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'Y Yi, 'V"' Y 'Y I V i .'.I' THE JOURNAL :v- AH ISBEPENPgNT fflCWtPArEB. ', ...Pnbllaher Eu!Rftf awmlng Mcpt Sanaay) "d 2 mr Sunday pinmlni at Th Journal Build. ln. fifth and XamhlU atreta. fort mm. Of, KulMvd- at ttir ixxlnrrir at Portland. Or.. for trarxmlukin tfcrauf B tb valla M eecood elaaa mattfr. - - '-"V- '- , tEMU'HO.NES "lain T178: Horoaf A-061. : Ail dcpartmenta wachad by thaaa aunilwra. Tall toe operator what dapartmant yon "m. rOKBlQN AbVEBTISIriO BBPBESKNTATI VK, Penjamln Kentoor Oe.. Branawlrl Bolldln. 825 fifth amine. Nn. York! 1218 People's oaa uaiiainf, i OK-ifro. - , , (nbarrtptioo Terroi by mall or to any addrai . in uie lulUd state or Mexico. V v DAILY, 50m yaar... 15.00 I On month. .$ .60 SUNDAV. 4 On yaaf... 82.40 I Oaa month ...I .25 ViJ4. t'J,' DAILY AKD BON DAT. ''. 0a rr 87. W I One month I .88 1 Try our remedy by any test. . Th twit of Justice, the test of ; t xpedleney. Try It by any dlc- turn of. political economy; by i; any maxim of food, morals by ; any maxim of good g-overn- meat. It will stand every test What I ask you to do la not .' to take what I or any other ' man may ear but to think for , MnrcAlf Tf Annr Ci ,.nr(T ARE WE A SIDIXQ r SPortland to be a; mere way sta tion, on the great commercial thoroughfare, of the PacificT Iai Y" It to be only a elding from which i passing steamers will occasionally be Y flagged, as they 2lo at out-of-the way spurs along a railroad? Y .We had the Alaska trade once, as :.' Thomas B.' Merry showed In yester day's Journal. But we lost It i We lost "It through' Indifference. Are we, through Indifference, to lose v other trade and, as we lose it, become " more and more a mere siding or flag ; station to the great sea routes of the vpadfldV.Sv Yi:.:, : Y t--Why spend money tor docks? Y Why" spend great sums' for deepening ., the Columbia?? Why build great Jet- f t; ties at the mouth of the river? What ;.la all this Expenditure of money and r; effort. If we are not to .Invade every I: available. port, ..distant. or near, with ! : Portland steamers, Portland manu- f actures and Oregon products? v . , , As jf. Mr, " Merry ; sald "an Alaska steamship line Is bound to come, and It wtn come to stay." Portland must -either, have thla line and 'other great f 4 lines, or be, -a little flag switch by -tha Are we wDJlng to become a Joke? Y people's uflmaremEs lOR many, a year- 'men have passed the echoolhouses. after 8 i o'clock - in the afternoon, or 1 v aiier we lamps were m in tne evenings, and have taken the locked doors and :the 'dark; windows , as a. . mattery ofeonrse. The' children's "Tnaa jvaa over for the day, and It was fqr, them that ftheae costly, structures j were built. A year or two ago there dawned on many people's - minds, In many places, two pew Ideas. One was that many; millions of public money 'in vested In these thousands of build- jugs was only, working half tjme. : ; v ,The, other was that .children were by . no means the only portion of the bu 0f man race that wanted teaching. , ' After much hesitation and debate ischoel boards gave way to the advo- cates of the new Idea. When pnt In few words it was that in school :S houses opened for evening lectures -4 nd study universities for the people i might come Into'beinr .' The Outlook ' recently gave the , summary, of the report, of Dr. Henry ' j. M, Lelpziger, who has charge of the evening lectures given in the public : '.1 ar-.hrtnla f Nnw Trir f4t riPpnir the, past year, .with; a. staff 5. ;t of over 700 lecturers; who addressed almost one million people in the me tropolis.' V , i Twp-JtestS; wiU supply answers to the question If the new experiment is a success. One Is .the' Increasing interest shown throughout the year tn municipal and governmental top ics. The other Js Jn the rising intel ligence displayed In the abundant questions asked at the close of the lectures. Considering the polyglot popula- - tlon of New York it is well that " 1 courses of these lectures should be J'ts "-'A. Blven In Italian, in German, and In ; , "' YiddlBh. Another feature has been .'.!," ln the teaching given and interest ':'" shown in public health and sanlta- '. :. tlon generally, and on prevention and y f?'' itnn of taberculosls.. i.'-V !- The last advance Js In, corabJalng T5T with the. school house lectures the ;:' nse of neighboring public libraries. . : On every lecture bulletin the loca yrj.V'1' t,on r tn0 rarest library is print-,, y'ied.. The librarians prepare speclaf l'j,J 'lst8 ' books for rending ln conner-"tS-iS7? tlon with the libraries. KANSAS AGRICULTURE HE census bureau' publishes these facts about Kansas 8ri- culture, now reproduced for . comparison with similar facts In Oregon. mi. .;',,fV:.' T area ot Kansas is 52,835,360 ; . acres, of Oregon 61,440,000, 8p ; ; A-1 proximate figures being given of , Population of. Kansas ,1a 19io 'JVaftil, 690,849, the increase since - '19p0, being 220,454. Population of I'prejoif lSlO was 672,675, the in i ; , . crease .Bince' .1900' being ' 2 59,229.' isjfO' total land area la Kansas 82.9 iier cent Is. included" in farms',' jand 1 68.9 ,of ithe ; total, farm , area ' Is. re , -ported as. Improved land. Increases fin ;-tho4e -particulars have' been cbn V,fsUnt.;slnpe I860.. , , - . .'.'.'. HPoU4, wealth lo iarm.. property in ; f Kansas li'-a-JaUaJovertwo billion 7 jdojlars,' sOf this, SS.i" per eht repra h aeita. land and bUUdlnga, j.4 per Cent . , f farm Implements ahd machinery," and farm property U now over two end one third times as great as ten years ago.- But ; Increase of value of live stock from 19 Qv to was m-m lower percentage" than In any pre- vlous decade. . j k , Kansas farms Increased in average size from 171 acres in 1860 to 244 acres In 1 9 1 f. v In average value they grew from 14992 In 1900 to $11,457 in 1910. Of this $9770 represents value of land and buildings, $1426 value of livestock and $272 valuef fmnlnmanta an1 mnohtnnrr. .The nvoraM value of land and bulldines per acre has Increased 159.2 per cent In the decade and of aauipment, In cluding live stock, 400 per cent in tho last 50 years. In 18S0, 16.S per cent of Kansas farms were operated by tenants. Now about 87 out of every 100 are so operated. In 1910 111,108 farms were owned by those who operated them. Of this number 60,582. are re ported free of mortgage, 49,249 as mortgaged. The average mortgage debts Increased in twenty years from $1126 to $2326 Over half the Kansas farmers hire labor. The average so epont being $223. More than two farmers out of five buy some feed, only about one in a hundred buys any fertilizer, The average valte of farm land per acre for the state is $35.45, varying between $10 and $168, hav ing more than doubled In the decade between 1900 and 1910. ' .HANNIBAL'S NEW PROPHET TT anntti at.. Miwmrf. hiui nin been put on the map. Mark XI Twain first performed that . ceremonv. bnt It ban remained for Dr. H. L. Cornell to repeat the Derformance at one fell swoon He' savs modern aurireons do not operate ' because patients need the Vnlfo rt . nun. t matn. I hieh cost of llvinr and navln office eXDenses. Were It not tar the annAir- dicitia operations, he says, the doo - tors would be unable to eke out an existence. ;,Formerly, Dr. Cornell declares, appendicitis operations were un known. With the competition of to day, to be an honest doctor means to make" a bare living, unless big, un necessary operations are run in. I believe vaccination Is a graft, and is a relic of barbarism, promoted by me meaicai trust" - According to Dr. Cornell." the sur geon or, today estimates his expenses ror a month, then surveys his ds AJ A a- . - - . " ueuw wrcn a practiced eye. If his budget is moderate, he can probably worry inrougn the month with a couple of appendices, with . a few aaenpws for cigars and othef small luxuries. But if , his tastes are ew travagant and , his wife Is socially ambitious, he may have to remove a half dosen appendices and stav nn nights searching his patients for ade- noias. He asseverates that when all Ins . . J im.uwura.aces nave Deea extract- ea rrom-one crop of patients, the surgeon must, to make ends meet, hustle other patients with extraneous Afnni tli.f . . i . : . oe eliminated with .i i ri ii ir . ia r-i i a m . a . . i r .v, aua wunout special aamage to the subject. With dnrtorn rapidly increasing ii. lilt aCt0r" inl aII a B' .T,th ever mont- uu iner Purses, the aCDroachlnar wlinn tha nfPrit!lth0r Vll removable bits or anatomy about them win k . . . . "v. , Z ZZ r. be "thing lu w nac menr - 1 , . h. ZL 2 DBI' . " aalf what v- f'ujjuoi, Rays is true or iuif true, it is time for everv bopIbI ,t7 to grab his aniMmdh t,1 V w a' a" ma appendix and his ai. Hmw - h,k for th8 t11 tlmDer. THE NEW LEADER 0 NE of the keen political observ ers of the country is Mark Sul livan or Collier's. He says: If the Democratic should hold a primary election to morrow, Woodrow Wilson would get iuuy iwo miras or the votes, and carry about three . fourths of the oLdiea. . tie is really the only uue vi me Democratic candi dates who, outside of his own state, iu yne country at large, has a per sonal following the sort of follow. Ing that would go with its candidate into a third party TITJ1-, i arty If the .occasion .nucr-. wiiBon nas a large arOun hai . Itrn . this sort of adherents: none of the omer Democrats have." The rise of Wilson has been me teoric. He has been but eighteen montns in political life. He is a! reaay as conspicuous as a political .cmi do no wo? iu iue nauonai edu cational life He loaned from tli fnrafmai ..1J.7 . i lorefront of educational forces into a first posi tlon in the political arena. His dis persioD of the New Jersey bosses made Tilm politically famous. His first contact with the sreat mn.Has in a political struggle gave him inspiration In political thought There has been no political .episode new c ?uu. .1 nB. - d new rler that, v.. mm ui unor space or a lew weeks, he established in the State of New Jersey. - - His work and his utterances haveJrear is 1192.000.000 andor the gone straight to the minds of men. His broad grasp of public Issues and his penetration of the fundamentals oi government nave . been wtrhnnr 1 IirMHllTlt nr norn TIaI ' ,i 1 The best evidence of his command- ing poBition is the effort to kill him invini luciaenis nave neen brought out and, played against his Chlevme W v ii.mcm b uiuu wug wears i wur, ijine tne ureatn or a chip- raunk against Mount Hood, they have thrown the Harvey incident m thil I rout of tha -bosses, his regeneration j of New Jersey,- ahoX his splendid as- cendency among the country's pollt - icai rifnws.;j;Hi'K:t His cntics are foolish. They mere- ly fan the flame of Governor- Wll son's "popularity, ;t PUKE i, WHITELAW. W 81 a riBe ; to apologlsa to the country? for the Ridiculous capers , cut :,by , fTew York's iyar aunorea over ilb.wu - naugntS.. ; r .i f They have gone crazy over a title, and are Idolaters of royalty. They have dukeo'phobia, and the chance to rub elbows with the titled has stam peded tbem Into hysteria. They forget that the Declaration " of Independence says "all men were created eaual." They forget that everv American eltlsen la" aover - vl ,j. it' rm. Bigu.uguivnuomK.uua.,. iw, forget that merit, not the accident of birth, that Innate worth, not a duke- dom. is the real test of distinction on American soil, a uoll enriched by colonial traditions, and the issues of the treat revolution The Duke of Connaught Is doubt- less an estimable gentleman, but he is not a Lloyd-George. He is an Englishman, and the English are a superb people. But New. York s socially great and near great are not bowing down to rnnnaiifrhf tlia- V'n.rll.hm.n Kf : the dukedom that is Connaugbt's by accident. They are not entertaining Connaneht th man bnt fnnn.nrtf. ..... . .' ... . . They are twittering Derore wnnaugni, tne representative of t P,n8 at state'and badges of dlstinc- t,on tnat la absorbing the substance and aapplng the strength out of the Sreat body of the English people, and leavln emPty husks for 11 hord of unempioyea ana impovenanea to re6d UDon- citj """"B" ". canB are not reaay to PaT tn British people-. There is no courtesy that mnnlna Americans arn not wllUnc to extend the Lloyd-Georges, the As- QUlths and that element in the Brit- ish nation which they typify. Nor would the country hesitate to honor the duke of Connaught as a worthy Englishman, but It demurs at the spectacle of fawning and. flapdoodle now wrevalent ln New York social circles". ,w It Is almost cruelty to animals, for Whltelaw Reld not to be an Amert - - - cuu uuae, ana outers m ni8 company not to be baronets and baronesses, princes and princesses, lords and ladies, and because they yearn so, we ought, as a humane act, to give them tin titles and let them play roy alty among themselves on occasions. wouW Perhaps save them from be- ing so ridiculous when a real duke happens along. THE CHINESE CRISIS I T seems clear that the Immediate fate of China will ha darMH . Peklne. and hv the hrntnl arM. , it., i , . 4 Tha afnrv 'tnIA In vddaAw'a In I joovoiuoj o uio-i patches, shows ns Yuan Bhl Kal. with ' 4000 of hla own f!hlnea nnlillera at hla tn if t, ioaaa n'8 orers ln the clt 'aced by 12.000 of the Manchus. headed by Tieh Liang, the fighting Tartan general Ui - nm m..u.. I aimed at'Yuanrwhether he falls or . : uu. win bui civ uieao & 1 1 u 1 1 1, m ins bitter end where the streets of Pek- 1.. vi Mug win i uu uiyuu, stands out like this: The Manchu n.i.. .. ....hi.. .v.i. , , u. . Ii i . ,mmInent "acrifice at the hands otJ v., - n. n . I tne fighting Tartar generafefrom ... ... .. ?. . "r t, . " "-"'"a to get Yuan Out Of the way the op- posing nationalities in the nominally Imperialist army four thousand Chinese soldlera guarding Yuan, twelve thousand Manchns with the tartar at thefr head waiting the word to begin the awful game, and slay their comrades first of all. Then Yuan- at the crisis of his fate with Mb beat 'hobo of salva tion ln the arrival of the republican army from the south, not only his office but his life cast Into the bal ance. Little thought seems to be given" to the teeming, crowded Jtrem bllng city- waiting, breathlessly, for tr r.a. nonnAv, ni. i , - , ",w 'n ""WW '' l .1- id icuiwu luni -t . uuu i at ?u i had refused to reHlarn tfcA nrftvlslonal nlnn In favor of YonlHhl TC1 urged n - him by Wu - Ting Fahg. Disclosures of conditions at Peking seem to confirm the Judgment of Dr. It is plain enough that Yuan's acceptance of the presidency would " lBueu lo jpwuwi" " ivianouuo, hvlthout giving . any ; corresponding have failed to conciliate the Manchus, Strength to the republican caUBe." Miss . Anna ; M. Cremen, death was announced yesterday, was Ana f 4 Vi a nrnmtnAn vnvfraH in V, o I was a member of a: pioneer family, and much of her effort was given to charity activity. They, are acUV-i- ties that will lose .a willing and' de- voted worker in 1aer passing. . , , ' .. .. - n,n apmv budeetlfor next siia ftnn ndO.' That i th hif L reason why the Carman Socialists and their allies are about to secure .i. -it.i- ' . . . The WftHhinirton corresnondnnt. of the Oregonlan nays tha Woodrow Wilson - boom la about to collapse, Bv that, we are made to know that the Woodrow Wilson boom 1 strong - er tnan ever. f' The 'department ot agriculture at whino - tnn n f with n "F F F will be a swarm of sick bees out of all kinds of bonnets that will need 1 treatment after .the ApfiJ 19th . prl- '.:v;ji.jJA(ll". I '.li'l 1 I i'1, 111,1" "II Representative Kent of California opposes free tolls through the Pana-J ma canal for American shipping In coastwise trade. . He ught to ; be given a free ticket to retirement. ' Luther Burbank would win the everlasting gratitude of many Port- i landers ir he would evolve an office or' two that would eek the man. Letter From tlie1PeoTJ (Coiomunlcuttoua aetlt tit 'fbi. Juuru,! tor unit. Uratlon Id tbla department abould not excavd J00, r(' ln lenth and moat be .arrampanlad I HI Tne) HI m and arlilvaaa nr A aanila uregon and the Dread, Une 1 ..-Portland, 'Or.'Jan. a.-To ths Editor I o" The Journal It , seema deplorabl that 0tt.goa (and the whole. weat for that matter) under loss than 25 per cent development, should already have the " " " 'L".?? now what u goJng. to nappn when w are fully developed? Portland has work producing- opportunities at ber dopr that otflZ lng ta take advantage of them. - or let thing! go, their course and drift with I the tide, each year seeing1 the .bread Una lentrtnenr Charity, while sometimes necessary. is surely not the best way. While w take an they, can sret and think " hit... utuii, "fn.wr more deservlngr will starve before ask- lng charity, some going so far as to end itence at the turning of the ways. ln,.0PP"I1M are ln8 1Q. loggeo- off lands t lands that do not even pay legltl mate taxes. If a few, including owners of cheap Lnv -mlntv -mlM 'h, th. j bond, as our improvements on streets are bonded for 4H per cent, and sell to working people and charge 6 per cent or even 7 per. cant In nine or 10 years they will have received back every dol lar and the taxes alone in 10 years would be from SO per cent to 10 per cent higher, with all the other direct and Indirect benefits resulting from a difference between five or six people as now, to 40 or BO people per square mile I then. wl?h' wife "and two chndreV li HWE arn said. "When I cannot have mv two beers a day I want to die." He Is still living and the amount so spent would have paid for 13 or 14 acres. A It Is, he does not own the mug ht ffrank from. y Nowadays the owner ha' to sell to speculators, who more than double the price, thus putting it away beyond the reach of working people. Now, Mr. Edi tor, would you be willing to receive a postal card from buyers with name and .uuicodi va. wuidu till? vcat tvou.w would h. obtalnedbv. comDletelv snow. ing the editor under with cards, as It I would show the seller thousands of buy ers were ready. When any number from 60 to S00, enter they .can form a club. To illustrate: If an owner writes he has 100 acres, form a club of 60. If he has 1000 acres, form a club of 100. We might say Oregon Haven Club A, Oregon Haven Club B, and so on. In a couple of months spring will be here, when most workmen can go to work. Learn Wisdom from the past and put ln some savings bank df poe toff ice at least 6 cents from every dollar earned. After vou have S10 or 120 ln the bank, join the club and be ready to meet with others. JOHN IRWIN. I'' n. . . " . xne journal in an unieit, im Lonely." November H. Darra More says . . m " Ana arter we nave spent a aay orwaai- "8" toll. say they, we must have dl- version, recreation. Our system, demands it.' Right you are. I believe in nor- mai and healthful diversion. -But we can find no kindred spirits,' say they. We do not know how. Can you help us,r This Is what they write to. me, these girls and noyS rrom afar, and I give It to you. Can you help them?" As the, existing public dance halls have proven to be the ruin of many a girl I should like to give a bint ln this matter. The city 'has created public play- arounds for the children. The city has provided for public eoncerta In the ,. .v: . , . further and furnish deoent- public dancing places for our youth. In sum- m.r time ln tha narks, ln winter in halls with sharp eyed women aa police who should have power to stop any indecent behavior. Nothing beats dancing for the ma jority of our girls, and I believe the boys enjoy it, too. 1 look back at tne years from' 17 to 23, when I went a- danclng many a, Sunday afternoon or evening, aa the happiest time of my life. And when I hear the "Hungry Seven" occasionally play the old famil iar tunes on the street I feel like going over the eld danees again as in former times. ' I was four years apprentice ln a mer cantile establishment at Potsdam, the summer residence of the kaiser, and I may say almost nine tenths of the youth of the town went a-dahclng every Sun- day afternoon and evening. Often we nut the round through the large aanc lng halls where the soldiers and work. lngmen had the time of their lives swinging a i uu kti hiivii a' 1 They always had the", best musio (military brass band), although Prus- sta is known as the state of the classes, the amusements of the young people are in a certain' way more democrats than here. - E. M. Single Tax Proposal. , Portland. Jan. Jl. To the Editor of Tha j0urnal-ln your lesue ot Saturday. January 20, the paragraph Introducing the tax resolutions of the State Federa. I lion oi iSDur, on pago i, was misiesu ing. No "county option tax amendment ln Jun.n M ,tated. A measure of that . . .M ..I.I - November: 1910. There win be no 'l n; November (unless the state supreme court rules otherwisa on a case, now before it) ln several counties a county measure to take all taxes from personal - ...i,.. .:...,.,..,... natural resources. Th, prnoiple of taxation was what ma owe wimun miw at .-AO Li.mn. r h nnatun iiYi power tv the people te retained. ; The m"1 "i'"""" '"" "" P0 :"" tak,n w l.h S7 I the people .the sol right to pass tax (measures. - There may be some state wl.d m submitted through the affirmation of the prmcipl of what, is th single tax by th StaU Fed- fWI.I I II I.I I n vCOMMENT SMALL CHANGE. A candidate U prone to over-sis ' In i January prepare for 'j- June and ia. i ..-:.. .....:. v. ... '- The more candidates against Lafferty the better he wUl be suited. , Oregon will be a great place to grow up witn ror a long time, yeu , Boctallsm is a great bugbear to poli ticians wno won t or can t progress. True and pure Democracy is the par tv'a : need, sava an orator. lS" But , how many will agree on what thatjsT i 11 - .v........ I . . will not be discredited by anything that Sen ator Bailey may say against iu , .v . . a, iv. ".- ; v . --.i Harper's Weekly is not the only pa per whose support- has been and might be- again injurious to a candidate, -i:,. This Is too big and level-headed a country to "revolute" over every elec tion, as Is usually .done in Spanish American republics. ; .. - v i, - ; - a ,; ol4, , .. ; The east' winds so far this winter, while not' Quite as agreeabla. as June sephyrs, have been rather mild . me- teorougicai. arrairs.,;-'.-j;;"' Senator Ballev savs W. J. Brvari cot rich out of Dolltlcs. At least Bryan, when ln politics, didn't make any money by serving Standard Oil. , ,, ); - Vi ,.-. ,!i.. It is astonishing that men who know enough to make considerable money are so "simple-foolish"- as to be swindled by that old Spanish prisoner device. No matter " how many hundred mil lions they had, tha Ouggenheims could not get right up Into the top strata of milllonairedom society until they could show a scandal or two, , i l .', Man who killed' his little niece while shooting at a rabbit committed suicide from remorse. Few criminally careluss shooters show as adequate a conception of tha enormity of their offense. SEVEH FAMOUS DWARFS. Wybrand Th most striking of all th Dutch dwarfs was Wybrand Lolkes, whose fame extended far beyond hla own coun try. His unusual dimlnuttveness was so well advertised throughout Europe, that wherever he traveled thousands flocked to see him, and always went away enthuslastlo over th little man. Lolkes was born ln West rriesiann. in 1730. His father was a poor fisher man whose other children were or tne ordinary sire, Wybrand alone being a dwarf. He was an especially, small baby but otherwise there was nothing unusual about him. He stopped grow ing when he was only a' little more than two vears old. but he was perfectly formed and developed gradually in pro portion to his height and ln appearance was a diminutive "Beau Brummel." He was especially vain and his eccentrlo ideas of dress made him. all the more conspicuous. When he became a young man ln years ne apprenticeo nimseii iu a watchmaker at Rotterdam, and event ually displayed unusual ability ln his craft. He set up a shop of his own. and It la needles to say that his email stature helped to bring him more than the usual amount of business, and whan he was IS years of ag he married a woman of ordinary else and they had three children, non or wnom were dwarfs. Whan Lolkes and his wife promen aded about Rotterdam they attracted, naturally, a great deal of attention, and it waa not Infrequently th habit of the wife, In going about their daily prom enade to pick up her mite of a husband and set him on her shoulder , ana go walking along as If nothing unusual was happening. I ' ' When Lolkes reacnea nis sixiieia year the curiosity oi me peoyio uu subsided and the dwarf waa compelled to look for trade along th ordinary channels. Unable to do this wltnythe eration of Labor will prove of.consid- rable Importance. - - ALFRED L. wkiuuu. Work for Idle on Farms. Portland. Or.: Jan.. 18. To the Editor of The Journal W are complaining of over supply of labor ana nign cost oi living. Many men are Idle, yet at the same time more people are needed on th farms to supply th wants of the consuming population. , : Thljs inconsistency, that Is, idle men crowding th cities where more farm supplies are needed and our rich lands lying- untouched, ought to make though- ful Oregonlan pause a llttl before boosting of th progress of their state. Surely there can be and will-to, a method devised that will enable any de serving man of ' limited means to ao aulre a. piece of land that will Insure him an honest living all his days. ' It a well known fact that more than D per cent of the people who go Into business are failures. I do not know whether a man who works for wages sufficient to keep up family expenses only with nothing left for old age, is called a success; but I do know that the percentage of failures among farm ers is much smaller than among city dwellers. . ";',..:,, .. . A shoe man may sav enough in his balmy days to acquire, a bom but even then that home doesn't mean a living for him. Th same amount of capital that he puts Into that home would mean horn in th country witn una enough to make a living on. With this country tract he is capitalist and laborer com bined. If h own a factory, the out put of which 1 limited -only, by - th amount of labor and thought expended. There is merit in ' the cry of "back to th land." W. A. CHAPMAN. Commends City Attorney.! Portland. Or., Jan. 22. To the Editor of The Journal I want to congratulate City Attorney Grant on his discovery that . th city may buna wharves at the ends of streets without condemna tion suits against abutting owners. I have for some time so contended in op position to the city's policy to date, and official opinions to tn reverse. . if our city officials will undertake th task, they Will find plenty of law defend tha public against private aggressions, such as those - by which the waterfront has been converted from public property into a private monop oly, and th. loss of the park' blocks. There Is nothing Ilk -approaching th subject - In a proper spirit and with a road view, and if Mr. Grant will per- 1st. Judiciously, in his laudable ef forts. I predict his success, and that the 'people will sustain him against the threatening power of th corporations. which appear to, bav ' too often para- red the function of his predecessors. I do not mean that this is th firat time Mr. Grant has done his , duty s in such controversies, ..Instance his ef fort 'to defend the Madison .bridge against th entrance of the street rail way company on. terms unjust and un remuneratlv to the city... Also his ap--peal In the Inman-Poulsen case. - Our attorney .will observe that I as sume to speak for the "people, al though h has denled that. I understand who they are. But sine he admits my contention on the street ends, and as th peofti have indorsed my. attempt in Plans for tha Carnegie library build ing at ai oan y are Delug preparea. . Mrs. ; Esther M, Lockhart of Marsh field, a Coos Bay . pioneer of 185?, was 87 years old on January .il.i :''.' ;. " ; :n. ,'. :.. : j'e-yt f,, 'y; & R, ' Rv.; James Esterborg of Boisi, has been appointed to the' pastorate of the Congregational church at Huntington. - ,;-. .. .. t. . Tha Eugene Register prints the names of a score or more of Lane county far mers i who have installed ,v aoetylens lighting plants. , f- , :t--:x.; Th Bandon box faotory, ;;whlch was closed i down last summer,: has passed to new hands and will be remodeled and at an early date . reopened. . , . ,, v" a . !,' --'v-:".i: )i;;fif Marshfleld News: the North Bend city council has taken steps to . revise th charter, and it Is probable an elec tion ,wui. o neia in ine-near tuiure. ; HJxtraordlnarv-t Interest In berry : rais ing, with special reference to commer cial canning, la- being -aroused among growers in th vicinity of Corvaiua. . " Banks Herald : - Again w are '" exper- fenolng the -mild. - salubrious .-weather which furnishes that sweet, peachy complexion that makes th Oregon girl the envy ol all , tb - world,' i?: -,,t Eugene Quafd: Th big ? cement products factory Is th first "new- In dustry to locate ln Eugene this year. But with the coming th new rail roads the- smokestacks and payrolls .will not b missing long. ; , ' ,,-, v, Oakland Advance: A hardwood saw- mill will soon be In oporatlon In Orean Valley. -f There Is a strong demand for Douglas county oak lumber and it will not b long before more than one mill is busy working on, home and foreign demands. . . ;.:?:' . P.tol.. VkrAa T-i. pinr-Ti.rl mil MAT. tiers along (the south end of Summer lake have organised a society to by known aa the South Tke Development ciud,' the stated onject or wnicn is io Improve the social welfare of the com- muniiy. . Lolkes. same skill as his. competitors, be failed ln business and he was compelled to close his shop and look elsewhere to a means of livelihood for himself and family. This was not hard to find, for he directed, himself Into exhibition pur poses ln which h not. only got his llv ing, but an especially good one at that Although the people of Rotterdam had gotten tired of their dwarf, it was not so ln ' the provinces of ' his coun try, and he coined money In bis exhibit lng himself ln the various villages and towns of Holland.' From his own coun. try he drifted Into France, wher , he remained for some time, and eventually found his way to London. . He was Introduced Into the French court at Paris, where he waa made much of by royalty, but his age and the fact that he was beginning to become de crepid, prevented them from doing more than appeasing their curiosity. . In London he found aa engagement at AstleVs amphitheatre, wher money flowed In so rapidly that he had soon acquired sufficient to enable . him to return to his native place, where he spent the remainder of hi Va in ease and comfort - At no period of his life did Lolkes exceed 60 pounds In weight, and at no time did he reach a stature higher than two feet and two inches. Shortly before his death he had built for him a tiny little cart and purchased two little ponies with which he used to drive dally about Rotterdam, and It was ln this cart and with these two pontes that his remains were carried to their last rest ing place, carrying out a wish that he expressed on his deathbed. His wife and children survived him some years, and his descendants are said Jo be still living ln Holland, and sine his time not on of tbem have been undersiseoj. Tomorrow Nicholas Frry, In the "Zlegler amendment" t vole their opinion and Interest on waterfront Streets, I trust ne win waive iuroner controversy on that score, and take no offense at my presumption. If the port commission will look around, per haps It can find an available street for Its towboat. instead oi paying iuuv or 1100 per month, whichever It Is, for such berth. - , J. B. ZIEQLER. Favors. Concealed Weapons. Portland, Jan. 21. To th Editor of Th Journal I would like to say a few words in regard to the Tux" theory, In aplts of all laws yet made, the thug has been, is and always will be armed, .except while ln custody of officers. No law would please tne croox more tnan one so stringent that, all honest men would cease to carry, concealed -means of defense. A law requiring every honest man to carry a gun and become .prof L clent ln the use of It-would do more to stop holdups than any law to disarm th crooks. -. ' - . w , '; As "Duxe" says..' they are generally cowards, and do not like to take chances with the man that they think ha a gun. For Instance, I saw two crpoka In Grand Island, Neb.; shadow a cattle man for an hour trying to get the drop on him and then give up, as they had no doubt about his having a gun and knowing how to use It - So. I say encourage the honest man ln having a means of defense and pass all th laws you want to to disarm th crooks. - J. C. WHITNEY. il.lilMatter- and -SplrtttYsX Portland, Jan. 22. To th Editor of Th : Journal A defender of - Chrtstiatn Science, in your Sunday columns, says, "If It is. possible to accept the utterly opposite relationship between cause arid effect, as would be . necessary if one wer to believe that God as spirit could create the tipposite of spirit- or matter," eii;-, ana . lurmer, ; xvo one , wouia nave the hardihood to ;; claim -matter to be spirit.";.',?' : -..-..-.'l....4-v.,-.i-:Yij- There Is here; much of pur assump tion. How does th writer, know Flat ter and spirit are opposites,. or that If they are opposites God could not create them so? Spencer' says that all things both visible and Invisible ar th 1 in finite and eternal energy. Bpenceronay be right Who XnowT Th conclusion that there are no opposites In the realm of th real Is far fetched. Even' in th realm ot thought there ar ideas galore, opposite and .antagonistic, hut : who would have th hardihood to say they are therefore unreal? ;;- ',!;.. .ifY.''"v7i;'..;.:;Y'i;,'A':,Y.';L.' D. JtATLIFF., ;-V.-'-- .? ''''i::,'' ' " " ';,. r.' ; ; ' Js Church Work Effective? . - Y Portland,' Jan.' IS. T6 the Editor of Th ; Journal Ther ls a problem over which I have pondered as doubtless others : have, j and that ' is the .church. Why Is It that th churches, after they get people to become members, eannot keep them? Why Is tt that at the meet ings, at which ministers mak such elo quent appeals -for. sinners to turn to Christ so few persons respond? ' ; I hope that some person , or persons from the multitude that do not profess, to b . church peoplewill answer this letter, becaus I do not , feel that a ehurch member would give an unbiased opinion on th subject -.; ' '-''' A SUBSCRIBER. Greatest SnepLerd . I Ah ranam ww- ' ;; Mark SulUvan. in Collier, ''-h. f Th Honorabl. Francis Emory, War.; rn, senior United State senator from ' Wyoming," 1 man of money and powr. Sine th departure f Aldrlch and Hal . h Is th most potent leader of th Re ;, publican ; old guard1, In th aenata, for ' that control of a multltud of favors' which f oes with, his hairmanhlp of th 5 oommitte on appropriations makes him , much more, a man to' be feared and fawned upon than either Lodge or Pen-V roae.Ot. hi worldly possessions,! Sen- ator Warren, In his brief autobiography V ln th Congressional Directory, makes only this modest mention: I at pre- ent Interested In livestock and real es- " tat." v One who Is under no restraint of self-depreciation 1 able to Bay that V Senator ;Wrn , is ;, th greatest sheep owner In the; world., ? Just", how . many . sheepar owned by the "Warren Live-;, stock company is a matter of more exact Y record lust now than at any time during th many years wheu8enator" Warren,,- for hi a benefit controlled th stat cember the tax commissioner ot th new Jl insurgent ' stat administration calladr I senator "Warren's attention o a dlscrep- ;: anoy , between th popular Idea of Sen ator, Warren . as ."the greatest ehepherd since -Abraham," and tha number of sheep on which he wa actually paying A taxes. Senator Warren explained It was because" hi - sheep roamed back and forth, aoross th stat vlln Into Colo- ? rado, and many of them wer taxed tn th latter state, v Thereupon th Wyom- lng Tax , commissioner began 1 to mak laaulries in' Colorado. ,' It followed that Senator Warren temporarily abandoned Y i duties, of ' statesmanship In Wash- lngton and made a most hasty trio ?5 to Colorado. The tax collectors of two Colorado counties must have bean vry much surprised when be walked In upon ' them.- As late as November 2 1, 1811, less than a month before, th Warren Livestock company had officially ' re ported 1T.000 and 14,200 as th number . of .their taxable sheep In Colorado for th5 years 1810 and 1811 -respectively Senator Warran now asked th officials Y to permit him to raiM these figures to 22.400 for 1810, and 15,000 (more than double) for 1811. This act voluntarily, not to say effusively eager, .on th part "' of Senator Warren, must ba unlnua In th history of tax collecting. Having spent his Christmas day ln this sordid f conference with the authorities of Colo-V rado. Senator Warren,, hiirrlati tn hla X horn in Wyoming and there submitted t having 18,000 added to hi assess- ' ment for 1210. and ts,00 for 1811 this of course In addition to the raises mad . ln Colorado. - It is to be hoped that la the maze of figares necessary to tell : this episode with accuracy; th reader will not fail to see th light In which " One of the three most powerful Repub- -llcan senators appear. After all, it Is only ln its furtiveness, tn the scurrying haste to save himself, that this Incident differs front many of Senator Warren's public acts. He doe not find it em- -barrasslng to use his official position at Washington to put up the price of th wool he sellsj why should he not mak money at th other end of his business by keeping hi taxes low. Anyhow, th .. "greatest shepherd since Abraham'' bow j pays taxes on 8"5,400 sheep. Tanglefoot. By Miles Overholt AS TO JOBS Th poet has an easy Job; , r He never ha to think; He only need a fountain pen. -r Borne paper ana some ina. Leavenworth Post The cook sheflso Jhas -a cinch; She never ha to eat . But only moves her Jaws awhile, : And smell, tne, roasting meat. ' Vonkers Statesman. Borne -claim hod carriers hav a snap, K'en thoush thev never shirk: They only carry up the brick wniie masons oo in wont . . -Youhgatown Telegram, The motorman just loafs around And peers through window bars, ... While those who ride must do th work . To suck upon in cars. , , Beize the. Guns. . From Cleveland Leader. - New Tear eve and the early .hours ' of New Year's day brought another -shocking demonstration of - th preval- . ence of the habit of -carrying concealed weapons. Th reckless- firing of loaded " Blstol that night was, ln som districts, r an epidemic of criminal carelessness and utter disregard for th decencies of life ln a civilised community. - With the.means of Instant murder In . the nockets of thousand of men , and boys,- what wonder I It that homicides - take place In Cleveland at in average rat of about one every week? A quar rel, a fight and then murder follow. A drink or two more than -can b carried without losing self control, momen tary twist in the N brain caused by. al cohol, and th ready, revolver make a ; murderer of a man who Is - ordinarily industrious and law abiding. t- A gang of boys become accustomed to the uSe of revolvers and to loos talk of " what they can do with the weapons ; they -carry In defiance ef th law, md presently, two or three of them go out .. to "hold up" some -one on the street" If the victim- resists the "guns" ujsed to Intimidate are likely to becom the tools of assassination. , . Al Must this sort of savagery . go . on ': without limiO , Win not th police nd th courts shorten the terribly- long ' yearly list of murder in Cleveland by .. persistent energetic efforts to stopith Y practlc of carrying concealed weapons? (Contributed to Tha Journal br Walt Mmon. til (amooa Kaaaaa poat. Hii prone-pfwma are a ' , . raaolar feature ( tbla column lu-Tb Dally Journal.) Y1! '.-:' v, ' r i -:':'(, t loafed around the neighborhood nd - talked about the Larger Good. talked , f of measures which Would , keep the na- .. tlon from th g&rbag heap.; I pointed , ; out the fatal flaws ln most of our x- tstlng laws, and spoke of remedies which would contribute to tne juarger oood. And old B1U Wax, who lives next door, to whom I have referred before, who -rinaan't seem to oar a cent about tha eountry' government- who has no highi thought In- his block, cleaned all th snowdrifts from his walk, and on the ice som ashes threw, and people raised howdy-do about his publlo spirit, then, ' and said he waa, the best of men,. And who have for ages stood a-whoonin for the Larger Good, hav got no credit ", at 'the. store, and folks insist that . I'm a bor. It slmpy shows how low" and v bas and trifling Is the human rac. y opjrrigbt, tail, by : Tke Larger Good, ,f uaoria Manuaw a a ma. ' n.