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10 THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19, 1900. NOT BOUND TO COAL Other Resources of Nehalem Worth a Railroad. A LINE WILL SOON BE BUILT Only Uncertainty I as to What Mar ket Shall Get Produce of Valley and Handle Its Commerce Portland or What? The advisability, the necessity of get ting1 direct railroad connection between Portland and the Nehalem Valley does not rest upon the one faot that there Is coal in that country. If there were no coal to be reached the timber and gen eral resources of that section would call for a railroad, and Portland's position makes it the most favorable market for the products of that country. And, moreover, Portland's position Is such that It should not neglect this op portunity for increasing Its business and intrenching itself in the Northwest. It Is estimated that the Nehalem contains 2i.OO0.OO0.O0O feet of the finest fir In the Northwest, enough alone to warrant the building of half a dozen railroads If they were needed. If Portland depended whol ly upon wood for fuel It would be the part of wisdom to get to the Nehalem timber belt. As such a road would also open a supply of fuel cheaper than wood, this would double the usefulness o'f the road. The general traffic of the valley must be large livestock, dairy, apiary nd poultry products and farm crops and the commerce of such a community as the Nehalem Valley would attract ia worth an effort. A considerable settlement is already In the Nehalem Valley, but the farmers have only the limited local market to sup ply, and there Is small encouragement lor development. For a few weeks In the year a wagon road over the divide to Clatskanle Is passable. Wheat raised In the valley Is ground into flour and con Eumed there. Sawlogs are eent down the river to the mills of limited capacity on the bay. That might be a practicable way to get the timber of that country to market but for the fact that the bar is too shallow to admit vessels of any considerable size to enter. Nine feet of water Is all that can be relied upon, and this will accommodate only the small crart. This fact, together with the su perior manufacturing and shipping facil ities of Portland, and the greedy mar ket for all lumber refuse here, makes it plain that It would be advantageous to make this city the market-place for Ne halem sawlogs. There Is no doubt that a railroad will Boon penetrate the Nehalem country. A railroad Is already under construction from Goble. four miles of It belnj, ready for the Iron, and the Intention of Its builders Is said to be to cross the di vide to the Nehalem. A completed grade now extends from the terminus of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad at Seaside to Saddle Mountain, a distance of 15 miles, toward the Nehalem. The ex tension and completion of that line would drain the rich Nehalem country to As toria, with a long and circuitous haul to Povtland. The O. R. & N. Co. Is un derstood to have the matter of building to the Nehalem under consideration, and it was recently reported that interests affiliated with the Great Northern were moving in that direction. Any of these lines would bring relief to the Nehalem, but It Is apparent that direct connec tion with Portland would be of greatest value to that country, and It Is surely Portland's Interest to provide this. No other undeveloped tract of equal extent and richness exists in the Northwest to day. By waiting for some great railway corporation to step In and build the road a great opportunity may be lost to Port land, and at a time when It should be advancing by great strides. Little local money Is required. It is said. An expres sion of faith In the enterprise by re sponsible men will bring out plenty of capital that Is eager for such invest ments. BACK TO HIS HOME. Kidnaped Boy Suffered Little In Ilia Misadventure. After an exciting time for a ooy of ten der years, John Dltchburn. Jr., 5 years old, who was kidnaped by Chester Van Hoy. arrived In Portland yesterday morn ing, accompanied by his father and Po liceman Barker. The drive to James McDonald's house, near Llnnton, where the little boy had been left by Van Hoy, wa accomplished with a good deal of difficulty, on ac count of the darkness and the muddy condition of the roads. Van Hoy, after he had been In the City Jail all night, confessed yesterday about noon that he had no accomplices In kid naping the youngster. In speaking of the drive to Llnnton. Policeman Barker said: "rrJjMtcnburn and I started our drive about'9:30 o'clock on Monday night, and It was pitch dark. We carried no lamp, as the horses were not used to It. Tne mud went over the hubs of the buggy, and we were nearly capsized at differ ent places along the road, where the grade was being altered. Mr. McDonald. 6r., was Induced to come out of his house, after considerable trouble, about 11:15, and told us that the missing boy was at his son's housp, further along the road. Mr. McDonald. Jr.. met us with a shotgun, and Insisted that his father had "bluffed' us. and that the boy was really with Mr. McL-onald, Sr. This wo ultimately found to be true, and you can guess Mr. Dltchburn's meeting with nls boy was a Joyful one. Thinking that Van Hoy's accomplice. If he had one, would jump off the late train at Holbrook to- try and get the boy, fter he found out In the city that Van Hoy was ar rested, I met the train, but nobody got off. Wo. drove back again to the city, arriving here at 2:35 A. M." As for. Van Hoy, his last confession to Chief McLauchlan yesterday noon was as follows: "Thcro was no onc'ln the game hut myself. The Idea did not originate Jn the dime novels you thlnK l've read, tor 1 do not read such trash. I came here from Spokane, out of work, and had only about JG. I met the Dltchburn boy play ing on Morrison street, and I asked him about himself and his people. Then the idea occurred to me that the boy was the very one to kidnap and hold for ransom. I hired a buggy for $3, and drove I don't know where. The man McDonald I never met before, and when I left the boy in McDonald's care and said 1 would call for the boy afterward. I guess 1 lied. I cal culated when I got the money from the Ditchburns that the por.ee would soon find the boy, after the hue and cry had started." Shortly after this. Van Hoy was taken before Municipal Judge Cameron, where he was formally charged with kidnaping John Dltchburn. Jr. "I've got nuthln' to say, and waive examination." said Van Hoy, and he was accordingly held In $300 ball to await the Grand Jury. Accompanied by an Oregonlan man. Mr. Dltchburn and his son visited Van Hoy In his cell, later in the afternoon, and as soon as the prisoner came forward, the little boy said: "Oh. see, papa, that's the man who gave me the ride." "That's so," paid Van Hoy, defiantly. "I didn't harm him." Another young man now pressed for ward, and Van Hoy, on being interro- gated, said he recognized the stranger as the man from whom he hired the horse and buggy, at Fifth and Pine streets, last Monday. The police were glad to get this identification, as It showed that the livery stable man on Sixth street, who thought he recognized Van Hoy as the person who hired a team from him last Monday, was mistaken. The boy who has passed through such a strange experience was apparently none the worse yesterday, although he looked pale. He said that Van Hoy had treated him kindly, and had wrapped him In a horse-blanket when he said he was cold. When nearly at Llnnton. Van Hoy bor rowed a revolver from a woman who had a house there, but Van Hoy afterward threw the revolver away, as he said it would not shoot straight. The lad got supper at Mr. McDcnald's house, and when his host asked him If he wished anything more, the boy said: "No, thanks; but I would just like one thing?" "What Is that?" asked his host. "To 'phone to mamma that I am safe and that she needn't worry about me," said the little fellow. Mr. and Mrs. Dltchburn thanked the police officials for the work they did. and said they would never forget the kindness. THE CAUSES OF INSANITY Theory Thai They Are Heredity and Inebriety. ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 12. To the Editor.) On reading your editorial In your Issue of December 8. on the question of the "In crease of Insanity," I am Induced to make a few suggestions as to the cause of the Increase. It is not "pleasant statistics," as you say, which show that "the num ber of Insane persons increases faster than the rate of Increase of population." Statistics also show that the increase In crime Is about In the same proportion as that of Insanity. The point which I desire to emphasize Is that the increase of Insanity, as well as that of crime, is more largely due to the use of Intoxicating liquors than to any other cause, and possibly more than to all others combined. I think the sug gestion quoted by you as the opinion of Goldwln Smith, viz., "sensibility Intensi fied by civilization," is the merest non sense. It Is an argument, if true, against civilization and education. Those condi tions should reduce Insanity to Its low est point Mr. Smith also says, accord ing to your quotation, that "It seems to be an admitted fict that the rate of sui cide increases with National education, not that National education produces sui cide, but It produces sensibility." '"hat is not an admitted fact. At least, I do not admit It, I have made the ques tion of suicide a study for a number of years, and I have no doubt that most of the persons wno have committed sui cide In this country were uneducated. At least It could not be said that education had anything to do with the inducement of the act. This is apparent when we at tempt to name those persons of educi tlon who have committed suicide In re cent years. It Is a fact that almost all persons who commit suicide are people who use Intoxicating liquors, or whose ancestors used Intoxicating liqnors, to excess. I do not think that any sane person would commit suicide. It is also true that the number of Insme male per sons exceed the Insane female persons In this state, and, I think, in every state, nearly two to one. If Mr. Smith's sug gestion is true, then education has a more disastrous effect on the male portion of the community than on the female, which would indicate that It produces more "sensibility" in men than in women. Thit Is, men are more sensitive and prouder than women, and when by education and civilization they are brought face to face with the fact of their inferior situation In life, they at once conclude to take the shortest road out of It: while women, not being able to realize the depriva tions, and being less sensible of the scoffs and Jeers of a cold, unfeeling world, re fuse to shuffle off this mortality, and simply grin and bear It, Mr. Smith's suggestion Is simply non sense The trouble lies deeper than edu cation and civilization. There Is a class of persons far more responsible for this Increase In Insanity and suicide In this country than our schol teachers and edu cators. There are Institutions far more culpable in that respect than our schools and colleges. It Is true, those persons and those Institutions may be In a cer tain sense educators, but not In the sense of High Schools and colleges. I refer to the liquor men and the traffic in Intoxi cants, and their abettors. The relation of the liquor traffic to crime. Insanity and suicide has been investigated by compe tent persons, and It has been found that a very large percentage of these difficul ties have been caused by intoxicating liquors, directly or Indirectly. I think that this assertion will not be denied. I know that It cannot be successfully con tradicted. The relation of heredity to this sub ject Is not so often considered. It Is the opinion of those who have Investigated this subject that the constant Increase In insanity and suicide is attributable to the sins of past generations In a large degree. On this point I might mention the case Investigated by Professor Pell-' mann, of Bonn University, Germany. This was a woman born In 1740. who was a drunkard, a tramp and a thief for the last 40 years of her life, which ended In 1SO0. Her descendants have numbered S34. of whom 709 have been traced in local records by Professor Pellmann. Of the 709, he found 105 were born out of wed lock. There were 142 beggars, and 64 more who lived from charity. Of the women. 181 led disreputable lives. There were In the family 76 convicts, seven of whom were sentenced for murder. Pro fessor Pellmann says that the family cost -the taxpayers of Germany $1,250,000 in almshouses, trial courts, prisons and correctional Institutions. In reference to the use of alcohol being the cause of Insanity, I quote from Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson, M. D.. F. R. S., of London, as follows: "We know now as certainly as possible that the thoroughly Inebriate man or woman, having children. Impress those children distinctly with the diseases which spring from the use of this particular agent, and here we have Dr. Mason again coming forward and telling us: "The Inebriety of parents should be regarded as one predisposing cause of Insanity In the children. The principal cause is the Inebriety In the parents: 92 of US cases In our asylum have such , parentage. Think of that, and If anything could Im press the mind more solemnly than an other, it Is this: Think of the future generations in reference to the present," In a work entitled "Alcohol and Sci ence," by William Hargreaves. M. D.. the following Is quoted from "Responsi bility In Mental Diseases." by H. Mauds ley. M. D.: 'Were men and women, with one con sent, to give up alcohol and other ex cesses, were tfiey to live temperately, so berly and chastely, . . . there can be no doubt that there would soon be a dimi nution In the amount of Insanity In the world. It would be lessened In this gen eration, but still more so In the next generation: a part of which, as matters stand, will be begotten and bred under the pernicious auspices of parental ex cesses and the Infirmities and diseases engendered by them." It can scarcely be doubted that the In crease in Insanity and the Increase In crime as well, in this country. Is more largely due to the use of Intoxicating liquors than to anything else. The great question before the American people to day Is not what we shall do with the Philippines, not how we shall settle with China, nor the money question. As com pared to the liquor question, they arc. all combined, as a molehill compared to a mountain. T. P. HACKLEMAN. Left for Home. WASHINGTON. Dec IS. Ion Lewis, ot Portland; who has been attending the architects' convention In this city, left for home today. C. A. Cogswell, of Portland, called on j the Oregon delegation today. RAILROAD MEN CONFER PRESU3IABLY OVER READJUST MENT OF OFFICES. Another Rumor of the Stntlona Va rious Men Will Take, hat No Offi cial N'evra Given Oat. There was a significant conference ot railroad men at the O. R. & N. general offices yesterday Among those present were H. M. Adams, general agent of the O. R. & N and superintendent of the Union Depot Company at Spokane: Rob ert Burns, general agent of the O. R. & N. at Walla Walla; A. McCorquodale, traveling freight agent of the O. R. & N. at Spokane: H. L. Wilson, general agent of the Union Pacific system at Butte; E. E. Ellis, general agent of the O R. & N. at Seattle. J. H. Lothrop, the retiring general agent of the Union Pacific In Portland, was als present. The matter of the readjustment occasioned by the withdrawal of the sep arate Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line offices from Portland was under con sideration. While no announcement was made of any conclusion reached or of any further progress toward settling the stations or the men under the new arrangement, the report got on the street that Harry M. Adams would return to the general freight office of the O. R. & N. as as sistant general freight agent. It belntr accepted that Mr. Miller would become general freight agent of the company. The fact that Mr. Adams went from the Portland office to Spokane some two yearss ago, and that he was called to this" con ference seemed to give color to the ru mor. This report made It necessary to place Mr. Lothrop elsewhere, and the story that came from Salt Lake City several days ago to the effect that he would go to New York City to represent the Union Pacific system In some capacity, probably In connection with the Portland-Oriental steamship line, was revived. Mr. Burns, It was said, would take Mr. Adams' place at Spokane, and Mr. McCorquodale would take the place thus made vacant at Wai. la Walla. No confirmation of these reports could be obtained but It was Intimated that the whole matter might be adjusted In a day or two. It Is understood that when It Is settled a number of other men, per haps all now In the service, will be pro vided for The variety of the reports that have gained currency and the pop ularity of the men involved glve3 a gooa deal of Interest to the question of their final disposition. ASTORIA IS BOYCOTTING. Won't Patronize O. R. & N. Till It Grants Common Rates. ASTORIA. Dec 18. The merchants and shippers of this city have commenced an open fight to secure common-point rates for Astoria, At a mass meeting held this evening an agreement was drawn up and signed by representatives of many or the leading business houses, agreeing to ship no more freight on the O. R. & N. rail way or steamer lines until that company shall grant to Astoria rates on wheat and lumber equal to those given the Pu get Sound cities and other points In this district. A committee was appointed to visit every shipper In the district and ask him to sign the agreement. The meeting was largely attended and was unanimous In support of the action taken. Seen a Palace Car Company. NEW YOR'-C, Dec 18. W. Seward Webb, as president of the Wagner Palace Car Company, is the defendant In a $2000 damage suit now being heard in the City Court, before Justice Fltzslmmons. George W. Birnbaum, a traveling sales man, was the plaintiff. In November, 1S99. Birnbaum was travel ing through Texas and, on the night of November 3 he went to the office of the Wagner Palace Car Company, at Dallas, and purchased a ticket calling for a sleeping-car berth on a train going to San Antonio. He paid $2 for the ticket, and when the train started ne round that there was no sleeping-car. As a result he had to spend the night putting up in a day coach. He declared that the coach was so cold that he contracted rheu matism, and he was forcert to discontinue his trip through Texas. Oppose a Nctt Franchise. OREGON CITY, Dec IS. Over 40 prom inent business men and taxpayers were seen today, and almost unanimous opposi tion was expressed against the ordinance to come up for final passage before the City Councl! Thursday night, granting Fred S. Morris a franchise for a motor line on Main and Third streets. A num ber of citizens expressed themselves as very Indignant that members of the Coun cil would vote for such a franchise, and did not believe that a majority of them would favor the final passage of the ordi nance. The East Side Railway Company already has a franchise for running pas senger cars for a term of 43 years, with double-track privileges, and an additional franchise, which has a life of seven years yet, for running freight cars on Main street. Union Pacific's Utah Cnt-OiT. SALT LAKE. Utah. Dec IS. A special to the Tribune from Cheyenne, Wyo., says that the Union Pacific Railroad Company today awarded to Kllpatrick Brothers & Collins a contract for a cut off through Echo Canyon , from Echo, Wyo., to Salt Lake, a distance of 40 miles. The contract price. $6,000,000', Is one of the largest In the history of railroad con struction in the West. The contractors have four years In which to complete the week. It Is said the Union Pacific has formed a deal with the recently Incorpor ated Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company which will give It practically an air line from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, via Salt Lake. REVIVAL IN THE Y. M. C. A. Conferene of the Religions Work era Tonlcht. The Young Men's Christian Association of Portland will begin tonight a series of conferences, with a view to doing a more efficient work during the next few months, and also to quicken the religious life, of the young men of the city and to" unite for an aggressive religious move ment. These conferences are to be con ducted by Fred B. Smith, of Chicago, one of the International secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association of the United States and Canada. Mr. Smith is a remarkably forcible speaker. Upon him more than upon any other one man the mantle of Mr. D. L. Moody seems to have fallen. He has been addressing from 1000 to 5000 young men almost every Sun day for the past year. Mr. Smith was born In Iowa, and brought up on a farm In South Dakota. He entered work as general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion of Sioux Falls, S. D., and- from there he went to a similar position at Dubuque, la. While there the associa tion secured its magnificent property, and the Stout Auditorium was erected. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he went to the front with the troops, and cnegaged In evangelistic services un der the direction of the International com mittee of the Young Men's Christian As sociation. Mr. Smith has been in attend ance on the Washington and the Oregon state conventions, and has spent one or two days each at Seattle. Tacoma. Van couver, B. C., and was at Salem last 'night. Tonight at S o'clock the conference will open with a meeting of the board of di rectors of the local association, pastors and committeemen. Thursday evening at S:30 will be held a members' rally in the Y. M. C A, gymnasium. Friday evening at 7:30 an evangelistic meeting for young men only will be held In the association gymnasium hall. Saturday morning a rally will bJ held lr the association build ing for alloys between S and 17 years of age. Sunday morning at 9 o'clock a consecration meeting in the Y. M. C. A. parlors, and, a meeting for men only in the Marquam Grand Opera-house at 3 P. M. Said a prominent worker who Is also practical: "TJils earnest movement on the part of the local association Is one that should commend Itself nat only. to church members, but to all right-thinking reople. and It should have the warm encourage ment of those who wish to see the moral and religious tone of the community up held and elevated. The wor'd Is full of seductive attractions that lure young men to vice and wickedness, and Portland furnishes no exception to the rule. There Is no Institution that can and does more effectively combat the evil Influences that bear upon the youth than the Young Men's Christian Association " TEXT-BOOK COMMISSIONERS. Governor Geer DlKcnnncs Matter of Appointment In a General Way. SALEM, Or... Dec 18. In response to inquiries today regarding the appoint ments of text-book commissioners to be made In January, Governor Geer dis cussed official appointments In general, and touched upon the text-book commis sion, in particular, though without indi cating the names of persons whom he may appoint. He said. In part: "Two years' experience In the duty of dispensing public patronage will reveal the true natures of a good many ap plicants for office. There are now In Sa lem five men who have been, or who said they had been, my friends for from 10 to 20 years, who dd not now speak to me. UThey have no fault to find with the men who were appointed to the places they wanted, know all the requirements of the public service are being .fully met by them, and are oven on very friendly term3 with the men who succeeded In get ting the places they wanted, but they have no use for me. either now nor here after. There are even two or three news papers In the state whose editors are af flicted the same way for the same reason. Of course, I am sorry for all this sorry for any man whose friendship is of no higher standard than this. If the num ber of friends a public official is to have, upon whom he can depend. Is to be limit ed to those to whom he can hand out an office, the lines of the best officer on earth will be cast in very unhappy places. I do not complain of it, however, for the great body of applicants for office Is com posed of men who are reasonable and recognize the Impossibility of putting 1C0 officers In 10 offices. The masses of the people care more for the results of the public service than for the gratification of any particular aspirant for public po sition. I would appoint every good man In Oregon to an office, if he wanted one, provided there were as many offices as there are good men. and it is not my tault that the number of offices at my disposal Is so 'Inadequate,' as 'Llsh Applegate once said, to the demand. "In the appointment of the text-book commission, however, I take It the con ditions will be reversed. It Is likely the people will bo more Interested In Its per sonnel than Is usually the case. I think most of those whose names have been mentioned in connection with It will not feel very badly If they are relieved of the responsibility of the work which will follow the appointment. There are sev eral limitations In the matter which have not occurred to the general public For Instance, the state constitution, article 2, section 10, says, 'n.or shall any person hold more than one lucrative office at the same time, except as In this constl. tutlon expressly permitted.' Since the text-book commissioners are appointed for a term of four years with a fixed sal ary. It is a lucrative position, within the meaning of the constitution, and, there fore, this clause bars from appointment the Supreme -Judges, all the Circuit Judges and all the County School Super intendents' In the state. This eliminates some very good material. Then section CO, of article 4, says: 'No Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any civil office of profit, which shall have been created during his term This manifest ly disqualifies any member of the last Legislature from sitting on the commis sion, and both clauses narrow down the available material more than might he thought at first glance. "There are more phases to be consid ered In these appointments than might appear to one not having the duty of making them. I have already been noti fied that both Eastern and Southern Ore gon will feel slighted If they are not rep resented. "If they were all Republicans or all Democrats. It would have a political cast. So, In order to 'keep It out of politics' 1 must not lose sight of Its political com plexion. The more I think of the question and hear It discussed, the more I Incline to the belief that It should consist of three men disconnected with the schools, and of two practical school men of high standing. However, If I knew where to find the five -men who would most nearly meet the expectations of the men who passsed the law, and of the taxpayers of the state, who are now paying decidedly too much for their school books, I would appoint them regardless of politics, loca tion or profession. "In trie multiplicity of recommenda tions which have been kindly sent me, at my request, is protrayed the differ ence of judgment that characterize good men. Some of the best men. In the state have recommended a certain man. for In stance, and several other equally as good men have put me on my guard against that very man as.llkely to prove a plastic tool In the hands of some designing book company. I have actually been put on my guard against some of the very best men In the state by some of the other very best men. Only today I received an anonymous letter from Oregon City, declaring that the writer had learned that 'you had a special and kindly Interest in a certain book company, which he named, and added that whether I was would be proven if I appointed either of two men whose names he mentioned, and they were the names of men who have been as highly recommended by as many friends of the 'Daly bill' as any other two men In the state. "So, while these recommendations have been valuable to me, and I thank those who have been kind enough to make them, yet I shall have to. use my own judgment largely, after all, and do the best I can. to compose a commission that will do the work expected of It, In the matter of getting as good or better books than we now have at cheaper prices, and who will approach their task with an hon est purpose, uninfluenced by any motive other than the public welfare." Oregon Notes. Coqullle has awakened to the necessity of better-protection against Are. Voting Is In progress at Marshfleld for Queen ofthe midwinter carnival. Lostlne will have a bank during the coming year. If present plans are per fected. Tom Kelzur trapped 16 coyotes In 10 days in Ferry Canyon, says the Condon Times. ' It Is reported that the peddler who was Incarcerated at Wallowa some time ago for contempt of court will sue for J5000 damages. The Recorder's Court at Enterprise was busy last week. Fines aggregated 5123. Five Indians and seven young men paid penalties for disorderly conduct. The proposed new road between Drain and Alleghany will lessen the distance between Marshfleld and the former place something over 50 miles, and can be put In with about 47 miles of new road: thence 'the travel to Coos Bay points will be made by - steamer; a distance of 13 miles. 'Over the old Drain route It re quires, from V& to 2 days' travel to make Marshfleld, while with, the new route the distance can be made in something like 23 hours SUGGEST NEW GAME LAWS OREGON SPORTSMEN OFFER HINTS TO LEGISLATURE. State Flnh and Game Association Get Together on Nccdn for Field, Forest and Stream. The annual meeting of the Oregon Fish and Game Association was one of the most successful meetings the association has held. There was a large attendance, and much Interest was manifested In the annual report of J. N. Teal, the president of the association, and also In the report of the committee on legislation, which was presented for consideration. President Teal'3 report was as follows: President's Report. To the Members of tha Orfgon Fish and Game Association Gentl- men: The dJty agaji devolves upon me of presenting this, my sec ond annual report. The report of the secretary 1 full and com plete, and makes It unnecessary for me to enter Into details. MEMBERSHIP. We have a large and Influential membership, but nothing to what It should be. Even In tha realm of sport the spirit of leaving to others what we should do ourselves prevails to too great an extent. How many, many times have the officers of this association been met with the statement: "Oh. yes. I ought to do some thing, but I knew you would attend to it." How many times, have we had jome ardent sportsman rresent his complaint because of the non-enforcement of the law. where the facts were within hli cwn knowlcdjo, and kick vigorously at the association and every body else for doing nothing, utterly oblivious of the fact that he was the one that was really at fault. In many instances, when asked to file the comrlalnt. they nof. only refused, but were not even' members of this or any other association for the protection of game. They felt that their duty was done when they asked some one else to do all the work. The coun try seems to be full of people who have vol umes of advice and reams of complaints to give and make, but who will not lift a finger to help If It Involves either time, trouble or money. I hose that as the work done by the asso ciation Is better known every rortiman will flock to It. become a member and add his mits towards making up the small fund on which we must rely for our work. "WORK DONE DURING THE TEAR 1000. This year the association first took up act ively the work of propagating trout, about 75.000 to 80,000 young fry having been placed In creeks in Eastern Oregon. Tour secretary took an active hand In this work, and the O. R. & N. Co. facilitated It In every way, fur nishing transportation, etc., as well as aiding In other directions. Our delegation In Con gress have advised me that If application Is made at once by the association they will aid In every way In getlng us a large supply of fry for planting this Spring. I strongly urge this matter be taken up at once. The difficulties In the way of enforcing the laws are great but. notwithstanding tMs. mnny convictions have been had during the yar; and If the Legislature could be brought to -see the great practical and financial benefit which wilt result to the state at large by pro tecting and fostering all kinds ot game, an appropriation fairly commensurate with the Importance "of the work will be made. Tour officers have aided the Game Warden In en forcing the law. as far as possible, and I wish to say here that your president never called in vain on that distinguished scholar and lawyer and true sportsman. Judge Whallcy. He wo.i always ready to respond when called on. and his brilliant talents were ever at our command. He has gone to his last rest, and I will ven ture to say that, outside of the sacred pre cincts of home, he will be more constantly and sincerely missed by ncne than by his com rades, the knights of the rod and gun. We shall ever miss his witty Jest and story, his tale told in rhyme, his sound advice and friendly companionship; but his memory can not be taken from us. that Is ours, and It should ever be an Incentive, when we lag In doing our duty, to push forward as he would have done In- behalf of right. Your secretary's report will show more fully the large amount ot detail work done, and I will not take up your time In rehearsing It. LEGISLATION. Tou will be called upon So consider proposed changes In the law. A recommendation made by the Fish Commissioner In his report should. In my Judgment, be adopted. It reads as fol lows: "In regard to the trout- The care and -protection of them and all game fish should be eliminated from the Fish Commissioner's du ties, and should be turned over to the Game Warden. At any rate, should this not be done,' more money and help should be furnished the Fish Commissioner to aid him In performing his duties In that respect. I believe, however, that the members of the Oregon Fish and Game Association, which Is the leading sports men's club in the state, besides all other sportsmen, will bear me out In this recom mendation." While I believe the protection of game and distinctly commercial food fish are more closely allied than does the Fl3h Commissioner, yet the Game Warden Is possibly in a better posi tion to protect the fish than is the Fish Com missioner. Trout cannot be dynamited or poisoned In a stream without having a like ef fect on young salmon, and what protects one protects the other, and I am very certain that If the cannerymen knew how closely connected tho work ot caring for game fish Is with that of protecting salmon, they would take a great er Interest In our work than they have here tofore shown. 1 hope this Legislature will not fall to pass the necessary legislation to pro tect the great breeding re30rt of ducks and other feathered game. Klamath County. It Is simply monstrous that the choicest of game birds are killed and shipped out of the state literally by th carload. So, too. I believe there should be a limit put on the number of birds and fish of any kind that can be killed or taken In one day by hunters and anglers. There Is a line between sport and slaughter, and If It Is not defined sharply enough by com mon consent the Legislature should mark It so that they who hunt and fish may read. Some of our streams are particularly In need of protection, as for some reason they were exempted from the operation or certain laws. The Necanlcum U a striking example. It Is fished with fly. with eggs and bait; It Is al most dammed with seines and traps, the mesh used In many instances Is so small a one pound trout could hardly survive; at night In the Summer time the glare of the lantern or a bonfire marks where some persistent fisher man seeks to lure them from the dark water. So it has gone on night and day. In season and out of season: and about everything the Ingenuity of man could devise has been used In this unfortunate and most beautiful stream. The effect of all this Is well known to every one who ever fished this stream. It cannot be possible that fishing on this and streams of a kindred nature will not be regulated. Thus far our organization has. I feel sure, been useful and practical, and Justified its formation and continued existence. There Is much to be done; much that will require thought and work. Our motives are miscon strued by some, and we are credited In some quarters with merely a selfish desire to enact laws to the end that our personal tastes and pleasures may be minUtered to. This Is not the fact. In our field we are working In a modest way for the benefit of the state, and If we succeed In getting anchored not only In the statutes, but In the minds of the people as well, the principles of protection to game, future generations will not only bas us, but we will save to the state a great source of wealth, as well as leave to the Oregonlans of the future great stores of happiness to draw upon. In closing. I feel I should pay the small tribute to our secretary of thankjng him for his constant and conscientious work on be half ot the organization. The secretary's report, which took up in detail the work done during the last year, was then read. The report showed among other things that nearly 1C0 new members have Joined since the last an nual meeting, the association being well represented in nearly every section of the state. A communication was then read from J. E. Xraus, one of the directors at Pendleton, lr. which he presented the felicitations of the Pendleton branch of the association. Snfcerest'on an to Xetr Garae Lavr. The report of the committee on legis lation, which had in charge the prepara tion of the proposed new game law, was J then read "is jirrorpnt sections being dis- cussed as read The following Is a synopsis of the open and closed seasons as voted by the meeting: First No Important changes in the present law as to beaver, deer elk, spot ted fawn, moose, mountain sheep and sil ver gray squirrel Second Ducks Open from September 1 to March 1 of the following year. Limit, ICO ducks in one week for one man. Third Swan Same as ducks. Fourth Jacksnlpe Open from Septem ber 1 to February 15 of the following year. Sale prohibited until September 1, 1905. Fifth English partridge, bulbut. moor 'hen. dusky ouzel, wild turkey, silver pheasant, golden pheasant, copper pheas ant and green Japanese pheasant and woodcock, all closed until September 15. 1S05. Sixth The recommendations of the committee as to the seasons, sale, etc, east of the Cascade Mountains, were ado-ited. These have been heretofore published In The Oregonlan. Seventh For other portions of the state the following open seasons were adopted for the following birds: Prairie chicken, quail, pheasants (all kinds, except those above enumerated), grouse. Including ruffed grouse, open season from Septem ber 15 to December 1 of each year. Limit In each case 15 birds In one day. Sale of following birds prohibited: Grouse, to November 15, 1904: pheasants, to November 15, 1D": quail and Jacksnlpe. to November 15, 1902. After these respec tive dates sale to be allowed during last two weeks of open season. Eighth Trout Law same as now. ex cept that It shall be lawful to fish for salTOn trout with hook and line In tide waters at any time. Limit all kinds of rout, 125 per day. Ninth Crawfish Closed from October 1 to May 1 of following year. Other portions of committee's report to stand as already published In The Ore gonlan. New Officers. The election of officers for tho ensuing year was the next order of business, and all the present officers of the association were re-elected, namely, president J. N. Teal: vice-president, Joseph Paquet: sec retary. A. E. Gcbhardt: treasurer, jonn Cran. The old board of directors was also re 2lected. Before adjournment the following reso lution was unanimously adopted: In Memory of J. W. Whnlley. Whereas. It has pleased the giver of all good hunting to call from our midst that true sportsman, genial companion and honest man. J. W. Whalley. we. the members of the Ore gon Fish and Game Association. In annual meeting assembled, do hereby deplore the loss of our brother member, and do resolve that we and the sportsmen ot Oregon generally who were familiar with hfci manly form In field, forest and stream, have been bereaved of one of our most valued comrades, who made every outing a pleasant landmark In the Journey of life, and we all feel that his loss Is one that can never be replaced. We also tender our sincere sympathy to his bereaved family, and resolve that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting, and that a copy thereof be forwarded to the family of our departed friend. WILLIAM S. SIBSON. JOHN CRAN. L. P. W. QUIMBY. Committee. Mnat Pay 3IarUet Price. ARIalNGTON, Dec. 17. (To the Editor.) I notice In your Issue of the 14th Inst. a statement made by J. I. Carson, the Wyoming sheep-buyer, that Mr. Carson and Mr Lacy had contracted for 10.00J yearlings. In Montana, to be delivered next Summer after shearing, at $1 75 a head, and that there are many shi.ep for sale in the vicinity of Helena and along the line of the Northern Pacific, In Mon tana. Mr. Carson Is quoted as saying he wants to buy several thousand yearlings In Oregon next Spring, on condition that he can buy them right; but Oregoi. sheep men at present are holding their stock too high. If Mr. Carson can buy yearlings in Montana at Jl 75 a head (the opinion prevails here). Mr. Carson Is llke.y not to patronize his old friends In the Hepp ner vicinity. If I remember correctly, about a year ago Mr. Carson made a statement In your paper that luastern buyers could not pay over $1 50 a head for yearlings. Nevertheless, this same Mr Carson bought In the vicinity of Heppner two x trail bands, paying for yearlings J2 50 a head, and It was con ceded by some that his band contained a number of as poor yearlings as left this vicinity. This kind of free advertising avails Mr. Carson very little. Of course, his state ment will be copied by all the small pa pers In this district. Of this Mr. Carson Is aware, but as a rule the sheep men of this vicinity are informed on the market price of their produce. I have no doubt that Mr. Carson will be here In the Spring, but he will have to pay the market price If he buys any yearlings here, which he most generally 'has done heretofore, and his many frlends will be glad to welcome him. for he Is one of the heaviest buyers In this district T. S. John Woods, a stockman of Lightning Canyon, returned from Missouri, bring- ""J" Vf,rt, TZV 0p osVeop vthy lng with him IS head of thoroughbred ! OREGON ftffiMAR OF CteTEul ATH. Hereford cows, which cost him J1S00. says nX?&Xwwn the Joseph Herald. He also brought two OREGON lxf-r'l'u of the finest Hereford bulls tfiai were ever PV m " 303 shipped to Oregon. One Is a yearling, bred by John O. Wood & Son. of Monroe City, jio. vims ouu weigns iua puuuuo, iu cost Mr. Woods 5500. The other weighs 805 pounds. It was bred by J. A. Stlgers & Sons, of Gallatin. Mo., and cost tJ150. Mr. Woods also brought a fine black yearling Aberdeen Polangus bull for J. A. McAllstcr.of Trout Creek, which cost $150 and weighs 1200 pounds. Pretty boxes and odors are used to sell such soaps as no one would touch if he saw them un disguised. Beware of a soap that depends on something outside of it Pears', the finest soap in the world is scented or not, as you wish; and the money is in the merchan dise, not in the box. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; ill sorts of people are using it. Nasal . G&TMflH In til fca ri&ces than fBooldbe clow itum. Ely's Creaa. Bala !ea,oothMfti leak tir ilsaased Kaiabrxse. It teres eatarra sad dihct sway a !& la 'e ei mIcUt. CreamEalm Is placed Into tie aoatafla, rprwii rrer tha -Maimas aad U absorbed. BlifUh-il4M4ew-?tetlbw. I; U tot drylit do Mtprotee-aMd&g. Large-Slae, SO ee&t at Drag gUbetbyBftfi; Trial Si,iacaU lr mU. XLT SaOTKZU. H WKitra StzMt, Hr TerSc Pears9 &w THE PALATIAL OHM BIH Mil dSKflH lBHg3g tSPt IBBS Not a dnrk office in the Imlldlngjl nliKolntcly fireproof; electric lights' and artesian water; perfect sanita tion anil thorough ontiliitlou. K le vators run day and ulht. Itootns. A1NSLIE. DR. GEOP.GE. Physician GOS-GOS ANDERSON. GUSTAV. Attorncy-at-Law..:la ASSOCIATED PLESS: E. L. Powell. Mgr..tJW AUSTEN. F C. Manager for Oregon and Washington Bankers Life Association ot Des Moines. la 02-503 BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCiATiON. OF DES MOINES. IA.; F. C. Austen. Manaser.Cui-OOJ BAYNTUN. GEO. R-. Manager lor Cbas. Scribners Sons ...513 BEALS. EDWA11D A.. Kureca&t Clclal L. S. Weather Bureau U1 BENJAMIN, It, . Dtntl t 314 BINSWANGEK. DR. O S.. riiys. & Sur.4l0-U BROOKE. DR. J. M.. Phys. A. Surg....7US-70E BROWN. MYRA. M. D 315-314 BRUERE. DR. G. E.. PhyslMan....412-41.-414 CANNING. M. J WK-CU3 CAUKIN. 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