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POBTLASD, SATCaDAY, FEB. 7, 191.
RADIUM AND CANCER.
Congressman Kobert G. Bremner's
unhappy death gives timely warning
to the thousands who have put un
warranted faith In the power of ra
dium to cure cancer. The new remedy
was applied to his lesion In compara
tively large quantities and at first
some good results seemed to have
been obtained, but In the end it failed
and he suddenly passed away.
Dr. Howard Kelley, of. Baltimore,
who has Interested himself In the use
of radium for cancer, has not spared
his warnings to the credulous. . He
has told them that the new material
was rot a cure-all and that those who
expected miracles from Its action were
doomed to miserable disappointment.
Others have emphasized his advice,
but In spite- of everything a great
many people seem to have caught up
the notion that radium would cure
anything and everything in the shape
of cancer. Mr. Bremner's. death will
be a terrible blow to their faith. It
is ttill true that the surgeon's knife
offers the only sure remedy for can
cer. Taken In time the growth can
be removed completely and It will not
return, but if action is delayed there
Is no hope.
The American Society for the Con
trol of Cancer has undertaken a cam
paign of education to diminish the
ravages of this frightful disease. It
alms to give popular Instruction by
lectures In all parts of the country.
The substance of its teaching, which
is indorsed by the best scientific au
thority, is that radium can be relied
upon only for superficial cancers.
Those of the mouth, skin and readily
accessible mucous membranes every
where certainly yield to its effects,
but deep-seated tumors resist it. Nor
does radium exert much curative ef
fect after cancer has become dissem
inated through the body. This is sure
to happen when tho tumor has been
neglected.
Radium is often deceptive- in its
action. It seems to cure cancer when
in reality it does nothing of the sort.
The malignant growth is checked for
a while, but ultimately It recovers its
vigor and is worse than before. Un
til more progress has been made with
radium and other remedies the only
safe dependence for a cancer patient
is the surgeon's knife and he should
promptly resort to it.
SYNDICALISM BREAKS BOWS.
Syndicalism as opposed to labor
unionism has had its trial under the
most favorable circumstances in New
Zealand, the land of economic experi
ment, and has failed. After fourteen
years of industrial peace under par
tially compulsory arbitration. New
Zealand had a strike at its largest
gold mine at Waihi three years ago,
but the arbitration law became the
Instrument of its defeat. The syndi
calists renewed the struggle on a
larger scale by causing a general
strike of workmen at all ports last
October. That, too, has been defeated
by the same weapon and syndicalism
teems to have been crushed.
The arbitration law provides for
settlement of all disputes between em
ployers and workmen who register
under its provisions. Preference is
given, members of these unions for
employment, but strikes and lockouts
are forbidden and parties to disputes
must accept decisions of the arbi
tration court .or pay heavy penalties.
During the first fourteen years deci
sions were almost uniformly in favor
of labor, and employers were recon
ciled to smaller profits by the greater
stability of trade resulting from ab
sence of industrial warfare. But about
1908 decisions began to go generally
against the workmen, the arbitrators
deciding that wages were high enough
with relation to cost of living and
fair return on investments. Discon
tent broke out and was fanned 'by agi
tators from England and Australia,
who spread the doctrines of Socialism
and syndicalism, from which New
Zealand had been comparatively free.
Many workmen who advocated labor
supremacy untrammeled by any trl
' bunal came in from those countries.
Australian miners gained control of
the union at Waihi about three years
ago and induced it to give the re
quired six months' notice of with
drawal from registration under the
arbitration law. When that time had
expired, a new union was formed and
affiliated with the Australian Federa
tion of Labor, which advocated So
cialism and general strikes. A strike
was declared and closed the mine for
several months, with the usual ac
companiments of Intimidation and vi
olence against men who attempted to
work.' A large police force was sent
to the mine, new miners formeB a
new union under the arbitration law,
forcible opposition was overcome,
work resumed and the old unionists
expelled.
Believing that their defeat was due
to the small scale on which the strug
gle had been begun, the syndicalists
scattered through the country and
preached their gospel among the
workmen at the ports. New Zealand,
" being a small country, isolated and
peculiarly dependent on imports and
exports for prosperity, seemed an in
viting field for the syndicalist experi
ment. Discontent spread among the
registered unions at the ports and
new unions were organized as mem
bers of the federation, being carefully
eonrined. to trades engaged in ocean
traffic. On slight pretext a strike
was ordered at Wellington in October,
1913, and for nearly a week the fed
erated unions held possession of the
wharves and prevented anv vessel
from being loaded or unloaded. Vol
unte.er special constables then drove
the strikers from the wharves, new
registered unions were formed by
men from the city aid surrounding
country and work was resumed. The
syndicalists then declared a sympa-
thetlc strike throughout the country,
which was general, especially at Auck
land. For two or r-ree days industry
was paralyzed, but again the syndi
calists were supplanted by new unions
organized under the old plan, and
their campaign failed.
This failure discloses that there is
a limit to the degree to which men
will give up their personal freedom of
action for the sake of a common pur
pose. They will do so within their
own trade, as the success of labor
unions proves, but the large number
of workmen who hold aloof from
unions indicates that there is a limit
even here. Thesa unions will combine
for 'common ends and mutual aid In a
body like the American Federation
of Labor, while retaining their trade
autonomy. The more remote from
personal advantage is the common
end to be served and the greater the
surrender of individual freedom of ac
tion required to serve that end, the
larger is the proportion of men who
will hold aloof and who, by giving al
legiance to their own trade alone, will
aid in destruction of the great, all
embracing federation, . whose size
causes It to be Weakened by Jarring
interests. If the syndicalist experi
ment could succeed anywhere it
should have succeeded in New Zea
land. Having failed there, it is
doomed to failure If .attempted on a
larger Bcale in larger' countries in
close proximity to . other countries,
whence an abundant supply of labor
can be obtained.
' FACING BOTH WAYS.
When a delegation ' of women who
work in factor!. . asked President
Wilson to assist trie cause of woman
suffrage, he "regretfully told them."
says an Associated " Press dispatch,
"that he could not urge anything on
Congress which had not received the
organic consideration of the Demo
cratlc party."
The Democratic platform says:
TV'e favor the exemption from tolls of
American ships engaged In coastwise trade
passing through the Panama Canal.
A Washington dispatch of 4 the As
sociated Press, published in The Ore
gonian of February 6, begins:
President WllBon announced today that he
would endeavor to have repealed at the
present session of Congress that provision
of
tne mama canal act which exempts
American coastwise ships from the payment
of tolls.
The platform is an lnsujperable ob
stacle to the President's doing what
he does not wish to do, but It is no
obstacle at all to his doing that which
he wishes to do.
WISE ACTION NKKD1TL.
The Oregonian- has received from
various parts of Oregon a number of
letters on the subject of the engineer
ing courses In the Oregon Agricultural
College, and the State University.
Their immediate inspiration is the
action of the Board of Higher Curric
ula in assigning the department of
civil engineering to the university and
the other engineering courses to the
college.
The Oregonian Is quite unable to
print all these communications for
want of space. But It is bound to
say that it looks upon these offerings
as evidence of the widespread inter
est in the broad subject of higher ed
ucation in Oregon and particularly in
the controversy .over engineering.
Some of the writers uphold the posi
tion of the Board and declare that
civil engineering is a suitable conc&m
itant of pure science and of law, med
icine and letters, but most of them
are of the opinion that all the engi
neering should go to the college, and
they are, besides, most emphatic
about it.
The Board of Higher Curricula is to
meet today to reach a final decision.
The Oregonian deems itself. Justified
In Informing the Board that upon its
action depends in a large measure the
future of the two Institutions and that
no doubtful conclusion Is desired or
expected.
The Oregonian has a most earnest
feeling that the Board should be made
aware of the aroused public interest
in this matter and that it should) go
far to compose the hostile sentiment
nurtured in some quarters toward cer
tain branches of higher education. It
ought not to benecessary to say ,more
JAPANESE AN NEGROES.
What room is there for comparison
between the negroes, who are only
half a century removed from slavery
and the Japanese, who only ten years
ago fought a great military monarchy
to a standstill? Yet that comparison
was attempted by Senator Vardaman
in disparagement of the negro and
Senator Jones erred equally by refus
ing to admit the superiority of the
Japanese. The objection to admission
of the Japanese to this country is
based not on any assumption of su
periority by the American people, but
on the fact that the Japanese are .so
radically different in race, customs
and habits of thought that their as
similation is Impossible or, if possible,
is undesirable. '
It is as unfair to one as to the other
to place Japanese and negroes in the
same category. The negroes were
transplanted from barbarism in Africa
to slavery among a civilized race
where they had every temptation to
learn the vices and no inducement to
acquire the virtues of their masters.
The Japanese have never been trans
planted, except voluntarily, from their
native country; have a civilization dif
ferent from but comparable with that
of the United States and have always
retained their independence. The
Japanese are far superior to the ne
groes, but that Is no reflection on the
latter, for they have suffered a fear
ful handicap. -
Mr. Vardaman, however, denies the
eegroes credit for the progress they
have made when he attributes it to
what the white men have taught
them. Tuskegee Institute Is a stand
Ing refutation of his statement. It
was established and is conducted by
negroes and is the greatest single in
strument for uplifting the blacks and
rendering them self-reliant, useful,
seir-respecting citizens. They are
capable of managing that institute,
therefore they are capable of admin
isterlng their share of the agricultural
extension fund.
- The best argument in favor of Mr.
Jones' proposal to intrust part of this
fund to the negro colleges is the evi
dent desire of Mr. Vardaman and his
like to keep "the nigger" down. These
men w-lsh to keep him In a state of
Ignorance and economic dependence
like that of the Mexican peon and
would grudge him any aid in becom
ing a better farmer, because that
would conflict with their aim. The
attitude of . the ruling class in the
South towards the negroes justifies
precautions that the latter shall get
their fair share of public funds to be
expended in that section.
With Mexico, Haiti and Peru all in
simultaneous revolution. President
Wilson will be kept busy supervising
establishment of constlutional govern
ment and the suppression of dictators
and concession-hunters in the black
and dark-brown republics. Perhaps
that is why he favors building " two
new dreadnoughts. If he continues
his policy of meddling, necessity may
convert the Democrats Into the big
Army and big-Navy party.
CO-OPEBATIOX AMONG LUMBERMEN.
So much has been said about the.
part of the work done by the lumber
associations which the Government
alleges to be in violation of the anti
trust law that the really valuable serv
ice which these associations render to
the lumber industry and consequently
to the whole community on the Pa
cific Coast is apt to be overlooked.
The Pacific Coast Shippers' Asso
ciation, composed of lumber shippers,
has published in neat pamphlet form
a history of its work. It contains the
articles of incorporation and by-laws
and tells the work of the various de
partments. The association requires
a deposit of 1150 from each member,
which is subject to forfeit for of
fenses' against its rules. Disputes be
tween members of this' association and
between them and members of other
associations are arbitrated, thus avoid
ing litigation. Terms of sale are made
uniform, collections of overdue ac
counts are made, the credit of buyers
is investigated more thoroughly than
would be possible lor Individuals and
a legal department Is maintained for
collection of members claims. The
red cedar shingle is advertised and
motion pictures of the industry are
shown at conventions. An. inspection
bureau is maintained at Minneapolis,
which has greatly reduced the num
ber . of illegitimate complaints from
buyers and expedites and repacks
shipments and maintains a storage
yard. Hostile leglsl tlon has b'een suc
cessfully opposed and efforts, made to
prevent adverse tariff legislation. The
traffic department informs members
on freight rates and handles all the
many questions arising with railroads.
The association- does the same serv
ice for the lumber Industry as the
fruit-packing and shipping associa
tions do for the orchardist. By pub
lishing the nature of its work, it will
remove much misapprehension and,
even though its "code "Nf ethics"
should be found contrary to law, there
will remain ample room for its legit
imate activity.
CW'nnSM AND DR. AKED.
The not altogether agreeable men
tion which Dr. Aked, of San Francis
co, is receiving in the papers makes
It worth while perhaps to give some
account of his career and of the his
torical standing of his heretical opin
ions. We are further moved to do
this by some questions which an
anonymous "Inquirer" has addressed
to The Oregonian on the same topics.
The first group of the questions.
which we shall not bother to quote,
asks for the facts concerning Dr.
Aked's education and scholarship. We
readily glean them from "Who's
Who."
According to this authority, he was
born at Nottingham, England, in 1864
and educated both at the Midland
Baptist College and at University Col
lege, Nottingham. He received the de
gree of jj.ij. from Brown university
in 1907. We dare say these points of
information place his scholarship on
a base at least as solid as that of most
of his brethren In the ministry. He
preached at Liverpool and London
before coming to the United States.
His New York pastorate began in
1907 and In 1911 he was called to
San Francisco, where he still resides.
Dr. Aked's writings, which have
been prolific, are Intended for popu
lar edification. Our "Inquirer asks
if he is a scholar of international rep
utation. We think he is a great
preacher rather than a great scholar.
He derives his Information upon criti
cal subjects from well-known German
and American sources. We do not un
derstand that Dr. Aked has ever made
pretensions to authority as a critic
He merely accepts such scholarly
views as appeal to his common sense.
Some of the titles of his books are
Old Events and Modern Meanings
Wells and Palm Trees," "A Ministry
of Reconciliation." The candid read
er will perceive that they are not so
much learned as consolatory and up
lifting.
Our "Inquirer" then tries to make
The Oregonian responsible for the
statement that "an older version of
Matthew omits the birth story of
Jesus." We assume no responsibility
whatever for this. We quoted it from
Dr. Aked in order to make his posi
tion clear. The birth stories as given
In Matthew and Luke differ from each
other so widely that Juelicher, a great
authority, says "they remind us little
of one another." One of them may
possibly be credible. Both cannot be
The fact that the Syriac manuscript
which discredits the birth story "has
been known for several years," as our
correspondent states, "does not impair
its value a' great deal. It omits the
birth miracle and that is all Dr. Aked
claimed for it
Our "Inquirer" then goes on to ask
whether Dr. Aked is right "In saying
that Luke got his information about
the birth story from Matthew? Or
whether both Luke and Matthew used
Mark as a source and are otherwise
independent?" We reply that Luke
could not have obtained his account
of the birth from Matthew, because
It scarcely agrees with Matthew in
any particular. He must have ob
tained it from some independent
source. Luke and Matthew did cer
tainly "use Mark as a source." The
greater part of their respective ac
counts is taken directly from Mark
up to the end of his gospel. This is
particularly true of Matthew from the
beginning of the twelfth chapter on
ward as far as Mark goes
Mark is admitted by all scholars
to be the oldest of the three synoptic
gospels in the completed form, but
there is a part -f Matthew and Luke
which is derived from another work
This was a "Logian document," writ
ten in the Aramaic tongue. Some
critics have supposed that Matthew
was a mere translation of this ancient
document, or a Hebrew original, but
that theory is now discredited. Still
he must have used the Aramaic
source largely and so did Luke. This
fact disposes of the question whether
Luke and Matthew are independent
in regard to the matter they did not
derive from Mark. They used the
same sources throughout with the
rarest exceptions, but their purposes
were very different.
Our "Inquirer" then asks for Har-
nack's opinion as to the relative ages
of Matthew and Luke. Harnack
agrees with other scholars that the
exact age of neither can be ascer
tained. The person who wrote
"Matthew" was unquestionably
Greek-speaking Jew, but what . his
j name) was or where, Lc Uved. is un-
known. The earliest assignable date
for his gospel is 70 A. D., but the
verse referring to the doctrine of the
trinity probably fixes it a good deal
later, unless it was interpolated. We
add that Harnack discredits the birth
story as Matthew gives it. Luke was
probably written by the man whose
name it bears, but the date is cloudy.
"Inquirer" then wants to know
whether the principal divinity of
Mlthralsm was "vfrgln-born." There
is no doubt upon'thls point. - Mithra
ism duplicates our own religion not
only in the birth miracle, but also in
its principal dogmas. The struggle
between the two faiths was made all
the more bitter by their Intimate re
semblance to each other. Not only
in their creeds, but also in the rites
and ceremonies did they almost ex
actly . repeat one another. For a
long time it was a question which of
them would finally conquer, but
Christianity prevailed. There are sev
eral modern books in the Public Li
brary which give full and correct in
formation upoh these Interesting
points.
Profit-sharing is all the go in man
ufacturing nowadays. The Farr Al
paca Company, of Holyoke, Mass., in
trebling its capital stock by Issuing
shares to represent surplus reinvested
in the business, announces that it will
pay the same rate uf dividend on each
year's wages -as- it will pay on the
new stock. T.he rate will be 8 per
cent. By making their employes
practically partners manufacturers
will go far to cut the ground from un
der the feet of syndicalists. When
workmen are called upon to choose
between having a business managed
by ..men who have already made ft a
success and having It managed by
such men as would control if a fac
tory were turned over bodily to the
W. W., they will prefer the men
of experience and proved ability.
At either side of tho stairway stood foot
men in full continental livery coats of steel
g-ray, plentifully striped and arabesqued
with gold, lace vests of wine-colored vel
vet with more sold, small clothes of smpked
pearl satin and black silk hose. Their feet
were Incased In patent leather pumps with
huso silver buckles.
No, that is not an extract from the
description of a function at a royal
court, nor even of a scene at a man
sion of the would-be aristocracy of
New York and Newport. It is taken
from the report of a reception given
by Thomas R. Marshall, Democratic
Vice-President of the United States.
Alas! I What has become of Jeffer
sonian simplicity?
The possibility of a revolution grow
ing out of the defects in our National
election machinery is remote, but for
all that the defects are glaring. The
Senate Judiciary committee does not
exaggerate them. A new Congress does
not now assemble for more than a
year after it is elected. The commit
tee would amend the Constitution and
have Congress meet in the January
next after the election, and inaugurate
the President a week later. Some such
changes as these are certain to come
about in time, because they are rea
sonable.
Chivalry -Is not de. d, though the
men who boasted of it have all passed
away with feudalism. It still lived
when Ferdinand Kuehn, on the sink
ing steamer Monroe, gave his life-pre
server to a woman, remarking that he
could get another, and went to his
death. He was but an humble work
er on a steamship, but the spirit of
chivalry lived as truly in him as in
those knights who pretended it could
dwell only in those of so-called noble
blood.
Tom Taggart, of Indiana, is ac
cused of having put a feeler 'as to his
chances of being elected Senator.
Roger Sullivan is already In the ring
from Illinois. What sort of a wel
come would these two bosses of the
old guard of Democracy have in the
temples of progress where President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan are the
high priests?
The Kansas W. C. T. U. refuses to
support a woman candidate for tne
Legislature unless she is a mother
and 40 years old. What a predicament
those ,women will be in who, now
desiring to be legislators, understated
their age when registering as voters,
Senseless rumor caused a run on
a Boston savings' bank and J263.000
was withdrawn, only to be taken back
a few days later. It was the old story
of the frightened depositor who said
to the cashier: If, you ve got my
money, I don't want it."
James A. Plnney. who died Wed
nesday, was one of the half-dozen
men who helped make Boise a won
derful city in the days when it was
miles away from a railroad. He be
lieved in his city and spent his time
and money in acting up to his belief.
Cold is absence of heat. Portland
Is not cold. Think of Wyoming and
Montana. Nevertheless, shut the door.
Speaking of our alleged cold snap,
it would bring out straw hats and
light dress in the Middle West.
While planning to swat the fly, this
is a fine time to kill the few that are
surviving in warm spots.
How distressing! A woman Prose
cuting Attorney In Los Angeles has
been replaced by a man.
Huerta Cays he Is about to crush
the rebels. He is either an optimistic
chap or a cheerful liar.
The wife of a Butte man has se
cured a divorce and custody of their
pet dog. Lucky man.
New York suffragists will stage
twelve-hour talkfest. Relays will not
be needed.
Something to worry about: Pull
man drawing-room- rates have been
raised.
Sweden will Increase her armament
Figuring on trouble with Monaco?
Arms are now plentiful in Mexico,
but backbone is as scarce as ever.'
Now that guns are plentiful Mexi
can atrocities will pick up again.
Race issues and. ignorant prejudice
usually go hand in hand.
Haiti is altogether too small for the
powers to temporize with.
We may Clash with Haiti,
size, militarily speaking.
Just our
Have you registered?
Half a Century Ago
Prom The Oregonian of February 8, 1S84.
J. R. McBri-de, of Oregon, has pre
sented a resolution in Congress In
structing the postoffice committee to
report a bill providing for a dally
stage line from Fort Bridger (U. T.)
via Boise. River, Idaho Territory, to
Auburn and Dalles City, Oregon. The
resolution was agreed, to.
Washington, Feb. 1. It is ordered
by a proclamation of the President that
a draft for 500,000 men, to serve three
years or during the war, be made on
March 10.
Fortress Monroe, Jan. 28. Richmond
papers contain the following from
Charleston up to the 25th: Five shells
were thrown Into the city last night.
One hundred and three fuse shells were
fired into the city on the 21st.
Mr. Johnston has finished the en
rollment of names in the city and will
make his report to the Provost Mar
shal. The steamer Rival, Captain Baugh
man, is" regular on the line between
here and Oregon City.
Randall's music store has been re
moved into those excellently furnished
rooms on the corner of First and Al
der streets.
Company A, of the First Regi
ment of Oregon Volunteer Militia, un
der Captain Powell, -were out on pa-
raae baturday evening.
The Portland and Milwaukie Macad
amized Road Company on Saturday
elected as directors John Green, A. M.
Starr, W. J. Bradbury, R. B. Wilson
and S. N. Arrigoni.
Baw Line Road Plana.
GRESHAM, Or., Feb. 6. (To the Ed
itor.) We are urged to come in from
the Base Line road with our petitions
for the paving of it, but we would
like to know (1) what it Is going to
cost; (2) will the property have to
stand half the cost of maintaining It
aiier oeing paved; (3)-will the property
be assessed a fiat rate a half mile on
eacn side or the road, regardless of
improvements; (4) will the road be can
vassed through to Chanticleer In one
unit, or will the platted district be in
unit by itself?
PROPERTY OWNER.
l. It is estimated by officials in
charge of the road work that the hard-
surfacing of the roads will cost be
tween 110,000 and $12,000 a mile.
4. The details of the road plan have
not been worked out, but it is the in
tention of the road department to re
quire the construction company to keep
tne road in repair for a definite num
ber of years.
3. Details of the assessments have
not been determined, but It is probable
that property will not be assessed ac
corotng to a flat rate on a half-mile
on each side of the road, though It Is
not contemplated to consider improve
ments. The Somers curve benefit sys
tem, recommended as a scientific and
equitable method of assessment for
public improvements. Is under consid
eration at present.
4. The road between the city limits
and Chanticleer probably will be im
proved in three units, the first extend
Ing from the city limits to tho tnn
ma nm on tne west side of the Sandy
River; the second unit from the foot
of the hill to Chanticleer, and the third
unit tne long hill goiner down to the
&anuy Klver on the west side. New
grades on both sides of the river are
under consideration. To equalize the
assessment ana cost of Improvement
tne aavisaouity of tho county stand
ing the cost of macadamizing the east
ena oi tne road from the Sandy to
Chanticleer and the expense of the
new grades at the river is beinz- consid
erea, xne property owners being as-
aessea. ior tne nara-surraclng.
BR. AKED CAUSES CONTROVERSY
Discussion Over Views Promotes Quest
for Information.
rOKTLAND, Feb. 6. CTo the Edi
tor.) To settle a friendly discussion
between two clergymen, will you give
us information on these points?
.First At what Schools and univer
sities was Dr. Aked educated?
Second What Institutions cava him
his degree of doctor?
Third A sserts that Dr. Aked is an
authority on Greek and on N. T. criti
cism; that he is a scholar of interna
tional reputation. B saya that he Is a
popular preacher -of wide reputation
but not a scholar or critic of standing.
Will you give us the titles of any
books he has published?
Fourth B maintains that The Ore-
gonlan's statement Tuesday that
Matthew makes much of It In one
version of . his gospel, but an earlier
version, which has been recently
brought to light, presents the birth of
Jesus as a purely natural event" is
largely buncome. He says that the
reference is to a Syriac reading of one
verse of Matthew; that It has been
known for several years; that outside
of the translation in the one verse, the
Syriac version of Matthew referred to
gives the story of the birth exactly as
the ordinary text; and that this one
Syriac translation gives the only vari
ant to that verse. Where can we find
this new version of Matthew?
Fifth A maintains that Aked is
right In saying that Luke got his in
formation in regard to the virgin birth
from Matthew. B says it is an estab
lished fact of criticism that while both
Luke and Matthew often use Mark as
a source, they are otherwise Independ
ent and that Luke Is the older. Will
you give us Harnack's opinion of the
relative age of the gospels of Matthew
and Luke?
Sixth A says that Mlthralsm taught
that its chief divinity was virgin born.
B says that the teaching was that he
came from a rock and that there is no
similarity to the Christian doctrine of
the virgin birth- INQUIRER.
Replies to the forgoing questions are
published in another column on this
page.
Have We Got Park Blocks
To the Editor (1) Have the park
blocks runlng between and parallel
with Park street and West Park street
been donated to the city, and If 'so, by
whom?
(2) Has the park block bounded by
Jefferson, Madison, Park and West
Park streets been donated to the
school? P. S. WH1TCOMB.
' (1) The park blocks referred to
were donated for park use when the
original plats of the additions were
filed. No formal dedication accompa
nied the plat for the blocks between
Park, West Park, Stark and Clay
strets, and the city paid W. W. Chap
man and wife $6500 for a deed to the
property in 1870.
(2) No; this block is used as a- play
ground by the children from the Ladd
School, but It is a city park.
Borah's Homestead Bill.
NENAMUSA, Or, Jan. 19. (To the
Editor.) Did Senator Borah's $720
minimum homestead bill become a law?
If so, what Improvements does It cover?
E. E. STEWART.
The bill has not yet become a law.
It covers any Improvements on the
homestead, such as clearing, buildings
and cultivation, including wild or tame
grasses to the amount of $1.50 an
acre a year.
LINE OF SEPARATION IS CLEAR
Proper Functions of University and
College Are Well Understood.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) Permit me to say a few plain
words in answer to Dr. Wilson's two
recent letters appearing in The Ore
gonian February 3 and 6, respectively.
in tne first letter we are informed
that the School of Liberal Art
Students needs the Influence of
the serious - minded engineer and
proposes to move civil engineering
from the college to the university
and leave the mechanical engi
neering, mining engineering, eleotrlcal
mgineerlng. .drainage engineering
and irrigation engineering-, which
are called a "compact group closely
related," at the college. Would It not
seem reasonable next year to discover
that the civil engineer needed the influ
ence of the drainage engineer, and they
in turn needed the influence of the
soil chemist and agriculturist, and the
university young ladies might need the
influence of the domestic science girls.
and thus by such easy steps move the
wnoie Agricultural College to the uni
versity?
In the next letter the doctor savs
that civil engineering Is the "mother
of all engineering." What a sad sight
this makes, separating a "mother"
from her "children," mechanical, mining,
electrical, drainage and irrigation en
gineering, and thus how necessary it
would De to bring the "children home
to their "mother" at her "new home."
while the taxpayers would pay tne
bill. No, gentlemen, call a spade a
spade. The line of separation is clear
enough to the average citizen. Liberal
arts, law and medicine for the univer
sity, a goodly group, and agriculture.
engineering and domestic science for
the college, both broad and useful
fields that touch, of course, but one is
not the "mother" of the other, and this
won t be called duplication. Every tax
payer In the state can understand that
A good deal Is Bald ahout the effect
of Influence on the stuuents. AVho are
the foremost civil engineers of today?
Graduate of some finely modulated
civil engineering course among proper
surroundings and influences? No; em
phatically no. They are a few men
from that army of technically trained
men blessed with such natural ability
and energy that they have been able to
survive the fierce competition in the
higher places and stand out before the
world as engineers who have made
good.
If the men who lay down the studies
In the school courses would make a list
of all the subjects these men have
studied, their ethical selection of the
proper sequences would probably re
ceive a severe jolt. The Lord had
something to do with It when he made
the man; and the man himself must do
the rest. J. H. GALLAGHER.
WHY' OIVE MAN CANNOT GET JOB
Work Offered, hut He Must Have Bed
and Coat to Be Acceptable.
PORTLAND. Feb. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) There has been a great deal
said about the unemployed, but there
has been one thing overlooked. I am
an engineer and machine blacksmith,
so, of course, I never owned a bed. My
first week in the Tabernacle was spent
in trying to locate a Job in or near
Portland. I have as good local refer
ences as any man ever carried, but I
could not get a job at anything at any
price, so I commenced to watch The
Oregonian ada.
The second one I answered was a
ranch Job. I got the Job; the farmer
came after me, talked with me and
said I was just the man he was looking
for. When we got ready to go out he
asked me where my blankets and rain
coat were, and I told him I had none.
He would not take me out unless I
had a bed. I told him I would work
out the price of a bed and coat If he
would get them. He said my appear
ance was all right, but he had been
beaten every time he had advanced
anything. So I lost the Job.
I answered another advertisement,
and the man wrote me to come, but to
come well equipped. If I could not It
would be no use for me to come.
Eighty per cent of the men in the
Tabernacle have no beds; a great many
have hardly any clothing; some have
no underclothes. It seems that my
only hope is to get some one to let me
work for a bed. I can get work
through the ad columns of The Ore
gonian if I can get some one to let me
exchange work for a couple of blankets
and an old raincoat. I will have to
get out of the Tabernacle pretty soon
or I will be a fit subject for the hos
pital. I get my mail at the Merchants
Hotel. E. EVANS.
Aid for Producer and Consumer.
SOUTH JUNCTION. Or, Feb. 3. (To
the Editor.) I offer a plan to make
better conditions for the people of
Portland and the farmers throughout
the state. It is to have the Mayor
appoint a commission whose duty Is
to find a market for the produce and
products of the farm. By so doing
the farmer will get what his products
are worth and the consumer will not
have to pay so much as under the pres
ent system.
Of course I know that the commis
sion -men will fight such a plan, as It
will deprive them of a continual rich
harvest. There is no doubt that the
farmers throughout the state are pay
ing a large price for their services
and, besides, it is not always satisfac
tory. I think that, should this plan be
inaugurated, there would be a great
stimulus to farming and that In
turn would help all kinds of carriers.
I do not think that the Mayor could
do anything that would help his fellow
citizens as much as this. Besides, he
would do a great service to the state
at large.
I would charge the farmer 5 per
cent and also the consumer 5 per cent,
and in so doing I believe that the busi
ness would carry Itself, or nearly so.
A SUBSCRIBER.
CALL OK THE GARDEN.
(This poem was written to Dr. J. R.
Cardwell, who was injured recently in
an accident, and is supposed to be a
message from his garden to his sick
room). The garden is calling you. Doctor!
A Jonquil has poked out his head
And said, In accents sarcastic:
"Does he think that we are all dead?"
He had heard by the underground rail
way. From your place at the top of the
hill,
That you hadn't been doing your duty.
And work there was at a standstill.
But today 'the Azalea has sent him
A message by the "Robin Express."
Telling how you had met with disaster.
And the garden is all in distress.
They've decided to all work together
And grow just so steady and strong
That when you will take your first
ramble.
The garden will bloom like a song.
A song of the greatest thanksgiving
For the one they all love and adore;
They'll send out their sweetest of per
fume. Because you are with them once
more.
So get to your garden. Doctor,
As soon as ever you may;
They're waiting and longing to greet
you.
In colors both modest and gay.
LUISE PAS QUAY.
Portland, Feb. 6.
Entclneerina; In Colorado Collese.
PORTLAND, Feb. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) Does the Colorado School of
Mines teach civil engineering?
SUBSCRIBER.
Tes; a limited course adapted to
needs of a mining engineer.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
Prom The Oregonian of Feb. f, 1889.
Washington, Feb. 6. The House to
day agreed to the report on the Nicara
gua Canal bill.
Salem. Feb. 6 Gov. Pennoyer"s veto
of Senator Carson's bill to authorize
the Portland water committee to in
troduce Bull Run water and to issue
bonds to the amount of $1,600,000 was
read in the Senate today.
Seattle. Feb. 6. George T. Myers, a
cannerynian of Portland, brought from
Portland 350,000 white fish for deposit
in the lakes about Seattle.
While C. A. Malarkey yesterday was
climbing" the ladders on the scaffold of
the Portland Hotel to see George Lang
ford, the contractor, a brick fell from
the fourth story, striking him on the
head and stunning him. With remark
able presence of mind he retained his
hold on the ladder till help arrived.
There was an ugly scalp wound, but no
fracture of the skull.
Landlord Lewlaton. of the Interna
tional Hotel, is in receipt of a letter,
from his wife, who is now in Ireland
looking after her share of her mother's
estate.
Next Sunday 45 of Portland's musi
cians will give a benefit at the new
Park Theater for Ed Kiessling, who is
hopelessly 111 with consumption. For
nine years he. has been trombone player
with Parsons' orchestra.
Mr. Denhold. basso of the Trinity
church choir, has resigned and M. 6.
Lownsdale has accepted the position. "
J. R. N. Bell yesterday retired from
the management of tho Chemeketa
Hotel, says the Salem Statesman, the
close connection of the house and bar
room being a seenifnar contradiction of
his well-known religious and temper
ance principles.
Salem. Feb. 6. Hon. John Minto pre
sented to the state, on behalf of the
Oregon Pioneer Association, the large
un punran or ur. "McLoughlln that ha
adorned the Senate chamber.
-
It is proposed to spend 80,000 ill im
proving and adding to the County Court
house and jail. ,
Poet Obtains a Mral.
London Punch.
Mi
iss Smart There's Scribbler, ih.
poet, dinrng on a guinea hen and a
porterhouse steak. I thought he was
a vegetarian.
Mr. Flip A relative just left him
some money.
Employe and Employer.
Kansas City Star.
"What can you do?" asked
the
butcher of the applicant for a
job.
Almost anything around a shon.'
ell. I'll start you at $6 a week. Can
you dress a chicken?" "Not on $6 a
week."
f
Stranded
in the
Arctic Circle
The graphic, first-person story
of Stefansson and his party in
their recent polar exploits.
It is told by one of the men who
hiked with the famous explorer
many weary miles back to civiliza
tion, after they had been given np
for lost.
The article is illustrated by a
number of striking photos.
Letters From the People.
What different people think on
current events as expressed in
their letters to the editor. An in
teresting page.
Your Character Revealed.
The first answers to those who
submitted specimens of their hand
writing to The Oregonian for
analysis by Edith Macomber Hall,
graphology expert, will appear
Sunday.
Judge Your Beau.
A clever French maid has per
fected a. system for estimating
men at their real worth. She
knows that there is no need of
any girl getting fooled.
Roosevelt's Own Story.
He deals with monopolies and
his experience with them, in the
next chapter of his autobiography.
Fortunes in Tango.
A clever woman, confronted by
failure, and with her own way to
make, turned to the tango tea.
She tells how she made a big
financial success of her venture.
Lincoln as He Was.
With the birth anniversary of
the great emancipator at hand,
The Oregonian will publish a
number of striking photographs
of Lincoln, showing him at differ
ent stages of his career. All of
these photos are unusual and sev
eral are new.
Lincoln at Gettysburg.
II. M. Irwin, who reported Lin
coln's Gettysburg address, gives
an interesting study of him.
Where Women Rule.
Incidentally the children smoke
there. An absorbing letter from
a well-known war correspondent,
who is in Mexico.
Dieting.
George V. Ilobart has a few
words to say in his usual enter
taining style.
Stories for Children.
Another page for the little ones.
A page with a lot of pictures, verse
and. little stories of the kind
children delight in.
Dame Fashion Foiled.
Foiled by American tenderness,
too.1 An unusual page from the
Parts correspondent ot The Ore
gonian, in colors.
Two Fashion Pages.
Camera News Snapshots.
New Things in Dramatics.
These are but a few of the many
features. Order today of
your newsdealer.
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