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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1908.
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NAMES OF STATES.
Arizona and New Mexico repudiated
the effort made some while ago to
bring them together for the forma
tion of a single state. Greater part
of the opposition came from Arizona,
most of whose population is of differ
ent origin from that of New Mexico,
and objection was made that the two
sorts are "unassimilatlve." President
Roosevelt wishes them admitted as
separate states: and effort to this end
will probably be renewed at the com
ing session of Congress. Arizona has
a populallon of about 175.000, and
Now .Mexico of about 240.000. Neither
of them will ever be very populous.
Their aridity will always be a bar to
extensive settlement and cultivation.
Each of them is much larger than
' Oregon, and each is about three times
as large as Kentucky or Tennessee.
It is proposed to change the name
of one of them, on its admission Into
the Union, to "The State of Lincoln."
New Mexico Is the one that should be
tints dealt with. Arizona, as a name.
Is unique, euphonious and approprl
iiie; New Mexico, as a name, has no
significance.
only one of our states bears the
name of a great American, and this
came late. Here now is probably the
Inst opportunity for another: and Lin
coln's name should parallel that of
Washington in the list.
.Many of our states have Indian
names, and several are called for
kings, lords and dukes of colonial
times. Jefferson, who added more
territory to our National domain than
any other of our statesmen, failed to
obtain the honor of having a state
named for him. Franklin missed It,
too. yet only narrowly, for In the
mountain districts of North Carolina
and Tennessee formation of a slate to
which the name of Franklin was
given, was begun: but there were ter
ritorial disputes, in the adjustment of
which the State of Franklin was
abandoned.
It Is matter of curious interest to
recall the names that Jefferson sug
gested for the new Northwest states.
H proposed such fantastical combi
nations as "Assenlspla." "Polypot
amln." Chersonosus" and "Michigan
Jla." Only the last of the names of
his list the above Is not complete
dropping the final letters, hold Its
ground, and Michigan retains the
aboriginal name. At the time there
was a good deal of amusement over
Jefferson's list.
The origin of the name of Oregon
Is not yet certainly known: probably
never will be. Nothing beyond the
fact that It was first written and pub
lished by Jonathan Carver (Travels
Through the Interior Parts of North
America London, 1778) has been
discovered. It is not likely now that
any further discovery on the subject
will ever be made, since the diligence
of scholars, both In America and In
Ktirope. has explored all known rec
ords of travel and sources of geo
graphical knowledge.
AM 1I.I.ISORY I XV ESTIMATION".
The country has been disposed to
smile cynically at the hearings before
the Congressional tariff committee
ever'sinee they began. The chairman,
lit pref-rntativc Payne, is an Indefati
gable standpatter, who has never been
to particular about the choice of
methods In maintaining the power of
his fetish. Few believed when the
committee was appointed that It sig
nified anything but humbug. The few
who had confidence in its sincerity
now begin to see tholr mistake. The
time allowed the committee for in
vestigating the tariff might have
warned them, even if other circum
stances did not. that nothing worth
while would be done. It took a com
mittee of Herman scientific economists
four years to go over their tariff thor
oughly. Our Congressional standpat
ters b-gan their work a week or two
ago and they expect to finish by De
cember 4. They must be wonders of
comprehensive intelligence, especially
since our tnriff Is ten times as complex
as Germany's. Complexity is part of
the game.
Now comes Mr. J. W. Van Cleave,
President of the National Manufactur
ers' Association, and lets the cat out
of the bag entirely He affirms that
the farcical investigation is nothing
etter than a ruse to fool the Nation
nd Increase the plunder of the stand
pat freebooters. Out of 150.000 fac
tory chiefs who are interested in the
tariff no more than 100 were Invited
to testify before this precious "investi
gating" committee. Naturally these
100 were selected with every precau
tion, but to make matters safe be
yond peradventuro' it now transpires
that a standpat coach was employed
to cram them for the examination be
fore Mr. Payne's committee. The
tariff pirates must think the American
people are ail simpletons. Perhaps
they are.
There is much to Justify the belief
that the people are simpletons. Still,
men who act persistently on that
lupposition usually wish after a while
they had not. Yet there is everything
to support the idea that the majority
of the people are not yet ready for
radical tariff reduction. Mr. Taft.
however, wishes real changes made,
and many voted for him on the belief
that he would push Judicious revision.
Mr. Van Cleave warns the stand
patters to look out for trouble in 110
and 1912, if they nullify Mr. Tafl's
ante-election statements on this sub
ect. In many particulars, changes and
reductions would be approved and are
wanted, by the country. But the sub
left Is so difficult a one. and the de
nands of every locality for protection
are so Insistent, that it will be ex
tremely hard to arrive at any consist
ency In the matter.
IMFROmr. TKK INITIATIVE. .
A number of- remedies have' been
suggested as a means tof preventing
too frequent resort to the Initiative,
among them these: That the number
of constitutional amendmenls which
may be submitted at one time be lim
ited: that -the number of petitioners
required be increased: that no bill be
submitted to the people until after it
has been submittted to a legislature.
Each of these suggestions has more
or less merit, and each. If adopted,
would undoubtedly diminish the
amount of direct legislation proposed.
But there are some reasonable objec
tions to most of the restrictive plans
proposed.
For example. If only one or two
constitutional amendments could be
submitted at a time, measures of real
merit might be barred for no other
reason than that other amendments
of no Importance had been first pro
posed. Under the present method of
circulating petitions, an increase In
the number of petitioners required
would merely Increase the cost of cir
culating petitions, but would probably
not diminish the number of measures
proposed. The suggestion that a
measure should be submitted to the
Legislature before being placed be
fore the people for popular vote Is
the most promising of any of the
remedies mentioned, for by such a
plan It is quite likely that any desir
able legislation could be secured with
out resort to the initiative.
But there la still another means of
restricting direct legislation which
those who have discussed the sub
ject have overlooked. The use of
money in securing signatures to peti
tions should be prohibited by crimi
nal laws. The man who circulates
an initiative petition performs an act
similar to that performed by a mem
ber of the legislature who introduces
a bill, ir there be an extensive popu
lar demand for the submission of a
measure there will be no difficulty In
securing plenty of citizen to circu
late the petitions without compensa
tion. If there be no such general de
mand the measure should not be sub
mitted. The theory upon which the petition
system Is based is that the people
desire and need certain legislation.
But under, the practices which have
prevailed in this state in the past,
men have been able to promote legis
lation for which there was no de
mand. By hiring persons to circulate
petitions, paying them a specified
price per signature, the promoters
have been able to get their measures
placed upon the ballots, whereas they
could not have done so If they had
been prohibited from using money in
the effort. As everybody knows, it
is easy to get signatures to almost
any kind of a petition, for people
find it less trouble to sign a paper
than to refuse. For all practical pur
poses, hiring a man to circulate an
Initiative petition Is equivalent to
paying for the signatures. It is pay
ing for work which a man should do
u nnitii Hiitv or not at all. When
money can be used to attain this first
step in direct legislation. It Is dollars
and not public opinion that really
count. When the submission of in
itiative measures depends upon public
sentiment rather than the willingness
of a few persons to spend money, we
shall have a far smaller number of
measures to vote upon.
BELGIAN BLOCKS OR BRICKS?
The City Council may not find the
results entirely satisfactory If it de
cides to pave certain, streets with
brick. The tentative proposal to do
this should be carefully weighed and
the objections considered before It is
too late. Doubtless this will be done,
and if It is done the Council will prob
ably find that Belgian blocks are pref-
erablo to bricks. Belgian blocks pos
sess three conspicuous merits as a
paving material. They are not brit
tle, they are difficult to crush and
they are non-absorbent. For these
reasons they last a long time under
heavy traffic without accumulating
foulness. Moreover It is worth re
membering that the use of Belgian
blocks would encourage home Indus
try, since they are made on the banks
of the Columbia in Oregon.
Common bricks seldom give much
satisfaction in pavements. They wear
away rapidly, heavy traffic soon grinds
them to powder, and they are so por
ous that they become permeated with
filth. Vitrified brick avoid some of
these objections, but not all by any
means. Wooden blocks are far from
making perfect pavements, but ex
perience has proved them to bo supe
rior 'upon the whole to brick. For
heavy traffic nothing equals Belgian
blocks laid on a good foundation and
If Portland must go to tho expense of
a pavement for this purpose why not
select the best?
RAILROADS AND THE rEOPLK.
A sure and effective way of dis
posing of a bad law is to rigidly en
force it. In the recent craze for rail
road regulation which swept over the
country there were a number of laws
passed which were highly detrimental
to the railroads and of no benefit to
the people. The fact that there could
be no permanent prosperity for the
railroads without the people served
by them were also prosperous was for
a time lost sight of, and good and bad
railroads and other corporations suf
fered alike In the craze for regulation.
The culmination of this regulation
fever was reached about a year ago,
and the panic revealed, in unmistak
able clearness, that the people who
had prospered with the railroads were
also suffering with them. The dras
tic liquidation through which the
country passed was not unattended
by good results.
" Railroads which were violating
their obligations to the people were
shown the error of their ways, and
have abandoned their former objec
tionable practices. But the people
also have profited by the experience
and from one end of the land to the
other there Is a growing tendency to
recognize the interdependence of the
railroads and the people. Perhaps
the most notable case In which this
changed sentiment Is apparent is that
of Oklahoma, a state where anti-corporate
sentiment ran riot a few years
ago. In accord with this sentiment
the Oklahoma Legislature passed
such drastic laws that capital was
frightened out of the state and rail
road building came to a standstill.
This condition has become so serious
that the matter has been taken up by
the Oklahoma Federation of Com
mercial Clubs, which has Issued a cir
cular setting forth that "new capital
cannot be attracted for investment in
the state until the laws are settled
upon a fair and conservative basis, so
that capital Invested may have reason
to expect legitimate returns."
That the relief asked by the com
mercial organizations will be granted
Is almost a foregone conclusion, and
with the railroad regarded as a part
ner instead of an enemy, the financial
returns to both Oklahoma and the
railroad will be much more satisfac
tory than they have been since the
closed season for railroad building be
gan. Absurd laws In other states,
which prohibit the running of farm
ing demonstration trains and the- Is
suances of transportation to Immigra
tion agents and others who seek to at
tract settlers, are also helping to
check the spread of this regulation
fever.
In Oregon the feud between the
railroads and the people, has never
attained great proportions, the efforts
of Interested parties to stir up trouble
being only partially successful. This
state has not always received the con
sideration from the railroads to which
It was entitled, but they have prom
ised to do better, and there is consid
erable new work actually under way
and much more in prospect. The line
to Central Oregon is generally regard
ed as assured, and to the farmers of
that long-Isolated region it is a matter
of indifference what freight rates may
be on the Argentine plains or on the
Great Lakes. What Oregon needs is
railroads, and after it gets them
there will be ample time for regulat
ing them In accordance with a fair
return on the investment.
PERILS OF FOOTBALL.
The game spirit of the football
team of the University of Oregon and
the almost fierce determination of the
Multnomah Club team to win the
Thanksgiving game were admirable.
The scene on the field was, however,
shocking at times especially when
the heavy clubmen hurled themselves
against the lighter young students with
the evident determination to do or
die or as many expressed it to kill.
The blame, since H can hardly be con
tended that blame for allowing such
a contest to take place does not exist,
lies In the fact that these boys are
permitted to Incur the awful risk of
being crippled or even of meeting
death from a contest so manifestly
unequal when It comes to weight.
Clubmen play to win. of course, but
the spectacle presented by young
Latourette, a boy in years and physi
cal development, as he was placed
limp, and for the time being, lifeless
upon a stretcher and borne from the
field, after writhing helplessly under
half a ton of fighting human bodies,
was a strong argument against those
in authority who permitted the lad
to play against literally heavy odds.
It Is urged that the student body at
Eugene needs money:, that the
Thanksgiving game against Multno
mah Club is a money-maker, hence It
Is played, regardless of the fact that
the teams are palpably mis-matched
In weight and methods of training.
To which the old question: "Is not life
more than meat and body than rai
ment?" makes instinctive answer.
FAMILY. STRIFE.
Conjugal Jars between a man and
woman who are deaf mutes would
seem to be easily settled. For ex
ample, when a man must indulge his
unholy desire to swear at his wife
by means of the deaf mute sign lan
guage, she might easily and com
pletely turn this effort aside by re
fusing to look his way. It is possible
in the same way to nulllf:- the bel
ligerent purpose of the irate cripple
by keeping out of reach of his crutch.
The children of the lrasclole Fred
erick William of Prussia, who was an
unspeakable tyrant, but with gouty
legs that made it impossible for him
to rise from his chair, soon learned
this device for keeping their heads
whole. Frederick the Great, son of
this tyrant, was In his childhood im
prisoned, starved and when taken un
awares, beaten by this unnatural
father, and his sister Wilhelmina was
borne to an early grave as the result
of similar brutality In her childhood.
But they both learned to keep out of
the " reach of the tyrant's crutch
though he often pursued them about
the rooms of their dungeon palace In
his wheeled chair with that weapon
ready at his hand. It must be' ad
mitted that the strain on the nerves
In either case that of a gesticulating
deaf mute formulating curses on his
deft fingers, and the other of a gouty
tyrant watching his opportunity to use
his crutch to belabor one with is se
vere. But it is not as bad as being
compelled to listen to imprecations
that resound through the house, or
being pursued by an able-bodied ty
rant with his fists clenched. All of
which shows that there Is worse and
better even In domestic strife.
TCRBIN'E ACHIF.VEMENTS.
When the big Cunarders Lusitania
and Mauretania wrested the speed
record of the Atlantic from the Ger
mans about a year ago, the turbine
engine was given credit for the re
markable achievement. German ac
knowledgment of the advantages of
the turbine were most pointedly
shown in the adverting literature
appearing the following season. The
marvelous Deutschland tht n was
praised as the holder of the trans
Atlantic record "for steamers
equipped with reciprocating engines."
More than a year has passed since the
Lusitania lowered the record by sev
eral hours, and yet the Germans have
not taken up the gauntlet, and their
latest creation, the mammoth George
Washington, appears with the old re
ciprocating engines.
The George Washington, however,
was not built for record breaking, for
to drive her 27,000 tons of bulk
through the water she has but 20,000
horsepower, compared with the 45,
000 horsepower, which is generated
on the much smaller steamship
Kronprlnzessln CeclIIe. But, regard
less of the superior comfort of the
mammoth "eight-flay boats," in
which class the George Washington
will travel, Germany cannot well af
ford to stick to the reciprocating en
gine with any serious intention of
beating the record made by the tur
bine steamers. Not only has the tur
bine demonstrated its high speed
powers on the record-breaking Cu
narders which have crossed the At
lantic at an average speed of more
than twenty-flve knots, equivalent to
about twenty-nine land miles per
hour, but at least two British -warships,
equipped with turbines, sre
also showing even greater speed. The
cruiser Indomitable, which carried
the Prince of Wales home to England
after the" Quebec celebraticn. Is said
to have exceeded twenty-six knots per
hour on the voyage across, while a
sister ship, the Invincible, is credited
with an eight-hour run averaging
more than twenty-eight knots.
Among the smaller type of vessels
a speed of forty knots, or more than
forty-six miles, per hour, has been at
tained by British torpedo-boats. In
the Carmanla, the first of the large
turbine steamers to cross the Atlan
tic, the Cunarders had an oppdrtu
nity to test the merits of the turbine
as an economical engine for moderate
speed boats. Their experience with
the Carmania. to a considerable ex
tent, caused the adoption of the tur
bine on the big racers which followed
her. From these numerous tests, on
the various types of ocean-going ves
sels. It is quite clear that the turbine
has many points of superiority over
the old reciprocating engine.
In the big German express steam
ers, which preceded the Cunard record-breakers,
high speed was obtained
at fearful cost, the Deutschland when
running at top speed consuming more
than 000 tons of coal per day. Tht"se
boats may thus be said to have
reached the limit for the reciprocat
ing engine, and it can hardly be pos
sible that the Germans are dilatory
in adopting the turbine because they
still hope for some new development
in methods of applying power from
the old type of engine. The gas en
gine has been coming to the front
almost as fast as the turbine came.
It Is already working with great suc
cess on small vessels, and its develop
ment may 6oon make It highly desira
ble for large craft. But with tur
bines or gas engines or with some
thing as yet new and untried, it is
probable the Germans will soon make
an effort to win back their prestige
that was lost when the Lusitania
scorched across the Atlantic in but
little more than 4 days.
The plea of self-defense is one that
must always be considered cautiously
and yet on proper occasion It should
be given full weight. The case of the
Umatilla County stockman, whose
case was reversed by the Supreme
Court Tuesday, Hems to be one of this
character. After a man has been
given an unmerciful beating by an
enemy who is surrounded and- encour
aged by a crowd of friends, the vic
tim must not be expected to act as
deliberately as one who finds himself
attacked by a single foe. No man is
required to take a threshing unless
In a quarrel of his own starting. In
any event a man Is entitled to a fair
chance to defend himself without re
sort to arms. In the re-trial of the
Umatilla County case referred to all
the facts will go before the Jury and
the merits of the plea of self-defense
will be determined.
Three arrests were made on
Thanksgiving day, of Individuals who
were parading the streets with loaded
revolvers and making serious threats.
With one exception these men were
drunk, and had they, in their Irre
sponsible condition, committed mur
der, the usual plea of drunken Irre
sponsibility would be set up. Fortu
nately the men were gathered In be
fore they had killed any one, but this
was due, of course, to the kindly min
istration of that special Providence
which watches over fools. If some
member of the Legislature wishes to
become the father of a popular meas
ure, let him propose a law prohibit
ing the sale of firearms to drunken
Imbeciles and children. Until these
deadly weapons are kept out of reach
of those who cannot be trusted with
them, there will always be needless
tragedies In which innocent victims
suffer.
If an Investigation behind closed
doors is right and proper in the case
of a Supreme Judge, why not also in
the case of any other man charged
with any sort of irregularity? There
are a whole lot of people who
would feel easier If they had assur
ance that if charged with public of
fenses the investigations would be pri
vately conducted. Unfortunately,
when laymen and lawyers differ upon
the practical application of principles
of equality and justice, the views of
the lawyers prevail, temporarily at
least. But In the course of time
the lawyers raise their standard of
equity to that maintained by the lai
ty and the cause of Justice is there
by promoted. Quite likely the plan
of conducting a private hearing . in
the Washington case will be aban
doned. "It seems to us," says a little-esteemed
contemporary, "that it Is most
immoral for The Oregonlan-to urge
members of the Legislature to violate
their pledges." The Oregonian has
not "urged" anything. It simply has
published statements of the facts,
with exposure of the bunco game.
Members of the Legislature will, of
course, act upon their own Judgment.
The Oregonian tenders them no ad
vice. It sometimes offers advice to
the Czar of Russia, or to the Sultan
of Sulu, but never to members of the
Legislature of Oregon. They do as
they think fit.
It Is announced that a bill will be
introduced in the Legislature of New
Tork this Winter to raise the retail
liquor license In the metropolis to
$2000. or perhaps $2500, a year. The
bill will be introduced by Senator
Raines, author of the well-known
Raines law. It Is said that, if passed.
It will wipe out one-third of the sa
loons of the city. The objection to it
will be that liquors will then be sold
at high rates, and will be "beyond the
reach of the poor." Perhaps the poor,
then, might become richer.
In this general rush for scalp boun
ties of various sorts, why wouldn't it
be a good plan for the farmers up in
the Willamette Valley to secure en
actment of a law under which they
would be paid for taking the scalps
of Chinese pheasants which destroy
their grain crops? Just as well mix
profit with pleasure.
Liquor dealers In "wet" counties
are appealing to the Railroad Com
mission for help in compelling the
railroad companies to hurry up ship
ments of liquor to "dry" counties.
Perhaps the railroad company thinks
"If you don't like our freight service
you can build a pipeline of your
own."
The day after Thanksgiving The
Oregonian was a splendid newspaper.
It had four pages of prize fights and
football games. It never missed a
point nor a duty of Journalism.
It's good for Miss Elkins that she
found she wasn't wanted before she
went to Italy.
A lot of weather growlers are
ashamed of themselves: we've seen
some of 'em.
What a trim pair they would make
Anna Gould and Nat Goodwin?
' ANDREW CARNEGIE, HOlBl'G.
Aai Intimation That the Good Mm Is
Fiona Fraud.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Andrew Carnegie's reasonings as to the
principles that should govern the tariff in
new countries are correct enough. But
his conclusion that the particular tariff
under which he made his fortune should
be wiped out immediately as unrighteous
Is reallv a trifle disgusting.
Mr. Carnegie got a great fortune In the
steel trade. He withdrew from the battle
with this fortune cannily secured as a
fixed charge upon the profits of the steel
trade. Hence, no matter what the troubles
of the steel trade, he is sure of his in
terest. His steel bonds are good.
So Mr. Carnegie Is free to talk about
the "infamy" of dying rich, to endow
libraries, to make gifts of church organs
wholesale, to build peace palaces at The
Hague, to hand out medals to heroes,
and otherwise to disport himself as he
pleases.
No one grudges him his amusements,
and everybody admits that his gifts are
well-intentioned and sometimes benefi
cial. However, when Mr. Carnegie, merely
because he has been fortunate and is
safe, looks down upon the struggle In
which he once was and declares the con
ditions under which he made his fortune
are vile and should be swept away out
of hand, regardless of the other men who
are still in that struggle, he displays a
degree of egotism and hypocrisy thatis
simply nauseating.
Suppose that with all protective tar
iffs swept away out of hand the steel
trade should show such reduced margins
of profit that after meeting its fixed
charges to Mr. Carnegie and others like
1,1m there should not be enough left to
reward the brains and ability of the
men who are now carrying It on? Would
Mr Carnegie then relinquish any part of
his' S or 6 per cents? The question ans
wers itself. ,
. . vioa no desire to te
censorious. Nor does It mean here to
discuss the steel tariff. If desires merelj
to direct attention to the airs of su
perior virtues with which Andrew Car
negie magnificently bids us to strike : down
instanter the ladder by which he f?d
thus giving - new Illumination to that
production of Scotch poetical genius
known as "Holy Willie's Prayer.
Men will work hard for qneer things.
Andrew Carnegie has worked hard and
successfully 1n the past for a great for
tune. In his old age he seems to be
working with equal energy and I
to earn the title of the great American
humbug or the chief of the "pious
frauds."
CALL FOR OLD-TIME LEADERSHIP
Eliminate Bry n7Let the mth In
alat on Her Rlifhtful Position.
Miami, (Fla.) News-Record.
The South is the Democratic party.
It should dominate the councils of
the party and dictate platform and car.-
dForemany year, it has permitted itself
to be dictated to and overrun by the
Northern wing. .
If the Democratic party expects and
desires to survive the defeats of the
past twelve years. It must "ssert its
democracy and the South must assert its
right to lead where it furnishes the
VThe one vital issue between the two
great parties is the tariff, and that is
sue was in the last campaign studiously
avoided and sidestepped by berth.
The Democratic party must have some
clear, well-defined statement with which
to go before the country or its history
has already been written.
The years have proven that fads, isms
and wandering after strange gods bring
not victory.
One-man control has worked Its Inev
itable end in the utter rout and defeat
of the party.
Now. unless Democrats assert tneir
own manhood and their own control of
party affairs, the next National election,
like the last, will be but little more than
The Republicans have it within their
power to take possession of the last
strategic point of the Democracy.
If they begin at once tne. promised
division of tlfe high tariff laws of the
country, much of Democratic thunder
will be stolen.
But it is not to be expected that the
Republican party will carry out any of
its ante-election promises.
That party's revision of the tariff will
be up. not down.
Democracy's opportunity will come in
the failure of the Republican party to
carry out pledges made by both parties
to relieve the country of the high taxes
enforced through the inequitable and
burdensome tariff laws.
9tate the principle, eliminate Bryan
and Bryanlsm, let the South insist on
her rightful position, and Democracy
will come Into her own again.
PREACHING GOSPEL OF FRESH AIR
Avoid the Habit of Shunning; So-Called
Exposure lo Weather.
Cleveland Leader.
. One of the perils of the Fall which
science understands better than it did
a few years ago is the timid surren
der to the weather which is still too
uncommon when the wind? begin to
bite and the storm clouds are dark
and menacing. It Is dangerous to try
too hard to escape exposure to harsh
climatic conditions.
The gospel of fresh air is being
preached with vigor In all parts of the
civilized world. It was never before so
popular, never so well understood. But
It Isn't dominant enough yet. It Is
still too much , shirked and dodged.
There Is not as much dislike of stuffy
rooms and stale air as there ought to
be.
At this time of the year It is easy
to fall Into the habit of shunning what
Is called exposure to the weather. In
door life seems far more comfortable
than the open-air kind, when rain is
failing and the wind Is almost violent
enough to make a deep-sea sailor ad
mit that there is a storm. In the late
Autumn, therefore, the need Is greatest
of keeping upon intimate terms with
the outdoor world and living close to
nature.
Bride Kllla Bear, Saving; Huaband.
Denver Dispatch to New Tork Tribune.
The honeymoon of T. J. Erickson, who
three weeks ago married a plucky Wy
oming girl, ended in a fight with a wound
ed bear. In which his wife saved his
life. The couple went to the wilds of
Montana for big game, instead of going
to Niagara or the seashore. Each killed
a bear the first day out, and on the way
back to camp Erickson wounded a fe
male bear which had two cubs. The
bear attacked him. He clubbed with his
rifle and fought hard, but was down and
almost out wnen his wife fired and killed
the bear. .
"Brides Should Support Husbands."
. Philadelphia Record.
A new doctrine of domestic economy,
promulgated by Dr. W. N. Ferris, of Big
Rapids. Mich., has caused Chester Coun
ty eohoolma ms to wonder what Is this
world coming to. anyway. The doctor
is one of the instructors at the County
Teaohers' Institute, and he Impresses
on his hearers his opinion that no
woman has a right to marry until she
is able to support a husband.
Somethina; Just as Good.
Life. '
Customer (in bookstore) Have you
Dante's "Inferno"?.
Clerk No: but I can give you "Who's
Who In Chicago."
Abbreviating a Salutation.
Baltimore American.
Just now Germany appears more dis
posed to cry: "Och der Kaiser!"
HEARST'S CALL AT WHITE HOUSE
tVlrrlraa Telegraph Report of Talk He
Has With Prealdeat Raosmlt
Washington, D. C, Star.
"Mr. President."
"Mr. Hearst."
They held hands for a moment, eying
each other pleasantly but searchlngly.
-I have heard of you," said the Pres
ident. "I have seen an occasional reference
to you ll the newspapers," replied Mr.
Hearst.
Both smiled at the familiar banter.
"you are a taller man than I had ex
pected to see," said the President. Then
In a second he added. "Maybe I got
my Idea from the fact that you have
been a short horse in several races."
"Hear, hear!" exclaimed Mr. Hearst,
with the utmost good nature.
"Let's see." said the President,
thumping his forehead In an effort to
fix a fact. "Didn't you run against
Hughes for Governor two years ago?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Hearst, with a
smile.
"1 remember that, because as a New
Yorker i always take an Interest In
New York races.
"And I remember the particular in
terest you took in that race."
"Oh. well, those little' things will
happen, you know."
"Sure."
"This time Hughes' opponent was
eh was eh "
"A man named Chanler," prompted
Mr, Hearst.
"As between the two men. If I may
ask, where were your sympathies?'
"I had a candidate of my own," re
plied Mr. Hearst, diplomatically.
"Ah. I know," said the President,
pleasantly pressing the point. "But,
between ourselves and the gate post,
you were not greatly distressed at
Hughes' success?"
"I have felt greater grief," replied
Mr. Hearst, still shying, but unable al
together to conceal his feelings.
"Well, tell me about New York. How
Is Charley Murphy?"
"I haven't met Charley In a couple of
years. But the signs are that he Is
failing. He doesn't get about as he
once did. His movements in the recent
campaign were very slow. He can't he
well."
"And Pat McCarren, of Brooklyn
von know?"
"Pat I never see. A running stream
divides us, and I seldom cross the
bridge. But. if election returns are a
symptom, he can't be welL Both Taft
and Hughes put It all over tne irisn
snnrtsman at the noils.
"And the other fellow. I forget his
name. From UDstate somewhere.
"You mean Conners. The Immortal
Flngy. A Buffalo man. I haven't seen
him, but I'm sure he Is all rght. In
the old days on the dock at Buffalo
Ftngy could go for years without ex
haustion. Now. as an Intellectual
quantity, he must have rest. He has
just sailed for Europe to recuperate
from the severe strain of tne campaign
Droll, isn't it? But it showed that
Flngy Is equal to his new company and
has mastered its affections. And that
means health." .
"You are not a member of the pres
ent House?"
"No. I've had my fill of Congress.
A slow place. And yourself, Mr. Presi
dent? You are going out of politics?"
"I'm going out of office for awhile.
That's as far as I care to go now."
"You are a hunter, Mr. President?"
"Yes. I love the chase.
"Any special quarry?"
"No. All big wild things engage
me. And you, Mr. Hearst?"
"I, too, enjoy hunting."
"Any specialty?"
"Yes.- The tiger.. While you' are in
Africa, loaded for everything on four
legs. I shall be in New York, following
the tracks of my favorite beast."
"Good luck, Mr. Hearst."
"Good luck, Mr. President."
PLOW WITH GASOLINE POWER
Auatone Farmer Will Introduce This
Innovation In the Fields.
Lewiston Teller.
Plowing by gasoline engine -power is
an innovation to be Introduced in the
Anatone Flat section by Walthew &
Brown, well-known farmers of that sec
tion. The big gasoline traction engine
is now being unloaded in the Northern
Pacific yards and will be taken to the
Asotin Flat section within the next few
days. The engine will have a 46-horse
working power and will travel two and
one-third miles an hour in the field. Two
large die plows have been purchased
to .be operated by the engine, and
a nine-foot strip will be plowed
at a time. It is estimated the new equip
ment will plow two acres an hour, con
suming from three to four gallons of
gasoline in performing the work. The
engine and plows will cost approximately
$3000.
The firm of Walthew & Brown is ex
tensively engaged in farming in the Aso
tin Flat country, having 2100 acres of
farm lands, besides 1100 acres handled
individually by Mr. Walthew. The new
equipment will be used In plowing and
harvesting all of this land and a new
combined harvester will be purchased be
fore the beginning of next season, to
which the engine will be attached.
It is believed the Introduction of the
gasoline traction engine will not only
solve the fuel question for the Asotin
Flat country, but will also practically
eliminate the danger of fires during the
harvest season. The engine is equipped
to use either gasoline or kerosene or
alcohol, and with the permission to man
ufacture denatured alcohol on the farms
the cost of operating the equipment will
be reduced to the minimum.
Panama and PesalinlHts.
Toledo Blade.
Do you recall the days when the
Panama Canal was a physical Impossi
bility? They really aren't so far away.
Everything was in the way, from ocean
currents to earthquakes, from the shov
eling rapacity of Jamalcaian negroes to
the effect of the climate upon white
Northerners. The croakers disappeared
for a time, but they are back again.
Until an enterprise is actually in run
ning order, It Is unnatural to expect
the pessimists to die.
The new obstacle to the Canal is not
that it can't be built. It Is admitted
now that It ran be and will be. The
present trouble concerns Itself with
the years following the completion of
the waterway. It will be found then
that it can't be made to pay. So say
the hopeless ones.
Whether the Canal will pay must be
considered not entirely as regards dol
lars and cents. The saving of distance
to the world's commerce, the ease with
which American warships can be trans
ferred from the Atlantic Coast to the
Pacific and back again, the shunting of
a large amount of the traffic which has
been going through the Suez short-cut,
the position America will command
among the powers, surely these are
things that will pay. The single Item
that the Canal is expected to encourage
the building of American merchant ves
sels Is a tremendous one and one which
will pay. ,
One Time When Whisky Scored.
Woodhurn Independent.
A man recently called on Mrs. Bran
nan, a destitute woman of Salem, called
himself the "Son of Christ," left her
hands filled with five-dollar gold pieces,
kissed her on the forehead and departed.
There was a smell of liquor . on his
breath.
Heavy Things on His Mind.
Washington Herald.
These are sad days for Emperor Wil
liam. It's hard luck to have a lot of
weighty things on your mind, and not be
able to get them oft
WANTS REPUBLICAN" SEN'ATOH
Lake County Editor Says Statement
One la Not Blading. .
Ijikeview Examiner.
After all thaf has been said and done
with regard to (Statement No. 1, it has
no force, is not and could not be made
mandatory under existing conditions, and
there Is neither a moral nor legal obli
gation upon the part of members of the
Legislature to assure it in any way.
And less from a party standpoint is it
wise or expedient for Republicans to
stultify themselves, or to bring reproach
upon themselves, by voting for a Demo
crat when there are men, good and true,
honest and well qualified, for the Sen
atorship within Republican ranks? There
is no need of it.
True, some Republicans, either from
pique, spite or some other cause, placed
msny of the members of the Legislature
In a position where they, might be made
to violate a pre-election promise. But
that does not signify, and especially so,
when making that promise they had no
Idea that they would be asked to elect
a Democrat In violation or all law and
precept!
The member of the legislature from
this county is free to set in any way he
sees fit. This county registered Its vote
against Statement No. 1. It would have
none of It, and If other parts of the
state had done as well there would
have been no such humiliating spectacle
to the rest of the country as i now
apparent In Oregon in the attempt to
place a Democrat in an office which by
all sense of right and fairness belongs
to the Republicans.
There is no question but that the Re
publican majority In the Legislature. If
so disposed, has a perfectly legal right
to proceed to the election of a Repub
lican for Senator. U the factional fight
within the ranks is bitter, as it seems
to be, in which one side Is knifing the
other, cut loose from both or all and
pick out some new man. -someone with
the necessary breadth of beam Hml
draught, and with guns big enough to
make himself felt and heard in the Na
tional councils. Then go ahead and elect
him. That is all there is to it. And
later, when the time comes so that Sn
ators may be ele.ced by the people, in
a legal and constitutional way, if the
Republicans then dire to elect a. Dem
ocratwell and good but now there Is
no more excuse for it than there Is for
each Statement No. 1 legislator to butt
his head against the capltol wall or to
go and jump into the Willamette River.
1VO WORRY OVER TAFT8 POLICIES
He Engenders No Apprehensions and
Creates N"o Scares.
Baltimore American.
It is most remarkable to note the ab
sence of uneasy Inquiry as to what the
policies of Mr. Taft will be. He has
given but one expression' of view In a
public address since his election, and
the country Is apparently accepting
as a vital article of his political creed
that he believes fully In the character
and the capability of the American
psople. It is no small compliment to
Mr. Taft that he should have been car
ried into office upon a tide of return
ing confidence. It is no small compli
ment to him, either, that the signal de
feat of his adversary arose over the
refusal of the country to ratify the
pessimism so actively expressed by
Bryan. It would be silly adulation to
ascribe to Mr. Taft magical properties.
He represents only one thing, and that
the most valued commodity common
sense. He has not posed as a brlllant
expositor of new views. The old wine
of American Ideas has not been placed
In new bottles, where, to adopt the
biblical adage, it would undoubtedly
have burst them. Mr. Taft must be
somewhat surprised to observe how ef
fectually confidence has reasserted it
self when given encouragement.
Had the President-elect indulged in
wordy statements as to his views, poli
cies, and procedure, had he shown him
self an academician, he would undoubt
edly have given opportunity for ag
gressive antagonism. Instead, he takes
as a matter of course that capital is
ready for investment; that labor Is
ready for employment; that Investment
and enterprise will respond Immediate
ly to encouraging conditions. Mr. Taft
has not talked of demagoglsm. ' He
has not Indulged in wild comment: he
has simply remained silent, with only
one expression in such a simple, sin
cere and unaffected manner as to
deepen the confidence that the country
reposes In him.
Mr. Taft suits the Nation -and the Na
tion suits Mr. Taft. That is all there
Is to the situation. The people have
had their experience of being shown
how the wheels go round. Mr. Taft
will not be a demonstrator; he will
simply be a guide to the Nation's pro
gress. Quite naturally the country Is
asserting Its powers of recovery, simp
ly because Mr. Taft engenders no ap
prehensions and 'creates no scares.
Mrs. Sage, of "Glorious Ancestry-
New York Dispatch.
William Henry Wlilteemore. of Brook
lyn, has just completed a genealogical
record of Mrs. Russell Sage's ances
tors, which tends to show the ancient
lineage and high standing of her moth
er's family.
Through the Dukes of Sandwich and
Manchester, Lady Mary Wortley Mon
tagu and the Duke of Salisbury, Mrs.
Sage claims connection with the pro
genitor of those great families, Drogo
de Monte Acuto, a warrior In the train
of Robert, Earl of Moreton, during the
conquest. The famous castle Battle
Abbey, which was buit by William the
Conqueror in commemoration of the
battle of Hastings, is the ancestr.l
home of Mrs. Sage's family.
These biographical discoveries will
be published In book form very soon,
the book to be given to libraries and
Mrs. Sage's friends. It is a costly vol
ume and beautifully bound. Mrs. Sage
bas spared no expense In the matter
of contents and covers.
Finds Napoleon's Bible.
Indianapolis News.
An Italian Journalist is said to have
discovered the Bible which was used
by the Emperor Napoleon during his
exile on the Island of Elba. It Is of a
common type, illustrated with large '
wood engravings, and bears on the
back the letter "N," surmounted by the
imperial crown. It was found in the
Chapel of the' Madonna, on the Island
of Elba, and near which the Emperor
stayed for 17 days at the beginning of
hi exile. It possesses interest from
the fact that the Emperor has under
lined many passages bearing on his
state of mind at the time.
A Saturnine Reflection.
Chicago Evening Post.
The visitor to the observatory is
peering through the big telescope.
"What Is that queer-looking starr-
he asks. "The one with the ring
around it."
"That Is Saturn," explains the oblig
ing astronomer. "It is 900.000. 000
miles away, and It takes 30 years for
It to go around the sun."
"Huh!" reflectes the visitor. "I'm
glad I don't live there. Think of hav
ing to shovel ashes out of the furnace
through a Winter 71 years long!"
Advice In ihe Country.
Forest Grove News.
When you go to Portland with your
wife just slip your marriage certificate
into your inside pocket: you might need
It. This is a straight tip.
Thrift in Marlon.
Woodburn Independent.
It is reported that some who have rela
tives with them have put them on the
poor list and draw from the county poor
fund-