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THE 9IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1915. 8 PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Orefon. Postofflce as econd-clasa matter. ubaciiptioa Kates Invartabljr in advance: (By Mall.) Patly. Sunday included, one year Daily, Sunday Included, six months . . Daily, Sunday included, three months Daily, Sunday Included, one month -. . Pally, without Sunday, one year Pally, without Sunday, six months ... raily, without Sunday, three months . Da fly. without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year Sunday, one year Sunday and Weekly, one year ..8.00 . 4.25 . -JM . .73 . 6.00 . a.;s . 1.7J - .tw . 1.00 , 2.50 . S.S0 natlv! Hnnriav Included, one month How to Remit Bend Postofflce money or der, express order or personal check on your Ioca.1 bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at Mender's risk. Olve postofflce. address la lull, toeludlna; county and state. restate Katre 12 to IB paces. 1 cent; IS to 33-puges. a centij; 34 to paces. J cents: bO to UO paces. 4 cents: t to 7 paces, u -cents: "8 to V.1 pages. 6 cents, foreign post age, "double rales. Eastern Business Office Veree ft Conk lin. New Tom. Brunswick building; Chicago, litencer buiidinc. Pan Francisco Office B. J. Bidweil Com pany, 742 Market street. PORTLAND, TIESDAY. .MARCH S3, lt. CONSOLIDATION'. The movement . for organization of the New Chamber of Commerce of Portland reaches its climax today In the beginning: of the membership and subscription campaign. The plan contemplates a merger of the Chamber of Commerce and Com mercial Club, and the absorption of several other bodies and associations. It is the largest and most important project ever undertaken for a greater Portland and a greater Oregon, for in the new Chamber are to be har nessed and harmonized all the ener gies and manifestations of a common interest and concrete public spirit, for the benefit of all. It la true undoubtedly that the old Chamber of Commerce and the old Commercial Club have in their respec tive fields wielded great influence and accomplished important results; and it is true, too, that other bodies have demonstrated their necessity and worth. But it is more than ever true now that by coming together, in a new plan of effort through a defi nite assignment of certain tasks to specified bureaus, there will be no lost motion, and the impetus and power of the greater organization will be more beneficially exercised. The proposed consolidation meets a common need. It is expected and de sired by the whole community. It is high tribute to the generous spirit of Portland that there has been no criti cism of past methods, but that there have been appreciation and under standing of the real results achieved. Nevertheless there has long been a general feeling that it was time to discard outgrown vehicles and employ a single new one. The policy of the Xew Chamber of Commerce will be to utilize all the available talent and all available re sources in every department of activ ity and industry for the benefit of Portland. No better statement of the objects to be attained can be given than by summarizing the official prospectus: 1. To promote the interests of Portland and Oregon along, every avenue of desirable Trade, Commerce, Profession and Industry. I. To advance the prosperity and welfare of all the citizens of Portland and the State of Oregon. S. To encourage the incoming of the right kind of people especially farm ers new capital and new industries, and the holding here of conventions and meetings of people from abroad. 4. To foster and encourage existing manufacturing and commercial enter prises. 5. To secure and maintain ample rati and water transportation facilities and favorable rates throughout our trade territory. S. To safeguard the industrial, com mercial and civic interests of the city, and the general welfare of her people, so that Portland may be known to all the world as a most desirable place in which to live and do business. 7. To cultivate closer social and commercial relations between Port land and the entire State of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, its natural trade territory. t. To protect the interests of Port land and .the State of Oregon by a land and the Slate of Oregon by a tional legislation, to the end that de sirable measures may be properly en couraged and those inimical to our best Interests opposed and prevented. J. To co-operate with the rail and water transportation lines and with other Northwestern cities In a con tinuous, active and vigorous campaign for tourist travel and for immigration f a desirable class. 10. To bring into one big, strong, central organization all who believe in and will work for Portland and the State of Oregon, to the end that our own people may be brought into closer and more friendly relations, our com munity energies directed through a single common channel, and our every undertaking for the prosperity and welfare of this great and favored sec tion receive the united and earnest support of all the people. Today a large number of Portland citizens will call on other citizens for the purpose of personal interviews as to the reorganized New Chamber of Commerce. Those who have been member and most citizens worth while have been Identified in one way or another with some public body will be invited to renew their member ships and their allegiance. They will be asked also to identify themselves per sonally with the Chamber, by actual service, in order that the ideal of a great popular organization, devoted to the community as a whole, will be realised. Every one has a duty he owes to the public; and few decline to do It. to the extent of their abilities, j when the way is pointed out. That is the prime object of the present campaign to get all Portland to gether so as to serve Portland and Oregon well. Sheridan's champion hen lays eggs sight and one-half inches one way by s.even and three-quarters the other. Truly an industrious biddy whose ef forts deserve unstinted praise, but how long. can she hold out? The fa mous Corvallis champions won their renown by laying eggs of moderate proportions in countless numbers, For marketing purposes we dare say thousand eggs of moderate size are better than a few monstrously big ones. STILL PROGRESSING. The following illustration of the progressive spirit among a portion of the electorate is taken from an es. teemed contemporary: Organized labor is determined to have a candidate, and there is a plan on toot to see that a sure enough owner of a union card is on the ballot. The Central Labor Council expects to hold a convention next week at which there will be delegates from every union. These are to nominate five candidates for the .support of the unions and the five names will be balloted on by the unions. The man receiving- the highest number of votes will be accepted as the can didate of organized labor. A feature of the programme is to levy an assessment of 10 cents on every member of every union so as to accumulate a fund for tne laDor nominee. It will be recalled that Portland Councilmen were once started on the road to office by a direct primary indorsement. It was a sort of wide' open, free-for-all method and was discarded two years ago for a non partisan, preferential, one-election system. Two years is a long time to remain content with an election system,, so union labor will resort to the novel plan of holding a political convention. Some excitable persons may doubt the sincerity of the convention s conclu sions. It may be fancied that some candidate will promise offices in order to get the convention indorsement. It may be suspected that steering com mittees will control or boss rule pre vail. ' The suspicions are of course pre posterous, for this is not to be, an assembly. Dear, no. Assemblies are horrid things. The delegates to them are chosen by persons who think alike. The delegates to the proposed con vention will represent men who work alike. The distinction is quite clear. The one is an impudent Invasion of the people's rights. The other is a highly proper counsel in the interests of the public weal. THE FALL' OF PRSZEMYSL Surrender of Prszemysl to the Rus sians is one of the most important events in the eastern theater of the war. It removes the last obstacle in Galicia to their advance westward on Cracow ftid releases a large force for the attack on the Carpathian passes and on Bukowina. It comes oppor- tunely for the allies, at the time when Italy appears about to take the plunge into war, for it may hasten the deci sion. It may influence Austria to abandon the renewed attack on Ser bia and Montenegro, as the dual mon archy will need more than ever to stand on the defensive. The fall of Prszemysl also has serious bearing on the position of Ger many. It clears the Russians' way to Cracow, which is on the border of Silesia, and may compel the Germans to concentrate much strength at Koen igshutte, in the southeastern corner of that province, for the protection of the Important city of Breslau. This point is not beset with the same kind of difficulties for an invading army as Kast Prussia, but is well fortified. and railroads furnish facilities for rapid concentration of troops. The heart of the Hapsburg mon archy, however, will not be in danger unless the Russians should break through the barrier of the Carpathians into the Hungarian plains in great force. Galicia and Bukowina are merely outlying provinces, and the Austrians are now falling back on their strongest defensive line, which is the mountains. A TRIPLE SWAN SONG. Congress adjourned nineteen days ago, but up to Saturday last the con gressional Record reached its Port land subscribers" pretty regularly everv day, the last issue being dated March 16. As Congress adjourned March 4, the readers of The Orego niau who are not fortunate enough to receive the Record may ask why a record of Congressional proceedings is issued when there are no proceedings to record. The answer may be given in three words leave to print. Just before the Congress adjourned a member of the Senate moved that members who so desired might extend their remarks and have them published in the Rec ord: a member of the House of Repre sentatives did the same and such leave was given. Hence for eleven days we have had several hundred pages of "remarks" handed to us by the Record that were never uttered on the floor of Congress or anywhere else. Among these was a sort . of swan song bV "the late" Congressman Laf ferty, which, strange to say, is the last "speech" on the last page of "speeches" in the last number of the Record. So it is not only a finis in the Congressional life of Mr. Lafferty but the same as to volume 52 of the Record. As to the "speech" of Mr. Lafferty what does it matter? However, it bears the title. "My Platform," and in it he makes a plea for the public own ership of railroads. But even before these "remarks" were written Con gressman Lafferty had become Citizen Lafferty and it is quite within reason to sav that his "remarks" will bear no fruit " and that the 1,700.000 railway employes will continue to draw their pay from the railway companies in stead of the public treasury. The lat ter would suit Citizen Lafferty and many of his sort: but as a whole the country thinks the Treasury Depart ment is carrying about as heavy a load as it can conveniently and safely "tote." HELPING THE INSANE. Dr. Bayard Holmes, of the Chicago Lancet-Clinic, publishes some sensible remarks on insanity in a recent num ber of his paper. He says, for one thing, that insanity "is far more de structive to the National wealth than fire," which may or may not be true if we take it literally, but it is sug gestive at any rate. Most fires are caused by lack or care which in some cases is little short of insanity. And usually those who should aid in put ting out fires at the beginning go mad with fear or excitement at the critical moment. With facts like these to help him out perhaps Dr. Holmes may be pretty nearly correct. But he made his startling statement to point a moral. Fires, he reasons, are not so destruc tive as insanity, and yet the public mind is in a fever of zeal to prevent them, while very little is done to pre vent or cure insanity. Most of the states spend money liberally to house the insane and provide them with com forts,, but efforts to effect cures and prevent new. cases are discouragingly feeble. He estimates that 40 per cent "of the state budget in some states is expended, in custody that is wholly without research for prevention and cure." This should not be so. The insane are usually curable if proper treat ment is available and it is possible by improving the environment In which people subsist to diminish the number of fresh cases. Farmers' wives go in sane more frequently than almost any other class of persons a lamentable fact which is attributable to their monotonous employments, lack of so ciety and amusement and the depress ing effects of hot kitchens with an unvaried routine of cooking and dish washing. Labor-saving inventions should be something to improve the lot of the farmer's wife. The kitchen usually gives new-fangled devices a cold wel come and the housewife suffers in mind and body for her conservatism, but no doubt our kitchens will ulti mately be modernized. The isolation of the farmer's fam ily results largely from bad roads. With better facilities for getting about the neighborhood there will be more social Jife and the chances are that the insanity patients from the rural districts will therefore be faV less nu merous than they are now. WAR AND ART. Speculations about the effect of the European war on literature and art still engage the minds of our erudite Eastern contemporaries. Some of them seem to think that the war will stim ulate the finer products of the mind and spirit. Others believe that it will cause a dearth in those realms. One authority predicts that for the next hundred years men will be too busy trying to feed and shelter themselves to have any time or energy for art. In considering the effects of war upon the mental activity of man we must discriminate. A short, victorious war unquestionably inspires poets, architects, painters and sculptors if there are any in the country. Such a war Is followed by a great uplift of the national spirit and all sorts of fine consequences flow from it. But the effects of a long, disastrous war are very different. The resources of the country in population and wealth of all kinds become exhausted, de pression is the prevailing mood among the people, the arts languish and civ ilization in all its phases declines. History furnishes innumerable ex amples 'of the latter truth and a few of the former. All the arts steadily declined in Greece after the long Peloponneslan war and during the struggles for Macedonian supremacy. Rome, which was constantly at war, never had time or Inclination to de velop the arts. Germany required fully a century to recover from the devastation of the Thirty Tears War and in the utter misery of the country neither literature nor art showed signs of vitality. In the same interval France, profit ing by the peaceable statesmanship of the great Richelieu, shone with un paralleled splendor in all the domains of the intellect. After the destruction of the Spanish Armada the mental forces of England leaped into splen did activity just as those of Athens did after the rout of Xerxes. Our long and ruinous Civil War was, on the other hand, markedly depressing to the finer intellectual products. What the present war will do to man and his activities can only be pre dicted by remembering what similar wars have done in the past. TIIE MAKER OF NEW RUSSIA. Count Witte, who died a few days ago, was the maker of a new Russia. He came to the front as a director of railroads soon after the Russo- Turkish war of 1877-8, when Russia was very deficient in railroads and had few manufactures. He became director of all the imperial railroads and did much for their expansion. His success in this field led to his appointment as minister of finance, in which he did his greatest work. He caused the adoption of the protective system, which attracted many foreign capitalists, developed great manufac turing centers and produced a vast in. crease of revenue. His policy was op posed by the landlords and brought him into collision with the Germans, who found themselves shut out of a rich field. He put Russian finance on a gold basis after a vain attempt to adopt fiat money. At his Instigation vodka was made a state monopoly. Through his measures the revenue was doubled and Russia produced many goods for her own market which had formerly been imported. Witte was opposed by those whose ideal was a Russia gradually accumu lating wealth without the evil aceom paniments of European industrialism, and by the agrarians, whose exports were hurt by the high tariff, while the high prices caused by imports taxed the people. The boom he started collapsed in 1899, .but his downfall as Minister of Finance was not accom plished till 1903. Even then he re tained his position as president of the committee of ministers. He opposed the war with Japan and when it led to disaster and rebellion, the Czar turned to him for aid. He negotiated the peace terms at Ports mouth and extorted concessions which gave him all the honors, while the Japanese envoys were received" with riots at Tokio. On his return nome his counsels induced the Czar to make concessions to the revolutionists by creating the Duma, 'and he was the Premier of the first Russian Cabinet. Soon afterwards, in 1906, he was forced out of office by the combined opposition of his former enemies and of the extreme revolutionists, and he had since lived in retirement. The present economic progress and financial strength of Russia are maip ly the work of Count Witte. Great mills and factories have grown up in manv cities.' oil fields have been de veloped, arid land has been irrigated and mines have been opened. Siberia is no longer a mere penal colony, for hosts of people have gone from Euro pean Russia to grow grain and live stock, and Siberian butter is now ex ported to Europe. As Peter the Great introduced Russia into the European family of quarrelsome nations. Count Witte made Russia an Industrial fac tor which is to cut a figure in the world's commerce. 1 ADVICE TO BACHELORS. since everv conscientious and pa triot ir bachelor Dlans to get married some time or other, we can think of no more profitable pastime for him than listening to a lecture on the choice f a wife. Such a lecture Dr. V. S. Hall, of the Northwestern Uni versity Medical School, gave to an au dience of bachelors the other day, under the management of the Chicago y. M. C. A. The learned speaker told his hear-j ers, who seem? to have been young men for the most part, to avoid sickly girls. Even the hose that a feeble damsel may sometimes recover should not beguile a voung man into marry ing her. "Let her recover first," sagely counselled Dr. Hall. He evi dently puts sickly sweethearts and drunken swains in the same category. It is hopeless to think of bringing either of them into the normal con nubial condition after . marrying. If the reform can not be - effected be fore the ceremony it is not.to be looked for afterward. On the subject of heiresses Dr. Hall's advice was soundly conservative. It amounts to this: "Marry for money if you have a chance, but not for too much money." If a girl has a fortune of, say, $20, 000, it is likely to enhance the bliss of the household. . But if she has more she will be puffed upwith van ity, twit her wretched husband of his dependence upon her bounty and speedily drift into the divorce court. Love in a cottage has few charms for Dr. Hall, but he sees still less to relish in love swamped under a mass of money. It is interesting to observe that the ordinary eugenic principles of mating can now be taught in public withoutJ provoking an outcry, xnus ur, nan recommended to his hearers to shun girls tainted with insanity as well as the daughters of confirmed alcoholics and nobody seems to have protested. Little by little common sense trickles into the dark and muddled realm of courtship and love. The time may come when mating couples will exer cise enough judgment to fix their fu ture happiness on a secure foundation, but there must be great changes first. Such addresses as Dr. Hall's help mat ters along, but we cannot hope for rapid progress. If the good Lord were truly as changeful as the European militarists think he is the universe would be bad ly managed. One day he is over whelmed with thanks for having "given victory" to the Germans, tne next day the Russian claim, with as good reason, that he is on their side and prove it by some "great victory." It is a tenable hypothesis that these wonderful, favors come', not from the Lord, but from his well-known Adver sary. Sometimes, when buying a horse, it is well to consult the animal. A Linn County man who stopped 'at a neigh bor's for that purpose was kicked in the face by the equine and seriously injured. A horse is an animal that, like many men, can handle but one idea at a time. In the case in instance, it may be the esthetic held his brain and he disliked the buyer's looks. There is a movement on foot to' commemorate the late John Muir by building a "Muir trail" from the To semlte park to Mount Whitney. It Is a fine project. We wonder that some of our millionaires do not build great highways as monuments to themselves. A "Carnegie road" from the Missis sippi to the Pacific would be useful till the crack of doom. It is not always a sign of improvi dence when a farmer buys butter, eggs and so on in the city. There is often no direct way for him to exchange his own products for these necessaries and he must therefore either resort to the city markets or go without. It Is good economy for most farmers to sell their milk and buy butter as they need it. It is reported that Oklahoma is sup porting her state museum with unex ampled liberality. Instead of waiting for time to destroy most of the inter esting records she is saving them cur rently and housing them in ample nni-Aa rtroenn might well take a lesson from Oklahqma in this partic ular. Thn nrocess of trimming Germany continues. General Botha, who is a Briton by circumstance, has captured 200 Germans in Southwest Africa. Af fairs of this kind call attention to tne fact that Germany has hehands full at home; otherwise the story might have different ending. Some punishments cannot fit the crime, as in the case of the man in Philadelphia who threw his two small children from a fifth-story window because he was tired of supporting them. J Tf the School Board is human it will grant the request of the Wash ington High boys for early closing. Present hours do not admit of getting front seats at the games soon to bein. Noting the cheerfulness with which George L. Baker responds to calls for work in' promoting activities for sea sonal affairs in this city, one easily can wish there were more like him. The change of chief of staff of the British army has little significance other than General Murray Is weary. When a man is put into Kitchener's place will be the time to sit up. As time is the essence of the job, the jitneydriver cannot be blamed for hitting her up when he strikes a clear stretch of road. His passengers never grab the lines. Place it to the credit of Rev. Billy Sunday that when he comes to Oregon it is to' seek rest on his apple farm. "A prophet is without honor in his own country." News of the capture of Przemysl went through Russia like the an nouncement that Vicksburg had fallen went through the North half a cen tury ago. j Judge McCredie is fight one um pire is enough. It is easier to kill one than two when the game goes wrong, also more merciful. Jack Johnson is weary of being a man. without a country, and is ready to give up "after he has licTted Wil lard." , Brigadier-General Scott is a man whom Ithe Indian trusts, as was Gen eral Crook in the days long ago. The fox trot has curative properties with Pennsylvania insane, and that balances the score. A local preacher says "marriage is no joke," and ever- benedict will yell acquiescence. Bad weather and shooting pains are delaying capture of the Dardanelles. A Zeppelin without a silencer meets the reception of an unwelcome guest. America is pulling British gold out of Ottawa in satisfactory chunks. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian of March 23, 1S00. Two new hose wagons ordered by the fire commissioners some time ago have arrived. One of the wagons is at No. 3 engine house. Fifteenth and B streets, and the other at No., 2, at First and JeffersojK. , ' W. J. Morgan and J. F. Gerah filed a complaint against W. B. Faulkner yes terday, asking that a receiver be ap pointed for the Mechanics' Pavilion. C. M. Idleman, Morgan's attorney, asked that M. M. Dee be appointed re ceiver. , This was agreeable to Faulk ner, so the appointment was made by Judge Stearns. Bill Nye will be at the new Park The ater Wednesday and B'riday evenings First Mate J. T. MacGenn, of the wrecking steamer Whitelaw. success fully passed a rigid examination in the United States Inspectors' office and has received a license o be master of steam vessels of 500 tons or under In the coastwise trade. No doubt can longer be held that the Southern Pacific will extend its West Side road from Corvallis to Junction. The contract has already been let for 40,000 ties. The painting and cleaning of the Steamship Geo. W. Elder has been finished and the vessel Is now being tossed 'on the ocean's waves. ' " 'X, Charles Abrahams, the well-known Truit dealer, died suddenly of heart failure at Vancouver Wednesday night and his remains were brought to the city yesterday. One of the finest glove contests ever given in this city was witnessed at Mechanics' Pavilion last night M. C. Conley, known as the Ithaca Giant, and Frank Glover, of Chicago, fought two exciting rounds, when they were stopped by the police. The battle was declared a draw. The Rev. J. XV. Snead. Congregational minister, of Albina, will exchange pul pits today with the Rev. R. M. Messick, of the Christian Church. "The City Board of Charities are in their new quarters, $13 Fourth street. United States local inspectors, Messrs. Edwards and McDermott. left for As toria last night on the steamer R. R. Thompson to look after general rou tine business. AnnODsrlns an Engagement, -PORTLAND, Mar. IS. (To the Edi tor.)-! expect to give a party at which I am to announce the coming: wedding of one of my guests, and would like to ask some information from you. Please g'ive me a form (to write on a card) f the announcement to be hand ed to the guests as they come in, or would you suggest using it in the form of a game? What games are suitable for an announcement party? Please give mea menu, for it. Also some cute form of Invitations so as to make it informal. Any other suggestions on the subject wll be very acceptable. M. J. B. Have a card engraved with a heart bearing the initials of the engaged couple: or. a Cupid adorning a card with the names of the bride-elect and her fiance in a tiny envelope could be presented the guests upon entering. Another way is to have corsage bou quets to which the cards of both young people may be tied. Use your visiting card with the date, hour and variety of party you are to give written on. For a menu you might have heart-shaped sandwiches, cupid Ice cream, coffee, olives, cakes. If you wish you could add a salad. "Reddy" la Identified. BKOVVNSV1LLE, Or.. March 21. To tne traitor.; 1 have received two an swers to my Inquiry in The Oregonian as to who "Reddy," of the First Oregon Cavalry, was. The first is a letter from A. Cole at Roseburg, pr., who says that "Reddy's" name was John J. Mackey and that Cole helped to bury him. The second answer I find in The Oregonian, March 4, and sent in by George W. Moore, of Company H. First Oregon Infantry, who says: "I think his real name .was James Mackey, but of that I am not sure." I' have examined the list of First Oregon.. Cavalry who were with Lieu tenant John Bowen on his raid in Harney Lake Valley in 1865, and find that John J. Mackey was among them. I find James Mackey's name in the muster roll of Company B. First Ore gon Cavalry I thank the comrades for answering mv inquiries in the matter. WILLIAM M. HILLEARY. First Oregon Infantry. Food Bulletin on File. PORTLAND, March 22. (To the Edi tor.) I note in The Oregonian, March 20, a correspondent is asking where he can obtain a table of food values which is sent out by the United States Government. We have on file in this office "Farmers' Bulletin No. 142," relative to "Principles of Nutrition and Nutri tive .Value of Food," by W. O. Atwater, Ph. D.. special agent in charge nutri tion ( investigations, office of experi ment stations.' lour correspondent Is welcome to see this bulletin at any time at our office, or, if he will agree to return It to us and will forward his address to this office we will mail this bulletin to him. J. D. MICKLE, Dairy and Food Commissioner. Miss Whltely and Geology. EUGENE, Or.,. March 21. (To the Editor.) Kindly' correct an erroneous statement attributed to me in the story printed in The Oregonian about the 17-year-old student of natural sciences at Eugene, Miss Opal Whitely. Instead of "She knows more geology man many students wno nave graauaieu from my department" it should have read "She knows more about geology than many university graduates." Many of these have taken little or no work in this subject. Furthermore, I could not make such a statement, for the simple reason that this is tne iirst year in which I have been connected with the department or with the Uni versity of Oregon. Male Minor Is Minor I n til 21. ANTELOPE, Or.. March 21. (To the Editor.) Can a married minor who has taken up a homestead go into a saloon and legally purchase liquor and drink it the same as, a man 21 years old? A says he has a legal right as the head of the family to do so. B says he has no legal right to da so until he gets the "patent" from the Government on the land he has home steaded. S. J. JOHNSON. Neither marriage nor any. exercise of homestead rights effects the status of a male minor in relation to the pur chase of liquor or frequenting of saloons. Improvement In Talk. Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Demosthenes was about to go down to the seashore and perform his cus tomary stunt of talking with his mouth full of pebbles to Improve his enuncia tion On the wav an idea assailed him. I "What's the use of fussing with a lot of bilgy pebbles, he growled, when I can get the same effect out of the Galician battlefields?'" And ho said Suzlysmzebrgl six times iu rapid suc cession. - . EDITOR MAX WITH WARM HEART Helen N. Packard Writes of Sam or I Bowles Virtues. THE DALLES, March 21. (To the Editor.) I read with deep sorrow and regret of the death of Samuel Bowles, chief editor of the Springfield Repub lican. In the deaffi of Mr. Bowles one of the bust of men of the conservative old New England type has passed to the great beyond. Mr. Bowbas did not inherit the lit erary qualities of his father and grand father, his abilities lying mora along the lines of business; in fact, he was the business head of the Republican company. In the news and literary departments of the paper his able and brilliant coadjutors have been Solomon Griffin and Charles G. Whiting, both of whom have been connected with the Republican for many years. All who knew Mr. Bowles intimately must mourn his sudden death. While conservative and often called cold, his nature was of the noblest type, chival rous, gentle and tender. Ho was by nature shy, and the term "cold as an iceberg," which has often been applied to him in his native city, was a mis nomer and an injustice to one of the lenderest, gentlest and most consider, ate of men. During 25 years of special work on the Republican. I never received any thing but kindness and consideration from Mr. Bowles, and I highly prize letters received from him, commending certain special articles. 1 recall one Case in particular. Shortly after I came to Portland, in 1901, I wroto the Republican a letter (which The Ore Ionian was kind enqugh to copy), de scribing in detail the beautiful snow capped mountains which I had Just seen from Portland Heights and the psychological effect the sight had on an impressionable nature. Shortly afterward 1 received from Mr. Howies a beautiful letter in which he de scribed his sensations on beholding the same sight several years previous. In all the letters 1 have received from him since I came to the Coast he lias never failed to speak of the beautiful snow-capped 'peaks, and always ex pressed the hope that he should again visit Furtland. Death claimed him ere his wish could be fulfilled. Mr. Bowles was peculiar in his at tachment for old employes of the Re publican Company. One generation after another lias been employed In the mechanical department, the positions descending from fathers to sons. The late George 8. Lewis was, I believe, a iir,t of the business department for 67 years. Of course, in the passing years there have been many changes in the editorial staff. Many men who began as cub reporters have achieveo. distinction and fame in wider fields. There wax a time when it was difficult for anyone to get on to the reportorial staff unless he was a graduate of Williams College. Colonel George Harvey was an ex ception. I well remember when lie as sailed the Republican for a job, a raw green boy fro-n Vermont, who ran away from home because his father refused him the use of the family horse and sleigh to give his "girl" a ride. I took him into my home and "mothered" him to the best of my abil ity, and he surely made good on the paper until he went to larger fields of activity in New York. George Kibbe Turner, now one of the most popular free lances in the literary field, was formerly city editor. He was always like a wild bird in confinement, hated the daily grind, and was always looking forward to the time when he could be free to cultivate the literary field. There were others of the staff, too. who have achieved honors in the field of letters, but one and all of the old followers of the Republican staff loved anil respected Samuel Bowles for what he wax a sincere, up right man, a devoted friend and a good citizen. He was called aristo cratic, whereas he was tho most demo cratic of men; cold, when he had the warmest heart in the world. In ail of Mr. Howies' life lie ever gave the countersign of beautiful char acter and clean living, and 1 feel sum that when his feet were set in the un known trail that leads to the shrouded mysteries of the future he passed the boundaries of silence without fear and without regret, content if he might know that In each heart that knew him beBt-there was left an empty place and a tender spot because of his passing. HELEN N. PACKARD. N. Nitts, War Expert rty Dean Collins. Nescius Nitts, sage of Punkindorf Sta tion, Removing his heels from their great - elevation. Drew a bead- on an ant In Its swift ambulation ' And'doused it in nicotine's dark liqui dation: And then upon captures he made an oration. I see by the papers the arms of the Russ Has triumphed at last in that Austrian fuss Around Przemysl, which same, so I read, Them Russians regards as a triumph indeed: Although It docs seem, Insofur as I make it. That if they could name it, they shore ly should take it. It may be a triumph to capture that town. And may add a heap to them Russians renown. But right here at home, in our Punkin dorf Station, Our sperrlts was filled with complete admiration The way that there city could hold out and stick It Against the assaults of Heraclius Hick ett. Now Hickett, though prone to converse and to talk. Has stuttered sence 'fore he was able to walk; And so. when he starts In dlscussin' the capture Of that Przemysl, we listens In rap ture, Fer each time he struggles to mention that place He jest sprays around until black in the face.- He wrestles till he is as limp- as a towel But never gets even as fur s the vowel. Till we are obliged to seize hold and . restrain His efforts fer fear he wUl rupture a vein. And Hlgglns says: "Hickett, its lucky, I say, They didn't seize also Przasynsz to day." SPRIMG DITTY. Carol aloud, O bird. In your giee, For Sr.rine in her freshness is com.. Hark to the meadow lark singing to me. List to the partridge's drum. Bluebird is searching ror piace tor a nest. His mate Is as busy as he: Robin's rejoicing; with keen ears be s blest. And struggles for worms merrily. Old Mother Nature is waking from sleep. r.illinc her babes from their bed?: Sweet little violets are taking a peep. Fernlets are humping tneir neaus. Spring beautlts aro wasmug ineir iaceb in dew: Brown ,twlgs are dressing with leaves; Even the Springtide is waking In you, Your spirit with thankfulness ureatnes. HOl'K, STROUD, Springfield, Or. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian, ilsrch S3. 1SA. Xve nd Stewart, of Nevada, were duly admitted to scats In the United states Senate. They drew straws for the long and short term. Stewart draw ing the long term and Nye the short one, ending two years from March 4. The reason assigned for the Increase in price of petroleum on this coast re cently is the falling off in exports at the kast, in consequence of the great California oil bubble, recently Inaugu rated In Atlantic cities promising a r millions as the 1 ie!d of the yet unexplored wells of Cali fornia. A document with the follow ins. ad dress has reached oifr table: "To his excellency, the Editor of The Orego nian." The following Inscription also appears upon the envelope, which we take to be the "heading" of what may be read within: "The last link of the -;..t nr jlnrkne.sa anillxed with tbe power and perfection in Junction with the chain of Donoago in mv darkness and which last litis i that thing called splrltuuliam clairvoy ance, which Is deceit and decep tion in the glenious spirit of darkness and the closing destroyers link and also a few worda about Lincoln, Grant and Sherman" here let us grab our breath. Having passed Oiruugh much of the document at railroad speed we consider the subject would be worse to us than chain lightning and refer the matter back to the author with the recommendation that he execute his original thought and determine to for ward It to the Secretary or State, who would no doubt be "pleased' to re ceive It. There is a great need of some Im provement in our present arrangement of carrying the United States mall 1" Oregon, Washington Territory nd Idaho. A letter from Canyon City, re ceived yesterday, says that at the tlma of writing, a bundle of weekly papers. 49 days from Portland, had Just arrived. The time for all such slow coach opera tions is past. Miss Divine. In consequence of a slim attendance, last night postponed her concert until some more favorablu oc casion. QUALITY CAVT BE Tit ASSPLAM Peculiar Brand of Oregon Hose Duo iu Oregon Sail nu4 f llnaair. PORTLAND, Or., Match 22. (To the Editor) There has recently appeared lu a local paper articles from lis Sun Francisco correspondent-culling atten tion to the lack of "Oregon famous" roses and rose bushes about the Oregon building at the exposition grounds In San Francisco. The Inference Is that the roso growers of Oregon are sadly negligent In not attending to this mat ter and that we have a "peculiar brand" of Oregon roses that should be gron Hiid shown there. Now, all practical rose growers know ihui lacking the rich rluyey soil of Oregon and har mild, humid cllmst. and especially her warm overcast hummer days, you cannot grow tne tirezron quality of roses In the exposition grounds at San Francisco, and to grow and exhibit any but the highest class will only bring discredit to our reputa tion as the Rose City and State. Granted that tho soil may be pro vided by transportation or fertilizing, how wlil you ovcfconie the effects of the bright, sunny days and windy aft ernoons that arc the rule In San Fran cisco? The effect of the hot sun will be to develop them so rapidly that they Bill nut obtain the motit "perfect ph. of their pofsiblc beauty." They will bo deficient ill slzo and especially lack rlic rich, velvety color common to Oregon-grown royes, In fact, be simply California flowers. Now, anyone who hopes that tne new varieties h'ather Schoener has produced and proposes to exhlhit there, will add to Oregon's fame will tie greatly dis appointed. While ail Oregon rce levers hope he will some time be successful In propagating a beautiful rose that will make Oregon famous we must wail. a little longer. It Is a well-known fact that the chances of producing reaii fine blooms by cross pollenlxlng Is St all times so doubtful that rather Schoener may consider himself fortu note Indeed If ho succeeds In getting even 1 wn or three really fine blooms of commercial value out of the hundred thousand seeds he Is said to nave savei ami nlantcd. Wo all hope he will suc ceed ill producing either a Joseph Hill, Hugh Dickson, or a rintinurst. );. P.. M'KARLAN'P. President Portland Rose Society. HOMES. Spring Is here and 1 suppose Weil hear from all the poet "bos." They'll rouse them from their Winters doze To rhapsodize about tho rose. Tho dally papers will expose In metric verse or honeyed prose The warm effusions they propose About the beauties of the rose. But lest mayhap an overdose rUsturb Miss Poesy's repose, I'll hie me where the myrtlo throws Her kisses to the hreczo that blows Upon a wilder, sweeter rose Than any cultured garden grows. Her home an ancient spreading tree Where Dried sisters wander free. Where wlldwood voices fondly sing Of life and love and Joyous Spring. O gladlv shall my humble song Be mingled with the forest throng For I've been fed (O grievous wrong!) On ragtime hash all Winter long. G: H. SANDS. Warn Deserter Gars Home. PORTLAND, March 22. To the K.di. tor.) A deserter from the English army emigrates to the United States. He obtains his first naturalization papers. On paying a visit to England, would the Engltsh authorities be Justi fied In apprehending him and would United States interfere? SUBSCRIBER. The English authorities could sppre. hend and punish him as a deserter, and the United States would not Interfere. No Chance for Dr. Cook. PORTLAND, March 22. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly let me know If summit of Mount Hood Is fully discovered by someone? If not, where can one ob tain reliable information as to fur nishing means for discovering it. I would like to see the American flag fly ing on the top of It. D. NICHOLOFF, The summit of Mount Hood has been fully discovered. The In-Between Month March Is a sort of ln-''eleen month. You can never 'e sure about tho weather. ' The calendar and the thermometer are frequently out of harmony. It Is a month where people have to be careful about their attire. They must have the things they need' when theyneed them. Is your wardrobe short of some requisite? Do you need some articles to make you weather proof? The stores are well i i ciol to supply Immediate needs and tl.e ad vertising columns of The Orcponlan are a guide to the best merchants and manufacturers.