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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-11

In view of the denials and
amount of discussion it has Great
ed, the text of the original dispatch
announcing an American policy OF
concentrating naval strength in the
Pacific is of much interest. 1t will
ha noted tbat the TELEGRAM which
The new age., 1907-03-09
A FINE OPPORTUNITY.

Mr.. Lafe Pence, the enterprislng
developer, has made a suggestion OF
great value to the county and CITY,
that should be taken advantage OF
if possible, along with vote OF
thanks to Mr.. Pence for his public
spirited offer, or proposition, which
is thus stated in the Journal:
A macadamized, rolled boulevard,
so feet wide and approximately five
miles long, following the contour OF
the hills north of Portland to Linn
ton. on elevations varying from 45O
to 200 feet, is an immediate possl-
bilitv. It is within the power of the
county of Multnomah, which would
generally profit in large way from
such development to start the con-
templated boulevard system which IL
is proposed to center in Portland.
''If the county will take the neces'
! sary steps promptly, while our com
pany is working out the plans be
tween Willamette heights and Linn
ton. such a boulevard can be con
: structed at cost approximately on
t fifth of the normal cost of such al
= Improvement" said Lafe Pence
t president of the Pence company !
: so happens that our enterprise Mt
f in with the boulevard proposltio
I at this time, and we would be aol
S to do a lot of work that would cos
IS the public comparatively bagatell'
e "But if the public part of the pro
: ject were held back year or two
it the necessity of voting bonds an
The new age., 1907-03-09
WIT or THE YOUNGSTERS.
~~~~N~~~~~

Teacher-Johnny, what is the future
tense of HE drinks?" Johnny (prompt-
ly)-Hes drunk.
Teacher-W Willie, can you tell me why
the multiplication table stops at u?
WILLIE guess it's because 13 at a Ia
BILE is unlucky.
Teacher-Now, Johnny, you may give
me the definition of exercise" john
ny-Exercise is work what fellow
likes to do because it isn't work.
..They saw that l have cut tooth"
Said the babe with mournful glee;
But if they'd only tell the truth,
/ They'd say the tooth cut me-"
Teacher-Why, Freddie, this excuse
doesn't look like your fathers writing.
Freddie-Well, the next one will look
more like it, l guess. He says my pen
manship is improving.
Small Tommy after being severely
chastised by his mother for disobeylng
her ran to his father and said between
sobs: Papa, how d-did you c-come tc
m-marry such w-woman as m-mamma
is?'
Mamma-If you had two pennies
Willie, and l was to give you three
more. how much would you have? VIII
lie-Make it dollars, mamma. What's
the use of being stingy with make-be
lieve money?
A little fellow, age 4, accompanies
his father to Lincoln Park one day
where he saw diminutive monke.
! with whose playful antics he was great
" pleased. What did you see, dear?
asked his mother upon his retur
home. "a funny little boy with a tail,
, renlied the small observer.
. whats the matter, pet?" asked
mother of her 3-year-old daughter. wh
was crying. "S-somfn' dweadful
e happened" sobbed the little one. "Wel
t what was it, darling?" queried Il
mother, anxiously. My d-dolly d'
away f-fwom me an b-bwoked a dds
in re p-pantwy,' she sobbed.
The new age., 1907-03-09

performing various slow and labor
[ous circumlocutions, we could not
hold back our work to keep pace
with it. The chance is here now, ana
if the people will embrace it we will
do what we can to help"
"The project to make manufac-
turing district at the exposition
grounds. where buildings have been
purchased, would have been much
further along by this time had it not
been for one obstacle-the absence
of cheap home sites for employees, =
said Mr.. Pense. eve have had three
large concerns ready to remove their
n1ants from the east and bring their
employes to Portland could we have
furnished them cheap homes for the
emDloyes without sending them five
miles to East Portland suburbs
"This obstacle to our undertaking
has been overcome by the proposal &c
open the district between Willamette
heights and Linnton. We shall con
Time the Linnton road line from the
fair grounds to Linnton, then lool
back along the hillside and open on'
of the most beautiful suburban res
ident districts to be found anywher
in the world. The line will be bull
at once. Men of means have agree
to come in and finance it and tn
bonds are already practically sold.
''The idea that came into my min
was simply this: That it would be
pity for Portland and Multnoma
county to miss this chance
get in on the ground floor with
boulevard at a time when the COS
of such an Improvement would /
a bagatelle compared with what
would cost later on"
The new age., 1907-03-09
JEWELS IN BOOT LEATHER.

Diamond-set Dancing Pumps VIII
Soon Be Fashionable Rage.
It is said that a manufacturing jew
aIer in New York has invented device
for setting gems in boot leather; that
diamond-set dancing pumps Will soon
be the rage; that diamond-toed Doots
will eventually be so common as not
to attract attention in Broadway or in
9th avenue.
Here is merely return to ancient
luxury. The "campagus,' the most or
dinary footgear Of the Roman empe-
rors was often enriched with pearls and
| diamonds. Roman women had shoes
with soles of solid gold, shoes that spar
kled with precious stones. Heliogabalus'
who never wore a pair Of boots twice,
insisted on exquisite canoes as decora-
tions. but he forbade women to wear
gems attached to their shoes. High
priests were coquettish also in this man.
nor Alcibiades invented boot that
became the fashion, but we believe It
was gemless.
| Let us 10 bhC
Charlemagne wore shoes adorned with
gems and richly ornamented foot cover
inos we're worn by the nobility OF Eu'
rome. both by lords and noble danes
in the twelfth and thirteenth centu'
rIes. In the time of Charles l. of Eng
land the extravaganza was shoe strings
edged with gold. Louis XIV. wore al
his wedding boots adorned with feurS
de lis and decorations of gold, but how
t did they fit him? For the shoemaker
! Lestage, disdained to take the roya
measure. Toward the close OF th'
eighteenth century in England sho'
buckles dazzled with jewels.
q A millionaire is now a person who's
n income is a million. capital of
million is nothing. When General Jun
Bahawther took his seat at the bal
given in London by the Peninsular an
Oriental Company
The new age., 1907-03-09
To Be Reflled.

One of the suburbs of Chicago Is the
sita of n well-known school OF theol-
ogy. from which go out each weekend
many members of the senior class to
try their voices as supplies"
A passenger on a Monday morning
train was surprised at the number OIL
them who got off at the station.
what are all those chaps getting on
here?" he asked the brakeman.
"ThemY' asked the brakeman. "Oh
they're returned empties, for the col
lege."
The new age., 1907-03-09
will not take very long to climb {
900, 900, and it won't stop at that.
VOTE THE BONDS.

VOTE IHE bONDo'
The bonds proposed to be voted on
next June for boulevards and PARK
grounds should be authorized ana ,
doubtless will be by large majority
The bonded debt of the city is COM
small, considering that
Portland is a very rapidly growing
ci+v and the water bonds will be paid
bv the water income, so that a new
iseue of million or even two mil
lion bonds will not be any appre-
ciable handicap on the city, and the
money thus secured can be made TO
do the CITY several million dollars
worth of good.
The proposed park ground and
system of boulevards will be most
excellent investment. They will add
immensely to Portland's attractions,
and make it celebrated throughout
the whole land as the finest scenic
citv in it. They will bring tourists
in great numbers annually and home
seekers of wealth as well. Already
MANY fine homes have been built
here by people from abroad ana
when these improvements are made
1.-The number of such homes will null
tip1y RAPIDLY. With the city we'll i'm
nroyed in all respects, and beautitied
and its natural attractions made the
most of. and with its delightful Gil
mate during large part of the year.
it will become the mecca of thou
sands both of temporary and perma-
nent soiourners, and most OF them
people with plenty of money to spend
and invest.
What is two million dollars when
Portland's assessible property this
wear will be probably about $2OO'-
600 900. Only one per cent and TINS
valuation will double in the next sl1
or eight years, if not sooner. Get the
mark grounds now; they can never
he bought so cheaply again. Lay ou
a comprehensive system OF Doule
wards and begin improving them an'
do the work thoroughly, regardless O
cost. 1t will pay big.
The harbor must be enlarged am
deepened; this is important. In
= river front may be bought, and own
ed by the city for public wharves an
docks; this might be good invest
~ ment. Hundreds of miles of street
must be improved, and kept clea
Il and attractive; this will cost a goo
? deal of money. But all these thing
will pay, and none ol CneHh O0''>
" than the parks and boulevards.
Portland has the opportunity
" make itself the finest city, takir
"p everything into consideration in tt
80 country. 1t will take good deal
money. quite good many million
40 before the jobs are ended-and tn
never will be ended-but what
that if within 20 years Portland CT
- be a city of 100000 inhabitants, t
veritable New York OF the Pacl
- Coast? And it can be. But to be
;ses .- A. onnortuniti
The new age., 1907-03-09

Mayor Lane is not getting much
encouragement to run again from
people who have good judgment and
are honest enough to tell him the
truth.
The new age., 1907-03-09

The governor gained nothing IN
public esteem and respect by berat-
ing Speaker Davey, who has as good
right to his opinions and his way
of performing his public duties, as
the governor has.
The new age., 1907-03-09
HfstrfOnfc.

There was on the stage a realistic
scene in which a surgical operation
was apparently performed.
Hold on" cried voice from the au-
~dience. aren't you going to give US
some of that chloroformT
OF course the management was dis
pleased, but there is point at which
realism nalls-Philadelphi Ledger.
The new age., 1907-03-09

It doesn't make much difference
whether the Initiative One Hundreds
or Dozens bill is on the ballot or
not; it will be beaten by four to one
or more if it is, because it is unrea-
sonable.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Labor men are going to put up a
ticket, but a good many of them
can't be depended on to vote it them
selves.
The new age., 1907-03-09
Hereditary.

"Your son is a great football player" :"
"Yes: 1t is hereditary"
81 never heard that his father was
a football player"
"He isn't, but he Is a chronic kicker" ="
Houston Post.
The new age., 1907-03-09

At last the Street Railway Com
pany has raised the wages of it's plat
form men, for fear of strike that
would win, but they are not over
paid yet, if competent.
The new age., 1907-03-09

The people of the state generally
as we'll as his many personal friends
hope for Secretary of State Benson's
speedy return to health.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Now is the time for Portland to
start a very important Improvement
by voting for the park and boulevard
bonds.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Now the political bee begins to
buzz in an increasing number of
heads. Set:.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Brother RAIDER is going to write
fiction. 1t is said that he has had
some experience.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Now that he has been senator per-
haps Mr.. Mulkey would not accept a
lesser Office.
The new age., 1907-03-09

1t would surely take a strong Cof-
fey to get the republican nomination
for mayor.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Some democrats have held meet
ing to talk over candidates. But
what's the use?
The new age., 1907-03-09

The railroad commission will serve
the people best by not interfering
much with the railroads.
The new age., 1907-03-09

The manner of getting nomina-
ton deters many of the best men.
The new age., 1907-03-09

The railroads are doing big things
for Oregon now and the state should
work in harmony with them.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Is the president going to try to
dictate his successor?
The new age., 1907-03-09

The more Portland spends for pub
lie improvement the richer it will be-
come, and the cost won't be missed.
The new age., 1907-03-09

1t will be seen next June that this
is again a republican city.
The new age., 1907-03-09

WHY should not the suddenly rich,
the heroes of the American nights, more
wonderful than the nights of Arabia
break out all over with diamonds as
noorer mortals with measles or the
shingles Boston Herald.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Silence gives consent, and the
mayor is silent.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Who's going to be your next coun-
Gilman?
The new age., 1907-03-09

Women can always see the point Of a
pointless joke.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-07-26
What Would We Be Without
Enemies?

Let me tell you a thing: I am glad Of
my friends and I am equally glad of my
enemies-but don It say a word to the
latter, for then they might want to be
my friends, which would be loss and
an embarrassment Truly I could not
be what I am without both friends and
enemies. Both are necessary to the in
ner Me. / went wrong about this for
many years, but now I am wiser-I
know For we make no headway with
out opposing forces who thinks to
hurt, helps me. I love my friends dearly
and yet, perhaps, I owe even more to my
enemies certainly I do in the way Of
mental stimulus. If have gotten any
thing out Of the fire, it was the hatred of
The Jewish outlook., 1907-07-26

testimony, but it would tend to check it.
Not only was this required, but there
could be no sentence Of death except
upon the testimony Of two witnesses to
the same facts. No single witness was
sufficient to take away man s life AT
the mouth of two witnesses, or three wit
nesses, shall he that is to die put to
death; at the mouth of one witness he
shall not be put to death. - AS under
our national constitution no one can be
convicted Of treason except ION the tes-
timony Of two witnesses to the same
overt act, or on confession in open
COURT
A Boon For the Unfortunate.
What ever might be done with the
alien and his property, the servitude OF
a Jew terminated, and he was restored
to his ancestral possessions when the
year Of jubilee came. This was a bank
rupt law whose benedictiOn to the unfor-
tunate debtor has never been equaled in
the legislation Of any country. AS
boon vouchsafed to the Jews alone it
tended to develop love for and pride in
race, and has undoubtedly been one fac
tor in creating in that people its mar
velous racial tenacity. No wonder they
have always felt themselves to be pc
culiar people, separated from all other
races and peoples by the special care and
providence of Jehovah.
Reference may also be made, though
without enlarging on the subject to the
various provisions designed to enforce
purity, uphold the sanctity Of marriage,
and give the wife more stable position
than she enjoyed among surrounding ma
tions. Not that the legislation in those
matters responds to our higher concep-
tions Of the value of the family The
important fact is that purity was so
vigorously enforced, purity which has
characterized the Jewish people to the
present day.
Moses does not fall short when placed
beside the great lawgivers of the race
Tho Sunday School Times
The Jewish outlook., 1907-07-26

an enemy that nerved me to the trial.
One must confess it, there is something
narcotic, emasculating in the goodness
of ones friends
The man who makes me fight with
tooth and claw has done me rougher
yet withal better, service than he who
laps me in the soft Lydian airs Of
friendship. Anything that ministers to
our self-satisfaction is an opiate-effort
ceases with the spur of anxiety removed.
And nothing will so foster good
healthy anxiety as to feel that you are
waging a truceless battle with those who
will neither ask nor give quarter. Oh,
yes! 1 want my enemies to live on as
such, nor would l wish, like the Hebrew
King who walked with God, to bring
down the hoar head of a single one OF
them to the grave in blood. Living,
they do me good; dead, l should soon
forget them.
Father" said the small boy, "what
is an optimist?"
can optimist, my son, is a man who
believes the weather bureau when it's
predictions are favorable and who con-
graduates himself on it's unreliability
when they are not Washington
Stor.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-07-26

OONAA' "N,S
Why Jews Are Tenacious of Their Laws.
Looking within them for the secrets
Of their power we find that the religious
element is the basis, the marked char
acteristic Of the entire Mosaic legisla
. ton distinguishing fact is the constant
recognition of One God, single Je-
hoyah, entitled to the worship Of all in
telligent beings. Not only is there no
suggestion of a multitude of divinities,
but there is, on the contrary, an unfall-
ing protest agaist the idea Of numbers.
The Ten Commandments open with the
declaration, 81 am the Lord thy God,
which have brought thee out Of the land
Of Egypt, out Of the house Of bondage
Thou shalt have no other gods before
me'' And then follow the denuncia-
tions Of idolatry, blasphemy, etc. This
is the keynote Of those laws, and the jew
ish people stand today as the race which
for three thousand years has preserved
with unchanging faith and in the face
of all temptations, the doctrine OF the
is no wonder that the Jews are tenacious
more and more affirming that in the ma
IuIc OI IuulSS CucIc IS duu CdI1 UC Ou0
One Supreme Being, One Infinite Power
back Of the seen and material. They see
that in those laws Of Moses, given to
them more than thirty centuries ago, is
a provision Of that which science affirms
today, and they can but feel that as their
custodians they are entitled to the re-
spect Of mankind.
We may also well consider the sweep
and comprehensiveness Of these laws.
They touched the life of the individual
and the nation in all relations, social,
economic, political and religious. The
form of government was established, al
though subject to change, and in fact
was changed. They contained a Judic-
ial system and an entire code of Grim
inal law. Social relations with penalties
for violation Of obligations were defined.
All the minuti@ of worship and religious
ceremonial were given Expiation for
sins was provided for, and the terms
and conditions Of expiation named. And
all was done in the name and by the au-
thority Of Jehovah ''Thus saith the
Lord' was the beginning and the end
of the laws Of Moses.
Again, notice the superiority Of the
Mosaic laws over those Of surrounding
nations Space forbids more than two
or three illustrations. One is the means
taken to protect the life Of one wrong
fully accused, and the rule by which in
capital cases the witnesses were required
to take part in the execution. They had
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-07
Telephone Errors.

Jefferson City. No.. March l.
The House bill introduced by Rep
representative Burch. of Audrain,
which places nondOmestie tele-
graph aud telephone companies
under the same liabilities for dam
ages because of mistakes on the
part of employees as domestic cor
pOrations of the same kind. was
passed in the Senate this evening.
This law appears to be directed
against the big telegraph compan-
les. and. perhaps. one or more OF
the long-distance telephone COM
panies that ara domestic corpora
lions. so as TO enable an aggrieved
party to sue before a justice of the
peace aud Obviate the possibility
OF transfer Of his action 10 thG
Federal courts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-07
FLoCKS AND HERDS.
Gain in Wealth and
Prosperity is Largely
Produced by Farm
erS.

Much has been said and much
written during the past year just
ended about the general prosperity
of the country The annual re.
port of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, now in print, is an official
guide to the fountain. head of this
prosperity; for, after all, no
amount of complexity of civiliza.
ton and no multiplication of in-
terests aud activities has substi-
tuted any thing for the fiocks
and herds" aud crops which primi.
tive peoples reckoned as the only
real wealth.
The farmers of the United States
produced more wealth last year
than any other twelve month rec.
ord. The money value of the
farm products was more than three
quarters billion dollars-a figure
So great that it means nothing ex'
cept as a basis OF comparison
Used in that way, the farm pro.
ducts of the year show a gain OF
eight per cent. over 1904, and fif,
teen per cent. over 1903. Pros.
perity, therefore seems to be not
only present but progressive.
1t is interesting to note that the
gains of the year were made il
spite OF decrease in the none!
value of three great crops. Althl
the corn-crop was the largest eve
harvested in the country, its sell
ing value was slightly under tha
of the crop of 1905. There was
decline also in the total value o
the wheat and the potatoes pro
duced. But hay, oats. barley
cottonseed. beet.sugar, tobacc
aud hops all show an increase il
value.
In fact as we'll as in figure o
speech it was the "floeks AM
herds" which accounted for mos
of the gain in wealth produce,
over previous years. The valu
Of horses and meat animals show
the largest advance of any item i
the Secretary's list.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-07
$4,000 STOLEN.
Subtreasury Shortage
in Chicago-Theft of
Treasury Found Also
in New York.

Chicago. Feb 27.-Subtreasurer
Boldenweck announced to-day
that Deputy Assistant Treasurer
Bantz had completed his ex-
animation of the books of Teller
Geo. w. Fitzgerald, and had
proven beyond II doubt that the
$4,000 which is missing was
stolen.
There is no mistake in Fitzger-
AIDS accounts. and the error cun-
not be accounted for through any
mistake in the bookkeeping.
To Teller Fitzgerald has been
given an indefinite leave of alb
seuce by the Subtreasury authori-
ties. 1t is said that Fitzgerald has
worried so much since the short
age came to light that il was con
sidered best to relieve him from
work until he has in a measure re
covered from the nervous strain
New York, Feb. SIT becam,
known yesterday that shortag,
exists in the New York Subtreas-
ury.
Chas. IL. Treat. Treasurer of tn,
United States, spent last night il
the city. Tho his visit could no
be directly connected with thC
shortage, and he could not b
found, it is believed he is here L
see that a careful investigation il
made.
From inside sources the mos
that could be learned was that
shortage really does exist. b!
those who professed to have au
tkoritative information it was sal
it would equal that recently dis
covered in Chicago, when $l73,
600 in large bills were missed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-07
John D. Ellis Dead.

John W. Ellis died at his home
IL miles north of Mexico Thurs
day. Feb. 2s, 1907, Of cancer of
the stomach after an illness of
about year. Mr. Ellis was born
Feb. Z. 1s49. in Galloway county,
hence was in his 5Sth year. His
wife aud two sons. Clyde aud
John. survive him. Mrs. u, a.
Ellis Of this city is his stepmother.
He leaves six brothers and three
sisters beside many relatives and
friends. Funeral services were
conducted Saturday at II a. IN, by
Rev. B. D. Sipple Of Montgomery
city. Burial at Berea. the resting
place Of his parents aud brother
JEFF. d. Ellis OF Muskogee. I. t.,
came 10 attend the funeral. De
ceased was an excellent citizen
we'll known over the county. Iii
! has been . sufferer of late aud low
| ling relatives did al they could d
ease the paln Of the latter days. 4
good man has gone 70 rest.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-03-07
Problenn.

When the representa- tive OF a
new firm'in town comes into q
printing Office aud after having q
job OF card printing done dexter
ously extracts a dozen or SO saying
he win call for the work the next
day. aud by next week doesn't sp-
pear, how long win L take the
printer to finish the second job Of
work for the same firmf Only ex-
psrieueed printers need answer.