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Hrajnewlc bttlidta. t-nl-cao. Sieeer bulldma. tanpM Pint So. Bacost etraet. W.. London. rORTLAXV. MONDAY. MAV 1. ! THE IHM1.HIVK WuvEIL This may prove the decisive week la the contest for the Republican nom ination for President. State and dis trict convention and primaries are to be held in ten states tor the election of 1J8 delegate, aome district dele gates In aome of these atatea' having .ii-.ariv lrn elected. This is a Aide from other district conventions, which may bring the total to 800. Wyoming will begin by holding a convention today, and Is expected to elect six Taft delegates. On Tuesday California will hold Presidential pri maries and elect twenty-six delegates. Though the drift of Republican sentiment In the stata Is decidedly In surgent. Taft haa a fair chance of win ning a plurality through the division of his opponents between Roosevelt and La Follette. The latter has made a vigorous campaign and is backed bv Rudolph Spreokela. On the same day Tennessee will hold a state con vention and elect tha six remaining delegates, probably for Taft. On Wednesday four statea will hold con ventions and elect delegate as fol lows: Idaho, eight; North Carolina, twenty-two; Washington. fourteen; Utah, eight. Of these Idaho will prob ably go for Roosevelt; Washington seems sura to hava two conventions which will send contesting delegations: North Carolina Is doubtful, the Roose velt men predicting that they will cap. ture twenty delegates; Utah Is prac tically sura to go for Taft. On Thurs day conventions will be held for elec tion of tha following delegates: Min nesota, twenty-four; Montana, eight: West Virginia, six. Minnesota and West Virginia seem to be safe Roose velt states, while Montana Is as safely for Taft. Texas ajriu hold district con ventions which promise to divide tha delegation. In Georgia, where the regulars hava already elected Taft delegates, th Roosevelt men will hold conventions on Friday and Saturday and elect contesting delegates. Leaving out of account the scatter ing district conventions, tha 11a dele gates will probably be divided aa fol lows: For Taft. twenty-eight; for Roosevelt, forty-eight: doubtful, forty eight: contested, fourteen. Should the two candidates break about even, which la about tha best Taft can hope to do. his position will be strengthened for the battle la Ohio on May SI. when forty-eight delegates ara to be elected, and he wilt be able, to hold In line any of tha Southern delegate a ho are wavering. With tha twenty right delegates counted a sure for him ind the twenty from North Caro lina, he will have too delegates, or only forty short of the number neoes ary for control of the convention. Should he then break even in Ohio, he would need to pick up only sixteen more delegates In Texas. New Jersey and South Dakota. Should he lose Ohio, the weakness In his own state which would thus be betrayed would rajse the defection of many unpledged delegate who have been counted as favorable to him. and would Influence New Jersey. Texas and South Dakota, to adversely to him. that the best ha .-oald hope for would be to prevent Roosevelt's nomination by springing a third candidate on the convention. The decision, therefore, seems to rest with Ohio, for whichever way Ohio goes the few statea which later lect deleratea will follow. sputtino vroon rx the dark. It may prove unfortunate for the party that the Republicans of tha State of Washington did not device some means of obtaining a fair and square expression from the Republi can voters aa to their preference for Presidential candidate. It Is sure to prove so If the forecasted programme Is carried out at Aberdeen. The at tempt of each of two factions to con trol procedure and elect a majority of state convention delegates from Its own membership by any sort of meana will. It la predicted, be carried Into the stata convention this week. Two conventions, two sets of National dele gates and a hopelessly spilt party will then result. A few weeks ago It Is probable the rank and file of the party did not care particularly whether Taft or Roosevelt waa nominated. Each voter had his preference, but the mass would have been fairly well satisfied with the Indorsement of either one. Rut tha acrimony that haa developed between Taft and Roosevelt them :ves haa spread among tha voters. It Is now rule or ruin with each ele ment. The voters of Washington have good cause to remember the unrepresenta tive convention that sat In Tacoma two years ago. Insurgency was then ram pant in tha state. But the delegates were hand-picked. By resolution they denounced the Insurgent course of Representative Polndexter. There waa scarcely a voice raised In the con vention In his behalf. Tha vote waa all but unanimous. Tet In tha follow. Ir.g September prlmarlea. Polndexter. aa m candidate for the United 8tatea Senate, swept the state. We do not profess to know what la tha real sen timent In Washington on tha Presi dential Issue, It Is no doubt true. how. ever, that the party organization Is In control of Taft supporters. Con vention delegates selected by old-time methods would have been for Taft re gardless of party preference. Tet there was not sentiment sufficiently pro nounced In favor of a Presidential pri mary law to Impel Governor Hay to rail a special session of the Legisla ture to enact one. If Roosevelt sup porters wanted a Presidential primary they were either too Indolent to say o or were In a small minority. The soap-box primary Is no more responsive to the people's will In Its conclusions than Is a hand-picked con. vention. If accounts be true, both fac. tlons have stooped to political trickery In aome localities where both have en. gaged In unlegallxed Presidential pri maries. Probably some counties have elected delegates who truly represent the party's will In those counties, but no one can know whether the make up of the state convention In the main will reprreent accurately the desire of the state party aa a whole, ho matter who controls. In view of these circumstances a compromise ought to be acceptable. If two state conventions are held, and full contesting delegations are sent to Chicago, the National committee will Issue credentials to one or tha other delegation. Which wlll.lt be? The delegation recognized will have a voire In the preliminary organization and will aid In selecting the credentials committee. The credentials committee may overrule the National committee, throw out the seated delegates and seat the contesting body. Again, It may not. Who can forecast the result? The convention in Washington, therefore, can make the best out of a bad muddle only by dividing the dele gation between Taft and Roosevelt. To institute a contest Is to spilt wood In the dark. The party has been ener getically engaged In doing that for several -weeks and haa accomplished nothing. It can save all its fingers and get enough wood for a celebra tion bonfire In November only through a give-and-take policy among the ad herents of the two candidates. DROP THE CAMERON RtXAl.I Slx months, or thereabouts, will have Intervened between the primary In April and the election In November, yet within that time we are threat ened with a special election to recall a public officer, already in effect re called by the voters at the primary. The great Magulre project of ejecting District Attorney Cameron from of fice la not to be delayed or abandoned through any considerations of public convenience or interest or economy. It looks like spttework. It looks also like petty politics. It certainly has no ade quate motive In a genuine demand for the retirement of the present District Attorney before the few short remain ing months of his term expire. A special recall election would stir up a bitter and unnecessary conflict. It would cost many thousand dollars. It would, moreover, in all probability, result favorably aa It should to Dis trict Attorney Cameron, and would therefore be useless effort worse than useless In view of the personal Issues rained, resentments engendered, annoy ances everywhere created. Judge Cameron wua a candidate for renomlnation at the recent primary and In a fair contest was fairly de feated. He haa accepted the result without complaint and has gone quietly about his business, preparing at the proper time to turn over his office to his successor. It la the deepest mean ness now to pursue this attack on him. and It Is moreover a gross abuse of the proper function of the recall and an Imposition on the public The Cameron recall ought to be dropped for the general good. A WELCOME IXVAHIOX. Tha Shrine" 1 the fraternal order In which the members of the two great branches of Masonry Unite for pur poses of good-fellowship. The great est good, perhaps, that this allied lodge of Masonry accomplishes Is In bring ing together In a closer spirit of broth erhood and good humor the Masons of East. West. North and South In an nual conclave. Up to the Blue Lodge of Masonry there Is no division, but beyond that point two branches take form. The Scottish Rite la the uni versal branch of the order in matters of religious faith. There, belief In a Supreme Being Is essential, but the Mussleman may tnke his oath of ob ligation on his Koran, the Hindoo on his Veda, the Christian on his Bible. The York Rite Is the strictly Christian branch of the order. The two branches come together again In a way In the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. While the Shrine Is not strictly a branch of Masonry. Its mem bership Is limited to Masons of the thirty second degree and Knights Templars In good standing. At the Imperial Council, yearly. Masons of America gather to lay aside the more sjrlous thoughts of life and relax from every-day trial and cares. This brief outline of "The Shrine's" organization and purposes is given In view of the promised visit of 7000 or more Nobles of the order to Portland this week. Its purpose Is to enlighten the uninformed as to the character of the Invasion. What has been said Is really sufficient on this point, for even to those least Informed on Masonry la known the jealousy of the Masonic orders in protecting their membership from undesirable acquisitions. The Shrine emblem therefore marks the wearer as a citizen of worth and stand. Ing In his community, as a believer in God. In Immortality of the soul and as an exemplar of right living. Many In the advancing hosts are no doubt men of large affairs some of National re nown. They are returning from the annual pilgrimage this year to Los Angeles via the northern routes. The route chosen Is alone sufficient Indi cation of their desire to know the country. Portland and Oregon have much to show the visitors. Here Is promise of good weather. The city ha many evi dences of pro ress and enterprise to T.hlblt. The country is at Spring time's best. Climate, progress, re source, scenery are all Important natters to Impress upon visitors of such esteem. But above all these It I essential that Portland display a spirit of hospitality and good-will. The local order haa arranged certain en tertainment for the visitors, but doubtless there will be opportunity for many who are not members of the order to extend a cordial welcome. The spirit of hospitality exists. The thing Is to show It In such manner that it will not be forgotten. THE bkUT HYPOTHETICAL. WAR. The Japanese war alarmists have propounded a hypothetical question to the world which Is matched only by that other hypothetical question which the assembled lawyers hurled at the assembled alienist at the Thaw trial. If Japan should buy Magdalena Bay from Mexico and secretly establish a coaling station there and secretly as semble a fleet there and secretly send a squadron to Honolulu, she would be able to seise Hawaii and destroy the Panama Canal. If the United States Government was blind and deaf and did not send out the Pacific squadron to Intercept the Japanese ships, the latter would be able to effect a Junc tion with the Japanese home fleet and defeat the American fleet. This terrible catastrophe la con. tlngent on so many events which have not happened and are not likely to happen that there la no occasion for any American to loe any sleep over It. Neither Japan nor any of her citi zens has bought Magdalena Bay or la likely to do so. The Government has learned that much. But If Japan should buy Mugdulena Bay and our Government should not block the deal, which la highly Improbable, our Gov ernment would thereafter watch her every act with abnormal vigilance and would strengthen the Taclflc fleet suf ficiently to meet any attack. Japan could not then accumulate a large sup ply of coal at Magdalena Bay and as- j semble any naval force there without our anowieuge. e euuuia men con centrate a large enough fleet In the Pacific to crush that force and any squadron which might attack Hono lulu. Japan has reduced secretivenes to a science and has means of learn ing of the military movement of other nations, but so have we. We should know of every move she made and should promptly make a counter-move. Were Japan to divide her naval forces and to send a large part of them a third of the distance around the world to Magdalena Bay, where it would be under our eyes and almost under our guns, she would be acting contrary to all modern naval strategy. Other naval powers realize that fu ture naval wars will be between massed naval forces. They, therefore. concentrate their navies at home, ready to strike as a unit. They do not scat ter ships abroad, exposed to the dan ger of destruction In detail. To argue that Japan would divide her fleet, which, united. 1 Inferior to ours, and place a part of It at the mercy of our combined fleet Is to argue Japan a fool. She Is not. OREGON WALNUTS. Census reports of English walnut eroductlon place Oregon second to I California, the latter state having to Its credit 3 per cent of the total pro duction of the United States in 1909 Oregon produced 79,000 pounds from 10,000 bearing trees, but In the last decade has planted 177.000 trees not yet of bearing age on 4300 farms, and, therefore, promises to show a vaat In crease In production In the next dec' ade. Washington Ls next in promise of future Increase, but Is far behind Oregon, having only 4000 bearing and 23,000 non-bearing trees. The soil of Oregon haa been found peculiarly favorable to the walnut In dustry, which may assume consider able Importance In future years. The grower must wait several years before he begins to harvest a crop, but for a number of years his trees will yield an annually Increasing quantity, and the bearing period is almost Indefinite. As a walnut grove requires compara tively little care after the first few years, the cost of operation ls slight. Ere many years have passed Oregon will be producing enough walnut not only to supply the home market, but to ship to other states. MR. MORGAN'S COITIC BOOKS. Desiring to enlarge his famous col lection of Coptic literature, Mr. J. P. Morgan ls cuuslng excavations tt be made in Egypt with the expectation that other documents may be discov ered. Among those which ha already possesses 1 a copy of the Bible whose content can be traced back to about the year 800 A. D. He has also various different books of the Bible in sepa rate bindings, such as Leviticus, Num bers, Isaiah, and so on. besides lives of the Coptic alnt and monkish treatise on theology. Coptic litera ture contains nothing except religious works. The people of that name had no Interest In science, and art con cerned them only as It could be ued to adorn their churches. One of these buildings still standing at Cairo Ls es teemed by travelers as among the most beautiful In the world. It is called 'the hanging Church of Babylon." The Copts are descended from the an cient Egyptians, whose language they spoke in a form more or less corrupt until the sixteenth century', when the last remnants of It died out In common speech, though It was retained In the churches a a sacred dialect. The Coptic languace and Its litera ture are Interesting to scholars, partly because of their connection with the Egypt of the time of the Pharaohs, partly because of the early records of Christianity which they contain. Of course, these records are somewhat corrupted by superstition and the in vention of bigotry, but. after due sub jection to historical criticism, they are still highly valuable. The Christianity of the Copts was heretical. At tha Council of Chalcedon, A. D. 4S1, the nature of Christ was accurately de termined. It was decided that he was of a dual constitution, part divine and part human, these two elements not being confused or amalgamated In any way, but clearly distinct. The Copts did not accede to this formula. In their opinion Christ's nature was mon ophyalte. He contained, they said, neither the divine nor the human separately, but a mingling of both. This mingling they described as mono physls, a Greek derivative from mono, one, and physis, nature. This was the gist 'of the heresy to which they have obstinately clung from the time of Its inception. The Copt are really a very good sort of people. Scholar did not un derstand their ancient language, and none of the modern Copt understood It themselves, until the unriddling of the Inscription on the Rosetta Stone by Champolllon, which was one of the most marvelous feats ever accom plished by man. Beginning without the faintest knowledge of a solitary word of the language. Ignorant of the significance of all it letters, Cham polllon. by a series of lucky gueeses. deciphered the Inscription on the Ro setta Stone and opened the way for scholar to read the ancient Egyptian literary remain. The Coptic ls a de generate descendant of this tongue. The grammar has been modified by the Influence of time and many words from other languages have crept Into It. Greek is especially prevalent and there la some Latin: Arabic words are scarce In Coptic, notwithstanding that the people were conquered by the Arabians and some of them converted to the faith of the Prophet by the usual argument. The Copts are said not to he a very thriving element of the modern Egyp tian population. They number scarcely half a million and are mostly domiciled In towns, where they ply various mercantile and financial trades. Some of them are wealthy, but their influence on the public life of the country Is small. In religion they are dtre fanatics. They hate all other Christian -denominations and cling stubbornly to their old form. and doctrines. They have a tradition that Christianity was brought to them by the Disciple Mark very soon after the Crucifixion, but. like other sto rles of this sort. It Is open to a good deal of doubt. If Mark did preach the gospel to the Copts they probably obtained it in the purent form, and Mr. Morgan' excavations in Egypt may possibly bring to light document of the highest value to the history of the faith. Perhaps they may even bear upon disputed point of doctrine, That they will exhume that mysterious "source" upon which our four gospels are based ls no doubt too much to hope for. This "source" Is embodied In Matthew and Luke, and scholars have succeeded in ferreting out a good deal of It. but many of their conclusions are little better than conjecture. They go to work upon the problem by com paring Luke and Matthew and select ing identical passages. It is argued that these must have come from the original "source" which ls designated by the letter "Q." the initial of the German word quelle. Curious readers may find some in teresting information about "Q" In the current number of the Hlbbert Jour nal. It Is a hypothetical record of Jesus' sayings made contemporarily with the Crucifixion, or not far from it. Thus far no copy of this extremely Important document has been seen by human eyes, but that does not prove that none exists. There may be dozens of them burled In the Egyptian sands or immured in tombs. It ls likely enough that Mark had a copy of It with him when he went down from Palestine to preach the gospel to the Copts, if he ever went. Should Mr Morgan's researches bring to light a manuscript of this fundamental Chris tian record, he will earn more gratl tude for It than all his Importations of art objects and book fanciers' curios Itles. The filibuster against the railroad employes' liability bill by three Sena tors whose incomes are largely derived from damage suits 1 a warning to look for selfish Interests elsewhere than among those who are popularly Identifled with the big Interests. Here ls a bill which Is plainly beneficial to the worklngman, but which is op posed by the insurgent Reed of Mis souri and by the rampant Democrat, Davis of Arkansas, as well as by that other good Democrat, Hoke Smith, 'of Georgia. It was supported by all the Senators who have been branded standpatters and corporation men. It ls well to watch the men who are loud est in their profession of devotion to the people as well a those who have the name of being subservient to pri vate Interests. The Baker Democrat was twenty- five years old as a dally newspaper last Thursday and all that time has been owned by the same -men I. B. Bowen and George B. Small. Com petitors have come and gone, but the Democrat haa never missed an issue. There must have been something prophetic In the name chosen for Its progenitor, the Weekly Bedrock; started years before by Judge L. L. McArthur and Morris D. Abbott and later run by "Old Shep" as the Bed rock Democrat. Those gentlemen laid good foundation for Bowen and Small. If Congress should pass a bill Intro duced by Representative Bulkley, of Cleveland, and reported favorably to the House, the Government will coin 8-cent and -cent piece. It Is urged In favor of the 3-cent piece that a coin between the nickel and the penny Is needed. There has long been a de mand for a 2 H -cent piece in order that a "bit" may be paid exactly. The H-cent piece is expected to meet this demand by Its use with two pennies. The construction now being carried on by the Hill lines and that projected by the Harriman and Welch Interests will soon equip the Willamette Valley as thoroughly with trolley lines as are any of, the densely populated Atlantic states. Population will follow the trolley and will make Oregon's great valley one of the Nation's most teem ing, thriving areas. The driver of an automobile who meets a pedestrian on a dusty country road should have the kindness to slow down and not jmvelop the wayfarer In a cloud of dust. Financing of Orozco's revolution in Mexico by former adherents of Diaz Justifies the belief that the rebels are simply the Clentlflco party under a new name. Poultrymei. of the Oregon country must guard their laurels now that the chicken king of Dorsetshire has lo cated in the Columbia Valley. Cleone dairymen, weary of getting but 11 cents a gallon, will find hearty response from Portland consumers in their plan for direct supply. The Oregon hen Is making a record this Spring by diminishing importa tions of eggs, and the commuter ls helping In the work. Decoration day plans again! If time keeps up this pace we'll all be old be fore we know It. Perhaps fears for the prune crop are unfounded. Thinning by Nature now will make more thirty-forties later. Many more millions will soon be in circulation. The President has signed the new pension bill. Senator Dixon's own county having declared against him. It is in order for him to shout "fraud." Jere Knode Cooke and Floretta Whaley are paying the penalty of hav ing been found out. The departure of a San Francisco police captain for San Quentln is a tearful event. Another trusty, dlgusted with the management, departed from Salem Saturday. Radium appears to have been iden tified aa the long-sought elixir of life. Seattle, with proverbial modesty, now puts her figure at 281,896 people. California traveling men want Dan Kellaher's nine-foot s:ieet. This weather will put the bathing suits in the store windows. Rev. Jere Knode Cook is qualifying for the moving picture. The Beavers have a foot on the cel lar stairs. Half-mast the flags today for Ore gon'a son. ONLY ONE TERM AS PRESIDENT Chanae Would Make Executive More Truly Representative of People, - PORTLAND. May H. (To the Edi tor.) In this time of political complex ity and clashing, one cannot expect to agree with ail the statements made and views advocated in any new paper, in telligent citizens are thinking for themselves; party ties are weak for many; many questions as to what re forms so-called are pregressl.ve im provement, and what progressive de struction. It is a queer mixture, and personalities are Intense. - ' I write especially to commend your attitude In advocating that hereafter constitutional enactment shall make it impossible to elect for a second term In office a President of the United States, though the term might be lengthened. President Taft favorB such course and ex-President Roosevelt ought to do so and very likely would. If his personal eligibility could be made an exception. President Hayes, while In office, ad vocated the measure. How many other Presidents have done It I cannot say. With the swarms of aliens flocking in, the extravagant ideas as to what the people can do wisely acting in crowds to administer Justice and frame laws, never was there more need than now of stability and high-minded pa triotism in public affairs. Parties may split into factions, and demagogues have a feast in the situation: extreme partisans may regard the man they elect as "their man" to reward them and serve the party, and get re-elected if possible for the party's good, and build up a controlling party machine to distribute the spoils where they will "do the most good." - Mr. Roosevelt seems to consider all statements good that are made by himself. As to wheth er he ls a combination of patriotism demagogy and statesmanship there are differences of opinion. President Taft In defending himsef from aggressive attack has my sympathy. He waited long, with his Judicial mind, before ro- Dlyinsr to his conspicuous assailant. If we wish to generate In this land a factionalism so Intense as to breed desperadolsm and contempt for the highest office In the land and world, then let us do as we are doing In the political realm. This Nation has had Its warnings, to say nothing of political demoralization. In days gone, i nave lived, as have many others, through three Presidential assassinations. It is easy in hours of excitement for some fool fanatic to think our politicians mean all they say In extreme vitupera tion of each other. It were unwise to print to what this leads, on the part of those who trample our flag In the dust and are ready for the deed of vio lence. Ood speed the day when there shall be no ambition in the President and no motive in him and no legal power In the people to re-elect him! So let him preside over all the people, not as a partisan, but the highest offi cial patriot of the Nation, the provl- dentlal servant of Almighty God, who is the ultimate source of civic power, and the President of the people of these United States throughout its entire do minion and under the one flag which waves ever In symbolism for union, law, liberty and Justice. A. A. HURD. POSTOFKICE IN BENNETT PLANS Mr. Merrick Qootra Clvle Architect to Refute Mr. Seabera;. PORTLAND, May 12. (To the Edl tor.) A letter In The Oregonlan May 10 from Mr. J. Walter Seaberg prac tically calls for a public apology to Mr. Seaberg for my alleged Injustice to him based upon my letter published In The Oregonlan of April 28. Mr. Seaberg. ls seems, cannot com prehend that the term 'Federal build ing" may mean a post office, a custom house or a Federal courthouse. The Bennett plans did locate a Fed eral building on the east side of the plaza blocks. The language by Mr. Bennett In his report ls as follows: "A Government building Is suggested fac ing the Courthouse, balancing it with regard to the City Hall and that other minor buildings should complete the square as shown." The Bennett plans also located the Postofflce at the north end of the park blocks, Mr. Bennett's words with ref erence to the same being as follows: Tha new postofflca will flank th ap proach to tha terminal, and if ponslhle building of similar character should bo placed balancing It to tha west. This new postoffire becomes the central distributing point of the city mail and la admirably placed according to modern practice. The present building will continue In its func tion aa distributor of mall and may ba des ignated the chief sub-station. In Mr. Seaberg s letter of April z he used language calculated to mislead the public In referring to the location of this new Postofflce. He said: "They located the Federal building near the Courthouse; practical men locate it near the terminal grounds." Practical men did nothing of the sort. The lo cation for a Federal building Ib still as suggested by Mr. Bennett, and when the new Federal courthouse is built. which will necessarily be done with in a few years, the Government will he asked to Vacate it according to the Bennett plans,-flanking the Courthouse on the east. One of the earliest features of the plan devised by Mr. Bennett and the committee of the Civic Improvement League was the use of the park blocks as a broad thoroughfare with the ter minal station at the head of the blocks and the Postofflce flanking the ap proach to this terminal. All of this u.is explained to Mr. Seaberg in a per- ui conversation, and yet he cannot comprehend it. CHAS. B. MERRICK. PISGAH HOME IS. HELP TO MEN Atmosphere Helps Strengthen Ckarae- ter of Its la ma tea. LENTS, Or. May 9. (To the Editor.) In the warfare between the evil and the good In man to get the supremacy, what part do our corrective institu tions play? Can we say that the school ing men get when passing the sentence of ten days In the city Jail ls that which will strengthen the better na ture or does it help the worst or evil side of man? We have as an illustra tion of "The Better Way" a sketch of Pisgab Home. In the morning, early, a crowd or men gather around long white tables while songs that are elevating and up lifting are sung, one man playing the organ, another reading the Scriptures. A devotional meeting is participated in by all. from the professional man to the laborer. All Is free, spontaneous. All are encouraged to live a higher life. and ten -days of this treatment of love and kindness Invariably develops a longing and determination to do right even though they may not be estab lished so soon. The surroundings are cheerful and clean. No tobacco, no profanity, or that which will defile is permitted. As I write in the office 1 hear a boy pass through the dining-room and a gospel song bursts from bis Hps. Unconscious ly another boy In the kitchen catches up the refrain. Presently all ls quiet. Then the organ starts up in the hall. In a few minutes a voice ls added; then another, -as they sing, "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning." It dies out and all is still again. Now a'cheerful whis- le from the woodyard s wafted through the window, and I sit and think and praise Our Father above that this ls a Home with the real free dom of Home, the inborn love of which s In every heart. Today, most of the boys are away at the noon-tide hour. Some are gone to the woods, others are working in neigh boring .gardens, and some are mowing lawns. All are contented and happy, looking forward to the time when they can go out strong enough to stand a man among men. PISGAH MOTHER. TRIBUTE TO B. G. WHITEHOUSE. Salem Friend Lauds His Life and Mourns His Demise. SALEM, Or., May 12. (To the Edi tor.) Death, remorseless death, has called one of Portland's best citizens, and B. G. Whitehouse has answered the final summons. For more than half a century he had resided here, and none were better, more widely or favorably known. As collector, g'eneral manager and employe of the old Portland water works and the Portland gas works, he came Into personal contact with nearly every one in the city. His position was a trying one, but his urbane, genial and happy disposition carried him safe ly over many a rocky shoal, and all went away, if not satisfied, knowing that Whitehouse was doing the best he could and with a feeling of respect and kindness for him. No man with so large an acquaintance and occupy ing so difficult a position had more friends than he among the general pub lic. With his intimates he was a most delightful companion, and gripped them to him by bands that could not be broken. His honesty was proverbial. Im mense sums of money passed through his hands probably no one man in the city has handled as much but he kept them clean. No man ever lost a dollar through him. With opportunities far beyond those of most men to accumu late, he died poor in this world's goods. While he left his family, whom he idol ized, neither silver nor gold, he left them what Is far more priceless and enduring, the aroma of a good name. By the members of the Masonic fra ternity his loss will be sincerely and widely mourned. Forty years ago it was the proud privilege of the writer to conduct him through his first three degrees of the order in Portland Lodge as its first candidate. Since then he attained distinction in all the Masonic bodies of the state. Yet he never for got Portland Lodge. On the night of his being made a Master Mason he pre sented the lodge with a very Handsome set of Jewels, which are still worn by Its officers. And in honor of his 40th anniversary as a Master Mason this lodge had made arrangements to cele brate the event and to it Brother Whitehouse was looking anxiously for ward. But this celebration will take place in the celestial lodge above, where the Supreme Grand Master forever pre sides, and in the presence of so many of his brethren and friends who had preceded him to that "better country. For these 40 years Brother White house and myself have been on the most intimate and friendly terms. He was a useful citizen, a true friend, a loving and devoted husband and father and a good and honest man. vvniie a mist comes over my eyes as I write, and I mourn the loss of my friend, I am proud always to remember that I knew and was known by such an one. J. C. M. SERVICE TO STUDENTS COMPARED rrr Capita Figures Used for Gauging Unlveraity Appropriation. PORTLAND, May 12. (To the Edi tor.) A correspondent, signing him self J. F. Hill and representing that he Is a former citizen of Oregon and an alumnus of the University of Ore gon, has published In The Oregonlan a letter in which he compares the ap propriations granted to the University of Washington by the state or vvasn lngton with the appropriations grant ed to the University of Oregon by this state. By such comparison he finds Oregon much at fault in the support of higher education. Mr. Hill advises us that the good peo pie of the State of Washington gave their university the ample gum of 8816.000 for the blennium ending in 1911. The fact that the University of Oregon has been granted the sum of 8250,000 per bi-ennlum for mainten ance by the people of Oregon he finds to be conclusive proof that Oregon is behind the times and exceedingly par simonious in the support of its Univer sity. There are many things which enter Into the determination of the value of the service of a university, but for the purpose of comparing the value of the services of the University of Washing ton and the University of Oregon to their respective states, no factor will have any appreciable effect except that of the number of people served. This important factor seems to have been overlooked by Mr. Hill in drawing his conclusion. The catalogue of the University of Oregon shows a total number of stu dents registered in the regular courses at that Institution to he 61. The cata logue of the University of Washington shows 2142 students enrolled. If we take the appropriation granted to the University of Washington in the year ending 1911 as given by Mr. Hill we find that the good people of Washing ton gave their university 8381 for their service to each student for a period of two years. As compared with this, If we take the continuing mainten ance appropriation granted to the Uni versity of Oregon, which amounts to 8250.1)00 and which the people of Ore gon have never objected to giving, we find that Oregon Is giving her Uni versity 8378 for her service to each student for two years. This is, approx imately 83 less per student for a period of two years. But the University of Oregon Is ask ing for additional sum of 8500.000. This amount has seemed unreasonable to the people of Oregon and they have questioned the advisability of invest ing this amount in the University be cause they believe it to be much more than other states are giving to their universities for the same kind of serv ice. The people of Oregon never have refused to give their University what they consider to be reasonable sup port. If the University administration had asked for a sum from the last Legislature which the people of Ore gon, or any other state, could have considered as a reasonable sum in view of the services which the University gives to the state, there would have been no referendum against the Uni versity appropriations and no complaint on the part of the people of Oregon. It. E. ROMINE, ' 1115 Montana ave. Into a Cocked Hat. PORTLAND. May 12. (To the Edi tor.) We hear and read Just now much about being "knocked Into a cocked hat." Just what it means is more than often the subject of discussion rather than Illustration or example. How does this suit: During the debate following Asquith's introduction of the Irish home rule bill in the House of Commons, T. P. O'Con nor was speaking in favor of the bill with sincerity and vigor. In front of him sat Tim Healey, or. as Mr. Kill- feather calls him. "Dirty Tim." Tim had laid his silk hat on the desk fac ing T. P. while the latter was speaking. Tay Pay," to emphasize a point, struck at the desk with an ardent thump. His ntentions were pure, but bis aim was bad, and he landed square on Tims silk tile, smashing it to smithereens. The house roared, but Tim dldn t blink an eye. Finally, Tim took the floor and. turning to O'Connor and his colleagues, whom he had bitterly fought since the death of Parnell, surprised the house by announcing he would sup port the home rule bill to the utmost limit of his power, and said he hoped it would be adopted by both he Tory and Liberal parties. If Tim was "knocked into a cocked hat" he was cocky enough to take his medicine like a good Irishman. There are some people in the United States who might profit by Tim's patriotism. J. H. M. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of May 13, 1SU2. 1 News was received from Tehama May 5 to the effect that a fight had : occurred between Indians and whites i on Sunday near Nome Lockes, in which Mr. Shannon, from Round Val I ley, was killed and another man badly j wounded and 17 Indians killed. Chicago. May 3. Fort Macon, near ! Beaufort, N. C, surrendered on the 25th j of April after a bombardment of 10Vi hours. During the bombardment seven I men were killed and 18 wounded. Four j hundred prisoners were taken All the i guns Inside the fort opposite to the side attacked were dismounted, all but 1 three on the enemy's batteries also be j ing dismounted. j The following additional items re I garding the fall of New Orleans are all I that can be gleaned from the Southern t papers: Commodore Farragut had pro posed terms of capitulation to the Mayor, which the latter had accepted. , Ntw Orleans at the last accounts was held by a battalion of marines from forces were within a few miles of the city, having landed on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Washington, May 1. Carlisle (from Virginia) introduced a bill Into the Senate yesterday as a substitute for the homestead bill now pending, which gives each person in the naval and military service of the Government 160 acres of land in lieu of the dollars bounty. A strong effort will bo made by the Eastern men to substitute this bill for the homestead measure, which has already passed the House. St. Louis, May 1. A merchant from New Mexico confirms the abandonment of Santa Fe by the rebels. They were destitute and retreating from the ter ritory. Cincinnati. May 2. The correspond ent of the Commercial with Halleck's army gives the following official fig ures of our losses at the battle of Shiloh: 1735 killed. 78S2 wounded and 3958 missing. About 300 wounded have since died. General Sherman's division suffered most in killed. Mr. Henry Fuller, of PoU County, crossed some 360 head of fine beef cat tle on the ferryboat yesterday. They are bound for the northern mines. In different portions of the city, pools of stagnant water are found. They should be drained. They undoubtedly render out city unhealthy. The benefit of Miss Lawrence last night was a rouser. The steamer Julia arrived last night, bringing 850,000 In gold dust for WoIIs, Fargo & Co.'s express and a large amount In the hands of passengers. Miss Susan Robinson, the actress, was married at Walla Walla on the 4th Inst, to Chas. II. Getzler. Mossman & Co. and McBrlde have united their express and will hereafter make regular trips between the upper country and Port land. From Salmon A number of new buildings were being erected in Flor ence, some of them of a very substan tial character. About 300 men were engaged In packing provisions from the summit of the mountains to tho diggings. They were receiving 40 cents per pound for packing. Prices of pro visions are on the decline. Flour was selling In Florence at 75 cents per pound; bacon, J1.50. As "Ed" Howe Sees Life As you become older, gradually ac custom yourself to neglect. In many ways, a Presidential cam paign reminds me of a war dance given by tame Indians to entertain guests of the Indian agent. I believe the hen-pecked men would revolt If a bold and capable leader should appear. I am In favor of any doctrine that will prove itself, and benefit its ad herents. The man who wasn't there Is still able to tell what should have been done in the emergency. The American people are unable in private conversation to overcome the bad effects of their Big Talk in public. This charge is frequently hissed at the men: "Woman hater!" But there never was such a thing, among the men. Of course a man has wrongs; some say the first one is his birth. And then follows a long list of exquisite ones he can't avoid, ending in that famous one: his death. Hypocrisy never helps, even when you are pretending to be better than you really are. If you want to exercise your will power, exercise it in the direction of giving people cause to say that you are one of the fairest, politest and most energetic men In town. GOVERNMENT DISCOVERS HARBOR Handling of Transport Sherman Effect ed Easily and Rapidly. PORTLAND, May 10. (To the Edi tor.) In giving the good-send-off to day to the good old First Regiment on the Sherman and all good luck and good voyage to them, I would call at tention to the very easy way In which the Sherman was handled in getting her away from the dock. Khe was an nounced to sail at 9 o'clock with over 1000 troops andsoforth and their fam ilies. Just after 3:3u the captain got the word, "All clear, sir, forward, and then he and the pilot moved her out Into the stream. Before 9:50 Captain Emukln. the pilot, had her turned round and she was bound down stream, blowing three whistles, meaning Good-bye to you all. It was a piece of smart seamanship and well done, as it means that a man must know how to move a no-root. steamer, and turn her round in a uuu foot breadth of river in la minutes with no towboat to assist. The fancr man was drawing 24 feet of water on leaving the dock, and this should show that the Government can safely send steamers of this size or more to the Columbia River and to Portland. We have had many other steamers ot commerce of a deeper draft -than the. Sherman, but this is so far. I think. the largest Government steamer that has come here, simpiy oecause tne gov ernment has been Informed by some body on the outside that no steamer of the size could come over the Colum bia River bar and up the river. There is no fancy about this draft of water, because I was careful to notice this at both ends of the steamer, and they showed a scant 24 feet. I am Informed that she shut out a great deal of freight for the troops. GEORGE TAYLOR. Very Easy to Get. Exchange. Nell We should all love our enemies. Belle But I don't think I have any. Nell Oh, It's easy enough to make a few. A Home Application. Exchange. Discipline Is exemplified by the first year at school, and the first year of married Ufa