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PORTLAND. THURSDAY, NOV. 28. 1907.
THE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE.
Mr. Bryan Is getting rich enough
to feel within hlrr. the sensation ot a
growing conservatism. He has matle
a lot of money by his weekly paper
and by his lectures, and is supposed to
bo well up In the quarter-of-a-mllllon-dollar
class, or mayhap leading the ad
vance some way beyond It. That is
line, for It assures independence to Mr.
Bryan and comfort fo. his fa ally;
and its rellex action for the public is
good, because It Is making Bryan, who
is a public man of ability and of great
Influence, a more careful, considerate
and conservative man than he was, or
rotild be, when he had to fight the
wolf from his door.
He Is not now for free coinage of
silver, for he says gold has become
plenty enough. All around us, how
ever, are persons who find it a scarce
as It was a dozen years ago. They
have not been so Industrious, prudent,
saving and successful as Mr. Bryan.
The point of view is nearly everything.
Gold in the United States was In
deed more scarce in 1895 than It is
now. That was because we had been'
buying silver and Issuing paper on sil
ver at a fictitious price, at the rate of
$54,000,000 a year, for about fifteen
years. This expelled nearly all the
gold from the country. Other nations.
however, had gold enough and ven
tured so far as to sell us great quan
tities of It, upon our solemn promise to
repay In gold. It must be admitted,
however, that the transaction required
great credulity on their part. But
didn't President Cleveland catch It for
borrowing gold and promising to pay
It. like an honest man! Yet we have
little doubt, if Mr. Bryan sh uld be
come President and a like situation
should arise, he has mad) so much
progress In sanity and towards safety,
that he would do just about what Mr.
Cleveland did. Mr. Bryan has adap
tability. And a volubility that can give
reasons, on emergency. He has some
gold now, or Its equivalent, himself.
Much more than this, Mr. Bryan has
gained knowledge, and above all
breadth of view, from his contact dur
ing the last dozen years with the outer
and larger world. He no longer Imag
ines our country "the whole thing."
He has learned something about busl
tiSjss and commerce and money an
the world's affairs. He has discovered
that the world has a common meas
ure and expression of value, and thrt
our country must conform to It. Mr.
Bryan is by no means so great a fool
'as a large proportion of the vast mul
titude that has followed him. They
never can see It. But the wiser ones,
like Hilt Miller and Judge O'Day. he
will carry wlth him. They can see
things, too. They will want as good
money as Is going, and soundest con
aervation of property. When Mr.
Bryan Is President they will be earnest
gold-standard men. Though in fact
the problem as to gold and silver has
not changed at all, these thousands of
years, It will be as easy for ethers as
it has been for Mr. Bryan to find It
rhanged; and we shall all be happy
together.
And even among those who afore
time were gold-standard people, there
will be wiser men. There will be less
excess and abuse of credit. Mr.
Helnze and Mr. Sweeney and Mr.
Pence will be doing less business in
their line, and Mr. Harriman less
business In his. It will not be so easy
to get money on the security of
fourds and cucumbers. There will be
fewer automobiles paid for and oper
ated out of the money that simple
people place in the banks. Mr. M. B.
Rankin, who got $500,000 out of the
Ross bank, has already, we are told,
dropped his 13000 auto, along with the
$10,000 he gave to Willamette Univer
sity In the days when money was
e'v to come by, through the credulity
of depositors. Fortunate for bank
depositors tnat the next $25,000 from
that source is but a promise.
The tendency towards sanity In
every direction is one of the hopeful
signs of the times. There is no virtue
like necessity. It is the greatest of the
conservative forces of the world.
Greatest of all needs is to get to a
bedrock of sound and rational action.
This school of experience is the finest
school In the world. From it we get
lessons In a true optimism.
A THANKSGIVING MEDITATION.
And are we wretches yet alive? And do we
still rebel?
'Tls wondrous, 'tis amazing grace, that we
are out of hell.
Thus runs the orthodox old hymn
which some of us used to sing In child
hood and which we may today recall
with profit. No matter what our
backsets mar have been, this vigorous
bit of sacred poetry makes It clear
that there is still something to be
thankful for. Much, In fact. To be
out of hell Is rather a substantial
blessing when one comes to think of
it. And wheh we add to this the fur
ther consolation that so many of those
we have known do not share the bless
ing. It becomes precious indeed.
The best way to cultivate the virtue
of thankfulness is to fix resolutely on
some definite cause, It matters little
what, and follow it out In all Its rami
fications. One may thus work up
quite a glow of gratitude to Providence
from beginnings which are astonish
ingly Blim. Charles Lamb, for exam
ple, grew thankful In a graveyard by
contrasting his situation with that of
the departed, much as our text does.
Though of course it Is a far greater
blessing to be out of hell than it is
merely not to be dead. Think how
much worse things might be than they
are. If your money is tied up in a sol
vent bank, remember that It might
have been in one that was not solvent,
and rejoice. If your w. ges are cut,
think of the Fiji Islanders, who re
ceive no wages at all, and cease your
grumblings. If you are unhappy, re
member that we mortals have no right
to happiness. Our highest privilege is
to do our duty, and that ought to sat-lsfs-
any reasonable person. ' To be
sure, a profane philosopher has inti
mated that the universe might be Im
proved In this particular. He has
asked the question why th Lord
did not so arrange things that doing
our duty should bring happiness in
stead of misery. But such questions
ought not to be asked. They tend to
neutralize thankfulness and stir up
discontent. We must take the world
as we find it and extract what consola
tion we may without trying to give
good advice to the creator.
One very widespread source of hap
piness, if we would but cultivate it, Is
the privilege which even the humblest
shares with the Almighty, of not fol
lowing the good advice he receives.
Reflect how greatly it would add to
our misery were we to be deprived of
this liberty. Consider the irritation it
causes merely to listen to good advice;
then compute how much worse you
would feel if you had to follow it. No
man is too poor or lowly to enjoy this
never-falling well-spring of consola
tion and Joy. It Is surprising that the
President never thinks to include In
his annual proclamation th' universal
reason for thanksgiving. Perhaps It
is because he Is so fond of giving good
advice hims.V and he still cherishes
the fond Illusion that soma of it may
perhaps be followed some time.
'Tls thus that by searching we may
discover occasions for thankfulness.
They He like dewdrops all along our
path. All we have to do Is to gather
them up, taking due precautions that
they do not, like dewdrops, vanish in
the handling. Finally, there Is one
test that even the most arrant simple
ton can apply tq himself, without em
ploying a physician, and determine be
yond question whether he ought to be
thankful or not. Let him ask himself
whether he would rather be alive or
dead. If he wants to die, then his
case is a hard one; but if he Is still
willing to live, there Is a reason for it,
and that reason, ripely pondered, will
cause thankfulness to well up in his
heart like the bubbling rivulet when
Moses struck the rock with his wand.
Brethren, we have cause for thanks
giving. It might be worse for us than
It Is. We may not be having a very
good time; but hell, as the old ortho
dox hymn supposes, would be worse,
and below that deep there might be a
lower deep, as Milton Imagines, which
yet he thinks tolerable. Brethren,
therefore, we are mighty well situated
after all. Whoso may not think so
let him read the Prometheus Bound
of Aeschylus and the Prometheus un
bound of Shelley. Brethren, let us
not overlook or forget our blessings.
(' AI.IFORNTX CRIMINALS.
San Francisco Is Jus, now engaged
in the not unusual task of Investigat
ing two mysterious murders. Had
these tragedies occurred In almost
ony other city in the land, it might be
proper to assume that the people were
shocked or thrilled by the disclosures.
But San Francisco has for so long
been the scene of crimes of an un
usual nature that it is doubtful if these
latest horrors excite the people as they
would in communities where the life
lines of the people are subject to less
vibration. In thus mentioning char
acteristics which have made San
Francisco a study for criminologists,
there Is no intention to reflect on the
character or social worth of the many
thousands of law-abiding American
citizens who dwell In the Bay City.
The good- people of San Francisco
are the equals of the good people of
any other American city, but, for
some unknown', reason, the criminals
of San Francisco seem to go a step
farther than other criminals. They
seek out new methods which make
their crimes stand forth with a clear
cut horror that is in part missing from
the regular time-seasoned methods of
murder, arson "and robbery. Neither
the official annals of crime as recorded
In the world's reformatories nor the
weird creations of Zola present a more
fiendish or shockingly brutal crime
than the murder of two innocent girls
in a church tower by California's pre
mier monster, Durrant. The Califor
nia murderess, Mrs. Botkln. by means
of poisoned candy, killed two highly
respectable sisters whose only offense
was that one of them was married t
a weak Individual with whom Mrs.
Botkin had been maintaining Illicit
relations.
This case for cold, br
j tated deviltry, has seldom been
I equaled, although, had the mystery of
the Bowers-Benhayon poisoning cases
j been solved, that celebrated murder
t might have proven eligible to a place
with the Botkln-Dunning affair. The
Wllkins murder mystery, which is now
agitating San Francisco, differs some
what from the cases clted. In each
of these famous murder cases the vic
tims were innocent women whose lives
had been models of propriety, whereas
the woman whose murder lies at Wll
kins' door appears from the evidence
at hand to ' have been rather lax In
he morals. If one-half the stories
and rumors in circulation about Klein
schmMff, the California university stu
dent, are true, that individual has by
his acts made a fair ud against the
late Theodore Durrant for the notori
ety which is due the greatest criminal
yet produced on the Pacific Coast.
It has been said that "society pre
pares the crime, the criminal commits
it." In this may be found some ex
planation for the awful nature of
California crimes. In lo other city in
the United" State-', not -excepting New
York, has there been unearthed such
iniquity and civic rottenness as Heney
has shown up in San Francisco. These
disclosures, which have pulled men
down from high places and have
shaken to the very foundation the so
cial structure of San Francisco, have
not set forth direct charges of mur
der against the thieves of high and low
degree, but they do show a wholesale
debauchery of public and private mor
als that stands without a parallel. The
late Frank Norris, in his California
novel, "The Octopus," paints a vivid
picture of social conditions in Califor
nia. Minna, the modest country girl
with the fatal curse of beauty, after
days of tramping through the rich and
beautiful city, falls fainting from hun
ger on the street, and when Presley
meets her weeks afterward. In re
sponse to his inquiry, with mingled
scorn and pathos she says: "Oh, I'veV
gone to hell. It was either that or
starvation."
Perhaps it is this environment that
is responsible for the weird, awful and
unusual crimes that are so frequently
flashed round the world under a San
Francisco date line. There are wick
edness and crime wherever men dwell,
but in no other placj In the country
have there appeared so many mon
sters In human form.
FIDES REDUX.
On November 14 the Merchants' As
sociation of New York celebrated its
tenth anniversary and the Secretary of
the United States Treasury favored the
members with a speech. Among the
suave platitudes which a statesman
must perforce utter on such an occa
sion Mr. Cortelyou said two or three
things worthy of more particular at
tention. "We have learned," said he,
for example, "more fully perhaps than
heretofore the value of credit in the
business world, and have had brought
home to us anew the fact that it is a
most delicate part of a most delicate
mechanism." A mechanism, he might
have added, which experience shows
to be far too delicate for the rough
usage of practical life. In the world
of mechanical Industry a machine
which broke down as often and as dis
astrously as our "mechanism of credit"
does in the world of finance would be
discarded and replaced by something
better. There is such a thing as mak
ing an apparatus too delicate. When
the delicacy becomes so tenuous and
refined that it is a continual source of
danger, it is time that financial sages
set their wits at work to discover
something more adapted to the needs
of practice. Perhaps, though. It would
be of no use. Perhaps the problem of
devising a method of transacting busi
ness without the constant recurrence
of panics caused by the failure of
credit, or confidence, is one that sur
passes the ingenuity of man to solve.
Mr. Cortelyou, in the speech to
which we refer, did not attempt to
solve the problem, fascinating as it
must be to every gifted financier; he
exerted his powers of eloquence main
ly In an exhortation to those who have
lost their confidence to make haste
and get it back again. How they shall
"do it he did not explain. In this re
spect he is not so satisfactory as Gov
ernor Chamberlain, who seems to
cherish a fervent faith in prayer as a
sovereign remedy for the trouble. In
his Thanksgiving proclamation the
Governor advises us all to pray for
more confidence In our neighbors. Had
he thought to add a petition that our
neighbors may be more worthy of con
fidence, the proclamation would have
been a model for the ages. One al
most ventures to surmise, Indeed, that
if all our neighbors were worthy of
confidence this much-sought state of
mind would come about of Itself.
There would be no need of Governor
Chamberlain's praying for It, or of Mr.
Cortelyou's exhorting us to cherish It.
As a rule a man, or an institution, who
deserves the faith of his fellows will
have it, though of course there are ex
ceptions. The power of ingenious
slander, as shown In the case of the
Merchants National Bank, Is fearfully
great sometimes. St'ill the gei.eral rule
holds good that confidence will not
fall unless there is a reason for It in
the character of the men who ask for
credit. When Mr. Thomas Lawson
first assailed the Insurance manage
ments people laughed at him; and
they would have continued to laugh,
no matter how vehemently he might
have reiterated his charges, had not
facts come to light which verified
everything he said, and more.
Confidence Is not a thing that
can be created by the word of com
mand or exhortation. Just as it
can be destroyed by facts and nothing
else, so nothing but facts can rebuild
it; and the principal fact needed Is the
assurance of honesty In those who ask
for credit. It Is absurd for men like
Mr. Harriman and Mr. Ryan to stand
upon the street corners and weep over
their vanished credit. No sane person
will ever trust them again, no matter
what they may say. It is equally ab
surd for Mr. Cortelyou to Implore the
country to give back Its confidence "to
the men, methods and business" which
have been exposed by recent investiga
tions. Men who are known to be hon
est enjoy as much confidence now as
they ever had. Indeed the faith of
their fellow-cltlzens in them is one of
the brightest aspects of the present
state of affairs. Men who are known
not to be honest have lost the confi
dence of the country and they can
never regain It. Unfortunately these
men are so numerous and powerful
that their evil repute infects the whole
system of finance, and It will be neces
sary to get rid of them before anything
like health can be expected again. The
most useful work that Mr. Cortelyou
and our other financial leaders can un
dertake for the sake of restoring confi
dence Is to combine their energies for
the expulsion of dishonest tricksters
from their present positions of power.
The Germans, Dutch, French, Nor
wegians and British are reaping a
golden harvest on thaAtlantlc. From
early Spring until far past midsummer
a record-breaking crowd of rich tour-
Ists filled the cabins of their tteamers
to their capacity. The return trips of I
the steamers brought thousands of im
migrants in the steerage. In August
the American tourists came thronging
back again, filling the steamers to
their capacity, and now as the season
wanes the steerage Is again filled to
the limit with Europeans going back
to their old homes. All of the big lin
ers will make fortunes out of the
traffic, but the United States is unable
to share in the business because Amer
icans are not permitted to buy ships
in the markets which supply all other
nations with cheap ships. But this
unfair policy cannot last forever, and
the time Is coming when the Ameri
cans, who supply such a large propor
tion of the best-paying Atlantic traffic,
can travel under the American flag
on vessels costing no more than th se
with which we must compete.
Ex-Senator Spooner is obtaining
praises from the plutocratic press for
his attacks on President Roosevelt and
his censure of the measures that have
been taken against the "malefactors
of great wealth" throughout the coun
try. It Is to be expected. So long as
Mr. Spooner was In the Senate he was
able to act independently, and he did.
But he resigned irom the Senate for
the purpose of making money, and
now is the hired lawyer of those whose
colossal malefactions the President. In
the name of the people, is trying to
abate and punish. It is a pity Mr.
Spooner, who Is a very' able man, has
allowed his nose to lead him to the
fleshpots.
President Compere, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, is making a
fight against Joseph G. Cannon, who
expects again to be Speaker of the
House at Washington. Mr. Gompers
is out with a circular reciting the al
leged shortcomings of the Illinois
statesman. Mr. Cannon might meet
this evidence with proof that Gompers
Is an incompetent Judge of men, and,
in witness thereof, could show that
Gompers had termed Convict Schmitz
of San Francisco as "the greatest
American since Abraham Lincoln."
Perhaps Cannon is as much better
than Gompers thinks he is as Schmitz
was worse than Gompers thought him
to be.
"Mr. Smith's Two Ambitions" was
a headline that appeared In The Ore
gonlan yesterday. It was written "Mr.
Lowell's Two Ambitions," but the writ
ing was not very plain. Newspaper
men know how these things occur.
The headlines are seldom set up by the
compositor who sets up the body of
the article, and the proofreader may
miss the connection. The incident oc
curs, the editor exclaims, and then the
fatal facility of mistake takes next
time some new direction,. If the re
cording angel Is as attentive as some
think he is, he will have a lot of stuff
In his notes for Judgment day.
"The coinage of sliver has no bear
ing upon the monetary conditions
which exist today," says Mr. Bryan.
This statement will go far towards
convincing the sound-money wing of
the Democratic party that time has
worked wonders with the Bryan mind.
Unfortunately, perhaps, the change of
heart will not be appreciated by the
free-sllverlzed branch of the party,
who will "stay put" where Mr. Bryan
left them when he put the theory to a
test several years ago.
The truth of the orl.,- fish story
is to be passed on tty the courts of
Massachusetts. A minister of the gos
pel refuses to pay a note because the
college which holds It has declined to
accept the popular version of the
Jonah-whale story. There are hold
ers of notes In Portland who at this
time would be perfectly willing to be
lieve any kind of a fish story if it
would enable them to get the money.
According to the quid nuncs at
Washington, President Roosevelt is
holding the political forecasters in sus
pense, for coercion of Congress to sup
port of measures he deems necessary
for the country. He Is going to have
certain things done; or if Congress
shall refuse, he will declare himself a
candidate and appeal directly to the
people. That would make a sparkling
campaign.
Excerpts from the news columns of
The Oregonian yesterday, when "noth
ing was doing": Clatsop Mill Com
pany, Astoria. Increased capital tock
from $150,000 to $200,000; actual con
struction begun at Tacoma on Union
Pacific line to Portland; big furniture
concern at Albany getting ready to be
gin operations; new National bank
started at Kennewlck, Wash.
A report comes out of Wall street
that Harriman and Hill have burled
the hatchet. This report i remindful
of the lying down together of the lion
and the lamb with the lamb inside
and an Interested public will await
with anxiety the particulars as to
which of the gentlemen Is playing the
part of the lion and which is on the
"inside."
Weston, the pedestrian, has broken
a record he made forty years ago.
This shows that pedestrianism has not
kept pace, as it were, with other
forms of locomotion. The Lusltanla
on her last trip broke a record she
made less than a month before. Even
the trotters and pacers of the present
day beat records less than a year old.
If you want to know what the peo
ple think of Roosevelt, stand on a box
on a street corner and condemn him as
an enemy of the common people and
a friend of plutocrats. It won't take
you long to find out.
Is this a time for the Ladd organ to
renew its attack on The Morning Ore
gonian, on The Evening Telegram, and
on their position and business? Very
well. We shall see.
In connection with the death of two
defunct savings banks presidents, it
may be remarked Impersonally: "Sui
cide Is confession."
Mr. Bryan seems to be the unani
mous choice of District of Columbia
Democrats, who have no vote for
President.
Hill and Harriman, according to
more than rumor, have burled the
hatchet. How deep ?
They can't declare a holiday against
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
MORE WORK FOR LAWYERS
Adopted Indian Raises Question of
Right to Heirship Lands.
PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 27. (Special.)
Still another question which may add to
the already large field of litigation In
connection with the Indian heirship lands
on the Umatilla Reservation, has been
raised by Attorney Douglass W. Bailey,
of this city, who has just filed a suit in
the Federal Court to have it settled. It
is whether a sister by adoption can in
herit under the allotment laws of Con
gress. The suit filed by Bailey Is that of Tal-a-wah-gan,
an Indian woman, vs. Tsontpo,
another Indian woman. The latter claims
to be the niece of the deceased allottee.
He-hats-he-ma-kash, and his nearest
blood relation, and therefore entitled to
his land. The plaintiff claims to be a
sister by adoption to the dead Indian
and therefore entitled to inherit his $6000
farm near this city.
The Indian heirship lands have already
furnished a great deal of business for the
lawyers of Pendleton, and the outcome of
this new question will be watched with
Interest Inasmuch as adopted relatives
are not uncommon among the reservation
Indians.
EVADES MOB FOR SURE DEATH
Human Fiend Breaks From Sheriff
to Be Run Over by Train.
BE I -LING HAM. Wash.. Nov. 27. A
special to the Herald from Anacortes
says:
John Pollard, charged with criminal
assault on the 13-year-old niece of his
wife, narrowly escaped lynching by a
mob last night, and only the promise of
prompt punishment prevented the bat
tering down of the Jail doors and the
summary hanging of the prisoner. At a
preliminary trial held late last night he
was held to the Superior Court for trial.
While being taken to the county Jail at
Mount Vernon this morning. Pollard
broke away from the sheriff at Burling
ton Junction and threw himself in front
of an approaching train. The locomo
tive and three cars passed over him.
He died two hours later.
Pollard was an ex-convlct, having
served nine years for highway robbery
and attempted murder.
CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH
Little One Falls Buckward Into Pan
of Boiling Water.
JUNCTION CITY. Or.. Nov. 27. The
2-year-old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Ire
Iemon. who live eight miles Northwest
of this place, was scalded to death Mon
day evening by falling backward into
a dlshpan full of boiling water. The
child's mother bad placed the pan of hot
water on the floor, and stepped Into the
next room for the mop, returning just
In time to see her baby fall Into the
scalding water. She grabbed the child
from the pan, but It was so badly
burned that in removing its clothes the
flesh came off with them. The little
child lived about four hours, when death
came to Its relief. The young mother is
prostrated with grief, It being their only
child.
LIVE WIRE "TICKLES" BOY
Albany 5-Year-Old Boy's Close Call
From Awful Death.
ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 27. (Special.) Play
ing around a live electric wire carrying
2300 volts, Glenn Jackson, 5-year-old son
of County School Superintendent W. L.
Jackson, had a narrow escape from death
this week. After the storm last Mon
day a wire In Bonie manner broke and fen
Into West Sixth street, near the Jackson
residence.
The boy was playing in the street and
ran Into the house and told his motuer
he had touched a strange wire tossing
about on the ground and that it "tickled
him all over." Though the boy's explana
tion is not just clear as to how close he
was to it. It is not believed he took hold
of the wire or Instant death would have
resulted.
Death Ends Fogle-SIaugh Feud.
YRBKA, Cal., Nov. 27. (Special.)
William Fogle died herj yesterday of
cancer of the stomach, aged 64 years. It
will be remembered that Fogle Is the man
who. on October 10 last, shot and serious
ly wounded J. G. Slaugh, on the Klamath
Lake, near Brownell. r ogle accused
Slaugh with being too Intimate with his
wife and 15-year-old daughter Kva, and
the night before the shooting had ordered
him away from the place. Slaugh assert
ed that his attentions were honorable, and
as Fogle had previously separated from
his wife and as Slaugh was a divorced
man. he paid no attention to the com
mands of Fogle. Fogle's preliminary
hearing was held November 2 and he was
held to appear before the Superior Court.
Now that Fogle is dead. District Attor
ney Luttrell will move for a dismissal.
Nominees at Tillamook.
TILLAMOOK. Nov. 27. (Special.)
Nominations for city offices have been
made as follows:
Mayor, S. S. Johnson : recorder, J. C.
Holden; treasurer, J. S. Stephens; mar
shal. G. F. Zimmerman: Councllmen,
first ward, W. O. Chase; second ward, C.
P. Witt; third ward. Ralph Ackley;
fourth ward. C. Van Platten; fifth ward,
R. W. Walson; water commissioners, ut
large, Carl Patzlaff; second ward, M. F.
Leach; third ward, S. A. Brodhead.
This ticket will meet with some oppo
sition as there will be other nominations
for City Marshal and for two or three
Councllmen.
Wants Indians on Jury.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 27.
When the Impaneling of a Jury to try
Joseph Flanney for the alleged murder of
Iils wife at Toppenlsh commenced today
Attorney Thompson, for the defendant.
Introduced a motion that the jury should
consist of six Indians and six white's.
Thompson cited several authorities In
support of hla contention,, contending
that his client would not receive a fair
trial unless by his peers. Judge Preble
took judicial notice of the motion. One
Juror stated that he had taken part in
various Indian fights and was personally
acquainted with general custom.
Ties Lost in High Water.
ALBANY. Or., Nov. 27. (Special.) A.
S. Baty, of Albany, lost $5000 worth of ties
In the recent high water In the North
Santiam River. The ties had been placed
In the river near Gates, to be floated to
Stayton, when the water rose and carried
most of them away. They were con
tracted for use on the Corvallis & East
ern Railroad.
Albany High School Debaters.
ALBANY, Or., Nov. 27. (Special.)
girls were chosen this afternoon to form
the debating team of the Albany High
School, which will enter the series of
debates for the high school championship
of the state. Four boys and four girls
competed in the tryout and the successful
debaters were Lucille Hart. Ina Dow and
Melissa Martin.
Nominee Withdraws Name.
ALBANY, Or.." Nov. 27. (Special.) J
A. Dumond today withdrew from the ex
citing contest for Marshal in Albany's
coming city election. This leave a three
cornered fight between Charles W.
Crowder. John Catlln and Fred Rehs.
TIMBER LAND GOOD ASSET
Story Regarding Defunct Bank's
Loans Don't Hold in Marion.
SALEM. Or., Nov. 27. (Special.) Ever
since the failure of the Title Guarantee
A Trust Company and the disclosure that
the Trust Company has made a large
loan on a timber land mortgage, there
have been conflicting reports as to the j
character of the timber upon the land, j
It has been asserted by some that the
land is in the burned district and Is
worthless. So far as the land in Marion
County Is concerned, this statement is
apparently an error, for County Assessor
Rice and Sheriff Culver visited the land
last Summer for the purpose of assess
ing it. Mr. Culver, who is a surveyor,
ran the lines and set corner posts. With
these posts as a guide. J. A. W . Hei
decke, an experienced timber man.
cruised every 40 acres of the land, and
estimated the standing timber. Upon this
estimate Rice assessed It a total of
$407,700. some of It being valued at over
$32,000 per section. The owners of the
land made no objection to the assess
ment and an agent of Weyerhouser, who
owns adjoining land, said that the esti
mate was low enough.
The remainder of the land covered by
the mortgage is In Benton County and
there are no records here to- show either
its location or its value.
BAD" MONEY GANG IN JAIL
Six Arrests Have Been Made Re
cently In the Northwest.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 27. (Special.)
United States Secret Service men have
been quietly working in the Northwest on
counterflt cases, and during the last three
weeks six men have been arrested in
Oregon. Washington and Idaho. Nearly
all the bad $5. $10 and $20 gold pieces
In circulation In this section have been
traced to some of the men under arrest.
Two of the alleged counterfeiters were
caught on a desert island In the Wil
lamette River.
Another alleged counterfeiter was
Frank Shea, who was arrested at Amer
ican Falls, Idaho, Monday. The same
day Ralph Reddick was taken Into cus
tody in Okanogan County. In the Bel
llngham jail the Government has Frank
Ryan.
Frank Chase, the sixth man, was re
leased on bonds. Secret Service men
say Chase passed bad money Immediately
after his release and he was put back
in jail to await the grand jury.
LAXE FARMERS GO TO SCHOOL
Dr. WIthyeombe Lectures on Best
Methods in Growing Crops.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. Nov. 27. (Spe
cial.) A farmers' institute was held here
today at the Armory and was an occasion
of universal Interest. Dr. James Withy
combe, and a number of other promi
nent men of the state, were present. The
attendance was large, farmers coming
many miles to attend, through a heavy
rain storm.
Special efforts were made In the frult
ralstng Industry and In demonstrating the
advantage of organization, culture of
plants and prices received therefrom.
Central Oregon boasts of raising the
best flavored fruits In the state and has
an ideal climate for all kinds of horti
cultural products. Many thousands of
trees have been set out In this locality
during the last year.
SUNDAY LAW FOR ALL ALIKE
Mayor Moore Would Close Saloons
or Open Theaters.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 27. (Special.)
"When I ran for office, I did not declare
for the Sunday closing of saloons and I
am not how opposed to keeping threaters
open on Sunday," said Mayor Herbert
Moore.
"I think If theaters are to be closed on
Sunday . that saloons should also be
closed. Either the present law should be
enforced to the limit, which would re
sult In the closing of all places of busi
ness, or a new law should ba passed
stipulating what places should be closed
and what should not. I think questions
of this kind should be submitted to the
people. If the question of closing
theaters on Sunday were submitted to a
vote of the people I doubt that It would
carry." .
WHISKY KILLS TWO INDIANS
Quart of Alleged Scotch Too Much
for Red Men of Arctic.
SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 27. (Special.)
One quart of alleged Scotch whisky con
sumed by two Yakutat Indians for the
philanthropic purpose of preventing a de
bauch by their fellow-tribesmen, has re
sulted in the death of both natives. They
lasted less than 24 hours after consuming
the llauor.
According to news received from Alas
ka, the Indians about Yakutat planned a
big debauch and sent two of the tribes
men to Katalla for a supply of liquors.
The Indians made the trip In a canoe,
braving severe weather, and spending
three or four days on the Journey.
BATTLE FIERCELY TWO DAYS
Sultan's Soldiers Desert and Abdul
Aziz Is Victorious.
PARIS. Nov. 27. A cable message
from General Drude reports a sanguin
ary engagement, lasting two days, be
tween the tribesmen near Rabat, On
one side was fierce fighting for Abdul
Aziz, the Sultan: on the other Chaouia
tribesmen constituted a column of the
army of Mulal Maflg. the Sultan of the
South.
During the light the Zaida tribesmen,
who were fighting for Abdul Aziz
suddenly Vent over to the enemy, after
which the Sultan's column was forced
to retreat, losing several cannon.
The casualty list on both sides was
large.
BIND SENTRIES AND ROB SAFE
Armed Force Surrounds Depot in
Russian Turkey.
SAMARKLAND, Russian Turkey,
Nov. 27. A force of 40 men. uniformed
and commanded by two officers, today
surrounded the railway station here,
surprised and bound the sentries and
blew open the safe in the station. This
operation, however, brought them only
$10,000. They then moved off, eventu
ally disappearing.
The brigands expected to seize one
of the large shipments of government
funds that frequently passes through
here.
Cannon Kills Direct Primary.
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Nov. 27. The
Oglesby direct primary bill, which Inci
dentally would have changed the method
of choosing Illinois delegates to the Na
tional political conventions, was killed at
midnight last night by the lower house
of the State Legislature.
The bill was ordered killed by the
friends of Speaker Cannon as being pos
sibly Inimical to his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for President -"if
the United States.
BY LILIAN TINULBL
WHAT Is the proper thing to do
when your neighbors In street
car, train or theater begin to
discuss. In penetrating voices. Intimate
family and personal affairs? You feel
you have no right to be a listener, but If
loud tones are used and there Is no one
with whom you can set up a rival con
versation, there scenes often to be no
way of avoiding these unintended con
fidences. And this is why. on a long
East S'ue car journey recently, I be
came unwillingly aware of the follow
ing facts: That Bobby, is quite un
ruly at table; that his father will givs
him ail he cries for: that his 7-year-old
sister wants to dip her toast In her cof
fee (fancy giving a seven-year child cof
fee, anyway!) and will eat fast and use
her spoon for everything, including meat;
that Bobby's aunts and cousins are com
ing for Thanksgiving, and as the latter
"have always been made to mind," and
have very pretty table manners, Bobby's
mother la rather concerned about pos
sible criticisms and drawing of con
trasts by the former, but does not know
what to do about It; that there is a
large number of other things that BobbJ
and his sister "will do" which ought not
to be done by them, but they are "such
cute young ones" that their parents pre
fer to let them have bad manners rather
than systematically correct them
(Bobby's mother did not put It just that
way, but that is what it amounted to);
and that Bobby's mother's friend, a
rather silent but eminently sympathetic
person, seems to have similar troubles,
for she says, "I know" soothingly at
Intervals and finally gives the verdict;
"You really don't know what to do with
young ones these days."
I feel very sorry for Bobby and his
sister. Of course, it is none of my busi
ness, and I cannot even lay claim to the
proverbial maiden-aunt right to dogma
tize on the subject of child training, for
I haven't a single nephew, niece or
small cousin to point my moral with or
upon; but, considering what a drawback
Bobby's lack of table and other manners
may be to him some time, and how much
trouble they make now for all concerned.
It seems to me that a spanking must be
needed somewhere either for children or
parents, or for both.
And that calls to mind certain meth
ods of child training and rules of con
duct In favor with my grandmother and
many stately but kindly old ladles of
her generation. To this period belongs a
little red book called. "Pretty Little Poems
for Pretty Little People" I suppose
the homely ones had to be content with
prose a most Instructive and entertain
ing work, by the study of which not only
elegant manners but a well Informed
mind are assured- I should like to lend my
copy to Bobby and his sister, but I do not
feel that I could get along without it.
even at my advanced age. You see, there
are few really important topics on which
you may not receive melodious informa
tion. Besides such questions of manners
and morals Indicated by the titles. "The
Rude Little Boy," "Tearing Paper,
"The Generous Girl," "Why We May
Not Play on Sunday," "Good Temper
Better Than Wisdom or Riches," "We
Can be Good if We Try," "The Benefit
of Learning and Good Behaviour," there
are also poems dealing with such mat
ters as "The Cause and Use of Moun
tains," "Thuader and Lightning." "The
Seventeen- Saxon Kings," , "Can Birds
Talk?" "The Different Species of Man
kind." "The History of Tullla," "Heaven
and Hell." "Combustion." "The Eye."
"Mercury." "Georglum Sldus" and if you
don't know what the last Is, why, you
really ought to, you know.
'
In consideration of the season, I am
tempted to quote one of the poems on
"Table Manners":
O dear, how rude to make a nolss
And fill your mouth so full,
You're like an Abyssinian, Sam,
While eating the live bull.
How very shocking, dear Mamma,
What, sat the bull alive?
Yes. dear, they tie It to the door
And when the guests arrive
They out the flesh off smoking hot
And lay It on the table;
And then the ladies feed the men
As fast ajs they are able.
And with their fingers, turn by turn.
They feed them at this meal.
And he who makes the greatest noise
Is thought the moat genteel.
And when the men have had snough
They feed the ladles, too,
With just one piece, and then they maka
A noise as great as youl
Surely, surely, Sam could never of
fend again, after such a horrid example
as that. Did you ever hear of "The
Babee's Boke"? It was written In 1475
for the instruction of "six enfauntes."
at the court of Edward IV; and here
are some of the precepts relating to
conduct at meals:
"Do not dip your meat In the salt
cellar, nor put your knife in your
mouth (strange that some people "even
unto this day" do not succeed In over
coming that habit); taste of every dish,
but when your plate is taken away, do
not ask for It again; do not hack your
meat like a laborer. When the meal la
over, clean your knrves and put them
away (presumably In scabbard or
girdle); keep your seat till you have
washed, then go to the high table and
stand until grace Is said."
Another picture of old-time children
at table la that of two "model chil
dren" In Charles I's reign, whose moth
er, the Countess of Derby, defended
Latham House against the Parliamen
tary troops.
"The Lady Mary and the Lady Cath
erine." said an eye-witness, "for piety
and sweetness are truly the children
of so princely a mother; and if daring
In time of danger may add anything to
their age and virtues, let them have
thus testimony that though truly ap
prehensive of the enemies' malice, they
were never startled by any appearance
of danger." On one occasion when they
were sitting at breakfast with their
mother a shell burst In the very room
in which they were, and these little
creatures hardly winced; they neither
fled nor cried, but kept their seats,
only turning a little pale. "They had."
said their admiring chronicler, "stom
achs to digest cannon." That is the
kind of children to invite to a Thanks
giving dinner.
AGED MOTHER PAY'S FINE
Pierce County Man Collects on Cat
Killed Outside State.
TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 27. (Special.)
When C. H. Currington was brought into
court this afternoon to be arraigned for
collecting from Pierce County the bounty
on two wild cats killed outside the state
of Washington, he was met by his old
mother, who threw her arms about him
and kissed him.
Currington pleaded guilty and was fined
$260 and costs. When Judge Snell pro
nounced sentence the prisoner's mother
opened a leather wallet and slowly
counted out the amount of the fine In
gold.