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HE JOURNAL ! : v : T NF.WSrAPK.I N . . . .-.i'ut.:ifc rt ,T rir ?'-( Sk!T -' ri"-" i" t The J.rnnl Bal'-l- . -..1 ( to iotufriee t P-rUnt d,'r.. r, Mice thrautb tl. wlb li i i-n nloNJS Main TITS; Home. d-rarlmenU reche1 tf the.e nnmbI! the oi-rnt.ir rkll rteniirtinent 'Ton hJV AIVKRT1S!G H'Kr.shSTVT U E. tr-ln A Kentnor Co.. Bmnwl-1 pntldln K'fih .teaii. Now Tort; 121S People Fntiittn. rHffltn. " - " ' , P-n Sitwortptl.-n Tern t. mail or to say addreeaj to tbe lulled State" or Melloo. n a it V On rear. ....... t5 i Ot sxmth .$ One rear f2.5 ( Ow iwwth. .,.,.. PAII.V AND' SUNDAY. Tour T.!H I One month - 1 Worth makes the man and wmnt of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella. V ' . Pope. , PR. ELIOT AXD " NEWSPAPERS ' CHARLES W. ELIOT, former president of 1 Harvard, says newspapers ure too often con trolled In their policy by ..the counting room, but that conditions in this respect are better than f or . merly. . ' In Its second sober thought, the public can usually distinguish be tween the "owned" and the "un owned" newspaper. It can general ly determine from outward signs which is fearless, fair and free, and which spineless, warped and con trolled. :: ' :-": '; The true newspaper is against government by mob and against gov ernment by money. It hates dema gogery as It hates despotism. It is not easily fooled by greed In the garb of conservatism, or by graft in the borrowed livery of eminent re spectability.. It resizes that one cor rupt judge is more of a menace to liberty than are countless criminals. It fights for human rights, strives 'or human " welfare, oppbses injus i ice and ' corruption, struggles for Rood government In, whatever party or in any way easiest of accomplish ment, and fights wrong whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory 'poverty. Such newspapers command respect, preserve their Influence, conserve public welfare," stimulate .the public conscience, and Justify helr existence. I But there are newspapers and newspapers. ,"'' , - '. CHINESE CHANGES NOT only the missionaries but the consuls in China are re porting the marked change in the appearance of Chinese clt ' .'ies. Native streets, hitherto crowd-! ci with blue gowned and pcttlcoated men. are rapidly putting on the ap pearance of a "European cty. Silk and cotton are giving place to shod dy . wool and cloth' as material, and Chinese tailor shops are running night and day on cheap "foreign" clothing. Factories in Japan are running overtime on caps, the use of which follows on the Queve' cutting. The -apB in vogue, says the United States onsul at Chefoo, are small visored, end made of brown shoddy or cloth. This change Is not confined to one rank or class, but has caught rich f.nd poor alike. This and many others are but out-r.-ard and visible signs of the inward conversion. It is unbelievable that -nny Chinaman should conceive the Iff-heap, brown shoddy sack clothes u'more Comfortable better looking, 4,'iiiore lasting in fact more respect able than the quilted ' black, silks, f.ark trousers, and white foot clothes j.rf his fathers and himself, ' The cus toms of centuries have shown them "ot only averse to, "but one would have thought incapable of change. Vet theyTall over each other to get iese hideous foreign clothes made j'f r bought. As a badge, no doubt it i-U that they have stepped over the boundary into the year one of the .;reat republic of China. . If a. proof were demanded that 'jhe'new Ideas, new plans, new pur poses have come to stay the' aspect cf the streets of Chefoo affords it. But what of Chinese women made , -otero? They are surely showing ; Mstory in the making in Nanking. j-The restrictions as well as the op portunities are noticeable. To be a voter a Chinawoman must be able to i read and write, must be a property Hiolder, and at least 25 years of age. ; On those terms the Chinaman will . t-o to the polls with his wife or moth r in the coming', , . THE SENATE'S LEAVINGS 1 HAT was the real mischief done by the senate in its handling' of the arbitration treaties with fochnii ,J , uq.huu UUU ..rrance apart from all questions of "-ntlment? Can anything be con -i :.ructed from the debris for the ' ood of the nations' and of the vorld? . The senate struck out "the func tion of the Joint high commission in v'.cclding by a vote, where, one ad verse commissioner could exclude, .wnetner a aispute between th n 'ions was Justiciable -and therefore Arbitrable. But the senate did not .Mil toe commission outright It consists of three nationals of each party, It has full power to InvpRtl sate a dispute at request of either r arty, and may postpone Its findings ior a year if either party shall de- ire it. Its decision would have a tnoral, though not a legally binding free: " . Hut the question whether the nff - - ;rrrirrin"rcUlTo-orn6nrfobI 'ri-jded by tho president and senate, o far as this nation, is concerned. leroneos, w stic able, are to to docl.i.M bv arbitra - tion, according to Article I of the ! treaty. So that arbitration wouhf; arrive In the end, though by a more j devious road. j . To exercise a too abundant cau-. tion the senate reserved from arbi-1 tratlon a list of exceptions, In which j Colonel Roosevelt's very discernible. In this the Mon roe doctrine, admission of aliens, ter ritorial integrity of the states, and two or three other points of less Im portance were Included. But all of these are outside the stated scope of the treaties, and they are also such as neither Britain nor France are In the least likely to try to drag in. . . Compared with the arbitration treaty with Britain negotiated by Secretary Root in 1908 there Is lit tle, if anything of advance. It is very doubtful if either Great Brit ain or France would lift a finger to adopt the treaties as the senate has left them, even if the president could bring himself to submit so poor a residue of the careful engine that he and his advisers had con structed. , , THIRD TERM PROSPECTS THE colonel's wires were all crossed yesterday. The Indl- ana state convention indorsed . the Taft administration, de clared against thlrd termers and gave the four l!db3gates at large to Taft. v-v'.'Vv- -,.r----r''': There Is no charge by the colo nel's friends . that the pestilential Democrats contributed to the result, as was asserted in North Dakota. Emphasizing their disapproval, the Roosevelt delegates bolted, and named a delegation of their own, In structed for the third term candidate.- . In New York Mr.. Taft carried the presidential primaries, securing 83 out of the 90 delegates. The result gives Taft a total of 230 delegates, Roosevelt 22, La Follette 10, and Cummins 2. . It is apparent that there has been an overestimate of the strength of Mr. Roosevelt. The North Dakota primaries were' first proof. The overwhelming defeat of Mr. Roosevelt there by La Follette, re calls other activities in which the ex presldenrhas "been "badly worsted. In 1910, he hurried Into Indiana to campaign for -Beverldge, and Beyer Idge was beaten by a DenjBCTa for United .States senator. The colonel then hastened s to Massachusetts to save his friend Lodge, and though Lodge was saved, it was by the votes of , three Democratic legislators. Massachusetts, ; in response to ( the campaigning of Mr. Roosevelt elect ed a Democratic governor. -,t ; ; ; In the same election, Mr. Roose velt's congressional candidate In the Oyster Bay district was beaten by a Democrat, and in his ; campaign speeches, the Democrat made Mr. Roosevelt the issue. In New York the same year, Mr. Roosevelt made strenuous" speaking tour, taking personal charge of the campaign. He wrote the platform, and Con trolled the convention. The election resulted in a Demo cratic governor, the first in sixteen years. It resulted also in the elec tion of Democratic state officers, a Democratic legislature, and a Demo cratic United States , senator, the first in many years. Mr. Roosevelt is far weaker now, because a confessed third termer. ' WHAT COWS DID A CCASIONAL . contributions to U The Journal have contended that the Willamette valley is , not suuea. to dairying. . Durlnc the nast Venr. 29 cows on1 thlTdairy farm of William Schulmer- lch in Washington county yielded an average gross return of . $138 per head. The cost of feed per head was $58.73. The net return pericow was $79.27. - , The average of milk per cow was 6721 pounds. : The herd is made up of high bred Jerseys. For ., nine months the milk was sold to the con denser, and during the other, three was made into butter on the farm and sold In Washington county.. At nearly $80 net per cow per year, what further: evidence is needed of the adaptability of " the Willamette valley for the dairy Industry 7 But there is other testimony, Mr. Schulmerich's record- as -a. successful dairyman Is not an Isolated Instance, All over Washington county there are dairymen whose success approxi mates that of Mr. Schulmerlch. ; ---Dairyinghaaniade'-Washington county one of the wealthiest coun ties in the state. No county has so great a percentage of farmers with bank accounts. No countyshas so many firietfarm homes, and most of them werepald for by the cow. A little over twenty years ago the first bank was started in Washing ton" county. Today there are thir teenv a larger number of banks in proportion tq population than in any other county In the state. Washing ton county cows did it. That which, has been done at dairying in Washington county can be done In any part of western Ore gon. All that is required' is the right kind of a man and the right kind of a cow. - AN ABSURDITY VMS of the absurdities of -the Utlme is the requirement of two thirds of the, delegates, to nominate in .tne democratic national convention Thus, ..Mark Sullivan says in Colliers: "With more than half the country, subfcet tf machine methods, Wilson will have three times as many delegates in th convention as Harmon, or All E. ;-' Chirk, or Undrrwoo.l. . tuuaie trans ior u i.on u t:.;.t uar- roon-Clark-l'nd.Twood del-vatos will combine and act 03 a unit against him." If by combination, the orrosition to Wilson can keep his vote below the required two thirds, they can defeat the man who is unquestlon- nne nana wasiaoiy me popular cnoice. meir chance to do this is heightened by the ninety delegates from New York, who are very certain to be controlled by Tammany hall and will he against Wilson. The two thirds rule is a time hon ored absurdity. It enables the mi nority to dictate to the majority. AK5IY ABSURDITIES G" ENERAL WOOD wants the term of enlistment in the army re duced to two or three years. He argues that a stream of drilled men would thus pass through the service and vastly increase the number-ofskilledmen in ' case of war. He adds that In modern war fare, there must be quick, effective blaws, decisively struck, and that preparedness is a larger factor than anciently in the final outcome. There Is probable merit in this part of his plan, but none in his con tention for an army with a peace strength of 100.000 men. Nor is his position strengthened by his assertion that, the present army is , ineffective; and that it would be of little value in case of hostilities. The army is costing the country more than $100,000,000 a year,, and if It Is not effective, what are the generals, the bureaus and tha departments and the other war chiefs doing? If we are paying more than $100,000,000 a year and getting nothing of value in return, whose Is the fault' Thomas Jefferson was right in his contention for the smallest possible standing army, pur professional war men argue that armaments are necessary to guarantee peace. : All the military nations profess ; that they are maintaining costly var es tablishments In order to preserve peace. . If all these nations really desire peace, could they not have It without each spending hundreds of millions on armaments? - 1 Our-warrlorsalao-argue-that ar maments are , necessary to defend national honor.- "Would not Interna tional arbjjjfrtion do, as well and cost less? Wouldn't the hundreds Of millions in the war chests serve a better purpose if put into productive Industry, where it, would ' provide Jobs for men and relieve Poverty? Duelling used to be defended oh the ground that It was necessary In defense of personal honor. .. Our war chiefs are on exactly the Bame ground. They Insist that national honor la not a question of deliber ative reason and common sense, hut an issue of a cocked revolver. MR. LEA REPLIES M' R. ' LEA, candidate for 'dairy and food commissioner, re plies to The Journal's ques tions.'': i:VV ; He says he is not in alliance with Mr. Bailey, and that, Mr. Bailey is not supporting him.: . ,r . ' t Hq says he has disposed of his creamery and that he is not connect ed with the allied creamery inter ests of Portland. He says the interests that have been back of Mr. Ballqy are not back of his candidacy, and that he did not support Mr. Bailey In the latter's opposition to the pure milk cam paign in Portland. ' - . He says that, If elected, his ad ministration, of the , dairy, and .food office will not be patterned after that of Mr. Bailey, and that it will be devoted to the building up of the dairy industry and the protection of consumers against impure foods. - The Journal prints these replies by Mr. Lea in his letter on another page. Tne Journal wants tne record of candidates for dairy and food commissioner to be perfectly straight and perfectly familiar to all people. No office Is more important. It is maintained for the protection of the public against impure food prod ucts, and not as a harbor of refuge for political hacks. It was created for the public welfare and not to be used as a means of sheltering the sale of impure milk, mlsmarked but ter and crooked foods, -j... Mr. Lea repudiates the admlnla tratlon of Mr. Bailey. For the In formation and guidance of the pub lic Mr. Lea should make It plain as to how-he-views he tuberculin test Does he favor Its use? Does he favor the eradication of tuberculous cows from the dairy herds of Oregon? - - . - Does he believe with Mr. Bailey that "of ten "gallons of "tuberculous milk, five gallons fed to hogs will kill them, and five gallons fed to children will fatten them?" Did Mr. Lea lobby at the late leg islative session to prevent Mr. Bailey from being removed from the office of dairy and food commis sioner, and if so, why? ;'; All The Journal wants Is" the truth. - It wants to know, and the dairymen and consumers of Oregon want to know exactly where he stands on all these vital questions, the public does hot want another Mr. Bailey in the dairy and food of fice. ."Mental haze" was the , excuse given by a New Jersey autolst who ran over and killed a boy. The best known i cure for "mental haze'1 is a term in Jail. It is the duty of the newspapers to defend the nrimarv law. Thav can serve it by printing the facts . .t i f t t . 1 I ' c n a' 1 it e " v ct:r. ::y it .a, .13 c:i v dates. I v t y j tri l:.: t ci: ii .. Mr. Wanamaker says the trusts will adjust themselves. - The news from the beef packer's trial at Chi cago seems to Indicate that they are also "adjusting" the country. The claim is that the Republican primaries in New York yesterday were farcical. The country Js hold ing its breath to see If the pestilen tial Democrats did it It has been Judicially determined in an eastern court that a husband has no rights In the family kitchen. If things go on this way, it won't be long until husbands will be staked out to a clothes line in the back yard. ;; From the gingerly way in which Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Yuan Shi Kal contemplate the presidency of China, there must be cause for wonder with them at Ibis wild scramble for the presidency in Uncle Sam's country. Letters From tlie People (Oommunlratlooa lent to The Journal for pub Urattun la this department ahould not exceed 300 war rtf la length and mmt be accompanied bjr the Batna and addrena of the tender.) ; Says Kettle Is Answering Tot. Portland, March 25, 1012. To th Editor of The Journal The pulpit and press seem to be extra loud In their de nunciation of the "soap box orator," meaning-, of course, street haranguers against our social and economic eye tein. - .-. - Last Sunday I heard one of those so called "fire eaters" scathingly denounc ing nearly all Of bur established insti tutions, from the soap box, but It didn't interfere with my affairs In the least, nor did I waste much time listening to his "dope." - . , . In the evening I listened to an equally scathing denunciation of the "soap box" orator from the pulpit of one of our leading churches. Their viewpoints dif fered a little, but of one thing I waa cdnvlnced, the spirit was the same, that of intolerance. In neither case - was there an evidence of the "turning the other cheek" spirit, which predominates In the philosophy of Jesus of which, by the way, each claimed ta be an ex ponent, j ' Both parties urged "speedy action," which Indicates a knowledge of "skat ing over thin Ice," and In both cases the element of brotherly love was for gotten in the heat of . argument, .But nobody arrived anywhere In particular, each denouncing his own caricature of the other and letting it go at that, leav ing the hearer with a vague impression that the wo'tld is going to smash and the devil is about the busiest party on the Job. : It makes us wonder to whom we must look for the building of roads, the clear ing of land and the dredging of water ways. But there are still a few men like Governor West. Let us hope for great things from the convicts. - WARREN M'CULLOCH. ' js.-:'.1-. ''.;. Evils That Threaten. Portland, Or., March 28.--T0 the Edi tor of The Journal. la : discussing the question of Socialism, would It not be as well to. 'look ft what la causing so much of it? Do 'such women as M. R. C. think that people born In America are bo ignorant that we can see jio wrong in our government till other nation alities come over and shew us? We see It has got to be almost Impossible to convict a man with money In the Unit ed States, and In the few cases where a conviction Is obtained at great ex pense to. the taxpayer the criminal Is soon pardoned by some higher authority and met at the prison doors with special cars., ur arter some farce of. a trial the rich defendant la freed, and is met with the right hand of - fellowship by our so-called best citizens. We see the money and power of the country getting in fewer hands every day. We must admit there is something wrong. Are we living up to the principles our fath ers fought, for? So while we are su pressing the agitator let us keep In mind what must eoon comesome radical changes in our government or revolu tion which doe preferT - A. L W. Hard to Pick, Good Men. Portland, March 25. To the Editor Of The Journal When the. laboring men suffer the business men do also. If that is true, let us have an understand ing who to vote for. I have only one vote, and like to place It to do the most good. I am with you as far as my vote goes. No undesirable person should be elected to an office. As long as I waa in Minnesota I had no trouble to pick my man. It Is differ ent now, for'I don't know anybody, but I want to be in harmony with the right thinking people. , , . : ; : , Point out good men for us, I don't care where you find tne man, if he Is a Republican, Democrat, Populist, .So cialist, as long as he Is honest, capable, a good maty for the people.. ! fully be lieve in using rny vote right It is my only legal strength allowed by law to better my condition.) I don't believe in the I. W. W., even If I can't find steady employment. If we hope to do what Is right we will come out all right, but It Is hard for a stranger to know what to do. - . . . " J. IS. r Not Dead Yet. - Portland, Or., March 25. To' the Ed itor of The Journal Your news item of March 28, "Appeal to Reason to Sing Its Swan Song," from Kansas ,City. Mo., no doiibt expresses the fond desires of those who fear i It. But I have my doubts that Fred Warren made any such declaration as Is attributed to him. Even should the men Indicted go to the ppn exposed by them, there are plenty others ready and willing to. take up their work, and make the truth scorch ing hot for those who deserve It When the subscription list mounts up to 6000 and more," for-one week, do you really think that looks like, a "Swan. Song"? I)D you not know that every move made by Bone makes the Socialists more de termined , to keep the little old Appeal alive to do the work It has cut outT The Appeal's subscription list Is very near to 600,000, and hundreds are pledg ing In add 100 each in a certain time till it reaches 1,000,000. Oh, no; the Appeal is not a "dead one" not yet. HARRIET BATES. A Bit '.of Judicial Higtorr. Portland. Or., March 17. To, the Ed itor of The Journal I was amused when I came across the account of the epi sode happening in your district court, wherein one attorney threw an ink stand at the opposing counsel. It recalled an incident somewhat similar which I wit nessed ome 30 years ago, only the par ties were noi lawyers, i was then a young man and residing In Washington county, Nebraska, of which the city of matr is tne county seat. One day, as I wa-ywimTwr-trig"iffwii.ry (rorr'TO rrrrr iytlced through the windows that there watt cormiaerHbie of a -crowd within, and pwloMty led me to enter. One Alonzo I'erklns was the presiding county Judge, COMMENT AND. fc.'IALL CJlAXGr. Never again TodJy evidently. ... China Is another nation that may neea a man on corseDatt Let's kick about the March weather too fine, nice, pleasant. There will be many wrong thlnss in this old world for a long time yet The only thing If anything to admire about Bome candidates Is their "gall." . ....I. - - v.. i... v.. t.. . k, n a . U V. . . . . V. .... . ., saints. Taft pnts the Dollar before the Man, alleges Roosevelt More burglary from Bryan. One might probably safely offer a prize for a quite new Joke about the Easter hat The war between Italy and Turkey seems peaceful: It Is scarcely ever men tioned any more. The Lord evidently meant people to work some. Weeds grow luxuriantly without cultivation. That orixe steer sold for nearlv as much, live weight 1-30 a pound, as a restaurant steak costs. Politicians cltvina and declaiming about the woes of the farmer must teem absurd to most city people. . With millions of people facing starv ation tft that country. It - cannot ap propriately be called '"Merrie England" any more. Portland Is too bis- and should be too liberal to fear or antagonize Justice to Astoria by the railroads In the mat ter of freight rates. Unless a msJorltv of the electorate ere Intelligent conscientious and deep ly interested in public atrairs. our pri mary law will be a failure.; Read of tha millions of people on the vertre of starvation In Great Britain and be thankful for your better circum stancesand ready to help If you can. Sneaking nlatform In Portland. Maine. broke down Just after Roosevelt went on It But it was a small breakage compared with that suffered by party platforms after elections. . , .. Go slant a vegetable or flower or slip of shrub or vine, that will, In needful winter hour, yield com or oil, or wine. Go plant the homely tuber deep, and strew the pansy seed; each softly llghtward will upcreep, to meet some human need. SEVEN ROMANTIC MARRIAGES John, Duke, History - i full of romantic love stories. One of the most Interesting among those told of Englishmen Is that of John Campbell, who was one of the celebrated noblemen . who fought in Flanders under the great Duke of -Marlboro. Sir Walter Scot chose this Duke of Argyle to be the character to be friend his Jeanle Deans in the "HearJ of Midlothian," and did full Justice to the noble qualities, of the dflke. One of the prettiest of the ladies or the court of Queen Anne was a Jennie Warburton. She was a maid of honor nd the daughter-of Thomas W. War burton, a country squire. The girl .was so simple, so crude : In manners and blunt of speech that she was no end of amusement to those about her, particu larly to the young dukes. Hardly a day passed that she did not make some curious blunder In the etiquette of: the court :" : ''''' She had hardly met the Duke of Ar gyle until she became much Impressed with him, and her Imagination was stim ulated by the stories told about his ex ploits and honors. One day at dinner the - maids of honor proposed toasts among themselves to men who were of note prelates and old generals whom the nation honored. When It came Jen ny Warburton's turn she proposed the Duke of Argyle. - : - Shouts of laughter greeted the toast and they teased the girl about the latest conquest the duke had made, and insisted they would tell him, till at Jast Jenny left the table weeping bit terly, mere was a nan at court uou and the oase before the court was a civil action for debt and was being tried by the court without a Jury. The court found for. the plaintiff, when the de fendant arose from his seat and ut tered m very Insulting remark to the Judge reflecting on his decision. ;, No sooner had the . words passed bis Hps that the Judge grabbed a glass Ink stand which was within easy reach and hurled It at the defendant's head. He dodged and It flew beyond and struck- the Judge's clerk in the mouth, knocking out two or three teeth and cutting his Hp pretty badly. After a few moments the Judge said; "Cntlemen, you who have witnessed this disgraceful affair, to you I apologise by saying, I threw the Ink stand at the defendant and It did not hit him, for which I am sorry." Much ado was made over this incident by those who had no love for the Judge, and In' the fall of that year the Repub lican party renominated him. The op position, made the Ink stand the issue, and the Judge was reelected by an in creased majority. Judge Alonzo. Perkins for 25 years maintained an Individual influence in the field .of politics, second to no man in the county of Washington. I had no personal acquaintance with him. but as a county Judge for 10 year he gave perfect satisfaction with all fair minded men. I believe he is now a resident of this city. - . - JOHN A, PORTER. . The Duty of the Voter. 1 Portland, Or., March 2S. To the Edi tor" of The Journal. Will you kindly publish a word of appreciation of the stand which you are taking on the ques tion of electing good men, especially to the offices of district attorney and sheriff. ' It is most encouraging to find your editorial columns devoted to the promul gation of high Ideals for our political life, and your words cannot fall of ef fect i-'Jyf-'f--'-'' '' v?.i'. Those who have any regard for good government must realize the importance to the community of these two offices, and if ever we required good men for them we do need them at thle time. The main danger lies In a division of the law abiding vetr This vote alone can elect the right men, and the necessity of uniting on Evans and Wil son cannot be urged too strongly. Keep up your good work. ' , . - ANOTHER CITIZEN.- ,r 7 liens, 15 Days, 01 Eggs. Spring Water, Or., March 23. To the Editor of The Journal Noticing an ar ticle In The Journal a few days ago about a Clackamas county, hen laying such a large egg, I . wish to add a little proof that Clackamas is an egg produc ing county, - , 1 . v I have seven Plymouth Rock pullets fronv afct,Sp Umbe ihat liave-beee-tey-lng fop some time. I started to keep a record) 15 days ago, i They have laid 91 eggs in those 15 days, which I think an excellent' record. JULIUS 11. B, j NEWS IN BRIEF The Dallas Woman's club !!! r?t mit the Issue or the Dallas Observer of data AirU 12. e The name cf the new thre story hotel at lmlftfndtnce. "The Ueavpr, ' was selected from a list of 102 names suggested un Invitation of the proprie tor. Dalles Observer: There are S8 pupils in Umltlifteld district and there lias been but one case ot tardiness this sea son. This la surpassed by but one other school in the county. i Alpine correspondent Corvnllli Ga- tette Times: Mr. Canev and Mr. Martin peeled K00 feet of tiling in one day. They get a cent a foot for their work. Pretty good wages for their first-atJ tempt at Jlils kind of work. . Port Orford Tribune: As high as 429 each has been offered for several rare agate found lately on the beach at Rocky Point. Our next agate carnival will have a. display that cannot be equaled. . , The Milton Eagle has a Story of the sale of an -ancient watch by Elalck l.awson of Ptephenovllle. Texas, to A, 8. Henry of Walla Walla, for JaOO. The watch was made in 1302 and is now 610 years old and runs almost as accur ately as a new model, the Eagle says. At a . reception to new members of the Christian church at Corvallls, ac cording to the 'Gaiette Times, "the mi nor balance of $760 expenses incident to the Olson revival meetings was raised, plus $600 Indebtedness carried some time, ana pius anotner amount mai wm go Into the current expense account nnehur- Review: W. A." Imrle. Of Melrose, brought in a load of eoal from his mine on wnue tsu mountain, aim sold It for use. In a furnace In -one of the big buildings here. He says there are Immense quantities of coal in , the properties being developed, and ine quality is excellent They are only 10 miles fronv this city. . DniciH .uvuiiibi. ... drain Lake Lablsh Is wU under way, mrtA m.u rinaatHlv hn arrM UDOn.. the matter hanging up over the right of certain persons to water at Farkers vllle. where a dam Is maintained for the purpose of generating power. This dam will have to be removed before , the drainage can be undertaken. Enterprise Record - Chief tain: The new Enterprise telephone directory contains nearly 200 names. An odd fact about the new directory is that U doe not contain m single Smith or John son. In the directories of the large cities these two names are far in the lead, whole pages being given over to them. of Argyle. night and the Duke of Shrewsbury told the story to Argyle. He had no recol lection of ever having seen the girjbut he weat at once to be presented to her, and for the rest ot the evening paid her a good deal of attention. This only created an opportunity for more fun to be made of poor Jenny, but to the amazement of all the onlookers John Campbell fell desperately In ioVe with ber and let no day pass without being as much as he could In her so ciety. vl- -.M ' Not very Ion after the Duchess, of Argyle died, and to the consternation of all the household the duke hastened to lay his heart and fortune at Jenny's feet jane had no sentiment of romance In her makeup, but she loved him as much as she was capable of loving any one, and she accepted the devotion he gave her with the eoolheadedness that attracts and holds many men. He thotght her the most beautiful, brilliant and fascinating creature on and each year of their lives but added to his Infatuation with her which proved her a remarkable woman. Argyle. had been a prominent figure at tha siege of Oetend, and when he returned from his splendid service on the continent, he was received with cor dial enthusiasm. His duchess had beQ the daughter of a good family and was the niece of Sir Charles Dunoumbe, who was lord mayor Of London In 170$. They had no children and had been separated for some time. , Tomorrow Charles Dlckenat Tanglefoot By Miles Overholt THR pniTl.TBV Dtteivipoa " " ' -v-. v.. - ' . 1 . , O.J I. read -the papers and magazines And figured on schemes and plans, To add a little unto my means: I I'm one of those get-there fans.) At last I decided the easiest plckln'S Consisted In raising an acre of chickens. Bo I purchased a couple . of hundred fowls, . And an Incubator or two; " " f v' And I didn't care for my neighbor's howls; (I belong to the don't care crew.) -No trouble arose that was not at once met, . For, you see, I was reading the Poultry Gazette. , . : I studied the habits and language of hens Till I went around with a cluck; I constructed some swell, nifty, velvet lined pens: . - ... - - - - km iKjit-unv UUUA.f Ana I spent all my money for various foods ' . A different supply .for the separate broods, ....-..' i... .... ; .. ' . The first month I lost 20 chickens by hives, ' Or the codlln moth or pear blight; Not one laid an egg, but they laid down thotr lives: (But I'm ono of those guys that'll right.) ' So I worked with a will, and I borrowed more cash, - , Bou gh t 'em done, al f al fa. eggplant and bran mash, TJie second month found me two eggs - - to the pood: Not one of the chickens had died; 1 So I purchased a . barrel of new kind Cf food. ......... , pvt as a try-again-tryer I'm tried.) At the end of the month 40 chlcknn cashed In, But I didn't despair, fer despairing TV VII t vv 1 1 If : I mortgnged my house and my furniture, too,'' ' ,; . - '.: . , ..' And I mirchasnd a hundred more blrdn. And I got more supplies and a carpenter . crew .. .- (I'm a'guy with a very few words.) And I built more new coops and some nests and some pens. And I purchased more eggs and I set all the hens., .... : Well they broke all the eggs, and they Jumped o'er the fence. And they, ate all my neighbor's fine grass; They scratched up his garden and gave much offense-- . ., (I'm a guy that will not stand for "Bass.")- . So I gave him the chickens to square ud - the debt; - ... .-. ..- I am working to nay off the house mort . .., . gage yet ... ....... .... L'ENVOr. There' money In chickens, there's no doubt of that; . V I know, for I fed 'em myself. Try a dozen . old hens; soon your purse will he fat 1 -VvTth-'FmairThangeatryoigcrTdr - your pelf. Yea, tne money plies up like the very old dickens For the dealer, I moan when you start , raising-,. chickens. . . .-...'. - . r :;i t:.a Clevelan-I Co: Tidy years aga John Cp:-tt.rur-chast-j to lots on I'rospivt avenue In Cleveland and built two houses on these lots from trees felled from a grov la the neighborhood. Th.jte houses are standing toil.iy, sur rounded on three sides by three 12 story buildings, and the old man lives In one of them. ' The other day a banker went to him with an offer of $1005 a front foot for the property. The old ' man refused the offer, but told the banker that he had originally paid $18 a front foot - . ' Now, If everyone along Prospect ave nue had dory what John Corlett did, property wld still be worth $11 a front foot on that streets - -' When any of us go along the streets of these cities and see shacks and su perannuated buildings along the princi pal streets of a business district we know that the holders of title are wait ing for their neighbors to do Just what this man did, and what the men did who improved around the property of John Corlett In Cleveland, making It valuable without contributing; to it either In money or effort ' ' In other words, It Is simply getting something for nothing. .In every professional gambling room where poker Is played they have a slot In the center of the table large enough to admit a chip. Thla 1b for the '"rake off," or what you pay for the privilege of playing In the room. Usually the tax against the partici pants In the game Is about 10 per cent of the amount of the stakes. Last winter four lake captains in Port Huron, Mioh., played all winter In a professional poker room tha original four-continued their- play all winter without admitting an outsider. When they took their boats out In the spring not one of the four had a cent, Where had all their money gone? It had gone down the hole In the center of the table. The room-keeper had It winnings and all. . .' -v - ' . Now, under ine present system ef taxation, . the land values, particularly in the congested districts of cities, are like the hole in the center of the tables In a poker room. All the earning of . the farmer, the manufacturer, . the merchant and th transporting agents, and all the people who are employed by them, Will finally disappear Just like the money of the, lake captains In the hole id- the center' of the table it will congeal Into land value. It Is only a question of time. . The,, remedy is a , gradual reduction of taxes on improvements-and a gradual Increase of taxes on lands until all taxes are upon lands and none are upon any improvements whloh are the results of man's effort - , In thla way the holders of lands will be forced to build upon them or sell to those who will Improve them. . By forced improvements,, high rents and congestion will be eliminated, to getlier with all the social and physical disease that are now the results of .con gestion, for those who produce, either with their heads er their hands, will get all they eara and those who do not produce will get nothing. The capitalist will get. an equitable return providing he Invests in produc tive enterprises;-for he will .not add to tha unearned wealth ef hla neigh bor, - He wilt not be fined for enriching hla neighbor. Pointed Paragraphs Better a strong prejudice than weak conviction. ,...:. Man's favorite brand ot love Is vsnaW ly the latest . . . . It's difficult for a maa whe Is Woke to break Into society. - - Flattery is a key that has opened many a Billy woman's heart Beginning a proper name ' with a small letter is a capital effensa. '. e . . -. ' ".:' " The more a man expects the taiss he will be surprised if he gets It ;' ;'.,;' ' .v. -f'Mi ,r'y- Alimony Is the cement that to mw times used to mend a broken heart . In the gams of hearts, when a maa is in doubt he should lead diamonds. --" . A woman may pray to get mte heaven, but she will fight to get Into society. .... . . . Dancing would be awfully hard work If it wasn't for the fun ot the thing, Perhaps a woman changes her mind frequently to keep from wearing It out. ... e ..''...-.,.. . Some men are so' stingy they went even tell a Joke at their own expense, ... . , v..; : .. .- Every girl with money look like a get rich quick proposition to some young man. ., -. ; ... . , .,.'.' ..'..'.. .,. " When It comes to the truth, evwna druggist Is unable to supply anything "Just as good." "The only way a man can convince his wife that her opinion is .wrong is to agree with her. . .' ..' i . '.."-.'.: lSv" ' y. No man can profit altogether by the experience of others. He must buy some of his own, . ' "' e ' ' - . - It would save people a lot of trouble If they could be born with their wisdom .teeth already cut ; .'. -. . -.,. ' . . . (Contrlhutfd to The Joui'nsl hr Walt Ma'lon, ' tbe (nnioiia Kanene poet.. Illi pr.mfi. poems are a regular tent are ot tlilt column Id Tbe Pill; JuurunL ) . ... ; . . . . . , About the sanest motto, methlnks, that ever Krew, is "Never trouble trouble till trouble"' troubles, you." j We worry o'er the future, we worry o'er the past, and worry is the harvest of all our pains at last; calamities that threaten are lighter than they seem, and all our dark forebodings are. but a winter dream. And no one loves the fellow who's al ways in a stew, so nevertrouble trouble, till troubla troubles you.' How foolish, how wrong headed-are alt, he human crowd! , . For when ; the - sky1 Is sunny they're'soarching for a cloud; ajid when the crops are thriving they murmur and complain; they fear there'll be too little or else too much .of rain; and when their health is buoyant theyi. pore o'er alma nacs until they're sure they suffer from hllrlnna fin their harks: anil an tholes useless worries just keep them sick and blue oh; never trouble trouble till trou ble troubles yoUJ Of'course the world has troubles and sorhe of them will come and" smite you In the midriff and put you out of plumb; but don't go forth to meet them and fold . them , to your breast but let them come and seek you, then knock them galley west OH. this 1'fid--wrrl(t 4--l'iearrt,-th--(ikle-)i bright and blue, so never troublo trou ble till trouble roubles you! . Coiiytlaht, 1811. Tit ' George Uutthtivr AUuiut, (7 ' Let Troutlc Alone v