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Editorial Page of TEe Journal 1 PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER JO, MOt THE OREGON DAILY AN C . JACKSON Published every evenmj (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning at '' i etreets, Portland, Oregon. CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT MANGE. OCTORS disagree again. I United States inspector of for Oregon, reported several some bands of cattle in eastern Oregon ready for' ship ment were afflicted with mange, and forbade their ex portation from the state. This action nounced at the time by eastern Oregon stockmen and local newspapers, who maintained that Dr. Hutchinson 'was mistaken; that he did not give ough examination, some declaring around them and looked at them from a distance; that in Ifilct the rattle had no mange whatever, and that his .Kit r-i -t A 1 1 1, , i , I i f i n I ,t . trir it-, J - . .- pprat injury to the owners of the gtp te stock industry ot Oregon in L- Dr. McLean, the state veterinary of one band of cattle near Condon, these representations of the stockmen and the local , (newspapers, notwithstanding Dr. Hutchinson's report was approved by his immediate superior, Dr. Hickox, of Salt Lake. Dr. McLean declares that this band of cat tle, when he examined them two months after Hutchin son did, had no mange whatever; that if they had mange in August when Hutchinson examined them they must have had it in October when McLean tion; that he made a thorough, scientific examination, as Hutchinson did not; and he confirms the local reports as to the heavy loss to, the owner of . ticuiar and to stockmen generally. spector has been out from Washington, this band ot cattle, but his report has not yet been made. -H he affirms Hutchinson and Hickox, the stockman 'will probably have no redress; if he agrees with McLean the cattle owners' grandchildren may get some reimburse ment from Uncle Sam for his loss. In the face of these conflicting reports we cannot pos itively declare what the truth is. The stockmen's repre sentations must be taken with some caution, for they are deeply interested parties. OiJhe other hand their statements' sre so positive and persistent that they are not to be disregarded. Especially to be considered are the insistent declarations that Dr. Hutchinson made no sufficient or real examination of the animals. If this be true he deserves all the censure that has been bestowed upon him. But what about Hickox? Did he indorse Hutchinson's report without a careful examination? If ' so the government should make some changes in the personnel of its animal industry service in Oregon. On the other hand if Dr. McLean is wrong the eastern Ore gon cattlemen should quit censuring the federal officers and" go to work to rid their herds of the disease. But whatever the facts, it is undisputed that the action of Dr. Hutchinson lias resulted in great loss and injury to the stock industry of Oregon. If this action was jus tifiable and necessary, then the cattlemen must bear the loss and are not entitled to complain; but if they and Mr. McLean are right, the federal officials have done a mischief thst they can never repair. THE LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION FARCE. jbTHE MUDDLE regarding the Sit, .i j 1 a anuiucr ana jusi now a ninety rcininuer oi ine oi- ' ennial farce of special legislative committees. Most such committees render no service of value to the state Their duties are performed perfunctorily, and in accordance with custom, and they almost invariably re port everything to be all Tight, without knowing anything snore about the matter than members who are not on the committee. Membership on one of these select commit tees sometimes' swells the members' mileage, and gives the chairmen, at least, an opportunity to do a favor to some of their hungering constituents. Such committees usually have a chief clerk at $io a day, and one or more, generally more, assistants and stenographers at $5 or $3 a day, who however small or brief fheir services, are paid for nearly the whole session. As a rule the members of the committee leave the business to the clerks, who fix up a nice, pleasant little report, which is -accepted and adopted without quest ion or interest, and nobody knows any more about the thing supposed to be investigated than he did before. One clerk of the board of public land commissioners made a good-sized fortune in that office; another stole a lot of money from the state, which theft was undiscov ered for years by legislative committees; and the state public land business has been badly botched if not crookedly conducted much of the time for many years, yet the expensive committee appointed at each session to investigate this Business invariably reports it in most excellent snd admirable shape. And so it is with the committees appointed to investigate the books-of the state treasurer, the secretary of state, the state printer, and other things. The members of these committees are not to be very trades mrxova or J a aw. From Lafcadto Hearn's "Japan: An In , terpretetlon." Let us suppose, for Instance, that you wish to have a good house built. As a general rule you will apply to a master carpenter. You cannot select and hire workmen; guild regulations for bid. Tou can only make your contract, and the master carpenter, when his plans have been approved, will under take all the rest purchase and trans port of material; hire of carpenters, plasterers, tilers, ma-tmakers, screen fitters, brassworkers. stonecutters lock smiths and glaziers. For each master carpenter represents much more than his own craft guild. He has his clients in every trade related to house-building and house-furnishing, and you must not dream of trying to interfere with his claims and privileges. He builds your home according to contract, bat that Is only the beginning of the relation. Tou have really made with him an agreement which you must not break, without good and sufficient reason, for the rest of your life. What vsr afterward may happen to any part of your house wall, floor, celling, roof, foundation you must arrange for re pairs with him. never with anybody else. Should the roof leak, for Instance, you must not send for the neareat tiler or tinsmith: If the plaster cracks, you must not send for a plasterer. The man who built your house holds himself responsible for Its condition, and he ta Jealous of thst responsibility. None but he has the right to send for ths plasterer, the roofer, the tinsmith. From ths Minneapolis Journal. The Baltimore architects have drawn plans for a building entirely Without wood. It Is to be built for Mr. Hllgen hurg. who does not wish to be burned out again. It will be hit stories and will hse a frontage of 41 feet Inches. The entire structure Is to be of relnforred venerate and steel. Kven the doors, trims, window sashes and Aoor-iembs are to he of metal. The will be glased with wire glass. INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND Dr. Hutchinson the animal industry months ago that was severely de the animals a thor that he only rode nil,! an1 A i A rcolt it --- particular bands and general. survrnn 'in the re -iully substantiates THE T made hit examina city, on the ground these cattle in par Later a special in D. C, examining fortunate that the ply their vocation No newspaper state oubnc lands is i a . .i OW THAT ance it is well to things. In the first while architecturally All the pupils sibility is felt all have been indifferent. They completed itheir work in time if everything went all right; but if it didn't they got through when they could. If the pupils suffered for lack of accommodations and were debarred from the-schools for a week or several weeks it was something which couldn't be helped so what was the use of worrying about it. But this happy-go-lucky spirit will no longer be tolerated and the contractors who undertake suoh work must complete their contracts at the time specified. As for the school itself it should be a model of ad vanced ideas in school construction. In lighting, ventila tion, conveniences and interior decorations it should em body everything which experience has justified. Its exterior, too, should be dignified and elegant. There should be no gingerbread. In all respects it should be in keeping with the purposes for which it is to be utilized and a tribute to the good taste of the people responsible ior its construction. The frame for the show windows will be of steel, Into whloh the plate glass will be fitted. The side walls, columns and rear walls, as well as the supporting columns of ths front walls, will be of concrete. The floors 'Will all have a top-dressing of cement one and a half Inches thick. The stubs will be of concrete, with slate treads and wrought-lron balus trades. Ths elevator shaft will be of concrete) aa will also the lnclosure around the stairway and the elevator hall. The cellar and roof are to be of cement. In order to eliminate all wood the two flagstaffs on top of the struc ture will be of steel. If this mass of metal, stone and .cement can be crum bled or destroyed by fire, the struggle for sn absolutely fireproof structure might as well stop. THE "PERFECT MODEL." From the New Tork World. According to testimony given in Part V. of the City Court, dressmakers have established these aa the proper meas urements of a well formed young woman SS inches In height: Bust, S Inches; waist, 26 Inches; hips, 48 Inches. A curious instsnce this of the scien tific fact of "modification by environ ment." Fob the proportions tndlcsted are as far from the beautiful as they are from the natural. The "perfect model," according to the unchangeable canons of art. with a bust measure practically unchanged, would have a waist at least five inches Isrger and hips at least five Inches smaller, and be far more graceful In repose as well as more vigorous in movement A small waist does not give the figure n slender appearance, but By the lew of Contrast quite the reverse. The athletic young man has naturally a smaller waist in proportion than the athletic and healthy young woman, but he does not appear more slender. It is not "tight ladng" that so affects beauty of form. The Inevitable result of hanging many heavy garments from the whist is to constrict it snd force the flesh down Into ths clumsy hips Which aes such a common modem defect. It Is wt. fort unstV that a flaw due to ill sd Justed clothing should be labeled "perfection.1 JOURNAL JNO. P. CAKROU. The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill severely censured for this style of investigation, for it is not only a custom, but they have no time to make an in vestigation, and attend to their other duties, and most of them are utterly -incapable of performing such a task. They are supposed to employ clerks capable of doing such work, but they do not always do so, and then the clerks are sometimes susceptible to the beguiling cour tesy of the interested parties. So with perhaps an oc casional exception the whole investigating business is an expensive farce. . It would be cheaper and better for the legislature to employ several disinterested experts, not applicants for clerkships, men who would scorn to ask for such favors, non-residents of the state preferred, to make real in vestigations, and if they could not conclude it by the adjournment of the session to give them additional time, their reports to be made to the next legislature. If this plan had been adopted 30 years ago, and continued at periods of say every six years, and the legislatures had acted on the information thus obtained, Oregon would have been much better off-than it is, although a few' men might have been poorer. .FIGHT MUST GO ON. HE St. Johns Review criticises The Journal for giving so much spsce and conspicuity to the ex posures of maladministration and grafting in this that such large and bright publicity of official delinquencies, illegal practices and criminal vices will go a long way toward counterbalancing the glowing picture set forth in advertising the Lewis and Clark fair." The Review intimates that things are not as bad as represented, anyway, though it admits that "the truth is bsd enough," but it would have this truth kept in the background, lest visiting strangers should con sider Port land a much worse place than it is. The Re view agrees that "the city government of Portland should be purged of the thieving and skulduggery which appears to exist to an alarming extent," but regards it as, "un clearing process had not been in augurated before, and had to be put off until the most inopportune period of our whole existence." Yes, it is unfortunate, but the exposing and purging processes cannot be stopped or delayed. By next sum mer a good deal may have been accomplished, and The Journal may be justified in making less of a feature of municipal maladministration. It hopes so, but it cannot consent to any truce in the warfare against official ras cality or the public practice oi criminal vices. The hot ter the fight is made in the interim, the clearer and purer will be the municipal atmosphere next summer. That is just the time when a horde of grafters, gamblers, and thieves of various degrees, are especially anxious to here, and to call off honesty's dogs of war now would give them just the opportunity they de-sirer during The Journal's existence has said so many good words for Portland; no paper is so ready and anxious to say all that can be said and that is very much in Portland's behalf and in its praise; but this paper's plain duty is to keep on exposing and denounc ing criminality and crookedness in municipal affairs. THE EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED to build high school on the east side and pay a price for it commensurate to its dignity and import impress upon the school board two place the building should be worth and m the second place the work should be undertaken so- that the building will be ready for occupancy at the opening of the next school year. should have the schools ready for them when opening time comes. It is possible to do this pro vided the right spirit and the proper degree of respon along the line. Contractors in the past From the New Tork Sun. Penny vaudeville Is the latest of New Tork's cheap amusements. It la noth ing mors than a development of the old penny In the slot idea, with up-to-date Inventions and contrivances. The business began in a modeat way in Buffalo about IX years sgo. Two young men opened a small place, filled It with phonographs and charged 5 cents to hear the reproduction of a song. Later they Introduced the mutoscope, or movtng pictures. The enterprise prospered. With the Invention of other automatic con trivances the business was Increased and finally found lta way to New Tork. Today the originators of the Idea are at the head of a stock company capital ised at 1500,000, with branches In all' the principal cltiee. Not long ago the idea was taken up in Europe, where it haa been Just as successful. About flvs years ago the price to en Joy the attractions was cut to 1 cent. An Idea of the magnitude and profit of the business, even at this proe, may be had from the fact that it costs from 126.000 to $160,000 to fit up a complete penny vaudeville halt. The machines cost from $60 to $1,600 each. Europe contributes considerable In the way of the novelties used In these shows. A machine showing the head and bust of a woman In gypsy costume telling for tunes by cards, a German Invention, cost $1,500 to bring to this country. Another. representing Cupid distributing fortune telling cards, cost $700. Everything In the large shows, even to ths counting of the dally receipts. Is worked on the automatic principle. The machine for counting the cents can reg ister 1,000 cents in less than a minute and a half, and 100,000 centa In lees than two hours. The phonograph and moving pictures are the most popular attractions, but the athletic machines, such as strength teet ers, punching bags, muscle developers, etc., are all wall patronised. The average dally attendance at these halls may be anything between 6,000 ami 16,000, according to the location. Try to start even, at least, next year. Only three days more wear off. till Dave Mill The machine will try Booth, allaa Kuykendall. to grind out Port Arthur may want to He In the lap of spring when It fall. Begin Monday to make 106 a great year (or Oregon and Portland. These are called holidays perhaps by courtesy to the vanishing year. Gallantry. is net dead behold the of fers of ball for Nan and Cassis. Perhaps the Rlnera may conclude to make soma Interesting disclosures. Political weather forecast for 1907- severe squalls and storms at Salem. General Bmllnoff has been wounded. But it Is supposed he will smile It oft. The tall-end of December Is making up soms of the yearns rainfall delicti. A railroad reform bill fathered by B. H. Klklna la propecly an object of sua plat ssl It may soon coma to tii point that an Indictment is the test of a mans po litical prominence. It la the mors competent and earnest of the grade treachers who most deserve the Increase of salary. Southern planters are burning- their cotton, to raise the price. This remedy is of the fool-herolo type. Togo Is on a visit to Toklo, where he will be greatly lionised, but hs should beware of accepting a house. Soms single women will characterist ically put It Oft till about 11:56 Satur day night, perhaps at a watoh meeting. If iddlcka Should be "elected" and allowed to take his seat, what a farce the prosecution of Smoot would appear. If Uncle Chauncsy Is not re-elected, perhaps ha will be given Ambassador Choate's Job. it being reported that hs is tired of it. Portland merchants have done an Im mense holiday trade, but every suc ceeding year may be expected to be a record breaker in Portland. Portland should, and will, duly ap preciate the good work to be done by the Northern Pacific In the interest of the Lewis anu Clark fair, as well aa Its own. The Colorado supreme court appears to have unlimited power to count In Re publicans, but anything demanded or re quested by Democrats is unconstitu tional. Director Wittenberg objects to young women teachers taxing their knitting to teachers' Institutes. Is it possible that any young women knit any more? And If so should they not be encouraged fh that grandmotherly occupation? And there are those who pretend that John -Hall would permit the persecu tion of Senator Mitchell for "political revenge." what next. In the way of absurdities? Salem Statesman. Perhapa that there have been no land frauds but would have been except for B. H. I Oregon SideligKts I Prlnevllle cast 111 votes, Bend 117. . Still on of Oregon's greatest needs Is more laying hens. Fossil haa concluded that It needs no salaried city marshal. In John Day city minors are punished for going Into saloons. Woman suffrage has won In the Ma pleton debating society. County division Is again becoming a warm question in central Oregon. The Condon Times Indulges In this fling at Dr. Hutchinson: "A man who stands off and looks at a bunch of cat tle and announces they have the mange can hardly be classified as a careful official." A man who abused five horses at Bend by leaving them in the cold open air without food or water for two or three days, had to aell two of them to pay a , fine of $20 and costs, and hs doesn't deserve to own the other three. A Lakeview councilman has given no tice that the first man caught using ths town scraper for his private benefit will be hanged to the neareat lamp post. The Foresters' lodge and OAR post of Bandon are having a quarrel, but ao far the old soldiers have not resorted to their rifles, nor have the Foresters taken to the Coast range woods. The Malheur county representative la going about making speeches and finding nut what the people want him to do Thla I an agreeable innovation en the custom of making speeches only during a campatgn. , A new buggy which a Tygh valley man had Just bought and was trailing home broke loose, went off the Tygh hill grade and was smashed all to pleoea, and he has concluded that he didn't want a net buggy this year, any way. Blinded by the glare of a headlight, a large flock of geese In Umatilla county flew agalnet and around the cab windows and the boiler, three that flew Into the cab being caught. The engine crew thought there were a thousand of them, but could not swear to It. An Albany man haa received a canine curiosity which appears to be a cross be tween a shepherd dog and a black bear, the head, fare and fore feet being canine, the rest of the body thst of a bear. One eye 1s brown, the other whits. The ani mal came from eastern Oregon Indiana A Salem paper evidently meant the Capital City is a central place ifc two legged bttttlnskles, but not for JHtgora goats. There la not an attache of a paper In Oregon from "devil" to editor but knows Polk county leads In fine goats and the sale of mohair. . The new mayor of Seaside finds the treasury depleted and $$00 due as Inter- eat on the water bonds, besides other ob ligations dus. The business affairs of the city are In a badly tangled up way. and it Is his Intention to procure ths services of sn expert td learn where the money went and If it was distributed le gally. Buchanan Backs Up Lawson - 1 ' From the New York World. Fully aa sensational as Thomas W. Lawson's own story of the Bay State Oas receivership Is the history of that affair given In a suit, the sequel to the , receivership, in which Receiver Dwlght Braman was defendant. It is the untold chapter of Lawson's story, and supplies unexpected corro boration of his narrative. From It the Inference Is almost inevitable that the Standard OH furnished the money to end the receivership. Just ae Lawson says. This suit, brought against, Dwlght Braman to compel him to give sn ac counting for his receivership, takes, up the story where Lawson leaves off. The suit sgalnst Braman waa brought by William Buchanan, the solitary bond holder whose belongings were made the basis of the hurried receivership, and In this suit Buchanan declared that he had been deceived throughout by Braham. Buchanan Is a - multi-millionaire,' If years old, formerly a member of the tobacco firm of Buchanan ft Lyall. which was later sold to the tobacco trust. He ia now a Jute manufacturer In Brooklyn. He was one of the early bondholders of Addlcks' Bsy State Oaa company, and when that Delaware politician ran the stock down to such a point that' the company was threatened with bank ruptcy Buchanan consented to allow Braman to bring an action for a re ceiver. Braman waa a member of both the New Tork and the Boaton stock ex changes. Buchanan met him at the brokerage offices of Taylor Mayer, Iso. 11 Wall street. When Braman learned that Buchanan had 1100,000 of the gas company'a bonds he began an Inquiry. One of the tilings which Buchanan's counsel says Braman found waa that Addlcka, a candidate for the United States senate, had arranged to make over the control of the Bay State Oaa company to the Standard Oil company to get the money he needed for election. "Knowing that Addlcks badly needeu the money at this time for election pur poses," reads the brief of Buchansn's counsel, William . Ooldbeck of No. 120 Broadway, "Braman conceived the Idea of trying to throw the gaa com pany into a receiver's hands, so as to obstruct the Standard oil deal, thus hoping to corner Addlcks and make him settle for Buohanan's bonda rather than let the Standard Oil deal fall through. 'The echeme worked with aatonlshing success. Braman took matters Into nis own hands. The cards were well played. Gaston & Snow got all the Boston facts, Roger Foster figured in the sulf as the attorney of record and drew uy. the papers, and In Wilmington Braman retained ex-Senator Anthony Hlgglns, the arch enemy of ..udlcks, to present the papers to Federal Justice Wales (since deceased), a personal friend of Htggins." Braman did the whole thing. Buch anan took no hand. At this stage of the mm Thomaa W. Lawson appeared, and calling himself "the fiscal agent of the Bay State Oas company," began ne gotiating for a settlement Settlement was made as Lawson describes, $125,000 in money being paid to Braman and Roger Foster and a $60,000 note signed by Lawson ft Wetdenfeld. Up to this time. Bucnanan waa per fectly satisfied, but the division of the money received for the aettlement la where the real trouble began- He de clares that at S o'cloek In the morning Roaer Foster, the lawyer, reached his house with $60,000 In bills, which he turned over to him aa hie share, eaylng that he would receive the $60,000 note the next .morning. Not untU two or three days later. Buchanan says, did he learn that $126.- 000 had been paid. Of this he declares that Braman had taken $60,000, paying the outslds attorneys and retaining shout 140.000 for himself, and Roger Foster had kept $26,000, paying $2,000j or 13.000 to assistants Buchanan employed William F. Oold beck and began suit against Braman ror an accounting. In thia suit he alleged that he had been deceived throughout by Braman. Of Braman a action Bu chanan said In hie sun: On the evening of October . isss. the defendant called upon plaintiff and stated that negotiations for a settlement of said ault were then pending between him and said Lawson, Weldenfeld ft Co.. snd falsely and with Intent to defraud plaintiff, then and tnere representee that said firm would pay $100,000 and no more In aettlement of the eult. and defendant, with like fraudulent intent, advised plaintiff to accept said sum of $100,000 in settlement, falsely stating thst all litigation expenses would be paid by said Lawson, Weldenfeld ft Co., leav ing $100,000 clear for plaintiff. "That plaintiff, believing said state ments to be true and knowing naught to the contrary, authorised defendant as his agent to accept said terms of settlement and to accept a alx months' note of eatd Lawson, Weldenfeld ft Co. for $60,000, properly secured, ss part of said $100,000. Litigation followed. Lawson wss sued on the note. Braman brought counter suits against Buchanan. Finally there was a compromise, and Buchanan's coun sel says that Braman paid Buchanan a sum of money to call 11 even. Roger Foster, when asked shout the matter yesterday, ssid: "It Is true that I went to Mr. Buahanan'ent 2 o'clock in the morning and gave him $60,000 in bills. I was not going to take the risk of keeping that much money In my house over night, and perhapa being robbed. He Is mistaken If he says that I did not explain to him how much money had been paid. I told him fully I acted throughout on the authority of an agree ment he had given Braman to settle the suit for $100,000." Lawyer Ooldbeck declares thst Reger Foster receipted for the $126,000 paid over in Wilmington. The written au thorisation which. Buchanan gave to Braman to settle the case follows! "New Tork, October 29, 1890. "I hereby authorise D. Braman to settle the eult on the following terms: "1. J. Edward Adlcks to retire from all the gas companies aa an officer. "2. That D. Braman be elected presi dent of all companies for one year. "$. That we realise $100,000 cash or $60,000 and a note for $60,000 secured by collateral 1n the sum of my bonds. "4. That Camilla Weldenfeld make an apology for his treatment and actions towards me." Under this Mr. Braman claimed that Buchanan got precisely what he agreed to settle for. He further urged a claim of $26,000 against him for bis services in settling up the sffalr. BOOBEVELT BALKED. Secretary Taft, who made Tom Reed's claim that "no gentleman weighs more than 200 pounds" fit his own esse by changing It to read. "No gentleman weighs more than 300 pounds," pushed his huge bulk through the cabinet-room door at the first cabinet meeting after the election, Just as the president ssid: "I feel so good about the result I'd like to wheel somebody around In a wheel barrow." "Well." said Postmaster - General Wynne, there's Tatt." The Play i Although It hag been presented In Portland a number of times, the pretty pastoral drama by Carrie Ashley Clark, "For Mother's Sake." waa greeted by a fair-sized audience at the Empire last evening upon (he occasion of Its re turn. The story is well-known, and aa an artistic creation this piece stands high above the large majority of melo dramas and "Idylls" usually presented In the popular-priced houses. The management thla year Is featur ing Marie Heath in the role of Joe Pemberton, "a bright little diamond." A lot of good things may be said about Mlas Heath's splendid Impersonation of the boy hero. When she was on the stage all others were forgotten, but this Is not to say that the oompany la Incompetent. Far from It. In the cast there are several lights more than ordi narily bright. - Joseph Schafer, Jr., as Bherley Keith, and Harry Clare, aa Major Brewster, were deserving of spe cial mention. Among the women the notables wore Adslald Plunkett. as the prime old Yankee maid. Allstna, and Mary Tracey aa the mother from which the piece derlvee lta title. The play is well mounted. During the intermission between the second and third acta Frankie Rlchtec, the blind boy pianist, played' and was warmly encored. The house was well pleased from the beginning, in fact,, and there la no reason why "For Mother's Sake" should not enjoy a prosperous engagement. RACE WHITNBT. d Clark ewis an December 10. The weather waa eold. and the thermometer 20 degrees below zero. We killed one deer, and yesterday one of the men ahot a wolf. The Indians brought corn, beans and squashes, which they very readily gave for getting their axea and kettles mended. In their gen eral conduct during, these visits they are honest, but will occasionally pilfer any small articles. OUST nrgQUAUTT. From the Eugene State Journal. When .a man steals a scrub horse, worth perhaps $30, he is usually landed in Jail aa soon aa arrested, and there awaits his trial, which may be In two or three months. Then he la tried and convicted in one day, sentenced to hard labor In the penitentiary1 the next day, and the sheriff takes him and lands him In the pen, where be must perform hard labor and undergo very unpleaaant and sometimes cruel treatment for one to five years, usually not less than three yeara. Theae kinds of thieves are usu ally poverty stricken and have no money to spend on lawyers or Jurlea or wit nesses, although usually in Oregon law yers are the only persons who receive money in euch asee. They have a right to receive It, and Juries and witnesses have not, and rarely if ever do in thla state. But when a man has stolen or obtained fraudulently tena of thou sands and perhaps hundreds of thou sands of dollars by entering Into a con spiracy to rob the government, which means everybody. Instead of one person, aa In the case of the horse thief, and commits perjury, forgery, bribery and every crime known to the moral, the criminal or the statute law, then, under the laws and regulations of the United States government. It takes a year or more after he has been iTXd let ed to bring him to trial, during .which time he can be out on cash ball, having plenty of stolen money to put up, and having a high old time. Then, after spending much time and money in the prosecu tion, he la convicted, but instead of being railroaded off to the pen, hand cuffed and guarded by the sheriff, the next day, he Is boarded at the best hotel In the city for a few days, until some gambler or "bird of a feather," who makes his living by robbing people In a different way, goes on his bond, when he Is again aet at liberty to await the further delay of the law. And thla la not the fault of the Judge, the district attorney or the Jury. They have all done their duty faithfully and well, but it la the fault of the law, which pro vides a limited term of imprisonment, or a limited fine, or both, not at all In proportion to the $30 thief, and allows a cash bail, which ths HO thief cannot take advantage ot, the amount stolen not being sufficient to furnish bonds, even if he should be permitted to do so. There Is a vast difference between the United States law and the state law In punish lng the taking of money or property un lawfully from the private individual or the government He who takea an al moat worthless pony worka in the pen from three to five yeara, but the high- roller who takes tena of thousands of dollars llvee better than any farmer, banker or merchant In the state for years on his stealings, until convicted, and Is then treated much more tenderly than the poverty-stricken wretch who did not take one-hundredth part aa much of what did not belong to him. The laws seem to be framed so aa to en courage people who live at the expense of others to get a plenty while they are getting, so they can have money to spend lavishly and enough left to hire able lawyers and put up cash ball and keep out of Jail, as is now being illus trated in Oregon, and en a larger scale in the Mrs. Chadwlck case In ths east, where millions are involved. SOW TO TJ From Emerson's Lecture on the Country Life. Walking has ths best value aa gym nastics for ths mind. 'Tou shall never break down In a speech," said Sydney Smith, "on the day on which you have walked 12 miles." In the English uni versities the reading men are dally per forming their punctual training In the boat clubs or a long gallop of many miles in the saddle, or taking their famed constitutionals" walks of eight and ten miles 'Walking," Said Rous seau, '"haa something which animates and vivifies my Ideas.'' And Plato aald of exercise that it would almost cure a guilty conscience." "For the living opt of doors and simpls fare and gym nastic exercises and the morale of com panions produce the greatest effect on the way of virtue and of vice." Few men know how to take a walk. The qualtflcatlone of a professor are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, sn eye for nature, good humor, vast curios ity, good speech, good silence and noth ing too much. LX02TC t AT WOL OO OTJT. A 36-candlepower light which will never go out has been discovered by an Inventor In London. While experiment ing with photographic chemicals some years ago, Magrndy's attention was at tracted by a Clew Ik a email globe caused by a chemical compound. Ma grady enlarged the glow and perfected the light by placing It in an airtight glass. He says there ts no reason .why the light will not remain brilliant for ever If the glass Is not broken. A com pany has bseu formed to manufacture the light. t Tkc Market Basket It msy not be generally known, but it remains a fact that the products of a country are no more honored by the peo ple thereof than are lta famous men. One of the Instances of thla Is Oregon potatoes. In every other part of the coast Oregon potatoes are noted for their excellent flavor and uniform size. Ore gon potatoes are not large potatoes. They are of moderate else Just the kind that are handy to peel. They are firm, and in cooking the quality cannot be duplicated by any other section In the country. There may be potatoes that look as good or even better than those from thla state, but the quality is not there. It haa often been asserted that a per son must go away from home to be ap- ' predated, and thia seems to prove true of the Oregon potato. In California, where the potato crop each year is an enormous one, the best families would think of using no other potato than those coming from Oregon. The word Oregon on a sack of potatoes In the. San Francisco or other California mar- (' . ' taken as an Indication of true merit. Hera In Oregon things seem to be different. ' According to the xrnesnt and the wholesale men they cannot ob- tain the price for Oregon fancy potatoes here that they can elsewhere, and the result la that but few sacks of the fa mous Oregon Burbank sre consumed in thla city. 1 On every steamer thst goee to the south many hundreds of sacks of the beat Oregon potatoes are sent. They are aold In the bay olty at $1.10 per 100 pounds at wholesale, and retail around $l.50$l.76 per 100 pounds. In that market Oregon potatoes successfully compete with tht potatoes from Nevada, those from California, and even" those from far away Colorado. The famous Oreeley potato from Colorado does not ssll at within It cents per 100 pounds Of what ths Oregon s do. Speaking of potatoes, it Is a fact that i almost every community has a taste for a different class of potato. What the beet trade In the California markets want la a smooth, medlum-slsed Bur bank with thin akin. Texas wants a. very large potato, the larger and uglier the better. Fancy Oregon potatoes when sent to Texas will not bring within 26 cents per sack of what ths aecond-class Oregon atocks seU at. Olve the Texan a large potato, and he la happy. It takes lesa work to peel large ones. Texss secures most of her supplies from Colorado. In Arizona ths Oregon potato Is Just beginning to secure a good hold. For several years you could hardly give away a aack of the finest Oregon Bur banks In that ststs. because they were not of the large also and rough looking. Arizona seems to be cultivating a better taste for the Oregon potatoes and the sale Is rapidly Increasing even when the product of other ststes can be secured at lesa money. Green cucumbers all the way from California are now frequently seen In even the smaller markets. They are selling around 150 20 cents each. At this price the demand Is small. Oregon hothouse cucumbers will be In within the next month or so. California la alsa. sending to this mar ket vary large suppllea of tomatoes. Stocks sre of good quality, but the price Is too high for general consumption. Strawberries were dirt cheap this week on account of the very heavy ar rivals from the south. Quality was not good, and demand was small. Oregon cabbage- le now hard to obtain, and moat of the aupplies are coming from the- south. The qusllty Is ivt good, and at a big advance In prlce$the home product le preferred by the gen eral trade. Oranges' continue to cheapen as ths season advances. Quality la also Im proving, y" Turkeys will be rather scarce for New Years and the price will be held folic up to that on Christmas 26 cents a pound for the beet dressed stock. Chickens sre rather scarce, and the price la showing a small advance. Wild fowls are bard to obtain. anJ the small supplies sre sold st an ad vance, Ths prlcee on various products at re-', 'tall are: . Chickens, 10020c; turkeys, 20 26c; tame ducks. $1 each; tame geese, K02Oe Sound; mallards, 86c0$l pair; teal, i" Oe pair; widgeon, 80c pair. Oranges, 20030a dozen, tangerines. 18c; bananas, 25030c dozen Grapes Tokays. Verdsls. Cornishons, 40Ofi0c per five-pound basket. Apples Fancy Spttsenbergs, $1.60 0 1 76 per box; Bald wins, tl-60; Rhode Islsnd Oreenhtgs. $1.60. Pears Winter NelUs, $1.60 per box. Grape fruit, three for 25c: Jersey cranberries, lSe quart; strawberries, 16 02Bc pound. Steaks, 8O10c pound; mutton chops, 8OI80 pound; veal cutlets, 1012Hc pound; pork ohops, l0al2M,. pound:, roasting beef, 10, llttOUe pound; boil ing meats. $c pound; pot roaat. 8Cf 10c pound; corn beef, 80rc pound: ham, 15c pound; boiled ham, 30c pound. spare ribs, 810c pound; pork tender loin, 20c pound. Crabs, two for 26c; lobsters, 20c pound; eastsrn frog legs, 60c dozen; shrimps, 20c pound; eastern prawns. 30c pint; salmon, two pounds 25c; flounders, 10c pound; rock cod, 12ftc pound; Cali fornia soles, 15c pound; perch. 10c pound; California striped bass, ISc pound; Sacramento snaa, two ror zsc; smelt, Columbia river, 10c pound; Puget sound. 10c pound; catfish. 10c pound: black cod, two pounds, 25c; halibut, two pounds 26c; sturgeon. 12 lie pound. New potatoes, six pounds ror zsc; rad ishes, turnips and green onions, two bunches 6c; water ernes. 6c bunch; let tuce, fancy heads, three for 10c; egg plant. 16c pound; mushrooms, 2G036c pound: tomatoes. 20c pound: hucklebr-y rles, 10c pound; rhubarb, four pounds 26c; sweet potatoes. 13 pounds 36c; wal nuts, two pounds 26c: others, 20c pound: beans, string, two pounds 26c; limes. green, two pounas ztc; ariienoges, small, three for 36c; targe, two for 26c: celery, 6010 head: peppers, 12c pound; cabbage, lOOlte head; cauli flower, 10018c head; Oregon garden peas, three pounds for 3Sc; cucumbers, 20c each. DOsT'T uooo: From January Suocess. He is a pretty poor sort of msn who loses courage and tears to .face the world Just because ho haa made a mis take or a slip somewhere, because his business has failed, because his prop erty hag been swept away by some gen eral disaster, or because of other trou ble Impossible for him to avert. This Is ths test of your manhood: how much is there left In you after you have lost everything outside of your self If you lie down now, throw up your hands, and acknowledge yourself worsted, there Is not much In you. But If, with heart undaunted and fane turned forward, you refuae to give up or to loss fslth In yourself. If you scorn la beat a retreat, you will ahow that the man left In you Is bigger than your Ions, greater than you cross and larger than any defeat. v.