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TOE aiOIOTXO OREGQMAX, TUESDAY, yOYEMBER 15. 1910. rOKtLAXD. OKECiOX. CMtrrl at rrt:acd. Oregon. FoetetBaa ae aWcond-Claae kiilir. , fca-acrvptiwa :!' Invariably ta Aavssee. BT MAIL). rtertv. mioSey rne:urfe4. ana yaar JJJ Pally. SuBday inclu-Wd. e or the J Zxllr. Sunder la. lu.ld. istt. moaira.. ? O-iiy. SutwJeir r-lu.e. eoa anonia -lj Xe.t)r. wllrw-.ui St.n.lav, one -ar - 1'etly. wttho.it Fuaday. as Bom"....' - - . fa;:, without SunJav. ir.-- m""tl.a - TUr. without 2.1:1.0.1). oua nxyota-.. S-inday. tat y-ar. tfriBday ea ar. . - BT CAKKIKK. Tanr. Mdt iiud'.i. Jj Haw lnH Sari po.iv.rs eedar. ip:tt r ' r or rn" saur local bank. Stairs cola or irt at the aaauere rtx. on poe'ofrra Ulrra la Mil la.l-ilinx rur.lr and "" rtauit Raloa I l It pas. 1 to p.a ; -ata. to aa. "' It to oo paeee. 4 ceola Koria pastas Eaotan ttaalawae olIWoo Vrroo C"". Ma .Saw jr. p-nntwlck baildia. caf alaor tulldlnf. roTLm" inD.V. SOX. 1. ' RELATION WITH JltXUH. The immediate ocr.nalon of th out break cf Mexican lll-frrllng toward the United Stmt iffms to have ben the burtitnc at the make of a clUxen f our sister republic by a party of Texans. This pastime ha become so yopalar In Arkansas and Texas that It probably excites surprise In those o-tartera tn larn that It Is resented In Mexico. Ii It not rather straining at a gnat to get anitry over such a trifle? Itoubtlrsa the primitive character of Latin civilization account for the singular esthetic deflclencfes of our neighbors In this direction. But we inuc not overestimate the Importance f the burning of Itodriguca by the rrotlcksome Texana of Rock Springe. Very likely this frstive event was no in ore than a match applied to a fuse which was already well prepared. For many years there baa been no love wasted between the rouirh and dare-devil elements on both stiles of the border. Their mutual hatred leads to numerous murders and keeps tup a pretty constant state of petty warfare. Cattle thieves flora either country find ready protection In the ether. Incursions of armed bands of cowboys and other hard cases to take summary vengeance for wrongs suf fered, keep the fire of wrath burning and of lata years numerous Mexican political refute have helped stir np trouble. Many border Americans sympathize with them. The Mexican authorities naturally seek to reclaim them. Perhapa no recent matter has embittered the International feeling alone the border more than this trou ble over refugees "fleeing; from the cruelty of the tyrant. IMax," as some of the flaming newspapers put it. Hostility far more widespread, if ot mora envenomed, has been ex cited In Mexico by the large numbers f Americana who have taken ad vantage of one of IMas new land laws. This measure threw all the land In tha country open to entry by "claim Jumpers" unless the ancient proprie tors could show a clear title. Thou sands of them, who could not do so. were dispossessed of their property by American entrymen. Entire Tillages wire turned over to tha Invading Yan kees, or Orlngoes. and the Inhabitants were cast adrift to begin tha world anew. Tha Mexican government ought properly to have borne tha blame for this stupendous wrong, but Ignorant people are rarely strictly logical and It seems mora natural for them to retaliate upon the persons who are enjoying the property they have lost. AVe must not overlook the fact either, that of lata yeara American capital has flowed Into Mexico by tha hundreds of millions, so that today tha mines, the great plantations of hennequin in Tucatan and the rail roads are, to a surprising extent, man aged by tha odious Grlngoes. The government, of course, welcomes the Influx of capital from the North, but to tha masses It wears a very differ ent aspect. To them It means an In sidious conquest of their country by foreigners. More than the other Latin repub lics. Mexico dreads the power and suspects tha Intentions of the United States. Tha personal relations be tween Dlaa and President Taft are friendly and the wealthy Mexicans are closely allied In many enterprises with American millionaires: but the nation as a whole believes that wa are only waiting for a favorable opportu nity to overrun the country and annex It. Every people south of us Is haunt ed by tha same suspicious dread, but It has been peculiarly lively In Mexico ever since the annexation of Texas and tha Invasion which followed that Indefenslb-) act of aggression. The Mexicans believe that we will do the same with their other territory as we did with Texaa when a favorable moment arrives. The peons and vil lagers look upon American visitors and settlers exactly as many of our people regard Japanese Immigrants. They are forerunners of a conquering army. " Remembering the great mass or facta of which tha ones we have men tioned are mere samples. It la small wonder that popular dislike of our flag flamed Into open Insult when the news f Rodrigues frightful death spread through Mexico. Tha Ignorant peons did not understand that burning at tha stake Is a mere popular amuse ment In our Southern States. Ilka the bullfight at their own fiestas, and that It Implies no national hostility. Their Ill-informed minds took It as a flag rant Insult to Mexico and they retali ated in tha manner which seemed to there moat natural. MOMtCTDK AT TOOTH A I J- It is a fair Inference that vicious foul ing at football such as caused tha death of Monk. In a game at Wheel ing. Is more common than tha public suspects. -Slugging" has been always one of the feature frowned upon by college authorities, but In too many cases tha penalty was never In excess f tha frown. By tha very nature of tha rushes, this form of brutality Is seldom exposed to tha watchfulness of tha umpire. If tha 'Tough house" is not too marked, he will overlook IL Jndgtng by the evidence of the um pire In tha Wheeling game. Monk's assailant was probably not mora bru tal than hundreds of other college jtudenta who fought for victory Satur day In hundreds of towns throughout tha land. Notice also that Monk's death was due to the same cause that conduces to fatalities among prise Tayhtere concussion of tha brain. No physical examination can ward against - the danger attached to Injuries of this kind. Perhaps reform can be worked not by penalizing the team but by driving from the field such a brute as Monk's assailant proved to be. and by barring him forever from participating in mo game. Monk was a victim not of accl ilrnt but homicide. A nORD OT TACTION. If the liquor interests, made over confident by the home rule victory, should now move for a w lde-open Sun day and what goes with it. they win bring destruction upon their own hrauj.. The people of Oregon did r.ot vole lor home rule because they n anted lo free the saloons from re etruint. Tbey do not want more sa loon. They do not want the saloons ovi. 1! right or on Sunday, nor do thrv -vsnt them Infested with aban doned women and their male para sites. Quite the contrary of ai this Is desired by the voters of Oregon. A main cause of the beavy vote for home rule was the widely published promise that the liquor men would unite with all good clllxens to bring business of dealing In strong drink under stringent regula tion. Specific pledges were circulated, definite remedies were mentioned and ihn. ih vntora' confidence was won. The best way to lose that confidence Is to repudiate the promise Dy wnicn i was gained and defy the moral senti ments of the community. It should not be forgotten that a prohibitory law Is possible In Oregon as it Is else where. Tha voters do not want such a law. This they have clearly shown. But neltser do they want shameless and leprous saloons. If the lesson should be driven home too hard and Insistently that they must choose be tween no saloons at all or saloons that reek with ulcerous vice, they are rretty likely to prefer the former. EA.XTKKN- MAILORDER -)HU)S." The directors or a big Chicago mail order house hare decided to divide a 110.000.000 melon among the stock holders. Presumably to cover up the enormous pro tits as well as they can they have also recommended a stock dividend of S3 1-1 per cent on the common stock amounting to $J0,000.- 00. 8uch great dividends, even when , i--iHn r rt tiv hlar railrosd systems embracing thousands of miles, of tracks and employing thousands of men and Indirectly affecting the wel fares of hundreds of thousands, even millions of people, never fail to bring forth unfavorable comment. from the very class on which tha Eastern mail order business levies Its greatest toll. In producing tha $10,000,000 "mel on" which the mail-order millionaires are about to cut. Oregon, Washing ton and Idaio contributed heavily, along with every other state In the Union, and the contributors Incident ally received no benefits, financial or otherwise, from th transaction. There are so many reasons why a consumer living thousands of miles away from Eastern mall-order houses should not send his money to them that It la an "economic mystery how they annually wheedle so many millions 'out of victims scattered from one end of the country to the other. To begin with, quality and quantity considered, very order sent out of the Pacific Northwest to tha Eastern mail-order nouses could be duplicated here at a saving of from 10 per cent to 28 per cent for the buyer. In speclflc case, which have, been reported In tha Palousa and In the Big Bend country, the loss to the maJI-c-rder patron has run as high as 140 on a $100 order. In auch circum stances. It Is easy to understand how 110.000,000 dividends can be rolled up In short order. Aside from this actual loss In first cost to the mail order patron, there Is a heavy Indirect losa. The Eastern mall-order house pays no taxes In the Pacific North west, It employs no labor and loads down the mall carriers on tha rural routes with tons of alluring, but mis leading, literature. The local mer chant Is a permanent business fixture on whom even mail-order patrons are dependent at times. The extent of his stock and Its Importance depends on the support that he receives. It Is not at all complimentary to the Intelligence of a large number of peo ple, that by clever advertising East ern mall-order houses can sell poor goods In large quantities at higher prices than Pacific Coast merchants can secure In small quantities. The Pacific Northwest, which made liberal contributions to that 10.000.000 "melon." will not share In tha bene fits, but numerous local merchants will probably enjoy the blessed privi lege of extending credit to many of the contributors who paid cash for their share of the 110.000.000. BACK FROM THE FARM. Census returns throughout the country so far as reported show a small decrease In the population of the agricultural districts and big In crease In the cities. This peculiar situation Is, of course, less pronounced In tha new West than in the older settled portion of the country, but even in some parts of Oregon and Washington It la noticeable Fortu nately, In this state only decrease has been In tha wheat districts. This has been mora than offset by substantial gains In the regions where fruitgrow ing, dairying and diversified farming have been taken up. It la somewhat surprising to note that Tl out of tha 114 counties In Missouri show a de crease in (he population in tha best farming regions of the state, while Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Michigan In lesser degree show similar condi tions. With practically every commodity that Is produced on the farm selling at tha highest prices reached In many years, tha rural districts have certainly not been abandoned on account of lack of profits, which caused the aban donment of many farms during the era of 40-eent wheat and 15-cent corn. Plenty of money Is to be made on tha farm, but the attractions of city Ufa, which Is a continual struggle for tha wigw-aarner. seem to outweigh tha great profits and more Independent Ufa which tha farm offers. Mean while there la a steady Increase In tha number of people who are eating the products en tha farm with the out put not at all proportionate to the Increased demand. To be specific, tan years ago, h a wheat crop of fOO... 000.000 to CSO.OOS.000 bushels, wa ex ported mora than J00.000.000 bushels. Today, with tha crop running In ex cess of 700.000.000. our exports fall below 100.000.800 bushels per year. Tea years ago the socialistic spell binder wha mounted a soapbox on a comer and endeavored ta stir up dis sension between tha "haves" and tha "have sou" could net muster a sor- noral'a aruard ta listen to his Inconsist ent harangue. Today thousands of able-bodied men who should be out in the country clearing up land and pro ducing something to eat gather around these disciples of discontent. There can be but one- result of this increase In non-productive consumers with no corresponding increase In pro duction. Prices will soar higher and higher and the law of self-preservation will force the- city loafer back to the soil. We are not yet using one third of the tillable area In the coun try. In this ultimate redistribution of consumers and producers, the Pacific Northwest will attract a greater rural population than will turn to any other part of the country. Oregon In particular has been so well favored by Nature that It re quires less land and less efTort to make a living here than In any other part of the land. There are so many success ful small farmers and orchardists scattered throughout the state who have become Independent from a be ginning made, on a few acres of logged-off land that there Is noth ing experimental about the work. A protracted period of hard times In tha, cltv mlarht force iiomi of our non-nroductlves Into tna country. If It does, a few veara hfnoo.wa w-ill witness an Inereasa In tfC' Tiber of agriculturists who had Mis Andence forced on tbem by tempoil k adver- y v'tiri BARD SLEDDING FO hh-'stbsidt. It la announced thai presentatlve Humphrey will make a her effort to put his ship subsidy Uirough at tha coming session of C res. Un Lr bill, so fortunately for tha subs many statesmen who In thflpaat have endeavored to legislate moiRy out of tha Treasury for the purpose of mak ing profitable an alleged unprofitable business were buried under last weeks landslide that the chances for any kind of a subsidy bill are vefy poor. Among all the contributing causes to the political apheaval. the sentiment against high tariff, protec tion and any part of tha system which takes money from the many to enrich the few was easily the most potent. Tha time has not yet arrived when loK- onniltttnna In this COUntTV Will permit us to compete on even terms with foreign shipbuilders and owners. Thev are willing to nanaie our Dull ness at so much lower cost than we car to handle It ourselves mat mere Is a tremendous saving for our people in nATOiitflna tha foreiarner to carry horns tha goods which he buys from us, and even bring return cargoes oi goods which find a market in this country. But a change is coming. That groundswell last Tuesday wrecked so many political craft with standpat rigs that those who weath ered the storm and many others who have Just launched tneir pouucai Va-w will ti mora dlsDOaed to give Americans the same opportunities to secure cheap ships mat are now u Joyd by th foreigners. This country will need a great many ships when the Panama Canal Is com pleted. If Representative Humphrey or any other ship subsidy faddist who has for years been trying the temper of th American people wltn nis erroris to place our merchant marine on an artificial instead of a natural basis will Introduce a free-ship bill. It will not be long before th American flag Is again flying over a big fleet of fine ships. lOXB . DISASTER. The new mine disaster which Is re ported from Colorado emphasizes the regret of all right-thinking men that calamities of this nature are so fre quent in the United States. Regret grows mora poignant when we reflect that most of th mlna explosions might ba prevented by due precau tions. In nine cases out of ten the loss of life, destruction of property and resultant misery are entirely un necessary. Science has discovered means by "which mines may be ren dered safe in almost all cases. For eign countries such as France, Ger many. England and Belgium have made practical use of these means. Consequently their loss of life In mines is very slight compared with our con tinual slaughter. Our neglect of safety appliances In mines may be attributed to three causes. The first the lack of proper legislation, or, where legisla tion exists, slack enforcement. Tha second is our National carelessness. Tha third reason Is the common hu man propensity to trust to the old. the rotten, the unsafe until some ter rible accident results from it. If the mine-owners themselves were liable to perish In th explosions caused by their parsimony we should witness a different state of things very promptly. si LAora WHIM. William L. Finley, of local fame and National reputation as a bird lover and scientist, has an article In the current number of tha Technical World Magazine that might set even vain women to thinking, did such wo men find time or Inclination to read an article so earnest and well-considered. "Dla In Torture for a Lady's Whim" Is tha title of this article. It Is a suggestive title. Indeed, and one tha perusal of which ought to stop tha demand for "grebe" plumes and coats. A few years ago Fashion said "Grebe skins are stylish." Since then, says Mr. Finley. untold numbers of Western grebes have been slaughtered through tha lake region of California and Southern Oregon. The result is that where five years "ago these beau tiful birds abounded, they are now extremely scarce, so scarce that pro fessional skin and plume hunters have entered Into an agreement not to shoot these birds on their breeding grounds. This agreement will operate as a stay- to the complete extinction of these beautiful birds, but It will hava little effect upon tha suffering caused by their indiscriminate slaugh ter to meet th insistent demand of fashion. Plume-hunters and milliners alike grow rich In catering to my lady's whim which demands skins and feath er torn from birds in th breeding season. Th plaintive cry of nest lings left to starve by th ruthless killing of tha mother birds la as pitiful as th mora sonorous wall of tha seal pups on the Pribyioff Islands, left to starve by the skin-hunters of another, but In effect similar, branch of com merce. Pathetlo Indeed ar th suf ferings of the baby seals as they slow ly starve ta death n their ns,tiv Islands victims of th demand for garraaau of sealakln. Equally pa thetic are the sufferings and death of the helpless nestlings in me mamam tules. that are left to perish miserably to gratify my lady's whim for a grebe's breast as an ornament for her hat. or a cape or coat of grebe skins. The demand behind this merciless slaughter Is not one of necessity, but of fashion. Th supply is lea Dy tne avarice of th plume and akin-hunter. "Although." says Mr. Finley. "we hava .lata inw In Orecon seainst shooting grebes and other birds for plumage. the hunters have been ai worn comm noiiv Their hiiTa been shipping out bales of grebe skins and labeling them coyote hides' a trick mat no one takes the trouble to Investigate." It Is thus that my lady's whim, acting as a stimulus to avarice, works also through dishonesty to gratify Its ends. If there is any financial stringency in the East, It is not reflected in th thontrinai hnoines in Chicago. Mad ame Sarah Bernhardt broke the sea son's record In that city wun gross receipts of 54.000-for two weeks' en gagement. The receipts would have been still heavier had the capacity of tho theater been greater, hundreds of checks being returned by the manage ment because of the inability to han dle any more people during tha en gagement. As th divine Sarah re ceived 80 per cent, or approximately 140.000. the cause of International exchange has not been Improved by her appearance In this country. If the remainder of her American tour is an successful' proportionately as the Chicago engagement, she will return to France with more American money than la taken out by a shipload of tourists. Europe would not amount to much without the United States to contribute heavily to the running ex penses and the accumulation . of a surplus. Cocos Island, as an objective point for treasure hunters, ought to go into a temporary eclipse, if any credence is given the story that returning en gineers have brought to Victoria from th land of the Incas. According to this latest golden, gauzy yarn, numer ous treasure-hunting parties are searching the Bolivian mountains for a golden chain reported to be SO feet long and with massive links. . The numerous townslte promoters, or the promoters of numerous townsites in the vicinity of the Nehalem River, made a serious mistake by not re vamping that old story of the beeswax ship, and having the craft loaded with golden chains instead of beeswax and broken Oriental pottery. Even as matters now stand, the treasure hunt ers can get as much gold by search ing for the beeswax ship as they hava ever taken out of Cocos Island or the country which Pizarro lndustrii ously exploited. . . According to news dispatches of tha past few days, not all of tha attrac tions and diversions of Clatsop Beach vanish with .the departure of the Summer girl. We note that a Necanl cum River fisherman caught so many .oimnn that hia a-asoline launch ca reened and sank beneath tho weight of the fish. Yesterdays uregoniau ..nnMsil ariit numbers of wild geese alighting on the sands near Fort Stevens, so exhausted after a long flight that soldiers were killing them by the score. This week, two ten-foot tides, the highest of the year, are scheduled. To be in keeping with last week's newa from th ocean, they should bring In a. few whales or sea serpents, The bright red coat which has been nr.o hv hunters in Wisconsin to prevent careless hunters mistaking them for deer has not serveu iu pro vent at least one fool with a gun from killing his man. News reports of the tragedy state that bloodhounds are i.. o noo of urmed woodsmen icouiiifi on the trail ef an unidentified hunter who fired the fatal snot, it is rainer drastic punishment to Inflict capital n.,niahTnonr on a man for making a mistake, but perhaps if a few of these careless hunters who do not seem to i . .hot iIrap Hn not wear red coats were legally executed there would ba fewer accidental Killings. "Tha driver lies In a critical condi tion at St. Anthony's Hospital in mis city. Tha wagon was knocked to kindling wood and Its contents were acnttered along the track for i300 yards, but the mules escaped unhurt.' Thua mina a. news Item from Pendle ton. Oregon, telling of a four-mule team stopping on a railroad track In fMni a fast exnress. In esoaping unhurt, th Umatilla mules were true to the traditions or tneir ramuy, dui .v... mimt hni-a been somewhat tame. .. or they would have completed the story by landing tne train in tne ancn The New Jersey Republican who Is selling his house and going abroad h,n., hta nartv was defeated en election day Is no doubt a worthy sort of a man; still, our parting woras tn him are, "Oooa naaance w on ...hi.it h " A man who cannot stand defeat is better suited tq Russian or Turkish Institutions man to tnosa ot America. We hope this excellent New Jersey specimen will . not stop short of Tomsk or Omsk. v . m.iriiAr a.dda new and thriiiina- Interest to football this sea son. Slaughter has always been a feature of tne game, oui -. heretofore been able, with some little difficulty, to class It as accidental. The first willful murder of an opponent by a member of a college team is record, ed this Fall. Will It ba the last? We hope so, but th possibilities bf foot ball are rot of the kind which create much confidence. om to be a foun tain of lov and a wellsprlng ef pity and therefore we read with perennial wonder that It Is women wno rep me mother herons of their plumes, deck their hats with the Dreasis oi oroou koo oni insist uDon tight check reins for horses. Is woman cruel at heart, or Is she simply thoughUesa, and occasionally Ignorant r In a Paris Interview, Madam ..,ij-r,iiinna.ila Sairan in an un complimentary reference to Count ti .i.t. that her former husband does' not Ilka his wife to have any but pretty friends. Unless Anna s pic-..-a OTARa libels on her real ap pearance, Bonl was not so particular regarding nig wue t .i.Hd- in vmstem apple markets th past week may be accounted for en the ground of election excitement. Men us alcoholic stimulant then to -.-itiatin of tha mora genu sum njjant that grows in Oregon orchards. K4 t'anltlajatod Liar, bat Simply a Dodger ef Taxes. Communication in New York Sun. "Who was Gamaliel V asked Professor James Russell Lowell of a student in his Dante class. "A little mountain in Ju- d"ea," came the prompt answer. In these days when the Bible stands dusty on the shelf every one knows of the Ananias Club and its founder, who. being also the committee on admissions, has modestly declined election, although many, includ ing such prominent persona as Mrs. Storer, Judges Parker and Baldwin. Mr. Dlx and the late Mr. Harriman, nave considered him eligible and urged his claim to membership: but astonishingly few know who Ananias was and how he achieved his fame. The prevalent impression is that Ana nias was a aetorlous and unmitigated liar. History does not so depict him. It gives us only these facts: The primi tive Christians adopted a scheme of so cialism, which was quickly abandoned, as all such schemes have been. But when it was organized enthusiastic believers sold their possessions and put them into the common fund, administration of which was centralized in apostolto hands. These contributions were free will of ferings. In this respect they differ from taxes, which they resembled In that they were payments by Individuals for the usee of the community. Possibly Ana nias did not believe in the "square deal." Perhaps his wife, Sapphlra. was thrifty, believed in laying by. and exercised the Influence a prudent wife should have over an extravagant husband. It may be that both doubted the eventful success of the socialistic plan; if so, the events Justified their prescience. However this may be. tney eviaenuy wished to keep up appearances with the socialistic and progressive party of their day. Even now some politicians are "reg ular" with mental reservation. So J,hey alao aold their Dossessions and put part of the proceeds into the common fund, but they kept back something for a rainy day. It does not appear that either Made an affidavit, or that one was neoessary. So far as it appears, they were only guilty of that secondary ana very oom mon form ef lying, suppression of the truth. Very prominent, pious and wealthy persons of our own time who on general principles loudly decry dishon esty In the abstract do every day what Ananias did. He simply, dodged his i.,pa But when this transpirea to ifl clairvoyant vlBion of St. Peter, that Im petuous saint hotly rebuked the equlvo c&tor, who was so ashamed that he didn't answer . word. He reiainea no mm. counsel to argue that there was no in tent to deceive, and to demonstrate that "truth Is this to me and that to thee, and whether truth or falsehood, let it be." "He fell down and gave up the ghost, . . . and the young men arose, wound him up and carried him out and buried him." Then, although wound up. he nevertheless stopped go ing on. HOW A GIRL SELLS HER APPLES Display Advertisement In Sunday Pa pers Brlags Hour Customers. St Paul Pioneer Press. A resourceful young woman who lives a .r v. v.irfmfl WmIi . hits' been mak ing money this past month by selling apples through tne muis. dcit ooa. mail order business has increased until she has to have assistance in caring for her patrons. Her plan is to Insert a small display advertisement In several of the Pacific Coast newspapers, stating that she will send anywhere in the country three of the largest red apples produced in Wash ington, postpaid, for 26 cents. This advertising brought her so many favorable replies that she advertised in Sunday newspapers In the middle states and her success was even greater. Now she will place advertisements in all the big papers on the Atlantic Coast and i peots te sell many thousands of apples. To paok and mail the three tpples she devised a neat box made from corru gated paper heavy enough to prevent the fruit being bruised in mail sacks. The three apples so packed are sent for i cents postage, so her profit is large. This young woman is Just out of high school, and If her business continues to grow through the holidays she will have enough money to own her own. apple orchard in a few years. Her display ad consists of the outline of a big apple which contains the wording. The drawing and the lettering were done by this young woman, who picked up her artistic knowledge in the high school. Hunger for Land. Omaha Bee. This back-to-the-farm propaganda must be bearing fruit. It is evident in every land opening, when the num ber of applicants far exceeds the num ber of claims. It shows tne people have caught the Bplrit the Government has been Inculcating and appreciate the basic value of the soil as an ele ment of good living and prosperity. It shows, too, that they realize the rap idly disappearing opportunities to ac quire a snare of the public domain. This great movement represents a better distribution of the population. It represents new and multiplied sour ces of wealth. It means better health as well to a larger number. It looks with discriminating intelligence to the solution of a problem involved in the Influx of the aliens to our shores. In dustrially, economically, physically and even morally it bears directly upon life In the United States. Tne only regret table aspect of the whole thing is that but a comparatively limited amount of free land is left for occupation. But each year its value is enhanced by enterprises the Government is carry ing on under its general system of reolamatton. and those who get the last of the land may 'nave a shorter route te comfortable circumstances than some of the pioneers of former Move Tbree-Flttlis Majority. PORTLAND, Nov. 14. (To the Edi tor.) Yeur reply to R. L. Parker in Saturday's Oregonian, while perhaps correct as to a legal majority, does not settle the wager, which was as follows: In computing the election returns on a bond issue that requires three-fifths vote to carry, precinct No. I voted bonds yes 18, bonds no 82. On this return the issue oarried. Precinct No. t voted bonds yes 61, bonds no 0. I claim that bonds yes has 61 votes to spare, or in other words bonds no must get 41 votes more, without bonds yes receiving any to de feat the measure. Am I correct? J. R. BURKE. What is three-fifths of the total vote In precinct No. 2T The Oregonian does not decide betsi It confines itself to Imparting information. . Reflectlqas O a Bachelor. New York Press. We'd all rather be right than Presi dent till we get the chance. .Th worst about trying luxuries is that, once you do, they become neces sities. Some men work harder trying to get out of doing a thing than it would take them to do it. There's no woman that dees not hate to admit she wears clothes underneath . i . 1 1 1 l.nan h or WfLVm. uah w ii -"- " ' Great honors exiBt enly in ttae lra-i ag-lnatloa of Ion a women wno are hereto every day In the little things. Eiaetlaf Standard. Washington Star. "You are going te the polls regard less of the weather?" "Yep," (replied Farmer Conjtassel; "my idea of real patriot Is a man who will travel lut as far. to cast his pair lot a he would to see a circus." Growth I T Team Is Show By the Thirteenth Ceaawa. According to ths latest bulletin from the Census Bureau, cities which In 1900 had more than 100,000 population have made gain as follows: P. C 1 Cities 1910. 100- Inol Albany. N. T 1O0.253 .151 6.5 Atlanta. Oa 154.6.-.9 8U.S72 T2.3 Baltimore, lid 6h.4K. sns.doT 9? Binulmham. Ala. 1..U.0V5 SS.41 M5.4 Boston, Maaa B70.O3.'. Ceo.s'j2 IK 8 Bridgeport, Conn., 105.054 70.994 4S,T Buffalo. N. T 423.T15 S53.387 io.2 Cambridge. Maaa.. 104.830 91.SS 14.1 Chicago. Ul 2,185.i:S3 1.698,575 28. T Cincinnati, Q. .... StH,4t)3 315,902 11.8 Cleveland. 0 5rtO.60S SKI, 70S 4. Columbus, 0 3Sl,fl4S ' 123.500 44.6 Dayton, O.,- il 6.677 SS.83S 38.6 Denver. Colo 213.3S1 1U3.S.") 08-4 Detroit. Mich 485.706 2."i.704 63,0 Fall River. Mass... 119.SW5 104. SOS 13 6 Grand R'pldc. Mich. 112.571 S7.505 28.6 Indianapolis, Ind... 233,650 1BD.J64 38.1 Jersey City. N. J., i'67.779 208,433 29-7 Kansas City. Mo... 248.3S1 103.752 51.T Los Angeles, CaL.. S19.19S 102,479 311.4 Loulsvllla. Ky, .... 823.928 204.731 9.4 Lowell, Mass. lt6,24 H4,Brt 11-9 Milwaukee. Wis... 373.S67 2S3.315 31.0 Nashville, Tenn. ..110,384 R0.805 8 6 Newark. N. J 847.469 248.070 41.8 New Haven, Conn. 133.605 108,027 23.T New Orleans, Ia.. 339.075 2S7.104 18.1 New York, X. T . . .4,788.883 3,437.202 S8.7 Omaha. Neb. 124.006 102.655 21.0 Paterson. N. J 125.800 105.171 ia4 Philadelphia. Pa...l.649.00S 1.293.697 1U.7 Pittsburg, Pa 633.095 451,612 18.2 Providence. R. g, .. 224,326 176.597 27.8 Richmond. Vs. ... 127.628 85.056 80.1 Rochester. N. T.... 218.149 182.608 84.8 fct, Louis, Mo .. 6SJ.029 675.238 13.4 St. Paul, Minn 214,744 163.065 31.7 Scranton. Pa. 129.887 302..026 27.8 Syracuse. -N. Y. ,. , 137.248 108,374 26.8 Toledo. O. 183.407 131.822 2i.8 Washington. D. C. 831.089 278,718 15.8 Worcester. Mass.... 145.9S6 118.421 23.8 Figures ate yet to be announced for Memphis, Minneapolis and San Fran cisco, which had more than 100,000 ten years ago; also, for several Pacific Coast cities having now more than 100,000. Cities From t&fiOt to 100,00. Following is tha population of cities between 35,000 and 100,000: p. c Cltita 1910. 1900. Inc. Akron, Ohio 6U.06T 42,728 61 6 Allentown, Pa 61,813 85,416 46.6 Altoona, P 62,127 88,078 83.8 Amsterdam. N. Y. . 81.267 20.929 49.4 Atlantio City, K. J. 44,461 27.838 S9.T Auburn, N. Y 84,608 80,345 -9 Aurora, 111 29.8u7 24.147 23.4 Austin. Texas 29.860 22.253 34.2 Buttle Creek. Mich. 25.267 18,503 861 Bay City, Mich... 45.166 27.628 3.6 Bayonne, N. J 85.645 82.723 69.7 Binghamton, 14. Y. 48,448 89,847 22-8 Bloomington. III.. 25.768 23.288 10. T Brockton. Mass.... 68.878 40.083 42.0 Brookline. Mass... 27.792 19.935 39.4 Butte. Mont 39.165 80.470 28.5 Camden, N. J 84,638 75,935 24.S Canton, Ohta...... 60.217 30,67 63.7 Cedar Rapicis, la.; 82.811 25.056 27.9 Charlotte. N. C 64.014 18,091 8s.O Chattanooga, Tann. 44,604 80.154 47.9 Chelsea, Mass 82.452 84,072 4.8 Chlcopee. Mass.... 23.401 19,167 82.5 Clinton. la 25,677 22,698 12.7 Colurado Springs., 29,078 21.085 3 Council Bluffs, la.. 29.292 25.802 13.6 Covington, Ky 63,270 42.938 24.1 Dallas, Texas 92.104 42,638 116.0 Danville, 111.. 27.871 - 16.354 0.4 Davenport, la 43,028 85.254 22.J Decatur, II!........ 81.140 20,754 50.0 Dwa Moines, la... 86,868 62,139 89.0 Dubuque. la 8.494 86.297 6.1 Eaaton. Pa.., 28,623 25.238 13.0 East Orange. N. J. 34.371 21,506 69 8 East St. Louis, 111. SS.547 29.655 87.4 tlgin. Ill 25.876 22.433 35.8 lTiabeth, N. J...f 73.409 52,180 40.8 Elmlra, N. Y. . 87,176 35,bi2 4.3 Erie, Pa ,., 66,625 62.733 26.2 Evansvtlle. Ind..,. 69.647 &8.Bi)7 18.0 Everett, Mass , 83,484 24,336 S7-6 Mtchburg. Mas.... 87,826 , 81,531 20.0 Flint. MicV 88.650 13,108 194.2 Fort Wayna, Ind.. 63.933 45.115 41-7 Fort Worth. Tex... 73.812 iS'SSS -ioi Galveston, Tex.... bo.wbi 0,'1t Oreen Bay. Wis... 25,236 ?5 J Hamlltoa. Ohio.,. 85,279 23.914 47.5 Harrlsburg. Pa 64.186 BO.lflT 2- Hartford Conn.... 98,915 79.850 23.9 Haverhill. Masa... 44.116 SHi? ?i Hoboken. N. J.... 70.824 50.364 18.5 Holyoke. Mass 67,730 ''J? ii Houston. Tex...... 78.800 44.033 76.6 lackson. Mich .... 81,433 25,180 24.8 .aeitSvuf jn'aV.- 67.-69 28.420 ljjj.0 Jamestown, N. Y. . 31.297 32,898 86.7 Johnstown. Pa 65,482 ?5,9.i6 64.4 Jollet, III.....,.,., 84,670 2.3ta ij-i jopun. mo Sr;SS T Kalamasoo. Mich..' 89,437 24,404 61.6 Kansas City, Kan. . 82,831 . 61. " i Klrgston. N. SJ'o,,; i? La Crosse. Wis.... 80.417 28,895 6.3 Lancaster. Pa V'&l JMjS zkl Lansing. Mich 81,229 16.485 89.4 Lawrence, Mass... 85.892 6?'SS? ?J.- t 9 247 23.761 10.5 &?.-: 12-51? iftlSr iSS l"rxvlS?;-- 281883 16 028 80.2 r: ir. '.o -dy 18.S91 C6.1 Lran Mis. .?:.":. 89.338 68.513 30.4 Mcon.'oa!....... 40,665 83.272 74.7 Kf vr arrnrt "Pa. 42.694 S4,;t - I"",, r rrrt. r. r.3. 1 fl. 1 A4 83.2 Sa- : S&7 ii! SSV1Ji-,,";fa: 88.-136 80.346 25.7 ri" 21 228 45.7 MkogeOkiat:: 25:278 4:54 494.2 Nashua, N. H 86.005 23.808 8.8 Newark, Ohio o 111 lit New Bedrotd. Mass. 06,662 62.442 64.8 ? d,.,ItT Conn. 43.918 26,998 68.9 I", ""n, v AT "4 94.1 2.1 vlZSSFiZ Pa....:. SSsso aSSsS 8.o lewrf-Ky 0.309 38,301 "liTV lr.867 I?:720 98.1 Newton, nasi..... VS'IiKi 1 - ' tin C1t EfiiT 18.5 Niagara Falla, N. Y, 80.445 19.407 Ktn folk Va 67,4n2 4B,04 Eitwn. Pa.... 27.875 22.2H5 25.$ 66.5 Oklahoma City, Ok. 64.205 ",. at OO 10 037 gsHko.h.Vi.::::: gas Pasadena. Cal 80.291 Passaic, N. J--;" Pawtucket, R. I.. 61.6-- Feorla, 111 8,9o Perth Amboy, N. J. 82.121 Plttefteld, Mass.... 32.121 Portland, Me , S??Ii Portsmouth. Va... 33.190 Pougnkeepsie, N- Y. 27,936 Pueblo, Colo 44,895 Quincy, Mass 3-,643 Racine, Wis...... 5? Reading. Pa. , 6,0.1 Roanoke. Va V?A? Rockford. 111. - 4U.401 Bacramento, Cal... 44.696 Saginaw. Mich.... $0,510 St. Joseph. Mo 77,403 Balem. Mass... il'S?! San Antoulo Tex.. 96.814. San Diego Cal.... 89.67S San Jose. Cal 2?-46 Savannah. Schenectday. N. Y. "-B. Shenandoah. Pa. . . "jj 1 Shreveport, L-, , - Sioux City. la iZ tZi E.rr,orTlllB.- MSSS.. 77,236 24.141 22.7 28.234 189 9.117 JK3.2 27,777 97. 39.231 81.5 66.100 19.8 17.899 81.5 21,766 47.6 60.145 16.8 17,427 90.6 24,029 16.3 28.167 87.T 23,899 86.6 1Q 102 80. 78,961 21.7 21.495 62.2 31,051 46.2 29.282 52. .42,345 19.3 102,879 24.8 85.956 21.5 63.321 81-2 17 70O 128.6 21,600 34.6 64.244 19.9 81.682 129.9 20 321 26.8 16,013 75.0 83.111 44.4 Rl 843 25.8 Eniiih Bend. Ind. . 63,684 85.91)9 48.1 26,001 1.0 South Omaha, Nab. Springfield. 111.--. Bpringneid, Mass.. Springfield, Mo... .. . , ,i rvtnii-.. 26.258 61,678 88.926 85.201 25.188 84.139 61.3 62,059 43 8 23.267 51.8 15097 57.1 Tacoma, Wash.,.-, 2.972 Tnmna. Fla - ?8,D4 37.714 120.0 15,839 143.2 81.036 10.4 86,673 62.6 33,608 80.0 60.651 - 26.6 86.383 82.0 20.0S6 27.7 ,2S,4S1 I8.5 45.859 56.5 ' 12.5S0 112.2 21.696 23.2 Taunton. Mass. . - ff Torre Haute. Ind. J"'Jl3'J sse. yH :::.: imis IJtlca. N. Y Waco. Texas Waltham. Mass... Waterbury, Conn. n,.t.rlnn la...... T4.419 26.425 27,834 73.141 . 26.693 28.730 W. HobolSnT N. J. 35.403. Watertowm, N. Y. . 23.094 S3.3 RR S78 7.1 Wheeling, w. ;s-r;n Wichita, Kan...., 50 Wllkesarre. Pa.. 67.105 Wllliamsport, Pa- "Vill Wilmington. Bel.. - Wilmington, N. C. 2g '" Woonsocket, R, I. 8,l-5 Yonkers. N. Y I47 York, Pa. SaA'o.i EanasvUle. Ohio.,, 83.0-3 24,671 112.6 Ol.UL 28,767 10-8 76,503 14-3 20,976 22.7 28.204 88.7 47,981 66.8 . 83,708 82-8 ' 23,538 19. 1 Decreafie- Fopnlatlon ef Seven State. v p. C. . 1 1910. 1800. Inc. et?' 542 674 428.566 26.6 Rhode nuand..... Jfj-J S, 420,882 16.1 Michigan g'ia'sss 8 106,865 6-0 Missouri 527396 195.310 67.6 New Mexico....... igiJSS 8.6 Delaware g5i:956 848.641 8-6 ' I-- .,366:416 .M5.M6 20.0 Kerr Ground for Dtrerce. Law Notes. Mrs. Elinor Mllbant Anderson Tan ner ha sued bar husband for divorce In a Califarnia eourt on the ground that the monster insists on kissing bis baby without first having himself sterilised, thereby exposing ttoe little dear to great perils from malignant microbes which presumably Infest the pnfortunate Mr. Tanner. Chance for Bettors. Springfield Republican. For ten days after election the Col onel premises to be absolutely silent. Here is a chance surely for the m aft with a weakness for wagers. Life's Sunny Side "Among the many pranks ef Mark Twain's journalistic days," said a Vir-" glnia City editor, "was the dbneoction of a speech that was put upon a fa J mous Senator. The Senator had at tended a Virginia City banquet, but had not spoken. He had a sore throat. A brother from a rival paper reached the banquet late. 'What did the Senator speak shout?4 the newcomer whispered to Mark Twain. 'He made a very In teresting speech on the potato,' was the reply. 'The potato, eh? That's odd. Let's have the points, will you?" "With pleasure,' said Mark Twain, and he dic tated a half column that the reporter duly printed the next morning as the distinguished Senator's valuable contri bution to agricultural science. The speech began like this: 'Ladies and gentlemen, had- it been my lot to he born and reared in Ireland, where my food would have principally consisted of the potato that most salubrious and nutritious root I should now be. instead of the poor, infirm, stunted creature you see before you, a tall, stout, athletic man, able to carry an enormous weight.' " a 'a a Among the beautiful Fall bonnets in the show window of a Kensington mil linery store there is a jardiniere wrapped in pink tissue paper and filled with a large cluster of handsome dah lias. A lady accompanied by her hus band paused before the window, when the old man let loose a large exclama tion. "I have seen some fast going in my time," he remarked, "but that is ex. ceeding the speed limit." "what Is?" wonderingly asked wirey. 'Why. that thine there," replied hub by, pointing to the jardiniere of dah lias. "Where In the deuce is there a woman loony enough to wear a hat like that?" Philadelphia Telegraph, a a a Chief Kohler of the Cleveland police has a detective who. if reports are true. works by Investigation ratner wan oy deduction. It is said that this sleuth, examining a jeweler's window that had been broken, muttered sagely: "jmpn! This is more serious than I thought. It's broke on both sides." . . a William Jay Schieffelir vice-president of the Men's League for Woman's Suffrage, said at one of his striking suffrage meetings in Bar Harbor: "If we studied questionu with the sole desire of getting at the truth, then, no doubt, we should all be suffragists. But we can never approach a question. It seems, without taking sides, without becoming partisans, and as partisans, in our hot wish to vanquish the other party, truth becomes a little bit ob scured. "Few motives, in this world, can be pure. That is our great trouble." Mr. Schieffelin smiled and resumed: "A clerk wept bitterly on the beach one stormy day while out on the boil ing sea tossed a cockleshell of a fish ing boat wherein sat his employer. As the clerk watched with wild eyes tha little boat now buried under white foam, now shooting forward gallantly, now buried again, be clasped bis hands and cried In great anguish: "If that boat sinks, I'll lose my Job!" " New York Times. Why the Christening Was Postponed. Chicago Record-Herald. It was evident riiat the King was Im patient. He strode to and fro across the throneroom and pulled impatiently at his whiskers, ever and anon indulg ing in a gesture that Indicated some thing akin to anger. Summoning all his courage, the Prime Minister ap proached his royal master and asked: "What seems to be the trouble. Your Majesty?" "As you know," Phe King replied, "we have completed all arrangements for the baptism of the Crown Prince next Sunday." "Yes sire." "Well, It's off. We shall have to postpone It for a week,' and I have al ways believed that it was unlucky to postpone a christening." "But, your majesty, there is no rea son for delay. The arrangements are perfect. I have seen to them myself. Why not have the ceremony next Sun day, as planned?" "Can't do It, confound the luck! The moving picture people have Just sent word that tbey can't possibly be ready." 1 I Dyspeptic Philosophy. New York Times. Flattery will open a purse, but it won't pay a bill. Even when she marries her ideal a woman Is apt to outgrow it. With lots of men nothing Is Impos sibletill they try 11- The man wtao says life is not worth living Is the man who doesn't make it so. It is much easier to take things as they come than to part with them as they go. Only the thin-skinned take consola tion from tine fact that beauty is only skin deep. The motto of the reckless chauffeur seems to be, "Where there's a wheel there's a way." "Better late than never" Is poor can solation when you miss the last train. Staying In at Recess. Indianapolis News. N. G. Mcintosh, trustee of Wright Township, Greene County, nas placed a ban en tha time-honored custom oi punishing school children by keepinsj them In at recess. .The order has been Issued to all the teachers In the town ship and reported to the State Board of Health, which has heartily indorsed it. In his letter reporting the order Trustee Mcintosh wrote: "I do not believe it U right to punish children by denying them the privi lege of adding to their health and strength." When Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary ot the board, received the report he made a long mark on his desk? blotter. "An other sign of progress." tao said. TJnappreolatlve Wsbm. New York Sun. A mob of women fought to get into a pay-as-you-enter car. Said one wom an in the rear of the procession: "What Is that conductor saying all the timer' "I couldn't make out," said the other, "Step lively." I presume." "No, It Isn't that. Listen. There it goes again." . " H3et your change ready," wasn t it "No, I don't think so." Then they pressed UP close enough to distinguish words and heard him adjure women passengers to "Look out for your hobble skirts, ladles; look out for your hobble skirts." "Fresh thing!" said the women. ' Nevertheless a Failure. Chicago Reeord-Herald. "You have no right to regard your husband as a failure. Indeed, you ought to consider yourself lucky to ba the wife of such a man as he. H doesn't drink te excess; he seems to have a clean reputation he earns a good living for you, and is In every way a useful citizen." ' " "Yes, I know he s all that, but he baa never won a cup in a contest o any kind" Bricks and Mortar. Irish Life and Humor. Two Irishmen were arguing who wa ne cleverer, 'Wel,'" said Pat, TH bet you' can't tell me what keeps bricks together." 'Sure,'" said Mike, "it's mortar." "Na," said Pat. "yen are wropg; thai keeps them apart."