TITE MORXINO OREGOXIA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910.
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MR. TAT"8 LETTEK.
Jlr. Taft ha choiffl a happy mo
ment to write the letter which de
stroy the Infatuated belief that he
In a mr asset of the "old iruard- ,n
New York. As long h kept
llenc they used his name without
scruple to lend respectability to their
purposes, which la many oimm were
far from respectable. In New Turk
the "old guard" Includes mich men
aa Aldrldge. It ta purely sflflsh and
ready to sacrifice the good of the pub
lic and the welfare of the party to
It own little Interests. I-nng ago Its
members broke with Mr. Hughes. The
rreat measure, whkb be advocated
they rejected In the Legislature aa
often as they could, and they have
aeldom healtated to combine with tna
lowest element In the degraded LXrno
cratlc party of New Tork to cmnpw
their designs. The consequence of
their misbehavior ia that the Repub
lican party In New Tork haa broken
Into bitterly hostile factions. It la
threatened with defeat at the coming
elections for the simple reason that
the "old guard" prefers a Democratic
victory to the triumph of the oppos
ing Republican aroup.
The irround of thnlr preference is
not difficult to discover. A rlctory
for the Republican party this Fall
upon a platform embodying- the Ideas
of Roosevelt and Hughes would mean
the end of their machine leadership.
The "old guard" would be relegated
to permanent retirement. New men
would take its place and the party
would travel In the future along a
new road. On the other hand. Demo-
rratle success mirht leave the present
control of the Republican machine
undisturbed. It would sUll be In a
position to make profitable trades
with Tammany and might look for
ward to a hnppy return of the day
, when it would have complete mastery
of the offices of the state. If It could
have' sustained the Illusion that It had
Mr. Taft's sympathy and his mora or
less open co-operation. Its hold on
the party machinery would have been
Invincible, no matter what happened
t the polls. The forsaken machine
remnant which controls the rarty
organlxatloa here and there has acted
In some other states Tery much as it
haa In New York. It has striven fran
tically to make It arpear that the
President Is also blind and deaf to
" public opinion, that ho is hostile to
the march of proRress and prefers a
Democratic victory to the success of
the progressive clement In his own
party.
Considering the unpardonable mis
use which the old guard has made
of his name and prestige. Mr. Taft
might well Join In the prayer of the
Presbyterian Deacon who besouRht
the Lord to deliver him from hla
friends. His enemies, he said, he
could manage without help from on
high. Nothing has Injured Mr. Taft
so sorely with the great mass of vot
ing Republicans as the suspicion
'which the standpatters have sedu
lously fostered that he Is opposed to
the salutary legislation which the new
renditions of our civilisation demand.
They have also tried to stir up trou
ble between the President and Mr.
Kooeevelt with the clear purpose to
make Mr. Taft more than ever de
pendent upon themselves. They
would destroy. If they could, every
possibility of his forming any alli
ances with any wing f his party but
ttuMrs, This they do on the good old
principle that misery loves co.npany.
No doubt some Intent of th.'s kind
guided the machine element In the
Kew Tork Republican committee
nhcn It rejected Mr. Roosevelt as
temporary chairman of the state
convention. Standing alone, the old
guard would have boen merely ridlo
nloua In making a fight upon the ex
pTesldent. It might annoy htm for
the moment, but In the end It would
be crushed under the avenging votes
of the porle. The case would be far
different, however, if the "old guard"
could make It appear that Mr. Taft
had coneplrvd with its members to
fight the Rooewelt-Hughes Mens. His
name might not stave off defeat, but
it would raise their petty plot almost
to the rank of legitimate party war
fare. The letter In which he repudi
ates their email Intrlguery shows how
thev had misjudged him. He makes
it clear that he stands not for the in
significant Interests of any wretihed
ilKjue. but for the grent principles of
progress upon which the Republican
party was founded. It began as the
defender of human liberty and the
elemental rights of man. It will carry
on the same mission in the future if
Mr. Taft has his way.
The mnst surpri.-lng factor in the
jow Tnrk Imbroglio is the conduct
of Vlce-Preeident Sherman. No doubt
It gTatlfietl hi vanity for the moment
lo be rut forward, as the successful
rival of Mr. Roosevelt for party
honor, but he must have been singu
larly blind to consequences mhen he
rjerrnlttetl himself to be used as the
tool of a badlv discredited faction.
Almost Immediately after he had
been suggested as. temporary chair
man of the convention, he hastened
to Beverly as if to placate Mr. Taft.
Perhaps he fancied that the PrexN
' dent was as fatuously reckless as him
self of the great Interests of the Re
publican party. Mr. Sherman may
have Imagined that Mr. Taft would
value a -petty rebuff to Roosevelt
more than the ultimate triumph of
the principles which his Administra
tion stands for. If the Vice-President
fhonght so he has now learned of his
mistake.
Mr. Taft definitely places himself
at the head of the entire membership
of the Republican party. He is broad
enough to lead all the elements which
It includes. With his remarkable leu
ter to 3Ir. Grlscom vanishes the last
hope of the machine clique that they
can make him their private property
end use him to fortify their small
alma. Its lesson Is tfcat the Presi
dent fee-longs to the country and not
to any little selflph coterie-
ErEKAJfTO CXASGKS REEDED.
Among Portland's immediate needs
Is an Esperanto school. The town
must get busy at It right awly. 'With
in a year the Ksperanto congress will
meet here. There will be delegates
from ' every civilised country on the
globe; also from Kanaiis. We do not
wish them to feel that they are
strangers in a strange land, speaking
a language the natives do not under
stand. It is op to ns to learn enough
of their speech, or dialect or lingo to
be soclabl. .
True, the stereotyped formalities
may be observed by prominent per
formers with small Intellectual effort.
Colonel Cooper, of McMinnvllle, could
write an Esperanto address of wel
come for Mayor Simon, who could
memorise It before all the Broadway
bridge bonds are sold. Crlssey. of
the Commercial Club, could similarly
serve- Harvey Beckwlih. but what
about citizens at Urge? Perhaps aa ef
fective plan as any would be a Melster
schaft system of questions and an
swers, such as Mark Twain commend
ed for acquiring enough German to
travel on In the Kaiser's" realm.
Concrete examples of this conver
sational literature suggest themselves:
"Have you seen Mount Hood?"
This la an exceptionally warm or
cooli Hummer."
"Too late to see our best roses."
"What's yours?
"Here's looking at you." ;
"Accent the socond syllable: Wll-LAM-er."
They'ra holding lots acrot the
street !" higher." '
"No, Oregon Is not wholly URen
lsed." "We have to dump our wood there;
we have no alleys nor woodeds."
"Salmon 'factories are down the
Columbia."
"No. not all the Ume; It isn't rain
ing now."
"With the suburbs. Portland is at
least 2S.000 larger than Seattle."
As soon as classes are started, many
other topics, merely to make convert
satlon. may be catalogued and thor
oughly practiced, to the end that
when visitors and residents meet and
engage in talk there shall be On
neither side unpleasant and annoying
obfuscatlon.
THE VKT9-FRBSUEVT-tl TTMitTT.
President Taft has a Vice-President
on his hands whom he does not want
and never did want. Mr. Sherman
represents Influences and forces in
the Republican party with which the
President was not friendly at the
time of his own nomination and
with which he has sought to get along
with as little friction as possible since
his election, it Is not surprising to
any who recall the real history of
Sherman's nomination at Chicago
that he has now been persuaded by the
New Tork political machine to enter
into a scheme to put the President
In a compromising position with the
definite purpose of creating a schism
between him and Roosevelt. The
New York little bosses purpose at all
haxards to keep the New Tork or
ganization In their own-hands, and
they will resort to any expedient,
however desperate, to provent the
leadership from falling Into the hands
of Theodore Roosevelt, whom they
cordially and consistently hate.
In Chicago in 1908 It was the Taft
Roosevelt plan to procure the nomi
nation to the Vice-Presidency of
either Senator Cummins of Iowa or
Senator Dolliver of Iowa; They de
sired to have aa a running mate for
Taft someone who was in accord with
the progressive spirit of the Middle
West. Klrst Cummins then Polliver
declined. Then, after the Taft nomi
nation, the New York delegation,
finding a situation where there was
no definite movement for any Vice
Presidential candidate, united on
Shernan and forced him on the con
vention. It was well-known that
President Roosevelt kept the wires to
Chicago hoi to prevent selection of
Sherman and was very angry with
National Chaltman Hitchcock for iht
mittlng It- Eut It waa done and Sher
man had to be accepted.
Now Sherman finds himself in the
humiliating position of open antago
nism to Taft and Roosevelt. The
Vice-Presidency will hereafter cut
very little figure In this Administration.
iwr-PEMiJEvr nux.v
It is officially announced from
Teking that the Chinese government
has decided to employ no diplomatic
adviser In the future. The Wal Wu
Pu. the foreign governing board, mill
drpend In the future on the views
and opinions that are held regard
ing foreign affairs by those of Its
own reople who have had long ex
perience In the consular service
abroad. This decision of ancient
China to "go It alone" Is said to have
come as a surprise and to some ex
tent as a disappointment to the for
eign communities in the Far East.
I'niw there has been a striking
change In China character and policy
within the past few years, this dis
appointment will Increase as the ex
periment proprcssee. So long as the
Chinese sought" advice from foreign
ers who by birth and education were
in a position to enlighten them re
garding the people with whom they
sought business or political relations,
China made but few mistakes.
The great Chinese empire Is such
a rich prise for exploitation that prac
tically all nations of the earth were
watching It with eager eyes. Various
foreign diplomatic advisers were so
well aware of this fact, and also so
appreciative of the futility of attempt
ing to deceive anyone, that their ad
vice has In nearly all cases been to
the advantage of China. Under the
old regime, when China was resting
stationary on tho Identical plane
of development where she had
paused more than ten centuries
before, the necessity for any assist
ance from the outside world was not
pronounced. The victory of Japan,
however, brought China out of her
sleep of centuries. For the past fif
teen year she has been making an
effort to take advantage of the In
ventions and facilities of modern life.
There is much truth In the old raying
regarding the difficulty of teaching
an old dog new tricks, and China has
not yet learned to play fair with other
nation.
The usual suave evasion and sub
terfuge with which mrtHt of her dealn
Ings with other countries are sur
rounded will quite naturally be much
greater without the counsel and ad
vice of foreign diplomats who are
familiar with the rest of the world as
well as with China. If this new China
for the Chinese does not display more
ability in protecting the Interests of
the ancient kingdom than appeared In
the old days, the next supplication
that swill be heard from China may be
a call for a receiver.
Kt'LE OF THK MINOR1TY-
Mr. Poindexter, candidate for Sen
ator, at Vancouver Monday said he
did not address himself especially to
Republicans, but was "out for the
votes of the people." Mr. Polndexter,
however. Is a candidate In the Re
publican primary, seeking a Republi
can nomination and later election by
a Republican Legislature as the Re
publican primary nominee. Yet he
does not hesitate to ask everybody
and anybody Republican, Democrat.
Socialist. Prohibitionist to Invade the
Republican primary, where the three
latter do not belong, and give him the
nomination from a party to which he
does not belong.
In Beatfle. three or four "regular"
candidates for Senator are quarreling
with one another over a omination
which none has tho slightest chance
of getting. Evidently each would pre
fer defeat for himself to victory for
his Immediate opponent.
At Olympla the Supreme Court de
cides that the "seed-id choice"' provi
sion of the primary law does not
apply to the Srnatorshlp. The candi
date for Senator, therefore, who has
a bare plurality as In Oregon will
get the Snatorshtp.
Kverythlng is thus made easy for
Poindexter. Where should rct the
responsibility for success of a violent
iiltra-"lneurgent," who repudiates any
obligation even to counsel and at?t
with "insurgent" Republicans in Con
gress? The majority of Republicans
In Washington are undoubtedly
against Poindexter: but there, never
theless, the minority will rule.
IrKiimXJ AUA1XST OIMH4.
The heroes of this day- and year
are the sturdy nre-flghters who are
abroad in the Pacific Northwest, The
terrible disadvantage at which these
men work: the brave stand that they
have made, time and again, against
tho speedy, triumphant advance of
an all-conquering foe: the fortitude
which they have opposed to the fury
of the flames; the determination in
which, "with throats unslaked and
black Hps baked." they have often
continued the contest until surround
ed by the lurid foe their retreat cut
off tnd the fearful odds, which was
from the first marshaled against them
are elements In a struggle that Is un
matched for courage, even on the
llerce edge of battle.
Tho sole Incentive In this fight was
to save first life, then the homes and
property of settlers, then the forests.
A limited numher of tho fire-fighters
were under pay of the Government,
but the vast majority were volunteers
who gave the best that was In them
of strength and purpose and endur
ance In tho too-often vain hope of
saving life and property from the
flames. Heroes all; whether in des
perate advance or enforced retreat.
IBRJWATIO.f IX MAXHECR rOCXTr.
What do our Kastern friends think
of one county of 10.000 square miles?
They would say probably that it re
quires division. Malheur County, at
the southeastern end of Oregon, has
been waiting 30 years for develop
ment enough to demand that two or
ftiree moderate-sized counties bo con
stituted from her Immense area. But
that development had to take two
directions railroads and Irrigation.
One would not BUtliee, They are in
terdependent. That Is to say. rail
roads without Irrigation would lack
One principal source of traffic irri
gation without railroads would pro
vide far greater tonnage than could
be consumed on the spot. The sur
plus would rot or be burned.
Thirty years ago Malheur County
was one vast and sparsely-settled
cattle range. Its widely-separated
creeks and springs and waterholes
had been seised by cattlemen, big and
little, who held to the water by force
or bluff. Homesteaders and news
comers generally took their Hves in
4 heir hands when they ventured to
-beein a settlement within the sacred
boundaries. Moreover, there were no
wldo and grassy valleys, watered by
never-failing streams, to bupplement
the scanty rainfall, and peopled by
groups and colonies of farmers and
dairymen and fruitgrowers. The sage
plains and dry valleys, the hills and
rocky bluffs, shimmered 1n the Sum
mer sun, and were hidden In the
Winter snows, as It seemed, forever.
Yet the one good outlet for the
whole of Mld-Kastern and Mid-Southern
Oregon, from the high . plateaus
of the Interior to the Snake River
Valley, and on to the Columbia and
the Pacific, lay down the canyon of
the Malheur River, across this county
from west to east. Twenty-five years
ago the first surveyors for a railroad
across Oregon laid down the canyon
of the Malheur on their maps as the
way out and In for one railroad and
no more. But. in spite of surveys
many and expectations without end.
that railroad Is not yet built, though
seemingly now In sight. As Soon as
that railroad Is built and opened. Ir
rigation In Malheur County, to the
full extent that the district offers, is
certain of most profitable develop
ment. Already there are many small Irri
gating ditches In the county and
many hundred acres of alfalfa land
are watered and yield large profit to
tho settlers. But the great systems
are yet to come. A good many years
ago the United States Government
sent Its engineers Into Malheur Coun
ty. They proposed to convert a val
ley on the Malheur Rlcer called the
Harper ranch Into a lake by dam
ming the whole stream, and "to util
ise the river canyon for their canal
and ditches. Their plan had two de
fects, that it was very costly, and It
closed the canyon for railroad use
for all time to come. The settlers did
not see thir way, without a railroad,
to pay J 42 an acre for their irriga
tion, and strong objection was ex
pressed at closing out the railroad of
the future. So that plan was de
ferred, alternatives were sought, and
Irrigation of a possible SO, 000 or 40,
000 acres from the Malheur at West
gate has taken the place of the orig
inal Government plan. But the
United States Government engineers
also reported as possible of Irrigation
about 100.000 acres from the waters
of the Owyhee, also flowing through
this county, into the Snake, where the
Oregon Short Line first touchos the
Oregon state line. This is pro
nounced feasible and will probably
soon be undertaken. In the extreme
south of the county Is a small but
promising Irrigation plan on the
headwaters of Crooked and Rattle
snake Creeks, dealing with about
10,000 acres. Another small Irriga
tion plan proposes to utilize by stor
age the waters of Bully Creek, an
other affluent of the Malheur. Again,
lying north of the Malheur from Vale
is the Willow Creek country, where
there are probably 30,000 acres. Irri
gable by storing the flood . waters of
Willow Creek and turning into the
dams some of the head waters of
Burnt River. Lastly there is, lying
north of the lower course of the
Malheur, a great body of irrigable
land of the highest prospective fer
tility. Altogether the various proj
ects will add, when completed, not
less than 200.000 acres . of Irrigated
land to the wealth of Malheur Coun
ty. Count, then, some 10,000 families
to find here prosperous lives on these
Irrigated lands alone. Add what is
reasonable for the Industries of towns
and villages certain to arise. Take
Into account, the stock cattle, cows,
sheep, alfalfa and clover fields, the
orchards and truck farms, the wheat,
barley and oats. to. pour their contri
butions into the total of the state.
Here are a few more facts to reckon
with! These river and creek valleys
will produce peaches, apricots, nec
tarines and grapes, aa yell as the ap
ples, pears and plums of mere usual
production. On the Idaho side of
the Snake River, where the melon
and fruit Industry Is well established.
11200 per acre Is slated to have been
taken from Jonathan apples, $1000
per acre for prunes shipped "green,"
not dried, and $8000 per acre from
melons and small fruits. Such lands
are selling today for from $300 to
$500 an acre with water rights.
It la no wonder, then, that the
owners of these Malheur Irrigable
lands should be prepared to provide
the moaey for building these dams
and digging these ditches. And in
Kastern Oregon other counties are
being examined and tested for similar
possibilities, and they are being found.
Yet the railroads to open Malheur
County and her sisters to the west
of her are not yet built, though once
and. again foretold .and promised.
Ono f the most pathetic Incidents
in connection with the forest fires that
have devastated the homes and hold
ings of many settlers in Western
Idaho Is that of the drowning of a
woman who leaped Into a well with
her baby in her arms, to escape the
oncoming fury of the names. Perhaps
the distracted mother did not think
the .water In the well was deep enough
to drown her, but more likely she took
the desperate chance, urged as she
was by the more horrible fate that
pursued her. With this poor crumb
of consolation her surviving family
must rest satisfied.
It is pitiful to think of the old
farmer who died at St. Vincent's Hos
pital on Monday night. According to
the doctors, he had been poisoned with
"knockout drops." While we bemoan
his misfortune, the thought cannot be
avoided that if he had stayed away
from the places where "knockout
drops" are dispensed, they never
would have harmed him. Perhaps It
is discreet, upon the whole, for aged
farmers to abstain from "tours of the
road houses
There appears to be a deficiency of
financial acumen in Congressman Sib
ley's management of .his campaign
for re-election in the twenty-eighth
Pennsylvania district. His salary for
the two years of his term would be
$15,000. He has spent in the cam
paign, by his own confession, $32,500.
What could his plans have been for
making good the difference? The In
quiry Is purely academic, since he has
withdrawn, but still it is Interesting.
In a crowded elevator not long ago
the passengers were treated to the
sight of 'a ten-inch hatsln bobbing
about within an ace of a man's eye.
The poor creature, unaware of his
danger, was deep in talk with a friend.
A sudden movement might have
blinded him for life. Such a specta
cle goes far to reconcile one to the
efforts of Legislatures to abridge the
deadliness of woman's attire.
Dahlman, so-called cowboy candi
date, has won the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor of Nebraska. He
is the hope of all who would buy a
drink after 8 P. M., the time saloons
close under a hit of freak legislation.
Colonel Robert Fitxaimmons now
offers the explanation that Jeffries
was "doped" at Reno. Probably got
it through reading the stuff sent out
by that noble band of light experts
who said that Jeffries couldn't lose.
Oregon to a mau will agree with
the Colonel on the proposition that In
any great country the prime physical
asset is the fertility of the soil. That
Is why Oregon will be the greatest
state In the Union.
By all means, an Oregon exhibit
should be made at the Omaha show
In January. This state needs a lot Of
Nebraska comgrowers to offset the
carloads of Nebraska hogs arriving
steadily.
With a carload of press representa
tives accompanying the Colonel, his
trip may be considered as important
from the news point of view, as the
recent event at Reno.
County Clerk Fields Is going to file
a new declaration which shall defi
nitely show that he Is "against the as
sembly." And for Fields first, last
and always.
The Colonel Is touring the West and
the "Colonel" Is touring around Coos
Bay. There is a mighty difference
with a mightier distinction.
Democrats who recall the stormy
times from 1894 to 1896 must enjoy
the news from Beverly and Oyster
Bay.
Breaking the unwritten law is so
much in vogue that the insurance
people aro missing many good risks.
The latest Joke from Texas is the
Indictment of twenty-two whites for
kiling eight negroes.
Battle Creek has gained 36 per cent
in the last decade, 'There's a rea
son."
. You didn't see Fairbanks when he
was there, starting np family rows.
Why not change his nickname to
Cloudy Jim?
TEMPERATURE OX . PLiSET aJARS
Theory That It Warmth Is as Cseat as
the Earth's.
PORTLAND, Aug. 22. (To the Editor.)
In the editorial on Mars in The Ore
gonian yesterday It Is stated that Mars
being a great deal farther from the sun
than the earth is, it can neither be so
light nor so warm in Mars as it is on
the earth.
This may he true, and having been ut
tered by The Oregonian. the supposition
is doubly strong that It Is true. But,
like Martin Luther, I must be convinced
by clear reason.
The fact that Mars Is farther from the
sun than the earth is, does not prove that
Mars has not a temperature fcigh enough
to support vegetable or animal life such
as we know upon the earth.
The heat of the sun. by Its Intense vi
brations, comes to the earth dowered
with a power that pierces through the
miles of our atmosphere with a freedom
that makes it a little too hot here at
times to be comfortable. If this same
atmosphere were as porous to heat waves
as It is to light waves, this heat would
evaporate evory night and our tempera
ture on the earth would be the same as
the temperature outside our atmosphere,
that is, 100 degrees below sero. But when
the sun "goes down," as we say, the
light waves are dissociated from the heat
wares, thus robbing them of tbelr power
to escape through the atmosphere which
holds them close to the earth to work
out their beneficent ends for our good.
Worlds that are so distant as to receive
only a fraction of the heat we enjoy,
doubtless have atroospherea that retain
all the heat they receive. Thus it ia
probable that Mars, having an atmos
phere like our own, has a temperature
a high as our own.
It has now bean, definitely determined
that It I not light itself or heat itself
that falls upon our earth from the sun.
It is merely the light waves and the
heat waves that are set In motion in the
ether by the light and the heat of the
urtn. These heat and light waves travel
through inconceivable space without any
apparent diminution of their power. It
is a well-known fact that heat waves
may be sent through a block of Ice with
out melting the ice or cooling the heat
in the least. Gunpowder may be ex
ploded by beat sent through a block of
ice. The heat waves from the sun
traverse the appalling void of 92,500,W0
miles from the sun to the earth through
a temperature of 200 degrees below sero.
And yet, falling upon the earth they im
mediately create the kindly warmth that
coaxei the flowers t;-om the soil, puts the
blush on the peach and begrims the brow
of labor with drops of sweat "like drops
of dew upon a lion's mane." Neither
time nor temperature nor uuu -ates
or diminishes the power of these
1x71.., ,H-n olmitlil not the Dlanet
wtivoo. . . J I -.. -
Mars, though farther from the sun than
the earth, have a temperature equally as
congenial to life as our own?, I am of
the opinioln that the poet (as well as
The Oregonian) drew on his imagination
when he wrote:
"Who there inhabit must have other
powers, '
Juices and veins and sense and life than
ours; ,
One moment's cold like theirs would
pierce the bone, '
Freeze the heart's blood, and turn us all
to stone. ANDKEW MARKER.
Mr. Marker's argument loses much of
Its force when we remembar that Mars
has no atmosphere. At least that is the
teaching of the foremost astronomers.
The planet has scalding weather on the
part which faces the sun, followed di
rectly by the Intense cold of outer space.
The conditions seem to be much the same
as on the moon. We fear that Mr.
Marker's distinction between heat and
light and "beat waves and light waves"
Is illusory. There la no other kind of
heat than beat waves outside of the
human seaaorium, and no other kind of
light than light waves. Of course, our
sensatone of heat and light are another
matter. As to the quantity Of light and
heat which Mars receives It is less than
half of what comes to the earth. ' The
reader must draw his own conclusions.
Editor Howe's Philosophy.
Atchison Globe.
Don't go to the devil before yon are
dead.
When we greatly admire an angel,
we are always shocked at the devil
she runs with.
One of the funniest sights In the
world Is a little bit of a man with a
great big look of dlsgsst on his face.
Times have changed. They used to
have the high-building effect In layer
cakes: now it is in the sandwiches.
A mother's whipping never amounts
to much. When a mother begins to Jaw
her son, he usually goes out and gets
a switch, and has it over with.
If what a woman says of every tenant
who has Just moved out of her property
Is true, the tenant stood In the middle
of every room and scattered grease
over every wall and ceiling.
When you are sent to the peniten
tiary, your sentence will be reduced for
good behavior. But it is not necessary
to go to the penitentiary to get credit
for good behavior; an honest man gets
It, as well as a convict. j
Terratlloa .Making In C'biaa.
Vice-Consul-Oeneral Stuart J. Fuller
states that ever since Hongkong was
established the Industry of vermilion
making, entirely in the hands of the
Chinese, has been an Important one.
The manufacture of this pigment is
among the foremost of the colony's
Industries. There are something like
100 small plants for the manufacture
of vermilion In Hongkong and Kowloon.
The raw material comes from Aus
tralia, and the vermilion is prepared
altogether by what is known as the
wet method. The Chinese made arti
ficial cinnabar long before Europe was
a civilized country, and to this day
there are trade secrets In the vermilion
industry which no European has yet
been able to fathom. Some of the
granite stones here between which the
pulverised ore is ground are almost
prehistoric.
New Resuscitation Rules.
Popular Mechanics.
The United States Life Saving Serv
ice has Mopted new regulations for re
storing the apparently drowned. Al
though the Howard method has been
productive of excellent results in the
practice of saving lives, the Government
has seen fit to combine it with the Syl
vester method, the latter produces deep
er inspiration, while the former affects
the more complete expiration. The com- f
binatlon, therefore, of me two methods
tends to produce the most rapid oxy
genation of the blood the real object
to be gained. The Government will
urge the general public to familiarize
Itself with these rules, that proper di
rections may be given In restoring the
apparently drowned and thereby serve
as a means of saving many lives an
nually. .
. Origin of Wagnerlao Music.
New York Sun.
Wagner had just invented his style
Of music.
"Got the Idea from Republican har
mony," he explained.
Herewith ha scored ar fine boiler
factory effect.
Evidently Had a Hunch.
. Baltimore Sun.
The charges and countercharges In
the Gore Investigation may explain why
Oklahoma was so anxious, to have its
bank deposits guaranteed by the state.
LIFE I! THE OREGON COUNTRY.
Too Warn for Temptation.
Hcho'a Echoes.
A trainload of coal was left on the
siding here all day Sunday. One or
two cars of this coal would have
looked pretty good during a few days
of last Winten
During H. F, Cewferenea Time
Joseph Herald.
A number of nice toothsome Juicy
young chickens were "borrowed" from
George Hoist's coop this week, also
from several other coops In town. At
a time like this people should know
better than to leave their chicken coops
unlocked.
The "Old Man" Trlhe,
Irrigon Irrigator. ( t
Word has Just been received that A.
Bennett has for the S7U time become a ,
grandfather. Although it baa ceased j
to be a novelty with him. each addition
te the ranks seems to please htm be
yond measure. In this case the happy
mothef is Mrs. J. H. Baisley, of Baker
City.
Three Generations tie Ha at lag.
Medford Bun.
A party consisting of J. C Emerlck,
V. J. Kmerick and F. T. Emerlck, the
grandfather, father and son, departed
yesterday for Crater Lake in Mr.
Emertck's automobile for the Lakevlew
country, where big buck, elk,- grouse,
quail and ducks abound and where
there are good chances of getting lots
of game.
Stresuons Day la HiHabero.
Argus.
Seen On the street In five minutes:
Man from Clackamas County talking
prohibition and man arguing against it,
both being vehement, one in speech,
and the other trying to get a word in
edgewise. Man trying to water his
horse at the publio watering place and
leaving the check reins unslackened.
Woman protecting a little terrier from
being eaten alive by a big dog she
pulled the larger one off by sheer
strength, using the dog's tail for lev
erage, and she won the victory. Man
selling a horse for $10 after he had
asked $273.
A Busy WashlHgrton County Mao.
, Hillsboro Argus.
James H. Sewell. who a year -or so
ago dropped out of hop culture, and
has been engaged in general farming,
was in town yesterday. Mr. Sewell has
been a busy man for some weeks, and,
since the 11th of July cut and put in
stack 2S0 acres of hay with two six-
foot mowers, a 12-foot rake and tour
shockers, taod by July 29th had all the
hay in bale except what he wanted for
home consumption. From the 29th
of July to August 13 he cut 40 acres of
oats, had the ' hay baled and in the
warehouse and barn: sold 225 tons of
hay, netting $4000, and still has hay
left; has cut up 200 acres of land in
small acreage (five-acre tracts) and
has surveyed a smaller tract and, by
the way, nearly all the 200-acre plat
Is sold. Considering that the time
elapsed is but 32 days it can readily be
seen that Sewell has been busy.
HIBERNIAN S iARE VERY GRATEFUL
Pleasant Words on Recent National
Convention in Portland.
Extract From Article In tha National
Hibernian.
The Portland National convention of
our order is now a matter of history,
and in spite of the far distant locality
In which it was held it may be truly
said that in many respects it was the
greatest and most significant gathering
of the representatives of our, order ever
held. '
Numerically speaking it waa not as
large as previous conventions, but for
the work accomplished, the enthusiasm
manifested and the universal acclaim
with which our reprasentativea were
received in the various communltiea of
the far West the convention of 1910 has
had no equal in our history.
The Journey of our National officers
across the continent was made the oc
casion of a triumphal procession, and
wherever stops were made the recep
tions tendered were most enthusias
tic in their character and intensely
patriotic. '
The Commercial Club of Portland is
especially entitled to the thanks and
gratitude of every visitor, and. Indeed,
of every member of our order, for all
that it accomplished for the entertain
ment of our people. The members of
the club spared neither time nor ex
pense in the lavish hospitality con
stantly dispensed in their handsome
quarters, and their efforts in assisting
the local convention committee were
exceptionally generous and substan
tial. It Is no wonder that Portland is now
a great city and that it has quadrupled
its population in ten years when it has
among its people such a public-spirited
organization as the Commercial Club.
And In the name of the 200,000 men
and women of our organization we
thank them most gratefully for their
unceasing efforts In making our con
vention a grand success.
Promiscuous Expectoration.
PORTLAND, Aug. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) One of the most dangerous
habits to the life and health of the
community is promiscuous expectora
tion. It is a common sight in our
crowded thoroughfare to see a man
(this is hardly the correct term, hawk
and spit on the sidewalk In front of
lady, and we see the pavements of our
crowded streets marked In this dis
gusting way.
Aside from the outrage of public
morals, the protection of public health
demands that we take severe and deci
sive steps against this habit. The
mucus from a consumptive and dis
eased, person is instantly surrounded
by flies, which carry the- dangerous
germs to passing people, our children be
ing most easily affected. Also the germs
are put into activity as the spittle
dries up.
If there Is a law against this it
should be strictly enforced, and If there
is not, let us see that we have one,
for the general cleanliness and health
of the city should be the citizens' first
consideration.
FRED A. VOWLES.
no.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 22. (To the
Editor.) Will you kindly advise me
Whether Henry J. Bean, mentioned as
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion as Supreme Judge, is the same man
whom President Taft appointed Fed
eral Judge a year ago?
I. F. BATCHELDER.
Henry J. Bean is from Pendleton, and is
Circuit Judge for that district. Robert
8. Bean, now Federal Judge and formerly
Supreme Judge, is from Eugene.
Everything In Seaaon.
San Antonio Light.
Is it really true that there will be no
more noise at Oyster Bay until the ad
vent of the "R" months?
OREGON'S" LAMEST.
Polk County Obasrvsr.
AcrriS the doorway to the dim Unknown
Fatfc'n hand tha somber curtains draws at
last, N
Where, from the teeming world of men, alone
And unafraid, a mighty Soul haa passed;
One who. by his Indomitable will,-
Into the ranks where deeds are done had
pressed ;
TJpreared himself among his fallows 'till
He moved, a power fn the growing West.
Lament. O. Oreson; Death takes from thee
His priceless toll. And srlmly parses on;
But one whose hand wrought in thy des
tiny j
Is. Jr the shadow of that passage, sons.
A master spirit housed in mortal clay
Lo, with his death, a giant passed away.
Dean Collins.
Life's Sunny Side
Bishop McDowell, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, recently told me an
interesting incident illustrative of the
humor of the late Bishop C. C. Mc
Cabe, known as "Chaplain McCabe."
One time the bishop was in a train
wreck on which a number of persons
were killed or injured, and he wrote
a description of his experience to David
A Carroll, of this city. After detailing
the experiences. of the catastrophe and
having expressed his gratitude for his
escape from death or hurt, he closed
by saying:
"I tell you, Carroll, we ought to be
grateful for our mercies. Ordinarily
we take do note of them. But an ex
perience like this teaches us how we
are blessed and should have its effect
upon our dally lives. We ought to
be better men. I have determined that
we should. Let's try it, Carroll. Yon
try it first, and if yon get along all
right I'll try it." Baltimore Evening
Sun.
see
A friend on a visit to Yorkshire
caught a chill and was confined to bed.
His hostess thought to give her sick
visitor a treat during his confinement,
so she baked a Yorkshire pudding and
took it upstairs.
"Just try that." she said.' "it'll shift
yer eowd." Then she left him.
Going op some time later she In
quired. "Well, 'ave ya etten It np?"
"Etten It? Bnten it?" gasped her
visitor. "No; I'm wearin' it on my
chest." London Tld-BUs.
Professor William B. Blake. In a
Fourth of July address that Tucson
still remembers, pointed out the for
ward strides that Arizona had mado.
"Think of the Ignorance and illiteracy
of the past, all vanished now." he said.
"Once, while out on a mlneralogical
trip, I wandered Into a courthouse in an
Arizona village.
"The case afoot concerned a letter.
The prosecution wanted this letter ad
mitted in evidence, but the defense
wanted It barred out. Finally the
judge said reluctantly:
" 'JTand the pesky thing np here and
I'll decide on It."
"So the letter was handed up to the
jndge, and he put on his spectacles and
looked at it sideways and crosswise,
and a loud laugh went up from the
spectators.
"What are they laughing at? I
asked the man next to me.
" 'Why, at the jedge's bluff, o' course,"
was the reply. 'The old fool can't read
readin'-writin", let alone wrltln-writ-ln'.'
" New York Tribune.
... 4
A number of years ago he was at
tending a caucus in Haverhill. Mass.,
where, as usual, the slate had been
made out in advance.
The slate had been given to one Bill
Jeffers to nominate, and Bill, Being new
at the game, halted and stammered,
after he had addressed the chair, until
the situation became embarrassing. Mr.
Moody promptly relieved the situation.
"Mr. Chairman," he said, "I move that
the list of names in Bill Jeffers's hat
be nominated," and the motion pre
vailed. Chicago Evening Post.
Where the Argnmeat Is Weak
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Alaskan coal lands belong to the i
people, and the things should be so ar
ranged that the people may get the
good of them, which is more than they
are doing now. The fallacy consists In
the application to these lands of the
homestead principle. If any one could
work a coal mine as easily as take up
a homestead it would be correct and
proper to pass laws and establish rules
to prevent their monopolization! but as
this Is not the case, as to work the
Alaskan deposits capital and a great
deal of capita! is needed, the sensible
course would be to give capital a fair
chance. Let the Government impose a
reasonable royalty on every ton of cOal
mined, and then, Instead of discourag
ing, let it invite and facilitate capital
istic enterprise. Everyone in that case
would be better off, for at present the
coal lands are of no use to any One
except the insincere self-seeking dema
gogues whom they provide with an op.
portunity for the manufacture of politi
cal capital.
Fastest Ship Afloat.
Harper's Weekly.
The fastest ship in the world is the
destroyer Swift, launched recently at
Portsmouth, England. This ship, which
is of 1800 tons displacement, has a
speed exceeding 3S knots. Her fires are
fed by petroleum. The turbines give
30,000 horsepower, divided among four
screws. .
The English admiralty had already
realized 34 knots In the destroyers
Cobra and Viper. One of these exces
sively long boats broke in two upon a
wave not long after she was launched.
The maximum speed of the French
torpedo boats averages about 31 knots.
Aggravating Influence.
New York Evening Post.
Brushing aside all questions of po
litical prejudice, serious economic In
vestigators wilU arrive at two conclu
sions first, that the tariff was neither
the sinsle nor the primary cause, as
is shown by the fact of rising com
modity prices elsewhere than in the
Cnited States; but second, that the
tariff waa beyond any question an ag
gravating influence.
' No Professionals There f
Detroit Times.
A minister in Massachusetts says he
sees no reason why there should not
be baseball in heaven. Neither do we,
if both sides would bo willing to play
with an inexperienced umpire.
Anomalous Situation.
Albany Journal.
If Mayor Gaynur could be permitted
to read all the good things that are
being printed about him, he might find
It difficult to convince himself that he
wasn't killed.
Popular at Home.
Chicago Tribune.
"The Iowa Idea" has ne"er been ex
actly defined, but there seems td be no
doubt that whatever it Is it has a;
great vogue in Iowa. 1
He Started the Style.
Detroit News.
Anotner tide of Italian Immigration
Is starting in this direction. Columbus
set a powerful example.
CURRENT NEWSPAPER JESTS.
Read"1s he college hredr- Oipe "Oh
no-he nicked up his knowledge of rowing
2nd baseVah to his noma townr-Yonk.rs
Statesman.
For one man who is ambitious to leave
foSprim.' i?h sand, of time there area
dosen who want, to cover u- their tracks.
Philadelphia Record.
Maud "Tom had me talk Intj phono-
h- can near my olce while 1 m
KTay " CUra-"How lovalyl And be caa
stop the machine!" Puck.
Flar of truce. Excellency.". What do tha
revolutionists want?" "They would like f.
SS. a couple of general, . r a can ot
condensed milk." St. Loula Btar.
1 often think you can tell people's rhar
Kli, by their gardens "I do. too. There s
"T," Matchit. who is as mercenary as she
ctne, and She prominent plant, in her
aarden are moneywort and marygold.
Baltimore American.
"Are you the owner of tfis place?" asked
tha book asent. "I am." replied Tanner
Corntossel. '-Anything- I can do for you.
"No The chances are that you are too hard
worked to have time to Mad anything, and
that you havn't any spare chanK. anvljow.
J.et me talk to the hired man. Washing-:
ton Star.
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