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Eastern Businos Office Vera Conk lin. New York. Brunswick building; Chicago, bianger buildiuf. can Franeisco Office R. J. SldweU Com pany. Market street. J-OKTI. AND. SATCKDAV. MARCH . MHO DELAYS DEVELOPMENT ? Defenders of the Ferris waterpower bill, beaten at every point, frequently fall back on the argument that op- . position to that bill will delay devel opment and that, as compared with the vast gain that would accrue to the West from the provision of a great supply of electric power, state sovereignty over the water is not worth the fight They urge that the Senate amendments to the Ferris bill reeognixe state control of the water and require compliance with state law before leases are granted by the Government. They assume that no steps have been taken by the states to regulate and impose rental on waterpower. In fact, the general theory of the Ferris hill Is that the Government should occupy a twilight zone of jurisdiction which might have been, but in fact has not been, occu pied by the states. The truth is that this field has-al-ready been fully occupied by the states. The first obstacle in the way of power development is the refusal of the Government to permit the use of certain tracts of the public domain on terms under which, capital will invest and which recognize the state's own ership of the water. The Govern ment's action is based on the assump 'tion that it can exercise sovereignty over the public domain. As The Ore gonian has frequently shown, it can esercise only the same rights or own ership as other landowners, ..though the states are estopped by the act of admission from taking pr interfer ing with the manner of disposal of public land. Even this concession by the states has been held by the courts 1o be subject to the right to condemn public land for public use, - which would include tlic use of a public utility such an a power company. The states, lire the owners and sovereigns of all the water which tbey have not ncprefsly ' granted to indi viduals fend corporations, subject only to the Government's authority to main tain the navigability of navigable streams. Tet the Ferris bill authorizes tho (Secretary of the Interior to lease not only the land which the Govern ment owns but the r ater which the state owns. It directs how the state's water shall be used and exacts .pay ment for the use. graciously condescending- to pay one half to the state after the Government has had the use of the money for an Indefinite- perio'd of time. The Henete committee rea lised the iniquity of the latter, pro posal and provided that one-half should bo paid to'the state from the beginning. The Government has no more authority in the matter than a private land-owner. If the latter should attach such conditions to a lease of his land, the lease would be void. The bill attempts to devote the tate's water adjoining public land to the exclusive purpose of developing powerN Nearly all the arid land states. Including Oregon, have pro vided by law. as Senator works sas in his minority report, "what uses of water shall bo preferred over others where the water supply from any source is lnsuatclcnt to meet all needs, usually in the following order: Do mestic use, irrigation, development, of power." That is the order established in Oregon. A power company having a Government lease might be deceived of some or all of its water for domes tic use or for irrigation under the state law. The Government having surren dered riparian rights as to public land patented since 1S77. water, on public land became state property and sub ject to state sovereignty. Oregon has adopted a water code placing its water tnder the jurisdiction of a board of control and making elabor ate provisions for the use of water. Upon a showing that an appropria tion of water has been perfected, the board of control issues a permit for forty years with a preference right of renewal under the laws existing at the date of expiration. - Although the state has a complete code filling the entire field of juris diction over water, Congress, acting simply as a large landowner, attempts to invade that field with a law of its own containing provisions which con flict at many points with the state law. Congress tries to ' give power priority over other uses, while the state places power behind domestic and irrigation use. The Ferris bill contains a provision that it shall not affect or interfere with state laws, but either this provision must have no ef fect or it will nullify every other im portant provision of the bill. The bill limits Government leases to fifty years with option of purchase by the Gov ernment, state or municipality at the end of that time. The Oregon law fixes the limit at forty years with, pre ference right of renewal by the holder. Here is a direct conflict. If the state law is to stand, a vital provision of the Federal law is annulled. The Ferris bill provides that' no lease shall be granted until the right to the water is secured from the state, but the state grants a permit only after the appropriation has been com pleted, that is, after the plant is fin ished. Thus one of the conditions of lriu. rannnt he fulfilled until tie capital to be invested, under h. l,uw has already been invested. The conflict is so irreconcilable that no investment would De maae. St its law gives the Oregon Utilities Commission authority to fix rates, and to permit security issues, but the Ferris bill propones to give the same anihoritv to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Either open conflict would result or the Ferris bill provi sion would be treated as oid. The Secretin' ef the, Interior- may allow combination of pUnU. but the rtata might forbid it. : The Government as the mere lessor of land has no right to a voice in the matter. In forbid ding the incumbrance of the property leased, Congress again assumes a power that belongs to the state. -; If the Government should take over and operate a plant constructed under state laws, it would at once become amenable to state regulation or the state is deprived of jurisdiction over its waters. Contracts for power are by the bill made subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior, but they are also subject to approval by the Public Utilities' Commission of Oregon. - Were it possible to reconcile the state law with the proposed Federal law, there would be so many .require ments to comply with and there would be such risk of conflict in the future that no capitalist would be likely to attempt compliance for the purpose of making so Insecure an investment. But the conflict is irreconcilable at many points and a would-ba investor under the Ferris bill would almost surely become involved in litigation at the outset In opposing the Ferris bill, therefore, we are not delaying de velopment, for any development at all under that billis highly improbable. We are simply opposing an added obstacle to development in order that power may be developed in the only legal, constitutional manner, namely, under state law. Congress need only fix the terms for grant of use of its power sites, authorize the Interstate !om merce Commission to regulate inter state rates, and permit the states to exercise ' their sovereignty over' the water. Then , .development can go ahead. Congress is blocking the way by its invasion of state jurisdiction and its attempt to appropriate state property. SPLITliNG IXTO'IIIVE HAIRS. The Oregonian has not said that the split infinitive"" is grammatically incor rect, and it therefore declines to enter the lists with the bold champion of the euphonic monstrosity who writes today. We repeat that the objections to the snlit Infinitive are on the ground of taste and not of grammar. Undoubtedly there is no technical rea son why, if it is correct to say "he slowly speaks" it eheuld not also be admissible to write, "to slowly speak." But your careful writer, who has a true sense of sound and rhythm and a subconscious respect for syntax, will put the adverb after the verb in both cases. Grammar is not a matter of perfect consistency and logic, for grammarians have as many moot points to quarrel over as lawyers. We venture to say that no great writer or great rhetori cian has ever permitted himself to worry over any question of strict verbal construction, but he has left all that to the orthographical technicians who are usually bores, except to one another. We make bold also to assert that no great grammarian" was ever a great writer; and we declare with only a little less confidence that the best grammarians are usually not fit for much else in the literary game. They are for ever squaring their verbs with their nouns, and fussing about oases and numbers and objects direct and objects complementary, and .the like, and losing themselves in the syn tactic bog. ' The speaker or writer who is not able to forget his grammar after his juvenile years of instruction in its fundamentals is unfortunate. All. then, we would say to our pe dantic friend is. that if he likes that fwrt of thing, that is the sort of thing lie likes. AMERICA TO TltK KESTIK. The United States has enough w ork to de in connection with tho war without taking a hand in tne fighting. To the feeding of the entire civil population of Belgium it has now added the distribution of food, pro vided by the French nation, among the 2.500,000 French people who are within the German lines. The ad mirable organization perfected by Chairman Hoover, of the Relief Com mission, has- been chosen by France as the distributor ot ner oouniy among her own people. Tn this stupendous work may be added that of rescuing the Armenians and Persians, from the murderous i.-.,i and nther Moslem fanatics who are massacring or enslaving them. Some means surely must do r,H nf n-ithr!ra.wlne- the miserable people of the region bordering on Transcaucasia from the clutches of their oppressors, clothing and feeding them until peace is rescorea or uum the extinction of Turkish rule enables them to return to their homes. natinn than thA United States appears" equal to the task, for every other nation of any importance j . nnn will he. enerasred in war or is burdened with troubles caused bv proximity to the war zone. ine American Nation alone is in a posi tion to demand that Turkey restrain the murderous bandits and permit re lief to be sent to tneir victims.- Tlia trraat hear t of America has given without stint to Belgium and the organizing genius or tins .Nation has carried food to that country. Americans have proved themselves willing to undertake the task and able to carry it out. The State Depart chnuM use its influence-to clear the way for them to carry help to the victims of the .KUras. it seems thA ?Jw World to form itself into a gigantic organization for the relief of the Old woria irom me consequences of its outbreak .of war like frenzy. Of A IX, SAD WORDS" The New York Times recalls pen sively that in 1866 the celebrated scholarGoldwin Smith advocated an al liance between Germany and England. His purpose was to curb the over weening ambitions of Napoleon III, who at that time tlireatened to dom inate Europe. Napoleon was disposed of a few years later without any help from England, and now pretty nearly all Europe is united against Germany. Thus the wheel of fortune turns and Time brings in his .revenges. Germany has won her pre-eminence by the systematic cultivation of effi ciency. No department of human life or effort hs to-en r neglected. In scheol. in the shop and manufactory, in the quest for markets and particu larly in the armyeffieiency has been the German aim. and it has been at tained with wonderful completeness. The German cities are the best gov erned in the world. They set an example for all others in economy, honesty and care for the welfare of their inhabitants. German science ad vances speedily because the wnoie Doay of investigators orgau'- lumunj with numerous learned reviews for the exchange of knowledge and the pub lication of discoveries. Effielapcy was never before carried so far as It is in modern Germany. Other countries have , imitated the TIIE 3I0KXIXG OEEGOXIAX, SATURPAT, Prussians more or less energetically in some departments but none in all. Democratic governments pursue ef ficiency in a dilatory, half-hearted way. They seem to set a higher value on individual liberty. But in one par ticular all the European nations have followed Germany's example because they felt obliged to do so. .None of them could hope to survive5 without an efficient army, and therefore mili tarism has grown and expanded every where. One cannot help wishing the Prussians had applied their genius for efficiency to peaceable projects. If all the energy and intelligence they have devoted to warlike preparations had been consecrated to the improve ment fit human conditions we should not have to wait for the millennium. It would be here now. HIGH PRICES AND COMMOX SENSE. Victor Murdock, editor of the Wichita Eagle, a Kansas paper, comes valiantly to the defence of the retail butcher against the cpmplaint of high prices. Mr. Murdock shows conclus ively'enough that in spite of the high price of steaks and chops the butchers are not getting rich. For some mys terious reason the money they put Into their pockets slips out again and they are no better off for all their extortionate charges. This is true of other retail dealers .. n i. , , V. That, nrimE sir n. ttvu uuw-i"-ic. j. ...... -... . almost uniformly higher than the pub lic deems reasonable and yet tney are not ' aa n rule unduly prosperous. Failures among retail dealers of all classes, are extremely numerous ana success is tho rare exception. A man of long experience among this class of business men says that success means rising at four o'clock every morning, hard work for sixteen hours hohinrl the counter, and an evening spent over the account books to close the day. It is a fact of common ob servation that retail business of everj kind is overdone. In every country village there are too many stores, just as there are in the cities. There are too many independent and competing milk routes, too many butcher shops, nnii tar tnn manv little eating: houses. These, like radishes planted too thlckly in the garden, mutually starve one another, and although necessity drives them to ask high prices they still fail to nrosDer. The demand tor tneir services is over-supplied. Each store, shop or milk route en tails a long list of expenses which must nf course he naid bv the custom ers. Tho more often these expenses are duplicated the higher prices musf rie tr cover them. A district with half a dozen stores and shops to sup port when one would De enougn usu ally presents the sad spectacle of an array of impoverished dealers and overcharged customers. In the great stores, where business is concentrated and expenses scientifically cut down there is little complaint of prices and the business commonly pays nanusoine nrnfita. A liberal dose of common sense would cure many of the troubles of the business world. OIK ATTITUDE TO TltK WAR. Americans, remote and detached from the war zone, are inclined to berate tho warring nations for their wickedness and folly. A Senator ut tered a fine phrase .when he said that Europe had accomplished a substi tution of the law of the jungle for that of Christian civilization. oucn rnnuirks hrtrav itrnoranco of what the warring nations are lighting for, or think they are nghting ror. rney mao betray forgetfulness of a similar epi sode in our own history only fifty veura nark. Thouarli fifty years is a. long time in the life of so. young a Nation as ours, it. is out a onei aiian in the history of old-world nations. Germany, France, Great Britain, Austria, Belgium. Turkey' and Serbia are firmly convinced that they are fighting for their national existence. Russia is fighting for a kindred na tion, which it beltoves to De mreai onefi with extinction. If the convic tion were driven home to us that we must fight or cease to exist as a nation, would we not fight as they are doing? If instead of being bound together in one Union our states were separate nations and one of them were threat ened with extinction, would we not fly to the rescue? When we are tempted to lecture Europe on its seeming lapse into bar barism and to plume ourselves on our superior regard for humanity, it be comes us to remember that those nations are composed of people very like ourselves. They are giving up life, substance, those that they love best, for a cause which they believe to be worth the awful sacrifice. They are willing to suffer or to die for the which their countries fight. Deeds of splendid heroism are being done on both sides. Surely they have weighed the cause against its cost, and K,r eciufl to oav in their own blood and agony. It does not become us to taunt tnem wun return i" law of the jungle. ' We are too prone, to scoff at the causes of this war because we do not understand them. We need to iono . ncerr "Put vourself in his place," in order that we may under stand. We are so tar removeu irom . i. oni its causes that they have a merely academical interest to us. By imagining ourselves citizens -r,, nf the countries engaged, we may come to realize that so gigantic, a struggle nas a caic w portionately great. ; BCDC.ET SVSTEM AND ECONOMY. Th ncmnrratic caucus of the new- House of Representatives has- ap pointed a committee of seven to re port on a budget system when the rnr.oi-eaa meets. It was led tO take this action by the scourging which Representatives j-ltzgeraiu ana mum gave the House at the close of the ,..nn The. chairman of the appropriations committee usually de pends on the majority pbj lj a nod dling of the Nation's finances, but Mr. Fitzgerald's closing speech was little less severe in its denunciation of Congressional extravagance than was f Mr Gillett as spokesman of the minority- The Democracy has been driven to take up seriously ine n..sinn rf financial reform by the growing deficit, by the fact that direct taxes attract pumic aiicuuuu .i iar- tc the snhieet and bv the evident purpose of the Republicans to make the dencit a caniiaiu iuc. No other civilized nation manages its finances with so little system as the United. States. In times ef pros perity Congress has raised more meney t,;i and has occasionallj r - cumulated a huge surplus. At etrer times Congress spends more man it raises and shows a deficit, as at pres ent. Other nations have a budget prepared by the Cabinet, Bhewing a close relation between income and outgo and proposing" methods of rais ing more revenue if increased outgo is proposed. " ' - . Our heads of departments submit estimates of prospective expenses and the Treasury Department submits es timates of revenue to Congress, but no attempt is made by the Cabinet to trim the former to conform to the latter. Congress appropriated 147. 000,000 less than the' total estimates at the last session, and yet did not bring expenses within Income. Here again the money-getting and money spending functions are not brought to gether. The ways and means com mittee initiates bills to raise revenue, while the initiation of appropriations is divided among eight distinct com mittees, each of which acts without regard to the other or to revenue available. But the work of the House committee is not final. The Senate may add to or reduce appropriations and a conference committee of the two houses adjusts the differences on a give-and-take principle, again with only a most cursory glance at the amount of money available. Concentration of power over ap propriation bills in the hands of one committee, as proposed by Mr. Fitz gerald, would be only a partial cure for the evil. We need a budget sys tem similar to those of European states. There the finance minister submits to the Legislature a state ment of proposed expenditures, of revenue available and, if this be In sufficient, of new taxes proposed to meet the deficiency. He explains the reasons for each item, and his state ment forms the basis of discussion. President Taft made a beginning at this system by getting together the j department estimates and trimming them at Cabinet meetings, but the House promptly scented an invasion of Its prerogatives and would have none of the Taft budget system. Common sense dictates that some such system be adopted, but its ad vocates are met at the outset with the statement that the Constitution forbids. Then the Constitution should be changed. The states recently amended the Constitution to permit Congress to levy a new tax; them why not amend it to effect economy? The reasons for opposition by Con gress to a budget emanating from the Cabinet are not far to seek. A large part of the work of Senators and Representatives consists in obtaining appropriations for expenditure in their states and districts. They, therefore, wish to have- as active a' hand as possible in malting up details of ap propriation bills, and they wish to be free to trade votes. Congressmen also look to the President and Cabinet members for favors in the way ef patronage, which gives the Executive a club to swing ver them. That club has been used n forcing reluctant members to vote for Administration measures and might be used to force them to vote for n Administration budget. Thus tho best hope of adoption of tho budget system lies in the adop tion of other reforms. Were all of ficers except the heads of departments and bureaus put under the merit sys tem the patronage club would lose its terrors and Congressmen could be more independent of the executive. Were appropriations for rivers and harbors, buildings and other forms of pork made in lump sums for expendi ture by -commissions or boards, Con gressmen's interest in details would bo lessened. They would then cease to shout for economy in tho abstract while voting for waste in the con crete. Being less exposed to coercion by the Administration, they would dis. trust it less. In order to induce Con gress to vote for a budget system, it is necessary to remove the selfish motive for opo-sing it. One can read of the sinking of a submarine in the North Sea with equanimity, for that Is part of war, but the loss of an American sub- a- thrill nf nitv thrnllirh mersiuie aenua L " " - - t -- ' our people on the fate of the men who went down with her to stay until resurrection mom. t : -iie anA nrobablv it is. that Californians deprecate the idea of vls-i-etiiminer bv way of Oregon, those who know Oregon cannot blame them, for the Easterner win get ins last impression here and it will be the best of his trip. m , TJr.herrcnn wrote Stories Of sea life that were full of action. His . i -i. -ic in tellinfr hnw the OeSL WVHV v ... . . . . n shanghaied man finally put one over on the brutal captain aim n ""- mate. They were good stories for men to read. When done balancing his books, the ...... v..-.- oti-eVeener will read with much satisfaction that the estate of the man who started tne raau-uii business 'must pay an inheritance tax of 313,615: Income tax inspectors in Chicago propose a house-to-house canvass to .nearth the men who earn $7-5,000 and are not paying on it. As if every man told his wife what ne gets; The "alien enemy" under arrest at Fnrt Frances. Ontario, is probably an American who' talks too loud to suit the Canadian. A few days in jail will aid his discretion. The account in Germany's sub marine blockade shows an average of one ship a day sunk at the cost of one submarine a week. The price seems rather high. --" m Lord Roberts was not only a great soldier but a shrewd investor and teok care to place some of his money out side the war zone. Plague is completing the work of war in depopulating Serbia, and it will be well if the rest of Europe is not similarly afflicted. Belgians realize that the ruins of the cities destroyed by the "Germans may become an asset as an attraction to tourists. Being very much of a family man, the Kaiser will forget the enemy long enough to "hoch" his new grandson. The cost of running Fprtland last - x4.QOO.eOO. but it was worth iwhlle to be in the running. The recurring news from Nome, due on the opening of Spring, is of a big strike of placer gold. A submarine often proves as deadly to its crew as to the ships it attacks. It is not so much the Easter bonnet as the result at Havana that day. The Easter lily is soon due and after that the Portland rose. MARCH 27, 1915. 6PI.IT 1SFIMTIVE 18 DBFSXDBD Variety and Flexibility Given Imm- guage by Its Vmc, Says Contributor. PORTLAND. March 26. (To the Ed itor.) Permit me an observation upon the. "snllt Infinitive." called forth by several editorial articles in Tha Ore gonian, especially one printed last Sat urday. , i I make the sentence "He speaks. 1 modify the sentence by the adverb "slowly," writing in the common form "Ho speaks slowly." I may, however, use another allowed form and write He slowlv EDeaks." This second rorm many not be as common as the first, but it is correct and may be carried through all the moods and tenses. "He slowly speaks: he slowly speaks; he will slowly speak; be has slowly spok en," etc. Now, all these sentences are correct. Their correctness, so far as I know, is challenged by no one. We meet the form everywhere "It was recently said," "Will nearly complete," "is finally finished," "Has been simulta neously combined," and so forth with out number. And vet when we come to tne lnnn- itive, we are told that we must not use "To slowly speak." We may say "He will nearly complete." but we may not say "He tried to nearly complete." Whence comes the sacred uses o the infinitive? For what reason is the in finitive taken out of the rule and made the exception? There Is no reason. It is an arbitrary fad. In truth, however, mere is no sum thiner a snlit verb in the infinitive or any other mood. In a book I have been reading occurs the phrase, "The hiirh-trettson trial at Agram." The phrase ia good English. The writer took the nouns "treason ana trial aim welded them into a compound worn, "treason-trial" (written with a hyphen if you choose). .lust an wa take a verb and adverb and weld them into a compound word. When we write To slowly speaK' we have not split the infinitive of the verb "to speak," but have made the infini tive of the compound verb "to slowly speak" (written with a hyphen if you choose). v The matter appears clearer wnen nfitead of a simDle adverb we take an adverbial phrase. If we write "He will in a loud voice speaa, tne Bememio la irrammatical. but obiectionabla, be cause the compound verb we have made is cumbersome and uncouth. The same rule applies to compound nouns. We may say "A larenoy trial," but hardly "a larceny from a dwelling trial." I confess that these compound ed, so-called spilt verbs are not espe cially pleasing to me. although, like everybody else, I use them, but I think that it would be well it tney ware used more sparingly. Tliev have advantages, however, iney add variety and flexibility to the lan guage and in many cases enable one to mark a shade ot dilicrenco in raean- To my mind at least, the pnrase -io speak slowly." Imports a speech deliv ered with slowness, while "to slowly speak" imports slowness In a speech delivered. The distinction is scarcely Busceptlble of exact definition since It lies merely in emphasis, In verbal in tonation, as it were. So far from thinking that a split vero so-called in any mood or tense is nec essarily faulty or in bad taste, I be lieve that in many cbib it gives clar ity and vigor to the diction. To insist that a form ot language used incessantly by all sort.s of writers, good, bad and indifferent, is inaccurate or violates good taste, or that a form allowed in all other moods should be outlawed in the Infinitive, strikes mo as absurd. If we start with the premise that to split the infinitive breaks a rule, either of grammar or of taste, argument is at an end, for if the infinitive is split tho rule is broken, and there you are. I submit for consideration a remark bv Locke in his essay on the under standing, where ho says (I quote from memory) : "I can argue as well as the next man. only grant me my premises." J. SI. JOllSOI. 1G1 North Twenty-third stroet. otjubi:tio to good timks. Moderate One, but lis l'.mulMtloM Would Bring; Prosperity, .Says Writer. PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Edi tor.) My sole object in writing this is to contribute another mite to tha relief of tho business and industrial depression that has settled down on the country. Tho cause of the depres sion, in a great measure, will become apparent in the remedy I am prescrib ing and helping to administer to the limit of mv resources, to-wit: I am selling some unimproved land at whatever 1 can get for it. With the money I thus bring out of its hiding I will. Improve my humble Portland home, as I can do so now cheaper than heretofore or in the future, and yet need not be stingy toward the laborer I hope to employ on same. I will go into the market for some material to remodel, the house, etc. The person who buys my unimproved land at a modest price will do likewise. This is what a man of moderate means can do to relieve the depression if he is not too heartlessly selfish. Now, if some of our wealthier citizens will do in proportion the "unemployed" problem will be reduced to a minimum. In spite of the sneer of a certain pub lisher at the suggestion that "good times always follow depressions," this is an all-important fact to bear in mind and act upon if we would do justice to ourselves and our feilowman. If society as a whole cannot learn to carry out the above ideas we must in evitably surrender Jto the Socialist theory or continue to starve amid plenty. A. Z. Sociability of Charles Francis Adams. PORTLAND, March 26 (To the Edi tor ) The death of Hon. Charles Fran cis Adams recalls the fact that 26 years ago, in company with Mr. Adams, the lata Tyler Woodward and Hon. D. f . n,i . i. n-.ltar , raveled in AlftS- inonipsoii, me "" - --- ka during which time Mr. Adams gave proof of geniality and rare culture. In 1 he mnre enmnanion- able. both Mr. Woodward and Mr. Thompson being wen caicuiaieu n .- the best in the way of sociability out of Mr. Adams or anybody else. During our sojourn we spent Sunday -.i, ii nrA hv invitation. I in wranpcn. v,i.w s conducted service in the little Presby terian .Mission L-nurcn, t. " close a collection for the missionary s wife and baby, who were in the audi ence, amounting to $40. my three trav eling companions giving most of tne money. . , At one time In the vicinity of Glacier Bay Mr. Adams, Captain Carroll, of eur good steamship Carona, and the under signed ran suddenly onto five immense brown bears digging clams on the beach. The smallest one of them was as large as a common Jersey cow. "But what things a fellow will see when he 'haint got no gun!" The whole bunch of these bears in plain sight, not 100 yards away, showed no inclination to run. Captain Carroll, seizing me with, one hand and Mr. Adams with the other, yelled at the top of his voice: "See the bears. See the bears." Mr. Adams, manifesting not the least alarm, burst into a laugh, saying. "That's the best wild animal show I ever saw." Like all really great characters. Mr. Adams toek much interest in common men and common things. C. E. KLINE. Derllnlna; a IeJ. Judge. T want to interest you in a mining proposition. It's a good thing." "Per haps it is; but I'm not." Wall 9t Yaang Wife. Philadelphia Ledger. "I don't know where the eeok to eoeh my next meal will come from." moaned the young wife dismally. Half Century Ago j From The Orefonlan. March 2T, ISM. By telegraph we learn from Albany that the woolen mills at Brownsville. 1 .... . tiamtmxi mA kv fire II 11 l.uuiiij , n,m i. ...... . " J - Thursday night. The fire originated In tha arynouse. too mius were uui lately built and at the time ot their j i n a J.lnff a wnA.1 hnsineJIfl. UUL1UI1 , v. w f ' ' . w The losa la to be regretted, especially .. . . i because tne state atauas in uetsu u. ture of woolen goods. The loss Is said to be about 60,ooo. C ...I K tnhna nf flm-lte fOUIltV. Washington Territory, and Miss Olive L Goodwin, or urnauua, tr., were mar ried at the home ot the bride's parents March 23. Harry Stuart, Justice of tha Peace, officiated. Mobile Fourteen vessels mote were added to the fleet today, and 12 are in sight of the oity. Greater activity pre vails with the enemy in tha lower bay and there is every indication ot an early outbreak. Washington The rapid absorption and popular appreciation of the 7-3' loan under tho management of Juy Cooke. general agent, has determined Secretary McCollough to make no change in the character of tha loam to be placed in the market after tha pres ent one shall have been disposed of. The next issue will consist of an issue of J3UO.000.000. payable In three years after date. The sale of 7--0s in Ger many has been very great and has changed the exchange in favor of America. A Washington dispatch dated Jan uary 31 told of Chief Justice Chase's first elaborate opinion In the Supreme Court. It was of International lmport tance. A few days after the capture of New Orleans the steamer Circassian was -taken by one of our vessels while attempting to run the blockade into the City of New Orleans, under the Im pression that It was still li rebel pos session. The owners ot tho Circassian claimed that although they had in tended to run the blockade, yet New Orleans having been taken by our forces, the blockade was therefore raised, and the veyage of their vessel was a lawful one, for which it could not be taken as a prize. The Chief Justice held that the occupation ot the city by our forces did not raise the blockade and that the blockade ex isted until proclaimed raised by the President. Tho entire court with the exception ot Justice Nelson concurred. E. P. Beebe, principal of the publio schools of this city, district No. 1. made hia report for the quarter ended March !4, last Friday. In the higher depart ment. Miss A. R. Way. assistant, there are 81 students, with an average at tendance of 72; intermediate depart ment. Miss K. J. Way, preceptress, number of students 6S, average attend ance i'0; primary department. Miss Caroline King, preceptress. Miss Fran ces Henderson, assistant, number of pupils 13S. average attendance 9S. The whole number of students in the school is 257; average attendance 20. Sheriff White, of Wasco County, vis ited the city yesterday. Paradise Iat. MONMOUTH, Or., March S5 (T.i the Hditar.)-Pleas stata whether Milton's Paradise Lost haa ever been drama tized: if so, is it appearing in the movies? It bas not been dramatized and la not in tho movies. Paper at MeiniDulli. PORTLAND, Or.. Mareh 23. (To the Kdltor.) What is tha name of the newspaper ef Monmouth? SCBSCniBKTt. The Herald. Mlxtare of tin and I "' Baltimore Sun. "Does fhe doubt your love, fount?" 'Psrbleau! Worse: she doubts my tllle." What the Public Schools Are Doing Told in THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN Beginning tomorrow The Oregonian will publish each Sunday a full page of public school news. This news will cover both the grammar and high schools. It will be written by the pupils themselves and assembled under the direction of a hifrh school teacher who has had experience in journalistic work. Thia feature is sure to interest both pupils and parents -who have children in school. Two New Children' Features. In addition to its many features for children The OrcfruniHii to morrow will add two new ones, the Teenie Weenies and revised Arabian Nights Tales. The Teenie Weenies are a little people that have leaped into popular favor. Already they have inspired the Teenie Weenie Waltz, the Teenie Weenie doll, and William Douuhcy, the author, is writing a Teenie Weenie book. This pare w ill carry handsome illustrations in color. New Process Triples Gasoline Yield. This story tells of the recent discovery of Dr. Walter F. Ritlman, which promises to multiply the product of gasoline from petroleum, and explains the economic importance of the scientist's work. Sec retary of Interior Lane, who announced the discovery officially on the first day of this month, believes the new process will solve the problem of supplying tolmol and benzol for the United States. Full page with illustrations. Another Penrod Story. Booth Tarkington tells The Oregonian readers more about the escapades of Penrod. This time Duke, a little old dog, figures quite prominently in the hilarity. Aquila Chauncey Nebeker. Henry M. Snevily relates how "Old Neb," a one-time football star at Columbia University, has evolved into a United States Marshal and recites what he has done to tame the riotous Piutes in Utah. The narrative, with illustrations, covers nearly a page. Round Table Detective Tales. ' Detective Richard McKenna, chief of the strong arm squad of the New York police, recalls the thrilling career of "Dan, The Duke," king of package thieves, and the extremes he resorted to in keeping out of the clutches of the law. Blockade Regulations. The code regulating the blockade among civilized nations' and the permitted use of flags by neutrals is outlined by an authority. The author tells why use of the open, non-territorial seas is prohibited as a war zone. The present trend of events in Europe and the situation of the United States make this article particularly timely. Flowering Shrubs Photographed. A beautiful full page of baautiful flowers now blooming in Tort land before the East is released from the giasp of Winter. Addison Bennett's School Article. Mr. Bennett continues his series of instructive articles on Portland public schools. Exploits of Elaine. Another installment of this thrilling serial .story. Other Features. A timely first page in colors. Doc Yak, Polly and the other romicn, the week's review of society, woman's clubs, real estate, building, au tomobiles, sports and all the pews. Order Today. Twenty-Five Yeart Ago From The Orcfontsu of itareh 27, 1S0O. Washington. Some of the Republi can members are much in doubt aa to what they rhould do in esse of Wyom ing's admission. The woman's suflrnB clause in the Constitution Is a stum bling block. They want to support the report of the majority and yet do not want to commit themselves or tha party. Tha Democrats are opposed t granting suffrage to the women end are also opposed to compulsory educa tion. Tacoma. Presidnnt Oake. of tha Northern Pacific n.Mlrond. i.i here an ! announced yesterday thnt a $4(0.00t hotel was planned for Tacoma, to be known as "The Palace." San Francisco. It looks as If tnlm L. Sullivan and Peter Ja. kson ill ba brought together for a ring battle for a purse of .'0,000. . i Potatoes are selling f"r S rents a pound In Portland. Few if any can re member when tlu-y were higher. Eastern capital will take hold of tha Portland Laundry Company's properly and expend soma K'O.ooo In Imnroie tncnt.s. It was announced csterdsy. True to prediction". Dave Campbell was brought up before the grand Jury yesterday and pli-d with questions an to what ho knew nf tha i;uvr-'onle' match Saturday. Mr. -mbpell did tint prove a very good wltnasa tor tha "prosecution," which attempted t proia the match a prliefight Instead of a boxing contest for scientific points. John Hartman. wife and family of 13 have arrived at the International lin tel. Mr. Hartman says It is his Intan tlon to snttle in theso parts and hava his family grow ui with the Wast. At the amo hotel Is 1 Wclkel. who ia at the head of a party nf 12 Immtaranta. They will leave this morning for inde pendence. Or. Gcorgo A. Steel will n.-Mima the du ties of Postmaster about April 1. Mis assistant. A. A. Pranklin, Is getting tha hang of things under the direction of Mr. Roby. Misses R. A. Cosiirove Company will have their Spring opening 1 hura day and Krlaay of thia work at their shop, (i2 Washington sirecL A fine line of millinery is proniired. D. C. Bogart. the venerable rrirr In Judge St'iarn.s' court, is mourning lb losa of a week's washing, which waii stripped from tha Una at his reslriaaca In Kast Portland. Tho Ihiaves. who were much in a hurry apparently, left an umbrella. A runaway utreeloar horse created much excitement yesterday "U First street A runaway at the dock was averted by suiuu one's timely use of an umbrella. Rider Haggard has been offered J1U0U a week for a 40-weeka lecture lour in this country. Alvin Campbell, tha 8-ycar-nld son of A. F. Campbell, the t nlted HtateH under, lost his Ufa in the Willamette yesterday. At the office of Captain Symons. United Slates Engineers, yesterday a reporter was shown namples of tha new explosive, a smokeless powder called "Emmonslla." When Bees Sitins. SKA.MOKAWA. Wash.. Marca (To the hdttor.) When bees marin does the voung or the eld swarm leave tho hive? JACK SCI 1 1 LT.lNfJ. When bees swarm ther old queen leaves tha hive and bees or all ages Join bar. A new qaean is in the process ot development, when lh swarm leaves, and when hatched she becomes Ilia head of tho bees rcmslnlng. Strict ly speaking there are no old bars during the working season, with the exception of the queen, for at that ttmn the llfo nf tha bn Is only about ? dnya.