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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, fUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1908. SI BSt'RIPTION RATES. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. (Hy Mall.) Unily. Sunday Included. one year J8.00 Dully. Suaday Included, six month.... 4.25 Dally. Sunday Included. thre months.. 2.25 Dh1I. Sunday Included, one month.. .75 Daily, without Sunday, one year 6 00 Daily, without Sunday, six months 8.25 Dally, wlthwt Sunday, three months.. 1.75 Dally, wlthput Sunday, one month. no Sunday, one year 2-30 Weekly, one year (Issued Thuraday). : . 150 tsunday and weekly, cna year B-oO BV CARBIKR. Dally. .Sunday Included, one year...... 9 0 Dnily. Sundav Included, one month to HOW TO REMIT Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps," coin or currency ore at the sender's risk. Give postofflce ad dress la lull. Including- couaty and stats. POSTAGK RATES: Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce SB Second-floss Matter. 10 to 34 Pages Mnt 1 to Panes. 2 cents S to 44 Pages 3 cents 46 to ?U Pages cents Foreign postage, double rates. IMPORTANT The postal laws are strict. Newspapers on which postage Is not fully prepaid are not forwarded to destination. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8, C. Beckwith Special Agency New York, rooms 4S-50 Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms 610-512 Tribune building. KEPT OS SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex; Postofflce K"i Co.. 17S Dearborn stneet. M. Paul, Minn. N. St. Marie, Commercial Station. Colorado Springs. Colo. Bell. H. H. Denver Hamilton and Kendrlrk. U06-012 Seventeenth street; Pratt Book Store. 1214 Fifteenth street: H. P. Hansen, a Rice, tK-orjie Carson. Kansas City. Mo. Rlcksecker Cigar Co., Ninth and Walnut: Yoma 2sews Co. Minneapolis M. J. Cavanaugh. B0 South Third. Cleveland, O. James Pushaw, 807 Su perior street. Washington, W. C. Ebbttt House. Penn rfvlvHnia avenue. Philadelphia. Pa Kyan'a Theater Ticket Office; Penn News Co. t New York City. L.' Jones Co.. Astor House; Broadway Theater News Stand: Ar thur Ilotallng Was-ons; Empire News Stand. Octcn D. L. Boyle: Lowe Pros.. 114 Twenty-fifth street. Omaha Barkalow Bros.. Union Station: Maguath Stationery Co. Dcs Moines, la. Mose Jacobs. Sacramento, Cat Sacramento News Co., 4.10 K street; Amos News Co. Salt Lake Moon Buck (t Stationery Co.; Kunenfeld 4 Hansen: Q..W. Jewett. P. O. corner. Los Angeles B. E. Amos, ntanag-er ten street waKons. Pasadena, CaJ Amos News Co. Mb LHego B. E. Amos. ban Jose,1 Cat. St. James Hotel News St.md. Ihtllas. Tex. Southwestern News Agent 344 Main street; also two street wagons. . Antarilla, Tex. Timmons & Pone. sho rancira Korster & Orear: Ferry News Stand; Hotel St. Francis News Stand; I.. Parent; N. Wheatley: Fairmount Hotel News Stand'; Amos News Co.; United News AftfOry, 14 Vi Kddy street: B. E. Amos.-man-user three wagons. Oakland. Cal. W. H. Johnson, Fourteenth end Franklin streets N. Wheatley; Oakland Nws Stand: B. E. Amos, manager five wapons. (.oldlleld. Nev. Louie Folltn: C. K. H uner. Eureka, Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND.. TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 190a. TO CT'RB V RED A TOR Y WEALTH. It comes 'to light through bank transactions between New York and Budapest that the amount of money deposited to induce "The Count" to take Gladys Vanderbilt was five mil lions -of dollars. No one can blame the poor, simple, silly girl. Wealth had put her up for sale, for a title. .She had lived in that "fashionable circle" -where wealth and ".social position" were everything. Money could buy title and advance In social position The poor girl had not not been educated to any higher thought or better life. She Is merely a sacrifice to the pretensions of pred atory wealth In America, which, hav ing bought everything else in sight, wishes to buy titles. The culmination of this kind of thing was when .the head of Marie Antoinette fell from the block. The like may not occur again; but if it should not occur It " ill be because the progress . of a beneficent democracy will stop such transactions as that between the banks of Budapest and Xew York. By oppression of the American peo ple such estates as that of the Van derbilts have been accumulated. The Vanderbilts began humbly, by opera tion of a ferry with' oars, under direc tion of a boy of eighteen, between Staten Island and New York. But the later .generations have forgotten their origin, and have come to think and believe that the class of people out of whom they sprang have no proper function and bo right of exist ence, except to minister to the wants and wishes of the superior beings who have accumulated the wealth. It pleases the pretentious majesty of these superior beings to sell their girls for titles, and to put up the money against the titles; and "The Count" gets the five millions of dol lars and takes the girl whom he has got by profanation of marriage, off to Europe,' where he uses the money to pay his gambling debts and to keep his mistresses. The wife is merely a nominal creature a fool, because she has been taught no better. But where does all this ; money come from? We all know that it comes from seizure by pirates and buccaneers and brigands, for their own use, of resources which belong to a whole people; and from the poorly-paid labor of millions of persons who toil merely to keep base life afoot, while the profits of their labor are exploited by their masters who stew and rot in luxury. It is the mission of a just democracy to put an t-nd to this sort of thing; not by the methods of the Revolution of 1789, but by laws and regulations that will put it stop to the practices of the KiiL ruuucrj, no nicnerto nave had. it in their power to skin the people , of, the United States to the bone, for accumulation of fortunes for them selves. The fortunes accumulated by the pro-consuls of Rome, from plun der of the provinces, at which' modern history is aghast, are less scandalous, both in method and result, than those achieved under our very eyes in this present generation; and history most .surely will so pronounce and declare. Theodore Roosevelt, hot a revolution ary, standing for the Just rights of property, would avert the catastrophe by bringing the sources of this inordi nate wealth under control of law, stopping the robbery by just and moderate measures. . Ha will do it it must be done by him and by his suc cessors or it will be checked in a shorter and more decisive way. Com binations of capital must be con trolled by law. They must not be permitted to rob and oppress the peo ple as they have done and still are doing though some partial checks have been Interposed. The new issue is upon the people, made clear by the stand which President Roosevelt has taken. It is entirely within possibil ity that if will cause a unanimous call to be made uponj him to accept the Presidency again. 1861-1008. The interval indicated by these ' years Indicates also the length of time dur ing which The Morning Oregonian has appeared. There has been no break in the management of the pa per during this whole period, nor any interruption of its progress. Its work as a complete newspaper today Is the fruitage of Its efforts during all these years. It has been kept in the van, all the time.,' of the general progress of the City of Portland, of the State of Oregon and of the whole North west. More it scarcely needs to say. No newspaper can rest on its past, how ever distinguished. The Oregonian is a paper of today and Is written for to day. But it Is written also for years to come, as it is written for years that are past. The history of the Oregon Country, past, present -and future, Is all one. Mr. Plttock h'as been the man ager ' of The Oregonian from his boyhood; Mr. Scott came to It forty three years ago. They had to learn the newspaper business by experience and intuition, and to take care that The Oregonian became no laggard. The standing of the paper today will show the measure of their success. DEATH OF A PIONEER. The death of B. F. Shaw, of Van couver removes one more link of the chain that connects the old Oregon' Country with the Oregon Country of today. Shaw was a pioneer of 1844. He was an active man, a thorough frontiersman, a pioneer of pioneers. He was one of those, men who, in the early settlement of a country, would always be regarded as a leader; for he was slow and careful in judgment, yet intelligent in action; not the least fussy In demeanor and far frorn every thought or attempt to display himself in speech. ' In person he was tall and thin, of immense physical en durance, the type of the. Western backwoodsman, hunter and Indian fighter. His recognized qualities called him to the front a3 commander of the Washington Territory Volun teers in the Indian war of 1855-56, which he conducted successfully, in the open field, through one of the se verest Winters the Northwest has known. In the following Spring, passing with his command over the mountains, Colonel Shaw gave the fin ishing blow to the. Indian coalition that had come perilously near to ex-" termination of . the white settlements of Washington. Even the stronger settlements of Oregon were in dan ger, and In Southern Oregon all -.the people had to fight for their lives. In all the hardships and dangers and struggles about Puget Sound the person who pens these lines, 'then a youth of. seventeen, bore his part, in one of the companies under Shawns command. Needless to say. Colonel Shaw knew every man personally; and during all the years since then no survivor of the command, upon meet ing a comrade, has failed to ask 'With affectionate interest when he last saw Colonel Shaw. PAPER OR CREDIT CURRENCY. There can be no flexibility in a bond-secured currency. The bonds are immovable. Buyers and investors are content to hold them. When the notes issued upon them have been locked up, through a financial scare, proceeding ' from over-speculation, bank weakness or other cause, then there is scarcity of current funds and a panic, with bank and mercantile failures and other consequences. The bank note currency that is movable, flexible, elastic, may expand or contract to meet the demands of currency for practical use, is based on commodities constantly demanded by the markets, as wheat and cotton and other bills that represent solid values, quickly realizable through the neces sities of consumption. Yet such notes may always be kept at their money value, through redeemability In gold. The wheat and cotton and other com modities must move, in obedience to the market demand. The bank notes are issued ' only as the market de mands the commodities, and are re deemed as the .commodities are sold for consumption. But a currency based on long-time bonds becomes an inert and immovable mass. The hold-, ers of the bonds are satisfied and don't have to sell; the currency accu mulates in masses, under manipula tion ' "of operators; banks and mer chants begin to fail, a panic sets in and people begin to lock up in pri vate hoards all the money, gold or paper, they can get. A bond-secured currency is a bid always for a money crisis and a panic. Hence it is that such schemes as that of the Aldrich bill, which pro poses to increase the amount of bank notes or currency based on' bonds, are but makeshifts for tfie present, invit ing future disaster. The Aldrich bill will only make more currency of the same kind, will invite more specula tion, and lead to increased difficulties. It seems that the quantitative theory of money or bank notes has gained a fixed and permanent lodgment in the common mind. But in fact there is but a certain and definite amount of actual money, -which Is gold; and all substitutes for money, in the form of bills or notes, are merely credits, de pending for their Value upon converti bility into gold. To keep this balance is the problem of financial or mone tary science; to keep credit in flexi ble and moving forms, without carry ing ,it to excess or breaking it down. This never can be done under a sys tem that issues a bank note currency based on' bonds. Direct issue of more greenbacks some say $500,000,000 more ought to be issued would carry us away, at once from possibility of redemption of Treasury notes in gold, would throw business off the gold standard and revive all the evils of an irredeemable currency. This country needs a central bank, with branches, after the manner of the - Bank of France or the Bank of Germany, but differing, of course, from both in ways required by our own situation. But, better nothing at all' than exten sion of the peculiar evil of the pres ent system more -notes issued on bonds. They who urge it disregard the experience of the world, of which our own Is no small part, and taTkl me continence that comes from inexperience and ignorance. This has been the bane of all efforts in our country towards sound finance since the greenback issue of 1861-62. It was this that gave our people false notions about money, which have nearly wrecked us, time and again. WHY. RAILROADS ARE NEEDED. .Four years ago Condon, Or., was an isolated village in the interior pt Gil liam County, the nearest rail connec tion being nearly fifty miles away over a road not at all adapted to the cheap and economical .movement of freight. In the country directly trib utary to the place there was a.n an nual output of from 200,000 to 300, 000 bushels of wheat. If the price was high in the world's markets, this wheat was freighted sixty to seventy miles by wagon to Arlington; If it commanded only moderate prices, it was fed to stock, and, if an occasional season of low prices and a light crop came simultaneously, the crop was mostly cut for hay. Three years ago organization of a company of local capitalists for the purpose of building a road from Arlington ' to Condon forced the O. R. & N. Co. hurriedly to rush a. branch line into the long neglected region. Tills year the Con don warehouses have handled- 1,100, 000 bushels of grain, and the 200,000 bushels of the surplus still to come forward will give the town the rec ord as the largest primary grain mar ket in the United States. The 1,300,000 bushels shipped from Condon do' not begin to represent all of the business that has resulted from building of the railroad, for the inter vening country between Arlington and Condon has experienced an agri cultural development of such, grati fying proportions that the wheat out put -of Gilliam County has advanced from approximately 1,080,000 'bushels, before the road was built, to 2,750,000 bushels in 1907. This illustration of cause and effect is particularly inter esting at this time, when there are half a dozen "Condons" in remote parts of Oregon, awaiting1 the -coming of the railroad.. The Agency Plains and Haystack country, in Central Ore gon, this year produced more wheat than was grown in the Condon coun try before construction Of the rail road. On account of ths unusually high prices, some of this wheat found its way to market over the long, heavy ' wagon-road grades between that region and Shaniko, the present terminus of the Columbia' Southern Railroad, but most of it was fed to stock. There, as at Condon, there will be little or no increase in the production of wheat, or other grains until a rail road affords a method for sending them to market. In Southeastern Oregon the situation is even worse, for the distance to the railroad- is so great, that transportation by wagon is ouf of the question. And yet .there are thousands of square miles of rich land which will produce -crops equal to any that can be grown in the Con don country. The Harriman system seems to take the. ground that it should not build Into a country until it has been developed and a traffic of large proportions created. The ac tual experience of Condon shows the fallacy of this policy, for it is, of course, impossible for development of any consequence to result Without a railroad. The quadrupling of .the wheat yield of the Condon country only partially represents the develop ment that has followed the construc tion of the railroad, for, with means of transportation available, there rushed in hundreds of m-ttjers who are already taking up diversified farming, fruitgrowing and stockrais ing on modern principles. All have supplied business for the railroad and it will be many 'years before the production of any of the great agricultural staples will reach the maximum. It may be necessary for an independent company to start work on a line to Central Oregon in order to awaken Mr. Harriman, but there is no question as to the results that would follow the beginning of such a project. They can be predict ed with' mathematical accuracy. ' SECRETARY GARFIELD'S REPORT. The report of Secretary Garfield, of the Interior Department, brims over with enlightened recommendations. His desire Jo keep the .fragmentary relics of our once imperial national domain in the hands of the Govern ment, except such tracts as home steaders may select and use, is emi nently wise. Of course homesteaders should be encouraged, and it is well for Receivers and Registers at the land offices to aid instead of hinder ing them. Hindrances have some times been interposed, not merely from' that love of technicalities which seems inseparable from Government officials, but actually in aid of fraud. Mr. Garfield's new regulations may get rid of some red tape and at the same time check dishonesty. If this consummation can be attained it 'is desirable. Still, it is not to be forgot ten that multitudes of greedy eyes are still fixed upon Government land, and if the "smallest opening is afforded them for fraud and cunning it will be utilized. . , The proposal to modify the law for bidding fences upon the Government ranges is commendable. There is a great difference between a fence le gally erected under a lease and one put up lawlessly by a, great cattle owner to exclude persons who have as much right to the land as Jie has. If Congress agrees with Mr. Garfield, as it certainly ought, it -will be possible to lease portions of the' range at a fair price. The lessee will then have the exclusive use of what he pays for and may fence it. But it is also pro posed to give small stockmen the prior right to lease, the range, Mr. Garfield holding, in harmony with the President, that in all circumstances it is the small proprietor who should .be encouraged. The principle underly ing this is the obvious one that it is better to have both men and cattle In the country than to have cattle with out men. - Properly drawn leases will, also tend to restore the public range, which Is bo depleted in many sections that it will not support half the stock, it once did. Still more pleasing io the common sense of the country is Mr. Garfield's contention that the Government should retain the ownership of Us coal lands and of the water powers and irrigation sources on the publie domain. Beyond all cavil this, is the wise policy to pursue. It will make of these possessions treasures for all time, while the wasteful policy of the past has simply hastened their thrift less exploitation and final ruin. Much of the Government property has been managed as if this generation .were the last one that would inhabit the earth. The argument that capitalist's cannot afford to develop coal lands unless they own them Is silly. They lease such lands in the East and in Australia, as Mr. Garfield remarks, and find no difficulty In working them at a profit. It will be no greater hardship to pay rent to the Govern ment than to a private owner. Of the vast wealth inherent In our public water powers and irrigation sources the public has not yet begun to form a conception. It is conserva tively estimated, for example, that if the water powers in Oregon had been retained by the state and leased, the proceeds would have supported all the state institutions which we shall ever need and paid all the expenses of government besides. The fact that these possibilities of comfort and hap piness for the public have so largely been squandered is no excuse for throwing away what is left of them. Mr. Garfield's view of the subject is economically; and ethically sound. No generation o'f mankind has the right to leave to Its successors a world de prived, of its natural resources. It is one of our first duties to conserve them, for they lie at the foundation of national greatness. Is it not ab surd for us to' boast -of our vast nat ural resources on the one hand, as we continually do, and on the other waste and squander them as rapidly as we can? A private person who should conduct himself In this wise would be provided with a guardian. A striking advertisement of two pages was that of the Western Coop erage Company, of which Watson Eastman, of Portland, is president, and which has factories ,at Houlton, Seattle, Aberdeen and Los Angeles. It was an advertisement of high interest, both on account of its fine description of the manufacture of barrels and of barrel stock, and because of its sug gestion'that undertakings of this kind afford an excellent field for. Invest ment In bonds at home, based on per manent Industries specially suited to our own locality. Undertakings of this description, based on stocks and bonds, sold to investors in the mar ket, have become the basis of main part of .the leading manufactures of the United States. ' To develop such in the Pacific States "Is a necessity of our position. Here are the materials and nereis a growing market.. It is a method of employment of co-operative capital, which meets a want and Js sure to be extended; and it.ls better that our capital should be employed among ourselves than to be invested in similar stocks and bonds .of estab lishments In the Eastern States. Raisuli, the bandit chief, has at last agreed to bring in Caid Sir Harry Mc Lean, who has been" in . his clutches for seven momhs. The salary which Sir Harry was drawing did not stop with his capture, and, as he has spent years in close company ' with the Moorish bandits, he is probably none the worse for" his experience. If, however, he should feel that the time had been wasted, and that he was financially loser by the kidnaping, ho can .Vecoup in elaborate style by tak ing a turn on the lecture platform or in American vaudeville. Fifteen initiative measures .are be fore the people for adoption or'rejec tion. The bills and proposed consti tutional amendments must be passed upon just as they have been drafted. There Is no opportunity to' change them to suit the real views of the peo ple, as there is in the case of a meas- ure pending beTore the Legislature. Each of the measures represent the Ideas of perhaps a half dozen men who joined in preparing them. "Di rect" legislation is direct from the man with a .hobby and not direct from the people. Hard times in Southern California have not proved an .unmitigated evil, for they have brought with them an abundance of .white labor which is now crowding the Japanese out of employment. ' The change is wel comed by the fruitgrowers and small farmers, for during the good times f the past few years labor had been so scarce that the Japanese became very tyrannical in their bearing and corre spondingly objectionable to the men who were paying the bills. Judge Galloway has decided' that the constitution meant what it said when it fixed the salaries of state of ficers and declared that they shall re ceive no fees or perquisites whatever. But that Is just a common-sense view. Judge Galloway did not delve to. the depths or explore the heights of legal technicality. The first thing we know this notion of construing a constitu tion to mean what it says will become common. Now comes the report that the al leged Chesapeake flag, sold at a high figure in London a few days ago, .is not the real article. It Is said that the original flag was buried with Lawrence in New York. If .this be true, there is not much to worry over, for by this time we should be accus tomed to getting buncoed by our for eign friends, especially when there is anything antique or royal involved.- Perhaps the law of the survival of the fittest will cause the plowing up of a proper proportion of the hop acreage without an express agreement among the growers. That would be the natural way to bring .the desired result. Better to have' the unsuccess ful grower plow up air his hops thart to have the successful man plow up half. The Sunday-closing movement has become the paramount issue in the April elections in Chicago. If the liquor men in Chicago knew how little they would lose and how much better they would -enjoy life with a closed Sunday, the issue . would be all one sided when it came to a vote. No harm can .be worked on the readers of the nation if ' newspapers and press agencies withdraw corre spondents from Matteawan. It is hot necessary to turn the spotlight on Harry Thaw any longer. Needed reforms relative to game are to be discussed at the Chamber of Commerce tonight. Football, bot tle pool or bridge? Secretary Garfield is paving the way to popularity among men who want to create new farms. Latest reports - Indicate that the army of knockers have made few dents in the Taft boom. FALKNOR TAKES A XEW JOB Assistant Attorney-General Joins Se attle Electric Company. . OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.) A. J. Falknor. of Olympia. Assistant Attorney-General, has accepted the po rtion of chief counsel of the Seattle Elecfric Company. He has tendered his resignation to Attorney-General Atkin son, who has not yet selected a ' suc cessor. R. G. Sharpe, of Seattle, who lias been law clerk in the office of the Attorney-General, will go to Seattle with Mr. Falknor. ' Attorney-General Atkinson has se lected the man to succeed Mr. Slrarpe, but Is not ready to make tlie selection public. The resignations of Mr. Falk nor and Mr. Sharpe take effect March 1. In the selection of Mr. Falknor's successor the members of the State Railroad Commission will be consulted, as Falknor has had 'charge of the commission litigation and a large num ber of Important cases are now pending in the courts. Falknor has been a prominent candi date for the Republican nomination as Attorney-General, and is now out of the race. PfiEAD GUILTY AND PAY FIXE Canby Saloonmen Admit They Sold Liquor to Minors. OREGON" CITY, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) Ben Bermosher and Peter Holberg this afternoon pleaded guilty to'the charge of selling liquor to minors and were fined $175 each ,by Circuit Judge McBride. Both men were indicted by District Attorney Hedges last Fall, after the death of young Charles Kinzel at Canby. Kinsel partici pated in a drunken carouse and was stranged by the whisky that was ob tained by some of his young companions. H. K. Tackleson and James Jesse were also indicted for selling liquor to minors and, their cases will be called for trial, and it Is understood that they will fight .the charge. Holberg and- Bermosher originally entered a plea of not guilty, but changed their plea today. Having been convicted of this crime, they will never again be permitted to sell liquor within the state, under the law passed by the Legislature at the 1907 ses sion. JUDGE DECIDES OWX CASE Sensational Charge Against Browns ville Justice of Peace. ALBANY. Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) That W. W. Bailey, of Brownsville, acting as a Justice of the Peace, rendered a decree In favor of himself as a plaintiff in a civil suit In his own court is an assertion made in a complaint filed In the State Circuit Court here today by Attorney A. A. Tus sing, of Brownsville, who seeks to have the judgment so rendered set aside. In the complaint Tusslng characterizes Bai ley's act as are "unlreard of and unparal leled proceeding." The suit filed today was brought .by Lavina Bridges arid N. Bridges against W. W. Bailey and Sheriff D. S. Smith, and an order of injunction was secured from County Judge Stewart to prevent Sheriff Smith from selling property be longing to the plaintiffs on which, he has levied on an execution issued from the County Clerk's office on the judgment which Is alleged to have been erroneously rendered by Bailey. CROISAX MAY LAXD PLUM Rumored He Will Be Made Super intendent of Reform School. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) The re form school board held its regular monthly, meeting today, but contrary to expectations did not elect a superin tendent. ' It Is understood that Superin tendent N. H. Looney has told the mem bers of the board, that he wants to know 'at once what they are going to do. He is now holding over and does not like the uncertainty. Notwithstanding the em phatic assertion of ex-Senator Crolsan that he is not a candidate, there is a per .sisten rumor in political circles that he will be elected to succeed Mr. Looney. Blue Laws Invade Coos Bay. MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 3.-MSpecial.) After March 10 saloons of Marshfleld must close at midnight', according to an ordinance passed by the City Council. The ordinance also provides that the an nual license shall be raised from $400 to $600 a year, Under the old manage ment the saloons were allowed to stay open all night If the managers chose. Boise Cashier Under Bonds. BOISE, Idalfo. Feb. 3. Horace E." Nal, charged with forgery while cashier of the Capital State Bank, which suspended two weeks ago, was bound over' to the Dis trict Court today under bond of $10,000, which was furnished. Neal waived pre liminary hearing. Today's proceedings were held at the Neal home, owing to the former cashier's illness. I'PHOLDS STATEMENT NO, 1. Ita Merit I That It Lead the Re publlcaa Party to Defeat. EUGENE. Feb. 2. (To the Editor.) Sinca Judge Lowell, of Pendleton, Is considered one of the brainiest Republicans of the state, his argument contained. In a communication to The Oregonian of recent date, in optotiUon to Statement No. 1 will be given serioue con sideration by prospective . candidates and voters. There are others' who think they are good Republicans, who will disagree with Judge Lowell as to the merits of what he terms "a chimera an excrescence . upon the primary law." There are good Republicans In this state who believe the Republican party of Oregon should be still farther "purified as by fire." These Republicans- will ' stand by Statement No. 1 until the last member of the old and corrupt political ring L0 buried In oblivion. ' "What ma'tters if this "chimera" does -threaten tbe election of a Democrat to the United States Senate from Oregon? Let ths- Republican party put up men for office whom records are pure and with unquestioned ability and no such danger will appear, state ment No. 1 was not designed to favor poli ticians; therefore Judge Lowell or others will cot convince the people of its defects by calling It names and appealing for political organization. 1 am a Republican, 1 hope, having voted that ticket for 34 yeans, but X believe the Interest of : the people should be considered before the welfare of party. If the use- of Statement. No. 1 has done no greater harm than disorganize the Republican party In Oregon Its merits certainly far outweigh its demerits. It has put Oregon In the lead of a political reform that bids fair to sweep over every state of the Union. It has landed an Oregon "Senator I the Gridiron Club, and In many ways given the atate unusual dis tinction. It was Statement No. 1 and not the primary law that eriabled our Legislature to elect a Senator on the first ballot with decency and dispatch. What has Republican organization ever done ' for the state of Ore gon except to disgrace it? The Republican party of Oregon has been cursed with too much "organization." It was for 30 years so' well organized that it . became necessary for La, Follette, the eastern magazines, and Heney to "clean house" for us. If we make it necessary for a Democrat like Heney to do our dirty work, why not put a Democrat in the United States Senate? There ars still some thing? to be done be fore, the Republicans of Oregon can afford to draw close party lines. We still need the help of both Populists and Democrats. Stajid patism and corporation rule must be unhorsed before Republicans will consent to return to the fold of strict party' organization. Bo long as such men as Fulton are put forward as political leaders the best organization for the Republicans of Oregon is total disorganiza tion. Statement No. I has done moro for Oregon than any other like number ef words in the English language and it will remain the bulwark of the people against political corruption. ; GEORGE MBLVIN MILLER. FARMERS FEAR FEED FAMINE Heavy Fall of Snow Covers Range at Rldgeficld. RIDGEFIELD. Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) The heaviest snowstorm ever seen in this region is raging. Snow has been falling steadily for the past 15 hours, and is still coming. The ground is covered now to a depth of "five inches. It is feared that ranchers will suffer great damage, as feed is scarce and they have depended largely on grazing for their Stock. ' If the snow should last for a week longer, a feed famine would result, for the local feed market is nearly ex hausted, and an additional supply would have to he shipped in. Staling at Oregon City. ' OREGON CITV, Or., Feb. 3. Two inches of snow fell here this morning, but rain fell at noon and the white surface had almost all dlappeared to night. There wak no snowfall last night, but the flakes commenced to come heavily at 9 o'clock this morning. The lakes north of Oregon City are frozen over, and scores of people sro enjoying the first skating of the Win ter. Light Snow at Albany. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) The first snow of the season in -this part of the state fell early this morn ing. The ground was frozen before the snow began to' fall, and though the snowfall was light, it remained on the ground all day. DEAD . OF THE NORTHWEST J. W. Wilkinson, Who Battled With Indians in Early Days. (OLD BEACH, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) J. W. Wilkinson, who died recently at Port Orford, was born in Henry, Echo County, Va., March i, 1S22, and came to Curry County jn the Spring of 1S54. He settles! near the mouth ot Rogue River, During the following year occurred the memorable war between the whites and the Rogue River Indians. Mr. Wilkinson took part in this war. When the attack was made on Ellensburg (now Gold Beach), he arH the greater part of the other settlers found protection in a fort constructed for that purpose on the north side of the river. Their lives were saved, but all else was lost. Following this attack was one made on Skookum House, the fort of the . Indians, situated about 15 miles up the river. This attack was one of the best-planned and most successfully executed of all recorded in struggles between the two races, and the power of the red men was completely destroyed. Dies Almost a Century Old. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 3. Special.) John Boylan died here yesterday, aged 96 years. He had been in failing health for some time. His death occurred at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Will Green, and the funeral will be held tomor row morning. Mr. Boylan was born in Ireland in 1S12. and came to Oregon in 18S He is survived by the following children: Mrs. J. A. Stuart, of Seaside, Or., and George Boylan, of Cathlamet, Wash., who were at his bedside at the time of his death; Mrs. S. Surfus and Mrs. A. O. Alldredge, of Oregon -City: Asa Boy lan, of Portland, and Thomas Boylan, of Elberton, Wash. He is also survived by several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Sarah Hervey, Pioneer 'of '52. ROSEBL'RG, Or.. Feb. 3. Sarah Her vey, an Oregon pioneer of 18i2, died Sat urday at her home at Ruckles, this county, from pneumonia. She was 57 years old. Mrs. Hervey had been a resi dent of Douglas County since 1S55, her first three years in Oregon having been spent in Josephine County. Surviving Mrs. Hervey are her husband, Thomas W. Hervey, also a pioneer of this state; a daughter, Mrs. Viola Rice, of Ruckles; a son, Edward Hervey. of Riddle, this county, and a brother, Thomas Whltsett, of- this city. LIEUTENANT UNDER ARREST Millar's Resignation Revoked and N. Court-Martial Ordered. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Feb. ' 3. (Special.) Information has been received that the resignation of First Lieutenant Herbert u. Millar, Coast Artillery, which was tendered some time ago and accepted, has been revoked by the War Department. Lieu tenant Millar is now under arrest at San Francisco, and will be tried by general court-martial at that place. The leave of absence granted Cap tain James W. McAndrews.. Tilled In fantry, has been extended for a period of two months. The leave of absence of Captain "WI1 Ham It. Sample, Third Infantry, has been extended for a period of 20 days. Leave of absence for one month has been granted First Lieutenant Howard S., Miller, Coast Artillery Corps. Captain Charles H. Martin has been' transferred from the Fourteenth Infan try to the First Infantry, 'ana will re main here, in charge of a detachment of the First Infantry until the arrival of the regiment. Captain Martin has been Constructing Quartermaster at the Barracks for the past two years. WON'T BEGIN YET OX O. & W. 4 O'Brien's Order W ill Not Arfcct Ex tension to Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.) The announcement from Portland that General Manager O'Brien, of -the Harri man lines in the Northwest, had ordered resumption on the ' Riparia-Lewiston branch of the O. R. & N., will not affect work on the Oregon & "Washington Rail road. "The Oregon and Washington fran chises will be taken up soon," said J. D. Farrell today, "and when that matter is settled we shall doubtless begin work. At present we are going ahead with the tunnel work umier the City Hall. The excavation has been finished and the men are now building concrete walls.- It is impossible to say now when work will be begun on a larger scale." v DEMAND FLAT 2 1-2" CENT FARE Traveling Men Make Complaint to Slate Commission. SALEM, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.-) A committee of the Traveling Men's As sociation arranged with the Railroad Commission today to file - a complaint against all roads doing business in Oregon and asking for a flat 2 M -cent rate on mileage, books. The rate now is about 2 cents, and the books sold are not mileage books, but are coupon hpoks, each coupon representing i cents. Coos -Secures, District Fair. ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) At the annual meeting pi the Second. South ern Oregon Agricultural Society, held In the office of Secretary F. (3. Micelli, In Rosebtirg. today. Cons County secured the privilege of holding the annual dis trict fair this year. The vote stood 5 for Coos and S for Lane. THH0USOi0LD BY LILLIAN TINGLE. The art of carving carving meat and poultry, I mean, not wood-carving seems to.'be almost a lost art nowadays, or at least likely to become so. I was asked recently for the name of a book dealing fully with this former fashion able accomplishment. My first reply was "Any good cook book," but a little in vestigation showed that several of the most modern and excellent ones make no mention of this topic and many others dismiss It in a page or two; and there are no amazing dlcgTams for the aid of aspiring young men like one of Barrie s heroes, who, on being asked to carve a fowl at a party went at it with pale face but set teeth, mufterlng: "Cut diagonally along the line A from D to E.' With the changed fashion of service, carvirg is no 'longer considered, as it once was, "a test at first sight of the breeding of a man, as its dexterous and graceful per formance Is presumed to mark a person trained In gnod fashion." In days of chivalry "to dance In hall and carve at board" were equally impor tant accomplishments of the young squire. Carving, like heraldry, hunting and hawking, had a language - of its own. Treatises were composed to show how tho heron . was to be "dismembered," ths duck "unbraced." the crane "displayed." the- swan "lifted,'' the goose "reared." and so forth. Chesterfield urges this study .upon his pupil, and a writer of much later date says "a gentlewoman should always, for her own sake, be ablo to carve well and easily that she may ha competent to do the honors of a- table at any time with propriety and self-possession. To gentlemen, and especially those who mix much in society, some degreeof skill in the exercise of it are indispensa ble if they would avoid the chance of ap pearing to great disadvantage themselves and of causing dissatisfaction and an noyance to others." One still occasionally meets a man or woman who, hi spite of all tendencies towards service "from -the side," clings to the pleasures of the carving knife, and whose performance with that lm- plement is a delight to behold. Few. however, in the degenerate days, come near to the art of "the famous carver of ham at the once celebrated Vauxhall Gardens. When he applied for the posi tion the proprietor jestingly inquired how ' many acres he could cover wlht one tine ham. He replied: "I don't stand upon an acre or two, more or less; but I can very well cover the whole of your (I omit the ISth century adjective) gardens with one (qualified) ham." He got the job, on the spot, and heldt for many years. Along with actual skill in cutting up food went tho knowledge of what were esteemed the epicure's morsels In every dish, and fairness In the division of venison fat, the Pope's eye in a leg of mutton, veal and lamb kidney, the gelati nous parts of a cod's head, the bitter of moor-game, the back of hare, the thin part of salmon, the fins of a turbot, . and so forth. In regard to the last-named tid-blt of what one gourmand calls the "pontlflclal fish," Miss Edge worth has a story of a Bishop in the opinion of all true epicures he should have been an archbishop who, descend ing to his kitchen to superintend the dressing of a turbot. and finding to his horror that the inexperienced and stupid cook had cut away the fins, set about sewing them on again with his owu episcopal fingers. In a ' little North German . village there is a waiter who could tell you an astonishing story of certain "favor ite morsels" eaten by English guests, and of their remarkable method of carving. English guests are rare in tliie village, and though he had often heard of "verruckte Englander," ho had never actually met any, until one Summer evening, when two strangely clad 3-oung men with knapsacks ar rived at the tiny inn where lie served and, in '"rather bad German, demanded supper and lodging. They were on a walking tour, they . explained, ' and were hungry. Soup and all else set before them rapidly disappeared. At last he left them with a handsome dish of veal before them and retired to ns slst with the preparation of a "gefullte omelette." which was to crown the feast. Now In' this primitive district the inn dining-room was also the vil lage barbershop, and as It was Satur day night several worthy men wero getting their weekly shave. One of these was accompanied by a thin dog with appealing eyes, who gradually drifted in the direction of the. Eng lishmen's table. "Poor brute," said one. "I know just how he feehs." and impulsively he offered all that re mained on the meat platter. There was little but bones and gravy, but the dog; made a clean sweep of it, and departed a few minutes later with his newly-shaVed master. Then came this Walter and nearly dropped his ome lette at the sight of that clean-licked empty platter. "But, gentlemen, " he gasped, "the bones? Were there not bones in the meat?" "Certainly," was the reply. "Very excellent bones; Indeed, they were the most enjoyed part of the roast. An excellent supper you are giving us'." "Ach, what for knives and teeth and stomachs have these English!" was the waiter's comment. HaiiKbty Bostonrae Expectorate! 'Boston "Transcript. The announcement made by Police Com missioner O'Meara that ltmo arrests couid bo mado in an hour for violation of tho spitting ordinance, is surprising evidence of the prevalence of this disagreeable habit. It is significant that the arrests have included persons from every stratum of society, thope who are aware of the un sanitary conditions produced by the act and those who are not. For the. present tile offense is so common that, as the Po lice Commissioner has Indicated, when nine-tenths of the men and boys in the streets are breaking the law either igno rantly or unconsckmsly, it is hard to deal with them so as to obtain improved con ditions without causing undue personal suffering. - TnoughtleKseneRs is at tho root of the evil, and public reminders aro the remedy. Signs -receive a passing no tice, but a small amount of obedience. It is, after all. the dread of arrest, and the impending fine that should operate in put ting an end to this abuse. The Philippines. Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator. The Oregonian says: "If there Is to be free, trade between the Philippines . and . the United States,- then we should give the Philippines independence. It is wrong to compel their allegiance and then plurk them by our protective tariff." It Is time we got over that notion that the Philippines are domestic territory for the purposes of internal revenue taxation and foreign territory for purposes of protective tariff taxation, under which the Filipinos can be taxed going and coming.