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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JINE IS, 1907.
READJUSTMENT OF STATE LINKS.
It has always been held toy persons
not a few that the ''Old Oregon Coun
try," when cut ip Into territories
which subsequently were erected Into
states, was badly divided. When
"Washington was set off from Oregon it
included not only the present State of
"Washington, but also the present State
of Idaho. The territory comprised In
the counties of "Washington south of
Snake Itlver was left to the territory
of Oregon, but when the bill to admit
Oregon as a state was pending In Con
gress It wa.i so amended as to give
thoso counties to Washington. When
Admission of Idaho was proposedan ef
fort was made to cut off from Idaho
the panhandle, or narrow strip of ter
ritory lying between Washington and
Montana, and attach it to Washington.
Put this failed, and as results of all
these adjustments, which indeed are
palpable malformations, the boundaries
of the three states were fixed as they
remain. The panhandle of Idaho, It
should be stated. an awkward projec
tion between Montana and Washing
tonis tho fruit of a condition that ex
isted when the Territory of Idaho was
formed; before which event the "strip"
contained a large population, drawn
thither by discovery of gold; and the
new territory needed this population.
Therefore it was set off from Washing
ton and given to Idaho.
It is a clumsy arrangement, beyond
dispute this division of the Old Oregon
Country. Various suggestions have
been made during many years for Us
amendment; but no change that ever
lias been proposed or could be pro
posed would bo likely to meet the ap
proval of the people of the three states.
Ideally, Western, Oregon and Western
Washington, similar in climate and
.Physical features, should constitute a
single state; and. the territory of the
threeOregon. Washington and Idaho
east of the Cascade Mountains,
should form two more. This great
mountain range is a barrier which
makes the two sections on either side
of it entirely unlike. The greatest
factor In the differentiation of the na
tions of p:urope is the Alps. But for
the Alps the history of Kurope would
have been altogether different from
what It is as we read it. Great moun
tain chains are great factors In the
affairs of the world.
A proposal comes from Spokane In
the form of a pamphlet, submitted to
the Spokane Chamber of Commerce by
a committee of that body, designated
ns "Committee on New State." It pro
poses a rearrangement which would
make four states of the three; begin
ning by dropping a line through Wash
ington and Oregon from north to
south, cutting off part of the Great
Bend country, crossing the Columbia
rear Arlington, Oregon, and meet
ing the Oregon and California bound
ary line in the vicinity of Like
viow. Then from a point which their
diagram shows would be somewhere In
Wheeler County. Oregon, a line Is
drawn directly east through Kastern
Oregon, crossing Snake River in the
deep canyon below Huntington, and
continuing east through Idaho to the
summit of the Rocky fountains. Ore
gon's counties south of this line would
fall to Idaho, including Raker City,
Canyon City. Huntington, Burns, On
tario, etc.; and thoso north of it, in
cluding Heppner. Pendleton. La
Grande, etc.. to the new state, which
would extend, northward to the Cana
dian line. The southwest corner of
the new state would be in some point
In Wheeler County. Oregon; from which
a line drawn north to the Canadian
border would be its western boundary.
The new state, then, would be formed
of portions of Oregon. Washington and
Idaho, and tho principal towns in it
would be Spokane, Walla Walla. Lew
lston, Pendleton and La Grande. A
map or diagram showing the proposed
arrangement, which has been printed
heretofore in The Oregonian, is repro
duced, but with more detail, today.
It is, however, a proposition for curi
osity, rather than for serious atten
tion or consideration. The sraDosed.
division leaves large part of the "dry"
country of each of the' Coast states at
tached to the "wet." If there is to be
any division it should he on the Cas
cade Range. Even this, however, would
at present 'be Impossible; and It may
be questioned whether It ever will be
possible. There are too many opinions
and interests to be consulted. To evis
cerate states, redistribute the parts
and have members enough left over to
make one state more and get the ap
proval of Congress, moreover, on the
job w ould baffle political anatomy and,
surgery many a year. Our states have
been very awkwardly made up; but we
think they will remain as they are at
least till after some cataclysm, which
cannot now be foreseen.
BCT LET r SEE.
Nobody doubts. Though some may
pretend to doubt. Ruef is guilty and
Schmitz Is guilty. Orchard- Is guilty,
and Haywood and Moyer and Pettibone
and many more whom Orchard's state
ment involves, are guilty, in greater or
less degree. Nobody doubts, though
some may pretend to doubt.
From the trial at Boise an extraor
dinary statement comes. It is to the
effect that the defense is jubilant be
cause it Is found that one of the jury is
a socialist, and will never vote to con
vict. It is reported that this member
of the Jury "has been keenly interested
In socialist literature, which he has
been reading for many months." "We
know," the report goes on to say, "how
lie feels in relation, to these matters.
They are betting in the vicinity w here
he lives that a hung jury will result
from this trial."-
The reader will draw his own conclu
sions, both as to the case at Boise and
as to the attitude of socialism towards
it. From the point of view which this
report discovers, the murder of 'Gov
ernor Stcuneiiberg was no crime.
THF.Y INSIST ON DISCRIMINATION.
President Mellen, of the New Tork,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, re
cently said:
tf we were able to cease discrimination in
the passenger buMness we would further re
duce our rates. The reason you are paying
2 cent a mile is not because the railroad
pants you to, but because the commuter in
sists he shall ride for less. - You pay more
to help him out. not to help the railroad. If
yon all paid the same rate our tariff easily
could he made 1 ti cents a mile. Yon wUl
note, therefore. thatthe public Is bound to
Mop discrimination even if it discriminates
In doing so.
There are contradictions' here which
are thus made clearer by the New Tork
Evening Sun:
If anything has. been established so far by
the enactment of the 2-cent fare lawB It la the
truth of the assertion that the public insists
upon discrimination while Insisting that there
ehall be none. The effort that has been made
by the Reading and Pennsylvania railroads to
adjust their revenues to the 2-cent law In
Pennsylvania by raising or preparing to raise
rates now below the permitted maximum haa
evoked nothing less than a popular storm in
the territory affected by the proposed and
actual changes. The revealed state of publto
opinion In and around Philadelphia, today
makes it very clear that th public believes
In discrimination agalnat the traveler for
long distance) as compared with the passen
ger for ahort trips, and indorses that kind of
a square deal which la Involved In making
tho shippers of freight and the long-distance
passengers pay part of tho cost of carrying
the low-rate passenger traffic.
Yet nothing more than this statement
Is needed to show the injustice of the
contention. In the West we do not en
force such discrimination; wliy should
they In the East? It Is clear that we
are not yet near a solution of railroad
problems.
RjscoGxrnojr of Portland's advan
tages. Some highly interesting developments
are being made at the Interstate Com
merce hearing on the "Portland gate
way" case at Washington. Under the
skillful questioning of Attorney Cotton,
it has become a matter of record that
there Is in existence on Puget Sound a
lumber trust which has absolute con
trol of prices. It was also brought out
in the testimony that, despite the al
leged serious crippling of the lumber
lndusty In Washington, for which the
non-existence of a joint rate by way of
Portland was blamed, rail shipments
last year were 60 per cent greater than
in any previous year. These admis
sions, while ordinarily of great import
ance, were insignificant in comparison
with the confession by Mr. Beckman
that the congestion from which the
lumbermen sought relief was due to
existence of natural disabilities which
the railroads could not overcome. Mr.
Beckman stated that Washington mill
men had on hand 500.000,000 feet of lum
ber which they could not deliver to
purchasers, and that "the congestion
was caused by grades crossing the Cas7
cade Mountains." and "by shipping by
way of Portland over Portland roads
they could avoid crossing the Cascades,
thereby avoiding the point of greatest
congestion."
No more nattering tribute to the su
periority of Portland's transportation
position could be made than this state
ment of the cause for complaint by the
Washington lumbermen. In effect, the
Puget Sound lumbermen say: "Our nat
ural location, where we are hemmed in
by mountains over which our lumber
must be lifted at great expense and
delay, nearly a mile In the air, is a
handicap which cannot be' removed un
less we are permitted to ship through
Portland, where the millmen have the
advantage of a water-level route
through the same mountains over
which we are now forced to lift our
traffic." Portland is pleased indeed
over this belated recognition of her
superiority, although It will surprise no
Portlander to be reminded that this
point of vantage has always been the
greatest factor in our growth. But,
coming as a frank admission from men
who have always pretended to hold a
contrary view. It has increased value.
The desire of the Washington lum
bermen to make use of our water-level
route to mnrket is quite natural and
proper, and it is only a question of
time when all of the heavy lumber out
put of Western Washington will find
Its way to market by way of the Co
lumbia River railroads That traffic,
however, when compared with that
which originates at Portland and di
rectly In Portland territory, must al
ways bear a distance handicap before
it is on even terms with the Portland
lumber traffic. The demands of the
Washington lumbermen that this dis
tance handicap bftj removed and that
they toe placed on even terms with
Portland shippers in markets which
have been . developed by the Portland
ers, would be most unreasonable and
unfair, even' were It possible for the
railroads to handle satisfactorily the
business originating in Portland ter
ritory. Coming at this time, when the
O. R. N. Co. is unable to handle the
business In its own territory, the In
justice and absurdity of the demand
are enhanced. With conxalctlon at the
North Bank road, the Northern Pacific
will be in position to handle the Puget
Sound traffic more expeditiously than
at present, but even then there is cer
tain territory reached by the O. R. &
N. and its connections and not toy the
Northern Pacific where the Portland
millmen will always have an advan
tage over those of Puget Sound.
This latest attempt on the part of the
Puget Sound people to nullify one of
the greatest advantages possessed, by
Portland and the O. R. & N. Co. is in
some features similar to the demand
for a joint rate on wheat from East
ern Washington points reached by the
O. R. & N. and not by the Northern
Pacific The demand for a join rate
on wheat came from men who were
anxious to do business in localities
where Nature had aided the railroads
in giving Portland an Irremovable ad
vantage. The demand for the joint
rate on lumber is made for similar self
ish and unjustifiable motive's. Both are
remarkable admissions of the transpor
tation limitations of Puget Sound ter
ritory and at the same time high trib
utes to Portlarid's unsurpassed com
mercial position.
GAIX IX CUSTOMS RECKIFTS.
?ustom-House statistics, like bank
clearings, postofflce receipts, building
permits, real estate transfers and every
other feature of our business life, re
flect the wonderful prosperity of Port
land. In some respects Custom-House
receipts are more accurate business
barometers than some of the other
items mentioned, for, by comparison
with those of other ports, the actual
growth of legitimate commerce is
shown to a nicety. For the month of
May, the collections, at the Portland
Custom-Mouse reached a rote4-jif $129,
666.95, compared with $83,856.14 for May,
1906. Collections at Seattle for May,
1907. were $86,133.39, and at Tacoma
$28,836.20, and for Seattle, Tacoma, Ev
erett, Port Townsend, Bellingham, Ab
erdeen and ten other Puget Sound and
Gray's Harbor ports combined they
were $138,122.96, compared with $118,
757.01 for May,' 1906.
These figures show that Portland,
with collections but $8500 smaller than
all Puget Sound and Gray's Harobr
ports combined, gained more than 35
per cent over the same month a year
ago, while the Puget Sound and Gray's
Harbor ports gained but 14 per cent.
The Combined . receipts at all Puget
Sound ports of "in transit" freight are
somewhat larger than those at Port
land, but for goods actually imported
by local merchants for distribution in
their respective territories, Portland al
ways leads the Puget Sound ports. Tho
May imports at Portland included grain
bags, sulphur, cement, matting, tea,
rice, tin, iron, glass, firebrick and a
hundred other staples for distribution
all over Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
In percentages this growth does not
make as imposing a showing as that
of the bank clearings, which at Port
land for the month of May showed an
increase of more than 56 per cent com
pared with less than 10 per cent In
crease at Seattle; but the Increase in.
the importing business as reflected in
these figures is most gratifying and
serves to substantiate the highly sat
isfactory showing in other lines.
SENATOR MORGAN.
Senator John Tyler Morgan, who died
on the night of June 11, was one of
the finest figures in our National life.
His public service, which began almost
in his youth, was prolonged far beyond
the .time when most meti must yield to
the infirmities of age, so that during
his latter years in the Senate he en
joyed not only tie respect which great
ability and lofty character Tecelve, but
also that filial homage which younger
men willingly pay to the elders of their
profession. A patriarch in Congress,
at home In Alabama he had outlived
envy and even rivalry. When he stood
for re-election to the Senate in 1900
and again in 1907, he had no competi
tors. Mr. Morgan's standards of official
conduct were singularly rigorous. To
Senators such as Mr. Piatt, of New
York, Mr. Bailey of Texas, and even
Mr. Foraker of Ohio, he must have
seemed like a precisian. Bred to the
law, he gave up his practice entirely
when he entered the Senate. He could
not reconcile it with his conscience to
divide his loyalty between his country
and the predatory interests which
sought to prey upon it. He did not
believe that he could weigh with .un
biased judgment legislative questions
affecting corporations from which he
had taken a retainer fee. Even for
magazine articles written while he was
in the Government service Mr. Morgan
would receive no pay. His standards
of conduct were those of that fine
Southern stock to which he belonged.
Mr. Morgan was born into the class
which ruled the South from the earliest
colonial times to the Civil War. In a
general way we speak of the cultured
and gifted families which composed
this class as an aristocracy. Relieved
from the struggle for existence by the
possession of slaves, they were enabled
to devote themselves to politics, litera
ture and sports, and developed traits
which were markedly unlike the more
commercialized manners of the North.
A writer in the June Atlantic remarks
that the morals of the Southerners were
more or -less Injured by their associa
tion with a servile race, but he con
cedes that they developed a spirited
generosity and loyalty to their Ideals
which have never been surpassed. Cer
tainly they merited this praise by their
condtfet in the Civil War. The normal
historical development of the South has
been perverted from the beginning by
the presence of the colored population,
but on the other hand it has not known
anything of the immigration from Eu
rope which has flowed into the North.
The blood of the Southern whites has
not mingled with that of the negroes,
while the Northerners have intermar
ried freely with Germans, Irish. Scan
dinavians and many other 6tocks.
In fact, as the writer whom we. have
quoted remarks, there is in the South
ern half of the United States a larger
body of people of almost unmixed
Anglo-Saxon descent than it Is possible
to find anywhere else in the world.
Their future career should show what
this breed of men can accomplish in
industry and statesmanship.
Students of civilization find the typ
ical Southerner an interesting charac
ter because, he is an Anglo-Saxon trans
planted to "a climate entirely different
from that of the land where his race
originated. The genial sunshine, the
mellow Summers of Alabama, contrast
strongly with the chill fogs of North
western Europe. It Is believed that the
new conditions under which he lives
have imparted to the men of the South
something of the ardor of the Italian
and Spaniard, without impairing the
deliberative Judgment, the persistent
energy, of the Englishman, The cli
mate has infused fire into his blood
without diminishing the iron.
"What these men, with their anctstry
and their Incomparable environment,
can accomplish when they have solved
the problems that perplex their intel
lects and paralyze their energies, it is
fascinating to Imagine. They have
never worshiped money and material
success like their countrymen of the
North. Character 'has always counted
for more with them than with us, and
they have known better what is worth
living for and what is not. When they
begin to take their true part in our
National life it is safe to predict that
legislation will pay more attention to
fundamental .right and less to the
clamor of privileged interests; that the
administration of the law will forego
the worship of form and seek the sub
stance of the issue; and that the de
bates in Congress will resume some
thing of that majesty which our older
statesmanship borrowed from litera
ture and philosophy. In this hope we
say that Senator Mrogan, lonely as he
sometimes appeared in the Senate with
his noble ideals brought from a van
ished epoch through the cataclysm of
the Civil War, was not the last of his
type, but rather the link which joined
a great past to a greater future. We
shall see the day when the South will
send to the Senate many men with the
gracious gentility and the lofty princi
ples .i Mr. Morgan, and among Miem
perhaps some genius whose construc
tive statesmanship shall remodel for
another century the structure which
Hamilton built for the one that has
passed.
Another 3-cent drop in wheat in Chi
cago yesterday landed the July option
14 cents per bushel under the figure
reached two weeks ago. When the
greerr -tug and the green speculators
forced the pee above $1 per bushel,
Mr. Patten, an enthusiastic "bull,"
made a vow that he would not cut his
hair until wheat sold at $1.50 per
bushel. A few more days like those
which have followed the appearance
of Monday's crop report will probably
cause Mr. Patten to begin making in
quiries about hairpins and curl papers
unless he intends wearing it a la abo
rigine. On a small tide, with a moderate bar,
the steamship Numantia, carrying 7000
tons of cargo and drawing nearly
twenty-five feet of water, crossed out
to sea yesterday, nine hours after leav
ing her dock in Portland. Good' work
of this kind is strongly confirmatory
of the increased depth of water report
ed on the bar. For the first five months
of this year more deep-draft steamships
have sailed from this port than In any
corresponding period in our history,
and they have experienced less delay
than has been met by any previous
fleet of the same size.
The Czar has approved a recommen
dation of the Council of Ministers for a
concession for a railroad from Kamsk,
Siberia, to Bering Straits and a tunnel
under the Straits. Unless Nicholas
strengthens his hold on his empire in
the near future, his approval of the
concession will be about the only part
he will have taken in this great work.
A new people, living under a new flag,
will undoubtedly see the completion of
the work.
The British War Office will destroy
Colonel Henderson's History of the
Boer War for the reason, as given in a
London cable, that it was "much too
outspoken about the blunders and graft
that distinguished the campaign."
Strict adherence to a policy of this
kind eventually will result in giving
England a good drubbing before it
comes to its senses and keeps its pink
tea soldiers and grafters at home.
Steel is being laid on the new North
Bank road at the rate of about 1
miles per day, the Lytle road to Til
lamook is completed for nearly one
third of the distance, with contracts
let for practically all of the remainder
of the road, and Mr. Harriman has
surveyors in Central Oregon. It is ttms
apparent that Oregon will not immedi
ately feel the effects of the anti-railroad
legislation in the East.
One almost unsurmountable difficulty
In the way of modern dramatists is the
invention of new plots; yet North Yak
ima furnishes a rich chain of novel sit
uations in the achievements of the Mc
Ginnesses mother, daughters and
daughters-in-law. A band of female
robbers in histrionic environment ought
to delight the patrons . of subordinate
playhouses.
The Gould divorce case will come up
for a hearing in New York in the Fall.
The next trial of Harry Thaw will also
take place in the Fall. The ultra-select
Manhattan Islander has difficulty in
finding life worth living unless there is
a continual airing of dirty linen in his
courts, but the combined stench of
these two trials ought to bring joy to
his heart.
In providing a place for the Oregon
National Guard's encampment next
month the powers showed due consid
eration by selecting not only the cool
est section of the state, but the spot
nearest to tho large colony of Summer
girls at Clatsop Beach.
And now that Harriman has taken
over the Corvallis & Eastern, what is
he going to do with it? Will he Harri
manize it up to, say. $10,000,000, mort
gage It and sell the bonds to Wall
street lambs?
There are signs of dissension in the
preliminaries for The Hague Peace
Conference. How, if the contentions
starting in this peace conference should
involve the world in war?
If Ezra Meeker could decorate his
equipage with Oregon roses before It
starts on its journey through Broad
way," he would make blase New York
sit up and take notice.
The Oregon National Guard goes into
camp at Seaside, July 8. It is a good
guess that a regiment of Summer girls
will be in camp by the 7th.
We hear from . San Francisco that
Harriman is spending ten million dol
lars on his Klamath Falls railroad ex
tension. Important, If true.
Prevailing cool and cloudy weather
gives promise of a great quantity of
roses for next week's fiesta.
To those who are really fond of June
showers, yesterday's weather was quite
satisfactory.
Oh, well, Portland doesn't wish to
defeat its neighbors at baseball every
year.
REST AWHILE FROM EXPOSITIONS.
LcvrlB aad Clark Fair Praised aa
"Modest aad Reasonable Attentat."
Minneapolis Tribune.
Tha common testimony of those who
nave visited the Jamestown Exposi
tion is that it is a disappointment and
a failure. Few expositions are fin
ished before the opening. This is so
far behind that it probably will not be
finished wi.en it closes. The general
Impression is that it would not be
worth seeing if it were finished, except
for the national' exhibits of the army
and navy.
There was no demand for this ex
position and there were no adequate
resources to carry It through. James
town Is an empty name. The exposi
tion, was planned to benefit the thriv
ing little trading and manufacturing
town of Norfolk, which has been built
up by railroad, manufacturing and
steamship trusts as a money-making
enterprise.
In the midst of historical associa
tions of great interest, neither the
town nor its surroundings has 'any
particular natural attraction for the
visitor. The Exposition Company ap
parently had no money to furnish at
tractive features besides those sup
plied or paid for by the Federal Gov
ernment. Most of these were brief
and temporary and the others soon pall
on visitors taught to demand variety
above all things. The exposition is
likely to be a failure financially, as it
has been in point of interest.
In that event it will probably do the
country the good service of discourag
ing purely speculative expositions for
which there is no demand, and which
lack adequate resources to present at
tractions. The country was pretty
tired of expositions after St. Louis, but
the BUecess of the modest and reason
able attempt at Portland started them
up again. Now there Is talk of another
on the North Pacific Coast, which may
neutralize the wholesome discourage
ment of Jamestown.
We do not know how far the suc
cess of these remote expositions Is due
to the novel charms of the long jour
ney. It Is pretty clear that the East
has had enough of them at any rate.
SEATTLE POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS.
Large Concern In Suburb Ray Stamps
to Help Posltusfltrr.
Georgetown (Wash.) Gazette News.
The Government bases lbs compensa
tion for postofflce service tipon the re
ceipts of the office. The great trouble
here is that the brewery, the largest
consumer of stamps In Georgetown,
and many of , our citizens purchase
their stamps in Seattle, but mail their
letters, etc., at. the Georgetown office.
The result is the Seattle postofflce re
ceives the benefit at Georgetown's ex
pense. Recently the brewery purchased $1,
300 worth of stamps In Seattle. In all
fairness these stamps should have
been bought at the Georgetown post
office. At the same time the brewery
mails from 200 to 400 letters per day
in Georgetown, usually late in the day,
and Postmaster Street and his assist
ant, Mr. Fritz, make it a point to han
dle this mail together with other ac
cumulations of mail to send it out by
the 9 o'clock train This looks like
discrimination against the local of
fice and Mr. Street has good grounds
for feeling aggrieved.
Just consider what $1,300 would
mean to the local postmaster, two or
three times a year. Then think how
that amount will assist In swelling
Postmaster Stewart's receipts In the
Seattle postotnee.
Timely Rrbtlke.
Speaking of the censure passed upon
District Attorney Manning by certain
friends of "reform" in Portland, be
cause of the notice he has given that
the Sunday law is td be enforced, the
Pendleton Tribune says:
Mr. Manning was elected through the same
patriotic desire of the "Independent voting Re
publicans" of Multnomah County who arose
In their might a few days ago, aa yon said.
and saved the administration of Portland's
affairs from the dominion of "the Inter
ests." Doesn't Mr. Manning represent the thing
he was elected to represent? If so, he Isn't
doing any better than the "machine" Repub
lican he defeated would have done.
It Isn't so bad to see a regular In any
party disappoint somebody, though that Is
bad enough, but when a reformer Is elected
because he to a reformer, and then can't
get the support of those who elected him be
cause he was a reformer, the borison begins
to present a discouraging aspect.
The Tribune hopes to see the saloon-closing
law In Portland rigidly enforced, as well as all
laws, and has the utmost faith In Mr.
Manning's sincerity of purpose when, he says
he will enforce them.
And why not? He stands as a living monu
ment to that spirit of "Republican independ
ent voting" and "blotting out of party lines"
Republican party lines "which augurs so
well for our country."
S. P. Lands Distinct From Pnblic.
OLEXJUA. "Wash., June 10. (To the Editor.)
Will you kindly answer the following ques
tions? 1. Can a person yet take up a timber claim
under the timber and stone act?
2. It a person has exercised his tight to a
timber claim and a homestead claim, has he
still a right to 160 acres of railroad land In
Oregon at $2.50 an acre. If be makes actual
settlement thereon?
SUBSCRIBER.
1. Yes; the timber and stone act has not
been repealed. Applications for land
under that act are received in the Port
land Land Office every day.
2. Railroad land has no connection with
Government land as to application for
claims. Railroad lands are under control
of the railroad land office, which sells or
refuses to sell according to the will of
the railroad.
One person is entitled to take up not
more than 320 acres of agricultural land
from the Government and such land he
acquires under homestead and timber and
stone claims', as distinguished from min
eral claims.
"Politics aad Poetry Lack Rhythm."
' Boston Herald.
To be hailed as Senator Clncinnatus
Heine Miller of Oregon might suit his
passing fancy, but his epithet on fame's
eternal camping ground will be plain Joa
quin Miller, poet of the Sierras. Poetry
and politics may not be wholly uncon
genial, but they seem to be lacking in
rhythm, from the popular point of view.
To be sure there was John James Ingalls,
who was a good deal of a poet as well
as a brilliant Senator and whose poetic
genius still survives in at least one son
net. Nevertheless, he finally fell a vic
tim of his epigrams. Let the poet of the
Sierras stick to his muse. States can be
saved without him.
What California Would no.
Chicago Evening Journal.
Californlans allow their hatred for
Japanese to carry them to extraordin
ary lengths; they insult and harass
Japanese residents unmercifully, re
gardless of the effect such actions
might have upon Japan. But. if Japan
should be roused to make war on ac
count of its subjects' distress, Cali
fornia would not try to bear the en
tire burden of defense, but would come
shrieking to the National Government
Sot protection.
ACTrAL: SETTLER arESTIO'S.
Seeker of S. P. Land Asks What Only
tae'Courta Can Tell Him.
CENTRA LI A. Wash.. June 10. To
the Editor.) I wish to ask the following
questions as to the Oregon & California
and Southern Pacific lands in Oregon:
1. Do you think the railroad can be ;
forced to sell at SI.50 an acre?-
3. In what counties does the land lie
and where is the good land located ?
3. I am told that many persons are
making application for the railroad land
at the Government Land Offices and that
the fee for such application is $10. Is this
true or not?
4. In case one makes application for 190
acres, would he be safe in going upon it
and residing and improving it for a
home, the same as a homestead?
5. How fong will it take before the mat
ter is settled as to the railroad's selling
at $2.50 an acre? G. M. READ.
- These questions cannot be answered in
the way the inquirer seeks. They involve
Issues that will be settled only by long
and strenuous litigation. Nobody can
tell what the outcome will be.
1. There are authorities that think the
railroad can be forced to sell at 12.50.
Foremost among them is Land Comrals'
sioner Ballinger. But nobody has pointed
out a clear way to go about it. Nobody
can say whether this or that suit against
the railroad will win. The technicalities
and subtleties are too complex. The law
questions involved are numerous and
complicated. .
2. The Oregonian has no information as
to the places where the land lies, except
the general knowledge that patches of It
extend along each side of the railroads
between Portland and the California line
and Portland and MeMinnvllle. To
gather this information would require a
large amount of expense and labor and
take a lorrg time. The best way to
locate the land is with the aid of persons
familiar with it and they can generally
be found in each county or locality. But
the seekers of land should be on guard
against Impostors and pretending ven
ders of Information. And they should
be very sure that the land they purpose
to squat on is part of the land grant
area.
3. No applications for railroad lands are
received at any Government Land Office.
4. The Oregonian would not advise any
person. In locating on railroad land, to
Improve the land as his own. He might
lose, and his expenditure of money, time
and labor might come to nothing. He
might be defeated on technicalities apart
from the question whether the railroad
Is bound to carry out the terms of the
land grant as to the J2.G0 an acre selling
price. Only those persons should spend
money in testing the question who can
afford to lose. It is not wise for a poor
man to stake much on the test.
5. Nobody can tell how long it will take
to bring the litigation to an end. No
body knows what the litigation will be.
e a
JOAQUIN MI 1. 1, Kit FOR SENATOR
Good Chance for Him to Distribute
His Surplns Cash. f
Fugene Journal.
It Is now reported that Oinclnnatuft
Heine Miller (Joaquin the poet) says Tils
mines have turned out so well that he
intends to return. to Oregon and run for
United States Senator. If he Is over
loaded with the product of mines, or any
other unearned increment, he can find no
better way to work It off than to "run
for Senator" or any other old office. The
disbursement will be quicker and easier
now than at a former time, although in
past years it was not difficult to scatter
a few thousands among the hungry and
thirsty as several who have been through
the mill could testify. But now. in this
age of fads, grafts and grabs, with pri
mary election laws, and Initiatives and
referendums, stalking over the land, in
broad' daylight, under cover of law, no
body but a wealthy man can run for any
office worth having. Then he is likely
to be' defeated and bankrupted at the
same time, as several were at the last
election. A poet Isn't supposed to have
much business sense, but we would not
be afraid to bet a coon .skin, which was
the usual bet In Indiana where we come
from, and coons are scarce in Oregon,
that our old friend and brother editor in
Eugene of long ago will not drop many of
his good dollars, no matter how many he
has, in running for Senator or any other
office. He knows a thing or two about
the value and convenience of money and
about the uncertainty, worry and vexa
tion of office holding.
Failed to Tame His Mother-In-Lavr.
Klamath Falls Express.
Eugene Isaacs, a full-blood Indian, re
siding on the Klamath reservation, has
brought suit for divorce from his mother-in-law.
Some 10 years ago Isaacs, who
is recognized as one of the reservation's
most intelligent Indians, married a pretty
young squaw with whom he lived until
three years ago. when she was called to
the happy hunting ground. Shortly
after her death he married his mother-in-law.
who is nearly twice his age. His
second marriage, though performed ac
cording to white man's law, was not a
happy union and Isaacs is now seeking
a legal separation from his mother-in-law
wife.
Attacked by 15 Big Timber Wolves.
Oregon City Enterprise.
J. F. Montgomery, of this city, relates
a story of a fight between John Hoopes,
'BRYAN? BRYAN? NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR!'
Cartoons by
Davenport
'Beginning with the "next is
sue, June 16, The Sunday Ore
gonian will publish a series of
original cartoons by HOMER
DAVENPORT, together with
articles from his pen, in which
he makes a most vigorous plea
in behalf of "Animals Tor
tured to Make Man's Pleas
ure." Of the quality of Davenport's
work it is not necessary to
speak. It is as well known in
every other part of the United
States as it is in Oregon. His
power lies in his ethical force.
Davenport puts his heart as
well as his braiu into these new
cartoons. From his earliost
childhood he has loved animals,
and no tine has a better right '
to offer himself in the lists as
their champion.
The Oregonian most heartily
commends the eartoons and the
comment to the intelligent Pa
cific Northwest.
of the "West Side, and a number of tim
ber wolves. Mr. Hoopes was So miles
up the Clackamas River on a fishing
trip on May 2S. when l.e was attacked
by 15 timber wolves. The only weapon
Mr. Hoopes carried was a six-shooter,
but he backed up against a tree and
stood his ground, killing six and wound
ing one. The others became frightened
and ran, leaving the lone man in posses
sion of the field. Mr. Hoopes had a
very narrow escape, and were it not
for his presence of mind in the face of
danger it Is douhlful if lie would have
lived to have related the story.
"Flint Sees 'Km Again." ' "
Hood River News-Ttter. .
Flint Bradford has another "bar"
story. He says that recently while near
Elppa Orchard Sawmill with his bear
dug. Pupplns, the dog became greatly
excited, charging toward A bunch of
brush, frothing at the mouth and bay
ing like a fog horn. Rut he had his
trusty 30-30. He crept up to the brush,
then peeping over the dog's .back ho saw
thie (big-gest rattlesnake he ever laid
eyes on. Flint says he looked away to
see if the snake would appear else
where, but finding it was a sure thing,
shot its head off and pulled It out of its
nest.
The serpent was as large as his arm
and about five feet long. Had rattles as
wide as his thumb and a head an inch
and s half wide, and was tindoubtedly
the largest one of the kind ever killed
In the Valley.
What the Rditor Thought He Savr.
Prinevll'e Review.
The hot weather during the week has
brought O'lt the rattlesnakes in goodly
numbers. Up at the rock quarry a rat
tler six feet long was killed by the work
man. The workmen say it was six feet
long, and as the writer ran across one
fully five feet long up Ochoco Sunday
he has no reason to doubt their state
ments, although the reptile's body was
not brought to town to substantiate
their word. The average rattler Is -not
more than 30 inches In length, rattles
and all. and to gaze upon one five feet
long gives one a similar sensatinn to
that brought about by looking upon a
boa constrictor for the first time.
Jew and Christian.
New Tork Kvening Post.
Those who deplore the barrier which
divides Jew and Christian may derive
satisfaction from a small book just pub
lished in Berlin. It is entitled "The
Conflict Between Judaism and Chris
tianity." Ignaz Ziegler, its Hebrew au
thor, seeks to prove that the two relig
ions are essentially one. The familiar
distinction between the Christianity of
Jesus and that of Paul is his point of
departure. Between the former and
Judaism, he maintains, there can be no
real conflict, for Jesus was neither more
nor less than a pious and law-abiding
Jew. "The Ideals of Jesus were the
common property of Jewish intellectual
life and prophetic teaching. There Is
no distinctively Christian morality. The
ethics of Christianity are from beginning
to end Jewish." It was Paul who, by
his attacks on the Jewish law, began the
conflict. The breach was widened by
the Church Fathers, who proceeded from
partly pagan premises. Judaism ptUl
clings to Its primitive monotheism, and
this adherence is enduring because the
Jews believe that their's is a national
God. The Christian Church Is now grad
ually reverting to the earlier monotheism.
"When the return is complete, "then the
Jewish minority will declare: I have ac
complished that for which I was created,
for all mankind will be one Israel." Kven
If this position were historically demon
strable, there would still remain unfor
tunate jealousies and prejudices which
are, after all, more those of race and
interest than of religion.
Prom ths Wew Torn Mad.