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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1911. THE JOURNAL AH INDBPBKDBNI HffWSPArHB, r Ot Si JACKSON. w...Pnl)llrt" ruflL&d ewr arenlna (Mfept Sucdr) and ewy Sunday mornlnr at Tb Journal Bulkl ' in-, Fifth, and Tasihlll itTMU, Portland, Or, , - Enter at the poatofflea at Portland. Or., for Iranamiaaioa UuoufB (Ht Siaiia econa-cuw matter. TELEPHONES . Mats 7178: Home, A-405L All department rtirhfd br tbMa number. Tell tne operator What department' yoa want. rrBKIO!f APVERTISINQ BEPBESBNTATITB, flnjmln Kcntnor Co., Bruniwick Building, ,826 Fifth avanne. New Toraj 12X8 Peoptaa nuiwinr. cuicafo. nhscrlptloti Term or mall or to anr addrea IS tli United Stat. Canada or Weiico: . .. . DAILY. On rear. ...... ,8.00 On month ...I M On year $2.50 One month 1 .28 ...... DAILY A.VD SL'NDAr. On rear 87.60 One month ..I .45 Do the duty that lleth near est thee. The next will already - have become plainer. Carlyle. MR. SIGLER AND THE INITIATIVE "T rO MY WAY of thinking, there has been no more viclouj or pernicious law ever pot on any statute than the in- , itiatlve law as It la being used In the great 'state of, Oregon." Such Is the statement attributed to.As- tessor Slgler In aa address before ' the recent convention of the county Judges In Portland, Mr, Slgler charged thai by the In . Ulatlve, the citizens had saddled $7,660,000 of bonded indebtedness . upon the city of Portland In the last . three years, and this was cited as one evidence of why the initiative is Iniquitous, Strangely enougn in the same address Mr. Slg'.f-r said: "J was in favor of the two sonptitu- tlonal amendments recommendo-l by our late tax commission . which - were referred to the people at the . a X w A a t lafil election, am, aiaa anq birch, - these amendments did not have the hook baited to -some proposition - which would indicate to the voter that he was going to escape paying ' something. "As consequence; they were defeated.'- ' How does Mr. Slgler reconcile his ' stten&atsf In one part of his ad dress ne declares that the controll ing motive of the -voters is the de " sire' "to escape- paying something." - In another part, he insists that' they have saddled a bonded debt of $.- 660,000 on the city of Portland, ",which must mean that they, are not , controlled by a desire "to escape pay dent purpose is to convict the initia tive -both a-comin' and a-goin but happily a discriminating public "will refuse te oe convinced except on -less conflicting ; testimony. --; - As to the 17.660,000 of bonded in . debtedness, it was not the initiative, ' put , the people., .that '.. incurred It. Since they are to ;pay it,' do not the people have a Tight to vote this In debtedness? Is anybody -prepared to say that they are .not getting 100 cents worth of value for every dol lar of bonds issued? J Mr. S"lglers : real fight is not against the Initiative, bat against the citizens of Portland. When -he-assails the bond Issues, he attacks, es sentially, not - the means by which ; bonds' were voted, but the men who ' voted them. In effect, he challenges , their right to be allowed to vote bond issues for such things as they want. " In taking that position, Mr. Bigle win encounter many people in Port , land who will honestly differ with him THE GROWTH OP EAST LAND PORT- I 'F A VISITOR Is to' be impressed by the solidity and 'stability of the growth of Portland of course he must be shown the factories - and skyscrapers, the mills and ship ping, the railroads and warehouses: then the churches and library, the big hotels and apartment houses; then Council Crest and Portland Heights, with the costly residences dotting the hills west of the city. It should not end here. ' '-"Possibly the visitor Is from an eastern manufacturing city, where a hard and deep cut line exists be tween the showpIaceB of that city. and the .region where the workers live, or rather exist. The streetcars there probably pass through or over mile long rows of dingy houses where i j grass and flowers are unknown lux uries, where the children , play and fight on the dirty streets for lack of better play grounds. To Such a-visitor the environs of - Portland are a revelation; "and a" delight, if he la blessed with not only eyes to see but a heart to feel. Taka him over one of the bridges to tne east side. Explain -to him that in ..1910 no less than SI 26 permits were Issued to build homes and houses there. Then; start from the river bank on the northeast ending of the city and ride, or better walk, with ' him up one street and down the next, noting what you see. Each , house, large or small, has room to breathe, a garden to enjoy. Univer sal rose trees promise summer beauty; , Every lawn is green, for -5Vre Is no economv i0 water even in "the hot .tnonhs. Yhe common style of house; through all these districts ,and additions is the five or six -roomed, bungalow. AH. clean and neatly painted. and well kept up. Street after street, district after district," a seemingly never ending exhibition of modern, prosperous, at tt active homes. ' ' - , Streetcars ' everywhere, churches abounding stores, grouped near by the streetcar ; stopping places. , Sa loons conspicuous by their absence. Sphoo1hou3es.pxertoppJolL-othat etruptures. . Btsfore he has gone very fir "Who ia the world live In all these houses; and who owns them?" says your vis itors And yon answer, "the smaller storekeepers, store and factory clerks and officials, the better paid mechan ics and trtisans, factory workers of all grades,: streetcar men, and all these seemingly without end. As to ownership : nearly every one owns his home, which If not entirely is in great part paid for. In such homes, such surroundings, the strength and, stability, of Port land-is bnnt secure. TltE KELLAHER RESOLUTION INCB THE issue has bden raised the senators who voted down the Kellaher resolution yes .terday, should prepare and pass a substitute that correctly, reflects their views. Unlees there have been a m a . a iaiae professions, mere are 18 sen ators who are loyal friends of the Oregon plan. The Journal still be lieves that there is in the senate a neavy majority wining to recom mend the Oregon system to legisla tures of other states. By yesterday's vote, the senate stands recorded as against the Ore gon plan. In .effect, the assembly- Ites have won a victory. It Is prob able that the news has already been telegraphed throughout the countrv. The reactionaries will never lose a chance to use yesterday's vote for discrediting the Oregon plan In other states. Governors 'In a large number of the states have, in their Inaugurals, recommended the Oregon plan to legislatures. In these bodies the question of adoption Is under con sideration and there are-members for and against. In the hands of op ponents of popular government In these bodies, yesterday's vote in th Benate of Oregon will be campaign material, and there Is no question but it will, if allowed to stand, be supplied and used. Eighteen Oregon senators are, by their; campaign professions, under obligation to vote for any reasonable resolution indorsing the Oregon sys tem: Eighteen ef them, are in honor bound not to dodge behind Jonathan Bourne as an" excuse 'for votine against a reasonable resolution. Eighteen of them are in honor bound not to attempt to play Jonathan Bourne as head and front of the Oregon plan, as was done yesterday. That number of the, senators know that there, are others beside Mr. Bourne who are advocates of the I system. , , Had. the Issue never been, raised, But there should, In view of what has happened, be a reversal of yes terday which was In effect a tri umphal day for assemblylsm and as- semblyltes, FIRE LAWS SAVE LIFE - E' VERY HEAyiLYrfcrested state is menacea oy tnat'ffiost Tear ful of calamities next to plague and earthquake -i a sweeping rorest fire. Years may elapse with nothing more' sreious than ' the lets of millions of dollars in destroyed re sources and .-the- impoverishing - or death of obscure settlers, to toth' of which, we seem to be calloused, b,ut sooner or , larer mairrereuce leads in evitably Jo a , Baudette, or Hinckley horror. Given, a community that scatters firennrestrained, , and na ture will eventually supply, the com bination of drought' and wind that makes human effort , powerless to Biay the leaping walls of flame thai envelop houses and villages in the most horrible of deaths. It has been but a few months since Oregon came perilously near such an experience. As it was, six precious lives were lost before rain fell at a a. a a i . . ume wnen raw coma not reason ably have been expected. As devel opment progresses into our forest areas, the hazard to lives and prop erty increases. Timber owners are constantly Increasing their precau tions and expenditure until the hold ings of the majority are becoming as safe as they can be made without public cooperation. The great haz ard lies not in these, but in the out lying areas where fires are more likely to occur, where settlers' inter ests are paramount, and where the timber owner cannot, maintain ade quate patrol. Forest fires are practically un necessary. Education and enforce ment of the law, with authorized pa trol in times and localities of un usual danger, afford insuranca at a cost insignificant compared with the result. The legislature should pass the forest fire bill without a dis senting vote. THEN B ENEFICIAL EFFECTS on Ore gon from the opening of the Panama canal are foreshad owed in conditions that have appeared in the lumber trade. A steamship company doing business between Atlantic and Pacific ports via the Panama railroad has Just announced a lumber rate equal to about one half the all-rail rate. The cut has made the shipment of lum ber from this coast to New York profitable, and Portland lumbermen are taking heavy orders for the bus iness. Here is one example of what the canal will do for Portland and Ore gon. Oregon has one fifth of the standing timber in the United States. Except In the south the timber sup ply east of the Mississippi river is on the border land of exhaustion: Already In eastern states lumber is being sawed from timber that would scarcely be used for piling or ties west of the Rockies. The east is now and -will more and mom-become' one of the best lumber markets In the world.' ( What will Oregon's timber be worth then? And. what an enor mous influence on that value will be a lumber rate foreshadowed la the present cat rate on the steamship line Operating via' the Panama rail road.J Its process of shipment Is"by steamer to the isthnius,"thence ; the hauling incident to transfer to the railroad, . and a. second handling in the. transfer to steamer on the At lantic side. These transfers of cargo are a costly factor In transportation. It this steamship line carries Oregon lumber to New York at half the all- rail, rate, what will be the rate, anl what the effect, when with the canal opening there Is no transfer of cargo, but only the free ' movement of "big steamers from Portland through the canal to New York? f In a famous "article, Admiral Evans declared that the Panama canal, if property conserved by un monopolized water terminalswould give a water haul cost between the Pacific and Atlantic of One half or less than one half the all-rail ate. No authority is more competent to speak with accuracy. A half rate and the dwindling lumber supply of the eastern states, should give enor mous value to Oregon forests. . It should give greatly stimulated value to every other Oregon product It should, make .Oregon hum. with In-, dustry and enterprise. Discernment of all this by sagac ious capitalists is explanation of the present railroad and other activity in Oregon. The state will be on the i map in brilliant colors when the i great canal opens to traffic. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR T IS A GOOD rule to occslonally abolish an office rather than add more, The Oregon ballot is al ready, over long with multiplied officials. A process of subtraction more to be desired than one of addition. But, twice In Oregon history. secretary of state has succeeded to the governorship, and as many times there has been presented the anora alous episode of one person occupy ing both positions. It . happened, in the case of the late governor Chad wick, and was presented again in the succession of Mr. Benson to the governorship. In each instance the change was caused by the election of the governor to the position of United States senator. It is reasonable to expect that b7 death. Incapacity or for otner cause, there will be in the future an occa sional vacancy in the office of gov ernor. The provision of the Oregon constitution that the secretary of state shall be the successor, gives to the latter complete control of the state board, gives him two salaries and produces other situations of doubtful virtue. Apropos of this, two bills have ap peared at Salem, proposing a cdnstl tutlonal amendment tor creating the office of lieutenant governor. One is by Calkins in the senate, and the other by Powell in the house. The provisions are similar save that the Powell bill provides a salary of $1200 and the Calkins bill only the regular legislative salary except In case of succession, when as governor the full executive salary will apply In each case there Is provision that the new official shall preside over the enate, a contingency that would eliminate the biennial strug gle for that position, a struggle that in the convention flays resulted in many a conspiracy against the state The plan, especially with the Calkins salary scheme, might meet with ap proval by the electorate. The only real objection to it is the undesir able multiplication of public officials. EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES T WO HUNDRED million dollars' worth of iron and steel manu factures were exported from the United States during! the calendar year 1910, a larger total In value than in any earlier year. The largest exportation prior to 1910 was $197,000,000 worth In the calendar year v 1907, while in 1902 the total was but $98,000,000 and in 1903, $99,000,000, thus indicating that the exports of 1910 will be more than those of 1902 and 190S combined. The total value of all manufactures exported was about $830,000,000. Practically every country In the world Imports our iron and steel manufactures, in, one form or another. Even the great steel manufacturing countries of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ger many and France, buy heavily of these American products and so do China, Japan, India, Egypt, Bast Indies, Australia, Central Africa, South America, and other portions of ;the globe. Not only iron and, steel, but many other American manufactures, that are eold in all parts of the world. Electrical machinery goes to more than 75 countries. Our t printing presses are in use in all European countries, In the orient, in Aus tralia, Africa, and elsewhere.. Amer ican windmills, to 70 countries, type writers to -mor than 80,. and sew ing machines to as many" ;More than 60 countries buy American wire, wire hails, stationary, "steam engines, table 'cutlery, fire f arms, laundry machinery, mining machin ery, locks and hinges,' pumping ma chinery, pipes and fittings; and many other things. All these articles, of which $830,- 000,000 worth were sold abroad last year, went at much lower prices than in this country. Abroad, they were sold In ' competition with - similar manufactures of other countries: there was no protection. They were presumably sold at ji prof it. jBut the hlgproflts were made"' off the American people who, owing to high protection shutting off all. foreign Competition, were - obliged to pay from 15 to 35 per cent iqore tffan foreigners for these manufactures.: Is it strange that there is still an insistent demand by American , con- i sumers for a revision "of the tariff? ENGLAND'S SMALL LAWS CROP . OF I T MAY INTEREST - some of our legislators at Salem to know that the average number of laws re sulting from the labors of the British parliament has been, for the past 10 years, only 45 annually. In the strenuous sixties the average was 129. - The mother parliament sits annually from about November' till August and' Is always full of busi ness. But the mill grinds slowly and very fine, as the results show. Letters From V And Jailbirds on the Pea Committee? Portland, Or.. Jan. ll-To the Editor of The Journal A stranger to the names on the legislative committers would like to inquire.. Is the committee on alco holic trafflo composed of saloonkeeper or Drewersr ir not, why is the com mlttee on medicine and pharmacy headed Dy una largely composed of doctors? I object The publlo welfare is menaced by such an arrangement, and it is high time our lawmakers realised this. ' l KENNETH SHELDON.. On County Division. ' Pendleton. Or, Jani 15. To the Edi tor of The Journal In roar editorial of January 14, "Pellverance Wanted," you are evidently speaking in favor of settling the county division questions by leaving the questions to the people directly Interested. . I have given this question much thought, and to my mind there could not be anything more un just or vicious. If such a measure should become a law, how long would for Instance, the people In the south end of Malheur county be throwing off the yoke of that long drive of a week or ten days. to get to or from the pres ent county seat at Vale? In tne name of Justice do not advocate such an un just law. Tours for Justice, O. E. TOWNSENtt Robin nood and Little John. Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 17. To the Editor of The Journal Whether Rohln Hood was a myth or-a real person I do not know, but I do know that the mid land oountlee of England are full of legends anjd traditions of him. When I was living at Bamford, Derbyshire, I was shown a cave in fche side of a mountain called Bamford Edge, and was told that' Robin Hood and Little John used to stand In thaj; cave and try the strength of' their bows by shooting at a huge boulder lying on the eloping side of the moun tain about one mile from the cave. Tradition says that Robin Hood's ar rows reached the boulder, but that Little John's arrows went beyond it. In Hathersage churchyard (about two miles from Bamford) I was shown two rough stones, about 9 or 10 feet apart and was told that they marked the grave of Little John, also that a thigh bone 30 inches long had been dug up there. M. M. Borrowing Newspapers. Cornelius Or, Jan. 16,To the Edi tor or The Journal What kind of a principle do you call It when people that are well able to subscribe tots, at paper won't do it but make It a rale to borrow their neighbor's? It seems unreasonable to say or write so, but it la a fact nevertheless, and more than that It Is not an uncommon thing. When you ask the reason why, the an swer invariably is: "Well, my wife don't want a paper in the house. At the same time the borrowed paper Is read fcy the Inmates of the family. Oh, consistency. There ere a good many small things done In this world, but that caps the climax. For people, and especially those of the foreign element not to take a county or a state paper. and only their own native one, la more man aosura. jjivmg in a country en- Joying all its prlveleges, paying for the support of it and then not want to know about it only by hearsay, or as said before, obligate themselves to their neighbors by borrowing. There Is nothing smaller, especially when abundantly able to purchase a paper or anything else. ALBERT O. YATES. Where Is Man's Chivalry? Portland. Or.. Jan. 17. To the Editor of .The Journal My attention has been called to an article entitled "Where Is Woman Charity?" whioh is so Illogical and manifests so much ignorance of the work being done both in an organ ised capacity . and individual . wark by the women for women that it Is but Just that It be answered.' That it takes occasion to soore the W. C, T. U. makes but small difference, as any one whose Judgment Is worth minding knows of the self-sacrificing work of that or ganization for the woj-nan In need of help. . - The opening sentence shows the ani mus of the whole attack upon women, in your wild and hysterical scramble to be men and to take men's places, how you do forsake all. things womanly. How you do, neglect the unfortunate of your own sex. In your' mad desire te vote and to dictate when. -where and how often a man shall Indulge in a drink of beer, you forget that there are hun dreds of girls who are going to the demnltlon bow wows for the sake of a kind word or a helping hand, The Teat of the article, presumably written by a man, deals with the fact that men will not pay women a living wage, that mem win put. temptation, in. their way, that men will lead them astray through their heed, and women are called Upon to for?" sake all attempt to place themselves in a position that -thy can be a cower In changing all this, i and give their time without - reservation to protecting poor gins against man's cupidity and lust He speaks or the W. C. T. V. wasting time over Alice Roosevelt I challenge mm to show when and where the ' W. C T. U. ha wasted either tears or postage- stamps over Alice. Though to be consistent the writer of the article In question should be as anxious to save her as any poor girl who is making shipwreck of her life. - I wish to bear witness to the work of women in saving women who axe In danger. Mrs. Lola a. Baldwin, who has perhaps done more than any other woman of this coast to save women and young girls from wrong doing is and has been aW.C,T.TJ. woman .for years, and it is from that organization she reoeived her call for woman's protection. She was for some years almost entirely- un der the employ of . the Y. W. G. A., nn onganlzation akin V the W. C ,TVu. in its work for women. - More than 20 years ago the W. C. T. U.' organized a department of work called at that time woman's woflc for Women." twhleh has been under that name and later' un der the name of "Rescue" work carried on by that organisation with unflagging seat There -Is scarcely a local union that has not this branch ol work or ganized, ? There Is Seldom a day that letters .do not Come to my desk with calls., tot- hlpo-advtca-eloBa--ihe-HBe of the 'Work of saving girls. It Is need less .to say tha( auoh calls -always re ceive the most careful attention. There Is scarcely a state W. C. T. TJ. that does net nowor has not at some tlms. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF : ;SMALL CHANGE .Bully for old King Chinook! -V - - - - .:.- Eleven of the 40 days gone already. " Heap chnckj more good weather for UVlIt, ....... . v , - ' . i , Too many chips on shoulders of legis lators. --. - Nobody forgot his umbrella the last day or two. u, . , (,,:- .. , v.,' , 'y ,(vyt'W .Spring la not far behind the frost and the deluge.'.,'' .... . l wJ H,at H-toh-ngs desires to reform the police force. From day to day no news cornea of the resignation of J. W. Bailey, t . . ' - J. JT. TTtll ! wnrlrtnap tr.m Amm. V. has very Urge Interests In Oregon now. -Apparently- it will : be neither Shepe nerd nor Sheehan for senator from New xork. i. . - , . . ... . .. - - .u,.-V ' '; ; ' ' - " s J.- " ' Alton R. ParViw ma h. ....a. New lork which the colonel will not think "bully." - ' , , . , , ,e Haste should h maa alaal' - least very carefully, In the matter of that new asylum. NobOdT will fltlaWtlAn Tnlna-va election to the senate; the vote in the Wasblpgton legislature was 126 to 11., v t Democrats at harmonv maetinra on 'safe ground, In pitching into are the too -If they don't particularize much. Ml ill- It took flva Math Inti MMnlt .Mri to try a- ho case In whloh the' outcome was a verdict of $10.- More judges are needed. ...... - Evervthlnar and avrvinA ' "more" of the lftaHMlttttirsV ft? a-Mleaak Wejl, we are a growing state and it can t be helped. -... .w r.-.;:-::.,,-:.,.. . NOW a hotel InmMi-tnr. narhina Htl. assistants. A line must be drawn some where In the inannrtlnar himlncaa. ia- Jiaps this s good place to draw it ; "The anti-smoklnr nil adnntaa tt,a legislature. While th hnnaaa ara In alon Is creditable to that body. . If a iuiubi- uiuai. suiuao, xnere is room out side. . . '- ..... t . . .1- -!' 1 (',,. . The Montavflla man via ! mmtA a. have shamefully mistreated his 0-year-old father for a long Ume complains of being "annoyed" by his neighbors. If that Is all, he is lucky. The demorallxlnr senatorial Aaadlwha are likely to last for weeks or months In several states. Every such case will serve to Influence people to demand election of senators by the people, as in Oregon. , .'-- r Kiernantam haa raralvad nulli.. 4M - - ..-"V. BUV.IIVI JUt.i but by no means a fatal one yet Dunl- v" BI8UB ior years, jr permitted, that the Broaawav brtdmt aft nf th lacr. islature, as well aa that of the people.! is "unconstitutional." i SEVEN FAMOUS OUTLAWS Dick For close to a score of years. In the early part of the eighteenth century, the mention of the name of Dick Tur pin sent a shudder through, the frame of every Englishman, for It was the synonym of everything "to be feared in those days. Rlohard was born at Hempstead. Es sex. in 1706. His father was an Inn keeper, but young Dick chose the call ing, of a butcher, and. haying been de tected at cattle stealing, he Joined a gang of thieves. Several of the mem bers having been captured and hanged, Pick associated himself with the high wayman, Tom King. , So closely was he being pursued that he was compelled to flee into Yorkshire,' where 'be passed for a gentleman, but only for a brief period. . , In the early part of his career Tur pin selected lonely farmhouses for at tack while the male occupants were away. With hie companions, he would invariably torture the Inmates Into yielding ujr their valuables. Turpin and King were not to be very long associated. One day a constable was on the point of arresting - King, wh,ep Turpin. riding up, fired, but missed his man and shot his ally through the breast from which he died. In March, 1788, he was tried at Tork for horse stealing, was found guilty and sentenced to death. When he was being "conveyed to the place of execution he divided a consid erable sum of money among five men to follow the cart as mourners, and he died without ICS's of courage on the 7th of April, 1738, at Tork, age 83.- supported at great sacrifice, a home for unfortunate, girls. Every, shop girl In Portland or' Oregon knows, or should, that a woman who wears the whits rib bon is her friend ready to give her help of the most practical 'character when needed.""'- -J-.:-f -v" Why Is all this work needed? Not be cause women seek larger opportunity for usefulness in the world's work, but be cause men are- lacking In manliness and are ready to take advantage of a poor girl's need. I could give the names of girls who' .have been saved from the clutches of men who Were waiting until hunger and want should make these girls ready to yield to their lust And all this in Portland. May I suggest that If women had the ballot they would be: able to do more than save a girl now and then? They, could demand as citizens the recall of officers who are so false to their duty that they permit men who destroy girls to go scot free even when apprehended, as witness the present agitation in Seattle. To my pos itive knowledge the agitation by the wo men of Seattle was what fired the peo ple to tneir determination to oust a man so false to his trust I could name the women who worked in silence for this end. . -;,' jis." .... May I suggest that the ' man who wrote the article oould better spend his time in arousing men to their proper duty to protect women, . because they are physically stronger, than: to urge women to work under limitations to undo mans dastardly work? Tou say the saving of these girls is the work of the W. C. T. U. Well, sir, we re doing all that,: women can do. We are not blowing our trumpets before us, but we are at very praotloat work, not only to save them, but at the same tlrhu to secure a greater power to work for them. We shall accomplish . both, but we shall do more of the saving when we have ' the v power jto say1 who shall be officers to enforce the law and what the law shall "be. - We shall work to bet ter advantage when we are able to say Just , when and where the state shall be prohibited from selling the drink that fires men to greater outrages and ftlr nlshes the place where- they may ac complish their awful purposes. The man who claims to be friend of woman and, defends the saloon, as evidently this man does,, is elthpr Ignorant or dishon est. In bis olaim. .There Is aa Intense 'loyalty among women,", and -any one who knows the work of women knows this and needs not to ask such Questions as close the remarkable article In ques- tion. An wai.t.apm Trvnmr - Control of Air Navigation, From the Philadelphia Record. Considering the number of persons who have undertaken te navigate the OREGON SIDELIGHTS Corvallls Is Justly proud Of its fine new uuici. , N- . ....,. . e . e ? .-.v .- ' Salem Fruitgrowers' anion paid S per .... e v Paners and some neonla of" several Oregon towns are talking of demanding a recount .Better let It go. and devote energies o gooa growtn. -Grants Pass Courier:' Thera Is cer tainly something In the air, as may be noticed by the large number of people on tire streets today and all are talk'- lng about Grants Pass, railroad build ing, Irrigation, land clearing, the plant ing ol new oroneraB ana general pros peritjr which la to follow. , w ..,,-.:..., ,.-. e ;"; .-.-.. . i The "Eugene Frulta-rowers union the past season handled products amounting to 1120.140. It shipped S3.441 boxes of apples and -canned tons of apples. 1 he prune receipts were 861.000 i dried and 760,000 pounds of green; 8866 cases of fruit were canned, and 108 cars of all kinds shipped; $31,460 was paid for That there la destined, to ha a wonder. ful development during the ensuing year In all the sections ; trlhutarv tn Vale and Brogan Is the general statement of yov.y.o Wuv nave vovn waiciimg mis particular territory, says the Vale" En terprise. The country in proximity to Brogan. IS enjoying a wonderful growth and is being developed rapidly. The Will6w river dam alone will .cost 11.600,- Mr. and Mrs. ' Rlvett of Springfield 60 hens. in March we sold two dozen for 118.20. In September sold two dozen for 114. In October sold chicks for flj.eS. also IJ47 eggs at 181. We were len in juarcn with ss hens and in Sep tember with 12 for the rest of the year. 9lr. brought us - 881. - chickens ou.no. total isi.e. - We bought 82i worth t of food supplies for the pen, raised fowls enough so that we have 46 hens on hand for the coming year," Marshfleld News: It should ' be ap parent to the most casual observer that the Southern Pacific will never build a railroad from Coos "Bay to the Interior unwi w is zorcea to ao so, and the only way to force it IS to give all encourage ment possible to a rival corporation. Granting exclusive franchises to the Southern Pacific and giving them- con trol of the waterfront, would not Insure the construction tf a railroad by any means; it would simply be furnishing them with additional power to further owe ana otuii a legitimate enterprise. A big Irrigation project is to -be undertaken in Harney valley In the spring, apropos or which Mr. a W. ParrlBh say: . -The future of the exeat inland Oregon depends largely upon the Success alonap irrla-KTlnn llnaa Thoro are great siretcnes or lertiie land lying tujavcuk iu xiurna wnicn. can oe made to produce almost- any thing that grow In the ground by .the application of water. Contiguous to Burns lies one of the largest tracts of arid land In the state oi ureKOR ana it is or tn mm vital Importance to the future of cen tral Oregon that this land be watered as cheaply as possible." Turpin. He had such a considerable following among the rough element at the time that his body was rescued from the clutches- of a surgeon aad-wes--buried In the churchyard at St George's church, Tork. His fetters, welghjng 28 pounds, are StUl shown at York mu seum. - The faCTof Turpln'S migration to the north after shooting King may have suggested to Harrison Alnsworth, . the novelist the Interpretation of the well known legend of the ride to ,York ,lntS his romance of "RJckwobd, In Which "Dick Turpin" figures ' monumentally. According to soraewhaj. substantial leg ends, Turpin set' out upon his adven turous ride, from Broadway, Wostmln ster, on the famous mare Black Bess, whence, says Walcott. the Black Horse, Broadway, has its name. The spot where this same apocryphal black mare sank exhausted to the ground Is still pointed out on the Tork race course. The amount of Interest shown by the English In this famous outlaw is dem onstrated in the many baseless stories mat nave oeen credited to him and In the buildings and locations with which i With Whlfih th.y...ocl.ted hi. name, for instance the Turpin traditions at Hounslow. at Flnchley. and at Bngfield. where one of the robber's lurking places in Camlet moat is still pointed out Dick Turpln'S portmanteau forma the subject of an en graving in Pink's "Clerkenwell and the legend was humorously applied In the well known ballad In the "Pickwick papers." . Tomorrow Johathan Will air In heavier than air flying machines, the risk of life Involved is certainly startling. ., No doubt the casualties are in targe measure due to the rivalry among inventors and exhibitors seeking to outdo each other In records of speed, dUfcance'and altitude attained In the pre- uramary stages or . aviatory develop ments. While it Is generally recognized that the proven ability to go from point to. point as the birds go must in the near future become a great utility, it Is none the less desirable that some well considered restraint should be devised to prevent reckless hazard of life. What it is that may be done to prop erly regulate atmospherlo colne- and coming Is puzzling the' brains-of law yers and legislators. The old theory that ownership of the surface of the soil carried with It title te corresponding ownership la the earth below and the air above la hardly longer tenable In respeot or in movement of airships. The atmosphere has suddenly like the waters of the ocean beyond cer tain statutory limitations, a oommon property. How shall the airman be pre vented from crossing at will In his air ship either the bounds of private or na tional or international dominion? Evidently a new code of , rules must d esiaoiisnea to fix as far as may be possible the principles governing' the sovereignty of, the alru This will be a matter of extreme difficulty and of slow determination. Something may, however, be Immediately done to lessen the dan. ger.to life by a system of state over- signt ana .licensing without unduly hin dering the development of an Industry the - future importance of which can hardly be estimated. Conquering the Atlantic, . From the London Times, , v; Whether the traveler be rich or poor, he can no more realize the contrast be tween his experience, and "that of the first men who crossed the Atlantic than the tourist gliding over a storm swept moor In a closed motor car can feel the.misery of a tramp Staggering over It in open rags,' The Atlantlo is cruel as evera treacherous, gloomy and violent ea but so, completely, Is it bafflsd and shut out, so smoothly ridden over, that the old traveler, hardly conscious of its being,. Is half inclined to think Its char acter, reformed. What higher praise can b given and what less Is due to our modern shipbuilders? t . The Way He Looked At It. From. Judge's JUbcar "So you want to marry my daughter. do you, young man?" "Y-ie-s, s-s-i-r." WeO. ean you support a family?', Veil. I4fo fll4fcw many are there of you, s-slrr TANGLEFOOT 'X- By Miles OverWt : . :, FATE'S COAT, v rra the guy who gets left when the t train, rumbles out " And the guard, grinning, closes the - gale, - . And X sweur at the man who with yodel - ana snout - - "--v.1. Said the train was a half hour late. When a couple of men bold a fight en - the' street. - - And I beg them to sing hymns with . me. '.-', V'""' w'..,,.-,..,..Lj V...;J.,-,:J The big, burly cop who covers that beat Swats me twice and the fighters go T T:T free. r "' ,.-:Tw . -i .,.,-. :-.:: t .;;,5v(.-.si.;-iv' when the "con" on the ear has missed someonejja . fare, y - . ' ' Who holds "to - his coin like a 'vice. The "eon" , looks at me with a half muttered swear, And I, then, of course, must pay . . twlca. - ,. . . . When depositors all get their cash all but one' - When someone gets stuck . In the .- moat .-; - . - When some guy must cry while the others have fun. , T am it I am surely Fate's goat '- ' The French champagne manufactur ers scheme to compel Americans to pay a higher price for their goods, accord ing to the importations, ended in a flxz. Skeletons Of men monkeys hare lust been exhumed, noar Ta Imralu, Rura there are men monkeys buried, down : there; the graveyards are full of them Believe us, the tourist grabbing Los " Angelesers will make a monkey of any man, .' , ? ; - .r..: An Caknown Part of Veneuela. -' From Consular Agent Robert . Hender- son, Ciudad Bolivar. There are no railroads- in the whole of Venezuolao Guiana, of which Ciudad Bolivar Is the principal commercial cen ter. Goods for the interior are carried over wretched roads by ox carts, mule carts, and donkeys,; In the rainy Sea- son the roads are impassable. Vene zuelan Guiana forms 'about the third of Venezuela, but less than one third of that part is explored,- Of the rest but little is known beyond the - fact that It is inhabited by Indiana. The population is mostly on the banks of the river, and from San Felix to the mining district of El Callao, about 158 miles from San Fella. The population Is about 66,000, exclusive of the Indians. Ciudad Bolivar, the capital of the state of 'Bolivar, has a population of about 16,000. In the. south and southwest rich gold mines are almost certain to be discovered, aa well as plenty of patural weaun ia .tns vast forests of rubber. etc. This year two Englishmen were up in the Caura district, about . 600 miles up the river from here. They proposed to buy Ithe immense estate there-belonging to the Creepo family, then to se- oure a large tract of publlo lands from the Venezuelan government, to bring im migration to work rubber, etc and start a railroad to the south. They kept their plans private. They left for England in totober and it Is not known what will come or it As to railroads, there has Ions: been a dream of building one from here (Ciu dad Bolivar) to the mining district but If built from the mouth of the Orinooo the - cost would be" less.'" "The cost of construction would dot be great, and It Is said that power could be gotten from tne carom river. It is believed that the road would pay from the start as It would pass through a good, fertile coun try, uooa tobacco and coffee are arrown in Upata In the Interior, beside cacao, corn, r etc None of these products can be sent to the coast or the river now oa account of the exorbitant freight a Some machinery taken up only a few months ago in the rainy season Is said to have cost 12 cents gold per pound for trans portation. ', . . . , ' Plain, Everyday Lying. From the Harney Valley News. The Orcgonlan haa broken out with a new case of Bournephobla, the Pasteur treatment which it received from the voters In November not having been suf ficiently effective to be permanent The Washington correspondent ef that paper, ihinilaAt.M 1-L. . i - . . . SS5 ZST ".Z Bourne, has been doing the. job qbedl- ently and has tried in every way to put -upon the senator the blame for Oregon's ' failure to secure a fair share of the reclamation fund, but even with his ap parent determination to thus fix the Dlame, the correspondent admits that the damage was done in the lower house and thrqugh the "committee of which Congressman Ellis Is a member.' This was the repeal of a certain section, the retention of which would have given Oregon Its proper share. All this was explained last summer, and It was shown' that Mr. Ellis never notified the Oregon senators Of the repeal, and that they were given to understand, with every assurance that , one man would seek from another, that the bill had not been changed in the house In any man ner affecting Oregon. But it is not thf Oregonian's purpose to tell the truth where Senator Bourne la In question, its sole aim and object being to injure that gentleman at home and in Washington. Not Sufficient. ' -From the Cathollo Standard and Ttmee. . ? "Here's an account of another hunter lost in the woods," said Wise. "Every hunter should carry a pocket eompasa." "Why," asked Dumley,., "how..'; would that help hlmr : ' -"Help him to get out, of eeqrse. The needle of the compass always points to the north." . . "Ah, but suppose he wants to ge to the east, west or south T Y (Oontrnrata to Tne Journal by Walt Maaoa. ui laiwua jvaoaaa yntu : ms pnjae-porme are a regular feature of this column ia'Tbe T)aily Journal). - . - - , . , t. - .7.- Last night, worn out by hours of toil down in the busy mart's turmoil, I sat me in the fireside glow, and read some tales by Edgar Poe. I had not read those anecdotes since I was vounir Land full of oats, but in my - memory tney stood as something grandly, weirdly gooa. bo now took the book and -read . of burled men who were nbt dead; Of one-eyed cats and tell-tale hearts, of mouldy shones and poisoned ;.tarts; of ghastly freaks who sat In tombs and talked about ,. their divers doom s: nt Ushers In" their crumbling homes, of Kuiis ana wunni ana eataeofflbe; of gloomy dungeons underground, of tuna of wine; -wherein men drowned of con dCrs' wings and owls and bats, and tubs . of blood and fing-tailed Tata ' I : threw " that silly-book away. One ido more has ' feet of clayl Or Is It' that my taste Is " punk, since I have soured on ' Edrnr'a ': - Junk? - Is all that rot conoernlns- bats. and ghosts and grhouls and sore-eyed oats -the Jtind of stufT that sUrs the heart of one who has regard for art? ' I do not care for art mvaelf: r taira soma-volum. romue helfusm boolf-"' mat nas a joyous strain, whose authnr was not quite Insane and in Us cheer ful Pas lind refreshment for the heart and mind.' , - " nnmrrlvht . 1i,Wm' K f IL ai. Poes Talcs t Oeofl MatUew Adam lJCoUljiUS90 - - ;