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THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL, "PORTLAND, TUESDAY . EVENING, . MARCH 7, 1911.
TUT? TAT T TV XT A T . romantic, v Lorlmer as the: especial present forestry law and, tha water .'will amount to Ufa- imprisonment be-.
1 JUL -J J V IVi. XXJ- object ;(?f; Divine solicitude bere be- code. That Is to Bay that the two cause he, is a Seventh Day Adventlst '
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low, la bewllderlngly . esthetic,' One
c. a.
i.....PnblllM
can almpsTTSear. the."rusue of angel natural resources of this state Its i work onSaturday.
wings, and see tbe gates of Paradise.
,: tint Snadur nornlng it Ttia wti Brultl
ln. FlfU tp Yamhill streets, fwrtuup. nr.
Entered at the pnatofflea t Portland. Or., tot
trunamlaaloa throagB lb null u MCoad-clM
r TELEPHONES Main' 717S: Hotna. "" rI.
v. t All frpirtimili rnrM by M "ember.
tll toe oprrato what department yoa waat.
FOREIGN ADVERTISING HEPRE8ENTATIVS,
" , fl'wjamln A Kentoor Co., Brniwwlrk BniMIng,
. KJ Hftb annua. New Tors; 1218 People'!
uu Bnlldlne. Chlruo.l . . , !.f. ".
:r : '"' stand pat : fof Sheehan, He insists
daili. v r of the fitness of the candidate. He is
tA nniiAna 1 Ua fa A 1ikCP
use t on month.:......! JB lsiatare,, lie nas tne power or veto
STILL IK THE , KIXQ
HE 'SENATORIAL deadlock in
thiNewi York ; legislature has
entered upon ltsseventh week.
.Charles Murphy,' boss .of. Tam
many, hait!.sits. in."a. .room In , an Al
bany hotel .and . delivers orders to
his henchmen in the legislature to
most Important .safeguards -for the and won't do military or any other '
Out year... .....$5.00 Dm month... 1 7... I JtO
Od rr...
. DAILY AKD 8UNDAT. . . .
Ow rear..... .., $7.60 1 On month,.......! .SB
I profess not talking: enly this, .
Let each man do his best.
' v:, Shakespeare.
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over every bill in 1 he body. He is
the state. He is the rank and file
of the Democratic party and assumed
stodian of-all-tho- people of Ne
York. ' Such Is the condition into
which free government has descend
ed in that state. J.
Governor, Dtx has issued a state
ment suggesting that Sheehan be
Trl th A r a vn a ml nat h en, oft nil I ilat a
T WAS TIME for Mr. Bellinger to elected. ; But Murphy demurs. Shee-
'"'u' wo" han Jn response to orders from Mur-
Pbrmun,;.The; Tammany mem-
, .1 ?: ' iaA" bers, elected to represent the people,
forests and its water powers ihave
been promoted by these unpaid com
missions during; their term: pf service
to Oregon. . - ;y -: r-r , . . 5 ,
ri The comparatively; trivial amount
of . the expense of the commission
they are doubtless well able to pro
vide for, since the legislature so de
crees It.' 'Whether that small econ
omy .will serve to enlist other men
of like standlng. willlng to spend and
be spent In the .service of Oregon is
It-surely
seems a poor inducement
-Letter j From tLe People i
COMMENT, AND NpWS IN BRIEF .
SMALL CHANGE
The Lotimer: vote -was the last'hlg
"w iua.1 oroHB isaiiey a political -oacK.
What are the Impecuntoni kicking
for? They don't have to march up ana
jr luxes.' -.v ir;..
It 1 atfatir the time-of -year when. t
THE BELGIAN CONGO
T
BALLINGER
' was an initial blunder. . He was not
- of cabinet. statnre,and31fUU-
tions made him Impossible as the rr""B
... .tA -m ' i, I oneenan.
hi. reality represent "liurphy and are
following ; his - orders - to - stand by
' man to,, preside over - the country's
resources In a way to command pub
'Jlc confidence.
Lawmaking In the legislature Is
at a standstill.' The hand of the
boss is on every bill and its passage
n,;;' is Permitted or yetoed on the test
::"T.7.n:T": of.lt. bearing on the senatorship. It
open to entry- certain , large ; areas
that had been withdrawn. . The act
- aroused Intense distrust of Mr. 'Hal-
linger i throughout the country. It
""was a cobU. blunder, to the admin
istration when for the sake of Bal
ls the old condition that used to be
presented In a slightly: modified form
in Oregon at every legislative . ses
sion. ? It Is the condition that was
driven from the state by the pri-
.. tin.i, Ar nary law and Statement One. ;
public service - 11 in the condition Oregon Mur-
Tf phys and Sheehans want restored In
It was an irreparable blunder when f. . . .. . ....
Ballinger and Wickersham led the ofSf
president into a false position In th frtSaalerB . aasemDiyism were ugnv
defense of the interf
The whole incident of Ballinger in Z
tbe cabinet has been unfortunate be- ? J"0 5tatetaen; MJ??
ciiuse of the wide distrust thereby Plannedllk Murphy to be the -leg-created
in the publio mind t from S'1 rK,'tb!I!
ocean to ocean. - ' , . 8? KlUshU dte-
nmiMlMa ifr ';n.lllnr h. ngurea, tney are sun ra ws nn5.
' personal Tirtues. He is strongly de
fended where he Is best known. But
the wrong starts If the threat ot ' r,, Klta,M. ,a mM
rSUFRUCT
.lmpaechment by ; the ; Democratic
"house caused his resignation, some
good fcas alreadr come to the-president
from the Democratic landslide
i ot last fall,- t j,f , i r
PUBLIO RECKONINGS
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1 to have been brought into Ore
gon -by publicity last year. It
was publicity in which the Portland
Commercia club : spentT : $60,000.
Other important factors in the cam
paign were booklets and other adver
tising by various counties and cities
rHE POLITICAL revolts and rev- in the state. V . ": 5
olntions in the leading 'sound -Last,, but not least, in spreading
cities are of Interest In Port- the ;message of a greater Oregon
land. " In Tacoma the nreliml- were the railroads. Their work was
narJes are being arranged for a re- one Of the most effective of all the
'call election. There is s a ' clamor factors in the great campaign.
against the municlDal 1 siovernment Their effectiveness wa the , conse-
for sins of omission and commission, quence of their knowjedge of the in
and the heads of officials are de- ner secrets of publicity.1 Their book;
manded.. ' ' . jlets, brochures and '. other publlca
Seattle has passed through a re- Uons are the; last word In the print-
call election in which the mayor was er's art. In picture and story they
reduced to 'private .life and another reflect : Oregon and "Oregon attrac-
man ' raised to the headship of the tions in all; the completeness and
tity. graft Investigation- ls4n full ri vldness ; that are possible to the
career, and the word given out that printed page.. The frrfit Is millions
jfhe city Is to be shaken to its founda-fof money, brought to Oregon for in-
tions wjth reyelations of corruption, vestment, and thousands, of people
A committee of the chamber of com- seeking Oregon for home making
' merce has made an investigation and 1 The leadership of William McMur-
-8ubmitted iaVreport Insisting that ray of the Harrimah lines has been
there must be a reduction of taxes, one of the conspicuous features of
The report Insists that there must the publicity work. His railroads
be an elimination or a postponement have provided ' generously, and he
of everything not required for main- has planned and executed most ef
. tenancy .of the city. ' Hfectlvely. The great usufruct that
'Portland has' no revolution. But came to Oregon from otherwhere
oiuciaiuuni must not rest secure in I last year is partly uua to uib vcrEii-
the belief that, no ; political storm ent efforts. : ' ' .
t an' ver burst .here, v Sometime It . There Is a bond of union between
will come. Public reckonings aTe a the railroads and the citizen In the
natural law of society, and heedful Issue" of building up Oregon. ' Their
for the cleansing of the Augean sta- desires flow in. the same channel,
ble of public life. ; They are an ac- Their aspirations He along the same.
..counting necessary to the restraint route,. and their combined endeavors
ot the taxoater, who, if never over- are a splendid force, for progress,
hauled, grows, in boldness and de- Ultimately, " as their; understandings
mands. ':i'ts;'..r':s.-, are' perfected,. they, will be similarly
j It is a kindness wasted to sympb-j helpful to each other, in numerous
twze with Seattle, - Seattle needs no particulars.
-sympathy. It is no harm to that
the late. King Leopold of Belgium.
American missionaries were num
bered In the list of witnesses to con
ditions where rubber was paid for
in unnumbered human lives, and in
miseries' of which 1 the- whole tale
could not be told for very shame. ;
Shortly before the old king died
Belgium as a state tdok over his in
vestments, assumed the government,
and made herself responsible In the
eyes of Europe for new conditions.
Tho new king, Albert, is a far dif
ferent man from his hard hearted
and unscrupulous uncle, and his In
fluence has helped mightily the ef
forts to abolish the . detestable ex
cesses of Leopold's rule. . ' ;
A minority in the Belgian cham
ber, expressed , apprehension ' that
their small nation was undertaking
financial responsibilities that . were
out of proportion ' to. her strength.
The first budget is, just presented to
the chamber. . It shows a, deficiency
of but one million dollars for the
year's operations, with ' rapidly in
creasing revenues. If Belgium is
small In area she is very wealthy,
$nd the pessimists have drawn in
their horns. ;
Reports from , the Congo are al
most incredibly favorable. Mr. Clark,
ona of r the American missionaries
who . denounced the horrors of. the
former regime, declares that, after
a two months'; Journey through the
worst" districts, he ' met neither
abuses r nor complaints. The na
tives, he says, no longer fly from
white men, but are rebuilding their
villages and cultivating their fields.
Labor Is paid for and trading free.
. This .sounds well nigh too good to
be true, but the testimony is the
same as that on which the previous
atrocity reports , were based, and
which further investigation verified.
DURATION OF LIFE
, city or to any city to have a house
cleaning. It would be a splendid
Hhing if the one that is. to come
sooner or later in Portland could be
hastened, It is good policy to have
such reckonings. It makes official-
COXSERVATION COMMISSION
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HE RECLAMATION by Gover
nor West ' that he intends ' to
. keep .alive the Oregon conser
vation, commission by appoint-
dom better, ' It Is efficacious In the mftIt. or reappointment, of the mem-
rednctlon of taxeatlng. It puts the wra will be satisfactory to tne great
municipal, house in order. majority of lovers ot Oregon.
No doubt certain elements in the
AN ANGEL BAND recent legislature, supposed they had
this commission killed when enough
N HTS RETURN in dhimn I miftliiiFa -wca tnilnnAd h tnfhinncOB
benator Lorlmer declared that direct and indirect." to cut off the
'""it was Divine Provldenoe that very, small appropriation desired to
savea mm his seat ln the rn th ; ' neneeHarr oneratlna . ex-
.JJnlted States senate and that it was penses :v of this.t unpaid , commission
fitting his friends should welcome It was 'a1 commissions Certain ex-
hlm i home on the Sabbath day." penses by way of fclork-hire, postage
Most people thought his seat was and traveling expenses, and the like,
-saved for him by the lame duck sen- were needed In Its daily wotkthere-
ators. Is a lame duck senator one fore, regardless of questions of ef-
-or mo eairniy implements, by which f iciency in purpose and work for the
, the will of Divine Providence Is car- state's benefit regardless of the
ried out here below T , Perhaps Lor- character of membership and value
,.' ''". 18 wo7eaay fcrlnsist thaThe oTthelrmnpaid service regardless
was elected by Divine Providence, in ot fheir unique record of holding un-
wblch'case White, Link and Becke- expended a large part of the trifling
roeyer, ,the three bribed house mem- Bum "placed at. their disposal by a
Tbers, are seraphs. Supposedly, little previous legislature, the word was
wings and a halo appeared" on them passed, round, i here is another com-
;when each vpted-for Lorlmer and mieRion, kill it by starvation!
;got hlsv 1000. i ' State Senator Holt- ; So shall another item be added to
slaw, who swore that he got $2500 the meagre list of legislative econo-
tor Voting for Lorlmer was also a mies. ' - '
'worldly implemeht of the Almighty ' . The members of the commission,
..carrying on the pood work here be- conscious of the record they- have
low.: Then, there was Jackpot leg- made in honest service, and having
Ration at,-J9Q0- perfi all brought no personal ends to gain by'holdlng
about by the vicegerents of heavea in an office which meant continued, per-
tnat- legislature, which,, under; the sonal gratuitous ser1ce, much labor
theory of Lorlmer, was waiched over and time, and, It must be said, much
by the AU-secIng Eye. , ; ' , misunderstanding, placed their reslg-
-1 he-4-enatrs-who-avd ;4Krl-4HoftvH44i. iiaada-tttUhA-eaxer.
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NLT FOUR KINDS of verte
brate animals, so far as 1b
known, ever attain to ; a full
century of life; these are men,
elephants, eagles and parrots, . Owls
have been known to live td the age
ot 80 years, ravens 70, and cranes,
ostriches and canary birds from 35
to 60. Man's next of, kin, the chim
panzee and urang-outang, ' gome-
times live 60 or 70 years. Turtles
and tortoises surpass all vertebrates
In .longevity, some of them living
more than ; 150 years. And It has
been asserted that a carp will live
300 years. This, however, may he a
fish story. ; One of the seeming mis
fits in creation is that so noble an
animal . as the horse survives au av
erage, of only 15 or 20 years, while a
parrot lives 100 or a turtle 150. Dr.
Chr.lmer8 Mitchell of London agrees
with , Professor Metchnlkoffs asser
tion that, barring accident the, aver
age man should live 100 years;; and
if that long, why not longer in fu
ture generations? .
The animals take no care of life.
They neither dissipate nor diet. They
live no longer now than In the days
of Alexander or . Adam. .;. But, with
man it is different. He can learn;
he can change; he can prolong the
life average, and : is making steady
steps in doing so. - Actuaries are al
ready making statements that great
er longevity has been attained, and
scientists predict further extensions
of the average life span. 1 ' ;
Hunger for Bread and Hanger for
;'-.'S;.:;f:'..S';i.--.; Gold. , .
Portland." Or., March . -To the Editor
Of The Journal Thar ara manv tinnrrv
people in thla town today whose pride j& ?.feea:1 ."pI,roPrlat,-ani Important
plight. Many of them are suspected by
butcher and grooera, who must be dull
Indeed did they, not observe the pinch of
41repoverty In the meager purchasea
made by some of their customers; many
are the little helps given by these mer
chants to needy ones, and given so kind
ly and deftly as to generally, leave - the
recipient in doubt or -, Ignorance of an
actual deed, of charity.'. '"us-r'-J; 4 '
Men ot family, generally fast middle
lire, but with dependent wife and chil
li E CIVILIZED world held up
its hands in horror at the tale
3vLvMPa..:w tri toa ZZ.J out municipal ownership of its street
tno muor marcL. jKauroads claim ail
SEATTLE AND STREET RAIL
. WAYS :
rlHE MAIN ISSUE in the pending
campaign In Seattle, says the
P4st-IntelUgencer, is municipal
ownership of street railways.
Nearly all of the candidates for the
the best years of a man's life and when
he is too old to get a foothold elsewhere
he Is set adrift r other roads needing his
experience and service dare not take
him on because he might try to stay ' until
a pension would be due him and that
would ' be : too i hard ; on our i dear Wall
street friends, wiio barely exist on the
20 per cent net earnings thsy,' now -receive.
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' But elderly men and woman are not
barred from railroad work alone; many
Industries are given to a similar policy.
So that H is becoming a question of
serious Import to -the gray haired of
what they shall do to be eaved. Many
may be driven to petty .crime, some to
suicide, others to privation and alow
starvation, and all because there is more
money for the employer in the young
than In the elderly employe. - Prosperous
men . do not realize the extent of this
evil nor where it leads; neither can they
see that their own action is evil In this
respect They , each believe that the
money they pay for help is their own
and must bring best results If w they
would , be prosperous. . Theyt fight or
ganized labor by organized capital and
contend for open shop, but give no
thought to the community and the dere
licts they are forcing upon It.
Commercialism, big business, political
Corruption and graft are only evidences
of the beast of human greed. But there
is, there must be, a safer, saner road
to prosperity where a Hve-and-let-llye
p61lcy may be found and used for the
benefit of the whole people, and our
journals can do much towards pointing
the way, for there is much to be said
and much Investigating Into conditions
before the saying. , ; '
Hunger for bread and hunger for
gold are breeding savage beasts in this
fair 'land, who require attention in . a
practical rather than theoretical way If
we would live in peace and happlnessr.
; ' ' .. ', . OBSERVER. '
The Man Out of Work.'
.Portland, Or, Feb. 88. To the Editor
of The Journal Noting your editorial,
"Man out of Work," and granting all
you say is true, In some degree at least,
yet I am obliged to differ with you in
that "hungry mechanic's case Is an ex
ceptional one. Although from your point
oi view it may seem so. . :
I speak from actual experience, for
during the last two years here In Port
land, and while I know there are many
places I am qualified to fill creditably
I am yet In the ranks of the unemployed,
aa also seem to be many of my neigh
bors, and I know it Is not due to any
lack of Initiative, 'for. weary weeks have
lengthened Into months, .while daily
searcn ana personal application has been
made In every quarter .'of the town ahd
In every branch of business,' resulting
in an occasional odd job at any old
price in the vain hope that willingness
shown to do good work at less than a
living wage might bring steady and re
munerative employment - " , v
Many unemployed- men have families
dependent upon them, yet are forced to
labor far from home on such terms that
few dollars are left to their families af
'ter their own fixed and necessary ex
periences are paid, and their wives and
children are forced to take such work
as they can in order to obtain the barest
necessities of life. Other married men
are unable to le.ve their families and
are equally unablo to take them along
for good and sufficient reasons and
among them are many hungry mechan
ics. Unattached men by the thousands
can be found In this city, principally
herding in the vicinity of the employ
ment offices, tho great majority of
whom are of that coarser fiber that
brooks no refusal if work is in eight !
and who are good and -willing workers
when opportunity, offers. , . , . i
No; the truth is, man's lnhumanitv to
man. coupled with misrepresentation ahd
graft has steadily and persistently ex
ploited and peonlzed labor until endm.
anee has ceased to be the virtue it once
was, and in Its place is a growing feel
ing of desperation- that about 100 years
ago broke out Into that volcano of retri.
butlon known as the terror, and "from
which thereK are present elena that tha
clae of -this country would do- well tcH
need Deror it snail be foo late. - .?
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Baker County Mail Protest.
Halfway. Or.. March j;Tn tra
itor of The Journal I will
llberty-4a writ . you in protest- against
the mall service that we of this valley
get When the stage between . rinirav
time as right now to get out and begin
tv cultivate a piece or lana. .
ior I mer reeel ved "rou ln g'? -wel
come, home, "Hlnky Dink" and "Bath-
nouse jonn i oeing especially ppy. ,
No haremvskirts or kneedresses in
Albany, ears the Democrat. ? No wonder
tne eauor is so good; -he has no tempta
Seattle is likely to enact and carry
out municipal ownership of its street
Taft seems to be a president without
a party; . the Republican party won't
follow him and the Democratic party
won t adopt him.
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. Some won't start on that trip -to Ore
gon on the first low rate day, the
10th, because it is Friday. But many
will not be so anpersttlous.
A few people In Tortland - will save
a good many lives: and relievo much
suffering in China. That i rather bet
ter man arunxen joy-riaingTrjf.T
" It r la' sltlable to see old - like
Burrows, . Depew. Cullom and Perkins
disgracing their nigh and honorable po-
Hinun oy. voting in aeiense or senatorial
bribery.
Lorlmer savs that Divine Providence
eaved his seut for him. If this is so.
Divine Providence has sadly ' fallen
from grace and gotten Into very dirty
company. , .
J. Ham Lewis and his "pink Whisk
ers" still get occasional mention. But
if the truth were revealed, it probably
would ahow that those , whiskers are
turning pale. ' ;.. ; r. .,.,"..;
The Idaho legislature beat Oregon's;
it not only prolonged the last , day
throughout most of Sunday, but wound
up with, fist battles. .Great la repre
sentative government,.-
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Medord Mail Tribune urges a spec
ial seeeton of the legislature so as to
get good roads laws. But there is no
second, to the motion.. One session in
two years is quite enough. ' . - -
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Oalllnger of New Hampshire came
near making an awful mistake In vot
ing on the Lorlmer case; for once he
voted right but discovered hla blunder
in time and changed hla vote.
We wouldn't write a word to disillus
ion dreams of heaven, nor any soaring
aspiration would we basely clog; but real
ly (though a rhyme it's scarce appropri
ate to heaven) a yearning need of Oregon
is for the hungry hog. WeJ admire a
peacock's spreading tail, and enjoy a
parrot's joke, and hurrah for the soar
ing eagle, and love the chattering wren;
but a great big need of Oregon (with
no poetic cloak), is a million more of
the bustling, scratching, cackling, lay
ing hen. ; - t -. . .... i
, OftEGOX SIDEUGUTS . . ,
Corvallls T. M. c. A. has 225 members.
Two families from British Columbia
located In Klamath Falls laat week.
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A 10-year-old orange tree. In Albany
has had 90 small hut good oranges on
It this year. .-- r -r-- -
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Big land sale in the vicinity of Eu
gene, ' involving hundreds of thousands
of dollars have hen .made already this
year. ,
Three adjoining farms near Tallman
areto- be converted Into an 80ft- acr
orchard, principally of prunes, cherries
and walnuts, v i"'.'tr-
Tract of 981 acres 7 miles from Th
Dalles has been sold for. 125,000, and
400 acres will be nlanted to fruit at once
and sold In small tracts, . f,tf';
Stavton will have SO automobiles this
summer, but is talking of making ma-
cadBm-treet,-ion't- uo- itr dvlse-tbe
Salom statesman. Uet tne neat it win
pay in the long run,-: ,.-t.i; y ?:,:-
More attention is being given' to the
wiv nen ana sne'i oeing rcgaraea
on of the most valuable things that
can be maintained en a farm, observes
the Baiem Statesman, j ; . .
Cottage Orove Leader: ' Consolidate
the university ot Oregon with the Ors
on. Agricultural college, place mem un-
er a single ooara or regents ana move
the whole business to Portland, where
they should be, and thereby forever set
tle this higher educational croblem In
uregon. v, y , .,,
Reciprocity and England
FromTthePLnidelpniarTTelegrapn
; That an Insular legislative body, mftre
thaii J00OT miles "away consldera itself
licensed to even discuss the wisdom of
Canada's policy and the dominion' trade
relations with the United States, seems
almost.. Incredible . to the mind which
has been able to grasp theiphiiosophy of
government and to understand Us func
tions, t One would think from reading
the debate at Westminster. that only
England Is to be considered and only
English invests- upheld by any sort of
be submitted to the parliament at Mont
real. The Marquis of , Lansdowne de
clare that "the whole history of th
empire .Is, eUrely faltered . If, the ; great
dominion are encouraged to develop not
on national and imperial line but In
accordance with geographical ; condl-
tlons." i-srhirTy.i ,.-,J
The Grants Pass Commercial club is
doing things In a large way - in these
tiavs.. it nulla orr stunts-such as I'uua-
ing a railroad, organizing a mlnln? club,
exploiting orchard lands and doing a
hundred other things to build tip the
country - without scarcely stopping to
take breatn,- say ine courier.
.i The O.-W. II. & N. company placed an
order with a Lewis river company Tor
Su.uoo.qou reet or raiiroaa ties, a tie
contains 42 board feet of lumber, so the
orders involves something more ", than
700.000 Hps and the value of them will
be about $300.000. Y The tie are all to be
used on the lines of the O.-W. R. ft N
ana win go to eastern uregon.
Desnlte the fact that there has been
a great increase in the attendance at
tne uregon Agricultural ooiiege, tne per
centage of flunks .this year 1 less by
33 l-i-, per -cent than last year. Laet
year the number reached 60 and
84 of these were r droroed , from
the college. This year the number
1 onlv forty, and the number of expul
sion will be very Small, owing to the
fact that most of tbeee failure resulted
from sickness or jther incident that
rorm a good excuse. -
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Professor C t. Tewls -of the O. A. C.
horticultural department, believes there
Is a great commercial future for the
loganberry, not alone for the berry,. but
for Its juice, relotea the Corvallls Gazette-Times.
He eays it will eventually
become one of the important articles of
commerce, and will equal and even sur
oas the nonularltv of grape lulce as I
beverage. lie believes that It will be
nroduced here In large Quantities, and
will be bottled and shipped to the large
cities of the country and will replace the
artificial drink that now flood the
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SEVEN LITERARY WOMEN
Charlotte Bronte.
council are pledged to the immediate Vftll!y ,wa" discontinued, th
, ounwngwn a.na tne
Northwestern railroad down Snake riv
er to Roblnet and it came dally for two
weeka Then- the -service tw mAn
construction ot a municipal railway,
It the $800,000 bond Issue should
carry. Seattle's experiment "lnrthis
direction, If It should be made,' will
bo watched with great Interest In
many, cities. Only 'u few indetermi
nate trials of municipal "ownership
of ; street railways have yet -been
made in this country, but it-works
satisfactorily in many European cit
ies. Probably American cities, need
to, get better municipal government
before undertaking to own and run
street", 'railways.-T ' '
-n,r-r lrffaIiMll nu in -irl -linm to 1 n Tlnnr fi f will Atf1 nrith iliAr la
poi'tlc. The Illinois 'lfghilatiiio-that his alfair'That remains to be seen.
pcctd him, powd as, Van,d of hope He noUces that Oregon conservation
.or a Euuday school class,. Is madly commissions were rffponslble for the
There are few truck farms in the
valley. We have to import most of
our potatoes and other vegetables,
shipping in many carloads. This is
absurd and ridiculous we : should
not send any of our money out for'
supplies that we can produce ' our
selves !t only pauperizes the coun
try, Modford Mail-Tribune.' Right.
Produce more of the common neces
saries we consume. ' Everybody can't J
get .rich selling and. re-selling real
estate.. We cry for 'cabbages, pars
nips, asparagus, beans and eggs. '
. There is a short way to :spll the
tonyorrvJ'tmtndparintiinetator,H
to tri-weekly and from, that to twice
each week. The people protested till
the mall wa ordered sent four times
each week by stage from fiaker and
twice each week via Huntington Now
several of th people of the valley take
your daily paper and other dally- Port-
jana papers and they .come three end
four in a bunch. We would greatly ap
preciate It If you could try to induce
the great economist Hitchcock to do
something for the ?800 people that live
in the valley. , u J. a CANADAT.,
"A rosebud set with little wilful thorns,
And weet a English air could make
her, she."
I- .... Tennyson.
No woman who has figured In the
literary' world has a more Interesting
or charming history, aside from her
work, than Charlotte Bronte, whom all
women know through her fascinating
piec Of f lotion, "Jane Eyre." Most Of
them are also acquainted with the pretty
life story of the poor minister' daugh
ter, who, by her own talents and 'energy,
won such an Important place among
authors. . '..--
Charlotte (and her sister Emily), who
also attained considerable distinction
in the world of letters, was brought
up In and about the humble parsonage
at Haworth, After their mother died
the ( sister were left : very much to
themselves; and. deprived of all com
panionship of their own age, they were
driven to seek an Inner world, the world
Of their own dream and fancies. , .
It was In this hard, lonesome school
that Charlotte's mind, was shaped for
the work which, all' unknown to her,
lay before her. ,. When the time came
She did the work gloriously well, as all
the world has agreed, but it Is safe to
ay that she might not have succeeded
as well but for the desolation of that
early home and the dreariness of these
ugly , moorlands.; ': ' 7 ' ".ttv' , -'; rr-i'-, -.
Naturally, under the ; circumstances,
there Is considerable quaintnese thrown
about the life ot the young authoress,
which jtnakes , her. letters, which; have
been carefully preserved, most interest
ing, reading. .She herself . confesses in
these letters that matrimony did not
enter into the scheme of her life, but
good, sound,' earnest labor, and when
in 1839 she received her first proposal
of marriage, she wrote toi a friend:
"I had a kindly leaning toward him
because he is so amiable and well-disposed,
Tet I bad , not and dould not
have that Intense attachment to make
myself willing to "die for him; -and If
I ever marry It must be In that light
of adoration that I "will regard my hus
band. Ten to one I shall never have
the chance again, 1 but n'importe. r:,-1
could not sit all day long making a
grave face before my husband. I would
laugh, and satlrlze-and say-whatever
came Into my head first And if; he
were a clever man, and- loved me, the
whole world, weighed In the . balance
against his smallest wish should, be
light as air." , .
This extract gives a very good Idea
of Charlotte Bronte, at , the age when
she was beginning - to become widely
known and widely read. Few author
esses, in their early career met with
mn MvmAS than AlA ahA Mar flrat
literary effort were in
Her first
the Mine of
poetry, but her verse, fell flat She
tried again, the next 'time in prose.
She succeeded little better when The
Professor" mad Its first appearance.
The world might do what It pleased
but it could not daunt - her. splendid
resolution. It was in . her, she . felt
and she would keep on until she brought
It out--- fi!.(--;'H! r.s,!'tvt, Wv.--f.,.':.sv". .;:.:
' Charlotte guessed wrong when . aha
wrote to a friend that she would not
likely have another, proposal, of mar
riage. , , It followed shortly after - the
first, Writing to another friend she
aid: "I have an .. odd circumstance
to relate to you. Prepare for a hearty
laugh. The , other -day Mr. , , a.
vicar, came to spend the day with
us, bringing with him hi own curate.
Th latter gentleman' i " a young
Irish clergyman fresh from Dublin
university. It waa the first time w
had any - of us eeh him,' but ; how
ever, after the manner of his eoun
trymen, be soon made himself at
home. So I convened with this Irish
man, and laughed at hi jests; and
though I saw fault la his charcter,
excused them - because of the amuse
ment his originality afforded. I cooled
a - little, indeed, because he began
to season hi conversation with some
thing of Hibernian flattery, . which I
do not . quit ' relish. However, h
went away, and no more was' thought
about" it,'-:-":-'--- '-i',-; --'
"A few day later T' got a letter,
the direction of which puazled me.
being in a hand I waa not accustomed
to Bee, After opening and reading
it it proyed to b a declaration of
attachment and proposal of marriage,
expressed ' in the ardent -language of
th sapient Irishman. I hope you are
laughing -heartllyi I am - v certainly
doomed to be an old maid. Never
mind,. I made up my mind; to that
fate ever since i was twelve year
old.' CWell !' ; thought V "I , ha v heard
of love at first sight but this beat
an.rrieave you to gues what my an
swer would be, convinced i . that you
will not do me the injustloe of guess
ing wrong.'- , -
Love, however, finally found ., the
way, when in 1854 - Charlotte married,
at the age of (8, Rev. Arthur Nichols,
her father' curate. A- few month of
domestic happiness followed. But year
of suffering had enfeebled her fragile
body, and she died In 18S8. -'
, Men and women read the novels of
the day, ' of .- course, and read some of
them with pleasure and profit: ' but
they- do not forget to go back -to the
story of t "Jane , Eyre," written by
the i Ertglish i parson's daughter well on
to a century ago." tlr t T 1 i
(Tomorrow Pellcl Hemans.) '
jDiiiuuuragea oy wnom a . lawmaiclna
body,' partly hereditary, sitting 8000
miles away? I the house of lords t
noUfy the Ontario farmer that hi rep
resentatlve shall, not enter Into agree
ment that will be' beneficial . to him,'
because, unhappily, such-. an arrange
ment might prove detrimental to British
tradeT What has the Ontario farmer t
do with Brltih 1 trade. j anyway He
mB V TlMVSav. SanMmanro 1 I. at..
v w evHMiuvuMu au 1.04 cj v IU ujaj
mother Country, but sentiment and busi
ness do not follow parallel lines. West
minster i not a ILoman forum where
methods are disousasa f or th exotoit
tlon ox a conquered province beyond the
'AID. v ,-, . r:. '
Canada 1 A times as larg as Eng
land and quite a capable of self gov
ernraent Should ab conclude to with
draw, to sever even the nominal ties
that now "bind her . to Great - Britain,
inero is hoi me sugnxesi aouot that h
Jfould aehlevs,.7, independence" without
Inng a shot And jret, more than 110
year after the Revolution, In which
England loat her colonies, largely be
cause she denied them a full measure ef
self government, an English statesman
talks of not 'encouraging" Canadians to
develop along geographical lines, which
means that England should exercise the
right of censorshin oyer Canadian iaa
and Canadian treaties. Lord Lansdowne
may not realise it out be belong to a
previous generation He lives In a day
when enlightened men have come to un
derstand - that . the - only government
worth while, the only fre government, '
develops altogether along geographical
lines. -V ft- i. .;' v'S-MiA i.haJa::: 11. a
Tanglefoot:
By MUes r;;"
Overholt
FIRST OF TUB SEASON
Tangle WelL here Vara old hn.
first spring pome ofr.th season. . The
pome i below: , t
Wlm l K. ... 1L. ......
uvt viiv vmiiiiiB mini ii9r mm uius-
i - . terinff wind's roar " ..
That tells me gentle springtime is .
knocking at the door,
Tls pot the dainty rose buds, nor vague
: hints of bluest sky
That tells me frosty winter and coal
bills have passed me by. :
They are Just suggestions the real
sure sign to me '- -
Is when grandma starts making pots of
sa..arra. tea. , i, ,
Tip to tourists: If yon should happen
to go to Red Bluff, Cat.. It might be
just a well if you take your postage
stamp with you the postmasters
name Is Cheatham I '
It's an east wind that blows nobody
good,-.' . v,, vL.t.., ....... V . .
:'';,V;.vi;':;;;A,' (Contrlbuted.J ,i'' ,
in these cold March days when the
bleak winds blow: and the state seems .
in box, there's a blonde reporter, ;
whom we. all; knjw, steps right to; th
front and talks. .Wherever you go
that reporter stands, with his winning
smile and smirk, while he craoks the
welkin and waves Jhls hands he'll do
anything else but . work. We dig and .
delve. In our simple way to pile up a
little dough, until this reporter drops
in some day and shows us where we've
been slow. ; If we'd only taken HIS
sage advice at each betnereom erook
and turn, , we'd now have our worries
all packed on' ice and time and money "
to burn. 'Twas he Who suggested the
rauroaa race tnai waa maae w ue neart
of the state; and some leisure moment
he'll tackle the case that has wiped out'
the profits on freight -When President
Taft finds himself In a hole, when In
surgents get sulky and pout, he knows
this reporter, the generous soul, will
db only too giad to help out, ana When '
he has, done his prettiest here the whole )
of creation to tire, on a red-hot stool
st his majesty's ear, he'll Instruct him '
In keeping the fir. ' '-
:.' '-: ' - THB BTOTCK.' .
-a "job."
A German soldier has .jail sen
tences running against him which
- .: Newspapers and Wood Pnlp,
1 From the Philadelphia Telegraph,
The newspapers of this country con
sume millions of tons of wood pulp in
the form of a manufacturnd nmAt
annually.' They are naturally interest,
ed In the tariff schedule which fixes
an ; Impost ' upon this commodity, and
they are also interested In the Canadian
export tax. ... And vet .it mou v..
eftlil fnnt tha ii,am t i . . t
, .v,.r. .una;, urim' ainguiany
conservative in its discussion of this
particular, feature of the Payne-Aldrich
,t,w- ' . v - .,- 1 -
Before the way and means' commit
tee the other day a representative of
the publishers declared that the Organi
sation of the papermakera was "sys
tematically starving the market'' And
jjr: i-uuiiiiueu
on print paper had been reduced-$2.26
per ton that is. from $6 to $3.75 per
ton the paper combination . has ad
vanced prices $2.50 per ton, and threat
ens further advances. Publishers whose
jjontracta arjexplrJngflndthatthey
cannot get' any term except from the
mill Which had supplied them. '
VA uniform price eof flS per ton has
been established ) by : the papermakers.
It makes no difference what the freight
rate 1s within a gives zone, The price
of print paper has been advanced near
ly 60 per cent that is, from $31 to $45
per ton--slnce the combination of 2
mills into the. International Paper com
pany occurred in January, 189S.
. "The Increase of $2' Per ton In price
Lof paper made by the papeAnakers since
the reduction In duty tindpr the Payne
Aldrich law has been maintained in face
of a temporary glut In the pulp wood
market with a' recent drop in the price
of pulp wood of $3 per cord, or $4.20 per
ton of paper," , , . ,
,i This" not only affects the makers Of
newspapers, but it fixes the price of
books it is a tax on education and dls-
theiuse to whlrih It Is ta ha nn avi
disclosed as well as the information
that the boyor has no nhntran rifi.
any other mill. ' Since the passage of
"No print pecer can fa hniiwh
hoard at a mill uniona th
TfuTerrtTrrTrf.miatIrt hf Hie "pane r a t ewrags-th-spcadjf inUUlgoac.!
tlrt .lien. n a.tt 11. a. . k . I " ''!,..'. - - l;1' 1 -'i
Roarne And Others,
From the Myrtle Point' Enterprise
While there has been a strong move-'
the Ift'neA,orl('h. law, though the duty ment on foot in pregon ' toi discredit
Senator . Bourne, which Is v' supported
largely by ; the men , who oppose - the
primary law and ' other" progressive
measures, the senator seems to be
attracting as much attention at . Wash
ington as the most conspicuous member
of , the , upper house. Eastern news
papers and magaslnes have been giving
the Oregon senators more space than
any average senator Is receiving. Every
movement of his may not tend in the
right direction, but he Seems to be a
leader in trying to press the interests
of the people forward, and while he is
doing it the Other fellows are realising
that -Oregon, Is on the map. At tbe
same time, the men whose office In 'the
legislature has been admittedly to dis
credit Bourne are , hot meeting with the
encouragement for' Which they,-had
hoped. Republicans who Are bent oh
"downing Bourne" may not be In' the
Klamath Valley' and Portland,'
- From th Klamath Chronicle.
' Ban Francisco business men are plan
ning a campaign to seour the business ,
of the Klamath country, and to.that end
will run an excursion from San Fran
cisco. In the early part of May In ordea ,
that ,they may cultivate the acquaint
ance and get the good will of th busi
ness men of thla .growing country.
" Again the Chronicle, calls the atten
tion of the Portland papers, and' espe-
clally the. business men of Portland,
to the importance of coming Into closer "
touch with the people of the Klamath
country, and say that Portland should
iMntnA1 ' n.k. l.AU 4I.J. .
try are loyal to the state of , Oregon.
and will , meet the Portland business
men more than half way in the matter -of
retaining the business interests5 of
the state intact insofar as it; possibly
can be done. But in all nandop. tor
Portland, Business Man," don't you think '
you snouia come just a little mor than
half way to securest he vast volume df ,
trade that is now , developing in this .
Various Mercliants
(Cootrlbated to Tbe Journal by Wait Uaaoa,
tbe rarooot Kauai poet. ... Hie pruaa-po-B( if
refulir feature of tbU eolumn In Tho Daily 1
Journal), rl-r.tyt t -:'--:,): ,.'.'.!;::,' r''-1?-
.-v.'. - :? ii . 'yl-f;,:
T One dajr a- man with a' downcaa ace r
blew Into the Village ' grader:, place. '
"I've dealt Wlth you many'inotns,"';.1ie
said; "I've bought your - codfish and
prunes and bread, and' I always nai.i !
when I said I would, and you doubtless
know that my credit's good. Now -I'm
out of work rand ; without a d iahd
I'd like to buy 'a few things On time."
And the grocer sold him a lot of truck,
and hoped he- soon would have better "
lurk.' He told his tale to the butcher '
then at the drygoods store, to the cloth
ing men;; they, all remembered that he
had paid; and tbey were pleased when
they got his trade and now that luck
for a, time had. changed, he found
pay of th Democrats, but if .they sue-1 one Of these'man estranged. They sold
heed In defeating Bourne In favor of t f n,nV h,n . their staUly stores, and '
reactionary, the election of another ' wished j him luck; when ; he ; left: their
1AwnaieMiitatAd-..v; a...!..;.::.., m,.: -.u a AftriwM 7 A vA ' tfiAM a -.at . .
among the probabilities. Senator Bourne
slves, but It Is quite evident that the
men and method used in fighting him
are not tending to make him more un
popular; in raci jt may concentrate their f v. . i - f - a . ,f
efforts for his reelection. v I L. ffa.mfh.'
less sto'r dropped In at last at the hftn..
tsviafl,rtH,loJd..JblaaalfcUa.wasui in
but waTited credit for. beer and gin. His
i-oat wns fanned, by the barkeep's eet
end he bounced two yards when he hit