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8Hb (Btcomxim WKTIANB, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofncs Fcond-v lass Matter fcubscrtptiun ltat Invariably la Advance. (By Mall.) Iai y. fcunday Included, six months 6un5y included, three months.. IJ3 . faunday Included, one roontn Xally. without KinHo ., included, one year 8 00 4.25 Z.2S .75 I;ally. without Sunday.' six month."::; 3.2 i f ' .th"u funday. three month.... 1.7 I)any without Sunday, one month.. .. 0 OO 25 s weeaiy, one year Sunday. rrt v....- ............. -SO 1.50 2 50 ana weemy, one year 3.&0 (By Carrier.) ,l- -Juna,a" included, one year 9.00 Dally. Sunday Included, one month. " 7S or?"" .vSn,,SSend Iofnce money ?, r', "if? M order or personal check o a?e at Th bsnft- . """"PS. coin or currency drea? In ? T?n?er rl,k- Glv PO.tofflce ad drebs In full, including county and .tate. tnE"""" ItM 10 1 paces. I cent: 16 4 toPSo i.i.C"?: B to 44 3 cent." , Rlajeliaa-w,, Office. The 8 C P.v. roKTLAyn, yuAY. march 19. 190,. . A RAILROAD FOLI.Y IN OREGON'. Champions of the scheme to plunge Oregon Into the railroad business now say they have no such plan; that It win be for "tho people to decide"; and that the scheme . Is designed simply to "scare" Harrlman into build ing railroads. The people see. how ever, that Harrlman is not 'scared' and that, while up to the present time, he has often promised railroads in Oregon, now he says -he will wait again. Meanwhile, report goes out thai he wants 4 per cent guarantee on the investment. While this report Is not authenticated. Harrlman knows the state would bettor make the guar antee than go into the railroad busi ness. The point of the matter Is that the state railroad plan brings Oregon no nearer realization of Harrlman promises. So much for the " scare " Most edifying is the efTort of the state railroad champions to shun re sponsibility for their hair-brained scheme. Nowhere do they And the people ready to launch into this busi ness; so they say their cpnstitutional amendment does not commit the state to thei policy; that the state may never desire to adopt it; that their plan simply alms to give the state the means of self-help; and that persons who take it so seriously as to tight Its abolition of constitutional barriers, that protect the people's best interests, live In a forgotten age. Since Oregon will stay out of the railroad business, it does not need the proposed amendment. Since it ought to stay out of that business, the amendment should not have been con sidered. The Legislature should not have submitted It; the lawmaking body should have had the courage and sanity to kill it; the member should have stood between the people and the political charlatans. N6ne of the acts of the Legislature U laden with so much menace to property and thrift ss the railroad amendment. The' other follies of ten such lawmaking bodies would not start the state on a scheme msre ruinous to taxpayers. The tens of millions of dollars the policy would cost would make people wonder they ever complained about an appropria tion total of $4,250,000. which is re corded against the present Legislature. Until the amendment shall be finally killed, there is no telling how many millions of dollars expense should be charged up to the record of the law makers who quit Salem Tuesday. Because the safety of savings and thrift requires defeat of the railroad amendment in the next state election. The Oregonlan has taken up the cam paign thus early. Adoption of the amendment would expose the state to the schemes of any ring of grafters and politicians who might desire for their own profit to plunge the state Into railroad building, , by control of the Legislature or by misrepresenta tion before the people. Political gangs In Oregon have wanted to do this thing ; before, but the constitution stood In 'their way. They did succeed, how ' over, because the constitution did not prevent them from stealing from Port land Its public levee, which the city will never retrain "Vnra v. used the Legislature, one faction after another, to boost rival railroads as they could. The war between the "East Side" and the "West Side" rail roads was such a record. Its pres- j ent fruit Is the grip of the Southern Pacific on the land grants, which the National Government la trying to wrest away In the courts. Not from the people have taxpayers so much to fear as from legislative politician. The politicians have never been able to override the bar riera In the constitution, which forbid 1 the use of the state's credit or money for railroads. The people will not abolish those barriers. It should be considered Impudence to ask them to : do It. Tot that is Just what the amendment proposes they shall do. MOVK THE POOR FARM. It is sold that the County Commis sioners will. In a short time, place upon the market the tract of land lying a few miles west of this city, known as tho County Poor Farm. This land is suitable for park purposes or subur ban residences, but It has long been considered unsuitable for the purpose for which It Is occupied. There are, In the first place, more acres in the tract than are necessary for a county poor farm. It Is hilly and much of It is wooded, making it unsuitable for agricultural purposes. The tract con tains something over 200 acres. Half of that area of arable land would be sufficient for a poor farm, and prop- r!y planted and worked would give returns !n fruit, vegetables, livestock and poultry feed and pasturage, that would, under intelligent direction, go far toward making this Institution self-sustaining. The close proximity of the present site to the city is another objection to it as a poor farm. Many men come to poverty and the general decrepitude that lands them in the poorhouse, rel atively early In life, through dissipa tion. A short season of rest and en forced sanitary regulations so recuper ares them that they are able to take the short walk over the hills to the city, where drink and its associations beckon them, and away they go, to return in due time with pauper com mitment rapers, again to be fed and patched up. This Is a condition that cannot be wholly avoided, but it could be. and would be." to a considerable extent, changed by location of the poor farm at some distance from the city, upon land available for farming and under a good state of cultivation. Work. 1 especially farm work, from a panacea i tor hum an Ills, has become, a chief factor in discontent. Idleness, with all m accompanies It. peoples poor houses and makes poor farms neces sary. Labor for all who are able-bodied to any extent should be compulsory. Hoeing, weeding, etc., in modera tion will bring these human derelicts close to the soil, enable them to eat plain, coarse food with a relish and make them tired enough to go early to bed and sleep all night. Having these blessings, though paupers, they will have all that the money of the millionaire can buy, and last, but not least, they will be kept out of mis chief, or forced out. The present poor farm is a tract of land too valuable to be used or held Tor that purpose. It is, moreover, much- larger than is necessary; the buildings' are unsuitable and mostly old; the county Is entitled to realize upon the land financially as individ uals realize upon land values in ac cordance with growth and develop ment, and for general economic reas ons the transfer' should be made as soon as practicable. A GUFFAW LE(ISL.Vn:EE. Ere long innovators may be expect ed to call for abolition of the Legisla ture In Oregon; some are talking it now. But they will not dispense with the Legislature. They could not do that and retain a Republican form of government. Best change would be to keep out of the Legislature persons who have scant knowledge of affairs or principles of statesmanship and no respect for Legislative decorum. The Legislature has more such gentlemen than ever before. So much for direct primaries and alleged dethronement of bosses,, which .put them there. The personnel of the Legislature will not be lmnroved until useful man c h 1 T see more chance of election to the lawmaking body. They know that even If they win nomination, they must run the eauntlet of Unlflno- on scratching in the election and that rep utation ana merit may not avail to pull them through. Many men who would like to sit in the Lefrl.olatm-a corn to compete with the kind that put tnemseives up in the last county primaries and distinguished large part of the membership of the lawmaking body. Oregon never had such a low order of statesmanship in Its Legislature. Once the members wrangled up to the moment of adjournment, over United States Senator. Now they wrangle over normal schools and duck Shooting and then, nnt enn rant m-i t V. the parliamentary rule that allows one 10 speaK at a time, many shout and yell at once; that being unsatisfactory, thee brandish flss and defy to combat, all the while forgetful of the order that distinguishes a lawmaking body from a mob and that has raised re publican government above riot and despotism. Not the Legislature, but the guffaw membership of that body needs to be abolished. NOT AN EDUCATIONAL FACTOR. A zoo, well equipped and supplied with competent caretakers is one thing; the confinement of wild animals In miserably cramped and utterly un suitable quarters, as a sort of adjunct to a city poyk is quite another. It may be conceived that there are educational features of some value In the one, but there are absolutely no such features in the other. In the best and most favorable circumstances, this confine ment of creatures of the wilds shortens their lives and makes the shortened period one more or less of misery. Certainly our children cannot be ed ucated in any of the humane instincts or attributes by seeing the unallevlated suffering so manifest, and so deliber ately Inflicted in and upon cruel im prisoned animals. Any good textbook of natural history properly taught; any museum containing skeletons of ani mals and birds properly mounted and explained in the catalogue. Is an edu cation. The chafing hyena, the bob cat and mountain lion and bear and all the rest, Irking at Imprisonment, wearing out their lives in physical un rest, reerardiner half In ttrm Vnif anger, or with Jaded Indifference and a contempt that Is human, the curious who grin at and tease them in thoi,- cages, cannot educate our children to any useful purpose. ' Let the so-called zoo In our City Park be discontinued. With flowers and foliage, wild birds nesting unmo lested and singing in the trees, squir rels disporting among the branches, well-kept walks, a greensward not too sacred for the passing of little feet, drinking fountains and swings end cozy nooks supplied with rustic seats for reading and resting and pic nicking surely our parks can bs made attractive without the wretched hyena endlessly pacing his narrow cage, the bear in hot discomfort lolling about his pit. or the twitter of imprisoned birds. THE TARIFF CHANGES. The Pacific Northwest has a partic ular Interest In the new tariff bill. Any changes in. the lumber, wool, grain and coal duties bring the subject home to us with a force that is less pro nounced when the subject for revision Is tobacco, cocoa, sugar, or some other commodity in which our Interest is less particular. All things considered, this portion of the country seems to have fared fairly well in the pro posed changes. Quite naturally, some of us might have preferred that no changes be made In the schedules on these Pacific Northwest staples, but it must not be forgotten that the coun try Is pretty thoroughly aroused and that tariff revision is coming in re sponse to general demand. The Eastern States and the Middle West are practically unanimous for free lumber. Their rights in this de mand are as much entitled to consid eration as are those of the men who manufacture lumber and who may be opposed to any reduction. In the cir cumstances we accordingly may con sider it rather fortunate that we re tained half a loaf, especially as the sentiment was for removing the en tire duty. There was also on the part of the consumers an Insistent demand for free wool, and, if the reduction In the duty is no more severe than now outlined, our great industry will not suffer to a marked degree. Except on rare occasions, when there is a crop failure In this country and a good crop elsewhere, there is but email proba bility of the barley industry being1 af fected by the duty. We are an ex porting and not an importing country, with both barley and wheat, and would hardly suffer much if both were placed on the free list. Removal of the duty on coal and coke and reduc tion on steel and Iron products will greatly increase the Import business of this port. Admission of these commodities THE MORMXG duty free, or at a reduced figure, will not only enable our consumers to pro cure them at a much l OW7 rct than as present, but It will also bring to our shores cheap1 tonnage which can be utilized in carrying away our grain and lumber. Except in seasons when unusual conditions prevail, the bulk of the tonnage required for moving our grain crop is obliged to come here in ballast and the outward cargo is forced to stand the expense of both in ward and outward ships. This is a big country and it contains a vast number of diversified Interests which it is very difficult to reconcile on a question of such far reaching scope as tariffs revision. There will be many who will protest against the changes, but these protests will be offset by. others who would make the changes even more drastic. The revisionists will not satisfy every one, but, as now outlined, the new bill on the whole seems to be fairly satis factory. " PROBABLE EVASION. It is not certain that Congressman Bennett, of New York, would confer much of a favor upon the country if he should secure penny postage for all letters. Few complain of the 2-cent stamp. Probably almost as many let ters are mailed as there would be if the postage were divided in half. If his bill were to pass, the postal deficit might be increased, and the genuine parcels post, for which the whole country has so long appealed in vain, would -be farther off than ever. The parcels post which Mr. Bennett pro poses is but a simulacrum of the real thing. Apparently he would limit packages of merchandise to 11 ounces and charge 2S cents fn thot This is giving the public a stone when k r Dread. The German post office receives packages weighing many times 11 ounces and delivers them for a very moderate fee. It also attends iu nia.ii erranns ana makes collec tions for the public, thus saving law yers' bills. Our postoffice is not nearly so useful as it might be without increasing its cost to the Government. Mr. Ben nett's bill would enlarge its usefulness only moderately, while it would almost certainly multiply the expenses. His device of insuring mailable parcels is well enough, but the country does not desire insurance half so eagerly as It does relief from the exactions of the express trust through a liberal parcels post. The thought forces itself upon one that Mr. Bennett's bill is little more than an evasion of the real issue. It is perhaps intended to make the public think something beneficial Is being done when nothing of conse quence is happening after all. If the express companies are not behind it, he has succeeded marvelously well in proposing what they would have pro posed if they had drawn up a bill themselves. The cheap letter postage which he offers is particularly exas perating. Nobody cares about it, while by Increasing the deficit it would make real reform more difficult. Is there no Congressman who will undertake the task of modernizing the postoffice of the' United States? THE FEDERAL INHERITANCE TAX. The proposed Federal inheritance tax seems planned to encourage, rather than to check testamentary gifts in mortmain. This is contrary to the policy which governments have almost universally pursued. It, would be dif ficult to discover legislation in any other country which directly sets a premium upon bequests to religious and other corporations. Time and again nations have found it necessary tor the welfare of the public to de prive these institutions of their hold ings. Left to their own devices with no encouragement from the law, they accumulate property with a hand so swift and sure that they invariably excite hostility in every country where they exist. What are they likely to do when the law expressly exempts their bequests from the inheritance tax? This feature of the new bill be fore Congress may be unhesitatingly condemned. It is a piece of unstates manlike sentimentalism for which there is no Justification in reason. If It Is passed, the time is sure to come when the country will regret it. What has happened in other lands will hap pen here under similar conditions. We are not exempt from the general laws which govern human affairs. Against the general principle of the inheritance tax there is nothing to say.1 Upon the whole, it is the fairest tax which a government can levy. It Is the only one which wrongs no one. Every other tax Is unjust to somebody in some way. Either it falls finally upon those least able to pay it, or it is unjustly distributed, or it reaches visible property and misses much more important possessions which are kept secret, and so on. But as for the Inheritance tax. It simply takes a por tion of something which a dead man has left behind him and which no liv ing person has yet acquired. The property of a deceased person belongs to nobody until the law makes a dis position of it. This disposition can be made by general rules, as it is under the statute of wills or that relating to administrators, but until it .is made the possessions left by an individual now dead have no owner. They have reverted, temporarily, to the state of nature. Those who are conversant with the early history of Oregon will recall the case of Ewing Young, who died ap parently without heirs, before the pro visional government had been organ ized. The queston immediately arose, who owned the estate he had left? In vestigation showed that there was no owner. It had lost its nature as property and become part of rthe com mon resources of the country. One of the principal motives for hastening the organization of the provisional government was to recreate the lapsed quality of ownership for the property of Ewing Young. The law had to in tervene before it could be disposed of. Nothing could illustrate better than this Instance the Drlnrinl iih inm by all writers on law that the property 'fit oy a aeao person Deiongs to no in dividual bv natural ritrrit nnH fofr there Is no indefeasible claim to it. Even when Ewing Young's heirs finally lurneu up, 11 was necessary to enact a. iw to turn nis property over to them. Without the law they had no claim upon it except a sentimental one. A right which exists solely by the creative act of the law can. of course, be taken away by law, or it can be lim ited or modified in any way which seems desirable. If the government should take the half or whole of every inheritance by its '.axing power, no natural right would be violated. There would be no confiscation Involved. No person could truly say that anything had been taken away which belonged OBEGONIAN, FRIDAY, to him, since the individual to whom the property really belonged would be dead. However, it would be grossly Inexpedient to impose an Inheritance tax which would take the whole or any large fraction of estates left by deceased persons. The desire to dis pose of property after death Is a worthy one in many cases, and in most cases it stimulates effort and sharoens Industry. The wise rule Is for" the Government to take what it needs, but, at the same time, to leave a fair pro portion for the heirs. On very large estates an Inheritance tax up to 50 per cent could hardly be called ex orbitant If the Government really needed the revenue. while on very small estates any tax at all might bo grievous. In the former case the heirs might sacrifice 50 per cent and still have as "much left as would be good for them. In the latter the entire property might be too little to support a family in comfort. Considerations of this nature will convince the unprejudiced student of public affairs that the new Federal inheritance tax imposes relatively light burdens. Even from estates of half a million and more it only exacts 3 per cent. Thus the heir to a million would receive $970,000 after the in heritance tax was paid. The ultimate difference in his income he never could notice. If rie did notice it, he could easily console-himself with the 'reflection that, if the Government had exercised its full power, it might have taken the entire million and left him with nothing. The 1 per cent tax on an Inheritance of $10,000 will pro duce for the Government only $100 and leave the heirs $9900. Since the Nation has the first right this is not an immoderate exaction. A family which can live on $10,000 can live on $9900 Just as comfortably. The inheritance tax will cause some grumbling for a while, perhaps, but nobody can right fully complain of it. The matchless timber of the Pacific Northwest continues to attract the at tention of Eastern capital, and' also continues to escape the serious consid eration of our own people. This In difference on the part of the Oregon and Washington people is probably due to their, living so long under the shade of our great forests. Just now the area seems illimitable, and the un counted millions of "board . measure" that are to be seen on every hand at a superficial glance will hardly reflect anything that looks like early scarcity But the Eastern men, like the Iowa timber company which closed a $700, 000 deal Wednesday, have within a generation witnessed the denuding of other vast tracts of timber land, and with their experience as a criterion can easily foresee the end of Oregon and Washington resources of this na ture. We are approaching the tree less age at a more rapid gait than ever before, and within the next ten years startling advances in the price of stum page are a certainty. The Mombasa Tomrichardsons seem to be "on the job" all right, all right. Latest advices from the Upper Tani River report "splendid sport with hip popotami." It is also stated that "the eland, gnu and oryx stalking is per fect, with the exception that hunters of this game are contsantly interfered with my the unusually aggressive rhi noceroses." Other Mombasi notes re port that "a- man named Smith (rather uncommon name), the leader of a party of Transvaal Boers who recently settled in this country, was carried to the hospital at Nairobi yes terday, terribly mauled by a lioness." There Is something tempting in that phrase "unusually aggressive rhinocer oses." But the distinguished citizen of Oyster Bay will call the bluff, and, after he has seized a few of the ag gressive quadrupeds by the tail and swung them over his head with a "short and ugly'' Jerk, the aggressive spirit will all vanish. The United States" is woefully be hind other nations in the matter of building up a merchant marine by common-sense methods, but when it becomes necessary our builders can easily demonstrate that the art of building water carriers is no"t a lost one. For example, a shipbuilding company at Camden, N. J., on January 11 laid the keel for a four-deck Hud son River steamer, and the craft will be launched tomorrow and will go Into service fully equipped five months af ter the date of laying the keel. This steamer, which is named the Robert Fulton, is 348 feet long, with 3860 horsepower, and will carry 4000 pas sengers.' She will run' as a daylight boat on the Hudson In connection with the Hendrick Hudson, of which she is a duplicate. These trifling delays at the bridges' when draws are open or feed wires break make one pause to wonder how teams and cars will line up twenty years hence, when the city shall have so grown that all business streets will be canvons. Yet before thoi overwhelming East Sider may be able LlJ owi. uuiuh on a aragon-ny affair propelled by himself, as he did years ago when the bicycle had its reign. People to whom the odor of tobacco Is offensive .and who vnniii i 1 1 smokers fumigated and deodorized be fore entering a public conveyance will soon get relief. It is almost time for me open cars. One conundrum Is, who will occupy the two rear seats? Mr. Harrlman isn't sick; he is not going to retire; he intends merely hereafter not to do so much. The strain xf building that road into Cen tral Oregon must have been 'great. Still five inches short of average rainfall in Portland. The shortage cfught not to count against good weather, however, since it comes from last Autumn. It turns out that Mr. Roosevelt let somebody else shave him during his seven years' incumbency of the White House. We never thought it could be done. Roosevelt will not take a barber with him to Africa. Evidently he doesn't wish to be told that he needs a hair tonic or a shampoo. A man in New York is said to have gone twelve years without a bath. By this time, of course, he doesn't need any. Physicians have told Harrlman he has done enough. They are not Ore gon physicians. The new Federal Judgeship seems very much needed In Oregon. , It makes a difference whose tariff is gored. MARCH 19, 1909. HIGH SCHOOLS ARB GOOD ENOUGH Wonld-Be Teacher. Should Not Fipeet State to Go On Educating Them. PORTLAND, March 18. (To the Edi-r-) I wish to reply to a communica tion written by W. D. Kenton, whlcii ap peared in "last Monday's Oregonlan, re ferring o the State Normal Schools. As a representative and patron of one of the Independent colleges of the state, I would also like to give advice, as tt is cheap. I indorse all Mr. JFenton says concerning Portland not wanting a nor mal school, or the State Capitol. While perhaps- it might be an advantage to some real estate firm owning property that might be suitable for state build ings, I for one think it advisable to let well-enough alone. Let Salem keep the Capitol and the other state Institutions. We should help Salem ail in our power to make our Capitol one of the best In our country, instead of growling and finding fault at Salem's accommodations. Salem is all right. In regard to the Normal Schools. I am sorry to see them in the condition they are; but it wili be no better next year, or two or four years hence. I am not acquainted with the Weston and Ashland schools, and do not know whether these buildings formerly belonged to some one of the denominations or not, but if they did I favor returning them with the Mon mouth building to their formsr owners, but not with any state aid or advantage of any kind financially. Salem has Wil lamette University, Albany has the Pres byterian college. . McMinrrville has the 'Baptist college; Dallas has -the Evan gelical college; Forest Grove- has the Congregational college, and Newberg has the Friends' college, all doing a splendid work for our young people of the state without any state aid. Our high schools of this city have pro vided for those who are preparing for the profession of teaching. For one. I think if the state .takes care of her young people through the public schools and the high schools, that she has done her part; and if the pupil wants afterward to go farther in-the preparation and equipment for teaching, let such students do as oth ers do In other professions. The lawyer, the doctor, the minister, tho mechanic, all must bear their own expense without the aid of the state. Why should . the teacher be made an exception? To my mind this is the fairest wav out of this trouble. With our State University and the O. A. C. and the excellent independ ent schools of the state, where special courses ore provided for those who de sire to prepare for teaching, certainly Or egon is well provided without the extra expense of sustaining the Normal Schools. This is fair and Just to all. I believe in equal rights to all and special privileges to none. HENRY BAEE3SDRICK. BELONG TO THE WILD; NOT ZOO Restore Antmnla on Exhibit to Native Haunts, Says Eloquent Pleader. PORTLAND. March 18. (To the Ed itor.) Thanks, a thousand times, for the stirring editorial in yesterday's Oregonlan on "Animal Rights." May every paper and the public in gen eral take up arms against this old, old outrage- against the helpless creatures of the wild, until no traveling animal show or stationary zoo will receive patronage of human beings, and be forced io discontinue the barbarous business. School children in many cities and towns of our broad country have been interested in sending petitions to ex President Roosevelt begging that he desist from his expedition against the "big game" of Africa. While that ex pedition perhaps does not please some of us. yet far more merciful is it to kill these great creatures of the wild outright and have them arranged for museums by skilled taxidermists, with the animals' natural habitat about them, portrayed In wax and pa pier mache, than to torture by the slow degrees of long years of cap tivity, the goad of the trainer,' the annoyance and meddling of the gap ing crowd of the curious peanut-eating populace. I never see a zoo but my very soul aches, .and never shall I forget ' the almost human gaze of an- immense lion in his cage in the Central Park Zoo in New York. He was "pacing, pacing, pacing." as Mr. Shanahan says; stopped to put his face close to the bars to regard my sister - and me; and in those great, black, anguished eyes was all of the longing and de spair and questioning of a guiltless human being condemned to life im prisonment, and who' felt his senses giving way to Insanity. The poor beast seemed to beg of us to help him. In that one steady gaze. Then- he took up his monotonous pace and nothing we said to him would cause him to look at us again. In all my life I can never forget it. and I have often hoped the poor beast may have died and by some means his rest less soul restored to its native haunts. Let us all cry out with all the vehemence of which .we are capable against this bitter sin regarding these beautiful animals that belong to the forest and field, the jungle and the sea. and not to the environment of man. "Blessed are the merciful." L. C. O. Triplet- Egg to Thla Hen's Credit. Greenwich (Conn.) Dispatch to New York World. Frank B. Sands, of Mount Kisco. who sells farm produce In Greenwich, came to town with an egg story that beats anything ever heard hereabouts. He is the owner of some of the finest Plymouth Rock hens in the country. One of his younger brood passed out of the non-producing stage a few days ago and began her life work. The first egg was a wonder. Not only was it larger than any Mr. Sands had ever seen, but the ends were about equally rounded. Mr. Sands decided that the egg was too large to market at the usual price, and that he would keep It for table use. The next morning he had, the young Plymouth Rock's egg for breakfast Breaking the shell carefully, Mr. Sands found another perfectly formed egg. This second egg was broken and a third egg of the usual size was revealed. SOO Pearl in Thirteenth Oyster. Atlantic City N. J.) Dispatch to the New York World. Drawn by gibes of friends to eat IS oysters on a plate which he had refused to accept because he believed the num ber unlucky, EdwardS. Conover. of this city, discovered a $200 pearl in the thir teenth bivalve. He refused to divide the money received, from the sale of the pearl. Couple Don Quarrel for 60 Years. Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch. George Washington Sheppard, of Es slngton. Pa., who -ith his wife, cele brated the 50th anniversary of their mar riage the other day. said that in the half century of their union not a quarrelsome word had passed between them. Tooth mm m Toothbrush Handle. Columbus (O.) Dispatch. Carl Mabbey, of Forest, O., having lost one of his front teeth, made a new one from a tooth-brush handle with the aid of a file, leaving a prong on the end which he pushed up into the gum. He says he is satisfied with the Job. : - i Mr. Lukss Might Think of Emigrating. Kansas City (Mo.) Dispatch. Colonel Sidney Luggs: of Ardmore. Okla., said to be the best performer on tho accordion in the state, entertains the members of the Legislature at Guthrie by playing when business is dull. RAtN AS HEALTH'S GOOD ANGEL Mediral Expert Say. Orryon'i Climate la Moat Ideal In the World. Woods Hutohlnson, M. D.. in Outing. Man was bora in the open. No matter how thickly his primal instincts may have been coated with the veneer of civi lization, the call of the sunlight, of the open sky, of the wind on the heath, ever rouse an echo in his bosom. It was no mere illusion which led him in all ages to push far westward beyond the frontier, in search of the Fountain of Perpetual Youth. Thousands upon thou sands have actually found It In the shape of a new lease of life. Where shall we go? Physicians and climatologlsts are practically agreed that that climate is best which wljl tempt one to spend most hours of most days of the year in the open air. It certainly is not necessary to extend our view beyond our own continent, or even beyond our own country, for every , conceivable variety of sunshine, of cloudiness, of moisture or dryness, of temperature, of altitude, of mountain and river, of desert and sea coast, of smiling, beauty and rugged stern ness that can be found in the world can be matched within the confines of the United Statea Physicians and physiologists are coming to the somewhat unexpected conclusion, that, taking It the year around, for the majority bf individuals, except those who are ill with some definite disease, the most healthful climate is not the warm est or the driest or the most equable, but the one which has considerable extremes of annual variation of temperature,- and moderate dally ones, with a fair amount of cold, and at least 25 to 40 inches of Tain per annum. This" latter Is beneficial and necessary, not only for the grass and grains and fruits upon which man and his cattle live, but for the air that enters Into his lungs and bathes his skin. Our best results and highest percentage of cures in consumption, for instance, are now obtained in northern sanatoria, or on high, cold mountain tops. When once we cross the summit of the Cascades, we enter a totally different cli mate, an air which is mild, gentle and moist, but never depressing. A country of green mountains, of dazzling snow tipped peaks, of grass, of moss, of fern, which knows neither the -barenness of Winter nor the brownness of Summer; a land which has all the best and most In vigorating qualities of the cradle of our Teutonic race, with none of its savagery or extremes. This new cradle of the blond Aryan race centers in Oregon, ex tending northward to British Columbia and southward to northern California, the home of the giant redwoods. From one end to the other it is the home of tall trees and "tall men, of the apple, the peach, the prune and the pine, the land of the green valley and the rushing river. The rosy pink of Its orchards every Spring Is equaled only by the sun set glow upon Its peaks of eternal snow. It is the charmed land of the American continent, where a tempered sun, a' mild climate and' a fertile soil give man the stimulus of the green and rain-swept North, with the luxurious returns for moderate effort of the teeming tropicB. The most restful and soothing climate in the world, the land where "it is always afternoon," the ideal home for the blond races upon this American continent, and not half appreciated yet at Its full value. If you have never seen Oregon, Wash ington or British Columbia in the Sum mer, or California in the Winter, you lack important qualifications for imagining what the 'climate of heaven may be like. And what is no small matter to the in valid, who needs abundant nutrition as well as rest and exercise. Is that all this region from the Canadian line 'to the Santa Clara Mountains fairly teems with everything that is nutritious and attrac tive in the way of fruits and vegetables, fish and game, wheat, oil, nuts and the cattle upon a thousand hills. Oregon apples and salmon have already an international reputation, and the only reason that the cherries or strawberries and plums, pears, apricots, peaches. oysters, shad and crawfish have not a similaj eminence, is because their perish ableness limits their shipping. Neither tuberculosis nor pneumonia are ever caught in the open air. Houses are what they need- to breed in. If you find that you cannot stand the confinement of the city life, give ear at once to the Call of the Wild and go to the woods. A Ple'a Skin Engrrafted on n Olrl. Hubbardston (Mass.) Dispatch to New York Herald. From six to eight square Inches of skin from the back of a little white pig have been grafted upon the left side of Eliza beth Adams. 6 years old, of this town. This is the first instance of pigskin grafting known to the medical fraternity in this section. The girl was scalded February 3. so se verely that her skin came off from a space estimated at 12 to 16 square Inches. In the progress of healing the patient had reached a stage when skin grafting was considered practical, and the operation was performed by Dr. William T. Knowl ton. of Hubbardston, and Dr. E. S. Lewis, of Princeton. The pig, which was 10 days old, was owned by ' Rev. George Bent, and was chloroformed for the operation, which lasted three hours. The physicians are confident that the outcome will be most successful. He Took. No Chances. Argonaut. Said the editor to the new reporter, "You must learn never to itate a thing as a fact until it has been proved a lact. You ore apt to get us into libel suits. Do not say. The cashier stole the funds:' say, 'The cashier who is alleged to have stolen the funds.' That's all. Oh, get something about that First Ward social tonight." And this is the report turned In by the young mm who heeded the edi tor's warning: "It is rumored that a card party was given last evening to a number of reputed ladies of the First Word. Mrs. Smith, gossip says, was the hostess, and the festivities are reported to have continued until 11:30 in the evening. 'The alleged hostess is believed to be the wife of John Smith, the so-called high-priced grocer." A Grandfather of 44 Children. Cleveland (O.) Dispatch. S. L. Jenkins, of Richland, O., visited his brother the other day in Champaign County, and in counting noses It was found that both brothers have 26 children and that S. L. now 62 -grandfather of 44. UprlRht Man by Means of Umbrella. Rochester (N. Y.) Dispatch. When a railroad detective, looking for stolen articles at Middletown. N. Y saw a man walking with a stiff leg he arrested him and found an umbrella concealed in his trousers. NEWSPAPER WATTS. x,dlfint ClWjen Your boy threw a mow ball at me Just dow. -pid he hit you?" ZAt "Then It trasn't my boy." MIcl5f7'. Jr'-rawt't It Patrick Henry who said: Iet xm have peace?" Mickey, Sr. No body b the' name ov Patrick Iver said any thing lolke that. Judge. "So your dAug-hter la improving: in her piano playing?" "yes." answered Mr. Cum-J0- "You enjoy It?" "No. but it doesn't make me as nervous as It used to." Yv'ash-ins-ton Star. I Critlcus So this is your picture. The Bat tle.' Is It?" DeAuber Tea. War Is a terrible thins;. Critlcus Ob, of course but I don't believe lfs bad aa It la painted. Chlcaxo Daily News. Sir. McRooney (sllg-htly -indisposed) "11b not enough av these pills yes got me. No-ran. It .ays, begorry. "take from two t four IV ry night." an' bad cess t' thim, Ol've took thia all an His only quarter past 3. Puck. "Don't cry. Tommie," said the tender hearted mother, who was chastising her son: "you- know this hurta me more then It does you." "Yea, I know, mamma; that, why I'm crying. I hate to see you being hurt!" Yoakers Statesman. siramAY ofemxg of tub sajlootts Astounding; ' Sanction of the Measure ran 5w York Ministers. New York Times. " In 1904. after the rejection for three years In succession of an act pro posed by. District Attorney Jerome, licensing saloons to open on Sunday under strict conditions, it had been an nounced that within five years such a committee as that headed by the Rev. John P. Peters would urge a like act. the prediction would have been regard ? Wl1- And tf- at tne ""e time. i Vten Prelicted that a man like Dr Parkhurst would approve the prln w.,ei Sunday opening, the forecast would have seemed a little crazy. t.7 f 8lSlflcance and value of Dr. Peters' committee's present rec ommendation lies in the fact that it Is H-JeB? f a careful study, extending through four years, of actual condi- 4 ' as we have 'mplied. not at all the proposition of men especially tender toward the habit of Sunday ..1 ,r ln Par"cular sympathy with the classes or the nationalities that Indulge ln that habit. On the contrary, it is a policy explicitly direct ed toward checking the evils arising from Sunday drinking, and. beyond the Immediate evils, checking those that have arisen from the legal limitation of Sunday sales .to "hotels" and clubs. In the terse expression of Mr. Jerome It is a bill "for Sunday closing rather than for Sunday opening." both ln In tention and ln probable operation. . In the first place, the bill does away with "hotels" kept solely for the pro fessed purpose of selling liquor, which In numerous cases, owing to the great expense 'of that business have been converted into disorderly houses. This Is sought in two ways. By tho re quirement that a hotel, to secure a liquor license, must have at least twenty-five bedroons and kitchen and aintng-room in proportion, the present - Hit J"",.,0' htel-keeplng made Im practicable. By the permission to bar rooms to sell between 1 and 11 p M on Sunday, provided they have no In ternal connection with the building, and observe other conditions, the temp tetion to illicit traffic is removed. The Raines hotel-keepers will thus be pressed on the one side and led on the other side to abandon their present methods. The pressure, moreover, is of a severe and continuing sort. The pen alty for misconduct Is the canceling of the license, and ln case of a second of fense the license Is taken not only from the proprietor, but from the place. This makes it the Interest of the owner of the building and of the backers of the proprietor of the place to see that the restrictions and requirements of the law are observed. On the other hand, it Is proposed that the number of licenses shall be gradually limited in proportion to population, so that ex cessive competition as well as excessive accommodations for the traffic shall be avoided. In order to carry out the provisions of the law with vigilance and efficiency, it is proposed to furnish an adequate force of inspectors As we have said, this is a radical de parture from any policy that a few years since would have been sanc tioned In the circles from which this proposition originates. The change of view, considered in the light of the character of the men engaged in the matter, and the fact that it has been produced by study of conditions during four years of steady effort to reach a practical remedy for the abominable evils acknowledged to exist. Is certain ly significant Dr. Peters committee was the outcome of a much larger or ganization, made up from all the churches and from both parties in poli tics and it may thus be regarded as having a certain representative author ity. At the same time H is evident that a measure of this scope, embodying so marked a revolution in the policy of the, state and the city in a matter of the extreme importance of this one, should be very carefully examined, and the attitude of public opinion toward It should be fully ascertained. It is .con ceded by the committee that a decided Improvement in the number and con duct of the Raines hotels has been made within the past four years. It may be that further effort will prove still more efficient. But that is not the whole of the question, which should be examined in its entirety. It is possible that due respect for public opinion might be secured by a system of local option, so that those portions of the great and diversified population of the city which desired and those which do not desire, Sunday selling would have their respective ways. There are obvious difficulties in ilte application of this policy, but thev appear rather those of detail than of principle or large expediency. In any case, this is a phase of the matter that ought carefully to be considered. Gold Teeth Platea aa Church Offering. Baltimore News. Among the contributions sent to provide amemorial chalice for Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church at Conshohocken, Pa., at the 50th anniversary services, were two sets of artificial teeth, the plates being of heavy gold. There were also Masonic marks, coins, watches, lockets, earrings gold pins, etc. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN TOP-GRAFTING OLD APPLE TREES M. O. Lownsdale, Horticultural Commissioner of the first district, tells how to remove disease and create profitable new orchards a most valuable and timely arti cle, perfectly illustrated. GOLD MEDALS FOR VICTORIES OF PEACE Orviile and "Wilbur Wright the latest winners of Xational honor at the hands of Congress; former recipients of the Nation's thanks. "NEW THOUGHT" AND . HOW TO CATCH IT That clever Japanese schoolboy, Wallace Irwin, in his quaint way, satirizes psychological fads. FAMOUS PREACHERS ABOVE THEIR CALLING America rich in versatile men wearing the cloth who have be come eminent in other walks of life. HOW MAZIE CAME THROUGH Sewell JFord never put a better story into the mouth of Professor Shorty McCabe than this trans formation scene. ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER.