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Johnson, Fourteenth and Franklin streets N. Wheatley; Oakland News Stand; B. E. Amos, manager live wagons. (ioldtleld, Nev. Louis Follin: C. E. Hunter. Eureka, Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND. TUESDAY. JAN. 18, 1908. THE MONSTER THAT DEVOURS OREGON It has been the policy of the so called Harrlman system and of Its management to take everything possi ble from Oregon, and to return to Oregon the least possible. Hence railroad extension In Oregon has been denied; and the substance of the country has been sapped to support speculation in Baltimore & Ohio and other stocks, and to keep the Gould road and the Santa Fe road out or1 San Francisco and California. For years and years this has been going on, and through all these years Ore gon has been sucked dry. Some money necessarily has been expended on the O. R. & N.; necessarily be cause the Northern Pacific and Great Northern were to be met, and trains had to be run. But nothing In the way of extensions, or for accommoda tion of new districts in Oregon. "What's been the use? The state has been fenced in.. No other railroad system could get into it. Millions upon millions have been taken out of Oregon and blown i:. elsewhere. And nothing has been done in Oregon or for Oregon. Not only have there been no exten sions, but the roadbeds and the serv ice have not been kept up. The whole system. In Western Oregon es pecially, Is rotten and dangerous. The roadbed goes down under the weight of trains, and engines and cars sway to and fro. The trainmen well know the danger, but have to make their time if they can though the time requires but moderate speed. On any train between Portland and San FranUsco there may be at any time terrible disaster. The road is kept up to no efficiency. It will be simply luck, if there should be no great disaster. Death's head rides on every engine. It is better to give the warning than to join the funeral pro cession and strew flowers after the disaster. One starting on any of those trains would better say his prayers before he goes to bed. At San Francisco Bay the Harrl man system has Anally been com pelled to make peace with the Gould system, and arrangements are mak ing under compulsion of course, for withdrawal of legal and other obsta cles that the U. P.-S. P. combine has maintained for many years against Approach of the Gould roads to San ,'Fruncisco. Long time the Santa Fe was fought in similar ways, but at last, through the help of San Fran cisco and of the so-called Valley road, the Santa Fe got in. So the Great Northern and Northern Pacific are getting now by a direct line Into Port land; and wo shall prove very soon that the game of hog and bluff in this direction Is at an end. But Western Oregon still has but a meager serv ice, and Central Oregon no service at all. Our people have exhausted every expedient of favor and kindness. They have dcult gently with this greedy monster, in the hope it might soon or some time be persuaded to render the service due from It. Rut that mav be given up as a lost hope. Between tho people of Oregon and this rapa cious monster, that absorbs every thing It can get from Oregon, to feed the brood engendered by its adulter ous connections elsewhere, there can be nothing hut war; and the people of Oregon will use every means in their power, through legislation, taxa tion and use of other roads that con nect with the statev to prove to it what its duty to pregon is. These are plain words. They are intended to be plain. It is a time for plain words. Oregon is not yet wholly subdued to this monopoly, and will yet be able to make an interest ing continuous performance for the monster that has so long been strang ling It even though still in the mon ster's coils. Do not forget that the timber alone, granted to this beast that lies stretched out like a sea mon ster "floating many a rood." Is worth more money today than would be . needed to build "every railroad re quired in Oregon, and to put all the roads now In Oregon In safe and ex cellent condition. That forbearance Is no longer a virtue should and will be the motto of all Oregon, now and henceforth. In dealing with this op pressive and devouring monster un til some recognition of equity and duty shall appear in its policy of dealing with the people and with the State of Oregon. OUR STAT IX CUBA. In August. 1806, the United States was compelled to Interpose between political parties in Cuba, to avert civil war. and possible intervention by some other power. We sent ships and troops. The factions were quiet ed and the revolutionaries dispersed. But It has been costing us a pretty sum of money. ,Up to October 31, 1907, the total was $8,634,116.64. President Roosevelt has given notice of his intention to discontinue Amer ican occupation by February 1, 1909. By that time our bill will amount to at least $12,000,000. This must be repaid, or security given for it,, before we get out. And there must be a stable government for Cuba. Whether these requirements can be fulfilled Is a question. Politics in Cuba are- in a chaotic state. There are several parties or tactions, -wnicn refused to get to gether; and to no one of them will the others submit. Doubtless very soon after we leave they will quarrel again over the offices and over tha policy of their government, threaten revolution, end arm against each other; and we shall again be com pelled to step in. For we cannot al low anarchy In Cuba nor permit the Intervention of any other power. Most of the Cubans who have prop erty, or are engaged In business and industry, wish the American flag to remain. Only so can they see any hope of peace and prosperity. Gen eral Palma, most distinguished of the Cuban leaders, says In a letter pub lished In Collier's: "Better a hundred times for our beloved Cuba to be in a. dependent political situation In which liberty is prevailing than in a republic independent of a sovereign . but dis credited and ruined by blasting peri odical civil strifes." It is very doubtful whether the flag of the United States will ever be withdrawn from Cuba; yet very prob able that If It should be withdrawn It would soon be called back. It may, perhaps, be withdrawn, now or. soon; but if it should go back once more it would stay forever.' A SPECIOUS HERESY. The civic situation in Baker City must excite grave reflections In a mind which Is inclined to forecast the effect of present conditions upon the future of the country. The situation is all the more interesting because it is typical. The ministers of the town. backed by some of the citizens, de mand the enforcement of the state laws against gambling and other vices. The officials decline to enforce the laws because, as they say. the majority of the people do not desire it. We dare say the officials are cor rect about this. If the people of Ba ker City wished the .laws to be en forced it would be done; for if the present officials refused, others would presently be installed. The simple fact that men are kept in office who decline to enforce the laws proves conclusively that the majority of the voters of Baker City do not want the laws enforced. This admits of no doubt. However madly citizens may rave, however vigorously they may protest, all this signifies little. If they really desired the enforcement of the state laws they would put men In of fice who would carry out their desire. In declining to put the state laws in force the officials of Baker City are therefore undoubtedly conforming to the genuine wishes of their con stituents. Their protestation that they permit gambling and kindred vices to flourish for lack of evidence to base prosecutions on may be dis missed, however, as a common and shallow subterfuge. When the Mayor and Prosecuting Attorney of a com munity really desire to suppress vice they seldom find evidence difficult to procure. The police of Baker City know all about what goes on in the dens of vice. Doubtless every member of the force could furnish sufficient evidence to put the gamblers out of business. More simply still, the whole matter could be settled definitely and at once by a positive order from the Mayor which the dealers in vice knew was meant to be obeyed. They can easily distinguish between an order which is meant to be obeyed and one that Is not. They have no standing in court, and they know it. No peo- pie In the world are more humbly submissive to authority than the gam bling fraternity whenever they per ceive that authority is not afraid of them. But it is not in this phase of the Baker City phenomenon that we are especially interested at present. We are more concerned with the question when and to what extent the people of any community within a state are entitled to nullify the laws of the state. Are these laws valid in each community only in so far as the citi zens approve of them? If this is the case, then we hav in reality no su preme legislative power in Oregon. All that the Legislature can do is to suggest laws; they have no binding validity until the voters of each sep- arate city have accepted them. All that the people of the state can do under the initiative and referendum Is to suggest laws. The validity of these laws depends upon the prefer ence of each separate community. This certainly follows If the theory of law enforcement is true which the Baker City officials advance. There is no such thing as a general law in Oregon. It will not do to say that the voters of Baker City cart nullify some state laws and not others. All legislative acts stand upon the same footing. Those for the control of vice have just as much and just as little general validity as those relating to taxation, If the people of Baker City have the right to nullify a gambling law they have also the right to nullify any other part of the criminal code. To the unprejudiced mind it appears that the voters of Baker City have assumed in this matter a referendum authority. Suppose some other town does not like to obey the statutes re lating to the assessment of taxes. Taking their cue from - Mayor Johns, the officials of that town will say: "We do nbt propose to put the laws in force because the voters do not wish them enforced." Would their position differ In the slightest degree from that of the officials of Baker City? Is it not a fact that all city offi cials owe allegiance In the first in stance to the state? In case of con flict between their obligation to the state and to their city, does not the former take precedence? Is not the Baker City doctrine simply the old specter of secession rising from its dishonored grave in a new and some what more specious form? If the city may partially secede from the state, why not the state from the Na tion? Granting all this, what have we left but anarchy? A GOVERNMENTAL ERROR. It has been with deep regret that at times in the past The Oregonian has felt called on to make unfavorable mention of certain features of the Government service which seemed to be paying too great a tribute to the ory and faddism. Regarding Gov ernment statistics, however, this pa per has always had a wholesome re spect. The assumption that "naught's a naught and a Agger's a figger," whether used by the Government or by the local mathematicians, has al ways caused us to believe that an of ficial Government document on ex ports and imports could be regarded as approximately correct in its fig ures. This belief has received a slight Jar since the appearance of the annual reports of the Seattle and Ta coma harbormasters, " showing ex ports and imports for the year 1907. The best showing that the Govern ment could make with official figures fbr eleven months of the year, and unofficial figures for the remaining month, was a foreign trade of ap proximately $71,113,000 for Seattle, Tacoma, Port Townsend, Everett and about a dozen other Puget Sound ports. This represented exports of about $43,110,000 and imports of $28,885,000. But the inaccuracy of Uncle Sam is admirably exposed by the annual report of the Seattle and Tacoma harbormasters. The able seaman who makes a specialty of sta tistics for the Queen City has not only proven with his figures that the Imports at Seattle were greater than those claimed by Tacoma, but he has proved that Seattle imported nearly $1,000,000 worth more than the Gov ernment has credited to all Puget Sound ports combined. , To be accu rate, the Government gives imports at all Puget Sound ports as $2 8,- 000,000, while the Seattle harbormas ter accounts for Imports of $28,- 886,853 at Seattle alone. This ought to make Tacoma feel sad, but the city of destiny also has a harbormaster who is not slow on figures, and who with apparent ease presents an array of statistics which in some respects overshadows those of the ' Seattle man. The Tacoma statistician places the imports at Tacoma for the year at $17,821,360, and the exports at $28,317,433. a total of $46,138,793. The inherent modesty of Tacoma Is thus revealed, for in neither imports nor exports does its harbormaster place a higher valuation than is given by the Government for all Puget Sound ports combined. The total foreign business of the two ports as revealed by the harbormaster's re ports is J9f.455.294, or $25,000,000 more thai the Government could find at all Puget Sound ports combined. The stinging rebukes which have been called forth in the past when ever The Oregonian mildly questioned the accuracy of the figures compiled by the Seattle and Tacoma harbar masters, forbids us intimating that there Is anything wrong with them at this time. It is simply a case cf gross negligence and stupidity on the part of the Government. The offsnso becomes all tho more glaring when It is known that the Government has all kinds of figures whica it couli uso if it so desired, and might even have figured 3eattle out to be a greater port than New York. Portland, of course, is so far be neath the notice of our mathematical neighbors on the north that it may be impertinent to mention these dis crepancies. And yet the Government reports for the eleven months ending November 30th, 1907, shore- that Portland gained $6,000,000 in ex ports, compared with a loss o $1, 000,000 tor the same period by the combined Puget Sound porta. Now that the attention of the Government has been called to this matter, the records will probably be corrected in accordance with those of the Tacoma and Seaitle harbormasters provid ing the Government can determine which, if either, of these authorities is telling the truth. BAKER CITY'S YARNEY. Rev. Mr. Varney, of Baker City, is hard to please. About ten days ago he sent a most extraordinary commu nication to The Oregonian, pretty much in kind with the anonymous circular labeled "Liars and Cowards," which he has just caused to be spread broadcast throughout Baker City, and he requested that it be printed in The Oregonian, anonymously, as "special correspondence" from Baker City. The' article was, of course, returned to Mr. Varney, because The kOrego ntan could not engage In such dirty business for Mr. Varney, hiding in his anonymity, 'or for anybody else for any reason. The Oregonian did, how ever, cause some inquiry to be made Into the situation at Baker City, with the result that an article from Its reg ular correspondent was printed but it does not seem at all to have satis- fled Mr. Varney. It is of no import ance that the Varneys of Baker City shall be pleased. It is unfortunate that they must be heard. No doubt the moral situation at Baker City is bad, as The Oregonian has more than once said. Several months since The Oregonian directed some criticism towards District At torney Lomax, of Baker City, because he did not enforce the laws. The result was an offensive letter from this same fellow Varney. assailing The Oregonian for daring to criticise a good man like Lomax, who, as Var ney said, didn't enforce the laws' be cause he couldn't. Now Varney Is hot after Lomax. among others. We are Inclined to think the cause of good government in Baker City would be better promoted if some way could be found to induce Var ney to abandon its championship. He has too much to say that isn't true, and he says nothing that is not vio lent, abusive, vicious and harmful. Mary Baker G. Eddy, hailed by her disciples as "discoverer and founder of Christian Science," has transferred her residence from Concord to Brook line. Why this simple act should have been accompaniel by th!.i velled mystery is not clear to the or dinary mind. It is, of course, practl- cally without significance beyond that shown by the natural desire of an aged women to be near her special church, or to furnish a pleasing change to a reoluse who has success fully essayed the role of a mystic. Vast wealth enables Mrs. Eddy to in dulge any whim that promises to re lieve the monotony of self-imposed seclusion. Why should she not have a house elegantly furnished and fitted up, with mysterious steel cages at the top and bottom of the stairs, and move into it if she so desires? Whose business is It, since apparently both she and her devoted secretary, Mr. Frye, are satisfied with the arrange ment? M. O. Lownsdale will appear before the Marion County Horticultural So ciety this afternoon in Salem in the interest of his scheme to renovate old orchards by cutting the trees close to the ground and grafting new stock upon the shoots that will follow the cutting. The scheme has awakened much Interest and owners of old or chards are willing and anxious to be "shown" in the matter of supplanting old trees with new, without the -tbpr involved in grubbing out stumps and replanting orchard lands with young stock. Orchards thus treated will In a few years present an appearance at once unique, beautiful and fruitful a delight to the eyes of the landscape enthusiast and a source of profit to the commercial orchardlst. The statement has been ' made many times that in the-period of prosperity.it has been hard for Uie workingman to make both ends meet it was during the hard times, for the reason that prices of what he must buy have been as high in pro portion as wages have been. The fact must not be lost sight of, how ever, that during the gcod times all men who wanted work had it, while during hard times a very large num ber were out of work entirely, not even earning enough to- buy the necessaries of life at low prices. The prosperous times have tempted peo ple to extravagances which prevented savings for periods of depression. A yeas ago yesterday and today the "silver thaw," renowned in the cli matic annals cf this city and vicinity, dazzled and astonished the sight of Oregonlans, old and young. It put practically all of the telephones of the city out of commission, pros trated the forest of trolley poles on the East Side, and made an Inextri cable maze of their tangled wires, and put a glittering embargo on busi ness of all kinds. The scene was one of surpassing beauty, and the condl tlons incident thereto, of surpassing inconvenience and discomfort. It lasted but a few days, but it holds a permanent place in the memory of all who witnessed It. One great outrage comes to light upon the marriage of the Vancjerbilt girl with the Impecunious Hungarian Count. One million dollars in New York Central bonds, left to her by her father's will, producing at least $40, 000 a year, can't be sold or touched, and the bridegroom will not be able to draw on this fund to pay his gam bling' debts and support his mis tresses. But then there Is a counter vailing advantage to the bride in this, that the Count --ui't reduce her to absolute poverty, and after she shall have got done with him she will still have means of support. Her father was a man prudence and .foresight. An American statistician has figured that for every $30 spent by American farmers for farm machinery, a tribute of $5 Is paid to the trusts. This is paid willingly, too, for is not the American farmer a believer in the standpat policy on the tariff question? No one advocates an entire dlscontln uance of a protective tariff, but there are a great many who believe that the schedules should be revised so that the tribute should be eliminated and more protection to American labor provided. There are those hereabouts, and elsewhere in the state, who have been very kind to the land grafters, yet who, if The Oregonian had been ex cusing or defending them, would have pitched into The Oregonian and the land grafters in most passionate style. This is one kind of journal ism. It is estimated in the long run. for what it Is worth, and even more, for what It Isn t worth. , It would be a pity if men had to abandon the principles of Washing ton, Hamilton, Webster and Lincoln, and adopt the principles of Jefferson Calhoun, Jefferson Davis and Bryan in order to get officials who will put down graft and corruption. But who will think it necessary? Persons who write political letters snouia provide themselves with a kind of ink that will fade out entirely in about seven days. That will give time for the recipient to read the letter and It cannot be produced as evidence In court. The young fool Vanderbilt woman. whom a "Count" has married for her money, would better engage her dl vorce lawyer before she leaves Amer ica. "Indeed, my lord, it followed hard upon." said Horatio to Hamlet It is a pretty safe rule In political, as well as private life, not to do any thing you would be ashamed to be caught at. There are other things than land fraud trials that can bring secrets to the surface. According to the Baker City Min isters' Association, girls and boys are allowed to wander about the streets at all hours of the night. Are there no parents in that town? It is much to be regretted that Hon. W. S. URen is not to be a candidate for the United States Senate and get Initiation into practical politics under Statement No. 1. Portlanders who growled at one day of London fog should recall the contrast with a sleet storm, alias sil ver thaw, that occurred exactly one year before. It is settled that W. D. Haywood Is to be the Socialist candidate for the Presidency. Persons of good Judg ment think he will not be elected. While Mr. Bryan is on the ground he may as well take a look at the White House. In 1896 and 1900 he didn't have a look In, DRINK LEADS TO HIS SUICIDE Beaverton Man Takes Strychnine. Dies in Presence of Family. HILLSBORO, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) James A Hoover, residing on the A. H. Johnson farm, a mile west of Beaverton, committed suicide yesterday morning by swallowing strychnine, and died in the presence of his family. Deceased had lived In the county since 1S84, and was an Industrious renter. He was a victim of periodical drinking spells, and after these sprees was generally morose. Hoover returned home late Saturday night, and the next morning did not appear at breakfast, while the family was eating Hoover opened the door and asked a daughter to bring him a drink of water. The wife, suspecting something was wrong, asked him what the trouble was. Come in here and I will show you," he replied, and pointed to a bottle labeled strychnine. Mrs. Hoover immediately sent for a doctor, but her husband died in a few minutes. Coroner E. C. Brown held an inqulest. the Jury returning a verdict in accordance with the facts as stated. Hoover was 47 years old and a native of Audrian County, Missouri. He came to Oregon in 18S4. He was married to Miss Mary Adams, a daughter of J. Q. Adams, and the wife and three children survive. TOLEDO LEAGUE GETS BUST Literature to Be Distributed and County High School Agitated. TOLEDO. Or., Jan. 27. (Speclal.)-sThe Toledo Development League held a large and enthusiastic meeting Saturday, when the following officers were elected for the year: William Scarth, president of the Lincoln County Bank, president; E. J. Avery, vice-president; C. B. Crosno, secretary; A. T. Peterson, treasurer; C. E. Hawkins, J. F. Stewart and C. H. Gardner, executive committee. The league ordered printed at once 6000 folders . advertising tu- advantages of Toledo, the ' climate and the many re sources of Lincoln County. Toledo being a school town equal to any of her size, the league ordered the executive committee to prepare and cir culate petitions asking the County Court to submit to the voters of the county at the coming June election the question of establishing a county high school In Lin coln County. The league also instructed the execu tive committee to take up Immediately the matter of the 4-cent passenger rate with the officers of the Corvallis & East ern Railroad in an endeavor to have the unjust overcharge removed. NEAL RETURNS TO , BOISE Cashier of Defunct Bank Does Xot Fear Investigation. BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 27. (Special.) H. B. Neal, who until ten days ago was cashier of the Capital State Bank, returned this morning from Portland. He is much broken in health, and is confined to his house, where only those are permitted to see him who are obliged to consult him about the affairs of the closed bank. Re porters were admitted to a brief inter view this afternoon. There have been rumors of Irregularities in the manage ment of the bank, it being alleged that a number of important transactions were covered .up by Mr. Neal and were not known to the directors until after the failure. On this subject Mr. Neal said: "Everything will be found in good shape and irregularities will not, be uncovered, for there are none, I am ready to ex plain to the entire satisfaction of all any matters that may need explanation." Mr. Neal further said he tendered his resignation some ten days before the failure because of 111 health. SEATTLE PEOPLE ARE VICTIMS Get-Rlcn-Quick Scheme - Separates Many Prom Their Money. SEATTLE, Jan. 27. A number of Seat tle persons have been caught in a "get-rich-quick" scheme promulgated by pro moters, who are said to have headquar ters at Roseburg, Or. Under promise that they could acquire vvalu&ble timber lands from the California & Oregon Railway upon payment of a small sum, well known persons in this city have subscribed sums ranging from $25 to $100 to cover the ini tial expenses In the scheme. The scheme has been branded as worth less by the General Land Office at Wash ington and investors warned against in vesting where there Is. no hope of return. FLOUR MILLS CLOSING DOWN Tacoma Millers Say There Is No Foreign Demand Whatever. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.) The big flour mills on the waterfront are running only part of the time as there is practically no foreign business. The Sperry mills have been closed down about ten days and the Tacoma Grain Com pany plant is grinding flour today only for the local trade. The Puget Sound flouring mills are running half time. According to the flour men the export flour market Is in deplorable condition and no orders for export flour have been booked for some time and at present there are no prospects for a betterment- Arrested for Removing Bridge. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) .Paul Tappendorf, a prominent lum ber manufacturer and member of the firm of Tappendorf & Tenny. was ar raigned in the Justice Court today charged with removing and destroying a bridge on the Stockford road. For several years the lumber company used the road as a private thoroughfare and claim the fcridge was built at Its own expense. Later the county bought the right of way.- but according to Mr. Tappendorf. failed to pay bis firm for the bridge. Tap pendorf brought the matter before the County Commissioners several times, but they failed to take any action. Finally, considering the property still his own, he removed it. This resulted In his arrest on the complaint of H. L. Parcel, who has been using the road as a means of getting in and out of his farm. Trails, in Bine Mountains. WALlA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.) A network of trails through the Blue Mountains lying within the Wenaha forest is rapidly nearing com pletion. Cabins have also been built for the use of the rangers. The completion of the trails will greatly facilitate travel through the mountains. Chief ranger J. M. Scbmlts has Just returned from a tour of inspection in various parts of the reserve, and is highly pleased with the progress made. Halibut Schooner Lost. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 27. Special.) The loss of the little halibut schoon er Petrel with her master. Captain Chris Jacksonand an unidentified man in Pybus Bay, near Petersburg. Jan uary 8, is the news brought to Seattle by the steamship City of Seattle. A squall struck the Petrel and she turned turtle. Leg Severed by Train. " VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) Mathew White suffered the loss of a leg today in trying to -board the cow catcher of a moving train. Missing his footing he fell beneath the wheel;, and his right leg was severed below the knee. IS A HINDU A WHITE MAX? Or Can Black Men Other Than Ne groes Become Citizens. ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.) Can a Hindu become a citizen Of the Untied States? This is the question confronting County Clerk J. W. Miller." D. S. Kehar and S. Wasson. employed in a sawmill at Crawfordsville, ap plied today at the County Clerk's of fice to declare their intentions to be come citizens. The question arises as to their race and a construction of the naturalization laws, which contain this provision: "Clerks of courts shall not receive declarations of In tention to become citizens from other aliens than white persons and persons of African nativity or of African de scent." Attorney A A Tusslng, of Brownsville, who represented the Hindus, appeared before the clerk equipped with authorities who appar ently prove conclusively that the Hindus are of .the Caucasian race, though in appearance the applicants for citizenship are very black. Leuniy tierK miner nas not yet de termined what action to take in the matter, hut it Is probable that the Hindus will be allowed to make their declarations and the question will then be up for decision before the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization of the Department .of Commerce and Labor at Washington. Kehar and Wasson are educated men, both in their native language and in English, and were able to write their own applications. MUST NOT SELL TO DRUNKARDS Tacoma to Prosecute Saloonmen Who, Violate Liquor Law. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 27. (Soecial.) Trouble in plenty is fn store for saloon keepers in Pierce County who sell liquor to persons who have been adjudged habitual drunkards. Judge Arntson has decided that all saloon owners and bar tenders are liable for violations of the law, which will hereafter be rigidly en forced. Not only must liquor dealers take care that no liquor is sold to habit ual drunkards, but they must also keep a complete list of these unfortunates posted in their places of business ' and make sure that the names of all habitual drunkards are on these lists. Failure of the saloonkeepers to comply with the law will result in vigorous prosecution and the loss of licenses. Prosecuting Attorney Rowland has de termined to accept no excuses for the breaking of the law, which for years, has been a dead letter. Further than this. prosecution will not be limited to saloon keepers. SIGNATURES EASILY SECURED Friends of" Hood River County Re spond Readily by Petitions. HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) Reports received today by the committee having the county division pe titions in charge show that enough names have already been secured to in sure the matter a vote at the June elec tions, and residents of the proposed new county who know of it are now san guine of success. The work of securing signers was not begun until tive days ago, but returns from workers show that Hood River furnished 1100 petitioners in favor of the new county; Baker City, 319; Pendleton, 526; Albany. 1000: Astoria, 360; Portland,. 5500: Oregon City and Sa lem, 1160; The Dalles, 350, and Sherman County, 400. Ten petitions that are still out and have not been reported on are expected to show 1000 more names. Al together the total signatures secured is in the neighborhood of 12,000, or 4500 more than the law requires. GIVES HIS BODY TO STUDENTS Friends of Seattle Sailor Comply With Unique Request. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.) The body of Edward Owens was shipped to the Medical College at Portland to night. Mr. Owens, who was 63 years old at the time of his death Saturday, left a will bequeathing his body to some school of medicine or to some medical student who was studying independently of a school. The will was left with the Longshoremen's Union with instructions to see to it that its terms were fulfilled. Mr. Owens was not eccentric, save for the one hobby that he wished his body to be used for the furtherance of scien tific research. He was an old sailor, coming to Seattle many years ago from Australia. He left no relatives in this country, but had often spoken of a sister in Australia. CASHIER PRATT PUT ON TRIAL State's Case Weak Evidence Shows Factional Fight in Glendale Bank. ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) The case of H. N. Pratt, cashier of the Glendale State Bank, was called in the Circuit Court today. So far the prosecution has' not made a strong case. One feature developed today was that there are two factions in the bank, and the arrest of Pratt was to a certain extent the result of fac tion trouble. The case is being fought with vigor on both sides. Non-Suit in Stoessel Case. PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) The Stoessel $7500 damage suit came to an abrupt end In the Circuit Court this afternoon, when Judge Bean granted the motion for a non suit. Dr. Emil Stoessel died last Oc tober in a Portland hospital from the effects of injuries received In a run away accident near Pendleton. His wife recently brought suit for dam ages against the livery firm of Russell & Laing. The case will now be ap pealed to the Supreme Court. The attorneys for the defense made no specific denial of the facts alleged, and, holding that such failure to deny was an admission of th truth.'the at torneys for the plaintiff rested their case without attempting to make any proof of their allegations. The motion for a nonsuit was then made and granted. Why Charter Was Canceled. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) Dr. Holt deceived a letter today from the quarantine officer at San Francisco, stating that the reason the certificate of the steam sehboner Cascade was can celed was that when the vessel was being fumigated at the Bay City her hatches were opened two hours before the required time had expired and her master refused to delay his departure even after the vessel's owners and agents had been notified of the dereliction. The Cascade was- fumigated In the regular manner here and if any charges are to be made against the master of the craft, they will come from the San Francisco office of the quarantine service. Astoria Marine News. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) Cap tain Vesey, Lloyd's surveyor, made a survey today of the British bark Claver don. which drifted onto the sands during the gale of a few days ago. He found the vessel had not been damaged and the lightered portion- of her cargo will be replaced at once. The schooner King Cyrus has cleared at the Custom-House for Rcdondo with a cargo of 860,000 feet of lumber, loaded at Rainier. POPULAR ELECTION OP SENATORS The States Poshing the Necessary tAmendraent of the Constitution. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. There are two ways o securing amend- r ments to the Federal constitution. Con gress by a two-thirds vote of both branches may propose amendments which will take effect when ratified by three-fourths of the states through their Legislatures or special conventions. Con gress, on application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the States, "shall" call a convention to propose amendments which must afterward be ratified as stated. On four separate occasions the Houss of Representatives at Washington has adopted by the required vote an amend ment providing for the election of United . States Senators by popular vote in the several states: but the Senate in each case has refused to consider or vote upon such a resolution. If tho country wants this change It cannot get it evi dently through the usual method of amending the constitution. The Senate blocks the way effectually. Its members are self-interested against the popular vote plan. So there is now resort to the alterna tive method of obtaining amendments. The Iowa Legislature last year led off in a movement to send to Congress a com pelling petition or application from the Legislatures of two-thirds of the states. Eleven other state Legislatures prompt ly followed suit, and they were not all confined to the Western states. The New Jersey Legislature was among the num ber. Thirty-one states must Join in the movement to make it effective, and it is now thought likely that this number can be obtained. Comparatively few state Legislatures will be In session this year, but next year may see Congress forced to act in the matter. The reform appears to be a desirable one. Mere wealth as a qualification for membership in the United States Senate will count for less with the people of a state than with a Legislature, whose much smaller numbers make it more easily subject to Influences of this kind. The deadlocks which so frequently at tend election by the Legislature, as the Kentucky case currently illustrates, and which often leave a state without full representation In the Senate, would be impossible under election by the people. It is furthermore becoming evident that most of the states and a great majority of the people of the country want this change, and that fact is enough in itself to make up a conclusive argument in favor of it. The movement Btarted by the Iowa Legislature ought to succeed. CANADA'S LESSON IN BANKING. Depositors Are Protected fcy System of Mutnal Insurance. Omaha Bee. The lawmakers of Washington, D. C, and the financial experts who have been devoting much thought and speech to proposed reforms in our banking system, the creation of a central bank, the protec tion of tho funds of depositors, and other related questions may find a lessoii In the recent closing Of the Sovereign bank of Canada and the disposition of its business without the creation of a ripple upon the surface of financial, commercial or Indus trial affairs of the Dominion. The Sovereign bank ranked among the 10 big financial institutions of Canada. It had branches in 76 towns and cities, and carried something like $30,000,000 in de posits. When its management decided to place the bank In liquidation, the backing association of the Dominion took over the Sovereign, arranged for the disposition of Its affairs, and business went on the next morning as -though nothing had happened. While the shareholders of the defunct concern may lose considerable, depositors need not know that the bank has failed. They are put to no Inconvenience except that of going to another bank, which has charge of old accounts of the Sovereign. This is due solely to a system of mutual protection and insurance that exists among Canadian banks. The government has no part in It. except a supervisory control of the investment of the funds raised on Joint account. In this country the closing of the doors of 76 banks, big or little, on one day, would probably precipitate a panic and would certainly mean destruction of as sets and loss by depositors. The Cana dian Incident argues the need of co-operation among banks, the necessity for mutual protection of the general banking Interests. It furnishes evidence also that the remedy lies as much with the banks as with the lawmakers. Without the Canteen. Army and Navy Journal. The comparative figures concerning alcoholism In the United States Army and those of foreign nations tell a story which should attract the atten tion of those who oppose the restora- ' tion of the Army canteen. The figures for the United States Army are for the year 1906, and those relating to foreign armies are for the latest year obtain able. The admission rate in the United States for the year was 30.58 per 1000 of mean strength; in the British army, 1.09; French, 0.29; Prussian, 0.08; Ba varian, 0.06; Dutch, 0.24; Russian, 0.01; Spanish, 0.01; and in the Belgian, 0.15. The Teturn of death rates is meager, those for the American Army relating only to troops within the continental boundaries of the United States. The death rates per 1000 of mean strength are as follows: United States, 0.02; British, 0.07; Russian, 0.001. In all, or nearly all, the armies for which the admission rates for alcohol ism are given above the troops are sup plied with malt liquors and some with spirits. In the United States Army alone is the soldier forbidden to pur chase beer or light wines at his post exchange. How this deprivation has worked to his disadvantage and injury is best told in the figures cited. Haa a Joke on Rockefeller. Cleveland (Ohio) Dispatch in New Tork Times. Valentine Christ Is 111 in a little house in Bond Road, in the congested down town district. He has amassed more than a million dollars In the 53 years since he began working as a boy of 13 as a tailor's helper. Now he laughs at what he calls a huge joke on John D. Rockefeller. Christ, son of a Bavarian immigrant, owns scores of houses, one a costly dwelling adjoining the Rockefeller estate. Forest Hill, but relatives and tenants occupy them. He is bedridden, and had just completed the tale of his hoarding, when he said: "One day I needed money. I asked John D. Rockefeller for $16,000. That, was six years ago. He gave it to me at 5 per cent." "Have you paid him?" was asked. "No. Why should I? It costs me 6, and I have had better than 10 per cent from it all the time." When Tariff la Settled. Atlanta Constitution. Of course, we'll settle the tariff question in time. Three-Roads gazette. Prosperityll come to this trust-ridden land When the tariff Is settled is settled! We'll pay up our debts and we'll drive four-in-hand When the terrible tariff Is settled! That's Just why we're nettled It's plain as the day, When the tariff la settlsKl I We'll holler "Hooray!" Frosperityl! come with a blare o' the band When the tortuous tariff is settled; We'll march to the music an' about o'er tbs land . When the wonderful tariff Is settled. That's Just -why we're nettled It's plain as the day, , When the tariff la settled She world will be gray.