TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1909.
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POKTLA-D. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5, ISO.
OREGON'S INTEREST IX HUDSON.
Henry Hudson was England's plon-
Er discoverer, to blaze the track for
agllsh possession of Canada. His
, untrymen who followed, and pushed
' his discoveries onward, carried the
British flag through Canada into Ore
gon. In the New York festivities last
.'week, commemorating Hudson's dis
covery of that city's great river, three
1 hundred years ago, were many eulo
" gles in his honor. The people there
did well to honor his name, although
his courage, determination and dar
ing set in motion a chain of exploits
that almost cost them the great land
of Oregon and nearly brought them to
war with a battle-cry of "Fifty-four
forty or fight."
No discoverer, in any region or in
any time, surp.ssed the bravery of
Hudscn. nor went throi'trh more ter
' rible sufferings. The frost agony of
the frozen north, in the inland sea
that bears his name, the life-sapping
; struggle with hostile ice in regions.
' dead to life, never before had been
encountered In the living records of
men. Through all the cold and pri
vation of the voyage in Hudson's Bay,
the year following discovery of New
York's river, his mind was kept aglow
by his resolute idea that south of the
Inland sea led a passage to the Vest
ern Ocean and to China.
Hudson forfeited his life to this
. Idea. The claim which he gave to the
region brought other British .explorers,
. who carried their nation's flag west
i ward overland. In a race for suprem
! aey with the French; who had entered
the continent by way of t. Lawrence
River,.
To gather the fur treasures of the
region, the British formed the Hud
son's Bay Company. This company's
explorers ertabllshed English claims to
what is now Canada. Thy spread
over the Oregon Country and invaded
California. They penetrated to the Arc
tic seas aod to the North Pacific. Upon
their discoveries and records, Britain
depended in :ts disputes over boun
daries. These men found their match,'
however. In the rivalry for possession
of Oregon, in the American settlers,
whose superior numbers swept the
British aside. Dr. John McLoughlin
was the Englishman In command In
this contest. The ascendancy of his
humane nature over British eagerness
for triumph, when starving Americans
crept this way, is a tale that always
will be tenderly told. McLoughlin's
gfnerous spirit cost hit his post of
honor with the British and then his
life's substance, and hastened his final
ending.
So .the people of Oregon hd a dl-
i rect interest In the Hudson memorial
In New York last week. They possess
the land and can afford to be gener
ous In their admiration of his English
daring and of the later explorers who
Inherited his courage.
PETTY FEABY.
Commander Peary's statement of
i the reason why he would not permit
' a white man to accompany him to the
Pole throws a bright light on his
character. He wanted all the glory
of the achievement himself. He con
fessed with frank cynicism. A white
companion would not have diminished
Peary share of the glory an atom,
while he might, in the end, have been
useful as a- witness. The world has
thus far taken Peary's word for his
discovery at its face value, but a time
may coma when tt will do so no
longer. He has been under quite as
i much temptation to prevaricate as Dr.
I Cook has and may possibly have
fielded to it. Who knows?
So far as the characters of the two
,raen go. Dr. Cook has every imagin
able advantage over his competitor.
He has displayed none of that petty
meanness which Peary exhibits at
i every opportunity. He has made no
malignant comments on his rival. He
has not questioned Peary's veracity.
Still, other people may ultimately see
cause for questioning It. A man who
would be guilty day after day for
weeks in succession of the unmanly
.conduct which Peary has exercised
toward Cook would probably lie If be
1 thought he could gain anything by It
! and escape detection. The fact that
! nobody accompanied him on his final
dash puts him in an admirable po
sition to Indulge his inventive powers
and the close resemblance of his nar
rative to Dr. Cook's almost leads one
to suspect that his imagination was
aided by a sip peep or two at bis
rival's notes.
THK REVIVAL OP BPAIX.
Tha Spanish success against the
Moors In Morocco cannot fall to
strengthen the government at home.
A few weeks ago it seemed on the
verge of ruin. Now, according to
some . accounts, it has overcome the
onnosltion of the masses and is on the
highway to establish a complete des-'
potism. If this is accomplished,
Spain will be under the absolute sway
OX a Clique vi eccieiiMmjo uiu umuuu
est millionaires. Such a government
could not, in the nature of things,
continue long. It would soon cause
another revolution to break out with
an ensuing cycle of anarchy and mili
tary tyranny. It is even hinted from
some sources that France and Eng
land may intervene to prevent Al
phonso's ministers from bringing de
struction upon the throne by senseless
severities.
Since Spain got rid of Its Ameri
can colonies there has been nothing
S to hinder the rapid development of
i tha resources of the country except
lack of intelligent efTort. Alphonso
i is too much occupied with the af
' fairs of heaven to make a good earth'
ly ruler, while the Spanish people
love to brawl a great deal better than
.rb nrf nRv taxes. The sneer
tf gjx tha T 'ln countries i u9 -
generate Is false so far as Franca and
Italy are concerned, but It applies
rather aptly to Spain. A nation which
has been going down hill for 300 years
must be pretty near the bottom by
this time and can blame nobody for
calling It degenerate. Fewer priests,
less talk and a great deal more work
would prove biessirigs of the first or
der for the Spaniards. If they could
direct their thoughts away from their
ancestors a little while and forget all
about eschatology, an amazing trans
formation would occur In the con-
dltlon8 of their country.
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FREIGHT BATES YET TOO HIGH.
'Railroad tolls, in the Pacific North
west, between the interior and tide
water, have been reduced by railroad
commissions of two states. But they
are not low enough. They are based
on the mountain haul across Cascade
Mountains. They ought to be based
on the water-grade haul of the Colum
bia River. Some day that will come
to pass.
The n resent unnatural state of
fthings will endure only temporarily.
Ultimately, railroad rates, im -""
on all other commodities, will reach
a figure which depends upon the cost
of the service rendered and nothing
else. When they are fixed In any
other way they are artificial and can
not be permanent. The haul from the
Inland Empire to Portland follows a
natural route, established by the Cre
ator when he made the mountains and
sundered them to let the Columbia
River flow through to the sea. It Is
down hill all the way and, therefore,
costs less than the haul over the
mountains does. The lesser cost of
the haul will in the long run be rep
resented by a rower freight charge.
Temporarily by one device and an
other Portland may be deprived of the
advantages which nature has bestowed
upon it, but in the end the balance
will swing even and it will get its dues.
Shippers will then pay a fair rate for a
water-level haul. Instead of as now,
a high charge, for a hard uphill pull
over the Cascade Mountains. The rates
fixed by the commissions of Oregon
and Washington are still too high.
JEWS ' AND CHRISTIANS.
Touching upon the subject of the
intermarriage of Jews and Gentiles,
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, formerly of Port
land, seems to hold -views whose nar
rowness looks rather odd among the
brilliant multitude of his broad and
liberal opinions. In a sermon Sunday
morning at the Free Synagogue, which
Dr. Wise founded in New York and
where he has. built up a. great work,
both religious and civic, he Is re
ported to have said that the effect of
Intermarriage would be the disappear
ance of the Jewish race. He added
that this would be a' calamity
to the world. So far as the latter re
mark is concerned, the distinguished
rabbi Is unquestionably right. The
world owes a debt to the Jews, partic
ularly in religion, which began many
thousand years ago and is growing
more portentous every day.. It Is a
statement of simple fact to say that
they have given us our religion and
a large portion of our literature as
well as ail of our ethical ideas which
are worth having. Moreover, they have
not, by any means, ceased to give. It
is acknowledged on ail hands that t'..e
highest practical concepts of the
spiritual life which we possess in
America today are cherished and kept
alive by the Jews.
i We readily, conceive, therefore, that
the disappearance of the Jews as a de
nomination would be an immeasurable
calamity, but intermarriage with Gen
tiles "would not cause them to disap
pear. ' There is probably no' such in
dividual In the world as a Jew of pure
blood. The race has been crossed and
crossed again with every other under
the sun, sometimes. voluntarily, some
times with violence, and yet Its pre
potence Is so extraordinary that it
never has lost an atom of its own
peculiar qualities, but invariably sub
merges and half extinguishes the alien
Influences. The effect of Intermar
riage between Jews and Anglo-Saxons
will not be to extirpate the Hebrew
stock. It is the Anglo-Saxon type
which will be .obscured by the union.
Ar. Infusion of the Jewish, or some
other powerfully vital blood, is pre
cisely what ta needed by our nervous,
dyspeptic materialistic population. It
will not hurt the Jews and It will do
us an Immense amount of good.
..a for losing their religion by the
union, that Is quite likely to happen
in any case", to both Jews and Chris
tians. The old-fashioned religion
which consists of a set 'of dogmas and
ceremonies, is rather rapidly dying
out, no matter hat name it goes by.
Of course, its demise Is regrettable
from some points of view, but, upon
the whole, we may venture to con
clude that a system of faith which Is
bound to be lost If a man marries a
good wife, is not of supreme value. If
human beings are really pushed to the
point of sacrificing a happy marriage
or sacrificing their eccleslastleal con
nections It does not seem possible for
them to' hesitate very long.
LOSING AMERICAN CITIZENS.
The exodus of American farmers to
Canada continues to be a phenomenon
of the first importance. More of them
are crossing the border this Fall than
ever before and they are flocking
thither from all parts of the country.
Formerly It was the Middle - West
alone, which thus lost the heart of Its
citizenship. Now all sections of the
Union suffer alike. Besides the re
gret which we cannot help feeling
over the migration of many thousands
of excellent citizens to a country which
Is certainty foreign and which may be
come hostile, the matter has an eco
nomic side, which causes some con
cern. The 70,000 farmers who will go
to Canada to live this Fall will take
with them some- 170,000,000 In cash
and effects. . This is by no means a
negligible sum. Added to the annual
remittances which the industry of the
United States must make to. our mil
lionaires living in Europe, to our
young women who have endowed Im
pecunious nobles, and to the thousands
of travelers who flock tq foreign lands
every Summer, it makes a very ap
preciable drain on our resources. But,
of course, the most serious loss Is the
men themselves and their families
who have forsaken the land pf the
free and the home of the brave to
dwell under the rule of a monarch.
Why do they go? Naturally the
cheap and fertile land of Western
Canada attracts them. Each emigrant
goes with a reasonable expectation of
bettering his fortune. Indeed, In a
few years he may grow rich through
the abundant crops he can raise and
the increase of land values. But per
haps that is not the sole reason for the
astonishing migration. 'There is a
common notion abroad that in Canada
life and property are appreciably
aferthao. they are here. Murders are
not so frequent and are more speedily
and surely punished. Mobs and the
so-called "unwritten law" are virtu
ally unknown in Canada. Again, the
law is a vastly more ascertainable en
tity there. Canada does not permit
Its judges to veto acts of the legisla
tive body. When a statute has been
enacted it is known to be the law of
the land until It has been repealed.
This naturally imparts to Canadian
civilization a security and stability
which we have not yet attained, v .
We must remember, in the same
connection, that the Canadian pro
tective tariff is far less exorbitant than
ours and much less boldly arranged
for the benefit of special favorites.
Hence, there is an impression, very
widely diffused, that the Canadians are
not so wickedly robbed by the trusts
as we are in this country. Reasons
like these sufficiently account for the
exodus of a body of citizens, whom
we can illy afford to lose, but they do
not much assuage our regret that they
cannot be retained in the United
States.
MICROBES AMr OFFICIAL PARASITES.
'Discovery and substantiation of the
germ theory of disease has doubtless
been of great benefit to mankind.
There is, however, a debit side to the
credit column, which has been so var
iously and valorously exploited, that
when presented in black and white
cannot fall to set some persons, nota
bly taxpayers, to trembling. Take this
city, for example. In which germ
chasers by Inference, health officers
by title, warm at least fourteen, or
fifteen chairs In the City Hall and
elsewhere at municipal salaries aggre
gating a monthly total of $1175.70.
Relying, as we all do, upon our pure
water, mountain air and equable cli
mate to safeguard the public welfare,
these health officers, numbering thir
teen men and one woman, look wise
and draw their salaries under the as
sumption that they are thereby grand
promoters of the health conditions,
for which Portland, since Its founda
tion, has been noted.
We have in this list of alleged pub
lic benefactors a sanitary Inspector,
who draws JS5 a month from the city
treasury. This official title may mean
anything; in point of fact, it means
nothing but the salary that attaches
to It. ,We have a market inspector at
the same salary., Walk up and down
our streets, . halting at butcher shops
and markets of various kinds and try
to discover what equivalent she gives
In return pr the $1020 a year that Is
transferred from the city's strong box
to her bank account. We have three
school medical Inspectors who meddle
now and then with the children's
throats, look at their tongues, get a
little needed experience, wherewith to
back up the credentials furnished by
their diplomas of graduation; find
symptoms of sickness and optical dis
ability that enable commercial doctors
to prey on fond parents and at the end
of the school month present bills for
services rendered, aggregating $114.
The one official on the list who Is
really needed and who probably earns
his money is the nurse at the pest
house who, for caring for patients
suffering fiom smallpox, receives $100
a month.
The whole outlay of the City
Health Office, with the exception
noted, aggregating last year $24,
485.93, represents waste of taxpayers'
money. Inspectors who do not in
spect, health officers who know noth
ing about conditions of health and dis
ease In the city hese and all the
rest, are barnacles upon the body pol
itic that could be shaken off without
the slightest detriment to the public
health. The Oregonian says this ad
visedly, having been 1 ore longer than
any of these upstart officials and re
calling distinctly the clean bill of
health presented by . the city before
these official parasites came into their
present happy existence. Between the
two pests official parasites- and sick
ness microbes, Portland Is better
with the microbes.
THE SPEEDY CHIEF.
Chief of Police Cox, running pilot
for the President's automobile, Sunday
afternoon, narrowl: escaped colliding
with a locomotive at the East Morrison-street
crossing. The machinery
that operates the gates was out of or
der and the police chauffeur, with the
disdain that characterizes tho petty
official in his disregard of the pedes
trian who happens in his way, did not
observe the railway and trolley flag
man stationed at that point. The lo
comotive almost grazed the vehicle.
The Presidential party was a block
away and made an easy stop in half
the distance.
While the public is, of course,
unanimous In thanking kind fate that
Its Chief of Police escaped Injury and
possible death, ii feels there must be
a reckoning with that official. The
crossing is one of the worst in the
city and requires special vigilance in
approaching, for the tracks are hid
from view. Yet the police automobile,
so the old railway flagman says, came
tearing along at twenty-five miles an
hour, and the story of excessive speed
Is corroborated by the trolley flag
man, who will not, however, venture
into figures. The Chief says he saw
no flagman, and if the evidence of
those worthy men be true, the Chief
is to be believed, for to the auto rider
who is annihilating space, not many
things are ' lsible.
The one possible deduction is that
all hands are telling the truth, and
It is up to the Chief, in the interest
of a. good example to go upstairs this
morning, plead guilty and pay the
nominal fine Judge Bennett Imposes
on the unsuspecting speed maniac.
HERESY IX THK BANKS. '
Mrs. Augusta Stetson, the supposed
successor to Mary Baker Eddy, as
leader and oracle of the Christian
Science body, has been dismissed from
that organization because, as alleged,
she has been teaching erroneous doc
trines. This being interpreted, prob
ably means that Mrs. Stetson has been
guilty of doing some thinking of her
own and has not stuck closely to the
orthodox text of "The Book," as Mrs.
Eddy's "Key to the Scriptures" is
known in Christian Science circles.
Alfred Farlow, who standstill close re
lation to Mrs. IJddy, "The Book" and
Christian Science publications gener
ally, upon being asked how the mem
bers of the mother church would take
Mrs. Stetson's dismissal, answered
with the ambiguity that characterizes
Christian Science utterances, "It Is to.
be hoped that they will receive it in a
Christian manner and treat it accord
ingly." In other words, it is hoped
that Mrs. Eddy's decree banishing
from the church and the work of the
Christian Science religion an influen
tial worker; will be accepted uhques
tloningly as an act from which there
is no appeal. When Mother Eddy dies
these may be another leader In the
Christian Science movement, but not
while she lives, with her consent. It
remains to be seen whether Mrs. Stet
son will accept her peremptory dis
missal quietly and step down and out
or continue to teach "erroneous doc
trines," i. e., doctrines not found in
"The Book," to a following that has
grown restive under "stale repetition
hammered on the ear" twice a day for
fifty-two days in the year.
It Is interesting to see this revolt in
the Christian Science ranks, from the
orthodox doctrines and authority . of
Mrs. Eddy's church. That Is the way
Mrs. Eddy's sect Itself started. Now
the heresy habit has invaded her cir
cle. When , the dissenting habit gets
started ' there is no end to It. The
Bureau of the Census" report on relig
ious bodies, 1906, cites that there was
an increase in this country during the
six years preceding, of sixty-one re
ligious denominations. When theol
ogy begins to split up, the multiplica
tion makes fast progress.
1 Mrs. Annie Besant has confided to
some of her followers that she is a
reincarnation of Hypatia and Bruno.
The learned lady has also recently dis
covered that she llvedGdurlng the time
of Confucius, but does not recall the
names under which she was living In
that remote age. This latest discov
ery of the, lady of mystery, is vouched
for by Mrs. E. C. Peets, president of
the Cleveland Theosophical Society.
Now that Mrs. Besant has struck a
system of recalling the past and clear
ing up some of its mysteries, we may
expect great developments. John D.
Rockefeller lives at Cleveland, and he
should rush right up to see Mrs. Peets
and get a diagram for working out
the puzzle. If he can come to the
front with a well-authenticated pedi
gree, showing that he at one time lived
as Alexander the Great and later as
Morgan the Buccaneer or Captain
Kidd, we must naturally exduse some
of his present shortcomings as due to
early training. There are a great
many people for whom the world
breathed a sigh of relief when they
were reported dead, who may still be
running at large without an Identifi
cation label by which we can place
them. Much of this present .rumpus
in Europe may be due to the presence
of some Individual who formerly lived
as Julius Caesar.
After Bixty years Naf continuous oc
cupancy. Uncle Sam has decided to
stay awhile longer at Vancouver Bar
racks. President Taft said so. He
knows. Oregon agrees with him to a
man that "there hangs over that great
old post the memory of military, men
of renown." There are still living in
this state a few men who not only
knew Grant and Sheridan in person,
but who, as boys,, can remember also
Dr. McLoughlin. Our pioneer stock
looking backward toward "Vancouver,
see the Hudson's Bay Company estab
lished twenty-five years before the first
United States command which tame
around the Horn, pitched its tents
In 1849. In historic interest, "Van
couver stands alone. From merely the
sentimental point of view, it is gratify
ing to note that there will be, for the
present at least, no break In the con
tinuity of the military phase.
Astoria Is keeping step with all the
rest of Oregon in the state's onward
march. The Morning Astorian pub
llEhes a list of public and private build
ings and industrial enterprises under
taken within the last nine months,
whose total. exceeds $1,000,000. Among
the principal enterprises are the doub
ling of the Hammond Lumber Com
pany's plant, $200,000; modern hot -1
by the Weinhard estate, $150,000;
high school, $75,000; Elks' block, $50,
000. For new homes, $100,000 is be
ing expended. Investment of $1,000,
000 In improvements this year gives
force to the Astorian's claim that As
toria is the second city of Oregon. .
Before Taft arrived In Chicago, the
police jailed a lot of known criminals
including notorious pickpockets. In
New York, the police rounded up and
put behind bars similar characters in
advance of the Hudson-Fulton cele
bration. The charge was vagrancy.
If the authorities are able to get rid
of these vermin any time they choose
so to do, why can't they make a per
manent Job of it? Will it not be
cheaper for the 'community to feed the
pickpockets and burglars in jail than,
to let them prey on the public?
Home Secretary Gladstone has got
himself Into a ludicrous plight in his
attempt to subdue the English suf
fragettes. This latest effort in this
line consisted in an order forcibly to
feed a number of women who, for
their zeal in the cause of woman suf
frage, are locked up in the Birming
ham prison and stubbornly refuse to
eat. These pugnacious and stubborn
suffragettes may be fools, but that
does not excuse the Home Secretary
for making an ass of himself in deal
ing with them.
There is some excuse for the little
lad who, being teased and tortured by
a big, husky fellow and finding re
monstrance in vain, shoots his tor
mentor in self-protection. There is
no excuse, however, for parental care
lessness that permits boys to go about
armed with deadly weapons.
The Mount Scott district will soon
be supplied with Bull Run water.
Movement in this matter last Spring
would, perhaps, have prevented the
"old well" from getting in its work
In disseminating the germa of typhoid
in that district.
Wl.en Seattle next asks the War
Department to remove Vancouver
Barracks to the Puget Sound metropo
lis, it may bolster Its claim by charg
ing that Representative McCredle is
part owner of the Portland baseball
club. ' .
Where was the "knocker" last Sun
day who Is wont to declare that it al
ways rains upon an important occas
ion in Oregon? Blinking in the bright
sunlight on the street corner, per
haps, wholly unashamed.
That poor Eskimo who was driven
to eat his child, never knew of the
beauties, of health food. There's a
reason." There are no newspapers In
Eskimo land.
. As the time approaches for Mr.
Bryan's appearance on this Coast,
Hon. Milt Miller will begin to worry
If his comb, hackle and sickle are oa
straight. --
Murderer Meyers, of Salem, has
made the same kind of start as Harry
Tracy, but he is not likely to duplicate
that extraordinary record. ,
Now that the Secret Service men
have departed, every loyal citizen is
no longer -an. jobjecA o suspicion. ,
XO DRY ELECTION IS CBAS'T.
Petition for Vote Next Month Has Many
Defective Signatures.
Canyon City Eagle.
It is not likely now that there will be
any election on the prohibition question in
Grant County this Fail, as the 'petition
filed with the Clerk asking for a special
election on November 2 was found to be
Insufficient as to the number of signa
tures and was not the proper compliance
with the law on which to base an order
for an election.
The petition was filed. with the County
Clerk on the 24th and was to come for
hearing before the County Court on -last
Saturday. There were 203 names on tha
petition, 75 of which were stricken off for
the reason that they were not legal peti
tioners. The required number for a peti
tion based upon 10 per cent of the vote
cast at the last general elaction Is 126.
Striking the 76 names from the petition
left it short of the required number by
eight names. Under these circumstances
County Clerk Schroeder could not enter
the petition upon the journal and there
fore there was nothing-of reeordupon
which the County Court could act.
The names were stricken from the peti
tion for several reasons. Some of them
were not registered voters, as is provided
for by the law, and others signed the peti
tion one way and were registered in an
other way, so that it was not sufficient
to satisfy Mr. Schroeder that it was one
and the same individual. For instance, if
a petitioner signed the petition as John
Doe and the name John Doe' did not ap
pear on the registration, but the name J.
H. Doe appeared, it was not considered
sufficient identity to conclude that It was
one and the same Individual. In other
words, a petitioner 6hould sign his name
the same way that he registers.
Whether this is the legal interpretation
of the wording of the law, only a writt
of mandamus directed to the County
Clerk could determine, and as no action
has been taken and the time for the filing
of the petition expires- on October 2, 30
dayB prior to the election,"!t is not at all
likely now that anything further will be
attempted and the election will go over
another year, or until November, 1910,
when it is probable that it will be made a
state-wide question.
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AMERICAN ESTATES ARE ENTAILED
Enormously Rich Evade Constitutional
Uw by Declaring Bby-Helr.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle.
A growing practice of selecting the
youngest baby in families of million
aires as the heir is attracting- atten
tion and discussion. By such practice,
it is asserted, the prohibitions against
entailed estates are, at least, partially
set at defiance. 1
Under our laws a testator may select
his heir, but he cannot entail his estate,
nor can he determine how that heir
shall devise it. But, the beneficiary of
the will being a minor, the testator
may establish a trust which shall en
dure for "a life or lives in beinK and
21 years thereafter." Therefore, if a
babe, say one year old,, is selected as
the heir and a trust Is established
under strict instructions, an estate may
be held intact, in the outlook, for near
ly a century. ,
Some rather interesting speculations
are indu(ged in as to the possibilities
under such practice. It is pointed out
that $1,000,000 preserved intact for a
lifetime would naturally increase enor
mously. The estate of Marshall Field
of $40,000,000, held in trust for two
beneficiaries, who are yet young, is
taken as an Instance to point out that
in 40 years, under the terms of the
trust, it will amount to more than a
billion. It Is also shown that the Astor
estate, practically held intact since
1840, is now approaching the billion
mark. The speculation is made that if
John D. Rockefeller were to put his
millions ' into trust for 60 years, for
his youngest grandchild as his heir,
at the time of its expiration there
would not be enough cash in the world
to pay for that child's possessions.
Of course, the practice is an evasion
of the Intent of the law, If it is not of
Its letter. The universal adoption of
the practice would in time of men al
ready grown to manhood create an
aristocracy of wealth of which now we
have no knowledge. Our reliance on
the second and third generation to diffuse-accumulated
wealth would be
something forgotten.
A Boost for McCredle.
Kelso Kelsonlan.
For years Southwest Washington has
desired a Congressman, and previous to
the election of the late lamented Francis
W. Cushman, ten years ago, this section
of the state made numerous efforts to
capture the prize. After Cushman's first
election, so well did he fill the office, and
so fair was his treatment of this section
that no effort was made to defeat him
for renomination. This section gave him
a large majority of its votes, and each
succeeding election he grew more popu
lar, until he was looked upon as a per
sonal friend and loved by all the poli
ticians as well as the people.
Every voter in this section should talk
and vote for McCredle. He is qualified in
every sense of the word to fill the high
position and will make for this district an
able Representative in Congress. Cowlitz
County voters know Judge McCredle and
will give him a mighty majority over that
of his opponent, whoever he may be.
Dishonorable Realgnntlona.
Bpston Post.
West Pointers and Annapolis cadets are
fed and clothed and educated by the Gov.
ernment for the military and naval serv
ice. It is understood that young men ac
cepting cadetships intend to devote their
lives to the profession of arms. Other
wise, the Government can have no object
in training them for that profession in
the service. A moral obligation is creat
ed, but to this obligation many, unfor
tunately, axe not sensitive. We see young
officers anxious to leave the Army and
Navy to accept more profitable positions
in private business. They cannot honor
ably take such action. The value of serv
ices desired by individuals is due to edu
cation given by a government they are
bound to serve.
The War Department, which is in con
stant heed of more officers, should re
strict acceptance of resignations to cases
in which a very pressing necessity exists.
A private is not allowed to leave any time
he can get a. better Job. Should an officer,
whose standard of duty Is presumably
higher, be allowed to do so?
Failure of Prohibition.
Harney County News.
Pendleton has been dry territory the
past year from a legal standpoint, but
appearances indicate that as a matter
of fact liquor has been easily obtain
able there all the time. The grand
Jury has been Investigating the past
ten days, with the result that several
indictments and arrests have been
made, some of quite prominent citizens.
Prohibition by law is always accom
panied by a successful effort to evade
its purpose and the drinker seldom
goes dry if he has the price.
Alas! Poor Teddy!
New York Time.
(Scene: The. Jungle. Time: When the news
came.)
They talked of yak.
He waved them back.
Of antelope
He murmured: "Nope.
KMnoceri
He groaned: "Not II'
"A rebra fat?"
"None of that."
"Well, hippopot?"
"Distinctly not."
"A- Uon scores?"
"Confounded borea!"
"What then?" they cried.
, .A-polel". h sighed.
POLE STORY SETS COOK $25,000.
And Telegraph Charges Make Large
Additional Expense.
New York Herald.
The Herald did not hesitate to pay
$28,000 for the news and narrative of Dr.
Cook's triumphant march to the Pole,
but on the contrary, considered that it
i .nni hm-train. It must
be apparent, even to the veriest tyro J
in Journalism, that $28,000 is not
exorbitant fee for the exclusive account
of that epoch-marking achievement the
conquest of the Pole after centuries of
unavailing effort.
The money value of such a story can
not be estimated. It is worth any sum
the explorer and writer might decide to
Had Dr. Cook chosen to announce the
news of his success through an English
paper he could have made a most profit
able deal, for the principal London jour
nals, such as the Daily Telegraph, which
shared with the Herald the cost of Stan
leys expedition to the Congo; the Times,
the Morning Post, the Daily Mail, the
Standard, the Daily Chronicle, do not
shy at expense when a big Journalistic
coup can be made. Probably any one of
them would have jumped at the. oppor
tunity of obtaining, at any price, the ex
clusive record of the first successful polar
expedition.
If an English newspaper could have
beaten the world's press in announcing
the discovery of the Pole, it would have
afforded some consolation for the disap
pointment caused by the victory of an
American where so many gallant Eng
lish explorers have failed. Undoubtedly
Dr. Cook realized all this, but he wished
his triumph to ba wholly American, and
therefore he sent his narrative to the
American newspaper identified with news
of exploration and of all happenings
abroad.
CHICAGO RAPS QUAKER CITY,
Says Philadelphia Was FooIInn to Sop
rw Emma Goldman.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Emma Goldman's chief reason for
existence nowadays seems to be to
cause big cities to make fools of them
selves. San Francisco, Indianapolis and Chi
cago and New York, among many oth
ers, have put the dunce cap on their
heads when she has appeared.
New York, however, has recently
become wiser. Instead of sending a
squad of police to raid the meetings at
which she has been announced to
speak. New York has begun to let her
vocal chords operate in comparative
peace.
But now comes Philadelphia with
an earnest Simple Simon desire to fish
up a whale out ot a pail of wator.
Just 200 Philadelphia policemen were
deemed necessary the other night to
keep Emma from doing 25 cents' worth
of "orating" on a platform. Emma ad
journed promptly to the nearest Rath
skeller, but the "Bens" and "Voltaires"
and the rest of her following remained
to say all she had intended to say, and
some more, too.
So Emma becomes a martyr again
and has a real grievance, the suppres
sion of her right to talk, to add to the
many fanciful and distorted grievances
she is wont to shriek about.
Our dunce cities ought to be stood
on stools with dunce caps on head un
til they have learned the first principle
of anarchy, which is:
Give an able-voiced anarchist a
chance and he will talk himself tire
some Quicker than fake bomb can
scrape the paint off a gambling-house
door.
Or, otherwise put: The only good
anarchist's the one who can talk.
We hope that the next time Emma
honors our humble city with her pres
ence she will receive an official invi
tation to keep her mouth open all the
time.
Lewwn of the Charivari.
McMlnnville Reporter.
A great many people do not like tho
charivari; consider it no better than
an Insult, and take It as such even
when carried on in moderation and with
the best of good feeling. Some consid
er it even more so if carried out on
Sunday. So often, too, there may be a
hot-head among the crowd who will
commit some gross depredation, or
some person who will simply allow
himself to go to extremes and take
liberties he would not under ordinary
circumstances.
Some 40 years ago a young couple
were being charivaried in Iowa. The
bride's aged father went out to pro
test, when some villain struck the old
gentleman over the head with a hoe,
nearly killing him. Only four of the
boys in the crowd were ever known,
two sets of brothers, quiet, peaceable
and law-abiding. Practically no one
ever believed one of them was guilty
of the crime, yet it cost them dearly
In a financial way.
This, and other Instances of a similar
oharacter, have been very effective
more th.n once- in keeping tho editor
of this paper from following his natur
al bent in that regard. The News-Reporter
is convinced that on the whole
it does not pay, and more will be
gained than is lost If people refrain
from attending such gatherings.
Ornamental Shrubbery in Vacant Lots.
PORTLAND, Oct. 4. (To the Editor.)
There have been so many visitors in our
city this year that some of our citizens are
taking a personal pride in the appearance
of the city. I suggest that people owning
vacant lots in Portland plant on these
lots ornamental shrubbery, such as hoUy,
hawthorn, Oregon grape, etc. These, es
pecially if the lots are properly graded,
will add to the attractiveness and value
of the property and will coat but little.
The shrubs will require some attention
the first year, but will grow almost with
out cultivation after that. It will soon be
the time of the year when planting should
be done, therefore let every one do his
duty and the City of Roses will be made
much more beautiful.
A. KING WILSON.
Laudi Bolllnger Rapa PIncUot.
Silver Lake Leader.
Forester Plnchot will find ouj before he
gets through with Secretary of the In
terior Ballingor that he has been in a
scrap - We are frank In saying that our
entire, sympathies in this fight are with
Ballinger. because we believe he is in the
right, and that Plnchot is In the wrong
and that he is simply a theorist whoso
theories look plausible, but fall to work
successfully in actual practice. In Mr.
Ballinger, Plnchot has run up against a
typical Westerner who knows what is
best for the Western people by actual ex
perience. Portland's First Electric Line.
PORTLAND, Oct. 4. (To the Editor.)
Which was the first horsecar street
railwav in Portland to be electrified,
and when? OLD RESIDENT.
The Lower Albina line of the Wil
lamette Bridge Railway Company. It
began operation by electricity Novem
ber 1, 18S9. The Second-street line,
operated by the Metropolitan Railway
Company, was undergoing conversion
to electricity at the same time and was
so operated two months later.
No Title to the .North Pole.
New York Tribune.
Dispute over National title to the North
Pole Is, as we naTO already observed,
quite futile. It seems to be pretty well
established that no such title can be
claimed, since the. Pole is in the htch
seas. But if it were on land it would be
of not the slightest consequence to any
body, save in a purely theoretical and
sentimental way. whether this, that or
the other-nation had- sovereignty over it.
Life's Sunny Side
"Excuse me, Miss Boston, but do you
think you would excuse me if I stole
a kiss?"
"By no means, sir!"
"May I be permitted to hope that
some day "
"Never, sir! You have very much
mistaken me If you have inferred that
I could under any circumstances en
courage theft, but, er if you should
walk up like a man, and In a straight
forward way perform the act you speak
of, I think I could condone the of
fense." Boston Courier.
Tillie Jennie tells me young Wood
by proposed to her last night.
Lime I don't think I know him. Is
he well off?
Tlllie Ho certainly is. She refused
him. Topeka Journal.
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Husband How did you llko my new
play?
Wife Oh, it was very nice.
Husband Did you like the church
scene? Wasn't it realistic?
Wife Intensely so. Lots of people
about me went to sleep. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Kind Old Lady (talking to a tramp)
Have you ever made an effort to gst
work?
Tramp Yes, ma'am. Last montlt I
got work for two mombers of my fam
ily; but neither of them would take it."
Human Life.
see
"Do you think that Greek baa much
value in modern education?"
"Certainly," answered the young man
with a coUege hat; "the Greek alpha
bet enables a man to know what frat
he belongs to." Washington IX O.)
Star.
i
New Husband Did you make tls
biscuits, my dear?
His Wife Yes, darling.
Her Husband Well, Td rather you
would not make any more, sweetheart.
His Wife Why not, love?
Her Husband Because, angel mine,
ydu are too light for such heavy work.
-CWc&go Record-Horald.
e
"Excuse me, ma'am," said the man at
the door, "but I'm a dealer tn second
hand pianos."
"Well, I have a piano, said the
woman. "And If I didn't have one, I
wouldn't boy a second-hand one."
"I know," continued the man. "but
the man next door said he hoped I
could Induce you to sell yours." Ex
change. e e
"Jonas i e, connoisseur fn cisars."
"He most be. Otherwise he might
make an occasional mistake and give
away a good one."1 London Echo,
e e e
Tourist So they burled tho old chief
according to the customs of his tribe?
Native Yep. Three whole days of it.
His collojce class had charge of tho
ceremonies. They had a football game
with the Choctaws on Wednesday, a
Marathon race on Thursday and on Fri
day released 17 assorted press dis
patches of uprisings. Including rumor,
confirmation and tUinial. and paid the
funeral expenses by selling the maga
zines photographs of the snake damn,
and as soon as the moving-picture con
cern gets the film of the funeral in
shape tho widow will draw $100 a
month royalty. Not a bad sendoff for
the old man, eh? Puck.
.
"But," said the merchant to the ap
plicant, "you don't furnish any refer
ence from your last place."
"You needn't worry about that," re
plied the man with the close-cropped
head and strange pallor; "I wouldn't
be here now if It hadn't been, for my
good behavior in my last place."
Cathollo Standard and Times.
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Little Girl Papa would like to bor
row your lawn mower.
Subbubs Tell your father I'm sorry,
but I've made a rule never to let It go
off my premises. But If he'd like to
use it on our lawn. It's at his disposal
any timer Boston Transcript.
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Boarding Mistress Is there anything
wrong with that eg. Mr. Fourper? I
see you according It a very critical ex
amination. Mr. Fourper Oh, not atry thing wronff
with the egg, Mrs. Sklmpem. I was
just looking for tho wishbone, that's all.
Tit-Bits.
e
"1 don't think my husband roves -me
as he used to."
"Why not?"
"He never thinks it pleasure now-)
to tie my shoe string-." Detroit Froe
Press.
JOYS OF DEISO A OTUULtJV DOOi
A Teutonic Correspondent Wishes) II
Were m Ilow-ivovv, Alretty.
PORTLAND, Oct. 4. (To the EditoT-
My dog is only a dog, but I vlah I v9;
him. Von he go mlt his bed In, he yust'
turns round dree time and lays down.
Ven I go mlt my bed In, I haf to locK-j
up de blace, vind up do clock, put de cat!
oud, und undress myself; and my vife.
ven I git in, she kick und scold like d!
dickens. Den de baby vakos up und gries. .
und I haf to valk im mit do room roumU
und maybe it vas time already to git agini;
up. Ven my dog git up, he yust stretca-,
himself, dig his neck a llddle, und he:
bas up.
I haf to make a fire ven I gits up, put
on de keedle, scrap mlt my vife, und git
my own brakfas', ven I haf it. De dog
yust blay round, und have blendy fun. I
haf to vork all day, und haf blendy trou
bles. Den, ven my dog die, he vas dead! Von,
I die, de undertaker he haf two hundred I
dollars of my money, und I haf to go to
h 1 yet, already. Vltch is better me or
do dog? RIP VAN WINKLE.
Astoria Scores Portland's Poatoffloe.
Astorian.
Astoria has justifiable complaint to
make of the Portland Postoffice. Tho
new regime there seems to be snort on
the discipline attaching to the dispatch of
the malls in this direction. Tiiere is an
inattention- to this that is provokins an. I
detrimental to business interests hero and
which demands early correc tion. The of
fice of the Morning Astorian is included
in the business houses hura that suffer on
this score. Mail that Is placed in tho
Portland Postofflce from 5 to 7 o'clock In
the morning, valuable mall, rolled on
daily, frequently comes to this office with
the night receiving stamp of the Astoria
office upon it, along with the paine stamp
from Portland, indicating its deposit there
in ample time for the morning mail out.
We want the matter remedied, f'r.t
hand, at the Portland office; and if thl.i
cannot be had, then we propose to go
farther for relief. There is no excuse for
laxity of this sort on a hundred-mllo run
on a single line of transportation.
Peary la Wearisome.
Weston Leader.
The North Pole must possess some ma
lignant influence, since it has been able, to
transform a courageous and tireless! ex
plorer into an intolerant and intolerable
fanatic. Commander l'eary is a brave
man and has done a wonderful thing, hut
he is fast losing all the glory of his dis
covery, through his persecution of a fellow-explorer
who Is at least entitled to
equal credit.
fttriwv Hats to the Shelf.
Nnw York Sim.
'Straws show which way the wind, blows!"
They also show us that
The wearer hasn't ct the price
Of a new derby hot. - '.'
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