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KOOeEt EXT O ESCTJTtON'AI. MIX.
Mr. Roosevelt l ot the first Amfr
Irsn cltlsen to remark upon the iupr
Ul.'r value of the master-mind. He
told the Berkeley student, as no doubt
they nave often been told before br
their professors, that material civili
sation is br Us nature evanescent. The
luxury of Tyre an$ the naval suprem
acy of Carthage have disappeared
without leaner more than a trace
tipon the history of the world, while
the exceptional men of Greece and
Rome stiil count a factors In civili
sation because they were master
minds. When the Carnegie Institution at
Wash I rift on began Its work the first
president. Dr. l. C. Otlman. declared
that Its principal purpose would be to
nek out the exceptional man" and
help him develop his power. No
doubt this aim has been followed
more or less faithfully ever since, but
for some reason the master-mind
which Mr. Roosevelt longs for has not
Triad lis appearance In the I'nlted
rotate. During the last half century
there have been tremendous Intellec
tual movements In Europe and Amer
ica has reflected them with a certain
docility, but we have not Initiated any
of our own.
To mention only an Instance or two,
Nietzsche's philosophy, which ta o
seductive to younc minds. Is now
taiixht under thin disguises In all our
colleges, but we have brought no
Nietzsche to light. After deriding
Ibsen s epoch-making drama, we now
go dutifully to see it played without
the faintest expectation of seeing an
Ibsen arise among our host of play-
lights. When Madame Curie dis
covered radium the scientific world of
Europe forthwith prepared Its lr.stru
nenu of Investigation to push deeper
Into the secrets of radiant matter, but
the first American comment was a
tatement by a Harvard professor that
the whole thing was humbug.
The period of half a century which
has brought forward so many Euro
peans In all the departments ot Intel
lectual life has produced a great num.
ber of respectable mediocrities la
America, but not one genius of the
first rank. Mr. Rooeevelt may well
remark upon the circumstance and
ask what the reason Is. Certainly It
cannot be because of native mental
Inferiority. Americans come of the
same stock as Europeans. The Immi
grants to this country hve been for
the most part people of humble con
dition, but ther were of the same
b.ood and the same rank In life as the
families from which Darwin came.
The intellectual notabilities of Europe
re not usually either rich men or
aristocrats. They are born In modest
homes and rise to eminence through
adversity. There Is a common notion
that genius is suppressed In the Old
World and opportunity denied to the
poor, but facts do not approve It. It
proportionally more common for a
"joor boy to achieve real Intellectual
imlnence In Europe than It Is here,
ihnugh they do not so frequently be
some millionaires.
Here, no doubt. Is the key to the
problem of our dearth of exceptional
Intellectual lights. The mental energy
which In the Old World goes to the
production of poems, plays and scien
tific discoveries Is directed In the
Cnlted Statee to the accumulation of
wealth. Getting rich has been held
up to onr youth as the one worthy
object of ambition. It Is all very well
to be a poet, we tell our young people.
If you can afford It. but what shall
It profit a man to win Immortal fame
If he hasn't enough to eat and must
wear shabby clothes? The European
aaswers that It profit a great deal,
but In this country we are of another
opinion.
Mental power Is not marked off
Into fUed divisions. It la a protean
entity which admits of transforma
tions Into many forma While the
genius of a Shelley Is no doubt some
thing unique, a special creation, still
as a rule a person of exceptional abil
ity may become eminent In any one
of many different fields. Most of ours
have chosen the field of money-making,
so that few have been left for the
drama, scientific discovery and phi
losophy. A man who can do what
Rockefeller did In the domain of
finance could hve become a rival of
Descartes, perhaps, had his mind been
turned to metaphysics when he was
a boy. What we must do tn order to
produce the exceptional master-minds
for whom Mr. Roosevelt prays la to
set the lure of glory before our youth
Instead of the lure of dollars. Some
way must be found to make them fall
In lore with the olive wreath and the
lofty ode. The light that never was
on land or sea would shine here If we
gave It a crack to glimmer through.
The trouble is that we bar the win
dows with geld.
In our opinion Mr. Roosevelt is wise
to make his plea to the college boys
and girls. It Is of no more use to try
to convert a grown man to the evangel
of art and fame than It la to aeek to
save a sot forty years old. It cannot
be done. But take a youth In his pur
ple glory when the clouds he has
brought from God are still trailing
and heaven still shines about him and
there is no limit to what ou can do.
Call to his soul from the heights and
he will answer. Set the Ideal before
htm and he wilt give his life to fol
low It.
The collegv have yielded too facllely
to the tyranny of the practical. They
have scouted the prophet crying In the
wilderness and Inclined their ears all
loo readily to the money changers' In
viting charm. When our colleges re
turn to locusts and wild honey our
boys will grow up Into Miltons and
Darwlna. Until that happens we must
be content with John Jay Hammond
I and Rockefeller. They are excellent
of their kind. It Is with the kind it
I self that Mr. Roosevelt finds fault.
WHAT la THE it EX? MOTM
If we understand correctly the logic
of Mr. Timothy Brownhlll's argument,
advanced In bis frank letter yesterday.
It Is that the way to build tip a great
combined agricultural college and
state university is to wreck the present
institutions and rear the new edifice
on the ruins. The plan Involves a
gnat deal of rSk. not to say disaster,
to the educational structure of Oregon.
The Oregonlan has urged, and now
favors, a rational and comprehensive
plan for combining the institutions at
Eugene and Corvalll. But it la not
willing to adopt the violent Brownhill
method. If the energies of Mr.
Brownhill and his exasperated col
leagues In old Yamhill were to be di
- iiiftni tha formulation of a
rational scheme for tUe future union ,
of the two si-noow. to ia raomiura
the referendum through the Legisla
ture. It would find hearty support
from The Oregonlan. But It dors not
approve the referendum for any leg
islative measure for any reason of
local dissatisfaction, or spite, re
venge, or Jealousy. The referendum to
the whole people should be Invoked
only to decide great Issues or to settle
finally any subject of profound and
widespread agitation.
Will Mr. Brownhill and his coad
tmnn who ear In one sentence that
I IV... avm.M an aWBV With the Old
! schools In order to unite them and
i make a better ana gTeaier loiumuw.,
! and In another sentence that too
I much money is spent In Oregon for
' higher education and not enough for
! .. u-hnnli do anvthing for
in. i . ... ...'-. .
a combined State University and Ag
ricultural College after they ahall have
succeeded In defeating the 'proposed
appropriation? What Is their next
ir.ove In that direction ?
tY IrVEJXF AIASR..
The new Secretary of the Interior Is
said to have tn mind a plan for leas
ing the Alaska coal lands on such
terms that the Government will re
ceive a good revenue from them, and
capital at the same time find attractive
Investments In opening the mines. De
tails of thla reported policy have not
yet been announced, but Washington
advices state that It la entirely satis
factory to Attorney-General Wlcker
sharo. who not only ha an Intimate
knowledge of Alaska and it needs, but
Is also very well acquainted with Mr.
Fisher.. the new Secretary- It would
aem from this that Mr. Fisher Is well
qualified to administer the affairs of
that much misrepresented and misun
derstood land In a manner satisfactory
to all intereat concerned.
So little is known about Alaska and
Its wonderful resource that the the
ories of the rinchots and others who
have been responsible for its slow
growth and lack of development have
received consideration to which they
were not entitled. It was the puono
sentiment which grew out of this lack
of knowledge that waa responsible for
the hampering persecution of ex-Secretary
Ballinger and prevented the ac
complishment of result In Alaska.
What Alaska need I a man who can
understand the possibilities 'of the
country and ha sufficient atamlna to
carry through a policy that will bring
best results for the Isolated and neg
lected land of riches. There la no
greater economic absurdity In connec
tion with Government administration
than the present system of carrylna"
coal 10.000 mile to Alaska and dis
charging It for consumption within a
few mile of the location of what
promise to be the greatest coal mines
on earth. " ,
The campaign of vilification that I
was waged against Mr. waninger was
not without some good results, for It
brought to the attention of the world
the great resources of the country.
With the knowledge thu gained there
will be less disposition to criticise even
e h naor official ahould carry out
some of the best feature of the policy
of hi much-abusea preoecessor. n
Mr. Fisher will only open up the Alas
kan resource and restore to the public
domain some of the lands now wrong
fully held In foreet reserve he will Im
mediately become a very popular offi
cial. THE SHOBT BA1XOT.
v. i- n. .i a that in hi Western
addresses Colonel Roosevelt Is Indore- i
Ing with emphasl the nort oauoi as
an implement of progreaslvenes and ,
people rule. The short ballot, wnicn
Implies the centralisation of author
ity and the power to appoint minor
ortlcera in a few Important ones. Is ad
vocated a a means of enabling the
. t ,hAnw imonf candidates
with better knowledge a to their ru
nes.
.. ..am .ifinnt everclse a wise
.w.i.. ' ..... -w- a.k to vote on a
ciiuilb n t - i
multitude of names," saia tn toionei
i t.i. T Annies 'soeech. "If you 1
are given a ticket with thirty or forty I
name on It to vote, now many oi ultra
will you know anything about?"
We are not Informed as to the In
spiration for the Colonel Illustration
of a ticket carrying thirty or
forty name. Perhaps that Is the
numerical status of the ticket he
1 accustomed to voting. Here in
Fortland the ballot In the last gen
eral election carried about I JO names.
In addition to the title of thirty-two
law and constitutional amendment.
Some of the most patent criticism
of the Oregon system are based on the
length of the ballot that I It product.
Recently the Political Science Quar
terlv. which Is published under the
auspice of the Academy of Political
Science, contained a comprehensive
drscussion-of "People" Rule In Oregon,
110." This academy Is affiliated with
Columbia University. The author of
the article. George H. Haynes, of
Worceeter. Mass.. tlnds In the charac
ter of the Oregon ballot a note of
warning concerning "permanence of
the good and progress toward the bet
ter." It may be well to say here that Mr.
Haynes In no sense criticise the prin
ciple the Oregon system seek to make
applicable to legislation and good gov
ernment. But he declare that the No
vember ballot was a "preposterous
thing." and that "experience will cer
tainly prove that the "short- ballot'
movement and the "peoples rule"
movement must go together."
It Is Interesting to note. also, that
there may be read In Mr. Haynes" arti
cle testimony of the absence of the
safeguards which Colonel Roosevelt
declares should be thrown around the
Initiative and referendum. Colonel
Roosevelt has asserted that the Initi
ative should be accompanied by some
adequate provision for the expert
drafting of proposed measures and for
their adequate presentation to the vot
ers. One might think that Mr. Hayne
TIIE MOKSTSO OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY.
and Colonel Roosevelt - Jiad been in
conference. Mr. Hayne says:
The experience of thla election, further
more, has proved the naea of attention both
to tha parcMolocr ana to the ethlra of tttle
wntlnc. One meaiura, said to have bean
of reaulna marlt. la relieved to have bean
dar.atad bacmnea Ha title included a doubt
rai.mc elauar. which had baan auccaatull
evld4 In -tha tnt af tha law Itaelt. An
othar measure of dubioua mrlt waa passed.
probaMr bacauea tha title, while allnt aa to
tha main Intent of tha law. made a a-ie-caasful
appaal to an exafseratMl popular
prejudice asalnat a defunct poll tax. Direct
laslslatloa la not tha apontaneoue reflater
Inc of tha Individual vter"e matured Jud'
ment aa to tha beat method of dealing with
a alraa problem; tha votera almplr nay
Tea" or -no" or aay nothing to epeclflo
propoeale originated, framed and phraaed
and anr e:.p in tha procedure la o( con
aequanee for them by aomeone alee. By
whom? For whatt Theaa may at tlmaa
prove dlaquletln questions. For example,
not ona of tha three tax measures upon tha
November ballot was drawn In auch lan-a-uaae
aa to make Its Intent clear and un
mistakable; nor waa thla lack supplied by
any enllghtenlna ars-ument In tba campaign
book, tha ona axcumant there submitted. In
joint advocacy of the three, bain In tone
and la lor'c little calculated to aerre as
the baste for forming a candid Judgment.
Direct legla:atlon will presently ba giving to
Oreg-n a poor travesty of "people a rule.
unless to tha framing of lawa and to tha
phrasing of thair Utlea there la brought a
keener intelligence and a mora sensitive
conscience tnao were responsible for tha law
Intended to secure tha piecemeal Introduc
tion of tha single-tax and for the ""women's
taxpaylng suffrage amendment.'
It Is probable that If the "short bal
lot" Idea were applied to direct legis
lation In Oreeron the danger found In
trick titles. Imperfectly drawn meas
ures and Inadequately presented laws,
such as Mr. Hayne mentions, would
be greatly minimized. If there were
fewer measure for consideration the
voter would have a larger opportunity
for ascertaining their merit and for
discovering hidden meanings. In It
application to candidate the short
ballot movement has a large degree of
merit if not carried to extreme, but
The Oregonlan Is not prepared to in
dorse a system of state government
similar to government by commission
of cities. To go to this extreme would
Invite the return of machine rule In
skate politics. Always will there be
men In each community who can con
trol votes. Their organization under
expectation of political preferment
would undoubtedly follow a lodgment
of the appointing power In a very few
officers. Tet the reasons for an adap
tation of the short ballot Idea to both
branches of the Oregon voter's prerog
ative are becoming Imperative. Colo
nel Roosevelt should tlnd a receptive
audience If be discusses the subject In
Oregon.
trAatteng.
According to the account In the
Tacoma Dally Tribune the antl-treat-lr.g
ordinance carried every ward In
the city except one. In orae wards,
the Fifth and Sixth, for instance, the
vote in favor of It was two to one,
while the total majority It received
was heavy.
Thl shows that the Tacomans are
strongly In favor of good moral, but
It also shows that they do not know
how to attain their ambition. When
two men enter a saloon where ther
Is nobody else but the barkeeper and
treat each other," how 1 the law going
to get hold of them? They may re
peat their crime a dozen times a day
every day in the year without letting
slip the slightest legal evidence of It
One may believe thaj; the anti-treat-Ing
ordinance will deprive some hyper
consclentious people of the pleasure of
paving each other' fare on the street
cars, but It will not do a great fleal
more. We wish It could stop the prac
tice of half a score of men lining up
at the bar and buying the beer In turn
for the whole crowd, but we fear It
will noL To enforce a law there must
be proof of It violation, and we doubt
whether treater or treatee will ever
testify to the truth when It come to
the pinch.
r-UTTLVQ DOWN TKB BRAKFA.
Seattle ha reached the point In Its
history where It doe not disdain to
talk of retrenchmenuln municipal ex
penses. Every spendthrift city, a
well a every Individual wastrel,
aooner or later reache that point. The
trouble In municipal extravagance 1
In putting on the "brake.
Habit Is strong and none Is stronger
than that of spending unearned Incre
ment, whether from taxes or Inheri
tance. Such a habit. Intrenched In
growth and pampered by Indulgence,
blinds Its victim to financial prudence.
It Is like other evils, in that an ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
In the case of Seattle all suggestion of
prudence a applied to the forced
growth of the city was apurned a fit
only for "conservative old Portland"
and other cities whose growth was
slow though strong and sure. Having
now. however, reached the point at
which general retrenchment la found
to be necessary, plans looking to that
end are being seriously considered
Seattle, having found herself, will
In due season make good and become
the thrifty city of commerce and of
homes of which conservative people
dreamed In the days prior to the epi
demic that came down from the Klon
dike a decade and more ago and gen
erated what is known aa the "Seattle
spirit."
WHr-KX IS THE WHEAT
The wheat crop of the United State
for 1910 was (0.000,009 bushels larger
than Its predecessor. The exports
from that crop, flour Included, for the
season to date have reached a total of
17.000.000 bushels, compared with
112.000.000 bushel for the same
period in the preceding season. The
American visible urply 1 but 10.000,.
000 bushel larger than for the same
date last year, and the Government re
port shows stocks In farmers" hands
but (.000.000 buchels larger than a
year ago. The question that Is now
puzzling buyers and sellers Is what ha
become of the wheat. The crop waa
(0.000.000 bushel larger, but the visi
ble stocks and the stocks in farmers'
hands are but 18.000,000 bushels
greater than a year ago. and the ex
ports have actually declined 35.000.000
bushels. No similar situation has ever
before confronted the wheat trade, and
the uncertainty la reflected In a mar
ket la which variation of 1 cent per
day are regarded more seriously than
a 3-cent change would be under usual
conditions.
As a result of this remarkable disap
pearance of about 60.000.000 bushels
of wheat, market quotations in Chi
cago yesterday, for the first time on
record, closed with May, July and
September option selling within
one-eighth of a cent of each
other. On the same data last
year the May option sold at a pre
mium of 64 cents over July and the
latter option sold at 1 cents premium
over September. The May option a
year ago was 25 cents per bushel
higher than the closing price yester
day. Tha present prices would Indi
cate that the trade. Is not yet willing to
believe that the wheat consumption of
the country had increased so rapidly
as the figure on crop, stock on hand
and shipment Indicate. There is ap
parent, instead, a disposition to be
lieve that the "invisible" stock are of
sufficient magnitude to have a decided
Influence on the old-crop options at a
time when contradictory crop reports
are holding new-crop prices well
above a parity with the prices which
would prevail If there were assurance
of another crop as large a that which?
was harvested last year.
Meanwhile the American market
are several cents per bushel above a
parity with any of the foreign mar
kets, on which we must ultimately de
pend for a market for the surplus, and
the Argentine, Russia and Australia
are shipping . the cereal in record
breaking volume. Unless we have un
expectedly reached the point where
our home consumption ha caught up
with production, wheat prices must
gravitate to a lower level.
The remarkable feat of the French
aviator Breguet In carrying, eleven
passengers a distance of two miles in
hi monoplane reveal wonderful prog,
res In flying machine construction.
"The weight of the twelve people was
1316 pounds, and the combined weight J
of machine and occupants waa 2802
pounds. It I not yet ten years since
Inventor were struggling in vain to
perfect a heavler-thao-air machine
that would lift one lone operator from
the earth for a few moments at a
time. The remarkable flight of Bre
guet is of vastly greater Importance
than all of the high-flying and spec
tacular stunt that have been per
formed by all of the numerous aviator
that followed the Wrlghtsv the original
btrdmen. The most serious deficiency
now apparent In the aeroplane Is a
device which will prevent too sudden
a descent in case of accident. Like
the air brake on' the train, and the
collision bulkhead on the steamer, this
will come along in time, but Death
will continue to levy heavy toll on the
calling until some such device is pro
vided. The Supreme Court at Olympla,
Wash., ha handed down a decision
which will compel the Seattle-Renton
Sc. Southern Railway and the Seattle
Electric Company to give transfers
from one line to the other on a 6-cent
fare. It was the refusal of the com
pany to grant a B-cent fare Into the
city that bronght about the demand
for municipal ownership of the Renton
line. The Seattle voters, possibly in
cluding a few of the taxpayers, voted
favorably on' the proposition, and If
the bonds can be sold, Seattle will in
time be In possession of a line which
will secure one-half of every 5-cent
fare on which a transfer Is given. The
next thing necessary In order to make
the line popular (not necessarily prof
itable) will be for the voters, not In
cluding the taxpayers, to declare for a
1-cent fare or ten tickets for a nickel.
There should be no limit placed on the
advantages conferred by municipal
ownership.
Has Benjamin Ide 'Wheeler, of the
University of California, revised his
opinion upon the matter of college
education for young women? Erst
while he was accredited with being
one of its strongest opponents, espe
cially of co-education in colleges. Now
comes the report that he approves of
marriages that result from the asso
ciation of young men and. women in
colleges, and proclaims such marriages
as almost universally happy. Of
course It la one of the prerogatives of
Intelligence to change it attitude on
Important questions. It Is only the
donkey or the balky horse that per
sists in an attitude once taken, regard,
less alike of persuasion and conse
quences. Hence President W'hej ler 4s
well within hi rights if he has
changed his opinion upon co-education
to accord with the fact that have
come to his knowledge.
The death at Vancouver -Thursday
morning of two children, presumably
by poisoning. Is a lamentable example
of the lack of home and care that is
summed up In the term "parental ir
responsibility." Great Nature nods
with ' pitiable and disastrous results
when the totally unfit become parents.
The very fact that these young boys
were allowed to gorge their stomachs
upon Chinese noodle Is a sufficient In
dictment against parental responsibil
ity. From first to last, the case Is de
plorable as showing the all too com
mon though possibly an extremes re
sult of unfit parentage.
The abolishment of free rides on the
streetcars may conceivably redound to
the comfort to the humbler public. It
is conceivable that enough will be
saved to the company by the Innova
tion to enable It to provide every pas
senger with a seat. Even If the ideal
is not fully realized, some approach
to it may be made.
Tacoma" antl-treatlng law will fall
of enforcement, not because It Is bad,
but because It runs counter to an In
grained National habit. Treating Is
usually silly and often immoral, but
men who do not conform to the cus
tom are called mean. Against such a
practice mere law la powerless;
Happily the city ordinance provides
for ample Justice upon saloonmen who
furnish liquor to young girls. Their
licenses may be canceled. There Is no
Imaginable reason for remitting this
penalty In case like that of Ruby
Dent. One stern example is worth
tons of indignant talk.
By voting $100,000 bonds for a high
school, Thursday, Pendleton put the
city in the front row and under the
limelight. That institution will be of
greater benefit than the defunct normal
a lew mues away.
Professor Lake, now In Washington,
says the Willamette Valley pear is the
finest In the world. Every Oregonlan
who Iras "put his beak" Into a Juicy
Bartlett will agree with him.
, Now It Is the Asylum that is over
crowded. A all mankind and most
women are more or lees crazy, th dis
charge of many to lessen the strain
wlUhave little effect
The local dairyman arrested yester
day for the fourth offense in diluting
milk probably has hydrocephalus.
Technically the Oregon is rated as a
second-class battleship, but. not when
in action.
The great demand for nursery stock
this Spring has no'reference to baby
mining. "
This Is weather to order to prevent
colonist beco miner, homesick.
MARCH 25, 1911.
Half a Century Ago
From the Oregonlan, March 25. 1861
PORTLAND. March 24. (Editor
Oregonlan.) Happening; In a Chinese
shop a few days ago the principal oc
cupant said in his Imperfect English,
that be had been writing a letter
home; and showed me his letter, a
long sheet of Chinese characters. I
told him I should UJce to have him
translate it. whioh he -said he would do
If I would write It down. I did so and
here you have some of the impres
sions of a' Chinese man of our coun
try." habits of our people, etc This
description may interest you as It did
me. A. BOSTON.
Chin Hong: When left China land
said would write you what should see.
Long sail San Francisco. Too many
China man there. Come here four days.
Country her new found wild moat
trees. Some little places trees cut
down; burnt most. Portland on river;
much wild; people Just come; streets
wide, bad. stumps, holes, houses gome
burnt clay, scene wood, walls paper
like China. Barbarian shops good deal;
trade well, beat China man. .One China
shop good teas not enough what
China man love to eat. China man
wash heregood price much more
than China; get money, keep money for
China land. No trouble our religion.
China man worship he please.
See women. Curious. Not China wo
man. China woman smile good, show
ankles, shoes turn up. No so American
woman. Dress spread round. Much like
balloon. Dress cover all down feet.
Can't see. Suppose feet very great. No
good like China woman.
Live here for love money. Bad rains
now no rains some time. No you
come here. China man too much. But if
come dig gold up mountains twenty
days say much there, think It- Print
paper say so. Suppose he know more
I do. No more. Tou write. AH NINO.
WOODSTOCK PLANS ARE DEFENDED
Resldeat Assert SO Per Cent of Free
holders Want Improvements.
WOODSTOCK. March 22. (To' the Edi
tor.) In today's Issue, under the head
ing of "Woodstock In protest." there ap
pears an article by my much-respected
friend R. M. Brereton, again informing
the public about the "kick"' anent im
provements. Mr. Brereton lays great
stress on the difficulty of the poor peo
ple, and the prospects of their being
ruined by costly improvements. I do
not think we have many, if any, poor
people. "
That some people have mortgages on
their properties, there Is no doubt, but
without mortgage some people would
nave no property at all. Whether this
Is wise or not. is not the question Just
here but the issue is, shall we have
improvements commensurate with our
position as a member of this great city
family or not?
Mr. Brereton makes various objections
to the plans of the City Engineer, none
of which are well taken, to my way of
thinking. He suggests a four-foot side
walk, which is not only too narrow but
would be found totally Inadequate 10
years hence. He also suggests an undu
lating grading system, which would not
only be tiresome to the pedestrian, but
would never do for our modern mode of
rapid transit, for it cannot be doubted,
that other tracks will be laid along
other streeta Nor could the drainage
be made perfect under his method of
treating the ground, to say nothing of
the storm that would arise from owners
whose lots lay below the grade of Mr.
Brereton's undulations.
Again. Mr. Brereton seems to think,
that the desire for Improvements comes
from real estate speculators. This Is not
true; It comes from 80 per cent of
Woodstock freeholders at least It did.
when the cVemand was made, -last year.
The truth Is. the present rumpus s
stirred up by four men, who are the
real realty speculator. One of them
owns eight 50-foot lots; another six lots;
two own four lots apiece, and even Mr.
Brereton owns half a block. Are these
men poor? Are they In danger of losing
anything? Is It not rather that they
wish to reap the unearned increment,
without expending a cent? There are
about 80 per cent absolute freeholders
In this district. The largest holder of
lots (49 In number) s willing to Im
prove. The only obstacle to the Im
provement comes from a few who have
befuddled others with a talk of graft
and unnecessary expense.
GEORGE POPE.
Good Word for City Hen.
PORTLAND, March 23. (To ' the
Editor.) "Esthetic Citizen." in The
Oregonlan of March 23, enters protect
against raising poultry on Portland
lots, looking upon the crowing rooster
as an abomination. He seems to have
overlooked the hen. the egg and the
young chick. "
Let none disparage the cultivation of
the beautiful, but remember there is
something paramount to the esthetic
It Is utility. Many people have most of
their time and energy taken up with
the latter as a matter of necessity. In
the management of a home on a city lot
the rich do not need to consider the
question of utility, simply the esthetic,
but not so with the poor man seeking
to pay for his home and expensive
street improvements.
Some of the most noteworthy doings
among the young of our city last year
were in poultry raising. Not a few
youngsters made enough to buy their
books and clothes. Poultry raising on
the back lot for the young Is practical
education and serves a good purpose
in more than the mere profit. The es
thetic Is very largely founded upon
utility. The boy in the care of his
chickens, whether consciously r not.
Is studying natural science and may
find both beauty and wonder in the
plumage of his crower. The egg, the
beautiful egg. Is enough to arouse the
philosophical element of his mind and
when the Incubated egg bursts its shell
and the cblck is out. where Is the child
that would look further for something
of beauty to love?
There are pleasant reminiscences In
memories of the old farm where we
awoke in the Spring morning to the
music of a dozen crowing roosters, the
gobbling turkey and the squawking of
the guinea.
The encouragement given by the T.
M. C. A. to the youth to 'try poultry
raising has resulted well. Let it go on.
Let old Plymouth crow in the backyard,
anywhere, if by It the boy Is trained
and fed. UNCLE DEXNI3.
" The Crossed Fingers.
' Puck.
ya swore that her kiaa was tha first ba had
had;
But his fingers ween crossed! .
He'd kised but his mother, when he was
a lad
Tea, his fingers wera crossed!
He vowed that not only he'd never had a
Of Quivering Hps. but that no other walBt
Had ever been clasped by his arm. Then
In haste ,
His two fingers ha crossed I
Tha sparkler be gave her he'd purchased
that day.
But his fingers wera crossed!
NO previous maiden had worn It nay. nay!
Bub his fingers were crossed!
And never, so long as life should endure,
Would eye. cheek. Up of another maid lure
Ha knew It, past every doubt he was sure
But his fingers wera crossed 1
6he listened to all ot tha ruff he had said
While his fingers ware erosaed!
She laid on his bosom her wise little head
"While his fingers wera crossed!
She answered so low that the famed "little
olrd"
Who peddles sweet secrets could scarcely
have beard
Jlm she breathed, "Oh. my love, I believe
But her fingers wars crossed 1
every wordl"
TIMID SPARROW IN REAL LIFE. j
Mrs. Ulrica Likened to Heroine In One
of Ade'a Fables. "
PORTLAND, March 22. (To the Edi
tor.) One of George Ade's fables In
slang, entitled "The Apprehensive Spar
row." portrays the type of woman to
t-i-i. Li xt t -1 -I -Vi whn has re-
WUItU UCIWUBO -'-' J - ...
cently achieved unpleasant notoriety as
the accuser of Booker Washington.
"Once there was a Proper little Fe
male who Fluttered and wa Interested
in Movements. She was born the Year
that Fremont ran ' against Buchanan.
n -i - a ..nttifpr with Coal
I Black Eyes and a Suspicious Manner
would come ana sit rigni oeswo
a Car. evidently for some Purpose, and
she would close her Hps tightly and re
solve to do a Steve Brodie out of the
window, if she saw his Hand slipping
over toward Hers. Fortunately, the
man kept hts Eyes on the Sporting Page
and made no move.
'If she happened to be In the Waiting
Room at the Station and a coarse but
...... r-i n i m Avent nr loml one
equally Terrifying happened to come
I . . v. -u. -nnM feel
across iim riuum a nc.i - -her
little Heart stand still, and she
would say. This Is where I get It. After
he had gone past on his way to the
t 1 T- Vt .Ki.lrl nnl linTD Cam-
J phor on her Handkerchief and declare
! to Goodness that never again would she
..... n... .a t-tvoi nit, she. had some
Older Person with her. I
"More than once when she was at
Home, with only a few other Persons
around the House, she saw a Large Man
come up tne Front eieps, ana bb
be Frozen with Terror and could see
herself being lifted Into a closed, car
riage by the Brutal Confederates. She
would slip a Pair of Scissors under
her Apron and creep to the Front Door
prepared to Resist with all her Girlish
Strength, and the Man would have to
talk to her through the Door and ask
where she wanted the Coal delivered.
"Now and then a Caller would find
her Reviving herself with a Cup of Tea.
The Caller would say. 'Madge, Child,
you are as Pale r.s a Ghost.'
"Madge would reply, 'Oh, I have Just
had such a Turn! I was out watering
the Nasturtiums when a Man In a Crash
Suit came along the Street and looked
right at me. The Gate was open, and
there was nothing to prevent him from
coming right in and Getting me.'
"The Appalled Visitor would want to
know what became of hlra. and Madge
would explain that he turned at the
Next Corner and she had been as Weak
as a Cat ever since.
"On her Shopping Expeditions she no
ticed Dozens of Men apparently Trailing
right along after her, and she knew
that her only Salvation was to look
straight ahead and indicate by her
Bearing that she was no Flirt. By so
doing she eluded many a one who
wanted to Catch Step with her and be
gin a Conversation.
"The Collected Stories of her success,
ful but Hair-Breadth Escapes from Men
of the World who seemed to Forget
that all Women are not Alike would
have filled a Volume bigger than the
Family Medicine Book. Happily, no one
ever went Quite So Far. She invariably
escaped.
"Moral: Don't worry." '
Having made fools of themselves, in
self-Justification the Ulriches embel
lish the-incident to make out a case
against the negro, even if In so doing
they should ruin the reputation of an
innocent man. His bending over to read
doorplates is exaggerated Into peeping
through a keyhole, and the charge Is
made that Mr. Washington said, "Hel
lo, sweetheart," and that he was the
aggressor in the attack, charges that no
one but his enemies will believe.
f Booker Washington does not go about
th a solemn mien. He has an affable,
smiling countenance. If he bowed and
smiled and made inquiry of the woman
as to whether the man he was looking
for lived in that building she would put
a sinister construction on his questions,
since she Is the sort of person she is
and was looking for trouble, and think
he was making advances to her.
The tendency of the accuser to em
bellish the circumstances In order to
i.. .... . ..vA ns.nM t nni saw Il
lustrated In a case that happened in a
I nuMif, llhrarv In a lam Eastern city.
A writer went to the library to read
some back numbers of papers published
in New York and San Francisco. The
attendant rummaged under the counter
where the papers had been deposited
after they had been taken off the racks
and found 4he desired copies. As the
80 days that the newspapers of the
various large cities are kept at that
library before being thrown out had
already elapsed, she asked that certain
of the papers that she wanted be given
to her. The Institution was notorious
for its red tape. The attendant told
her she would have to see the superin
tendent. The building occupies an en
tire block, and to the woman who had
tramped about all day the superintend
ent's office on the fourth floor seemed
a mile away. He would doubtless say
take them, she thought; and, as she
did not have time to copy extracts, she
made several clippings. One of the
library attendants saw her and marched
her up to the superintendent's office,
k. her with mutllatlna:
I library property with a great big pin.
: The culprit, who, by the way. was at
the head of the work being done to
! secure a state library commission in
: ..... .ff.reH tn niiv the 2 cents'
lllUl (J 10 1 vii-- 1 j - -
worth of damage, if the librarian felt
aggrieved.
The Tuskeegee educator s enemies
have seized upon the Ulrlch incident to
use it against him to the utmost, ex
ultantly cackling, "I told you so." Re
port savs that in Greenville, Alabama,
a popular subscription has been started
to help Ulrlch contest the suit. Evi
dently the foolklller has been neglect
ing; his business In that locality.
HELEN SAYR GRAY. Bowers Hotel.
Vlcar'of Bray's Changeable Creed.
Rlmmer, "Rambles Round Eton."
The celebrated village of Bray has
I .1 Immnrtalltv thrOllBTh Its aCCOm-
I m-dating vicar,- who gracefully sur
renders his creea m ettuu oulvwuiu.
monarch. The song which has ren
dered him famous Is an anachronism,
for the real vicar lived during the
reigns of Henry VIII. Edward VL M: 'y
and Elizabeth, while the popular vicar
is supposed to have published his creed
during the reign of George L and It is
pretty certain that It Is a production
of one of the members of the Kit-Cat
Club Satirists and historians have
shown again and again the laxity and
the servility of the parochial clergy;
and a chaplain hardly ranked above a
head gamekeeper, nor was he permit
ted, except under certain conditions, to
dine with his patron. If the chaplain
was of a congenial turn and sufficient
ly instructed to amuse his employer, he
would have the family living, or some
other family living, when a vacancy
occurred, and then, of course, he was
the humble servant to the house.
Opening of Colvllle Reservation.
PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Ed
itorsWhen will the Colvllle Indian
Reservation be opened? What are -the
chances for a soldier that served three
years of getting a good piece of land?
SOLDIER.
The reservations are opened to white
settlers by special acts of Congress
after the allotment of lands to the In
dlans ba been completed. The allot
ment on the Colvllle Reservation is
now going on.
A soldier having served three years
would be given credit" for three years
upon the time he would otherwise have
to live on the land before proving up.
As the law allows six months .from
the time entry is made until actual
residence , begins, the soldier who
served three years would be obliged
to live on bis claim 18 months. He
could not make an entry without re
siding on tha land,.
Timely Tales of the Day
I. W. Hope, of Vale, while spending
a" few days recently in Portland, told
this story on County Judge Cleeton:
"It was during the Legislative session
of 1905," said Mr. Hope, "while the con
test was on for the election of United
States Senator. Mr. Cleeton. as- a mem
ber of the Legislature, was supporting
one candidate for Senator, and I was
on the opposite side. With us was a
sick man, whom we had been trying to
bring to the Statehouse to get his vote,
in order to defeat Dolph.
"At last it was found that the sick
man was able to be taken in a stretcher
from his home, and sent by train to Sa
lem, but we had to do something to
keep the vote from being entirely polled
before the sick man reached the State
house. It was finally agreed, In order
to play for time, that each of us should
get up and spend as much time aa pos
sible in explaining his vote.
"Thus the calling of the roll went
very slowly, and the opposition seemed
to be getting restless. At last lr.
Cleeton rose to condemn such dilatory
tactics. He was highly Incensed at the
slow way the vote was being taken, and
he spent about 20 minutes In an elo
quent speech condemning us. We sat
back and let him talk as long as he
wanted to.
"Just after Mr. Cleeton had resumed
his seat with the attitude of one who
believes he has done a creditable task,
the sick man was brought into the room
on a stretcher, and his vote was polled
against Cleeton's candidate.
"I shall never forget the surprised
look on Mr. Cleeton's face as he realized
how much he had aided his opponents
In his 20-mlnutes' speech against us."
The hobble skirt Is not an altogether
unalloyed pleasure, although It may be
ultra-fashlonable. At least so one
stunning young affector of this raging
mode discovered to her unutterable
embarrassment the other evening. She
was a comely young thing, fair of fea
ture and trim of figure and she was
3 I. what li modistes WOUld
call an "extreme" hobble, that is. she
. - . . .-( . V. n . . ,
could step only aooui a i """"'
danger of tripping.
She stood at the corner of Fifth and
Washington waiting for a St. Johns car
and there was a goodly crowd engaged
in the same pastime.
Along came an inquisitive little ter-
rler and playfully made as if to leap
up on this dainty navy-blue gown of
the aforesaid "hobble" design.
The sweet young damsel was miffed;
she was almost peeved, and she, in her
, . i i.j i. trn with her
SDaeni-unnucu -- o-
comely little tan boot Just about as
hard as she could.
Presto! She had kicked too hard
.. ..inna h.,oif fn the binding folds
of the tight-fitting gown. She tried
to regain her oaiance, bhu ui.i
It worse; she lurched and sat down,
very very heavily on the cold and cruel
pavement. Her handbag flew one way
and her peach-basket hat tilted rak
lshly over one ear, and the crowd tit
tered. . .
Milady arose all flustered and
pattered saucily down to Stark street
and the dog, entirely unscathed, trot
ted on his carefree way.
"You wouldn't think that there Is a
mighty big profit in the check-cashing
business that certain cafe proprietors
and saloon-keepers do every week In
Portland." remarked a prominent bank
er, yesterday, "but there is."
"I have in mind the case of one of
our customers who operates a flrst
class cafe, and with it there is the
strong inducement of a tempting free
lunch. Every week he cashes checks
on one single big concern In the city
A- ohnnt cflnn nnd includes
wnicn vs" ,J - ' ;
20 or more individual checks. The other
day I asked him now ne coum
ba bothered with that sort of a thing
right along. , .....
" "Botnereur ne reiuieu,
money In it. Just about 10 per cent of
that money goes into our till during
the course of the week.' .
"He explained to me." continued the
banker, "that on payday the crowd will
come drifting in. turn over their checks
and some of them will spend anywhere
from 2 to 3 before the company of
'good fellows' breaks up. He also told
me that the same crowd made his cafe
their rendezvous during the balance of
the week for either the midday or the
4 o'clock lunch; and that there would
usually be several 'treats' passed along
the line on such occasions. Then-on
Saturday afternoon or evening there is
the flask, or bottles of beer, for home
consumption over the 'dry' Sunday.
"If we could only get 10 per cent dis
count on checks In our business," sighed
the banker In conclusion, "I think we
would be able to declare larger divi-.
dends.
MANY
FEATURES IN
TOMORROW'S
OREGON I AN
An Intimate Study of the Pan
ama Canal is presented by John
F. Stevens, former chief engi
neer. His article deals with tha
vital question of the commer
cial changes that will be effected
through completion of the great
waterway.
' ' The Indiscretion of L e 1 1 y
Shaw," fourth story in E. Phil
lips Ojppenheim 's new adventure
series.
Taal Volcano's Recent Ram
page, showing very first pictures
of terrible eruption that wrecked
Taal Island.
American-Born Women who
will participate in the coronation
of King George and there is
quite- a colony of them.
Happiest Hours of Some of Our
Great Men. In every case the
most unexpected versions are
given.
Women Who Stare on the
Street Are Flirts, says a street
masher in his confession.
Goo-Goo Eyes, fluffy hair and
pouty lips not part of real Amer
ican beauty, says noted artist in
selecting new model.
Colorado's Penal Drones are
put to work building good roads.
Mr. Twee Deedle, Sambo and
the Widow Wise have some new
adventures.
Homer Davenport's "Country
Boy" installment deals with a
skating rink and other Silverton
happenings. On the same page
"Cap" Anson spins more base
ball yarns.
Then there will be all the news
of the world right up to the minute.