THE SUNDAY .OREGONI AN, i. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 30, 1906.
43
The TjgOJJLn ACEHJ
"i- lLry Fife IDas-
BY J. TV. REDINGTON.
WOO to warm the world, cattle on
her hills and dales, overflowing
warehouses and golden grain
stacked along her sidetracks, alfalfa fields
of continuous crops, fruit for home and
foreign markets, lumber and chewing gum
in her forests to build and equip the
world's seminaries. "Such is the Oregon
of today.
But it was not so yesterday.
Two spots on her map mark Burnt
River and Burnt Ranch. Those names
were not tacked on as accidents. They
were incidental to the trials of the pio
neers who made possible the evolution to
modern methods in this great, growing
state.
The smoke you now see along Burnt
River curls upward from the smokestack
of peace, but the name remains to remind
you of the men, women and children cre
mated there on the burning wrecks of the
wagons that had bxought them across
the plains, and the fiends of the forests
who swooped down on them, afterward
fattened on Government rations and
gloated among themselves over their
great victory.
Jim Clark was a pioneer and Mrs. Jim
was another. Life at The Dalles was
pretty tame for them. With their two
little girls they had pushed out through
the rounded hills and on a hundred miles
to what is now called Bridge Creek,
where they found a fertile flat lying en
tirely out doors, several square feet of
which they soon placed indoors by build
ing a log house, and there they started
their new stock ranch and frontier home.
Game and fish were plentiful, the hardy
vegetables had yielded abundantly, and
the Clarks were prospering in their new
home. First frosts had fired up the haw
thorns along the spring branches, turned
more yellow the yellow sage, and brought
crimson and old gold to the leaves of the
balms and cottonwoods of the water
courses. The dreamy Indian Summer had arrived
(Copyright, 1SKW, by the Great West
Syndicate.)
" ' BY ARTHUR CHAPMAN.
there's any one Job I'd like to
I have, above another, it's a throw-
in with this here new reformed
epellln' board," said Chuckwagon Cal,
who was stretched out at ease in the
shade of the mess wagon.
"Here I been -a-wasttn' my young life
cookin' fer a' lot o' calf-wras'lers who
can't git over their habit o' spearin' grub
out of a kittle as if they was harpoonin
a sperm whale, and all the time nature
Intended me for a .reformed speller. . I'll
bet if Uncle Andy Carnegie could only
Bee one o' my rekkisitlons fer grub he'd
hang my moleskin vest with medals,
like I was the champion bronco buster of
the world, and he'd invite me over to
Bklbo to spend the remainder of my life
with nothin' to do but round up an occa
sional golf ball and listen to the grlevln'
tf an onhappy bagpipe.
"And look what a high cyard I'd be at
the White House and Oyster Bay! I gits
sent fer in a hurry, and I ain't more'n
drawn my clatterln' steed up in front of
the -official residence than the boss of
the U. S. outfit himself cornea rushln'
out to see me, with both hands out
stretched. "Peellghted, Cal,' he cries.
vxi?Yh stu!ssa firs iihfssd
u li. ice mHM
aj ! . i d r
OWing LilDeral rvellgion m
N tins somewhat material age religion
I and its various organizations known
collectively as the churches are not
foremost in public thought, yet they are
of Interest to all at least as phenomena
of life. As a pronounced disbeliever in
everything commonly regarded as re
ligious once said, "ha was profoundly
interested in watching its decline."
Whether there be such decline, or, If
there be, whether it is after all the
decline of what la truly religious, is a
question for discussion elsewhere. Just
now events are taking place which in
dicate certain startling changes or cul
minations in the religious world. The
most conspicuous of these is the situa
tion resulting from the separation " of
church and state in France followed by
the encyclical of the pope. The condition
Is so extraordinary, the prospect before
the Roman Catholic Church so gloomy
from the point of view of its pretentions
nd all this in a country whose history is
marked in unfortunate prlminence by St.
Bartholemew's day and the revocation of
the edict of Nantes that we realize more
than ever what the Twentieth century
means and will mean for the world. The
deadlock seems insoluble. The French
government cannot recede from its posi
tion even if it wished, its endorsement in
the recent election was too positive for
that. The pope's word settles the ques
tion for all good Catholics no matter
, wbA.' their opinions or previous action.
and it shortly brought with it the people
after whom it was named, who did no
dreaming, except when asleep, but gave
bad dreams to pioneers of the white race.
Out of the haze rode Bigfoofs band of
Indians from over the range from the
Malheur unhappy land. A hundred of
them halted their ponies on the brow of
the hill and looked down on the Clark
ranch, seemingly surprised that it was
there. Chief Paulina was the leader's
name among his own people, but the sur
prising size of his moccasin track had
given him his white man's nickname.
They were ' not wasting ammunition,
these red rough-riders, but their few pre
liminary shots sent the pioneer ranchers
scurrying to cover in the stout loghouse,
where Clark had not forgotten to provide
portholes. These Indians had not reck
The Cook
Outfit
on the new National Question-
But how are you spellln' your name
now?' 'K-a-1,' I sez, whereupon he yells
"'Bully 1' and. drags me Into the house
without glvin" me time to take off my
spurs so I won't tear the cyarpet. He
rings a bell and a young man appears be
fore us. ThisMs my sec-tary, Mr. Loeb,'
he says. 'Loeb, fer the last time, answer
me are you goln' to spell your name
L-o-e-b, or the new way, L-o-b?" 'I ad
here to the spellln' of my forefathers,'
says the eec-tary; 'L-o-b is too much
like the start o' lobster; Mr. Foreman."
'Then your1 place is hereby vacant, and
Mr. 'Chuckwagon ' Cal, who spells his
name K-a-1, will fill it,' says the boss
of the "Uncle Sanfmy herds. Whereupon
Mr. Loeb retires, pale but firm, glvin"
a reverent salute to Webster's dictionary
as he goes out, and I climbs into his
saddle, with nothin' to do but ride the
chuck line and b,e sued by an occasional
woman who is fired out o' the ranch
house."
"Has your spelling, heretofore, been In
accordance with Webster or Worcester?"
asked the Tenderfoot.
"I have alius took the best of both,"
said Chuckwagon Cal. "I rind that the
best results is Becured by cuttln' Tiff
a slab o' Webster and sprinklin". it with
a few drops of Worcester sauce. It
gives a stretchable, resilient quality to
your work which is fine In case o"
argyment. But now there is goin' to
be no opportunity fef a man to do a
little fancy shootin' behind Worcester
when he has been peppered out f'm be
hind Webster's book. Nothin' but the
dictation of this here hew spellln'
board .is goin' to go. When this board
gits in action the Czar of the Rooshy
and what next? Is compromise possible
between two absolutely antagonistic ideas
or forces. Moderate counsels generally
prevail, given a reasonable time for re
flection, and various solutions are already
suggested.
The most feasible, perhaps, is that men
tioned by the editor of the "Revue de
deux Mondes," M. Brunetlere, to the rep
resentative of the. London Telegraph.
Briefly speaking, in this scheme the Ca
tholics would - avadl themselves of the
common law of the country and in par
ticular of the law of 1901 regulating as
sociations of whatever kind.
Nothing could prevent the Catholics,
in his opinion, from forming associations
under the common law like any labor
syndicate or trade union. The Govern
ment might say "we have made a special
law for you," but could not add, "if you
do not avail yourselves, of it, you may
avail yourselves of no. other." To Buch
associations he was persuaded the Gov-
ernment would not refuse to rent the
churches. Yet it is safe to affirm that
the republic will not consent to any ar
rangement by which it will relenquish
control over the ecclesiastical organiza
tions. It micht yield the form, but never
the substance.
The conference of French prelates,
which was supposed to decide on some
course of action, has come to an end,
having done nothing, according to the
most reliable reports, a (Oregon eon-
S was on the Warpaih
oned on the carrying capacity of the
white man's long-range rifle until two of
their saddles had been emptied, and then
they took to the near-by timber.
It was then a siege. The Clark family
was kept busy defending its house while
the Indians shot holes through its roof
and ran off the horses and cattle grazing
in the bottom below the bend. All day,
the succeeding night and the next day
the siege continued, and the Indians tried
to cremate their enemies by shooting fire
arrows at the house. But only the dead
grass on the dirt roof would burn, and
the log walls were too solid to. ignite, on
the outside. An Indian crawling up in
the starlight remained at a terminal point
on account of colliding with a bullet from
the watchful Clark. The Indian who
tried to remove his remains also re
mained. As the second midnight came around
IV" H M
of the Calf Wrasiers
qives me I
Kiasnsm&ns view
WHERKUrOX EE
will realize that he don't stand no
more show as a deipot than a sheep
herder who has run his wagon across
the dead line into "a cattle country.
The best thing fer him to do will be to
take off his crown and kick it and his
kingly prerogytives into the scrap heap
and begin life anew in a humble way,
as office boy in a Nihilist bomb fac
tory. The bosses of the spellln' corral
rr . DR. GEORGE c. cressy writes of the deadlock in
EUrope France and increasing unorthodoxyjn England
elusion, under the circumstances. What
seemed to bo in general favor was the
only course left, viz., a sort of "pas
sive resistance." It may be doubted
whether this- sort of opposition, not
unsuccessful in England, is well suited
to the Gallic temper. M. Briand, Min
ister of Public Instruction, says the
London Telegraph, offers an Ingenious
way out, not, of course, officially, but
in an article in a Paris journal. . It is
this in a nutshell: The encyclical has
forbidden clergy to form associations;
why may not the laymen form them
and then invite priest or bishop to act
as pastor?
At the other end of the religious
line, much less conspicuous, but far
reaching and Important, Is a clearly
approaching crisis in liberal Chrlstfan
ty. The most -apparent signs of this
are observed in France and Germany.
To appreciate these Indications, it is
necessary to remember that there are
two forms' of liberal Christianity,
somewhat different in Ideas and often
much more in methods and immediate
purpose. The one looks upon Itself as
simply a distinct modification of the
more prevalent type of Christianity,
its belief as the only proper and nat
ural . interpretation of the Bible, and
seeks for the most part to retain and
use the doctrinal phraseology of the
church and to employ its rites and
sacraments. Some of the adherents of
this form of liberalism would remain
within their communions with the pur
pose of influencing them in the direc
tion of greater liberality and Inclu
iveness. Others of them believe in a
the Clarks concluded to abandon their
fort. The water supply was giving .out,
and the wife and children had been pain
fully wounded by splinters from bullet
pierced woodwork. Carefully they crept
down a side gulch to the bank of the
John Day River, where a home-made
fiatboat was concealed for Just such
emergencies. A push out into the stream
and the current did the rest, and no
noisy splash of paddle was needed. Down
the swift stream the boat glided, with
no discovery shot to impede its progress.
And as the rising sun began to shoot
crimson shafts along the summit of the
purple peaks guarding what is now called
the rough region of Upper Pine Creek,
the boat beached at Clarno ranch, where
all horses and cattle were under close
guard, for the pioneers there had found
signs of hostiles being about.
Mrs. Clark and the little girls found
warm welcome among the large Clarno
TELLE!) "BtTLIW !'"
will be the only real dictators on earth.
They see a word mlllin' around with the
bunch, and one of "em says. 'What is
that swaybacked word, with a long tall
and extra big feet?' 'That is one of the
N. W. brand," says one of the helpers,
consultln' the brand book. 'Well, Noar
Webster is sure overcrowdin' the range
with his critters,' says the spellln'
boarder.. " 'an' it's time this thing was
separate organization, the chief object
of which, however, is to leaven gen
eral religious sentiment in the same di
rection. This form, moreover, regards
liberty not as an end in Itself, but
only as a means.
The second of the two divisions
looks upon liberal Or Unitarian Chris
tianity as practically an independent
form of religion, based on the ethical
and spiritual teachings of Jesus 'and
old as the Christian era, yet radically
different in its thought and in many
of its aims from so-called orthodoxy.
This divergence does not lie primarily
In denial at the. doctrine of the Trinity
nor in another interpretation of Scrip
ture, but in totally dlffertnt ideas con
cerning human nature and the uni
verse, the imperfection, not the ' de
pravity, of humanity; a natural, not a
supernatural, order of things, from
the lowest unto the highest realities.
It employs old terms only so far as
they are useful and have a definite,
rational and entirely unmistakable sig
nificance in Its own thought, feels no
compulsion to observe rites and saora
ments, unless conducive to spiritual
elevation. It views liberty as an end
in Itself, 1. e-, an integral and insep
arable part of true life. This form of
liberalism has thus pre-eminently its
own 'deal, thought and purpose, and
seeks Its influence before all in a
separate organization which shall
stand for them.
It ' is becoming 'more and more evi
dent that in the nature of things the
latter form alone, can achieve' Its ends
family, and Jim Clark was soon on the
back of one of the best of the Clarno
horses, and streaking across the Cold
Camp country a dozen miles to the fron
tier ranch of Pioneer Maupln. This gen
tleman was in favor of Immediate action,
and as the evening shades lengthened
along the bunchgrass slopes he and Clark
rode out on the freshest of horses.
It was not yet daylight, when they care
fully reconnoitred the outskirts of the
Clark ranch. The remains of the house
were still smoldering, but the Indians
were gone. When it came daylight How
ard Maupln figured out from their tracks
just how long they had been gone, and
which way. And these two white men
took up the trail, and wlfen it forkeM next
Jay they clung to the one with least
tracks. And in the gathering gloom they
espied a campnre smoke in a nearby dell,
with an Indian running his horse toward
it along a parallel ridge.
"We must beat him to camp," said
Maupln, and they did.
The camp was a small one. Only Big
foot and two others were there. The
rifles of the two white men Boon sent
their spirits elsewhere. The raid on
Clark's ranch and many other forays
were thus evened up. And as the bullet
from Maupln's rifle laid out the blgfoot
giant, he stabbed the earth with his
knife and boarded his spirit-canoe for a
final trip up the Ochoco. His scalp hung
down from behind the Maupln saddle,
and the Warm Spring Indians came to
the Maupln ranch and borrowed it, and
had dances around it, for Bigfoot's In
dians had made many cleanups on their
horses.
And soon after General Crook and his
soldiers and Major Rlnehart and Captain
Waters toog the field, and Blgfoot'B hos
tiles, under Egan and Otis, were jumped
day and night, and given no rest until
they were glad to accept peace and go on
a reservation on the Malheur, where
Sam Parrlsh managed them very success,
fully until Buffalo Horn's Bannock hos
tiles came along and again took them out
on the warpath.
stopped. Rope that word an' bring it
up to the fire." So the roper snubs
the word and drags it up to the fire,
and the spellln' reformer sorts over the
hot irons. Purty soon he begins his
artistic work on the flank o' that word,
an' when he gits through, the brand
has been so changed that Noar Webster
would't recognize it in the middle of
his own range.
"But the hurry of these spellln' re
formers .in layin' away the bones of the
old-time spellers may turn out like the
funeral of Arapahoe Greens' pardner up
in Johnson County, Wyoming. 'Rap
was one of the leaders of the rustlers
in the Johnson County cattle war, and
he was a gun-fighter who could make a
Gatllng seem as slow as a muzzle-loader,
wlien he unlimbered his Colt's. His
pardner had died, and 'Rap' was feelln'
purty bad over it, though he didn't say
much, words not beln' his habit. When
the funeral was held there was a small
gatherln' o' neighbors, and a preacher
and an -undertaker f'm Buffalo had
charge of the services. At the last min
ute 'Rap come strldin' In, and took a
seat right In front, directly under the
minister's chin. When he parted his
black coat-tails and sot down two big
guns come in sight as swift and dlScon
certln' as a couple of them new cannon
of the dlsappearln' and reappearin'
type.
"Well, everybody but 'Rap was plum
nerms. ami the preacher and the under
taker was nigh locoed with fear. They
whispered together and deoided-sjt'd be
best to hurry things so 'Rap couldn't
start a row. So .the preacher got up and
stuttered through the' burial service, talk
ing' so fast his words was fairly tele
scopin" each other. Then the undertaker
come out. lookln' whtter'n the corpse, and
the coffin is hurried to the cemetery,
where, after a few more quick words, it
1b lowered in the grave. Upjo this time
'Rap had simply glowered, never sayin' a
word, but now he steps up, an' drawln'
his gun says: "You, Mr. Undertaker, and
you, Mr. Preacher, jest close-herd by me
and listen. We got to have all the trlm
mln' of a first-class funeraU includln'
slneln' and a nice long service. There's
been too much blanked haste here to be
respectable. This funeral's been rushed
too fast, and It's got to be done over
ag'ln. Take up that there coffin and we'll
all ko back to the house and start things
over and carry it through right and
SLOW, mind you. SLOW!'
"Well's there never was a more leisure
ly and respectful funeral than that same
they dealt out to 'Rap's pardner. And
it looks to me as if the same thing might
happen in the case of reformed spellln'.
The new board is tryln' to bury the old
spellln' too quick, and the silent public,
at the last minute, is liable to raise up
in its wrath and make 'em take the
coffin back to the startin' place and do
It all over ag'n and SLOW!"
or accomplish any high purpose. It
alone has real courage of conviction
and presents an Intelligible and attrac
tive position to the world.
In Germany, ecclesiastical rigor Is
asserting itself, and lately refused to
permit installation of a pastor unani
mously desired by the parish on ac
count of certain publications of an
unorthodox character. This has
aroused the large liberal element in
the Lutheran Church, which, it is said,
is already considering measures for an
organization of their own. Sooner or
later, it is certain this large element In
the German church will assert its
rights and come into affiliation with
the liberal organizations of other coun
tries. In Frandtt this result Is already in
process of attainment. The liberal
congregations have found it necessary
to separate from the evangelical prot
estant organization, which formerly In
cluded all, and are establishing them
selves on their own basis.
In Great Britain, the. existence of
300 or 400 Independent liberal congre
gations, some of them powerful and
most of them active and Influential,
presents a different phase of the gen
eral problem. Yet here, too, their
strength and prosperity depend largely
upon their independent character, and
the clearness and courage with which
they take their stand on the new and
rational interpretation of the universe,
fettered by no bonds of tradition or
necessity for reconciling their ideas
with any old-time dogmas. Independ
ence and boldness of thought still in
volve sacrifices and sometimes suffer
ing, yet on the whole the world is
more ready than ever before for a
gospel of religion and ethics, which shall
present truth without equivocation and
call men to a union of spirit and essen
tially of belief In harmony with the
knowledge an enlightenment of the day.
I recently asked a nonconformist
clergyman, naturally a liberal in poli
tics, what In his opinion would be the
future of the English Established
Church in a political way. He replied.
"So long as the clergy do their work
properly, it will not be disestablished.
A 'condition of, things such as existed
20 years ago from which they seem
to have aroused themselves would re
sult In speedy disestablishment."
The state church In England completes
an Interesting triangular situation of the
oretical and often practical antagonism.
The nonconformists, evangelical and lib
eral, are against the establishment on
many political and educational Issues,
while the last-named and the evangelical
nonconformists are in opposition to liber
alism in religion. Again In certain prac
tical matters the Unitarians and the es
tablished church are in sympathy, while
many of the latter are known to hold
substantially Unitarian ilews.
The adherents of the English Broad
Church are not relatively numerous, but
like all of advanced thought, are influen
tial not merely in religious but also in
so-called secular affairs.
A subject of prolific comment just now
In the English press and to a somewhat
less extent on the Continent, Is President
Roosevelt's stroke In the direction of pho
netic spelling. The foreigner is not so
overjoyed at the prospect of a less er
ratic English orthography as one might
expect, simply because it will not make
the language on the whole easier to ac
quire. A complete system of phonetic
spelling would conceal the origin, kinship
and meaning of a large number of words
which aid the German. Frenchman and
Italian very much -in the acquisition of
English, especially if he understands Lat
in, as is usually the case with persons
who become proficient in foreign lan
guages. An English friend tells me that some
years ago he was amused and a little
vexed when, on meeting and conversing
with an American, the latter patronizingly
remarked: "You speak our language very
well." In about the same temper the
English have received the attempt from
across the water to revise English or
thography. The criticisms have been less
trenchant, however, and more good-natured
than those in America, especially in
the Evening Post ana other New YoVk
papers. It is one of those matters which,
in the long run, Is sure to take care of
itself. In spelling and the use of words
to employ a rather strong figure of speech
the mass of people furnish the motive
power, the world of letters puts on the
brakes, while the lexicographer registers
the joint result in a form which becomes
the standard for the time being. There
is no question that there may and should
be changes In the spelling of English
which shall simplify it and at the same
time do no violence to the history often
contained in words; for, as has been
well said, "Language is not merely an
avenue of sound, but also a vehicle of
thought": and this thought is sometimes
expressed and more often preserx'ed In
the form of the word. Phonetic orthog
raphy on a great scale Is, however, at
present impossible. There are nearly
twice as many simple vowel sounds as
vowels in th language, and In this way,
as well as in others. It would create more
confusion than It would, obviate.
I was struck with an example of this In
the first word given in the telegraphed
list of some two-score "thru." The nor
mal sound of "u" in English ns given by
most philologists is that of "ew" In
"dew"; while the sound of "ough" in
"through" is generally represented by
"oo," as in "boot." This is the style
adopted in Pitman's and Graham's pho
nography. If. waiving this fact, how
ever, we should make "u" the symbol of
the "oo" sound, we should be compelled
to take "ew" as the representative of the
CURED TO STAY CURED
My Fee Is Only
IN ANY UNCOMPLICATED DISORDER.
Free Consultation and Advice
WHETHER TREATMENT IS TAKEN OR
NOT.
Different doctors have different Ideas In re
gard to cures. Some call a suppression of
symptoms a cure. They dose for drug effects
and claim that "nothing more can be done.
But the real ailment remains, and will bring
the real symptoms back again, perhaps the
same as before, but very likely leave the
patient i:i a much worse condition. I claim
that nothing less than complete eradication
of disease can be a real cure. .-I treat to re
move the disease, and not merely the symp
toms. I search out every root and fiber of an
ailment, and I rare to stay cured. ,
"Weakness
I not only cure "weakness" promptly, but I
employ' the only treatment that can possibly
" cure this disorder permanently. It is a sys
tem of local treatment entirely original with
me and is employed by no physician other
than myself. This may seem a broad asser
tion, but It is Just as substantial as It is
broad. So-called "weakness" is but a symp
tom of .local inflammation or congestion, and
a radical cure is merely a matter of restoring
out the organic system, and this I accomplish
lute certainty.
Stricture
My treatment for stricture is entirely Independent of surgery. A complete
cure is accomplished without cutting or dilating. All growths and ob
structions in the passage are dissolved, the membranes-cleansed and all
Irritation or congestion removed.
Specific Blood Poison
I .cure this leprous disease completely. The system Is thoroughly
cleansed apd every poisonous taint removed. The last symptom vanishes
to appear no more, and all Is accomplished by the use of harmless blood
cleansing remedies. Do not submit to the dangerous mineral aosinB oom- .
monly Indulged In. Such treatment merely obscures the symptoms.
Varicocele Cured Without Cutting
The time was when every man afflicted with varicocele had no cholc
other than to allow the disease to go on undermining his power and
health or submit to a surgical operation. Now he can choose a thorough
cure by painless treatment.. I cure varicocele in one week, and it is sel-
dom necessary that the patient be dotained from his business even a sin
gle day. My method is original with myself, and is the only safe; and suc
cessful treatment for varicocele ever devised,
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234 V4 MORRISON STREET, CORNER SECOND STREET.
Portland Oregon.
other pronounclatlon of "u," and should
be treated to such monstrosities as "Jew
dlshal," "fewtyewr," etc. We might. In
deed. Invent new characters, and thus ex
tend the alphabet, but this would only
change the nature of the burden. One
remedy suggests Itself to my mind in
some special, cases at least. We might
pronounce certain words as they are
spelled without sacrifice of euphony, and
thus relieve the situation, as it were, in
versely. GEORGE CROSWELL CRESSET.
Litchfield. England, Sept. 1.
WHAT IS LICENSE TO HUNT?
Does It Give Right to Trespass on
Another's Land?
PORTLAND, Sept 2S. (To the Editor.)
I notice an editorial in The Morning
Oregonian in which it is stated that the
effect of the hunters' license law enacted
by the last Legislature is to require a
person owning land to pay a license be
fore he is allowed to shoot upon his own
land; and that anyone obtaining a license
Is permitted to shoot on any land in the
state, regardless of the wishes of the
owner. For your information I beg to
state that I think the editorial is wrong
in both of these particulars.
In Section 1 of the act (see page 335,
Laws of 1905) after requiring the taking
out of a license, it is stated as follows:
"Provided, however,, that no license shall
be required of a man. or the members
of his family, for permission to hunt upon
his own land" of this state." This clearly
exempts the landowner from the neces
sity of procuring a license legalizing
shooting upon his own premises.
Section 2 of the act is so framed that
it might be susceptible of misconstruc
tion. This section refers to the right
which follows from the taking out of the
license. Its meaning, however. I do not
believe to be uncertain. Those portions
which are interesting in this inquiry are
as follows: "Upon application therefor in
person, either a resident or non-resident
of this state, an annual license shall be
issued; and which said license
shall entitle the person to whom such
license is issued to hunt for, pursue, take,
catch or kill any of the said game ani
mals or birds within the State of Oregon
during the open season when it is law
ful to kill same." I think it Is a mistake
to suppose that this section gives the
holder of a license the right to shoot
upon another man's land without per
mission. The law of 1905 does not repeal
the trespass law which was upon the
statute books at that time, and the two
are now to be construed together; so
that the owner of land has the same pro
tection he always had. The statute does
not say that the holder of a license may
hunt, etc., upon the land of any person
situated in the State of Oregon, but mere
ly authorizes him to shoot certain game
within the State of Oregon. The statute
could not have said less and have ex
pressed its meaning. In expressing this
meaning it was not necessary for the
Legislature to negative the idea of grant
ing permission to shoot upon anyone's
land, because this was not within the pur--tew
of the act.
While the Legislature may enact laws
respecting game birds and animals, it
may well be doubted whether it could
give one person a license or privilege On
the lands of another. It is certain, in
any event, that such a right or privilege
could not be exercised unless clearly end
unequivocally expressed.
WILLIAM T. MUIR.
Anything for a Change.
London Dally Chronicle.
A little girl, after a month spent
alone with her mother in a-remote
country cottage, was walking through
some fields, with her one evening, and
suddenly made the startling remark:
'I do wish God was walking with me
now, mummy." Mummy was fortu
nately wise enough to inquire further
tntrt this unexpected desire. "Why.
darling?" she asked. The child heaved
a sigh. "I'm gettln' a little bit tired
of you, mummy," she answered with a
deprecating smile.-
DR. TATjLOR.
The Leading Specialist.
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WHEN WELL
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