THE 3IOKXISG OREGOXIAN. . SATUKDAT, JANUARY 12, 1907. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. IT INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. VI (By Mall.) at Jy. Sunday Included, ono yar $8.00 Dally, Sunday included, six monthi. . . . 4.23 Pally, Bunday included, thres month.. -25 Daily, Bunday included. OM month..,. J5 llly,' without Bunday. mix month! '?5 Daily, without Sunday, three month.- Dally, without Sunday, oua month Sunday, one year : J'Sn Weekly, one year (issued Thursday).-, luu fiundav and "Well"v one Mar a.oW BY CAKBXEB. Dally, Sunday Included, one year Ojj Dally. Sunday Included, on month.... HOW TO REMIT Bend post oft Ice money crder, express order or peraonal chaci on your local bank. Btampa, coin or -"af ar at thi. tender's risk. Give potoIIlC id drss In full. Includlnc eountr and .tata. POSTAGE BATES. Entra at Portland, Oregon, Potoaic aa 6oond-Clttfi Mattar. JO to 14 Page. cent j a to za ngci to to 4 ram 6 to 60 Pagei Foreign Potage. double ratoa. impoktakt Th. postal law. are ypt- Kwtp&pri on which po,utc 1" not ull3r prepaid ar not forwaraed to ao.tin.uon. EASTEUX BISINES3 OFFICE. The H. C. Becltwlth Special Agency New Tor it, rooms Trlbuna toulldina- Ctti- tag o, rooms D 10-51 2 Tribune builOiu. KEl'I ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, PostofflcS Kewa Co., 17 S licaxborn street. St. Paul. Milin, M. St. Marie, Commercial Elation. Colorado prtn.a, Colo. Western KWI Agency. Denver Hamtltow A Henfl ricK. 008-912 Seventeenth street: PraU Book Store, 121 Fifteenth street; L Weinatein; H. Rlcluckr Cigar Co KaTaoaucb, 60 South not In general an orator, "but his power over men le of the same kind, and Mr. tiadley Is entirely right In saying that It cannot be taughU 1 i turther opines that no man ought to try to make ills living out- of poli tics. If -he does he will subject him- self to the suspicion of unworthy com pliance to keep his place. It often be- comes a doubtful question with a man In public office whether or not he shall agree Tv-ith, his party when It is -In the wrong for the sake of a greater good to come hereafter through harmonious party action. If he is dependent upon his office for livelihood and sides -with his party contrary to his private views he cannot avoid the Innuendo of low motives. cent. . . . & cat. 4 cent 30T 8u- Kantaa City. Blow Kin th and Walnui. Mlnneupou M. J. Third. Cleveland. O. Jirna Puhaw. pert or street. Atlantic City, N. EU Taylor. .Sew' York City I Jones A Co., to' Hew; Broadway Theater News Btand. n.bi.n r.i w H. Johnson, Four teenth and Franklin streets. M. Wfaeatley ; Oakland News Stand. wHon r li. vie: W. O. Kind. 114 Hot Springs, Ark. C K Weaver A CO. ........r u.k.iw nrm.. 1H12 Farnam Uauxath Stationery Co.. liJOS Farnam; 2-iO Couth Fourteen. n FREE WATER. Of course, the title of the Fre Water -A-swociatlor. Is a. mtenomer. Somebody must pay for "'free" water. The water cannot be conveyed from Bull Run and distributed through Portland mains without an expense In the aKeTreate very large. Divided up atmons 25,000 families, .more or less, the amount eah individual householder muet pay will, of course, not be great; but he must pay it, or somebody must pay it, either in the. form of a water rate or direct tax. The Question is. therefore, not only how the water burden may be borne as con- venlently and equitably as possible, but to determine if there le any duty or obligation on the part of the public to give the individual In this way some thing for nothing:. The Free Water Association purposes to submit under the initiative nzt June a bill to reform "entirely the Portland water system. The householder is to Ket the water for nothing-, but there is be an Income (from water sold for commercial purposes, livery stables, laundries, steam boilers and the like. itlmated n t $40,000 -per Annum. "The only cost to the taxpayers will be the interest on the bonds and the sinking fund, -which, now amounts to $160,000 Der annum." aai-a 1 h. D.HArtnt(nn Only J160,000; that's all. The water mains shall be laid1 by a direct tax upon property. . The expense for in Bait I.kr Moon Book Stationery Co, It - all-1.1 & Hansen. Lat Anirelc. B. O. Am mna.r atreet wagons. ran Dif-co B. E. A mo a. Lauk n.aeh. C. JB- SI. Amoa. bUQ 1'renclMO Foster & Orear. Kvi Stand: Hotel St Francil New. Bland, L. Parent, IV. wneauty. Etirrkm, Cftl Call-ChronloU Afency. Mhloetoa. D. C Kbbltt Hou. ylvanla avenue. Norfolk, Va.-Jam!town News Co, Ihiladeiuhii. la. Ryan's Theater Ticket OfXic. any expense- to Import new seed. Be yond question this movement could be promoted by the employment of a state inspector of seed potatoes, whose duty it would be to see that farmers renew their seed, at proper intervale. It re- quires no argument to satisfy any one that the good such an inspector would do would more than, equal the amount of his ealary. Then here In the columns of a poul try journal -we (have a long- article on the subject of eradication of vermin, and it is urged that every one keeping; poultry should spray his chicken roosts at frequent intervals for the purpose of keeping: these poultry pests under control. The same Journal Insists that hens cannot be expected to lay eggs In the Winter if "they are kept in a houee with wide cracks through which the cold wind 'whistle Now, In view of the well-known fact that the egg: prod uct of the United! States has a greater value than the gold output, and that the output could be Increased 50 per cent in Quantity and 75 per cent in value by observance of these essentials. It to plain to he seerl that It would pay the state from a financial standpoint to employ a state inspector of henhouses and henroosts. There is no doubt about It. The great problem of the poultry industry is to make hens lay in the Winter, when e&g-s are up -to 35 and 40 cents a dozen. If we Just had an in spector to go around and), compel the farmers to stop the cracks in the -wall and spray the roosts, there would be no more Importation ol Eastern eggs, it we are going: Into the Inspector busi ness, let u not be halfhearted, about it. THE RAILROAD CRISIS. be worth considering. Is there any ex cuse for t ill erecting- the four, eight, welve and eixteen-etory school build ings, except the trouble of getting out pff a, rut?" " The reasons advanced in favor of the cottage schoolhouse are pertinent,- an-d Boards of Education throughout the "West will observe the workings of the new system with interest. Judge Molr, of the Philippines, save that the Americans are losing some extraordinary opportunities for busi ness in the Islands. He speaks In glowing terms of the wonderful re sources of our new possessions, but says that the business men of the United States are paying no attention to them. What the judge says 1b un doubtedly true, but it to equally true that refusal of the United States to pass lawsv-whieh will open up business in the Philippines ie responsible for the lack of development. With a tariff pol- Icy that stifles Irade and an Impending threat to place the Philippines In the coastwise .shipping; zone, and thus ruin her transportation facilities, capital can hardly be blamed for holding aloof until we come to our senses regarding this rich land across the Pacific. ' IX THE OREGOX COUNTRY, rouble Is Jndse McFsddes'a Hcsserr Philomath Review. One of the largest owls ever seen In Benton County was shot- one night last ween by Judge McFadden. The bird measures about four feet from tip to tip of wings. The honorable Judg hearing- a clatter among his fowls about ! o clock In the morning, sallied out in his robe-de-nult with his shotgun, and observed the cause of the disturb ances perched in the top of a tree among the chickens. The proceedings at the Albany Ship pers" Convention, like the proceedings at the Eugene shippers meeting a month earlier, revealed a sentiment that bodes no good for the particular kind of railroad policy- -which has proven 60 detrimental to the growth of Ceeded by the "Oregon mist" so dearly Oregon. The demand for relief has beloved by the true Oreeonlan. According to present Indications, Ice running in the Columbia 'River will not delay traffic long-. While the "down- stream wind," so dreaded by navlgat ora of the Middle Columbia from the voyiageuri of the 'Hudson's Bay Com pany in their old hatteaux down to the captains of the sternwheel river craff of today, is probably, howling- around Cape Horn,' driving sand hair-way across the river and whipping the water Into whltecaps between that point and: the Cascades, mild weather is predicted. The wind, has shifted from the East to more balmy winter quarters on .the lower river. Upon. these a-ood grounds it is hoped that the January cold e?pell will soon toe suc-1 stalling- mains of eight inches or less Sacramento, Cal. 6acramento Newt Co, ghall be met by the owners of abutting property. The cost of larger water pipes shall be met y direct assessment, presumably on all property benefited. There is much In the proposal of the- Free Water Association The Oregonian cannot commend- It thinks the princl pie of requiring property benented to pay for extension of water mains is correfl, but it does not think that the policy of requiring every water-user to pay a water rate, however small, should be abandoned. If the $40,000 in come from water sold (for commercial purposes should) be s-eallzed. there is ron.Ti.Axn. PATI'UDAY, JAX. U, Wl yet $160,000 per annum to be provided out of the general taxation tor pay- rHKi-ARATmx roB pounrs. President' Hadley, of Tale college, gives his views upon "Intelligent Prep aration for the J uf ll- service-- in tne laet number of the Independent. Mr. been voiced in no uncertain tones, and it will imperil the future political ca reer of a great many Oregon states men if it Is unheeded. The Question is one that is not confined to any particu lar, part of the state, tout Is fraught with great significance for every lo cality in this great commonwealth. The Willamette Valley has been especially In the opinion of Dr. Driver, .mar riage should be restricted to the phys ioally and mentally fit. That is to say. no man or woman of unsound body or mind should be allowed to marry. In this view Dr. Driver is in accord with the advanced physiological thinkers of the a.are. -Thft uroblem in this -on nf- hard hit by the car shortage, and in- tiorli however, is not alone the sumcient tracKage. and ruin ana aisas- .friction of marriaire. since the end ment of interest on bonds, "we think that this amount, too, ehould be paid from the water revenues. It will not be under the association plan. Reduction off rates to the householder in .Portland has recently been made. Ji5Srt.f rU h I. abM that called a practical politician has naased through a campaign which did not lack political features and which rather Important issues depended on. The election of a president of Yale College, one may aseume. partakes rather intimately of the nature of our political contests, though It is carried on more decorously and with less thrill ing appeals .to the public. Ir. Madley may therefore bo looked upon as an authority even upon the practical elde of political life; so far a theory goes, his wisdom Is admittedly incompara ble. The general trend of his doctrine in this article is, however, that theor. etit-al knowledge Is of little value public life. "Knowledge of facts about government Is St as much use in teach ing a man how to govern as know! edge of facts about poetry i in teach- ing a mafl how to write poetry-ana no more." Thus tsalth President Hadley. .-' . It is well known that nobody can learn how to write poetry. Poeta yet low enough. Very likely. The Ore gonian Is willing and anxious that they shall be just as low .as they can be made consistent with the proper and economical operation of the water plant; but it Je quite easy to foresee that if we axe to have free water, with no pecuniary obligation therefor on tha part of the individual, we shall next be met with the demand for free lights not free street Hgbts, but free lights In the household fop private use. If free water, why not free lights? If frea lights, Why not free fuel? If free fuel, why not free meat, free milk, free eggp, free butter, free groceries and free sta ples of all kinds necessary for use In the household? ritKSinKXTlAL PROSPECTS. The recent unkindly stroke of fate has eliminated Mr. Hearst from the Presidential race and left Mr. Bryan as rtne oln available canrl irist rj unnn thA citur. ho la born, ho is not made Democratic 6idx At least this is the teaching, or by practice, or by any- present aspect of the matter. Time xniiig 'i-. . '.'- msuy bring .change, but it Is not lilte- lllier inai mo inniuviiui i uu..i..c .., ly. xhoee who hoped, that Mr. Bailey, ter have overtaken . great many pros perous enterprises which were depend ent on railroad transportation. That Eastern Oregon is not so badly onT in this respect is because the roads have neglected the country and retard ed its growth more than in the Wil lamette Valley. And yet the unant- inous and overwhelming desire for drastic legislation which will overturn all existing conditions and relieve h people from the commercial bondage in which they ere now held carries with It a danger which muet be guard- ed against. The car shortage and at- tendanf evils have made a. fine vehicle on which a good many political pa,tri- ots would like to ride, into power. Throughout the length and breadth of the state there is such a. etrons: anti- rallroadj sentiment that the rush for the anti-railroad bandwagon is in a .fair way to carry aloni: with it many men who are now in the anti-railroad ranke for the same reason that they have in the past stood with the railroads. This element, while lacking- in sin-' certty of purpose, will endeavor to rre- ate a situation that will result in leg islation which will utterly fail in bring ing- abem t the m u ch-n eed ed reforms. Representative Jones, of Polk County, sounded a warning at the Albany con vention when he objected to indorse ment of any particular railroad, bill until the Legislature had' the fullest opportunity do examine Into its merits. It is not at all certain that a railroad commission ie the only vehicle through which the antl-railroad sentiment can And efficient expression. Least of alt Is 4t essential that a com mission shall be appointed by the Governor. Why by the Governor? To build up and reinforce the Democratic 'political maohlne at the expense of the proposed restriction of the offspring: of th unfit would! not by this means be solved. However, the step advo- cated "by Dr. Driver is one in the right direction. The rest will follow in due time. MRS. eddy axd.her cradle. OFFICE FOR WALLA WALLIANj Ministers and Member. Salem Journal. Some of the members may now be ellgious men, but they need reviving and a re-awakening when they come to Salem. Many of them seem to forget heir early training when they asemble here, and do things they were never taught In Sunday school. Folic Coantr Peta. Dallas Itemlzer. Mr. Snyder and Babe Steele, of Buena Vista, deodorized five skunks last week. Their operations were perfectly suc cessful. When these little animals are robbed of their odoriferous glands they make the most sag-aclous pets imagin able. One deodorized skunk will rid house or barn of more rats and mice than a dozen cats. Docsmt Remember Ab7Mbk About the McClure Story. PORTLAND. Jan. ll.-(To the Editor.) Under heading-. "Rocking: Mrs. Eddy's Cradle," there la published In The Ore- gonlan of this morning an extract from an article in the current number of Me- Clure'a Magazine, and as Mr. Eddy, over her own signature, has made correction of this article since the issue of the magazine, it is believed you will be glad- erive space to the follow ins: brief ex tract, pertinent to the item in question, from her published letter: 'The various stories told by McClure. s Magazine ebout my father spreading- the road in front of his house with tanbark and straw, and about persons being hired to rock me, I am ignorant of. Nor do I remember any such stuff as Ir. Patter son drlvtnir Into Franklin. N. with couch or cradle for me in his wagon. I only know that my father and mother did everything- they could think of to help me when I was ill. Who or what is the McClure 'history" 80-called presenting? Is it myself, the veritable Mrs. Eddy, whom the New York vv or Id declared dylngr of cancer, or is It her alleged double or dummy hereto fore described? If Indeed It be I. allow me to thank the enterprising; historians for the testi mony they nave thereby given to the divine power of Christian Science, which they admit has snfl-tched me from the cradle and the srrave, and made me the beloved leader of millions of the good men and women In our own and other coun tries, and all this because, the truth I have promulgated has epara3ed the tares from the wheat, uniting Statter to lie Assistant Secretary or Treasury. WASHIXaTCN. Jan. 11. Arthur F Statter. of Walla Walla, Wash.. at present private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, will be ap pointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Charles H. Keep when the later retires on February 1 to become Bank. Commissioner of th State or New York. In asking th President to make this appointment Soretary Shaw did so with the under standing that Postmaster-General Cor telyou, who takes the Treasury port folio March 4, should AH the oftlc whenever he desired to do so, am First Assistant Postmaster-Genera Hitchcock will later on be made A. flBtant Secretary. Mr. Hitchcock wil not leave tne Postofflce Department, with Mr. Cortelyou. but will do about July X or perhaps later. Stay on t be Para - Arlington Record. Young men who leave the farm to seek a fortune In the city usually awake to a state of affairs that they had no thousrht of while every necessity was supplied without a word being I iorJy those who love truth; because truth said. In the city they will have to divides between sect and science and re pay ror everything they sret. and young; man who has been brought up In a comfortable home generally de mands more than his earnings can pay for. While the waees in the city are often greater than the farmer's sched ule, the added and unthought-of ex- news the heavenward impulae: because till hear the harvest sons of the He- deemer. awakening the nations, causing Will Authorize Big; Battleship. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Chair mar Foss. of the House committee on nava I affairs, expects to have the naval ap proprlation bill ready to report to th iiouse on February i . It Is practically assured that the bill will not carry an appropriation for ai additional battleship, but it will re authorize the building- of tne propose Dreadnauzht. which Is -to he h onus I or any vessel afloat. There is sonvj doubt as to whether that ship waH properly authorized at the last session I in the opinion of the members Congress, the bill was so Juggled be tween the two bodies of Congress tha merely tha drawing of plans was pro- viuea ror. to'iovhi. enemies: because 'blessed Bourne Working lor Oregon. Tf alt the agitation and; discussion ca.ujed by the car shortage ehould. finally result in the enactment of a law which the (transportation companies deem unjust, they will have no. one to blame but themselves. For many yeans the people have been obeying the Bible Injunction to turn the other cheek when smitten on one side. They have learned however, that turningr the other check submissively Is followed by another slap, and now they will try an other plan of action. The railroads, will receive more mercy than they have themselves given. pensea cut below the farmer's wages. Senator Drpew. Raklah Attt. Washington (D. C.) Herald. Nothing like Senator Depew's auto- mobile has ever been seen in Wash ington. The Senator and ftlrs. Depew dashed up Pennsylvania avenue In it on a recent afternoon about 3:30, and the crowds upon that thoroughfare Stopped and stared in admiration. It is of the latest French model, and Its movement indicates tremendous horse power. The chauffeur is a thing of beauty. He seems to be the typical French driver, and his whiskers are patterned somewhat after the famous "aiders" of the New York statesman. By the side of the chauffeur sat proud ly the Depew footman, and he, too, has his solemn physiognomy highly deco rated with a hirsute growth sugges tive of the Senator's- Senator Depew was wrapped in a huge fur coat that was closely buttoned, and 'upon his head he wore a rakish looking felt hat -whose brim waved gracefully in the Wind. The Senator looked better than he has appeared in more than a year. His cheeks were rosy, and the old smile that won't wear off turned to his face. The only other automobile in Washington at all com parable to the Depews was brought here from Paris two or three years ago by Senator Clark, of Montana, who bns not been seen in it this season, the presumption being that he has shipped it to New York for his convenience when he is In that city. Senator Elklns has one that seems to be almost as The Oregon State Federation of "Women's Clubs has undertaken to es tablish a permanent fund to aid de serving young women to complete a college course. The first efforts will be made to assist girls attending the State University. Later the -work will be ex tended. Each club in the state will contribute to the enterprise. The as sistance will take the form of a loan to toe repaid without interest when the recipient & able. The benefit -y-hioh the Portland Woman's Club will give at Elks' Hall next Friday afternoon ie to raise money for this worthy -purpose. The New York horeecars, which have always had such picturesque interest for the Western -people, who are famil iar only with modern transportation methods, are to be supplanted by elec- trie cans. This will help somewhat in j$lvln$r Gotham the real thing: in metro- s,me Innate elf t. or faculty divine, of Tens, mleht renlaee Mr. Rrvan as lesltlraate nn an T1" polltan color, out 8o long a she con .. . I ' " I II r.Ar4 ItnAn rv hA frOt7 I . tinues to be the beet market on eartn for f?old bricks of a.11 descriptions and degrees, O'lffnry's d'eelgrna.tton as "Yapville on tiro Hudson" win sun he the most appropriate appellation that can be given her-. which to ordinary men is sa fed. Indeed Dr. Hadley Intimates that, in one and vouch- farthe respect at I the idol of the Democracy now admit that their hope Is vain. -Mr. Bailey's neaa must be strewn with repentant & a dlalinot huldrMOft asheS f0P marlv veara Mora i ha TwrnnU will learn to disassociate his name from Standard Oil. The caee is different with the Repub- leamt, education t the practical -politician: for ha says that whatever facts about our Oo v eminent arc learned m college wm "probably have to be unlearned in after life. Still the colleare helps a pollticla.n, he loration sentiment of the state? rhe present crlels in the trouble be tween the -railroads- and the people hats been brought about inability of the roads to supply cam It Is in the power of (the LiOKlslature- to enact a. reciprocal - demurrage law which will penalize the men are ye when men shall revile you. and persecute you. and miall say all manne Of evil axatnst you falsely, for my sake." CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION'. Plans for 4-Story Skyscraper. New York Despatch. A tower is to be built on the north west corners of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company building, which will mount 657 feet 5 Inches from the curb. It will be ie stories high and part of the big marble building that occupies the entire block bounded by Madison and Fourth avenues and Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets. Up to a height of 492 feet the tower ill be 74 feet square, with nine win- dows on a side in each story. Above the main section a peaked dome will rise to the heiarht of 94 feet, and the dome will be surmounted by an octagon- al CUpola 70 feet high. An observatory 686 feet above the curb will afford a agnlflcent view of the city, and, with center 335 feet above the Kround. an ornamental clock with a dial 25 reet across, will reach from the twenty fourth to the twenty-sixth story. The tower will be built of steel skeleton Construction filled out with ornamental brick and marble. It will cost t-, The drawings Just filed by the archi tects. Napoleon Le Brun & Son, are the fourth set. There are 61 separate draw Inprs showlnjr the wind braclnff for the tower and other achitectural Teatures. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. .Tonatr tourne is continuinr- the eood worV for Oregon. He in keeping constant!) in touch with the river and harbol committee, and is preparing" to al Senator Fulton in securing Increased appropriations in the Senate, if th' House falls to provide as liberally a desired. Yesterday Mr. Bourne called on th- President and had a long-, confidential talk about Oregon affairs. He expect! to remain here until the end of thl session. Delay Hirers and Harbors Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The rivers and harbors bill, it is now announced, nrob I ably win not be reported to the House o I Januflry lfi. Subcommittees are engage- in discuPRlnjc projects aliened to then: ind delegntlons representing various' sec tions of the country are heard daily b; the various subcommittees. Mr. Burton and his associates hold firm I ly to their decision not to have any heai I In gs before the entire committee becauel of the shortness or the session. "Uncle JoeV Mvatp Office, Baltimore News. "So this is the Mouse of Representa tives," an elderly man said with awe as Hoyt Not to Bo Alaska Judge. WASHINGTON', Jan. lL-PresIdenl Roosevelt has appointed Henry M. Hoytj OJlstnet Attorney at X om e. AlH.ka. 1 represent the Government as spe-lal prop ecutor in the land fraud cases In India Territory and Oklahoma.' The appoint! ment of Hoyt as prosecutor m the lanH fraud cases sets at rest all stories to tbj effect that he was a candidate to succeed Judge W'ickersham. strong and durable as either that of he walked up to the main roor of the House. "This is tne place we arc repre- Senatof Depew or Senator Clark, but unlike either of the others - bis car not as perfectly protected by a glass case. Law. New Tork llcans. If a diversity of candidates la desira.ble, they ma.y be deemed more rortunate than the Democrate. for Jn- roadfl for their failuro to supply tne The w of men ycarg m mr cars needed. Whether a commission Is necessary to do other things to the railroads lev a question to be considered thinks, though not by what It teaches 8lcad ot one m nave;many, Omit- r'' r.XrnSS" him. The benefit comes through asso- tin(r Mr. Roo 1h rtalnlv SerlOUSly and CaTOIUlly D7 MC LeglSia ciation and acquaintance with other men. This he believes to bo essential ting Mr. Roosevelt, who 1s certainly entitled to belief when he affirms bis desire to withdraw from Presidential to success In public life. and. the first Tolitlc0. Mr. Taft seems to head the list T1IE COTTAGE SCH00LH0USE FLAN. -aentlal. "No and habits of i pertson. with the taste t recluse, according- Dr. tiadley, need expect to obtain the onfldinco of the people. He must have t ho "terrible gift of familiarity." "UnlebB you care for the people you CaiillOt Know ttirm. Unless you Know them you cannot influpnee them. Un- Ich you Influence them you cannot lead them." A.11 thbs is genuine truth. It Is if we rank the candidates according to I a.vatla.bility. He has the enmity of j Borne of the labor organizations on ac count of injunctions which he -issued long ego; but. on the other hand, he Deueved by the people to represent more closely the ideal? of Mr. Roose velt than any other man. There can be llttlo doubt that Mr. Taft has en lieted. for the wa,r in the rea t contest With the time for the annual fllstrl- button of the income of the irreducible school fund more than six months away, there is now on hand $113,000. it might not b ft bacf plan do retire two distributions a year, thus placing the (1ulte lilcely that the most deM pot- to m thft predatory lntPrests undor frhS nlieoTeTrt.lnor ZlZrt " "-"J," f,.dtw- e . .TS ? .b Sr. ,hw5 It lyms idlo In the state treasury, rarv and more -practical appreciation of in ,ua thQt tV wni-ch, pcrhap.. the American spirit than any dozen 'A new suggefitlon -with regard "to tne echoolhouse," .- yn th Outlook. "COITieS to U3 Irom Colorado. It 1s the application of the grroup system to edu cational facilities." This, plan l not Itogether new in thto -ity, a nugRcs- tion aa to its utility, healthfuiness and offic 1 oncy ha v i n g been ma. d e some months ago by Mayor Lan. accomoa nled by the further suggestion that the Mood R.lv err. who pushed his sister of five years, with, her clothing on fire. OUt Of IOOn3 anJ rolled her over in the . . 1 a 1h1!m ; enow until tns names were exun- I cruienhed, is a hero. All honor to the lit tle fellow, arid speedy recovery from the severe burna that he suffered m the brave thougrh futile effort to save his baby eititer from bolnfc fatally- burned. Vrmltr'. Id. of tha Washington Dispatch to the Tribune. "I see." observed a Republican member of Congress today, "that the President tias sent Assistant Attorney General Purdy to Texas' to get some evidence against the men of the Twenty-fifth In fantry, whom he recently found guilty and discharged from the Army. It re minds me of an incident that happened when Senator Foraker was Governor of Ohio. "The Charleston earthquake happened then. Governor Foraker read of it in thd papers and instantly wired to tho mayor of Charleston. 'Do you need tents? The Mayor replied emphatically that he did. Thereupon Foraker called up the adjll- tan t general of the Ohio ICational Guard and ordered him to ship to CTharleston the tenta he could lay his hands on. 1 1 1 1 .L "'But. Governor.' .aid tne aajuiam general, 'hadn't we better look up the law first and find out If It In legal to send the National Guard tents out of the suit! : Sure,' replied Foraker. 'Look up the v by all meann, but don't do It until after you have sent the tents. "The view vhich tne msm-m urnes of the evidence seems to be a good deal Ilk -a the view which Foraker then took of the law." Lecturer of Senate Innovation. "Washington rx C) TMsoateh. Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine, is a Stickler for tradition and custom m the Senate and objects to anything new sent.d." "This ain't any rlouse of Representa tive." a naee boy said. "This is Xncie Joe' Cannon's office. There ain't no iouse of Representatives no more." A Fair Hit. Eugene Register. The attention of The Oresronlan , called to the fact that there is less daneer to human life In Eugene "the university town" from Its water sup ply than to the citizens of Iortland from tnugs and murderers. Seattle. 'Wash., and YVashtncton, D. Washington (D. C Herald. The Portland Oresronlan has an e torial headed "Getting Out of Seattle. The wisest- thins: to do Is to avoid get tins into Seattle, in the first place. Hearing on Seed Pistribwtlon. WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-Represental tlves of Feed and nursery stock eoneerrl 'r (tran tfi a hearinsr today by the Ser-I a committee on axrlculture. They irf dorsed the proposition of the department to confine thefree distribution of seeda II rare varieties. rold. unKyirnpathetlc, sneering critics wlto Bit by th wayside and narl at aJl the rule of law. There eeems to be ! something -like a consensu? of opinion ! in he press that, next to Mr. Rooee- ; velr, Mr. Taft has the popular confl- oonce. speaking of RepubllcainB onlv. no wouio. oraw no such following from that the district already owns and liaa under construe tion many Jarge and expensive Inga in conformity with the lc cepted. (plan of building and equipping One cannot decide offhand which was miws. K owpw".. lte Democracy as Mr, Roosevelt M in .1 " mT,; oTnf k l.-J. .i.t BCUUUlilUUSfB, I1U1D I1UUIU HOD KWU.ll VI the last election, especially If Mr. 1 . . , . ... . lryan -w ri In opponent. All our history teaches us that the kcleve ttat Mr, Forakcr ha8 mi huiin. the mora theatrical, the collision be tween' Congressmen uflineR mi Manon or tne fteauiitui reconciliation J the Curtain dropped, politician is born, and not Jnade. The power to influence men is something inherent. It shows Itself In the boy at by s not it kind of inborn wholly esc pi lea magnetism. The school. The captains on tne senooi ground, are such potency which i pie. Some call natural leader does not need to per- uad. or argue, or compel. Men fol low him becanee they like to follow. .and becauee they recognize m mm the Rift of leadership. We do not Quite .agree with Tr. Hadley that this gift depends primarily upon eynnpathy, or rathor liking, lor one's Telkwmcn, Many great leaders In all lines of life have been of a cynical, evil disposition, Without warmth of heart or KindAy feel- Ine. Great lexers to fiODlvtlmM been cold and cruel they have been crafty and selflsh. Leadership ' de- pends, one may hint, -upoa what p&y- choioffiAu are coming to name the "power of vuggestlon. The Quality which we have vaguely termed "mag- nctlsm" for eo many years is really the power to Impose hypnotic sugges tion upon crowds of people. The genuine orator has e. subtle 'power -which the ordinary coldly, log- leal speaker cannot even remotely Jmi tatte. He swayn his audience, not by voice or gesture or reason, though thede. of course, all help In proportion to their perfection, but by his hold upon, -the sub conscious world by virtue 0t which he COmntla eubmlsslun to hia 0a6sUnaU appeal Tha. politician i8 prospect of receivinflr tlie nomination. Grave doubts are 0ureTe.teM u-hether He could defeat a popular Democrat, while It la freaufntly conceded that agamt Mr-. (Bryan he would have scarcely any chance at all. Mt. Fair- bankfl haa thus far manifested a- cer tain skill In capturing: !eWates, but this -does not measure his popularity by any means. o -oecome genuinely pop- ular Mr. FalrhanKs must turn his sym' pathiee in another direction from that they ateem, so far o harve pre- which. Cerred. the suggestion. That the plan he niertt is apparent, but that it will su I persede the present eytem of echool- hou&6 construction very slowly, If at all. i reasonably certain. The City or Puoblo, Colo., however. has taKen decided etepe toward- inaug urating tha new plan. Briefly stated, rt Is the application of theroup aystem to the edoica-tl on a 1 - fvc 1 1 1 1 i e- of the city. Beginning with a central halt or audi- torlu-m, the needs of the , community, as they -develop, are met by ft he addi tion of new buildings on either eld of this hall, all being upon the ground floor. An entire block its utilized and the additions are made to .meet the re quirements so that there are no waste Qlvlnff full credence to the publio statement of the Sullivan Trust Com- pany-debts half a minion ana usem much Larry seems to wind. four times as I bave sailed too crlose to -the Ellen Terry Is scheduled' for a rare- well tour of the Tint ted State?. The ertterprteing press accent neglects, to specify whether U is to be the first or I the lafit ' Possibly It shall yet come to pass that fhn naccKsnirpr hraKeman. the envy of LUC yUiA-'Uiov the amall boy of the land, will be he only man to ride free. -A WORD POB THE POTATO AXD THE roum The many-room building la Arid SOUtftCm California CUt Off from usually ahead. of the district; of or behind, the needs there are vacant rooms Demand Is made lor the enactment in.tw.ea jior- future 8 or crowaea of a. law for creation of the office of State Sheep Inspector-, -with a view to the control of the diseases to which the sheen Is suWect While it IS Quite There is less chance or Are, ana m ca otnwr parte, of the state, by flood dl: closes one or the metorologtoal vaar- ies or the New Tear. protMLbly true that some roooV oould b. accompllnlied by employment of a. state Sheep inspector, there would be mo end ot state offices if an inspector should be appointed whenever it could, be shown that some good could thereby be accomplished. Just now Tre have at hand an artrclo upon the subject of the deterioration of the potato and. sug gesting that there is great need: of the Introduction of new seed so that the po- tato crop may be larger in Quantity and better in quality. There Is little probability, however, that any consid erable &umk ot farmers .will go io of Are there la lesa chance for loss of prop- erty or damatce by- water, and th dancer to pupils is reduced to a. minimum. T-Ik tit- and Ventilation may be obtained from any direc tion. There art 5 large hallways to iccu- mulatto dtrt. There Is less work for the jani tor, and there is no wetpltjii of dust and Other refuse from one floor down" upon an- other. A recess may be taken out-of-doors at any time without disturbing- other classes. There Is a greater flld tor indtvi duality on th part Of both teachers' ana - pupils. The View Irom the ground floor is more attractive to children, being nearer to nature. Those who advocate the Pueblo plan of sinjrJe-story detached, school build- lngs ask; "If jjfa health ana pnroff No -doubt the IofT lul a.t u re will take cosnizance of the $100,000,000 Increase in Oregon taxable property -hen It comes i to appropriations. 1 It is RTa-tifyiing- to note that ethics of professional fightws ere honored m Congress. Meesre. Gaines and; Mahon shook hands. Even In the fourth person, a North' ern Congressman Is not safe In calling1 member from the South a liar-, even when he ie. Mr. Corey says he will not marry uring; bis present trip. jWbat' the use? eeplns in. He place occupied by succeeded to th the late Senator urer IlO&r, Of Massachusetts, as the lect of those who start innovations. Senator McC umber had Brlven notice that on a certain day be would call up a blU. Instantly Senator Hale was on h!s feet. "t should like to say rljrht here." Senator Hale said. "that bc&-us a Senator gives notice he cannot always bring up a bill. There is nothing In the history of the Senate, there is not h InK in the precedents, to sustain Jt, The clerks have fallen Into a fash ion, if ft Senator gives notice of his In- tentlon of making; a speech on a cer tain day. either to fret all his friends hero or Keep them away I Know- not which-of journalizing It, It should not be. ."Ijet the Senator say be will try to get up his bill and I will help him. Senator Hale concluded, aa he eat down pleased with a duty done.- Washington (D. C.) Fost. Secretary Cortelyou Is a master In the art of 11m ten I n k. An admirer says that "he could e7vo the sphinx six easy lessons by mall that would make that silent creation think", herself somewhat hitherto a V Flo II ! Tin ! "SVben Boll I hear it. phonoRraph." The Drum, Clinton Scollard, thrills shr to h it u not to fear It, But rather to cheer it! Now piansent. row pleading-; Or BwelHnf gonorouf, ana mm With ominous rattlft Of battle. IJo. squadrons are forming For Rlormingl Roll! roll! ' ' . Not the shrill of -the nfe. limlntent with glorious lire. 7an ttutch at the cplrl t . control. Ijlke that dominant tnroDDins. They have plunged to the tray With the llgtlt 01 emywio In thelrleyM. Boll! roll! What leads over vaiipy and iop Through the roar and the numi Tls th. voicing- of Hope Tl tha drum! Huh! plcretnfc throngb dtrfaM. na dole. Inspiring to valor uMt 11(11111?. It carries th. cr.st to ths sate. IVh.'i r .1 Confirms Oregon rostmaster". WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. The Senatl conflrmi the followinaj Orwiron Poafinae tcrs: Thomas J. Amber, Mount Angel Henry Procter, Elgin; Finley E. Robert Springfield. GIVE WEALTH TO TOOR. Carnegie Says Great Fortune Should Revert to Tublic After Death. LONDON. Jan. 11. An article, toy Anl drew Carnegla In the Review, of Rel vipu-s. rpcardlnir Kreat to.tunes, Is ail tractlng attention here. In Mr. Camvgle'fl article lie expreseel the belief that a millionaire ought tl rr,..r,tr life's hnnk overi Page ty golden Kharn his wealth with the -poor, bul .Ullllil - I Ith the limitation tnat i;ib iortuni should not be divided before the mill llonalro H death. Then the commurlt I should exact a larjce share. Furthcl Drfflms of Childhood. Kansas City Journal, Planant r-otl-ctlon. happy Songt of Bummer warblers In trees. pnr. At the fireside dreamlnc Of a (olden ase I Coma, y uttis SIMM figures; come, ys visions Faces tanned and frecKlea, or left : th book pa-K' brown and bars Turn th book of llvlns. pai by - pane t the fireside dreamins Of a golden a! or an .fr. rvflPlfndFnt with th. hoi freO 811(1 bright anU careless of the human Down the rifted chimney Winter winds may Naught can mar the dreaming Ot & golden age. When Of the heart was wholesome raptur with tha fr eed om ' m recom - 'discussing the Question, alarming ui th a l distribution of wealth ftrtsln -nm the hw industrial conditions - ur day. he said: "We shall ultimately have to cons! the adoption of some such scheme as proRreanive tax on all fortunes betyon I a certain amount either in lite or jf qucathed at death so tnat u would impossible for the owners of enormoi: fortunes to hand more than a certai I amount to any .individual. In the coming day, Mr. Qarnegle sa brains will stand above dollars anl conduct . hovB both. Turn the dook or fortune, but tn weete paffe Tells in hours of dreaming Of the Rolden aite'. Held for Ahductln? Boy. JCll Of Childhood pleasure, telle the won nAf Inv the happy spirit of a happy hoy. Winda Brunei Maklns; tweet Of a golden age! chlmn the dreaming and rasje PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11. Hums and Kdw t-rt Thomas charged with Dav I were a.H ahductlv."! ralKnfd today Harry Brkowlt2, a lfl-J-Mf-Old r bo from Faltlmnr. and were held, to awa. I requisition papers from that city, Thi men claim they found .the boy. EATS 'EM AX.1VEI' From the Nsw Tork Press.