THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1310.
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OREGON'S SHARE
T IS EASY to understand why the
I
Oregonian has lost Its Influence
in Oregon. It almost Invariably
beats men and measures that it
supports, : and " promotes men and
measures thai it opposes. .
Its loss of effectiveness cornea from
Its efforts to deceive and dupe Its
readers. Neither It nor any other
newspaper can make the public be
lieve that which Is untrue. Its fail
ure to realize this la the secret of Its
notorious failure tOj longer exert In
fluence, in Oregon. , ,
But, It 6tkks .to that policy, and
is now out with a reiteration from
its Washington correspondent that
the two Oregon senators are respon
sible for the fact that Oregon's share
In the distribution of the reclamation
funds is small ' This charge is re
peated in an editorial. ,
, How does, the .Oregonian explain
to Its readers that the senators are
at fault, when the "responsibility
rests chiefly on the shoulders of the
two congressmen?' 'It was in the
house that the "clause providing
that each Btate should receive the
amount of reclamation money that
it contributed was first stricken out.
It was Hawley and Ellis, not the sen
ators, that were in the house at the
time.: Why did1 Hawley and ; Ellis
permit it, and if there iasblame for
the act, who but Hawley and 'Ellis
are at fault? ; . "
Moreover, Ellis was on the very
committee that caused tbe section to
be stricken out, and muBt have been
a party to. the action. How foolhardy
of the Oregonian to believe that it
can hold the two Oregon senators re
sponsible for what took place in that
committee and in' the house. ;.Jt 1s
such attempts' to deceive the. public
that causes tbe Oregonian td beaf
whatever or whomever it supports
and to promote whomever and what
ever It opposes
Moreover, it was not the Oregon i
sena ors, nor Hawley and Ellis that '
distributed the reclamation funds.
That was done by President Taft It
was done by him on the recommen- Sound , r yaue l8 gIven
dation of the. army engineers whoi, 3 045422f i ,,,1, b0Te the
CU1 j ci v"?; it" v average for the past ten years. Brlt
stance of Secretary Balllnger who ,sh cblumbla established a new rec
promoted he policy ot; completing ord there bav, packe(, of
the old projects be ore beginning oth- J fr that provlnce;n1 Puget
prs: t If there it is discrimination , anrf tMW1.w-, COft Kfifi MmtL.-
against firegpa .who did it but the
- A fair statement of the case shows
the failure of Oregon to get a larger
el&nr df
to the fact that this state was slow In
beginning reclamation work. If more
projects had beenV undertaken sev
eral years ago when federal reclama-
- su.ou, u.u j port8 mAnr famines. It- ts an In-
have ree ved a larger share in the du8t that wUh . due ,conS(jrvaUon
ate distribution - The present dis-, and ,nteillgent' management can-be
tributlon sonthetasIsof.theBal- made to ylea 'still larger and an
linger policy of completing projects f nual, ,creag, u l fe fl f
ancau, uuun.KU, nuu u fO ' tuts
real cause of the . present small al
lotment of funds to this state.
The attempt to throw the whole
responsibllity on the Oregon senators j
without throwing it on the two Ore
gon congressmea, or on Ballinger. or
on the engineers, or on tbe president
Js a petty and most reprehensible
business. It is falsity nd dishon
esty, which the Oregonian' has prac
ticed so often that the public hesi
tates to longer believe it, even when
it happens to tell the truth.' . .
REPORT OF- SECRETARY OP.
COMMERCE AND LABOR
t:
HIE ANNUAL report of the sec
retary of commerce and labor.
.t just issued, covers so many and
such .various, topics that It is.1
out of the Question even to mention f
all in one short article
A large section deals with the na- f purchased . for the site. Dr. J. D.
ture and extent of immigration, and !Plamondon has been appointed super
that certainly touches Oregon direct-intendent of the institution and will
ly.i The number of immigrants in I have authority in the matter of build
the fiscal year 1910 shows increase lng operations. ' The selection was
of 273,776 over 1909and totals 817,-,
619, after deducting all returning
auring, tlie year,, in age they were
dlvjdea as loiiows; 120,509 under 14, tion with the state treasurer. The
863,310 between 14 and 44 and 527,-'building te to be planned to accom
751 of 45 and over. Percentage who imodate 600 patients, and there Is
could neither read nor write is 28, suggestion that, an additional appro-
E:iowing improvement over previous
years, , These people brought , with,
tneni $28, 197. 74o, according to their
own statements, averaging $27 'each,
Over
!5 per cent were assisted to
come to this country. , " -
unsKiuea laDorers, mostly agrl- strucuon 01 tne Dullalng. The In
cultural, numbered 124,907. Skilled J effectiveness of public activities is
vr traue laborers were 116,996.-
,Matn now me countries whence
they came. Two-thirds from south -
rrn and eastern Europe. . Italy," Aus-
t : li-5 UnsiGrsejrkcxcilam&ii
I. u rope, the f mailer principalities and
ltiib.ila cUltncd 68 ter cent of the
rrnn.l total, as against 31 per cent,;
in. mM. - ; r . ? '
Ol .Japanese, 2S98 were admitted
1,,1 PklM hi.) thin tn rhftlf
; admission. The report claims that
the efforts to stop smuggling of
, fh. hnMOT rA vpnr
vumcw owv .-
successiui, -- . . 1
Much, attention is given to a de
partment for affording information
to these strangers as to, the country
they have sought and the chances
they have of finding work. As one
result 4283 " Immigrants were . dis
tributed in 1910 through the efforts
of the bureau. Information was
given to 18,239 applicants at branch
offices and at the central station to
11,124. - A count was kept of the
nationalities of these applicants, and
this is the segregation of them:
Germans 3557, Poles 2657, Swedes
1424, Norwegians 1014, Danes 1239
and Russians 1233.. Nearly all of
these inquiries were as to the chances
for securing work as agricultural
laborers. , , .
.Also 952 native born American
citizens and 362 naturalized citizens
had applied for similar, information
at the immigration offices. ,
- The division considers itself Jus
tified la reporting an average in
crease of $5 a month paid daring
1910 for Agricultural labor, through
the country at large. - ' I "
The actual additions to American
citizenship during 1910 were 167,226
declarations of intention filed, and
55,038 petitions for naturalization.
So those ' figures are not very
frightening as to the inflow of -new
citizens to be assimilated In one year
no largo percentage of the 92,000,-'
000 we boast of. ' "
1.' Attention ' has been drawn lately
to the opportunity for influencing
selected immigrants to come. to Ore
gon by information supplied lo them
through the central , bureau of this
department of tho government. i The
wording of the report of the secre
tary ; in 'this regard 1 has evidently
been carefully weighed. ,1 It reads:
"It Is the intention during 1911 to
collect , and ! compile - informttion . by
states so that a person wishing in
formation concerning a certain local
ity in. a certain "state may. not have
to examine a mass of publications
which may not interest him. . "
A chief , cause for ; idleness on the
part of those who are willing to
work is a lack of information." So
It. appears that Oregon must act and
the sooner the better, if she desires
to profit, by, the services of the im
migration ' department: - The state
will have to supply, or. at anyv rate
officially Indorse, the summary of
its advantages and attractions which
will be used. , . .
THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST'S
SALMON OUTPUT
R
UPORTS recently issue4 show
that tbe salmon output for the
year 1910 in the Pacific north
west reached a total value of
.Un) tn Ann nnn itn.i..
auaA ,f Mv -m..t
11168(399( almoBt twothlrd9 of
the total, and. being the largest out
put of Alaska since 1902. The Pifget
1 i Oregon waters, principally the Co-
lumbla river yielded ' 290,000 oases,
35,000,000 - pounds, ; ' valued '. at
13 ROn Finn Thoea fliriini, alints '!,'
the salmon industry of. the' Pacific
ndrthwest. Is yet "a -very large and
important one.' 'It 'gives, remunera
tive employment to thousands of
; men, and lo ' a laf ge measure1 sup-
! n. ffBhfncr innofr nla vln ' n
. ua uuyi J sT .VU V
and the above figures are for salmon
alone it should grow from year to
year .and become a source of ever-
Increaslng wealth and occupation, i
Nearly $20,000,000 gained from
the water Is no small matter In a
region of so few Inhabitants, and
the returns for other fish. would add
several millions to this. ' It should
not be many years till the waters of
the Pacific northwest produce $30,
000,000, perhaps $40,000,000, worth
of, fish a yearr v The demand' for
salmon is great, even more than the
supply. , So there is great wealth in
our waters, as well as in our soil. ;
PENDLETON WINS
P'
.ENDLETON has been selected
as tbe seat of the eastern Ore
gon branch asylum and a tract
made by " Acting Governor Bower-
' man, assisted by SenatorNottlng-
nam,, and presumably in coopera
; prlauon ' above the $200,000 pro-
.vlded by. the last legislature will be
asked for. at the coming session, v
j ' - It Is vital at the beginning of this
Important . work , that business
( methods shall prevail In, tbe con-
notorious. Portland has example
of it in tne postponements and de
days In' the construction of the new
court house.' Failure and dlsap
and in every form in such enter
prises, r- .J
It Is desirable that operations at
I Pendleton shall be an exception and
that for every dollar of expenditure
there shall be a dollar's worth of ef
ficient results. " A! proper board of
construction, ihd . same attention, to
detail in this public work that is
given in private, and a businesslike
conduct of the whole activity, will,
yield an institution that will, save!
the state from regret at Its expert-)
ment with a branch asylum in the i
Inland empire. ' The state .deserves
all this from her public officials and
should not receive less. ,
- A former state board selected
Union as the seat of the branch
asylum. A 320 acre farm was pur
chased, which is how conducted as
an experimental station by he- Ore
gon Agricultural college. ; The Ore
gon supreme court1 declared the lo
cation: of an asylum elsewhere than
at the capital aa unconstitutional and
with the "removal of the disability
by constitutional amendment Pendle
ton wins the asylum. Baker,' Union
and Pendleton 'were all. candidates
for the prize and presented excellent
advantages for tbe-'purpose.
MILWAUKEE'S PROPOSED EX-
' PERIMENT
I
P LEGISLATION already prepared
passes the Wisconsin legislature,
the country' will, have a view of
municipal socialism applied on a
large scale. It proposes to put into
effect in Milwaukee the Socialist plan
of government; empowering the city
to take over and operate all public
utilities now In private hands,' to
build municipal slaughter houses and
cold storage plants, construct: model
homes for worklngmen, establish a
municipal plumbing shop, and under
take such other civic enterprises as
the voters by the initiative mayde
cide upon. , ' ,. -
. All these activities, including three
cent car fares are a part of, the plat?
form upon which Mayor 8eidel was
elected.' Other feature's of bis plan
are free luncheons for school chil
dren, municipal coal and wood yards,
standard loaves of, bread and public
amusements, v b; ; : :.:;:':'. . '
The plan follows closely the pro
gram of Nuremberg and other Eu
ropean V cities' in which the Social
ist . scheme for' municipalities has
reached, its largest application. It
will be watched In this country with
more than passing interest for the
educational value It will have in ana
lyzing the Socialist propaganda for
municipal government.
THE NEWSPAPER CRITICS
ATH
5
THREE MONTHS' study of thQ
leading newspapers of New
York . led to the following
classification as to , the value
of their news items: Demoralizing,
285; unwholesome,1' 1684; trivial,
2100; worth while, 3900, or $9 per
cent. Tbe items were- passed upon
by' an educator and were, made, the
subject of an attack on the press by
a New,. York pulpiteer. . , ,
Even ' under tbe ' high standard
exacted by the educator, 39 per cent
of the news matten was worth while.
As suggested by the New York
World,: In how. many of, the activ
ities of life is the quality -of achieve
ment so high as' 39 per cent? Are
39, human careers in this country a
success according to the standard
that the world fixes- as successful?
Are 39 per cent of the school teachers
of the country as good as they ought
to be? Are 39. per cent of the ser
mons preached of that quality and
excellence' that the saving of souls
demands? ;; :; , ' . s ' ;
Thirty nine per cent3of xtellence.
adjudged by one who Is evidently. a
critic of the newspapers,' is in actual
fact a commendaticL of the' press.
Legislation, the drama, art, litera
ture or' music, cannot point to so ex
cellent an average. Government,
statesmen and every profession is
studded with Inefficiency and failure.
The social fabric itself is permeated
with wrecks, 'derelicts and down and
outs, v Vi'j'ivy,:
, The. millions who are poor in con
trast with the few who are rich are
examples of our inefficiency as gov
ernors of ourselves, The ineffective
ness of our puolic roads is a single
example out of hundreds to prove
that 39 per cent of our public life is
not worth while.
' Many are prone! to criticize the
press and to insist that they know
better than the successful publishers
how to maket a newspaper. But what
kind of a paper would the average
critic make. how many critics would
It have and how long would it aur
vive? , . v
S-xl A PUBLIC DUTY3A :
ONIGHT at the Lincoln high
school , building a budget of
$2,1J4,000 .will be op for the
approval of tbe taxpayers. 4 It
T
is, a very large sura ' of money , and
its expenditure, is In an interest of
surpassing : importance. It con
templates advances, in the salaries
of teachers and Issues of large im
portance ' in the erection of school
buildings, including provisions ' for
making them fireproof. ' , ...
The delinquencies of government
are chiefly due to the Inattention of
citizens, v It is oar habit as a people
to shift the public responsibilities on
others, and then play , the critic If
mistakes or weaknesses , appear, In
the contemplated '.',' expenditure-, of
$2,114,000 of public money there is a
direct and pressing interest', for.
every taxpayer. His way to exercise
an influence in having the. money
properly expended is to be at' the
meeting, and' there present , his ' views
and bis vote.. To do less is to be
recreant to public duty. .
M Are a Prareful Nation. ;
I'uHT'the'TBoBtoa 6 lobe. 1 ' . 'a.:
No people are braver or more wilhng
to defend their' country ,than, those of
the United States, and none have greater
confidence in themselves or; a keener
Insight inio fundamental modern condi
tions. Of these Jattr..one of the strong-
est U the general desire to be engaged
In occupations both gainful and useful.
No people would more readily sacrifice
themselTos. In .case Of need, but here is
a straw which , shows that ' the great
body of Americans - feet ' that peace,
which has been defined as the normal
condition of a civilized nation. Is in no
danger of being broken, notwithstanding
"war ccares" and the ' moves on the
checkerboard ' of International politics,
which are frequently made with the ex
pectation of enforcing them by casting
the shadow of conflict across the board.
A Mining Forecast
; Prptn the Spokane Inland Herald. '
.ilt is ever. pleasant to 'the pioneer of
this city to hear a rood word for the
mining industry or ' to hear an opti
mistic forecast made of the golden or
glowing futgrt of the Industry which
first set Mies-Spokane firm upon her
wavering feet. ' The lady has bad many
other affinities. She has a decided lik
ing nay even1 pronounced toward
fruit, for the rosy cheeked apple was
ever the bane of the sex. She has never
forgotten how sturdy a champion has
been lumber, ' nor , how wealthy and
prodigal a spender has been her wheat
farmer friend she ia even now co
quetting with a plutocratic gentleman
known as' manufactures: but, neverthe
less, the soft spot In her heart is re
served for the' miner: Did he not prove
her Santa' Claus when none other cared
to assume the role?" 1
; The latest of her old beau Is the
probable' passage of a bill In. this ses
sion of congress opening to entry the.
mineral lands -ef the Spokane reserva
tion, northeast of this lty. Many syn
Ulcates have already been formed In
Spokane awaiting the signature of Presi
dent T&ft to the bill before beginning
action. V As soon as that bill is signed
hundreds 6f ; new prospectors will be
grubstaked and launched into the new
country In order to stake new. claims." f
H Is reported on the best of mining
authority that there are enormous def
posits of silver, copper, lead and tungs
ten across the boundaries of 1 the ret
serve deposits at least equal In value
le those which made this, city in the
first instance. ' Some, homesteaders sji
ready nad the. temenlty to stake .claims
when tho.' teserystlon was . opened to
them Irt. April lust, but as the mineral
rights , were reserved by the federal
government, such premature prospectors
fourld themselves ejected by omniscient
officials and their claims have become
sot much waste paper. Still, the work
accomplished by them has gone; far to
prove the worth of the new mineral rei
gion, and if It should prove to be onl
one half of all that is claimed for it
Miss Spokane will find her old beau re;
habilitated, .with a full purse, and si
such quite worthy . of something mors
than a passing bow., ; "t
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Direct Election of Senators. I
- A man who gives only his Initials
writes to the New York; Evening Post as
follows:- .; : 9 '....; s
."I have been slow to. yield assent to
tne plan or electing United States sen
ators by direct vote of the people, but
the revelations in the Lorimer en hv
convinced me hat -, that change cannot
come too soon. This case shows not
only1 that seats In the senate are bought;
but that men who have money and pot
llttcal pull can buy Juries afterwards.
In jipite i of the Confessions of the
brlDo-takers, backed ; by the strongest
rlrciimstantlal evidence, 'three Juries In
Chicap have either failed, to agree, or
have acquitted the .culprits., , And now
we are told that the. senate committee
appointed- to investigate "tne affair "ha
agreed, to whitewash Ixrtmer becauf-l
the bribe; money was not traced "to him
or because he had sufficient votes to
elect htm without counting the members
who-confessed that they were paid Irt
cash for their vo'tea. On thia polnf
senators should reflect that they, can
not lift Lorimer up, although they may
let themselves . down. Probably some
of them Were: on Jils level ; before this
investigation began.
"There may be evils that we know not
of to arise from direct voting for sena
tors,, but they-would rot; be so deadly
aa those which the Lorimer case brings
inu view. tew votes may be bought
at a direct election as a few are bought
at general, elections now. but nobodv
can buy a majority, or any considerable
numoer, in a great state. The detention
of bribery at a general election where
multitudes of people are assembled is
comparatively easy. - Moreover.' bribery
1 general election would not be likely
to project itself Into the Jury oom af
terward and corrupt the very fountain
of Justice. This I consider the most
alarming phase of the Lorimer case, ex
ceeding even the humiliation of the nni
ate in voting Itself down to Loeimer's
level, 11 u snail so vote.
'hi, ' :r;i.':. Liberia. -
Prom PODUiar MRhan.a
! The United States is about to under
take tutelage Of the little renuhltn of
Liberia, on' the west coast of Africa. 1
was iounaea in lzo by the American
Colonisation society as a home for
slaves from this country who had se
cured their1 freedom. it
DUbllC In 1S47. It HOW rrnitalni ahnnt
0,000 Liberia ns alonsr the
AAA AAA A J
vuv.uvv - wiiu negroes in t tne interior.
witn tne consent -of Liberia and ap
proval of the leadlnar Eurnncati
the United States is arrana-lnar thrnnrh
American, French and German bankers
to noat a loan or 12.000,000 necessary
to put Llberlan finances in shape; the
sum to be repaid chiefly from customs
on exports, of which , rubber is the
largest.. The United States will assist
Liberia to eet on a firm han'n. hv tak
ing charge , of Its financial, 1 military
and . agricultural departments, and fort
eign relations. ; English papers welcome
the .advent jof the. United States: as a
new power in Africa, and the Dally Malt
says "this is, a change which - will af
fect future history as perhaps no other
event la the last 20 years, with the sin
gie exception-or the rail of Port Arthur.-
in Liberia-no white man is al
lowed to acquire citizen's , rights. 01
own property. ; It has "no standing army.
Senators by Popular Vote. ;
Prom the Christian' Rnlenca
! , There is ground for believing that the
senate win do roroea aurwg tne present
session to taae action upon the resolu
tion proposed by Senator Brlstow of
Kansas a year ago providing ! for the
submission to the people of an amend
ment to the constitution permitting the
election ' of. United States senators by
direct vote. It Is said that the sub
committee of the Judiciary committee
to which the resolution was referred has
agreed to report It ' If It be reported to
the senate, members of that body who
have long ' managed to avoid placing
themselves n record with regard to
direct senatorial elections will be com
pelled to vote for or against It ,
in view of; the number of states that
bav already' petitioned c'ongress to sub
mit such an amendment, and in view of
the narrow margin by 'which several of
the state legislatures have defeated such
petitions,, and In view -of the unques
tionable growth of popular sentiment in
favor of ,the chanjrc, It seems certain
Xhat.thfe. amaBdurtitoiU-b-ubnittd
ana, equally .certain that H Will , be
adopted. , by . the ...necessary number': of
If tho amendment were submitted to
pupmar vote in1 tne dirrerent states at
this time there is hardly a doubt that
it would receive majorities even in those
COMMENT AND
SMALL C1IANGB
It didn't look or feel like a hard win
ter yesterday, anyway.
. v .
Some Deonle would be thajikful for a
gilt of even a calendar.
A preacher has one advantage: his
audience never talks back.
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It won't he too late to do some a-nod
in 1910 for three days yet
a .
The usual number of neoole- will watch
the old year out and the new year in.
The war howlers cannot keeD most
people from having a happy New Tear.
V .
It will be s blue Tuesday next week
for some. . But settle ud and look Pleas
ant
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Dr. Cook says that Explorer Rasmus-
sen smells bad. So did tr. Cook's nar
rative. It Is -aafe to predict that-no bensoate
of soda will be allowed in Dr.'AViley's
honeymoon. ; . .
W W .. ... ' ...
Dr. Wiley, who has married a woman
less than half his age, is 66 old enough
to know better, ' r .
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A-new kind of mince nle - Is adver
tised.; But what. we hanker for is the
old country kind. . 1 i. " .
Con Kress Is In no a-reat hurry, it will
not reassemble 'until January 5 and will
then adjourn till tne next week. . .
Graham-White is said to have made
1 100,000 out of aviation. But what good
will tbat do him when he falls.
Ir' ':.;:."..'jtr, - i a ' ,; liV'
One' should not expect anythlna? new
or strange In a play called "The Kiss
ing. Girl." She's rather common. ,
It is (mite annronrlate for wool grow
ers to meet in January.,- .Somehow wool
feels good . then, even in this mild ,.cli
How would It do to resolve beforehand
to have a. decent eariy Sunday morning
New Year day. and start the year off
right? ;:;,.(, , ..:vj;-
The neonle who are in terror lest the
Japs should, take this country would
hotter run home and hide under some
Sissy's apron. .; ; "'-i.:- v. ;.,;.
.'It Is asserted that the ' foHheom Inst
meeting of wool growers in Portland
will be the largest and most important
one yet held. ;. . 1 .. .:-
We'll have" to admit that the east
beats us on slelghbell Jlnglea. But we
can beat the east on year-end flowers,
ripe berries and pirg songs. . ! ,
-.,: .',.-' . ., ,'-'' ''.::
Now who can 'doubt that-the beef
trust people were losing money in their
business? Michael Cudahy left anes
state of only about $11,000,000.
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A Boston paper congratulates the peo
ple of that old town on the present
absence of danger from 'sunstroke. But
it doesn't mention freezing to death..
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,It ought not to take long for every
body to resolve to buy Oregon-made
products a far as possible next year,
and to boost the good roads, movement
.'J. .v-.i! :: t -' -; n V.. M
- G?overnor-eIect Cruce of Oklahoma has
declined to attend his own- Inaugural
ball, because he doesn't want to wear a
dress suit. Why doesn't he Imitate the
late Governor Pennoyer of Oregon and
attend w1 thou t neT. ' ' ; h ' ? -,y ;-
Li:,'.. : . , .' '. ' ','' " - ' ; ' :
Dr. Wiley aaya that people living oh
the equator will freeze to death In a
million years. That gives them long and
ample' time In- which to move. Tho
present frigid tones will then be torrid
wr temperate, perhaps Ti. ,,.
. The city council of Orovllle "has made
It a misdemeanor for a woman- to wear
her hnt at a public gathering. Now If
OrOville has an officer to enforce that
ordinance, If the women choose to dis
obey It, he can get his name inscribed
on the temple of fame. i
December 28 in HwtoryCLarlemagne
In Rome, on December 28, 800, when
the -Christmas festival was still at Its
height n the Holy City, Charlemagne
who was visiting the city, appeared in
the Church of St. Peter, and after .the
Celebration of the holy .mysteries Pope
Leo III '. suddenly placed a precious
crown qn his head; lnvesjlng him with
the title "Emperor of the Romans," the
dome resounding with the acclamation
of the people, "Long life and victory to
Charles,- the most . pious Augustus,
crowned by God the great and pacific
emperor of the Romans ' : , '
- With this coronation was -revived the
Empire of the West Upon the death
of his father, Pepin, Charlemagne
(Charles tbe Great) became the sole
monarch of the Pranks and ruler not
only over France; but a "large part of
Germany. ' Having made war 'upon' the
Lombards in Italy, he took their capital
and pnt an end to the monarchy which
had lasted about two Bentnrieav.'r-.-j
Charlemagne was not-only distin
guished for fcis' military talents, but
was passionately found of learning, re
ceiving instruction, from Alcuin, a Sax
on, who was the most ' accomplished
scholar of the age. He also showed the
greatness of hi character by the many
useful enterprises which-he planned for
the benefit of his people, and by his
efforts to dispel the ignorance which
universally prevailed. - 1
Hallam, the historian, "In his "Europe
During the Middle Ages," pays the'fol
lowlng . tribute to Charlemagne: ' A
strong sympathy for Intellectual excel
lence was the leading characteristic of
Charlemagne, and this undoubtedly
biased him -in the chief political error
of his conduct that of encouraging the
power and pretentions of the hierarchy.
But perhaps his greatest eulogy Is writ
ten in the disgrace of succeeding times
and the miseries of Europe. ' He stands
alone like a beacon upon a Waste of a
rock ia . the .broad ocean. . His, scepter
was as the bow of Ulysses, which could
hot be drawn by any weaker hand. In
the dark ages of European history, the
reign" of Charlemagne affords, a soli
tary resting place between two long.pe
iods of turbulence and ignominy, deriv
ing the advantages of contrast both
from that of the preceding dynasty and
of a posterity for whom he had formed
states that are pronounced In their con
servatism. , '
How Gct-IUch-Quick Schemers Use
, the Mails. ' .
) , Front the Christian Herald. .
No department of tbe - government
comes into closer or more constanftouch
With the people than the postoffice, and
valuable though Us services' are. to alt,
there Is no cla" of men who use them
to such" advantage as tho "get-rlch-qulck"
schemers. The postmaster gen
eral is , quoted as saying that within
a few years more than $100,000,000 has
been taken fraudulently from the people
through the machinery of the postoffice,
and the spread of the rural free delivery
system. "This is an enormous amount
but the authorities -declare that it la far
below the actual sum and possibly rep
resents less than one-half of the total
amount lost lost through the rascality
of i. the. few and the blind credulity of
the many. . - ,
'-'wh6TTTiatI8newrTifie'irjnrJiff-hatit
protest if our postal authorities at
tempted to emulate those of Russia, by
reading' the private correspondence of
our citizens. - The schemers know this,
ahd take advantage of It. From county
tax lists, business directories and other
sources they collect the names of pros
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Buena Vista district ' Is Improving
roads. 1 '
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. The little town of Alsea Is now aglow
with electric lights. -
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School census indicates that the pop
ulation of The Dalles is S3S0. ,
a '
"Man near Union' with a big band of
sheep fed the first hay last week.
. . a
A Macksburg turkey sent to the Port
land market last week weighed 37
pounds. -
, a , a
Senator LA Follette has had some
rail stones removed, but he has not lost
his gall. , ... .
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Every dollar expended on our roads
gives us increased land values, truly
remarks the Clatskanle Chief.
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East Oregonian:' We are finding out
what W. J. Furnish and Dr. Coe think
of each other . (and Jim Raley?) , .,
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Some farmers around Brownsville
have been 1 receiving- about $10 per
month per cow for milk sold, to . tho
creamery. ;.. -, j
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Eugene cannery shipped a carload of
canned prunes to Sioux Falls, Iowa.
Thus Oregon gets partly even for those
Iowa eggs, .butter and bacon.
Curry county's 65 rnlles of ' thermal
belt is the most equable' in the world,
and is practically exempt from fog
south of Cape Bianco, claims the Post
Oxford Tribune. "...
a a
Stlverton Appeal: We have purchased
a typewrlter and are laboring hard to
master the 'name. The fact, is we don't
know any more about tha machine than
a rabbit does about hoeing oats, but. we
are In hopes of :le.arnlng.f.;;,.;-is?',-(S',vir'
A big farmer near Union ' has' had
his men at work' plowing sod all fall
this work continuing np to this week,
and the men are still at It, says th4
Republican. This Is an indication that
the winter thus far la the Grand Ronde
has not been very severe. , ,
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Scappoose correspondence of "Clat
skanle Chiefs If anyone should ask if
Scappoose wants saloons, please . refer
them to the saloon petition, which
shows - not Over 1 half a doxen of ouf
representative men Most of the other
names -are a puzzle to pronounce and
the men do not live in this town and
a great many of them are not known to
our people. f . i - -, --"'r. ', " -
Sitverton A ppeal : ! A lost purse which
was advertised in the Appeal last week
was brought to the office by an honest
and upright young man. It proved to
be the property of one of our estimable
young women, who called at the office
and satisfactorily Identified the same.
No less than four people came toVhe
office and stated they had lost purses
containing ail the way from J2 "to $10.
It might be barely possible the finders
of these -purses are-waiting for the
losers to make known their losses
through the columns of this paper. ,
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The. Newport council is considering
the matter of public dock.., The To
ledo Leader says:, "It . is sincerely
hoped that the city may secure a pub
lic landing place for boats. -Much of
Newport's trade comes from thewater,
There are more then 400 launches, on
the bay, but , heretofore but a smail
per cent of them go to. the reaort city
because there is no place but private
docks at which to tle up:. ; , v
.;1fi.i(..:lfcHL mi i.i-L.av.f.t
Corvallls Gaaette-Tlmes A dispatch
from Medford says many 'of the or
chardlsts of the Rogue River valley wifl
attend the O. A. C. short courses here
In January and 'February., . Apparently,
we have -to b-fac away from good
things to desire them. But an Insig
nificant per cent of Benton county farm
ers find it worth while to attend these
short' courses, while" hundreds 'come
from a considerable distance, at great
expense, to get what -Benton county
farmers coul(j , get at comparatively no
cost '
an .empire which . they wer. unworthy
and unequal to maintain.' .
Gibbon in his ."Decline. and Fall - of
the Roman Empire" says: -The appel
lation Of "great has been ofteiv bestowed
add sometime deserved, but Charle
magne is the only prince in whose favor
the title has been indissolutely blended
with the name. That name, with the
addition of 'saint la inserted In the
Roman calendar and the saint by a rare
felicity, is crowned with the praises of
the historians and philosophers of an
enlightened age.. His real merit is
doubtless enhanced by the barbarism of
the nation and the times from which
he emerged, but the apparent magnitude
of an object is likewise enlarged by an
u 7 equal comparison, and the ruins of
Palmyra derive, a casual splendor from
the nakedness of the surrounding des
ert" :rU. y--i ',?b,v Y.'-V'-Vs
; Charlemagne died In 'the, forty-sev-enth
year of his reign and the fourteenth
of his title "Emperor of the Romans."
He was buried' at Aix-la-Chapelle. His
body is said to have been, disposed in
the following manner: He was seated
upon a throne of gold, clad in his im
perial habits. He had a crown upon his
head and was girt with his Sword. He
held a chalice , in his hand, ; the book of
the Evangelists upon his,' kneesj hi
scepter . and gold buckler at his feet
The sepulchre Was filled with -pieces of
gotd, perfumed and sealed, and above, a
triumphal arch was raised: with this
epitaph; "Here rests the body of Charles
the Great and orthodox' emperor, who
gloriously enlarged the kingdom of the
French and governed it happily for 47
years."- -'l-i mw: v ,f : f,
December 28, 1816, the American Col
onization society was organised; In 1846,
Iowa Was admitted Into the untod and
In f 908 the earthquake in Italy occurred.
Today Is the birthday of Rev. Alexander
J. i Forsyth, clergyman and Jnventor
I1T881 Thomas Ewing,. secretary of the
treasury under Harrison Ui8S); Gather
ine M. Sedgwick, ' author ',(1789);-Jerei
mlah Clemens, statesman and author
(1814); William E. Chandler, secretary
of the ,navy and United States senator
(1835); ahd Wood row Wilson, president
of Princeton university (1856). Today is
the date of the death of Lord Macaulcy
in 18B9. ' , k - . .
pective Victims,
easy.
This done, the rest ts
,. f The Farmers' Demands, f
From the Grants Pasa Outlook. -'Although
the farmers of the country
are becoming Increasingly : less ' from
Lyear to year according to th4 "census,
tne lact snouia De kept in mind by the
political bosses and the System, that the
men who st.il remain , upon the . farm
&re getting a little more foxy and a
ttle better- posted 'every year., That
they will be a political factor to be
taken Into account in future Is being
made evident by the proceedings of the
National Grange, recentlyan session in
an. eastern city. The "hayseeds" deliv
ered themselvesv Very Intelligently on
national Issues, and came out' emphat
ically In favor of radical tariff revision,
a national income tax, .direct election of
United States senators,' the parcels post
federal aid for road improvements, etc..
andvheir en'tlmpnta,iwUJ,;4wakea,j:e,
SRpnslve 1 chord ,ln the ( breast of mil
lions of farmers throughout the country.
. Barring a few tightwads and moss
backs, Stayton -Is fortunate in having
an unusually progressive and up to date
lot of business men, boasbs the ever
boosting Mail, f' . , '
TANGLEFOOT
By M3e Overholt -
BROTHER ED,
. One time my brother "Ed, was cast upon
a desert isle. Thee ' captain -said: . "I
calculate 'twill . hold you fer awhile."
You see the captain threw htm off; Ed
pawed himself to land, for" he Is deaf and
dumb, and swims s well as talks by
hand. ''.'.; -v--
. Well, Ed was' cast upon the isle where
nothing ever grew because .no one had
planted seeds, which, no one cared to do.
Tou know it is a lonesome task, to farm
a hill of sand,' for oftentimes a- blast of
wind win resurrect the' land.,' '
But Ed. you know, is mighty smart,
although his head is bone, and when the
time to act arrives, why he will stand
aionewv "Now What about some .seedT
said "Now wiiat about some seedT
He said that on 16 fingers, for he was in
greatest need. . - He hadn't eaten much
but sand for nearly 20 days; that e why '
he used his fingers in so many different
ways. -.",
'I need some corn to make my meal,"
thought Edward, thinking1 fast, then ,
quickly grabbed onto a thought before
It hobbled past He sat him down upon
the . sand with', sudden .burst of speed,
then clipped the coma from his ten toes
and took from each a Seed and planted
them In , even t rows along the water
front; he then picked up a stone or two
and started .on -a hunU i';i,w-v: 'Xt j t
Ajiother-thought occurred to him ere
he had gone; a mile that's : why ' he
stopped and groaned and sighed until he
forced a smile. "I need a patch of rye,"
he said, to make a loaf of bread., (And
yet some people laugh because he has a
wooden head.) ) And so he mad a wry
face which: he planted with- the com,
and he had a crop next morning Just as
sure aa you are "born. , '-. ' i-er iv'.
. He beat himself at solitaire and plant
ed all the beats, and he raised 'em in his
garden with all his, other -treats. He
hopped along the rocky beach and raised
a crop of hops; for Edward is a hustler
and he's not ithe kind that stops when
big contingencies' arise that's why he's
rich today. He had hay-fever badly, so
he raised a crop of hay, " And from his
Adam's apple he started quite a tract of
orchard on, a southern slope, Which was
a nifty act He also raised the price of
grain when schooner Sailed that; way
and he made a million dollars just from
selling musty hay. - . "
: He .lived upon the Island for about
a hundred years or. anyway that's wha
he says he often sheds some tears when
he tells of his experience thals when
the tears are jihed but I often' wish
that; l eeuld lie as fast aa Brother Ed. ,,,
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THE DRAY HORSE. -Sometimes,
most every day, I guess, J
. t ' get into a rut! t , .
And then I write such Htuff as this1,
-. or worse, if anything; - "ft
And people say!' "That -guy can't, wrttej
why, he is Just a mutt'" -
And then I find tb1r stinger hurts as
much ai any sting.
It wakes me up and then I climb a few
feet higher, which
Is just as bad, because, why then, Tm
simply in a niche. . t . - - s
AMUSEMENTS FOR A RAINY , DAT.
Try playing., the national airs on, a
shoe horn. ... ' . , r.. - -, i t
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. Irish Nationalists Gained.
From the New York Evening" Post'
i One. feature of the final election re
turns in England : la gratifying. . Mr. .
Redmond and the Irish" Nationalists,
have gained five seata. In the last par
liament th, numbered 71. In the next
they will muster 76. - Two of the
seats which they have won they gained,
from the Conservatives themselves; who
had raised the hysterical cry about Red. '
mond the, "dollar dictator.?,' It la re-
freshing to find that such stark political
nmiaOTtMA Ham tint-. nrk. . Pflmnnil nnit
1 . 1
his party were but tnfcde the stronger. 1
' LJI. . L. . ,M . . 1 . . L - A
oy il, wiuw iacr i uu iiruni tnu uia .
bogey 'American dollars'? had any effect
upon English constituencies except to
make them disgusted. . Aa the net result
is studied : by - Balfour and - Lansdowne- ;
and Rosebery and the other Intellectuals ,
who shouted and pointed with horror at
American gold, they roust feel like the
negro who grovelled on the earth be
fore a revivalist that he supposed to .
be Whltefleld but who said, when In
formed that It was another man: "Then
I got dowh in the dirt for nothing. -
'", Genesis" of Was1 Sentiment. ' : ',
' From tho Public.' , .
The American war sentiment has its
habitation the pacific-coast where -an '
insane race hatred. which originated in
antl-Chlnese demagogy, and plutagogy
has been deftly turnW from Chinese tq
Japanese. . This sentiment la ; supple
men ted ' y' personal ambitions in the
army ahd navy, by an abnormal Jingo,
spirit which broods over every nation '
all. the time, and by newspapers that
subordinate ' journalism to proprietary
interests "on the sldp. And It re se
cretly serveij and fosfered by .business'
Interests that find" profit' in wars and
preparations f pr war notably . the. Steel . .
trust : Glvenv these factors and Mar?
can be roade to "throw a fit at almost"
any moment by shrewd publicity man
agement. -' ''
Battling Nelson
- (Contributed to Tba Journal b)r Will Maaoa.
tbe tamoua Uasaaa poa.. iut (iroaa-pocms am a
refnJar faatura ot tbls euluma la Tbe Pali
Journal). . '(
It Jarred me up like everything, when
Nelson , met. hfs . last, defeat . He left
the sanctum for the ring, forsook the
cloister's calm. retreat to mingle swats'
with one Moran, a vulgar person, ! am
told; and now, he has a' damaged can, '
his heart Is sick, his feet are cold. How
often, friends, must I explain that men.
should not forsake their trade? It give
my heart a convex pain that my behests
are not obeyed. When Battling Nelson
for the press was writing gripping,
vital- tales,' he, was a stranger to dis
tress, and tiaDDlhtlHS W. hlo 4n'hnl.,. '
The gems of thought dropped from hieit V
pen like diamonds , of a ray serene; he
Buomoa nna.uneerea tne souls of rnen
and earned full many a golden bean. 1
That sturdy yeoman. - Jeffries, came"
from rustlo scenes and vernal tints, to
elevate the fighting game, and wen; .'
back home again in splints. And Uncle
Joe, the T)anvllle sport, passed UD his
hascballteanC.t,h!8orcat-.ttt.prAno-4i.-.
congress and cavort and there he got a
wooden ear. ' Friends, ' Romans; sports
apd fellow guygf just watch me, while"
in truth I wade: The gentleman who's'
truly wise,' will stick like beeswax t
his trade! -
copjmtht. 1910, 'j. a jry
tears