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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1901. Entered At the Postefllee at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Booms ItM i Business OQee...CC7 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION HATES. By Mall ipostage prepaid). In Advance Daily with Sunday, per month $ 65 ljauy, Sunday excepted, per year 7 50 Dally, with Sunday, per year 0 00 Sunday, per year 2 Otf The Weekly, per year.. 1 60 Thi "WeeJUy. 3 months 50 To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered. Sundays excepted 13c Da,), per week delivered. Pundajs lncludd.20c POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to lC-page paper .........1c 16 to 32 .page paper 2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonlan should be addressed lniarla bly "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any business matter should b addressed simply "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without sollel tatlon. No stamps should be Inclosed tor this purpose. Puget Sound Bureaa Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenue. Tacoma. Box OSS. Tacoma Postlflce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune build ing. New York City: "The Rookery." Chicago; the S C Beckwlth special agency. New York. For sale In San Francisco by J. X. Cooper. 746 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold smith Bros., 236 Sutter street; F. W. Pitts. 1003 Market street; Foster & Orear, Ferry Slews stand. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 259 So Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 108 Bo Spring street. For sale in Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. For sale In Omaha by H. C. Shears, 105 N. Sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros.. 1812 FarnanJ street. For sal In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News o 77 W. Second South street. For sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co.. 115 Royal street. On file In "Washington D. C, with A. W. For sale in Denver. Colo., by Hamilton & JCendrick. $06-812 Seventh street. - TODAY'S WEATHER,-Occaslonal rain, with southerly winds. 1 PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 The new King is Edward VIL 'Tls a long Jump from Edward VI. son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, who ascended the throne In 1547 and died I In 1553. The distance between the Eng lland of that age and of this is Im measurable: yet the fiction of a contin uous dynasty is maintained. It is true, nominally, indeed: yet the .crown now Is nothing to what it was three and a half centuries ago. The democratic changes, since swept In, leave the crown little Influence beyond that of a social na ture. The Influence left It has an effect on manners and customs, and thus in directly on politics. The greatness as cribed to Victoria rests mainly on this Action. She so directed her life as to become a sort of Ideal of social virtues; and everything the people found in themselves, and their best Ideals even beyond themselves, they supposed In her This is the most pleasing kind of fiction, the most effective sort of delu sion, nut It Is on such basis that the humn race makes progress in morals and litlcs. Allow the imagination no pla, educe everything In society and go ment to cold, analytic calcula tor hen the King will become only a tr r., the Queen only a woman, and each r animal: and In no case perhaps an arimal of the highest order. And from ttlng or Queen downward, through ail the gradations of society, the decent I drapery of life may in this way be rudtly torn off. Then man will stand forth, unashamed, in moral nakedness and almost in physical nakedness, too. "We cover the defects of our moral natures with Actions, as we cover our snrinwng persons with the nroducts of I the waer's and tailor's art. Only In Erglacd they carry this to a greater Height than we do. and to a heieht hvhlch we think in many ways fantas tical ana absurd. But the same or slm- Jar influence works among ourselves. ind is the spring of all our progress. The Missouri decision that the state 3annot, through its Board of Equaliza- lon, tax a cornoration em its fran chise, Is to be regretted on many ac counts. In Oregon, for one place, the reat flsoal problem of the state is how to raise more money, and how to raise It without burdensome taxation. Stu dents of economics and lawmakers lemselves instinctively turn to the reat corporations as the most promis ing source of revenue. It Is undeniable lat the enhanced value of franchises ie d by semi-public corporations like hallr-cads, telephones, telegraphs and Btreet-car lines, is greatly out of pro portion to the visible assets these cor- sratloas present to the tax-eatherer. Cho personal and real nroDertv of a lelephone company doing $2,000,000 orth of business in a year may not aount to more than the assessable lesources of a merchant doing a busi ness or $200,009 a year. A very impor- ot reason why state and oitv taxes ill Short Of thtt dfnilBPV thpt llcnrl tn Lttafn for public purposes is because o large a proportion of our invosted lapltal has gone Into corporations k'hose franchises, immeasurablv en- lanced through the growth of our clt- s, yield practically nothing to the sun- ort of the Government Thirty years Igo a man's fortune of $1,000,000 would e in -visible resources readily taxed. Dday It can be put into a corporation hose franchise and good will enable It i be capitalized at 51.000.009. with orob- Ibly not over $100,000 In taxable prop- ty. However, It may not be neces- t tax franchises. Means can be ?lsed to tax earnings or other evi ecccs of accumulative power. Some ich deice must be regarded as nec- sary to prevent inequitable division the public burden on the one hand id on the other hand revolutionary escrt to public ownership in one form another. The problem is one invlt- ie the thoughtful consideration of ery Legislature. JA correspondent says: "Victoria has pt a drop of English blood. She Is Le lineal descndant by the female line her ancestor, James VI of Scotland lid I of England. The Stuarts and lanoverlans mixed blood." Our corre- endent Is wrong. There was some aglish blood In Victoria's veins, ob- Lined through her descent from James ;f England, whose father and mother bth had In their veins the blood of largaret Tudor, the sister of Henry II ci England, the wife of James IV Scotland, who was the mother of ics V of Scotlaud. the father of leen Mary Stuart. After the death of Lines IV of Scotland at Flodden field, la widow. Margaret Tudor, married le Scotch Earl of Angus, and her " ughter by this second marriage be ne tnc mower or iiora uarniey, who was the father of James VI of Scotland! by Queen Mary Stuart Darnley and Mary Stuart were kinsmen, for Mar garet Tudof was tbelr grandmother. Queen Mary Stuart's grandmother, Margaret Tudor, was the aunt of Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Elizabeth desig nated James VT of Scotland as her suc cessor, because he was descended both through his father and his mother from Margaret Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII of England. It is clear therefore that James I of England had some English "blood. He had some French blood, too, for his grandmother, James V of Scotland's Queen, was a French Princess. James I married a Danish Princess, and his younger daughter, Elizabeth, married Frederick, the Elec tor of Bohemia. The daughter of this Elizabeth of Bohemia, with her de scendants, by the act of settlement of 1701 was made the next Protestant heir after Queen Anne, and her son thus became George I of England. He was succeeded by his son, George H, who was succeeded by his grandson, George III. It is clear, therefore, that Vic toria had not only Scotch and English blood in her veins, but French blood and Danish blood, as well as the pre dominant German blood. The new tax collector bill for Mult nomah County, introduced by Senator Sweek, whatever may be said of its merits, contains the constitutional de fect of the one vetoed by the Governor at the last session. It applies only to counties of 50,000 Inhabitants, of which in the state there is but one. Should It become law, taxpayers in Multnomah County would resist payment and the revenue of the county would be held up for two years. This bill would also make taxes uncollectible at a period of five years after they became due. It Is possible that this would be retroactive Or is intended to be so, for the purpose or to the extent of relieving the mort gages of Multnomah County, which are required to pay taxes by a recent de cision of the Supreme Court At any rate, it would probably give ground for a new appeal to the courts, which would cause postponement of payment of these taxes for a further long period. Thg Governor's veto of the act of 1899 Was yesterday sustained by the Legis lature" unanimously. A Itepresentatlve from Lane County has Introduced a bill to provide for levy of a tax of two-fifths of 1 mill on all the property of the state for Jie support of the State University. The Oregonlan believes this to be an objec tionable method. Make the appropria tion specific as to amount. It is certain that the valuation of property through out the state will be largely advanced soon, and two-fifths of a mill tax will bring to the university a wasteful sum. Again, the bill provides for continua tion of the present tax till the money from the new levy shall come in. This will give the university two subsidies In one year. Demand is easy, resistance Is difficult: but It is true that the prop erty and business of the state are sub jected to so many exactions that it Is next to impossible either to hold prop erty or to do business. And though the valuation of property is to be ad vanced, it Is not because value In creases, but because more money is continually demanded for things which state, county and city have undertaken, or propose chiefly to enable one sort of people to live off another. This modern tendency reduces values and stifles production; and the end It points to is universal poverty. Railroad building in Oregon promises to be unusually active in the coming months, notwithstanding great railway combinations are the order of the day. Among the localities that are reason ably sure to have rail connection with the outside world before 1903 are Prlne vllle, Canyon City, Lakevlew and Klamath Falls, In Eastern Oregon, and Tillamook Bay, on the Coast. This means stretching a line entirely across the state north and south, with branches to tap Important producing sections, like Lake County and the Up per John Day Valley. The extension of the Elgin branch of the O. R. & N. fifty or sixty miles Into the-Wallowa Valley is already assured. There is also likely to be some railroad construction in the Snake River Valley to reach the ores of the Seven Devils mines, in Idaho, and the gold mines of the Eastern part of Union County. The project for build ing a railroad from Portland to Tilla mook County direct is under way, and there Is no doubt that it will succeed. Not all the enterprises for building rail roads in Oregon are yet formulated, but this Is a field on which capital now looks with favor, and It will be a race, In some cases, to see which of two or three projects shall get possession of coveted territory. It Is probable that between 400 and 500 miles of new rail road will be built In Oregon In the com ing two years. TRADE BALANCES. Comparison of our export and import trade, made in yesterday's dispatches, from calculations of the Bureau of Sta tistics, points several Interesting mor als. Most noteworthy, perhaps, is the rise of Pacific trade. While exports to Europe have Increased some 33 per cent In ten years, exports to Asia have In creased nearly 300 per cent and to Oce anica 230 per cent And while our im ports from Europe fell from $474,000,000 in 1S90 to $439,000,000 in 1900, imports from Asia increased from $63,000,000 to $122,000,000. Each of the two aspects of this development Is interesting. The "yellow peril" Is demonstrated to be full of hope rather than danger, for while Asia and Oceanica sold us $53, 000,000 more in 1900 than in 1890, they have Increased their purchases of us by nearly $60,000,000. An awakened Orient, therefore, means widor markets instead of fiercer competition. Not only this, but the goods we get from Asia are things we don't produce ourselves anyhow, like silk, hemp and jute, or things like sugar and rice, of which we must In any event buy a large comple ment of the home crops. The Increase in exports to Pacific countries is In isotton and manufactures. Surely this trade is worth serious consideration. So far there is absolutely no founda tion for the fars of economists that Asiatic development will make those countries so self-dependent as to need nothing from us, or for the fears of organized labor In the United States that closer relations with trans-Pacific peoples will enable them to undersell our factories and depress the earning power of our workers. The evidence Is all the other way. Government statistical reports cf our foreign- commerce almost invariably i breathe a spirit cf exultation at in crease of exports and decrease of Im ports, and this Is to be regretted for more than, one reason. In the first place. It indicates a dishonest desire to treat the "balance of trade" as the whole story of National prosperity, to the exclusion of equally important factors; In the second place, it palpa bly contemplates the impossible Ideal of a time when all the world shall be forced to buy everything from us and sell us nothing In return; and in the third place it seems to turn a cold shoulder to a whole body of striking economic annals. From 1848 to 1S75 ihe United States was growing In -wealth at a prodigious rate; yet In all those twenty-eight years only once did the annual balance of trade stand In our favor. Or take the commercial record of Great Britain: British annual commerce, 1S50-1900: Year. Imports. Exports. 1S50 $ 403 000 000 $ 35u.000.000 I860 1.050,000.000 820,000.000 1870 1.515,000 000 1.220.000.000 1830 2,055.000.000 1.430.000.000 1800 2,103.000.000 1.030,000.000 1000 (11 months). 2,322.000.000 1.803,000,000 Total $0,522,000,000 $8,773,000,000 Averaging yearly.$l,5S7,000,000 $1,128,000,000 Av'ge annual excess of Imports. $450,000,000. Total excess of Imports In 50 years, $24, 500,000.000. Yet in this period of fifty years the wealth of the United Kingdom has risen from $25,000,000,000 to $60,000,000,000. The United States had large trade balances in the lean years following 1892, be cause we sold everything we could rake up for what we could get, and felt too poor to buy anything; but nobody com plained of excessive prosperity. The British public buy heavily of all the good things going, because they can afford it Some day we shall be doing the same. A SOUND MEASURE OP REFORM. The Congressional committee which has just concluded its investigation of hazing at "West Point will recommend exclusion from subsequent appointment to the Army of any cadet dismissed from the academy on account of hazing or for sending or accepting a challenge to fight. The enactment of such legisla tion would be a measure of effective reform. "West Point Army officers have more than once complained of the gross Injustice of allowing a discredited "West Point cadet to obtain a commission in the Army so quickly after his dismissal from the academy that the cadet in good standing found the outcast with a commission before his classmates had completed their course. If the commit tee can make dismissal from the acad emy a lasting barrier to Army service, It will have accomplished the reform of a very great abuse. The Military Academy appropriation bill contains a provision that any cadet participating in the practice, of hazing shall be ex pelled from the academy, and shall not be reappointed to the corps of cadets or be eligible for appointment as a com missioned officer In the Army. The rec ommendation of the Congressional com mittee goes further than this, In that It clearly provides expulsion for "haz ing or fighting." The enactment of such regulations Is necessary to Insure any permanent re form, because the decision of the three upper classes now at the academy to abstain from all hazing or fighting hereafter of course has no binding force upon their successors. The decision of the upper-class men today may wear out its welcome hereafter, and the only sure method of reform Is to enact strin gent regulations which provide that either hazing must get out and stay out or the cadets guilty of It must get out and stay out, not only of the academy, but of the Army. With a crowd of young fellows who are so perverted In their sense of what constitutes military manhood that they can justify acts that are instinct with the spirit of cow ardice and cruelty, an appeal to senti ment Is wasted; but an appeal to per sonal self-interest is well taken. So long as a turbulent cadet knows that expulsion from West Point does not prevent restoration through political In fluence and Is no bar to obtaining a commission in the regular Army, he will risk the chance of punishment for the probability of ultimate pardon; but once let every cadet know when he en ters the academy that expulsion from West Point is final; that he can neither return nor secure an Army commission, and the number of men who will in dulge In hazing at the risk Of their military career will be very few. Hitherto In the history of our coun try our leading military men have been so conspicuous for intelligence, culture and humanity that they com manded the respect of the public In war or peace. Failure to do this here after would degrade the Army to the level of the odious military caste that rules society on the Continent of Eu rope. The singular thing is that the Intellectual leaders among the upper classes at West Point had not long ago perceived that It was very dangerous for the permanent welfare of the acad emy and the Army to do anything that would excite public odium or distrust. The revelations of the stupid and cow ardly hazing methods practiced at West Point have done more to prejudice the people against the Increase of the standing Army than all the venomous speeches of Senator Pettlgrew and his Populist associates. SOVEREIGN, BISHOP AND LORDS. The accession of a new monarch to the throne of Great Britain naturally suggests the question whether the fig urehead of a crowned ruler will long continue to be cherished by the Brit ish people. The answer to this ques tion depends entirely on the conduct of the monarch. The British people are very conservative. They do not wel come political innovations, but they are a high-spirited people that have always been exceedingly jealous of their liber ties. The degree of personal govern ment exercised by George III was im patiently endured when attempted by his miserable son and successor and completely expired before the death of William IV. Today the King of Eng land governs solely through his minis ters, who are the interpreters and executives of the will of the British people as manifested through the House of Commons. The so-called British constitution is nothing but a succession of well-established precedents. The King of Great Britain swears to govern according to the laws and "customs" of the kingdom. The hereditary House of Lords, by its negative vote, can prevent the enact ment of the legislation of the House of Commons, but would be powerless for permanent resistance to the will of the Commons, as on appeal from tho Ministry the King could create peers enough to overcome the opposition in the Lords. It was on the- announce ment that the sovereign was ready in compliance with the appeal of Earl Grey, Prime Minister, to create addi tional peers that the House of Lords in 1S32 receded from itB opposition to the passage of the first great reform bill. The popular, elective branch of the British Parliament therefore really in the last analysis governs Great Brit ain. The institution of the House of Lords and the figurehead of a sover eign is likely to endure a long time in Great Britain, because both the sover eign and the hereditary branch of the Legislature know that their life rests on their good conduct and prompt re spect for the will of the House of Com mons when that has been- declared be yond dispute and with determination, as it was in 1832. With the passage of the reform bill of that year ended the reactionary Tory Government that began In 1790 and was justified by its supporters on the necessities of the long French War. The victory of Waterloo was the begin ning of the' end of this reactionary Toryism, which was finally extin guished by the reform bill of 1832. From that day the real sovereign of Great Britain has been the House of Commons. "When the will of the House of Commons finds itself In serious an tagonism with the policy of the Minis try, the Ministry by custom must re sign, and the sovereign summons the leaders of the opposition to form a new Ministry. It is easy to ask why tho British people should continue to tax themselves for the support of the royal family and a great state church, when really the sovereign does not exercise as much direct governing power either by executive hand or statesmanlike suggestion as does our American Presi dent. It is easy to ask why there should be a Btate church when so many thousands of the most Intelligent and prosperous people of the kingdom are dissenters. That royalty and a state church are still maintained by Great Britain is be cause wise Englishmen perceive that these institutions would best be left to time for settlement. At some distant day they will probably disappear, but they are too inextricably blended with the whole life and long growth of the state to be sloughed off as suddenly as America did royal authority. The pres ence of such a wicked, worthless sov ereign as George IV would not be en dured a year on the throne today, and any serious attempt to make the state church' an engine of ecclesiastical des potism would disestablish it in England tomorrow, even as it has been dises tablished in Ireland and may soon be in Wales. A sovereign, a House of Lords and a state church will some day go in Great Britain. Meanwhile, their perpetuation will depend on their good behavior. Sometimes it is wholesome to have a mighty hand ready to chastise pro fessors of a university or college, as now at Stanford. Some professors have a way of getting self-centered and of engendering a wisdom which Is intol erant of student initiative and inde pendence. Superior in learning of a certain kind, they get to regard them selves very often as superior in all kinds. Frequently they look upon stu dents as animals that must be disci plined instead ofas persons who are in' considerable degree capable of disciplin ing themselves. Knowledge is com parative, and is superior or Inferior merely as the possessor of it knows a certain thing better than the next per son knows it. An Instructor may be educated because he is familiar with the subtleties Of Plato, but the next individual may have an education sn perlor to hlB because he can make a steam engine or shoe a horse. If a man does not know the latter arts, he need not be an ignoramus. Neither need he be one if he does. Work already done by Professor Washburn shows that there is room in Oregon for a competent biologist Thus far his service as state biologist has been largely in connection With Easterrf oysters In Oregon waters, but It might profitably be extended to the food fishes and birds of the state. The Introduc tion of Eastern lobsters and study of the breeding habits of our own crus taceans also Offers a field for work of this kind. In some of the states the state biologist is Included on the Board of Health because the examination of water to determine Its potability comes logically within his province. Professor Washburn's work has been of scientific interest and of commercial value to the state, though his opportunities as a public officer -without pay or expense allowance have been somewhat limited. It Is Important that we find out and use the natural products and forces of our own state and Improve them if possible. . A physician Is sued by a patient for loss of sleep, That Is the thanks he gets for prolonging the man's life. The plaintiff suffered $39 worth of mental anguish and physical torment. It is refreshing to observe that he computes accurately the value of the dollar. Thirty-nine dollars' worth of damages would be nothing at all to suffer, but $39 worth of mental anguish shows how excruciating was the torment. The value of the great American dollar is 100 cents. Its value In anguish Is be yond the realm of figures. Since the anguish of one dollar is infinite, we can apprehend if we cannot compre hend that of thirty-nine dollars. Mr. McBrlde has little or no positive strength. A majority of the nineteen voting for him are so voting simply for the purpose of keeping under cover till the time may come when they can do something else. Senator Hoar's scheme for dealing with the Filipinos is hardly the thing for a liberty-lover to propose. There ar6 10,000,000 Filipinos, and It is conceiv able that any ten of them would be an oligarchy. It is not probable that Oregon law yers would be satisfied even if they had five Supreme Judges. Washington law yers have that many, but are clamor ing for" more. An anarchist In New York has peached on hi6 confederates. Evidently anarchists detest laws even among themselves. The resemblance between the Era press of China and Mrs. Nation is not merely In their physiognomy. Since not all ex-convicts vote, legis lators will not incur noxious odltim by putting them to work. SOUTHERN OREGON'S GOLD-MINES ASHLAND, Or., Jan. a. (Special Cor respondence.) The old pocket districts and placer grounds In Southern Oregon are looked upon with growing favor by experienced miners who have come Into the country, as likely ground in which to develop valuable lode properties. A good type of such a region Is the old Blackwell district, three miles south of Gold Hill, where in past years many pocket holes have been made and much money taken out Here about 40 men are at work, and their explorations have already disclosed that there are precious metal deposits there In continuous veins, to which the pockets, or old pocket holes, are deemed tracers by the few who have theories as to the genesis of gold pockets and who have studied the peculiar condi tions under which they occur. In this dis trict you can find a miner, experienced and intelligent, who will tell you If the pocket Is likely close to the vein, or If it Is a "throw" from a distance, and that in the latter case, when you have dug out the "pocket" money, you had better aban don that particular ground. Working upon theories founded! upon a limited knowledge of mineralogy and ge ology, of which they make good use, and the experience of years in mining for gold, some of these miners have planned their work to uncover mines here on a rational basis, and the result Is some ap parently good properties, one of which is likely to prove a good copper mine. The most Important discovery Is that on the "Soldier Blue," or better known as the Ross claim, one and a quarter miles from Tolo station. Below this mine the gulch was once worked as a placer. A number of holes were sunk on tho ledge in the hill above by pocket-hunters, and In that sunk by Ross, which was about 50 feet deep, he got out $1300 from seven tons of ore. Deeming It a pocket, Ross did no more thereafter on the claim than the necessary work to hold It, and the property was practically abandoned for four years, when J. J. Houck and G. L. Half bought It for a few hundred dollars. Mr. Half, who has had extensive experience In mining, both for gold and copper, in Colorado and Montana, was in terested In the cropping of a ledge per pendicular to that on which was the Ross shaft, which was capped with limonlte, and appeared to make a prospect for a copper mine. He therefore went down on the Ross ledge In the old shaft. At a depth of 60 feet he struck the Intersect ing ledge, which proved to be an eight foot vein, well! defined and carrying cop per and iron sulphides heavily, valued at $23 copper and $22 gold per ton. Its strike Is 43 degrees east The copper ore car ries much rock which is very hard. The copper ores being so uniformly dif fused through the rock Is regarded as a very encouraging feature by those who are familiar with some of the big copper properties of Montana. The ore also as says about seven ounces of sliver per ton. The shaft was sunk close on a con tact of granite and slate. At a depth of 78 feet, a drift of CO feet east has been mado to develop the formation. The shaft Is being carried down. While the ledge car ries good values In gold, these men es teem the prospects for a big copper mine most. One.-half mile southeast of the Half property, there Is a tract of ground formerly owned by the Jackson County Land Association, which was mined ex tensively for pockets at odd times In past years. It Is asserted that pay was found in everyone of the old pocket holes re maining. In one of these holes $7000 was obtained, and at this point a tunnel Is now being run, which is to be 700 feet long, and which, it Is expected, will tap the ledges under the upper old pocket workings on the hill. Theh tunnel Is com pleted for 200 feet. This is called the Johnson ledge, and the work is being done by I. Humason and some associates, residents of Portland. In one of the up per workings on the hill, Humason sunk down some 10 feet further, reaching a depth of about 60 feet, where he struck a vein eight to 14 Inches thick, and eight feet of depth on this and 22 feet long yielded $2000. It Is this and other veins the tunnel Is expected to tap. This vein has a slate hanging-wall and a rock the miners call syenite for a foot-wall. This syenite Is a black, fine-grained and a very hard rock. It is heavily Impregnated with white Iron sulphides. The old Bowden mine is about three quarters of a mile north of the Ross vein. The Bowden vein, which Is In granite, was very small on the surface. In past years It has been worked Irregularly, yielding some $5000, but only limited de velopment was made. Its present owners have a 32-inch vein at a depth of 80 feet. There Is some good ore In this mine, and it ie esteemed one of the prom ising properties of the district The area known as the Tolo placers. In this district, has yielded In past years some $50,000, and the gold, which Is coarse, is presumed to have come from the pockets of the character which have been mined, and mainly, it is supposed, from a ledge on which Mr. Smith, of the contracting firm of Smith & Hull, has a bond. Mr. Smith has contracted for a 150-foot tunnel on what Is known as the porphyry dike, and another force of men will carry down the old shaft on the Fort Lane ledge. This old shaft hole, with a depth of 130 feet, yielded $11,000 m gold; and so the old pocket holes are being carried down to get below the sur face disturbances which some miners think wrought a confusion of the veins ahd made the pockets. This Fort Lane ledge and the dike Intersect some 500 feet from where the shaft Is being punk. The,re are some 60 acres of good placer gravel about Tolo, If water could be had to' attack the beds with giants and a sluice for tailings were built to Rogue River, but there Is no near prospect of getting the water. A Mr. Mears, a Utah man, has several claims In this district Hear the Half claim and Is doing con siderable development work. On one ledge, In which the gold is wholly free, the shaft is down 75 feet, yielding some good ore. Tho other claims are of low grade ores, but some of the ledges are large. In the Waldo district, James Ly tle has sold his copper claim for $15,000. M. F. EGGLESTON. MAY VISIT ALASKA. Casliman Ask Honse Committee on Territories to Make Trip. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. At a recent informal meeting of the House commit tee on territories, Represntatlve Cushman extended to the various members an ear nest Invitation to visit the territory of Alaska during the coming Summer, in order that they may become personally acquainted with the c-ylng needs of that great territory. It Ib proposed, In case some favored arrangement can be made, to have this committee visit Juneau, Skagway, and Dyea, and possible Nome, but the tour that is decided upon will in a large measure depend upon the amount of time which the members of the com mittee can spare. Mr. Cushman's proposition seemed to meet with general approval, and several members expressed an eagerness to ac quaint themselves more fully with Alaska. One of the principal objects of such a trip Is to impress upon the members of this committee several reforms that are badly needed, and other legislation which It has been impossible to secure in the past It is hoped, for one thing, that they may appreciate the need of a proper protection of the Alaskan coast, and that their trip will result In a fair-sized appropriation for establishing further lights and beacons at the dangerous points of this coast It Is furthermore thought that a trip of this character will acquaint the members more or less with the present workings of the 'land laws In force in Alaska, and of the more pro nounced changes that should be made. No definite programme has yet been agreed upon, and It Is not likely that the whole committee will be able to make the trip, but Mr. Cushman Intends to keep the matter before them, and ex pects some good to come out of his ef forts. THREE JUDGES -NOT. SUFFICIENT PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonlan's report this morning of tho legislative proceedings at Salem yes terday it appears that Representative Watson, of this county, has Introduced a bll to abolish Department No. 3 of the Circuit Court of this county and transfer to Department No. 4, the Criminal Court, the Jurisdiction and authority now resting in Department No. 3. the equity depart ment. It is reported that this bill was In troduced by Representative Watson under the sanction of the Taxpayers' League, of this city. The Taxpayers' League Is a voluntary organization of taxpayers' in; this city, which has been in existence .nearly two years, having for Its purpose the investl fatlon into the public administration, with a view of simplifying the governmental procedure and the reduction of the ex pense attendant thereon. I have'the honor to be a member of that organization, and aome time since the league referred to a special committee, of which I was named as chairman, the other members of the committee being Cyrus A. Dolph and J. Couch Flanders, the subject of what reduction could be made of the ju dicial force of this county without impair ing the efficiency of tho judicial depart ment The committee made a thorough investigation of the question and unani mously reported against any reduction in the number of Judges of the Circuit Court, but did recommend that one of the Jus tice of the Peace Courts of this city the Justice of Peace for the West Side be abolished, and that the records and au thority exercised by such Justice be trans ferred to the Municipal Court. It was the unanimous opinion of the committee that, while possibly at the present time the judicial business might be handled by three Judges instead of four, it would bo but a short time before the conditions which call for the provision of four Judges would again exist and that any change In the present force of the Judiciary of the Circuit Court was not advisable. The report was accepted by the league. It would seem, therefore, that Repre sentative Watson has been mistaken In assuming that the bill which he has In troduced Is sanctioned by the Taxpayers' League. It is against the express desire of the league. I may add that after some considerable reflection and some little observation 1 am convinced that ona of the great vices now underlying Judicial administration is in hasty and Ill-considered decision. The congestion In the business of the Su preme Court would, in my opinion, be greatly relieved If more time and atten tion were given to the decision of casos in the courts below, and this time can only be had in a large county with the population of Multnomah by providing for a sufficient number of Judges for proper judicial administration of the law. Tho judicial business of this county Is most admirably apportioned into four depart ments, two for the handling of actions at law involving Jury trials, one for the crim inal department, and one for the equity department It would be a great mistake to interfere with this division. ZERA SNOW. MONUMENT TO PIONEERS. Commendation of Bill to Be Offered to Legislature. PORTLAND, Jan. 21. To the Editor.) A bill has been Introduced In our legis lature by Senator Sweek, of Multnomah County, to allow one of the park blocks to be donated by the City Council of Port land to the Native Sons and Daughters of Oregon, the Oregon Pioneer Society, Oregon Historical Society, Indian War Veterans, and other societies, that they may erect a building to contain safely and preserve objects of historical value and interest as well as to be a splendid auditorium for the annual gatherings of the pioneers and other societies Inter ested. The bill will probably pass unanimously. The City Council will most certainly give the block when the bill paSdes. Now when this Is done there will be erected a monument that will last. The founda tions should be 30 feet deep and of the most enduring granite; let the blocks come from within the limits of old .Or egon; upon these blocks let the names of our founders be chiseled deep. Let this monument be built as was the Temple of Solomon. The wood and the Btone, the gold and silver and precious stones from the promised land of the Oregon pioneers from all sections. We have granites, sandstones, onyx of most beautiful colors, porphyry, mar? bles of Infinite variety, stones veined with gold and silver and copper, and all the precious metals, and magnificent woods for finishing. I have not the slightest doubt that every section of old Oregon will come forward with its con tribution of rare and beautiful materials, largely without cost The railroads, to aid, would doubtless contribute the freight i Let the architects embody their most beautiful conceptions. Let us be lavish with enduring, rare and unpurchasable things but given freely to raise a mon ument to those brave old pioneers who have passed upon the longer journey, and to those fine old men and women so soon to follow; while they still are with us make their old eyes brighten, and their bosoms swell with pride that their efforts have had such a grand realization. No debt shall rest upon this building; no consideration of personal gain or Im portance should enter Into this enter prise. Let it stand up high and pure ana beautiful, facing our grand old mount ains, and as enduring. Some one gifted with fluency of lan guage and Ideas may take up these sug gestions and move our people to act quickly and vigorously, so that the build ing "may be completed In 1905. JAMES T GRAY. He "Was Up to the Limit New York Evening Sun. A young society woman in this city is telling a story of a very little newsboy who so appreciated her kindness to him at the newsboys' Thanksgiving dinner that he went to the extent of great suf fering for her sake. At least, she thinks it was appreciation, but others have doubts. ,At all events, the young woman, who, with a number of others, was en gaged in serving the boys, noticed thl3 little boy way off at one end of the table. Many of his larger fellows were already hard at work on the various good things, but this little fellow had evidently been neglected. Clearly here was a case of Urgent charity, so the amateur waitress flew to his side, and for an hour she saw to It that he did not lack for anything. Plate after plate of turkey was literally showered Upon him. Finally, as she set another piece of plum pudding in front of him, he rolled his eyes meekly toward her, and said, in muffled tones: "Well, miss, I kin chew, but I can't swallow no more." Admired His Thirst. New York Mail and Express". Three soldiers Wearing the blue and yellow of the United States Cavalry did a good turn the other day to a thinly clad, shivering "sandwich" man who was standing in front of Trinity Church. The roldlers were making a hilarious way to South Ferry. Every block or so they stopped and took observations through a big black bottle. The sandwich man's" teeth chattered and he looked at the bot tle greedily. One of the soldiers noticed the mute appeal. "Have a drink, old party?" he said, passing the bottle over. The sandwich man grabbed It in two pur ple hands, and before the cavalryman could stop him he had drank at least half a pint of cheap whisky. Then he wiped his lips on his coat sleeve and returned the bottle. The cavalryman's eyea bulged with wonder. "If I had a thirst Hke that," he said, "I'd never do another day's work." NOTE AND COMMENT. Maybe Mars wants to congratulate Bryan on his loud voice. A crow-hop is not as fast as a Baldwin locomotive, but Is sufficiently so for Pat's purposes. If Bryan had not deceived us, before, wo might believe that he does not want the Presidency. There is a military school at Leaven worth, too. You can draw your own conclusions. That joke about hailing the King whllo he Is reigning is again hanging heavily over our heads. If the Boers kept all their prisoners Roberts would have to send even more soldiers to Africa. Bryan 13 not an ex-President but ho Is Just as good as one when It comes to having opinions. Having stood behind the bars, it Is no wonder that Mrs. Nation now makes tho bars fall before her. Every mother of the ignominious "S. S. S." thinks her duckling a swaa and rowdyism still thrives. That good old term high noon is re vived occasionally when a million-dollar wedding furnishes a sufficient excuse. Roosevelt is about to retire to the Vice Presidency, but the grip steps gayly In and takes up the strenuous life. Now that the mall carriers have com bined, wo mayexpect a boycott on ev ery one who refuses to use Union stamps. t Mrs. Nation, has altogether too limited as field In Kansas. She ought to go to Kentucky, and beard Colonel Jack China In his lair. The only tribunal whloh can decide whether a dog is at all times and in all places subject to license, is a Sandow poundmastor. Since our ministers are such sticklers for the majesty of tho law, they should next get up a petition for suppression of the "S. S. S." A Quebec man thinks he has found a new route to the North Pole. To quota Bryant, he Is likely to find It "The long way that he must tread alone." Having got out an edition of tho New York World. Alfred Harmsworth's next step will probably be the purchase of the esteemed Congressional Record. Tho Sultan avoids discord by paying neither Germany nor the United States. Evidently the "only way to got a settle ment is to have a receiver appointed. Is everybody -who fights saloons as crazy as Mrs. Nation or less so? Is she felicitated because She Is Insane or be cause since Insane she fights saloons? The escutcheon of the1 Victoria Royal family makes us glad we are not lum bered with a pedigree. No wonder tho whole outfit is down sick. We don't blamo them one bit A poet of our acqualntanoo has got a sonnet completed all but a couple of words to rhymo with month, and ond to rhyme with window. Can 'any of our budding geniuses help him? The annual oration on Georgo Wash ington to be delivered on Washington's birthday this year before the Union League Club of Chicago will be the work of tho famous English literary critic, essayist and disciple of Comte, Frederic Harrison. Joe Jefferson Is going to purchase a lodge in the Catskill Mountains. If they keep the same quality of Hollands up there that they did in early days, it ia possible that the people of the twen tieth century may yet see tho greatest Rip that ever trod the boards. , If Kcnts Had Had the Grip. - Thou aross between rheumatics and catarrh. Thou fever-bringing, aching malady, The worst of all the passing ills that ore, , Have been, or still are yet to be. No sympathy thy Ylctlm can expect From man, or beast, or even from his rlfe;. All ol&ss thee with the tcoth&cha and th mumps, Yet many a happy household thou host1 wracked. By leaving some poor devil sick of life. Abject, despondent, and deep sunk in dumps. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAORAPHERS "What are you folks In the country prepar ing to do this year?" Inquired the business man. "The Summer boarder, as usual," res pited the candid farmer. Philadelphia Ieg ord. Butcher Come, John, be lively now; break the bone In Mr. "Williamson's chops and put Mr. Smith's ribs In the basket tor him. John (briskly) All tight, sir. Just as soon as I've sawed off Mr. Murphy's leg. Tit-Bits. At the "Tom Bhow." "I've been to a heap of shows, but I never seen two people act more llko they was really fond of each other than Little Ea and Mr. St. Clair." "Huh I Of coursel She's his mother." IndianapolU Press. She What If I have loved another, dear? Don't you know It had only prepared me tot the greater, higher love I have for you I "That's all right, but how do I know thit th love you now have for me Isn't preparing you for a greater, higher love for soiie ona elt?" Life. Willing to CempromUe.-"Your Majesty," said the right-hand man of the native King, "there Is a missionary working his way along the coast." "Well, we don't want to have any trouble," said the King. "Ask him it his peo ple won't be satisfied with a coaling station.'' Puck." On Anne Allen. xMward FlUGarald. The wind blew keenly .from the Western sei. And drove the dead ieaves slanting from tho of vanities, the preacher salth- Heaplhg them up before her Father's door When I saw her. whom I shall sea no more We cannot bribe thee. Death. She went abroad the falling leaves among. She saw the merry season fade and sung Vanity of vanities, the preacher salth Freely she wandered In tho leafless wood, And said that all was fresh, and fair, &o& good. She knew thee not, O Death. She bound her shining hair across her brow. She went Into the garden fading now; Vanity of vanities, the preachar salth And If one sighed to think that It was sere. She smiled to think that It would bloom next year! She feared thee not, O Death. Blooming she came book to the cheerful room. With all the fairer flowers yet In bloom, Vanity of vanities, the preacher salth A fragrant knet for each of us she tied. And placed the fairest at her Father's side She cannot charm thee, Death. Her pleasant smile spread sunshine upon all; We heard her sweet, clear laughter In U of vanities, the preacher salth We heard her sometimes after evening prayer, As she went singing softly up the stair No voice can oharm thee, Death. Where Is the pleasant smile, the laugnter kind, That made swtet music of the Winter wind? Vanity of vanities, the preacher salth Idly they gaxe Upon her empty place. Her kiss hath faded from her Father's fac She is with thee, O Death. Sl.u