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Hrnaswtc kuiidiaa- cai ease, ttaa-ar tuMlsf. FoiTUL5D. rmiotr. Jri-v ts. isil. VAFT TACTS VS. CtXCHOT THEOBltS. President Tail haa completely dis jcm! of the charge that the opening to aattlaraant of watsr-front land on Controller Bar ' a secret move In the Interest of the Ryan syndicate and haa proved that tha charge wa" based upon a clumy forgery. Glfford Fln ehofs reply only serves to confirm tha oft-repeated atatement that. In his fa natic seal for conservation as be views It ha would stretch the law to the breaking point, tie" up the resources of the country Instead of developing them, and misstate facta to sustain his theories. The .Trasldent relates that, when the Controller Bay affair came up to hlxn last October, the Forest Service found no objection to tha elimination of the tract for which Ryan had ap plied or Indeed of 11.000 acres on the northwest shore of Controller Bay. He objected to the elimination of 320 eras In one body specifically for the benefit of tha railroad company when only 1(0 acres could be thus acquired Be says: la tha secood place, I preferred to make a mach larxer altmtnatloa of a Iran facing tha entire cbannel. and erttn sufficient reora lor a terminal railway town. I was wlUlna to to this r -causa I found tha restrictions In tha law snfflclaat ta prevent tha poeatMlltjr of any monopoly of either tha upland or til feartwr or ehanaal by tba Controller Rail way aV Navtsatiea company or any other pereaos or cgntatr. Iron-bound limitations as to secur ing title stand In the way of monopoly and tha Controller Railway Naviga tion Company's scrip locations cannot wire It exclusive power over the harbor unlearn Congress should authorise it. Tha President thus shows that .he haa provided, according to law. for the development of Controller Bay as a harbor while guarding against mo nopoly control. He shows that this was done after full consultation with the Secretaries of tha Interior. Navy and Agriculture, the Land Commis sioner and Chief Forester, and after submission of the matter to the Cabi net. He states that he went beyond what was advised as to the area of land opened and assumes full respon sibility for so doing. He defines his policy as to Alaska In these words: I am la ful sympathy with tha con cam of reeeeeaMa and patrtmie man that tha valu able reeourree of Alaaka should net be turned ever to ba exploited for the proftt of grwmy, absorbing, monopollstia corporations or eradicates. Bat saery one muat know that tha reeonrcea of Alaaka can never be come aval.aSta either ta tba penpla of Aiaake, or lo the public of tba L'nltad Matea. wnleaa reasonable opportunity la srantad to the who would Invest their money ta as eura a return proportionate ta tba risk run rn the laveetment. and reasonable nnder all ta ctrcumatancaa. The charge that the order was made secretly Is refuted by the fact that ten elsys before It was made the details arere given out by the Interior Depart ment and were carried by the Asso ciated Press. This plain statement of the esse and of the reasons for the President's ac tion produces no Impression on Mr. Plnchot- He repeats his former state ments In face of Mr. Taft's declara tions. He repeats that the land was opened without notice, though It Is proved that the Intention to open It waa given all publicly. He Insists that Kyan waa given an opportunity to monopolize Controller Bay. though the President asserts that the law guards against such monopoly and that no opportunity for monopoly can exist without authority of Congre.is. Plnchot thus sets his word against Taft'a. Is Plnchot such a close ob server of the law that he should be helleved In preference to the Presi dent? The Controller Bay waterfront was part of the Ch uracil National for est until the President threw It open, and Mr. Plnchot says It should have remained so. By what law? It was not needed to grow forest, but as the site of wharves and of seaport towns. Its inclusion In a National forest may have been Justified as a temporary measure until the forest boundaries had been accurately defined: after that It was clearly illegal and It was the plain duty of the President to eliminate It. But Mr. Plnchot says: It was tha President's duty to bold the tarmlfial lands around Controller Hay In Oov-arnment ownerehrn. Aa with tba coal lands, tba title to tba harbor lands, which are tha key ta tba coal lands, ahould have aeea held. In any event, until Con err aa oouid an la tba maajittma. contrary to the rn. eral tmpreaelon. the very fact that these Vtnda ware In a National foreat made tbern f-jlty and promptly nvailabie under leas for ovary proper Baa. yet held thera subject to Cevraanl aunnrislon and control. In other words, if the forest reserve law Is not broad enough to suit Mr. Plnchot's theories, he would make It broad enough by hla own decree. He would Include in a forest reserve any natural resource waterfront . land, water power, coal land, anything which he thinks should be conserved and then have the Forest Service establish rules under which they ahould be used. He would constitute himself custodian by divine right of tha resources of the country superior to the President. Congress and the courts. Any official who allows any Individual to acquire title to a piece of land which has once been Included In a National forest is. In his estima tion, a landgrabber and friend of monopoly. Mr. Ptnchot's theory, as now enun ciated. Is fully In line with his practice when he was Chief Forester. His so called forests Include whole, broad valleys which ax devotd of any veg etation larger than sagebrush. When Congress, after a bitter fight with him. passed a law providing that agricul tural land within forest reserves might be horoesteaded, he retained in the forests the most valuable tracts of farming land on the pretext that they were needed for administrative or some ether visionary purpose. He threw every obstacle In the way .of the homesteader and some of his prac tices continue to this day. He har ried and worried cattlemen and sheep tnea and Included In tha forests land which worthless for anything hut grazing. In plain defiance of law he sent hundreds of men In the employ of the Forest Service to college at Government expense. While Mr. Itnchot'a fanatical en thusiasm drives him to lawlessness In one direction, his muckraking associ ates resort to forgery. The notorious DrCk-to-Dick postscript Is despaired of as campaign material, even by Repre sentative Graham, and has served only to discredit the whole campaign against the Controller Bay order. a nrxcu m ei aii the world but France laushs at French duels. At home they are sUll taken with tremendous seriousness. In the duel between Henry Bernstein and Maurice Pujo the other day seven rounds were fought with swords and neither combatant suffered anything worse than a scratch or two. Then the seconds called off the fight. The quarrel arose out of the riots attend ing the exhibition of Bernstein's play. "Apres Moi." which was supposed by some ardent souls to be unpatriotic. Nobody Is ever killed in a French duel, but the affair is always arranged with as much solemnity as If a regi ment were to be offered up to the deity of "honor." If a man declines to take a hand in the ridiculous per formance after being challenged he loses his "honor." Is called a coward by everybody and finds society closed to him. Why It ts cowardly to refuse to do what requires no bravery and Incurs no danger has never been ex plained. French notions about the duel are a little singular, as they are about the education of young girls and the Institution of marriage. That nation is almost the only one In Eu rope jwhere persna' encounters are still a popular Institution. The duel lingers In Germany, but not among the people. It Is confined to university students and soldiers, rha Pmintr (wiirni that his soldiers and officers ought to fight with each other about points or honor Decause their bravery would deteriorate if they did not- In order to keep their cour age up to the sticking place they must occasionally taste of blood. It Is only in England and the United States that the Idea of fighting a duel provokes a smile. In this country a person who kills his 'adversary in a personal en counter with swords or pistols com mits murder, but that is not the real reason why It has gone out of fash Ion. We have seen how ridiculous the duel Is and that has brought tit Into disrepute. Almost the last notawe cnanenges wViloh have been Issued In the United States were written by Southern bullies to the friends of Charles Sumner after he had been half killed by Preston Brooks in the Senate chamber. Brooks was a perfect sample of the man. of "hnnnr ' Ha attacked Sumner from behind and pounded hint over the head with a cudgel until he was insen sible. Very likely the popularity or ha rtnel in France indicates that the civilization of that country, brilliant as it Is. still lacks something of Anlo- Saxon perfection. MR. BRYA.VB CATECHISM. Senator Bailey's comment on Mr. Bryan's "catechism" of prospective Democratic Presidential candidates Is delicious- He declares that tha Ne- braskan's list of Interrogative Is "im pudent." If anything could be more Impudent than Mr. Honeys presence in tha I'ntted Staes Senate It Would be Interesting to hear of. He ought therefore to be an excellent Judge of what la ,lu-nrniia and what Is not. Still In this instance we think he may be mistaken. It- Urrnti'i fnt r h ltm is flOt Sd- dressed directly to the candidates. He printed it in the Commoner in tne form of a suggestion to hla subscrlb i.tuminj that a American citi zens they were Interested In the politi cal opiniona of the various men whom they may be called to vote for or against in the next Presidential eieo tlon he wrote out a list of questions hich he supposed would bring them Into the light. None of the readers 0 v. . r-nn, mnrtv a r. rthllred to send these Interrogatories to Governor Har mon or Governor llson ana no can rii.lAi who received a copy f them need answer unless he wants to. He need not say boo If he prefers to keep silent. In view of these facts, it Is a little difficult to perceive where the "Impudent dictation" which Mr. Bai ley reprobates so fiercely comes In. There seems to be more or less ground for the belief that Mr. Bailey belongs to a little group, as Influential as It is quiet, which prefers to name the next Democratic candidate for President. They assert the right to do this by virtue of their wealth and their powerful connections, and nat urally they resent the intrusion of Mr. Bryan Into a field which they have pre-empted and to which they feel .haa- have a aacred and exclusive property right. They would resent with quite as much heat the Intrusion of anybody else not belonging to the charmed circle. Mr. Bryan's position Is that the only chance for Democratic success lies in heeding the popular desire which have already given the party control of the House of Representative. The questions which he has formulated relate directly to these wishes of the people. Any candidate who refused to answer them or who gave unsatis factory answers would undoubtedly find himself repudiated by the voting masses, while If he were asked noth ing about his opinions he might slip through without difficulty. Hence It Is easy to understand the dislike of politicians like Bailey and the per sons whom be speak for to this "catechism." It Is pretty searching. We do not wonder that It excites the ire of shady politicians. There are thirteen of the interrogatories and each one of them goe to the heart of a vital Issue. Take the first one. for example. "Do you favor a tariff for revenue only?" Im agine Mr. Bai!vs plight were he com pelled to ansmTr yea or no. The slip pery Texan haa devised a most Ingen ious tariff theory for the express pur pose of evsdlng questions of this sort. Atk him whether he wants a revenue tariff or not and he will answer that he Is constltutlonslly opposed to abat ing the duties on raw materials until we have free manufactures. Since tar iff reduction must evidently begin somewhere, Mr. Bailey thus puts him self In a position to avoid action on the subject forever. Between the du ties on raw materials and those on manufacture he stands like the inde cisive sss between two bundles of hay which starved to death because It could make no choice. Or take the tenth question. "Do you believe In publicity of campaign con tributions?" Now there Is no "prac tical politician" on earth who does not In hla secret heart abhor publicity of campaign contributions. Mr. Bailey especially abhors it because bis finan cial refreshments are drawn from sin gularly malodorous refrigerators. A man like Harmon would not hesitate to say that he did believe In publicity of contributions because he is honor ablo and wants no success which is not honestly gained. Nor can we Imagine Woodrow Wilson squirming at the thought of telling who has given him money for his election expenses. But for Mr. Bailey the case Is far differ ent. He wishes to keep under cover because he has a great deal which sadly needs covering. Searching as Mr. Bryan's questions are, they ask for nothing which any honest statesman ought to wish to keep secret about his opiniona The elec tion of a President is a very Impor tant act for the voters. It is perfectly right for them to learn as much as possible about any man who asks for their suffrages. If he has opinions which he Is ashamed of or afraid to publish is he quite the proper person to choose for chief maglstrate7 I The innuendo that Mr. Bryan Is by this catechism preparing the way for his own candidacy, a fourth candi dacy after three failures, is absurd Like every other intelligent American he takes a lively Interest in publlo affairs and tries by a number of per fectly legitimate methods to make his opinions county He differs from most of his countrymen only by being a lit tle more intelligent and active. From Mr. Bailey he differs by being a good deal more frank. TRC8TS WOVEN TOGETHER. The inter-weaving into one body of several trust Is brought out by the report on the harvester trust, which has Just come to light. This is shown to be so closely allied to the steel trust that several of the directors of the two trusts are identical and the steel trust pays rebates to the har vester trust on steel used In making machines for export. The harvester trust Is allied to the oil trust by the family connections of the Rockefellers and McCormlcka. Thus there has been built up a community of inter est among three of the greatest trusts as among the great railroads, and in both Instances J. P. Morgan was the builder. These facts came to light through the presentation 'to the Stanley com mittee of the report of B. D. Town send on the harvester trust, but they have long been suspected. The tend ency to combine the trusts in alliance is as strong as the tendency to organ ize the trusts themselves. It Is part of the movement to concentrate control of the wealth of the country In a few hands, which would culminate in the rule of a financial oligarchy such as ruled. Venice In the Middle Ages. Not only do the same men rule several of the great trusts, but they own the greatest banks and the greatest rail roads. Even when the heads of the steel trust own no stock in a railroad they can dictate its policy by a threat to divert the Immense traffic they control. The execution of such a threat might wipe out the profits of some railroads. The same statement is true as to other trusts. As trusts and railroads are Jointly controlled and as railroads are con trolled by trusts and trusts by rail roads. Joint control of great banks has grown up, all by the same small num ber of men. Not only this, but the great banks are reaching out after control of the smaller banks. The Na tional City Bank, which is the bank of the Rockefellers and Morgans, the biggest trusts and the biggest rail roads, openly seeks to facilitate this control by organizing a subsidiary company to hold the stocks of other banks. Such a company may become the means by which the strongest financial power In the country will reach out its tentacles into every city and control its financial policy. ADVICE TO XEirrOXERS. The inquiry of "a newcorner" pub lished elsewhere today Is one of sev eral communications of the same tone that have reached The Oregonlan re cently. As the writers seem to be really seeking light. It is well to ex plain Just how impossible Is the task these now co mors have set in their own minds for the Government and state officers in Oregon. According to general land office reports, the area of surveyed and un surveyed public lands In Oregon, subject to entry and settlement on July 1, 1910, was 17, 880,673 acres. This a it a is practical ly equivalent" to the combined areas of the settled states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Some of this open Government land is mountainous and the remlander Is scattered throughout a district where qualities of soil and possibilities of farming development are governed by a variety of topographic and climatic conditions. It Is distributed through out a state larger than New England with half of New York thrown In. To expect a Government or state land agent or anybody else to say that this or that quarter section has so many acre of bottom land, or so much tim ber growth, or is hilly or flat or will grow potatoes but not peaches or vice versa. Is out of the question. There are more than 100,000 open quarter sections In the state. There are six United States land of fices In Oregon, and In each several millions of acres of land, about which the Land Office officials know but little, for the reason that they are not charged with any such duties.. Where they do know anything about the lands open for settlement the officials are almost uniformly courteous and attentive. But the register of the Portland Land Office would probably not know anything about the land in the other districts, any more than the register of the Lakevlew district would have knowledge of the land around Portland. A Iandseeker must flrt decide in his own mind which portion of the state he wishes to settle In. This done, he should decide whether he wants arid or humid land. If the former, he must then decide whether he wishes irrigated or dry farming land; If the latter, the price he wishes to pay, for as a rule ft may be said that there Is very little homestead land left in the humid sections. There are arid lands to be taken under the home stesd laws, in tracts of ISO acres, and In places 320 acres. These lands as a rule are what are known as dry farming lands as the rainfall In the vicinity is below the amount relied upon under general farming methods to mature full crops. There are also lands to be taken under. the various Carey projects, the Government Irrigation projects and under the desert land law, and In addition there are claims open for sale . or settlement under the timber and stone acta Indeed, it would take sev eral pages of The Oregonlan to ex plain Just how and where public or semi-public lands may be secured, ana the price, and other pages to point out the localities where cheap farming lands may be secured from private owners on reasonable terms. If the writer of the communication wanted to Invest In a box of writing paper he would probably not go to a paper mill; he would undoubtedly go to some retailer of the article. And Just the same Is true of the land busi ness: the best person to set one right Is the real estate agent the man who investigates and knows about the lands because that Is his business. And as a rule the land agents or real estate agents are Just as reliable as any other class of business men. Land agents can be found In any land district who can tell more or less about every quarter section of vacant land in the district, and for this they will make no charge unless they satis fy the inquirer and locate him. Or one can look out his own location ap proximately and then go to the Land Office in which the land Is situated and get a plat of the township desired for a dollar. Then he can find a cor ner to start with and run out the lines himself. The plat will show which lands are vacant and which are filed on. If a claim satisfactory la found the officials at the Government Land Office will no doubt make out the fil ing papers without charge, or this will be done by any land agent for a dol lar or two. The Land Office fees for public lands will average about 18 per quar ter section upon filing and a little more than that upon making final proof, except for timber and stone lands, for which the price is $2. BO per acre, payable at time of making proof. Under the Carey and Government ir rigation projects the prices are from $17.60 to 160 per acre, one-fifth to one-tenth down, balance in from five to ten equal payments. .Desert lands or lands taken under the desert act, cost 11.25 per acre, payable after the lands have been reclaimed, or water Is upon a certain portion of each claim. Full particulars for taking any of the public lands may be had without charge frdm any Government land or ficlal. In addition, the Portland Chamber of Commerce has an Infor mation bureau equipped with data concerning every profitable farm In dustry in Oregon. It has prepared books and pamphlets answering al most every conceivable question which may be obtained for the asking. While there are countless opportunities in Oregon for homesteekers it must be remembered that opportunity will or dinarily not come to the man who sits in a hotel office waiting for something to turn up. "The universal language" of thirty years ago, VolapuK, perisnea long De fore its inventor. His . name was Jo- hinn Martin Schleyer and he has Just died at Constance 80 years old. It will be interesting to see whether Es Its inventor. Dr. Zamenhof. will die first. Usually the life of a universal language is brief. They come in with the Spring rasnions ana . nut with tha first frosts of Fall. Perhaps it will be different vlth Es peranto. Time will tell. Of course. Governor West was "bluffing" when he Issued tne lmpnea threat that he would veto the appro rtrHatlnn fnr fin Orpron exhibit at the San Francisco exposition unless Wilde was given up to tne uregon autnon tips, uregon win not arrant tnai anDru prlatlon to help San Francisco, but to help Oregon. Wilde or no Wilde, we shall not be In a frame or mina to out off our nose to spite our face. We are not a bit surprised to learn that the Rev. Mr. Cowman, of Sher wood, raises better celery than they do in Kalamazoo. Long, long ago it was promised to such as he that he should be like a garden planted by the rlnra of water that brlngeth forth its celery In season. Its leaves shall not wither, the rust shall not touch It, "and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Good work for home Industry Is be ing done by the "made in Oregon" movement of the Manufacturers' Asso ciation of the Northwest, The associ ation has enlisted the support of fifty newspapers of Oregon In the work of Inducing the people to gle preference to Oregon products and has procured the location of many factories in the state. The man who produced strawber lies of the value of 1300 from one acre had a favorable market aa incen tive to hard work. Every acre in the Northwest will not produce like re sult, for many must be devoted to po tatoes and onions anel other articles on the bill of fare of the devotee of high living. Senator La Follette has peculiar ideas of what it means to receive In formation in confidence. He receives the Information after the Informant has laid down the conditions, then says he will not comply with them. It Is not safe to talk to some men without witnesses. Having heard from the people, Sec- retarv Wilson recommends that Dr. Wiley be "admonished" instead of fired." The question naturally sug gests Itself: What Is to be done to the men who conspired to have him "fired?" It coat Tetrazzinl 119.250 to break her contract with Hammerstein and sing at Lotta's fountain in San Fran cisco. But some women will have their way at any cost. Tim Woodruff, deposed Republican leader in Kings County, N. Y., was a relic of the Piatt days. His gorgeous vests may be missed, but he will not The wealthy, do-nothing Louise Swan has committed social suicide and a useful, working Louise Swan has takn her place. Bailey of Texas resigned again yes terday. The country Is becoming re signed to Bailey. t...n.i man ta1ra An" artv 1 . ( . m . 1 .1 Ka wall ynore etljr ilo.i na, ..vu.t. -.w to Inquire whether they are from Cul desac, Idaho. The business of Seattle's red auto burglar can hardly pay running ex penses. It needs scientific manage ment. People who stay out after hours will be run in. PATRONAGE OF WATER ROUTES Writer Susrccata Immediate Action Proteet Interest Portland Merchants to PORTLAND, Or.. July 26. (To Editor.) Referring to the editorial the in this mornings issue, concerning the order of the Interstate Commerce Cora. mI-bIah .ulalnn I. aAma tf ha in naming an amelioration of conditions tor foruana in tne aaveni ui mo 1115 V L Vl.C aiiaiuA -" ' i gonlan Is creating a hiatus of at least two years wnicn will oe very perpie 1 a if ua Viava in wn.it tha V. i wo a. - i.nK. tE la .- i-ir .In., at hfl.Tli. '""S- . . - ' ' J 1 ' The present freight schedules between Chicago and t'oruana ranee iron $10.60 to $60 per ton. They will aver age about $25 per ton when the quan tlty of movement of each schedule i figured upon. What the merchant o Portland has to confront then. Is, tha ia . v. - ............ rirht rtA Is main tained, the merchant in Spokane and Its zone will pay $26.75, or an increase of seven per cent. Now. $1.75 will not more than put the average ton from here to The Dalles, and will thus leave Portland in the lurch for any business east of the t-ascaaes. except i freight disadvantage, which would be ruinous. What the merchants of Port land should do. It seems to me. Is to organize as one man to institute the means of defense available, anticipate the full measure 01 Denem mo compio tlon of the canal will give us. by uslni the Mexican road across the Isthmu of Tehuantepeo and the Panama roai now operated by Uncle Sam. The Tehuantepec road is only 10: II 1 n n . fmn, fh. MATlcn Oulf t 1I111BS jiruB, . ' u . .. Salina Cruz, and It was recently stated has completed facilities tor oenvermi 1 a aaa nn- rVaitrht da.llv and deliv erlng Into shipping at each terminal. t Ar irrt.w hnw much ch ii be trans- ported at Panama, but probably not over 1UUU tona aauy. v 1 .har Tnrt1nni1 receive about 1000 tons of eastern freight dally. I feel pretty well convinced that the merchants of Portland, acting as a unit, could contract with some reliable .hinnirto- eir-m for the movement of that amount of tonnage at an average of $10 per ton, including the rail v. -t Tarniantannp or Panama. A ih. interstata Commission would be avidly alive to the making of reason e.nm Portland Interior aula ia.njo . ' . .. - 1 ha ncEiimAil that if tne VvaiU, lb MlMai. www . railroad companies will concede a rate of not In excess or two cemu i per mile the Railroad Commissions. A -KTovlnnal will ThUS We Will be enabled to get freight from New York to SpoKane ror nm m " mii nn oo-olnxt a. nrobablo rail road rate from Chicago to Spokane of $26.75. . - o- tha. Tnnn.ms Canal Is com JVI nUV" Ma . " MainnnhlT eyXTiect tO Uit9LC3U wo mew - . get freight from New York to Portland for $0 per ton, ana djt mo v"--ot figuring, to Spokane for $12 por ton. As to the question of time In transit for the delivery of freight via Tehuan tepec, which some might deem to be al..J..atanamta IT IS f IHCL 1 1 1(1. 1. O. v a - age freight is not delivered from Chl- n. PAPtiaiid in less Lut&u and steamer freight can be received in the same time. With over 2000 miles of liver navi gation as one of Portland's advantages for business over any -- Li.k .ii ...i.t an rrtmDlement rail WHIVU v, ll road service and at the same time act as a potential factor in iixinK ri: Portland need have no fear of the ulti mate future. r v.AVAenva. varv fi-iad the Govern. a. aui mi.-. w - -. c. . l..lnn hna (Inn A its U U t V in meui, umiiii.Div- - removing the outrageous system ot rates chargea to tne lnienur, merchants or roruana c". " 11, 1 ... .1,1. nitv tn nave the way now to accelerate her vast commercial future. CHARLES P. CHURCH, in ita rtnmments The Oregonlan by no means suggested that relief for Portland would await the benents tnai will accrue from the completion of the Panama Canal. The possibility that the origin of Portland's freight would move eastward where water competi tion In now available was suggested. This the writer has elaborated. He however seems to overlook the fact that Spokane Jobbers must pay a dis- trihntiva rate as well as Portiana joo- ha-. If tha differential on freight from Missouri River points will per mit na to lav down goods In The Dalles at the rate the Spokane Jobber can lay rham rlnwn In Snokane. Portland 18 certainly not shut out of all territory east of The Dalles by Spokane compe tition. Another thing that Mr. Church, and tha SDokane enthusiasts as well. Ava.rlnok. Is that the Spokane rate de cision puts the Jobbing house now or to be established In Walla Walla. Col- far Moscow. Pendleton. Baker and other Interior cities, on a parity with Spokane houses. Portland ts absolute ly secure In Its water transportation. Thta oannnt ba taken awav bv railroad rate adjustments. Its competitors have been multiplied but If there Is a set back at all It will be but temporary. Plaint of Homeseeker. PORTLAND. July 27. (To the Edi tor.) Since arriving In Portland we have been reading The Oregonlan and would like to say we find It very reliable indeed. While we are not in the habit of finding fault, we certainly will be pleased to have answers to the follow ing: Why is It when new parties, wno never owned a foot of land and don't know how to find the publlo lands or how to buy them, cannot get Informa tion at the land office in Portland without knowing Just where they wish to go and what section they are look ing upT If they don t know all aDout what they wish to know themselves and be able to tell the officials in charge, they simply cannot find a thing and they get a glance of indifference that makes a newcomer homesick at once. What are they paid to do any way? Isn t there some way, wnen Oregon advertises school lands and thousands of other kinds of publlo lands for sale. that new people can find how and where to reach them? We wrote to the Publlo Land Board at Salem and all we got was, "where do you want land?" or "no school lands on market in such and sucH a place," or "we cannot give you a description of what the lands are like;" In faot no Information was given at all that will help a person entirely ignorant of the subject. A in is w uuMJiit. Margaret's Prarer. natter a nt n, i j . reasa listen, God. Just this one night . want to bra-; It's not polite. You sent to Vtollla, 'cross tha war. brother such a teeny nilta. a. He's rather red. but he's all right. Do send one here. I need ore quite As much as sne: (oiiii ny x 1.7, "Please listen, God!" Even a black one, 'stead of white, rd think quite cute; and Mother might Not -mind, wnat lovely games wa a pi&yi What clothes I'd mske of colors ray! Do send one. Though you're not In eight. Fiease listen, uoa: Dream Time. BT M. E. K. Amid the silent, places, where the nesting birds Their love-notes utter to a listening earth, Where sprouting seedling and the awaken ing Dud WhtsDer together In the joy of birth: Amid the silent places, where the stars bend low. Wheeling their awful flight beyond out ken. Where Time Is not. and only Love remains. There God holds converse wita tne sons HOUSING OF THE LAW UBRARY Books Are m Great Aid to Judges of Circuit Court, Says Mr. Schnabel. PORTLAND, July 26 (To the Ed itor.) I have read with great care the objection, purporting to come from Judge McGinn, to having Multnomah County house the Law Library in the new Courthouse, and want to challenge such objection as not well taken. Every person In this community is, or should bo, interested in this library. The Law Library is primarily for the benefit of the court in deciding cases, and it Is to the advantage of the peo ple to have the courts do so. To my mind it is just as proper and necessary for the State of Oregon to furnish Its Judges with suitable working tools (I. e. inter-alta law books), as it Is to furnish them a room In which to hold court- The present Law Library is worth about $40,000. It sprang into being about 20 years ago. when a few law yers associated themselves together and bought a few books as a nest egg. I was one of the charter members, and, if I am correctly informed, each mem ber has contributed towards the library since that time between $350 and $400. The library has never paid a dividend, and none will be paid or received, but instead the money received has gone and will go into new books. There are communities in the United States? where law libraries are created and maintained by the people by direct taxation. And I am satisfied that there is not a lawyer having stock in the original library association who would not be willing to turn over his stock to Multnomah County, and thus make the county a present of $40,000 worth of law books in consideration of the county housing them. It should also be borne in mind that at the time this law library waa start ed, a committee of lawyers applied to the County Court for and were given Its present quarters. This permission has extended over twenty years. There are several large office buildings In the City of Portland that would gladly house these books free of expense. Many of the attorneys in the City of Portland have large working libraries of their own, and, therefore, do not need to use the library at the Court house, but, as public-spirited citizens, thev have given to this library freely of their time and money, and out of pride in the bench and bar of the county they have desired to supply the court with the necessary working tools, practically free of expense to the county or state. With the acquisition of our new Na tlonal possessions and the completion of the Panama Canal, the scope or liti gation on this Coast will be broadened. This will necessitate the buying of more books and to scatter the nucleus we now have would, It seems to me. be unwise and the height of folly. Suppose we do away with the library divide It among its members and suppose the court, not to have a library of Its own, but desiring to Inform It self, our Judges would be reduced to the necessity of either hiking to the State Library at Salem or resorting to the various private law libraries to consult their books a thing no self-re spectlng judge could do with any kind of propriety. I am satisfied that If this question were thoroughly understood by the laity and could be submitted to them on a direct vote, they would De only too glad to give to the library the space and necessary funds that might be re quired for its upkeep. I will take chances on the people voting right on this question. CHAS. J. SCHNABEL. Emerson or Not- PORTLAND, July 27. (To the Edi tor.) In reply to "Emerson or Not?" In as much as several magazines have given space to this same question and have let it drop with result of some attributing it to Emerson while others aver it is undoubtedly from the pen of Elbert Hubbard. The writer Is not intending to answer. However, being a great admirer of the philosophy of each, she had It placed on a, Roycroft screen in her place of business under the name of Emerson. While Hubbard was visiting Portland several months ago his attention was drawn to the same and before noticing the name Emerson he was heard to say: "Dear Old Emerson He Knew." J. L. STOCKBRHX3E. Half a Century Ago Fium The Oregonlan. July 23. 1801. New mail routes In Oregon and Wash ington established by law of 1S61. OREGON. From Salt Lake City via the W alien route to Dalles In Oregon. From the City of Portland via Philip Foster's across the Cascade Mountains to old Fort Walla Walla. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. From Dallee via Cllckitat Valley via Slmcoe and Okinkaine. From Oakland to Grays Harbor. Miners, from California for the Nea Perces are still arriving here in large numbers by the southern stage. That of Friday night brought 17 passengers. At the present rate of movement there will be 5000 persons in tne ez -erces mines by October. Our last news from thence was satisfactory. Th r-oRt nf tha citv flagstaff as It now stands on the public square is $6147. We have very late reporte to the effect that some of those who went out irom Eugene to prospect have returned on the sly, gave their friends the wink and went back without 50 of them. We don't believe a word of this story. We are told, however, it Is causing a good deal of excitement in some neighbor hoods. If the "Three Sisters" nave not some gold on band, we don't know what they are good for. Brad's Bit o' Verse (Copyright. 1911. by W. D. Meng.) Consider how the midnight lark brought ruin to an easy mark. An honored citizen of Rome, with loving ..if. ani vida at home, it surely Is a tale most sad how Antony went to the bad. He maae a speecn aw cneoi a bier which for Its wisdom has no peer; rtinved It tm In form tlebe and patrician called It warm. Old Mar cus mlgnt nave won, nanus uuwii, x any office In town; he might have been an alderman: but booze and banquets queered the plan. When Caesar died he lert a win v u VJiic5 on the grill; so wnen tne aivvy m to hand. Marc found himself in tgypt land. It may have Deen ina ciimaio there, It' may have been the charmer hi.- hut anvhow. ere very long, he fell for woman, wine and song. His poor neglected wife at home set up a howl that silenced Rome; it was no use: he grew so lax he couldn't pay his sewer tax; his farm and garden went to weeds, and ioiks lorgoi. nis former deeds. One time, while sailing on the bay with Cleopatra DUtne ana gay. some Roman triremes hove in sight and Marc well knew there'd be a eio-h tx a vnahed on deck and shed his coat; but Little Egypt got his goat; she straightway took the homeward track and left old Marc to hold the sack. ' He followed her and left his slaves to mercies of the winds and waves. He hunted up his lady fair but found the young Octavius there. "Gad zooksl" he cried; and "mercy sakesV then took the venom of the snakes. The man who sports around at night Is sure to come to some bad plight; his business goes unto the dogs, his bright est hopes are lost In fogs; and ten to one betrayed he'll be by some star-eyed affinity. Advertising Talks By William C Free ma a. Henry M. Hulsl, editor of the Commonweal, a publication issued at Greenwich, N. Y., in a recent Issue analyzed the number of pieces of mail delivered by the rural free delivery through the Greenwich postofflce. I am very glad to get this data be cause it is the most convincing argu ment in the world as to why the Dally newspaper is a vsv;able advertising medium. The Government required an accurate count of all classes of mail handled In the month of May. The figures quoted by Mr. Hulst, which are printed below, , were taken by him from the records of the Greenwich postofflce which were forwarded to the Postmaster-General, and he vouches for their accuracy. In Route No. 1, the letters delivered were 1241, the newspapers delivered were 2348, magazines delivered were 846. In Route No. 2, the letters delivered were 851, newspapers delivered were 1832, magazines delivered were 187. In Route No. 3, the letters delivered were 780, newspapers delivered were 1832, magazines delivered were 178. In Route No. 4, the letters delivered were 946, newspapers delivered were 2423, magazines delivered were 27B. In Route No. 5, the letter delivered were 1270,. newspapers delivered were 2153, magazines delivered were 267. In Route No. 6, the letters delivered were 1198, newspapers delivered were 2326, magazines delivered were 246. Rural free delivery has made the newspaper really a dally magazine, which goes Into the home and which Is read with much more Interest than the average magazine, because the news matter in the newspaper is fresh and up to the minute. What Is true .of Greenwich, which Is a typical country postofflce. Is equally true of other country postoffices, and these facts should be of Immense value to the general advertiser who wants to secure distribution Into the homes. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright, 1911, by George Matthew Adams) There is a good deal of "talk" about a certain woman because she doesn't wash her supper dishes, but piles them up on the kitchen table until morning. A neighbor "spoke to her" about the bad habit, and the culprit said: "Huh! Half the women do it! Do they? It is surprising how near crazy some people can be, and keep out of the asylum. . When e man recommends his favorite patent medicine to an invalid, he says: "No doctor will prescribe it; the doctors don't want you to get well." What has become of the hand gren ade that a few years ago waa going to prevent conflagrations? After a man has settled down to a quiet married life four or five years, a rapid pace a few nights would kill him. Tou have not been completely taken Into a man's oonfldence until he has abused his kin to you. Occasionally I look at a man's ears, and It seems to me I have never before seen anything so funny or rldioulous. In the same way, I occasionally en counter a word In common use that looks so odd that I am almost willing to believe that I have never before seen anything like it. Even a- man who is willing to be a scoundrel, objects to being called one. Do you remember that, when a boy, you Insisted on acting mean until you got a whipping? And you occasionally do the same thing now that you are grown, unless you are wiser than most of Testaments. LONDON, Or., July 26. (To the Edi tor.) Did the council that collected the manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments into the two volumes as we now have them vote on the acceptanct or rejection of them into the canon? Did the Roman Catholic Church de mand or require a fee or tithe for ad ministering the rite of baptism to in fants or adults? The acceptance of the Testaments was not all-settled by one council, and the canon of the Old Testament was partly settled by the Jews, but, gener ally speaking, It was determined by vote. The answer to the second ques tion 's "no." SherlockHolmes Encounters Black Peter in THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN One of the most thrilling of the Sherlock Holmes series will ap pear in Sunday's magazine sec tion. The master detective here measures wits with a master rogue and wins after endless ex citing experiences. The tale cov ers more than a page, with illus trations, and is complete in the one issue. How was the battleship Maine really destroyed in Havana Har bor? While the final answer is not yet at hand, some startling developments are disclosed in an illustrated half-page on the pres ent Governmental investigation. Of unusual interest is a full page on the perpetuation of the great salmon industry in Oregon. There is a lot of valuable informa tion, interestingly arrayed, in this feature. Making up, its origin and evo lution,, is made the subject of an attractive half page. Queen Elizabeth of Roumania has taken the stand that the re public is the ideal form of govern ment. Several columns are de voted to her views, in which she avers that the lot of royalty is a cruel one. Another popular song hit, "Parlor Games," is made the half-page music feature. More Civil War photos, a new Widow Wise adventure ; stunts by Sambo and Mr. Twee Deedle, .1