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Duf If tha Court ahall heed the temper and tendency of th times ana hall give an elastic and liberal ton etructlon of tha Federal Constitution. Tha Oregontan likewise, haa no doubt that tho Initiative will b upheld. There can ba no question about tha entire validity of tha referendum. It haa ben employed by tha peopla of the states. In on form or anotner. from tha b-dnnlrt:: It will b used ttlvray. unquestionably. Tha common notion that tha Initia tive and referendum ara Identical or Interchangeable terms betrays a looaa understanding of what tha two an tipodal featurea of th Oregon system mean. Tha one la tha essence of rep resentative government: tha other, as It la employed In Oregon, la tha nega tion of representative government. Th Initiative sets asld tha leglsl. tur. and ntlrcly Ignore the legisla tive body tha representative of tha people as one of tha three great branches of popular government. Th referendum dues not attempt to dis turb th legislative function, or to usurp ita place In the governmental machinery. It I an appeal from th legislature to th' people, or It Is a referenc by th leglslatur to th people of any Issue, or question, or etatut. or constitutional amendment. Th distinction is fundamental; t Is vital: It goea to th root of popular trivemment. It Is highly Important that th statua of th referendum b fixed by authoritative determination of tha highest court of the land. It la not less Important that th scope of the Initiative be settled by th savm court at th same time. Th Constitution of th United States "guarantees to every state a republican government.' Tha United States la a republic. A republic la a "stats In which tha sovereignty re side In th people and th adminis tration la lodged In officers elected by and representing th people." It Is a "stat in which th sovereign power resides In tha whole body of th peo ple and to exercised by representatives elected by them." These are tha com mon definitions of republican or rep resentative ro vemmer.t. They are fa miliar to all. and will be questioned by none. It Is easy to ae. therefore, why Attorney-General Crawford, for th Stat if Oregon, should seek to have th Supreme Court declare that th lnl tlatlv and the referendum Is a politi cal quefttlon. solely for the judgment and determination of th various state. If th Court ahall adopt his view the state may have and employ the initiative as they please. If It shall be denied, then the question of constitutionality will b decided on Its merits. Th Oregonlan believes that the r"Pl of Oregon would lUce to ae a clear, luclj and authentic Interpreta tion of the great lesue before the court on the grounds of sound public policy. If the referendum shall be uphelJ. the people will be content: If the unlimit ed Inlrlsttve shall be circumscribed or rerulated, so that Its method may be confined or changed to actual terms of a real referendum, the entire prob lem, so Important to thorn and so por tentous to th wholo American peo ple, will b happily anj properly solved. rwiG or the wirxtr rAmm The demonstration train, which Is pm.tlcally the Oregon Agricultural College on wheels. Is completing a tour of four Ea-tern Oregon countlea on 1ert.iken to show the distinction be tween the wheat former and the wheat grower. The former ts the huaband mun who puts all of his eirgs la one :n-ket: If the barket breaks the owner 1 broke. Th wheat grower Is he who diversifies h!s wheat growing with fther err pa raises more and more for. age, feeds his grain and forag to live stock, haa his eggs in many baskets. One of the foremost agriculturists of the day. E. H. Webster. Deem of Agri culture. Kansas Agricultural College, says. 'Th wheat farmer haa no place to th development cf th dry-farming area." Continuing, he says. The fail ure to recognize this fact has caused untold suffering and losa to settlers who were enticed to occupy this coun try with th hope cf growing wheat for profit." And again. "The transi tion from the open range to th aban doned wheat farm haa taught that for age crops are. to a workable degree, sure; that Kaffir corn, mllo and sor ghum vlU produce sufficient grain for the needs of th stock farmer." Th wheat farmer who haa a couple cf thousand dollars Invested Is com parable to th man who would go into th dry goods business tn th city and Invest all his money In calico, or th grocer who would put his enttr Capi tal tn canned tomato a. Such a man could axpsat nothing but failure. II erould deserv nothing els. Th wheat farmer Is an enemy of nloiself and th state. Fie goes broke, sometimes through crop failure, some times through low prices, of.en through a bumper crop and high rices, for he la the most optimistic msn on earth and when prosperity strikes htm he goes tn debt for new machinery and equipments and the i next year or two Unda him again in financial distress. It may be said that these) conditions prevail only in dry-farming section t, tn neighborhoods whets th pre cipitation Is much clow normal (14 Inches.) WhU it Is Just as true of ether sections, we may. In th case of Oregon and Washington, conflne It to (he dry-farming communities and then call attention to the further fact that th greatest sufferer through the wheat farmers density Is not the farmer him self, but his family. Take any section yon choose where wheat farming prevails; look at th borne! Lock at th dearth of Teg stables, fruits and flowers; th absence of society and all of those conditions going to mail country life pleasant. Mors than likely there la no well on th plao. water ha to be hauled from on to ten miles. There are no cows, no pigs, and every drop of water used is doled out as niggardly as a miser pays out his gold. If such a farmer would sail half, three-fourths, even seven -eighths of his land and with th money thus se cured dig or bore a well, and put In a pump and gasoline engine he oould make mora money fro in th remaining land each year than he ever mad In a bumper year from his entire holding. And think of the garden, th rosea, tfcw fruit and berries, th horn life) and horns comforts! Something could be turned Into money every day. Milk, butter, eggs, poultry. P'g. calves and beef would be coming on all th time, th land would be growing more val uable, and If th ownr were thrifty he could soon buy back th land he sold to get th money to start htm on th road to prosperity. I TtVt DBAtGHT HOME'S HI KDEV. Human citizens of Portland .can hardly help feeling some concern in the crusade which a society at Salt Hake City has undertaken for th benefit of tho draught horse. Th society calls itself, rather symbolical ly, "Th Associated Draught Horses of Salt Lake City." What It aska la that th owners of the faithful animals should limit thslr loads to a reason able weight. A maximum of two Ions to the wagon la suggested for dirt roadbeds and thre ton for pave ments. The owners reply, very natur ally, that if the loads axe cut down th price of goods to th consumer must rise. Th more trips It requires to deliver ten tons of coal th more th coal will cost. It seem at first thought as If this were a law of nature as Inflexible as gravity Itaelf. Th humanitarian so ciety threatens to enforce Its views by a city ordinance, but probably It has no way to keep prices down so that ths owners may com out ahead in any event and either th consumers or th poor draught horses must con sent to suffer. But. after all. ther Is another as pect of th case. It Is perhaps not quit so hopelee as It appears to be at first thought. Reflection often re veals new aldea to a question. We do not know what rate of profit the Salt Lake owners of draught horses are making on their goods and teams. Perhaps It Is as small aa they can put up with and go on doing business. Hut on the other hand It Is perhaps a little larger than tho circumstances of trade Imperatively require. In that case they might cut down th loads of their wagona aomewhat without raising prices to ths consumer. The necessary compensating factor could be Introduced by lowering th profit of th dealer. How to do this we cannot oven dream. It would require some sort of legal machinery with which Amer icans are entirely unfamiliar. In our social organism th consumer is a sort of wandering sheep without a shepherd. Whenever any individual or Interest Is bard up the miserable consumer Is caught and sheared for their benefit. He may bleat If ho wants to, but nobody listens to him. Has anybody ever heard of such a thing as a consumers court to which th poor wretch might resort to get his wrongs righted T We have not. but perhaps someone else has, and In that case he would confer a favor upon th public by telling all about It. OX IXSeVOTf I-X CUEH-4XI9 DISASTrK. Th fat of th eight young girls In th Chehalla powder explosion was In deed most shocking, and in the pres ence of au effect so dire It may seem heartless to refer to th ulterior cause. This was manifestly th feature of our Industrial or economic aystem that pushes or leads young girls who should be contented factors In home Ufa out Into the wagc-earnlng world. Nece sltv is sometimes behind this golnrf out .if young girls from the home or from domestic occupations Into dangerous, unhealthful or overstrenuous work In ths Industrial world, but this Is true In th PaclJlc Northwest at least In a very small proportion of cases. It Is unrest cot necessity that send glrla who are entitled to the ahelter of the parental home and the safety of wom anly vocations out Into commercial occupations. They are not content with what father can supply In the way of clothing; they do not like to help mother with the housework and the younger children, and as to enter ing other homes as workers In the domestic realm that la not to be thought of for a moment, though It means good wagi-a. th shelter and protection of home, food, room, warmth and light and ail the time for afternoon rest and evening enjoyment that any young woman needs or is good for her. It Is cot too muck to say that there are thousands of home In this broad earth, maintained by Industrious fathers. In which th work Is dono by weary, overtaxed mothers, from which young girls go forth In the morning and to which they return at night In order that they may have money wherewith to purchase cloth ing unsulted to their situation In life and wear gew-gawa that detract from, rather than enhance their personal ap pearance. This Is the flaw and a serious on It Is In our Industrial sys tem that Is Justly deplored by social economists. It may well be Included In th discussion of "child welfare" problems, covering as It doe not only th welfare of the present, but cf suc ceeding generations Circumstances, of course, alter cases. Ther sr homes bereft by death, shadowed by sickness or darkened by Inebriety or leaartloa from which It Is necessary for young girls to far forth early Into th wage-earnlr.g world for their own support and th aaelatanc of those more helpless than themselves. But even then they should not be en couraged to accept work In unhealth ful or dangerous vocations; nor, I" they have rreht with a not of au thority In their voices, should they be permitted to do so. For ' Is not life more than meat and body than rai ment? Ther la Indeed a vibrant note of warning to parents and young plr'.-s tn th late shocking calamity at t'he hatls. Ringing out true and clear It aay to parents: Keep your young ilinrhian if imiihU In the shelter of the home. Into which they were born until they go forth to homes of their own. Teach them to be sslf belpful in making the most of what father can afford, helpful in house hold ways and In caring for the younger children. If they must go out to work Impress upon them the dignity of housework vocations and find suitable homes wherein they can pursue such vocations and be treated with kindness and all necessary con sideration. Therein the road to safety and true and lasting usefulnes Ilea. UT. C O. BOfifOBDh One more link In the chain that binds the Irving present with Oregon's storied past was broken whu Rev. Chauncey O. Hoaford died at hi homa la Mount Tabor last Wednesday even ing. Born December 17. 1IJ0, Mr. Hosford lacked but a few weeks of completing ninety-on years of life. Living for nearly a third of a century upon "borrowed time, 7 he kept up his Interest on th debt by an acUv In terest tn th affairs of Ufa. When the pioneer minister at the age of 2S landed In Portland th city was a straggling village of fourteen log cabins in th forefront of mighty forest. That was sixty-six years ago. He wa consigned to his grav In Lon Fir Cemetery but yesterday a section of "God's acre" populous with a si lent host that has com hither and passed on sine be cam a young man to an unexplored wilderness. His grave mad in the midst of a city throbbing with life and activity. The work which he set himself to do tn Ms early manhood he pursued with vigor far along Into th years and only laid It down at the stern and re peated behest of time. His only sur viving co-laborer In the early Metho dist mLralon field. Rv. John Fllnn, conducted th services wherewith the worn earthly house of his tabernacle waa given back to dust. The eervlce was of more than usual pathos, mark ing aa It did the' closing scene In a life of great longevity and exceeding usefulness. CO!TROU.r.K BAT Mi l" DEAD. The Controller Bay myth was han dled so roughly by Secretary richer in his address on Alaska to th Amer ican Mining Corgresa that it cannot survive except In the memories of those personal enemies of President Taft who are using conservation as a convenient excuse for assault on mm. He picks Cordova as clearly superior to any other aa a harbor for the Ber ing coal fields and as a railroad ter minus, and continues: KYrtblu. thera Is a possible harbor, alttioush a p"r and xpBla ona. " abl. at conu-oller Bar. This mucb-du-ru.l bar. t.mp.rt to4 br eontrov.r.y aa w.ll as by nature. Is lnoloed partly by rocky remnants of the hill, ana partly by low rf built up of mud brought down by slarlal .ircama and raled abova th ' wt" urfac. by action of the wavea hay lt.f Is gradually bains' silted up by aim lar material from tha i.ma eilan.lva slaolore wtilch bord-r the coal nelds on tha north and at and probably cover many bade or coal. long, low reef a and flata. to gether with tha rocky lalands of Kayak and Wlngham on tha aouthwaat. protect Ita watera from tha open sea. Tha area from tha ba- of tha coal-bearing mountalna on tha north, alons tha aaat aide of B'rlnj Jtlver. to th ta. a dlManra of IB to - miles, la a low-lrtng plain but a few feet aboTa water level, much of It flat and wampy. built up of glacial debris. The entire bay la shallow except a nar row Irregular channel from a few hundred yard, to a mite In width and a few fathoms In depth leading aouthward end westward to tho e. The tidal rurrenla paailng Into and out of thla bar dlmlnlah the settling of glacial silt In thla channel, but theee do not appear to prevent the atlttng up of the larger part of the bay Itaelf; and doubtleea the channel la slowly but continuoualy be coming amaller and mora .hallow. Thle channel Ilea from two to three mllea out from the present shore, with theae ahallow mud flata Intervening. Of couree. whether and how rapidly the large quantities of ellt brought down from the glactera will con tinue to All op the watera of Controller Pay can only be determined by careful and protracted obaervatlon. but there Is every reason for believing that thla proceaa will continue In the future aa It has dons In the past, unleea the eondltlone are Im proved by artificial construction and dredging. He states that gome persons Insist that the silt deposits mentioned will not : . reclably affect navigability and thst conditions can be easily Improved by dredging. He aays that there have been numeroua Investigations of tho harbor facilities of Controller Bay, and continues: I am told that It waa carefully Investi gated oa behalf of the Copper Hirer Ball road by englne of high standing and was dlacarded aa Impracticable. The attempt, bowever. waa made under the advice of englneera of thle road to cona-.rnct a har per st Kataila, which la outside of the ranse of la.anda to the westward of Controller liar, where there la deep water Immediately off shore and where a pier or breakwater waa constructed at considerable expenee In the vain attempt to protect ahlpplng from the force of the winds and wavea of an open roadstead. A storm promptly demolished these works and led to the removal of the railroad to Cordova. Its repreeoniatlves say they wovld not now constnaat a harbor at Controller Pay even If they ahJUld become tntereeted In a railroad to the coal fields, and give aa an added reason tue necessary duplication of dock facilities which they are now eons', rue ting at Cordova. Several other railroad projects have been advanced for Controller Bay, but all -have become Inactive except that of R. S. Ryan, who procured the elim ination of the shore from th Katkenal forest and made thre scrip entries, each of 10 rods frontage, eighty-rod Intervals being reeerved by the Gov ernment under the law. On one of these eighty-rod Intervals a railroad terminal has been located, but "ap pears to bo without any warrant of law and wholly upon the theory that a railroad terminal location does not constitute an entry within th mean ing of the act," He continues: it seems to have been mads merely to esclnde others and upon the chance that the statute may be open to the construction mentioned. I do not believe that It la even Intended to be seriously pushed. At all events, all the rest of ths shore, except aa stated, remains free from entry, thus dis posing effectively of tbe claim that a rail road monopoly has acquired the frontage of Controller Bar. 'Whatever may be tn merits or demerlte of this harbor. It has not passed out of the control of tha Gormrn menr. A harbor cannot be developed there without the construction of piers three miles long from the shore to deep water, and these could not be constructed without a special act of Congress, "containing many provl Ions for the protection of th public Interest a" pock as good as Ryan's can be created at other points on the shore by dredging, which Ryan also, would have to do. Ice from the streams gathers in the shallow water, which some persons familiar with Alaskan conditions regard as a men ace to the harbor, and fierce winds from the glaciers blow down on the bay and mUht actually blow ships from the docks. If Ryan should build a railroad to the Bering River coal fields and to a connection with th Copper River Railroad, Mr. Fisher finds that his road could bring copper ore to Controller Bay, but that this Is not as available a smelter site as Cordova. Such a road would be of no particular advantage to the Alaska i syndicate, and. if built by Ryan, would serve as a check on the Copper River road. If the Government later de sired to buy tha road It could do so, and the opportunity to build a com peting road would prevent an exorbi tant price. In striking contrast with his poor opinion of Controller Bay Is Mr. Fish ers estimate of Seward as the town "which has by far the best harbor and the best town sit in Alaska which I saw or of which I have been able to obtain any knowledge." He adds: The town of Seward lies at the head of Resurrection Bay. which la a magnificent and extanalve harbor, landlocked and free from loe, and already selected by the Gov ernment ae a naval ooallng station, and whore amelter operations may be one of the future taduatrlea. This is the town which be selects as the best tidewater terminus for a Government railroad to the Matonua ka coal field and thence through a country which haa not only great min eral resources, but large agricultural and stock-raising possibilities to the Tan ana and Tukon Valleys. To state It in a few word a Mr. Fisher finds that Controller Bay Is a very poor harbor, far Inferior to Sew ard; that It la Inferior aa a smelter site to Cordova; that the Alaska syn dicate which has been accused of try' Irur to steal It does not want it; that Ryan has only secured a small part of Its waterfront and therefor can not monopolize It; that no legal lights to a railroad terminus have been se cured; that if Ryan builds a railroad to Bering River It will be a competitor of Guggenheim's road; and that. If th Government ever wishes to buy Ryan's road. It can do so at Its true value by threatening to build a com peting road. These conclusions of a man who Is second only to Plnchot among the conservationists, arrived at after care ful Investigation on th scene, should effectually dispose of the charges about which such an uproar was made. They should further discredit In advance any attacks which Plnchot may make on the management of the public domain by the Taft Cabinet. No doubt tfle Chehail Imperial Powder Company complied with all the rules laid down by the law and It Is therefor blameless for the death of Its employes. No company can be expected to do more than the law re quires even to aave girls from perish ing by fire. But what of the ruies themselves T Ought they to ba changed or not T,' The question seems Impor tant Inasmuch as death In a mass of flames Is not one of the factors which promote pleasant feeling between capital and labor. Mr. Hansen, the Fellda farmer who has been experimenting upon the re sults of carefully selecting seed pota toes, la a public benefactor. The com mon practice is to pick out ths small est potatoes for seed year after year. Mr. Hansen selects the largest. The common crop In five tons or less to the acre. Mr. Hansen gets more than twelve tons. Every new experiment which Is reported confirms the value to the farmer of careful seed selection. Not being able to elect Bryan President, his admirers would elect him President-maker, but there will be an Interesting time between these admirers and those of Governor Har mon when tho Ohloan visits Portland. The safe and sane are turning to Har mon as their hope, but he committed the unpardonable sin of . not voting for Bryan In 1896, wherefore his name Is anathema among the faithful fol lowers of the NeH)raakan. A little of the scientific management which la being applied by the Govern ment In the naval arsenals appears to be needed In the Circuit Court of Multnomah County. When a judge la allowed to waste several days In Idle ness while litigants are kept waiting months for the trial of their cases. It Is evident that we need more system in the division of the work among the Judges we have, not more Judges. If any legislation against wife-desertion is to become effective, there must be concerted action among the state to adopt uniform laws and make the offense extraditable. A wife-deserter almost Invariably moves to another state, where he Is Immune from pursuit and punishment. The movlng-plctures of the livestock parade of the recent State Fair that have been exhibited at a local theater this week will be shown at the land show at Chicago and will be good evidence of what Oregon breeders are doing. If the Walla Walla High Schoolboys strtk and their parents sustain rhem instead of the school board, the par ents will be encouraging that spirit of Insubordination which leads to the Re form School and often to worse places. Oregon haa no apples at the big land show In New York, but there Is a great lot of Hood Rivers at the store of the firm that gobbles all that crop. New Torkers know tha Oregon apple. Burbank has produced a thorn less blackberry and now Is good time to stop. Life will be mad altogether too easy If this wizard continues his sueceeatf ul experiments. Th vegetarian walking across tho continent has beaten his brother, a meat-eater, on arrival at Denver. In the higher altitude of the Journey he may evaporate. There ts food for th pessimist in the news that Greeley. Colo, has a poor potato crop, for Greeley and po tatoes aplenty are avnonymoua. In making A. H. Lea state president for Oregon yesterday, th National Buttermakers honored a Portland man who knows butter. Attorney Dunlway is objecting be fore th Supreme Court of the land. Nothing can scare the great Portland objector. The teamster who committed sui cide at Island City by drinking horse liniment died according to his best lights. The long dry spell Is about to break and th bearings of the Oregon um brella need to be oiled. When Venus can be seen at noon at Medford but one of two -scandalous explanations is possible. A Clark County man Is the record potato-grower, with 250 sacks to the acre. x Stars and Star-Makers Br Leeae Oaaa Baer. ' Burr Molntosh. the eotor-elub man. photographer and sometimes publisher, opened a brief starring engagement at the Aloasar Theater In San Francisco last Monday evening, during which he will present the plays In which he be came best known. First of these is "A Gentleman from Mississippi." Aiding the star will be Elolse Clement. Harry M stayer, who Is remembered of early stock day In Portland, and the full strength of the Aregular Alcaxar com pany. En his abort season expires he will be seen In -Puddn' Head wnson, "Plney Ridges" "Father and the Boys' and other plays adapted to his acting fort. a a Dillon and King, who were In Port land last season with the Lyrio Musical Comedy Company, have taken a lease on the Columbia Theater In Oakland and will open there on November J6, giving musical comedy organisation. Of tha 20 chorus girls three names fa- niM'ar to Portlanders appear, "Buster" Williams, Anna Cassel and ' Maude Beatty, all members of the old com pany. Next Monday evening they open at the Teal Theater In Fresno for a preliminary season. The Raymond- Teal Company has decided to make a trip Its management has planned lor some time and will go "on the rood, TtsttlOa, Eureka and other Northern California cities. VFe are to have "Seven Days" with us again thla season. This week lfs playing in Oakland, and after traveling all over tho country between ther and here, will arrive In Portland some time In December. ess Thurston . Hall, the airing of whose marital misunderstandings provided copy for Coast newspapers last Spring, Is the new leading man at Te Liberty playhouse In Oakland. Marjorle Ram beau Is the leading woman; our dear old favorite, Mlna uleason. is onar aoter actress; her son, Jimmy Gleason, is a member of the company, so also Is Mirabel Seymour she used to spell It Maiibel when she was a Baker in genue. a e a The late Kyrl Bellow was booked for an appearance at the Hedllg Thea ter In "The Mollusc" Just prior to Thanksgiving. In his supporting oast waa Ieabel Irving, whom we last saw with John Drew In "Smith." a e e A coincidence In the early appear ance of "The Third Degree" at the Raker and "The Country Boy" at the Helllg Is that In each company a son of Ralph Stuart la playing a prominent role. Kenneth Stuart, the youngest son of the eminent actor, appears aa How ard Jeffries, Jr., and while we are speaking of coincidences, here's anoth er: When "The Third Degree" was here two-seasons ago, tbe other Stuart brother, whose stage name Is Ralph Ramsey, was playing the role otHow ard Jeffries, Jr. It's been three years since the two have set eyes on each either and they are going to miss meet ing on this trip by one-half day. No staying over or taking later trains can prevent it either. "The Country Boy'' closes st the Helllg on the evening of the 11th and leave Portland hurriedly to open In Seattle, while "The Third Degree" plays Saturday evening in As toria, closing too late to arrive In Portland until next day, when it opens with a matinee at the Baker. Ralph Stuart, the father of the two boys, waa tfce first actor to give Portlanders an Idea of high-class stock production. It Is nine years slnoe he played in the ca pacity cf leading man at the old Em pire Theater, when It was a Baker stock house. At present Mr. Stuart is the leading man in "Get Rich Quick Walllngford." playing in Chicago, e " e e While In San Francisco, Theodore Kosloff, the director chorographio and chief support of Gertrude Hoffmann In her Rushing dances, was married to Maria Baldlna, the leading woman of the troupe see Tarda of stories have been printed about the various artloles left tn thea ters, unusual requests, and In partic ular little anecdotes of the folk who "stand In line.". Some of It 's true; much of it Isn't. This one Is: During tbe rush of seat sales for "The Spring Maid" at the Helllg, a breathless woman, loaded down with packages. left on the window sill, or whatever you call that shelf under the boxofflce window, a memorandum list, scribbled hurr'edly on a pleoe of tablet paper. It reeds: Panta for Arthur, Hat for Bernlce, Tickets for Helllg, teak for dinner, Underwear for grandpa. Doorknob, , See about train, use phone to call np (and here follow a dosen phone numbers). The forgetful woman has not yet called for the list. Let us hope she didn't forget the staak.' anyway. e a e Portlanders who attended "Madame Butterfly" when Jt waa given at tbe old Helllg on Fourteenth street several years ago will remember the little Chinese lad, Joe Lee, who dressed in quaint native costume. distributed souvenir programmes and made one of tbe memorable splashes of color In an evening, or evenings, full of artistic things.' Well. Joe Lee's father waa a local laundry man went back to China and took Joe Lee along. T'other day a letter came from Joe to George Walker, head usher at thei'Holllg, and this Is what It says, written in a round. school-boyish fist: Hongkong, Chins, rt-- ffeori a I have received your letter and waa very glad to get It from you. I am very sorry that I cannot write to you till sow I am atlll going to tna China school, and Is getting very well at it. Ia every body well In Portland T Everybody la well In China. How la the weather in Portland? The weather la pretty well In China. 1 think fortiana IS very coin www. xm cun- land snowing nowt 1 think it will be two ?eara more before X come back to America m volnsr to set marry at Nov. S5. When do you think you will get marry about this yearT 1 Ulina k.nnmu is near now. won nnihlna more to aar so I alose. dive my regards to Portland all. Ana aoon. JOS LEB. No Branch la Sauthera Oregon. PORTLAND Or., Nov. 1. (To the Editor.) In The Qregonlan October 29 appears this Item: 1 "J. R. Smltn will ereci an omce building and will make Medford the distributing center for tobacco and cigars in Southern Oregon." We would llae very mucu to neaa on any further publication of this kind and we would also like to have the statements contradicted. The facts are that prior to the time we saw this In the paper, the thought of opening an office in Medford had never occurred to J. XL, SaUTH ClliAA LU Half a Century Ago (mm The Oregonlan. November 4. ItSl.) The Sacramento Union says Wells Fargo eV Co. have received orders from the East to suspend the pony express. It has accomplished its mission. Its suocess demonstrated the fact that a dally overland mail could ba carried promptly. We part with the pony ex press with reluotance. Paris correspondence announces a duel on the Seine between two Ameri cans. It grew out of the Secession question. The parties were Captain C Lee Moses, of Saco, Me., and Hon. F. S Faxquar, of Virginia. Thay both fell on the first fire both killed by balls passing through the head. Washington. Oct 25. Accounts from th Upper Potomac represent the miss ing as coming In. A letter from Ed wards Ferry (Balls Bluff) says there are 71 wounded and 4T were burled. It was supposed 50 were drowned in at tempting to swim the river, and It Is reported 400 or 500 were mode pris oners. Th following appointments have been made In the Oregon Volunteer Cavalry: T. R. Cornelius, of Washing ton County. Colonel; R. F. Maury, of Jackson County, Lieutenant-Colonel; Bartlett CurL of Linn County, and J. W. P, Huntington, of Umpqua County, Majors, and B. F. Hardy, of Marion County, Quartermaster. At a meeting of citizens of Portland at the Council room on Saturday, No vember 2, for the purpose of making suitable arrangements for some publlo proceedings In relation to the death of Hon. E. D. Baker, Senator of Ore gon, who recently sacrificed his life In defense of our Government and the Union, the following proceedings were had: On motion Simeon Francis was elect ed president and the following gentle men were elected vice-presidents: Wil liam H. Rector, A. C Gibbs, Dr.W. H. Watklns, a J. McCormlck. Joslah Fall ing. A. M. Btirr: P. C Schuyler, Jr.. and 8. G. Reed were elected secretaries. The following gentlemen were ap pointed committee of arrangements: H. W. Corbett, A. C R. Shaw, Stephen Coffin. H. W. Davis. J. H. Mitchell. The following named gentlemen were con stituted a committee to prepare reso lutions for an adjourned meeting: Wil liam H. Farrar, Henry Failing, John McCrakea. The President has at last suspended the writ of habeas corpus for the Dis trict of Columbia. The Judges and law yers have made themselves so trouble some with their officious Interference with military affairs that this has be come necessary, PT.AZA BLOCKS URGED AS SITE Writer Believe Issuing of More Audi torium Bonds Will Halt Project. PORTLAND. Nov. 1. (To the Ed itor.) If Mayor Rushlight wishes to disgust the taxpayers and have them call a halt In the auditorium matter, he should continue to advocate "more bonds," for the man who pays the bills Is getting tired of voting bonds at every election, and he wants to build a bridge In South Portland with "more bonds." There Is no need of more bonds In the auditorium matter when we have such a central location as the Plaza blocks at Third and Main streets, which belong to the city. There is no other location in the city which would t, mnr. onnv,nl,nt for all the TieODle. as It Is nearer all the carllnes than any other site proposed, and can De reacnea without transferring from one carllne to another, and is far enough down town to be convenient to the hotels. It seems providential that these two blocks have not been used for other public buildings, but have been saved for the auditorium. The committee should decide at once to use this site. The corner of Nineteenth and Wash ington is not a convenient location for any portion of the city, excepting the extreme West End. People from the East Side and South End of the city would have to transfer to other cars to reach that location, while It will also cost about 2250,000 more than to use the Plaza blocks. C DANIELS. COOS COTJJfXT STRONG FOR TAFT. Marahfleld Man Says Distinct Issue Will Bring Out Big Plurality. MARSHFIELD, Or, Nov. 1. (To the Editor.) As some Interest is being aroused over the state in the matter of Oregon's choice for Presidential nom ination at the next National Repub lican Convention, I am pleased to note that upon quite an extensive Inquiry I do not find any of the old reliable Re publicans In this county who have any Idea of supporting anybody for dele gate who is not sound to the core and true as steel for the renomlnation of President Taft I also find that a goodly number who have been classed as Insurgents of high order believe that Taft should and will not only be renominated, but be re-elected. Under these conditions I flo not see why the vote In this coun ty should not show a Taft Increase. If the lBsue ts fairly put upon the candi dates for delegates to the convention, every Taft delegate should carry this county by a good big plurality. Let us find out early who Is who and what they stand for and who they will support if sent to the convention. C. A. SEHLBREDE. Law as to Drainage. irnnpi n, not. SI. (To the Edi tor.) To whom should one apply and what laws have Deen in use in regara to surface water from roads being drained (a ditch having been cnt prior to my acquiring land) through land that Is needed for culture 7 Is it a oounty law or stateT The Oregon state law authorises the County Commissioners to estaDiisn drainage ditches and have the damages assessed. It Is provided that ditches must be so located as to do the least damage and the land owner must be paid for damage done. Section 6792 of the revised code says: "No person shall be allowed to tap or bring water into a ditch already dug without paying a reasonable compensation therefor." Gold Production. pnnTT.iVn Nov. 1. (To the Edi tor.) Please inform me what the amount of gold mined In the United States, .Including Alaska, was in the year 1910; also, please state amount of gold mined in South African mines for the same year (Rand district). a. n ft i Aooomnanled by the notation that they are preliminary figures the last statistical ADStraci oi mo una tea riv the total value of cold mined in the United States In 1910 at 196,055,214, including Alaska. The Rand proper, not Inducing rtnoaesia, pro duced in 1910 gold valued at 2155,- T30.260. Question of Nationality. mHtt ,vn or S 1 (Tn the Ed- rUiH ij-r - -. w Itor.) I was born in America, my mother was born in Ireland and my father in America. "A" says that I am v mav that T Am an American. Which is right? Is not anybody born In America, an American i a., r. n. Tou are an American, N. Nittson Surety By Dean Collins. Nesdu Nltts, he whose oranlal orust Held brains that were formed from superior dust. For solving the things o'er whloh Pun- kindorf fussed; While nicotine tinctured his beard as with rust. Discoursed on miracle wheat, and oa trust. "The Reverend Russell, whose mlraole wheat Has raised some discussion of more or less heat. Proclaims, so I reads, that he won't take a bean From sale of said wheat, till the buyers has seen That the 'forementloned grain will do all he has said, Producin some hundredfold seeds to the head. "This wheat, by the claims of the shrewd estimator, Especially blessed by a kindly Creator, Will multiply with seen aatonlshln' speed That twenty square foot will provide all the seed. In maybe one season, that man would require To seed Into wheat the whole Inland Empire. " But men seems to doubt,' Mr. Russell says he, 'As whether these things are as I say they be; And therefore I "grees, without more hesitation. To peddle the wheat for a year on pro bation. And them who regret their investment, and holler. Will all be allowed to receive back their dollar.' "I calls It right handsome In Reverend Russell. And shore the Creator should get down and hustle To prove out tho worth of thla miracle seed. A-seeln' his Providence thus guaran teed. 'Taint often a man. of his private ac cord. Thus cheerfully goes on the bond of the Lord." Portland. Nov. 2. Connfiry Town Sayings by Ed Howe What has become of the old-fashioned man who whipped his son until the neighbors said the blood ran out of the boy's shoe topsT When not studying the Bible, a preacher must find week days mighty lonesome. A woman cannot keep moths out of a few old duds In a single closet; but think of the genius of man who keeps moths out of clothing stores 1 Having two love affaire at the same time is as muoh trouble as twins. A well-behaved, patient man never knows whether his wife loves him or not. But let him shoot somebody, or forge a note, and his wife stands by him in a manner to attract the atten tion of everybody. When a boy is whipped at school, and his mother sends him out Into the yard to get a stick of the size the teacher used, to show visitors, the case against the teacher Is pretty bad. While the boy Is away with a gun, his mother declares that If the good Lord will bring him back alive, she will never let him go again. I often-think too much Is made of ,v . ,- inv "on" Germans, and of the whisky Joke "on" Kentucklona. How effective a worthless man usu ally Is In politics, but let a really good man get into It, and he Is so helpless as to be pitiful. Arizona and New Mexloo SHERWOOD, Or., Oct. 21. (To the Editor.) Please tell me If Arizona and New Mexico are states. If so, when? SCHOOL GIRL. Neither territory has yet been for mally admitted to the Union as a state. Special Features OF The Sunday Oregonian Zoo Animals Pose An unusual page of photos of Portland's City Park denizens as caught by the camera man. x The Amazons Siege A record of the work, victories and fail ures in the woman's suffrage campaigns in America. FableB in Slang George Ade's 1911 fable of the women who were opposed to vivisection ex cept within the union. Sidelights on Hunting An amateur nimrod goes fully and freely into the topic of stalking big game in the forests and bills' of Oregon. Underclass Mix Day Half a page, illustrated, on a new cus tom that has replaced hazing in one of the big schools. Civil War Adventures Port land veterans relate experiences at Cedar Creek and the Siege of Riohmond. A Social Somersault One of George Randolph Chester's clerv erest tales on high finance. When the "World Was Young Something about the life of 10, 000,000 years ago, as revealed by recent Governmental research work. Wives Who Pursue Careers An illustrated half-page on the work of an interesting group of professional women. About Goldendale Addison Bennett writes interestingly of a thrifty Washington district. The Widow Wise, Sambo, Hair breadth Harry, Slim Jim and Mr. Boss have new adventures, and little Anna Belle has some nice new clothes to cut out. MANY OTHER rEATTTRES 1