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DRVDEN. - Compared with the inconclusive ef forts of the criminal law to deal with the enemies of society, the results of public opinion are marvelously sure and effective. The llet of distinguished i'rln;ihala, or . rather crimlnalolds, to use the new and less offensive term, whom It has tried, convicted and exe cuted -within the last year or two is long and imposing:. The trials have not been adorned with thoee coruscations of legal wit and those" displays of foren sic eloquence for which our criminal courts are famous; but wit is well ex--'h,hged for plain common sense, and '. jquence which betrays society to the rcalminal classes can hardly be called valuable. The convictions have been made, not by a jury of twelve men, but by the whole body of the American people acting in their capacity of final arbiters upon the fame and fortune of their public servants; and while nei ther ax nor rope has been used at the executions, still the victims of popular judgment are as dead to public life as If the grass grew over their graves in the churchyard. The last man thus far to stand at the bar of public opinion and receive his death sentence is Senator Dryden, of New Jersey. The charge against this remarkable personage Is that he has used great abilities to the detri ment of the common weal; that he has prostituted the opportunities of his high office to the service of his own interests and those of his friends; and that, as a politician, he has betrayed American ideals. Beginning life es a poor man, Mr. Dryden, by efforts whose long-delayed euccees would have dis couraged most of us, built up a great business and accumulated vast for tunes for himself and those who had faith in his promises. This in Itself was praiseworthy, but in estimating the true worth of commercial success .we must take Into account both the means by which It is gained and "the use which Is made of it. In Mr. Dryden's case both the means and the use were indefensible. He was the first to apply in this country the principles of so-called industrial in surance. This is a f pedes of life In surance which makes a particular ap peal to the poor. It seduces them with fatee promises and deludes them with Imaginary advantages. The premiums are paid weekly and, the policy being for a moderate sum only, the insured fancies that his provision for death is cheap. Such sums as 5, 10 and 25 cents a week represent the amounts paid; but in the coirrse of'the year the result shows that industrial insurance costs the poor some eight times what the well-to-do pay for the same protec tion. Mr. Dryden built up a very large business, and the returns from it be ing enormous, he of course accumulat ed great wealth. But It was wealth grained by robbing those who could least afford to part with their savings. It was coined from the labor of ru.w. it icvieu uiuulq upon tne hunger of children. It was the ac cursed fruit of deception playing upon confiding: ignorance. The dividends of some of the industrial Insurance com panies have risen as high as 223 per cent a year upon the capital invested. Besides this work of systematically plundering the poor by Appealing to their family affections, Mr. Dryden aided in tho debauchment of the New Jersey Legislature, which has been so thoroughly accomplished in the last few years. He had a share in the traction trust which made New Jersey politics a stench; andi he was also continually busied with obtaining new privileges for hie insurance company to complete the plunder of the policy holders and enhance his own gains. The nefarious corporations of New Jersey, recognizing in his genuine ability and his dexterously winning ex terior qualities which would make him a Valuable ally, or servant, in the United States Senate-, elected him to that body of strangely assorted char acters. Mr. Dryden was found con sistently in line with Mr. Aldrlch, Mr. Depew and Mr. Burton, of Kansas. 'He never endangered his reputation, as Mr. LaFnllettA lina on raahlv Ann Kv proposing measures for the protection of employes, or to limit the extortions of the privileged classes. 'He vaa in variably smooth, safe and sane. His Senatorial courtesy was Chesterfield ian. He . was too polite ever to point out a wrong or embarrass a thief by calling unpleasant attention to his crime. For nearly six years Mr. Dryden has served himself, and the trusts which elected him to the Senate, with unde- viating loyalty. Nobody can accuse him of breaking a promise to his em ployere or of subordinating their in terest to the public good. After a bit ter struggle for re-election Mr. Dryden finally announces that his health has failed and that he will for the present retire from public life. It is not his bodily health that has given way. It is the cogs and levers of his machine which are at fault. For some time they have emitted ominous groans. There has been an internal friction which no lubrication would relieve. The moral rehabilitation of New Jersey, which we owe to- Mr. Everett Colby and his friends, made Mr. Dryden, and hte machine impossible, He goes to the Umbo of the false and futile and every piratical corporation in the country will bemoan his fate. NEW MAINS AND FREE WATER. The charter amendments which the Water Board and the citizens' clubs, acting conjointly, will submit to the referendum merit careful study. We believe that thorough knowledge of their meaning will lead to their ap proval by f those voters who wish to deal with public questions on grounds of soundi policy. Even those who desire what they wrongly call "free water" agree that adjacent property should bear the expense of new mains. The proposal is that the bonds issued to lay new mains shall be a burden only on property henefited by them. This-property, whether improved or not, must pay Its proportionate share both of the annual Interest and the sinking fund. As for the use of water, that is an other account. No matter whether a house is assessed for new mains or pot, the occupants must pay for the water they use. The advocates of free water would assess the dwelling for the mains, but furnish water gratis to the occupants. Here is where they are in consistent. If the property benefited ought to pay for the main, certainly the person benefited ought to pay for the water. From this logic there is on es cape. It holds equally good in both cases. There Is no argument applica ble to free water which will not apply Just as strongly to free mains. In fact. there is better reason for making mains free than for granting free water, since the mains are actually used In common to a certain extent, while water is not. But the whole. contention is irrational. The benefit of the mains can be accu rately apportioned to the property which they serve and the cost of water can be justly computed for the user. If meters are Introduced and the same rate charged to large and small consumers, there can be no complaint of discrimination. It would be difficult to conceive of a fairer system; but if the large user has a lower rate than the small one, then the agitation will con tinue; for such a system cannot be de fended. A man ought not to be penal ized for his poverty. . FRENCH AFFAIRS AGAIN. Some time ago in a discussion of French affaire The Oregonlan reminded its readers of the perfectly well-known facte that the property of the French church was confiscated in 1789, and that Napoleon by the Concordat granted the use, but Hot the ownership, of what had not been sold to private persons, to the church. The Catholic Sentinel, with that winning amenity of style which distinguishes it, wondered that The Oregonlan should employ a writer who was so ignorant as to make these statements. We do not, in return, ac cuse the Sentinel of Ignorance. It prob ably knows the facts well enough. But we cannot help wondering what advice it will bestow upon Collier's Weekly, which prints the following from the pen of Professor George Santayana, of Harvard: Napoleon, wishing to propitiate the conserv ative forces of Europe, entered into a con cordat, or agreement, with the Pope, by which, without returning ecclesiastical or monastic property or abandoning the state ownership of churches, he reinstated a secu lar clergy, etc. Doubtless the Sentinel will see to it that Collier's does not give Mr. San tayana another Job; or will it require his dismissal from Harvard? OUR CHRISTIAN DUTY. Now is the time to make an effort to bring to this state residents of the Mid dle West who would make desirable additions to Oregon's population. This has been the hardest Winter the Da- kotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and other states in that part of the Union have seen for many years. Fuel has-been scarce, the cold has been intense, livestock has perished and in many Instances fami lies have been frozen Jn their homes. In Oregon we had a cold snap that lasted a week, but there was no time when a man could not start on a twenty-mile walk without danger of suffering from cold. The people of the Middle West make the best home builders we can find. They are Just now in the best possible frame of mind to consider the subject of finding a more congenial climate. They have been convinced by the extreme severity of their own Winter weather that they wish to leave their present abodes, and the only task for us is to convince them that Oregon Is the place to which they should move. Now is the time to put forth a particular effort, placing special emphasis upon the superiority of our climate. Every Development League and Commercial Club in the state should get to work at once. Let Port land. Salem, Albany. Eugene. Rose burg, Dallas and every other town prepare a brief statement of the oppor tunities it offers and Include therein a comparative table of temperatures, showing what Winter weather is in Oregon. Let this information be spread by every practicable means throughout the states that have been suffering from blizzards. Dakota's misfortune is our opportunity. .We do no wrong to her people when we ask them to come to Oregon. Such an effort is only the performance of a Christian duty. We should not permit human beings to suf fer and die without making some at tempt to save them. We should offer them homes in Oregon, where they can enjoy life twelve months in the year. Now is the time to act. Two months hence the Middle Western farmers will have forgotten all about the . cold weather and will be busy putting in their Spring crops. Juet now they are snowbound and have nothing to do but read whatever mail comes to them, and curse their stupidity in staying In such a country. All they, need Is a little en couragement and they will sell their farms and city homes and move to the Coast. They are generally a prosper ous people. The farmers of the Middle West probably make as much money in a year as the average Oregon farmer does. What we should show them is that they can make just as much money here, and get a good deal more out of life in the way of enjoyment and comfort. Those Middle Western farm ers are energetic, intelligent and pro gressive. We need them in Oregon. ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINE.. The apprich of Spring brings with it the usual murmur and demand for an Alaska steamship line from Port land. It would be only. a repetition and a waste of words to say that the es tabliehment of direct steamship com munication with Alaska would prove of Inestimable value to Portland. We have deepened the river, improved the service on the bar, increased! our dock and warehouse facilities and our mer chants are pushing their trade in all other directions except Alaska. Mean while Seattle, with that assurance which accompaines a belief that she has a "lead-pipe cinch" on the Alaska trade, is handling it with an increas ing indifference to the likes or dis likes of the Alaskans, who are footing the bills. This assumption that the trade cannot get away from them has been the cause of many of the Seattle dealers attaining a reputation in the far north that is hardly conducive to a perpetuation of their business. All of which ought to make it comparatively easy for Portland merchants to gain a foothold in a trade field which is en larging by leaps and bounds. Failure of Portland business men to secure direct communication with Alaska is to a considerable degree in explainable. In the old days when the Idaho, the City of Topeka, the "Little California and other steamers gave Portland a fairly good service to Alas ka, this port suffered the handicap of a poor river channel, which caused de lay for the steamers, and there was also the disadvantage of not having cheap coal for the vessels. Even our merchants had not then fully asserted their independence of San Francisco, which at that time controlled the bulk of the Alaska trade. Within the past few years there has been a radical change in conditions. Our river is in fine shape to accommodate the deepest ships plying in the Alaskan trade. Oil has supplanted coal as fuel. and this city has an abundant supply of the new fuel at prices as low as are in effect on Puget Sound. Our merchants carry heavier stocks than any who are now engaged in the Alaskan trade. In short; we are fully equipped for the satisfactory handling of the business whenever we can secure the proper transportation facilities. That these are lacking is probably due to the failure of the proper persons to take hold of the project and push it to success. What is needed is the or ganlzation of a good, strong cdmpany of Business men who would have the undivided support and confidence of the people. If the personnel of this company were of the requisite nature to inspire this confidence, there should be but little difficulty encountered in securing enough support to assure the success of the line. 'Portland has never turned a deaf ear to legitimate Alaska steamship propositions, but when pro moters have drifted in from time to time, as they have in the past, we have perhaps assumed a Missourian attitude and desired to be "shown." The mere statement that "good and suitable" boats would be provided If Portland would agree to perform cer tain duties has been insufficient to arouse the proper interest. We should like to know the names of the boats and judge for ourselves whether they are worth the subsidy or the stock subscriptions asked. The importation of . a promoter with no money to invest in the enterprise is hardly necessary, so Jong as there are men in our midet who are competent judges as to the merits and value of steamship property. Boats suitable for the Alaska run -can be pur chased or chartered at as low a figure by Portland business men as by an outside promoter, and if there is a ces sation of this rainbow -chasing in the Alaska steamship business, it may "be possible to work out something of sta bility on legitimate lines. Let our heavy shippers get together and pledge themselves to take a certain amount of space on every steamer which may be dispatched from here. and it ought not to take very long to Bcvurc truuugn ousiness to warrant steamship owners coming here for the trade these pledges, of course, to cover the space whether it is wed every trip or not. There may be slight difficulty in tilling all the space at the begin ning, but It would not be long before the space subsidy became merely a payment for value received In freight space actually used. An Alaska line on some such plan as here outlined would present features of merit that would appeal to the people who have fought shy of many of the projects put for ward by promoters who had really nothing to offer and. have ' knocked" the port because their schemes were not taken urj. COMPULSORY REVERENCE. The attempt to pass a law making observances of Memorial day entirely of a funereal order is likely to fail, which is well. There ore laws enough now upon our statute-books that are inoperative because public opinion does not require their enforcement, and passage of the measure proposed would but add another to the long list. We look upon the hired mourners at a Chinese funeral with the contempt with which simulated grief is viewed. How much better would it be to try to force on Memorial day a Bemblance of woe upon a Christian, albeit a careless, multitude, born since the Civil War and knowing nothing of its privations? There are thousand of Americans to whom the day is one sacred to tender est memories. These, because their hearts are in the memorial services, attend them faithfully, and they rever ently wend their way, flower-laden, to cemeteries, where sleep their dead and the soldier dead. These observances are tender, touching, reminiscent and beautiful. More than all, they are vol untary tributes from the living to the unforgotten dead. It is manifestly absurd to seek to make this sentiment universal. And to force its expression in the spirit of rev erence when this spirit is unknown to the multitude that insists upon viewing Memorial day as a holiday would. If it were possible to do eo, be but a hollow mockery a pitiful sham. All that any American citizen can reasonably ask in matters of this kind is freedom to fol low the bent of his own inclinations. Lawmakers have in the main learned to take men as they find them; to ac cept the fact written In every human countenance that all men do not think alike upon matters of sentiment and ethics, and that legislation In defiance of this fact Is but to burden the stat ute-books with laa that nobody takes the trouble to enforce. Let those who ,wlU to do so. urged thereto by love-and gratitude and patriotism, keep Memor ial iay in the spirit that these sent! ments and emotions express; but do not seek to force the lighthearted who have not known grief, the careless to whom even personal bereavement does not appeal for long, or the thoughtless who seek in any holiday only the essence of what they term "a good time," to fall Into line when the procession passes by and sit through meaningless eulogies upon the patriotic dead. This, if it couldi be accomplished, would Indeed be a desecration of Memorial day. Ancient oldi China is rapidly break Ing through the shell of supersti tion and ignorance in which she has been, hiding for centuries. It Is not alone Jn politics and commerce that he marks of modern civilization are show ing, but even among the rebels, which, like the poor, are always with her. An active rebellion organized for the pur pose of overthrowing the Manchu dy nasty is now under full 6wing, and In stead of the rebels fighting with stink pots and depending on painted ogres and Joss Images to pull them through, they have adopted strictly up-to-date methods. Their agents are now In the United States and Europe buying arms and ammunition of the latest type, and by their use they have put the old style of fighting utilities so far to the bad that a force of 20,000 Imperial troops has been unable to rout therm The Chinese may still have great faith in Joss, but they are heavy buyers of shot and shell, which at times make Joss appear at a decided disadvantage. The fearful storms which hav over Montana and other Western states and territories will probably settle the range question forever. From the re ports now coming In the losses will he so great that never again will the stockmen assxime the risk o' raising more cattle than can be cared for dur ing such emereencieR as now evinr Thp revolution which has been going on in tne cattle business ever since the first "farmers" began stretchlna- fences on the wide ranges will he hastened to its fulfillment and completion by such a disaster as has now overwhelmed a large number of etockmen in the af flicted regions. The situation is terri ble to contemplate, not alone from the human misery which will follow rh financial ruin of the cattlemen, hut hv reason of the awful suffering of the poor numo brutes which by thousands have fallen victims to the fury of the storms. The Grand Trunk Pacific th now rival of the Canadian Pacific in Brit ish Columbia, is said to have backed the Liberals in the recent hot political camnalsrn which closed last fiainrfav As the Conservatives won by an overwhelming majority, it would seem that the game of Dolitlos on th Pqi-idk Coast is played by different rules from tnose which prevail on the Atlantic, where the past operations of the, fimtwi Trunk Pacific have been conducted. The Arizona Legislature has nliuwl the ban on gambling. The "lid." h nw- ever, does not cover innocent specula tion in mining shares, the principal commodity now produced in the terri tory. It would 'be improper to term the trading or some of these shares as a "game of chance." for there la n chance about it it's a "cinch" for the man who does the dealing. The attempt to Puritariize Aimv ought not to succeed. The right of a man to pass his time as he pleases Is fundamental and holds good every day in the week.- The onlv rational limita tion of it is the equal right of others. rso person may rightfully impose upon his neighbors his own Sabbatarian no tions. The State Treasurer has been nut upon a fiat salary, and the people ex pect the adoption of some plan that wlir give the state the benefit of any interest that may be receivable from deposits of state funds in banks. Don't forget it. The Oregon Legislature Bhr.ulr nn adjourn this session until it has amend ed tne criminal statutes so that there will hereafter be no donht that thuro are laws covering the crimes committed by the state-land grabbers. If the nameless gentleman who wrote 'The Beautiful Snow" -win sa n at O. R. & N. office he can get an assign ment to go to Bridal Veil and invest!- Grate with a. Rhnvpl tUa BaT i snowbound locomotives. Efforts are now to he maHn tn the frfr-n lcnVirvl law un that . . t"vuuLcia will be ahle to get some benefit from it. Standard Oil does not seem to have suffered very much yet 'from the enact ment of the law. Why not save time and th o-mona of printing a multitude of hills by pass ing a general act providing that every two years all salaries of mihii r,ffii,in shall be Increased 20 per cent? 'Salome," it seems, is too Little Old New York, and has -been withdrawn. New York has the Thaw trial, and is willing to give the rest of the country a chance. Probablv thA nei-irtlk will v to an increase in the fi.iiuui.ivii VI. members of the Legislature if the lengtn or tne session be left as it is. The member of the Lee-felstm-a -v. secures the defeat of a bad bill de serves as much credit as he who se cures the enactment of a good one. 'Baker is tired' eavs. Rer.renraM,. Moore, "of -beincr the twr. whita v .. t In the tall of the Oregon dog." Wrong metapnor. rie means the Salem hog. Th mfclltV RATrr lea mi TV. - J mzt wuv ana O UC- fense Is. Insanity. Murderers iDwv. know a thing or two in New York, as In Oregon and Washington. In case of war with Japan. Bryan might enlist again and get a record to equal that which some one else made at San Juan Hill. Mr. Dryden has retired fmm th kt,. Jersey-contest on account of his health. His health and the' eight votes he couldn't get. , This war talk should oauoa a rovi.TDi of target practice in the Oregon Na tional tiuara. ! - Perhaps another harvest thin vpur far the plumbers. WHOLE WEST TO TAKE DRINK Cushman Says It W ill Celebrate Re tirement of Hitchcock. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 4. Representative Cushman is not calling on the Secretary of the Interior these days. Indeed, very few Western Senators or Representatives make pilgrimages to that office any more. Mr. Hitchcock is not popular among the men from the West, and those from the East have no business before his Depart ment. But Mr. Cushman has now burned his bridges; he can not call on the Sec retary for favors, even if he wants to. At the recent dinner of the Gridiron Club; Cushman was making a speech. In the midst of his remarks he turned very abruptly towards President Roose velt, who sat at the head of the table. and said In his most solemn manner "Mr. President, I believe you are about to lose a member of your Cabinet, the dls- tingulBhed Secretary of the Interior. I want to say that, when Mr. Hitchcock steps down and out op March 4, there will not be a single dry throat west of the Mississippi River." His meaning was obvious, and the President, who is shedding no tears over the retirement of Mr. Hitchcock, enjoyed the Joke as much as the rest of the com pany. Mr. Cushman meant that every man west of the Mississippi would take a drink on the retirement, but when called on to explain himself, said he meant that the people west of the river would all be drinking Mr. Hitchcock's health "sort o' speeding the parting guest." Mr. Cushman, by the way, has been no friend of Mr. Hitchcock since the Secre tary brought disgrace upon the late Sen ator Mitchell. Mr. Cushman always maintained that Mitchell was hounded by the Secretary and was unjustifably driven to his grave. He several times expressed his opinion to this effect. Senators Tillman and LaFollette put in a great deal of their time during vaca tions on the lecture platform. Mr. La Follette covered the country last Summer talking reform and "roasting" his col leagues In the Senate. Mr. Tillman has been starring the country over, talking about the "nigger" question. Both will go the rounds again this Summer. But another Senator will join them this year, Mr. Dubois, of Idaho. The retiring Idaho Senator has had several offers, and it is more than probable that he will tour the East during the coming season, dis cussing the Mormon question. He is de termined to make Mormonism a political issue. If possible, and by" lecturing on Mormonism he hopes not only to earn a good living, but to keep the question alive in the hope that at some future time it will serve to send him back to the Senate. Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, will not have a cordial reception the next time he calls at the War Department. While the Indiana Senator was delivering a prosy and long-winded speech on his child labor bill, a speech- in which the Senate mani fested little Interest, Secretary Taft en tered the chamber and fell into conver sation in an undertone with a number of Senators in the rear of the Chamber. The Secretary Is immensely popular and soon he had more Senators about him than were listening to Mr. Beveridge. Mr. Beveridge always plays to the galleries and he always has a big crowd of school girls and society belles who listen to whatever he may say, even though It be a recitation of statistics. In the midst of his remarksMr. Beveridge discovered that Mr. Taft was attracting more atten tion than he was and, while he could hear nothing of what was going on over there in the corner, he became angry, stopped his speech, and turning toward Mr. Taft and his friends, remarked in most sarcastic tones: "If I am interrupting you, I will suspend until your conversation is finished." The remark was altogether uncalled for, for the Taft party was not disturbing the speech in any way. . But Mr. Taft is a most polite man and, rather than give af front to the young orator from Indiana, he quietly withdrew from the Senate and the crowd of Senators followed him out. Mr. Beveridge will probably hear of the Incident when next he asks a favor of the Secretary of War. He has already heard of It from his colleagues,' who, on the quiet, are calling him seven kinds of an ass. MAYOR LANE AND THE COUNCIL Opinion That Politics Is Played In Police Appropriation. PORTLAND. Feb. 4. (To the Editor.) It seems as if it would be for the best interests of the city, if the Mayor and Council couldi agree in the management of public affairs. But as we all have different opinions. It cannot be expected that we should see things in the same light, and the best course is to do what plainly is right. ' ' In regard to the dispute between Mayor Lane and the Council about the approp riation of money for the Police Depart ment it seems as if the Mayor was wrong. The city charter pro vides for the appointment of a regular chief of police. Such appointment nas not been made. A captain has been "acting" as chief for a' long time, draw ing a chief's salary and not sivine the bonds required for such' position. This is certainly wrong on the part of the Mayor. And the court has declared that at least one captain is illegally appointed. cut stiu tne Mayor refuses to discharge this man and keeps him on the city's payroll, secretly preventing judgment from being entered. An assertion is made that the case is or will be appealed to the Supreme Court, which is only a bluff to delay the matter until the soon appear ing end or Mayor Lane's administration. During such circumstances, the duty of the City Council is plain. It should unanimously pass said ordinance over the Mayor's veto, without the slightest con sideration. What the people want is law and order, not anarchy. Is it not also strange that men who pose as "reformers" are often those who have the least respect for law and order in great matters, but are very officious in small tilings according to their own fancies? CHARLES MILLER. Advertising Again Pays. CORVALLIS. Or., Feb. 4.-(To the Editor.) The recent meeting of the State Horticultural Society was the most suc cessful one ever held within the state. It was another exemplification of the saying that "advertising pays." I am sure that much of the credit for the suc cess of this meeting belongs to The Ore gonlan. The loyal support The Oregonlan gave us In the use of space for the an nouncements and programme was liberal and I desire to return thanks. I know that the society is doing a good work for the state. We shall try to hold two good meetings this year, one In Medford and again at Portland, and we shall be very grateful for continued support In this all-Oregon work for the upbuilding of our orchards and homes. E. R. LAKE, Secretary, Oregon State Horticultural Society. , NEW DEPARTMENTS AT CORVALLIS Suggestion Favored for Agriculture and Poultry Studies. HILLSDALE, Or.. Feb. 4. (To the Editor.) At the request of a number of horticulturists, who are desirous of being shown and who are not from Missouri either I had the pleasure to introduce, at the annual meeting of the State Hor ticultural Society held recently in Port land, and which was unanimously adopted, the following resolution: Resolved. That this association does most heartily Indorse and earnestly recommend the- establishment of a department of agricul ture and poultry. In connection with the State Agricultural College and Experiment Station, at Corvallls, Or., es suggested by Dr. James W-Hhyoombe. station director, in his last an nual report to the, board of regents of that in stitution. The establishment of such a department is of the utmost importance to Oregon, and we hoped some newspaper comment would be made upon it. Both industries are followed In a hap-hazard way and generally end In failure, for want of "knowing how" hence we want to be shown. There are no people more willing to do this than the professors at Corval lls. Everybody Interested should urge the Board of Regents, Individually and collectively, to carry out the recom mendation of Dr. Wlthycombe. While perhaps horticulturists and agriculturists are more and directly Interested, It will be a great benefit to the whole state. All fruitgrowers know the value of bees as distributors of pollen, when orchards and berries are in bloom, and while a few growers keep bees, the majority do not, but undoubtedly would, if property Instructed in agriculture. Be sides, think of the profit accruing from the honey, especially to the owners of a small or large plantation. Oregon pro duces the very best of honey.- which fact has been evidenced by the many gold medals awarded at various expositions. And where Is the man, woman or child, who does not love honey, pure unadul terated honey and not a glucose prep aration? Poultry raising Is a distinct and profit able business in some states, but when we import some of these high-priced and prize-winning birds, we are generally disappointed as they fail to "make good." We hold annual poultry shows, which I religously attend, as 1 am a lover of handsome birds and have raised vsome myself. But nine-tenths of the people do not care, whether the "hackle" has' the proper length or the bars on a Plymouth Rock are symetrlcally distributed or the feathers on the Cochins reach to the toes or not. they are Interested In the "busi ness hen," either good for the pot or for eggs. These are the two strains to be developed suitable to our Western Ore gon climatic conditions. There is- no doubt, that by proper cross-breeding, such strains can be readily developed, and when success has been achieved, we want to be instructed as to feeding, breeding and every other point connected with poultry raising. Most people do not care for pedigree, color, or previous condition of servitude, so long as we produce the strains, good for the pot or broiler, and the production of eggs. We import millions of eggs and thousands of chickens, when we should be exporters and not importers and there never will come a time of over-production of either. It is therefore to be hoped, that the regents will see their way clear to adopt Dr. Wlthyoombe's sug gestion and recommendation, by creating a department of agriculture and poultry for the good of all-Oregon. HENRY E. DOSCH. Bury Electric Power Wlren. PORTLAND, Feb. 4. (To the Editor.) As to overhead wires In the recent storm. It Is miraculous that numerous houses about the .city are not ashes today, and that more than one good citizen was not cremated. However, if the present plight of the city is not enough of Itself to cause our city dads to "sit up and take notice," why should anyone else waste ink? After the poles were down along Wil liams avenue, the wires continued to blaze and sputter for three-quarters of an hour before the current was switched off, and the electric light cur rent remained on about 15 minutes longer. Had a fire started, who would be responsible for the delay? Can you Imagine what this vicinity would look like Just now had the poles fallen in the opposite direction, or had It been the electric light poles that fell, in stead o'f the telephone poles? Let us be wise in time, and we may escape such disaster as recently befel our friends in San Francisco. H. R. ALDEN. Free Things . and Taxpayers. PORTLAND, Feb. 4. (To the Editor.) It would be interesting reading for a large number of property-owners to know bow much tax money the city officials and others pay. that are so much Interested In everything that Is free. In this era of free water, free bridges, free textbooks, free clothing, free food and numerous other free things. It would be only fair to know the financial responsibility of those that so advocate. GEORGE H. STROW BRJ DpE. filve Him Notice. Atlanta Constitution. We'en Trouble Is a comin', Cloae de do', en Bay: "Joy is got his banjer. En be come ter spend de day!" Dar's nuttin' in dis country Hut Trouble he kin Stan' Outside er Joy, a-slngin', Wld a banjer In his han'! De minute dat he hear blm Or Trouble take his load. En holler out, "Good mawnln' I must 'a' miss my road!" A PERILOUS ... ' 'ev..:',l. r. - Z- r-. i-X'.-O-r -S r A- LIFE IN THE OREGON COt NTRV Sneaking of the Storm. The Dalles Chronicle. Up here we are estimating it several hundred thousand dollars to the good In increased crops. Looked BIK to Him. Catlilamct Sun. R. J. Greene trapped an enormous wildcat hist week. Its length was more tnan the height of an average man. The Jamestown Appropriation. Salem Statesman. If the Senata had not done the Job, tne temper of the House Indicates it would have been neatly executed in thar body. Wehfoot Contortionists. Oakland Owl. crresPndent of the Klamath tails Republican says that a Bonanza girl is said to have such big feet that she has to put her clothes on over her head. No Cur Shortage at Alrlle. Polk County Observer Monday was quite a busy day here. E. W. Staats and Bernlce Bruce were loading a car with hay; Mr. Hadlev waa putting In a car of staves, and Robert Story and Hugh Williams were rilling a car with axe-handle timber. Vauinlll Hog. McMlnnvllle Telephone-Register. Uncle Johnny Wlsecarver dressed one of his hogs last week which tipped the scales at 4.50 pounds. This is good for Oregon, and It is not surprising when Uncle Johnny stood and viewed his prize remarked: "i ll be dod blamed If I can't beat anybody in heavy hogs." On the Coming; of Bryan. St. Helens Mist. Free silver is not dead it only sleepeth. It will rise again whenever hard times come upon the land. It may not have tie same old name, but the idea will be the same. Cheap mon ey appeals to those who have debts to pay, and the cheaper it is the better it suits them. Oue More Straw on the Camel. Gervais Star. The Southern Pacific Company has discharged all Its white employes on sections and replaced tnem with Jap anese. The section here has employed residents of this section and Is quite a loss to the town. The Japanese will be paid tl.la against $1.50 paid to the whites. When the Sun Shone. Again. Hlllsboro Independent. Mrs. Hedges, of Beaverton. was in Hillsboro Wednesday and instructed her attorney. T. H. Tongue, to withdraw iur uivuu-e against ner nus fband, C. E. Hedges. One week ago she niea divorce proceedings, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment, but after a few days away from a good home, she Is said to have changed her mind, and returned and concluded to drop the suit. Bennx, Beans, Beans. Eugene Journal. Will some Christian reader of this column who possesses a Bible kindly look up this verse and advise us of Its import? We have mislaid ours: A cer tain man who lives at a boarding house would come to the table at every meal, glance over the layout and mutter the words: "Hebrews, xiii:8." His landlady finally looked up the passage of scrlp turo and sustained suc-h a severe shock that for a time her recovery was doubt ful. Finding Money. Roseburg Review. From a friend In San Francisco S. C. Flint, of this city, is in receipt of a clipping from a San Francisco paper showing a list of unclaimed deposits in the Bank of California. Among them was 1145.82 in favor of Flint ei Tay lor, who were in the banking business in Roseburg about 14 years ago. The matter had about passed from memory, bo Mr. Flint considers this bit of good fortune as almost like so much money found. Well Covered Already. Albany Herald. If anybody can think of anything that nobody else has ever thought about, write it down in the form of a bill and send it to Salem for introduction into the Oregon Legislature. Fare and Fair. Detroit Free Press. There's a scramble and a tussle. And a fumbling and a bustle. And her dainty kid-gloved fingers move sA slow ; There's a cry of "Let me pay It," Phe Is certain sure to say it. Then the other maiden answers, "Dear me, no." Then their laps are cluttered quick. Hair pins, chewing gum (a stick). While they fumble for the dime that's hid den there; Samples, some of red and blue. And of recipes a few. Are the things we see when Molly pays the fare. "Why, you paid the other day," Molly dear is heard to say. And she fumbles In her pocketbook th9 while; Then the gas bill comes in sight. And a little mirror bright. Followed quickly by a manicuring file. Later on there comes the time. When both maidens clutch a dime. And two arms are waved ferociously in air? But at last the battle enas. And they part In peace as friends, But I'll wager Molly didn't pay the fare. JOURNEY II IB From ths Xey York World. U 1 A