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NOV. 11. ! WHAT IDaS IT MEAt The people of Oregon on Tuesday emphatically rejected prohibition. They appear also to have adopted the constitutional amendment providing;. r Intending- to provide, that lncor j.ora.td cities and town shall have the right within their limits to con trol. regulate or prohibit the sale of Intoxicating liquors. It Is known as th Greater Oregon Home Rule AcL Its provisions are ao extraordinary that Th Oregonian thinks it worth while to set them forth In full: Article XI eectloa X, Corporation, oar n. formed and.r sB.ral lawa. but .hall not t created by th. Legislative Aasembly by .nvrtal lawa Th. Legislative Assembly .nail aot .nact. amend or repeal any rhr ter or art of Incorporation for any munici pality, city or town. Th. legal voter, of very city and town are bcr-br granted po.tr to .nact and amend tlietr municipal charter .abject to th. conatltutlon and crim inal law. of th. Stat, of Oregca and t:ie excloalv. power to license, rejcu.ate. control or to auTpre. or prohibit in. aai. ei ia toairatlnc liquor, therein t. v.-ete.l In luva snunlcipa.ity: but such 'municipality shall within It. limit, be subject to th. provision of th. local option law of the elate of ore- No two persons agree upon the exact meaning or Interpretation of this amendment. No two persons will agree, probably, until It shall be con strued by th Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. The Greater Oregon Home Rule Association Informs us that it was th Intention of that or ganization to exempt incorporated rules and towns of Oregon from the operation of the local option law. to the extent that each municipality was to be vested with power to decide the liqdor question for Itself. If this was th purpose, which doubtless It was, it seems remarkable that th measure could not have been framed In language less confusing, conflicting and ambiguous. It was fre quently charged during the recent campaign that the framera of the Home Rule amendment, though they made no question of their purpose to exclude cities and towns from th arbitrary re quirements of county prohibition, unless such municipalities should ex pressly consent, permitted the meas ure to go forth in terms which no on could understand. Its phraseology give color to th accusation that It was deliberately Intended that no on should understand It. What Ingenious lawyer or assembly of lawyers drew it 7 A 10-year-old boy ought to have been able to frame In plain language such an amendment as the Greater Hem Rule Association desired: but these lawyers couldn't, or wouldn't. The first two sentences of the fore going section are contained in the constitution as at present. The final sentences constitute th proposed change. Observe the wording of the last clause "But such municipality hall within Its limits be subject to the provisions of the local option law of th 8tat of Oregon." Th local option law of th State of Oregon pro vides for County prohibition. Prohi bition by counties Is Its essence. Its vital purpose and absolute Intent. If each municipality of the State of Ore gon shall hereafter, under th fore going amendment, be subject to th local option law of th State of Ore gon, why does It not necessarily follow that they shall end must be subject to all provisions of th law including th particular provision that enforces county prohibition upon all th terri tory within a county? Th Home Rule amendment runs around In a circle. In on clause it vesta la cities and towns the right to rontrol. prohibit or suppress the liquor bustasss arid In th final clause it makes, or seems to make, an express proviso (sltw th local option law Is to be In full fore and effect) that that right or privilege ahall not be withdrawn from the county. The Greater Home Rule amendment. In th opinion of Th Oregonian, doesn't mean anything, or if 1t means any thing. It ts that the framers of the measure have lost themselves In a wilderness of conflicting and tauto logical verbiage and may thereby themselves defeat the cause of Home Rule. Why didn't they put th word otherwise" In the last rhrase? THE t-OOiTRl-S iniBEg Or T PIT. Lumber statistics for the United Ftatt as reported by the Census Bu reau continue to show an immense lumber output In the states which were making heavy Inroad on their forests before the industry was started on the Pnctflo Coast. W note, for example, that Michigan. Minnesota and Wisconsin, the "big three" In the pinery districts of the Northwest, still show substantial gains over the pre ceding year's output. Wisconsin ex ceeds Oregon in the amount of lumber manufactured. The West very seldom hears Pennsylvania mentioned as a lumber state. ayid yet the lumber output of that state for 190 reached a total of 1.715.000.000 feet, compared with l.S. 000.000 feet In Oregon. In the sis of th mills, however, the Pennsylvania!! cannot compare with Oregon, for while th Oregon out put was turned out by mills, there were Ji mills reporting In Pennsylvania. The Stat of Washington retains ITS position at tb head of th lift with an output of 3.SSJ. 000.000 feet of lumber. Louisiana. Mississippi. North Carolina and Arkansas follow In th order named. Th total output for th United States for th year was 4 l.55.e.0 feet, an Increase of about ll.0Se.S00.s90 feet over the pre ceding year. Heavy Increase la the o-itptit of the Southern States has moved Oregon, even w ith an Increased output, back from eighth place In 1SJ to ninth place In 109. The greatest gain reported from any state was la North Carolina where the number of mills and th output both doubled in a year. The showing made by Oregon atlcfar tnrv for while .ome of Is the older states are nearing the point whan t Vi 1 1" Inmhfr ntifnut muftt stead ily decrease for lack of raw material. this state still Holds more stanai timber than any other state in t Union, and it is annually showing nhatantlal InriWBM in value. Wl ng the a ith h. HAVAlnnmAnr Ct Alir COflJtt llftr bors and extension of railroads, the time Is approaching when this state win lead all ot tiers in in amount lumber cut each year. of nXlTJAR TO AMXKICA. Th career of th newly-elected Governor Hooper, of Tennessee, is not without parallel , in other countries. Now and then a young man, in tng land or Germany, begins lif In pov erty and rises to great station, but not often. Governor Hooper was picked up on the streets of Knoxvllle years a eo. a waif abandoned by his parents. To this day he does not know who his father and mother were, but the lack of ancestral prestige does not prevent his fellow Tennesseeans from honor ing his ability with their 'votes and confidence. W dare say the progress of democracy baa mada It easier than It was once for merit to rise almost everywhere, but It still has by far the best chance In the United States. Medieval Europe offered no hope whatever to a man of lowly birth ex cept by way of the church. Serfs rose to be bishops and even Popes, but th distinctions of civil lif were as much berond their reach as the dog star Napoleon broke th evil precedent of ages when he opened military pre ferment to all his troops, whether nobly born or not. Before his day It was the part of the common soldier "to do and die" like a machine while command and honor went by divine decree to his aristocratic officers. Napoleon's recognition of merit In his peasant soldiers was on among the many secrets of his enduring popular ity In France. In spite of hi dlsposi tion to aps the feudal aristocrats he was a genuine democrat at heart. Sine his day. with Interruptions, merit has had an Increasingly fair show In France. Peasants have risen to be Presidents of the republic and they are incom parably mor numerous in French of ficial life than farmers are in ours. IX) VE IS THE PRAM A. Mr. Faversham's opinion, expressed In The Oregonian yesterday, that a happy love affair forms the most pop. ular and perhaps the best motif for a play comes with great weight from a man of his experience. His Intimate knowledge of th theater and the his tory of current plays enables him to speak on such a subject with author ity. A critic predisposed to find fault. however, might possibly dispute Mr. Faversham's remark that Romeo and Juliet is the only drama In which an unhappy love tale has permanently delighted the great public from th stage. Of course he did not speak of those numerous plays In which th "course of tru love" does not run smoothly for a time, but all ends well. He referred to love with a tragic ending. There Is soma ground for argument that an unhappy, or tragic, love tale Is fully as popular as one which ends with orange flower and benedictions. To be sure, most managers have found It expedient to modify the fat of Cordelia in Lear. The death of that most lovely heroine serves no Important dramatic purpose apparent ly. It harrows the feelings without purging them. It strikes the audience as utterly profitless pain. Therefore, In consideration of their feelings. It Is usually eliminated. But there are numerous widely popular play be- aldes Romeo and Juliet where love nds tragically. In fact, Cordelia is not a love heroine and there Is pre cious little of the passion In Lear. Grlllparxer" great play of Des Meeres nnd der Liebe Wellen turns on the death of Hero's adventurous lover, Leander. Hero's lament when his corps Is washed ashore by th waves of the Hellespont is one of the passages where dramatic genius reaches Its climax of power and beauty. Schiller Maid of Orleans la a story of tragic love; and so Is Hamlet. Goethe and other dramatists have found undying Interest In th tale of Iphigenia, whose sacrifice out off her hope of union with her heart's choice. Perhaps there is no love story In the world more popular than that of Faust and Marguerite, which not only ends lamentably for th girl, but with incredible baseness In the man. If we turn ta literature other than the drama, w do not find that for tunate love predominates much In the books which th world will not let die. The 'Chieftain' Daughter, a ballad which used to be in reading books. Is typical of th popular taste In this field. Th heroin was drowned as she fled over th stormy waters with her gallant suitor. The world loves to weep almost better than to laugh. No doubt th roost popular German ballad Is Lenore, where the maiden Is carried off to the tomb by th ghost of her dead soldier on his ghostly warhorse. Certainly few poems are more read In America than "The Raven" with Its recurring wail for lost Lenore. Wordsworth's finest short poem, "Laodaraia," is a lament. Not even a novel need to end Its love tale happily to be permanently read. In "Paul and Virginia" th pair are severed never to unite, though few books are mor popular. The truth Is that love plays a con spicuously subordinate part In many of the most vital plays and tales of th world. From "Lear" lawful love Is almost absent, as It is from "Mac beth." The real theme of "Hamlet" la not Ophelia's woes, but the hero's mental troubles. In such play as "Heimath." "The Doll's House" and Mrs. Warren's Profession," which grow more popular throughout the civilized world every day. the action does not turn on romantic love. The general consensus of competent critics seems to be that romantic love has been a little overworked both In the drama and th novel by a good many writers, but Mr. Faveraham will prob ably, upon refclclion, revUe his re mark that "the romantic drama had not been discovered op to Shake peare's time." Shakespeare never wrote a classical play, that Is. on In th technically "classic" form and spirit. All his dramas belong to the romantic type which came to him by way of Chaucer from Italy and the troubadours. Petrarch's sonnets are romanticism Incarnate. It is apparent everywhere In Pants' solemn poem. Beatrice, apart from her esoteric sig nificance, is a romantic figure If there ever was one. and the same is true of Boccaccio's men and women. These literary figures carry us back to the thirteenth century and earlier, which is a long time before Shakespeare. ' PARTIES SHIFTING PLACES. These many years the Democratic brethren have been beating the bushes In quest of "material" for President. Now, lo and behold, the "material" comes so thick and fast that every body is bewildered. Doubtless, also, the Peerless One, of Lincoln, Neb., who hitherto has been the Great and Only, finds himself in the general be wilderment. Now we have Governor Harmon, of Ohio, bigger man than ever, th direct heir of President Cleveland, of whose cabinet he was a member. Also Governor-elect Dlx, of New York, who blg-stlcked the lion hunter back to his lair at Oyster Bay. Governor Marshall, of Indiana, holds over yet two years, yet his political force on that account is not abated. The roll of honor includes Woodrow Wilson, Governor-elect of New Jersey"; Con gressman Fobs, Governor-elect of Massachusetts; Governor-elect Bald win, of Connecticut, Among the "running-mate" possibilities are Governor Burke, of North Dakota; Governor Shafroth, of "Colorado, and Governor elect West, of Oregon. Such showering nlenty of eliglbles for the headship of the Democratic party surpasses the fondest dreams of the patriots. It is to them almost too good to bo true. Jollification In the camp of the erstwhile forlorn Is welling over; except that the Peerless On may see no happiness In It. He who has fed the party on false pabu lum tiles many years and led it to repeated smashing defeats sees no balm in Gilead. . It Is, Indeed, a sad outlook for the erstwhile apostle of radicalism. For now that the Democratic party Is coming Into power it will, perforce, become a conservative In the Nation. Does this mean that Republicans, be ing on the outside, will become the party of criticism and of discontent, just as Democrats have been for so long a period? Democrats iwlll soon be the "Ins" and Republicans the "outs." This change of relation will mean Import ant change in the attitude of the par ties. Already the prospect of power has changed the Democratic party from radicalism. The campaign In the great Eastern States was directed by Democrats agains th radicalism of Republicans. This means departure from the methods and the schemes of Bryan. The Democratic party has been passing through a regenerative pro cess. Valiant sons have sprung from the ground in many places. Th days of Bryanlsm, evidently, are passed. Th substantial interests of the Na tion were quite sure of this before the election. That Is the reason why they were not afraid of Democratic vic tories. In the days of Bryanism busi ness and property interests of the Na tion shivered at the thought of Demo cratic success. FARTHER INTO THE IXTERIOR. In discussing the shortage of mo tive power during the high tide of traffic in the Summer of 1907, the late K. H. Harriman said: "Every time we reduce a grade or lessen a curve, we add to the efficiency of our mo tive power. With th stralghter track and better grade, v can attach an extra car or two to every train that Is moved. - We are thus Increasing our motive power efficiency at a time when overworked factories cannot fill orders for new engines. The track improvement lasts for all time and the engines will wear out" By thus pro viding for permanent economy of op eration In preference to temporary expedients such as were perhaps nec essarily adopted by early railroad builders In th West, Harriman estab lished a new standard of railroad building in this country. In th at tainment of this standard the water level grade Is now being sought by all new railroad lines, and Its eco nomic advantages appeal to capital more powerfully than ever before. It waa th low grade and its tre mendous economic possibilities that Induced Mr. Hill to build the North Bank road down th Columbia River to Portland. The same Influence caused the O. R. & N. Company to build Into Central Oregon by the ex pensive Deschutes route in preference to extending that xlgzag line of heavy grades, the Columbia Southern, south from Shaniko. It Is also responsible for the building of the Natron cutoff on which million ar being expended to avoid hauling trains over th Siski you Mountains. Further extensive us of th water-level routes, which are so numerous In the territory trib utary to Portland, Is reported In a Boisa dispatch In Th Oregonian yes terday. According to this dispatch the ownership of the mysterious Gllmore & Pittsburg Railroad, now In opera tion between Armstead. Mont., and Salmon City, Idaho, Is believed to rest with the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound, which Is controlled by the same financial interests as control th Union Pacific. This line is now pushing south along the Salmon River, headed for a low psss through the Sawtooth range by which It can reach th headwaters of the Boise River and thence on to Boise by a water-level grade. Sur veys and construction contracts have been made for the greater part of th distance to Boise. Beyond that point It is reported the line will pass over into Oregon, thence south through California by way of Pitt River. This would give the Milwaukee access to San Francisco over very economical grades. It would also .enable It to reach Portland on even terms, co far as grades are concerned, with any of the other lines. While one branch or perhaps the main line of the road to California proceeded south from Salmon City by following the Salmon River upstream. another branch could follow the Salmon River downstream to Its mouth and thence down the Snake River to Lewlston. This Una through th Salmon River canyon leading down to Lewlston has already been surveyed and construction Is expected to begin this year. At Lewlston, as at Plummer, where th Milwaukea now makes -It transfer of Portland busi ness, the Milwaukee would connect with a Harriman line already con structed. The traffic of Southern and Central Idaho could thus be hauled out either by way of Boise or by way of Lewlston over very economical grades. Portland could reach far ther Into the Interior than ever be fore without encountering a railroad grade of any consequence. East of the Cascade Mountain all of the watercourses In Oregon, Washington. Idaho and parts of Mon tana and Wyoming lead down to Portland by way of the Columbia River. No other city on the Pacific Coast enjoys such a splendid location as a meeting point for the commerce of rail and ocean carrier. All of the I anti-railroad ' agitation that can be stirred up by public dock promoters and other schemers will not prevent this city coming into Its own when this water-level system of railroads shall be completed. - The rate on grain from Portland to San Francisco has been cut to J 1.75 per ton. Even at that figure some of the steamers have been going out with out full cargoes. As this is 60 cents per ton leas than th rate that was in effect a few weeks ago. It would seem that Portland Is not suffering so much from a lack of water tonnage as the deck and debt promoters would have us believe. It Is also noted that the American-Hawaiian Steamship Com pany, which gives this city a fort nightly service between Portland and Atlantic and European ports, is un able to secure full cargoes for Its steamers. Neither the coasters that are cutting rates on outward bound cargoes nor the inbound vessels have any difficulty in securing dock space at reasonable rates, but both are nav ing difficulty In securing sufficient business to warrant the service we are given. But, of course, the debt and dock promoters will wava a magic wand and make business where none exists nor can exist. Wisconsin has wandered so far away from the regular Republican fold and becom so accustomed to political stimulants of increasing power that It would be Interesting to know what th limit may be. When La Follette decided that the good, old brand of Republicanism that was good enough for Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Blaine and others of their day and age was not suited to his fastidious tastes, he became an insurgent Republican, and with insurgency for a battlecry has bevjn successful. But even insurgency is not strong enough for th voters of the Badger State, in whom La Follette has awakened so much political un rest: they are now drifting to social democracy. It Is noteworthy that the first Social-Democrat elected to Con gress defeated the La Follette Insur gent candidate for the office. As the political acumen of Little Bob has never been questioned, ne win now un doubtedly drift from insurgency into social democracy. A Corvallls man who. has achieved considerable success In raising China pheasants has undertaken to raise wild turkeys with a view to adding that royal bird to the list of game birds of Oregon. Every sportsman worthy of the name will hope that the turkey raiser will make a success of his new venture. No other game bird on th American continent compares with the wild turkey of the South. If it can be acclimated to Oregon we will have an attraction that will bring sportsmen here from all over the country. The advantages of an addi tion of this kind to our game birds are so great that there should not be much difficulty encountered in secur ing ample funds for making a thor ough trial of the plan. Whatever advances humanity may make, ther will always b two or three crimes which ought to be pun ished with death. Burglary with mur derous assault is one of them. We can forgive a ruffian for stealing our goods, but when he brutally attacks a woman to gain his end, like the Seat tle burglar on the 9th, mercy deserts him. A man who will commit such a crime is a hopeless case. The sooner he Is put out of the world the better for everybody. The dislike of the Mexican mob for our flag may be Interpreted as a com pliment without much difficulty. It takes a certain amount of intelligence to understand what the United States stands for. Mexico has common schools on paper, but thus far they have done little to enlighten the poor peons. When they know more they will treat our banner with mor re spect, It strikes one that there la a flavor of poetic Justice in Governor Baldwin's projected libel suit against Air. Roose velt. The latter stretched tne law to punish some of his enemies for saying uncomfortable things, now juage Baldwin means to turn th tables. In the long run things seem to balance up pretty welL Still, right down deep. Champ Clark cannot help a feeling of satisfaction over the thought that If ever he gets tangled up while he is riding herd on a big bunch of mavericks in Congress, he will have' "Unci Joe" present to teach him how to keep his cattle from stampeding. Perhaps a sound spanking will suf fice for th greasers who insulted the Stars and Stripes In Mexico City. It .waa another time, in circumstances that another John A, Dlx said: "If any man attempt to haul down the Ameri can flag, shoot him on the spot." Hitchcock will be chosen Senator from Nebraska if all Republicans who subscribed to Statement No. 1 abide by It, and it is likely they wllL Hitch cock Is . a Democrat and son of a former Republican Senator. At the hour of going to press, we hadn't noticed any message of sympa thy from Mr. and Mrs. Bellamy Stor rer to Oyster Bay. We know Taft's attitude toward a Republican Congress. How is be go ing to manage one of the Democratic brand ? One hundred and fifty thousand householders in Oregon are asking: How high ar turkeys going to b this year? All Is not lost- Oregon's lat potato crop promises well, if only men can be induced to get out and dig It. Choice of John K. Tener as Gover nor of Pennsylvania Is another proof that it pays to be a good ballplayer. In some states Insurgency doesn't pay. Beveridge of Indiana was the first Insurgent in. th Senate. Just turn Texas loose and Mexican Outrages will cease. Where Is that Thanksgiving proc lamation T WOMAN SIKH KOIl FIIEEUOM Amanda M. Paraon Kay UuMhanil Was Cruol and Ixwrrted Her. Amanda M. Tarsons lias decided that a divorce suit and a.paratlon from Y. M. Parsons will b bailer than the life she lived with him until, she says, he deserted her last March, so she nlad the sdlt in the Circuit Court y.alerday. Hhe married him la Umpire C ity, Or., Au gust 17, 111, lie broke th furniture and dishes when she d.clln.d to mort gage their home, she all. a. a, until at last she eonssntad. Then ha squan dered the monay over the gambling table and in riotous living. She says he had a habit of returning home during the small hours of th morning, and that his cruelty to her In 1899 made it necsaury for har to leave. They have one child, It years old, of which the mother desires th custody. SHOE STORE INVOLVED IX SUIT Purt-liascr Declares That Owner Repudiated His Agreement. Yesterday Judge Gatens hoard the suit of E. W. Garver against Ernest A. Lang, over a bill of sale to the shoe store at IS Kllllngsworth. avenue. Garver alleged be paid Lang SloOO down for th store and was' to pay the bal ance later, but that when he went to put the agreement In writing March 4 Lang refused to sign It or to return the $1500. Lang, on th other hand, says the store was to be sold for 15199, 2i00 of which was to be cash, and the rest In deferred payments. Ha says Garver paid only tlBOO and waa to pay the other 11000 March 1, but failed to do so. Lang demands (8745 on account of his labor in maintaining the store during the controversy. COUNTV COURT TO USB TRACT Purchaser Will Be Paid $8585.90 as Rent for Land. Although the agreement has not yet been signed, th County Court intends to pay B. M. Lombard 3585.90 for the use by the county of five acres of the old poor farm on the Canyon road tor the next nine montha This is the amount of the interest for six months on the balance due the county for the farm which has not been paid by Mr. Lombard. It amounts to 1119,000. When the farm was sold, the County Court stipulated that the county be given the use of the farm for six montha This time expired November 6. The agreement about to be entered into gives the county the use of the land until May 6. The entire farm covers over ZOO acres. LIXXTOJff ASKS LICENSE MONET City Treasurer Receives Little En couragement From Court. Dr. 8. M. Mann, City Treasurer of Linnton, which' has been incorporated, called en the County Court yesterday and asked that the money obtained from saloon licenses .within the limits of the new town be turned .over to him. The members .of the County Court gave Dr. Mann ' little encouragement, although they said they would be will ing to give him a hearing. Besides Claremont Tavern, there are five sa loons in the district. Claremont Tavern has been paying a license of 1400, but this ha now been Increased to $500. IKE FORD PLEADS GUILTY Man Accused of Forging Check Changes Plea in Court. Ike Ford, accused of forging a check for 181.60, changed his plea of not guilty to one of guilty yesterday be fore Presiding Circuit Judge Cleland. He will be sentenced at 1 P. M. Mon day. The check was passed on John Wilkins August 8. It was made pay able to J. M. Ford and signed "Charles W. Risley." John Vail was arraigned before Judge Cleland and pleaded not guilty, as did also Al Gross. They are ac cused, of stealing clothing and a shav ing outfit from the house of L. Colllnge April 15. Two Husbands Allege Desertion. Charles Yealey and W. J. Peck filed divorce suits in the CIrouit Court yes terday morning. Tealey alleges his wife, Marcella Yealey, deserted him in December, 1896, when they were living at Erie, Pa, Peck alleges Mary W. Peck deserted him In November, 1896, when be was living at Knlsley, Kan. Neither of the couples have children. Yeasley was married at Dunkirk, N. Y., July to, 1882. Feck was married at Kansas City, Mo., May 26, 1896. SUFFRAGISTS SEND TELEGRAM New York Women Congratulate Washington Upon New Law. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) Governor Hay received the following tel egram today from National suffrage leath ers, dated New York, November 9: "Through you, the chief executive of the state, we beg on the part of the women of New York to extend eongrau- lations to the Legislature, the voters and the women of Washington who have united to establish on the Pacific Coast a read republic a true democracy. It is signed by Mrs. O. UK P. Bel mont, president of the Political Equality Association: Carrie Chapman Catt, pres ident of the International Woman Suf frage Alliance; Mrs. Ware Dennet, sec? retary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association; Ida Hustead Har per, chairman of tne iNauonai American Suffrage Press Bureau; Harriet Mac Mill president of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association, and Har riet Stanton Black, president or tne Equality Lease Self-supporting Women. The signers of the telegram constituted the committee on arrangements for the celebration of the victory for suffrage in this state, which was beld .t Cooper Union, New York City, last night. ROOSEVELT'S ADVICE SCORNED New Mexico Convention Wants No Easy Constitutional Changes. SANTA FE, N. M-. Nov. 10. The con stitutional convention late today dis regarded the advice given by Theodore Roosevelt to make a constitution easily amended, and adopted an article requlr- lnor two-thirds or eacn nouse to pro pose an amendment and a big majority of the electorate to approve it. Re vision of the whole constitution, or the calling of another constitutional convention, is made even more difficult. The articles on mines, making the minimum age limit for employment during school term 14 years was adopted. Th convenaoa aaoptea tne articles on irrigation and water rights, on pub lic buildings and on taxation. The first named. In four brief sections, asserts the law of prior appropriations, as against riparian ownership. The arti cle on public buildings and institutions has only one section, the convention carefully eliminating all legislation that Is not fundamental. HOOD RIVER SEEMS LOSER Agreement by Council to Deliver Water Bonds Unauthorized. Holding that the law and the charter of the t'lty of Hood River requlr th Rdv.rtisamcnt of the sals of city im provement bonds, the United States Court yesterday Indicated what will probably t. its decision in the case against Mayor McDonald and other officers of the me trosolls of the apple district. The Hood lUver officials sre accused ef entering Into a secret agreement for tb sal of water works bonds to Keefer Bros., of Lwnver. JudKe Bean will allow the plaintiff, Burt Vsn Horn, of New York City, to amend his complaint to show that the property owned by Van Horn will be required to 4ay .'"J of the taxes collected for re demption of the bonds. As soon as Ju risdiction of the court is established J lids. Heart will probably issue a per manent injunction. The court pointed out in the opinion that the action of the Council in agreeing to duliver the bonds to Kuefr Bros, was without authority. The litigation Involves the issuance of bonds to the amount of 9U,0(jo. voted by the people of Hood River after a long fight for a pure water Bupply. The origi nal issue was upon a 90-year redemption and 5 per eent plan. It is charged that, being unable to sell the bonds, the City Council took upon itself to contract with Keefer Bros, for a go-year Issue of bonds at per cent interest. In the hearing of the case it has been charged that the suit is being pressed by persons interested in the old water plant, with the purpose of unloading It on the city. On the other hand, attor neys for Mayor McDonald assert that the city officers are endeavoring to procure a new water supply for the city, assert ing that the old plant has been con demned by the State Board of Health. Should, a permanent Injunction be is sued, the City Council will be compelled to begin the pure water supply move ment all over again. An ordinance will have to be passed and a vote takei os the question. PSEVDO SLEUTH SENTENCED Marshfield Lawyer Goes to Jail for Impersonating Secret Service 3Ian. J. C. Crawford, the automobile sleuth of Marshfield, yesterday appeared in the United States Court and pleaded guilty to the charge of Impersonating a Secret Service officer of the United States and was sentenced to a term of nine months in the County JaiL Crawford comes from a good family In the vicinity of Salem and has de pended upon a brother to furnish him funds with which to make a defense. When the brother yesterday notified the young man that he could not raise the money, Crawford capitulated and begged for mercy. Crawford appeared In Marshfield last year and hung out his shingle as an attorney. He engaged in prosecuting timber land contests for the most part, and became well known in Coos Coun ty. His arrest was brought about after he had issued a number of checks on an Imaginary bank account, some of them being in payment for the use of an automobile in which he trailed crim inals from one saloon to another. Since the arrest of Crawford, It has been ascertained that a prominent at torney and land agent of Roseburg had paid all the bad checks which Crawford placed in circulation, and when It was . shown to the United States Attorney that the young man was a "dope fiend." Assistant McGuire Joined In asking for the lightest sen tence which the law can impose. FENCERS MUST BE WARNED Judge Bean Holds Obstructionists Can Then Be Charged . Costs. Judge Bean, of the United States Court, announced a doctrine yesterday which will hereafter cause special agents of the Interior Department to notify fencers of public domain to remove the obstructions before suit for tnat purpose is Degun. The court held that where th Govern. ment falls to notify fencers to take down their lnclosures and it appears later that there was no willful violation of the law, the Government should be denied the riKht to recover costs of the suit. The decision was given in the case of the Pacific Livestock Company, operat ing in Southern Oregon, its principal ranches lying to uo east oi tsteea aioun tains, in Harney County. In placing their fences the managers or tne com' oanv proved that they had instructed their foremen to place the line of fence on their deeded lands, but Instead of obeying orders a line of least resistance was followed. It also appeared to the court that the special agents of the Interior Department had failed to follow the entire line of the -fence complained about, or were mistaken In taking their compass sur vey of the lands, aa only a small amount of Government land had been taken Into the big pasture and the fence did not Join the rimrock as alleged. It was shown that a considerable opening be tween the rimrock and the end of the fence existed, ttiving access to tne uov- eminent lands to such bands of stock as might graze through. CHINESE FLEE, CAI'TALN FIXED Master of British Ship Taxed $10 , for Loss of Celestials. Allowing Chinese sailors to escape from his ship caused John Moo die, cap tain of the British ship Camphlll. to be fined $100 in the United States Court yesterday morning. The Camphlll came into port .early In November with a few Chinese mem hers of the crew aboard. Captain Moodia eraDloyed a watchman to watch the Celestials, but two of them escaped to local Chinatown, where all trace oi them was lost. Immigration Inspector Barbour has reported a number of such cases with in the last few weeks, and has decided to enforce the law which requires th master of a ship to guard his Chinese crew, and which holds mm responsible for their safekeeping. , . Court Orders Sale of Mine. In satisfaction of a claim of $31.- 869.34, held by W. J. Harris, the United States Court yesterday ordered saie of the placer mining property owned by the English-Canadian Company in Josephine County. The claim had been resisted by the company on the ground that the Drorjerty was covered by a mortgage. The court hld the mort gage to be invalid, because It had not been authorized by a vote of the direc tors of the company. It appears that the board of directors was a myth, all of Its members having resigned. Murder Victim Burled. FALLS CITY, Or., Nov. 10. Speclal.) yy. W. Chappell who was murdered by a robber in Portland recently, was bur ied here today, all the business houses of the city remaining closed during the funeral in respect to his memory. The Rev. B. A Rlddal of the Christian Church officiated, and Interment was made In Oddfellow's cemetery. Mr. Chappell was born in New York In 1871 and came to Oregon when a youth, mak ing his home here until three years ago. He Is survived by his widow and two daughters. Tooze Appointed Captain. SALEM, Or., Nov. 19. (Special. )-e-Acting Governor Jay Bowerman today appointed Walter L. Tooxe, Jr., captain of infantry in the Third Regiment. , Life's Sunny Side A reporter was sent around to make some inquiries concerning a new play that David Belasco was engaged in writ ing. "Yes," said David, "I am writing a play. What do you want to know about It?" "Anything you can tell me will be in teresting," was the reply. "Well," was Belasco's response, "It Is to have four acts and three Inter missions and I've Just finished the in termissions." Sucee.a Magazine. e In a little Missouri town, in the pres ent campaign, a Republican candidate for Congress was addressing an audi ence on the hustings. He- paid a high compliment to the Taft Administration and then, in spreadeagle fashion, de clared: "And. gentlemen of this thriving little town, I want to assure you that if I am honored by your votes and am sent from this district to the halls of Congress to represent you honest, cleanhanded. God fearing people, the best people that the sun shines upon, I will carry out the policies of the present Administration." Then up Jumped a man In the rear of the hall, who shouted: "Don't take the trouble to carry 'em out; throw 'em out." e Mr. Simpson was reading the news- - Uiiiu'B a rhtrne:n man eot into a drunken brawl and was stabbed to death," he said aioua. His wife glanced up from her knit ting, and commented, "In some low sa loon, I suppose?" "No; th" paper says he got stabbed in th' thoracic cavity." "Same thing; you'd thlnk th' police d ciose suca yia "v- e . A few years ago Mme. Schumann. Helnk was to appear for the first time in the city of Newark. O. During that week, Mrs. A. called on Mrs. B. In the course of the conversation Mrs. B. asked Mrs. A.: "Are you going to hear Schu mann Heink on Wednesday evening?" Now Mrs. A had evidently never heard of the great prima donna, for she' re plied: nTn vhAn T nav such a price. I want to read the book first." Na tional Monthly. "Children," said the minister, address ing the Sunday School, "I want to talk to you a few moments about one of the most important organs in the whole world. What Is it that throbs away, beats away, never stopping, whether you wake or sleep, night and day, week In and week out, month In and month out. year in and year out, without any voli tion on your part, hidden away, as it were, in the depths, unseen by you. throbbing rythmlcally all your life long?' And during the pause of orator ical effect came a small voice: -"The gas meter." Kansas City Star. Survivors of Bfolalla Indians. OREGON CITY, Or.. Nov. 6. (To mw. . , i t WBa ntfLtad in The 1 11U Ul tfSUllii."-1 - - Oregonian of last. Thursday that the last living male inprieni" m. Molalla tribe of Indians was found at Woodland, Wash., In the person of Stevens Savage. During a residence of more than 0 years in and near Mo lalla, I never heard of Stevens Savage. Henry Yelkus, son of Chief Yelkus. lives on a homestead on the north fork of the Molalla River, near where he was born and grew to manhood. He is past 70 years of age. Chief Yelkus lived many years on the Dickey dona tion land claim, where he died and was buried. Slam, or Beavertrapper, lived on the Dickey donation land claim un til a few monthB prior to his death. He was the last survivor of the old ... . .r.i.TI. T.tnne Rlevn, set o .1. w .... ... ... -- - Savage may be a Molalla Indian, but there are others. S. M. R- General Upheaval. Philadelphia Record, Dem. Men go and come; but parties stay. The New Nationalism is the Old Fed eralism breaking out afresh in an eruptive quarter. There was an out break of plague a few years ago in Rio Janeiro consequent upon the exca vation of earth where old victims had been burled. The puppets shift about as whim or favor dictates. In the State of Wyoming this year the Demo-qt-ats are led by a six-months' -ago Re publican turned honest. The Repub lican leader, on the other hand, is a Democrat turned standpatter. Mean- .i i. Kan ti ft .hflnsrn In rooted ume uiiwi o 410.0 17.., - principles; men are changing tneir camping gruunu, condition of upheaval. Tim Sqlllvan Takes Stock. New York Sun.. .i-j) nMmn suTiivATi vesterdav made an inspection of his Senatorial disr trlct to ascertain xiuw iuiio u" for his re-election. "How do you find tnings, nm; was asked. "There are 104 lodging nouses in ji.,.in, ha rAnlled. "and three IUD uio.i.w - . graveyards the Mott Street Cathedral, Mflrhia rftmeterv in Second street. near First avenue, and the graveyard opposite ex-AJaerman . xom ivoutiutui a saloon on Second avenue, near Second Thnra will ba a bisr political funeral on November 8, and it won't be a Democratic funeral, euner. Human Emotions. Washington Star. , , Li j AV JW. . . ...... of people in whom you have no inter est when you go to the theater?" asked the man. T don't know," replied the woman. errn.v a n VAn .Iipop wlldlv when a man with whom you are not acquainted Elides to sevono. Dsser Coldest Days In Two Years. t-, a t t tyrriXT fn- X'rnr. fi. (To the Kdi- - tor.V What were the coldest days last . . . TJ T XT IT Winter ana two yearsj aeo. ty. Tk nnirixst dav at Portland for the Winter of 1907-8 was February 4 1908, viz., 25 degrees. . Lowest temperature last winter, Janu ary 6, 1910, was 21 degrees. Armature and Amateur. Brooklyn Eagle. A armature is a soft piece of iron used to unite the positive and negative poles say Wall street and Oyster Bay. The ex-President took Stimson for an armature. He found him only an amateur. That Is the situation In a nut shell. Roomy by. Contrast. Chicago Record-Herald, asked the oid woman who lived in the shoe .... i. J ft In thntr1 JOUI aren t you uiuwmd" . . Said she, "No, indeed, we've more room. tsan we neea. We used to live out in a nat-" Succeeding Beautifully. Detroit Free Press.' erfnw ta umir wife cettlng on with her social settlement work?" ftho'R bad. her picture in the paper twice this month." Doobta Hut Slneertlty. Philadelphia Inquirer. We must say that we cannot help nnentloning the sincerity of that Chi cago burglar who has reformed and be come a plumber. "Napoleon Is on His Way." Chicago Journal. T. R. "returned from Elba" as psr schedule, and the parallel is evidently to be carried to its logical conclusion. Waterloo next.