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By Bndolph JEHpfibrf. -
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KAISER 'WIXXLLU U rtnpODSlbl
. for th eollapM of th chncel
. lor of ttaa mplra, Prtno Bulow.
WbO BUatAtMd M AIOplCtl0
tTk ia th RlchU on April i, and
im now broken la health and spirit, aa
wall aa for tha fata of two" or thraa
other, Qorraaa eabtnat mlnlatara, who
war anabla to oopo with tha enomoui
taaka laipoaad pon thorn. For esampla,
tha Oarmaa 'aoeratarr of atato (or
foral& affalra. Baron Rlohthofaa, dlad
. from a paraljrtia atroka at a oompara
tlrelr earlr at tha bejtnnln of thta
year, and 1ruaa1a baa loat her moat
efficient admlnlatrator by tha prematura
death of Oeoerai Budda, minister of
rallwaya.
- - The atatament that tha kaleer la ra
apooeibla for tha eollapae, of hla leading
political advlaara neither oontaina nor
Infer a reproach on hla Imperial
majeaty. The fact la, tha kaleer la a
; maa of auch lnexhauatlbla : energy and
untiring induetry that he la simply in
capable of understanding the Inability
of men of weaker constitutions to per-
- form aa equal amount of physical and
mental labor day after day aa he him
self geta through. The actirlty of tha
German emperor ia extraordinary and
moat be understood la order to realise
bow difficult it Is for his minister to
keep pace with blm. - v f .. . . . . ;
Centniya Greatest Huatler.
Tha kaiser ia tha biggest huatler of
, tha oentury and no smart American can
ahow anything like a almllar record.
The organisers of the glgantlo Ameri
can trusts, whose aotlTlty la strenuous
. enough, are luxurious ldlera in comparWl
son with the meres rial monarch who
eontrola'the complex affairs of tha
mighty Oermaa empire with Its 60,000,-
. 00 of. lnhabiunta,.
The kaiser rise at o'clock tnrhe
morning and goes to bed at 1 o'clock In
the morningfour hours sleep. But
there are naturally interrala of leisure,
, and these the kalaer utilises In order to
obtain, snatches of sleep wherewith to
. recuperate his energy and to enable him
to maintain his strenuous life of un
broken actirlty. He possesses . the
happy faculty of being able to fall
aaleep anywhere and at any time. If he
throws himself In full uniform on a
" sofa he oan be sound asleep within 10
seconds. Without these Intervals of
repoee snatched from hla multitudinous
pursuits it would be Impossible for him
to keep hustling day after day and year
t after year. As it ls bis admirers fesr
that his hyperstrenuous aotlTlty will
no day necessarily result in a sudden
collapse such aa has overthrown his
ALL BULLIES IN FAVOR
' By Abigail Scott Dunrway.
IT Is good cause for rejoicing among
all patriotic women to see one F.
E. Reed, political ward heeler from
Chicago and Imported ally of our
pet Auntie Petticoat McCamant, rush
ing Into print with his picture and a
lot of fulmlnations In defense of gender
suffrage. .
Overwhelming disgrace necessarily
overtakes an armed man when he at
1 tacks aa .unarmed and defenaeleas man,
.or body of man! who are peacefully and
i honorably minding their own buslnesa
But human language - has coined no
words to adequately execrate the hired
bully who, armed with gender ballots
and balloted boodle, goea forth to whip
the unarmed? and defenseless wifehood
,and motherhood of a mighty stats. In
. the evident fear that If. women were
not held In leash by such aa be no more
gender bulllee would be born.
rhra lilted emissary of the united
efforts of the scum. and sateUttee vf ln-
herlted wealth and the alum elements
of all cities, says, truly, that womsn
the should have said some women)
were never surer of victory.' It Is
true that a fsw Inexperienced and Im
practicable women, who erroneously Im
agined (as do a-few of the aunties)
that tha power to enfranchise or dts
- franchise womanhood lay in the hands
nf women themselves, were sure of vio
Tfy But experienced wives and moth
ers were not so sure, And the' late
-election baa proved it Is to be hoped
-. forever, even- ta the less than t per
'cent of the women of -any state, who
adhere te tha little .white ribbon army,
that ours is no bat to -of. ."woman against
'woman,' aa the gender suffragists as
sert, but a battle ef aex, or gender suff.
rage. against any form of government
that shall be "of the people, for tha
people, y the people.' .
Worshipinf ths IdoU" .. .
' We all know (bat-a f ew ' fanatical
women will still continue to worship
their Idol a little knot of white ribbon
which they brandish In the face of the
average voter with the same effect a
saaa creates when he shakes a red flag
Ctaa face aft aa angry bull when there
he feaee between him and tha bull.
chancellor and other prominent political
advlssrs. . -.
The. kaiser. It must be remembered,
holds the reins of government In a tight
hand. He retains control of the details
of . administration in all its branches.
As emperor, he controls the federal af
faire of Germany, directing her foreign
relations and holding the supreme com
mand of the army and .navy. As king of
Prussia, he Is absolute monarch of the
predominant -federal state within the
empire and in this capacity he runs
Prussia, to use a colloquialism.
Aa Architect, Too. . ;
No houses, for instance, may be butlt
In tha Unter den Unden In Berlin un
til the kalaer baa approved the plana.
It Is thus clear that the cabinet minis
ters and high state officials whose duty
It is to keep tha kaiser Informed re
gardlng all the details of civil, mili
tary and naval administration in Ger
many and Prussia, have a tremendous
taaa : Hla cabinet ministers devote
quite as much time to preparing reports
to their Imperial masters aa to directing
the actual affaire of their departments,
- The kalaer, moreover, has a terrible
habit "Tif listening to reporta at all times
of the day and night. It Is aa likely
aa not that he- will order a cabinet min
uter to present a report to him as soon
as he rises at t o'clock in the morning.
The' reports submitted to the emperor,
it should be added, are invariably ver
bal. The kaiser receives a vast number
of such verbal reports every day and ar
ranges to listen to them la all sorts of
odd placee.' One report will be delivered
to-him-while-he la dressing,- second
while he Is breakfasting.. After break
fast, h dashes by motor ear' to the
Grunewald foreat on the outskirts of
Berlin where he takes his morning walk.
During the ride thither In the automo-blle-
he will lis tn to a third report, and
a fourth will be submitted to him while
he la promenading In the forest.' A
fifth will be heard during the ride lark
to the palace and a sixth while he is
changing his uniform. '
Ministers Grow Wemryv j , r
So the process goes on hour after
hour until the ministers and officers
and civil officials are weary -to the
point' of collapse. When the kaiser
travels by train, he frequently listens to
reports all through the night.
Wben the kalaer le in residences at
his hunting lodge at Kadlnen. in the ex
treme northeast of Germany, or at his
charming country aeat at Wllhelmshohe
in south Germany, the oablnet ministers
and chiefs of departments must make
long and frequent railway Journeys In
order to submit their verbal reports.
When the kaiser Is touring In foreign
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Mrs, Abagsil Bcott Duniwa.
Buch women are a hopeless minority In
all elections; and, alnos tha advocates
of equal suffrage can teach them noth
ing, we must take pains hereafter to
teach the average voter who Is not
ftrunk with ths prohibition fallacy to
watch "lite states where, women vote,
wherein he may - learn that tha sure
for fanaticism In woman lias ia woman's
liberty. . .
THE OREGON SUNDAY 'JOURNAL, PORTL AND SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE '24. 1803.
THE.liATE'liA'RON'.'RICKTHOFEN
countries hla advisers ' must - make
rapid dasnes across Europe to keep him
posted on the af fairs, of state. When
tha kaiser la cruising In the Mediterra
nean, for Instance, the ministers rush
from Berlin to Naples or some other
port, go on board the Imperial, yacht
Hohensdllern, submit their verbal re
port and rush back to the German cap
ital again without a moment's repose.
The kaiser has been known to order a
cabinet mtnlater to go fox hunting With
blm and to submit a report to him while
riding hard behind the hounds. As the
minister in question was a portly bu
reaucrat with little knowledge of horse
manship, and none whatever of fox
hunting, hla agonies were pitiable.-
Tha case of the unfortunate Prlnoe
Bulow is a good example of German
ministers' sufferings: When the kalaer
la In residence In Berlin, he is In the
habit of calling at Prince Bulow's offi
cial residence In the WUhelm Strasee
Immediately after terminating his morn
ing walk in the Grunewald forest.' At
this early hour . Prince Bulow must be
fully prepared to lay before hla im
perial aoverelgn a comprehensive report
on ail current foreign and home affaire.
Soma of the Chancellor's Duties.
- When important developments occur
during the day, the emperor must be
Immediately informed, and his majesty
then frequently sammons the chancellor
In haste to the palace In order to ex
plain all the Intricate details of these
developments. . The chancellor must
then abandon his pressing duties, don
his gala costume and dash off at high
speed to the imperial residence to de
liver his lecture and to be cross-questioned
until his wearied brain can cope
no longer - with the task. Whan the
kaiser is not In restdenoe in Berlin, the
chancellor roust be at-work still earlier
In ofder to be able to send the emperor
a comprehensive telegraphlo report as
soon after sunrise as possible.
The other cabinet ministers, both of
Germany and bf Prussia, Um ehlef i
headquarters staff of the army, tha
chief of the naval staff and a dbsen
other high officials are subjected to
a almllar strain. ' -c-
It is not only hard work and con
stant hustling that reduces the kaiser's
political servants to a condition of eol
lapae. Their social and ornamental
duties are quite aa serious a strain on
their .energies aa their . administrative
and legislative activity. The splendor
and magnificence of the' German em
perror ' court have been -unequaled in
many centuries. .
Outshines Oriental Potentates.
The pomp ' and display of oriental
potentates are nothing to the environ
ment of majesty with which William II
OF GENDER
The aunties champion of gender suff
rage says, truly, that our "generals
were the beet In the grand army of the
equal suffragists; tha lieutenants were
able, and loyal, and the rank and file
thoroughly organised andi well drilled."
But he utters a palpable and stupendnuig
falsehood which will stir every self
respecting wife .- and mothsr honoring
husband and, Xatfeer lata a determina
t g
to the ancient Byxantlne empire to find
a similar degree of personal subservi
ence to the monarch. All the satellites
of "the German court must In truth re
volve round the Imperial sun. The em
peror revels In gorgeous and luxurious
display, In which his ministers .and
exalted dignitaries are obliged to par
ticipate. Hardly a day passed without
some great court or social function.
The kaiser frequently holds a military
review in the early morning, lays the
foundation stone of a aclentlflo Institu
tion in the forenoon, dedicatee a church
at noon.. Inspects an art gallery In full
state In the afternoon, gives an official
banquet in the evening and closes -the
day with a gala performance at the
royal opera-house or the court theatre.
Hla ministers and courtiers must be
In evidence at all "these . ornamental
functlona . ..
Prince Bulow has been the prlnolpal
sufferer from the necessity of attend
ing these gatherings. During' his six
years of office he has been present at
hundreds of baaars, charity fetes, gala
performances and other court functlona
His absence would be regarded aa an
offense to the kaiser and as a slight on
the dignity of the Imperial court. ..
Dukes as Waiters.
At great court functions, six exalted
dignitaries of the empire, all of whom
are noblemen of ancient descent, act as
waiters at the table at which the kaiser
and the members of the imperial family
are 'eating. They bring the food from
the sideboard, offer It to the kaiser
and his family and remove the dirty
dishes out of the banqueting chamber.
On the oooaaion of weddings In the Im
perial famlly, about a acore of exalted
dignitaries have to perform the famous
torch, dance for the . edification of . the
kaiser and hla hundreds of Invited
guests. Bearing huge candles, they have
to shuffle round the room with a quaint
tripping danoe-atep to tha strains of a
melodious polka, bowing and scraping
ft VHJt linkup Aft MW him -Tmi a
every other step. The sight df-tneelow." ,"n,M, 'v" on oup
dignified personages ambling round tha
great white hall of the palace In Berlin
Is one of tha most ludicrous scenes imag
inable. Apart from dancing attendance on the
kaiser, the oablnet ministers and high
offloers of state are obliged, to maintain
little courts of...thelr own at which lesser
stars appear.". itllght-af ter - nlgbe 4hey
must give or attend dinners and recep-J
tlons. The kaiser finds It possible to
combine a maximum . of social gaiety
with a maximum of hard work and they
must do the same. It la their misfor
tune that the kalaer la the eighth wonder
of the world who la his own person has
almost solved the problem of perpetual
motion. : , . .
SUFFRAGE
tion to protect ns from gender suffrage
at the next general election, when he
adds that "the sinews of war were not
lacking.'-The truth la that we had no
sinews ef war at all with which to meet
the unequal contest against a ballot
armed enemy. We were like the loco
motive, to which the Irishman said, as
he watohed it In the faithful perform
ance of Its dutiss, - "Tea can pull yer
load, but d n ye, ye can't vote!"
Marvel at His Prowess. V !
Our bully gravely tells aa that he is
a self-constituted aid to the "divine
will" when he . Is whipping us
with gender ballots and causing
us to marvel at bis wonderful prowess
In successfully protecting God-from the
women of Oregon. - -
, .Was he too busy wlth-lodging-house"
business in Chicago to atand between
"divine will" and tha men of the four
free states xt ths TJnton whemhey" de
clared at the ballot boxes of their Sev
eral states that their wives and mothers
should be --free ,,end aqual with them
selves before the lawT Was that the
reason the people of Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah and Idaho "bested" God at the
polls? .. . . .
In the year lf.il. when the Oregon Ian
was In its prime, and was for that rea
son an. advocate of equal suffrage. Its
greatf editor said: "The idea of sex suf
frage! Is vulgar." .:--.' . . ' . ;..J ,. ,l
-.Yes. It la vulgari , It, places the pro
gressiva mental and spiritual forcea of.
the human mind at the mercy of the
lowest possible: brutal plane In mankind,
causing men of small minds and vulgar
.tendencies to elevate above everything
else a function which decency never
parades.": ,. v ..'v'V
Rob Woman of Their Rights. . .
v I happened In, a store the other day
Just as a loiterer at" the counter asked
the clerk If tha man. had been caught
who had oommitted ' an . unspeakable
crime against a aflrl baby. I took a
mental measure of the dapper little
Ijhsxhelarwho. llks Clarence True Wll-
eon ana otaer owner wno paraae genaer
suffrage - as an excuse" for robbing
women of their rights, but own no
homes of their -awn and fall ta support
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PR0F.TH0m3 CONDON;
- By Gaeta Ivorda Wold.
OU would not think that the
' . beautiful sealskin ; for 1 which
- you paid so much and which
you have stored with so much
care to preserve from the moth that
corrupteth was the hirsute covering of
the prehistoric dog. It was, for from
the dogs of a bygone age of an sgs
that ths lamp of science can but dimly
illumine have deaoended the seals, of
todsy, i for which men commit - grave
crimes, for whose protection the great
est lawyers In the world have framed
legal measures and which have aim oat
plunged nations Into' war. ,
To an Oregontayi one of the bright
est minds in the country belongs the
honor . of tracing the descent of the seal
from ; his' dog , ancestor. Dr. Thomas
Condon of ths University of Oregon
has c6rr,c,ted a mistake of science and
has defined, determined and catalogued
the seal, placed him where he belongs.
and contributed a valuable chapter to.
the paleontology of the Paclflo coast.
' When Huxley ' and Mlvart expressed
the opinion that tha seal had for an
cestor the bear the aclentlno world was
willing tor accept their statement; and
Bruin gained an added dignity from hla
reputation as -the progenitor of the valu
able fur-bearing animal. That the true
parentage of the seal might never have
been discovered but for Dr. Condon Is a
fact; for- all time the dog would have
been robbed of whatever honor there
may be In grandfathering the "most val
uable of the fur-bearing anlmala
The Story of the Fossil. .'
From a foasll pinniped found on the
coast of Oregon -Dr., Condon recon
structed a seal and read. In the splen
didly preserved.-lines the origin and
history of tha seal. - This Is one of the
most notable discoveries and most In
teresting additions to science 'that
scholars have heard of In many days.
It was considered so valuable that It
is set forth In ths University of Oregon
Bulletin, to whloh Dr. Condon has con
tributed the article on his find. . -
Fossil pinnipeds of all forma, he says,
are very rare, especially of the family
otarlldaa, to which the aea Hon and the
fur seal belong, and so far as Is known
no fossil otarlldae older than thoaa
found In New Zealand have been oer
tainlyi ldentiaedV and Ihey being .f-lhe
Pliocene age, are so similar to mod
ern forms, throw little light on the
more remote paet of the family. The
fossil found in Oregon belongs to the
Miocene age. Dr. Condon believes, aa
coast marine Pliocene deposits ars .rare
nere.
LEGAL PHASE OF TREASURE TROVE
I OR many yea re, in fact, since .tha
. famous exploits of the pirates of
JL the - Spanish main, says' ths
Pittsburg Oasette-Tlmes, expe
ditions have been fitted out to search
for hidden gold and precious stones sup
posed 4o have been burled by these pi
rates, unique among whom was Captain
Kldd. Many people have started out at
different periods slnoe -Captain. Kldd and
others ef his ilk ere supposed to have
burled their ill-gotten gains, most of
them without the faintest idea of the
legal aspect of the situation should they
be fortunate enough to unearth this
long-lost treasure. Ths question of ths
rights of a person who finds property
which was pnee hidden and has re
mained concealed so long that ths orig
inal owner la 'unknown and doubtless
dead and all trace or memory of the
Slace of hiding has passed Into oblivion
i somewhat novel! ' .
"There are few instances in which
such cases: have been considered," said
a lawyer, "though there are many with
respect to the lights ef one who finds
property that has been merely lost Ob
viously, property that has been hidden
remains Hhs property of the orglnal
owner so long, at least, as the owner or
any person claiming under him retains
knowledge of the hiding place.
any woman legitimately, and I said to
the dapper -voter, -"That miscreant ls
without doubt one of tha advocates of
gender suffrage," . ' . ",
Tha voter's eountenance felt . He was
evidently ashamed of his negative vote,
and for that reason I ttope to win hie
Idea of ths ballot to" a higher plane by
1101 ...
"Oh, that fellow was craiy," ho said,
apologetically. . . t.
"Doubtless," I retorted; "but ha has a
vote; and I'd be safe in betting my head
that he voted last Monday against the
legal liberties of -that, poor baby's
mother."
I do not-clalm that all men whevote
for gender auff rage are brutal or bad;
but I do most emphatically .declare that
every bad man Instinctively votes
against the liberties of every good
woman. Ths chief self-consciousness
of every bad ignorant, conceited man or
bully centers in hla gender That many
better men follow the lead of auch men
to the ballot box only proves that they
have not yet sifted the logie of gender
suffrage to its last analysis. ,
Tht Spirit SHU Xhres. V ; !v ' ;
The ' spirit of liberty Is ' not van
quished. For a little while her enemies
have seemed te conquer. But "when
they turned to exult," I quote in the
language of Oregon's Immortal senator
Oeneral ; Edward Dickinson ' Baker,
"she arises again aa bag majesty,
FOiStSlX SBJW POUND IN ORE GON
The fossil skull Is wonderfully like
that of a seal in general appearance; It
Is over a foot in length, slender and
graceful In , outline. The mussle ' Is
broad and square, arid this with the
large canines and outerf incisors give the
front of the skull a strong resemblance
to Btellar's sea Hon.- The baek partf
the brain case has been broken away,
and there Is exposed a fITfencast of the
greater part of the cerebral lobes, whose
well-marked convulsions. are shown.
Thess are plainly coarser and lees com
plicated than are those in any of the
modern pinnipeds.
i The fossil seal whose discovery will
arouse much attention In the .scientific
world Is as old, if not older, than any
bear known, and the differences between
desma to phoca and the bear-like dogs of
the Miocene are quite as great as be
tween modern seals and beara . Dr. Con
don says that the fossil strongly sug
gests. If It does not confirm, the theory
of the origin of pinnipeds from the ter
restrial carnivore, - . ,- , .
Unceasing Progress of Creation. ,
He says: , . ;. ...
"But if we cam pare, the Miocene pin
niped with the modern phoca and otarla
and note the relation - of the changes
that have taken place to the' lapse of
time required to produce them; If we
then turn our mind's eye backward from
that way atatlon In the "Miocene toward
the hypothetical - terrestrial . ancestors
and mark the great differences that had
been eliminated before tha days of our
fossil, we are Impressed 'with the con
viction that search must be made far
back In the Eocene and -perhaps, even
eerier before the first of pinnipeds be
found. 'And who can stand at, this Mio
cene way atatlon In the evolution of
pinnipeds ; and look first backward
toward the ancestral stock, then forward'
down the Intervening agea to the pres-.
snt forms, without feeling tha grandeur
of tha slow.- persistent, unceasing prog
ress of creation T" v
An Interesting Personality?
- The man who has made this notable
contribution to science haaamost inter
esting personality, Though old, ho has
sustained his youth of heart, and 4s be
loved by all who. know him. The stu
dents call him tha father of the unl-
verslty. Never .'has an' MstItut!onhad
a warmer friend or a more faithful
worker. Dr. Condon's life history com
prises the whole existence of the Insti
tution, and the greater part of the his
tory of Oregon; he has been a builder,
an upllfter, a teacher! of truth.
' Dri Condon Is one of the early pio
neers and, although ha first settled in'
"Beyond doubt, also, the original own
er or hla successor in titls Is entitled to
the property when found, even if he had
entirely forgotten where the property
was. If the Identity of such owner can
be ascertained by the finder. But when
the owner ia dead, hla identity -lost and
no ons can be discovered who has any
claim through him to ths property, It Is
to be regarded when found aa if it were
lost property. : f-
Cases' From Oregon. ',. ' "
"A ease of exceptional Intereet on
this question was recently- decided by
the supreme court of Oregon In Fergu
son against Key, 14 Oregon, page HI.
In that case gold-beerlirg quarts was
found where It bad been burned In some
kind of a bag near a tree, on which
marks had been made, for tha purpose,
no doubt, of relocating the hiding place
The quarts had been hidden eo long that
the bag had -almost rotted away and It
1 was impossible from any faots existing
to determine anytntng wnaiever wun
respeot to the Identity of the owner of
the property. The court held, neverthe
less, that the property eould not be re
garded as lost property which would be
long to the person who found It, but
must be regarded aa a part of the soil,
belonging to the owner of the real es
tate. v -'- - -
"Additional Interest attaches to this
In an armor of complete steel, bran
dishing In her, good right hand a flam
ing sword, rid with Insuperable light"
I see by the returns that In spite of
rheef forts- of the Bully Beedspettu
coat McCamants and Bachelor Wil
sons et si., we have the loyal -votes
of se.ESO honorable men recorded on
the side of liberty and Justice for the
mothers of men, and challenge every
advocate" of gender suffrage to show
that one corrupt or vicious vote was
ever east for ua - ' .4
Already ws are rallying -eur'forcs
for a new .campaign. ' Over 1,100 sig
natures to a new petition for a square
deal -hare ben secured to us among
the registered voters within . the past
10 days. - And they-are --signatures of
woman-honoring' men, who righteously
resent the vulgar Impertinence of the
gender, suffragists, who have beaten
back for two more year their mothers,
wives and daughters to the political
level of Idlote, criminals, IttnenS per
sons and iuntles, ef whom (I mean the
aunties) the .. chief standard earer
nestles, liks a pigmy. In the-palm of
ths" hand of the champion of gender
suffrage, who parades hsr and tha
whole situation in , the pnblie prints
through tha ploture that tills Its own
story. The erroneous ld so widely
spread In the land aa to call for dras
tic measures-to eorrect It that pro
hibition and equal suffrage are one, -I
shall, wHh the editor's permission, an
alyse and disprove la my aext-
western Oregon, it was' In eastern Ore
goa that he. made such splendid addt- '
tlons to a growing collection of geo
logical specimens. The John Day coun
try Is said to be one of -the richest -fields
in ths world for fossil specimens,;
and to Dr. Condon is due its discovery,
The leading 'geologists and paleontolo
gists from easti and west have visited
the region since Dr. . Condon's discov
eries mads it famous.
A Valuable Cabinet.
Dearer to his heart than anything
but his family is 'the famous cabinet
which he placed in the University of
Oregon. ' For years students have taken
his courses for ths opportunity of say-
ing that thay had studied with ' Dr.
Condon, and one , of the "first lessons .
which -he always gave In hla quaint
way was the manner of oavlng hla col
lection in case of fire. . About a year
ago , Dr.Condon ' retired from active
work In 'the faculty. ' Foryeara-ha-Jdcr
continued hla work -merely to be in
iouch with the education of the youth,
which he considered the greatest work "
In tha world. " V.- . v.
" Dr. Condon's charaoter la one of un
usual sweetness and beauty. His faith
In mankind Is unbounded, and he suc
ceeded In bringing put the best In hla
students by the tacit Ignoring ef what
was worst. Many a student has gone .
from the university with his knowledge
of geology and paleontology Insepara
bly wound up with the personality of
the venerable lecturer, who handled hla
rocky specimens as though they were
the most' delicate flowers; who, never 'J
taught the changes of eternity through
long names of periods and ages merely,
but took his students on a personal trip
through the Veers, and told all In the
quaint manner that seemed to suggest
his own presence at the scene of action '
while those rocks snd stonee were be
ing "tossed about and rolled, and hurled
down and pressed, and stewed and
fricassed to form this beautiful piece
of marble," as ths doctor often said.
. Perhaps the greatest work that Dr.
Condon did for ths student minds of
Oregon was the reconciliation of scl
snoe and religion. - He foresaw tha
question that wouM arise as to the lit
eral truth of the Bible and knew that
n , I I a , 4 . mIniI. iliM flnrf 1 1 mm
for agnostic tendenciea With the care
ful religious "training of early .years and
his many" years of ministry "there; pres
to him no oontradlctlonr ana it was
chiefly .to teach the young minds this
fact and to prepare them for the greater
truth of science magnifying Instead of
opposing religion that he gave up the
active ministry to Instruct-In the-etate
university. ! ; "' .
case because of Its remarkably close
similarity to ths earlier eaee of Daniel
son against Roberts, 44 Oregon, page
101, In which the court reached exactly
the oppoalta conclusion. In each ease
the property consisted of 17.000 in gold
coin Inclosed in sacks with a half-gallon
tin can and was found buried under sev- .
oral Inches of dirt and a mass of debris
In an old henhouse. In each case the .
property was burled in the ground and ,
was dug up by the finder. ' In each in
stance It was Impossible to determine
the Identity of the original owner. But
in tha Danlaleon' case the court held the
property belonged to the finder and '!n
the Ferguson case .to the owner of the '
land. - .
rIn the Danlelson ease the oourt ex
pressly said that 'tha reaaon of the
rule giving the finder of lost property
tha right-to retain it against all, per- .
eons except the t;rua owner applies with
equal force and reason to money found
hidden or secreted In the earth aa to ' ,
property found on the surface.' But In
the later Ferguaon caae the court adopts
the opposite conclusion and holds that
because the property wag originally hid
den by the owner it was not lost and
ths rule respecting the finding of lost "
property does not apply to It
Boat Buried for Centuries. r ;, .
"A recent decision of the New Tork .
supreme . oourt agrees' with the later
Oregon ease. It Is tha ease of Burdlck
against Cheesebrough. 84 .Appellate PI
vision, page all. . A case of. the digging
of property out of ihe soil "where itc
hed long been imbedded,' though It did
not Involve any element of original hid
ing or concealment of the property, but
a probable abandonment of It was de
cided in England in Elwes against Brigg
Gas Co., L R. IS, Chancery Division,
page l2. u :
"This was the ease ef a boat that
ably, and had been presumably aban
doned or left derellot by Its original'
owners on what is now a river bank.
By natural processes during the centu
ries, such as sinking Into the oose and "
the deposit of alluvial solicit had be
come; burled In the earth until it was
axchvated by 4 gas company whlch-wag . '.
ia possession of the 'premises -under
-year lease. But-the oourt held that
It was the property ef the lessor, even - -though
the existence .et the boat wae
unknown when the lease was made.
"But on the question of the right of
property found Imbedded In the soil
whloh Baa been actually . r-ost there Is
scant authority for making any eon- '
Bdent statement as to what, tha law Is.
AS to property originally niaaen in im -
soil and found there it ean hardly be
said that the law is fully settled, but
there seems to be st least some balance
ef authority for the conclusion reached
la ths Ferguson ease,"--,'-.-. " 1 .
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