The Oregon daily journal., February 21, 1911, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL ' PORTLAND, ; TUESDAY EVENING,-, FEBRUARY - 21, 1811.
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Th iiy tf;th nMoBtlr
m no -trace , " ?-',-Y" .
! Of all the sunshln s far
".foretold " .
, The r cannon speaks in th
i teacher place . .
The age is weary with wor i
and gold J
And,.
hia-h. hopes wither, ana
i , memories wane, ?' , i
w' On hearths and altara th
. . fires are-dead: " . .
But that 4rav faith hath : not
;f i Uvea ; In vain ' :'.-: V ',"''
And thl Is allfMlhat our
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THE 5IALARKET BCEASURE
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HERB to suggestion of refer
endum on the Malarkey public
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BerTioo measure, u vu uv
Ion of The Journal It would be
i A mistake. -. ?
S . The Malarkey measure provides
... regulnUon of publle eerrlce utllHles
for U cities in the state, and other
' cities than Portland want It. Is It
the right thing for Portland, by appll-
eatlon of the referendum, to deprive
them of It?. v
The Malarkey eommlislou offers
, means ) of tetulatlng ; every publlo
: service eorporatlqs wtthla the state,
, Including; fhose partly ia Portland
and partly out of Portland. A. Port
' land-made commission can only reg
' ulate those and such parts of those
as are "wholly within the city limits
Yet Portland. Is It better to go about
ine Business oi - reguiauoa wiiu a
"half-baked plan, or vltls a plan that
' eorers every possible situation?
Promoters of the local commission
say. that It will be. more effective
;, than ' a state- wide commission. What
, makes, them, think so? We hive a
' local commission now In the form of
a city council,'. It has most, If not all,
the powers necessary to regulate.' Is
It doing yanyj regulating? j; Ha It
done" any regulating? :-Has It ever
Improved service, Changed rates or
remedied abuse8,xr:":A4:; 5;V!x";
Its friends say the state wide com'
, mission act provides no tax on the
trancMses of the publlo service cor
porations; but that one of the local
commission pleasures does. But It Is
not necessary to create- si local com
mission in order to levy the proposed
taxk The plan for doing it to. not,
In fact, a part of the local commis
sion bill, but ;.s wholly separate
1 measure.;; -?: :
Portland can hardly afford to- kill
.- the state wide i:; commission - bill I In
. order to create a commission appli
cable to Portland aloni " To ufft the
referendum llnfncki- anendeavor
, would be a mistake. . It woul raise
the - cry throughout the state that
Portland is selfish. It is better to
; let' the state wide commission stand
s until jt can be tested. It will prove
to be far more effective than ' its
x opponents admit 3 r vt -
THE SPREAD OP THE COOPER
, . ATIVE; IDEA .
I im ECRETART WILSON announced
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in last year's report that of the
19,000,000 ' farmers in " the
United "States 1,000,000 were
living In. and by some, form of xo
operation. Since the report was pub
' lUhed the California successes of the
citrus growers under cooperation
have spread to - well ? nigh every
branch of orchard growing, and. to
verv district in th ITnlted Rtatfta
' all have been enthused with the idea
of the superiority ' in Influence and
? profit, by combining Individual; re-
sources and. effort . ; .
The essential , Idea .of .such unions
to the concentration of the produots
i of the members into j one pool - or
.' reservoir, for sale through agents of
the combination. But the union
- deals with products only, not aiding
t the work of the lndMdual towards
, more profitable and economical pro-
.,uction.. , ,
... r.The farmers' cooperative unlona In
northeastern Oregon and southeast
. ern Washington have gone farther,
'and can show results. ! By collective
w. and cooperative action they have
laved during the past two years not
jlesshan 600,000 In Union, Wal
jT Iowa and Baker counties In Oregon,
T according Cto their f published . ac
counts, and nearly $100,000 " in
Walla ' Walla , county, Washington,
j ; They, have secured by these means
?a reduction of storage charges on
grain, and extension of warehouse
facilities. ' Also : a saving : of about
, $7 per thousand on more. than three
and a half million grain bags in the
i; Washington counties, The grain
agencies established byhege farm
ers' unions have been effective in
reducing charges, nearly a million
buBhels of. grain- having been so dis
posed of. .Co-operative purchases in
farm ' equipment' vatid - furnishings
have also been carried through. .
. it is well known that similar 'un
ions have been, or are being, effect
ed in many other places.; The lesson
has fccpn a hard one to learn, farm,-'
. ci8 brlng.irQverblally,slow jtQe-,
rrt fiom the lines of individual ac-
tiou. ' ;
"; Ancthpr advance towards eoopcr
i ' etion in Industries" connected with
the soil will probably attend on the
arrival in these Pacific states of the
influx or new-settlers headed this
way during the .current : year. .In
stead , of the solitary 'settler with
small means buying land at high
prices In correspondingly small acre
age on some one of the many tracts
cut up tor individual purchases, col
lective purchases by groups of these
new comera may be arranged. 'They
will then buy by wholesale, not by
Foundations will so be laid for
cooperative working of the tract of
land acquired. - The advantages -of
colbny-llfe wlll result" without the
formal name and elaborate rules and
restrictions. Every Industry de
pendent on the soil can be adapted
to such conditions, , be it dairying,
orcharding. J stock ' farming, poultry
raising, or the rest.
A further extension Of the coop
erative Idea Is suggested in the pre
vailing movement for the clearing
and preparation, for clean culture,
and the settling up, of the gged off
lands ret Washington ,: and Oregon.
OrganlsaUon-JsereemandedndlTrorfny -up-t, manyrlslt andrspld
the obtaining , of . invested capital.
Large operations Are" proposed, and
irrigation enterprises are cited as
examples showing, the necessity and
opportunity of dealing In great sums
of money and' wide areas ;bf land.
No word should be said to discour
age the carrying forward of plana
on , the large scale Indicated. , But
Irrigation absolutely demands that
the dams should be constructed,
canals dug, and great expense In
curred before the arrival of the set
tler. Handling o( logged off lands
can ' be effected ' in comparatively
small units, and with gradual devel
opment Jargelyr:entlrelyJ)y the
labor of the newly arrived settlers,
combining to that end.;
Conditions . here ere, Jn many as
pects, new. ' Many methods will be
devised to meet them. At first they
will be In the nature of experiment
Timo alone can show, whether indi
vidual or collective action will be
the surest road, to success.
ITS TRAIL
OBODT, KNOWS how much the
state printing office cost in in
creased appropriations at the
late session. Protection of Its
enormous fees was a consideration
for which , a deep game was played
throughout the 40 days. That pro
tection exerted a heavy Influence in
the" organisation of the house. , It de
termined how votes were cast on
many, a measure. . . Members who
wanted appropriations or votes for
their measures : were compelled to
vote for perpetuation of the state
printing graft in order to get sup
port In exchange. .
The trail of the state printing
beast ran through most of the pro
ceedingrf in the house. ; It is esti
mited that the straggle over it cost
the state half a million dollars in
Increased appropriations. Why there
should have been desire to protect
the, graft, beyond., the term of the
present printer is not kpown. But
that, there, was' determined- purpose
to perpetuate this $100,009 office is
shown y f the. ; desperate: struggle
waged In the house after Governor
West's message -demanding passage
of the reform bill had been received.
The state printer should not Te-
ceive more salary than does the gov
ernor. Nor more salary than a rail
road commissioner. Nor more than
the secretary of state or state treas
urers Yet, If statements made on
the floor of the senate and house are
true,. his fees. amount to more than
the salaries of the governor,, secre
tary of state, state treasurer and the
three : railroad ? commissioners com
bined. ' "' , .
Thanks to 8enator Miller, who
proposed the bill, and . to . Governor
West, who, after the bill had been
defeated, forced Its passage through
the" house, there will be an end of
the state printing folly. The future
saving JwilLiiotLolybj.jaiejredueed
cost of the: office, , but the saving
that will result from removal of the
demoralizing influence of the office
from the legislative sessions. The
house members who finally rallied
to Governor West's demand for pas
sage of the bill are entitled to much
credit , ; . '
THE MAGAZINES
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N THE proposed increase of mag
azine rates to a flat 4 cents a
pound on long or short distances,
the government would, go about
the reform in an. impractical way.
LThe rate, would tend to exterminate
the lndependedt . magazines, permit
ting only the subsidized publications
to survive, through other than legiti
mate income. At the same time, It
layslt8elf wide open to the accusa
tion that it to making the new rate
as a means of strangling the so-
called pckraklng magazines. -
At the present rate, the pestof floe
department is Inexcusably impracti
cal in its plans. It charges a. flat
rate regardless; of distance of car
riage.. The effect is that it loses the
profitable short haul because express
and other means or delivery are
cheaper,, it is forced to carry -the
iong haul business, and does so at a
loss. A far saner method would be
to establish zones and charge for the
service according to the distance of
carriage. .. .
In whatever it does, the govern'
ment should not abet those who are
trying to ' destroy, the .Independent
magazines. : The scheme of Morgan
and others to secure control Of the
so-called muck-raking - publications
is , resented by the public. It is an
attempt to create a trust. in public
oplJ4onJk-lLjiLdeaYorJo..faihi
ion a combination in restraint of
publicity. ' " . , ' '
Tbe f American - Magasine has re
cently, passed Into the hands of Wall
street, or .near Wall street interests.
Harper's pubiicaUonsuccumbe'd to
Morgan long ago. I The recent move
ment by which others are to be cor
ralled and gagged is evidence -of
how privilege, is anxious to silence
the fearless writers whose exposures
have 2one so much the past few.
years to re-vitajize the publlo con
science.. The government cannot af
ford to take any step that will fur
ther the scheme for exterminating
me independent and Better class
magazines. -
POLLUTION OF RIVERS
f HE gospel of good health has
reached , this point at last
. thou - shalt not poison . thy
' . neighbor. It has ' taken many
a year to teach It, and even yet the
lesson .Ur 1 not thoroughly learned.
The practice of Jt' clashes with the
selfishness of man, ob less than with
his ignorance.. The effort to legislate
against the pollution, and. therefore
the infection, of the Deschutes river,
in eastern Oregon, was, eminently
worthy of success.-r. Towns will
along Its tumultuous course and
the inhabitants may rightfully look
for health as well as mere beauty
from its flow. ' . .
The citizens of Bend are following
the right and praiseworthy path In
calling the expert knowledge of Dr.
Calvin 8. White of the state board
of health to get started right ;
Modern science deals with the
pollution of rivers in two ways. It
causes sewage, which to the modern
result of the rapid growth of towns,
to be shut off entirely from run
ning water. This is a counsel of
perfection, because ground must be
found whereon -the seweraof rthe
town shall discharge their contents
and the disinfection of the sewage
must be there carried through. The
alternative plan, equally safe from
the viewpoint of the health of the
community, is-to adopt septic tanks
as the receptacle for .all sewage of
the town, big or little, there disin
fect It by bacteriological action and
allow the liquid to flow oft purified
of 1 poisons, harmless . to ' man or
beast- ,V' . ' : " -C,V
: The adoption, of this modern plan
Is rapidly becoming general, both In
this country and in Europe. It can
be adapted to. one house or to a
thousand, and, once set going, needs
no renewal, few. repairs, ' and little
oversight The .system is the Joint
invention of the chemist, the bac
teriologist and the engineer. . .The
chemist has analyzed the sewage in
to its constituents liquid, solid and
gaseous.. .'The bacteriologist -.has
gained Intimate acquaintance with
these inflnitestlmals. He has seg
regated them into the aerobic bao-
terla, that multiply , on and contrib
ute to the scum that rises to the top
of the sewage; tank and thrive on
oxygen; the anaerobic, . that fulfil
the same functions on and in the
deposited Sewage at the bottom and
die in oxygen, and the facultative,
that multiply throughout, its vol
ume. He has followed the entire p re
cess of their culture and studied the
results . In the llqulfactlon of the
wolld parts and the neutralizing of
the dangerous constituents. The en
glneer has devised the tank, with Its
inflow of untreated sewage, its re
taining walls, its provision of the
shallow, still, dark reservoirs, in
which' these wonderful processes are
worked out
.These plans are adaptable to the
needs of a growing city from its in
fancy to-its -developed lifer Small
cost is Involved at first Expense to
added only as the plans are extend
ed. But protection to the public
health is secured thiwnghout
.In, light of these discoveries and
experiences laws against pollution of
running streams can be reasonably
parsed and compliance with them
Justifiably enforced by law.
THE EGO 'GHOST
EPLYlNft Jtt one of 4he proph
ets of. disaster as a conse
quence ', of , reciprocity with.
Canada,- President ' Taft said:
"O, you're seeing , ghosts." Some
farmers are;"seelng ghosts." .They
are told or an impending ' flood of
butter, beans, . eggs and other farm
products that, under reciprocity, will
sweep into our country. That such
statements are believed , shows ' that
many people do too much believing
and. toorllttle-'thinking.,. , p':
There is no great danger, for ex
ample, from, the pauper' labor of
Canadian hens.: The exports of eggs
from Canada to all countries de
creased from , 3,600,000 dozen" In
1905-ta 552,000 dozen in 1909, and
of these only 62.201 dozen came to
the United States. In the same time
the Imports of eggs Into Canada in
creased .from' 806,000 dozen ' to
1,186,120 dozen, so that she bought
more than wice-as manydozen eggs
as she sold, and bought most of them
from the United States.
v. WHY? f
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HB REVOLVER has again got
its man. '.The victim is a boy of
20, and he is in the Vancouver
hospital with a 'bullet wound
In his body. . He may recover.
His friend age 18, twirled the
weapon about his finger. He didn't
suppose It ,- was loaded, :, but It was.1
They are always loaded, and they
always go off. '
Of virtues, they have not one,
They produce nothing.' They create
nothing. . They are not ornamental.
They are not a device for production,
but only- of destruction, , They are
made as a tool for taking life. Their
chief use is in killing human beings.
Wlegi8latwagalnst polsonsbut
not against pistols. Why? 1 -
- The legislative session is 'ended,
but the Flagg Is still there. - Ten
plunks a day for 30s days Imora are
not to. do aespisea, so the court Is
asked to enjoin the Flagg from be
ing, hauled down.i and' Judicially to
shoot on the. spot- any one who at
tempts to do so; ,. t . ; ' "
The 40 day limit to an Oregon leg
islatlve session . has its : disadvan
tages, but these are more than coun
terbalanced by its , advantages. In-
vananiy. there is a rush, a conges
tion of measures, and hasty and ill-
considered " action In ' the closing
hours of la cession, because it Is
simply Impossible for a legislative
body tor improve fully , the earlier
portion of the allotted time. ' But it
would be much the same if the limit
were 60 or 100-days, Most of the
dltlonal time would be wasted. So
the 40-day pay limit was a wise pro
vision, for which j;he people of Ore
gon have owed r gratude to jtne
framers of the constitution" for the
past . 8 0 years. ; ; . '
Letters From tWPeopli
Bournetrongrr Because-of "Attacks
Sheridan, Or., Feb, ltVTo the Editor.
of Tbe Journal. -Now that the- discred
ited legislature ha adjourned and its
work weighed and, found wanting; a pe
culiar sidelight Is thrown on It by a
review of the fraatlo effort constantly
made to In. some manner discredit or
abuse Senator Jonathan Bourne. The
people of Oregon by Immense majori
ties declared In favor, of the Initiative,
referendum and recall, for Statement
NclI andthe direct primary. So far
as this legialature showed its senti
ment especially In the senate, It was
hostile to alf these ; measifres. There
was a oowardly attempt on the part of
some to straddle or appear friendly and
an open, shameless declaration of oppo
sition by aome of the people's represen
tatives. In proportion as the opposition
of the member was bold and complete
did his bitter hatred of Jonathan Bourne
appear. And through it all stands out
the fact that a. friend to all these pro
sreaalTe meaaurea, that can be depend
ed on at all times, is this same much
hated Jonathan Bourne. Inatead of be
ing . antl-asaembly and pro-direot . pri
mary advocate at one time and at another
directly opposite, as political expediency
may dictate (or worse, not to be depend
ed on. at any time), as ao many or pur
ambitious politicians - are, we . know
where to find film all the time. - wnue
they, seek to discredit the state and
the intelligence of the people, he la ad
vertising the- Intelligence and progres
siveness Of the state among other com
monwealths and declaring the 'Oregon
system the best in the world. And
while the legislators seek to discredit
the' system and the senator, the people
have to seriously consider abolishing the
legislature, . 1 a - ? . ; ', ' . .
. Jonathan Bourne has beea aooused or
being rich, but the people of Oregon
have -hot forgotten that when the pro
gressive measures were sorely In need
of money to give them place and proper
understanding In the campaign for their
adoption, Jonathan Bourne's money was
a mighty aid. The grange and Similar
organizations that advocated these meas
ures have not forgotten bis neip; neitner
will they forget the attitude of this
legislature, and Jonathan Bourne Is
stronger than ever with the people,
while his detractors. , from "Joinder"
on down, are held in auspiolon and their
acts and motives doubted,. '
.:. Mf. ..'. j .''OBtANOBm.
Questions of Nationality, V '
Portland. Or.. Feb. Itto the matter
of The Journal Will you please answer
tbe following Questions to settle an ar
gument, (1) Of what nationality are
children bora In this country of Swedish
parents T (2) Of what nationality Is a
Jew? (3) Where did the American In
dian come from? F. W.
. (1) Every ohlld born on the soil of
the United states or wunin me juris
diction of the United States even to
resident aliens as implied In this Ques
tion Is a cltisen of the United States.
Children' born to official foreign repre
sentatives In this country ' constitute
an excdbtlon.
J) A Jew originally was one belong
ing to the tribe or kingdom of Judah:
hence any person of Hebrew race or
whose religion Is Judaism. " T
(I) When the western hemisphere was
'first.' x'nbwu "Wwbite men, H was in
habited by Indians, the tribes in Central
and South America having then attained
considerable civilisation. Hence author
lties; unite On the presumption that th
Indian race was of American origin.
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i.v -An Opinion of Bailey, -.
From the Pendleten Live Wir
The Journal of Portland deserves
considerable credit for ttfc campaign it
launohed against Dairy aud Food Com
sloner Baliey. Bailey's acts have shown
him to be unfitted in every possible way
for his office; he has been "proven In
capable and lasy. Anyone who: has ever
been In his office knows' something of
-Its' filthy oonditloa and general unbusi
nesslike air. Bailey has not prosecuted
whom he should. He should be forced
to resign. or be kicked out summarily. ;
W Ataiter of Chance.
' By J. M. Foley.
Bud Hawkins Jlst
sold out bis enlona, by
- gumi . -? .
Fer six hundred dollars an aora, X vsmj
He planted 'em carefjrt sa: thinned em
by hand
An' paid with on crop fr nigh half of
his land..
An' Jem Wlllets hStd It aif paid that
las' spring '
Hs made up his mind that he'd grow
some, by Jingt . :. ,
An waa list about to go at Ifc jm then
Hs got plumb knocked out by lumbago
..-,,-... again. t?. y"-
Bud Hawkins ' Jlst out hta alfalfy . an'
aays
Hers got nigh fur tons t th acre, he
guess '
His sheep's rollln fat an he turned off
some lambs, - ; 1 .
An' his hogs brung ten cents r make
special fine hams.
An Jim Wlllets heerd It an said hhad
Of planUnalfalfa an picked out . th'
spot . ' '
An Jlst on th' day he had picked "out
las' spring, ; - -
To plant it, she rained an h oouldnf
toyJingl t.
Bud Hawkins turned Over a forty of
land: "' -. '
An made a cold thousand 'thout turnlnf
a hand; - r
It Jlst went vheSSin till Bud bought
th' slioer. - -1
From Homer Grays widder.an paid her
own price.
An' Jem Wlllets heerd it said he' had
his ey - - - -i '
On that very piece an' was goln f buy
It himself; atr was goln' t' see Wldder
Grsy i'i:-:--.:Wi-''--).--
But - his old mare took lame, an', he
. couldn't that day,
Bud Hawkln' turkeys dressed heavy as
' lead - 1 vi - - , ,
An' brung wilm nigh oa t three dollar a
head; ' j iv'u '
An' Elmer Dow bought 'em far cash at
his store .-.,'-80
True Parkins toj' me-rn' wished he
had more. ' ' -
An- jTem-Willetr imld he- ,wsr gint set
Some turkeys . JhV spring, -but his : hay
When he .went t' make, nests, an' he let
It go by . ' '
An' clean plumb forgot .it When It, 00m
on-dry V..,.vi" .1-- v !. .--.. .1
COMMENT AND
SMALL ' CHANGE .
' O, Washington will never be forgotten.
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The devil's easiest and handiest wea
pon Js fear, , : :,
The state printer still smilesi they
never touohed him. ,
' - . 1 -Portland
is the most important oltr
in the world to all who live ln;1t
' Br that time Oeorae ' Gould's other
girls; are married, be ntfcy be broke. -
Fartlsan nolltlcs and losTOlllna'' for
appropriations will dtsoredtt any legisla
ture. - ' , v
Salem. ETusena. Corvallls and Pendla.
ton feel like Joining together in a Joy
dance . -.tv:. ; -,, ,. 1 -
Mr. Funk has droPned out of the Iowa
senatorial, contest ; but not because he
funked. -
. v. , .j. :,rK::,r-. m .if-e.3;i . w .
Ten times too many new laws , were
passed, but among them were some very
good ones. ,
The number nf nlar-Ma In uliloli num.
thy Arnold has been discovered is rapid
ly Increasing. - . , , .
Jack fiOndnn la rnrvnrfa aa K4nv
Mexican prisoner. Hr alwaysTwas
great advertiser.
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New. newSBaoer In Bnokana nV Slfla..
000 in a year, showing that it wasiot
a long-felt want . , , . ,,
After next year . Multnomah mim(
will have a congressman ajl to Itself,
as it ought te have.
It Is to be doubted If Crane la the
proper power to pull President Taft into
publlo popularity, ,
Goat-meat la said t te arow1na . In
favor as food In Portland, perhaps be
cause the goat la a butter.
Oregon DeoDle who can afford to do
so might well be doing. more to aid the
starving millions of China.
It was time that at least fmiv fifth
of the Chinese queue was -cut off. The
rtrst letter or the name Is enough.
Arlaona being Democ ratio. - snrt also
radical or progressive, la considered a
naughty miss and so can't come In.
Some members of the lertalntnna hava
been spotted; says, the Albany Democrat
And what are they now all-over black?
In. Seattle - there are t nandldatas
for councilman and only- nine to elect
This will ! give the new women voters
some choosing to do.
Already inquiry, is being made as to
the name of the "midway" at the Pan
ama exposition. WelL why not the
"Canal" T . .
When "Rockefeller and Morr,n a-ot in In
the railroad game against George Oould,
h a hail tft lav dnwn Mm" 1in4 XJm 4 n ' ,
exactly a noor man. but he lint a multi.
billionaire.
In 1881 there waa no full- mnnn In
February and this won't happen again,
some one has discovered, for 2.499.963
years. By that time the tariff may be
revised, the Multnomah courthouse fin
ished, a garbage crematory provided,
and a legislature elected that will do
Duainesa .aooui ngni. . . .
Many folk are afraid of a lot of
things, of which but a few are real,
and ao suffer the IHa that th, fr.
demon brings, and scant joy or comfort
reei. xney re airaia it will rain or
scorch or f reese, afraid of fire and
riooo, arraia they will atumble, afraid
if they aneese, afraid that nothing is
good. They fear microbes in all that
they eat and drink and bacteria in pure
air; they fear to talk truth, and almost
to think, and at any trifle will aaara.
They're afraid of conquest by- Invading
Japs, of ruin if trade la made freer;
iney-re arraia or mere onantoms tnrourn
life, and; perhaps, view is end .with a
sun greater rear.
SEVEN FAMOUS CHARGES
Pickett at
The most picturesque, and in many re
spects the most daring charge in the
annals of American history was that, of
the Confederate General George Edward
Pickett and his division of the army of
Northern Virginia at the , battle of
Gettysburg, on the afternoon of July
t, 1861, . This charge was made' up
Cemetery Ridge against- the Federal
center in the hope of turning the tide
of battle in favor of the southern
arms. It has been the theme of a host
of writers who deemed it an honor to
have stood In the lines of the blue by
which that charge .was repelled, and
those who, on the. other hand, thought
It no leas an honor to have shared the
fortunes of the torn and shattered col
umns of gray, which only failed, te ac
complish' Impossibilities. ;
The second day of the great conflict
had closed with neither side having any
great advantage, excepting that t the
Federal army was fighting on Its own
ground and with a much superior force
in point of numbers. As day dawned
on - Juljr 8, General ; Warren, acting for
General Meade, established a cordon of
troops and batteries which drove John
son out of bis position on the right
Lee having failed in his attacks, both
on Meade's left and right, had to de
cide at onoe whether he would glv up
the- contest and retreat or make an
other attempt to fore the union lm.
As he had been reenforcsd by Stuart's
cavalry, and In a fresh division under
Pickett was available, h determined te
pierc' th ' left center of 1 the union
army and disperse th force opposed to
him. To this, end he -directed- Long
street to form a strong column of at
tack, to be eompoMd of Pickett's Petti
grew s and two brigade of Pender's di
visions. Stuart was to attack the union
forces from th rear but his attempt
was unsuccessful. Thereupon Plokett
formed his great eohimn of attack and
earn forward as soon as the fire from
the union batteries slackened. ., .
. Whltelaw Bold, th gifted war corre
spondent describes the Pickett struggle
on th afternoon of th 8d as "the great
desperate and final charge, - The Con
federates seemed to have gathered up
all their strength and desperation for
on fierce, oonvulsive effort that ehauld
sweep over and. wash out all resletanoo.
They swept up as before the flower of
their array to th front -victory staked
upon th issue. In some places . they
literally lifted up and pushed back the
union lines, but, that terrible position
of th Federals! wherever they enured
Oklahomans Coming. "
L. Ki Olift of Eugene, writes to the
Guard from El Reno, Oklahoma, as fol
lows: I, arrived here on February 8,
and found - everything dry and ' oold.
There .has not ' been any rain slnoe
October first of last year up to thla
time, only enough to lay the dust The
wheat Is about all dried out still people
are getting ready to sow i oats. " The
wind, will get In the south 'and one will
think it will rain, but It will again whip
around to the north and get .cold and
not" rain, or snow.1 Ther will be a big
emigration out of this country to the
coast this spring. . Excursions will run
out of here from the 10th of March to
April II, for $26 ' to any town on tho
eoast-and -there w! surely-be -lot"f
people :' take advantage of tbe rate to
the coast lu the spring. .' I wlU be tak
ing along a good many with me when
I return to Eugene, if they stiok to
what they aay they will do, and I will
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGOjT SIDELIGHTS
Toledo is going ahead with its water
works plan. -v .
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Mohair industry In Oregon has bright
er prospects thanever, t - ' , ;
Independence, center of 1 hopgrowing,
may ...have. .a .big . brewery. .... .....
" Many strangers are seen in Monmotith
lately looking for loeatloas.'',L:.;. 5;. yft ;
The first saloon In Port Qrford for
several years has been opened. ): '
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" Big first class hotel will be bunt on
Bogus river In or near Grants Pass.,;
v , . e. ... ...,.;..' IT
Grants Pass Commercial club is doing
strong work aud giving satisfaction. T-
m Brownsville Times predlots the ref
erendum for several appropriation bills,
Much Improvement Is noticed in Prai
rie City. . i About 60 men sre employed
In a mine near ,there..'--;-,'.ri;?'.'.'"s-v:--?.,.i-i:"
r . - ',m ,V (.i f4".r
In 10 years - Creswell reached only
100 inhabitants; irt the past two years
this number has been doubled, :"
A Eugene man lost fever $60 on a
Shipment of 2$ cases of eggs bought
at U cents. He got 1 cents for them.
' Bats killed seven ducks the first night
of their ownership by .an -Albany man.
Chickens kept in the same plaoe had
never been killed by the rodents,
A Gosenack correspondent of the Dal
las Observer says: "A coyote was
prowling around her Tuesday." There's
nothing strange about a ooyot prowl
ing around a gooseneck. ' .(-
. , ' ' l' mMmm 1
-Perhaps Salem, may be able to oftr
the next legislature pure water. Salem
Statesman. Only "perhape"; but there
are always some members for whom. the
worst water Is good enough. i . -
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The Union Republican says that it Is
quite generally understood that .Hon.
J. P. Busk, speaker of the house of rep.
resentatlves of the state of Oregon, will
locate at Union soon after, the close of
the session, r . 1 -x .
Pralru City la beeomingHry active
through Its commercial club. Burns is
forging to the front largely through the
efforts of Its . commercial 'Club. . John
Day will have an active organisation In
th near future. - i:
Several new undertakings will be un
der way In Falls City soon that will fur
nish employment for all aurplns labor
now available, and later on there Is sure
to be a demand here for many workers
from other sections of the country, re
ports 'the News v-n .4i
A new town is planned for a site a
few miles north of Crescent City,
Among big things mentioned is a ship
canal 2H miles long, to cost 11.000,000,
to Lake Earl. - afforlimg a .big fresh
water hArbor. It Is surmised that Hill
may make a railroad terminal there.
e, .
Big Bill Walker has driven the same
team for Just 0 years to a. day, and
during the time neither horse has. been
sick, and -they . have worked together
through thick and thin, says the Albany
Democrat One of them Is 26 and 'the
other J 2. and they are ohock full of
.."';.
Harrlabprg Bulletin: The home of
the writer has again been visited by- the
story. The increasing business) In th
newspaper line has made it imperative
that additional help be required. . Th
uncertainty of labor conditions -wer ev
idently anticipated by his . myth ship
the stork and thus w have another
reporter .--v y-
Melroee oorrespondeno of Res1urg
News: The farmers of this viotnlty are
taklnv a renewed interest In the poul
try business. Why nott We can pro
due eggs th year round Just as well
as any place. Mr. Farmer let's all go
MSI iiBtsiSA ' - JSLls sv ass iuvi av a sbi
ln together and shut the eastern egi
out-of our home market We shou
u!S
have those dollars her Instead of al
lowing our crocerymen to send to Ne
braska for eggs. '
Gettysburg.
it . enfilading fires from half a score
of crests swept away their columns
like merest chaff. Broken and hurled
back; they easily became prisoners.
This charge was heroically met by Gib
bons' division of the Seoond corps and
by part of th First corps under' th
personal direction of General Hancock,
who was severly ' wounded during the
charge.- ; Pickett was forced to retreat
with the survivors of his onslaught and
the "whole plan was Soon covered with
fugitives, . but, as no pursuit was
Ordered, General j Lee in person suc
ceeded In rallying them and in reform
ing the Iln of battle." ?'! 1
Pickett's division consisted of three
brigades commanded by Generals G&r
nett Armlstead and Kemper, and con
sisted of 4900 strong, Garnett fell dur
ing the progress of ' the charge, while
at th head of his column urging his
men on. Armlstead led his men through
the terrlflo storm of battle to the base
of th Federal works, and there he
placed his cap on his sword and staled
the wait appealing to his troops to fol
low him A fsw oft his dlBorganlsed
men imitated hs heroic example and
died at his feet Arraistead himself be-,
lng fatally wounded." General Kemper
was wounded in th charge, as was also
General Fettlgrew. More than half of
the Pickett division were either killed
or wounded In this -rrtfiOTnlaught"
From the union side of the charge,
as th commanders notloed what Plokett
was5 about - to do," they commanded.
"Steady,, men, steady I Don't first" and
not a shot was , fired , until the Con
federates advanced So near that th ex
pression of 'their 1 faces oould b seen.
Then th men knew th time "had oome
and oould wait no longer. Aiming low,
they opened a deadly concentrated dis
charge upon th moving mass at ' the
front Nothing human could stand It
Picketrs division, whioh came within
th son of this terrlflo close musketry
fire, ; appeared ' ' -to 'melt and drift
away. At this Junction - General Han
cock gave th order, 'Forward, manl
Forward r Now is your chance!'' And
forward they did. -' It was undoubtedly
foolhardy for Pickett to attempt to take
Cemetery Ridge, vbut he had .been
Ordered to do so, and with Plokett It
was do or die, and the charge won for
him A glorious nam for bravery 1(l even
if he had to experience the bitterness of
failure.
- Tomorrow Th
Fontenoy.
Irfsh Brigade ' at
com back on the excursion rata. '
The people her will nor buy apples
unless they are - from Oregon. "The
wholesale ' houses are handling Oregon
apples and they find a ready tittle hr
at good prices In Guthrie, Oklahoma , City,
Enid -and ; Kl Reno. ' . Other Oklahoma
towns, too, are ' handling the Oregon
product . When a party once luys Ore
gon apples, he will buy -no other. They
tell me that the apples - are so . well
handled that they can tell them from
any other apples on' sight The people
of Oregon want to get busy and put
out more 'orchards and walnut trees
because ther is no state that can raise
th fruit that' Oregon can, and there la
room for thousands of more people and
orchards, too and don't think how that
WegoTiTimTavert
as. the- demand for Oregon fruit- will
keep ahead of thet consumption, and the
demand will be so great that th state
will be out of the fruit all the time with
good prices to th growers.-'
7 Tkc Gossip Micrboc
By Elbert HuUard
The person- wbo plays pitch-and-toss
with your good nam Is not necessarily
your enemy, " .'-":X V.". :
Probably It you go to him quietly and
ask favor, he will b glad ti grant
it, and 1 will oonsider it an honor , to
exert himself " in your behalf. His un
kind i remarks are the result rt th
gossip habit He talks to tyser himself
talk nothing is quite so pleasing to his
ears as the" sound of his own bazoo. To
have others listen to his vaporlngsls
gratifying "to-iiis canity. . ' t
He dissect th life and belittle the
motive of anybody 'and everybody who
are not, present , ShouldL the , person
reviled suddenly appear upon the acener
the - theme ' quickly changes, and th
newcomer Is treated with kindly defer
ence, and - Is regaled 4 by- hearing the
character of some one is ripped up
into carpet rags. ' vi . c- ''0 ''fi
vTh gossip microbe is 1om of vacuity,
and breeds' best in Idle minds.- ,. - --Ifou
do not hear what the scandal
monger says, you are not harmed. As
for those who hear him, they are .not
influenced against you by What he says,
and for the most part his words die" on
V empty air.
He injures no one but himself.; -
However, the person who" comes end
tells you what the loquacious one says
about you, Is a positive pest 'His ac
tion la . unforgivable and unpardonable.
He robs you of your peso of mind. . Th
idle charges when told over again take
on a different color and become realities.
So to repeat The' individual who rails
on me .behind , my back is very seldom
my enemy; the person who comes to m
and tell rne what h say,, is. ' ..,".!' !.-
The first 111 pardon, the latter for
ever is tabu let his asm be anathema.
He is one who magnifies Idle nothing
and -vacuous vaporing until they be
come noxious gases. v- . . --
Th man who talk gossip is a fooli
bet th onwiie repeat it U a -roiru.
Tour -friends ar thos who, tell you
th kind thing that ar said of youj
your enemies are those wh, In th holy
name ' of friendship, com to yon and
poison your atmospheres hgr ths othe
thing.' '
Th plan if th king in th olden time
who killed th messenger that brought
him . bad news, has ' my approval.
Blessed are th feet of tho whs bring
glad Udlnga. - ;
Tanglefoot
Blflet . '
' ' Overhoh
B U PERSTmONS.
One ocfld night I lay Sr4leepingt ' .
Through.th trees th moon was pes
ln. - . ' -. :. . ;
Then I .heard a tree frog cheepipg,
miiL a kuu, uuvu, uui mr iaui
It was what my dad had taught -me.
What th years of thinking brought me.
And the notion grabbed and caught me
Oav m rheumatism , pain. .
For I try to dodge tradition, ,
Try to doubt all superstition, -
Working on my own volition, -
And I mumblet Nor for mine1
rm a wise and brilliant geeser, .' .
And no frogpond in th -trees-.! .
No fool aigns oan fool this sneeser
, , But my 4ucky number's ln."
As for breaking looking glasses, '"'
Smashing them while grim death pa.
Soaring singly, scaring masses, .-
Meaning sadness, rain of ahln4
Why, I break to Just for meanness,
Bltbwlng I am shy on greenness.
For I'm proud of my own keenness--
. But my luoky number's "nina,"
Goose bones don't know future wwthen
Neither does a goose's f eather, ', ; .
And a goosebone oan't tell whether
- , Six week more will not b.ftnt
Or a hog that carries straw, Sir, .
Or a grease spot In a saucer
If on of these can read th law, sir
But my lucky number's "nine,"
.11.1 . I I , .III, , '
Holding Back a Great Lake With
: ,.."- , . Earth. , ; , V;"";..'" .'
Th big Belle Fourche irrigation dam
in South Dakota, which i th largest
earth embankment in the world, is near
lng completion. Construction, of the
projeot was authorized by congress on
May 10, 1904. at a oost of (6,000,000.
From an engineering standpoint, th
Belle Fourche project is On of the most
Interesting which the government has
yet undertaken. Its principal structure
is th earthen dam. This ' wonderful
dike which closes th lowest depressions
in the rim of a natural basin. Is 6100 ft
longr-30-1 1 wid-on topr-and-ll t ti
high in the highest place. The -inside
face of this structure, whloh has a slop
of to 1 will be protected from' wave
and ice action by t ft of screened grav
el on whioh will be placed eonorete
blocks each 4 by ft, and .8 In, thick.
Th cubical contents of this dike wiir
be 42,700poo cu. ft, or about half of
the famous pyramid of Cheops. .
The reservoir created by this dam will
cover about 9000 acres, and will be the
largest lake in the state. The March
Popular, Mechanics -magasine contains
an Illustrated article on th dam. ; ..
New Process for Removing Stamps.
A new process for clearing logged-off
land attd making it ready for faming
Is described, "with illustrations.. In the
March number of Popular Mechanics
magasln. v Instead of . dynamiting the
heavy stumps to get them out of th
ground, or Of using donkey- ngins to
loosen- their grip on the soil, the plan
is to turn them Into, ormrooal' in the
ground, thus enriching , th soil, cut
ting to a minimum th labor required
to clear a tract of logged-over land, and
reducing ". to perhaps 880 an aor th
present almost prohibitive oost of from
70 to 8160 for preparing the logged
Off. land -for th former. -
th process Is being tested In western
Washington. In one experiment 121
stumps, some ss large as 8 ft in diamet
er, wer mimed out in four days.
(Omtrtbuted to Th feenal br Wtlt Misoa,
the fsmous Kimis poet ; His prose-poems sre s
rtrultr feature, of this columa la Tb Dally
hurnsl), . , , , , ,
He Came, half frosen, to my door,' and
asked for bread and -nothing mora I
put him by the fir' to bake, land fed
him pies and prunes and oaks, and bales
of bay and palls of -: bran, -untiC ho
seemed ! a -dif front man, f "Tou ' ar a
wreck," I said, atas I What ' brought
you to this evil passr . 'When I was
young," th wreck replied, T was my
parents' hop and Pride; they knew full
well .that I was meant to be the coun
try's president I wished to learnl the
barbers' trade and O, ge whlat the f us
they made!: My Illy hands Should '.ne'er.
b soiled by trimming-whiskers,; taw or
boiled., And so they filled me full of
lore; v I ? studied 4 years; andy then seme"
more, and never Jeameda 1 blooming
thing to help fm' when ''! 'Starve; by
Jingt And as t conned my books, with
care,' I longed to have a barber's chair
I waded deep in 9ar win's trash, - and
longed to dye some gent's raustftcha 1
Studied Whateley,y Stern' and 'Gough,
and longed to cut some sideboards. off
And when, from- study. I was free, i
folnd ther was no place for rea Dam
Nature : meant that J ; should wear an
apron s at a. barber's - chair,,, and her l
slt, all stuffed with Grpek. and not a
koperk-n-my breektTils Story mads"
my -bosom sore; I sadly kicked him
from my door, and pondered on; th
dlssy breaks th human ! parent often
makes. . : ' '. ,.: . . ,. . ,
Cpyrla, lOls, bf iV'.T !
Geors klttlit Adttn. lU3JjJ UmHmS
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