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Editorials Opinion of Great Papers on Important Subjects. HUMANITY'S REVOLT AOAINST PROPERTY. 0V many mute. Inglorious John Carters HI languish Id fltlllwatcr or other prltom I through their ben years (or taking a few I I. (I.- .i.ii. 1 U (Via UVIIMIB UIIUVI V UU BJlUt Ul IJUUftlll ... Vl first despairing moment of a blameless life? The real Interest In this romantic youngster Is ethical, not esthetic. They who supposo that he was pardoned because, his Jlnglos pleased editors taking alluring novelties, In order to serve the purpoto ot publishers seeking advertising, cannot see tho forest for tho trees. Ho was pardoned because these trivialities cast tho perilous light of pub licity upon ancient abuses ot the law of offenses against proporty fur which civilization blushes and ot which contemporary Justice Is Itself ashamed. Why should not tho samo publicity cost a side light upon other cases as atrocious as his? Our criminal law of property Is descended by cavcrturo ot tho Kngllsh common law by tho brutal statutes of Norman feudalism, from the most oxtrav ngant subordination of the rights ot persons to the rlghtn ot possessed things tho world has over known. It retains traces ot tho justlco that punished poaching moro severely than murder and the taking ot a loaf more sovcrcly than tho ruin ot a life. This traditional cruelty can he alleviated only by such Instinctive move ment ot public sympathy as that which gave Carter lllwrty, till a scientific system of dealing with tho crim inal according to his nature and possibilities rather than with the crime according to some medieval meas uring stick shall coma to make law the scrvsnt ot hu manity instead of property. St. Paul Tribune. AS TO POISON MYSTERIES. N TllliSU days when tho murderous art ot tho poisoner Is so often brought to public notice, tho caso of Mary Kelloliorof lloston Is enlightening. Mrs. Kellehcr was no C7f5)1 cl"t'" ot Hlnrl,B "x incmiiurs or nor ram 3ooS lly by tho use ot arsenic. I'olscn was found in tho bodies of her victims. The police loudly denounced her and claimed to havo In dlsputnblo evidence uf her Kiillt. Yet, after moro than n year In Jail, shu was honorably discharged at tho re fluent of tho State. In no cnan did tho body ot any victim show enough poison to havo produced death. In several liislnnrcn It was shown that tho dead person had absorbed arsenic from a renovated hair mattress. In one Instance rpjon; nalts, Improperly clarified, worn blamed for conveying nrsvnla Into tho human stomach, "It turns out to be tho fact Hint In this part of the country there Is not n liiunnn body when arsenic would not bo found, If exam ined," said tho district attorney, In asking for .Mrs. Kclloher's dlichargo. Thoro nr ninny poisons that may bo absorbed Intn tho humnn system, although anionic Is probably moro frequently omployod In everyday purposes whoro It would bt likely to come Into contact with people than any other. Therefore In cases ot supposed poisoning It behooves tho State, as well as the defense, to rigidly Investigate nil circumstances, lt-jt grave Injustice b done some innocent person. Chicago Journal. SIZE OF THE COLLAR. E ARB not referring now to brass collars. A 71 but to those bands of white which arc re fW I garded as quite an essential part of the I wenrlnt? nnnnrM of thn nvarneA tnnn. It will doubtless bo of Interest to many of our readers to learn that an eminent med ical authority of England has reached the conclusion that too tight collars aro tho real sourco ot many bodily disorders hitherto ascribed to other causes. As a result of his own experiences this medical sci entist declares that ho has adopted a collar Bcverat sizes larger than his shirt, with tho happy outcome that headaches, rhoumatlsm and other ailments bnvo entire ly disappeared. Personally wo find ourselves quite unable to tako this Illuminating person very seriously. If a man Is Idiot enough to wear a collar thrco sizes to small he ought to be afflicted with a liberal allowance of p.ches and pains. On tho other hand, If ho will persist in wearing one threo sizes too largo ho ought to be haled into some sartorial court and heavily fined for being an nil round slouch. Thero Is a happy medium which any man with the Intellect of a snowbird should 'bo ablo to discover, nnd then appear among his fellows In reasonable harmony with tho dictates of comfort and good taste. Wo fear that soma of our medical scientists are wasting much valuable tlmo. Dcs Moines Capital. THE DANGEROUS HATPIN. i INCH tho Chicago City Council took the I matter up reports ot action against the iJk I dnngcrous hatpin havo been coming from Vi y J all parts of tho country, and n stnrtllnaly nTXwi largo number ot serious accidents from wr(JQl Ionic hatpins havo been recorded. Dov- ' otecs of the rapier atylo of pin may con tend that It sometimes serves useful put poses of de fense. So does tho six-shooter. Yet wlso lawmakers refuse to permit everyone to carry a gun. Tho other day a Chicago man was granted a dlvorco from his wife, whom ho accused of stabbing him fre quently with hatpins. Tho nccuxatlon was not disputed. In what respect does a woman who Jabs her husband with an clghtceii-lnch tint pin differ from the husband who thrcntens his wlfo with n cnrvlng knife? At first sight tho agitation tuny seem ludicrous. In tho light of nctual hatpin casualties nnd the menaco ot phrenetic females armed with deadly weapons, tho argu ment ot thoso who would prohibit hatpins ot undue length seems well founded. Chicago Journal. TEXAS PIRST IN IRRIGATION. Jralrni IJuril lr liu'lana Iionir Hr dare tUm t'omluif uf Ilia Whllr. 'aVjxas, although onn ot the young- est states In tho Union In develop inont, Is tho pioneer In Irrigation, u Kort Worth correspondent of tho Now York Herald saya. Tho beginning of Irrigation In western Texas antedates any record so fur found nnd It Is probablo that In no portion of the United States Is tho practlco older, Is the claim mado by J. C. Nuglo, who Is professor of civil engineering nt tho Agricultural and Muvhaulcnl Collugu of Texas. Scanty nnd Irregular dlslrl butlou ot rainfall was doubtless tho causo of Its u so In tho beginning und veil nt inter dates, when unnumbered acre of fertile lauds could bo had for little moro tlmu tho linublu of pieptir Ins them for cultivation. Coroimdo on his Journey northward In tho early Dart of tho sixteenth century, so iuh tory tells us, found well-established Dystonia of Intention In tho vicinity ot i:i 1'uno, utilizing wnlur from tho Itlo (Irnudo on both sides ot Its pre. out channel. Tradition tells us Hint tho ruvblo Indians of Yseletn claimed that nu clout Irrlgiitlou systems of great ox tout woru built centuries ago by tho Yiiinn Indians on tho 1'ecou river in tho vicinity of l'eeos and (Iruud Falls, but tho constant raids by the Com iimni'ho iiiul Apacho Indians mused tlifiu to move on to tho valley of tho Itio Oraudtt, only to bo followed thero by their old enemies and forced to movu out to tho Colorado ot tho West. In tho vicinity of tho Toynh nprlnga evidence Is found Indicating thnt theso waters wort used for Irrl Kill Ion purpose long before tho first while man found hi way (hero. At Sau Antonio, whero tho Francis enn father founded their missions, they directed tho construction of cu nals by tho Indians, These caunlB wero used not only for supplying wnter to tho mlsxlons for domestic purposes, hut for Irrigation n well. Among the ditches constructed bo tween tho year 1710 nnd 1771 umy 1 mentioned tho Conception, Alnnio, Hnn J oao, San Juan nml Kspadu. In 173" the San l'odro ditch was built by Immigrants from tho Canary Islands nml una used for conducting water to tho cultivated fields. For many years tills ditch wns conducted for Held Irrl Katlou on farm and even to this day this old ditch Is In operation nnd bit ing used coiutnutly. It supplied water for a largo percentage of tho city lawns a row years ago In San Antonio, nnd was extensively used for domestic purposes, At old Fort San Saba, near Menard vlllo, the present homo of Jnmca Cal lain, president of the Texas Cattle Itnlsers' Association, the lemnlna of nn Irrigation system constructed In 3771, also by the Franciscan fathers, can still bo traced. At this time Texas was under Spanish rule, but since then lias sworn allegiance to and floated five different Hags. As curly as 1832 the fourth legisla ture passed an net relative to Irrlga tlon. In 1882 tho seventeenth leglsla turo passed nn act making targe Ci-ants of ltiral for tho construction ot Irrigation ditches. There were bov oral classes aud n number ot sections of land granted per mllq of ditch va ried with tho class. In 1SS9 nnd 1S95 additional regulations wore establish ed with a v)ow ot encouraging irriga tion. Tho result of some of these en actments was tho projection of numer ous Irrigation schemes, many ot which were "boom" propositions from the tart, while others proved failures traea constructed because ot the lark of sufficient hydrogrnhplc nnd other dntn. An west Texas was nlonecr In nn clont Irrigation so It Is In'modorn, ns Irrigation nlong the lines now prnc tlced Ix-gan to develop II mt In this sec tlon of tho Slnto. Tho first ditch in tho vicinity of Del Hlo wns construct ed In 18(18. On tho l'ccos one ot tho present Inrgo systems was built In 187.1, another In 1887 and nnother In 1890. It might havo been exported that thn older systems in tho vicinity ot 1.1 Paso would have nuggextcd ear llor extensions under present methods, hut work of till chnractcr did not bo como nctlvo until about 1880 or 1891 At Fart Stncktou nnd for the Nueces drainage nren It began ns early aa 187(1. On thn Concho, Ran Rabn, Mnno nnd other tributaries of the Colorado river Irrigation systems began to spring up about 187.1, nnd pmtilhly earlier, nnd thesn were ndded to nbotit 1879, buf (his work became most net Ive in thn '90s. MURDER OF HERMIT THRUSH. f'rlmn uf llin llittelirr lllnl, ll(iirt In Kill I h Nimrriitv, Ornithologists say that Prospect pnrk In Ilrooklyn Is right on tho north nnd south bird route, the Clnclnnntl Tlmo-8tnr' Now York correspondent says. Ilccauso of that fact and be- cause It I protected from every one but the lawless Italians It ordinarily contain a greater variety of bird life than any other similar park in the country, porhnps. Thirty varieties have often been counted there of a morning. It was only the other day that a tragedy of the feathered world was reported, A hermit thrush rar est of all song birds had been mur dered by tho ahrlko, or butcher bird, and his soft little body Impaled upon a thorn. Tho guardians of thn park were ordered to kill tho shrike on sight, "We ilked hi in while lie con fined himself to a diet of Kngllsh spar rows," said the superintendent, "but he's llfio the other foreigners against whom wo contend here; a very little liberty goes to his head." He walked on us ho spoke. On a llttlo patch ot green sward half a dozen European starlings were bobbing about. They had been brought to this country by a rich New Yorker nut long ago and placed on his Staten Is lam! estate. They look like blackbirds, except that their tails nre short nnd tholr bills are brilliantly yellow. On a bench by tho walk a on a a sat, lean ing forward, watching them, The Ml perliitendent spoke to him, "Do you know what they are?" ho asked. ".Moln (lott, yes," said the man. never changing his pose, "In thirty ear I haf not seen them not since the day 1 ran away from muln fader's house lu Germany to seek moln for tune. That day I heard thorn sing " lie put his head lu his hands aud burst Into tears. Oua uf uur I'd lltrur, "Did any of the Inhabitants escape with his life?" Inquired the man who wants hnrrowlng details. 'I didn't stop to .ascertain," an swered tho man who Is harrowlngly exact. "It struck me that If anybody escaped without his life thoro wnsn't much use In his escaping anyhow." Washington Star. It Is awfully old-fashioned to bo- ifuvo that you nre all right, and that othor people nro very wicked. A college man always talks more about It than la relished by tuea whs bars not attended collect. MORE FARMERS WANTED. for fo Danger of nn Orrr.upiilr Year to Cum. There Is no great danger that the supply of farmers wilt be a drug on the market for some years to come. The treasury dopartmont's actuaries eat! mate tho population of the country now at ninety million. At an average consumption of S& bushels of wheat a year for each porson, It will take a llttlo less than 000,000,000 bushels to supply whlto bread for the country, to say nothing of other varieties. This meant something moro than ono bun drcd million bnrrels of flour to bo ground, distributed nnd baked Into bread for delivery at the consumers' tables. Hut thU Is only ono of the many do mauds which n population moving rap- Idly toward ono hundred million souls make every day ot tho year. The country consumes probably not less than thlity million head ot llvo stock a year. This Includes cnttlo, hogs nml sheep, but tnkos no account of poultry nnd poultry products, nenrly nil of which have to be supplied from the farms of the country. The two branches ot farming which require the least labor for their suc cessful prosecution, nnd the most thinking, aro those which have much to do with the Increased cost ot liv ing. They aro poultry nnd poultry products nnd live siock growing, Within an hour's rldo by rail ot near ly every eastern city there nre lauds which lend themselves readily to oc cupation for theso purposes. With modem facilities for transit to aud from the cities nnd towns tho possl bllltles ot development ot these par ticular sources of future supplies would seem nt this particular tlmo to bo especially Inviting, As for tho alleged drawback that schools nnd other Institutional advnn tages are inferior In rural and sub urban communities, tlwore aro somo so- rlous doubts in tho matter. City schools are crowded became of having to work by tho wholesale. In contrast with the personal mention which Is possible and practicable. In the rural nnd suburban schools. Moreover, the conditions of living make greatly for the physical If not for the moral ad vantage of the rural over the urban life. Wall Street Journal. HYMN OP PEACE, Theso things shall bo! A lofttor race Than o'er tho world has known shall rise. With flame of freedom in tholr souls And light ot knowledge in tholr eyes. They shall be gentle, brave and strong, Not to spoil human blood, but dsro All that may plant man's lordship firm On earth nnd flro and sea and air. Nation with nation, land with land, Unarmed shall live as comrndes free; ' In every heart and brain shall throb The pulse of one fraternity. e New art shall bloom, of loftier mold, And mlghtlor music thrill tho skies; And every life shnll bo a song . ; When all tho earth is paradise. Thero shall bo no moro sin nor shame, And wrath and wrong shall fettered He: For man shall bo at one with God In bonds of firm necessity. 7. A. Symonds. IT WAS HER FAULT Too Noon for llrr. Apropos of these who never enjoy the luxury of n carrlago nave when the death of some one makes for a free ride to the cemetery a clergyman told of a little girl standing at Cth nvenue and 30th street, New York. She was n ragged little thing, and she was watching the carriages rolling pant with the most wistful blue eyes. "Well, little one," he said, "would you like to own one of those car riages?" The blue eyes turned up, and there were tear in their corners. "I never rode In n kerrldge," she said softly, "Mo little brudder died afore I was born." Kun Iter, Bella You spelled kiss with only one s in your letter. Ileulah lleally, did I? Delia Yes, you did, and I always thought that wua oue thing you never would want to make snorter, Yonkera Statesman. A Con.cleullaua Declaration, Drummer Will you bo mine? AH my life I will worship you from Feb ruary until April and from August un til December, Tho rest ot the time I osb oa tat road. Fllegeade BlMtter. On general principles Iloynolds dis approve of young women. It has been his cxpcrlenco In tho brief intervals ho has wasted from business dallying with society Reynolds calls ii dally ing when ho makes a formal call nnd discusses tho political situation with tho girl's fathor that all young wom en nro dnngcrouslrdcslgnlng crcaturos with an oyo to matrimony and n lasso ready for him. Ills wariness dates from tho tlmo ho was 21 and went walking In the moon light with a young woman of 29. Hn had been sufficiently weak-minded to kiss her nnd tho only reason sho did not suo him for breach ot promise tvas that ho didn't havo enough monoy to mako It worth her while Then tho Mordaunt girl's mother nnd fath er had openly pursued him with din- protested. Ho wanted to bo fair to hi antagonist, and anyway ho had never met a girl with a clearer senso of Jus tice. "I'm speaking Just for myself. Of course I've filled up my life with my work and such things and wouldn't know what to do with a wlfo, but I can readily, see how nny other man might easily fall n victim to you, for Instance!" "Now, I call that kind of you, Mr, Roynoldsl" said Miss Adams. Dy tho end of the week Roynotds made nn alarming doclslon. Miss Adams' frankness, hor tack of co quetry, hor Indtffcrcnco to him, ap ponied to him with a weird sort ot fascination. Just becauso sho seemed to think It was right for him to rnmatn unmarrlod ho porvcrsoly wanted to COLLIER & COLLIER , Lawyers Rooms In Holbrook Building. I St. Johns, "... . Oregon JOSEPH McCHESNEY, M. D. Arthur Rackham's (fall Illustration. Physician and burgeon. will Include pictures for "RWnegold" Day & Nlirht Office In McChesney blk, ana "ine vaiKyrie," translated Dy war phon Jmw Ml. garet Armour rrom tne wagntr li bretti. Among, early novels will be a new book by Edward C. Booth, author ot 'The Post Olrl." It also is a story ot llfo and love In thp author's native lorkshlro country, and it will appear under the title of "Tho Doctor's Lass." A novelist of a generation ago, Mm Marie Walsh, has Just died In New York. She was tho autiior of "Wife of Two Husbands," "Tho Loot paradise" Daniel O. Webster, A. B. M. D ana i no itomance or a ury uooas St Johns, Oregon. Kts. ns knq 1571. OSes fW Jrrj 921 ALBERT CAREY, M. D. HOLBROOK BLOCK Knldrnc 903 Ftumdm Jtrwt Offlt llourei 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., S to 6 p. m. ST. JOHNS, OREGON. asx2 1 V "YOU WASTH YOUIl HHBATII BOOM I NO MISS ADAMS." ncr Invitations nnd wcok-end parties till In snlf-dcfonso ho took a trip to the cast, narrowly escaping ousnaro- merit thoro. Beside bolng rather distinguished looking, Iloynolds by this tlmo was an official of n concern known from the Atlantic to the Pacific and financial ly was far too nttrnctlvo to bo per mitted to go to wnsto ns ho wns from a fcmlntno point ot view. Possibly if ho had been lot nlono Reynolds would havo married nndettlod down like other men, but this natural caution was Intensified by theso episodes. Tho result was that nt -10 ho was cheer fully called n woman hater, The Kostera had known Itoynoldt for years nnd wero conversant with all his Idens, peculiarities aud convic tions, so It Irritated him, on going down to tho Foster country pl.ico for a week, that "I.cff" Foster should talk about Miss Adams all tho way. It seemed that Miss Adaais was to bo there, too, After twenty minutes ot it Reynolds rebelled. See hero!" ho oxplodod. "You wasto your breath booming Mlis Adaais to met I don't care If sho is I convince her that sho was wrong. How could ho do It bettor than by marry ing her? Iloynolds was so dazed by bis conflicting emotions that ho proposed without realizing what ho was doing sufficiently to bo alarmed for him self. "Why, Mr. Roynoldl" Miss Adams gasped. "I am surprised and sorry! lou sco, I'm engaged to another man I novor dreamed knowing you had no fondness for girls. I'm sure I didn't try to lead you on, did IV "No," admitted tho saddened Roy- noius, "you didn't." But to this day ho sooiohow con' sldors it her fault. Chicago News. (1 rente ft Gold Country. Tho largest gold-producing country Is the Transvaal, whero tho output In creased from fS.000,000 in 1889 to $133,000,000 in 1907. The Increaso In tho production of tho Transvaal mine made during tho year 1907 nlmost equaled the cntlro production of tho gold fields In Alnska. In round fig urcs, tho world's production ot gold from the discovery of America In 1192 to I8S0 was about $6,300,000,000, The entire world's supply of gold could "I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN SO SENSIBLE." nil kinds of a beauty. You know mc What's tho uso?" I'll bet you like hor," Insisted the unabashed Foster, Reynolds growled disgustedly. When he met her his manner was Icy beyond comparison, for ho thought that sho might as well know at oncn whero ho stood. It was not till the close of dinner that It dawned on him that Miss Adams was Just as happy as though ho were, hanging upon twr every word. He surveyed her hostllely. Sho cer- tatuly was remarkably protty; but his heart bent no fastor. Ho had seen pretty girls before nnd they were al ways worse than tho plain ones be cause they were so conceited. It was odd, though, that she almost Ignored his presence. No doubt It was Just a trick. Later in tho evening Reynolds de liberately talked to her and she was sweetly Interested and rather Intel ligent, but she did not exert herself. This further convinced him that It was trick to lure him on. The next day they went for n walk nnd he took occasion to launch out on his views about the place ot women In tho world. "I think you are quite right, Mr. Reynolds," said Miss Adams. "They do lnterfero with a man's work whon he Is engaged on big enterprises. I think you have been so sensible not marrying, See what you have accom plished I You have made so cnucu ot yourself!" "Do you '.hlnk so?" Reynolds asked somewhat vaguely. Her lujtant appreciation ot the wis dom of his remarks somewhat upset him. It was not what he was used to. From that time on Reynolds grew worse. And every conversational atro city he perpetrated Miss Adams agreed with him, regarding him with her blue eyes wisely, uead ou one side. "You put things so clearly," she aid. "Whp, It's a wonder any xaaa ver marries)" "Oh, I don't uoa thstl" Ktyortfe not havo been In excess of G, 500.000, 000. Tho last thirty years has doubled this supply, and If the present pro duction is maintained for nnother gen oration, It will double again, the Na tional Magazine says. As gold has long been the world-wide standard of value, these statistics certainly suggest thai the Increaso In the production vitally affect prices. Our dollar can never havo greater purchasing power than the oxchangeablo value of the gold tbat Is In It. The statement that wo see everywhere In the papers that alU prices are going up is a truth that could as well be expressed In these words, "the exchangeablo value of gold bullion Is shrinking." A Tlpleaa Cnrae, "Talk about the tip vll." said tho traveled girl, "Now, last summer, Just before I left London, I got cursed awfully. It was like this; I had tip pod everybody on the place the man servants, the maidservants, the slavey, the bootblack. Then Just before I got in a cab a man up and threw oa old soiled cloth over the wheel to protect my skirts as I got in, Nobody asked him. It didn't protect my skirts, be cause It was worse than the wheel, so I didn't think It was necessary to tip him. "I wish you could have seen his face. It scared me. He swore an awful oath. Then he said, 'I honly 'opes the boat goes down wld to. that's what I opes!' "I waa pretty wabbly all to way over, thinking It might, but the boat didn't go down," New York Pre. Tfca Croak, The set of books I bought Are homo, and 'tis no Joke, 8he told me what she thought 'Twas volumes that she spoke. Detroit Free Press. Notice to the public; A newspaper reporter on the street is sot for Jokea Drummer." Sho dramatized Mlas Brad- don's novol "Three Times Dead." Why do women writers favor the pseudonym "George?" There were "Qcorgo Eliot" and "George Sand," nnd at present thero Is "Qcorgo Fleming," Julia Constance Fletchor. "Oeorg Scliock," a Harpor writer, completes tho "four Georges." But thoro Is now room for a Qcorgo V. Undor tho will ot Mark Twain, Clara Langdon Clemens, wife ot Osslp Oa brllowltsch, sole surviving daughter, Inherits his home at Redding, Conn., and all other real and personal estate. This sho will enjoy "without power of anticipation nnd free from any control or Intorferenco ot any husband sho may havo." Walter Pulitzer, son of Albert Pulit zer, formerly nronrtotor of the New York Journal, whose death was somo Phone Jersey 021 Residence, C97 Dawson Street Office, Pliter Block. University Perk, Portland, Oregon. DR. RAMBO DENTIST Ofllco Phono Richmond 61 First National Bank building. ST. JOHNS. OREGON. DR. W. E. HARTEL DENTIST Phono Richmond 201 Holbrook Block St Johns Holbrook Block month ago recorded, announces that he will tako up his fathor's "Memoirs" whoro tho latter laid off nnd Incorpor ate thoni In a biography ot the Journal ist and an account ot the progress of Journalism in his day. Mrs. Humphry Ward has not scored nn English success with "Lady Mer lon, Colonist." The Saturday Rovlew thinks tho story vory thin nnd thread bare "Wo novcr read n novol of Mrs. Humphry Ward In which tho charac ters wcro so skctchlly outlined nnd so uninteresting. But tho book will bo popular because It Idealizes the cant of tho hour." Tho publication ot the complote edi tion of tho works and corrospondenco Phono Jcoy J571 noors. 2 to (J p. m. of Galileo, undertaken by tho Italian government In 1800, Is nt an end, tho CT IOHWi PIANO VHrtfll concluding volumo having Just been JUIUV) fUUW JU1UUL Issued. It Is tho twentieth. It con tains Indexes to tho wholo sot nnd nu DR. J. VINTON SCOTT DENTIST Open Evenings nnd Sunday by Ap pointment. Ofllco Phono Woodlnwn 703 Res. Phono Woodlnwn 1CS5 D. E. HOPKINS DENTIST Ofllc Houm From 9 to U m.. 1 to S p. m. 7 to 1 p. m. b CS2 Dawson street, University Park "Indlco blograflco" of Galileo's contem poraries. Tho edition Is published at Floronco, whero Galileo died. Its full tltlo Is "Lo Opcre dl Galileo Galilei: Edlzlono Natloualo sotto gll nusplcll dl Sua Magosta II Ro d'ltalla." 7ATE OF AN ORCHARD. A Traaedr In Kan.aa That lias l'ath.tlo Mid. A tragedy was enacted In Kansas the othor day, nimoly, tho deliberate burning of 800 acres of trees. It w not the sort ot destruction thnt Is so harrowing to the soul of Gilford Pin- chot; it was w trees burned wore Conducted by Mrs. LiHIc Wells Carey 902 Fcssonden St ST. JOHNS, ORE. II. S. Hewitt E. S. Wright Bit SlUi Bt MX 8. lltyat HEWITT & WRIGHT CONTRACTORS ami BUILDERS Estimates and Plans Furnished Houses for Sole. ST. JOHNS. ORE. J. R. WEIMER Transfer and Storaga Wo deliver vour (roods to and from lorse than that, for tho all parts of Portland, Vancouver. Llnn h for. ton. Portland and Suburban Exnrosa est, but of an orchard. They were - X aocg nnu nn i points acccssim apple trees 05,000 of them or there a bouts These trees were planted twenty-flvo years ago, and wore In the very prlmo of llfo at the tlmo of their destruction. Tho man who placed them there looked forward to the time when tho fruit from tholr branches would bring Win by wagon. Piano and furniture moving a specialty. 109 E. Burlington: phono Richmond 01. jtSjaWaW SS'aWB' LAUREL LODGE No. 186 I. O. O. r. ST. JOHNS, OrC0N n fortune, and ho cultivated and cared MooU each Monday ovenlnfrin Odd Fo . ' ..... I Iavv linll fit ROft V(ltnr .KAlAAmn,! for tiiem to ma uesi 01 nis nuiiny. i"u W. J. Ossty, H. t CP. CtlH, Secretary They grew nnd flourished for a few years, but when tho time came for bearing they produced little or no fruit. Then the soil was examined a proceeding that had been overlooked In tbo beginning and It was found not to be adapted to apple growing, The subsoil Into which the roots of the trees penetrated did not supply the ele ments necessary to the formation of fruit. The owner experimented a while longer, hoping to furnish tho needed elements through fertilizers. but to no effect. Ocaslonally there would be a light crop ot apples, but the orchard as a whole was a failure; finally he gave up in discouragement and sold It to a man who proceeded to burn up the trees and turn the 800 acres Into a cornfield. - The man, who had plsated the or chard looked on and felt sorrow at tee ing those trees burn, though he knew It was the proper course. But they were trees that represented hope and labor and satisfaction in their growth. And they were living, and In going down by the ax and by fire they seemed to reproach him, for no one with imagination can work with trees and plants without feeling that they all have a certain sentient life, It was a real tragedy, the burning of that orchard, and the one consoling reflection U that possioiy the apples It might have grown were Ben Davlses. Terre Haute (Ind.) Star. HOLMES LODGE NO. 101 knights or PVntlAt MW every rUy nliht at 7 o'clock at t. O. O. Ft 1111. Visitors .Iw.V. W& eom. A. CAKL NCISON, C. C. C. C IIUKtBCRT, K. R. S. DORIC LODGE NO. 133 r. and A. M. Retrular communications on first and third Wed nesdays of each month in Odd Fellnwa' hall Visitors welcome. E, S, Harrington, Allen R. Jobes, secretary. w. M. CAMP 773 W. O. W. Trouble for Habbjr, At a recent tea party where the fare provided could not by any means be termed palatable a guessing game was instituted, and the lady who .won It was asked to say what she would have as a prize. She greatly nattered her young hostess by requesting a slice of the cake with which some of them bad desperately struggled at tea time. Why did you ask for that stuff V a disappointed and still hungry youth asked her. "You know very well It Isn't nt to eat" "I have a definite purpose In view," answered the young lady, carefully placing tho piece of cake whero there would be no possibility of her forget ting It. "I mean to make my husband ea't It It noceasary, to force It down his throat crumb by crumb and thus convince him that somewhere la the wide, wide world there Is an even worse cook than he Imagines his In experienced young wife to bo." Pear son's Weekly. Meets oy cry Wed n o s d a y evening: in Bick ner's Hall J. A. Cole, C. C. W. Scott Kellogg, Clerk Central Market! HOLBROOK BLOCK See im for the Choicest Cuts off tfce Best Meats Obtainable. Mer floes! sa rsawaV Trerfe Seskftcej. T. P. WARD, Proprietor. When a man Is really automobile crazy he wears a leather cap all the time. It's the shiftless housekeeper who likes Baker's bread better too her I ws St. Johns Sand, and Gravel Co. JACKSON ft MUSGHOVr, Profav Ceaersl Caetrecters. We are prepared to do any oeni allkbada of excavating for street work sad othor purposes, Ws alee handle sidewalk ao4 baUeV lng material. Xtwtea and St. Jokas, Ore. Rmm Hkkssetki im. J