T-T " MfraVIXG OREGO.MAX. WEDNESDAY. MARCH IS, lwij.
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OUTSIDE PACKERS
Hope
to Interest Armours and
Have No Fight. With the
Independents.
C. C. COLT OUTLINES PLANS
Company Desires to Make Portland
(real Center of Industry and
Advises Against Allowing
Abattoir in tlic City.
C. C. Colt, president of th Union Meat
Company and local representative at
(Portland of L. F. Swift & Co.. said last
night that he feared the public would
ftain a vrnnir impression of the attitude
of his peonle from the nubllKhed state
ments in the newspapers. He said that
; is not true that either the Swifts or
the Armours are "waging an aetive cam
paign aaaiiist the Srhwnrlaschild & Sulz-tcrgf-
Company." He Insisted that there
was.' no "war on between the opposing
, Takers." On the contrary, he declared
.ttlat his concern was not taking any part
, " In the controversy as to whether or not
franchise should he granted to the
Fchwarlzsehlld & Sulzberger Company to
' stablisli Its plant insidn the city limits,
and he aid that they had no controversy
whatever with the Schwartzschild & Sulz
berger people.
More riants Help Industry.
"From our point of view, the more
packing-houses established at Portland
the better It will be for the industry. The
cnain question with ub is whether the
farmers and stoekgrowrrs will wake up
to the necessity of providing a sufficient
number of hogs, sheep and cattle for
our needs. Kvery establishment that
makes an Investment In Portland with
8 view to putting up meat products will
help to stimulate Hie production of the
.nimals necessary, ami will hasten the
time when Oregon and adjoining states
will produce a sufficient number of these
3uimals to enable lants such as we pro
pose to build to oierate with success.
"At the same time, I cannot help ex
pressing my personal view that the City
of Portland will make a great mistake
if it departs from the established rule
'of prohibiting packing-houses within the
city limits. There seems to be no par
ticular necessity for granting such privi
leges, and certainly. If the right Is grant
ed, the city will regret it in time.
Plans on KMcnsjve Scale.
"So far as Swift & Company is con
cerned, it has not sought any special
privileges from the city and has not at
tempted to advertise what it proposes to
Mo. The company came in here quietly
ard selected a location on the Columbia
' Ttiver. so far away from any residence
district that it would be impossible to
Interfere with the rights or any of the
people of Portland. It has put many
thousands of dollars Into lis investment
already and has its plans drawn for
packing-houses and other Incidental es
tablishments on a very extensive scale.
We have not asked a bonus from the
Portland people nor have we asked any
special favors. All we want is fair
treatment.
i "We hope to enlist the interest of Ar
mour & Company and other big packing
establishments, so that Portland will be
come the great center in the Xorthw
for this business. There is ample roiu
on the peninsula beyond the Columbia
Slough for any number of such estab
lishments, where they cannot he a nui
sance and cannot be objected to by any
reasonable man. We expect to go uhe;
titli our enterprise as rapidly as possi
ble.
Need Site Outside City.
"IT we had asketl the city for an ordi
nance permitting us to establish our
plant inside the city limits, we should
have expected opposition. Other cities
do not grant such rights, and we conk.
not expect Portland to do so: but, aside
from this consideration, it was manifest
to us that our own interests would best
be served by securing a site for our"
works far enough away from the city to
insure us the opportunity to operate with"
success and without constant restriction
and interference, as would necessarily be
the case If we attempted to operate in
side of the city limits.
"I wish it distinctly -understood that we
are making no light, however, againsf
any other concern, and have nothing to
say whatever in the city's wishes to have
such an establishment inside of the cuy
boundaries."
Consider Song Portland Plant.
The trustees of the Chamber of Com
merce will hold a special meeting tills
morning at U::"0 o'clock for the purpose
of considering the report of the com
mittee recently appointee! by President
jr'wlgert to investigate the matter of the
building of the packing plant in South
Portland- The Municipal Affairs Com
mittee of the Chamber will also meet this
afternoon nt 4 o'clock.
ANOTHER LAWYER'S PLEA
Complaint About spapor C'ritl-
cImu xt Infttmous Decision.
PORT. ..AND. Or.. March IT. (To the H- I
tor.) Th .iltrrial in The 0rc5.rn.nn this !
morn in T eniltlM "An Infamou iVurt," to- 1
Bother with numerow eJUnt ittls which have
piCAri from time to time in your edi
torial column about court, prompts me to
write you this Utter of protest.
I protest In the name of ju-.tio1 ami fair
play, to try to do 'niethinc to protect the
tMbtlity of our Oov onnn. nt asainst uth
rdltorialw which Incorrectly assume a rot -fvtly
plain prc-mNe an.i vijMrous.y announce
that the courts hav in-larej agalrrat aid
plain prmie.
The Supreme i'ourt of California has not
rteelai-tMl that extort U n 1 ail right. Your
news report of that decKi-m quotrd the Su
preme Court of California an stating- that
in claim of prosecution to that effrrt was
(ran misrepresentation. hy nv-t print just
w hat was decided 7
In fairtiem and justice, why do you not
print for your readers the exact decision of
the Supreme tVurt of California, and com
ment on It accurately and fairly, instead
of commentinic on It with hM and unfair-iif-ns
from a falye premise, and thr-n draw a
conclusion to which all nuii agree if our
premise im eorrtct.
W hy in there a general tendency to accept
the decision of the Supreme Court of Cali
fornia In the Scbntiti u.? The answer must
be plain, lo wit: That the Supreme Court
it so cUarty rifht that the indictmeipl prepared
hv th Prosecuting Attorney's office a
fatally defective, that the Prosecuting Attor
ney should he blamed for incvm.wiency, and
th Supronie Court praised for announcing the
law In spite of public clamor. Anyone is
liable to be falsely accused and be subjected
to a criminal trial, an.l the &ate;y of every-'
body depends up n the courts- requiring crimes
to be plainly charged in the indictment and
he I net It proved, and not that a man may
bo loosely oharjeed with one thing and an
attempt mad to convict him of something
eise generally because he haa enemies., oi
ls an undemrahle citizen. Few people wouM
be. SMfe if their enemies could sentence them
to what the enemies think I Ju.
For the newspapers to call down venge
ance at elections upon Judge who do their
dutv in apiie of public clamor, is very dan
rerou to ur .Inert y and our country. If
your newspaper must call for v-r-Keanee, on
account of the Srtuuiu cr, why d-n't yuu
call for vengeance upon the incompetwit Proee-
uting Aiurnev offli-e. who prepared very
defective imJictmerts againt Schmltl? It is
a very incompetent Prosecuting Attorney who
cannot draw an Indictment that will state the
crime committed by notoriously gui.ty people
If that occurs, the blame should be upon
the prciecullng Attorney and not upon the
court which announces the law. 'How long
woulj our liberty and our Government last ir
every Judge on the bench conducted him
self the way Judge Dunne conducts biin
alf Can any man on the bench make a
mere pitiful exhibition of violation of law.
and violation of evtrything that we hold
sacred, and violation of everything upon
which our Government rests, than does Judge
Dunne in these casts in California? Vet
Judge Dunne is not critieleed In the news
papers. Intelligent, fair criticism of court is a
valuable aid towards perpetuating the jus
tice and learning of our courts, for Judges
are but human. an, should matte a p,an, emr-
lul statement in their opinions of what they
decide, without garbling the records or sup- j
pressing facts, so that the- people of the
countrv can judge the juCges by their record.
- However, it is very injurious and inex
cusable for great -newspapers to criticise the
courts in Intemperate, vehement denunciation
and. base their Intemperate and vehement
denunciation tipon a mlMUatcment of the -premise,
a misstatement of what has been
decided. It Is true that to carefully and
eorreetlv state the facts from the record and
the decision, and then comment caimiy and
justly upon the tiecislon is laborious: it takes
e..ie length in tn article to do so; but who
ever undertakes to erttii Is another, and above
all. whoever undertakes to criticise a court,
ought to lav the foundation In facta that
cannot he truthfully disputed. Our court
records are in writing, we all can read them,
and there is no room for honest dispute
about the facta constituting the premise.
I plead with the editor of The .Oregonian
to make a correct and accurate statement
of what was and Is de. i.i.d by the courts
as the basis for his criticism of the courts,
and not take refuge behind the well-known
newspaper Inaccura when its premises are
challenged in Us criticisms of the courts.
We are largely governed by the newspa
pers, and if our Government is to continue
to etist the newspapena must realise their
resDonfibllity and tleal fairly anu justly by
our court.. , R prxlWAT.
This is the lawyer's customary plea.
It Is the plea of those who make it their
business for profit to study means for
defeat of law and justice. Schmitz and
Ruef are guilty, of course: and not only
the court is infamous that protects such
acts as theirs, but they also do an in
famous thing, who undertake to protect
them. The color of Schmitz" hair is
not the point in question. The omission
of a word or two in the indictment,
when justice is no way affected thereby,
should not defeat the sifbstantial ends
of justice. To the profoundest pit with
all these pleas from the lawyer's stand
point. Their pretense for the rights of
liherty and fear that liberty will be in
danger is simplest bosh. They can be
hired for anything.
SAYS PERJURY IS COMMON
Federal Attorney Declares He Has
Seen 582 Instances.
While discussing "Compensation,
United States Attorney Bristol, in an
address before the Ohio State Society
last night in the AlisKy building:, made
the startling assertion that there had
been 582 instances of perjury during
his incumbency of the office of Gov
ernnient prosecutor, covering less than
three years. The sanctity of the oath,
asserted the prosecutor, has ceased to
exist. The trouble of the present age
it was declared, is the nonenforccment
of laws and the failure to embrace
conditions that look to the actual up
building: of the race.
The speaker commented on the im
rjossihilitv of counterfeiting the coin
of knowledge- and virtue and declared
that the trouble with the average ciu
zen was that he allowed tho fetiches
of the commercial age to divert his
attention from truth and honesty.
Principle, he said, when compromised,
involved the compromise of self and
the compensation for moral compro
mise was degradation physically,
mentally and morally.
In connection with the address of
Mr. Bristol, a short programme was
rendered, consisting of a vocal solo
hv Miss Seal; vocal solo, Mrs. Bertha
Royal-Jones; reading. Miss Watkins
and a violin solo, by Miss Mary Mc-
Connell. The accomvanists were Miss
Ethel McConncll and Miss Ford.
CHARGES AGAINST WYATT
Disbarment Proc-cetlings Are Filed
by K. B. Flbhcr.
Charges of conduct unbecomins a mem
ber of the bar. which may result in dis
barment, have been lodired' against J. R.
Wyatt, an Albany attorney, by R. B.
Kisher, prosecutor for the grievance com
mittee of the Oregon Bar Association.
Action was taken at the instance of L..
C. Hartman. the proprietor of a private
detective agency. The charges will be
Investigated by the grievance committee.
The charges against Wyatt are that
while the case of the State against Fred
Dawson and others was on trial at Al
bany. In which the latter was charged
with violating the local option law. Wyatt
endeavored to get W. U Pason out of
the state In order to keep his testimony
from the court. To induce Pason to leave
AVyatt is alleged to have offered him a
sum of money.
Attorney Wyatt In not alarmed at the
charges, and hopes to be able to show
that Pason was concerned in many shady
transactions. Wyatt says lie will have
hlin investigated by a grand jury In Linn
County on a perfliry charge.
FUNERAL OF JUDGE HAILEY
MuIuroniHli lKr Will Atend In Body
This Afternoon. '
A meeting of the Multnomah bar has
heen called for 12:30 o'clock today by
Judge Celand. It will be held in De
partment No. 1 at the courthouse. The
purpose or the meeting ' nupui.ii
a committee to draft a memorial to
Judge T. G. Hailey. and to arrange to
attend the funeral, which is to be heW
from Trinity Church at 1 P. M.
The funeral service w-ill be read by
Dr. A. A. Morrison. The pallbearers,
members of the bench and bar, will be
as follows: Judge R. S. Bean. Judge
f K. Wolverton. Governor George E.
Chamberlain. W. U. Thomas and Wirt
Minor.
Mis. John Hailey. mother of the late
Judge, will probably be unable to
reach Portland in time for the funeral,
on account of the recent heavy wash
outs and landslides on the O. R. & N.
in Eastern Oregon.
Query: I'Rcn. Vrcn or Vhren?
rORTL.AXl. March 17. (To the Editor.)
W. S. L"Uen. of Oregon City, as he now
writu hi name, used to write It, "L'ren." and
h. Sunday tiiht J. D. Stevens, tn the Sell-iriB-Hlnsch
Hall, thowtj th audience an
official document executed in (Sunnison
County. Colorado. In the '. with the nam
"I'hren."
jiow. a candidate for United States Sena
tor and "lawgiver" of Oregon, "father.". etc..
should let us know the correct way to spell
his immortal name. o that we may transmit
it pure and unadulterated to cominc ac&c
Let as know the correct and only way.
JOHN C. CRAIO.
The proper way to spell this name is
Vhren. accent on the first syllable. It
is not an uncommon name in the old
country: and yet there might be special
reasons for changing It here.
To Cure m Cold ta Oas Day
Take LAXATIVE BEOMO Qulnlns Tablets.
Druggists refund mony If it falls to curs,
s. w. GBOvs s no;uj-ti tfn .& bat, .sac
BEFORE CITY BOARD
Chauffeurs Will Appear for Ex
aminations Today.
j UNDER NEW ORDINANCE
Xearly All Professional Drivers Have
Registered, but Owners Are
Slow to Comply With Pro
visions of the Law.
Examinations for chauffeurs, the first
under the new ordinance, will be h"!ld
next Friday afternoon from 2 to 6 o'clock
and Saturday morning from 10 to 12.
The automobile commission, of which R.
D. Inman is president, will be in cha- ge.
The examinations will be held at the
City Hall.
Practically all the chauffeurs in the
city -have complied with the new. ordi
nance and have registered, but there has
i At II I ?
. tl7 If '
I ''isf A
POSTER COMMK.MOnATIMG THE AKHIVAf .UF THE FLEET IS SAN
. . FRANCISCO.
SAN" FRANCISCO, March 16. (Special.) San Francisco's official
committee for the reception of the fleet has accepted a design for a
poster to announce and commemorate the arrival of Uncle Sam's war
ships, which President Roosevelt, in a. letter to Mayor Taylor of San
Francisco; declares to be an epoch-making event in the history of the
country. The drawing in the poster shows a man-o'-warsman receiv
ing the greetings of a bevy of pretty girls, who welcome the strang
er with smiles and with generous offerings of California's golden blos
soms. The advent of the men of the Navy is most opportune. The city is
just about to celebrate the second anniversary of the destructive fire
which swept away millions of dollars of property, and this celebra
tion Will be rendered most notable by the magnificent showing that is
made in the rehabilitation of the city.
been very alow compliance by owners of
machines. Only 90 have registered thus
far. although by this time every one
should have done so, according to Deputy
City Auditor Hitchinson. who is in
charge of the matter. The latter says
that not more than one-sixtn oi me
owners have thus far obeyed the law.
Unless owners of automobiles register,
as required by the new ordinance, they
will be arrested, and in such case will
be subject to a fine of not more than
$50 or to imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Ample notification has been given
each one. it is said, and the police will
coon be notified to make arrests. After
the first examinations, any person found
driving an automobile without the proper
license tag in place will be subject to
arrest and prosecution.
Under the new ordinance, which is
now in effect, every owner of an auto
mobile must appear at the City Hall
and register. A fee of tt is collected to
defray expenses connected with the ex
aminations. Badges are provided for all.
Chauffeurs must register, and a fee of
JS Is required of them for the first tai
and thereafter Jl a year will De
col-
lected from them.
The examinations for chauffeurs will
be partly oral and partly written, and
will be complete tests In all matters that
pertain to the operation of the various
types of machines. Physical, mental
and moral fitness to be entrusted with
the handling of human lives will enter
Into the matter, as questions concerning
these will be asked and- answers will
be demanded, it is within the province
of the commission to refuse a license to
any applicant who ooes not measure up
to the standard required.
ORCHARD SILEWT IN CELL
Exhibits Xo Feeling Over Ordeal He
Must Go Through Today.
BOISE. Idaho, March " 17. Harry Or
chard spent a quiet time today at the
State Penitentiary here, taking his usual
daily exercise and spending the usual
amount of time In reading. Tonight ne
appeared perfectly calm and in his usua
spirits. He is naturally quiet and of
a retiring disposition. There was abso
lutely no outward indication of the dread
that must be in his mind of the ordeal
which he must go through in the Dis
trict Court for Canyon County tomorrow
morning, the morning of his 42d birth
day. Orchard has no statement to maKe on
the eve of the day of his sentence for the
murder of ex -Governor Frank Steunen
berg. of this state. He disclaims that
any promises of immunity or promises
that any endeavor to procure immunity
or commutation of sentence have been
made him. When of h is own volition he
changed his plea of not guilty to a plea
of guilty of murder in the first degree,
he told the court he fully understood
what the consequences would be.
It is evident the situation has not
cross-examination, while a witness in the
George A. Pettibone case, in answer to
questions put by Attorney C. S. Darrow,
of Chicago, that he fully expected to
suffer the extreme penalty of the law
for his crime.
THAT "OLD APPLE TREE"
tont Cut Down Our Venerable
Friend. Says Sympathizer.
PORTLAND. March IT. (To the Ed
itor.) I read with interest the communi
cation in last Saturday's Oregonian en
titled "The Old Apple Tree," signed . by
J. C. Davis, and also, the editorial on
the subject in last Sunday's Oregonian.
While I do not care to say anything
which might discourage people from hav
ing clean, thrifty orchards, free from
all pests, yet there should be due con
sideration given to the orchard that has
been valua-ble to the farmer's family in
the past. As I understand the present
procedure, the state officials notify own
ers to trim and spray trees, and in case
this is not done they proceed to cut
dowjt the trees. This proceeding has
been sustained up to date by the courts,
but it is certainly harsh. An orchard is
property, and in my opinion should not
be destroyed by state officials until
some judicial proceeding has declared
it to be a nuisance.
Suppose I buy trees that are inspected
by state officials, who certify that they
are healthy and are free from pests,
and then in a few years I am directed
to do certain things with them, or these
trees will be cut down. This is certainly
a very ultra proceeding. Suppose I put
up a building in' the city of Portland,
in compliance with the ordinances of
the citv, and shortly after the buildim
is completed the fire limits of the town
are changed by the City Council, would
the fire department have the right to
call on me to - immediately tear down
my building and put up a fire-proof
structure? i
I suggest that the state officials be
empowered to trim and spray the old
orchard, or do what else is necessary
and charge the same to the owner, in
stead of cutting it down. Some of the
people who are well posted on the sub
ject and who seem to understand it,
should get out literature telling what is
to be done In the old orchards of Ore
gon. In the East there are orchards,
in New Tork and other states, bearing
apples that are saleable and make profits
for their owners, orchards that are 30
and 40 years old. Will some one tell us
what is to be done with the old orchards
in Oregon? The San Jose scale does not
limit its work to fruit trees: it also
attacks native trees. Under the present
condition of our laws, are the owners
of these trees required to .spray them,
or have the state officials in any part
of the state been known to cut any of
these trees down ?
I admit that my sympathies are with
the. pioneer who years ago planted an
orchard and has cultivated and cared for
it through many years, and it has been
a blessing and a profit to him. It is
easy for people to find fault and tear
down those orchards. 'What we are
anxious to know is: How can the dif
ficulty be eliminated? To my knowledge
the varieties of apples which were grown
25 years ago in some respects are just
as satisfactory as the varieties grown
at the present time. I suggest that
those connected with the State Agricul
tural College and the State Horticultural
Society get up literature showing how
to make use of and improv the old
orchard, and see that It reaches the
hands of the farmers who have orchards.
As far as I have been able to learn, the
advice so far has been to cut down the
orchard. Certainly that is short and
the method kills the pests but it Is
like burning the barn to get rid of the
rats. , A. KING WILSON.
Two Sent to Penitentiary.
J. P. Sivener must spend from one to
seven years in the State Penitentiary.
This was the sentence pronounced by
Judge Gantenbien yesterday morning.
Sivener having pleaded guilty ,to obtain
ing money under false pretenses. Sivener
is the brother-in-law of Melville Brad
ley, who killed Policeman Gittings last
Fall.
J. J. Crawford was sentenced to serve
four years in the penitentiary for the at
tempted robbery of B. Mickel. Decem
ber 32.
Olympia Beer. 'Tfa the water." Brew
ery's own bottling;. Phones, Main 671,
PR! LUST TRIBUTE
Many Friends Attend Funeral
of E. L. Cold well. .
REPRESENT ALL CLASSES
Dr. Thomas L. Eliot and H. V.
Scott Pay Heartfelt Tributes to
Memory of Veteran News
paper Man.
Very impressive were the simple sera-ices
held yesterday in memory of
Edward Lothrop Coldwell at the family
residence. 267 Grant street. It happened
that the sun shone bright and the breath
of early Spring was in the air. The two
men who spoke over the remains of the
honored reporter took nature in her
blandishment as a theme perfectly fitted
to a man whose life was so bound up in
nature's charm. -
Among the isscmblage which crowded
the house were men from every walk
of life distinguished Jurists, mechanics,
lawyers, capitalists, laboring men,- mer
chants, neighbors nearly all old residents
of - Portland and representative men In
mewspaperdom. Miss Sabin Hunt and
Airs. F. N. Stoner sang "Nearer Home"
(M Coldwell's favorite hymn) and
"Rock of Ages."
Honorary pallbearers were: H. W.
Scott. H.' L. Pittock. Frank T. Dodge, R.
L. Durham. T.' C. Devlin and Sylvester
Farrell. The active pallbearers: Edgar
03. Piper. O. C. Letter. E. W. Wright. N.
J. Levinson, Arthur A. Greene and Joseph
MacQueen.
Dr. T. L,. Bliot, pastor emeritus of the
First Unitarian Church, conducted the
services. His selections ot sscripture Terj
from the first, fifteenth and one hundred
and fourth nsalms. and Matthew, fifth
part of the sermon on the Mount.
Carried the Sunshine.
Referring to the season of the year.
and the bright morning sunsnine. ne
said they fitted the character and life of
Mr. Coldwell, one of whose leading char-
iori:tirs urns the love of nature, and
who carried the sunshine of good humor,
cheerfulness and true human fellowship
wherever he went. There are few higher
services that one can render the world
Such a temper of mind reaches out in
ever-widening circles. Mr. Coldwell's
vocation led him to harbor with all sorts
nd conditions of men. He discovered
the soul of goodness In some things evil
He could wield the weapons of satire and
ridicule often more potent than argu
ment or denunciation to break abuses
The local column and reporter's stories or
news Items of The Oregonian willed, tie
wrote reflected the man in all his vary
ing qualities of wit and wisdom.
Adverting to the many leading citizens
present as Mr. Coldwell's friends. Dr.
Eliot said he wished it possible that the
hour might be an "experience meeting,
in which one after another might bear
testimony as to the deep impression made
on them by his life. "That me was
eenuine ministry, better than written
sermons, and full of the potencies of
rnanlv character. It is always morning
end alwavs Springtime in the spiritual
world of which we are all inhabitants."
aid Dr. Eliot, "the world of faith and
hone, and love: these are the essentials,
the realities of being, making men of on
family on earth and making earth a
part of heaven."
At the conclusion of his remarks. Dr.
Eliot said he would like to call on H.
W. Scott, who had long known Mr.
Coldwell, to lay word. Mr. Scott,
arising-, said:
Trlbnte From Mr. Scott.
"It is fit. at such a time and on such
an occasion as this, to ask the ques
tion what human life is, whether it is
worth living, and to try to find some
answer to the question. The answer is
that the life of the good man or the
woman Is all there is in this
world that is really worth attention or
consideration. Everything perishes but
the sweet and pure influences that pro
ceed from an honorable life. They are
immortal, extending in ever-widening
circles, we may believe through time
and eternity.
"The life of our deceased friend was
such a life. He lived close to Nature
and close to man: in every relation of
life he did his duty. Fidelity was an
absolute part of his nature. I should
scarcely say that he was guided by de
termination to do his duty, for he did it
unconsciously, and was far and away
above the need of strengthening his na
ture by resolves. '
"The testimony of these friends to
dav bears witness to his . honorable,
generous and energetic life. The testi
mony of his fellow-workers assembled
around his bier shows in what esteem
he was held by those who, outside his
own home, knew him best. The work
he did on The Oregonian for years, in
no way obtrusive, yet had marked sig
nificance. Its quaintness. its good na
ture, its gentle humor, its nearness to
the heart and life of its author, and
of all those who read it, gave proofs
that though the author was not known
very much except in our own communi
ty, nevertheless wherever The Orego
nian was read, here was the work of a
distinctive hand.
His Religious Beliefs.
"He was a moral man, of mental
equipoise, of even temper, never sub
ject to excitements. Of his religious
beliefs he was never obtrusive, but his
attitude toward the sacred mysteries
of life and death and futurity was al
wavs reverent. Though never publicly
proclaiming it. he shared with all other
thoughtful human beings the idea that
man has sure relations with the in
finite. Yet he did not dogmatize on
the subject. His Idea was that we
have come, we know not now, out oi
the infinite unknown: that we shall re
turn, we know not how, to the infinite,
unknown. Yet sure belief in some
thought or suggestion of immortality
was shared 'by him. He was too
thoughtful and too serious to think
otherwise.
"He was a lover of Nature. His
work on The Oregonian during many
years gave continuous proof of the
closeness of his observation of Nature
and matter and all the phenomena of
animal and vegetable life. He never
undertook to expound these subjects
learnedly, but gave them his light,
quaint and suggestive touches, day
by day, as one thing and another came
to his attention. Dr. Eliot has said
that it is fit that upon this day of
opening and sunny Springtime we
should pay this tribute to him. for
these manifestations of Nature were
what he loved. I am reminded by Dr.
Eliot's remark of a passage in a very
great poem, which, since it is not
tedious. I will repeat, for it seeme to
me very applicable here:
Quotes Toefs Words.
Through wood and stream and field and bill
and ocean.
A quickening life from the earths heart
ass burst.
As It has ever don. with change and mo
tion. From the (Treat morning- C the world
when first
God 'dawned on chaos. In lt stream Im
mersed. The lamps of heaven burn with a softer
light:
All baser thlnfts pant with life's sacred
thirst.
Diffuse themselves, and spend in love's
delight
The beauty and the joy of their renewed
might.
The leprous corpse, touched by this spirit
tender,
Kxhales itself 1n flowers of gentle breath;
Like incarnations of the stars, when splen
dor
Is changed to fragrance, they illumine
death.
And moek the merry worm that wakes
beneath.
Naught we know dies; shall that alone
which, knows
Be as a sword consumed before the
sheath
By sightless lightning? The Intense atom
glows
A moment, then is quenched in a most
cold repose.
But
He is made one with Nature, there is heard
His breath In all her music.
Lesson In His Ufe.
"It is the life of a good man. a man
who does his duty in the various rela
tions of lifer as our departed friend has
done, that show us it Is worth while
to live. Even the memory of us may
be, lost, but the work we do. if it be
rightly done, will not be lost. w ith
similar work, it becomes a cumulative
force for a benefaction to the race:
for after all our striving it remains as
another poet has said:
Only the actions of the Just
Smell eweet and blossom In the dust.
A Tribute to "Jerry" Coldwell.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 17. (
the Editor.) Kindly permit me. as one
who has known "Jerry" Coldwell for
well nigh 40 years and who ' has been
associated with him in newspaper work.
to add my tribute, of respect to the mem
orv of a life well spent, an honored
member of the art preservative and one
of the brightest lights of the newspaper
fraternity on the Pacific Coast.
Our acquaintance dates from the early
seventies, when Mr. Coldwell held
case in the state printing office 1n Salem
under Mart Brown's administration. As
sociated with htm were Wilbur Cornell,
Jimmie Saver, Charlie Christie, George
Good and others whose names I cannot
now recall. We were afterwards asso
ciated together on the Portland Bulletin
in 187. Hon. R. S. Earhart was business
manager and the wTiter had charge of
the local columns.
Our friendship has stood the test at
years and Mr. Coldwell's cheery "Hello
Hadge," has often greeted me on occa
sional visits to Portland in recent years.
His genial personality, ready wit. quick
repartee and his unswerving integrity-
endeared him to the hearts of a verity
legion of friends. He was an ardent
student 'of nature and loved the trees
and flowers. He was an enthusiastic
fisherman and was among the first, after
the opening of the. season, to visit the
shady haunts of the wary trout. Our
last excursion together was on a fishing
trip' up the grand windings of Onconta
Gorge, an account of which trip was
afterward woven into a story for the
readers of The Oregonian.
Mr. Coldwell's fun-loving- bluntness
was a constant source of pleasure to
those who knew him best. Very many
of . our mutual friends have now passed
to "the other side" since we were first
acquainted, and "Jerry" now has solved
the ' great mystery of the hereafter.
doubt not that the gates of heaven were
ajar for him, for I verily believe if ever
anyone tried to live up to the precepts
of -the Golden Rule, "Jerry Coldwell
was one who honestly endeavored so .to
do. Peace to his ashes.
FRANK E. HODGKIN.
Oregon Electric Railway Company
New Fast Limited Service.
Effective Sunday, March 15, this com
pany will place in service additional local
and limited trains between Portland and
Salem. Schedule arrival and departure of
trains see another page.
Tomorrow and Friday will positively be
the last days for discount on East Side
gas bills. Portland Gas .Company.
Hanan shoes fit the feet. Rosenthal's.
DR. ALEXANDER RE1D. REPUBIJCAN
CANDIDATE FOR OREOON STATE
DAIRY AND FOOD COM
MISSIONER. Dr. Alexander Reid. who annuonces him
self a candidate for the nosltfon of Oregon
State Dairy and Food Commissioner on the
regular Republican ticket, Is a graduate of
the medical department of the Oregon -.tate
University, and has been in aetive practice
in Oregon for the past 12 years, ana a resi
dent of tne state for is years.
Dr. Reid is also a graduate of the Roya
College of Veterinary Surgeons. Glasgow.
Scotland, and Is at present a member of
the State Veterinary Examining Board.
Dr. Reid has always taken an active in
terest in all matters pertaining to food
products, and the far t of his being a -graduate
of both a medical and a veterinary
school makes him especially well equipped
to fill the office of Dairy and Food Commis
sioner LOU WAGNER
Republican Candidate for
Nomination re-Election for
CONSTABLE
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County Coroner
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOE NOMINATION
E. E. ERICSON
EricBon Undertaking Co.
409 AND 411 ALDER STREET
K. of P. Building
If elected to this most respon
sible position at the hands of the
voters of this county, I will per
sonally attend to all the duties
of the position. Realizing the
responsibility of the office fullyr
I pledge myself to conduct it
economically, . feeling that the
county can be saved much need
less expense by showing a more
conscientious regard for the
taxpayers' interests.
JUDGE
E.C.
(Appointed to Succeed
the Late Judge Frazer
Candidate for Republican
Nomination for
Circuit Court Judge,
Dept. No. 1
Republican Candidate
for Coroner
DR. J. G. TWITCHELL
It ie my purpose, if nominated and
elected, to establish a morgue inde
pendent of any undertaking firm, thus
correcting many evils which have hith
erto existed. There are no private in
terests bearing any portion of my cam
paign expenses . with the promise of
future patronage depending upon my
election. I promise if nominated and
elected to -fulfil the spirit of the law
and in a manner creditable to the city.
GEORGE J.
CAMERON
Republican Candidate for
District
Attorney
PRIMARY ELECTION
APRIL 17, 1908
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