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10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1913. FORTLAXU. OREGOX. Entered at Portland. Oreion. Foatotflce fecond-claaa natter. Eubacripuon Katea Inrarlablr la Advance. (BY MAIL.) Pa!?y. FonUar Included, cna rear Dally. Sunday Included, aiz month!... Dally, Sunday Included, tnrea monthai IUy. Sunday Included, one month... Daily, wltbout Sunday, on year..... Da.ly. without fcunoay, eix montha... Dally, without Sunday, three montna. Dally, without Sunday, on mouta.... Weekly, ooo year. Sunday, one year. ........ Sunday and Weekly, ono year (BT CARRIER.) . Pally, Punday Included. ea year. ..... Dally. Sunday Included, one month. Hamr t HMnlu-eDd Postoftlce money or. der. eiprrse order or personal check on your local bank, stamps, coin or curiruy - the (euders rlatt. liivo poatoince fuil. Including county and atata Poatace Kate Ten to 14 paces, 1 cent: IS to 14 paes, 2 cents; 80 to 40 pages, S cents; 4'l to dO paces, 4 cants. orln porae. double rate. . Cast era Bullae offices Verreo A c?5., Iln, New York, Brunswick balldlnc- -"-caro. Sterer bulldlnc t-ma FranriM- Office R. J. Bldwall Co. T4V Market street. . tinimi nifln Sa ft Recent street B. LODdOO 4.29 .75 8 00 .23 1.7S .0 1.C.0 1.60 1.00 .75 P. Morgan's Influence on the art fact that the use of adjacent Govern Ideals of hla home city. The same per. I ment land is necessary to the develop. son embalms the glory of Cadmus, who Is supposed to have Invented the al phabet, and of Gutenberg-, who cer tainly Invented printing;. This shows progress at the metropolis and when tve note that he also admits Dante, ment of water power to be made an excuse for collecting tax or rent on power by the Government. We con tend that water power should be 3e veloped for the use of the people In' habiting the adjacent country and that Shakespeare, Cervantes, Voltaire and Nation and state should co-operate in Goethe, as well as good old Homer, to restricting rates to a fair return on his pantheon we really begin to enter- the actual investment and In prevent ion hopes for the culture of the east. I lng monopoly. Mr. Strom's list contains only three I "The heart of the conservation Major-Generals, Caesar, Alexander and movement is development and use, Gustavus Adolphus, while he puts says Plnchot truly, but he goes on to down an equal number of scientists, I attribute the criticism of the Forest Galileo, Franklin and Watts. All this Service to "those whom It has pre- looks encouraging. If the Sun keeps I vented from grabbing public re' on it will finally obtain a list of twenty I sources." It is that very morbid dread w. rORTLAXD, FRIDAY. FEB. tl, IMS. THE COMPENSATION DAW. The workmen's compensation law enacted by the Legislature is the prod uct of a commission in which employ ers, labor and the taxpayers were equally represented. This commis. eion gave the subject extended re search' and sincere consideration. It would have been Impossible for this or any other commission to have drafted a compensation bill that would coin cide with the views of everybody. While America has drawn on Europe for undisputed evidence of the merits of compensation, the method of put ting compensation into effect which will be the best for our political and Industrial conditions is yet to be dem onstrated. Several states have laws upon the subject, but they vary ma terially and none have been in force I long enough to disclose unqualified superiority over others. Opposition to form and details of the new act is therefore based on theory. men, and perhaps some women, wno were truly great. in Plnchot's mind which has caused him and those who think with him to pervert conservation into reservation. S. 1 Iln cold storage. It has caused every t iuis x.. aiuMmsu oi.uu.u. " 8ettler to be regarded with suspicion. made Superintendent or Hie Portland jt na3 twisted conservation into the schools the choice would be a happy service of those very timber barons one. Although Btlll a comparatively whom Plnchot so abhors, for It has young man, he has hld more than caused Government timber to be sold one responsible position in educational Pfices which agree with the value work and his ability and character by monopoly on its holdings. It have always been more than equal to endowed every tree with a spu- hls duties rlous sanctity, no matter how com- As State Superintendent of Public merciauy useless it is or now mucn Instruction Mr. Alderman's services it may cumber good agricultural land. have been so meritorious that he has I won National recognition. In the field of vocational education he is quoted as an authority by leading students. No state has made as rapid progress as Oregon in agricultural teaching, and this . very desirable result must be credited very largely to Mr. Alderman, masses of negative electricity, and this, of course, may possibly be a mere vi bration, or perhaps a vortex, in the ether. So if it turns out that the soul is a modification of the ether we shall be able to reconcile the ancient quar rel between the materialists and the spiritists and, after the manner of POWER OF THE DEAD HAND. The difference of opinion In the Sen ate committee on the policy of charter, lng the Rockefeller Foundation wth an endowment of $100,000,000 arises from fear that control of vast aggrega tions of wealth bv perpetual corpora- whose efforts have been untiring and Ulons might prove a danger to the state, his success remarkable. This fear prompted the passage of the In the new educational endeavor to statutes of mortmain in England in unite the Influence of the home with the middle ages. The church was that of the school Mr. Alderman has gathering into its possession great earned the reputation of a pioneer, landed estates until its wealth enabled This plan to award school credit for it to challenge the power of the crown. certain nome worn is not oniy original Being a perpetual corporation, or an hut it has been commended bV eminent I nrrrpnttlAtl nf xiirh rnrnnm Hon It scientific writers. His persevering ef- never let go of property it had once la nothln' The process would, in any fnrt. t nerfeet Oreeon's school legis- Lftciirprl Thl, rnnriittnn tvn. nno of th case, be bo expensive that it could only be performed in laboratories by wealthy investigators and it would not precisely as the school books teach. But he does say that, in the light of the newer knowledge there are ways, quite outside the ordinary run of lab oratory work, by which the atoms can be broken up into finer grains and re comblned. into new substances. The existence of these grains finer than the old Daltonlan atoms is a, fact which has been forced upon the chem ists by their experiments with radia tions such aa that from the radium and the various rays flowing from vacuum tubes. One might as well re mind the reader at this point that the atomic theory is thousands of years older than Dalton. It was taught, if not Invented, by the Greek Democritus centuries before the Christian era and was made by Lucretius the basis of his great poem, "De Natura Rerum." THEORIES OF LIFE! DISCUSSED Ideas on Enern-y and Motion Presented by Gold III11 Man. GOLD HILL, Or, Feb. 17. (To the Editor.) The Oregonian some days ago contained interesting comment of re ported discovery of Ramsey. The Ore gonian may well ask "what is energy?' What is motion?. The answer to the first of these questions would Include the complete answer to either of the other two. There is no life or energy without motion, no motion or life with out energy; motion and energy are con ditions of life. The "vitallst" is look ing for an "entity" separate and dls tlnct a kind of kernel, wrapped in the husks of existence, yet having no cos mic relation to these. These secrets of life or exist ence are not all to be seen in the focus . of a microscope or in chem ical reactions. The planet repeats over which Ferrero pronounces the noblest I and over Its orbital relations to the production of the Roman's literary sun. This is the prime fact of exist- genius. I ence and lire. This sublime fact is re- Chemists who accept Sir William f 1 Ramsay, conclusions believe that they Son AU tne "manifold TperaUoTs of have actually seen certain elements nature are nerformed bv the aerencv of pass into one anotner. xnis nappens i orbits. Life is an orbit. Man when radium decays. It neon, then helium and finally, it may be, lead. The finest grains into which matter can be resolved are not called atoms, but electrons. At least this name applies to one kind of them. that which is associated with negative electricity. In fact the new thought an orbit. Man passes produces through a dynamic orbit every 24 hours, Sleeping and waking are its factors. As there can be no time without the closing of the planetary circuit, so there can be no life nor continuance of life without the closing of the organic circuit. This is the prime condition -of existence and life, yet It has no part nor lot in the schemes of these scientific is that the electrons are nothing but experts, poring over chemical filters, or dreaming of independent kernels of vitalism, of matter, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur, etc., are necessary, according to the formula of nature in the construction of so-called living matter, 1. e., matter which shows feel lng and degrees of consciousness. But maw nAt lift hava ao n,tinv I. nn-rnna am Hegel, synthesize the last great pair heat and llght7 R0cks taken from their of opposltes. To return from our wanderings, what would happen to business if it iation are well known. Mr. Alderman Is a young man of exceptional ability and progressive character. He is familiar with the best Ideas of the best thinkers In his pro. moving causes of the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. In more recent times the power of the "dead hand," which Is the English meaning of mortmain, has been seen were really found that the elements Thls degree of life is due to affinity, k .-r,ot i,i marriage oi moiecuies. iron nas a sim- J;h i,T, Tio;4, XT ''I"'" liar degree of life which is destroyed gold and iron nto copper? The answer when the m,th- burnB lt. The flre that warms us is but an intense form of life, the natural heat of our bodies be Ing due to a milder form of the same thing, combustion. For convenience we say there are three kingdoms of matter, mineral, vegetable and animal, but all who have considered the subject well know tha affect the practical world at all. There is no analogy whatever between the laboratory production of indigo and The Oregon law is founded on the I fesslon and he has the energy and ex- n numerous charitable bequests, which dlamonds and the transmutation of there are no hard and fast lines be NATURE'S COLOR SCHEMES BEST, Appeal Made for Use of Made-in-Ore- aron Halloing Material. PORTLAND, Feb. 20, (To the Edi- 'tor.) A new magazine devoted to the Greater Portland plan has recently been Issued. Dike ail loyal citizens, J, too, am interested In the Greater Portland plan but in order to carry it to fruition one essential element is necessary, viz., the greater spirit. Portland, in the midst of its favored location, and in a state whose soli, ell mate and products are not rivaled any. where, cannot hope to achieve the greatness that Is her due unless she develops her rightful industries. The greater spirit seems to be lack lng in many of our enterprises. We looked with pride upon the construc tion of a new Courthouse and wondered If the "made-in-Oregon" slogan would dominate its structure, but, alas, our industries were ignored. Then came the City Library, and our hearts bounded with a new hope, since made-ln-Oregon money gave that won derful institution its first Impetus. Again our hopes were vain. And now comes the City Jail, against which our Brick Manufacturers' Asso ciation Is entering a protest since the architect specified that a brick from a neighboring state be used in its con struction without giving the associa tlon so much as a consideration. The superiority of the Oregon brick having been proven, the architect ex cuses himself on the erround that the Twelve different elements or forms Washington article would make a more narmomous color scneme. I am not an architect, but I do know this rule in architecture that in those parts of our country where we find the materials which Nature provides used in abundance there we are likely to see the most beautiful architecture, because it is the most appropriate. If our brick does not have the same tint as that of our neighboring state the chances are that our tint is more appropriate for our conditions. Archi tecture that is full of interest and vi tality Is invariably designed from the local material at hand. Frequent building should make us think more. O, for a broader spirit in our enter prises! Promote home industries and you breathe Into our city that broader spirit which will Inevitably develop a greater Portland whether we plan it or nay. E. W. B. beds show plainly, when broken, rock life, which entirely disappears when highly heated. They are thus killed. Insurance plan. The employer and the ecuttve ability to put them in practice, have long outlived their purpose. Rich tho eIer"ens. Diamonds are carbon workman In certain lines of hazardous jt js difficult to think of a more suit- London Aldermen of the Sixteenth and crvstals. In manufacturing them no emnlovment and the state will each .i- mn fnr Sunerlntendent of the Sev.t,tnt). knnoii, t occult process Is invoked any more contribute a certain premium to a fund to be administered by the state. From this fund compensation will be jiaid to workmen injured in the course of their employment or to their de pendants if accident causes death. Neither employer nor workman is Portland Schools. MAKE a certain parish the income of a cer tain tract of land to be expended in a specified manner forever. For ex ample, such a bequest was made to an TIDE CONVENTIOX REALLY .. REPRESENT. Indorsement by Senators Root and I old parish in the heart of London to be Crane of the movement for a Repub- I expended In decorating the church. If ii... -xTotimoi tmuninn thin vpflr I the entire sum was not thus emended bound to accept the provisions of the h i.aor. nr tha the beauest was to be forfeited. The act, but aeptance is presumed unless . . nartv. ad. Income of that land has increased so notice is given to tne contrary. ,ka r,rrwr.wt of reunion of the enormously that the rector and church divided forcea. The rules should be so wardens have to tax their brains to revised that there can be no dispute as to whether the majority of delegates In a National convention voice the opin ions of a majority of the rank and file. If the employer declines to. accept the terms of the act he is deprived of ell common .law defenses. If the em ploye elects to reject the act his right of recovery will be under the terms of the preesnt liability law, which prac tically abolishes the common law de fenses of the employer. Hazardous employments are not classified in the find ways of spending the money In compliance with the terms of the be quest, lest they lose it all. Another old Londoner left the In- Had the direct primary been in use in come of a small tract to be spent in every state in 1912, there could have I feeding the birds which frequented a been no bolt because there would have certain churchyard. It was only been no shadow of excuse for a bolt enough for the purpose at the time the than in manufacturing lead pencils, which contain another form of car bon. Given heat and pressure enough, anybody can make diamonds out of charcoal and charcoal out of dia monds. The element remains its old self all the while. Indigo, which is manufactured commercially In Ger many, is an organic compound of sev eral elements. Formerly they were combined by plants in the field. Now they are combined by artisans in workshops. No elements are changed In the process. They are only com bined according to the Daltonlan the ory, which holds good in ail such operations; It Is fair to add that Sir William Ramsay's conclusions are not accepted f. w"hr6S?t P"?'Ur; aTdVere" would have been no cheTce bequest m' lit has"growV to -- There is great but payment in behalf of a particular institution automatically increases that institution's premium within certain limits. Self-interest is thus called to the aid of protective devices against accident. The workman who elects to come under the provisions of the act will' be assured speedy and certain compensa tion if accident befalls him. There will lie no lawyers to hire, no costs to pay, no court to consider whether the acci. dent waa his fault or the fault of the employer or due to contributory neg ligence or the result of the inherent doubt in the scientific world whether the transmutation of the elements has actually been accomplished. His ap parent results may be explained In other ways. that the bolters could have gained any such proportions that it would keep substantial following. minions of birds in luxury. A fruitful source of corruption and! .these extreme examples are cited of dissension in the party will be re- only to show the danger of creating an moved when the basis of represents- I endowment wnich may outlive its pur- tion is changed so as to reduce the pose, good as that purpose may have number of Southern delegates. Repre- oeen originally, wot only may the Dr. Frledmann's request for a lentatlon in the National convention I nme come when such endowments I chance to show Americans how his should be based on the Republican should be diverted from their first uses, I tuberculosis cure works is modest and vote, not on population or on the total but the institutions holding them may may be reasonable. Still there is a sus- ote, for the delegates represent the attain such power through their plclon that he is coming more for com. members of the party, not the entire I wealth as to become a menace to the merclal than humanitarian purposes. people. The Southern vote gives the state or at least a positive evil. Some t is predicted that he will syndicate candidate who can corral it a great provision Is necessary to guard against I his cure and reap as much profit from tween them, that a continuous stair way leads from the mineral to the animal kingdom. Neither can there be a line where life begins. When Invest! gators shall recognize the conditions under which definite degrees of life originate, a scale' will follow, leading up to recognizable sensation, the basic fact upon which rests consciousness. Life and consciousness are corelatlves. Sleep is the dynamic, as working Is the motor phase of life. Life is only one-half of something. The opposite sexes, each represents a part of the mystery, the female the dynamic, the male the motor factor. A hen raised alone will lay an egg which Is alive but will not hatch. It Is but one factor. It is a pertinent ques tion, what is a whole life? There seems but one answer to this. The abso lute physical union of the opposite life factors must give zero, as the union of the crest and trough of sound gives silence. Each factor of life represents also both the male and female principles, each lobe of the brain representing one factor, thus accounting for right and left handedness. This gives us one definition for life, viz. polarization, and for death depolarization. These defi nitlons apply equally to rock or man and emphasize the basic facts that life Is the result of two opposite and in separable factors and is itself a factor. J. R. KENDALL . Olymplo Award. WINBERRY, Or., Feb. 19. (To the Editor.) Now, when the Thorpe Inci dent has reminded us of the Olympic danger, of his employment with no handicap over his rivals and enables this possibility by breaking the hold It as he can. He comes to America, it s one at xauit. -rannent win oe mane in i " iu m ui iu ucuc&xiv i .. -- any event. I wisnes or the majority in real itepuD- General rejection of the act by em-1 llcan states. ployers or employes would, of course. Let us Insure that future conventions rob It of much of its virtue. It would shall speak the sentiments of the Re place the state on the plane of an In I publicans of each state and district. the lapse of a certain time or when certain contingencies arise. Is said, because the- Germans will not humor his greed. Before long we shall all know how much truth there is in these unpleasant reports. surance company doing a small busi ness among risks scattered over a wide territory. Administration costs would be out of proportion and one Import ant expectation that the courts will be relieved of the large burden of per. Bona! injury suits would not be real ized. But The Oregonian believes that the law will be received with favor. The merits of compensation are so open and plain faced that the act will be received with favor by both classes. The elective principle was not em bod led because of doubt as to the ad vantages of the plan Itself, but to guard against constitutional obstruc tions, which many lawyers fear con front the enactment of the compul sory form. Commendation Is due the Legisla ture for withholding itself from con t rovers! ea over forms and details. Such discussions would merely have Con fused the issue. and we shall hear no more of boss rule and the steam roller. i FTNCHOT SOUNDS THE ALARM. Plnchot has sounded a cry of alarm. He is desperately afraid the Western states would rob themselves for the benefit of the monopolists if they were given control of the National forests. He accuses Western Gover nors of a desire to hand over the pub lic domain to the landgrabbers. He has summoned his friends In the East to defend against rapacious schemes those forests where his successor is TRANSMUTING THE ELEMENTS. An atmosphere of romantic witche'rj surrounds Sir William Ramsay's new theory of the transmutation of the elements. As he interprets his expert. ments they prove that the metals, gases and so on can be made to pass into one another. In some cases . he has actually performed the miracle, The story of plots, .assassinations, attempted poisonings and executions nrhlh nftmaa frnm XTo-virtrt fitv rcga I Finland III,. -... V. u I lino a uago nisiu me iiiniui f uL klltS blood-stained Caliphs of Bagdad. esting, even if we did not have the first place; . I have before me the cor rect awards as proclaimed by the King of Sweden as follows: Points.! Points. Sweden 133lVorway ..16 (Jnltod State . .. .129 Canada 13 England 76 Italy 13 8-ustrau& 13 .47 BelKlum 11 The need of a slang dictionary which Is accepted as authority in the courts which seems to be a far more startling was shown by the argument as to the one than changing water into- wine. I meaning of "come across in the Dar- rne very thought of transmuting the row trial. elements takes one back to the dark ages when all those departments of knowledge which we now call the "sci ences" were forms of more or less heretical magic. Chemistry, which Turks and Allies are now resting on their arms because of heavy snows and extreme cold. What the Turks need now is a George Washington. rrance 32 Russi Denmark 19'Austrla Hunary 171reece . South Africa lOjUoliand This is all. All nations would proclaim them selves winners If they Just counted their choice of sport. I think we ough to be fair to all, especially as we stand well enough, anyway. ARTHUR HARTMAN. allowing timber to rot rather than sell I is Sir William Ramsay's specialty, was it oeiow tne prices nxea Dy tne inirty- men cultivated Dy tne name or ai- The .vni haa Deen si,,nej vy the Gov. seven timber barons who control the chemy, and Its principal quest was the ernor and goat meat can no longer philosopher's stone, which, if it had been found, would have changed lead Into gold. That is precisely what Slf William claims to do in his laboratory today. His predecessors, never found bulk of the standing timber that is in private hands. In Justification of his belief that the Western states would give away the public land to the mo- Details ara sometimes nopollsts, if given the opportunity, he vital, but more often their importance I says that these states have squandered I the philosopher's stone, but in their is exaggerated. Manv will recall that, the land already granted to them. persistent search for it they laid the when ' the Railroad Commission idea Now the worst example of squan- foundations of modern chemistry, first swept the country, quarrels over derlng the public land is the great which bids fair to succeed where they the manner of choosing the commis-1 raiiroaa iana grants wnicn were maae I raiieo. xne line or researcn wnicn tsir Neiy Theater Exits. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 20. (To the Editor.) To settle a dispute between friends and satisfy my curiosity, please state whether the entrance to the old Marquam Theater as now use complies with the building code and the law regulating theaters as to Safety from fire or panic, C. J. The nresent ordinance regulating the money trust committee had no theaters does not cover buildings ex masquerade as mutton. There are no restrictions on its use in hash. difficulty in finding the trust, but is puzzled about the most deadly weap ons with which to kill it. Istlng at the time of its adoption. The width of exits at the old Marquam, now known as the Baker, never did conform to present regulations. Build Ine Inspector Plummer, however, Offered the post of Mayor, a Jack. sioners almost wrecked the movement by Congress between 1860 and 1880. William Ramsay has been following sonvllle, Or., woman sought her hus-i pronounces the present arcade ar In some states. Now there Is little con- "he first of those grants were made I began no doubt with the discovery of cern whether the commission is elec- before even Colorado had a voice in the Roentgen rays, which are now tlve or appointive. Oregon has one National legislation and all were made called X rays. This was succeeded in kind. Washington the other. Neither before the admission of North and due time by Madame Curie's segrega has failed in Its purpose because of the South Dakota, Montana, Washington, tlon of radium - from its associated minerals and then band's consent. That's hardly the true rangement better and wider than the suffragist spirit. old exit through the Marquam Duna Ins:. The arrangement or tne emer gency exits in the courts has also been method of choosing members. It is probable, too, that there is more than one way of attaining satisfactory com pensatlon of injured workmen. TWENTY MORE GREATEST MEN. world with several new twenty greatest men" since we men. tloned and praised their zeal a few days ago. Moses still holds a command ing place in them. One compiler even number of other rays were added to the list of radia tions, the ' alpha, the beta and the gamma ray, for example. "Very likely the universe throbs with all sorts of rays yet undiscovered. In explaining these diverse species Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico or Arizona. The West had so little representation in Congress at that time that it had practically no part in the squandering of the public domain by the Nation. fiih nf thA lAnrl fl-rantArl tn tha V W'anln CJ..M. ... I I . aiio a.c vin utciuug sun a t:iu"i iitotAf hm hpATt Rmmnrlprpri anlrf At nf AtnatiAflnng Kflpntifln mn n-ora fllte,ILetp0ndent? have enrlched the absurdly low prices, but take the land, gradually led to revise their theories lists ui tne l arrant states in general and their ad- I of matter Sinrn Dalton'a rln v thAv ministration of their own land will I had taught that it .was composed of compare very favorably with: that of atoms. Dalton's atoms were taken to the National domain by the Federal be the smallest possible divisions of Government. . Whatever they have matter. The very word "atom," which done that is culpable was only In ac- I Is Greek of a sort, means "Indivisible.' It was allowed that the atoms com- A strange malady is reported to be improved. Killing on many goats near cottage Grove. We thought the Oregon goat indestructible. The Albany Judge who refused a divorce to a couple past 70 probably felt that they were old enough . to know better. Women in registering may rightfully give their age as 21, provided- they are tractor, not younger. register, eh? Quite an Inducement to John Benson Not In JalL GOLDENDALE, Wash., Feb. 18. (To the Editor.) I read a dispatch in The Oregonian saying that I was in Jail for carrying a revolver. The reporter mads a mistake. It is Charles Sar that is in Jail and not L We were drinking and got into some trouble, tor wnicn I paid my fine. I am a hard-working man. as Mr. Woods, the Spokane con- will tell you, and I do not declares that he was "the founder of the ethical Ideals of European clvlliza- cordance with the custom of the times. tlon. Such a .statement reads strangely to one who knows anything of European history. Our ethical Ideals, as far as they have any real existence, are embodied in our laws. which came to us largely from Rome. but rartly from the German barbar fans of the northern forests. Leaving out the reference to the Sabbath there is not a solitary com mandment in the Decalogue which is not to be found essentially in the pre- cepts of the Roman law. The precept to worship God Is there. So la the duty to honor one's parents. In fact this In imitation of the bad example set by the Nation. The land-grant states were the first to come to their senses, to husband their resources, and the result is seen in the large funds accu blned into larger bodies known molecules, but they could never be broken up into smaller bits. The chemistry taught in our schools and colleges is based upon Dalton's theory. There Is a feel of baseball In the air. despite the calendar. But a few weeks and the fan will be rampant on a green field. want people to get the Impression that I am a desperado. I will asK you to be so kind as to put this letter in the paper, so that people will know that I am not a bad man. JOHN BENSON. mulafd for the maintenance of their I which has always worked accurately A New Tork diamond robber was captured by a crowd. It would seem that police protection is not absolute. schools and universities. Only a few extreme opponents of the Plnchot policy ask that the Na tional Forests be handed over to the states for administration. Western sentiment in general favors the con servation policy as originally defined by Roosevelt, but not as narrowed to a reservation policy by Plnchot. It was enforced far more stringently at does not ask that the National forests Rome than in Palestine. All the in- ana other resources b handed over Junctions against antl-soclal acts, mur- entirely to state control, but it does der, theft, adultery were embodied In ask for Joint National and state con the Roman law. They are found, too, trol. What the West asks more Dar in practice. It holds that each ele ment, such as gold, copper and oxygen. Is composed of atoms peculiar to itself. Each particular species of atom has a fixed and unvarying weight that can be determined by well-known pro. cesses. Thus if the hydrogen atom weighs one, the oxygen atom will weigh 16, and so on through the list. In forming chemical compounds the molecules might be broken up but never the atoms. They Invariably united with one another In fixed mul tlples according to a mysterious prop- LEMON on APPLET Klamath Falls seems strictly "in it." But let's stop and think a minute. It may be the "Land of Nod," With its posies and its rod: It mav be the long-lost Eden Oulte as likely, though, 'twas Sweden It may be, as "Prof" discovered. Three Presidents and two fresh rev olutionary plois in one day just about That our Darents there first hovered, set tne record ror Mexico. For. 'tis said, near Klamath lanes There are millions of "them" snakes, It is claimed that a hare can travel Bu the question Is, which one sixty feet per second. In the butter fu"eii 8Ul .T ,,,.' I Time has been, and is and was, on a dining car, perhaps. wh .t. mn rtraen In irauze. But old Klamath then was milder, The new British - Consul will lose And the garden somewhat wilder. his preference for England after liv- Then the Harrimans and Hills ing here awhile. Hadn't posted any bills. mve ana Auarn owireu me eyui. Twas before there was a Lot in the English common law, which Is I ttcularly is that, if the leasing policy erty which was named "valency." supposed to be of Teutonic origin. De adopted for coal, oil, phosphate and name covers an abyss of Ignorance, for Aiosea was aouDiieys awouueniii man, grazing land, either such land be made n cnemist wno cares ror nis reputa but he was not the founder of Euro- subject to taxation or that an ade- "on undertakes to say what "valency" pean ethics. In all essentials the ethics ouate share of the rental be paid to really means. of Rome and Greece, where Moses was the states in lieu of taxes. I This theory of Dalton's remains ex- tiever heard of, was the same as ours. I The Western states will not submit actly as it was, no matter whether to having a large proportion of their area held by the Government as landlord and exempted from taxation while the Nation derives a large reve nue therefrom. Nor will the states, which are sovereign over their waters. except as to navigation, permit the The groundhog may be the victim .,": i,m w. m nibs" The of bunk, so far as bad weather is con- Ere he made Eve from his ribs. cerned. The suffragist hikers to WasirTtigton need an ambulance corps. To our great comfort the Sun's newer lists pay more attention to art and letters than the ones first evoked. A compiler named Strom includes Praxiteles, the decadent . Athenian sculptor, but he leaves out Phidias, a choice, which speaks volumes about J. matter can be transmuted or not. Not a single experiment ever made is in validated by Sir William Ramsay's new theory. He does not deny that, for all usual laboratory purposes, the atoms are indivisible and that they combine according to their valencies, But as I began a-saylng. While that corner-stone was laying In that garden for the race In that pretty dreamy place. Tls too bad they had to spou it And with sin's dark mantle soil it. Klamath Falls, the land of "Peach," I Eve and Adam, side by each. Wandered round that lovely spot Frogs are croaking in the meadows There originates the "blot!" and Spring is near. Twas a lemon ve am eat. UtlVB IU AU4U1 lur t . I A. nn innl. nf thA tnkst Those British suffragettes will yet could cive Lova so bad a roast. get Into trouble. I X.Y. Z. Is any one still clinging to a New Year's resolution? COMMISSION MEN ENTER DENIAL Deny That Food nas Been Burned to Keep Prices Up. PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Edi tor.) We note the account in The Oregonian of February 16, on a report from Manager David Otis, or the City Crematory, charging commission merchants with sending food stuffs that are in perfect condition to the crema tory to be destroyed for the purpose of keeping prices up on same. Mr. Otis Is evidently misinformed or else Is making a misstate ment when he charges commission merchants with sending tills stun to be destroyed. I know from personal knowledge that there has never been any article of food delib erately destroyed as he claims. The only time any fruit product has been sent to the crematory Is when It has reached such a stage that it is unfit to be offered for sale or It is an absolute waste of money or time to sort and put same Into condition to be offered for sale. We know that if we put this same product on the market the market nspector would have us arrested for offering decayed food stuff for sale, and we see no reason why the city superin tendent of the garbage crematory should be allowed to give these prod ucts away for human consumption. Regarding the carload of asparagus referred to by Mr. Otis: We know that asparagus was offered at 10 to 25 cents a box on Front street without buyers, and that this same asparagus was held in car, drawing demurrage, until the tips of same had become de cayed and it was simply out of the question to sell or give it away to any one. We know that cantaloupes have been so badly infected with aphla and decay that it would not pay to repack same. We also know that entire carloads of cantaloupes have been sold for the large sum of $-5 and the man that bought same did not make any money. Watermelons have been sold at from $15 to $20 a car and the peddlers have offered them to the housewives at 5 cents a piece with but very little sale at that. We know peaches have been dumped in very large quantities, the dumping of those peaches costing the man that had them between $300 and $400. The same thing can be said in regard to oranges If Mr. Otis desires to receive further information we would be very glad to give it to him. We certainly see reason why commission merchant should be blamed with everything that occurs, whether It Is good, bad or In different. There Is some good In the worst of us, and some bad In the best Of US. R. F. HOSKING CO. WILLIAM BLOHM. Twenty-five Years Ago Prom The Orecontan of February 21. 18S3. Washington, Feb. 20. Before the House committee on public lands today Congressman Hermann objeoted to further consideration of any perMlng measures until the question Is de termined as to forfeitures of unearned land grants. He Insisted that as to his state settlers along the Northern Pa cific Railroad grant from Wallula to Portland should now be heard. California Notes Dr. W. Lang Chap man, formerly of Portland, is now surgeon on board the steamer Belglc, which plies between here and China. N. J. Levlnson, city editor of The Oregonian, came down from Portland today for a month's rest and recreation. J. C. Haines, of Seattle, is at the Bald win. E. M. Baillle, son of Professor Mark Balllie, of the University of Oregon, expects soon to leave here for Mexico on a business trip. New York, Feb. 20. Joseph Hoffman, the boy pianist. Is to retire from the stage. His health Is giving way. Man. ager Henry E. Abbey haB brought action for breach of contract for $57,600 against Casimlr Hoffman, the boy's father. He claims that the boy Is In excellent health and has attached Hod man's trunks. New York, Feb. 20. The Mail and Express this evening devotes a column to interviews booming Depew for the- Republican Presidential nomination. Fractional block 111, situated in South Portland, was sold at auction yesterday at the corner of First and Washington streets for $1900. The office of A L Maxwell, general passenger and ticket agent of the O. R. & N. Co., will be shortly removed from Ash street to the headquarters of the company in the Ainsworth block on Third and Oak streets. William A Thompson, manager of the Brady Dramatic Company, arrived here yesterday from San Francisco. The company will open here in William A. Brady s dramatization of H. Rider Hag. gard's famous romance "She." The dilapidated and unoccupied build ing on Tenth and G streets, owned by L Higgins, of San Francisco, was discovered on fire yesterday and waa considerably damaged. The building was not worth much. Some of the hemp for use In the Portland Cordage Works haa arrived and W. B. Ayer, superintendent, saya he hopes to begin the manufacture of rope in ten days or two weeks. Half a Century A$ o From The Oreronlan of February 41. 1S61. The people of Forest Grove and neighborhood are striving in the matter of building a woolen factory at that place. A meeting has been held and steps taken towards surveying the water privilege. Washington, Feb. 9. General Hamil ton is said to. have received an as surance from the Government that there is an expedition shortly to be fitted out, which has for its object the reclamation of Texas for the Union. The chief command will probably be given to General Butler. Jackson, Feb. 4. The Federal ram Queen of the West, which passed Vlcks burg on Monday morning, arrived at the landing at Vidalla, opposite Natchez, on the same evening. A guard of men was sent ashore, which attempted to capture Colonel Zeebulin York, but he escaped. The venerable Dr. Lyman Beecher died at his residence In Brooklyn on Saturday evening, January 10, aged 87. The great American Prince of Hum bugs, Barnum, has got up a new scheme which Is likely to create a little sensation. It consists In nothing less than a projected marriage between General Thomas Thumb and Misa Lavtnla Warren, the lady dwarf now oa exhibition at the museum. The remains of the Oregon Demo crat have been dug up and galvanized into something like life with James O'Meara as editor. The Frledmann Cure. PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Edi tor.) It Is to congratulate The Ore gonian upon its splendid editorial, "The Frledmann Cure," that I presume to address you. When organization (s out for a big killing, such as Is back of this turtle soup cure. It Is only mad") possible by the generosity of the news papers. Thus may the responsibility or the press be fully realized. Your edi torial merits great praise. Very truly vours. A DOCTOR. LIFE PRESERVERS ON ROSECRANS Writer Picks Up Two Which He Be lieves Worse Than None. WOODSTOCK, Or., Feb. 20. (To the Editor.) 1 saw published an article in reference to the Rosecrans wreck stating that the rescuers reported the life preservers up to requirements. don't know what the requirement Is but it should be to save life. In com pany with two gentlemen who live at Ocean Park, Washington, the day after the wreck of the Rosecrans, I was walking on the beach above the Klip- saw Beach life station. We picked up two life preservers. They were water soaked. Weighed about 40 to 60 pounds. It was the expression of each of us that a man would have a poor chance with one of them on him. I would much prefer to take my chances with out a life preserver than with a weed filled one. It should be a crime to put them out to delude the poor peo pie. It is no proof because, after i long time bodies came ashore with them on that the life preservers float ed them in. as we know that, given time, almost everything Is washed ashore, even large pieces of iron and stone. 1 It is a shame to save the cost of a few dollars difference in cash in cork or tule at the expense of the poor devil who has to take a chance and has been told that they came up to the reaulrements. I have no interest except in the saving of life. Women on Marches. PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Edi tor.) The reports indicate that every time a "suffrage army'' marches In this country, the generals, colonels and pri vates become incapacitated because of foot troubles. This morning the dis patches say an automobile with trained urses will accompany the army. In England the women are good walkers and seem to respond generally to physical exertion without suffering. Is it possible that American women, particularly in the effete East, need to look after their bodies more before em barking on a "suffrage war?" It leads me to Inquire whether the same number of men, taken from indoor occupations there, could make the march better under the same conditions than the women are now doing it. I believe the men usually take better care of the feet. Some noted general said that he could get his army anywhere if properly shod. ROBERT C. WRIGHT. FINDING THE SOUTH POLE Amundsen gives a graphic ac count of his gTeat exploit in penetrating to the Southern axis of the earth. The most graphic 6cenes from his ac count are embodied in a full page article for The-Sunday Oregonian. Illustrated with photographs. Bernhardt in Portland The fa mous actress writes for The Oregonian of her recent so journ in Portland. She took quite a fancy to the city, al though not impressed by other Northwest centers of population. Firebugs Jack Rose in his sev enth article writes of the "arson trust" and describes how the pernicious crime is followed as a profitable busi ness. Living Cost Pinches King That King is none other than the British monarch, and the high cost of living has caused him to curtail expenses. A half page from a well-known London correspondent. Women in Heroic Roles Steady nerves and a strong spirit re quired of the woman in Uncle Sam's lighthouse ser vice. Many of weaker ses occupy these stern posts with great success. Felix Diaz First Revolt An unusual page of timely inter est by a Mexico City news paper man who describes the fiasco at Vera Cruz. Culture Mad A Dresden cor respondent spends a day with a most interesting and un usual culture community. Raising Germs A page ac count in colors of how the most deadly, diseases are pro duced like vegetables in a garden for experimental pur poses. Many Other Features Order today from your newsdealer. tl