The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 27, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. . SUNDAY ; MORNING. DECEMBER 27. 1908. COLUMBIA -CERTAIN OF AID :. FROMFEBERAmOVERNMNl J. N. Teal Ecturns From the 5ACRIF Convention With Report j. Encouraging: to State. SALE National Eivers'and Harbors Congress Friendly to ' 1 ; . Oregon Projects. Joseph U. Teal has returned from Washington, D. where lie . went as om of the delegates representing Oregon to attend the National Con gress for the Conservation of the Natural : Resources ; of .-. the ; country. Mr. Teal, as president of the Oregon commission which is working in harmony . with the national move ment for the conservation of re sources, had a prominent part in the work of the congresB -at Wash ington. While there he attended the National Rivers and . Harbors con gress and held a conference, in com pany with . Governor Chamberlain and other representatives of Oregon ''and Washington, with Congressman Burton, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of congress. In speaking of his : experiences 'While in Washington and during his trip in the east, Mr. Teal says: The reports which have heretofore been published of the recent meetings of the National Elvers and Harbors congress and the Joint conservation conferences held at Washington, have been so full that very little remains to be added to what has already been aid. Both conventions were In prog ress substantially at the same time. Great Growth of Congress. . "The National Elvers and Harbors congress has grown so that, where three years ago a small hall In Washington was sufficient for the purposes of the convention, this year the large meet ing room on the upper floor of the New Wlllard could not bold the delegates. Its Importance and Influence was rec ognized on all sides. Both the presi dent and Mr. Taft referred to it liv the most complimentary terms, and the pa pers gave columns to Its proceedings. "The speakers on this occasion were many, of them of international reputa tion. It was felt, however, that the time had arrived when some definite stand must be taken to crystalline Into law what the convention stood for. The educational work of the past four years had given everyone a better under standing of the situation. Jt was ob served that whenever there Was aj treas ury deficit the first bill to t the legislative a was that affecting rivers and harbors, and that it wu apparent that something must be done to avoid this condition if these important works -were to be continued without great loss and waste to final completion. . . Unwise in Past. "A study of the subject hadalso brought a realisation that many of the methods of the past had been unwise and that a general schema 'or the Im provement of all waterways "hfuld. twj adopted to be interrelated, with the purpose when completed of having an effective system of water trMsporte tlon throughout the country. Facts which could not -be denied demonstrated that additional transportation facilities must be created and furnished or there would be more serious chsretlons traffic in the future than there has been In the past, n wm miwu " 3 ih.t the waterways properly improved LTCBI. Olio i n . ' J. N. Teal. ' . . ... , .... . . r ''' A-' this would furnish the surest "It was alsrecoghlsed that deep and safe harbors added to- the value of all products, and that the farmer In the In terior had as direct an interest In this ai did the cities on the coast. These inclusions were'so Pla n everyone that the conclusion finally reached was adopted unanimously mm """V.-tvi "tally Indorsed by all the authorities. They were as follows: roar Conclusions Beached. "First That a general and .compre hensive plan should be adopted for the Improvement of all rivers and harbors, which, when finally completed, would be an Interrelated water system cov ering the various sections of the coun- tr"8econd. In order to secure this plan a commission should be creatnd to study and consider the needs of the country and the Best method for th"Third. It was recognised that many worthv projects now under way would fit into and be consistent with any plan which could be adopted, and that these works should be pushed to completion and other necessary approved projects pr2FourdthfrTo provide funds to carry on this work as it should be done, a bond Issue would be necessary, so that it all times and under all circumstances work on approved Drojects would be con tinuous and would not be subject to the . trAHjiurv balance. V1 The praaldent of the convention was authorised . and directed to appoint a ImUte. of five, of which, he should be chairman, to prepare a bin Xuntion in the congress of the United Hates providing for the bond Issue, the ereatioi of a statutory commission . to Study the waterways of irils and foreign countries, and to suggest to congress in a detailed report a full and comprehen sive plan and policy for Improvement of our waterways. ' , ,r Oregon Has. Honored. , "Since the adjournment of this con vention I have had a letter from Mr, Ttansdell advising me that he had ap nolntea im kihi" -j " c yn-win named persons: t Joseph E. nadell. M. C. of Louisiana, chairman; Albert Bettlrtger of Ohio. Swagar Shir lev M. C. of Kentucky; J. Hampton Moore. M. C of Pennsylvania, and my- aelf. " "It Is the duty of this committee to prepare the bill suggested as soon as possible, and the organisation as a whole and each member thereof is ex pected to stand by it and work for its passage as expressing the wishes of the entire body. -v . . "Fortunately we are so situated that Oregon, even from a selfish standpoint, can enter most heartily in this move ment. The Columbia river and Us tributaries are recognised everywhere as one of the great waterway systems of the country, and in every scheme or IN WOMAN'S BREAST ANY LUMP IS CANCER Any tumor, lamp or sore on the lip, race or anywhere, six months, ia cancer. They never pain nntil al most past cure, Three Physicians Offer $1000 If They Fail to Cure Any Cancer without' xinrx - OP PAXBT AT uu PSJCB for iO days. Not a dollar need be raid until cured. Only infallible cure "vcr . aiscovered. 'aUAKAXTSB. I Beet book on can- "cers ever printed, sent rM with tes tl monlals of thousands ' cured without a" failure. 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'- It will probably be remem bered that the project as It now stands for the improvement of the Columbia above referred to calls only for a li foot channel, while there Is no project today for the improvement of the en trance to Tillamook bay. In the year 1903, or thereabouts, a survey was had. but owing to the existing commercial conditions at that time the project was not approved. "It la also well known that no appro- nrlstlnna Itr. tnnri fnr nw wnrlr ... cepting approved projects, so that theimlttee shared and devoted their time as The difference between present con ditions and those in 1905 at Tillamook, and, the necessity for Its Improvement was explained, and seemed to be satis factory. In the event there is no rivers and harbors bill at this -session I feel very certain there will b( one at the special session, wnicn 10 r f, V i ,111 ha collBrt about March IS Data covering needs of tho entire state was left with Mr. Burton, as weii . other members of the rivers and harbors oommlttee and our representatives in congress and senators are fully alive to tna neeas 01 trie suuauuu. : Many Prominent Seleft-ates. "The meeting of the Conservation con fnrann was attended by 20 or more gov- wnm mnA mAnv nrnmfnent men thrmiorhnut the United States, and it wasL opened, as is well known, with inuMu hv ErHlrient Roosevelt. Mr. Taft and Governor Chamberlain. Both the president and Mr. Taft were decided in iUr nnlnlnn Ha to the, TieCCSSltv Ot conservation work, and -there was great Interest taken in the subject from every section. It should be understood, how ever, that this movement to be success ful must have behind it the cooperation and support of the states. . " . The most Important step taken at the Conservation conference was the passage of a resolution authorising Hon orable Gif ford Pinchot, the chairman, to appoint- a committee of six members from the state conservation ' commis sions and three members from the Na tional Conservation commission to for mulate a plan for the cooperation of the states and the national government. Oregon Sets aecognltton. The chairman 1 evidently at work appointing this committee, aa yesterday I received a telegram from him asking me if I would serve as representing the Oregon commission. Not unnaturally it was a source of some gratification as representing this state with, others at both conventions to have it recognised aa It has been, ana it ougm to vm uiurct of ratification to the Oregon state commission to know the report they prepared and sent on was recog nised aa the most complete one pre sented to the convention. t can this - without bains' ac cused of-any egotism, as in the work of its preparation every .one of the corn- first step to be taken la to secure a sur vey ana an approved project. , , Presented Special . weeds. . - "While In Washington a oommlttee headed by Governor Chamberlain called on Mr. Burton to present our special needs. At this meeting Mr. Burton raised the question as to the necessity for a 80-foot channel inside, until the mouth had a correspondingly navigable depth. I did not understand him to be opposed to the survey, but that his re mark was rather in the nature of an in quiry for information than otherwise. The conditions at the mouth of the river were explained to him and the necessity for the increased depth In the river, and it was also stated that a pro ject ofthe character was neoessary in order that the Port of Portland might spend aome of its money on permanent work instead of having each year to pay It all out in dredging. "The ' tendency la getting more pro nounced for . committees to aid In the work of Improving their rivers and har bors, and some of the states have voted very large sums , of money for this pur pose. I would - say, however, that I know of no state that has pursued this policy more continuously ana inteui- f;ently than has the state of Oregon, and t is today the most powerful Influence In our behalf In Washington.. It is very hard to refuse appropriations for im provements where the people themselves are giving the best evldenoe of their faith in their necessity and importance by putting up their own money. Demand Very Strong. "There seems to be very considerable doubt aa to whether there will be a rivers and harbors' t)U at this session of congress. Tha demand for one is verv strong and may overcome all ob jection. If there Is one. It is likely not to be as large as the last one. I have no doubt, however, but what Oregon's needs will be taken care of with the others, and In my opinion, if there is a rivers and harbors bill, the survey for the Tillamook channel, as well as the SO-foot channel from Portland to the sea, will Jbe ordered. well as money to having the state's sit uation properly presented. "Oregon is recognised in the east as being one Of the moat progressive in all matters of a public nature for the gen eral nublio rood, and with the spirit that It haa shown In the past I have no aouot it win maintain tnia position. My Secure a Tote. "On the matter of the, amendment of tne interstate commerce act me mi catches have advised all of the commer cial Interests of the failure of the com mittee to report it back tor action. Ben ator Fulton intends to take un the ma ter Immediately after congress recon venes, and I think will be able to secure a vote UDon it. and if a vote can be had I think It will pass the senate. Whether or-not within the limited time before congress adjourns this bill could be got through the house, even if it passes the senate, Is extremely doubtful, if not a great deal of the work will have to be done attain "However, the. Influences behind the passage or tne measure and -its neces sity, and the fact that the Interstate commerce commission has twice recom mended its adoption, that the president favors it, and public opinion demands It, will In the end I have no doubt bring about Its passage. Nothing haa given it such an impetus as the late advances in rates throughout the country, with the shippers substantially powerless to properly protect tnemseives. Shippers Are Barred. "It must be remembered that while the railroads have an appeal from a de cision made by the interstate commerce commission, the shippers have not. They must submit, and it is very hard to see why, where an advance in rates Is made affecting business or the movement of traffic, any wrong will be done by giv ing the commission power at its discre tion, after notice and hearing, to pro hibit the taking effect of an advance or change Jtintil the matter has been heard and finally determined. "That is all the Fulton amendment proposes. If every one Interested In this very important measure would do what they could to assist, lfs passage would be very greatly expedited." T OLDEST NATIVE SON OF OREGON PASSES SEVENTIETH MILE POST The oldest white man born west of the Rocky mountains ; celebrated his birthday this month at Albany, Or. He is Cyrus Hamlin Walker, who first saw the light of day 70 years ago, December 7, 1838, at the Whitman mission near B- - V I til i l - A j .1 Cyrus Hamlin Walker. Walla Walla, Wash. Although he has reached such an advanced age, Mr. Walker Is still hale and hearty and does not iook as old as ne is Dy many year. He attributes this apparent youthful ness to Oregon's climate. Mr. walker s Barents were married at North ' Yarmouth. Maine, and the day after the -wedding started on their long trip acrss . the continent, maklnr the Journey- from the Missouri river west Walker is now In the Oregon Historical society's rooms In this city. For nine years Cyrus Walker lived with his parents at Tshlmakain, now called Walker's Prairie, 85 miles north west of Spokane, but after the Whit man massacre of November 29, 1848, they removed to the Willamette valley, finding a home at Oregon City. In 1849 they removed to Forest Grove, where young cyrus attenaea school lor 10 years. In 1859 he left school and en fraged in dairying and farming, and in 1861 he and a partner took 40 head of cows into eastern Oregon - and ran a dairy in the UPPer water of Birch creek. That fall he returned to the Willam ette valley ana farmed near Forest Grove until December 1, 1864, when he enlisted in Company B, First Oregon Infantry. He saw service In eastern Oregon, in, Idaho, and later along the immigrant trails where his company was engaged In protecting the Immigrants avainst tne attacks or nosuie Indiana He held a commission aa lieutenant when he was mustered out at Fort Van couver, wasn., juiy zs, isss. From the spring of 1887 t January, 1872, Mr. Walker resided in Yamhill county. Then he returned to Forest Grove and farmed for two years, when he went to Astoria. In 1877 Mr, Walker was called to service -at the .Warm spring Indian agency, where he served as agency clerk or superintendent, prin cipal and teacher for the greater part of the next 15 years. He removed with his famtlv to Albany in 1892 and en gaged in farming, dairying and horti culture. Jrie nas resiaea at Albany ever since. : Mr. Walker is known as an ardent temperance advocate, being secretary of the Linn County Prohibition club. He Is also secretary of Camp No. 17. Indian War veterans, chaplain and press corre spondent of the Linn County council, P. of H.. chablaln of Grand Prairie Grange No. 10, and belongs to McPher son Post No. 5, G. A.'R. He is truant officer of the Linn county schools. At the time of the Lewis and Clark centennial Mr. Walker wrote the noera called "Biasing the Oregon Trail." which Is well known. GEORGE HURLBUT DIES IN NEW YORK (Hearat News by Longest Iued Wire.) ' New York. .Dee. 28. Georre C. Hurl- ibut, one of-the best known librarians in this country, died this moraine in the Presbyterian hospital as a result of be ing thrown out of an automobile yes terday, in a collision with an Klahtv- sixth street car in Central park. His daughter, who was with him, is: dying. boui Mr. nariDut ana nis aaugnter re ceived fractured skulls and other In ternal injuries. The man s 79 years were against his chances for 'recovery. Mr. Hurlbut was born In Charleston, 8. - C, and for more than SO years has been librarian, of the'Amerl- " '"l- 600 M EN'S SUITS Our regular $10 and $12.50 values sold in up-town stores at $15 at the nominal price of We PROMISE you that these are the equal of $15 suits sold elsewhere. SPECIALS IN CHILDREN'S CLOTHES AlLBoys and Overcoats Now $6.95 . and Overcoats Now C54.95 and Overcoats Now S3. 3 and Overcoats Now S2.60 WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO MOYEI 3d and Oak 1st and Yamhill SYMPATHY FOR CRIMINALS FASHION OF THE TIME From Senator Lodge's Speech on Brownsville. Sympathy for criminals of all races and of all classes has become the fash ion of the time, and although It springs rrom the better and gentler Impulses of our nature, it is capable, when unre stricted and misdirected, of doing in calculable injury to society. in au the changes of the last zoo years none has been more marked than the alteration, both in .practice and opinion, in relation to crime and crlm lnals and to their trial and punishment. in me eignteentn -sentury, when more was done than In any other rjeriod to advance political liberty, to set free the numaa mind and break the shackles which had fettered the thought of man kind, criminal codes and the punish ment of criminals, both in England and on the contient of EuroDe. were Dra conian In their severity and ferocious in meir execution, ine tortures 01 tne middle ages and the atrocities of the wars of religion, if they still persisted In certain parts of Europe, had become less common, and in England and her American colonies had been abandoned, but the treatment of prisoners and the ordinary punishments of criminals were barbarous to the last degree. Even in this country, where traditions were less powerrui, tne punishment of criminals was extreme in its severity, and as late as 1740 many wretched beings were burned at the stake in New Tork for real or supposed complicity In what was 10 not only indifferent, but the execution known as the necro d these punishments public opinion was of noted criminals was a recognized "sight" which all the world rushed to witness. Going to see men banged, to observe their demeanor, to listen to their last SDeeoh and confession was one of the amusements and excitements of dally life. Fine gentlemen, like Hor ace waipoie and nis zriends, made this rrlm work of the hanrm&n one nf tha regular diversions of their life. George Selwyn, member of parliament and one of the great wits and men of fashion of nis time, maue sucn a specialty of it that his interest became one of . the jests and bywords of the day. He trav eled to Paris to witness the hideous tor tures and execution of Damlen, . who was finally torn limb from limb hv horses attached to his legs and arms, and the story goes that he showed so much Interest in the proceedings that the executioner asked him If he was ot the profession. To which Selwyn re plied that, unfortunately, he was only an amateur. . . , The Judge of great assize, Samuel Bewail, the good and wise. describes In his diary the crowds which gathered on the northern alone of Bea con Hill, in Boston, to witness the exe cution of certain notorioua pirates. Tha bodies, hung in chains, were left swing ing on the irallowa another, cheerful custom of the time. In England, as here, the .bodies of criminals were left hanainr on the rlbbets until thev ha. came mere wrecks of bones and rags. tainting xne air, niaeous oojects Trom which the belated wayfarer - fled shud dering with averted face when night oaa xauen. The great movement for a larsrer do- lltical liberty, which began with our Revolution and culminated in that of France, brought many reforms In Its train, and among others that of the criminal law. In Kngland, under the lead of Romilly, the criminal Code which inflicted the penalty of death for. as I remember, some 150 offenses great ana small was radically altered and made more humane. At a somewhat ater time the revolting publicity of xecutlons was denounced by Dickens and Thackeray In prose, and by Barhara in the Ingoldsby legends la verse, and this demoralizing spectacle- was finally removed from the gaae of the crowd.1 England and the 'United- States were: only the lenders in a movement which went on throughout western clviliza- tlon in the promotion of humanity, of better manners and of purer laws. The history of the nineteenth century is filled with the reforms which were di rected not merely to the improvement of criminal codes and the mitigation of punishments for crime, but to the better care of the insane, of paupers and of prisoners who had been treated in the eighteenth century far worse than animals. Governed by the growth of altruism, the revulsion has gone far. In some of our states and in many countries of Europe the death penalty has been abolished, even In cases of murder. But the change In public sen timent and its manifestations has been even more marked. The pendulum has swung to the other extreme. Before the era of reform there was little or no public sympathy with the criminal. To day we seem almost to have reached the point where the sympathy Is so strictly confined to the criminal that there is none left for the victim of the crime. The abolition of capital punish ment does not appear to have brought about' the condition postulated by Tal leyrand, who, when he was urged to support the abolition of the death pen alty, said he certainly would if the mur derers would begin by giving up murder. BLIND MEN MANAGE HOME FOR AFFLICTED Charter Granted to New Institution for Aged Unfortunates Me- mortal to Teacher. Philadelphia, Deo. SS. With' every one Of the IS members of the board of man agers blind, and with four of the 13 trustees similarly afflicted, application has been made In the courts of this county for a charter for an Institution to be known as "The, Chap! n Memorial Home forthe Aged Blind, named after the late William Chantn. who for many years was head of the Pennsylvania school for the blind, whicn is now lit uated In . Overbrook. This Institution, which Is unlqu. among those for the blind In this city. Is, according to the application, " formed for the care, support and maintenance of needy blind persons." This, according to the incorporators, means that when those blind person who have been able to support them selves during their vigorous years, but who. on account of physical Inflrmttl.s and age, will be unable to continue to support themselves, will have a haven of refuge when their earning capacity Is ended. The home will be maintained by sub scriptions from the members of charit able persons and organisations. The four blind members on the board of trustees are Adam Qeibel, head of the Adam Geibel Muslo- company; Dr. David D. Wood, ' the organist; Jacob P. Bauseh, a teacher In the Pennsyl vania School for the Blind, at Ovar brtook. and John F. Maher, a lawyer and teacher. The actual management of the home, however, wfll rest entirely with the II blind members of the board of manag ers, of which four shall be men, who are James W. Moore, a teacher for the Home Teaching Society for the Blind, as Is Miss Mary 3. Curran; George L. Maltland, a piano tuner, and his wife and his brother Rollo F. Halt land, musician; Miss Edith M. Manning, a teacher of handicraft at the Overbeck school; Miss Florence A. Stecher, a sing er; Miss Sarah E. Wolverton. a music teacher; Miss C. Marion Kohn, super intendent of the Industrial Home for Jewish Girls, In this city; Mrs. Agnes B. Reybold, a music teacher, and Miss LUlle Rendell and Phillip F. Loney. Singers Celebrate. The Norwegian Singing society last night celebrated Christmas with a con cert and dance in the Woodmen of the World hall. Twelfth and Morrison streets. A pleasing program was ren dered by the singers. A sumptuous luncheon was served in the banquet hall; THE fill BMtlGS DO OREGOn Robert W. Forbes Engaged in Lumber Business at Weridling. , (United Preai Leased WlrO ' Mlddleton, Conn.. Dec 26. (Robert W. Forbes, one of Tale's bes't football players, has married Mise Bertha T. Bacon of this city. . Forbes played end and tackle on the Tale team in 190S and 1906. and was named on the alt American team as end in 1908. He was elected captain of the Wesleyan eleven in 1905. but owing to conditions in studies was not allowed to play. He left the college and went to Tale. - He Is In the lumber business at Wendling. Or., where he took his bride. The Italian- army has constructed a dirigible balloon with a capacity of 2500 cubic meters, all parts of which were made In Italy. - i ON TALKING MACHINES AND RECORDS A vast aMortmeot of strictly brand-new Disc Records for all makes of talking machines, retailed regularly at 60c the world over, are now on sale at nearly half, or 33c each. Not mora than six records to each customer. All that is best in band and operatic selections, vocal and instrumental number, etc., are included in this unprecedented offer. Here's a fin chance to get a splendid assortment of new records at little expense. 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