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Postage Kates 10 to 14 oases. 1 cent: 16 to ZH pages. 2 cents; 30 to 44 pages. 3 cents; 46 to 60 pages. 4 cents. Foreign postage double rates. Eastern Business Office The S. C. Beck wlth Special Agency New York, rooms 48 60 Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 610-612 Tribune building. PORTLAND. SATURDAY, MAR. 6. 1909. HARIUMAJf NOT SPURRED. Writes a well-known boomer of the acheme to run railroads, at state ex pense, into Eastern Oregon: If you would travel up the Snake River Valley with hie and see the Irrigated regions, the orchards, the fine farms and cities on the Idaho side, and contrast the desert and lack of development on the Oregon side, you would think something was needed to wake up the people of Oregon from their long lethargic sleep. The amendment to create railroad districts by the initiative of the ?eople may be all wrong, but we have cer alnly accomplished little without It. But the rapid progress of Idaho along Snake River has not been ac complished by state-built railroads. Nor has the development of Washing ton or any other state been so achieved. In none of the states where industry and population are rapidly growing are there state-owned rail roads. The State of Indiana, which Is one of the great commonwealths of the Union and which gave to Oregon the constitution that forbids state rail roads, has achieved greater progress since It went out of the railroad busi ness and bade farewell to its misspent millions than before. That same con stitution bars out state railroads in Oregon, as In Indiana. It Is the heri tage of bitter experience. Yet "promoters" in Oregon and own ers of remote lands, whose small value is "Intolerable," insist that Oregon 6liall go back to the bankrupt plight of Indiana nearly sixty years ago and mortgage every farm and house for unknown millions of dollars, for bene fit of those owners. Such is the dis interested and patriotic purpose of Mr. C. E. S. Wood, Mr. William Hanley and others. Oregon's experience with its little portage, with its annual deficit of $500 a mile, not including $1000 a mile in terest, is not sufficient for "the pro moters"; the state must plunge into the railroad business on a great scale. The outcome would certainly be tre mendous loss to taxpayers of Oregon and bankruptcy IX the scheme were persisted In. Before that result, how ever, the state would probably give up .the business and carry the debts , as best It could. Just as Indiana did. But do taxpayers like the prospect of debt and high taxes and loss? The Orego nian thinks they have better sense. With facts of experience so strongly arrayed against this latest folly, the only recourse, evidently, of Its advo cates is to charge Its opponents with inspiration by Harrlraan. "The Ore gonian is devoting column after col , umn in praise of Mr. Harriman," says Palles Optimist, "and in opposi to state or community aid. W( : .S not quite understand the position of ".t great paper, for it has been abus t Mr. Harriman for years. But all once it has come to the conclusion t he is the savior of Oregon and t all others, even the people, must o aside and await his pleasure, lust this folly then be blind and ab d even in this regard? There has tn no sharper goad to Harriman in gon than this paper. No Individ ual or set of individuals has been more restive under his railroad reign in this state than The Oregonian. No spokes man of this .state will declare its re sentment toward Harriman louder than this paper, and none has ever -done so. But whatever policy shall be adopted to drive Harriman to his clear duty should be safe and sane. This railroad scheme In Oregon is -io menace to Harriman. It might play right Into his hands. He sees in It nothing to fear, since it is absurd The railroad would probably fall Into his clutches at a fraction of its cost. since the state would be glad to get rid of it. Since the Oregon Legisla ture has "put up" this threat for the people's adoption, Harriman says he is in no hurry to build and will wait, This' same scheme Is now before the Legislature of Idaho, yet Harriman is not spurred to activity. If he feared It. would he make such announcements at this time? When Oregon needed railroads even worse than it does now its constitu tion protected it against railroad pro moters. Without this safeguard Ore gon would have been fleeced by them long ago. Observe that the little port age at Celllo Is run at heavy loss to the state for beneflt'of private trans portation interests. The old constitu tional-barrier should be retained. It is saved Oregon big money, and may so again. WORKING IDLE LAND. With anything like favorable weath er for Spring work, the farmers of the Pacific -Northwest will this season put In the largest acreage of Spring wheat that has ever been planted in the three states. The unusually high prices at which the cereal Is selling, and the prospect for continuation of these prices, will tempt farmers to forego the usual- practice of giving the land a year's rest, and thousands of acres which produced a crop of wheat last year will this year be turned back into Spring wheat. This may be a profit able practice for a single season, when prices are high and conditions favor able, but It is killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Some estimates place the amount of acreage that can thus be cropped, including the regular Winter wheat acreage, at nearly 4, 000,000 acres, compared with a normal acreage of from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 acres. The situation discloses one of the greatest economic losses that is suf fered by the Pacific Northwest. It is ruinous to crop the land to wheat yi ar after year, and as yet not much effort has been made to alternate the wheat crop with corn, peas, or some other crop which would not only bene fit the land, but would in addition roduo a valuable crop for stock I feeding. Tho O. R. & N. demonstra- J tracting parties, performs the cere tlon trains that have been operated In mony. It would be entirely reasonable Oregon and Washington have kept this project of producing a crop every I year well to the fore In all of their work, and on Its next demonstration train which starts through Washing ton this month, several thousand pounds of seed peas and corn will be distributed. It has been demonstrated that any land which can produce wheat can grow a crop of peas or other leguminous plants, which for stock-feeding purposes will equal in value the wheat crop. When this system la thoroughly es tablished and understood, from 1.000.- 000 to 1,500,000 acres of land which now lie idle will be yielding a hand some profit every year, and will in ad dition, be enriched by the change from wheat to the leguminous plants. There will be an almost unlimited market for livestock in Portland, and the idle acreage that now "rests" every other year, if cropped to stock feed, will support vast herds which will add mil lions to cash receipts of the farming communities In Oregon, Washington end Idaho. PARTY LEADERSHIP. A party without leadership or or ganization is a ship without a rudder. Governor Hughes sees it, and he Is hesitating about the. direct primary, and wants many Innovations made be fore It shall be adopted In New York. Senator Root sees It, and he warns the Governor -on the one hand and the New York bosses on the other of the need for more harmonious relations and a better understanding between them. Senator Root is now the leader of the Republican party in New York. He has apparently assumed the role of peacemaker between the bosses and the Governor. The Governor it would appear, is willing, but the bosses are not. They like Hughes little and the direct primary less. But Senator Root clearly perceives and appreciates the situation. If the blind and curious efforts In many of the Western States toward dispensing with party organization" shall be adopted the Republican party In New York Is doomed. So probably will be the Democratic party as a party, and the result will not be good for New York or the Nation. So Senator Root would like to see a primary where the party organization as such would have a voice, where there could be a direct ing spirit, a guiding hand. That, In deed, Is what all see must be done if we are ever again to do anything with and through party. But when any one sets himself up for a leader of the Republican party. in New York or elsewhere, under this or any other scheme of organization and direction, his title to leadership must be clear. What has he done? How and why did he do it? What does he want? What are his connec tions? Who are his friends? What Is his political record ? Is he or Is he not entitled to the general confidence? These and many other questions will be asked. If they can be answered satis factorily, perhaps the "leader's" advice will be heeded when he and his asso ciates suggest candidates for the con sideration of the voters at the primary. EQUALIZING THE COST. Mr. Taft has laid down the rule in his Inaugural address that our protec tive duties ought to be high enough to equalize the cost of production here and in Europe. Of course in those cases where the cost of production is less in the United States than it is abroad, no duty is needed and we may therefore expect that when the tariff Is revised none will be levied. The steel trust presents a case of this kind. It is proved as clearly as most things can be proved that the cost of manu facturing iron products of all kinds is not so great in this country as it is in Europe. Labor receives higher wages here than there, but its efficiency is so much greater that the pay per unit of production Is less. In addition to that our machinery is more ingenious and productive, and our management is more careful. Taking these three fac tors together, the cost of manufactur ing iron in all its forms is lower here than it Is in England, France or Ger many. . 'What possible danger can there be, then, to the iron industry in lowering the tariff? With no duties whatever, the steel trust can undersell all its competitors from other countries. Naturally it can also undersell its rivals at home if it wishes. Hence, if tho sole purpose of the tariff were to pro tect the steel trust, nil the schedules might be abolished at once and the darling object of our solicitude would not be Injured an atom. There Is perhaps something in the argument that the immediate abol ishment of all the duties on iron and steel might injure the lesser competi tors of the trust; but, be that as it may, the schedules can be cut down 50 or 75 per cent without even a sug gestion of danger to any interest con cerned. This will probably be done. ine steel trust made such a sorry showing before the Congressional In vestlgating committee that nobody seems to wish to defend its duties while there can be no reasonable doubt that Mr. Taft is sincerely the friend of reduction. It really begins to look as though our tariff burdens were ac tually to be lightened before long. PREVENTIXG UNFIT 3 KARRI AGES. The law proposed in this state and In Washington requiring medical ex aminations as a prerequisite to the is suance of a marriage license has a very commendable purpose, but, as stated by Governor Chamberlain in his veto message, the end to be accom plished does not Justify the means. Such a law would be a reflection upon the morals of all the young men of the state, and it would subject to examina tion modest young men of upright life, against whom the law is not aimed. The marriage of peoplre having incur able or hereditary diseases should be prevented If possible, but a practical, common-sense and reasonable method should be devised. It would seem that much might be accomplished In this direction by pre venting hasty or secret marriages. In this particular the Catholic Church maintains a policy that might well be followed by all denominations. In that church the fact that a marriage is to take place is publicly announced from the pulpit on three successive Sundays, the purpose being to give op portunity for presentation' of objec tions, if any there be. Most of the .marriages between per sons who are physically unfit are con ducted hastily or secretly. The parties go to some town In which they are un known, or get a marriage license and hasten to the residence of some minis ter, who. In the presence of some third person who knows neither of the con- and conducive to good morals and good health to require that a marriage license shall be secured three weeks before the performance of the mar riage ceremony, or that application for the- license be filed three weeks before Issuance of the license, and that the li cense records shall be 'public. No per son who contemplates a proper mar riage could object to such publicity. Such a regulation would prevent mar riages after elopement, and undoubt edly in some Instances would prevent the marriage of innocent women to men of evil habit3 who are afflicted with Infectious diseases. JIKAVEX AND TIIK MATOR. Since the Mayor declares that heaven alone can give his police force common sense and since heaven is not likely to do it. the people of Portland are in a oeciaeaiy unpleasant dilemma, jno man can tell when his door may be broken down by our excessively moral police and himself and family dragged out of bed to give an account of them selves. There is no such thing as pri vacy or any security for family de cency in the city as long as this series of outrages continues. It illustrates the long-suffering patience of our citi zens that they are willing to endure such a state of things. One of the principal provisions in the Constitution of the United States is to the effect that the people shall al ways be immune from unreasonable searches and seizures. The fathers of the Government thought privacy and decency of sufficient Importance to de serve protection in the fundamental law; but the moral squad appears to have repealed not only tho funda mental law, but all other laws. They are complete masters of the situation, and the Mayor pitifully throws up his hands and calls on heaven for help. It is a new thing in history for a city to be harried by its own police force in this manner. The officers who are hired by the taxpayers to look after thieves and burglars seem to have assigned to themselves an unheard-of set of duties. The thieves and burg lars ply their calling with little re straint, while the police directs all its efforts to the noble quest for marriage certificates. What a debasing farce all this amounts to. The pretended effort to prevent everybody from breaking the commandments by setting the po lice upon them would be absurd if it were sincere; but it is not sincere, and therefore it Is despicable. Somebody hopes to make political capital with the class of people who are easily de ceived by a shallow show of virtue. Somebody hopes to catch the votes of gullible citizens by posing as a miracle of holiness. It is useless for the Mayor to say he cannot control the police. Directly or indirectly, the control Is In his hands, and he, not heaven, is responsible for what these undisciplined officers do. Thi3 whole business of invading pri vate dwellings and breaking down doors Is very questionable. The citi zen who defends himself from it can not be blamed. ENLARGINO PORTLAND'S TRADE HELD A Seattle dispatch announces that the Great Northern Railway Company has practically completed a survey for a new line through Franklin, Adams and Douglas Counties to connect with the North Bank road at Pasco. This north-and-south line through the best portion of the Central Washington wheat belt will result in an enormous saving in operating expenses for the railroads, as it will enable them to bring out over a water-level route an immense tonnage which they are now forced to lift over the Cascade Moun tains. A road starting from Pasco would tap that rich territory now trib utary to Connell and Eltopia, on the main line of the Northern Pacific. Pro ceeding north. It would cross both the Great Northern and Central Washing ton, traversing one of the .best wheat regions east of the Cascade Mountains, The proposed line will not only re- BUlt In a great saving for the railroad company, but will immeasurably en hance the prosperity of the country through which it passes. The three east-and-west lines through the State of Washington the Central Washing. ton. Great Northern and Northern Pa cific pass through the wheat belt at a distance from each other that neces sitates a long haul to market for thou sands of farmers, wnose profits are thus materially reduced. The north-and-south line would not only offer relief to these farmers in the Immedi ate territory traversed, but it would also widen the market for farmers near the main lines over which the wheat now seeks a market at Puget Sound. These lines, with most of this wheat traffic, would become lateral feeders for the north-and-south line. The advantages which the new line will present to Portland can hardly be overestimated. It would give the mer chants of this city access to a rich field from which we have always been barred through lack of transportation facilities. In emergencies it has been possible at times for Portland millers and wheatbuyers to have some of the wheat of that region hauled through the Puget Sound ports and delivered in this city; hut the practice, for obvi ous reasons, has not been encouraged by the railroad companies, and little. If any, outbound traffic from Portland has ever penetrated that special pre serve of the Puget Sound Interests. - The proposed north-and-south line. while primarily intended to tap the rich wheat country, will automatically draw other business to Portland, and Central Wasihngton will become as much a part of the trade field of this city as the Colfax and Walla Walla districts. It will be several weeks yet before the North Bank line Is com pleted to Spokane, and much remains to be accomplished before it will be in perfect condition for business. With Its matchless roadbed, from which curves and grades have been largely eliminated, and with other water-level grade feeders, it has already reached a stage where Portland is assured of the most important addition to her com mercial facilities that we have re ceived in the past twenty years. Delivery day for May wheat is too far in the future to warrant any very accurate predictions as to what may happen when Mr. Patten Is called on to take care of all the "long" wheat for which he is now supposed to hold contracts. The tremendous slump In prices yesterday is not without a par allel in some previous corners. It will take time to determine whether it was Justified by any actual change in the statistical position of the cereal, or whether it was the customary practice of shaking out the weak holders who always trail In oa the heels of an ad vance In the market. The New. York story of offers of European flour to be returned to this country will hardly cause widespread consternation. May wheat in Liverpool yesterday closed at about $1.17 per bushel. In Chicago the close was Jl.lo'J. After freight and duty are considered, the American market will bo obliged to advance about 30 cents per bushel more before there will be any wheat or flour im ported from Kurope. Sometimes a Legislature does the right thing by mistake as It did in the final passage of the daily inspec tion bill. An amendment had been or dered, giving the Governor the power to appoint the deputy inspectors, but in enrolling the bill, the amendment was left out and the Dairy and Food Commissioner will do the appointing. This is as it should be. The deputies nre to work under the Commissioner. They should, therefore, be appointed by him and should be subject to re moval by him for neglect of duty. The head of any department of gov ernment should have the appointment of subordinates, subject to reasonable legal requirements as to qualifica tions, -and then tho head of the department should be held respon sible for their work. Nothing pro motes discord In the public service quicker than to -have subordinates in dependent of their chief. Since Mr. Bailey will have control of his in spectors, the milk-consuming public will know where to go with com plaints. During two seasons when the rain maker operated in Sherman County, there were favorable rains and good crops wero harvested. There were doubts, however, whether the rain maker had anything to do with the rainfall. This year his assistance will be dispensed with, and if the season should happen to be a dry one, there would be a general opinion that per haps the mysterious operations of the rainmaker had some effect. It is Im possible, In a few experiments, to dis tinguish between coincidence and cause and effect. Here's hoping that there .will be plenty of precipitation without human assistance, for a little rain makes a great difference In a country having as rich a soil as the rolling hills of Sherman County. Concerning the "Letters of a Japan ese Schoolboy," which will begin pub lication In The Sunday Oregonian to-morrow.-Mark Twain, writing to Har per's Weekly, February 20, 1909, says: "Observe what Irwin has done with his delightful Japanese schoolboy. That schoolboy's Engiish Is manufactured, yet how forceful it is, how hard it hits. how straight to the mark it goes. And all so Innocently unconscious appar ently of the havoc It la distributing, under the gentle protection of tho broken speech." The Astoria blind-pig operator who had tines aggregaing $4000 recorded against him, should soon be the recip ient of expressions of sympathy from John D. That $4000 fine must look as big to the Astoria man as a $2 9.- 000,000 fine djd to Rockefeller. Since one of them was no more guilty of violation of law than the other. It was entirely proper for the Astoria court to suspend collection of the flnes.- A Lane County man who tried run ning a "blind pig" In a achoolhouse, was fined $500. It looks as though the illicit sellers must be driven to ex tremes when they resort to school houses, and the size of the fine indi cates that even the use of a school house will be found unprofitable. Like a sinner of old, the Lane County liquor dealer is finding It hard to kick against the pricks.- Tacoma, which combines the nega tive, qualities of Portland and Seattle in a pleasant equanimity, has the one happy faculty of climbing on the ad vertising band wagon. During the Lewis and Clark Fair her "Watch Ta coma Grow" put her into the Inquiry column and now she will appall visit ors to the Yukon Fair with "You'll Like Tacoma." When tho Oregon Supreme Court awarded the Pacific Railway and Nav igation Company a prior right to the use of Garibaldi Pass for its Tillamook line the award was conditioned upon construction of tho road within three years. This is a very proper condition, and the time might even have been made shorter without hurting anyone In the assignment of terms of office on the Tax Commission, the Republt can member was given the four-year term- and the Democratic member the two-year term. How it happened In Oregon that a Republican got tho best of a Democrat In distribution of of fices Is beyond comprehension. Stamp sales at Eugene this year show an Increase of 63 per cent over last year. And this is not a state elec tion year, either. What will the In crease be in 1910? The many new offices created by the Oregon Legislature did not include, alas, a Bureau of Bill Inspectors to put on the O. K. before the lawmakers went home. It la taken for granted that Mr. Kline, of Corvallls, who represented Oregon at the Inaugural Thursday, showed a proper contempt for the weather. Three" Pittsburg Councllmen have been convicted of grafting. But this was only the verdict of the Jury. The appeal is yet to be heard. The Oregon Legislature perhaps would better stay away from the Capi tol. It might make worse blunders next time. If Mr. Patten would Just manipulate the hop market for a few days he would make a number of people happy in Oregon. Mayor Lane' says he is not responsi ble for the doings of the moral squad. That's what must have been the mat ter. It must have pained Oregon's two non-partisan Senators to behold the In auguration of a Republican President- "Twenty-three" has lost its grip. Stephenson was chosen Senator, on the twenty-third ballot. Mrs. Waymlre is coming back for the election. That will help some. He is President no more, but people will know him ln a crowd. PARTr PRIMARY ATiD LEADERS. I Snplrut nrmarki hy Senator Root osi a Pressing: lroblrm. New York Times. Ind. Mr. Ellhu Root, the new loadr of the Republican parly in this state, is a man with a purpose and a. policy. The sooner the gentlemen of the organization realize, that fact an discover his real intentions tho better for them possibly, also, the better for the party. The mind of Mr. Root will -also be a profitable and most Interesting study for Governor Hughes. If Mr. Root Is to be the leader lis In sists upon a united party. That was the plain meaninff of his speech at Albany Thursday evening. A party In which tho machine is constantly at war with the hlyrhest executive officer of the state, and vice versa. Is not exactly united. It is I not what Mr. Tilden would have called a""good Instrument." So. Mr. Root, with a firai touch, pictured forth to his audi- j ence, mad up mostly of organization all over the country are Impatient of , machine dictation, and are insisting upon party methods more fairly representative of their will: second, that Governor Hughes, as the exponent and champion of this desire of the people, has become & conspicuous figure; that he has ad vanced to a position wher he arouses the interest and enlists the confidence of men. For trie machine to be continually making war upon such a Governor is a policy of disorganization, and disorgan ization means weakness and failure. Mr. Root plainly does not wish to lead a dis organized party. This much to the machine. What coun sel, on the other hand, Mr. Root may have given to Governor Hughes has not transpired. It is open to anybody to guess that the Governor's vital amend ment to his direct primaries plan is ten dered as a concession on his part to meet similar mollifying concessions on thw part of the organization, some such con cession as a resolve to desist from con tinual and petty warfare upon him and his measures. The machine had Its lesson last year when tho Governor was nomi nated against Its wish and elected by a great majority. Any machine with eyes and cars might be expected, even with a rudimentary intelligence, to understand the meaning of those facts. Mr. Root Is seeking to make them better understood. Ths Senator-elect did not expressly de clare himself for or against the policy of direct nomination of elective officers. What he thinks of that proposed changd in party methods may without very much difficulty be lnferrtfl from this utterance: I think the blind and curious eitorts eurlous methods and very curious In thlr results in iminy of the Western States to ward dispensing with party organizations have Indicated this feeling. The Initiative and referendum, the direct primary in many states, the wide nir.erence in ine voiea tor president and Oovernor. which resulted In the election of Presidential Electors of one party ana w"iiiir ml .V. - ... K. n.mnHimi of one widely vsient feeling which hits 1-nir fiui'a amonjc men wno wfient wimiic iu part in i-olRlea RfTiilr. Now thv have gone further. Great numbers feel they are not satisfactorily represented by their po litical organizations. The very Rreat popu larity of Governor Hunhee Is baed on the Idea that he has Jumped on tho polltl-Jnr.s. Itreat number of our fellow countrymen are d1isaUne'1 with their representation ln partv affaire and that all power is held upon tiie condition of us fulfilling- the pur pose for which It was granted. I'm not g-oini? to dlscuMs the question as to whether nominations should be mnde by political committees with a referendum or by con ventions. These are questions of the ad ministration of the ' parties which must bo worked out carefully, and I have confidence In their belnn worked out r'.Rht. It Is a duty In our Republican organization that we truly represent tiie great body of the Republican party. The Governor and his aids and allies In the direct primaries agitation will get mighty little comfort from these worda as Untie, probably, as Mr. Barnes and Mr. ".Yoodruff from Mr. Root's adjuration to them to abandon their policy of pin pricks and recognize tho strength and general good Intentions of Governor Hughes. Always Mla the Train. Washington Herald. "One of the most Jovial men ln Kan sas City is- a big fellpw who likes to hunt," said James O- Hunter of that city, who is at tho National. "Every Saturday night for the last six weeks he has put on bis hunting coat, cap and belt, and has taken his gun to go up to a certain place to hunt chickens or ducks. But he did not reach the hunt ing ground last Fall. He always starts down a certain street to catch a night train. He knows all the saloonmen along the street, and he always stops ln each place to tell the men behind the bar how much game he Intends to get. At' each place ha takes a drink, and If he finds congenial company, sev eral more. The result Is that he al ways misses his train. Then it takes htm several hours more to explain along the street how he happened to miss the train. Every Sunday morning for the last six weeks he has been seen walklng-slowly homeward with htn gun on his arm. He Just can't catch the train." Stop Naitcrlnc! Detroit Free Press. We had three chief engineers at Panama who resigned in rapid succes sion. Wallace, Siionts and Stevens left because of the excessive strain the post involved. Lieutenant-Colonel Goethals has been chief engineer for three years and he Is breaking down. He can't sleep. "Too much nagging. he nays. "If they would only quit, those people at home who don't know what they are talking about but go on forever talking Just the same." Whose word are we going to take about this Panama project that of the French engineer, or that of our own men who are "giving their strength and energy and enterprise to put this great work throug-hT" The American peoplo are with Mr. Taft. The canal will be completed nnd the carpers must stop senseless criti cism. Houses to Go Skating; Over the Ice. New York World. The heirs of the estnte of the late An drew Albright, of Newark. X. J.. have decided to move some cottages from an island in Swattswood Lake, near New ton, to a spot on the east shore half a mile to the north. The contractor. Rob ert Van Stone, will put the cottages on runners and skid them over the Ico. Tests Just made showed that the Ice Is strong enough to stand It. Huge runners have been cut 'and attached to the undersides of the buildings, and when all is ready the cottages will be run off on the lake and a team of horses will do the rest. XEWPrAI'FR YAlfl. 'Ton have a fine house and piece of ground .here!" "Yepl Made It all w ith my pen " "Writing?" "Nope; pig." Judge. What was he saying to jouT" "He wss quoting Beaumont and Fletcher. "Never heard of the stock. What's It Quoted at?" Cleveland leader. Polly Prim They tell me yon are a dis sipated young man. Now, 1 suppose you never see the sun ripe? Jaclc Kanldde No. I don't often stay up quite that late. Philadelphia llecnrd. "My lm.-s." remarked the poet, "haven't always fallen in pleasant places." "I sup pose rot." rejoined th horse reporter. "Tho average waste basket Is anything but a pleasure resort." Chicago raj!y New-s. "L'so the side door." roared the guard of the New York sub-.vsy train. "All right, young feller." replied the stranger from west of Hoboken. "I kin use It all right I'm from a "dry town." Cleveland Plain Deal or. SAYS sporsB WAS SCI.KT And on This Ground Mrs. Chnrcb I iranted Divorce. Abandoned at Randon by the sea. only five weeks after the wedding. Mrs. Jessie Osborne Church told her troubles to Judge Gantonboln. in the Circuit Court yesterday morning. and obtained a divorce. Delbert Church had a habit, she said, of arising from bed at mid night that he might sit on the boach and sulk, wliilo listening to the sad sea waves. And he would nit there until morning, she said. As Church was a poor provider, she was obliged, tiie wife said, to so to work in a restaurant as a rook. She was given night work, quitting at 1 o'clock each morning. Her husband chased her she said, and after that she got the con stable to see her home. Mr. and Mrs), church went to a dance one night. Now church, says his wife. ,ri laminar wtm me modern dances. nis partner he ouht to stand. So his wlf jnfornM.d him in the presence of .lie as sembled duncers. much to his chagrin. He laid It to heart so much that he went out and became intoxicated, returning later, she said, to nbuw her. Mrs. Jessie Osborne married Church at Eandon. March 16. IOCS, and they sepa rated April 23. - She was permitted to resume her former name. She has four boys by her former husband, now de ceased. Mrs. May Petty" Finch, wife of James Pinch, was called as a witness yesterday morning in the divorce suit of Nellie M. Redmond HKainst Ilucli Redmond. She said she has known Mrs. Kedmond for to years, and that she was taken to Tre mont Hospital at one time for treat ment. Mrs. Redmond said that her sister came to live with the Redmond.-, and fell Into the habit of Kolng to enter tainments with Mr. Redmond. Slie even went so far as to kiss him. and to this Mr. Rrdmond objected. She also said that her husband drank, used profane language, and failed to support her. Sho was given a divorce and permitted to re sume her maiden name. McKim. When Thekla Bright found a memorandum-book confirming her suspicions tbnt Tony Rriglit had sot up houskeepin? with Nellie J. Brady, and stored the Hrlht's furniture when his wife came to Portland from Lai Angeles, she de cided to seek a divorce. Judce Gunten-rx-in granted it yesterday. Mrs. HrlcM sard she married at Ioa Angeles ln 1"S, but found her husband Quarrelsome, abusive and bigoted. He often stayed out late at njght, and left her In i:4. The following year, she said, he came to Port land, and later urged her to come, which she did In 1007. They went to live at Lents, but ho continually found fault with her housework. Last month, when she found the memorandum-book, she up brawled Mm for his conduct, and she sail yesterday, that he attempted to beat her. Kosallo McCarthy obtained a divorce from Claud B. McCarthy yesterday, and was permitted to resume her maiden t name Prazier. She raid he came home : at midnight Intoxicated. They were mar- ; j i t,.-.... , Wl ln AUgUSt lf-03. Josephine N. Coulter said R. Fi Coulter deserted her In November. 1907. They were married at Modesto, Cal., Decem ber 31. lXsi. Gertrude M. Wells obtained a divorce from Ernest Wells yesterday afternoon j teUinK now ho caIns hom, iat8 on night ln December, and ln an angry mood threw her to the floor, and holding her down with a heavy knee, proceeded to ehoko nor. She also told of one time In February when he came home Intoxicated at 2 A. M.. and called her a thief. She married him last April. Julia Flory filed suit In the Circuit Court yesterday to obtain a divorce from John W. Flory. Continued assaults and threats to kill are the charges. The couple were married ln St. Jacobs, 111.. 18 years ago. movet is all in tamily Son Has Rank Account, So rather Draws Check Trouble Follows. John Taylor thought that if his son had money ln the bank it was "all ln the family." so he wrote out a check, and passed It on F. R. Schikora. writing the son In the meantime ln order to inform him why he had drawn on his account. It developed that the son was ln Mexico, while Taylor thought he was ln Cali fornia. As Taylor, senior, had no account in the bank, that institution refused to pay Schikora. and Taylor coon found himself ln the tolls of the law. All this happened lat June, but It was only yesterday that the accused man was brought before Judge Gantenbeln, ln the Circuit Court, to change his plea of not guilty to one of guilty. Lnder the clr cumstances the court saw fit to sentence him to one year In the penitentiary, and to parole hlra to Chief Probation Officer Teuseher. of the Juvenile Court. Tay lor's homo Is on a farm near Santa Bar bara, and ho asked the court to be nl lowed to return. This may be permitted if recommended by Mr. Teuseher. HRE EXGTJTE DRIVER RCES V. IT. Orren "Wants Dnmarjes ftora Streetcar Company. . TT. c,reen. driver of chemical en gine No. 1. Is suing tho Portland Rail way, IJglit & Power Company before Jury ln Judge Cleland's department of the Circuit Court to recover J30 damages on account of a collision at Thirl and Pine streets. He also demands $JT for lost wages, and $40 for a doctor's bill. Green says the chemical ecglno r sponded to an alarm from box No. 1' about 1:30 A. M., September 5 last. Street car No. 310, northbound, struck one of the horses on the' engine, which were going to the fire on tho gallop, took off the harness, broke the tongue to tho chemical engine, and throw the driver to the ground. Green says the car was running at a tepid rate of speed, and that the motorman was talking with the conductor. Tho motorman and conductor say the gon? was rung, and that the chemical engine drove on the "dead run" out upon the track before the car could bo stopjKd Green says his thigh was wrenched, and his ankle and thumb injured. Book Shows Liquor for Medicine. Ernest Warren was acquitted in Judge Gatens department of the Circuit Court yesterday afternoon of a charge of sell ing liquor ln Precinct 74. "dry" territory without prescriptions from physicians. The territory went dry In 1906. A record book kept by Warren, showing for what purpose persons purchased whisky and al cohol, was Introduced In court. One man boupht alcohol to uso for a "rabdown." another bought it for "bathing purposes." and still another bought whisky for a "cold." "John Brown" bought a quart of port wine for "medicinal purposes." and the next day came back for more. One person purchased alcohol as a "preserv ative." and another as an antiseptic." Suspected Firebug Acquitted. H. C. Giese. accused by the grand jury of attempted arson, has been acquitted by a Jury ln Judge Cleland's department of tho Circuit Court upon a directed ver dict. The court held that the indictment Is at variance with the proof. The Ore gon statute defines arson by night and arson by day. and provides a different punishment for each. An effort was made to prove arson, while the charge was attempted arson. The showcase es tablishment of James I. Marshall was destroyed by fire, and Giese was suspect ed of having set fire to a pile of shav ings over which kerosene had been poured- WIKK nriEF GETS 6TX MONTH'S Caught Stealing Bond 'Wire From Caiadero Line Trnck. John Miller, the 25-year-old copper wire thief, was sentenced by Justice of tl'.e. Peace. Olson yesterday to s-rv s'x niorths at Kelly Butte. He p'.eaded guilty. Miller was raptured Thursday night by Deputy Sheriff W. P. Liilis. after Miller had stripped a section of track on the Cazadero division of the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company, between Lents Junction and Cazadero, and wrs brought to Portland and placed in th County Jail. The arrest was made in the woods between 'W '.ita and K. rriRan stations, but only after Miller had put up a desperate fVht. Tho ofiieer wn forced to handcuff his prisoner. As sistance In making the arrest was rend ered by Motorman H. A. Burnett. A special car was sent out to get Miller and he was brought to tho east end of the Morrison-street brldce. where the i UMiiLf uaituj KAlt..S. . 1 met tiie car at.d transferred Miller to the County Jail. Reports that a man war seen st-ipping the tracks of the bond wirs reached ti e city earlier ln the r.ight. The ctllcer wa.i sent out to the scene ln a special car In charge of Motorman Burnett. When the car came upon Miller he tied from the track, where he was at work. er.J tool; to the woods. The officer and the moio--man gave pursuit. Miller cut th v--.-with a small ax. A sack he had. con tained 1M pounds of wire. Civil Kngtneers Spilt. f. F. Rhodes and C W. Riddel!, civ", engineers, have severed partnership ar.-l taken their differences Into 'the Circu-r Court. Rhodes ("led suit acalnst Riddc'l yesterdAy. asking for an nccountinc. ar. I that the court ordered Riddell to pay a!', tho partnership cash Into court, or that a receiver bo appointed. It appears from the complaint that when the two went into business toceter. Rhodes expected Riddell to turn into the firm contracts (i the value of Jio.ono. Only f.'-ioa worth was turned in. fhvs Rhodes. Khodes snv also that In sett'.ins up the affairs of th partnership Riddell turned ln an incorrect financial statement, and that he Kis sinco made collections for the compnnv and pocketed the entire amount. 1:1-.. Is willlnsr to give an account -f ail his contracts with the Vn'.ted States Gov ernment for engineering ln tho St ate of Washington, but says Riddell Is a'.o-.:r to receive money for Idaho contracts, a part of which belongs to Rhodes. SIXTT DAYS TOO SHOUT TIMH Idaho IejriMaturA Would Kxtrnrl Length of Session. ROISE. Idaho. March 5. i Soeeial ) Tho liouso today parsed a rio.-d of b-.lls and killed one taxir.g tiie gros-e receipt of expre5S compan'es. An amendnv rt to the constitution was adopted for sub mission at the next election extending the session to days from ex lioth houses held night s.-rslons in preparation for adjournment tomorrow. In the Senate the Judiciary committee reported adversely on the bill creating a separata ctinimis:Mon to handle Carey act projects. The opinion was expressed that it was unconstitutional, the orcar.!c act making it the duty of tho State Land Board to attend to that feature of the state's business. An effort to advance the Railway Commission bill was blocked by the Republican leader. The measure Is doomed to defeat. By a vote of 12 to 10. a two-tT:lri"s ma jority being required, the resolution sub mitting a state-wide prohibition amend ment to the constitution was defeated. The Senate also passed the Mil requir ing the officials to turn over fees to the Treasurer each day and prohibiting t:io Treasurer from maintaining collection accounts. Pacific Delegates Cliosen. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove. Or.. March 6. (Special.) At a meeting of the students this afternoon tho fol lowing delegates were chosen to repre sent the University at tho State Inter collegiate Oratorical Association at Cor vallls March 12: Miss Eva Fletcher, Miss Grace Payne. Miss Ethella Stearns. L. L. Hope. H. L. McCoy, C. F. Koch. R. Robinson. F. Bratzel and H. I". Humphreys, president of the local or ganization. Pacific will bo represented in the contest by James R. Ward, with an oration entitled, "Tiie Spirit of True Patriotism." Shot Stops Runaway Prisoner. VAN'COI'VER. Wash., March 5 ?pe elal.) A prlner from the City Jail, fleeing for his liberty, and a policeman ln hot pursuit was the exrttir.g sceie witnessed this morning by people wl.o live ln "West Vancouver. The oiilcer, hv a shot from his revolver. bror.s;bt th escaping prisoner. Charles Kitchen, to a halt. Kitchen was arrested last nlihl under a charge of burglary, it being al leged that he stole a pair of trousers from C. E. Meyers and that he had on the said trousers when arrested. Jeweler Freeman Taken to Ohio. SEATTLE. March 5. Armed with ex tradition pipers d'lly slcnei hv Act:nsr Governor M. hi. Hay. S'tertff A. J Hlrstlus of Cuy.ihoK.i coun'y. C. reached Seattle this morning ad ton'.gV-t w-'i take back to No-th Baliim-n-e. t tri.il F. 12. Freeman, charged by 1 1-. Xationa.1 Jewelers Credit Anfocinr'on with stealing diamonds and oth r vari ables to the amount of f'UK. Kricman mads no objection to returning. Roseburif Presbyterians no Build. RO-VJIBCRG. Or.. March 5.-Hoa! est.it deals involving JTJO.O were consumn-ated ln Roseburg today. Ti; property change hands Is situated on Cass street. The Presbyterian Churcn pro; rty in this city also changod hands tho first of the week. It is the intention of the church to erect a modern h-iilding oa JacKson street. About f',:' will be expended o:i this now edifice. Court to Concne March 16. GOLDENTVM.H. Wash., March 5. f Special. The Superior Court for Klickitat Countr will convene March IS. Judae McCredle presiding. Tin jury Is summoned to appear on the first day of the term. Two criminal cases, one for horsestealing and the other for selling liquor without a license, anl some civil business, will occupy the time of the court. Burglar Suspect Is FHKltlvev. , ABERDEEN. Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) W. Seville, who was arrested on suspicion of burglarizing the store of Frank Becker and released for want of evidence. Is a fugitive from Justice, fie police having found new evidence. Se ville lias eluded arrest so far and is said to be armed to defend himsojf. Japs Quarrel; One Shoots Other. i SPOKANE. March 6. With three bullet boles in his back. W. Shiretory. a Japan ese cook, is ln the Sacred Heart Hospi tal. Masaakl Kamuro, the Japanese gambler whom Shiretory accuses of the shooting, is In hiding. The affair resulted from a drunken quarrel. San Pedro Murine Xctvs. SAN PEDRO. March 6. The steamer Falconx arrived this morning from Everett. Steamer Samoa cleared today for Caspar. The steamer Shasta arrived from Belllngham with lumber.