t ' 8 Bit man POKTL.XT. OREGON. Ent.r.d at Portland. Orason. Fostotrlca " Second-Class Matter. fiubaertntlon Rates InrarUblx tn Adranee. Br Mall Pally, Sundar Included, one year ? 2 Dai:v. Sunday Included. six months - Ttaitv Rnnrinv included, three months... ? Pai!y, Sunday Included, one month. . . . Pally, without Sunday, one year Paliy, without Sunday. sis. months. .. Pa!-y. without Sunday, three month. . Pally, without Sunday, one month. ... Weekly, one year .... Sunday, one year Eunday and weekly, one year 3 no 8 :s l.TS .80 1 SO 2 SO S 50 (By Carrier.) Pally, Sunday Included, one year t Dailv. Sunday Included, one mor.tn 8 00 .75 Hnir le Reanlt Send poatofflce money order rxpresi order or personal check on jour loal hank Slumps, coin or currency re at the aender's rut Olve pcwtottlce ad dress In full. Including county and state. Fottare Rate 10 to 14 pares. 1 cent; H to 2 partes. 2 cents; 30 to 4t p?-s. 8 cents; 4 to 6 rases. 4 centa Foreien postal double ratea. Eastern BntlneM Off Ire The 8. C. Beck wlrh Special Aaency New York, rooms 43 Ro Tribune hullrtins. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Tribune bulldlnc. - PORTLAND. TUESDAY. ACGCST 81, 1B09. THE RECLAMATION FUND. Oregon, contributing very heavily to the reclamation (landj fund, has a Tight to a greater proportion tt the reclamation fund than It has yet re ceived. This view of the case should get the attention of the Senate's Irri gation Committee, due at Portland to " day. Oregon is a state of large area, large among the largest of all our states. It is situated on the sea, yet so trav ersed by mountain ranges that the distribution of rainfall and snowfall Is very unequal. Oregon has a very large semi-arid region; yet Oregon has more standing timber than any other state of the Union, denoting for the sections where this timber "stands a heavy precipitation of rain and snow. Now the proceeds derived from the timber regions of the state ought to . be used more largely than they have yet been for Irrigation of the arid dis tricts. It is right. It Is just; it la nec essary. It is a view of the subject which we trust the public authori ties will take under consideration. ' Oregon ought not be stripped of its resources for the benefit of other states. - Use . of Oregon's resources ' more largely is not an unreasonable demand. . FARMERS' TRC8TS. There Is more ground for encourage- meat In the formation of so-called "farmers' trusts" than In almost any i other phenomenon "of the day. , The ? cotton raisers of Texas have managed I to combine and hold their product for i' a reasonable price. The wheat men of Nebraska have done the same t thing. Farmers' elevators have be come common In "Washington. Fruit growers everywhere are learning the benefit of co-operative marketing. If this raised the price to the consumer It would be regrettable, but It does nothing of the sort. It simply elimi nates one or more ranks of middlemen and delivers their profits to "the pro ducer. Its ultimate effect will be to force the middlemen to give up a function which is useless to everybody but himself and go to work. For countless years the farmer has been the helpless sheep whom every . body has sheared. . He has discovered, j at this late day, that by co-operation i he can keep some shreds of his fleece a for himself. The power of enlighten l. ment has been tedious and It is not yet complete, but It has gone far T enough to excite turbulence in the toreast of the New York Times. That t newspaper fears lest the greedy farm ! '; era "want all the money there is." ' i If they do, the Times need not look very far to find where they caught the disease. The farmers may possibly be almost as greedy for money as tha Wall street combinations are. but there Is no danger of their ever get " ting more than the meager drippings from the pot where the metropolitan magnates feed fat. Farmers, as a class, may be comfortable sometimes, but they will never be wealthy and it is safe "to say. that the more money they can get out of their products the better for the country. 'XEW WORLD S HIGHWAY. To the average traveler, the saving of a few minutes or 1 few hours by the shortening of a traiR-Atlantic voyage would not seem a matter of tremend ous importance. The gradual lower ing of the record, however, is attended by far-reaching effects, in which the prestige of old;estabiished sea ports ' Is pulled down? and' transformed to new ports. For generations, while the world's ocean commerce was building up great ports at Liverpool, South ampton and other famous British cities, the little Welsh hamlet Fish guard was comparatively unknown. The vast tide of ocean-borne traffic that sweeps across the Atlantic, for years has parted well to the westward of the British Isles. A portion of It skirts the Irish coast and reaches port at Liverpool or other ports in the Irish Sea. Another, and a rapidly Increasing stream, strikes away to the south, and has built up great ports In the English Channel and also in the Bristol Channel. As far bark as the days when the eight-day boat was a record-breaker, the increasing demand for a shorter route between the 'ew and the Old World brought Southampton and some of the other Channel ports into promi nence as ports of entry for the big liners that had raced across the At lantic at top speed. The increasing peed of the liners was insufficient to meet the increasing speed of the trains which rush across the British Isles, and the ccrmbination of fast train and fast liner, by way of the Channel ports enabled the trans-Atlantic passenger to reach London before the Ltverpdol steamers, leaving New York at the ame time, had reached the Mersey. In addition to this advantage in travel to British ports, the continental busi ness was also much better served from the Channel route, and the rising t-.restlee of the Germans practically i 'nr,. the British lines into making terminals at Southampton and Ply- mouth. The Cunard line, with a remarkable ' loyalty to Liverpool, the original home port of the fleet, has been most reluc tant to follow the crowd and has en deavored by the use of very fast steam ers to stem the tide of traffic that was setting against it. The time handicap was too great, however, to allow keep ing all the business at Liverpool, and, to overcome ,ihat handicap, the new port of Ftshtruard has come Into prominence. By cutting out the call at Queenstown it Is believed that the new Ounarders Mauretania and Lusi - V tan la can- land passengers In London five days after leaving New York. This will be accomplished by fast trains connecting with the steamers at Fishguard. Even with the call at Queenstown' the Mauretania, on. her voyage ending Monday, landed passen gers In Liverpool 6 Bays. 1- hour, and 35 minutes from New York. The new route through the Welsh fishing hamlet aho Offers great possi bilities for continental travel, for with special trains from Fishguard to Dover or Folkestone, passengers can be landed in France much sooner than by .any direct steamer. Real estate booms are said to be unknown in the Old World, but from the enthusiasm displayed In the London cables over the opening of this short route be tween the greatest cities Of the New and the Old World. Fishguard will undoubtedly show a growth that would be difficult to surpass with a Western boom. "NEVER MIND M'HARG. , McHarg, it is said, "came to Oregon last year with intent to induce men to break their solemn pledge." The pledge .was not "solemn. it was taken by a class of ambitious and as piring "young statesmen," who wanted to get Into the Legislature, yet never expected or imagined they would be called on to fulfill their "pledge." But, called on to fulfill It, most bel owed like bull calves; the rest squeaked like rata caught In a trap. McHarg Is nothing. He Is of no consequence whatever. But he knew, as everybody else knew, that the "pledge" was not "solemn," that it was not binding In law or usage, that It had been employed as a sneaking device by men who wanted to get Into ih. Telslature. expecting advantages of various kinds from the, position and opportunity; and he seems to have fhm.-M that. Inasmuch as certain men had been so weak as to take it. thev might perhaps deal with It later In a spirit as light as that, in which they had taken It. in tnis opinion McHarg was Justified later by. tha yell which went up from these people, when they had to vote for Chamber-, lain. This sort of business will te avoiaea hereafter. On the part of men who call themselves Republicans there will be mighty little Inclination again to take that foolish and silly --pledge. Should anv take it. they will be slaughtered without mercy by the Re publican voters of tneir cgunues. "Statement One" will be treated as a Democratic party device and trade mark. LOCAL OPTION IX DANGER. ' A case has . been appealed to the State Supreme Court from Tillamook County which may turn out o be of great Importance. In this case the State of Oregon Is plaintiff and W. LangworthV is' defendant. Upon the trial in Tillamook County. Langworthy was convicted of an offense under the local option law and -sentenced by Judge Galloway. He now appeals on the ground that the local option law Is invalid because it was not submitted to the voters under the proper title at the Initiative election in 1904. The title which Mr. Dunbar, who was then Secretary of State, placed on the ticket was merely "For Local Op tion Law." The full title of the bill occupies more than a" page of print. The law of 1903. which governs the practice of the Initiative, requires the Secretary of State "to use for each measure a title designated for that' purpose by the Legislative Assembly, committee sr organization," who may file the initiative bill. Hence, it is a matter of indifference whether the full title of the bill was printed or not. What the Supreme Court has to de termine Is whether or not Mr. Dunbar used the title designated by the per sons who filed the local option Initia tive bill. The case is Important, not only be cause It involves the validity of the local option law, but also because the ii .nrimarv law is .subject to a similar real or groundless objection. That law has a long title, but Mr. Dunbar submitted It under the form ula, "For Direct Primary Nominating Elections Law." H ALLEY'S COMET. Halley's comet, which will soon be a conspicuous object in the sky, after a tremendous Journey through tne fulfs of space, Is remarkable because it is the first comet whose orbit was computed accurately enough to allow astronomers to predict its return. The observations necessary for this purpose were made by Edmund Halley. when the comet appeared in 1682. He com nuted the elements of the orbit with a certain precision and foretold an other appearance In 1758 or 17o The French astronomers . Clalraut and- Madame Lepante corrected his results with such efficiency that theif final Dredlction barely missed the re turn of the comet by a month. It has reappeared ever since at the proper Interval with unfailing regularity. The superstitious story that Halley's comet can be Identified with the Star of Bethlehem, which is mentioned in the Scriptures, is baseless. Some ema nation may or may not have excitea the fancy of dwellers in Palestine at the date assigned to the Star of Beth ihm Tt mav have been a variable star flashing out suddenly in the sky and as suddenly vanishing. It may- have been an electrical display or the story may be pure myth. To attempt to Identify Halley's comet with any such hypothetical object show lam entable lack of the sclentino spirit. BOLIVIA AND THE SEA. The aspiration of Bolivia for a sea port, if it exists, is easy enough to understand, but It Is not likely to be gratified very soon. Some nations, which are shut in from the sea, are consumed with longing for salt water harbors. Others get along quite serenely without any. Switzerland Is not particularly distressed for want of a seaport, while Russia would give a great many lovely Elkons to get one. It all depends. Bolivia is not a very enterprising republic, but it Is not on good terms with- Peru and at the bottom of its disgruntlement may perhaps lie an appetite for Peru's port at the mouth or the Ho, as some newspapers assert. The best reports say that the basis of the quarrel is an unsettled boundary east of the Andes, but hunger for the sea may be a fac tor. With nobody to. Interfere, Bolivia might possibly fight Its way to the Pa cific at Peru's expense, but it Is al most certain that other powers would take a hand.. Argentina would feel bound to aid Peru because she has al ready decided the boundary question, as referee, against Bolivia and been Insulted for it by that nation of un learned mountaineers. Chile, on the other hand, would help Bolivia, but if any sea coast rwers acquired by the TIIE MOnXTJTG OREGQNIAX. WEDNESDAY, war, it would be quite likely to assim ilate it Itself. Chile Is like a serpent creeping northward between the An des and the sea. It is not to be ex pected that Chile's progress will end short of the Isthmus. Certainly that country will not encourage Bolivia to block Its way. Both Argentina and Chile are powerful and highly civilized nations. They know pretty well what they are about and they are not likely to permit Bolivia to drag them Into war until they are, quite ready for it. BAD BCSINESS. ' , The Anaconda Standard comes for ward with a valiant defense of the Government's great lottery scheme' for the disposal of Its otherwise unsaleable public lands. They are called unsale able because it Is well known that only a small part of the great area in the Flathead reservation Is fit for cultiva tion, and no Intelligent wnite man could or would go on the reservation with the expectation of making a comfortable home and getting a lucra tive income. The productive lands on the reservation are largely in the hands of Indians, and they are not available for homestead entry. The Spokane and Coeur d'Alene lands are better; but a great number of the sev eral thousand "lucky" , participants In the gigantic land lottery are, never theless, doomed to disappointment when they see their "prizes." But the character of the lands, even If' good throughout, does not Justify the lottery method, suppose a private mrsoe nt a. treat tract of land snouia subdivide It, number the subdivisions and advertise that the tracts would be made the Brand prizes In a lottery arhome. for which the winners would pay at their appraised value? Would he he made amenable to tne lottery law? Doubtless, yet tnis is precisely what the Government is doing, it nas a great drawing and sells certain lands to tne lorxunaie , priic-wniiicii, their aDDraised value." "A lottery, says tne Anaconaa Standard, "is conducted for private or corporate gain. The present drawing Is not a lottery. The Government de rives nothing from it." The Standard Is mistaken. The Government gets. r nttomnts to eet' through Its ap praisers. full value for Its lanas. u is a profit-making enterprise. There is nr. free erift business about. It. The Government is the beneficiary ot tne direct Investment of all who Buy its funds: the railroads and private spec ulators and schemers profit by the ef fort of the 300.000 lucky and unlucky gamblers who try to get something for very little. The United States ougnt to oe in better business. A private individual undertaking a lottery on exactly me same lines and with the same motives and numoses as the Crovernmeni would be put in 'Jail. " INTEMPERATE BRITISH. ".' Chicago Police Judge, "who has hn Investigating Police Court meth ods in the British Isles, says a Dublin magistrate informed him that "the day after the old-age pensions tr.tr. frrt the cnarsres oi oniui and disorderly conduct increased Ave fold." This accounts, to a degree, for the aversion of British taxpayers io thi old-age pensions law.. Excessive use of liquor is placing a large and Increasing number of British subjects fn th ranks of eligibles for old-age pensions. Having secured old-age pensions, the beneficiaries proceed to buy more liquor and thus increase the nor-pssitv for more' pensions. The rather Intimate relations be tween the liquor traffic and the old age pensions was aptly set forth In a oorir.cn in London Punch several months before either the old-age pen sions or the Increased liquor tax law was passed. The cartoon showed one toper asking another if he thought the Premier would raise tne lax on uecr, "Of course e ll raise it," said toper No. 2. "If e don't, ow's 'e to pay us our old-aee pensions?" This philo sonhical prophecy seems to be work ing nut with a kind of endless chain orectsion." but, unfortunately for the tnxnavers. who are . footing the old age pension hills, there is too much "iot motion" in the system. There are a large number of really deserving noonle on the pension rolls, out jnera are thousands whose intemperate hab its have contributed to testaDiisnmen of economic conditions that seem to mnk old-are pensions a necessity. The social gulf between British wealth and aristocracy and the other half, two-thirds or nine-tenths of the noDulation is so wide that it has bred In the latter, a trait of dependence, on governmental or private charity. In other words, Britisn customs nvc mode honeless and helpless paupers, beggars and tip-chasers out of pebple who in the Unjted States could be whipped into rr shamed into a cu.iui tion o f independent action. This Brit ich social svstem has made servile dependents out of people who, under different economic 1 conditions, wouiu disblay more independence and inrut, and it is perhaps, eminently proper fhat some means, such as the old-age nensions law, should be provided for the support of the derelicts when they no loneer able to taite care thP.niselves. Judge Hogan, of Chi cano, whose Interview on this topic waq eiven In a London cable- in yes t.iov-'a ni-pnnlan. savs: "I .have- traversed distances in London unao coetpd hv a sinerle beggar, wnicn Chicago would have produced fifteen or twenty." Thia may De explains bv the undoubted- fact that there are more than fifteen or twenty -men chlcairo who would give money to beggar where none would be found i London in the same area. A HISTORIC HOUSE. As a fitting sequel to- the rehabillta tion of the old McLoughlln home at Oregon City, his heirs will restore as far as possible the old furniture used by Dr. McLaughlin when he occupied the house in old territorial days. This assurance is given by his grand daughter, Mrs. M. L. Myrick. of this citv, who will take personal pride in seeing that the once hospitable man sion of her grandfather shall be made to look as it did in her childhood days. The people, of Oregon City have shown comtnendable fealty to the memory of Dr. McLoughlln in res cuing his old home from ruin and re moving from the time-stained struc ture the traces of "decay's effacing fingers." The historic building will doubtless yet be the repository of many relics of the old days for which the name of Dr. McLoughlln stands, while around it will cluster many tra ditions dear to the hearts of our state builders, and only less sacred to their descendants in future generations. The house has been renovated and, where necessary, reconstructed, strict ly on the old lines. Its old furniture will be restored aa far as possible. After that, room will, no doubt, De found for many relics of the time for hich the name of Dr. McLoughlln stands. Intelligently chosen, systemai ically arranged and properly labeled. such relics would make of the old ouse a storeroom of history, an ob ject lesson of a past era, a receptacle f the treasure trove of former oays. Let a suitable place be reserved on h walla for a Dicture. properly en larged, of which some very gooa pnu- tographs are extant, of the, tails ot the Willamette, before they were harnessed to the processes of devel- pment; and, over all, let tne cenign face of the good doctor, framed in snowy hair, iook aown. x.iua the old mansion prove at once a veri table treasure-house and a fitting re ceptacle for such relics of, early days remain of Dr. McLOUgnnn ana nia already shadowy era. The extremely Mow ebb reached by wheat stocks in the Pacific .xortnwesi, s reflected in the shipments tor tne first two months ot 4tne new year. Including flour vand wheat to all ports, these shipments from Port land and Puget Sound amounted io only 1,000,000 bushels, me smancoi for any corresponding period In the past fifteen years, prospects ior a heavy traffic during septemoer are ex cellent, however, and ll car recmpia for August are an- indication, t-orx-land will again handle more business ihun all Puet Sound ports combined. The wheat receipts for August at Portland were 6299 canoaas. ror iu first twenty-eight days of the month the combined receipts at Seattle and Tacoma were 406 carloads, compared with 508 at Portland for tne same period. Up to date Portland receipts are running only about one-nan b large as a year ago, althougn tne crop is fully one-third greater. Tho nrainrv and eloauence of Sena tor Bourne, upon the introduction of President Taft to the people or f on lnnd on Saturday, night, October 2 will be awaited and expected with eaeer interest. It will be a great op- r,rtiinitv for the distlnguisnea tor. who has been nearu too mu j the people of Oreg'on. A chance like this comes to a man but once in a lifetime. Be sure Senator Bourne win imnrWo it. His eloquence will go deeply into all the subtle problems of government, and the piay oi iauu,, and the use of logic and rhetoric and poetry, on the tip his - suoouing tongue, will tell tne peopie w vyi- mn what manner or man tney na-ve their first office, and will confirm their nr-idA in their choice, 'rum out. io hear Senator Bourne! - . This is a great country for races human, horse, yacnt or any uuiC. kind. Only last week Hamburg Bella broke a world's record in a trotting qoo at Cleveland, and an American orator hroke a worlds record witn a. flvlne: machine in .Europe. ies terday at Marblehead, Mass.,. the American boats beat the Germans in a yacht race, and the day before Bar ney .Oldfleld broke a worm s recum mi . .. ... a r- rAranno with a hair-mne iraun. an automobile. We are also leagues ahead of any other country in the hio-h.tnrlfT race, and if we Keep mc pace will be alone in our gloomy giory. - The chief result of every measure cf -reform" is anotner noruc ui i- ficlals". It Is running now to "health reform': and each official and eacn bunch of officials appointed to care for the public health Insists that each particular incident- or duty lies out side his own province. "Mother, mae Bill do it." Of course, none or. meats nrriMaia do anvthing. or much or any v,i dnnhtless because they know there is little to do beyond holding r.rrr-B and drawing the salaries These always are the main objects of sanitary reform. Courthouse at Portlands j n; of which Is beeun. Is not umiiujuw't " - ancient Courthouse of Mult mav, Conntv. uown-io ' i oca T when the building now to be removed was erected, the Courthouse was ai mo corner of Front and Salmon streets. i w o a n. two-story frame building. There was one Circuit Judge and he held court, not only in, uiiuum...j and but In Washington, oiumuio. Clatsop Counties, cuit." He "rode the clr- Building permits for the month of August show a gain of 14 per cent over August, 1908, and there is a gain of 25 per cent in bank clearings. W ith high-priced .wheat and hops moving to market in large quantities this month there will uudoubtedly be a de cided increase In the September sta tistics over those of last year or for the month JustVlosed. Mr. McHarg, after his brief sojourn with the Oregon Legislature last Win ter, remarked that he had encoun tered a vast, number of scrubby politi cians in his day. but Oregon's were the limit. He probably, therefore, cares little about what Is said in Ore gon about his initiation into the "down-and-out" club. , The Ellis Island authorities arrested an English woman on an insanity charge because she smoked a cigar ette while they were examining . her baggage. The woman was probably endeavoring to live up to the customs of the country, as delineated by Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Mars continues to-be our most in teresting next-door Celestial neighbor. His ruddy face will' be obscured by the moon for a few minutes this af ternoon, but, important as is that event from, an astronomical stand point 'It means little or nothing to ordinary people. , , When the President's" secretary reads the news columns of 'The Ore gonian of yesterday . he will know more of the inside views of the recep tion committee than is- disclosed in courteous telegrams. - Dr. Brougher is giving the matter of quitting Portland for Los Angeles "prayerful consideration" It needs the best consideration Dr. Brougher can give it. Who cares about a new corporation taking over the Hill railroad up the Deschutes? The Oregon Trunk line by any other, name will be quite as welcome , That caged-lion wedding was tame compared with what will come later. The next lions, in the path of 'ho couple will not be caged. About the only man who vifews the complications over Taffs visit with serenity is the manager of the Hotel Portland. , . - SEPTEMBER 1, 1909- M THE) DES MOINES PLAN." Information About It ComJua; From First Hands. A letter to the Chicago. Inter Ocean from a. citizen of Des Moines, Iowa, gives information about the Des Moines plan of municipal government, which was offered, substantially, to the peo ple of Portland y a charter commit tee last June, but failed of enactment. But the subje'et is.of sufficient interest to justify publication of the Des Moines letter here. Following are its principal parts. f Tha regulation of-Iowa, saloona is ac complished by a state law framed to tie the hands of cities. The excellent cobu.huu are the same as obtained under the old city government, and are -not' owing to the new one. 2. Taxes have been Increased. i ne la higher; the assessment nas teen u rlallv advanced.' This is not aaylni? that the money is not called tor, but simply that the taxpayera are paying more than ever before, though the fact Is disguised by raising the assessments greatly, the tax rate slightly nd issuing certificates against tne impru ment fund. ' . 8. The "red light district" la abolished, but at the cost of dispersing the evil. A. resort was found after the dispersion so far expelled Into the respectable section as to be next door to the T. M. C. A. The time la not yet for Des Moines io ca-i stone. . i The very latest Instance of one-man power shows a bit of paving one aide of a " .i i AAA m ntat T h ft II streetcar trade costing iuw that on the other, owing to the delay and crochets of a single Commissioner 5. Quarreling is not dohuh. ' Counoll la a Donnybrook fair, where heads are hit whenever they appear. No auca wrangling i known before. ... 6. The credit and service vi -- railway company have Deen - to the loas of the public. The old government was not corrui"- travagant. as city administrations go. But owing to the indifference of tne control passed largely j ...-- ' , " 7. ' currying narrow favor, and the administra tion became loose and inefficient. The agi tation for the commission broad revival and awanenins -- terest. , The vote at -tne - -- heaviest ever Known ai such an election. The politicians saw at once tney mu.v . spend not to the old combinations, but to X. whole of an aroused and watchful pub lie , Produce these condition, and you nave a community llke-Macaulay. Scotch. As long as they last Des Mplnes will be a "ned city. It would have been the same UnA"nytthh.ng0,thayt',tcu. the Ice of popular apathy 1. good, whatever Its system, who ever It. men. The virtue otth.comml.lon plan 1. not In Itself, but In tts power to areuae community with novelty and with hope. Old fogies may prove such a .tem crammed wllh l Fresh brings out the vote It's all right. Fresn young cities tire of Jogging T -o be hind old Dobbin; they want Joy t Idea in de partment bubble cars, and are w 11 ng to risk each machine with on. man at the hee Offer that style of ridlngt and citizens ail furn out. And if a community is not oo b J, for quick Jumping it may be all ierj well. There ls-'speed in It, certainly. TThe tnlng for the smaller 1. to start out with eye. open to both eldea of the Des Moines story. An. let them not ,o4et that the Iowa commission plan .mid all the exhilaration, keeps a rope on the old system. ' " i Preaervln Hl.torlc Tree With Cement. Suburban, Life. The Liberty Tree, as lt.ie . ,.iin tree, probably more than six centuries old, on the campus St. Johns College, Annapolis, Md, 1 s a it- I 1 landmarK. uiiuci branches, in 1652, the first treaty with the Susquehannock tribe - of Indians was made, and it has been viewed and admired by thousands of visitors. The tree has a diameter of 12 feet, and is 150 feet tall. Some years ago a large branch was broken . off, .and. as the wound was not given proper attention, a larse part of the trunk rotted away, untUStheP old giant seemed destined to be felled .to the ground by the wind. Then James T. Woodward, of New York City, who had become interested In the , J e because of its historical associations, engaged a well-known ex pert to save It, if possible. The first work of the tree surgeon, which con sisted in cutting out the decayed wood, revealed an enormous cavity which no less than 56 tons of reinforced con crete were required to fill. The Injured .. ... nn throueh one of BoMInn .v.. to a point some 60 feet from the ground, where there was so large a hole that a workman entered it and went down thrcrtigh the inside of the tree to the base, cleaning out the teasel tissue as he descended Then an antiseptic wash was given and the tree filled with stone and cement. They "Got Him:" Kansas City Journal. The newest "mean mar' story: In a western county of Kansas the dead body Tf an ""known man was. recently discov ered In his pockets they found $100 in bank notes and a big revolver. "Vhat about it?" -asked the innocent """You would expect that they'd- have used that hundred in finding his rela tives, or. failing in that. hav given him a decent burial, now, wouldn t you? "Well they didn't." Is the answer. "They arraigned his dead body before a Tnstipa of the Peace for carrying cpn S weapons and fined him $100 and buried him In tha potter's field. Wise Little Willie. Llpplncott's Magazine. Little Willie, the son of a German town woman, was playing one day with the girl next door, when the latter ex- Cl"jn?t you hear your mother calling you? That's three times she's done so. Aren't vou going in?" , Not "yet." responded Willie imper- turbably. "Won't she whip you? demanded the little Kirl, awed. " ' ..i?, .. .v.i.lmed Willie, in disgust. "She ain't going to whip nobody! She s got company. . too. when I go in. she 11 Just say. 'The poor little man has been bo deaf since he's had the measles! Preacher Breaks Game Law. Tillamook Headlight. Rev Mr. Belknap, pastor of the M. E. Church at Hillsboro. was arrested - for selling a deer hide. He killed a buck and sold the hide to the storekeeper at Dolph. When taken before Justice of the Peace Nelson at Cloverdale he pleaded guilty, and the Justice imposed the- minimum penalty, which was $30. The reverend gentleman was quite surprised when he was arrested, for he did not know at the time that it was unlawful to barter deer hides at this season of the year. - Man Slarrle. HI. Step-Mother. Baltimore News. Richard Belew, 62 years old, a farm er of Hendleton County, Kentucky, and Mrs. Susan Ellen Belew. a widow of Falmouth, Ky., were ' married in Cin cinnati. - Mrs. Belew is her husbands step-mother. He says It will be "kind o' nice" being the father of his step brothers and Btep-elsters . and other re lations of the prefix "step." Payche .Knot Snvear Woman's Llf. Milwaukee, Wis, Dispatch. Because Mrs. Emil Unzweller, of Nenah, T7is.,.wore her hair in a psyche knot she was saved from death when she fell out of a cherry tree and her head struck a large boulder. The thick knot of hair on her head prevented a fractured skull, although she was ren dered unconscious. HOLIDAY TO WELCOME PRESIDENT Large .Street Parade In Which Mr. Tft Should Figure, Is Suajgeated. PORTLAND, Or.. Aug. 31. (To the Editor.) In a recent issue of Tha Ore gonlan, I note under the programme given for the entertainment of Presi dent Taft, who is to visit our city in the near future, the following item: "The President will speak Saturday afternoon at the Armory, when, the general public will be admitted?' The general public of Portland; consists of about 250,000 people, who would actu ally turn out to see the President, while the space afrorded by the Armory will accommodate about one-fifth of that number. I notice some criticism regarding the way in which some selfish people in Seattle desired to entertain the Presi dent. Seattle-s Mayor and City Council took the matter up and demanded a street parade, on the ground that the President belonged to the people and not to a few politicians and business men. Portland does not often get a chance to see the President of the United States, and I think it would be well for the day to be declared a holiday, and that a large street parade be given, covering all the main streets of Port land, to which "the general public" will be admitted. The Armory will not accommodate one-fourth of the school children who would like to see Mr. Taft. The parade should cover blocks and blocks of our city streets, so that all who wish can see. K. A. LONG. NATIOJTAL CONTROL OF UTILITIES ThL Is Urged Rather Than Private Ownership of Water Power. PORTLAND, Aug. SI. (To the Ed itor.) The plan proposed by Gifford Pinchot to conserve the rights of the plain people in the water powers of this country if carried to its con clusion would appear- to have as Its object the benefiting of the future generation at the expense of the if an annual charge per horse power Is made, with a limit to the length of the granted privileges, the private company will compel the con sumer to pay the charge, and the state or Government would either have to pay for the plant at a fair valuation at the end of the term and thenceforth operate it, or extend the grant at the same or a new rate. If in forest reserves the annual rental is payable to the Government, the charge becomes a National tax on the ir.ai nonsnmflr. and there Is no omollnratlon of the trust evil. In order tn conserve the rights of the consum era a more direct and efficient means cnnn.r to ha Government or state control of the price of power to the DUbllc. and an annual horsepower charge to companies using power de veloped by themselves. The same reasoning would apply to private irrigation companies, and ulti mately leads up to the old question of Government control of the more Impor tant public utilities. GEORGE RAE. From Dlshwlper to Opera Tenor. New York Dispatch. From dishwashing to the Stage of the Manhattan Opera-house is the quick tmr. of the newest discovery of Oscar Hammerstein, who will Introduce to the New York public Antonio rticnaru additional tenor this Winter. The discovery was made by patrons of the Chateau des Beaux Arts, at Huntington, L. I., when the American Institute of Architects, who were din ing there, heard exquisite renditions from tenor parts In "Martha" and "Tosca" emanating from the pantry. They clamored for the man, who, clad In his pantryman's costume, was brought into the dining-room to sing. His rendition of operatic selections made a tremendous hit. John G. Petit, designer of Dreamland at Coney Island, was so Impressed he declared he would introduce the singer to Mr. Hammer stein. . Before coming to this country Rich ard, a fine-iooklng Italian, sang tenor parts fn grand opera' at Havana. On his arrival here necessity made him forsake his musical vocation for the lowlier calling of wiping dishes for a living. Reads Like the Book of Job. ' Tyler, Minn., Cor. St. Paul Dispatch. : The story of the recent misfortunes tf the family of Berger Johnson reads like a mouern book of Job. In 1906 Mr. Johnson bought a thresh ing machine which burned a week later, six weeks after that his best horse died Two months later Mr. Johnson s father was laid to rest li the cemetery. Six weeks later one of the daughters was sent to a hospital for an operation for appendicitis, and while she was there a brother contracted typhoid fever at home. "A little later two m6re of the boys were taken with the same ri ' th. nWnr srirl came to Tyler, where she was brought down with typhoid, and while she was conval escing the 14-year-old girl at home was taken ill with the same malady. The Rirl in Tyler developed appendicitis and was sent to the hospital, and at this time the mother got typhoid. The crops were destroyed by hail three years in succession, 1907, 1908 and 1909. In 1908 the oldest aaun"" ated on at a hospital for abscesses. Rreed "Skeetcr." a. Food for Fishes, Burlington, N. J.. Dispatch to tho New York World. The chance for a brand new trust has opened here. Jersey -'seaside resort boomers have the opportunity of get- i r. iht. E-round floor, as tne com modity is "mosquito wrigglers." For WntnmnlnE-iSt Smith has t ina- n. war of extermination .ho npskv critters. Now the boys of this vicinity are feverishly endeav oring to breed the mosquitoes in rain mifl hurkets. The anxiety of the amateur mosquito breeders Is the result of an advertise ment which appeared in local papers ffrinr eood uHces for mosquito i.ai.n" hv the auart and gallon. The "wrigKlers" are the larvae of the i o'hirh hatch and crow In the water until thev develop into the flying Insect 'with the famous bill. Investiga ht the -wrlsTRlers" are sought as one of the most desirable foods for young goldfish. Odd Parallela In One Fnmlly. Wlnstead, Conn., Dispatch to New York World. Selectman and Mrs. 'Frank Driggs. of Barkhamstad, will celebrate their sil ver wedding In a few days, and Driggs brother. ex-Selectman Fred Driggs. and his wife observe their 25th anniversary next April. , Frod. who is 62, and Frank, 64. have been married twice, to sisters each time. With their children, three to each cou ple, they live as one family and eat at the same table in the house built by their grandfather. Andrew Driggs, more than a century ago. The cost of maintaining the home and farm is divided, each brother paying one-half. Cat Named Roosevelt Wins Honors. Columbus,' O., Dispatch. Q F NeldHner. of Bettsville, O., has the' prize rat killer of the world, a cat called Roosevelt. Roosevelt's total kill during his lone: life of usefulness Is estimated at 45.625 rats. The cat Is 28 years old probably the oldest cat in the world and. has outlived two masters. PIXCHOT'S PET LAW FAVORS RICH. Poor Man, Says S. B- Huston, I. Barred From WTater Project. In Oregon. PORTLAND, Aug. 31. (To the Editor.) Mr. Pinchot has paid us his visit, has been received with enthusiastic acclaim , and has. apparently demolished all op porltion to himself and his theories. Everybody who differed with him is. of course, a tool of the interests and a hireling of the trusts. Oregon is to be especially commended because it has adopted one of. his pet ideas,, that Is. a water -code. Mr. Pinchot pronounces this an ideal thing, and if only the balance of the states and the United States Government would adopt a similar one. then the rights of the' people would be forever preserved. It does not need any argument to demonstrate this. All you have to do is to denounce every body who ventures to differ with Mr. Pinchot or to saiggest that his Ideas are theoretical rather than practical. What is this wonderful water code that Oregon has adopted? Ask the firft ten men you meet, on the street and tho chances are that' none of them have examined it but all are satistW that it is' a wonderful thing and deals a body hirvo tr. thA trusts and corporations. I can better illustrate what It is by giving an example of its actual workings. About 15 years ago a poor man who was trying to better his condition took up a homestead in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain About half of his land was tillable and the other half was steep and rocky, but there was quite . a, good sized stream running through his place and he saw. or thought he. saw, possibilities of a water power 1n the future which might become valuable. He lived on his place and has lived on it ever since. He and his wife saved their earnings, economizing carefully, looking forward to the time when they might realize upon the water power and have something to live upon in their old age. They have saved a little money and they had some friends in Chicago who had some money and had promised to aid them in developing their water power when the proper time should arrive. Re cently they concluded that It was time to begin. Being so advised, they pro cured an engineer who made the proper surveys, maps, blue prints, etc.. neces sary in order to make an application to file upon the water power, at an expense of about 1200. The engineer reported that by building a dam of a certain slzo and character they could create a plant which would develop ao.O'XI-horsepower. Armed with these documents, the man made preparations to file upon his water power, when- he was astounded to learn that the fees for filing upon this water power upon his own land would be JlOnO, and an annual fee, payable in advance, of J5000- This is not to be paid when the plant Is in operation, but from tho start. The poor man, of course, gave This is the beneficent law" which is to nfei-nard the rights of the people against -the trusts. Under it there will not be a single water power proposi tion developed in the Btate of Oregon except by some wealthy corporation. The only chance that the poor fellow will have to make any money out of his own water, flowing over his own land, arid which has been from time imimmuum . regarded as his by the doctrine of riparian rights, will be for him to take a shovel and work for 2 a day In build ing the dam' when some big corporation undertakes to develop it. It is an act that will stifle manufacturing in Ore gon and will allow the East to continue to do our manufacturing for us in th future as it has done in the past. It says to the Standard OH Company, or any kindred corporation that wants to gobble up the water power of Oregon: "You need not be In a hurry about it. We have passed a law that will save this for you. We have effectually fenced off the poor people so that they ncv-er can develop this and we are saving it until such time as you shall conclude that it would pay you to develop it." The people of Oregon have gone daft, but they will coma to their senses by and by. If they allow the Congress of the United States to pass a law similar to this with reference to the waters of the Nation, the manufacturing interests and the wealthy corporations of the Bast will see to it that it is never re pealed. S. B. HUSTON. Schlvely "Not Gutlty." Seattle Argus. Jack Schlvely has won and he has lost. The attempt of Governor Hay to oust him from office has not been successful. But the Governor has suc ceeded In laying the account of the whole transaction before the voters in such a manner that they under stand exactly what was done, and how. As far as Schlvely is concerned politically, he is dead "too dead to skin " He couldn't carry the First ward of Seattle for wreckmaster. When his term shall have expired he will have to either retire to P"vat? life or move on to new scenes. Anrt what has he to show for It all' It was admitted that he and Nichols collected fees in advance, and far in excess' of what was provided by law. and these fees run up Into the thousands of dollars. And Schlvely admits tha. the money is all gone gone, as he says, to pay for his defense against these charges. Schively's victory is indeed a barren one. , Heney and Hermann. Umpqua Valley News. The Eugene Register hits the nail on the head in this matter: "Heney says he hardly expects to prosecute Blnger Her mann. That Is nothing new. No one elf" expects if-. The Hermann case could hardly be considered more than a farce from the beginning, and no doubt none knew this better than Heney." The Her mann case was threshed out In Washing ton when the burning of rrlvate books caused one of the longest trials on rec ord During that trial Hermann was vtrtuallv tried on all the charges that are embodied in the later indictment. The actual facts are that he has been tried and acquitted, and Heney knows this to be true. With all the grandstand oratory Heney has been guilty of with regard to this matter there Is no doubt he would have called Hermann's case for trial long ago had he half-way believed there was the slightest chance for conviction. Doctor. Who nlaasrree. New York ".7orld. With the -severity of a great moral teacher. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California has been scolding the women students for frivolity. "Let there be no gigKlIng or flirting, he said sternly, "on the college ground. There are too many teas and balls, too much flutter and nervousness, press;" and Intensity, especially in the beginning of the year. There are too many social distractions." Yet it is only a few short weeks since Prof. Palmer of Harvr-d counselled the- Radclife girls not to bury themselves too deep in dry studies to the neglect 'of social diversions. A little ' flirting, he casually intimated, might do no great harm. If the spirit of the California and Massachusetts colleges Is so reprehensible and so different:, as the remarks of their local critics imply, why not Improve both by a system of exchanging women students ana so sweeten New England learning and cor rect Pacific Coast frivolity? . I Boy. and Baseball. Chicago Inter Ocean. Who will say that baseball is had for the American boy? He is developing all that goes to make the typical American. He gets out on . the playground and does his level best. When the game is finished and ha is tired out through his efforts ho hurries home to mother, for the boy is always hungry and mother's meals are tha -best.