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Wheatley; Oak land News Stand; Hale News Co. Goldfleid, 'F?. Louie Pollln. Eureka, Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency. Norfolk, Ya. Potts A Roeder; America News Co. Pine Beach, Vn W. A. Cos grove. FORTXANO, 8 ATX' RD AY, AUG. 17, 1907. THE NEXT MESSAGE. IrT the North American Review Mr. George Grlswold Hill has outlined the topics which the President will proba bly treat extensively in his next mes sage to Congress. The press of the country has accepted Mr. Hill's article as an authoritative statement of Mr. Roosevelt's plans. Their purpose Is, according to this account, in the first place to complete the Federal control over interstate commerce which has been, partially asserted by the railway rate, meat Inspection and pure-food laws. These measures have remedied many economic evils. But there are others, numerous and flagrant, which must still be dealt with. Some of these evils pertain to railroad stock and bond Issues. A method ought to be devised to prevent overcapitalization, while the entire subject of corporate securities needs simplification. Its present complexity gives every oppor tunity to fraud, debars the investor from his proper voice in the manage ment, and clouds his legal rights with Dbscurlty. In this connection nice ques tions are likely to arise. When, for example, Is a railroad overcapitalized? Never, we are told by some, so long as Its earnings meet interest and cur rent expenses. But earnings, of course, depend directly on rates for freight and passengers; and this answer amounts to saying that a road Is never overcap italized so long as It 13 able to extort enough from the public to keep It sol vent. One may surmise that the only way to solve the capitalization problem Is to begin at the bottom, and the bot tom is the cost of transportation.' This cost, fairly computed, furnishes the only equitable basis for railroad rates, Just as the cost of production ought to be the basis for the price of gas. With rates thus established, the vague word "earnings" would acquire a, scientific meaning, and the earnings, capitalized at a reasonable rate per cent, would determine the upper limit of stock and bond issues. The funda mental use of a physical valuation of railroad property would be to throw light on the actual cost of transporta tion. It seems, therefore, that this val uation is a condition precedent to all control of stock Issues, as Mr. Roose velt and others have argued. The President also wishes, accord ing to Mr. Hill, to have traffic agree ments among the railroad companies legalized by Congress. The attempt to force the common carriers to compete with each other never has succeeded, and If it should succeed it would injure both them and the public. Competition could not permanently lower rates. Almost necessarily, it would raise them in the long run. Those who hope to secure relief from railroad extortion by forbidding traffic agreements, com munity of Interest, common control and the like, are pursuing a will o' the wisp. From the nature of the case It can lead to nothing but new difficulties and evasions. The sensible course la to ac knowledge frankly the essentially mo nopolistic character of railroad trans portation and regulate It by the sover eign authority of the Government. It Is cheering 'to be able to believe that Mr. Roosevelt will take this ground In his next message. In the second place, we are told that he will deal with the Nation's taxing power in its relations to "swollen for tunes." He will recommend both an income tax and a graduated Inheri tance tax. This Is not a new topic, nor Is either measure radical In any proper sense of that terrifying word. Mr. Roosevelt has already favored both of them In public; and we think of them as "radical" only because they have never hitherto formed part of our Fed eral polity. Both the inheritance' and Income taxes are incorporated in the fiscal systems of most of the civilized nations of the world. The states of the Union are adopting them more and more widely. Economically there Is no sound argument against them and many for them. It Is possible that, under our Constitution, Congress has no power to levy such taxes. But, If It has not. It ought to have, and the sooner the issue is pressed home the better. ' " If Mr. Hill's forecast of the message is authoritative, as it seems to be, the President purposes nothing more than the logical development of those well known policies which the whole coun try has already emphatically approved. If he postpones action on the tariff un til after the Presidential election, as Mr. Hill predicts. It will be because that is the best he can do. His results must be accomplished by party action through partisans more or less preju diced by Ignorance and self-interest. We may regret that results are not reached more rapidly, but we cannot blame him for not breaking the only tools he has to work with. IfARRTMAX THE BENEFACTOR. . We do not suppose that It matters very much what Mr. William . Hay wood says or does not say. 'His re marks are not of the kind which seri ously alter the course of earthly events.' Still," they are not devoid of psychological Interest. Consider, for example, what he said at Chicago the other day. "Harrlman, to my mind, has proved himself the greatest bene factor of the age." Curiously awry must be the faculties of a mind which sees things thus. To call a man "the greatest benefactor" of any particular age is extravagant praise; but to give that title to Mr. Harrlman In this age, which so abounds with benefactors of so many varieties, indicates an outlook almost Inconceiva bly perverse and narrow. He has not earned even a pre-eminence in giving away plunder. Very likely he has parted with some booty for pious purposes, but as a benefactor of this lowly type he does not begin to compare with Rockefeller, Carnegie and others. In higher fields, where deeds have been done which change the face of the world and permanently ameliorate the lot of man, Mr. 'Harrl man's name does not appear at all. The man who wrote "Huckleberry Finn" is a benefactor who stands high. The In ventor of the steam engine, the discov erer of anaesthesia, the founders of the American Republic, the author of the Emancipation Proclamation, were all benefactors. At least they are so re puted. But to the mind of Mr. Hay wood. Harrlman outranks them all. Ia not this the very midsummer madness of ignorant prejudice? One cannot blame laboring men for choosing idols. All of us do that. But why must they "choose them of clay, and of clay so crumbly with offal? OPENING CP A FINE COUNTRY. It Is proposed to build a road through the picturesque mountain region lying In Columbia and Clatsop Counties be tween St. Helens and Astoria, over which automobiles may be driven and farmers' wagons drawn. The region is wild and beautiful In the extreme, and, covered by a good mountain road, no more enjoyable Summer drive could be Imagined. The settlers along the pro posed route are practically isolated from the world during the Winter months, a condition neither desirable nor necessary. Those farnlliar with the country are confident that the proj ect as outlined is a feasible one and that it could be accomplished by a reasonable outlay of money and energy. The invasion of the secluded and un developed portions of the state by en terprise and capital cannot be mucTi longer delayed. The beautiful and fer tile valley of the Nehalem is one of these, and the effort to bring it in touch with the near and yet far-away world beyond the mountain tops of the Coast Range will doubtless meet the approval of all concerned. CENTRAL, OREGON WEALTH. The 1907 wheat crop in the Agency Plains and Haystack country. Central Oregon, will be about 1,000,000 bushels. This amount has been secured on "new lands about fifty miles beyond the present terminus of the Columbia Southern Railroad. This year the price of the cereal is sufficiently high to ad mit of 15 being hauled by team or trac tion engine to the distant railroad sta tion and still leave a small margin of profit for the grower. It now costs 20 cents per bushel to haul this wheat to Shaniko, and 11 cents per bushel from Shaniko to the tidewater market at Portland. From these figures it is quite clear that the Central Oregon farmers In the territory mentioned .will be obliged to pay over $300,000 freight in order to reach a market with their crop. But while 1,000,000 bushels of wheat In a district so remote from railroad facilities is a large amount, it does not represent more than one-fifth of the output that will be secured as soon as the flts,--mlle wagon haul to market has been eliminated. It requires considerable faith in the market to induce a farmer to grow wheat In a country from, which the cheapest freight rate to market is 31 cents per bushel, and for that reason only a small proportion of the land available for wheat production in that territory has been brought under culti vation. With the heavy handicap of a flfty-mlle haul to market, the Haystack and Agency Plains country this year has turned off 1,000,000 bushels of wheat. With the removal of that han dicap by construction of a railroad, this amount can easily be Increased to 5,000,000 bushels as soon as the land can be broken up and placed in cultiva tion. If the railroad made the same rate to Portland as Is now made from Shaniko. this wheat traffic alone would bring In a revenue to the road of more than $500,000 per year. . . But the territory which the people are now endeavoring to develop, with out railroad facilities. Is not confined to that comparatively small area men tioned in Mr. Prescott's letter in yes terday's Oregonlan. Nor Is the out ward movement of wheat the only traffic-producing factor In the country. Farther south in Central Cfregon Is. an other emptre in which the possibility of gralngrowlng Is fully as great as in the country mentioned. The Immense Harney Valley, with Its Innumerable tributary valleys, contains an area of rich land sufficient to produce a much larger wheat crop than Is possible even In the (Haystack and Agency Plains country. In both of these Isolated re gions settlers as yet have had no oppor tunity to demonstrate the resources of the country, but with the showing they have made and the coming to the Northwest of more progressive railroad men than those who graduated from the Huntington school their release from bondage is near at hand. AS a grain-producing region Central Oregon presents fully as great oppor tunities as were found in any other por tion of the Northwest before transpor tation facilities were .available. In ad dition to the Immense grain traffic that will eventually flow out of this coun try, there are also wonderful forests of the finest pine timber in the world, and stock, fruit and small farming will in time add large sums to the tribute which the railroads will receive. A country which can make the showing which Central Oregon is making under such a handicap cannot be much longer neglected, even by the overlords of the railroad world, at whose doors must lie the blame for the long period of neglect which the settlers have been forced to endure. FOOLISH FEMALE EXPLOITS. Four young women, more enthuslas ric than judicious, climbed Mount Olympus a few days ago. Being over taken on the descent by a storm of snow and sleet, they lost the trail and in stumbling about In a condition bor dering upon exhaustion, one of the party, a schoolteacher of Everett, fell into a crevasse seventy-five feet deep. She was with difficulty rescued and taken to a hospital, where she still lies suffering from exhaustion and shock. Her women companions also became exhausted and had to be carried bodily, into camp. The folly of such an undertaking on the. part of women is bo apparent that It is scarcely necessary to refer to it. Nor Is this folly confined to the Women, who with foolhardy daring place their lives in jeopardy, or, worse still, im pair thqlr health permanently by a silly attempt to perform an utterly useless feat. It may be said, we trust without offense, that men who encourage women to make an attempt so mani festly beyond their strength, even to the extent of .consenting to accompany them on a trip so perilous, are also lacking in prudence and good judg ment. If there were any principle at stake, any possible benefit to be de rived from climbing a forbidding height in a snow storm, the folly of such a proceeding might be termed bravery or even heroism. But, with nothing more vital at Issue than the verification of an empty boast or a childish desire to "keep up with the men," such an attempt may be justly characterized as foolhardy. This is by no means the first exhibi tion of folly of this type that has been given In the Pacific Northwest. Sev eral years ago a young woman of this eity missed her footing on the Mount Hood trail, fell Into a crevasse, and, after great hardship to her rescuers, was returned to her home on a stretch er, suffering from exhaustion and a nervous shock from which she did not recover for months; yet another young woman who made the trip to Mount Hood for several successive years and whose name is perhaps among - the moldy archives of the mountain climb ers' box upon the wind-torn summit of that awe-inspiring mountain, was so broken by the physical strain that she Is a seml-lnvalld. Though now some years married, she is childless, her hopes of motherhood having been thwarted by organic weakness induced by the unwise tax placed upon her physical powers In mountain climbing. These are examples of what has hap pened through the useless attempt on the part of women to reach the summit of Mount Hood. TUBERCULOSIS .AIR TREATMENT. The city of New York gives to a charitable organization, that is trying to work out, or help work out, the problem of the care of the very poor who are afflicted with tuberculosis, the free use of the old Staten Island ferry boat, Southfleld, in a floating open-air sanitarium for as many persons of this class as It will accommodate. Patients to the number of sixty are kept afloat in this boat, fed on milk and eggs and supplied with a nurse, trained in the care of tuberculous patients. The craft is supplied with magazines, ham mocks and flowers by charitably dis posed persons. Funds to pay for the seventy quarts of milk and twenty dozen eggs used each day are raised by subscription. The cost of the care of these patients, Including their food, the wages of cleaners and helpers on the boat and the nurses' salary Is thirty-one cents per -capita per day. The open air treatment on the water, owing to the frequent change of loca tion, the constant breeze and freedom from dust has been found specially efficacious in the treatment of patients in the first and second stages, while It conduces greatly to the comfort of thosa who are beyond cure. The re moval of persons thus afflicted from crowded tenements in midsummer is considered imperative. If this disease is not to be allowed to fasten and the number of its victims to multiply during this period. Municipal health boards concern themselves more and more each year with the care of con sumptives, looking not so much to saving the lives of those already in fected, as to preventing the dissemina tion of the germs of the disease. Cough remedies, tonics, etc., have been practically discontinued in the treat ment of this malady, the only recourse now being to open air, pure water, cleanliness and easily digested food. Simple as these remedial agents are, experience has shown that they are ex ceedingly difficult to compass for the poor. Benevolence, working hand in hand with sanitary science, however. Is able to make gains in this direction every year, though so slowly, as com pared to the need for haste, that thou sands die annually from lack of op portunity to fight the disease with the only weapons that can prevail against it. THE DOCKHOBOBS AGAIN. Doukhobor pilgrims, members of a Russian colony of peculiar religious be liefs, that settled- in Manitoba several years ago, are on the. move looking for a milder climate in which to locate. The crusade of people of this sect sev eral years ago. In which they aban doned farms, stock, homes and Imple ments and set out on foot and half naked to meet Christ, Is well remembered.-- Except for their periodical or occasional attacks of religious ' mania, these' people are not considered espe cially "undesirable citizens," since they are Industrious and attend, in the main, strictly to their own business. Their type of civilization is similar to that of the Boers, in South Africa, In the heyday of Oom Paul's power. Their homes are of the most primitive type little better. In fact, than are the sta bles in which they house their stock In Winter; their clothing is what is needed to protect the body no more; and their knowledge does not extend beyond the simplest elements of hus bandry. They are withal zealots in re ligion, and live close to nature in her simplest conditions. Natura'ly enough, these people find conditions of life in Southern Europe more to their taste than those of Can ada, which are, on the whole, promis ing but strenuous, and those now on the move have faith that, though with out money, they will be allowed to take ship at Montreal for some European point. Wide as are the boundaries of the United States, and varied as are its op portunities, there is literally no place within its borders for these densely ig norant, superstitious people of a strange race and mongrel tongue. ,The Canadian government takes them in hand when it has to do so, and sends them back to their .deserted farms, compels them to clothe themselves de cency and feed and clothe their fami lies regardless of a supposed "call" to do otherwise. Under, our form of gov ernment this could not be done. Wit ness the abortive attempt made In this state but now to return to decent and orderly methods-of living the followers of Joshua Creffield, and even Creffleld himself. The courts were Invoked, the Insane asylum was levied upon and public opinion was . marshaled against these fanatics, but all in vain. It took an avenging bullet to check the course of this leader and the avenger was af terward disposed of by the same method. Still the scattered disciples of as bald an indecency as was ever prac ticed under any cloak give an account of themselves here and there unsub dued. Southern Europe may be the place for the Doukhobors, but the Canadian provinces offer opportunities for them to become self-supporting, and ample space for them to live 'without obtrud ing upon their more enlightened neigh bors. They accumulate property, being industrious and frugal, and become val uable as taxpayers. For the rest, the government is able, without great show of power, to stop their foolish crusades and turn them back to their homes when tils course becomes necessary. Thus, while we may envy Canada some things that It possesses, we are more than willing for it to monopolize the Doukhobors and derive what profit it can from them as tillers of the soil and taxp lyers. A Chautauqua association, the fifth on the Pacific Coast, is about to be or ganized at Boise, Idaho. These asso ciations, through their annual assem blies, hold a place all their own In the community. They combine the family outing with unique educational oppor tunity and add imusic and amuse ments to the attractions of the annual meeting. The whole is under careful supervision, and the meetings are char acterized by dignity and neighborllress. Briefly, they appeal to a class that does not revel in excitement but enjoys the milder pleasures of rural and sub urban life people who give close at tention to a game of baseball between amateur clubs and cheer the players in truly Impartial fashion, and to whom sleeping in a. tent and eating from a table spread under the trees are ele ments of real pleasure. The tendencies of such an outing are clean and whole some, mildly Instructive and withal satisfying to a large c'ass of Intelli gent, moral, worthy people. The gloomy predictions of ruination of the lumber business are not exciting the sympathies of the men who are making preparations tor handling the largest wheat crop ever harvested in the Pacific Northwest. The season has not yet. fairly begun, but the outlook for - a sufficient number of cars with which to handle this big crop is far from bright. If the railroads can keep most of their cars on the Pacific Coast, this enormous crop may be moved without very much of a congestion, but If the lumber business should prove heavy this Fall there would, of course, be a large number of cars sent on long trips to the East. The crying need of Oregon at this time is a sufficient num ber of cars to handle both lumber and wheat, and also livestock, cordwood, hops, and all other freight that is of fering. One of the first steamers to ply on the Columbia River bore the name of that noble stream, and the name Wil lamette was also honored by a number of maritime namesakes. It is said that the San Francisco & Portland Steam ship Company will rename, the steam ers Lawton and Kansas City, which are to be placed on the Portland-San Fran cisco route, and it might be appropri ate for them to bear the names of some of their predecessors. The name Co lumbia would, of course, recall the ter rible fate which overwhelmed the ves sel bearing that name that was for so long on the Portland-San Francisco route, but it would nevertheless be ap propriate and fitting. The steamers Willamette which have appeared in these waters have been uniformly suc cessful. Hisses and Jeers at the name of Pres ident Roosevelt by the friends of Hay Wood will hardly increase the respect which true-blue American citizens may have for the man who was classed as an undesirable citizen. If a man is to be Judged by the company he keeps, the action of these enemies of Roose- "Velt certainly excuses the Chicago Press Club for the protest that was made against entertainment of the former friend of Harry Orchard. Mr. Haywood was acquitted of the charge on whlcji he was tried, but the evidence that he was a close friend of the self confessed murderer of Governor Steu nenberg was not refuted, and In the circumstances it would seem eminently proper for Mr. Haywood to keep as far as possible from the limelight. In the season of silent telegraph keys, inconsequential news may escape a vigilant press; but the world learned yesterday that Mrs. Nicholas Long worth bathed in the surf near Hono lulu. In the circumstances, lack of full description of her costume by cable may be overlooked. By all means let's have that automo bile road down the south bank to As toria and escape thralldom to railroad and steamboat monopolies. Extra steamers are not likely to be needed for the transportation of ad venturers in search of those newly dis covered Alaska diamonds. A sense of incompleteness attaches to news from San Francisco the past week. Has Abe Ruef dropped into ob livion? One consolation remains: The Bea vers can hot finish lower than fourth place. THE NEW MENINGITIS CURE. Dr. Flrxner's Antt-Seram Discovered After Sacrifice of Many Animal. . New York World, ' Details were received here yesterday of the eerebro spinal meningitis serum and antiserum discovered by Dr. Simon Flex ner, of the Rockefeller Institute for Medi cal Research, and -used successfully In Cleveland in the treatment of the disease which killed many children in the epi demic In New York two years ago. Professor Flexner made his discovery by means of experiments on monkeys and guinea pigs. His first experiments on guinea pigs were made with goats' serum. A female goat had been injected twice with cultures from several sources of the meningitis germs diplococci within a pe riod of two weeks. By using large injec tions he saved the pigs. When the goat which had been infected with meningitis died the serum obtained from it was found to have both preventative and cur ative properties. The serum from mon keys protected guinea pigs from what otherwise would have been a fatal dose of the meningitis germs. On the whole the immune serum saved more guinea pigs than the normal serum. The serum of an infected horse also ren dered the guinea pigs Immune. Dr. Flex ner got an anti-serum from rabbits, whreh. if injected immediately, had high protective property against the disease. A considerable number of guinea pigs were killed 'by meningitis in the course of the experiments. Two large monkeys were Immunized by injections from guinea pigs which had died of meningitis. After a series of in jections extending over nine months the monkeys were chloroformed and bled to death and their serum tested. The germs were found throughout the membranes, the largest number being in the spinal cord. A live monkey injected with the serum from the dead monkey showed no effect. Another monkey similarly dosed fell sick, but soon recovered. A third monkey injected died within thirty-eight hours, and its cord and brain at the base were found to be full of germs. A large monkey survived. Several other monkeys were sacrificed In the experiments, which showed that the anti-serum would prevent the devel opment of severe symptoms after the germs had been Injected Into the spinal cord and would arrest the disease if alr ready In progress. Two little spider monkeys were also ex perimented on with a direct culture of the meningitis germs. They sighed, their hearts beat tumultuously, and one of the pair died. One of the medium-sized mon keys was injected twice, as he didn't re spond to the first injection. It grew sick and lay down. When disturbed by the scientists it rose and looked distressed. The next day it lay on the bottom of the cage, but on being stirred rose for a little while. The third day it died. The x-alue of the normal serum was studied In monkeys in which the dose of germ culture was on the border line that is. of sucii a size that certain mon keys died and others survived. These ex periments showed good results from a mixture of germ-culture and normal serum. Two monkeys of equal size and resistance were inoculated with a cer tainly fatal dose of germ culture. Both died. Although the closest microscopic search was made, no meningitis germs wre found in their bodies. Death Valley Scotty Boba Vp Again. Philadelphia Inquirer. "Death Valley" Scotty has arrived. He jumped in a hansom and made a round of the cafes of the leading hotels in the center of the city. After completing the first circuit, he ordered the driver to go over the same route again. At every stopping place he Insisted on being the host of every one In sight With a flaring red necktie, a black sombrero, high-heeled boots and a bunch of yellow bills in his hand, he found ready com panions. "I made JuRt $60,000 last year out of that last mine and I've come East to spend it," he said, shaking a fistful of bills. And there's more of it there, boys, and if I blow all of It in I know where to get more. I'll find a place to hang up my hat. and if I can't do anything better, I will ride around in this low-neck cab all night." Scotty's cab drivers Boon found the life too strenuous for them. At every lap around the cafes one would approach him, saying, "Mr. Scotty, It's the simple life for me, and I am going home." "All right," responded Scotty, giving cabby a $10 bill, "I'll get another driver." The last seen of Scotty was at mid night when he was going north on Broad street in his low-neck cab. Played Rip in Hie Mountain. Catskill Dispatch In New York World. In the beautiful grove on the side of the Kaaterskill Glove the first open-air production of Joseph Jefferson's drama tization of "Rip Van Winkle" was played here on the site made memorable by the legend Itself. The production was under the patron age of prominent society women of New York. Philadelphia and other cities who are summering here, and 5000 seats were sold. The costuming and acting were so accurate that with the genuine setting the illusion was nearly complete. Jefferson often had expressed a wish that he might produce "Rip Van Winkle" on the site this production was given, but never did so. People were present from every Sum mer resort in the locality, "as well as a large attendance from the cities be tween New York and Albany. Judge Landla Like a Clrcoa. Indianapolis News. Judge Landla is in Indianapolis. "The first really good -cigar I ever had was given to me over there by Romeo John son," and he pointed to one corner of the lobby, "where the cigar stand was in the old Bates House." He was asked if he ' had reached the city in time to at tend the circus performance last night. "What circus was It?" he inquired quick ly. He acknowledged that he liked a good circus, or at least a good dog and pony shoy, and then said: "I saw one in Logansport several days ago. and it was very good. It was wonderful what those dogs did. One of the dogs pretended to be sick acted as if he had a bad taste In his mouth, a sort of morning after taste, and when he was asked if he was sick he assumed about the sickest ex pression 1 ever saw." THE BOOK AGENT. He called on me the other day, A aelf-lnvlted guest; But ne'er I've seen such manners as That courtly gent possest. He was a very Chesterfield, The deferential cubs. He sat himself In my best chair ' Without ado or fuss. "Be pleased to pause." he'sweetly said. "And Just bestow a look On what I hold within my hand You see it ia a book." A hook, -he eald, he'd sell to none But men of mark and mind. That I was such, he said that he Was very glad to find. He kindly placed my check-book where 'Twould most convenient be. He dipped my pen into the Ink; He handed It to me. At so much down and so much oer. With courtesy so fine. That bland and gracious chap did say The book It might be mine. I told him that it broke my heart To have to say him nay. "I fear," aaid I. "I can't afford To buy your book today." ' But oh! that gentle man of books The change he underwent. And oh! that, look of blighting acorn On me he forthwith bent. And as he hastened to the door. These words I heard quite plain, "The way that stiff took up my time Gives me-a great big pain." HARRY MURPHY. OLD MES AND YOUNG BRIDES. Why May Is Sometimes Willing; to Marry December. PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 16. (To the Edi tor.) There has lately been a howl raised because a girl of 19 married a man of 67 years. Now I do not know either of the parties to this contract, so that my remarks are not .personal. Strange we never hear of a howl when a young boy marries an old girl. Oh. they say, that is different. But is it different? What is sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander. What has age to do with marriage anyway? A man at 67 Is not necessarily an old man. He Is only an old boy; and probably a Jolly old boy. He has sowed his wild oats and found that the crop did not pay. He has discovered that having fun with the boys Is not worth what it costs in headaches and coin. He has learned to thoroughly love, honor and admire a good woman. Single blessed ness has no longer any charms for him. He longs for a home and is willing to make any sacrifice In order a get one. He will now love, honor and cherish a wife and provide well for her. which cannot always be said of a boy of 21 years. If you want to know why a young girl married an old man ask her, but be care ful you do not get a slap In the face for being too impertinent. She might with perfect propriety tell you that it Is none of your business. But If you approach the subject gently she may be gracious enough to confess. She may tell you that none of the young boys ever a.ked her fo marry; that they were selfish and disre spectful: that if they did her a favor they wanted a favor in return: that they were always financially broke or acted as though they were, while the old man was always liberal, kind, clesn and re spectful. DR. T. J. PIERCE. TO MARRY A DIPLOMAT. E. H. Harrlmaa's Danichter Said to Be Ensrmred to Mr. Straight. New York American. E. H. Harriman's daughter. Miss Mary Harrlman, Is engaged to William Straight, the American Consul-General at Mukden, Manchuria, according to cable dispatches received in this city yesterday. The re ported match Is another romance grow ing out of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth's famous trip around the world. It is. said that Miss Harrlman greatly surprised her father recently when she Informed him that she and Mr. Straight had been engaged for -nearly a year. They met during Mr. Harriman's tour of the Orient, having been introduced In Pekin by the then Alice Roosevelt, and the dispatches say it was a case of love at first sight. Mr. Harrlman is said to be opposed to the love match, but requested his daugh ter to defer public announcement for the time being. Mr Straight, who is only 30 years old. Is sa'ld by all of the English and Chinese diplomats who have met him to have a great future in the consular service. In Washington it is declared that his services in his present post have been so strikingly good that his transfer to a nearer and more important appointment is likely. He Is a Cornell man, having been in China practically all the time since his graduation. Until the Russo-Japanese War he performed important services for Sir Robert Hart, famous as the head of the Chinese customs service. During the war he- acted as a war correspondent, and subsequently was made American Consul-General. George Gould, Mr. Merciful. New York Dispatch. George Gould Is said to have allowed three high officials of one of his lines to draw salaries while they were sick dur ing the last Ave years, the amount foot ing up to a total of $130,000. Blabop'a Annual Walking Tonr. Wilmington, Del., Dispatch. Bishop Leighton Coleman, of the Epis copal diocese of Delaware," aged 70, is preparing for his annual Summer tramp in the country. While walking he does not reveal his identity. Fenny tarings for Six Year. Indianapolis News. Mrs. E. B. Reed, of Blue Rapids, Mo., has bought a piano for $375 by savipg her pennies during six years. WHO EES A DEES MAN T Who eesa de man dat rula de lan' ? Tedda da Roosevelt. Who maka da law we ken no Ignore? Tedda da Roosevelt. Who maka de talk so da true run away; Who maka da peeple onta two centa pay For da mile on da rallrud en go on ees way? Tedda da Roosevelt. Who clalma da animal history no right? Tedda da Roosevelt. Who say ee make eet so, een on a night? Tedda da Roosevelt. Who say ee know tcaus a great blga flghta) Much more den da man who da history wrlta; Who eesa da man who dls worl' ken enlighta? Tedda da Roosevelt. t Who maka da nam' of da Preslden' next? Tedda da Roosevelt. Who getta de pol-tic een one awful mex? Tedda da Roosevelf. Who say ee delighted to nama da Taf ; Who ay ee no care haw da peeple da laf; Who aav data Fairbanks an' a Knok dey eea "dat?" Tedda fla Roosevelt. Who chucka da man from da Panama ditch Tedda da Roosevelt. Who spotla da chance eo dey no getta rich? Tedda da Roosevelt. Who causa da door shet tell 'em skldoo; Who maka one awful hellaballoo; Who say soma day I am Preslden', too? Taf nota Roosevelt. ' Baltimore Sun. IF A "TEDDY BEAR" IN ROOSEVELT, r "Charley T" la honor ef Charls Hofhssr r a "Joey Lyon" m honor of lowob G. Cbasob? A "Bun Ooat" ia honor of William J. Brjan I or a"Cbsrlr Horn" In honor ofChtrlw w. Fslrbsa . ir ' - - . ?! T II I I IN THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN TOMORROW . J A GLIMPSE OF HAWTHORNE PARK Full page illustration in col ors of one of the unimproved beauty spots on the East Side. PORTLAND, THE PORT OF BEAUTY Enthusiastic appreciation of Oregon's chief city by an East ern woman who fell in love with Portland and describes its charms most graphically. WILLIAM H. TAFT AS A MAN AMONG MEN Personal snapshoot of the big Secretary of War, who is soon to visit Portland. EVA EMERY DYE WRITES FROM ALASKA The author of "McLoughlin and Old Oregon" pictures life in an active mining and tishjng town, where the stranger and the native meet. NEW DAUGHTER OF WHITE HOUSE All about Ethel Roosevelt, who will make her debut in tie society of the National Capital the coming Winter. HAPPY HOURS FOR PORTLAND YOUNGSTERS A page of amateur- photo graphs, made by II. W. Kerri gan, showing children in various attitudes of natural sport. THE HIGH CHECK AND THE DOCKED TAIL Homer Davenport preaches a sermon a sympathetic appeal for his friend, the horse. ROOSEVELT'S INTER ESTING INTIMATES Dexter Marshall tells of dis tinguished men who enjoy the closest personal association with the Chief Executive. TO PROTECT NATION'S FISH SUPPLY What Uncle Sam will do if, as proposed, the several states cede the control of their waters to the general Government. PROSPEROUS EGYPTIAN ' TILLERS OF SOIL Frank G. Carpenter writes concerning six million farmers who make their living in the Valley of the Nile. BEHIND THE SCENES AT MONTE CARLO Mrs. C. N. Williamson, the well-known English writer, gives the inside facts regarding the world's most famous gam bling resort. ORDER FROM YOUR NEWS DEALER TODAY. HONOR OF THEODORE WHY NOT or a "Billy Bull" is honor WiUuun B. Tsft I , . -.., , , Cat" In honor of Albert B. Cumsalatr From the Chicago Tribune. or an "Alii