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... THE. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY. EVENING,', DECEMBER S3, ,1910. ' THE JOURNAL ! iv ikiepenjest nkwspapbr, V fl A.VJACKSON.. - - i n l i j Fof!w.i rr eoio Vptf .'Uidl rS-m:d:iUyfu .tnwV V j -r pti.d. or tot rtiKmiiiioB uru(b uw .. eod-eiot ! TKi.;pHONES Main. mm Ho, a-m. jan(j and is taken all bat universal : t"u tgggr ayfSMly m a part of the game. The decis- tPl.ttG?! ADVERTISING RE. RESJI!7n fJA VlftB Hew York; 10UT-03 Bojc Building, Cnirweo. - - ; ' BMbwrHtHra Trm hr mil or to "T tddreii. (a lb t'DiteU SUU. caoid or Mexlcos , V - - , . . 1. " DAILY. - ' a4 r.,.;..,. 5.00 I On month .,. -J . ,. . nrtenAV. ... - - . am f . . :. .irso f 0m ntmtk .. , DAILY AK1 Bu."li. An ytf..i....tT.B0 I 0n tnontli. .1 .65 -0 Neither days, per lives can be mad noble or holy by aoing nothing: In them. Ruskirrv 1. ; AN ABSURD ' AITPI NTMENT THERE IS NO present need for a superintendent , of an Insane asylum .la eastern Oregon. There is no asylum there to su-r perintend. There will be no asylum there for the next year or 18 months. To appoint a superintendent now as has been done is to waste the tax payers', money. Is this tne , way Acting Governor Bowerman, if elect: ed governor, was to save the state '$50,000 a year"? ' The law does not contemplate the appointment of a ' superintendent at this time. It says: "Upon the com pletion of said building,, or prior, thereto, the said board shall Belect and appoint a superintendent Of said eastern Oregon state hospital and such assistants, physicians, and at tendants as shall be necessary .who shall hold their positions during the pleaure of said board.". The language clearly 'implies that the superintendent, assistants, at tendants, and , physicians are to' be appointed at about the same. time, which means at such time as their services shall , be needed. ; It means that the appointment of a ' superin tendent is no more necessary or legal now. than the appointment of attend ants or physicians. - It meansthat the naming of Dr. Plamondon by Mr. Bowerman Is not only premature but illegal and absurd. . ' '".'' i - This premature appointment is not only a waste of public money, and an illegal performance, but it is a prop osition of Inefficiency and folly, The appointee is not competent. He is entirely inexperienced, tr He knows nothing of Insane 'patients, " insane asylums, or needs and conditions re- specting the Insane in Oregon. He is ! unschooled ; and f. Inexperienced t in everything; pertaining to the proper care of Insane patients. Yet we have h pnontnrio nf thi unnninrfifl I of Mr. Bowerman's drawinga salary jrouS the straits that now bear his of $3000 ft year as superintendent of n,a,me' nt the bosom of the Pa an insane asylum not yet built , ' I f,"cvand i11?8 and his shipmates - .-.- lift rhoiw fvn amcm1a tM a Salem there are experts who know all about the requirements as to the insane in Oregon. They know all about the conditions and all about the requirements of Insane asylums. They know what the im- A.. . a uicuiaw timua tup . auu , nuab iug future provisions Vmust'; be. They know the processes of Insane, treat- ment aad the means of , cure ofthe curable insane - curaoie insane., , - . Some of them are lifelong students of fhe-problem of our insane and f S rff 1 tt6yi,taTf tXaCUyt 1 nTl? iha atate-wants in uu"7 k"c -u s-j.."., and are already on the states pay- roll. Information from them will be competent, intelligent , and a safe guide In going about the work of building the new ar. lum. Mr. Bow erman's ; newly appointed superin? tendent knows . nothing, comprehends nothing, and is " worth nothing for the business, - If this is the way Mr. pie to be voluntarily redeemed by Bowerman would have conducted our j themselves, or will a higher author state affairs, the voters have made'lty be compelled to see that it is no mistake in refusing to accept him ; kept? Wll the usual agencies of as governor..' s ' But what is wone is the almost certain knowledge; that Acting Gov ernor Bowerman has traded this ap pointment for support, of hirrself for president' of . the ) senate. Senator- elect Barrett, elected on his prof es- tion that he was against the assem-l bly, has com out in support pf Mr. Bowerman, the father of assembly- - ism, for president of the senate.. Sen ator Barrett is the father-in-law of v. Dr. plamondon, Mr. Bowerman's newly appointed superintendent of ... the - eastern -j Oregon asylum; -', Can iJenator Barrett afford the scandal? " Can Dr Plamondon afford it? Can Acting - Governor Bowerman afford it? Can Oregon afford It? - tXMIMEA'TING OX COURT DECIS - IOXS rriHEHEAT. engendered by the! 1- incuons or the November cam- ( were revealed. The police author palgn seems to be . subsiding ' ities were willing to have the deal- . ' fast,,' Intemperate ; attacka;and ;ers censured, but not willing to have vehement defences" of persons and licenses denied, not even to Bruno measures are being rapidly forgotten, joi Arnaud. Why? What is the ior me luture ratner tnan the past fills the field of vision. . , , One exception is apparent . Colo - nei icooseveit r is ; ;. now .;. accused , . of Vbrowbeatingi.the courts,; In rhisj- Nor is the council or the mayor pursuit of progressiveness he marked i without : responsibility? - The Home put decisions of Judge Baldwin, and i Rule people made public pledges that even of the scro-sahct supreme court t helped to defeat prohibition; and se itself, for comment and. reprobation, j cured r adoption of the Home Rule l ne orator claimed that observance , of technicalities had , overridden' the essential rignts involved une oi the Judges who. rises to protest now embodies, and somewhat v "some of onr highest and mostup-Jhas Interests and friends that he Is right courts are condemned by one protecting. One1 amendment and an w ho has heldithe highest place in '.other floats into the chamber and the government of the- nation,; be caupf, it is said, the' courts had not Now, how e even the quoted state- imenr rdn ha so a Hchtfnii!t rharre of H fmoamum" la liar ttf Caa Froa II I C t. Ui3 , IO UC 14 i.v ww u v criticism If It be honest and tree from personal malicehas to be en- dnred by public men or this nation from president to the mayor and 'council of the meanest city In the ions 01 courts or e,very aegree are ex amined and commented on, and al- ways have been, and this same test applied, are they, or are they not "In the interests of the people"?: The insidious suggestion that such right of comment should be shut off because the critic has filled high of fice, be it what it may, should be dis missed. - The decisions questioned.' enter into the history of the nation,; for good or evil. The essence of them, not the court that rendered them is rightly in debate. The just renown, the lofty functions of the supreme court must not be allowed to hallow or bfblictze- its utterances,- and set them apart from and above the study and dissection of the law. that they lay dorm 'and define. . . Coming down to cases, if Theodore Roosevelt is not entitled to speak freely ' and plainly on the matters in dispute, who is? Certainly he has an Illustrious example to justify Jbis action if history tells true.. THE AIRMAN'S SPIRIT W ITH A DEAD engine and a frojen carburetor, Aviator Molssant' descended at New Orleans ', Tuesday from a height of 8038 feet and alighted in safety.v His downward course was a broad spiral glide and at a velocity of 100 miles an hour. So heavy a wind was blowing that he was driven five miles from his course. . It was the bitter cold of the high altitudes that froze his carburetor and killed his engine. It left him nearly two miles above the earth with noth- in between him and Instant death but his motorless aeroplane and his own steady nerve .for its guidance. A more thrilling display of human cour age is never made. V: It is the spirit of Molssant that brought Columbus to America.. It is the bent of men to dare . peril and defy fate; The martyrs to the quest for the North Pole are in evidence. Theirs was the- spirit ,of contest with peril that will lead to the conquest of the South Pole. .The same daring courage led Ponce De Leon while In quest of the place of perpetual youth to discover Plor Ida, carried De Soto through incred ible , hardships td the banks oj the MtoflBalOTl..tt4 Drought Balboa, as the first white man in the world to the shores o( thp Pacific. The same spirit of intrepidity sent Ferdinand Magellan out on the, unknown seas, . spirit made Vasco De Gama dare to double the Cape of Good Hope, and led Sir Francis Drake to be the first !, -. .. . . , Tne Perilous ascent of the airmen ; into the freezing altitudes has no compensatory rewards, but the spirit ..s.. . . man an defeat all things that Beem ,mposslble It ifl tne lrft that has reaeeme1 the , world the Alaric8 the Attlla8 and the Tam. er,anes' ha Bent 8 to the 1 realm9 of science- and given us a constantly advancing civilization, .. AUTnORITIES AXD SALOOXS . S REFORM OF. Portland saloons to come by temperate regulation, or by the more drastic processes of prohibition Tf Is the promise of a change by the Home Rule peo- police, council and other vehicles of local government aid the reform,' or will the public be driven to a Jess satisfactory but more certain use of the initiative t - - .; ' ' When , the , council , committee asked the chief of police and bis cap tains the other day if there were I saloons that ought, not to be licensed, the officers were silent They had nothing to say. ' Ttey refused to make recommendattons. "' What are they paid salaries for, hot to supply th3 councllmen with facts ts to who are and who" are not law-abiding saloonlsts? . ' How else can the councllmen get the Informa tion? i If it is not the business of the police to supply it whose is it? Finally, when the committee as sured ; the police authorities that it was only desired r to reprimand the culpable saloonlsts' and tell them to "be good' the names of 30 dealers " spectacle but plain evasion of dntv? Wlth such an official course, why be ' surprised if there is agitation for prohibition? , law. , The council knows exactly what those promi6es-were, and knows that it should stand willing to leeis- late ror the promised model saloons. j . But the council is halting and bes- - i cuts the liquor ordinance to, piece bit by bit The eliminations and i "decided certain cases In the interests subtractions and the halts and post- prosecution while every child of mis ponements are an expert process of fortune is sent to jail for any and permitting the dive to flourish, the every violation of statutes. deadfall to thrive and the old condi- It is well for Mr. Taft and a happy tion to go on unchanged. , event for the country that his de- r. Is there doubt of why there Is pro- partment of Justice has at last ilbltion agitation? Need we longer, realized that there must be 'no fa wonder why the public flies to the vored few to whom criminal ordl inltlative for relief ? The answer is, nances do not apply. A criminal act the Portland police, the Portland done by a .captain of , industry mayor, non-action In the city coun- through the agency of a corporation cil, and the hesitation of the florae is as criminal as if done with a jimmy Rule people in keeping their cam: or ; a burglar's drills. Statutes for paign promises. ' . JAPAN AND THE SOCIALISTS r ' iwhat is contemplated . by the new ITTLB'' has -been printed in'iniove by tie government at Chicago, American papers of the trials ; it will be some evidence of returning L la Tokyo of Denjlro Kotoku i and twenty-five associates tor . plotting '. against , the life of the mikado, f The Literary Digest gives this week more details, from Jap anese papers, translated for the Di gest, and it is interesting reading. ' These men were found guilty by the special court, but the case 19, now being reheard In the supreme court at Tokyo. It seems that Kotoku professes to be a Socialist,, but is thought to be really an anarchist Of his associates nothing is said, but it is assumed that they called themselves Socialists. - The Japanese papers evidently be lieve this, and the supposed fact is made, the basis of discussion of the right way- of dealing with the pro mulgation of Socialist doctrines in Japan. Their teaching is the exact opposite of what it might have been Imagined would be their advice to the powers that .be. v To repress, to J for ,wbich the jpublio are ; expected to forrlhlv firtinmlflh tn nut nntsldftiPay. and do pay nn enormous sum an- the pale of toleration, might have v . j 7 i . , ukcu ouvuuiiLeu. vAuirtuiwuit:, seven leading writers of established repu- tatlon contribute strong articles to the Tokyo , Taiyo magazine counsel ing leniency and urging that to at tempt repression of - Socialist, doc trines and v Socialist publications would be dangerous, harrow-minded and inadequate to reach the intended r"jmZ ' . UOWB ; . the Jigt, takes a similar tone, as It believes that the reaction certain to follow : measures aimed at the sup pression of Socialistic ideas. Is tar more to be feared than the natural growth of Socialism. . But positive advice follows. ; "Our government,, says the Jlgi. "should bo modify the prlciple of education as to encourage young men to pur sue practical studies. We need a much wider diffusion of technical education which will prepare young men tor the battle of life. ; s Now, their brains arel obsessed with 1 tl ,l..i.J : it. . . . . . i ui-aiBBBieu ; meones ano ; laeais, making - them exceedingly amenable to 'isms' and doctrines which, though highly fascinating, ire unr wholesome and often harmful." Two things we notice. That this youngest of the great nations is a full convert to the doctrines of f ree - thought; amle.sjprovided no open breach of existing . laws is attempted. Next, that the remedy for "isms' and fancies which they suggest namely, work, real work, aong practical and technical lines might help Anglo-Saxon students as well as Japanese. ' THE FEDERAL CORPORATION TAX i THE SUPREME COURT of Wash ington, , among the other vital questions coming up for decis ion, will have a rehearing hi January of the claims put forward by ex-Senator Foraker that Presi dent Taft's pet measure taxing cor-. poratlons .is . unconstitutional I., and so cannpt be enforced. The law Is novel,' especially in that , the - net earnings of corporations ascer tained by returns they are com pelled to furnish pf their property and business are made the basis of taxation. ' It the law shall be upheld, as seems most likely, a nojtable Instance will be added to the store of the ad vocates of special taxation for special classes of property. If taxation is removed from visible assets, and laid on profits shown on returns supplied by the property owners, it is hard to see ." Vhy the same I reasoning should not be applied to persons or Partner ships as to the artificial person called a corporation. If the straight Income tax is un constitutional, as the supreme court,' by a small majority, decided, It will be Interesting to see how the court will escape from the application of its Own ruling to the Taft device for taxing the net income of the corpor ations .as admitted by themselves. BY CRIMINAL PROSECUTION A T CHICAGO, the government is to prosecute the meat packers on the criminal charge of con- splracy in restraint of trade. The civil suit against the packers has hnen dismissed tn mnVn wnv tnr ih cnminai prosecunons. . - . ., ,, Kn Anitroa will Ka on affanflvA Anft' trust official In the penitentiary will do more to compel obedience to 4he anti-trust law than a hundred civil Buits against the law; breaking' .cor porations. 1 ' It is not the corporate entity that breaks ihe laws.' It can do nothing without human Interven tion. It is the officials who guide and control the corporate entity that ! commit the offense,-and it is they who should b held ' amenable. -; It was a weakness . in the Roose velt administration that it. failed to .proceed criminally against the trust managere. It is to the credit of the Taft administration that after long oemya ii una ( uociaeu mat. guilt IS personal and that there Is law fori TlSerxfTisrmagnate as well as for the poverty stricken social atom op the lbwer levels. - It would be a terrible Indictment of our governmental sys tem if great corporate bodies should contlnua In immunity- fjom. criminal punishment of the one i, should be used as freely and scrupulously as statutes for the other. ; If that is national sanity. Good Roads : A Jqsephlzm county mas writes as follows to the Grants Pass Courier: , It Is a notorious fact that : w ars country In the -matter 'of, road maJdn. This' condition is not bo much due to the lack of interest as the absence of opportunity, financial privilege," and technical knowledge and adaptability. In any new country like Josephine county larg outlays carefully expended are Imperative before even a passably pood thoroughfare can be had, and to this most be added the usual upkeep, which with our " unorganised, crude methods of dispensing labor, totals a earn of enormous proportions. . ; Strange as It . may seem, . the super visor goes about his work as no other line of work would be considered, ac cepting Bill Jones , and Smith from squirrel ranches to undertake the skil ful labor of bulldlr.g a great highway n"ally' t0 '?uthe T"1,"1 lM after year, all through a lack of system whlch requires years of learning and actual experience to properly administer. The Office of county superintendent of roads should be filled by a competent man who will be clothed with power to enforce labor orders at the time and in the manner ordered. And he should, be a man whose duty it is to live upon every road within his district, and further, be should be paid by the year, and a salary .V. - . . A . 1. 1 1 M V. & man who can pass a good examination upon every pnase oi -worn required, ana not one selected as the most handy one out of a job, but one who must first have passed a thorough examination be fore a competent board, before he is al lowed to undertake the work. , The season to repair roads Is conttn nous, and while there are proper sea sons for certain kinds of work,' at all times, of the year good, earnest, con scientious labor is required, and a good man can find it, and In plenty. Be should have the power of policing each road in his district, and stop this eight hours' pay for four hoars" work, as is common today. With such ' an office properly - filled it ia tttf ta fortnM 10ft nr mmt Im. J provement In road conditions every- where, 'There is much to be said in fa tot of the split log drag. ' One good team : of 1400-pound horses driven by a thor oughly competent man,; and - no other should be considered, can properly dress a great many miles of road through the """i eliminate aU of the, ruts and t?E5XZ& ; jn crowning : up a roadway care should be taken to. leave a flat road way at the apex, smooth and uniform. Traffic win then adopt it instead of guttering its smooth sides' in the effort to avoid the soft and unfinished road bed, which, all too often, is left la fur row-like ridges. Interspersed with, wads of grass, . roots, stones, tin , cans,': and hoop skirts as fillers. - A horse power consists of a unit of energy capable of lifting 33,000 pounds one foot per .minute, 'and with this in mind Imagine the enormous loss . of energy computed In . horsepower upon the average highway, in dropping down and pulling, out of the numerous sinks and ruts, though of seeming small mo ment, and to tills add the loss of en tering into and coming out of the creeks and guUles many times each, day . with the average haul, and. the thousands of tons transported during the year, and the annual loss Is at once appalling, Railroads realize this, and spend mll- lldns to correct one half of 1 per cent grade, so that In the matter of road building, one should at all times keep to. the fore, the matter of grade, ever reducing the high places and filling In the low points. , After all is said, to the unwilling or unwitting these matters will, be but lightly considered, without an expert enced bead to order and enforce a rigid system of common sense, up-to-date road building. . ' ' Pluck "Wins Again. " From the Newberg Graphic. For 10 years or more there has hung above the. rostrum In the chapel over at the college a framed motto in verse, which reads like this: Pluck wins! It always wins, Thoueh davs be Blow I And nights be dark 'twixt days that come and go, ' ' Still ; pluck ; will win.'. Its . average, is : sure. -. -- ." -.!-. He gains the prize who can the most endure,., - f Who faces issues, he who never shirks, wno waits, ana watcnes, ana wno at , ways wonts. One day Jexae Edwards was. In the office of Charles H. Markham In Port land, who was then general freight agent for the Southern Pacific lines In Oregon, end seeing this motto nan gin on the wall he remarked to Mr. Mark ham that such a motto would be splendid thing to put where the students of Pacific college; could see , it from day to day.. . Mr. Markham at once told ! Mr. EJdwards that he jcouid haye it for tnat purpose - ana u nas since naa , a 1 TtiHf.R WllHrU iiuHurcus Ul LJOJJJI. - IJULIl j 'ttlintt ani old. have read1 il and it been noticeable that a very largo num ber - of visiting students i from other colleges copy it rer xuture rererence. 'i Ae occasion for making jnentlon of this incident at this time Is the fact that Mr, Markham -has within the past few days been called to the presidency of the Illinois Central railroad, a posi tion of great responsibility as this is one of the great railroad systems of the .Mississippi valley, and one that has been in the limelight for some time, on account of the grafting management It has been under. It is a" case where pluck has won again. A Democratic PrcsioVnt Might lie- f ' ciprocate. From the Boston Globe. - , reetlon and meets with defeat, It ! would be a most graceful set by his Democratic succeosor if hejshuid.. hSmtfa"cplinTfcan'td''aVacnc7in the benchi Ami Mr. Taft Is a RepuLllcan, and what is more, until & few years ago It was tils highest ambition to "si tipon the supreme brnch. Indeed, it was more beoaune Theodore 1 Rooaevelt. ' wukted him to be a candidate fur'rsL. COMMENT AND NEWS: IN BRIEF ! SMALL CHANGE O, if we could send onr climate back east! ' . ..,"'. -' e - . , - . U- Mortals are like years; they wax and wane. - : ; .- '' :' i'-': -fV, -, ' , s- Now theatres are mostly started by baldheads. . j Fine 1911 Christmas presents left on the shelves. The message of peace and good will was not lost. Some peonle seem to live principally for vacations. : , - ,, v , i MHla face Is rrowimr sharn and thin: alack, he's almost gone." .... -i"': '' ..,1 - ..... The water wagon will be crowded next week But it has a short job. As a rule, it la less damrerous to stub One's toe than to fall out of an airship. Flrht tuberculosis every year, every month, every day; tt can be conquered. People are wadins; across the Mlssls- Ippi river, but they need some flannels. Wba van have done In 1VV0 may not be so Important as what you will do la 1911. At least Colonel Boose-vert has not an nounced that he would like to eat with l rimer. Tet food won't taste any better when eaten off of Mr. V. A. Clark's S120.00O set of dishes unless he provides a su perior cook. - i j.,. !. Tor a man who has been so long as sociated with J. P. Morgan, George W. Perkins appears to be a rather admirable sort of rich man. '--,. One claim has been nominally undor consideration by congress lor more man 1QU 'years, in some cases, uncie oara a very slow paymaster. A Cleveland dishwasher bas inherited $25,000 from his mother-in-law. He may establish a penal insutuuon xor mothers-in-law paragrapbers. A mmrniaJn has been located in Alas ka that is said to be 1000 feet higher than ML McKlnley. Doc Cook win prol ably start for its peak at once Th trouble with srlvlnB him a cane is that he may have to buy" a silk hat and V rince AjDert to go wan n. uetroii Free Press. Or possibly an actress, i An Rnrllshman who snent S8 hours In New York is going to Write a history of the racinc coast it is wonaenui now some men with gall can make money. -...j ,,."'-".' .-V'.--. rr It la announced that ex-King Manuel la eolnr to take a trio around the world. We announce now for his benefit that he won't get' a cent from this para- graphor. bet him go to work. Ur Ttw.lmfonAr has declared that he win arive no norm to unicasro uniyersiiy. but. he has not announced what he is going to do with the rest of his money. He surely Isn't expecting to take it with bim when no goes. A vriMA tr husband petitions for AWm-M on the rround that the spirit of his wife haunts him wherever he roes, thereby tntercering wun nis en- iorment of life. This Is a new one; we supposed mai omy iue iiitii ui uwu people notnereq living one. , December 29 m History TLe Y. M C A. Th Teunc Men's Christian Asso ciation in the Tnlted States, which has come to be a woria-wiae orgiuiuatuvu for the , trollf tin of ; young men. so cially, morally intellectually and physi cally, was organized in Boston on De cember 29, 1851. Tnis was me out come of a similar organization started seven years earlier in London. Within the first three yeara following mis ooo- ton, association, 40 Young Men's Chris tian v Associations ; -wero n organized throughout the country, ana tne nrsi International convention was held at Buffalo, , New York, on June i, is. At this ; time a conreaerauon was formed, with a central committee and an .nnual convention.' which lasted un til the Civil war. ;. Tne war greauy, diminished the membership, and t organization that survived ; worked chiefly among soldiers in the field. , At a special convenuon ox mo uww- ern associaUons held In New York in 1861,: the United States ennsnan commission- Was formed. It received the practical v sympathy v of the Christian public, sent 5000 helpers to camps and hospitals, and distributed over 15,000, 000 In ; money and stores. - The asso ciations In the south did similar army worK ana m n biwuj " : After the war the association eniereu tw.n a nmHn of rrowth. Leading bust- ness men consented to serve in official positions. Employed officers Increased In number ana mucn more m cpcncuw and efficiency. Carefully piannea nuua- lngs were erected, ana greai improve ments in equipment was realized. .-'- :-' Th. Tendon association was lormea on June . 1844,ias the resuu or re iMnn. nffort among dry gooas ciores by George Williams, then one of their number. . From Lronaon as -gociations were propagated throughout the United Kingdom ana many oiner countries, , Some organizations claim ing an existence prior to, or inaepena- ent of, the London movement Became affiliated with it later. Tne urai oi a series of annual British conferences was held la-1858, and the first associa tion hulldlng was erected In 1866. ' A national union for England and Wales was formed In -1881 ana ior ireiana in 1884. nrsraniratlons of a similar cnaracter tnr vouna men were started in Germany prior to the American organization, and ofiHnoJa.tlons were organized m rrauoe in850..r The- first - world's conference, dent that he consented, for he would have preferred a place on the bench. To sum it up, the president has now namf two talented and efficient public servants belonging to an opposite po litical faith to posts of honor, giving the country men In whom it has confi dence and at the same time creating a situation which may turn to his advan tage if political disaster ' should over whelm him two, years hence. In other words, he has surveyed a road of po litical reciprocity- that will lead a pos sible Democratif. successor straight to the door of William H. Taft i , '. Sweating" Gold Coins. , f , ( From Popular Mechanics. ..Recent investigations of the secret service men In New York drew attention to a very interesting as Well as very an cient - method of procuring gold t from coins Without greatly defacing them.1 1 The method Is ealled "sweating,"?, and consists of placing .the gold coins in a burlap bag and shaking vigorously for an hour o so. The tiny pieces of gold thus knocked off the ssurface and edges cling to the bag.' - The coins are then re moved and passed into circulation again, apparently no more worn or battered than most of the. metal money a few years' old. - The burlap bag is-burned. ana"'erwff'trrt""whic galnerea up una moivvu. ,..? r : , :j i The treasury at Washington has been getting, back large quantities 'of gold coins, many of them, not .long, out Of the mint, which are snort in weight from 5 to 15 per cent. Tho greater, number of the maltreated coins are of the J0 de OREGON SIDELIGHTS The Bandon yeneer factory will start up soon. . 1 ' i 9 A Klamath Falls market gardener has fine year-end celery. Stavton district has IS1 school chil dren 147 boys and 134 girls. 9 Raspberries were ripening up to Christmas near Myrtle Point, - Grants Pass Commercial club Is booming, reports tne Outlook. . . , Snm ilrv.lnnA farmers of northern Crook county have succeeded quite well. 1 Trout fishing on the shores of Iost laxe, luamau county, , iiaa , wwi w . ... , Turner, eight mfles from- Salem, has a new banit; is surrounaeo. Dy ium farming country. . , Three eastern Oregon towns are on . , A. , i. lsw.Ati.in A r the new insane asylum. r"f,n ,1 nsmiii wrecker! bv an ex plosion last summer, is being repaired and put la shapo for business, r. The Stayton ' Mall issued a CTirtetma number r that would be a credit W I newspaper la a ton una as large.... ' k .-- - Tfiat Ka ninr IvM InAnstTT ' WfTl ultimately become an important feature of farming in the Merrill and Tule Lake sections no on, nas a oowv mu una been the subjwet of earnest discussion, asserts the Kecord." : ' ' -i A Polk county paper baa an article telling about that section building the first circular barn in Oregon. But it Isn't. The first big circular barn was built near Reedvtlle, many, many years ago, notes the Hlllsboro Argus. , ; y The loosening up of the Dallas mer chants last week when; they jrave the free excursions from Black Rock and Falls City to Dallas was a commendable bit of business, says the News. SelfishT Yes, but the kind of selfishness that pays and yet ha the appearance of generosity. ' " . . ' During 1S10 a large numher of sub stantial buildings have been erected In Stayton, says the Mall; nearly a mile of cement sidewalk has been built scores of houses and other .structures have been improved in various ways, and in all parts of tho city evidences of thrift and progress are apparent. i V.v... ; . ' The new government canal, which Js to divert a portion of the waters of Lost river to Klamath river, will cross the most thickly settled ; portion of Klamath basin, and if it was navigable It is argued that It would be a great convenience to the farmers Hying with in a mile or so of the canal, as they could bring their products to Klamath, Falls by boat much cheaper than could be done by wagon, reports the Herald. The Btanfield Standard prints a long list of business and residence buildings erected, and other ' Improvements, dur ing the year, and concludes: "Few towns show such growth in so short a time. There are very few towns that have, In proportion to the total number, so many modern tmlldings. Every building.-, of any consequence has- : been planned by the best architects ori mod ern lines. Everyono who comes to tho city remarks upon the general spick and span, up to ; date appearance of Stanfleld. It is known r, as the best painted town in the state. ... . - ' -. meeting In Paris In 1855, and notable for formulating a "basis," since universally-adopted, gave - impetus to the French, societies. The present national alliance was formed in 1867. ,v ,t The existing movement In Sweden be gan with the organization of the Stock holm association la 1884, arter tne moaei of those at Paris and, Berlin. A few associations were formed quite early In India,, but vigorous growth began with the coming of American and Brit ish secretaries. Calcutta and Madris have excellent buildings. - The Toklo building is an important center for the national work. The general secretary and all the officers are Japanese lay men.- Several useful associations, have long existed in the South African aad Australian colonies. ' ?. ' . A similar, work for the physical, so cial, intellectual and spiritual life of young women was started soon after wards with the organisation in London of the first Young Women's Christian Association in 1855. The first asso ciation in the United States was formed in Boston in -18 85. - The international board of women's and young women's Khristlan associations of the United States and Canada was formed tn 1881, In 1809 there were In the world 7543 Young Men's Christian associations, of which 1939 are in North America. . The total membership of these North Am erican associations Is 456,117; they oc cupy 681 buildings of their own, valued December 89, 1170, Thomas Al' Becket was murdered-; tn 1778 the British took Savannah; 1812 the constitution . de stroyed the British Java; in 1835 the treaty was made with the Cherokee In dians in which they promised to move beyond the Mississippi; in 1841 the Lib erty party first met at Columbus, Ohio; 1845 Texas was admitted to the Union, and, in 1876 ocurred the Ashtabula dis aster, s Today is the birthday of Sir Archibald Allison,- historian (179Z); Asa Packer, financier and philanthropist (1805); Andrew Johnson, seventeenth president of the United States 0808)', William E. Gladstone (1809); Albert Pike, poet and Journalist (1809); John J. Ingallaand John Vance Cheney, poet and librarian (1848). It Is the date ef the death of Rev. ' T. R. Malthus, po litical economist (1834); William Crotch; musical: composer (1847), and W. -H. MaxweTf-novellst and historian "(1850). nomination, and some of them lacked or. 83 in actual value Of gold. .Whett placed under the microscope by experts, it became evident that the - cobis had been handled with vlolene, and the large number aroused suspicion. v Greatest Country on Earth. ' " From the Baltimore Star. ' ' Sectionaysm, save for friendly indus trial rivalry, has waned to Its close. In real opposition of interests there is no north, no south, .The nation is prosper ous, happy. No foe menaces It from within or from without. It stands today the foremost figure in the sisterhood of peoples, the prime sponsor for human liberty. It looks back with pride. upon a wonderful past; with hopeful eyes to a glorious future. Half a century has healed the breach,- and in reviewing the years one may well exclaim; t ' What hath God wrought?" f ; ; :; Vi ... a - . ' v' ' ' ' '"- '"; k r -, War Becoming Obsolete, Jack London, in the January Forum Not only has war, by Its own evulu-i tion, rendered itself futile, but man nimseu,, wiin -greater- - wisaom ana higher ethics. Is opposed to war. Ho age . wrought and the; results accom plishod it is noti worth this price.,.: Just aH in the disputes of individuals the arbitration of - a f lvil court Instead of a blood feud 1b mora practical, so, man decides,, is arbitration more practica' In the u'lsputos of nations-. ""''fi reyug- langU8hed and knitted and swooned 1 ri Y,a . iiAimmAn - Sanaa 11a J ' " .... "." . -v. -...4W WI . the damsel or cooper the Weener an ttiJU iu li T t aijoiio, i b, A' ui Mia Ultiii- " TANGLEFOOT . Dy Miles Ovcrholt PASS THE PRUNES. "Paaa the' prunes, the young man shouted from his place down at " the end. ':'.' 'i( Then the boys arose and smashed him with the bftst they had to send, Arter . that thoy : v threw the, butter' and the eggs and' i meat, and Jam,,. ! Then they pn.-d him . in the fur-; nace with a' gen tle UtUe ' slam. I When ; his " clothes ! i wers burned and tattered and hla whlskeni tumbled1 'In, y---. ::,-. ;,:r..t) They drew him out ' with greatest zest -and stabbed him.' with a pin. They were so kind and gentle that the poor guy swam in tears When he thought of - their sweet good ness rthen tbey cut boiea In his ..,.-.. ears. , , , i , , ( i When the doctors patched his system - and he found that he could walk,, 03e was overjoyed completely when he found that he could talk). - -Be wont home and people wondered open mouthed sit what he knew, i For you see he'd been to coll eg and they flocked around to view. , oon he got a job as barber , la his uncle's whisker shop, , Aad he's working there this . evening wtth, the razor and the strop, BTJT Olf THE OTHER HAKD j Jimmy Jlggs, ambrtlons Jimmy, went to ' work when only ten Taking orders from -a tyrant In a dally, . paper den. -'v . j Later he was made reporter,- then h sl toned 'em o'er a scoon . Now he's bossing all the others in the ornce or tne wnoon Do folks stand around and wonder? Mot to any great eouent. He is only little Jimmy; his folks never naa a- cent. Jimmy never went to college, so, ef . . course, he's merely Jim: , Why, his clothes are plain and common ana ioiks never iook ai mm. But the barber's been to college my t he warbes lovely -tunes! Jimmy simply runs the paper, that is ail please pass tne prunes i i ' -. THE BRIDGE. ; "It most be an elevating position to be a bridge tender at the new Madison street, bridge, or the Madison street new bridge, or whatever you call it," . re marked the sage of the Alder street corner.-'! wouldn't mind playing a ltOe bridge if I could deal all the hands lik that Hope that lift is a success. I'd hate to see that bridge gam end in a draw." But ' don't censure , him; he's pld and dotty.- , Orcgonfaa Misrepresents Pacts. ; From the San Francisco Call. - , Since Ilarvey Soott died the Orego- nlan, once a great paper, has fallen into the way of peanut politics and claptrap. For example: -r' - 'i:..;'.,v-,-..i,-.;,s4 "No hattieshin fleet win be stationed on the Pactfio coast. Coal fuel would cost too much, says Secretary Meyer J The extra expense for coal would b 14,000,000 a year, because tbo govern-j meet would have to Import navy coal. Though H, has vast supply unused in Alaska, none can bo got out Plnchot conservation prevents., Offlcialg of this. new ' ism , any - that. , pnouid , coal in Alaska be opened for use it would bci stolen,; i Great government, this . that expects to fight a foreign foe by mean a of coal imported from foreign lands, perhaps from the very shores of the foe. Great government this, that cannot al low its mineral resources to be utilized by and for the people, lest thieve break in and steal. What ta government for If not to make away with thievesT" " ; This is pretty cheap stuff, flatly mis stating the facts and making appeal to ignorant prejudice. : It is not the con servationists who have stood tn the way of opening the Alaska, coal measures for exploitation, but the condition of the law and. the interposition of Secretary Bamnger. " Long ago Secretary Garfield urged congress to put the law ta such! reasonable shape as would permit the development of Alaska coal beds . on some basis that would be fair to the nation. If, Garfield had remained in office the matter would have been ad justed long ago, but the appearance of Secretary Bal linger on the field of ac tion raised such a" elond of suspicion that action became impossible as loan as congress looked to bim for advice, j Of course, what the Oregon! aa ami other papers- of that stripe want is wide open exploitation of the coal meas ures, bat that they win never got even should it - postpone development for quarter of a century. This question wtll not be settled until it ta settled right Medford Also a Cat Twra. .'- -; From the Medford Mall-Tribuna v ' Medford came to th front again mi. this time It Is In a new line, tor mi the cat show which was held hi Seattle last week : three medals and - nine rib bons (throe of which were blue rib bons) were won by , cats which arc) owned and exhibited by the Westovetl cattery. ;.:: -": Out of thw 175 oats exhihitad Trytng Fox," a beautiful Angora, was eonsld ered the "beet cat in the show" and won two medals and seven ribbons (tw of which were bine). He also received wins on three silver cups It takes win nlngs from three exhibits to claim i cop besides winning first place in th three classes In which, he was exhibitet -novice, open and , winner classes. - There . Is no other eat Of the coloti Flying- Fox west of Chicago and theH s no cat zrom tbe same famuy .west of New York. This , Is the first timi he has been entered in an exhibit and hf will enter all the shows on, the const! Amarye, another Angora, won two riW bosn (one blue) and a silver, medal.. " Toledo will have a new school build ing, to cost about 19000. .,. .rn (Coatrlbated to Th loarntl Walt Unon, the famooa KansM po km proaa-pocms arr j resolir . teatant of tola column la., Xbe Piil aOOriMl). . i .... i. ' '.. , ; . .. r - , A Harvard professor who ' seems bad guesser is claiming that woman's; becoming like man; she's dropping he graces and losing all traces of feminln beauty, as fast -as she can.. , Her shoul ders . are broader, shei'eatsi too vxum fodder, she walks like a pirate, ,an soon she . will shave;'! she's bold an athlotlo and not sympathetic; the old fashioned woman has gone , , to hci dvoifaI CemA ' ntt ;J TTiudi '' taaAhnf You'Ve studied some creature who hold down a Job In ft Boston-musee: Foil women are fairer and sweeter and rareil than ever they, were, in this -land oil , tvi.v' on- i not a whit nlalner than Mamsel whr jyou haye mooned? Thank God for ttuj woman, so healthy and bioomin ,-, wh carries herself With a Jubilant stride She's far more enchanting than all oa the panting and simpering ladles wh .. . ,..t , ,tt iaurgv Muttliewr Aaam. M8JUk' ! Wis iv yj n i raw- A False Alarm , i . . arooprr--is sne me iair iaay o er wnon