TIIE MORXING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1915.
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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.
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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.
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