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TIFE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1913. 10 rOBTTAXD, OUM!l Knf.rt at Portland. Oroo. Poatoffloa aa (tood cm Xidif. uetnjua Hato Iaeartalr Is Aaranoa. (BT Uil!) l .i r. without Suadaf. aa man La . . 1M . .4 . oa year bundr. ooo year auadajr aal weakly, on ye (BT CARIUKR.) falir. Simile laeladed. eaa roar...... Sj LiMr. Sunday tnciudoo. oae moat a . . . . How CO Kantl Sand PoefOlMee BMW " d.r. iig tia order or -poraoaai cheek 'Zzl iacal bank, hi am pa, cola or carrier aro at tha a.odar-a risk. Giro poatofllc adoroaa la fu.l. including canal aad state. otaa:o Kale 10 to la pasea. 1 eaet: J lo 2 pace. 2 canto; SO I ? 7 " to au paaoa, A eaota. oraia " Kaatrra Baataraa OfTVrra V.rr. CV l;n is w York, bruaawuua tiiutiio LI1B Hf.Mr kulllllBC 'Karmaa Offkco No. Beseat etreet, W.. Leodoa. rOKTLAXD. SATVRDAT. APRIL IS. ltf. THE i.ILEAT oTRltHiUC. Editor Harvey describe Theodore Roosevelt as "God s best girt to mo n.mparv" We would not be bo harsh, but would revise It to say that the unfortunate Roosevelt campaign i making the political fortune of th Democrats. In Michigan Thursday the Republl ran convention broke up in a rwi i- irrt..l in oat at the risht It wrong of the controversy. Probably there was not all right on tne one .u or all wrong on the other. Each fac tion was determined to rule, and each was willing to resort to physical vio- tn ..tain ita end. The Michigan incident Illustrates vividly the situation wttnin me ni-pu.-lican party. The tension is enormous. The struggle la momentous. The Issue Is. for the present and possibly for ever. Irreconcilable. The outcome Is doubtful; but It will not be doubtful If better counsels and better feeling do not prevail. The Republican party Is face to face with a grave crisis. So at the Nation. f-Rf:ir RiCM n. ha..t. It Is a notable coincidence that the death of General Frederick D. Grant occurs Just about half a century after hts father's forward movement against Confederacy which won the first Im portant victories Tor the North in the Civil War. Frederick, who was then a boy some 1J year old. accompanied General Grant through part of this remarkable advance. He was present at the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson. He a as not on the field at Shiloh. naturally, but soon after ward he rejoined his father and saw almost the whole of that series of ac tions which culminated In the surren der of VU k.burg. ' Later, when Grant was promoted to the command in the East. Frederick accompanied him through Virginia and saw war in Its most destructive aspect during the Peninsular campaign. Inured thus to a soldier's life in his boyhood. It was to be expected that he would choose the military career for his profession. Everything favored hts success. His father's renown smoothed many a path which for ordinary youths Is be set with briars and of course the old commanders who had fought under General Grant 1n the Civil War were glad to welcome his son to their comradeship. He graduated from West Point In 1871. the year before his father was chosen President the second time, and served on the frontier until 181. No doubt the monotony of this service and the scant glory which It promised finally dulled young Grant's military ardor, as the Inactivity of peace had dulled his father's before him. Fred, crick retired from the Army In 1881 and did not re-enter it nntil 1898. when, at the outbreak of the Spanish War, he offered his services to Presi dent McKinley and went to the front as Colonel of the Fourteenth New Tork Regiment. Soon afterward he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General of volunteers. Jn the Philippines his military ability was so signally displayed In operations against the Insurgents that in 1901 when the regular Army was reorganized Presi dent McKinley made Frederick Grant a Brigadier-General. In the Interval of seventeen years between 1881 and 1 898 when he was In civil life he oc cupied a number of responsible posi tions. President Harrison appointed him Minister to Austria-Hungary in 18SS and he performed the duties of that office for four years. Under Mayor Strong he was Police Commis sioner of New Tork. gaining experi ence which proved of great use to him when he was administrator of Porto Rico after the close of the Spanish AVar. It will thus be seen that Fred nick Grant had a varied and useful If not a brilliant career. His good natural ability receives less than Jus tice from the opinion of the world on account of inevitable comparisons with his father, but his career was such as might well satisfy any man of moderate ambition. He lived in honor and esteem all his life and his death is mourned by a country which feels that it has lost in him loyal and dependable soldier. Frederick Grant In the later years of his life won many commendations, as well as some blame, by his deter mined stand on the subject of prohibi tion. He differed from most mili tary men in his opinion of the Army canteen. Since the closing of the post tanteen It is believed b:' nine Army t.rricers out of ten that the morals and health of the soldiers have deteriorat ed, but Frederick Grant clung sturdily to the opposite belief. He had nothing good to ray of the canteen and In fact f ivored the complete extinction of the saloon and the public sale of liquor. He not only held this opinion, but he expressed it freely and publlcTy took fart In the prohtbltlonlst propaganda. T- some persons this conduct was of fensive, but the better sentiment of the country upheld the right of a sol i!ior to express his views on moral questions as openly as other citizens. The fact that he was his father's son was In some ways a disadvantage l.i Frederick Grant. The feeling that the son of a great man ought t be a great man himself pur sued him In whatever he said o did. and placed him in the position of always falling a little be low expectation. But there were com. pensations. The love of the American eople for their great General and President made them tolerant of Fred, erick's singularities and In some sense constituted him the ward of the Na tion. The thought that he should not enjoy every honor and receive full rec ognition fcr an his services has always j I-al'T. Sanaar raela4ed. eu Tr Sunday Include, six moatha ... I'ai.jr. r-unday Inrlud.d. tbree montu. . S-'J I'al.r Sunday uciud4. on anoata.... -I l'al.jr. witaoat Suadar. raa rear...... " l'i . wltnout SaadaF. alx month. ... - e. i innut f n nil. . uuv. ......- been insufferable to the country and will be so more than ever since he has passed away. His fame will mingle with the brighter fame of his fa the and It will not be forgotten that the splendid career of the parent was hon orably continued In the deeds of his son. The deliberate opinion of oiir day concurs In the statement that, next to Lincoln, Ulysses Simpson Grant de serves the credit of bringing the Civil War to a successful close and saving the Union from dissolution. Up to the day when he began his remarkable advance through Tennessee Into the South nothing had been done to for ward the Union cause except the en llstment and drill of troops. Paralysis seemed to have struck the hand of every commander. Defeat had fol lowed upon defeat. McClellan In the East did nothing but drill, talk and pose. HaJleck at St. Louts was sub merged by a mams of details which he could not systematize and master. Grant alone saw clearly what ought to be done and possesssed the resolute energy to do It. Even after the scheme of the southward advance had been proposed to Halleck by Grant he heel tated, hatched up objections and loi tered. If It had been left to him to exeou e It never would have got be yond Ink and paper. When Grant had won his first victories st Forts Henry and Donelson, Halleck Joined a petty intrigue against him ana would appar ently have been glad to dismiss him from the Army In disgrace. Such were some of the difficulties over which that noble and Invincible nature triumphed. All he asked, of his coun try was permission to do Its work and fight its battles. Fortunately. Lincoln was a President who wanted above all things Just such a commander as Grant. The two men understood one another from the first. Lincoln In the White House and Grant on the battle field worked together like two Irre slstfble natural forces which by eternal law can know no misunderstanding or lack of harmony, and the human race owes to their united labors debt which can only be paid by undying gratitude. - THE TALUK CRY OF WOI.T. A half-page advertisement In a local paDer describes Judge Gantenbeln as the candidate of "big business Inter ests- for Congress. It is an abject and miserable attempt to prejudice many worthy people against Mr. Gan tenbeln by appeal to class feeling. What big business Interests? Big busi ness in Its political sense Is not known In Portland; big business In Its com menial sense has by no means st talned the proportions that all loyal citizens of Portland hope for. T.he alternative of Judge Ganten beln Is Lafferty or Clyde or Shepherd Of these Lafferty is formidable. Clyde La possible and .Shepherd Is negligible. If big business or little business ob jects to Clyde or Lafferty. so much the more creditable to big or little business. It voices the sentiment of the responsible and reputable citizen ship of Portland, without reference to class, or occupation, or politics, for ef ficient and worthy representation In Congress. Mr. Gantenbeln is not the candidate of big buslnesr. He Is an Independent nd honest man with an admirable personal and public record, who will fairly and adequately promote In Con gress the welfare of all his constitu ents. There are no strings of any kind on him. He la entirely above entang ling alliances with undesirable citi zens and he seeks no shady adventures with women. Multnomah County needs at Wash ington -an Intelligent, forceful. Indus trious and respectable Congressman. The opportunity to get him Is offered in Mr. Gantenbeln. I rOUTICAb PROPHETS. Mr. Crosby Davis Is a young gentle man at Corvallls who appears to be In possession of highly interesting Infor mation relative to the Presidential campaign that is wholly Inaccessible to The Oregonlan and to all others, evi dently, except the gifted Davis. There was a mass meeting of nineteen ardent Roosevelt, supporters at the Benton County Courthouse the other night. The veracious Gazette-Times Informs us, with a startling wealth of headline display, that Mr. Davis was there with the papers to show that The Orego nlan was distorting and misstating the news relative to the progress of the Roosevelt campaign. The Corvallls Statistician produced figures "from Boston, New Tork, Kansas City, In dianapolis and the South to show that Roosevelt had more than an even break with Taft." All this interest ing display of Roosevelt figures was made before the Illinois election, or the final, result in Maine. The Cor vallls Republican. In Its report of the great Davis expose, said: The fact was brought out that of the 3M deleratea to the National convention selected lo date. 6a wet Inatructed tor Roosevelt. . for Taft. 3 for I .a Follette. 4 for Cum mini. 94 unlntructrd. 11 conteated. This gives quite a different' color to the delegate situation as gathered from the Oresoa dallies. The Davis presentment tallies with the remarkable figures of Mr. Dixon, the able prognostlcator who Is run ning the Roosevelt campaign and who on April 10 telegraphed to Oregon the following soapsudsy buncombe: Fnor hundred and ilsty-eight delegates to the Republican National convention have been elected up to and Including today. Of theae. 142 are for Colonel Roosevelt. 44 for Mr. Taft. 4 for Senator Cummlna. 3S for Senator La Follette. 94 unlnatructed. In. eluding 4 from New Tork State, and con testa are pending In caaea of tha remain ing US. It seems strange that Dixon should seek to mislead the public by such outright misrepresentation or that an intelligent young man like Davis doubtless Is should permit himself thus to be fooled. Dixon sand Davis agree that the press associations all of them, apparently" are in a foul conspiracy to "suppress" the real news. It Is too bad. of course, that an impartial and conscientious organiza tion like the Associated Press cannot send out only such news as everyone wants to hear: but it cannot be done. Manager Dixon seeks to cloud the facts by classing as "unlnstructed" eighty-four delegates from New Tork. for example, and thus indicating that Ihey are as likely to be for Roosevelt as for Taff. He la trifling with the ascertained and Indisputable truth. More than eighty delegates were elect ed In New Tork for Taft on the direct Issue between Taft and Roosevelt. It is In accordance with the time-honored precedent of the Republican par ty in New York that no specific In struction should be Imposed by the state convention; yet it Is nonsense, in view of the outright and deliberate anti-Roosevelt platform, to assume that the delegation may be for Roose velt. It Is for Taft of course. The Southern delegations are fop Taft and w-ill be. Why should anyone be in doubt about It? Tet the Roose velt boomers are seeking to cloak the attitude of these numerous delegates In darkness by gettlr.g up "contests." The contests are settled by the Nation, a I committee, which Is controlled In 1912 by Taft. as it was In 1908 by Roosevelt. What chance does young Mr. Davis suppose the contesting dele, gatlon of rump Roosevelt conventions will have before the National com mittee? " We suggest in entire kindness to our excited young Corvallls friend that he take The Oregonlan's table of today, and his own unique estimates, and file them carefully away until after the National Republican convention. Then wo request that he examine them care fully, compare them with develop ments, and write us for publication what he thinks of himself as a politi cal prophet. THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Portland music lovers will show their appreciation of the good work the 8ym phony Orchestra has been do ing by attending the closing concert of the year on Sunday at the Heilig Theater. The orchestra Is composed of professional players who follow mu sic for a career In this city. Their ambition Is to build up an organiza tion which shall render the world's best music at prices which Portland people can afford to pay and play each piece so often that the public can be come familiar with its beauties. This work cannot be done by visit ing orchestras. However great their merits, they are not here long enough at any one time to do much for gen uine musical education and their prices are necessarily beyond the means of the great public. The de velopment of music in Portland, as in every other city, must depend on local ability and be fostered by local capital. As long as we look to other places for the gratification of our musical taste we shall hardly be able to stand In the front rank artistically. Portland should have not only a well-supported symphony orchestra, but a choral so ciety too In which vocal gifts could find expression. Since it is admitted that Portland Is destined to become the commercial metropolis of the Pacific Coast with a million population in a dozen years or so, we ought to be up and doing to prepare worthily for the future. A money and trade" center should also be an artistic and literary center. The Symphony Orchestra is a fine begin nlng which will lead to great results If it Is properly encouraged. Good music costs money. The players In the orchestra have given their time and labor almost without remunera tion this Winter, but for all that there are expenses which must be met. Although the attendance at the con certs has not been large, the organlza tlon has been able to keep out of debt by making all sorts of sacrifices and for next year's expenses a contribution of ttOOO has been received from gen erous donors. This Is a meager sum compared with what similar enter prises receive In San Francisco and other cities but It Is a beginning and no doubt It portends greater things to come. In making up their budgets for next year Portlanders who love their city will not forget the Symphony Orchestra. ASQIITH'S HOMJ5 BILE BILL. Premier Asqulth's home rule bill is the first of its kind which has been Introduced in the British Parliament with any prospect of becoming law. but it has a stormy passage ahead and must steer clear of many rocks and shoals. It concedes everything which Irish national sentiment ran reason ably ask. consistent with the unity of the empire, and contains concessions to the Ulster Protestants, who profess to fear Catholic tyranny, and to the English Unionists, who see In every point yielded to Ireland the specter of total separation. Irish sentiment will be most disap pointed at the temporary retention by the Imperial government of control over the constabulary", which has been the means of combattnr disorder in the land war and has become hated accordingly. The Nationalists natur ally Itch to get their hands on this or ganization. The Irish will probably also make a fight for control of their own customs, for they desire as much freedom to develop their own indus tries by tariff favors as Canada and other colonies enjoy. But Redmond and his followers have shown such wise moderation iu the past that they will no doubt rather accept the meas ure with these shortcomings than longer defer the realization of the hopes Ireland has so fondly cherished for over a century. Backed by the coalition of three parties, the bill is sure to pass the House of Commons, but after that event Its real troubles will begin. The Tories will without doubt do their ut most to fan into a flame the smolder ing anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sen timent of England and Scotland, in the hope of nerving the Lords up to the point of rejecting the bill. If the Commons pass the bill at three con secutive sessions, it will become law without the Lords' approval, but that Implies that the struggle will be pro longed Into the year 1914. Many things may happen in tha meantime to thwart Ireland's hope. and we may be sure that the Tories will do all In their power to make such things happen. Other issues may- come to the front and cause a disso lution of Parliament and the election of a new one. with a Tory majority. We may, theiefore, look for scenes of political disturbance in the mother country equal to. If not surpassing. those which n.arked the struggle over the Lords' veto. But every sincere friend of Eng land and Scotlandfts well as of Ire land will wish to see the Lome rule bill become law, for by such a conces sion to national sentiment alone can the breach between the two Inlands be I healed. DO WE WISH TO 8QIIKM OVTf The United States began construc tion of the Panama Canal under a treaty with the republic of Panama, and under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with Great Britain. That treaty abro gated the provisions of the Clayton- Bulwer treaty by which neither power was ever to "obtain or maintain for Itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal" or to "occupy, or fort ify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise ny dominion over . ... any part of Central America": the protection and neutrality of the canal were jointly guaranteed and other powers were in vited to Join in this guarantee. Great Britain by the Hay-Pauncefote treaty conceded to us the right to construct the canal, to fortify It. to control It in time of war and withdrew from the guarantee. In consideration of these valuable concessions, without which we could not have built, controlled and fortified the canal except In violation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, we agreed to maintain Its neutrality and we en tered Into the following agreement: The I'nlted States adopts, aa the basis of the neutralization of such ship canal, tha following rules, substantially aa embodied In the convention of Constantinople, signed the 28th October. 18S8, for the free navi gation of Uie Sues Canal; that la to say: 1. The canal shall be free and open to tha vessels of commerce and of war of air nations observing there rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there ahall be no dlecrlmlnailon against any auch nation, or Its citizens or subjects. In respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or other wise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be Just and equitable. Do we wish to squirm out of this agreement? That Is what those men propose who agitate for exemption from tolla of American ships engaged In foreign trade. The very suggestion has caused leading English newspa pers to denounce us as treaty-break-era. Do we wish to be branded in the eyes of the world as a Nation which deliberately violates a treaty when its observance Is Inconvenient to us? There Is no question that we can exempt 'our coastwise vessels from canal tolls without violating the treaty. Since foreign vessels are excluded from our coastwise trade, they will be no worse off than they now are. If we thus favor coastwise vessel. Thus far we can go In making concessions to American ships, but no farther. By Indorsing the Northwest Fruit Exchange the Commercial Club, Chamber of Commerce and Clearlng House Association of Portland place the seal of their approval on an organ ization which will contribute much to the success of the fruitgrowing indus try of the Pacific Northwest. Without such an organization the growers would compete with each other i.nd would practically be at the mercy of a few b.-.yers In the principal Eastern cities, while their product would be sold at such high prices as to restrict the mar. ket. The exchange Is a co-operative device by which the fruit Is standard ized and Is marketed at minimum cost, the middleman Is eliminated, a glut In the large markets is avoided and the smaller markets are devel oped. The price received by the grower is increased, though that paid by the consumer is reduced. The fruit industry has attained such magnitude and is expanding so rapidly that only by an organization such as tha ex change can the growers market their enormous crop. The writer of the recent articles in The Oregonlan from Fall River, on the Bourne cotton mills, was Mr. Rob ert H. Rohde. He Is a staff writer of the New- Tork World and he was espe cially engaged 'for this service by the New York correspondent of The Ore gonlan. He is a capable and experi enced reporter, as his articles showed. Mr. Bourne, It appears. Is sending out a statement, on the second-hand au thority of someone who saw the man aging editor of the World, that tha World sent no one to Fall River to Investigate the cotton mills. We have net heard of any denial from Mr. Bourne that his cotton mill employes are living under oppressive and de grading conditions, that they are mis erably underpaid, that children un der 16 years of age are employed, and that he voted against revision of the cotton tariff in violation of the Sena torial rule that no Senator should compromise himself by voting on any subject in which he has a direct per sonal Interest. That would have been a denial worth making, If it had any substantial foundation. Governor Stubbs and his insurgent friends in Kansas, who are shouting for a third term for Roosevelt, are respectfully reminded that in 1875, when the agitation for a third term for Grant was under way. the Kansas Republicans declared the unwritten law against a third term "as control ling as though It were Incorporated in the National Constitution, and ought never to be violated." Is Roqsevelt greater than Grant that this unwritten law should be violated In his interest? Perkins admits that he is backing Roosevelt in the interest of big busi ness. But Roosevelt says he is the champion of the people. Can a man champion big business and the people at the same time? Hardly. When the Inevitable conflict of interest comes, big business usually sees that It gets what it paid for. Oats were bouerht In tho Portland market yesterday for shipment to Eastern Oregon at a price approxi mately 140 a ton. This indicates un usual ronsumotion or that the srrowera sold too much last Fai:. Influx of people and Increased industry are the probable causes. Justice will not be satisfied with the Imprisonment of Hillman for two and one-half years. It will not have been satisfied until a large part of his for tune has been returned to the victims from whom it was obtained. Probably five people in every ten know Democrats who have registered as Republicans. This is one of the baneful results of weakness in a law supposed to guard the purity of the ballot. As head of the commission to Invite nations to participate in the Panama Pacific Exposition, John Hays Ham mond will have a convincing business way of doing the work. Seizure of a hotel at Oakland by a mixed medley of foreign strikers im presses on us what vaguei notions the tropical nations have of the meaning of American freedom. Production of a play by the Junior class at Seattle Is halted by lack of a girl who can clear a three-foot gate. There lies an opening for a trained mouse. ' More than likely because his name was Church, a Coloradan stipulates In his will that his heirs get no share of the estate If they enter the ministry. Six months on the rockpile for swearing at a telephone operator will give the offender time to consider the enormity of his offense. Snow In Northern California and the southern'. tier of Oregon counties will provide more water for irrigation and do no harm. Kelso has a pig 4 months old that weighs 400 pounds, and not on the lei man's scales. Every town and hamlet In Oregon needs a cleaning day this Spring. The Michlganders acted like Michi-gecse. "TOP OF THIS MOOTA1V APPLE Grower Find Poetic Derivation for the Name "Spltseaberg." COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., April 7. (To ' the Editor.) The Oregonlan some time ago printed an article, "Spittenberg or Spitzenburg." which Is reprinted in "Better Fruit" for March, 1912. Your leaning Is toward the lat ter spelling, being the nomenclature the United States Agricultural Depart ment employs, and It is also so given by Webster. . Will you kindly permit a few wards regarding 'this, not for contradiction. but In the Interests of accuracy? Let us "prove all things: hold fast that which Is good." The Departments at Washington are not free from error, and the Rouge River, In Southern Oregon, so named from Its beautiful and fertile red soils, seems doomed by a clerical error to jro forever branded as Rogue River, witn all that the word complies. Nor is custom or common usage any safe guide always. Leonard Fuchs discovered the fuchsia, and It vas named for him, "fook-sia," but Is rarely so called now. Charles Muncky In vented the "Muncky-wrench," but even Webster gives It "monkey-wrench. Harsh, or coarse radish has become "horse-radish." and you can buy it with a picture of a horse on the bot tie! Now anyone will concede that Spitz enberg is a German word and com posed like many others in tha; very adaptive and guttural language. "Burg' is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning t fortified town, but in common usage. a town, while "burg" (buerg) means a castle or citadel. "Berg" (Anglo-Saxon and German) is a mountain or hill. . "Spitz" means pointed. Hence the spitz dog (Pomeranian), so called from bis erect ears and sharp, or pointed muzzle. "Spitz" is point, top, peak, or summit, and "Spitzen is to point it. e, to make something pointed). "Spltz- berg" is a peak, and "bergspltze," lop of mountain. "Spitzbergen" 13 tile group of North Arctic Islands, and was likely so called from its serrate 1 ana laKsred mountains, perhaps by its Dutch discoverer. Barents (1596.) Clearly It would seem that the" word Is "Sultzenberg." and meanj the sum mlt or top of a hill, or mountain, rather than thS top of a casus or town. "SDltienburgr" would be part Qernua and part Anglo-Saxon, and so not probable combination or compound. Now. it is possible the apple was named for some town or locality in Germany or elsewhere; but the apple growers, generally, will hope it was so called because grown on the hills where It catches the sun's rays that give its beautiful color. And since, alsc. It is adoDted bv horticulturists as the standard of excellence In apples. It would seem to be very appropriately named "top of the mountain" apple, Spltzenberg. , GEO. H. WEST. DEMOCRAT HAS GRAVE SISPICIO.X Railroad Influence Snggeated by Af filiations of Two Candidates. PORTLAND. April 12. (To the Ed itor.) My attention has been called to the seeming condition that confronts us. Ono of our aspirants for the United States Senate (Walter M. Pierce) Is the manager of the Hot Lake Sana torium at Hot Lake. Or. Upon inquiry at the O.-W. R. & N. ticket office of this city I am told that the rate there and back Is 818.50, and every round trip ticket has in it a coupon giving the holder a rebate In the form of (6 in board at that resort. When questioned by two prominent and trustworthy citizens, of Portland, how this came about, and that no other resort, or other stations were thus favored, and that no cash rebate in lieu of the $8 In board would be al lowed, they were told by the agent thai the O.-W. R. & N. Co. were the owners of the Hot Lake Sanatorium. Now if this is true, are the Democrats of Oregon being lined up to support a candidate of the company? If not true. how is it that the railroad company can mak'e such dis crimination to a private individual? Again Mr. Pierce has said to various parties, that the Hot Lake Sanatorium was assisting him in his "Swing Around the Circle and paying expenses. If the corporation can dictate the nominees of both parties they need have little fear of who Is elected United States Senator next November. I am also told that O. P. Coshow, another aspirant for the same office, is, or lately was an attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, another ..branch of the Harriman sys tem. I think it behooves every voter to closely scrutinize this matter, .and see to It that statement No. 1 has not been enacted In vain, or that the rail road company does not foist Its favor ites upon the people by taking ad vantage or unholy use of the State ment No. 1 as It would seem they are trying to do. EUGENE PALMER. 1228 Mississippi Avenue, City. CAREFt'L LEGISLATION IS URGED Producer Believes Killing: of Stock by One Firm Is Unwise. CHEHALIS, Wash., April 10. (To the Editor.) I notice Portland contem plates building an abbatoir or turning the slaughtering of all animals over to North Portland. This Is ar very Im portant question, both to the producer and consumer, and if turned over to North Portland will prove very profit able to the companies there, and cause lower prices to the grower and higher to the consumer. Some of our laws that aim to be pro gressive are unjust from lack of thor ough knowledge of the subject by mak ers or the lobby of the Interests. One of the best men of our city, in drawing plans for our first high school to have solid floors specified s-incn ry iz-mcn , to 2x6 studding, 16 Inches apart. Most of our street improvement resolutions supposed to be for the benefit of our city and its property-owners border closely on confiscation and make the cost about double their value. Idaho's dairy laws for the sale of milk, passed a few days ago, would never have been passed -by Intelligent, honorable producers and consumers, and If. enforced, add heavily to the cost of distribution. Portland has been a cltv of cheap meat to the consumer. and should be very careful not to place the killing in the hands of a few pow erful companies that will be nearly cer tain to advance prices to the consumer and send outside of the state for most of their stock. L. K. COGSWELL. Not a Real Throw. New York Press. Joseph H. Choate. at a banquet in New York., told a story about a pair of sweethearts. "Two young girls," he said, "were drinking tea at 6herry's when a young man passed. As he passed the first girl blushed, displayed a beautiful ring on her white hand and murmured: " 'Well. Jack and I are to be married Easter week.' "'But.' said the other girl. I thought you had thrown Jack over!" "'Oh, so I did," the first replied, 'but but you know how a girl throws.' " A South Pole Deduction. Washington (D. C.) Star. "So you discovered great mountains at the South Pole?" said the geograph ical expert. "Yes." replied the explorer. .nr.ii ,' pnori. When we eret through' with the usual polar argu ment, we can start in on a. mountain climbing controversy." ROOKIES FIGHT AS WELL AS AXY Ex-Serice-nt CompaVea Guardsmen With Regular Troop a. PORTLAND, Or, April 12. (To the Editor.) Will you let a young-old soldier break into print to encourage young Mr. Guardsman who had a let ter In The Oregonlan April 10? He seems to be somewhat discouraged, and getting "cold feet" about some thing General Chaffee said. Now, son, don't pay any attention to him; he is a regular Army man, and of course he don't like militiamen. The guardsman confesses that he knows the whole thing about being a soldier, and says he knows "who to look to for orders and how to carry them out" when he gets them. That is about all there is to it. That is the principal thing a soldier has to learn. I am an ex-regular. When war was declared with Spain in 189S, I was Just finishing a three years' enlist ment at Vancouver, in the 14th Reg ular Infantry, so "I held up" my hand again" and went along to the Philip pines on the first expedition, under General T. AL Anderson. The regiment consisted of eight companies, then 1st and 2d battalions, 3 battalion. I. K, L and M Companies were skeleton. They took men from the 1st and 2d battalions for non-commissioned of ficers for the 3d battalion. That left the old companies about thirty men to the company. We were recruited up to 100 men to the company. Now who were these 70 men? They were civilians and militiamen. Such was the regular Army at that time. All the other regular regiments were the same. So one might say all tha troops, except the regular officers, were volunteers or militiamen. What was done then can be done again as often as necessary. Did any of them lay down then? Not by any means, and the American soldier never will. The regular Army officer who mus tered the Washington State Volun teers in said, "They ' are nothing but a kindergarten." What did General King say about. thiB same "kinder garten" when he ordered them to the rear and they charged instead? He said, "There goes the American soldier and all hell can't stop him." That Is what you are. Guardsmen an American soldier, and when you start there is no stopping, whether you are regular, militia or civilian. It is bred In the American and he can "lick any army in the world" with an even show. Simply because a regi ment is only a militia outfit, that is no reason that it is not efficient in fighting. It may not drill as nice, or salute General Chaffee quite so grace fully as do regulars, but when It comes to business the regiment is there with the goods and there to stay. I went through the Spanish-American campaign, the Philippine insur rection, and the Chinese Relief expe dition (under General Chaffee) as a sergeant, and had all chances in the world to see how men act under fire. I discovered that the rookie is as good as the regular Army man any day when it comes to a close place. AN EX-'SERGEANT, REGULAR ARMY. HOGS AXD DRY LAND ALFALFA. Klickitat Farmrn Find Conditions Ideal for Producing Pork. GOLDEXDALE, Wash., April 11. (To the Editor.) The Oregonlan's recent editorial on the production of pork in Western Oregon was extremely inter esting, because it dealt with vital fac tors cost and health. I want to say here that the condi tions for producing hogs in Klickitat County, Washington, seem to be almost ideal. There is an abundance of good water, and that on almost every ranch. At this time the alfalfa fields (unir rlgated) afford splendid pasture for sows and pigs, and It is remarkable how well the mothers and their fine litters of pigs do on this forage crop and a little dry ground feed or rolled wheat. They lay on pounds of flesh about as cheaply as can be produced under any ordinary farm conditions. Klickitat farmers are surely awak ening to their opportunities in this line of stock-raising, and the acreage that will be sowed to dry-land alfalfa this season will double that of laat year, which was about 150U acres; and the herds of swine are being looked after, too, with Increased interest. The plan Is not let so much wheat go to waste In the wheat stubble, and also keep on the farm a lot of the grain that In past years has been hauled to mar ket. The other day as pretty a sight as has been seen in many days was a fine bunch of shotes farrowed late last Summer, scampering across an 80-acre wheat field that was growing mucli faster than necessary, and every move of each thrifty pig Indicated health, splendid growth and prosperity for their owner for they were laying on riork for almost nothing per pound. The principal outlay, as suggested in vour editorial, was a "hog tight" fence to Inclose the fields. Klickitat Coun ty's new slogan will be "Alfalfa, Wheat and Hogs." and this trio when properly combined will produce the richest farm district In the Northwest. JAMES A. DOBMAS. A Pleasure of Contrast. Washington (D. C.) Star. "Are you fond of Chinese art?" "Not exactly fond of it." replied the man who is frank. "But I derive a great deal of satisfaction from it. Every time I see an Orlenal picture i go out doors and feel happy because people and things look so different." Photo of Machine Vibratlona. Chicago Inter Ocean. Photography to measure and record the vibrations of a machine or bonding is the purpose of a simple apparatus Invented in England. New Special Features For The Sunday Oregonian Railroads for Alaska An illustrated full pas;e of timely interest and importance on the plans laid by the United States Government to take up gigantic task. MathewBon'a Big League Stories In his twelfth article the Giants' star pitcher takes up notable instances where the "inside" game has failed. , Songs of the Cowboy A collection of ballads peculiar to the dash ing man of chaps and daps. Domesticity on a Throne A close-range study of Queen Mary and how she dominates through the subtle quality of domesticity. The Marriage Proposal Laura Jean Libbey contributes another of her articles on the subject of love and marriage. Fables in Slang George Ade concludes his present series with an uproariously funny fable about "two unfettered birds and how far they flew." Grim Conp Brings Success An unusual letter from a St. Peters burg correspondent giving the real inside story of Artist Protazy's climb to fame. Two Complete Short Stories "The Man the Fly Lit On," tit story of a real hero, and "A Mountain Phillipa," a drama of the Southern mountains. The Jumpups Mr. Jumpup goes up in his new aeroplane and in cidentally comes down again. . New frolics and adventures by Sambo, Hairbreadth Harry, Slim Jim, Mrs. Timekiller and Mr. Boss. Anna Bello has new cut out clothes, and there is a catchy puzzle in colors for the' children. Sam and Frank By Dean Collins. Within the East, full wonder-struck, They watch the ways of Jonathan, And marvel at his "no campaign" And say, "Since politics began : There never yet was such a freak As this indeed, 'tis quite uniqe. Alone he stands; no friends to thank.' (They o'erlook Uncle Sam and frank.) "No mad spellbinders," thinks the East, "Storm round, the voters to beguile; No ardent friends produce the means To place great reams of stuff on file; J. Bourne no fund of cash expends. Makes no campaign, and asks no friends To line up voters in his rank " (They o'erlook Uncle Sam and frank J Ah, 'Tis a pity, while Bourne strives To wait the outcome quite quiescent. Nor stump the state on his campaign, Nor freely spend the shining besant; In spite of this he can't maintain His policy of "no campaign." He can't restrain that helpful crank. His Uncle Sam nor also, frank. Oh, many letters frank hath given To Uncle Sam to bear away . And scatter wide o'er Oregon In every house where voters stay; And so, though Jonathan may seek Through "no campaign" to be unique. He Just can't make. misfortune grave His Uncle Sam and frank behave. Portland, April 12. As "Ed" Howe Sees Life The driver's seat In an automobile Is as hard to get out of as a scandal. How long idle gossip is rcmemhered! People still recall that story on Baron Munchausen. Many people are greedy who lack old Rockefeller's abiltty to gratify it. Good looks are not so important to a man. In the case of a man, people ask how much he's made, rather than how much he's made up. The wide popularity of the Joke about people sleeping in church must greatly annoy preachers. Little wonder that minstrel jokes about marriage always go. When it comes to marriage, everyone has been, is or is thinking about it. A terrible account is given of the suffering of Dives, the rich man. Still, everyone is willing to run tho Dives risk. People think they are charitable enough if they say they don't believe more than half the mean stories told on a man. An insurgent is always a loud talker. PLEA FOR CLEAN MAN IN OFFICE Good Citizens Creed to Register and Vote for Evans. PORTLAND, April 9. (To the Edi tor.) From one end of this county to the other, the voters should solidly unite at this election to keep the office of District Attorney from falling Into the hands of any man who has a repu tation for dishonesty. Jury-bribing and graft. The better element must arise to this occasion and meet the Issue face to face. We cannot - afford to scatter and divide the vote of the bet ter element, and, by so doing permit a champion of graft and dishonesty to ride into office. Let us here unite upon a man for the office of District Attorney, one who is capable, energetic, honest and trusted. This man is Walter H. Evans, who Is fighting for the cause of good government, for morality, and honesty in high places. We can ill afford to fail to elect this man, but. be it not forgotten, every man who has the best interest of this county at heart must work for the election of Mr. Evans and do all that nr.n tn IndnrA ntllPTC to Unite Wittl him in advancing the cause for which Mr. Evans is fighting. 1 am pieasea to hear the sentiment all over the city in favor of Mr. Evans, and I hope that all good citizens will feel it a duty to advance 'the interests of clean and tTnnurtial orovernment bv standing for Mr. Evans for District Attorney. Much might De aone Dy arousins mo voters as to the necessity of their registering at once, as the registra tion will soon close. It is a singular fact that there is a certain class of' n.h. q ra flhnv, crivinfir their influ ence for tha good of the community by going to tne pons ana vuims- m rule, this class consists of law-abiding rV vnti when a machine politician is looking tor office, the worst element is at his back and goes to the polls to a man. It is this indif ference on tne pari oi me ui-uci ce ment that does much to put the ma chine politicians in power. It is our duty to elect Walter H. Evans to the office of Distrtct At torney and let us unite to do so, and, above all else, let us discharge a duty that we owe to the county In which we nve that of casting our vote. B. L. B. A Home Atmosphere. New York Sun. Gillet The people in the flat above us are constantly fighting. Perry Doesn't your wife object? Gillet No; she likes to have a fuss made over her. Where She Mlsaed Her Chance. Boston Trascrlpt. Mrs. Youngwife (to tramp) You al ways seem to enjoy eating niy food, but mv husband is never suited with it. Tramp Ah, mum. ain't It a pity you dldn t meet me im-i.