THE 3IORXIXO OREGOMAN, SATURDAY. XOVE3IBER ,12, liO. If ronuxD, ORXGON. rvml mt FTt'.nd. Onin. pototfl f Pvcoed-C: Matter. ufcocrlBUua t Inrarlsbl IB Ado (BT MAIL). I!!r. SnJa- Included, en Tr T'ii Illjr. Sunday lncluVl. thr month a-S I-.jr. Bucdlr tnrluurtl. on roinia,. rt:j. without SuDdijr. on T.r. .... t.lir, without Sunir. six mnthi.. Daily, without Sunday, tnr mnth La::y. without Sunday, on month'" W.efcTy, on y.ar - - - Sunday, n y.ar Sunday and tok!;. on y.ar 7J .. - .. .. 1.TJ .. I V) .. rvt BI CARItlEK). M fait-. Brrnday Included, on ar ...... -J Lat;y. IvfttUr Included, on nwntb.-.. Haw I R nit 6nd potof ac TnonT rdr. npmi arArr or pronl eBe " ycur local bank. Stamp, coin or ar ac th aradrr'a rl.k. G!v P"10,"1, tddw la full. InHudln county and tat- Uuj Rl-!i to 14 paces, V - Ia 1 . nr.- to A DU Cni" 4 to to pacn, null. Forla poaia 4obl rata. w Eauan Boalacaa Office verr m -'- Ha Jw Tork. pniniwkk building. o. tr building. Chi- rOBlXAXD, BATlKnAT. NOV. It. Ml. M. nKIA"I. Tha French Premier. M. Briand. presents a notable example of the sobering Influence of power upon an Impetuous man of profound intelli gence. He began life as a lawyer and editor In a French provincial town, but he (rave more time to his news paper than to his profession. The paper was of tho radical-socialist variety and in its flaming columns young Briand poured forth the indig nation of his soul against the wrongs, real and Imaginary, of the French workingmen. Naturally this did not foster his law business, which must come from the so-called bourgeoisie If from anybody. No doubt it was an Immense satisfaction to Briand to express his mind without reserve, but before a great while hunger began to clamor rft his office door and he found it expedient to go to Parts, the center which ultimately attracts to Itself everything good or bad In France. In Paris he came to the front as a champion of the proletariat or militant working class. He pub lished Incendiary articles in the papers advocating their cause, and soon. by their votes, was sent to Parliament. Once in politics, his directness, intelligence and force of character made his rise rapid. M. Briand w-as Minister of Kducatlon at the critical time when the French public schools "were struggling for existence against the virulent attacks of the ultramontaincs. Terhaps thcls success and complete secularization Is more his worV than any other man's. Besides that, ho was the author of the bill which finally severed church and state in France and gave religion a frea hand to work out lis destiny unincumbered by politics. Biiand's Inst notable achievement was the settlement of the great rail road strike which threatened to par alyse the industries of France not long ago. This he accomplished by consummate stratey and not by bloodshed. He used the resources of the law to support the law. No extra constitutional measures were em ployed, although the crisis "was peril ous. Fortunately for France, all Its able-bodied citizens. Including the striking workmen, are enrolled in the national army. When the laborers quit work as employes of the rail roads Briand ordered them to man the trains as soldiers of France. There was hesitation before they obeyed, but not much. In a day or two the strike was over and every thing peaceful again. It is worth remarking, however, that Briand did not break the strike with the Inten tion of compelling the workmen to forego redress for the wrongs they complained of. They had a hearing and obtained Justice. Thus the astute Minister kept the peace and retained the loyalty of .the men to whom he owed his political life, while he showed by his action that he had parted company with the revolution ary socialists. It was Jaurez. the leader of this faction, who had stirred tip the strike. Briand. who formerly fought side by side with Jaurez, now appeared as the champion of law and order, but be has not abandoned his principles. Naturally the Intransigent radicals attacked him in Parliament for breaking the strike, but he had won the support of the majority and his defense was easy. The debate nded with a vote of confidence In the Min istry to which Briand belonged and he now felt strong enough to take the step which has plared him at the climax of his political career. The Cabinet, no doubt by Briand's per suasion, resigned. Logical necessity obliged President Falllores to invito him. as the strongest -man in France, to form a new one. He has done so with the avowed purpose of proposing legislation to settle the troubles be tween capital and labor. What M. Briand's solution of this harassing problem will be Is known so far only to himself, but there Is reason to ttelleve that he will deal with It as radically and effectually as he han dled the relations between church and state. His motto still Is that labor Is entitled to what it produces. It Is suggested that he hopes to at tain this end by some system of co operation on a national scale. A more radical conjecture Is that he will proceed to "socialize" productive capital. This dors not mean plunder of the present owners. They would receive full compensation, but indus try would be taken under the direc tion of the state. This Is a mere con jecture, but If there Is any truth In It. France will again appear In that role of pioneer which she has so often and so brilliantly played for the instruction and warning of the world. AX IRRErKEAUBlX COMUfT. The harmony between the British Lords and Commons, which was patched up after King Edward's death, was too artificial to last long. It has now disappeared in an open breach and the old fight will go mer rily on. Other truces may be con trived before It is over, but it Is idle to expect a lusting peace until one body or the other has been substan tially modified. The House of Lords subsists upon the principle of heredi tary, or divine, right. The Commons represent democracy. The fact that they often represent It badly does rot alter the principle involved. Be tween these Ideals there is what Lin coln called an Irrepressible conflict which cannot end until one has been extirpated. Which of the opposing principles will be victorious does not seem dif ficult to predict. Democracy has been graining ground la Europe for a long time. Its progress In England has not been so spectacular as in some other countries, but it has been steady and almost without reaction for a hun dred years. Even when the Tories are in power they dp not dare to take the back track openly. Often they try to make capital by enacting radi cal measures proposed by the Liberals. Still the House of Lords stands as an Impassable obstacle In the way of the Liberal party. It dejaya and thwarts their measures. It acts In cessantly to hold power in hereditary bands against the popular will and to foster a monopoly of landed prop erty. The course of recent event shows pretty clearly that England has come to the point where this must end. The vast state purchases of land In Ireland probably foretell what we shall see In England before long, but the indispensable preliminary is the downfall of the hereditary chamber. CHAMP CLARK AND CANNOXISM. If Champ Clark. Democrat, is to be Speaker of the next House of Repre sentatives, he will have opportunity to carry out the "reforms" which he and fellow Democrats and Insurgents Instituted against the reign of Joe Cannon. But we shall hardly expect Champ's viewpoint to be the same as It was then. His followers are pant ing for the power which they could not get hold of these many years, and they will desire all the means of ex ercising that power that they can possibly get. So will Champ. The truth is that control of such a bear-garden as the House of Repre sentatives is reaulres centralization of power in a strong hand. The Demo cratic party is now responsible to the country for fulfillment of legislative programme and leaders of the party will desire full opportunity to direct and control committees and legisla tion In the lower house. Cannon re peatedly declared thlit he had exer cised no more power than had the Speakers. Republican and Demo cratic, who had preceded him. There was substantial truth In that asser tion. Now we shall see whether Champ Clark, the probable leader of the new hopes of Democrats, will con sent to be shorn of power In the Speaker's seat. The country is In for old-time les sons In partylsm. It will learn anew some of the ancient facts of partisan ship. The make-believe of Democratic 'non-partlanhtp" will be revealed, for example, when Democrats come to fill Federal offices in the State of Ore gon. WATER CONSUMERS AXD LAND OWNERS. Water consumers In Portland, here after, will have to pay for the pipes of landowners. Such is to be the effect of the new charter amendment. Great many persons voted for the amend ment, desiring to compel non-propertied consumers thus to ease the tax burdens of landowners. The next effort in this water busi ness will be that of consumers, seek ing to shift the burden of laying mains and maintaining the water system to taxpayers that is. "free" water for consumers. This issue will come up In due time, and The Oregonian. along with citizens who oppose "free" things for those who use them and benefit from them, will Insist that persons and families that use water shall pay a fair price for It, Just as this paper has Insisted that landowners who benefit from new mains shall pay fairly for the Improvement. The one merit of the new amend ment is that it will compel many per sons who pay no taxes and owe no responsibility to property and care lit tle or nothing for tax burdens It will compel them now, as water consum ers, to contribute to the benefit and ease of landowners. It was this con sideration of the question that gave the amendment many votes, perhaps enough to enact It. It is obvious that the new amend ment means high monthly rates for water In Portland. It makes Impossl. ble any substatnial reduction In those rates. THK MONMOCTH STATE NORMAL. The bll providing for the rehabili tation and maintenance of the State Normal School at Monmouth has been indorsed by the voters. The vote le doubtless In part an expression for a single normal in Oregon, directed toward Monmouth largely for senti mental reasons. For many years, coveting a full half century of the educational life of the state. Mon mouth has been an accredited seat of learning. From the old Christian college, there established in the rela tively early years, earnest men and capable women have gone out into the life of the state, filling many of its most honorable pursuits. Teachers, lawyers and ministers - are ameng those who have made their way in the community to Its advancement in ways of honor and usefulness. In like measure, through eschewing ec clesiastical instruction, the Monmouth State Normal has added Its quota to the useful citizenship of the state. The oldest normal, and by Its partial graduates and local friends hailed as the "best." the Monmouth school has In a degree escaped the criticism that beat fiercely for many legislative ses s'ons about the normal schools of the state, in the general defeat of this disturbing force the Monmouth nor mal went down; now It seems to have been resurrected by a very decided though not by any means an over whelming majority. The pMltlon of The Oregonian upon the state normal school question is well known. It has for years voiced a protest against the wastefulness of maintaining at state expense three schools nominally for the education of teachers, but In effect state high schools serving in the main purely local Interests.- This, In addition to the State University, the State. Agri cultural College and the high schools that are maintained throughout the state at public expense, has been sharply arraigned not only for the manifest wastefulness of a divided and useless multiplied education ef fort, but as unfair to the wider com munity of taxpayers. It has often been stated in these columns that one good, fully equipped normal school In the state would be quite sufficient' for all legitimate re quirements. This belief, founded on economics and experience, that this school should be an adjunct of the State University has also been ex pressed and that without prejudice against either one of the three locali ties where were state normals. The i Oregonian's chief criticism upon tnis matter, however, was di rected against the methods employed during many successive legislative sessions to keep these schools alive through state appropriation of funds. 'Log-rolling" in this Interest has been open and shameless and it finally reached the point where the common welfare demanded that all of the schools be cut off. This demand was finally acceded to and appeal was made to voters for reinstatement of the schools, with the result above noted. Since proper and economic concen tration of public educational effort by the. state, in an- institution under one management, each department of which would supplement the work of the other Instead of duplicating much of this work, is Impracticable under existing conditions, the rehabilitation of the normal school at Monmouth will meet the passive Indorsement of the people. Thus the public may hope that contentions upon this point that have been a legislative ' scandal for years will now cease. The ques tion now is, will there be cheerful acquiescence In the will of the people made manifest at the polls last Tues day upon this point and the Mon mouth Normal be accepted as a con cesslonand a boon? WHAT XEaTf On the face of the returns the pro hibitionists have lost ground In Ore gon. State-wide prohibition is beaten decisively. Five or six- counties, pre viously dry, have gone wet. The dry area has been much reduced. The prohibitionists have received a severe setback, apparently. But have they? The substantial results of the recent agitation the grand culmination of a movement be gun some years ago with the enact ment of the local option law has been a quickened public sensitiveness as to the saloon and its evils and a widespread recognition of the fact that there should be and must be sensible and practical reform. Prohibition as a movement In the counties of Oregon Is apparently at a standstill, because the prohibitionists attempted the impossible task of im posing it on the state In advance of a favorable public sentiment. But the public is ready for and will sup port a practicable plan to control the saloon through the Impartial and se vere enforcement of enforceable law. Will the prohibitionists help? ' HOW TO MAKE NEW fOrXTrEST It was clearly demonstrated last Tuesday that the electorate will not approve any of a miscellaneous lot of county-division bills submitted to the state at large- Yet It must be ac knowledged that some of the counties of Oregon, because of their great area and recent growth in population, should be divided. Lawyers are prac tically agreed thar the constitution prohibits the Legislative Assembly from changing county boundaries, and the voters, according to Incom plete returns, have rejected the bill providing a method for local deter mination of county-division matters. What is to he done? Although a well-defined sentiment has existed In recent legislative ses sions against enactment of laws that have been rejected under the Initia tive, the defeat of the last-named bill need not necessarily te ascribed to the existence of a general opinion that no method should exist for changing county boundaries. Rather, it may be logically supposed that the bill was defeated because of its manifest un fairness In not giving the whole ter ritory affected by a proposed change In boundaries a voice in the final de termination of the question. Perhaps, too, some voters indicated disapproval of the bill under the belief that the law now, although Indefinite, pro vides a method for settling such local questions by a local vote, and that therefore the general division bills were Invalid. Under either theory no hesitation need properly be exhibited by the Legislature in the formulation of a definite law providing a means for changing county boundaries or creat ing new counties, and there could now be no legitimate criticism of a move ment on the part of those who are Interested in county divisions for the drafting of a bill, fair to all sides In such controversies, for presentation at Salem. nrEAP stars the remedy. Among other topics to be discussed at the Pacific Coast Congress, sched uled to meet In San Francisco, next week, is the American merchant ma rlne. In view of the early comple tion of the Panama Canal, this Is a live topic, but If any endeavor shall be made to indorse the discarded pol icy of ship subsidies, nothing will be gained by the discussion. What Is needed after completion of the canal, and before Its completion. Is a plentiful supply of cheap ships which can be placed under the Amer ican flag with no greater difficulty and expense than are encountered in en rolling ships under British, German, French, Norwegian or any other flag. Irrespective .of where they were built. It is time to abandon the ancient and dishonorable practice of sacrificing our Immense ocean carrying trade for no other purpose than to avoid any disturbance that might affect our sa cred Idol of protection. The proper way to secure a merchant marine Is to follow the example of the countries that have been most successful In the business. RETATNTJffG REAPORT PRESTIGE. The New York Journal of Com merce waxes Indignant over the "spec tral scheme for transferring the ter minals of Atlantic steamship lines to the Up end of Long Island, separated by a hundred miles of railroad from the real destination of their passen gers and freight." Commenting on the features that have made New York the great port of the country, the Journal of Commerce expresses the opinion that "so long as water transportation has an economic ad vantage over land transportation, the shipping will come to New York and not stop a hundred miles away." The reason given for the possible change In the New York terminals of the big ocean ferries was that the Immense size of the new liners now building and planned would overtax the size of the piers. The War Department es tablished a pier head line many years ago, when the ships were much smaller. The size of the ships has In creased to such an extent that either the harbor line must be extended or the vessels must seek dockage else where. The Journal of Commerce does not believe that the latter alternative is worthy of consideration and confi dently states that "the necessary chan nel and piers will be. must be. pro- vided, and nowhere else can they be provided to such advantage." This policy of protecting the port is the same as that which has made Port land one of the greatest seaports on the Pacific Coast. Instead of wasting their time and efforts on rainbow chasing fads like public docks, the people who thoroughly understood the needs of Portland devoted their ef forts to Improving the channel and keeping down port expenses, so that today this city is one of the cheapest ports In the country. Portland, like New York, will con tinue to make her harbor so attractive for ships that they will not be obliged to stop 100 miles nearer deep water or suffer for lack of dockage facilities Thi-clty has met every emergency as it has arisen, and will continue to do so in the future. Ships will come to Portland because this city Is the nat ural entrepot of the great Columbia Basin. At no other point on the Pa cific Coast can the great traffic of that basin,, with its 200,000 square miles of territory, be handled to such good advantage as through Portland. This port is known the world over for Its record cargoes of lumber, flour and wheat. If the Port of Portland con tinues to increase the depth in the channel to the sea, there will never again be a pause In the gTowth of the maritime commerce of the port. It is not every man who gets mixed up in a saloon brawl and is knocked down and dragged out who can coin the incident into money; but Jack London seems to have turned the trick. Last July London "mixed" with a San Francisco saloon-keeper, receiving a pair of black eyes, sundry bruises, etc. An appeal to the courts resulted In dismissal of the case. Thereupon the warlike London ad dressed a letter to the Judge, in which he promised to get even "some time, somewhere and in some way." In the current numebr of the Saturday Even ing Post London gives a very realistic accpunt of a socialistic author named Carter Watson engaging in a fight with a Frisco saloon-keeper in which the injuries Inflicted on the author were exactly similar to those received by London last July. As a sequel to the story, the author (Carter Watson) accidentally meets the Judge at a se cluded place In the country, and, af ter thrashing him more thoroughly than London was thrashed, has him haled before the local Justice of the peace, who of course discharges him, even as London's assailant was dis charged. After reading the story the Pan Francisco Judge will probably steer clear of the London country place. . Turkey has finally succeeded in placing her $30,000,000 loan; Ger many and Austria will supply the money. That the Germans have mads a good bargain Is apparent from the fact that the loan was placed at 84. This 1 6 per cent discount, however, is not the only advantage that Germany has gained in tho transaction, for Tur key Is to use the greater part of the loan to pay for second-hand battle ships which have outlived their use fulness in the German navy. She Is also to increase the strength and effi ciency of her army. As France and England declined the Turkish loan be cause of the favoritism that was being shown Germany by Turkey, It Is not improbable that the Kaiser has other designs on the land which is now being exploited to the limit by the Young Turksx In case of a European war, Germany would find Turkey most admirably situated for purposes of strategy, Every one knows that Los Angeles has added more population the past ten years than any other Pacific Coast City, but they don't all live "in town." For example, a seaport fourteen miles away, connected with the orange belt metropolis bv a narrow strip, figures In the 319.198 Inhabitants. However. Los Angeles Is a dick nallin' smart place, collecting heavy tolls all Winter from evert- state in the Union, includ ing Oregon. Through development of oil It has established a considerable manufacturing Industry and its pres ent growth is quite as large as at any time the past decade. There will be no surprise if Los Angeles passes San Francisco before 1920, but the popu lation Is not likely to exceed the popu lation around the Bay of San Fran cisco. Pudd'nhead Wilson's famous method for Identifying criminals has at last Ween taken out of fiction and given a place in the criminal history of the country. A Chicago Jury has convict ed a negTO on the evidence offered by three finger marks on a freshly painted porch railing. While Mark Twain never followed crime detection by remarkable methods as far as A. Conan ' Doyle, the recognition by a Jury of the infallibility of the evidence leads one to believe that we may yet hear of some of the remarkable meth ods employed by Sherlock Holmes finding a place as far outside the realm of fiction as the wonderful dis covery of Pudd'nhead Wilson has been placed. ' "Assembly" Is said by some persons to have defeated Bowerman for Gov ernor. Then what elected the Demo cratic assembly candidate In 1906 Chamberlain and defeated the Re publican primary candidate Withy combe? Or what defeated the Repub lican primary candidate Cake for United States Senator? Or the Re publican primary candidate for Mayor of Portland in 1907? The claim agent of the Milwaukee road retires on a pension of J10.000 after forty-seven years' service. He was what may be called a specialty man. for it takes two to fill his place. So perhaps he Is worth the ten thou sand. The Seattle thief who grabbed and got away with a bag of 2000 nickels was the victim of great hopea blasted. Finding his trail ought to be easy, by tho way he will throw them away. Giving woman the right to vote will add to the complications in Washing ton, not the least of which is the reg ulation of vice In Seattle. A reduction of 15 per cent in cost of automobile tires is announced In time to offset the 30 cents a pound for tur key; Svpn hundred boxes of mixed ap ples from 1 U acres Is the limit n this year's record In this region. The Colonel is overhauling his equlllbrator and sawing wood. Paris went wet yesterday. f CREATION OF VEW COUNTIES, j The OreaonJaa'e Interpretation of Annanmti so. so " " PORTLAND, Nov. 10. (To the Edi tor.) Will you kindly pass your opin ion on the following question in the colums of The Oregonian? The ques tion was brought up in an argument over the bill to propose a law to pro vide methods for the creation of new counties, etc., and Is known on the of ficial ballot as No. 352 and No. 353. This bill states In part: "Or clriing Ing the boundaries of existing counties by a majority vote of the legal voters of the territory within the boundaries of the proposed municipalities, etc." The natural Inference to the average reader would be that the legal voters of the interested counties from which the territory on the new county would be taken would constitute the legal voters on the question however, a strict literal reading would Intimate that this bill allow only the legal vot ers of the proposed municipality to vote on the question, otherwise It would have stated the "legal voters of the present municipality." If It Is a cor rect Inference that only the voters of the "proposed municipality" are allowed to vote on the question, then it looks as though If this bill carried that Oregon would soon divide all its oounties, ac cording to the desires of a few voters within any given municipality, and there are many who are liable to take advan tage of the apparent "Joker" -In that bill, although It Is hardly presumed that the author really desired that end. W. M. HAYTEK- The bill bears but one construction. The final determination of the question of creating a new county would he sub ject to the vote only of the voters re siding within the proposed new county. The voters In other portions of the parent county or counties would have no vote on the subject. The Oregonian called attention to this unfair feature of the bill before election and opposed its approval solely on the ground that the bill should have provided for a vote in all the territory directly In terested. ORF.GO.f BANK EXAMINER SCOLDED He Is Aaked for Information as to Fall . are of Bank at Seaside. ST. JOHNS, Or., Nov. 10. (To the Editor.) News reports in The Oregon ian Inform us there ha been another bank failure, this time at Seaside, Or. The usual unfortunate details are of course being recounted. , In view of the fact that "guarantee of bank deposits" has been persistent ly ridiculed by our leading publica tions, we must table that idea as a popullstlc vision and trim our quest for remedy In other directions. Can we not provide against such by creation of the office of "bank examiner?" But woe betide! On reference to record, we find that we already have a bank ex aminer. We are justified in -assuming that In qualifying for the duties of said office, said official has taken an oath to do certain things; and judging from results, we presume the prescribed duties are: that when -said 'bank ex aminer is informed by the news re ports that a bank has failed, he will secure the services of an assistant and betake himself to the scene of financial tradegy, in due time to announce (what all are aware of) that the bank has failed, and that eventually deposi tors will receivePerhaps cents on the dollar, etc. Now, in all candor is this all we have a right to expect? We, as a free peo ple, are about as tax-ridden as any on earth, pay a rate of taxation that could mora properly be called rent, and for what? Government of course, and no ground for complaint if we receive value. Do any of those who have lost their all in the Seaside Bank feel that in this line they have received value for taxation? Had this bank been ex amined as railroad auditors examine the railroad line offices, this calamity might have been avoided. For conso lation in this dilemma, we cast a longing look toward the promised postal sav ings banks, so decried by the recent bankers' convention at Los Angeles, and which Is yet denied us because "postmasters cannot count the money. Yet. our faith in humanity must not fail, for some time, somehow, the hon est dollar of the poor man, saved by his thrift and self-denial when placed on deposit, will be made secure. In the meantime, it seems pertinent to inquire: did the bank examiner know there was a bank at Seaside until he read of Its failure? A. M. ESSON, City Recorder, St. Johns. ENTIRELY TOO MUCH AGITATION Vlcrrra of a Timber Land Bayer 4n Business Conditions. PORTLAND. Nov. 11. (To the Edi tor.) The subjoined copy of a letter to me from a very enterprising and prominent buyer of timber lands should be a prac tical object lesson. The members of the general public encouraging radical meas ures of oppression do not really appre ciate that the damage falls eventually upon themselves. CLAUDE MIAYER. With refarenc to th btmtnes outlook, will aay that 1 have never aeen the timber and lumber bualnesa ao quiet as it haa been during the paat year, and. In fact. It aeema to be getting worse all the time. The nat ural conditlona throughout the country never were better, but we have too much poli tical agitation and unrest, too many of our large concerns are being Indicted and hound ed from morning to nisht by detectives, and future work Is hampered thereby. There is no new business being taken on anywhere. The business men throughout the country are limply worried and tired of this con tinual agitation brought about by a lot of theorists and political agitators. There Is no other reason in the world for conditions being aa they are. I do not look for a change to take place for at least eighteen months, and In the opinion of many It will be three years before the business condi tions throughout tie country become nor mal again; that la to aay. It may carry on over the next Presidential election. The great trouble with our country la that there haa been too long a period of pros perity. When this happens people as a rule become dissatisfied. Nothing will satisfy them and that's what we are up against now Men who have an income of $6 a day are spending 115. and they are led to believe by agltatora and political grafter that If conditions were right they could make ends moet by working along these UBIdo not think that there will be any movement in Oregon for any large blocks of timber Inside of eighteen months. There may be some (mall sales next Spring, and I would not be at all surprised if there were considerable looking and estimating the tracts, but the time of taking over large bodies is quite remote. Money has been extremely tight all over the country, but bankers, as a role, look for easy money after the first of the year. The great trouble is with our railroads. They do not know where they are at, and th constant political agitation and news nsner talk haa had a tendency to.nitn the standing and the credit of the railroads abroad. It la difficult for them to borrow money ' With the Canadian railroads It Is entirely the opposite. They seem to hav a aane and stable policy and can get all the money they need at a lower rate of Interest than our railroads can. When this condition exists there Is something radically wrong In Denmark. F-U Particulars Later. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Dorkins Maria, do you call that thing a hat? Mrs. Dorklns (in a clear, metallic voice) I think that's what the mil liner will call It in the bill you will get next week.' Chamberlain's Plurality 240. INDEPENDENCE, Or., Nov. t. (To the Editor.) To settle a dispute, kind ly Inform us through your columns what Chamberlain's plurality over Fur nish was in 1S02? S. A. Yes. at Salem. LA GRANDE. Or., Nov. 8. (To the Editor.) Will you please Inform me v.-ri Th. Drearonian if there is a school for the blind In this staM? If so where is it located. d. b. COLLEGE GRINDS AND "SPORTS." Neither of These Make Good la- .the World After Graduation. Detroit News. Dr. AtSbott Lawrence has had con siderable experience as a student and as a teacher. He Is the president of Harvard ITnlversity. Therefore, when he says that the apprectatlon-of schol arship among students at the present day is very low, there Is hardly room for dissenting opinion. He is minded to support his statement with the observa tions of those authorities known in every college as "the campus sports." to the effect that "the 'grinds' seldom make good in the world after gradua tion." Undoubtedly, there is little sympathy exchanged between the "grind." who spends whatever time he le seen on the campus in rushing from the classroom to the library, and "the sport," who drinks much beer, owes his tailor, ex erts himself to no literary endeavor other than creating a new rooting song, and rests confident in the knowledge that father's business Has a place for him when his college days are o'er. The viewpoints of the two are widely different. Yet neither "sport" nor "grind" is the substance of the Ameri can university. Both are lopsided in tellectually. The average happy, fairly-Industrious youngster Is no foe to scholarship. The fact is, he has a sound regard for It, providing scholar ship does Just one thing; furnish evi dence of its close correlation with life. MEN ABOUT TOWN AND DRINK. Lena Liquor Used Now Than Five or Ten Years Ago. Dr. Henry Williams In November Cen tury. It is, I think, a common experience of the man about town that his associate in general drink less than they did five or ten years ago. Go into any restaurant, in New York where business men con gregate at the lunch hour, and you wiljnote that a large number of tables, often the majority, have no beverage but water. As a general rule the waiter will not thrust the wine card before you with old-time insistence, knowing from experience that you probably do not want it. Even at dinner time. In these same restaurants, many tables sho' no wine glasses, whereas formerly they were all but general. Moreover, it is distinctly the rule, even at private din ner parties of gome formality, to serve a single wine, following the English custom, whereas until recently New Yorkers were notorious for "mixing" their drinks. Of course I do not mean to Imply that wines are not still served In conven tional sequence, from cocktail and sherry to port and liquor, at formal banquets and many bons vivants: but I speak of the prevailing custom, and this assured ly has altered very decidedly within the last decade. Clearly, then, the temper ance spirit is abroad in metropolitan no less than In rural districts. Poker Aa Test of Sanity. Chicago Post. Without attempting to speak as a professional, we would yet question the advisability of seeking to establish a testator's sanity on the ground that he played a good game of poker. This effort, now being made In a disputed will case in Philadelphia, seems to have been inconclusive, and we must Indorse the referee's cautious attitude. For ex cellence at poker ts by no means a trait of commonplace everyday sanity. The ability to tell whether an oppo nent has four kings or a four-flush Is something supernatural. It is eerie, weird, creepy. It does not make its possessor stand out as "of sound mind," but rather as of mind that Is beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals. Were evidence being offered as to excellence in the coldly intellec tual game of bridge, the Court might listen with respect, but as to poker the case Is far different. Genius is al ways too near akin to insanity to fig ure as a test of reason. Working It Out. Tit-Bits. The following note was delivered to a Brhool mistress recently: "Dear Mum I am sorry that Johnny won't be able to come to school today. He has gone with his father to act as timekeeper. The sum you gave Johnny last night was: 'If the embankment is one and one-fourth miles in length, how long will it take -a man to walk that distance 26 times, his average rate of progress being three and three quarters miles an hour?" Johnny ain't a man yet, so as dad's the . only man in this house he had to go. "They started at 4 o'clock this morn ing and dad said he'd finish the sum in one day If he could manage it, though It would mean hard going. Dear mum, next time you want any information, please make It 'woman,' then I can do the sum and dad can go to his work." Do Women Love to Look Wicked f . New York Evening Sun. Hats are posed down on the bead, over the right eye. Of course, such a style makes almost any woman look wicked, but apparently that is what women are aiming at these days. The more brigandish and the more question able their air, the better pleased with themselves they are. So much for styles, which, to all intents and pur poses, have a demoralizing effect on the wearers. But no matter If the shapes and trimmings do take the saintly air away from a woman, they make her attractive and elegant, for the styles call for neatness and severity above all things. Muscles Breathe and Eat. New York Press. Our muscles are like a sponge except they are just the opposite. When you squeeze a sponge our runs all the wet it has In It, but when you squeeze up and shorten your muscle, then all the blood it can hold soaks into it from ev ery blood pipe, big and little, running into It. so that every tiny cell in the big muscle is fed full of rich beefsteak juices, oxygen and all other kinds of dinner that healthy muscle cells crave and hunger for. This squeezing up and lengthening out Is the Way muscles breathe and eat. Suggestions for Sir. Morgan. Pasadena News. J. Pierpont Morgan has given $100. 000 for the promotion of church unity. If Mr. Morgan can get the churches to consolidate and can organize a big "holding company," It might give him quite a start toward the general con solidation of the hereafter. Same Sort of Language. Washington Star. Tm afraid we'll have to cut that man's acquaintance." said the woman of strictly correct ideas. ' "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne; "He uses the same sort of language that we pay two or three dollars a seat to hear at the theater." Left for Posterity. Washington Star. "Did any of your ancestors do things to cause posterity to remember them?" asked the haughty woman. "I reckon they did," replied Farmer Corntossel. "My grandfather put mort gages on this place that ain't paid off yet." . Trying; to Console. Washington Star. "My son," remarked the stern parent, "when I was your age I had very little time for frivolous diversions." "Well." replied the young man. "you didn't miss much. Believe me, this gay life isn't what it looks to be." Life's Sunny Side As is well known. Woodrow Wilson has a clean shaven face. But it was not always thus. Once when Dr. Wilson was a young lawyer, pleading a case In a North Carolina court, he perceived that his most attentive listener was the Sheriff of the county, who sat with his feet on the stove and with his eyes on the at torney. The young advocate was greatly encouraged by the interest manifested by so distinguished an officer, and was encouraged to increase his efforts still further to enchain the attention of that auditor. When he had finished his ad dress with a rounded period of glowin eloquence, he stepped toward the Sheriff to receive his encomiums. It was a dreadful shock to him when that official drawled out: "Say, Wilson, do you know that one of your side whiskers Is shorter than the other?" The future president of Princeton was so disgusted that he shaved off his beard. A young man went into a store to buy a fountain pen. The young saleswoman gave him one to try, and he covered several sheets of paper with the words "Tempus Fuglt" The obliging vendeuse offered him an other pen. "Perhaps," she said, "you'd like one of these stubs better. Mr. Fugit-" Everybody's Magazine. Scottish humor is dry rather than bois terous, and I always think, says Harry Lauder, there is exquisite drollery in the story of the Stonehaven railway por ter and the Salvation Army captain. To catch the hang of the little yarn readers must remember that Stonehaven lies to the south of Aberdeen. The London train had drawn up at Stonehaven on account of a slight mishap a mile or two ahead, and Andra, the old porter, had got Into conversation with a Salva tion Army officer, who had popped h.s head out of the compartment to ask the reason for the delay. . . "Aye, aye." mused Andra. after gmng the desired information, "ye'll be for Aiberdeen. I'm thinkin'?" "Tee, my man." was the reply: In bound for Aberdeen-a very" wicked place, l!"What micht ye be goin' to dae there, sir. i it's as bad as a' that? aske'l Andra, rather amused at the visitors words. "Ah," was the pious answer. T o gr -ing to drive the devil out of Aberdeen. Like lightning came from the old por ter the parley reply: "See an' drive hm north, chlel, haul hint well to the north!" Tit-Bits. , ... The Rev. Mr. Henry Haslam. pastor of Gethsernane . Baptist Church, at Eighteenth street and the Columbia avenue, was delivering an adress the other day at a minister's meeting. "I once knew a Baptist, an old man of the hard shell order. To him the Baptist religion was the only one. "One day a friend of his, who was a Methodist, stopped him on the street. " 'You know there are other ways be sides the Baptist way of getting to heaven." he said. "Mv Baptist friend drew himself up. " 'That's true, there may be,' he said with withering scorn, 'but no gentle man would take advantage of tlv;ra. Philadelphia Times What In a Three-fifths Majority t CATHLAMET. Wash.. Nov. 10. (To the Editor.) We have had an election here for a bond Issue, which would take three-fifths majority to carry. The vote on same was 184 for and a against. Some claim that same carried by 61 majority, others by 40, others 2o. Would you kindly advise pARKER It depends upon the construction you place on the word "majority." This co nundrum was submitted independently to the members of the staff whose "flggerlng" capacity Is unquestioned. One gave this positive answer: The natural majority Is 102; but it takes 169 to carry the election. The legal majority is, therefore, SB. The other declared: It takes three fifths of all the votes in order to car ry the measure: the majority therefore means the excess above three-fifths of the total vote. Total vote 266; three fifths of the total Is 169; the measure received 184 votes; hence it has a ma jority (excess) of 25. A Few Things Wanted. Boston Transcript. An insect powder for humbugs. A flannel shirt that does not make us think of the Duke of Argyle. A telegram envelope that will calm a woman's terror before she opens it. An alarm clock that will not only wake us up, but make us feel like get ting up. Can Now Reat Easy In His Grave. Springfield Union. Now that Edgar Allan Poo has been admitted to the Hall of Fame, it is regarded as quite proper to mention hi3 name in polite Boston society. Standing; Fat. Virginian Pilot. There's nothing new about Uncle Sam's battleships not being able to gel ipto Charleston harbor. We heard the same story 49 years ago. Yep! Out of Sight! Eugene Register. , Shall Tuesday, November . 1310. mark the upward trend of the Republi can party In Oregon.' FEATURES IN THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN THE PASSING- OF . BLACK EAGLE Story by that prince of story tellers, the late 0. Henry. A red Wood story from the Texas fron tier, full of queer adventure and the richest humor. Nine other stories by this most popular short story writer will follow one in each issue of The Sunday Ore gonian, every story complete in itself. "MR. DOOLEY" ON THE AET OF FLYING He isn't overly enthusiastic on aviation, as the following extracts show: "All that's needed to devllop flyin Is to thrain our people In a circus." "All ye have to do to be a pas senger on th' thranscontynlntal ex press that soon will be lavln" Chi cago f'r San Francisco is to qualify as a thrlck bicycle rider, larn th' thrapeze an" acquire a scorn iv life, an' anny agent'll sell ye a ticket- "If anny man wud come along that could show a man how he cud go up lookin' like a bur-rd an' not come down like a colored supplement that's been left out In th' rain he'd make his forchune. But nobody does or will." ..... "Well." said Mr. Hennessy, "ltd be something to say ye'd been up in a. flvin' masheen." "Thin say it." said Mr. Dooley, "an' let it go at that." Order today from your newsdealer.