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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY. - JANUARY MS.'. 1917. Ah, welll for us til some sweet hope lies, deeply buried from human eyes. In the heat and wild dls temperature of passion, the noblest souls forget them selves. Alger. rw NEWS OF NEW BOOKS. WRITERS AND MAGAZINES. Whittier. p. WILLIAM DJOILLS' WRITES INTERESTING brought to the verge of the CivJl war. and notable names appear in the Wkat Is Dime Novel Influence? pages of Mr. Howells' record. i One of the literary tasks attempted i if- Let the Women Do the WorkOr Plav If Thev'd Rather . .. - . - i . at X It X H'w'll'V' Fairly Safe Guide, One Finds Improbable and Startling in Plot They May Be and Are, but Writer's Analysis Shows the Tendency of Their, Teaching Is Away From the Electric Chair. 7I at this time was a campaign life of Lincoln, and one shares with the au thor the regret that it was not his to make the Journey to Springfield, 111., to obtain the data for the volume from the young presidential candidate him self. There is a brief glimpse of Lincoln, however, as Mr. Howells' himself brief ly glimpsed him a tall, shadowy fig TALE OF HIS OWN LIFE Dean of American Novelists Tells of Early Events of Active Career, lb "v. j --,:' -,-. 9 fly; -yk JI I In ? I r . s William Dean Howell s. ure, in ine iiare or torch lights Da rangulng the multitudes during the political campaign. The narrative close. with Mr. How ells' consular appointment to Italy and his leave-taking of America for a sea son. It Is needless to comment upon the author's gracious and finished art. 1 Years of My Youth" is an import ant contribution to biographical literature. Hist! A Mystery Story for Youth The Sapphire Signet. Br Augusta Huiell Sea man. The Century Company, New York. $1 25 net. In "Tears of My Youth" (Harper & Lrothers, New York), William DeRn Howells, dean of American novelists. reviews In autobiographical style of ii'ore than usual interest the active years of his oung manhood. Mr. Howells visions his youth through a vista of memories. Born in 137 at Martin's Kerry, on the shores of the Ohio river, his youth spanned iLe critical period antedating the Civil war These antebellum years were at times often tense and exciting in the low gathering of the storm, and echoes of many memorable and now historic events find their place in Mr. Howells' pages. Tthe narrative is giv en over chiefly to sketching the hum ble life of the Ohio lad. passing from one town to another, as the family for tunes ebbed or flowed, and . as the father's successive newspaper work i.nd newspaper enterprises necessi tated. , His Log Cabin Bays. There followed an Interlude an abandonment of town life and news paper cares for log cabin days on the Little Miami river, where Mr. Howells' father undertook the management of a sawmill and grist mill property. It was a change to the most primitive j kind of life, an immediate plunge into j the backwoods and nature's solitudes, calculated to delight the heart of a boy to whom the vtyy trials and make shifts of rude living would prove a delight. , Life untrammeled smacks strongly here of adventure, and hardshtps of pioneer life assume too readily the guise of romance riot to delight the heart of youth. The reader follows the author to Co lumbus, the state capital, where as a compositor for the Ohio State Journal, the youth began that long association with a newspaper whose chief fame today lies in these early associations with our most distinguished man of letters. Already In the narrative one has been aware of an engrossing taste for literature developing in the youth, first manifest in attempts at verse, and later turning to prose Front Co'.um bus there were other migrations, but only for a time, and here in the Ohio state capital, as a reporter of the leg islature's proceeding's and in various editorial capacities, Mr. Howells gained In experience, friends, knowl edge of books and of the world, while the outpourings of his pen were find' lug recognition in various other news papers and periodicals in the east. Civil War Period, As the years of boyhood are round td out and manhood begins we are This is a mystery story for boys and girls, the story of five up-to-datj youngsters, living in what they had supposed a dull, uninteresting homj In the heart of the famous (ireenwlch .v:: iage section of New York City, who unearth a long-hidden bit of histoi v and stumble upon a Revolutionary se cret. Their efforts to unravel the lat ter make the story. Mrs. Seaman is well known as a writer of juvenile fiction. "The Board-ed-Up House," her last mystery str ry, published a year ago. has had much success. She is also the author of "Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons.'' January World's Work. How the nations of Europe finapced the railroads of the United States, the men who managed the details of the investments, and the banking houses that secured the loans are strikingly aescribed In a leading article in the January number of the World's Work Magazine by Albert W. Atwood. In "The Next Five Years of the LNavy," Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, in an illustrated article discusses the problems that confront us in our ef forts to obtain a larger navy and points out our need for haste in ob taining skilled men as well as ships. In the fourth instalment of the biography of James J. Hill, Joseph Gilpin Pyle sets forth Mr. Hill's rules for business success, woven into the story of the reorganization of the Northern Pacific railway and the building of his railway to the Pacific coast. George Marvin, In "The Quick and the Dead on the Border," shows the reverse side of the familiar picture of our Mexican relations the border question seen from a Mexican point of view. Burton J. Hendrick writes of the ethics of the law in "How Should a Lawyer Behave?" and Professor Jere miah W. Jenks contributes his second article on problems that confront us in the far east this time with Ja panIn' "Japan's Acts In China." In addition to the above the magazine contains a thumbnail sketch of "John son, of California." and an editorial interpretation of current events. C 'l ; t? o --:M w- 3 . '-ill t 1 i 111 m "s, A " X,, m 111 MMi I I v. III I yv HI i Joshua Slocum Now - Officially Dead and Widow Gets Royalty Oom John. They've given a gold medal to John Burroughs. A good many folks throughout this land will get a little thrill of pleasure out of this act of recognition on the part of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. . . . John Burroughs has followed no fash ion. His style has changed, but only as his nature has broadened and his philosophy deepened, never because of a shift in the taste of editors or pub lishers. Thus it is that his fame is broadly based and his influence vital His comments on men and books have had wholesome effect for the reason that he Is so sound in his judgments and so unbiased by a desire to please the crowd. From Collier's for January 13. LefeTe Is Elected. Edwin Lefevre, author of "Wall Street Stories." "Samson Hock of Wall Street," and other financial romances, has just been elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Let ters. Mr. Lefevre' s latest book is "'The Plunderers." which was published a few months ago. Joshua Slocum Is officially dead. The Century Company announces that after eight years, during which the author of "Sailing Alone Around the World" has not been heard from. It has paid over the ac cumulated royalties on the book to his widow. It was in September, 1908, that the Century Company sent its last royalty check to Mr. Slocum. The check came back undelivered, and upon investi gation it was found that Slo cum. had set forth on another of the solitary voyages de scribed In his book. Slocum had sailed from New Bedford in his little boat, and was said to have been bound for South America. Word came back some time later that he had arrived In British Honduras. A further report, never substantiated, was that he had been aeen tolling up the Amazon. This was the last that any one ever heard or saw of Slo cum, though not until now has It been thought safe to assume that he is dead. j I do not mea I cannot buy a nc contrary, the m Worked 25 Years On One Novel, and Won Nobel Prize Romain Rolland, Frenchman, who won the long-delay ed No bel prise for literature, spent more than 25 years on his masterpiece, "Jean-Chrlstophe." Which prompts one. In view of the rapid-fire output of the popular novelist, to whisper, "gee Christopher." Rolland as a young man had seen a pseudo-intellect ual smart set posing in the capi tals of Europe as the brain, the society and the arbiters of the old world. Rolland kne"w they were a r ham. He determined to show them up by finding and expos ing the "real heart of Europe. "Jean Chrtstophe" la the result European reviewers tell us that If the future cares to know what France, Germany, Switz erland and Italy were like at their best and worst at the dawn of the twentieth century. "Jean-Chrlstophe' will tell them. By Beatrice Barry. Copyright. IU17. by CMtrW harry. "You sent for me, and I have come," taid the celebrated detective. The speaker was Nick Carter. anJ the ensuing pages described In detail the devilish ingenuity of the band of clever and desperate criminals whom he finally baffled and brought to Jus tice. A dime novel? "There ain't no such animal" or so I was informed by a member of the publishing firm which J has put Upon the market many of the famous Nick Carter stories written by Albert Toer, whose recent death will leave a decided gap in the ranks of those writers who produce the partic ular type of fiction for which he was noted. I do not mean, of course, that one ovel for a dime. On the same gentleman who ln- I formed me that the dime novel had perished from the earth stated that the annual output of his firm approxi mated five million books, virtually all dime novels as regards price; but theee cheap editions Include such standard works as those of Dickens and Thack eray, as well as the Nick Carter novels and even a superior type of detective story, such as the works of Conan Doyle. What Zs Xtf The dime novel, as most people un derstand the term, means a highly colored and sensational type of fiction Issued in pamphlet form, and treating of Indians, cowboys, train robbers and "bad men." who rage through its pages !n a series of glaringly Improbable and startling adventures. The plot of one which I read years ago has faded fro.n my mind, but I still remember that thrilling moment when the bold ban dits, having captured the detective who had traced them to their lair, were torturing him by way of revenge. He was strung up by the thumbs, and the description of his agonies was hor rifyingly complete. At this crucial moment along came the Boy Sleuth! He was only sixteen years old. but his detective ability was infinitely superior to that of older men who had spent their lives at the busi ness. The bandits themselves, steepefl In a lifetime of ingenious crime, were no match for his resourcefulness. Ho peered into the cave where the tortur ing process was in progress. Crack! Crack! went his trusty revolver, and the cords by which the hapless victim was suspended were snapped. The next thot put out the lamp, and the cap tive, aided by the Boy Sleuth, prompt ly made his escape. Thrills Are There. Bonnie May Is a Child of the Theatre Bcnaie Kay. By Lcrala Dodge. Illustrated by Reginald Birch, Cnarlei Scrlboer Sous, New York. 1.35 net. Quartet of women more or less In the news of the day, at the top left. being Miss D. F. Brown, an English woman aviator who has been flying in France, and who is now in the United States on a vaca tion. In the middle is Mrs. A. R. Schmidt of New York just en joying herself. At the right, Mrs. S. A. Puget, claiming to be the only woman soldier in the English army, is in the United States to lecture on the writings of her husband, now in an army hospi tal in Belgium. At the bottom is Miss M. Cawker, dog catcher for the city of Milwaukee, Wis. Her inclinations are for helping needy, worthy boys. Catching dogs is how she makes her living. Tiirouati Trie Window Horace Homer, of Sweetpea Cross ing, f livvered into town yesterday with Nero, his big yellow houn' dog, lashed to the offside running board. Horace pulled up in front of The Window like a regular fellow and coaxed his ma chine, bys dint of clever maneuvering. Into a parking space along with some automobiles, in front of a "don't park here" sign. Tying Nero with a length of rope to the front axle, Horace fol lowed the crowd to a well known ex press office to take the oath, from present indications, for the last time. Nero, with dogged grace, seemed Quite content to sit by the wheel at the side of the road, and, like a true philosopher, watch the world go by. But no city-bred canine ever lived that could snap at Nero and get away with it which gives the story a new twist. A pampered pup, probably having taken, cognisance of the anchor at the far end of Nero's rope, sniffed con temptuously at the houn' dog. Nero bristled. Pup sniffed again. Nero's tall stiffened, and wig-wagged like an inverted pendulum. The city dog snapped and backed away and It did it again- He cleared Just in time. Nero with one heave got wen unaer way and sailed up Broadway after the retreating pup, the rawer bumping along behind like a tin can. Considering a cold engine Nero made great time. He was only three leaps behind when the city dog rounded the comer. Then the flivver through force of habit started up the lamp post. The rope parted and Nero, freed of his handicap, leaped anew to the race. The policeman on the beat, awakened by the clatter, shouted "fire" and reached for his gun. Then he real ised the situation, and led the flivver back to Its parking space. .When Nero, licking his chops, reap peared 10 minutes later, all excite ment had subsided. The shades of night were falling fast when Horace, stepping lightly considering the package he iaad ac quired, wound up the flivver, kissed . v Nero n the nose, and wheexed home- ward,- - , f Bonnie May is unconventional. She Is shockingly precocious, humorously sophisticated, perfectly frank. She is a child of the theatre, thrown by odd cnance into the midst or a conserva tive and aristocratic family, with amusing results; a most fascinating, appealing, vivid little creature, with the strangest wisdom and poise for a child, to whom each environment i a "setting." every incident a "scene. This curious view-point of hers, and her peculiar charm, result in making 3etSy is a shy little country girl, who, lives of a considerable number of peo- obliged to take up her home amid Little Story of a ' Dog and a Girl Ike Key to Betsy's Heart. By Sra Nobel Iree. Tlie Macmiiiaa company, mw iotk. $1.25 net. It Is with Betsy and her dog Van that this book Is mostly concerned. GETS NEW MESSAGE FROM "OTHER SIDE" pie. A most lovable, fantastic, some times pathetic being, she Is quite un forgettable a winning little character. PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES ineyre off at Salem. . . Vfnmr f-. on remains to be seen. . . And while motner stays on the old hnmui.i . To feed the cows . . . Vaih.r t the legislature . . . Will see to It thet me cmcKens . . . no not auffM. from nunger. . . it starts out likA a rtrv session . . . For forty days and some nignis. . . 'inough 'twas not like tha: . . In the olden days. Notwithstanding the frogs, the pus sywillows and other spring stuff, bet ter lay off the B. V. D.'s for awhile longer. Chief No-Shirt of the Walla Wallas has gone to Washington, D. C, to con fer with Indian bureau officials, but he will probably eschew all full-dress l unctions. Seems that those Umatilla women are better men than their husbands. And Villa still pursues 'em. The Star of Hope, the newspaper published by the convicts at Sing Sing, has this literary note, contributed by an inmate: "I thought I had some small literary ability, but I fear I have not I have been working for 15 years on a single sentence and it isn't completed yet." Post-Intelligencer. How dry is a bone, anyway? The shades of night were falling Fast When Betty into dreamland .Passed, And in her little arms she Bore A doll stuffed with Excelsior. With all that watered stock around, it's little wonder that Wall street finds a leak. The technical department of the 11' brary wishes to call attention to sev eral very valuable additions: The library of factory management, by A. W. Shaw Company, six volumes. 1918. The author is the able editor of System and deals with his subject In the same practical, forceful way. The volumes treat or such subjects as buildings and upkeep, machinery and equipment, materials and supplies, la- tor, operation and cost, executive con trol. Lucky it isn't a deluge.. They're all good Indians on Buffalo Bills new range. The Modern Baker, Confectioner and Caterer, edited by John Klrkland. Six volumes, London, 1913. This is a most important and quite the most extensive addition to the bakery literature in the library. It is a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades by leading specialists and trade ex perts. There Is a chapter on Dutch and other continental breads by Pieter W. Jedeloo, manufacturer of the fa mous Holland rusk; a chapter on Mar Elpan work by Edwin Schur of Putney, the English expert. Edwin J. Walker, practical analyst in bakery chemistry. contributes important matter of analy els of essences, fats, sugars, etc. A system of bookkeeping, with table and forms of accounts relating to bak ing factory business Is given, also some attention to flour markets, but by far the major portion of the work is devoted to breadmaking. strange surroundings; van is a to terrier, an extraordinarily nice "pip py." While Aunt Kate educates Betsj and seeks to accustom her to her new life, Betsy in turn educates Nan. Van naturally proves to be th Vev to the whole situation, and Just as he wins Betsy over, so will be win the heart and affection of all who make bis acquaintance in this story. Ar.d, of course, everyone who likes Van will like his lively little mistress. Mrs. Wharton Offers Some New Stories Zingn and Other Storiea. By Rdltu Wharton Cbaxlea 8crlDner mm; evr iotk. iu net. This volume Is an interesting suc cessor to "31 en and linosis, aura. Wharton's last group of stories. It In cludes "Xlngu," "The Long Run," "The Triumph of Night," "Kerfol," "Coming Home," "Other Times. Other Manners," "The Lamp of Psyche." "Behind the Government," and "The Refugee." The title story is a humorous one. satirizing a community of literary and artistic souls. Many of the others are of great timely interest: "Coming Home," "The Refugee," and "Behind the Government" are stories of the war. and "The Lamp of Psyche." though a Civil war story, has applica tion to many present day situations. I I 1 h-rf'i';? !i VI m iri 1 M Mi I Jl I 'li i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (ii iii nni ii in i i tf Can Hear Shells Coming, He Says "A shell can be heard coming." says John Gallishaw in -Trenching at Galll poli." "Exports claim to Identify the caliber of a gun by the sound the shell makes. Few live long enough to become such experts. In Gal 11 poll the average length of life was three weeks In dugouts we always ate our meals, such as they were, to the accompani ment of Turkish delight.' the New foundlanders' name for shrapnel, we had become accustomed to rifle bullets. When you hear the xlng of a spent bullet or the sharp crack of an explo sive, you know it has passed you. The one that bits you. you never hear. At first we dodged at the sound or a passing bullet, but soon we came ac tually to believe the superstition that a Dunet wouia nui mi & iiik.ii um it had on it his regimental number ana his name." t rations are beautiful and an index and table of contents make this a valuable book or reference. Food Industries by H. T. Vulte and S. B. Vanderbilt. 1916. An elementary text book on the production and manu facture of staple foods. Certainly do conduct are collected. A few titles are: Jenks "Personal Problems of The illus-1 Bovs Who Work;" James "Talks to Teachers and Students on Some of Life's Ideals:" Brown's "The Young Man'a'Atfairs;" Rowley's "The Humane Idea:" "Vocations;" Drake's "Problems of Conduct" which deals with morali ty, personal and public. NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY "How Primitive Peoples Lived" will branch of general manufacturing has be the subject of Prof. Ogburn's le undergone so many and so Important I ture in library hall on Monday evening. changes in the past 25 years as the food industries. The public has largely benefited from these changes. The book shows cuts of machinery and fur. ther aids the reader by bibliography" and Index. Canning off Fruit and Vegetables, by Zavalla. 191 C. The author bases his work upon methods used in California and devotes much attention to the control of the micro-organisms effect ing spoilage. January 16, at 8 o'clock. This Is the fourth lecture In the course on "The Early Story of Man. It will be illus trated by lantern slides. Thursday. January 18, at S p. m.. In library hall. Prof. Morgan will de liver a lecture on "Europe and the Mediterranean The Dead Sea as a Rain Guage. Mrs. Mabls Holmes Parsons of the University of Oregon will meet her class In English at 10 a. m and the short story class at 7:45 p. m., Satur- In tha Intermediate section of the I day, January 20. Other University of circulation department a few books fori Oregon classes .ars meeting in tha li the young on the general subject ox' brary weekly. , . sirs oxrvrR xorxst- A startling demonstration of seem ing life beyond the grave has just come from the pen of Sir Oliver Lodge, the veteran English scientist, formerly president of the Royal Society. The facts given to the world by Sir Oliver grew out of the war, and their mystery is tinged with a father's grief over the loss of a gallant son. It was due to messages from Lieu? tenant Raymond Lodge, killed in ac tion at Tpres a year ago last Septem ber, that his father was enabled to disclose the remarkable alleged evi dences of life after death contained in his latest book, "Raymond; or. Life and Death. The work has just been published in this country by the George H. Doran Company. School Children Will J Honor "Buffalo Bill" Denver, oClo., Jan. 13. (I. N. S.) School children of America, to whom "Buffalo Bill" was a hero and whom he loved n turn, will contribute the money to erect a monument over his grave on Lookout mountain. Admirers of the famed scout in Denver and the east have suggested that no more fit ting tribute could be paid him than that tha children of tha schools should provide the funds to mark his resting place, i " ' It has been suggested that no child be permitted to contribute mors than fi cents. . ' ,. -'" - .-. - - Amnnv I ha books recently added to the Central public library are the following: BlogTapay. Aksakov. "Yearn of Childhood." 1916. Books la Toretga Xaaraagea. Bunau. "Herrenrecht; romao." Dornau (pseudonym). "Hahn in kor- be." Same. "Klllmans mil m strich. Goy, "La cuisine anglo-amertcaine.'- Puttkamer. Die helllgsten guter." Scherr, "Allgemelne geschicte der literature." 2 vols. In 1. Bsserlptioa a4 Travel. Coxon, "And That Remind- Me." be ing Incidents of a life spent at sea and in the Andaman island. Burma. Aus tralia and India. 1916. Muir "Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf." 191. Richards. "Northern Countryside. 1916. Spens. "Winter in India." 1S14. Thoreau. "Canolng in the Wilder ness." 1916. Buck. "Destiny." faatle "Winds Will." Curwood. "Grizzly King; a Romance of the Wild." Del ana. "June." Dodge, "Bonnie May."' Fitch. "Petey Simmons at Slwssh. Goncharov, "Obllmov." Grtmshaw. "Mv Lady of the Island a Tale of the South Seas." Holme. "Home Coming." Lagerlof, "Emperor of Portufcallla.' Lincoln. "Mary-'Ousta." Marquis, "Cruise of the Jasper B." Onions-. "In Another Girl's Shoee." Sawyer. "8even Miles to Arden." Stinde ,"Hausfrau Rampant." Wharton. "Xingu and Other Stories.' rtae Arts. Alcock. "Organ." Hach. "Folk Dance. Barrett. "Transcriptions for. the Pipe Organ. Clarke Thread Company, Newark, N. J "CJarke s O. N. T. book or Needle work." cl91. Debussy, "Album of Five Pieces fo. the Piano. Dunn- "A-B-C of Golf." cl91. Hyatt (comp). "Book of Gardens." 1913. Keramic etudio, "Little Things Make." C1913. Lewis. "Dominoes." Pougln. "Short History of Russian. Music: 181. RollaTnd. -Handel." 1916. Thomas, "Folk Songs and Other Sonrs for Children. C191S. Woodforde-Flnden. "Four Indian Love Lyrics From The Garden of Ka ma,' toy Laarenc Hope." That incident fairly represents the style of story turned out years ago in large quantities for youthful consump tion by such writers as Ingraham. 13. C. Z. Judson, Sylvanus Cobb and many Others. Apparently ii has been replaced by the Nick CJarter brand of novel not a dime novel in the former sense of the mord at all oh, no, the pub lisher told me sol Nevertheless, it contains all the old thrills, the tense situations, the clever criminals, who are invariably outwitted and punished through the Instrumentality of the more clever sleuths; but It is some what less crudely constructed than the old dime or rfiickel pamphlet. All stories of this type have Incurred much severe condemnation from those who believe that their effect upon the youthful mind is most Injurious. Is It "They deal," one gentleman stated, "with the impossible, and give the young reader an utterly false Idea of life." So do fairy tales, in which most of us once believed implicitly, as we dli in th Santa Claus myth and shall we banish them from the nursery? "Their worst fault," says another critic, "lies in their tendency to rouse In the youthful reader a desire to emulate the impossible exploits of the hero." Rut the hero, while he Is always a dare-devil, taking great risks and ex hlbiting wonderful personal braveiy Albert. "How to 8 peak Spanish. lti. -Breton de lea Herreros. "Qulen ellaT'catnedla en rlnco actos. elSfiC. , Oil j Zarate. "Guzman el Bueno; and unexampled presence of mind,' is invariably law-abiding and generally busily engaged throughout tha entire story in the suppression of. .crime. Could any story which systematically ubholds virtue and condemns- Vice showing always how surely the latter does not pay. exert any very harmful influence? Even the old style of dime novel did that. The beautiful heroine was always rescued, the wicked vvll-. lain received his Just deserts and th brave hero was exalted. Such a moral Is not always pointed by those h write stories which, considered from purely literary standpoint, are Of -a much higher order. . riaoe for Baffles. -Take "Raffles." a detective story which glorifies the criminal, making ' him so clever and engaging that he quite wins the sympathy of the reader in all his illegal operations. That the idea of an immoral story with a possibly pernicious Influence. Yet who would dream of banishing tha enter talnlng rascal from the book shelf? ' . Whatever Infhience is or has tn exerted by the dime novel, it has un deniably been lessened and to a degree supplanted by the movie films which portray a certain lurid class of melo', drama. It is much more exciting to see the base villain and the brave hero at work than to read about them, as I the small boy in search of thrills. all boys are at a certain stage of their development, will probably frequent the movie houses where crime sod de tective films are featured, if he does not read "The Coin Cuff Button." "Just Like the James Boys." Tb Train Robbers." "The Cigar Thieves,, all Nick Carter stories, and Others of that ilk. He may do both. And he might do worse. txteat of Sis JLeadlaf. Interest and conjecture regarding the influence of the dime novel as an incentive to Juvenile crime have been revived by the statement of Henry Ward Mottern. aged 17. now under sentence of death in Pennsylvania fo" complicity in murder, that one copy of Jesse James and one copy of 'Will Bill comprised the only fiction ' he had ever read. He says- ha' killed Haines the elder and helped to ro: him because he and young Hainet wanted money to go west and be cow boys. ' Unless the pardon board acts, he will die this month. "The direct result of reading dime novels." their enetfiics will cry triumphantly. But is H? - Young Mottern did not murder-asi steal because dime novels had devel oped In him a desire to do either. The dime novels, to be sure, were responsi ble for his desire to become a cow boy, but natural depravity, as the evi dence shows, producing crooked men-' tal processes of a very low order of Intelligence, and the hopeless handi cap of heredity, environment and lack of educational opportunities operated to make him report. Instinctively to illegal and immoral means to secure the monry needed for the realisation of his otherwise perfectly legitimate. however romantic and impossible, am bition. , If the boy had really used his dims novels as a guide to conduct, they would have taught him that tha course he adopted could not fail to land him Just where he went to Jail and under sentence of death. That' 14 what always happens to the dim novel criminal unless he dies fighting. If Mottern had never seen a dime novel In his life he would doubtless have taken the crooked path to the ( talnment of any object. Many boys have been fired with ambition to. be come cowboys. No normal boy: was ever prompted to murder as a mean to that end, no matter how many dim novels he had read. This boy Is no-, normal and would appear to bo a fit subject for medical treatment, not for the electric chair, from which it Is de voutly to be hoped that he will be saved. As a cane against the dim novel, his testimony is, therefore, unconvincing. drama en cuarto actos. clsOl. Perez Ga'dos. "Klectra loz. Torres. "Pictorial Spanish Course" 915 Vlztelly. "Dictionary of Simplified Spelling." 1913. XJteratara, Canbr and opdyke. "Elements of Composition." 1911. Couch, "On tne Art or wnung. 916. Daly. Madrlgaiyl." cl912. Gates. "Poor Little Rich Girl;' a play of fact and fancy, in three acts. Harper. "William vvorakwonn. Life. Works and Influence. Z vol umes. 1916. . . Harrington, "Browning Btuaiea" 1915. . Tenter. "Selections, prose ana verse - C1916. - .... Mackenzie. "Evolution or jaiera- ture." 1911. Plnero. ' Ble: Drum; a comedy in fnnr 1411 E Ravtndranatha. "Thakura; rruu Gathering." 1916. Riley "Old limes.' ii. Bool lard. "Lyrics From a Library." C1913. .... Vedder. "Miscellaneous Mooas in Verse." 1914. raoosepay. Macintosh. "Problem of Knowledge. 1915. SeUgioa. Abd al-Baha lbn Baha Allah. "Abdul Baha on Divine Philosophy." 1916. wehle. "Origin ana Meaning or tne Old Testament." cl914. domes. Chamberlain, "Origin of the Earth" 1916. i Fariinrton. "New Meteorites. m. Prewett. "How to ngure ruu c!916. Bodoiog-y. Clark. Collins and Treadway. "Rural School Sanitation." 1916. Herrick and Ingails. "How to nn ance the Farmer Private Enterprise, Not State Aid 1916. Ilobaon. "International iraae. lie Jonet, (editor). "Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy." 1914. Pickard. "Rural Education." 191. TJsefol Arts.' Atkinson. "Scene Painting and Bul letin Art." C1916. Berge. "Every Woman Her Own Dressmaker." 1909. Cabot. "Layman's Handbook of Med icine." 1916 Oilman. "Principles of Accounting." 1916. Jennings. "Domestic and Fancy cats. Nell. "Something Different Dish. C191S. O'Connor, "Dog Stars, Three Lumln ariesta the Doc World." cltll La Grande Nimrods Meet at a Banquet - j i La Grande, Or.. Jan. 13. The Wing. Fin and Fleetwood club celebrated Its annual banquet Thursday. The following resolutions were passed: - To reestablish a hatchery st Minam -upon the site now owned by the stats. To provide for the propagation of China pheasants la eastern Oregon st the Oregon insane aaylum, at the ex periment station at Union and upon the various county poor farms throughout the state. To Changs the dates for the open season for deer from August IS to October Si to Sep tember 1 to November 15. Prizes were awarded to members tor destruction of pesta, magpies and crows, rirst to H. L. Becker of Cove, 230 magpies and 19 crows; second. III magpies and 22 crows, T. L. Fisher; third. 69 magpies and 106 crows. Nate Zwiefel; fourth. 121 magpies and It crows. Ben Beuslng; woman's prise, Mrs. Walter Zwelfel. 42 magpies. State Federation .to Meet January Salem. Or.. Jan. 13. The State Fed eration of Labor will hold Us annual convention in Salem this year, conven ing on January 22. Among the Ques tions to be considered are free school books, stats printing of schoot books, and the problem of unemployment. the making of a number of popular toys. 1915. - Verrlll. "Bock of the Motor Boai." Zavalla, "Canning of Fruits and Vegetables." 1916. . v;.r . Xoforssos. . v Agg, "Construction of Roads sal Pavements." 1916, The Athenaeum. "Subject Index to Periodicals." Volume L 19H-1J14, - California, "Laws. Statute. Kte. Penal Code of th State of California." 19i j. . . , - . - Columbia university, department f rigllah and comparative literature. -Shakespearean 'Studies.; . : . '. '-J:J- ' .-v , -Toy, staking;, a practical guide to ,,-.,.;. .. -' . -- C: v .-' .u ". 'Vv3- ''f v" W -- i V -. '- ' ' f ' ' .