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D. RATISLDAY. FEB. . IW.
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The rapid development cf fruit pro
duction In th Pacific oruwe
make tha question cf marketing on
of Imminent Interest. It la or no par
ticular advantage to produce fruit
unleaa tt can be sold profitably, un
leaa good market are available the
more we grow the greater the loss,
and there will be more los on fancy
fruit than on Inferior grade because
they are more expensive to raise.
When the total apple product of thU
region waa moderate In quantity the
subject of market excited but little
apprehension. Stance's louna
iv almost. The fruit M o at
tractive, and competition to slight that
the demand outran the supply and
price ranged at alluring figure. But
of late year apple pianung
ahead at a tremendou rate, and now
many of the new orchards have come
Into bearing. The consequence to that
markets can no longer be found with
out effort. In fact a great deal of
expert effort 1 required to dispose of
the fruit crop at remunerative price,
and a time passes the task will
naturally become more and more
difficult.
With these, fact in mind, prudent
orchardist bar begun to devote
anxious thought to the problem of
marketing. It I becoming apparent
that .while It is difficult to produce
good fruit It Is even more difficult to
ell it at rate that pay. A long as
each grower eek the market on hi
own aole account there la certain to
be destructive competition. One man
bid against another and price go
down to the limit where production
becomes Impossible. Something of
the same sort inevitably happens also
when the various fruit-growing dis
tricts aeek the market Independently.
The Rogue River VaJley compete
with Taklma. Taklma strives to get
the better of Wenatchee and Hood
River la in the field a a fourth com
petitor. Under these condition noth
ing can be expected but lower prices
year after year and ultimate discour
agement among growers. It Is said
that there haa already been a decline
in the prices even of the best Hood
River fancy apple. They no longer
bring the astonishing returns of two
or three year ago. though yet aold at
a fine profit. What else could be ex
pected when there U no sustained and
systematic effort to regulate the sup
ply In accordance with the demand T
Two remedies present themselves to
those wbo have reflected upon the
problem of marketing. One remedy
rotate to a check upon the supply.
This la the stand which Mr. H. C At
weir takes. He said at the Clarkston
meeting of the Washington State Hor
ticultural Society: We apple grow
er brag of our profits, deceiving our
selves with the belief that the abnor
mal return of one year la an average
of several. The result Is that the cred
ulous tenderfoot set out more trees.'
He believes that the time ha come to
"assert ourselves a producer rather
than promoters." The disproportion
ate planting of orchards, he tells us,
should stop and the other resource
of the state be brought up to the
proper standard. When this la done
there will be an Increase of population
In the Northwest, a large growth of
purchasing capacity here at home,
and the question of remote market
will not be so pressing as It Is at pres.
enu The other remedy 1 co-operation
among grower. Just now co-operation
haa a wide significance. The time
has gone by when It Is necessary to
urge tt upon the Individual orchardist.
He knows perfectly well that as a soli
tary tinlt In the market he is helpless.
The local co-operative societies are
pretty well organised and In fair
working order almost everywhere.
What confronts us now Is the problem
of eradicating destructive competition
among these local unions and secur
ing effective marketing co-operation
throughout the Northwest. If this
can be done there will be only moder
ate difficulty In reaching the most re
mote market of the world on favor
able term and overproduction need
not be dreaded for a long time to
come.
The live question among our or
chardist is. therefore, how to secure
marketing co-operation, not so much
among Individual growers as among
the great producing regions. Hood
River. Taklma. Rogue River and
Wenatchee, with the lesser associa
tion brought In If possible. This Is
the Ideal toward which progressive
fruit men are looking and they are
eagerly inquiring how to attain It. It
haa been proposed by some to acquire
a controlling Interest In the North
western Fruit Exchange. Of the mer
its of thla project The Oregonlan
knows nothing and npon the expedi
ency of the plan It haa no opinion to
offer. It may be wise and it may
not. An alternative proposal la to
form an association without reference
to any now In the field and make thla
the marketing agency of the whole
Northwest. It la argued that this
would accomplish the tame results as
the purchase of the Northwestern
stock and be far leas expensive.
Be that a it may, the problem of
co-operation among our large produc
ing district Is one that 'ought not to
be allowed to rest until It has been
definitely solved. If one plan prove
undesirable another must be formed
to replace It and the orchard Lnt must
.persevere until they have found the
best way out of their Impending dif
ficulties. Frnlt-growlng Is already one
rf our moat Important Industries and
It ought to become more Important
every year. It would be unpardonable
folly to permit it to fall into dnraur foe
lack of co-operation, and we do not
believe that any uch calamity will
happen.
dotjxkd.
Governor West, w hear, offer to
permit The Oregonlan to name the
State Highway Commissioner, If The
Oregonlan will support the proposed
highway bills. The favor of The Ore
gonlan cannot be bought by political
patronage, any more than It can be
through any other collusive or Im
proper bargain with a Governor or
anyone else. The offer Is declined.
But The Oregonlan will support the
good roads bill if Governor West or
hi state-wide commission will make
a reasonable showing of their merit.
It Is not opposed to comprehensive
good roads legljianon or By
roads expenditure. It I not opposed
to proper exercise of authority by the
Governor or the state officers over
road construction and maintenance.
But It Is opposed to loosely-drawn
and umligoeted measures, contemplat
ing enormous expenditure of money
and vesting the Governor of the tate
with almost unlimited power.
t, i n a auestlon of Governor
West. There will be other Governor
after him. At least -we suppose
The good roads bill ought to be o
safeguarded that the temptation to
create a vast political machine will
be removed from any Governor, and
u-rr..ihU1rv mill be lodged with
a bipartisan or non-partisan board.
Let us have good-roaa. xui i
Invest our money wisely. Let us not
be hurried without due care or re
flection Into any rash scheme pro
posed by a Governor, or anyone elae.
Will Governor' West Inform the
public If he approves the six good
4. -..mm ma ther stand, without
amendment, or change or revision T If
o, why?
CHAMBERLAISf AND TAFT.
Senator Chamberlain I ald to be
discouraging the customary quadren
..it, n,.Kln him for Vice-
Ulttl iwa . o -
President. It is generally understood
also that after a lifetime of trenuou
political endeavor, he will retire at
the end of his present Congressional
service. He ha been legislator. Dis
trict Attorney, Governor (twice) and
United State Senator. All this ha
been achieved by George Chamberlain,
a Democrat, and not yet an old man.
in a Rennhllrnn state. But he has
had enough. He Is willing to quit.
Possibly the Senators opmiona j
public life and public service have
undergone a change since he went to
Washington. Possibly he haa been
wnnrfer if all the hurly-burly.
.nnt.ntinn bitterness, rancor and par
tisanship over politic 1 really worth
while. It would seem so. e are
confirmed In this lmpreslon partly by
a loiter written bv Senator
Chamberlain to Hawaii and published
In the Honolulu Advertiser. The Sen
ator was reporting the result of an
interview by him with President Taft
on the subject of rortincauona tor
it. aii f ha letter was an aDDrecia-
,4.- ,titniit of the President's fa
vorable position toward fortification
and appear to have causea mucn re
loinlnir In Hawaii. But It most Inter
esting paragraph aeema to be:
ganator Chambarlaln elaea Bis laitar or
aaylr.a- tiiat with Mr. Taft for four ytre
m-r aa ohlaf k.ecutva thara would ta bo
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lor bth naal and milUarjr tmprovamaais la
laa larmorr at
Tki. w,,i4). a rraar to mean that
Eanarnr Chamberlain rather looka for
a aecond term for President Taft. and
la not at all disturbed at the prospect.
Oreron and Washington will profit
little by the inducement which their
wealth of r mo ureas holds out to set
tlers If those settlers are to beoome
the prey of unscrupulous promoters.
Men who sell land tney ao not own
and Issue stock and bonds against It
not only rob their Immediate victims.
but do irretrievable damage to the
reputation of the country where they
operate. They give color to the ac
cusation prevalent In the East that
Western promoters are all swindlers.
The states of the Northwest owe it
to Investors, settlers and their own
good name to adopt measures which
will prevent the operation or unscru
pulous promoters. It Is not enough to
bring such men to Justice after their
crimes are committed. The law should
prevent their even beginning opera
tions. The "blue sky" law of Kansas
la one solution. It forbids the trans
action of business In the state by any
corporation until It haa passed muster
with the State Bank Examiner, wno
make trlct Inquiry Into It. No com
pany should be allowed to aell land
until a state official Is convinced that
It owns the land: or to sell stock un
less that official la satisfied that the
proceed will be applied to the pur
poses of the company, not divided
among the promoters In the guise of
commission and salaries; nor to sell
bon-ds unless there is adequate security
behind them and the price realized 1
near their par value.
Reputable dealer In real estate
should be the first to move In this
matter, f"r the operation of get-rich.
quick men do most Injury to them.
next to the Immediate victim. ty di
recting suspicion to all dealers In real
estate, honest and dishonest alike.
the ArcoorTABUJTT or an, svxxro.
In the case of Millionaire J. B.
Sneed may be read a lesson for those
who are prone to qestlon the account
ability of every man-slayer and for
other sentimentalists who deny the
deterring effect on homicide of capital
punishment. The applicability of the
case to conditions and policies now
under wide discussion In Oregon la
called to our attention by comment in
the Edmonton Capital. The comment
is pertinent to a general condition. It
1 not pleasant reading. But. alas, the
point made Is true. The article
follow:
Whan Knead', the. dlseoBsolata Taiao.
whoaa wl'a aloDad with a ranchar. orar-
tooa his f.eatln apouaa aaa bar para
mavr la Wlnnlpas. ba area In form ad by
bla lasal advisor that tnara was aa Bignar
law In Canada: that murcar la this country
meant tha sallowa.
Tba man aralnat whom Pneoe conaldaraa
that ha had a artovanre wai there. Aa au-
tomatlc run which would certainly kill eould
have been bousht for lit la any hardware
atora on tha atrcet. and Sneed waa worth
a million. Nevertheleaa. ha did sot shoot.
But In Port Worth. Teiaa. when enaa
met tba decrepit and unarmed old father
of tha man who ran away with his alia.
a bru'a'.ly and foully murdered him In a
hotel rotunda befora a crowd of poP
firing two ahota at tba old man aa ha aat
In a chair and three mora as ha writ had on
the floor
There la nothlna about tha Snead-Bryce
caae which could ba conatrued Inte a nlca
tury for' tba family circle. But If anyone
wants an evld-nra or the reaped In which
the law Is held In Canada and tha lark of
reepeet In which It la held In tha United
etataa, tha raaa or J. a. enaad. mmioaatre
banker of A marl Ho. Texas, furntahea tba
text.
But what later of Mr. Sneed? Since
the article quoted was published Mil
lionaire Sneed, accused of a crime
most rarely considered bailable,, haa
been released on $35,000 bonds. ' We
are told that 150 wealthy bankers,
capitalists and ranchmen are hi sure
ties, and that their wealth aggregates
nearly f 1.000.000.000. The Judge
who admitted him to ball denounced
the slaying of a defenseless and aged
man. But mark this: He also ex
pressed the opinion that Sneed waa
not capable of sound reasoning either
at the time of killing or any time after
'his wife eloped with his victim's son.
When Millionaire Sneed Is acquit
ted, a he nndoubtedly will be- In a
community that can produce auch a
rush of bondsmen, the case will pre
sent a nutshell Illustration of Ameri
can Justice. Here la a man whose
hand waa atayed from murder so long
a he waa in a land where homicide
la a short road to the gallowa for It
perpetrator. There the lust of venge
ance toward the real object of his hate
was suppressed. Once In the land of
unwritten law, insanity pleas, tecnnl
cal obstruction and mushy sentimen
tality, his wrath, becomes uncontrol
lable." He Is not "accountable" for
what he does. So he slays the aged
father of the home despoiler; simply
because the decrepit old roan sneered
at him from his arm chair In the hotel
rotunda.
Lest we be led to reform our crlml
nal procedure or be deterred by thla
case from our. purpose to coddle our
thieves, parole our forgers and re
prieve our murderers for life, let us
turn once more to that Immortal poem
and ahed another tear because
They've Hanged Bill Jones."
JaTSDIJB-Or-THZVROAJD PROGRESS,
The policy for the disposal of the
nubile domain which is recommended
In the message of President Taft has
received the approval of all rational
believers in conservation those who
believe that our natural resources
should be used, but not wasted. He
would apply the leasing plan to min
era! 4and not bearing precious metals
and to waterpower sites, both In the
United States proper and Alaska; he
would provide a civil government for
Alaska and would make the terms of
settlement on irrigated land less oner
ous. His recommendations are pro
gressive without being radical, would
stimulate development without that
lavish distribution of the publlo do
main which may have been excusable
under pioneer conditions, but Is no
longer Justified when railroads, tele
grapha, telephones and maila have
brought all section of the country
within reach of the markets and have
carried to them all modern comforts
and security.
The construction of a Government
railroad In Alaska )s probably the
most radical change of policy pro
posed by the President. That, how
ever, is marked by his desire to prog
ress along the line of safety. He
would neither leave the Alaskan at
the mercy of private corporations nor
have the Government build, and oper
ate a network of railroads in Alaska,
as Senator La Follette proposes. He
would have one railroad owned by the
Government, but leased to an operat
ing company on terms which would
Insure reasonable rates and would
constitute it a check on roads owned
by corporations. H would go no far.
ther In the direction of Government
ownership than the conditions de
mand, while Mr. La Follette would
launch the Government Into an ex
tensive, untried experiment.
The message is one more example
of the President's middle-of-the-road
progresalveness. It will commend
Itself to the great 'mass of the people,
who are as much opposed to rash
excursions Into the unknown as to the
standstill policy of those who fear to
move at all lest they move in the
wrong direction.
TITC CASE AGAINST D ARROW.
So rarely 1 an attorney accused of
bribing or attempting to bribe a Juror
particularly an attorney who haa
attained the eminence of Clarence S.
Darrow that his Indictment on this
charge In connection with the McN'a
mara ease may be viewed with sur
prise. It may, therefore, be as
well to review the evidence leading up
to so serious a charge against one of
the leaders of the bar, so far a It
has been allowed to reach the public.
The Oregonlan haa two sources of In
formation for thla evidence. One la
the story of W. J. Burns, the detective
who arrested the McNamaras, as pub
lished In McClure's Magazine. The
other is an article by C. P. Connolly In
Collier's Weekly of December 13.
According to Bums, D arrow's name
waa first mentioned In connection with
the case by Ortle McManlgal In the
confession which he made to Burns
at Chicago shortly after his arrest.
McManlgal said the orders given him
and J. B. McNamara were, if they ever
got caught, the first thing they were to
do was to telegraph Darrow to come
down and defend them. The plain In
ference la that Darrow had been en
gaged by the Structural Ironworkers'
Union to defend the dynamiters and
knew they were likely at any time to
need defense against a criminal
charge. Two days after the arrest of
J. J. McNamara, Darrow went to In
dianapolis to confer with the Bridge
workers' Union officers and hey asked
him to conduct the defense. At first
he did not want the case, but after a
couple of weeks took It for a $50,000
retainer and $100 & day and expenses.
The American Federation of Labor
then began raising the defense fund
and it officers passed a resolution:
That tha fllaburaement of all moneys re
eelred In connection with theaa caaea shall
ba made by Frank klorrlaon. aecretary of
tha Amarlcaa' Federation of Labor, upon
tha erdar af Samuel Gompera, presides! of
tba American Federation of Labor, and made
payable to Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel
for the defense, end. tnroush him, to such
attomeyo and aaatataala aa may ba re
tained ar employed by him subject to tha
approval of Preoldent Gompera and Seere
tary Morrison) for sarrlees In theaa eases.
Thus the disbursement of the fund
was In DarroWs sole hands, subject to
approval of Gompera and Morrison.
Nearly $200,000 waa raised, of which
over $170,000 waa handed over to Dar.
row, according to Morrison's last state
ment, but Burns says they really got
more and gave Darrow a good deal
more.
Burn says he predicted to District
Attorney Fredericks that the defense
would try to get him, then Fredericks,
then the Judge, If thoy dare; then
would go "right down the line, bribing
witnesses and Jurors." He says his
prediction was so far fulfilled that one
witness was lured away to Chicago
and waa found by his men In Dar
row' office there: that another wit
ness, after attempts at bribery failed,
waa threatened with death. Then
came the attempted Juror-brlblng, re
garding which Burns says:
Tba venireman and the juryman who tes
tified asalnat him (Franklin, tha briber)
both told the court that Franklin 'eald ha
was gattloa hla money Trom Darrow.
Then, eaya Burns, when they "saw
they were getting tangled up In the
bribery business, they began throwing
overboard one man after another to
save themselves."
He charges that Darrow says he
knew the McNamaras were guilty, but
not once did he inform his principals
(Gompers and Morrison), Burns adds
Incredulously. He estimates that Dar
row got half of the defense fund, and
says: "It will be interesting to aee
th.'lr detailed accounts of the remain
ing $100,000 or $135,000."
Mr. Connolly deals with the final
event leading up to the McNamaras'
confession. He recalls that 'a promi
nent attorney for the defense was
present when Franklin was caught
giving $500 to a Juror on November
J$, and that bills paid by a bank on a
large check were found in the re
maining $3500 of the bribe money,
which was held by Franklin's compan
ion. The same evening Darrow
looked worried when he attended a
banquet given to newspaper men and
did not make an expected statement
about the case. The next evening
Steffen began hla negotiations with
the citizens for a compromise, and
Connolly expresses the opinion that
Darrow used Steffens and the citizens'
committee to screen the dangerous
emergency which confronted him, for,
had the McNamaras pleaded guilty
Immediately after the arrest of Frank
lin, that fact, standing alone, would
have been an apparent confession, not
only of their own guilt, but of the
complicity of some of their lawyers.
He says that Scott, Harrlman and Mc
Nutt, of counsel for the defense, were
not believed to be Implicated In the
bribery; that Davis, McNutt and Scott
were not active In the negotiations
with the citizens, and that, if Darrow
had taken Harrlman into his confi
dence, Harrlman would have balked
th negotiations till after the Los An
g election and exposure of the
bribery would have been precipitated.
Mr. Connolly not only guardedly
conveys the Impression that the de
fense fund waa used for bribery pur
poses, but says that the impression la
current that part of the fund was used
to finance the Socialist campaign as a
part of the stage setting for the trial,
Darrow's purpose being to build up
Socialist sentiment In order to terror
ize capital and create a basis for a
trade,
Aa to the possible means Darrow
may adopt to clear himself, Mr. Con
nolly says:
Doubtleae there will ba tha tlmeworn plea
that Franklin's act In attamptlns to bribe
tha Juror Lockwood was ultra vlree that
he had no authority or Inatructlons to bribe
jurors. Such pitiable excuses should ba
abolished In law, and tha criminal act of
the asent held to be the act of tha prin
cipal. Then iomi lawyere would be mora
careful about the kind of asenta they em
ploy In detective work. No asent would
attempt to account for the disappearance
of 4KiO ta a man of tha world Ilka Darrow
by saying ha b4 fed It to tha plseons.
Summed up, the case against Dar
row is that he knew from the first that
the McNamara were guilty; that he
had aole charge of the defense fund;
that he alone hired agents; that he
must have employed Franklin and
supplied that man with bribe money,
and that, when the bribery waa discov
ered, he sacrificed the - McNamaras,
hoping to save himself.
The Roosevelt boomers are in a
predicament. Some fear that, if the
Colonel declares himself a candidate,
he will be donounced a a traitor to
Taft, and will destroy his chances;
others that, if he does not declare
himself, he cannot be nominated. They
cannot gain their point, whether he
speaks or remains silent, and are
cudgeling their brains to find a solu
tion for a problem which seems capa
ble of solution in a way directly con
trary to their wishes.
The promptness with which an
nouncement is made that a large saw
mill Is to be erected on the Sluslaw
River following organisation of the
Port of Sluslaw should serve as a hint
to United States Army engineers to
base their Judgment of the merits of
proposed harbor improvements on the
commerce which a port may develop
when improved, not on the commerce
It has before Improvement.
Instead of diverting money from
other bank in the United States, the
postal savings bank has become a
feeder to them and has checked the
flow of money to foreign countries.
Here is another example of men fear
ing what proves good medicine for
them.
There is no limit to science. At
Hood River an expert has submitted
twigs of a fruit tree to treatment that
shows they are full of buds and the
trees will have enormous blooms. Se
cure your smudgepots ere the rush be
gins.
Governmental figures sgain tell of
probable shortage in the future meat
supply, but the present generation
will ere then have died of overeating
and has little concern for the meat
eaters to follow.
Tn this age of enlightenment it la
hardly necessary to state that the
groundhog saw hi shadow yesterday
and Winter will end according to the
calendar.
Mexico is doing everything possible
to prove that Diaz was right when
he said that his form of government
was alone capable - of maintaining
order.
Portland era are a clean people, with
daily consumption of about fifteen mil.
lion gallons of water. Its superb
qusjllty, too, invites Its use as bever
age. Submarine nor aerial navigation is
In the natural scheme of man and de
velopment must coat many Uvea before
reaching practical stage.
Bryan's "double" In Connecticut Is
dead, but Bryan Is enjoying perennial
youth, renewed quadrennially, and has
another one In Oregon.
"Pat" McAxthur wisely declines to
assist Lafferty to re-election, and ao,
too, does George W. Hazen.
The bartenders and saloon men of
Salem have settled their differences
with a drink all round.
The fruitgrowing Industry will not
suffer because the orchard bubble was
pricked.
Reclamation of Lae Labish might
make Pudding River navigable.
Demand for pensions Is Infectioua
The hoboa have caught It.
FARM SUCCESSES OF INTEREST.
Writer Sosi-eata Letters Frona Mm
W ho Have Hade Good oa Land.
PORTLAND, Feb. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) One of The Oregonian's corre
spondents tells of his failure to make
a living on a tract of land, and how
be was compelled to seek employment
In the city. He discusses at length his
, failure to raise crops that would pay.
Alter extended travel tnrougn ino ag
ricultural and horticultural sections of
the United States, Canada and Mexico,
I am Impressed with the value of soil
products and the independence of the
grower. In Southern California one
man made a living for himself and
family on a lot 100 by 100 feet, exclu
sive of space taken by home and out
buildings. There is a colony of "lit
tle landers" la (San Diego County, Cali
fornia, where tracts of one and two
acre supply the necessaries of life,
and In Oregon and Washington ten
acre tracts are good-sized farms un
der intensive cultivation.
A Portland paper recently published
stories of how people acquired their
homes. They were Interesting read
ing. Will The oregonlan not ask some
of the men who are not failures to tell
how they make a living off the land?
Multiplied thousands are doing thlB.
They are not only making a living, but
are saving money.
We are .asking people to come and
settle on our lands. They should be
told what these lands will produce,
and the best way to obtain this Infor
mation is from men who are getting
results. The soil conditions are right.
Where failure results there Is some
thing wrong with the methoda.
Just another word. The street ora
tors proclaim that people are deluded
Into coming to Oregon with false prom
ises of employment. I have been a
careful reader of the dally and weekly
publications and of the literature Is
sued by th commercial organizations
and have not encountered any of these
Invitations for men to come with the
assurance they can get employment.
On the contrary, the press and the
committees are trying to get men on
the land. The homeseeker is also ad
vised that he should have a certain
amount of money in order to make par
tial payment on his purchase, to pro
vide for a home and outbuildings and
to buy the necessities for the home un
til he produces a crop.
Some men who beg on the streets of
Portland for money to buy a meal re
fuse to work when given opportunity,
according to statements made by the
employment bureau. It Is not denied
that deserving men may b- in want,
but they cam here of their own voli
tion and not with promise of employ
ment by or through commercial organ
ization or the press. They took a
chance, so to speak. They are to be
pitied. But pity or compassion are
wasted on the man who refuse to
work when given a chance.
Let us have stories trom the farm-,
era, gardeners, Cairymen, poultry-raisers
and others. Their statements will
be valuable to those who want to
know how to make a living on the
farm. JOHN SCOTT MILLS.
WHERE MURDERER IS PESSIOSED
Slayer In Monaco Falls Into Snap la
stead of Callow Trap.
PORTLAND, Feb. 2. (To the Edi
torsPerhaps Governor West can get
some new ideas for prison reform from
the following article which I quote
from "Travel." which, in turn, quotes
it from "Mundus."
J oat toe la Monne.
An amusing- story comes to us from Mon
aco That little state baa ao few criminals
that It la not worth while keeping a public
executioner. When man waa condemned
to death some yeara ago, there was no one
to carry out the sentence. Negotiations were
entered into with France for the hire of an
executioner, but the price asked waa enor
mous ; the Prince did not think a criminal
waa worth ao much expense, and by way of
solving the difficulty ha commuted tha sen
tence to Imprisonment for life. 6o the
nriaoner was shut up and a Jailer appointed
to look after him. but presently the state
began to reallxe that this waa expensive. It
meant keeping a Jailer for thla one man,
who was young and strong, and was capable
of living for 60 years. So the Jailer was
dlsmleead and the prisoner waa atioweu w
an to a nelahborlna restaurant for meals.
After some yeara. the state began to tire
of tbla also; It was louna mat tne Keep
of this one man cost woo rrancs a year, so
the Prince resolved to pardon him.
Tha decree was signed, but when it was
presented to the prisoner, he absolutely re
fused to accept It. ""No," said he. "you
I contracted to keep me for tho rest ot my
life and you must luirill your contract.
Finally. It waa arranged that the govern
ment should give him a pension of 1500
francs a year and on this condition ha ac
cepted pis liberty.
SUBSCRIBER.
Delicacies at a Party.
London Pall-Mall Gazette.
"How Is it you came home from your
party so early last night, Susan'; Didn't
you enjoy yourself?"
"Tea ma'am, but the young man who
took me In to supper Insulted me."
"Insulted you, busanl Why, what did
hi say?"
"He asked me if my programme was
full, and I'm sure I never had nothing
but a sandwich and a glass of lemon
ade; so I came away home."
Agala In the Lion's Moot.
Baltimore American.
Helen Btone Is returning to Turkey
aa a missionary. Ten years ago, while
a missionary in Bulgaria, she was 'held
for ransom, and the State Department
was obliged to go to her rescue. The
Government at Washington, D. C, was
distinctly hopeful that Miss Stone
would retire from the foreign mis
sionary field.
Abaolate Proof of Cold Lover.
Washington (D. C.) Evening Star.
"No." said the disconsolate girl, "I
am sure Algernon does not love me.
His mind is not on me as If should be."
"How do you know7"
"I played bridge at the same table
with him and he could remember what
the trump was all the time."
SONG OF THE BACKWARD TRACK.
I followed the hot-air train to the
north,
To Canada's promised land;
In the waving fields, and so forth.
A million or two.I planned.
Rare old story the faker told.
And I hot-footed on the track
At the rainbow's end neither land nor
gold
Uncle Sam, please take me back?
Good old dough that I brought along.
Dwindling every day;
Can't buy grub up north for a song
Here every sign says "pay."
Seedy and shiny and threadbare now
The duds In my old gripsack.
Tm lonesome and hungry and faint,
Uncle Sam, take me back.
I'm a darned fool, and I always was;
Left the best country I know
To frost my toes In an August freeze
And harvest my spuds in the snow.
O, for a smell of the sunshine fair,
O for the backward track!
Have you one corner left to spare?
Uncle Sam, I'm coming back.
No more Jaunts to the frozen north,
No more promised land;
I'll' snuggle close to the Stars and
Stripes
And hold to the bird in the hand.
Ho for a smell of the sunny south
And the zest of the backward track.
(Don't say a word to the folks at
home.)
Uncle gam. I've started back.
H, BUCKXkiiHAM.
LIMITATIONS OJT POWER TO HEAL
Conditions Had to Be Right Eves for
Christ, Declares Writer.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. SO. (To the Edi
tor.) With what ponderous prevision
and sound judgment and high purpose
Rt. Rev. Boyd essays against Christian
Science his weapons of keen-edged ar
gument may not not become fully
known till Christian Science is over
thrown and its devotees are fled to
the caves in the hills and the moun
tains; and the names of Eddy and Wor
cester and Macombe have been erased
from the temples and monoliths of
time and empire.
"Not like Christ" are the Christian
Scientists, says Boyd. True It may be
that Christian Scientists are not like
Christ; moreover, faith curists make
no claims to being like Christ. Like
Christians faith curists claim to be
Christ-like, and the ground of one Is
doubtless as legitimate as the ground
of the other. Both the Christian Sci
entist and the Christian may fall short
of working out fully each his purpose
in his own circle of activity, and each
still be on good ground from his own
standpoint. To twist the major prem
ise in a proposition simply to confuse
the reader, is to warpen the board to
get a straight bevel. Thus to avow the
fruits as evidence of ground of sin
cerity and then deny the fruits to stul
tify the facts In the case of an oppo
nent Is equivalent to predicating some
thing on nothing.'
As to an arrested power of healing,
the power of healing may find its lim
itations urely as a personal matter ly
ing wholly within the circle of psychic
force; and '.or Dr. Boyd to put up a
denial to this statement would be for
him to deny. In toto, discoveries made
In modern psychological research.
If in the case of Christ the result of
the operator's efforts and skill depend
upon purely super-personal power, then
it must follow as a logical sequence
that the result of the Christian Scien
tists' effort and skill must rest either
upon natural ground or upon super
personal ground. And, even though the
results obtained be different as to
points of limitation, still must It re
main that like causes beget like re
sults, even though one person be lim
ited over another in the matter of phy
sical healing. Nor will any subterfuge
of reasoning avail to set aside such
conclusion. To deny this logical se
quence would be simply to place all
psychlo phenomena upon ' natural
ground.
If the Indians could heal by psychic
means, why not Christ? If Christ could
heal by psychic means, why not Ap
polonlus? If Appolonius could effect
cures by the laying on of hands or
through the exercise of a psyohlc force,
why not the Christian Scientists? Here,
then, you have the fruits, nor need the
difference in the power possessed by
each, or many, Individuals matter.
That some persons are more highly
endowed than others there can be no
doubt. Christ as a healer might have
been more highly endowed than per
haps any other known person in the
world's history, but. Dr. Boyd to the
contrary notwithstanding, there waa a
time when the healing power of Christ
seemed to have reached its limitation;
it was at a time when Christ was ex
hausted of his strength for the time
being, through arduous labor. It la said
that on two occasions he retired to
the Inner country for rest and recu
peration, for It was in his own coun
try, where they that knew bim doubt
ed his power that "he did not many
mighty works there, because of their
unbelief.
"Because of th- ir unbelief." That is
as much as to say that, the operator's
success depends upon at least two nec-
sary conditions: First, the operator
must of necessity be In a healthy
psychic state or condition; and, sec
ondly, the subject must be In a recep
tive state. Therefore It is that Dr.
Boyd's major premise or main conten
tion falls, for It is found that all per
sons are limited in their power the
difference being only In degree.
D. H. HAWKINS.
The Lady and the Brook.
S. E. Klser, in Judge.
A brook Is flowlntr to the sea
And babbling as It goes.
And once a maiden strolled with me
Along the way It flows.
Still it is doubtless murmuring
Along Ita winding way.
And lambs may play or birds may sing
Upon Us shores today.
Ah. it is long since she and I
In Springtime wandered there,
When not a cloud was In the sky.
Nor In our hearts a care.
I do not know where she may be
TIs long since we have met;
But. like the brook, she probably
la busy babbling yet.
THREE STARS WRITE FOR 5
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
Special Features by Jack London, George
Ade and Christy Mathewson
The Inevitable White Kan, a compelling adventure tale by
Jack London, will appear in the Magazine Section tomorrow.
It is in London's best style, replete with, action and incident
and delves deep into human emotions.
Pitching' in a Pinch and Whatilay Come -of It. In his
second story of big leaguers, the famous pitcher, Mathewson,
lets the fans in on some more close-range information about the
fine art of ball tossing. Three live columns, elaborately illus
trated. George Ade's funny vein is holding out it is even growing
richer. The Fable he writes for tomorrow's Orejronian is the
funniest yet. It is the fable of "The Cousin Who Became
Cognizant of Our Shortcomings," and leads to the terse moral,
"No Chance."
Some of the Other Interesting Features
Our Business Women They are a shock to the French
aristocracy, but the French are beginning to follow them, never
theless. Half page, illustrated.
Man's Quest 'of Gold. It is bringing forth untold wealth,
the yearly output of precious metal amounting to 1000 tons.
Half page, illustrated.
Our Humble Sparrow. Of a sudden this lively pest has
assumed the heroic role of life-saver and is doing a great
service for the human family.
Portraits That Inspire Hatred. A half page about famous
paintings that have been assailed by enraged people.
Hunting in Oregon Long Ago. There was a time when you
could have killed some strange creatures in Oregon's tropical
forests. Yes, Oregon once had tropical forests; also camel
giraffes and goat-like horses. Half page, illustrated.
Scaling Peaks by Elevator. The way of the globe trotter is
being made smooth. He can now climb the Alps in an elevator.
"The Jumpups," These amusing people of the color-supplement
realm acquire a great fortune and set forth to break
into society. Watch for the "Jumpups." Verses by West,
drawings by Loomis, creators of the Widow Wise series.
Order Today From Your Newsdealer
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of Feb. 8, 1862.
The gross attack upon the Metho
dist Church by the secession press oi
Portland We have given a reply tc
this attack by the Rev. Mr. Pearne. The
secession press would not only destroy
the best government that exists under
heaven by placing it at the feet ot
the traitors ,now assailing it, but It
demands that the great Methodist
Church shall change their creed and
principles, which, in all times past,
have been In favor of political and reli
gious liberty and against human
slavery, to conform to the new codes
of politics and religion set up in the
South, the leading one of which is the
perpetuation ot human slavery in all
coming time by the establishment of a
government and religion based upon it.
We need not enlarge upon this subject.
On the part of humanity and religion
it is in able hands, and no apprehen
sion need be entertained that the
Methodist Church will change its prin
ciples on the demands of Jeff Davis
or his adherents.
The property holders at Crescent City
have evinced a willingness to con
tribute money to open a road from
Northern California to the Salmon
mines.
A man sporting the name of "Rarey"
drew quite a concourse of spectators
on Front street yesterday alternoon
to witness his performances on the
back of a genuine mustang.
Mr. Bybee, of Sauvies Island, Informs
us that the Willamette River from
the head of the island to a distance
of several miles down Is blocked up
witb ice.
Conntry Town Sayings by Ed Howe
When an architect assures you that
you can build a house on agreed plans
for $3000, and It costs $4600, why not
fine him $1500, the fine not to go to
the school fund, but to you?
A prophet is a man who makes a
great many guesses, most of which are
wrong.
If a business Is managed without ref
erence to the rights of the public, the
Opposition will soon get it. Ask any
business man If the Opposition isn't
a powerful factor in keeping him
straight.
"Guilty" is always a popular verdict.
Is the recall popular because it will
enable the people to get rid of office
holders as soon as they show the egot
ism that always attaches to office hold
ing? A politician wants to stand in
with "the boys," but as soon as he
wins, he feels superior, and can't help
showing it.
I'll bet you that the coming man will
say: "I wish I lived in the good old
days of 1912."
A good thing like money won't pay
100 per cent interest; but a bad thing
like folly will.
Before the days of big life insurance
there was quite a lot of sympathy for
widows and orphans; but now we al
most feel that widows and orphans
ought to help us.
Tou hear this expression oftener than
any other: "Something should bo
done!" How easy and agreeable It is
to lay out work for others.
Kindness does not seem to amount to
a great deal, after all. No one ever
did the English sparrows a kindness,
yet tbey prosper mightily without It;
they take care of themselves.
I should as soon go to school again
as to belong to a literary club.
A Check on Hasty Marrlngea.
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
No more getting married in haste
after this year. At least not In Mas
sachusetts. Beginning January 1, ap
plicants for marriage .licensee must
give the City Clerk five days' notice
before they can get the requisite docu
ment that legalizes the ceremony.
Prise Example of a Mean SI an.
London Tit-Bits.
Fogg has said the meanest things
any man was ever capable of saying.
When Mrs. F. left him alone in the
house the other evening she remarked:
"You won't be lonely, dear?"
"No," he replied, "I shan't miss you
at all. The parrot, you know, is here?