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K THE 3IORXrSG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH 1?, 1911. y POBTLAXD. ORXOOX. Etr4 at Pn!a4. Grsos. Postoftlee as liiUwiUM &ta Isvsrlsklr is A4 fnr. Rtb4t larlTKlx. on rw IWt X a!:r. .indr Included. S"l months.... 4-U ir. Vjndiv Intlultd. tbrss months. 2 Ia:ly. Aandav lneiadod. oaa moslA.. -IS Eat:r. without lundar. yoar.. ...... ai:r. without Suour. sis mootha... s-zs I : : T. without Fundi. IflrM mODlBL.. X-T3 I !?. witaout SMsdajr. oca moaLb. . .. . -SO waiy, on rr. 1M Sunday, ena yar... 4A4 ui vaaalr. oaa Tar. .- a A-W IBT CiRRIUll Xny. Sro'tar Inetodad. ena jraar. Avm.-r. aunoar loc.uutl oaa month.. ... .J Haw aa Raaall md4 poatofOc maaor svir. nBnu ordar or Darao&ai cback your local bank, stamps, co'a or lurraacr sra at lha :ndra rta. Givs poalofflca mi"" la run. lnc:oaiEi count r aoa stst. iaaa ataiia tv 10 J pagaa. i wi ta la pa. a casts: se to aO nacaa. a cants ao ta au psaa. casta. faria pests rait. Kaafara Bualnaaa OffVaa Var-a aa Conk ITn .s w lora. Hrsoawlcs. hullduis. CS- s. at. bulMlr.. POKTtA.ND. IsUD.iT. MARCH 11. MIL GU.VGEM NOT ALL. ruOLEA The indorsement of tha Canadian reciprocity rnauum by Pomona Grtn shows that It la Impossible, to Tool all of tho farmers all of the time. The astute politicians who look after the Interests of our highly protected trusts, in their fight Against reciproci ty, have received some valuable as sistance from the grangers who have teen led to believe that farming in forests would suffer by the change. There are no tariff restrictions be tween Pennsylvania and Ohio, or be tween Oregon and Washington, and Jet the residents of these stales do not suffer. Canada and the United States produce practically the same commodities and the surplus finds ale In the same markets. The United :ates being the larger and older turns off many more of these products than Canada has for sale. In fact, Canada applies a market for a great many of our agricultural products and, al though we can buy but little from her In return, she makes no more effort to deprive via of that market than Peneslyvanla makes In the case of the Ohio farmer. The members of Pomona Grange must have been reading trade statis tics Instead of standpat literature on the reciprocity matter. These statis tics, compiled by the Government. how that Canada Instead of threaten ing to flood this country with agri cultural products finds a good mar ket for them In exactly the same coun tries) where the American surplus is marketed. Bacon Is one of the big products of the farm, for most of our J. 000. 000.000 bushel corn crop la fed to hogs. Canada also raises corn and hogs. In the year 110 she exported to European countries It. 422.747 worth of bacon and to the United States 17711 worth. The United States tought till worth of hama from Canada, and England bought 1413, f5 worth. The Canadian bacon and hams will hardly ruin the business In the United States. The foreign market that fixes the price alike on Canadian and American hama and bacon. In the fiscal year ending June 19, 110. bought from the United States lit, 000.000 worth of bacon and I IS. 000, 000 worth or hams. Canada not only falls to produce enough agricultural products to tup ply an Insignificant portion of the de mand of her mother country, which he would naturally prefer to the United States as a market, but. even tinder present hampering conditions. Is a good customer for American agri cultural products, la the year end ing 1010. Canada bought from the American farmers more than $4,000.- 00 worth of fruit and nuts. 15.600.000 worth of corn, nearly 14.000.000 worth of horses and cattle, nearly 11.500.000 worth of wheat and flour, 11.000.000 worth of meat and dairy products, and other farm products In proportion. She also exposed the terrible danger of competition In the lumber business by taking from this country 17.760.000 worth of lumber and 11.241.000 worth ef other timber products. In the fis cal year ending June 30. 110. this country sold to Europe IJ.000.000 worth of flour. Canada sold In the same markets 13.000.000 worth. These figures show conclusively that it was the foreign market that fixed prices both In this country and Canada and that the only effect pos sible, had Canada marketed the flour In the United States, would have been the sale of an additional 11.000.000 worth of American flour In Europe. The quality and price of the 112,000. 000 worth of flour which Europe took from the two countries waa the same, the freight rates from producer to consumer were the same, so that ab solutely no disadvantage would have teen suffered by the Americans had they marketed the entire 113.000.000 In f-ur, and In turn taken the 13. 000.000 worth which Canada sent to Europe. Pomona Grange has set an example In common sense that may be followed to advantage and credit by other granges throughout the country. FAX-AMERICA IXTXHrERISCX. Secure In his Parisian retreat, ex President Zelaya. wh- fled like a thief from Nicaragua, makes a violent at tack on the attitude of the United States In the Mexican affair. With the itm reckless abandon that char-a.-tertel his wild harangues against the United States when he fled to save Ms worthless neck. Zeiayn, asserts that this country 1 deliberately Inciting revolutions in Latin-America that they may serve as excuses f.r intervention. He makes the charge that the United States, f.T commercial and financial reasons, la secretly f entice not only Mexico, but the whole of Central America, "which It seeks to absorb, so ss to became Mo!ut master of the Western Hemisphere." AU of which would be Important If true, which of course it Is not. Tho United States is making the present demonstration along the Mexi can border for the same reason that tt made repeated demonstrations on a smaller scale in the unfortunate re public of Nicaragua, which this high wayman, Zelaya. plundered and dis graced until the limit of endurance by the people was reached. The United States, by virtue of the Monroe doc trine, recognized and respected by all European powers tor nearly 10 years, has been In a degree "muster of the Western Hemisphere." The Monroe doctrine. In the beginning, wss pro mulgated for the purpose of protecting the people of Spanish-America from the concert of the European powers known as the Holy Alliance, which threatened to Interfere In behalf of Spam then seeking a restoration to power. It la needless to state that tha Paa- Americana, with the iniquities of Spain till fresh la their minds were over Joyed at the interference" of the United States. After the dissolution of the Central American Federation, it became. In the Interest of humanity and Justice, fully aa necessary for the United States to make use of the Mon roe doctrine In protecting the differ ent republic from each other, as It was to protect them collectively from the rapacity of the European powers. This "intervention," which has never been In evidence except for the pur pose of restoring peace, has always been welcomed by the better element In the various republics In which it has been applied. But the United States has no Inclination or desire to absorb any of the territory lying soutn f n We have had too many prac tical demonstrations of the kind of people with whom we would have to deal. HASKEU. AND ROOSKVEX.T. Ex-Presldent Roosevelt ' denounces Governor Haskell as "unfit" and the Oklahoma Governor makes tha reply that Roosevelt Is a combination and Jackass. This la a style of rep artee that may suit the frontier taste and habit of Oklahoma; but elsewhere people have an Instinctive aversion for the foul mouth and the abusive tongue. Nor Is It very much to the point for Haskell to declare that there Is no single provision in tno Oklahoma constitution that bribe givers or special Interests would give a quarter for." We suppose that the Governor's purpose was to show that Oklahoma has a constitution so excel lent and so effective that the special Interests and the bribe-givers are out of business, though they would per haps reply that the Oklahoma consti tution Is worth somewhat less than 25 cents. Yet we have something more than a vague Impression that the special In terests and the bribe-givers are flour ishing In Oklahoma, despite Its radi cal laws and Its demagogue Governor. It was an Oklahoma Senator who made the sensational disclosure, within the year, about the offer of a large bribe to promote certain legislation In the Interest of certain Indian land leg islation; and the resulting investiga tion ahowed that the Indians had made conditional contracts with a thrifty gang of lawyers and lobbyists by which the latter were to get many million dollars If Congress acted favor ably on the Indian claims. Lo, the poor Indian, down In Oklahoma! The relations of Haskell to the special In terests and certain speculative enter prises In and out of Oklahoma are matters of common knowledge. Yet this fellow Haskell haa the nerve to pose aa a shlnlne and Impeccable or nament of the Oklahoma system. Colonel Roosevelt at Chicago said In effect that the Oregon system would be Judged by Its results In wise meas ures and In publlo men. and It must rise or fall by that standard. Doubt less he had the same thought In mind when he denounced Haskell as the product of one system and Lorlraer as the fruit of another. COLOX1ST WEATHER. This Is Oregon weather, as they can testify whose memories run back and take In February and March days of half a century and more ago In the Willamette Valley. Intending settlers, homebullders and Investors who are now reaching the Pacific Northwest by the thousands could not have had a more fortunate Introduction to the glorious climate of Oregon had they specified In exact terms the kind of weather that they wanted, and the Portland Commercial Club had com missioned Forecaster Beals to furnish It under penalty of losing his reputa tion as a weather sharp, and his posi tion under the. civil service rules of the Government. It Is but fair to say, however, since the truth about the cli mate of Oregon Is good enough, that not every March furnishes the type of weather that Is now being enjoyed throughout Western and Southern Oregon. The month here, as eli where, though In lesser decree, is often rude, blustering and boisterous. But between whiles the soft, balmy breath of Spring- la felt and the knowledge that Winter, except for a few parting rusts. Is over, conduces to genuine satisfaction with a climate that aver ages up as "the best on earth. This aside, those who have ex changed the unbroken snow fields of the wheat and com belts of the great Mississippi Valley for the green fields and pastures of the Valley of the II. lamette will quickly note the differ ence In climate there and here. May this difference conduce to the content ment that Is essential to prosperity and a-ood citizenship, and may the grand army of colonists the advance guard of which has already reached the Willamette Valley meet with a cordial welcome on every hand and such courtesies wherever they locate as good neighbors are ever ready to extend to each other. TKZ CWQCERINO BLOOMERS.. Aa The Oregonlan prophesied, the victory of the harem skirt Is likely to be sweeping. Mra Belle Armstrong Whitney, a great luminary of money and fashion who shines upon New York with a dominant radiance, says that the Paris dressmakers are fabri cating no other garments. We mean the truly elite ones. Of course the vulgar herd are constructing old-fashioned gowns which enshroud the wearer-like a tent. But the modistes who serve people of rank and wealth are making nothing but harem skirts. Soon it will be extremely gauche to wear anything else. Women who wish to be comma II faut in their attire wt'.l do wondrous wisely to give their orders for the new mode without delay. We say this not In behalf of the dressmakers, who will have to make some sort of gowns in any cose, but for the sake of the wear ers. It would be Immensely unpleas ant to see Portland women sticking to the old. discredited tent style when all the rest of the world haa adopted bloomers. The name "bloomers" for the up-to-date gown suits our taste better than "harem skirt." The word harem savors a little too strongly of Turks and things Turkish to please a truly American mind. It calls up visions of bowstrings, of fair, frail creatures sewed up In sacks and sunk In the Bosphorus at darksome midnight. Still, with all our antipathy to the Tjarem and what it suggests, the fact must be candidly confessed that the women who dwell within its enervating walls have managed In some way to devise and adopt a more sensible costume than their sisters who pretend to enjoy complete free dom. Do women In the depths of their hearts love to be slaves f Is U for that reason that they retain the tent gown, aymbollo of servitude, after es sential liberty haa been conquered for them? The memory of their fetters Is dear after the chains themselves have been stricken off. So much for theory.- As to practice we do hope that when women systematically adopt the bloomer style they will learn how to walk. Immersed In a tent a wom an may swim, waddle or teeter with out disgrace, but when once she ex hibits her nether prolongations to the light of heaven she must learn to walk or bring upon herself the Jeers of the heartless mob. In our opinion she cannot begin taking lessons too soon. AX OTmXK-VBIJ!; CKIMK. A crime the motive for which la, by any process of human reasoning, un thinkable, was committed In this city early this week, the victim of which waa a child of S years. Insanity cannot cover, or If It could cover, would not excuse, this rime. It will be remembered that a strong effort waa made to secure the repeal of the law providing the death penalty In this state by the last Legislature. Fortunately for Justice as meted out by the stern Levitlcal law, this effort failed, and this abh.rrent murderer. If caught, will finish his pernicious Jour ney at the rope's end. The quality of humanity that would permit a man known to have commit. ted this crime to live is Indeed strained. If a lunatic. It Is not more a sin against society than against himself to permit him to live on. victim to his- distorted Imagination, even In an asylum. . 6T. r A THICK. What the qualities were which made St. Patrick s. great missionary preach cr It is difficult to ascertain. The materials for his biography are very scanty. His celebrated Confession throws some little light upon his ca reer, but In the main, like the Con fessions of Augustine, It Is occupied with his spiritual rather than with his temporal adventures. Even the date of his birth Is in dispute. For that matter there are excessively Icon oclastic souls who maintain that the Saint himself la a myth, but these people may be dismissed with the scorn they deserve. There Is no doubt that St. Patrick once walked the earth In considerable majesty of person and great power, but few would venture to say Just when It was. Brock haus. In the great German "Conversations Lexicon" fixes his birth In the latter half of the 'fourth century. The Encyclopedia Brltannlca puts it half a century later, say about 411. We do not know Just when he favored the world by enter lng Its precincts, but we do know that his father was of aristocratic station. The old saying that St. Patrick was a gentleman has a substantial foun dation. Not only did his father belong to the gentry of South Scotland, but there Is excellent reason for admiring his piety. He was a deacon and to be a deacon In those days meant some thing. A deacon of the third century was more than a person who sold cod fish at twice Its value and loaned money at 60 per cent annually. Ha was a spiritual dignitary. The Saint came of a line of devout ancestors and the chances are that their devoutness was cumulative, so to speak. It had been stored up from one generation to the next, gradually becoming more abundant and active until when it was passed on to Patrick both the quantity and the energy of it were something portentous. He was a spir itual dynamo of great power. St. Patrick lived In exciting times. Conversion depends upon at least two factors, repenting of one's sins and trien forsaking them. The people among whom the Saint dwelt had taken the first step, but not the sec ond, which is often practically the more Important. They still Indulged themselves In the delights of piracy and in one of their raids the boy with all his deatlnlea was captured, carried off to Ireland and sold Into slavery. Upon the green hills of County An trim he kept sheep, not his father's like Norval, but those of the man who had bought him. There for six long years did patricK cow nis necit oe- neath the galling yoke of servitude. Then'he was Instructed In a vision how to escape and following the di rections of the monitor he made his way to liberty and fame. Where he went to school nobody knows. Some say he wandered tnrougn r ranee gathering knowledge as the bee does honey. Some say ho resided In Eng land for the next few years and mas tered all they had to teach in that benighted realm. Whatever the truth may be, in the course of time he found his way to Rome and there Pope Ce lestine. the third of that name, con secrated him to the salvation of Ire land. The plan of saving the Irish from their sins was no hasty concoction be tween Patrick and the Pope. He had long dreamed of It. No doubt during his years of slavery he had perceived a certain deficiency of the saving graces among the Inhabitants of the Emerald Isle. Irishmen were excel lent fighters In those grand old days. They could play on the harp that sent Its dulcet strains through Taras hall and they could swallow any quantity of firewater without showing the ef fects, but they lacked the one thing needful. They were pagans. St. Pat rick aspired to gather them like sheep into the fold, and he succeeded, as soon aa he landed from Rome on the emerald shores he began to preach and with every aermon he reaped a har vest of souls. Not by tens did they come to the mercy seat under his ex hortations, not by the hundred. They earns tT tens or inoussiiua. num tlmn a converted chieftain led his ( entire tnoe up to ins r. ij say that there were showers of blessings while he held forth to the Irish would be to state the fact too mildly. There were floods of .blessings, deluges and oceans of them. Just what made St. Patrick the preacher he was. as we have hinted. Is unhappily not known. No doubt he had a tongue of silver and the words he uttered were golden, but there must have been something else. We know of silver-tongued preachers by the dosen who never made a con vert In their Uvea We can make a snrewd guess that St. Patrick's wide experience of life helped him a good deal In his appeals to tne wild men of Ireland. He had lived their life. He had been through their trou bles. Words meant to him the same thing as to them. ' He did not speak the far-fetched language of any school. but the strong vernacular of toll and warfare. He did not study Hebrew to prepare himself to preach tj the troopers of the bogs and. mountains. but he dwelt with them In their tents and followed them on the foray. It would be interesting to take a man hot from life today, some black smith or cowboy, fill him brim full of the grace of Sod and send him out to preach to the pagans. There would be no difficulty in finding pagans. He would not need to travel nearly so far as Patrick did. They abound on every street. Then set him on them and watch the effect. We venture to believe that he would win a thousand souls for every one which the highly instructed product of the theological school can expect to glean. The suggestion of the railroad rep resentatives that some effort be made to extend the "glad hand" to the thousanda of colonists now reaching the city Is a good one and should be promptly acted on. Among tha colonists are many who have pre viously decided on what their move. roents will be after their arrival here, but even this class Is unfamiliar with routes, rates, timetables and other details which should be supplied them promptly. Even more neces sary Is a competent Information bu reau for the newcomer who has not yet made up his mind. It would be the height of folly to permit a man who came here to grow wheat to wan der away into the dairy or timber regions of the coast, and It would be an economic blunder of equal gravity to send a prospective dairyman into tha heart of tha wheat belt or Into a heavily timbered locality.. The ex ercise of a little courtesy and common sense with our new friends will do much to make them feel at home. They are entitled to the favor. Farm work Is reported well under way In the wheat belt. Conditions have been so favorable for Spring seeding that a large acreage will be added to tho big area now In Winter wheat. As the Hessian fly and the chinch bug never Interfere with wheat In the Pacific Northwest, the bulls and the bears are as yet unable to get up any crop damage reports. Lat er In the season, however, there will be an opportunity for the dry weather reports which are always more serious than the damage which follows them. Thus far conditions are perfect. With a few April showers to help matters next month, we will stand a good show for the largest crop on record, as the acreage promises to exceed that of any previous year. A good wheat crop Is no longer of such vital necessity to our prosperity aa it used to be, but It Is still a very Important factor in the commercial life of a vast portion of the Inland Empire. Governor West," we hear from a friendly quarter, "ought to have had more opponents and he would have vetoed more legislative bills." The Governor is doing so well In the way of Increasing the opposition to him that very likely at the next legislative session he will have no opportunity to discriminate between the bills of his friends and of his enemies by signing the one and vetoing the other. If It was a good thing for West to disap prove the bills of his enemies without regard to their merit or demerit, why would It not have been Just as com mendable for him to veto the bills of his friends? What Is to be said for a Governor who makes allegiance to him the price of executive favor in with holding his veto and visits political op position to him with the penalty of ex ecutive disapproval? Exercise of the executive veto function on any such basis or for any such reasons is Inde fensible. A Legislature which would not dare to repeal a law openly should not be construed to have done so "by Impli cation." The Legislature has sins enough to answer for without having the Judges load It up with fancirui ones It never Intended to commit. When will our courts begin to decide lawsuits and leave legislation to the proper bodies? When all Is said and done the em ployes at the penitentiary know bet ter than anybody else how things go on there. If they have anything to disclose the public ought to know It. They may not be Impartial witnesses exactly, but who ever saw an impar tial witness? The fate of Barbara Holtzman re minds us of what may happen almost in broad daylight In a great center of civilization. Society has many eyes, but they are all busy watching saloons and gambling houses. There is none available to look after the little Bar baras. Livestock receipts locally yesterday were 4514 head, which Included but a dozen hogs, and the market Is firm. This means that Spring business In Portland is up to the standard. There may bo nothing to the dis credit of the ten grandsons of an aged woman at Forest Grove that they let her split her wood. Perhaps she needs the exercise. Negroes who become strikebreakers In the trouble of the locomotive fire men In Tennessee may be taking a violent way of committing suicide. Perhaps Spokane has been sufficient ly tamed to be ruled by a clergyman aa Mayor, but the likelihood Is he will ba "worked" and not know It. Leaving the tax collector's office Is much like departing from the dent lsf. The feeling of relief Is great that the agony Is over. People with a hazy Idea of the size of Klamath Falls can get a pointer from the fact that the city la about to get free mall delivery The Holy Rollers have at last settled on an Island in Puget Sound. All needed now Is a convulsion of Nature. Poor old Ben Tillman Is getting Into the shadow of the Valley of Death. That Is a foe he cannot fight. It Is up to the detective force not to let the Holtzman murder become one of the unsolved mysteries. Let us all go back to Missouri. The dogcatcher is arresting owners of un licensed canines. The "sane Fourth" Idea has handed It to the biggest fireworks concern In the country. The smell of the upturned soli Is like Incense to the nostrils of the colo nists. A man is known, by the shamrocks he wears, . . ALMOND TREES PROMISES PROFIT. Nvt Expert Says Some Varieties Graw Well la Willamette Valley. HILLSBORO, Or, March 15. (To the Editor.) The Oregonlan of today con tains the following editorial: It Is s pity that some adventurous ex parlmautar doas not plant s taw almond trees somawhare batween Portland and Salem. Wa hear of nlbarta. walnuts and pecans, but no almonds Tha tree is known to be bardy in ton latitude, but perhaps it would not bear. Perhaps, on tha other hand, it would produco abundantly. Nobody will aver know until It has baan tried on s considerable acala. Responsive thereto, kindly permit me to say that when I first began experi menting in nut culture, some 22 years ago, I included all varieties of nuts; walnutsf butternuts, pecans, hickory nuts, filberts, chestnuts and almonds. It took me 15 years of preaching, writ ing and talking at horticultural meet ings before it dawned on some ad venturous spirits to plant walnuts. At present perhaps 11.000,000 is Invested in this most profitable branch ol noTU culture, but it may take another dec ade before some one will plant almonds In the Willamette Valley on a commer cial scale. Possibly no one undertook it, be cause the demand Is not so extensive, while the French walnuts introduced by me into Oregon, especially the Fran quette and Mayette, peculiarly adapt ed to our climatic and soil conditions, are more profitable with a larger de mand. It cannot be for want of knowledge as to the proper varieties, as in an article on nut culture by myself, pub lished In The Oregonlan some 16 years ago, and again in the fifth and sixth reports of the State Board of Horti-culf- e, of which I was a member at that time, I gave my experiences with all varieties for the benefit and guid ance of fruitgrowers In general. I thank The Oregonlan for again calling attention to what Is so near my heart and to which I have given so much thought and time. For the pos sible benefit of "some adventurous ex perimenter" allow me to stats that the more tender varieties of almonds, such as the paper-shell, L X. L., No Plus Ultra and Princess are now grown profitably In the Rogue River Valley, but are too delicate for this section. The trees grow nicely and bloom regu larly .but, like some of .the soft-shell walnuts, I find that the etamlnate, or male blossoms, appear ma'.ure and drop off before the plstilate, or female blos soms, appear; hence no pollination and no nuts. However, the Grosse Tendre and Improved Sanquedoc are well adapted for our climate. The trees are strong growers, regular bisexual bloomers and bear a full crop every year of extra large, fine almonds, soft enough to be crushed by the hand, while the kernels are fully double the size of the more tender varieties and equally toothsome and nutty. My trees have now budded out and will be in full bloom in about 10 days. Light frosts do not seem to injure them. I trust that some one will plant on a commercial scale and reap the re ward which awaits him, and hope that shall not bs flooded as usual with letters to quote prices for trees, as I have none to sell. HENRY E. DOSCH. MODIFICATION OF OREGON PLA5 Writer Thinks Hamas Ability Is Strained by Existing System. THE DALLES, Or, March 15. (To the Editor.) It is my opinion' that the Oregon system" was devised by some of our leading politicians for purposes of political capital, and has been fol lowed by others because It was the easiest way to get Into office. It catches the popular idea everywhere, because of the deceiving notion people get that they are better represented. nd also because of the really right idea at the bottom that these laws Intend to give to the majority of the people laws that they want, without regard to organized capital or political bosses. People who call us "enemies of popu lar government" are mistaken. No right-thinking man is opposed to a gov ernment by a majority of the people. We are not opposed to such a gov ernment, but we are opposed to present methods of government by the "Oregon plan," which, we claim, does not repre sent the majority. The direct primary law would re quire every man to be personally ac quainted with every other man in the Btate, and the Initiative and referen dum laws would require every man to make a study of every law that any and every crank may propose. If this could be so, it would no doubt be a fine thing, but it is not within the limits of human ability. You cannot compel a man by law to think. X believe In letting the Legislature pass our laws, as it is hired to do, but not with unlimited authority. A very good check may be provided by a postal system by which voters who oppose laws passed by the Legislature may file a protest in the form of a sim ple postal card saying that it is a protest against a certain law, and giv ing the voters' name and address; if 8 per cent of the voters bo protest, have the measure in question voted upon at the next general election. Such a sys tem may be enlarged upon to include initiative petitions, direct nominations, election of Senators and recall of elect ed officers. Needless to say, this would be op posed by cranks and agitators, as it would very much limit their field of action. But if there Is any good objec tion to be made against this plan I should like very much to hear it. Z. M. CHASE. Name of Wsldo Pssslns; in Oregon. PORTLAND, March 16. (To the Editor.) In your editorial paragraph Wednesday morning relative to the death of Mrs. Mary Porter Logan at Salem a few days ago. It Is said that she came to Oregon Territory in 1847, then a child of 8 years. This date Is probably a misprint, since Daniel Waldo, her father, came here in 1843 and was the first settler In the Waldo Hills. His homestead Is still owned by the heirs, or heir, of the late Judge John B. Waldo, who was born there on the 6th of October, 1844. Three weeks ago yesterday (Febru ary 22) I passed a very enjoyable hour at the home of William Waldo in Salem, where Mrs. Logan was a visitor for the Winter on account of her brother's Illness, but since he had fully recov ered she said she would soon return to her Seattle home. The uncertain tenure of life is again Illustrated in her unexpected demise. On that occa sion she was very happy in her Indul gence of a reminiscent vein and re called with much animation the eariy days on her father's famous homestead and the later years as the wife of David Logan, a prominent lawyer hero a half century ago. and three times an unsuccessful candidate for Con gress, the last time against Hon. Joseph S. Smith In 1868. William Waldo, now 79 years of age. Is the only living child of Daniel Waldo, and, as he Is a bachelor, the Waldo name will become extinct with bis death, so far as the direct descen slon from the old pioneer is concerned, though there are several grandchildren bearing other names living in Oregon, Washington and California. T. T. GEER, Safe Advice. . Chicago News. What " Auerled tha vouth. "is tha best way to praise a woman?" I "By speaking ill of her rival," an-1 swered too homegrown philosopher. THE FARMER. AND HIGH PRICES Productlom Cost Alas Blah Says Teller of Long Experience. CLATSOP, March 15. (To the Edi tor.) I notice In The Sunday Ore gonlan an article under the heading "Portland Market for Produce .igh" with a table prepared by Mr. Beck with, president of the Commercial Club, comparing the prices of farm produce in 1902. 1905 and 1910 with the conclusion that the market price of potatoes, onions, mutton, veal, ham, tomatoes, butter, eggs, cheese and poultry had advanced 31.4 per cent In eight years. The conclusion is that all these farm products have gone "bal looning except turnips" seems to be all O. K. provided the premises are correct. Mr. Beckwith tells us it should be noted that these prices are wnolesale. He calls particular attention to eggs and poultry. He asserts a "hen will rear ten chickens during the Summer and lay 12 dozen eggs during the rest of the year and the eggs will sell at the minimum price of 25 cents a dozen." I note parenthetically that The Oregonlan of Saturday, March 11, 1911, quotes eggs kt IS to 18 Vs cents. The writer has fed chickens and gathered eggs for 75 years and does not believe there is one hen among 10.000 that will lay 12 dozen eggs in the balance of the season after spend lng the Spring and a good part of the Summer laying and incubating the eggs and rearing the ten chickens. The Spring and Summer are as much the special productive seasons for the hen as the turnip. All sorts of truck will grow under glass In December, but it comes high. Christmas eggs, being few and far between, come high three times the present price as the: are the forced product of stimulating feed and extra care. .Mr. Beckwith quotes mutton in 1910 al 12 cents. I am credibly Informed the Union Meat Company is selling mutton at from 8 to 10 cents. The buy of the farmers. It is not presum able that they are doing business for their health. The writer does not wish to dissuade any city man from "going back to th farm." He has spent most of his 80 years on a farm and would not swap his position and acres for any. palace in any town In the world with anv office within the gift of the American people thrown In. Yet It Is .well for the prospective farmer' to know the facts as tar as he Is able. The cost of production of most of .me articles in Mr. Beckwlth's table has increased more than 81.4 per cen in eignt years, farm lands west the Cascades have advanced fully 50 per cent; horses suitable for profit able farming are 60 per cent higher cows 60 per cent; farm labor can hard ly be estimated, it is something lik the morning mists; it disappears with sunsnine. .ignt years ago the ordl nary price per month was 830, with board and now It is 840, nominally, dui iu a montn does not represent th amerence. .Eight hours is a day' work for the United States Govern ment also for tae State of Oregon, for which we may thank the labor agitators and the politicians. Th minus oi most tarm laborers are thoroughly Impregnated with labor re lormlsms. Socialism and their klndre Isms, and If they go through the form xor.ien nours they do no more work. To add the matter up It takes from v xo ou per cent more capital to pro duce the same products and for labo an indefinable amount more. The result is tnat many are going out of busl ness in some branches of farming. Ac cording to a statement made at i dairy meeting a few days ago in Port- iana me dairy industry in Oregon it waning to the amount of several him dreds of thousands of dollars a year. Eight years ago the writer ran a dairy of 70 to 80 cows. Now thanks to the labor agitators, politicians and Board or Health philanthropists that pack uumes UI ainy miiK around in their pockets to exhibit in public meetings. '0 vojea uo ina minting and manu xacture me mliK Into good veal and beef without a kick or growl. In olden times a gaily slave did one man's work and had regular hours. An Oregon dairyman. If he runs more cows than he and his family could milk, is liable to have to do three mcu a worn, or let his cows go un milked. xn conclusion I Invite the effete, iiiy-nngerea, spindle - shanked city gentry to come "back to nature." We will give them a send-off with a ban quet of hog and hominy, corn dodgers owoLcnins, wim a wash down of hard cider and buttermilk. We will fervently pray that they make better farmers than we hayseeds would make icta, promoters, street-sweepers, uuuusuii, joyrioers, mixers and .luun-cj a iuu numerous to think of JOSIAH WEST. Army and Navy Strength. rKjuxjAMU, or., March 14. (To the Editor.) A class in Civil Government would be grateful for the following in- What Is the size of our standing Army EMMA B. FARMER. The total enlisted strength, staff and line, or tne united states Army, Is 76V i. exclusive of the provisional force and hospital corps. The total number of commissioned officers, staff and line, on the active list, is 4463. The provisional loree consists or ISO officers and 5732 en listed men In the Philippines. The law limits the enlisted strength of the Army to not more than 100.000. The active list of the Navy comprises zzu commissioned, and 370 warrant of ficers, 1146 midshipmen. The enlisted strength permitted by law is 47,500 men. The marine corps has 335 officers and 9108 men. Divorce and Kemarrlase. PORTLAND, March. 14. (To the Ed. ltor.) When one is not a resident of Oregon and has been deserted for year.ihow long must he live in Oregon before applying for a divorce? Would it be legal to remarry Immediately after? How long must one wait, or may divorced persons remarry at once in another state and return to Oregon to live, or remarry in another state and live there? A SUBSCRIBER. No matter where deserted, one must reside in Oregon one year before ap plying for divorce on the sole ground of desertion. Remarriage may not take place before .the expiration of six months after the decree is granted. Prior remarriage in another state is void, no matter where the parties re side. Property Deeded Jointly. PORTLAND, March 16. (To the Edi tor.) Please answer in The Oregonian thie question in controversy: A 'sells a piece of land to B, making the deed to B and Mrs. B, the wife. . Does his wife have to go to any expense in the settle ment of the estate, or is it hers to have and to hold the same ae It would have been his had she died instead of him? M. A. GAGE. Real property deeded- Jointly to hus band and wife becomes the property of the surving spouse on the death of the other. The wife's rights are identical with the husband's. Panams-Paclno Exposition. BRIDAL VEIL, Or., March 14. (To the Editor.) Can you tell me through the columns of The Oregonian who the superintendent and manager of the San Francisco Exposition is? A. SUBSCRIBER. For information write to Homer Bonshy, Merchants Exchange, San Fi - anclace Timely Tales of the Day "Have you any spare ribs?" was the question asked a Portland business man recently, when he took jows the teiepnone receiver to answer a caia. For a moment the business maa thought he was the subject of some joke, but' the sweet voice that askee the question reassured him and he reajj lzed that there was some mistake, s he hastily answered: "No, madame, I am not Adam, an'd I am not willing to give up one of my ribs for any purpose. " "Oh, I beg your pardon," was tl prompt reply. "I thought I had Blanks meat market." This Incident brousrht forth a story about the Chief of Police of Oakland Cal., some years ago, when asked over the telephone If he had any brain grew furious and said some very im polite things to the lady who askef the question, before he discovered thai she wanted a butcher shop and not thf Chief of Police. "Every time I read of my bsvhoof friend Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana, said Harvey Beckwith, mam ager of the Wells-Fargo Company anf president of the Commercial Club, "ii brings back to my mind some odj memory. "You see Tom and I came of the same class of parentage poor people in Illl nois. We worked at any old thing w could to get the money. Finally Tors concluded to try his hand in the Fat West. He picked Helena and moved out there. Once in a while I would get 4 letter from him and it all ended In ms accompanying his sisters and brothers to Helena to live. "The day we arrived Tom took th brother and myself to a cigar store and ordered In a sort of nonchalant manner three cigars and threw a dollar on the counter. The clerk threw tha dollar In the till and gave no change. I could not keep still and finally asked: " 'How much were those cigars, Tom?" " Three for a dollar. " 'Is that a regular thing out here?" " 'Sure,' responded the embryo Sena tor. "How much are drinks?" " 'Two-bits.' "Now I only had a few dollars saved up and I Immediately suggested that we look for a Job for myself. " "What's the hurry, Harve?" queried Tom. " 'Well, Til tell you, Tom; I am a little shy In cash and If cigars are three-for- a-dollar and drinks two-bits apiece, I've got to have something to do to keep from dying from thirst. "Freemasonry among tobacco-users is a remarkable thing, says Represen tative Seneca Fouts. "One who .chews or smokes will always find accommo dation of his needs among utter stran gers. In the Second Oregon regiment we had a young Irishman who was aware of this fact and made the best possible use of it. He was by way of being tight-fisted, and deposited all his wages with the paymaster, depending on the charity of his comrades for his supply of tobacco through the month. He had used the expression Gimme a chew so often that it became second nature with him. "One stormy night when we were on the line outside of Manila, I was in command of an outpost, and Connelly was the sentry on post. A party or bushwackers crept down upon him and were close at hand before he saw them. Then he fired his rifle to alarm the outpost and came galloping back amid a storm of bullets sent after him by the insurgents. All out of breath Connelly vaulted over the low trench In which we lay, and panted: Sergeant, they're coming; for. Hea ven's sake gimme a chew.' " Joseph Anderson Is a master printer and he hails from Sacramento. In Port land the other day he won the envy of a number of fellow printers. "I have the best foreman to be found in any printing office In the world," he said. He believes in the office and to him It Is the only spot on the earth. Once a year I give him a bunch of money to go off and brush the cobwebs off get new ideas in the printing business. Every time he comes back he turns back part of the money given him. That Is a wonderful trait for a prin ter. But he beat that. One day I felt so good about his work and his faith fulness that I said: ' 'Tom, I'm going to raise your wages.' "What do you think his reply was? He said: 'Joe, don't you think you had better buy new type with the money?" Capital Punlnhment Retained. PORTLAND. Or.. March 15. (To the Editor.) Kindly answer In The Ore gonlan: Has the State or Oregon done away with capital punishment? What has become of Webb, the man tried for the murder of Johnston in the Grand Central Hotel in this city? A SUBSCRIBER. Oregon has not abolished capital pun ishment. Webb Is in prison under sen tence of death. His case has been ap pealed to the Supreme Court. FEATURES OF THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN "Revivified Battleship Oregon Will Be Stationed at Home." Illustrated. "The Little Lady From Ser via," by E. Phillips Oppenheim, in "The Adventures of Mr. Peter Knff " series. Illustrated. "Successful Americans "WTio Have Bucked Hard Luck." Elus trated. "Centenary of the Eaglet's Birth Recalls Sad Tale." Illus trated. "The Country Boy," by Ho mer Davenport. Illustrated by the author. "Cap Anson's Forty Tears in Baseball." Illustrated. "Normal Living and Hard Work Reforming: Hundreds. Il lustrated. "Trousers "Skirt Creates Fur ore in Paris." niustrated. "Heir to Russia's Throne Shows Autocratic Spirit." Illus trated. "Dashing Fire Horses Give Way to Auto Fire Engines." "Woman Must Now Be Gym nast to Follow Fashion Hints," by Mrs. F. S. Myers. Two children's pages. "Widow Wise," "Sambo" and "Mr. Twee Deedle," in the comic section. Women's pages and an illus trated page of the latest Paris styles. '