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THE JOURNAL 4x HPcrrsrEKT newspater. c. 8. -Jackson.. .Pobltber r'i ad ry tnt!if (npt BnixUrl nl M! Sunday inilr (I T Jonrnal titilla te!. Ft.'ia ii4 Jimhiil tr. PoiD. Or. t;'rJ tb potoffir t Prtlid. Or-. f"r tritwmtstloa Uroufb taa mall u aeeooi 1ta aitt"T. . TE! -WHOXES Main TltSi Horn A V1. I frMrtnnti rncbJ T theae nbr. - ln tt operator wbt dVptrtiwat Toe want. rOKit.N ADVERTISING. RErRESEJtTATIVl, PfnJl ttntnor Co.. Brnntwirtl B-itldinr. S2S Plffb mnw. Nnr Tort; UH rop''S Buimint, Chicago. jj; ! 6v!t(-rtptlo Ttrmi by natl or to any n mi uuitea state or Hfilco. ' tUItT. . ' OH Ttr. ...... .19 00 I Out. bjob( ...I M KSV.lt. Out rear fiso I Om evmra... M DAtLT XD SUN DAT. On rr. 17. 1W i On aeith .M Though good . things answer many food Intents, Cross .do st 11! bring forth the best events. ' " ; Herrlck. 4 ICICLE CHURCHES ;W pRJTING In a recent Journal, Jennie Flake says she has attended a well known Port land church for months, "i&i no one has spoken. to me. I Mm wMnw nf mani ttnf will nnr spend money-churchwhhahr vb7 P Outtook people and pastor do not practice what they preach." It Is not the first criticism of tha kind that has been made of Portland ehurcheg. " Other writers to Tha Journal have voiced the same accu sation. Tha eharge Is not true of all Port land congregations. There are places In which tha stranger meets with a warm welcome and" many personal Invitations to return. A notable ex ample Is tha Centenary congregation, on tha east side, and there are oth. eri. But there are numerous church t es in which the members must plead ; guilty o the Indictment returned by I Mrs. Flske. v ' , A reform of the condition will in JLxreasa church efficiency. If Christ ianity teaches one' thing more than another U Is the gentle gospel of brotherhood. The last place In the -world where austerity and coldness - should obtain is within the four walls of aNchurch, especially when - the service is ended. ' The men who go to saloons are not greeted with an Icy stare. The gilded palaces never give the visitor an lmpres6louthat he Is an Intruder. Good humor and srnjies are handed around there with a lavish gener osity, ' , ' The church cannot look at a visit or with set teeth, clenched flsts-and A stern gaze and win him to Christ ianity. It cannot sidestep him as though h were about to steal the pulpit Bible, and expect him to eome hack again. The "average city is glacial, any way. Its social atmosphere Is most ly below zero to - tha . average stranger. 0 Neighbors . dwell along side of each other for months, of even years, and never becoina acquainted.- It Is such a frozen afc moephere that ltmakesJt-all the more Important for the churches to put away .their Jclness. -- A pleasant greettngir a Christian act. Many a stranger in a city goes to the hcurch with the expectation of gettlngV It. When, Instead, he finds himself all. alone in the wilds of a vast human glacier, his-first and Inevitable, thought Js. tb;aUibe church steeple does not mean what It, says. " " - ;r' ' ' ' The cfiureh Is competing with nu merous warm blooded agencies for recruits. It eannot- convert sinners by throwing ldcler at them. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE T HI3 second volume of a xbook failed ThrAmeflcaiTPeopl, by Maurice Low, has appeared. Is there, he asks, an American type recognizable through all " the varieties caused by Immigration T v Mr. Low's minute study of the , conditions of life on this continent lead him to these conclusions i though several European peoples ' competed in the early settlement of . the eastern fringe of the eontlnept the British et6ck and. influence . proved so dominant that no traces , of either French or Dutch remain In the language, habits, or institutions '5 of America. Among the British pet ', Hers the Puritans of New England stamped themselves on the politics i nd ethics ,of Colonial. life. The es , sence of the Puritan spirit was nar row and .obstinate Individualism la ; religion. In the life struggles of the - new country passion Ifor economic and political freedom was evolved, 1 which Inspired the revolution , and framed the constitution. ' "It was the -Puritan who created , Democracy." The nascent national ity, based on freedom, found ex- ' presslon even In colonial days. But v until its clear ;and eloquent expres sion in the constitution Its full sig nificance was not seen. . On this theBis the -writer's ari ' alysls proceeds. 1 I,'-- He recognizes tha defects which ; have been developed. He handles statistics; of lynching, of unpunished homicide, the wars ofcapltal and labor.' the tyrannies of hit famti - and t trustsraBeVthe corrnptlon8f ' state and municipal poiitios. When, ' all is said Mr. Low still maintains ; that the seventeenth century settjefs of British birth moulded Institutions pf political libertr and religious tol- tratlon which have proved the sure It dates backtathe days "6f W, Paul, foundations of theAmerican repub- The consolation is that the "modus He, Vivendi,'' the way of gettteg along Into such Rfoulda t,he streams of together, has been found in tbe-mis-Irish, Germas, Italian, BeandJnavlan, sionary field in face of the . black Jewish, and Mhf r-Eyropean Immi- cloud of paganism. Matters which grAUwo-AaveHWured, Havhem r- diversa materials been absorbed and amalgamated into an American na-are powerless to V-p them apart la tlonallty and type? Thee floods, the rare conventions and confr even of a million a year,;; have not, ;ences which gather the Christian Mr. Low contends, even modified the ' missionaries for fellowship and coun physlcal or the psychological cbarae-jsel In those dark places of the earth, ters of our people. They have con- ! - - - . formed to the dominant conditions of their new country. Children .born of Immigrant parents only a few years after arrival here differ essen tially in type from their parent stock.. They find a structure of lan guage, f ustoma, laws, Jn which they Jare constrained- to live. Thus all conspires tq bring the Immigrant Into conformity with the social en vironment --of -'hla new country and the American type Is carried Into newer generations, strengthened by the infusion of fresh blood. THE COXTRIBLTIXO EDITOR T HE editor of the Outlook baa just explained what the con tributing editor meant when he said, November .8, 1904, "Under no circumstances, shall I ac cept another nomination." , , A few days ago, tha head editor explained that it his countrymen felt tha need of his services, tha con tributing editor would no more re fuse the presidency that ha would refuse to enlist in case of war. flee must be. It raises tha question of who It is among tha editors that has time. to get. out the magaxtne. The chief editor cannot do Jt, Ha is too busy explaining and reconcil ing what - the contribute g editor meant In t04, what Is the contrib uting editor's- attitude toward -the presidency now, what the contribut ing, editor meant In his speech at last' nifht'i banquet, and other, out side matters.-affecting tha Immediate destinies of tha magazine. The. CQutrlbutlng editor eannot do it. Ha ii too, busy receiving callers with whom he- discusses the canals on Mars, tha best kind of rifle for African hunting, the Use of the Chi nese republic, and tha shortcomings of the Taft administration, and to whom he. gives advice on hoi? many children a family should have, the best remedies . for Infant ailments, tha proper and Improper use of tha nursing bottle and the most effect ive application of hygiene and do mestic soence.M r - Tha managing editor eannot do It. He Is too busy harmonising tha ut terances of the contributing editor wlth the general polloy of the paper, and harmonizing the, general policy of the paper with the contributing editor, TO Tha literary editor cannot do 1 He is too busy adjusting the Btyle and spelling of tha Outlook to the preconceived notions of the contrib uting edltor. v ' ; -.In fact, with the .contributing edi tor floating in and out of the. office, regulating various "national and-International , movements, dispersing mollycoddle and camping on Taft'" trail, the wonder is that the Outlook ever gets to press at all. ON CHURCH UNION OMEWHAT over a year ago much was being said and done aboutHhe-uniomJfthe church es.,' , Preliminary conferences led to the determination that each of the great sections et the Christian church should be invited , to appoint a comjralsston to study tha subject and. Ascertain, possibilities of success. Up to July 26, last, 18 such com mlssipnsJlad been named and had set to wort Tha - Protestant.Epis - copal church was one of the first to recognize the importance of the .sub ject, and to appoint Its commission of which Bishop Anderson of Chica go a chairman. The churches in Europe are taking similar action as the movement is entirely general in Its scope. But nothing is yet known of sueh progress as would bring the ultimata, and acting, conference within sight." " : Under these circumstances Bishop Anderson ; has - thought fit under the guidance . of tha. Episcopal Church commission to address a common letter to all the commis sions: ... This letter brings out. the im mense difficulties of the task. The bishop suggests that among other things both clergy and lajty be urged to study the distinctive tenets that form the grounds of their separate- ness from other Christian bodies That th.e dlstlngulshlngjjootrines of other bodies-be studied, not for the purpose of disparaging them, but to determine their value no those who hold them. It is hoped, and it is believed, that such studies will fix the thoughts of Christian people Qn'the main points of the common faith that It will appear that the vital points of one commission are not Incompatible with the standards of others and, still further,, that . the divergencies rest more Jn form than Jn substance Good is also expected from the general effort that will bu made to state the common' tenets of the Christian faith in terms -of the twen tleth century. ' ' It would do many of us good to study what other- subdivisions of Christ's church hold, not 1,0 disprove them but to $nd now much f them WTjttneives can - bptnadopTafid practice. . Progress is very slow, . and the end very far off. This must be admitted After all It is a disease ef very long standing, and " innumerable forms. - ret - hrtmTakeomo - good' - 'frtrrsTr one church and soma Into another PJUCTICAL A' T St Louis Friday night. Attor ney General Wlckersbam de nounced the Initiative as law making by postal card. Ha de clared that popular legislation and the direct primaries destroy tha dig nity of office; It is theme he trusts that bring most harm -to Mr. Taft. The Wick ersham utterance will' grate harshly on millions of people who believe In those things against which Mr. Taft's cabinet officer - fulminates,. It la music only for the ears of stalwarts and reactionaries. It is equivalent to a betrayal of Mr. Taft among peo ple who have convictions along pro gressiva linesv " 11 Thar faith ha has in raen ls- tha presldent'i chief difficulty He trusted Aldroh, -Cannon and Payne when ha accepted their handiwork and pronounced ltihe best tariff aver. . Ha had faith in Balllnger when ha removed Pinchot, an act that has made all manner of trouble for the White House. . ' Mr. Taft had faith In tha reaction aries when he took away tha federal patronage from tha progressives, and had faith in tha progressives when- he asked for the resignation of Balllnger and called Fisher to his cabinet. Ha had faith in tariff reformers when he espoused Canadian reci procity, and had faith In the stand pat crowd when ha vetoed the tariff bills, and ended with the hostility of both. , He has faith In Colonel Roosevelt, who Is outwardly not seeking a nom ination, but who, because of his wil lingness to be drafted, is one obsta cle in the way of Mr. Taft's renoral nation... , : .--( It has been one of the misfortunes of Mr. Taft that he has all along heen over-trustful of geptlemen who are extremely practical men. V: '. SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETT HE Portland society Is affiliated with the American Seamen4" Fnlend society of New York, and is one of the chain of like societies which offer a home to all seamen in, every port the world around. . - ' Tha firs note to be taken .when eginning to inquire at. the rooms on Flanders street is tha geniality and frankness of the welcome,. The open hand Is offered "to' seamen as they are; and a good time and. a sane -and healthy time W provided for them for s every day and everjr evening that thy ' are in port. Jack is a musical creature when , he has. his way. At this place there Is singing and playing, formal and' informal, all the time. On Sundays there are, as there should be. gospel servlees foribose who desire t9 attsndrand a goodly number present themselves. Open, house for sailors all the year round is tha offer to themr In these rooms they read, write letters, chat, play and Blng. and feel at home. Portland has a first rate character among ships' orilcers, says Mr. Roper, the chaplain, who sees and makes friends with all who come to tha port "Many of our good people welcome the Officers, and engineers ae A finen thelrhomea to them. w No li - Bpj Uowthat hospitality goes to the hearts of men separated by hemisphere from their families. This is the parting word from many. The ship's apprentices are made very welcome also, Many of them stay with their ships at Llnnton, and only come to Portland for a few hours at a time. , Last year 20,500 seamen visited the rooms, and 6000 attended, the various concerts; 2080 vfSlts were paid to ships by Chaplain Roper and his assistants and 76 visits to hos pitals. The first 8eajnen's Friend rooms were opened m Portland in 1877. Since then the harbor has not been without such ''an agency for good. The society Is absolutely nonaectarl- an, both Catholics and ews are rep resented on tha board. JOHN BUNYAN HONORED w w WESTMINSTER "ABBEY lias been called the Valhalla of the ... English race. There V... ..J . auu , uuaeiiB 01 England are buried, there also her generals and etatesmen, there her poeUr.historlana,' authors, and , men of science, Save for royalty a place there Is achieved, not inherited, In 1828 a boy was born at Elstow, a village in BedfordBhire, one Of the eastern counties, just an ordi nary village lad. He Usarned the tinker's trade. He -was a rolsterdus fellow, it ,hls own Btory of himself is to be trusted. Wild times were passing In Eng land. This boy .enlisted on the 'Par liament' side in one; of .the Ironsides regiments of the: New Model army that Cromwell led, and fought for two or three years, unhurt In battle. In the regiments of Jhe Ironsides their Bibles were as often handled "tas-theif swords, No .priest, prelate. or surpnceo eurate ministered to them. .. They were non-conformists, an. - -7 ' i juuu duujou icr ne was our b'ero-was converted with sighp, and groans, and searchlngs bf heart. Tn 1648 or he. found a wife, who was like mmaed. Be left the army and settled down at Bedford, his country wwnv--.- tt psgan io teacn.-i-In IflRs the depths. . A year Jater' the pf- flee of public teacher cams to t!rn. Three years afterward Cromwell bad passed, and his weak eon, .and England was metamorphosed. For strict manners she chose license, for clean living licentiousness, for relig ious freedom, formalism and prelacy. And her newparl.iatnent enacted laws to suit. 1 All unlicensed teachers, all un surplJeed preachers, were warned alj schools and meeting houses were closed, by authority, and the people must worship In tha parish churches or not at all. ' - Only six months after the restora tion of King Charles II, John Bun yan . was - arrested Indicted, Irregu larly tried, convicted, and shut up In Bedford jalL With a short Interval of freedom tha little stone built prison house, overlooking tha placid Ouse, was his abode for twelve long years. They left him to bis dreams, unvisited, forgotten, passed by of all men, but tha few , faithful , of hi nonconformist congregation, , Bu'nvan'a last biographer says be was' released In 187?, and wrote Tha Pilgrim's Progress In 187RV It was published In 1678. After his books were published his enemies let him alone. Ha went back to bis Bedford meetinghouse. . He died whan on a visit to London In 1688. Now time has brought Us re venges, Bedford keeps no memory of his oppressors, but honors every trace of tha prisoner who dreamed in her old Jail, To, visit it, and reverently mark tha place where John Bunyan bull up his never to ha forgotten al legory pilgrims. travel from all parts of the English speaking world. And now the greatest honor of all has come to him, and the'' new Bun yan window In Westminster Abbey, will stand throughthrlonr years admitting the Bedford tinker, pris oner, and dreamer, Into th company of the greatest ones of England. The Hat ' of men who have served as United States senator from Ore gon Is as follows: Palazon Smith, Joseph Lane, Edward D. Baker, Ben jamin Stark, Benjamin F. Harding, James W, Nesmltti? George H. Wil liams, Henry W. Corbett, James K. Kelly, John H. Mitchells Lafayette Grover, James H. Slater, "Joseph N, Dolph, George W. McBride, Joseph Simon,- Charles W. Fulton, Fredejv Ick W, Mulkey, John Sir Gearln, Jonathan Bourne and George E, Chamberlain. f" A newspaper statement is to the effect that a ChicagoT'Voman was sentenced to pay a fine of J17((0 and to serve six months In Jail for refus ing to talk. Tha painful thought ob trudes itself that there are occasion al newspaper statements that ona hesitates to believe without further confirmation. In this , presidential year, it will be interesting to hear Mr. Bryan speak; in the Gipsy Smith tabernacle on the 29th Jnst. No political figjjre of modern times has a jargerper? sonat f01T6wlig7 6ft as, a private cit izen, has exercised a larger influence on national political thought. CotenarrWatterson has not been' heard from for a couple of weeks and, with the other cokseja mora or less peaceably i-dlspoBedvl there Is hope that wo may be spared tha spectacle of a . procession marehinsv through slaughter houses to open graves. : .t ' : This popular government destroys the dignity of of flee and drives good men out of the field, exclaims At torney General Wlckorshara. , Ha probably had Senator liorlmar In mind. u ' - ' - Somebody proposes a new way to end war. He. would shoot the' enemy full of -smallpox,- typhoid and eholera germs, why not add a little hy drophobia and bubonic plague? Admiral Sigsbee says our naval gunnery Is 1200 times as efficient as during the Spanish war, ' It was pretty fair at Manila and Santiago, Two new steamers are building for the trade between Portland and the orient Still, there are those who say Portland is not a port itter a woman passes 8S she never tells her ageK lays an exchange. No. but every other woman who. knows It takes pains to tell-It for her. ' ' '.' . ' " Amid this busy buzzing of candi dates, how calm and restful Ufa would be. If we could have elections. say, once, n 'four years? t-T Rice Feeds Half the Race. fn tha Currant ( lnnna - nt Vamn anil Ftrealde. there U an Jntereatlnf artlole aettlng forth the Importance of rice and tha poBslblJlty of Its development In this country. Followina- Is an tnte- eating extract: , "Tha value of rlc as an edlbls prod uct can aoateely reeeire more striklnf cpnnrmaiion man is sivan toy its ex tensive use. It is almost tha only fobd of from one-third to one-half of the Whole hurhan ra.ee. Tha nnntitaKnrl nt China- is 401,000,000, and rise forms the pnncipi rooa or us people, jpaia nu 271,000,000 peojjle,, and ,he'.ame atata mnt may be mada with reference to their. Uae of. rice. Jenan hu a. nannla. iwn oi si,uijg,ouu, ana ?we rorrna ti per Cent Of thai tfital anatanann. Tha populatloB ef the remaining rlee-oon- eumint couninea or Asia ana -Arnea mav ha rAiitfhlv ,itlK4.(.4 i a AAA A.a -I'" " ,rav,i,imvy4 a, ,v,uv,av,i Thus It aoDeara thai not less than Tss.ooo.oeo human betng-s, pr ti.t ,per cent or the total population of tha earth. havevrlce for their nrlnclnal fnnA ThCa fact elan atnmni It M tha. urth'i mint ftnnportant eareai.Y-- - - v .' now, bm mere ia a targe wm try Jn pur eountry that U better adapted to the successful jTowth of roa V. o . . -...1.4 , - a - - vmm) nuytfiuiaj ajintj, avrlu atneaj uiuun (J If la iiiinaaa 11 la '-Ha mnrMA -nr-wiaAm IA irnllaln tiaAnl. ,(( tk. atnaolhl l I Uts of rioe farming, It thay eaa bs made to that thr la money in it and that there is no more wholesome and nutrttrloaa food, Hc-e will soon rival wheat and corn aa a crop of gigantic flnanciaJ value " . 'It Is br no means lnairnlfloant now. The present acrere. aa far aa it haa been poeeible to aacerUln It, is aa fol lows: Acres Arkansas ,., Tf.'SOO Mlaalaalppl .............,.,.. 1,800 Louisiana 1 171.100 Texas ...,338,000 Georgia ....................... 1,800 Florida 700 North and South Carolina....... 11,100 Letters From ike People (Oo amnio tloo eaat to Tke Jooritl far pat T1-.to le title dptrtrant eaeiikl not xc4 SCO weree U Urtti led wft be eeeonpaaltd b? ti eetae aad eddreae ot tke eeadar 4 Favor SUte Wide Road bills. Portland, Feb. 14. To the Editor of The Journal 'Without Questioning the sincerity of the Oragonlan in opposing the state wide Initiative read measure, yet it seems it la . overstepping the bounds ef'naoeaalty and attacking tha only practlol roathod. of building roads, namely, by a bonding system; and fur thermore enoouraging Multnomah coun ty to aaeuma a selfish position and de ny its first obligations to tha outlying counties. By so doing it may dtlay .in definitely the construction ef perma nent roads aad retard the progress ef the state; for when a worthy eauae is once defeated, even lfby false or wis taken argument, there is established a precedent hard te overcome. The gov ernor is right in principle, and be has ahown himself entirety fair by Inviting any and all responsible parsons tov co operate with him In the construction ef a thoroughly business bond that will cure to the state the lowest rat of in terest. If these people do not respond it la eufflclent to say thai the governor and Ms associate will .gtv the state the beet that Is la thenv Taking Baker county aa a concrete example, it la comparatively easy to ahow the Impracticability of the direct tax method of providing road funds. Baker eountr has spent an average of tiO.000 a year, or a total of 11,000,000, en its roads in the past 10 yeara, and has not one permanent good road to show for it The reason is obvious. Every road district demands Its ahare of the 150,000, and as a result the roads are merely scratched en the surface. It la a common sight In Baker valley to see the same road graded up year after year and wallowed down again into anr lmpaaaable mud puddle in th time of i the melting snows and rains of the spring months, and again undermined duping the irrigating, seasons. If it were attempted at one time to raise by direct taxation sufficient funds to per manently improve evn the principal roads of the county, it would mean the practical confiscation of much property, Aa it was, many people In Baker found it a heavy burden to pay their 1910 tax levy of 10 mills. The bonding system would alleviate these conditions by giv ing auff latent funds to build permanent rotda, and by distributing tha burden ef the tax over a period of yeara and thus leaving the cltlsen of the future, to help pay for advantages he muat per force tnjoy, v Baker and the other outlying counties are willing to do their part, but the state, and Portland in particular,, must take the initiative, fprtland must real ise that by nature she Is constituted the parent of Oregon, and that, she is en titled to no credit 'for tha natural posi tion she oooupiea, but is thereby opU gated to the rest of the State, Every dollar spent In the outlying counties anhanoes her-realty values, extends her commerce, builds np her factories-end increases her population and . prestige It is evident that every other county aharea In this Increase of values and business in direct ratio with Its dis tance from Portland.. It is also evident that any amount of money expended on roads In Multnomah and its contigu ous counties could la no wise benefit the outlying counties, why, therefore, should they benefit with other counties in propoetiop to their wealth or taxable property? They should rather regard theae bonds aa fund which they have entrusted to tha state to be used wise ly as an aid and Inducement ta the out lying counties to build up their reads, thereby increasing their population and productive power, and enabling them to pour an ever growing wealth Into Port land's market and take la exchange what she has to offer in tht way ot produce and manufactured articles. BAKER COUNT TAxrAiiin. Wants to Know. T.nn'-An. Or.. Feb. IB. To th Kdltor pf Th Journal After reading today's Journal. I thought It a good time to rise an ask what oinc moc holds in Multnomah county. His poai- tlna in and about th COUnty house hftS been somewhat of a mystery to a good many peopl in tnis ioooauy ror mnr years paat Tor lnsUnfia, h brings his SEVEN FAMOUS MUSEUMS the Mascara The museum at Ghtseh, in Efypt,pos sssses a peculiar interest nn museums of th world,- through th fact that it contain a remarsaDie equeuHun of relica'cf th anolent Egyptian civi lisation, th oldest of which we have been able to gain any K"wledg. So old is the civilisation of which -.thwt treasures ar a that remalna to no, that In traclpg it hlstoriapa have be come lost in 1H Impenetrable darknesa .ntih,iiiv The first Egyptian kin j which w hav been able to Iocar waa Meneti wno urea yw mv.w '"J: v.'i K.. .nmi(. Of nclcnt JTgypan, relics removed to for eign museums. ." in retaining a large number of the) most valuable end.inter SSting. and th museum of Ghlieb con tains a supern,ooiiecuon w in,. attn tn tha nvuaeum eroases tha great drawbridge over th Nile, and paaamg inrpusn a tnmjairw v nnus iniit n- bWb nHf , W . .nnlnaiiva A ftia mtlMUL ' DireOt- ly befor him, in rd granite, is a fig- ure or spnina, me ,c4Sir',0",i7""' of th rising sun. fhaflgure Is that of a oalm, majestio huinan ' hd -aur meunting th body of sV Hon. 4"bi sphin was nrougn irom loyrer &sfC and bears the caned scrolls of Bameans It Farther on is h polpt of n obe lisk, which is the name given to tha slender, square pillars .with pyramidal topaud sidas.caryed with strange char acters, on Of whlafi Stands in Central Park, New Trk citf. . )n front of th entrance to th palace In which th ttruaeum is located Is- a modern sarcophagus oontruotd in the style ef th ancient empire. It con tains the body of Marietta, whose life yerk wa sclentlflo research anvong the ruins of Egypt, and who founded, whU In the employ -tho Egyptian govern ment, th muaeum of GpiehV It is in- AmA a. tittitor aJlHnBV nil. mv a Insl'd th palao are so many -'ob-jeete ef oerapelltng intersst that the money lug down along- tha county rr: 1 on pay tSays, and discounts tiie county road orders for tha boys. Thre la fiothlngr wronfc in that fact Ueelf, but when the feelingr someway gfta out among tlx boys that unless thay lat Mose Ilock discount their or ders thslr ervk-ea are not liable to be wanted at the ed of the month, that looks "pfunny." Their ordere have bn held ub to.meet the on-renience of this gantleni, in his going about. It waa alao noticed that thoee who peralstently refuaed to let Moae Block discount their orders, were Sure to be relieved from tho workHiuietly, of oiurse, so aa not to attract too much attention, but sooner or later they all went, and those, who ''came through" stayed, and this in the fee ef the feat that tb4s bank stood ready to cash them at half the discount paid Moae Block. Whether or not he "whacks'' with the road boaaes, or whether the preaaure cornea from higher up. we do not protend to say. We have oa aeveral occasions asked tha boys why thsy did not bring their orders to the bank, as we would aav half tha expense. They woui-answer, "Oh, tho boss wanted me to let Moss Block cash it and J. thought maybe I better." "Pfunny," Jan't it? , , UNNTON SAVINGS BANK 8. M. Mann, Cashier. c laibor'and the Senatorsnijk. , . , Portland. Or., Tab. 15. To the Editor of The Journal In two reoent letters "ii" Is very sure that ail working peo ple should aid la gratifying tha poli tical aapiraticna of Ben Belling as ho is "a friend of labor." How would it do for a chango if labor should -support its own candidates Instead of begging fa vors from business roes or paof esslonsj politicians T At the next election tho working class will have the opportunity to vote for working men on a working class ticket, county, state and national. The work ing olaaa is In th majority throughout tho country, Tbey can make the laws of-the eountry whan they have back bone enough to support their own can didates. ? I would like to know th authority for th. statement that Mr. Selling la In fa vor of giving th workers th full "so cial product ef their labor." If that is so and "Mli a friend of his he had better keep it quiet aa h'e will gt Mr. Selling in pad with his Republican and Democratic friends. If h does believe In that principle be Is sailing under false colors when he accepts a political position from Republicans er Democrats. Again Itha Biblleal Arfoment, Mill City, Or.. Fob. II To th Editor of The Journal After a careful medi tation I wlah te submit through The journal to tha adherents of the doctrine of "Complete. Abolishment ef Capital Punishment" th following few aues- tions: : - : 1. Is it right for any government to give Ucn to murderers and assassins t. If a- person has a dispute, con troversy. Of altercatlAn With hi. nailch. ber and fellowman. and la determined to am him, is it right for any state to giv such, a person a full and unlimited assurance by its laws (which is equiv alent to -a lioensa) that hfa own Ufa shall be -spared and protected? V 3. das any so-eaJled Christian na tion, country or community a moral or divine right to repeal the divine ' com mandment, "Whose shsddeth -man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." "He that smlteth a man, so that b die, shall b surely put to death." CHAD. STRATJSS. Tanglefoot By Miles l Overhoh MRS FASHTOK'S NOTIONS. Old Lady Fsshlon on the job, has put the kibosh en th slob Who heretofore has gon abeet with , shoulders six feet widei - She's Issued her springtime decree in which she says that you and ma ("Must wear tight-fitting summer suits; ai omer etyiea nave die. Bh says the slanderer we are. yhe less appearance will Jiri,.,:,:, .i-4 T Our shoulder blades must be mad aharp and whittled to a point. Our trousera, too, must be so tight that when w amble home at night WU hav to carry oil or wni cr ak - at every Joint! The fat guy will be out of date; ne leap year stuff will seal his fate; The human skeleton will be th !ong . haired candy kid. Th "chunky" guy who's had th lead muat now )le down and go tq seed, , While ws , who'd dodge the leap year thing must keep our presence hid. It must be tough to P Ilk some 'with build and features on the bum; But then, of course, not all can- b , thrown pn tho style-aheet screen. Perhaps som day. when hoops com in, .' th poor fat man, the short, may win; -Th slender guy may spend bis days With his old Aunty Leant Vf Ghiieh.. . flM, , I, , visitor finds himself lost M to which to giv nis attention, just insjoa: the door is probably th oldest of aU exist ing monuments, ine statue or a Kneel ing prleat, in granite. 8everat wooden tablets ar shown of clear design an 4 exquisite workmanship. The wonder ful finish of these tablets is still pre served after thousand of years, owing to the dryness of the Egyptian atmos phere., There ar also statues In wood, sad In all varietl pf stone.- A pall of fljrurea eecwtd iij limestone rare very Intereatlna-. In that tkav h. cleverness of h ancient artist In uruer 10 kit tn eves an animated x preaslon, h filled the prbjt, which had been hollowed out - with quarts, into whlph a rock crystal "nad been inserted,. A silver nail was then anven in tne center, and by Us refleo- tton Of light alvea tha tva an tmtt.H of th human organ. v The Egyptians regrarded the scarab, s kind of beetle which appeared at some seasons along th Nile, as sacred,. It was the mblm of creative power, A niagnmcent collection or figures of this insect, wrought in precious stones with the underbody c6vrd with tions, la exhibited in th museum. mere is also a ' large collection of bod preserved- by the, lost Egyptian art of mnmmvfvlnar- tv,. i .mvi iaienc, ana nencs must be preserved (nuct. The process re qiurd th removal Of all tho soft por tions of the: body,, which wsre kept sep arately. Th brain wa drawn through th nostrils . with: an Iron instrument Than tha body fle4 with a combination Of. spites, after having keen Immersed for som time In brln, - so effecMve was tho method that the mummies a re In a perfecttgt of preservation to this ay,. : c- " psrUlnly few moro'tntBrestlng places eould be ylsjted by th traveler than this museum with t relics of a peopl n4 a fiivll?4Ufia.so-40Bg aad.wut.-4 sxlstenc. -j Tmonww-Thoiyevvri ' Irriatica Project vMsJs Sound From Lakeview Herald. Governor West and the atate '" land boerd have made good their prouilaea to us when visiting Lakeview som months ago regarding the reclamation of th Carey act land In the vicinity of Pals ley known as tha Portland irrigation project - , The contract aa algned between th desert land board and the Portland Irrigation- company December i, hu, u a very strong on and should Insure the rly completion of the proposed system. No .chance waa lost by the board so tl op th irrigation company aecur- ' ly and under ,th terms of th , con tract th completion of the work 1 aa established fact Th reservoir eaiied for ' in the con tract must have a capacity of 4J.800 acre feet ef water, to be held in place by a dam Ul feet long on. top, and IS feet at the bottom. 19 feet high from the bed of the -river. St feet wide on top and 190 feet wide on th bottom. Th construction of th dam will be of loos rock formation with concrete eore and hand laid dry wall. Th w tr level will be eight feet below th top of the dam giving a water depth of Tl feet Two aections of a, solid rock spillway ar to be built at the weat end of the dam, one of which is to b provided with gates. .Th outlet lata--consist- of a tunnel through soli rock around th end. of this dam. This outlet will pass through the bottom end of a shaft 7xl feaLfroRuwhlcb th out let gatea win be operated. Th diversion weir will be of perma nent material and constructed so aa ( withstand th largest freshets, and will be protected from flood by bavy rock rip rap. . - f. Th main canal and distributing eye tern cajla for permanent ditchea with as little timber work as poaalbl- x cept in th flumlng. . Th main canal Is to be of sufficient capacity to deliver simultaneously en oublo foot ef water for every to acres of land. TJnder tha terms of th contract the company agrees to begin the actual construc tion of .the project wltbtn six months from th dat of th contract and to flnlah within three -years from : that dat. Cesaatlon pf work for six months without th sanction of th land board will reault to t forfeitur of th con tract to ' the atata, , Th work will h' under Inspection, th expenses of which, lit to be born by a fund of 1250 per month to be paid by th operating oompany as an advance payment of on dollar per acre, Th board fixed the sum of 553.Ti, Si aa a lain on and against th Carey act lands undr , th project This amount Is to draw six per cent lntereat until th Hen Is satisfied. perpetual water rights only are to b sola and a fee of tl per acre will be charged th water user for maintenance. Th total acreage selected under th Carey act amounts to JJ.0J7.40. Th desert land board hav don all and mor than they agreed to do in1 tha reclamation of this project and th clti senshtp of lake county have much to thank, them for. Their work wa don quietly and' effectively 'and a a result many thousands of acre of th very best lands In Lak county will soon b blossoming aa the rose. Every assistance should be given the itTtgatrotrompany In their effort to complete the contract within th speol fitd time and there is no doubt but what It will gladly -b given.-. News Forecast of tKc , ComiBil Week i WMWngton, D. C, rb. J7j-evral decisions of unusual lmportanc msy b handed down by the suprem court of th United SUtes whan it reoonvanus Monday after a three weks' recess. Two of th cass in which decisions ar looked for at an early data deal With, important phases of construction of the Sherman Anti-Trust aot, th cot ton pool oas and the anthracite pool case jITthlrdT cas of Importance" is the suit brought to test th eonstltu tlonaiity of th Oregon - Ipltlativ and referendum law. Whether Chaw Clatk or Joseph W. Polk Is to b thcholo of Missouri Dem ocrat for the presidential nomination Is expected to bo definitely determined Tuesday, when th Democratic state convention will meet -in Joplin to select delegates to th national, convention. The action of the Missouri convention is expected also to have a important bearing on th action of tha Oklahoma Democratic convention which will meet two days later, Speaker Clark has a strong following in Oklahoma and if h wins over Folk at th Joplin meeting he I likely to recelva jh indorsement of tn Oklahoma Democrats. On the other hand, should Clark be turned down by the Missouri Democrats, It 1 believed likely that Oklahoma will swing to Wood row Wilson. Th annual celebration of Washing ton's birthday, Thursday, will - be th occasion as usual of numerous banquets and much speechmaklng. Senator Kern of Indiana has been designated to read Washington farewell -address., ..before th senate on that day." In the evening Senator Fletcher of Florida, Senator Bailey of Texaa, Senator Williams of Mississippi and Senator Taylor of Tenn eaae will speak at the annual dinner Of the Southern society of Washington. President Taft, Secretary of th Navy Myr and W. Morgan Bhuster, depose.! treasurer general of Persia, will bead a distinguished list of speaker at the annual .convention of tho Navy leag-u of the Dnltad State to be held in Wash ington Thuraday and Friday. - . Th general managers of all of th prominent astrn raUjoads ar to con for in New Tojk Friday regarding th demand made by th locomotive en glneers for higher wagta. ' Th ngi- neers ar uniting In a movement for an -advance of IS per cent and every rallr roa4 east of Chicago, north Of th Ches apeake and Okie and south f th Can---; -dian border, is affected by the demand, and also th Grand Trunk of Canada. -Governors of 12 eastern states hav . acoepted, invitations for representation at a conference to b held in Harrl burg. Pa., Tuesday and Wednesday devise mean to check the spread of th -chestnut tre blight, which Is kIUln mllUons of dollars worth of trees in New England, New Tork, Pennsylvania and the south, and Is threatening th Ohio- river valley. , ,' ", M. Jusserand, tho French ambassador, -will deliver the Washington's birthday address at the Union league club cele bration In Chicago Tuesday. Th earn day Governor Woodrow Wilson of New -Jersey 1 scheduled to apeak at the big ' -Democratic banquet in Topeka, In 'th olty ( of Mexico the American ; holidajf will b observe4 by th "linvsijing of th ' Washington motvument a gift from th American colony to th Mexican govern, merit, - . . Keeping a Fortune," 1 rronj th Nov Tork Mall II is on of th significant signs pf th Mms that there is an ever-Increasing . . business of 'looking after" states, 'in-. suring and dispensing incomes th r ldia heirs and the Incompetents Th question We of ten asked, ''Why should J work? His father l-hlm rich," Th work of kaeping a fortune is, in reality, a business, n Itself, and some- Uma. . U is 4tlflleu44haa th making, To be employed in that buai neas Is nobler than haunting hotel lob- bies or sluing in elub windwa i