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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1909)
I. (i'UjV (Dmrnitintt PORTLAND. ORI.tiOX. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Poatofflca as Eecond-CIass Matter. Subacriatioa Bate Invariably la Advance). (By Mall ) Dally. Sunday Included, on year r'aliy. Fur. lay included, six months 4-3 I'ally. Sunday included, three months. - 2 r-a.Iy. Sunday Included, one month -'3 Iat:y. without Sunday, ore year rally. without Sunday, six months 5-3 ri:y. without Sunday, three month.... I- ra!Iy. without Sunday, one month -o Weekly, one year ' Cundav. one year . 2 50 Sunday and weekly, one year. SW (By Carrier.) Pally. Funday Included, ona year....... 900 Dally. Sunday included, one month 73 How to Ronilt Send postotflre money order, express order or personal check on yeur local hank Sramps. coin or currency re at the sender's nik. Give povofftce ad dress In full. Includinc county and state. ( Postar Katrs 10 to M pares. 1 cent: IS 1o 2S pace. 2 cents; 30 to 40 paxes. 3 cents; 4S to do paites. 4 cents. Foreign postaga double rates. Eastern BuslnrM Office The 8. C. Beck whh Special Aeency New York, rooms 4S fc' Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building. PORTTAXD, MONT) AT, SEPT. , lO0. NECESSITY AND l"SB OF PARTY. . They whose political principle have been passing through all possible vicissitudes of bankruptcy, these many and many years, who can do business no further, and njw haven't any stock whatever they can call their own, have reached the stage of declaration that there are no political or party prin ciples whatever, that parties are need rjdss. and that the only proper way to iarry on government and affairs is for I each and all ' to ignore party con j flections and all definite political or ganization, and contend either singly or In detached groups for the lead In direction of public affairs. It is quite natural, no doubt, for those who long Since ran their own party, by their Various egregious follies, Into hopeless bankruptcy, to take this course. Such may be expected to offer advice, as to party action, to others who have pur sued saner methods. Experience in all democratic-republican and representative governments has demonstrated that a disorganized condition of parties is unfavorable to the public welfare. It results in casual and temporary . union of discordant : politicians, who seek their own inter ject rather than promotion of large general policies for the public weal. fT-Ut is most likely to be promotive of I j corrupt methods, too; for it tends to dicker and bargain between men who 1 have no common bond In unselfish principle and large purposes. Even party discipline though like every thing else It may be carried too far is of high value; for It may secure steadiness and responsibility In the af fairs of the state. "Responsibility to ' the people" Is merely a catch-word, an Idle phrase; for the people speak through masses, who form' parties as soon as they associate; and there will be parties, therefore, whether theo rists approve or not. "No party" is preached In our state Jn the interest of the minority party. Elsewhere it Is usually the same. Tet the minority party In Oregon doesn't obey rts own precepts. It votes solidly ; always for Its own principal candi dates; by preaching "no party". It hopes to draw away votes enough from other parties to elect them. Much 1 success has crowned Its efforts In this direction, it must be admitted though Its voters number lass than two-fifths of tise of the state. To try to jret on without party Is to attempt to conduct public affairs with weak divided and dependent admin istrations. It has often been tried In England, never with success. In our country such effort has not been made on any great scale; indeed not at all. - '-xcept in municipal affairs. And even when it has been tried In municipal affairs there has invariably been quick return to government through party agency and action. Portland came back to It last June with a rush. Judge ye, from the acts of the present adminis tration, whether there is not Increased efficiency through the change. Pausing from local particulars to high principles, we quote the views, on party, of the greatest political thinker the English-speaking world has ever pro duced. Burke has given a classical definition of party, which Is not likely 'ever to be superseded or Improved: '"Party," he said. In a very striking passage, "is a body of men united for promoting by their Joint endeavors the public interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed." It was Burke's contention that Chat ham would be unable to remedy the abuses of Parliament by persistence in his design and effort to break up par ties; and so it proved. It was incon ceivable to Burke that anything could be accomplished by such method. Chatham's incapacity of acting stead ily with any connection, his preference for co-operation with isolated poli ticians, his method of "hovering In the air over all parties to souse down where the prey may prove best." drew from Burke this statement: "For my part I find it impossible to conceive that any one believes In his own poll- ties. or thinks them of any weight, who refuses to adtpt the means of ..having them reduced Into practice. Every honorable connection will avow '"It as their first purpose to pursue every ...-just method to put the men who hold their opinions Into such condition as will enable them to carry their com- ' mon plans into execution. Men thlnk ing freely will, indeed, in particular In stances, think differently; but still, as . the greater part of the measures which arise in the course of public affairs are related to or dependent on some k great leading principle of government, a man must be peculiarly unfortunate P' ' In the choice of his political company If he does not agree with them nine times In ten." Particularly he Spoke with detestation of "ambitious men. of light principles or none, who in their turns nake use of all parties and. , therefore, avoid entering Into what may be construed as an engagement -with any." The state never would profit, he predicted, under such guid- - -ance. But a different doctrine Is pro claimed by our no-party statesmen of Oregon. The Oregonian begs to ex . cue itself. If the close of a serious ''article should be thought a chronicle of small beer. 'When Mr. tTRen was speaking In the State of Washington the other day. he advised that state ! t pursue the course that Oregon has taken not adding, however, that Ore !gon was fast turning back from It. "We pay no attention." he said, "to parties. We are In all parties and of all rarties." True, indeed. The fruits are false registration an,d perjury to ' support it; voting for candidates of one party in the primary and for the ' candidates of another In the election; defeat. If possible, of the concerted action that is necessary in all govern ment, destruction of all rational and consistent policies, andiresulting chaos. T.he Oregonian mistakes greatly if these sinuous courses are to be pur sued further In our Btate. . MEN WHO Sl'CCEED. Given the man and the land, na ture will do the rest in the Rogue River Valley. Such Is the lesson to be learned from the Interesting story of Medford orchards. In yesterday's Ore gonian. It Is an amazing record of success; there are no failures. At least we never hear of the men who do not get. along in the raising of fruit in Oregon. It is natural that we should not, since where there are so many opportunities for success and so many sagacious men and women who have seized them, and done well, the small minority who, through indolence or ignorance or ill-luck, 'have not pros pered are silent. We do not mean to say, mind, that there are such un fortunate persons in Oregon, for we do not know of any and do not know any one who does know of any. We merely assume that there must be some who have not been able to keep up with the procession, since there are such men In every other pursuit and calling. The Medford story Is little short of marvelous; yet, after all, there is noth ing very wonderful about It. Here is a region singularly adapted to horti culture; with apples, pears, and peaches as specialties. The early ven tures were not uniformly successful, however, since scientific methods of cultivation and production were not then far advanced, and, yet more im portant, there was no market. Now all is changed. The luscious fruit of the Rogue River Valley has a world wide name; the battle with the fruit pest has been won; there is a syste matic application of approved orchard methods; and the highest intelligence is employed In both packing and mar keting. Luck and. chance have played verv small part In the fortunes of the Rogue River region. Soil and climate have been favorable; but hard work has wrought the miracle. The orcnard ist who plants his trees, and then sits down to watch them grow, and awaits the buyer to call around for his fruit,- will not succeed there, nor any where. FEROXIDK REPORTERS AND THE PRESS Some unspeakable female, mho, for obvious reasons, does not give her name, is writing for Collier's Weekly a series of articles In which she pro fesses to give her personal experiences as a yellow journalist. Her avowed purpose is to let In the light on the odious things a self-respecting woman reporter Is required to do in. news paper work. She acknowledges at the outset that she is very good-looking, which makes her daily tasks all the harder she doesn't say why, and we haven't the nerve to inquire and also that she Is a remarkably brilliant writer. Therefore, she was chosen for the most difficult tasks, which ranged from bold Intrusion Into private households to betrayal of the confi dences of unsuspecting women. All these things Bhe did, so she says. Nice lady! She may tell the truth about her particular achievements and about the particular Journal for which she worked. Yet such a woman could not find employment on a respectable paper anywhere, and there are many respectable papers. They have no place for the peroxide type of female reporter. When Mr. Harriman came from abroad he was met by. repre sentatives of the great Journals of New York. He greeted them as friends and talked freely. Then he asked that no surveillance be placed on his move ments at Arden. His wishes were re spected. But If we are to believe the fables of writers like the Collie con tributor there would have been a re porter In every closet at Arden and. If such enterprise failed, the doors would have been blown ;open with dynamite In the effort to get at Harriman. WIDENED HOMESTEAD AREA. Vast areas of land aggregating about 65,000.000 acres have been des ignated by the Interior Department as subject to homestead entry under the "dry farming" act. These lands are non-mineral, untimbered and not sus ceptible to irrigation. The homestead entry upon them has been extended to Include 328 acres, because of the wider area necessary to yield a liv ing I. e., upon which to subsist stock and produce such forage and other ag ricultural crops as can be grown by the process known ' as dry farming. This process, simply interpreted, Is thorough cultivation of the soil to the end that such moisture as It receives may be duly conserved and such crops as can be matured with the least moisture may be grown. While advocates of the extension of the homestead area made a showing In favor cf the law which was convincing to the majority In Congress, It is diffi cult for the uninitiated to conceive of any great benefit that can be derived from doubling an. individual holding of arid land. These lands . are alleged and supposed to be wholly unproductive,-except as they are subjected to most thorough and intelligent cultiva tion. Of course no man can bring 160 acres of dry land up to a productive basis, and to double -his area would be only to double an already stupen dous task. However, there Is no reason why a man with energy and courage to face the agricultural and grazing problem In an arid, timberless region should not 'be given J20 acres "to live on and cultivate" if he- is willing to make the attempt and stand by his bargain until he can get title to the land. The ef fort Implies persistence on the part of the man who flies upon the land, much hard labor for himself and family, many privations and frequent failures. Furthermore, It means Isolation In a most dreary sense, and a monotony that makes life simply a dead level of succeeding days and nights. Such exultation as comes from look ing abroad and feeling that the world la all his own la the lot of the man who files upon S20 acres of an arid waste upon which, but for his own lifeless-looking, wind-rocked shanty, there is not a human habitation In sight. If he is thrifty and persistent and has been favored by instruction from the Government experiment station In re gard to processes and crops suited to his land, he may -with some assurance look forward to the time when his holding will be of some value and his surroundings take on the appearance of home and civilization. In the meantime, let no one grudge the pio neer "dry farmer" his gift of S20 acres of non-mineral, untimbered, unirriga ble land. If he patiently and persistent ly fulfills the terms of the donation he will Ijavo fully earned his land by the TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1909. time he receives his patent, and his family will be fully entitled to the home that it represents. Of the area subject to this type of homested entry, 1.300,000 acres are In Oregon. Montana has the largest area, a total of 6.000,000 acres being her portion. Colorado comes next, with ,0,250,000 acres. The climate of these districts is similar, being brac ing, and under proper environment healthful. The soil is identical in all; the processes necessary to make it to some extent productive are signifi cantly designated by the term "dry farming." -. DICTATION BY THE DEAD. The manner in which the late Rob ert Crawford Smith's will was com posed may appear uncanny to some people. It was dictated, in large part at least, according to reports from California, where he lived, by spirits. His discarnate friends and relations took a kindly interest in the disposal of his property, and gave him direc tions on the subject through two or three accommodating mediums. It -Is satisfactory to learn that the mediums were bountifully remembered In the will. The laborer is worthy of his hire. All this strikes one at first glance as something ghostly. To see the conduct of the living dictated by the dead seems unnatural until we have thought It over. Then it looks commonplace and proper. It is the ordinary procedure. ' Most of otir affairs are managed by the dead. The living are nothing but. tools automatically obedient to the bee heats of the departed. Dead preachf ers and pedagogues prescribe what our children shall study. Dead law yers regulate our trade and lay down rules for our conduct. Dead theolo gians say what we shall believe. The world is completely controlled by the shades of the departed, and most of them are a trreat deal more thorough ly dead than those relatives and friends of Mr. Smith who wrote his will. Upon reflection his method ap pears to be quite a long step toward emancipation from the tyranny of the King of Terrors. If each generation of men should conclude henceforth to manage Its own affairs without refer ence to the wishes of those gone be fore, would the world wag more com fortably than it does? Probably not. The superstition that the dead are wiser than we is a salutary check upon the love of change. It only be comes a serious evil when It forbids all change except decay. WASTE OF I'SEFVL WEEDS. A valuable article in a late number af the New York Independent treats of weeds and their uses In soilmaking, hence their use in agriculture. It is written by E. P. Powell, whose close walk with Nature, "in her visible forms," during long, observant years qualifies him to speak upon this topic, to the edification of all who love grow ing things and the enlightenment of the farmer concerning the various in truders of his fields against which he wages ceaseless warfare during the growing months of the year. "I had the Idea in my boyhood,' says Mr. Powell, "that weeds only grew to keep me busy In the onion bed Just when I wanted to go fishing; there are some weeds Just mean enough for that, I still believe; but In general I have found out that Nature knows very well what she is about in sowing and growing these things, which we think we have no use fop." He then proceeds to catalogue some of the common tweeds that have been fought relentlessly with hoe and plow ana fire for generations, as uncom promising enemies of agriculture, which if properly recognized and dealt with, are friends in disguise. Among his discoveries Is that pigweed makes splendid greens; that pokeweed Is a fine substitute, when properly grown, for spinach; that the despised dandelion is a capital food for fowls a yard of twenty hens devouring three bushels in a day if thrown to them, and that the bull thistle furnishes ra tions in this season for birds that in their turn keep the dreaded pest down by cracking and eating the seeds. This he calls one of "the nice bal- - e Kiii.ra M And there are oth ers all along the weedy fence-row and roadside; in the eornneins anu Knucn and among the wheat. The philoso phy of farming, asserts Mr. Powell. Is i. u mil "Hip onlv thorough going farmer Is Nature herself." She works to this end an me nine, Koe nurnnsft every weed counts. Weeds are property-wealth acordlng to this estimate, and snouia iiierei"ic uui be burned or thrown into the 'road. They stand for so much carbon, eo nhnenhnrus. so much potash and some nitrogen, and should be used as food for corn and Deans ana putaiuco. after that, for the cow and the family. Exhorting the farmer to the conser vation of Nature's forces In this line, Mr. Powell says: Tou will be amazed when you begin this compost huslness. to And what an enormous mass you can accumulate In the course of a " ear from common weeds. Gather them from your garden and from the roadside, put with them your barnyard manure, and then all the loud, -of Autumn leaves that you ran collect, and my word for It you will have something a deal better than you can buv . . When a whole state full' of people burn np all the weeds That srow dufing the whole year they are almplv stupid; and when, after that, they buy at a big cost, a lot of commercial fertilizer to do a fraction of what the weeds would have done If composted, they are criminally Ignorant. What are the farmers of our state doing in the matter of helping Nature make soils? Are they In the cata logue of the stupid, who burn all the weeds that fall before hoe and plow and scythe throughout the season, and let It go at that? Or are they of those en,i- n this Ktunldltv bv buying HIIV " 1 ' - - at a big cost commercial fertilizer to do a fraction or wnat ine wecua would have done If composted, and thus reach the stage of the criminally Ignorant? It may be feared-that there is still another and larger class among our farming population they who ruth-r lessly destroy weeds, Ignoring, or un knowing of, their value In the com post heap, and who return nothing to the impoverished soil to supply the waste of the weeds. Charles W. Morse, the high finan cier, who is credited with most of the responsibility for the panic of 1907, and who spent several months in jail In consequence, is out on bail, seeking to rehabilitate his lost fortune. While the public generally believes that Morse is entitled to severe punishment for his part In the unsavory financial deals that precipitated the panic, his determination to regain his financial footing Is highly creditable. The claims against his Metropolitan Steam ship Company amount to more than $1,000,000, and it requires both nerve and ability of a high order for a man of Morse's age to tackle a wreck, of that nature so soon after receiving the body blow which landed him behind the bars, a bankrupt- There Is danger that capitalists will control the water powers of the coun try, says Mr. Gifford Pinchot, and con sumers then will toe at the mercy of manufacturers. Well, how are men of limited means to develop the- wter powers of the country? Laws like those of Oregon, intended for "con servation of natural resources," will force the private owners to sell out, because they can't make the improve ments. It takes combinations of cap ital, known now as trusts, to do things on any important scale. Mr. Pinchot's contribution to practical knowledge In this matter is not of great value. . 1 i ? Milk never is clean enough; never will' be. Officialdom never has done much to better it, never will. But wfiat a roar to be raised because a man had bought a few cows, which he had mortgaged to secure part payment and didn't want to complete the transac tion! - Official life will settle down again soon to Its customary placidity; but every family should be on guard every day about the milk. When it was proposed to lower the duty on lumber, there was a vast out cry from the lumbermen, who said the industry would, be ruined. The way it is being ruined is shown in the pror posal to raise the price of logs. That means more for lunYber to the con sumer. . It is the consumer who must pay in the end for everything. When he quits buying, the producer has trouble. ' - In the United Kingdom, If the Lords give their consent, there will be a special annual tas on the Increased or Increasing value of land, from year to year. It is entirely safe to say there will not be much increasing value, after this system" shall go Into effect or operation. It would be a good way to stop Increase of land values in Amer ica if that's what's wanted. The old Oregon Trust Bank, It will be recalled, built up a great business on the basis of its widely-advertised promise, "We pay 4 per cent." .The remaining 96 per cent It evidently ex pected to let the depositors whistle for. They are whistling indeed; yet Is no one to toe held accountable for the .wretched condition of that bapk? ' Secretary Ballinger's answer to the question, "What are we to do with fcur newly discovered lands at the North Pole?" namely, Turn them into a forest reserve"was an epi gram that touches the heart of the controversy between himself and For ester Pinchot. The death of Clyde Fitch is to be re gretted. Most of his plays were writ ten hurriedly to meet insistent de mands of theatrical caterers, but he had the dramatic Instinct and fair literary skill. He was young enough and good enough workman to create something that might have lived. The Duchess of Marlborough (Con suelo Vanderbilt) refuses to be recon ciled with the Duke. Well, she bought and paid for him and she ought to be able to do as she likes with her dam aged goods. But It wasn't much of a bargain. Newcomers In Portland should not believe the deadly tales about Port land's milk supply. This city has. one of the very lowest mortality records in the United States. Even the mifk knocker can't stop the growth of Fort land. Now that the North Pole Is about to be annexed, applications will be in or der for the office of United States Mar shal. Jack. Matthews and Tom Me Cusker have qualifications which should not be overlooked. Most San Franciscans appear" to think Heney will not be elected. That would raise a strong presumption that San Francisco, though dqubtless hon est, has unfathomable crosswise mo tives. ' There seems to be no way out of it but for Dr. Cook to take all those skeptics up there and show them the North Pole. Yet some people would not know a pole if they saw it. Scientists and professors set them selves up to Judge Dr. Cook's exploit. They deem themselves, in their cosy home chairs, ultimate authorities on polar discovery. Our latest annexation must be class ified under arid lands. We look to Mr. Pinchot to see that the -North Pole doesn't fall info the hands of the Cold Storage Trust. It Is, or was yesterday, Just a little hot it was. But nothing compared with the sultry, humid and sticky heat In states too remote from the Pacific Northwest. Officially the Summer was over when the grand opera season and "Sa lomy Jane" opened. But unofficially, you'll have to fall back on the ther mometer. How would it do to refer the beeswax-ozocerite controversy of Nehalem Beach to the people for decision. Let the people's wisdom rule. They know. Marion County will make no exhibit at the State Fair, and there are signs that Columbia County Is going after the blue ribbon this year. That Hoqtiiam -woman who is suing a merchant for J5000 for slapping her face may toe establishing a market rate In family broils. In the chronology of polar expe ditions, Oregon's explorer. Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, has been lost sight of. If there are so many deadly germs in Portland's milk supply, how is It that the city's population grows so fast? If you spent the Summer among the cooling breezes at the beach, you got back to' Portland Just in time. In this kind of weather a great many persons evidently think Dr. Cook's achievement overlauded. Seven children too many for one family? It Isn't always the neighbors only who think so. Did any one suppose. Mayor Simon hadn't the grit to tackle the sand trust Z ' THE STATE A3fD WATER POWER Federal Goverament Can Have Very Little to Say. . CORVALLIS, Or., Sept. 4. (To the Edi tor.) Mr. Houston's criticism of Oregon's new water law. In Its application to fu ture acquisition of water rights, is Inter esting. Last Wednesday's Oregonian, in which Mr. Houston's communication ap pears, also contains an Interview, with Senator Carter, objecting to Mr. Pin chot's theory of Federal control of streams and water power sites within the boundaries of the state. Mr. Houston ob jects to either state or Federal control. In the Oregon law, H. B. 192, it is as serted that "all water within the state from all sources of water supply belong to the public"; and the state assumes, .3. B. 77, complete Jurisdiction and qpntrol over all waters not previously appropri ated for beneficial use. If this position can be maintained, there are no waters in Oregon, at least, over which the Fed eral Government can exercise control ex cept Interstate navigable waters. Mr. Pinchot evidently approves the Oregon law. and is inconsistent in urging his pro posed Federal measure. Few people who have any real understanding of the sub ject will degree with Senator Carter. Mr. Houston is undoubtedly correct In asserting that, under Oregon's present law, the poor man Is unable to acquire an extensive water right. The poor man is a hardly-used Individual. It Is ex tremely difficult forjiim to acquire any thing of large monetary value. The only remedy that suggests itself is that the poor man get rich. It is also true that under this law the larger water power propositions will be controlled by only rich individuals or corporations. That would be true under any law. But under our new code, the state does not part with its title to the water. The state leases the right to its use for.a limited term at a yearly rental or tax. Mr. Houston cites the case of a poor man who wished to file a claim for suf ficient water to develop 20,000 horse power, and could not do so because of the high filing fee and the annual tax of $u000. This man has friends In the East who would advance the money for de veloping the power "when the proper time should arrive." meaning, doubtless, when there should be a market for the power. Under the old method, Mr. Hous ton's poor man could file his claim and by a pretense of development hold it for a number of years. His rich Eastern friends and, by the way, even Mr. Hous ton's sample case resolves Itself into a wealthy backing might fail him, but he could prevent others, ready to develop the power for beneficial purposes, making use of the water until he be paid his price. Mr. , Houston's criticism cannot appeal to the public. He cites simply an indi vidual grievance. The law simply pre vents him getting something, which the state claims belongs to the public, for nothing. Mr. Houston apparently regards the fees and tax as excessively high. But his client was after a very valuable privir lege. If he wished -to develop 50 horse power, the fees would be nominal and the annual tax only $12.50, but this poor,man desired to tie up 20.000 horse-power and found to his amazement that he would have to pay accordingly. One can sympathize with the pathetic grief of the average lawyer over the modern tendency ,to ignore the mandates of that legal god, the English common law. Existing conditions, rather than Blackstone, are dominating our Legisla ture and our courts. The sacred doctrine of riparian rights Is going to the demni tion bow-wows. The individual loses un earned privileges and the public regains its own; and since the public seems to be the more powerful factor in present-day affairs, let us console ourselves with an other ancient rule, "The King can do no wrong." L. S. WARD. UKE IN THE OREGON COUNTRY, Keep Your Jag to Yourself. : Condon Times. Don't come Into this office with a comfortable Jag on and worry us with silly babblings. In the first place we are generally busy and In the next It sets us to speculating where you got the whisky. Measuring an Editor's Worth. St- John Review. ' We saw a team of mules on the streets of Portland the other day for which the owner asked $450, and we decided that the next time a dissatis fied subscriber called us a Jackass we would reflect a little before taking it as an insult- Record Load of Hay. Condon Globe. John Underwood brought a load of wheat hay to Condon on Thursday which Is, according to reports, the heaviest load ever weighed on the scales at the Condon Livery Barn. The gross weight was 7920, and the wagon and rack Weighed 2320, leaving 5570 pounfis of hay. A Fickle Well. Condon Times. Milton Washbur.n Is having trouble with his well, which at first was giv ing a big supply of water. It began to blow a regular hurricane of wind up the hole at first, then it changed and blew down, after which the water gave out. Mr. Washburn will go down an other hundred feet, if necessary, to get a sufficient supply of water. Passing of a Landmark. Brownsville Times. . The magnificent oak tree which has stood for ages on the side hill Just west of the Times office, was cut down this week and made into stove wood. It had become rotten and in danger of falling and doing damage. This tree had a ulstory. It was a "witness tree," first used In pioneer days, and nearly the entire survey of the country sur rounding is attached to the monument near by for which the tree stood as a witness. Chaos and. Calamity In Malheur, Vale PVaindealer. Through the diligence of the City Attorney and City Marshal arrests have been made thick and fast, during the last two or three days. Boys have been "pulled" for entering a cigarstore and lunch counter and the proprietor fined; gentlemen have been arrested for go ing to a hotel and entertaining and have been put under heavy bonds for so doing; other parties have been ar rested and heavily fined for selling "near beer," and we wonder where the "moral wave", will end. Big Grlszly Killed. Heppner Gazette. The first genuine grizzly that has been seen in the western spur of the Blue MoOntains for several years was killed by Charley Cox one day last week. Mr. Cox was hunting deer on the headwaters of Butter Creek, about 25 miles east of. Heppner, when he ran onto "Old Ephraim" and brought him down with a well-directed shot. The bear was brownish gray In color and weighed about 800 pounds. Mr. Cox was careful In saving the skin, head and claws, which he will keep as a coveted trophy. Doing; It Proper In Sherman. Moro Observer L. L. Peetz finished threshing on the 27th, hired the Opera-house, employed music and Invited all the lovers of Terpsichore to a social and dancing party. It was a pleasant gathering, highly enjoyed by ail in attendance, who, thanking their host, wished him many returns of a successful harvest. Mr. and Mrs. Peetz will now move into their new farm house, just finished, where they will be at home to their many, friends. HOW - WE " DO IT. But the Method Doesn't Commend Itself in he State of Washington.. Aberdeen (Wash.) World. "We pay no attention' to parties; we are In all parties and of all parties. We act only when the time is opportune. When we found that the people were not favorable to the recall and propor tional representation, we dropped those issues until the voters had been edu cated up "to them." Thus W. S. U'Ren, the "law-giver" of Oregon to the Washington Direct Legislation League, in describing the political condition of Oregon. And he wants this state to follow Oregon. Ex cuse us. "We" -by the way. who are "we"? must be a pretty bad lot in Oregon. "We" register as of parties, as Republicans or Democrats, under the Oregon law. Yet "we" go and vote Witl) which ever party "we" desire. "We" lie then when "we" register our party allegiance. Isn't there some other way to throw out the boss than by adopting his methods? And "we" are in exactly his position. He lies and cheats and breaks his word. He is "in all par ties and of all parties." "We" simply beat the devil around the stump, and, like the Ruefs, "we" certainly keep "our" left hands in ignorance of the acts of "our" right. The road to re form Is a toilsome one, but it ought not to be crooked. Nor can U'Ren work without par ties. He confesses their need and their existence when he talks of "we." Though all parties work under the direct primary in Oregon, yet that state knows but two parties. The line of cleavage runs between those who want the whole U'Ren programme, direct primary. Statement No. 1, recall, pro portional representation, initiative and referendum, and what-not, and those who do not. Without his party U'Ren could do nothing at all. Concerted action Is necessary in this Government and men who think alike will act to gether must, Indeed. If they would gain their ends. The U'Rens are mere ly rearing another party, but it is a party that' breeds secession. After It haB broken into Its little component bits in Oregon, and break It will since it cannot be welded, we may look for the restoration of sense In our sister state. EILI.UOARDS' DOOM IS IN SIGHT. Offend Taste In Every Villus and Ad vertisers Tire of Them. New York Commercial. The Commissioners for the District of Columbia have recently taken action in the matter of billboard advertising that will put before the District courts the question as to how far billboards con stitute a public nuisance; and It is pos sible that in the end there may be an "abolition of them in the District. Com missioner Maefarland says that the de velopment of esthetic ideas in recent years here In America, particularly in connection with the beautiflcatlon of cities, has made the billboard an anach ronism "while nearly everything else has felt the uplift, the billboard keeps fadt to its pristine hideousness." They are hideous enough In every nook and corner of the country, as everybody knows. Still, they may serve a useful purpose, but the trend of advertising Judgment is away from them, not to them. "Not only is the day of the bill board passing in the cities," says the Washington Post, "but there is also evidence that the smaller towns and the countryside are awaking to the necessity of action in the way of either abolition or strict regulation. Railroads are refusing permission for the erection of billboard's upon their rights of way; and when the thrifty Jersey farmers are better educated perhaps a trip from Philadelphia to New York will less re semble a journey through a tunnel of horrors.1' , Myriads of practical, common-sense business men who travel back and forth between New York and Philadelphia either regularly or intermittently are increasingly impressed with the fact that a vast amount of money must be absolutely thrown away In billboard advertising. There are some things that obviously catch public attention through billboard "art'' whether or not they actually bring business to the advertiser is an open question; but there are others that billboard "art" actually makes offensive and must tend to kill rather than create business. The billboard is bound, sooner or later, to become a matter for legislation In all the states for It is something to be reasonably "regulated," if not abol ished. The Colored Point of View. Portland Advocate (Afro-American). The report that H. R. Kincaid, ex Secretary of the State of Oregon, hav ing been robbed of 100 big dollars by an 18-year-old colored girl whom he was talking to in the stairway of a vacant house at Seventh and Davis streets on last Saturday night, sounds rtdlculously ' funny and smells fishy. However, the story may be true, but we doubt that the other half has been told. Now the question is. what was the ex-Secretary doing In the stairway of a vacant house at night talking to an 18-year-old colored damsel. It looks to us suspiciously like a case of social spooning, and in the mixup the Secre tary lost his wad. Another Sensation Spoiled. Norwaik (la.) Free Press. We thought maybe we could come at you this week with something some what sensational In the line of an elope ment, when we saw Harry and Lulu going towards the station last Friday, but we suppose we are doomed to dis appointment, we have heard nothing more about it. ' COLUMBIA ORIENT A LIS. (Read at a banquet to Baron Kanda. head of the educational section of the Jap aneso visitors. In Seattle, by Professor E. S. Meany. of the University of Washington. J , Thou stately, robust Nation, Thou heir of blood and time. Behold how brink of ocean Would check thy vigor's prime! Thy proud, victorious banner By valiant sons was borne. From sea to sea triumphant. No glorious shred was torn. "Why pause," cried hopeful sailor, "Why lock your power to land, Why quail before the billows. Why stop at sea-soaked sandT' On, on the banner fluttered, Till West became the East, Till creeds and laws were Jumbled, . Till Judge became the priest. There jeweled doors were battered. Diplomacy of guns. And commerce hoarsely bellowed For ships and measured tons. The lords of ancient Nippon, Aroused from cycled lore. Seized Neptune's fabled trident, New beacons set on shore. ' , Columbia Joined the nations In wonder and 1n doubt: "These cherry-blossom lovers. Have they a fiber stout?" In pausing, worlds awakened ' To Asia's modern light. To people freshly wielding Dynamic force and might. The Orient saw its Caesar, When Nippon faced the sea; Columbia found a neighbor; The East, its magic key. Swing Western gates, Columbia, Swing wide your ocean gates; Go meet those men of valor As men in new born sU'aa THE CONSERVATIVE IN BRYAN Real Nature of the Statesman Shown In Dlaeusaing Social Question. Chicago Inter Ocean. Those who doubt that underneath Mr. B-yan's radicalism there is a deeply conservative strain have only to read the article "Stereotyped News" on the first page of the last issue of the Com moner. It begins: There is an Item of news which appears so constantly that It mifc'ht almost be stereo typed with a blank lct for the names of the parties. It Is the Item that tolls of the killing of a woman by a man whom tho woman rejected as a suitor. After this calm and unexceptionable statement Mr. Bryan proceeds to men tion the particular case which inspired it. We ere informed that this time the suitor was a college graduate who killed a college girl and then commit ted suicide. Then comes the comment: Such cases can only be explained on the ground of Inordinate selfishness and a fail ure to take hold of a proper conception of life. I How true ar-d how conservatively stated! A young man who kills a young woman who refuses to marry him un questionably has failed to get "the proper conception of life." There may be a few people who hold otherwise. But they are wrong, wholly wrong. When you hear of a man murdering his sweetheart the Impression that his con ception of life Is not proper Is almost Irresistible. We quote further: Ihe man who denies to a woman the rlsht to freely choose her life compnnlon puts his own happiness, supposed happiness, above the happiness of the one whom he would marry, but It must be rather supposed happiness than real, for no man can hope to be happy with a wife who does not love him or loves him so little that she does not desire to marry him. Here again Mr. Bryan is at once o true and yet so circumspect In his state ment as to disarm criticism and leave only admiration for his conservatism. Who doubts that marrying a woman who would almost rather die is a step liable to lead to discord and unhappi ness? Where find grounds to impeach he statement, that such a man puts his own happiness above that of the woman he would marry? Nowhere. They don't exist. But there is still more: This refusal to consider the woman's wishes convicts the man of belne an unlit suitor. By his act he confesses that the lady whom he loved had measured him at his true value, for he proves himself unlit when he refuses to admit her right to decide upon her own future. Yet again we believe that" Mr. Bryan says nothing which can be construed Into a frenzied giving way to the radi cal spirit At the risk of contradiction from a few extremists, we do not hesi tate to say that a man who would com mit murder and then suicide raises an almost overwhelming presumption of unfitness as a suitor. Let Hie man disposed to disagree with Mr. Bryan on thia particular conclusion Imagine a man who had simply killed his sweetheart, without committing suicide, presenting himself as a suitor for his daughter's hand. Would he re gard him as an unfit suitor? We be lieve that as a rule he would that he would adopt Mr. Bryan's opinion almost Instinctively. The article which so delights us as a revelation of Mr. Bryan's long hidden conservatism and restraint of state ment is not lengthy. We have quoted at least half of It already. ThoRe who wish to read the concluding half must buy a Commoner. Those who do not may rest assured that there is as little ground for argument In what follows as in what we have quoted. It is regrettable that Mr. Bryan's conservative strain apparently only shows itself In settling these nice questions of social propriety. However, we should be glad that even occasion ally and in dealing with matters of small public interest the distinguished leader shows that his radicalism Is not without hopeful rifts. THIS MAN WAS INDEED A "FAN." Deprived of Seeing Gamea, He Played Baseball Solitaire. New York Evening Post. Tho greijiest baseball "fan" In all the world was buried at a little town in Ohio the other day. He had never taken part In a real game In all his life. Not once had he seen a major league team in action. But he knew by heart the history of every player In the National League, American League, and Ameri can Association. And in his imagina tion, at least, he had seen them play many a game. . He was a cripple. Deprived of see ing the game in the open, he devised a substitute. It was a game of cards which he styled "baseball." The secret of his novel game of solitaire died with him. But his friends tell how he. used to sit shuffling and dealing down a regular batting order that, as the gnme progressed, yielded base hits, runs, put outs, assists and errors. The resulting box scores had the form of those print ed every day. . For the good of the average Ameri can it Is as well that this recluse did not make known his method of playing his indoor game. For the good of the Nation is the outdoor game popular and growing in its popularity. THe typical American is energetic. He is alert, quick to think, and quick to art. He does things, and in a rugged way he Is artistic. Ills ideal is achievement; success his goal. That is why baseball is the typical American sport. That is why it appeals to young and old alike; why the man of means whose time is money will for sake his desk; why the small boy will forego all other allurements to see a baseball game. There Is also an ele ment of chance. The combination Is Just what tne American wants in his work and in his play. He covets skill, idolizes strength, and dellshts in the catlike quickness of the finished play er on the diamond. The Pinch to Come. Springfield Republican. That dispassionate authority. Prad streefs Index, says that commodity erices. already at the top notch, are go ing higher yet. It's all very well for the people who haven't yet embraced the low diet fad they can scale down the day's rations as the price of neies- i ppnnlA who are already practicing the simple life are not so fortunate, ana may nave m .u. on gasoline consumption and new tires. These Are Worlh a Glance. "What haughty, freezing manners that girl has!" "Yes. She's the iceman's daugh ter." Baltimore American. -Caller Snip & fn. have employed me to collect the hill you owe them. Owen you are to be congratulated, sir. on secur ing a permanent position. Koston. Tran script. Well Meant French. The fcrltish Inter viewer who wanted, by way of compliment, to call M.. Blerlot "a regular flyer." was ill advised t say "Monsieur, vnus etes un voleun reguller." Punch. "The boss called me In consultation to day" declared the office boy. "CJ'wanr" "Fact. He had a dispute with the Junior partner as to who wuz leHdln' the league just now in battin'." Louisville Courier Journal. Mother Is it possible. Harry, that you have eaten all that cake without giving a thought to your sister? Harry Oh. no! I thought of her every second I was afraid all the time that she would come before I had eaten it up. Life. She Only think. Mrs. Jhonea threw a flat-iron at her husband's head because he accidentally sat down on her new hat. I couldn't do a thing like that. He No, you love me too much, don't you? Pho Yes. and besides. I haven't any new hat. Phila delphia Inquirer. Lady X. (whose husband has the worst shooting in Yorkshire Well, can't you squeeze in a Friday to Tuesday? Just a couple of days on the moor? Ossy D'Arry Sorry, can't possibly leave London. Big scheme on at the War Office. We're cross ing carrier plgeonB with parrots hoping to get verbal messages through. Punch.