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yOBTLAKD. WEDNESDAY. APR. !, W09.
A STREAM OK TFVIivvrTr
Everybody wants government to do
everything, yet everybody Is trying- to
e.cape.taxation. We are not the -wisest
i Kiupie in tne world, but shall
tV. - ' tnan-' are now.
The prodigious growth or develop
nient of the country here in the Pa
cine Northvut ...
. , uuiii au exper
ience, yet onlv now ..i. 1
may turn many heads. Yet It should
, iurgoiten, it must always be
hat ta the " only
"..nu ouur can "make good."
Ana strenuous labor. This Is no
.. . yu"a'"on- It- means also per.
" , indomitable, labor. Vergil's
"lmprohus lahnr" Tfc.. . .
1 . , , . . . . 15. - lit d or
-f.;aOVe and beIow th ordinary
" ' . r Practice or common ap-
fr ,.Nothln or too low
for its efforts. Labor that never quits
of b. but
. mo iniiiu, wnn it.
It Is. the labor that conquers all
fllTt Oral - T 4 a a
, l ' i "'a proverb. Noth
nosmZ J" th! worUJ xcPt the dis-
Position to Bret nn i..,i . ...
. " ,llluul una laDor,
yTohwha"L!UlCeed Perhaps
. uiv.1 uj- accident the ex
ceptions that only establish the rule
Government can do nothing for the
people ,n the mass, for the people
.Wust support the government. Some
anaee.a. ao derive .advantages from
government .hi, ... . 1
whole, not many; and the constant en-
7v. 7. Z "cmocracy is to shake off
the hold of these beneficiaries. But
It doesn t succeed as it ought, because
euch multitudes there are who think
they may win prizes in -the game
It is the ignis fatuus of democracy.
It plays In fantastic way along the
swamps and bogs.and mires of public
opinion and misleads the greater part
xho follow it. But now and then one
"her Is excited by it again recovers his
senses, and escapes the dangers. He
L mre from his experience,
and his experience is passed on for
Instruction of those who come after
The Socialist plan is dependence on
government. There is a tendency on
the part of many, even many who
do not call themselves Socialists, to ac
cept ,t. 1, u a ha2y ,dpa. yet somehow
It Is a reliance of an Increasing num-
:,,.,W0 catcn at a novelty, but don't
think it out. Socialism Is clearly de
fined as the modern movement of the
R orklng class to abolish - private
ownership m the social means of pro
duction and distribution, and to sub
stitute for It a system of Industry col
lectively owned and democratically
managed for the benefit of the whole
people. By every Socialist this defi
nition will be accepted; for it is a con
densation or summary of all the defi
nitions and arguments of acknowl
edged Socialist writers. Socialism theu
is creation of a despotic state, and sub
jection to this state of the efforts of
ever;- individual within It.
This Is not so very far distant from
the Idea of those who want the gov
ernment to do everything, yet com
plain of the taxes that fall on them
selves. And yet there can be no har
mony between these positions A
distinct selfishness lies at the root of
loth. On the one side there Is de
sire to escape conditions that compel
one to compete with his fellow men;
on the other, desire to avoid burdens
that each should bear, according to
his proportion of interest in the con
stitution and preservation of the so
cial state.
Present conditions they sav make a
few very rich and many very poor.
That is not a true statement, since
wealth, especially m our country is
Very widely distributed. However
landowning and capital-owning are'
denounced because they tend to the
creation of a few rich on the one
hand and a vast proletariat on the
other: yet the government scheme
would turn all the world Into one
vast proletariat. This is no play
with words; for It Is the Socialists
who define a proletarian as one who
possesses, neither land nor capital
and call the proletariat a mass of pau
pers, yet. Insist that all the people
shall become occupants of a monster
workhouse, under direction of the
state. Many persons are virtually ad
vocating this sort of thing without
realizing it. or knowing what It means
1 he effort, so common In our time
to throw all burdens on the state Is
but a trend to the socialistic state
though few may realize it. Extension
of the system of public education, be
yond the requirements of a common
democracy, is perhaps the one thing
more than all others that leads In the
direction of this demand that the
state shall do everything that any
vIhss or description or the people may
want done. The socialistic tendency
app. ars nowhere so much .as in our
r heme of higher education at the
cost of the stiue. .
"I am going home." " Tour' civiliza
tion has done nothing but harm for
me and my people," wrote Mene, the
Ksklmo boy. brought to this country
several years ago by Commander
Feary. Mene was homesick and dis
gusted with the life he was forced to
live, and his bitter remarks will no
doubt awaken a tender sentiment of
sympathy among other semi-civilized
aliens who have been lured away
from the happiness enjoyed in their
natural habitat. Afar in the frozen
north. Mene never witnessed" such mis
ery and suffering as are ever- in evl-
urn -"vr loru s East Side and
not all of the glamor of riches, culture
and learning that places a "high light"
on our boasted civilization brings with
if for the savage the pleasures that he
can find at home. Tha magical word
"home" seems to have about the same
meaning la ali languages, and there
rl!r. glinday Included, m, uotrtb. .13
!-.-y. without Sunday, on yar 00
i'a.ly. without Sunday. ix month. 8 2S
iuy. without Funtlay. thrte monthi... J 75
" " uivuia...., .ou
.re. thousands of people who were not
".7 ""ong icebergs or with the In
dians who will sincerely hope that
Mene will get safely back to his old
home and soon, forget all about this
cruel American world, which in many
respects Is much colder than the Ice
bergs for which he longs.
IREECONCILABLE IDEAS.
The Senate, taking up the tariff bill,
loads certain luxuries with heavier du
tieswhich Is right, to the extent
that they will bear the Impost without
prohibition of importation ana conse
quent loss of revenue. But the reve
nues needed by the Government can
not be obtained by this method alone
Food and drink and raiment, used by
everybody, must be taxed also. It Is
the only way to obtain large revenues.
Protection of many Industries . at
home will come out of this system.
But revenue, not protection, should be
the main object. It is a difficult and
most complicated subject; and the
consequence of the effort, where the
results, are to be balanced between
tariff for revenue and tariff for protec
tion, will always be uncertain.
Tariff for revenue would be a sim
ple matter. But, since tariff for pro
tection also la la the thought of so
many, the adjustment between the two
never can be satisfactory to all. Tt is
not clear at all how the small changes
proposed by the new tariff bill can
much Increase the revenue on the one
hand, or equalize conditions between
the producer and the consumer on
the other. So long as tariff for pro
tection shall exclude the principle of
tariff for revenue, it will be an Insolu
ble problem. For each of these Ideas
practically excludes the other, and the
attempt to blend them only favors one
class of our people at the expense of
others.
rXNECESSART FEAR.
With the' cane sucrar anrl th hint
sugar interests lining up cheek by jowl
against any concessions to foreign
sugar in the forthcoming tariff bill, the
opportunity for the phmi,iT,
cure the long-overdue recognition from
this country is not bright. Of ail the
creatures in the animal kingdom, none
winer can inrow such spasms of fear
into a mighty elephant as the di
minutive moiiae. TVio dirhi e v. t .
r . lujo Liujr
animal will cause the Tnammnth
pachvderm to tremble and trumnet in
agony. Something similar happens to
the American mif a r )ninrn...
the diminutive Philippine sugar indus
try appears on the scene. The. demand
for revenue, made necessary by the
pruuigai wasteiuiness of the Govern
ment, has given the mi i.m t- man n
cellent opening for combatting any at
tempt to remove the duty on foreign
sugar. "
It T.-ould seem, however that in
tice to the Philippines their inaicr.fi
cant driblet of sugar might be ad
mitted duty free without the Ameri
can sugar elephant throwing any fits.
The reason for this belief is found in
the statistics on the sugar trade of this
country, xne Bureau of Statistics
places the official imports of sugar
during the last fiscal year at 3,371,
897,112 pounds. Onhn mhioh
the reciprocity treaty of 1903 enjoys a
-u per cent reduction from the regular
rate of duty, supplied 2,809,189,286
pounds, and the Dutch East Inrl( w.
next on the list with KRn fisn nnc
pounds. From Eurone itu
about 225.000.000 nnunria
coming from the beet-sugar districts of
Germany. Hungary and Austria. From
tne rampjunes came 88, 468, 000
pounds, or a .fraction mnn hm i
cent of all imported Into the country'.
- ine sugar consumption of the United
States is placed at about a (inn nnn nnn
pounds per year, and the extent of
me pern wun wnicn our sugar indus
try is menaced Is shown bv these fle--
ures. For every 200 pounds of snrai-
consumed in this country nearly six
teen ounces are imported from the
Philippines. In support of the gro
tesaue exhlhltlnn nf . no v. i .. v-
sugar people display whenever free
sugar from the Philippines is men
tioned, they Dredlot a honw
in the imports as soon as the duty Is
removed. This arcnimnt -ura. ! . .
by Secretary Wright, who, in testify-
utiuro tne ways and means com
mittee, said that It 'w -.. i . i
that the is'ands could supply the ac
tual increase in demand for sugar
year by year .n the United States."
THE SPOKANE BOOMERANG.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, in Its decision in the Spokane
rate case, was sruarded in TnnUino-
statements or inferences as to th
probable effect of ltn fi--i-i
cision on the cities responsible for the
riling of the suit. At the original hear
ing of the case in Spokane the heavi
est jobbers, the men who, with the aid
of the railroads preferential rates, had
built up the larire
the hundred-mile Spokane zone estab
lished by the roads, were conspicuous
by their absence. Having a practical
knowledge of the Bituatl On nnrl i tmpn
elating the vulnerable points present
ed by the Spokane contention, they
were not at all favorable to the suit.
Slowly but surely Spokane is grasping
the full meaninn- of that ri0f.ioirtn
which was based exclusively on the
rcasonaoieness or the rate, ignoring
the peculiar natural onnHitinn. n-hinu
had forced the railroads to grant to
terminal points a lower rate than was
given Spokane.
District Freight Ae-ent AT or-ni-n
dale, of the O. R. & IM..
of the report that the O. R. & N". would
withdraw from the Spokane business.
is quoted ty the Spokane Review as
follows:
- - - - lucua irora
Paul la about 1SOO and over the fnlon Pa
cific the distance Is about 23O0 miles. For
the Hill roads the rate would be based on
their 1500 miles and on our lines the rate
would necessarily have to be baaed on 23O0
miles. Walla Walla, for Instance. belns
about 200 mile mtiu-Hr st i . . . .w
The mlM p ,. u.n . - . M.
kane over the O.. R. & N. and Union Pacific,
"WOUld have a. rleht. to damans - i
than Spokane. This would mean that Wall.
Walla could cut into Spokane's Jobbing- tor-
. ............ .
If the rates ordered hr th rv,
sion are reasonable for the Hill lines
with . ISOO-milo haul h
tainly unreasonable for the Harriman
1. ics. - men nave a much longer haul
If the Harriman lines uvm tk "
of the Commission as a permanent or
vumpuisory- rate, they will virtually
admit the reasonableness of the rate
This in turn would leave the rate of
the Hill lines, with a 1500-mile haul,
much too high, and more litigation
would necessarily ensue. The Harri
man lines are apparently fighting
against the order, which would force
mem to aamit mat the Spokane r(.
is a reasonable rata for n 5nniu
haul. If it is reasonable, then -Colfax,
Walla Walla, Pendetlon and au oi
THE 3IOBSIXQ.
the intervening points are entitled to
a lower rate and will surely get it.
If the rates are unreasonable, the
O. R. & N. will not be obliged to obey
the Commission order, and it would be
optional with the company whether it
should put into effect any rate neces
sary to meet that of its competitors
aMdat the samo tlmo cut the rate on
ail O. R. & N. points In Spokane terri
tory which could be reached with
shorter mileage. For the same rea
sons Spokane will also lose practically
all of her Jobbing business east of the
city. If the rate ordered by the Com
mission is a reasonable one for a
1500-mile haul, it must be lower pro
portionately to all points east of Spo
kane and Helena and Missoula will
take care of much business that now
goes to Spokane.
The abandonment by the Interstate
Commerce Commission of its old con
tention that Spokane's rates were at
the mercy of the water rate, over
which the Commission had no Jurisdic
tion, has brought on complications
that will have a boomerang effect on
the parties who started the trouble.
A MOST GRACIOUS MESSAGE.
The message' of General William
Booth, sent on his eightieth birthday,
to the people of the United States, was
that of a seer, an admirer and a
mentor. The wisdom gained by four
score years, in the service of his fel
low men enables General' Booth to
speak as speaks a prophet. "Oh,
America," exclaims this wise and ob
servant man, "how -vast is your oppor
tunity for making a mark for good on
the human race.". Then follows the
question which. shouM stir the great
heart of America to a sense of respon
sibility: "If you are permitted to
realize your ambition and lead the
world, whither will, you lead it?"
- A momentous question truly, but
one which General Booth answers
with all the optimism of the man who
loves his fellow men, who sees in them
boundless possibilities for good and
who trusts them to work these out
not without stumbling, but possessed
of power little less than infinite to re
trieve mistakes and press onward and
upward forever.
We cannot all share this gracious
faith of General Booth in the purity,
honor, kindness and simplicity of
mankind, or of the American people
as a whole, even thono-h n-a i
the possibilities of growth in power
and righteousness that exist in the
abounding opportunities that lie on
every hand. But as a people we would
be most ungracious, indeed, and most
ungrateful did not our hearts warm
to this great leader of a militant host
who recognizes our strength, esti
mates our purpose to grow in accord
ance therewith and foresees our ulti
mate triumph along lines that. lead to
true National greatness.
The life of General Booth is an open
page that all the world may read; his
self-sacrificing labors are known of all
the world; his combination of the
practical with the spiritual has made
him a true leader, an honored ruler
among men. Gentle but powerful, wise
yet simple, humble yet exalted, he de
livers to a striving, self-sufficient
but not wholly unappreclative people
a message that should awaken them
to the grand possibilities that wait to
be wrought out along the higher levels
of life and human development.
AMERICAN BODIES.
The New Tork World has published
some measurements lately taken at
Yale College, which show that the
average student is an Inch and a half
taller than his predecessor of five
years ago. He Is also twenty-seven
pounds heavier and has seventy-two
cubic inches more lung capacity. This
is a notable expansion of physical
proportions. If no other college
showed a corresponding development
of the fleshly tabernacle, it would
rather tend to indicate that Tale ex
ercised some mysterious attractive
power over our biggest youths. Per
haps it might excite a suspicion that
football candidates round the New
Haven seat of learning a hospitable
scene for their prowess and flocked
there rather than to less celebrated
colleges. But the fact seems to be
that all colleges where measurements
have been taken yield about the same
results as lale. Our students every
where are of larger frame than they
were in former years. Even the ex
cessively intellectual Harvard man is
from four to eight pounds heavier
than he was in 1880, and his all-round
phyr'cal strength has increased by a
third or in some cases a half. One
cannot avoid the conclusion that those
Americans who go to college are more
robust animals than they were ten or
twenty years ago. They are bigger
and stronger.
College students are Picked Individ
uals. They do not nnrpuKiit tii -
erage person, either physically or in
tellectually. It would, therefore, be
hasty to draw from these facts the
inference mat ail Americans are be
coming of sturdier bodily frame as
the years pass. Leisure, abundant nu
trition, wliolesome jexerclse are all fac
tors in the formation of a perfect body,
and it is not certain that as a nation
we are better provided with these
requisites than we were ten years ago.
The rise In the cost of living would
seem to indicate that some individuals
are probably not so well off as they
were. However that may be, it is
encouraging to find that college men,
at least, are verging toward the type
of the superman in bodily powers. If
not mentally. Whether we can ex
pect the mind to keep pace with the
bones and muscles in this upward
trend may be debatable. History Is
full of stories of exceptionally hand
some men of noble proportions physi
cally who were little better than ar
rant knaves. Some of them were
fools. Most of us would not find It
difficult to recall some Adonis whom
we knew in our school days whose
later career ran to nothing better
than highballs and rascally sport.
It is still a common opinion among
rural people that a weak physique
usually accompanies a strong mental
ity. Hence the rule" is to send the ro
bust boys of the family into business
and make lawyers or preachers of the
frail ones. The suspicion seems never
to have become prevalent that it takes
more brains to make a successful man
of business in modern times than to
make a lawyer. Invalids have made
their mark in the literature and ac
tive enterprises of the world too fre
quently to warrant contempt for their
intelligence. The classic examples
come to one readily enough, the poet
Pope, William the Silent. Carlyle. and
so on. Still, the fact is undeniable
that the great majority of those who
have become eminent have been of
fairly robust frame. Men of the high
est rank have all been vigorous. To
Justify this statement we need only
OREGOXIAy, WEDNESDAY.
write down a partial list of them:
Caesar, Alexander. Dante. Shakes
peare. Sir Walter Scott, and conspic
uously Go the. Washington and Lin
coln. There is little room for doubt
that a strong and capable mind is
much more likely to be found in a
vigorous body than than in a feeble
or deformed one.
Physical and mental health are
correlatives. We can hardly have the
one in perfection without the other.
Modern investigation tends more and
more to obscure the ancient faith in
the dualism of our being. The line
between the physical and the mental
has become pretty faint of recent
years, and very likely It will grow
fainter. Walt Whitman was a good
deal of a.- prophet when he wrote his
famous question. "If the body is not
the soul, what is the soul ?" Perhaps
he went to extremes a little, but the
psychologists are following him. One
cannot be far wrong in believing
that the enlargement of the bodies of
our college students accompanies : a
corresponding inner growth; some
thing mental and Rniritnoi oio .i.
he bigger bones and stronger muscles
fh.. 1 i. ...
ua;., u. it is a iact, ougnt to bring
comfort to the hftrdwpd 01ll. man
like Mr. Roosevelt, who lament the
violent clamor of workingmen for bet
ter physical conditions. If an increas
ing knowledge of the body and . a
greater amenity of environment have
enlarged the fleshly frame of college
men, the same cause would produce
the same effect on workingmen. In a
better environment the wage earner
would become a stronger and more
efficient engine of production. And
again. If a better physique goes with
a better mentality in college men, so it
would in workingmen. It follows that
the clamor of the workers for shorter
hours and better food is not by any
means a sordid materialism, but a
genuine aspiration for an all-round
higher life. The difficulty of distin
guishing man sharply from his breth
ren of the lower orders of existence
becomes more difficult as science
gathers nerw results. What is true of
the horse and cow along the lines of
heredity and the effects of nutrition
is true also of human beings. Kugen
Ically born and appropriately fed,, the
horse develops into a docile. Intelli
gent, powerful engine. With the truths
of evolution and the facts of life star
ing us in the face, can we doubt that
the same would happen to man If the
opportunity were offered?
Eastern papers "view with alarm"
the scarcity of sharl th n.-.
. ... . v , icuibl-
ing that, unless something hAt. in v, -
way of protection is afforded very soon.
mat la mo us nsn win meet the fate of
the dodo, the great auk and other egg
layers. Out here in the Far West,
where the rich royal Chinook is at its
best, and the.flnest mountain trout in
the world are plentiful, we have not
yet acquired much of a taste for shad.
For that reason the shad family Is
increasing quite rapidly and promises
so to continue" for an indefinite period.
The Eastern people who lament the
disarjnearance nf tVipir -pa-nr,.... i.
''.. 11311
might come West, where it is plentl-
iui. And yet the chances are ten to
one that after they arrived and feasted
on royal Chinook salmon and moun
tain trout, they would not feel very
much Interested in the shad.
The CalhOUn lurv ha hann fil1A
To accomplish the
ninety-one days and the Hlltn in nnln tr r f
2310 citizens. It does not necessarily
follow that twelve men . out of every
2310 in San Francisco are either Idiots
or Indians. The affair simply shows
that the men who selected the jury
were fortunate in securing that num
ber of men qualified for jury duty on
that particular case without examining
the entire population.
The Government ha AhannA i
prosecution of the Chicago packers,
and the New "Fork Rnnnma i
- V. V. U A L UOJJ
decided that Mr. Hearst's hired men,
wno roasted jonn D. Rockefeller, can
not be held. All of this happened
Monday, indicating quite clearly that
the blind goddess was giving the octo
pus family what the. snortino-
would call an "even hroav " th h.
trust winning and the oil trust losing.
A WinnlDee- dlsnntch annnnnto, t.n4.
- M .....v v . LI 1 CI (.
there has been an increase of 100 per
cent in the area seeded in the Alberta
district in Western Canada. Reason-in-
from past performances, this ad
ditlonal100 per cent will be needed to
make up for - the corresponding de
crease in the yield in the new but dry
country where crop failures are much
more fequent than on the American
side of the line.
The Eastern apple-growers, finding
themselves unable to produce an apple
that will even approach the Oregon
product in standard of excellence or
beauty, are endeavoring to regulate
the size of boxes in which our incom
parable fruit is to be shipped. Inabil
ity to produce fruit like the Oregon
apple should not bar the Easterner
from reproducing the box.
Cheer up, Castro. All is not lost,
for there is an ever-widening market
for freaks on the vaudeville circuit.
Little old New York is still paying
homage to Mistah Johnsing, but his
press-agent dope would be as tame as
an almanac joke if you will only come
across and do a fire-eating stunt, either
"continuous" or night and matinee.
The Idea that a state which has
distinguished itself by election of such
men as Chamberlain and Lane should
still think of electing anybody but
men of their class and distinction!
Such an awful drift backwards the
very thought of It!
At least the Legislature of Illinois,
with all its contentions and faults,
hasn't elected yet, under an abortive
primary, or any Statement One, a
Democratic Senator against the two
hundred thousand Republican major
ity of the state.
The "pink domino" hold-up man,
who went out to rob, always prepared
to kill, is with us again. Details of
his release from Salem are missing,
but it is presumed that the famous
mask was returned to him.
It took ninety-one days to get a Jury
in the Calhoun case. Both sides say
they are satisfied. Yet after the trial
is over, we shall hear from one side or
the other exactly what is the matter
with the Jury.
You don't expect surgeons and un
dertakers, do you, to Join in petitions
to limit the speed of the automobile?
You never miss the. Bull Run
the pipes run dry.
till
APRIL
14, 190O.
GEO. W. ELDER GETS CRAXKT
Rumps into Dock at Eureka and
Collides With Ferry.
T!?!L01tomary Rood luck that has at
tended Captain Jessen. together with
w" handlinS "t his vessel, the
w. Elder, seems to have had a crimr.
VVhen docking at Eureka the Elder
jammed the dock a considerable bump
t..fi9arf? ,way '-""out doing damage
to either the dock or steamship to amount
xo -much.
Jihe? mlnK to her berth at Martin's
yesterday afternoon the steamship col
lided with the ferryboat Lionel R. Web
.t,rA. vhi.cb was in her slip immediately
south of the North Pacifio Steamship
Company's dock. The Elder was .ap
proaching the landing under slow bell
and had almost come to a complete stoo.
moving- toward the dock at scarcely per
ceptible headway, but signal was sounded
ln englneroom to go slow astern
ana the signal was mistaken, according
to information given last night, and she
nas .jiven slow forward. The liner
m.?K ,50r?ard and came ,nto collision
with the ferryboat, the after end of
which stood well out into the stream
vOrfulT vf ?e te"nship being under
very little headway no serious damage
lfL iODe- part ! guardrail being
BS.rfWa'hand "P?er works "BhU?
shattered. The ferryboat proceeded on
her next trip on time. The Geo. W
Elder was not hurt ln either experience.
TRIAL SHOWS XO
INSANITY
Arrest of August Fournier Said to
Have Been Spltework.
fRJ,ILEOCK' Wash- April 18.
2Slj L)T',BUSt rournlr. who was ar
rested and brought to this city from his
home on Silver Lake Saturday, accused
Ol lnaStlltv nra - i V. . -
. . 7 . ' viravjiinsea rrom cus-
tw i , 'rr mgnt- after a sensational
tn,'hl;h aim" tha le POP"-
elthi "c'5noornooa appeared
tntr. or interested spec-
According to testimony given at the
trial ttlA rhflrCAa acrai.. T- i
- Buioi r uurnier were
the result of spltework and an attempt
tO SeCUrA IMKKMln. . . i,
Witnesses testified that life had been
made miserable for the old man anS
rnoiUt made treats to kill his
Doctors who examined Fournier re
sanity h showed no ot in
VANCOUVER .MEN STRIKE
Increase In Wages Is Denied
and
New Workmen Secured.
VANCOIIVli!T TO. .V. A .
JaiZrF'" rt!en men' wh were en
gaged ln laying concrete piers for the
steel arches of the North Bank Rail-
l?rnJTSing at Washington street,
struck today for increase of wages
fro ,2.25 to ,2 5 a day part q W.
demands were granted, but this did
not satisfy- the men.
oTJjere.aS 8me trouble ln conse
quence between some of the men and
rr?n wmranVE-Vr-Hobock- One work
rfit La Wal1' swore out a com-
wHh ia,8ra.,n?t Hobock- charging him
,1 thl. rJeIly cond"ct. La Wall claim
ing that Hobock had struck him. Ho
bock admitted that he had, ln court
this morning, and was fined S and
costs of 12.50. which he paid. Men
rtri'kersCUred 'ake the places of tho
NEWSPAPER VENDERS HELD
Sold Papers With Racing Therein,
Contrary to Law.
filLANGI?'ES' April "Six persons.
torL" fhnd I Woman- were arrested
today on the charge of selling San Fran-
oSSWSIf feIS 8ivlns Ups' torm charts
and general Information about the races.
clerk in," 18 MrS; P' M- Crnahan. a
SJtlft news stanl- The men are
bairfnSPaPer venders- All put up
iu 6?Cept one man- "ho is in
mo1rninAg.hearln had tomorrow
PORTLAND AND LOS ANGELES, CAL.
The Two Contrasted. With Bnlne.s
dinner 1 Thl Clty' Favor.
tt-?8 fE3' dU- April 10.(To the
Editor.)-I hav now been in Los Angeles
for a week and arrived here after a heavy
Iat"-, WhlCh, has left ""tlying districts
almost isolated for heavy teaming. Lum
ber brick, cement and furniture hauling
has been practically suspended if the d
e.WaS 0,utelde pavd streets districts
So this far-famed section of Italian skies
backsleaVen transprts has also draw-
vJj?' LS An?eIe" has som special ad
vantages which I think will make it the
largest city on the Pacific Coast, a su
premacy she will hold over all competl-
u'.f r to her contiguity to the fuel
oil district, which enables her to man
ufacture products from steam power
cheaper than elsewhere, and the fact that
she is from two to four days closer in her
unloading of merchandise, via the Panama
oanal. than San Francisco, Portland and
Puget Sound.
The Los Angeles Times a few days ago
in an editorial relating to the advent of
the Panama Canal, gave a very accurate
account of how It would accelerate com
mercial importance from San Diego to
Puget Sound, but, with a seeming affront,
failed to mention Portland as one of the
beneficiaries. From this reason, I made
a. short reply, hoping to vaunt our pre
tensions in the same line, but failed to
pass editorial approval to be given a hear
I Bhowed that so fax as Seattle
(which seems to be all the Los Angeles
Times knows of Puget Sound) is con
cerned, it would have four very virile and
Importunate competitors, all within a ra
dius of 60 miles, Tacotna, Everett, Belling
ham and Port Townsend, all of which
would dilute and weaken the importance
of the mln Htw TkA- i ... ,
, ' " j nuuiu an nave
equal advantages, while Portland, doml-
ut .ess tnan say or 400 miles of
Coast line, her navigable rivers holding in
check railrnnrl o-rt
iv. v-7 111 OW
miles easterly and southerly, occupied an
""huo .vaiuuii wmiout w possible rival
ln her field of supremacy. "
WhPn vessels hnlrtlnir crw . n nrt-
e ' LJ jv.lMI
ton freight will traverse the oceans lay
ing freight from all Atlantic ports to our
seaboard at not to exceed J6 per ton. we
will come into the full fruition of our des
tiny. The footfalls of that event, not nn.
five years' distant, can almost be heard
on our threshold, and that is why the up
heaval of business properties in Portland
Eeema ten Itnamnlmtahl. n .1 .
...... . ., . , i j luvae wno ao
.not heed the Intimation.
until l came here. I felt impressed with
the idea that suburban properties were
overpriced ln Portland. But after com
parison with prices here. I am now of a
different' opinion. "Waiting for a car at
Westmoreland Park in the northwestern
part of the city. I learned from the agent
of the tract that we were five miles in an
air line from the courthouse, and that his
lots, 60x130 feet, were from tVXH to 1K).
This means ln excess of $8000 per acre.
Remembering how much land ln that ra
dlus can be had in Portland at from J1000
to $1200 per acre, I am a ready convert to
the feeling that we are on a secure basis
with a steady rise ln values ahead of us
and all warranted by the conditions im
mediately ahead of us.
There are but two conditions that might
arise to spoil this prospect, one of them
wholly within our own power to control,
and the other nature's prerogative: The
one, a war with Japan, and the other,
that the world comes to an end. These
are the only two.
CHARLES P. CHURCH.
SXOW
Moffatt Road Impassable and Trains
Return to Denver.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Colo.. April IS.
The passenger train on the Denver
Northwestern & Pacific (Moffat road)
which left Steamboat Springs for Den
ver Wednesday last, and which was
stalled ln the snow at Fawn Springs, re
turned to Sulphur Springs today.
h t eotraln whlch left Denver for Steam
nJifJL. Spr,nss wlth 75 passengers Sunday
morning Js still snowbound at the sum
mit of Corona Pass. It is believed the
days cannot be llfted ,nside of two
.7 bls rotartes have failed to make
5f fressipn on the big drift, which is
of lhl depth and tonight big gangs
of laborers are attacking It with shovels.
MISSOURI FREEZING IX SNOW
Fears Entertained for Safety ot Ap
ple and Peach Crop.
CHILLI COTHE. Mo., April 13.-A heavy
SnOW fell in thl. . .
. - Jiiosouri today.
The temperature dropped to beloV the
tnaVf. ?tj;e 'entertamea
... -fiJic ana peacn orchards
in this section will be damaged.
Frost Nips Osark Apples.
SPRING FTFT.rv vr . ,,
her. t.n . . rancisco Railway
rIe .of freezing weather throughout
L -Ir,"" b?t last n'Sht. Great
pies n dono to ap-
Sever Frost in Texaw.
DALLAS. Tv-r Ann ii a j i .
seriously damaged th7 fruit' 'and
ROMANCE IX GRAND JURY
Dead Juror Was to Wed Scientist
Who Tried to Save His Life.
SPOKANE, Wash.. April 13.-(Special.)
A romance In connection with the death
I f ,vi"son. tne Root-Gordon case
grand juror who was buried Saturday,
was brought nv, j . . .. . 3 '
" -v 11 i"uay, wnen it be-
5 to
m ,7; dentist who tried to
Save hlfi lifft rinr no- hlc i i,,
w?, f. ,SStay the city Watson, who
f, 1 uacneior, owning valuable
Itt, Iandsnear Espanola, became inter
ested in Chnstian Science and attended
the meetings whenever the occasion arose.
teilei ""L. a woman wh became In
terested in him. on account of the se
crecy with which he covered the actions
ZiJ?. f"and Jury- Thelr friendship rip
tZ f ho ,Jth0ioveV and a short tlme before
riH !hey became engaged to be mar
ried Watson left no will, and members
srand Jury are acting as adminis
.1T the estate' wh,ch- t is sup-
Wi" T1" to hia brothers and sis
ters in Scotland, unless his fiancee pre
sents a valid claim to the property.
TAKE UP BUILDING PLANS
Al Kader Temple to Discuss Big
Project Saturday.
At a meeting of members of Al Kader
Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, to
? I' ,d at atonic Temple Saturday
night, plans connected with the build
in 1 . ,sultable temple for the order
n 111 nf nlnfiioDorl
. , , " 111 a" Prooaonity
- uiiiiniiLee appoint
oulJ," Se. a,Sta to the Proposed
" o-n option on a cor
ner at Tvpnta.K, . . .
. . . v "- "u - nasnington
streets through the agencies of E. J
jr. mirner at a considera
tion of J52.000. Tne consensus of
opinion among members who are in a
Position tn rnr-nr V. . . ..
. , "" mcis is mat if
the temple builds, it will raise a .build-
lne- fund euff.nl... . . L1"vl
-"--""-"" " put up a house
to cost at least $160.0n.
Tn Phlnaiyn 1)1.1 1 .. i . . .
j. riiimeipnia, Brooklyn
and other Eastern cities the Shrine pos
esses temples of great expense and of
: - it ia Deuevea the tem
ple of Portland will .
tn other cities ln this respect.
BURGLAR "IN WRONG HOUSE"
Prowler Steals Woman's Purse, but
Politely Says He Made Mistake.
Miss Eva RnKo o .
. ruri . J"M,1s unman living
nLift trman. str,eet- told the poll last
& uuismr at ner house yes
terday morning about 2:45. stole her
purse containing I'ik 01
, , , . 7 - do was awaK-
? th , 8 Bd- by the noi8e of ome one
at the front door. She heard the Intruder
.'t ?'ay throuh the dark hallway to
the kitchen, and then enter the dining-
X ' r, , puise naa oeen placed.
met the lrud fae V facel
"What are you doing here." she de
manded. "I SUeSK T mnn. Iw . , . .
and got Into the wrong house." the man
door replled and started for the front
The vounor wnmnn .
a grab at the man, but he escaped.
JEROME WOULD CLAMP LID
New York District Attorney Says He
Can Do What Others Cannot.
ALBANY. TJ V aii 1 . .
closed the saloonsTn SundTy when he
was Police Commissioner! That's a
District A t tnrn utr T " -
j uiuo maae this
assertion today when addressing a Sen-
n I f f I m ml 1 1... t m . . Men
. . mvur 01 a Dili permit
tine Saloons tn nner, o. j . .
class cities from 1 to 11 P. M. lrst-
Pro.nlD,tlon were practicable."
said he, I would be for It. If Com
missioner Bingham were removed and I
were given 20 men from the state ex
cise rlflnRrtmpnt 1 ... 1 . .
, T. "vuivi viuae tne sa
loons in New Tork within three months
as tight as a drum. The New York po-
"-uoj 01 me innuences
brought to bear upon them."
WILL SPEND NEARLY MILLION
Plans of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to Be
Followed by California University.
SAN rRAvnsm a 1- i.-.. i 1
. . . 11 .,1. cunuwing
out the elaborate plans for the recon
struction of the University of California,
at Berkeley. thA hnnn. nr . .
" ' - i --!' 1 J . O 1UICU
today to snenrl rW. fn- nAn, v. . . ; 1 1
ings and additions to, and alterations
on. the structures already completed.
The plans to be followed are those
known as the Phoebe Hearst plans, for
the making of which Mrs. Hearst sup
plied the funds and gathered architects
from ' all parts of the world. The con
templated expenditure will extend over
a period of ten years.
Bryce and Knox Confer.
WASHINGTON. April 18. Ambassa
dor James ryce. of Great Britain, has
returned to Washington from his trip
to the Pacific Coast. He had a con
sultation yesterday with Secretary
Knox touching pending matters be
tween the United States and Great
Britain.
BLOCKED BY . DEEP
j Life's SunnySide
wTi!5 i Lord Sackvllle. as all the
tl .v.. now8' became Persona non grata
to the Oovemment while he was an Am
m0J?. Wahir.eton through expresa-
"lL P ?in on the P0tical situation.
Sseiruf " throln a mean trick that Lord
onlnl - led ,mo this expression ot
0 dy8a .driLondon correspondent the
to me hi' nCe' ln Jescribing the trick
cTergymali Par6d h,msel' to a country
wa."nlergy2an:" he ePalned. "was
man nday morning by a young
TOU klndly aek the congreKa
Poun!r mye tWs coming.- said the
JJ5 , fr poor William Smith?'
"AJ Bald tn clergyman.
Ir h i the proper moment in the serv
l?mtifeS0.UEhti.a11 tho!, Present to prav
ImTth .iT the unfortunate Willian,
Smith in the great trouble and peril that
encompassed him.
mUilat J00-""4- he was pleased to "note.
tTon. D ullpre8slon O" the congrega-
m'fLe.h th," rvlee- meeting the young
E JLuh? asked for the Intercession
.B. behalf- the clergyman said:
What is the matter with your friend'
Do you think it would do any good If I
were to call on hlmr
reply afra'd not"' was th sorrowful
U JUL" bad " thatr said the clergy
man. -What Is the trouble, then?'
'3lly. ,eal1 the other, Is going to be
married.' "New Tork Times.
l,CeIltl,' at d,nner Prty the conversa
tion turned upon the subject of cluhs.
rne special features of the Athenaeum
were referred to with great respect, and
then J. M. Barrle. who was the only
member of that august club who hap
pened to be present. Intervened.
After having been elected by the Athe
naeum Club." he said. "I went there for
the first time and looked about for the
smoking-room. An old man with long,
white hair was wandering ln a lonely
way about the hall. I asked him if he
would be so kind as to tell me the way
to the smoking-room. He agreed with
alacrity. When we returned to the hall I
thanked him heartily, when he bepqed
me to do him the honor of dining with
him. But. my dear sir.- I said, -vou
have been far too kind to me already. I
cannot think of imposing myself upon you
in this fashion."
" 'Imposing yourself!- exclaimed the
old man in an eager voice. -On the con
trary, you will be doing me the greatest
favor in the world; the fact is. I have
belonged to this club for 30 years, and
you are the first member who has ever
spoken to me!" "Bellman.
R. P. McCulloch tells of a farmer who
lives near a railroad and close bv a
whistling station, who one day. wishing
to get a letter off somewhere, rushed out
on the track, frantically waved his cap
and stopped the train. He went to the
mallear and put his letter into the slot.
The conductor saw him about that time
and said: "Look here, don't you know
you can't stop this train?" The farmer
replied: "Well, by gum. I did stop it."
Kansas City Star.
"My wife Is having a hard time of it
during Lent." says the man with the
rambling whiskers. "She is trying to go
without candy, and it is really a great
trial to her."
"Well." says the man with the wilted
eyebrows, "my daughter Is certainly nm ic
ing a record. She Isn't eating a bit of
mpa-t not even fish and eggs."
"You don't say!"
"Fact. And she doesn't eat any candy,
nor does she jro to the theater."
"Well, well!"
"And. more than that, she hasn't
played a single hand of hridse."
"You don't tell me? How about danc
ing?" "She hasn't danced a step during
Lent."
"She certainly tn o mmDrii.1.1. .
Bin. xou seiaom see one who is so fl
in her resolutions. How old is she?"
firm
Three months and ten days old.'
Chicago Evening Post.
SEATTLE
DEMOCRATS
EAT
Two Hundred Disciples or Jefferson
Enthusiastic at Banquet.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 13. (Special.)
The King County Democratic Club held
a Jefferson day banquet this evening at
the Commercial Club, which was the
Occasion fnr n nnmhAf r ........ t - ,
and considerable criticism of the tariff
revision now under consideration by Con
gress. E. G. Million ....J o- . ,. .
- iwaoimaiiiHr ana
ex-Congressman D. G. Wooten. of Texas,
iuc viim.-.iiai speaiter, with a re
sponse to "Thomas Jefferson." The
clergy was represented by Rev. J. D O
Powers, pastor of the Boylston-avenue
Church, who spoke on "Jefferson and the
New Democracy."
There were 200 Democrats present at
the dollar dinner, and great enthusiasm
prevailed.
FIGHT TAKEN INTO COURT
Orchards Sawmill Man Has Former
Employes Arrested.
VANCOUVER Wo oh A to
cial.) Thnmno ni-no---.. 1 p."
- - - - n J a.1111 1.UUIH
Real were arrested on a complaint
-worn out by H. M. Black, charging
them with assault and battery. They
were brought to the city from Orchards
this morning and gave bonds of $200
each for their appearance in court.
BlaCk hflS M OOWmlll nan- 1 .
...... I'l 111 .1 1(1 Jl,
and Gregory and Real-have been work-
...e, v.c. . Duiiuaji, it is saia. Real
m mi . n a ... .. , .
.. w -o ' a. iiiauaaa una BtOVe that
were in one of the buildings on the
in inupcuj, aim iroume arose. As
A. rfllll f Ttlof.tr ha. i
. iii .ii scaip
wounds, and Gregory's face has several
scratches.
GARDINER JURY LOCKED UP
Fails to Reach Agreement After
Eight Hours' Deliberation.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13.For the
second time ln less than a month Eu
gene Gardiner, a Kentucky youth of
prominent family, awaits the verdict of
a Jury on a charge of having murdered
Joseph cordoza. a colored boat steerer on
the whaler Bowhead ln northern waters
The Jury was ordered locked up for the
night at 11:30 P. M.. having failed to
r!aS ,.a v"dict after nearly eight hours
of deliberation.
Soldiers Sent to Prison.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 13. (Spe
cial ) A. Lehman and Sidney Sloan two
soldiers, were arraigned before Judg
McCredle this morning, pleaded guiitv "to
grand larceny, and were sentenced" to
an Indeterminate aAniA '
. otmCTito in tne peni
tentiary of from six months to 14 years
vX. J. oen,-encea pleaded guilty to
iuuir ueorge tti. Lord, of The Dalles,
city w"ch a few nights ago in this
Port Hood Miners Give Up.
strik? f HO?D-. April 13-The
strike of coal miners at the Port Hood
mines ended fruitlessly today. 300 min
ers, who had been out several weeks,
returning to work under conditions which
were practically the same as those exist
ing previously to the strike.