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tATHENA. ORE.. FEB. 21,.
.1913
THE NATIONAL FORESTS.
The Putlio. a onrrent editoiial
journal of note, sees disaster for
the Demooratio party in Congress if it
takes cognizance of proposed states
rights in tbe regulation of bational
forests, The Public says:
"If tbe demooratio party in con
gress were seeking politioal shipwreck
it ooold hardly set its prow better. for
tbe purpose in tbe piesent etate of
publio opinion than by following a
blind polioy of State rights with ref
erenoe to any of the national resources
of this country which concern tbe
oountry as a whole. There is indeed
a profound political truth in tbe doc
trine of state rights. Looal govern'
tnent in looal affairs is a pola-etar of
demooraoy. It ia a principle to wbiob,
let as fervently hope, tbis repnblio
and its constituent republioa wbiob
we call States will grow toward and
not away from. But tbe traditional
State rights dootrine though it be vit
alized by tbe home role principle, is
. infaot something else than home rule.
Not infrequently ' it is something
different. No moie important is it to
tbe prinoiple of local self government
tbat each of our smaller oommoallies
regulate its own affairs, than tbat our
national community regulate tbe com
mon affairs of all. Tbe dootrine of
State rights which onop committed
this repnblio to perpetuation of human
slavery was a false and pernioioua
dootrine then; its application to na
tional problems of the piesent day ia
a false and pernicious doctrine now
and unnecessary to boot.
"One of tbe forms wbioh the resort
to that old citadel of slavery, tbe
traditional dootrine of State rights,
takes at tbe present juncture in Con
gress, has direot referenoe to national
forests. Bis Business, saeiug the
handwriting on the wall as to its
aforetime rioh pasture fields in na
tional politics, seeks now to exploit
ouroommon forests by having them
turned over to tbe States and then
controlling them tbroogh State leg
islatures. The plea with wbiob the
mouth-pieces of Big Business in those
states and in Congress make, is tbe
old-fashioned pro-slavery plea modern
ized. It should fall on deaf ears
among Democrats. Torn over our
national forests to tbe states within
whose boundaries they lie I To do so
would be tbe rankest folly. Congress
has done precisely tbis with national
sohool lands in tbe States, and where
are those school lauds now? With
but trifling exceptions, every aore has
been turned over to private exploit
ation. And just tbat, if the old
State-lights sohool-land polioy is pur
pued by Congress with referenoe to
the remaining natural resources, will
be the fate of our forests.
"All tbe people of this country are
Interested, directly and iudireotly, io
the natural resources of the whole
oountry. To tolerate State sovereign
ty over these resources in :he respect
ive States would be as truly an abuse
of tho looal eelf-governmeut priuolple
ea establishing oouuty sovereignty
over those lying within the reapeotlve
counties, 'In so far as the Federal
government has already divested itself
of sovereignty over natural resources
its mines, founts, school lands, etc.,
the question of netoraiion must of
necessity be left to tee future. So
Vlth the great natural resources of
1!a original States, like anthracite
oal, la Pennsylvania, wbiob came to
the states from the British crown.
Not eo with natural lesoroes still
Within tbe sovereignty of the gouC:l
government. Of these the federal
government must not le diverted at
fill. For Congress to divest the gen
eral govetnmeut of tbis eoveteiguty,
at our present stage of enlighteument
on queetiotu of sooial jostioe, would
be folly eo rank as to imply treachery
to publio obligations."
Ia tbe arrest and aentenoe of Mr.
Nelson of tbe Kansas City Star, we
nave another JostaDoe of judicial des
potism, another concrete reason for
. establishing tbe Recall for judges.
A Star reporter tad published a etate
tnent derogatoiy td one of tbe judges
of Kansas City, The statement was
either true or false. If troe, it ought
to bare been published end the pub
lication to have been followed with
impeachment ptooeediogs; if false,
tbe grand juiy or a civil suit for litel
would have been proper reoounw lor
the offended judge. The coune actual
ly pursued, however, was a proceed-
"Alfalfa Joe" fiinkle made a bril
liant speeoh Wednesday in tbe house,
urging tbe state's moral duty to oome
to tbe resoue of Colombia Southern
irrigation projeot. Tbe Forbes' bill
appropriating 500,000 for this pro
jeot was then passed by aii over
whelming vote. Weston Leader.
Yes, and then tbe "brilliant" Joey
locked-stepped with the steam roller
combination in the House and stood
forninst Gill, when be introduced
Bill No. 578 for tbe purpose of . re
pealing Thompson's swamp land
bill, which will if it beoomes a law,
prevent the state seoniing several hun
dred thousand acres of land wbiob
would be sold for tbe benefit of tbe
common sohool fund. The swamp
land grab has been fought by the gov
ernor from the start, and be sent a
message to tbe bouse tbis week regard
ing its baleful influences, mention of
wbiob will be found in another col
umn. Joey believes in etate aid to
swamp land speculators, private irri
gation sobemes, etc. Why?. Beoause
he's in the business himself. .
During tbe week the National cap
ital has gradually awakened to the
fact that it is in the midst of tbe
greatest woman's suffrage crusade
ever attempted on a national soale in
tbe United States. In preparation for
tbe suffrage pageant and procession
on Maroh 3, meetings have beon held
until the people of Washington City
have beoome convinced that they are
going to have many thrills during in-
auguiation week. While the under
lying motive of the prooession and
pageant is most serious, there will be
plenty of entertaining features. Tbe
ranks of "General" Rosalie Jones'
Army, wbiob is. marching from New
York to Washington are well on its
way, while tbe ranks of tbe "petti
coat cavalry" wbiob will be an im
portant feature of the parade, are said
to be filling rapidly.
Some one has looated the Garden
of Eden in Oregon. Tte state has
ever been considered Edenin, particu
larly as to climate and apples.
Poor old Mexioo, goes from bad to
worse. Tbe administiatiou very pru
dently avoids intervention io her
affairs.
The Drunkard's Cloak,
One of tbe quaint instruments of tor
ture lu England in olden time was a
device known ns the drunkard's clonk.
It was made of wood and in shape re
sembled a huge Inverted flowerpot
Through the small circular aperture in
tbe top was thrust tho neck of tho im
prisoned luebiinte. The weight of this
ancient counterpart of the straltjacket
fell on the victim's shoulders and was
sufficient to make every bone In bis
body ache. With his hands practically
pinned to his sides and the garment
reaching almost to the ground the only
motion allowed him was a slow shuffle
of his weary feet as he dragged his
way palurully along. One can well be
llevo Unit any one who had been com
pelled to don the drunkard's cloak
would be very opt to come to the con
clusion that a high old ti mo was not
worth having at tho price.
Rivarol's Wit.
Antoiue Rlvarol, the French epigram
matist of the eighteenth century, was
so brilliant that something good was
expected of uini every minute. Once
when he had been Invited to dinner, at
which tho hostess especially wished
him to shine-, he sat quite silent. Tho
attitude of disappointed expectancy In
the company not tied htm, and at last
Rlvarol made a atupid remark. Every
body uttered an exclamntlou.
"There," wrid Rlvarol, "I cannot say
a stupid thing without every one's cry
ing. 'Thief!' "
At a dinner In the house of sonio
Germatm he made a Joke Ills hosts
put their heads together Inquiringly.'
Rlvarol said to his neighbor, a French
man: "Look at the Hermans pooling their
Its to umlertttniid a joke."
Netts en the Water.
It Is almost unthinkable that a bird
should build a uest on tho water. Yet
that Is exactly what the grebes always
do. With reeil. grass and plant atoms
the groin makes a regular floating Is
laiul, somewhat hollowed out on top,
usually near ihe open water of a
marshy or reedy lake. We have sev
eral kinds of grebes, but their nests
are much alike, sometimes moored to
the reeds, but usually floating freely
on the water -St. Nicholas,
Hyphenated Episode.
"What has become of your hyphenat
ed friend V
"My hyphenated friend"
"Yea; your friend Mr. Wombat-Wombat"
"He Is til of borl berl."
"Wberer
"In Wnlln Valla.--Kxchange
Young Wife- Somehow I cannot get
my bread to rise, llnb. Why don't
you set the alarm clock!-Roster) Tran
script , ....,
Filled Them All Full.
Old Lord Forglen, the Scotch judge,
died in 1727. Dr. Clerk, wbo attended
bis lordship to tbe last, calling on bis
patient the day be died, was admitted
by the judge's old servant and clerk,
David Reed. "How does my lord do?"
inquired tbe doctor. "I boup he'
weel!" responded the old man, whose
voice and manner at once explained
bis meaning. With tears streaming
down bis face be conducted Dr. Clerk
into a room where there were two doz
en bottles of wine underneath the ta
ble. Other gentlemen presently arriv
ed, and, having partaken of a glass oi
two of wine while they listened to
David's account of bis master's last
hours, they all rose to depart "No,
no, gentlemen; not so," said tbe old
factotum. "It was the express wish of
the deceased that I should fill ye a' fou,
and I maun fulfill the will o the dead."
Dr. Clerk used to add when relating
the story, "And Indeed be did fulfill the'
will of the dead, for before the end o't
there was sa ane of ns able to bite bis
Bin tboomb!"
The 8alty Atlantic,
Some odd disparities have been
found to exist la the saltness of the
sea water In different oceans and lati
tudes. For a number of these A. Woel
kow in bis book, "Ueber den Salzgehalt
des Meeres," presents Ingenious ex
planation! The Atlantic ocean is
known to be about one-sixtieth more
salty than the Pacific and two-sixtieths
more so than the Indian ocean. This
is in spite of the fact that It receives
considerably more fresh water drain'
age in proportion to its extent, an ap
parent anomaly. But points out the
scientist, the Atlantic itself supplies,
by evaporation, most of the rain that
ultimately drains back Into it The
prevailing west winds, on the other
hand, carry much of its moisture to
innian or even rncinc ocean water
sheds. As no fresh water comes down
to replace this lost evaporation the
residue of tbe Atlantic beepmes saltier.
Inflow around the Horn and Cape of
Good Ilope alone prevents this process
from going further than it does.
A Problem at Cambridge.
When Lord Raylelgb, the British sci
entist, was a student at Cambridge tbe
examiners set among other problems
one which they based on an article in
a German mathematical periodical sup
posed unlikely to have penetrated tc
Cambridge. Only two men solved it
Mr. Stutt (Lord Rayleigh) and another.
The examiners asked tbe other man
about this problem. "Oh," he said, "1
take the (mentioning the name oi
the periodical), and I was very glad
to find tbat, thanks to on article In tbe
last number, tbat problem came out
quite easily." When Mr. Strutt's turn
came they expected a similar answer,
but he astonished them by replying,
"Tbe fact Is, gentlemen, that I some
times contribute to , and I could not
help feeling greatly flattered that you
should have thought my little problem
worthy of a place in this examination."
He was awarded the prize.
A Slump In Kisses.
A Frenchman who apparently has a
good deal of time on bis hands has
been amusing himself by reckoning uf
tbe number of kisses be has given hie
wife during the first twenty years ol
his mnrried life. He finds that in the
first year he dispensed about a hundred
kisses a day, or, say, allowing for birth
days and holidays, about 30,700 in tbe
year. In the second year this numbei
was reduced by half and in the third
year to teu a day, while in the fifth
year bis better half had to be content
with two a day, one in the morning
and one in tbe evening. What hap
pened after the fifth year is "wrapped
in mystery," but at the same rate ot
"progression" " he probably arrived
eventually at one kiss on tbe 1st oi
January every leap year.
The Danger of Lying In Bed.'
Lack of muscular exercise is the first
result of lying In bed. As a result the
ippetite is weakened, tbe digestive ac
tion slows down and the muscles of tbe
stomach and abdomen cease to act
npon tbe intestinal mass. When the
body is in' a recumbent position tbe
heart works with tbe least expenditure
of effort and the least fatigue and the
circulation and tbe functional activity
are decreased. But unless the subject
1b exceptionally vigorous all the bene
fits are counterbalanced by dangers. In
bed the subject is shut away from
fresh air and sunlight Tbe result of
tbat deprivation is a condition similar
to anemia. But the supreme menace
to the weak or the aged confined to bed
Is the clogging of the pulmonary circu
lation, an action which frequently re
sults In passive congestion of both sides
of tbe lungs. For this reason, the sim
ple fracture of a bone may be tbe
cause of death, because when the pa
tient lies In bed there Is no movement
of the muscles to act as an incentive to
deep breathing. Harper's.
The Aristocratlo Montenegrin.
The Bulgarian may not have a liking
for domestic service, but he is a, born
agricultural laborer. According to a
recent traveler, if you give him a bar
ren piece of land he will make it blos
som like the rose, while his Montene
grin brother will stand and look on.
On tbe other band, the Montenegrin
placed in n drawing room always be
haves like n gentleman, while the Bul
garian In tbe same environment cannot
help being a boor. "But then," says
the London Chronicle, "it is said tbe
Montenegrins are the descendants of
Servian aristocrats who fled to tbe
mountalus to seek freedom. Tbe ex
planation is thin, but plea slug. Of op.e
claim to " culture, however, Montene
gro cannot be deprived she established
a printing press at Obod only twenty
years after Caxton began his labors,
and she printed beautifully. But the
Turks made 'pi' of everything, and the
press was not re-established till 1S32."
BOILING AN EGG.
The Reason.
"1 rhlnk the picture lacks atmos
phere," said the kindly critic.
"Fact K" said the artist "I bad a
hard lime raising the wind while I wna
painting"
Merely a Hint
Kitty -Harry nays he loves me for
myself alone, ttertha I suppose that's
his way of living your mother must
be kept out ..f the family.-Exchange.
If It Gives You Trouble You Might
Try John Randolph's Way.
'The boiling of an egg seems a simple
matter, but many a breakfast has been
spoiled and many a temper rasped bj
the cook's falling to observe the pre
cise number of minutes tbe process
bou'd occupy. . . .
Tb;:t very original man, John Ran
dolph, Is said to have invented a meth
od of getting bis eggs cooked exactly
to his taste that worked perfectly.' As
Is the case in many country homes In
the south, the kitchen was in a sep
arate building at some distance from
tbe house, and servants were plenty.
When the "sage of Roanoke" took
his seat at tbe breakfast table there
was a line of servants from tbe dining
room to tbe kitchen. Mrs. Randolph,
the mother of the statesman, held an
open watch in her hand.
"InT exclaimed Mr. Randolph, ana
the word "in" was passed from mouth
to mouth until it reached the waiting
cook, wbo dropped tbe eggs into the
water. After the requisite number of
seconds tbe holder of the timepiece
signified tbat the cooking was done.
"Outl" went forth the command In
like manner, and the eggs were quick
ly removed.
The system required six or seven
servants to cook one egg, but Randolph
was accustomed to declare that tbis
was the only way tbat he could get it
cooked to suit him. Youth's Compan
ion. ,
Not a Permanent Return.
"I see your married daughter Is home
again."
"Yes, but only for a vb.it. my dear
only for a vIslf'-Detr.-"; Free I'ress.
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