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THE NEWBERQ QRAPHIC. January s6 , 1911 NEWBERQ QRAPHIC. A BILL TH AT SHOULD PASS. SAFEGUARDING THE CHILD au ras sa aaoood-eUaa u a tu r at tk* poi tuffi at Maw bars, Oraaon There has been introduced in During the course of a case ISSUXD BVERY THURSDAY MORNING both houses o f the legislature a involving a number o f young E. H. f 00DT1BD, Elitoraii PiUisttr $1.50 Per Year In Advance. The word comes from Salem that U’Ren is on deck “ fathering measures to amend Oregon law s.” Oh deliver us! Through the kindness o f Rep resentative Hawley, a large map o f the United States, issued from the General Land Office at Wash ington, hangs on the wall in the Graphic office. It has been so difficult todecide which would serve our purpose best, a $2,500 or a $3,000 auto, that we have not taken time to run dow n to Portlandduring the week to see the auto show. Senator Bourne’s name seems t o be mentioned quite a good deal about Salem, though his friends in the legislature don’t seem to be very numerous. It seems that his association with the Eld ridge Block in the capital city back in 1896 made for him a name and ./reputation that promises to be lasting. A bill has been introduced in the Wisconsin legislature permit ting suffragettes to wear trouse- rettes, breeches or pantaloons. At first thonght this seems a little startling, but since a large number of them have the name o f “ wearing the breeches” al ready, possibly it is just as well to move to make it unanimous. The members o f the Yamhill delegation in the legislature have proved to be such p oor subjects for the cartoonists that they have been competed to go back to old John Bones, w ho has been relegated to a seat in the “ Third House.” John never fails to make good w ith the charcoal artists when be casts his long shadow across the corridor at the statehouse during a legisla tive assembly. The attention o f onr readers is called to House Bill No. 77 in troduced by M r. Brownhill, o f our county, which will be found elsewhere in the Graphic. White we have a high regard for Mr Brownhill we fail to see merit in this measure. It appears to us that a uniformity o f county of fices throughout the state is desirable, as far as may be, and then the passage o f this bill would open the way for a lot more erratic initiative work every tw o years, and o f this sort o f thing Oregon has a surfeit al ready. Please, dear doctor, diminish the nauseating dose rather than to increase it. One of onr horticulturists made the remark to the writer recent ly that it seemed that it was a more difficult proposition to get the producers o f this community together in an organization for their mutual benefit, than in any other section he knew o f in Ore gon. He further expressed re grets in tones o f discouragement that such was the case. Such an indictment don’t speak very well for the common sense and good judgement o f the people, but a glance backward at the attempts that have been made along these lines in the past, compels us to admit that the failures have been much more numerous than the successes. Take it am ong our horticul tural friends and it will be found that a number o f seemingly good starts at permanent organiza tion have been made during the winter season, but like the religion o f some people, it has been difficult to get the fledglings through the summer months w ithout a serious relapse. A get together campaign is one o f the crying needs o f our producers. They need a house warming and the work o f an outside evangelist may be necessary to bring it about. bill calling for an appropriation o f $100,000 for the purpose o f erecting a permanent fireproof building for the Oregon His torical Society, contingent upon the raising o f another $100,000 by the citizens o f Portland, and providing a site for a Memorial Building in honor o f the Pioneers o f Oregon. This bill ought to pass without opposition. The Oregon Historical Society has a great collection o f very valuable material in the w ay .of documents and old relics that never could be replaced if it should be destroyed by fire, and the state should aid in providing a house for the safe keeping of this material which is o f such historical value. ___ -V Below will be found a list o f accessions made to the collec tion by the indefatigable labors o f the Assistant Secretary and Curator, George H. Himes from the date o f the organization, December 16, 1898. Documentary material p ie c e « ... 10,150 Diaries, account books, etc____ 234 Maps and charts.............. 177 Newspapers, bound volumes___ 172 Newspapers, unbound____ _____125,858 Books, mainly fo r reference___ 11,923 Pamphlets.......................... 10,815 L e tte rs...-....... ................................90,083 Relics relating to Pioneer days. 1,076 Relics relating to the In d ian s... 670 Pioneer, Indian and scenic photo graphs and pictures o f vari ous kinds.....................................4.727 Lantern slides o f historical char acter........................... 240 Old coins...................................... _ 210 Historical scrapbooks________ 35 B rief biographical sketches o f P ion eers..________ 14,320 Miscellaneous scraps relating to the varied phases o f human activity in Oregon from the earliest days up to Hie pres ent time (not booked)........... 45,000 During the past year 46,819 visitors registered in the rooms o f the Society. One-third from forty States outside o f Oregon, one-third from 130 tow ns out side o f Portland, and the re mainder from Portland. Thou sands o f pieces o f printed matter from numerous portions o f the State have been distributed am ong the visitors from abroad B e s i d e s the accumulations noted, the Society has issued in its Quarterly and Reports 5,421 pages of carefully prepared his torical matter, which has been given a permanent place in the principal historical and public libraries o f the Nation, beginning with the Library o f Congress— all extremely valuable for refer ence. The value o f such sources o f in form ation relating to the early history o f Oregon and its subse quent development, purely from an advertising point o f view, cannot be overestimated. The first effort to establish American civilization west o f the Rocky Mountains began in Ore gon through the discovery o f the Columbia River on M ay 11, 1792, by Captain Robert Gray. The second step was the explora tion by Lewis and Clark. The third was the advent o f the trad er; and the fourth was the bold racial movement westward o f the Oregon Pioneers from 1832 to 1859. In securing material relating to these four stages in the life o f the States o f the Pacific Northwest, Oregon is greatly in the lead. T o maintain that as cendancy it is necessary that the Oregon Historical Society should have a permanent lom e. It is very evident, even to the casual observer that fellows with the cigarette habit lose all decent regard for their surround ings. One M att Harrison, a miner at Roslyn, Washington, certainly verified this assertion the other day when he carried a can o f powder into his home white smoking one o f the stink ers. Result, one child dead, four others dying, the wife and moth er in a precarious condition, white ‘ Matt*’—strange decree of fate— came out ol the wreckage without a Scratch. sters, a prominent Butte judge recently took occasion to say something about the necessity o f parents being more particular in guarding the welfare o f their children, says the News o f that city. This is a point that merits the close attention o f all citizens. It is all very well to speak o f safeguarding the child and then assume that the guarding process in some manner should originate with the child. A boy isn’t apt to discriminate between the path that leads him to good, honest citizenship, and the one that takes him to the dark ways o f life. Corrective methods regarding the boys and girls are very proper on the part o f the author ities after those boys and girls have been fully instructed in the difference between right and w rong and it is found that no amount o f good advice, persua sion or lecturing will suffice. Some youngsters, unfortunate ly, have no parents to whom they can look for guidance, or w ho will safeguard them in their progress tow ards manhood and wom anhood. S u c h y o ungsters, certainly merit the sympathy o f all, but how pitiful it is and how serious a matter when parents deliber ately shut their eyes to the im proper inclinations o f their chil dren. There is no excuse for parents permitting their boys to run the streets at night or loiter about places o f amusement. Patrons of such places don’t w ant to be annoyed by them, and to the credit of the amuse ment purveyors let it be said that they certainly don’t want boys hanging'about their d oon w ays, yet these boys are permit ted at night, accustoming them selves to begging for nickels and in otherwise beginning careers that either land them in the re- form atory institutions or make very undesirable citizens o f them. Parents o f the kind concerned in the judge’s censure owe the^ duty o f caring properly for the welfare o f the children, not only to the children, but to the com munity and the nation. Looking after the bodily com forts o f a boy isn’t the only thing necessary. .... • • He needs other kind o f regula tion, and such as only can be given by parents truly and deep ly interested "in the future success and happiness o f their children SOME NEEDED BOOKS. It is a fad with many rich people to make magnificent be quests to universities. It be gan in this country with the gift o f John Harvard to the great university that bears his name; the last one recorded is that o f Mr. Rockefeller to the Chicago University. These are great acts; their importance can never be enough appreciated. Mr. Carnegie has done wonders along the same lines in gifts to schools and libraries. But the other day he ran upon a class o f students that could not spell simple words and was horrified at the dis covery. And that reminds us that if some ot those whose wealth has become a burden to them would change the direction o f their bequests, they could do their country a great benefit. First offer prizes for the best his tory o f each state, a history to contain every important fact; but reduced to terse questions and answers that boys and girls might readily master and always remember. What an education that in itself would be! Next the political history o f the country in the same form. Then a book making clear the relations o f our federal govern ment to the state governments in the same form; with an addi tion explaining the essential dif- E. B. Merchant Hdw. Co Newberg’s Depository for All Leading Sulphur and Arsenic Sprays Spray Pumps Spray Hose, Spray Nozzles, Etc. Our first carload o f spring wagons and buggies will arrive February 10th and the price will be righ t Don’ t buy until you see them. Com e in and look over our large stock o f Ranges Heaters Coolring Utensils Silverware Pruning Shears and Saws o f all descriptions. Anything you need in. the above lines may be found in our stock. Our Great Sale Will Positively Close on Saturday Evening ... - I.M-I— I— J i li l i II M l.. -■■■■I I ■■ .1.11- 1 . ... I HI -I ■ X I ! I III III..I - - — 1-MI . !■ .1.1 ■ ..I —.11— - .1.1 II — — C L O A K S A N D S U IT S D. M. N A Y B E R G E R Successor to R. Jacobson A Co. 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It comes back to us that foreigners have hard work to be civil to thousands o f Americans, because when they converse with them they find that thousands o f them know alm ost nothing o f their native country. Ought not that to be changed ? It would be of vast advantage to those w ho never cross the ocean. When young men decide to remove to another state, what an advantage it would be to know just what he might expect to find in any given state. Such a history would go far to do aw ay with petty pre 9 judices and to cure that narrow provincialism that we see shown every day, even up to senators and presidents. And this could be'studied with out teachers; it could be made a jo y in millions o f private homes; it would increase the intelligence o f our people just where it m ost n e e d s increasing.—G oodw in’s Weekly. , FAR TO OPEN ing will commence right aw ay. 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