10 FOBTLASD. OBEOOX. Em-red at Portland. Orn. Postofflc. . Second-Class Matter. Sabacrtptloo KW-I"rib to Adraoc. ,p, Mall.) JVy. SunaaT Included, one ''"Irl" " 4 25 y?.-. ?;;; Ms 6 3.: r'aJIy. wr.nout sunn;. 7v, l'sjlv without Sunday, mix m.'nlhs . l y without Sunday tl.r. month. I-aily. without Huixiay. one month.. V.',lcly. on year ... 1' . 1 ... 2 : F ind-iy. one yr:r . Sunday and wecclv. one ar (Br Carrier.) .00 Zl'ti- SunUay ScluSia: on. month How la RemK Send poetottlc. mom dre in full, lnciuaini , 16 i to ' pace.. 4 cents, rore.ga ..- douh'e rate. T, 1. rutm BnlnrM Offlre The. S. C. -i7h n..lal Anry-N'w 7 M THhn. building. Chicago, room, oiv-i 12 Tribune bulldlnc. JORTLAST. wfarynAV. OCT. o. io. OFFICIAL LIFK. One reason why it is difficult to find a willingness among men of ability and reputation to accept high office is the feeling on their part that they can not afford the financial sacrifice. V ith manv it Is the chief reason. They cannot afford to rive their best years to the public service, lose their oppor tunltv to establish themselves and their XamHies In independent circumstances end consent to live during; their old age in poverty and neglect. No great office will yield anything but such hon ors as may attend it. And the more years a man holds office the less able ie will become to win a competence in business the more surely he will lose opportunity to make provision for his old age, and for his family after Here Is a chief reason that leads many a man of foresight to decline important and honorable office. The sacrifice is too great. Wealth, as well as ability and character, is a neces sary requirement for important for eign appointments. Even the largest salaries In the service are meager, in proportion to the demands upon them. Mr Crane was rich enough to go as Minister to China; Mr. Fulton was not. Br Kliot possessed every qualification lor the English mission, yet was un wil'ing. chiefly for financial reasons, to accept It. John C. Spooner. of Wiscon sin, one of the ablest men who ever sat in the Senate, resigned his seat in that body, because he was unwilling long.-r to give his time and labor to the public, to the neglect of ills own per sonal Interests and those of his fam ily. He had served sixteen years, was growing old and was poor. He felt that he must use his exertions In the service of his family while he could. Senator Flint, of California, announces that he shall not be a candidate for re election. He says he would like noth ing better than to remain in the Sen .11 hi life vet the urgent necessity of making provision for his family compels him to retire. i , r.r, ha nailed a selfish view or sordid purpose that induces able men to decline a service that would cause them to lose all their oppor tunities to promote the Interest and welfare of those dependent on them. In emergencies, undoubtedly, every man's services are due first to tha state. We know that Romans. In Rome a ,..-..ai enared neither land nor gold, nor friend nor wife. Nor did our own people, in the Civil War. It may ha o aa-aln: but it Is not now. The nn't !! for such sacrifices. But, as a consequence, men of best abilities are kept out of tha public -o-i-io Truth in that no man of first- rate ability can atford now to push Into the public service. The memDer 01 rnnrrMs who nossesses extraordinary abilities, fitness to rule the Senate or House, and willingness to accept tne rfmHnrv. mav be content for a time wi:h the honor. Tet it will leave him hl old are to poverty and per haps to want, end his posterity to a struggle, under greatest disadvantages, iwith the world. The Oregonlan has Vnnwn descendants of some of the most eminent men in our history who have been obliged to sell in t-ortiana their historical family hehiooms. books and plate . and tapestries, to keep life afoot. These are not encour- 0-1 n o nrnanprti or examples for those who give their best days to the service of the public. It la seldom one engages in poll tics and becomes an office-holder who does not In the long run lose by It; particularly If he is fit for any other career. By engaging In politics he loses his chance of opportunity for an inHonendent career: and as a rule all he makes out of office goes to support "the game." After a while it ends, and the man's life is wasted; he can s nnthlno- lse. The political or party tioss often makes money, but he sel dom holds office. He Is the moving hand and spirit behind the scenes. Hen of Insignificance or of no personal or political importance, may hold small offices for a time, and save monev from their emoluments, but these are exceptions, and they are not likelv to have personal popularity, or lnn tenure of office. As a rule the ntiinla do not want to be served by the tittwit men but bv men whose ways end manners and methods are pleasing to them. This again rules out men of independent spirit, and leaves the of ficial places to men who will stoop to the practices necessary to obtain them. Th nennle. therefore, are seldom nH in nnbllc nlace bv their strong nt men' usually bv a weak sort who will flatter them, and think themselves repaid by the "honor" of the official ' positions which they manage to 00 nin Th nnhll- aervlce Is full of men of this description, and the benches of the two Houses of Congress ar crowd ed with them. Such are the conditions of politics and the miblic service that a poor man can't afford to become a Senator or to accept an Ambassadorship. If he can afford to go to the House of Rep resentatives It Is only because the term nr vU la short. Hi v 1 n it him onnor- tunlty svery two years to drop out of it. In his name end his picture, Mike Nichatich gives evidence 01 oeing one f hna undesirable citizens who drift pnto this country from foreign lands 1mply because our las immigration laws do not stop them at me gate th. r-nl of N'lrhatlch la a bad one and he has apparently been a criminal charge of the United 6tate for the .or nart f tha time he has spent in the country. We breed criminals in this country, and will probably con .uie to do so. until. ilxsJDr. Owens Adair succeeds In getting her steriliza tion law on the books. v e are iu i.n,t it vsit oTnpnse to take care of criminals whose breeding had but little to do with the Instinct tney oeveiuycu later. Thus, starting with a fairly heavy criminal handicap of our own making. It becomes all the more neces-.0,1- thAt -we should shut out as many as rosslble of the foreign element that come, here with the impression m crime is more free from penalty here than it is in the land that was better for their leaving it. AX AN-CIKST DISVITK. jOUDliea 11 iius icw .v.-- 1 -.w. . 1 c?.nl .r Via Pr(iflhv. . that Xne v lrgunn v. - terlan Church has refused to invite , the lavmen'a rrwi'in 1 .v m ------ . . . In November the objection immi.b based on the President's affiliation with the Unitarian Church. That is, the President is unsouna on the doctrine 01 me iriim.-. this particular dogma the majority of ora "unorthodox." It was a subject of much contention in the early church; It was fougnt, nui noi i..uB..u out. In the Council of Xlcea. A. D.. 325; It was the main source 01 iuc rfivLion of the Eastern and Western Churches about the year 8 5 0. A. D. It is a pretty old question, tnereiore, u 1 K-r. thahpfl over and over dur- liwa u.-i. ---- ing about eighteen centuries, and need not cause any excitement now. Just now, however we can to minu a recent examination or one m d chief passages of the New leatamem (First Eristle of John, v:7) relied on . r nr the Ana-ma. of the Trinity. The pass8?8 reads thus: "For there are three that bear recora in ne.cii, the Father, the Word arid the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. This Is a very definite text, tiui oy the consensus of Biblical scnoiarsmp It is certainly an interpolation. 11 is not in the early texts; it Is not cited in the early controversies, as it surely would have been, were it genuine. It was tindoubtedly inserted in the text by a pious controversialist to support his theory and contention. 'The doc trine of the Trinity unquestionably la a human opinion, whose growth may be traced through its various steps. rtnrinir manv centuries, beginning even before the Christian era, by all who desire to do so. With many the doc trine Is an article of faith accepted wholly on faith, for demonstration is impossible. Others do not accept it. But what's the use 01 contention o.ci -n ohtrrtir,n ? It is not likely that any human effort to analyze and define the Supreme Power win ever db ei fntive. However, it is tha undoubted right of the Virginia Synod not to in vite addresses from persons who do not accept its doctrinal tenets, aiureuvci, they -7ho hold the chief offices or the Republic may as well not be mixed up in their public capacity witn mat ters like these. THE SAILOR PROBLEM OXIB MOKE. tk. fin.1 cvmiinn of tha r resent very satisfactory sailor boarding-house law has resulted In a French ship being held up in this port for nearly a week. This delay has cost the owners several hundred dollars, and the experiment has utterly failed to demonstrate tho4 h ninn nrnnosed bv some of the Con suls has any advantage over that which meets with approval or tne men wno actually charter ine snips snu navo 0.11 interest In making- this an economical port. If the theorists who are endeavoring to evade and destroy the usefulness of the Present law should 3ucceea jii their efforts, It will be but a short time .,r,tn tha nnrt will drift back Into Its ih urnva nd the cost of securing sail ors will be based on supply and de mand. The policy or leting wen onrmch alone should apply with full force in the sailor problem. BOX GASPAB DE FOKTOLA. Pomninil with Portland or any other city in Oregon, San Francisco en-. ir.i-o venerable antlaulty. At tne time n-hnn rant.iln Grav sailed Into the mouth of the ColumDia ana iouna no inhabitants on Its banks except wild California had developed a ntirlshlns- vounsr civilization under Cne Qn ani nh rhiirrli find state. It was an old ambition of the Spanish crown to colonize the Pacific Coast nortn ,f Msrli-n. The Kings were moved ,nmon.-hat h that kindlv desire to con vert the Indians which was so powerful In Queen Isabellas neart wnen uo sacrificed her Jewels to aid Columbus. but no doubt their principal purposa th land hefore the Rus sians should descend upon it from the north. One thing and anotner nin- ered them from carrying oit their wish for many years. It does not take much of an obstacle to divert the ordi nary Spanish monarch from his pur poses. But nnaliy, in noa, wnen Charles III occupied the throne, Don Jose Calves, a competent and energetic man, was sent out as Visitor-General of Mexico, with Instructions to colonize the northern region if he could. With that end In view, ualvez oegan by founding a naval station at San Bias, on the Pacific side ot Mexico. This was the first enterprise of that kind ever undertaken in tnat part 01 the world, but the situation proved to ha rnt tar enonarh to suit Galvez. and consequently he built another station at La Paz. He wished! to maKe tne aAQ wm-ao-a frt rnlifnrnfa a brief as possible in order to avoid the scurvy, whose ravages navigators nau uot at that time learned to prevent by proper Viat witn an nis preutuiiuus aguiusi. the scourge, Galvez' expedition to the north lost many men from scurvy. From his beadquarters at La Pas ha sent out three ships at Intervals, and also an overland expedition under Cap tain Portola, with Instructions to ren dezvous at San Diego. This was early in 1769. By July 16 all were assem bled there, and the first Spanish mis sionary settlement in California was begun. From San Diego an overland expedi tion under Portola now set out to ex plore the coast to the northward, with Monterey Harbor as their objective point. Portola, who seems to have beer n an excellent but not excessively Intel nicrant anliMar. nassed Monterev harbor without seeing it, and, contlnu- In g northwrd, ultimately campea not far from Point Keyes, which is just oe- yoni id the Golden Gate. He reached this niosa Ootoher 31. 1769. without ' e slightest suspicion of the great in- the let which was hidden py tne nuis sout th nf ht carrm. Some of his men wh cllr ho were out hunting happened to mb the hills and came .back to for. toll a with an account of the bay be- a tt,am Thna hv mire accident ha acquired the glory of discovering the si te 01 6an Francisco, niswrr um uui mac iia his a-lorv very tiright. however. The I San Franciscans -ere making mucn. 1 THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, of him in celebrating the 140th anni versary of the event, but his name can not be found in the Century Diction ary's list of proper names, nor in the common encyclopedias. It is not In Britannica, nor in Brockhaus, nor In the Grand Dictlonaire Unlverselle. So if any reader of The Oregonlan has been feeling guilty for not knowing all about Don Caspar de Portola, it may be some comfort to learn that many other people are in the same boat. He kept a minute and tiresome Journal of the trip from San Diego, and, if he did anything else to entitle him to renown, hictnrinna epm to have overlooked it. celebration I'onoia approacaeu mc '.' " ,tv. A Aw.aln r.rrr.n This "WAS HO w ilh .c... .., - doubt a pretty spectacle, but It violates the truth of history. His actual ap- n.noh woe hv mnn. xne nnt'i ncx. Point Reyes where he encamped is often called Drake's Bay, from the fact that Sir Francis Drake anchored there in 15T9, Just two centuries be fore Portola's expedition. The state ment' made now and then that the great freebooter discovered San Fran cisco Bay Is an error. He never sailed through the Godlcn Gate. Nor is the name of the city derived from his name of Francis, but rather from that of the founder of the Franciscan or der. It was these monks who- estab lished the Californian missions, apply ing for that purpose the spoils of the Jesuits, who had been expelled from Mexico before 1769. THE NEW GYPSY'S MARCH. The accounts In the papers of Gypsy Smith's invasion of the Chi cago slums at the head of a pro osainn of IS. 000 crusaders will re mind Portlanders of a similar event which took place here a fewyears ago. The celebrated revivalist. Dr. Chap man, of Philadelphia, was then holding forth and among the means of grace which he proffered to the lost was a chance" to gaze upon some nunareas 01 redeemed young men and women marching through the North End. The Oregonlan commented at tne time upon the affair. Few decent people were able to Eee any good in it, ana most of those who took part in it were probably scandalized at themselves when they came to think It over. Gypsy Smith's ostensible motive was to rouse Chicago to perceive how dreadful Its slums are. This, of course, u-na mere nretense. since the girls and young men who marched In the pro cession singing hymns or z.ion -were nnrpfnllv iniarded bv a police cohort from really seeing any of the horrors. Even If they had seen the worst or them, what good would it have done? The effect of the morbid exploit must be evil on everybody connected with it. The inmates of the slums it embittered. The girls and boys who marched and sang hymns were no doubt puffed up with spiritual conceit, while their minds were poisoned with loathsome Imaginings. The wliole af fair was:an outgrowth of diseased re ligiosity. It was related to wholesome worship very much as a cancer is re lated to healthy flesh. STATE AID FOR TJXEMPLOYED. The system of state aid for the un employed has completed its first full year in England. Under It, applica tions for aid Increased from 90,057 in 1908. to 196,757 in 1909; the number of dependents increased in the same time from 156.371 to 376,013. Com parative data show that the Increase in Industrial depression does not war rant any such proportions of increase In the two classes named. The logical conclusion, therefore. Is that these grew directly out of the state-aid sys tem. The explanation is simple, following as it does closely the line of human ex perience and human nature. Remove from man the necessity of labor and he Immediately relaxes his effort. If, in the lower walks of life, the state, or any other assured agency, stands between himself and his family and want, he accepts such assurance as a challenge to idleness and, without more ado, answers it by partial or en tire cessation from labor. If from the unearned Increment of Inherited wealth the necessity for labor does not exist, individual effort looking to earning is destroyed. Then follows the formation of the two distinct classes known as the "denendent poor" and the "Idle -i-h " and the Increase of 'each Is ac cording to the opportunity offered. As often as the experiment nas been tried, it has shown that state aid, or assured aid, from any source out side of Individual effort, begets de pendency in Its most hopeless, self eatlBfted form. Its tendency Is away from self-help and self-reliance, and It may be added from self-respect. The most insistent and hopeless pauper is he who has been "helped" Into a con dition of chronic mendicancy. No man Is poverty stricken In the abject sense of that term who maintains a discreet silence in regard to his financial status and prefers self-dependence and Its small economies to state aid with Its assurance of unearned plenty. As for the) state, it cannot afford to pursue any line of effort the effect of which Is to Increase Its list of paupers and de pendents. KETV TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. From Salem comes announcement that construction work on the Salem, Eugene and Eastern Railway will be commenced immediately. It is pro posed to build a line from Salem to Fltierene via Turner. Marion. Peoria and Junction City, with a branch line to the Santiam mining district. Mr. Welch, promoter of the enterprise, says that the road expects to get Into Portland over the tracks of the United Railways, which may be extended front HUlsboro. This proposed electrlo line seems to hold much the sama position among the local electric lines and steam lines In the Willamette Valley that tha mysterious North Coast line holds with the western divisions of the transcontinental roads. Similar mystery veiled the early movements of the Porter Brothers, who are build ing the Hill line into Central Oregon. It would naturally be interesting for the public to learn the financial source from Which these numerous transpor tation projects spring, but satisfaction of curiosity In this direction Is of mild Importance compared wlth the plain fact that these roads are actually en gaged In building lines and ; developing the country through which they pass. Tha Welch road to Eugene will have advantages over the steam road for the local business, but Is less needed than the proposed branch to the Santiam mining district. It Is in branch lines of this nature, which open up terri tory where transportation is now un available, that tha greatest good to the country will come. There are scores ot these neglected. localities the Northwest which will avantnallv be sunDlied with either steam or electric lines. The activity of the Oregon Electric, the United Railways and other electric lines in Oregon, promises to change en tirely the transportation system of the Willamette Valley, and the Inland Em pire system out of Spokane is work! a clmilnr rhanze in Washington a ing and Tflahn For local service these lin hni-a ria-!le1 advantages over the mo ore expensively operated steam roads, and they are growing in Importance as heencles for the collection and massing f-f.-oitrht at terminal DOlnts where it can be picked up by the steam roa ads for the transcontinental haul. Tinth Oreeon and Washington are afentionallv favored with chea nrL-or and this advantage must be chared with the producers and con sumers in cheap freights and fares. Extension of this electric line sys tem, the coming of the isortn toasc Road, the building of the Central Ore gon lines, and early completion of the Tillamook and Nehaiem roaas. ait tend to make Portland the greatest railroad center In the Pacific North wact . This nrestiere has not been gained by any special effort on the part of our people, but it is a trmute to our matchless location at the foot of a downhill haul from all directions. Ranatnr Rnurna needn't worry over his allegation that the assembly plan is designed to overthrow the primary law. It proposes to conform in a ra tional manner to the primary law. while yet affording some chance for legitimate guidance of party action. There will be no effort to repeal the primary law, nor is there any desire to do so. It must stand, so as to as sure the same protection of law In the primary that Is enforced in the general ainlnn Tint there Is no reason why the members of a political party should not assemble ana recommend amm- dates for the primary. It Is their right, and they will do so. Mr. Bourne's ti rade against "Illicit combinations" and "Boss Tweed methods" does him no credit; for he was chief among those who for years "degraded". our politics. Assumption of superior political vir tue by one whose methods at Salem have not been forgotten is not likely to carry much weight. It is right and proper for members of a party to con far tneather and suggest names for primary candidates; and it certainly v.'ill be done. It is the only possiDiiuy of reasonable and effective party action. A decline of 3 cents per bushel in the nrlffft of wheat In Chicago vould Indi cate that, some of the farmers in the TMIrtlla Want are selling their wheat at market prices. There is a possibility that liberal shipments from the Pacific Northwest into territory which should be supplied from much nearer points may have had some influence on the market. No one in the grain trade be lieves that there Is anywhere near so much wheat in the country as Is olnimed bv Secretary Wilson and his amateur crop reporters. At the same time there Is enough for home con sumption and some for export. This helncr the case, there is a decided eco nomic waste In shipping the cereal anat hv rail at hlsrh freight rates while rates to Europe by water are low, and Europe Is also taking wheat in increas ing quantities from the Middle West, Into which the Oregon and Washington wheat is being snippea. Simonldes, according to Plutarch, waa wont to sav that ne never re nantaH that he held his tongue, but nftan that ha had sDOken. uaniei - Wabster, when sending out a Minister to Mexico, gave him this advice: "En- ilnvnr to hear more than you say, to learn more than you communicate." Sapient reflection . and sage aavice in naart tha iwisdom of which Is proven every time a public man speaks where he should remain silent. The total loss to the pension roll of the United States last year irom aeam '-.rn 1 E 61 nomna fntfl 1 flmOlint nftid vaa utvoj. ' - - out for pensions in the fiscal year end ing June 80, $161,930,703 the largest amount ever disbursed for pensions in a ni vear. The neavy aeain iibl and the increased pay list would be surprising but for the fact that sur prise long ago reached Its limit In the matter of pensions. rt all human narasites. the degraded wretch who subsists upon the wages of a woman s shame Is most deDasea. f.o lice Judge Bennett, in giving one of the most' shameless ef this class ninety days on the rockplle, has done the public good service. While there is general censure of the disposition which Peary has shown in tha controversy with Cook, never thaless there Is very deep and general doubt whether Cook's report of his achievement will stand the test of crit ical examination. San Francisco is very enthusiastic -ii.et nnm nvar tha achievement of ti i in 4c.nvaWnor flan FrniliMsrfl XUILUIA 111 U11?L . t l ...n - - - - Bay. After 140 years San Francisco Is Just beginning to appreciate how much It owes to that inquisitive Span iard. Th Western Union and Pullman Companies do not like their assess ments in Clackamas County. There was once a County Assessor who did the right thing, in the view of these companies; but he Is long since dead. . Mr TTaarst is putting the usual amount of ginger into the New York campaign; but the betting remains two to one against him. To be successful. a. candidate ought to be able to fur nlsh something more than ginger. Virginia Presbyterians 1 protest oo.a(Ti.f an Invitation to President Taft to address a Presbyterian missionary convention. He Isn't orthodox. Nor will they' let him put anything in the contribution box, of course. The Idea that the office of Attorney General of Oregon should be uncon stitutional! Didn't Our George hold the office? To say It's unconstitutional is nothing short of plumb treason. The Municipal Association Is not cartnln ahout It. but it SUSPeCtS that all In the red-light district Is not as It should be. After two long terms or re form by a reform administration! . Thr will be less aviation high flying in Portland banking circles for awhile. The best bank guaranty scheme is enforcement of laws against dishonest banking. Some men may be Jeadlng a double ii. m SaattlA or In Portland. But It Is. not iikely to count in the census, OCTOBER 20, 1909. PROVED HAWLfESS OF KANSAS.) Findings of a Philosopher Who Puts Them tn statistical Form. New Tork" Evening Sun. Attr all the, statistics of the census nrt tha unHnlnirisLs are but dry bones which give small notion of the truth. It is, therefore, with much pleasure that we observe the report of a philosopher of Missouri set forth in the refreshing col umns of the Kansas City mar. Me toon ud his cost in the tnion oepoi 01 Kan sas City, Mo., and watched 11 carloads of passengers from out tnere in jvun sas" disembark from their train. The results of his realistic and slgnincant notes are as follows: Number of Uk gowns. 11T. Number cf .mart euede boot. 112. Number ot fusay walking sticks. 18. Number of those lugging grouches Into Kan- -1 'T atar tnrr..l that thla DLfl- eenger did not originate- In Kansas.) Number of fanners found wearing the pro- t vlnclal whiekens, 1. (Afterward oucoerea that thl man lately emigrated from New lorn Number of oarsons wearlnr frock coats and silk hats. 6. ' Number or eu-iaca .vu.u . 3S. (Many walrt carefully concealed by long silk motor ooata. statistics pr! !" " Number of women wearing mouiji. (Motor vei:s prevented careful acrutiny of much of the millinery ) v Number of fancy walstooats worn by men. 81. (Waistcoats appeared to have been pur chased In New torn city, out ""'." ter of fact purchased la Garden City, Dodge and Great Bend.) , . . Number of u. of K.. stuaenia wmuihr hats and noisy apparel. 42. (Stated that Chancellor Strong forbade these young men to bring their valels to Kanwas City for tear r ..Mtirw tti imnrtvqimi that snobblanneaa existed at the university.) All this Is more Interesting, we suo- mlt. Of course, those who like tneir sta tistics as soggy and heavy as possible will sneeze at these figures as insignifi cant details. For our own part we view a. - mrre. alrmifip.ant than &RY array of census figures disclosing things Der capita ana all sncn pomcr. need is there of other information, in fact, after the above? The sketch is complete and nothing but a personal visit could convey a more -definite impression of our bllthd and weauny neiguuma Kansas. , Some of the facts disclosed contain, ui course, nothing new. wnisKere pt v ally disappeared in Kansas along with the "Pops, ana tne k amples were quickly eliminated when au tomobiles became compulsory and ques tions of wind resistance and the ability to poke into machlneryrwnnout ncms tangled became paramount. Other facts . oiio-htfnllv striking ana appeal u o a - laden with suggestions for New Yorkers. Of these latter figures we nu.o the absence of travelers who boie with them either a grouch or a worried looK. Happy Kansas, we should say. In our own town of breathless haste and worry we have known various philosophers who. . ... ii. vifth ovpniiA for example, wouia wajn. " and search the sidewalks and the car riages for happy, contented, care-free faces. According to their reports ..in pi confirmed by our own moueaj. ""'" tlons) New York can furnish no such record of felicity as is ascribed to Kan sas above. , . Perhaps it wouia do wo iuui... T6Ct OUT tiiicHP-i otherwise than as sprinters straining for an extra turn ot speea. cm - pass by the blissful condition of Kansas wUnoSt recording our feelings of envy and suggesting the hope that some day. perhaps, we may i' , our youth, our faces may relax a trifle and the blight of worry be somewhat Wted In tie meantime, happy days to the Sunflowers and may they never grow upl There Are 84,600 London Landlords. .i. i.N.vTnrk Times. . . , ... rirtunMl has SDent The Lonaon uum-j , " a decade in prepn" - o London showing the owners of the land. This is nearly compieieu. It show that 84.600 land ords own land covering 113 square miles, these being mostly single house owner . i . - mtiao are owned by is( persons, organizations and corporations One-thlra 01 tm crown the ecclesiastical commissions, the County Council and the City Cor- Plf lestlmated that the present value of the land on which London is built Is $3,000,000,000, wnicn win u .n.w. to $3,175,000,000 by 1930. This Elephant Is a Gentleman. London Telegraph, at ni nialdrum. Aberdeenshire, Eng land, on the occasion of a visit of a circus to the town, at me c"-'"" ' - narfnrminir an elephant a ciijioicu o i"- - , . . t ., nrrnn- man with a proceeaeu hiuur . nail in its trunK iur mo w"' - -- procuring water from a pump, a V. j m In tha animal 8 Way, Ind the road being only wide enough to accommodate his BUDstanimi the elephant laid down the pail, picked .... .- unj -nrtfv. Vii trunk and gently lifted her to a piato 0.1., ward resuming nis pump for water. Family History on Turtle's Back. t ii -ir,nnrtanc Toledo Blade. 1.13llU!lVoi".l"'"" . T. 11.. v la InatrlhAH linOD tile back of a box turtle just found on tha Baker farm near signal, it was piv-n-cu 1 wmiarrt RaVpr. who found the name of his great-grandfather, Aaron Baker, cut in tne snen,. aim 1823 opposite, this making the turtle at least 77 years old. The Initials of his grandfather and the date 1864 were also there, and the name of his father. Joseph Baker. 1909. were also cut. Wil liam Baker then cut his own Initials and put 1909 on the shell, and then allowed the turtle to go. Blind Man Does His Farm Chorea, Philadelphia, Pa., Dispatch. Although totally blind, II. V. B. Kos tenbauder, of Mainvllle, Pa., climbed hickory trees and chestnut trees and whipped them as easily as a man who cotild see, and then as easily gathered the nuts. He spades his own garden, hoes his vegetables and his garden Is one of the show places of that vicinity. He picks cherries and berries without the least difficulty and not infrequently walks from his home at Mainvllle to Catawissa or Bloomsburg. ' Although well advanced In years, he does all the chores about his farm. A Maine Woman's Club In Session. Kennebec (Me.) Journal. The housewives of the town of Bow doinham have returned to the simple life. A traveler along the banks of the Cathance River, on Monday mornings, may witness a ceremony which makes him think that the days of our ances tors have returnesd again, for there is in Bowdolnham a 'woman's club which meets on the shores of the river each Monday morning to wash. The stove Is get up near the shore, and while the clothes are boiling the club members exchange the news of the day. Who Wants More Than This? Irrigon Irrigator. J. S. Cabbage cut his fifth crop of alfalfa this week. And yet you hear people ask what is the matter with Irrigon? With hay selling at $10 and five cuttings a year, what more do we want? . How to Hurry the Panama Canal. Louisville Courier-Journal. Why not finish the Panama Canal In 1910 by pinioning Dr. Cook to a post and allowing Commander Peary to throw the mud at him? Chancellor Day Could Settle Tt. Springfield Union. IfJohn D. Rockefeller would only say the word, tnancenwr -Lny wuiu thla polar controversy in aoout i sec- onds. HVSBAVD NATCRAi RESOURCES pioneer Fnpotes Cbanares In Public Do main Law for the Home-.unKer.. SALEM. Or., Oct. 19. (To the Edi tor.) Probably readers of The Oregon lan of 12 years ago will remember tne writer as being opposed to any imita tion of the German system of foresi conservation, as being not only un sulted to our condition, but too imper ialistic for our form of government. The then Chief Forestef, B.. E. Fer now, now claiming in Hampton's Mag azine to be from Prussia-Poland, arriv ing in the United States in 1876, as a student of forestry, and finding no at tention given to it in the new land, set to work to create an oeaupatlon for himself, and succeeded. The writer, it will be remembered, opposed his plan, but favoring care of forest interests so much, he did not oppose Mr. Pinehot, Mr. Fernow's successor, until his nat ural Imnariallsm led him to be th ready agent of President Roosevelt s tanrtnnies toward imoerlallsm. 1 tuuj f sn. V. i ........ . - - - lawless tendencies toward imperialism During the 12 years since Foresters Fernow and Pinehot, and the committee selected from the National Academy of Science, "as being the legal advisers o the Government In matters scienti fic," the words used by Mr. Fernow in reporting his action, secured the com mittee as advisers of Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior. Twelve years later the Chief Forester Is in conflict with the present Secre tary of the Interior, who reverses him, under the law. The Chief Forester tries to score Mr. Roosevelt's successor by claiming he Is pledged to support "Roosevelt policies," to which the Presi dent aptly replies in effect, "where they are supported by law." Further than that. President Taft will be guided by Congress, and that Is the position hundreds of thousands of his support ers hoped he would take. I was earnestly urged yesterday to write The Oregonlan my views on the question raised by the Balllnger and -rt-V,n nnnflldt Trt hPiMTl. I ShOUld .t ot that tha Kacretarv of Agricul ture should call oft the Forest Servii-e from the Pacific State, and connne sucn service to tree planting where timber is needed; and second, that no depart ment should be in conflict with private ownership and industries on tne oui rt intiH evopnt to aid In main- tolilno- a tlmher sunnlV. TO tnis, should be opened tip tne too 01 millions of acres segregated from the public domain as iorest. reserve, 01..1 the opportunity given every lanu- i,no- man tn obtain a pasturai or partly-timbered homestead in the re Thi hlo-hest lands un to 5000 .hn.ro .oa. level in OrCEOIl OIB IH best homestead lands, being the most v,ifi, fnr fomllv life. Let congress pass a homestead law. especially, as a recognition and reward for three or more years of honorable volunteer ser vice in the Army or Navy of the United States. Let timber lands, at least 80 per t -m v.- ., ha maintained in cent- ui mo - - timber production, and free from tax tha nntant should expressly con tain this condition. The patent to the other mountain homesteads should m r,nr- .otit nf the area to be maintained in growing timber, and that free from taxation, .fcvery onu.u have a law exacting, in conveying 50 or mrtr orea of land, the condition that 10 per cent of its area is produc 1 ti.nhoi. 5?. ..lanr. a ra the result of 61 years of experience of life on and from the soil of Oregon. I believe the above suggestions, if adopted, will strengthen the bonds of loyalty to the United States, which have frayed and slack ened by the so-called "Roosevelt poli cies." I indorse most heartily the po sition of The Oregonlan of Sept 30 and October S in regard to the problems of conservation. The people who have won the west slope of the Rocky Moun tains and built harbors to receive tim ber ships that pay $96,000 tariff on part of one cargo, are not going to be hew ers of wood and drawers-of water for Eastern school boys. ., JOHN MINTO. One Thousand Successful Men. Juvenile Court Record. I have on my desk a list of 1000 suc cessful mon of this nation. By 'suc cessful" I do not mean mere money makers, but men who have given us new conceptions 01 steam, electricity, art, etc. These are the men who Influ ence our moral as well as physical lives. They construct for better things. How these men started In work is interesting. Their first foothold in work is a fine study. Three hundred started as farmers sons. Two hundred started as messenger boys. Two hundred were newsboys. One hundred were printers' appren- One hundred were apprenticed in manufactories. Fifty began at the bottom of railway work. Fifty only B0 had wealthy parents to give them a start. A Prime Fish Story Arrive. From the Keytesville (Mo.) Courier. . While at the Ice pond fishing a few days ago W. R. Sweeney noticed a large spider on a leaf at the edge of the water that seemed to De nsning aiou. The spider would put one leg in the water, shake It a little bit, and then wait. By and by a minnow came to the top and grabbed the spider's foot. This .seemed to be what it was waiting for. and without a minute's hesitation it sprang onto the minnow, being carried under the water several times, but never releasing its hold on the fish until It ceased to struggle and was dead, when the spider hauled Its prey ashore to be devoured at leisure. In 1 - inn tha at rn a-cll nor minnow .the spider would lay hold of a leaf or weed on the snore ana nans mere nun a deathlike grip, and at last landed his catch in that way. Affidavit fur nished if required. Family Burial Grounds In Missouri. Columbia Herald. In a certain family burial ground in Southern Missouri is a gravestone up on which are these words: "Here Are Buried Aunt Jane, My Negro Mammy, and Her Husband, Tom. a Negro Gen tleman of the Old School." The family burying ground is disappearing. In Saline County is yet preserved the Sap pington burying . ground, where two Missouri Governors are burled. In Boone County, In the William Jewell Cemetery, walled and exclusive, an other Missouri Governor is Interred. Here and there throughout the state In the regions more remote from the newer cemeteries of the towns are the family graveyards, usually pathetic In their unkemptness, gravestones broken and tumbling down and weeds growing where flowers once were. The family burying ground scarcely ever endures to the third generation. Something; Doing; at MedforA. A Medford nurseryman has booked orders for 61,238 fruit trees for the coming season's delivery. Pears take the lead, with apples a close second. In the former class, Bartletts and D'AnJous were favorites. The Newtown Is the choice of apple buyers, with a good many Jonathans, which are to bs used for cross-pollinl-zatlon purposes. The Elberta is the leader in tha peach line. These trees will plant from 1000 to 1200 acres, whioh shows there Is to be a great ad dition to the orchard area of this valley by next Spring. i Sorry Situation. Condon Times. The Oregon Agrlcultnral College will have 1600 students this Winter, and still It will be hard to pick up a football tesni able to whip the University of Ocsgon, Life's Sunny Side On one occasion it Is related that James t trill ,t- r,t tlia Orpat Nonnoru Railroad, called his son James to him and handed him a cheek for iw,uw. have been a good boy and worKea naru. said the old man. "How about my brother Louis r- aKu t B -vio iiM ven na snod as I have and worked as hard. Have you another check for him, or snail 1 spin uns: n-n i.m liniitpr Hill aave the grand est exhibition of aerial soaring and oral bombarding the world nas eer He said that James, Jr., was trying to tell him how to disrose of his fortune. was trying to get nis money .,aiof,il imd.itiful and a good mill, an. ui'h1 " ' - deal of a slob. In the middle of the ora tion James. Jr., shut the door behind him. incidentally breaking all the glass out of It. Hill's private secretary remained as an audience, wnen t"e om man for lack of breath, the secretary insinu ated: "But it's pretty nice to see on. brother think so mucn or anomci. That's so," said J. J- ra111"' t 1- o CTo,i hnv Make out a new J U-J I it o 10 a. - - - check for Louis." St. Louis Republic. , Y, ..omitntinn for latltudl- in spue wi 1 --I--- .1oi narianism he gained from his early trial for heresv, the late Professor Jowett, of Oxford, was intolerant of pretentiousness and shallow conceit. Cne self-aatisfied undergraduate met mo master one day. "Master," he said. 1 have searched everywnere in an pi..." i,i or,. ;ot ami modern and nowhere do I find the evidence of a God." jlr. ,' replied tne master, - shorter pause than usual, "If you don't find a God by 5 o'clock this atternoon you must leave this college. doow.. Herald. A charming Louisville girl, the daughter . M.i..or in fjiiiiftville. ha aiwajs been famed for her habit of raving things because they may come in nanuj, 01m ....... Summer the family is toning a huij her which bho would give a good deal to suppress. She had uoen away ai ' Sulphur Springs, and being especially pop ular had become, tne recip.t-.n. i 0-1... -variety of souvenirs that before cml"8 home she sent one trunn. num.. ... she put manv of the various trinkets for her smaller brothers and sisters, and some Summer frocks which had become too faded for wear. Her mother industriously unpacked the trunk and finally when reaching the bottom, was transfixed to find several hundred poker chips snd about half a dozen decks of cards. When her horrified father later demanded an explanation, the daughter quite Innocently and unconsciously said: "Why, father, they were left In tne room I was occupying by some former oc cupants, and I just took them because I thought they might come in handy. And even the minister smiled at her ex planation. Loulsvillo Times. Comparing not A on physical exercise, some one aeked Congressman Paul How land whot he did in that direction. "Who me?" he exclaimed with a good fieal of' warmth. "I have little need of any artificial form of exercise. I live on the sunset side of the river, you know, In i'if.....-ai.0Titti ctraet. and mv exer cise- consists In building the fire every morning-" ,, . . . , The answer quite convinced all hands dui one, a professional skeptic, who wanted to know, you know. "What sort of firs do you buijd?" he inquired. "Wood of coal?" "Neither," replied the Congressman. "We use gas, and I have to scratch a match every time 1 light the flre."-Clev-land Leader. Louis Mann's tour last season took him for a night to the little city of Johns town N. r.. which is in the heart of th glove-making industry. Mr. Mann, his players and the scenery were taken from Fonda, on the Hew York Central, to Johnstown by trolley, and were returned to Fonda in the same fashion. Mr. Mann sought to employ the hour between his arrival and the serving of dinner in the hotel by writing letters. He hung hat and overcoat on a hook in the office lobby of th6 hotel and took a place at the long general writing desk. A long, low, sly whistle, repeated at Intervals half a dozen times, at length caused hiin to raise his head from the desk to seek the direction of the eound. His eye caught that of the clerk, who frantically beckoned to him. Mr. Mann crossed to the counter of the hotel, to be informed by the clerk that h ought to roll his coat and sit on it. On asking why, Mr. Mann was further en lightened as follows: . "You see, a troupe of showfolk Is hers for supper tonight, and you can't be too careful of your things. A word to the wiee. you know a word to the wise!" New York Sun. Here the jidge took a hand In examin ing the venireman. "You don't seem to understand the ques tions addressed to you by the attorney," he said. "What they want to know Is whether you have formed or expressed any opinion in this case. Tiiat is to eay, have you told anybody whether or not you believe the defendant guilty of the crime charged against mm, or nave yuu said to anybody that you believe him to be innocent?" "Course not, judge." answered the ve nireman. "It ain't necessary for me to express no opinion about him. I've knowed him for 30 years, an I know blame well he stole the cow " That will do, Mr. Skiles. You may stand aside." Chicago Tribune. Idle Land Speculator. Stanfield Standard. The people of Oregon have a grouch at the idle-land speculator. There are too many of him and too spread out. The man who Invests his wealth in up building a community, in irrigating arid tracts, in building transportation lines. In' upbuilding his home, is wel come and. more. But the speculator who obstructs development, levies weighty tribute on the incoming hosts of capitalists and laborers, sweats others but never himself, and dodges his just tribute to the welfare of so ciety at every turn such a man is re garded by a constantly increasing host as a. good element to discourage by any practical means. The Melancholy Days. Chicago Evening Pout. The melaiuholy days have coma. The Biddeat o( the year, ".hen no mosquito's merry Hum impinges on the ear, Nor due. It flng to you and tln And mak you fret Ilka "J'hlng--But though no more you feal li blta you cannot alt out laia at night. Where re tne lhe naPP' " That lately sprang and mood Upon our a;ad and our plea And all our other food? Alas' thoy all have heard the call That cornea to them In aarly tall : No more they aek your bald, bare spot , imKTw ahnn vml awat. Ana cape ufi'.ui The iceman with his chilling load Goes mournfully about. And aa he rumblea down tha road No more he ltfta hto ahout. But black with grime and right on tlma The coalman makea hi prices climb; your puiea grows wan and weak and tnla While you look at your empty bin. And now when comes tha calm, mild day Thero echoea on the breze Which o'er tha goldenrod will play 1 The aharp hay-fever sneeie. With wild ah-rhool they thus renew Acquaintance with the Autumn view And aneeie both morn and afternoon Because they have come home too soon. And now we think of one who went From out our kitchen door. Who vowed, with her vacation spent, 1 Sh would coma back once mora. But though we wait by dawn and lata. No latch clicks on the garden gate, And ao once more we have to louk, Aii o'er the towa to Und, a ock