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Ebbltt House News Stand. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. JAN. 18. 1D05. SENATOR MITCHELL'S STATEMENT. Mr. Mitchell's statement, delivered through, the Senate of the Untted States, Is before the country. Deliv ered through the Senate, It comes in the most impressive of all Trays; for thus it is invested -with an Interest national, dramatic, tragic It will be read through, not only by the people of Oregon, tout of the whole country. Senator 'Mitchell makes his own state ment in fullness and detail, and The Oregonlan need not here repeat It. It stands upon the records of the Senate, and upon the truth of it his own name, reputation and future depend. A very grave responsibility rests upon Mr. Heney, the prosecutor, and upon his official superiors, his prompt ers, backers and. guides in this under taking. The accusation comes from them. They have proceeded, with slow deliberation; they have pursued' their purpose for months and still are pursu ing it; the inquisition at this moment is active in Portland and throughout Ore gon. Through the investigation urged by Mr. Heney, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney-General, not only Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann, but other well-known men, are accused, and it is given oat, apparently without reserve, that still others will be indict ed. It is a grave matter, the gravest cer presented in tho State of Oregon, ard in some ways the gravest ever pre sented in the history of our National Administration. ) What further? The issue now is joined. Mr. Mitchell enters -unqualified denial, in the most solemn way, before the most august body in America; and he emphasizes the denial by attack upon his prosecutors, by denunciation of the spirit of their proceedings, and by defiance of their utmost effort against him. Here "Is a case out of which some thing is to happen. It is not for The Oregonlan to express any opinion now. Hut if the prosecutors the Attorney GeneraJ, the Secretary of the Interior, and Mr. Heney, whom they are backing in this undertaking fall to "make good," there will be louder outcry against them than there ever has been against those whom they prosecute. It may be supposed they are weighing Shis welL Most shortsighted are they If they have not done so already. Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann are accused. "Where are the proofs and what ore the proofs? Ore gon wails and the country waits. "What is there besides the statements of Pu ter, of the Watson woman and others of their kidney? It behooves men high in authority to show proofs or to stand condemned. REFORM: IN 1800, NOT 1805. After profound consideration the Di rect Primary Nomination League finds that conditions are unsuitable for un dertaking the actual launching of that reform in the coming Spring election. The reasons are cogent and convincing, and are inspired by the deepest feel ings of propriety and delicacy. The Speaker of the House, who is president of the .Direct Nomination League, thinks it not expedient to make, the iw operative at this time. He does nsi say why. It is sufficient to know thai he finds it an inauspicious time to lead the forces of ballot reform in a grand assault on the intrenched battle ments of bossism and the machine. The secretary of the Direct Nomination League, who happens to be father of the Initiative and referendum, hesi tates to Invoke the emergency clause on any amendatory act, because he long ago lost confidence in emergency clauses. Just whs- Is immaterial and irrelevant; ?o we shall not Inquire fur ther Into that phase of the matter. Representative Capron, whose long and -valiant war on the bosses in the Third Ward had lastingly impressed him with tho necessity of a revolution of some kind, in the interest of a pure ballot and a full count, put in a little bill up at Salem Monday designed to bring dis may to the machine and disaster to its tfl-cions. It should be understood thai the word "machine" Is used in an eni tlreiy impersonal sense. We are strict ly impartial and are speaking merely in the language of reform. Any old ma chine is, of course, meant, just as any machine that happens to stand in the way of these persevering reformers must suffer the consequences. Mr. Capron was persuaded that the most opportune date for the great reform to begin is 1906, and not at the 1PWJ city election, and he withdrew his measure. Thus we find that throe great author ies on direct primary reform viz.. the pt-esident and secretary of tho league and a popular warrior in the ranks agree that the time for the primaries to be- reformed and the bosses routed Is cot in 1905. but In 1906. To the lay men this might all be xrry puzzling. iut ft little etuiy makes the reason for postponement entirely clear. There will be no primaries of any kind under authority of law for the Portland June election. The bosses are to have plenty of rope. This Includes all kinds of bosses of all factions and parties. They will make horrible examples of them selves. The need of primary reform will thus be obvious to everybody, and In 1906 there will be no trouble what ever In procuring lt3 general acceptance. AN UNFAIR PROPOSITION. The Oregonlan . deems It a duty to raise its protest against the proposal that the charter of the City of Port land be so amended as. to direct the levy of a two-mill tax each year on all the property of the city, for the pur pose of building bridges over the gulches here and there, in the distant parts or outskirts of the city. It Is not a fair proposition, that the central parts of the city, which have made all their Improvements at their own expense, and which pay the larger part of the taxes, through high assess ments, should now be taxed further for construction of roadways or viaducts in distant localities. People who have bought property be yond the gulches, because property there was cheap, may wish, doubtless, for their own convenience and profit to tax others who have no share in the benefits. Pour-fifths of the money, collected under an act like this, would be taken from the central part of the city for improvements solely for the benefit of local property here and there, that would pay very little. Business property In Portland is already loaded to the limit with taxation. People have bought lotB in the out skirts, because they didn't want to pay the rents Inside that high valuations and high tax rates compel; and now it is most -unfair on their part to ask that inside property shall pay further taxes, to enable those who have gone to the outskirts or suburbB, to reach their property or homes. A proposition of this kind bears no relation or proportion to the Willam ette bridges, of use to all, because, the river divides the city into parts nearly equal Local improvements, like bridges over distant gulches, ought to be made by the local property; and The Oregonlan Is sure that in this statement it voices the opinion of the owners of four-fifths of the property of Portland. FEDERAL LICENSES FOR CORPORA TIONS. The recent recommendation of Com missioner Garfield that new Congres sional legislation should establish a system of licenses to be taken out by every corporation engaged in interstate commerce has raised a storm of criti cism in the East. It is proposed that an investigation should be conducted by the Commissioner into the plan and operations of every corporation seek ing a license before such license be is sued. Such proceeding involves an ex ercise of discretion by that officer which will arm him with enormous power. Practically It will mean the creation of a new court and Judge, and the gravest doubts are expressed whether power to that extent is vested in Congress under its control of inter state commerce. Possession of a Federal license is intended to justify the corporation holding It in doing business In any state. There Is no lim itation specified to corporations engag ing in transportation or any allied in dustry Interstate commerce 1b to be the test. Obviously the several states would have to determine whether or not to continue to exercise any control or Jur isdiction over corporations formed within their borders, but whose opera tions might pass their limits. Serious debate would inevitably arise between the individual states and the Federal Government on these important mat ters. If decided in favor of the Gov ernment, a long step would be taken In the path of centralization. To sustain this recommendation it is urged that the states have diverse and often not harmonious laws on the for mation, conduct and control of corpo rations formed within their boundaries. It is arguable that the proposed remedy by this new Federal Interposition might be worse than the disease. The creation of corporations, and supplying them with powers to live, to grow, to make profits and distribute them, to sue and be sued in the state courts, is one of the high sovereign powers of the individual state, a power neither to be lightly yielded nor to be devolved by the state on any outside tribunal, how ever august it should be. Therefore, In view of the evils under which all are suffering from corporate exactions or corporate despotism, the first question to be solved Is whether the reserved powers of the state suffice to find and to apply the remedy. Hitherto every corporation in the United States has had to have selected for It a state birthplace -under whose jurisdiction it should live, by whose laws It should in its essential being be governed, even though it should come under Federal or other state Jurisdiction as to such part of its operations as should partake of the interstate character. Plainly, this original jurisdiction could not be avoided while the cor poration maintained Its entity other jurisdiction could be avoided by ceas ing business within their bounds. The original birth state then gained by the incorporation both the right and the duty to enforce on Its created citizen obedience to Us laws. It has been found by the experience of other coun tries that certain precautions in the formation of corporations arc needful for the protection of the stockholder and of the public. In Oregon, as in other states, many of these are conspicuous by their absence. The first Is publicity of all contracts and engagements made between the parties Interested In form ing the corporation and any property owners whose possessions the corpora tion is to acquire and operate, and all contracts between the company and the incorporators. Such papers are re quired to be filed with the articles of incorporation with the officer of the state government, and there remain for public Inspection. Secondly, the nature and purport of all such contracts Is re quired to be displayed on every pros pectus or invitation to subscribe for the slock of the corporation. The di rectors of the corporation as well as the parties to the contracts are held re sponsible for compliance with these provisions. Thus the stockholder is guarded by Information of the obligations imposed on the corporation which he joins, those who are to do business with the cor poration in the future may know the basis of Its credit, and the state has opn to it .the conditions, of the prop- orty hirh lsto be shown on the as- i sessrmrnt rolls in the immediate, future. Whenever the corporation has en gagements with the public by which profits ore earned, it may be asked whether an annual balance sheet may not be required to be displayed, in manner similar to the course followed with National banks. These suggestions are not intended to exhaust the subject, but to instance precautions in the future formation of corporations which would strve to avoid some of the evils of overcapital ization and of injury to the stockholder. Whether the neceslsty of such 'steps on the part of the state can be obviated by trre system of Federal control sug gested by Commissioner Garfield will need mature and careful consideration, both at Washington and In the Legis Itaures of the several states. OCR COelTUEST PLAGTTE. It has come about through careful In vestigation of Its wide prevalence and great fatality that tuberculosis li char acterized as the "white plague," and that persistent warfare Is being waged against It by sanitary science, in the simplest yet most exacting forms. For merly the disease was called "con sumption," and its victims were re garded as having been foredoomed to death by this means through the Ines capable subtleties of heredity. Even yet those who cling to old traditions andjgnore the developments of medi cal and sanitary science wag their heads, and with lugubrious air and doleful tone say, "There is consumption In his family." when a boy comes to manhood lacking the appearance of ro bust health. To a considerable extent, however, the mysteries of fate that were wont to attach themselves to this disease have been dispelled. The pestiferous. Insid ious germ of tuberculosis has been dis covered and classified; the possibility that it may find lodgment in the sus ceptible tissues of any human body has been conceded; the fallacy of attempt ing to dislodge it by means of drugs has been shown, and the fact that it can be overcome by life in the open air, a generous diet, systematic exercise, rest and freedom from care, has been demonstrated. Still, the "white plague," notwith standing the attitude that science ahd common sense have taken In regard to its cause and cure. Is still the costliest In life, suspended energy and vain quest for relief of all the diseases that scourge the human race. According to the estimate of physicians. It disables from one-quarter to one-third of the population of our own country between the productive ages of 15' and 45. To combat the conditions that lead to this shocking waste of human life, energy and productive force, much stress has been laid in recent years upon the fact, first, that the disease is communicable and therefore preventable, and, second, that It does not necessarily and Inev itably lead to a fatal result. In sup port of the first contention boards of health In many of the large cities urge the necessity of reporting to the health authorities all cases of devel oped tuberculosis in their districts; the strict supervision. In a sanitary sense, of the premises where such patients live, and the thorough disinfection of rooms wherein they have died. If the various forces that have moved In the matter of showing the absurdities of some of the old ideas concerning con sumption, and in explaining its real na ture and proper treatment succeed even fairly well In the undertaking, there Is every reason to look for a greatly diminished death rate from this cause In a few years. It must be said, however, that such progress in this direction as has been made is largely due to unofficial effort. Private individuals have, for mercy's sake, established retreats like the Phipps Institute, of Philadelphia, and the Adirondack sanatoria. Fraternal organizations have come to the help of the stricken among their own mem bers in like manner as in the consump tives' home for printers In Colorado; the United States Government has pro vided a place of resort in Arizona for such-enlisted soldiers and sailors as are attacked by pulmonary tuberculosis while in the service. But the effort, whether individual, fraternal or offi cial, Is not as widely extended as the exigencies of the case demand. Except In a relatively limited extent. It has not advanced beyond the educational stage, either along preventive or rem edial lines. Of the 40,000 consumptives of New Tork, for example, the city provides beds for 1000; Baltimore and Cincinnati have tuberculosis hospitals in which a very small percentage of the afflicted may be cared for; in Chi cago only the contagious diseases hos pital at the poorhouse Is open to con sumptives, and in Boston and Buffalo a patient must also be a pauper before he Is permitted to receive treatment at municipal hospitals. Coming down to our own city, we find the doors of our hospitals closed to patients of this class, and practically, wherever he goes the sufferer from the "white plague" finds it difficult and even Im possible to secure lodgings. In view of these facts as they apply here and elsewhere, the establishment of the O pen-Air Sanitarium for Con sumptives near this city Is easily the most humane, philanthropic, and In a far-reaching sense economic, achieve ment of the past year in this com munity. It is the first check that has been put upon the progress of this "costliest plague" In this state. It is well deserving of any aid that its pro moters may ask of the Legislature now sitting at Salem. In the meantime, as said by the New Tork Post, nmtll the time arrives when official zeal outruns private effort In the stamping out of our costliest plague, "every step in the education of the public to a better knowledge of the real nature of tuber culosis Is of value." The Oregonlan thinks it makes no mistake when it expresses the opinion that thus far its work In advertising the Lewis and Clark Fair, and in connection-with the Fair the City of Port land, the State of Oregon and the Pa cific Northwest, has exceeded In extent that of all other efforts and agencies combined. In particular, the number known as the New Tear's Oregonlan has attracted universal attention. It has had notice In the columns of nearly every newspaper of the United States. At a future time we may reproduce some yart of these, in a collected body, for the purpose of showing how far The Oregonlan reaches and for the pur pose also of showing how far, through it, the Lewis and Clark Fair and the Pacific Northwest have been adver tised There Is no other agency through which such extensive advertising could have beep secured. The Oregonlan of the New Tear O905). and the Lewis and Clark Fair, through It, have received notices in the press of every state of the Union and all parts of Canada, There has been nothing like It hitherto, in the way of; advertising Portland, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest. It Is due to the fact that The Oregonlan Is the one newspaper of the Pacific Coast that Is universally known, and known for what It Is and for what it stands for and represents. A project Is to come before the City Council today for a junket by that body from Portland to Los Angeles and return. The ostensible object is to investigate various methods of munici pal Improvement, for the purpose of In troducing any needful innovations In Portland; but the real object, or a part of the real object, ls to look into the independent telephone system at Los Angeles. A trip of this kind somebody has to pay for. The city cannot do It. the telephone company should jiot be permitted to do It, and the Councllmen are not likely to want to do It So It would be better. The Oregonlan thinks, to take the telephone company's word for it that there is a competing tele phone company in Los Angeles. The Council already knows that there was once a second telephone service" In Portland. Washington's progress In general and Tacoma's in particular during the year 1904 are fully and fittingly de scribed and commemorated In the an nual edition of the Tacoma News. The resources of Tacoma aB a manufactur ing and shipping center, especially in connection with Its great supply of electrical power, are excellently pre sented, and the established Industries of the city are comprehensively" de scribed. In addition, the natural re sources of the State of Washington are fully covered, so that this edition of the News gives In readable form a concise and authoritative presentment of state and city achievements and possibili ties. To be old Is not necessarily a matter of regret, though most people so assess it; to be old and poor is generally con ceded to be a combination of ills; to be old and a pauper represents a condition which Is Indeed sad to contemplate. But to be old, a pauper and an Inmate of a poorhouse while two stalwart sons live, forgetful or unmindful of their duty. Is a lot too pitiful to contem plate, and one from which death Is certainly a relief. This combination of ills was the fate from which Mrs. Mary Barr. aged S5 years, escaped by dying at the Washington County poor farm a few days ago. The friends of Miss Jennie Arnold, of the Couch School, were shocked and grieved to learn of tier sudden and serious attack of Illness Monday after noon. Miss Arnold is one of the most conscientious and capable teachers in our public schools bright, cheerful and devoted to her work. She has served the district acceptably for half a score of years. It Is hoped that she will speedily rally and be able In due time to resume her educational duties, though latest advices are that her ill ness Is of a most serious nature. In volving partial paralysis of the brain. The death is recorded, at the age of 44 years, In Coos County, of a native daughter of Oregon, who had been the mother of seventeen children, ten of whom were inmates of her home at the time of her passing, and sixteen of whom are living. Judged "by Napo leon's standard of womanly greatness," and perhaps by the Roosevcltian idea of large families, this woman's achieve ment In a little more than two-score years of life was Indeed great. With the children and the future, however, rest the proof of the value of this achievement. The press of the State of Washington is dealing in the most liberal manner with the Lewis and Clark Fair. It Is constantly printing matter about the Fair, commending it to the Interest and support of the people of the state and encouraging an ample appropria tion by the Legislature for a Washing ton building and a varied Washington exhibit. The liberality of the press of Washington demands recognition and acknowledgment, not only from the management of the Fair, but from all our people. If the end of the Tanner-Creek sewer scandal Is to be reached In the way now indicated and the city and property-owners are to get a good job according to the accepted plan. City Engineer Wanzer will, thus early In his official career, prove himself to be the right man Irr the right place. In the interest of all concerned it may be hoped that he may not take a too hope ful view of the case. Electric plows are being introduced In Italy, according to a report from Consul Cuneo, at Turin. The plow is pulled from one end of the field to the other by cables from two power cars of from 25 to 40 horsepower each. Three men are required to operate the device, which Is capable of plowing from'seven to fifteen acres in twelve hours, the area depending on the condition of the soil. It Is fitting that the monument to the late Governor John R. Roger?, to be unveiled today in OlympJa, should be the outcome of a movement begun by the teachers and the pupils of the Washington public schools, for when other Governors shall have been forgot ten Rogers will be remembered through his friendship with the barefoot school boy. Once more The Oregonlan begs the Legislature to name the new county Nesmlth. Stockman means nothing, and Jefferson has all kinds of honors In Oregon and elsewhere. Ncsmitli, by all means. In any list of our eminent pio neers and distinguished men. James W. Nesmith must stand at the very head. Let us have Nesmith County. . The Legislature of 1905 is getting busy amending the acts passed by the Legislature of 1903. And the Legisla ture of 1907 will have Its turn taking the kinks out of the acts passed In 1905. Fortunately, there wijj be another ses sion in 1909. General Stoessel has left Nagasaki for Marseilles. He will probably suffer more from his reception in France than he did from the siege, for his welcome Is sure to exceed even that extended to Kruger. News that the Smoot case may con tinue all Summer is robbed of Its terror by the knowledge that the Fair will help Portland to forget it. China seems likely to get licked again for btlnir too -weak to lick other nations. X0TE AND COMMENT That rising- young playwright.! Richard Brinsley Sheridan, must be flattered to read the commendatory notice given "The Rivals by the Tacoma Ledger on the oc casion of a- recent performance. After noting that the actor cast for the part of Sir Lucius O'Trigger had not a role In which he could display his ability, the Ledger goes on to say that those ex pecting seriousness la the play were dis appointed, "yet It Is refined, clean-cut comedy,' and continues: Of the play itself there 1 not much to be said. It Is a hlgh-ctass comedy production from the pen of Richard Brinsley Sncrldan. Thereare no serious complications, hut a vari ety of situations, all of which are met with the utmost dexterity by the members of the com pany. The- costumes are elaborate and typical of the period In which the scenes of "The Rivals" are laid. Incidentally It mlsht be said that there is some literary merit displayed in the play. The lines are well written and show that the author has devoted not & little time to the study of the English language We trust that Mr. Sheridan will be en couraged by this recognition of "soma literary merit" In his play to continue his study of the English language. Gessler Rousseau is declared to be sane, except on the matters of anarchism and dynamiting. Trifling exceptions these. So" T. T. Geer ia to cast aside the edi torial pen, which is mightier than the sword, and leave Salem without its bits for breakfast. Ta-ta. T. T. Their Wedding Garments. They stood under a beautiful canopy uf lace and Bowers, he la noble youns manhood and she In white silk, decked with flowers and Jewelsi Lincoln (Kan.) Sentinel. What is the world coming to? Francisco T. Ordozgoiti managed to tie Oliver Drew in a match for the handball champion ship. The man with the loag name is champion of Spain and France, Drew is champion of Ireland. When an Irishman doesn't hold the handball championship the world must be coming to an end. A funny story Is told of an experience of Erie Greene white on her way here on the steamship Lucanla. The actress wears pa Jamas, and she had difficulty in gaining access to the women's bath, the stewardess insUtlnc she was a boy. New York World. On the principle, apparently, that clothes make the man. """Why is the sky blue?" asks an ex change. It isn't. Some kind soul helps us out by sending this conundrum on a postal card: Henry, what Is the matter up In Crook County? What have the poor sheep done? They're all crooks, my dear, and the Reform Leasue Is after them for gamboling. There's -no real objection to the boxes only to the people in them. It seems to us that if we were a girl running a basketball team we'd have ono lot of girls to play and another lot to be photographed. The Smoot crowd is going to inquire It out njong tins line. If it takos all Sum mer. They tell of an Ea3t Side man who has walked across the Morrison-street bridge 967 times since It has been opened just to get accustomed to It again. Brooklyn libraries are to have a censor after this. Here's where some authors get free advertising. The "shepherd's crook" has no refer ence to Crook County. It Smooth believes In revelations, or says he does, he Is either an idiot or a liar, and in either case he Is not fit to be a member of tie Senate. A Democratic Senator. That Is something of a slam at professed Christians, too. Love is not only blind, but mushy brained as well. The sad story told by the- Summit correspondent of the Elma (Wash.) Advance Is proof enough of this: A certain young gentleman in Summit Is at considerable lots owlnr to a marrlaze which took placn In Tacoma a short time ago. Xot only did he !oe the girl, who was a very charming young lady, but a good watch also. It seems that he let her take the watch after slipping a tins' from her Anger, and thought lessly regarded the trade aa a token of affec tion. Now she may recall the vent by a beautiful watch, while a' worthless chewing gum ring- reminds him of a cad Incident wfci foolish love overruled common sense. Actresses coming to Portland just now resemble the man with a parachute not quite certain as to where they will light. Portland, Jan. 17. (To Note and Comment-) Please explain how "Home Bill 1W came to mean what It does. Anti-Statesman. Give It up. Ask the Historical Society. The whipping-post may soon be estab lished In Oregon. Beat your wives nowl Secretary Hay doesn't want the Powers to punch the Chinese punching-bag too bard. Costa Rica, one of those places known only to stamp collectors, is having alle gations made against It to the State De partment. As the country's full of alli gators, the Government Is not likely to be scared, and will proceed decorously with the next revolution. Love Is popularly reputed to be blind. How far this idea is from the truth is shown by this story from the Nashville' Banner: It was a young- Franklin County boy who last week thought to send his best girl a Christmas present. Not havlnc a great deal to spend and wishing to make a fine dlspla, h purchased a 23-eenl bottle of eolegne and after adding a cipher to the cost mark pro ceeded to clothe the gift In the conventional sheet of tissue paper and dispatch It to his lady love. In a very little while the gift came back tt the giver with a reply that, while fairly well peppered with spirit, was not without a seasoning of common sense. She said: "I return your bottle of smelling stuff: the boy that ain't get any more ecnxe than to pay J2.00 or a went bottle of cologne Is a little bit too big a fool to beau me." Panama may be young, but has all the dignity of a sophomore. WEX. J. Those Dreadful Genders. New York Tribune. The English language is supposed to be very simple In the matter of genders. But foreigners who triumphantly handle ques tions of gender of inanimate things in their own languages often have their dif ficulties with the English. A Frenchman recently came to grief over his English. "I fear I cockroach too much upon your time, madam." he remarked "politely to hla hostess. "H'en-croach, monsieur." she smilingly corrected htm. Ho threw up his hands in despair. "Ah. y6ur English genders!" he sighed. Well, They Do. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Hieavy snow has fallen in PortlanJ. but that will not prevent th? reitera tion of tho assertion that roses bloom there in the open air the yar round. The South's "Burning" Question. Atlanta fGa.) Constitution. "Hiram, the wood's all out " '"That's nothin" Kip up a couple -of Vbales of cotton, and keep up th fire!" STRAY EGHOES FROM THE STREETS Man Who Got Government Laad by a Species) of Fraud aasl Has Ne Pear or Mr. Heney A Qneatloa oXVamlty. -xr HILE your Uncle Samuel has r yjk long hold the entire respect of the outside world by dint of rolling up his sleeves and administer ing a Judicious and well-delivered thrashing now and then to some ob streperous nation, it 13 only of late years and months that he has succeed ed ia Imbuing a fairly well represented class of his own subjects into a suit able condition of respect. The view of Uncle Sam as a big-hearted and lib eral person, too delightfully absorbed In various and sundry affairs of state to center attention upon the handling of public domains, is rapidly vanish ing. By the investigation of land frauds, the- dual e'nd of protecting tho honest settler ind puntahlng the scheming ofllcial Is being effected, and furthermore a precedent of a most wholesome nature is being set to other generations. "With tho aid and advice of his friends and aavisor, T. Roose velt, our Uncle Samuel Is gaining a reputation for alertness that insures better public service for time to come. But while men, of high and low de gree, are being dragged into the net day by day, there is within the boundaries of the state, in fact within the city, a prosperous farmer who will not hesitate in telling you ha got bis place by the rawest kind of fraud, al though he has not the slightest fear of official restraint or of loosing his home upon which ho has lived for these many years. The man's name doesn't matter and his home is on the Umatilla Reserva tion not ao very many miles from Pendleton. "It's nigh onto 20 years ago since I filed on a little roll of land about as big enough for a cabbage patch," said he. "I was tired of working for other peo ple and was going to try to make a living on my little strip. It was an uphill business at that, and after a Summer bt It I was about ready to give It up. It was a hard, uphill grind, with plenty of hard knocks and little re ward. "Next to me was a lary Umatilla who had a tine stretch of land which he about half cultivated. He used Just about enough to feed his bony cayuses and sell a little hay besides to buy Incidentals with. I used to sit out on the corral gate of an evening; smoking and wishing I had that strip of land. But I realized I might about as well wish for the moon. "And there was where I was wrong. I got that piece of land. I got every acre of it. I've got It yet, and it only cost me $-00 for the Indian's claims. "To be more exact, it was a little boy that got the land. He was 7 years old then and was always wanting some thing. One time I had him In town when he sees a big man-kite and noth ing would do but he should have it. The thing cost me half a dollar and I never needed a half dollar more than I did that one, but someway or other I couldn't refuse him that big kite. "Three evenings later there was . a good brisk breeze and the kid was out flying the kite. It awept and dove high up Into the air nearly the entire length of a spool of strong, black thread. I was sitting on the corral gate waiting for my crowbalts to fin ish their oats before doing a little after-supper work with the scraper on a ditch. I was paying little attention to the kite, although I was watching BITS OF OREGON LIFE Postmaster Blann Mskes a Visit. Mitchell Sentinel. Isaac Blann. the Waterman Postmaster, was in town last Saturday. He brought in a nice lot of pork sausage for sale. Maxwell's Fetching Blandishments. "Wallowa News. J. L Maxwell went to Elgin last Sat urday for tho purpose of meeting the "school ma'ams." to make sure that they were here on. time to begin their labors Monday. They arrived safely, and school is progressing as usual this week. The "Amende Honorable. "Wallowa News. Bob Flanary's stove has come to light. It has developed that the editor was mls- . . i . n nT Hnt tYie jstfhVA inionncu -- i was not stolen but was purchased by a j certain resident of use town wno aoes not like to be mentioned In a public way. but It is only Justice to say that the stove was not stolen. Dayton's Sleeping Beauty. Dayton Courier-Press. You've all heard of men going to bed with their boots on. but there Is a girl In Dayton who has. them all beaten to a frazzle. One evening this week after supper she thought she would take a short nap. and turned down the bed cov ers and laid down, all dressed as she was. She did not wake up until the breakfast bell rang the next morning. Why Ray Fllioon Was Popular. The Dalles Chronicle. The .-now Is almost too light for the best of sleighing and coasting, but many are getting their share of enjoyment out of them anyway. The boys and girls were numerous on the hill at the east end of Fourth street this morning. Ray Filloon seemed to be the most popular young man on the hill, none of the girls giving him the cold ehoukler nor his fine new sled the "Icy stare." Four-Footed Varmint Killed. Marshfield Mall. A large lynx was killed at Sumner a few days ago. He had been raiding E. H. Beyer's sheep, having killed about a dozen of them. A trap was set and the varmint walked Into It and stayed. The first man who visited the trap undertook to kill the animal with a club, but he changed his mind immediately and ?ent back for a gun. The animal measured four feet from tip to Up. and as the lynx has no tall worth mentioning this means thathe was an ugly customer. Two Bachelors Hold Out Hope. .Pilot ItOck Record. A reporter In his rounds for news yes terday asked Owen Carms when he was to be raarried. He replied that he thought he would put the event off until June, when he would go up in the Ferris wheel at the Lewis and Clark Fair and havo the knot tied. The isune question was put to Postmaster Matthews, it being known that he Is in the market, and his ready reply was: "Just as soon as I can get any onf to have me." Girls here Is a chance. These Wicked Senators. Indianapolis Sentinel. A "Washington correspondent reports that United States Senators do not repeat the Lord's prayer after Rev. Dr. Hale, the chaplain, when invited by him to do so. The correspondent further avers that all the Senators know the prayer, but we very much doubt that statement. It Is not so very long ago that one Senator bet another Senator $10 that he could not repeat the Lord's prayer, and a bet of 510 was made and the money posted in the hands of a companion. The Senator com menced: "Now I lay me down to sleep. I hope the Lord my oul will ke?p." etc. The Senator who had- proposed to bet said " Pon my soul. I didn't think you kntw it. Pay him the VS. Jim." it. and barely noticed it was drifting over the Indian's wigwam. "First thing I knowed I heard a'ycll. I'll never forget that yell as long as I live. It was the kind of yell that none but a pesky redskin can give, and even a savage has got to be pretty much scared before he can make good. "I looked up to see Mr. Umatilla do ing a pantomime stunt in front of his hut. He was waving his hands over his head and Jumping as if he had got mixed up in a hornets' nest. A hun dred feet in the air was the big man kite careening upwards after having executed a vicious earthward plunge In the direction of the Indian hut. The savage must have seen it Just as it dove toward him. "Well, the next thing I saw was an Indian scrambling up the road with a fat squaw puddling along behind him. I jumped on my horse and tan them down, but do you think I could talk them out. of their fright? Maybe I didn't try very hard, for a sudden inspiration came over me. I settled with the Indian on a basis of S20O. and promised to bring his effects after him. I loaded hi? belongings the same night, banded his stock and within a week I had my filing on that land and got ray final papers five years later. "I don't know whether you would call that fate or fraud, or what, but I got the ranch, and haven't any fear of Mr. Heney or his grand jurors. And. besides. I've done more with that land than that lazy, superstitious savage would have done, so my conscience doesn't bother me any." Two men were having an argument in a Washington-street jewelry store the other afternoon. One was. the keeper of the store, the other was a customer who had dropped In to buy something. 'W.bHe eyeing around amqng tho hundreds of little things intended to appease the van ity of woman, he made a remark to the effect that woman is excessively vain and that man makes a mistake in catering too much to that quality. "You do woman a wrong and flatter your own sex." remarked the jeweler, and In support of his assertion motioned the customer to the side display window which meets the sidewalk at an angle. "Now watch." said the jeweler, stepping back out of sight, and drawing the other with him. A well-dressed man walked down the street, and as he approached the window peered long and Intently In. after which fce reset his hat and gave his mustache a few deft turns. Next came two men together, and both peered at the window. A woman came next and didn't look at all: then another man. who looked fu'l and long; another woman gave a casual glance, and that was all. And so they came. and It was noticed that the barren display window excited general attention from the sterner sex. while, with a few exceptions, the female pedestrians either did not look at all or passed by with a mere glance. "But what has that got to do with the argument?" asked the puzzled customer, after he had watched the procession for fifteen minute?. "I think it settles at least one phase of It." suavely replied the dealer. "If you will please take notice this show window happens to be empty at this moment. Therefore, do you think there is anything In it that could Interest people? Not much! Those people were looking at their own reflections, and I believe you will agree with me that men gazed herein more frequently and more earnestly than did the weaker sex. There may be other arguments pro and con. but this one is, forceful enough to convince me that woman is attibuted with being the vainer only because man chiefly has the telling of thlngy." g. A -fl-. SAD CASE OF THE NEW YORK RICH New York "World. , In spito of Thomas B. "Watson; the rich arc certainly growing poorer and the poor are growing rlclifer. There arc now "bnly 20 thrifty souls in all New York who have managed to ac cumulate $500,000 or more In personal property. Of these, only eight hav!e 51.000.000 or upward. Ono of them is Mr. Car negie, who has managed to sav-e-$5,000,300 out of the $250,000,000 tor which he sold his steel properties, and who also owns a modest cottage on Fifth avenue, so he Is not obliged to pay rent. Mr. Rockefeller is only half as rich as Mr. Carnegie, and is more frugal, too. It is an inspiring showing of middle personal property that Is revealed by the personal property list made public by thc tax board. All the tinsel is stripped from New York's pretentions to plu tocracy. The reul money is somewhere else. It Is certainly not owned by persons who live hore possibly by prosperous farmers of the vicinage who often drop into town for the opera, and bv persons from Chicago who love the simple life of the Waldorf, the Astor and the St. Regis. Kven the 400 is made up of poor but honest persons who pursue culture and giv them selves over to plain living witn hign thinking. New York believes that a good" name Is rather to be chosen than great riches. Nobody in this town is ever taxed on his good name. Light Will Break June 1. Prineville Review. Six long montha we have to wait yp't before "taking in" the Lewis and Clark Fair. To a country editor, who has a thank-you job at bast, there Is much pleasure in anticipating a week's lavoff. if It Is six month!; ahead of him: "and coupled with this is an anticipated spin in the coming auto, a half-day ride in the "cars" and the delights of the expo, at the end of the journey. To him who is a galley slave for half of the year and then for the other half, a. trip like this Is a tcn-mlle post In his simple, plodding tramp through life never to be forgotten. To other people, who have money and time It is but an incident; to a country editor who has neither. It is a guiding light. Roosevelt and Niagara. H. "W. Masslngham in London Speaker. .Mr. Morley kept his lips sealed against the interviewer in the United States, but a private mot of his did get Into circulation. He was asked what were the two things which Impressed him most in the States, anJ he replied, "Niagara Falls and the President. Both were great natural forces, and both gave you th impression of going on forever." No Leaning in Any Direction. Olympia Olympian. The Portland Oregonlan. through Its Olympia representative, in giving a fair and Impartial report of the progress of the Senatorial fight. Articles publish;! In The Oregonlan a few weeks ago indi cated a leaning toward one of the four candidates, but if the paper has a favo rite at this time Its preference has been lost sight of In Its desire to give Its read ers the truth. Not Enough Funerals. Eugene Register. Portland is boasting of its low death rate. "We consratulate the metropolis on its mortuary record, even if Eugene does beat it. Old age ia the chief trouble in this section. Nor Anybody Else's Wife. Olympia Olympian. "We don"t want to hear any mora of thi talk about freedom, liberty and personal and property rights. Why, in Oregon a axan can t even beat his own Wife