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Arthur G. Lewis in Blue Book.
4
WASTED RESOURCES.
Oregon has shamefully wasted her
resources in the past and is now
brought to realize the folly of her
acts.
In Umatilla county alone, about
25,000 acres of school land has been
sold by the state at the pitiful price
of $1.25 per acre.
Much of this land is now worth at
least 140 per acre and could be rented
by the state at a great profit, had the
state been wise enough to have held
his priceless resource of the public
schools as Washington and Idaho
have done.
As it is, the school land given to the
state by the natlonul government for
the perpetual support of the public
schools has been parceled out by
grafting officials and corrupt legisla
tures to speculators and land frauds,
until the people are now compelled to
tax themselves excessively to support
the schools.
Had Oregon saved her priceless
school tracts and leased them at a
fair rental she would not now have
an impoverished public school fund,
and the excessive taxes levied for the
support of public schools would not
be necessary.
The passage of a strong and well
guarded inheritance tax law, as sug
gested by Assessor C. P. Strain of
Umatilla county, the proceeds of
which would go Into the irreducible
school fund of the state, is one way In
which to recoup the depleted school
treasury of the state.
But even this will not bring back
the wasted heritage of the people.
Even this will not right the Irreme
diable wrong of the past. Even a full
atonement at this late day, in the
shape of an inheritance tax upon the
large estates, will not wipe away the
record by .which the school children
of the state have been robbed of their
most magnificent resource the pub
lic school land of the state.
Who Is responsible for this condi
tion? Who has been in charge of the
state for the past quarter of a cen
tury? Is it not time for a square
deal, in fact as well as In oratory, n
Oregon?
MODEL FARM FOR UMATILLA.
That the United States government
will establish an experiment station
of 40 acres in extent on the East
Umatilla irrigation project is now an
assured fact.
A tract will be set aside and re
served for this purpose and It will be
especially prepared for the growth of
every imaginable crop known to the
semi-tropic and temperate zones.
Irrigation in all its various and in
tricate phases, soil study in all Its
devious and fascinating evolutions
and plunt life In all Its wondrous di
versity will be made especial studies
on this reservation.
Government experts from the dif
ferent departments will assist In Insti
tuting the experimental crops and this
40-acre tract will be the touchstone.
the mirror, as It were, for the lrrlgat
ed belt of eastern Oregon.
New and untried forage crops will
be tested and their value made known
for the benefit of farmers In the irri
gated sections, and new methods of
applying water and of securing the
greatest possible results from the
smallest possible amount of water,
will be made special subjects of ex
periment and trial.
Crops will be grown under unfavor
able as well as under "favoruble con
ditions, to demonstrate the capability
of the arid soil and to ascertain what
crops will thrive with least moisture,
thus giving farmers a valuable and in
dispensable knowledge without the
cost and discouragement which ac
companies such experiments on the
arid farm on which the landholder is
trying to support a family.
As far as possible the government
Intends to encourage permanent and
happy home life In all the irrigation
projects. There Is no provision In
the national irrigation law by which
the speculator is encouraged. All Its
tendencies are toward home-bulldlng,
all Its requirements develop and fur
ther the home-building Ideal.
Umatilla county Is particularly for
tunate In having secured a govern
ment irrigation project. The project
Itself is valuable and important, but
there will grow out of it a new and
marvelous tendency, a tendency which
brings a deeper love of country life,
and one which will bless the county
and will extend like a beneficent and
refreshing breeze to all surrounding
districts.
UMATILLA VS. CALIFORNIA.
Umatilla county people are return
ing from Los Angeles disgusted with
the "winter climate" there.
They say Umatilla county beats it
ail to pieces for comfort and uniform
ity. This winter in the vicinity of
Los Angeles is particularly disagreea
ble and overcoats are worn constant
ly. It has been foggy, dismal, blus
tering and exceedingly unpleasant,
and the quota of Umatilla county peo
ple going to that place for the winter
hereafter will be considerably letes
than formerly.
Why leave such a climate as is en
Joyed in this county for one consider
ably worse? Why spend good cash
in contracting colds, pneumonia,
chills, blues, rheumatism and neural
gia in California when you can get a
full supply of such ailments nearer
home, if desired?
Hereafter Umatilla county people
fill look with suspicion upon the
boasted climate of California and
many of them will prepare to enjoy
the winters in Pendleton and to this
end will build more good homes here
and Burround themselves with more
of the luxuries and comforts of life.
THE HALANCE OF POWER,
Discussing the labor question, El
bert Hubbard says: "Men are men,
and safety lies in the balance of
power." That's right, says the Troy
Press. Give capital or labor an unre
strained hand, and oppression would
ensue; in either case, greed would ob
scure Justice.
Where one side Is organized, both
must be for self-protection. And the
more generous each is In recognizing
the rights of the other, the better for
both a vital truth often lost sight of
In the disagreements and dissensions
between the two.
A wise employer takes an active in
terest in the welfare of his employes,
and a wise employe tries to make
himself as useful as possible to his
employer. Where both are animated
by this spirit, business flourishes and
prosperity ensues. And the one who
disregards It will be the greater suf
ferer in the long run.
It Is so natural, however, for the
employer to desire to pay the least
possible wage, and for the employe to
demand the highest possible wage,
that Mr. Hubbard is quite right In
saying "safety lies In the balance of
power." Neither must have the
chance to do his worst, even if the
disposition exists.
HER CAPTAIN'.
I left her in the palace grounds
Surrounded by a conquered race
Whose tongues were keener than their
swords,
Whose love went not beyond her
face.
She did not bid me go or stay.
I met the guard below the gate,
And with her name behind my Hps
Rode out to meet a kinder futa.
They brought me back at set of sun,
Upborne upon a couch of spears,
And laid me at her careless feet
I heard her laughter change .to
tears,
I saw her stoop and touch the blade
That held her honor still so bright;
While through the door of Death my
soul
Went singing out beyond the night
Lloyd Roberts In Everybody's Mag
azine for February.
POLITICAL ETHICS IN THE
IWD OF GHAHGAltOO.
While In Ghargaroo (said the Re
turned Traveler) I heard much of the
great statesman and philosopher,
Juptka-Getch, who was accounted the
wisest person In the realm and was
held in so high esteem that none
dared speak to him without permis
sion of the sovereign. Having obtain
ed this through the happy accident
of having a wart on the left side of
my nose, as hud a cousin of the prime
minister, 1 went humbly to the great
man's dwelling, which to my astonish
ment I found to be an unfurnished
cave In the side of a mountain. In
expressibly surprised to observe that
a favorite of the sovereign and the
people was so meanly housed, I ven
tured, after my salutation, to nsk how
this could be. Regarding me with an
Indulgent smile, the venerable man,
who was about 250 years old, and en
tirely bald, explained.
"In one of our sacred books, of
which we have 3000," said he, "It Is
written. 'Oolooloo ek wakwah beten
ka.' and In another, 'Jebeb uq seedroy
lm aboltraqu ocrux tt smelklt." "
Translated, these mean respectively,
"The poor are blessed," and, "Heaven
Is not easily entered by those who are
rich."
I asked Juptka-Getch If his coun
trymen really gave to these texts a
practical application In the affairs of
life.
"Why. surely," he replied, "you
cannot think us such fools as to dis
regard the teachings of our gods!
That would be madness. I cannot
Imagine a people so mentally and
morally depraved as that! Con you?"
Observing me blushing and stam
mering, he enquired the cause of my
embarrassment. "The thought of so
Incredible a thing confuses me," I
managed to reply. "But tell me if in
your piety and wisdom you really
stripped yourself of all your property
In order to obey the gods and get the
benefit of Indigence,"
"I did not have to do so," he re
plied with a smlle;-"my king attended
to that. When ho wishes to distin
guish one of his subjects by a mark
of his favor, he Impoverishes him to
such a degree as will attest the exact
measure of the royal approbation. I
am proud to say that he took from
me all that I had."
"But. pardon me," I said: "how
does It occur that among a people
which regards poverty as the greatest
earthly good all are not poor? I ob
serve here as much wealth and 'pros
perity" as In my own country."
Juptka-Getch folded his legs across
the back of his neck (an attitude
which In Ghargaroo signifies profound
reflection) and after a few moments
answered: "The only person In this
country that owns anything is th
king; in the service of his people he
afflicts himself with that burden. All
property, of whatsoever kind, Is his,
to do with as he will. He divides it
among his subjects In the ratio of
their demerit, as determined by the
waguks local officers whose duty
it is to know personally everyone In
their jurisdiction. To the most des
perate and Irreclaimable criminals Is
allotted the greatest wealth, which Is
taken from them, little by little, as
they show signs of reformation."
"But what." said I. "is to prevent
the wicked from becoming poor at
any time? How can the king and his
officers keep the unworthy suffering
the punishment and peril of wealth,
from giving It away?"
"To whom, for example?" replied
the Illustrious man, taking the great
toe of his right foot In his mouth, as
Is the fashion In Ghargaroo when
awaiting an important communica
tion. The respectful formality of the
posture Imperfectly concealed the
Irony of the question, but I was not
to be Pllenced.
"One might convert one's property
Into money," I persisted, "and throw
the money Into the sea."
Juptka-Getch released the toe nnd
gravely answered: "Every person in
Ghargaroo Is compelled by law to
kee.p minute accounts of his Income
and expenditures, and must swear to
them. There Is an annual appraise
ment by the waguk, and any needless
decrease In the value of an estate Is
punished -by skinning the offender's
legs. Expenditures for luxuries and
high living are, of course, approved,
for It Is universally known among us.
and attested by many popular prov
erbs, that the pleasures of the rich
are vain and disappointing.
"So they are considered a part of
the punishment, and not only allowed
but required. A man sentenced to
wealth who lives frugally. Indulging
in only rational and inexpensive de
lights, has his ears cut off for the
first offense, and for the second Is
compelled to pass six months In court,
participating In all the gaieties of the
capital."
"Most Illustrious of mortals," I snld,
turning a somersault the Ghargarese
manner of Interrupting a discourse
"I nm as the dust upon your beard,
but In my own country I am esteemed
no fool, and right humbly do I pre
celve that you are cexroptug nemk
puttog peleemy."
This expression translated, literally,
"giving me a fill," a phrase without
meaning In our tongue, but In Ghar
garese appearing to Imply Incredulity.
"The gaieties of the king's court,"
I continued, "must be expensive. The
courtiers of the sovereign's entourage,
the grent officers of the realm sure
ly they are not condemned to wealth,
like common criminals!"
"My son," said Juptka-Getch, tear
ing out a handful of his beard to
signify his tranquillity under accusa
tion, "your doubt of my varaclty is
noted with satisfaction, but it Is not
permitted to you to Impeach my sov
ereign's Infallible knowledge of char
acter. His courtiers, the grent offi
cers of the realm, as you truly name
them, are the richest men In the
country because he knows them to
be the greatest rascals. After each
annual reappointment of the national
wealth he settles all the unallotted
surplus upon them."
Prostrating myself before the emi-
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nent phitosopher. I craved his pardon
for my doubt of his sovereign's wis
dom and consistency, and begged him
to cut off my head.
"Nay," he said, "you have com
mitted the unpardonable sin and I
cannot consent to bestow upon you
the advantages of death. You shall
continue to live the thing that you
are."
"What!" I cried, "Is It thought In
Ghargaroo that death Is an advantage,
a blessing?"
- -"Our sacred books," he said, "are
full of texts affirming the vanity of
life."
My astonishment was for some mo
menta too great for words. When I
had recovered the power of speech,
I said, "Then I Infer that the death
penalty Is unknown to your laws!"
"We have the life penalty Instead.
Convicted criminals are not only en
riched, as already explained, but by
medical attendance kept alive as long
as possible. On the other hand, the
very righteous, who nave been re
warded with poverty, are permitted
to die whenever It pleases them."
Juptka-Getch again crossed his feet
upon the back of his neck In medita
tion, and presently said, "Do not the
sacred books of your country teach
the vanity of life, the blessedness of
poverty and the wickedness of
wealth?"
"They do, O Most Illustrious, they
do."
"And your countrymen believe?"
"Surely none but the foolish and
depraved entertain a doubt."
"Then I waste my breuth In ex
pounding laws and customs already
known to you. You have, of course,
the same."
At this I averted my face and blush
ed so furiously thut the walls of the
cave were Illuminated with a waver
ing crimson like the light of a great
conflagration! Thinking that the
capital city was ablaze, Juptka-Getch
ran from the cave's mouth, crying,
"Fire, fire!" and I saw him no more.
Ambrose Blerce In the Cosmopolitan.
WAKING THE WAGE EARNER.
One of the cheapest and most fa
miliar arguments against government
rate legislation Is that the effect of
such a law, properly enforced, would
be to largely reduce railroad earnings,
and there would result a reduction of
the wages of railroad men.
Nothing of the kind would happen.
Nobody has any desire to prevent
the railroads from making money. It
Is desired that they should prosper
and grow and extend, and Increase
In usefulness, which Is their excuse for
existence.
It is simply proposed to be honest
with all of the people; to make It Im
possible for one set of men to pile
up the millions of a Rockefeller on
the bodies of another set less favora
bly treated by the railroads. Some
of the greatest fortunes the country
knows were bullded on dishonest rail
road rates.
The entire rate making business Is
rotten with Injustice and favoritism.
Rate laws will give the plain people
a Bhow. It is used to keep street
railroad fares up; to keep the price
of gas up; to stop the municipal own
ership wave. And now It is proposed
to prevent beneficial legislation for all
of the people by waving a red flag
lettered, "Low Wages."
Don't be fooled.
There Is nothing In the argument
Seattle Star.
DEATH VALLFY IN DIX)SSOM.
Most beautiful and most plenty of
all the plants that bloom In Death
Valley are the cacti, and the rapidity
with which their dry and apparently
withered stalks put out blossoms un
der the touch of rains Is wonderful.
The life of any one of the cacti Is the
personification of death and resur
rection and, as they come Into full
est' bloom on or about Easter, the
whole desert, far as the eye can
reach, seems like one vast cathedral,
arched with turquoise, floored with
emerald and gayly garbed In giant
Easter lilies.
The largest and showiest blossom
of them all grows on a short, stocky
stem, which, during the summer, does
not seem to have life enough to pro
duce the magnificent, waxy flowers,
which are often as much as five In
ches across.
Other plants than cacti are scarce
In Death Valley, but two species of
mesqulte grow from one end of the
valley to the other, both blooming
profusely and adding their quota of
odor to the air. When they seed, the
beans are gathered by the Plutes and
ground up for flour.
All In all, there are doubtless hun
dreds of acres of cacti In this one part
of the California desert, and Its beau
ty when In bloom is something inde
scribable, especially when seen in the
midst of mile on mile of barren sand
flats. Kansas City Star.
RAILWAY WHEELS.
Did you ever notice that the wheel
of a locomotive engine are beveled?
The reason for this Is that In round
ing a curve the outer rail Is, of course
a little longer than the Inner one.
The difference Is very little, but It
would be enough to make an engine
"skid" unless It were reckoned for.
In the beveled wheel the higher part,
with Its greater circumference, Is
forced against the outer rail by the
very tendency of the engine to drive
straight ahead, and with the other
wheel the smaller circumference rests
on the rail, thus overcoming the dif
ference In the lengths of the lines.
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done at the Domestic laundry, be
cause here everything is done careful
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are always right. Send your address
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