The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-01-24
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(. Statistics fairly bulge aud swell ev-
erywhere. The South Dakota divorce
crop is even the largest on record.
After all that jeff Davis of AIkan.
sas, has said that he will do and viii
not do when he comes to the senate,
the only safe bet is that he will draw
the salary attached TO the job.
IL there is any truth in the state
ment that the North Pole Is moving
southwark at the rate OF twenty miles
year. peary aud Wetlman can gain
something by waiting few years aud
n' setting 1T, half way.
Voltaire's opinion was that the Sc.
cret of being tiresome Is in telling
everything, but we have our money
up on the man who talks q eat deal
without telling anything.
Paris is discussing the danger of
imperialism in America. For once
the French capital is behind the
times. That form of political bug
bear went out of fashion over here
some years ago.
The interest Mr. Bryan takes in Ok
lahoma indicates belief that there
is chance to bring a state up prop"
erly IL its training is started when 1T
is quite young.
San Francisco will regard Wash
ington as fortunate in the fact that
itAi school controversies do not in
volve any treaty ceomplications.
lf Senator Foraker doesn't look out
there will be some more negro sol
diers discharged before he can get the
others reinstated.
Plum pudding is now declared to
be wholesome and digestable. After
the food revelation we have endured,
nothing is impossible.
That Pennsylvania prophet who pre-
diets that all the rivers will dry up,
will fail to do so himself when his
prophesy doesn't come true.
Senator Foraker will have TO adopt
the contention that 1t was really dan
gerous to the country to dismiss those
negro soldiers from the army.
Senator TiIlman's endorsement of
Senator Bailey's honesty is lgood
letter of recommendation but 1t
doesn't so SO far as to say that the
Texan didn't need watching on the
rate bill.
Nowadays the papers are full of ad-
vice on how to cure cold. But first
you have to catch your cold.
President Roosevelt's message to
congress on his act discharging the
negro soldiers Tor shooting up town
in Hayuu uhnusa VpaRAHanta fnp
his action in this matter.
Those oolored soldiers who shielded
the real muIdeTers are just AS guilty
as the muIderers themselves, and
whether white or black, they were a
disgrace to the army aud we're prop
erly discharged without honor
A bill has been introduced in CON
gress raising the salaries of congress
men from $1,000 to 81, 500 which we
think ought to become law.
The small salaries we are paying TO
our congressman subjects them to too
great a temptation. Our congressman
are not only human, but very human,
and If they are paid respectable sal
airy, they would be more watchful OF
the interest of their country. A raise
of salary would not make dishonest
representatives honest, but If it would
help keep honest ones out TO reach OF
temptation. Nearly every new con
gresham who goes to Washington
goes as an honest man, but after de-
Quoting from his salary the Legitimate c
expenses of mis- election, and the cost
OF living as congressman is expected
to live, he finds his pay lamentably
short. Pay them fair sum, and het
ter results will be obtained from
them, for they will not be so willing
to get on the pay rolls of corpora
tions for necessity almost forces some
of them to it, on the present salary
they receive.
Whep coal gets tco high, the editor
can, always turn to his pile of unused
manuscripts,
Three negro convicts terrorized q
whole train load of people in Missouri
and then stole only ride.
Two New York men had duel with
pitchforks recently. But wait until
New York man and South Carroll.
ma msn get,at it.
A scientist has discovered that the
blonde type of man is fast becoming
extinct, but among women 1t will
never dye out.
Do not be too hard on the rail- Dads
about wrecks. How can they pay in.
creased dividends on watered stock,
il they have to spend part OF theiI
hard EARNED savings on .traokage and
equipmentY
Secretary Taft frankly says that be
is not attempting to lift the lid of q
presidential boom, but that he Ger.
tainly viii not sit upon it,
John d. Rockefeller's favorite
maxim is 'tlay aside something for q
rainy day" So that we may have out
lamps trimmed and burning Standard
oil.
Our government is proposing to in
crease the calibre of the army pistol
for use in "pacifying" the Phillip
pines. What really needs enlarge
ment is the calibre OF our statesman
ship.
An exchange wonders how Walter
Wellman will be able to reinflate his
airship with hot air, should it become
debated in the arctic regions. 1t for.
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