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have received It nearly that kmt.taa many
vlMbtT read It lor a trwoeratkMi. Bon M
the object to bTiBg Ut pepe dintlroed
t thm Urn of ilimuo of Ucir subscriptions,
for the buneflt of these, and tor other mmm
we bareeoncloded to discontinue soberiptiona
sly when notified to do to. AH persona Pylg
when aubacribng. or payinf la advance. -will
bars th benefit of the dollar rate. 'But if tbey
Ooaot pay f r oix month, the rata will be $1.25
a year. Hereafter w will aend the paper to ail
reapoojdbU peraons who orde- it, tboaxn they
mar not send tb money, with the nndenrtaao
In g tbetthej are to par IL2S a year, In can they
Ut the ubaeriptlon account ran over si
tooDthc. la order that there may be no nimn
demanding, we will keep this notice ttarrtlng
at thia place In the paper.
CIRCULATION (SWORNl OVER 4000
"Mr. Speaker Kay" would sound
all right in this neck o' the woods.
Tbe testimony in the Snoot eaie re
veals tbe fact that Apostle 'fcannon and
Mis Lillian Hamlin were married at
sea, bnt the evidence appears to indi
cate that they were never more at sea
than right now.
A very welldimed and sensible edi
torial is -that in the last number of the
Willamette Collegian, galling attention
to the neglect by the university of at
tention to "the twin arts of oratory
anl debate," Thi question is tsked:
"Does it appear to yon to look-right
for Willamette .to excel other colleges
in physical feats and drop to t'ne fcot
in the character and grade of 'the
scholarship of her stndentsl For what
purpose was she founded to pu out
winning football teams and basket-ball
teams? We think not, bnt that while
he w justly proud of t'neir great vic
tories and glorious records, the secretly
laments the dearth of interests taken
by ber sons and daughters in oratory
and debate." This hits the nail square
ly on the head and volumes could not
ay more. : It is well enough to acquire
a few bruises On the knees and etner
unseemly projections of the rnatoroy,
for 'the stomach's sake, bnt the devel-
. . - V . - t m " . l -i.
unurn oi KTrrii unmjm on me prau
by other means ibau, football contu
sions might come, in splendid play in
after life". At least ii. should be worth
trying. t ' ' ' ' ' , t
- A dispatch 'from Astoria the other
day detailed all, about ' bow. Bepresent
ative John Hahn is to be - appointed
postmaster of that city as a reward for
his "unfaltering support" of Senator
Fulton during the last senatorial con
test. - It will be remembered that llr.
Hahn was "elected on an an'ti-Fulton
ticket,' in opposition to the regular Re
publican nominees, who were outrspok
en Fulton men,. and won nia election be
e.awe he was directly oppesed to tbe
Fulton candidates. But upon the first
ballot for United States Senator Hahn
sorprised everybody, , or nearly every
body, by voting for Fulton, and eon
tinned to do so to the tend. But we
have always excused Mr. Hahn oa 'the
ground that men frequently change
their mind on theM ad similar ques
tlons without thought of reward. We
feel like resenting thin assertion that
Mr. Hahn is to get the Astoria postof-
fice as a recompense for going back
upon the people who elected 'aim. Some
men are always so ready to hint that
; promises of office are used to influence
votes in Senatorial elections, when
there is nothing upon which to base
such allegations. Mr. Hahn, in indig
nantly rejecting the proffer of foe As
toria postoff,iee should go further. He
should hunt op the sender of that dis
patch, and tell him to bis face that 'ie
cannot accept . the position trader the
circumstances.
'About a year ago my hair was
coming out very fact, so 1 bought
a bottla of Ayer's Hair Vigor. It
stopped tbo falling and made vr
hair grow very rapidly, until now It
it 45 inches in lengtn." Mrs. A.
Doyistoa, Atchijon, Kant.
There's another hunger
th:n that of the stomach.
Hair hunger, for instance.
Hungry hairneeds f ood,
needs hair vior Ayer s.
This is why we say that
Aycr Hair Vigor always
restores, color, and tnaies
the : hair crow long end
iicavy. ttCSaksKnw aa
- If your crcrrist cannot sofpty you,
send cs one Cuur sad we wiU express
yoaabotti. Be sere aad rive tbe name
I rtr,Munt nnrvM oluca. Addreee.
J.C.aV i-it CO.. Lowil, Maaa.
""assnnsnanassaSsnsnsBnn
Ikmg Hair I
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CIGABETTE3 AND TBE EXTORil
, SCHOOL .
"More ;than thxee-foartia of be
bovs committed to the State Beform
Hebool are addicted to the use of cigar
ettes," says. Superintendent Looney, of
that institntioB, In' bin biennial report,
which has been made pnblie.: It is
almont impossible ; to core them of the
longing1 fortobceo. ' If the Legisla
ture will pass a stronger measure pro
bibiting tbe nale of eneb' stuff to young
boys, they will make a long step to
ward helping the youth of our atate.
. "I cannot too strongly urge some
legislation along this line, for we do
not need to visit a Reform Sehool to
see the effeeta ef cheap cigarettes on
the rising generation. The boys who
have been in the habit of using them
can easily be selected, as they show a
listless, aimless manner ; and are dull
and lacking in ambition.
"Tbe cigarette' ha i more victims
than saloons. It gets fast hold on the
young before reason and judgment
have developed, and insidiously -saps
intelligence and vitality before the par
ent realizes it; when' the boy reaches
manhood he has beeome an irresponsi
ble cigarette fiend," " ' f -
The above very sensible observations .
are taken from the biennial report of
the Superintendent of the state Reform
School, and areMnl line with what the
Statesman has' frequently said on the
same subjeet. Nothing is more' debili
tating to the system of , boys and men
than this, disgusting not to say, de
structive, habit. But the singular fea
ture of it is that, no'ewitbstanding its
evil effect are well and universally
understood, boys n ill deliberately con
tract it, (even when, as in roost eases,
the appetite does not. already exist but
requires j encouragement ani stimula
tion. : :
- The finst incentive , to contract the
habit 'is not the satisfaction of a long
ing for tobaeeo, but a desire, to be
"smart." Larger boys arte sen puf
fing the rolled accumulation of myste
rious composition, with the acquired
and enviable ability to emit an endless
volume of smoke from the nose, as well
a ihe mouta, and rt is an accomplish
ment that the youngster does not pro
pose to longer deprive himself of. He
intends to be a man, even if it involves
the risk of going up in smoke.
And it is a step which, nine times out
of ten, the beginning but foreshadows
the end.
Superintendent Looney says, "if the
Legislature will, pass a stronger' meas
ure prohibiting the sale of aueh -stun
to yoongiboya they twiUUmake Jong
step towart) helping the youth of . our
state,
'
But we already have legislation as
'strong'? as it can well be. - It al
ready unlawful to sell "such stuff" to
boys. jAVbat mors can we; ask f - Since
it would seem easier to enforce a mild
law. on a given subject, than a stricter
one, what will be gained by the enact
ment of a "stronger" lawl "
We are soon to have another session
of the Legislature which , can be de
pended upon to enact fully., two .bun
dred more laws for a stata that is al
ready burdened with enactments Yhat
are looked upon as so many, jokes in a
vast number of eases. We 'all believe
in the enf orrenrent of the laws, nave in
instances where they appear to be ill-
advised. - -V
THE LAND Or "STEADY HABITS.'
zWhile indulging in a little reflection
and reminiscence an to tbe disposition
of the people of Massachusetts to re
tain; their Senators and Bepresenta-
tives in Congress during 'the terms of
their : natural lives, the Washington
correspondent of the Boston Transcript
has this to say: - ' - "
"Massachusetts has now become
land of steady habits in reference to
its senntorshipa. The writer saw Henry
("abot Lodgn. accompanied by - Senator
Hoar, go to the bar of the Senate to
take t'.te onth of office for the firet time
on inauguration day of 1893. He saw
Mr, Lodge accompany MrJFIoar's suc
cessor this morning to the same place.
It wdl be a great many years, in the
ordinary course of events, before an
other : Massachusetts Senator is induct
ed to office. Both Senators are in the
.early fifties, and the life insurance
tables would probably saow that their
expectation of life, upon which their
remaining' in the Senate will probably
alone depend, .would give them each
considerably more ( than t 20 years of
service. Massachusetts is apparent v
provided for, in this respect, for many
yp?rs to come," ; ''-'-'':- '
But Massachusetts is not alone in
tats custom. It has been a generally
accepted recognition of public policy
throughout the "Sew England states for
many 'years,' as,' indeed, in some other
sections of "the country.'; When sO'en.
Garfield waa transferred from his' dis
trict In Ohio to the presidency, at and
hi , two' immediate . predecessors had
represented it in Congress continuously
for 57 years;- . " -
i Speaker Cannon first took.bis seat in
Congress on March 4, 1873,"-aad 'has
served continuorsly since,' save" in the
Fifty Second Congress, making falrty
years. " Grosvener, of Ohio, has been in
Congress without a 1 break since 1885,
and nitt of IUinois, since 18-52. These J
haTe served the longest terms of the
present : members of taw Hptrse Of Kep-
resentadves.
But the New j England states rarely
change . theirSenators. : Piatt of Con
necticut took his seat in 1S79 and 'Haw
tKe - -
Office"
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ley in the former now being -77
yean of age and tbe . latter IS. : There
is no tnooght ef the retirement of -either
of them, especially 1 since - thfre ;. is
nothing for a Senator from one -of the
little, finished " Xew England state
to do. ' ; I I
Edmunds, of
Vermont remainel in
the Senate as long as. he careL and
upon his resignation, -j Bedfield . Proctor
was appeinted to succeed him in 1892,
and, of course, will ' be re-elected as
long "as he eboosea to serve. Prye, of
Maine, after serving twelve years fn
the lower House' of Congress, was elect
ed to the Senate io sueeeed Blaine ; in
1881, and has since been a member : of
that body continuously. - Hia -colleague,
Engeno Hale, served ten years in the
lower 'House anLwas transferred to the
Senate to succeed Hannibal Hamlin,
who declined a re-election in 3881, he
and hi colleague beginning their Sen
atorial service at the same .time,. Fry e
is' now 73 years of age and Hale .68. '
' There" are no political machine, ' ; as
such, in t'iie Jv'ew England1 states, save
in a few local instances and in a mild
form. Public sentiment keeps faithful
servant in the public, serriee and dis
graceful political squabbles are rarely
known." -t '
'). COKVTCT BOAD WOBS. :
"Vfoch stresses laid in some quarters
oi. the fact that a 'few miles of good
roads have been .built by convict labor
Tn the immediate vicinity of the peni
tentiary and': the i conclusion reacheil
that this fact has solvcd4.be feasibility
of turning all the convicts out on the
roads and- employing them exclusively
at that work. . . -
But all the - labor done on the roads
by convicts so far- has net solved one
side of thcf problem. It has solved noth
ing save that a convict can handle a
pick and shovel, and this was discover
ed long ago within the prison walls.
The last two state administrations
have built five or six miles of road be
tween the prison and the Beform School
through a heavy gravel bed-where the
material scraped ' and thrown ' up has
sufficed to make a fairly" good road..
There bas been nothing whatever done
on this road except to use plows and
scrapers, precisely as the farmers have
done on the road from Brooks-io Ger-
vais rir from Maeleay. to Anmsville.
But suppose ' the convicts had been
employed "in building a road , from Sa
lem to Cheraawa, where there is not a
gravel to be found the entire distance.
With the same work done as was put
on the Beform .School road we' would
simply, have had a dirt road, as good as
could be made of dirt, no doubt, but yet
merely a dirt Toad. And it is not dirt
roads we are after. I-', , ,
Net a load of gravel or crushed roek
ha bnen hauled on the Beform School
road, and though it is made through a
heavy gravel bed,; it is sadly in need
of a coat; of top-dressing, as Governor
Chamberlain said in his address before
the road convention the other day. The
work of the convicts on that road stop
ped precisely where the solution of the
question as to the feasibility of their
employment would have begun. As it
is, it has settled nothing save that con
victs can Vrork. f
Most of the roads in thin country
that beeome the worst in the winter
are miles, in many instances, scores of
miles, v from the nearest point where
rock can be obtained. This must be
had in enormous quantities when we
begin any system of rational road
building, and if convicts are to be used
in this sor( of work it will involve
devising a plan never yet discovered
in any state of earing for them en
tirely away from all the facilities for
their safe keeping provided at the pris
on. ; It is, in fact, a serious and great
ouestion, not to be settled off band and
with word. . i "
The fact, that a few convicts have
graded a few miles of road through a
gravel bed so near the prison that they
were returned , to their regular '.eella ev
ery night, has bad no bearing whatever
on the important question of their gen
eral employment in that line.
- Tbe fact that a convict can eat one
potato in a minute is not conclusive evi
dence that be could eat sixty in aa
hour. . , ,.."
NEWS AW AT FROM HOME.
Under. the heading "Should Ask for
a New Commission," the Walla, Walla
Statesman , expresses its undisguised
disgust at what it calls the dilatory
tactics of the Oregon state portage eonv
mission in tbe; matter of constructing
tu portage .road : around the obstruc
tions at Celilo. . J y'.
That paper is' quite sure the portage
commission is actuated by motives not
friendly to the shippers of Eastern
Oregon and Washington, and i not at
all backward in saying so in plain lan
guage from day to day. It says:
'. "It 1 plain ; that the Oregon I com
mission has been from the start under
some sinister influence that is oppos
ing the building of this formidable
competitor to the Ilarriman railway
eystenu It is t'ae same influence ap
Why, doesn't Smoot Reed, between
the lines ami give it up! -
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Mr.; Chadwiek's lawyers "don't
know what she will decide." Of course
not. Isn't Mrs. Caadwick a woman!-
Tae ebanees for Channeey Depew's
rel3etion to the Senaielare decidedly '
darker since" ex-Governor Black, has
defleiteiy enteral the race against him.
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. Of course until the -custom was in
augurated of blowing the fire whistle at
no way oi anowmg vuru me nuun nrur
arrived."' ... i...
'fThe tom-tcms are beating Tom
Iawson pn frenzied finance and Tom
Watson on frenzied' politics." Globe
Democrat. But what about Jo-Jg who is
now on exhibition Jo Cannon and Jo
Folkf -v
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Ta difficulty about reorgan'zrng the
Democrat is partr I to determine how
to -proceed to tbe reorganization of tbe
rewrganizern, anad whether to first- use
a corn sbeller, a r grain T chopper or or
dinary dynamite.
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IlTTta headlines to - the President's
message an Eastern paper says "Eoortti,
velt Blazes the Way for Congress,"
though' it is plain that in some of it he
blazes JEway at Congress With nnmis-
taiable strennosityj i
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It is Reported that the Ameer of Af
ghanistan has purchased 200 Amer
ican sewing machines for the inmates
of iiw harem. -But this is probably
Ameer trifle in the . aggregate of his
household expenses.' '
"This is the time of year when the
kid ware to break. Into their banks."
Evening Telegram. nd when faey
malte the attack in earnest the kids
willi probably depend largely upon the
eElgjeney of their .Billy's.
1A "Portland paper says trX, Warm
Spyings Indian fell ovetr a bluff 60 feet
high on a bed of rock, and it hurt oim
quite a little. ' ' Surely it eouldn't have
hurt him mneh, since if that wasn't a
bed of down, -it would beudiBicult to
find one.
Commenting uporPthe'' atiggestion of
the StateanamAthaahe hit. Lou i a Fair
had a great deal to - do , with making
Missouri Bepublican, the Globe-Democrat
aays "some plan should be devised
for holding a perpe'mal circus in Mis
sissippi." , ? ,
Eastern papers give an extended ac
count or an old duffer living in the
mountains of . Pennsylvania at tbe age
ofS4 years, who splits wood every day,
and who. attributes hia- ability to do so
to the tobacco habit. Thus do the
evidence against .the . use of tobacco
aecnmulate day by day. v - "
la a neadline reaching across tbreo
columns, the Atlanta Constitution asks
"Was Jonah Swallowed by a Whale f "
Out this way the opinion is generally
entertained that he was, but that after
three days, discovering that Jonaa felt
quite down in the mouth, the whale re
pented and threw up its job. But even
this n mere conjecture.
' " G i rls who have a n ot ion of propos
ing must make up their minds to do so
poa, or be out of order.'" Portland
Journal. "This is outrageous, and the
girls of Oregon should enter an unani
mous protest of indignation against
this intimation of the Journal that be
cause they have not married during
leap year, they are necessarily to be
considered out of order.- It is a down
right shame.
. ..;, . o . i.
We confess that , while sitting in
dread the oiher night shrinking from
the awfnl effects which scene after
scene In ."Everyman" waa producing
pares tly that made the Oregon railway
same influence that has had much to
do with the defeat of bills reducing
freight rates and railway commission
bills st Giympia." , - ;;
Bat our Walla Walla contemporary is
evidently laboring under that species
of mental infliction so lucidly set out
by tbe late Boswell G. Horr the 'ain
dering burden of " knowing a lot of
things that are not eo.1. The Oregon
commission bas from tbe ' first been
handicapped by the fact that two eon
flicting .duties were imposed upon it
by the Legislature and the friends of
each insisting upon immediate, aeiion.
Under toe circumstances the eommis-.
sion baa probably done all it eould, and
ba moved a rapidly. al the impedi
ments it found necessary to : remove
woubl permit. 5--. T-t. 3 -l- r
-But the child-like earnestness of the
Walla Walla paper is shown in the de
mand Yhatv "the shippera' of the 5 In
land "Empire ahould . petition Governor
Chamberlain, of Oregon, .to remove the
recreant portage railway commissioners
and to appoint new board in sym
pathy with the projecL' y1. ?
'The homor of the situatwh beeotnee
apparent upon refleeirng that Governor
upon tar-audience, were rapidlylWE EXTEND A COKDIA1. iw vlTA- j
surrendering to the lesson intended toj
be imprveeeti upon ernng "humanity, an-till-
Death ; eame" stalking on the stage
and, dressed in i . skull and snake-skin
legs, . began lecturing-" Everyman " . in
aa, address which noon had occasion to
use the word rnyther," after which it
was" all off "in a, thousand place. When
Dcatii on the- at&g aays nyther,', it
is timeT for the audience to say sit. -.
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The" report of the testimony given by
Presid.ent "Smitli, of the v. Mormon
chnrcn, in the: Smoot tril, says "ba
that The mothers of his children, were
given him by God, and were; the saints
of God. He deplored the mother-in-law
joke and said that liia mothers-in-law
wero the beat friends he bad worthy
of their dau3hccrs."o loribt- he de
rived a positive benefit fioni the com
bined efforts of a. dozen mothers-in-law
to keep him straight, whereas one eouli
do nothing but aggravate him. Is" it to
be inferrel from tnis, then, that when
the average married man falls down.it
la through a dearth of motheix-in-lawf
If so, think of the exrvtses to be offered
for' Adam, who raised Cain probably
because he had no mother-in-law at all!
It is said that the Crow a Prince Gus
tavus Adolphus of Denmark, has "made
arrangements to meet Mis Alice Boose
velt at the house of Whitelaw Reid in
London,, in the spring, for the purpose
of offering hitr hand, nd, incidentally,
what lie&rt he has in marriage, tt is
also' said "tTustavus has been looking
for a bride in the eourts of Europe dur
ing the past year, but undccessfully."
Hvncc, as a last' resort, it is to be in
ferred, he will try Miss Alice. It ,1s
not claimed that he is in love with hr,
nor that he is in love with anyliody.
Indeed, he iias nerer se-n Miss Roose
velt at all. r He i merely afflicted with
that " married feeling and propose to
have dons wtih it, if possible. Great
ideas these Crown Princes have of the
proper bases for matrimonial alliances.
President' Roosevelt's special training
with the gloves will be of service to
him, doubtless, much sooner than. ae at
first expected. .
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. If ydu -will go into any well-eondaet-
ed -Thesiei you will observe that every
woman removes ber hat. . Xo better
bhaved'audience ever assembles any
where than is to be found in all firrit
elass' theaters. " No woman ever sits in
such a gathering with her head covered
with an aggregation of ribbons, vel'
veta, feathers and nnnameable fnrbe
lows beautiful to look at elsewhere
but in public assemblages v oheeurrug
the vision of the less fortunate men
and suggesting the -desire. to be prepar
ed for an immediate alarm of fire. It
presents the appeaianee of an audience
but half composed, always prepared for
the exigencies of a riot or the sudden
bbwrt of Gabriel's trumpet, for no wo
man would think of meeting that cele
brated trumpete'er' without her hat be
ine on (and on straight) and the assur-
anM that there, was ivi ir:l at fue incet-
ing place of her akirt and waint. But
why the ehurcbesj abine are -selected, as
the place where tinforfwarn.1 "danger
seems most expected and the congrega
tion must be prepared to vacate, at a
moment's-notiee," is not clear. Before
Dr. ' Brougher began his lecture to
I toe Y. M. C. A. in Sak-m last month be
remarked 'that in his church in Port
land, the Baptist White Temple, tbe
women all removed their hats before
tho services becran. At once most of
the women present took the 'urnt and
their hats off, after which he added
"of course it is understood that
those who came without t'neir hair
being properly dressed, will be ex
eused," whereupon the remaining bats
were removed. Dr. Brougher has an
idea that the e".inreho should not be
outdone in the matter of politeness and
courtesy by. theater goera, and there
are many Salem .churches which might
I Chamberlain is himself the chairman
of the commission, has approved ell its
work, was made a member of it b vir
tue of the law which made the aj propria
tion, that the othvr membersthe state
treasurer and secretary of state, eould
remove him or each other as easi! as
be eould act upon the advice of the
indignant paper at Walla Walla end
that as far as the Governor could go
in support of Its suggestion I would lie
to send in his resignation.
, Tue earnestneas of bur Walla -"Walla
contemporary is out of all proportion
to its fnnd of information.
CLASSIFIED ADS
.IN STATESMAN . BBXNO . BESULTS.
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' A correspondent of the . Hood River
Glacier signing himself Alex X. Kal.m,
is highly indignant at tbe editor of '"t fee
Statesman for having said, as be al
leges, that Howl Kiver is specially
prosperous" for t'ae simple ' fact that
! there a-c nJt foreigaersi lliero." And
he proeeel.T to lanttvmc - o wim
hereof for having eail that the ignor
ant foreigners" a nr the cause of what
ever lack f pwgressiwness Ss to he
uoticCMl anywhee ia OregoaV.et.:.'
Now Mr. Rahmf if ibat ii Wis nauie,
is hereby informed that the Xtat'5iu
ban several local writers, and wbui.
they may have said in the local col
umns the editor does not knowj but lie
is eertain"tnat no such expression or
phrase as " ignmnt foreigner," in
that connection has ""at any time ap
peared in-the-editorial columns of this
paper. '" '-..'..ii "''';
The editor, of .the Statesman ""know
from an experience f thirty years ob
servation in the Willamette valley that
the foreigners have cleared .and put
under a Tuigh Mate of cultivation ten
times aa much land as has fot-en re
claimed by our native liorn citizens. He
has the greatest regard for them, has
always expressed it, wi shea we bad a
great many mote of this class of for
eigners, and will present to Mr. llahm,
who- becomes the victim to a sort of
amalgamation of sarcasm and f aeetia,
one years' subscription to any paper
be mav choose, if he will find any re f-
crcice in the editorial columns of the
Statesman to the ignorant foreign
element" that bas made Hood River
prosperous by its absence.
And, besides, as a guarantee of good
faith, if Mr. Kahm will come to Salem
wo will invite bim io our home and ta
ble, that 'he may- see we are not at all
stuck up,"- that we live principally
on bacon, beans, grauam broad and po
tatoes, that we split our own wood and
build our own fires, that we are' poorer
than a great many foreigner and do
not try to appear otherwise, "that we
actually live, Charles Wagner's Simple
Life, partly because we cannot help
ourself, aud that, perhaps, we are not
really such a bad fellowJtfter alb. To
1m candid, our ancestors were real for
eigne rs,
and eoul.f neither read nor
write. ,
AN iiayBACriTCItlSITIONH1?1 Uyag- .
Tbe Statesman has no syirfpathy with
the 'suggestion made in the late gool
roads convention, and we believe em
bodied in a resolution, that"-the Legis
lature at its coming session pa a law
prohibiting the setting out, pi, fires for
any purpose, including slasuiagsdu'riag
the months of July, August September
unl October of next vear. The object
in view is to prevent a smoky atmos
phere .luring the Lewis and (lark Fair,
t hat visitors may be Enabled to see t he
country, the mountains and valleys, and
get an idea of the character of it in
general.
The object is perfectly unobjection
able, but the means of securing it are
not at all tenable and will, it may b
S3fely prophesied, not be adopted. If
the small farmers in the foothills, and
even throughout the valley, are not to
be permitted tbe privilege of burning
their clearings, there i no use of un
dertaking ti.em. Every farmer who has
tried to burn a slashing after ht rains
have come in earnest knows how utter
Iv impossible it is "Jo do . so and the
added expense it is to finally dispose of
the brush and stumps that cumber the
ground." ' .'' . "'
There are thousands of small farmers,
struggling hard for a living and many
of them frequently employ all the win
ter months in slashing and grubbing a
piece of ground that, though small,
means a ' great deal to them. 'And to
get the full fruition of their labor, of
ten including that of the women ami
children, it most be burned while the
weather is dry. - . - - , .
To make these poor people who are
really the bone and sinew of the land,
making two blades of grass grow where
there was but one before, pay tribute
to the sight-seers who come to Oregon
next year, would be an act of injustice
wholly inexcusable. .
A clear atmosphere is greatly to be
desired next yeart of all times,' to be
sure, but not at such a cost as this. lie
sides, if not an acre of slashing were
burned in the Willamette valley next
year, the smoke would obscure the.
mountains when the time of year eomes.
just the same. Smoke travels hundreds'
of miles, and keeos going. It cannot be'buina Bay N'ewa.
semmed in nofkeni out:: ' j - That Spirit of Venture.
But whether it can or cannot, ret the j(r Lovelet was seen on the streets
farmers who are" engaged in adding to at Grizzly Monday. Willow CVek Cor
thelr already small holdings by the respoudence, PrinevilJe Journal.
J ak A.ViaaT
. ' m ' . . ' ' ' ' - -
almost intallibXe rcinedy for
Lim'TS. known arid tiz&A h -urnrTH
hardest' of hard work, proceed, unmoles.
ted with their efforts. Thev cannot af.
ford tn pay for the gratification of the
sight-seers, and most of them will nev
er see the Lewis and CUTk Fair, any
way. They will not have the time nor
can a great many of them afford it.
TROTS IN A CLASS BY HERSELF.
U.ia to le regrette.1 f at the rvecut
poultry exhibition in this city was not
better attended. Thin fine display of
uu of t fie most profitable lines of in
vestment to be found in any state was
jessed ''by '-with no thought ,f atten
lance, whib one of our local theatres,
i.-xt lKr, was constantly througeil
fery night, hundreds standing iu the
street' for a-half hour' at a time, wnit
iug for a chance to be admitted.
fault is found with this, fur the enter
tainment to be bad there is Rood, but it
would aeem that ot the bun.lrv.U thus
wailing there should have been scores
desirous of looking at nnd admiring tho
exhiriition of poult rjr.
Never was a finer 'display of first
elas chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese,
j -.. 1
had in Oregon than
Saturday night, yet
ir below a sufficient
nVf to say .dogs, had in Oregon than
that which closed
the nroeeeds were
amount to pav the expenses of it. Sev
eral years ago we bad atrawberry mt
poultry rbows which were well atten
ded, though, even then, orchestra bad
to 1k provided as an inducement to
attract the pursuer of pleasure and en
tertainment. ."
The next time our enterprising -iti-zens
attempt to make such a display of
that branch of our indastrial invest
uients whi.h, as Secretary Wilsou ha
recently said, prwluces enough in values
each year to pay the interest on the
national dvbt, let them hire a couple
of brass bands and secure a location a
far removed as possible front any other
sort of entertainment.
For. as against all other varieties of
exhibition, the despised, hen is going to
be eroiitted to scratch for herself, nt
alone!
OUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ENTITLED
TO STMPATinr.
The" Sunday Portland Journal says
the particular Prince Gu?d.iviin wini
looks longingly toward Miss- Ali-
RooAevelt as a prospective and desira
ble bride, was born in 1859, was mar
tied in 1S1 and is the happy father
of three bognftag boys. AIiki thut hi-t
wife, Priheearf . Victoria, uf It.-tlcii, in
Againot this specific bit of informs-
tion the Oregoniau of yebterdaj
the intensely ; ihat'rinioniaUy-iucliiic.
Prince is but t"4 years of ag, the sn
of tho lrince Itoyal, and, fiiercfore,
the heir .rcauiu-tive ..to th-Scaiiili-navan
throne. "
S., if the Irincf is him"lf as badly
mixed as the Portland papers nre :is to
his identity, no wender the por f-llfw
hai "tried ajl thrf courts of Kurope f.r a
wife itHsuccensfully," and is now Uxik
iug wit'a a yearning gaz. toward th
historic banks of. the b'autiJ!niPtiniirt
for a mate to accompany hiirt through
'ihese low groiui'ls of rrow." .
In: tbo multitude of 1 tSustavus
Adolphus's, this particular royal twion
will be "' fortunate if he isn't fiuiilly
christened, lVnni. l-foro 4e concludes
his flounderingH la the alluring matri
monial sea. -
(ItaLritra Hi Kmttr&
OREGON iOINaS.
Ought to Have Gone Fishing.
I"aul Chattertoa of liald Mountain
was in the city Tuesday. Paul
Vie didn't get Ihe " bar. "-Lincoln
Count v Lender.
Is Onto tbe Situation.
Wc hopt that either Senator Miteb.-U
or Senator Fulton will 4luring tbe pr "
ent session, intro.luce a bill providing
for the election of United states Hca
ators.by ilirect vote-not necessarily
for passage, nn.lcrstand, but as evi
dence of g.d faith. Lincoln County
Leader.
Our Unreliable Highway.
Roads getting muddy. Maple Grove
Correspondence, Independence ' - hater
prise. whit i rviTinaonenreS.
Some of the Paradis -y
aaw njw we w -
pCOJMC
ventured hp our way afew di
days ago.
Wolfer Prari Correspondcnci', Aurora
Borealis. 1
A Lucky Editor.
The News returns thanks to-'"
Graves for a preentatioa Monday fjc
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