sii-a -m.ui i r in "' - j '-'-'.'V''?, England and , Poverty." , -V George Bourne In the January Forum, : All , up and down England the life of the people is coming under review; the relations between the classes are being reexamined, and the effects of old laws and customs. And most of alt the na tion is focusing Its attention upon pov erty; looking Into the varied manifesta tions or il, searching out Its causes, and generally testing It by the new ideas of what Id fit for the sacred llfo in human bodies and fit for the prnjiisn n a peo ple." No, ohsor'vant peruon who 1ms Ilv'cJ' in England during the last 10 years can have failed to noilce the great awaken ing of the national conscience in this direction; It is as though poverty had Just been discovered; as though it were Ontario expects railroad shops next spring. , i , ' Pendleton is " to hav' another dgar factory. .. , several new buildinga. .. Brewery, at The Dalles Is spending 810,000 in Improvements, , ., ''"' ''.. .' ' .. Tag day for the benefit of the Ontario public library netted $103.30.' ' '." ' ; . -- - ' 'New Jewelry store at The Dalles. Farmers up there can buy diamonds. ; The railroad survey from Junction City to the coast is nearly completed. i.i . . , . ... More than 100 Indians have been hold ing - a Christmas camp meeting near Pendleton. . ' , , e-. :-;: The Medford Mall-Tribune estimates that $500,000 was spent on account of Christmas in that town. . , . ;,; : ' t ;.'.','; . ,,, 'Ontario commercial ; club will Issue 70;000 pieces of literature in connection with the O. R. A N. Co. The Benton county Jail has not housed a prisoner belonging to that county this year. What county, can peat that rec ord? . : -:. :. ; Tramps are rerorted to be -verr nu merous in this part of the country now and residents of PJugene living in the outskirts are annoyed greatly by them, says the Guard. At an rnithtiHlflstln mnetins' nf th Springfield Commercial club the mem bership was Increased over 60 per cent and it was decided that the club should have a permanent location.' Butte Falls corresnondenee of lied ford Mall-Tribune: A revival meetintr IS expected to begin about January and It is hoped it will accomplish much gooa. as cne iieia is npe ana, ue, ma terial here. . kv ' -Vm In a Eucena vard a remarkable sleht Is to be seen in sweet peas; manv show ing blooms, and nasturtiums, flowering as nign; as the roor ana none touched yet by the hilljr nights. It is a strong suggestion .0 miasurnmer. , i . .'-f - Next year1 wilKwithout doubt be an etner big year, for wooabunv predicts the Independent There will be an ar mory built, nrobahlr a city halL nubile library building, more industries, more street paving, aootner sewer and many The fact that 20.000 fult tree have been ordered by the settlers of the Fur nish, ttroiect show that the controversy now on In the courts between Messrs. Furnish and Coe is not blocking the de velopments of the proiect. sava the East uregonian. - t Pine Valley correspondence of Hood River Glacier:, Women are wearing hats which come down 1 over their faces so far they can t see and skirts so tight around their ankles they cant walk. All they need now is to be hand Cuffed, then their raiment will be com plete. , ; The Hood River Annie . Orowers union has paid $201,000 to the apple growers of the valley since the' first of September, reports the Glacier. This amount' is mostly for the e&rlv sales. ana includes me nroceeas or ir cars which were i sold', outside' th cltv of ew XOTK, .-.'. Butrene . Register: The J. Seavev Bros, fiave not lost raith in hop grow ing but are still increasing their acre age. They added 60 acres to their 60 acre farm near Corvallis last rear and this year will plant 80 . acres more. making no acres in tnat rarm. They are also increasing the acreage of the 130 acre rarm . nortn . or tne McKenzie by considerable , and John ' Beavey is planting about 80 acres , more on his farm at the forks of the' Willamette near uosnen. reet radius, two telescopes and two clocks, while a catalogue embracing but iooo stars was nis only guide. He ham mered away with these erode instru ments and such others as-he himself could contrive until his' catalogue em braced more thanxS0O0 stars; And all of this be started on a salary of 100 per annum, which was afterward ' re duced to 90.- -:.. , ; :-.,:' In the closing years of ha life he and' Newton fell out and If one may Judge from the correspondence that passed between them their disputes were for the most' part based upon Jealousies.' Falmsteed charged Sir Isaac with Tworklng with the ore he had dug," and Sir Isaao, retorted that if -Flamsteed did dig the- ore, I made the gold ring."!' ; , ! .-. ,;, . Wheri Flamsteed died on December 27, 1719, he was succeeded as royal aatron omer by Edmund Halley, and the line of illustrious - successors who have con tributed to the sum total of the science as we enjoy It today 'contains ' such name as Bradley, Bliss, Masked Pond, Airy and Christie. The famous observatory which was rebuilt In 1899 crowns an elevation , of 180 feet and the Greenwich Park, which affords rec reation tor, so many Londoners, is an historic spot for It was a royal resi dence from the thirteenth to the seven teenth century.; Jit was here that Henry ylll was;' born and his two .daughters as well, Mary and Elizabeth, who, also wore thecrown of : England; .. It -.was here, too.mhat the unhappy consumptive king, Edward VL died. - The 'Greenwich college for the royal navy now occupies the palace .site. .;':. ;-;- -.-. -. .,. .-. ,7,-.. ,, Tr .-'.;;-;:... t.; ;;. ' December 27, -1776, Washington was Invested by congress 'f. with supreme power; the first Union League .was or ganizedin; Philadelphia In 4862 and the Pendleton civil service bill was : passed In 1882, K Today-is .the birthday of Kep ler, th? astronomer (1571); William w. Corcoran,, who established the Corcoran art gallery, Washington (1798); Senator William "Allen, who .originated the ex pression "Fifty-four-forty or, fight" (180G) and Lucius Falrchild, - the Wis consin statesman (1831), v Today Is the date of the death of Pierre de Ronsard, poety (1686);, Lord Kames, lawyer and metaphysician (1782) ; John Wilkes, Cel ebrated demagogue (1797) ; Dr. Hugh Blair; eminent divine ' (1800); Charles Lamb, poet and , essayist (18S4), and Jostah Conder, editor and miscellaneous writer. (1855).. r-i.-- . a new i thing In the country. ' But what is really new is the play of luminous Ideas over It A generation ago- scarce ly more than that the majority of the English regarded it very much Aa. they regarded the ill-treatment of animals recognising its existence but not its shame. That apathy, however,, is past. Seeing It in the Increasing ligrht of their now Ideas, people are daily more shocked at the aspects of poverty, where slums' reek with It and where workhouses try In vain to cover it .up. , With growing, displeasure they view the scandals that attend It--the unemployment the sweat lng; and the abominable diseases which It fosters, and "the crimes and vices into which it drives men and have no other solace, or no other means and! hit the soil, and get right down of livelihood. In fine, poverty, we may I to honest toll, he'd have a better say, Is being dragged out from Its old ! chance ato earn" the' boon' for which he haunts to come up for trial, and to re- seoms to yearn: The , world; will par celye Judgment, too; for on everv ihirn don anv Inv whn brl. bin emit and 1eferre4gaisst 4t,-4t"fotmd--gamy. f At a recent school meeting In Wald port it was voted to bond the district for $3250 , for the purpose of building a two room high school. There la now an enrollment of 82 dudIIs. ABOUT INVENTIONS. My . "S.fe , Editor Tanglefoot Every man should ' be able to do the tinkering around the 1 house, such ' as mending ; sewing ; ma- , chines,-; phonographs ? and mousetraps, j fThen he wiU stand well with 'his wife and hif will, have more fun than any- ! body. - . , . -,:'''',;5V!,.';;,,V';v:r'j' '; I I took our old .clock to pieces' last week and I Believe ! will be able to I ; construct y three more from' the extra ;'! works that I found inside the time keeper. A friend of mine . came in af ter 1 had the clock repaired and all ready for starting, and after he had looked at it he said that while he knew very little about clocks,1 it had always seemed n to him that; one gave better satisfaction IX there, were a main spring i ..4 n , n .. 1. . X i - .... . He said he never built one, but he had ?i a sort of a fool idea that a clock ought to have something to It. besides three I; or four brass cog wheels and a pair of, hands. Clocks need encouragement, H he said, and you can't expect ' one . to i get in and run on an empty, stomach n like . that .',.,. i, , . I,i I ' have Invented many useful little ' household articles. 1 am figuring now j on a window pane that will act as a I reflector so . that the . Interior of the I neighbor's house will be . vlslhle at a j glance.- By turning, the-pane at All- '. ferent angles It will be an easy matter j. : to see whether the husband kisses his wife goodbye before he' goes ;to ; work: i whether; the wife combs, her hair be- lore , oreaxiasi; , wnetner u oeaa are made in the ' forenoon, etc., etc. I am also inventing a patent knothole that Will fit any fence. ; ; " . W. A. . TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. CBy our strongest greased wire.) ' ' ' Deadeye, Dec. 22. The Cituseps' Alco hol league has sent a communication to Census Dlrectpr : Durand protesting i against , tne Daae discrimination -prao-ticed (against the oity in 'the- recount They missed Left-handed Murphy, John son Dewblll and Mrs. Pie-faced Mulli gan. They were absent during the re count w' fearing the enumerators . were government detectives. . Lftureldale, Dec 22. The Ladles' Aid society," the C-be-Joy-.ful Sewing Circle, the Hally-Lully Singing club and the Merry Sunshine association have taken up the matter of protesting against the census returns. Our fair city has been shamefully traduced since the popula-! tion is. giyen as 329. Mrs, Henrietta Henroost who is intimately acquainted ' with every person In the city, says there . are 838. ' She Is preparing a list of the names of the residents, which 'Will be posted all over the beautiful valley. and whlch will brand the census direct tor as a base prevaricator. There now! SmithviUe. Dec ze. Smitaville is given a population of 406 by the cen sus director, wlUch is a thrust at this city,' instigated, no doubt by-Jonesville, Smith vine's alleged' rival. Three prom inent 'real estate ' dealers "of this ' City took Our census and turned it into -the cnsus department ever a year ago with a letter informing trie acparunent tnat It peed not bother about coming here. their figures were absolutely re- i liable. At thAt time Smlthville had a; population of 180O. ..If Is strange that such a shrinkage should take place witn- in only', a . year;'''''" -.;;'.; prettyplaoe, Dec. aa.-vne cmsetm wui rue in their raignt ana protest against the discrimination of the census di rector, who, after be had been told the ; population of the city was 128, gave ns but 98. It is a burning shame and : our citizens will protest and protest and pretest " 'Kr'" : Tattertown, Deo. 21 nans are be ing formulated 'here -to send a delegate to Washington to lick Durand for libel- f ing the city. - Basing the population on the number of school, children and mnl-, tlnlvlnr by 8 or 25 or whatever It Is, Tattertown. Bhould hav a population of i tt.H j .. A AAA ,, Tnw. Jm w . Wa ,r m. only 160. Every man . In the city want, to be the delegate, out tne pium wiu probably go to Big Steve Sklnnem. j Sauaw Hiiv Dec, zz. rnia city nas a i population of 2470, the oenaua bureau to the contrary notwithstanding, me gave a us 47. His enumerators , failed to count Snake-ln-the-graas and his tribe of war-1 rlors, who were out stealing horses at the time of the recount. ; . - z The World's Output of Metals. v ; " " JYom ' Popular Mechanics.- Th Worlirs metal statistical com piled ; annually In ; Germany,--give - the production for the year 190,9 as fonows: The production -of copper was '844,100 tons, or an increase oi nearly ioo,uu tons over 1908.' Of this amount tn American, output was ,498,200 tons; and the American increase over isos, eo.duv tons, or more than half the total; in- i crease for the- whole world. A . The output of 'lead . amounted to 1,081,900 tons, of which the ' United States orddueed 239.700 tons; the out put of tin was 108,300 tons; the pro- ductlon of. sine was 783,200 tons, off which the United States was responsible ror 240,44s . tons;- tne toiai output " n nickel was 16,100 tons,' - the ' United States being credited with 9000 4 tons, and the output of aluminum .was E4,?00 tOnS.- , ! V, :. ..- a i, , ; ', Doc Cook (Contributed to The Journal t7 Walt Mon, the fanioua Kansas poe.. i. .a pcuae-ixma are a rerulir featora of tbia column in Ilia DUr Iburual), ,-.L ,. ,Doc Cook, who didn't find the Pole, has trouble in his gentle soul. Through out the world he's viewed with acorn; and so he says; ; "I'll toot imy horn, and print a mile or two of rot explaini lng that I really thought Td found iOi pole, until 1 woke, and: found the whole thing was a Joke, rl can't endure," says ur. cook, "the cold, disgusted, scoroiui look . of; those, I mcot, who , Whisper 'Shame!' and talk about a bunco game, and say I'd prove 1 had," some wortls by falling off the weary earth; But whem'they read rriy sad "appeal, ;nd realize how tough t feel, and know how 1 regrej; my breaks they may for-' give , my v little, fakes, and take ,m to their hearts once morA anii aalve m where my 6 wounds are sore!", If told) Doc Cook would stow his Jaw, and get a sawbuclt and a saw, ror buy a plow worlir a-dyr bnt iffrrrmn wrnyy-ft the skate 'who's talking"' early, talking late, who tries to win the love of mea with Jawbone and with fountain pen. iCoerrlcht. 1010. !. adrcA KatUtaw Adama.