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Foreign postage double rates. Eastern Business Office The S. C. Reck w. Special Agency New York, rooms 48 to Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 610-613 Tribune building. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. MAR. 8. 1909. THE SPOKANE RATE CASE. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion decision In the celebrated Spo kane rate case is susceptible of varied Interpretation. Naturally a case that has renuired 1wpti1v-h1y mnnth n f i o liberation and review must be regard ed as a problem not easily understood even by the rate experts who will be called on to work out the intricacies of the adjustment that the .Commis sion has declared necessary. The first point involved in the de cision seems to cover the contention of the Pacific Coast Jobbers quite ef fectually. It has always been gener ally understood that rates from some Eastern points were higher to Spokane than to Pacific Coast points. This condition was created solely by water competition, a factor over which the Interstate Commerce Commission has never assumed any jurisdiction what ever. The limitations of the power of the Commission are plainly acknowledged In the decision that "the rates to Spo kane although higher than to Seattle, are not unlawful." This admission of the rate-fixing supremacy of the water carriers, of course, enables the rail roads, if they so desire, to meet any rate which may be ordered for Spo kane with a corresponding rate at Portland and other Coast terminals. The basic principle of the entire con tention has not been disturbed or ques tioned by the decision. This fact is significantly set out in the statement that "rates east of Chicago are not dealt with." These rates from Chi cago and intervening territory between that point and the Atlantic seaboard are so completely under the domina tion of water transportation that to in terfere with them would virtually pro hibit the railroads from hauling over land to Coast ports any freight orig inating in that territory. This the In terstate Commerce Commission had no Intention of doing, and the rates were let severely alone. On the second point, In which the petitioners contended that rates to Spokane were "inherently unreason able," the Commission, while appar ently deciding in favor of Spokane, may have actually succeeded in pass ing the question' back to the railroads themselves. It will be remembered' by all who followed the proceedings at the original hearing of this cele brated case held in Spokane, two years ago, that the heavy jobbers of the in land city were conspicuous for their absence, and that the case was being pressed by small dealers who were ap parently unfamiliar with existing con ditions. The reason ror this lack of Interest of the large Jobbers was the fact that the railroads had already voluntarily, by the establishment of special commodity rates, carved out a jobbing zone in which Spokane could undersell Coast Jobbers. These commodity rates were In many cases more than 16 2-3 per cent less than the class rates. The Spokane Jobbers were, therefore content to let well enough alone and enjoy an ad vantage which Coast Jobbers have al ways been reluctant to admit rightful ly belonged to them. The Commis sion has now ordered a 16 2-3 per cent reduction in class rates between St. Paul and Spokane, and the same reduction between Chicago and Spo kane. It is now up to the railroads to determine whether they will continue the old commodity rates or advance them to the new rate which they would be permitted to charge under the 16 2-3 per cent reduction in class rates. When the Spokane Jobber dis covers that a 16 2-3 per cent reduction on class rates still leaves those rates materially higher than the commodity rates, he will be inclined to ponder on the question of how long the railroads will maintain the commodity rates be fore advancing them to the new class rate schedule. The effect of the decision on Port land and other Coast jobbing points will depend very much on the action taken by the railroads. If they are inclined to keep commodity rates down to the present level and in addi tion make the general reduction or dered on all class rates, they will un doubtedly Increase Spokane's distribu tive trade in lines not now covered by a commodity rate. If, on the other hand, they stand on their water com petition contention, they will be obliged to make a class rate to Port land as low as, or lower than, the rate to bpokane. The decision. If it should result in Spokane securing this liberal reduction In class rates without the Pacific Coast ports being correspondingly favored, will work a great hardship on fac tories and freight-originating points west of. Chicago and St. Paul. From these points it would be impossible to ship into Portland by rail; and com petitors located nearer the Atlantic seaboard would enjoy a monopoly of the Pacific Coast trade which could be reached by water transportation. The decision seems to leave the rail roads with so much latitude for Jug gling with the commodity rates and Tor meeting water competition that it can hardly be regarded as other than a kind of a "straddle." The circum stances in connection with the case were so peculiar, however, that it is doubtful whether anything more satis factory would have been evolved had another twenty-six months been spent in deliberation. The news reports are correct in stating that the decision is far-reaching in its effect, but there is still much room for speculation as to what will be caught in that "reach," "Wheat King Patten seems to be transferring his affections from May wheat to the July option. The latter broke all records for the season toy ouaring Up to l.os yesterday, while May fell short half a cent of reach ing the J 1.1 9 record established last week. The predicted weakening In the situation has apparently been in definitely postponed, and if the run away market is not soon headed, it will be in order for the American So ciety of Equity to issue a new mani festo declaring the price of the cereal to be 1.S0 per bushel. A PREDICTED FAMINE. In the course of some more or less convincing remarks about our future food supply, the New York Times makes the curious statement that "the food supply of the future will be in exact economic relation' to its cost." This sounds plausible. It smacks strongly of science, but it takes no account of what economists call the law of diminishing returns. According to this law, the supply of food in the long run will not be in proportion to its cost, but there will cdme a time when each new unit of supply will have to be procured at an enormous excess of cost. There is a great deal of land in the world which has never yet been cropped and the fertility of the acres now under the plow can be greatly increased, but for all that, neither the quantity of avail able land nor- its fertility admits of indefinite increase. Ultimately we shall reach a point where the wheat crop can not be doubled by doubling our Investment in it-.- To double the crop the investment must be trebled. Later still to get more wheat the In vestment must exceed the expected re turns many fold. This is what Mr. J. .T win moon. when he says that we are approach ing a wheat famine In bo t-i. j States. In his opinion the danger Is serious, and will be upon us before many years have elapsed. The Times makes little of it by saying that high prices. fo food will mean prosperity to the food producers, and nothing more, but the difficulty cannot be laid so easily. High prices for food means starvation to those who cannot get the money to pay them. What we are threatened with, according to Mr. Hill, is an actual failure of our food supply. This has never brought per manent prosperity to any class in any country. The high prices which wheat would command in case -the supply fell short of the demand for a series of years would not be of any advantage to the farmers. On the contrary, they would be ruined. The reason is that other prices would rise out of all proportion to the price of tuu wnat tne farmer seemed to gain on one hand he would lose on the other. We must also remember that whatever temporary profit ac crued from the rlo n ..! . ... ' 'auca me middlemen would probably take and the farmer would never see it His gain comes from the steady demand f"ces at a stable level, not from fluctuations. LUCKY BALDWIN. The death of J JUunni, L 1 1 13 noted turfman, at t . "i. jcaia. moves one to Innniro mhot v. -- ""l aui-ii x. me as his is worth. It has been lono- enough, certainly, though he would have been willing to live longer. Few men retain enough vitality and intel- 'scuce at ai to care much whether they survive or net-tav. k -dij , ' l' i l oaiuwin seems to have been as capable of en- j...k tne worm a short time before unless struck him as he ever was. A career which did so little to Impair his vitality o.,i.i . , uui nave been wholly evil, but that it was evil lp some particulars even the most liberal charltv rannni ir. - j ac quired his nickname of "Lucky" from " lonune wmch almost uni formly followed bin faro Hi!.,.. tures. Whether be v.. , " v 1 1 a. nurse race or staked bi. mnn . -- """"-j tit ru or risked it in a mine, it was all the same, the result turned out to be in his favor. If we lived in onin .1 - ----- ... .viciil Limes, superstition would long ago have witn a sort of sacred ness. as It did the r t. . . . u 1 1 ; 1 , ana no doubt before long there would be "".oiupers at nis tomb who would pray the fickle goddess to reveal to them the secret of his luck. There is no use in trvin . j"o w 1.U11V111CS mankind that "luck" is a figment of ... ...msuianon. To most people noth ing is more real and nov.;n . f icucivta a more trusting worship. Shakes- f"" laugni me gospel of luck when he wrote of the tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the fiooi leads on to fortune. Most meo ,..1 , not succeeded in life explain It by saying that at such and such a time they missed their luck. Senator In galls. of Kansas, proclaimed the same 1.. 1113 lamous sonnet on Oppor tunity. Which njo,-, .v.- . . j 1 . tumiortiess doctrine that, once the lucky moment n or no use to hope for its return. Of course, all this faith in luck minimize the importance of prolonged effort and simon ingr for an Ideal. It effectually denies I.. rr L lne WU1 and makes us all subject to a blind fate. But many people prefer to be subject to blind rate. Thev lovo tn tob- ut wnere the Drosnets rr o-i j are about equally balanced. If the nice are loaded on the side of ill they are willing to take chances all the same. To many it would be exceed ingly painful to irivn .. n n 1 . . - - i' au uue mat fortune has yet in store for them some- ""..s ir more DeauUful than life has yet revealed. - Baldwin was a fnvnrii. . , , . . a. - 1 - 1.1.11 1 Line all his life through. There is no evi dence in his carper of hs i 1 ... - IJiclllulIlg and plodding which brings success to most men who succeed at all. He saw It raining gold and set out his pots and pans. That was all there was of It. He is like a character in a fairy story with a powerful godmother at his elbow to make everything turn out well. He did not,. even trouble himself to observe the conventional rules of morality.. His children were a great deal more numerous than they would have been if legal formal ities had been of much weight with him. In the dwelling on his baronial estate he kept up a collection of wo men which resembled an oriental ser aglio, and now that he is dead, there will be a struggle over hi3 great estate among the children legitimate and il legitimate and wives married and un married which will bring joy to the lawyers and sadness to his rightful heirs. If we ask what is proved by such a career, the answer is not so easy as might be supposed. It cer tainly does not prove that It ia neces sary to be good in order to be success ful, healthy and happy. Between vir tue in the ordinary sense and length of years and attainment f fortune there seems, so far as his experience goes, to be no connection whatever. So long as a man does not injure his mind or body by -his eins, he stands THE JIOIgXIXG in no great danger of being punished ir tnemon earth. What will hap pen in the next world Is another ques tion. No doubt the apparent fact that earth maintains no relation between virtue and its reward or vice and its punishment led mankind to infer that there is another world where the bal ance would swing even, again to quote Shakespeare, who Is a great authority on fortune and her fickle wheel. Wicked as Baldwin was, in the con ventional sense, his life was long and apparently happy. Does this hold out hope to other men that they can imi tate his career and attain results? To find a satisfactory reply to this question -we must consult the great oracle, experience, which would give us the solution of almost every conundrum if we took the trouble to ask for it. Experience scarcely bears out to the full the statement that there is ho connection hetupon vi.t,,. and happiness. Baldwin's case does not prove that there is a connection to be sure, but It is far from proving that there Is not. One swallow does not make a Spring, nor does one unin terrupted career of sheer good luck in the face of moralltv diunrnvn tv. n validity of the ten commandments. i.iuusn we an cling to a belief In luck, nevertheless, we hav mnrio i,n our minds as a race that In affairs of importance luck is not to be de pended upon. We h aVk nlfl. r n eluded, from the events of many mil lion years, taken as a whole, that virtue pays in this world, and vice does not, no matter what exceptions to the ruie may present themselves from time to time. Baldwin certainly was an exception, but it would be insan ity for any other man to expect to be come another exception. The chances against him are almost Infinite. Luck is not a bad thing to talk about and curse when evil befalls one, but as a sieaay dependence hard work and sturdy perseverance are a great deal nore reuaoie TRUTH ABOUT APPROPRIATIONS! Grabbers of appropriations from the Legislature of Oreeon. tmrpthcr -m-ov. their associates, are fond of saying L"il lne total or appropriations, at the latest session, did not much ex ceed that of the Legislature of two .vcara ugo. inis is wrong. The excess over the 1907 total is Jl, 100,000. The sum of the 1909 appropriations is m-iii.y ,ou,uuu, while that of two years ago. according to the Secretary of State's report, was $3,083,805.71. This year's appropriations- include $350,000 for Improvements at the "i,-,'u"' ana otner state Institutions, which is invalid on account of a flaw in the act, but which may be corrected by special session; $200,000 for an Eastern Oregon asylum and not less than $50,000 for a constitutional convention, both sums contingent on referendum in November, 1910; $300, 000 for purchase of Oregon City locks, contingent on a similar appropriation by Congress. All these sums should properly be charged up to the Legislature. But grabbers of appropriations and their associates, for the purpose of de fending Legislative extravagance, like to omit them from the list. This enormous total does not include the many millions of dollars that tax payers will be required to pay for building and operating state railroads, should the constitutional amendment, proposed by the Legislature for that purpose, "pass" the people and launch the state on that costly policy. In the effort to minimize their ap propriations, some of the members of the Legislature are contending that they should not be charged with the "continuing" appropriations which, until the present Legislature, were $612,000 biennially. A continuing appropriation is one that is created by an act of the Legislature and that continues until repealed. Thus, the National Guard has a continuing ap propriation of $90,000 for two years and this Is available without any ac tion on the part of each succeeding session of the Legislature. Some of the members of the recent Legislature say that such an appropriation as this, enacted at. a preceding session, should not be considered in comput ing the total of their appropriations. But let us see where that would lead to. If the Legislature of 1907 had provided a continuing appropria tion of a certain amount per capita for each of the state institutions and all the appropriations for salaries of state officers had been made continu ing, the Legislature of 1909, under the method of computation proposed would deny responsibility for all these appropriations. As a matter of fact, each Legislature is responsible for what it puts upon the statute books or leaves there. Any method of com putation which reaches a total differ ent from the amount the State Treas urer is authorized to collect and pay out. is manifestly Inaccurate. The amount ... revenue necessary for state purposes shows the amount the Legislature has authorized to be ex pended and no amount of Juggling with figures will deceive the taxpayer when he goes to the Sheriff's office to meet his obligations. . A special session will add further to the bill of extravagance. COMMON DRINKING-CCP PERILS. Medical inspection of the schools has disclosed the fact that disease lurks In the drinklng-cup suspended, for ine use of the i uplls of the pub lic schools, over the sink in the various school buildings of the city. In some instances, it is alleged, this menace is alarming, owing to the fact that untidy and perhaps germ-ignorant Janitors wring the mops with which the floors are wlnorf in ty.. .1.1 ' ... ...o oiuaa 111 close proximity to the cups from which thirsty school children drink and drink again. This is a tale as disgusting In its suggestion of uncleanness as It Is alarming in the probability of the dis semination of germs of filthy diseases. This practice, wherever it prevails, should and doubtless will be corrected promptly. It does not, however, con vey a menace through the drlnklng cup In any way comparable In its pos sibilities of danger to the common drinklng-cup itself which, by contact with the lips, noses and hands of sev eral hundred children every day. is anything but a 6aferuard to public health. It is not clear, however, what can be done about it. The thirst of school children is, as Is well known, often a simulated thirst an expression of childish restlessness, an excuse to leave their seats, an opportunity to jostle and cavort and Jolly each other during intermissions; in brief, it is a habit that it would be well to' check by proper Instruction at home. Children suffering from fever and Its attendant thirst are not permitted OREGOyiAy, WEDNESDAY, to attend schooL . Whniunm. nn . ural thirst can be restrained, to some extent, at least, and children should be taught to restrain It within proper limits, rather than Indulge It iqordl- , nateiy merely because they happen to be at the schoolhouse. This aside, however, is it not pos sible, or Indeed probable, that the peril that lurks in the drinklng-cup is exaggerated? Many of us remember the time (the drinking habit in school being one of long standing) when the larger boys were allowed to take turns in taking the water pall from its bench Just outside the door, filling It from the well, and then passing around the room, giving each nunii Hrinv fvnm the rusty tincup that was" a part of the school equipment. How eagerly eacn youngster seized the cup with both hands and buried his face in the contents! And how sincerely envied was the water-bearer aa h lelcnrpiv sought the well, filled his bucket and, slopping the water over his bare feet, returned to riass the run to v.t os-hi mates, who were by this time fairly gasping witn imaginary thirst. Who thought then of possible con tagion from tne school drinlclnrnn' And who, at this day. can recall an epiaemlc. the possible source of which was this rusty, tattered com mon drinklng-cup? The best that can h rinn give the children specific instructions about the use of thn courage them to restrain the drinking naoit wnue at school and trust to Bull iiun water to do the rest. In taking himself out of the service by resignation of his office. Dr. Crum the negro Collector of Customs at Charleston. S. C, delivers President Taft of a real trouble. For Tart would not wish to press Crum's reappoint ment and add to the anger of the South over the episode, nor offend the negro voters of the North bv refu ing to follow the lead of Roosevelt In the matter. Crum, by his resignation snows himself much more of a man than ho has received credit for in the south. His position holdlne the of flee against the protest of his state and virtually of all the white people of the South, and pressure for his re appointment made a fight on the color line too tense for the good even of the negro race. Mr. Rockefeller' fln h, duced from $29,000,000 to $720,000 as a maximum, mm this sum there is a possibility of still further reductions. As an example of shrinkage, this fine is mucn similar to the customary $5000 fine which Is levied ursin.f ships arrlvnig in port without the tnupi-r um or neaitn. It is customary to make a discount of $4995 on these fines. If Mr. Rockefeller is only pa tient, he will probably escape with a net cost of not more than $29. Lucky Baldwin has more lhnn nnrA stood in moral nakedness, unashamed, before the world. A notable instance of this was when, to a suit brought by a young woman for betravnl nnrior promise of marriage, he made answer that she should have known by his general reputation that it wax rinmrn, ous to trust htm. While common sense inaorsea this Infamous self-estimate of the man. common decencv i nnnniiaj at its shameless presentment. The outcome of thn Rnntism -r cific land-errant milt nnw hnin i 1 - . -- UlCU before the Federal Court in this city, is nwanea witn eager interest and deep anxiety b v a ntimher of nm-cmn. ....... are contending for settler's rights In mc premises. Tn company's claim is an old one and Its rights will be strongly presented and stubbornly urged by its attorneys. Final settle ment of the case Is probably afar off. "The cost of cltv Imn would be reduced from 20 tn nn cent," says Mr. Werelin, "by prompt payment of contractors." Tf con tractors do the work with which they are Intrusted hnnpstlv an ... dltlously, according to contract, their pay would De forthcoming without protest or delay. So there you have it. Creation of nnMir niuuinn . ...a . ' OUIHv) man merely because he wants it and has rendered valuable political serv ice is vastly different from appointing a man to a position solely because of nis niness ror the work. When po litical reward is the fitness does not count. ' If Justice Olsen when he offers to ilc-n thn .,..,- - r-t - - ...w 1 . tl. Schmltt petition for his own recall, Schmltt should get busy. He can add nis own name, makinsr a crnn.l total of two. In other words. ex-Cham nlnn Tor. ries will not fight Champion Johnson (colored) unless he feels rnnflom v, can whip the aforesaid Johnson. Pru dence comes with age, even in prize fighters. One more discovery hu hum -ma. at Salem of certain surnrUino- tures in a bill all of which nobody Knew was tnere. That is to say. no body except the man who put them there. Chicago Irishmen are rla-ht in ob jecting to symbolic travesties to be worn fat. Patrick's day. Generally th wearer has few brains, and that shows he Is not Irish. No one is decelvedf The Interstate Commerce decision seems to have established definitely the great geographical fact that Spo kane is about 400 miles from tide water. An Ohio preacher, seeking notor iety, says "the kiss is an intoxicant." It Is more than that. The right kind of kiss is delirium. Anything that the public has "got to have" comes high. Hence the bids for the new Madison-street bridge are expected to soar. Too bad the Carmack and Calhoun trials cannot be finished before tho erotic Baldwin literature fills the press columns. A Harrlsburg correspondent for a Eugene paper, sighs: "Oh, for a bridge!" He does not spell "oh" right to get it. "With the onlv lnekv nmnni4 safely placed, the faithful In the ma jority party are spurring themselves into activity. It would be highly interesting o know if Lucky Baldwin's now deserted him. MARCH 3, 1909. RETIREMENT OFMR. FAIRBANKS Rtmlttd by Jtrpnbllraiia mud Demo- wlthoa K Prtr. - It has become the fashion to classify Vice-President Fairbanks among the bromides," to forget that native can nlness which enables him to see un erringly to the very bottom of the glass of experience, to drain Its dregs wlrh a smile and to clear away the rubbish heap of platitudes which en cumber an Indiana reputation until cold facts emerge. He may be banal, but he is not insincere; he may nurse a. grudge or two. yet is he generous; he does not hypnotize his public, neither does he lie to it; he is always conscious what ne is doing, always on the side of common seu.se. rarely sennltlve. never altogether selfish. Vhat position he will occupy in a Historical survey of the Roosevelt regime, this is not the time to consider. v hether in the reaction from personal quire a wider recognition . w.ICiii ne snau not some day ac- . ---' '-. in oe determined; nor can one easily de- .cj, uurmm ana provoklngly harmless. In the Senate chamber, where he is best known, he is also best loved. There are many who believe that Mr. Fairbanks Is a bore without a griev ance, the kind of bore who. craving sympathy, is apt to be left alone with his hobby. No description could fit him less. No one better understands the virtues of reticence, the graco of discretion, the fitness and timeliness of a gentlemanly and dignified bearing. He can be serious without pomposity grave without an air of stupidity, dis creet and. decorous and urbane. If his touch be not light, neither Is his mind stodgy: though ho can assume an Olympian placidity, he Is never indif ferent, and he would rather remain silent than talk about nothing at all. It is especially gratifying to note the spontaneous and hearty regret which finds expression alike among Demo crats and Republicans; to witness the sincerity of a farewell which has nothing machine-made or perfunctory about it; to approve the appropriate recognition of the sturdy probity, the native urbanity, the rigid, even-handed Justice of one who was more prone to be guided by his conception of the duties of a presiding officer, and to Interpret them in the Interests of all than to presume on his place as a party leader. ENGLISH HtMOR A.VD SOLEMMTT Lndlrrona Liw Case Orovrlnjc Out of Prise Award In "I.liuerlck." Content. Chicago Record-Herald. One of the British courts recently has tried a case in which the rights and duties arising out of certain ex amples of solemn British humor have ueen aeoatea with a most humorous solemnity. It was a case growing out of one of those "missing line" limer ick competitions which were all the rage in John Bull's land not so very long ago and which came perilously near having the earmarks of lotteries rather than those of literary contests "Ally Eloper's Half-Holiday" offered prizes that amounted to hmit tmnn for the best "last line" to the following limerick: Bald a certain yonnir man of Dunblnjie, kittle Mary" frlves mo quit a paia: My liver's so qutt-r I can't drink buttled br Now among- the 17.621 oomnetltnra there was a certain young woman. Oertrude F. I. Jenkins bv name ho finished this off in this style: And as physic iflzxl ihii-i 1 . . -1, - champagne. After this masterly effort she s-trlcken down with rlirlitenn. . u when she found she was so far from s wie nrst prize winner that she was not even among those who also ran. So she straightway brought suit in the courts. The testimony was nrentn .. examined under the direction of seven lawyers, two of them being kings counsel. It appeared that the answers to the limerick puzzle had been divided Into classes, and that there were about B0 in the "fizzy" or "phyz". class among which was nn. ,., iv. running: Wt""th 10 f Pr'" m0ney- I a "flEzlcal" weakness, champasne. Noble efforts at nuns like this o,.o-h certainly to please John Bull more than they seem to have pleased the Judges in this case, or else his taste for rantankerous puns must be de clining. For the sad truth is that the first prise of $500 was divided between the two following lines, onlv one of which contained puns which can prop erly be called rantankerous. 1 ne nrst line was: Life depends on the llrer. that's plain. And the other: And Jamaica It's rum ralss Cain (cane). It is painful to rppnrd tlint -vt i t kins lost her case and that she la never to De properly rewarded .Iti... 1 creative poetical Instinct or for her en terprise in letting the light of the law ... ujiun wiese ODScure matter! British humor. of Monument to Schuyler Colfax. Ieslie's Weekly. One of the ablest and mn.f 1, - Americans of the pant generation was cnuyier Colfax of Indiana. 19th vice president of the United States. Mr Col fax withdrew from nuhlic lir. .,,!- cloud, but hosts of people throughout the country were fully persuaded that he was rulltless of the charges made against him. Nowhere did he find more loyal and en thusiastic friends and supporters than In his own state, whose people had faith in him to the last. At his lifelong homo in South Bend. Ind.. Mr. Colfax wa en- cially held In honor and affectli-n. and his memory is cherished there with rever ence. Owing to a train of circumstances. no permanent memorial of the late states man has been erected in that town but this omission is soon to be remedied. The ooutn t(cna chamber or commerce, of which F. A. Miller Is president, recentlv started a movement to secure an appro priation by tho Igi.sl.iture for a statue of Mr. Colfax, to be set up In his homo city. The project is an entirely worthy one and deserves the support of the Deo- ple of Indiana. Such a tribute will be a fit and gracious recognition of the emi nent and lasting services rendered by Mr: Colfax to the Nation. New Boat to Kill Off Submarine. Chalon-sur-Saone (France) Cor. New York Sun. The Petit Creusot Works launched re cently a submarine engine of destruction Invented by Gustave Gabet. It Is a radio automatic torpedo controlled by Hertzian waves and Is capable of carrying explo sive charges varying from 300 to 900 klloi meters. Such charges striking the strong est armor-clad warships would sink them in a few seconds. The experiments with the torpedo were wholly successful. The One Consolation. Albany Democrat. The State Legislature this week fin ished its session, with a bad smell. It started out in fine mettle by electing Governor Chamberlain .United States Senator. ... Died. Saturday, Febru ary 30, after a miserable existence, un iamented, unmourned. but not to be for gotten by men having pockctbooks. AVhat. Indeed r Baker City Herald. What did Chamberlain ever do in a business way that has shown business ability? Is he a capable advisor on railroad building? line that characteristic charm which I 'r"ran ming ror a man who hasn't he 1. known to exert among those I h"Tn',';'., over whom he -was called to preside. Mr v-t 1 , e Bood Pnse?" asked But. though he meet with Uttle re- ''we'l If h- , a ' .. sponse on the outside, though he chal- i,t i, . . no "rns, h lenge neither resentment no- ,L,VIV.. T"1 h?vo como f,,r license. Ho has though he appear to casual ohserver. rrom Sweden nine years and J XOCXG LATHES WILL XOT WED ' County Clerk Obltped to . Onnccl 1 Tiro Licenses. "I want you to marry me, and if you oon't I'll hare a policeman come to th hmiee and compel you to." said August Olson to Emella Johnson, according to her story, whlr-h she blushlngly told to bounty Clerk Fields yesterday. She said Olson procured a license from the County Clerk Auirust 8. 190R. without setting her B0ns?nt to the wedding. He came from bweden nine years aso. she says, and Is employed at the Inman-Poulsen milt. She came to this country a vear ago. and Vr?. . at ,he Imperial Hotel. "No man can make me marry when I don t want to." she said to Mr. ShlelJa Vesterrlnv H-v.. v. . , , . V no isuia ne wouia pet the policeman, the people at the place where 1 work said that ir he did they would make me marry a man I don't like ist a lawver. thnt n..).vi,. I 1 never went out with him: onlv a 1 rmin n .... to mo theater. Rut I do He came all the tim to ... - Ba pmwi i. .1 . 1 ; . u . . Place where I worked. After awhile the people there told him he can't come any more and bother me." Mr. Fields told the girl to get the li cense, and he would cancel It. Miss Nellie Moss was another aggrieved maiden who had heCn pestered bv a man. Nineteen years old and prettv. Fred Retf schlager fell in love with her. and bouKht a license Inst Thanksgiving, while she wa, m the East. She said he had not ZZZ?, ,h,er11cpn!,nt- and knew nothing about the lK-ense having been Issued un til she returned to Portland. Keifsch lager went to Nebraska soon afterward, she said, and she demanded the license. She returned it to the County Oerk yes terday mornlnK. HARRIS TO HEAR M'GIXX CASK I.anej Judge to Try Suit Affecting Pay for Jndge tin tons. Judge L. T. Harris, of Bugene. will come to Portland to hear the injunction suit brought by Henry II McGinn against the County Court, to restrain Its members nPnlalnSr 1Uarlp ' J"ee Gatens. his bailiff and his clerk. The arguments In the case will be heard at 9:30 A M March 10. ' ' Believing it would be a breach of pro priety for this case. Involving the In crease of the Multnomah County circuit Court bench, to be tried hy a member of that bench Presiding Judge Gantenbeln requested Judge Harris to hear the argu ments. While he Is here one of the local toMe V"rJud'-'P8 KO to Eugene to attend to the trial of Jury cases John F. I.oBran. ran J. Malarkey. Gus Mosor and Kalnh It. I.unlwn v i,.. , unteered their services In lighting fr the defense in the suit brought bv Mc- YIT'a A ,n?,""! of tho Multnomah liar Association was held at the Court house last night to ascertain If the sen timent of the attorneys who compose the association has changed since they passed the resolution, during the ses f ?." ot Ul L,?'slature. favoring the hill calling for two additional Judges of the Circuit Court. Those members present expressed themselves as still in favor of the additional Judge. Hut It was decided that it Is unnecessary for the association to take further action and the members will individually work in support of the new law. A banquet to the officers of the as sociation elected at the meeting pre vious to last night will he given March 30. probnbly at the Commercial Club. The members of the entertainment com- 1 iiuiiee are: 1111am M. ravls. George F. Brlce. T. F. Crouch. Frank 8. Grant and Bert E. Haney. "BCIIi PEX PARK" SUGGKSTKD F. I. MoKenna Wants City Park In Keeping With Bull Run Water. Frnncis I. McKenna appeared before the Park Board at a special session yes terday afternoon and sarcastically svig gested that the members, in changing the name of City Park, designate It as "Bull Pen Park." He declared this would harmonize with "Bii-11 Run River," and concluded his remarks by requesting the board either to assist in securing a change in the name of the beautiful, pure stream, from which Portland's water sup ply Is had. or to designate City Park as he had pointed out. No attention what ever was given by the members of the board, except to listen to what he had Mr. McKenna has for a long time, with others, endeavored to secure a chance in tho name of Bull Run River, but wlth oijt success. He told tho members of the Park Board that. Inasmuch as It is their duty to assist in harmonizing tho beau tiful grounds of Portland, he thought It a part of thnlr duty to harmonize the names of parks, rivers and mountains, and he asked the members to pais a resolution, urging some more suitable name for tho river from which Portland gets Its water supply. He was told that the members do not repard It u part of their business to take part In trying to change the name of the stream. DEATH OF BOY OAVSES SUIT Alleged Belt Shiftrra Should Have Been on Pulleys. Alleging that the Multnomah Lumber & Box Company did not comply with the law requiring flrn.s operat.ng ma chinery to provide belt shifters on all pulleys. Katy Wood is suing u.e com pany In Judge Gatens' depart. ..ent of the Circuit Court for 17500 damages because of the death of Thomas J Mc Farland. a 16-year-old boy. The boy was caught in a belt and killed March 30. last year, while at work in the company's mill. The com. pany denies responsibility, saying that tho boy was not ordered to put the belt on. Attorneys John Manning and Thomas O'hay appear for the boy's ad ministrator. BOY ROBS HIS BENEFACTOR. HarcjjfcKar Sentenced to Hcfonn School for Stealing. Befriended by exWarden Smith, of the Salem Penitentiary, who lives at IIS East Thirty-third street. Harry A. McKay. 17 years old, assisted in burg larizing the home of his benefactor. While Charles Heine, another boy. en tered the house and secured a revolver, belt, razor and two necKtles. Harry stood on guard outside. Ho was sent to the Reform Bchool by Judge Ganten beln at Juvenile Court yesterday after noon. Another boy named Koy Croft is said to have been with them. Sues for Money Paid on Lease. Erf a Mae McKenzle has brought suit in the Circuit Court against William Oebott and Myrtle Gebott for the recovery of i"25. and the surrender of a note for the balance of J2100. The plaintiff asserts that she purchnsed a lease to th Artonia a roomlng-houe at 12S and 12.1 West Park street, understanding that the monthly rental was J ICS. But soon after taking possession she discovered, a lie says, that the Gebotts had been served with a notice to Quit the premises. The ?2S Is what he says she paid on the lease NORTHWEST IS ADVERTISING Commercial Club Starts Ware of Publicity. Since the first of tho year the Port land Commercial Club has been Instru mental In raising over 10c00 for publi city purposes in the Pacific Northwest. This is aside from its own publicity funds. I he money has been subscribed in var ious communities of Oregon. Washing ton. Idaho. Montana and British- Colum bia In which meetings have been ad dressed on behalf of tho Portland or ganization by Tom Richardson and C C Chapman. ' Chapman returned to a yesterday aftor an extended booster tour throxiKh. Montana. i.Mho. Eastern Wash ington and Eastern Oregon. Ho reports an unprecedented Interest In publiclty matters has been awakened, and that many individual communities Intend to take full advantage of the- advertising op portunity afforded l,y the a-Y-P war Buy yiuir tk-ket to B.iise." "Stop o'f at Kallspell." "See Spokane." "Be sure and seo Idaho." these are samples cf tho slogans which different sections are head lining in advertisins they send to eastern publications. " said Mr. Chapman "This is to Influence tho purchas, rs of rail way tickeu to the exposition to take advantage of tho stopover privileges with out extra cost and investigate opportun ities throughout the Northwest. 'Business men. public men and tve press in over forty cities of the I'aciflo Northwest are aroused by the publicity possibilities of the year lOOfl. They real izo the only cities that will be visited or heard of by busy travelers in the hurry of n exciting trip. are those cities which keep themselves right to tho front. ' British Columbia Is aggressively in the rield. Following a big meeting at Vic toria, where a league for Vancouver Is land was organized by patterning after the Oregon development League, funds have been raised throughout the Island aggregating over 120,000. Vancouver. B C will hold a big meeting soon 'and will similarly organize along Oreeon lines. "In Montana. Kallspell has come to the front with a fund aggregating J10.000 for exploiting the Flathead Vallev. The ticla of Immigration has passed kallspell for years on Us way to Spokane and the I oast, and the Montanans are advertis ing in the East so tourists will stop off and seo thetr section of the State. ' Southern Idaho has a league of com mercial clubs with hendmiarters at Boise Bousing meetings were held at Boise Fri day and Saturday and a large line of Eastern and Exposition advertising was being laid out. Clark Count v. Wash ington, with Vancouver in the lead, hni raised a big advertising fund. Golden dale and White Salmon In Klickitat Coun ty are expending T700 to advertise their resources. A number of towns in the Palouse country Colfax. Moscow. Oakes daie and Palouse are banded together to co-operate with the Inland Empire Val ley system in builrtlng up that region. "Salem, which formerly had the refu tation for the heaviest moss crop In the Northwest, Is keeping Its name before a population of 20.000.000 In the Middle west. Albany. Eugene an.l Rosehurg are advertising on a broad scale'. Coos Bay Is aggressively In the field to divert some attention from the Ptiget Sound Exposition to Its own harbor anil the opportunities of the Coos Bay country. At La Grande and Pendleton are felt the bad effects of bonanza wheat farming which dives not build up population and experienced Eastern farmers are wanted who can make tllversifled farming a suc cess. "Walla 'Walla has raised one of tho largest advertising funds in the North west. Astoria has secured such sub stantial returns from two rears' of ag gressive advertising that Its business men are now figuring on a more extended campaign. Even the small eltlea liko urownsvuie. htayton and Harrlsburg are going into the advertising business Just like merchants so they will not be over looked hy homeseckers and investors w-'io are likely to come West this vcar. Tho aggregate effect of all this advertising will be to stimulate travel to the North west. Railroad men who receive reserva tions for Northwest travel say that even the tourist and colonist travel of the Lewis & Clark year will be eclipsed by 190t." Tom Richardson has addressed meet ings at Walla Walla, Pendleton. La Grande and Ontario. From N'ampa and Boise, he will speak at Arlington and Condon. C C. Chapman has since the first of the year addressed meetings at Victoria, B. C. Spokane. Vancouver. Goldendale and White Salmon. Wash.; Kallspell. Mont.: Boise, Idaho, and Salem. Stayton and Brownsville. Oregon. He will speak at Vancouver. B. C, this month. The aggregate attendance at these meetings has been over 10.000 and the advertis ing funds raised at these points, directly and by auxiliary organizations, foot up over J100.000. "Advertising Orea-on. ' Salem Capital Journal. The senators voted to abolish the nor mal schools and established a state In stitution for consumptive at a coat of 4n.000. Is that a good way to advertise Ore gon? The senate strikes down training schools for public school teachers. It establishes another asylum In East ern 4 iregon. Is that a good way to advertise Ore gon? The senate passed a bill that every young man must be examined by a physician before he can get a marriage certlilcate. to show that he has no vile disease. That Is to advertise the young man hood of Oregon. We display our defects, advertise our liabilities and conceal our assets too much. We hide our virtues, reveal our de. feets and advertise our vices. We appropriate money for armories, for horse racing establishments, for salmon hatcheries: we create new offices from deputy constables to supreme Judges In defiance of the constitution all to advertise Oregon. Tow n Dlsehnrges lis Police Force. Provlnceiowu (M iss.) Dispatch to Phila delphia Hi curd. Because the voters at tho annual town meeting refused lately to appropriate a sum sufficient for its maintenance, the entire police department of the to n was discharged l y the selectmen. When the annual town meeting was held, some of the taxpayers of a frugal turn of mind emphasised the pross waste of public money in connection with tho department with the result that the appropriation was cut down from J.'iX' to t:. Since that time l' of this sum hss been spent and the selectmen, seeing nothing but finan cial breakers ahead for the JU'v balance served formal notice upon the head and members of the department that "the hook" had been used. Seattle Marino Notes. SEATTLE. March 2. The Norwegian steamer Cecil will complete repairs to morrow and then leaves for Ocean Island. The steamer Cottage City sailed for Skagway via ports tonight, carrying a heavy enrgo and 110 passengers. 14 of them soldiers for Sitka. The steamer Texan arrived from San Francisco this morning and goes to Tacoma tomorrow 10 complete cargo for Honolulu. The steamer Fuckman arrived front San Francisco at 11 A. M. after s un eventful run. . . . The Japanese steamer Tango Mam sailed for the Orient this morning with general cargo and passenger