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rOBTXAXD. WXDNF..HDAT. MARCH .
CTUTIOsrxa THE COURTS.
In the seventh of the scrips of ar
tides which Mr. Roosevelt Is publish
ing tn The Outlook on the New Na
tionalism he elucidates his opinions
on the Judiciary. So far as an unin
spired reader can discern, the views
exprwrd do cot stand In any very
close relation to the political theory
with which Mr. Roosevelt has yoked
them. They are such as most discerning-
people with no axes to grind
would be wllltr.it to own. Still, when
they were expressed among other
opinions at 0awatomle. they seemed
to startle the timorous Intelligence of
the staid Eiut a food deal. Now that
things have had time to quiet down a
little and the nervousness of his
neighbors along the Atlantic Coast has
subsided. Mr. Roosevelt perhaps thinks
It worth while to say the same thing
ever agmln In the hope that It will be
road with better Judgment. The gist
of his article Is that Judges as well as
ether public men must submit to prop
er criticism. If they escape a good
deal that Is Improper, they may deem
themselves lucky.
In his usual vein of the fatherly
counsellor of the country Mr. Roose
velt warns us that we ought to be
careful not to malign any servant of
the people. They all have hard rows
to hoe and do a vast deal of work for
which they receive small remuneration
and few thanks. We should be es
pecially careful not to say harsh
things about the Judges. They deal
with problems which few men under
stand. The grounds of their decisions
are often hidden from common appre
hension. Their science Is extensive,
complicated and difficult and It would
be unfair to base an opinion of any
Judge's ability and character upon one
or two Isolated cases. We must take
Into account all that he says and does.
This Is manifestly lust. But Mr.
Roosevelt does not yield the point
that the public may and ought to
criticise the Judges who preside over
our courts of Justice. Their decisions
concern the public welfare more Inti
mately than the acta of any other of
ficial and thay must reconcile them
aolvoa to searching and of tan unkindly
comment. There Is no way to prevent
their motives from being questioned
nor will the country always look upon
their wisdom as Infallible. Judges
after all are human beings liable to
error and prejudice. Their knowledge
Is limited and their opinions are not
by any means divinely Inspired.
They must be particularly ready to
suffer criticism when their decisions
are open treat questions of public
policy, says Mr. Roosevelt. When a
lawsuit concerns only some narrow
point of precedent or turns upon the
proper wording of a promissory note
the court which tries It may reason
ably expect the public to acquiesce tn
the decision. But when large eco
nomic relations are at stake such as
the contest betwwon labor and capital,
the subject of child labor, or the right
of the Government to regulate the
corporations, then It Is absurd for a
Judge to ask the country to take his
word for eternal law. When he makes
a decialon touching upon these sub
jects of fundamental Importance the
Interests concerned are so great that
debate Is certain to ensue. The opin
ion of the court will be weighed be
fore the final tribunal of public opin
ion and unless It coincides with the
will of the people It will ultimately be
reversed. There Is no way to prevent
this. Prevention has been tried by
many methods, from that of an abso
lute monarch to that of an Inspired
cred. but they have all failed. Every
Judge with any sense of historical fact
knows that his opinions upon questions
which affect the public welfare will
be revised by the people sooner or
later.
This wl'.l be especially true when
the rulings of the courts assume the
aspect of legislation. It Is not denied
by lawyers that a large part of the
law of the land has been made by
Judge In one way r another. Even
when a statute appears to have come
to os from the legislative body It has
no definite meaning until the courts
have passed upon It or Interpreted It.
The Federal and state constitutions
have been turned over to the courts
to deal with about as they like. They
read Into the documents whatever they
r.nd necessary to make the govern
ment workable. No sensible person
finds fault with this circumstance.
Either we must submit to be cramped
and confined by a constitution which
knows nothing of progress or we must
permit the courts to amend It as the
times require. The country has very
wisely preferred the second of the two
alternatives. VI r. Rooeevelt cites the
revolutionary changes which John
Marshall made tn the construction of
the Federal constitution. In reality
they brought the executive and legis
lative branches Into subordination to
the Supreme Court. This great legis
lative authority has become lodged In
the courts by custom, and no doubt
they will retain It forever, but like
other legislative bodies they must ex
pect to undergo criticism and even to
slip tnto political
The people will not live tinder laws
which they do not like, no matter
where they come from. If they come
from a court, then the voters will un
dertake to control the court and In the
Iocs run they will succeed. The les
son of Mr. Roosevelt's pregnant ar
ticle seems to be that If the Judge
wish to escape the criticism which at
tends ail efforts to legislate for the
public they must confine themselves
to the bare duty of trying lawsuits.
No doubt this would enhance their
peace of mind, but It U a species of
abdication which the form of our In
stitutions scarcely permits. Perhaps
on effect of our written constitutions
U1 be to draw the court more and
more Into the turmoil of politics as
their great Ipgislatlve functions De
come better understood by the people.
SECRET ART BAIXINGER S RETIREMENT
I do' not hesitate to say." wrote
President Taft to Secretary of the In
terior Balllnger. -that you have been
the object of one of the most unscru
pulous conspiracies for the defamation
of character that history can show.-
Said the President also. In another
part of his remarkable letter accept
ing the resignation of the Secretary
of the Interior: -I have had the full
est opportunity to know you, to know
your standards of service to the Gov
ernment and to the public, to know
your motives, to know how you have
administered your office, and to know
the motives of those "who have assailed
you."
Judg Balllnger had been Maror of
Seattle. He was invited by President
Roosevelt to become Commissioner of
the general land office, which was In
a' sorry condition of Inefficiency and
demoralization. He declined. The
President Insisted, declaring that It
was a call to public duty nt man ought
to Ignore. Balllnger then accepted.
He made an excellent record, but re
signed before his term expired, saying
he much preferred private law prac
tice. Then Taft was elected. He had
known Balllnger and greatly admired
hi. .n.nv kih dualities. President
! Taft invited him to become his Secre
tary of the Interior.
Balllnger again went to Washing
ton. He undertook reforms In the
organization of the Interior Depart
ment. He modified the policies of his
rr as they had
! Ignored law or had been formulated
I and carried out In the absence or uw.
I it- i t . . tk domination Of
j Glfford Plnchot over the Agricultural
' Department and the Interior Depart
ment should cease. He Incurred tne
enmity of Plnchot and the determined
hostility of the little cabal of "con
servationists" with whom Plnchot had
surrounded himself. Disappointed that
President Taft preferred the orderly
and lawful administration of the In
terior Department to their extra
statutory and high-handed enforce
ment of "conservation" and other
theories, they made war on Balllnger.
Their style of warfare Is well de
scribed by the President In his letter.
Mr. Balllnger Is wise to retire. The
strain of two years' bitter conflict and
the necessity always of meeting the
assaults of determined and unscrupu
lous enemies were too much for him
to undergo always. The public the
uninformed public prejudiced by the
falsehoods of a malignant press bu
reau, operating through muckraking
monthlies and characterless weeklies
may not yet be ready to do this
much-wronged man full Justice: but
time, which cures all wrongs, will
work his vindication.
the rnoRLEM or the iau coujxie.
Something Ilk a crisis seems to
bave been reached In the career of th
small American college. Experience
has shown pretty conclusively that It
cannot compete with the big universi
ties in equipment. It cannot employ
as many famous professors. It cannot
fit up laboratories as extensive and
varied. It cannot collect libraries to
compete with Its richer rivals In the
educational field. The consequence Is
that the small college In the competi
tion for student has to set to work
and discover. If It can, som attrac
tion which shall tak th plac of
wealth and the huge equipment which
money assembles. As to Just what
this attraction must be In order to ef
fect Its purpose there Is some differ
ence of opinion, but many who have
studied th subject carefully believe
that the amall college can best fulfill
Its new part In the drama of education
by offering a course which alms
frankly at culture Instead of uUlity.
If their advice la followed such col
lege as Amherst and Dartmouth will
limit their curricula to a single course.
Tbey will cease to attach much Im
portance to laboratories. Only enough
science will be taught to make the
student currently Informed and the
emphasis of their teaching will be
thrown upon the "humanities."
The purpose of the small college
which adopt this plan will be to edu
cate "gentlemen." Beauty and not
efficiency In the human product will
be their aim. Nobody ought to quar
rel with this Ideal. A man who can
afford It has a perfect right to make
a beauty show of himself and his sous
If he wishes. He will enhance the
gaiety of his generation If not Its
achievements. Still the college course
In the "humanities" looks a great deal
simpler than It Is. The question what
to put Into It is bet with difficulties.
What, for example, shall be the ail
Important central branches around
which the reet cluster In sweet har
mony? The only plausible suggestion
thus far Is that they must be Latin
and Oreek. "No other studies than
Latin and Greek can be practically
proposed a th center of such a sys
tem." declare th Intensely cultured
Evening Post. This is funny when on
recalls that the Greek, who were the
most cultured peopl that over lived,
made music and gymnastics the cen
tor r their course: that Erasmus, th
i father of modern culture, knew pre
1 . iimi. C....V a n .1 that Ppfnrrh.
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who began th classical revival,
could not read Homer in the original.
It Is af to say that as long as th
apostle of cultur for culture's take
hltoh themselve up to the Latin and
Creek Juggernaut they will not attract
many volunteers to their banner.
m-JTDREO DOIXAR WHEAT LAVT.
Th sale of a 120-acr wheat farm
near Pendleton, a few days ago, for
I JO. 000, Indicate that not even the
present prices for wheat, th Canadian
reciprocity bogie, or th cheap wheat
of th Argentine and Australia have
affected the value of Oregon wheat
farms. The sal was made by on
farmer who had amassed a fortune In
growing wheat to another farmer who
bad made enough out of the business
to pay a larg price for the tract.
Fruit growing, gardening and diversi
fied farming have mad sufficient
progress In Umatilla County to prove
that, in nearly all parts of the coun
try, vastly greater profits can be se
cured from crops other than wheat.
The growing of . the premier cereal,
however. Is so much easier than the
production of any other crop that caa
b raised that It will be a good many
years before this state will cease to
flg-ure as a big producer of wheat.
Modern harvesting machinery and
better methods of farming have great
ly reduced th cost of producing a
bushel of wheat, and even at prices
much lower than those now ruling, a
good average Umatilla County yield
will undoubtedly show enough profit
to warrant the price paid for th land.
For many years. Umatilla has been
th banner wheat county of th state.
hi f hlo-hlv nrnhahle that Its nres-
tlge In this line 'will be disputed by
some of the Central "Oregon counties
as soon as the railroads open up that
vast region. The history of the wheat
Industry In the Pacific Northwest
shows a steady shifting of prestige
from old localities to new ones. The
Willamette Valley, which first made
Oregon famous In the wold's markets
as a wheat producer, has practically
abandoned growing the cereal, and It
Is only during an exceptionally good
year that enough Is produced for home
consumption.
From the Valley, the business shift
ed east of the Cascade Mountains, and
less than forty years ago the first
cargo of Walla Walla wheat was ex
ported to Europe. Next In order to
the Walla Walla country came the
Big Bend, the Palouse. and the Clear
water regions, each In tarn coming
prominently to the front In th wheat
Industry as soon as railroads made U
possible to ship th product. Walla
Walla, lik the Willamette Valley, has
found the profits of diversified farm
ing to be so much greater than those
of wheat growing that the output in
that locality has undoubtedly reached
Its maximum. Except In unusually
favorable years, the same Is true of
the Palouse. but In the Big Bend and
the Clearwater, there will ba material
Increases before they follow the ex
ample of the older settled portions of
the Pacific Northwest and abandon
wheat for more profitable crops.
Central Oregon, which will come
rapidly to th front and make up any
deficiency In the yield of th older
portions of the state, has great possi
bilities and th yield In a few years
will reach great proportions. The
Umatilla County man who paid nearly
$100 per acre for a big wheat rarm
will not lose money on his Investment,
but It Is highly probable that he will
be using it for other and more profit
able crops than wheat, before many
years roll by.
PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR.
The Oregonlan is asked to Indicate
the difference. If It can.- between the
attitude of a President who urges upon
Congress the enactment of certain Ad
ministration measures and of a Gov
ernor who swings a patronage club or
utters a veto threat In order to coerce
a Legislature Into favorable considera
tion of certain bills he desires passed.
Much depends on the President or on
the Governor. If th President Is an
executive of broad vision, great pur
poses, profound sense of responsibility
to his country and statesmanlike un
derstanding of th Nation's relations
with and obligations to other nations,
he will be Justified In demanding that
Congress act In harmony with his
views and tn accord with his policies.
If the Governor should happen to look
upon the great power and prestige of
the executive as an Instrument to re
ward his friends, punish his enemies,
promote personal legislation and carry
out the plans of his political allies. It
will be agreed that such a Governor
has trifled with the dignities, traditions
and duties of his office, and has played
very cheap politics.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, sought
to traffic In the good old log-rolling
style with President Taft over Cana
dian reciprocity, which the Senator
opposes, and over the tariff board and
th Lorlmer expulsion, which he fa
vored. The President declined to make
any bargain with Cummin or the
other Insurgents. If they defeated
reciprocity, let the Senators take the
blame: but he would call a special ses
sion: and he did.
There Is no suspicion, or accusation,
or opinion, anywhere that the Presi
dent entered Into any deal with any
Congressman, or group of Congress
men, by which they were to give him
what he wanted, whatever It was, and
he would give them what they wanted.,
whatever it was. There was no sub
terranean path through the cellar and
up the back stairs to th White House,
no whispered agreements, no secret
deals, no barter and sale of Presiden
tial vetoes. What the President had to
say he said openly. What he bad to
promts h promised publicly. When
he threatened be threatened before all
the world.
If a Governor in his relations with
a State Legislature should be guided
by th same high motives, or Inspired
by th same genuine solicitude for the
public welfare that marked th course
of th President In his attitude toward
Congress, he would And himself sup
ported by an approving public senti
ment. But such Governors are rare.
A OKIE VINO SHETTTERT
Earnest workers along spiritual
lines will appreciate the motives that
have led Dr. Aked to contemplate re
signing the pastorate of the Fifth Ave
nue Baptist Church, known a "Rock
efeller's Church." "So far as w can
see today." said Dr. Aked. "there Is no
future for this church or for tuy min
istry." "Of such stuff as dreams are made
of." proved th hopes, th aspirations,
th endeavor of Dr. Aked In connec
tion with th pastorate of th "richest
church In America," after a trial of
nearly thre years. This Is In simple
accordance with a declaration made
more than 1900 years ago that "It la
easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a rich man
to enter into the kingdom of heaven."
The term "rich." as applied to present-day
Americans, Is a relative one.
There are men and women of wealth
everywhere -who. If they find the path
generally accredited as the "way to
heaven" difficult to follow, show no
signs of fatigue and well-doing on th
course.
Our own city has and ha had many
examples of this, but not in a degree
of wealth as applied to these who oc
cupy the pews in the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church. We can well con
ceive that the betterment of these peo
pl and of the society of which they
are conspicuous members along duly,
accredited "goapeP lines Is difficult
If not impossible. The primitive prin
ciples of Christianity do not apply to
men and women who pass their lives
In luxurious ease, their every worldly
wish gratified at the call of a bell or
the giving of an order.
Mutt I be carried to the able
Ob flowery bM ot eaaa?
Wnfl. other, foua-ht to wla the price
And called throusn bloody seas?
sang good Dr. Watts, In the fervor
of self-examination and self-sacrifice.
Dr. Aked has evidently witnessed the
desire of his worldly-minded flock to
be thus carried on flowery beds of
ease through this world beyond the
confines of the next and sees the im
possibility of the fruition of this de
sire, according to the tenets of the
theology to which he subscribes. Dis
approving, as wise men do, of wasted
effort, and believing that In another
field his labors as a minister of the
gospel of love will be requited In ac
cordance with th hopes that brought
him over th seas to th 'Western
World, Dr. Aked is ready to abandon
his gilded pastorate, wherein the peo
ple year after year "surfeit on. the
same and yawn their Joys." He
would attempt to work out his desire
for the betterment of humanity in
another part of the moral vineyard.
May the good doctor find a church
with an attitude towards its work that
calls for the highest type of enthusi
asm "the enthusiasm that illumines
detail and makes drudgery divine."
Will he find this in Los Angeles, or
in San FYancisco, from both of which
cities ho has received calls? We shall
Another connecting link between
the old steamboat days and the new
railroad days has been severed by the
appearance on the railroad map of
Lewiston Junction. This new station
replaces the old steamboat landing
known for a quarter of a century as
Riparia and at a still earlier date
as Texas Ferry. When the O. R.
& N. Company' Invaded the In
land ' Empire and threw a bridge
across Snake River at Texas Ferry the
steamboats, which until that time had
a down-river terminus at Celllo. made
the new town of Riparia their ter
minus. For more than twenty years
nearly all of the travel to and from
the Lewlston country made the long
Journey by boat and train Instead of
by boat to Celllo as In the old days.
Now the railroads have made the
steamboat a back number even on the
small stretch of river between Riparia
and Lewlston. With the rapid changes
now taking place on the railroad map
the fact that such places as Texas
Ferry and Riparia ever existed . will
soon be forgotten by most travelers
along the banks of the Snake River.
Coburg, Lane County, a village of
800 people, boasts two pairs of twins
born within the last six weeks and six
pairs of various ages In attendance
upon Its public schools. Upon the basis
of these facts Colonel Roosevelt Is to
be Invited to visit Coburg while In the
state and say a few encouraging and
congratulatory words to the parents
of the village. It must be said that
these people do not need encourage
ment In this particular line of effort.
As to commendation. It must be shown
that to deserve It. It devolves upon the
parents of the eight pairs of twins to
show cause, by proving that these dual
births were the result of careful plan
ning on their part; that they were
ardently desired and that the babies
met with cordial welcome. Otherwise
their claims to special commendation
and consideration are based . upon a
false premise. -
Morocco has always been a fruit
ful field for trouble for the
French, and It is a quiet year
that falls to produce some kind
of trouble that needs the attention of
a French man of war or some extra
soldiers. The first event of this na
ture for 1911 Is apparently near at
hand, for the chief of the French
military mission at Fez has been killed
by the son of the Moorish Minister of
War. The Moroccan territory has been
levied on so often for similar outrages
that If France Insists on much in the
way of reparation the Sultan may find
himself In the unpleasant position of
that most famous of the Moorish tribe,
the late Mr. Othello, with "his occupa
tion gone."
"The Republican party cannot live
half dead and half alive." says the
Hon. Glfford Plnchot In making a plea
for the alleged progressive policy with
which his name has been prominently
connected. Quite true. Mr. Plnchot.
Glfford Plnchot. millionaire dreamer
and entirely out of touch with the peo
ple whom he pretends to represent,
has to th extent of his ability for the
past two years sought to tear down the
Republican party, and. aided by other
dreamers and by crooks and political
blacklegs who have been cast out of
the party, he has accomplished much
In th direction In which ho Is heading.
Men Uk Robert Gordon Duncan
who "cannot help" writing passionate
love letters to half a dozen women at
the same time are living, as Milton
put It, an age too late. The period of
the patriarchs would have suited their
taste very well perhaps, though Mr.
Gordon might find in Turkey and its
marriage customs exactly what he
wants. It Is a pity that a man who is
born a Turk has to Uv among Chris
tiana, a pity for the Christians.
"If at first you don't succeed, try,
try again," is th appropriate motto
for the unlucky. State Legislatures
which have to elect United States Sen
ators. Iowa Is Just enjoying Its thirty
fourth vote. How far New York has
got one hesitates to say. Mr. Root
fears that if Legislatures are not per
mitted to elect Senators they will de
teriorate. There Is an old saying about
rotten eggs which ho apparently forgot
for the moment.
Th California courts are- becoming
positively Impolite to Mr. Ruef. In
the light of Judge Lawlor" rudeness
we should not blame the boss If he
removed his law business with all Its
Incidental fees and emoluments to
some other state.
Whether the cause be concession or
coercion, there Is visible Improvement
In the local trolley service. Many trip
pers have been provided toward the
close of day. Possibly the Increased
receipts through use of "pay" cars Jus
tify the expenditure,
The telephone boy who mad 30.
000 In Wall street through a tip from
Jim Keen' office Is making a bad
start In life. The money cam too easy
to be of benefit.
The Portland man who last night
married the sister of th husband of
his daughter got Into a tangle, sure
enough.
Glfford Plnchot Is still howling for a
solid party. All th men la the dis
card are doing much to make it so.
Win milk b th beverage at the
dairymen's banquet tomorrow night,
and who will certify to It?
With the approach of Summer, the
harem skirt Is th proper affair for
those who wear It.
There are two aides to this latest
connubial expose In th local courts
two bad sides.
Chewing gum will cost more, but
"chewing the rag" is Just as cheap and
popular. '
Wouldn't a fellow hate to see his
grandmother In a harem skirt?
After Mexico Is annexed, Canada will
com In a long timi after.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan March 8, 1S61.
Fire broke out. at half past 2 o'clock
Wednesday night In the rear of the
Identical saloon. It had made consid
erable progress before it was discov
ered and by the time the several fire
companies were on the ground the
(lames had spread to William Cree's
tailoring establishment. The night was
still and flames Increased with great
rapidity until-they presented a surface
of 69 by iO feet. -While the fire was In
this condition the first water was
thrown and In three or . four minutes
the boys had the flames in hand. As
this fire is the first opportunity that
has been offered the fire department
for over a year to teat their abliities,
the conduct of the various companies
deserves mention. No. 3 took wator
first from the cistern at the corner of
First andi Stark streets. No. 2 was
within 10 seconds of them but after
playing IS or 20 minutes "took up" and
moved down to the corner of Oak and
First streets and carried their hose
around to the rear of the burning
buildings. No.l threw a beautiful jet
of water from Front street, topping
the corner building on Front and Stark
streets which was fired in the roof. We
assert that for steadiness, daring, con
tinued playing and orderly conduct, no
better firemen ever manned the brakes
or pulled on the hooks.
The Alta St. Louts correspondent un
der date of Feb. 3, says of the Pacific
Railroad Bill that "It has passed the
Senate but so loaded down with amend
ments as to seriously endanger its pas
sage by the House. Instead of SO cor
porators as originally provided. 11
have been substituted representing 'all
the states. Provision Is now made for
an extreme northern, southern and cen
tral route. The argument for the
southern route was tha4. It would re
strain Texas from secession. Even if
the bill should pass the House it is
not certain the President will approve
It. Had the Senate stopped with the
amendment for starting the central
route at Fort Riley so as to bring it to
St. Louis by means of the Pacific rail
road, now nearly completed from St.
Louis to that point. It would have been
right; but when one amendment . was
adopted the door was opened for others,
and bence all the trouble.'
.
The stage between Jacksonville and
Treka had much trouble In getting
through. It took 20 hours of contin
uous driving to make less than 100
miles.
The business of the country seems to
be almost exclusively limited to export
ing. Sales of merchandlne aro limited,
and until returns from recent ship
ments are received there Is a general
desire not to extend the present amount
of credit soles. The .rrlval of the
Mary Hel'en from Honolulu throws a
pretty large amount of Hawaiian sugar
on the market.
LET EACH ANSWER FOR HIMSELF.
Query That Tbe Oregonlan Tntnka Car
ries Its Own Reply.
PORTLAND. Or., March 7. (To the
Editor.) As The Oregonlan Is popu
larly credited with reflecting the com
posite opinion of this community on
the major portion of questions affect
ing it. a little light is Invited on the
following matter, though perhaps ap
pearing trivial at first glance. An at
tempt made to decide it caused It to
assume proportions of some moment.
A whisky salesman, seated at a
window of a down-town club, became
Irritated at mention of the Salvation
Army, and In a tone of extreme an
noyance exclaimed "If those re
formers worked for their living like
I do. they wouldn't have the time or
Inclination to go around making
trouble for other people."
The query that this statement
prompted was, "who Is the most use
ful worker for society, tbe worker
of Iniquity or the worker of good;
the former being personified by the
liquor man and the latter In the guise
of the humble Salvationist?" The
opinion of those present, and they were
all liquor users, was unanimously In
favor of the militant tambourlnlsta.
In the Judgment of Tbe Oregonlan
can this be taken as a normal read
ing of the public pulse? M. W.
Mary Garden Make a n Threat.
New York Times.
"In the coming Summer," says Mary
Garden, the opera star. "I have nothing
to do and I am going to write a book,
"fou will find the American man In this
book and also the American woman,
and a great many other. things, man
agers, and critics, and elngers. Just ex
actly what I think of them all. quite
frankly. You see they are all public
characters, the whole lot. The man
agers and the singers and the critics
have all talked about me to their
heart's content, and now I am .going to
talk about tnem. I fancy the book will
sell. I hope to make some money out
of it, besides relieving my mind of a
lot of things which I want to say. For
I've been quiet for a long time. I was
reading the papers in bed this morning
and in one of them I found the line.
Why is Mary Garden so quiet?' The
real reason was that I got tired of see
ing my name in the papers. That Is
the anewer to that question. And a lot
of the things which I have refrained
from saying on this account will come
out in the book. Like the Mikado. "I've
got a little list,' "
a
Women at th Auto Steering Wheel.
Columbian Magazine.
Not many years ago, a woman driv
ing a car was a curiosity; indeed, she
was a heroine. For then the gwsollna
motor of today was In the experimental
stages, and few could summon suffi
cient courage to attempt to master
and direct the course of the compli
cated motor. But that time has passed.
The feminine sex, and the opposite
one, also, boast of many women who
not only have been successful with the
motor car, but who have acquired fame
thereby. Some bave won honors In
competition, others have become
famous as tourists. Hundreds ot
women have no use for the profes
sional chauffeur. It Is the ambition
of every woman motorist to under
stand the "heart of the car" and "learn
the wheel." Until this ambition Is
realized she Is not a thoroughbred
motorist.
Edition Brines ReaaltM.
JUNCTION, City. Feb. 24. (Special.)
The Commercial Club reports exceUent
results from The Oregonian's centennial
edition. Over two-thirds of all Inquiries
bave been caused from thla advertise
ment. Letters are arriving at the rate of
five a day asking for Information. Tbe
Tompkins Land Company will have an
other car of homeseekers from Minne
sota during the coming week and many
more r expected during the Spring.
' Bweet Seventeen.
B. E. Kiaer in Life.
Dainty little maiden with the soulful eyes.
Still you seem uhworldly, still from mean
nets free ;
Have, you kept from growing fashionably
Are "you atltl tha soul-white saint you
team to bat
Men ara leering at you men whose blood la
cold
Tou ara hearing women bandy ribald
Ton are" touching elbows with those who
hava sold ,
Virtue for the Jewels gleaming on their
breasts.
WIcKednes ! flaunted everywhere you turn.
Vice, arrayed In aplandor, .taunts you
shamelessly;
Dainty littla maiden, have you failed to
loarn
Ara you still tho soul-white saint you
ought to be?
STORY OF A ROGUE RIVER PIOXEER
John Olwell Astonishes Chicago SVlth
HI Pioneer Record.
Chicago Post.
There Is a real pioneer In town. He
Is one of those curious, fast-vaniehing
American pioneers who hove seen the
absolute beginnings of things in the far
West, and yet are not old enough to
have more than a gray hair or two in
their heads. His name is John D. Olwell,
of Medford, Or.
One man a certain one-ideaed person
from Illinois named J. H. Stewart
preceded Olwell in the planting of ap
ples for commercial purposes in the
Pacific Northwest. But Olwell and his
brothers were the pioneers who worked
out the growing and marketing details
which created a settled industry out of
an attractive possibility.
It's a great story a the thick-set
little man Trom Medford tells It "main
strength and awkwardness and a little
money, against the game." It starts in
the prehistoric year of 1887, when the
old apple-grower from Illinois appeared
in the valley of the Rogue River m
Southern Oregon and set out 160 acres
of apples. It tells how the Olwell
boys followed this unheard-of example
amidst the derision of the "natives,"
who remarked that they'd have to hire
the United States Army to come and eat
the fruit, ,
The story goes on to tell of the heart
breaking difficulties that came when
these primeval orchardlsts tried to
spray the trees to kill the parasitic
growths; how they almost gave up be
cause of the physical difficulty of the
task, until an old fisherman asked
them why they didn't try a gasoline
engine. And thus was evolved the first
practical spraying machine, a device
that issnow used in thousands of square
miles of Western orchards.
Then came the first crop still 'way
back in the medieval days of 1898. "A
Partfio Coast Jobber came down to the
valley and he said he'd give me 90 cents
a box for my Spltzenbergs and New
town pippins," said Mr. Olwell. "He
wouldn't touch the Ben Davlses. And
so we learned for the first time that all
apples weren't alike; that some were
jvorth money to the outside world and
some were hot. By sheer luck we hap
pened to have a good many acres of the
varieties the Portland man wanted. An
old lady, who was a friend of the fam
ily, had asked us to plant them, be
cause they were the kinds she liked."
That's the way pioneers learn things.
After they've dug and sprayed and
slaved for eeven years they suddenly
find that half their crop is no good.
The next step was equally clumsy.
"We found," continued Olwell, "that
the yellow apples were being shipped to
London. And after that Coast Jobber
had bought from us for two or three
years, raising his price 6 cents or so a
year, I thought I'd see for myself what
my apples were worth to the outside
world.
"Just to show you how shut-in we
were we didn't know anything in Lon
don except the London Times. I ex
pect everybody knows that. So I wrote
the London Times asking them to tell
me the name of a reputable English
.fruit concern. And when I get their
answer Ihlp two carloads of Newtown
pippins, leaving (them to make their
own price."
The "pioneer's" face is wreathed In a
slow smile for a moment or two. He Is
Amused at the memory of his amazing
inexperience.
"When their cable, comes It names the
price for those two carloads in pounds,
shillings and pence. I take It down to
out little bank to have It translated,
but the figure Is so large In dollars
that I don't believe it. When the Lon
don draft comes along, though, I'm
convinced. I find that for my 90-cent
apples they're willing to pay me i a
box in London."
This Is the dramatic climax to the
story. The Industry which men scorned,
and of which every simple rule had to
be "dug out by hand," had proved Itself
a brilliant commercial success. The
long fight was won.
It Is such battles as that which John
D. Olwell "put through" that has made
the United States what it is today. Un
heralded, unrecorded, such triumphs
have been scored all over the millions of
square miles in East, West. North and
South.
We all know this In a general way.
But mostly we think of It as .something
that was all done In the days of our
grandfathers. It give's Its own little
shock of surprise whenever chanoe
brings home to us the fact that the
work of the pioneer in America is by
no manner of means finished.
New Jersey Sees "Real West"
Short Hills. N. J.. Cor. New York
Tribune.
The "round-up," an entertainment
which Mr. and Mrs. William C De
Lanoy gave at their home in Delwlck
Lane, is the talk of the social set here.
Instead of assembling In conventional
garb and watchful of all the niceties
of manner, the guests clad themselves
In costumes as nearly like those ot
the "Wild West" as possible, and the
freedom of the Western settlements
was imitated to the utmost. The drawing-room
was transformed into a typ
ical Western barroom and the per
formance was carefully planned to
show what takes place In the real life
of that section of the country. The
men even went so far as to carry re
volvers, with which they "shot up" the
place at frequent Intervals.
A Memorial to Cardinal Gibbons.
Washington (D. C.) Post.
After months of work and consulta
tion with high Catholic dignitaries of
the country, officials of the Catholic
University have at last completed
plans for the Cardinal Gibbons Me
morial Hall, to be ouilt at tbe Uni
versity. The plans now are being cir
culated among the high prelates con
nected with the university that they
may receive official Indorsement be
fore being made public. The memorial
hall Is to commemorate the cardinal's
fiftieth year in tho priesthood, and
his twenty-fifth In the cardlnalate.
The committee decided that the build
ing should be used for educational
purposes.
Criticising Policies of tbe Mlchtr.
Kansas City Star.
Many of the restrictions that ham
pered the Influence of the press re
mained in force until the close of the
eighteenth century in England. It was
not till that period that newspapers
obtained the right to criticise the
policies of ministers and of the King.
Mr. Walter, the first' editor of the
London Times, was prosecuted for cen
suring the Duke of York. He was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $250, stand In
the pillory for an hour, be imprisoned
for a year and give security for his
good behavior for seven years. The
order with regard to the pillory was
canceled, but he had to serve his term
In jail,
Accommodating.
New York Sun,
Jim Jenks would never take a Job,
His was a loftier mlMion;
But In the Bee we read how ha
"Accepted a position."
When Uncle Zeklcl's grocery store
Called for a clerk's addition
For Chrlatmaa rush. Jim. full of push.
"Accepted tho position."
Tho village pound required a man
To ut It In condition:
Jim filled the breach, and In a speech
"Accepted tha position,"
When Sadie Swoppem, thrice divorced!
A fourth time felt ambition
To try her luck, Jim, primed with pluck.
"Accepted the position."
So when hia earthly course is run.
And glory (or perdition)
la offered him. we'll hear that Jim
'Accepted tho sositlon," i
TWO Oregon authors, Jules Eckert
Goodman and Margaret Mayo, who
were childhood acquaintances and were
reared In the town of Gervals, Or., are
in the literary limelight Just now. Mr.
Goodman's new book, "Mother," a
touching story of mother's love, which,
as a play, has achieved remarkable
success, will be Issued within a few
days by a New York publishing house.
"Baby Mine" tells the humorous side
of the story and will be issued next
Fall.
Not many playwrights begin their
careers so successfully as Mr. Good
man, who was so fortunate as to make
a start by having three plays accepted
almost simultaneously by three differ
ent managers. While Mr. Goodman has
written several successful plays,
"Mother" is his first novel. It Is
based upon the play, but Is more elab
orate than the drama, and contains not
only the story of the play, but that
portion of the narrative which leads
up to the beginning of the play. Both
Mr. Goodman and Margaret Mayo left
Gervals at an early age, and the
whirligig of time finally brought them
to New York. They did not meet, how
ever, until their latest successful plays
were produced, and yet by a curious
coincidence both selected subjects re
lating to the home. Another curious
coincidence is the fact that both plays
were accepted by William A, Brady
about the same time and produced sim
ultaneously; and still another strange
happening Is the fact that both plays
were novelized, submitted to the same
publishing house and accepted.
Robert Hichens'- new novel, "The
Dweller on the Threshold," is a story of
the occult and will be published March
10. When he was writing the story,
Mr. Hlchcns disoussed among his
friends the name under which the
book should appear. "Know Thyself,"
"Troubled Waters." and "Deep Waters"
were all suggested and considered, and
finally rejected for the author's very
positive' choice, "The Dweller on the
Threshold," xeferrlng to the sub-conscious
mind, or soul.
a
B. L. Putnam Weale, having ex
hausted Asiatic politics in his series
of books, Is - now turning to fiction.
His second novel, "The Unknown God,"
which Is to be published soon. Is an
incursion Into that vexed field mis
sionary enterprise In China. In this
work he deals with the inner work
ing of the native mind on religious
matters and gives a picture of the
drama of life as it unrolls Itself for
Europeans in far-off corners of China.
a
Louise Closser Hale, after a busy
season at the New Theater In New York
and the writing of her latest novel,
"The Married Miss Worth," Is to take
a long rest She will sail this month
for the Mediterranean, and finally will
settle down In Algiers for some time.
"The Married Miss Worth," like Mrs.
Hale's former novel, "The Actress," Is
a novel of stage life, and actual experi
ences have gone into the writing of
it although not actual people or inci
dents. a a a
Lord Roseberry's hew book. "Na
poleon, the Last Phase,". Is promised
this week.
a a
John Kendrlck Bangs contributes
another of his amusing "Table d'Hote
Talks." He Is now in Rome, and dis
courses upon the Catacombs and wishes
to start a subterranean air-line. "How
could you have a subterranean line and
an air-line at the same time?" demand
ed the Fat Little Englishman, coldly.
"By running it through the' subter
ranean air. dear sir," replied Boggs.
amiably. But when he found electrto
lights in his hotel room one of the
Ideals of his life was dissipated.
"What did you expect gas?' asked the
Fat Little Englishman. "No,' said
Boggs, "but I really did want to see
how these sons of eternity managed to
go to bed with a Roman candle.
a a
Albert Matthews, in a new pamphlet
he has issued about Sir Matthew and
Lady Holworthy. the benefactors of
Harvard University, quotes from va
rious Boston newspapers about th
year 1795, to Inform us that In that
age, money was raised through lot
teries to provide for Harvard's build
ings. One of the advertisements men
tioned by Mr. Matthews reads:
vnw rm NEVER! 1
L So gr-t I. th, demand 1 f or ticket. In th.
SaTlt ha. "become doubul whether tj-re
will be any to dispose of. for several day"
previous to th. th of April next, on which
Say th. lottery la positively to co""""
drawing. Tha spirit which animated tha
fYr.t sf tiers of this country, to promote
use! M knowledge, has. If possible. Increased
with tho present generations; and this is
Tho .vidence. That there Is scarcely a
single one in the community, either rnal. or
female, who 1. not mora or less interested
in th. college lottery:
Tho lisping babe cries, papa care for me.
Pray buy a ticket and in time youil sea.
The pleasing benefit thy son will find.
In learning faithfully toserve mankind.
""You take a good many magazines."
"Six." "That beats my capacity. I
can't carry over four sets of serial
stories in my head." Pittsburg Post,
a
Price Collier, in a paper in tbe cur
rent Scrlbner on "Religion and Caste
in India," reveals the complications
which the divisions of caste make In
the whole social and political problem
of India. He quotes one of the en
lightened maharajas as saying: If
the -enlightened people wish to pro
gress and to make the most of their
national Influence, they must con
sciously give up these old false Ideals
and open their eyes to the light of
progress. In which not one class, or
many classes, but all shall share.
Mrs Burton Harrison starts In the
same magazine a series of "Recollec
tions Grave and Gray," beginning with
her girlhood In Virginia before the
war, and describing the stirring life
of the early days of the Confederacy.
Later she was much In Richmond In
political circles and afterward became
a figure in New York life.
"Compensation," a hew novel by
Anne Warwick and dealing with po
litical, diplomatic and socirtl life, is
announced. "Anne Warwick" is a pen
name of an author who has lived here.
Is well known and whose father has
also lived here. Folks are wondering
what is the author's real name.
I call the dead from out their graces
To hold communion sweet with ma
The Dreamer of the Aegean Sea,
Tho poet from Spezaia'a waves.
Tha, Captive from the prison bars
To tell an allegory, and
The Traveler from the foreign land
The long-dead Watcher of the star..
Sly Book-case, and a Kingdom', mine.
When falls the night acro-s the earth.
And burns the fire upon the hearti.
When tool, lie Idle by th. line.
MacGlll has a knowledge of French
and German, and has translated some
of La Fontaine's Fables and Goethe's
"Erlkonlg."
a a a
Kate Langley Bosher. the author of
r, , la anAnrilne. thn Winter
iuary uai;i ' a
. . i in Dlphmnnil Vr at irnrlr
at ner iivmc ' -
on another story. She expects to have
the manuscript compieieu o oyims.
. i - I, la iinHnrstnnH la tn he
. . -ii i y b "-' .
one of the characters In the new novel.
although .it is not a. bciiuui w m
former book.