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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. AUGUST 14, 1906. Entered at the Potoff!ce at Portland. Or., , Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. :. Zy INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. "CI (By Mall or Express.) DAILY. SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve months $8.00 Fix months 4.25 Three months , 2-23 One montii ....... - -73 -Delivered by carrier, per year .00 Delivered by carrier, per month....... .73 less time, per week 20 Funrtay, one year 2.50 "Weekly, one year (issued Thursday)... 1.R0 Sunday and Weekly, one year.... 8. SO HOW TO REMIT Bend- postofflce money oruer, express order or personal cnecK uu Jour local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at tha sender's risk. . EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8. C. Beckwlth Special Aency New York, rooms 43-50, Tribune building. , Chi cago, rooms 510-512 Tribune bulldlnx. - KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex. Postofflce News Co., 178 Dearborn street. t. Paul, Minn. N. St. Maria. Commercial Station. ... 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Of course New York Is provincial. So is every great city. And the greater the city the- more provincial it is. The great city is concerned chiefly with its own affairs. .It is human nature. The individual makes his place in the world, and keeps within hi own little world. The great city Is tout the ana logue. It Is useless to complain about It. . Yet we understand the Minneapolis Tribune when we find it saying: "Talk with an. average New Yorker and you will find that he is grossly ig norant of almost everything outside the limits of his congested metropolis. For this the press of his city is largely to blame. It seems unable to broaden out; in short, to be anything but 'pro vincial' in the narrowest sense." We do not think the press of his city to blame for this habit of the denizen of the metropolis. Rather, we should reverse the statement; since the news- ' paper, perforce, deals .chiefly with those things that Interest its own constitu ency. Every great capital must be pro vincial. It is centered on itself. The outer world concerns it' very little. So, consequently, there is larger view of the world outside the great city than within it. For example, in our public schools of Portland there Is taught a far larger and better conception of the world at large of geography, history, literature, great epochs of history', rela- ; tion's of the various parts of the world . through origins, migrations, commerce, racial affinities and oppositions, than in the public schools of New York and Boston. Here we do not deem our selves "the whole thing." There they do. Our children here could answer questions about Chile, China, Portugal and Peru; about Milton, Tasso and Vir gil; about the Crusades, the Tartars and the Turks; about the history of the United States and of Greece and of Egypt; about precession of the equin oxes and the cause of the change of seasons, and so on through all mat ters of human concern, that the chil dren of the great cities know little or nothing about, because their teachers and instructors are provincial, and their thoughts are centered upon their own provincial greatness. Not much will be known or taught among them about the modern transformation of the Orient; but a great deal about the careers of Stanford White and Mrs. Harry Thaw. To find provincialism you must look to a great city. New York Is our most illustrious example. Chicago Is not yet so provincial, because It is still new. ' But so big a city is sure to become provincial, . Boston, though not a very great city, is, in its isolation, perhaps even more provincial than New York. And London is the provincial city of the British Empire. The big, self-absorbed city is the provincial city. OUR DISAPPEARING FORESTS. "Arboriculture," a Journal whose . name indicates its specialty, says that the timber of the United States, fit for , commercial lumber, will not last, even on the most conservative estimate, .more than thirty years; but that, in . fact, it will not ' last so long. Taking . t;he estimates of careful and competent persons, that there are now standing in the United States 1.475,000,000,000 feet of lumber, and figuring that, including the consumption of wood for ipulp and pa per, lumber cut for export and for do mestic use, telegraph poles, cross ties, piling and fuel, of which much is still used in many places, the timber used In mining operations and that de stroyed by forest fires, there are 75,000, 000,000 feet of timber "consumed each year, with an Increased quantity year ly; it is evident, then, says Arboricul ture, "that we have not enough timber standing to continue commercially for more than twenty years in all the United States, including the Pacific Coast forests." . Till recently we were accustomed to think our Pacific Coast forests Inex haustible. So they would have been, practically, under old conditions. But the enormous and constantly growing demand for lumber, in these times, wholly - unforeseen In former years, -causes reversal of all former opinions and, calculations. s ' ,' It is true that under climatic condi tions on the Pacific Coast timber grows 'with astonishing' rapidity. Our jjioneers have Seen great, forests appear, within the space or fifty or sixty years; not the greatest timber, it is true, but tim ber, fit' for good lumber trees 100 feet 'high and two to three feet in diameter. Natural reforestation Is rapid, where the growth is protected. More and more the conservation of our forests will become an economic question of highest importance. To preserve the younger growths against destruction by fire, to which they are specially ex posed during the annual dry season, is among the most significant of all things necessary for conservation of I the Interests and resources of our Pa cific States. In very many places our "Iogged-ofl" lands never will be fit for cultivation but if protected against Are they will repeat their growths of timber; and this is about the only use to which large areas of our rough lands can-ever be devoted. The settler must have some areas which he can plow and plant, for his support; but he should always take care to protect the trees and promote their growth, on the parts that never can be subjected to actual cultivation. BRYAN WANTS HIM "FIBED." Who is Mr. Roger Sullivan, of Chi cago? He is the eminent Democrat, member of the National Committee for Illinois, who has incurred the displeas ure of Mr. Bryan. Now, since Mr. Bryan is the undoubted and redoubt able dictator of the Democratic party of the United States, he Insists that Mr. Sullivan shall "get out" all be cause Mr. Sullivan, as Mr. Bryan al leges, did not "tote fair" at St. Louis two years ago. The gravamen Is that Mr. Sullivan was concerned In "packing" the Illinois delegation, at that momentous time, for Judge Parker. The Sullivan delegation was seated, Parker was nominated, and Sullivan was made member of the Na tlonal Committee for Illinois. Main taming that Sullivan holds that posi tion through fraud, Bryan insists that the committee shall "rid Itself" of Sul livan; adding, Impressively, that If It cannot or will not, there is no use of trying- to maintain a. reputable party organization. . . Bryan doubtless is right. . The Sulll van delegation from. Illinois was picked expressly for", the purpose, of nominat ing Parker and putting down Bryan. Justice, truth, consistency every thing was sacrificed to the purpose of obtaining the two-thirds major ity necessary- to get the nomination for the candidate of Belmont, -Sheehan Hill. Guffey, Taggart and their mer cenary following. The rape of the Illi nois delegation was an important part of the programme. Mr. Bryan is not irreconcilable, nor so dreadfully hard to please. He mere Iy asks the National Committee to "Are" Mr. Sullivan. The episode is one of the minor incidents of current poli tics. THE POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES. One of the constitutional amendments adopted at the last 'election gives cit ies and towns full power over their charters, either to make or amend, sub ject to the constitution and criminal laws of the state. The Legislature is forbidden to enact, amend or repeal any municipal charter. It is also for bidden, by implication at least, to pass general laws regulating municipal cor porations. In one aspect the amendment seems in fact to have resolved the state Into a rather loose confederacy of cities and towns bound together only by the crim inal code and the constitution. No mu nicipality need pay any attention to other laws. It has only to insert an article In its charter abrogating a stat ute, and that ends the matter. Moreover, this amendment seems to confer upon cities certain powers which the constitution withholds from the Legislature. Thus the Legislature can pass no special act granting a divorce, but does this prohibition apply to cit ies? May any Council divorce couples by special ordinance, without regard to the general statutes or the Tules of court procedure? One may easily see how a thrifty Council could turn this authority' into a source of revenue. Any Oregon town. Forest Grove for exam ple, might, in a short time, replace Da kota as the Mecca of those seeking divorces and attract a profitable busi ness from all parts of the country. The City Council perhaps could also change the marriage laws of the state by Its charter, if It chose, and enact an entire new code governing contracts, inheri tance and school elections. The special interest in this matter at the present time comes from Its appli cation to the local option law. Is this a criminal law or not? If it Is a crim inal law. of course cities cannot abro gate it. Should the courts ' decide, however, that it is something else, then no municipal corporation need obey it. A charter may be adopted which will replace the local option law with some thing more pleasing to the citizens. It may be doubted' whether any other state of the Union has treated cities and towns with quite such broad lib erality as Oregon. In many states, Wisconsin for example, the Legislature is forbidden to pass special acts of In corporation, but all municipal charters must conform to the general laws of the state as well as to the constitution and criminal code. The Legislature lays down the broad outlines of the municipal charters in a general act, and to this the cities and towns must conform. The principle of allowing each municipality to emancipate itself from the control of the law-enacting body Is original with Oregon. It Is generally understood that the legislative powers of cities and towns ought to extend only to those details of civil life which have not been covered ty the general statutes.. In this vacant field sociologists believe that each com munity should be allowed to legislate for itself without Interference from the central body. But. on the other hand, all who live in a state should be subject to Its general laws. The criminal code and constitution are not of themselves a bond strong enough to preserve a commonwealth from anarchy. It may Ibe presumed, therefore, that those who proposed the) amendment giving each municipal corporation full power over Its charter had no thought of emanci pating the cities and towns from the general laws of the state. Whether they actually did what they had- no in tention of doing Is for the courts to de cide. Language is a queer thing, and what the wisest men say is often very different from what they mean. An exhibit of great value at the State Fair at Salem next month will be fur nished by a mile of model macadam ized highway in all stages of construc tion. All processes of the work will be shown grading, rock-crushing, rock screening, spreading the rock on the road and rolling and sprinkling at tha various stages. This is an exhibit at once practical and valuable. In order that it may be fully appreciated, since It Is only by comparison that progress in any line can be fully comprehended, a stretch of the old corduroy road of pioneer days should be pr.ovlded and Its methods of building Illustrated. Still, the object-lesson would not be complete without a downpour of rain and the wagon of the pioneer farmer, heavily laden with wheat or potatoes, jogging over It the straining team completing the picture and the creaking harness and bumping wheels furnishins the music. Would that roads of the latter class were only a memory in Oregon Unfortunately, they are not unknown to this day, in many farming districts of the state. If there is one public util ity more than another that farmers are interested In, it is the good wagon road, that can be traveled with com fort to man and beast the year round. The making of 6Uch a road, even though its cost may be prohibitive in purely agricultural districts, can scarcely fall to be watched with inter est by the ' farmers who attend the State Fair. 13 AT 2S. Had Detective H. L. Pye paid proper attention to the mystic significance of the Initials of his name, he would never have been caught out alone at night by a ferocious highwayman. Did he not know that H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, L the twelfth and P the six teenth? These letters therefore form arithmetical progression,- a thing in it self of dire import, but In this case made infinitely worse by the fact that the common difference is four. Four, Mr. Pye Will observe, is the exact num ber of hands possessed by himself and the highwayman together. It also pre clsely represents the number of their feet. Still more portentous, if we mul tiply this terrible 4 by the magic num ber 3 and add 1 to the product, we ob tain 13. How could Mr. Pye enter upon the business of a private detective car rying enwrapped in the initials of his name such an awful number as 13? He may thank his lucky comets that the highwayman took nothing but his money and silver star. How did Mr. Pye come to be out on a nocturnal expedition without his re volver? The ill-omened numbers of his Initials account for it; especially the letter L," which is the twelfth of the alphabet. One-half of 12 is 6; twice 6 is 12 and one more makes 13. Thus again we arrive at the fearful number 13, and we know that it applies to "re volver," because L is the fifth letter of revolver. But nowhere is the 'hand of fate more evident than in the episode of Mr, Pye's watch. Why did the highwayman give it back to him after once getting hold of It? The answer is easy according to the science of modern magic. W, the Initial letter of watch, Is the twen ty-thlrd- of the alphabet, a direful con Junction; but that is not the worst of it. The sum of Mr. Pye's Initial num bens, 8, 12 and 16, is 36, from which. If we take 13 away, 23 remains. Thus from all possible .points of view Mr. Pye's watch is involved in direful com binations. An evil genius presided over its manufacture, and the highwayman undoubtedly was warned of this fact by his guardian spirit and so Induced to return it to Mr. Pye. But why did he not also return the star, Mr. Pye's .badge of office, the ever-present testimony to his Courage and skill? The reason Is this: S Is the 19th letter of the alphabet and R the 18th, while the sum of these two num bers is 37. Now 7 is the exact num ber of dollars which Mr. Pye gave to the highwayman, and twice 7 Is 14. Subtracting 14 from. 37, the portentous 23 again confronts us.. Therefore Mr. Pye did not get back his star, much as he deserved It and cruel as the high wayman was to keep it, especially as It was a silver star and Mr. Pye always polished It very bright before going out in the dark alone. With the frightful menace of these magic numbers hanging over his head, it is to be hoped that Mr. Pye, for the sake of his family, If not for himself, will never go out in the dark again without something to protect him. TILE ANNUAL CONFLAGRATION. With loggers paying from $1 to $2 per thousand stumpage and sawmill owners paying from $S to $10 per thou sand for logs, the necessity for greater precaution against forest fires was never plainer than at the present time. All lovers of the beautiful in nature have viewed with dismay the tremendous inroads that have been ma-de on the wonderful forest of the great Northwest, but, unfortunately perhaps for the preservation of our forests, the admirers of. Nature's beau ties have been greatly outnumbered by the men whose interest in them was confined to converting them into mer chantable timber. When the loggers and millmen began operations In the Pacific Northwest the supply was so vast as to appear practically unlimited, and the necessity for anything like economy was not considered. Trees which, in the now denuded lands of the Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan "pineries," would be regarded as good saw timber were felled and left to rot or burn In order that the loggers could reach the larger trees. Stumpage was so cheap and plentiful that hun dreds of settlers all over Oregon and Washington burned immense trees to get them out of the way, and If a fire got beyond the confines of the slashing no special effort was made to extin guish it. But a point has been reached in this reckless waste of forest wealth where the end Is in sight. It may be postponed a number of years if greater care shall be exercised in protecting th.e forests from fire and there shall be less waste of pile timber, but even un der the most careful system of protec tion the remaining years of life for the timber Industry on its present magnifi cent scale are comparatively few. To this fact is due the increased Interest that is shown in protection against fires. The property-owners in our cities and towns annually pay large sums-of money to the insurance companies for protection against fire, but the owners of timber land In the Pacific Northwest have not yet perfected an Insurance system that offers them any satisfac tory guarantee against loss by fire. There are hundreds and thousands of sections of timber land in Oregon. Washington and Idaho that are worth, on present stumpage valuations, from $20,000 to $40,000 each. Regular insur ance against fire cannot be placed on this timber, but the owners, by co-operating, could succeed In forming a most effective guard against the start or spread of destructive fixes. Forest fires are not the result of spontaneous combustion, and few are due to acci dent. They are almost universally the result of gross carelessness on the part . or campers or. men engaged in burning slashings. To protect the holders of timber as well as the lives of people dwelling in such localities as the North Santiam Canyon, there should be most stringent laws carrying penalties of sufficient se verity to cause the exercise of more care on the part of people addicted to the habit of recklessly starting fires ana railing to extinguish the flames be fore they reach fatal proportions. As the timber lands of the Northwest have largely fallen Into the hands of a few enormously wealthy syndicates. It Is very properly the duty of these own ers to protect their holdings by main taining, in the dry season, a large force of forest rangers and watchmen. The Interest of all of the people in the state is" such that, In the enforcement of rules regarding forest protection, these big timber-owners will be backed up by almost any kind of legislation which they may demand. If the present sys tem is weak or Inadequate, it should be replaced by one which will prove more effective. By failing properly to pro tect our timber we are hastening the time when there will be none to pro tect. The bark Coloma, old, decrepit and Insignificant in size compared with the up-to-date ocean carriers now so plen tiful in Portland harbor, sailed in over the Columbia bar late- Sunday night. The Coloma Is a lumber drogher of .a type that is fast disappearing, and no longer attracts more than passing no tice. And yet it is not so very many years ago that th.ls same Coloma cre ated great excitement whenever it ap peared in the river after one of Its peri odical voyages to China. In those days the bark was an aristocratic "liner" and all Portland went down to Coloma dock to greet it on arrival, and then to say good-by when it sailed. As a liner or even a good merchantman the Co loma's prestige is gone forever, but as a connecting link between Portland's old kindergarten days as a, shipping port and the present the vessel is inter esting, and will always hold a place In the maritime history of the port. The change Sunday evening from the intense heat that had marked the sev eral preceding days to a delightful cool ness, accompanied by a shower of rain, was grateful, even ' to the chronic growler, who ceaselessly bewails the Winter rains. The "dry spell," cover ing a period of forty-four days, was trying, and, had It continued even a week longer, would have resulted in ma terial damage to crops. As It Is, some shortage will result In certain lines, but it will not be 6erious enough to cause hardship In the agricultural districts. A sufficient rainfall Is hoped for to start the grass in pastures, give root crops a good drink, wash the dust from the hop vines and orchard trees, sub due the dust on the highways and put out forest fires. This hope will prob ably be realized, since the rain god can usually be depended upon to do the right thing by the Pacific Northwest. Church-building is keeping- up with the march of construction in other lines in this city. The Southern Methodists are building on Union avenue and Wasco streets a structure that sug gests a large membership and unbound ed zeal. The Methodist Episcopal con gregation at Sellwood Is planning the construction of a building at a cost of $5000, and the Central Presbyterian Church, having outgrown its old build ing, is considering plans for a hand some edifice at East Twentieth and Salmon streets. These buildings fur nish conclusive evidence of the growth in population, if not in grace, in those sections of the city, while the con struction of schoolhouses and the de mand for more tell of Increase through out the entire city of homes populous with children. The campaign of Winston Churchill, the novelist, against the Boston & Maine Railroad in New Hampshire, ex cites great Interest in 'the- East. Mr. Churchill is runnjng for Governor. Ac cording to Collier's Weekly, of all the newspapers lu New Hampshire, only seven are Independent, enough; to print his speeches; the others are silenced by passes and other railroad influences. Practically every lawyer In the state' of any ability is retained by the rail road, and . almost every . promising young man, no matter what his busi ness, carries a pass. Mr. Churchill has a hard fight ahead, but the old New England spirit of freedom is on his side and he may win after all. The establishment of the free swim ming baths, The Oaks and Captain Bundy's bathing institution has re duced the drowning rate in the Immedi ate vicinity of Portland. Unfortunate ly, throughout the. Pacific Northwest outside of Portland there has been an unusually large number of distressing drowning accidents this season, one of the worst of these, perhaps, being the loss of five people in the Spokane River near Davenport, Wash., last Sunday. With, distressing accidents of this na ture occurring with such frequency. It seems strange that any other than ex pert swimmers should venture into un certain depths. Climatic conditions in Idaho this sea son have been so peculiar that grain growers might imagine themselves in "Topsy-turvy land." In the Spring and early Summer, when rain wair badly needed to bring the wheat crop through In good shape, the Clearwater country basked : under a cloudless, withering sky. Now, when the harvest Is on and rain can do nothing but harm ' to the crop, there comes a downpour of such volume 'that the standing wheat falls beneath It and farmers suffer still fur ther loss. There Is a tinge of absurdity In the claim of street railway corporations to be exempt from charter regulations, adopted since the date of then fran chises. It would be quite. as logical, for a natural person to claim exemption from all laws passed since the date of his birth; more logical, in fact, for the rights of living men are superior to those of the artificial creatures of the stats called corporations. Our mountain-climbers, bronzed and weary, have returned after a valorous assault upon Mount Baker, which was only partly successful. Two of their number succeeded in reaching the sum mit of the hoary old mountain, after strenuous effort and much hardship. Net results: Great weariness and an achievement without practical value to themselves or to mankind. The belief that the elections last Fall were fatal to the American boss seems unwarranted. Only two or three were really - slain; the others havs revived and are now doing business at the old stands In both parties, as cheerfully as If nothing had happened. Nothing short of the direct primary is fatal to the boss. The year's crop of ohamois skins Is Just enough to supply the market of the United States for one day. Where do the rest come from? The Journal of Pharmacy says "sheep." Dry" conditions in Oregon have cut down both the crop of hops In the field and the consumption of beer in the towns. The Johnson estate has not found 10 per cent interest benevolent. LIFE I.V THE OREGON COl'XTRY He Wasn't Sobpessed. Prlneville's pioneer barber finds things too easy for him in these dog days. Llttrat Front a Wet County. Colonel Hofer's Capital Journal. . How many of us are loaded down with what we accumulate? We seem busy increasing the load we carry. The Fort Wnlla Walla Captain. Medford Tribune. The verdict of the public has been rendered and may be briefly ' stated as this: Captain Howard is a small minded fool. Seven-Day Law In Malheur. Nyssa News. "Monkey," the faithful express horse of Henry Intemann, took a notion into his head, that he would not labor last Sunday and kicked himseir loose from the Ice wagon. Not Bad Bills, Either. Tillamook Headlight. Bill Stillwcll, Bill Vaughn and George Randall will be the three big pioneer bosses at the fair, and everyone will have to take their hats oft to them including; the ladies. Bill la AH Right. Wallula Gateway. Born Monday, July 30, to the wife of William Rand, a 14-pound girl.' Bill is as regular as clockwork in these matters and Is the possessor of a bunch of handsome sons and daughters. Dead Chief of the Klamntha. Klamath Falls Express. Allen David, ox-chlcf of the Klamath Indians, died at his home near the Kla math agency last Thursday. He was 82 years of age and took an active part in -the Modoc war, taking sides with the whites and protecting the early set tlers from the ravages of the Modoc tribe. Barka Disturb Bralna. Aurora Borealis. The Borealis serves notice now and here that if the nuisance Is not abated, the owners of the howling and barking dogs will be brought up on the carpet. Patience has ceased to be a virtue in our case, and we want to get at least one night's sleep during a month, which now is impossible on account of the confounded dogs howling and bark ing every night. Big Haul of Salmon. Ilwaco Journal. The largest salmon catch of the week was made by William Graham on Thursday. Mr. Graham is operating a purse-seine, a new gear that was Intro duced on the bay this season for the first' time, and up to date has been a very successful enterprise. The total catch on Thursday by this new seining gear was eight tons, all of which was taken in a single haul. Picking a Winner. Freewater Tribune. It Is reported that the harnessmaker who advertised for a sensible widow a short time ago. Is receiving letters from all directions. It Is said that every mail train brings in a bundle for him, and we hear that the mailcarrier is making a kick on account of the extra weight caused by the big fellow's mail. Ha is also taking up a, good deal of the postmaster's time In handling his letters. We sincerely hope that the leatherworker will be able to choose a desirable widow from the numerous applicants, and we trust that he will put In a good word for the editor If he happens to hear from any ladies who are too young to suit his taste. The Whlrlta-la- of Polltlca. - . Philadelphia Record. : Bhaw refused to appoint Cummins to the United States Senate when the young man had a good right to claim the suc cession to John H. Gear, and now Cum mins switches the Shaw Presidential boom upon a sidetrack that leads to the Junk heap. Idle, Not Idol. Lewlston Teller. A Portland paper refers to Senator Dubois as his party's idol, but idle would express It better, because with Dubois at the helm there Is nothing doing. ' Why Notf Life. Silas Hyfleld That Btuff growing over there is cattails. ' Miss Summerglrl Do they have to pull them up to get the cats? Overcoming; a Difficulty. New York Sun. He The banks say there Is a scarcity of dimes. She Well, I can eat two and a plates of Ice cream. half The Way of a Woman. . The Bohemian. The young man kissed the maiden fair. And she did not resist. Nor any protest offer as She twice and thrice was kissed. But when he smacked her once again With a resounding- pop, She stamped her pretty foot and cried: "Don't!" "Stop!" The young man was chagrined to b So frigidly repelled; He mutely drew his head away And freed the hand he held. Deep silence reigned on might hava heard A tiny hairpin drop Until at last the maiden lisped: "Don't stop!" WAITING FOR A MESSAGE WAGES AND FOOD Labor Bureau Shows Increase Years Greater Than Increase Is Slight Between Years 1904 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. A report was Issued by the Bureau of Labor today for an Investigation Into wages and hours of labor In 1805 in the principal manufactur ing and mechanical industries of the Uni ted States. The report gives the average wages and hours of labor and the number of employes In identical establishments in 1904 - and 1905. It Is said they are fairly representative of the industries investi gated. The report says: "The results of this investigation shovf that in 1904 the average wages per hour in the principal manufacturing and me chanical industries of the country were 1.16 per cent higher than in 1904: mat the average hours of labor per week re mained the same as in 1904 and that 6.3 per cent more persons were employed in the establishments Investigated. As there was no reduction In the average hours of labor per week, ' the average weekly earnings per employe were 116 per cent higher than in 1904. "When the figures of this article relat ing to wages and hours of labor and those of the succeeding article relating to re tail prices of food are brought together, it is seen that the retail prices of food were 0.6 per cent higher In 1906 than in 1904. As the average wages per hour increased more than the retail prices of food, the purchasing power of both bour ly and weekly wages was 1 per cent higher than In 1904, or in other words an hour's wages In 1905 would purchase 1 per cent more food than an hour's wages in 1904. "The average wages per hour In 1905 were 18.9 per cent higher than the average for the ten-year period from 1890 to 1899 inclusive. The number of employes was 33.6 per cent greater and the average hours of labor per week were 4.1 per cent lower. The average earnings per week In 19J5 were 14 per GREATEST OF NAVAL- REVIEWS Strongest Fleet Ever Assembled Will Pass Before President. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Orders for the formation of the Atlantic fleet tq, be re viewed by President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, September 3, were Issued at the Navy Department today. The President will be aboard the Mayflower, and the fleet which he will review will be the strongest. If not the largest In numbers, ever assembled under the United States flag. It will consist of 43 vessels, carry ing 1178 guns, commanded by 812 orticers with 15,235 men. Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans will be commander-in-chief. The first squadron will consist of eight battleships, the second of eight battle ships, the third of four battleships and four cruisers. There will ' also be a flo tilla of torpedo-boats, destroyers, subma rines and auxiliaries. Government May Complete Work. WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. As soon as inventories have been taken of the contractors' outfits seized by the Geo logical Survey at Corbett tunnel and Shoshone dam, on irrigation projects of Northern Wyoming, consideration will be given to plans for completing those great contracts. The failure of Charles Speer at Corbett tunnel and Prendergast & Clarkson at Shoshone dam to, live up to the terms of their contracts Is being investigated, and may have some bearing on the method of completing the works. It Is likely the Geological Survey will continue the works with the equipment and supplies seized, rather than let a new contract. More than $1,000,000 is in volved. Passed for Meat Inspectors. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 13. John P. Donovan, of Seattle: James K. Matthews, of Taeoma, and Albert H. Wilson and Charles E. Keagy, of Port Townsend, passed the recent civil service examination for United States meat inspectors under the new Inspection law and will soon be ap pointed. To date very few who took this examination have passed, four out of the first 100 papers examined were passed, seven out of the second 100, Try Officers for Causing Collision. WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. Secretary Bonaparte has received the report of the court of inquiry upon the collision of the battleships Illinois and Ala bama off Brenton's Reef while sailing for Newport Harbor, it ts understooa that several courtB-martlal will result and officers charged with negligence by the court of Inquiry will be put on trial. New Bank for Pullman. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 13. The applications of B. s RerBran. O. L. Waller, Elton Fulmer, R. W. Thatcher and Thomas H. Brewer for permission to organize tne funman National Bank of Pullman, Wash., with J50.000 capital, has been approved by the Comptroller of the Currency. Plans of the Longworths. OT3TER BAY, Aug. 13. Representative and Mrs. Longworth will remain as guests of the President until Friday, when they leave for Washington and Cincinnati. FROM OVER THE SEA From the Indianapolis News. COST COMPARED of Wage Compared With Panic in Cost of Living, but Difference and 1905. cent higher than the average earnings per week during the ten years from 1890 to 1X99. The aggregate weekly earnings of all employes, that is, tho total umounf of the payrolls, was 52.3 per cent higher in 1905 than the aver age during the ten-year period named. "Tho retail price of the principal ar ticles of food, weighed according to family consumption of the various ar ticles, was 12.4 per cent higher in 1905 than was the average price for the ten years from 1890 to 1S. Compared with the average for the same ten-year period, the purchasing power of an hour's wages In 1905 was 5.8 per cent greater and of a week's wages 1.4 per cent greater, the Increase In purchas ing power of weekly wages being less than the Increase in purchasing power of hourly wages because of the reduc tion of the hours of labor during the period. "The average wages per hour in 1905 was 21.5 per cent higher than in 1894, the year of lowest wages during the period covered and weekly earnings were 16.7 per cent higher. The. pur chasing power of an hour's wages was greater in 1905 than in any other year covered by this investigation, being 7.7 per cent greater than in 1894, tne year of lowest wages, and 1.3 per rent greater than In 1896, the year of low est retail prices. The purchasing power of a week's wages In 19i5 was 2.5 per cent greater than In 1894, but 2.7 per cent less than In 1896." In making the Inquiry the Labor Bu reau attempted to cover only those In dustries in which the wages paid In the United States in one year were $13,009,000 or over. The data presented were obtained in all cass by special agents of the bureau through personal visits to the establishments repre sented. JOHN OLIVER IIOBBES DEAD Mrs. Craigie, Who Made Pen-Xanae Famous in Literature. LONDON, Aug. 13. Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes). the author and dramatist, died in her sleop some time during the night o'f hay fever, aged 39 years. Her death was totally un. expected, she having been perfectly well when she retired. Mrs. Craigie had been spending a fortnight at her home. Steep Hill Castle, Ventnor. Isle of Wight, where she went Sunday afternoon to keep an engagement. Mrs. Craigie had Just spent a fortnight with her parents at Ventnor, and was In excellent snirlts and busy planning future work. Reaching London Sunday evening, she complained of feeling tired and went early to bed, leaving orders not to be dis turbed until she rang In the morning. At 9 o'clock this morning, hearing nothing from their mistress, the servants became anxious and went to her room, where they found her dead. Mrs. Cralgie s parents, who' have been summoned to London, are heartbroken. Her father, in an interview, said: "My daughter was perfectly well when she left Ventnor and was looking forward to a visit to Scotland on Wednesday with her son. We had not the slightest anxiety on her account and she had made not a single complaint." The Interviewer gathered from her fa ther's remarks that, though Mrs. Craigie had enjoyed better health the last year or two, she had felt the strain of heavy work and literary engagements,, and had suf fered on more than one occasion from heart attacks. Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie was born In Boston,. Mass., November 23, 1867, being the daughter of John Morgan Richards and Laura Hortense Richards (born Arnold). The grandfather and great grandfather on the paternal side were clergymen and her maternal grandmother was a daughter of Peter Spearwater, who represented Shelbourne in the colonial Parliament at Halifax for 25 years. She was educated under private tutors and in 183 went to Paris to continue her studies. She became a student of University Col lege, London, at the age of 20, and was a student under Professor Goodwin, from whom she acquired much of her knowl edge of classics and philosophy. She began writing while yet a child, her first story, "Lost, a Dog," having been published In The Fountain when she was 9 years old.. Another story. "How Mark Puddler Became an Innkeeper." was published in the same paper in 1881. She definitely chose a literary career at the age of 18 and began to study style, es pecially dramatic dialogue. Her first book, "Some Emotions and a Moral" (1891), was composed during a long Illness and much domestic anxiety, but it was a great success, 80,000 copies being quickly mld She confined her efforts to short philo sophical stories for several years, feeble health forbidding sustained mental ex ertion, but she launched out Into "The Herb Moon" in 196 and "The School for Saints" in 1897. She had traveled much and had written in almost every part of the world, but her favorite resort was at Ventnor, Isle or Wight, where she did most of her work and where she died. Her first dramatic work was a one-act play written for Ellen Terry, "Journey's End and Lovers' Meeting," which was produced at the Lyceum Theater, Lon don. In 1894. Mrs". Craigie read this play to W. E. Gladstone, who was amused and pleased with it. She also wrote "The Sinners' Comedy" (1892), "A Study in Temptations'" (1893). "A Bundle of Life" (1894), "The Gods, Some Mortals and Lord Wlckham" (1895), "The Ambassador," a comedy produced at the St. James The ater, London, in 1898, and by Daniel Froh man's company at Daly's Theater, New York, in 1900; "A Repentance," a one-act drama produced In London in 1899; "Os borne J Urayne," a tragedy Jn verse 0899), and "Robert Orange," a sequel to "The School for Saints," and a bright, witty collection of character studies. Miss Richards was married in 1887 to , Reginald Walpole Craigie. from whom she obtained a divorce ana tne custody or lier child in 1895. A few years later she be came a Roman catnoiic. All ner literary work was published under the name of John Oliver Hobbes. Governor Hoch'a Farmer Story. Kansas City Star. Governor Hoch, of Kansas, tells a story that always strikes the right spot with the farmers. One time a merchant put up a blackboard in his store and asked hi customers to write their names on It and opposite tell what they were doing for humanity. A lawyer wrote: "I plead for all." A doctor wrote: "I prescribe ror all." A preacher wrote: "I pray for all." An old farmer walked up, wrote his name. scratched his head a while and then wrote: "I pay for all." The Souvenir Mania. ... New York Herald. Stella So your dinner last evening was a great success? Bella Yes; the guests, enjoyed them selves very much; there were only .two silver spoons left after they went home. - Pari to Make Municipal Gaa, Baltimore News. The Paris, France, Municipal Council has decided to make gas supply a public service, and will issue a loan of $21,000,000 for the purchase of the present gas works. Where the Brat EngJIah la Spoken. Harper's Weekly. The London Globe Is discussing "Where Is the Best English Spoken T' The Globe man should sit on the bleachers at an American baseball game.