TIIE MOKXIXG OREGONI AN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1912. PORTLAND, OREGON. ; Er.t.re.1 at Portland. Orecoa. Foatorrlee ts-cond-claaa Matter. , . "Suoacrlpuoa Ratee Invariably ' Aavenoe. BT MAIUI Tallr. Sunday Included, on. year.. " ljaily. Sunday Included, a x month. .... J. ,1'al.r. (Sunday Included, thraa nvnUis.. iOaily, Sunday IncluueU. ona montu I4i.y, witnout Sunday, ona year. . J-" iOaiiy. without Sunday, aix montne. .... a-.j Ia:.y.mnout Sunaay. threa monina... a o I'aily. witnout Sunaay. ona mania Weekly, on yaar. ............. .-... Sunday, on year bun day and weekly, on year ' (BT CARRIER.) 'pally. Sunday Included, on rear.. iial.y. 6unday Included, ona montn...... ' How t. Kemlt Send Poatofric. tier, aipreaa oru.r or peraonal etteca on your local bn. Stampa coin or. c""'n1fTdA2 at th sender's risk. Olv poatofflc addr In full. IncljJin county and etate. Peat are Kate 1 lo 14 pasee. 1 "" " to I enta; 10 to 40 P n" 4 to it pasaa. 4 cents. rorl-n J n .New York. Brunaartc Dulldln. tm- laro. steer bu!Mln. Earopeu OfUce No. Resent KtrU W. . London. . VOKTLaM. 8ATTIUJAT. JAN. IS. OREGOX. ! If any Oregon man Is at all fJu o make himself feel like a benighted heathen against whom th- Bo of ".trong mission society are directed, he may now attain that attractive though "ovel mental attitude. All that Is nec essary Is a perusal of the latest m?v; VZSng literature of the Fel. Fund .Commission. The Feu. Fund Commis sion. It la well to recall. Is the mission ary board of the alngle-taxers. It has field missionaries on the pay roll In Oregon. It needs money to carry on Its work. So it sends out a pale-blue circular announcing that It ha. devot ed considerable sums to protecting the popular power in Oregon, has Invested Moderately In the "struggle to secure direct legislation In New Mexico. Ari zona and Colorado"; has spent o00 In rihlo. and furthermore that It is pending "considerable sums in Ore gon in preparation for and in P8" Jion of the tax battle of 112. The aame activity on a lower scale is taking place In Missouri. To til of which eighty-odd residents or Chicago, nine or ten of Springfield, I I several scattered here and there elsewhere, six Canadians. W. S. fKen and one gentleman of Qiasque ion la., give hearty Indorsement. Of course, as in other missionary efforts, there Is ample opportunity for Ihese lndorsers to work at home. But Oregon for some reason Is an attrac tive field. We are not told why. It may be Oregonlans are particularly onregenerate in their tax methods or are less resentful of outside Interfer ence than people of other states. Ap parently we are not so "easy" to save s Mlseourlans because it requires the expenditure of more money to convert us than It does the gangling savages of the Oxark Mountains or the canni bals that Infest the bottoms of the Big Muddy. But the "why" need not worry us. We are to be saved If money III do It. Presumably the eighty-odd Chlcago kns. six Canadians and most of the ntners have gained the right to indorse the costly missionary efforts in Oregon by contributing to the cause. Of ..r Mr I." Ren to an lndorser. Mr. ITRen gets a part of the money. We might add to the list for the same reason the names or Aiirtu D. Cridge and W. O. Eggleston. two others on the payroll. Their names re not now among the signatures. But - w . . -r,. th. heart and brings a tear lo the eye Is the evidence on this pale blue sheet of ramiiy orterings iku l 1 n--Knn aAVpd hv Stinting On biumv.b ' v . - the sugar in the coffee or the butter pn the hot cakes. Quite often the name of the wife follows that of the husband. Most notable In family effort Is that ef the Tldemans. Stand forth thereon the names of S. T. Tldeman. Elly Tide man. Mrs. Elisabeth Tldeman. 8. A, Ttdeman and George T. Tldeman the whole Tldeman family all of Chicago. One can almost see little Elly standing tiptoe to put "hls'r" nickel In the tax missionary box on the mantelpiece, or George denying himself a bit cigar to ld Mr. Fels save the Oregonlans from tax perdition. It Is good to feel that so many peo ple are Interested in our welfare. It warms the soul to know that far up In Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Charles A. Brothers Is lending his name and that way down la Nogs les. Ariz.. Mrs. George B. Marsh Is devoting energy perhaps money to the betterment of barbaric Oregon. We should be hsppy we are happy that these distant friends Join the Tldeman family, the Quasqueton citizen and all the others of the pale blue brigade in not be grudging the profit Mr. Cridge. Mr. Eggleston and Mr. CRen may derive .(mm their labor In the cause. A CHOCK FOR MR. I NPF-ltWOOtX Chairman Underwood, of the House aye and means committee, has re Used his tariff policy. He now would reduce duties to an amount equal to the difference In cost of production at home and abroad. The only part of the Republican rlatforra of 108 on that subject to which he objects is the clause 'together with a reasonable profit to American Industries." The basts of his tariff would, therefore, be the facts as to comparative cost of production. These facts In relation to the wool industry have been ascer tained and unanimously reported by the non-partisan Tariff Board after nearly a year of exhaustive inquiry in every Important wool producing coun try. Tet Mr. Underwood says In an article In the Journal of Commerce: tt la oar plan to pursue at tbl aslon th aork f revisin t.t tariff downward in the Intereet of to people, a enoan In th S'tla reported out of the waya and mean r"n. mtltee at laet aeaelon of fonareaa. The report of th l'ree:d-nt a Tariff Hoard will be given proper conaideratlon and th data praentd ful:y and thoroughly conatdared. The Democratic party haa however, tut own tariff policy carefully matured and quit trdpendent of th work of an admlniatra l!r board. Tbl policy la founded on tba experience of era aatl doea oot require the work of an ndmlnutratlv body of any kind tu niki 1 lb principle clear. The rales of duty which will carry out Democratic principles, as defined by Mr. Underwood, must be based on farts. Those facta have been present ed by the Tariff Board. Tet Mr. Un. derwood stays the Democratic policy has been matured "quite Independent on the work of an administrative board." But. if the Democrats really wish to relieve the people from tariff exaction, and do not merely desire to make po litics, capital, they have the opportu nlty. They and the Republicans are) agreed that the present duties allow unreasonable profits to protected man ufacturers. The Republicans agree t- Itii the Democrats that these dutiea hAM K. rniVH. Thft DaftleS OTlIj disagree as to tne exiar.i 01 mo rcuu Uon. The Temocrats would reduce . v, . nnint where cost -of Droduc- tion li equalized without protecting any part of tne manuiaciure v. n n.nlihiiyflnt would reduce them to 1 U i . . I. ... . .- a point where only a reasonable profit Is protected. Tnen let me uemotnu pass a wool tariff, as to which they now hare the guiding facts,, reducing duties as far as the Republicans will go. They would In this manner give the consumer half a loaf, for which he will be more grateful than for the promise of a whole loaf at some future date. The consumer has proved how extremely patient he Is and would be willing to wait for the other half loaf until the Democrats have converted the country to their theory of no protection to profits. The woolgrower would at the same time be relieved ot a condition where he endures all the odium of bein protected without en Joying any of the benefits. PARALYSIS OR LOCKJAW "The newest paramount Issue which Mr. Bryan wants the National Demo cratic Committee to adopt," said the New Tork World prior to the recent committee meeting at Washington, "appears to be the Presidential pri mary. As this promises useless dis cord and trouble in the party, there Is no reason to doubt the correctness of the report." "It- was learned on Indubitable au thority today," declared the Washing ton correspondent of the New Tork Sun "that Colonel Bryan, fresh from his trip to Jamaica, is to come here and to precipitate in the meeting of the Democratic National Committee a fight to compel the committee to pass a resolution calling for the Presiden tial preference primaries In all the states." The New Tork Post and the New Tork Times and many other pa per's had similar reports of the great plan of the Commoner to put the bosses to rout and restore control of the party to the people. Colonel Bryan went to Washington and precipitated the advertised row, but it was not over the Presidential primary. It was over Jim Guffey, and Colonel Bryan was badly worsted. He had all the fight taken out of him. But the Presidential primary was mildly proposed by Senator Chamber lain and gently turned down, without a roar, or shout, or even a bleat, from Colonel Bryan, so far as the current news reports show. They turned the plan Inside out headed It wrong end to and passed a "permissive" resolu tion leaving the matter to the state committees, which were cautioned to surround It with "reasonable safe guards." They will surround It with safeguards, certainly, so completely that the permissive primary will not be heard from In states not already committed by law or by custom to the primary scheme. The cavernous silence that sur rounds the Oregon propagandists of the Presidential primary, since the Democratic bosses routed the whole project by their Ingenious "permissive" scheme, would appear to suggest either paralysis or lockjaw. Tint STRAW TOTS AT WEST.TLIJt The attractive feature of straw votes is that they can be ma to show whatever it Is desired they should show. To that extent they are con venlent and useful. It la a fine stroke of Journalistic enterprise In Oregon Just now for the newspapers opposed to Taft to have a straw vote of Its subscribers showing that Taft Is not in It. Up at Salem Colonel Hofer Is run nlng a straw rote Presidential side show, and the broad Intimation Is given through his newspaper that the Colonel will abide by the outcome of the straw voting In his editorial choice for President. Being the Judge of the election, and the custodian of the bal lot box, and in close dally contact with the voters, it may be assumed that the Colonel will await the returns with his customary Impartiality and disinterestedness, though with natural curiosity. Meanwhile the pronounce ment of the Salem Journal for Colonel Roosevelt for President Is being pre pared and put in type. At Medford a mighty contest among the readers of the antl-Taft paper Is going on and there Is great excitement and chagrin in the sanctum when an occasional vote for Taft somehow allpa In. But It is a popular contest oh, very popular. Nearly half a dozen bona fide ballots have so far been cast The fever spreads. The whole county Is In an uproar of interest and appre hension. Out at Westvllle. the convict camp, on the Crater Lake road, they had a straw vote. The result we find thus faithfully chronicled in the ve racious columns of the Medford paper: Th rot of Weatvlll. a Honor Camp No. 1 baa been named by tha resident, for Presidential cholc in the Halt Tribune etraw vote la aa fouowa: Taft. 1: La Follette, I; Roosevelt. 4; Wilson. t; Bryan. 1; rba. 18. . Not a single vote for Governor WestT Base Ingratitude. But we sug gest a straw vote of the State Peniten tiary, with the confident hope of more gratifying results. aTTRTLItATION IV PRACTICE. Both Indiana and New Jersey now have laws providing for the "sterillra tlon" of certain classes of Insane and defective persona and criminals who are guilty of certain abhorrent of fensea. The Indiana act, which was the first of the kind In this country. was obtained largely through the ef forts of medical men and Its purpose was ostensibly to promote eugenics. It aimed to relieve the world of tha bur den of congenital criminals. Insane persons and defectives by preventing them from propagating their species. When the law of evolution Is left to operate without check such persons are eliminated automatically and only the fit survive, but modern humanl tarlanlsm Interferes with evolution to the detriment of the race and the In dlana physicians have undertaken to reach the desired end by a painless and facile physical operation. The New Jersey law was advocated prlncl pallv by the League for the Promotion of Purity, which is not composed of physicians, but perhaps its ultimate object Is the same as that of the In diana statute. In the year 1)07 the Indiana author ities sterilized 114 men In the state reformatory. The superintendent makes a highly favorable report as to Its effects. He says that It made the men docile. Inclined them to re ligion and benefited their health They slept exceptionally well after the operation and gained flesh. It is well known that the sterilized Inmates of Turkish harems are usually rotund and amply nourished. Oxen keep fat with less feed than their uniterillzed relatives require. The operation makes prison discipline so attractive ly easy that some temptation may de velop to use it ror tnat purpose bjuuc. xrn ir. nnr cnncenital criminals and who are guilty of but alight of fenses may do sienuzea lucictj ivr make them amenable to the prison rules. Students of racial qualities would see in this nothing but limitless evil. We do not wish to eliminate from human kind the sturdy, militant, nay the rebellious qualities. Were the League for Purity to attain to all of Its ideals It is dllllcult to see now -1. ; h. advert from extinc tion, though we have great confidence In the progress ot invention. THE SENATE ANT ARBITRATION. Of what earthly use la a general ar bitration treaty if each agreement made under it Is to be subject to rati fication by the Senate as though It were a separate treaty? The main purpose of a general arbitration treaty is to secure the submission to an im partial tribunal of all disputes of a certain class as a matter of course. The Joint high commission is designed to determine whether they are within that class. Its American members would share in performing an admin istrative function similar to that of the Secretary of State In carrying on dip lomatic negotiations. To insist tnai each agreement shall require the con sent of the Senate, and that each Joint commission shall be confirmed by tha Senate Is practically to leave things aa they were. There will still be the same debate In the Senate on the mer its of the controversy and the chances of winning. If these chances seem doubtful, there will be the same temp tation to reject or hang up the agree ment as there Is In the case of a treaty. Should the Senate not wish to betray the opinion that our case Is weak, it can accomplish the same result by re fusing to confirm the appointment or our Joint high commt-nloners. The net result of the Lodge amend ment would be to defeat the whole purpose of the treaty. Once again the Senate's Jealousy of its beloved pre rogatives stands In the way of the adoption of arbitration when public opinion In the United States is strongly In Its favor and the two most demo cratic nations in Europe have fallen in line with that policy. Pride of place is set above the public good. MRS. TTNGLET AND THEOSOI'KT. If the theosophists would but con fess the soft Impeachment they are really Swedenborgians, but of couro they never will. The glory of being separate and Independent sect so charms them, as It does many other devout and sincere people, that they Invent imaginary distinctions to Jus tify their aloofness. ' Swedenborg taught most of the doctrines, both sane and insane, which Madame Blavatsky afterward built her new faith upon. Like our up-to-date theosophists, the great Swedish mystlo believed that his astral body" or his soul, or what not. could separate at will from his mortal frame and Journey to the outskirts of the universe. When It returned It brought back the most wonderful items of Information. In this way Swedenborg visited Heaven, Hell and many another fascinating realm, and from his books, which are sent free to all applicants by a Philadelphia firm. the reader. If he has patience enough, can find out all he wants to know con cerning both the important sections of the other world. What Madame Bla vatsky tried to do with more or less success was to take Swedenborg's neb ulous mysticism and throw It Into hard dogmatic form. Her borrowings from eastern Togis, philosophers. Ma hatmas and such small deer were nothing better than a mere pretense. All she had to do to get her material was to read Swedenborg, which she probably did to excellent purpose. The trickery and bold Imposture Ith which Madame Blavatsky en riched the new faith was of course all her own. The Swedish mystic was too great a man and too sincerely con vinced of the truth of his visions to resort to deception. He claimed to work miracles, but for all that there was no humbug a bom. htm. His mir acles were as genuine as those of the Christian Scientists and mostly of the same nature. But Madame Blavatsky reveled in mendacity. She could sail through the air to the sacred haunts of the Togis In Hlndostan. She could Import flowers from the Himalayas by unseen hands and. make them fall upon a company of the devout from the ceiling of the room where they sat. She could do all sorts of trumpery wonders. Her successor, Annie Be- sant, never has dealt so openly In humbug as Madame Blavatsky did. She accepts as genuine the miracles of the great institutrix, but she does not often try to repeat them. In our time theosophy has become educa tlonal and hortatory. It is expounded In mysterious books like those of "T. K.," who deluges his rapt readers with a flood of vocables and occasionally vouchsafes them an atom or two of sense. It haa numberless publications and more devotees than most people Imagine. It Is difficult to find a free lance of thought who Is not faintly or deeply tinged with theosophy. The soul of the faith Is the old belief of the Spanish Illumlnatl, of St. The resa, of Jacob Boehme, of Emerson and all the other mystics, that knowl. edge of the unseen la communicated directly from God to the recipient soul. The greater mystics refuse even to try to put this knowledge Into human lan guage. They shadow It forth more or less dimly by symbols, as Swedenborg did. To the Impatient his. books are simply huge masses of nonsense be' cause they refuse to be thrown Into scientlflo statements. To the mystic they mean more than Newton's Prln elpla and Darwin's Origin of Species melted together. The marvel of the osophy is that this tremendous belief has fallen Into the hands of women mainly and been worked over In the characteristic feminine way. This means that tt has been made keen, precise and Incredible. Cast mysticism Into formal dogma and Instantly you destroy Its truth. Mrs. Katherlne TIngloy, who stands at the head of one of the bitterly war ring sects of the theosophists, is per haps the foremost educational promo ter of their ideas. In her beautiful school at Point Loma she has tried to embody theosophy in practice. Noth ing could be more charming than the life her students Ttad there, nothing more excellent than her pedagogic precepts and practice. It is said by those who know that nowhere else in the world can a child be taught better and trained so exquisitely for an Ideal life. But this superb enterprise takes money. Like all the great philan thropies, it la baaed on cash, and in the fierce hunt for cash many things seem to be overlooked which the outer world deems Important. Pretty nearly every" zealous religious propagandist body that ever existed has been accused sootier or later of bringing undue Influence to bear upon silly old women, feeble-minded men and Invalids. The dying bed is the richest harvest field of militant char ity. Mrs. Tingley has not escaped the old temptation and the accusations which follow upon It. No doubt her personal influence with her disciples and converts Is something terrible. She can sway them as she wills, and when they happen to possess an at tractive store of this world's goods she seems to will to gather it In for her school and sect. What church or de nominational college In the world can cast the first stone at her? But she appears to have gone a little farther than decency . permits In collecting funds. The accumulation of wealth has taken the first place in her mind, unless the signs are deceptive, and the saintly purpose of her school has been pushesd into the background, so that to the cynical eyes of the world Mrs. Tingley is exhibited by her lawsuits In the aspect of a fortune hunter of that singularly obnoxious species which preys on the enfeebled intelligence of the old and dying. In her hands theosophy has thus worked ont prac tically as a system of imposture, though we have no doubt whatever that personally she is perfectly sin cere. Sincerity In the apostle does not exclude Imposture from his propa ganda, as all history shows. Perhaps the greatest havoc, made upon trees and ornamental shrubbery in any tract in the city was that wrought at Lone Fir Cemetery. This pioneer burial place has practically been left to Nature for some years past. Shrubs and trees, long ago planted by loving hands, have literally run wild In very many places, their branches even in Summer trailing the ground. The destruction of many of these in the late storm was Inevitable. This will, however, make necessary a vigorous pruning and, this In turn will be beneficial by giving new growth a chance to develop. The Lot Owners' Association, In whose care the old cem etery now rests, will doubtless get busy with saw, mattock and prunlng-hook in the early Spring and through well directed labor, that which now seems destruction will lead to renovation of this tract, thus possibly hastening the work of turning it into a park. Democratic leaders in Congress are not loath to use insurgent Republican votos in passing Democratic legisla tion, hut thev refuse to aid Insurgents In breaking up party organization lest they set a precedent for Insurrection in their own ranks. That is the infer ence to be drawn from the aid given Mann In retainine Dower to choose Ke- nubllcan members of committees. Those Democrats who voted against Underwood already form the raw ma terial for a Democratic insurrection, and the time may come when Under wood will need Mann's help in holding them down. Hence the fellow reeling he showed when the Insurgents revolt ed against Mann's selection. It la rumored now that Clark, slayer of L. Bar, the Centralla banker, will plead Insanty. Of course this bas been arranged for after bo waa aeen by hut attorney. Pre vious to that h freely admitted bla guilt and waa anxloua to get It all over with. If he haa a little financial backing, bis at torney may aally figure out a caa. There Is something wrong when a crim ef this kind can be committed and th perpetrator escape hla Just deserts under an alleged In sanity plea. It often happena. It remains to b seen whether It will or not In this cat. Chehalls Nugget. If the lawyer gets oft this cold blooded murderer, through an insan ity plea, what a triumph over the lawl But what are criminal lawyers for but to get criminals out of trouble with the law J The writers of those letters soliciting marriage with Santa Monica widows will have cause to thank the Mayor for burning the missives. If the bachelors wish to marry the widows, let them go courting In the old-fashioned way, not in the business-like manner In which they would open correspondence about the purchase of so much sugar. They will enjoy It more, and so will the widows. A. I. Mason, of Hood Rtver, talks at the T. M. C. A. Apple Culture Club tonight on "Mistakes." Mr. Mason ts a radical orchardist from experience and has the courage to shatter old time superstitions of fruitgrowers, so that what he will say tonight will be of value to those Interested. Nature placed woman's waist in a certain position In her body, but fash Ion has made It movable to suit her whims. Nature's work In molding woman's form waa of the crudest kind. The Paris dressmakers could have made a much better Job of It. The Salem negro who brought suit against the manager of an opera-house virtually lost his case and must pay the costs. People of any color who attempt to crowd in where not wanted are foolish. Nat Goodwin has discovered that It costs money to be on the wrong side of a divorce in which an affinity is in volved, especially when his wife for the time being happens to be Edna Goodrich. The Gresham Fair people have voted to change their corporate name to Multnomah County, and not many years will elapse before growth of this city will make the show a metropolitan affair. If the police department contem plates combing the city fo'r weapons of gun-toters, why give out the infor mation? The department Is acquiring a reputation for probabilities that is great. Election of a professor of logic as president of Princeton Is a hint that the trustees do not arprove of the opinion of Woodrow Wilson that logic is not an Infallible guide. The popular notion that a pastor, next to a missionary, has the easiest time. Is refuted by Dr. Dyott's state ment of working seventeen hour a day. Enjoying a balmy Chinook, Oregon has already forgotten the silver- thaw and sends sympathy to the blizzard belt. If Kansas City can benefit from the CanaL Duluth. may break into tha prosperity. Campaign Manager Not Spared Mr. Taft had not been a month in the White House when there called on him a man who was a member of the Re publican National committee. This man had served at the headquarters In the campaign of 1908, and was a member of the executive committee, and had had a considerable share in the man agement of that campaign. He .had worked hard for several month to bring about Mr. Taft's election, and. In common with numerous other politi cians, he felt that he was entitled to some consideration from the President. This man brought with him to the White House a bunch of business con tracts to which his company was a party. He wanted to submit them to the President as a friend and a lawyer, to see If there was anything in them in conflict with the anti-trust law. Evi dently he had a suspicion that there might-be something wrong in what he was doing. So he concluded to aek the President and find out. There were 32 contracts In his bundle. . The President refused to look at the contracts. He saw In a flash what was wanted, and ha did not propose to be caught In that sort of a predicament. But he asked tne national committee man whether, the contracts provided for a llmltatibn on the output of the factories Involved, and whetner tney did not seek to fix the prices on that output. The National committeeman replied that they did both. Thereupon the President advised him to go home on .hoTirit the form of his business Just as quickly as he could. Tne Psationai commuuemnQ aiou v that .vii. aithniich not Immediately. But he did' not see then, nor has he been willing to admit since, uin ma course had made it absolutely Impera tive for the Administration to prose cute his combination. He had prac tically confessed Its guilt to the Presi dent, and if after that the President i j v. nnt In ni-nepcilt there UUII uctu " ...... e . . 1 tiever would have been any escape from tne cnarge mat ne naa siiuwmsij deliberately shielded his friend. Within a year from the time of hr White House visit the National com mitteeman withdrew from the com bination. But the combination Itself continued, although against the com mitteeman's advice, for some time thereafter. Meantime the Department of Justice had been Investigating the com bination on its own hook, and had found ample evidence of repeated vio lations of the anti-trust law. There upon the process of the courts was In voked. The grand Jury examined the evidence and a long list of indictments wag returned. One of them was against the National committeeman. There was a howl of protest, but It did not avail to stop or change in any way the course of the Administration. In due time the men were brought Into court. There they pleaded guilty and were every one fined. The National committeeman was fined $5000. He complained savagely to a friend, who knew all the circumstances, but waa told that he had got off lightly. "They took me Into court between two thieves." exclaimed the National committeeman. "One of them , got five years and the other seven." But it was pointed out that that was additional reason for saying that he got off lightly. It Is such things as this that give especial point to the President's re newed New Year determination to pur sue his steadfast course of law enforce ment In 1912 as he has done In the other years of his Administration. And they explain his feeling when he said to a friend recently that he had been brought up on the teaching that the way of the transgressor is hard, but that his experience in the White House had taught him that the way of the man who tries to enforce the law is sometimes harder. BAD PRCNING COSTLY TO TREES Owners Warned to Employ Capable Men . on Broken Limbs. PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Edi tor.) It has been the experience of Portland more than once to see the shade trees broken and damaged by silver thaws, but still the same care- looa mathAHi nm nractised when the shade trees are to be pruned. The first man applying for the Job is sent to i . v. tp... that linvfl rentllred UUH.Illl HID . ' . ' . many years to attain a desirable size and are often of large value to the property. A few hours of the inexperi enced man's work undoes suddenly what nature has been so long build ing up or spoils it at least in nine cases out of ten. It may be a cheap job which will prove to be an expensive one in a few years as the last few days . 1 1 .. nl.alv ohoilffH RVA- nttvtj DUUnil . il vu ' J ' nues. Much of this disaster to shade trees is not only due to wrong prun i ... .i.A n l?i.Lr ff It fcrtaclal ly with the fast growing kinds is this the most irequeni cause. Shade trees should be as regularly lcoked after as roses are and receive a pruning every Winter, then it will nA.cBaapw tn cut hit- hranehes St any wiinj " " . ........ .. to the elements through which decay usually starts in, wim in rcaun hollow or falling tree a few years later. However, as Is the case now, many big branches will have to be cut . . t- ,v,A m. tn An It rl chr which means to do away with short stubs. maKe a ciean cut witti m eimry oo-w near the trunk of the tree, paint the nit over with coaltar preferably, or some othep-' disinfecting paint. All broken branches should be removed l .unh n menner AH to leave no torn bark behind and the symmetry of the tree must not be ovenooKea. V. ..I nwtm M.MhlA 1lll(m.tlt 11 rClUlCB tMllui..' . ........ rfuue..uuu. and experience to trim all kinds of trees to their proper requirements ami the "Importance of this is quickly realized when you look at the trees now. Not only the damaged trees should be gone over but all the others . i . , , k. aura what vou are dolnar or that the man you are employing is a professional and not an Imposter- ll l worm wio w mio w ww but to the city as a whole, s Establishments or reputation are . . w.V.-n c .. nil . o-wt gardener Is ..wanted, as capable men are seiaom out. w dicowjt jwms. J. Q. BACHER. Sliver Sheen"1 as Sew Name. t(iPTi.VT) Jan. 12. (To the Edi tor.) The formation of a coating of i-a on everv conceivable object ex posed might be called "the silver freese." The melting of this coating might be called the "sliver thaw," but the condition existing between these two processes when the rain ceases and the air becomes cold, is one of the most beautnui ot any winter bl-bub. V .llfta.ln. analrltna. ohtAOt cries out: Behold th "silver sheen." I suggest that this condition hereafter be known as tne stiver bucou,, F. L. BOLD. Work for Poandmaster. PftPTUND. Jan. 10. (To ' the Edl- . . i -1 . to Innnlr. what haa be come of the poundman? Does he ever come to Richmond? There is a fine har- . . rn.thn.. riotrn Awaitinar him. Soon gardening will begin; then the dogs will scratch up In a few minutes the precious plants that have cost time and money to set out. The tidy house wife does not clean her porches for dovts to matte at piajgruuim u.. . SUBSCRIBER. Ail ob a Sunday Mornlnat. Boston Transcript. -. r J C la Mi r(a T ahAll talfA An lura. oijt. - -.-- of the children to church witn me. The Maid Tes'm. Mri da Style Which one will go best with my new purple gownf Hl'RDERERS FEWER IsT OLD DAYS Oretromlaa Belltrvea Sure and Adequate Penalty Then Proved Its Wort. ST. JOHNS. Or., Jan. 11. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly permit trm to add a few j , h- .-a n Inlr thttt 1 hpintZ UI l t ' 3 . i. i .... .'"-. " . . ' spilled over the question of capital pun- IsnmenL t 111 atty, mo. native product of this splendid state, regard The Oregonian as an able ex ponent of our views and of the princi ple that In this matter has contributed in no small way to our state's success; that we regard these dreamers and idealists as a premature Importation. It being a well-known fact, that up and until the past decade, among us there has been but little question of the right of the state to punish murder in the first degree with death,' I challenge any sentimentalist to compare the moral status of the people of Oregon even at the time of the public execution of Beal and Baker In Salem with the condition prevailing at the present day and show anything to the disadvantage of the former. Our state was, in the first Immigra tion, peopted. by a hardy and honest race, honest In the true sense of the term, with as a rule a deep-seated re ligious conviction; they were such men as composed the Beattie Jury, and were then and are yet "the sajt of the earth. Their precepts are safe to follow. In . i II n1J Aara" flrAC-An hfl.il but one place for a red-thanderd murderer a coffin ana tno tounij v.i tn it T3Kiiit murders of rare oc- Tir.a How of todavT Read the news and you have the answer. Was .1 - mnTu,Jasto.rfllir and Dre- lUOre C . t'l a. uv. v . meditated murder committed than that by Webb and his accomplice? And yet tnese two nunn nejiu cuiin good meals a day at public expense, w,hii, honest men In Summer's heat and winter's cold strive to live and pay taxes for their support, this perhaps to be followed later by parole and par- a'Mi. a, at thin time striving to locate the human beast that worse than murdered little isaroara nouuiau. Why do we want him? Let dreaming sentimentalists answer. Is It to en able us to spend $5000 of our tax money . nnai.i bitn follow this with a re- i . .. tinnfl ref von T" for his prieve caiiu . . J " ' ' keep at Salem and a parole due about nnn y nl. : 1 .!! V. aafa frnitl him DV . v. n . , tun,. mA to aiie-cest that it would be much cheaper to have this pa- a vaVG a J o uvu iiv'i As to lesser crimes ana our eicessivo mercy, I trust I am not in contempt when I refer to the conviction of one Goddard in Portland Just recently, a ,,t--iwi man who contributed to the ruin of a girl of tender years paroled on the spot ana wno tnen mcia . Ai ) i i iie& that Via fcrwrvea notice wti.wca . -. . reserved the right to show them the evil oi tneir way. un, ye nectic. 1 --H.tmAntal r1tSl. T tHISt in meivy auu ocm.Moufc. e this you are fully satisfied, even as you would nave Deen nau tne mjn k An vaiip nniitrhtr. No wonder ex- . i c-. 1 - hupirlar on thft Dnenn piuij uoiwua . r. . spot. His plan at least has the merit of being economical. an . v-- shown that foroA All ICHtW Is necessary to discipline an army and to protect tne state; anu iub .umi ..... v. .w-t v. ..I-., ana. aomA men in Ore- iron who believe that our lives, the pur ity or our nunics, tiitj c ... w v. mnartt la worth fierhtlntr for. and if .v.n..a.h tha fnrfa of maudlin aTUSh OUt- ragea juhlicis uo . -- of nature and the transgressor will spill his blood at the bands of the injured a xa- rccAV party. When Solo Player Is Defeated. PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (To the Edi- . T Tha riT-aa-oninn TOriaV 1 Tl LUI. A" ' gard to solo, I see .that the person out OI colps loses tne tgctiiic. i"Jiw ' -' mean that if a player can pay and it takes all his chips, that he loses, or does he get another chance? I mean if he has enough chips to pay what he lost, or In other words, is he still In the game as long as ne can pay, roBturaa . . i . . . . xcri ot paving any cnips tot-v. So long as he can pay, a player Is In the game. Assessing of Taxes, rOTIPITll Hr Ton 11. To the Ed ..-. J..'.., - . n'l n nAann kilt. rtartOnal HOr.J tt ucn ' " " " " " r property merchandise on June 1, 1911, does he or tne venaur uetum nemo . ... .n -rjo that am nflvnble March 1? lux Lilt: -J ' Does the same rule apply on real es- tata transfers r " - kJ- All taxes, both personal and real, are collected from the party whose name appears as owner on the tax rolls of . 1. a- tha laaaeenr fan lOOk tO 1113 wu.i.j, w ... w - no one else when assessing property. Session of Legislature. PORTLAND. Jan. 10. (To the Edi tor.) How long is It before the Legis lature meets? Do they meet this month? A SUBSCRIBER. The next regular session of the Ore gon Legislature will begin lB- January, 1913. General Advertising AutomobileAdvertising Classified Advertising In every city of the land there is some ONE daily newspaper that is 'favored with the bulk of advertising patronage of the merchants and business men of that city. In Portland The Oregonian heads the list. During 1911 The Oregonian carried nearly three quarters of a million inches of PAID ADVERTISING. Think of that No other Oregon newspaper carried any where near as much paid advertising as did The Ore gonian. Taking the advertising by classification. Automobile advertising, for instance. The Oregonian carried more of this class of business than did any other Portland news paper. Oregonian readers are the people who can afford to buy automobiles. So, naturally. The Oregonian gets the bulk of automobile advertising. Then, consider classified advertising. The Oregonian carried about 30,000 inches MORE than its nearest com petitor. This is a wonderful showing. Then, again, in the real estate advertising. No other Portland paper car ried the volume of real estate advertising The Oregonian did in 1911. And in the foreign field. That is, advertising of busi ness houses located in other cities. No other Portland paper gets as much of this business as The Oregonian. Last year The Oregonian carried about 16,000 inches MORE than the paper which carried the second largest amount of foreign advertising. Advertise in The Ore gonian. It PAYS. Half a Century Ago From Th dregonlan of January IS. 1803. Ranatnr RtflrltT of OrtTOn. before he left on the steamer yesterday. Indig nantly aisciaimeo. mat ne waa a. ayn pathlzer with the rebellion. Sacra mento Union. Funny, isn't it? T Clmann Pranrla who hafl VlAAn editor of this paper for many months, has retired from that position. Common Council Council met on Fri day evening, Jan. 10. 1S62. A resolu tion appointing Messrs. King, Hallock and Hull a committee to ascertain whether a more convenient house, at a less price than is now paid for the one at present occupied by the Com- rn..nnll Man ha nhtalnoit nno re port the same to the Board was adopted. Testerday afternoon Detween the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock the wife of James Farrell, who resides and keeps. nutcher shop on tne corner t'i tirai and Alder streets, was brutally as saulted while her husband was tem porarily absent. As near as we could ascertain, the facts are about these: A man named George Rose was seen to leave the house, followed by Mrs. Farrell. who was crying: "Murder." and bleeding profusely from gashes in the head, from the effects of whlcn she fell. Dr. Elwent dressed her wounds. He says he found five frac tures on the skull, which has evident ly been committed with a slung shot. It Is said that Rose watched his op portunity, when Mr. Farrell was ab sent, to commit the assault for the pur- nose or roooing tne mi, uul " succeed. He was arrested at about 7 o"clock last night and safely lodged In JalU Threo ntrn crossed the Columbia -Di.. ..aata-Hav on i h ft Ira. K a c h car ried a long pole, which prevented them from going down wnen mo if through. One of them had the mail from Vancouver. No paper was issued at that place last week. Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe When a woman comes to town on a ,..!. .1 nanaa tall irhftttlPf ShA It V181L, l.llJ lajtto married or unmarried, but when a new nn armaai-e von "on't tell anvtbin8 about him, unless he chooses to con fess. If you want to give a married man a present, it is very rude not to give it to his wife, who also got his wed ding presents. If a woman actually marries her ideal, he Is apt to outgrow it. Every man who has heavy whiskers around his month should be compelled by law to eat alone. When a man is trying to sell you an article on which he will make a profit, don't Imagine he Is that polite all the time. Nearly every man has a grievance against his wife because she doesn't say oftener that he is overworked. Probably at sOTne time, in his mar ried life, every father has done some thing for which his wife tells him he should be ashamed to look his Innocent children in the face. A woman never becomes so old -that she doesn't want her husband to tell her where he Is going every time he leaves the house; and a man Is never so young that he likes to do It. No man's line of credit Is as large as he thinks it is. About the time the newly married man forgets to kiss his wife good bye, he also neglects to fill the wood box before starting to work. After that, the blows that crash ideals come as thick as hail stones. A man hates to have a woman use his love for her as a club. Personal Wealth In Cities. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 11. (To the E(jitor ) To settle a dispute will you kindly say what city in the United States ranks first in wealth according to population? Also in what place does Portland rank? READER. Ranking of cities as to aggregate personal wealth of their populations is guesswork. Pasadena, Cal, la reputed to have more millionaires In propor tion to population than any other city in America. No one knows where Port land ranks. Difference. Judge. Knicker Shakespeare calls sleep "Nature's soft nurse." Bocker Yes; but she doesn't try to marry rich old invalids.