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A-- THE OREGON , DAILY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, i MARCH 10, , 191 L THE JOURNAL C 8. MCKSON... ' Fohll rTr CTrnlDf jrAt Sunday) ,od mfvrtFfmitr moral n at Tb Joorn! Bulla- In. Ofth ad VimlitU aunt. fortuBa, ur. .with .their, kin, resident , in America,' ' The Individual injury has been done, It is true, to the , individual Jew,' .but"' the ' offense of this ? un broken series of arbitrary, breeches of tteatjr obligations has . been of fered to the American 'people. "Pro' to do good .with their unusable ac- cumulations can find an. intensely practical way to Tender thelr state and the boys and girls a splendid eer rice. -; '.:". '. '- tDt,r,j .t offic u Portia, ot.. ro, test ? after protest t for- overthirty jiears ,nas ., Deen maae by American executives and officials, but all such ha ve been calmly and insolently dis regarded, LAW IrininitHU Uuvu (be ,oaUa aa mcod4m TELEPHONES Mala flTIl' Rests, A-eWl. All epartaiet readied br tMM """" ifil ID opera toe tHit apamnM yow w.n. KOREIfi.N anVBimsiNa REPBESENTaTIVS. BtJmln A Kntnar Co., BruMwIck Bnlldlnc, 125 nuts --im, Ni: JfflrrW18 .People' , u Building, Chicago. M AWYER DUNIWAY said to The Dalles" Ontimist: "It will he a short and sad day for the Amerlca'n people when our gov- Th$ mover of the resolution above enment' pebomes a government of refflrrort tn rt.hn ' fcamt ,fciB- .;Hnn men insteaa or law;" That is also not: on the erround that discrimina- - "uei 8 npuon or nearly two ered.was so near, the border line of starvation that . the . children were gnawing at chips f wood. . And still, we look down on the brutes and boast that man is the 'lord of cre ation." .-::-'v,.V - o:, Themarketi reports wiiUbelgbod SEVEN FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS Johnson and Boswell. Cnlwrrtptlmt Trmt hf Bifl M as Bf addraa in ua iuuea biaua, uuu or Mexico. , , .:--':-:..": DAILY, r ' . Cm rtar.... ....fS.OO On noetk f JM - SUNDAY. v On 7er,.,..i Ob roosta........ -M DAILY AND SUNDAY. Oaf jnt.....f7M Oca tooath .. .SB ,, Dr. Johnson, tht famous English lxl cographer, essayist and critic, was on reading for , arriving farmers who hi fri.ni.hin wmi. A; v,). n,.i.t. v. v,ui IT V -' "T wuwmtn. um, juuuiiij -ia ure- irtam by tha scora, the moat interest 6uu. uu5 .(. tijui wuh gna Deeiiing or his attachments : was -that ;ba t8lXisa Jalrly good argument; Inj tween hlmielt and Boawetl, the latter favor or Oregon- The animals are havin left, as a result, the moat inter- produced in a climate in Which the J tin and entertaining biography In the thermometer, was, but a few degrees 1 English language, it ia said of John- tfononaoot held np Portland. 4 For four years and three months, Ruef, by the same kind, of "law" stood up the courts of allforniu r s He stood trial three times. . He ; Het the galled Jade wince; our ; withers are Uhwrung. Shades " peare. jfvi: vip, ','.-.':i..t' : . AJT : AWTCL' CltDCE exercised by the Russian govern ment, but because the injured per Bona are American citizens who, no matter what their religious views may be. are-each and all entitled to the protection of the nation's treat-i confessed twice in court to different les with -foreign governments jthe cpmes. . tie was Inland out of Jai; wonti over. ' I v nao uutn c If the abrogation of the treaty .9tlJJPIJ ine also of .the' extradition treat nf 14 W In state prison. . 1903, as is foretold by some poll- f On the stand at ohe time Ruef told ticians, the United States would not how' money and how much, money be serious losers. The last nam wa8 extorted from French restaurant t reaty has been invoked by the Rus- ssm L.who pal d JBueflargftfiuma slan-government to enforce the re- t0 kceP the,r Place" , from being turn to its tender mercies of nolitlcai closed. Ruef pleaded guilty, Schmits exiles under forced construction of jwas convicted, and both, sentenced to frHK CAPACITTOF thehuman " 7 j animal for crime is one of the I marvels of sociology. In all - the human host, there is no creature more typical of purity and crImInal RuMlaB laws. 1 Asalnst the nve r' Imprisonment. peace Luan a iue gin ui uve jeara. g yjQpathies of Jhe American, people But neither served sentence. The u iv ft Tarn ib mnrn niTinniT Tmn. isnni.. A ..... . ... . . m . 7. . " :.-rzL " r. i tBS-aincx-ooogaMona or tne , treaty i an luteryretcu dj aiuornia . 7"JlU,", u" .7 ' "? 8.u have been several times comnllod with courts held it no crime to extort j t i 1. v" , . " a" by American Judges, regardless bf money rromy: disreputable places. ! vo!;ld cherlshe ready Pr- the common convlcUon; that such re- After a trial of II p 6 days of which ' turn to Russia of the arrested par- 7 were -spent in securing a Jury, ? - It was such a little creature that ties meAnt nnthina- Ua thnn Aoath 1 Rtref wasconvicted December 29 haB been brutally murdered in Port-or the horrors of Siberian exile .to l 08, and by the tricks and trifling land. - It is only on the' theory, thatl the victims. here la a reversion to savagery that there Ja explanation for the tragedy. The atrocious details' afford all the evidence' needed .that-; though' we toast of our perfection, 'some of us are .ptlll, of lower order than the animals. TnK CITY PRACTICAL T of those wfcp profess fealty to. the "law, it, was not until more than two years had elapsed that he was landed In San Quentln. . ijtjiraa the soiemtt edict ofJhe peo pie of Portland that a bridge should be ; built, v The city'; administration confirmed It. and sousht to carry HE OUTLOOK HAS been aiding in, this, fast spreading move ment for -remodeling street plans and frontages, and group No ' punishment : can, fit such a Ing public and private new construe- out instructions. The circuit courts cihub. cauKui, uo iuau cm ouiuum m ine ciuea oi tno unitearconiirmea it." The supreme court hung, hut It will be no atonement I States. Interest in 'Portland1 has confirmed It. . But a professed ex- xor tne iitue gin s me, no punisn- seemingly -gone into retreat since ponent of the "law" has. for hire and ment-'for the atrocit. If-we are Mr. Bennett, left ua and. took his by desperate exnedlenta held im thin waueu ac me murur oi a ciuien, maps ana Bueumes witn-nim.. people, this administration and these what is the measure of our. feelings .: We read that In Milwaukee, the courts for nearly two vears. We all over tne oeeaa yisitea upon mis ctty boasting a Socialist executive, a respect the law and bow before it, five-year-old innocent T HOW SAD planning movement has passed dls-l except those who most mouth about Ulliulni. Ana 1 t I th. vumivu nuu uu LiiQ yltkUV UL I law. action. Note this, that in , Mllwau- kT THE ENACTMENT, of the Initiative, ,,, referendum and recall laws, I consider that the legislature of the state of Washington did more "harm to "B kee, all public bodies of the city are said to" "be cooperating. "The city government, the park commission, the . county f.park commission the metropolitan if park commission,, and the county board of supervisors, are THOSE VETOES pLUtiATTNG LIKE a hungry hy ena on the hills of Jericho, the Oregonian continues its whine because Governor West vetoed the cause t good and efficient gov- Lit 72 bills. It savs ka wanted t W eroment In this state than all th operatioa of private cltUens toward the lel8lature xole . And that D' legislatures ' that ' have met since Washington became a state. In I the light of Oregon's experience in going to the T extreme wjth these laws, and in view of what I know common ends.!; ; Here ,'are , the So- he "vetoed the bills of his oppon- ciallst Hon and the Republican lamb enis- Ana inat fle wanted . to In sweet accord. These are i the J "grandstand around as the only peo The governor ought , to have had more opponents so that he would have vetoed more bills. Jf he made any mistakes at all, it was because he did not use the veto enough. If adopted .features of the new plans. Xn in tVi -kfrtti erYi f o pad 10ft aaJ. A. about the working bl : such lawt else- main pleasure drives 150 feet wide', Tr?S. .I" hRt--W o. giving a motor way distinct from ITntio" ' horse trafnc.:w New parks and play So spake State Senator A, East-1 Ar-i.a'h MniA :t, in .t,MA It:. was grand standing, lie oueht to ham of , Vancouver, Washington, toiinecess condemnation, author-lhaTe rand standed more. If it was tiis locaj newspaper, v: wita wnatjity to fU both street and building Puran tne legislature m a bole ' " splendid, ' sonorousness f the uhln-l UnenJ a reasonahU Mntrot nf the he ought to have burled It deeper;. v. formed often ' expatiate! "In " the platting of private property As It was, his vetoes saved the tax- light of the experience of Oregon," .. Notbin Is nubltehed as to the e,t payers nearly $700,000 at, a time A tM M T 1 - . i " v- ' ' . - " I V . A 1 J . . suU w vi wui nuo w aoouijot such wide improvements, nor asl wlJOU lttUB- rB ouruensomeiy nign. the workings' of these -Jaws else- tft th 0rca ftf th ndfl The more the Oregonian fiddles on where," a blow has been struck at Portland will nrobablv be more in- that string, the stronger it will make good government, saith' " Senator terested In the ways pd means side Gvrior West j.asmam. in me pnrase or Artemus than in either the social or the es Wrd..lt U V2 mutch? for the Van-UheUc details of the Milwaukee un couver senator. - dertaklng. Up at MUton; Oregon, there is a . ;The story ends In "these slgnlfl man who sUU insists that the world cant words, "These Increased pow- is nau. m eaiem mere is another era . are not advocated by any sin- wu iwu u auow are cnuoren to igie political party, but are approved A PEOPLE'S, VICTORY HE CONSERVATION PRESS of the5 country is as generous in commending v uauinger a suc cessor as it was unstinted In attend school heranae nf hi- nHnn I 7 ,fTr "V-T. Z opposition to the retiring secretary, T: - I U I AJI aiiklLQll T ... B. AA UCL1 LlCfl. Uei'.HlIHrS I bm. m- . . . that the things taught are bad. to the rnmi.. t.t r,. ne g ttecora-Heraw says of China they still bow down tn wooden Uu7n .. Mr- sner:? ue win make an ef Idols."' EvervwhereMnclndin, Vnn- ZLi, "C"t.:rr .!"i cient, vigilant and strong head of avvif the department entrusted to him. The Philadelphia North American says; "The enforced retirement of the unworthy and exposed Ballinger N NEW YORK THE other ilar n w P"vai lue.ana ine appointment Idols. - Everywhere,' including Van couver, there are those who resist progress. Mr. Eastham ia against the initiative, referendum and ' re call. It Is all a matter of taste, whether, It be a claim that the world Is flat, the schools vicious, the graven Image the true God or proxy govern ment .better than r people's govern ment; ; . "In the light of. the workings of these laws in Oregon." the Initiative, permanent public welfare." Milwaukee 1 GIVE THEM A CHANCE I refereud u m and. recall. are splendid! institution in this state. She was X I , : i X' : r uiwuiutiM, muo icui.ua oi mo peo-1 niiuunt nuiiuui iueuu, ana eacoun- nre-hn rirl aolrf hpr first nWo of Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, con art work for $100. She Is in s.tltut? a genuine triumph for the the herinnin of tiRfn1 nd . mencan peopxe.-. . . cessful carper. A BamPle Indorsement of the new Twft An thrL ... wm . "ecretary appears in an article from struggling etudent jtt an educational U),a WT lier's led the fight against Mr. Dal linger,: the president to reverse his policy and give the country a conservation instead ' of an antl-conservauon afl- . . s . . : - j . ... . - . i nnnrn miron raio-nn itr - that- -Ai-ifviiA pie or yregon applaud them.. The tered the most trying experiences in ; T. r T , masses of the neonla thrnnrtont. th securlnir fniida with whinh nr. eentiment which finally compelled country nave neara oi ana are de- sue ner stuaiea. ' , During one vaca xnanamg mem. . ; xne governors ofjuon sne. aia cnamoer work in a many states have officially recom mended them. State afte adopting them. How sad body should be so out of tune with f tranded, and she was on the point senator Eastham of Vancouver, Iclal aid was secured from the echo! arship loan fund of, the Federated Woman's clubs, and sle was able to uZr Z. U , , P ef remain at ftoiier with th vi U.f himself , : whose administration1 ,1s Airaor THE LAST acts m the h tni.nt . d.Tn Dronni cnange into greater f . BB -w " kAWVW.UUX.Va AV- duo Ad v-w6cd wan uie unan- now successiuiiy pursuing the work lmous .vote oi the house com- of her choice in the city of New ally recom- hotel as a meansof obtaining money ZT?'? ter state Is to return to college, the next year. MraUon of the interior depart tnat every- A time came when she; was at last LJl JtJ stranded, and she was on the point TZ 7 thmAu of leaving, school. :! Happily; finan- tZ t L t V& luevfh6 ciai aid wa. aer.ur.dfrnr, ti.l-t-.hni. Pple of the so-called muckraking RUSSIA' AXD THE UNITED 1 STATES .'4 . magazine. It was a service, not only to the country, .but to the president harmony with the American people. mittee on foreign affairs, on York. The intanr. i mmnia -r L. man nas appeared at Milton, a resolution submitted by Mr. Her- the splendid, service, rendered by loan fact that tL orld is'round He hert Parsons of New York, for the funds for students of small means. that It l7 fat an J mn w! abrogation ot the treaty of 1832 .be- From the .tOrero A erHnnttn i 8yS.tliat. "..ls at'. and Wlo? tween Rhaaia and th TTnftai aA- 1 i, 1 Ti 7 cnarxs ana omer aevices to prove it The oWect oAha'tr t!? S?1 H Insists also , that: the sun is not clared to be "rnr " "v.' Jf .r: wore than 6000 miles from the earth i . "r w, ieg ucau m,ioim tuna .ai mat anrf ttnf mnr than 7R tnlta t commerce and navliratinn " Tf virion tnr tha riu An4nn. 1- I ... . . . ivwr, - "- iw eacu sutuuon mat araws a neavy contm- country of the citizens of the other, gent of stndents from remote com for liberty to sojourn, reside, and mutinies," many of whom have slen attend to. their affairs' therein, der flnanciar 'support.: They are And also for enjoyment, to that e often, the . making of the best and feet, of the same security and prp- moBt potential citizens. Lincoln was vv.v Vl. i5 v-uumrj a raij' sputter ana uarriem the driver . a so-called miiitarv pnorf in nm. SebtlSto'th?! a .canal boat,' The innate and JTLm r VZl'conX X"S'V: .&.&tomv declarethat, to preserve her life as a nation, Japan must go to war with the United States. What a thirst both must have for gore. Each ought It Is curious that so many of us cling to old forms and exploded Ideas. If the thoughts of this Mil- ton. . theorist had strayed - Into . the field of politics, he would have uh- doubtedly become an assemblylte. dlnances ..there .prevailing, and pa remote rural district Is ottoli 'pow tlcularly to the. regulations in force erful addWon to stat life. concerning commerce. " Boys of the type are worth edu- tettrCall7 Jo a7,d'h;' with a piece of "a' t ..-ao. (Wiiuw., liver. v.v. m.x.vv n. iu. a.wiou Amer- twmg tnem over a period of fihan Ican citizens,- and. missionaries, cial stress. They ultimately become whether Protestant or Roman Cath- a productive force in state life and ollc. None Of. thes elasses have been add heavily to state strength i ' admitted Into' Russia,, To- Jews -ot .The student loan fund at the ag-Americanizenshiir-exu-n-m-aB CttlWr&rtOTTfgsBly?!n)07Tr been a speciitl hardhfp by reason of is correspondingly - small at- most the immense numbers of , Russian other .institutions. By adding, to Jews, andtheir close relationship these. funds, wealthy men whq want . A . Philadelphia wife and their three children, were sold recently by the husband 'for $1. The purchaser was given the marriage certificate aiVldeflvierTirsnilleTTEehus": band made the sale in order to get money to buy Hq.uor. The wife re fused to be sold, and when dlacov- no extra fe.ed required on account of in Ufa that he thought a day loat in the- cold. With; Portland as the which he 41d not make a new acqualnt- headquarters of the livestock Indus- wee. t r i t v iiv ; - try on the coast, there should be at- ;ll'AtZtn,".j 8A,a- "10u,d kp bis .nn r2snn . w w,t '"endahlpi id constant, repair." and he tractions in Oregon, for the newly scarcely loat a friend, except by death; arriving stockman. Xietiers From tL'c People The t riendahiD f between Johnson and Boaweu came about, in a, peculiar j way. urd Hallea was one of the letter's tnenas, 'ana he f reuuehtly took occasion to 4mpreBauponl,Boawalli-A.venera- t(A Irtrtf.Ai : Vi .. . . . From the Blver Boat's Standpoint. t w tr- rvT1: ction upori ;;;erocTon8:b tor of The Joiirna!--! h.aVe noticed that .omething always lnterfre4r Finally, the talk indulged la by the newapapere on May II, 173,. while In London, Boa and others interested In'Jthe closing of well -yaa introduced to Johnson byDa tbeJbrtdgeJiiMWlLiojLrieritaln periods vies, the actor,, , Jhe friendship1 ripened during the day "(las been directed almost rapidly, and Boswell made notes of. the if 'not entirely, against ' the ? towboati, great, man's eonveraatloa Irom the first andviry little mention Ja made of the Interview, and he received from Mm fact that frequently ateamera carrying much ood advice. Boswell had many freight, passenger ;and United States evenings 1 alone with Johnaon at .the mail are also held uo at the different .-rA.: Jriagee.rAmong those-so delayed have! johnaon'B erat frienV. nnimih- Jieen, the .tnmAr.. r..- T.onn80n x'r,at eds, Goldsmith! for LurUae. running between fo7tland and 'SlSSo Aatorla, both carrying mails in addition !!!", nat y P to their freight and nasaeaaer traffic: url. n VfnauXMun. the Dallea, City, J. N. Teat: and othera wnen Boswell, took to tb, law, he carrying only freight and passaengers. separated from hia friend for a It- ia -acarceiy necessary-tr-aay-theae conslderabla itlme,JLbut they resumed oloaed periods work considerable hard- their friendship immediately upon his ship on the passengers And also the return., from the continent in 17 9,: and eteamboat owners.' The majority of the continued without interruption 'until passengers, after several hours on board Boswell was married. . .There was then the steamer, are very naturally anxious a cessation in their, correspondence for, to get ashore., some With business to elshteen months, or until 1771. and from transact and others to catch the early (that time on the intercourse with John evening trains jut of. the city, jnd lhe eon, UpotLwhii&iBoawett iubiub; vi nan an nour is a matter or importance to them, i :; iV . The closing periods would not he n objectionable Were they observed with ordinary good judgment by the bridge tenders. ; ! myself have at manv times aeen steamers tied un below the Burn- side bridge when there was-not single atreet car on the bridge and not more man a aosen or two people crossing on foot. By holding steamers at the bridges for certain periods does not af reet the length; of time necessary for them to pass, through the draws, as it takes aa Ions to clear and draws at one time as another and the only practical result la r that people crossing during - the short j opening perioda are certain' to be held un. usually for a much lonaer tim then if the , bridge had been opened as each steamer signaled, bo that by accommo dating a certain number of neoDle who are able to get across during the closed periods it is necessary to discommode oiners wnose business does not allow them to take advantage of the closing hours. The owners and oneratora nt nm. know it la something of a hardship on those who have to be at work aa early as 7 a. m. to be held on a bridge for a "w uunui.es, oiji ao not ttunk this a good reason why their business should chiefly rests,; was kept up during the remaining years of Johnson's life, who died December. IS, rge.'.-' :V:i'': ' The friendship between Johnson and Boswell, caused considerable domestic troubles for the latter, and neither his wife nor his father aympatniaed with hie : enthusiasm for Johnson. When Johnson took Boswell on, his tour, the letter's wife remarkedr that though she had seen many "a bear led by a man, she had never before seen a man led by a bear." ',., Sir Walter Scott tells Us that Lord Auchmleck pronounced Jamie (Boswell) to be "clean gyte" for "pinning himself to the tall bf an auld Dominie.?' ' In view r of the wide difference of temper of the two men it seems- strange that- they should have formed a- friend ship, which, has become historic ' To a man of Johnson's strong understanding and irritable tempSr,, the" silly egotism of Boswell must hav been .aa . teasing as the constant buxa of a f fy. ' Johnson was a water drinker and Boa well a wine bibber, ; It is impoasible.v tha . there should he perfeot harmony between two such companions. Indeed the great man was sometimes provoked Into fits "of passion,: in which he said things hlcTi' the small man seriously resented. Every quarrel, however, was. soon made up. .a During twenty years the disciple con tinued to ; worship , the master tha master continued? ,to scold, the disciple, to sneer at him, and to love him. Th two friends ordinarily resided at a great distance : from : eachxotherr-buturlng their visits together Boswell's chief business was to watch Johnson, to dis cover all Johnsoh'shablta to turn the conversation to aubjects about which Johnson. waa likely to say something re markable, and to fill quarto books with minutes of what Johnson had said. In this way were gathered the materials out of which : was afterward con structed the most interesting biographi cal' work in the world,':;;';;;:.-;;-v A. Victory iov Coasr ' ' ' - vatiom ,. I ' , From Collier's. The resignation ?ot Richard Achilles Ballinger from -the 'office of secretary of the interior waa announced on March 7. " Hii successor, Walter I Fisher, la, ao well qualified for the post that if the president ' had asked ' Collier's ,to z uKSbhi man to noia tnia' ornce we ' admit frankly we could not have found in the whole United States one better , fitted tor the position, rThiSi Journal I haa had much to aayf in criticism of the 5 president, both In the Alaska cases and In other matters, and we .wish there. , fore, to give particular emDhasia to the. llfact that he has now' put the great pub- flic .Hnmflln fn th. UA , . , . --.. ... v.ic unuua ui luan wnd . combines knowledge of the subject with unusual powers for work and withvah.-f j-buuub courage na ntegrlty. h i , v - jinis penoaicfti nas been subjected to (: much hostile , criticism ;for what bus been ? called the "persecution of ' Mr, I Balllnarer." it .ho. v, :. 1 what it believed to be a sense of duty t applied to a matter the Imnortuncn at 3 Which could scarcely' be oterstated. The t preus vi tpe unuea Btates have done a generous share of tbia work. , . In all parts of the country have been found newspapers Which .were determined that . 1. ..UU v.iv mnuai Bnouia not con- 4 "" ;-vu. vJHiea. rress, oneot; the,' two great news agencies, haa given "the': moos constant neip, ana if we mention such papers as the. Philadelphia ttnro. American.; Newark X News, Kansas City.. tar, t Columbia State, -j San Francisco , trntrpalladmm, Portlahd Tournai, New Orleana Item,' .Louisville Courier-Jour-i nal, Ia Follette' the Piihlln th. o... L look, Life, and the Boston Common, it i . 'uuurai,,i ine number who have helped IsUegienj-. Tomorrow King Lud wig and Wagner, picture show is in nowise worse than that practiced, aa I saw it, by boys and young , men. of, sitting , on , the curbing gambling with money and other devices, and using language that was a disgrace to anyommunlty. yt was well known lo'Zfi he-TV patrolman - InT the v district bflunde4 by ,Hawthorna :and Sandy road', that1 the Vhoys" from Sunnyaldo were the toughest ,st to deal with. It is far better for parents to know their children are Jearning; a lesson from a picture depicting , the ayll ; effects of drink. and gambling or amusing them selves .watching comedy, than for them to be running the streets or doing the very' things the pictures are intended to show the evils of. . Of course., there ara a few shows Where pictures of: an uncertain, char acter are exhibited and these should be excluded, but shows as are conducted by.-the majority of owners and are passed by ,boai?d of censors" are wort'iy of a! place in out city, ; Should a mo tion ; picture house present undesirable pictures It .ia ,a very easy matter to close it. ? A PARENT. : Suggestion to Pojrt Board. .,: Portland, March 14.-To the Editor of Tl,. TAIIM.J . fkm. , V A ' 1 1 m . be interfered with to the extent of the I rM,. ; rti-,A A.t-i.i- . verv BArinna m.o.-. ..v.. I tc.Pw , I find in the distribution of Hrnrr AHnua 4.m...,tv. : - .". v -8 -- ro now buc ,f v. rering tnrougn the closing of the draws! T""" " w-"wwa for approximately three hours a day, 1 this year Jtor the Port of Portland. This Only In exceptional cases ia nv hri.lti i' krn 'ium of mnnn. and . Mr held. as long -as five minutes fnr th I Wheelwrleht. . in a. recant Brtlr.l. in passing of a steamer, and while I have ! your paper, is entirely right in dWelHng heard many persons claim they are I A the Importance of proceeding legal- unu uo lor-fi mucn innniri nfiat iib aisinouuon. it is annitrnnt periods, my own experience has been I that if ia pf the first Importance that mat it will average less than five min- J the personnel of the board he legally u.a, ttuu mjs time, is more than is I appointee. . to xnis end. w. D. wheel, necessary open ana close any of the Wright' and hi associates of , the old brldgea in Portland. This with the board,; refuse t-recognise W D. Wheel antiquated bridges in use in this city, is wrlght and his associates of the new fairly reasonable, and a little monev board and ask that a uo warranto nrn. Bpent to enable the draws to swing en-j ceedlngsba .begun and the matter ureiy around swine araw tould land at trailed thiough the courts a la Klernan. either end would cut this down ma-j Thia is entirely, wrong and unnecessary oV t v orm. uanK Driagea at I ana is a sinrui waste of the taxpayers' wuiiua B.HU, si Vancouver are con- I money. .. . ' . Birucie in mis way ana no difficulty There is a very simple solution to is experienced or Ome . lost at either this matter, vis., let the old board meet a!59' . .' . ' and let those who t would retire under AS IHalttr Of fart th nav1arflnr th nas or lnvVMhlo-n Ana tlM. interests and industries dependent on fill the vacancy out, of those appointed brldgea here In Portland than th Th hnani vnny k. . w-- pie can possibly be bv bains- tmin i,n alh'nth th. --a ' rew minutes in crossing- the river, nurla.ni. enuid nroMd wiik km, i . . . f . ob iumisnea tuge for without walUng forthe court decisions. mnvm tT n r an r . . . . I ...... ... s . i nuuen ana inim i ina eansuminr ni runrii in tti.n..i through the harbor and on diffir.nt I " nuiiorea damages rang. r.lZ hyxouid-rr':-nM'M' wmi mo onage Diera. - Steamr Oregon SiJeliglita Tanplcfoot By' Miles .':--:' OvertMlt Ryan's pog.i Ryan has a i which accompanies and protects and vessels loadlna? above th hri-M I. Thomas F. Ryan has a savage wolf ,u . , ... " ... w . . n ,rwv.. nuuii vtvutj """" iiiiuKn. ,' wnica reratefl aa ' nn extra charge' against the indnstriea'lo cated in the upper harbor, while enforc ing the closed periods .will .baa tn h. already heavy burden borne by these -milifc'----T'--'i----7 The. Port Of Portland and th ment have epentand are apendink mil Tions of doiiara-tVmake Portland- great seaport, , and the' uhort . sighted policy of hampering the shipping inter ests is doing much' to deprive the city of the benefit of this work. . It may be a, matter of small consequence to many people that the big -. manufacturing plants in South', Portl ally he driven to other locations as they .4.. w vi.. aoing ousiness IS con stantly on the .Increase, .while shrewd business men Will hesitate: y', invu money either In property or manuf actur Ing plants where they are jhampered by absurd 'restrictions. , .. , Another, class xt .property owners and taxpayers who are affected bythe clos lug movement la the owners "of docks Speaking of our own, company, which owns seven steamers; " we would npt lease a dock above the Burnside bridge, " wuiu muve 10 at jonns or Linnton in preference. As an indication of what the river business means to tha mnr. chants of any city, I. will mention that our company paid out In wages alone during the yea laio, the sum of 68- wuw, n we are oniy one of several. In my. opinion the question of draw regulation will, aettle itself in ahnrt time if the public will exercise a little patience. The Madison bridge, being out of commission for so long, threw a volume , of traffio uoon -:, tha nth.r bridges they were Enable to carry. The are often held for considerable periods "with great until conditions are right ; for movina mm W i S -4A fm air., Ryan'a hound. . t . . When . I'm on guard . About bis yard ' , : . No foes dare come around. When I unsheath 1 "My savage teeth - Tou'd better keep aloof," l'or..I protect mymaster- Vtot ! woof! woof H Bow! wow! wow I . I make all prowlers scoot - I never swerve, , . ' His will I serve,j An honest, patient brute, . His aubWayv pure? I keep secure,' ' No rivals I allow, ' For I protect my master . Bowl-wowl wowl Orrl sTrgTr!" ;, " ' ' " " : He whistles and I come, .-.,:. HIS wants I knew, ' I'm not so slow, 1 i Although 'I ftafcw ' pm dumh. ' 'f. fetch his hat , ; , -'"Now, 'Jump through thafrt -"tie Still!" LA-id T don't sUr, For I 'obey my master ' ..Orr! jgrr!,' grrl Wowl -woof I wow! - -, " s. Why do I mind falrft sot If I. rose up , , I could eat him up . . Or fell him with a blow. ' That's true: but then, i It thinking men ... i Btand for his ways, and bow Without one cry. , ' Then, why not IT " --. Grr! woof! bow! completion of the Hawthorne avenue Hw West in'yew York World. riage nas reiievea the congestion on the Morrison bridge., to a, considerahu extent and when ; the Broadway and O.-W. R. &.N. bridges are comnieted .! Bravo, Pennsylvania! . From the Commoner. A The Democratic state committee of Portland win be. well supplied with I Pennsylvania hasbyva Vote of 4t to S9, means Of crossing the river. Thea ntwl declded to'raoraanize the tiartv In that bridges,' being high enough t allow! state. Good! It needa IV It's alna are the river traffio to pass under wlthnnt l ad rank thev amell . to hnavan, VnrUt. interfering with .overhead travel. - will nately. reorganization will be easy; all very nn5iy evive tne problem to the .that is necessary Is that those members satisfaction of everyone concerned, i , ; of the organisation who are on the pay , ' J" w SHAVER, , I roll of the predatory corporations whloh Gen. Mgr. Shaver Transportation Co. j have controlled both parties, be removed ana ineir places nuea vy men who are In Defense of Picture Show. Portland. Or,.' March IS. To tha ir.dl. tor of The Journal In today's issue I read an account of a parents' croteat gainst moving picture shows, held in unnyside Congregational church, con demning the same, on account Of thalr" bad influence on the boya, and I pre- Buma iuo Kirte mno. ; ; as a recent real free to be Democrats. J ; Turning the Tables. V. 1 ' From the, Washington Post i'.'. f'Tou'. arei becoming' prosperous ; of mm t'Yep," . replied .. Farmer Corntoasel. "Hereafter we're aoln' to enlov our- alva wh.N .WA,Ir . tm mimtr am" l.inl, r dtit. of that nftlctiHrtrbn.. t tmu a. -1 .... . ' .......... . . I h i i "" " Mfiup somt aeservm city ioiks mat u taae fnciii, v.,uxw motion winter noarders." . . . Prospects at the "Ontario oil ; well grow better every day, and the' com pany la at present in excellent condition and .progressing ateadlly in strength aua eiuciency, says tne upumist, ; : .:-'- ; : A stock company has been formed to operate a launch between Newport and Elk City during the coming sum mer. The boat la now under construc tion and will .carry .both passengers and freight - .:A i-" -J; Wlth good prices for everything pro duced on Hhe farm, as at the present time, there Is no reason to prevent our farmers soon from riding about in auto mobiles. And they deserve this enjoy ment. toe, remarks the Sole News. '' .':',- ':: ' ,- ' -': " v-An i encouraging sign of the times at Elk City Is the plowing up of the base ball grounds ana sowing them to spring frP5t according to a correspondent of the Toledo Leader. He also says that baseball and football are a species of lunacv. . C -, a .? -! ;. -u!Jv V ,p . One of the best ways to build any community is for some member of that locality to beautify and Improve ; his holdings, remarks the Coqullfe Herald. Thia sets a good example for the other fellOW. It not (tnlv (vm lh .nm.U but it encourages others, . Central Point has license tol be the ,6un3 commercial .city of this valley within U months if the business men and property owners will only awake to their opportunities, set : toaether and make a concerted, help-eacb-other ef ,0,T,V ? make ?ur town really '.'worth while,'' asserts the Herald. - . a . . i- -r : With the opening of the Oregon Trunk Railway for schedule passenger trains, the increase In the number of home jeekerS in Bend is'very noticeable, says the Bulletin. All of the locators are busy and scarcely a day passes that some locator does not leave Bend for the open landa to the east, - ' .Ro?5..1b' correspondence of Willa mina Times: Our farmers are all pre parina; to raise a greater amount of . Mir" UB.uai, as most or them expect Jo milk quite a number of cows for " iaciory. rfiat is right, end ....... uc iviKujtien. ' '' 1 -e e -.. :-; - The Marshfleld chamber of commerce S-J?LrpJul tt'stlcs . showing the growth of this section during the past 10 years, the figures proving a very toI.?7 v nd- "tl8factory development While the development of the country has scarcely begun. exports last - year I h AhlVAiC imports "f""'," w a.uoi.oow, leaving a oai 1Ut'vor o th, poutitry of $924, 152i Jh,Port consisted of lumber. ihuuucw. iisn,. animal proa ucts, farm an ranch products and mis cellaneous articles. , ; .:J) : :': X. - Vale Entemrlaor Tha amIi -nn 000 railroad tiea the past week by. the Oregon-Washington Railroad A -Navigation comcanv from tha T ori. di,,.. t j vi mugeiieig, wasn.. again eonfirmi tha, report thatfthe Har rlmaa system is preparing to- carry a great construction campaign and the ln yaeioa oJLn9W4ejTltorywithJnthejnext few-tnenths and those in tMa-ctty-wh have been- watching the movemenfs of mo iauroaa orticiais are confident that uiw larnest snare or mat big order' is to be used for th cnnatrii(.t Inn uui, t. iriea ;put ji vaie witnin a very The Eucenn Fyult nnivM " ..am... tlon has. received 2000 smudge pots or orchard heaters which are to be used to prevent frosts from nlnnina- th Mn. uiiiB ui xruit. irees oy.ourning crude yswuiauin in mem, Bays tne .Register. a carload of crude petroleum is to be received by the company soon. The com pany -is atso expecting its tbermostat in the near future which - eutomattnaiiv giyes tne alarm when the danger point vi iryav, IB reacneo. u ney Will nite -a man to-earefully . watch it during the month -)f, two when . frosts''; mar- be ex- pecUd and he will at ence telephone jy nwraofr oi, mt association who r,"".1?? muaa pots to get up; and light them to 'save their fruit -,? i . 'Where Nature ;.InspIrc8.;S ' From the Eugene Register. i f Willamette valley is the land of the poet's , dream, ":i Ita beautltful streams.' flowing clear as crystal out of the pure white sides of , our sun kist peaks glistening from .the picturesque ranges that rim our valley round; : the giant firs whose eternal green Imprints the foothills with a life imperishable;, the peaceful fields that lie serene between. dotted with homes, instgnias of true hap- puiobb, tne genua rams tnat woo thu growing t grains and turn the winter verdure Into summer's crop of gold; the mountains, vales and rivers; the sun-ts,,-grand and rare make old "Wil lamette valley a laud beyond compare, a land that stirs the spirit and inspires the one .who sees with? a, sense o rythmic '. splendor rthat the . poet pens with ease. . a , .. , '.-I . my . ..... , hl i "", '" 1 1 . 1 -? .:"?;: : . A Kentucky "Panhandle." , - From tha Winchester News. The Kentucky river at Jackson la' a fraak.- It runs for five miles or more to advance 0 feet The circuit of tha water forms i : what is v known as tbo "psnhandle.'' Standing on the backbone you can: flip a stone into the ,river on thajjbnti side aodlonaautaJJiej:iver.oa the south aide five mtlea below. Toil are on the north side of the river and on the south side of the river and going up the river and down the river at the same. time.,,. , . j . ,- - : ' . y, t U BROTHER ED. ,"',- . , My brother Ed I went huntlna-! enea 1 out on a fleaert wild. The sun waa hot as oyster soup, and that's some warm; v mm cuiiu. ,xjui "-awaro,.witn' two pls. tols and a knife In either hand, want ; boldly, swiftly forward, ploughing, plod ding through the sand, and though he v sweptr the oountrr with J his eyes tili it was clean, at 20 minutes after 4 no game had jret been eeen,.l,V' "4 'f: Poor: EdVard, 1 tired, exhaus'ted, most gavejup, with despair when, sud- c denly, in front oi! him he saw a desert ' bare.-. The bare was large and grlsily and Ed thought ' he 1' saw it roar you see, poor Ed ia deaf and dumb; his head ' is. number four an4 so he raised bis platol to a calm (and ateady aim, and aaide 'If I don't kill the .brute, ' PU , surely make him lame" He said that on a finger and i the end of his good thumb. You see he couldn't whisper it,' for he Js doaf and dumb. v ? k ( Ed's thirst was something wonder ful; he thought he'd surely choke and a thirst where' there's no water. Child, ' Is hardly called a Joke. And, also, Ed was hungry; whyj the last time Edward ate was 40 hours to the rear,1 but such? is Edward's "fatev---: :. if,- Im- He very soon discovered that the bare was Just a myth--Just as common, on the desert' as the honored name of ' Smith, so he sadly started onward like V a plodding, patient mule I observed that he was starving soon he found a " stagnant jpoot , where he drank till he was weary; end" his hunger knew ho . bounds; why, he said he'd eat a coyote' and a pack bf baying wolves." '; . -Suddenly he raised his pistol and he 'r fired in .the air and a luscious water fowl came i tumbling down upon a? thai desert bare. Edward pounced upon his I. victim with a hungry, famished growl- you seemy child, the burnlnr annvhad " made the water,fouJl, So Edward ahot- and ate the fowl till morning light ap V peered: : with knapsack full of wate . fowl, his brain had once more elearod, and s he plodded homeward, with his heart as light a"hd free as salvation on I the BoW'ry, and he ran and laughed 1 witn gieer - , , , t That's the story Edward eeddled hmt . before his hearers fled; that is why that story tellers step aside for Brother Ed. .' x On the Border Line. , l V We are masslhk our men at tha border ' w here the Greaser and Gringo divide. 'But 'ww hasten to say , - ;i : We are only in play ' v And this prattle of battle Is anida. i Tes, we ve heard of aome aort of dla- -, , - a order . , -. . , , - . In the country of Dlas el Rey. But we're sending-a lot . ".Of troops to the snot :' -. , JUst to play, and to play, and te v ' Play. ';.;;. f-. - ;'. ; Is ' the Liberty-'' Land- Interfering". ;l7 v When a land has its freedom to win f Is. our own Uncle Sam ' r A republican sham? ..Is hfs title now Mr. Butt-InT At old '76 are we sneering - -While a -tyrant we aid In his swayt No. Indeed, it's not true, , For the Red. White and Blue Means to play, and to play, and te . t7v J- . ' f T- v--r": "r So.;youi lovers of freedom, ge rest you! ,.-,-- .- -: -- - ..-.--. i- .. .- Tf Oil Tft JHgllsn ntr 1 fVei iHTaa m I a nmd m aa , i iL iauv inoir aim . -i Our free nation to ahame v By replacing some other man's yokef. And, you rebels,' we will not molest you - J(Tiyour wish -to be free by r a- fray: ? Don t be worrying, for t , - 1 We're but playing at war, And we play, nd we play.'and we 2 plav. . John O'Keefe in the New Tork World.1 i m.rrz rr- - a .. ; d tf . Signs of Spring. w " From the Washington iPoat Roosters that get drunk and wounded; pigeons that fly to hospitals for treat-'' ment indicate ,: that: the nature-fakers f are beginning to stick their heads u l over the hoVUort once more. ' ; , I" I (Contribute U Tba Jonrnal br Walt'Statoa, the taoraa Karuis Dost. . Ilia BMaa-ooaBa ara a r(ular feature of this eoiuma ta The DU The rich man's daughter, starry-eved.' H was willing quite to be a bride, but I weighed her Suitors well. There came l to her ,a stalwart youtha demlgog In J very truth his, tale' of love to tell. "'I out. my Biuray nanas, ana neart that's. stout f and true; ; and ' if you'll be my , bride I'll try. to bring you riches by and ) by, and I will worship yjou."' f "Avaunt!" i sne , orieo, :ryoU a tnrung i wight I Tou haven't got your, head on tfght! think you that ttti insane? Great : ginger t, Wherefore Should I wedi a man who lives ;on graham bread?- Tou fill me iv with a -pain." Then came an old and- spavined sport this star-eyed damosel ! to court to woo her bonds and mines: i he had no hair, upon his head, hla eyes were weak, his nose was red, from darllanes with wines, j"I have no assets, but regrets," he said, "and mort- X gages and debts, and scrofula a'nd gout; j but I'm a lord, and so I think you'd better ', wed '. me, with ; your chink, and thereby heln me out" - The ., m iMm) ft rose, &wlth gentle ' pride,-, and : to i her ? crlrtging vassals cried who hastened te obeyroseire-ftteTTan oTlock f" tne aoorsi : nave a lord from British4' shores, and fear he'll get away I'- - rowrrish. isio, by t f(A jfy - , j Qeorce UtUhaw trUirni f JUJl lOCaJ , 0- --ft v.