Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924, December 22, 1905, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text.J LlY CSGC.i5TAIt"3Vi . .. yw., . 1 ery Tue!iy sad Fruly by the :TZZHXS TUZUsmxa COA' Subscription al. .r in advance.-. , , f l.oo -."i.iha, jh Ja .4..e.....M.H ,m'-" ! if, on I ku smumUuismI for.blind tothe .ituation. Even the Unit - i who bate iTd It " wm ssb- nearly thai rd many who hare res4 it for grm Soma of thso object to ksmt continued s ths timo of cspiratkn- r. ssbsenptions.. For tb Ulli ! and for other reasons, wa km .. i mi aiKonunn nvKnpuoH only witot ! to jrrmAU;Z,S' Should war come, a pre- or psrinr ia draaee, will hae paredness of the other nartiea to tha ' riMnr, ' n8 of the dollar rste. me ooiiar rate. Hat U they do sis months, the rste will he pay for a year. -Hereafter w will sead tho r to all responsibly persons who order ongh they msy not send the nonrr. wit,. year. -Hereafter w will and anderstenIinc thai they are to Mr tl.2' I r in ease they lot the sahseriptloa se nt run over sis months. In order th may to no niaanderatandinc. : wo wih ; this notice scantling at this place ia the IZCUZJsTXOX (tWOCV) OTEB d.DOO, 13 OEEMANY EELUCOSZ7 The following is from a young gen man, vnative of " this eity, who is ulying political economy in one of greatest universities of Germany, s name, and the scnool where; he is atcd are not eivenifor reasons that 11 be evident to all Who read; He vs; - ; ; ' ;: ; . , ' ; ' . "Tlie emperor's speech from the rone the other day on. opening the ifbstaa pleaded for liberal naval ap priatidns, if or Germany's naval eon ruetioo program is larger than ever fore. In order to secure tne money rjsd a sort of veiled warning of im nding war. Onr relations are cor t with all , the nations of the world, icixlly with most of them.' ' ' England and Francis have both fti this, and in the great, naval de uids, a disposition more pronounced t ti than' hitherto to lok! askance at Mn;'and iu the refusal. to accept the posted prbffers of friendship,. It is t the emperor alone; the whole na on tlown tcv-our'Jittle German teacher itchtng'for war. They will not ad it it; but they think, and talk about tie else. I never was in such a oelli o atmosphere; before. They want to ht. and at present therp seems to be majority willing to-pay the piier, but ie Social" Democrats are wacing a eon-f w.v i j hundred times as strong as in Amer a, which ought to count. The trouble the Social Democrats stand for too sany Untenable projKsals, bcshlcs being gani3ied avowedly on the basis of ass interest' Which is, of all tilings, id and dangerous in politics. German ditics is very interesting. One. never f ars of graft or of deals or corrup on, but they haVe their problems hieh, are , very important. One never m realivre how ditficuH.it is to form n unprejudiced opinion about any iK'sthui until he nuunierges himself in I population in which diametrically op osito views are universally held about ia ny things, from those held by every dy in his home land" The above statement is jerhaps elear r than arc those which usually come the American reading public of. the i tuition in Germany. While news "is ot censored from Germany, yet Ger many '.system of peeping' in touch vith' everything that takes place, every king that is done in which Germany 4 at all interested, is so thorough that very correspondent in 1 Germany not nly realizes but appreciates that his vork ia, bound to. come, back to bim houldhe at any? time,1 overstep the imits of German newspaper ethics. i The writer has had much experience Huong German people in foreign eoun ' ries, where,' instead of being cittzons is Germans become in the Udited States, they were simply sojourners tor urposes f trade. These men were dncated along German lines, their pa riotism was ever1 at the nighest ebo ind their only talk .was . German po. Uics. Many of them still maintained : heir rank in the German military re serves; others had simply completed theirterm of service, but their con--ttnt . tals: was of war and how to wageat. . ' j ; In ihe country where the writer" passed-a number of years every Ger man citizen was either a member of tne ynilitary reserve, or belongedl to"1 so cicty calls! the Naval Volunteersi-Had any appearance of trouble in their na tive land shown along the horieon these young men were redy to go. They all wanted war, and as is the usual case, wherever a country looks for trouble. Ahout1 year R0 rn hair mii coming out very fast, so I bought a bottle of Ayer'a Halt Vigor. It stopped the falling and made my hair grow very rapidly, until now ft M 45 inches in ength.'Mr. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans. There's another hunger than that of the stomach. Hair hunger, for instance. Huiigry.hair needs food, needs hairvigor Ayers. This is why we say that Ayer's Hair yigor always restores color and makes the hair- grow long and h eavy...- $. ujutrmic If vnr drtipr anmt sarply yoa. "... ah. nar wo - w ? , . pass t, aVnlMI afn- c i your T.-A y F.R QJ twell LbngHair . ssanBBSBsaB I i Id 3 natM It -M-eaa. U 1 pnt f 1 IBBaasBlBal ' lt I'etty apt, sooner' or later, to fn it. ; ' ' - ; 1 Germany baa had a chip "on its shoul - der for the past two decades and that febip is getting Bo a very mild blow will knock it off ' With whom thm war will & be is hard to fell. bnt England and France continue to look 'he matter.! '.ouarelv in the "., a. n,itr 1 - , . . . v -- , et oiates naa had a suggestion from u,no ipai me uennan war lrU i'hiA frowned At thi ennntrv ' i . .. . f 8o lonff as there is neaee. William is 9 i paredness of the other parties to the ... , war will demonstrate whether be is a . ),... , UDer9n one or not. I ' ! THE SENATE'S POSITION. . Mon- ' The discussion in the senate on day over the lluties . of that -body .to senators who might te charged with wrong-doingi was : perhaps: necessary that there might: to no misunderstan lr ing among the people of the country as to me posiuon taken fcy Jnat. bo-ly m sentiment on several issues among Be-! t (1 know wnereoi speaa; - maintaining silence M the leath ol, publicans' and , Democrat, excite. I the linJ ' w Jk.-S! rtM.. ii,,. --..- a . ' i Election, every wees, , -s-- """ m. fear or the hope among many persons i t pt pitier In New York 8un- oeeurred -o recently Sn Portlan.L vThe that a general break-up in each of the t V - ! many friends of Senator Mitchell ia'.:M . If j ... Oregon will feel deep ol ligation to Sen-4 fw Te,!cT for voicing their sentiments on rrgsriii in e senator, yet they all must ' Lhe delicate position i appreciate the which members of that body, and espe- eially Oregon's other member, Senator r uipn, were piaccu. usual way and to demand for him tho f t r Is Seat stewt li a as 1 aa ss ImI rmlt Yxsn - .-..u.g. j 'yanks; over.' tnls question than in tne . seemea to De on tne poms qj. eaiincnoa various of the press of the state against j Democratic i ranks', and he accounts lor 'but it has never' failed to yecover from Senator Fulton for bis failure to -( this by saying that the'" Republican. I its , state of seeming , -weakness And nonnce Senator Mitchell's death in the ' ' 1 . .i . . usual honors shown by the senate. But ' lation or for failure to legislate. He f seem evident. : v The main thing that this criticism has been very much cn- fln(ls aIgo ft jivergence of opinion j on hplds it together today without a ques merited and nnjust. Senator Fulton fhe que8tioI1 Qf the trusts, finance, tar- tion is its jnemory of the past1 and its took the advice j of other members of j iff ete- and the failore ot the Re- J generat . condition of opposition to the the senate and acted on it in maintain- .m:.... jTi "i.At o-t- n.v.f. ,i,iLrt &.n.4 tvn ..v n.uwi.. ing silence. As one senator ' i might have caused a diecitssion in that ItMly whfeli wottW have been eensidero-l unfortunate, would simply have torn I the heartstrings j of the i family and . friends of the dead senator and would have accomplished no good. That Sen ator Fiilton s position was one of the utmost delicacy nnd of a. most trying nature his friends have all realized, and his enemies would have liked to have lrlH, : more so. The matter was perhaps more com pletely settled when the statement was made that, the honors that have been shown dead members of that body and of congress werp not in conformance with Any right which was due ihem according to any known law or j rule of. congress,' but simply the act of com mon respect which it was iossible for that IhmIv to pIiow on the adoption of ., ...... f 4 H, that tne senate wouni nave weaa ened. itself at all by having adjourned out fresfct to Hen at or Mitchell, no one believes, and many of Senator Mitchell's friends and others whojhave not been his friends have felt that this consideration would have cost the sen ate virtually nothing in cither honor or dignity. However, the senate did not seem to feel that it was its duty and the wise friend of him who is I dead will complain but little thereat; As The Statesman said in an editorial the next day after the senator's death, the good the 'senator has clone will be re membered by countless thousahda who knew of it and who appreciated it. If there was aught else in his life and j career, let it bej forgotten. THE PHUITPINE TARITP. The -Protective Tariff League has done a remarkably good woTk in the interest sof protection ahd in fact 'to its efforts may be credited the successful combating of, the demand for tariff re vision which j seemed evident some months ago. There can be no doubt, however, that it position against open ing up of f,he Philippine islands to r, trade with the ,TJnitel States oh equai terms with other, states, etc., is rather : ifficlt one to maintain. The Statesman is considered. ;and justly so, a strong advocate of the pro tective; tariff, of a tariff for the pro tection of all American industries; jbut its editor likes -to believe that the pro tective law of the. United States is broad enough to reach out over alt por tions of the United States, to all lands under its government. V hat he wooiu tne way or a privilege . iv . mav have some5 bais, but' we could well lo without a little Cuban sugar io order; to alloir the entry of sugar grown :by l " I. J .- I .- i ' " i HOW IT WORKS. 'The flc.ooliM in ntiKliniri.tirr fb statement of Hon. J-X L. Smith of Ho-jiI "V Vfll. kotlllU IUa.wiwa) , w River that he would not by initiatioa seek any t.mc In the giftof the pco- makes ?the following tcrthicBt f.t is .! i a? '1 J : t ,. , comment: .j . , , ; : inns it is tnat the law of prim ry election and nomination virtnatlv rules" oht lr .! , - : -wr vs. m uifivivc miii iHirr. aere are many whom it will -7.u i ""WW Afc Will BOt Kill! va inc u m 1 n a y inn grant in .the way or a priTiiege io , oycr ,he p,r!y nl the endorsement j i '.-L'wVi Ajuericans in (Alaska, he .would ,9' nnef,ui vocally- of free silvery, by the 'i Look out for a bigger building boom islands. The Idea that the l'hilipr'no tearinr Ithal f party farther asunder. ; -'tc Elands will supply the United States pinre llNaberc :vmaimni U wi be lhe shortest day in the with such enorrnooS quantities of sugar . .i-..., s th lemocratie J vear tomorrow, and then the earth will i wort ny citizens. :hi. t,Mritiin - F ' , c T . : i . : .. ' -, man 'jrrearin tbvroe; and character o??f American Jieople. makes it Impossible t joP 0V .hV 4 liZulY 1 : ' - 'v ? ' anyj very grea ivision oi . t jro,:aiosy W; tbe- fotBlnit Irnek of the is'th- f Ii r . "I this law parties agaln on thW point. The ques-; -ewrth towards the sun.. Tomorrow it; qui lannoonc; birn"",-"1 however, hrnyo wilb begin to be ..Ufk there at about, Jy to do this! They mighOaercpt oGcc, '; I tut will not seek it-- 1 , j The Qregonian further says that Ore- j ' on intends to give thi$ law a fair and 1 fall trial, whieh no doubt will fullyf demonstrate whether it has any real .merit or not. Everyone is now con- vineeJ U the necessity of trying out . the primary law, and thns giving tbejl . U,'onU who brognt J to u present! 'nlaee on. the statute books a (banco t". itt ; .:n ' . - ------. -.,7 ... , , ii . t :.-t t,.;. . - . 1 neor,e , ... -; : theories. 1 One- of the stroncrest arirnments . , - -.' . ,. against the law nas been that it ehm - lasted mneb of the probability of the 4 'office seeking the man."1 .. 1 - - ASE OLD PAETIES BSEAXuNu UP7 Chas. Ilarrey bs been writing I - . - i o t..s- -ik- serie, of letters nn the gt- Louts Globe - Democrat regarding American politics ind they have proven very interesting. jjis last appearing . in that paper for ia8t Sunday morning is a discussion of the possible breaking tip of the 1 old parties. He says that the division of as was-ay ss ss , vsu ym a. mm, w u-w ig'near at hand. 7 " " Among other things which he thinks jjp,,., party disintegration is the difference of opinion as regards; the proposed legislation for the regulation f raiWay rates. He says there is ap- parent more discord in the Republican the ... therefore responsible for leeis- I s7UvaA.au : w -waa vuvii I J i in various of ; the states and 'citiest in , ttiA ramnwti ', nlMiinn lis a0a t nrlhKr . .langer'ortbis disintegration based! on evi,leilt lack f cohesioni Mr. Har-tan i8 eOBBervative, however, and calls ' of -r.rorn.ticator' of a ; ; general disrnption to the fact that the Republican , party ; has shown great co- hesiveness and licipHno on more than oncjoccasipn; when its integrity seemed to be in danger. He niignt at the same time have called attention to the fact that the Republican party has been in the habit of. organizing on lines of com: promise for the purpose of settling ev ery question svhieh has. fever come be- .fore it.JJrJf Mere' Were sijmply two dis- iinct sitW to the questioi, as was evi- - - dent in .the matter ot goiti. money, tne jof either of the two old parties is here, bulk of argument has usually carried the Neither does he believe that independ majority of the party an the minority, ent voting will be any more evident in following a , well established custom, iveiioded? the justice-of the posb turn takenby? the majority and have accepted It. ' . t ' ! ' ! This is ap , to be the situation in connection with the question of rail way legtsjaiion. Whi e 4t may not bo possibld fof scstire legislation so radical a. a number jjf leaders have demahd- ed, yet there ii a great probability that a. law containing features and elements of justice to both the railway or trans portation companies and the people who have occasion to make use of transpor tation privileges, will be -adopted by tho congress at its present session. The Republican party, has always been willing ,to ; throw open the ques- tions on which it has taken a stand to full and free and frank discussion, Thus on the money question after a campaign of . education in which the brightest s? udents of political economy took part, together with the most prac tical business men of the country, the Republican "party was found taking' the position favoring the best money, as it ever tries to favor tho best policy, for all. the people. While the sentiment in the west was in favor of throwing . the mints wide open to silver, and this element had forced a straddle in j the . conventions pf 1892 by both parties, in 1896 the campaign, of education had ' brought the Republicans to a full-real- - - " n ' - . ization f the situation. J Party disin tegration which seemed evident in J893 was unthought of in 1896. . ' The Democratic party, "however, t nas lecn latly split and torn since ?8o9, when the question of -slavery disrupted ' it: later other subjects found it unable ' ' ,. , . - .. - .. ,. to siana so.i.i, u uua..7 w- faviriBgjheap- moner 'ctirel power n,i th endorsement t isrty. There h been nothing aronnd, 1. . . .. v. . ' n-m.t ,..td oTither. 1 . ; U urc . -" e. t wfii..ti Ih.T '(I esjKruse and which ..i, ..ii . .,n'Tiii.n nt all jrouia t i v , - th.H elemenU which hail been opposed iUm t?ortii1iliiln tl m Tt V t h TOXI 1th. the UU -"- ' v - - - ' T " Ufferencjrs'" rotntej' wit"; of -the; slavery f question and tne question of free trade '. or t rMtUa. i The- Republican party ; . . -: . -i. :,;ia.o stan-ls today for protect ' i . . lit m x t. .towl fort ycirs, sad the fact tnat ' a ",,--r -: - j------- v -: - .too,! tor fort ycr, and thq fact tnat; si great many jof the aoter men mine,' -rt. .li it.. this ' ..u.r. V ..u. .... f rin:n niiin . iy iuc hilii iTir tniuisis. t ' hill tilA a ... ntiflalm. Oi.l n.. jv ..vis.o iiu "juvdv.v a, . c;:.:s met; 2 ms Best Conch Syrup. .Tastes Good. Us is time. Sold by druggist. T J EO02... t-fS iiw . ' nuA cau .. , lie 11 shout and spout and go about In. auto, .ar,;coupe. i HoU be your friend and lend and spend, j All kinds of schemes hell float; Upon the street he ll greet and treat ! The man who has a vote. j jne taaies iaii.ana sman n-u can f on m S a .. T 1 ll S ftl ' Names of sweetest kino:, i w:v- . wk; wn vin whit bliss V" wnere.oniy nununcua wquiu ro u m VvT.i1 W: iWhSt b,'W)t. present location., For . hundre.1 Eac T h c?ri fidi . Hell elasp your hand and stand and t .Qnndiyn you of his deeds, 'nd from bis wad, egad, how glad: - He is to iriva who needs: Your ribs ,he '11 poke, the joke yoa spoke Just makes nun latigh out loud; He bas a bin of 'tin to win V " - - The doubtful, shout ful crowd, And so I think aha think r and think many who. have been Democrats in the "past, but w joined with the; Kepub- lieans on the gold money issue,, will jalso join With he Republicans on the "'qoestien" - Vf omplee ' protection of J AmerieanJindustries. i . - i V I t The Demcratie party has oftentimes element in politics and its emi does not u i nu vvk wvoavp aa m tAr .asr a ui w J fruo Republican"rparty" jts f' future may be A i frrin t linvpm n at nnnnnt tho J Democratic party . seems t be taking advanced stand ?n favor of mnniei- pal ownership of public 'utilities, and th-re i- reason t l-nw that th-r --y -. - is some hope of popularity i for them j in, this position. - J ' The Republican party, however, will begin agaiA. a campaign of. education that will in the end rehabilitate that .organization and lead it on to farther power, anjt it will have, the result of maintaining the spirit.of individualism, the right of individual effort and the control within proper limits of great t aggregations' of capital. The y .sees no reason to believe't'hat th writer the end the congrcHsional elections of l9f6 than it was is the eongres gressional elections of liK) or IIHJ2.- ' f ! There can be.no question that, in Hre controversy between Mr.-Ha rriman and MrRyan as developed before the in vestigating ' committee in' New ; York city, Mr. Harriman came off 'first best. Ur to. the present. time, within the lim itations which arc ftaturalttf a capitalist-nothing has developed" wrhich has indicated that Mr. Harriman had any thing but thevsuecess of the Equitable Society and its best interests at heart. That he might have made some profit out of the businPHs'fdr himself would have been natural; that was why Mr. Ryan warfted the stock; but t is evi dent that Mr. Ryan expected; to make more money than be did. The idea that Mr. Harriman had any aort of an ar rangement with. Governor Odell for. the I exercise of political influence has been found to have had no basis in fact, and so fax Mr.' Harriman stands well before, the people in connection with insurance 'matters - ' Bits tor V v Breakfast VI- A contemporary declares that the Dingley ' tariff drives manufacturing plants to, Canada. Yet our commerce with the Dominion last year reached $166,000,000, the largest amount on record and far ahead of Canada's busi- ness with any. other country.: In every case where actual figures are given the Dinglev tariff - maintain its i dent ifica- tio with the period of the greatest for- fcign commerce, of the United States, j t-owV--- -h) "fP to tip back toward the sun, and It wrill Iniln ISO onrintr d ora in - " W1" o0n .frlBgi again.; It wilt interest the little folks to know that a grapevine dispatch has been reeciveu from beauouarters an- nouncing that Santa Clan is coming , 0rett- lMWt thisyear. M fj W . V -yj' ..'gj B'' th-"'llem-i,ortlBd electric line are through the Bon ham tract and away doWn in the Bush farm ' iuv r-ii aufx rcmvimrium en nine win, rirnhti r.l V taa ' hava. wi thin ok eaMV M.t fTll W ..TltbUSi- yvvmmj . ins i.ukwv wuoib m wrva, ami theh it wilb not -be lonff until electric- ears will be running" to the Indian; schooL a :it a an. a ,, . nrr..'"" lne n" 1 1 I . . I. 1 1 1 :.. . . , uui titrj rru otre mm ray qyvt ino 'niountaia. Withtnr a short time the j residents upt tbro will begin" 4d se the sun's bright faee again. The turn ling point of the year, when the nights J are the longest, has - more interest . at i 'J Dawson than, it has . down. here. ;. , - J I In his (liaenssion OX eorniPt practices: .in national politics Senator Tillman ob - ;serres that it would have been a fortu - naiev ining n r. been elected. This, remarks .aa ex - change, is more of a reminder, however, than, a remedy. " " i " ' iUO pruriuiu w estry Duiiumg irom tne ,w CUrk fair grounds to the state fair gronnus ncre is an circucm uuc j building would thus be in sight oft . . . t- i i . every person passing larouga oait-m uj raiC Thousands of strangers would see it where, only hundreds would see it "in vears lt would De laiaea aooui old be talked, about "l,part y of Oregon is through the directs bject lesson with which to., iaw. '"Hentimenl is crystalling e magnificent timber re-,J,n a fair test of the law and f usod uaa o Advertise the sources of Oregon. v.vv b .;..v- . Rnssia. Jim Hill ha. been paying $1000 an aere Aor right of way for his north city, "sorter looking ,d. It is the strawberry land', lesire of office hohiifi hank roa of the -White' ;Salmon7 opposite Hood River., . : ,". ' ;V;AS,a .-- The shortest day in the year does not necessary refer to the man who has just finished buying his Christmas presents. ' . : v..j .. Somebody has bought a $285,000 resi dence on Fifth avenue, New Yorkj which is to be given to bis wife as a Christmas present. The man's name is concealed in order to make the little gift a surprise to the rcci pient, but it is presumed that, of course, he. is a newspaper, man, because the insurance men are lying low just now. : . .. , ; William Thompson,, who lateby died in Slielbyville, Ind aged 77, was known as "the man who sold VhFs gold at f2.75.". During the Civil war Thomp son accumulated $3100 in gold, which he carried to Indianapolis and sold at a premium of 2.75. netting! him $7525, within 10 eens of the highest price ever paid for gold. - . j, : . a A few days ago there arrived in New York 400 Russian refugees, many of whom were eye witnesses of the mas sacres in Odessa and other Russian cities. Among them were' Jews who had themselves bidden in bouses in Odessn while the mob searched for them. There were 'also Russian workmen of the ('hri.itian faith belonging to the va rious trades,' whose tesimony tended to put the massacre at Odessa in some what different light from that in which it has tt en viewed herel (They all unit ed iu declaring that their asailants were led by police disguised as citizens; and that, the massacres were not rare persecution, but revolution.' An intel ligent Jew, a n Odessa tinsmith, told of what he saw of the massacre from the beginning, when, two rival parades, celebrating the newTleonstitution, met and began to fight. lie -also told how little children were thrown "Out of high windows, and. how Christians patrolled the streets in " large bands, protecting Jews, while other Imnds of men pillaged and murdered. ? There is some relief even in this .scant testimony that the Odessa massacre, jwas not wholly as atrocious as reported. S A young Englishman recently came to Louisville and secured employment in a bical express office. Educated in the 1'rjtish schools, the young man was not learned in American slang. Soon after arrival. a friend, with whom- he became acquainted in the office, recommended hm to a boartling place. A week or so later the friend, who happened to 1k an adept in the art of using up-to-date slang, accosted thje Englishman with the question: i flow Io you like your 'liasu joint?' " l "The 'joint wo had for dinner? asked the Englishman. "Well, it was not quite done enough to suit me.' "Oh, no," said the friend, "I mean how do you like your 'straw stack i feed berth' boanling house,-boarding house, don't you understand f'; . "Oh, you mean my lodgings. Tney are fairly comfortable," 'replied tho Englishman "I heard the rooms were rather 'rat ty,' "..persisted the friend. "No, I haven't seen any."" i " Pretty 4 swell ' crowd, ain 't it t " "Swell? No'-o-o, I didj not see any thing swollen" at dinner. The dishes were rather small." ' 4 " "Well, I mean, don't' they5 'put on the 'dog?' " , 'Oh, yes, we had sausage for din ner." - - ',':-- - r ' : "Aw," impatiently, "ain't they away up in G? 'Out of sight?' " "Well, the biggest part of their din ner is out of sight before I can get to the table, but I can generally find the chops with my glasses." , Then the friend began to, search for j a method, of speaking plain 'American undefined. . , , 4 n -People out this way Who have been thinking things in this department were going very slow, may be comforted by reading th following ' from the" St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "It is only three years since' the irrigation' law wa passed, and already the , govern- went ha. constructed 77 mile of main canal. 54 miles of distribntiag system, 18d miles of ditches, including damsj 3 miles of tunnels," l2 miles of w9ob rod. 147 bridtrcsi a cement mil! ith a capaci n ' - y -,- - and - many, buil work. In no otbe internal improve been pushed with equal Wisdom of an Empiricist.': ?;. ; Beauty U its own excuse for beinc ' photographed. r ' mrla ot OBC of their BumWr ' . . . . . . w uw aassma s s . as uiiuioaci aia , Mtx; sjwcu tone they would had she taken the tone veil. .- I You can't tell anything'; about 'a income from the kint of bat his -L-M1:' - "' '-"'' i - , c"".' i - -' - i oBomyi- the, road to . a get-rich- e. . . ck 'investment. -- " -i -? -4'' ;-v f'. -f on earn add;, a. great "deal of variety life by putting on Vr ' lef t tM-k ..t-.-. . x -..,o wa,.!. " - i""1 . . ine- Btxu ... ty of 300 barrels a day,:?-" 7 un,r it Ktrr." well known as one of Port dings incidental to the r?q5tn as tbey may attempt to hold . -u J..f ... -hoiM11i- dealers. r ease In history have .P be Pnl,le' . . j ' ihuh h,,ri,i ,Un iutlv sid to thci meats on a large scale "I f oftbe taxatibn of u:r,tMl,lf, ,,Yes. we'll ffive voor . Or Political '0 ! "-- j "Bob" Eakln ts .WiHin. : To the KrpuHican electors of the State . of Oregon: ' j there is ta W a juticb of the supremo court of Oregon elected nest 'June, I have decided to Le a candidate ,for tnat offi;e nt tne pr,mary nominat- iIlff election. sutiet to the decision of voters. , La .Grande, Or., Dec. H, 1903. ' . ;. Kotcrt Eakin. -r .--.. La Grande Observer. Hero's the Road to Peace The road to peace in the Republican ng a fair test or tne law ant on demanding that all: defeated candi - dates or factions stand 1 v the choice of -me pfppicr-iTnuiciou iniuQe. ,1 . . , : ...... ue Is Not Cnrea Tet. Ex-Governor Geer has lccn in Haker around." ' The ling is more diffi cult to euro than the. opium habits Uaker City Maverick. ' Too High Up There. ; The-. state political pot is beginning to take , on heat, but it is not much felt at this high altitudes-Dallas Chronicle. - , . . How Abont It? Eh? .'Oregon is, taking an absurd and re- l nrehensible position with rcirnrd to the ! iate development of fraud in school lands. If we refuse to take the initia tive and prosecute the forgers of cer tificates of everything employed in the land department, js-e can expect cen sure of the severest na to re from states whoso .citizens halve lost thousands of dollars through these crimes, tl may be, as Portland papers claim, there is no penalty attached to forgery of the state seal, but we doubt it. Shouldn't, a state protect the authority of its of-j fleers', acts and signatures? Eugencj Register. Well, Wouldn't It? '! les, nJ snpMst. the . l'ltilipp nc j should' "swamp the -United States witU sugary- woumn t it te i nueii rotates sugar? Wouldn't it I c just asearl.vj GEER IS IN RACE ANN0UNCE3 UHISTTLT A CANDI-i DATE IN PRIMARIES FOR 0P FICE OF GOVERNOR. Says Contest Will Ec Between Politics Friends With Object of Ultimately Through Paitbful Public Service, to! Strensthcn Republican Organization A few d tys The Statesman gtvH the annotinceiiielit from' ' informal toti considtFred reliable that ex-tJovcruor T, T. Geer of this county would lie very likely a candidate In-fore the Rcpubli can primaries ior nominaiion ior gov;- j inlotrlal, the employers anl the em crnor, and while .the decision of Mif. ployed, the improvement of the Colom (Jeer had 'not Ix'en formally expressed .- bia sod the Willamette fivers, the pur at that time, the. declaration of thbtrhase of the Oregon City locks by the p per proved to be correct. In talking . general government and the ea My" com to a Statesman representative on Tu--( j,,.t i,,n of the canal at Cclibi as weff" tlay, Mr. Geer laid aside his reserve nn , an inecat;int effort to in '.e cotiVp the question and came out flat-foote I gress to provide for 1h iiiiprovcm nt . in the following language: . of all our coast harbors. ! "Yes, you aro authorized to say Ilia Ci ..All our interests, industrially, as-n I will be a candidate for thef nominn-' stnte and materially as a people,, nr'o tion for governor at the Kepublicajni-los'ly interwoven and should lw im primaries next April, and when thje ! partially looked after, for, as lias well time comes I shall, with the assitanre of my fricnila, wage a vigorous cam paign for the nomination without mak ing any sjccial effort against any nj pirant for that or any other poitiojt. The primary contest will be one be tween political friends, the cdjject jf which, of course, will be an endeavinr to secure the 'highest vote, and ulti mately, through faithful public, str vice, to strengthen the state Rcpubli can organization. "As a state we are entering upon n era of qnpreeedented material deyebp ment requiring close attention to tjhe enactment of such : legislation as Will tend to the promotion of the genefal Pica, for Assistance for This Organlza wclfare and in harmony with our rp-J . tion .Work It Is Doing. idly t changing, conditions. Ilcing tihe j dominant party, forturtately, it The Christmas season should stir jmeii booves - the Republicans' of Oregon jto to generosity. To make all claMwes bap cast iermanently behind them the fife- py is commendable. Hint to assist thon tional differences of the past, always who can not do for themselves is tho hurtful to the party and to the state, ' very essence 'iif the Christmas' spirit. i and to direct its wasteld energies to- i ward the great work that lies within Its immediate future. t ', . . 1 1 ' ! . I . ; . T - nun roj voice ani en j. nave ior many years discussed all public ques tions of interest to.the people of Ore gon, concerning which, therefore, niy views are well known. I am in thor ough accord with the president in hi views on rail roal rate legislation and the rigid exclusion of Chinese coolies though, .as to railroads, since Oregon has but fairly, begun its era of railroad building its legislation as to their cen- trol should go no further than to se- "ure fr treatment to snippers in the ! 4imcrei,t sections or the state, our ll development in the near future o-e oH,n the building of rail- - the ; remoter sections of the ' tate than uim.b trny other one thing , , , . . , . . , . i :t.i. : -a :. - k'l. ... . a . o ii . m . u, n i, m jfiiif. if ii i-angi.oe i.ro,cnies, uu sun yieoung.. rule, immem iirofits, until they. !. -" f " " l"w"r' am iB favor of Continue. effort lo so revise the state law on assessment . 4 . - -" - v n," " ernment.I affair, shall fall more evenly, juion.our peopie in proimnion as tneir property ind business make them ab!e a to pay. , , ' , r..,.,..4 v J.i i..;fc-- m.t- .!.. , am'in ravor or me proimmj rf the ' auerintcndcnt of public inrtrut . : . . .i.xu ju ii v iui.1; juivwi iiuu ic BiufHnv- iu. i A - . ... 1. 1 : i t . : tn lt.meatltrv t.riaciples of an-rirnJ- ture and of manual traininc. th. strkt-J- est . ecouomjr in the administration f t1" f U iPrtiaf- enfon-e-J. meat f the laws, and of all laws" until a . i- .- .s'. :aaf . ' - repealed, and of the utmost vicils - in the shaping of our, legislation - promptne" public francbisesj known as arge y ,-, f - MmjJll aHI,H;nU., . i,e gv O 4. Clippings What the Press of the Bute lias to 'Say of Politics and ' Politicians. - ail ri-ht as would the act oMhe -Vass- achiisctt-. farmers should the swamp'? Boston with Leans 1, While we aro something of a elan.! Mttrr, here is wbrre we "lay1 down.'-r-Lin- 'coin Coonty Leader. -. How About Politics? Arthur A. Green sacclv remarks in his "Silhouettea" department of the tOregonian that "A thorough course of liver medicine will cure the most' aggra Ivated ease of disappointment in love." I Of course Artie knows. Lincoln Count v Leader. ; The Moshroom Bank Scourge. Oreijon has not suffered so much n 1 h.is the middle west and the south wcrt , from the. muKhrnotn ImnV apnnrccl Her 1 1 Til f,ii tr nm n i .1 An 4 1, a 4UAArv ! an. ounce of preventive is worth a f round of cure" how is the time to mak f roun.I of i . these wreckers of homes and bappinrsH a practical impossibility. AH thio can I e checked, and for the most jart pre vented by adequate state banking l.-t-As. lilt this feature Oregon is extremely tl .' linquent, Such laws would be a h Ij to honest banking and welcomed , by honest bankers. They would be dis tasteful to the pilfering promoter alone. Oregon City Courier. This Is Not PoliticaL Some, potato buyers are somewhat wrathy because tbey bit off more than they could chc w. Grcsham Record. A Bare Possibility. i - The offices are seeking . the men in Lnioh-eounty. After the find 'of the vear it .is just possible that there will f'O several men out seeking the offices. La Grande Observer. Demand for Improvement There is a -demand throughout t hi state, 'nt ImH throutrh its western r tion, that the Columbia riveP improve ment work shall not cease. There is quite as much of a demand that work on the Willamette anl for the ilcve!p int nt of coast harl ors shall receive their share of attention. The liM-ka" charccs at Oregon City Is the worst handicap river traflie has ever suffered, i ... 1 bany , 1 1 c r a Id. that nothing, if iHssible, may hiter ftro with the equal rights of those commonly-known as the plain ciplcf. sin- c if their rights Mreaasnrcd all inrrrests . msy priicced without jcofmrdy. And alt hough having been a farmi r for more than thirty years, I do not wish to be considered -as merely a farm er's candidate, l-tit. in addition,. I sire to include in my sjtecial conititu-f enpy th r.-iu(hniatvNnd miners, th" fruit raisrs anl stot-kiiK-n of all scc-tiono-.f onr . iniutnso common wait h, not forge! tin gr while always consii-i-ing the pioneers of the Willamette val ley, the new etll.rs who an- endoavor ing to reclaim the tui-v brush plains of the arid belt or the enterprising o ple of the co?st ,co:ntics snd the south- -wr-Mcrn part of the state, who r dL ing so much to develop their untouched, resources. Hut fully as iiiiM,rtant -hs is all this are the ynst business interest t nt our cities and towns, commercial and 1 been sail by Ireidcnt Roosevelt, the aggregate, as a nation, we will all go up iir oown together. "These, with such other nced.t as may suggest themselves later, vi ill be my platform, and if successful at the pri maries.' I will visit every county in th; state, if Muble,. ,ld in company, I hope, with' the Democratic nominee, discussing jointly such topics as may Ik deemed. xff interest and importance to the people 'of Oregon." ), PRISONERS' AID SOCIETY. ''Christ camelto seek 'and to save he . lost." ..." , V Tli Orr -on Prisioiers' Aid Koeietv ... directs all its efforts towards' aiding a class of men too likely to be forgot ten by society at large. These cold winter 'tlays, when work i with difli enlty so-Mired, friends are ' urgently needed to start men released from pris on along the right road. Clothing ii neeled,-often lo'lg'sg must lc provided until employment jean be procured; transiMirtaiion to some iwiint . whern work can t hail needs I o be paid if a' ,, - o ret . chanee to reform. Tin jalem public knows , the situation of men discharged from the .eni ntiary. . Th! i,y in ts ,wo-Vcars eaer h f- J, ,ajritv . faf , ,w , , WhoJ wiII - ... i... . npi7f b ,fc n i Ml ft lit, iih i itru i i i . " ' - ...... 4 . - " - . .. t i:,U rrave us five t-mVs ,is much as last year as a result - (rfliii studv of our .worth. Men like eV T U ' hl,ot' ltnhht W'"e' ''".J 2 iV'H . . "It irn liicorr fi mcr pfwin? e wmi. ( - . , r . i i , . ! V:' --y- f -;---r , moneys: to nevv 1'ierre, V5ox.204, Salem, Or. rM-nn an ,-monevf : to iwevi i.. . ' -V4r TYifirift orld HhlldreTl.' let J: It ' ii n" VI JtJ RrJ YCJ 11213 AI.V2JS CC"2mI . . j - Dears tlio . gtenatare of