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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1913.
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P. Morgan's Influence on the art fact that the use of adjacent Govern
Ideals of hla home city. The same per. I ment land is necessary to the develop.
son embalms the glory of Cadmus, who
Is supposed to have Invented the al
phabet, and of Gutenberg-, who cer
tainly Invented printing;. This shows
progress at the metropolis and when
tve note that he also admits Dante,
ment of water power to be made an
excuse for collecting tax or rent on
power by the Government. We con
tend that water power should be 3e
veloped for the use of the people In'
habiting the adjacent country and that
Shakespeare, Cervantes, Voltaire and Nation and state should co-operate in
Goethe, as well as good old Homer, to restricting rates to a fair return on
his pantheon we really begin to enter- the actual investment and In prevent
ion hopes for the culture of the east. I lng monopoly.
Mr. Strom's list contains only three I "The heart of the conservation
Major-Generals, Caesar, Alexander and movement is development and use,
Gustavus Adolphus, while he puts says Plnchot truly, but he goes on to
down an equal number of scientists, I attribute the criticism of the Forest
Galileo, Franklin and Watts. All this Service to "those whom It has pre-
looks encouraging. If the Sun keeps I vented from grabbing public re'
on it will finally obtain a list of twenty I sources." It is that very morbid dread
w.
rORTLAXD, FRIDAY. FEB. tl, IMS.
THE COMPENSATION DAW.
The workmen's compensation law
enacted by the Legislature is the prod
uct of a commission in which employ
ers, labor and the taxpayers were
equally represented. This commis.
eion gave the subject extended re
search' and sincere consideration. It
would have been Impossible for this or
any other commission to have drafted
a compensation bill that would coin
cide with the views of everybody.
While America has drawn on Europe
for undisputed evidence of the merits
of compensation, the method of put
ting compensation into effect which
will be the best for our political and
Industrial conditions is yet to be dem
onstrated. Several states have laws
upon the subject, but they vary ma
terially and none have been in force I
long enough to disclose unqualified
superiority over others. Opposition to
form and details of the new act is
therefore based on theory.
men, and perhaps some women, wno
were truly great.
in Plnchot's mind which has caused
him and those who think with him to
pervert conservation into reservation.
S. 1 Iln cold storage. It has caused every
t iuis x.. aiuMmsu oi.uu.u. " 8ettler to be regarded with suspicion.
made Superintendent or Hie Portland jt na3 twisted conservation into the
schools the choice would be a happy service of those very timber barons
one. Although Btlll a comparatively whom Plnchot so abhors, for It has
young man, he has hld more than caused Government timber to be sold
one responsible position in educational Pfices which agree with the value
work and his ability and character by monopoly on its holdings. It
have always been more than equal to endowed every tree with a spu-
hls duties rlous sanctity, no matter how com-
As State Superintendent of Public merciauy useless it is or now mucn
Instruction Mr. Alderman's services
it may cumber good agricultural land.
have been so meritorious that he has I
won National recognition. In the field
of vocational education he is quoted as
an authority by leading students. No
state has made as rapid progress as
Oregon in agricultural teaching, and
this . very desirable result must be
credited very largely to Mr. Alderman,
masses of negative electricity, and this,
of course, may possibly be a mere vi
bration, or perhaps a vortex, in the
ether. So if it turns out that the soul
is a modification of the ether we shall
be able to reconcile the ancient quar
rel between the materialists and the
spiritists and, after the manner of
POWER OF THE DEAD HAND.
The difference of opinion In the Sen
ate committee on the policy of charter,
lng the Rockefeller Foundation wth
an endowment of $100,000,000 arises
from fear that control of vast aggrega
tions of wealth bv perpetual corpora-
whose efforts have been untiring and Ulons might prove a danger to the state,
his success remarkable. This fear prompted the passage of the
In the new educational endeavor to statutes of mortmain in England in
unite the Influence of the home with the middle ages. The church was
that of the school Mr. Alderman has gathering into its possession great
earned the reputation of a pioneer, landed estates until its wealth enabled
This plan to award school credit for it to challenge the power of the crown.
certain nome worn is not oniy original Being a perpetual corporation, or an
hut it has been commended bV eminent I nrrrpnttlAtl nf xiirh rnrnnm Hon It
scientific writers. His persevering ef- never let go of property it had once la nothln' The process would, in any
fnrt. t nerfeet Oreeon's school legis- Lftciirprl Thl, rnnriittnn tvn. nno of th case, be bo expensive that it could
only be performed in laboratories by
wealthy investigators and it would not
precisely as the school books teach.
But he does say that, in the light of
the newer knowledge there are ways,
quite outside the ordinary run of lab
oratory work, by which the atoms can
be broken up into finer grains and re
comblned. into new substances. The
existence of these grains finer than
the old Daltonlan atoms is a, fact
which has been forced upon the chem
ists by their experiments with radia
tions such aa that from the radium
and the various rays flowing from
vacuum tubes. One might as well re
mind the reader at this point that the
atomic theory is thousands of years
older than Dalton. It was taught, if
not Invented, by the Greek Democritus
centuries before the Christian era and
was made by Lucretius the basis of his
great poem, "De Natura Rerum."
THEORIES OF LIFE! DISCUSSED
Ideas on Enern-y and Motion Presented
by Gold III11 Man.
GOLD HILL, Or, Feb. 17. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonian some days ago
contained interesting comment of re
ported discovery of Ramsey. The Ore
gonian may well ask "what is energy?'
What is motion?. The answer to the
first of these questions would Include
the complete answer to either of the
other two. There is no life or energy
without motion, no motion or life with
out energy; motion and energy are con
ditions of life. The "vitallst" is look
ing for an "entity" separate and dls
tlnct a kind of kernel, wrapped in the
husks of existence, yet having no cos
mic relation to these.
These secrets of life or exist
ence are not all to be seen in the
focus . of a microscope or in chem
ical reactions. The planet repeats over
which Ferrero pronounces the noblest I and over Its orbital relations to the
production of the Roman's literary sun. This is the prime fact of exist-
genius. I ence and lire. This sublime fact is re-
Chemists who accept Sir William f 1
Ramsay, conclusions believe that they Son AU tne "manifold TperaUoTs of
have actually seen certain elements nature are nerformed bv the aerencv of
pass into one anotner. xnis nappens i orbits. Life is an orbit. Man
when radium decays. It
neon, then helium and finally, it may
be, lead. The finest grains into which
matter can be resolved are not called
atoms, but electrons. At least this
name applies to one kind of them.
that which is associated with negative
electricity. In fact the new thought
an orbit. Man passes
produces through a dynamic orbit every 24 hours,
Sleeping and waking are its factors.
As there can be no time without the
closing of the planetary circuit, so
there can be no life nor continuance of
life without the closing of the organic
circuit. This is the prime condition -of
existence and life, yet It has no part
nor lot in the schemes of these scientific
is that the electrons are nothing but experts, poring over chemical filters,
or dreaming of independent kernels of
vitalism,
of matter, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen, sulphur, etc., are necessary,
according to the formula of nature in
the construction of so-called living
matter, 1. e., matter which shows feel
lng and degrees of consciousness. But
maw nAt lift hava ao n,tinv I. nn-rnna am
Hegel, synthesize the last great pair heat and llght7 R0cks taken from their
of opposltes.
To return from our wanderings,
what would happen to business if it
iation are well known.
Mr. Alderman Is a young man of
exceptional ability and progressive
character. He is familiar with the best
Ideas of the best thinkers In his pro.
moving causes of the dissolution of the
monasteries by Henry VIII.
In more recent times the power of
the "dead hand," which Is the English
meaning of mortmain, has been seen
were really found that the elements Thls degree of life is due to affinity,
k .-r,ot i,i marriage oi moiecuies. iron nas a sim-
J;h i,T, Tio;4, XT ''I"'" liar degree of life which is destroyed
gold and iron nto copper? The answer when the m,th- burnB lt. The flre that
warms us is but an intense form of
life, the natural heat of our bodies be
Ing due to a milder form of the same
thing, combustion.
For convenience we say there are
three kingdoms of matter, mineral,
vegetable and animal, but all who have
considered the subject well know tha
affect the practical world at all. There
is no analogy whatever between the
laboratory production of indigo and
The Oregon law is founded on the I fesslon and he has the energy and ex- n numerous charitable bequests, which dlamonds and the transmutation of there are no hard and fast lines be
NATURE'S COLOR SCHEMES BEST,
Appeal Made for Use of Made-in-Ore-
aron Halloing Material.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20, (To the Edi-
'tor.) A new magazine devoted to the
Greater Portland plan has recently
been Issued.
Dike ail loyal citizens, J, too, am
interested In the Greater Portland plan
but in order to carry it to fruition one
essential element is necessary, viz., the
greater spirit.
Portland, in the midst of its favored
location, and in a state whose soli, ell
mate and products are not rivaled any.
where, cannot hope to achieve the
greatness that Is her due unless she
develops her rightful industries.
The greater spirit seems to be lack
lng in many of our enterprises. We
looked with pride upon the construc
tion of a new Courthouse and wondered
If the "made-in-Oregon" slogan would
dominate its structure, but, alas, our
industries were ignored.
Then came the City Library, and our
hearts bounded with a new hope, since
made-ln-Oregon money gave that won
derful institution its first Impetus.
Again our hopes were vain.
And now comes the City Jail, against
which our Brick Manufacturers' Asso
ciation Is entering a protest since the
architect specified that a brick from
a neighboring state be used in its con
struction without giving the associa
tlon so much as a consideration.
The superiority of the Oregon brick
having been proven, the architect ex
cuses himself on the erround that the
Twelve different elements or forms Washington article would make a more
narmomous color scneme.
I am not an architect, but I do know
this rule in architecture that in those
parts of our country where we find
the materials which Nature provides
used in abundance there we are likely
to see the most beautiful architecture,
because it is the most appropriate.
If our brick does not have the same
tint as that of our neighboring state
the chances are that our tint is more
appropriate for our conditions. Archi
tecture that is full of interest and vi
tality Is invariably designed from the
local material at hand. Frequent
building should make us think more.
O, for a broader spirit in our enter
prises! Promote home industries and you
breathe Into our city that broader
spirit which will Inevitably develop a
greater Portland whether we plan it
or nay. E. W. B.
beds show plainly, when broken, rock
life, which entirely disappears when
highly heated. They are thus killed.
Insurance plan. The employer and the ecuttve ability to put them in practice, have long outlived their purpose. Rich tho eIer"ens. Diamonds are carbon
workman In certain lines of hazardous jt js difficult to think of a more suit- London Aldermen of the Sixteenth and crvstals. In manufacturing them no
emnlovment and the state will each .i- mn fnr Sunerlntendent of the Sev.t,tnt). knnoii, t occult process Is invoked any more
contribute a certain premium to a
fund to be administered by the state.
From this fund compensation will be
jiaid to workmen injured in the course
of their employment or to their de
pendants if accident causes death.
Neither employer nor workman is
Portland Schools.
MAKE
a certain parish the income of a cer
tain tract of land to be expended in a
specified manner forever. For ex
ample, such a bequest was made to an
TIDE CONVENTIOX REALLY
.. REPRESENT.
Indorsement by Senators Root and I old parish in the heart of London to be
Crane of the movement for a Repub- I expended In decorating the church. If
ii... -xTotimoi tmuninn thin vpflr I the entire sum was not thus emended
bound to accept the provisions of the h i.aor. nr tha the beauest was to be forfeited. The
act, but aeptance is presumed unless . . nartv. ad. Income of that land has increased so
notice is given to tne contrary. ,ka r,rrwr.wt of reunion of the enormously that the rector and church
divided forcea. The rules should be so wardens have to tax their brains to
revised that there can be no dispute as
to whether the majority of delegates In
a National convention voice the opin
ions of a majority of the rank and file.
If the employer declines to. accept
the terms of the act he is deprived of
ell common .law defenses. If the em
ploye elects to reject the act his right
of recovery will be under the terms of
the preesnt liability law, which prac
tically abolishes the common law de
fenses of the employer. Hazardous
employments are not classified in the
find ways of spending the money In
compliance with the terms of the be
quest, lest they lose it all.
Another old Londoner left the In-
Had the direct primary been in use in come of a small tract to be spent in
every state in 1912, there could have I feeding the birds which frequented a
been no bolt because there would have certain churchyard. It was only
been no shadow of excuse for a bolt enough for the purpose at the time the
than in manufacturing lead pencils,
which contain another form of car
bon. Given heat and pressure enough,
anybody can make diamonds out of
charcoal and charcoal out of dia
monds. The element remains its old
self all the while. Indigo, which is
manufactured commercially In Ger
many, is an organic compound of sev
eral elements. Formerly they were
combined by plants in the field. Now
they are combined by artisans in
workshops. No elements are changed
In the process. They are only com
bined according to the Daltonlan the
ory, which holds good in ail such
operations;
It Is fair to add that Sir William
Ramsay's conclusions are not accepted
f. w"hr6S?t P"?'Ur; aTdVere" would have been no cheTce bequest m' lit has"growV to -- There is great
but payment in behalf of a particular
institution automatically increases that
institution's premium within certain
limits. Self-interest is thus called to
the aid of protective devices against
accident.
The workman who elects to come
under the provisions of the act will' be
assured speedy and certain compensa
tion if accident befalls him. There will
lie no lawyers to hire, no costs to pay,
no court to consider whether the acci.
dent waa his fault or the fault of the
employer or due to contributory neg
ligence or the result of the inherent
doubt in the scientific world whether
the transmutation of the elements has
actually been accomplished. His ap
parent results may be explained In
other ways.
that the bolters could have gained any such proportions that it would keep
substantial following. minions of birds in luxury.
A fruitful source of corruption and! .these extreme examples are cited
of dissension in the party will be re- only to show the danger of creating an
moved when the basis of represents- I endowment wnich may outlive its pur-
tion is changed so as to reduce the pose, good as that purpose may have
number of Southern delegates. Repre- oeen originally, wot only may the Dr. Frledmann's request for a
lentatlon in the National convention I nme come when such endowments I chance to show Americans how his
should be based on the Republican should be diverted from their first uses, I tuberculosis cure works is modest and
vote, not on population or on the total but the institutions holding them may may be reasonable. Still there is a sus-
ote, for the delegates represent the attain such power through their plclon that he is coming more for com.
members of the party, not the entire I wealth as to become a menace to the merclal than humanitarian purposes.
people. The Southern vote gives the state or at least a positive evil. Some t is predicted that he will syndicate
candidate who can corral it a great provision Is necessary to guard against I his cure and reap as much profit from
tween them, that a continuous stair
way leads from the mineral to the
animal kingdom. Neither can there be
a line where life begins. When Invest!
gators shall recognize the conditions
under which definite degrees of life
originate, a scale' will follow, leading
up to recognizable sensation, the basic
fact upon which rests consciousness.
Life and consciousness are corelatlves.
Sleep is the dynamic, as working Is
the motor phase of life. Life is only
one-half of something. The opposite
sexes, each represents a part of the
mystery, the female the dynamic, the
male the motor factor.
A hen raised alone will lay an egg
which Is alive but will not hatch. It Is
but one factor. It is a pertinent ques
tion, what is a whole life? There seems
but one answer to this. The abso
lute physical union of the opposite life
factors must give zero, as the union
of the crest and trough of sound gives
silence.
Each factor of life represents also
both the male and female principles,
each lobe of the brain representing one
factor, thus accounting for right and
left handedness. This gives us one
definition for life, viz. polarization, and
for death depolarization. These defi
nitlons apply equally to rock or man
and emphasize the basic facts that life
Is the result of two opposite and in
separable factors and is itself a factor.
J. R. KENDALL
. Olymplo Award.
WINBERRY, Or., Feb. 19. (To the
Editor.) Now, when the Thorpe Inci
dent has reminded us of the Olympic
danger, of his employment with no handicap over his rivals and enables this possibility by breaking the hold It as he can. He comes to America, it s
one at xauit. -rannent win oe mane in i " iu m ui iu ucuc&xiv i .. --
any event. I wisnes or the majority in real itepuD-
General rejection of the act by em-1 llcan states.
ployers or employes would, of course. Let us Insure that future conventions
rob It of much of its virtue. It would shall speak the sentiments of the Re
place the state on the plane of an In I publicans of each state and district.
the lapse of a certain time or when
certain contingencies arise.
Is said, because the- Germans will not
humor his greed. Before long we shall
all know how much truth there is in
these unpleasant reports.
surance company doing a small busi
ness among risks scattered over a wide
territory. Administration costs would
be out of proportion and one Import
ant expectation that the courts will
be relieved of the large burden of per.
Bona! injury suits would not be real
ized. But The Oregonian believes that
the law will be received with favor.
The merits of compensation are so
open and plain faced that the act will
be received with favor by both classes.
The elective principle was not em bod
led because of doubt as to the ad
vantages of the plan Itself, but to
guard against constitutional obstruc
tions, which many lawyers fear con
front the enactment of the compul
sory form.
Commendation Is due the Legisla
ture for withholding itself from con
t rovers! ea over forms and details. Such
discussions would merely have Con
fused the issue.
and we shall hear no more of boss rule
and the steam roller. i
FTNCHOT SOUNDS THE ALARM.
Plnchot has sounded a cry of alarm.
He is desperately afraid the Western
states would rob themselves for the
benefit of the monopolists if they
were given control of the National
forests. He accuses Western Gover
nors of a desire to hand over the pub
lic domain to the landgrabbers. He
has summoned his friends In the East
to defend against rapacious schemes
those forests where his successor is
TRANSMUTING THE ELEMENTS.
An atmosphere of romantic witche'rj
surrounds Sir William Ramsay's new
theory of the transmutation of the
elements. As he interprets his expert.
ments they prove that the metals,
gases and so on can be made to pass
into one another. In some cases . he
has actually performed the miracle,
The story of plots, .assassinations,
attempted poisonings and executions
nrhlh nftmaa frnm XTo-virtrt fitv rcga I Finland
III,. -... V. u I
lino a uago nisiu me iiiniui f uL klltS
blood-stained Caliphs of Bagdad.
esting, even if we did not have the
first place; . I have before me the cor
rect awards as proclaimed by the King
of Sweden as follows:
Points.! Points.
Sweden 133lVorway ..16
(Jnltod State . .. .129 Canada 13
England 76 Italy 13
8-ustrau& 13
.47 BelKlum 11
The need of a slang dictionary which
Is accepted as authority in the courts
which seems to be a far more startling was shown by the argument as to the
one than changing water into- wine. I meaning of "come across in the Dar-
rne very thought of transmuting the row trial.
elements takes one back to the dark
ages when all those departments of
knowledge which we now call the "sci
ences" were forms of more or less
heretical magic. Chemistry, which
Turks and Allies are now resting on
their arms because of heavy snows
and extreme cold. What the Turks
need now is a George Washington.
rrance 32 Russi
Denmark 19'Austrla
Hunary 171reece .
South Africa lOjUoliand
This is all.
All nations would proclaim them
selves winners If they Just counted
their choice of sport. I think we ough
to be fair to all, especially as we stand
well enough, anyway.
ARTHUR HARTMAN.
allowing timber to rot rather than sell I is Sir William Ramsay's specialty, was
it oeiow tne prices nxea Dy tne inirty- men cultivated Dy tne name or ai- The .vni haa Deen si,,nej vy the Gov.
seven timber barons who control the chemy, and Its principal quest was the ernor and goat meat can no longer
philosopher's stone, which, if it had
been found, would have changed lead
Into gold. That is precisely what Slf
William claims to do in his laboratory
today. His predecessors, never found
bulk of the standing timber that is in
private hands. In Justification of his
belief that the Western states would
give away the public land to the mo-
Details ara sometimes nopollsts, if given the opportunity, he
vital, but more often their importance I says that these states have squandered I the philosopher's stone, but in their
is exaggerated. Manv will recall that, the land already granted to them. persistent search for it they laid the
when ' the Railroad Commission idea Now the worst example of squan- foundations of modern chemistry,
first swept the country, quarrels over derlng the public land is the great which bids fair to succeed where they
the manner of choosing the commis-1 raiiroaa iana grants wnicn were maae I raiieo. xne line or researcn wnicn tsir
Neiy Theater Exits.
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 20. (To the
Editor.) To settle a dispute between
friends and satisfy my curiosity,
please state whether the entrance to
the old Marquam Theater as now use
complies with the building code and
the law regulating theaters as to
Safety from fire or panic, C. J.
The nresent ordinance regulating
the money trust committee had no theaters does not cover buildings ex
masquerade as mutton. There are no
restrictions on its use in hash.
difficulty in finding the trust, but is
puzzled about the most deadly weap
ons with which to kill it.
Istlng at the time of its adoption. The
width of exits at the old Marquam,
now known as the Baker, never did
conform to present regulations. Build
Ine Inspector Plummer, however,
Offered the post of Mayor, a Jack.
sioners almost wrecked the movement by Congress between 1860 and 1880. William Ramsay has been following sonvllle, Or., woman sought her hus-i pronounces the present arcade ar
In some states. Now there Is little con- "he first of those grants were made I began no doubt with the discovery of
cern whether the commission is elec- before even Colorado had a voice in the Roentgen rays, which are now
tlve or appointive. Oregon has one National legislation and all were made called X rays. This was succeeded in
kind. Washington the other. Neither before the admission of North and due time by Madame Curie's segrega
has failed in Its purpose because of the South Dakota, Montana, Washington, tlon of radium - from its associated
minerals and then
band's consent. That's hardly the true rangement better and wider than the
suffragist spirit. old exit through the Marquam Duna
Ins:. The arrangement or tne emer
gency exits in the courts has also been
method of choosing members. It is
probable, too, that there is more than
one way of attaining satisfactory com
pensatlon of injured workmen.
TWENTY MORE GREATEST MEN.
world with several new
twenty greatest men" since we men.
tloned and praised their zeal a few
days ago. Moses still holds a command
ing place in them. One compiler even
number of other
rays were added to the list of radia
tions, the ' alpha, the beta and the
gamma ray, for example. "Very likely
the universe throbs with all sorts of
rays yet undiscovered.
In explaining these diverse species
Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma,
New Mexico or Arizona. The West
had so little representation in Congress
at that time that it had practically no
part in the squandering of the public
domain by the Nation.
fiih nf thA lAnrl fl-rantArl tn tha
V W'anln CJ..M. ... I I .
aiio a.c vin utciuug sun a t:iu"i iitotAf hm hpATt Rmmnrlprpri anlrf At nf AtnatiAflnng Kflpntifln mn n-ora
fllte,ILetp0ndent? have enrlched the absurdly low prices, but take the land, gradually led to revise their theories
lists ui tne l arrant states in general and their ad- I of matter Sinrn Dalton'a rln v thAv
ministration of their own land will I had taught that it .was composed of
compare very favorably with: that of atoms. Dalton's atoms were taken to
the National domain by the Federal be the smallest possible divisions of
Government. . Whatever they have matter. The very word "atom," which
done that is culpable was only In ac- I Is Greek of a sort, means "Indivisible.'
It was allowed that the atoms com-
A strange malady is reported to be improved.
Killing on many goats near cottage
Grove. We thought the Oregon goat
indestructible.
The Albany Judge who refused a
divorce to a couple past 70 probably
felt that they were old enough . to
know better.
Women in registering may rightfully
give their age as 21, provided- they are tractor,
not younger.
register, eh?
Quite an Inducement to
John Benson Not In JalL
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Feb. 18. (To
the Editor.) I read a dispatch in The
Oregonian saying that I was in Jail
for carrying a revolver. The reporter
mads a mistake. It is Charles Sar that
is in Jail and not L We were drinking
and got into some trouble, tor wnicn
I paid my fine. I am a hard-working
man. as Mr. Woods, the Spokane con-
will tell you, and I do not
declares that he was "the founder of
the ethical Ideals of European clvlliza- cordance with the custom of the times.
tlon. Such a .statement reads
strangely to one who knows anything
of European history. Our ethical
Ideals, as far as they have any real
existence, are embodied in our laws.
which came to us largely from Rome.
but rartly from the German barbar
fans of the northern forests.
Leaving out the reference to the
Sabbath there is not a solitary com
mandment in the Decalogue which is
not to be found essentially in the pre-
cepts of the Roman law. The precept
to worship God Is there. So la the duty
to honor one's parents. In fact this
In imitation of the bad example set
by the Nation. The land-grant states
were the first to come to their senses,
to husband their resources, and the
result is seen in the large funds accu
blned into larger bodies known
molecules, but they could never be
broken up into smaller bits. The
chemistry taught in our schools and
colleges is based upon Dalton's theory.
There Is a feel of baseball In the air.
despite the calendar. But a few weeks
and the fan will be rampant on a green
field.
want people to get the Impression that
I am a desperado. I will asK you to
be so kind as to put this letter in the
paper, so that people will know that
I am not a bad man.
JOHN BENSON.
mulafd for the maintenance of their I which has always worked accurately
A New Tork diamond robber was
captured by a crowd. It would seem
that police protection is not absolute.
schools and universities.
Only a few extreme opponents of
the Plnchot policy ask that the Na
tional Forests be handed over to the
states for administration. Western
sentiment in general favors the con
servation policy as originally defined
by Roosevelt, but not as narrowed to
a reservation policy by Plnchot. It
was enforced far more stringently at does not ask that the National forests
Rome than in Palestine. All the in- ana other resources b handed over
Junctions against antl-soclal acts, mur- entirely to state control, but it does
der, theft, adultery were embodied In ask for Joint National and state con
the Roman law. They are found, too, trol. What the West asks more Dar
in practice. It holds that each ele
ment, such as gold, copper and oxygen.
Is composed of atoms peculiar to itself.
Each particular species of atom has a
fixed and unvarying weight that can
be determined by well-known pro.
cesses. Thus if the hydrogen atom
weighs one, the oxygen atom will
weigh 16, and so on through the
list. In forming chemical compounds
the molecules might be broken up
but never the atoms. They Invariably
united with one another In fixed mul
tlples according to a mysterious prop-
LEMON on APPLET
Klamath Falls seems strictly "in it."
But let's stop and think a minute.
It may be the "Land of Nod,"
With its posies and its rod:
It mav be the long-lost Eden
Oulte as likely, though, 'twas Sweden
It may be, as "Prof" discovered.
Three Presidents and two fresh rev
olutionary plois in one day just about That our Darents there first hovered,
set tne record ror Mexico. For. 'tis said, near Klamath lanes
There are millions of "them" snakes,
It is claimed that a hare can travel Bu the question Is, which one
sixty feet per second. In the butter fu"eii 8Ul .T
,,,.' I Time has been, and is and was,
on a dining car, perhaps. wh .t. mn rtraen In irauze.
But old Klamath then was milder,
The new British - Consul will lose And the garden somewhat wilder.
his preference for England after liv- Then the Harrimans and Hills
ing here awhile. Hadn't posted any bills.
mve ana Auarn owireu me eyui.
Twas before there was a Lot
in the English common law, which Is I ttcularly is that, if the leasing policy erty which was named "valency."
supposed to be of Teutonic origin. De adopted for coal, oil, phosphate and name covers an abyss of Ignorance, for
Aiosea was aouDiieys awouueniii man, grazing land, either such land be made n cnemist wno cares ror nis reputa
but he was not the founder of Euro- subject to taxation or that an ade- "on undertakes to say what "valency"
pean ethics. In all essentials the ethics ouate share of the rental be paid to really means.
of Rome and Greece, where Moses was the states in lieu of taxes. I This theory of Dalton's remains ex-
tiever heard of, was the same as ours. I The Western states will not submit actly as it was, no matter whether
to having a large proportion of their
area held by the Government as
landlord and exempted from taxation
while the Nation derives a large reve
nue therefrom. Nor will the states,
which are sovereign over their waters.
except as to navigation, permit the
The groundhog may be the victim .,": i,m w. m nibs"
The of bunk, so far as bad weather is con- Ere he made Eve from his ribs.
cerned.
The suffragist hikers to WasirTtigton
need an ambulance corps.
To our great comfort the Sun's
newer lists pay more attention to art
and letters than the ones first evoked.
A compiler named Strom includes
Praxiteles, the decadent . Athenian
sculptor, but he leaves out Phidias, a
choice, which speaks volumes about J.
matter can be transmuted or not. Not
a single experiment ever made is in
validated by Sir William Ramsay's new
theory. He does not deny that, for
all usual laboratory purposes, the
atoms are indivisible and that they
combine according to their valencies,
But as I began a-saylng.
While that corner-stone was laying
In that garden for the race
In that pretty dreamy place.
Tls too bad they had to spou it
And with sin's dark mantle soil it.
Klamath Falls, the land of "Peach,"
I Eve and Adam, side by each.
Wandered round that lovely spot
Frogs are croaking in the meadows There originates the "blot!"
and Spring is near. Twas a lemon ve am eat.
UtlVB IU AU4U1 lur t .
I A. nn innl. nf thA tnkst
Those British suffragettes will yet could cive Lova so bad a roast.
get Into trouble. I X.Y. Z.
Is any one still clinging to a New
Year's resolution?
COMMISSION MEN ENTER DENIAL
Deny That Food nas Been Burned to
Keep Prices Up.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) We note the account in The
Oregonian of February 16, on a report
from Manager David Otis, or the
City Crematory, charging commission
merchants with sending food stuffs that
are in perfect condition to the crema
tory to be destroyed for the purpose of
keeping prices up on same.
Mr. Otis Is evidently misinformed
or else Is making a misstate
ment when he charges commission
merchants with sending tills stun
to be destroyed. I know from
personal knowledge that there has
never been any article of food delib
erately destroyed as he claims. The
only time any fruit product has been
sent to the crematory Is when It has
reached such a stage that it is unfit to
be offered for sale or It is an absolute
waste of money or time to sort and
put same Into condition to be offered
for sale. We know that if we put this
same product on the market the market
nspector would have us arrested for
offering decayed food stuff for sale, and
we see no reason why the city superin
tendent of the garbage crematory
should be allowed to give these prod
ucts away for human consumption.
Regarding the carload of asparagus
referred to by Mr. Otis: We know that
asparagus was offered at 10 to 25
cents a box on Front street without
buyers, and that this same asparagus
was held in car, drawing demurrage,
until the tips of same had become de
cayed and it was simply out of the
question to sell or give it away to
any one.
We know that cantaloupes have been
so badly infected with aphla and decay
that it would not pay to repack same.
We also know that entire carloads of
cantaloupes have been sold for the
large sum of $-5 and the man that
bought same did not make any money.
Watermelons have been sold at from
$15 to $20 a car and the peddlers have
offered them to the housewives at 5
cents a piece with but very little sale
at that. We know peaches have been
dumped in very large quantities, the
dumping of those peaches costing the
man that had them between $300 and
$400. The same thing can be said in
regard to oranges
If Mr. Otis desires to receive further
information we would be very glad to
give it to him. We certainly see
reason why commission merchant
should be blamed with everything that
occurs, whether It Is good, bad or In
different. There Is some good In the
worst of us, and some bad In the best
Of US. R. F. HOSKING CO.
WILLIAM BLOHM.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Prom The Orecontan of February 21. 18S3.
Washington, Feb. 20. Before the
House committee on public lands today
Congressman Hermann objeoted to
further consideration of any perMlng
measures until the question Is de
termined as to forfeitures of unearned
land grants. He Insisted that as to his
state settlers along the Northern Pa
cific Railroad grant from Wallula to
Portland should now be heard.
California Notes Dr. W. Lang Chap
man, formerly of Portland, is now
surgeon on board the steamer Belglc,
which plies between here and China.
N. J. Levlnson, city editor of The
Oregonian, came down from Portland
today for a month's rest and recreation.
J. C. Haines, of Seattle, is at the Bald
win. E. M. Baillle, son of Professor
Mark Balllie, of the University of
Oregon, expects soon to leave here for
Mexico on a business trip.
New York, Feb. 20. Joseph Hoffman,
the boy pianist. Is to retire from the
stage. His health Is giving way. Man.
ager Henry E. Abbey haB brought
action for breach of contract for $57,600
against Casimlr Hoffman, the boy's
father. He claims that the boy Is In
excellent health and has attached Hod
man's trunks.
New York, Feb. 20. The Mail and
Express this evening devotes a column
to interviews booming Depew for the-
Republican Presidential nomination.
Fractional block 111, situated in
South Portland, was sold at auction
yesterday at the corner of First and
Washington streets for $1900.
The office of A L Maxwell, general
passenger and ticket agent of the O.
R. & N. Co., will be shortly removed
from Ash street to the headquarters of
the company in the Ainsworth block on
Third and Oak streets.
William A Thompson, manager of
the Brady Dramatic Company, arrived
here yesterday from San Francisco. The
company will open here in William A.
Brady s dramatization of H. Rider Hag.
gard's famous romance "She."
The dilapidated and unoccupied build
ing on Tenth and G streets, owned by
L Higgins, of San Francisco, was
discovered on fire yesterday and waa
considerably damaged. The building
was not worth much.
Some of the hemp for use In the
Portland Cordage Works haa arrived
and W. B. Ayer, superintendent, saya
he hopes to begin the manufacture of
rope in ten days or two weeks.
Half a Century A$ o
From The Oreronlan of February 41. 1S61.
The people of Forest Grove and
neighborhood are striving in the matter
of building a woolen factory at that
place. A meeting has been held and
steps taken towards surveying the
water privilege.
Washington, Feb. 9. General Hamil
ton is said to. have received an as
surance from the Government that
there is an expedition shortly to be
fitted out, which has for its object
the reclamation of Texas for the Union.
The chief command will probably be
given to General Butler.
Jackson, Feb. 4. The Federal ram
Queen of the West, which passed Vlcks
burg on Monday morning, arrived at
the landing at Vidalla, opposite Natchez,
on the same evening. A guard of men
was sent ashore, which attempted to
capture Colonel Zeebulin York, but he
escaped.
The venerable Dr. Lyman Beecher
died at his residence In Brooklyn on
Saturday evening, January 10, aged 87.
The great American Prince of Hum
bugs, Barnum, has got up a new
scheme which Is likely to create a little
sensation. It consists In nothing less
than a projected marriage between
General Thomas Thumb and Misa
Lavtnla Warren, the lady dwarf now oa
exhibition at the museum.
The remains of the Oregon Demo
crat have been dug up and galvanized
into something like life with James
O'Meara as editor.
The Frledmann Cure.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) It Is to congratulate The Ore
gonian upon its splendid editorial,
"The Frledmann Cure," that I presume
to address you. When organization (s
out for a big killing, such as Is back
of this turtle soup cure. It Is only mad")
possible by the generosity of the news
papers. Thus may the responsibility or
the press be fully realized. Your edi
torial merits great praise. Very truly
vours. A DOCTOR.
LIFE PRESERVERS ON ROSECRANS
Writer Picks Up Two Which He Be
lieves Worse Than None.
WOODSTOCK, Or., Feb. 20. (To the
Editor.) 1 saw published an article
in reference to the Rosecrans wreck
stating that the rescuers reported the
life preservers up to requirements.
don't know what the requirement Is
but it should be to save life. In com
pany with two gentlemen who live at
Ocean Park, Washington, the day after
the wreck of the Rosecrans, I was
walking on the beach above the Klip-
saw Beach life station. We picked up
two life preservers. They were water
soaked. Weighed about 40 to 60
pounds.
It was the expression of each of us
that a man would have a poor chance
with one of them on him. I would
much prefer to take my chances with
out a life preserver than with a weed
filled one. It should be a crime to
put them out to delude the poor peo
pie. It is no proof because, after i
long time bodies came ashore with
them on that the life preservers float
ed them in. as we know that, given
time, almost everything Is washed
ashore, even large pieces of iron and
stone. 1
It is a shame to save the cost of a
few dollars difference in cash in cork
or tule at the expense of the poor
devil who has to take a chance and
has been told that they came up to
the reaulrements. I have no interest
except in the saving of life.
Women on Marches.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) The reports indicate that every
time a "suffrage army'' marches In this
country, the generals, colonels and pri
vates become incapacitated because of
foot troubles. This morning the dis
patches say an automobile with trained
urses will accompany the army.
In England the women are good
walkers and seem to respond generally
to physical exertion without suffering.
Is it possible that American women,
particularly in the effete East, need to
look after their bodies more before em
barking on a "suffrage war?"
It leads me to Inquire whether the
same number of men, taken from indoor
occupations there, could make the
march better under the same conditions
than the women are now doing it. I
believe the men usually take better care
of the feet. Some noted general said
that he could get his army anywhere
if properly shod.
ROBERT C. WRIGHT.
FINDING
THE SOUTH
POLE
Amundsen gives a graphic ac
count of his gTeat exploit in
penetrating to the Southern
axis of the earth. The most
graphic 6cenes from his ac
count are embodied in a full
page article for The-Sunday
Oregonian. Illustrated with
photographs.
Bernhardt in Portland The fa
mous actress writes for The
Oregonian of her recent so
journ in Portland. She took
quite a fancy to the city, al
though not impressed by
other Northwest centers of
population.
Firebugs Jack Rose in his sev
enth article writes of the
"arson trust" and describes
how the pernicious crime is
followed as a profitable busi
ness. Living Cost Pinches King That
King is none other than the
British monarch, and the
high cost of living has caused
him to curtail expenses. A
half page from a well-known
London correspondent.
Women in Heroic Roles Steady
nerves and a strong spirit re
quired of the woman in
Uncle Sam's lighthouse ser
vice. Many of weaker ses
occupy these stern posts with
great success.
Felix Diaz First Revolt An
unusual page of timely inter
est by a Mexico City news
paper man who describes the
fiasco at Vera Cruz.
Culture Mad A Dresden cor
respondent spends a day with
a most interesting and un
usual culture community.
Raising Germs A page ac
count in colors of how the
most deadly, diseases are pro
duced like vegetables in a
garden for experimental pur
poses. Many Other Features Order
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