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rOBILAXD, THURSDAY,. Jl'NE 9, 1910.
RICH MAX'S CONSERVATION.
Much rhetoric Is heard nowadays
about Pinchot's "poor man's conser
vation." Jhose applauding loudest
are rich men who have grabbed lan-d
and timber spoils from the public do
main' one way and another, and who
expect to gain access to conserved
areas after they shall have been
'"sewed up" from settlers and little
fellows by Pinchotism.
Big syndicate owners of land and
timber in this Western country are ar
dent admirers of so-called conserva
tion. The new National policy of lock
ing up resources makes holdings of
the syndicates all the more valuable;
besides, the big fellows will be let in
on the ground floor later on, either
through their own proximity to the
public acres or through their supply
of rich men's cash, herewith to buy
the conserved goods.
In the Senate last Monday Nelson
of Minnesota pointed out that the big
fellows have come to toe enthusiasts of
extreme conservation.- One -of them,
he said, is Weyerhaeuser, whose syn
dicate has grabbed vast timber tracts
In this country and whose kind of ex
ploits has incited the Eastern demand
for closing these spoils opportunities
In future "He out-Herods Herod,"
declared Beriator Nelson,- speaking of
Weyerhaeuser - as a .conservationist.
This Western country needs more
settlers on the public domain. These
"poor men" will make better use of
the land than Summer-touring pro
moters and magnates or than titled
officials. Settlers have carried Amer
ican flag and progress ir to every wild
area. From their " beginnings every
state in the Union has sprung. -
. Pinchot conservation opposes the
poor man on every side. It forbids
him a homestead privilege that his an
cestors have held for generations. It
will allow, only, those , citizens to ac
quire use of timber and mineral and
water resources who have money
wherewith to pay the -Government
recompense for its army of land and
forestry officials. A week ago a Wis
consin lumberman, W. E. Hollenbeck,
made this plain in an Interview in The
Oregonian. After spending months in
Oregon's forests, Mr. Hollenbeck ar
rived at the conclusion that Eastern
enthusiasts know little of practical
conservation and that their false the
ories are doing -gross Injustice to set
tlers. Said he:
The Government must release the timber
some time, and T fall to understand how
It will be kept out of the hands of a few
moneyed interests. In fact, it appears to
me that the forests are being conserved for
the benefit of a few. Much of the forests
In the reserves an inaccessible unless there
be large expenditures of money. There are
sections Into which no railroad company
will build, so a road - must be built by in
dividuals or corporations. This can only
be done by pooling interests or by a great
corporation. If the timber Is eventually
sold to the highest bidder, as was the case
In Minnesota, where will the squatter and
the homeseeker come in?
In my opinion the greatest conservation
of forests would be the prevention of for
est fires. It Is not the timber that Is cut
from forests that Is depleting them, but the
Urea that sweep through them every year.
Grossest of all land frauds that of
lieu lands was committed in the
name of conservation. The lieu-land
law exactly suited the land and timber-grabbing
interests. It enabled
them to deprive homesteaders of vast
tracts of land and absorb those tracts
themselves. Conservation has done
Ig things for great lords of the land
In the West, and they and their kernes
and gallograsses see rewards In it yet.
Meanwhile, Western States see large
part of their area locked up in Gov
ernment reserves and in absentee syn
dicates. More than one-half Oregon
is thus "conserved," one-third being in
reserves. This one-half contains the
fairest land;: the remaining half con
tains the most barren, the most arid
and the worst. Best part and most of
Oregon is ruled by non-resident fads
and theories of conservation. Pinchot
conservationists and syndicate con
servationists are carrying out equal
programmes. .. ... They are locking up
the country's resources. This was so
plain to Louis W. Hill, rallroad-build-er.'that
he recently declared conserva
tion meaning the extreme sort now
practiced the ban of Central Ore
Son. A SEEMLY PRKSIDKNTIAIj GARB.
A project to provide the President
of the United States with a garb suit
able to his station in life is receiving
serious attention in the East. It orig
inated, naturalry enough, with the
Army and Navy Journal, but other
publications are also discussing it. One
regrets to see that the discussion is
not always bf an approving nature, for
nothing would be more delectable to
the Judicious than to behold our
President bedecked with that gayety
and sumptuousness which beseems the
head of a great Nation, and particu
larly the commander of its Army and
Navy.
What is greatness unless a man's
clothes proclaim it to a wondering
world? Nothing. Diogenes may en
Joy his tub and go naked if he likes
but the President of the United States
is not Diogenes. It is a derogation
from his greatness to permit him to
saunter abroad in garments which fail
to body forth the magnificence of our
forests, the richness of our kerosene
wells, the majesty of our mighty rivers
and the infinite stretches of our conti
nental plains. -
To be. sure, there might be some dif
ficulty experienced in devising an at
tire which should depict all this and
a great deal more which ought to be
included in the Presidential symbol
ogy, but no doubt a sartorial prodigy
exists somewhere who is equal to the
task. .When he has been discovered
and his great task has -been complet
ed, we shall not commit the solecism
of sending our Roosevelts abroad clad
In the simple habilaments of hunters
and gentlemen. Tiey will be gay.
They will bo gorceous. They will
stalk over the- face of the. earth like
peripatetic pageants for the edification
and astonishment of mankind. When
some future Roosevelt rises to address
the Sorbonne, it will be his clothes
which the learned audience will dwell
upon with rapt vision. What he says
will be a m4nor matter.
The scandal will not be repeated
which happened when Roosevelt - re
viewed the German troops at the Kai
ser's side dressed like & mere man.
He ought to have been dressed like a
complete symbol of Columbia's great
ness, and so he will be in the happy
years to come.
; - ' ASSEMBLY AS PARTY AID. .
Party assembly does not menace
direct primary outside Oregon, rior
does It in- this state. . In Wisconsin .
where direct primary was bred and
reared Republicans held a state "as
sembly yesterday, attended by both La
Follette men and Stalwarts. In New-York,-assembly
is regarded by Gov
ernor Hughes and other direct-primary
exponents as an essential aux
iliary of direct primary. In Indiana,
recently, Mr. Bryan urged nomination
of the Democratic candidate . for
United States Senator in convention
instead of in primary, and Kern was
nominated in accordance with hiswish.
Now, Mr. Bryan is urging nomination
of the Democratic candidate for
United States Senator in Ohio in con
vention, although Ohio has a direct
primary law. Mr. Bryan wants Tom
Johnson nominated for this office.
In Oregon are a cheap lot of Re
publican politicians who will be im
potent In assembly and therefore
have set up the false1 cry that assem
bly will break the primary law and
deceive the people. This faction is
aided and 'comforted by Democrats,
who take up the same cry for purpose
of Republican .discord.
But the Republican .electorate will
hold its primary after the assembly
and will there have full opportunity
to judge the works of the- assembly.
All candidates for their favor, whether
named by assembly or by other group
of citizens, will have equal opportunity
on the primary ballot to present their
claims for office.
Oregon is not so different from
other states that its citizens cannot
properly reason together in party as
sembly. OCR WANING SCHOOLS.
In the year 1900 about (72 V4 per.
cent of the boys and girls in the
United States between the ages of 5
and 18 years were going to school. In
1908 . the attendance had fallen to
69 1-3 per cent. The loss has .been
fully 3 per cent of the population 61
school age. Meanwhile the attendance
at the colleges and universities has
largely increased.
These facts mean something, of
course, but nobody may be able to say
exactly what it is. On the face-they
seem to assert that the upper classes
in the United States are devoting
themselves more and more to scholar
ship, while the lower orders find it
necessary to forsake books and turn
their attention to breadwinning. It is
an indubitable fact that young peo
ple, particularly boys, leave school
earlier In life than they used to in
the good old times, but one may ques
tion whether it Is because they feel the
pressure of economic necessity more
severely. Many persons are inclined
to lay the blame upon the examina
tion fetich
it is said, somewhat peevishly, by
these observers that the purpose of
the schools, both public and private,
is no longer to interest the young or
to prepare them' for life, but solely to
coach them for examination day.
There is a school In a little town not
a thousand miles from Portland where
the pupils of the sixth grade, after a
year of presumably earnest devotion
to their lessons, all failed to pass the
examination for the next grade. These
poor children may have been excep
tionally stupid, but it is much more
likely that the examiners were daft
with fanaticism for their ugly fetich.
They were setting a vain theory above
the practical good of their pupils and
valuing abstractions more than reali
ties. It is this spirit in the school ma
chine which drives the boys out upon
the street for a breath of healthy life
and actual contact with realities. If
there were some way to make the
schools a section of the current world
Instead of a monastic relic, the boys
would not desert them as they do.
Until the time when some great peda
gogic genius discovers how to do this,
attendance at the public schools will
probably go on waning.
IMSPIACING THE STEAM ENGINE.
The increasing use of the gasoline
engine as a high-speed motive
power is again noted in the announced
intention of Captain U. B. Scott to
build a 30-mile-an-hour gasoline en
gine boat for the Astoria route. Com
ing from a steamboatman of less
prominence and experience than Cap
tain Scott, the success of,: the new
ajenture might be questioned. But
CatJtain Scott has built all kinds of
record-breakers in the steamboat line.
His famous Ohio was the first, light
draft steamer to ascend the Willam
ette River. His -fast, propeller Fleet
wood ""was the first steamer on the
Astoria route engaged exclusively in
the passenger service. . His steamer
Telephone was for years the fastest
sternwheeler in the world, and the
wonderful Flyer which he' built at
Portland for the . Seattle-Tacoma
route, with more than a million miles
of steaming to her credit, annually
travels more miles than are covered
by any other steamer anywhere. r
With such a record for success, it is
not unreasonable to expect that the
veteran steamboatman will bring his
riew venture fully up to prophecy. It
was a Portland gasoline boat that
broke the world's record at Seattle last
year. With a speed of nearly forty
miles per hour, it demonstrated that
high speed is only a matter of tre
mendous power in a hull strong
enough to hold it, and at the same
time light enough to offer the mini
mum of resistance to- wind and water.
If, launches of thirty to forty feet
can be speeded up to thirty-five and
even forty miles per hour;' there seems
to be no good reason- why Captain
Scott's 130-foot flyer should not do
proportionately as well. A.t the same
time the experiment will be watched
with much interest, for it opens up
great possibilities, not alone on river
traffic, but on the' ocean. On the'
trans-Atlantic liners, the space re
quired for the engine and boiler
rooms, bunkers and other parts of the
"power plant" is enormous, this space
alone on the bis steamers requiring a
displacement of thousands of tons,
that must be forced through the water
but cannot be used for any other
purpose.
With" the gasoline engine there
would be an enormous saving of space
on these vessels as compared with
the steam-pfopelled craft: - Thus, the
same amount of horsepower on a gas
oline boat would require a much
smaller "hull"for the .same-speed and
freight and passenger space than
would be necessary on the steam craft.
This economy, of- space, made, possible
by the gasoline engine, is.a very im
portant item, for several of the ocean
greyhounds carry from 3000 to 4000
tons of -bunker coal per trip. " .
The gasoline engine made aerial
navigation possible. To an over
whelming extent it Is entitled to credit
for the development of the auto
mobile. If -it can now be used with
as good success in driving large steam
ers at high speed, as has been
achieved with aeroplanes, automobiles
and small motor boats, the day of the
Steam engine -for marine "work will
soon "be over. t.
RAILROAD-RATE TRITE.
A temporary truce has been de
clared in the railroad rates contest.
It would have been much better for
all parties to the controversy if at the
beginning there, had been less' arro
gance and acrimony on both sides.
The shippers secured the injunction
against the advance in rates, not on
the plea that the rates were unreason
able, but on the allegation that the
concerted movement by which they
nvere to be advanced was a violation
of the anti-trust law. As theanti
trust law was never intended to cover
Buch cases as this rate problem, it is
questionable whether or not the pro
posed advance lit freight rates, could
be stayed by any legal process begun
under that act. The fact that, the rail
roads were willing to- quiet the rising
storm by waiving the apparent infor
m-arity of the injunction suit, -and
postponing action until the actual
merits of the proposed advance could
be passed on, would indicate that they
are reasonably certain of their ability
to. make a strong showing. in .justifi
cation of the advance. Being 'thus
sure of their ground, U is somewhat
surprising that the railroads did! not
gently confide in the public and sup
ply the details that made the advance
necessary, assuming that it was nec
essary. No one questions the necessity
of effective regulation of transporta
tion .so that all shippers using it are
assured a square deal. . The stock
holders, bondholders, and other cred
itors who supplied the money for
building and operating the roads are
also entitled to the same considera
tion as is shown the shippers. It
should not be a very difficult matter
for both sides of ie question to get
together and settle their differences
on the only fair and equitable basis,
which is cost of service.
If the railroad managers actually
believed that they could; hold the pub
lic up for higher rates without taking
the trouble to supply more of the de
tails regarding this , cost . of service,
they are now undeceived. But while
the railroads were not free from fault
in this attempt to bludgeon the ad
vance through -without explanation,
the shippers have not proved' their
case. Concert of action on the part
of more than twenty of the Western
roads was plainly apparent in the al
most simultaneous fliing-of the notices
of advance in rates. It would, how
ever, be most difficult' for the shippers
to prove, as alleged, that this concert
of action resulted from any conspiracy-
or combination in restraint of
trade. There is no known method by
which two or more railroad lines op
erating In the same territory and per
forming the same service-can be pre
vented from making the same charge
for the service.
This uniformity is perfectly natural
and indeed inevitable. Since the In
terstate Commerce Commission has
ended the secret rebating and mid
night schedules, differences in rates of
competitive or non-competitive roads
are almost unknown. It is best for
the roads and the shipper that the
problem be threshed out on Its merits
as to the reasonableness, of the rates
instead of prolonging the agony by
trying to force it into the jurisdiction
of the anti-trust law, where it might
prove strangely out of place. The
railroads and the shippers should now
form" a "get-together" club.
GOtDWK 85UTH.
The death of Professor Goldwin
Smith will excite universal regret but
no surprise in the intellectual world,
where for almost three-quarters of a
pentury hebccupled a conspicuous and
meritorious position. For a year or
more his infirmities had been growing
upon him, and last Winter an accident
in his own house probably hastened
the inevitable end.
Professor Goldwin Smith was inter
esting to Americans for many reasons.
Perhaps the principal one was his
earnest firendship for this country
during the dark days of the Civil War,
when the United States had few well
wishers among the scholars and aris
tocrats of England. Professor Smith
not only cherished kindly feelings for
us, but he fought our battles against
the rabid Toryism of the Times.
When the scholarly and lamented An
drew D. White set about the organi
zation of Cornell University he invited
Professor Smith, who was then . a
member of the Oxford faculty, to ac
cept a chair of history in the new in
stitution. He accepted and came to
the United States, thus showing in the
strongest possible way his confidence
in the future of republican govern
ment. Professor Goldwin Smith was in
many ways a kindred spirit with Dr.
White. Both of them were radical
thinkers upon religious subjects, and
both were fearless in expressing their
views. To speak freely upon religious
questions required more courage in
those days than it does now, for the
world had not yet outgrown its medie
val bigotry and most of the ancient
theological myths and superstitions
flourished in the popular belief. Pro
fessor Smith never failed to speak his
mind in regard to these matters.
Readers of his book upon the history
of Ireland will recall the extremely
frank manner in which he ascribes
some of the troubles of the Irish to
the priesthood, who, he th.inks, have
kept education - backward and hin
dered the people from devoting their
attention in an intelligent way to
mundane affairs. Professor Smith did
not remain long at Cornell, but pre
ferred to reside in Toronto, where he
was still in intimate relations with the
scholarly world, and devoted himself
to a variety of radical movements.
Throughout his life he was a pro
nounced free-trader. In his opinion
the entire theory of protectionism was
not only economically unsound, but
morally iniquitous. He looked upon
the tariff as a tax imposed upon the
consumer for the profit of the manu
facturer, and he could not see that it
differed in the slightest degree from
highway robbery in principle. . His
articles upon protection. In The Na
tion and other scholarly periodicals,
were always lively , reading, and no
doubt helped to stimulate the present
tidal movement toward a more ra
tional system , of tariff taxation.' An
other interesting phase of Professor
Goldwin Smith's intellectual life was
his internationalism. : On the campus
at , Cornell he erected" a stone bench
with the inscription "Above, all na
tions is humanity," and the opinion
thus expressed was one that- he held
tenaciously. He 'could not see any ad
vantage to Ireland in the assertion of
a separate national existence from
Great Britain, and he was impressed
with "the belief, that Canada and the
United States would ultimately form
one country. A consistent preacher
of international peace, he traveled far
with the Socialists in their advocacy of
a world-wide fellowship of mankind.
Professor Goldwin Smith resided for
the last years of his long and happy
life in a charming house in the City
of Toronto. It was shut off from the
street in the English fashion by low
brick walls -and the t grounds were
beautifully variegated with ancient
trees and velvet lawns. Ills home was
full of objects of scholarly and artistic
interest. In every sense of the word
it may be said of him that he was a
happy man as well as one of the most
useful of his generation. Always an
ardent student and an incessant
worker, he enjoyed good health al
most to the last, and never lacked for
friends to appreciate and love him.
He was as companionable as he was
laborious, and could enjoy as keenly
as he could toil. In quoting to a vis
itor the words of the psalmist that if
our years reach four-score their
strength js "labor and sorrow," he said
truthfully that while his years had
been full of- labor, of sorrow he- had
been blessedly ignorant all his life.
The spontaneity with which all
Portland responded to the call for
roses this week is most commendable.
Success of the great show at the Ar
mory depended entirely upon volun
tary contributions by public-spirited
men and women. The floral offerings
were of the sort that money could not
buy; they could come only as a gift.
They could not be engaged.. in ad
vance; still the management of the
Festival had no hesitancy months ago
in advertising the finest of ' exhibits
with full confidence that there would
be no disappointment. As to quality
and quantity this year, the show has
spoken for itself. It may be doubted
if anywhere in the United States there
was ever. on. exhibition so many vari
eties of prize xoses as were shown un
der the auspices of the Portland Rose
Society. This week's splendid display
is certain to be improved on in future
years for the reason that it has stim
ulated hundreds of citizens to grow
the best of the new varieties In addi
tion to the universally approved older
varieties. Our fame as. the Rose City
will grow as the years roll by.
The Illinois Central has filed suit
for an accounting against four ex-employes
who are accused of defrauding
the company out of about' $2,000,000
on repair Work in the past four years.
The figures are sufficiently -Imposing
to indicate that railroading is a more
profitable enterprise than is generally
admitted by railroad men. It requires
a fairly profitable business to stand
the drain, of $500,000 per year steal
ing for four years. The C. P. Hunt
ington policy of holding employes to
strict accountability for every spike,
bolt or nut that was lost may have
been a trifle harsh, but there were no
four men, and no forty men, who
could steal $500,000 per year from the
late Mr. Huntington or any of the able
lieutenants trained by him.
"'No doubt," remarks the New York
World, "the committee will exonerate
Mr. Ballinger. But that verdict can
not alter the fact that Mr. Taft was
very unfortunate in his ' choice of a
Secretary of the Interior." No choice
could possibly have been fortunate, in
view of the general public distemper,
and in the eyes of newspapers predis
posed toward fault-finding. Ballinger
has done no wrong except to take Gar
field's place; he has committed no
crime except high treason to Pinchot
ism by refusing to bend his neck to
the Pinchot yoke.
It is common habit of reformers to
overlook their own faults and omis
sions. Eastern faddists of conserva
tion are impressing their theories on
the AVestern public domain, to the
detriment of Western States. But it
does not occur to them to practice
their conservation ideas within their
own commonwealths to take posses
sion of water powers, to depopulate
lands and start forests thereon. Yet
why not? They have powers of emi
nent domain and of high taxation in
their governments.
The President will not send the ne
gro troops from ' Seattle. Certainly
not.- The entire regiment, or post, can
hardly be penalized for the crime of
one man. Of course Seattle doesn't
want them, but does any other com
munity? If they are to remain in the
Army, it is-the Government's business
only where they shall be sent.
The Missouri physician who thinks
the Coroner ought to be obliterated
has seen a ray of the true light. The
Coroner is-a useless and fairly expen
sive anachronism. The best that can
be said of, him Is tftat he helps out the
cheap novelists, but that is hardly a
sufficient reason for footing his bills.
Eighty-eight in the graduating
classes at the University- of Oregon
and 122 at the Oregon Agricultural
College show that this state has Im
portant activities in addition to rail
roads, farming, commerce and real
estate. .
Insurgents and Democrats declare
the present tariff robbery. But what
are they talking about? - They say or
admit by their acts that they are ad
vocates of protective tariff. But all
protective tariff is robbery.
Where's the advantage of Anna
Held beginning "divorce proceedings
now? .Wouldn't the free publicity be
more profitable at the commencement
of the next theatrical season?
Easiest thing in the world for St.
Johns and Lents to beat the streetcar
company If it attempts to exact more
than 5 cents for a ride. Annex your
selves to Portland.
Fare to Milivaiiklp. fi r-ona An
aboard! . Step forward ia. the aisle!
MALVRK'kY TO BE RETAINED
Court Allows Special Counsel in
Hindu Riot Case.
-
Circuit Judge Coke refused yesterday
afternoon to grant John F. Logan's
motion -that Dan J. Malarkey, appearing
.as. special prosecutor for the British
government in the Gordon Dickey Hindu
riot case, be excluded from the case be
cause employed by persons -other than
the State. The judge said that as the
oractice has always been- in Oregon to
allow private prosecutors, and the State
Supreme Court has not passed on it, he
did not feel Mr. Malarkey should be. ex
cluded from the case at this time.
Mr. Logan took exception to the court's
ruling, and intimated that he would- carry
the case to the Supreme Court. He also
entered a strenuous objection to the. man
ner in which he declare'd ' counsel repre
senting the State was securing testimony
from witnesses, alleging it was by false
pretenses.
The method, he said, was to issue a
grand jury' subpena for a witness, and
then to send htm or her to the Federal
building for a private -inquisition by As
sistant United States District Attorney
Wyatt, Mr. Malarkey and members of
District Attorney Cameron's office. He
asked for an injunction preventing any
act of this kind yesterday afternoon or
evening, but this was denied.
The Gordon Dickey case was to have
come to trial on its merits yesterday
morning, -but . arguments upon Mr.
Logan's motion consumed the entire
morning session of court.
Mr". Logan declared Assistant Attorney
Wyatt was afraid to send to Attorney
Qeneral Wickersham a copy of the
subpenas he was issuing to secure the
testimony of witnesses. He said at
torneys employing such alleged means
to . secure evidence should not be per
mitted to try cases involving the peace
and dignity of citizens.
He contended that he, as attorney for
the defendant, was having difficulty in
securing testimony without the aid of the
grand jury subpenas. "I object to any
special counsel,'' said Mr. Logan.- "I
fear they will resort, at the trial of this
case, to similar unfair methods."
In giving his decision. Judge Coke said
the employment of special counsel does'
not take from the District Attorney, the
power to control the conduct of the
prosecution.
Mr. Logan asked that William Gadsby
be employed as interpreter for the Hindu
testimony. The atate-'s attorneys ob
jected, asking that Taraknath Das, from
British Columbia, be hired. The court
will pass upon this when the case comes
to trial. -
DEVLIjr CONTRADICTS REDDY
Bond' Exchange Failed of Support,
Says Oregon -Trust Receiver.
Testimony directly contradictory to that
given by Dr. J. R. Reddy in the Pacific
& Eastern Railway suit, which is on trial
before Circuit Judge G.tens, was given
yesterday mbrning by Thomas C. Devlin,
receiver of the Oregon Trust & Savings
Bank. Devlin declared that Reddy told
him nothing about the Hill interests- be
ing interested in the purchase of the Pa
cific & Eastern road, that he merely said
that John R. Allen was interested. He
said that he failed to exchange the road's
bonds for a new-bond issue, according to
Reddy's advlcw; because he knew no re
sponsible bond-dealer would take the
bonds as they stood at more than 10 cents
on the dollar.
He said that he exchanged J100.000 in
bonds for $81,500 of Oregon Trust certifi
cates of deposit and $1000 cash, which
Reddy told him he had paid out for ex
penses. Judge Gatens adjourned court
yesterday noon until this morning.
Cases to Be Decided! Today.
Judge Burnett will decide the following
cases in the Circuit Court this morning:
E. P. McCroskey and N. M. Moody
against Sydney Smith, on the merits.
West Side Lumber & Shingle Company
against A. G. Herald. Minnie Moon and
Pauline Moon, plea in abatement.
Circuit Court Notes.,
Walter Marcotte was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff Hunter yesterday on a non
support charge, and released on his own
recognizance by Circuit Judge Cleland.
John W. Taylor, the lineman who sued
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company for $15,100- damages because a
piece split from a pole while he was at
work upon It, causing him to fall, lost
his case yesterday, the Jury bringing in
a verdict for the streetcar company; Tay
lor alleged the pole was rotten. The
company maintained that he was guilty
of contributory negligence. 'The case
was tried before Circuit Judge Burnett-
The case of Harry Blitz, the haba-haba
man, against Edward Woods, - in which
Blitz sought damages "because Woods
blew gasoline upon him and lighted it,
has been dismissed in the Circuit Court.
The Grants Pass Banking & Trust
Company brought suit in the Circuit
Court yesterday against .S. B. . Edwards
and L Y. Keady to recover $11,000 and
$1000 attoAieys' fees on- three promissory
notes. . ...
Yesterday's registration of voters at the
Courthouse totalled 469, 353 being Repub
licans, 73 Democrat and 43 of other po
litical faiths. On the second day of reg
istration in 1908 300 voters registered, 247
being Republicans, 45 Democrats and
eight miscellaneous.
Viola Tate has filed suit for $7500 dam
ages against the Charles K. Spauldlng
Logging Company, alleging that C. E.
Tate was killed in an accident due to the
company's negligence. He was running,
on February 28. agang edger, which the
company is alleged 'to have a-tlojved to
become defective. A piece of lumber he
was feeding was thrown violently against
him, killing him almost instantly.
O. R. & X. SERVICE IS CHANGED.
Beginning: Sunday, Limited Will Not
Carry Day Coaches.
A change will go Into effect on the
O. R. & N. passenger service next Sun
day affecting the Oregon and Wash
ington Limited and the Pendleton local.
On that date the Limited will cease
carrying day coaches and will become
a strictly sleeping car train. On the
same date the local train, now running
between Portland and Pendleton, will
be operated between Portland and
Baker City.
The Limited will continue to arrive
in Portland at 10;30 A. M. and depart
at 8 P. M. and the present- running
time of 72 hours between Portland and
Chicago will be maintained. The elimi
nation of the day coaches is to improve
the character of the train and-to make
possible exact adherence to schedule.
Passengers will be carried between
points where the train regularly stops,
but in addition to the regular fare each
must pay for a seat in a sleeper or ob
servation car. The local train will, as
heretofore, leave Portland for Pendle
ton at 7:40 A. M and, "running on
through to Baker City, will arrive at
the latter place at 11:30 P. M. Return
ing, the train will leave Baker City at
5:30 A. M. and arrive in Portland at 7
P. M.
' On the following Sunday a change in
schedule wjll affect the time of depart
ure and arrival of the Soo-Spokane
train between Portland and St. Paul.
The train will depart later in the even
ing and arrive later in the morning
but the time -card has not yet been ful
ly determined upon. .
- s
Captain Johnson Resigns.
' COTTAGE GROVE, Or, June 8. (Spe
cial.) Captain J. C Johnson.' who has
served Company- YX Oregon National
Guard: - the 'past three years, vesterdav
tendered his resignation-
OXE . OR. MORE KORMALS?
'.
Judge Burnett Says a Good Word for,
the School at Monmouth. -
Judge George H. Burnett, of Salem,
now serving temporarily in the Circuit
Court for Multnomah County, is much
interested in the campaign being made
under the Initiative to restore Mon
mouth to its former status as state
normal school with a fixed appropria
tion. Judge Burnett said yesterday:
:Tt goes without saying that the
state w-ill maintain the public school
system. The question is. shall It be
allowed to stagnate or degenerate, shall
we revert to the old-time type 'of
schoolmaster, whose sole equipment
was the three .'Rs' and the prowess to
whip the big boys, or shall we have
trained teachers and keep abreast of
the "times in ' progress and improve
ment? The state may with profit in
more ways than one train its teachers,
not in the sense of instructing them in
an occupation pursued solely for "pri
vate gain, but with the end in view
that they directly serve the public and
that the public-,has a right to secure
the best service. Hence public senti
ment is favorable to some normal
school. ,
"As to which one or what ones of
such schools are to be chosen, if any.
the issue is before the people and will
probably be solved in a way that will
most likely divorce the question from
politics and logrolling.
"Considering its accessibility from all
parts of the state, its traditions and
surroundings as a school town and the
fact that the state has already Invested
tnere a large amount of money
more than in any other normal school,
and that. too. In permanent brick build
ings, it is fair to presume, without dls
paragement to any other school, that
motives of economy as well as the de
sire to improve public education, will
induce the tax-paying voter to give his
preierence to Monmouth if he wants
only one normal school.
"But the whole question, to have one
or none or many is before the people
ana tney must decide for themselves.
TWO TOWNS AGREE OX ROAD
.
Concrete Pavement to Be Laid Be
tween Chehalis and Centralis.
CHEHALIS, Wash., June 8. (Spe
cial.) A meeting , in Chehalis vester
day of representatives of the Centralia
Commercial Club and the Citizens
Club of Chehalis unanimouslv adonted
a. plan of action that will mark an epoch
in t.ne history of road construction in
Lewis County.
' The plan contemplates the immediate
construction of an 18-foot concrete road
way, six inches thick, between the lim
its or tne twin cities of Lewis Countv.
Citizens of Chehalis and Centralia have
come to a realization that money spent
in resurfacing this' roadway with
crushed rock and gravel is virtually
thrown away, owing to the rapidly
growing-heavy traffic. A hard surface
road of concrete will make such waste
or funds unnecessary in future.
The Improvement will be done under
the Donahoe road law, whereby a pe
tition is requirea, an improvement dis
trict created, and the work will" be
paid for under a 10-year assessment
plan. No accurate figures have been
made as to probable cost of the work.
Dut various estimates place it at be
tween $30,000 and $40,000.
GILLIAM FAVORS ASSEMBLY
Preliminary . Discussion . Develops
Sentiment for Meeting in July.-
CONDON, Or., June - 8. (Special.)
xn the absence of a quorum yesterday
the meeting of the Gilliam County Re
publican Central Committee, called for
the purpose of devising a plan for se
lecting delegates to the Republican
State Assembly, was adjourned until
faaturday, June 25.
In a preliminary 'discussion of the
subject, it developed that the sentiment
among the Republicans in this county
lavors tne Holding of a county assem
bly about the time recommended by the
Republican State Central Committee,
early in July.
The plan proposed is for each pre
cinct to select delegates to the county
gathering, which in turn shall select
the 11 delegates which are to represent
this county at the state assembly. It
also will be the duty of the committee
to elect a chairman to succeed Judge
R. R. Butler, the present official head
of the committee.
la HONORED BY CORVALLIS
Stuilf'nts Prominent in Scholarship
Take Place of Valedictorian.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE.
Corvallis, June 8. (Special.) Because of
their high scholastic standings and their
prominence in. student activities 12 mem
bers of the graduating class have been
chosen as honor students. They are:
Max A. McCall and Leroy Breithaupt, In
agriculture; Jack F.1 Pernot, in forestry;
Bertha Edwards and Lena M. Wilson, in
domestic science and art; Chester A. Vin
cent, in civil engineering; Harold D.
Marsh, in mechanical engineering; John
Plankington and Chloe Burris, in elec
trical engineering; SIgfried Maurer, in
mining engineering: Leland B. Honey, in
commerce, and John F. Ketels, in phar
macy. -
The selection of honor students from
among the graduates has been substituted
for the plan of having a valedictorian
representing the class - on the 'commence
ment programme.
PRESIDENT BRYAN TO RESIGN
Head of Washington State College
to Step Out January 1, 1911,
PULLMAN, Wash., -June 8. President
Bryan, who is Justcloslng his 17th
year as head of Washington State Col
lege, contemplates retiring on January
1, 1911. - . --
Although Mr. Bryan has made no of
ficial announcement ami will neither
deny nor affirm the report, it was
learned today that he would step down
from active service at the institution
next year.
The decision of President Bryan was
reached after a consultation with his
brother, William L. Bryan, president of
the University of Indiana, and members
of his family in Pullman.
Rancher Guilty of Assault.
CONDON, Or., June 8. (Speclal.)-iln
the Gilliam County Circuit Court Joseph
Rash," a young rancher, employed on the
Blalock farm near' Arlington, was in
dicted for assault with a dangerous
weapon on Archie East, a fellow laborer.
The men were engaged in a friendly
game of cards Sunday when a dispute
arose in which Rash slashed East with
a pocket-knife. In the grand jury inves
tigation it developed that East was the
aggressor and, on motion" of District At
torney Burdett, Rash was permitted to
plead guilty to assault and battery and
escaped with a jail sentence. ;
Cottage Grove to Have Water". '
COTTAGE- GROVE. Or., June 8. (Spe
cial.) The City Council has entered into
a contract with the American Light &
Water Company to construct a complete
water system and pipeline from Layng
Creek to this city. This will provide
Cottage Grove with an abundance of
pure water.
KIGlTltVG OJf THE NEXT HOI SE. .
Democratic Enthusiasts Count on a
I -a rue Majority.
New York Sun.
Few. of the Washington noliticians.
Republicans or Democrats, have a defi
nite idea when Congress is to adjourn,
and it is their opinion that the record
is not yet made up on which the two
parties are to go before the country
next Fall in" lhe'CongtesMonal elec
tions. Yet for all that, here follows a
table, prepared by Democratic enthusi
asts in Washington, telling how the, -
next House of Representatives is to
stand:
X. R. D.
9 ..(Nevada ....... 1
T ..in. Hampshire. ..
3 5,Xew .lersev.... 5
8 . . New York .... 19 .
1 4 North Carolina 8
Alabama .
Arkansas
California
V Ull illllj .... o
Connecticut .. 1
IS
1
lelaware .... 1
Florida 3
Oeorsia 11
Idaho ....... 1
-tiNorth Dakota
. .lOhio
'Oklahoma .....
..(Oregon ....... ,.
10Pennsylva!:ia . .. 7
.Vlthode Island.. 1
8 South Carolina 7
6 South "Dakota.. 1
2jTennessee ....
..'Texas IS
. -IVtah
. . (Vermont . "
S Virginia , ; . 9 ;
10 Washlnpton "... . .
i5;Vest Virginia,. 2
. . iWiseonsin . 3
2Wyomina ..... ..
Illinois ....... 10
Indiana ...... X
Iowa 3
Kansas ...... -
Kentucky .... 9
Louisiana .... 7
Maine 4
Maryland ....
Massachusetts. H
Mlchican 2
Minnesota ..... 3
Mississippi .... 8
Missouri 14
Montana . . .-. . - 1
Nebraska .... 3
3! Totals 224 168
This would give the Democrats a ma
jority of 5S, whereas the present House
of Representatives is Republican by 56. .
While many Republicans of National
renown are not prepared to dispute the
opinion that the Democrats.-may cap
ture the next House of Representatives,
they snickered when shown the forego
ing table. As a matter of fact, there
were Republicans who said that a.
Democratic majority in the next House
of Representatives might turn out for
the good of the country, especially the
business interests, for with a Reptib
llcan Senate and a Republican Presi
dent it would be impossible for the
Democrats to pass a tariff bill, and for
that matter the division of responsibili
ties arising from a Democratic House
and a Republican Senate and a Repub
lican President would go a long way
toward checking the evils of idiotic
and drastic legislation. The country'
would have a rest, they added, frorii
thin-headed and demagogic politicians."
That's all the country needs, it was
insisted, for a splendid recuperation.
WHOSE CAl'SE 111LI T. H. ESPOl'SEf
Confidential Letter From the Colonel
Which Mean Nothing.
New York Tribune.
As: the time for the return of thv.
ex-President approaches, the receipt of.
letters from him increases, .and each day
some statement announces, "In strictest
confidence, but for publication, of course-,,
that the Colonel, will espouse the cause
of the regulars or of the insurcents, of
Pinchot and Garfield, or of Talt and,
Ballinger. . ,
This sort of thing began with the an
nouncement that Mr. Roosevelt had sent
for Gifford Pir.chot. It turned out that
Mr. Pinchot had sought the ex-Presl-ident
on his own initiative. Today an.
earnest but moderate "insurgent'-' one.
who is stout in his support of the Ad
ministration received a letter in reply
to one he had written and inviting him
to meet Mr. Roosevelt on the day of his
arrival in New York. .
Without in any way refecting on the
veracity of those who-- make these,
statements, it is well to recall the
days of the "Ananias Club" and the
fact that some, at least, of its mem
bers became so through no fault of
their own. The ability of people to
hear and to read into a few sentences
that ' which they wish to hear or read
is amazing, and more. than once a man
has left the office of President Roose
velt sincerely convinced that the Presi
dent had said a thing which the
President had never dreamed v of Bay
ing. I'-,- .; ,
Is -it not probable that a careful .and
judicial reading of Mr. Roosevelt's
letters would afford as little ground
for attributing to him the sentiments
he has been said to entertain as would
have a careful listening; to his verbal
statements, which were greatly mis
represented? The writer has .had the
privilege of reading four letters from
the . ex-President, each written to a
different friend, one to an insurgent,
and each was a model of copservatism.
replete with pleasant and interesting
things, but each absolutely lacking in
anything which could properly be said
to indicate a political bias on the part
of the Colonel.. Under all the.clrcum-r
stances . those who do not wish to be
misled will refrain from jumping at
conclusions until they see the text of
some communications from which they
can draw their own inferences.
Where Will Mr. Roosevelt Land!
- Baltimore Sun.
Some say he will land at the Battery
and ride up Broadway. Others expect
him to land on the neck of the reac
tionaries and march right up to the Ad
ministration. Still another group of
hopefuls expects him to land on the In
surgents and break every bone in the'
body of the opposition.
No one knows.
There is as much doubt in the Out
look office as there is in the Depart
ment of the Interior. It resembles the
period just before an election, when
each party manager is claiming every-'
thing in sight. The Regulars have as
surances from Mr. Root. The Insur
gents have a letter to Congressman
Fish. The Democrats have "the smllo
that may come off."
Meanwhile the 1,100,000 members of
the "Back from Elba'Club" are' press-'
ing their frock coats. Ironing their silk
hats and preparing to march down to
the dock.
Pointed ParaKraphs. -
Chicago News.
And a self-satisfied man may be
easily satisfied. . '
A small package any man who Is
Kwrapped up in himself.
Anyway, trusts can t deprive the pub-
lie of the right to criticize.
Life is but an empty dream to the
toper who isn't fully occupied.
Many a man realizes after it is too
late that his maseot was a hoodoo.
Pretty girls can break hearts almost
as fast . as homely girls can mend
them. ' ' i
It- Is easy for a married man to be
polite to a pretty woman who isn't his
wife. ,
It's as Important to know when to
let go of an opportunity as it is to
know when to grasp it.
Juat the Boy He Wanted.
Chicago News. '
"Say, do you need a boy'?" queried
the little fellow, as he stepped inside
the door of the ice dealer's office.
"Ever been in the ice business?"
queried the dealer. .
"No. si.".- - . -
"Know anything about arithmetic?".
"Not much." ' '
"What would twenty pounds of Ice
amount to at two cents a pound?"
"Eighty cents."
"Good boy! Come around- in th
morning and go to work.';
New Meaning to an Old Saw
Christian Science Monitor.
The saying "Riches have wings" takes
on a. new and supplementary meaning
since, with the golden prizes that are
now awaiting them in various sections
of the country. It is quite obvious that
aviators with the right quality of wings
can have riches.
Business, Not Subsidy. ,
New Bedford Standard. "
The new steamship line between New
Totk and West African ports starts be
cause the business is there, and not on
account oX any subsidy.