THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23. 1908. .
10
REPORT WILL
INTEREST
Since Return of Governors
and Delegates to Conserva
tion Congress There Has
Been Renewal of Activity
in Middle West.
(Special !itch to Th Journal.)
Chicago, Dee.' 23. Since the return
of the governors and delegates to the
conservation conference at Washington
early this month, renewed activity has
been-'' shown In the- movement, espe
. . dally in the middle west. The next Im
portant step, which Is now awaited
with keenest Interest, Is the transmis
sion -of the report to congress by Presi
dent ' Roosevelt with whatever recom
mendations he may ee ftt to make.
The entire report will then be made
public: At the time of the conference
; only the general conclusions were an
' mm need and It is understood that some
of the papers which accompany the- full
report, contain new and sensational In-
formation regarding the waste of the
country's natural resources. AV the
. conference resolutions were passed by
the governors and representatives of
big national organisations endorsing the
conclusions of the commission, partlc-
tilarly as to the necessity of the crea
tion of a permanent conservation com
mission with at least a.. small appro
priation from congress to enable it to
. continue Investigation along the lines
already laid out. This was regarded as
of the first importance if plana are to
be devised for the future safeguarding
of the national wealth. .. Resolutions
were also passed urging' a revision or
the public land laws-and the passage
. lv the various states or: laws reguiat
lng the cutting of timber on privately
owned lands, with a view to preventing
i destructive lumbering now practiced
In many places. Tne 'commission in
irnug.icu inn- -quroiiuil' vi hit. unu i
great waterways and recommended the
improvement of the Mississippi, Mis
souri. Ohio and other rivers and the ex
penditure of $50,000,000 yearly for a
; period of years in the creation of canals
and inland waterways to take care of
-part or tne commerce or tne' country
' Contest of Trad.
'A contest of - trade routes, with the
commercial supremacy of the northwest
as the prize, is likely to be one of the
first results of the proposed waterway
Improvements on the great lake's and
the Mississippi river, predict experts in
this city,-, whose business It. is to keep
in constant touch with the shifting cur
rents of commerce. ' Not only the Unite
Btates but the ' western provinces of
: Canada will be affected, It is asserted.
lanaaa naving an interest m seeing
shinments ao bv way of the Great lakes
rather than down the Mississippi to
the gulf. The Canadian Northern rail
way has scored what proves to be the
first victory in this war by the acquisi
tion of the Duluth, Rainy Lake A Win
nipeg railway, which was announced a
: snort time ago. 'i n is roaa, wnicn cosi
the Canadian railway men something
.like $. 000, 000, runs along the border of
tne territory in aeoate ana win oe a
factor In the result. "The deepening of
".the Mississippi Is the only thing that
.would counteract the growth of the lake
trade,'' said Arthur Hawkes, of the Can
adian Northern, when here,' "The lakes
draw from the west. The gulf -of Mex
ico draws .from the north; The north
?west is the real battleground for mag
netic supremacy as between Duluth -and
; "New Orleans. ; The northern Mississippi
sbastn which includes the Missouri-
extends from the mountains of Wash
ington, eastward to within B0 miles of
;XuIuth; : which has export and import
business of the states which stretch to--ward
the Canadian border.
Kvery step toward .the deepening of
the Mississippi Is a step toward the de
velopment of healthy rivalry for north-western
trade, and nothing is more ln
vterestlng than to learn how the north-west
is shaping itself In this regard.
Duluth is the only lake port of .the
f 1'nlted Btates which gets large business
'from the Hudson bay slope of this con
tinent. Parts of South Dakota drain
' Into Hudson bay, as well as sections
of Minnesota, and a considerable part
.of North Dakota. . Some of the (Minne
sota Iron mines are beyond the . height
'of land, so that an unexpectedly heavy
proportion of the wealth of the mineral
..trades of the Vnited Btatea comes from
the region that Is ordinarily supposed to
be among the everlasting snows." The
decision of the United Btates Bteel
company to establish smelters at Du
Juth, so that the northwestern market
..can be supplied from its natural min
eral baae. is the latest move in the con
test between the two routes. .
White Slav Trallfo.
The traffic In girls which Vnited
States District Attorney Edwin W. Sims
'considered so alarmingly menacing as
to call for complete public exposure of
the shocking facts about it, has given
' tiew Impetus to rescue work by various
.tirganlcatlons here as well as to the
preventive measures by the authorities.
Including those of the immigration bu
reau of the department of commerce
and labor. The rescue measures hsve
been spurred by data furnished by Mrs.
Ophelia L. Amigh. superintendent of
' the Illinois State Training Schools for
Girls, in the fight of the Woman's
v World, of Chicago, against- 'iwhlte slav
ery",and for Its victims, to the effect
'that a large percentage of girls who
lhave been led astray can he reclaimed
and enabled to live wholesome lives.
"In my years of experience In this
work I have handled, in a responsible
'.way, hundreds and hundreds of these un
. fortunate cases and have kept systemat
ic records of results," she declared.
''While it is of course Impossible to
know absolutely what the results are In
All cases, I am firmly convinced that
they have been successful in. 80 per
-teent of the girls who have been sent out
Into the world again from the Institu
tion... But suppose it were possible, by
'the building and maintenance of such in
stitutions, to restore to honorable lives
only iS per cent of the girls coming un
ider their care. Would that not be a rich
"return for tfy cost?" As a result of his
'.publication of the Sims articles on the
white slave trade and why girls go
rn J a.,,1. . ....... tj v in. nilllgtl D1IU
others, the publisher, George H. Currier.
hss received hundreds of letters from
.parents all over the country whose
rjlsughters are In Chicago. One was
Jrom a father who wanted Mr. Sims to
ook up his daughter although he was
'aura she was ail right. "She was an
. .uncommon pretty girl," he added proud-
)v. The address he gave showed that
the daughter of the country home who
had come to Chicago to accept a position
was Jlvingiln- the .Ted light district."
one of the victims of the, white slave
traffic, ;. -f,." v
K OF E BUILDING IS
; GUTTED BY FLAMES
tSpedll Dlopstes to The JoornaLl
Olvmpia. Wash., Dec. 23. Fire gutted
the Knights of Pythias building this
morning,, causing 310,900 damage to the
Imllding and lodge paraphernalia and
the grocery of Bolster A Barnes, on the
around : floor. . The flames spread t
the cecond story of the fire department
biilHtng. causing $500 damage there.
' Tho losses are half covered by Insur
ance, , ..',....
Make table reservations for Christmas
dinner si the Jnox. Third and .Main.. .
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3IME. STEINHEIL
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This, is a picture or'Mme. Steinheil and her devoted daughter, Mile.
Marthe, and Is from a photograph taken by an artist of the Paris Matin
during the mother's "confession," which precipitated her arrest. The
young woman is the only friend her unfortunate mother has left.
STATE BESTS ITS
CASE IN TRIAL
OF X A. FINCH
At 2 o'clock' this afternoon the state
rested Its case In the trial of James A.
Finch for the murder of Ralph B.
Fisher by reading the transcript of the
disbarment proceedings brought against
Finch by the State Bar association,
through Fisher, in the supreme court.
Following the completion of the pros
ecution's case, attorneys for the defense
asked that the Jury be taken to the of
fice of Piggott & -Finch, at Second and
Morrison- street. The, attorneys stated
that the arrangement of telephones in
the offices was very Important, because
any one talking on one telephone could
be heard by some one at another tele
phone in another room, fhe court de
nied the request, whereupon the de
fense asked for a recess until 2:30 to
secure' some of its -witnesses who . are
aid to be still missing. It Is under-
Stood that Finch, the defendant, will
not -be the first witness called by the
attorneys for "the defense.
A Young Diplomat.
"Come here Jane." said the lovlnr
mother, "and let me kiss you."
The cmid obeys patiently, but as
Strong Hands! Also a Pair of Sleeve
i . - if v, .. .-. , . i
"Strfngthenlng Iie bands ,of , my fcrtjr gives - too th' greatest pleasure ;
AM) DAUGHTER
she turned away the mother saw her
apply a small hand vigorously to her
cheek.
"Why, Jane," cried the fond parent
In a hurt voice, "surely you are not
wiping away the kiss mother gave you!"
"No. mamma. I'm Just rubbing it In."
Woman's Home Companion.
Missourian's Persimmon Farm. .
From the Kansas City Star.
The chance discovery of a wild per
simmon tree in an abandoned field is
bringing J. C. Evans of Harlem, a good
annual, Income. Fourteen years ago Mr.
Evans was walking through an aban
doned field in eastern Jacobson county
when he noticed the persimmon tree,
and being a horticulturist, he saw that
it differed somewhat from the' ordinary
wild persimmon. He took some scions or
sprouts from It and planted them on
his farm in Clay county, Just across
the river. From these shoots ho took
others until be now has 200" fine bear
ing trees, the fruit of which Is said to
be the largest and finest flavored of
native American persimmons. The fruit
is about as large as a California plum
and finds a ready sale In Kansas City
at 30 cents a basket. The 200 trees
yield an Income of SI or more a tree
each year.
Make table reservations for Christmas
dinner at the Lenox, Third and Main.
Eyes tested free at Metsger's.
LOfJDOfrS WOHATJ
CHRISTMAS POET
Helen 3Iarion Burnside Pro
duces Many Holiday
Lines Her Advice.
(From The Journal'! London Corretpoodeat. )
London, Dec 2, Few poets enjoy the
distinction of being "commanded" by a
real queen to write verses for them,
yet such Is the happy lot of Miss Helen
Marlon Burnside of London. She "did"
Queen Alexandra's Christmas card this
year, and has the. largest "Christmas
circulation" In the world for her verses.
Everywhere the unristmas cara manes
its way and few nooks and corners of
the universe escape It nowadays you
will see the Initials "II. B. M.'V-whlch
means that Miss Burnside lias turned
them out.
Miss BurnKlde s output of verses' is
rertalnly a large one, even for a poet,
for her.daily average for the last 30
years Is 10 poems. They are not thrown
off haphazard, either, but . are well
thought out, real poems, of which few
writers need be ashamed. She has been
able to continue such a big output main
ly because she has acquired the habit of
versifying under all circumstances
traveling, walklna-. at home or visiting.
Innumerable Incidents suggest "themes?
and few ldsas escape when once her
verse-making gray matter has taken no
tice of them. Even the wheels of a rail
way train have suggested some of her
most successful errorts.
Advanced la Ufa, . 1 j
Miss Burnside is now well advanced
In life, and lives in a little cottage tn
the west end of London, which she
shares with another distinguished writ
er, Rosa Nouchctte Carey. - -
She originally Intended to become a
musician, but when 12 years old, was
made totally deaf by Illness. From
that time she decided to devote herself
to writing. Kven as a child she pro
duced, some very pretty verses, and at
tained some. fame beforeher eighteenth
year. As she could not become a mu
sical composer, she found that verse
came nearest to her ideas of musical ex
pression. For .some yesrs, Miss Burn
side did not make much headway with
her verses, as she found that public
taste especially in Christmas poems
had become degenerate. She set . her
face against the usual "twaddling pif
fle" as she calls it which appeared
on most Christmas cards.
ansa Burnside's Elevated Ideas.
Her object was to elevate the Christ
mas card and raise public taste to a
high standard. After years of striving,
she finally succeeded; and publishers
today Insist on the "Burnside model"
in selecting their verses.
In addition to her poems, she also
developed her art faculties, and became
Siuite a good artist, exhibiting at the
ioyal Academy, and waiving honorable
mention at the Columbian exposition.
She combined verse with art and used
to illustrate a great many of her own
K reductions, though in latter years sho
as abandoned the act work and de
voted nearly all her time to versifying.
It was not long before she attracted
the attention or a number of the big
Christmas card publishers, and for six
years she was one of the editors of
Raphael Tuck & Co. Most of her cards
were signed, either with initials or her
full name.
Seen recently by the writer at . her
London home, Miss Burnside gave her
views on the making of Christmas
verses:
Begins Writing.
"When I first commenced Christmas
verse writing," she said, "I found that
publishers were turning out mere dog
gerel, but now all this Is changed.
There is a muoh higher standard of ex
cellence today than there was then. I
do not sdvlse anyone especially a wom
an who has to make her living to go
in for Christmas versifying, as it is up
hill work for the beginner, especially if
no other work is combined with It. Pub
lishers seldom pay more than 31.25 per
verse, and, unless you have a large
number of publishers to deal with or
one Dig nrm wno win laae an your out-
Sut at a fair price life will be very
Iffleult. I do not think a ladv could
expect' to make morn than $200 a year
soieiy ny writing i:r.ristmas cards, ana
then the season Is a short one only
lasting from November to March."
Asked how she wrote her verses
Buttons and a Fob!
of y anything I- can do." Croker.
what gave the Inspiring Ideas she ra-
piieu;
':. Inspiration!.
"Oh, almost anything. I see thlnrs
when out walking; a friend wriUs a let
ter giving a sweet sentiment; a falling
lef-?.the smallest ,' Incidents set the
verse ideas going and It la not Ions- be-
nh I,.hav poem rady for the pub-
. ... " wu IV KIVO
specimen of what she considered one of
her nuf nnmi fA, .... t,i v.
mltted the following verse: , .
1 J,n2Wua Teen n peaceful land, '
nuira ever Daiuea in sunshine Ilea,
And in it dwells a gentle-band
Of friends, with amlllno, lir, - A
That land is memory's dreamland aweeti
iiiu vhu wBiiuer mere ac will.
And dear familiar faces meet
juu viBDii ucr uanas in rrienasnlD
still. . ,
It is estimated that Miss Burnside
make nearlv I h It (W I a ,ai. v.
roem a'nd designs. This year she has
had many of her verses set to music.
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An Orjjer for a Pair of Lennon's Kids for Men, Women
or Children Is Always a Most Acceptable Xmas Present
Lennon's
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To those who have yet to complete their Christmas purchases we
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STORE OPEN
Shaving
Stands and
Cabinets
It is with the intention of
closing out our remaining
stock of these pieces that we
include the few designs now
shown" in our line in a special
sale, today and tomorrow. Each
piece shows a liberal reduction
from. the regular price and of
fers an opportunity for select
ing an appreciative and practi
cal gift at an, unusual saving.
Metal Shaving Stand at special price of.... f 6. 90
Shaving Stand in the mahogany finish, at. .f 8.75;
Shaving Stand in weathered oak, special. . .f 9.00
Shaving Stand in the mahogany finish, at.. 99.25
Shaving Stand in the mahogany finish, at f 10.75
Shaving Stand in the "birdseye maple, at. .$14.75
Shaving Stand in thebirdseye faiaple, at.. f 18.75
Shaving Cabinet in the birdseye maple, at $21.75
Shaving Cabinet in the mahogany, at $24.50
Shaving Cabinet in the birdseye maple, at $24.75
Special 4Qc
These are 37 inches high
and 18 inches wide, having
reversible writing board
.with top panels; one side
having script alphabet and
the other several illustra
tions.
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HbHday- Crockeiry Specials Bisnemnt
Today's and tomorrow's Christmas special offerings In the Crockery Section. '
Salad Bowls, special-at, each....... 35 and' 50 Fancy Decorated English Tea : Pots . 'in highly-
Water Pitchers in raised and hand-painted poppy and glazed finish four patterns to select from priced
lily designs, at the. special, each ........... .'...38- as follows 1. ..50, 60f, 70 and 75
ye are prepared for
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SUICIDE'S BODY
FOOIIDOIiBHTS
' :. ' ... . ( , ' '. '
Unknown Young Man Ends
Life With a Revolver
. Bullet in His Head..
The body of a suicide who has not
yet been Identified, was found In the
brush on Portland Heights this after
noon by 8. Perclfall, of. 684 Hawthorue
Terrace, who had gone Into tha woods
In search of a Christmas ' tree. The
body waa cold when found, but the man's
watch was still. running, Indicating that
he had been dead less than 24 hours.
He had shot himself through the head
mmml
Sa i linn i i T
EVENINGS UNTIL
Sale of
Mosic
Cabinets
Today and tomorrow, in
which is offered a selection
from bur line of these popu
lar gift pieces 5 designs in
the golden oak.
Music Cabinet at
Music Cabinet at the special $6.75
Music Cabinet at. the special $8.75
Music Cabinet at the special $9.25
Music Cabinet at the special $12.00
Child',
Your choice of two designs'in these attractive little
table sets consisting of knife, fork and spoon
neatly arranged in box. A suggestion for a pleasing
and sensible gift for little folk. Special in the
Crockery Dept. at 35 set.
Sale
Three attractive designs in these popular Christmas
pieces are also marked st much less than regular
for today and tomorrow.
Desk in birdseye maple. Special $7.9Q
Desk in birdseye maple. Special $1Q.75
Desk in solid mahogany. Special .$18.75
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with a 32 caliber revolver. Tha wea
pon wss -found near the body.
Perclfall notified the police and Cor
oner Norden took charge of the remains.
. -Tha - suicide was about 80 years of
age and was probably a German. It is
believed that he was a cook or baker
from stains on his pepper and salt suit
and the softness of his hands. He wore
a light mustache and had a scar about
two Inches long and half an inch Wlds
just below the chin. f
; y ; j i ii . 1. 1 . 'i ii ; :
President'" Turked Stolen. (
- Mount Joy, Pa., , Dec 2S. The 25
pound ; turkey gobbler, which Amos N.
Mum ma of East Donegal township in
tended to send to President Roosevelt
for a Christmas present has been stolen
from him, . , . '.
Found ' Dead In Bed.
' Clark Scott, BS years of age, was
found dead in bed this morning at Its
Third street, where he had been room
ing for i soma time past. Coroner Nor
den made an Investigation and decided
that death resulted from natural
causes. Little is known concerning
Scott's antecedents.
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