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Eastern Baalim Office The 8. C. Beck To 5- S.neeli Agency New York, rooms 48 co Tribune building. Chicago, rooms &10-613 Irlbune building. PORTLAND, MOMMY, APRIL 86, 1909. TURK AGAINST TURK. In the strife at Constantinople tt is pleasant to contemplate that the war ring: factions are Turk against Turk. Many Armenians have been massa cred by Inspiration of the Sultan's re actionary party, but there is no revolt as yet of the subjects of Mussulman rule. The Mussulmans are fighting each other. Until this time. Sultan Abdul Hamld II, through all of his thirty-three years' reign, has succeeded In pitting Mohammedan bigotry against the re forms of the progressive Young Turks. Abdul has been the most crafty, dia bolic statesman of Europe. He has incited his followers through relig ious frenzy to resist all reforms as stabs at the faith, since they raise Christians to more or less parity with M ussulmans. According to the pro phet's word. Infidels should have no alternative but slavery or the sword. That has been Abdul's motto. Foes of reform have characterized the promoters of the liberal movement through a generation as allies of the unfaithful. It is to be expected, therefore, that religion should be injected into the strife of the Mussulmans. The Mo hammedan priesthood has been Incit ing reaction and trying to undo re form. It is common for the priest hood in a land to oppose progress and reform. The caretakers of religion do not like change. The story is old. One of the oldest versions of it in his tory runs back to 1350 B. C. in Egypt, when Pharaoh Ikhnaton, first great reformer of antiquity, was obliterated, after his death, from all the monu ments the priests could find. But parliamentary forces in Con stantinople are in complete control. How they will use their power remains to be seen.' There is, evidently. In Tur key a powerful sentiment in their fa vor, and also in the subject provinces. Latest dispatches say Abdul will not be deposed, only curbed by constitutional bonds, until he shall be harmless. If he shall be retained, no doubt the rea son will be that of expediency. Abdul has proved himself wholly untrust worthy. By the treaty of Berlin, in 1878, he was pledged to the powers to protect Christians in his dominions, but has permitted many horrible mas sacres, notably those of Armenians In 1895-6. Now again his party has evi dently started the massacre of Armen ians about the Gulf of Alexandretta, where 30,000 Christians are reported killed. The towns which have suf fered most are Tarsus, where Paul was born; Adana, Merslna and" Alexan dretta. Although pledged to the re form programme, his treachery un doubtedly caused the mutiny at Con stantinople. Jealousy among European powers is all that has prevented dismember ment of the Turkish Empire. Several large provinces have been taken away, however. As a result of Turkish out rages in 1876-8, in Bulgaria, Russia made war on Turkey, and was deterred from annihilating Turkey only by Great Britain. As it was, Turkey retained only nominal sovereignty over Bulgaria, and last Fall lost that prov ince through its declaration of Inde pendence; Herzegovina and Bosnia were given to Austria, and Montenegro, Servia and Houmania were made inde pendent, and part of Armenia was handed -over to Russia. Further dis memberment of Turkey is among the possibilities, should murder and rapine spread through Turkish dominions. There are signs, however, that the committee of union and progress will have matters sufficiently in hand to command order. Their success will certainly give hope of better things to the dissatisfied and persecuted ele ments and to the world. F.TI1ICAX. WHXAMETTE WATER, . It is not enough that certain physi cians should gain a lot of free, "eth ical" advertising out of the attack on , Willamette water, which was pumped through West Side pipes, during about four days, in place of the usual Bull Run. Kovf comes a dentist, evidently bent on the same purpose, telling of the damage Willamette germs have brought the teeth. In a letter to this paper he says: So many ' physicians have used the alleged Willamette water microbe .as a medium for ethical advertising that I arise to add my bit of testimony. - Since Willamette water was pumped Into the West Side pipes, two weeks ago. -1 have been rushed with tooth repairs, to such an extent that 1 am con vinced that come of the germs discovered by- Dr. Yenney, Dr. Matson. . Dr. Pohl and others, don't go down the throat Into the intestines, but take up their abode In the teeth, where ttey bore holes which have to be filled up with silver and gold. By my painless method I have dug several of these germs out of the cavities and Iden tified them by means of chemloal and bac teriological testa. While I do not wish to scare the public. I think the public ought to know what I have discovered and who I am. Neither the State Board of Dental Examiners nor the Dental Association will impute to me nonethlcal motives In this letter, for the simple reason that, like the mention in the personal column. It does not cost me anything. In this respect. I am fortunate, like the physicians. While It is true that all kinds of food and drink con tain more or less disease and decay germs, till, Willamette water la the most con venient thing to rest the blame on. I have not looked for germs In pure Bull Run water, lor the reason that no reputable dentist or physician thinks it worth while lo. risk his reputation on the) results, of such an examination. The dentist Is tardy with his infor mation. It comes so late that one is tempted to say his discovery is an after-thought for the purpose of throwing doubt on the testimony of the physicians. We shall expect next to hear from the oculist, to the effect that "Willamette) water makes the vie. tim see double. Like their brethren, the physicians and the dentists, ocu lists need publicity, too, goodness knows. Willamette water la the most ethical thing Portland has had In many a day. Next we expect to hear from the corn doctors. wickedness i fkimakies. "Where, oh where, are the Demo crats of Portland, the followers of Jefferson's and Jackson's underlying principles? Official records show no candidates for Democratic primary nominations. As for Democratic reg istration, there are a sparse 72 72 gen tlemen recorded as members of that seemingly defunct party in Multnomah County, while the Republican lists contain the names of 30,240 patriots. Something is wrong. Many brethren are missing. Either that, or many are in the wrong pew. There is much talk of a primary nominating election next week. Every body wonders whether Bailey, McDon ell. Rushlight or Simon will be nom inated for Mayor, as Republican. It is a free-for-all contest, for Repub licans and Democrats alike. Yet the primary law Intends that Republi cans and Democrats shall not Inter fere with each other. Says the pre amble of that law: "Every political party and every voluntary political organization has the same right to be protected from the Interference of persons who are not Identified with It as Its known and publicly avowed members, that the government of the state has to pro tect itself from the interference of persons who are not known and reg istered as Its electors. It is1 as great a wrong to the people, as well as to the members of a political party, for one who is not known to be one of its members, to vote or take any part at any election or other proceedings of such political party as it is for one who is not a qualified and registered elector to vote at any state election or take any part in the business "of the state." There is no rivalry for Democratic nominations. Few persons think of such nominations only those forlorn brethren who are holding out the supposed undying light to burn. Everybody else is mixing up in the Republican primaries. Too bad that defenders of direct nominations cannot keep the fair fame of their primary law unsullied and remove their foot from what their law calls evil. They may redeem themselves, however, by all supporting the successful nominee and thus disproving their alleged mis conduct. "Wait and see. A LEAF FROM THE PAST. Announcement of the death of ex Senator William A. Stewart, of Ne vada, was, in effect, the turning of a leaf from the past. His advocacy of silver coinage made him a prominent figure and an aggressive power in the United States Senate during the greater part of his long incumbency of the Senatorial office. Though retired in 1905, he was afterward a familiar fig ure about the Capitol building, his spare, white locks and redundant snowy beard giving him a singularly benign and patriarchal appearance. "A leaf from the past," the aged ex-Senator blew in and out of the building as a reminder of past controversies, triumphs and defeats on .. the silver question. He finally blew into the Georgetown Hospital, where his life of practically half a century in Wash ington came to an end, at the age of 82 years. Nevada came into the Union at the behest of the silver interest, and at the same behest William A. Stewart stood staunchly in the United States Senate from the "rotten borough," 2'8 years, all told. A break of two terms in his incumbency took place between 1875 and 1887. He was a poli tician rather than a statesman, and a legislator of a fast-passing type. WHEAT FOR THE FREE LIST. "Varied in hue and shape are the gold bricks that are passed out to the farmer to secure his support of poli cies which are . almost Invariably framed for the exclusive benefit of the gold brick artist. Of all the wild de lusions which secure the support of the agricultural classes, without in the slightest degree improving the con dition of the victim, nothing quite equals the political hypnotism that causes a farmer to believe he is helped by a duty on wheat. ' This absurdity answers Its purpose of keeping the farmer vote in line on all kinds of pro tection, for the farmer has been led to believe that prices are in deadly peril from an Invasion of cheap wheat. The extreme silliness of this theory is shown when we remember that so long as we produce any wheat for export, the price for that wheat will be determined by the natural com petition In foreign markets, and not by any protective tariff. For instance, we find quoted in foreign trade papers. In the order named, Australian, Walla Walla, Man itoba, Alberta, Chilian, River Platte, Barusso, Karachi, Russian and Dan ublan wheat. There is but little varia tion in the prices quoted and what var iation exists Is caused by difference in weight and quality, some grades of for eign wheat selling at higher prices than are quoted for some of the Amer ican grades. It is thus a self-evident fact that American farmers are not threatened with an Invasion of for eign wheat, so long as the foreigner can sell his wheat in a market that makes the price, not only for the United States, but for every part of the world where wheat is grown for export. The subject Is attracting con siderable attention at this time by reason of the abnormal condition of the wheat market. The extraordinary prices 'paid for cash wheat at Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis and even in such compar atively non-consuming territory as Portland, reveal a scarcity of wheat that portends very high prices before another crop Is grown. In the event of there being an insufficient supply for home requirements, it may become necessary to Import wheat from some other country. But since our farmers have sold their stocks at high prices, it cannot truthfully be said that they would suffer by the Importation of wheat from some other country, even though It came In duty free. In other words, the farmer has noth ing to lose by the emergencies which would make ' possible the importation of wheat, and the consumer might be benefited to the extent of the duty at least. Removal of the duty would also have the effect of curtailing activity- of the wheat gamblers, who, with three-fifths of the 1909 wheat crop not yet knee high, and the other two-fifths not out of the ground, are selling it four or five times over every day. Mr. Patten, who was the first to foresee the coming shortage of wheat and who, in spite of an enormous short selling Interest among the "Wall street millionaires, has made millions by his knowledge, has always advocated the removal of the duty on grain, knowing, as he does, that prices in this country cannot be kept above a parity with those of other countries. If the gentlemen who are now de vising means for preventing alleged corners in wheat will devote their time to getting the duty removed, they will accomplish more real good than can ever be accomplished in the pur suit of a "corner," which, at its worst or best, is an elusive. Intangible trans action not " easily proved or Identified. IXJOKTWO BACKWARD AM AHEAD. Oregon celebrated the semi-centennial of its statehood this year, and Portland is marking the year with big land deals and with skyscrapers that would have made the old settlers dizzy. Fifty years ago there were close to 2500 people In this city. There were twenty-eight email brick buildings, only one of which reached three stories. In 1859 four brick structures were erected, three of them two stories. In the city election, year be fore, the vote polled was 460. In 1859 the first daily newspaper was pub lished, the Dally News, but its life was short. In that year Portland shipped 72,000 boxes of apples to California, where they sold at prices ranging from 3 to 25 cents a pound. These were wormlees. scabless apples. Just like they grew in Eden. So we see Hood River's trade Is not new. In 1859 was organized the Union Transportation Company, which later developed into the Oregon Steam Nav igation Company, and still later into the O. R. & N. It was a momentous year for Portland. The town was talking about a railroad to California. Its trade was building up in many di rections. But the beginnings then, as looked back upon now, were small and crude. Such a deal as that of Hazel Fern farm for $2,000,000 was never dreamed of; nor that of a piece of a block back in the woods on Sixth street for $350,000, where the Or pheum Theater is; nor those of ter minals still farther off In the woods for millions of dollars. But that these deals will seem small when Oregon shall celebrate the centennial of Its statehood there is no doubt. The city by that time will have grown beyond the limits of present comprehension. The state will be threaded by railroads in every direction. The men who have bought la-nd at what seemed high prices have very clear vision. They are looking far ahead. Industry and frugality count for much. To gether with a clear vision ahead, they outstrip dreams and fables. WHERE rBOTECTIOX IS NEEDED. Explosions in coal mines In recent months have given to a town of about 1000 population, in West Virginia, fifty-three widows and seventy-six or phans, whose means of support lapsed with the lives of their husbands and fathers. A circular, setting forth these facts, together with an appeal for help, embodies, also the statement that the coal company owning and operating these mines had, besides supplying temporary assistance to the destitute victims, subscribed $5000 to a relief fund. But it was added: "West Virginia cannot cope with the situation unaided." Commenting upon this statement. the Saturday Evening-Post says: "We have been hearing considerable about West Virginia industries of late from that stalwart champion of them. Sen ator Elkins, who is personally, we be lieve, not entirely uninterested in mining. Certain reductions in duty proposed by the Payne bill do not meet the Senator's approval. He stands firmly for .- protection of the Interests of his state. Legislation en abling his state 'to cope with such a situation unaided by putting the risk in mine disasters where it belongs upon the mining Industry might not be unworthy of the Senator's protect ive talents." This suggestion will, of course, be treated as an impertinence, but if acted upon It would materially lessen the need of aid for the forlorn groups of women and children that hover, in shuddering desolation, about the "pit's mouth" after disaster and death have deprived them of such support as the coal miner Is able to give his fam ily. The disasters that gave rise to the appeal for aid above noted -were peculiarly harrowing, coming, as they did, close together in mid-Winter, and occurring in the same mine. The first was on December 29 and resulted in the death of sixty-six men. The State Mine Department permitted resump tion of work in the mine ten days later; five days thereafter the second explosion occurred, and the death list numbered fifty-three. The later explosion, at least, may be very properly placed in the list of pre ventable .disasters. The coal mine operators, however, find it cheaper to take the risk of explosion in their mines, and when it occurs, to render temporary assistance to the dependent families of victims, than to guard against the probability of such ex plosions. The protection of which Senator Elkins Is a champion busies itself with the interests of but one element in production that of cap ital. In the adjustment of mighty forces and their profits, labor, with its risks and Its needs, does not count. RUSSIA'S QUEST IN PERSIA. The Imperial government of Russia, whose military and naval power but recently was destroyed by the Island empire of the East, and whose affairs are torn 'by disintegration at home. Is now looking for some excuse to inform the world that It is still In the field. Hence it is that the governing caste of the land of the Czar, out of pure love for foreigners residing in Tabriz, Persia, hath dispatched a "well-organized" military detachment to the Persian seat of troubles to defend the oppressed and succor the Injured. To those familiar with conditions prevail ing in the Russian Empire, the per sistent effort of the Czar's government to get itself once more on the map of the world as a great, fighting power is about as entertaining as are the exploits of the celebrated and ingen ious gentleman known in the world of letters by the name of Don Quixote de La Mane ha. Nothing shows more clearly how thoroughly Russia was beaten than its helplessness In the Balkan mix-up, oc casioned by the Servian muddle. For a full quarter of a century Russia has been persistently carrying on a system of meanest deception and most brutal intrigue to bring about' a situation such as now prevails in Servia. The sole purpose of this was, of course, the usual "well-organized" military detachment marching under the peaceful banner of the White Czar to "restore order," etc.. and. incidentally, to remain there. . To this end Russia brought about, in 1889, the abdication of King Milan, whose Austrian sym pathies were not at all satisfactory to Russia. With the same stroke it proclaimed Alexander, the 13-year-old son of Milan,, King of Servia. Find ing the boy unmanageable, the Czar's agents began to devise schemes to make the boy king unpopular. Their culminating achievement was a mat rimonial plot by which they got the hoy under the Influence of Madame Draga Mashln, a. handsome widow some nine or ten years older than him self, whom he finally married. In 1900, against the bttter protests of both his government and subjects? This marked the beginning of the end so successfully laid out by the Czar's government; three years later, before the dawn of June 11, 1903, while Mr. TcharikofT, the Czar's En voy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary, was actually looking from one of the windows of his residence facing the front of the royal pal ace, the butchered and mangled bodies of King Alexander and Queen Draga. Insufficiently dressed, were thrown out from the upper floor into the erar- l den. Russia had Peter Karasreor- gievttch proclaimed King of Servia. With him as King, the Czar's govern ment .hoped in time to attain full con trol of the little Balkan state. But while working' toward such final triumph, the Russian-Japanese war came on. Hence It is that when the culmination of a long line of brutal intrigues has finally come and ushered In the Servian crisis, the imperial government finds Itself hopelessly in capable of carrying out its long-cherished plans. Under such circum stances poor Adamzad, the bear who looks like a man, is looking for laurels In the detachment that Is to protect the foreigners in Persia. Alas! How the old world doth wag! "Drunkenness, disorderly conduct and vile and abusive language" is the charge against a band of cowardly rowdies who were arrested by a squad of Deputy Sheriffs on late St. John and Mount Scott cars Saturday night. This is the second attempt made by the Sheriff to stop the indecencies of hoodlums who force women, children and even men who dislike to engage in a rough-and-tumble fight on a streetcar to listen to their profanity and endure their boorish rowdyism. Naturally, an individual who would engage in such foul conduct is always a coward, and, like all cowards, is very penitent when made to feel the effect of the law. This expression of cowardice, however, should not enable them to escape the penalty for their conduct. A good, stiff fine, or a few days on the rockpile, would have a tendency to make these hoodlums show more regard for the rights of decent, law-abiding people who are at times forced to travel on the same car with them. The world's wheat crop for 1908 was 3,118,000,000 bushels, including 15, 000,000 bushels which no one but Sec retary . Wilson could find in Oregon, Washington and Idaho; this, - com pared with a crop of 3,062,000,000 bushels in 1907, 8.414,000.000 in 1906, 3,249,000,000 In 1905, 3,134,000,000 bushels in "1904 and 3,238,000, 000 bushels in 1903. This is an average of 3,219,400,000 bushels for the five years preceding 1908, and shows the world's output last year to be 101.200,000 bushels below the average for the five preced ing years. As the world's consump tion of wheat has not decreased in the five years, it is easy to understand why wheat stocks the world over are at very low ebb, and why wheat is sell ing In every big grain center In the United States at the highest price reached m twenty years. The Harrlman system lands quite effectually on the California fruit growers, who are now in the courts seeking lower rates, by noting the fact that California oranges sell for higher prices in California than they do In the Kast, where they are hauled by the railroads. This does not neces sarily imply that Mr. Harrlman has been paying the growers for the privt lege of moving their product acVoss the continent, but it calls attention to a peculiar economic situation. The same commercial phenomena are no ticeable here in Oregon. For example, the - best Oregon apples are held at higher prices in Portland than they are selling for In New York, or even In London. If Portland ever strikes the key to this mystery, it may be able to get something besides "culls' when the apple season is on. With our active missionaries in im mlnent danger in so many strange places throughout the world, It is gratifying to learn that at least one of them is safe. From Nigeria, which must be In "darkest" Africa, comes the report that the Rev. S. G. Plnnock Baptist missionary, has been ordered by a native chief to leave the Province of Oyp. According to the dispatches. me cnier onerea no reason for ex tending the Invitation, but It was probably due to the fact that he had a religion of his own that was more satisfactory to his own people than the samples carried by the Baptist missionary. - Senator Bourne might secure the Mexican appointment for his real friend Chris Schuebel. And then, again. he might not. The flatboat has all rights' on the river over the fastest steamer. So. too will the pedestrian on the street In time to come. Gifford PInchot indignantly denies that he has been muzzled. Sure thing. only the garrote will stop him. Bull Patten will find that it is a lit tle harder to get the wary trout in his little corner, and then out. A Los Angeles dishwasher has In herlted $30,000. Now he can smash em to his heart's content. And still the heads of the Water Department hang on; perhaps for an other salary . increase. Portland is the best baseball city on the Coast. Now let us make It the most decent. . Mr. Bourne should look out for the under crust when he serves the pie. PLAN TO STOP WATER-WASTE New York State Enirlneera Talk of 930,000,000 for Prososed Rewmln. New York World. . The gigantic project of conserving the billions of gallons of water that run to waste in the 12 watersheds of New York and transforming It Into In dustrial energy, with a resultant rev enue to the state, is the Bubject to be presented to the Legislature, before ad journment, by engineers of the state water supply commission, who have spent two years figuring out a prac tical plan. Carried into effect at a cost which cannot fall below f30.000.000. the scheme means the wiping out of vil lages and the erection on their sites of huge dams and reservoirs; the rip ping up of railroad tracks; the sub mersion of country roads and the forming of them into navigable wa terways; the construction of a system of reservoirs on the upper Hudson that will practically do away with great freshets; the enlargement of Schroon Lake In the Adlrondacks, so as to es tablish a continuous line of deep-water navigation for 30 miles; the trans formation of three hamlets into water fronts, with piers at their doors; the plying of vessels between villages over what are rocky turnpikes why. t would all sound like a chapter clipped from the prospectus of Mul berry Sellers were It not buttressed by hard, practical engineering facts. It is not likely, even after the two years' survey and exhaustive investi gation of the tremendous possibilities presented, that a full working plan can be prepared In less than another year; but when It is finished It will be put forward as an engineering feat combining be&utlf lcatlon of the nat ural with the utilization of what are spent forces never attempted on such scale anywhere In the world. It is designed according to the plans of the engineers, not only to turn the com paratively valueless parts of forest and meadow into spots of sylvan beauty, but to increase the wealth of the state by adding to its industries and creating new avenues of em ployment. There are in New "Fork 1824 plants run by water power; their total horse power is 830,000. The actual horse power in use is 618,942, due either to inadequate supply or ignorance of owners of the power value of water as compared with fuel. If the "system of reservoirs and dams as projected becomes an actuality, the energy will be increased to 2,000,000 horsepower and without any further encroachment on Niagara. ENDURANCE OK .OREGON OAK. Fence Ralls Cut 56 Years Axo, Well Preserred, Now I'sed for Fuel. Ashland Tidings. Out of the discarded rail fences on the old farm in Phoenix precinct. Will lam Mathes, of this city, is storing up at his home on Baum street a supply of oak wood for household use. This is not a very remarkable fact In Itself, but there are some particu lars in connection that make a good story of it. Fifty-six years ago. after Mr. Mathes had settled in the Rogue River Valley and began to hew his farm out of the wilderness, he him self made these identical rails in the oak timber on the "commons" west of the old town of Phoenix, and laid the fencing on his place. There they have withstood the ravages of more than half a hundred of Winters and Sum mers, only to be replaced recently by a modern wire fence which Is not only more up to date, but Is much more conserving of valuable land than the pld worm fencing of pioneer days. except in the case of "bottom rails resting on the ground the timber in them was well preserved, too, and Mr. Mathes had them hauled to his home in Ashland for firewood, and In this way, he says, they pay for the new fence, and furnish the very best of fuel; a hint which some of those who till have rail fences on their farms may take with profit. Mr. Mathes re tired from the active management of his farm some years ago, but although he is approaching the four score mile post in life's Journey, he still prides himself on his physical energies and is handling the bucksaw in cutting these rails into stove wood length with apparently as much agility as when he first hewed them out of the trees of the forest in 1853. And he thinks he has a unique distinction in executing this particular job that no Southern Oregon pioneer can win from him. Wood Palp Makes a Boom Town, St. Johns, N. F., Dispatch to New York Evening Post. What was several months ago a wild tract in the central section of New foundland Is today, because of the scarcity of pulp wood In the United States; a town of nearly 2000 inhab Hants. Grand Falls, which had its inception In the fact that an English newspaper owner desired to assure himself of a continuous supply of pulp wherewith to manufacture his paper, is the latest of the boom" towns which have periodically sprung up on the North American continent. Within 50 square miles of territory there has been laid out a dam of 1000 feet wide, capable of storing 100,000 000 feet of logs, which assure the townspeople steady occupation; two separate railroad lines, a power station of 45,000 horse power capacity, a pri vate telephone system, and nearly 400 serviceable houses. Several steam boats will be put In commission as soon as active manufacturing is begun. This will be early next Fall. It Is understood that an expenditure of $6,000,000 will be necessary to- the fulfillment of the plans. The timber from the great forests . surrounding Grand Falls will be cut, and In nearly a score of mills it will be put through the various processes which are neces sary before the finished product Is turned out. Thirty-seven Years of Llfesavlng. New York Sun. In the 37 years, 1871 to 1908. of the existence of our present lifesavlng service, the aggregate results have been: PlseMers lff.411 persons involved ' 127. 3( Uvea loot ' 1.094 Persons sucoore4 at stations 21.2S5 Days succor afforded 49,870 Value of vessels ................ .$lft..Mts!h20 Value of cargoes 76!l4Tieo9 Value of property Involved 2tto,046,&4id Value of property saved ........ 211.124,032 Value of property lost 63,922477 In his 1908 report the Hon. George B. Cortelyou. Secretary of the Treas ury, says: "The act of the Congress, approved March 26, 1908, Increasing the conpensatlon of the field force of the service, has done much to Improve the conditions heretofore complained of with respect to the difficulty exper ienced in securing suitable men for the station crews. "It Is to be regretted, however, that the law carries no pension or retire ment feature, which would have per mitted the Government to recognize appropriately the deserts of a class of men engaged In hazardous public ser vice." Hlg Specimen of Babyhood. lone 1 reclaimer. The wife of Mr. Dempsey gave birth to a big boy last Saturday evening. It weighs 14 pounds, and Mrs. Jordan has her hands full taking care of the young man. Dr. Chick pronounces him a fine specimen of babyhood, and the ladles of town are taking walks that way to look at the biggest baby ' ever born in this part of the country. WORLD'S FAIR AT BOSTON, 103O To Costmenonite Laadis; of PUarrtnaa sad Konndlna of New KnKland. Boston (Mass.) Herald. The Herald announces the inception of a movement to commemorate by an Inter national exposition In Boston, In 1920, the SOOth anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims and the founding of New Eng land. Steps are being taken to establish a per manent organization, which should repre sent the leading financial, commercial, in dustrial, educational, artistic and religious Interests of New England, for the. consum mation of this project. Without doubt this announcement will be received with gen eral approbation and enthusiasm; all in terests, all sections and. Indeed, all the world, should give, the movement hearty encouragement and support. For such an exposition would celebrate more than an event of sectional importance, more than a conspicuous incident in the annals of a faith; it would commemorate the begin ning of the world's first free government, where all men and all religions are free under the law. In 1020, 16 years will have elaosed since the preceding great exposition In this country, that of St. Louis, which com memorated the Louisiana Purchase: 20 years will have passed since the preced ing great exposition in Europe, that of Paris in 1000. The interval is, therefore. not too short, nor is the announcement too far in advance. An enterprise of such magnitude requires years of forethought and expert preparation. Japan is devoting ten years to preparation for the Toklo Ex position, which will open in 1918. It is none too soon, therefore, to serve notice to the world if a world's fair Is to be held in Bostbn; if in 1920 this city is to be the Mecca for tha people of all na tions. New England alone of all the sections of the United States has had no great ex position.. Correspondence on the subject is invit ed; the freest expression of responsible opinion is desired. And now that the movement is begun, let Boston. Now Eng land and the country work together In united effort and determination to for ward It to a brilliant and successful con summation. RAISIN-EATING DAY IS APRIL 30 Suggestion for I.eniou and Peannt An ntvcrxnrien; What About Prnneaf Baltimore Sun. Tho slogan of the Golden Stato for the last day of the present month is "Eat California raisins." April 30 is Raisin day. Twenty thousand tons of the last crop remain uneaten, and the appeal of the. raisin-eating committee to all the loy al sons of California, embracing also the daughters, Is to "eat 'em up." Everybody in California is selling rais ins, and eating them while they sell. Tho dining cars are pressing them upon their guests: the physicians are enthusiastic, and the appendix surgeons are recom mending them for a steady die. The rais in committee Is urging the Commissary General of the Army to put ratlins in each ration, and the sailors. It is declared, should join in the chorus. Sixty thousand tons of raisins are produced in California each year. That Is 120,000,000 pounds. An Increase of 1 cent a pound on the price of raisins means a clear gain to Califor nia of $1,200,000 each year. Let the people, eat them and create a demand which will put the price up 2 cents. Appeal to Mr. Payne, of the Payne bill, and get him to jack up the duty on raisins. The establishment of raisin-eating day is full of suggestions. A day might be set apart as lemon-sucking day. Virginia might make peanut day a legal holiday; Boston could have a Iwan day, and Lou isiana could set aside the 1st of June for tho people to consume sugar and suck sugar rags. Maryland would unhappily be out of this race. She grows such a variety of edible products that If we at tempt to create a stimulated market by having eating days, it would keep people eating every day in the year. KILLING OP TWO BIO LYNX. The Latter Raid a Lamb Corral and Are Caught Near Condon, Or. Condon Times. B. K. Searcy has returned from a grand coyote hunt, and tells a thrilling story of a fight between his dogs and two big lynx. Mr. Searcy had been trapping coyotes from Murtha & Monahan's lumber camp, and one morning it was found that eight or ten lambs were killed in the corral, some of them being carried off bodily. The track of a lynx was found, and Mr. Searcy lost no time in putting his hounds on the trail, which trail the dogs fol lowed for about three miles, until they came to a cave In some rocks, where the male lynx and his mate, the latter Just ready to make an increase to the lynx family, were found. Then commenced a battle grim and great, five dogs against two lynx, with Mr. Searcy afraid to Bhoot for fear of killing the dogs. Finally he succeeded in sending a bullet through the big male lynx, which about ended the game. One of the dogs lost an eye in the melee and the others were badly scratched and bitten. Mr. Searcy brought the hides to town In triumph, together with the pelts of 14 coyotes, and claimed his bounty. The lynx are of the big spot ted variety and measured about five feet from nose to tail and stand about IS Inches at the shoulder. They are among the most ferocious of the cat family and can stand off almost any kind of dog. Willamette's Rise, In One Month. Corvallls Times. "Pol" Avery came In the other day from his homestead in the Siletz res ervation. Mr. Avery says there is even now four feet of snow about his caDln, a condition that for a decade has not prevailed there at this time of year. From this it is argued that about the latter part of May or first of June the Willamette and Mary's River will be on a greater rampage than during the Winter. The cool Spring has kept the mountain snows from melting, and if this is held up awhile longer, the hot days of June will take it off with a rush. Glory and Guinea, Both Gone. Knoxville Sentinel. The first "Dreadnought" of the British navy was sold for scrap Iron last month. It was built 30 years ago and cost $3. 000.000. The present "Dreadnought" cost more than $10,000,000. Multiplication of Horrors. ' New York Sun. There is but one Skowhegan. but how many of our esteemed friends now pres ent know that there are two Oshkoshes and three Kalamazoos? Lines to a Common Hen. Susan F. Burbanlc In Woman's Home Com p anion. O hen! . r Thou bunch of feathered Imbecility. Disturber of the soul's tranquillity. Whence comes thy consummate ability To rouse such wrath in me? O hen! A sain I Must I walk 'round that coop And give an awkward scoop To clutch the vacant air And And that you're not there Nor anywheiet! And then Begin again, O hen! O hen! Thou Rem of animal depravity. Thy skull naucht but a witless cavity. Philosophers assert with ravity That I am kin to thee! O hen! "What then? Must I walk 'round the fence Because you squawk pretense You cannot find the hole ThreuKh which you lately stole In aimless stroll. An;' hen walk 'round asain. Life's Sunny Side Is music of any practical benefit ? was the question nske.l by one of a rwrlv dlscussing the subjeot. Well." replied the cynic, "judcrine fr..m the photographs of em the at vio'in's's it keeps the hair from falling out "London Tit-Bits. . Mon Mr. Henpeck We're going to remove to the seaside, doctor. Doctor But the climate may diasreo with your wife. Mr . Henpeck It wouldn't dare: Phila delphia Inquirer. "Kind sir," whined the ragged individ ual in the crownless hat, could you give me a dime?" "No!" snapped the well-dressed man "T don t encourage beggars." slrT.hen WlU you 8lve me sorne advice. "No; that will cost you $3. I am a law yer. Harper's Weekly. A neighbor called to condole with a woman on the death of her husband and concluded by saying: "Did he leave you very much?" "Nearly every night." was the reply Glasgow News. Nowlvwed (after tho it was it you had such simple tastes before I married you? Mrs. Newlywed I had to in those davs 1 never could get the money out of papa. Brooklyn Life. "Ah now I have it!" quoth Srillnko Holmbo. the great African detective ..l-V..What7" '"ouired his companion. What! Why. the identity of the- party whose trail wo have been following the last two days, of course. This is the third wrecked typewriter we've found, and In variably it is the T bar which is battered beyond hope of repair. Krnm which we niay deduce, my dear "Wotso th.-t " Judge. Dr. Charles A. Eaton, of the M.-.lNon-Avenue Baptist Church, said in the course of a brilliant after-dinner speech in tiove land, O. : . "Laziness is responsible for too much of the misery we see ahout us. It is all very well to blame alcohol for this miserv. to blame oppression and injustice, but to what heights might we not all have climbed but for our laines?" "We are too much like the supernumer ary in the drama." he went on "who had to enter from the right and sav. 'My lord, the carriage waits.' " 'Look here, super.- said the stage man ager one night. -I want you to come ,.n from the let instead of the rUrht after this, and I want you to transpose vour speech. Make It run hereafter, "Tho "car riage waits, my Lord." " "The super pressed his hand to his brow. ' 'More study! More study!' ha groaned." Cleveland Leader. Knlcker So Jones has a great revenue making scheme? Bocker Yes. tax every aspirant for of fice. New York Sun. . Ted-Tom rrmrried a divorcee, you know. Do you think they are happy? Ned 5?0 far .Chn V, c . , , - - -fc ... ivm nun s.n3 was a fool to divorce her first husband in order to marry him. Brooklyn Life. Mother And when he proposed did you tell him to see me? Daughter Yes. mamma; and he said he'd seen you several times, but he want ed to marry me Just the same, Tha Sphinx. e She Fred, do you believe that the pen is mightier than the sword? He Well, you never saw anybody sign a check with a sword, did you' I'lus- trated Bits. ' . Can I offer you a little friendly ad vice?" "If you'll take a Mttle in return." Here negotiations ceased. Louisville Courier-Journal. CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS WIN. PoMlbilltlea Shown by Snrcenses of Hitchcock and Cortelyou. Boston Transcript. In the United States there is a steady Increase in the number of places in tha civil service. The total is already largo enough to be a serious draft on the most promising of the Nation's army of young men. By frequent examinations, the lists are kept up so that those who fall below high standards have little chance of ap pointment. The hard road to succesw in private life, which develops the best qual ities, the drudgery which precedes suc cess, does not deter the ambitious younj man when nothing else offers. But thu inducements which the civil service holds out are exactly the things which luro tho young, even the ambitious. It gives an opportunity for one to earn a comfortable living, with leisure to pursue the studies of a profession. Of recent years the examples of Messrs. Cortelyou and Hitchcock, both employes In the classified service, who have risen to places of prominence in the political world, have added much to the attractive ness of It as a career by showing that it may carry great possibilities. The clari fied civil service is also sending con stantly into private business and profes sional life a number of men who profit by the special experience which they have had under the Government. Patent Offio examiners become patent lawyers, and customs experts In the Treasury Depart ment become custom-houso attorneys. The Department of Agriculture Is steadily sending men Into the agricultural in dustries, and so the welding of the civil service with the general l.sins of life has become very much more close than would at first sight appear. Irofanly In Hoj-. Savannah News. It is a regrettable fact that profanity has become common among tho boys. It is not In the least out of the ordinary, where a group of boys of 10 to 15 years is together upon the streets or in any open space to play a game of ball, to hear them using oaths that might sui: the tongues of the proverbial fishwife or costermonger. but which are shocking falling from the tongues of children nf tender years. Of all stupid and silly vices, profanity is one of the worst an.i most abominable. A simple statement of fact Is much stronger than any statement embellished with swearwords, and no lie is made any the more believable by be ing framed in profanity. In fact, both truth and falsehood are weakened by swearing and taking the Lord's name in vain. Foul epithets and comparisons are not convincing, but are almost in variably disgusting, except to those, making use of them. Profanity among men seems to be growing less and less, at least in public places and among those who may lay claim to decency ani some education. But the habit stcraa to have firmly fixed Itself upon a gnat many of the boys, who may Imagine It mannish to use profanity and smuko cigarettes. Wheat Crop News. Indianapolis News. Winter wheat may not.be In ns good condition as tt might be, and the pros pect for Spring wheat is rerhaps not glowingly promising, but"' the paper wheat crop is doing fine. Successful Agriculturist. Chicago Tribune. Farmer Patten Is one of the few eminent agriculturists who can harvest a crop of $1.26 wheat at this season of the year.