Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 25, 1908, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 THE MORNING OREGONIANy SATURDAY. APRIL 25,. 1908. HTB8CMPT1QX KATKS. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. IBr MaJU tiaiiy. Bandar raciudeu. yr Jii Celiy. eunday included, alx monh- - I-ally. bunaay tnelud.4. tora anonth. I-sllr. aundajr Included, o moata. . XjUy. without BuDdiv. an. V.r - . . . . . - Y? elty, without Sunday, els months. Z3 IUy' without Sundiy. thre month. i-T Daily, without Sunaay. an monta..... tynday. on year ;; f 'SJ Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday!..- J- aaday and weekly, caa year BY CABJUER. Dalle, guilder Included, ana year. . ijl I : V Runit Inflmtait no mOBtl 00 .Ti HOW TO REMIT nd poetoBIc motley nrder, express order or personal ch our local bank. stamp, coin or currency re at the eender-e risk. Oir postoSlc aa Sresa la full, including county and Mat. POST AC BATKS. Entered at Portland, Oregon. Poltofflc n tfecond-Clere Matter. SO to 14 Page .. 10 to 2D faaea to 44 Pagee 40 to 0 Pages f'orelgn postage, doubl rate. aruKTAM The po.tal laws nr strict, tfewepapera cn which poatace la not ruiiy repaid are not forwarded to destination. KAaTEaV I BIN 18 OFT1CK. Th t. C. Krcswltb. Special Agency New Tark. rooms 4S-&0 Tribune building. Cnl ago. ruoma 61U-&12 Trltmn ouUdlua avEPT OS aaLEt f hire re. Auditorium Annex; Fostofflc Ki .o.. 17 Dearborn atrat; k-mpir Aiaws Ftand. ... u Paul. Mian. N. St. Marie, commercial Station. tolorad Springs. Col. Bell. H. H. Iener. H amnion and Kenrirlck. een'nth street; Pratt Hook Store. WW 'lfteer-.V stiee'.; U. P. Hansen. S. Klc. Ceaicc Carson. . Kanaaa Illy. M. Rlekeerker Cigar Co.. XVtnth and Walnut: loroa Newe Co. MlnneapoUe al. J. cavanauga, ftu South Ibiru. i liu-lnnatl. O. Tomi News Co. teveland. O. Jainaa fusbaw. SOI BU lerlor htret Washington, It. C. tbbitt House. Faan ylvaM avenue; Columbia Newe Co. I'illehurc. l a. Fort Put Newe Co. Philadelphia. Pa. 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Forster A Orear; Ferry Mini Stand; Hotel St. Francis Newa Stand; L. Parent; N. Wheatley; Falrmount Hotol News Stand: Amos Newa Co.; United News Agency. 14a Kddy atreet: B. B. Amos. man. s-r three wacuna; Worlda N. ti.. 26S A. utt.-r street. Oakland. CaL W. H. Johnson. Fourteenth Bud Fruttklln streate: N. Wheatley; Oakland Newa utand; B. K. Amoa manager ov waitona: Wellinsham. B. Q. t.c.ldrlrld. Ne. Louie Follln. Eurrka. CaJ. Call-Chronicle Agency: Eli. reka New Co. I'(11TL.M). WATl RDAV. ATR1L IS. IWK. A KMIll U.IHIE t HIXE.'-E EKEIUNTT I.UMla rpi'eivcd a rudo awakening; from her dream of conquest when the Japanese trailed the royal banner of tile Muscovites In the dust of the Far Khsl Hrtd conditions been reversed, and had Russia instead of Japan rmerKod from war a victor, the posi tion of the Czar in the disputed terri tory where he sought an outlet o the I'ailllc would have been Impregnable. Ji Is true that, to reach the warm waters of the Pacific, Russia had for a thousand miles across Manchuria laid the iron of the trans-Siberian railroad in territory over which the Chinese ex ercised at least nominal control. This control, however, was so weak, and I'hlnese resistance was so feeble, that until Japan stepped into the breach Uussla's conduct in the Manchurian territory traversed by her railroad was thai of a bona fide owner, instead 'of an Interloper. It was the Intention of Russia, when the railroad from St. Petersburg across Siberia was originally planned, u. keep the road on Russian soil throuRhout the entire distance. This i u!d have been accomplished by fol low ing what has always been known a the Amoor River route, and it was I he Intention of Russia to stick to that route; but, before the western end of Die great road was constructed, the allurements of easier construction, a richer country and shorter mileage, coupled probably with 1 the even greater Incentive of Manchurian an nexation, caused Russia to swing away from the Amoor route, and cut across Manchuria by way of Harbin. The road was built, but Manchuria failed to become Russian territory, and now. apparently with all hope Kone of raising the Russian flag over that rich Chinese province, 'Russia is preparing to go back to the old plans, and build a railroad along the Amoor on indisputably Russian soil. Hy this means only can the great rmpire reach an outlet on the Pacific xcept through alien territory; and, although the cost of the new line, or rather completion .of the old line, will approximate $120,000,000, the Rus sian government regards the project most kindly and Kill without doubt provide the funds. The line as con templated will run from Khabarovsk t .i Xertchlnsk. A distance of about 1400 miles. Instead of passing through a rich country, like the country now traversed by the Manchurian line, it will run through a barren, mountain nus district, sparsely populated and from a traffic standpoint, practically worthless. For the greater pari of the distance along, the Amoor, the ground is perpetually frozen at a depth of three feet throughout the year, and agriculture is almost Im possible. But the building of the line is re garded as a necessity for protection of Russian interests in the Par Bast, and I' will be constructed If it is never destined to carry any traffic except soldiers and sailors bound to and from the. Orient. When work is actually begun on this line It will be generally regarded as final acknowledgment of toinplete sovereignty of China In Man cbiirla. for, aside from China, no other lountry. prior tt the Japanese-Russian war, had a stronger hold on Man churia than Russia. The course of the Chicago wheat niwrket for the past few days has been decidedly erratic. As this Is tho sea ton of. the year when crop scares of till kinds appear. It Is not at all prob able that the "pit" will be for several Aveeks, much of a refuge for a nervous IMTson. The market shot up two cents per bushel Thursday, largely on the strength of a prediction of small Ar gentina shipments. The shipments, which 'were posted yesterday, were fully as amall-as expected, for the first time this season falling below- J.000.- 000 bushels, but the erratic market failed to hold the advane of the pre ceding day, and prices closed a cent lower. Locally, there is not much wheat remaining unsold, and for the first season on record comparatively high prices have ruled from the time the crop commenced to move, until It was practically all sold. It is also very pleasing to note that up to date prospects for another big crop m Ore gon. Washington arid Idaho are very good. With continuation of these pros rectC and a good market price, the Pacific Northwest will be Independent 01 any financial stringency which may affect less favored parts of the country. TMO VAU'ABI.E LESSONS. From Gus Lehmelers experience in the Municipal Court at least two strik ing and important lessons may -be drawn. Perhaps a skillful expositor might extract from it more than two, but they would be recondite, far fetched, elusive. . Our pair of wisdom's gems lies on the surface for everybody to use and enjoy, though 'the two are not of equal value. We begin with the less precious, which Is that in Oregon a husband still. In certain con tingencies, retains the ancient and honored prerogative "of beating his wife. What those contingencies are the court did not completely disclose, but It may now be regarded, perhaps, as settled law that when a husband finds his wife in a "cafe" at 4 o'clock In the glimmering morn, where she has been "singing like a lark" all night, he may kick her home without fear of legal complications. Naturally, the wife has the same privilege. When she discovers her spouse similarly dis porting himself she may hasten his homeward progress with the mop or broom and the law will look on with an approving smile. Or do we err in drawing this infer ence from the court's decision in Lehmeler's case? Is it perhaps true that the right to chastise his partner In the marriage bond belongs only to the stronger of the two? Suppose some particularly robust wife should undertake to treat a puny husband as Lehmeler treated the frail tenant of his heart, would' she be guilty of as sault? Or would she stand for the moment In loco parentis and find her chastising kicks approved by the court? The second, and far more valuable, lesson which we draw from Gus Lehmeier's adventure before Judge Cameron Is that a- husband should not return to his domicile before he said he would. Gus set Sunday even ing for the time of his arrival. In stead of waiting for that time to arrive he made his appearance at 4 o'clock cn Sunday morning. What could he expect from such irregular conduct? Must a wife stay at hotne all day and all night when her husband goes away, never permitting herself a breath of fresh air, lest he return and find her missing? The evils of coming home prematurely were pointed out long ago by Boccaccio and other great author ities on matrimony. Had Gus read their instructive books he would have known what to expect and would not have fallen into panic and plunged himself into the clutches of the police when he found his domestic hearth cold and his house forlorn. Even as It was there were alleviations of his fate. His wife had deserted his bed and board, to be sure, but she had left the dogs. Is It quite certain that Gus was a loser by the exchange? Would It not have been wiser upon the whole, for him to have let his wife go her ways and consoled himself with the dogs? AN tIJ EVt' INDl'STRY. Some years ago aYumber of active. Intelligent women, . headed by Mrs. William P. Lord, of Salem, ably as sisted by the late Mrs. J. C. Card. Mrs. O. K. Denny, of this city, and others, took up the question of flax Vulture in Oregon and worked It with such persistence and enthusiasm that the state bid fair, as it seemed, to become noted as a producer of flax, and later as a manufacturer of flax' products of various grades. It was demon strated through this effort that flax of excellent quality for various grades of manufacture could be raised in several sections of the state, and espe cially in the Willamette Valley, where soil and climatic conditions were ex ceptionally favorable to the growth and maturity of the plant. Some ex periment Id flax manufacture fol lowed the limited production, but this ended unfortunately and now for sev eral years little or nothing has been heard of flax growing and its' possi bilities In Oregon. This is unfortunate, .since it was demonstrated or seemed o have been that the flax-field as auxiliary to the grain-field and "orchard, and flaxseed and by-products could be made a profitable adjunct to Oregon agriculture, filling in a gep, so to speak, In seed-time and harvest opera tions that would .accrue to the benefit of the Vliest, hay and hop-grower. It was conceded by many of those who could be induced to give attention to the matter that flax-growing could be successfully carried on In the state. If once properly established: but such interest as was aroused in the pro posed Industry has almost, if not com pletely, died out. Whether it will be revived again or not can only be a matter of conjecture. , Statistics show that the flax, hemp and Jute manufactures of the United States have increased in volume and value enormously in the last quarter or third of a century, and espeeially since ISflO, or about the time that in terest was awakened In flax-growing lu Oregon. Up to the year 18S0 the manufactures of these products of flax were of such small importance, com paratively speaking, that they were not given separate enumeration in the census, but were entered under the general head of "other Industries." Ten years later they had grown to such, importance that they were given separate classification, with a produc tive valuation of 137,313.021. Since this time the value has nearly doubled, giving the Industry a rank second to that of silk manufactures. Literature bearing upon flax cul ture is. it is said, now more sought for than ever before a sign of earnest ness and intelligence in quest oT in formation in regard to an industry upon which there ia so much to learn that Is prophetic of the continued and Increased growth both In the cul ture of flax and manufacture of its products. Under the stimulus of these condi tions A revival of interest in flai rrowlna- in the Willamette Vallev Is not Improbable: at least it Is not hope less. It Is an industry In which capi tal and labor, -agriculture and manu facture. must go hand in hand in order to produce satisfactory results. Such an industry does not spring up la a night, nor In a year, but once hav ing been carefully systematized and established it will, like Its products, be of lasting value. WHKRE rORTUAXn IS EXOWX. Refusal of the California Secretary of the Navy to send any of the battle ships to Portland Is, of course, a griev ous and unwarranted slight to Colum bia River prestige. It is also an Insult to a great many thousand Oregonians whose sole opportunity for viewing the ships in which we all have a prido would be at Portland. But let no one be troubled over any possibility of the maritime prestige of the port being In jured in the slightest degree by this petty discrimination and attempt to belittle the port. Fortunately for Port land, the maritime records of the greatest ports on earth offer plenty of evidence as to the depth of water in the Columbia River, and It is evidence that can neither be "doctored" nor re futed. Within the past fortnight fully a dozen big steamships, .which loaded at Portland to drafts of from 24 feet to 25.9 feet, have reported at coaling ports or at final destination in arious parts of the world. When that endless procession of mammoth steamships, which move slowly through the Sue2 Canal, last week exchanged greetings at Aden and Suez with the big steamships Baron Cawdor and Tweeddale, outward bound from Portland, all of their mas ters knew that the Orejfon metropolis was one of the big-sh'p ports of the world, for right before them was the evidence. When the British steamship Glenstrae, from Portland for Ham burg, drawing nearly 26 feet of water. a deeper draft than the average At lantic liner, steamed into the Elbe a few days ago, every Interested ship ping man in the great German port knew that Portland, Or., was a safe port for twenty-six-foot ships. This same forceful kind of advertising of Portland was given the port last week when the St. Hugo passed Gibraltar; when the Tricolor arrived at Shang hai, the Mortlakc at Adelaide. Aus tralia; the St. Egbert at Ho llo, the Cratgvaar at Antwerp. .Strathendrick at Hull, and other equally large car riers at other ports. These big steamships of 24 feet to 23.9 feet draft have carried the fame of Portland around the world. On their outward voyage from Portland they have called for coal or for orders at Aden, Perim, Port Said, Singapore, St. Vincent, Coronel, Montevideo, New castle, and at Cape of Good Hope and at Japanese ports. Wherevef they have called or reported the news has been flashed throughout the civilized world that they were, en route from Portland, Or., and hundreds and thou sands of shipping men were thus af forded positive knowledge that Port land Is a port which dispatches great freighters of deep draft. Shipowners "throughout the world know that it is safe to send 26-foot vessels to Portland. The California Secretary of the Navy' pretends to be lieve that it is unsafe to: send those of 24 feet draft. Portland cannot, well prevent the Government Jron) sending a few of Its diminutive eraft here, bnt they can hardly be expected to receive as much attention as would be extended a big steamship of the type to which Portland is accustomed. The toy ships will afford some pleas ure to the children, but they will only serve to intensify the resentment of the people who know that they have been shamefully mistreated by the re fusal of the California Secretary of the Navy to send large vessels here. A GREAT BENEFACTOR. How many Americans are prepared to weep over the tomb of Ferdinand Schumacher with intelligent grief? We venture to say that not one in ten of those whose breakfast tables abound with the products of his inven tive dnd hygienic genius know who he was or what he did. Such is the. in equity" of fame. Ferdinand Schu macher was a great benefactor of the human race. He Invented breakfast foods. His death removes from the sphere of human activities one who has done as much as any of his con temporaries to make those activities free from dyspepsia and bile. This is one view of the case, and perhaps the true one: but there is an other. No less -an authority than Dr. Woods Hutchinson he-Ids breakfast foods up to derision. He pronounces a ban upon the whole tribe of mari gold oats, toasted barley corns, baked sawdust and predigested pine chips. In his opinion they are no better than so much cold iron in the human stomach, and we would be healthier and hap pier had they never been heard of. Very likely the true view lies some where between sheer idolatry of the late Herr Schumacher and the utter rejection of him and all his breakfast foods. As between pie for breakfast and toasted oak chips with coffee, we pre fer the latter. They are more hygienic and less destructive to true religion. But why eat anything at that perilous meal? Dr. AVoods Hutchinson has declared in a famous article that old-fashioned fried pork, swimming in grease, is the- ideal re past at the awesome hQur when the early bird is catching the worm; but another great medical authority, Dr. Fletcher, differs from him widely. Dr. Fletcher, who has written a big book for every one of Dr. . Woods Hutchinson's-, articles in the Sat day Evening - Post. avers that the only proper breakfast "con sists of a vigorous walk and a cold bath. Strange as it may seem, multi tudes have, adopted his view and find themselves healthier and happier for it. It seems, according to the best modern medical authority, that eating, like disease, is merely a bad habit, from which one can emancipate him self if he tries hard enough. Dr. Fletcher is a hale old man of great wealth, who rises early and works hard all the forenoon on the nutriment derived from his walk and bath. He eats nothing until noon, and then nothing more until the next noon. This is doing pretty well, but some of his disciples have done better. One of them fasted sixty days, according to the accounts, gaining in health and vigor all the time. Fasts of forty days are commonplace among the Fletcher Ites, unless they exaggerate. The fact is that most people eat too much, both in the morning and at noon and night. The superfluous food which they de vour clogs the system and wastes the energy required to eliminate if.-- We should all be healthier If we con sumed less and took more pains to masticate it. Under the plan of eating no more thap we needed It would not make a great deal of difference what we had for breakfast or dinned either. What a person .eats Is of small im portance compared with how much he eats. Last year, owing to reports of heavy damage to the potato crop of Califor nia, there was a great rush to plant potatoes in all the Coast states. Ir an ticipation of high prices. As a result the supply was large and the prices fair or less, with a slow market. 'vTith no particular inducement this year to plant potatoes, the situation will prob ably be more favorable when the 1908 crop is ready for the market, and farmers may reasonably count on a margin or profit. This profit must, however, depend largely upon the quality of potatoes produced. As a local produce dealer remarks, too large a proportion of the potato crop is of poor grade, and commands a low price. This is due largely to use of in ferior seed, planting in worn-out and depleted soil, and poor cultivation. To a great extent it Is true of potatoes as with other crops, whatsoever a man plants, that shall he also dig. Small, knobby and scabby potatoes will pro duce their kind, and if the soil be poor and -the growing crop be neglected during the dry season, the size is likely to be small. Potato-raising, like poultry-keeping, is usually an adjunct of general farming, and too frequently a neglected feature of farm operations. At this season, when planting, is in progress, particular attention should be given to quality of seed and prep aration of soil. Thus will a good start be had toward the production of a crop of fancy potatoes which cost but little more to raise than inferior stock but which bring a far better price. There are very few, if any, great men in history who are credited with saving their country so vast a sum as 1300.000.000. But it seems reasonably certain that General LlncVitch, who died at St. Petersburg Thursday, was the means of preventing Japan from collecting the huge indemnity de manded from Russia. The forceful manner displayed by Linevitch. in re organizing the demoralized Russian army, and checking the advance of the Japanese at the critical period, when peace negotiations were under way, not only saved Russia an immense sum of money, but, had Linevitch been per mitted to continue operations, the war might have had quite a different end ing. General Linevitch got to the front a little too late to prevent the great change that was made in the political map of the Far East, but he arrived in time to make for himself a lasting place in Russian war history. Senator Bourne has introduced a bill directing the Secretary ' of the Treasury to adjust and settle claims for services performed, by citizens of Oregon in the Cayuse Indian war of 1847. Similar measures have appeared at intervals in the past sixty years, but the claims are still unpaid. The progress being made, however, ought to encourage the Astoria citizens' who had their sealing schooners seized about 1886 The Cayuse war claims, of course, have quite a lead on the sealing claims, but along about 1950 the latter ought to be heard from again, and the dawn of the twenty-first century may witness the payment of both the Cayuse war claims and the sealing claims. Some of the parlor navigators in the United States Navy, who seem to be afraid of the Columbia River, are probably endeavoring to follow the ad monition of the famous Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B., to "stick close to your desks and never go to sea, and some day you'll be ruler of the queen's navee." They at least display a tim idity which is not complimentary to their calling. , John -Miller, a Champoeg farmer, who had disposed of his ranch, was garroted while drunk in this eitv Thursday evening and relieved of $720, the proceeds of the sale he had just made. As both of the financial transactions took place, on the same day, the old adage might appropriately be varied by saying that a fool and his f.irm are soon parted after one is turned into money, and whisky is turned into the other. A Salem man has sued the late in sane asylum superintendent because he (the Salem man) was released from the asylum on condition that he ltave the state and by thus leaving, he (the Salem man) lost large sums of money. Why doesn't the Salem man simplify matters and increase his prospect of damages by suing the su perintendent for releasing him at all? Abe Hummel, the New York lawyer of unsavory fame, is so well pleased with London that he Informs, a New York paper that he never, wants to leave the world's ' metropolis. There are plenty of good American citizens who recall the crimes for which Hum mel served time, that will now trust that nothing will happen to change his opinion of his new home. Erstwhile opponents of Senator Fulton are now handing him bouquets for his big vote in his home county 1225 to 198. But the Eugenie Regis ter, not jet "pacified." says Fulton's opponents could not see anything good in him before the primaries. If soft words won't harmonize the Re publican party, what will? Another outrage at Stanford. A stu dent has been expelled for being drunk on the campus. However, the dis missed student with his companions in drlnk-hiay be assured of a cordial wel come, and no questions asked, at any Keeley Institute. Shall any Republican be nominated by the state convention. May 1 4, for presidential elector, who refuses to vote for the people's choice for Presi dent? The Oregon courts, like those of several . other - states, are confronted with the question whether justice or fine-spun law should prevail. The showers damage the Spring suits, but make rhubarb and potatoes cheaper. Give us the showers. Over in Japan, also-, they are quite sure that the fleet should return to the Atlantic, . M.KADJI KOR BIRO PROTKl-flOS W. U r later Orwamwrea Irwwol for arlwK Cwoatlas: of Vrwekn. MILWAVKIK. Or.. April 24. (To the Editor.) At the meeting of the Oregon Fish and Game Association, held last Wednesday evening, it was voted to propose an amendment to our present duck law. extending the ahootlng sea son up to March 1 and in this way ad vocate "Spring shooting." In the face of all the facts we have to show that our game birds are de creasing rapidly, this association has proposed a most pernicious piece of wild bird legislation. Instead of pre serving our birds they are recommend ing us to take the shortest road to bird extermination. There are two classes of membera In the Oregon Fish and Game Association, gunners and sportsmen. At the meet ing when this amendment was adopted the gunners predominated. A gunner looks out for himself alone. A sports man has some idea of fair play toward birds. One pots a sitting bird: the other will at least give It .a flying chance. One wants to shoot all he sees: the other prefers to leave plenty for seed. A sportsman Is far-sishted enough to know that If he doesn't pro tect, but kills continually, his 'sport will vanish in a few years. The gunners who proposed this amendment stated at the meeting that they would fight the association to finish If it was not adopted and they did not secure their rights. To some of us who attended this meeting it was very evident that the gunners' rights were uppermost. Rather foolish of us. It was. to mention the rights of birds! The logical time to shoot game-birds 1 In the Fall.- The breeding season Is over. The broods of young birds are well grown and In good condition. It Is the beginning of their struggle for life. Some will fall from natural causes, many by the gun. Nature tries to provide for this decrease. Only the fittest can survive the Winter. They are of the best blood. They have won out. They deserve the reward of wild life. It is unsportmnnllke. it is die honorable not to recognize these bird rights. I have said before that Spring shoot ing is the shortest road to ' bird extermination. -The bird is often hard put during the Winter. -If he, survives he has the best bipod of his race. Al low the gunner to kill him and you destroy the seed of the next generation. In our climate the ducks get ready for breeding early In the year. Female birds killed at this time often have well developed eggs. To shoot birds Just before or during the breeding sea son Is not right from the bird stand point, and it- is not right from the human standpoint. It Is not fair play. One hunter who lived where Spring shooting was permitted told me that many of the ducks shot during that season were poor and not fit to eat. After feasting on the fat young birds of the Kali he said he got little satis faction In killing and eating birds that were about ready to breed. Public sentiment for wild bird and animal preservation In Oregon IS better than in many other parts of the coun try. If the Oregon Fish and Game Association expects to influence legi lation and get enough votes to pass this harmful amendment it might as well begin explaining its position. The members claim to represent the spirit of true sportsmanship. At the ame time they propose to send their legis lative committee to Salem to fight for the most unsportsmanlike legislation against our water fowl. Spring shoot ing is legislation for the gunner.'' not for the sportsman. It is legislation for bird extermination, not bird projection. Is the Oregon Fish and Game Associ ation to be dominated by gunners or by sportsmen? ' WILLIAM L. FINLEY. AKTHRAOOSE OS APPLE TREES Mr. Lonasdale Thinks Thai ."praying Won't Kill Dead-Spot Dlaease. LAFAYETTE, Or.. April 23. (To the Editor.) In a recent Interview. J. H. Reid is quoted as saylng-that the State Board of Horticulture recommends spray ing for scale in certain old apple or chards along the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Clackamas Countv. 1 wish to emphasize the fact that this order applies only to treatment of scale. It has no reference whatever to the hand ling of anthracnosc. the funsoid trouble that is so prevalent in the old apple or chards of the state. Mr. Reid Informs me that in the district along the S. P. R. R. in Clackamas County, the old orchards are comparatively free from this fungoid trouble. I hope there is no mistake in the diagnosis of these cases. It would be very remarkable. if trees in the low, damp lands along the Willamette River should be immune. If this be the case. It will be the only section in the Willamette Val ley where such immunity exists. I have made no study of the locality, but in Oregon City, in the only trees I -have ex amined. I recently found abundant evi dence of the disease. I wish to repeat, for the benefit of fruit inspectors as well as for the Information of fruitgrowers generally, that no amount or spraying will avail for the eradication . 1?. dead-spot disease, when it is-once established In these old trees. A man may apply a hundred barrels of sprav every day of his lifetime to one of these trees and when he goes to his grave if the tree be alive, the disease will -he there. In th-sp trees It must be cut on and destroyed if we want to be rid of the S?"Ve r-,n'i,le- aml in the old orchards of the w lllamette Valley this means the tlVJ, ,n. ' Whol ,OD- so infcrnallv prevalent is the disease. M. O. LOVTNSDALE. Bag Wildcat Instead of Fox. Port Jervis Dispatch to New York World f tj!,","; and h,R daughter Maude! of Philadelphia, who are visiting a friend above Lat-kawaxn. in company with the eldest son of the fanner, holed what they thought was a fox in some rocks. A feedhag was obtained, and Miss Bur rows held it over one hole while her com panion, who had made a Are. began the smokiug-out process at the other hole Suddenly there was a rush and, something plunked Into the bag with a snarl. Miss Burrows closed the bag. There was much spitting and snarling from within followed by a ripping and tearing of the sack, then the head and claws of a wild cat protruded. Miss Burrows dropped the baa the wildcat freed itself and leaped at her. A shot flred by the farmer's son killed it. In the cave three kittens were found The little, fellows fought savagely but were all got Into the bag and taken" home. Bnby Jnat a Sbopper'a Packaaje. New York Press. "Did you ever see anything like that?" exclaimed a woman standing by the lace counter in a department store when she watched a mother pick up a young, wide awake baby which was done up like a bundle and which lay with purchases upon the. counter. Only its little head stuck out, and no one would have Im agined the roll was alive until one beheld the funny little face, puckered up and framed in woolen wrappings. As the mother walked away she carried her spoils thus: Baby on the left arm; shop ping bag, filled, in the left hand: several bundles In the crook of her right elbow: a long, but thin, pocketbook in two fingers of the right hand. And, such is womanr she seemed happy. Bulldogs Hold la Polleemaa. Kansas City Star. After chasing a burglar over rooftops In St. Louis. Police Officer Beard was treed on a telegraph )ole down which he was sliding by two bulldogs, and it was necessary to call out the reserves to rescue him. A SflVTHERX IIK1V OK BRlAX, Tkraaak the Handle (ilasaea of aa ItlsM-raat CeunsMsrst. " W. E. CurtV Atlanta lOa ) Letter to the Chk-ago Record-Herald. There ia a curious political situation down here, i have not yet met one Dem ocrat of prominence who is In favor of the nomination of Mr. Bryan for Presi dent by his party at Denver, and. at the same time, I have not yet met one Demo crat of prominence who is opposing him. The Southern Ierhocrts all talk against Bryan, but will send delegate to the Na tional Convention instructed to vote for his nomination. Everybody takea it for granted that he will be the candidate: that his nomination cannot be prevented : and hence they have not tried to do any thing to prevent it. Bryan's domination of the party is absolute. It was accu rately Illustrated In a cartoon by Berry man In the Washington Evening Star the other day. The Iemocratie donkey stood before the megaphone of the talking ma chine like the dog in the advertising pic lure, with a seraphic smile upon Its face and wearing the legend: "He knows his master's voice." Bryan Is the master and although there Is a deep resentment and a widespread distrust, the Southern Dem ocrats will support him at the convention and at the polls. Some years ago at the Kansas City con vention. David B. Hill and other op ponents of "the peerless one" discovered, when it was too lafe. that they had a ma jority against Bryan, and that they might have prevented his nomination If they had concentrated the opposition. Bui they did not learn this Important fact until they had lost their opportunity. Just as they are losing their opportunity now. I cannot discover that any attempt hat been made to organixe the opposition to Bryan In the South in support of any other candidate, although it would be comparatively easy to do so If an active effort were made in behalf of such a man as Judge Gray. I do not believe that Gov ernor Johnson would be much more popular in the South than Bryan, but Gray has the respect and confidence of everybody: he lives south of the Mason and Dixon line, the Democratic leaders in the southern states know all about' him and would support him gladly if any one of influence would take the lead and work up an organization tn his support. He would command a larger following and get more delegates in the South than any other person. If nothing is done in his behalf Bryan will get the delegation from Georgia simply by default. It is also a curious fact that everybody expects Bryan to be defeated again at the polls, and nobody seems to care whether he is elected or not. One promi nent Democrat asserted that In his opinion It was essential for the welfare of the Democratic party to eliminate Bryan, and the only way that he could be elimi nated was to let him be defeated a third time for the Presidency. Then, he thought. Bryan would get out of the way and give some one else a chance. And he quoted the late Sain Jones, the eccen tric revivalist, who once described Bryan as "a big brown ox, who won't let the calves go out or the cows go in." There is no apprehension here, so far as I can ascertain, about Bryan's attitude on the negro question, simply because no body expects him to be elected, and the probability of his ever exercising author ity is so remote that his views are not considered of any particular importance. At the same time no man in American history not even Thomas Jefferson or An drew Jackson was ever able to dominate the Democratic party as Bryan does- to day. The thinking men of the Sou:h do not believe in his theories of government: they do not indorse his platform, but they admire his oratory and admit his integrity of character and purpose. Another gentleman of prominence ex pressed the opinion that It would be bet ter for the South to have a Republican President for many years to come, lie cause if a Democrat were elected the party in that- section would split on the distribution of patronage. Now southern white men -stand together on the great National . question and run their cam paigns purely upon local issues, devoting their entire attention to matters affecting the welfare of the communities. BRYAVS DEFEAT IX SEW YORK. Xewapaper Comment Is That HI o m Inatloai At Dcatrr Is Already Loat. Hartford Courant. Rep. The New York Democrats not only send unlnstructed delegates to Denver, but call upon the Democrats of other states to do the same. They also say that, in the circumstances, every Democrat should be willing to sacrifice "personal ambition" to the party's good: and they are looking straight at Mr. Bryan when they say it. Positive Hostility to Him. Philadelphia- Ledger. Ind. Rep. There is not merely indifference to Bryan in New York or a mere preference for some one else, but a positive hostility to Bryan. If the Democrats go Into a campaign with their own voters in the great state of New York arrayed against their candidate, both the moral effect and the state's vote will count so heavily as to turn the scale. Should Block HI Nomination. Syracuse (N. Y.) Post-Standard, Ind. New York State has done many good turns as well as a few bad ' ones to the Democratic party of the Nation. If it gave to the party David B. Hill, it also gave Tilden and Cleveland. If Its in fluence in the Denver Convention can block the nomination of the Nebraskan that will be no small credit mark - for the Empire State. Bryan Election la Already l,ot. Baltimore News, Ind. The action of the New York Democrats in overwhelmingly defeating an effort to instruct the state's delegation to vote for Bryan at the Democratic National convention, assures 78 votes In the conven tion for the Rryan opposition, and will lend encouragement to those Democrats who feel that with Bryan as leader the election Is lost before it begins. A Third of the Delegates Free. Boston Herald. Ind. Dein. The denial of Bryan by the lemecratic conventions in New York and Delaware emphasizes the trend of sentiment in that party. There is Increasing opposition to a deliberate invitation to tho ravens of defeat to perch upon the party banner again this year. It is apparent that there will be. at least a third of the delegates to Denver free to exercise t,,e best judg ment of the party as to the available man for the nomination. I.oott l.ke Gray or Chanler. Providence (R. J.) Journel. Ind. Rep. Mr. Bryan's friends were not able to make much of a showing in the New York Democratic convention, thanks to the smoothly working machinery of the or ganization. The 78 Empire State dele gates will go to Denver not only unpledged to Bryan, but probably also In favor of some other candidate. ' perhaps- Judge Gray or Governor Johnson or Lieutenant Governor Chanler. The adoption of the historic unit rule means, moreover, that the 78 will vote as a body, so that Mr. Bryan may as well make up his mind to receiving no support from New York. I races Mr. Bryan aa Vice-President. Washington (D. C.) Post, Ind. The Democrats of New York, In stata convention, have plainly declared tfierr opposition to William J. Bryan by ap pointing dc-legates-at-Iarge to the Denver convention without instructions. It is unnecessary to emphasize the Importance of this action, since It must be apparent to everybody that it means that If Mr. Bryan is nominated he will fall to carry New York State, and hence will be de feated. In our opinion a suitable Demo cratic nominee for the Presidency, with Mr. Bryan as the nominee for the Vice Presidency, would tend to unite the party and replace despair with courage and confidence. Initiative and Referendum Measures Fr th Information of voter th-r will t published on this p from dar t day brtrf unimar1a of th Initiative and refr ndum mttmrti to bo ubrnitfrl to -th Pvp- at tb June election. ttbr nK. a ahoi-al statement of the arguments for and against each. XVMBKR 3L For the purp5 of author, njc the lo cal ton of state Institutions away from th swat of government, tfve. last session- of tho Taistature submitted to a yota of tho people a proposed amendment to sec tion .. of article 14 of the state constitu tion. The section referred to declarra that the acat of government, when onco established, shall not be removed for a period of 30 years, and then only upon a vote of the people in favor of surh removal. The section contains the pro vision "that all the public Institutions of th state hereafter provided for by the Leclslntive Assembly shall be lo cated, at the seat of government' In tho proposed amendment, this provision Is changed to read that "all the public. Institutions of the state, not located else where prior to January 1. shall l located in the county where the seat of government is. excepting when otherwise semhly and ratified .by the electors of the state at the next general election fol lowing such act, by a majority of all the votes cast on ttie question of whether or not such act shall be ratified. " The proposed amendment has three pur poses to legalise the acts by m-hlch stmts in si u u uons nave oeen locatea sway irom the capital In the past; to permit such locations away from the capital in tho future, and to remove doubt as to the meaning of the expression, "at the seat of government.' Several state Institu tions, such as the State University. State Agricultural College, four State Normal Schools and the Soldiers Home, have been locaied at considerable distance from the capital, in plain violation of the con stitution. The Reform School and Mule School are five miles away from the city, which, has been made the scat of gov ernment and there has been doubt whether this Is a location 'at the scat of government. For various ressons it has been found impracticable to locate state institutions either inside the city limits or adjoining the city limits. In or der to remove the doubt as to what "at" means, the amendment provides that the Institutions may be located In the county where the seat of government is. The argument in favor of this amend ment ithat it is sometimes desirable tnat state Institutions be located away from the capital; for instance, that a branch asylum be located in Kastern Oregon. The argument against it is that distribu tion of Institutions over the state en courages that trading in appropriations which has been one of the greatest evils of legislation, leading not onjy to ex travagance and unwise expenditure of money, but also to enactment or defeat of various laws through combinations among members of the Legislature for the purpose of securing appropriations. When trades and combinations are made, the merit and needs of the institutions are less considered than the amount that can be secured for one institution or with held from an institution with a view to affecting other appropriations or other legislation. ) BRI.VG MOEY ITO GENERAL t SB. Appeal tn Both Political Parties tn Pa Postal Savins Bank Bill. Chicago Newa. President Roosevelt In his message the other day repeated his recommendation that Congress authorize the establishment of postal savings banks. He included this desirable piece of legislation in his cata logue of measures which shouM be passed at the present session. The President gave In concise form -two excellent reasons why provision should be made for postal savings banks. First, they are "impera tively needed for the benefit of the wage workers and men of small means." Sec ond, they would be a "valuable adjunct to our whole financial system." Persons of small means would find in postal savings banks encouragement in the practice of thrift. Thousands of wage earners particularly feel the need of con venient and safe places of deposit for their savings. This Is especially true of new comers from the countries of Europe, where there are government savings banks. In the Southern States, where pro hibition has been widely adopted with a view to making steadier workers of the negroes, postal savings banks would be of Immense value in teaching this class of labor to become responsible and self reliant. Postmaster-General Meyer, a convinced and able advocate of postal savings banks, has pointed our that the hoarding of small sums by thousands of thrifty but timor ous persons has kept millions of dollars out of circulation. Through a sound postal savings bank system the government would bring this money back into gen eral ue. Thus postal savings banks would be an Important agency, tending to prevent financial panics. Representative Williams, of Mississippi, the minority leader of the House. do-i not include a postal savings hank bill in his list of measures supported by the President, which he says the Democrats will join with the Republican Congress men in passing. However, the platform, practically written by Mr. Bryan, recently adopted by the Nebraska Democratic con vention favors postal savings banks and the Democrats in Congress would vote, for 'their establishment. It is now in order for the Republican leaders in Congress to give to the Nation a good postal sav ings bank system. Gold Mine Vnder n fe-melerj-. Indianapolis News. Joseph Sliscovitch discovered under a eemcterv established nine years ago near Nome. "Alaska, a gold mine, and. has spent $20,000 driving a X)-foot tunnel. The mine is making h good yield. The Mother-Hunger. Vnidf-ntlfled. 'if only I coul-J flnrl her for the mother hunger's on m: 1 want to scr and touch her, to know her close beside; I want to put my head In the hollow of her shoulder. I want to feel her love m as she did before she died. ,"In all the world is nothing, love of hus band or or children. In all the world is nothing that can eooiha " me or can sli- Like the memory of her fragile hand on which the ring was atropine The hand that wekes my longing at the very thought of her. "The window in the aunshtne and tlie empty chair beside it. The lonellneea that mocka me aa I find the sacred place! O mother, la there naught in the unerring speech of silence ( To let me know your presence, though I cannot see your facet "Ob, no. I've not forgotten the triumph and the glory I would not bring you back again to strug gle and to yaln. This hmr will paas but oh! jual now. the . mother-hunger's on me. And 1 would give my soul tonight to kisa your hair again-" .. .