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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1909. rOKTLAN'D. OEEtiOX. Entered . Portland, Oregon. Poitoffioe tcond-Jlass Matter. Subscription Rates larsrlably la Advance. (By Mali Pally. Sunday Included, one year 18.00 Dally. Sunday Included, six months.... 4.3a Dally, Sunday Included, three months. ..i.lJS Daily, Sunday tnciuded. one mouth.... .To Dully, without Sunday, oh year -00 Dally, without Sunday, six monihe .2 Dally, without Sunday, three month!.. I. Dally, without Sunday, one month . Weekly, one year 1.5 Sunday, one year Sunday and W eekly, one year - (By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year...... 100 Dally, Sunday Included, one month 7 How to Remit Send poatofflca money order, express order or personal check on our local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give postofflce ad dress In full. Including county and state. Postage Bate) 10 to 14 cage. 1 cent; It to :t pages. 2 cents; 20 to 44 paxes. I cents; 44 to 40 pases, 4 cents. Foreign postago double rates. Eastera Dual nee Office The S. C. Beck with Special Agency New York, rooms 48 10 Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 610-611 Tribune building. PORTLAND. THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 1009- ECONOMICS COUTROI, IUSTOBY. The Democratic policy with refer ence to tariff revision Is to be out lined in a bill now In course of prep aration by the Democratic minority. This unusual course) on the part of a minority on bo important a sub ject Is unique In the history of similar legislation. Whether the bill will ever see the light of day Is believed to depend wholly upon whether the measure now being prepared by the Republican ma jority shall provide for as many sweeping cuts In the schedules of the tariff as the Democrats desire to have made. Such Is the statement present ed in a report from Washington to the Brooklyn Eagle. Further, it Is said that Representatives Underwood, of Alabama, and Clark, of Missouri, are the principals engaged for the Democratic minority in this work, and that there Is fixed determination on the part of the Democratic minority to offer their bill as a substitute for the Republican measure. Such effort may unmask several members of either House, who are trying to play a "non-partisan" game. Republican protectionists, however, have deep curiosity to learn how Messrs. Underwood and Clark will get on with the business. Underwood rep resents the Birmingham. Ala., district, which has as deep an Interest in the Iron and steel schedule as Pittsburg has even more, perhaps, because Bir mingham's Industry is only partially developed. Then, too, the Republi cans are expected to reduce the lum ber duties sharply, and nearly the entire Southern Democratic body In CongTess is confronted by demands from that section for retention of the lumber duties. Again, if Mr. Clark, the Democratic leader, goes as far a3 his constituents are expected to de mand in providing protective rates for lead and zinc, as well as for lumber, It will keep him busy to be both a consistent free trader, on principle, and a protectionist for local Interests, in practice. The fact is that no advance has been made on General Hancock's dis covery that the tariff Is a local ques tion. Underlying all politics indeed are local economics. The climate, the soil, the products of a country, and the adaptation of labor thereto, usually determine Its political policy. Adap tation of our Southern States to growth of cotton, tobacco and sugar, and Introduction and exploitation of slave labor, made them supporters of the dogmas of state sovereignty and secession and produced the Civil War. The Northern states, relying on indus tries which they wished to secure against foreign competition. Insisted on protection and made it a National idea; while the South, caring not for protection of slave labor and its products which would indeed have been an absurdity stood for free trade, and to an extent stands for It yet; for the larger part of the labor ing class of the South Is of the negro race, w-hlch Is not deemed to have any right or need of protection, and has no voice in assertion of political policy. Tet now Industries are grow ing up in the South .which are be coming clamorous for protection and intend to have it, regardless of any political inconsistency. The situation, therefore, triumphs over all. In the presence of it, political doctrines or party platforms may become mean ingless, and In progress of time, as the economic conditions require, certainly will. Here is the ruling factor In politics, though the largeness of the stage on which the drama Is often played. In one country or another, may obscure for a time the controlling meaning. The economic factor, there fore, is the ruling factor in human history, and all human beliefs and institutions are ultimately the out come of economic conditions; or, as a modern thinker expresses it, "As formerly we were told that all eco nomics were relative to history, we now discover, or believe we know, that all history Is relative to economics, men having been made what they are by economic causes." This observation goes more deeply into the origin of apparent inconsis tencies of men and parties cn such subjects as protective tariff than most who discuss such subject1: on the platform, or, in Congress, will go; and yet the Inconsistencies may be only the superficial appearances or temporary accidents that occur in the evolution of a higher general principle that dominates the wholo subject. Seldom will you find any politician, even of high place or pretension, de taching himself from the local ego isms of his section or state. It may not be reasonable to expect that he will. So, If some of our Democratic statesmen should reveal themselves presently as protectionists, changing places perhaps with Republicans who have become free traders, there will be no need to be puzzled by the phenom enon. It may work either way, cr al ternately. The free trader became a protectionist when he bought timber land and started sawmills; the pro tectionist became a free trader as soon as he had sold his sheep. But in a community where, on one side or . the other, a general economic inter est predominates, you will find it In the long run controlling political ac tion. On economic questions our Southern states would have broken into party divisions long ago, but for negro suffrage forced on them by the reconstruction acts; and even now there Is a strong protection clement in the South, which Is prepared to assert Its power la Can tree a. .Already U in a reliance of the. great Northern "In terests," which "stand pat," and mean to fight for the stand. WHY GIVE MORE TO 6EATTLE? The State of Oregon, through Its Legislature, two years ago appropri ated $100,000 for the Oregon build ing and-Oregon exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific. Exposition. Now the state is called' on for $50,000 more. Before appropriating so large an addi tional sum, the Legislature ought to undorstand Just what it is doing and whether it is really worth while to do 1t. The State of Washington was creditably represented at the Lewis and Clark Exposition through a total appropriation of $100,000. The State of Oregon should be well represented at Seattle; but it Is Indeed question able if there Is necessity, on any ground of good will towards Seattle or of the state's benefit, to give more. The Legislature, before it takes final action, should take some note of the action of the directors of the Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc Exposition towards the Portland gateway. It cannot have es caped Its attention'' that the Seattle Fair by definite action supports the attitude of the northern railroads In their discriminatory and unfair meth ods towards Portland. If the embargo maintained by the Northern Pacific Railroad against the Harrlman lines shall not be raised and quite obvi ously it will not bo voluntarily raised Portland will get precious little of the traffic going to and from the Se attle Exposition. It was different dur ing the Lewis and Clark Exposition. There was no trouble about inter change of transcontinental railroad tickets through Portland or through Puget Sound. Now the northern rail roads refuse to permit any passengers or baggage to be routed for Puget Sound over the Union Pacific or the Southern Pacific Railroad for any of the great territory east of Denver. How much of the Eastern Seattle Fair traffic, then, is Portland to get? The report of the Oregon commis sion shows that from the $100,000 ap propriation $57,000 has been spent, leaving in round numbers $43,000 on hand. It would seem that much could' be done for Oregon and Seattle with $43,000. Why make an outright gift of more, with only the smallest pros pect of any return and the certainty of no adequate return? 6HCTTINO OFF THE REFERENDUM. Why is the emergency clause added to the bill to increase the Supreme Court Judges? Does an emergency exist? Is there any acute crisis in our Judicial affairs that Justifies all this haste? There Is not, of course. The "crisis" and the "emergency" are the people of Oregon, who voted down this same scheme last June, and will do it again if they get the opportunity voted it down by the overwhelming totals of 60,591 to 30,243. But they are not to have the opportunity. The bill is being rushed through to the Governor on pretense that there is an imperative necessity for relief. Bosh! . The scheme Is to cut off the right of the people to kill ff this fine job through, the referendum. Do the people rule? Some legislators say the voice of the people demands the elec tion of a Democratic Senator by a Re publican Legislature, which some oth ers doubt; but those same lawmakers deny that the people knew what they were doing last June on the Supreme Court matter, though nobody else has any question whatever what the peo ple meant and wanted. AWFX'I. COST OF PEACE. Not even the growing deficit due to the extraordinary expenditures for old age pensions or for the Irish land act will prevent Great Britain going ahead with the most extravagant naval pro gramme that has yet been arranged. Cables In yesterday's Oregonlan an nounce that the cabinet has agreed on a programme which will include six more Dreadnoughts, the most formida ble and expensive type of warships afloat today. As this Is exactly three times the number of Dreadnoughts that were proposed in the original pro gramme, it Is quite clear that any hope which the peace party in England might have had for retrenchment in naval expenditure has now gone glim mering. The elaborate nature of the German naval programme was proba bly responsible for this change in the plans of Great Britain. For a good many centuries England has been rwaggering up and down the world with a confidence perhaps war ranted by the possession of more money and more ships than were avail able for the defense of any other two nations on earth. Jealous of that prestige and vexed somewhat at the occasional acts of aggression which it made possible, Germany has been viewing with a growing feeling of re sentment the efforts of Great Britain to perpetuate her naval greatness. With a view to forcing the limit of the much-vaunted "two-power standard" of England, the latest German naval programme called for such elaborate additions to the naval fighting strength of that country that it is small wonder great uneasiness was caused in Eng land. Now that the latter country has decided again to "raise the limit," it is, of course, natural that Germany and some of her neighbors will follow suit. This means that the heavy defi cit which nearly all of the European countries are facing will be still fur ther increased. The situation is alarming. If the present mad race for supremacy in naval strength is not soon checked, the whole world will be bankrupt through the enormous expenditure alleged to be necessary In order to maintain peace. Germany, Great Britain, Russia, France, Belgium and Holland were all facing heavy deficits when their latest budgets were made up, Spain and Italy alone of the prominent European pow ers showing a surplus. With all of this Increasing expenditure nearly all of these countries, notably Germany and Great Britain, show a heavy loss In trade, and the deficit must naturally be made up by additional taxation. There must be an end to this extrava gance somewhere. The people may not seriously object to living in an armed camp such as nearly all of Eu rope bus become, so long as there is enough money remaining from the enormous naval appropriations to en able them to carry on legitimate busi ness. The time is approaching quite rapidly, however, when there will not be enough money available for the purchase of both bread and warships. When that crisis Is reached there will be retrenchment in the naval ex penditures and the whole world will fervently hope that the cause of peace will not be seriouwly damaged if a "closed season" of several years is de clared In battleship building. The .United Slate? taa interest 1ft. tjxe that la rtvnrtH lookine after, We have Just expended $5,000,000 on a pleasure jaunt for some of our war ships, and It will require half as much more to get them" back into th- Pacific, which is thi nnlv Dossible place where j they will ever be needed. This amount of money would have heipea somewnai In reducing the $125,000,000 deficit which we are now facing. THE CANAL PROBLEM. The Government has expended ap nrnvlmitslv 1 SO 000.000 on the'Pan- ama Canal, and it is now estimated that the total cost will reach $400, 000,000. The amount already expend ed and the progress made have dem onstrated that the lock canal cannot ' be built for less than double the orig inal amount estimated by the engi neers. This fact, together with the trouble at Gatun dam and the possi bility of damage by earthquake, has materially altered conditions which were responsible for the selection of the lock type of canal in preference to the sea-level. It is due to these changed conditions that the present effort is being made to change the plans from the lock system to a sea level canal. The board of interna tional consulting engineers, appointed to report on the matter before the work was undertaken, submitted two reports, the majority favoring the sea level and the minority the lock sys tem. The latter was adopted almost solely for the reason that it seemed to offer a vast saving in time of con struction and also a saving in original cost. The minority report was approved by Congress after considerable debate, which was caused by the inability of the experts to agree among themselves as to the best type to adopt. There is no reason for believing that the In crease in cost over early estimates could have been avoided. In a work of such mammoth proportions, perfec tion In estimates is impossible, and there is no intimation, even from the men who are hostile to any kind of a canal, that the work has not been con ducted as economically as was possible in the circumstances. Neither is there much doubt about the overcom ing of all difficulties that have arisen over the lock system. The question is simply regarding the advisal .lity of changing from the lock type to the oaoJavAi mntil hpfnro the work has progressed beyond the point where the change can be economically made. Tmnmvpfl methods of excavating have materially decreased the cost of moving dirt, and the jrogress that has been made has revealed much in re-cnr-rl tn the character of the route that was unknown when work was begun. Sn fir as the averae-a reader can de termine by the printed reports on work done, there Is still ample time to about-face and take up tne sea IovaI pandl without loss on the project as a whole. Whether or root this Is advisable has not been determined, but Mr. Taft Li sufficiently gifted with hard business sense to adapt his views to any change for the better that may be suggested by . progress of the work. All excavating for the lock type of canal would have had to be done for the sea-level type, and if th3 demand for the latter comes in sufficient vol ume from others than thore who do not want any kind of a canal, the change might easily and economically be made. - PORTLAND AS A GRAIN MARKET. If the farmers' union, organized' throughout the wheat belt for the purpose of marketing the wheat with out the aid of the middleman, is guided in the selection of a port at which it will handle the business by strictly business reasons, Portland will be .chosen. The union will find at this port ample warehouse facilities on both sides of the river. It will find no less than twenty-five firms competing with one anothi- for grain business. Competition thus created enables the grain to be narketed at a higher av erage price than can be secured at any other port on the Pacific Coast. It will find an easy down-hill haul where three great railroads land grain at tidewater at Portland by a shorter haul than is available to any other port. It will also find a com munity that is raising by taxation of this city alone $500,000 per year for the exclusive purpose of keeping the expenses of ships down to the mini mum in order that the grain of the Inland Empire may pass through to the high seas on cheaper ocean ton nage than can be secured at any other port. It will find In Portland a port which for the, first seven months of the cur rent cereal year has shipped more than 60 per cent of all the wheat ex ported from the entire Pacific Coast. It will find here a port which for the calendar year 1908 shipped more wheat than was shipped from any other port in the United States except New York, one-seventh of all the wheat exported during that twelve months passing over the Portland docks. It will find here the only fresh water seaport of any consequence in the Pacific Northwest, this advantage being so pronounced that ships desir ing to lie -up for lack of business pay for the tow from Astoria to Portland in order to get into this hull-cleaning fresh water. In charter rates, insurance rates and In the prices paid for wheat no other port can excel Portland and very few can equal it. For these and other rea sons it will be decidedly to the advan tage of the farmers' union to investi gate closely the facilities of Portland before perfecting their plans. At this port it will be unnecessary for the union to form any binding alliances with any organization or dock com pany. It will find here competition in docks, competition in ships and com petition in buyers, all of It in volume sufficient to enable the grower to get the last farthing of profit out of his grain. OLD IRONSIDES AGAIN. The intermittent demand to pre serve from destruction or protect from the slow Invasion of decay the old frigate Constitution again is heard in Boston. It seems at last that this time-honored relic of the old fight ing Navy is to be given permanent quarters in the Charles River basin, where every facility will be furnished to those who, inspired by patriotism, wish to visit the quaint old craft. She is at present moored at the Charleston Navy-yard, in what the Boston Advertiser regards as a pre carious location. The Boston Cham ber of Commerce, with an eye toward securing the vessel as an attraction to tourists, is in favor of mooring her in the Charles River basin; the Gov ernment Is inclined to grant the ivMift and U is -booed, thai-, when. Spring opens the transfer will be accomplished. Patriotic sentiment and public econ omy alike are Interested in giving the time-worn frigate a berth where she can remain indefinitely and go the way of all things earthly when her time comes, peacefully.. Though she has been patched and pieced, and practically rebuilt, until nothing now remains of the fighting craft, of his tory, her lines and her name have been preserved and she now stands, the sole representative of the naval arm of the Government of her time. But for the Impassioned challenge of Oliver Wendell Holmes, "Old Iron sides" would long ago have disap peared, except as her achievement in a war of long ago was given to history. There Is a certain pathos in the lingering before the eye of the curi ous of any person or thing that has outlived his or its day of usefulness. In this view it might have been well had the old frigate been dismantled and consigned to the scrap-pile and the bonfire when her day was done, and thus escaped the neglect which has been her portion for many years. But since sentiment has interposed to save her as often- as she has been menaced by destruction. It is gratify ing to note that there is now a pros pect that she will be given a perma nent berth in quiet waters. All hall the gallant Dlxey, he of the Henry and the suggestive nickname Adonis. This, matinee idol of many seasons announces that he will publish several hundred love letters which he has received from the fair sex during the past twenty five years. Had this been an unpro voked humiliation of the tender senti ments of the lovelorn maidens and matrons who were smitten with the Dixey charms, it would have been an Inexcusable breach of gallantry. But Dixey is doing it in-self-defense, or rather in defense of his sex. 'Twas the "airy fairy" Lillian Russell that started the trouble, by announcing that she would publish a book of love letters' which had been sent her by the men to whom her everlasting charms were irresistible. Now Dlxey, to the rescue of his maligned sex, proposes to show by documentary evidence, that the foolkiller while en tour makes no dis tinction in sex. Bravo, Dlxey. But why not collaborate with Lillian and alternate these burning missives? Steady progress toward normal conditions which existed prior to the rich man's panic at the close of 1907 is shown in the statistics on failures for the month of January, as com pared with the first month of 1908. The commercial failures in the United States for last month were 1344 in number, with liabilities of $13,409,562, compared with 1949 suspensions, with $27,099,514 liabilities. In January, 1908. Naturally there would be a striking difference in the totals for the two Januarys, for a year ago the worst effect of the panic had hardly passed away and affairs were in bad shape. It Is interesting to note, how ever, that the January showing this year is not only much better than that of a year ago, but, with the single ex ception of the month of November, the liabilities are smaller than for any of the preceding six months. Telephone lines are creeping out over the farming districts of the state, keeping pace with and occasionally outstripping the rural free mall deliv ery. Together these appliances of pri vate enterprise and public beneficence are bringing farmhouses in touch with each other and with urban and sub urban life and making farm isolation a thing of the past. Monotony falls away from country life through these agencies. VGood roads" alone are wanting to complete a condition of neighborly interest among farmers and profitable investment In small farms by thousands of men and women who are not able to "get ahead" as wage and salary-earners in the city. Now we have the Joint report of President Roosevelt and the Country Life Commission. All hands will- agree on the fundamental needs of the farmer; still, we venture the predic tion that if, for the next ten years, wheat can be boosted over the dollar mark, eggs held at 60 cents, butter at 80 and chickens at 18 cents, the agri culturists of the United States "will work out their own salvation with out adventitious Governmental aid. Peru, with a population exceeding 5,000,000, and with a territory much larger than that of Oregon, is offering a little measly bond issue of $3,000, 000. It shows how far a country may lag in the high art of running into debt. Even the little city of Portland, Or., thinks an addition of $3,000,000 to its debt, at any time, merely a bagatelle. The bill for "an act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery" (Senate bill No. 201), introduced by Nottingham, is a bill not for protec tion of the public, but for protection of a class of practitioners. It ought to bear a true and honest title. The state is officered for two million people and the City of Portland for half a million; yet the clamor Is in cessant for creation of "more officials and for more pay for the multitude we have. "It is high time," exclaims Coun cilman Concannon, "to put those four (discharged) detectives to work and have them earn their pay." It Is high time they reimburse the city, for draw ing pay they never earned. From the bleachers it looks as if Billy Sunday had contrived to get about two strikes and three balU called on the as-Jesus-would-do-move-ment. As a last resort. President Roose velt might call out the troops and dis perse the California Legislature. Then we should have peace. ' The moral, spiritual and religious tone of the-town was vastly elevated by Evangelist Billy Sunday's visit we think not. Heney suffering from nervous pros tration? Caught It from some of the gang he has been after for so long, undoubtedly. Mr. -Holman, dissenter, probably finds comfort In the celebrated maxim that "me and everybody else" make a majority. Dees football pay? For answer see the annual report of the Alultnomah Amateur. Athletic Club PORTER BILL AND THE APPLE BOX Why Prescribe the Shape Let It Be Bis; Enoncb for One-Third of Barrel. COVE. Or., Feb. 9. (To the Editor.) In the numerous discussions In re gard to several- points of the Porter bill and the sire of the apple box in particular, that have appeared In the press of late, it is remarkable to note the general lack of information on the subject or the willful 'efforts to mis lead the public. I would like to ask such gentlemen as Mr. N. G. Gibson and others, how much they allow for the bulge of the packed apple box. If they don't think It should be considered as well as the bulge of the barrel? It should Inter est the trade in general to know that the Northwest special or California box. flatsided, should contain 2200 cu bic inches, but as generally made it is 2255 cubic inches and with the average pack of this section it gets a full inch top for bulge in all the square pack and 1-inch in all the diagonal pack, or an average of Hi-inch top, making an additional 275 cubic Inches; total 2530, or a great deal more than any rational man would ever require for a bushel It should also be remembered that these boxes are solid layer pacKeu. an th.it It actually requires over n-nt ...kl. t n a InnHn finnleS tO fill S packed box. " The shape of the Pot ter" box Is also impossible for a good . i . in Via iic.laM tO Attempt any of the square pack, such as the . -t V. tnn and straight 4-tler, Decause mo -h -bottom would not hold them raij. subjecting them to bruising In hand ling. The scientlflo box must and will be wider than It is high, enough so . k. burked with a fair limi AW " amount of heap for bulge, so as hold the fruit firmly. is wnuo x nave u., considerably too large for a - .. t 1.lala rA1 earn CI T I I we refuse to nave n . as in grading for sfzes (w th e tabi shed trrades) it cannot, veu v. u - . -fpon. Our 4-tier grade In the "special will average 2-inches in diameter an; makes a fine "A" grade; our 3 . o i.nhAd nna trie o tiers are aouui o ...v..- - .v,rr, tiers about 3 2-3 inches, and therefore should grade one and two letters ahead of "A," for which we look to our fa mous Porter doctors to prescribe the proper terms. Thompson and Downing, also our ex perts atVashlngton. in their worko. apples, wouia "66" 7 .-ih that a 2-inch apple of one variety would com as near being an T. a 4-lnch of some other variety It therefore seems to be the heigh : o In justice to require the Snow apple to trrow as large as the Wolf River. " won" It not be wise to discriminate .t in n loose Das- agamst tne cumu ---, mvor ketful, a "jumble" packed, ft layer packed or a bulging layer P" And would it not also be advisable to reconllder the grading, and in some , de gree conform to the inherent tendency of certain varieties? In addition to the attempt in describ ing the size of the apple box, by the people of one section of the country not using the box to pack in them selves, for those who have Introduced and developed the box and how to pack It, why should It be Incumbent on them also to seek to prescribe the snane as well? Would It not be ample to require a box that would hold one- rrnXaTtrwVt' -ked to r.turtggo SuffraKlxf Reward a Male Pt Chicago Dispatch. .: , .v,n -tfww) noeme. After considering mui "- ---- ' - -4? from all parts of :h. offend by Mrt LT B. Bishop, of Chicago. ?or the y6est verses suffrage awarded the prize to Louis , J. Block, Principal 01 a ""fhe Marching The verses are ent"eunnto the tune gong," and are to be sung : 1 Vttrvo wUdom in th. ear atrinrcline mall, .... . tjm Woman roi.and-.troa.bW. . the dangers of the van. Kindling hope that led him on. . . fTOriTfl" This is lui on . w. Forth the, step and m.h together, forth To thepl?. of vast achievement, where unfettered rivers flow aUed and And their workshall stand exaUea their eyes snun n....." - -With the hope that led them on. I The Price of Proficiency. Success Magazine. Doctor," growled the patient, "it seems to me that $300 is a big charge for that operation of mine. It didn't take you over half a minute." 'lly dear sir," replied the famous spe cialist, "in learning to perform that op eration in half a minute I have spoiled over eleven pecks of such eyes as yours. A FEW SQCIBS. Oi.stomer Please, mister. I can't remem Bent me tor. but you can glv me 2 cents' worth of peppermint candy, "cause she said 1 could keep the change. Century. And did you enjoy your African trip. ,,.,.,,.7 Mow do you like the savages. "Oh t'herre extremely kind hearted! They wanted to keep me there for dlnner."-Lon-don Opinion. Says the Manager "Vice is a monster ot such hideous mien " That it only needs to be reproduced and the success of. your play Is assured. Cleveland Leader. "They tell me this hall caa be cleared In five minutes." said the lecturer, examining The place "Yes," replied tne janitor; "wouUl you like to try it soma time .'" Yonkers Statesman. I sometimes think." remarked the regu lar patron, "that the 'snare drummer should loathe best musician in the theater orchestra." -Ho usually Is," said the drum mer. Chicago Tribune. weary (lying under apple tree) Say, mlrtctTkln I have one of dem apples? Farmer Why. them apples won t be ripe for four months, yit. Weary Oh. dat's all right. I ain't In no hurry. I'll wait! Life. "You say you put a great deal of work into that article of yours? " "Tee." answered the author, "months of work. It required only a few hours to write it, but It took months of effort to get It published." Washington Star. "I hope," said a patient courteously, "1 have not brought you too far from your regular round." "Oh, not at all!" replied the doctor. "I have another patient In the neighborhod. so I can kill two birds with one stone." Philadelphia Inquirer. Borneo at Church. Chicago Post. (Rev S B. Baxter, of Aurora, ays that he sees no harm In "a little mingling of glances" In church.) "On Jordan's atormy banks I stand And cast a wistful eye" Upon that countenance so bland Which I perceive near by; Her eyes downcast, her face demure, Her look of gentle calm A combination to allure And hint of tender balm. From Greenland' Icy mountains down To India's coral strand I doubt If there's in any town OO Willie K'U,"V . No doubt, though I'm a worshipper. I uon t aci u.t a When thus I boldly look at her The preacher said I could. Jerusalem, my happy home" Alan! I am a bach; In solitude I eadiy roam . tn m.b a. match. Her lashes tremble as she looks, Her brows refuse to irown I notice both of our hymn books Are held Quite ujiame uowu. One sweetly solemn thought comes to Me o'er and o'er," I sing Her eyes, I notice, are of blue As any bluebird's wing; Her lips are red as cherries are. Her' cheeks are like the rose; No bump or angle seems to mar The contour of her nose. I Had I a thousand tongues to sing I'd still ignore me ooon. I'd wlfh for, more than anything, A thousand eyes to look. You'll say that as a worshipper T don't act as I should When I thus boldly stare at her The preacner saia a gvuiu. Local Option Bill Passes Idaho Sen ate, 17 to 6. BOISB, Idaho, Feb. 10. (Special.) Amid turmoil and strife, invective and threat, the local option bill passed the Senate to day by a vote of 17 to 6, the minority vote being strictly Democratic. In discussing the local option bill Mac beth, Democrat, said: . "This is the first time I have ever seen, a bill attacked, the authors of which did not dare to enter a word in its de fense. This bill is a trick, breathing po litical dishonesty and unconstitutionality at every pore, a make-believe, a botch, a makeshift, a subterfuge, conceived in a spirit of intolerance born when the star of hypocrisy was at its zenith, and foisted upon a credulous public as a po litical sop with the fact well known by its authors that it will not stand the test of the courts. And I now make the charge against the majority that it is not enact ing an honest local option law." ' Hart. Republican, replied that the bill would stand before the Supreme Court. "No one is worrying about the constitu tionality of the bill," he said. "We are willing to rest our cause with the Su preme Court and do not expect the bill will go before Senator Macbeth to deter mine Its constitutionality." Bowen asked if the law would go be fore the Supreme Court, and Hart replied: "If it does It will go at the instigation of the liquor interests." ' Sweeney, Republican, replied to the mi nority criticisms of the bill and the ma jority as follows: "This bill shows that the Republican Senators have stood to their party pledge as a man. I want it to go to every sec tion of the state that the Republican party can be trusted; that it has stood by Its pledge, even though Its representa tives did not, some of them, like the principle of local option, as shown by my experience in the committee. In fluence has been brought to bear to de feat the will of the people; threats have been made, but every threat has been hurled back by the majority." The result of the vote follows: Teas Bowen, Democrat; Davis, Demo crat; Freehafer, Democrat; Goodnight, Haight, Hart, Hasorouh, Hunt, Jordan, Preston, Pugmire, Democrat; Rowton, Shawhan, Slioupt, Spauldlng, Sweeney, Whitaker. Totai 17. Noes Benham, Day, Kerns, Macbeth, Von Harten. Total, 6, all Democrats. LEARX HOW FROM JOIIX li. Idaho 5Ian Modestly Asserts He Can Whip Johnson. SPOKANE! Wash., Feb. 10. (Special.) Mark J. O'Donnell, of Wallace, Idaho, former sparring partner of Jack Johnson, the present heavyweight champion. Is chosen out of nearly 200 applicants to travel with John I Sullivan and learn the fight game from the old champion with a view to challenging Johnson for the title. In part O'Donnell's letter of application follows: "I have been boxing ever since I was H years old. I haven't ever had what you would call a real fight in the ring, but I have had on the gloves with some pretty good men. I never yet met a man whom I thought had anything on me. I was sparring partner with Johnson for four weeks. You may think I am talking foolishness when I say that I never had much trouble getting to this man John son, but I did not. I could hit him almost any place I (wanted to, and more than once held my own at rough and tumble fighting with him. I am a little over six feet tall, strip about 200 pounds in condition and have a reach of 76 Inches. I am a steamfltter by trade." FIXD OL.D MASTER IX RUBBISH Fainting of Madonna Found in Queer Place In California. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) Rev. Mgr. Capeland and Rev. C. F.' Oehler have interested themselves In the task of determining the origin of the mysterious Madonna painting found by Mrs. C. Schneider among rubbish In a shed at Guthrie Station recently, while she was cleaning up the premises, having Just taken possession. It was closely ex amined and, when the grime was re moved, it was seen to be a flne piece of work. Artists from here examined It and brought experts. There Is no autograph upon the canvas, but experts say it looks like a Raphael or Titian. It is believed to be the work of one of the old masters. Copies of all known masterpieces of this subject have been compared with this picture and it is like none of them, there fore not a copy. After being exhibited at the German Lu theran Church tomorrow evening, the picture will be sent East and to Europe to be Identified and its value determined. IIXCOIX'S VAMSE IS FOUNT) Box Carried on Debating Tour Is Found in Taconia. TACOMA. Feb. 10. Among the Lincoln relics in Tacoma is a valise carried by Lincoln on his debating tour with Stephen Douglas. It is a plain box, split In two and covered with black cowhide leather, with thin iron bands thickly studded with large headed tacks like buttons. The valise, filled with a few articles, was given to the Reman family, living across the street from the Lincolns in Springfield, by Mrs. Lincoln, when Lin coln left for Washington with his family to assume the Presidency. It was lately sent from Springfield to Fred Reman. who is a resident of Tacoma, and who has loaned it to the Washington State Historical Society. CANNOT SUPPRESS SALOME Reyburn'8 Answer Brings Dismay to Shocked Philadelphlans. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 10. Committees representing the Christian League of Philadelphia and the state and county federations of Catholic societies, called on Mayor Reyburn today and protested against permitting the opera "Salome" to be produced In Oacar Hammerstein's Philadelphia Opera-House tomorrow night. The Mayor told the committee that he doubted his power to stop the performance. GA& FLOW STRUCK AT ONTARIO At Depth of C155 Feet Enough Is Found to Light 250 Homes. ONTARIO, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) Gas was struck in the oil well today at a depth of 2155 feet, or 12 feet below sea level. The drillers have piped it to the top of the derrick and have ignited it, making a huge torch. The-head driller estimates there is enough gas to light 250 homes. Instructor Wins Match. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) In the wrestling match held in the Armory tonight between William Scholtes. of The Dalles, and Joe Lasalle, wrestling In structor of the University, the latter was victorious. The terms of the match were that Lasalle. who outweighed Scholtes 15 pounds, should throw him three times in an hour. The falls were secured in 31, 16 and 52 seconds, respectively. Court Holds Two Organizations May Not Have Same Name. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) The Supreme Court today re fused the Baker River & Shulskan Railroad Company, of Oregon, a writ of mandate requiring State Secretary Sam Nichols to permit the company to file articles of incorporation. Nichols refused to file the articles some months ago, because there is a Washington corporation of the sanio name, and the state law prohibits du plication of names of corporations. The Oregon company contended this law did not apply to foreign corpora tions, but the Supreme Court says It does and that the state constitution prohibits extending to any foreign corporation any right not possessed by those organized under the laws of Washington. FOREST GROVE MAY COME IN" Tri-City League Extends Invitation to Nine to Join. FOREST GROVE, Or., Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) At the annual meeting of the Forest Grove Athletic Association pre liminary steps were taken to have the nine maintained by the association in the Tri-City League. Mr. Partlow. rep resentative of the league, was present and put the proposition of giving Forest Grove a franchise in the league before the members of the association. The matter of grounds was also discussed at some length because the owners of the park where the games are now held have refused to aocept any rental from the association for the grounds, a mis understanding having arisen between the parties regarding the terms of the lease. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. Charles O. Roe; vice-president. John Thornburgh; secretary. W. N. !off: treasurer, Jt. H. Laughlin: l.oanl of trus tees. J. J. Wirtz. J. II. Goft and Charles O. Roe. KIDNAPER IS IDENTIFIED E. G. English Fastens Crime on Man Who Chained Him to Tree. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 10. (Special.) Leo Bozemer was positively Identified by E. G- English, the millionaire lumberman, this morning, as the man who held him up at the point of a revolver, chained him to a tree and forced him to sign a note addressed to his wife In which she was told to give Bezemer ror a nan som. English was on the stand today and told the story of the holdup in detail be fore a courtroom full of spectators. When English was asked if he had any chil dren, he told of the death of. his son and broke down and cried. The spectators were much moved by bis emotion and a short delay In the proceedings was caused. He soon nerved himself, how ever, and proceeded with his story. ENGINE EXPLODES, TWO DEAD Engineer Hurled 50 Feet Away, Dropping Into River. EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 10. The en gine of the southbound Great Northern Owl train blew up this morning a half mile south of Mukllteo. and both Engi neer John Lenahan, of Ballard, and Fire man Carl Bloom, of Interbay, are dead. The body of the latter lias not bei-u found. The train was going about 10 miles an hour when the accident occurred. None of the passengers was hurt. The engine was completely demolished, mid the baggagecar partly wrecked. The en gineer was hurled 50 feet out into the river, but struggled Into shallow water and from there was rescued by the con ductor and a passenger. He died soon after. CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES Ezra Stratton to B Bnricd From Vancouver Residence. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) The funeral of Ezra Stratton, aged 75 years, will take place in Vancou ver Thursday morning, conducted by tho G. A. R., and the burial will be In the military cemetery. Ezra Stratton was a pioneer of Wash ington. He crossed the plains in a prai rie schooner in 1866. and settled in Cow litz Countv, where he lived till six years ago. Since then he had resided in Van couver. He was born in Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served In the First in dependent Battery of Iowa Volunteers. Light Battery. He was in the battle of Atlanta, battle of Lookout Mountain and several skirmishes. Lincoln Day at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 10. (Spe cial ) Lincoln centennial exercises will be held in the Presbyterian Church. Thursday night. The district superin tendent of the Vancouver district, Rev. S. S. Sulliger. will muko the invocation, and S. B. Huston, of Portland, will de liver the address on Lincoln. Mrs. John Marsh, president of the Athenaeum Clu'j. will read part of Lincoln's second Inaug ural address, and Miss Alice Tooley will read several of Lincoln's favorite poemB. The church will be specially decorated. Friday night Ellsworth Post, G. A. R., ,1, o-vfir.MKes In eommemo- Wlll lium oy-" - - ration of the Lincoln centennial in Sohns' Hall. The Army and Navy Union, the Women's Relief Corps, the Sons ot Veterans and the Spanish-American War Veterans will also participate. Elma Opposes Bill. ELM A, Wash., Feb. 10. (Special.) Much opposition is felt in Eastern Chehalis County to the proposed bill introduced in the Legislature for two Judicial districts in one county. It was introduced with the intention of having It applied to this county, and the eastern end thinks it is too cumbersome 'and complicated. Its operation requires two sets of certain county officers, a duplication of many of the records and added expense for the taxpayers to bear. Repair Work Near Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) J. W. Poe, a railroad contractor, has ar rived in Pendleton with his outfit and will be stationed here for three months on repair work on the O. R. & N. be tween this city and La Crosse, Wash. Poe has been spending the Winter at Moscow, Idaho. Immediately following the recent floods tho roadbed was -hurriedly placed in temporary repair, and it is in making this work permanent that Poe and his crews will be engaged. Seattle Thugs Bent Singer. SEATTLE, Feb. 10. Eddie Roeseh, a singer of illustrated songs at a vaude ville house, was beaten by two thugs on Harrison street, between Summit and Eellevue avenues, last night, but his shouts frightened the highwaymen away before they could obtain anything. Recovering consciousness, Roeseh crawled a block to the home of a friend. Remains Shipped to La Grande. BAKER CITT, Or.. Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) The remains of Grant Turner, who was killed in an accident at a logging camp between this city and Sumpter Sunday evening, were shipped to La Grande tonight, where Interment will be made tomorrow. f