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She that with poetry ts won.
Is but a desk to write upon;
And what men say of-her they
mean
No more than on the thing they
' lean. "
" , w-Butler.
DYNAMITING OREGON
IT Is fashionable now to dynamite
Oregon through the newspapers.
With the labor circulars as a
text, the Des Moines Capital ex
plodes several bombs. , It says, there
is so much rain here that the people
finally become web footed, notwith
standing the recorded fact that Iowa
is not far short of Oregon" in pre
cipitation. 'It' tells about 'the so
called army of unemployed in Port
land, the wilderness of forest end
mountains, and gives Us readers an
all round hard luck story ci lite in
Oregon." "7
' Another dynamiter Is M. L. Mc
Laughlin, a real e?tate promoter of
New York and' Michigan.' He said
" In an .address reported in'the Troy,
- Ohio, Record that Vthere is noth
ing west of the Rocky mountains in
the way; of opportunity for the
young men of the farm." He went
into mathemaUcs, and Quoted lib-
erally of statistics to prove that in
Oregon the per capita production Is
only $86 per year. He said that
"four out of every 'five, men ' west
gt tha Rockies are real estate sharks j
looking for suckers from 'the east;
that the farmers of Ohio are pro
'duclilg almost twlee-per eaplta-what j
the farmers of Oregon or any of the
Pacific states - are producing, and
that the time has come when the
eastern states must begin . fighting
the west' In the matter of Immigra
tion." ;
- No wonder that ' American cit
izens by the thousand are fleeing to
Canada. With real estate sharks in
Ohio telling the public that "four;
out of every five men west of the
Rockies are real' estateshark look
ine for eastern" slickers, what jftlPC'
is to b. expected than that men wilV
grab their pocket books, get their
household effects, together and.
hurry out of the danger zone? s.
Meanwhlle, Mr. McLaughlin is a
slanderer. He is in the disreputable
business i of dynamiting the good
reputation of Oregon. There is. av
KhorC strong word that fits his case
exactly. . '
. Incidentally, It is in Ohio that
there is an Adanis county. It was
- in Adams tounty that SVeFUOO cit
izens pleaded, guilty to selling their
votes. That may explalji why Mc
Laughlin Is out with such brazen
statements' about Oregon.
. AN AFRICAN MONUMENT
ft 10 darker cloud ever rested on
j the banner of England than
Jj when General Gordon .was !
killed on the steps of the res
idency at Khartoum ,ty the Mahdi's
men, treacherously admitted within
the defences which Gordon had. held
against them for a year.
On that 26th of January, 1885,
the advance guard of Wolseley's re
lieving force was only two days
Journey off. It was hot' merely the
disappointment that Gordon's ' life
was sacrificed on the edge of safety,
but ltp was known that but for the
Indecision and bungling of the Brit
ish ministry he would have been re
lieved six months before. .
The Khartoum of Gordon was
, sacked and burned and Ondurman
of the ;Mahdi was built upon its
ruins. Of , course he was avenged
when Kitchener's men . broke up
charge after , charge of the wild
horsemen, ', until the plain was
strewn thickly: with their white clad
corpses. Then not one stone was
left upon another In the headquart
em of the Mahdi, and Khartoum
was rebullton the tongue of desert
land at the confluence of the rivers,
tho Blue Nile -and the Whlto'Nlle.
. There Is set the capital of the
Anglo-Egyptian Soudan. . Today .It
Is a modern city. The streets are
planted with palms. Water - freely
flows. Abundant waiter and perfect
sewerage haver robbed ' life "In the'
tropics of its terrors. . . ' ,v '
What is that long,' colonnaded
building: ?n ' the outskirts of the
city? A "center tower and two great
wings, all in white; stone, with flat
stone roofs to keep off .the direct !
rays of the tropical sun.'" - That Is
Gordon .Memorial - college--Eng'
land s monument to her hero, it
fcas two parts, First It Is a colleger
where hundreds of native boys are
being trained to fill places in the
government of tfieir 'land. : Abso-coluirms Is tlte-atoryfrom the Amer
Jutely uneectarlan," their Moslem re-j lean consul at Havre, France, in his
llgion IsunasKalled. -The teaching (consular report. , 1 -
Is Of the best, and Is adapted to the
heeds of a .people to whom it is ab-
somteiy new. - r "
ine otner part oi tne great strtic-
hire is given up to the tropical re
ftarch laboratories Uf. the . Wellcome
foundation. ' The .eleeplng elckness,
- )ny-me-f-4nffwy'"'Bi BMn aismiaBrTIIeajH people's
e:ic9 of th" 'ost loathsome types,
cral years
region by
terlologists.
The shelves of the museum there '.
are crowded with specimens or all. '
Every rear or two a report is issued !
of results. And in, these most des-i
perately trying surroundings some'
15 or 20 of the best men of science !
;tnat tngiana has produced are
wearing their lives. away. What is j
their pay? The consciousness of I
work done, of worthy sacrifices for j
worthy ends, the hunger for knowl- j
gratlfleff. "The spirit of sacrl
fice that took Gordon to Khartoum
has descended on these men as his
successors
MONEY AND THE COURTS
THE city and itate of New York
are In the midst of t remarka
ble agltatlont-The, storm Is
. beating around 'Folke, E.
Brandt, who was' sentenced four
years ago, to 80 years' imp-lsonment
for alleged burglary. Though he
pleaded guilty to the charge, it Is
claimed now that he was not guilty,
and that he was railroaded to the
penltentlafy by the power of money,
. The Interest over the case Js in
tense. It has become an issue with
the best legal talent In the city and
state lined up on the two sides. Gjojti
ernor Dfirrhas been drawn into the
controversy, with One side urging a
pardon and the other opposing it.
The attorney general, .the district
attorney of New York, the Judge
who sentenced Brandt , and other
powerful figures are "-involved.
Heightening the Interest, the New
York World is financing a. campaign
and paying the fees of counsel for
securing an investigation of - the
case. . .. ,
Brandt was an employe of .Morti
mer L. Schiff, a,New'Xork banker
and financier, It was on the com
plaint of Schiff that, the charge of
burglary was- laid against Brandt: Jt
Is charged that money; figured in
the prosecution,- that money had to
flo wlth the plea of and that
the long term pf 30oijears to which
Brandt ,' was sent , to prison ; was
largely a consequence i of foe power
of money. ; Braiidt'has already been
taken from thevpenltentiary ; to - the
city of New .York, ? where ; legal
moves by big figures at the bar are
In progress . ------ -
Those behind the , agitation say
that the personal issue of Brandt Is
of no . consequence In the, proceed
ings. "The real question is; are the
courts of :New , York; susceptible to
flhanolal Influence, and was such in
fluence employed with deadly ef
fect In this Instance?" r '. Z
Some of the - New York ' courts
have , long been", under suspicion.
Richard Croker once frankly admit-1
ted ,that JudiciaLcandldateB wer re
quired to "'make . campaign' contrlbu-'
tiona. and In the late campaign i 1
New York It was practically proven
that two Tammany judges, bought
their nominations.
ENGLISH MIXING STRIKE
T
HE English mining strike is
made tremendously difficult to
handle by two or perhaps three
features.
First It. embraces all Ilia raineTrs"
unions in all the coal fields of the
country, so that there is not possible
relief In bituminous from a strike in
anthracite for; illustration's' sake.
If one strikes, all strike, and every
furnace, every forge, every heating
system,: every gas works, and even
every home tn the nation is endang
ered; , w --' -: f - s
Another danger point Is that the-
demand for higher wages for all
minerr comes on a competitive mar
ket, ; where . many operators have
been selling on close - margins, and
are honestly unable to concede the
rise without facing ruin, Yet an
other: difficulty Is the miners' de
mand for a minimum wage based
on-time and , not-on quantity. So
tnat tne mine operator has; no
means of determining' If he is re
ceiving the product of nji hon"f
day's work, since he has no check
on what goes on in the solitude 6f
the hewer's chamber, far under
ground.' ' ','.;. 'J -...'.;..' V r
Outsiders will be one In declaring
It is , eminently: a case for prompt,
official, and "disinterested arbitra
tion.' But it may well be too late
to talk arbitration now within
eight ': days' sight of , the general
The b(st - that any governmental
intervention could expect to effect
now would be to have the striking
day deferred, , pending such action
by' the Board of. Trade as was ef
fective In the railway strlke.-"'--"
The naming of Sir Edward Grey
as the minister attempting s a, settle
ment is doubtTess for two reasons,
first,; that he Is ' a' notoriously fair
minded and . temperate man, and,
secend, that his home is in the heart
of 'the Northumberland i coal field,
where hh. family' are great land
owners, and have the confidence of
all' parties to the trouble,
,CA VK AFFORD IT?,
m
HATEVER topic "dies down
the high "cost of living is
iever with usr Dr WH
of pure food fame Is. the
latest prescriber in the Century mag-
azlne. But to be read innarallel
! The French people are suffering
j worse than the Americans, aid this
; mainly from losing the habit of ap-
( plying the old fashioned question,
- 1 Can" we afford it? when tempted to
buy, - Analyzing the French trouble
It appears that tbejStarardf
I desire to buy more and costlier
.have row brn for f'v
studied in their home . ;
. British doctors and fcact
thinpi thun I. us 1.4 a thdr liiV.t.
So the surplus of saving is failing.
'The question of the iniquitous mld-
dleman docs not press on the
1 rencn or oernian nousewue as on
we American. ine nousemoiaer
there has been used for -ages tfi; go
to market, to select her material, to
dicker about tha price, and, ultl-
mateiy, to pear ner purcnases nome,
either with her own-hands or by an
accompanying nouse-servant.
Incidentally, if the American
housewife Imitated her French sister
she would also save. But we know
that she will not do it, at the sac-
mice or much time and, some aig-
nltv-...i;'; .
Dr. Wiley has two suggestions.
The first is to carry the town to
the country, and establish industries
nearby the fields that feed their
workers. The method is more com
mon with us than it used to be, and
13 spreading; But our greatest cities
are lso our. greatest manufacturing
centers," and will so continue.
Then Dr. Wiley seta his finger on
the cost of distribution through the
middleman. On the . principle that
railroad' transportation would be
cheaper and better organized It the
people owned the ' railroads, he is
ready for the big change he thinks
la coming, and wtJuld have tha rail
roads nationally owned and man
aged. , v""" :" ":-' ;' Y "'-'
Dr. Wiley believe also that the
'back to the ' land"" move will be
aided by government owned rall-
rotds being empioyea in tne trans
ference of the people from the city
to the soil. - '
GETTING THE DELEGATES
HpO date, Mr. Taft has. 32 dele-
I gates. ; ; ,Nobody , else has any
s delegates. ,' ,
. It is probable that the inarch
of Mr. Taft to a successful renomjln
atlon has begun. The Roosevelt at
titude has done much to destroy, the
cohesion of the . progressive ele
mnts.. , . . ' t '.'"',,".'", ,': .,
, With the editor of the Outlook
proclaiming" that Mr. Roosevelt
would suffer himself to he drafted
for s third term, the Roosevelt fol
lowing falls to1 go to other progressive-candidates.
-Other , progressive
strength refuses to' go, to Roosevelt,
because of the third term tradition
t, A P rt7iovwn"firfi hftTTrf TV tTSKT
,v i
ances In the "Trtist-Nconcernlng .that
tradition. . . A ,
There are progressives who , do
not regard Mr,x Roosevelt as a pro
gressive. One ot the chief - tenets
of the progressive faith is a reason
able reduction of the tariff, rand Jn
all his hundreds. -of public . utter
ances, Mr. Roosevelt has never oncft
Urged tariff revision. On the con
trary,1' in J910, when he actually
controlled' the platform committee
of the- New York, state convention.
hex,auscd that ; body to promulgate
in Its platform the doctrine that
the taflff does not increase the cost
of living.
In. the meantime, it is recalled
that the helivy Roosevelt plurality
in 1904 was largely due to the weak
ness of Judge Parker as a "presiden
tial " candidate, 1 Parker polled 1,
300,000 fewer votes than were cast
for. .MivJ3ryan la 1908
In the 1908 election, Mr. Bryan
Tecelved 6,409,104 votes. It was
852,186 more votes than the Cleve
land landslide in 1892. .
But even with "this heavy, vote
for Bryanln 1903 Mr. Taft re
ceived a popular plurality of l,29,i
804. It vas an enormous plurality,
and one from which Mr. Taft can
Buffer large defections and still re
nominate himself. :
He ha,s the federal patronage,' and
the "federal " officeholders of the
south will go in swarms to the Chi
cago convention. It is a power that
has forced many a presidential nom
ination, for it requires only a com
paratively limited number pt votes
from the northern States to com
plcte the quota required for thma-
jority that nominates.
' . So far, the progressives are inco-
rent. With La Follette rendered
inactive by illness, the, movement is,
at a crucial time, without competent
leadership. At the moment when
there should be cohesion, the Out
look and its third term ambition is
a distu rblng factor. At the present
moment, the signs are very favor
able for the present occupant of 4he
"White House to, control the dele
gate and fix the policies of the
next Chicago convention.
THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH
HE establishment of the Chi-
. nese republic, as far as ' Dr.
- Sun-Yat'Sen with the -revolu
tionlsts, and Yuan Shi Kal, and
the Imperialist soldiers and officials
that he controls, can effect It Is an
accomplished fact.. The decent and
orderly way In which the antlqueTe
Uglon and political structure of an
cient China is adjusted to the new
order of things is unique' In history,
In testimony to the soundness of
his conversion It is announced that
Yuan Shi Kai has cut off. his queue
typifying at once his final shaking
off of ,tbe Manchu yoke, nnd his ad
hesion to the republic
' What a practical, people ,: these
Chinese are. ,. The historical empire
and the ancestral religion are deep
ly rooted in the hearts of millions of
the people. . Theref ore the baby em
perdr retains his title and is pro
Vlded for in lifelong dignity .and
state. ; His - family, whom those re
publicans ' have been - so bitterly
; fighting are . now also taken Under
the protection of the re public. f
"What has made the republic "pos
sihle has been' the sectional or pro
vlncial organization of China. . Each
have made in area, In. population
and in resources, a k,lngdom of It-
v!f. Ia their virtual i.::.. : :.ce
tach one under its v'reroy rfal
democracy was achieved. Eat the
reserved weight of the Manchu gov
ernment was felt ia the tribute,
graft, 'and rocbery, remorselessly
levied and unresistingly paid la the
Pt. . . .
Manv writers doubt If this snlrlt
oi aemocracy,.iunuer DironEmenea
TT tne success or tne revolution,
u-111 Tinr nrovpnt tha henrtv aimnnt
of the federal republic by the prov
inces
On the other hand It will be
msde clear to tho provlncas by the
same authorities Which have In-
cfwu iiu motw uiu iuo
revolution that under the new xe-
. -.iiii
7
tor the' taxes to the gOvernHent-of j
tho republic that they pay. .It will
De told tnem tnat they are on, theL
immediate way lo citizenship in a
.-a L..n v!
hot, auu juhcuui vuiu. At WIU or I
made clear that hoth fhr.M InteroEt
and Jheir patrtotisr
the new regime. Peace ifrlth honorl
appeals very loudly to the average
Cmnese. I
Letters From tlie People
300 words In length nd moat be sccomniuiled
vr ui name ana suareas ot tb Moaer.
The .Temptation to live. ,
Cleone, Or., Feb. 18. To ths Editor of
The Journal In The Journal for. Febru-
ary 13 there is the very sad story of
Mr.. Early, the leper. It is a tragedy
which ought to arouse, sympathy; we
TJtr V' "mth1 ? 11,9
easier, for, a man stricken as he is.
Could we place ourselves in his posi-leach
aThe TJil T1:T tteTrUld 'f61
as. he does when he nays, "I have tried
to be fair to all and yet there ia the
temptation to conceal. Just to live." His
neighbors cry "get out.'". Hut in h
name of justice, I
ask,
where
hall
he go?
4-i
. This brings me to think of the state
ment or the state health officer. Dr.
Calvin 8. White; The agitation against
tne acoma leper shoud be turned
usaiaBi cunsumpiives, . ror '. iney - are
many times more dangerous.
i I cannot understand where they are
to go. It is a very well known fact
that one of the greatest difficulties a
is oVan jSooV,?JCOnt'n,i Wlth
is or an economio nature. In many cases
the patient haa chances of recovery pro-
vlded he can pay for, good food and
plenty of rest - There are few patients
who would not welcome the opportunity
to go to a sanitarium of some kind. It
is a paradoxical statement to say that
they cannot' afford to get Wet
f. know a young man who spent two
and a half years at a university work-1
lng his way through. He was a good keep was" built in 1204, and later Charles
student. In his third year his physi- V added a number of towers. Here were
cians informed htm that he suffered enacted many military encounters, and
with incipient tuberculosis and that he in these stone towers and dungeons
had, good chances of recovery, for, SO lived, and often died, many of the poli
per cent of the consumptives on record tleal- prisoners well known . In - French
recover.
ThisyouHg"
;hian " left" "college and 1
went out on a farm. His problem is
economio altogether. He is now en
deavoring to save enough to spend a
year or more in a plaee where he can
secure the best of care, fat; ho atiU
hopes. He. Is willing but cannot for
Pecuniary reasons spend his time In a
hospital.; His case is not hereditary,
I V?Ia? contraet 1 Sfy cleaning es-
taWishment where he worked duHnjf
spare time the first year he attended
college. . , ... - r-
- it seems to me that a place of refuge
ought to be provided first. It is wrong
to-keep them moving much as we do
tramps. Remember there is always the
temptation" "just o live." ' . :
I EMIL SWENSON.
m. L ; T
Ine tourtgr- J
Willamlna, Feb. 16" To the Editor of
The Journal Recent events have forcl-
bly mpressed upon the public mind the Louvre" with the Tulleries, another fa
growing evlla of our present ludlcial mous building nearby. Richelieu adopt-
eystem. The iniunction and content
proceedings, noW so large a part of the
ludlcial ninn. in fnmiirn in h.i
naturA to th n r t nf IubMa Mm.
ici to tne constitutional rights of every
cltlsen. :--r-.4,,.
For the courts and Judges the people
generally have a profound respect hut
that respect can not endure If their Suppose Mr. A. owns an unimproved
every official action is but to demon- corner in Portland that is worth $100.
strate, beyond all question of doubt. 00' on which he ha" bee" P5rlnf taxe
that they are partial to the men of
'j ..,...
'"u nu . v'cjuui.-eu. agmnBi. ine men tan nnn .nm tha hunks of
without any financial . Influence. To ZiuZl C whe?e ll has had
Place under Jail sentence, tor cont empt JStKK
of a court under Whose JurisdicUon they taxation, and-with this previously un
do not como by any opstitutlonal law, taxed money he erect- a fine, up-to-date
and in whose presence! they have not Qffice. building, with store rooms and a
even ueen, eucu men as oar to nave an
opinion, that does not accord with the
views of the court, and who dare to
give public expression to that nnlnion. It
seems to me is the very height of folly
and the climax of ludlplnl farn .... ,
Hnch action ran huva t am M
In the ultimate; that is to make the
Warren in the Kansas lail as truly a
hnro in tha astimata of million. wa
hla; ancestor of the Revolution.
Tha
n
right of a "free press" and "free speech"
Is one of the basic principles on which
our very government restsi no wonder,
then, that may of our citizens look 'with
"apprehension and disapproval on thel,. ,. tnanrv of th single tax advo-
growrng tendency of the court to cur-
tan , tnat ngni, ana to aeny it to tnose
whn tar unv reason mav hava nffnnilffd
- . .
them. . ... ;.v
If the courts are to stand, and to dole
out Justice between men. there must be
part to be Just and
of one man. or class of men. must hot
. . . . "... .....
other, to the advantage of one and the
disadvantage of the other. The personal
enmity of the Judge. must not b al-
lowed to bias hi action, as in soma of
th recent contempt cases.- I would
rather languish with others la prison
because Of the expression of. my honest
views than share a freedom that was
born of a weak and servile submission
to what I felt to be a gross Injustice,
.Tuattra nped have no fear from eon.
tact with error, for she .will-, alway
come off victor, but when corruption
and injustice sit enthroned "in high
.,1 T v.
Loi hfA-a th law. that hrmanhftrt
. a -
--. .
oe not Bwauowea up m ine too- race
for power and pelf.
' ' ' ' ' ;vr" L ''...
: Single Taxation a Theory. . 'l Now j want t0 say that I am a black
St Johns, Or., Feb. 15.TO the Editor amlth.' and the people of Multnomah
of The Journal Theoretically, if two
snakes, each 80 inches long,, should ap-
proach each other and engage in battle,
and In the mlxun should grab each other
by the tall and should swallow each
other at the rate of one inch per m&iute,
at the end-of 81 minutes each snake
would have entirely oisappeared-each
Dim in the other. Theoretically, this is
true, and partially possibia of tuexfom-
oilshmenti but theory and actual re.
suits don't alway tally alike., j For in-
stanc,- n .18 -acres ;Of land we can set
700 peach trees, and if each tre will
producelyepushela ol
peaches, and wef could sell ; theseat the
rnte of $1 per bushel, our, Income would
be $3600; but we find in actual expert
1 TT
SMALL CHANGE.
win he run as Beaucharap or simply
ynamPT
The hlfrh schools' curlcula. Ilka the
wnrr, neea revision Jownwa.rd.
n is supposed that there are a few
panners up in ida.no who bavea t oeen
arresiea yet
Ifs about time to be thtnklnsr how to
f,uVVeJ'lS9,va'?tl0Ck" and JoU
Why. of course the 1911 Rose Festi-
it must progrtsa every year,
Some men want to ko to the national
conventions every four years for 40
y Why not pasoliJiojaoraround
raurer
Perhos oid in cavlnsr ouantitles will
b bt,Ine3 tTOm, blac!' esnore sand
bt "m time that big spouting
oil wells AT strucK.
doesn't charge any crime and that it
cnarje" m0 inan. 0n,9 cnme-
A rolden weddlnr Is read of freouent-
ly. xnere. are some coupies yet wno
staymarriea a long time; some, even.
never Known 10 quarrti.
Governor Fobs says the cost of Uvlnc
I t ........ M U - A 1
created by labor.
Dr. Wiley , credicts a revolution Jn
make a llvln while some ceonle eala
hundreds of millions, ' But tba over-rich
r "u""neck8d' e . ; VrC
Keep pegging away j from day to day,
month in and out; year -after year;
or" gay formoTrmerto' SSst
success to annear. Just a mickle gain
day. It is plain, will be muckle ere
-m-j" thlnVdoVt d.sXlnrthe pennies
wlu rrow to big pieces of gold. Work
and save, if you're poor, get some
hrne land. " sure: keep plodding and
pegging awhile; be a diligent, doer, an
assiduous
wooer, and later- fearlessly
smile.
SEVEN FAMOUS MUSEUMS
t The
Amita from its interest as a museum.
it palace of the Louvre in Pari has a
charm to all who are acquainted
,T7 vrar, for it has
w,th th h,Btor3r. France, for it Has
been the ttlng of some of ths most
thrilling' scenes that hav taken, place
In that nation, "j ' ,
' Centuries ago the "commanding posi-
tlon which ltoccuples on the north bank
of the Seine, now In the very neart or
Paris, was taken advantage of for the
erection ofa fortified castle. The main
history. IL was atea ised xor some urns
as an afsenaL
In 1541, -Francis I having torn down
the ancient keep, decided on an entire
reconstruction. . For this .purpeee be
. . Til T . t.m.A A
greatest architects of .Jhe period, - who
designed a beautiful structure in the
form of ' a hollow square; with four
facades and four coroerpavlllons, Leseei
W6S extremely fortunate in, having as a
fellow worker Jean GouJon, the greatest
sculptor- of the French , Renaissance,
HU sculpture for the windows, door-
ways and interior are famous th world
over. These two geniuses evolved the
fine-t examnle of the Middle Renals-
I. in irrnM 1thouirh their designs
entirely? carried out. The
remains of the west front still jfornv a
portion, of the structura, but the Louvre
Iv,.. v-on lnrxMiiPd to four times the
size the original plans. Henry II
added a- long gallery connecting the
ed the plans of Lemercler for the
quadrangle. Of this portion the Pavll
1 ion Sully has remained.
ino wiuvrt, uuwbybi,. ww uiio w
lertce more men fall at growing peaches
than there are men enjoying an Income
from them.
ror Teri w" w""Yul ' i ;
a snirlt of Brogress seizes him and he
banking room, bt low, ana ' tne enure
building so arranged-as to ba a great
revenue producer, !
ninr of an economical and business
turn of mind, pe reserves a tew 01 .
eheanest rooms On top for nimseir ana
wife.- and leases out ine ua.ua. w"
and store rooms 0h advantageous
terms that these, with the office rentals.
produce- aiv income of 50,ou yeariy
ni.COiia ..v... ...
1 . . n r.v.aal aaoiirltv at
v.. 11.... vi. p.ntai. tunni n i v hiui
h;n" tV "0f 2 per cent per month, which
h P boom lots, and by this
lethod has in all an Income of $75,000
,ro(1,.i ftn his $600,000 investment Is
cftte that no" part of this $75,000 should
Dfar the burdens in tne way 01 va-
1 T am aaektnar light .: 1' ' ' .
. 1 ,u 1 j , . . u . " - - .
It seems tome that the only practical
method by which the so called evil ot
excessive weaitu an oe cuneu wriui
died is througn im ;
...j- tar A araduated Income
tax would reach ewwjrtv renUl and
h i,r incomes would near tne dut-
V!?Z buildings to de-
riv a greater revenue from the lease
,k nrio-inoi owner does. Should
0 'BUcn lnconiea he taxed, and if not,
wjiy not?
D. C. LEWIS.
Blacksmiths in Public Office.; ;
Portland.' Or.. Feb. I8.-T0' th Editor
ot The Journal In Wallace B. Holllngs-
worth's paid advertisement in last Bun-
day issue of The Journal he solicits
the xdpport of the voters of Multnoma
coutty-for the om,natlonTn"'"'
anit naka the ouestlons: "If you were
selecting banker, . would you PUt
V1.1..V
IhlorUtmlth m tn DUBlLiuui
Or.
- - vreelntt a corporation,
I would you etct a ehoemakerr He
onaiarar,irFc6urs not
county mi:ht go further and do worse
than elerra blacksmith or a hoemaker
as sheriff; either of . whom, as a rule,
haa the reputation of being honest,
- which ismore than can p saia or some
politicians. , " ' ; . , - - -
I Wish to call your attention '. to th
hames of several good men, piacKsmiins,
that hava filled arery- -Important posi-
tions of trust In thi country." The late
D. P. Thompson, banker and financier,
oncj told me That he was tha first
hlackannlth in this country, He operated
a shoo at Oregon City. , Another la" John
1 Marlon county. Another Tom Paly f
Baker, who was sheriff of Baker county,
- j Another John Marsh, who wa sheriff
MMTTri TXT T T T i, T7
OKilGOX SIDELIGHTS
CoquSile has a new fjj11 T:T The Portland Oregonian continues to
?oletkakf's1y18Vtemari:d " .lheimake a daily spectacle of it3 provincial
loose leaf ey8tem; 'narrowness by opposition to the good
Tiiinmnnir i. tn hAVM a 125.000 school roads movement. It reflects the moss.
building, to be built In sections, as the
growth of the schools, requires.
At Milton it will not be cleanup day,
but cleanup week, llayor W liUaras has
designated the first six days of April.
K
Southern Pacific ofrietals have given
Banks business men reason to hope that
a depot will be built and a a agent lo
cated at that point,
--
Eatacada's advertising has sesulted In
the receipt of hundreds of Inquiries
about the town and surrounding coun
try, says the EsUcada Progress. .
. Bcosters at 8ublimlty, in Marion coun
ty, who recently organlied a commer
cial club of 60 members, expect to raise
the membership in a short time, possi-
hlv to 200. t .
A consolidation of two telephone
companies has been effected at Leba
non. The Lebanon Independent Tele
phone company now handles the Duel-
neM
Albany Democrat: Albany needs more
houses with flats, and the Democrat Is
glad to report at least one under way,
providing for four families. There is
aTfleld for -others. . , . : . -(
John R. Bell, after some months at
the helm of the Woodburn tndepend
ent. has sold-ths-paper to-it w. Young,
an associate In the management, and
will return to the east- ;.-..v..,n
Grass Valley Journal: 'With the ad
vent of spring all lines of business in
Grass VaWi are looking up and our
merchants .predict a satisfactory busi
ness year since the first of the year
there have be-n three business deals
in Grass Valley that represent about
$18,000.
Stayton Mail: The 14-year-old son of
Ves Downing met with a peculiar acci
dent He was reading in bedby lan
tern light and fell asleep. The Jan
tern overturned and was extinguished,
butt the oil spilled uopn the bed and
young Downing found his body cov
ered with blisters when he awoke In
the morning.
Louvre.
its finest features to an amateur archi
tect named PeTrault, who was a physi
cian. Perrault entered a competition
which Louis XI held, and submitted a
beautiful Resign for the eastern facade,
which was accepted.
i; Napoleon I was responsible for the
turning of this, great .building into a
museum. The vast art treasures which
poured into France xs a, - result of-the
Napoleonic war were housed there. Na
poleon I caused the building to be en
larged, and in the reign of Napoleon II
it reached its present enormous magni
tude. It is the, largest structure in the
world, covering 60 acres, and having
cost 115,000,000. Much of this amount
was the result of private generosity.
however. -: : .; :.-v--
-The Tnuseum Itself consist of seven
departments. They are Egyptian antl
quitles, Oriental antiquities and ceram
ic,. Greek and Roman antiquities, sculp
tures, works or art - prints ana manu
scripts; and marine collections.
Many modern architects have turned
to the. Louvre for inspirations One of
the well known building obviously mod
fled on the bldFrench structure is the
city hall of Philadelphia, although the
tower op this building is from some
Other source. 7 A ; -'-.. .
An admirable feature which has been
adopted by the French government in
connection with the Louvre is a course
of instruction for, students of historical
art The course "is carefully planned,
under the direction of competent Instruc
tors, and cover a period of three years.
Many Students take advantage of this
valuable . means of education. .
To the visitor every section of this
immense building, every object of art
wrested from other nations by the
mlghtly Napoleon, speaks eloquently of
the- stirring-history of th great nation
of France. r , .
Tomorrow The Museum pf Berlin. ; ,
of .Washington county. -.Dave Aheron is
herlff of Sacrainento county, Cat, at
this time, as is also W. H. HIggins of
Helena, Mont Andrew Logan, formerly
a blacksmith, is mayor of -Missoula,
Mont., at the present time. These men
ail have the reputation of being honest
and they must have some ability or they
could not have filled uch important
office. . :- -
- We have had blacksmiths in congress,
and jnany other Important places, and
I do not believe they are Ignorant, a
"Holly" would like to hav the people
believe they are. '
I am not a candidate for any office;
nor am I boosting for any other candi
date for sheriff, A. C LOHMIRB.
The Union Man'g View.
Portland, Feb. ItTo the Editor of
Th Journal I read an article lgned
C H. F, concerning th "home owning,"
"tax paying" cltlsen who are being
abused while on their way horn from
Albina car ahopa. ' " -
tl is safe to y that there is not one
man in 60 at Albina "car shops at the
present time who 1 a home owner,
;much less taxpayer. A floating popu
lation was brought Into this city to
make a few easy 'dollars at the expense
of the small business man and striking
shopman, and they never spend a dol
lar where they make It. r ; . :
Now if C. II. F. ts nbt a press agent
in the Interest of the Harrtman system,
1 would advise him' to consult the Em
ployers' association -wher- they pay
such- people to discourage effort for
the betterment of the working people in
general. ;-, ; - ., ; .- .;-,
, While the stand taken by C. H. F.
when a member of that bollermakers'
union showed loyalty to his fellow
workers and was commendable from a
working man s point of view,. I do not
understand why he should -disown the
principles for which his wife and baby
died. That is the very reason why you
should have adhered more closely than
ever to your organization. - ,
The , writer of this , letter is Tiot , a
member of, any craft Involved In the
controversy at the Albina car shops.
But it is reasonable to suppose that the
wag , earner who can make ,a billion
dolar corporation sit up and take notice
can-never'b discouraged, ty the prattfeftlnrr-rid on huma7rgrrhg. . Old . Man
pf a disgruntled toiler who has tried and
failed. Lincoln said, "No man Is good
enough to .govern another without 4hat
other's consent,"
Do you think he is
wrong?
E. J. WRIGHT,
Bank Guarantee Law.
' Independence, Or., " Feb, 17. To th
Editor of The Journal In your issue ot j
the Semi-weekly Journal of February
18, under title "8oap Bubbles,"' you say
tho law and the enforcement of the law
should be such that any concern licensed
by th state to operate shall be as sound,
stable and responsible as a bank. If
prison sentence for officials? Why not
..nt.n. frtn rfVw.i.t. whv
emulate Oklahoma and 'Nebraska - and
hav guarantee law? H. G. SEELEY,
From MeifirJ Mail-Tnlune
back spirit of the little Oregon of the
past not of the greater Oregon of the
present Here is a sample:
"Oregon's smallest county In area is
Multnomah,, The wealthiest county in
Oregon is. Multnomah. It ts proposed to
issue $20,000, 000"ln bonds for roads and
apportion $15,000,OOQ equally -among the
counties and $5,000,000 according to
area. The result would be that in pay
ing off the debt Multnomah would have
the greatest burden, while in apportion
ment of funds Multnomah would receive
the least direct benefit of any county."
for many year and "-fairly
earned her the sobriquet of "Portland
hog, greedy . for everything, squealing
against doing anything in return..
Multnomah lar the wealthiest county.
In Oregonbut Jt is Oregon that creates
her wealth. Take away the state and
where would he bet -- '
Portland Is dependent upon th state
for everything. She must look to it
agricultural, horticultural, fishing, Um
ber and mineral resources . for support
ax well as for the market for her Job r
bexa and manufacturers.
As Oregon grows, so grow roruana.
Every one in Oreganmuat P7 br rlb
ute. The more the state 1 developed.
the greater Portland grow. ' Yet Port
land, until recently,, has. done little to
help Oregon- to develop th resources,
to open up the inaccessible thanks to
the mossback spirit that formerly ruled
the metropolis which th pregoalan la .
endeavoring to keep alive.
Of course In the proposed tat high
way plan, Multnomah will be assessed
heavily, It Is part of the penalty for
being the metropolis. But every penny
spent In Improving the state Improves .
Portland also. ' ' .'.-v.' m-.-.
Portland is about as large, perhaps
larger, than her tributary territory Jus.
title. This territory must be developed
more to Justify a larger Portlandand
good roads will do more to develop Ore
gon than any other on thing except
new railroads. : - ,....r... -
Th people of Portland reoognlxe thoir
obligation to- th state, hence are lead
ers in th good roads project Once
again th Oregonian plays th shrill
discord in th band of progress.
.Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
. JUST PASS1NO-THE T(IMB AW AT. ;:
Tia odd about Lot's better half:
(Ah; ha: who comes there? Halt!)
LFor when she turned to rubbert
, Why, she also turned to saiw .. ,
Mrs. Patrick (Irish) Murphy
Runs if Patrick murmurs "Scat!"
Though she fears to stand before him,
She is always standing Pat!
A poet wrote from morn till night
Some nifty verse, by heck!
Though he could write wn any lint.
He couldn't write a cneck! ...
And then a spendthrift spent his coin -.
In manner weird and strange ;
And though he often changed his mlnJ,
Her couldn't mind his change.
Old Captain Schlossenhausen
Is a. first class referee;
Though he is an ordinary salt.
He's always peppery!
Ah armlesa bnrglar robbed a saf
By crawling underneath;
Though with his teeth he picked,. the
lock, . - -
He could not pick his teeth!
Bad Times for Criminals.
From th Green Bag.
Criminologists of France and Germans
are discussing a plan for placing physl-,
rat ftiark of. identification en habitual -criminals.
Branding, of course, -would
not now b tolerated, and an offender,
after the faslon of Balzac Vautrln,
Is no longer to be Identified by the
bringing of red letter to view by ; a
smart Up on th back. Nevertheless,
some means of certain identification
might fee of some aid in the administra
tion of Justice, ' ? t "
German cri.u.tiologlst suggest tattoo
ing as supplemental to- th : Bertlllon
systemthe character and location of
the mark to show , th nature of the
crime. Taking a hint from th beauty
doctor,: a French savant suggests the
Injection of paraffin under the skin of
the offender. The paraffin in harden
ing terms a lump and if removed, even,
then themark of the knife would leave
a scar .that would answer in its tead. .
Justfyj of course, a serious objection -to
this practice lies "in th fact that
such marks would stand in the way of
a criminal desiring to reform and re
deem his past This difficulty could '
be obviated, It has been pointed out,
by placing the mark Insuch" position
on the body a not likely to be observed.
Approves West. ' '
Blue Mountain Eagle.
There, is not a, man in the state of
Oregon who can defeat Goyernor West
should he again become a candidate to
succeed himself in office. Thi is not
because h has no critics nor becausu
h has become tha center of much
heated argument .But with it all he is
not the official. agent of corporate cor
ruption of which tbi state has seen so
much. ' West is with the people. Ha
is on the square and actuated by whole
some motive. He Is tho kind of. a man
that many like to contend With, and
yet admire. Difference of opinion as to
policies is not of so much consequence
as long as square dealing is hack of It
and the official is incorruptible...." '
- '.- From , Puck.
If a man were a cheap as almost any
woman can make, him feel,, no woman
could resist him merely as a bargain. 1
(Contributed to Ti JournsI !y Walt Manon.
tbe futnom Ktna poet. Hla pruse-poems r n '
rpRiilar feature ot tbia column la The Dully
Jourl.) i'.'i.v'.. ,;.vf:
, When you lock th big front door of
your one-horse codfish store, thn for
get about your business till another
day begins; for this thing of talking
shop with a loud and boastful .yawp,
drives a weary world distracted,' puts
Bungle comes at night to, the. dungeon
wnere 1 write, ana ne tajits ttoout his
business and the hefty deals he swung,
till I wtsh the , law allowed jn to wrap
htm in his shroud with a clamp 'upon
his, larynx and a thumbscrew on hlH
tongue.- Everywhere I go some' bore
backs me up against the door and be
gins -to talk of profits and of margin
and the like, till I rlss in my despair,
brain him with a rocking chair and inter
his mangled tody-in the middle of the
piko. ;Talk , of operatic tunes, talk of
peariutr talk of prunes, talk of Lillian'
comlnfi -wedding, and you will not be- a
bore; talk of btUousness. or books, talk
imky business in youf , .little dinky
store!
Conyrtcnt. 1011. by
ll T 11 . CI -
j . . laiKing onop .
UeWK Muttbcw Adam.
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