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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.