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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JUXfi 24. 1808.
IT DEVELOPS CLASS STRUGGLE.
Members of the labor unions and
their families are a very Important
part of the citizenship of the state.
But, like all associations, they are apt
to overestimate their own importance
The wageworker, on the eight-hour
day, performs but a small fraction of
the whole labor of the country. He
mustn't expect the laws to be made
wholly at his dictation, or in his In
terest. If he expects it, he will be dis
appointed.
In this country no class, body or de
scription of persons can expect ex
emption from the law that applies to
every other class, body or description.
If, therefore, the ancient law, rule or
procedure of Injunction is to remain.
It must apply to members of labor
unions as to other persons.
Yet probably this process will not be
abolished. It has been in use during
a very long period, and Is identified
with the jurisprudence of all times,
since it. came into use through the
Roman civil law. But for the fact
that it was wanted and the need was
felt, it would not have had its extend
ed course of growth and development
nor lasted so long. We received it, as
we have received our Constitution it
self, and our general jurisprudence,
from English sources; our courts used
it before the Government of the Con
stitution was established, and the
courts established under the Constitu
tion succeeded to the use of it. It is
consented now that no injunction shall
be granted without notice; which
means that the party to be enjoined
shall have a hearing before any writ
shall issue. This will virtually abolish
preliminary Injunction, but not the
writ or process itself, or a hearing un
der it.
Whether this is seasonable the
country will judge; and whether it is
reasonable that the writ shall be sus
pended in the case of labor unions and
members thereof, also will be subject
ed to judgment. Use of the writ in
the courts of the United States is
founded on the rule of the Constitu
tion, which gives the courts of the
United States jurisdiction in all cases
of law and equity, arising under the
Constitution and laws. The demand
tha't a particular description of the
people shall be exempt from it raises
a question which will tend powerfully
to develop class struggle in our coun
ty. THE REJECTED PLANKS.
Most readers will remember that
certain planks were offered to the Na
tional Repliblican Convention in a mi
nority report. They were rejected by
rery large majorities, but, for all that,
they have been widely discussed. They
express opinions of the most positive
character upon several controverted
questions, and they represent, perhaps,
:he views of agitators rather than ju
dicious thinkers upon public ques
tions; still it will not do to ignore
them. Concerning tho railroads, the
tariff and the exasperating subject of
Injunctions, they contain matter which
more and more forces Itself upon the
attention of the country.
The minority report would give
many new powers to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. At present
the Commission can only take up cases
which are brought before it on com
plaint. The report declares that It
ought to have power to proceed on its
own motion without waiting for in
jured parties to file complaints. This
would be a long step toward effective
regulation of the railroads. The ap
pointment of a subordinate commis
sion in each Judicial district would go
still farther. The report does not say
specifically that there should be a
commission for each judicial district,
but that would naturally follow from
the demand for subordinate commis
sions. Presumably nobody denies that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
Is overburdened with work. Seven
men cannot supervise the commerce of
the United States except in a perfunc
tory way. The idea of establishing
subordinate commissions with a right
of appeal from them to the central
body aty Washington is at least worth
discussion. If the convention had not
been quite so thoroughly cut and
dried, if it had been more of a delib
erative body and less of an automatic
machine, it might have debated this
and other questions very instructively.
But of cour.se In a mob whose opinions
are all made to order debate is not
to be thought of. In such a gather
ing any idea which varies from the
foreordained pattern is almost trea
sonable. The delegates showed their
obedience to discipline by voting. down
the minority planks without discussion
and by enormous majorities, but they
did not show much intelligence.
As to "physical valuation" of the
railroads as a basis for fixing rates,
this demand of the minority is not by
Bny means wholly unsound. The doc
trinaires hold that the only true way
to compute the value of a railroad is
from its capitalized earnings; but since
earnings may very well come from ex
orbitant rates, this method is inher
ently vicious. It amounts to holding
that rates must never be less than they
have been. To argue from rates to
value and from, that value back to
rates is to spin in a vicious circle. It
could do no harm to ascertain what
the actual property of the railroads is
worth, and it might do some good. In
Wisconsin it has been made the basis
for rates which the courts have not
enjoined. Why would it not serve as
well for the whole country?
As to a protective tariff, the minor
ity report declares that it ought to
equalize the cost of production at
luune and abroad, and nothing more.
If 'trusts form under the tariff and
suppress competition, then" It should
be removed altogether, unless the la
bor cost here exceeds that In foreign
countries. The reader will readily see
from this that the mind of the minor
ity was not clear about the tariff.
There are very few manufactured ar
ticles whose labor cost in the United
States exceeds that in Europe, and if
this were honestly made the criterion
we should not have many Import du
ties. But a permanent, non-partisan
tariff commission as advocated by the
minority would unquestionably be an
excellent thing.
Upon the subject of injunctions the
minority report followed pretty closely
the ideas of Mr. Gompers. No in
junction is to be Issued in labor dis
putes when It would not have, been is
sued in other cases, and never so long
as there is a remedy by ordinary legal
process. Every person cited for con
tempt is to have a Jury trial unless
the contempt was committed in the
presence of the court. Were these demands-
granted, it is difficult to see
what effective restraint would remain
upon strikers who desired to destroy
property. Would a jury trial ever end
In a conviction? On the other hand,
does not the denial of a jury trial vir
tually amount to. judicial amendment
of the Constitution?
LIMELIGHT-LOVIXG LAWSON.
The versatile, verbose and some
what vainglorious Mr. Lawson, of
Beantown, is again before the public
with an offer to raise $1,000,000 for a
campaign fund to be used in further
ing the chances of an impossible ticket
with Johnson for President and Bryan
for Vice-President. Next to Jonathan
Bourne, Mr. Lawson was probably the
loudest of the third-term Roosevelt
boomers. Unlike Jonathan, who has
not "peeped" since the Taft steam
roller flattened him out, Lawson seems
to have escaped Injury, the afore
mentioned roller apparently passing
over his cheek, in which case it would,
of course, be the roller that was dam
aged. A bored public, which had
grown aweary of third-term twaddle
months before the convention was
held, may regard this latest move of
Frenzied Finance Lawson as evidence
of a diseased mind, which, deprived of
the opportunity of twirling around in
a circle, flics off on a tangent.
But there is nothing the matter
with the Lawson mind, in so far as th'e
ability to devise schemes for attract
ing public attention Is concerned. As
for the Lawson nerve, it was never in
finer working order than at the pres
ent time. Mr. Lawson is one of the
few public characters who cannot for
any protracted period remain outside
the glare of the spotlight. It is a
matter of indifference to the Boston
ian how he secures the publicity so
long as it is forthcoming. When the
famous "Soapy" Smith was making his
reputation as a street faker, he would
cover his face and hands with lather
to show the public that the stuff he
was selling was actually soap. AVhen
Lawson was swinging the tar brush in
"Frenzied Finance" he followed
"Soapy's" methods by covering him
self with the same tar with which,
figuratively speaking, he was smearing
his Standard Oil pals.
The performance was in a degree
disgusting, but it was profitable for
Lawson, and from an advertising
standpoint far excelled in value his
yacht fiasco, his 30,000 pink or his
prize-winning bulldog. But a two
years' diet of "Frenzied Finance," like
30 days on quail, wag too much for
the public, and the spotlight shifted,
leaving Tom temporarily in eclipse.
From the shadow of the wings he
emitted his howl for Insurance policy
proxies, and, falling to secure the ex
pected response, fairly bellowed in
rage at what he termed "the gelatine-
spined shrimps" and the "saffron-
blooded apes," which was a pure
I.awsonlan Bostonese description of
the American people.
Again the spotlight faded, but not
for long. In his strong desire to dem
onstrate that the American people had
no more sense than he credited them
with, Mr. Lawson began a sensational
advertising campaign for "Yukon
gold." The Guggenhelms, who pay
more for gold mines than any other
corporation on earth, had philan-
thropically decided to let the public in
on a good thing, and Lawson was cho
sen to unload it on the "gelatine
spined shrimps" and the "saffron
blooued apes." He was so eminently
successful in the undertaking that the
matter of a million-dollar -contribution
to any old campaign fund was incon
sequential. Mr. Johnson is said to re
gard the Lawson offer as a joke. Mr.
Johnson is mistaken. It is simply an
advertising dodge.
RACE SUICIDE.
In the American Magazine for July
President G. Stanley Hall, of Clark
University, has an article which
touches upon the question of race sui
cide. Dr. Hall has wbn an interna
tional fame by his writings and inves
tigations concerning this and kindred
topics. What he says is, .therefore,
well worth reading. To begin with,
he lays down the somewhat startling
proposition that the chief end of life
is to perpe'tuate life. The old cate
chism used to say that it was to glorify
God and keep his commandments.
But perhaps Dr. Hall's doctrine
comes to much the same thing. It is
difficult to think of a better way to
glorify the Creator than by becoming
the father or mother of a noble fam
ily, while, as to keeping the command
ments, what was the first one given
to man? Was it not to increase and
multiply?
President Hall speaks out boldly for
large and healthy families. Incident
ally he mentions the truth, which
everybody knows, that "only" children
are apt to be puny creatures by hered
ity, and when they are born robust
their foolish parents coddle them Into
precocious decrepitude. Neglect is
better than too much care ' for the
well-born child. Moreover, it Is vastly
better for a child to be born into a
large family, since by healthy quarrel
ing and fighting with his brothers, and
especially writh his sisters, he acquires
many admirable qualities which he
would otherwise never possess. How
to obtain large families among "that
class of the population which is now
childless, or at best produces only one
or two puny Infants, is a problem
which Dr. Hall does not try to solve.
He suggests various things.
One of them is to Banish Inactivity
from the schools ana make education
a process of healthy use of the mus
cles as well as the brain. He says
also that by keeping a youth interested
while he is at school or college the
qualities peculiar to manhood or wom
anhood will receive healthy stimulus.
He would so direct education that it
shall emphasize the differences be
tween the sexes instead of obscuring
them. Co-education is anathema to
Dr. Hall because he thinks it results in
a familiarity which destroys the charm
of men and women for each other
Certainly the figures which he xites
tend to confirm his theory. In fact,
all kinds of higher education seem to
sweep alarmingly toward sterility. Dr,
Hall points out that the number of
spinsters and old bachelors among col
lege graduates is something frightful.
But a low birth rate is not necessar
lly terrifying. One may reflect that
hunger, lack of employment and vice
of many kinds result from excessive
population. Is it not better toJxave a
small population living in comfort
than a very large one living in mis
ery? It has not yet been proved that
the progress of the world absolutely
demands slums and sweatshops. Nor
must we -forget that the Increase of
population depends quite as much
upon keeping children alive after they
are. born as it does upon a high birth
rate. Suppose half the thought given
to increasing the birth rate were de
voted to lowering the death rate,
would not the consequences be happy?
Dr. Hall says that the most fecund
race must in the end dominate the
world, but this is very doubtful. If it
were true, then by the same rule the
most fecund part of the population
should dominate the country. Does
it? Our most prolific classes are also
the lowest both in intelligence and
economic power. They are very far
from being dominant. Is not the
same true of the world? Excepting
some periods of abnormal disturbance,
the world has always been ruled by
intelligence and not by numbers.' May
we not believe that this will hold good
In the future as it has in the past?
A high birth rate is a ben efft when
more people are needed; but if the
country is already well populated, then
too many births simply mean misery.
There Is no evidence that the low birth
rate of France has been an Injury to
that Nation, nor that the high birth
rate of the London slums has been a
benefit to anybody.
STATES UNIVITRSITY THANKS.
. With the utmost kindness and with
the friendliest feeling toward the State
University, it may be said that the
people of Eugene assume a wrong at
titude toward the state's chief educa
tional Institution. This attitude is
manifested just at this time by a leg.
end printed on the back of a' folder
advertising the excursion .to Eugene
next week, which reads as follows:
"We O. U. a debt of gratitude for
your tote on the U. of O. appropria
tion. Every honest man pays his
debts. Let us pay ours." This is an
assumption that Eugene has a peculiar
and local interest in the University of
Oregon which places the people of that
city under obligations to the people of
other parts of the state who supported
the university appropriation. Expres
sions of this kind tend to convey the
idea that the State University is a lo
cal Institution, which is not true and
has not .been for several years. Viewed
from any important standpoint, Eu
gene and Lane County have no more
interest in the proper maintenance of
the State University than has any
other part of the state.
It is true that the location of the ln
stitution means the expenditure of an
appropriation of $125,000 a year at
Eugene, but it may be doubted
whether the business interests of Eu
gene are materially promoted by the
expenditure of this amount. The state
spends something like $500,000 a year
for the maintenance of state institu
tions at Salem, but It has. of ten been
remarked that Salem would be a bet
ter town in a business way if it had
not a dollar of state appropriations.
A community which has public appro
priations In considerable amounts
gradually comes to depend upon that
source of Income and to that extent
enterprise in other directions is less
ened. A city which secures a state in
stitution is likely to be affected much
the same as an individual who secures
a place on the public payroll he loses
the power of Initiative and becomes a
helpless hanger-on. Eugene has more
cause to give thanks for the Interstate
Commerce Commission's decision in
the lumber-rate case than for the re
sult of the vote on the university ap
propriation. Doubtless the people of Eugene feel
a particular interest in the university
because its location there gives them
an opportunity to send their children
to college without bearing the expense
of sending them away from home. But
this is a doubtful advantage. A col
lege education received without special
effort and because the opportunity
happens to be presented is not likely
to make a very great man or woman
of any one. Just as likely it will make
snobs. It may be asserted as a gen
eral rule to which there are few ex
ceptions that any young man or
woman in the state who would make
good use of a college education can
get It regardless of the distance of
residence from Eugene. The greater
the sacrifice requiredto get the edu
cation the more earnest and thorough
will be the work and the more valua
ble the intellectual training. Nine
times out of ten the child who is sent
to college merely because he or she
happens to reside In a college town
might better be taught to pile lumber
in a sawmill or sew ribbons on hats.
The value of a college education is not
to be underrated, nor should we over
look the fact that many a good worker
with the hands has been spoiled by
attempted training of a brain that Na
ture did not intend for classical educa
tion. Eugene has some apparent slight ad
vantage, financially and educationally,
by reason of the location of the State
University, but the advantage 1b not
sufficient to place that city under any
particular obligations to the rest of the
state further than to make the sur
roundings suitable for an institution of
that kind. Eugene owes it to the rest
of the state to be a clean town in
every sense of the word, to be kind to
the young people who are sent there,
and to be of such aid as it can in
making the work of the university a
success. Beyond that it has no debts
of gratitude to' pay. Every citizen of
the State of Oregon, regardless of his
place of residence, should feel a desire
to properly maintain state institutions,
whether located at Salem, Eugene or
elsewhere. Whenever Salem makes a
special plea for appropriations for the
Asylum, Penitentiary or other institu
tion, there is an assumption of local
and selfish interest which is not war
ranted. The State University belongs
to all the people; its appropriation was
1 approved for that reason. The sooner
tlon. that they are the special guar
dians of the university the better for
them and for the institution. . ,
Some one in Eugene, with more
zeal than knowledge and more preju
dice than comomn sense, has sought
to drive Mormon elders out of that
city, .by a cowardly, anonymous warn
ing and an equally cowardly usft of
dynamite. It is well to remember
that no point worth making in relig
ion or in morals was ever made by
means so low, contemptible and cow
ardly as this. Apostles of Mormon-
ism are usually quiet, well-behaved
men. No one is compelled to hear
what they have to say, and as long
as they create no public disturbance
nor scandal, they are entitled. In
common with other American citi
zens,' to go their way in peace. It
may be hoped that the miscreants
who, in this instance, exploded dyna
mite under the porch of the house
where two Mormon elders boarded,
having first posted a message: "This
is a warning to your tribe" thereby
placing the lives of half a dozen peo
ple, or more, in jeopardy and partly
wrecking the home will be duly ap
prehended and punished as the law
provides. No community can afford
to harbor fanatics of this kind.
The American visible supply of
wheat reported yesterday was slightly
less than 17,000,000 bushels, a de
crease of nearly 30,000,000 bushels as
compared with the same date last
year. At the average rate of con
sumption credited to the people of the
United States, this visible supply would
last about a fortnight. There is no
danger of a bread famine, however,
for the "Invisible" supply Is always
greater than that which is in sight.
and at this season new wheat is begin
ning to move in sufficient quantities to
make some showing in the figures.
The American visible touched its low
est point .last year on July 1, with 46,
637,000 bushels in sight. Two years
ago the low point was reached July
16, and in 1905 it shrank to its small
est proportions, 11,875,000 bushels, on
June 2 4. It made a slower retreat in
1901 than in any year on record, de
clining to 26,007,000 bushels on Au
gust 2 6, Immediately thereafter show
ing heavy Increases.
The Canadian government has de
cided to exclude American vessels
from its coasting trade. A law pro
viding for such exclusion has been on
the Canadian statute books for many
years, but its enforcement has been
suspended because it was to the inter
est of the Canadian shippers to have
the good service of the American ves
sels. Just at present there are plenty
of British vessels available for the Ca
nadian business, and as they are ex
cluded from the American coastwise
trade, the Canadians are about to
practice reciprocity as it is practiced
in this country. The public which
supplies the traffic and pays the bills,
either in Canada or the United States,
might prefer to have plenty of boats.
regardless of the flag they might be
sailing under, but it is quite well un-
derstood that the interests of the pub
lic are seldom considered in connection
with the great system of "protection."
The Port of Portland, acting under
the enlarged powers granted it in the
June election, has taken the first step
toward accomplishing the results for
which additional power was given it.
At a meeting held yesterday the mat
ter of issuing bonds was taken up and
the details of the bond issue were
agreed on. On account of the short
term for which the bonds were issued
the interest was placed at 6 per cent,
this being regarded as a more econom
ical method than long-term bonds at a
lower rate of interest. A friendly suit
will be Instituted to test the validity
of the issue, but In view of the circum
stances and of the careful manner In
which the measure was brought be
fore the public, there is little or no
doubt as to the outcome. It is simply
a case of the Port of Portland asking
permission to spend its own money for
improving its own facilities for doing
business.
Most persons will agree with Par
son Dickson, of the Second Baptist
Church of Hoboken, that women
should dress so that their appearance
on the street and In public places
generally would not make them the
subject of coarse Jokes, low conversa
tion, side glances and unclean talk
by the low-minded. Modest, self-respecting
women do not need to be ex
horted along these lines, and it may
be added that the effort will be wast
ed on women of the other sort. In
this view Parson Dickson would do
well to save his breath to cool his
porridge.
The agony is not yet over. At the
last moment it has been decided that
Anna and "the wickedest man in Eu
rope" must reside in England for a
fortnight before the marriage can take
place. A London cable states that
Prince Helle is reported to have re
nounced Catholicism in order to marry
Madame Gould. This should be very
gratifying news to the Catholics, but
it is rather severe on some of the
other creeds, which may be invoked in
the consummation of the international
outrage.
Morrell, the airship man, who was
to operate a dally line of airships be
tween Portland and San Francisco,
has so far recovered from the effect
of his first flight In the "Ariel" as to
enter the courtroom to listen to a
fraud indictment against himself. He
still asserts that he will cross the
Atlantic with his airship in one day,
but even this statement will not
cause his Portland stock buyers to
advance the price of their holdings
above par.
Taft thinks he has all the Issues
worth mentioning. Bryan thinks only
those worth mentioning which Taft's
platform omits. If Taft were not nom
inated first, Bryan would have little to
talk about. -
The gathering In Eugene could heap
coals of fire on the university foes by
providing for them a college educa
tion. Why has not the flirting girl come
in for her share of the collision
blame?
Don't forget that this weather is
best for Oregon first Industry dairying.
THE "GOLD FETICH" ONCE MORE
And the Pur.xle Over "the Standard"
and Ve of Credit Currency.
PORTLAND. June 23. (To the Edi
tor.) It is recognized without cant
that The Orcgonlan is the ablest ex
ponent of the gold standard, which is
the base of our financial system, and
I would like edification on what ap
pears to be a serious sttuatlon which
confronts us and The Oregonian's way
of escape.
It is decreed by law and custom that
an average of about 20 per cent of de
posits must be retained in bank vaults
in gold, as partial security for the de
positor and to conserve safe banking.
Now, it was asserted by Senator Bur
rows, in his opening address in the
Republican nominating convention in
Chicago a few days ago, that in 1907
the bank deposits of the country reached
the aggregate of $13,000,003,000, which
was probably authoritative. At the
same time, ' the "World's Almanac"
gives the total stock of gold in the
United States at a little less than $1,
500.000,000. including bullion and $200,
OJO.000 of free gold in the Treasury.
Now, if there were $13,000,000,000 of
deposits, as stated, there should have
been $2,603,000,000 of gold locked up in
bank vaults, and scarcely half that
much available to answer the ends of
the law and conservative banking in
all the country.
The banking community must answer
for this discrepancy of shortage in
their vaults, but it is manifest that
under the gold standard we are short
over $1,000,000,000 of gold merely to
put us on a legal footing for deposits,
and, after that, not a gold dollar in
sight to continue business with.
Unless we can empty the world's
coffers of its gold to help us out of
this dilemma, the gold standard ap
pears to be already broken down, and
its votaries, it seems to me, must throw
up their hands in surrender, In token
of an untenable position.
When the panic of last Fall came
like a thief in the night, unheralded,
not a sign' to Indicate Its approach, did
not the banks at once run to cover un
der an illegal issue of clearing-house
certificates, whicu, with the generous
aid of the Secretary of the Treasury in
illegal sale of bonds and deposits out
of the vaults of the Government Into
that of the banks, stayed the incipient
convulsion to the extent that business
has since been in a moribund condi
tion, while the banks are conducting
sufficient liquidation to heal their
wounds.
And did not Congress, in its last hour
of session, enact legislation which is a
stab at the gold standard, in which
alike the banks and the Government
profaned the temple of the most high
yellow god?
And yet, in obeisance to trie thrall
of the gold god. Congress was careful
not to encroach on its preserves to a
greater degree than the unholy bank
crusade In clearing-house certificates
last Fall, which probably reached the
total of $500,003,300 to which limit
Congress now extends.
Having committed the unpardonable'
sin and no evil consequences resulting,
is it not about time that the Nation,
showing $116,000,000,000 of . wealth,
emerge from the superstition by which
the fetich of gold has been worshiped,
and legislate so that If the legitimate
demands of business calls for four
times the volume of money now at
command, the best legal tender on
earth can be had by the security of
one-twentieth part of our wealth? And
metre especially so since the bankers
illegally, and Congress by Indirection,
have led the way?
CHARLES P. CHURCH.
This is curious, but It only darkens
? counsel and has no practical use.
Weight of gold remains the basis and
measure of exchange. There must be
some basis and measure, and gold, by
common consent of the world, is the
best
No use to question such a fact.
It is a fact, just as any other universal
usage of human society la a fact.
Let us conform to it, let us use It, and
not worry. How far credit may be
carried on gold and how far substitutes
for gold used for gold, depends on
times and circumstances; which are
continually in flux. It remains to be
seen whether the new five hundred
millions of credit will be demanded and
can be used wisely. Use of credit cur
rency belongs to the realm of tentative
science. Just how far it can go de
pends on conditions which are chang
ing continually; but men know by in
stinct, which experience confirms, that
credit currency must be held within
careful limits.
NOT' AN ENEMY OF HIGH SCHOOLS
Writer Prefers Oregon Agricultural
College a Now Constituted.
PORTLAND, June 23. (To the Ed
itor.) I am a former student of the
State Agricultural College at Corvallis,
and have 'noted the criticisms offered
through The Oregonlan by Mr. Wilbur,
Mr. Turner and Mr. Billings. The gen
eral tenor of these utterances is that
the college Is in antagonism with the
High Schools of the state. After four
years of attendance at the institution,
which ended five years ago, I am led to
believe that those -Whose criticisms are
here referred to are not familiar with
their subject.
The State Agricultural College oc
cupies a field peculiarly its own, and
that field is largely fixed by the Na
tional Government, which supplies
nearly all the endowment for paying
for instruction there. It is a technical
school, and has little in common with
the ordinary High School. The last two
years of the average High School are
years that the student who expects to
take a technical education should spend
at the college, unless he has ample
means -&cd can afford to devote two
years of his life in securing Instruction
that has but little in common with
what he acquires at Oregon Agricul
tural College. If he is to become an
agriculturist, a mining, electrical or
mechanical engineer, the last two years
of his High School work are years
practically lost, and for which he must
make up work when he enters the tech
nical branches at Oregon Agricultural
College. As one, had I been compelled
to take a High School course in its en
tirety, the practical education I re
ceived at Corvallis would have been
denied me, because I could not have
afforded the time or the outlay. The
same is true, as I well know, of hun
dreds, of other young men who attend
the institution. The latter has its pe
culiar field a field that is provided for
by Congress and the fact that It is so
widely attended shows that it is a field
of education for which there is a great
need.
Students go where they can obtain
the education that they want, and that
is within their reach. Those who urge
that the Oregon Arglcultural College
be raised above the 12th grade High
Schools would make another university
out of it, and that is exactly what is
not wanted in Oregon. We have one
State University. Let it be maintained,
and let the State Agricultural College
remain in the field designed for it by
the National Government, and where it
will be within the reach of the com
mon people. Everybody cannot afford
to take eight years of commdn school,
four years of High School, and then
four years of college life, with possibly
an additional two or three years to
finally fit them for the work of life.
Mr. Wilbur wants to take the engi
neering courses away from Oregon
Agricultural College and put them
somewhere else. Why take away from
an institution where the National Go
ernment is paying for the Instruction,
and place them in some institution
where the money for instruction will
have to ba raised by the taxpayers of
the Btate T J. D. ZUECHER,
SAYS HE KILLED HER MOTHER
Mary Morrison Identifies Murderer
Suspect at Rlliiigliam.
BELUNGHAM, Wash., June 23.
"That's the man who killed mamma,"
declared little Mary Morrison at the
County Jail this morning, picking
James Jenkins out of a crowd of two
dozen prisoners and positively identify
ing him as the man who assaulted and
murdered Mrs. Mary Morrison near
Hazelmere, B. C, June 9. Jenkins was
arrested at Wickersham, this state, two
daj's after the murder, and has been
held here under a vagiancy charge
since. Many times the child who wit
nessed the crime has been called upon
to Identify suspects, but failed to do so
until today, when she was brought
down from New Westminster by Cana
dian officers. The identification is
positive and Jenkins was taken across
the line to Canada this afternoon. He
refuses to make a statement.
DEATH OF OREGON" PIONEER
Thomas G. Garrett, Who Crossed the
Plains in 1852.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 23. (Special.)
Thomas G. Garrett, who died June 7. e.t
his home near Marquam, was one of the
best-known pioneers and settlers in
Southern Clackamas County, lie was
born in Missouri. January 22, 1S32, and
in 1S61 he was married to Permelia A.
Lisenby, who died Ausust 17, 152. In
they crossed the plains from Missouri
and took a donation land clain near
Marquam, where he lived continuously
until his death. After- the death of his
first wife, Mr. Garrett was married to
Ellen H&rdisty, who survives him.
Deceased was a prominent Indian War
veteran, taking an active part in the
War of 1K6, serving in both Oregon and
Washington. He is survived by six sons,
five daughters. 31 grandchildren and 24
great-grandchildren.
RACHEL DE BOW WIN'S SUIT
Supreme Court Affirms Decision In
volving Valuable Land.
SALEM, June 23 (Special.) The Su
preme Court today affirmed the case of
Rachael Do Row, et al., respondents, vs.
S. Marks & Co., et al.. appellants, from
Clackamas County. This wns a suit to sot
aside two deeds and a bill of sale on the
ground of fraud, the documents convey
ing real and personal property in Douglas
County. The suit was tried in Clack
amas County 'and decree In favor of the
plaintiff was entered by Judge MeBride.
On appeal the Supreme Court finds, in
an opinion by Commissioner King, that
the deeds were Intended to convoy the
property in trust only, and were taken
with knowledge of that fact. The decree
is therefore affirmed. The property in
volved is valued at about $10O,C00.
State Acquires More Lands.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. June 23. (Spe
cial.) Land Commissioner E. W. Ross
was today notified by the Interior De
partment of the vacation . of several
decisions adverse to the state involving
certain lands selected under list No. 7,
for state normal schools.
Originally the entire list was re
jected. Now the list Is approved to
cover all but coal lands and includes
20(14 acres in Eastern Lewis County,
near Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, in
township 13, range 6 East. When pat
ented to the state", this will complete
the grant of 100.000 acres given the
state for the normal schools.
O. R. & N. Short of Engines.
LA GRANDE, Or., June 23. (Spe
cial.) There is a dearth of power in
' L" " "
freight department. Because of the
many trains that are daily hauled over
these tracks for other transcontinental
roads, and the pooling of engines that
was ordered this week, there Is a
dearth of both engines and firemen. The
Elgin trains have been running on an
emergency schedule Instead of having
two crews, one doing the work by leav
ing here at 3 o'clock A. M. and return
ing at 8, going out again at 9:3n and
returning about 6.
Expect Trouble on Sand Island.
ASTORIA, Or., June 23. (Special.)
Trouble Is looked for between the sein
ers and setnet owners on the south side
of Sand Island. A short time ago the
Government leased to the Columbia River
Packers' Association what are known as
eections 2 and 3 for seining purposes.
Recently, however, other parties have
placed eight setnets in front of tho
grounds, making the sections practically
useless as seining grounds.
Tongue Point Mill Resumes.
ASTORIA. Or., June 23. (Special.)
Tongue Point mill resumed operations
yesterday under the ownership of the
ilammond Lumber Company, after
having been closed down for a week to
take an inventory of the stock. The new
company assumes all the contracts held
by the former company, and the mill
will be run night and day to fill the or
ders on hand, principally for cargo ship
ments. TALK OF BELL FOR CHAIRMAN"
California Man May Preside Over
the Denver Convention.
DENVER. June 23. Theodore A. Bell,
formerly Democratlo candidate for Gov
ernor of California, is receiving conspicu
ous mention in connection with the posi
tion of temporary chairman of the ap
proaching Democratic National Conven
tion. The committee on arrangements
which on Saturday will select some one
to fill this place, is proceeding on the
theory that the temporary chairman
should be capable of making a keynote
speech, and of making it in such man
ner as to attract general attention, and
Mr. Bell's friends give assurance that he
will meet this requirement. His most
formidable rival is Congressman Clayton,
of Alabama, and some members of the
committee suggest that the ambitions of
both may be gratified by making one of
the aspirants temporary and the other
permanent chairman. It 1b left to the
members of the committee to keep their
minds open until they make the choice
up to the last moment to render it pos
sible to obtain the . best man for the
place.
Start for Denver In Autos.
CHICAGO, June 23. Escorted at the
start by a squad of mounted police, an
automobile train containing 20 guests
of National Committeeman Roger C.
Sullivan, of Illinois, who are going as
delegates to the National Democratic
Convention, left today for Denver. The
train consists of five touring cars, in
cluding the car .which recently con
veyed the war message from New York
to Forth Leavenworth, Kan. The party
expects to reach Dixon, 111., this even
lng, where a reception and welcome
will be given by the citizens of that
city.
Bryan Has Fair Visitors.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 23. A hundred
delegates to the National convention of
the Delta Delta Sorority in session here
today, visited the farm of William J.
Bryan. They were shown about the place,
and Mr. Bryan delivered a short address,
urging the higher education In college
life and commending the student organizations.
SHOOT INTO PASSING TRAIN'S
Brownsville lioys Arrested for Dan
gerous Amusement.
ALBANY, Or., June 23. (Special.) Two
14-year-old boys named Kaumgartner and
Spencer, who have een amusing them
selves by shooting at passing trains wit.
a 22 rifle, were arrested by Detective
Refley, of the Southern Pacific Company,
at their homes near Harrisburg today.
On three occasions recently the pnnth
bound Cottage Grove local has been
fired on between Muddy Station and Har
risburg, which it pusses about 8 o'clock
in the evening. Sunday evening at the
same place on the railroad a bullet was
fired Into the caboose of a southbound
freight and narrowly missed the con
ductor. Reiley went to Harrisburg last
night and traced the crime to the two
boys. No complaint has yet been filed
against the boys, pending the assurances
of their parents that the trouble will
cease.
OLD SOLDIERS AT NEWPORT
Members of Grand Army Gather for
State Encampment.
NEWPORT, Or., June 23. (Specials
Newport Is filled with old soldiers tonight
for the annual state encampment, which
convenes here tomorrow. Members of
the Grand Army, Women's Relief Corps
and Ladies of the G. A. R.. have been ar
riving since Sunday, over 300 visitors hav
ing gathered here. Department Com
mander S. F. Blythe arrived at noon from
Hood River.
A reception to the old soldiers and their
friends was given tonight at the Log
Cabin by members of the local post and
Relief Corps. The business session of the
Grand Army encampment will open to
morrow morning, and In the evening
there will be an open meeting, when
County Judce Swope will welcome the
delegates. The Department Commander
will respond and there will be other ad
dresses and a musical programme. The
encampment will conclude with a camp
lire Friday night.
REOPEN" NORTHERN . PACIFIC
Line Through Montana Cleared for
First Time Since Floods.
TACOMA, Wash.. June 23. (Special.)
For the first time since the floods
commenced in Montana early In the
month, the Northern Pacific main line
was opened today. Service was re
sumed from Tacoma on the regular
schedule, and beginning tomorrow, all
transcontinental trains will arrive
practically on time. For over two
weeks traffic has been badly Inter
rupted, the only communication to the
East being over tho llarrlman lines "or
the Great Northern.
An enormous amount of new work
has been necessary, Including bridges,
tracks and telegraph lineo. Nearly
every bridge in the flood district was
washed out, ami miles of roadbed enr
tlrely disappeared.
That the line should be rebuilt in
such a short time railroad men consider
remarkable.
SCORES PASTOR DETECTIVES
Baptist Minister Grills Muck-Raking
Tendencies of Brethren.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 23. (Spe
cial. ) Rev. Philip Craif severely scored
the muck-raking tendencies of certain
gentlemen of the cloth in his speech
before the Northwest Baptist Associa
tion at Kirkland this morning. His de
nunciation of ministers who "sneak up
back alleys with their noses in the air,
ready at any time to stick them into a
whiskey barrel, instead of using their
time and energy in preparing gospel
sermons." was called forth by a speech
of Rev. A. J. Heitgelet, of Marysville.
who said he had been Invited by an
other divine to play detective and aid
in getting evidence aguinst saloons.
Dr. Craif said the methods used by
some ministers to obtain evidence of
violation of the law hy saloons were a
disgrace to their calling.
YIELDS LIFE SAVING FRIEND
Ira Goodman, Lebanon Boy, Sacrl
. ficcd for Andy Gorman.
ALBANY. Or.. June 23. (Special.)
In attempting to rescue a friend from
death. Ira Goodman, a 19-year-old boy
of Lebanon, lost his life in the San-
tlarn river this afternoon. A crowd of
boys were swimming in the south San
tiam beneath the bridge at Lebanon.
Andy Gorman got beyond his depth
and called for help. Goodman went to
his rescue and the frightened boy
caught him so that he choked and
drowned. Gorman struggled to the
bank and was saved. The accident oc
curred at 3 o'clock and Goodman's body
was recovered tonight after three
hours' search. Goodwin was an em
ploye of the Lebanon paper mills and
played on the Lebanon baseball team.
He was a son of George Goodman.
Physicians Sustain Dr. tie Bar.
EUGENE. Or., June 23. (Special.) The
physicians of Eugene have signed a state
ment regarding the case of the death of a
patient in Dr. de Bar's office on Juno 19,
after the physician had administered a
hypodermic injection of anti-toxin in the
treatment of a stubborn case of asthma.
The statement sustains Dr. de Bar in the
treatment given, and is signed by Drs.
Harris, Wall, Paine, Kuykendall, Prentice,
Harris, Brown, McDougal, Titus, Cannon,
Schalfe, Cheshire, Selover, Bartle and
Prosser.
Death of Samuel Ttainey.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 23. (Spe
cial.) Samuel Rainey died at 11 o'clock
last night at his home in Estacada.
Death was due to heart trouble. He
was past 70 years of age. Mr. Rainey
came to Oregon Immediately after the
close of the Civil War. He is survived
by a wife and the following children:
Ben, of Cresham; Hurley, of Portland;
Charles. George, William, Mrs. Robert
Guttridge, Mrs Lena Dean, of Estacada;
Mrs. Bert Whitehead, of California.
Encampment at North Yakima.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., June 23.
(Special.) One thousand old soldiers
and members of the Woman's Relief
Corps are here to attend the seventh
annual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Department of Wash
ington and Alaska, which opened here
this morning. The meeting today was
addressed by Congressman Jones, May
or Lombard and S. G. Cosgrove, of
Pomeroy.
New Gravity System for Eugene.
EUGENE, Or., June 23. (Special.) The
City Council tiiis afternoon decided to ac
cept plans of Engineer Kelscy. of Port
land, for a jrravity system for supply of
city water from Riichey Greek, :;: miles
up the XIcKenzle. It will cost $2T).oOO and
work on it will begin at once. Local en
gineers McArthur and McClain will assist.
Boy Shot While Hunting.
EUGENE, Or.. June 23 (Special.) Dan
Van Matre, the 13-year-old son of W. Van
Matre, a farmer who lives on the Mo
hawk, 10 miles east of Eugene, shot him
self while hunting near home this after
noon, dying instantly. The load of shot
entered one of his eyes and blew the en
tire top of his head off.