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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