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Norfolk, Vs. Jamestown Exposition News Stand; Potts & Rocder; Schneider & Kaiser. Pine Beach, Va. W. A. Cosgrove. PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JINE IS, 1907. READJUSTMENT OF STATE LINKS. It has always been held toy persons not a few that the ''Old Oregon Coun try," when cut ip Into territories which subsequently were erected Into states, was badly divided. When "Washington was set off from Oregon it included not only the present State of "Washington, but also the present State of Idaho. The territory comprised In the counties of "Washington south of Snake Itlver was left to the territory of Oregon, but when the bill to admit Oregon as a state was pending In Con gress It wa.i so amended as to give thoso counties to Washington. When Admission of Idaho was proposedan ef fort was made to cut off from Idaho the panhandle, or narrow strip of ter ritory lying between Washington and Montana, and attach it to Washington. Put this failed, and as results of all these adjustments, which indeed are palpable malformations, the boundaries of the three states were fixed as they remain. The panhandle of Idaho, It should be stated. an awkward projec tion between Montana and Washing tonis tho fruit of a condition that ex isted when the Territory of Idaho was formed; before which event the "strip" contained a large population, drawn thither by discovery of gold; and the new territory needed this population. Therefore it was set off from Washing ton and given to Idaho. It is a clumsy arrangement, beyond dispute this division of the Old Oregon Country. Various suggestions have been made during many years for Us amendment; but no change that ever lias been proposed or could be pro posed would bo likely to meet the ap proval of the people of the three states. Ideally, Western, Oregon and Western Washington, similar in climate and .Physical features, should constitute a single state; and. the territory of the threeOregon. Washington and Idaho east of the Cascade Mountains, should form two more. This great mountain range is a barrier which makes the two sections on either side of it entirely unlike. The greatest factor In the differentiation of the na tions of p:urope is the Alps. But for the Alps the history of Kurope would have been altogether different from what It is as we read it. Great moun tain chains are great factors In the affairs of the world. A proposal comes from Spokane In the form of a pamphlet, submitted to the Spokane Chamber of Commerce by a committee of that body, designated ns "Committee on New State." It pro poses a rearrangement which would make four states of the three; begin ning by dropping a line through Wash ington and Oregon from north to south, cutting off part of the Great Bend country, crossing the Columbia rear Arlington, Oregon, and meet ing the Oregon and California bound ary line in the vicinity of Like viow. Then from a point which their diagram shows would be somewhere In Wheeler County. Oregon, a line Is drawn directly east through Kastern Oregon, crossing Snake River in the deep canyon below Huntington, and continuing east through Idaho to the summit of the Rocky fountains. Ore gon's counties south of this line would fall to Idaho, including Raker City, Canyon City. Huntington, Burns, On tario, etc.; and thoso north of it, in cluding Heppner. Pendleton. La Grande, etc.. to the new state, which would extend, northward to the Cana dian line. The southwest corner of the new state would be in some point In Wheeler County. Oregon; from which a line drawn north to the Canadian border would be its western boundary. The new state, then, would be formed of portions of Oregon. Washington and Idaho, and tho principal towns in it would be Spokane, Walla Walla. Lew lston, Pendleton and La Grande. A map or diagram showing the proposed arrangement, which has been printed heretofore in The Oregonian, is repro duced, but with more detail, today. It is, however, a proposition for curi osity, rather than for serious atten tion or consideration. The sraDosed. division leaves large part of the "dry" country of each of the' Coast states at tached to the "wet." If there is to be any division it should he on the Cas cade Range. Even this, however, would at present 'be Impossible; and It may be questioned whether It ever will be possible. There are too many opinions and interests to be consulted. To evis cerate states, redistribute the parts and have members enough left over to make one state more and get the ap proval of Congress, moreover, on the job w ould baffle political anatomy and, surgery many a year. Our states have been very awkwardly made up; but we think they will remain as they are at least till after some cataclysm, which cannot now be foreseen. BCT LET r SEE. Nobody doubts. Though some may pretend to doubt. Ruef is guilty and Schmitz Is guilty. Orchard- Is guilty, and Haywood and Moyer and Pettibone and many more whom Orchard's state ment involves, are guilty, in greater or less degree. Nobody doubts, though some may pretend to doubt. From the trial at Boise an extraor dinary statement comes. It is to the effect that the defense is jubilant be cause it Is found that one of the jury is a socialist, and will never vote to con vict. It is reported that this member of the Jury "has been keenly interested In socialist literature, which he has been reading for many months." "We know," the report goes on to say, "how lie feels in relation, to these matters. They are betting in the vicinity w here he lives that a hung jury will result from this trial."- The reader will draw his own conclu sions, both as to the case at Boise and as to the attitude of socialism towards it. From the point of view which this report discovers, the murder of 'Gov ernor Stcuneiiberg was no crime. THF.Y INSIST ON DISCRIMINATION. President Mellen, of the New Tork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, re cently said: tf we were able to cease discrimination in the passenger buMness we would further re duce our rates. The reason you are paying 2 cent a mile is not because the railroad pants you to, but because the commuter in sists he shall ride for less. - You pay more to help him out. not to help the railroad. If yon all paid the same rate our tariff easily could he made 1 ti cents a mile. Yon wUl note, therefore. thatthe public Is bound to Mop discrimination even if it discriminates In doing so. There are contradictions' here which are thus made clearer by the New Tork Evening Sun: If anything has. been established so far by the enactment of the 2-cent fare lawB It la the truth of the assertion that the public insists upon discrimination while Insisting that there ehall be none. The effort that has been made by the Reading and Pennsylvania railroads to adjust their revenues to the 2-cent law In Pennsylvania by raising or preparing to raise rates now below the permitted maximum haa evoked nothing less than a popular storm in the territory affected by the proposed and actual changes. The revealed state of publto opinion In and around Philadelphia, today makes it very clear that th public believes In discrimination agalnat the traveler for long distance) as compared with the passen ger for ahort trips, and indorses that kind of a square deal which la Involved In making tho shippers of freight and the long-distance passengers pay part of tho cost of carrying the low-rate passenger traffic. Yet nothing more than this statement Is needed to show the injustice of the contention. In the West we do not en force such discrimination; wliy should they In the East? It Is clear that we are not yet near a solution of railroad problems. RjscoGxrnojr of Portland's advan tages. Some highly interesting developments are being made at the Interstate Com merce hearing on the "Portland gate way" case at Washington. Under the skillful questioning of Attorney Cotton, it has become a matter of record that there Is in existence on Puget Sound a lumber trust which has absolute con trol of prices. It was also brought out in the testimony that, despite the al leged serious crippling of the lumber lndusty In Washington, for which the non-existence of a joint rate by way of Portland was blamed, rail shipments last year were 60 per cent greater than in any previous year. These admis sions, while ordinarily of great import ance, were insignificant in comparison with the confession by Mr. Beckman that the congestion from which the lumbermen sought relief was due to existence of natural disabilities which the railroads could not overcome. Mr. Beckman stated that Washington mill men had on hand 500.000,000 feet of lum ber which they could not deliver to purchasers, and that "the congestion was caused by grades crossing the Cas7 cade Mountains." and "by shipping by way of Portland over Portland roads they could avoid crossing the Cascades, thereby avoiding the point of greatest congestion." No more nattering tribute to the su periority of Portland's transportation position could be made than this state ment of the cause for complaint by the Washington lumbermen. In effect, the Puget Sound lumbermen say: "Our nat ural location, where we are hemmed in by mountains over which our lumber must be lifted at great expense and delay, nearly a mile In the air, is a handicap which cannot be' removed un less we are permitted to ship through Portland, where the millmen have the advantage of a water-level route through the same mountains over which we are now forced to lift our traffic." Portland is pleased indeed over this belated recognition of her superiority, although It will surprise no Portlander to be reminded that this point of vantage has always been the greatest factor in our growth. But, coming as a frank admission from men who have always pretended to hold a contrary view. It has increased value. The desire of the Washington lum bermen to make use of our water-level route to mnrket is quite natural and proper, and it is only a question of time when all of the heavy lumber out put of Western Washington will find Its way to market by way of the Co lumbia River railroads That traffic, however, when compared with that which originates at Portland and di rectly In Portland territory, must al ways bear a distance handicap before it is on even terms with the Portland lumber traffic. The demands of the Washington lumbermen that this dis tance handicap bftj removed and that they toe placed on even terms with Portland shippers in markets which have been . developed by the Portland ers, would be most unreasonable and unfair, even' were It possible for the railroads to handle satisfactorily the business originating in Portland ter ritory. Coming at this time, when the O. R. N. Co. is unable to handle the business In its own territory, the In justice and absurdity of the demand are enhanced. With conxalctlon at the North Bank road, the Northern Pacific will be in position to handle the Puget Sound traffic more expeditiously than at present, but even then there is cer tain territory reached by the O. R. & N. and its connections and not toy the Northern Pacific where the Portland millmen will always have an advan tage over those of Puget Sound. This latest attempt on the part of the Puget Sound people to nullify one of the greatest advantages possessed, by Portland and the O. R. & N. Co. is in some features similar to the demand for a joint rate on wheat from East ern Washington points reached by the O. R. & N. and not by the Northern Pacific The demand for a join rate on wheat came from men who were anxious to do business in localities where Nature had aided the railroads in giving Portland an Irremovable ad vantage. The demand for the joint rate on lumber is made for similar self ish and unjustifiable motive's. Both are remarkable admissions of the transpor tation limitations of Puget Sound ter ritory and at the same time high trib utes to Portlarid's unsurpassed com mercial position. GAIX IX CUSTOMS RECKIFTS. ?ustom-House statistics, like bank clearings, postofflce receipts, building permits, real estate transfers and every other feature of our business life, re flect the wonderful prosperity of Port land. In some respects Custom-House receipts are more accurate business barometers than some of the other items mentioned, for, by comparison with those of other ports, the actual growth of legitimate commerce is shown to a nicety. For the month of May, the collections, at the Portland Custom-Mouse reached a rote4-jif $129, 666.95, compared with $83,856.14 for May, 1906. Collections at Seattle for May, 1907. were $86,133.39, and at Tacoma $28,836.20, and for Seattle, Tacoma, Ev erett, Port Townsend, Bellingham, Ab erdeen and ten other Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor ports combined they were $138,122.96, compared with $118, 757.01 for May,' 1906. These figures show that Portland, with collections but $8500 smaller than all Puget Sound and Gray's Harobr ports combined, gained more than 35 per cent over the same month a year ago, while the Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor ports gained but 14 per cent. The Combined . receipts at all Puget Sound ports of "in transit" freight are somewhat larger than those at Port land, but for goods actually imported by local merchants for distribution in their respective territories, Portland al ways leads the Puget Sound ports. Tho May imports at Portland included grain bags, sulphur, cement, matting, tea, rice, tin, iron, glass, firebrick and a hundred other staples for distribution all over Oregon, Washington and Idaho. In percentages this growth does not make as imposing a showing as that of the bank clearings, which at Port land for the month of May showed an increase of more than 56 per cent com pared with less than 10 per cent In crease at Seattle; but the Increase in. the importing business as reflected in these figures is most gratifying and serves to substantiate the highly sat isfactory showing in other lines. SENATOR MORGAN. Senator John Tyler Morgan, who died on the night of June 11, was one of the finest figures in our National life. His public service, which began almost in his youth, was prolonged far beyond the .time when most meti must yield to the infirmities of age, so that during his latter years in the Senate he en joyed not only tie respect which great ability and lofty character Tecelve, but also that filial homage which younger men willingly pay to the elders of their profession. A patriarch in Congress, at home In Alabama he had outlived envy and even rivalry. When he stood for re-election to the Senate in 1900 and again in 1907, he had no competi tors. Mr. Morgan's standards of official conduct were singularly rigorous. To Senators such as Mr. Piatt, of New York, Mr. Bailey of Texas, and even Mr. Foraker of Ohio, he must have seemed like a precisian. Bred to the law, he gave up his practice entirely when he entered the Senate. He could not reconcile it with his conscience to divide his loyalty between his country and the predatory interests which sought to prey upon it. He did not believe that he could weigh with .un biased judgment legislative questions affecting corporations from which he had taken a retainer fee. Even for magazine articles written while he was in the Government service Mr. Morgan would receive no pay. His standards of conduct were those of that fine Southern stock to which he belonged. Mr. Morgan was born into the class which ruled the South from the earliest colonial times to the Civil War. In a general way we speak of the cultured and gifted families which composed this class as an aristocracy. Relieved from the struggle for existence by the possession of slaves, they were enabled to devote themselves to politics, litera ture and sports, and developed traits which were markedly unlike the more commercialized manners of the North. A writer in the June Atlantic remarks that the morals of the Southerners were more or -less Injured by their associa tion with a servile race, but he con cedes that they developed a spirited generosity and loyalty to their Ideals which have never been surpassed. Cer tainly they merited this praise by their condtfet in the Civil War. The normal historical development of the South has been perverted from the beginning by the presence of the colored population, but on the other hand it has not known anything of the immigration from Eu rope which has flowed into the North. The blood of the Southern whites has not mingled with that of the negroes, while the Northerners have intermar ried freely with Germans, Irish. Scan dinavians and many other 6tocks. In fact, as the writer whom we. have quoted remarks, there is in the South ern half of the United States a larger body of people of almost unmixed Anglo-Saxon descent than it Is possible to find anywhere else in the world. Their future career should show what this breed of men can accomplish in industry and statesmanship. Students of civilization find the typ ical Southerner an interesting charac ter because, he is an Anglo-Saxon trans planted to "a climate entirely different from that of the land where his race originated. The genial sunshine, the mellow Summers of Alabama, contrast strongly with the chill fogs of North western Europe. It Is believed that the new conditions under which he lives have imparted to the men of the South something of the ardor of the Italian and Spaniard, without impairing the deliberative Judgment, the persistent energy, of the Englishman, The cli mate has infused fire into his blood without diminishing the iron. "What these men, with their anctstry and their Incomparable environment, can accomplish when they have solved the problems that perplex their intel lects and paralyze their energies, it is fascinating to Imagine. They have never worshiped money and material success like their countrymen of the North. Character 'has always counted for more with them than with us, and they have known better what is worth living for and what is not. When they begin to take their true part in our National life it is safe to predict that legislation will pay more attention to fundamental .right and less to the clamor of privileged interests; that the administration of the law will forego the worship of form and seek the sub stance of the issue; and that the de bates in Congress will resume some thing of that majesty which our older statesmanship borrowed from litera ture and philosophy. In this hope we say that Senator Mrogan, lonely as he sometimes appeared in the Senate with his noble ideals brought from a van ished epoch through the cataclysm of the Civil War, was not the last of his type, but rather the link which joined a great past to a greater future. We shall see the day when the South will send to the Senate many men with the gracious gentility and the lofty princi ples .i Mr. Morgan, and among Miem perhaps some genius whose construc tive statesmanship shall remodel for another century the structure which Hamilton built for the one that has passed. Another 3-cent drop in wheat in Chi cago yesterday landed the July option 14 cents per bushel under the figure reached two weeks ago. When the greerr -tug and the green speculators forced the pee above $1 per bushel, Mr. Patten, an enthusiastic "bull," made a vow that he would not cut his hair until wheat sold at $1.50 per bushel. A few more days like those which have followed the appearance of Monday's crop report will probably cause Mr. Patten to begin making in quiries about hairpins and curl papers unless he intends wearing it a la abo rigine. On a small tide, with a moderate bar, the steamship Numantia, carrying 7000 tons of cargo and drawing nearly twenty-five feet of water, crossed out to sea yesterday, nine hours after leav ing her dock in Portland. Good' work of this kind is strongly confirmatory of the increased depth of water report ed on the bar. For the first five months of this year more deep-draft steamships have sailed from this port than In any corresponding period in our history, and they have experienced less delay than has been met by any previous fleet of the same size. The Czar has approved a recommen dation of the Council of Ministers for a concession for a railroad from Kamsk, Siberia, to Bering Straits and a tunnel under the Straits. Unless Nicholas strengthens his hold on his empire in the near future, his approval of the concession will be about the only part he will have taken in this great work. A new people, living under a new flag, will undoubtedly see the completion of the work. The British War Office will destroy Colonel Henderson's History of the Boer War for the reason, as given in a London cable, that it was "much too outspoken about the blunders and graft that distinguished the campaign." Strict adherence to a policy of this kind eventually will result in giving England a good drubbing before it comes to its senses and keeps its pink tea soldiers and grafters at home. Steel is being laid on the new North Bank road at the rate of about 1 miles per day, the Lytle road to Til lamook is completed for nearly one third of the distance, with contracts let for practically all of the remainder of the road, and Mr. Harriman has surveyors in Central Oregon. It is ttms apparent that Oregon will not immedi ately feel the effects of the anti-railroad legislation in the East. One almost unsurmountable difficulty In the way of modern dramatists is the invention of new plots; yet North Yak ima furnishes a rich chain of novel sit uations in the achievements of the Mc Ginnesses mother, daughters and daughters-in-law. A band of female robbers in histrionic environment ought to delight the patrons . of subordinate playhouses. The Gould divorce case will come up for a hearing in New York in the Fall. The next trial of Harry Thaw will also take place in the Fall. The ultra-select Manhattan Islander has difficulty in finding life worth living unless there is a continual airing of dirty linen in his courts, but the combined stench of these two trials ought to bring joy to his heart. In providing a place for the Oregon National Guard's encampment next month the powers showed due consid eration by selecting not only the cool est section of the state, but the spot nearest to tho large colony of Summer girls at Clatsop Beach. And now that Harriman has taken over the Corvallis & Eastern, what is he going to do with it? Will he Harri manize it up to, say. $10,000,000, mort gage It and sell the bonds to Wall street lambs? There are signs of dissension in the preliminaries for The Hague Peace Conference. How, if the contentions starting in this peace conference should involve the world in war? If Ezra Meeker could decorate his equipage with Oregon roses before It starts on its journey through Broad way," he would make blase New York sit up and take notice. The Oregon National Guard goes into camp at Seaside, July 8. It is a good guess that a regiment of Summer girls will be in camp by the 7th. We hear from . San Francisco that Harriman is spending ten million dol lars on his Klamath Falls railroad ex tension. Important, If true. Prevailing cool and cloudy weather gives promise of a great quantity of roses for next week's fiesta. To those who are really fond of June showers, yesterday's weather was quite satisfactory. Oh, well, Portland doesn't wish to defeat its neighbors at baseball every year. REST AWHILE FROM EXPOSITIONS. LcvrlB aad Clark Fair Praised aa "Modest aad Reasonable Attentat." Minneapolis Tribune. Tha common testimony of those who nave visited the Jamestown Exposi tion is that it is a disappointment and a failure. Few expositions are fin ished before the opening. This is so far behind that it probably will not be finished wi.en it closes. The general Impression is that it would not be worth seeing if it were finished, except for the national' exhibits of the army and navy. There was no demand for this ex position and there were no adequate resources to carry It through. James town Is an empty name. The exposi tion, was planned to benefit the thriv ing little trading and manufacturing town of Norfolk, which has been built up by railroad, manufacturing and steamship trusts as a money-making enterprise. In the midst of historical associa tions of great interest, neither the town nor its surroundings has 'any particular natural attraction for the visitor. The Exposition Company ap parently had no money to furnish at tractive features besides those sup plied or paid for by the Federal Gov ernment. Most of these were brief and temporary and the others soon pall on visitors taught to demand variety above all things. The exposition is likely to be a failure financially, as it has been in point of interest. In that event it will probably do the country the good service of discourag ing purely speculative expositions for which there is no demand, and which lack adequate resources to present at tractions. The country was pretty tired of expositions after St. Louis, but the BUecess of the modest and reason able attempt at Portland started them up again. Now there Is talk of another on the North Pacific Coast, which may neutralize the wholesome discourage ment of Jamestown. We do not know how far the suc cess of these remote expositions Is due to the novel charms of the long jour ney. It Is pretty clear that the East has had enough of them at any rate. SEATTLE POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS. Large Concern In Suburb Ray Stamps to Help Posltusfltrr. Georgetown (Wash.) Gazette News. The Government bases lbs compensa tion for postofflce service tipon the re ceipts of the office. The great trouble here is that the brewery, the largest consumer of stamps In Georgetown, and many of , our citizens purchase their stamps in Seattle, but mail their letters, etc., at. the Georgetown office. The result is the Seattle postofflce re ceives the benefit at Georgetown's ex pense. Recently the brewery purchased $1, 300 worth of stamps In Seattle. In all fairness these stamps should have been bought at the Georgetown post office. At the same time the brewery mails from 200 to 400 letters per day in Georgetown, usually late in the day, and Postmaster Street and his assist ant, Mr. Fritz, make it a point to han dle this mail together with other ac cumulations of mail to send it out by the 9 o'clock train This looks like discrimination against the local of fice and Mr. Street has good grounds for feeling aggrieved. Just consider what $1,300 would mean to the local postmaster, two or three times a year. Then think how that amount will assist In swelling Postmaster Stewart's receipts In the Seattle postotnee. Timely Rrbtlke. Speaking of the censure passed upon District Attorney Manning by certain friends of "reform" in Portland, be cause of the notice he has given that the Sunday law is td be enforced, the Pendleton Tribune says: Mr. Manning was elected through the same patriotic desire of the "Independent voting Re publicans" of Multnomah County who arose In their might a few days ago, aa yon said. and saved the administration of Portland's affairs from the dominion of "the Inter ests." Doesn't Mr. Manning represent the thing he was elected to represent? If so, he Isn't doing any better than the "machine" Repub lican he defeated would have done. It Isn't so bad to see a regular In any party disappoint somebody, though that Is bad enough, but when a reformer Is elected because he to a reformer, and then can't get the support of those who elected him be cause he was a reformer, the borison begins to present a discouraging aspect. The Tribune hopes to see the saloon-closing law In Portland rigidly enforced, as well as all laws, and has the utmost faith In Mr. Manning's sincerity of purpose when, he says he will enforce them. And why not? He stands as a living monu ment to that spirit of "Republican independ ent voting" and "blotting out of party lines" Republican party lines "which augurs so well for our country." S. P. Lands Distinct From Pnblic. OLEXJUA. "Wash., June 10. (To the Editor.) Will you kindly answer the following ques tions? 1. Can a person yet take up a timber claim under the timber and stone act? 2. It a person has exercised his tight to a timber claim and a homestead claim, has he still a right to 160 acres of railroad land In Oregon at $2.50 an acre. If be makes actual settlement thereon? SUBSCRIBER. 1. Yes; the timber and stone act has not been repealed. Applications for land under that act are received in the Port land Land Office every day. 2. Railroad land has no connection with Government land as to application for claims. Railroad lands are under control of the railroad land office, which sells or refuses to sell according to the will of the railroad. One person is entitled to take up not more than 320 acres of agricultural land from the Government and such land he acquires under homestead and timber and stone claims', as distinguished from min eral claims. "Politics aad Poetry Lack Rhythm." ' Boston Herald. To be hailed as Senator Clncinnatus Heine Miller of Oregon might suit his passing fancy, but his epithet on fame's eternal camping ground will be plain Joa quin Miller, poet of the Sierras. Poetry and politics may not be wholly uncon genial, but they seem to be lacking in rhythm, from the popular point of view. To be sure there was John James Ingalls, who was a good deal of a poet as well as a brilliant Senator and whose poetic genius still survives in at least one son net. Nevertheless, he finally fell a vic tim of his epigrams. Let the poet of the Sierras stick to his muse. States can be saved without him. What California Would no. Chicago Evening Journal. Californlans allow their hatred for Japanese to carry them to extraordin ary lengths; they insult and harass Japanese residents unmercifully, re gardless of the effect such actions might have upon Japan. But. if Japan should be roused to make war on ac count of its subjects' distress, Cali fornia would not try to bear the en tire burden of defense, but would come shrieking to the National Government Sot protection. ACTrAL: SETTLER arESTIO'S. Seeker of S. P. Land Asks What Only tae'Courta Can Tell Him. CENTRA LI A. Wash.. June 10. To the Editor.) I wish to ask the following questions as to the Oregon & California and Southern Pacific lands in Oregon: 1. Do you think the railroad can be ; forced to sell at SI.50 an acre?- 3. In what counties does the land lie and where is the good land located ? 3. I am told that many persons are making application for the railroad land at the Government Land Offices and that the fee for such application is $10. Is this true or not? 4. In case one makes application for 190 acres, would he be safe in going upon it and residing and improving it for a home, the same as a homestead? 5. How fong will it take before the mat ter is settled as to the railroad's selling at $2.50 an acre? G. M. READ. - These questions cannot be answered in the way the inquirer seeks. They involve Issues that will be settled only by long and strenuous litigation. Nobody can tell what the outcome will be. 1. There are authorities that think the railroad can be forced to sell at 12.50. Foremost among them is Land Comrals' sioner Ballinger. But nobody has pointed out a clear way to go about it. Nobody can say whether this or that suit against the railroad will win. The technicalities and subtleties are too complex. The law questions involved are numerous and complicated. . 2. The Oregonian has no information as to the places where the land lies, except the general knowledge that patches of It extend along each side of the railroads between Portland and the California line and Portland and MeMinnvllle. To gather this information would require a large amount of expense and labor and take a lorrg time. The best way to locate the land is with the aid of persons familiar with it and they can generally be found in each county or locality. But the seekers of land should be on guard against Impostors and pretending ven ders of Information. And they should be very sure that the land they purpose to squat on is part of the land grant area. 3. No applications for railroad lands are received at any Government Land Office. 4. The Oregonian would not advise any person. In locating on railroad land, to Improve the land as his own. He might lose, and his expenditure of money, time and labor might come to nothing. He might be defeated on technicalities apart from the question whether the railroad Is bound to carry out the terms of the land grant as to the J2.G0 an acre selling price. Only those persons should spend money in testing the question who can afford to lose. It is not wise for a poor man to stake much on the test. 5. Nobody can tell how long it will take to bring the litigation to an end. No body knows what the litigation will be. e a JOAQUIN MI 1. 1, Kit FOR SENATOR Good Chance for Him to Distribute His Surplns Cash. f Fugene Journal. It Is now reported that Oinclnnatuft Heine Miller (Joaquin the poet) says Tils mines have turned out so well that he intends to return. to Oregon and run for United States Senator. If he Is over loaded with the product of mines, or any other unearned increment, he can find no better way to work It off than to "run for Senator" or any other old office. The disbursement will be quicker and easier now than at a former time, although in past years it was not difficult to scatter a few thousands among the hungry and thirsty as several who have been through the mill could testify. But now. in this age of fads, grafts and grabs, with pri mary election laws, and Initiatives and referendums, stalking over the land, in broad' daylight, under cover of law, no body but a wealthy man can run for any office worth having. Then he is likely to be' defeated and bankrupted at the same time, as several were at the last election. A poet Isn't supposed to have much business sense, but we would not be afraid to bet a coon .skin, which was the usual bet In Indiana where we come from, and coons are scarce in Oregon, that our old friend and brother editor in Eugene of long ago will not drop many of his good dollars, no matter how many he has, in running for Senator or any other office. He knows a thing or two about the value and convenience of money and about the uncertainty, worry and vexa tion of office holding. Failed to Tame His Mother-In-Lavr. Klamath Falls Express. Eugene Isaacs, a full-blood Indian, re siding on the Klamath reservation, has brought suit for divorce from his mother-in-law. Some 10 years ago Isaacs, who is recognized as one of the reservation's most intelligent Indians, married a pretty young squaw with whom he lived until three years ago. when she was called to the happy hunting ground. Shortly after her death he married his mother-in-law. who is nearly twice his age. His second marriage, though performed ac cording to white man's law, was not a happy union and Isaacs is now seeking a legal separation from his mother-in-law wife. Attacked by 15 Big Timber Wolves. Oregon City Enterprise. J. F. Montgomery, of this city, relates a story of a fight between John Hoopes, 'BRYAN? BRYAN? NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR!' Cartoons by Davenport 'Beginning with the "next is sue, June 16, The Sunday Ore gonian will publish a series of original cartoons by HOMER DAVENPORT, together with articles from his pen, in which he makes a most vigorous plea in behalf of "Animals Tor tured to Make Man's Pleas ure." Of the quality of Davenport's work it is not necessary to speak. It is as well known in every other part of the United States as it is in Oregon. His power lies in his ethical force. Davenport puts his heart as well as his braiu into these new cartoons. From his earliost childhood he has loved animals, and no tine has a better right ' to offer himself in the lists as their champion. The Oregonian most heartily commends the eartoons and the comment to the intelligent Pa cific Northwest. of the "West Side, and a number of tim ber wolves. Mr. Hoopes was So miles up the Clackamas River on a fishing trip on May 2S. when l.e was attacked by 15 timber wolves. The only weapon Mr. Hoopes carried was a six-shooter, but he backed up against a tree and stood his ground, killing six and wound ing one. The others became frightened and ran, leaving the lone man in posses sion of the field. Mr. Hoopes had a very narrow escape, and were it not for his presence of mind in the face of danger it Is douhlful if lie would have lived to have related the story. "Flint Sees 'Km Again." ' " Hood River News-Ttter. . Flint Bradford has another "bar" story. He says that recently while near Elppa Orchard Sawmill with his bear dug. Pupplns, the dog became greatly excited, charging toward A bunch of brush, frothing at the mouth and bay ing like a fog horn. Rut he had his trusty 30-30. He crept up to the brush, then peeping over the dog's .back ho saw thie (big-gest rattlesnake he ever laid eyes on. Flint says he looked away to see if the snake would appear else where, but finding it was a sure thing, shot its head off and pulled It out of its nest. The serpent was as large as his arm and about five feet long. Had rattles as wide as his thumb and a head an inch and s half wide, and was tindoubtedly the largest one of the kind ever killed In the Valley. What the Rditor Thought He Savr. Prinevll'e Review. The hot weather during the week has brought O'lt the rattlesnakes in goodly numbers. Up at the rock quarry a rat tler six feet long was killed by the work man. The workmen say it was six feet long, and as the writer ran across one fully five feet long up Ochoco Sunday he has no reason to doubt their state ments, although the reptile's body was not brought to town to substantiate their word. The average rattler Is -not more than 30 inches In length, rattles and all. and to gaze upon one five feet long gives one a similar sensatinn to that brought about by looking upon a boa constrictor for the first time. Jew and Christian. New Tork Kvening Post. Those who deplore the barrier which divides Jew and Christian may derive satisfaction from a small book just pub lished in Berlin. It is entitled "The Conflict Between Judaism and Chris tianity." Ignaz Ziegler, its Hebrew au thor, seeks to prove that the two relig ions are essentially one. The familiar distinction between the Christianity of Jesus and that of Paul is his point of departure. Between the former and Judaism, he maintains, there can be no real conflict, for Jesus was neither more nor less than a pious and law-abiding Jew. "The Ideals of Jesus were the common property of Jewish intellectual life and prophetic teaching. There Is no distinctively Christian morality. The ethics of Christianity are from beginning to end Jewish." It was Paul who, by his attacks on the Jewish law, began the conflict. The breach was widened by the Church Fathers, who proceeded from partly pagan premises. Judaism ptUl clings to Its primitive monotheism, and this adherence is enduring because the Jews believe that their's is a national God. The Christian Church Is now grad ually reverting to the earlier monotheism. "When the return is complete, "then the Jewish minority will declare: I have ac complished that for which I was created, for all mankind will be one Israel." Kven If this position were historically demon strable, there would still remain unfor tunate jealousies and prejudices which are, after all, more those of race and interest than of religion. Prom ths Wew Torn Mad.