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rtIOX IX THE SENATE?
There are difficulties in the way
of the Ingenious Bryan plan for the
reorganisation of the United States
Senate. The chief obstacle would ap-
. pear to be a Republican majority of
eight or nine. Mr. Bryan has dreamed
sv pleasant dream about fusion be
tween the progressive Republicans
and the Democrats: but he has for
the moment evidently forgotten that
the progressives or insurgents have
sot yet shown the slightest evidence
' of a purpose either to abandon or to
wreck the Republican party. Even
the aggressive and untameable La
Follette has sought always to achieve
his reform schemes through the Re
publican party; and Senator Cummins
la reported to have declared that
any sort of a Republican Is better
than any sort of Democrat."
If the progressive Republicans are
beguiled Into a combination to reor
ganize the Senate and deliver control.
In whole or In part, to the Democrats,
It will be because the rrguular Re
publican the old-liners have ut
terly lost their senses, and will r.ot
give the Insurgents the consideration
In committee assignments to which
they are entitled under the custom of
the Senate and the practice of the
majority party. The regulars, or
standpatters, have had their lesson.
They want peace. They will go half
way, or more, to get It; and In all
probability It will come.
Colonel Bryan, who has voluntarily
re-elected hlmn-lf to the headship of
the Democratic party and la Industri
ously waving the olive branch at the
progressive Republicans, has a pro
gramme fully prepared for the special
session. It Includes as a preliminary
(1) capture of the Senate by the allied
Democratic and progressive Republi
can forces; (I) Canadian reciprocity:
(3) reform of the tariff schedule by
schedule: 4) approval of the consti
tutions of Arizona and New Mexico;
and (5) submission of an amendment
for direct election of United States
Senators.
But neither the Senate nor the
President will consent to any Demo
cratic legislative enterprise that con
template renewal now of tariff agi
tation or revision of the tariff, sched
ule by schedule or as a whole. Pres
ident Taft la on record against the
"Indefensible wool schedule" and he
probably would sign a bill reducing
the wool tariff. So with cotton, pos
sibly. But any systematic onslaught
on the tariff, schedule by schedule, or
otherwise, will be fruitless: and it will
do . the Democratic party and the
country do good.
Tet It may be supposed that the
Democratic party, tinder the self-consecrated
guidance of Colonel Bryan,
will strive assiduously to do the wrong
thing. Colonel Bryan's hold on the
Democratic leaders in Congress Is un
deniable. They assume that his will
be the most potent voice In naming
the next Democratic candidate for
President: and it will be.
U. CREOLE ACADEMY.
The question of the discontinuance
of Dallas College and La Creole Acad
emy Is agitating the citizens of the
thriving little town that holds the dis
tinction of being the county seat of
Polk County. The Observer, printed
at Dallas, takes up the subject at some
length, making a strong plea for re
tention of college courses In conjunc
tion with the acaJtmic work In La
Creole Academy.
The history of old La Creole Acad
emy ts Identical in detail with that of
the early educational institutions of
higher grade In Oregon. It Is one of
the pioneer schools, the date of whose
beginnings extends back into the stor
ied and misty past. Like other schools
of Its class, its history has been one of
ups and downs In a financial sense, yet
Its standards have -always been high
and Its supporters have ever been loyal
to Its Interests.
The question agitating the acad
emy's friends and patrons at the pres
ent time Is one both of finance and
management. The plan of the trus
tees is to sell the grounds belonging to
the academy, which were donated to
Its use. with the usual restrictions In
such cases, many years ago, and add
the sum realized from this sale to the
endowment fund of the combined
schools (Dallas College and La Cre
ole Academy), for the betterment of
both under one management.
A new location would be sought
within the limits of Dallas, new build
ings and equipment would follow, and
the combination would result In a
stronger Institution, with both aca
demic and college courses, which
would be to Dallas and the Evangel
ical Church what McMinnvllIe College
Is to McMinnvllIe and the Baptist de
nomination L e.. a rallying point for
sectarian as well as secular education
under a broad construction of the
educational Idea.
It is cited by the Observer that a
movement Is on foot to bring about a
union between the United Evangelical.'
the Evangelical Association and the
United Brethren churches. Since
these names represent practically a
distinction without a difference In be
lief and effort, such a union would re
dound not only to the growth In grace
of the brethren of these names, but to
the largely Increased constituency of
the school nnder consideration. The
day of the Protestant denominational
school within the strict purpose and
limit of that term Is practically ended,
and the sraaH college conducted on
wider lines, without Insistence upon
orthodox or evangelical beliefs and
observances, on the part of Its stu
dents. Is a great gainer thereby. This
Is not to say that the fundamental
principles of Christianity are not to
be observed and taught In these
sciiocls. but rathe tiai because of the
expansion of the Christian Idea these
schools will have a broader curriculum
and a Larger constituency. Hence they
will not be mere stragglers for ex
istence, but well-supported. growing,
useful eJucatloltal Institutions. The
union of the three evangelical bodies
above noted as now pendinr 1 in
dication of a growing spirit of Chris
tian tolerance and human brother
hood that augurs well for the schools
under their tutelage.
Aside from this, many memories,
fragrant with the subtle essence of
.,.. ...station Altered through
i the refining power of the years, are
cailea up oy mo n-....
La Creole Academy. May this school
of honored memory, combined with
Dallas College, lire loi.g and grow
with passing years In usefulness and
In harmony of thought, purpose and
endeavor, testifying to the fact that
the academy and small college still
have a place in shaping the destinies
of the state through the win and con
sistent direction of Its youth.
HOKS AD MORK MTlfce KOR IKE
UltK.
Ex-Governor Folk will be able to
bear back to Missouri some entirely
new and strange Information about
the Initiative and referendum. They
have the Initiative and referendum
there, but they never think of using
It. True. they, voted on prohibition
last year, but every state now and
then has prohibition up for decision.
Missourlana regard the initiative and
referendum as a club, to be employed
by the whole people only In case of
emergency or on extreme provocation.
In Oregon It is different. Anybody
can use It, and anybody and every
body does.
Complaints increase about the
"abuse of the Initiative" or "misuse of
the referendum," but they end no
where. We go on our way, blithely
invoking the one or the other for the
settlement of any problem that hap
pens to trouble us. Last year all
thought the limit was reached when
thirty-two distinct measures were sub
mitted for decision. But was it? The
signature-chasers were never so busy
as now.
The City Council has referred to
the voters eleven separate proposals
for the election in June. But there
are more. We are going to abolish
billboards, set up-a paving plant, en
force competition in paving, define
the method of street vacation and
other things, all through the Initia
tive, If the plana of the respective
promoters do not go awry. Besides
these Interesting and Important mat
ters, we are to build a new bridge
or two. a city Jail, collect garbage,
raise the salaries of the City Attor
ney and City Engineer and build a
1400.000 auditorium, under the Coun
cil proposals.
The Portland elector will have a
few things to think about between
now and June B. His burdens grow
more rather than lees.
FATHER lUVfS BIRTHDAY.
Father John Fllnn'a bllthefulness
at the celebration of his 4th birthday
speaks wonders for the climate of
Oregon and more still for the benign
Influences of the profession he has
followed so long and faithfully. Vital
statistics Inform us that the ministry
Is among the most long-lived of call
ings, as indeed It ought to be. What
other enjoys so fully the blessing of a
mind at ease? What other class of
men are so at peace with conscience,
so harmoniously related to the powers
that guide and sustain us all? The
ministry should by good rights be ex
tremely attractive to young men who
wish to live a long life In comparative
tranquillity. To be sure. It requires
now and then the expenditure of a
good deal of energy. To preach a
sermon Is no contemptible task. Then
there is the duty of making calls upon
all the members of the flock. The
homely sisters, the shrill ones, the
gossips, the female theologians, must
all be visited periodically. Think of
the difficulties of the tak and cease
to wonder "why the ministry Is com
paratively unattractive to youthful
geniuses.
But there are compensations. When
the laborious hours of the Sabbath,
the day of rest, are over, and Mon
day comes with Its serenity and calm
there Is nothing to prevent fhp min
ister from wandering forth among the
trees and flowers. He can spend long
hours comparing his own sermons
with those preached by the stones and
running brooks, receive the sweet In
fluences of the Pleiades and gather
to his soul the overflowing evidence
of abounding harmony and love. No
wonder Father FUnn Is hale and
hearty nt 94. We shall be surprised
If he does not live to be 150. Why
should ministers ever die? No doubt
they are e.iger to leave this vale of
tears and pass up higher, but aside
from that we can see nothing to hin
der them from earthly Immortality.
OIT-N1NG SOITHWESTEKX WASHING
TON. The announcement that the O.-W.
R, & X. Company will establish a di-
. irnu Bl.pvl' between this CitV
i If.rV.A. anil other Simlh-
, uu V-il a 3
J western Washington points Is a very
Important matter for Portland. Ai
I though this city Is the natural trading
point for that ricn region, ana. wi:
people there have most friendly feel
ing for Portland, an unsatisfactory
train service has for years handi
capped this city. By placing a trood
,k,,.v. train on that run. the rall-
t ..in.nur.v will not onlv nin DOD-
i ularity in its new field, but In Port-
I . . i tW..-A 4 anntW 9niith.
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western Washington proposition now
I before the people oi ronutno uiin.
I If carried out. will also prove highly
I . n i 1 . .Ifp A mimhai of
Cowlltx County people have recently
visited Portland In the interest of
wagon road Improvement in that
county.
Had the Seattle spirit been less In
evidence at the last session of the Leg
islature, the people of Southwestern
Washington would have received con
sideration in the projected state road
MIL What Is known as the Carrolton
Mountain road, between Carrolton
and Kelso, has been a serious trans
portation obstruction since the early
settlers arrived. It was the almost
Impassable nature of that highway
that in early days compelled all of the
wagon travel between Portland and
Puget Sound to take the boats as far
as Kelso. In recent years much work
haa been done on certain portions of
the road, but it Is still far from being
a satisfactory highway. Had the re
cent Washington Legislature passed
the road bill, this Cowlltx County
highway would have been placed In
good order. As It was Jealousy of
Portland which caused the defeat of
the bill. It Is perhaps not inappropri
ate that the people of Cowlltx County
aboull aJt Portland. lor son assist
ance in placing the road In good con
dition for travel.
The citizens of Kelso and vicinity
have already spent more than 50.000
on the rojd, and, as it Is such an Im
portant lfak In the highway between
this city and the Puget Sound country,
they are entitled to some outside as
sistance. Throughout the entire re
gion known as Southwestern Wash
ington there Is at this time a deep dis
satisfaction over the manner in which
the region has been neglected by the
Puget Sound interests. As Portland
has always had a good reputation In
that region, these conditions will only
Intensify the desire of our neighbors
to re-establish business relations with
this city. The new train service will
be of great advantage, and It will also
greatly Improve our chances of a per
manent good standing with the people
of that district if we can do something
for them in getting the Carrolton
Mountain road In passable condition.
BIO APRIL DIVIDENDS.
Interest and dividend disbursements
on April 1, according to elaborate
compilations of the New York Journal
of Commerce, will reach a total of
S146.S71.610, an Increase of more than
15.000,000 over those of April, 1910.
These figures, appearing at a time
when capital is halting and nervous
over some possible, but not proba
ble, trouble should have a reassuring
effect on the general financial situa
tion. The Industrial dividends which
a few years ago formed a very Insig
nificant proportion of the total, have
almost reached the railroad totals, the
April dividend disbursements Includ
ing S36.860.866 for Industrials and
S40. 277.960 for railroadf," This shows
a decrease of about J700.000 In rail
road dividends, and a gain of more
than Si. 500.000 in Industrials.
These figures hardly bear out the
predictions of the anti-railroad ele
ment that with the Government show
ing Increased interest and responsibil
ity In railroad management, rates, etc.
capital would feel safer than before.
It is apparently due to the fact that,
while the Government has placed re
strictions on how much a railroad can
earn, it has not yet limited the profits
of industrial investments. This disin
clination of the public to invest In rail
road securities has previously been
noted in the Inability of some of the
roads to sell their bonds. It Is further
shown In some recent official returns
on banking securities. In the fourteen
months ending March 1 the holdings
of railroad bonds in National, state,
savings and private banks and in trust
companies showed a decrease of S96,
000,000. In the same period these in
stitutions Increased their holdings of
public service bonds 5 per cent.
The April dividend ffgures, however,
taken as a whole, reveal a remarkably
healthy business situation, and with a
disappearance of the anti-railroad sen
timent and a continuation of present
good crop reports, we shall soon be
moving along on a wave of prosperity
big enough for all branches of busi
ness. TKB BTBI.E A- THE flfflJ).
Mr. Roosevelt's caution about com
pelling children to learn verses from
the Bible Is sound In part at least. He
says It should never be done as a pun
ishment. This all reasonable persons
will admit and perhaps it Is best not
to compel children to learn verses
even with, no thought of punishment
In mind. Studied under compulsion,
the Bible will be associated in their
minds with disagreeable circum
stances and it will be difficult forever
afterwards to awaken them to an ap
preciation of its true value both as a
literary work and as a guide to
conduct.
In speaking to his audience at
Berkeley on the subject of the Bible,
Mr. Roosevelt seemed to be of the
opinion that the best way to make it
familiar to the young was to read In
teresting selections with explanations
suitable to their years. This Is no
doubt an excellent practice, but it
lacks something desirable. One of the
most precious intellectual possessions
of a person in mature years Is the
verbatim memory of fine literary pas
sages, especially passages from great
poems and from the English Bible.
This cannot be acquired merely by
hearing selections read. The treasures
can only be made a permanent posses
sion by committing them to memory.
Some way must be found to persuade
the child to perform the task of mem
orizing or his mind will never be
stored as it ought with the priceless
gems of poetry and ethical Inspiration.
Here and there a child may be found
who enjoys learning pieces by heart,
but there are not many such. To most
young people memorizing Is an Irk
some task and they will not fulfill It
unless some Inducement Is supplied.
Punishment is of course a crude and
Ineffectual Inducement. It counter
acts Its own purpose, as Mr. Roosevelt
suggests, but there are others which
operate powerfully upon the young
mind without any pernicious conse
quences. For example, the old-fashioned
custom of giving a prize to the
child who learns the most verses by a
certain day is still praiseworthy, nor
should teachers neglect the practice
of reciting verses from the Bible at
Sunday school.
There are many ways of beguiling
children to make a pleasure of tasks
which would naturally be hateful, and
none of them should be neglected In
this case because no possessions of
the mind remain with us longer and
none are more pleasant and useful in
after years than passages from gTeat
literature which have been learned by
heart. Even if they are not under
stood fully when they are learned they
will nevertheless be remembered, un
derstanding will rise to their level as
time passes and the mature man will
see precious Jewels In what were only
bits of bright glass to the boy.
In our day writers.upon the ethical
side of conduct make much of the
power of auto-suggestion, as It is
called. The repetition of some weighty
word like "success." or phrases such
as "I will be master of the situation."
many times over, is said to produce
wonderful effects. A person may thus
break up habits of timidity, may dis
pel an Inclination to fall Into hyster
ical fusslness, overcome stage fright,
develop Into an accomplished speaker
and so on. If the mere repetition of
Isolated words or salient phrases can
do all this, and we are assured from
many sources that It can. what must
be the Influence of verses from the
Bible containing precepts of the Savior
or noble sentences from Paul's letters
acquired In childhood and carried with
us all through life? They sink into
the subconscious mind, dwell there
year after year, exerting an unnoticed
but insistent influence, and undoubt
edly alter the entire life history of
their possessor.
It Is the memories which have be
come part cl our bei& wblcb really
determine our conduct. The nobler
we can make them the higher will be
our standard of action. The richer we
can make them the broader will be
our views of life and duty. Greek boys
had to commit to memory long pas
sages from Homer. The task was as
signed as part of their routine educa
tion, and we are informed by the his
torians that It was not shirked. The
primitive practice In the public schools
of "speaking pieces" was rudely equiv
alent to this Greek device for enrich
ing the memory"- Unhappily the prac
tice has fallen Into neglect. Scholars
no longer "speak pieces" of a Friday
afternoon and nothing has been in
troduced to supply the deficiency.
Certainly the formal analysis of lit
erary masterpieces, does not. Accord
ing to all accounts, the principal con
sequence of this art Is to make young
people detest literature. Not only do
they commit nothing to memory, but
even the reading habit Is not acquired.
We are told by good observers that
never was the Bible so little known to
the young as it is now since it was
translated In King James' time. Com
paratively few adults can quote a text.
Scarcely anybody recognizes a chance
literary allusion to the Scriptures. A
lawyer who can quote from the Bible
In addressing a Jury is something of
a prodigy. This is all deplorable.
English literature is, from one point
of view, a fabric woven from the warp
a nt th nihia Thft discern
ing eye detects the material of Scrip-
ture in all great books, one wno nas
not been educated to discover It misses
half their significance and nine-tenths
of their ethical value. Reading the
Bible aloud Is a charming family habit j
which a good mother will not neglect,
but It must not be made a substitute
for mental exertion on the child's part.
Education Is not mere absorption.
There must be some activity of the
will. The pupil must set his faculties
at work and hold them to their task.
The wise mother will not be satisfied
until she has devised some way to
make her children commit the more
majestic and beautiful passages of the
Bible to memory.
Having unionized nearly every
branch of ' labor performed by the
male sex In San Francisco, the Amer
ican Federation of Labor Is extending
Its scope and a stenographers' union Is
the latest. While the tendency of
union labor In many lines is to equal
ize the work and pay of the men so
that the good workman receives no
more than the poor one. It will un
doubtedly experience more difficulty
In the process with stenographers
than with any other branch of work
that it has approached. The pay of
a stenographer, like that of any pro
fessional worker, is graded according
to the intelligence displayed, and it Is
not even In the power of a San Fran
cisco labor union to establish a fair
and reasonable scale of wages to be
paid for a calling In which brains are
as necessary a factor as they are in
the work of a stenographer.
Eastern industrial and financial cir
cles are Interested over the report of
a big merger of steel. Iron ore and
shipping companies to compete with
the steel trust. The men behind the
new concern are said to have Immense
resources, and there is a faint, very
faint, possibility of real competition In
the business. The United States Is
such 'a big country and It turns out
millionaires at such a rapid rate that
It would not be surprising to see the
steel trust engaged In something like
an even Contest for trade. The nat
ural tendency of the times Is for the
Industries of the country to drift Into
the hands of a few great corporations.
There are always, however, some
pretty big capitalists outside of these
corporations, and the monopoly has
not yet appeared that could retain a
strangle hold on tho people for an un
limited period
We trust Miss Merrick will succeed
in her effort to make the Seattle girls
play baseball like perfect ladles, but
If she does the game will not be very
exciting. It Is parlous incidents like
sliding to base which the multitude
admire. Why not exclude the multi
tude and let the girls slide if they
want to ? Athletic limbs are in them
selves no more masculine than
feminine.
The farmers will read of the new
J50.000.000 plow trust with a present
iment of coming evil, but they may
blame themselves for many of its
consequences. The trusts are the ripe
fruit of exorbitant protection and
without, the blind support of the farm
ers protection would have been re
duced to reasonable .limits long ago.
So there you are.
Sheehan's belated retirement from
the Senatorshlp race at Albany is a
victory for decency which may or not
be permanently valuable. If some
other Tammany tool bobs up to take
his place not much will be gained.
The New Tork Democrats have plenty
of good Senatorial timber, but It
seems to be stored where It is diffi
cult to get at.
If it Is true that a surgeon refused
to treat a man whose legs were
crushed by a car because he was a
trespasser on railway premises, the
medical society has some important
business on hanL
All advocates of free love in the
guise of a new religious cult should
be sent to Jail as the courts do in
Dayton. Mich. The rockpile Is the
proper place for their vibrations.
Tho nineteenth child was born yes
terday to the wife of a Chicago la
borer, and, being of foreign extrac
tion, should be named Finis Exeunt
Omnes.
The Boise firm that suffered a loss
of S50.000 had the foresight to carry
large insurance. Money spent for that
purpose is always safely invested.
The girl who had the miraculous
escape at the. New York fire owes It
to her posterity to put a spike militant
on the family escutcheon.
With stenographers carrying cards
in their Jeans, the acme of organiza
tion Is reached.
King George need no longer depend
on suits for libel since Sandow is his
trainer.
Nat Goodwin's latest tied a string
to him when she got her decree,
Dr. Munyon surely has not tried all
his remedies on his wife.
What does the first game amount
to, anjiway.J - - .
SIX " CASES ARE DECIDED
State Supreme Court Reverses De
cisions In Two Suits.
SALEM, Or, March 28. (Special.)
Cases decided today by the State Su
preme Court were:
Motion to dismiss the appeal in the
case of John Hahn, appellant. Astoria
National Bank.' respondent, denied in
an opinion by Justice Moore. Motion
was made on the ground that the ap
peal was not taken within six months
from the time in which the decree, was
rendered. 1
A motion to dismiss the appeal In
the case of Grover vs. Hawthorne was
denied.
Crane Company, respondent, M. Ellis
et al., appellants. Appeal from Colum
bia County. Reversed In an opinion by
Chief Justice Eakln. A suit to fore
close a mechanic's lien. The court
holds that the lien was not filed within
the time required by law and the trl--fling
repairs of the work, after the
substantial completion of the huildine.
did not extend the time for filing the
lien.
W. A. Adams, appellant. W. F. Mao
Kenzie. respondent. Appeal from Mult
nomah County. Affirmed In an opinion
by Justice McBrlde, who holds that the
testimony Justifies the findings of the
court below.
Blanche McN. Moore, appellant, J. u.
Fowler et al., respondents. Appeal from
Multnomah County. Reversed in an
opinion b Justice Burnett. The court
3 . . - ...... ,i , in uvnt of defend-
uirmou . vn.. . - - .
. n-i. - An1nlnn hnlrla (hflf there
was sufficient evidence to go to the Jury
In the case.
E. F. McBee. appellant, Springfield,
respondent. Appeal from Lane County.
Affirmed in an opinion by Justice
Moore. The question in thin case was
as to the vi.lidity of an amendment to
the charter 61 the Town of Springfield,
enlarging the boundaries. The court
holds that the amendment is valid.
BKOWXSVIIXE PLAXT IS SOLD
Oregon Power Company Takes Pos
session on April 1.
BROWNSVILLE. Or.. March 28.
(Special. The Oregon Power Company,
which has been negotiating for the
purchase of the local electric light and
power plant, owned by the Browns
ville Electric Light Company, has
closed a deal for the same, possession
to be given April 1.
The new company will furnish the
city with light and power from their
big generating plant at Springfield,
and later from their plant on the Mc
Kenzie River, which Is now under con
struction. High voltage wires will be
run from Halsey to Brownsville, con
necting at Halsey with the big trans
mission line now completed between
Springfield and Albany.
The company proposes to rebuild the
entire system throughout the city and
place it in the best possible condition.
Not only do they propose to light the
city, but also will furnish a day serv
ice and power tor all kinds of man
ufacturing concerns. The advent of
the Oregon Power Company Into
Brownsville will give the city a great
Impetus In a commercial way.
SUXDAY ACT HURTS DEACOX
Contralia Man Blasting- Stump,
Peeks, Fuse Explodes.
- CEXTRALIA. Wash.. March 28.
(Special.) Returning from church last
Sunday morning and noticing that one
of his horses stumbled over a large
stump that had long stood In the road
near his farm. Deacon Frederick E.
Owens determined to lose no time In
demolishing the obstruction. In at
tempting to blast it he was nearly
killed by the premature explosion of
a fuse while peeking into the hole.
Had he placed the powder charge In
side first, says the deacon, he undoubt
edly would have been killed. His eye
brows were burned off, and his face
was badly scorched, but be will not be
disfigured permanently.
Mr. Owens declares the mishap was
punishment of him by Providence for
breaking the Sabbath. The same view
is taken at the meeting house where
he is a devout attendant.
HUSBAND MUST PAY MORE
For Failure to Pay $2 ft a Month, $5
a Month Is Added.
For falling to contribute S20 a month
to the support of three minor children,
now In the custody of his divorced wife,
W. A. Butchers, a carpenter, must pay
his former wife 25 a month towards
the support of the family. This order
was made yesterday by County Judge
Cleeton when the facts were presented
to his attention.
Husband and wife were divorced in
Clackamas County last year. One of the
conditions was that Butchers was to pay
$20 a month for the support of the
children. It was proved that he had not
been making the monthly payments since
last October. Mrs. Butchers charged
Butchers with non-support.
Butchers was required to give a bond
of S300.
Centralla Body Xot Identified.
CENTRALIA." Wash., March 28.
(Special.) Efforts of Coroner Stlcklln,
of Lewis County, and Coroner McCul
lough, of Thurston County, have failed
to reveal the Identity of an old man
who was killed on the railroad track
two miles from Centralia last Friday.
The remains were interred in a name
less grave yesterday. The man was
about 60 years of age, and was well
dressed. The Initials "E. R." were em
broidered upon his clothing. Nothing
of value was found in his possession.
His appearance would Indicate that he
was a well-to-do farmer or miner, and
may have been' a Civil War veteran.
The case came within the Jurisdiction
of the two Coroners as the body was
found on the boundary line of Lewis
and Thurston Counties.
Bars In Lewis River Injure Trade,
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 28.
(Special.) Since the burning of the
steamer Mascot, residents of La Center
and farmers in the city have to haul
their produce to Ridsefield, as there
are two bars -in Lewis River which
keep a boat of large draft from navi
gating the stream. Were these two
bars dredged out. saye O. B. Aagaard,
ex-County Commissioner, good - sized
boats could make the trip from Port
land to La Center. An appropriation
for this work should be secured, he
says, as there Is a large section of ter
ritory tributary to this river, but with
out transportation to get the produce
to market it works a hardship on the
farmers and merchants, as the overland
haul Is too long to be profitable.
Habn to Coach Whitman
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla,
Wash.. March' 28. (Special.) Archie
Hahn, ex-National champion sprinter and
for several years identified with track
athletics es a professional- coach In the
Pacific Northwest, has been engaged to
coach the Whitman College track team
for the 1912 season. At present the team
Is being soacbed by Hal Tilley. formerly
of the University of Idaho. The Whit
man team this year, however, haa little
chance of doing anything startling on
the track. Hahn made a good record as
track coach at Pacific University, Forest
Grove, Ob,
COMMUTED SENTENCE GREATER
It Potter Pays Costs, He Ml Be
Worse Off Than Before.
United States " District Attorney
McCourt does not think Thaddeus Pot
ter will have to go to Jail because he
cannot pay the costs In the case
wherein he was convicted of defraud
ing the government of public lands.
The sentence was recently commuted
from a Jail term of six months and a
8500 fine to a fine of $50 and costs.
Mr. McCourt said last night he thought
the costs would be between $2000 and
$3000. but he said he thought the pro
vision that Potter should pay the
costs was an oversight.
"I shall take the matter up with
the Attorney-General." he said last
night, "as Boon as I decide what ought
to be done. If the order stands as
made and Potter should take the pau
per's oath, he - would have to go to
Jail for 30 days."
Potter said last night he probably
could pay the $50 fine, but that he
had been unable to find out how .much
the costs would be, and that as he
was not a millionaire he did not know
whether or not he could pay them. "I
think It Is foolish to commute a man's
sentence by Increasing it," he said.
BETTER PEXDLETOX AIMED
Association of Women Begins Cam
paign to Beautify City.
PENDLETON. Or.. March 28. (Special.)
Wltlv"A More Beautiful Pendleton"
as their slogan the women of this city
have entered a determined campaign to
make Pendleton a pleasant home town.
The first gun in this campaign was fired
last evening when a lecture was deliv
ered by Howard Evarts Weed, noted
landscape artist, under the auspices of
the Library and Civic Association, com
posed ontlrely of women under the lead
ership of Mrs. James A. Fee.
At present Pendleton has neither pub
lic parks nor playgrounds, but the women
are determined that the city shall have
both. Unsightly billboards and other
things offensive to aesthetic tastes are to
be fought by the organization.
It was this association that obtained
a free library for Pendleton.
FOOD HANDLERS EXAMIXEJD
Rosebnrg Law Compels Bakers and
Others to Pass Doctors.
ROSEBURG, . Or., March 28. (Spe
cial.) In compliance with Roseburg"s
recently-adopted health ordinance com
pelling all persons employed in
bakeries, confectioneries and other
places where food is prepared for sale
to undergo physical examinations, lo
cal physicians were unusually busy yes
terday. From early in the morning until late
In the afternoon the doctor's offices
were thronged with waiters, waitresses,
cooks and other employes. Each appli
cant examined was assessed $1, and
many protested.
An Inspection of all bakeries and con
fectioneries will follow in a few days,
and employes who are unable to show
required health certificates will be
called to account.
EXPRESS OFFICE TO RISE
American Company to Build Xext
Pendleton Depot.
PENDLETON, Or., March 28. (Special.)
The American Express Company has
Just announced plans for the construc
tion of a new concrete office building at
the O.-W. R. & N. station and also is
planning to open an uptown office. The
office building will cost $3500, and the
style of architecture will conform to
that of the new depot by which it will
etand. The contract for its construc
tion has been let to Gibson & Cole, local
contractors, and the work will be started
in a few days.
In the uptown office will be accommo
dations for the route agent, the division
having recently been split making Pen
dleton headquarters for the. route agent
and Portland the headquarters for the
superintendent
PEXDLETOX HAS SHAM WAR
National Guardsmen Cover 10 Miles
In Mimic Battle.
PENDLETON, Or March 28, (Spe
cial.) Members of Company L here
continue to drill nightly and many re
cruits are enlisting. A sham battle was
fought on the reservation Sunday be
tween opposing forces under the com
mand of Captain Charles J. Ferguson
and First Lieutenant Charles Vinler.
More than ten miles of reservation
territory was covered and the war
game proved so successful and interest
ing that arrangements have, already
been practically completed for a repeti
tion of the mimic battle. The second
sham battle will probably be held next
Sunday with the members of Malabon
Camp of Spanish-American War Veter
ans aligned against members of the
local National Guard.
Three Caught In Oyster Beds.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., March 28.
(Special.) George Wilson, of the oys
ter patrol and three deputies arrested
the three Nelson brothers on a charge
of stealing oysters from the state beds.
The suspects drew guns and prevented
the oyster guardians from coming
aboard their sloop. The boosters were
arrested the following day by Sheriff
Stephens and at their preliminary hear
ing were bound over to the Superior
Court under $500 bonds each.
Marshfield Pastor's Wife Dead.
MARSHFIELD. Or, March 28. (Spe
cial.) The funeral of Mrs. J. Richard
Olson, who died in this city, will be
held this week. She was the wife of
Rev. Mr. Olson, pastor of the Marsh
field and North Bend Swedish Lutheran
churches, who accepted a call to Port
land recently. Mrs, Olson was 27 years
old, and was the daughter of Judge
and Mrs. O. D. Anderson, of Red Wing,
Minn, who moved to this city recently.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan. March 29. 1861.
The report of the attempt to recover
the Van Orman children, by Major Owen,
is confirmed. Major Owen recommends
Winter campaigning against the Snakes,
as they are so scattered in Summer as
to prevent their being brought to a gen
eral engagement.
The Daily Overland Mall passed In
the Postofflce appropriation bill, trans
ferring the Butterfleld contract to the
Central Route, for one million of dollars
per annum, with Pony Express at reduced
rates of postage, to be performed by
Butterfleld to the end of contract, is now
a law.
The meeting of the Democracy, night
before last, looks as If the irrepressible
and unterrifled Intend to run a straight
Democratic ticket. Whether they do or
not. it Is high time the Republicans were
stirring. If they Intend to act at all in
relation to the matter.
We had Mr. Lincoln's inaugural ad
dress in type at an early hour last night,
but we did not think it best to issue it
as an extra. The reason is simply this:
The public has never made a practice of
paying for them a custom that does not
obtain elsewhere.
SEVERAL well-known American au
thors, mostly novelists, have been,
approached within the. past few days in
New York, Boeton and other cities, as
to a proposition that they ehould " form
an Author's Protective League, and take
care of this question: Must they accept
their publishers' "statements as to the
sales of books, at the risk of quarreling
with the said publishers and thereby
losing a market for their literary wares?
The point is made that very often au
thors do not get fair fina jial returns
from their publishers, returns based
upon the copies of the books published
and the sales made.
Members of the book writing fraternity
are called upon to form a business or
ganization which could insist upon ex
amining publishers' account books, with
out prejudice to the good will of its
members. On the other hand, the pub
lishers are meeting the authors half
way, and one pjblisher stated that he
had given instructions to his superin
tendent to place at the disposal of any
author the figures of the office records
of manufacturing a book, the copyright
of which is controlled by the author.
Praise Is continued to be bestowed on
Vaughan Kerster's new novel of the
South of 1S35, "The Prodigal Judge." The
judge Is a rollicking, drunken blade who,
with hie boon companions, does not come
into the book until it Is pretty well es
tablished. On the Introduction of the
Judge, however, with all his profanity
and thirst,- there comes a balance of
action that is surprising.
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So, we have a new Portland novelist
in the person of Miss Ruth Cranston,
daughter of Bishop Earl Cranston who
was resident bishop, in this city, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church (rora about
1896 until 1902. Miss Cranston, who
wrote under her nom-de-plume of Anne
Warwick, calls her novel "Compensa
tion," and the latter deals very cleverly
with diplomatic life in and around Wash
ington. D. C, during the Administration
of President Roosevelt. "Compensa
tion," which was reviewed In The Orego
nion March 12, has not yet reached the
local booksellers. It is worth careful
reading.
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Rumor says that Mary Johnston's new
novel "The Long Roll," a story of the
Civil War, is an Important step In the
direction of American literature. It will
be ready early In May.
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Jeannette Marks' novel, "The End of a
Song," Is a sterling presentation of coun
try folk In Wales, and one reader of it
says that it will help to do for Wales
and the Welch people what Barrie did
for the common folk of Scotland.
Stanley Waterloo's time Is about equal
ly divided between a new book he is
writing (to appear about the end of tho
year), his farm hobby, in Michigan and
what he calls "keeping his back to the
grindstone" in Chicago. He gets into the
woods whenever he can, and operates
with a camera on wild birds and beasts.
Owen Wlster is at Wallingford, Pa.,
putting the finishing touches upon his
new book, "Members of the Family,"
which is to be published early in May.
Mr. Wlster expects to get the complete
manuscript into his publisher's hands
within a few days. "Members of the
Family" resembles In character "The
Virginian." In fact, Scipio Le Moyne,
the person who stood next to the read
ers' affection after the Virginian him
self, Is the leading character of the new
book.
The Poet Do you mean to eay that
you won't read my new poem? The Edi
torThat's what I mean. What have
you ever done for me? Toledo Blade,
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A few days ago there might have bean
seen In Josephine avenue, .J?r'!rtr., a
photographer -"taking" a phaeton. Few
of those who watched- the operation were
aware that the vehicle once belonged to
Sir Walter Scott, says the Brixton (Eng
land) Free Press. It was, in fact, the
one in which Sir Walter rode when he
received King George IV in Edinburgh
in 1822. It is also the same phateton that
he used when riding about in the dis
trict of Abbotsford. The carriage bears
a brass plate on which is engraved,
"This pony phateton formerly belonged
to Sir Walter Scott, Bart, of Abbots
ford," and would probably be about 100
years old. The owner of this interesting
relic Is W. J. Sage, of Roseneath, Cold
harbor lane, Brixton.
Rev. Manners Hamilton Nisbet
Graham, senior minister of Maxton, Rox
burghshire, died the other day, at hi3
residence, H Queen's Crescent, Edin
burgh. Scotland. Mr. Graham's grand
father was Dr. George Lawrle, minister
of Loudoum and friend and patron
of Robert Burns. It was he, seys the
London Globe, who had persuaded Burn3
when he had his passage taken to the
West Indies to remain in this country,
and therefore were preserved to future
generations some of the poet's best and
well-known works.
Charles F. Warwick was once Mayor
of Philadelphia, and his new book "Na
poleon and the End of the French Revo
lution," is a biography pure and simple
covering the birth of the doughty little
Corsican to his death in St. Helena.
There are 32 fine Illustrations in the
volume, more than half being of . Na
poleon himself: These illustrations are
from a collection of engravings and
etchings belonging to a Philadelphia
man. some of them being original
sketches mads by artiste contemporary
with Napoleon and never before pub
lished. Taken altogether, the book is a
valuable addition to Napoleonic litera
ture. a a a
A work on "FriedVich Nietzsche and
His New Gospel," by Emily S. Hamblen,
will soon be out. It will be an intro
duction to a study of Nietzsche's philo
sophy, presenting in exposition the es
sential ideas embodied in his writings
from "The Birth of Tragedy," to "The
Will to Power." The author summarizes
her Btudy In the following chapter subjects-
"Personality," "Style," "Biological
principles." "Re-Valuation of . the Past
(History, Philosophy, Religion),'' "Social
Philosophy," "Woman," "Zarathustra."
"Beyond Man." and "Eternal Recur
rence." . . ..
Accorulng to the Library Journal, An
drew Carnegie made, during 1910, gifts of
65 library Dunaings in uio uihlcu K7i.a-t.cB,
costing a total of $920,000. These ranged
from $3000 to Springvale, Me., to $100,000
to Reading, Pa. The Massachusetts
cities or towns which received gifts
were Ashfield, Brockton and Worcester.
Former gifts were Increased, In eight
cases, to the total amount of $16,300.
In Canada, he gave money amounting
to $106,500 for seven new buildings, and
made six increases of former gifts to a
total of $22,9u0.
Nine new buildings were provided for
In England and Wales at a cost of 34,
837. Increases of former gifts amounted
to 13,551.
Seven Scotch libraries were founded at
a cost of 4193 end increases were made
to the sum of 842. Irish libraries re
ceived 2050 and one library at Barber
ton, Transvaal Colony, was founded with
a gift of 900.
For college libraries, Mr. Carnegie in
creased two former gifts, both in the
United States, by $15,000 altogether.
The total amount of his gifts for col
lege and public library buildings during
1910 was $1,382,565, as against $1,876,250 in
he he ran his donations he
has given 2177 library buildings at a cost
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