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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 12t 1901.
9JJNDED UPON REASON
B. J5AY MILLS TEIX'S WHY HE
' CHA!GED HIS FAITH.
"Hovv I Became a. Unltarian'the
Thcmcof Hls-CIOHlngr Address
Large Crotvd. Present.
Before an audience that packed the Uni
tarian 'Ohurch almost to suffocation last
night, Hev. B. Fay Mills told of his
change of belief, his topic being, "How
I Became a Unitarian." The speaker de
voted his entire attention to a discussion'
of his former belief In the teachings of
the' evangelical church, and how he had
come to alter his views. He said in part:
"I think my theological evolution may
very easily be traced. I was the son of a
prominent Presbyterian minister, who was
the moderator of the highest body in that
church, and himself founded two of the
greatest organizations of the Presbyterian
denomination. Though liberal for his day,
if lie had lived until now and retained his
views (which I do not think he would
Shave done), he would have been extremely
orthodox In our time: so I can say, in
hearty sympathy with one of the heretics
of a former age, 'After the strictest sect
-of our religion, in my "boyhood, at least,
"I Jived a Pharisee. "When I was 20 years
or- age I passed my theological examina
tion and was ordained to the orthodox
Cpngregational ministry. "Very soon after
(there was a. great stir in the country on
account of Mr. Beecher's utterances re
pudiating the doctrine of eternal torment,
and after such thought as a youth could
give to the subject, I came to the con
clusion that Mr. Beecher was right, and
la: my own mind, and publicly before my
congregation, I repudiated the idea of
eternal torture for anybody, and adopted
a theory of the annihilation of some and
the restoration of others, which I held
r2r many years.
''By the time I was 35 I had gained a
larger conception of salvation. I still be
lieved in Christ as an exceptional mani
festation of God, as the Savior of man
Jklnd; but I began to believe in him as
rtfte 'Savior of mankind as a whole, as the
Savior of society. I helieved that God
"had manifested himself and had put the
Heaven of love into the world in a way
In which it had not been there before, so
that it might work xmtil the whole should
be leayened with the righteousness of
Jove. It was a conception very much like
(that which Jesus held of the kingdom of
God, or the reign of love upon earth. I
began to say to men, 'Come to Jesus,'
"but 'Come with Jesus.' This I continued
"for -a. number of years.
"'This naturally led me to social, eco
nomicar.And historical study, and that
study .helped to uproot what few ortho
dox conceptions I had left. All through
any ministerial life I had been interested,
In a desultory way? -in the higher criti
cism and in modern science, and, as I in
timated, I had given np many of my
crude "beliefs. But still the backbone of
orthodoxy was practically uninjured. And
what Is that"? Here it is: God has given
rusan authoritative and ultimate manifes
tation ol .himself In a man and a book.
That is the very heart of orthodoxy; or-
thodoxy will die when that dies, and not
Ibefore. This T believed substantially,
though in a somewhat limited fashion. I
then took two or three years for the most
careful study of" which I was capable.
"During thistlme I preached few sermons,
except -on. social topics. It was not Jong
before I was' thoroughly convinced 'that
I could not be honest and continue to;
teach that Jesus was uniquely divine, or
that there had been given to men a per
manent revelation of God, in an authori
tative fashion, in any man or any book.
By the end of the next half-decade I had
come to the .place "where I had lost en
tirely "any idea of distinction among men
on account of their religious opinions. I
saw plainly ithe 'germs of the greater religion-
which I had been' preaching the
religion of faith and hope and love. The
religion of faith in the good order of all
things, because of the revelation of prog
ress in history and science, and especially
because of the infinite possibilities that
we discern in the human race; of hope,
based on this faith, for all humanity and
for all that is beyond humanity; and of
love, as the complete -expression of him
self by which man is committed to the
thought that -this is indeed a universe,
and finds himself in perfect relationship
with all things."
Here the speaker enumerated several of
the tenets of orthodoxy, which he de
clared were proven false by science and
reason. He continued:
"If you believe In a partial God, re
vealed only to a favored few; If you be
lieve in man being excused from the pen
alty of sin by the punishment of another,
and he an innocent God; if you believe In
arttflcjaj and Pharisaical distinctions be
tween the children of God and the chil
dren of the devil: if you believe in the
:mlgKhness of terrestrial life, to be glorified
only oy translation to some other form of
existence in another world; if you believe
in an eternity of conscious suffering for
even the meanest and the vilest of all
that exist; and If, because I cannot be
lieve these things and have acted on my
conscience and judgment and reason, I
must go to hell; then, as John Stuart Mill
said, 'To hell I will cheerfully go. And
there, in company with the discoverers
and the inventors and the benefactors of
my Tace. who were the heretics of their
day. I will devote what energy I have
to putting out the flames by a reasonable
religious life and humane activity.
"And I would also say: But, my
brother, if what I believe is true, there is
no necessity for either of us to go to hell.
"For if the omnipotent, omnipresent God is
love, all love, and nothing but love. If in
"hinvwe" live and move and have 'our being
and -he, lives in us; If all men are sons of
lojg and members one of another; if love
is indeed the fulfilling of all law, human
aiid divine; if ilhe lowest shall 'arrive
where the highest now is, and then go
farther and farther; if all corruption shall
put on Incorruption, and If all mortality
shall put on immortality; then, my
brother, it will be better for us than
cither of us dreamed in bur- childish an
cient superstitions. And T welcome you,
consciously or unconsciously, to the glori
ious universal fellowship.' If you are
right, shut me out. If X anfright, I will
take you in, and with you all the sons
and daughters of men, and all so-called
'creation beside."
Iast night's address was the last which
Mr. Mills will deliver In this city. He
leaves today for the East.-
Fortune of a Russian.
NEW YORK, 'April 1L Vladimir de
Teplow, Imperial Consul-General of Rus
sia "has received an inquiry from ?L
Petersburg concerning' a fortune of $2,
000,000 alleged to have neen left by Na
polean Dembysky. in Austin, Tex. Mr.
Dembysky, according to the Consul's In
formation, was a native of Russia many
years' ago, and worked his way up from
a poor boy. He died about 18SB In Austin,
Tex., leaving no immediate family and
no ' relatives in this country. Relatives
in Russia recently heard of his death
by accident, and through the American
Minister at St- Petersburg obtained some
information.
Gifts to a New York Library.
NEW TORK, April 31. At a meeting
of the trustees of the New York Public
Library the following gifts were an
nounced: A collection of engravings, pho
tographs and drawings from Charles D.
Curtis, numbering about 2000, and repre
senting examples of early Italian and
Spanish paintings, the works of Raphael
ari'd lsJs6K5bl; from William, McDowell,
aporrait"oT Samuel J. Tilden, painted by
the late "Matthew Wilson, and which .rep
resents Mr. Tilden at about 50 years of
age.- This portrait -is the one whiclr.Mr.
Tllden wlshed'to be known and recognized
In history.
William F. Havemeyer presented to the
library a large, richly bound volume con
taining portraits of French personages
who figured prominently In the part that
France took In the war with England,
which was precipitated by the American
Kevolutlon. The portraits embrace King
Louis XVT and La Fayette.
The library has also acquired by pur
chase a collection of the addresses of the
Governors of His Majesty's province of
New Tork from 1722 to 1734, and also the
votes of the General Assembly during that
period.
TWO CREWS WORKING.
Short Line and Salt Lake Company
Laying Track in Nevada.
SALT LAKE, April 1L Vice-President
Bancroft, of the Oregon Short Line, said
today that about 125 men were at work
laying iron at the end of the track in
Nevada, and that the work was going on
without interruption. Nearly a mile of
track was laid yesterday, progress being
slightly delayed by necessary bridge work.
Attorney C. O. Whittemore, of the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Com
pany, returned from the end of the track
today. He says his road has a force on
the ground preparing the grade, and that
additional help Is being sent to the front
He says that no physical force has been
used by his company, but that his men
have been compelled by superior numbers
to give way to the Oregon Short Line
force, which is laying track on the grade
prepared by his men. He has instruc
tions from the general officers of the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake road to
spare no necessary expense in protecting
the Interests of the company. Speaking on
the question of legal rights, Mr. Whitte
more said:
"The Short Line went into a contest with
us before the United States Land Office in
Nevada to determine the ownership of
the Lincoln County grade, and when the
decision went against tHem, they under
took to gain by force what was denied
them by law."
On the other hand, the Oregon Short
Line people Insist that the new company
has no legal right to the grade in ques
tion. No action has been taken In the
nature of injunction proceedings, or bring
ing the question before the courts.
BUTTE TO THE BAY.
Boise Could Be Mode Nearer to San
Francisco Than. Portland Is.
Boise Statesman.
It looks as though Senator Clark would
be driven out of the Southern California
railway field. The Oregon Short Line
has resolved to extend to Los Angeles,
and It has such a great advantage that
the other project will probably be crowd
ed out, unless Senator Clark and his as
sociates are prepared to build and ope
rate a parallel line.
Under these circumstances, Senator
Clark would do well to turn his attention
to other opportunities for railway build
ing. The greatest opportunity in the
West is In a line connecting Montana
with San Francisco. The Senator is a
Montana man, and if he wants to do some
thing for the state that will be more
beneficial than anything else that could
be planned, he should take hold with
the view of giving the state a direct line
to the great California seaport.
Such a road should come through Cen
tral Idaho, through Boise, and, passing
westward, cross Oregon and the north
western corner of Nevada and enter
Northern California, passing thence down
one of the waterways through the pine
belt and the rich agricultural regions to
San Francisco. The route is feasible.
Moreover, the road would pass through
a country that would all produce largo
traffic. In Idaho it would be in the best
part of the state, deriving enormous ton
nage from forest and mine, to say noth
ing of the agricultural products that
would seek transportation over It. In
Oregon and Nevada It would open much
fine agricultural country and secure the
traffic of the best cattle region In the
United States. In addition, It would reach
within practicable distance of a large
number of promising mining districts. In
California it would be In a rich country
nearly the entire distance from the state
line to the bay.
A road of this kind would put Butte al
most as near San Francisco as is Salt
Lake. A glance at the map will shpw that
the distance from Boise to the Golden
Gate by such a road would be much less
than the distance to that place from
either Salt Lake or Portland. Such a
road would afford a direct route for
freight for San Francisco from all Mon
tana points and would no doubt draw a
very large proportion of the through
freight. A trainload of oranges instead
of being shipped by boat to Seattle and
thence by rail to St. Paul would some di
rectly through by rail. And so it would
-be with a' great variety of freight. More
over, there are possible combinations
under which all the through business of
at least one Eastern trunk line would find
its way to San Francisco over the road.
A road from Salt Lake to Los Angeles
could enjoy no such opportunities for traf
fic as one from Butte to San Francisco.
It could not have as much through busi
ness, and it could never have one-tenth
as much of that local traffic, which, af
ter all, Is the life of a railway.
THE BURLINGTON DEAL.
Morprnn-HIll Interests Own Control
ling? Share of "a" Stock.
NHV YORK, April 1L The Commercial
Advertiser's London cablegram says:
James J. Hill left New York today for
his home In St. Paul. He had Intended
going last Tuesday, but new phases of the
Burlington deal detained him. It is au
thoritatively stated that the Morgan-Hill
interests now own enough of the Burling
ton stock to Insure the successful con
summation of the deal by which that road
will pass to the control of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern roads. All of
the Burlington stockholders will have an
opportunity of exchanging their holdings
for new 3 per cent bonds guaranteed by
the Northern Pacific and Great Northern.
A large proportion of these stockholders
have already signified their willingness to
accept the, Morgan-Hill offer, and as soon
as Mr. Morgan cables his approval of the
final details, "an official announcement of
the terms of the deal will be issued from
the office of J. P. Morgan & Co. M
President Hill will leave St. Paulwithln
the next few days for the PaclficTiCoast,
where he will make an inspection' of "the
new terminals which are Delng prepared
for the connection between the Great
Northern and the new Oriental steamship
line. Mr. Hill expects to have two of
his new steamships running this year.
The Rio Grande Consolidation.
DENVER. April IL The Republican to
day says:
"The Denver & Rio Grande Western is
said to be the name under which the con
solidation of the Denver & Rio Grande
and the Rio Grande Western will be
known. It ,1s reported that the two roads
will be operated as one road, and that
George Coppell, chairman of the Denver
& Rio Grande board of directors, will be
in charge of the consolidated lines. Just
what foundation there Is for this report is
not known, and it is probable that noth
ing will be certain until after the formal
purchase of the Rio Grande Western at
the stockholders meeting of the Denver
& Rio Grande in Denver, May 15."
Surveyors Recalled.
CHICAGO, April 1L The Burlington has
recalled Its corps of surveyors, which
has been selecting a route from Guern
sey, Wyo., to Salt Lake City.
"This action," says the Evening Post
today, "Is taken as showing that the
managjng authorities of the Burlington
system have received an intimation that
the control of the road had practically
passed to other hands, or is, likely to do
so."
"WE TALK TOO MUCH"
CORRESPONDENT POINTS
VALUE OF SILENCE.
OUT
Great Men Who Were Known by
What They Did Not Say The.
Greatness of the Greeks
PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Editor.)
Behind this old Saxon proverb, "Speech
is silver, silence is golden," paradoxical
as it may appear, lurks a most profound
truth. We talk too much, both In civil
and official life. The weakness In hu
man nature, already called attention to
by Shakespeare, In his "Mercurtio," who
"liked to hear himself talk," still holds Its
sway over most men and women of our
present time.
Mediocre people, mistaking "sound" for
"light," always clamor for speech. Only
nobler souls can discern the power and
ao o o o -
DISTINGUISHED SWEDENBORGIAN HERi
;lll
REV. WILLARD H. HINKLEY.
The Rev WHlard H. Hlnkley, of Boston, General superintendent of Home and
Foreign Missions of the New Church, is in the city, and will remain until Thurs
day, April 1C. "While here he will make his headquarters at the residence of
Charles W. Cottel, 502 Second street, and will preach Sunday morning and even
ing, April 14, to all Interested In this phase of Christian faith, at the regular
meeting place of, the Portland New Church Society, north hall, fourth floor, A.
O. U. W. Temple, corner Taylor and Second streets.
Mr. Hlnkley inherited from his mother an inclination toward the New Church.
In 1852, when near the age of 21, he received his first communion, from the
hands of the venerable Maskell M. Carll, at the general convention held In the
old Southwark Church. Philadelphia. Mr. Hlnkley was.,in early manhood-an at
torney, being a member of the law firm of Hlnkley & Morris, but was ordained
into the New Church ministry October 29, 1805. In 1860 he accepted a call to
the "Wilmington, "Del., New Church Society, of which Daniel X.amont was found
er. He left "Wilmington in 1872 for New Orleans, where he resided with his fam
ily for 18 months. Returning North in 1874. he was 'engaged by .the Cincinnati
Society to preach for the Rev. iTohn Goddard. He was-' then called to Brbok
llne, Mass., where he served as pastor for 14 years: ' 150on afW 4ils. resignation
there he was appointed by the general convention its general superintendent of
Home and Foreign Missions, which position he has held over 20 "yefrs. He "has
preached or lectured during the period of his ministry 1n more than 100 places In
the United States', having visited every section of the church territory except the
Pacific Coast. . , '
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usefulness of silence. Buddha, Pythag
oras, Jesus, Luther, Wesley were no
"orators." They lectured in "shorthand,"
formulating their sentences after a cable
code, only decipherable through the "vis
ion of the heart" "They who have ears
may hear" In other words, "those who
have the key to my cipher may read mi'
message."
This cable code of the heart constitutes
the standard gauge for all strong and
wise speech. The only speech serving prog
ress Is that which has for Its purpose the
interpretation of the silent voice of the
heart. The true speaker Is he who sur
renders his powers of expression to the
play of that great, unfathomable, imper.
sonal energy which from the bottom of
his Inner nature seeks an outlet In en
deavors of universal usefulness.
What gives vulgarity to the manners
and looseness of morals to our present
time as contrasted with the ancients 's
our over-ripeness of speech. The energy
of the man is transferred from his inner
to his outer life; from the realm of calm
intelligence and silent thought to the
realm of sound, with Its conflicting speech.
Quality yields to quantity; the inner man
of thought, will and feeling surrenders to
the outer man of sensations and desires,
and the motive, from expressing "Im
pulses of deeper birth" the. universality
of life voices personal Inclinations, un
gauged or uninfluenced by anything but
selfish considerations. Modern speech
taken In Its generality through Its un
bridled character and misdirected appli
cations, has become a stifling overgrowth
to the deeper and nobler growth of life.
Lack of moral self-government removes
the individual from his true center of
gravity, changing the course of his life
from orbital, systematic motion Into the
purposeless eccentricities of an indeter
minable hyperbole. Concentrating their
available powers on .the voluptuousness"
of form and appearance, the majority of
our public and private "spellbinders" lose
sight of the substance.
"Of this, however, be certain; would'st
thou plant for eternity? Then plant Into
the deep, unfathomable faculties of man."
So did the ancients. Hence their calm,
dignified, epitomized speech and action.
They performed their duties social, offi
cial and domestic with an unflinching
eye to their cosmic relations. Their
poetry, philosophy and art are so many
offerings to the majesty of the inner, si
lent, Inspiring life. Their expressions
serve as means, not as ends. Their speech
has a spirit and a meaning. The nucleus
to ancient greatness and strength lies In
their economy, hence concentrated force
fulness, of speech.
Thejirt of ancient Greece, as yet un
equaled, is grand and lofty because of Its
simplicity and calmness. It solicitously
avoids the complex and the obscure. The
dazzling truthfulness to life which to the
works of a Homer, Aeschylus, Heslod and
others of the older Greek poets gives a
touch of perennial freshness, is due to
their wonderful knowledge of life in all
Its phases, and their power of selecting
such forms of expression to which this life
evinces closest Internal relations. The
hexameter the noblest and most expres
sive form of poetry constitutes In ,lts
simple and elemental character such a
form. The hexameter serves as a unlt
polnt for poetic measure a unit-point
from which all subsequent modes and
forms of poetic expression have sprung.
Its matchless superiority to all other
forms of verse lies In Its calm, silent
power, derived from Its close relation to
life Itself the Invisible source of all
power. .. r
The pictorial art of old Greece, like the
art of poetry, derives US prominence pot
so much from the expression of the thing
as from the thing expressed. Here, as inJ
poetry, recourse is taken to the simple
and fundamental. The dominating pur
pose is to give expression of character.
Hence it is not so much in the coloring
as in the contour and lineament the Greek
artist reveals his power.
In the Greek architecture, we find the
same inner, quiet, self-supporting life ex-'
pressed. Its simplicity and freedom from
exterior' effects Is manifested in its ex
clusive employment of the straight line.
Unshackled by any element of superfluity
and waste,, the employment of the straight
line exalts the Idea of order, yielding a
direct immediate purpose, which, by its
truthfulness to character evinces an ap
proach to the sublime image of ethical
purity.
In the Roman and Gothic arch, this sin
gleness of purpose gives way to collat
eral Issues, which, with their complexlty
of aim and scenic display of light and
shadow, expresses the spirit of medieval
romanticism.
As in poetry and architecture, so in mu
sic. The fundamental Innate power of the
latter is embodied in rhythm. Melody la
the ornamental, rhythm the characteristic
and basic. Melody, with Its ever-changing,
ever-fluctuating, ever-rising and fall
ing shades of sentiment stands for
i
"speech," while rhythm, with Its deep,
unruffled, unmixed tide of the Inner In
visible and Inaudible life, expresses the
"voice of silence," and as generally
known, the Grecian music Is principally
rhythmical.
Even in pain and agony the ancients
were silent. Latona, with her children
stricken down by Apollo's arows, carries
the pose of silent grief, with sealed lips,
resigned eye and submission pictured on
her brow. And Niobe, wrapped in name
less despair, betrays in her calm features
only the stoic resignation to the play of
a relentless destiny.
The Spartans have become world-renowned
for their brevity of speech. But
Plutarch observes that In this bevity is
contained'Athe very essence of penetrating
and epigrammatic wit. He quotes Pindar:
"With the iron stern and sharp
Comes the playing on the harp."
So much for the silence in th"e general
life and culture of a people of whom we
learned and are still learning so much.
Through speech energy is dissipated,
and the expenditure thus caused can be
.remunerated only through the universal
usefulness of Its motive. Aimless speech
is a terrible drain on man's vital and
spiritual powers. Every word liberates a
momentum of vital energy which reacts
on the speaker from the mind of the lis
tener, and" a's reaction introduces no oth
er qualities than those contained In the
original action, so a word of falsehood,
passion or hate, will fling Its-v malignant
force back Into the soul from whence It
came, blurring .and delaying, if not pre
venting the moral and spiritual evolution
of the individual.
The dissipation of precious energy
through vain and useless speech robs so
ciety of a mighty moral lever. Trans
muted into movements of serviceable pur
pose, this energy would, In a short time,
change, the ethical aspect of our planet.
We talk too much! Man's " message is
In his character, not In his words. Not
in the quantity, but In the quality, lies
the strength of speech. The world's
greatest arid .most Influential speeches
have not been the longest ones. Lincoln's
speech at Gettysburg a few periods only
will live In the minds and hearts of
men as long as virtue, character, man
hood, sympathy and love hold the sacred
seat in the souls of men.
Victor Emanuel's speech, with which he
quieted the Intensely 'excited 'multitude In
Milan, after the victory of Magenta, 1855,'
.consisted in "three words and five ges
tures." iNa'poleon was never a grand nor
eloquent speaker, but a terribly effective
one. General Grant, one of the world's
greatest soldiers and military talents,
was never heard to take part In a dispute.
We all" read of Tennyson's historical visit
to Carlyle, lasting Ave hours, during
which neither of them broke the silence,
Their lips were silent, while their souls
communed. Moltke Is known among his
countrymen as "der grosse Schweiger."
Cromwell's revolution was successful be
cause he engineered more than he talked;
the French revolution lost because the
leaders' spent their energy In noisy and
confused speech. Goethe attributes the
success of his "Faust'-' and "Tasso" to
the "literary silence" enforced on him
through the duties and cares under his
12 years of service' in Weimar. The
"Spartan self-mastery" which which he
"held his Pegasus fast bound in his stall"
generated an accumulated inner force,
which, when liberated, became convulsive
and forceful, like the let-loose torrent of
a dammed-up mountain stream.
The cohesive force of all of our secret
orders has Its explanation In just this pre
servativev power of silence. Life Itself,
the most potent of all energies, with all Its
marvels of workmanship; Its construction
and destrjetion of giant forms through
out all' Nature's domain performs Its
world-fashioning labors wrapped in im
perturbable silence.
Though engulfed In the travails of
speech, our present time Is not without
Its hopeful signs of returning normal
and evolutionary development. We begin
to realize the necessity of concentrating
our energies on set pursuits. This ten
dency Is traceable In the growth of spe
cialties In all professional labors. The
specialist focalizes his available strength
on one special aspect of life, pursuing
Its chain cf evolution to the deeper shafts
of existence, where he touches the eiient
sphere of causes. Our evolution is not
only horizontal, but vertical as well; not
only onward but also inward, and we can
follow Its sweep only by shifting our at
tention from the variety of appearance
to the unity of essence, .and from the
conflicting Issues of uncontrolled surface
speech, strike out for the soul of things.
Into the silent workshop of nature's finer
forces. ,
Pays Emerson In his "Spiritual Laws."
"Beal action is in silent moments. The
epochs of our life are not In the visible
facts of our choice of a calling, of our
marriage, our acquisition of an office and
the like, but in a silent thought by the
wayside as we walked; in a thought which
revises our ftnrlrp mfinnn- of Ufa nrwl
'says: 'Thus hast thou done, but it were
oetter thus.' " A. T. GIBSON.
ATTACKS GAME WARDEN.
Eastern Oregon Sportsman Off on
His "Facts" and Opinions.
LA GRANDE, Or., April 10.-(To the
Editor.) At the last session of the Leg
islature the game laws of the state
were amended and among other things
It is provided that the sum of $3000 shall
be appropriated annually for the purpose
of compensating the State Game Warden
and six deputies In seeing that the pro
visions concerning the protection of
game shall be compiled with. Of this
sum of JoOGO the State Warden receives
the sum of $2400 per annum, as a salary
and the remainder is to be divided
! among the deputies.
The State Game Warden, Mr. Quimby,
has appointed his deputies, awarding
one to Eastern Oregon out of the six.
This action of the Game Warden is
not only unfair to Eastern Oregon, but
It Is outrageous. The object and purpose
of the game law is to protect the game
in all parts of the state. Such protec
tion is not afforded merely to enable
a few so-called sportsmen the pleasure
and recreation at the proper season of
the year of shooting such game, but
for the primary purpose of furnishing
the inhabitants of the state a dainty
food product.
It Is certainly not the intention of
those who agitate the protection of game
in the state nor the intention of the
Legislature, that the state be divided up
Into districts in accordance with popula
tion, ,and the funds appropriated for
game protection distributed to the sev
eral districts in proportion to population.
It Is certainly the intention of the Legis
lature to secure protection to game in
all portions of the state, to the interior
sections as well as those along the rail
road lines, for as a rule It Is the Interior
points that furnish the breeding grounds
for the large proportion or the varieties
of game animals and birds. Besides, not
only do all the different varieties of
game birds and animals make their
home in Eastern Oregon, but large sums
of money have been spent and interest
taken in stocking Eastern Oregon with
the China pheasant, Bob White and Cali
fornia quail, of which at this time there
is a considerable number in various por
tions of this section of the state.
Is It fair and Is It the part of wisdom,
considering the vast extent of territory
comprised in Eastern Oregon, as com
pared with Western Oregon, and con
sidering the fact that most excellent
conditions exist in various portions of
this section for the breeding and prop
agating of the different varieties of game
birds and animals; and considering the
further fact that this section pays about
one-fourth of the taxes of the state,
that tne sum of $400 out of the total of
$5000 appropriated annually, and one man,
should be apportioned to Eastern Oregon
to afford protection to the game abound
ing therein?
Mr. Quimby is no doubt a very nlcei
gentleman, but he Is undoubtedly 'treat
ing the Eastern Oregon section with
but very little" consideration and is exer
cising very poor Judgment in the per
formance of his duties as a state officer
drawing a salary of $2400 per year. It
is his duty and he no doubt takes an
oath to use his utmost endeavors to pro
tect game In all portions of the state.
Under the provisions of the game law,
$1200 should have gone to Eastern Oregon
at least for the purposes provided. From
an Eastern Oregon standpoint, at least,
Mr. Quimby has forfeited all right to
claim proper qualifications for the office
of Game Warden for the State of Ore
gon. He is simply using the appropria
tion -in a way to do himself and par
ticular friends of the Willamette Valley
the most good, rergardless of the Inter
ests of the state as a whole. t
By order of La Grande Rod and Gun
Club. F. HANGEMAN,
Secretary and .Treasurer.
-Game Warden Quimby, to whom the
foregoing letter was shown, said the
writer was laboring under a misappre
hension of the facts.
"The appropriation Is not $5000 a year,"
Mr. Quimby said, "but $5000 for two
years or $2500 per year. My salary is
not $2400 a year, but $1200.
"I appointed Thomas B. Wells, of
Pendleton, deputy, at the Instance of a
large number of Pendleton's leading cit
izens, who petitioned for his appoint
ment, representing that he was just the
man for the place. The Pendleton Rod
and Gun Club headed the petition, which
was also strongly Indorsed by the Oregon
Fish and Game Association. I was
obliged to refuse to appoint a La Grande
man because La Grande Is too near
Pendleton, and the Pendleton appoint
ment was made some time before A. B.
Andrews, of La Grande, applied.
"When the appointments of deputies
are all made, Eastern Oregon will have
three and Western Oregon three. I shall
have a deputy at Portland, who will
have lots to do; a deputy at Salem, who
will have the Willamette "Valley and
several coast counties to covei. The
deputy to reside at Ashland or Medford
will, also have a large territory. This
makes three In Western Oregon.
"Besides the Pendleton deputy, I will
appoint one at Baker City and one at
Klamath Falls. I do not see how I
could place the six deputies over the
state to better advantage. The Pendle
ton man, besides looking after a large
portion of the Blue Mountains, will have
two Indian reservations In his dls'trlct
that of the Umatilla, near Pendleton,
and the Warm Springs, in Crook County.
The Indians have never yet learned to
respect the white man's law In regard
to the cloBed season for deer and elk,
and we will try to impress the law's
ears
Pears' soap is nothing
but soap.
Pure soap is as gentle as
oil to the living skin.
Pears' is the purest and
best toilet soap in alL the
world.
AH sort of people me it, all sorts of stores
W4l ftfc wayWiUI Ul UI13.
Importance on the mind of- the aborigine
this year. As the salary 'of deputies Is
$2 per day and the limit Is $250 a year,
these officials must proceed very eco
nomically in order to accomplish any
thing. I am allowed $500 for expenses
which brings my salary up to $1700 a
year.
"The Baker deputy will have a large
district to look after, as he must take
In Wallowa, Union, Baker and Mal
heur Counties, where the means for
getting about are yet meager and where
deer-and elk abound over a large area
of mountain territory.
"The Klamath Falls man will hold a
very Important position, as the great
duck-breeding grounds of the state are
In that region, and tons of these useful
food birds have been aughtercd every
year for the California market. Hith
erto it has been difficult to reach these
duck-killers, but we will try and protect
the birds during the close season from
now on.
"In Southwestern Oregon, deer and
elk have been slaughtcrca rutniessly oy
parties coming In over the California
line. When we have a deputy In that
locality, we can come nearer preventing
the slaughter of deer for their hides,
than ever before.
"T TCTnult lllrn vorv mitrn tn Tiavi sc.
AA ir fVirt AcmrtriAz nf tYir T.n flmnrlp
people, by locating a deputy there, but
under the circumstances I don't see how
I could have done so. Mr. Andrews. I
understand, is a good man for the place,
but his application reached me too late."
Pain from Indigestion, dyspepsia and
too hearty eating is relieved at ence by
taklnc one of Carter's Little Liver Pills
immediately after dinner.
BRAIN FOOD.
Is of Little Benefit Unless It Is Di
gested. Nearly every one will admit that as a
Nation we eat too much meat and too lit
tle of vegetables and the grains.
For business men, office men and clerks,
and In fact every one engaged In seden
tary or Indoor occupations, grains, milk
and vegetables are much more healthful.
Only men engaged In a severe outdoor
manual labor can live on a heavy meat
diet and continue In health.
As a general rule, meat once a day is
sufficient for all clashes of men, women
and children, and grains, fruit and vege
tables should constitute the bulk of food
eaten.
But many of the most nutritious foods
are difficult of digestion, and It Is of no
use to advise brain workers to eat large
ly of grains and vegetables where the di
gestion Is too weak to assimilate them
properly.
It is always best to get the best results
from our food that 3ome simple and harm
less digestive should be taken after meals
to assist the relaxed digestive organs,
and several years' experience have proven
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to be a very
eafe, pleasant and effective digestive and
a remedv which may be taken dally with
the best results.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can hardly be
called a patent medicine, as they do not
act on the bowels, nor any particular or
gan, but only on the food eaten. They sup
ply what weak stomachs lack, pepsin dias
tase and by stimulating the gastric
glands Increase the. natural secretion of
hydrochloric acid
People who make a daily practice of
taking one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets after each meal are sure to have
perfect digestion, which means perfect
health.
There Is no danger of forming an inju
rious habit, as the tablets contain abso
lutely nothing but natural digestives; co
caine, morphine and similar drugs have
no place In a stomach medicine, and Stu
art's Dyspepsia Tablets are certainly the
best known and most popular of all stom
ach remedies.
Ask your druggist for a fifty-cent pack
age of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
after a week's use note the Improvement
In he'alth, appetite and nervous energy.
ree ooo
TO WEAK MEN
"Wenlx and nervous men read
"STIIENGTH, ITS USE AND ABUSE BY
MEX."
It tells all about my DR. SANDEN
ELECTRIC BELTS, and how they are
used to cure such cases as rheumatism,
lumbago, sciatica, lame back, kidney,
liver and stomach disorders, sleepless
ness, or any of those diseases peculiar to
man.
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Corner Fourth and Morrison
PORTLAND, - OREGON
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Most Hair Preparations Are Merely
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Most hair preparations are merely
scalp irritants, miscalled hair tonics.
When hair is brittle, lusterless and begins
to fall out. the dandruff germ is getting
in Its deadly work at the root, sapping
the vitality. Since science discovered that
dandruff Is a germ disease there has been
only one preparation put on the market
that will actually destroy the dandruff
germ, and that Is Newbro's Herpicide. It
allays Itching Instantly, destroys the
germ; and then falling hair stops, and
hair grows luxuriantly. Ask your drug
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The "C" with a tail is the trade
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Look for it on the light blue enameled
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