6 THE 3IORXiyG OREGOMAX, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1910.
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A LAW I MO HIM-KI i f
o'nrtl Rooiipvelt hits practically
1 ompiete.i his whirlwind tour of the
'idcHe We.-f an. I ha. as usual, left
the entire Aniorit-an people agape with
lie chrrl- iiicry a to what h will
!! nt. N"i 1. nr knows. Probably he
triors not know, nut hatovcr It -hall
fre. It is certain that the performance
III be watched with undiminished
Interest by all. with vociferous appro
bation by many anil with undisclosed
condemnation by many more. Whether
Ihe recent tour has added to Itoose
r!fs enormous prestige may ho a
ubject of doubt. Hut that il was the
rccaslon throughout of an astonishing
Kemonetratlon of his amazing vogue
Is ctufte obvious.
There Is 110 secret about the firm
ISold the rx-Presl.Icnt h.is on the srreat
Tmass of the American people. He is
both the Voice and the flight Arm of
the Plain fitizen. So the people- for
the mot part believe To others he
1.4 the .Man on the Bucking Cayusp.
leading bis row Wild West exhibition
throughout the country to fliow the
latest startling freaks In statesman
ship, politics and oratory. But no
matter. He Is altogether the greate.-t
"figure in the American eye. and In a
tense he is the apotheosis of the
.American spirit an.l the American
nind. and of the American aspiration
to lie the biggest thing In nil the
World the whole show.
The thincs floosevclt said in his
pwift fiwlnjt around the circle were
nsniflcant and startlinK enough; yet
they were not less jdgnifioiint than the
things he left unsaid. When be came
l.ack from abroad last Sprint: he made
thi definite announcement and
Jledge:
I am rea.lj to rt" in- part. far a I
am anle. In helpina ..ve rr..b!eniii (ileh
jii.i.t he ved If thi. tue crealent
rfenvM-ratic repuhiic uiil ahlrli trie aun
l,m eTer alione. are t. aea tta dealtnlea
r e t. the hiah teel of Hi ho.ea and e.
j.ortunltlr. This Is the duty of eirery cltl
trn. but ia pculiar! try duty.
Probably the recent tour was un
dertaken with the explicit purpose of
carrying out the scheme of personal
conduct the ex-Pre.-id.nt had mapped
out for hlm.sclf. Xo one can deny
that he made uKetions enuush and
jrave advice enough to ratit-fy the
most exacting demands for advice and
suggestions. He played a distinctly
Roosevelt ian role In the surprleina;
Jorimer Incident, and be realized the
jnest ardent anticipation of his or
ahipers when he denounced riot and
llsorder in law-breaking Columbus.
3'et he returns borne with many press
ing queries unanswered anil expecta
tions unfulfilled: and th have to do
pttth bis attitude toward the Taft
Administration and the immediate po
litical prohlems confronting the Amer
ican people In the Kail election. H
Is true that the ex-President aligned
Jilmself with the "progressives;" and
that at t.atomie. Kan., be laid
1own a persona! platform wherein
Jie clearly numerated and class'ified
my policies." But he gave no bign
as to his future attitude toward the
Republican party as a whole or his
present feeling toward his nuccessor.
That his reticence on tnose highly In
teresting subjects due to design
the consiecjiience of a definite and well
ronsiderrd plan of silence there can
be no doubt.
The result of the Roosevelt tour and
Vf the widespread distribution of the
ell-known Roosevelt ideas, then, ha
lieen unquestionably hurtful to TafU
disconcerting to the Republican party
and pujtzling to the Xation. That the
upsetting practices and radical plans
of the "progressives." now indorsed
fcy Roosevelt, have split the Repub
lican party w ide open and at the ame
time saved it from a smashing defeat
if it shall be saved is a paradox
that needs no present elucidation; yet
It may be mentioned In Its relation to
the Roosevelt excursion. But we find
Roosevelt at the end in a position of
practical antagonism to Taft. though
ve are just as far as ever from know
ing whether he is moving definitely
Against the Administration or Is in
f pi red by a profound strategy to take
place at the bead of the Republican
party, and thereafter to do with Taft
again as he likes and with other party
affair as tv him seems expedient.
Whatever the Impulse directing Roose
velt's mysterious course, it is clear
that the large element in the Repub
lican party that believes Taft entitled
to united party support Is greatly of
fended and disturbed by the words
and by the silence of the ex-Presi-elent
by the interpretation that must
be placed on his addresses and by the
Inference that must be drawn from
ills failure to speak as to Taft.
If Colonel Roosevelt Is endeavoring
Iiow to arrange his own affairs and pur
poses o as to be a candidate for Presi
dent in 112 a.. Indeed, most people j
row think It would seem that he is
curiously blind to the fruitful lessons
f past experiences by candidates who
have been in too great a hurry. It
Is impossible that Roosevelt, an ac
complished politician, can fail to re
member that candidates for President
are never decided on two years In
advance of any convention, and that
the highways are strewn with wrecHs
of ambitions that flowered too soon. It
Is not necessary to cite Instances. He
fcns them. Everybody knows. Tet
It mav be that the Colonel, who all
his life has defied precedent, may
think that In this great matter also
he may be a law unto himself.
Registration for the primaries at
Seattle showed a total of 46.746 voters
Saturday, with a few hundred more
to be added today. Registration at
I'ortland thus far has been
.'o one believes for on moment that
there are 14.000 more voter in Seattle
than In Portland. A a matter of
fact, it i doubtful If there are 1400
sooxc. but the ScatHo spirit will see
that every man that has a vote regis
ters. The Eastern people who do not
know that Seattle is going through a
most extraordinary Senatorial cam
paign, in which fortunes were spent
by Seattle candidates to get out a
big voie. and who are equally un
familiar with the Seattle habit of al
wa making the best showing pos
sible, will know only that the official
records show so many registered
voters in Seattle and so many in Port
land. If an effort Is made In the few
remaining days. Portland- can yet
make a showing which will be only a
few thousand short of our voting
strength. Will the effort be made?
MUERTOX'S HANDICAP.
Silverton is a thriving town In
Marlon County. It Is fourteen miles
from Kalem. w hich Is the county seat,
and the center, hub. magnet and ful
crum of all county affairs. It Is a
great deal larger than Silverton say
ten times as large. It can and does
outvote Silverton and every other lit
tle town in Marlon County. It runs
things there politically, economically.
Industrially, commercially and so
cially. These elemental facts are stated
merely In the way of explanation of
the motive behind an article from the
Silverton Appeal, reprinted today. The
Appeal finds that Silverton Is hard up
against a stone wall in politics, and It
suggetts mildly an amendment to the
primary law. Of course, it runs the
risk of being accused of lese majeste
to the Imperial lawgiver of Oregon
City, or treason to that sacred ordi
nance, or something of that a,wful
kin Vet tiiA Silverton naDor makes
a natural and proper suggestion for
the greater localization or ine pro
visions of the law. Will the Legisla
ture ever have courage enough to
make amendments to the primary law
that will appeal to the common sense
of Justice and be approved by all
who.-e approval Is worth anything?
HI Pf1N'tSa DKATH BDL1.
In addition to providing facilities
for taking tare of the ever-Increasing
kiinc .e the world, the shipyards
must each year build an additional
million tons of shipping to mane up
for the tribute which the sea and the
scrap-heap levy on the world's ship
ping. Modern invention anu uncttas
1iid effort to secure economv of opera
tion have steadily increased the per
centage of ships sent to the scrap-pile,
as compared with those which are
lost at sea. In some hlgniy interest
ing statistics compiled by Lloyd's Reg
ister vo fln.l that in the year 1909.
exclusive of vessels of less than 100
tons' register, there were lost, broken
up. condemned or otherwise removed
from effective service in the world's
mercantile marine, S66 vessels of 939.-
532 tons register. ur tnis numner
i-t - .,i- of the steamers and
37.7 tier cent of the sailers were
broken up or condemned. This is an
lncria u. of fi vessels of about 125.000
tons over the returns for the preced
ing year.
xhe ranM ascontlencv of steam over
sail is reflected even In this death roll
of the world's ocean carriers, for with
no new sailing ships under construc
tion for several years the mortality
of those remaining Is much greater
ik.ii ir would he if there was a new
supply coming on to fill up the broken
ranks. Segregated, the death roll for
1909 shows 3S3 steamers or bta.oiv
inn. . e,a a s 5 aallor of 293.562 tons
of sail tonnage, compared with 37,-
290.000 tons or steam tonnage. i nis
u.....i.t n.i.iraiiv show much greater
age and decrepitude among the sail
ers than among the steamers. vi nn
no new sailers building, and the few
remaining vanishing through wreck
or condemnation, the end of the sail
ing vessel Is near at hand.
Kven In the- North Pacific trade,
which for many years has been re
garded as one tf the last of the spe
cial preserves in which the competi
tion of the tramp steamer would not
he felt, the oh! "wind-Jammers" are
being gradually crowded out. Fifteen
years ago tramp steamer were al
most unknown In Portland. Yester
day the en route list of grain and
lumber tonnage to load at this city
showed an even 100.000 tons, of
which 46.000 tons was steam and
54.000 tons sail tonnage. The wreck
report of Lloyd shows that the per
centage of vessels lost by the t'nited
Kingdom In 1909 la less than that of
any of tfie other principal marine
countries. From this it might be In
ferred that the seamanship and skill
tif the Germans. French. Norwegian
and other rising rivals of Oreat
Britain was yet slightly . Inferior to
that of the men who have "fed the
seas for a thousand years."
M-t-f'Ks OK THE FAIR.
The first successful fair held on
the magnificent grounds of the Port
land Livestock Association was con
cluded Saturday with nearly every
one satisfied with the results and
promising to assist next year. This
successful event, following two for
mer attempts, will probably establish
the fair on a permanent basis. It is
not unreasonable to hope that the
1911 fair will excel anything of the
kind ever attempted.
Now that the fair is over and criti
cism cannot affect its success this
year. It might be well for the people,
to understand why an event of this
kind has not been better patronized
in the past, or why Portland, with
more than 200,000 people, could not
muster more than 15.000 attendance
on the best day. and an average of
less than SO'OO for the six days, while
Vancouver. B. C, with about half the
population and a much poorer exhibi
tion, could turn out 30.000 on a single
day.
Paramount to all other damaging
features of the show was the wretched
streetcar service. Probably one-half
of the 10,000 people who attended the
fair on opening day and were obliged
to walk home or to spend two to
three hours waiting for cars, operat
ing on a single track line, to bring
them home, made no attempt to visit
the fair again. Most of them were
so Indignant that they Indulged In
considerable complaint and thus pre
vented others from going. Portland
got along very well 25 years ago,
when Holladay's horsecars carried pas
sengers to the old Mechanics Fair,
over the single track on First street;
but the 1910 Portland Is not a "single
track" city, nor was the big show at
the fair ground a "single-track" affair.
Another unfortunate feature was the
lack of a publicity bureau which
should have kept the Interior papers
Informed regarding the big event. This
stock chow is an event In which the
country is even more interested than
the city.' Had Its merits been pre
sented through the country with the
degree of Interest that was shown by
the iortlauitl Commercial dub iarta.
city campaign, there would have been
a good attendance from the country.
As it was, the country attendance was
lighter than it was a year ago.
Both of these important mistakes
can. however, be guarded against next
year. The suggestion that there be
a number of $10,000 and J5000 races
next year Is a good one. Contrary to
general belief, these big stake races
are comparatively Inexpensive for the
. . . . t-w io n n n i.nt-
lair mttiirciuTn. ... -
ting race, which drew- the largest
crowd of the meeting, not onty uiu
not cost the association anything, but
it actually paid a profit, as the en
trance fees amounted to more than
the value of the purse. With one or
two exceptions, nearly every race on
the programme showed the same con
dition. In other words, the horsemen
supplied a high-class racing pro
gramme and paid the purses them
selves. If other branches of the stock
industry contribute as much in a
financial way to the 1911 fair as was
this year contributed by the horse
men, it will be a record-breaker In
attendance and attraction. One thing
has been demonstrated, however, and
that Is that Portland has placed the
stamp of approval on this big annual
event. With good management next
year, we shall draw entries of live
stock from all parts of the United
States.
t.OXK, BIT NOT rOKUOTTKN.
Somewhere in the dusty memories
of the fading past the observer of
events In Oregon will find a device
known as the "Imperative mandate."
It seemed an awesome thing and the
public did not take kindly to It. That
Is the reason, we suppose, why it Is
not to be discovered among the va
rious sheet anchors of our up-to-date
urenir.ed constitutional and legislative
system.
Yet was the Imperative mandate
if that was the name of the thing
such a fearsome thing that it could
not have a home In Oregon? If we
understand the imperative mandate
correctly. It was to be a potent and
wonderful persuader of Legislatures. If
a Legislature balked on any particu
lar law. or code of laws, desired by
the people and the people always de
sire laws and lots of 'em all you
had to do was to draw the Imperative
mandate on the aforesaid recreant
Legislature, and the Legislature Just
had to pas it. Perhaps we've got It
wrong, but that is the nay it looks to
our fond remembrance.
So let's have the Imperative man
date Mr. ITRen. Trot It out and let
us look at It again. If It will help to
make the unregulated Initiative harm
less, or available only In certain de
fined and approved cases. It is what
all are looking for.
WAITING TO BK SHOWN.
The Metropolitan Psychological So
cietv of New York, "wants to be
shown." Moreover, it is willing to
pay 11000 for the information sought.
Professor William James, of Har
vard, lately deceased, was a student of
psvchlc phenomena for many patient
years. He debated long and earnestly
the question of the possibility of com
munication between the dead and the
living, and died without having satis
fied himself on the subject. Already
one medium, at least, has come for
ward with a message purporting to
come from his disembodied spirit.
Vague, ambiguous, proving nothing,
this "message" Is little more than a
repetition of the stock phrases that
have long been used in this connec
tion. Xow comes the society above
named and offers money for a copy
of a certain letter written by Professor
James a few days before his death,
the contents of which are known only
to W. S. Davis, secretary- of the so
ciety. .
Here is an opportunity for some
medium to prove his or her psychic
power and be well paid for it. "W e
recognize in Professor James a great
and open-hearted investigator." says
this society through Its secretary.
We have striven to maintain his
spirit of open-mindedness toward all
assertions and have endeavored to
give them a full hearing and trying
out. The very simple test proposed
may easily be within the capability of
any person actually In communication
with his spirit."
Intelligent, thinking people, whose
name Is legion. Join this company ot
open-minded Investigators In the de
sire that the proof called for may be
given. .
Al'I'UEW ELECTRIC ITV.
If any one Is prone to look back
longingly to the olden times and
churlishly to believe and assert that
the progress of which we boast is more
fancied than real, let him read of ap
plied electricity as It works out the
miracle of convenience and luxury and
enjoyment In the homes of the hum
ble throughout the land. Here wa
have the telephone that brings the
farmhouse within speaking distance
of every service the city has to offer;
there the trolley wires go singing
along the road with cars that stop at
convenient stations, and now rural
plants re Installed from which even
the farmhouse kitchen and barn are
lighted. But this is not all. Arid
lands are soon to be irrigated by
means of electric pumping plants, thus
making the desert literally blossom as
the rose by means of a power that,
until within recent years was known
only to be dreaded In the sudden,
deadly, devastating flash of lightning.
One of the latest reports of the ad
vance that is being made in applied
electricity comes from a section of the
Columbia River Basin, between The
Dalles, Or., and Prresfs Rapids. Wash
ington, wherein lie 1.000.000 acres of
arid 'but otherwise arable land. By
means of pumping plants operated by
electrical power It Is asserted that
water can be lifted from wells or from
the Columbia River, on both sides of
which these lands lie, sufficient to
make them bountifully, productive.
Specifically stated, J500 will Install a
pumping plant adequate to water fifty
or sixty acres of these lands. This is
one of the mighty possibilities of ap
plied electricity.
The crime for which Isaac X.'. Har
rell suffered the death penalty at the
state's prison last Friday was atro
cious, but seemingly not premeditated.
Working In the capacity of a sheep
herder, he quarreled with his em
ployers brothers and killed them
both. The double crime was com
mitted In Lake County last June; Har
rell's conviction followed within a
month and his execution In less than
three months. Born and brought up
in Washington County, of honored
name and parentage, this man was
well and favorably known In his early
environment. Drifting away and be-
comlD& eo-are4 In -a yocaUoj jvilch
of all others is said to be the most
maddening in its monotony, the man
forgot himself, under, perhaps, ex
treme provocation, and committed a
crlmo of which those who knew him
In his earlier years, would have
deemed him incapable. The rest is
told In the story of his tragical and
shameful end. Without questioning
the Justice of the penalty which he
suffered, it may be said that pity is
his due. In that he was unable or
failed to practice the virtue of self
control under extreme provocation. It
is t? this man's credit, where all else
discredits him, that at his request a
knowledge of his crime and fate has
been kept from his aged father. Fur
thermore, he confessed his crime, did
not seek to palliate it and made no
appeal for clemency.
The Journal of the American Medi
cal Association has Just announced
the result of our latest Fourth oT July
celebration. According to this author
ity, there were injured on the glorious
day 2923 persons, and of that number
131 died. Of this number of fatalities
67 were due to lockjaw. At first
glance these figures seem almost ap
palling in their magnitude for a sin
gle day's work, and we may wonder
what has become of the movement
for a safe and sane Fourth. It Is
somewhat comforting to learn that
this is the best record that has been
made since the Journal began collect
ing statistics in 1903. In that year
there were 466 deaths and 4000 In
jured. In the eight years since there
have been 37,526 injured and 1662
have died as a result of Fourth of
July celebrations. If we can continue
to reduce the number of fatalities in
the same ratio for a few years longer,
the Fourth of July death roll will not
be much greater than that of a mod
ern war.
"The police were late in arriving
at the Brett home, as the night force
does not have the use of the depart
ment automobile," says a news report
or the Savler-street burglary which
happened early Saturday morning.
The general impression among tax
payers who paid for the automobile
and are also footing some heavy ex
pense bills in connection therewith,
is that the machine was purchased to
facilitate the movements of the police
in -the capture of criminals. If the
machine can be used only In the day
time, it might as well be sold for
old Junk, for In broad daylight the
enterprising burglar does not go a
burgling, and even if U did, with
the streets full of cars, taxicabs, etc.,
no difficulty would be encountered in
securing speedy transportation for the
police. If the automobile is needed
at all by the police force, it is at
night, when other means of transport
tation are not available, that its need
will be the greatest.
For the sake of argument, admit
that men in Oregon are' more im
portant than party. Does that confer
the right upon political guerrilas to
cast obloquy upon multitudes of men
who prefer to retain membership in
a party organization that has stood
half a century's test? Since when
and by whose authority does It con
stitute' a crime to be a Republican,
plain and straightforward, without a
qualifying adjective?
They who question the statement
that a -poor man has small chance
under the direct primary should read
and remember the figures furnished
by Hoke Smith. oT Georgia. His re
cent nomination for Governor cost
him and his friends $17,500. 'And
Georgia is not a large state nor Hoke
a large man.
Small wonder is it that the Upper
Iowa Methodist conference finds Its
supply of young ministers far short
of the demand. That vigorous church
ne?ds vigorous men whose first duty
is to support their families. With the
salary- Paid to beginners, they can't
make a living at Its present high cost.
Admirers of Colonel James Hamil
ton Lewis will be gratified to learn
from news reports yesterday that the
former distinguished Puget Sound
statesman has not been put Into total
eclipse by more distinguished states
men from Wisconsin, Nebraska, Ohio
and Oyster Bay.
The suggestion by George M. Corn
wall In a late number of his Timber
man that there be established a school
In which logging engineering be
taught has merit. In these days of
special Industry, logging needs trained
brain and hand.
A Seattle Jurist says a woman may
flirt with her eyes, her hands, and
even her feet, but declines to go fur
ther Into the matter. He is a nice
Judge, for flirting with the feet what
ever that may be would attract all
men.
Editor Woodward, of the Xewberg
Graphic, Is celebrating the thirtieth
anniversary of his advent in Oregon,
and will not change for a location
even In Paradise until compelled.
Dairymen as far from the metropo
lis as Douglas County are getting 38
cents for butterfat. Butter Is high
and will be higher, but nobody will
eat oleomargarine, if he knows It.
Hoke Smith Is a Jokesm'th. His
statement of expense in getting the
nomination shows he spent five times
the annual salary. It Is well for him
he does not live up here.
A "painless dentist" at Lents adver
tises "dog kennels and hospital in
connection," and all work is "done Di
electric power." That is shocking.
Indeed.
A petrified fish a yard long has been
found near Mokelumne hill. He prob
ably dates back to the time the Jump
ing Frog of Calaveras took the; count.
Joy over the prospects of a railroad
along the McKenzle River Is not un
mixed. It will spoil one of the finest
trout streams In the world.
Whipping Is to be resumed in the
Texas penitentiary. Thjre must be
an excess of "nigge'rs" In that institu
tion. One hundred Rockefellers held a
reunion the other day. but the rockiest
"feller" of all was too busy to attend.
Mr. Roosevelt finds something to
commend in colorado-maduro Pitts
burg. "What shall we do- with our.ex-
JPreBideuUl'
is no dead-issue.
CAX HE MAKE THE LANDING!
Colonel Watteraoa Picture Koosevelt
a the ! of Destiny.
Louisville CouiMer-Jonrnal. Dem.
It does look as though the Grand Old
Party "is up against It." If Theo
dore Roosevelt be not a candidate
for the Republican Presidential nom
ination in 1912. there is nothing in
outer signs and tokens. That he is a
practical politician of -the first order
will be readily allowed; to his great
popularity the circumstances of his
Western Journey fully attest: but just
how he expects to "make the landing'
two vears hence we confess we are
unable to djvine. The evil conditions
which the Colonel excoriates have
sprung ui under the hand and rule
of the Republican party. Every word
he utters Is an arraignment of that
party. The more salient of the abuses
which draw his fire have come into
being within the life of the present
Republican AoTnini-stration. There can
be no escape for the Republicans short
of setting Taft aside and of placing
Roosevelt again in command. In short
and fine, we do not believe he can
catch the Republican ferryboat, even
with two jumps, but if lie should, it
is our opinion that he and those who
rally about him with such unthinking
enthusiasm, would sink here before
she could get across the stre'am of Re
publican sentiment, which is still wide
and deep, and well within the banks of
tile Constitution anil the law.
In esse Taft refuses to stand aside,
the steam roller would be for Taft. not
Roosevelt, in the National Republican
convention. The commissary atore. the
quartermaster's supplies, the .heavy
artillery, would he with the Adminis
tration. Wall street proper is not. so
much concerned as the ex-President
would have the hayseeds of the wild
and wooly Wesf believe. The stock
gambler want activity, and Roosevelt
gives them that. But the organized
wealth of the country Is hardly yet
sentimentalized. With Theodore Roose
velt back in the White House. It might
reason, "no man's property would be
safe."
The money would be poured out
freely for Taft. and in default of Taft,
for some other representing the warp
and woof of old-fashioned Republic
anism. We may well believe that there is
still a great deal of Republicanism In
the Renuhlica.n party. Having Theo
dore Roosevelt for the Republican
nominee, the if-sue if life-tenure is un
escapable. The " back - from - Elba "
crowd may deride the man-on-horse-bark
and laugh to scorn the sugges
tion of Caesar and Caesarism. But all
the same, these will not down In the
popular mind: especially In the. Repub
lican mind: for precisely as Roosevelt
will propose to ceme back have all the
men of history and destiny got there.
The Identification In all points would
be perfect. The sole argument, the
only reason which could he put for
ward for the return of Theo.dore Roose
velt to power, would be the claim that
representative government Is a failure,
and that the strong nn of a man
rising above constitutional checks and
balances is Indispensable to the cleans
Inir of the Augean stables.
Mr. Roosevelt may succeed in split
ting the Republican party wide open.
Judge Douglas did that for the Demo
crats. In another way: so did Mr.
Cleveland. Parties are not immortal.
They are made of flesh and blood, and
what has happened may happen. The
crying need of the time Is a change of
parties.
LIFE IN THE OREliON COUNTRY.
Rank Discrimination.
Amity Standard.
Wanted To buy white oats in any
quantity. Also a few black oats. Bring
your samples to this office.
Large Oregon Pear Tree.
Albany Herald.
At the foot of the Blaln Hill, two
miles south of Brownsville. Is a Bart
lett pear tree over 50 feet from tip to
tip and as tall as it is wide, and over
33 Indies in diameter; Just 100 inches
around the waist.
Soothing Syrup.
Sutherlin -Sun.
The fact that bottles of a familiar
shape and size are occasionally found
in out-of-the-way places about town,
has led some of the citizens to believe
that a "life-saving" station is doing
business in this vicinity.
Kuaineaa. Pleasure.
Eugene Register.
Tre;nn Anderson, of Fairmount, is
something of a genius. He recently
purchaFtd an old automobile and by a
little maniuplatlon has made a portable
woodsaw out of it. He uses the engine
for purposes of locomotion and also for
furnishing power to saw wood and has
plenty of it.
Dodging; the (iime I .a n .
Hlllsboro Argus.
Last week Harvey Baldwin, of Forest
Grove, went before Judge Wirtz anJ
paid $50 for mutilating the carcass of
a deer so t)at its sex could not he de
termined, and the other day J. E. Bate
man, of Thatcher, beat the game officer
to it and went before Justice Gelger,
of Cornelius, and pleaded guilty of
shooting quails out of season. Ho was
fined 626 and half was remitted.
Qaeer Queries.
Boston Transcript.
How tall must a man be to be above
criticism?
What is the best fertilizer to use in
raising objections?
What kind of knife is used to' carve
out one's destiny?
Can you settle a man's hash for him
if he Is a vegetarian?
What sort of a pin is used to pin
one's faith to anything?
May It be said of a colored lassie that
she is born to blush unseen?
Can millionaires be put down among
the popular airs of the day?
If marriages were made in heaven
would a lot of old maids commit sui
cide? , Under the Bed.
Pearson's Weekly.
"It was horrible, my dears!" said
Mrs. Gosse-Ippe. who was relating to
a party of lady friends at great length
the details of last evening's burglar
scare. "I was lying In bed, when sud
denly I heard a noise a mysterious
creaking. My blood literally froze with
in me. my dears! I crept softly out of
bed, and there, underneath, I saw a
man's legs sticking out!"
"Mercy!" exclaimed the guests. "The
burglar's legs?"
"No, my dears. My husband's legs.
He had heard the noise, too!"
No "Necessity.
Young's Magazine.
John, with a grip in hand, was about
to depart for a week's stay In the
country.
"Now, do promise me, dear, you
won't drink a single drop while you are
away from me."
"I promise," answered John, as he
went down the steps. "You see, I won't
have cause to!"
Seefcina; Relief.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"Do you see that fellow over there
yelling "Kill the umpire! Cut his heart
out. the bloody robber?' "
"Of course. I see him., and hear him,
too."
"Well, he's one of the worst hen
pecked men in town, ne comes 'out
uera ever;. Afternooa to let -oils team.".
SANB VIEW ON CONSERVATION.
One Eaatern Paper That Dlaapprovea of
Radicalism.
New York Sun.
President Taft's speech on conserva
tion before the congress at St. Taul
ought to be read and digested by every
body who has been interested but not
enlightened by the clamor of the radi
cal conservationists'. What does con
servation mean? How- is it to be effect
ed with constitutional and. statutory
sanction for the welfare of those alive
as well as of those yet to be born? It
is a fundamental principle that the nat
ural resources of the country should not
be wasted or monopolized. All agree
that there has been reckless and uncon
scionable waste, the Inheritance being
so vast and the heirs not counting the
cost; all asree that it must be stopped
and that what is left must be adminis
tered with care and prudence. The
practical question is. how shall this be
done under existing law and necessary
amendment? A workable plan must be
evolved and carrted out.
The President's speech at St. Paul
was a sober appeal for thorough dis
cussion of the subject, free from sec
tionalism and passion. Until it is un
derstood in all its phases both East and
West there can be no intelligent and
practical legislation. Unlawful reser
vation by executive order is now a
thing of the past. When Mr. Roosevelt
was President he yielded to the temp
tation to make withdrawals of lands
subject by law to homestead and to
other methods of entry without prelim
inary Investigation and without con
sulting: Congress. It has since cfven
the President the power that Mr. Roose
velt arbitrarily seized. Some of the
work of the last Administration had to
be undone. Thereupon there rose a cry
from the radicals that Mr. Taft was a
traitor to "My Policies" and an enemy
to true conservation. But he was really
a better friend to it than his predeces
sor had been. Durine the present Ad
ministration 6.250.000 acres of land
have been excluded from the forest re
serve as being unfit for forest uses
and 3. 500. 000 acres suitable for that
purpose have been taken in. The last
Administration withdrew 4.000.000 acres
of land supposed to contain oil. Field
examinations have since shown that no
less than 2.170,000 acres were not oil
producing land and they were restored
to agricultural entry. Prior to March
4. 1!09. 4.000.000 acres of land supposed
to contain phosphate rock were with
drawn from entry, hut when it was
discovered that 2.322.000 acres would
not yield phosphate profitably they also
were restored to entry. In other words,
the Taft Administration had to correct
the slipshod and faulty work of the
Roosevelt Administration.
FAVORS THE DISTRICT SYSTEM.
Then the Voters Would All Have Bel
ter Chance at Primaries.
Silverton Appeal.
We are firm in our conviction that
the district system Is the best and most
expedient manner of overcoming the
undesirable features if 'the direct pri
mary' law. W can see no reason why
each county could not be divided equit
ably Into as many representative dis
tricts as it is entitled to representa
tives In the lower house of the L.'sisla
ture; and In like manner into Sena
torial districts in proportion to th-j
number of Senators. In this way the
Representatives and Senators would be
distributed over the entire count-, and
the largest city could not play the
"hog" act and gobble up the whole set,
as is sometimes done.
We can see no reason why thU plan
could not he worked to perfection. For
instance. If North and Soutli Sllvcr'.on,
Silverton. Scotts Mills and Mount
Angel were placed in one district, each
man within the limits knows practically
every other man, and is able to Judge
Intelligently who would be the candi
date to enter the race against the p
posing parties. But under the present
system what do the majority in Scotts
Mills, or Silverton. know- about '.he
majority in Jefferson. Turner. Marion,
or some of the other distant preuln. Is?
The strongest man in one of th?se
places might be voted down through
ignorance, and the reverse might be
the case.
The state officers could ho voted
upon in all districts at the same time.
The average voter would not bo com
pelled to inform himself as to the c.ipa
bi I i ties of the county candidates, for he
would already know them, and cou.'d
devote more time, to the higher ups
and thus be in a better position to vote
intelligently. As a matter of fact, tre
more politics are localized the more
purity we will have and the more in
telligene will be displayed.
"RAT-PROOFING A LARUE CITY.
Word Coined In Connection with the
Cleaning; of Sun Francisco,
Chicago Tribune.
San Francisco is being "rat-proofed.
The word has become part of the San
Franciscan vocabulary, like "water
proofing." and refers to a style of
brick and concrete architecture that is
enforced by condemnation proceedings
in portion of the city, until now tho
centers of rat population.
Eighteen months have passed sinco
the last capture of a rat afflicted with
the bubonic plague the "Black death"
of history, which fleas, borne by the
rats, spread to human hosts. But the
fight to exterminate the rodents goea
on.. According to the report of Dr. G.
M. Converse of the United States Publi;
Health and Marine Hospital Service thu
sewers are being poisoned and the ran
are being caught In cages and snap
traps at the rate of S600 monthly. In
"Butchertown," in the congested Jap
anese quarters, and in the wholesa't
fruit and produce section of the town,
the ramshackle buildings are being rat
proofed In their basements or entirely
replaced with solid structures.
By and by every American city may
be rat-proofed. fly-proofed. tick
proofed, and mosquito-proofed, until
these death-dealing vermin are utterly
destroyed.
Side Lights on History.
Chicago Tribune.
Bluebeard was reflecting on his past
for he was a man with a past.
"Yes," he said, complacently stroking
his cerulean facial adornments, "I've
been something of. a lady killer in my
time."
Moreover, the old scoundrel was an
exception to the ruie that all the world
loves a lover.
CURRENT NEWSPAPER JESTS.
"Her huaband Is a brute." "How now ?"
"When she aaked hfht how long ahe could
remain at the Thousand Islands, he told her
to apend a week on each Island." Pitts
burs Post.
"I can't get my boy to do anything around
the house." "We have settled that problem.
My son runs errands for my neighbor and
her boy runs errands tor me." Kansas City
Journal.
"I could spend years looking at that
mountain." said the Summer boarder.
"Well." replied the landlord. "board by
the year cornea cheaper. Just keep lookin!"
Atlanta constitution.
Mra. Muggins "My husband is a great
believer in the power of the press." Mrs.
BuKglns "Yes, I notice he always hides be
hind his paper when he has a seat In a
crowded car." Philadelphia Press.
Little Willie "Say. pa, what la the dif
ference between a close friend and. a dear
friend?" P "A close friend, my son, la
one who will not lend you any money, while
a. dear friend la one who borrows all you
will stand for." Chicago News.
1 think. ' said the experienced states
man, "that I shall refrain from public utter
ance and devote myself to private confer
ence with prominent people." "Aren't you
afraid you will drop out of notice?" "Not
at all. Nothing attracts so mlch attention
as . whispering in company.." Washington
Star, i
Critic of Mr. Plnchol .Favora Indlatr
Policy to Check Forest Fires.
OAKLAND, Or.. Sept. !. (To the Edi
tor.) For weeks the smoke of burn
ing forests primeval has admonished t&
of the Pacific Coast of the di'struct'-.i
of our wealth and the consequent dan
ger of life from the ravages of the
fiery element. The question arise.--:
What is going to be done about it?
Of course, the answer would comv
gjibly enough from the Eastern the-"
orist, or conservationist thai w".
should, according to the dictum of til
chief exponent of ultra-conservation,
Mr. Pinchot. perfect a system of organ
ization of the Forestry Service, whicr.
consists largely in the establishment
of more perfect means of communica
tion, 'so that the whole force of tii'-
fighters fire wardens, fish warden.
Rame wardens. National Guards and
United States Army may le iinick'y
hurled against the fiery clement whicu
generally docs present a haitle trout
miles long. 00 feet high and often fol
lowing the roots of trees under the sur
face. There are very few people, compara
tively, who know what Oregon l.ii
timber is, and to those 1 would say
that the forest primeval, and that is
where our great timber values are. !a
an impressive and ave-inspir1;i2: Thine
Here the giants of centuries stand -"'
feet high, and the sun at midday only
falls In patches. Here and there tin
silence, go.om and grandeur subdue?
one and I. although well a..ii.i 1 n te 1
with the scene, am inclined to hush or
lower my voice not from timidity, bir
from a feeling akin to reverence. t
can readily see why our forefathers '
old. the Druids. worshiped in tlio
groves. Just lmauine then that thi
forcst is on fire. It becomes a mass of
flame 200 or S0 feet deep, and then
imagine a few hundred or 100't or l'1".-
000 men down on the ground dissiins a
trench. But can you see them stopping
this fire? Maybe you can, maybe M .'
Pinchot can. hut we old fellows who
know what botlt forests and fires are,
cannot.
The only way to prevent forest fire
and the easiest way. is to keep the for
est burned over. Keep the debris of
leaves or dead timber from accumulat
ing by starting every available mat
in the Spring into t lie timber to set
fires wherever he can find anythn.
on the surface of the ground that will
burn. Keep this up, until about July
1 or as late as can he done with safer.-.
If this course Is taken anil purstii.il
for five years, it will he Impossible to
start a forest fire.
Fifteen years ago. It was the habit
of our rancners who hart slock on th-i
range, to set fires wherever they couid
start any, and it was only by persistent
effort and lots of matches, that they
could burn over any considerable aw.
Big green timber never could burn. The,
reason was this: the Indlar,?, with or
without purpose, kept the country
burnt over and us there was no accum
ulation of debris and underbrush tlieru
was nothing to cause a big fire. Noth
ing but a big fire will run in green
timber.
Our danger is growing every year.
Since the country was settled, we have,
been Increasing our timber area and
the brush, as it is called, has frot to he
good-sized timber. The danger will
soon he communicated !o that, an.l It
will not he long, if our present idiotic
policy of fire prevention is persisted in,
conditions heing fully ripe, the lire
ftend will some day soon reap a har
vest worse than before, and place, in
peril towns and cities by the sen e.
J. H. MILLER.
ENGLAND'S NEW SEA FORTRESS.
Will the Battleship Orion Outclass Our
Latest Monsters t
New York Tribune.
The Orion, of course, considerably
surpasses the original Dreadnought 1 1
all respects save speed, in which the
two will probably be equal. There has
been an increase from lS.oon to :l'.t.i
tons and from 12-inch to 1:!.. 1-inch guns.
Also the Orion lias a coal capacity of
four thousand tons, which is more than
that of any other vessel in the Brills
navy and which will, of course, give
her the greatest ndvanlage of an excep
tionally wide radius of action. Her
torpedo equipment is described as
uniquely powerful. Certainly a torpedo
weighing nearly ji ton, carrying
pounds of guncotton and dispatched
the extraordinary distance of 1 7.",
yards at a speed of 40 knots is sue t
a submarine destroyer as we have nut
known before.
Comparison between the Orion .mil
our own new monsters, such as the;
Arkansas and Wyoming, is interestiu.;
and not discouraging to the American
Navy. Our ships are the larger, having
26,000 tons displacement to the Orion s
22,500, and their armor is probably a
little the heavier. Their estimate I
speed is a half knot less, hut American
ships have a habit ot developing greater
speed than was estimated, and we shall
not be surprised to find the Arkansas
and the Wyoming showing as much as
the Orion. As to the batteries, it is a'i
open question which is the more ef
fective, the American of 12 12-ineh
guns or the British of 10 13-inch gnu-.
We may, of course, confidently reckon
it as impossible for the two ever to b-i
pitted against each other, and we may
regard without agitation any effort
elsewhere to build possibly hostile
ships which would outclass them.
Ed. Honr'i Philosophy.
Atchison Globe.
Some people are nasty modest.
The most common form of human
vanity: "They can t get .along w ithout
me."
A boy's idea of a hopelessly sissy per
son is another boy who likes to go to
school.
All the advertising in the world won t
get a crowd out to see a girl baseball
club play.
The older a man becomes the more he
appreciates the old saying that a man's
days betray the secrets of his nights.
Some day a genius will arise and
make a fortune by harnessing the en
ergy now wasted on the average salt
shaker.
When a married woman has nothing
else to grumble about she expresses re
gret that she is not a schoolteacher, and
free.
We have noticed that most of the
Missouri women who are famous for
making good biscuits have saieratus
looking biscuits.
Esperanto Speaker Voices Trotcst.
PORTLAND. Sept. 11. I To the Kiiiter. I
I have read recent newspaper statement"
that Esperanto "Is all rleht for those who
l.ave nothing to do." and further "that it
is so very tiffieult." Such statements are
not onl-' thotiRhtless hut erroneous, an.l ili
couiage people who miRht begin the study
of this new languaue people who would
have mastered It if they had Just
started. Having mastered Esperanto, some
Of them might have been led to master
other languages, or study along other lines.
It Is a well-known fact that the great
majority of people never apply themselves
to real atudv scarcely one hour after bavins-
once left the school room, and such
ought to be encouraged to study after
school days are over.
An Esperanto convention Is to be held in
Portland next year. I wish to speak a. good
word for the new languase. It is the uni
versal language, because it fills a long-felt
MISS ESPERANTO.
The Enaleat Way.
Boston Herald.
Mrs. John r do wish J had a good
recipe for falling hair.
j0hn Most women nowadays just
pick it up again, and hang it on the
.back. .of. a, chair
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