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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
THE COOOWNS
OF JAPAN
Iron sheathed Warehouses Necessary
Because Of Danger Of Fire.

Fire is one OF the tcrrors that dodge
at the elbow of the Japanese house
holder all the time, and because he
lives In matchwood dwelling Sakure-
san has to take a curious precaution
against the sudden loss OF all his
household goods. This precaution 10
the goodwin.
The stranger in Tokyo or Yokohama
who sees from his rickshaw a strange
Iron plated building with doors like
turret shutters and pointed roof heavi.
ly incrusted with tiles is led to be-
lieve that here perhaps is some feudal
fort of the old time, ready to house
hghting men against the attacks Of
street mob. But when the tourist
finds one of these black sheeted build
ings on every other block he learns
from the country dweller that these
household goods.
When a fire gets well started in the
crowded blocks of dolls houses in a
Japanese city 1t is rarely stopped UNI
I'll from 10 to so houses have been
consumed and black scar has been
drawn across the whole face Of the
district. Because the houses are so
flimsy and crowded so closely togeth-
er that the Japanese firemen even at
their best can do little with we'll
developed blaze certain astute citizens
erect these iron sheathed and shut
tered two-storied storehouses, where
In the householders of the neighbor-
hood and the storekeepers Of the dis
trict can store away their valuables.
The godowns are SO heavily
sheathed with iron plate and SO
weighted with mud tiles that they
rarely burn. All day long their win
dows are kept almost Theoretically
sealed by heavy swinging shutters
that look like the doors of safe.
When a fire comes to a certain dis
tricte the first thing is to close the
doors of the goodwin and put 1t in
shape to weather the flames.
To these public fireproof safes the
househOlders bring their best furni.
ture, their porcelain and their deli,
cate prints. The wives keep locked up
there their best kimonos and their
Odds and ends of jewelry. Merchants
have their excess stock slowed away
| within them.
Whenever there Is fete In any
Japanese home or preparations are be-
ing made for the entertainment Of
some special guests the servants are
sent to the nearby godown to bring
home all the valuables. Pictures are
again hung on the wall. the heavy
bronze vase is restored for the day
to its special tabouret. and the ward
robe of madame is replenished.
Then with the passing Of the special
occasion passes also the household
grandeur. All the fleeing prettiness
OF print and Powered kimono Is swal-
lowed up in the black NAV Of the 60
| down.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
Priced the May Dew.

In Pepys' time May dew-that is,
dew gathered from the grass on May
day-was highly priced for bleaching
linen and improving the complexion.
Pepys wrote in 1867 my wife away
down with Jane and w. Hewer to
Woolwich, In order to little air and
to lie there tonight, and so to gather
May dew tomorrow morning, which
Mrs. Turner hath taught her is the
only thing In the world to wash her
face with; and l am contented with
it, Two years later he made this
entry in his diary: Troubled, about
three in the morning. with my wife's
calling her maid up, and rising herself,
to go with her coach abroad, to gath.
err May dew, which she did and |
troubled her for it for fear of any hurt
going abroad so betimes happening
to her; but to sleep again, she came
home about six"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
A Business That Pays.

Women are, as a rule, most success.
full in decorative work, and 1t is a
matter for establishment that compar-
atively few have SO far gone in for
this branch Of money making.
There are numbers Of girls with
powers of discrimination who might
pick up curios and antiques at rea-
sonable price, though. of course, even
In the depths of the country, the sup
ply has been steadily declining for
years.
Not alone that, but cottage owners
of old china and oak have become
more wary. and articles of what Mrs.
Malaprop termed "bigotry and virtue"
are not to be bought up for mere
song.
Still, there is q good field for the
woman collector. In furnishing and
decorative work feminine ideas are
hardly to be surpassed, and many a
house beautiful" owes its beauty to
the artistic faculty of woman
Woman's Life.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
LAPSE OF
GREAT MINDS
oetaiis Frequently known to Ban,e
the Man Of Genius.

TO illustrate the kind OF lapse OF
reasoning power from which great
Inventors are known to suffer, like
that under influence of which Sir
Isaac Newton cut one hole in a wall
to let cat pass through and then q
small hole for the kitten, an old story
In the life Of Morse will answer we'll.
Long before he invented the tele-
graph Morse was known to the Of.
ncers Of the patent ONCE as a persist
ent applicant for patents. When his
great invention Of distance writing
was about completed he wanted the
baltimore & Ohio railroad to try II.
To get rid of him the president NJ
the road turned him over to subord.
mate. This official was struck with
the beauty of the invention and be-
came so interested in 1t that he sat
up half the night discussing It with
the inventor. At length Morse con.
fessed there was only one thing which
baffied him. "As long as the railroad
runs" he said, where poles may be
erected 1t will be easy sailing, but
when we come to the big bridges what
is to be done then? We can't erect
poles across the stream, and without
them the wire would sag and perhaps
break from its own weight. I confess
don't know what to do. Can you
suggest way out of the difiiculty?"
why don't you fasten the wires to
the bridge?' asked his companion
without moments hesitation. For Q
moment Morse gazed at him with
open mouth. and then exclaimed:
why not, indeed? Why, never
thought Of that. It's the very way"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
Not Altogether True.

More than half Of the several hun.
dred people taking the courses at
Lowell institute under Harvard pro.
fessors, says Boston paper, are
women, and these courses require an
attendance three times week. And
wherever one goes the same thing is
true, only as general thing the pro.
portion OF women in such classes
would be greater than one.half. This
does not look as though women were
wasting all their energies in the de
bauch of whist" Lots OF women play
whist and bridge, but 1t is generally
when there is nothing else to do and
the mind needs rest from more ardu.
Gus labors. The majority of bridge
players prefer men partners, SO that
one sex spends about as much time
as the other over cards.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
How Cough Germs Multiply.

When you have cold the mucous
membrane is inflamed and The disease
germs which you breathe ind lodge
ment and multiply, especially the
pneumonia germ. Foley's Honey and
Tar soothes and heals the inilamed air
passage, Stops the cough and expels
the cold from your system, Refuse
substitutes. Ritter Bros. and all drug
gists.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
Planted Birds.

Out in California small Tommy be-
held his first ostrich farm. The word
farm" puzzled him for while until
he CHANGED to see some of the huge
birds with their heads deep in the
sand.
"Oh. auntie!" he exclaimed, sudden.
ly, Now ! know why they call them
ostrich farms"
why, Tommy" asked his aunt.
Because they plant them Ia the
ground. There's lot of planted birds
now"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-19
DIRECTORY
John Thomas
Merchant Tailor.

" Leading tailor OF northern Utah; can
/. AZ nis new store No, " west list novth
suitings for inspection.
Logan Utah
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
FOOLISH THEORY.

The initiative will be called at
the June election on proposed
amendment to the constitution of
the state, known as ''The Pro-
portional Representation" The
purpose of this is to give each
party the proportion of members
in the legislature that the num-
ber Of voters in the party hears
to:the number in all parties.
IL is a scheme borrowed from
such American countries as Den
mark, Japan, Belgium, Switzer-
land and Tasmania.
In some of these it has not
worked very successfully. but it
is based on most beautiful theo-
ries and doubtless if we should
adopt them we shall learn, in
time, how to reduce them to
practice or how to get rid of them.
With US, at least, the scheme
would be experimental.
If minority parties have their
rights denied them there might
be some reason for such leglsla-
ton as this. But minorities have
free speech, a free press and
every rational Emeans of making
known their purposes and princi-
pies. If they have anything the
people want they easily become
the party of the majority. At
all events they have the rights of
petition and of remonstrance'
No majority party, however pow
erful, would dare deny these
rights.
Besides all this ours is a repre-
sentative government. Every
representative, though chosen by
a majority, recognizes the.minor'
ity as of his constituency and
looks to it's interests. The Amer.
lean love of fair-play and justice.
if no other consideration, will
always preserve the rights Of the
minority.
What, then, is to be gained by
permitting every handful of fad
dists and theorists to be repre-
sented in the legislature by one
of their own members?
Nothing but an increased vol
ume Of foolish, mischievous leg
islation. We believe the people
will not stand for this.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
time the causes therefor were

time the causes therefor were
sought out and the needed reme-
dies applied Of causes our own
carelessness in selecting those to
whom we entrust the making of
laws is the chief. We too fire.
quently elect men because they
are good fellows" because they
will labor to advance some spe-
cial interest, rather than because
of their knowledge and all-round
fitness.
It thus happens men are in the
legislature in some states who
never read the constitution of
the state, who could not read it
in a month of Sundays if they
tried. They are not to blame for
crude legislation; they could not
give anything better. The re-
suit is that the courts must do
what capable legislators would
nave done. The fault is our
own. The remedy is in our own
hands. We must look more
closely to the qualifications of
those whom we select to make
our laws.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
TWAS EVER THUS.

It would seem, from the letter
herewith produced "et literatim
ct spell at him." that our article
on Tax Reform does not meet
with hearty approval from some
people:
Mr.. EDITOR we ask you to give
you readers this clipping as our
side of this question! BAD NAMES
is not argument. it is easy to say
"HUM BUG" But what about
Land Manopley? you and all other
Editors of the cuntry press are
the victims of Land Monopoly
my Dear Brother?
Think a little bet.
yours truly
H. D. Wagnon.
The clipping sent is too long
for publication.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
CoI0niSt Rates.

Colonist rates will be in effect March l,
1908, to- April 80, 1908. from eastern
points TO the Pacific Nestk&est as fol-,
ows: From Chicago to Portland. Astoria
and Puget Sound destinations, also TO
POINTS on the Southern Pacific main Line
and branches north of and includt G
Ashland, Oregon, $3s. From Missouri
River common points, Council Bluffs.
to Kansas Citv, No., inclusive also OF St.
Paul and Minneapolis, $50; St. LOUIS,
$35. so, and from Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, $50. Stopover rlivi.
leges and other conditions of sale will be
practically the same as prevailed previ-
ously.
l6tf R. C. L1NvILLE, Agent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
NEW POSTAL LAM.

The United States Postal De-
partment has made new regula-
tions in regard to carrying second
class mail matter such as news
papers, magazines, periodicals.,
etc the same going into effect
January I, 1908, and allowing
publishers to April I. 1908, 70
prepare their subscription lists in
accordance with the new order of
things. The effect OF the change
practically compels the establish
ment of new relations between
the publisher and subscribers OF
county papers.
The department ruling requires
that subscriptions entitled to the
second class postage rate shall
not be delinquent longer than the
following periods of time:
Dailies within three months.
rri-weeklies within six months
Semi weeklies within nine
months.
Weeklies within one year
The mails are not forbidden to
subscribers who are in AREA S
longer than the time provided in
the new ruling, but these subscri
bers are placed in separate class
i6cation. requiring a higher rate
of postage the rate being SO high
that publishers could not afford
to send papers at the price OF SUBJ
scription.
The reason given by the gov
ernment tor making this order is
that second class mail matter is
being carried through the mails
at a rate of postage thereon
which is less than the cost of car
riage.
The GAZETTE has heretofore
been liberal in giving to its sub
scribers time to pay for their sub
scriptions, by paying $500 per
year for those past due and 81. so
per annum when the same was
paid in advance. Having made
the difference in the past-due and
advance rate has resulted in CIV
Ding the GAZETTE a larger portion
of paid up subscribers, This rule
must now be changed according
to Uncle Sans order, as the
newspaper has no voice in the
matter. The GAZETTE invites its
patrons to settle their dues soon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
Notice.

On and after the first of March,
1908, all bills due this Company
must be paid at their office. All
bills are due on the 6rst of the
month and delinquent On the
fifteenth when service will be
disconnected without any further
notice, and there will be charge
of so cents to connect it up
again.
You must make arrangements
a: the Company's Office with the
Manager for any extensions of
payments or changes in rates.
No one else has any authority
to make or change any rule of
this Company.
Customers moving from resi-
dence where the services has been
ordered, should notify the Com
pany at once, SO this time can be
placed to their credit, otherwise
the full month will be charged.
Yours truly,
WILLAMETTE VALLEY Co.,
2o-23 By B. M. Atkins, Mgr.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
NORGE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has filed il. the County Court of Benton county,
Oregon her final account administratrix of the
esta he of G. II. Lee, deceased, and that Monday,
O'clock in the forenoon OF said day has been fixed
and appointed by said Court as the tine and tie
County Judges office in the county court house
IN Corva Ills in saiu county and state the plane
for hearing objections, if any, to said account
and the settlement thereof. All persons inter
file their objections thereto in writing with the
clerk of said Court and appear at said time and
place. ETA +. LEE,
As administrators of the Estate OF q. ii. Lee
deceased
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION

Mre. E. DeForest-Lunt. former pupil
of New England Conservatory, will re
eeive limited number OF pupils in Vocal
I'd L. stru mel tai Music. Italian meth
cd of Voice Culture; Conservatory or
German method for Piano. Pupils pre-
pared Tor church or concert work. Spec
ial attention to rew beginners. Hours
2 to CD. m. First and Harrison SITS. lStf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
Notice for Publication u.
United States Land Office.

Portland, oregon, OCTOBER Il, 1907.
Notice is hereby given hat in compliance with
the provisions of the act of Cong gress of June 3,
1878 emitted IAN act for the sale of timber lands
in the States of California Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory" as extended to all the
Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892, Mrs.
Bertha Jorgenson of Portland, county of Multno-
NAH. State of Oregon, has this day fled in this
chase of the Northwest quarter of Section No. 81.
in Township No. 10 South, Range No. West, and
will offer proof to show that the land sought is
more valuable for its timber or stone than TOR
agricultural purposes, and to establish her claim
to said land bel ore Register and Receiver at Port
land, Oregon on Tuesday, the 2sth day of-April,
1908.
She names as witnesses: Mrs. Minnie Mack of
Monmouth, Oregon; MIR. Will Mack of Monmouth,
Oregon; Mr.. J. C. Oeson of Corvallis, Oregcn Mrs.
7. G. Oleson of Corvallis, Oregon.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the above
described lands requested to file their claims in
this office on or before said 2sth day OIL April,
1903.
I7tf ALGERNoN S, DRESSER, Register
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28
THE REASON WHY.

Much of our legislation would
appear to be enacted in defiance
of the constitution. Legislatures
enact laws with the purpose of
placating some interest. This
interest may be that Of a few
dissatisfied, disgruntled men, a
few propagandists of some fine
spun, idealistic theory Of govern
ment, or the interest of some
powerful corporation. Whatever
the interest inspiring legislation,
the lawmakers easily conclude
that it is to their individual in
terest to placate the demanding
interests. This they hasten to
do, needless or regardless of the
demands of the constitution.
Why, indeed, should they in
quire into the constitutionality of
their acts? This is a function of
the courts. The duty of a legis-
lator is to enact laws. His self
interests impel him to enact such
laws as his constituency desires.
There is little or no doubt this is
generally regarded as the duty of
the legislator,
But is it so? Is it not true,
rather, that the law-maker is in
duty bound to give his constit-
uents laws in harmony with the
constitution? If he cannot do
this he should refuse to enact laws
on any subject.
We do not hold that all men
chosen to law-making bodies,
such as congress and state legis-
latures, should be profound con-
stitutional lawyers, but they
should be, and easily might be,
fairly familiar with authoritative
Interpretation of the con-
stitution. Without this knowl-
edge no man is we'll qualified to
enact laws.
Careless, ignorant and foolish
ly subservient legislation is
usually attended by a long train
of evil consequences. A law is
presumed to be in accord with
the constitution until it is author
itatively decided that it is not.
This decision may not be reached
for years, for the question OF
constitutionality must be definite
ly raised before court of COM
petent and final authority. A
law which has long been admin
istered in good faith is pro-
rounced to be unconstitutional
and therefore null and void. A
law hastily framed and careless.
ly enacted, even though desired
by the people, may be quickly
set aside by raising the question
as to its constitutionality before
the proper court.
When this occurs the courts
are harshly criticised, and the
Judges are falsely accused of be-
ing swayed by self-interest ano
subserviency to some specially
privileged Glass; If criticism
is directed upon the law-makel
it is made on the same lines
The effect of all this is to create
doubt and suspicion as to the
honesty of lawmakers and the
integrity of our courts.
When the peeple begin to re
gard these with distrust it i!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28

The subscription.price of the GAzDRrE
for several years has been. and remains
81 per annum, or rs per cent. discount il
paid in advance. This paper will be
continued untilaii arrearages are paid.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-28

Wood wanted at once, on sub
scripsioo, at Gazette Office. l2tf
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

election with reasonable certainty that
.t will beirefcrrcd 20 the committee on
banking and currency. despite the cur
rent report that jurisdiction over %
might be- given the committee on
rules. lf the banking aud currency
committee should fail 10 come 10 q
pIompt agreement 10 report tho bill
fayorably OF adversely. O. is likely q
c.u,us Of Republican members viii Dc
called to ascertain the attitude Of the
majority. Should a decision be made
u support the caucus will Instruct
the rules committee to bring In rule
discharglng the banking committee
from further consideration OF the bill
which will then De before the house.
II the caucus Is determined TO put
the bill through promptly. very little
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28

and obtains a number equal to Iowa
representation in the Republican ma
tional convention. If neither the ALI
son nor the Cummins element Is for
Taft-and these two elements include
the great majority of the three hun
dred thousand Republican voters in
lowa-then Taft has no popular
strength whatever in the state. But
If a candidate has no popular strength
in state and is, besides, not accept
able to either of the contending fac
tions what benefit can either expect
from espouslng his candidacy? Why
should not one faction seize on a
more popular man and use his greater
popularity asa club to beat down the
other faction? Politicians are practi-
cal and keenly awake to their own in
terests. They prefer to tie, II posi-
bic, to candidates with 'local popular
sentiment behind them. The idea that
the Iowa Republicans could be driven
to act against their will by a little
coterie Of federal officeholders is gro.
tesque. There is no state in the union
in which the Republican party is
freer from such domination than it is
in Iowa or in which the Republican
voters have more decidedly the habit
of acting on their own judgment and
executing their own purposes.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-28
ALDRlCH CURRENCY
CONTINUED from First page.)

rich bill with the difference that 8,
provided for government instead og
bank paper and asked for a roll CALI
The vote was 10 to ~ against the bill
Following was the vote on the past
sage OF the bill: Yeas -Aldrich, An
keney, Beverldge, Brandgee, Burkett,
uurnham. Burrows. CRANE. Cullom
Curtis. Depew. Dick. Dillingham;. Dix
OF. Dolliver. Dupont, Elkins. Flint.
Frye. Gallingher. Gamble. Guggen-
helm, Hopkins, Johnston, Demo