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THE JOURNAL
AH 1NDEPKNDBST NEWSPAPER.
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: ' PffWWinl wfHrr evening (txrtpt Sunday and
" Sunday morning at Tna Journal Build
tag, Fifth and lanihlll atraata, Portland. Or.
Ho desires this country to take 'wear a skirt with severar yards of from ihe same classes to whom Mrs.
nothing from Canada, and if it does needless cloth. In it than that a. man 1 Belmont's proposition appeals were
not canaaa win 6urely take, as ljt-j should -wear trousers "a mile too .confined in their Industries to cul-
wiae. ivor is there any more wick- ture of small fruits, of vegetables
edness, in js. bifurcated Bklrt than In
two-legged .pantaloons.
' EBtwd it tna poatofflca at Portland. Or... tot
transmtaaloa til rough to
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WILL IT PAT T
jTS FRIENDS CAN overuse the
S referendum. By that process
they can kill it. It has en
emies already. Many friends can
1 bo. made enemies by Its overuse or
by . Its Indiscreet or. Indiscriminate
use.
- There is a movement at Cottage
. Grove to referendum the university
appropriation. - There Is another at
Mrflnnvill trt hold tin thfl nnlvftr-
and norm&l appropriations. Are
these signs" that the referendum Is
that . mnfwfnl Pnomv of education?
Does it mean that progressive gov
ernment is opposed to making edu
cation free to all.
On the contrary, should not popu
lar government and education go
. hand in hand? Does the one. not
make the other essential? ' If the
citizen must exercise large powers
In government, is It not important
t, that every opportunity for education
should be afforded him? Is it not
true that the better' he Is educated
. and the more education Is dlsseml-
- nated the safer and saner his ver
dicts In the ballot box will be? Is
' , It not a fact that the enemies of
popular government are making the
broad charge that the citizen body
. is not sufficiently Informed to make
laws and nominate officials? ,
The friends of popular government
. ought not to use the tools of popu
lar government In aa assault upon
education. The news of such an
assault carried abroad is harmful to
tKe reputation of popular govern-
' ment and harmful to the popular es-
. timate of the state of Oregon. If,
through direct legislation, the peo
ple" of Oregon go on record as op
posed to liberal education, ft will be
.discouraging to men .who . contem
plate settling In Oregon, and disap
pointing to many men who have
looked with favor on popular gov
ernment. ; ' In the main, the sums appropri-
ated for education are for new build
ings. This is true at the university,
true at Oregon Agricultural callege
-, and true at Monmouth. R Is' invest
ment. In the plant for carrying on
the business and Is permanent. It Is
an investment that will not have to
ne made again In many decales
The buildings .will stand and serve
their useful purposes for a very
long period of years. Some claim
tha allowances are Insufficient for
needs, . but those who threaten the
-f rf Aron?m Inula ttiat th
VVVUWUW A M Ml O V 14aV IUC1 0.13 VVtJi
- large. There Is evident doubt, and
If so, is It not better to err on the
..side of education? Is there any
. our youth would come too high?
Indeed, is not the educating of the
generation that is soon to rule here
. o precious an activity as - to be
, - priceless?
. ru . , ...
, iiicm oit- very many tmngs ror
those behind the referendum move
ment to consider before they 'go
ibqut the serious business of at
.acking the educational system.
vviu k payi
tie as possible . from this country.
High protection; .. brings about ' or
tends to bring about this condition
little or no trade. Yet the sen
ator seems to congratulate the. coun
try on the Increase 'of trade, and as
muchyas admits that reciprocity
would - increase it more,
should be for reciprocity.
Then he
GLIMPSES OF CHINA
G
in
HINA IS A country of vast and
Varied natural resources, and
there are evidences that
some localities it is noTso un
progressive as, most Americans im
aglne. A traveler visiting Talyuanfu
a city of 60,000 and the capital of
Shanst province, for instance, would
bo surprised at the modern improve
ments, reports the American consul
at Amoy. The streets are broad and
well paved, and lined with cement
drains, and there are electric lights
telephones, modern school and col
lege buildings, foreign goods shops,
thousand uniformed police, and a
uniformed street sweeping brigade
School girls may be seen marching
In public parades, and women go
about freely shopping and caLing,
much as in an American city. .The
people are favorablerto foreign prod
ucts and the stores carry a great
variety of American goods.
But- while' this city and the few
others reached by a railroad have
thus become modern most of Shansi
proyince has made scarcely any pro
gress In hundreds of years. Even
Sianfu, the capital, a city of 800,000,
Is at yet una wakened to progressive
Influence. The 'building of a rail
road through, this province will
bring about rapid 'and wonderful
changes, and this is true of other
provinces and cities. Chengtu, the
capital of the province of Szechuan,
with335,000 inhabitants, has broad,
well paved streets, and the finest
shops of any Chinese city i except
Canton. Chengtu Is 2l00 miles up
the Yangtze river, and foreign goods
and ideas penetrrte bo far slowly,
but the 200 missionaries In that
city; and .vicinity have had an educa
tlonal Influence.
The Chengtu plain, 90 miles long
by 45 miles wide, Is "a veritable gar
den spot," and has been irrigated
for more than 2000 years. The
province of Szech,uan has a popula
tion of 80,000,000, and when the
Hankow-Szechuan railroad, now
building, is completed, its commerce
and industries ' will greatly develop.
It is expected that important public
works will be Inaugurated, and the
cities will install electric lighting
plants and machinery for. Industrial
factories, affording a great field for
American manufacturers.
What is
good for the gander is not poison
for the goose. These style are prob
ably of brief duration, and may not
be- of Bincere origin, lut they . are
astonishing merely because they are
different from the customary ; wo
man s gown
and flowers. " Here success has been
attained.' . ..
. : The agricultural college feminine
Btudents have special opportunities
given them' In the branches of;. work
on the-land above referred to, and
horticulture is added. 'There surely
is no lack of Interest in all these
Sensitive people can subjects at the Oresron Agricultural
easily look the other way, , When! college. , It might be suggested to
they become common, nobody will Mrs. Belmont that in her new ven-
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
YOUR bOY
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FARMERS ANI RECIPROCITY
CENATOR M'CUMBER of North
; j against, me reciprocity bill, ar
' gtied that all the newspapers
and magazines and people who had
condemned or criticised the Payne-
. Aldrich taHff hill
had wilfully misrepresented the mat
ter, and that the farmers in partic
ular had been deceived and led
: OAT M v.j3&..S 1.
u uaa voted against their
interests in electing men to congress
who favored tariff reduction. The
farmer, he said, "has been poisoned
- by the virus with which the political
atmosphere has been impregnated"
. and so turned against his protectors.
,4 Perhaps the farmers were not so
much, deceived as the senator pro
; fesses to believe. Perhaps, on the
contrary, they have recently become
more enlightened on the subject of
V protection, and have discovered that
they get little if any benefit from it;
that; In fact, it is Imposeihle to bene
fit them by protective duties when
they "have a. surplus of products
which must be marketed abroad. It is
. very strange, indeed. If nearly all the
newspapers, and magazines and the
more intelligent, progressive and In
dependent men of the country were
mistaken last year on tbls question,
and it would be . stranger Btill if
without any pre-arranged concert of
' action they Joined in an effort to
, deceive: the farmers and do them in
Jury. 'f Yet this is what Mr, McCura-
Uer inferentially assumes.
Tho lameness of the senator's logic
M exposed In, another of his gtate
, ftipnts. "Reciprocity," he said, "was
' not needed to increase this country's
trade, with. Canada; t is increasing
aa It is." , This remark seeiqs to
imply than, increase of trade Is de
sirable. Trade, between the -t wo
countries
the senator, But the extreme protec
tion for which he stands, is talcu
Utod to restrict .an docrease trade.
HAT KIND OF cheap liter
ature are "Portland boys
reading? What kind of
pictures are they seeing at
the nickelodeons? What klnd of
scenes do they see in picture nd
story to fire their imaginations with
fancies about banditti, outlaw he
roics and other phases of crime?
Two boys of 16 and 17, respect
ively, figured in an attempted hold
up in Portland last week, and are
under sentence to the reform school,
but paroled. They were masked,
and when 'they made their attempt,
pointed loaded revolvers In the face
of a woman. They carried chloro
form at d the other devices for play
ing the hold-up game. An Inquiry
into their antecedents revealed that
they frequented picture shows and
were readers df trashy dime novels.
The lad over whom the probation
officers of the Juvenile court, had the
controversy desired to be a cowboy.
He secured a horse from a local sta
ble and failed to return It. He rode
it out to a distant farm, and there
expected to engage in the cowboy
heroics that he had read about in
cheap stories.
Two incidents within a week are
food for parents and authorities to,
reflect upon. We are spending a
lot of public money to exterminate
the fruit pests. We are paying out
large sums to protect the health of
plants and animals. Last week, af
forded conclusive proof of ruin that
is falling on te young boys. What
are we doing to save them? Is any
body paying attention to the deadly
literature? :. Is anybody paying any
attention to the nickelodeons?
regard them as any more offensive
than many other things now worn
by women.. 1
'TELL MOTHER I'M SORRY"
B'
OYS WHO ARE starting out on
a criminal career," or who are
toying with the temptation to
do bo, might with profit con
sider the case of the young high
wayman who diet!" in Seattle twg
days agd, having been fatally shot
while engaged in holdup, lh which
a policeman was murdered. This
highwayman and murderer was only
22 years old, and the only excuse he
gave for his crime was that he could
not get work. This is not true, and
even if true would not have been
sufficient excuse, ,Hewent out to
rob, and if necessary.to kill. He did
kill, and was lucky to be killed him
self, rather than hanged later.
Just before dying he asked that
word be sent to his mother. "Tell
her," he said, "that 1 am sorry I
turned out bad." ; , .
But he should have thought of his
mother, and of the consequences of
bad conduct, before; his Borrow at
the end, and his mother's greater
sorrow, availed nothing. This young
man doubtless began years ago to
smoke cigarettes; be chose bad com
pany, ilked vile language and hated
work. He thought idleness, vice and
criminal pleasure smart, and the
means of happiness, but at 22 he is
buried in a felon's srave, and his
mother's heart-is laden with a great
burden of sorrow that can never be
lifted or lightened. .
No, boys, the life of vice and
crime never pays. , V
ture simple courses in. household
economy and hygiene- would fill to
great advantage time taken from the
harder, one might say the coarser
sides of masculine work on the farm
Letters From tKe Peopls
UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE
A
UNION OF THE state univer
sity and agricultural college
has been suggested. The sug
gestion alleged that unifica
tion would be In the interest of econ
omy. In Illinois the two are com
bined, and the legislature of that
state Is about voting the sum of
$3,500,000 fot buildings and main
tenance. So heavy an appropriation
for an institution already equipped
with magnificent buildings and plant
falls, to prove that union would les
sen expenditure. ,
The question of expenditure does
not depend upon union, but upon the
larger consideration of how the
money is spent. The wide differ
ence in the character of the work
makes it doubtful if any good end Is
served by combining a university
and , ah agricultural college, any
more than Joining a girls' finishing
school and a theological seminary.
In almost every instance in which
It has been tried. Jt has been ex
tremely detrimental to the agricul
tural college. The agricultural feat
ure is swallowed up by the cultural
and the ends of the federally en
dowed agricultural college eubordi
nated. At Berkeley where there Is
unification of the institutions, a
graduating class of several. hundred
a few years ago numbered one grad
uate in the agricultural course, and
she was a woman.
BELLIGERANT PROBATION
OFFICERS '
An' Ideal Automobile Trip.
Portland, Feb. 24. To the Editor "of
The Journal In your Issue of July 31,
1910, there was an article entitled "An
Automobile Route That Excel la All."
It was one Of the very best articles I
have ever read, and the description of
the country it passed through could
hardly be improved. Now the time is
near at hand when work can be started
on such projects as tola, and It would
be a very rood thing If you would re
publish the above named article,, eo as
to atlr up -the people who should be
interested In this wonderful trip.
f- This automobile route would be
great factor in the development' of the
country it passes through, and would be
quite a treat to vUltng buslhesa men
and tourists. The country west of the
Coast range of mountains in Qregon is
practically unknown even to the people
of Portland who are, only a few mlltiM
away. Such a road would, bring people
in touch with the wonderful natural re
sources of this country and would re
sult in building up many rpcpepetous
towns and cities where there la now
nothing more than a wilderness.
Tillamook county alone with its won
derful timber and good harbors and
rich soil will return millions of dollars
for. the few thousands spent on good
roads, etc. . . . .
I hope., you will use the Influence of
your valuable paper to get this project
started aa soon as possible.
J. T. COYLE.
PERIODICAL LOCUSTS
N'
OT ONLY THE 17-year locusts
but the 13-year locusts are due
to appear in this country next
summer. The 17-year locuBts
are officially designated by the
bureau of entomology as Brood If,
and the 13-year locusts as Brood
XXni a conjunction of 13 and 23
must be a sign of no end of ill luck.
Yet let us not worry overmuch. At
their last appearance the 17-yoar
locusts spread over only a narrow
strip along the Atlantic coast from
New York to North Carolina, and
were not so numerous and destructive
as on former occasions. The other
brood visited 13 years ago. the Mis
sissippi valley from southern In
diana and IllinoiB to Louisiana,
But whether the expectations of
a revlsitation of these pests to thcjse
regions be realized or not, the people
of the Pacific northwest have no ap
prehensions. . This region is not al
together free of pests, bat is more
so than almost any other, part of the
country..
Why so much . . talk about the
s is increasing, so the jdt-Lrm rvlu'h,m. "w l th0Se Wlth whlch thei
rHonjenougha
The Immodesty . Mnrorf at
is all In the observer's nrohnhiv
P'
ROBATION OFFICERS of the
Juvenile court ought not. to
maintain a status of belliger
ency. Open hostilities in his
presence were not edifying to the
boy in their charge. The main bus
iness of probation officers is to
teach youth the ways of rectitude,
good order and peace, not disorder
and war. .
. The He passed by one probation
official to another is no better or
softer word than when passed by
one town hoodlum to another, it
was a most unique if not a terrifying
situation, when ono officer attempted
to pull the delinquent boy in one
direction and the other Bought to
drag him the opposite way. All this
and fhe apparently lramipent proB
pect 'of- a resort to upper cuts,
smashes to the Jaw and short arm
Jabs could. not have. added to the
moral well being of the boy, nor to
the peace, dignity or sanctity of the
court. . ,
Naturally, when the Juvenile Judge
arrived and learned particulars, he
ordered an armistice and requested
resignations. All the evidence shows
that discipline was as needful for
the probation officers as for the delinquents..
The Father of Efficiency.
From the Technical World Magasine.
"Give an American a few tons of dy
namite and a mountain to bore through
in a month and he is happy," said an
efficiency engineer to me the Wthor
day. "Americana love to do big things
In a great hurry. They despise small
things. , A structural shop orders The
supplies from a rolling mill. "She big
beams are promptly shipped. The angles
and smaller : pieces do, not come for
weeks or months. The superintendent
of the structural shop pleads for per
mission to begin work Immediately on
material i not deliverable for three
months. If permitted to, do the work
ahead of time he clamors for permission
to ship it. He is always ahead on big I
wofr, aiwayu oenina on small worn, ana
this means a great waste of time and
energy." . .
But we are coming to the day w'nen
the smaller things, will be recognised
as of as much importance in the prob
lem of production aa the larger, the
day when the7 man beside the machine
and his capacity for work and wage
will be more closely, considered. In fact.
tn certain centers where the big actlvl
ties hold Sway there 1st already a mighty
and successful effort toward right plan
ning, right execution, and right reward
for the toller. In these places such
marvels of economy are being wrought
by bright master minds as to stag
ger the imagination of the men of the
old school of wasters whose motto was
"Get there," and who recked not of the
cost. ' ' . ' : . . '..
, Yea, the science of business and in
dustrial effkienoy, scoffed at by the
headlong egotists who thought they
were doing big things in the best way,
out orten were only misdoing and wast
ing, has been tried out and may be defi
nlteiy and demonstrably declared toj
nave won. - - :
Who conceived thin principle of ef
ficlency, the thing that Is now ao in
tensively engaging the master minds of
industry? Well, of course the idea of
economy In production has always been
insisted upon : by the heads of great
ita,tvD, uui iiuiv na.u njiuwu mat -puis
not always been intelligent and success
ful economy, and as for humane deal-
tngs; with employees. , they rarely hare
been considered in the scale. But think
oj an, economy both intelligent and suc
cessful and in which the idea of the
fair deal is always uppermost; for
without the fair deal there can be no
economy and no efficiency. Let us give
credit where credit "Is." due. After 'n
careful study of the genesis of this
great movement I find that to Freder
ick W. Taylor formerly chief engineer
of the Midvale Bteel Works,- belongs
the hohor of Introducing' scientific ef
ficiency in this country.' Some of the
men who are doing things In Ibis line
H him "the Father of k Efficiency,"
and ha deserves the title. '
I
FEMININE FARMERS
T IS ANNOUNCED that Mrs. O.
H. P. Belmont has started a prac
tical school for feminine farm
ers on 200 acres of land on Lonit
Island, Probably Mrs. Belmont will
have plenty of applications. But Jt
is also probable thai a little experi
ence will show that the agricultural
colleges of the United States are
proceeding on plans for their wompn
students of more permanent worth,
both to them and to society at large,
than the courses In general farming
labor Mrs. Belmont plans. . s
With similar philanthropic mo
tives to those with which
Henry Somerset and Lady Broke
fnth oat . aaf ria lafi ,nd ri wiamm.. i f M
prurient imagination. There is no Eneland a eond manr or.
more reason why a woman should But their women students, who came
One Wire for Many Voices.
From Technical World Magazine.
"Hello! Is this New York?" o
"Yes."
"This is Honolulu, In the Hawaiian
Islands. Give me the Flatiron build
ing." ,
That la the sort of long distance tele
phoning we shall soon be able to do.
Indeed, there Is every prospect that
within a short time- people will talk
from Chicago to London over a. wire.
We may, even send a whisper direct
from Boston to Pekln, China, or actually
transmit a spoken message around the
world! - , "
All of this as the resuU of an' inven
tion Just patented by Major George O.
Squier, of . the Signal corps, United
States army, lib has made a free gift
of It, however, ,to the American people,
and anybody is at liberty, to use it
without paying a cent for the privilege.
The Invention does not merely prom
ise to provide a means whereby one may
telephone for a distance almost indefi
nite. It also makes practicable the
employment of a single wire for the
simultaneous sending of a number of
messages,, whether by the voice or by
telegraph ' ' ,
Briefly described, the method adopted
is one whereby wireless messages are
sent over a wire -a sort of "wire wire
less," as Major, Squier calls it. - A para
dox, one. might. ar. But the matter
will be better un,dertood when it is
explained that the messages travel not
through the wire itself,, but through a
thin layer of ether . surrounding . . the
wire. All that the w(re does is to act
as a guide, ' - - . .
The Great Express Monopoly.
A writer in the March American
Magazine calls public' attention to a gi
gantic monopoly which for yeara hat
escaped publicity and which has been
fattening vn . unheard of profit wrung
from ' the- people by the exercise, of
uaurpedrivllegeswThi..jnnpely(
that controlled by the great express
companies,' six of whom execute 80 per
cent of ithe-country's express business.
uxi .ntnvuu, uio.nuiuur tn me article,
shows that 'these companies by agree-
' Don't" forget to write those letters
Deca east on colonist day. ,
- Sorine is bound to come.-on account
or Dasenan u nothing else. ; - v
Hens are .sometimes laiy. but they
never iorm an i. w. w, organization.
Since his annexation . sneech. some
people are Inclined to call him Chump
Clark. ..' . . .
j". - J :j-jv.r; (-',, -. !:-. V '' ,
. The smelt were slow In arriving this
season, but they got here. as numerous
ly ms ever -at last.
. .
Yet, curiously, candidates in woman
suffrage states, don't advertise them
selves at bargain prices.
i .
The Seattle Times Is opposed to the
recall, It won't even - recall its pre
census population figures.
A legislature . ran do ' many things,
but after it adjourns the governor has
the last say on many bills.
A French governmental crisis la prob
able. But that happens so often that
little interest attaches to -it'-v,
JL . 'j t
Nevada not having much of any other
inuuniry, us legislature is determined
to protect xtenoa divorce industry-"--
The' auto-frelght vehicles will in
crease greatly, but it will be a long time
uoiura ins mute win oecprae exunci,
It is rennrted that the hantr nt MnnU
cano nas Deen loalnar heavilv , latelv.
But bo far It has avoided Morganisatlon,
Thev are undoubtedly areat cenerala
Navarro and Orosco: thev can dodo-n
each other indefinitely ; with complete
ucueas.
The president has recommended the
admission of New Mexico, but Miss
Arizona la politically naughty, and must
amy uui.
i ,...,
Because the administration has in
dorsed Peary is scarcely a sufficient
reason ror tne Democrats declnrlna- In
lavur oi vook.
i. aw
If Mr. Carnea-ld will send our a lot
of millionaires among marriageable
elrls. he will not find tho. d.mei
prejudiced ana obdurate.
A Petrified chicken Is renorted ta have
been found near Chattanooga. But
can t the same thing be found in res
taurants or many towns?
All sorts and grades' of officials and
puouoMwaaDioyes want tneir salaries
raised every little while, regardless of
whether the cost of living is rising or
When the urban but imnresslv nres-
ident of the Oregon Bar association
'laid down the law" to those terrible
men of Tia Juana, what could they do
but obeyt
The Democrats In the house helned
pass the president's reciprocity bill, and
he gives them a month in which td ire-
pare for organization before the special
session meets. So it seems that TafU
and the Democrats are becoming quite
chummy.
a
The -first of March ta almost here!
write a letter east. Tell folks you
used to know that here nature spreads
a feast. Wednesday's colonization day;
everybody write to the folka back there,
and say that Oregon's all right. Just
tell the truth, it's good enough, about
our splendid state; write some, cheery;
springlike stuff-nd don't forget the
date,
TLomars Jefferson on tne:
Land 'Problem '
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
XT--.l.-i Jin ,...' . AA x
storv b., fdini ' nv" newS.,UIiuu lW0 A letter wrlttea br Thomas Jeffer-
' uuuumg. . B011 tbt Becond presjdent of the Unlt.d
Forty potatoes raised near Creewert States, to Kev. James Madison, as re
made a bualieU , ' , ported In Paul Leicester Ford's works,
la aa follows;
; mmh-rhi '"t Sunday school nas i ' Fontainbleau, Oct 28, 1?9B
. . a -. ' - w ,
. Newberg brick plant expects the larg.
est ousiness in us tiieiory. .
Abundance of snow nearly
good crops In maay localitiea. .
assures
jjear Bir: seven o ciock, ana re
tired to my fireside, I have determined
to enter : into conversation with you.
This is. -village of about 5000 inhab
itants when the court Is not. here and
20.000 When thev utc. . nccunvlna- : a
vallev thro' which- rune a hronlt and!
man near lndennnnnca a-nt 4!iS hirah. I nn aash i.i Af if a . M e an,.n
ym vi corn iron ft acres last year. mountains most of which are. Halted
i ; Parti.. .... l.i- , M" ..c.o, m mtiau
of i iio ooft Zf. .f K. : ww hunt. His court attend him,
Point V9'?00 c.oncret Hotel, at W Ls do also the foreign diplomatic corps.
- i cut as tnis is not indispensably re
Ground has dried sufficiently so that Quired and my finances do not admit
much plowing la being done In Lane the expense of a continued residence
county. , here, I propose to come occasionally to
o. . " , V ttend the King's levees, . returning
Scores of new families are already). t, j,,-. . .,.M '
ne.risnt?rlnt rty' rePrt8 tUV a- ftHp I'set 1?
'. . a morning to itake a vtew of the place.
People who are supposed to know "c this purpose I shaped my course
most about it say that. Crater Lake towards the highest of the mountains
never,, freesea over. In alght, to the top of 'which was about
. - J a. lociniA Am ttnnn a. t mi ilm v
, n..., , . ... . I " '
.""""i "?' f i'w. PfT"Ben.?rrl. ,n town 1 rel ln w& Poor woman walk-
thew headnSLtir;tHfa&fi. hve in h with myself and
weir Headquarters at La Grande, ; J oin th. wi-ki-- i
same course.
condition of
Wishing toi
the laboring!
Clay and Randolph.
In aplte of his singularly affable
manners, Henry Clay waa a good deal
of a fighter. Thrice hi; was Involved
in "affairs of honor," ln which, for
tunately, only a minimum amount of
blood ' was spilled. - Clay'a first duel
was fought -at 2, while a membe
of the Kentucky legislature, his op
ponent, being Colonel Joseph . Hamilton
Davles. HIS second appearance waa
with 'Humphrey Marshall, at the time
One of the most aistinguisnea Oi .en
tuckkns. The third and last of his
duels was with John sanaoipn oi
Roanoke.
In 1826 Randolph was approaching
the end of his singularly erratla ca
reer and there was no doubt, at times,
that hp was over the border of re
sponsibility, largely because of his long
continued custom of speaking and other
wise Indulging himself without re
straint. Jefferson had caused his over
throwfrom power tn the house, . and
Clay, as speaker, had reduced him to a
nonentity. ,
The voice still lived, however, and
In the early part of the administration
of John Qulncy Adams, hta remarks
were very often of the most personal
and offensive . character. , The-, limit
was reached, however,- when in a
speech xn the Panama congress ' resolu
tion, he referred to Adams ana Clay as
"the coalition of Blifil and. Black
George-the combination unheard of
until then, of the Puritan end the Black
leg" . v '
Upon ' hearing of this Clay sent his
friend, .General - Jesup, to . interrogate
Randolph, at the same time giving him
the usual letter to be handed over If
the interview was not satisfactory.. Ran
dolph failed to retract, and as the affair
had gone' too far to call It off, It was
found ' necessary for the two to meet
on the field of honor and see how well
they could keep up the bluff and, fall to
hit one another.
Saturday the 8th of April, 1828, was
the date fixed upon, and the right bank
of the Potomac, within the state of Vir
ginia, above the little Falls bridge, the
place. (When Mr. Randolph received the
challenge he informed the deliverer. that
"Mr. Clay may fire at me for what has
Offended him; I will, not, by returning
. 1',; '"'.V I 5-"Ci
Answering a question of the Dallas I " " " - v wvimi
itmi ni.nv Z.H VvlZ poor ; I entered Into conversation with
the greateat need of Polk county is goodner which ! began by inquiries for the
roads, . s - I path which would lead me Into the
. ' 1 " . , ', " PJ, ? '. ' I mofintaln: and thence proceeded to in-
An tlDDer Klamath Ink rnWl.t uwi I milria, inin v,.. ...jm.. --m
tJ??1?1 Prehistoric hlero- circumstances. She told ma she waa a
glyphlca in the Ice, and a correspondent . inhnmr at ft .,. 2a -f Jii-. rJv.
aays It must be a dead language, and f e.r; .'i? 1 trling the
surely a cold one , " lay; that She had two children to maln-
i aiiu io vmj rem oi su uvres lor net
Eugene man spading a garden dug house (which would consume the hire
up some potato tops on which were j or 76 days) 1. that often she could get
good aizod new potatoes which have I no employment . and of
Ktntheraixa of rninsh' ' f,T. without bread. A. we had walked to
about the, size of English r walnuts. gether near a mile, and aha had so far
Omaha man apendtna- the winter In .",veu m " . uwe. i gave
Eugena said: ."I do not see why your f!er . . . J"1"' 0UB- " Sh
people want to ro to California fnrlbu,r8t 'nt teara of a gratitude which
weatner oonoitions. The weather we WU1U verce,T0 was unreigned because
nave had ln Eugene for the past three was unable to utter a word. She
Weeks la Infinitely aunerlor to inv. I had nrorahlv mvw kf ..i.a
wh. -iV- th.t"ii.i" iV or feat aa aid. This little at tendrlsse
wnere else that I -know of." . ment. with th aniit,. e M
tp;.. .lm lnt a -train of reflections on that
IIMh ? VI ' UiVVBJ aV U Hi rfl U Tin 1 Tl ST I . a m.. .
country will enioy a e-ood seaaon T 7 ""T" vision or property which oc
building activity and development thia 088,on" ' tne numberless lnstanoea J of
summer, seems now an assured. factSt wretcneanesa which I had observed In
says the NewOCottagea are to spring thiB country and i to be observed all
up ln the various additions to-thit r-itvl over Eurnnn. Th. - nmnfw . iu-.
I,, "T """"" v panuBomo resiaences country is -absolutely concentrated In
win nai si rear' ran . si ism anma MtafnaAa i .... m - . -
irom nair a million of guineas a year
It an acre of celery up In the Hood ITZ yl . , in"ft employ tha f,owei
Piw.r Mira .in ' - "i r the country as servants.' soma m
11606. what would it An In thai hnlmlAt
them having as many as 200 domestics.
climate of the Rogue River valley? nt laboring. They employ also" a great
wranisj irasa uuiiooa. wny iiuinoer ; m manuracturers, and trades
don t some Of you apple-crazed people! men. and lastly "the claas of laboring
undertake to demonstrate thi nttuh,,.hi """tf
KryJith p.jpL- wr ?urr-
fire and a galling un to protect the ri7ht fnt nd work,
celery patch, and it doesn't require 10 1 asked myself what could be thi rea-
years'-experience and the counsel of ,on ,nat 1,0 many should be permitted
vvia extiens to raise tne stun, : i " ""a who are wnung to work, lu a I
' (country where ihere la a very ennsid-1
While nasslna alonr the ha .ft erabla nronol-Hon nt ttnhiHv.t,t iaHl
troBnei iwn xaquina young men found mese lands are undisturbed Only fori
left airniin inrf .hinVrT--"! na2 . 01 8ms- It should seem thee
tterZUn.te 12 1?. n the normou.
tlon ahowed that the hrti.a.ici.n;;. ""tt"n.i ne Proprtetora which places
all at home. The beea were right there, v"1 borv Mtehtlon to the Increase of
as one man found out When he attempt- nelr revenues ; by permitting these I
ea to remove the hlve.nr on. msU lianas to be labored, r am nnain.
insiae- ms giove ana stung him. The nal n aqua! division of property is
IV ' .lww . iiwi in aaai-1 inipracucaoie. nut the oonsequcn-e'
SSUr. iVaBruhnT ! "?. Producing
du uiuuii imaery 10 me DuiK or manafnd,
legislators cannot InvsrH mo many de
vices ror subdlvldlnr DroDertv. nlv
taking care to let their subdivisions go
hand In hand with the natural affec
tlona of the human mind. The
9f Property nf every klnl thumfum to
all the children, or to all the trothera
and sisters, or other relatione in-nuni
mo lire, tamu nis right to do so.' ' Tt l aegree is a pontic measure and a nrat.
was evident then that it was to be a ticable one. Another means of silent-1
Diooaiess duel so far as the challengee l lessening the Inequality of property
was concerned.- And evidently th. ohi.l to exempt all from taxation twin-
lenger felt the same dlstnciinntinn trtla certain point, and to tax the hdur
nea oiooa. wnen the order was- given pwuuns ot property in geometrlrel
iu iire, mt. uiay aimed so low that the u"""n mey rise. Whenever
gravel flew ln every dlrectlon"from the lncro w ln ny country, uncultivated
ahot When Mr. Randolnh flr.rt ha Aim. lands and unemployed poor, it in clear
charged his pistol in tho air. and "said: ihat tn lawB of Property have been so
iia not lira at you, Mr. aay," and "r """"oea as to violate . natural
Immediately advanced and offered his r,ht Th arth is given aa a common
hand. Clay met him In tb same spirit. "tock ,or man t0 labr ' nd live
both duelists shaking; hands, on- " op tha encouragement of Indus
Mr. Randolph looked for an instant try w" a,low u t0 be appropriated,
Into . the face of his opponent and then mut take care that other omployment
said; "Mr Clay, you owe me a coat" Prov,dwl t( thosa exoluded from the
the bullet having passed through the WopriaUon. I' we do not the funda
skirt of tho coat, very near the hip: to mental r,ht ta labor the earth
which Mr. Clay promptly and happily returi,B to tha unemployed. It . la too
replied, "I, am glad the debt is no "00n yel ln our country to say that evi
between 10 and 16 pounds of honey. The
KAa eea aV aal .! t at. .Ji.
,n uiiuui iu meir new noma.
SEVEN FAMOUS DUELS
greater.
- Thus ended the last of " the duels
fought by the great statesmen, tt was
begun with the greatest seriousness,
aim -ended In a farce. Clay was a man
who had an abundance of the personal
priae or nis section, and to be referred
to aa a "blackleg? even by Randolph,
was more than his nature could stand.
Randolph's greatest fault was his toe
free use of the invectives that stln ami
for thia reason he waa almost constantly
in trouble. ' -
On the Monday followinr the duel thm
two men exchanged cards, and social
relations were formally, and courteously
Randolph was not alone In his charges
ery man who cannot find employment
! but who can find - uncultivated land
i shall be at liberty to cultivate it. n.vin-
a moderate rent But 1', la not too n.x.n
to provide by every possible tm-ana thnt
as few as possible shall bo without a
llttla portion of land. The small land
holders are tha. most prtclon part of
a state. -
"Mr, Ford saya In re nurd tit im.
date: " "Tha.,irue datt of this Wtar la
ten yeara previous to this. jff.ran
havlrtg written 1796 in place of 1T85."
Not an Amusing Matter.
From the Dallas Iteralser.
Tl I. Ki 4- .
.. 1. ' T i,'ini in - ,.iiuoiii6 M ur DevDlfl to
that there was a corrupt bargain be- see our state fund ao extravagantly
tween Adams and Clay, which secured thrown away as It has he th.I
the election of the former to the preei- , . . ?r
aency, and tne latter the office of aecre- .,, 'w",,l"r"- 11 na the
tary of state under him. That the LwSST" M"
never was a corrupt bargain, or any- the f" beneflt vry way, yet
thing like It, is now ahcepted as certain. f.0.me wU1 teU u" that "uch organlza-
aa undoubted as any fact in hlatorv "Y"" " necessary to maKe our lawi-.
Clay said there was not an -h. Ana Iact is that the expenditure Incurred
lied," Adams said there was not., and 8 m..r" tnan Bur thinly populated stat
"he couldn't He If he tried." Benton X. "Una w,thout a exceaslva
who knew better than any-one else the la burden, and all will welcome the
inside of politics of those days, also said y when uch Provident bodies of
mere was not, ant he was opposed to""" " tu ne past,
uiay. poimcauy an ms days. - Many of
mono wno .maae tne original charges
later withdrew them.
Satisfied
Tomorrow Decatur-Barron duel.
entered into competition with each oth
er, ana rates, arbitrarily, determined,
are never cut. Mr. At wood "wants to
knov why the V. B.' postoffice' runs
at a loss and why tha express compan
ies have repeatedly declared enormous
dividends to their stockholders. Speak
ing of the entire lack of competition
between the express companies, Mr.
Atwood writes:
"At first thought there would appear
to be competition among the different
eompanles on one occasion at least, that
Is, when a railroad contract expiree.
But unfortunately. there la competition
only as to which company will pay the
railroads most for the privilege. Con
sequently the bigger, the payment the
more the public must be charged to en
able the express company to make the
large profits to which It la accustomed.'
Indeed, , the public ls better off when
there is least expiration of contracts
for the railroads are demanding more
eaoh year from the express companies.
Formerly the railroads did . not' expect
more than 40 per cent of the gross re
ceipts where the business was heavy,
whereas now 5 and 67 H per cent are
the customary percentages for a choice
Several more or less distinguished
senators will retire permanently frpro
puhilo life next Saturday, but the coiin-
ment. between themseive hava nmrl'Vhlitt.r " W'" "
Tanglefoot
B? Miles
Overholt
THE GOLDEN RULE,
would do unto other folk aa
do unto mei T
But oftentimes . the stunt
my peace;
they
disturbs
(Oontrlhnti'J t.i Th. Immii . or.it w ; , I
tn (nuoas Ksrua nnt. . HI. nmu.m. . F
Journal) te"tur wluma 'la The Pally
I have a home where peace abides, a
cheap-John vine above the door: the fir
trees ahade the cottage side what
millionaire could ask for moreT ' Mr
easy chair's beside the fire, ray sl'o-
pers -waiting: for my feet: and If ,.
r'rinatance when a geezer crowds " "Y 'yre, to twang some
ahead so I can't see . , antnems and repeat. When I come
The heroine who takes my aye, want home, all tired and worn, my dear onus
iBieoi ms i me aoor. and strairhtaw.tf
Ana want to yell. "Pollca!" 1 sounds the dinner horn what bank a" .
And- then, again, when soma lnot . Jff,reMB -more7-. 1 have a
treads on my softest corn. vm'r appetite, and iota of -room be
I cannot smile and n.mru iu,i. i tieath my belt: 1 swat h vWiii i-i-.
And when he Jostles me again and t an1 right, demolishing a want long fet
Wh.. . t ini ' ,VC ' "vur,, inu iiioio is . vneeriui . la K tha Willi.
Why, I am filled with anger and I mut tniii h.i. im M.i i. V..V! "
. . pretty nearly choki
, He's the guy I'd like to soak.
t like to be polite' to folk, to womeh
and to men,. ,
To the militant and, talking suffra-
. gette, , v
But always there's a limit and I holler
now and then. .
When they call me names and scold
1 m till 1 fume and cry and fret
. f.i've not voted for 'em yet.
Andwthen again J" meet ajroaawha
robs me of my cash,
, Who gives me change that's ahort on
either end;
Say., would I do as I am done! '. Well,
listen for the creeh:
The golden rule, methlnks. will need
mend
. , . Vor that guy is not mUb friend.
around me wear a smile what pluto.
i.i m. i-uiuo bbk tor more? When I am
sick the neighbors, come, and beg i
chance to help . me out; they bring nie
pills and chewing gum, and boneset tni
ftn?, 1? and krnut' Tn' ,oa down
with kindly deeds, so long as I am sick
and soi(e, and minister to all my needs
whose toll of dough can bring in more
And when my little race la run, ahd 1
hav.tip?,rl8,led once 0r tw,c. y friends
wlU.Ulka-t'4'wfonrrwhn-Ifanr
lying on the Ice; they'll give me, then,
as best they may, a send-off to the
golden, ahore, and that will help me on
my way what syndicate . could pur.
chase roorer , J
CopjFrtgb, mo, by ' H jrrt
Caorga Mattbew adama. JQsiljfWtSm