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INDORSING THE OBlXiOX fUiX.
' Inasmuch as the Oregon Legislature
ip pears to be la doubt as to the
proper form of preamble and resolu
tions to be adopted approving the
Oregon plan. The Orcgonian ventures
to suggest the following as a fair and
reasonably complete reflection of pub
lic sentiment and temper in Oregon:
Whereas, the people of Oregon,
through their representatives, pub
licists and leaders, have devised a pop
ular system of government widely
known as the "Oregon plan." which
Includes the initiative and referendum,
the direct primary law. Statement No.
1 and the recall: and
Whereas, the Oregon plan hns been
In active operation since the year 1904.
during which time the people at large
have been called upon to vote upon
sixty-four measures under the initia
tive and referendum, have nominated
and elected all their elective public
officers through the direct primary.
Including our two present .United
States Senators, and have resorted to
the recall four or- five times In the
tame number of municipalities; and
Whereas, the Oregon system has
been in use and under observation long
enough for the people to understand
4ts strength and its weaknesses, but
nevertheless to have become deter
mined never to yield again to political
machines or corrupt legislatures the
power they have assumed or to sur
render again the Instruments or de
vices through which they express their
wiil. unless a better, stronger and more
useful legislative or political device
shall be found; and
Whereas, the people of Oregon real,
lz that a conspicuous result of the
Oregon plan has been to overthrow po
litical bossism and at the same time
practically to break down party lines
nil disorganize political parties, and
.that It has likewise given the state
two legislatures where it previously
had one. and that a few demagogues
and self-seekers, falsely posing as
friends of the people and exponents of
their will, have become temporarily
the beneficiaries of the system and
have been accepted as Its sponsors and
'xponents. yet are chiefly concerned
In promoting their own concerns and
Txploltlng the people to that end; yet
U t it be
Resolved, that the Legislature of
Oregon, apologizing to the world at
large for sending to- the United States
Senate Jonathan Bourne. Jr- a Popu
list and political tuft-hunter, and
George E. Chamberlain, a Democrat
both from a state overwhelmingly Re
;publlcan yet asserts that the success
of these two practical politicians was
a temporary and fortuitous perversion
of the Intent and purpose of the Ore
gon plan not likely again to occur and
'not necessarily a true test of the work
ings of a system then entirely new and
in Its formative stages; and let it be
further
Resolved, that the Oregon Legisla
ture declares Its confidence in the
;Oregon plan, first asserting that It is
not the product of the patriotism and
.statesmanship of any one man. or
group of men, or the triumph of the
.genius, morality and Intelligence of
any one man or group of men; but
with experience and certain necessary
modifications in the Initiative which
time will develop, and certain minor
changes In the primary law which trial
and experiment have developed, the
Oregon plan will demonstrate its en
tire feasibility, practical serviceability
mid universal usefulness In giving the
people absolute control of their own
government. n detecting and dismiss
ing unfaithful public servants and in
the enactment and enforcement of
laws for which there Is a real public
need.
THUr COLD ANI PRICES.
Some persona profess fear that gold
will become abundant "cheap": that
the purchasing power of wages and
long-time loan money will be greatly
reduced. Inventor Edison, in a cur
rent magazine, has predicted this out
come and has warned investors against
long-time loans or bonds. His Inter
viewers Intimate that a "social revo
lution" may ensue.
Tet growing uses of gold have ab
sorbed Increased production of the
metal without such direful effects.
Thirty years ago Mr. Edison was In
venting processes that would extract
vast quantltlrjt of gold from the "tail
ings" In California and make gold
"cheap." He and others may have
succeeded to large extent In extract
ing the gold. It is well known that
annual additions to the gold supply
have been heavy In the last twenty
years. The world's gold output In
18S0 was S. 749. SOS ounces. In 1970
. It la estimated to have been 2S. 000,000
ounces. But there has been no
"social revolution."
As gold Is the commodity In which
the world measures Its prices for all
other commodities, this Increase of
gold supply Is said to be bearing down
Its own value and raising that of the
others. The tendency may be in that
direction, yet it la very much exag
gerated. Enormous quantities of gold
are consumed In the arts. Uses for
the metal are multiplying and enlarg
ing contlnualty. Vast requisitions are
made upon the world's supply of the
metal for decorative purposes of many
kinds.' Dentistry, the chemical and
the electrical arts make use of the
metal.
The world has shown during the
last twenty years a capacity for all
the gold that has been produced. As
production of gold Increases, con
sumption of It Increases quite as fat.
There is no other metal for which
there Is universal demand and use all
over the world. So many prophecies
have been made that the growing out
put of gold would swamp the world's
y reneml nrlce without any of them
ever coming to pass that mankind hns
ccme to Ignore them. Twenty years
ago. could It have been foreseen that
a score of years later the annual pro
duction of gold would be quadrupled.
It would have been said that the na
tions would h-ve to abandon gold as
the standard of their values and prices.
Some prophets actually did predict
that very result. They forgot the
world's experience with the metal
the enlarging consumption by new
Inventions and new arts.
"Abundaace" of gold contributes
less at this time to the general rise of
prices than do other factors. The
great cause of rising prices in this
country is the faster relative Increase
of consumers of food and raiment
than of producers. Right in Oregon and
Washington we see many evidences
of this fact. Mouths are multiplying
faster than food products and the re
sult Is higher prices. Then, too. there
are Imperfections in our system of
distribution throughout the United
States, which are magnified by In
creasing density of population. The
shortening of the labor day, coupled
with higher wages, boosts the prices
of products of labor. Then, too, the
passion for extravagance large part
of which Is waste has been gratifying
itself as never before In the history
of this country.
The world will continue to keep
gold Its standard of value probably
for unending time. Progressive uses
of the metal, outside currency and
commerce, will expand in the future
doubtless faster than In tho past.
It Is the fashion now to say gold
is getting too cheap. In the free sil
ver days of Bryan, fifteen years and
even a decade ago. it was the fashion
to say that gold was getting too dear
and that for reason of its scarcity gold
should be abandoned as the standard
of value and more plentiful silver
should be put In Its place.
These fads represent extremes of
opinion. The truth In this case, as In
nearly all others, lies between them.
Gold has never been too dear nor too
cheap to serve as the world's standard
of value. And It will probably, always
continue to serve as the standard.
The point to be borne in mind at
present is that the growing stores of
gold will be drawn upon in ever-Increasing
quantities by the progressive
arts, and that fears of "cheapness"
are groundless for the future, Just as
they have been In the past.
WHITMAN COl.I.KK.E.
If Congress shall determine to do
nate to Whitman College at Walla
Walla the site of the abandoned mili
tary reservation there. It will have
done a gracious and commendable
thing. The basis of the appeal to
Congress for this concession Is, In part
at least, that Whitman saved Oregon,
and that Congress can well afford to
give back to Whitman College a very
small part of a great public domain
added to American territory In return
for that mighty service.
Whitman did not save Oregon, but
his name and his tragic fate are in
separably associated with the early
history of the Oregon country and he
played a very important part In the
historic Oregon drama. It is "well,
therefore, to devote to the peaceful
uses of education the ground dedi
cated heretofore to the possible emerg
encies of war. After such long usage
as a military post. It would appear to
be something like desecration If the
Walla Walla reservation should be cut
up Into town lots and so conspicuous
a monument of long-ago times thus
made to disappear entirely. If the
reservation shall become the property
of Whitman College, its Identity will
not be lost, but on the contrary it
will continue to be tho site of a use
ful public Institution.
Whitman College is a growing and
beneficent factor In the development
of the great Inland Empire. Its work
is being done on broad non-sectarian
lines, and its Influence on the life of
the country of which it is the center
Is wide and beneficent. Wise and
good men are its chief impulse; good
men and women are its fruit.
XMiLECTTM) AX OPPOKTfXITV.
"Portland so far has done nothing
to get a share of the business, but
the opportunity Is there." says Mr.
O'NelU bridge engineer of the Copper
River & Northwestern Railroad, In
discussing the wonderful trade possi
bilities of Alaska. There la nothing
new In Mr. O'Xell's charge of negli
gence on the part of Portland in re
gard to the Alaska trade. Neither
Is there anything new In the state
ment that Portland could secure a
large portion of the business If an
effort were made to get It. The com
pany with which Mr. O'Nell Is asso
ciated has spent 120.000.000 in con
structing a rail line from the coast to
the copper mines. This is more than
the combined expenditures of the Hill
and Harriman systems in the Central
Oregon territory', and there Is not a
man In Portland who does not fully
understand and appreciate the enor
mous Influence the expenditures of the
two local roads have had on the gen
eral trade situation in this city and
state.
The millions which the railroads
have spent In opening one small cor
ner of Alaska are. however, but a
small portion of the amount that will
be placed in circulation when the great
coal and copper deposits of that coun
try are developed. No valid reason
can be offered why Portland should
not participate In the exploitation of
that great trade field which for so
many years has been worked exclus
ively in the Interest of Seattle. There
Is every reason to believe that the
blight of Plnchotlsm is soon to be
removed from Alaska. The rich coal
fields will offer this city a cheap
source of fuel supplies which will give
steamships full cargoes for the return
trip, after carrying Oregon merchan
dise and other products to the Alas
kans. Portland's neglect of her Alaskan
opportunities seems all the more re
markable In contrast with some of the
unnecessary expenditures made in the
alleged Interest of trade which could
not possibly go to any other port.
We note, for instance, liberal sub
scriptions to a boat line operated on a
route that Is already covered by two
of the greatest railroad systems in the
country. Not one additional pound of
freight Is handled by Portland as a
result of the operations of this boat
line, but the cost In the aggregate
would reach a figure that would go
far towards a start on a line to Alsska,
where we have no rail lines as we
have along the Columbia River.
The 11.500.000 that is to be wasted
on public docks is another tidy sum
that might have materially helped In
bringing new trade to Portland. Not
only will this enormous expenditure
fall to Increase the trade of Portland
but It will make still more unprofit
able docks now in use and operated
at lower cost to shippers than those
of any other Pacific Coast port. Not
one-half the dock space now In Port
land Is In use. We have absolutely
no use for public docks, but we cer
tainly need more trade with Alaska.
It Is full time for the squelclng of
some of our rainbow chasers, who
work up extravagant schemes for
spending money where it can bring
no returns and studiously refrain from
attempting the exploitation of a really
merltorous field like Alaska.
A TIMELY UNMASKING-
It may be hoped that the plain, well
verified statements of Mrs. Lola O.
Baldwin. Superintendent of the Mu
nicipal Department of Public Safety
for Women In this city, whereby the
acts and motives of one "H. H. Higley"
are uncovered, will receive as wide
publicity as has his pernicious letter
to Mayor Gaynor, to the end that his
pretenses will be laid bare and his
schemes duly exposed wherever they
appear.
It Is easy to censure the victims of
this gray-haired reprobate for the
palpable folly that leads them into
snares such as bis. Looking at the
situation from the protection of a
quiet home, and without knowledge
either through observation or experi
ence of the bitter straits to which
women and girls, all unprepared for
the conflict, must engage in the battle
of life, their more fortunate sisters
cannot understand how any woman
can be so foolish as to enter into
correspondence, looking to matri
mony, or negotiations looking to
household employment, with an
utter stranger and bachelor. Yet in
all charity it must be said that the
wish to obtain work whereby to live
and possibly to contribute to the com
fort of others, goes far toward excus
ing folly of this extreme type In
women thus situated; while the nat
ural, and generally conceded laudable,
desire of every normal young woman
for home, husband and phildren of
her own, palliates the folly of seeking
marriage through correspondence with
a stranger.
These excuses do not abate the folly
of such blind attempts of honest, un
sophisticated young women to better
their condition by such means, but
they do serve in some degree to ex
plain what would be otherwise inex
plicable in such cases.
Turning to Pollock's poem, "The
Course of Time," In which the sins of
mankind are luridly set forth, with
such execration as befits them when
practiced by gray-haired hypocrites
of the soclal-paternal-pseudo-religlous
type, we are told that:
The words that would aufnclently aecuna
And execrato such reprobate, had needa
Coma slowing from tha 11 pa of aldcat helL
Harkening to the modern idea the
slogan of which is, "In wrath remem
ber mercy," we can only hope that the
aged sinner whose crimes against the
defenseless are thus brought to light
will be convicted in enough of the
counts In the social indictments against
him to land and keep him restrained
during the. rest of his natural life.
C.KXrlNE rOPt'IAB ELECTION.
The complaint from some quarters
that Senator Borah is seeking to bring
about hasty action upon the constitu
tional amendment for the popular
election of Federal Senators does not
seem to be especially well grounded.
The proposed amendmont has been be
fore the Senate many times before,
but has always been smothered in
committee. Still the members must
have heard of it at least. Their spir
itual directors could hardly have de
nied them that humble privilege, even
If they were not permitted ' to vote
upon it.
A similar amendment has actually
been passed by the House of Repre
sentatives more than once. . On July
21, 1894, to be specific. It was adopted
by a vote of 141 to 61. Again It passed
in 1900 by a more decisive vote of
240 to 15. With these facts In mind
we can hardly convince ourselves that
either house of Congress is entitled
to plead Ignorance upon the subject
of Mr. Borah's cherished amendment.
There are few projects which have
been more adequately discussed or
upon which the sentiment of the coun
try comes nearer to unanimity. Should
the amendment be submitted to the
states as the Constitution requires, it
Is safe to predict that many more
than the prescribed three-fourths
would favor it. The Legislatures of
thirty states have already declared for
the amendment.
Still it Is not merely to secure delay
that amendments have been submitted
to the project as It came to the Senate
from the Judiciary committee. The
question of popular election is beset
with some real difficulties which ought
not to be passed over without fair
discussion. In Its original form the
proposed amendment to the Consti
tution left It entirely to the states to
arrange the times, places and man
ner of choosing Senators. The Con
stitution gives this power to Congress
so far as Representatives are con
cerned, though it is a power whose
exercise is voluntary- For some time
there was no interference with the
states. Each one elected its Repre-
sentatlves when it liked and naturally
a good deal of confusion followed.
Small politics began to play a con
spicuous part In fixing the dates.
States which had early elections be
came campaign grounds where money
was the chief weapon of warfare. In
course of time Congress took hold of
the matter and now all the states,
with only two exceptions, elect their
Representatives on the same day,
though they" prescribe the conditions
of the suffrage to suit themselves.
It would not be a step forward to
introduce this discredited confusion of
dates in the election of Senators. Nor
would it be desirable to have one rule
for the choice of Representatives and
another for Senators. Since both
houses form part of the General Gov
ernment It stands to reason that the
General Government ought to have
large supervisor)' authority over the
details of their elections. In fact It
has been argued that this power be
longs to Congress Inherently, or at
any rate by virtue of that section of
the Constitution which makes each
house the sole Judge of the election,
qualifications and returns of Its own
members. Under this provision either
house could well decline to receive a
member who had been elected on any
but a prescribed day. How much
there Is in this argument we do not
undertake to decide, but It looks rea
sonable enough. The popular elec
tion of Senators ought to be adopted
In reality and not In name merely, and
it Is likely that some congressional
regulation of tho time and manner
might be essential to a genuine popu
lar choice.
In the South at present "popular
choice" Is not much more than a de
ceptive misuse of language. Formally
Senators are supposed to be selected
at at open primary of the Democratic
party. Republicans and independents
have nothing to say about the choice
of Senator in the South. In spite of
all the talk about free and open pri
maries they have not even a vote upon
the subject. The choice Is purely a
privilege of the Democratic party. So
far as we are concerned we cannot
see why every' person who Is author
ized to vote by the Constitution of
the United States should not have a
voice in the election of Senators.
Since negroes are by right voters in
the states where they live, it is only
proper that Congress should assure
to them the safe and certain exercise
of that right.
It does not appear to have Deen
demonstrated that the supremacy of
the Democratic party in the "South is
the only consideration which ought to
have weight. Justice to those legal
voters who do not happen to be Demo
crats is worth some consideration. It
is objected that any attempt to se
cure fair treatment for negroes and
other Southern voters who are not
Democrats might imperil the final
adoption of the amendment by the
states. The Democrats are so strong
In the South that they would reject
It and thus the necessary number
might not be obtained in its favor.
Very well. Let them reject it. It
will be better in the end to postpone
the adoption of the amendment than
to secure it in a form which will per
petuate injustice. Ultimately United
States Senators will be elected by
direct vote of the people. The country
has waited a long time for the re
form, but rather than obtain it In a
vicious guise it Is willing to wait still
longer.
Race track gambling, which has
been making a last stand at Emeryr
ville track near San Francisco, has at
last reached the end of its tether. The
California Legislature has passed the
antl-bettlng bill and it becomes ef
fective immediately. The gamblers
who have brought horseracing into
such disrepute have been beaten at
every turn. Although they are still
spending large sums In an effort to
reinstate the unlawful game, prospects
are not bright anywhere in the United
States. According to San Francisco
advices, there will be an exodus of
racing men to Juarez Just over the
Mexican line. If this undesirable ele
ment will only take out naturalization
papers and remain over there with Its
gambling and bull-fighting friends,
this country will make no attempt to
coax it back.
It Is a severe blow on General
Bonilla to have his entire navy held
captive pending Its good behavlor. The
showing he has made, however, has
been sufficiently Imposing to convey
an Impression of strength generally
less apparent In Central American
revolutions. The United States, which
under the Monroe doctrine is to a cer
tain extent bound to maintain order
in Central America, has wasted so
much time and money in prying apart
these fighting fanatics that it might
be a good plan to take formal posses
sion of the country and establish a
law-and-order government that would
last for at least a year or two.
"I expect," says Senator Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., speaking of his new Na
tional Progressive Republican League,
"to devote my entire time to the work
of the-league so far as my official
duties will permit." We have never
heard of Senator Bourne's official
duties Interfering with any pursuit or
pastime that suited his personal in
clinations; so the league will get a
lot of careful nursing from the Sena
tor, no doubt. Very soon, happily,
there will be no official duties to dis
turb or worry him and the league.
So the hobble skirt was nothing but
an entering wedge after all. Its ne
farious purpose was to accustom us
to seeing both lower limbs snugly
swathed in a tight garment. From that
the step to swathing each limb separ
ately is short and easy. This brings
us to trousers, or "aviation gowns,"
which are the same thing. In Turkey
women wear trousers and men skirts.
The divided garment would be deemed
as immodest for men there as it is for
women here.
The savory Mr. Addicks bobs up
again as candidate for Senator from
Delaware, after some years of purify
ing oblivion. No doubt he would Btlll
find a few ofhls own kind In the Sen
ate, but not nearly so many as of "yore.
Where are the grafters of yesteryear?
Gone with the snows. Each morn a
thousand grafters brings, you say?
Yes, but where blooms the graft of
yesterday ?
It Is a barren month when some
new appeal by Ruef is not disposed of
by the California courts. This able
but slippery citizen must have con
sumed his full share of the legal and
Judicial energy of California by this
time. When his next appeal comes
up In July why not make it a clincher
and give somebody else a chance" at
the court's ear?
Women over the country who think
they are indignant are raging at the
idea of Brlgham Young's portrait on
the silver service of the battleship
Utah. Why not? Brlgham was the
greatest product of Deseret, and
what would be Utah today If there had
been no Brlgham Young?
London to New York, via Newfound
land, in three days is Interesting as
modern newspaper maritime fiction,
but it is doubtful whether you can
buy tickets with that time guaranteed
this year.
What a playful spirit there was in
boisterous old NeptUne who himself
rescued the steam schooner Lakme
after threatening her with destruction
for a week.
Owen Summers was a bigger man
than most people were aware, and
before the last Second Oregon veteran
Is dead the world will realize it.
As the supreme effort at solving cul
inary problems, the Oregon Agricul
tural College should turn out the per
fect loaf of handmade bread..
If sales of automobiles are not large
this week, it will not be due to lack
of handsome models to choose from.
And the worst feature of the Ver
million County election scandal Is that
It Is In Joe Cannon's district.
Not very often does the new center
of the United States shift to so small
a community as Danville, lit
DAKOTA FARMERS DOUBT STORIES
Oregon Should Tell of Grain as Well as
Fruit Feasibilities.
GRANVILLB, N. D.. Jan. 20. (To the
Editor.) Becoming interested in Central
Oregon several years ago by reason of
filing on a tract of land in the old Des
chutes Irrigation & Power Company
segregation, and Intending eventually to
become a permanent resident of your
state, I have endeavored to keep In
close touch with the development of Ore
gon, particularly the interior. I have
been a constant reader of The Orego
nlan for several years and have read
much of the development literature- is
sued by the various commercial organi
zations, and am well acquainted with
the great influx of settlers enjoyed by
the state during the past few years. I
believe, however, that greater success
will be attained In Inducing people to
locate In your state If more attention
Is devoted In the development literature
to the opportunities in the way of grain
and dairying.
Having personally Investigated the re
turns from some of your most produc
tive fruit orchards I no longer doubt
the truth of assertions as to the big
profits in growing apples and other fruits,
but I confess that before personally in
vestigating the reports I was very much
inclined to the oplnon that Oregon
apple orchard promoters were rapidly
augmenting the membership of the An
anias Club. Since returning to North
Dakota last Summer from a four-months
stay in Central Oregon I have been
asked many questions by farmers In this
neighborhood about Oregon, its climate
and opportunities. They have listened
attentively to my reports of opportuni
ties In cattle-raising, gralngrowing, dairy
ing, etc., but whenever I mentioned the
remarkable financial returns from apple
n -H u mv fnrmAf friends simuly
I doubted 'my statements. The advertis
ing campaign lor Oregon appies i u
so successful that the Impression pre
vails with nine out of every 10 farmers
with whom I talked that apples are
practically the only product of the state,
aside from timber and Columbia River
salmon.
North Dakota fanners are universally
prosperous, but the Pacific Coast states
appeal to them because of the less rigor
ous Winters, and with the right kind at
advertising Oregon can secure a large
Immigration from the great bread-basket
state. Advertising intended for use in
this state will meet a more responsive
chord if apple, -orchards are glvea a rest
and more attention devoted to strictly
agricultural pursuits. And that vast ex
panse of territory now being opened up
by the Hill and Harriman lines is better
adapted. In my opinion, to grain and
vegetable growing, cattle-raising and
dairying than to the products which have
made other sections of Oregon famous.
Within a short t'me as soon as the rail
road reaches Metolius I will become per
manently identified with the development
of Central Oregon, or rather with that
part of it surrounding Metolius, by the
establishment of a newspaper at the
Oregon Trunk division point, and my
etrorts toward Immigration to the state
will be along the lines suggested.
ED T. PIERSON.
Iowa Road Bulldina; Idea.
Washington Post.
The State of Iowa claims to have dis
covered the solution of the "good roads
problem." Some philanthropist out
there, who is also a genius, conceived
the plan of making a good country by
the "dragging" process. A large tree
Is felled and a log taken from the butt,
severed In twain by wedge or saw,
and on the flat side of the two beams
are nailed cross pieces diagonally, and
when thus fashioned the two timbers
are Joined together in the shape of a
flatlron. To this harrow Is hitched
ihorses or mules, and the road Is
"dragged" when It is wet from rain.
All Iowa Is praising the great suc
cess of the road Just constructed by
this process from "river to river"
that is, from Council Bluffs, on the
Missouri, to Davenport, on the Missis
sippi. The work was done in a single
day, when, by concert of action, 10,000
farmers, with their teams and hands,
appeared on the highway simultane
ously with their drags. An admirable
roads is the usufruct, though it is
recognized that for a year or more,
after each rain when the ground is
not frozen, the "drag" must be brought
into requisition. The labor Is trivial,
the resulting benefits Incalculable.
Tennessee, not to be outdone by
Iowa, proposes a road constructed by
like process from Bristol to Memphis,
a much greater distance, and Bhould
the scheme prove as successful at the
South as It has at the West then the
matter of good roads Is likely to give
comparatively small trouble in the
future, for every community with a
particle of public spirit can have them,
and at relatively Insignificant cost.
Blodgett and Hembree Cnaea.
WARREN, Or., Jan. 15. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you please answer two
questions in the columns of The Ore
gonlan? What became of the murder
case against Abe Hembree, of Tilla
mook County, convicted of murder In
the first degree for killing his wife
and daughter and then burning them
up?
Also what was the outcome of the
case of George Blodgett. convicted of
killing a woman in a rooming-house
in Portland? A SUBSCRIBER.
George Blodgett is in the Salem
Penitentiary under life sentence.
Hembree was tried . In Tillamook
County In 1905 for the murder of his
daughter, was convicted of man
slaughter, given an Indeterminate sen
tence and later released from the peni
tentiary. In May, 1908, he was tried
in Polk County for the murder of his
wife, was convicted of murder In the
first degree, his case was reversed by
the Supreme Court and Hembree was
freed, h's case being dismissed by Dis
trict Attorney McN'ary.
The Virtues ot Bear's Grease.
London Times, February 7, 1793.
Just killed, an extraordinary fine fat
Russian bear, at Ross' ornamental hair
and perfumery warehouse, 119 Bishops
gate street, three doors from the Lon
don Tavern.
The excellent' virtue which the fat of
bears possesses has been experienced
by thousands of both sexes, and of all
ages, in this metropolis. To those who
have used the real bear's grease. It is
evident no grease whatever beside re
tains Its moisture so long upon the
head. It being the only thing possible
to make the hair grow thick and long,
recover It after Illness, etc. . .
Being the most efficacious remedy for
making hair grow on horses' knees
when broken or chafed.
It Is to be sold at one shilling per
ounce, or 16 shillings the pound, to
be seen cut oft from the animal in the
presence of the purchaser.
Morton and Traffic Association.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (To the Editor.)
Was Paul Morton ever connected with
the Central Traffic Association in Chi
cago during the early '90s?
H. L. HUBBARD.
The Central Traffic Association is com
posed of roads east of Chicago. Mr.
Morton was connected with Western
roads and was not actively associated
with the Central Traffic Association.
Colonel John S. Moaby.
DALLAS. Or., Jan. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) will you please give a subscriber
to The Oregonian the present address of
Colonel S. Mosby, probably living some
where in Virginia? This s the man
who was connected with the guerilla
warfare during the Civil War.
Colonel Mosby Is Assistant Attorney
in the Department of Justice, Washing
ton, D. e.
THUGS RECEIVE NO , MERCY
Judge McGinn Sends to Penitentiary
Pair Who Attacked Woman.
Harry Marlowe and Frank Franklyn,
burglars, appealing for mercy before
State Circuit Judge McGinn yesterday
afternoon, pleaded guilty to three indict
ments. The Judge sentenced them to
serve 15 years each In the penitentiary
on one Indictment and dismissed the
other two charges.
"There is not one thing that can be
said for you. boys, not one thing," said
Judge McGinn, in passing sentence.
"You didn't go out and hold up a man,
tut you attacked a poor, defenseless
woman. You cannot urge as an excuse
that you were out of work. The judg
ment of the court is that each of you
serve 15 years in the penitentiary on
the Durant indictment, and that the
other two charges be dismissed."
By the "Durant" Indictment, Judge
McGinn referred to the (indictment ac
cusing the pair and John Doe of having
robbed the home of Alice M. Durant.
They secured a suitcase in which they
took away a diamond pin, cufflinks, a
woman's watch, necklace, bracelets and
other articles. The second indictment
charged them with having attacked the
woman with a revolver and a third with
having robbed the home of F. H. Wag
ner, January 7.
Alice Durant was called upon by Judge
McGinn to tell of the burglary. Sh9
returned liome at 7:30 o'clock in the
evening of January 6, she said. When
she turned on the light, Marlowe ap
proached her with a leveled revolver,
backing her against the wall. In the
meantime, she said. Franklin came
downstairs with a suitcase In which
were the stolen articles, and the pair ran
down the street. They were captured
the following Sunday.
A representative of the District At
torney's office informed the court that
Marlowe Is wanted In Everett, Wash.,
for burglary.
Franklyn's attorney said the accused
man was born in Denmark, and that he
came to America with his father eight
years ago, settling on a farm in Iowa.
He then came farther West and was
employed by Porter brothers on the Des
chutes Railroad. Christmas day, when
he was paid off, he went on a debauch
which lasted until after New Year's.
Marlowe is a painter. He is a native
of Wisconsin.
TRACTION COMPANY WIXS SUIT
Verdict Is Against Harvey Hutton
in Damage Case.
Harvey Hutton yesterday lost his
$7500 damage suit against the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company. The
Jury in Judge Kavanaugh's department
of the Circuit Court, which tried the
case, brought in a verdict for the
streetcar company at 6:30 last night.
Hutton was returning from the ball
game at Recreation Park last Summer.
The cars were crowded. The crowds
were twice ordered off the left running
board, once by a policeman, and the
last time by the motorman. The last
time Hutton stayed on. In rounding a
curve his car brushett a pay-as-you-enter
car, and his hips were crushed,
he alleges. He said he yelled to the
motorman to stop, but that he paid no
attention. The Jury asked instructions
on contributory negligence, and decided
Hutton was to blame for the accident.
DOMINO PLAYERS ACQUITTED
Jury- Finds Chinese Engaged in
Game Are Not Gambling.
Gee Wa. Ah Long and Yuen Huey
were acquitted yesterday afternoon of
a gambling charge. They were tried
in Judge Morrow's department of the
Circuit Court, the Jury returning a ver
dict of not guilty at S:15, after delib
erating 20 minutes. The Chinese were
arrested while playing dominoes, at
93 Second street, in the store ot a
Chinese druggist.
Forty cents was found in a tin box
on the table. The testimony showed
this was the money spent by one of
the party for cigars, with which he
treated the rest. The money was to
have been turned over to the proprie
tor of the store in payment, but wit
nesses testified he was so Interested
In the game he had not done it when
the policemen made the raid.
FINGERS WORTH $1000 EACH
s
Nick Kovachoff Given $3000 Verdict
for Injury in Mill.
A thousand dollars for each of three
fingers was the verdict returned in
Judge Gatens' department of the Cir
cuit Court at 5 o'clock last night In
the suit of Nick Kovachoff against the
St. Johns Lumber Company. Kovachoff
sued for 17500.
His right hand was caught In the
gearing while the machinery was be
ing oiled. Judge Gatens Instructed the
jury that under the factory act It is
the duty of employers to keep the
guards about gearing intact while the
machinery is running. In this case
the machinery was being oiled while
In motion.
Called "Fool," Wife Sne9 Spouse.
That she was called both a fool and a
liar without cause and that her hus
band, W. T. Barr, told her she could
leave the house if she did not like it,
are charges made by Mary B. Barr in a
divorce complaint on file in the Circuit
Court. She names the United States
National Bank as a co-defendant, as
she says her husband has money de
posited there. She asks that he be re
strained from taking it until after the
suit is tried. She wants J250 attorney's
fees, $200 suit money and J50 a month
alimony. She says she married Barr,
June 4, 1910. i
Bill Calla for Two Judges. .
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 23.
(Special.) Responsive to the recom
mendations of the Multnomah Bar As
sociation, Representative Collins today
Introduced a bill providing . for two
additional Circuit Judges for Multno
mah County at 4000 each a year.
The delegation from Multnomah
County is not, a uait on this proposed
Increase in its judiciary. Some members
of the delegation are positively opposed
to Increasing further the number of
Judges at this time. While a meeting
has not been arranged. It is probable
the members of the delegation will be
called together some time during the
week to consider several matters of
legislation relating to Multnomah
County.
McCredie Expects to Name Man.
WASHINGTON, Jan. " 23. Stanton
Warburton, Representative-elect from
the Second district of Washington, who
will succeed Judge McCredie, ar
rived in Washington tonight. The fight
over the pos'tmastership at Tacoma
inaugurated last Spring and bitterly
contested since. Is expected to termi
nate In an appointment on McCredie's
recommendation of one of several as
pirants. Italian Admits Hlllsboro Killing.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 23. Tomaso
Debendettl, an Italian, arrested here to
day, has confessed to having killed an
other Italian near Hlllsboro, Or. De
benedetti says that during a quarrel he
struck the man with an ax to save his
own life. Sheriff George Hancock, of
Hlllsboro, has been notified. The dead
Italian's name is not known here.
GOOD ROADS BILL OPPOSED
Substitute Measure Prepared May
Bring Fight in House.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 23.
(Special.) Eight highway and good
roads bills will face the boosters from
Portland when they invade the State
Capitol tomorrow. Six of these are in
the Senate, the sixth to appear tomor
row from Barrett, of Umatilla, and two
are in the House.
Active opposition to the Good Roads
Association bill has appeared In the
House, as demonstrated by a meeting
today, headed by Gill of Wasco and
Carter of Clackamas, when the tenta
tive form of a substitute bill for Eg
glegton's county bonding measure was
discussed with members of the roads
and highways committee. Tho Gill fac
tion said that they, represent the farm
er element and are anxious to have
their substitute bill given recognition.
The substitute proposed is so direct
ly in opposition to the plans under the
road association bills .that a fight is
evident, and Eggleston promised that
if filibustering is to be attempted there
will be a strenuous effort to us all the
strategy possible in parliamentary tac
tics to get through a bill as is thought
proper for the best interests of the
state as outlined by the association.
There seems to be a general fear ex
pressed that an attempt will be made
to "railroad" through some of the Sen
ate bills when they arrive in the House,
but a promise has been made that all
of the Senate bills will take their place
with the House bills In committee and
no preference will be shown. Eggle
ston and Bipelow have Introduced bills
In the House to carry -out the county
bond amendment to the constitution.
In the Senate, Miller has introduced a
bill providing for a highway board and
wholesale use of convict labor; Carson
has a bill providing for the use of all
inmates of penal Institutions on roads,
both of these carrying a $50,000 appro
priation; Barrett, of Umatilla, has a
bill relating to the creation of road dis
tricts; Joseph, a bill to create a state
highway board, and Barrett of Umatil
la will Introduce a bill providing for
use of all convicts except those needed
at the Penitentiary on county roads..
His bill differs from Miller's Inasmuch
as Miller's places convicts under con
trol of counties, and Barrett's places
them under the supervision of the su
perintendent of the Penitentiary. Jo
seph's bill provides that a Btate high
way board be created, but sayB nothing
concerning convicts.
GOOD ROADS TOPIC THURSDAY
House to Hear Highway Advocates
Then Supporters Not Harmonious.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 23.
(Special.) It is planned to give the
good roads enthusiasts an opportunity
to appear before the House Thursday
in advocacy of road legislation. Sup
porters of good roads are not altogether
agreed on legislation that Is most needed
and it will be necessary for them to
reach some agreement If the subject
is to receive attention at this session.
The bill authorizing the Issuance of
bonds by counties to aid In road-build-lng
has been so amended as to require
a specification In the bill authorizing
the bond issue as to what roads shall
be improved with the money raised
from the bonds. The State Grange has
a number of representatives at Salem,
who are co-operating with the Farmers'
Union of Eastern Oregon. They favor
the bonding act but are opposed to
state aid.. Neither do they approve
of the bill providing for a state high
way commission, contending that the
duties of such a commission can prop
erly be attended to by the State En
gineer. An effort Is being made to bring the
conflicting elements together that the
enactment of needed legislation on road
building may be assured.
ABRAHAM DEMANDS INTEREST
Resolution Calls on Oregon Senators
to Get Busy.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 23.
Senator Abraham this afternoon Intro
duced his resolution calling upon United
State Senators Bourne and Chamberlain
to take an active interest in the pro
ceedings when the question of the direct
vote on United States Senators by the
people appears in Congress and it waa
referred to the resolutions committee;
Abraham preferring not to develop a
fight by asking for a vote on suspension
of the rules and wishing the resolution
to take equal chances with Albee's ask
ing for Indorsement of the Oregon system,
of government.
Kellaher is chairman of the resolu
tions committee and no doubt the resolu
tion will meet some difficulties before
that body.
A resolution passed both houses today
memorializing Congress to give the Fort
Walla Walla lands and grounda to Whit
man College, the trustees of the college
to assume obligations as to the soldiers
cemetery on the grounds.
The final report of the Alaska-Yukon-Paciilc
Exposition commission was re
ceived, and filed without comment.
SOLONS TO VISIT VARSITY
Eugene Invites Legislature to Call on
City Tomorrow.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 23.
(Special.) By the adoption of a reso-
lution, members of the Senate and
House today accepted the invitation ot
the people of Eugene to visit the State
University Wednesday, January 2d.
There probably will be no session ol
either house on that day.
A Bpecial train will be provided fot
the accommodation of the legislator,
and their clerks, leaving Salem In th
forenoon and returning in the even
ing Arrangements have been made bj
the' people of Eugene for the enter
tainment of the legislative party.
Speaker Rusk Is averse 4o suspending
the business of the House for a day and
is directing his efforts toward prevent
ing if possible, an adjournmest for the
day feeling that with the amount oi
business before the House, the time
cannot be spared.
M'GIXX GETS NO BOUQUET
House Committee Reports Clyde
Resolution Unfavorably.
STATE CAPITOL Salem, Or., Jan. 23
(Special.) No "bouquets" will be
handed to Judge Henry McGinn by the
House of Representatives. Clyde's res
olution calling attention to Judge Mc
Ginn'a actions in relation to the parole
system to all of the Circuit Judges ol
the atate was unfavorably reported by
the committee and the report was
adopted after considerable argument
this morning.
Buchanan objected to "throwing bou
quets" and Eggleston objected on the
ground that the resolution directed
Circuit Judges how to fulfill their du
ties. The unfavorable report was
adopted.
Incomplete Abstract Causes Suit.
Eliza A. Sperry and Luella Lemcke are
suing Parker Stennlck and L. S. Thomaj
before a jury in Judge Kavanaugh's de
partment of the Circuit Court for the
recovery of J7000. They say Stennich
and Thomas sold them a piece of tide
land near Rainier in 1907. on which they
paid J7000. The abstract had not beer,
carried down to date, they allege, and
the property was not as represented.