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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OKEGONIAN, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1913. 8 FORTTAjn. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postoffiee as second-class matter. Subscription Ratea Invariably In Advance. . (BY MAIL.) Dally. Sunday Included, one ycr- -!? Dally. Sunday Included, six months.... --; Dallv. Sunday included, tnree montns.. Daily. Sunday Included, one montn.... ' Daily, without Sunday, one year- S YX Daily, without Sunoay. lx months.... a.-o Dally, without Sunday, three montna.. Daily, without Sunday, one month .wj Weekly, one year 50 Sunday, one year - Sunday and Weekly, one vear (BY CARRIER.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year...... -00 Dally. 8unday included, one montn " How to Remit Send Postoffiee money or. " "pYeJ? order or personal check rJ local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at thr'sedr:. risk. Give postoffiee address In full, including county and state Postage Katre Ten to 14 pages, 1 " 1 Sl5 pages. 2 cents; SO to 40 page. S cents; 40 to 80 pages, 4 cents. iorelgn postage, double rate. Eastern Busineaa OfHces Verree & Conk lin. New York. Brunswick building. Chi cago. Steger building. ..j.ii r-o San Francisco Office R. J Bldwell Co, T42 Market street. a. Enropraa Office No. S Regent street a. W., London ' PORTLAND. Till KKDAV, FEB. 1913- THE CINDERELLA OF THE UNION. No good American can read the story of our treatement of Alaska, as told by Alfred Holman In the Century Magazine, without a blush of shame. Bought from Russia because that em pire feared that It would fall Into the hands of Great Britain and make the Pacific Ocean a British lake. Alaska was all but forgotten by our own Gov ernment for twenty years. No real administration was provided and the saying was literally true: "There is no law of God or man north of 63." Then the Oregon laws were made to apply. Just as a makeshift. But even this shameful neglect could not restrain the American pio neer from exploring and seeking out the wealth of the country, as he had gone into one wild land after another until the Pacific Ocean checked his progress. He has advanced from year to year, law following with lagging step to secure his personal safety and title to the property he had acquired when might alone gave right, and to provide those first essentials of com munication roads, trails, postal and telegraph facilities. No sooner did the Government make a beginning at pro viding these primitive necessities than pioneers rushed in and set eagerly to work to add copper and coal to the torrent of wealth In gold, fish and furs which had been pouring out In volume enough to pay the pur chase price of the whole territory twice every year. Capital, more wide awake than Government, followed the pioneers and was about to Increase this stream Immeasurably, when Gov ernment, alarmed by the cry of mo nopoly, reached out its restraining hand and called "Halt!" For seven years Western Alaska has been in cold storage awaiting the de cision of the Government whether, and how, the capitalists who followed the pioneers shall be allowed to develop its wealth. That the capitalists are willing to meet the conservationists more than half way Is shown by the suggestion of Jacob Schlff that coal be mined, and Umber cut. under lease for a royalty to be fixed by a Govern ment commission, which might even decide what percentage of profit the lessees should be allowed to earn. Sec retary Fisher has recommended prac tically the same plan, with the proviso . i . .i r-ni...nmani hiillrl the rail roads, lease them to operating com panies, and control rates; msu u the Government develop a coal mine to supply the Navy and to act as a check on the rapacity of the corpora tions. Alaska Is ready to accept t.-. t.. nut Pinehot would socarefully husband the resources of that territory that he would lease oniy five or ten-acre tracts of coal land to Blngle individuals, and would limit pro duction of each tract to "say, a thou sand or two thousand tons per year." Of this proposal Mr. Holman sar castically says: . i. m J hi. nl.n Mr. rincntii w vu.u ' ' more complete by requiring that there . Kannn .f MIIOT bS- snouia we , tween the socks and the neckties of the workmen employed, ana tnni tne tou. u. limited to oyster-ioraa iuu tiw Alaska Is worse than the Cinderella of the Union. Cinderella was com r.uaA w her cruel sisters to work. Alaska works eagerly as much as her sisters will allow her ana, notwun-...to- ail ttiA handlcaDa thev nut upon her, has exported fifty times her purchase price, sne asKs to oe ai-irtT.-.J tn An mora work and to multiply this total several times, but her sisters deny her even that poor privilege. She must sit with her hands folded while the doctrinaires haggle about terms. Th attitude of our Government to ward the pioneer has greatly changed since the days when it offered him 640 acres of land If he would only come to Oregon and live on u, out towaru the Alaska pioneer the attitude has always been one of consistent neglect. ELECTION LAW CHANGES. Amendments to the election laws as proposed In a bill prepared by the bec r.iarv of State's office. Speaker Mc Ar thur and Representative Hall, while Important, do not depart from the principles of government heretofore adopted In Oregon. Rather, they pro pose a picking up of loose ends re vealed by practical experience with popular go-ernment. Dates heretofore selected for the .inoiriff- of r.clsf m Hon books and filing of nominating and Initiative petitions have not given surricieni time tnere .ft., fni fho caxrvinsr out of the elec tion duties. Imrrased on administrative offices, particularly in the mailing of Information to voters ana preparation . k.iint. it f. therefore rjrODOsed to close the registration books a little earlier and require petitions to oe men prior to a period which, it has been loomed is essential to the proper per formance of formal or merely clerical duties. Relief for overworked election boards in the larger precincts is pro posed, this to be accomplished by pro viding additional Doaros. xne vuuus Hav l. ma to be lengthened one hour. Supervision by the Secretary of State over the mechanical details of initia tive petitions; changes In the form of the direct legislative pamphlet, more prominence to the verification of petl tnn aicrnariirea. and similar matters provided in the measure go only Into details and inconsistencies tnat now tend to make the election machinery Inaccurate or cumbersome. Probably the only change advocated In the measure that In practical appll A.tn wmiiil attract the notice of the voters in general is that which fixes the date of the primary election, in stead of setting tne primary in rresi tential years In April and the primary "off veara" In SeDtember. as at pres ent, the law would fix a uniform date on the third Friday in May. It Is un doubtedly advisable to have the Presi dential primary nearer the date of Na tional conventions than at present. National political developments some times come with suddenness and the voters should have the full benefit of all the information that can be given by candidates lor delegate as i" men stand on new issues or new aspirants for the Presidential nomination. As for elections in the "off year," there is more ground for controversy. Both the long campaign and the short campaign have their advocates. But in rimcrnn wh.rA the nublic mind is devoted not only to consideration of candidates but to numerous measures as well, the longer campaign ought to Krt nniiiiclvp to hroader information and sounder judgment as to the mat ters that are finally determined at me polls In November. PROTECTING JOSEPH ITILS. i .-oif at T.r Grande. sDeaking through, the editorial columns of the Observer (Bull Moose, ana tnereiore Progressive with a large P). speaks truth about the frantic objections of Mr. U'Ren and the TTRenic clacque to the legislative proposal to haul them tH .1 urmli flivav from the Fels soap barrel. The Observer observes: Those who are opposing a bill to prevent outside money being expended in Oregon, in . . .. . .-, .fnirlA tax. and at the same time claiming to be advo cates or tne new zorm oi pomicaj i"uu'' eem to be very Inconsistent. The whole essence of the nprtslng In Oregon, known as the Oregon system. Is bsaed on the use of money In campaigns. People revolted against money in politics, and to carry out the Idea in Its purest xorm cwnpi" .-..if. ,h. hmai, iiit more than or dinary every-day transactions. -Toanh Fein should rise ud and call nDCTn t jointure, blessed if it shall enact the proposed legislation; Tor the nrst result oi tne act win tr. nmtar-t that mlsuruided Droducer from the horde of hungry parasites who have been getting money from him without giving an aaequaie re turn, or any return. The more money Fels puts in Oregon, the more remote the prospect of single tax; the quieter the FeU brigade, the less suspicious o n itohla is the nublic and the greater chance of "putting something" over like the pou-iax iraua oi uiv. mr TT-Tfen hius ostentatiously sep arated himself from the Fels fund, just in time. But there is notning in the proposed measure to prevent the nhltanthrnnli. Tels from mftk i fl IT a fat contribution to the great campaign of the devoted U Ken ror txovernui uu a single-tax platform. LTFE JOBS FOB TEACHERS. "There is such a universal cry for more freedom and liberty for every man," said the great Samuel Johnson, over n oenturv aro. "that soon there will be no liberty or freedom for any man." There Is nothing new under the sun. The clamor grows for less restraint uoon the citizen and less and less authority. Let us have no gov ernment because our governors some times abuse their power. .Let us nave no more well-to-do men because there are so many poor. Let us abolish the Legislature because legislators are often grafters. Let us have other laws, for the laws we have are not generally obeyed. Let nobody rule anybody, and we shall reach the golden Utopia at last. Now it Is the schoolteachers who fear the ruthless school machine, and therefore they purpose to set up a machine of their own. They have a little bill up at the Legislature which will In effect give them life Jobs in Portland, for it will practically taice ..T.nw the nowpr nf the directors or superintendent to dismiss them after they shall have passed a two years' probationary service, men tney are to hold on forever, unless after a trial hiiiii in hv manv savintr conditions they shall be dismissed. The burden of proof against any teacher is tnus placed upon the directors, who must mat. out n soecific case on definite charges. The directors who may de sire to drop a teacher or principal on the sufficient ground of unntness, or inoomoetence. or laziness, or general worthiessness, will be helpless. They must publicly give their reasons ano publicly justify them. if ih. Id unvthlnar the matter with the present Portland School Board, It is possible through legislation or otherwise to get a new board. But the if..tannr. orhcmfl Is not a movement against the authority of a particular school board, but or any scnooi Donru. The real complaint against the Port land school directors is not that they have dropped too many principals and teachers, but too few. POLICE WORK IN A GREAT CITY. Recent scandals have turned much attention to the New York Police De-nai-tment and have thus iriven unusual Interest to the annual report of Com missioner Waldo. That officer is in reality the commander of an army, for he has 10.371 men and women on the active force under his orders, besides 268 civilians. These men are charged nrith the nrotection of life and prop erty In a city of. about 5.250.000. They are organized in a military lorm mooi fieH to iiit the remilrements of Dolice rvlce. Thev occudv 143 buildings worth 38.354.000 and use numerous automobile patrol wagons, each of which does the work of three horse 'sroni. A special mail car distrib utes the department's moll and the po lice have their own teiegrapn, tele phone and signal systems. The B-rnftirifl' scandals have given the New York police force so bad a reputation that it Is but just to re member that one of the grafters has admitted that only a small proportion of the force is dishonest and to recall that good record for efficiency made In 1912. Though their numbers In proportion to population are less than those or tne ponce or jjon on Trls Chleaa-o. Toklo. Philadel phia, Glasgow, Munich, Amsterdam or Dublin, the New tore rorce maae 170,375 arrests In the last year, an increase of 16,607; increased convic tions of prisoners arrested by detec tives 47 per cent; decreased complaints of assault and robbery 38 per cent; increased arrests for that crime 84 per cent and convictions 65 per cent; de creased complaints of burglary, 7 per cent, while It increased arrests for that crime 30 per cent and convictions 64 per cent. It recovered 54 per cent of the property reported lost In addition to prevention and detec tion of crime and arrest of criminals the police render much help to those In distress. Of 3699 persons reported missing they located and returned 3012. They aided 40,271 sick and 41.111 Injured persons, found 666 sui cides, 8268 dead persons and 483 drowned and they rescued ninety-four from drowning. They restored 1979 lost children to parents and guardians and sent 1341 to charitable Institu tions. They also picked up 132 found lings. For exceptional bravery five men received honorable mention and medals, eleven received honorable mention alone and sixty-two received commendation. Pensions to the amount of 32,094,879 were paid. A commendable change is the In struction of recruits in humane meth ods of handling prisoners by the appli cation of the elementary principles of, wrestling. This is a decided improve ment on the old practice of clubbing or slugging a refractory prisoner into submission. While not shutting our eyes to the vices of the police system, we should not lose sight of its many merits or of the valuable work it does in New York or elsewhere. When opportunities for corruption exist on every hand, it is impossible entirely to eradicate graft ing and a perversion of the machinery of the law to criminal ends. Sternl reprobating those evils and doing our utmost to extinguish them, we should not confound the Innocent, who com pose the vast-majority, with the guilty, who are but a small minority. To do so would be a grave injustice to a faithful, hard-working body of men. SETTING tP A MUSIC MACHINE. Music is a universal art. and It can hardly be bound down to any defined rule by any local regulation that it may be taught In Oregon only by teachers licensed In Oregon. The "pro fessional musicians" who are endeav oring to set up a music teachers' trust by getting a bill in their own interest through the Legislature are destined to fail. They would require an exam ination before a board ana a license before music can be taught for pay. Thev won Id Ho far more for the public If they would change their proposal to an examination of every potential stu. dent to see if he or sne nas tne capac. itv or e-enfns to benefit by musical training. What mighty sums would thus be saved to doting parents; wnat Incalculable benefit to a patient and long-suffering puouc: We hsii deal Hirtitlv with the mu sicians' .bill, for we suppose that It was conceived in the brain or some Humor ist Why should not anybody set nim- eolf ,,n to tenon mualo. or What he calls music, if he wishes? The public has no proper interest in the matter, except in so far (is it has ears, and it can ordinarily us'i Its own option about listening. The public health or saiety la not involved, nor Its oeace and se curity. Public schoolteachers are ex amined and licensed because tne puD 11c pays; doctors, dentists and the like are evsmlned nnd licensed 80 as to protect the ignorant and the innocent from actual mischief; lawyers are li censed because they are officers of the .mipt and atrnnis nnd trustees of their clients; but musicians are none of these things. The teachers are essen tia Hv nr1vA.te. tutors, and the law of supply and demand rules with them. If we are to fix by law the standard of music teaching and the personnel of the tenohers. the next sten Is to fix a minimum price scale. Is there no end to such roiiyr A WONDKRITTL HORSE. Some acute observations have lately been made by Professor M. v. O Shea, of the University of Wisconsin, upon an educated horse called King Phar aoh. The account of them may be read at large in the Popular Science Monthly for February. King Pharaoh has attained to such intellectual eml nence that he can add, subtract, mul tiply and divide large numbers. More. over, he can answer all sorts of ques tions pertaining to current events and public persons. As a rule the marvel ous horse does these tricks in the pres ence of his trainer, but Professor O'Shea was not satisfied with that ar. ransrement. He insisted upon a test where the animal had to depend upon his unaided resources. The owner consented readily enough on the sur race, but he managed to hedge a little by warning the investigators that, as it was a cool day, the prodigy might be too mischievous to behave well. Still, It was to be expected that he would ac complish at least part of his usual teats, since several great detective geniuses like Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Governor Eberhardt, of Minnesota, had vouched for his astonishing abili ties. As it turned out, he was a total failure. King Pharaoh could do marvelous things when his trainer was with him. When the trainer was absent he was Just as intelligent and Just as stupid as any other horse.. Prodigies of this kind, when they are candidly investi- gated, always turn out In the same way. The animal, be he pig, dog or horse, can perform all sorts of mir acles with the trainer to guide him by subtle signs. Without these signs he is completely lost and can do noth ing at all. Often the indications which guide the wonder-working animal are so subtly minute that the human eye cannot detect them. But animals are far more acute in that matter than men. A quiver of the voice, an infin itesimal twinge of a facial muscle, a glance of the master's eye, something like this is all that Is necessary to give the required suggestion and when it is received the animal mechanism acts upon it Infallibly. Everybody knows how extremely penetrating a dog's ob servation Is. He can read friendship or enmity in sounds and gestures which to human beings are impercep tible. No doubt he draws conclusions from odors which our nasal organs are too gross to detect. Much less can we interpret these obscure indications. The dog Is guided in his actions a great deal more by the nose than by tha eye or ear. Very likely the horse gets impressions through senses which men use comparatively little. It Is certain that touch, for example, means a dozen times as much to a horse as It does to a man. Remembering that the senses reveal to animals a world entirely unlike our own and that they are aware of subtle sounds, smells and movements to which we are dead, It is easy to 'un derstand how an "educated" horse or pig performs his marvels. The train er, often without knowing it, always gives a certain sign with a certain command. The animal unites the two In what serves him for a memory and never falls to do as he is ordered. That Is, he never falls when the trainer is present. But when the prodigy Is left alone with a skeptic like Professor O'Shea, who does not know the proper signs and would not use them if he did, the miracles fail to appear. The lamentable truth is that no animal has any but the most rudimentary Intelli gence. They can be "educated" to as sociate a few, a very few, words with fixed meanings. A pig can carry this process farther, no doubt, than any other beast. Perhaps the dog, with all his disagreeable qualities, comes next and after the dog, at a long distance, comes the pathetic horse, our best friend among "the dumb brothers" and the one we abuse most heartlessly. It is useless to think of educating the lower animals beyond the most ele mentary beginnings, for, in spite of many popular superstitions and mar velous stories, the poor things have no mind, or next to none. Descartes taught that they were pieces of pure mechanism Incapable even of feeling pain. Unhappily this Is not true. They can suffer In our service, but they can not think and they remember hardly at all. If they could remember how they would hate mankind! But, by tne mercy of Providence, a horse forgets today what he underwent yesterday and faithfully slaves for the master who beat and starved him. He will even caress the arm that tortured him. Nothing is more wearisome to peo ple of sense than a long exhibition of "educated" animals. Usually one feels certain that boundless cruelty has been practised in teaching them their poor tricks, though that is not always the case. But it IS always true mi uie tricks are in themselves petty and that most of the marvel In them Is im Dosture. Dr. Johnson said contemptu ously of such an exhibition that "the only wonder was to see animals do their feats at all. Nobody could ex pect them to be done well." It Is passably interesting to see a trained horse or pig do sums In arithmetic for a few minutes, but to ait out a whole evening witnessing performances of that kind Is entertainment for maniacs. Still there is one lesson which an Intelligent mind can draw even from these futile performances. If care and patience will produce such impressive results In animals, which have no minds to speak of, what ougnt like care and patience, not to pro duce in children who have minds in superabundance 7 How much sleep does a man need? It depends on his age, his occupation and his general make-up. President elect Wilson says he needs nine hours a day in order that his mental ma chinery may work with precision, but it is doubtful whether he will get so much. Taft does not. He seldom re tires before midnight and Is usually awakened by his secretary about day light, but he takes an occasional nap In the daytime. The man who can go to sleep and awaken at will is fortun ate. It Is related of Wellington that he could lie down, resolved to sleep four hours, fall asleep Immediately and awake at the time he had set, but few men can thus compose both mind and body for rest. We observe that we have sadly hurt the feelings of the Medford Mall- Tribune by referring to Its "impover ished pages." The Medford paper ap pears to think that The Oregonian was so unethical as thus to call public at tention to its out-at-elbows condition. Far be it from us to strike a contem porary when It is down, or even on its way down. The reference to "impov erished pages" was meant to be to the intellectual indigence of our bellowing friend. That is all. Doubtless It Is not surprising that the allusion should be misinterpreted,, in the circumstances; therefore we beg to withdraw the re mark and substitute vacuous obliquity. The Governor of Maine, In his mes sage to the Legislature, puts the Sum mer resort business third in the list of th state' Industries. Manufacturers come first, then farming, then Summer boarders, who require an investment of 350,000,000. This Industry has not yet attained imposing dimensions in Oregon, but it will in a few years. When this state has hotels at Its beau tiful mountain resorts as good and cheap as Switzerland's, it will stride far ahead of Maine In the tourist and vacation business. At the University of Illinois the feet of 1000 girl students have been critic ally examined and out of the lot not one Is perfect. Worse still, none ever will be perfect until there Is a thor-oiio-hcolnir reform of women's shoes. So says the physical director who made the examination. In modern times, as far as we can learn, there has been but one woman who had Ideally symmet rical feet. Her name was Trilby. The pain of producing deformed feet is in tense and lasting, but women seem to enjoy It. A new International Harvester Com pany has been incorporated with capi tal of 370,000.000, Just half of the amount of stock of the old company. The object of the change is not stated, but is, no doubt, In the line of better results. "I. H. C." has been called a trust, and it possibly is one in the everyday acceptance of the term; yet it has cheapened the cost of varied Im plements to the American farmer and done much toward making two blades grow where before there grew but one. It seems likely enough that within a month or two the unsavory negro reprobate. Jack Johnson, will be shut up In prison, perhaps for several years. The country will experience a blessed relief if this happens, out it win oe only partial. What Is wanted to purify lh. oli. and eliminate the Odor Is a wholesale Jailing of the unspeakable crew or white toadies ana muscie wor shipers who have inflated Johnson's vanity by trotting at his heels. Why should legislators object to making a holiday of Lincoln's blrth--i n at a nrevlous session the MIL.. , O . .... V. v.. I birthday of Columbus was ordered to be observed? . If we have too many, why not cut out all except Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day ano tjnrisi 1 TUaehfno-ton is Ww SfV than CO lumbus and Memorial Day has lost Its significance. Revision is in oraer. J. Bruce Ismay, who became un niAaMntitr Vnown to the American people In connection nrltti the Titanic disaster, will retire from the presi dency of the International Mercantile Marine Company on June 30. The verdict on Ismay has been rendered by public opinion, although courts of Inquiry exonerated him from blame. Remembering the days of his youth, County Superintendent Armstrong says there must be no more corporal pun ishment. Certainly, moral suasion is best sitting with the girls or at teacher's feet, for example. Pity the man driving a mule team on a country road! The use of pro fanity is now a crime In Oregon. Not even the pedestrian can express him self when a speedbreaker covers him with dust. ' That young Maryland wife who de clares against kissing and says she has never been kissed by husband or par ents will some day meet an affinity and work overtime. The bill fixing life imprisonment for a third offense needs addition of a little trimming, as a convict seldom serves all his life under customary procedure ' Tombstone prices have bec-n ad vanced. We shall soon be pinched by the high cost of dying. No baseball on Sunday would drive the fans to drink. Stars and Star makers Br Leoae Caaa Baer. When the curtain goes up on the first scene of "Mother." Mary Edgett. lovely and flushed, is discovered bending in dustriously over an ironing board and plying an electric iron merrily up and down Its length. From the front of the house It appears that Miss Edgett Is Ironing some of the heterogenous collection of feminine apparel that adorns the sewing-room In artistic con fusion, but a visit behind the scenes t'other night revealed the fact that the domestic Miss Edgett pi esses out a few of her personal belongings at each first act. Last night was ribbon night, and she' gathered up all she could find. "If only 'Mother" would run for two weeks I'd get caught up with all my pressing," sighed the enterprising ac tress. Juliette Lange, of "The Rose Maid" company, is well known in Portland so cially, as well as for her professional work. Miss Lange Is a cousin of Mrs. Robert E. Farrell. of 816 Johnson street, and Is to be much entertained during her present stay by the friends she made on her previous visits with Blanche Ring In "The Tsnkee Girl," with Mme. Schumann-Helnk In "Love's Lottery" and with Grace Van Studdl ford In "The Golden Butterfly." A' thougb Miss Lange now considers her self an American, both her parents we . of foreign birth and both of great mu sical talent. Her father was a Russian tenor of reputation, and her mother was Ida Auwerde, a Swedirb. prima donna Miss Lange pronounces her name as if spelled Langey. Eddie Foy, with the coy smile and a bevy of South American Tango dancers, arrives In "Over the River," on May 29. e e .Tnhn Port' nroductlon of "The Iron Door" is to open at the Thlrty-ninth-Street Theater this w , with Frank- lvn TInderwod in the leadina- role. It Is hv Allen Davis and Is described as a play in a prologue .and three acts. It Is the first of Mr. Corfs productions to open In New York this season, with the exception of "Peg o' My Heart," at the Cort Theater, and, singularly enough opens during the same week that Mrs. Leslie Carter, also under r. Cort's direction, appears In repertoire at tne West End. Sousa's new opera, the Glassblowers," which Is under Mr. Cort's management, is also expected to play a New York engagement soon. rharlea R. Whltwell. manager of the "Puss in Boots" company at the Or niiAum wo . horn and raised In Port land. When a lad he served as office boy In the business ottlce of The Ore gonian and later was an usher In the Marquam Grand Theater. His father. William Whltwell, Is a pioneer oi ron land and at 76 is hale and hearty. Whltwell. 6r, lives at Park and Har rison streets. Mrs. J. P. Gllllland, also a resident of Portland, Is a sister of .v- n.nare- of the vaudeville com pany. Young Whltwell left Portland in 1898 with the Hy Henry min. romnanv and thereafter was electrician with companies headed by Rogers Brothers. Fay Templeton, Lulu leaser. vi.inr Moore. Olsra Nethersole and Ida Fuller. When Ida Fu'ler was at the Orpheum one year ago Whltwell was ... .itwnlan In her snectacular danc ing act.- Gertrude Taylor, who takes the part of a boy In "Puss m bools, was prima donna of "The Photoshop," a headline attraction Been at the Or pheum here a few seasons ago. e John Webster, who arrives tonight In "Broadway Jones." said to be me cneer fulest play of the season. Is a son of a famous mother. Nellie Mcrlenry. wno - medienne and soubrette. Is re membered from one end of the country to the other. r-oionel K. A Broden Is In Portland in advance of Adeline Genee, who comes . . i . . j 1 1 nn T.,i,av 11 and IS. to tno neii'B w" i " j , Mr. ' Broden was for several years at the head of the booking department ror Hon W. Savasre. He was In Port land last season as manager of Elsie .Tones and Joe Cawthorne in Tne win Princess." He has Just arrived from ka Vnrk and savs that Laurette Tay lor, who used to tour the Pacific Coast in "ten-twent-thlrt" presentations of "The Silver King" with her then hus band, Charlie Taylor, is the toast of New York showdom In "Peg o' My Heart." Hartley Manners, the play's author, is Miss Taylor's nresent hus band, an annexation she made while playing In San Francnsco stock and kept secret for several months. F. T. Buell, ahead of Alice Lloyd in "The R03e Maid," Is In Portland. a e The San Francisco Dramatic Review gives an accounting of an exciting ad venture In which an active part was taken by Roy Clements, who was one of Cathrlne Countlss' Company last Summer. Here's the story: There Is a strained feeling between Roy Clements and Bert Lytell. of the Alcazar Company. For two weeks Lyetll has been smarting over the fact that the honor of the performance was generally accorded to Clements for his masterly portrayal of the role of Blackio Daw in Get-Rich-Quick Walllngford." and the consequent failure of the press to recognize his own supremacy. Last Saturday after the matinee Lytell worked himself Into such a state that he -iinnteji a fist under the Clements eye. Clements, taken unaware, was dazed for a moment, and then, as ha was getting busy, David Butler gently separated the combat ants. At the same time. Lytell, realizing his mistake, profusely apologized. The apologies were accepted, but there Is a strained feel ingyet. , , Apropos of Madame Bernhardt's late visit, this tidbit about her dearest enemy. Rejane, may be of Interest. It comes via a Paris correspondent: ' Paris. Feb. L The bangle has come back. Mme. Rejane, who Is winning new trlumps in "Alsace," has brought It back in the place where It was first worn by women. The new banagle Is worn just below the left knee, you get Just a glimpse of It through a slash in the silken frock and a shimmer of gossamer beneath. It Is sup posed to be worn as a token; but the latest fad in Paris Is the engagement bangle, which has put the finger ring out of date. Mme. Rejane wore a beautiful gold and enamel "knee bracelet" at a soiree in her honor by artistic friends following a per formance of "Alsace." Next night you could have counted the slashed gowns and "tok ens" by the dozen and today by the hun dred Paris believes when a thing Is the thing and to be done at all. It should be done Quickly. Ruth Lechler, a Portland girl. Is play ing second leads with the American stock in Spokane. Her husband. Earl Dwire, Is director with the company. Henry Hall Is leading man. Laura Adams Is the character woman. Margins aa Waralags. Boston Transcript Lady of the House (to tramp) Here are some very nice crusts I trimmed off when I was making sandwiches. Tramp No, thank ye, mum; dey re mind me too much of de cause of me downfall margin. ' SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH REWARDED Dead Gray Mules Seem la Botk Idaho ' and South Dakota. PORTLAND. Feb. 5. (To the Editor.) I note an Inquiry from a reader of The Oregonian who desires to hear from any one who has ever seen a deceased gray mule or a one-legged Chinaman. I also note he has succeeded in locat ing the unfortunate Celestial and Is anxious to "hear from the mule," as he expresses it, "to the end that two much-mooted questions may be satis factorily solved." . While I have not made a particular study of either, I have come in con tact with both live and dead mules and had some experience with the four legged variety, especially one that was gray In color. Whether the shade was natural or due to age I am not able to state, but that the animal was above average in size, possessed of all .h- .ha.tn.tnrlatlit of her race and AD narentlv In the best of health until death, I am certain. The mule, with anotner, was pur chased by my father from an Itinerant i near White Lake S. D.. during the homesteading days of the early 80s. wnen Dotn muies ano wacu were used to a consiaeraDie extent in cultivating the virgin prairie land. After the death of the mate (Just an ordinary mule, both in size and color). which ocourred soon alter tne traoors brief stay. "Jinnle" was utilized as a . ti . . i ' Knth n snodle and LtUiiiiy uw eu, www. - driving purposes when she felt so In clined, utnerwise ner devoted to the bunch grass until death came and she was given greater rest beside her "mate.- As the gentleman who desires this i...iit npnmlflAfl Information of "real, general Interest" regarding mules and Chinamen, I will be pleased to furnish such additional particulars as are within my power and verify them through others wno survives mo - shlps experienced in the early settle ment of the section referred to. WILLIS S. swliflSUM, 15 North Ninth Street The Sad Demise la Idaho. DOr-n OTaah TTeh K fTO thfl Edi tor.) I have read Mr. Duncan's letters in The Oregonian, in wnicn ne asKs iu I ' .-V. .3 nrHn h fl M R At n a r J.1 u.u n.ny wvj dead gray mule. I have seen several dead gray mules. in aiiy, 1000. Hot Spring creeK, ner.r jweu-uuiu. '.... T Um nna 1 ml lOTn hflta And SUUlIlCiU JiiL.nu, t-ua . ' belonged to a man named James Moore. I could cite otner instances, dui iuu will no doubt prove satisfactory. a r .. n,.t.A . Tttt Tt-inofin if ha Is UV. . , V. U . J .u. . " , handling mules, la to keep well In front or tnem unut ne is sure uiey o ucw-a. SCHOOL SYSTEM IS CRITICISED C. B. Morgan Does Believe In High Schoola and Other Things. pnnTT ANn veh. . (To the Ed itor.) I trust that nobody will worry himself greatly over the "congestion In tvio .-hnnli" aa aet forth in The Oregonian on February S. A good many of us who helped to vote oown . v. i tc-i.a Inst Saturday IUU JJ. UUtU uwuw. . .. are of the opinion that a considerable portion or the "congestion exiaia uuu In the Imaginations of the School Di rectors and that the remainder If re mainder thene be--is due to misuse of funds already provided for school pur poses. This latter conviction has been borne In upon us by such uncalled-for : .,-.,0 n - that for the COStlV CijiCllllllUll.. -.. " eight-room school building now being erectea in jonesmore. xne emuc Jonesmore district at present furnishes 1 .. oi .,nlla llttla tota Of the first and second A and B classes, easily taught by the one teacner in cnarge and more than amply housed In the 'Wtohlft" nOW in USA ther6. Any doubter may satisfy himself as to the truth or my statements Dy a vioil to the little schoolroom. We taxpayers would be sorry to appear over-curious, but really we are wondering how the real estate people managed to get this unneeded school building. As betore stated, the Impression is strong in our minds that. In this Instance, as in some others we could mention, our hard earned and hard-spared money is not being wisely used, ir the School Board doubts the strength of this impression, let them call a special election on the million-dollar bond issue and see what will happen. In conclusion, I will say that I have reason to believe that establishment and maintenance or trades schools it properly equipped ror both sexes alike would be Indorsed and weloomed by all. ir the costly high schools were first eliminated. Let the boys and girls pass directly from the grammar schools Into the trades schools and thereby be fitted to earn honest livings throughout their lives. Those who do do not care to enter the trades schools will belong. In most cases, to the classes who are able to pay for higher education and professsional training. Cut out the high schools, use their costly buildings ror the trades schools and our hearts and pocketbooks will open to you. The present school in cubus has grown to about as large pro portions as we Intend to let It grow. The proverbial turning of the worm Is at hand. C. B. MORGAN. MUSIC TEACHERS' BILL DEFENDED Writer Thinks Lavr Should Protect Public From Incompetent. PORTLAND, Feb. 6. (To the Edi tor.) "Musician," whose letter appears in The Oregonian today, deserves a re ply, and I will ask space for that pur pose. The bill for the creation of a State Board of Musical Examiners has the active support or a large and In creasing majority or the musical pro resslon of this state. It secures legal recognition and protection" to all teachers of music, thus raising the musical profession to the position now occupied by the legal, medical and other learned professions. Should this bill become law It will be impossible for Incompetent and unauthorized teachers to commence business In Ore gon. Not only will capable and reput able teachers secure the recognition to which they are entitled, but the public will be protected against the loss and Injury now resulting from the employment of incompetents. It may be pointed out that the prin ciple of certificated teaching Is already recognized in the public schools of this state, and in fact almost universally throughout the country. Nothing can. be seriously urged against the application or this prln ciple to the teaching or music. The bill absolutely protects the Interests of all those already engaged In teach ing mtisio in the State or Oregon, and at the same time provides a system of certificates for all those who may in the future wish to enter the ranks of the teaching profession. ine Din orentes no' salaried positions, and merely provides for the payment of actual expenses to those entrusted with its operation. No appropriation of money from the State Treasury is asked or desired. Your correspondent speaks of famous teachers, who may wish to spend a vacation In this state, and incidentally give lessons to those oesinng tnem. There is nothing to prevent so doing if thev should hold the state certificate. but I would ask the question: Is It fair that the teachers who are living here all the time, creating the "musical atmosphere," paying the taxes, doing their share of upbuilding and boosting the state, should be deprived or tneir hard-earned rewards by a few famous (often in their own estimation only) teachers who deign to honor the State of Oregon in vacation times only? FREDERICK W. GOODRICH. An Awkward Compliment. London Opinion. She I envy Miss Playne. She plays so well that one forgets how she looks. He But you look so well that one torgets how you play. The Discordant Note By Oeaa Collins. 'Mid Senators stern. Representatives wise. Who argue, discuss and amend and revise. The man who that district this year represents. The district called Blnkleburg, works with Immense Vigor, conferring, discussing, because He feels the grave burden of framing the laws. And worders why all of the work he is at Must be Interierred with, retarded, by that Lone Dinkleburg lobbyist, pest'rlng him still About introducing the dillplckle bill. The anti-trust law and the game laws' revision Are rilling his thoughts and demanding decision: He strides through the hall with his brow corruprated In thought on the school bills to b legislated. Or ponders his ultimate stand In rela tion To such-and-such bill, with its appro priation An hand's on his elbow; a voice In his ear; A thumb in his buttonhole drawing htm near; 'Tls Dinkleburg's lobbyist, maundering still , About Introducing that dlllplokle bill He speeds to the hotel and packs up his trunk. It Has Just been announoed he's to go oa a Junket. En route ror the special he's hailed la the street, A man overtakes him with harrytnaT reel Tls Dinkleburg's lobbyist, on the Jot) still About introducing that dillplckle bill. Returned from the Junket, of all those who meet him. Who first grasps his arm. In the throng there to greet him 'Tls Dinkleburg's lobbyist asking! "When will You start Introducing that dlUpiokla bill?" Asleep or awake or at luaoh or walking. Discussing a bill or on politics talking. That figure each time through the crowd softly edges Reminding of 'lection and pro-cami paign pledges. A thousand big bills are demanding a reading; There's weighty amendment tha tat. utes are needing; He vows he will turn him anew to the work ; A hand grasps his sleeve with an In- sistent Jerk It's Dinkleburg's lobbyist, there with a will. Demands Introducing that dlllplokle bill. Portland. February 6. Half a Century Ago From The oregonian of February 6, 1S63. The Mississippi expedition is reor ganized and consists of largely over 100,000 men, who have been concen trated at Milliken'B Bend, a few miles above Vlcksburg. General McClornand has seized the famous cut-oft, with which It was designed to change the channel of the Mississippi River. The whole is under command of General Grant. The naval accompaniment con sists of not less than 12 gunboats nnd steam rams, besides Admiral Farra guet's immense fleet at Baton Rouge. New York, Jan. 29. The Times gives currency to a statement that Horace Greeley had entered Into personal ne gotiations with M. Mercler for the pro. motion of French Intervention. Canyon creek, near Canyon City, has been prospected for seven or eight miles and its character for richness established. A. J. Billlngsley was drowned two miles below The Dalles on January !!7 by being swept from the deck of a scow. There was a very full attendance at the different engine houses and of the hooks last night to elect officers for the ensuing year. The recruiting office for the Oregon cavalary in this city is under the charge of John F. Noble, Esq. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of February , 1S88. Warhington. Feb. D. Dennis Kearney said tonight that in all probability he would go to Oregon and help the Demo crats there. Chicago, Feb. 5. Preliminary steps ror the rormation ot a corporation whose object is to purchase and remove to this city the famous Llbby Prison, of Richmond, Va., were taken here yes terday. Seattle, Feb. 8. Fire was discovered tonight In the Arlington Hotel, and In a tew minutes the flames had gained astonishing headway. The third story is one mass of names. The building belongs to W. A. Harrington, ot Har rington & Smith. Paris, Feb. 6. Most of the press wel come the pubtfcati'ofT'or the Austro German treaty as likely to estrange Germany and Russia and to bind Rus sia and France. London, Feb. S. Mr. and Mrs. Glad stone have arrived at Cannes. Foundation for an extensive cement factory at Oregon City was commenced on last Saturday. It will be several stories high. Contractor G. W. Hunt returned yes terday Irom Seattle. He has a con tract to build a section ot the Seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern Road from a point 30 miles east of Seattle. The water has receded sufficiently to leave the break In the Tanner Creek sewer completely exposed and It will probably be repaired at once. Potatoes have been selling for a cent a pound of late. Butter still continues dear, a good article selling for II a roll. Eggs are scarcer than hen's teeth and sell at 50 cents per dozen. The season is at hand when the prob lem of how to dispose of the city's garbage will again claim attention. Work on the steamer Telephone No. 2 Is belnir rapidly pushed at the boat yard, near smith's mill. In South Port land. Of Conrae, the Garden of Eden. PORTLAND, Feb. 5. (To the Edi tor.) It affords me no litUe satisfac tion to have my contention, for several years back, that Merlin, in Josephine County, was the original Garden of Eden, backed up by such eminent authority as Professor Charles Hallock of Harvard. My claim for Merlin was not based upon the presence of mono liths, hieroglyphs or other archaeolog ical evidences, but solely upon the cli matic and soil conditions surrounding it And surely the apples produced In that district would be a temptation sufficient to lure any man to bis fall. The location of Klamath Falls, "lying to the east of the Garden or Eden," adds force to the claim or Professor Hallock that it was the city rounded by Cain. CHARLES E. SHORT. With Many Items. Boston Herald. -"Did you hire that plumber I recom mended to you?' "How did he turn out?" "Oh. he filled the bill all right"