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PREPAREDNESS
AND
potmcs
DISCUSSED
Current Magazines . Handle
Subjects With Articles on
: the Great .War,'
George Harvey discusses in the cur
rent issue of The North American Re
view the question of -Wilson ana
Second Term. Ex-Secretary of State
Richard Olney contributes to this Issue-
a paper In which he urges the
necessity of "a speedy and comprehen
sive, revision" of our ifetln-American
policy before we can hope to embark
upon an effective' program of prepar
edness, In the ; same vein of sober
warning i Rear-Admfral Fiske's ar
ticle on "Naval Defense." "The Ad
ministration's Military Policy" la an
other discussion of a momentous cur
rent Question.
i:Tfc i Review's- group of articles re
lating to the great war and its prob
lem is further enlarged by Demetrius
C. Boulger' "The Truth About Ant
werp"; Charles Johnston's presenta
tion of the military and political situ
ation at Suez; Henry Rutgers Mar
shall's "War .and" Human Nature."
and E. Q. Nourse's "The War and the
Back-to-the-Land - Movement," In
which this, author explodes a number
Of fallacies concerning his subject.
... In "The Proposal for a Tariff Com
mission,. 'Professor F.. W. Taussig' of
Harvard; throws a light into many
dark corners. Edith Wyatt has a pen
etrating study of the late Stephen
Phillips; and the young English poet.
(Wilfrid Wllsdn Gibson, contributes
piece of " verse, "The Plough. In his
discussion of the month's events In
"Drama and Music." Lawrence Gilman
writes of the famous "Russian Ballet.
of the new Russian opera, at the Met
ropolitan, Prince Igor,- and of current
dramatic productions. Under the title,
"The -Biography of an Amorist." Mr.
Gilman discourses' about -a certain
"Book of the Month."
The Scientific Monthly,
s'; The Scientific Monthly forwFebruary
contains th . following articles "The
"Avoidable Loss of 'Jife, by Dr. J.
Howard Beard; "The Causes of War,"
by- Professor I. W. Howertb; "The
Islands of the Mld-Paclflc," by Dr.
Alfred , GoIdsboTOUgh Mayer; 3attles
and Rainfall," by Professor Alexander
McAdle; "The RacTes of JUritain." by
Wm. i if, Babcpck; - "Some Phenomena
of Fluid Motion and . the. Fight Of a
Baseball, by Professor W. S Frank
lins "Hunger and Food, by Professor
George J. Peirce; "The Reincarnation
of James EUghts, Antarctic Explorer,
by Dr. John M. Clarke; The Columbus
Meeting . of the American Association
for the: Advancement of Science; The
Ohio State University; Scientific
Items, r' - .
For a Lack of 'Fuel
Beavy Baows Save tendered It Im
possible for Oil 'Wagons to Beach
the Institution.
After keeping open as long as possi
ble, Reed -college has finally had to
close for a short time owing to the In
ability rb get fuel.
The dormitory students are making
tha best of vvthelr "captivity," cards
being enjoyed most every evening and
part of the day while classes are
topped. After supper dances-also help
to pass away the time.. Last Wednes
day night Arthur House and Robert D.
Leigh took turns at the piano, and an
orchestra Was improvised with Earn
est McAllister playing the mandolin.
Dean Coovert, the ukeVele, and Miss
I lies Goltra the banjo.
60 far the fatalities have been two
perfectly good hats, belonging to day
cholars who have tried to get to
town. One of these was recovered.
The second was blown off a student's
Head and lost on. the campus. -'
No damage has been done around
the buildings, but a number of trees
have had limbs blown off. and one
large one bad the too blown' off. The
tennta courts on the athletic field,
hava suffered also, the wire netting
around7 them baying been nearly ail
wtwwa gown; .
ru The handball : court in the gymna
sium, has,, also been ytJut ' out of use.
The furious wind blows the snow in
through every small crack and the
floor Is covered with snow and ice.
No classes were held- today, and
uoue wiu oe neia until rurher, notice.
Printers vs. Writers.
An old woodsman friend -who knew
that Henry Oy en. author of "The Man
Trail,- a tale of lumberjacks, had been
In newspaper work, but who had only
a vague idea or what that was, recent
ly met Oyen's brother uir north, and af
ter greetings -caid., "'
"I ain't seen Hank lately. What's he
com now?" ' t t
" "Oh replied the brother Henrys
quit the. "newspaper business and is
writing' stories. Had a book "publishes
just a snort time ago." .
The- .old fellow shifted -hia cud
around and pulled hi whiskers.
"Wrltln stories, - eh." ha said.
"What's the matter, couldn't Hank
make -a go of it as a printer?"
David' by . "Pottyanna's" Author
anna." will have a new book published
in Aiarcn oy uoughton-MUfun com-
CUT. .-It 1st h iMrr nf lltd. W
"Jusr David. he -calls hlmselt-and
the phrase is taken .aa tha tlUa of the
" - . nwu buw V0 . W
llnlst, and the publishers say Mra.
Porter, who was a professional mu
Blcian before he : became a y jiovellst.
orawn nis cnaracter and told his
story wua aveiy sympathy ami skill,
Operate on Adele Rowland' 3
New Tork, Feb. 5 (L J. 8.) Adele
Rowland, the actress, is today reCoT
rinff fromran ammtlnA .fn k.
xnoval of a. fibroid tumor In the fleshy
I art vi u uow- . , ; ;i
WRITES OF PLUCK
OF GIRL OF SOUTH
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Ellen Glasgow, whose new novel,
"Life and Gabrielia.'- tells the story of
a southern girl who refused to be bound
by circumstances, was born and still
lives in her favorite setting, Richmond,
Va. Miss Glasgow's first book, "The
Descendant." was published in 1897.
and has been followed by a number of
popular narratives, among " them "The
Ancient Law," "The Deliverance." "The
Battle Ground," "The Romance of a
Plain .Man," "The Mfller of Old Church"
and "Virginia.', "Life, and Gabrielta"
is on the Doubleday-Page lists. '
Phy
sician Writes of
Painless Childbirth
Painlea ChUdberth." by Br. Carl Henry
Davis, associate tn bstetrW and gynerolosy,
Rash MedU-s.1 College. Clilcsgo. Forbes
Co., Chicago. 1.00 net.
In this book Dr. Davis discusses
the various methods employed .In the
attempt to secure painless childbirth;
and gives, the; first report of the re
sults of varied experience with tne
nitrous oxld-oxygen analgesia, which
he says will undoubtedly become the
analgesic of choice in. obstetrics.
Dr. Davis believes that in tne cry
for painless childbirth the desire of
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roomers is nur euuwm uoi nmucoii.
Granting that' painless obstetrics Is
desirable the author ' pleads for safer
and better obstetrics. He claims . that
with all the modern progress in pre
ventive" medicine that there has not
been a corresponding Increase In the
safety of maternity.
Recognizing the need for relieving
pain in many cases of childbirth. Dr.
Davis offers a treatise on the nitrous
oxld-oxygen analgesia method. This
method was used successfully In Eu
rope in the early '80s and the results
there have more recently been dupli
cated in the ' Presbyterian and other
American, hospitals. The 'author gives
in detail the technic for administering
nitrous oxld-oxygen analgesia in - op
erative as well as in normal labor.
While the advocates or "Twilight
Sleep' agree that it should be used
only in an especially equipped hospital
and by a specialist. Dr. Davis believes
that nitrous oxld-oxygeu analgesia is
may be used safely and efficiently
by every physician who is trained in
the science of obstetrics. He believes
that nltrou oxld-oxygen analgesia Is
local method of relieving the suf
fering during childbirth and a grt
aid In securing eutocla.
Cartoons for February. .
Seldom have : the cartoonists had
such an opportunity as was afforded
them by the Junket of the Ford peace
party. Cartoons Magazine for Feo
ruary presents a resume of their ef
fort. Thus, the New Xork Herald
cartoonist rechrtstens the Oscar H"
The Flivver" (cranks at either end)
and shows this strange craft full of-:
dummies, one tire punctured, and with ;
Mr. Ford at the wheel, speeding past)
very much battered figure of the
emperor of Austria.. j
How tne Anglian view the approach
ing conscription crista Is shown by a
number of cartoons from British news
papers. The "Persia tragedy and. the
Ancona" correspondence furnish ma
terial for other strong cartoons.
James Meivtn Lee of New Tork uni
versity contributes an article entitled
"Lincoln ' as Vanity Fair Saw Him"
that . will Interest . every student of
Abraham Lincoln - and his times.
Among other contributors are ZinV'
and Helena Smith-Daytonr,who intro
duces In clay models some new small
town characters that all will recognise.
The Limit of Devotion.
Dear Heart, I'll :.- dance with you all
night.
- From eight to -any-hour you please.
But this I swear with all my might.
f IKwlll not go, to Dancing Teaal . . .
To trlp with you Is pure delight.
Tou float like milkweed on the breeae.
But though I love to trot, alt right - ,
I will not go to Dancing Teas!. - .
j Pale, "lender youths whose brains are
- Can- trot all -afternoon with ease,
But I don't cJass with themnot quite.
;.: I will not. go to .Dancing TeasI vi:
At nlght-'tlroe;,wheBttheilghta
bright. '
-111 one-step till I strain my knees; ;
By day,J('ve too much - work in sight,!
. I-wlll not go to 'Dancing Teast ".
BERTO.N BRALKy in Harper's Mag
azine for February. - . j
' The Three Things!: Is Popular, C
A sixth printing is announced - by
Little,; Brown & Co. of Mrs. Mary Ray
mond Shiproart'AndreW'B little book of
fiction, . "The Three Things. , .
Short Hand as -.
Fame's "Short Cut"
The Gregg Publishing company, 1123
Broadway, New YOrk, has Just Issued
an attractive brochure containing
sketches of some of the many men
and women who began life as stenog
raphers and who have sine attained
national prominence.
Among those whose ' careers have
been shaped by a knowledge of short
hand are mentioned such statesmen as
President Wilson, George B. Cortel
you. William Loeb, Jr., and John Hary;
such legal lights as Kenesaw Moun
tain Landis, and Justice Guy of the
supreme court of New Tork; among
captains of Industry, Hugh Chalmers,
Colonel Bope, and Samuel Insull; such
auth rs"-and . Journalists as. Charles
Dickens, Arnold Bennett, James Op?
penhelm, Irvin Cobb and Edward BoC
In the more than 200 celebrities
whose- progress Is briefly traced, are
congressmen, senators, judges, law
yers, presidents of giant corporations.
railway off lciais, bankers and financiers,-
educators and physicians,
Gill Writes Book
On Oregon's Fishes
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
11s, On Feb. 8. By request of th
history department of. the Oregon Ag
ricultural college. John GUI of, Port
land, has written and published an in
teresting, descriptive booklet ; entitled
"Common Fishes of the Waters of Ore
gon." This booklet includes 20 large
ingnviBKi ia nie cwor ox lO Oilier-1
ent varieties of trout and salmon
found within the borders of this state.
The scientific information which it
contains is worked up Into an interest
ing sportsman's story.
Argument' by Epithet.
Of all sneers none is so carelessly
thrown as the charge of cowardice. To
call a man a coward Is almost to ob
literate him from discussion. The man
who uses the term always implies that
he himself, of course, is a brave man.
He acquires at once a kind , of moral
superiority, and puts his -opponent on
the defensive.
, Caution and reason thus become
positive vices, every honest doubt Is
made the mark of a timid soul. Those
who want 20 dreadnoughts regard as
cowards those who want JO; the ad
vocates of 40 dreadnoughts look with
acorn upon the advocates-of 20. Men
who wish to prepare against one pos
sible enemy are cowards In the eyes of
those who wish to . prepare . against
two possible enemies.
The proposers of . a much larger
For Ton
a Rose in.
Grows.
Portland
'.Vol. 7.
SAT. EWG ALIBI
Res Umpau, Ed. and Pab.
Pub. rnoo, Ou iitaay.
Jannary 29, 1910.
EDITORIAL.
BTBITS TO
Our editorial last wk. was
criticised as being too long.
TOW' TALES.
Jimmy
black eye.
McCool has
Geo. Irwin towed Dave
Smith home the other night.
That Is. he towed liave's
car home.
Folger Johnson wants a
scientific investigation of
glacial condition on Wil
lamette Hts.
Ed L. Moses is a lawyer.
Most lawyers are Moseses
In a way. They are tound
in the political bulrushes.
Major Wm. O. Oberteuf fer,
who baa diplomatic whisk
ers but talks more than the
average diplomat, says he
hardly ever gets his name
spelled right, and we print
this -item to show him that
it can be done.
Miles Standieh. the w: k.
Ad club minstrel, lives in a
houseboat - out at the Oaks,
and he says that you simply
can't shovel the snow otf
-the roof with a palm-leaf
fan.
- T. Amsley Botts. the w.
tc bard, write from Beaver-
ton that he isn't able -to get
out of the bouse and Mr.
Botts can scarcely keep
; enough wood split. .- He is
Working on an ode .to Ml
' HOOd.v , 4 ' '
Nat Stevens, of Island, on
the Ore. City line, has de
cided to build a steel tube
down the hill to the station,
instead of an open chute.
He says a chute would fill
up with ice. and the Island
ers would , be no better off
than they are now, sliding
down the hill. " - J
J. S. Flint, of Jet. City
Was the only, shipper who
got into ' the-,' Union stock
' yards one itlay this wk- .nd
Hy Cohen, who dearly loves
: a Joke all of his own. aaya it
.was hard for Flint, and then
laughed; but - we can'jt : see
why. , . - ;
Eddie Miller used to run a
.haberdashery in- he - Port
land notel ouuaing. - uacie
Billy Johnson used to meet
him -elsewhere in the hotel.
Uncle Billy noticed the oth
er day that the place where
the -haberdashery used to be
had closed up, and he met
jM oted IN ovelist in
Snapped in Moment of Streisurie
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ffr'Tm in '"i '','v'"r"" '
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Its -.rjes-- ' l It
fc3irs5sfc-f M Ld
P-is-iiJy" Wi&M 1'W '" - I $
MUa Mdria-Thompton'Doviesa m "pia&MP, of cM cibim adjoining ker
tntnpaloto at Btceetbriar Farm,'- n Harpeth VaUey, near NoMkville, Tenn
where she wrote "The U tiling of MottyT and her latent &aJfc, "The Dare
devil," now in the hands of her pubUsherg. '
army are tinged, with yellow, in the
eyes of the eoascriptloniata. In Amer
ica we are fast getting into the frame
of mind where the scale of. courage Is
measured by what -the wildest - jingo
proposes as the correct method of lick
ing creation. The' New Republic
OST
PORTLAND, OR, TJ. 8.
4FOR YOU A ROSE IN
"STUTB
pampon mi, cot have? 1 f (t'u. vrr ro2-
hrou cor my Boseyi set it. rTsCv 1
'
1 1 1 "M-
Eddie and said, "Hello, Ed
die, I see they've closed .up
your old place at the Port
land." "That so." said Ed
die; "what did they do with
.the glassware?" - what we
want to know Is, what was
Eddie thinking about 7
Miss Nona Lawler. the
beautiful, accomplished, etc,
society -editor of - our est.
ev'g contemp.. The Journal,
is reducing, or something.
Anyway, she rolls down
staira on FTt. afternoons as
If. It were a regular thing.
J. C. Ivy, who lives at
Courtney, on the Ore City
line, raises bulldogs, but he
don't look ,11.
Frank Coulter, the fiddle
maker, reports everything
working very smoothly on
the hillside out at. River
dale In fact, he says, it's
mo smooth that the other
night he - went out to get
some wood, ' and the next
thing he knew was when he
hit the railroad track.
Imp Tur Hot.
Q wynne Hoss is " still
trotting in single harness.
Pride Ooetb Before a Thaw.
Judson Henning says that
Providence sends us a bard,
winter once in or 10 years
Just to keep us from getting
too proud to associate, with
people from Dakota and
Michigan. .:.v. . '.- j;
another Setractlon. - sr
LETTERS
'Those 3avls Boys.
Ed Alibi: I have felt
for several years that Ore
gon -has a Texas flavor.
After a strenuous research
I have discovered that
Texas haa her "Cyclone" .
and Oregon her "Pike."
Can you tell me which
Davis has the best of it?
Sanfleld Macdonald. .
e e -
Neither. Both are unique.
Richard Harding Davis also
proves the rule that, there
is nothing like a Davis, not
even another one.
trader Advisement.
Mrs. A. W. Nicholson told
ye scribe he needed a hair
cut and we have taken the
matter; under advisement.
. Weather, Bo VoUttes.
Kap Kubli. the prominent
ex-resldent of Gold Hill. Is
wearlhg gum boots these
days, but young PhU Mets
chan says it has no poli
tical significance whatever.
- Bishop Is Sprightly.
V Bishop Sumner wears1 a
cane these days. . - but he '
really doesn't need It.. He
; has not yet got all the Chi-.
' casro -climate out of his '
system, and
.rain.
Watch
"Kernel J.
Last wk. this paper
stated that the -nine Jani
tors at the Customs house
had lost 8 lbs. from shov-.
ellng snow. This was part,
ly wrong, there being only
seven 'Janitors -and one cus
todian. .The other may have
McMinnvllle,
article for The Alibi on
"Weather vs. Climate,"
-which he saa is tbye burn- .
Ing. question of the day. We:
don't know, .but we - believe '
-some one- has been telling
Kernel Cooper about- our
woodpile. e ; ; ;. ; -;
vf How Big a Xet Cart?7-'
Oarl Reiter. who takes
. the census over at the Or
pheum - ' twice Cm day. and
tbafs all he has to do wa
telling how easy It Ii to;
get press agt. stories la the r
-papers back in Omaha, and,
. he saM it was "Just as easy ,
as fTblUng. a log ; ; .-
Zenie, laeeale, BOnie. 1CoV
Professor rlckey" Ogden.''
W. k. piano and organ ar
tist, who plays the sehtl-
been a volunteer, out . it
.isn't 'likaly.eany
r Great' Zadlgnatloa.
.There is great indignation
Out at Oak Grove -over .the
condition of the streets. - we
are one of - the most Indig
nant, and Justly so, -seeing
that we haven't shoveled th-
snow off our. aide walk.. If
Bill Stokes were mayor, we'd
atart a movement' to have
him recalled. --- Somebody
ought - to be - to y blame - for
conditions out there. Just
the same, as in Portlands ,
ttomely wJt
"Kamona" in the Films .
An elaborate: ' moDKnplcture, produc
tion of Helem Hun tackson'a -famous
American novel, ii'mona,." Is ; being
made in southern Cifornia for 'early
release. "
" --w-.w isiii iian in1- - " us
Bat
WEEDS OBTB."-
A JANUARY 29, 1016.
PORTLAND FROE-
ment l stuff and rag time
at. ie Majestic movie
houst i feels the need of a
vacation. He will leave
soon . to recuperate. While
recuperating he will inter
est himself In the- prepara
tion of a musical vaudeville
sketch When he gets it
readyTip expects to go on
the-atage.
AJtotaarSodalng " Zadnstry.
We-I n that one of our
mil lie( houses is making
a new, tind of flowers.
TO US
called!
are tma
of nats.
rd flowers.
of various
if
done fncldeat.
Ge C- Ober ; has
sprao '
iDriUsit ' wrist.
should e a warning to
other as he sprained it
when t was trying to wind
ni W7 I watcn..
Why BotT
Tout t Clyde Beals ' says
- that it , some of the Reed
college - boys could parade
in the bathrobes, there d
be test1 talk about the loud
i sweats the girls wear.
. - ,s'..v ; ... 'i.-.V-v. ;-;,
; -sHTrhev Zdaeatioa. '
? Ree college having de
I stated rating the cold snap;
1 10 iof. he -tried young stu
dents ' nushed out to ace
?what i'ae main bldg. looked
- Ilka wi ten it was closed.
says he ; likes J
. - .
(sttoXt tha Matter With
. A Portland,"" . ,
An enterprislngr ' clttsen
named. Goldstein is now
making a cigarette in Port-,
land, ah ' he has named it
the "Neutral.-- It may , t e.
but:re never saw onev
' omebody Tail XlaV :-'
, Maah Dana wants to
Tot Xt.
C. Cooper,
of
an
Js writing
L know .what service or
ity fur on the top Of wom
en's shoes has. This is the
1st , time we ; have ever
known : Marsh to be in
dbubt4about anything.
An,-; rhmre Tmf .' ''
v." Prof. Colin -v. - DymemV
who teaches Journalism at
. the U. o-f-O, was here this
'Wk.. and while, he didn't
teli us so. we know that
he-writes - poetry and that
he doesn't want It - known,
although we will gladly
print any that he sends us
at our usual rates. ; , . :-
Father of Browniesi
Is 75 Tears Old
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Palmer Cox whose "Brownie books
sre perennial favorites with children.
recently celebrated his seventy-fifth
birthday anniversary, i , Though v a
naturalised American cltlsen, Mr. Cox
is a Canadian by birth and spends the
greater part of each year In Granby,
Quebec the Tillage where ha was bom
and whence, . from his home. Brownie
CasUe.1hean see the Adlrondacka and
tne ureen mountains..
V In a recent interview Mr. Cox com
mented on the tendency of many comic
artists to show childhood at its worst.
amusing children by .making - Jokes
which, turn upon some ' exhibition of
youthful depravity. The Brownies, he
said, -never cause pain. Just as they
never suffer pain.,. Mr. Cox believes
that stories and poems for children
should always leave a pleasant Impres
sion in the reader's mind,-constantly
preaching without seeming to preach.
If there had ever been a German trans
lation" of the Brownie books, he ob
served, humorously, and if the kaiser
and the other imperial leaders had been
brought up on it and had ' really ab
sorbed its message, they never could
have sent their armies into Belgium.
- - .
Manual of Athletics
From the South
"Xskias- a Mam," by William Grew Harrison.
. Book deoartment of II. 8.. Crocker company
and Canningbam, Curtis "a Welcb, San Fran
cisco. I1.Z3 net.
"Maklnsr a Man" is an illustrated
manual of athletics, the author having
been at one time for a number of
years, president of the Olympic club
of Ban Francisco, and always a power
on the coast for good athletics.
Mr. Harrison deals In an entertain
ing as well In an Instructive man
ner of the science of body and muscle
building, his Illustrations being of
well-known Pacific coast athletes, past
and present. .
The book will prove a valuable addi
tion to the active man's library.
Tarkingtoa Is Playwright.
Booth Tarklngton, author of "The
Turmoil.' who has been spending some
time In New Tork,' Is this week In Co
lumbus to see how a play of which he
is co-author strikes Ohio people, some
of whom are the chief characters. "The
Turmoil" was located over the line in
Pennsylvania, most readers recognis
ing the city aa Pittsburgh. Mr. Tark
lngton on finishing Ms dramatic la
bors, will , return to New-Yorkto cor
rect the proofs of a new book which
Harper tc Brothers are to publish this
spring.
n isrf iikii im t ssi i i ssm s i isr i tstii i ssTn assa i a asssi ssssn issssi i
Where to Find It No One
Knows.
No. 46w
Ring Out. Mild Bells
Blag.
Will T. Wright, v.-p. of
the Scandinavian-American
bank, was married in 8.r F.
last Sat. to Mrs. B. C.
Martin. They were school
days sweethearts back in
old Kentucky, and couldn't
forget it. Of course, speak
ing .from experience, we
know they - won't -agree
about -everything.' and If
they did life wouldn't nave
much variety. - We trust
they were both old enough
to know what they were
doing, and .that they will
never regret it. We con
gratulate Mrs. Wright on
marrying a banker Instead
of a newspaper man.
Bong.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Moore celebrated their sil
ver wedding out at Oak
Grove last Fri. Mr. Moore
fave Mrs. Moore some
lowers that he picked in a
store down town, and she
blushed and put . them in
her belt, lust aa she did 25
yra. ago The.Moores are
gfod neighbors, but their
chief claim to distinction,
perhaps, is that they are the
-parents of Tracy Moore,
the w. k. ragtime troubador
who 'works, so to speak."
for the Pac. telephone com
pany, and who married a
pretty girl and lives in a
-flat and goes home nights
and is trying to save his
money, some time ago.
Olena Zs gaining.
Olenn Husted. the w. k.
barrister, haa gained a pound
since starting to take a cer
tain Standard Oil by-product.
He now weighs 93.
OOOaTB BTX0BATZS
BTt7BBXEOZ.T. .
They
kinds
a
which
util
This bird Is getting hence
- as fast - as - possible.- He
wouldn't fit the other way,
. which fa Just as well, for
being head down, it shows
that .he is getting south as
soon as . possible. He saw
' the Ad.- club's . shirt-sleeve
- parade, and decided to stay,
'but changed his mind. - .
BOOK NOTES OF "THE :
; WEEK JUST PAST
si
Peter Clark Macfarlanej'wbo InTHeld
to Answer,: a- -recent .Little-Brown is
sue, offers, his first noveL Js widely
known for his previous book of sympa
thetic social studies,' "Those Who Have
Come Back." The telling new narrative
is founded on the personal 'experiences
of the author. Mr. Macfarlane Is said
to have received a "record price"- for
the serial rights of the sale.
POLK COUNTY TAX IS :
PLACED AT $383,183 -FOR
TtiE'YEAR 1916
Total Includes $242,830 for
State, ; County, - bridges,'
Ferries and : General Fund.
Dallas, Or.. Feb. 5. TJie assessment
rolls for Polk county-for ,1915 -show a
total valuation of $14,284,180, on which
a total tax of f3tl.18t.98 la to be col
lected. Of thlsamount, $242,850.21 Is
for state, county, bridges, ferries and
the general school fund. Taxation for
general road purposes, outside of Dal
las and Monmouth, which maintain
their own roads and bridges, amounts
to $38,726.10. Taxation tor Dallas
road fund Is $3938.69. and for Mon
mouth road fund, $760.36.' -
Special city taxes Included In the
roll are as follows: Dallas, 14.S mills,
$16,317.01; Independence, 19.1 mills,
$9876.23; Falls City, IS mills,. $37S.03.
Monmouth. 10 mlllsv 12327.32; West
Salem.. 8-mnis, $1201.64.' . .,. :
- . . ! .4i. j
Count jr SHpefintendcnt Elected.
Dallas, Or., Febi- ". After , being
deadlocked for ' more than ' a month,
members of the Polk county court yes
terday elected W. J, Reynolds, a teach
er at Hopville," county superintendent
to succeed H. C- Seymour, -resigned to
accept a position as field worker with
the Oregon Agricultural college.' Mr.
Reynolds was formerly principal of
the Dallas schools, and several years
sgo was county superintendent for one
term.: ' . -'" ' " - -v
The court also elected E.-E. Paddock
Justice of; the peace 'at .Independence,
toiueceed E, T. Henkle, deceased.- -
Petition for la junction Denied.
Dallas. Or Feb 6. Jadge . - it
Belt,- In-, the circuit -. court.- yesterday
denied the injunction asked by. Mayor
E. C Klrkpatrlck of Dallas to restrain
the county court from -levying a spe
cial tax on - property: within the .cor
porate limits of Dallas for the purpose
of building an intercounty ? bridge at
Salem. Mr., Klrkpatrlck contended that
Dallas, being aa Independent-road dis
trict, was. not subject to' taxation for
roads, bridges and ferries outcide of
the city.- - -.. - . .
i Horse W. Shocked.
Dallas Or Feb. SMre. 3. C. Gay-
nor this weeg sold ner suae score in
this city - to - Frank j; Chapman of
Salem. The business v is one of the
oldest 1b - Dallas, having i been.' estab
lished by -the late J. e Gay nor mors
than 25 years ago.;. : , -,
. A horse hitched to a delivery wagon
stepped into' a pool -of" water on-- a
street '.hera yesterday. i The -pool ihad
become charged from a grounded, elec
tric wire, and . tha .horse . was . knocked
down." it was necessary to turn aft
the ' power at the : plant, affectlnr the
entire town, before the. horse eouid . be
rescued. The animal -was not Injured.
' llrs Bloom IMaa.
Dallas,-Or- FeW Mrs Mary' M.
BXoom, . who - died : at Mill -.City about
Bloom; ;wboUed .at.MUl Clty .about
six years ago, died at - tha home ef
her son,- Dr. . F. -M.- Bloom. In this city
Wednesday midnight.-. Khe-was a na
tive of Pennsylvania, and-was 3 years
of age, -.- She was. the grandmother of
JT. E- Bloom, one of the publishers of
the Tolk. County Itemlser .of thla city.
Broken Jw Causes Deevtn"
Woodland." Cal-eb. 6 (U. P.)A
broken Jaw : prevented F. ,8. 'Sax ton
from ' eating so he died-of .starvation.
w
, CRITICISM
IS NEVDEPARTUr.
VivaVoce I Reviews by Dr.
Slosson Now .Feature of
:': . Instruction.
- A HW; departure in the art of lit
erary '-criticism T baa - been lntrodacei
Into the Institute of Arts and. Science,
which forma part of the Extension De
partment of Columbia university.
. J Edwin E Slosson, who, as litrr-ary-editor
of .The Independent. Laj
been - reviewing booka for the last 1 :
years, has come out from behind t:. -shelter
of anonymity and print 'sr. i
finds it pleasanter and more effective
to talk about the new books than to
write about them.
' The audience which assembles or.cn '
a month at 4 o'clock in the lecture
room of ' the university for one of
these "Oral Book Reviews"- finds on
the blackboard the titles and author
3f the works to be discussed and c.
the table in front the , booka them
selves, a doseQ or more, to be Inspect
ed afterward by "those Interested.
; -,:.-eTlew "Are Staplo. ;
f A dozen books an hour many see n
rapid fire criticism, but really the re
viewer can tell mora about each or. i
than he could get space to say In print.
As he peases along- the line of book
he points- out the distinctive rr.trit?
and defects of the volume," compares
It with other works on the same sub
ject new And old. reads a bit here ar. i
there to illustrate his points, and per
haps tells something of the author's
life.' -.- .
sTaort Work of Borne.
Some, books" are dismissed with a
few sentences in order to- give time
for the consideration of whmt the reviewer-regards
as the most interes'
ing or Important booka of the month.
For instance, in one of his recent lec
turee Dr.- Hlosson gave a coraparativk
survey of the r latest - books on t
war, read a few, of Gibson's BattIe '
poems, and I then devoted the rest cf
the' hoar to Arnold Bennett's trilosy
of the Five -Towns,: f which Dorua
has recently published the . concl ucl i n r
volume, "These Twain. -
This new. scheme of vocal review,
ing haa the advantage of actually in
troducing, -the books themselves t
their . prospective readers and givtr.sr
them an opportunity f asking ques
tion of the critic or even chalier.r!r
the-opinions he expreasea a -
S This privilege of talking back at t? s
erltio r Is appreciated -; by readers w h o
have suffered -from the pain of in
growing objections. ;
irig Horses for
Work- in - Alas!::
-l Chehalla.1 Wash-, Feb. Si A shir
ment of 20 head of draft horses s: '
61 head of 'lighter animals will 1.
thts city. Sunday for the White
Raliroad company In Alaska. 1:
horses were fathered by Ed. K. Carr
and George Robinson in Lwls, I ..
clflc, Cowlits and Thurston count!'-.
The . lighter horses will be used c
stages in tha territory. The shlprr.- ;
represents a value. of approximately
$16,000.
Deputy Sheriff Goe:
After George Willey
rsrmar Clerk of District Court Went 2
to Answer .Zadlctment Charflsg tzia-
ay yropilatioa of Fa silo roads.
Deputy Sheriff Ward left last r.ir'.t
for Aberdeen with a warrant for tre
arrest of George Wllley, former clerk
of ths district court,-recently Indict 1
on a charge of misappropriating pubhs
funds.
- willey has been traveling with a
motion picture concern showing pic
tures of the -Pendleton Round-Up, ar '
haa kept in touch with the authorlti-,
but Inability of officials to reach M.
by wire, resulted In the trip north ty
Mr. Ward, to bring him back to si.
swer to the charge. - - .
The sums appropriated by Wii:ev.
are estimated at $3000 or 14000. for
which his bondsmen made compU
restitution. It U alleged that con
siderable of the money was loaned to
various other employes- - . .
Saiesman Arrested
On JJriusual Charge
- - As a result of a young woman leav
ing the body of a new born babe sndfr
a seat in a -moving picture bouse ion.
time. ago. Bam Pernar, a shoe cUrk.
was arrested last night by Deputy
Sheriff Buckman, at his apartments .'
the Caplea hotel. i -
He was placed in the county i-'- i
tinder $1000 bail, which was not fur
nished, . . It Is alleged that he is t- ?
father of the .child. The mother,
Stephanie Fuche, was recently reiea-i
from aa asylum where she had te .
detained after persisting that she hA i
fallen heir to an enormous fortune ar. i
passing bad- checks for hundreds c I
dollars oq the strength of It, -
Swiss Bring Down
: Italian Aeroplan
" Xxndon, Feb.- 6. (I. S.) w: -soldiers
fired' upon and brought do
an Italian aeroplane, near Llar
Swltxerland.' according to Ligano c:
patcbea received here today by Keuterf
News Agency. "j
I
, : . .WlIl'Appesi Oil Decision.
Washington, Feb. 6. U. P. ) T
department of Justice :deflait:y t
elded today to appeal the Cheyeri
court decision, adverse to tne r'ver
ment 'n the fight to oust c 1 c ; r
on withdrawn Wyoming: and Ca:.: r.
oil lands..'- '
POKO