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3 Ed5fi6rlal '' : . ... - . Page -is ED' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905, PORTLAND. OREGON. THE O R E G AN a a. iaozbos - .,t.ii.k mmv .nmh.. -nt Sundavl and everr Sundar mornlrur. at A CLASS OF LAWYERS WHO r . . VERY LOVER OF DECENCY ' legal pf ofemtuir w ill be rejoiced over; the cnn-t. vision of A. H. Hummel, the iual lawyer. Hummel name is known throughout the country in connection with famous and infamous divorce nM.nii H was a iurv-fixer. a manufacturer of evidence and by long, odds the cleverest crook of all the crooked ones he was so liberally paid to keep out of the n.nii.nf!irv - H-marie immense sums of money, he was the man pf all men m hose services were sought when it was necessary to hoodwink the courts or lay before them a case almost perfect in its outward semblance but built step by step of -bribery;" perjury and the most out rageous methods known to criminal ingenuity. Knr vears these have been the methods successfully -frrftiisvr-ri br his firm and o carefully waa Ahe work fan' and ai firmlv were his tools ests by theircrimes that while-much was known ana veym,,cn more. suspected of his methods, it was im "possible to prove anything against him in a court of jus tice. But sooner or later a loose screw is found in the - best structure of lies. One of the most shameless of al) cases about which" the world has recently heard is the Morse divorce case. Mrs.' "Morse war originally a Mrs. Dodge, unhappily married. She procured a di- i vorce from Dodge with his full consent and three years later married Ice King Morse, with' whom she was hap- - pily mated, and for whom she had been housekeeper: Dodge's uncle, a wealthy Maine ke man, claimed that Mrs. Morse"was not- giving proper ' attention to the children of her. first marriage and for this reason he wanted the original divorce proceedings set aside so that the custody. of-the children might be taken away from her. .He laid the case before Hummel and that individual speedily "discovered'' that the divorce had been illegally granted without notice to Dodge. The latter was found and induced for money to make a false affidavit to this effect. Other affidavits were manu factured and in the end the divorce was annulled. Everything so far went swimmingly until the original lawyer in the Dodge diyorce proceedings happened to die when ft was discovered among1 his papers that he had been employed by Dodge to represent- him in the divorce proceedings and that lie had actually done-to. Then the matter came,to the attention of the district at torney's office and through it two true bills for suborna tion of perjury were found against Hummel.' Then one of the most exciting searches known to recent criminal proceedings was made to capture Dodge who, it was ' known, was making his way as fast at he could toward the Mexican border to escape from the country. He was liberally supplied with money but in the end the dis trict attorney's office triumphed and Dodge, having been brought. back from Texas, made a full confession. With this as a foundation the case was rapidly developed until the conviction was secured. . It is high time all over' the country that lawyers of "the Hummel type were put precisely where they belong. They do more to discredit the profession than all other elements combined.-Every community knows and every community tolerates them. Yet they are, perhaps, the most despicable of ajl men with whom the public hat to deal. Their business is to uphold the criminal classes, to save them front the fate which they to justly merit, 4o fool the courts and delude (the juries, to make a travesty of justice and a byword of criminal juris prudence. The decent lawyers themselves " -'"g w want luniiesc conditions in giving countenance to lawyers of this type and class without reference to the ethical standards which otherwise bind them. The newspapers are to blame' for giving prominence to these shifty tricksters. The out and out criminals are bad ejiough in their way but their power to do harm bv example is very largely circumscribed by the known bad character of their work. But the lawyers who defend them, who often get the lion't share of their spoils, who by methods more crooked than the criminals' own thwart the ends of justice, they should be known and marked everywhere and everywhere get precisely what is coming to mem. i Portland has a .duty to perform in this respect as well as the other cities and towns of the country. If Senator Foraker, in opposing the president and tak ing a prominent stand for rebating railroads .and the trusts, thinks he is thereby helping his chances for the presidency in 1908, he is proving that he is not as able a' politician at he hat been supposed to be. The trusts illeve an uphill job in trying to elect the next presi dent ' . ' " . J -, . . , INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE. i HE UNITED STATES apparently has a some what similar task in the Philippines to that car ried on for many years in British India bv En- land, hence some figures in a recent British Blue book are of interest The area of India under British rule is 1766,597 square miles, about half that of the continental United States, including Alaska. The population is 294,000,000, or more than three and a half times that of this country. But while the population in India is seven times as dense as it is in the United States, it is more evenly distributed, only about ten per. cent of it living jp.cittes and villages, 265,000,000 of the inhabitants living in the country. India's popuUtioa-Jjai-increased 41,000,000 in 20 years, o"nTy about eight per cent to the decade, while our population is increasing"at about three timet that ra,c-. In Indi increase of population is checked by frequent famines '-ad the. lavages of theVblack death," and by the impoverished condition of a large '; Knew the Number. From the Ran Francisco Chronicle. . Ths orchestra had finished the closing election of the concert. As tne audience waa leaving the hall a lady approached ons of. the trombone players. With musi cal enthusiasm shining out of her eyes h asked: "Will you kindly' tell me the nam of that glorious selection you Just played?", r 'That, mom," replied the -.trombonist, with a pride that swelled his msnly bosom, "that mum, was No. it In the red- book." - ,. The 'Auto Guarantee, : v From the San Francisco Chronicle. "My, brother bought an automobile - here last week," said an angry man to the-salesman who stepped up to greet Mm, 'fend bo say you told him If .any thing broke you'd supply a new part". . " ' 'Vertalnly." aaid the clerk, "what 'do's he wantT" "lis wsnta two deltoid muscles, a . couple of kneepana, one elbow and about half a yard of cuticle,' said the man. -and be wanta 'em right awayl", - On Thing Certain. -r -From 'the Mlnnsnolls Journal. Coal la Mrh this winter, wood Is steep, eoke hat guns tip W rents and peat 1s not yet oT the market: but we may be Sura thai snercurj wUl be low. ON DAILY JNDEPENDENTr NEWSPAPER , -'-- - PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. streets, Portland, Oregon . SH.OULD GO. . . . i in and out or xn famine tens of thousands actually perish of starvation, The per capita - - . New Yorkcnm from 36 to 45 cents, and while even tne iaer ngure seems very low, it constitutes, in view of the very small average of earnings a burdcrt that is the source of much complaint. ment!, promoted agriculture, built roads, railways, and irrigation systems, established schools, introduced sani tary methods in the cities, reduced the death rate, and developed manufactures and commerce. So that what ever may be thought or aaid about ihe theory of colonial governmentEnglish rule' in India, and in Egypt as well, has been a great work in. behalf .of the world's civiliza bound to his inter except as to fanatical It it hoped that not be to prolonged absolute, as England's in India. As a republic the policy of the United States should be gradually to yield self government as far as is safe and practicable to the Fili pinos. , That we'would not only act consistently with our professed principles, but would at the same time relieve ourselves of some portion o("the white man's burden" that we are Carrying.' " ''.'; , - " The report on the lands from the harbor sides is very encouraging, and this great ' piece of double improvement seems in . a fair way of accomplishment.' V ' - "Y I and that there it no will not be fully paid hefts or other beneficiaries. . ;, '.. ,-. . . ., ,. But this, while gant, not to ay of those companies. that the management of these companies has been al most incredibly "wasteful, and that np regard was had for policy-holders interests. Even in the case'of the" Pru dential, of which fof , many years been, president, it was shown that it cost $130,000,000 to collect $306,500,000 from policy holders and to pay out $92,000,000 to beneficiaries, figures which show clearly ..that'-premiums are .""too high. Equally bad or worse memories of presidents and other officers wouldallow, as to the other companies being investigated. These figures- ments ought to be lace vaiue, or man been collected from what 'would practically amount to the same thing, pre miums should have been much lower.. The policy-holders should have saved a large percentage of their insur ance investments" for other purposes, or else should have the principal benefit of the earnings of those in vestments.'" : . - ' M . That the policies better than insolvency and luss," of 'Course, but the policy holders have been swindled out of vast sums none the less. . . '.. f s jail who deserved self out. HARBOR IMPROVEMENT. AND CO ASTv TRADE. these movements to begin. R. P. Schwerin, manager of the O. -R. & N. ocean steamship lines, has been much enlightened during the past year," and not only will greatly increase the area of that company's dockt and improve the facilities. for handling freight, but contem plates" putting' on Portland and San growing so rapidly and the prospects for" its- future growth are so good, that these steps are deemed neces say. The Alaska dock will also be enlarged and electric freight transferring appliances installed, and owners of other jdockt and dock titet will be obliged to take sim ilar action. Portland's coastwise trade will show a big increase next year, especially if her merchants at the first opportunity go river bed, thus enlarging the harbor, appears on examina tion to be feasible, them. Congressional economy. ' , If the Russians taken that the grand dukes don't get into and control the senate.. Tetanus Cured by Magnesium Salte. From the New York World. Dr. Samuel i. Meltser. of 107 West On Hundred and Twenty-second street, has proved that magnesium sulphate when injected into the spinal canal acts an anaesthetic, - Or. Meltser and several other promi nent physicians have been experiment ing in the Rockefeller Institute and the result was mads-known Inv-a paper read before the Academy of Me'dldno. When Dr. Meltser declared that a ens of tetanus had been cured by Injecting magnesia sulphate, which is the same as Kpnom salts. Into the spinal ranal of a Greek who had lockjaw ha -created a sensation. If the discovery -proves as useful In practice as In theory ha will have ac compllnhed a great work. Physicians generally believe that when magnesia sulphate Is'spplled It my effect a curs where all other t remedies would fall. UTbe vagus' possibilities of the discovery nav -interested h medical world, and during the week there will ha several meetings to discuss the practicability of using It. i. -t J , - Haa Taft Grown Weary? . ' From Harper's WeiW?l Becretary Root la to attend the next session of the Pan-Amerlcen congress, which meets In Rio de Jsnelro. What's the matter t la ftevrelary ju "ait ja" i J OU R N A L no. r. caboi1 The Journal Buildintt-. Fifth and Yamhill proportion of the people. It has been stated that at least one third of India's population is constantly unable to obtain a sufficient., food supply, 'while in time of UxThTndnrhas increased in teiryean . ... . . r" ' ''. , ' " - British occupation has' accomplished much in India hat cut off the extortions of native provincial govern tion, e8pcc?aIIyasEngtaird did nut attempt to-4itterfereUtltuwcy, murders, with the -native religions. our occupation of the Philippines will nor our government there long so question of filling the east side low WASTE OF4 POLICY-HOLDERS' MONEY. T IS FREQUENTLY STATED, and no doubt truly, : that the big life, insurance companies under investi gation are entirely solvent; still have great assets, occasion for fear that any policies when due to policy-holders or their true, in no wise excuses the extrava reckless and corrupt, use of the funds Enough has been shown to' prove Senator Dryden of New 'Jersey lias figures appear, to far as the poor thow that the policy-holders invest-' worth a great deal more than' their tney are, since sucn great sums nave them, and partly Squandered. Or, are good and the companies sound is Lawyer Abe Hummel has kept many a man out of to be there, but couldn't, keep him "" ' HAT THERE WILL BE much harbor improve ment and increase of dock facilities in the near future teems assured, and it was quite time fdr a line of 'new clipper vessels between Francisco. The-coastwise business is after and secure the. Alaska trade. The project for filling the low grounds on the east side adjacent to -the river with material taken from the and while it is a big job and must be done, by the city acting in conjunction with many prop erty owners, it will be, if accomplished, of great benefit to all concerned. Portland must not now halt in the presence of big jobs, and harbor improvement it one of economy . usually manifests itself in wrong places and ways. Meager appropriations- for meritorious river and harbor-improvements are not true ' ' established a congress, care should be 1 A Doctor on Eating. Dr. Edwin B. Teuter, a noted ape- L-clallst on foods and their uses, told to the Chicago Medical society hi rules ror health and longevity: Eat regularly. 1 - Eat moderately; liever to oomplet ll..nllna " . " . ....... . ,, ' Eat slowly. Eat rational combinations of simple rOOdS. k Masticate thoroughly. Perform no hard mental or physical labor Just, before sating. Be cheerful at meals. .Anjcer or any outer emotion may suddenly stop diges tion. Meat once dslly is sufficient Have It boiled, brothtd or roasted, never fried. Avoid cold meats except boded ham. Avoid wine and beer with meals. - Avoid plsa, pancakes and puddings. Spinach, asparagus, lettuce and onions srs the best vegetables. ' ' Human Nature Revealed. From the Atchison. Cllal V(i navs- noticed that when a woman goes Into a dry - goods store and asks to. see the silk she talks louder than if she wanted to see the csltco. . . Many a man thinks he is virtuous be cause he feels vicious when he. teea laara bappy., . , ' . I SMALL CHANGE Wltte's Job at Portsmouth was easy In comparison. ,. - y Anna Shaw calls attention to the alleged fact that men have deoreaeed m Inches In stature during the past it years. 'This is strange; we - thought their legs must be getting longer.': - - .- 1 . -'a " ' ' r ' Still, it Is unlikely that the free seed distribution giaft will ba stopped. -.' a ' ' A Pittsburg girl refused a legacy of (100,000 In order to marry a working man. But as he Is a plumper, she may not have been so unselfish as would seem. ' ' ' " . - i - '" ' ' i t To the poor child an empty Christmas stocking Is a tragedy which it should not be allowed to suffer. ' ; ; Let it be hoped that hs will" be Long- worth what he Is about to receive. - - ,'. : , Ex-Governor Qeer desires to Include almost everybody In his "special con- Fra Elbertus Hubbard la-of ton about right For Instance,' ho Is a vigorously outspoken enemy or that pest, the ciga rette. - An Ohio eoupls was married in three languages. Only one will be necessary for a divorce, ' Ex-Queen Llliuokalanl t still ' wants a lot of Uncle Bam s monsy. But If she can't get It she will have lota of company. - . ., ' Even Mr. Schwerin has discovered that Portland Is quite a port ' i, -. ,.' )- .-. i , . ' If they, still want to 'marry after traveling a long time together, Nick and Alice must really be very much In love with each other. Burgeons opened the stomach of a New "York man a few days-ago and took out lead pencil several Inches long. But finding no "copy" In which "Xmas". occurred, they let him go.- -- ' e Mr. Longworth. if .ever inclined to be "cruel-and inhuman' to his wife.' may pauie to remember that he baa a plg stlck father-in-law. - " : The president has lately purchased two bulldogs, but evidently .not with reference to Nick Longworth' visits. It's . an unlucky - Friday -for the moneyless. - ' . Apparently the contest between the wets" and "drys" of Ashland will go on about at' long aa Tennyson's brook. It would be "better if either side should secure complete control by a big ma jority.- . ;. ; Treat the overworked women clerks aa considerately as possible.' A weather observer' in Baker City Is reported to be mentally unbalanced. Most people who think and talk princi pally about the westher haven't minds enough to get out of balance. .... A Buffalo- man is accused of having been drunk l.OtS times In eight years. It is supposed that on the other. 1,167 dsya.the poor fellow waa broke, . ' ... The value of a gift 1s In the pleasure it gives. OREGON SIDEllGHT? Two big . bald eagles have recently been killed near Pilot Rock. Pendleton Eagles have dedicated a fine new temple. , ' e Horse market looking utf In Umatilla county. . . . ' . v i - A lot " waa sold In Pilot Rock last week for 910 that sold 20 years ago for $50. e e ' In one hort Item the Dufuf Dispatch prints It "Xmas" three times. e e Baker City la up against a fuel prob lem, a monopoly being alleged by some. ' e a Several dogs having- been poisoned In Athena, the Rod slid Oun club of that city -has offered a reward of ISO for the apprehension of the miscreant A Glenarbor man tie sold 4.000 young chlttlm trees. ' Cougars counties. . kill many goats In eoaat Many dryland claims being taken up northeast of Haines. ;' . e ' e . . . . A pumping plant six miles from Baker City will eventually Irrigate 2.600 acres of land. j. . . - - - . - - Misii Lulu Sweet is an eastern Mult nomah county booJc canvasaer. If there Is anytnlng In a name, she ought to succeed. Blaine Correspondence of Tillamook Headlight: Johney Creecy's horse Is very sick, but we hope it will be all right In a few weeks. ... e rv. ....j ' A club for the .soclat-and 'commercial development . of Condon nas been or ganised. , '. ' ...... , - Gold Hill people subscribed liberally to fire sufferers. Flour irilirin Haines next year. , s There are five bachelors, says the Oak Grove correspondent of the Stay' ton Mall who seem to be getting tired -of bschlng this winter... ' .. . ... -..." " . .. Silver Lake people amuse themselves by Sunday afternoon singing schools. ':, Laldlaw Chronicle: The' wealth in Crook county today In livestock- Is UlTger tjian ever before and Is on the Incrensw Tan years hence will are- It doubled snd the time to make money here In this Use Is' only approaching. .. .. . - - Candidates for sheriff In different counties "gobbing up. ; ' e - Agate Correspondence of Gold HIM Newar- It looks Quit like prosperity to the work of Improvement going on. Fence building, land clearing and the cars - on tha ? - new rallrosd rushing by. Anil It looks like we might till have another railroad across the valley, as the surveyors were passing through here a few days ago looking foaOae belt route to aomewaere, - WOMEN ARE LARGELY v - TO BLAME . .By Beatrice Fairfax. " - Wt women do a great deal of grum bling about the way the men treat us In the streetcars. . ' , We say they are selfish, rough and ungallant , , 4 ." Perhaps that is true in many cases. but sometimes when I see the unara clpds manner in which a 'woman will accept a proffered seat. I wonder that the men ever offer them at all. It Is not at all unusual for a woman to accept a seat without as muchta a "thank you" or even a" glance in the direction of the man who gives It to her. Now, we must remember that we havu no actual right to the seats. ,; , They belong to whoever gets there first.: - ' - - : ' It Is purely o matter of courtesy when the men give tnem up u ua. . A eourteoua action deserves courteous recognition. . . - I have seen a woman . tret Into a crowded car and look at every seated man as though' he were the.. Jo west of God's creatures. an& ..make audible , re marks about men politeness, etc Needless to say,, that kind of woman la never offered a seat.; . She antagonises, the jnenand they don't care whether she stands or not Do not think that I am taking the part of the men- whp hustle and push tho women aside so to secure the best seats, or the men ' who sit while women are standing. - I am simply trying to make .women see that there Is some politeness aue on their ,ajd. as well aa the men s. A woman who- haa bean sitting all afternoon' at a matinee should not ex pect a tired man to give her. his seat . As for . the woman who shops, shs would save herself and 'others a great deal of discomfort if shs would go home before the rush begins. There is no need -to .look mortally In sulted if - the person standing next knocks against you. ,-'. Probably some one' kha knocked against him, and .he ; ha' loat hie bal ance. ' ' v- - Young women complain when men don't give up their seats for them, but would those same young women give up their seats to older women! , I aee many young g-lrle comfortably seated while women old' enough to be their grandmothers stand. - The .fault is not. all on the mirfs side by any means. They may be seirisn. . ;.--r We are ungracious. There Is not. much'to choose between us. ' " Suppose we attend to Our" own man ners for awhile. Instead of trying to mend theirs., 'r It may brine; excellent results in. the shape of offered seats. . "Old Ironsidea." fNota-Sscretarr Bonanarto cro Doses to destroy the old ship Constitution.) "Ay.'tear her tattered ensign down!"' Lone has it waved on high, And many an eye haa danced ,to see That banner In the sky. What good is that old wooden ship - In these hard days of ram And steel and modern enginery! -"' ; She lan't worth a, damn. -Her deck, once red with heroes' blood Where "knelt the vanquished foe When winds were hurrying o er tne flood -And wavee were white below la not a deck for these new days, - When dollars count for more ; j " Than heroes' blood, or anything That niade the cannons roar. Nail to the meat her holy flag, - Set every threadbare aall;y And on tho bottom of tho deep Let her Inscribe the tale -Of patriotic gratitude . . , That sets the soul astir The part aha did in saving us Waa naught In saving her. Oh, better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave' Than that she should remain afloat Above her proper grave While patriotism Is In' doubt' If It be wise to jgtve -A dollar now and then, so that Old Ironsides might live. Wm. J. Lampton in N. T. Sua. The Pearl Worker. Marion Harland in Christmas Llppln . cott'a The chief Industry of Bethlehem of Judea Is that of the mother-of-pearl workers. ' . , . The shells are brought from the Red sea, and in the hands of native artisans are polished and carved, the larger into elaborate designs; the smaller are cut up for rosaries and crosses. The work Is all done by hand, and the methods ore amasingly primitive to a spectator from the . homo of steam and electrle power. But the results are extraordi nary. The largest shell we saw waa carved in scenes - from the birth of Christ the agony in the garden and the crucifixion, and had the general effect of delicate frostwork. Under the mag nifying glass every detail was seen to be perfect In outline and in finish. It waa executed to order for a wealthy American and was to cost $160. About ISO people make a living by this Industry,. Which is 600 years old. In the shops' the workmen sit upon the floor, their benches In front of them. The air ts full of whitish dust and tho light admitted by the single window and the open door so dim that the ex quisite tracery of the wrought shells Is. a mystery even Deioro tne visitor notes how few, simple and crude are the In struments employed.' LEWIS AND CLARK -t- - At Fort Clstsop. . , ' " ' . December 11. As usual, it rained all night and continued without- Intermis sion during the day. One of our In dian visitors waa detected in stealing a horn spoon and turned out of the camp. We find that tho plant called sacaaommls forms sn agreeable mixture with tobacco; we therefor dlspstched two men to the open lands near the ocean In order to collect some of It while the rest continued their work. . - ' ii i . . The Coming Great Poet. ! . From the Atlanta Constitution. Some1 time since Mr. James Whit comb Riley foreshadowed what the great coming, poet would be; and here Is rine thought of him by the late- Fred' ertn Ijiwrence Knowlee:. "When the tunestnrs of our time , Iearn to live before they rhyme, , Bnrn their eonnet-4o star, - I.ove the brown earth where they are He shall stand, with brow of flsme, As the !(brew prophets came, ..Shouting, ss he smites the string, r Ja Jchovaha nanta i ting l . i . generous? Occasionally we are. Were we good eons or dutiful daughters? "-We have both honored and dishonored' our (parents,- who-In their turn hud done It he same by theirs. Po we melt at the slaht of misery? - Indeed we do. .Do we forget all about it when we have turned the corner? Frequently tnai is so. Do we expect to be put to opon shame at the great day of Judgment? We should be terribly frightened of this did we not cling to the hope that amid the shocking revelations then for tho first time made public our little affairs may fail to attract much notice. ' Judged by th standards of humanity, few people are either good .or .bad. "I have not been a great sinner'1 said tho dying Nelson; nor had he he had only been made a great fool of by a woman. Mankind is ail tarred with the same brush, though some who chance to be operated upon when the brush ts fresh from tho barrel get more than their share of the tar. The biography of a celebrated man usually reminds me -f the dutslds of a coastguardsman's cot tageall tar and whitewash. PERSONAL FANCIES' .. Haakon,whleh Prince Charles of Denmark . assumed " on ascendTngthe Norwegian- throne, recalls that state's past when an- Independent kingdom. Haakon VI, who died In 1380, was the last king whom Norway had of Its own. His widow, Margaret a Danish princess, came to .rule' over Norwsy, Denmark and Sweden and strove to make the arrangement lasting by . the union . of 1397. Sweden revolted under Oustavus Vasa, the contemporary of Kins Henry VI I of England, but Norway remained a Danish dependency until 11 U. Rev. J. A. Dixon, pastor of the Metho dist church In Hardwlck, Vermont, in order to get acquainted with the labor ers of the village and thereby be bet ter enabled to reach them through the pulpit has donned the apron of a stone cutter and with mallet and hammer is learning the trade of granite-cutter In the shops of the largest concern In the village. , Thomas P-sice, the new premier' of South Australia, who has coma into of fice as the head of a labor government la a man who can claim to have risen from the ranks. , 8 ha ban Bey. a leader of the Albanian insurrection against Turkey, has ar rived in this country and will try to Interest the American board of . foreign missions In his project for : a . boys' school in Albania.- . .1 . John B. McCall. member of -the Aue- trallan parliament has been In Colorado lately investigating tne suojeci or irri gation.. He came as the official repre sentative- of Australia, where the sub ject Is.to be taken up. ' It la reported that the Duke of Ab- rusxl, cousin of. King Victor Emman uel, la organising an expedition for the exploration of central Africa, and Ms on his way to Parle and London to ar range for transportation facilities. Sabbath Breaking. From the China.- MalL ' : There waa an -Instance lust week In Hongkong showing how a philanthropic law can become a hardship when rigidly administered. Captain Erickson of the Norwegian steamer Heln was sum moned for having worked cargo on Sun day without a permit, and fined the sumv of 1200. The circumstances under which the breach of the regulation were com mitted are worthy of note. It appears that on Saturday nlxht the captain gave orders that steam, would not be required on Sunday, as no cargo waa to be worked. In the morning, consequently', nothing was done by his orders, but the comprador, who had some empty bot tles stored In the after part of the ship. discharged Ibem over the ship's side and was caught by the water police while so doing. This waa not sanctioned by the captain or any of his officers, who over looked It as they were under the Impres sion that as long as no carajo was dis charged with the stesm winches a per mit was not required. iThe captain stated that he waa so particular not to allow the crew to work on Sunday that ha ordered them not to take the hose from a waterboat on board, lelMngithe man In charge to come back on Monday. He greatly 'appreciated the . Sunday's holiday to be obtained when In a British port which only happened about once In six months, and had he known "that the comprador waa committing , an offense he would have been stopped at once. Under the clrcumstsnces, it seems that the wrong man waa punished and that the fine was a rather heavy one. Eyesight ' Lost Through Overwork. From ths Nsw "Tork World. A man hat loat forever the use of his eye as tho direct result of straining the optle nerve working overtime on holi day order (without pay) for the United States government. He is isaao ixie wel of No. 6S5 Amsterdam avenue, a clerk .In the money order department of the general posiumi:e. Three oculists examined Loewel's eye yesterday. They were - Doctor Brews tsr and Casper Stock- and Professor Boon. "Your case Is hopeless," - said Pro fessor Boon. "I am afraid you will never be able to see with your right eye again. The retina haa been -torn from the pupil. "It ts a clear case or- overwork. Tnere Ul-- wuin. "CI la one chance In a thousand for yoit, in ii. in tA . .i. k. i II J VM W 111 asey ass au - w.aa. m vnw . ess a darkened room and remain away froii work for four months. The optto nervo. which has been severed, may fall back in place and heel."- , In Investigating this story yesterday! the world discovered mat to per cent of all the clerks -lit "th money order department use or hsve been advised to use specially focused glasses to save their eye from Just the type of trou ble that. iaa befallen Loewel. i Attainment. By Elk Wheeler Wilcox. -'. (foDrrbrht. ItiiS, br Amerlran-Jorsl-Exmlner) Use all your hidden forces. Do do miss The purpose of this life, and do not wait For circumstance to mold or change your fate. In your own self lies destiny. Let this Vast truth cast out all fearall. preju- . dice, . 1. All hesitation. Know tht. you are i ' great " ' - ejreeatf with divinity. Bo dominate' - Envlrorifnent and enter Into bliss. , Love largely and hate nothing. - Hold no aim That 'does not chord " with universal , good. ' - - ' Hear what the voice of silence ssy All joys are your if you put forth your claim. Once let the spiritual law be tinder- stood Material thing obey. , must answer, and What Ht After? From the Kansss Clt Star. -In announcing; his reconversion to the Republican faith Webster Dsvls has not definitely indicated what he want,- : . OREGON AGRICUL7 TURAL FUTURE - By Dr. James Wlthyeombe. ' Nature hss lavishly bestowed her beat gift to ' Oregon. -Her mountain are . rich In mineral wealth and are clothed, with the finest forests round Ion the continent yet her greatest source .of . wealth rests in her undeveloped aK"icul- v ture. Oregon, with her 08,030 square : miles of area, embraces a wealth of rich' soil, which, when properly utilised, will aupport In luxury millions Of our citl-A sens. Ths topography of the state le' responsible for a wide variation in cli mate and aoll. The two grand physical divisions are each -characterised by dis tinctive feature in agriculture." In the eastern division conditions are excep tionally favorable for grain and' stock trowing. The Columbia river basin at preaent la famous for its wheat pro duction. It will ' In the future be equally as noted for Its -Immense out put of . livestock. Agriculture lrt this section will gradually change to nas terns ( of general farming. This will be made necessary for the maintenance of soil fertility. Under euch conditions of . farming; the wealth of agriculture will , b QeMt-lY-anoelaf tt.- V'fl'e grain growing Is usually of short duration in, any - section. The soli must. - have ( some means for its recuperation.. Thue animal husbandry In some form le the only solution to ths problem of perma nently successful farming In any grain- ' growing community. . , The moat optimistic mind can scarce ly conceive the magnitude of the pos sible development of agriculture in the Inland empire. - -Within the next dec ade ten pt thousands of acres will be ,"" reclaimed by Irrigation. This will mean the production of an Immense amount ' of stock feed. Instead of cattle rang- -Ing on a thourand hills, they will be found in the future on 10,000 modern farms. Animal huabandryvis-tho bast .. . of successful farming. ." . The great problem of immediate In- -tercet to-the stock industry of this . state la that of. markets. Without at tractive marketa are developed within the near future the stock Industry will suffer a severe .handicap. It .would seem as If the business Interest of Port land should be aroused from It appar ent Indifference and take an active In- , terest In the development of food mar kets for livestock. It eannot be ex pected that the local consumption -will keep pace with" the ooput for- several decades, hence outside markets rhunt be secured. This will mean the estab llsSment of modern packing-houses tor the economical distribution of the meet products of this state. The markets of the orient Alaska and the Pacific eoaat as, far south aa "Central America should be Invaded so a to rind outlet of suf ficient magnitude to -absorb the great Increase of meat product destined to materialise in the inland empire. - ' Not only will this Increased output be made possible - by - Irrigation, -but the ' great grain-producing districts of ths Columbia river basin - Will also con tribute their quota.- Exclusive, wheat- . growing in these section will be sup planted in a large measure bf animal husbandry.' Alfalfa, peas, rape end vetch will be produced aa rotation crops with the eereale In this section. This . wilt msan the feeding of great numbers of stock where but few are produced at -present f ' ' Sheep husbandry will also assume a somewhat different aspect " Wool will b made largely . tnoldentar to mutton' production. The- arraln farmer will be crops grown for the purpose of re plenishing his wheat - land. This will mean a large production of mutton under more strictly" farm, -conditions. Instead of the great bulk of the range sheep being forwarded to the corn growing states they will be finished on the wheat farm of .. eastern Ore rim. Cattle and hogs will also enter largely Into the scheme of this new system of husbandry. This will mean the ele vating of agriculture In the Inland em pire to a higher . plane of . stability. Agriculture, to be effective and pernia- nent, must Include animal husbandry. This is indispensable for the mainte nance of soil fertility.' Our farmers -should banish the erroneous Idea of the -. inexhaustibility of their farms. - ; . The great progress in agriculture In western Oregon will be along the lines of dairying and stockbreedlng.' This section Is Ideal for the establishment of small farms. ..Thus sooner or later this section of the state will be noted for Its number of small farms. Here con ditions are favorable for the production of the highest class of domsstlo ani mals. Thus In addition to a greet de velopment in dairying many stud flocks snd herds will be established which will characterise western Oregon ' a one of tho greatest fine stockbreedlng centers of the continnent - - .. Truly there is a greet future for agriculture in this state. Our common wealth Is richly endowed with natural resources but the great wealth of Ore gon rests In the development of her agriculture. .LETTERS FROM THE people - : A bad Signs, I - .. . f '",ii " T ",L rT T of The Journal As I was walking down Stark street this afternoon, between- Fourth and - Fifth streets, I witnessed j what to me is the most heart-rendlMg of all sights, a drunken girl. . She wss tall, slender and handsome, probably not much over 20 years of age. Neither expression, complexion or attire In any sense Indicated a fast life, for' the was Just a wholesome, healthy-looking, beau tiful girt presenting a picture spoiled only by her ghastly attefonte to smile and her undignified and stsggerlng ef- rorts to walk. Supporting her aa best she could on one side -was a somewhat older woman,- groggy and Jeering, but -apparently not as helplessly drunk a her companion.- On the other side shame that I should hsve to write it was a man, but not, however, Inebriated ' . like the women. It was not necessary to look twice to be sure of correctly estimating his character. He likewise wa tall and of fin physique, but his heart must have been of a deeper black than either hi well-cut frock coat or fine- silk hat, or else under such cir cumstances his Jesting mien certainly would not have been nosslhle. As r am writing thla. tonight where ts his beautiful companion of this afternoon? Shs Is somebody' daughter and maybe somebody .sister - snd at least ones wss pure. May Qod In heaven help her. Fellow-men, all of this I in our day, today, and every day. Should the. damnable traffic that encourages and makes possible a scene so eminently Jin- ptorehla- be-Heensed-or-ontlswed? Tho otherwise gallant American voters will surely soms day perceive their duty In this regard and perform It .Meanwhile the crsnky and Impractical old I'rolils .'' will continue to use the weapon they seem to think was given to them for a purpose and work snd vote In accord ance with their convictions. V - ' ' eUOIUO. J. PAOEZ. t