Morning Oregonian., January 21, 1902, Page 11, Image 11

THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1D02.
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OREGON APPLE TALK
SOUTHERN OREGON ASPECTS OP
THE BUSINESS.
Same of the Cannes Which Have Con
tributed to Success In Re
cent Yearn.
CENTRAL POINT. Jan. 18. (To the
Editor.) Such articles as the special cor
respondence In The Oregonlan of Decem
ber 31, from New York, In relation to
the estimation In which our product Jn the
fruit line Is held In trade circles, are
peculiarly gratifying to fruit men of the
southern counties of the state, and, in
deed, none the less pleasant reading to
those of us not identified In any way with
the business, but who have been Interested
spectators during the past 12 or 15 years
of the determined struggle of the fruit
growers with the forces of nature, which
at times have apparently been too great
to be overcome. Every old pioneer In the
atate knew what the soil and climate were
capable of before the codling moth and
the San Jose scale followed close upon
the advent of the overland railroad. Some
of the local fruit exhibits of 20 years ago
at the pioneer reunions have never been
excelled; but with the coming of the scale
and the gradual decay of the earlier or
chards, the early day orchardists con
cluded the difficulties In the way of fu
ture success were Insurmountable, and it
remained for a younger generation and
for Eastern men to wrest victory from
defeat by close study of conditions and
the application of modern methods in com
bating orchard pests and natural condi
tions. A few men who were "next" to
the demands of the Eastern markets have
ever been sanguine of ultimate profit in
the business, but with the greater number
of those who eet out commercial orchards
15 years ago, the proposition has appeared
doubtful up to within a very few years.
When the blighting scale was mastered,
and the experimental stage was passed
In the contest with the worm, or
codling moth, a close study of which
demonstrated that London purple and
Paris Green applied at the periods when
the female was depositing her eggs upon
the young fruit served aa a specific for
the evil, yet the fight seemed almost
hopeless, viewed from the standpoint of
commercial profit. Shippers were eager
to secure the little fruit that was pro
duced of marketable quality, free from
worms, but when the balance was struck
at the end of the season, there was in
variably talk of grubbing up the trees,
Buch was the expense attending the use
of the back-breaking, hand-spray pump,
and thorough cultivation, picking, pack
ing, etc.
Then came the season when the unos
tentatious gasoline engine was heard
chug-chug-lng in the Olwell orchard ad
jacent to Central Point, all the Summer
through, and the "only 5 per cent of
wormy apples" verdict when the crop
was garnered proclaimed the victory, and"
the entire business of spraying was revo
lutionized. Then a great truth dawned
upon our horticulturists, and it was seen
that the forces of nature with which they
had been Ignorantly combating for a gen
eration, were, In reality. In leayue with
them. No such signal success hsd attend
ed the use of the spray pump east of the
Rockies, no matter how thorough the
work and It was apparent that the al
most entire absence of Summer rains in
this section la what renders the work ef
fective, and. in the future, inexpensive.
Everybody haa a gasoline engine now,
even a 10-acre orchard warranting Its pur
chase, and it Is one of the greatest fac
tors in the business.
It does not require a prophet nor 4he
son of a prophet now to know what varie
ties to et nor how to set and cultivate
them, but 20 years ago, practically all of
our horticulturists, were groping in the
dark, and it was 'only by expensive ex
periments that it was- demonstrated what
to plant for the Eastern and foreign mar
gets, and how to pick, pack and place it
upon the market In the most attractive
and consequently the most profitable
shape. It did not follow that because all
Oregon red apples were good and hand
some as "well, that our magnificent Ben
Davis. Baldwin, Jonathan or Canada Reds
just filled the bill. One was too close akin
to the pumpkin in flavor; one "melted
down" too quickly to bear transportation;
another was too shy a bearer for profit.
But one. the glorious Esopus Spitzen
berg. proved just the thing for the East
ern markets at Holiday time, and filled
a long-felt want in the children's stock
ings at Christmastlde, when expense nor
price cut any figure. Its superb color
ing, fine quality and carrylpg character,
tough rind, and the fact it matures Just
at the right time to share honors with
the navel orange on the holiday festal
boards of the Eastern cities, renders it
pre-eminently the apple for commercial
purposei'ln Southern Oregon counties. A
close second to this "great leader is found
In the crisp, luscious yellow Newtown
Pippin, which Johnny Bull holds In such
high esteem that with each recurring eea
son a larger number of personal repre
sentatives of the great London houses
cross the pond and the Continent to beg
for the product of our orchards, at prices
that are well-nigh fabulous. They raise
these apples, such as they are, down about
Lompoc and Watsonville, Cal., in-'carlots
where we produce boxes, as your special
New York correspondent states. But Just
now the California growers are but be
ginning to . recover from the dynamic
shock they experienced the day before
Christmas last, when a carload of our
foothill Newtowns, properly packed, with
the glow of an Oregon mountain sunset
on their cheeks, sold for 14b Cd per box,
while the California product was every
where bringing but 8s to 9s In that same
City of London.
Another fruit which has demonstrated
itself a sure winner In this section is
the Winter Nellls pear, which drops into
a place in the Eastern markets apparently
made for it. For years our growers, while
realizing its -merits, have been shy of it
owing to alleged uncertainty of bearing.'
Here the work of the state experiment
stations has proven of inestimable value,
and the theory of cross-fertilization is
proven to be correct The man who sets
out an orchard of Winter Nellls pears
now, sets along with this variety to every
six or eight rows of Nellie, two rows of
white Doyenne (Fall Butter) pears, and
the bees do the rest Why two rows of
Fall Butter? To facilitate spraying, the
orchardist will tell you. Some seasons the
frost will catch one variety, and the
other will escape. No use to spray for
worms? Jn Summer, if no fruit on the trees,
and for economical use of even a gasoline
spray outfit, two rows must be sprayed
at once. The economies of cultivation
have been closely studied by our orchard
men, who acquired their experience In
the face of one-time gloomy prospect,
which would have discouraged lets stout
hearted men. The Bartlett 'pear has not
been neglected and some striking suc
cesses have been scored in Its culture at
the old Stewart (now Voorhles) orchard,
notably, which almost repaid the pur
chase price of the orchard in two crops
to the present owner, largely through
Bartletts. While superior to the Califor
nia product, our Bartlett pears come on
the market while yet glutted with Cali
fornia's surplus each season, and the va
riety Is so perishable that It will not
stand cold-storage after transportation
East, thus frequently "netting a loss" to
the shipper. The present season our lo
cal growers who sold early or on con
tract made a handsome thing out of
Bartletts, but the dealers are said to
have come to grief. As a solution of the
difficulty, dealers and growers are talk
ing up the proposition of local cold-storage
plants, to lengthen the season. A
better plan would appear to be that of
Hon. J. H. Stewart, who has discovered
a nook In the higher mountains up Rogue
River, remote from railroads at present,
where the fruit matures some two weeks
later than In the lower valley, where he
is preparing the ground for setting 60
acres In pears next year, realizing that
in the present state of development ot
this section transportation will not be
lacking when the trees get into bearing.
Mr. Stewart is deserving of the title ot
Father of the Frult-itaislng Industry
here, and his present enterprise at the age
of 72 years should put to the blush those
who state that life is too short for the
man of average age to plant an orchard.
Another variety of pear on which the at
tention of our leading growers Is concen
trated at present is the Du Cornice, a yel
low Winter pear of fine flavor, which for
the past few seasons has commanded a
much higher price than the Winter Nel
lls. which appears to have found a perfect
home in Southern Oregon, ana wnich ls
not open to the objection that it will need
cross-fertilization. The owners of the few
orchards of Du Cornice pears now In bear
ing here are enthusiastic over their pros
pects of quick fortunes, as the 'tree is
very productive.
A word as to what has been done up to
date in fruit-raising in this Rogue River
Valley. For three years past none of our
local growers who had established a rep
utation for quality and pack has thought
of accepting less than $1 a box for four
tier stock apples, Spitzenbergs or New
towns, and the present season the entire
output, could have been placed, had tne
fruit not heen contracted too early, at
$1 50 to $2 23 per box of 50 pounds. The
representatives of Chicago and New York
firms who secured the bulk of the output
this year openly declare that for 30 yeard
to come the market will continue to im
prove for strictly fancy stock. As the
Southern Pacific people have made a
through rate to the Atlantic Coast or
about 50 cents per box, it would look as
if the middlemen did fairly well them
selves out of our fruit the present season,
basing the estimate on reports of $4 to $5
ptr box to small dealers In New York, for
our Newtowns and Spitzs.
Many of our local farmers and business
men who have thus far only watched tne
possibilities of the Industry, are now pre
paring to profit by the experience of otn
ers and' making ready to set large or
chards In favorable localities. Not less
than 2000 acres will be set in apples alone
the present Winter in this valley, and the
acreage would be much larger had not a
favorable Fall for seeding grain lrfduced
heavy wheat-sowing, Many contracts are
already being closed for realty to be set
to fruit next season, by discriminating
purchasers, who realize that the phenom
enal profits of the frultmen the present
season can but result Jn enhanced valua
tion for realty In the near future. It
would seem a reasonable expectation, lor
numbers of the growers realized returns
to the extent of $500 per acre from apples
the present year. It really seems absurd
to rate the most desirable of orchard land
at 530 to 5100 per acre under such cir
cumstances. Nobody desires anything re
sembling a boom in land here, but the
eager inquiry on the part of outside pur
chasers wno know how to figure, appears
to indicate a great reduction in the grain
raising acreage another year in Southern
Oregon. Apple orchards 10 years set have
in favorable localities produced four good
crops of fruit, including the monster yield
of 1901, and 'the idea has been abandoned
that it takes the better part of a life
time to raise a fruit' tree to the bearing
stage.
With the world for a market and the
well-earned reputation of producing the
premier fruit of the globe, it is not prob
able that our apple-growers will relax
their efforts, and with the demonstrated
certainty of good returns for well-directed
effort. It will not be long until the re
proach of "not enough to go 'round" will
be removed in Southern Oregon, and
with judicious organization among fmit
men, even better prices may bo looked for
In future than have prevailed.
WILLIAM M. HOLMES.
inUSS HOPE IS HORRID.
"She In a. Weather-Beaten Old She
Dragon, So There, Sow."
PORTLAND, Jan. 17. (To the Editor.)
Miss Hope is Just horrid. The way she
goes on makes me awful sorry for her.
I don't think she is nice at all. For her
to call men such bad names is real mean.
If she were a man, I would send my
Jack around to give her a smart slap.
But as she is a sour old maid, I think I
shall slap her myself. She says men
are tyrants. The very Idea! My Jack is
no tyrant. He Is better than any girl
I ever knew. If Miss Hope doesn't like
this I don't care. She is Just too ugly
for anything. I'll bet she was a school
teacher once. I Just hate school teach
ers, don't you, Mr. Editor? All my
teachers were old maids, and they were
so perfectly awful that I wouldn't be one
for all the world.
I would not make Jack prostrate him
self before me as" Miss Hope advises. I
think she is Just 'a horrid old weather
beaten she-dragon, so there now. Jack
is the best fellow in the world, and I
know he will never make me work, for
he says he is going to make me his com
panion and not his scullion. And I know
that he speaks the truth and I think
Miss Hope Is Just a mean thing. I re
spect him too much to make him get
down on the ground before me, although
he would do It If I asked him, because
he says he would die for me. I lenow he
is true for he holds my hand so nice and
I lean against his shoulder, which is so
manly, and his eyes are so gentle. Jack
is getting only, $50 a month, but lots of
poople who have written to The Oregon
lan are living on less, and Jack and I
are going to get married next week.
Jack is such a nice boy. When we are
married he is going to stay home every
night, and I am going to sew on his
buttons. Won't that be nice? His sal
ary will be raised next January, ho. says,
but we can't wait, and what's the use,
when we can be happy on $50 a month?
Jack says he was never In love before,
and I am the first girl .he ever kissed.
When I asked him how he learned to
make love and to kiss a girl so well, he
didn't say anything. But he Is so good,
and promises so many things when we
are married, and I love him so much that
I don't care if he tells me Just one little
fib. Jack says we shall go on a wedding
trip. He Is going to take me to Skamo
kowa; that's the place, I think. The
name is a little long, but Jack says the
place is awfully nice.
Papa and mamma want us to wait-
They say we can't live on 550 a month.
But I just don't care. Jack loves me
so much. It would be cruel to keep him
waiting any longer. And as for Miss
Hope, she is a vinegar old thing who
never could get a nice fellow like my
Jack. She can blush for me all she
wants to, but I am Just going to get
married. I don't want to be a free
woman like Miss Hope, so there. Jack
is such a nice boy that I want to be his
and lean on him always. He says I
shall never have to do what I dton't want
to do.
Tell Miss Hope to go back to her vine
gar bottle. FLO.
Rev. Peter Can Rid jr.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. The Rev. Peter
Cassidy, F. J., is dead of pneumonia. He
was born in Ireland, May 13, 1S45. He
taught at St. Francis Xavier, St. John's,
Boston College, Georgetown University
and was President of St. Peter's College,
Jersey City, for three years. He spent
the last four years of his life in mis
sionary labors in Canada and n this coun
try. Hill and HnrrlmaaWIll Oliey.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. James J. Hill and
E. H. Harriman have decided to obey
the subpenas of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, to'be present at the hearing
which wJH begin here next Friday, with
a view of ascertaining what effect the
community of Interest is having on rates.
Insarance Companies to Combine.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. According to the
Times, the Eagle Fire Company, which
began its underwriting career nearly a
century ago, is about to be absorbed by
the North British Mercantile Insurance
Company, as the result of negotiations
-irhlnh hove bonn ootid In rr far nmn Hme.
WE GAIN, ENGLAND LOSES
BRITISH CONSUL CALLS ATTEXTIOX
TO TRADE OP MEXICO.
American ManafactHrcrs Do Morel
Business Each Year British For
merly Had Xearly All of It."
WASHINGTON, Jan 18. The gains
which the United States is making In
supplying Mexico with articles which It
imports from foreign countries are sharp
ly called to the attention of English man
ufacturers and exporters by the British
Consul at the City of Mexico, who, in his
report on the trade of Mexico for the year
1900. says:
Fifty years ago, and even less, the
greater part of the trade of Mexico was
carried on .by British houses, the heads of
many of them having retired on a fair
little fortune. As, late as 1S72-73 the Brit
ish trade -with Mexico was in a fairly
flourishing condition, but from the date
of the opening of the Mexican Central
and Mexican National Railways, the
American manufacturers have yearly in
creased their trade with this country.
Today the British trade Is confined to a
few agencies (there being no important
commercial establishments), who, by
means of sample and catalogues, under
take the execution of orders. Some of
these agents are persons who, being un
acquainted with the country or with the
customs, find it very difficult to do busi
ness with the people. There arc, how
ever, a few who are active, and by accom
modating themselves to their surround
ings can get good orders for the firms
they represent. The example of these
few might serve as an incentive to others.
Some of the large houses in Manchester,
Birmingham and other centers often em
ploy commercial travelers who make
periodical visits to this country, and who
can always count on their usuil custom
ers for orders. Other houses send out
representatives, frequently foreigners, who
in many cases are unacquainted with the
country, language, the people, and their
customs, and after a short stay, during
which they are unable to get any order,
they return home disgusted.
Mexico is a market very different to
ordinary large towns, as on account of
Its cosmopolitan nature and the few for
eigners resident here, It does not afford
the facilities and comforts of European
towns of the same size, and then also,
on account of certain conditions peculiar
to its inhabitants, the demand for articles
of long standing, whose ultlllty is well
known, is greater than for modern Inven
tions, that take a lone time to conquer
the Ideas of the people.
If the British manufacturer or trader
wishes to open or Increase his trade with
this country It is Imperative for him to
adopt other methods, and, first of all,
consult the wishes of his customers by
not forcing upon them articles that. In "his
opinion, might appear suitable, but are
of no use In this market. As can be seen
from, the foregoing remarks, some of the
same openings still exist, but In a smaller
degree, as American merchants are push
ing their trade very considerably, cither
by establishing' branch offices in this city
or else by means of companies which have
sufficient capital at their disposal and by
being on the spot can purchase properties
and form companies to work them.
Another reason -why the American cap
italist is readier to invest In Mexico is
that enterprising firms' of St. Louis. Mo.,
and Dallas, Tex., issue monthly pamphlets
in Spanish and English, containing snort
notices about the principal towns of Mex
ico, and giving information about, new en
terprises and the establishment of new
"factories, as well as other information
about the country
There are certain points, however, that
have been very much overlooked by the
greater part of the British traders and
manufacturers In their dealings with
Mexico their lack of knowledge of the
Mexican tariff being very noticeable.
Still another point that deserves the at
tention of the British trader In general Is
the failure to give estimates or descrip
tions when, asked for. In such cases an
order may depend upon a' full and intelli
gible description being given to the would
be customer in the weights and measures
of the metrical system that Is now so uni
versally accepted.
As mentioned on former occasions an
Institution like the Army and Navy or
Civil Service stores, where goods of pure
ly British manufacture could be obtained,
would certainly be the best means of ad
vancing British Interests, but such an in
stitution would have to bo overlooked by
a British subject, -who, as well as being
a capable man. should also combine a
knowledge of the trade with a knowledge
of the language, people, and customs of
the country.
One of the principal objects of such an
establishment would be to have always on
hand an assortment of mercnandisc
superior to what is found upon the mar
ket, especially In locks, bolts, hinges, etc.,
and all kinds, of hardware, as what Is ob
tainable at present is of German make,
and of a very inferio -quality.
These same remarks hold good in every
branch of commerce, and. If the matter
were properly taken up by a number ot
British manufacturers, who, by joining
together, could easily afford to support an
establishment of the kind mentioned,
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enterprise.
To show that this is possible, a similar
case may be quoted. An American firm
some three or four years ago established a
small office to represent one or two of the
prominent firms in the Southern States;
It is now In treaty to undertake the rep
resentation of over SO different manufac
turing establishments. If this is possible
for American merchants, now Is the thne
for the British manufacturer to come for
ward and do the same; but In order to
compete with Mexico's northern neighbors
he must change his old methods.
MAY YET COMBINE.
Hill aad Harriman Can Protect
Themselves and Let Pablic Sweat.
San Francisco Call.
President James J. Hill is evidently en
gaged in the fight of his life. As antag.
inists he has not only the Governors of
some half a dozen states, but what he
probably fears more, the Harriman syn
dicate, whose members are as determined
KAISER WILHELM'S NEW YACHT.
SHE WILL BB CHRISTENED BY THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER, ALICE.
as the Governors themselves that the
Northern Securities Company shall never
start business. If we were to guess now
how the thing will come out we should
guess that Hill and Harriman would com
promise and let the Governors "go hang',"
but it would be only a guess, for we do
not believe that any data for forming a
real judgment exist, except the common
experience that railroad people do com
promise, when necessary, and that the
public or Its representatives are never
taken Into the deal.
It does not seem to us that all the Gov
ernors in the United States can prevent
one man or one corporation from becom
ing the sole owner ot the three railroad
systems, prpvlded the money Is forth
coming to pay for them. The state laws
forbid consolidation of competing- lines,
and no consolidation will be attempted,
but they say nothing about the ownership
of stocks, and it would be judicial legis
lation not usually attempted In behalf of
the people If the courts should hold that
ownership of stocks should not be con
centrated In one person. That Is a ques
tion which the lawmaking .power has
never yet considered. Neither does the
Sherman anti-trust law attempt to pre
scribe any rule of action for single own-
ers. It merely forbids two or more own-
ers to combine In fixing prices. Of course.
the intent of the Securities Company Is
to accomplish what the state laws and the
Sherman act were Intended to prevent, but
if they accomplish the desired end with
out breaking any law we do not yet see
how they can be prevented.
The attack of the Harriman syndicate
for nobody will doubt that the syndicate
is behind the suit brought, although it
does not so appear seems to us more se
rious. The Northern Pacific stock is ot
two classes preferred and common con
ferring equal privileged on the holders, ex
cept that the preferred stock takes a 4
per cent dividend before the common stock
takes anything. Neither is entitled to any
dividend which is not earned. As a mat
ter of fact, the company pays 4 per cent
on both classes of stock, and is- accumu
lating a surplus. If hard times should
come on, or competition become more se
vere, It might not earn so much. The
Hill-Morgan syndicate owns a majority of
the common stock, but the Harrlmans own
a majority of the preferred stock. If both
classes of stock are voted the Harrlmans
win. Unfortunately, however, as it has
been supposed, for the Harrlmans, the
common-stock holders have the right to
pay off and retire the preferred 6tock on
the first of the year, and arrangements
have been made to give the Harrlmans
their money and turn them out In the
cold. 'It now seems, however, that this
money is to be raised by debenture bonds
which would be entitled to 4 per cent
whether earned or not, which, it Is
claimed, would be an "additional burden"
upon the common stock, which Is forbid
den In the article permitting the retire
ment of the "preferred stock. There is,
we presume, no doubt that the Northern
Pacific system will always earn 4 per cent
on Its preferred stock, and consequently
on the bonds Issued to retire it, so that
really the common stock Is not endan
gered, but the fact remains that the se
curity which takes preference of the com
mon stock is in bonds and not stock, and
the courts may hold that the transaction
cannot be completed. In that case the
Hill-Morgan syndicate will step down and
out and the Harriman syndicate will get
control of the works. In view of the un
certainties ot the law, there would seem
to be a good chance for a compromise be
tween the syndicates by which both will
get under cover and only the public be out
In the cold.
News to Hill.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. President J. J.
Hill arrived here today from an extended j corder's books alone, the Individual who
trip through the West. He said he was 1 wl8hes to transfer an Interest In regls
not at all disturbed over the opposition tered land3 might be compelled to wait
reported against the formaUon of the , severai davs until the Reuistrar had time
Northern Securities Company, and was
satisfied with the decision of the Supreme
Court to hear the case. Mr. Hill referred
to the story of a great steamship merger,
in -which his name was mentioned with
that of J. P. Morgan.
"It was news to me," he said, "for I'J
have never discussed It. nor had I heard of
the consolidation until I read about it.
The story, as it appeared to me. is so
ridiculous that I did not pay any attention
t It-
Theater Gutted by Fire.
STUTTGART. Wurtemburg, Jan. 20.
The Hoff Theater has been gutted by
fire. .There was no loss of life.
AGAINST TORRENS LAW
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 'OPPOSE
PUTTING IT IN EFFECT.
To Register Land Title in .Maltno
agb CoHHty "Will Cost $50,000
So They Say. .
The statement Is made that the County
Judge and Commissioners do not favor
the "Torrens" law for the registration ot
land titles passed by the last Legislature,
and will resist it in the courts if an at
tempt Is made to enforce it in Multnomah
County. Their reason for the opposition to
the law is, they say, that it will cost a
very large sum of money to prepare books
for'its sucessful operation, and the county
Is not In a position to make the necessary
outlay.
A public officer who Is familiar with
the present method of recording titles and
has studied the new act very thoroughly
has the following to say in relation to it:
"At the start. I want to go on record as
favoring a law for the compulsory regis
tration of land titles, and would go far
ther than the present law does, in that
I would make the law compel the Recor
der or Registrar to refuse to record any
instrument which did not In all particulars
comply with the law; and also refuse
for record any instrument which, in his
judgment, was made by any person with
out Interest or title to the land in ques
tion. However. I am not sure that the
State of Oregon is ready for such a law
at this time. But I am convinced that
the people of this state do not want the
present 'Torrens law when they become
familiar with its provisions. This law
was passed by the last Legislature with
out due consideration by its members, and
is not compulsory on the general public,
but may bo taken advantage of by any
one who will.
"Land titles are too important history
to allow anything to make them any
more contusing. With our old 'donation
land claims,' titles are altogether enough
confused without legislation, which makes
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ny flowed to go unprotected by a
the law and protect his own interests.
"The law Is voluminous and conflicting.
It occupies 20 printed pages of the last
Session Laws, and is difficult to under
stand by the average layman, and even
some of our good lawyers say that many
of its provisions are confusing and not
at all plain. Section 4 of the act Is:
The Registrar shall be liable for any neglect
or omission ot the deputies of his office when
occasioned by a deputy of examiner of titles,
in the samo manner as for his own personal
neglect or omission.
"A subsequent section of the law makes
the examiner of titles' an. appointee of
the Circuit Court, and he Is entirely under
.control and jurisdiction of said court,
and consequently it would be unfair to
make the Registrar responsible for Tils
acts. And it is a fundamental principle
of law that you cannot make one individ
ual responsible for the acts of another
unless he is under control and jurisdiction
of the former.
"Whlio the law evidently contemplates
and Intends that the court shall primarily.
at least, determine the title to all lands
Intended to be registered, yet after the
title is onco fixed and registered it makes
the Registrar responsible for any, subse
quent irregularities in transfers. Sec
tion 51:
No transfer of. title to land, or any estate or
Interest therein, or mortgage, shall be regis
tered until it shall be made to appear to the
Registrar that tho land has not been sold.
"The law- no doubt contemplates that
the .Registrar, In order to dothis work
mtelllgontly, should be provided with as
complete data and information as can be
had. and In section 96 says:S
The Registrar shall keep tract Indices, In
which shall be entered the lands registered in
the numerical order of townships, ranges, sec
tions, and In all cases ot subdivisions, the
blocks and lots therein, and tho names of the
owners, with reference to the volume and fo
lium of .register in which the lands were registered-
"This section should contemplate what
is known to abstractors as 'block books,'
or 'tract books,' In which Is kept a com
plete and condensed history of every lot
and block and every smallest fraction of
land in the county, taking a page in such
books for each smallest subdivision, .so
that the Registrar .may in a few minutes
arrive at the right or not of any indlviu
ual to transfer an interest In any. land In
the county. If the Registrar was bound
! to be confined for Information to the Re-
to look up the applicant's interests, and
fdr this time expended the Registrar
would receive a fee of $1 under the law.
Therefore, It seems plain to me that If
the purpose and intent of the law are
to be carried out. there must be a set ot
tract Indices, cnmnlet to date, and ore
I pared before the law can be enforced,
J conservative estimates make this cost for
tnese indices to be nearly ?50,CO0, if made
( frtr the records In the ordinary manner.
l If made from books owned by some ab
stract company, the Indices might cost
lCS3.
"In addition to tract Indices, section 3"i
provides for ah alphabetical index Jruls
and the oreccdinc section of the law
virtually provide for a double set of rec
ords and Indices In the Recorder's office,
but. of course, in a different and more
comprehensive shape.
"Section 107 provides the fees to be paid
by applicants under the law:
At or before the time of referring the appli
cation for Initial registration, the applicant
shall advance and pay to the Registrar the
sum of 3V which shall be In full of all services
of the Registrar and examiner up to the grant
ing ot the certificate of title.
"The question now occurs, how will that
fee of 5 be divided between the Regis
trar and examiner? The Registrar will
certainly earn all of that amount for the
various- offices he is required to perform.
It will be difficult for the court to find a
qualified and self-respecting examiner
who will work for less than $10 per day,
and I can't conceive of the simplest title
which can be completed In the ordinary
manner in less time than one day. Then
who is to pay the difference in cost? A
previous section of the law provides a fee
of $3 for the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
but does not provide for any compensa
tion for the time given by the court, which
I might occupy it all the way from one day
to a week. And the question, naturally
arises why should this county go to the
expense of complying with this law, when
such a,. very small minority only wlH take
advantage of Its provisions? The law
has been In effect 10 months, and only one
application has been filed to have a title
registered. At this rate It will be a very
expensive manner of fixing titles."
BANK CASHIER UNDER ARREST
Montana Man Charjccd With Having
Embexzled $25,000.
HELENA, Mont.,Jan. 20. Herbert H.
Matteson, cashier of the First National
.Bank of Great Falls, was arrested in
Helena today- by Deputy United States
Marshal Charles F. Gage, for embezzle
ment. In the complaint, which was
sworn to by United States District At
torney W. B. Rogers, Matteson Is charged
with having embezzled $25,000 from the
First National Bank of Great Falls. Jan
uary 15. Matteson's defalcation was dis
covered by a bank examiner recently
while Inspecting his books. Last night
Matteson was called before the examiner
and Gold T. Curtfs, president of the bank,
and accused of the crime. Sheriff Bcn
ner arrived at Helena this afternoon.
Matteson had a hearing before a United
States Commissioner and was held In
$5000 bond by the court, which has not
yet been furnished. It Is said the total
of the embezzlement will reach almost
$100,000. Matteson's downfall Is said to
be due to speculation In stocks. He had
been cashier of the First National Bank
at Great Falls a number of years. He
was a trusted official, and stood high In
business and social circles. He wa3
elected secretary of the Honorary St.
Louis Fair Commission, but recently re
signed. He was a member of the State
Tennis Association, and had played in
tournament games here and elsewhere.
Ho has a wife and one child.
Cashier Matteson, when confronted with
the charge, confessed the shortage.
"I have been thinking over this for sev
eral days," he said, "and I have come
to the conclusion to acknowledge my er
ror, and do all I can to repair It by star
ing the exact conditions and giving myself
up to the Government, to do with me as
they will. A portion of the money stolen
has been recovered from Mr. Matteson in
cluding cash, stocks and the new house
which he Is building, on Fourth avenue.
North, but the value of the' property
turned over has not yet been determined,
though It Is thought to be In the neich
borhood of $20,000.
LOST IN STOCK-GAMBLING.
Matteson Made a Fnll Confeiilon to
the Examiner.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 20. Herbert
H. Matteson. who was arrested in Helena
this morning, charged with the embezzle
ment of $25,000 from the First National
Bank, of this city, used the bank's money
In heavy speculation In stocks. Matte
son's exact shortage Is a matter of doubt,
estimates varying from $25,000 to $180,000.
The shortage has been known by the
bank officials for several days, but had
been kept a secret until fuller Investiga
tion of the crooked work had been made.
Matteson made a full confession to Bank
Examiner Lazear this morning, and stated
tha't he had made considerable moncy
in stocks, but when a slump came
he attempted to cover on long deals
until he became hopelessly Involved. His
transactions were made in Boston and
New York. Besides losing money belong
ing to depositors of the bank, he alleged
today that he lost also $40,000 which had
been left hhn by his .father, who died
several months ago. His wife went East
four days aeo In an effort to secure
money to make her husband's deficiency
good, but failed, and the arrest followed.
Matteson was secretary of the Great
Falls Business Men's Association, a
prominent society man. and a member of
one of the leading churches. He was
never known to live extravagantly, and
was considered one of the most exemplary
character. Before leaving the city this
morning he turned over the property and
rmoney which he had, estimated to be
worth about $20,000. Arrangements have
been made whereby the loss will be made
up, and the standing of the bank sus
tained. Matteson was not locked up In a cell,
but wa3 permitted to remain In the office,
that courtesy being secured for him at the
rrquest of Sheriff Benncr, of Cascade
County. It has leaked out that the amount
of Matteson's defalcations Is much
greater than the sum named In the com
plaint. One man, who 13 believed to have
some inside Information, says the amount
is about $175,000.
STABBED -WITHOUT WARNING.
Man'x Return for a Blotv In Defense
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CHICAGO. Jan. 20 The police today
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quietly, when one of the quartet stepped
out and addressed Mrs. Kennedy. The
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vated station. Kennedy was paying fares
for his party when his pursuer drew a
knife and plunged it into his back. Ken
nedy turned only to receive a second
blow In the abdomen. The assailant then
fled, and Kennedy was taken to the
hospital.
Miss Schemer gave an excellent descrip
tion of the men.
Lawj'er Patrick Cnlled to Trial.
NEW YORK. Jan.. 20. Albert T. Pat
rick was called to trial today on the In
dictment charging him with the murder
of William Marsh Rice, the millionaire
recluse, who died In this city September
23. 1900. A special panel of 200 talesmen
was summoned from which to select a
jury- Assistant State's Attorneys James
W. Osborne and Francis P. Garvin were
in charge of the prosecution, and Pat
rick's defense was In the hands of F.
B. House and Robert M. Moore. It was
announced that the hearing of the evi
dence would require at least a month
of the court's time.
Diamond Rubber Identified.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20. H. C. The
baud. of New York, today fully Identi
fied T. E. Manners, the prisoner In the
Jail at Gretna", as Edward Kern, jr.. his
late valet, who robbed the Thebaud man
sion In New York of $60,000 of diamonds
and jewelry- Manners made no further
denial of his identity. Kern will be
taken back to New York. Klein and,
West, the men who were arrested for
stealing Manner's trunk from the St.
Charles Hptel, and who betrayed Kern,
will. It Is said, get off with light punish
ment. Greene and Gnynorx FurnlMh Dondl
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Captain B. D.
Greene. J. F.. William E. and H. W..
Gaynor, who were indicted with Captain
Carter for alleged conspiracy to defraud
the Government, appeared before United
States Commissioner Shields today and
furnished a collective bond of $100,000 for
their appearance before the United States
Court at Savannah on the second Mon
day In February. Meantime, prepara
tions are being made for a technical at
tack upon the Indictments.
Slayer of Ofllccr Sentenced.
RICHFIELD. Utah. Jan. 20. G. W.
Long, who shot and killed Sheriff W. H.
Clark, last November, mistaking him for
a man named Sorenson, whom Long- al
leged had been attempting to blackmail
him, was today sentenced to 20 years in
the State Penitentiary. Long served a
term in the Salina prison In 1S36 for man
slaughter. Pnmnlt of HIf?Invnymen Given Up.
GUTHRIE, JO. T.. Jan. 20. Pursuit of
the highwaymen who killed the Anadar
ko officers has been abandoned. The
murderers escaped, the trail was lost,
and It was considered useless to prolong
the search at this time. One of the
highwaymen is known to be seriously In
jured. Trial of Mrs. Rlchnrdnon Begun.
PLATTSBURG, Mo., Jan. 20. The trial
of Mrs. Ida Richardson, charged with the
murder, at her homeat Savannah. Mo.,
of her husband, Frank W. Richardson,
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