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THE MORNING OREGONTAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1910. PORTLAXD, ORECOS. Entered at Portland, Oregon, Postofflce aa Eecond-Class Matter." Subscription Rates Invariably in Advance. (By Mall.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year $8.00 Dally, Sunday Included, six monthi 4.25 Dally. Sunday Included, three months. . 2.25 Dally, Sunday included, one month..... .75 Daily, without Sunday, one year 6.011 Dally, without Sunday, six months 3.25 Ially, without Sunday, three month... 1.75 Dally, without Sunday, one month 60 "Weekly, one year -. ... 1-50 Sunday, one year i.. . 2.50 fiunday and weekly, one year 3.50 (Br Carrier.) Dally, Sunday included, one year 9.00 Daily. Sunday Included, one month 75 How to Remit Send Postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give postoffice ad dress in full, including county and state. Postage Rates 10 to 14 pages, 1 cent; IS to 23 pages, 2 cents; 30 to 40 pages. 3 cents; 40 to 60 pages, 4 cents. Foreign postage double rate. Kmstera Business Office The S. C. Beck wlth Special Agency New York, rooms 48 50 Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Trubune building. rOBTLAM), SATURDAY, JAN. 15, 1910. A MATTER OF DEVELOPMENT. The development of our new states ought not to be arrested. Holding this opinion. The Oregonian is unwill ing to see the policy that has been pursued in all the states from the be ginning changed to a policy that would make the Government at Washington the perpetual landlord, holding the title to the public lands and prescrib ing in perpetuity regulations and pay ment of rentals for their use. Such l policy would , set like a blight on the development of the country, feeding fat as long as the resources should last an immense body of officials . throughout the country, directed by a ) central bureau at Washington. Hitherto It has been the policy of the Government to sell the lands. It was not a mistake. The policy has given the country millions of proprie tors, has caused the building of towns and cities, has led to the creation of immense industries, and to vast in ; crease of wealth and population. The Republican party, on coming into I power, made this policy specially its own, and pushed it wherever there A were public lands, to the immense ad vantage of the country. Even grants of lands to induce construction of railroads were Justifiable, though there ' have been abuses of various kinds in connection with land grants, such as grants for wagon roads, without pub- lie benefit, and manipulation of lieu ' lands with heavy losses to the coun try. Nevertheless, the general policy has been one of the means by which vast stretches of wilderness have been - opened to habitation of man, and in ' fifty years results have been achieved which otherwise would not have been f attained except through the slow and ; painful work of many generations. The system of granting lands in large areas for promotion of large enter ' prises ended, however, a good while ago, for there ceased to be need of it. , But the United States should sell all its remaining lands as fast as possible under new rules of valuation where necessary for this is the only way to . their development and use. Lands and . waters affected with a public interest the states can take care of, by regula tion, better than the distant Govern ; ment at Washington possibly can. The Oregonian is unwilling to see the development of the- country ar rested, under pretense of conservation of its natural resources. The natural resources of a country are good for nothing except as they are used; and had the Government from the begin ' ning adopted the policy that is urged now, there wouldn't be twenty-live millions of people today in all the United States. But the lands and waters, it Is said, . belong to the whole people. They always did belong to the whole peo ' pie; yet the whole people have profit ed immensely by sale, and even by gift, of portions of this domain to ln- dividual owners. Thus the country : has been made what it is. Many of the states retained ownership of the t public lands within their borders. They, too, have made immense profits by selling them. Our new states are - as equitably entitled to the advantages to accrue from sale and settlement of the public domain as the older states have been states which have been built up by the. policy, which, some of them now wish to deny to the younger or newer members of the family. See what has been done in-the great states of Illinois and Missouri by utilization of their resources. Suppose the Unit ed States hadn't parted with the lands, but had kept them for pay ment of tribute to the national treas ury, on some fanciful plea of con servation ? In Alaska, it is said, there are sev eral thousand square miles of coal lands. What is the Government to do with thei coal? Sell the land with the coal at a fair present value, or under take to mine the coal and sell 'it? That would prove the dearest coal this country ever possessed. The wa ter powers next. Are they to be sold for what buyers may be willing to pay. or think they are worth, or to be im proved and operated by the Govern ment itself? Ownership will be nec- - essary to Investment of private capital ' in development of these great natural resources, for only so can freedom of i operation be assured. No one wants the lands or water j powers sold for less than they are worth; but they who desire the devel ' opment and prosperity of the country cannot expect to see results so long as , Government retains the proprietor j ship, prescribes the manner of opera- tion and exacts perpetual tribute. This ' department itself would in time no ilong time,- either devour in official expenses the chief proceeds of the nat I urai resources of the country, while : harassing operation at every turn, j -'. DESTROYING UIBH1M1. The contemplated destruction of a . "thousand Ions" of public documents by order of Congress unavoidably shocks one. The mind slips back in spite of us to the great historic con flagrations wherein perished the fruits of the genius and learning of the an cient world. Will there be some mod- ern Comedies of Menander included in the holocaust? Shall we behold :. again the ruthless annihilation of , works as precious as the Books of Llvy which Omar obliterated when " ' he burned the Alexandrian library? Happily, no. The priest and the servant girl, when they cast Don Quixote's books of chivalry out of the window into the fire in the back yard, destroyed nothing half so worthless as the rubbish which Congress has at last, after waiting much too long, re- solved to disencumber its garrets of. I The pity is that the greater part of the absurd collection was ever printed. No human creature has ever voluntarily read a word of most of it. Even the proofreaders, disgusted with their wretched task of perusing it, constantly fell asleep. Some of the Roosevelt and Cleve land messages which are involved in the common doom were once valuable, but their work is done. The stern Judgments of the former upon his time-serving party men, .the thunder ous appeals of the latter to intelligent patriotism, may as well go up' in smoke. They are now wrought into the ideals of American citizens and imperishably graven on their hearts. Congress may destroy the paper where the words stand printed, but not the memories where they are writ in fire. THE "'CONSERVATION" MESSAGE. President Taft's conservation mes sage is very moderate throughout. It shows that he is acquainted with the difficulties of the situation, and is no theorist in the suggestion of changes In law and custom. He thinks that the public lands should be sold, and sug gests wisely that "one of- the most pressing needs is that lands should be classified according to- their principal value and use," then sold at their value. This is a proper and even necessary change. The President would not allow water powers to pass wholly into pri vate hands, but would limit the right of use to periods not exceeding fifty years. Whether leases for this length of time would permit improvement, on the one hand, or present a check to combinations, on the other, will be matters of opinion. Practical suggestions ori irrigation are presented. A bond issue of lim ited amount is suggested to help it for ward. In the nature of things, the progress of irrigation must be slow. The President suggests a;bond issue of 30;000,000. This will 'be a helpful beginning. Experiment will determine the future. On river Improvement, the suggestions are of practical kind. But the message cannot be called forceful and energetic. The President sees many difficulties and fears ex cesses; therefore, would have Con gress proceed in a cautious and tenta tive manner, which undoubtedly is the way of wisdom. It is extremely easy to go beyond reason and Judgment in measures for "development of the re sources of the country." CRAZYQTJILT WATER LAW. Crazyquilt legislation has produced the water-main troubles in Portland. Blindly groping under the initiative, the city electorate has enacted one law after another without creating a Just and consistent body of legislation for government of water. This crazy quilt business was accomplished in the administration of Mayor Lane. That official, without adequate comprehen sion of the subject, could extend no effective guiding hand. One of his ab surdities was wholesale installation of meters in homes, whereas they are needed in only limited number, espe cially In a city abundantly supplied with water as Portland is. The Lane meter policy contributed to the gen eral confusion, and embittered a large element of the people. The charter and the amendments thereto , bearing on the water-main question need general making over. It is not right that lotowners abutting or near a large water main should get water mains free, while lotowners dis tant from big mains should have to pay for the pipe extensions to their land. This is the big injustice im posed by the law as it stands in char ter amendments of 1907 and 1909. Nor is It fair that a ten-inch main in one street should be assessed against water consumers of the entire city, while an eight-inch main in an other street should be charged up against near-by land. Such discrim ination certainly ought not to exist In two inches diameter. All landowners should pay some part of the cost of laying water mains It need not be added that all land owners should pay this cost In equal proportion. The - Seattle plan of as sessing expense of a six-inch main against lots in a benefited district makes an equitable system. By that arrangement, the; city defrays expense of the large .pipes and benefited lots contribute as for a six-inch main. This cures all difficulties .encountered In. Portland in apportioning benefits and assessments. It is obvious that the assessment system used for sewers and streets cannot be applied to water mains, because the service area can not be closely defined in water service. A pipe laid to serve dwellers of a cer tain street may serve others miles dis tant. This produces discriminations and questions of law that contractors fear in Portland. As result, they refrain from competing for business and add big margins to their bids to cover possible losses. The charter amendment offered by Mayor Simon and the Council, and Just now withdrawn by them, would have cured this latter difficulty and opened the way for prompt laying of pipes and pavements this year, but would not have established a Just di vision of water-main expense between lotowners and consumers. For this reason, the amendment was with drawn. But the law is still unsatis factory, and changes will be required. ROME EXPENSIVE ECONOMY. Washington advices are fhat a party leader in the Senate has served notice ori the House members that the Sen ate will not pass a river and harbor bill at the present session". With that fine degree of arrogance ' which has made the Senate famous, the members of the lower house were informed that If the bill should be passed by the house it would either be smothered in the commerce committee or killed on the floor of the Senate. This Senator declared that "the Republican leaders in the Senate had agreed upon this programme, because of the demand for economy." This announcement, following so closely the Senatorial predictions that the ship-subsidy bill will surely pass both the Senate and the House, reveals a high degree of so licitude for the Government funds, which are needed for river and harbor work and are not needed for a ship subsidy. - River and harbor Improvement projects of unquestioned merit are un der way in various parts of the coun try. By withholding funds which are actually needed, there will be a seri ous loss on a number of these uncom pleted projects. The most liberal in terpretation that could be placed, on the word "economy" would not make it applicable to this act of withholding the funds necessary for completing this work. Aside from the actual loss that always ensues when a Govern ment project is left unfinished, the re markable growth of the country, es pecially the Pacific Northwest, has made the matter of river improvement more important than ever. "On the Columbia River, and at Tillamook and Siuslaw, in this state, the taxpayers of the respective districts are now spend ing money for improving the water ways and making them navigable and! advantageous. , . The people who are supplying the funds are doing so because they have an interest in the results of the work. This does not alter the fact that it is the duty of the Government, and not of local people, to perform this work, which Is to benefit not only the scanty few of the present day and generation, but the millions of people who in the future will reap rewards of inestima ble value from the work now under way. If the river and harbor bill shall be turned down by the Senate, no plea of economy for such action will be ac cepted by the people. But one logical explanation of that action will be pos sible, and .. that, is that the "gray wolves" of the .'Senate have decided to retain every dollar possible for the ship subsidy and other nefarious schemes. The country was never in greater need of a river and harbor bill than at this time, and it will be a costly omission if it is not passed. THE PRIMARY WILL DECIDE. Recommendation of candidates for nomination is the right of any assem bly or convention of citizens of any party, or of independent citizens who acknowledge no party. All candidates offered by assembly or convention. all candidates offered by groups of citizens, all candidates nominating themselves, alike must submit their names and claims to the approval of the voters at the primary nominating convention in September next; and regularly on every occasion. "Seeing then," says the Grants Pass Observer, "that the proposed assemblies in no way interfere with the rights of the people under the primary law, it is hard to understand how any person can honestly oppose them." No person can or will, who under stands the facts and has candid dis position towards them. No group of citizens who may recommend candi dates, no assembly or convention, no convocation or association whatever the name can alter, abridge or dimin ish in any way the rights of the peo ple in the primary. Ail may go to the primary and vote each and all for whomever they will. If electors don't like the candidates recommended by the assembly or convention, they may recommend and vote for others, of their own selection. Everything will be perfectly open and fair. The assembly or convention will abridge the rights of no citizen or group or body of citizens. Everything is to be decided by the primary, con ducted under the sanctions of law, in which each and every man will have "his say." The primary law is not involved at all, nor initiative and referendum. A conference or convo cation or assemblage or convention or meeting or association of citizens call It what you will or may will simply offer candidates, to be voted on at the primary. The organized force and legal authority of the Re publican party will offer candidates In the name of the Republican party. But there may be other Republican candidates, and independent Republi can candidates. The primary will try It out between them all, and the .gen eral election later will decide the issue between all candidates, whatever the party name. , i The conference, assembly, convoca tion, association whatever you call it will shut out nobody. The primary will determine who the candidates are to be. In the primary every man will have "his say." . OCR FOREIGN WHEAT COMPETITORS. Mild indifference exhibited by the European grain markets to the very pronounced strength of the American markets is in part explained by some interesting statistics in the Liverpool Corn Trade News. Under date of De cember 28, that paper prints a list of vessels already under charter to carry new-crop wheat from Australia and the Argentine, ' and also gives the names of a few vessels .chartered to carry new-crop wheat from India. The tonnage already under charter to load at Australian ports in January, February and March, included 62 sailing ships and 31 steamers, with a combined carrying capacity of more than 13,000,000 bushels. For the Ar gentine, 99 8 steamers had been char tered for loading during the same months, the carrying capacity of the fleet being about 20,000,000. The Indian crop comes in a little later than Argentina and, . Australia, and the only tonnage reported is for March loading, a fleet of 2,000,000 bushels' capacity being under engage ment for wheat loading In that month. The European buyer is thus assured of a floating supply of at least 35,000,000 bushels of new-crop wheat during the first three months of the new year, with almost a certainty that charter ing still in progress will double the size of the fleet by the end of March. Meanwhile, Russia is breaking all rec ords by maintaining shipments of last year's crop in very heavy proportions up to the time the Argentine and Aus tralia will begin unloading on the for eign markets. The extent to which Russia is ex ceeding all former efforts is shown by a comparison of this season's ship ments with a year ago. Shipments last week we're 4.408,000 bushels, and for the same week last season were 496,000 bushels. For the present sea son to December 2 5, they were 114, 896,000 bushels, compared with 35, 552,000 bushels for the same period in the preceding season. If the foreign ers take advantage of prevailing high prices and sell their available surplus promptly,, the Europeans will not ex perience much difficulty In tiding over until another American crop Is avail able. San Francisco reports are to the ef. feet that work will shortly be resumed on the railroad from Drain to Coos Bay. That this line will be built in the near future is practically a cer tainty, since xvir. 1111. Drone away from the famous Hill -Harri man pact and invaded the field south Of the Co lumbia River, there has been unusual activity throughout the State of Ore gon. If the Southern Pacific forces should procrastinate with the Coos Bay line as they did with the Central Oregon line, it Is not improbable that they might eventually encounter the same costly competition that has been met in the Deschutes. The resources of the country lying between Drain and the ocean, and especially in the country bordering on Coos Bay, are of sufficient worth to entitle the country to a railroad, and its completion can not with safety be much longer de ferred by the lines which will mostly feel the need of this feeder. "Pigs," says Dr.-Barnes, of Philadel phia, "make fine playmates," and he uges every mother to procure one for hr 5-year-old child. , This is, indeed, timely recognition of a despised ani mal. Just as the doctor says, the pig is intelligent and good-natured, al though, having a mild blue eye, he will put up a ferocious fight when need be. But it is hard to anger a pig, for he is affection personified, and he loves the one who feeds him. He will not claw back, like the kitten, nor bite like the pup, and, unlike those animals, he enjoys his bath. There are many points in his favor and but two objections; he cannot be taught to omit making a noise while eating, which Is a trait of some human be ings, and it will be impossible to turn him into pork when of the proper age, for nobody will kill a pet. The lure of gold is as strong as it ever was. News of a new strike in Alaska has started many miners in over the bleak trails in the dead of Winter. Two men are known to have been frozen to death on the Valdez trail, and, as many others were there during a four days' blizzard, it is feared that the loss of life will be heavy. . If Cook or Peary had brought back news of some rich gold strikes up near the North Pole, there would be a stampede in that direction. Whether on the burning sands of Death "Valley or among the blizzards of the frozen north, the typical miner, who becomes convinced that he is nearing the end of the rainbow where the pot of gold is located, stops at no obstacle short of death. General opinion in Clackamas will oppose . the division of the county and annexation of a part of it to Multno mah. General opinion in Washington likewise will oppose division of that county and annexation of part of it to Multnomah.- What will be the gen eral opinion in Multnomah?, These splitters and annexationists frankly declare that their object Is to get good roads at the expense of Multnomah. Yet some of the people of Multnomah think their taxes high enough now, and will object to payment of more taxes to increase the values in adja cent parts of Clackamas and Wash ington. It's nearly as hard a problem as the State of Siskiyou. But perhaps we shall all grind along a while yet in the old, old fashion. Jud'ge H. K. Hanna, having served on the bench of Oregon as Circuit Judge of the First Judicial District for a full quarter of a century, has re signed the office for the reason that, with his eighty-odd years, the duties of the position were too arduous for him. With the long record of an upright Judge behind him, Judge Hanna passes from the bench to the retirement of private life, and from arduous labors to well-earned rest. That he may live yet as many years as he can enjoy is the wish of a faithfully served public. The Washington State Federation of Labor covered itself with glory and upheld the dignity of labor in a mas terly manner by voting down a resolu tion upholding the Industrial Workers of the World in the Spokane; contro versy. The municipal authorities of Spokane, who have upheld the law and jailed the tramps who. have rushed into the city from all parts of the country, were defended by the business agent of '.the Carpenters' Union of Spokane. The death of an infant from being smothered in bed" is reported from Spokane. Such a calamity as this was not Infrequent in former years, when the infant was taken into bed with the parents. This barbaric prac tice is not followed now except where parents are hopelessly and stolidly ig norant of the simplest laws of hy giene. . Mr. B. F. Jones Iias'resigned the of fice of Representative in the Legisla ture to accept that :of Register at Roseburg. This exchange was part of the " trade for election of Senators Bourne and Chamberlain. In spite of reform, one "gang" succeeds another. : If Binger should not" be convicted the prosecution will be sorry it neg lected to ask .the jurymen beforehand whether : they . had ever heard any of the Hermann' grandfather - tales or knew anything abont - the Hermann pump-handle handshake. States of the newer West wish to utilize and to use their natural re sources, as the older states "have done; not' have them tied up by theorists and used for support of an Immense officialdom, in the name of conserva tion. . The message of President Taft, on the functions of government in the matter of conservation and develop ment, balances between extremes. In general that is the wisest way. "Madman" Watson, Britain's poet, thinks American newspapers have abused him. He seems to have some thing of a "serpent's tongue" himself. Humanity might pattern from the bear, which has solved the cold weather problem by hibernation. But, unfortunately, many cannot afford it. It is the general opinion that the picture of George and Jonathan, cheek by jowl, never was beaten in artistic effect, in all Oregon. Some inquirers marvel when heaven, in its supposed mercy, fails to hear the cry of creatures snipwrecked in a tempestuous sea. Multnomah County's poor farm is full of Inmates. It seems the only style of farm that Is popular these days. You cannot tempt the weather by calling it hard names. Therefore take what it gives and call it good. We fancy Binger Hermann has his opinion a"bout testimony given in re turn for a pardon. Stockmen naturally favor PInchot's plans, for the forester was not a sheepman. Hermann, we are told, will go either to prison or to Congress. Take your choice. CERTAIJf TIMID SOILS. At Heart Assemblymen, Bat Want Of. lice and Fest They Might Get Hurt. Oregon City Enterprise. It is altogether unlikely that there will be an Assembly held in Clackamas Coun ty, to. recommend the nomination of men for county offices. It Is probably true that there is some demand for it, but the majority of the farmers and practical ly all of the members of the Grange are against it, as well as the men who belong to what is known" as the Bourne wing of the Republican party, y What is more to the point there are many men who take an active interest in politics who favor the Assembly plan, but who are un willing to give it their indorsement at this time on the ground of political In expediency. Broadly, this may be con strued to mean that many candidates for office are at heart. Assembly men, but they fear the result of a declaration in Clackamas County to their own cause. This will unquestionably deter several of the most prominent men in the party from making any announcement, and it will influence others to declare them selves against the Assembly plan for the very good political reason that they be lieve the majority of the Republicans of Clackamas County are against it. It is. all around, an unpleasant situation', but at least a free-for-all fight within the party will be averted if no action is taken looking toward a county Assembly. But the participation of the Clackamas County Republicans in a State Assembly is an entirely different matter. It may be said with absolute certainty that a State Assembly will be held. We may differ about the wisdom of such action, but that is neither here nor there, and we must face the situation as it is. Re publicans from all over the state are go ing to get together at Portland and rec ommend men for state and district of fices. These recommendations will have some weight in the Republican party. It is within the range of possibility that the men wjio are favored with the recom mendation of the Assembly will be nomi nated at the primary. The proposition, therefore, resolves Itself into the general one that the- Republicans of Clackamas County will be given an opportunity to help name the men who may eventually become officers of the State of Oregon, or they may ignore the Assembly and stay at home and go without recognition in the councils of the Republican party of the state.' The Enterprise has recog nized the feeling among the Republicans of Clackamas County, and wants to be perfectly fair, but it feels it a duty to outline the true situation from an un biased, but partisan standpoint. THE INEVITABLE.. To Be tramped With Proposed Lawn at Every Election. The Dalles Optimist. Where .every fool and every crank who can raise a few hundred dollars Is able to propose a law and put the state to the expense of placing it upon the ballot, it is only to be expected that we will be swamped with pro posed laws at every election. As near as we recollect we had 32 on the bal lot last year, and 'next , year we will be fortunate if we get oft with 132. We expect to see the state mulcted for at least 1100.000 for printing the bal lots and distributing the proposed laws in pamphlet form. The Hood River people showed last year how easy it is to get a county made to fit the town, and we will prob ably have from 10 to 20 schemes to change county lines. It is a simple thing to get up such a bill, get the signatures and put the state to the expense of putting it to vote. When it is once on the ballot it is liable to go by default, for not over one voter out of tea knows or cares anything about the matter. Anyhow, what does the average voter, say, in Malheur County care about the formation of a new county from Coos. Curry and Jo sephine? But if the Malheur people get up a bill to cut off the south end of that county and make of such territory a new county then the Malheur peo ple can make a trade with the Coos-Curry-Josephine people. Get up ten such schemes and the work is easy, and the signatures can be taken with out any expense of moment. It is sim ply a trade all around. Just a Plain Statement. Lebanon (Llrin County) Criterion. Honesty in politics is just as imperative as honesty in business or anything else. "Nonps-rtisan" adds no honesty to poli tics or business. Organization and unity of effort are imperative' to successful business, and organization and united ef fort are just as important to politics. For that reason a state assembly, so called, is advisable for the promotion of party principles. This should apply with equal force to all parties. But inasmuch as the only Democratic object and principle is to acquire office, then it is not a part of Democratic principle to have clean poll- tics or clean parties. Office is more often acquired by disorganization and even cor ruption than by any other means in the minority party. Thus it Is plain that the Democrats should and will oppose assem blies and organization. Paris Honors American Woman Painter. Current Literature. There are many art lovers who know little or nothing regarding the work of Elizabeth Nourse, yet this tal ented American lady has been working in Paris for upward of 20 years and has received the plaudits of artists no less distinguished than Puvis de Chav annes, Rodin and Besnard. She is espe cially dear to the French heart, and grows more so with each year. The simplicity, the exquisite womanliness and the subtle sense of intimacy which pervade her pictures have completely won the heart of a nation which, how ever complex in other -ways, looks al ways to woman for the ideal of purity and sweetness. In the art of Elizabeth Nourse that ideal is fulfilled. Speed of Halley's Comet. ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 3. (To the Edi tor.) At what speed do scientists say Halley's comet is traveling? T. E. L. According to Professor Frederic Camp bell, president of the department of as tronomy, Brooklyn Institute, who fur nished a number of articles on the sub ject to The Oregonian, the comet Is traveling at a speed of 1548 miles a minute- . Naval Recruiting: Stations. LEBANON, Or., Jan. 14. (To the Edi tor.) Is there a naval recruiting station at Portland? If so, please publish the ad dress. J. B. There is no regular recruiting station here. However, at this time, an office is open at the New Grand Central Hotel. No. 92 North Third street, for recruits for the Marine Corps. Regular recruiting stations for the Navy are located at Bremerton, Wash., and Mare Island, Cal. Searches Six Towns for Sweetheart. Albany, N. Y., Despatch. Trudging all the way on foot from New York City to Union City, N. Y., 96 miles. Samuel Osten has found "his sweetheart. Margery Matin, and gained her consent to marry him. He had cov ered the circuit of her relatives in six towns before finding her. . HISIM'S MAD WHIRL OP LIFE.. How One Busy Man Got the Village on the Map. North Yakima Republic. There is only one Tom Richardson, but at Husum, Wash., is a man who is in training for his place, and if we are not mistaken will get it before the year is out. -Husum is a house. It is In the Decalogue in the way of sug perched on one side of a precipitous gesttons to its employes which, it says canyon about 500 feet wide. The can- i "wl'l fit into the needs of a lot of other yon is in- one of the most out-of-the- ! 'irm8' help," and that some of them way parts of the world, and Husum is the exact center of it. A dozen or 20 j families eke out an, existence in the ! canyon within as many miles of Husum. Yet the man who lives in the house ; that is called Husum has made It the ' best advertised city in three states. You can't pickup a Portland, Seattle. Tacoma, Spokane or Boise paper which hasn't one or more circumstantial ac counts of the mad whirl that is called life in Husum. There are more ''slug- : heads" over Husum date lines than ' over any other in the world except i London. New York and Washington. ' We take off our hat to the population 1 of Husum, and we are glad to note ' that his efforts to boost his town are meeting with the reward they deserve. 1 A woodshed is to be built back of the house at Husum this Spring, thus al most doubling the size of the city at one fell swoop. Next year an acre of ground will be cleared, and it is ru mored that the year after foreign capi tal will be enlisted in a scheme to grow a crop of turnips on the land.. HOW A STORY BOOMED CALHOUN. New Minister to China Got His Pollt clal Start, With a Yarn. Boston Herald. William J. Calhoun, the new Minis ter to China, was a Chicago lawyer with little more than a local reputa tion in 1896 when he fought for He Klnley's nomination and for his elec tion against Bryan. It was on the stump that he attracted a lot of atten tion and some of his friends say that a story lie told at the big political meeting in Chicago had as much bear ing upon his future career as anything he ever did or said. It was at the clos ing meeting of the campaign, the so called "Flag rally," presided over by Mark Hanna, that Mr. Calhoun sprung this one: "I was recently campaigning down In that part of the state we call 'Egypt.' " said he. "and was Just get ting started on my speech when a man who was the worse for several drinks broke in. " 'I can lick any man in Egypt,' he remarked loudly. "Nobody paid any attention. " '1 can lick any man in the county," he volunteered again. "Nobody accepted the challenge. " 'I can lick the stuffin' out of any man in the State of Illinois,' declared the scrappy one. "No takers. " 'I can lick any man in the whole United States, and I can lick him to death,' was the last challenge. "A little stubby railroad brakeman walked slowly over to him, planted a fist on the would-be champion's jaw and the latter passed down and out. Ten minutes later he came to. " 'The mistake I made.' he remarked, was that I tried to bite off too much territory.' " The story made the' hit of the meet ing, caught Mr. Hanna's fancy arid, according to report, drew Mr. McKin ley's attention again to Mr. Calhoun. At any rate, President McKlniey ap pointed him to the Interstate Com merce Commission and a career in pub lic life followed. TRIBUTE TO II A It () I.I) II. MILLIS. President Ferrln, or Pacine University, Commends His Life and Record. FOREST GROVE, Or., Jan. 14. (To the Editor.) An exceptionally brijrht and promising young life went out with the tragic death of Harold Burr Mlllis in the wreck off . Coos Bay Thursday. The latest dispatches indicate that, aft er bravely enduring the terrible ex posure of the night in the storm-tossed rigging, the captain and his men real ized their nearly hopeless condition and boldly took the only remaining chance left them, desperate though it was. Young Millis was a student at Pa cific for several years, graduating In 1902. He gained high rank in nearly all the work which he undertook and was more than usually gifted and ver satile. He was universally popular with his instructors and fellow students and was recognized by all as a high minded. Christian young man. He was an active participant in all the student activities. As an accomplished player on the cornet, he organized the college band and was its leader. In track ath letics he established several local rec ords, winning the Sweet cup three successive years. After graduating he put up the Millis cup as a prize for the class making the highest record on field day. Pacific University desires to pay a heartfelt tribute to this one of her sons, who while a student endeared himself to all and who had given promise since leaving the university of a brilliant and useful life. W. N. FERRIN. Remington and Kipling; Matched. Outlook. At a luncheon table in New York City at which Rudyard Kipling and Frederick Remington were present, there was a very frank talk about Eng lish and American relations which largely took the form of a duel be tween Remington and Kipling. The antagonists were well matched in au dacity, frankness and power of pictur esque speech, and it is needless to say that the American side was sus tained with an unconventionality, fresh ness and force that quite matched Mr. Kipling at his best. At the close of the debate Mr. Kipling summed up the in ternational differences in a striking sentence: "The real difference between us is climatic. We live in a climate so damp that one needs half a dozen stimulants during the day to keep his spirits up; and you live In a climate so exhilarating that a man can run across a rug in his stocking feet and light the gas with the end of his fin ger." Mr. Plnchot,- "Made In Germany.4 SALEM, Or.. Jan. 13. (To the Editor.) An editorial in The Oregonian of yester day. "For What and For Why." Is a treatment of ex-Chief Forester Pinchot's position that gives gladness to every Re publican of the Lincoln brand. Mr. Pln chot, I fear, has a different meaning for the words "public domain; freedom, pub lic good, patriotism," from use in the Pacific Slope. I understand that Mr. Plnchot studied the German system of forestry in Ger many, where words have different mean ing from words we use.. A monarchical socialism must be so diverse from ours that we will require a complete revolution to attain Mr. Pinchot's view point, if he has that of Germany. I have all along believed that the 'forest reservations were unlawful and that Mr. Pinchot's sales of same from the public domain is an in fringement of the spirit of the National bond of states. JOHN MINTO. "It Is Hoped." Hillsbtro Independent. Forest Grove ;Voted Monday for munici pal ownership cf its light plant. It is to be hoped' the experiment may prove more successful than in Hillsboro. The Purpose Understood. Eugene Guard. "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good." Henry Meldrum gets pardoned in order to boost ex-Congressman Hermann toward a prison cell. COMMANDMENTS FOR EMPLOYES Egotistical bat Sound Advice From a Business Man. Houston (Texas) Post. The Denton Record and Chronicle il authority for the statement that a Kan sas City jewelry house has issued some "commandments" which do not appear t win lit me oosses as well." Here are ; the "commandments": I. Don t lie. It wastes my time and yours. I m sure to catch you in the end. and that Is the wrong end. II. Watch your work, not the clock. A Ions; day s work makes a loner day short and a short days work makes my fao long:. III.- Give me more than I pxnert nnd 111 pay you more than w,n .......... t ...... afford to increase your pay it you Increase my profits. IV. You owe so much to yourself that you can't afford to owe anybody else. Keep out of debt or keep out of my shops. V. Dishonesty la never an accident. Good men, like good women, can't see tempta tion when they meet It. VI. Mind your own business and in tims you II have a business of your own to mind. VII. Don't do anything here which hurts your self-respect. The employe who is will ing to steal for me is capable of stealing from me. VIII. . It's none of my business what you do at night. But If dissipation affects what you do the next day, ar.d you do half as much as I demand, you'll last half as lone as you hoped. IX. Don't tell me what I'd like to hear, but what I ought to hear. I don't want a valet to my vanity, but I need one lor my uuiiars. X. Don't kick If I kick If you're worth while correcting, you're worth while keep ing. I don't -waste time cutting specks out of rotten apples. Sound rules of conduct that lie a the base of all business success, advicf and suggestions that will serve to steady character, to induce thought and reflection, but which are sure to en counter resentment; for the majority ol us resent with all our feeble might be ing lectured, particularly when a good sound lecture is coming to us. But such rules make for method and dfs- paicn, tne prime elements of success in the conduct of business the methoii and dispatch which govern In the con duct of great corporations and under takings, and upon which the fabuloua fortunes of the times were reared. HERE'S THE REAL COLLEGE MAX May Be Member of Ureat Variety ol Societies. Llpplncott's. Modem university life is certainly grow ing complex. In the old, simple days the college boasted of its two literary socie ties; a fellow was either an Athenian or a Philomathean. But what may a fel low be today? He may be a member, first, of a liter ary society, regular. He may be a member of some Greek letter fraternity upon the brotherhood and social order. He may also be a member of a sopho more Greek society like Theta Nu Epsl lon. He may be a member of a military cadet fraternity like the Scabbard and Blade. He may also be a member of a Greek letter athletic fraternity. He may be a member of the senior so ciety, one or another. He may be a member of Phi Beta Kappa or Sigma Xi scholarship frater nities. He may be a member of the forenslo fraternity Greek. He may be a member of a law frater nity or dental fraternity, or such, according- to his professional course. Ail of these pins he may wear, and more not mentioned. He aiso may be a member of an eating club, of the Dra matic Club, of the Glee Club, of the Sci entific Club, of shooting and tramping dubs, of the Writers' Club, of a Cercle Frar.cals or of the Deutscheebund or other language clique, of a Philosophical Society, and his athletics last from early Fall until into July. And some youths, strenuous and very popular, spread themselves this thin and affiliate with a best girl besides. Reaction In Alabama Prohibition. Harper's Weekly. November 29. state prohibition went down in a crushing defeat in Alabama. The unexpected happened, and happened with a crash. The voters suddenly dis tinguished between reasonable and un reasonable anti-liquor legislation. The sen timent for strict regulation of the sale of liquor in Alabama is probably almost as strong as ever. The greater part of the state will doubtless continue dry, but the voters refused by an overwhelming majority to put prohibition into the state constitution. The result is attributed to very foolish and oppressive anti-liquor laws passed by the Alabama Legislature, and to the failure to make provision by taxation for the loss of revenue from sa loons. The defeat for a time will hurt the anti-saloon fight all through the South. It was an inevitable result of prohibitionist excesses, but it came un expectedly soon. It will be useful in the end, in so far as it teaches the foes of rum to conduct their proceedings with less fury and more judgment. The fear of the more dispassionate advocates of wise liquor regulation has been that the excesses of the enthusiasts would produce a reaction that would delay the end de sired. That has happened now in Ala bama. Flira-Flam Politicians. Baker City Herald. After all. the important political question to every property owner in Oregon is the tax "question. It gets nearer to a man because it affects his purse directly, and he is entitled to study close.'y the causes for high taxes and note with careful earnestness whether he is receiving value for the money expended. There is no denial that Oregon, for the number of popula tion, is a most extravagant state. Too many men have been able to get com missions created to further their per sonar ambitions, and the. largest traf ficker of this kind Is Senator Chamber lain. He has worked a game of flim flam on the people and made them like it. But Chamberlain is playing his last buttons. No longer will he fool the people, and the state will be better off when his policies have been obliterated. Spurious Memoirs of Eugenie. Paris Despatch. A remarkable charge of forgery re garding a volume of memoirs profess ing to be those of Empress Eugenie is made in the Paris Temps by Jules Claretie, the distinguished academician. M. Claretie says that at the present moment there exists ready for publica tion in all the European languages a sensational volume purporting to be from the pen of the ex-Empress of the French. The French edition already Is printed, as are the English, German, Italian and Spanish versions. The in ventors of the spurious memoirs, Mr. Claretie says, have employed their own translators, and, as a matter of fact, the ex-Empress has not written a line of the pages attributed to her. Appreciated Too Late. Chicago Journal. "She had a good husband," said Mrs. Babbleton. ''But she got a divorce from him." "Yes. She didn't know what a good husband he was till she saw how gen erously he behaved about the ali mony." Morocco's State Jewels Redeemed. New York Press. The jewels which Abd-el-Aziz, the former Sultan of Morocco, pawned in Paris for $300,000, have been redeemed by the Moroccan Government.