THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; . PORTLAND. JFRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, j 191L-
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' bast done b day; .
And In the morning what ( thoa
hast to da. , '
Dress and ' tmdres thy soul, -
o' Watch the decay ' -'
And growth ef It , If with, thy '
; . Swatch, that too 7
B down, - than wind both up.
Sine w shall be-; v
Most surely ' Judged, make thy -
. account acre. ,!
' x Herbert 1
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THE MAHf AXD ;TTIE DOLLAR
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IT IS NEAR fashionable to claim
that the; "agitation" ' for pure
milk"' has reduced the. volume of
dairy products in Oregon. (-. A
.speaker or two' ar the dairy banquet
last night expressed that view.
Mio knows an4 what Is their au
thority ' for stating that there 1 a
less volume ol dairy products la Ore
gon? Were former estimate used
- in compar&oi authentic? At the
tanauet last night. Food and Dairy
Commlaaloner Bailey, whose position
and duties should make his informa
tion most authentic, declared j that
the dairy production of the state has
not. fallen vttJ He ls'lfobably' as
near light about It a anybody else.
To resist reform has been : the
habit of the race from the beginning.
A faction has, always decried "agita
tion" and agitators. They sneered
at Columbus, but America was dis
covered. s They persecuted Gallllep;
but all but lunatic and near luna
tic know", now that - the earth Is
round.-; They crucified Christ, but
the church militant has a nuster roll
of millions.-. ,
They dragged Wmiam Lloyd Gar
rison through the streets of Boston
and stoned Owen Lovejoy but no
body lifts a hand In "defense of
slavery now. Down fn San Francis
co, i they raised the howl that; the
graft prosecution ,'hurt business."
But Ruef. la in San Quentln and all
know that a lot more ought to be
there wftb hint r A huge, faction, ,pt
the colonist in 1776 resisted the war
of Independence, but this country is
free, and the tory 1 'without an' apol
ogist, defender or; annalist. Mft.
Every, step forward baa been re
sisted, ,. Every move for, betterment
has been opposed. Sometimes it fa
based ou the cry that.'H hurt busi
ness," aa in San Francisco. X Some-
umes it js nypocnecatea on tne
theory that it reduces the volume of
dairy product as in Oregdn. - Does
it pay to put the dollar above the
man? ' ' '. ' v.'-
. CAXADUX RAILROADS .',1
qpHE GREATEST examples', of
I . railroad construction in ad-
ivance of population and traf
. He - ever , seen are the road
now .being carried to completion
across thl continent In Canada. A
mala" line 8600 I miles long, from
Moncton on the! Atlantic i to Prince
RuperMH the Pacinc, wlth-branch-es
and . feeders aggregating , ; 8500
miles in all, is to be opened from
end to end In two years' time, and
is ' already operating 1700 miles.
Thl is the . Grand Trunk Pacific
This road parallel the Canadian
Northern and , the old Canadian Pa
cific, though so many mile apart
that ample contributing territory is
open to each one. ' '
Practically the whole of the enor
mous auma ot capital " reauired I
provided by the British investor,
whose resource seem to be uhllm
ltect; vBut Canada upplle a guar
antee, and the various sums voted
for railroad construction are added
to the annual budget Thus in 1909
the finance minister reported an In
crease of orer forty-six million dol
lar to the net debt of the dominion
for the. previous year. .', ,1; , .
- Justification for the' 'enormous
railroad expenditures is' found, in a
few facts. .Within ten years popula
tion has grown In Canada from 6
S7116 to over 7,BOO,000, Of these,
75,000 'American1 'settler- crossed
the border- in .190 There were
open . for settlement as homesteads
at the end Df 1909, In Manitoba 17,-
sz&.ooo acres,, in Alberta 117,369,
000, In Saskatchewan 104,878,000.
The Canadian -wheat-crop-for-f 9 09.
reached 166,744,000 bushels, the
oat crop 353,468,000' bushels. :
As fast ! as the, rails reach a new
station oft these railroads, now be
ing ; pushed towAds the Pacific, a
group of tents and '.shanties' Spring
up a by magic then a little hotel
and blacksmith shop, and then a
heat elevator and so the infant
town is born. On the line' of the
Canadian. ome i of these; elevators
were filled and emptied three times
in one season, three year ago, T
Pending the completion of the
roads now building many thousand
bushel of Canadian wheat f ron) the
rled aooth; to : :. Minneapolis' :tobe
tuillod.; The cost of transportation
f ast or 'west has been prohibitive'. ;;
rupb condition-will 'not Inst long
when "the Grand Trunk Faclflc' is
completed.' The BUmmr.ry 'of Its
lip must-make Mr." Hill' mouth
water. Tangent' of, 150 ;mUes,
grade lieldTwlthln "One ralf of one
per cent The extreme, elevation
3700 feet through th Yellowbead
Pass; approached from' both sides
on grades not exceeding the stand
ard' 21' feet to the mile; Curvature
so slight as not to retard the trains.
: The cheaper freights to which
water transportation and cheap mill-
oils and, Duluth .market betterTby
about five cents a bushel- than those
on the northern side of the frontier.
Another, reason so "appear for the
Canadian farmers' loud voice; for
reciprocity, But railroad east and
Twest they-must-haver
WHERE'S KELLY ?
W
HERE . IS THE city assem
'bly? t "WTf ,oe8a't omebody
JBOUQ IUO tail I If UCIQ 9 IUQ
chairman of the city central
committee? ; ! Where' KellyKelly
of the green necktie?
- The;Ity-olctlon .: la. coming on.
With the wanner weather candidates
are-preparing to swarm. . Many have
already filed their, declarations and
entered the field. Are we .not ' to
have another, Baker theatre conven-.
Hon; where ;!'thla" unexpected b-onor
win be thrust upon us?
Are we
going to let the foollb. people at
tempt to nominate candidates with'
out - being ' "advised?" Where'
Mayor Simon? , Where' : Seneca
Beach?., Where's ; Max 'Cohen?
Where' Nottingham ? - Where' any
body? Where' Kellx? - Were we
not told that the Baker theatre as
sembly was a howling success? . Did
it not glve.Ti Mayor Simon? Were
we not told' that the -unprecedented
success that : attended the Baker
theatre assembly; was proof that we
must hare, a "jcounty .Assembly and a
state" assembly, and did we not hold
both? , Wer we not told that the
result of the September primaries
rwere "aeither' for' nor against the
assembly?! -;-;f-::
" Where are all the boy? Why do
they stand Idly by, cogitating about
tlght-leggei . trousers, the-' harem
kaklrt and other vain .fend foolish trl-
fle with the city, election at hand
and no call for ; an ,
Where' i the Oregonian ? ' Where'
Judge George?.,'. Where in blazes is
Kelly?
NOT THE' WAT
T
HREE DEPUTIES resigned
their positions In 'the dairy and
, food commissioner' office on
tBe ground that the acta of
their .chief ,were Irregular. . Are they
properly to be criticized therefor?
On the' contrary, are they not to be
commended ' for leayln g ' public; place
in which methods were irregular?
Is 'there po crookedness In pub
Ho office." in this country? Is pub'
lie office so sacred, and the public
official , so ", holy . that Irregularities
must be hushed up , or spoken of,
only, In whispers? vis not the deputy
who has, the courage, to Quit an of
fice rather than be a participant In
shortcoming to be applauded? If
all; deputies took such a course
would there not be a Tjuick end to
crookedness In public affairs?
Commissioner Bailey prepared' his
biennial report to the legislature be
fore his deputies resigned. In that
report, ; he says: 'These deputies
have proved themselves to be care
ful, earnest and capable workers."
So they were "cdreful earnest and
capable workers" a their resigna
tions proved. They were and are
entitled to the confidence of the
state as shown by their unwilling
ness to' continue longer in a public
office Irregularly conducted.
ThiAjeport and tlio . testimony of
these "careful, earnest and capable"
deputies were before the legislature.
Acting on it, the house by heavy
vote passed a bill to give the state
an excellent dairy; and food commis
sioner.'.'" - - --- .fr --.--.--
. But the senate rejected the bllL
"If you wUl votelto pass the Bower
man assistant secretary of state bill
over the ' governor's veto, Senator
Bowerman will vote to. oust Bailey,"
was a proposition made to an anti
Bailey 'senator , The latter! refused,
and Bowerman, Nottingham and the
others voted to retain Bailey. ; "
Such transactions and the censure
of deputies who expose I public ir
regularities are not the way to bet
ter public service or get good gov
ernment ,;. - A-;h: f. :
ALASKA COAL LANDS
I
T SHOULD not take a long to d
termlne the rights and wrongs of
what are called the Alaska-Michigan
company's dealings in Alas
ka coal lands as has . been the fate
of the . Cunningham claims. It is
said that the investigations leading
to the present prosecutions were
begun four years ago, when Mr. Bal
;inger was commissioner of the gen
eral law office. Evidently the' ex-
secretary" folio ws" the .Latin advice
to "make,, haste slowly." It is true
that, where 200 Claimants inMIch
igan, and a hundred others in New
York Chicago, and other places are
in question they Would take a good
deal of i looking up. Still their ti
tle depend on compliance with law
that are pot very complicated.
;v Probably one of more test case
would determine whether their al
leged ; defence is well founded in
law. The action taken by the MlchH
gan-Alaska Coal company, Jts con
stitution and its dealings with stock
holders would lu all probability set-
"a egai aspectr,And,;when fol
towed toActuaftrosacttonrir'Aia
ka, would fix its status aa honest or
fraudulent. Maybethe ancient meth
ods of making war prevail, namely
to Tight a. little. ; and snln it rtut
through the' summer months, and
then go into winter quarter and
u-iiole- up'-aa-soon aa snow files.
meanwnne Alaska coal ilea v un
mined In the beds, and both govern1
ment and private consumers on the
Pacific v coast continue fo be heavy
losers. -r . - 1
OUR CITY EXGIXEEB
f
HE CITY, ENGINEER la Out Of
humor withPortland people,
Citing the change of certain
property owners from petition
ers to remonstrators relative to
city improvement," he ; ay, 'The
people Ao not know theIrH)wrMninds
from one month to another. r . y
There are time Vhen it i well
ferjeopleochJungelltteirmlnd.
And the lame thing, i true of city
engineers. Such a change at the
psychological moment-, would have
saved the city And certain property
owner from the dilemma over the
Hall street improvement, in which
" a i aL1- ...I i. .
wuin. . tuttv iua aginr eBiiinaiea
would aggregate 113,000 factually
cost 130,000, - A large issue before
thO. city administration nowiswho
is to pay the , added .: $17,000. A
further Question' in the matter 1.
does it fake an engineer: to guess
within $17,000 of a $30,000 Job, or
couldn't A j layman f do it - iulte as
well?
( A further Question that is widely
asked la this - city is, are property
owners getting value received for
the money they are . pouring into
paving 7 - how about the East 2 1st
street pavement which was accepted
by thj city engineer but rejected by
the executive board? -'.;;';' ' ',' -.;
NOBODY WANTS THEM
O . MAN IN OREGON has ap
peared in print la Advocacy , of
bad ' roads. No- farmer wants
bad roads. No merchant
wants . bad roads. Nobody wants
bad roads. i , - '
Twelve" easterners came out . to
Oregon to locate several y?ars: ago",
but on account of the bad roads, all
went back but one. . The one ' who
remained is Representative Wester
lund of, Jackson county,' who, '.tells
the story: elsewhere? on this page. It
was a case of ;i 1 desirable citizens
a8emTflyTpatQreg lostrorrAcconnt-of-bad
roads. Representative westerlund
thinks this state loses $10,400,000 a
year from the same cause. : r
The legislature of Washington
has just appropriated $2,000,000 of
state money to aid road building.
Two years ago. It ;. appropriated a
similar sum. It has found that the
plan pays. ( . :, ;' 'v. ''
Incidentally : Washington, the
child, has more than double the pop
ulation of Oregon, the parent Ore
gon once' had more than double the
population of Washington. 'The
more rapid growth of Washington
Is due to thegreatervalertnessdf
hor men. '; ; They appropriate money
for building roadA Oregon ha nev
er appropriated cent: for road.
California at the last election,
voted $17,000,000 for road build
ing. Every vother coast Btate i go
ing ahead in the endeavor to move
products to market at the least cost
Oregon is standing still. The late
legislature 1 strained, twisted and
gagged over a little matter of $840,-
000 in aid of roads. After 40 days
df labor it produced road bUlsover
whose provisions the good roads
men - themselves are in deadly ' con
troversy as to their efficacy or non
efficacy.''1;;' ;.-"- ''' . ;
Representative Westerlund sug
gests a special session of the same
legislature. There are many "good
men among the; present legislators,
but would it not be better to submit
the, case to the people? ' The voters
went on record at the last election
tor good roads by a majority of 18,
000. Nobody" wants bad roads.
A news dispatch from Spokane de
scribing the city election there says:
With about 20,000 votes cast, the
citizen liavAeleetedrthis-method
(Becond choice) four other men, not
one of whom was tho real choice of
more than 7000 and two or three
were the real choice of not more
than 6000. The confusion caused by
the complicated system of voting is
great. Hundreds of ballots were
marked imperfectly.' . Several thou
sand voted only for first choice.-. The
election Judges in several precincts
were befuddled when it came to
counting." Second choice is . what
the Oregonian say we ought to
have in Oregon. For the present it
is advocating second choice Instead
of the assembly.' Either would be
fatal to the primary law. "
Probably, the hostile ' Interests at
the dairy banquet last night did hot
harmonize their differences. But
each knows j more now about the
viewpoint of the othr. All speak
ers. Including the dairy commission
er, agreed that a first essential is
clean, milk, though Mr. Nottingham
did raise , question a to death of ba
blea from bad milk. A first essen
tlal to unity Is h ta ti
controversyto see the viewpoint of
the other fellow, and much in this
direction was accomplished by the
banquet." ' CV- C. Chapman, who ' led
the movement, Is entitled to credit
It Is said that the troops Are sent
to the Mexican border to preserve a
Btrlcter oeutrality. Also, to be handy
In ' case of, DIas' death to prevent
disorders. Also, to warn other na
tions that we are going to handle the
situation under, the Monroe doctrine,
so they will not become meddlesome.
Also toT showwlth what celerity we
oan mnhlllza frnnna fnr tha offAif n
ers. All these reasons appear in one
dispatch; and are stated to come di
rect from ' jthe president It raises
the question of why is.it necessary
to dissemble la. suc a matter.
Would a just Cause be harmed by '
taking the -country into executive '
confidence? .' ' , ': :,-'v"." , ; "-
Nobodj Wants Ba4 Roads.
Medford, Or. March Tft, the Edl
tor of The Journal Aa a member of
the Uat legislative assembly, X did my
beat f or the paeae of such road laws
a would enable Oreon to Improve her
hlghwaya. ' But too many cohfHctlna;
opinions defeated what ram sure was
the wish and desire of the people 'at
lare. And as tor my single sjelf I feel
a responsibility! - I reeL aa a body, the
legislature of ItllThas not faithfully
fuUUlod Its duty. At. last November's
lection the people of the atat called
for adequate roa4 laws by a raajorlta
or 18.000. x Tha next, four years, leadin
up to and Including the fi-reat Panama
exposition, will be by far the most lm
portant period In the entire history of
uregon. , . . i
Washington, to the north of, us. and
Calltornia, our neighbor on the south,
fully , appreciate, the Importance of the
great western movement, and ars spend.
ing , millions on their: highways. . Call
fornla t voted a road appropriation at
her last election of $17,0(W,000. r Wash
Ington Is not only using hor orison labor.
but at the present session: of the legis
lature appropriated over $1,600,000 In
cash. for the building of her roads, and
yet neither Washington nor California
are In anywhere- near the need of ade
quate. raadS" that Oregon la. i owing to
the, nature of . our soil, together with
the fact.that west of the Cascade moun
tains we have no f roxen ground to help
out during a rpart of tha year. As it
now stands, unless something Is done
In the way of a special session, we
must wait two whole years before even
start can be made, and all this time
every other section west of the Rocky
mountains Is getting " ready . , for the
greatestrush-of emigratlonr that this
continent has ever seen. Between now
and the close of IMS there will be more
people visit Oregon than they sum of
her present, entire, population.
I came, to Oregon the first time in
March. 1903. We were is homeseekera
In the party. We stopped first at Ba
ker City, and then at every -town or
city of importance, until we reached
Portland. From - Portland wm rUltnrt
the principal towns through ths Wil
lamette valley . and all tha way down
to Ashlandr Or. Ws were 40 days mak
ing tha trip. We were pretty, well dls
couraged when we struck the Willam
ette valley, where ws stuck In the mud,
looking over the country at nearly
every pqlnt where we stopped. The
entire party was very favorably im
pressed with Oregon and Us possibili
ties and agreed that It was a state with
a great future, hut said "Who wants to
wujyryllkAjtM
people don t appreciate the value
of
good roads?" - "' -:'- -
The result of this homeseekera party
was that I am the only one out of tha
iz wno aeolded to locate In the state
and make it my future home. The rest
returned east disgusted, and they are
still writing me, saying: , "Oregon Is
au ngm ana wm be ths best state In
tha "Union whenever tha taxpayers real-
ire What good roads mean to them.
When you people wake-up to this faot
wa ar coming back and will brlna- io.
ens pt our friends and relatives with
It is a fact that fully 75 tier cent of
tha ' homeseekera from eastern states
who are looking for homes on the coast
coma west between ths months of Oc-
tooer and April, or during ths- winter
months, because at that v time they ar
at leisure and want to get away from
ths cold .winters which ar so severe
m ths eastern . and . middle western
states. During ' thl tims t Oregon ; has
her rainy season and when our eastern
visitors discover the frightful condition
of our public highways, they return
home disgusted.' You will find that any
on ,who visits Oregon between the
month of April and October decide to
stay or come back,, as he gets a favor
able Impression of the state, because
of th. fact that during this part of th
year w enjoy fairly 'good roads. In
my humble opinion th state of Oregon
Is losing over 110,000,000 annually from
thesa investors on account of the bad
condition that our highways ar in at
the present time. i ? ,',
The transcontinental railroads are ac
tive la building up all parts of thl
state, isvery community and every in
terest west of the Rocky mountains are
trimming their sales for the coming
flood of emigration, and yet the Ore
gon assembly, chosen by th people fo
pass a few laws, has adjourned without
passing the most Important.; act that
came before .it practical good roads
laWB..;W: -t . : v,; M-jr:,'..: ,'i..-:
-Now, speaking as an Individual mem
her of the house. I am frank to, say
thatlf that tiody" cannot get together
in special v session, called , by . the gov
ernor, and, pass without quibble the
proper road - laws, ' which will be satis
factory to the governor, the Good Roads
association,1 the farmer and all . other
taxpayers; enabling all parts of the
state to go-abeid and construct scien
tific and passable highways, then, , I
say,, any member or set of members
who undertake to; play1 politic ' and
block the work for , which the ' session
would be called, would deserve not only
the . contempt of the districts, which
sent them, but of the state at large.
Let us be honest and loyal, not. only to
ourselves, but to our several communi
ties and the grand old stata of
and get together in special session and
vmu uwi ivuu ruo.ua laws as win an
able Oregon, to keep pace with her sis
ter states, l am sure the governor will
be in full sympathy with any 'honest
move looking to the betterment of tha
state of which he 1 chief- exeeutlva.
' Very respectfully, ? k. v
J. A WESTKRLUND, " '.
. Representative from Jackson County.
': Barbarous Mexico i
Portland. Or. March 8. To tha Edi
tor of Thes Journal Being a constant
reader of your dally paper, I hope you
Will publish the following: I under
stand the United States Is rushing
troops across the country into Mexico.
Twenty thousand are on the way. Th
United States has no hand In. this" and
If she wants to . keep . the neutrality
laws, why does she Interfere? I have
spent some time in Mexico and know
what I am talking about The Taquls
atrocities and the peonage ay stenvare a
weir aear ones. driven : hundrada of
miles over ; the desert beaten, starved
and even killed. That is the sort: of
government Dies ; runs . with an irnn
hand. The Mexican people are natural
ly patriotic and have gone to tremen
dous lengths to overthrow, the bloody
monster who crushes their very lives
out Over 80 per cent of the Mexican
people cannot read or write. They want
me opporiunuy 10 wont out their own
destiny. ' Hot only da th Mitin ,m.
ployers beat kill and kidnap them, but r
Americans oo so as well, f The Mexi
cans hate American.' xt is the greed of
bloodsucking American capitalists that
controls Mexico. They look upon the
United State us a great octopus about
to aelte them and bend them to Its will.
And they are right. Mexico Is doomed
on account of .American - capital. That
ie-the 1 res sen ef -this trerniTierit's in
terference. ,How long, would the Amar-
lean people stajtd for such horrible con.
dltions here? Is it , any ' wonder they
want to gain control of the eoverft-
mentT What man with red blood
wouldn't fight? The United States
fought once to abolish chattel slavery.
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Letter From the
I rnxf vf T7X7TA "km ivTUiirc TXT un THE I h rn xt ti ! ! 1 i !
I - ' VlVyi'li'liilil A XAAJL ilU T W AX JUXVXlwX , ' I ' L 1C ACW AVaiirOaU :
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8MALL CHANGS I ' OREGON SIDELIGHTS -..v . Era . t m .
Barley Is better than bullets, .
Greatest fruit prospects ever. ,
Who and what Is, or are, the party"?
O well, ttls Is Ma'rcb; It will be June
soon. ,, - - , 'il - v 1 '
. .' . , e e . V
Good for Trc Cook. He ha paid bis
-COOk.- -r-v- -7 -";:-: -;
e: '.:'.''.:-.:.
War Isn't so faahionable a It used
to be.
- ,v-? - e ''.v,.'.! x
Grant rknew; hs Said, "iLet "u have
peace." - - , ,'
".t'.;;'i :,;-Z.-':: Sy.'-i:" (:y. ; :v
' The country will survive, with Bal
llnger out.' tJ . '..'. .!... . y
, v
Looks like the Democrat could carry
the country. .. . . ;
i
The only person who succeeds Is the
one who.is happy. ,v . ia -
The rose bushe'ar getting ready
for those glorious June days,
',. , j
: Thi Is the best day that there will
ever be to get a patch of land,
; ;v'v.'-'li,-.irLL ::i' .?!.:iii-;i;
Another dav has arrived without the
terrible Japs taking the country, . r-
Who said Db. Oook was a. falliir
He gets Into ths newspapers yet .
Some neools hare -so littia to da thmt
they are studying already how to cele
brate the Fourth -Of July. '
It would be safe to offar a. mllllnn
dollars for s true and complete defini
tion of -a Democrat or , a Republican.
What is education ? A lam n uaatfnn.
not- easily answered: but an adiicatlnn
Isn't necessarily gained at a university.
SEVEN LITERARY WOMEN
.... y"-;.c.;-4-
George
'A foot more - light- a step more true.
Ne'er from, tha heath flower dashed
tha dew.". .; i
Ah, the will be fortunate, since she
was born among the roses and to the
sound of music, was the reply made
to the informant who told Lieutenant
Dupln that a daughter was born to him
at a dance at which he was an attend
ant with mi wife, Sophie, who was
the daughter of Delabordo. a Paris bird
fancier. This was on July 5, 1804,-the
last year of the French Republic, and
the first of the Empire. - The daughtar
was christened Aurore,
'' Whan ' A It iV A , m nAMfal C AHa''' ua
t " i; nut wi wwwm VHI J y iUUf aVSil
AM - haw flthu mrmm VI11.J k. . .
ua ner rathe was killed by a
her grandmother at her country home
near, wananu wunin . the , walls
of the chateau , she pused unhappy
hours, until she wa fourteen. . Her
mother was poor, Iter grandmother was
rich. They were not pn, friendly term a
and as the little girt was fond of her
mother, naturally. . her grandmother's
servants ; used frequently s v, taunt hor
witn wishing to go to her mother and
eat beans In a garret rather than stay
at tne chateau and learn to be a lady.
, While . her I grandmother ' and , her
friends were trying to teach her accom
plishments, Aurora waa dabbling . In
Latin; history, literature and classio
mythology. , In the course of time ah
Invented for herself a being, half hero,
halKdlety, whom she named Corambe,
a Greek, god possessed of Christian vir
tues, to whom sha erected shrine In
the woods before which, a an accept
able aacrif lee, , sh would lay; flower
and set free the bird and butterflies
that she had taken captive. 1 , v:
In the revelations of th peasant life
She found the keenest delight When
she was 14 she wa placed In a convent
Here she remained for some time, dur
ing which her grandmother died, leaving
her hor entire fortune. She left the
convent to marry M. Caslmlr Dudevant
when ahe was II. They lived happily
for a time, but the husband became dis
sipated, and after eight year she found
that the situation had become. intolerH
ante. , -. r :-;,; .:; --. ...
For some time she had been conscious
of her literary talent and decided to
go to Paris. She made an agreement
with, her husband that she was to be
allowed $600 per annum from her own
Will she fight now to perpetuate pe
onage? Let ua look at some of the
American capital invested In .'; Mexico.
The Morgan-Ouggenhelms own and have
absolute control of the' oopper output
of Mexico. M. Guggenheim Bons own
all the smelter as well as vast min
ing property there. The Standard Oil
under the name .Waters i Pierce com
pany, .with - many subsidy Toorporatlons
controls most of the crude oil of Mex
ico. American sugar-trust is another
la oontroL 1 Also the Continental Rubber
company,, another - Rockefeller Institu
tion controls 16 per cent of th world's
production of raw rubber,-ha mUIions
of-aere ot valaable land therarWella-
Fargo Express company) holds absolute
monopoly on the express business. The
Southern Pacific railroad and the al
lied Harriman interests control by th
virtue qf near ownership three fourths
of the main lines of railroad mileage.
Space, forbids mention of the many oth
er moneyed American Interests in Mex
ico. It-tr: estimated that over $900
000,000: of American capital is Invested
In Mexico and for every dollar made m
profit' it 'Is safe to say a human life
has been, sacrificed to make that profit,
Mexico will, continue to be barbarous
Just so long Ae Bias keep the throne.
. . JAMU.S WIIiSON.
;;;'Fannert andV Good Boads.k : .
ThomaaOr., March 1.- To the Editor
of The Journal. -An - article - In Th
Journal of March 1 was headed, "Roads
Men Survey reclcWttft
A C Smith 'say, '.'Farmer Did It" If
they did.::,!'. AM': glad of lt-L.tAm;'' glad
Governor .West had', tha eourag to veto
all these road . measures, along with
o many other, useless ones ' that re
ceived his axe of disapproval, -
- It woud bea hard matter to get aa
many brainless farmers together In on
body as was assembled In Baleip, pos
ing a law makers, In this last session
of the legislature. -
Dr. , Smith says, "The representation
of the farmera: defeated- the good-roads
campaign. Hereafter we shall not ask
the assistance of ' farmers. We shall
depend upon the people who really pay
the taxes, the people of . the towns, the
business Interests.", What a' "stunner"
thl last part of his statement X won
der if Dr. Smith knows that the farm
ers of Linn county pay 78 ft per cent
of the taxes Of the county? I wonder
if Dr. Smith does not know that th
farmer, the laborer, the producer, pays
all taxes? ' , ,
All wealth come from th soil in
some way. .What the farmer fall to
produce from, the toll t dug out of the
bowels of the Arth.l;V':V;.vi,;vit,h':
Dr. Smith lives off what th farmer
produce In a great measure, all our
cities ar kept up and maintained large
ly by the f araer.!; CUy taxes, docfor
bills,, water and light bills,, state, coun-ty.end.,school-itaxesrre.
largely paid
out -of, what is. exploited from the
farmer and hi products. X irould like
to kiow how muoh wealth Dr. Smith
haa created or produced In the last year.
I wonder If he has paid his pro rata of
tax from the money received from his
patients, that some one ha eread or
East Oregonian: Indications point to
a wonderful development In the west
end of the county this summer and to a
healthy Increase In population for that
, Dallas- Observer; -' The ' McMInnville
Telephone-Heglster office Is to be
equipped for fcaperanto printing. andthe
poor man Who nnnratea Krnthfr Martin's
linotype Is duo to k)e-what little-hops
oi neaven jie ever nau.
- Correspondence of Albany Democrat:
HalseywhlchIs known as one of the
best shipping places south of Portland
for a city of Its size for stock and
poultry, has the promise ' of electric
iignts within 80 days, for which her peo
pie are rejoicing, ' -
Athena Press: The mercurial tern.
perature haa been flirting around the
night this week. With the ground well
covered with snow, every indication of
winter Is with us. Brilliant sunshine is
orp inurn in mis vie nitv. ntuiriv cvnrv
me oraer or the day, andnerry sleigh
Ing parties the order of tho night .
y''v'W;iv;v-.;..,;-,ii(j ,.e ft .',;;.rV:''
Tillamook Herald; ' The a-overnor haa
vetoed tne Tillamook County t'alr bill,
which fact will bo a dJasapointment to
many of our citizens. Wa believe that
Tillamook county should hava been
recognised In this matter. However, we
wuuia noi 1 censure tne ' governor so
severely for his action. Ha had a lot of
appropriation bills piled upon him' that
had been passed for political reasons,
and ly. consequently had to . do some
slashing. Other localities have been dls-
appolntad:ar.we.lLA4.:.purselve8cr.'.The
governor has had a hard Job handling
the lata legislature, which spent about
all its time between playing peanut
f olltlcs and making - appropriations. It
akes a nan to say "No1' and Governor
West has apparently been equal to ths
occasion.- . i '
Sand.
fortune, on condition that .she never
exceeded that sum, and the rest ef her
property was to remain Jo the hands of
M.,, Dudevant. She carried Introduc
tion to two literary people. ' A novelist
to- whom she first applied told her that
women ought not to write at Alt An
other took her to the Figaro, and they
paid her at the rate of 1 1.1 5 a column
She soon made friends among the lit
erary bohamians of Paris, and many of
her. earlier and briefer works were writ
ten In collaboration with one of them,
M. Jules Bandeau, afterward th author
of several successful novels and plays.'
Aurora's first, novel fell flat-Then
she .produced another novel, - under the
hew immortal pseudonym of i f George
San4",aiidr0EtuaewasBjie-
"George Sand," George (Band, who Is
Gearge Sandf, was an i Interrogatory
that made Paris fairly bubble with ex
citement - This book appeared in April,
1832. and was entitled "Indiana." Other
novel followed thick and fast ' After
th novel cam the pastorals, the sto
ries of village life, which,-have served
to place their author among the great
literary.' artist., of 'all time. 5
No year! passed unmarked by the
issuer of new ; works under her ' pen
name. The strange compromise which
She had 'made ' with her husband- was
evidently on which could not be con
tinued, . so In .1835 ahe applied . for
divorce, which, after some . difficulty
regarding the children, was granted her.
She also later obtain ' possession of
the children, and was ever a devoted
mother. Their affection and their hap
piness fully rewarded herf and; as both,
on atUlning maturity, made fortunate
marriages, she wa enabled to show
herself an 'excellent grandmother also.
George 'Sand died In 1878. nearly; 72
years or age, Having neglected an HI
nesa which she deemed unimportant un
til too- lata- "It Is death," she said to
those about her, - '1 did not ask for it.
but v- neither, do I regret .; It" . : At her
funeral at Nahant the country folk
flocked in from 1 miles around. There
were also men of letters, scientists, and
artists, for sh had rharty friends and
kept' them la all. ranks .of Ufa. Her
bier was borne by six peasants, and She
was laid away with the flowers about
her aa beautiful as those In the midst
of which she was born.
Tomorrow Harriet Beecher Stow.
produced, other than his own produc
tive labor?
rlf Dr. Smith does not think farmers
anow now to ; nuiid road, if he. -will
come -up Into Linn county and visit the
rums x me tsanium, we tnmit we can
show "him some as good and substantial
roaaa as ar in Oregon,-built by farm,
era, under the supervision of a farmer.
- We went to work byJ donation and
subscription of : our own money .- and
time and raised about 8353. The county
pot up doUar for dollar against this
amount and we graded and graveled
about one mil of road, and It speaks
forjtseli Dr. Smith, whether farmers
can build roads of not And don't for
get, doctor, that the amount the county
gave Included about '78 per cent of
the . farmers' money ' already collected
in tne general countyand state tax,
. . GEO. L, SUTHERLAND.
What Is the Matter With the Dairy
inaustiy? . .. : ...
i To the Editor of The Journal A state
men; Just published" read as? follows!
TThe dairy Industry of Oregon vis lan
qulshihg, the consumer are complain
ing of quality and price. ; It Is charged
by each Interest that the other Interests
are working at crosa purppses; jthat co
operation is lacking." t ; v - v -This
seem a startling1 announcement
of the present condition ef the dairy In
dustry in the very best Paotflo coast
state for the expansion and prosperity
ox tnat essential Industryi
The Oregon dairy Interest ViU" do
well to tudyy that little Kingdom of
Denmark; which 1s ac renownsd for. Its
dairy and egg Industry. , That country
has an area of only 9,375,403 acres, of
which one third is arable, and one third
In dairy pasture. . . 1 .
. ' The population is about J.500,000, of
whom over 50 per cent are the culti
vator and suppliers of food from th
oil. 1 V ,'i-v ,-!,'.
The Danish ' farmers, besides sup
plying , the -nationalfood,exportod- to
England lrt 1908 butter valued at 145,
,000,000, bacon ; at $2J,00(K0OO, eggs : at
$7X100,000,, making a grand total of $75,
000,000. Thl outcome from the Industry
is solely due to., the united movement
started by tha Danish farmers' coopera
tive banking, marketing, distributing and
exporting associations in 1894, ; U
' Surely Oregon' dairy, baco arid poul
try Industries scan and ? Will, adopt the
same uccoful cooperative methods, ,
The use of the rural .-telephone
throughout Denmark ha don much for
the economic development of these in
dustries. For a complete servlee within
each district, the cost Is only, $15 per
annum, and trunk or Jong distance calls
ar on aa equally low cale. 1 t,.;v-yi;.
i R. M. BREkeTON.
..v ,',,'4iT,. ..wna .111,111,., in an,,,.,i,j, , , h , I,- u 1 ii'iiii ,,.';j:"5i;j.'Vi,:!
The drummer are- eomlnglnte Lake
view . thick ; and . fast these days,' get
ting orders for Spring good, say 4he
Examiner. AUare optlmlstlo as to the
business outlook for the coming year,
ana tmuev that we nave bright pros
pect" for landing a railroad before many
months have pasdjjy,- - . . -"
7 ' '
period Of public hostility toward rail- '
roads was committed by -the railroads,
a mi a trip nromiaa tnnr ir win ravor ,
There Is a rainbow In the railroad
sky, promising peace and fair weather,
says the well known writer on railroad
topics, C. M. Koys, In the March World's
Work. It is nothing more nor less thaa .
a frank and open avowal on the part r
of the-heads --of -many : systems ,-; that
the cardinal error .which underlay the
happen again " v .' ' '
A statement recently promulgated by' , .
Judife Love tt. . head of the Iiarrlman
lines,'. caps " the. gehcral confession of
many other heads of , system. The1"
very promulgation .of such, a belief
marks the, new: era. Always the rail- ,
uau 1 141 a incv : yuuiiu , vpiiuaittusi nua :
defiance. The usual rerilv has been : a '4"'
rhallenirfl anmethlns- Ilka this: "'-.,''.'
"nnnnu .111 ..attnuif 11a .--nr ltff.iaa
us, and we shaH-etop our extensions, ;
withdraw our builders, cut down our '
.UIIII,U, VIUl,l. f IVVPITil LU, IllltlUIVI ....
worst!"' ny"t:f'f-:.irk ;
In on form or another the country
has. heard that v challenge a - hundred
timea 4n 4ha last.faw vr .'.
.' Judge Lovett and Otto Kahn one a '
Harriman lawyer and officer,, the other,
promises, ana it remains to be seen how .
tar mrtm will fit! 'nrlnofnlaa fT,f ' tk.1'
veryTtnriouncement of the Tinnclpler 1 -77
- -.
yiviiHDfl iiibi av iiua uw iiaiiru wivu vu- t?-
thnalnatPn.' ' . "' . "l'v '
A nMn'liMi vallrnad k,,'. I
llo ' speeches, in maaaslne articles. In ' S
iniHrv ipw . ari vsat rnn aniar wn vrtaa - aasaa .
conviction.-Jf a man 1av patience to
- ww. ,I'J.Y . lyuujt,, 1 V .... . ;
rallMil1 haart Via aHII la thM all -
a fervid deslra for publicity not tha
oin BTannznn Dra.no. nut raai nuinant
publicity. H will note also more or '
less veiled admissions of rati ma A fault
111 ui, vub ami au, HI will HOI
that in the mind of the railroad men,
th railroad has amln become a oublla :
servant a publio utility. ' r ',; ;
It rimUnl nnlv. in n fnfa fh.i '
railroad of th West - ween wa the K
vnia naw anirir Ar MnnmtiMi T.a a -
vbub'vu w uw iii7 uff woven, ior
ineir own enas. snout tn state aanltola. -
Let railroad lobbyists become exttnot -
aiuuui, iiaiw ui tt naninBWll. ' Jjei, a, ...
few of the big system look . to It and
ae whether or not the men who rua
them are men who care a little about v
the publio and Ua rights and powerA ,
There is a school of rati mad efflnara
that must b swept from the house be :'
fore it can be considered garnished for . r
theawning day.-rTh-railroadrrwhos-?n
head Is a reactionary will deserve all . t
that it get from th naw damooraey ef y
commerca - , '
Iteltgfon I UnirersaL
Rev. Newell Dwlght Hlllis in th Cot '
';:'".umblan' Magaxln. -:. ;'" v1
. Religions are not rellaloa -RellaloB
J universal. , Th : man who la not ra-?
llgiou 1 not normal, and by this .use
of th word "religion," 1 do not mean '
saying your prayer and reading your
Bible and going to church, or profess
ing any of th rights and ceremonies of '
any or the cults in any of th lands.
By religion I mean that force in humau, ,.
nature which has Inspired man's belief
in something for him beyond th grave,
and 'In something for him In this world
greater and mora triumphant than he
could expeotifrofn his apparent .weak-" ?
ness and from' hi ttiany limitations. ltmiU'
-: Rells-lnn ' mnita fha Rlhla T?all4nn. V
lexactlyj the same force, made Moham- '
medanlsm. Buddhism and Confucianism; "
exactly the same produced ' the witch- .
doctor and drives the African pagan ''I
into the Jungle to hide from 'evil spirits. v
Religion causes the Hindu mother ,to , f
throw 1 her child to the crocodiles, and , '
the Christian mother to teach her boy
the, Lord's prayer, :' "Side issues ; and 4 :'
formalities" are defects in human r,u- .
ture, but the best thing about Mr. Kdl
aon, or any other human being, is, lit
th words of Paul Sabatier, that he is
Incurably religious." '
' Religion Is th capacity for h high
est relationship, oonsolentloUsly chosen
as such. Whatever a man puts at the .
top is his religion. When he renche",,"
his supreme possibilities religiously, he
becomes unselfish, or, as in the case of
Jefcus, he lose himself for the sake of
others. -. ;-,,. -r."; 't., , , , ,,-,.1,,,.
,A , Tile World Move.
' .From .Comment ,, -,
. It is often charged that the courts are
slow In acknowledging conditions which
ar well known to every one. It is there
fore matter of peculiar pleasure to take
note of Instances showing- that Judge r.
really do see thing othr than prece
dent announcing general principle. For ,
example, In the case of Commonwealth ?
v. Buxton, the Massachusetts euprem
J udlclal court recognize the usef - th
photo speed recorder for registering ,
speed of automobilerand declares its j
records admissible lif evidences and la ;?
Bludworth v. Bray, the Florida supreme ; !
court announce the startling doctrine';'
that there Is no. presumption that the
condition' of . a crop remain the same Vi.
from year to year: Shade of Blackstone
and Kentf Hath it not been for such
tlm that , th memory of tnan runneth
not to the contrary a presumption that
condition once shown to exist continue . ,
thus until tha contrary be proven? When -It
has been shown that In th month of
July corn ear ar ;- Just beginning , to i
hoot", must It not be presumed that T
a year from the next winter they ar '
till doing th amathmg? v But th "
court say, "No,", and thua doth Mr. :
General Principle receive a body blow.
Some day, perhaps, It may even be pre
sumed possible that1 lorn who safely
washed the corn begin to hoot may be
"half hot"-. by : It" later W :v
?
- (OontrlbutCvl (U Th Journal by Walt-Matoa,
tba hmons Kaou noct. His DroM-txH-m. ar. a kt
resuUr feature of this eolma k Xbt Dally n'-
How sweet " it "i ' to take P your'Aeat" A
when hungry, at a groaning board, and 5 i
loosen up 'yori';3id'Tatla:'laan'l
thu gifted , can- afford to - grin at Ml v
life' little Ills, at fortune's frowns,
however grim, at druggists and at doc- -tor
bflls this world is Just A snap to '
hlml Dyspeptic pebpi,' driven daft by J
foolish fads, look on -and sav: ,"H '.
ought to try the .Fletcher, graft! nd; it
cnew hi rood a naif a day. To-swallow I f
em6king food Jike that. Is nothing beta s
ter than a .IA; yet he seejns strong and t
aaiiy mi, .ana we ere DlllOUS, weak , i-i
d . thin!'', ; Another wsrank i. lftoks. on :g
aghast and eries:. "Great ginger! What-?
a shame! That man should try a three (
weeksfast if be Would strengthen up!
hi frame! , To, eat so fiercely , violates
the rules-that modern science sDrtnrs;
yet he seems welk while fasting skates 4
are;slowly drying up, by Jings And
other faddists ,wag .the Jaw, - and keep t
lo eat his Victuals raw. or take thenv
down In capsule form. He loves to hear '
the dlrtner horn lnvlt him to Increase' 5
nis wib ne laugns tne idle fad to- r
scorn,.and eats as Father Adam at. -
ootrrth. lBio, br
Geortt Mittliew Adatns,
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