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THE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, THURSDAY, MARCII 17, 1910.
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POBTLASD, tHlRSUAV, MARCH 17. 1910.
THE STRONG MAN 6 TILL GRABS.
Conservation should mean some
thing: for benefit of the man of small
means as well as for the man of mil
lions. But the "little fellow" cannot
compete with the big operator In bid
ding for timber, water or minerals, or
even for sheep range, under Pinchot
Jsm. The big- fellow can grab the re
sources from the little one more than
he used to do, the main dif
ference being- that a horde of Gov
ernment officials has sprung: up to live
oft the new system. Yet this may be
the reason certain well-known spokes
men of spoils are advocates of Pln-
. Ihotism.
Conservation should mean some
thing also for protection of the peo
ple against rapacity of devouring offi
cialdom. Forests, minerals and
streams must be guarded against spo
liation. But the Pinchot scheme fas
tens on these resources a swarm of
officials that in time will eat out the
substance of that which they pretend
to conserve. In Oregon, "Washington
and Idaho are hundreds of these offi
cials of the Forestry Service alone
with many more in the land depart
ment, and the cry is yet for more.
. They boast of saving the forests from
fire and of having spent more than
$500,000 in Oregon last year. They
mean, then, that without their pres
ence the forests would be consumed
by fire. But private owners protect
their holdings quite as well as the host
of officials protects those of the Gov
ernment. Water power Is a resource which al
ways, until this time, has been super
vised by the state governments. The
Legislature of Oregon but recently
enacted very rigid laws on the subject.
It is a resource distinctively local in
Its use. It can be conserved with ut
most safety by the state power of tax-
. ation. Yet for the use of this re
source the developers of power
schemes in the three states of the Pa
cific Northwest must pay, in addition
to state taxes, tolls to the National
Government. This is a burden of
charges which industry in none of the
older states has borne or ever will
bear. And, moreover, It Is a burden
imposed in clear violation of the Fed-
leral Constitution. Likewise, National
ownership of forests and National
charges for use of timber are un
known in older states. Some of the
Eastern 'States are promoting projects
for state forests, notably New York
and Pennsylvania. But these states
will not tolerate Plnchot's horde of
officials in their preserves. They will
conserve their-resources in their own
way and also their local Interests. In
this "Western country, however, Pin
chot officials, with no abiding inter
ests here, draw heavy toll that In time
will devour the whale value of the
things conserved. They care not
whether land, more fit for agriculture
than for perpetual forests, is barred
from settlement; in fact, their whole
purpose is to keep all the land possi
ble from settlement.
There should be closer definitions of
what conservation means. The word
should not be laid hold of by any
faddist or idealist as a vehicle for his
pet theories.
Conservation started in an effort to
save the public lands from greedy men
of pull, privilege and power. Yet now
we - find conservation favoring the :
"strong man" altogether, while the
"weak man" can get nothing. The
land laws, nullified by Pinchot's
scheme, ordain that the weak man
shall have access to the public lands
on a par with the strong man. What
Is the matter with this Government
that it cannot enforce its laws?
j
IGNORANCE OR MEXDACITTf
Probably the weakest point in the
entire ship subsidy publicity policy is
the continual and apparently studied
misrepresentation of facts. Either
through ignorance or sheer mendacity
advocates of this grafting measure
have wandered up and down the land,
repeating the most Inexcusable false
hoods regarding the condition of the
world's merchant marine. Falsehood
of this kind, especially when it is so
easily proven that It is falsehood, can
hardly be regarded as other than the
last resort of men engaged in a des
perate cause and the ship subsidy,
wobbly on its legs, is again a desper
ate cause. The latest example of this
substitution of unqualified mendacity
for plain truth appears In the speech
of Representative Humphrey before
the National Manufacturers Associa
tion In New York. In discussing the
Shipowners' International Union, Mr.
Humphrey assured his hearers that
"immediately after Its formation
freight rates on the Pacific" were ad
vanced more than 400 per cent." He
also Informed them that "there Is not
a more exacting and cold-blooded
trust on land or sea. It raises and
lowers rates at will."
This awful "trust," which Mr,
Humphrey uses as a bogie man, has
never been able to raise the freight
rate on the 14.000-mile, voyage from
Portland and Puget Sound to Liver
pool above 27s 6d per ton. This fig
ure ($6.60 for 2240 pounds) then must
represent the old rate, and the "more
than 400 per cent" advance. We are
accordingly asked to believe that, be
fore the advent of this dreadful
trust" and the 400 per cent raise. It
was an easy matter to secure tonnage
to carry wheat, 14,000 miles through
two oceans for $1.32 per ton.
Could anything be more absurd?
What Justification can a man like
lit presentatlve Humphrey find for
giving circulation to such wild and
grotesque falsehoods? This alleged
trust has so little effect on rates that
mot half of the foreign tonnage out of
North Pacific ports for the past two
years has been carried In Union ships;
ana as a factor in rate-making, the
"Lnlon' has been a dead letter for
the past three years Poor Indeed is
the cause that seems to be dependent
on such misrepresentation to awaken
public support and interest.
SINGLE-TAX TOTt WATER MAINS?
omgie-uuers nave seized - the op
portunity afforded by the water main
dispute In Portland to urge adoption
of their scheme for payment of cost
of main extensions by general
taxation. They are telling the small
homeowner In the suburbs, who ex
pects soon to be supplied with city
water, that their taxation scheme will
save him much money; that owners
of high-priced lots will have to bear
most of the expense; and that such
owners ought to pay, because their
lots are made valuable by the pres-
ence in the city of the small suburban
landholders. ...
This Is alluring argument, but does
not deal with the equities of the case.
i,very owner of a home, under the
scheme, would have to pay taxes to
Improve, with water mains, the idle
lands of speculators, who would be
waiting for the "snap." Every person daybreak yesterday, saying he was go
who builds on a lot, thereby enhanc- I In? to the Nehalem." Ignoring the
lng its taxable value, would have to
pay increased tribute to the pockets I produced more railroad rumors In pro
of such speculators." So that, while I portion to the mileage built than any
the small homeowner may think he
would be passing the burden up to the
man a little richer, at the same time
he would get a share of It himself.
And he would find the speculator who
bought land for $300 an acre selling
tt for that much a lot and pocketing I
the "unearned Increment" created by
the water mains that were paid for
by other citizens.
While it is true that small homes
contribute to the value of big business
properties, yet from the latter they
derive much of their own value. For
the value of the "big business lots is
d-ue primarily to the Improvements
made upon them by their owners, and
without tbose improvements Portland
would not be a city worth mentioning:
and most of the small homes would
not exist at all. .
City water mains add more to the
value of residence lots than do any
other improvements. Sidewalks, nor
sewers, nor streets, are so essential to
homes as water. Owners of lots real-
ize at once the values created toy wa-
ter improvement. Then why should
they not pay for it? And If they are
assessed toy districts for the average
cost of the mains that supply their
lots, why is this not Just?
HAH, TO TILLAMOOK.
In Tillamook the banks are bulging
with the gold of the cheese Industry.
In Washington County, dairying, In
connection with a condensing plant,
has built up a well-to-do community.
Here are ' two conspicuous examples
of the oft-repeated truth that indus
try is more productive than a gold
mine desirable though a gold mine
undoubtedly. Is. Hood River and
Rogue River with their apples are
another demonstration. So we might
run through the list of wool and lum
ber and fish and grains and other
products.
The Tillamook Headlight gives this
statement of the cheese output for
five years from what it calls the "co
operative factories":
No. lbs.
Tear. Cheesa.
Amount
sold lor
105 772.163
1009 1.1S4.204
f 81. 353.35
138.104.35
21H.657.72
1907 1.888.3112
30S 2.073,390
moa 2,B0.6ia
2nO.3S5.29
380.135.81
S 1,089. 606. 5 2
Total ....8.944.671
Now here Is food for thinkers as
well as for appreciative consumers of
Tillamook rheosp. Rncli vpa t- Vmwa
big increase Inthe output. Nor do we
suppose this includes the prosperity
of all the factories in the business.
A community, a. small one at that.
which is contributing so much wealth
to resources of Oregon, Is one to bs
proud of, and its name should be
sounded afar. There are other prod
ucts that have. big place, but none Is
more deserving of attention and praise
than this of Tillamook.
PRACTICAL CONSERVATION.
'A crop every year on every acre of
land" is the slogan of the O. R. & N.
Co., which is arranging to send out
next week the finest and most com
plete farmers demonstration train
that has ever "been sent forth in the
interest of better farming. This ten
days" trip of the 1910 demonstration
train will cost the railroad $10,000.
which is pretty conclusive evidence of
the value of the enterprise in bringing
about that happy economic condition
expressed In the slogan. This train,
which will be accompanied by ex
perts from the Oregon Agricultural
College, is sent out for the purpose of
enlightening the agricultural commu
nity on the best methods of farming.
As a means for conserving our natural
resources and benefiting the people as
a whole, the system taught by the
demonstration train experts has the
Pinchot faddists so badly distanced
that comparison is Impossible.
The Pinchot plan is, in effect, to
hold vast tracts of land In their nat
ural wild and unproductive state. The
railroad plan is to have these acres
producing remunerative crops every
year. The train experts have taught
the farmers how the producing pow
ers of the soil can best be conserved
by the rotation of crops, so that, by
keeping the land working every year.
it gains instead of loses In producing
capacity. What this means from an
economic standpoint can be un-
derstood when it Is stated that the
Winter wheat crop of the Pacific
Northwest last year was about
1,750,000 tons. Under the present
system the land which produced this
immense tonnage of wheat lies 'idle
half of the time, and even while lying
idle loses some of the wheat-growing
properties that make it valuable. Un
der the new system of "a crop. every
year on every acre of land" there will
not only be 1,500,000 tons additional
for the farmers to sell and the rail
roads to haul every two years, but
the extra'crop will put back into the
soil the most necessary properties
wntch have been exhausted by con
stant cropping to wheat.
Remarkable success has attended
the experiments with corn and field
peas as alternating crops on wheat
land. The winner of the first prize
for the best yield of corn in Wash
ington reported 122 bushels per acre.
With the extraordinary demand at
record-breaking prices for hogs, the
value of these two crops, to-alternate
with wheat, cannot be overestimated.
The efforts of the demonstration
train experts are not confined to con
servation of the wheat lands. All
branches of the agricultural Industry
are handled In a manner that is highly
beneficial to the farming community.
Fruitgrowing, dairying, livestock an
poultry come in for a full share of the
demonstration train work, and special
interest .is shown in the subject of
dry-land farming. For the purpose
or conserving our resources and im
proving the welfare of our people
one O. R. & N. demonstration train is
worth more to Oregon than a million
Pinchots.
SEASIDE RAILROAD PROJECTS.
jttanroaa news from Seaside was
plentiful yesterday. A party of HH1
surveyors was running lines down the
beach from Hammond to Gearhart,
presumably for a scenic route to Sea
side. Philadelphia capitalists who are
promoting the electric line from As
toria to Seaside and Tillamook also
appeared Sunday and are said to be
I ready for actual construction work,
Then there was William Reid (no new
railroad situation would be complete
I without the presence of "Dundee'
Reld), who has been living in retire
ment at Seaside for several months
and is now reported to have several
engineers In the field. To cap the cli
max, "Andy" McCabe "left Seaside at
I fact that Seaside and Astoria have
other localities in the United States,
there are strong reasons for believing
that the next year or two will witness
much railroad work in the territory
lying between Astoria and Tillamook.
Along the Upper Necanicum and
Elk Creek there are immense tracts of
magnificent timber, which can reach
a market by no other route than
through Seaside. This traffic alone is
sufficient to supply considerable bus!
ness for a railroad. Then there is the
large and steadily- increasing beach re
sort traffic. The Summer population
at all of the beaches Is growing so
rapidly that the near future will see
practically all of the available shore
line from Tillamook to the Columbia
I River supporting large transient podu
I lations, which afford good passenger
traffic for the railroads. Considering
the economies of the water-level grade
from Portland to Seaside, and thence
on to Nehalem If the beach route is
followed, the Hill lines would seem to
have some advantages over the Harri
I man lines now entering that region by
I way or Tillamook over a much more
expensive grade than toy way of Sea
side.
There are wonderful possibilities for
developing both passenger and freight
traffic In the coast country, and be
hind all of the railroad smoke that Is
arising from Seaside and Astoria there
is undoubtedly some fire.
HERE IT IS AGAIN.
Like the question of women's suf
frage. It seems probable that the sin
gle tax will always be with us. It was
voted down two years ago, but that
makes no difference. Preparations
are making to bring it up again in
1912, and. if it is rejected, then it will
bob up serenely In 1914 and so on
without end. Men may come and men
may go, but the single tax goes on
forever. The Fels fund supplies the
means for keeping It constantly In ag
ttation, an'd through the Initiative it
may be brought up as often as signers
t; a petition can be discovered. Mr.
A. D. Cridge in his letter, which is
printed today, announces that in 1912
the appeal will be "to the reason and
financial Interests of the .great mass
of the people." It will be exceedingly
difficult to make the farmers believe
that It Is to their financial Interest
to impose all the state, - county and
municipal taxes on land values.
It really seems that the less the
sInsle taxers have to say about "rea
son and financial" interest the bettei
better
showing they will make. The idea of
excusing the millionaires who happen
to own no land from paying any taxes
whatever is so repugnant to common
sense that we doubt whether it will
make much headway in Oregon even
with the Fels fund to back It. A
propaganda to relieve the farmers'
Improvements from taxation until
they become productive might have
some hope of success, but the single,
or land values tax, is a very different
matter. '
SCHOOLING FOR TEACHERS.
The course planned for the Summer
school to be conducted at Cdrvallis by
the Oregon Agricultural College has
the distinction of being not only ver
satile and interesting, but withal
practical. It will be held during the
vacation period that is, f om June
20 to August 5, inclusive. Courses in
Industrial pedagogy and school meth
ods will be offered which, since - the
tendency of much of modern educa
tional effort is toward Industrial
equipment, is timely. There is said
to be an unusual demand upon the
Agricultural College for teachers
equipped for industrial work, and it
Is for the purpose of meeting this
demand that this course is to be given.
A course in school supervision is
also announced. This course, it may
be hoped, will be taken by a consid
erable number of young women of
dignity, mature age, suitable educa
tional attainments and natural execu
tive ability. Any careful observer of
our public schools and their manage
ment will see the desirability of this.
'As at present 'organized, and con
trolled, it is scarcely possible for a
woman to secure an executive position
in our public schools. It Is true, how.
ever, that relatively few women have
fitted themselves for ihe higher
grades of work An the public schools.
though for that matter it may be said
that the lowest irrades are the highest
in school work. In. everything but sal
ary. That Is to say, the teachers who
lay the foundations of what is known
as common school education do far
more important work than . do thjbse
who follow out the course of study
in the higher grades. It Is 'only In
the earlier work that initiative is al
lowed on the part of the teacher. The
rest is all arranged and the teacher is
expected to keep strictly within the
limits- prescribed, 1. e., to teach only
what is in the textbooks and dutifully
cover each day the number of pages
prescribed.
Any course of training that would
encourage teachers to develop the tal
ent for teaching which they possess
would be of Incalculable advantage tc
the schools. And not only the devel
opment of the talent for teaching, but
the talent for governing the schools
should " be encouraged, especially In
women. While some good and able
men engage in the vocation or profes
sion of teaching, majiy of the very
best women engage in it. Yet it Is a
fact well known, and one that is veri
fied in our city schools when promo
tions and transfers of teachers made
necessary by the death or resignation
of principals or heads of departments
take place, that long and competent
service does not, except In very ex
ceptional cases, count against sex.
The Spokane Chamber of Commerce
will hold a special meeting this even
ing to consider the question of rec
ommending franchises for two new
railroads without insisting that these
roads grant terminal rates to Spo
kane. A resolution favoring the grant
ing of the franchises without the ter
minal rate" proviso was voted down at
a meeting Tuesday. The extent to
which this terminal-rate franchise
problem has torn asunder the bus!
ness interests of Spokane is disclosed
In the statement in the news dis
patches yesterday that "A. W. Doland
wholesale drug dealer, spoke in favor
of the resolution." Mr. Doland is one
of the pioneers in the agitation for
terminal rates at Spokane. and
through ' all the contests that have
been made with that end in view he
has taken a conspicuous part. That
he at last realizes that Spokane should
be content to secure facilities which it
needs, - and to which it Is entitled
without entangling them with the im
possible terminal rate, i3 very good
evidence that the light is dawning.
and within a 'short time we may ex
pect to see Spokane Join with Portland
in a demand for reduced rates from
the seaboard.
San Diego has made a new record
tor public, enterprise in subscribing
money ior expositions by coming to
the front with an initial fund of
11,000,000 for the Panama-California
imposition. This is to be follnwrl
with another $1,000,000 to be raised
by bonding the cltv. As the nnmila.
tion of San Diego is only about EO.oon
tne snowing is most remarkable. New
Orleans and San Francisco are both
In the field as nossible cTi1iltsi fnr
National exposition honors, but, with
tne start which San Diego has made.
it may be possible that there will be
but one big show in honor- nf tho
great event; and, if enterprise and
puDilc spirit are entitled to good re
wards, the plucky little Southern Cali
fornia city should certainly- receive
recognition. with s2.oon nno fnr a
beginning and four or five- years In
wmcn to make preparations, San
Diego, with the co-ODeration of her
neighbors, should furnish a most cred
itable exposition.
The Copenhagen scientists are still
from Missouri." Having -rin VmnH-
ed one North Pole gold brick, they
are not inclined to accent th atnrv
of Peary without first seeing the
proois. wim the House naval com
mittee refusing by a decisive vote to
recommend any awards until the
proof is forthcoming, with tha dnv
ernor s of ' Georgia and the .Mayor of
Georgia's nrlncinal cftir rfuKino- tn
introduce Peary, and with Copenha
gen so skeptical that he will get no
invitation to lecture before the Royal
Danish Geoeranhical ' SnHotv r"rm
mander Peary Is beginning to qualify
as a competent Judge or the feelings
wnicn surge a over Dr. Cook when he
first realized that the acid test hart
been applied to his gold brick. Peary
nas no right to withhold his proofs
from Congress, and he has no right
to ask for honors, or to receive them.
until ne produces the data.
Some men never know when thev
are well off, even when thev are
thrown off a train. James McAvoy
was ejected from a train on which ho
was stealing a ride. He showed his
displeasure bv taking a hot at RraVo
man Connelly. Not satisfied with that
means or revenge, he sued the com-
nanv fnr CI 1 Itcmrl tn1n,fia -nrl.f.,1. 1
said were caused by his forcible re
moval from the train. The damages
were not forthcoming, hut tu a vmr
was prosecuted on the charge of as
sault -witn a dangerous weapon and
nas oeen sentenced to spend five years
In the Penitentiarv. Thla should
as a warning to ride-stealing hobos.
Tha Mnv w. 1 I. , . . .
. ucai vim w nu uujeuis to tne in
terference of a brakeman will prob
ably accent his fate more m-ocfnlW
and forego the pleasure of shooting
ana suing.
The city ordinance, allowing the
O. R. & N. to build a pier for support
or tne Jiast side approach to the up
per deck of the Oregon-street bridge,
vacates no city land for use of the
railroad. Another ordinance, vacating
portions or streets in that vicinity for
the use of the railroad, is yet to be
passed upon by city authorities, who
say they will exact return concessions
In favor of the city, for the new
Broadway bridge. It should be borne
in rMnd that the railroad does not
need , the upper deck of the bridge and
does not wish to build it. Do the
people want it?
Robert Sturgeon McEwan, aged
ninety-six years, pioneer rancher,
miner, steamboat builder and first
clerk of Clatsop County, lies on his
bier in Astoria. Of his x ninety-six
years, sixty-four were passed In Ore
gon. The history of the deceased
nonagenarian is the history of the
circle of life and industries In which
he moved for more than threescore
years. The era of hin nctiviMoa
spanned the long gap between sav
agery and civilization in the Pacifi-j
Northwest. -
Mr. J. N. Teal would toe a more con
sistent conserver of the "people's heri
tage" had he not wrought so mightily
ror franchise-grabbers in Portland in
years past. These grabbers pocketed
millions of dollars of the people's
money,- - Could the . people get this
money they could make many needed
Improvements, such as public wharves.
parks, bridges, fireboats. Mr. Teal
has learned the DeoDle's interest
rather late for their benefit.
In the , Portland 'market yesterday
hogs advanced 10 cents, steers 2 5
cents and cured meats 25 cents to $1.
This might mean higher cost of Irving
but for the fact that flour will drop
0 cents and butter 3 cents today. Let
us eat more bread and gravy.
The lowly worm defeated a pro
posal to furnish a touring-car for
Speaker Cannon. The insurgents
joined the Democrats.
A toast for the day: The Irishman
-First In war, last in peace, and
greatest hero in the hearts of his
countrywomen.
This is Shamrock day. In Portland
it is also the Orphans' day. Don't
forget them.
Where Is the glory of the day with
out a parade?
ST. PATRICK'S BIRTHPLACES.
Evidence to Show That Honored Place
Is In France.
PORTLAND. March 17. (To the Edl
tor.) Assuming tnat 1000 years hence, our
present sound criticism and our science
or literary interpretation will be in vogue,
tne iuture Historian or the Oregon Coun
try may enlighten mankind thus: "The
lnn&Ditants were Oregonian Yankees.
iney named their cities after those
from whence they came, and imnosed
their genius on this early civilization, as
is snown by the 40 per cent mortgages in
the abstracts of title to their lands.
They were the first to discover that htch
living and living high was the fault of
tnelr government, and their statesmen
and. publicists pacified the DODUlace bv
giving their constitution and laws some
very generous baths in slathers of
blarney. From some of the skeletons in
the National Museum, their politicians
must have been deep chested and sonor
ous voiced, and the surface of their skulls
clearly indicates a composition similar
to WBat was known as bltulithic."
This seems to be the method followed
by latter-day historians in claiming fo
one country or another the birthplace of
St. Patrick. "Ireland. Historic and Pic
turesque," 1902, by the eminent literary
critic, cnarles Johnston, reputedly a work
of great merit in many respects, follows
Ussher, and gives St. Patrick's birth
place "where the Clyde comes forth from
the plain to the long estuary of the
sea," but does not go so far as Dr.
Parkhurst in claiming Scotland as the
motherland of Ireland. Professor J. B.
GBury, whose biography contains so many
nonorary degrees and honorable men
tlons, if he lived in Oregon, would cause
the Hon. Justinian U'Ren to demand an
amendment to our organic law for
more equal distribution of state-made
brains, provided, however, nothing here
in can compel anybody to accept them
.Bury, wnose book, "Life of St. Patrick
1906, is Invaluable to students by its co
pious references, opines "it is not a rash
assumption ... in Southwestern Britain
perhaps in the regions of the Lower
Severn to place St. Patrick's birthplace.
But there still remain those who be
lieve that the ancients, although they
did not have the $2 down and 2 every
month until paid data within reach
knew something of what they wrote
aoout. Among these is John P. Sutton
editor of the Chicago Citizen. Sutton
whose studies of things Irish has been
a lifelong labor of love, and who writes
without prejudice, concludes:
"In his first confession. St. Patrick says
'My father, Oalpurnius, was of the town
of Bonaven Taberniae. He had near the
town a small villa, Enon, where I became
a captive.' Bonaven is Celtic in origin,
meaning the headland above the river,
which topographically agrees with the lo.
cation of Boulogne, in France, which oc
cupies the site of the ancient Bonaven
The name Taberniae is the Latinized
form of the Celtic Terounanne, the pres
ent name of the district in which Bou
logne is situated. The villa Enon, which
we are told in Celtic 'on the river's
edge,' was built on the banks of the
Liane, which empties into the port of
Boulogne. Archbishop Ussher was the
first to assert that St. Patrick was born at
Kirkpatrlck, or Kllpatrlck, near Dumbar
ton, Sctoland, and there was apparently
good foundation for the statement, owing
to the similarity of names, there being
also a Caledonian Bonaven Taberniae.
But as Jocelyn translates Taberniae as
equivalent to 'Tabernacularum Campus,
field of tents,' may we not conclude that
the Roman garrison in this Caledonian ter
ritory had been drawn from Bonaven In
Gaul, and called their new camp after
their old location. Camp Bonaven? We
find also that St. Patrick's mother was
sister or niece of St. Martin, of Tours.
That Niall ravaged Gaul is a fact at
tested in Irish history. Even Archbishop
Ussher says that it was in- Armorica,
Gaul, that Niall seized St. Patrick and
his sisters Lupidas and Darerca and car
rled them thence to Ireland. He adds,
'St. Patrick was carried Into Ireland in
the ninth year of Niall's reign, who
ruled Ireland during 27 years and laid
waste to Britain and Gaul. Now, if we
assume with Archbishop Ussher and hts
supporters, that St. Patrick was born
near Dumbarton, in Scotland, and ac
cept the admission made by Ussher that
the saint and his sisters were captured
by Niall in Gaul, we are forced to the
conclusion that Patrick was born in the
district where he was captured and that
the preponderance of evidence gives the
honor of his birthplace to France.
J. H. M.
EnarlSsh LanKHW Heada Others.
London "Westminster Gazette.
There is an Interesting and from the
national point of view a satisfactory
statement in the statistics lately pub
lished in an Italian paper concerning
the growth of- modern languages. Ac
cording to the figures given tne isng
lrsh language, which a century ago
was spoken by 20,000,000 individuals,
is now the means by which no less
than 100,000,000 give expression to their
views of things. French, on the other
hand, has spread less than any of the
chief European languages, for, whereas
It was used by 34.000,000 men at the
beginning of the nineteenth century,
it is now SDoken by 46,000.000. Sev
enty million individuals speak German
torlav. atrainat 36.000,000 a hundred
years ago; 69,008,000 Russian, against
30.000.000: 82,000,000 Italian, against
18.000.000, and 44,000,000 Spanish,
against 30,000,000.
CURRENT NEWSPAPER JESTS.
"The young man who called on me last
niftht says there is a fool in every lamny.
"Was ne trying iu , -'v --' ...- ------
why we should take him into ours?
Houston foBt.
Father." said little Rollo. "what 1 an
epigram: ah -----
ernly propounded, is any sentence contain-
. ' , . - 4 ....... i .... a on thrfH
lnff less man iww n-...j
commas." Washington Star.
't .tti n nltiin-SDOken man." said tne ap
plicant for a Job. "I'm a'fa,1 yo-WOnr.
do, ' replied ioa ram u& 1 ........ ..
advertising for an experienced train an
nouncer." Philadelphia Record.
. t - kaiioua (n cllmblnz.. over an
obstruction until one comes to It." "Antt-
Judging from your appearance, j. "
nha.mtfnn until VOU
tnat you nvw " .... -. ..... -
bump against it." Chicago Record-Herald.
THE WEARING OF THE GREEN.
By Dion Boucieault.
rh. Tni1rfv. dear, and did you
hear the
news that's goln" round
The ahamrock is forbid by law o grow on
Irish ground. . . .
St. Patrick's day no more well Keep; ma
colors can't be seen.
For there's a bloody law agin' the Wearina:
of the Green.
I met with Napper Tandy and he tuk me
by the hand.
And he said. "How's poor c-uld Ireland and
how does she stand?"
She's the most distressful country that ever
you have seen;
They're hanging- men and women there for
wtsurmis u l iiiq w .. ...
Then since the color we must wear is Ens-
land's cruel red.
Sure Ireland's sons will ne'er forget tha
hlnnd that thev have shed.
Yon may take the shamrock from your hat
and cast It on the son.
But 'twill take root and flourish still, tho"
under foot 'tis trod.
When the law can stop the blades of grass
from growing as they grow.
And -when the leaves in Summer time their
verdure dare not show,
Then I will change the color I wear in
my caubeen : .
But till that day, please God, I'll stick to
. wearing of the Green.
But If at last our color should be torn
from Ireland s heart.
Her sons with shame and sorrow from the
dear old soil will part.
rve heard whispers of a country that lies
far beyant the say.
Where rich and poor stand equal in the
light of freedom's day.
Oh. Erin, must we leave you, driven by
the tyrant's hand ? .
Must we ask a mother's welcome from a
strange but happy land.
Where the cruel cross of England's thraldom
never shall be seen.
And where, thank God, we'll live and die.
still wearing or the Green r
ROAD FUNDS ARE TIED UP
Washington Highway Improvements
Fail to Attract Bidders.
OLTMPIA, Wash., March 16. (Spe
cial.) With about $200,000 cash in the
state treasury waiting expenditure for
that purpose. Highway Commissioner
Bowlby seems prevented from doing
actual construction on state roads,
other than that now being done by con
vict labor. Bids were to be opened to
day for work by private contractors on
eight roads in Eastern Washington.
One lone bid was received on each of
four of these roads and but one of
these was within Bowlby's estimate of
cost. ' So only" one contract was let,
that covering state-aid road No. 35,
the Asotin Creek road, Asotin County,
which F. P. Simpson, of Asotin, will
build.
New calls for bids to be opened not
less than three weeks hence will have
to be issued for the others, which are
Yakima .City road and Sunnyslde
Mabton road, Takima County; Euclid
road, Benton County; Territorial road.
Whitman County; Spangle-South road,
Forker road and Regal road and ex
tension, Spokane County.
Mr. Bowlby's report to the State
Good Roads Convention at Aberdeen
showed that during four months end
ing August 1, last. Commissioner Snow
spent $107,638 on actual construction
pf state roads, and from August 1 to
January 1, last, Mr. Bowlby had spent
less than 260 on actual construction
of state roads, with the $450,000 appro
priation of the last session yet to be
spent before April 1, 1911.
PEXDLETON
FAVORS
FUXD
Qnarter-Mtll I-ievy Will Raise $10,
000 for Publicity.
PENDLETON, Or., March 16. (Spe
cial.) Umatilla County, will have a
publicity fund of more than $10,000, If
the plan of the Pendleton Commercial
Club, indorsed by representative busi
ness men of Umatilla County here to
night is indorsed by the people.
The plan is to take advantage of the
law providing for levying a special tax
not exceeding half a mill for publicity
purposes. A banquet was held under
the auspices of the Commercial Club
and it was decided that one-fourth of
a mill would be sufficient, as this
would net more than $10,000.
Tom Richardson, of Portland, was the
principal speaker. Among the prom
inent guests were J. P. O'Brien and
M. J. Buckley, general manager and
general superintendent of the O. R. &
N. Representatives of the Northern
Pacific were present, as well as men
from every town In the county.
Glendale Plans to Improve.
GLEN OA LH, Or., March 16. (Special.)
The Glendale Commercial Club will
make an effort this season toward the
improvement and beautifying of the city.
Among the improvements planned are a
city park, the cleaning up and improve
ment of residence property, and the plant
ing of flowers and shrubbery. The ladles'
auxiliary is distributing free seeds to
school children and offering prizes for
the best gardens and flower beds. The
club officers for the ensuing year were
elected last night as follows: President,
B. L. Darby; vice-president, Dr. H. R.
Kauffman; secretary. B. J. Simpson;
treasurer. K. C McGregor; trustees. J.
W. Jacobson. I. H. Smith, M. S. Tingley,
John Neuner, C. Bt. Austin.
Seaside Lodge Inspected.
SEASIDB, Or., March 16. (Special.)
"With Grand Chief Miss Inez Chase, of
Cook ville. Or., to lend dignity to the oc
casion, the Kinniclnnic Lodge of the
Pythian Sisters was inspected at Sea
side last night. After the regular initia
tions and presentation of the members of
the lodge to the grand chief, a banquet
was held at which many compliments
were paid the local lodge. Large dele
gat ions from other lodges of the Pythian
Sisters attended. Astoria being repre-
ented by Mrs. J. A. Oibbaugh, Mrs.
Josephson, Mrs. Kate McClusky, Mrs. A.
Uamelson and Mrs. Frank Shubiker.
While Astoria was represented by the
greatest number of delegates, several
other lodges were also represented.
Murderer Caught In Mexico.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 16. Josenh
Fiad. alias John Favaad. who shot nnrl
Killed his sweetheart. Miss Lnda. Nich-
ola, aged 17, at her home in this citv
October 24, 1906, has been arrested in
the City of Mexico, in the outskirts of
which city he was living with his wife
and baby girl. A warrant charging
murder in the first degree has been
sent to Mexico, and Fiad will be extra
dited. He killed Miss Nichols because
she would not elope with him. Fiad
wa.B ueimjeu io a eseattie detective
by countrymen who had seen him Jn
the City of Mexico.
Freight Runs Into Ditch. .
CHEHALIS, Wash.. March 16. (Spe
cial.) This evening, while running at a
high speed about a mile west of Adna
and seven miles from here, on its trip
into this city, the freight train on the
South Bend branch line went Into the
ditch. Some commercial traveling men
were riding in the caboose, but no one
was hurt. The cars are reported to be
strung along for a considerable distance
and the track torn up in places for a
quarter of a mile. Regular passengers
for the branch tonight were sent out as
far ls the wreck and transferred.
Farmhouse Near' Woodland Burns.
"WOODLAND, Wash., March 16. (Spe
cial.) The house of O. H. Hanson, six
miles east of Woodland, was entirely de
stroyed by tire about 7 o'clock this morn-
ng. together with nearly all the house
hold effects and clothing of himself and
wife, and also all the outbuildings, fuel
and dairying equipment. It is supposed
tnat a cnimney nre started the flames.
There was some insurance on the house.
Mrs. Miller, the mother of Mr. Hanson.
lost many valuable heirlooms and old
family pictures.
Oregon City Farmer Sells Mohair.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 16. (Spe
cial.) L. B. Yoder, a prominent farmer
of the Macksburg country, has sold 100
pounds of mohair, recently clipped from
22 head of his Angora goats. The wool
is of fine Quality, the . longest being six
inches. Mr. Yoder received 26 cents a
pound for the wool. The goats are en
closed in a lZacre tract on the Yoder
farm, and are ' clearing the land by eat
ing the underbrush. Mr. Yoder has only
had the goats for a year.
Medford Seeks New Bids.
MEDFORD, Or., March 16. (Special.)
The bids submitted to the City Council
on March 8 for 10 miles of paving were
unexpectedly high. At a special meeting
this afternoon the Mayor and City Coun
cil decided to reject them and advertise
for other bids. Bids for the construc
tion of a bridge across Bear Creek on
Jackson street and for six miles of sewer
and water main in other parts of the city
are also to be advertised for.
Jackson County Bankers Elect.
MEDFORD, Or., March 16. (Special.)
The third quarterly meeting of the Jack
son County Bankers' Association was
held last night at the Commercial Club
rooms. The following officers were
elected: E. V. Carter, of Ashland, presi
dent; G. L. Davis, Medford, vice-president;
J. E. Enyart, Medford, secretary;
U Hammersley, Gold Hill, treasurer.
A banquet was held at the Nash Hotel
grill. -
HUSBAND PROFAXE, WIFE SAYS
Petitioner for Divorce Declines to
Recite Language in Papers.
In addition to charging that he drove
her from their home with threats to
kill her. Mrs. Sigfrid Willielmina Lin
dell, in her suit filed yesterday for di
vorce aaglnst August Lindell. accuses
him of having periodic profane spells,
which took possession of him two or
three times a month, when he used such
language toward her that she refuses
to make a record of it in her petition.
The LindeHs were married In Port
land. November 4.-1908. and two weeks
to the day thereafter. Mrs.. Lindell de
clares, her husband struck her in the
face with his clenched list.
It was on August 25, last year, she
declares, that her husband, who was
drunk, threatened to stab her with a
butcher knife, and caused her to flee
from the house, 184 Sherman street.
Mrs. Linden's attorney Is A. Hansen.
Francis Marion Cammack filed a di
vorce suit yesterday against Clara
Cammack. whom he had married 34
years ago In Iowa, and who is the
mother of his nine children. Cammack
asserts that his wife deserted him in
October, 1895, at Woodbxirn, Or., and
has since refused to live with him.
WOMAN" FILES . UNIQUE SUIT
Wants Damages Because Auto Is At
tached for Husband's Debt.
A. C. Emery & Co., architect.", have be
come defendants in a novel suit filed
against them by Mrs. Estelle C. Prk.
the wife of a local mining man. Sue
filed a complaint in the Circuit Court
yesterday asking to be awarded $2500
from the architects as a result of their
having included her in a suit asainst ht-r
husband for a claim of money due them
from him, and attaching her automobile
as satisfaction for the debt.
Mrs. Peck alleges that the suit against
her and her husbund began while they
were in New York on busincs; and that
it caused her to return to Portland at
great expense. She says she owed the
architects nothing and that she has ben
deprived of the use of the automobile
for some time as a result of the attach
ment. In concluding her complaint Mrs. Peck
alleges "that by reason of the attach
ment .having been lavled on said car,
the insurance thereon has become void,
which has caused the plaintiff hertin
mental anguish and suffering."
Inquiry last night developed that the
bill against Peck was for plans for a
residence which he had failed to con
struct. It is argued by his wife that silo
is not liable for a debt of that nature.
0C-VEAR-OLD PIONEER DIES
E. W. Carlisle, Who Bore Scars of
Indian Wars, Passes.
COLFAX, Wash., March 16. (Special.)
E. W. Carlisle, born in Maine M
years ago, a pioneer resident of The
Dalles and Sheridan, Or., died at Colfax
Ignatius Hospital today. Mr. Carlisle
carries ecars received In the Rogue River
Indian War, in Oregon.
He leaves three sons, Walter Carlisle,
The Dalles, Or.; Charles Carlisle. CuUie
sac, Idaho; J. O. Carlisle, Spangle, Wash.,
and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Dickenson,
Thornton, Wash.
Buckley Estate Case Argued Today.
After a hearing lasting two days, the
taking of evidence in the case of David
Buckley, as administrator of the estate
of D. J. Buckley, against L. A. Thomp
son, was completed yesterday and the
case, wlil be argued this morning. The
suit is to recover from Thompson money
he is alleged to have collected for D.
J. Buckley, as the latter's agent, but
which he has refused to turn over to
the estate.
Pepoon Child Taken Into Court.
Georgia Pepoon. the 2-year-old child of
G. L. Pepoon, who is in jail at Colville,
Wash., charged with the murder of his
wife, Edith Pepoon, was taken into the
Portland Juvenile Court yesterday by its
grandmother, Mrs. Wolcott, who asked
that the child be made a ward of the
court. A hearing will be given on this
request next Friday.
Foot Burned, Man Asks $5 000.
W. Rogalsky sued the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Co. yesterday for $S'M0 for
damages resulting from the accidental
burning of one of his feet by molten
metal when he was employed by the com
pany In Its local foundry. He allepres
that the burning was the result of care
less methods by which the company con
trolled the metal.
Settlers Begin Suit.
F. II. Hanks, representing the set
tlers in Crook County who had con
tracted for the purchase of land to be
watered by the Columbia Southern Ir
rigation Company, filed suit in the Cir
cuit Court yesterday to have the com
pany declared Insolvent.
ENGINEER. FALLS OVERBOARD
Otto Andernack, of Tug Tussler,
Drowns Near Victoria. .
VICTORIA, March 16. Otto Andernack,
aged 48. engineer of the tug Tussler, was
mysteriously drowned today.
The tug, with the engineer aboard, left
for Sooke at noon today. On arrival at
the old quarantine station, eight miles
from here, it was discovered that the
engineer was missing. The tug returned,
but no trace of the missing man was
found.
It Is believed that he fell overboard, as
no reason is known why ho should com
mit suicide.
Delegates to Brussels Named.
SALEM, Or.. March 16. (Special.)
Henry L. Corbett, of Portland, and
George F. Rodgers. Mayor of Salem, were
today appointed by Governor Benson del
elegates to the Second International
Congress of Road Builders, to be held in
Brussels, Belgium, from July 31 to August
7. It is understood that both delpgates
are planning European trips and will at
tend the congress.
The Dalles Gets Captain Walsefield.
NEWPORT, Or.. March 16. (Special.)
Captain William Walsefield, for Many
years proprietor of the Alsea House aiid
postmaster at Waldport, has bought a
place at The Dalles, where he will re
side in the future. Mrs. Linton will
manage the postoffice until a new post
master is appointed. William Keady and
Charles Buker are candidates for the ap
pointment.
Broken Singletree Shatters Leg.
(BEAVERTON. Or., March 16. (Special.)
A. Rlsjord. employed by R. Hoge to
clear land, suffered the shattering of the
bones in his right leg today by a single
tree, which -broke when a team of horses
was pulling out a stump. The bones were
driven clear through the calf of Risjord's
leg. He was attended by Dr. Frank S.
White.
South Portland Boosters Meet.
What is announced to be a meeting
of much importance will be that of
the South Portland Boosters' Club to
night at St. Lawrence Hall. Third and
Salmon streets, when a number of Im
portant public Improvements will be up
for discussion. ,