TTIE MORXIXO OITEGOAN. ?HTDAY. 23, 1011. rORTlD. OftaVCOW. Xniarad at Panraad. Oraioa, Iaata1ee as tooid.rtua Matt.r. ktMuitUM biu lavarlablv tm Aanmcm. (8T Vitl.) ral'r. Tnidar ta-lu4a4. ona rar J!t Xi.v. lnMir InWudad. a x aaoatns ;! X ai . IjMit larludxl, ihraa monthj... s. 7. rurmav l&ciUQae, aaa without Sunday, ana yaar ....... -, 1-al.v. aititaqi Sunday, ala ? 2 a:.F. witbovt Sunday. h'aa manias... - 1 ai . wuaaus SuftiAj, ! .r? 'lT. 11., 1 aa Tar J"L, a-ajulay aa4 toavaly. ana Taef. it rimtCR.1 tr.T. Suadar lnwlBa. yaar...... ttl r. Suadar lac.dJ. on month How to Kami l and poatofrlce "cm" erdar. upraaa ordar or parannal tW ; nr local bank, stajna. cola or at tha aaadara r-.au. OI ""'".T," eadraae la fail, laciudlaa WM'f ad aiaia. roala. aValaa IS to It peaa. 1 eaat: to J paaaa, 3 can la. SO to 40 ?. 4 to to paa. 4 casta, foraisa paataf aaub.a rata. Eaataaw Banm Ofltraa Varra 11 Na Tori. VirnuwlcK bulUlas. Tiiimaia Offka Na. 1 Reseat lot . W Londva. FORTLAXO. nUD.iT. BETT. I. 1U- BLACKSMITH TARIFF REVISION. Blacksmith tariff bills" Is un which President Taffs Grand Rapid speech should fasten oa the bills passed br tha Democrat and Injur cents at the ertra session of Congress. After showing that tha Insurgents were falsa to their party platforms and that many Democrats wero false to their professions la attempting to revise, the wool and cotton tariff without awaiting the report of tha Tariff Board, the President shows that ths bills were, drawn so clumsily as to accomplish a purpose directly opposite to that of their framere. Not only that, but the farmers" free l:st and cotton bills mad changes which deranged the whole structure of the tariff. The President's policy In regard to the tariff Is clearly stated and Is In exact accordance with the platform on which he was elected. HI recital of the events of the last two sessions of Congress proves him to have been consistent In his adherence to It. while his opponents, both within and with out hi party, have been consistent only In their Inconsistency. He se rnred provision for a tariff board tn the Payne bill. He stimulated popu lar demand for lis permanence with enlarged powers, which demand ac quired such momentum that he al most rained his point and secured continuance of th Board till July 1. lia. His course was approved by the Republican platforms of twenty eight states. Including Wisconsin. Iowa and Kansas, but the two Republican Senators from Iowa and one each Trora Wisconsin and Kansas Ignored their platforms and voted to reduce th wool tariff by a blU which Mr. Tart tightly calls a hybrid. They did o without awaiting th facts ascer tained by the Tariff Board, although they bad Joined in an Instruction to that body to report by December 2, ltll. thus by Implication pledging themselves to await It report befor acting. Mr. Toft's recital of th deal by which Democrats, and Insurgent fi nally agreed on the wool duties sheds a great Heht on the blacksmith method- by which It was framed and fully Justifies his conclusion, vtx.: I aubmtt that tb talatary of Ita maktnc ahoa-a no erln.lpl whniavar In ttie blil c-pt a comirom:aa brtw-vi two oppoolrs rrlnclplaa r..r ina p.irp'.ao of paaalns tna klj without any tn.llattoa aa to Ita airacl na tha Indualrj to wtilcn It appaaa. Th so-called farmers' free list bill fares no better under the President- keen analysis. The blacksmiths of the House are shown to have handed the farmer a bundle of green goods when they admitted agricultural Im plements free, for the only country which exports them to any extent Is KnKland. and she exports very few to this country. The same bill makes free a number of articles which are used s much by other classes of peo ple aa by farmers and their transfer to the free lift would require a gen eral revision of the matal schedule. The allies would have made cotton cloth free by this bill, yet by the cot ton tariff bill, passed at the same session, they would have Imposed a duty upon it. They dealt an unfair bljw at th shoe manufacturers by putting their product on the free list while retaining a duty on leather. Tliey put meat and flour on th free liist and thus threw away two good points for bargaining with Canada for farther reciprocal concessions this, too. at th very session at w hich they had instructed the President to ne gotiate for such concessions. The President exposes the cotton tIU as a hybrid of th worst kind neither fish, lfesh nor good red her Ttng." Its enacting clause said It was to reduce duties on cotton manufac tures," but It proceeded to slash the metal schedule without any Informa tion as to whether that schedule should b reduced JO. It or 100 per cent. It purported to reduce mo chemical duties 15 per cent, but the blacksmith who made the calcula tions changing specific into ad valor em dutle bungled so egregiously that oa some articles th reduction was 1 1 to 10 per cent, whll on others there was an Increase of to 100 per cent. Though one of the pur poses was to cheapen bleaching ma larial, th duty on bleaching powder wwa raised 0 per cent Instead or be ing reduced U per cent. Duties on some compounds containing alcohol were so bungled that th gate would re been opened wld to th Impor tation of ak-ohol at a rat of duty far below th Internal revenue tax. Th rreslJent states accurately th motlv behind this and th other bills when he says: The till trnraa'Me sn ef eooraa I vicd It. Ta.ra waa la tha r" ! t , In n- aia(in!a. In tna -anaral t-aat-r.-at aa ln:uauon that tha aupiorJ of fa kill kaJ rlhar oa a tiaaira to rltf a pati.al rord tn ta'or of loajr j ,i thaa upoa a aaiuus srepoaal ta :hanse taa la. The tariff Issue for the campaign pf lU now atani defined by the President as scientific revuion versus blacksmith revision. He stands on th platform of 1S. which declares fr duties equal to the difference In cost of production at home and broad. He ha declared for a Tariff l'oard as the means of ascertaining tt-.st difference and for schedule re val.m as a means of Insuring that rnxh schedule shall Na ra vised on Its merits without log-rolling by th pro tected Interests. It would rather malt a few months and do the work ma. I than do It hastily with black smith tools. If the people reject this policy, he stands ready to "gtv way to men who will carry out a different taL&. IX Ua blsoksmlU. tariff bills of th last session are specimens of the result of that different policy, he will not have to give way. covzjlxob wciif mis axi. right. TVaat tin ha fait like a dog before he reprieved Webb. What breed of dogT borne Droeas au-e au- I.. .,h. Ma, admit! that h0 jit I .u v - showed mercy to Webb, because the murderer's wire and daughter -api on his trail.- The Inference Is that the way to get mercy to a convict out or West U not to hav a good case, but to keep on his trail atid be wet and forlorn- when on goes to his office. It Is pitiful for a Governor to commute a murderer's sentence be cause It will make him "feel all right." Just aa som kinds of men might drink a cocktail. That may be all right for the Governor, but how about th rest of th peopl of Ore gon? Do they "feel all right" with unhanged murderers In the peniten tiary, uncaught murderers roaming the state, desperadoes like Majors out on parole and going from house to nous to assault and terrify woman? The 71.000-odd ether peo ple In Oregon hav as much right to feel all right as has Governor West, and be has sworn to enforce laws de signed to make them "feel all Tight." whether ha faela all right as a result or not. A MELAN'CHOLT a-AHK. Sad Is th spectacle when a great man decline from his lofty sphere and sinks Into vice. It U a pity when an ordinary Individual permits himself to dance down to perdition along the primrose rath, but when a grand character Ilk Jack Johnson doe it. who can suppress his tears? The re ports ar that when this prince of hu man beings first arrived In England he was lionized everywhere. Whether the King dined with him we cannot say precisely, but Dukes thronged his apartment by the thousand and Bar ons were as plentiful as file In his train. But now all is changed. Jack has belittled himself by plunging Into dissipation, both In London and Parts, and the elite world has forsaken him. Pickle fame has furled her transitory wings and flitted to perch on other brows. The Earla who yesterday were proud but, to be nodded to by Jack now pass him on the street with haughty stares. In this melancholy Isolation h must b Impressed with the truth that, after all, human great ness Is but a thing of a moment. To day the world Idolizes you. Tomor row It bespatters you with mud, or. what Is a great deal worse. It forgets all about you. Has anybody ever heard of a prize fighter who did not sooner or later sink Into debauchery? Is there any thing In his training and habits of Ufa which would naturally lead to any other outcome? Brutalized In all his Ideals and gross In his ambitions, when he has money he can thnk of only one way ta spend It. That Is the easy way which runs to the haunt of vice. Much as we admire physical perfec tion In human beings, we see no gain In making a religion out of It. The body la not an end In Itself. It Is sim ply the machine through which the real man thinks and acts. When we begin to Uv for th body Instead of llvlnx by Its aid. w become like tho other beasts of th field, except that Intelligence enables us to surpass them In beetlallty. If no other argu ment could b olted against prlseflKht lng. th uniform end to which prize fighters com at last would be all that Is necessary. THS? INVA.HIOX OF CENTRAL. OKHiOX. Th spirit of Invasion, which Is but another nam for th pioneer spirit, has pushed on Into Central Oregon with such purpose and power that the erstwhile solitudes of the vast region thua designated are "ahum with sound" and agog with the activities of development. This section was for many years isolated, not only from the world, but from the rest of the state of which It was nominally a part. Bend, until recently regarded by staid, substantial Prlnevllle as an upstart village of the plain. Is In a few weeks to- celebrate tha coming of the Oregon Trunk and Deschutes Railroads. Klamath Falls and Lnke view adventurous outposts of a slow civilization wer "on the map that is. the stockman's and the trader's and the postal map for years before Bend existed even In name. They see. however. In the coming of the railroad thus far an earnest of In creased prosperity throughout the section that they so long In Isolation dominated. Dead are the old stas; coach days and th days of the old freight-team era, but full of hope and promise of unstinted growth Is the dawning of the railroad era In Central Oregon. According to schedule as arranged by enthusiastic citizens, the first railroad train will roll Into Bend on October 6. A golden splke-drlvlng has been ar ranged for that day. with James J. Hill as honored ruest and wlelder of the hammer. A special train carry ing representatives of commercial clubs and development leagues from various cities and sections will roll Into town said the shrieks and bell of the first locomotive to enter these erstwhile solitude will Join with the loud acclaim of those who see in this pageant the dawn of a new empire. Like a dream of far-away years Is the celebration of the golden splke drlvlng of the Northern Paclfto at Gold Creek. Mont, by Henry Vlllard. His guest wer many and money was not spared tn entertaining them. The Paclflo Northwest then, as tt seamed, was awakening from the lethargy of Isolation. But th tlm was not yet rip for th full realization of Its dreams of development, and alow years of hope deferred followed. Now. however, the awakening Is real. It has been In ' progress many years, wtlh lapse and relapses Into lethargy, until at last Isolation has retreated befor Invasion Into th uttermost parts of th great .Inland Empire. The invasion of Central Oregon Is an accomplished fact; Its Investment by the boats of Industry, trade and busi ness will follow, and in the wide do main wher for long years "unresting and unhaatlng and unspent, great Na tutr dwelt serene," th century's power and prophecy will stand revealed. Well may th Invaders of Central Oregon do honor to th event made possible by th planning and purpose of th "empire builder." James J. Hill, through who foresight, sagac ity and financiering this Invasion was aucceasfully accomplished. Teeming with uncuessed possibili ties and opportunities.- a vast empire awaits occupancy and development. Th way baa been opened; lis oppor- . I . i i...lr.' I a .ulAiimnt within th next decade can scarcely be less than phenomenal. SECRETARY WTLSOVS FATE. That Secretary Wilson will be dis placed In the promised housecleanlns; In the Agricultural Department Is more than most men dared to hope. He has held office so long that It was assumed as a matter of course that he would continue to hold on Indefinitely, but his very anxiety to stay oa threatens to be the means of compelling him to let go. Tet a man who would countenance such a condition as has been revealed In tho Chemistry Bureau Is obviously Incompetent to rule a great oepan ment of the Government. A man who, to please th President and thereby hold his Job, would allow a subordinate to usurp the authority of his superior, as In the case of Dunlap and Wiley: who would allow another man like McCabe to assume direction of one of his bureaus; who would allow Pinchot, a bureau chief, to override him through servile fear of loslnl his own position such a man lacks the first requisite of a suc cessful administrator, for be does not have dignity necessary to earn the re spect of his subordinates. If Wilson had ordered Pinchot to mind his own busi ness and had kept a directing hand over the Forestry Bureau as well as the other bureaus, h might have lost his office, but he would have stood higher In the respect of the people. If he had' refused to allow Wiley to be crippled by a ring ofrkchemers, he would have been supported by as em phatlo an outburst of public opinion as has resulted In Wiley's vindication and his own undoing. But he has always yielded to pressure when It seemed strong enough to preas him Into retirement and his administra tion will be remarkable only for Its length and Its continual turmoil. From small beginnings the Agricul tural Department has grown Into one of the most Important In the Govern ment, comprising thirteen bureaus and divisions, it requires a man of great administrative ability to direct the work of all these bureaus rather than a specialist In any one or more of the subjects with which they deal. He needs to see that they are each performing their proper functions free from Interference either from within or without the department. In this respect Wilson failed, both as to Pinchot, whom he allowed to do as he pleased, and as to Wiley, whom he allowed to be hampered by lnsubor dlnates and meddlers. Ho needs to be as loyal to his bureau chiefs as they should be to him. In this re spect Wilson failed as to Wiley. President Taft has strengthened his Cabinet so much by his appointment of Secretaries Stlmson and Fisher that there Is good reason to expect that he will find a man of the same caliber to succeed Wilson. One of the first things for that man to do will be to get rid of McCabe, Dunlap and men of their type. as titers ns ra. The "Country Contributor" of tho Indianapolis News has been out West this season. Sh cam and saw and nearly perished of thirst. "I never saw as much water In my life." she says, "as I've seen this Summer, and had as little to drink. I never heard ss much about water famln as I've heard here, where there is a simple welter of waves all around us every where." She must have struck Port land at about the time when the nec tarous flood of the Bull Run was ooz ing clammily through the pipes Into the Willamette. This was unlucky, but It would have made no difference with her Impression of the town If she had found streams of limpid Bull Run flowing down every gutter. In her opinion Portland Is a detestable city, "the most Intolerant, the most Intensely self-centered and utterly self-satlafled place to be found on the globe." One cannot suppose that our female friend met every Inhabitant of Portland, so hes. Judgment must be based on the character of the samples whom she did meet, and what samples they must have beenl . We do not envy her her friends, and we beg to assure her that there are persons of a very different sort to be found here if one brings the proper lntroductlona Our visitor from Indiana further tells us that no Portlander will admit "nr.. athnr n.irt of the world Is Inhabitable." The typical Portlander has "overbearing pride." He feels as sured that,"by way of climate, society, business, religion, intelligence and everything else he has every other lo cality In the world skinned." Well, v... - iia.n't the Portlander some grounds for feeling Just as he does about ltT we cannoi nuci.uui ma i,..n.ii vlw this Indiana corre spondent takes of the Pacific Coast and Its queen city except oy sujjyu. Ing that she had a fit. a very severe fit, of Indigestion while sh was here. She even goes so iut as to nj mat Portland had not a good word to say of the Asterla Centennial celebration. "Everybody told her," she avers, "that the Centennial exhibit did not amount to a row of pins," and she roust have been Inclined to tak that view of It herself, for, although she "nosed the wharf at Astoria and drifted around miscellaneously In th river, sh did not land. "Astoria 1 a sort of Naa areth with the Portlander." our bUthe and beauteous critic declares, "and no body from this quarter will admit that anything good can be found there." She might easily have tested the correctness of this opinion. If It exists, by going ashore and seeing for herself. Alas, what a fund of sclen tlflo observation was lost to the world forever by her remissness. What was she thinking of to deprive humanity of an Inestimable benefit which might have been gained by so little trouble? Were It not inquisitive, we should be disposed to ask the lady from Indiana why lh did not land at Astoria and gaz upon the wonders of the Centen nial with bar own eyes. No doubt she had her reasons and we can guess what they were. Seattle does not seem to have awak. ened so much dislike In her fastidious soul as did Portland and Astoria. From the roof of the Washington Ho. tel. in that magnificent city, which had been transformed Into a bower of bloom In her honor, or for some other less excellent reason, she beheld a number of amazing sights In the har bor. Among them was "incandescent fire " This roust hav been truly mar velous. One so seldom sees really In candescent fire. Usually It is dull and cold. But at Seattle they have all sorts of unheard-of treasures. Every thing glows there. Even the J-ecall runs through the town like wildfire. Gazing on falry-like 6cale, with Its magic sights, th Indiana correspond ent "wondered if she wer ailve." Vis itor have exoerienced a similar feel ing In divers other Washington cities. It Is said to attack one In Philadel phia also. But happily she was alive. She lived to escape from the fascina tions of Seattle and philosophize upon the marvels she had seen there. Sitting pensive In her Indiana gar den, where, she tells us, the flowers bloom with a luxuriant beauty and emit a fragrance not to be paralleled in poor, old Oregon, she "thought back to a time I remember so well when we knew so little that we know today. And yet some time our race must have known It all.' Evidently she concurs In the Biblical opinion that that which is now hath been be fore, and that which hath been 'shall be again. Perhaps she Is right about It. Her philosophy, at any rate, strikes us as far more reliable than her pow ers of observation. "Fairy stories must be tradition," we are Informed, and In the forgotten ages of the past men have sailed in swifter airships than any we have today. The only dissenting opinion we can offer Is that fairy stories are Imagination and that In the ages she refers to people were crawling In the dirt on their hands and feet Instead of flying. But what Is history? It Is our dreams that give substantial value to our thinking. We do hope this Indiana N woman will make us another visit when she Is not so badly out of sorts. One can prom ise with some confidence that If she does, things will not look nearly so blue as they did before. Fifty-four mouths have been opened In Mount Etna, according'to Professor Rloco, of the Mount Etna Observatory, since the present erup tion of the volcano began. From each of these gaping orifices lava Is thrown, sometimes Intermittently and again In vociferous concert, while the central crater constantly throws out cinders In a dense, black cloud. The railroad around the mountain Is being burled by the lava, and so great Is the flow that the carriage roads in the vtclnlty are Impassable. There are practically no new features in this pyrotechnic display beyond the open ing of these numerous mouths from which burst forth "redounding smoke and ruddy flame." The spectacle is otherwise ages old as old as history and older. The miseries that it In flicts upon the cowering peasantry that cultivate the slopes of the moun tain and retire, again and again, be fore Its fiery onslaught, are the same yesterday, toMay. and, as far as can be foreseen, forever Thf San Francisco railroad" man who did not see his wife for fifteen years after their wedding may not be an object of pity. Think of the disil lusionment he has escaped. No doubt he was young and foolish when he married. Now he Is mature and wise and his wife has left the giddiness of youth behind. There is no reason why they should not love each other In a calm and sensible way and pass many happy years together. Fifteen years Is a trifle long, perhaps, to wait for the honeymoon, but therjo would be fewer divorces If half our young couples had to wait five. .If our Intelligence la properly meas ured by our readiness to adopt the de vices of civilization and apply them to various needs, then Mr. and Mrs. Pie per, of California, stand In the fore most files of the human race. Who before this Illustrious couple ever thought of bringing up twins In a fire less cooker? We have often heard of keeping the cat In the oven when the space was not needed for pies, and some people are said to keep the pig In the parlor, but to shelter the twins In the tireless cooker Is a stroke of genius. Will It boll soup while they are In it? Tears ago Ireland's famines were caused by the failure of the potato crop and the extortion of English landlords. The one that threatens now will spring from a dispute be tween railroad hands and their em ployers. Famines of tho old sort the Irish people could not avert, since the superior power of man and nature combined to afflict them. The Im pending one could be averted by using a little resolute common sense. It is well for the public to be meek some times, but not while civil war rages. So long as Mrs. Belmont's farmer ettes could play at farming, with plenty of hired help for the drudgery, the plan was beautiful; but when the help left and the students faced the real work, as do the ordinary girls on the ordinary farms, the Joysome glad ness vanished and vacation days were over. As evidence that President Taft meant what he said about his war on trusts, the Indictment of the United Shoe Machinery Company comes the day after he delivered his speech at Detroit. This Is no civil suit for In junction, but U an Indictment on a criminal charge. Vancouver purposes to muzzle dogs mnnlni loose. Here Is opportunity for th Human Society. How can a muzzled canine bite a Tlea? Must ne iiihmit tn torture for official whim? Did none of these dictators ever "have" fleas? inline has a new famine. Unlike that of 1141-6, it Is due not to the failure or tne eartn to proauce looa, v.., ia tha refusal of men to carry it to the consumer, because the island has the strike fever. An excellent authority says the last shall be first, and as Joe Keller stooa at tha bottom of the list In examina tions for captain of police, why carp and cavil if he gets the appointment? A Federal grand Jury, Immune to pulls or any nature, v. .n . l.. a " tj local authorities to suppress the white .."III Wa. 1. A slave irauic iil LJ1C j ioiiu - fa anoA- of famine in a aeo- tlon of the Philippines and the white man's burden is Increased to th ex tent of a shipload of rice. The present-day murderer is not content to kill a single person he commits murder wholesale. In Colo rado as In Oregon. n.DHm a trustr to escape cre ates less criticism than granting a pardon and Is a kind of good riddance. anyway. With only eight million population, the Canadians make as much roar as one coyote outside the corral. Naval estimates suggest two more first-class battleships. We shall need them for the grand canal parade. Gleanings of the Day Fists are the most powerful argu ments in the Canadian election, and the campaign meetings tn that law abiding country make American polit ical disturbances resemble a church social, to quote the comparison made by a Portland man who Is on the scene of hostilities. The hated, dreaded Yan kee Is made the Issue by the Conser vatives, who pronounce reciprocity the forerunner of American annexation or conquest- A fair sample of the meet ings was one at St. Rose, Quebec addressed by Henri Bourassa, tho Na tionalist leader, and Emlle Leonard, tha Conservative candidate for Laval. The correspondent of a Montreal paper says of it: Ona man who kept eonUnuoualy Mlllns for "joint maattos." waa struck TUntly on tho Jaw and went down and out. HI tenda then dus- Into Ms assailant and tnaldaot lO seconds a battla royal developed From the stand It looked aa If half of tha audience waa encased In tlstlcuffa. Women runnln g away acreamlng and half-hyeterlcal from the battlefield made th scene a pitiful ona. Swarlns to and fro. the two or three hun dred who ware engated In the tight traveled from ona end et tha field to the other, leav ing a few trallera etretched on the grass. Trie latter had received their "quietus and were carried off the field. There did not aeem to be any organized gangs on either aide, but from all -appearances. It looked as If tna crowd waa fighting under the old rule, you sea a head, punch It." Everybody was swinging wild, and many a poor lnnocenl spectator walked away from the field- wltn Olooa iirenniuif uu.u ui. . - lovely black aye. Ona man especially waa noticeable In tha fracas. Standing well over six feet, be made his way" through tha crowd swinging right and loft, and every- man ne hit went down aa If they had .been pole, axed. Th belligerents were finally expelled from the ground, but not before tha victors had suffered great damage. Tha feature of xne ngnt waa mo i.ir p..j a - " - -----other by the participants Although there waa plenty or weapona in me " stones and bricks, every ona appeared to ba a uatieu id hbmi i.u . .-- ., - - - -- a man went down h was promptly picked up by tho ambulance corps which seemed to be following. The New Tork State Archeologist has again warned those who collect relics of the aborigines that, counter felts are In vogue. He has discovered Indian pipes from Briar Hill, St. Law rence County, and pipes and Inscribed stones from Chautauqua County which are fraudulent. Brass medals are also turning up having on one side the head of an Indian and before him a war club, while the reverse has the head of an Indian woman and before her a cradle board. The workmanship Is very modern, but In every case the medals have been excavated from depths and associated with Indian re mains. It Is added that the designs and ottempts to reproduce Indian ob jects show a lack of familiarity with such -thlnes, but the workmanship is not bad. There Is an awakened Inter est In the original Inhabitants of this country, and the scarcity of bona fide relics has led unscrupulous persons to believe that there Is profit to be made by the manufacture, planting and sale of counterfeit relics. There are signs at Albany, N. T, of preparations by Governor and Mrs. Dlx t? entertain on a larger scale than any of his predecessors. Plans have been made for the enlargement of the kitchen at tha executive mansion, for fhe Installation of a large gas range and for the erection of an Icehouse. Representative Sulzer. of New Tork, had no mercy for either Guggenheim and Morgan or for Pinchot in a speech he made to the Arctic Club at Seattle on Monday. He declared that the 1100 coal land locators should have the law administered for them, as It Is In the United States. He traced the Alaska coal land trouble to the Pocahontas coal trust, which gouged the Government out of enough money oa coal for the Navy to build a battleship every year. He opposed both the leasing system which, he said, would make a race of tribute-payers and serfs, and govern ment ownership, which meant the stagnation of socialism, but said. If the piebald politicians and muckrakera had their way we should have to choose between the two, and In that case he preferred Government ownership. He recommended Government purchase of the Alaska Northern Railroad.' and Its construction to the Matanuska coal field, across the Susltna Valley, down the Kushokwlm. Tanana and Yukon Valleys to St. Michaels. He said the Government should also guarantae the bonds of theVatlroad from Haines Mis sion to the head of the White and Tanana Rivera He also recommended the division of Alaska- Into three ter ritories Sumner, consisting of South eastern Alaska; Seward, all of Alaska south of the Yukon and west of the international boundary, and Alaska, all of Alaska north of the Yukon. He said the fishing Industry was being; de stroyed and Intimated that Pinchot had nitde no effort to conserve the fish be cause Pinchot avldently is not Interest ed In the fishing business. The dangers of the pursuit of sci ence are Illustrated by an experience of Dr. Rudolph )i. Anderson, the zoq loglst with the Stefansson expedition to the Arctic He and four Eskimos were hunting caribou and Barren Ground bears in the mountains south of Langton Bay. The hills were white with snow. The party sighted 10 cari bou, immediately made camp and start ed out to pursu the herd. They caught and killed eight Dr. Anderson remained with the carcasses In order to skin two specimens scientifically. When this laborious Job was flnlshel darkness had fallen. Dr. Anderson started back to find camp In the snow and wsnt astray. AU night long he wandered among the lahyrintn or mua lakes, frozen water courses, hills and gullies. ,He knew he must not stop walking, as he would freeze to death. On account of his rugged constitution, however, the rays of the late Septem ber sun found him still on his feet and moving. With daylight he was able to recognize features or the tree less landscape and find his Eskimos. President Taft Is being deluged with protests against the removal of Dr. H. vV, tviley from the eommand of the pure-food forces in the Agricultural Department. Discussing them, the New York Sun ventures the following prediction: President Taft will undoubtedly decide the caae on Its merlta. He will take into account the faet that Dr. Wiley acted for the beat Intereats of the service, although technically ha may have been at 'ul. The President will consider tha peculiar behavior and tha obstrucUve metbode of Solicitor McCabe and Dr. DnnUp asso ciate chemist of tha bureau. Mr. Taft will wtiKh Secretary neon a against hla atructnrea aurely the balance fa in Dr. Wlley a favor. Finally. Mr Taft will review the chlaf chemlet a valuable sarvlcaa In the eauae of legislation to pre vent the adulteration of foods, aolld and liquid It la more likely to ba beniga thaa 'coadlgn. punishment," REMINISCENCES and aneedotes are being exchanged In the French press Just now in memory of the French poat Theophlle Gautler, the centennial of whose birth occurred re cently. By many authorities he was considered In his day as a wild-eyed romancer, but the popular, oonceptlon of him was that although he had fine ness of Intelligence he was very ecceft trlo In belief and behavior. "I used to wear my hair too long when I was young," he said, "and that has done me such Irreparable harm In th eyes of the bourgeois that I have never been able to survive." In speaking of the celebrated red vest of Hernanl: "I put that waistcoat on only opce. but I have worn it all my life." In gram mar, as In life, Gautler was a rebel. Ho scoffed at the purists. "I throw my phrases into the air Ilka so many cats; I am sure they will land on their feet." And once to Emlle Bergerat, "You young fellows will be grateful to me some day when you see what an admirable Instrument I have left In your hands. You will defend my fair fame against those undergraduates of literature who, having no Ideas to ex press and no emotion to convey, would reduce us to the 100 words of the Raclnlan vocabulary. Epigrams by Gautler and on him are numerous. "I used to love cathedrals on the strength of Notre Dame, but the sight of the Parthenon cured me of the Gothic malady, which never was strong In me." "Nature la not the end of art, but rather the means."' "Ideas are born noble even though they are born in garrets." "To possess talent one must exaggerate his faults till they assume the dimensions of qualities." "They have never spoken of my real merit, which consists in this: that I am a man for whom the external world exists." Salnte-Beuve said of Gautler that he was not a liar; that quality he "lacked." Bis daughter Judith writes: "Sometimes we. children would get into a temper, pout,' refuse to speak to him. This would make him furious. 'In Just one bour this grama must stop, and you will love me as before or I shall run amuck,' he would cry. 'I owe you no love,' I would say. The Bible is ex plicit en the point. It says I should honor my father and mother; it does not mention love. Henceforward I am going to honor you.' Thereupon he wonld pursue me with objurgations, throw his pipe at me. his slippers, any thing light that came to hand, crying all the time. 'Will you put a stop to this comedy? You will immediately cease exhibiting respect to mel' " Woodrow Wilson's "A History of the American People" will attract atten tion not only because of the personality of the author but because In the five volumes comprising the work, he writes "an interesting romance for Americans and America's own story." Dr. Wilson has put half a lifetime of research Into the work, and gives graphic descrip tions of the growth of our country from the days of Columbus down to the accession of Theodore Roosevelt to the Presidency. The books contain series of maps In color, showing the terri torial growth, political changes, and general development of the United States, these maps being prepared with great care and furnishing many de tails not included In the ordinary wall map; a full-page portrait of every President from Washington to Roose velt, together with authentic portraits of statesmen and famous characters down to the present time; fac simile ranrnductlnna of rare manuscripts. state papers, political documents' and Governmental records, together with numerous Illustrations by Howard Pyle, Frederic Remington, Harry renn, k-. F. Chapman, Howard Chandler Christy and manv others: private picture gal leries and exclusive libraries having been ransacked by experts xor contri butions for this epoch-making work, and at the end of every chapter Is given a list of authorities and suggestions for further and exhaustive reading on phases of American development. a a a Mrs. Sarah P. MoL. Greene, who wrote "Cape Cod Folks," has completed her new story, "The Long Green Road." a a a Ti.n r-mr" tna nrison ooet. author of "Hard Labor and Other Poems," is now In England and will return to mia country in the late Fall to accept a po sition as prison inspector. e a - Owen Wlster, in addition to being a novelist, has acquired celebrity as a i it. waa hinr shaved In a St, Louis hotel, while-returning from a trip to the West, some time so, .v.- K.,k., whn was attending to his needs apparently had been out the night before. His hand was very shaky and several times the author winced. "Will you have anytning oa ..i... i crt through?" the barber Inquired when the ordeal was almost V"l" can't tell yet," mumbled Wlster, k.. t hnn to have nart of my noBel Philadelphia Times. She (of Boston) We don't hear much about Omar Khayyam any more. He Let's see, what team was he with? Chicago Record-Herald. a a a Five new books for young people: Ralph Henry Barbour's latest tryof schoolboy Ufa and play, "Team-Mat . two stories of adventure. Frederick Orln Bartlett's "The Forest Castaways and F. Lovell Combs' ''pu"S Cnise!, of the Sky." "Dorothy, the Motor Girl by Katharine Carleton. a e a Saturday will see the Issue of the new book by Eleanor Hallowell Ab bott, author of "Molly Make-Belleve." This will be Just a 1y ino" the publication of "Molly," which has averaged a large edition a month all through the year. "The Sick-a-Bed Lady" la having a large advance sale. - a a a Gilbert Watson's "Toddle" will be published this week. The scenes are laid at St. Andrews. Scotland, which Is near the hospe of the author; and the story Is characterized by those who have read H as "the love story of a woman-hater." m m Among notable new books Is "Scien tific Mental Healing," by H. Addlngton Bruce whose previous works, especially his "The Riddle of Personality." have established his reputation as an au thoritative writer in the fascinating field of psychological phenomena. In his new book Mr. Bruce concerns him self almost, but not wholly, with the results of the labors of psychopatho logiats, or medical psychologists, such as Drs. Pierre Janet, Sigmund Freud. Morton Prince and Boris Bidls, and en deavors in non-technical language, to make perfectly clear the exact bearing of their discoveries on medical science. He Includes also a review of the evolu tion of mental healing, pointing out the differences between mental healing of the scientific kind and mental heal ing of the variety with which we are more familiar through the activities of the Christian Scientists, exponents of the New Thought, etc In fact, his book may be described as an exposi tion. In non-technical language, of the history, principles, possibilities and limitations of mental healing, as veri fied by scientific investigation and ex periment. One of the strongest fea tures of "Scientific Mental Healing" Is said to be Its abundance of illustra tive anecdote, every point being rein forced by the citation of authenticated experiences iron, real Ue. . . Ccimtry Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911. by George Matthew Adama) As soon as a man becomes particu larly clever In doing a certain thing, people begin to pick at him, and ay hundreds of men are better. Do you prais yourself more thaz. you deserve, and abuse your neighbor more than he deserves? A "good many do it. Some farmers are always uncom fortable when in town, from expecting the town men to rob them. When an agent calls on you, remem member that If he succeeds In his de signs on you, he makes a big profit, while you pay a high price for some thing you do not need. It Is almost disgraceful the mannei In which the average widow braces up and begins to get better looking. Old Henry Ford s boy Hiram, who has been soldiering in the Philippines returned home lately. I Intend to talk to him, and get at the real situation in the islands, and then maybe I'll let President Taft know about it. The real humorist is the monkey However melancholy a monkey feela he always looks funny. Wives say that one of the easiest things in the world Is to catch a hus band when he engages in mischief. When you go into a store to buy, ever notice how 'heartily the merchant laughs at your Jokes? A man shows tho first evidence ot wisdom when he realizes that the scranble for a dollar Is about as fierce in one town as in another. Let Streets' Names Alone. PORTLAND, Sept. 21. (To the Ed itor.) Mayor Rushlight noting youi announcement appointing a committee of the City Council to name and num ber our city blocks in some other man ner, I, for one, at this time desire to ba heard in regard to making this change. No doubt. If It were left to the vote of our citizens, their stamp of disapprov al would be placed on a measure of such a character, and in such numbers that there would be no need of any fur ther communications. I think It la a perfect outrage at this late date to ca"use old time-honored citizens the misery that such a move would most assuredly bring about, simply forcing them to become strangers to streets and numbers In a city where they have lived a lifetime. Strangers com ing to our city are in no different posi tion than upon entering any other city in our Union. They are forced to seek information from one who knows as to some certain destination they desire to make. Why not have your police of ficers drilled thoroughly on this one point, so they can give any informa tion sought as to streets or numbers as they now exist, and not cause a world of misery to those who are thor oughly enlightened on the subject and only too pleased to direct any one when called upon. In conclusion, a move of such a nature, tampering in any manner whatsoever with our streets that are beautifully named and disturbing our numbers, would confuse our citizens in general and cause no end of disturbance, and simply mean learn your A B C's all over again in so far as the lay of the city is concerned, MARK SCHLUSSEL. WaahlneTton Alao Raises Har, Chicago Inter-Ocean. Governor Hay, of Washington, says he represents the Commonwealth "which has its head in the clouds and whose "skirts are washed by the broad Pacific." Fortunately the state also raises Hay. GEORGE ADE'S LATEST HUMOR and Sir A. Conan Doyle's Deepest Mystery will be features in THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN Fables in Slang In "The 1911 Fable of the Treasure Locked in the Strong Box," George Ada reaches his climax in humor. Sherlock Holmes "The Ad ventures of the Stock Broker's Clerk," is an interesting story full of mystery at the beginning but very clear after Sherlock Holmes does some probing. Thi3 is one of Sir A. Conan Doyle's best. News Snapshots The camera tells interesting stories of the world's recent important happen ings. The Last Trail A brisk tale of frontier life told by men who have been there. Buying Hats A story of how American women are beginning to give practical Paris the go-by. Crown Prince Rudolf's 'Death Long silenced story of how the Prince met a tragic death, tcld by Franz Josef of Austria, who has the secret which puzzled Europe for years. Music ''Goo-goo Land," a popular song hit from "The Mid night Sons"; musio and word3. Arming to Tight Air Dread noughts How the Government is building new style guns to cope with the development of aerial craft. A half page of interest ing descriptions and pictures. The Beading Public A tale replete with humor written by a librarian showing the peculiar literary tastes of frequenters of public reading rooms. Compensation Another chap ter of that interesting novel of Washington society. The Tunny Men A half page of the latest wit and humor. Also the adventures of the Widow Wise and the comic sec tion with more fun by Mr. Twee Deedle, Sambo and others. (Order from your newsdealer today.)