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TIIE MORXING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1915. 8 Q3 (D Jtrammt PORTLAND. OKEGON Entered t Portland. Oregon. Postofflco as second-class mailer. . EuoacripuoB P.ates Invariably In advance. (By Mall.) rally. Sunday Included, one year Bally. Sunday includi months lally, Sunday included, three months ... I-'aKv. Sundiv Included, one month ...... Lal:y. without Sunday, one year Jawv, without Sunday, six months Ijaily. n Ithout Sunday, three montna ... i-v' Jjaily, without Sunday, cae mooto --rr Weekly, ono year .. i'?X a-unday, nc year ..... tuuUr and Weekly one year " (By carrier.) Dally. Eundav Included, one year 75 lailv, bunday included, one month How to Ken.it Send postofflco mney or der, eipreu oraer or personal check on jour local tank. Stamps, coin or currency are at senders risk. Give postofflco address In full. Inc.udinc county and elate. rntan Ksteo 1:! to 18 pages. 1 n'j.l? to 3i pases. J cenis; 31 10 ia pages, i cents. to 60 psjes, 4 cents: tta to .0 Pe'- 4 cents: ; to 2 pages. 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. - eastern Business Office Veree Conk lln, New Tork. Brunswick, building: Chicago, a-tenser building. baa Francisco Office R. J- B'dweU Com liu, 74- Alaricet street. PORTLAND, SATIBDAY, FEB. . 113- WHY WE MIST BE READY. In their horror of war the Quakers eek to lull us into a security which will regard -National defense as un- . i an j r r i ! t" written by Isaac Sharpless. president of Haver- ford College, which is ramiuaiu .1.- r.r i.'1-ic.nri w-e are as- sured that -it is not likely that any uC the nations now at win t att.,,1.' the l.'nited States for several decades." and that any "guns or gunboats we inaKe in ine mean time will be antiquated; that the warring nations will be so crippled and disgusted with war that "noth ing but the most flagrant attack by us or a combination of conditions, r-.tn foresee." could in- V 1 1 I V II II 'J V v - - - dure any of them to attack us. We are told that, if we maKe our trnment "absolutely just and generous in our treatment of other nations. Ave will be immune from war for a generation ahead." Therefore, we should postpone war preparations un til the lessons of the present war are more clearly seen. History shows that the burden and nrrow of one war do not deter nations from soon engaging in another. Prus sia, for example, fought Austria from 1T40 to 17 43. but that did not prevent a new war in 1TT.6. which lasted seven years. Austria renewed the at tack on France four times between 1793 and 1S15. She fought a revo lution in 1S4S. France and Italj in 1S59 and Pru.sia in 1S66. Prussia 'fought three wars between 1S64 and 1S71. France fought Austria in 1859 and Germany in 1870. In the last twenty years wars have become more. not less, frequent. Japan is now engaged in her third war within that period. Her war with China was followed by the Greco-Turkish war in 1S97, the Boer war in 1S!9 to 1901'. the Pekin ex pedition in 1900. the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5. the Tripolitan war in 1911. the Balkan wars in 1912-13 and now by the general war. There is no time to prepare for war after the danger becomes apparent, much less after war is declared. War comes suddenly. Few foresaw the present war more than a week be fore it began, except those who may have deliberately planned it. Hence the nation which remains unprepared. : reiving on its own and its neighbors good intentions, gives the' aggressor the advantage and Is beaten before a snot is fired. No man denies that this Nation should be just and generous In its treatm'ent of other nations, but un fortunately we cannot he sure that all other nations will treat us in like manner. Though they may intend so to treat us. their conception of what is just and generous may differ from o-.irs and they may prefer to settle the question by arms rather than by arbitration. If we are not prepared to fight, they are the more likely to show- that preference. The nation which relics purely on other nations' good intentions will fare no better than would the man who always re lied on other men's square dealing in busine. In short this is a wicked world, peopled by wicked nations, as by w icked men, w hose designs force alone can thwart. We can safely abandon war preparation when all nations and their rulers are as peaceful and well meaning as the Society of Friends, but not before. 1 TOOK AT PmU.IT. The annual report of the Puyallup and Summer Fruit Growers' Associa tion makes a remarkable showing. The capital of the Association is only J2503 but it has today a surplus in its treas ury of an even 3100.000. It carries fire insurance in sound companies amounting to I2S8.500. and all its em ployes engaged in dangerous work are protected hy state industrial insurance. Since the Puyallup association was in corporated in 1902 it has enjoyed an extraordinary progress. Its member ship now exceeds 1600 growers. Its canneries occupy 125.000 square feet of floor space, and it is conducted "en tirely along co-operative lines. ".What ever profit results from its operations goes to the men who produce the fruit. These operations are extensive. The net earnings during the season of 1914 were 325.406. a comfortable sum to be distributed among the growers r-r the Puyallup country and all the more satisfactory when we recall the complaints of reluctant markets and low- prices that have come from other sections. It is perhaps worth while to mention once more that the bril liant success of the Puyallup associa tion must be largely ascribed to the nbility and determined perseverance of W. H. Paulharaus. It should not be necessary to repeat that what Puyallup has done in this direction any other community can also do if it has the determination and perseverance. There Is no miracle about it and no mystery. It has all come about from the application of plain common sense, resolute honesty and accurate business principles to a community problem. The Puyallup producers found that when they ope rated individually they steadily lost money. Experience has now abun dantly shown that when they operate ns a community they gain money. There lies the whole fact In a nut shell. The prime condition of success at Puyallup has been the admirably compcter.t leadership of Mr. Paul hamus. but In every community there Is some man who could assume the same position if he only would. The economic situation In the Pacific Northwest calls for leaders with com petent knowledge and broad ideas. Shall it call In Tain? Ttobert I.ouis Stevenson's letters, books and other relics are bringing good prices at the New Tork sale. A copy of the privately printed Issue "The South Seas" brought 5i Stevenson would have been glad rm siirli a anm (M'Tt pn Tip was livinjr cheap restaurants In San Francisco. Toward the close of his life he had money enough, but he knew hard times as well as anybody ever did. 1VI.I ORIOI SI.T ENDED. Mr. Tom Word was badly advised about that recount. He ought never to have undertaken it. It has ended in humiliation -and confusion for him self and in triumph for his opponent, Mr. Hurlburt- It has revealed the pernicious activities of the late Sher iffs office in partisan pontics, tnrougn its bold and open effort to promote the candidacies of various Democratic citizens. But the one outstanding oe velopment In the whole recount pre ceeding is the fact that there was 1 utnnrtnlnna and criminal' effort t cheat Mr. Hurlburt out of many votes in Precinct 37. It is lnconceivame that ShH ff Wnrri could have been a party to the enterprise of corrupting the ballot, even in nis own mteresi but it was done, and plainly there wai a definite plot to do it. If Sheriff Word had made a vigor nus effort to aoDrehend the malefac ! Inrs and shown less inclination. t accept the benefits of the deed, he would have more nearly justined ni nnatlira Q s Stpm 1 1 D ll ( 1 1 H T Of til law. The District Attorney and the urn n rl hirv have work to do In uncov ering the" whole infamous business about Precinct 37. The recount is over, but the law has not yet been vindicated. if vr.rrs recount was a mere fishing expedition. He made general charges of "errors ana mistanes in every Multnomah County precinct, all based on gratuitous assumption and none upon ascertained fact. The utter baselessness of the accusations is ob vious, w hen it is shown that they were sustained in no single instance. The election officers performed their duty honestly -and diligently. The only blunders made were in giving Mr. Word the benefit of every doubt, for he got over 100 votes to which he was not entitled. It seems probable that if the recount had gone to the end the total would have been much larger. Mr. Hurlburfs title to the office of auafiff novpc apriniislv nuestioned by a disinterested public,' has been made absolutely clear by the recount. To that extent the proceeding has ren dered him a real service. HOLDING THE BALANCES. The Oregonian has today an ap peal, printed elsewhere, from a parti san of the allies to abandon its posi tion of neutrality and exclude from its news columns "letters and other mat ter favorable to the Germans." The editorial utterances of The Oregonian, it appears, are also disappointing, doubtless because they are not vigor ously and openly sympathetic with Great Britain. France and Russia. It appears to The Oregonian that such letters merely emphasize the vital necessitv of American Impar tiality, rigidly followed by the Gov ernment and by most American news papers. This correspondent, for exam ple, wants to know what will be the "proper attitude of the United States in event of failure of Great Britain and her allies to defeat' Germany." The proper attitude now is to prepare to take care of ourselves therf, which ever wins. In case of ultimate suc cess by Germany, which the letter- writer appears to apprehend, how would a present position of open oartisaimhiD and aid for the allies enable us to get along amicably with the victor'.' The Oregonian is disappointing to the Marvhill reader because it is not daily shouting for his side. It is a preposterous proposal that it exciuae matter from its columns favorable to Germans. It would do nothing of that kind even if it were to espouse the cause of the allies. A newspaper conducted on such principles would soon forfeit, as it would deserve, all public confidence. The Oregonian will continue to noia the balances between the warring na tions, and to tell what happens as early and as fully as may be, and to interpret events with the sole view of giving the truth. If that policy does not please Maryhill, it seems never theless to us to be a plain and im perative duty. INCONSISTENT SCOLDS. Judging from this distance, the lot of the Legislator must be a pleasant one. He has been elected on a plat form of economy. He is pledged to reduce appropriations and consolidate commissions. Yet wnen an appropri ation heretofore granted is touched with ruthless hands the Legislator is condemned for sacrificing efficiency for economy. When a consolidation proposal is advanced the same critics aver that it will not save any money. Nor can the pessimistic mentors ol the Legislature apparently be ap peased if the Legislator fails to keep his pledge. The same complainants complained and complained of the extravagance and inetiicient legisla tion of the last session until the call ing into existence of the present Leg islature offered a more timely target. If the preceding Legislatures have been extravagant and the authors of inefficient legislation, and if it is folly and unwise penury to reduce the budget or merge any commissions heretofore approved or created, how is the Legislature to apply the econ omv to which it is pledged and w hich the people demand? Doubtless the only way to accom plish constructive legislative work Is to ignore the habitual scolds and hew to the line. THE ANNIVERSARY OF DON QVIXOTE. This is the three hundredth anni prsarv vear of Don Quixote. The sec ond part of the immortal book was published in October, 161s. it naa hn finished some months before, but Cervantes' persistent want of mono prevented him from bringing it out. The first part was published in 1605. 2ven then the author was in nis ostn ear. He had seen debt. war. captiv ty and misfortunes of all sorts, but lis mind remained vigorous and his mirit eerpne. There ' Is more sound practical philosophy in Don Quixote ran in any other book ever written nn except Montaigne's Kssays. Be tween Montaigne and Cervantes there j a certain kinship, though it is pret y well veiled by the classical ped ntry of the former. His book brims ver with quotations, while Don Quix te brims with passages fit to be ,,4.i which is ouite a difference af ter all. But their point of view Is the me. Cervantes insinuates nis pnii icphy whimsically. Sometimes he of It with more or less subtlety in Don Quixote's astonishing adventures, ,tmtiirip( In knis-htlv discourses to Sancho Panza, but it is invariably ivept nnii sane. Don Quixote is an inspirational book of incredible value to the world. We should not dare to guess how many great minds have been refreshed from its exhaustless springs of humor and wisdom, nor how often despair has been comforted by its imperish able hope. It is the great message to his fellow men of a man who had lived long, done much and seen everything. Under the guise of playful humor it pierces to the depths of human ex perience. Cervantes seems to skim over sorrow as lightly as Mark Twain and smiles at fortune as equably but, like our own humorist, his bucket goes constantly to the bottom of the well of experience and rises filled with the quickening waters of eternal life. In these days of falling Idols and shat tered dreams such a book as Don Quixote acquires singular value, in asmuch as it woos the soul from the weary vicissitudes of time and chance to converse with the truth . that changeth not. THE BY-PRODUCTS COMMITTEE. Citizens Interested in the economic welfare of Oregon and Washington will hope for important results from the meeting of the by-products com mittee today in Portland. The com mittee has in mind at least one defi nite purpose, which is to bring about harmonious relations between the canning plants already existing here. Operating without concert, these plants Incur many disadvantages. Prices can not be properly regulated. The output lacks uniformity and an unnecessarny shaky front is presented to Eastern buyers all along the line. It should be feasible to remedy . this weakness. Fears lest the by-products committee maw interfere with plans already formed by canning operators should be put aside. They are idle. The com mittee's purpose is wholly constructive and helpful. It has no secret purposes to serve, no insidious enmities to ex ploit. We have the best of authority for saying that "it is not the purpose of the committee to locate a cannery at every crossroad, but on the con trary to strengthen the cannery plants now In operation." It should be observed, however, that there are many fertile sections in Ore gon and Washington which, as matters stand, have no access to canneries or other agencies for preserving by-prod ucts. The people of these sections are fairly entitled to a living and a mar ket for their crops. They need can neries and similar works as much as other sections do and there is no sound moral or commercial reason why they should not be encouraged to build them. As long as such facilities re main inaccessible the crops produced in these places must be largely wasted. We do not apprehend that there would be any serious difficulty in disposing of all the canned goods that Oregon and Washington are able to produce were every apple and pear utilized that now- rot on the grousjd. The dit ficultv hitherto has laiir in lack of enterprise and failure to co-ordinate effort. We look to the by-products committee to point out methods of re lief from this unnecessary trouble. THE PLAINT OF THE PORK-CRABBER All is not harmony among the pork- barrel statesmen in the House. Repre sentative Caraway, of Arkansas, com- nlsined that those states which have representation on the river and har bor committee are given generous pieces of pork by the pending bill, while those which have no representa tion are civpn inconsiderable scraps. He cited numerous examples substan tiating his case. He said that provis ion is made for preliminary surveys ot tinmhpt-ipss rrppks. lakes, inlets and horseponds." His charge of "glaring fntnstice and umust discriminations against states" was not sectional, for the states which he alleged to have been unduly favored included some In both North and South. what more could be expected in a game of grab? Of course the mem bers of the committee see that their own states get a liberal share of the pork. That is what they are there for. The only way to secure an equitable distribution is for Congress to hand over the distribution of the fund to a non-political commission which will impr&ve harbors and waterways on their merits without regard to state lines. Such a body would ignore the worthless "creeks, lakes, inlets and hnrennnds." If the community bene fited by any improvement were re quired to contribute one-half or one third of the cost, the number of pleas for improvement would be greatly di minished. The entire tone of Mr. Caraway s plaint testifies to the essential vlclous- oaa of the nresent policy and to tne urgent necessity of placing apportion ment of river and harbor funds in their hands rather than those of Con gress. THE PINCHOT TRIO. One of the most important subjects for consideration now before the Leg islature is the application of the Jason Moore interests for a lease of Summer and Abert lakes. The plan of devel opment contemplates the use of the water, the construction of long pipe lines, the erection of a great hydro electric plant, the transportation to Oregon of phosphate rock from Wyo ming, the establishment of a 310,000, 000 enterprise and the permanent employment of hundreds of men. Oregon needs Industries of suen character more than anything else in the world, yet if the people ot Oregon had adopted the so-called water-front amendment submitted at the last elec tion, without a doubt this offer of an enormous practical development of a resource valueless so long .as latent, w-ould not now be subject to Legis lative approval. The water-front amendment re stricted the use of lands submerged by navigable waters to Improvement iti behalf of water commerce and nav- cation. The only lease permitted was for the construction and main tenance of private or municipal docks. In ever" respect other than use in aid of commerce and navigation the amendment would have tied up all navigable bodies of water within the state. It has not been definitely estab lished that Summer and Abert lakes are navigable. But It has been au thoritatively admitted at the commit tee hearings at Salem that it is pos sible they are. Certainly they are of no practical value for commerce and navigation, if navigable, ana It is assumed that the Government will not object to their drainage. But if the people had been so unwise as to -approve the "water-front" amend ment, the state, in view of the un certain navigable quality of the lakes, w-ould now- haveno leasinsr rights that anybody would pay a 5-cent piece foe. But as the case stands tne state nas nrosncct of enjoying a great develop ment and acquiring a new income of at least "325,000 a year, perhaps 3125,000. The main purpose of citing these facts is not to congratulate the peo ple on their wisdom, but to point out the fallacy of the argument that the water-power amendment adopted by the Senate Thursday is an indorse ment of the principle embodied in the water-front amendment. This fallacy was presented in the argument on the floor of the Senate by the sole in dividual who opposed the resolution. It was presented also in a signed nrtipiA roihlishpri the same afternoon over the signature of x-Governor West. It was also presented editorial ly the same day by the newspaper which initiated and fostered the in sane attempt to reserve from use the submerged lands and navigable waters of the state. The water-front amendment de clared for reservation. The Senate resolution declares for use. They are similar only in that each asserts state title. Not a soul objected in the recent campaign to the state s assert ing title to what It owns. The op oition nf The Orearonian and of the people was to the attempt to bottle Oregon resources, and to the subtle fiffnrt to Hivesr. the owners of water front titles and privileges of what they had long possessed. The Senate resolution specifically exempts from its assertion of title such beds of streams, or submergea lands, as have already been alienated hv- thp state. It attacks no titles which it has already granted. It of fers no restriction on sale or lease of water-power. Clearly the Senate r.r th onininn that when the State once gains that full control of its water-powers which is denied it dj withdrawal of lands necessary for development, the state will exhibit intelligence in guarding this resource from dissipation or pei petual reservation. It is something more than a co incidence that Senator Kellaher, ex f:,,rnnr' West and the Portland Journal should have simultaneously discovered the fanciful indorsement of the pernicious water-power amend ment in the Senate resolution. But it is a strange criticism to come from counsel by this trio. If they believe what thev have said they would be for the resolution. That they are op posed to it reveals their insinceritj. In truth, they are the spokesmen of ti-.ot timM piemen! within the state which doubts the people's ability to manage their own property ana wouia tie the people's hands in the fond hope that, in years to come, a wise i,ano,atinn mnv inhabit the earth. The Journal. West and Kellaher are the triple alliance of Pinchotism m Oregon. A friend who subscribes himself a "Faithful Reader" sends to The Ore gonian a clipping from the Ashland (Or.) Tidings, issued on an unnamed date before the State Legislature met, and containing the following state ment, upon which comment is now invited: The fislit for the organization of the Oregon Legislature seems to have resolved Into one of Multnomah County against the rural communities of the slate. The Ore gonian admits and the opposition freely claims that if Multnomah county wins oui a reapportionment bill will be put through, giving Multnomah County thirty members of the Legislature and reducing the repre sentation of the outside district proportion ately Thus Jackson and Josephine Counties would be entitled to but two instead of four Representatives. There seems to be nothing for The Oregonian to say except that it made no such "admission" or statement about reapportionment at any time. Let our friend call on the sad Tidings to retract. It will do so, undoubtedly, retraction of previous misstatements being one of Its best and most fre quent stunts. The barefoot boy is at a premium CAntVi imnpira A writer in Les lie's tells of toll bridges where walkers wearing shoes must pay 5 cents, while the barefooted are charged but 1 cent. Many people in that happy land wear sandals with soles of twisted straw. It is difficult to discern much of an opening there for the sale ot American footgear. Apropos of some recent remarks about cranberries The Oregonian is nfonned that over 3100,000 has been invested in developing the bogs of Clatsop County. The work has all been done within two years and the prospect of returns is said to be highly encouraging. New York State will waste time in voting on the suffrage question. From the Battery to the Falls the male sex is bigoted. All Eastern states, with surplus women, are the same. The woman who would vote must follow the star of empire. The goods fit the pattern down in Georgia. The Coroner's jury in the case of the physician lynched for at tacking a woman found the mob acted in self-defense. The victim had a gun. The man who calls himself "an ex- priest" for the advertising it will bring can depend upon getting the worst in a row over religion. The turn-coat is peculiarly abhorrent. Is it possible President Wilson fig ures the machine he if trying to build will take the shape of a sawmill and demolish ljis one-term plank? Germany is acting fair in telling Great Britain of the risk in transport ing troops, w hich she treats as a sort of Fliegende Blaetter joke. The prairie states have two periods of pleasant weather when the bliz zards are not raging and the cyclones are not whirling. Spain is to hiiy four submarines from United States builders. No doubt she recalls the efficiency of American weapons of war. The "Death Division" of the Ger mans will go down in history with the brigade that inspired poets of the Crimea. Centralia certainly knows how to put the "Injun sign" on the unde sirable I. W. W. pickets. All the Turk can hit is a pipe. It took 12,000 of them to kill fifteen Britons the other day The United States is expected to protest the German "war zone" order. Well, what if we do! The French official reports an nounce a battle at Bagatelle. A mere nothing, we suppose. Now comes John D. himself to pour uil c-n the troubled waters, so to speak. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian, February 6, 1865. The Oregonian today branches out as a seven-column paper. Heretofore the front page has carried 6 solid columns of advertisments. Today a column of news and other Intelligence is printed there alongside the "ads." The Ore gonian continues as a four-page pub lication, meaning that hereafter, there will be four additional columns of read ing matter. A committee of a half dozen printers from the former office invaded the sanctum yesterday and formally presented the editor with a pair of editorial scissors. . The presen tation was made in honor of ,the en largement of the daily. Captain Borland favored The Ore gonian with a call yesterday and tells us that his company from Wasco Coun ty including what is now Grant, has reached the minimum standard and is ready to be mustered in. Tom Thumb and lady are "starring it" in Paris after having astonished London. The lady correspondent of the Bulletin at Paris called on. the pe tite family and gives a quite interest ing account of the baby and all. Lieutenant W. I. Sanborn, of Fort Vancouver, W. T., has issued in the name of Brigadier-General Alvord. gen eral orders calling for an observance of Washington's birthday, February 22. ' We are hearing reports of great rev enue frauds said to have been com mitted under the shelter of the Can adian Reciprocity Treaty. Matthew Rice and Mrs. Nellie Clif ford, of La Grande, were married at .r.,,- T,r-,i- -inoofv ft it has just been announced. Justice of the Peace Horton tied tne anou The remains of Almira J. Ho'man, ..-it-, xj n i tvt a n who died in Alameda, Ca... May 17 1863. arrived yesterday on tne dui -----The funeral will take place at the irsi Presbyterian Church. Third ash- ington streets, tomorrow at I o clocK. E. X. Cooke. State Treasurer, passed through Portland saturaay . to Fort Vancouver to deliver the State Bounty Bonds to Company A, irst Regiment Oregon Infantry. Isaac H Gove sustained a broken arm Wednesday when he th"" from a load of hay about four miles west of the city. William Pickering and Margaret Hoyt, of Columbia County, were mar ried February 2 at the home of the . .. . ... -n- n Pnnnleton. Justice nriae s iauici, . . of the Peace, officiated. SYMPATHIZER OP ALLIES VEXED Reader Would Have News Favorable to Germany Supreaaed. ' M RYHILL. Feb. 3. (To the Edi tor.)It would gratify t"e.,wri'er'na"d he believes many others, if The Ore gonian would outline its views as to the proper attitude ot States, in event of. failure of Great Britain and her allies .o "J" " many in the war now being waged. The . ' . .i,.t a a native born writer must - citizen of native-born Parents; he has been disappointed with the attitude of The Oregonian. judged by i ts ; Mil torial utterances and by the puUlica ton ir, Its news lumns of letters and other matter favorable lo.G1er.m"liaU This country is essentially English. Our language, our common law our traditions and our ioei '" - I believe there has been e ntireb too much consideration shown for the feel ings of a comparatively small number -s : !...,. r.iiiii2 among us. The census of 1910 indicates there were number only 4.874 were frotn Ger many. Austria "-'---,,- B,2,. Britain ana ner an.c - - 973 3,783,251 of whom were from the British Empire. can - o7 rur'eplfand ES -"on would .demanded our Gov- ernmeni snuuiu - , needed more than our sympathy and such aid. as may en .. : i in nnv manner aUnTtheiawnaUonsithas heretofore been neiu to ,.,.. neutral country? ..!... Would it not be better from eve j point of view for The Oregonian to give free expression to its views and not run the risk of elng misunder stood either by us or by those of its readers on the other side of the inter national boundary w " - allied to us? . . CHAKLbS 11. r.-i. PROTECTION BILL ITHELO DICK Feedlnit Six ny SlajlnB One Day Kaon t r """ " , . SALEM, Or.. Feb. 3.-(To the d'tor.) ( Hill No. 53 is a good bill and otisrht to become a law. The statute says it. is nni... w .--in whait near licks while """ting deer. Br,Ai)amn 1 .'1 Illie mCTI AS it, now "H- - . anfl hflVS lO itrcu n. , the week, then on Sunday these , , ame sportsmen ( ') craw i m -. -- w , . ... ti. ri.i.u come in for Seir feed uZ are slaughtered whole- SaNow is this thing right? Hasn't it been going on long enough? . . ..;... . nincea the num- ber of ducks killed each w-eek on the Columbia Slough alone at 800. making the total number for the 14 weeks open season to foot up 11.200. I can't conceive this to be the Proper way to protect the ducks. Stop the feeding and the hunter can then get all he needs, besides It will the ducks to pass on up the alle. thus giving the farmers a chance to have a duck dinner occasionnlly. A I !... 1. 1-1. . Compliment to Portland Impaired. c .xt pnivrwrn Tivh 3. ITo the j:. . i?A.r.tii- T forwarded to vou mv tribute to the Portland roses. My v.,.i.t tn show vou that beyond the confines of Oregon your most beautiful flowers and interesting ics tival was appreciated. Hence, when you .t,.ti...t trt nm residence In Portland, as you did, you are failing to give to your city, and to your iiower, tne out side appreciation that I had intended. a a panitani visitor to Portland. and keenly appreciative of Its at tractiveness it is not witn any leenng of antipathy to a residence in Port K,.t miliar thnt the record may be straight, and the intent made clear, that I suggest a correction. Insurance Company's Standing?. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Feb. 3. (To the Editor.) Would you inform me, through the eolums of your paper, to whom I could apply for Information in regard to the standing of the British Empire Insurance Company, of Van couver. B. C. A SUBSCRIBER. Harvey Wells. Insurance Commis sioner of Oregon, will give you the standing of any insurance company do ing business in Oregon. 1-iis atiaress is Salem, Or. Criticism t an Employer. Washington fD. C.) Star. I.,... - n ncen't oem tn rin much . , n .... .-I n 1 lAAlr tmnnrrant" out slna "" - - said the manager. le. replied the . . .ik.. . .11.. n.irA Unt proprietor. ne s imiuiai.j. .iu .11 tt.- .... nf iiq are. htlRtlinir in such a hurly-burly fashion that I think it well to Keep mm iuunu :jve a toucn ot ee nu uim"? scene. . TWO POEMS BEAR SAME TITLE -Ashes of Roars." Frost The Omonlam SO Years A so. Reprinted by Heouest. THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 4. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian January 23 in the Items of "Half a Century Ago." I noticed that "Frances Fuller Victor had written a poem for The Oregonian" entitled "Ashes of Roses." About 25 years ago I wrote verses with a similar title. They were pub lished. I think, in the Springfield Re publican and later in the Magazine of Poetry and Art. I am curious to see the poem written so long ago. The verses I wrote were set to music. Is there any way to gratify my curi osity? I enclose a copy of the verses I w rote. MRS. HELEN X. PACKARD. Ashes of Roses. By Frances Fuller Victor. (From The Oregonian, January 23. 1SA5.) O. wild November wind, blow back to me The withered leaves that unit aaovrn i nfcst: ' Waft us come murmur of that Summer sea On which youth's fairy fleet of dreams were last: Return to me the beautiful No ilore: Oh, wild November wind, restore, restore! November wind. In what dim. lonesome cave Languish the tender, plumed sales of ipring7 No raore their dances dimple o'er the wave. "Nor freighted pinions sonjr and perfumes brln?:; Those gales are fled that dimplint sea Is lark , ,. And cloudy (hosts clutch at each mist-like barK. O wild, wild wind, nhere are the Summer airs That kissed the roses of the Lona; Aro, Taking them capliva swooned in blissful snares To let them perish? Now no roses blow In the waste gardens thou art sweeplnt bare Where are my heart s bright roses; wharo, oh, where? , Hsst thou po answer, thou unintying rale. No gentle whisper from the Past to me No snatches of sweet song, no loving tale. No tender murmur from lhat Summer Sea? Are all my dreams wrecked on the Never more ? Vain Is thy taunt. Destroyer; Spring once more Thv mad and ruthless ruin shall restore. Following is the poem "Ashes of Roses," w ritten 25 years ago oy mi a. Helen X. Packard: Ashes of Roses. What though the Ultes may wither and die. And lifes music be hushed with a sob and a. sigh! Still may we gather, ere the day closea Near to our bosoms, ashes of roses. What though the flowers we have gathered in youth. Culled from the gardens of freshness ana truth. , , Fade In our ela.p. as the long day closes. Still '.here remains to us. ashes of roses. When In life s west fades forever the Hs'. And o'er our pathway hushed falls the night. Still subtle In fragrance as the day closes All lhat remains behind, ashes ot roses. Earth unto earth, and dust unto dust. Burled from sisht for aye, love, hope and trust. Tet wafted backward, ere the day closes. Sweetest of incense, ashes of roses! Ashes of ros?s: O'er an Infinite sea Islanris of gladness look we to thee! Something Immortal our clear faitU dis closes. Sweeter, far sweeter, than ashes of roses. YOl'THFt L CRIIIXL PROBLEM (irand Jor.i'a Sermonette Analyzed by Alvin Heckttsora. PORTLAND. Feb. 3. To the Editor.) Tn i-1. - n 1 n lanuarv !tl. the January grand jury is quoted as saying: "The imlirrerence ol organizeu ucieu toward the reformation of youthful criminals is, in our opinion, a dis grace." . That's a beautiful little sermon, but kindly permit me to call attention of that now ex-honorable body that it is mistaken in predicating that there Is an "organized society. inis mum called "society" is a patchwork of con flicting ideas, ana is carried rorwara. or might it not oe wen iu y wards, by innumerable factions, each seeking to promote sonic semen ......... around which their narrow-minded views of life have become so crystal- .i n.iuihilitv for lizea iliac incic ? ..v, a thought ot the purity of the race to Iind loagmeiii tneieui. n a c . . . . 1. 1 . .1 hA eves tnesc tactions to n . of the sociologists by throwing -the dust el tneir seuiaii icui.i .....a... in the air; the acts of criminals they keep on producing are too glaring to prevent those who are in truth trying to uplift humanity from seeing where the fault really iies. The vital question is not so much how to reform those who are now in the harness of crime as it is how to check the production of criminals. The psychic factor of bearing criminals is an unknown quantity to the minds of the reformer of todtiy. The youthful criminals are springing from the loins of these would-be reformers in equally large numbers as from criminal par ents. For the past 25 years crime has not only been, on the constant Increase, but the average age oi criminals naa constantly fallen, until now we have mere children committing tno uum . . . . i x.-i.u 4 . 1. 1 .. n V. -on. tne crimes, .mju'ioi w " -.. dered at when they are all born with millionaire desires and all too soon they find themselves paupers li op- ... . ..If., ll.nu. .lif poriuniucH iu e,i..j Mark well this, ye reformers: In born desires for things not possessed will -find a way for self-gratification in the vigorous youths. ALVIN HECKETHORX. -FBASTIC kcOXOHV IS DEPLORF.D. Capers ow Helnr Cat Will He Re rrettrd. Think One Cltlaen. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 3. (To the Kditor.) In their frantic efforts to economize it seems that the members of the pres ent Legislature are cutting a few capers which will be regretted before the next executive bote)- assembles in Salem. For instance, the members of the ways and means committee are taking the bit between their teeth and running away w ith whatever little pet idea that chances to enter their worthy minds, despite the fact that in carry ing out their respective plans several of the different state institutions are placed in a fair way to become pretty near stranded and destitute of even ordinary operating funds. The members of the ways and means comrryttee have not as yet seen fit to discuss the needs of the state institu-, tions with the members of the Board of Control. They simply visit the in stitutions, ask the heads of the de partments to get along for the next two years without this and that and then arrive at a decision as to how much or how little money should be ap propriated. The estimates made by the Board of Control are ignored. The members of the Board have had no opportunity to appear before the ways and means committee, with the result the latter body has cut down on monevs asked for which was and Is needed very badly. Such reductions in the cost of farm equipments, window blinds, bathtubs and a lot of other minor articles is a fair example of the manner in which the ways anil means committee Is endeavoring to curtail ex. penses. The .Board of Control asked for these very same articles. Not many, but simply enough to supply the present needs at some of the Institu tions and which, not provided for, will he bndlv mlsBCd before another ap propriation can be made or means pro vider! omerw-ise mr mrn FVonomv is a mighty fine thing these days, hut too much of It in the conduct of (state Institutions cenrmnv nii-t-B tiuuMe. A SUBSCRIBER. Twenty-five Year Ago From The Oregonian February 6. ISJn. The water on Front strevl was deep yesterday that the iiomli of sightssers wero compelled to fa! I back on First arrest. Second street la also under water five or six blocks nd Third s'reet in place is Inundated. On First street elevated sldewa'.ka havo been built between Morrison and Washington streets. The river now registers feet and five Inches. At Oregon City the water ia reported re ceding. A dispatch from Jacksonville, Or., says the heavy rains and melting snows have precipitated the rreatcyt flood known since the country waa set tled. David L. Williams nd Frsnrca L, Therkelsen were married Tuesday even ing at Trlnltv Kpiscopsl Church by Ucv. T. L. Cole. They will be t home at S55 Ninth street after February IT. J. C. Bayer announces the regular meeting of the Builders' Association has been postponed on account of the safe elation rooms be'.ng flooded. F.VR, Strong, president. h offered a reward of .0 for the recovery of the boathouae of the Portland Rowing A sociatlon which went adrift Sunday morning. February 2. For the first time in nearly two er The Oregonian will reach Its readers this morning as four-page sheet. Just half Its usual aire. This contraction In space has been made necessary by the 14 inches of water covering the floor ot the business office nd press room making It impossible to run this issue on the big press. A fall of three Inches, expected by tomorrow, will al low the press to operate aa usual. The Oregonian has secured desk room at the office of Hughes. Brown Co., Washington street, where all regular business of the paper will bo handled today. L. Samuel has graciously oflere.l the presses of the West Shore and V. W. Baltes V Co., also have offered theirs. Al Hayman has telegraphed to P. It. Friedlander that he left San Francisco Wednesday morning. February 5. on the steamer Columbia with the entire Emma Jurh Grand English Opera Com pany, end would reach Portland Feb ruary 7, with 117 mcmebrs. Lew, Spiegl A Co., have been driven out of their quarters by the flood and now are at 21'7 Second street. The graduation exercises at the High School drew a crowded assembly hall last night. Miss Media A. Conner. Henrv Denllnger. the only male gradu ate. Miss Llllie O. Spiegl and Miss Lslla Dalton were among those on thr. pro gramme. Miss Spiegl delivered the vale dictory to the class. C. E. S. Wood de livered the principal address, erring and going out of his way to arraign the newspapers. D. P. Thompson presented the diplomas. Let the Castles Teach You the New Dances Mr. and Jlrs. Vernon Castle, greatest exponents of the modem steps, have written a series of ar ticles that will appear in THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN The first of these will be printed tomorrow. The proper way to dance the one-step will be explained and illustrated by photographs of the Castles. Other Features in The Oregonian Tomorrow Are Here Listed. Penrod. a Real Boy. Booth Tarkingrton contributes the, first of a series of stories on the es capades of Penrod, a character that will make you live attain in the realm of Boyville. If you laugh with and at Penrod once, you will not miss a story of this delightful series. Panama Fair From the Air. The most remarkable picture yet taken of the Panama-Pacific Expo sition will be published. It is a birdseye view from Silas Chris tofferson's aeroplane, taken at an elevation of 1500 feet. Other pic tures of the great fair. Hotel de Gink. From an old shack in New York City, given over to him by the au thorities, King Jefferson Davis rules over 400.000 professional globe trotters. Mary Watts has 1 chat with Davis about his kingdom. Exploits of Eaine. If you read the beginning o this thrilling story last week you will not miss the next installment to morrow. If you did not, it is not too late to begin, as the first chap ter will be summarized. "The Ex ploits of Elaine" is by Arthur B. Reeve, creator of Craig Kennedy, scientific detective of fiction. Palestine's Future. Formation of a Jewish state is a possible outcome of the present war. This eventuality is seriously discussed in Europe, particularly in England. Russians in the Trenches. A correspondent records his visit to the firing line at Vilna. The men in the trenches tell their experi ences. American Women at the Front. Wives of English noblemen take big part in relief work and in car ing for the wounded. Pictures show them on duty. Portland Pastors Contribute. Dr. John II. Boyd contributes the first of a series of sermons by Portland clergymen. His subject is "The Divine Method of Develop ing Manhood and Womanhood." A powerful sermon by a brilliant writer. Oregon in Retrospect. The second in a series of inter esting historical pictures shows the laying of the cornerstone for the Masonic Temple at Third and Alder streets in 1871. Other Features Include. A first-page reproduction of one of Gifford's famous Indian pic tures, a page of stories for the children, Dolly Dip docs the Lob ster Crawl, Dock Yak, Polly and the other popular comics. Order Today. ; V