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about that recount. He ought never to have undertaken it. It has ended in humiliation and confusion for himself and in triumph for his opponent, Mr. Hurlburt- - It has revealed the pernicious activities of the late Sher tnrougn iffs office in partisan pontics, promote its bold and open effort to the candidacies of various Democratic citizens. But the one outstanding oe velopment In the whole recount pre ceeding is the fact that there was utnnrtnlnna and criminal' effort t cheat Mr. Hurlburt out of many votes in Precinct 37. It is lnconceivame that ShH ff Wnrri could have been a party to the enterprise of corrupting the ballot, even in nis own mteresi but it was done, and plainly there wai a definite plot to do it. If Sheriff Word had made a vigor nus effort to aoDrehend the malefac --

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In their horror of war the Quakers! Inrs and shown less inclination. t eek to lull us into a security which- accept the benefits of the deed, he National defense as un- would have more nearly justined ni will regard . HT Of til D ll ( Stpm an j r r i! t" written by nnatlira Q i Isaac Sharpless. president of Haver- - law. The District Attorney and the urn n rl hirv have work to do In uncov ford College, which is ramiuaiu r.r are as- - ering the" whole infamous business .1.- -any about Precinct 37. The recount is sured that it is not likely that over, but the law has not yet been win uC the nations now at att.,,1.' the l.'nited States for vindicated. t "guns if vr.rrs recount was a mere several decades." and that any meanfishing expedition. He made general or gunboats we inaKe in ine time will be antiquated; that the charges of "errors ana mistanes in warring nations will be so crippled every Multnomah County precinct, all based on gratuitous assumption and and disgusted with war that "nothing but the most flagrant attack by none upon ascertained fact. The utter conditions, of baselessness of the accusations is obus or a combination could in- - vious, w hen it is shown that they were -foresee." II II 'J V The dure any of them to attack us. We sustained in no single instance. election officers performed their duty are told that, if we maKe our only The trnment "absolutely just and generous honestly and diligently. in giving Mr. in our treatment of other nations. blunders made were every doubt, a for war for Word the benefit of Ave will be immune from we he got over 100 votes to which he was generation ahead." Therefore, unprobable that should postpone war preparations are not entitled. It seems if the recount had gone to the end the til the lessons of the present war total would have been much larger. more clearly seen. Mr. Hurlburfs title to the office of History shows that the burden and nrrow of one war do not deter nations auafiff novpc apriniislv nuestioned by Prusa disinterested public,' has been made from soon engaging in another. To sia, for example, fought Austria from absolutely clear by the recount. ren 1T40 to 17 43. but that did not prevent that extent the proceeding has a new war in 1TT.6. which lasted dered him a real service. seven years. Austria renewed the atHOLDING THE BALANCES. tack on France four times between 1793 and 1S15. She fought a revoThe Oregonian has today an apin Italj and peal, printed elsewhere, from a partilution in 1S4S. France Prussia san of the allies to abandon its posi1S59 and Pru.sia in 1S66. 1S64 and between wars 'fought three tion of neutrality and exclude from its 1S71. France fought Austria in 1859 news columns "letters and other matand Germany in 1870. favorable to the Germans." The have ter utterances of The Oregonian, In the last twenty years wars editorial frequent. more. not less, become it appears, are also disappointing, third Japan is now engaged in her doubtless because they are not vigorwar within that period. Her war ously and openly sympathetic with by the followed was with China Great Britain. France and Russia. h war in 1S97, the Boer It appears to The Oregonian that war in 1S!9 to 1901'. the Pekin ex- such letters merely emphasize the pedition in 1900. the vital necessitv of American Impar the Tripolitan war in tiality, rigidly followed by the Gov war in 1904-1912-13 and 1911. the Balkan wars in ernment and by most American newsnow by the general war. papers. This correspondent, for examwar prepare for to no is time ple, wants to know what will be the There after the danger becomes apparent, "proper attitude of the United States much less after war is declared. War in event of failure of Great Britain Few foresaw the and her allies to defeat' Germany." comes suddenly. present war more than a week be- The proper attitude now is to prepare except those who may to take care of ourselves therf, whichfore it began, it. Hence ever wins. In case of ultimate suchave deliberately planned unprepared. the nation which remains neighbors-goo- cess by Germany, which the letter- reiving on its own and its writer appears to apprehend, open intentions, gives the' aggressor a present position of a oartisaimhiD and aid for the allies the advantage and Is beaten before snot is fired. enable us to get along amicably with No man denies that this Nation the victor'.' In generous its and The Oregonian is disappointing to should be just treatm'ent of other nations, but un- the Marvhill reader because it is not fortunately we cannot he sure that daily shouting for his side. It is a preposterous proposal that it exciuae all other nations will treat us in like manner. Though they may intend so matter from its columns favorable to what conception of to treat us. their It would do nothing of Germans. is just and generous may differ from that kind even if it were to espouse to settle may prefer they and the cause of the allies. A newspaper the question by arms rather than by conducted on such principles would arbitration. If we are not prepared soon forfeit, as it would deserve, all to fight, they are the more likely public confidence. to show- that preference. The nation The Oregonian will continue to noia which relics purely on other nations' the balances between the warring nano better will fare good intentions tions, and to tell what happens as than would the man who always re- early and as fully as may be, and to lied on other men's square dealing in interpret events with the sole view of giving the truth. If that policy does busine. In short this is a wicked world, not please Maryhill, it seems neverby as peopled by wicked nations, theless to us to be a plain and im w icked men, w hose designs force alone perative duty. can thwart. We can safely abandon war preparation when all nations and INCONSISTENT SCOLDS. their rulers are as peaceful and from this distance, the lot as the Society of Friends, of Judging the Legislator must be a pleasant but not before. one. He has been elected on a plats

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The annual report of the Puyallup and Summer Fruit Growers' Association makes a remarkable showing. The capital of the Association is only J2503 but it has today a surplus in its treasury of an even 3100.000. It carries fire insurance in sound companies amounting to I2S8.500. and all its employes engaged in dangerous work are

protected hy state industrial insurance. Since the Puyallup association was incorporated in 1902 it has enjoyed an extraordinary progress. Its membership now exceeds 1600 growers. Its canneries occupy 125.000 square feet of floor space, and it is conducted "enlines. ".Whattirely along ever profit results from its operations goes to the men who produce the fruit. These operations are extensive. The net earnings during the season of 1914 were 325.406. a comfortable sum to be distributed among the growers the Puyallup country and all the more satisfactory when we recall the complaints of reluctant markets and low- - prices that have come from other It is perhaps worth while sections. to mention once more that the brilof the Puyallup associasuccess liant tion must be largely ascribed to the nbility and determined perseverance of W. H. Paulharaus. It should not be necessary to repeat done in this that what Puyallup has direction any other community can also do if it has the determination and perseverance. There Is no miracle about it and no mystery. It has all come about from the application of plain common sense, resolute honesty and accurate business principles to a community problem. The Puyallup producers found that when they operated individually they steadily lost money. Experience has now abundantly shown that when they operate ns a community they gain money. There lies the whole fact In a nutshell. The prime condition of success admirably at Puyallup has been the Mr. s. compcter.t leadership of every community there In but Is some man who could assume the same position if he only would. The situation In the Pacific economic Northwest calls for leaders with comknowledge and broad ideas. petent Shall it call In Tain? letters, Ttobert I.ouis Stevenson's books and other relics are bringing good prices at the New Tork sale. A r--

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many great minds have been refreshed from its exhaustless springs of humor and wisdom, nor how often despair has been comforted by its imperishable hope. It is the great message to his fellow men of a man who had lived long, done much and seen everything. Under the guise of playful humor it pierces to the depths of human experience. Cervantes seems to skim over sorrow as lightly as Mark Twain and smiles at fortune as equably but, like our own humorist, his bucket goes constantly to the bottom of the well of experience and rises filled with the quickening waters of eternal life. In these days of falling Idols and shat tered dreams such a book as Don Quixote acquires singular value, inasmuch as it woos the soul from the weary vicissitudes of time and chance to converse with the truth. that changeth not. COMMITTEE.

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Citizens Interested in the economic welfare of Oregon and Washington will hope for important results from comthe meeting of the mittee today in Portland. The committee has in mind at least one definite purpose, which is to bring about harmonious relations between the canning plants already existing here. Operating without concert, these plants Incur many disadvantages. Prices can not be properly regulated. The output lacks uniformity and an unnecessarny shaky front is presented to Eastern buyers all along the line. It should be feasible to remedy. this weakness. committee Fears lest the maw interfere with plans already-formeshould operators canning by be put aside. They are idle. The committee's purpose is wholly constructive and helpful. It has no secret purposes to serve, no insidious enmities to exploit. We have the best of authority for saying that "it is not the purpose of the committee to locate a cannery on the conat every crossroad, butcannery plants trary to strengthen the now In operation." It should be observed, however, that there are many fertile sections in Oregon and Washington which, as matters stand, have no access to canneries or other agencies for preserving ucts. The people of these sections are fairly entitled to a living and a market for their crops. They need can neries and similar works as much as other sections do and there is no sound moral or commercial reason why they should not be encouraged to build them. As long as such facilities remain inaccessible the crops produced in these places must be largely wasted. We do not apprehend that there would be any serious difficulty in disposing of all the canned goods that Oregon and Washington are able to produce apple and pear utilized were every that now- - rot on the grousjd. The hitherto has laiir in lack of enterprise and failure to We look to the effort. committee to point out methods of relief from this unnecessary trouble. by-pr-

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more could be expected in a game of grab? Of course the members of the committee see that their own states get a liberal share of the pork. That is what they are there for. The only way to secure an equitable distribution is for Congress to hand over the distribution of the fund to a commission which will impr&ve harbors and waterways on their merits without regard to state lines. Such a body would ignore the

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The main purpose of citing these facts is not to congratulate the people on their wisdom, but to point out the fallacy of the argument that the water-powamendment adopted by the Senate Thursday is an indorsement of the principle embodied in the water-froamendment. This fallacy was presented in the argument on the floor of the Senate by the sole individual who opposed the resolution. It was presented also in a signed nrtipiA roihlishpri the same afternoon over the signature of West. It was also presented editorially the same day by the newspaper which initiated and fostered the insane attempt to reserve from use the submerged lands and navigable waters of the state. amendment de The water-froclared for reservation. The Senate resolution declares for use. They are similar only in that each asserts state title. Not a soul objected in the recent campaign to the state s asserting title to what It owns. The nf The Orearonian and of the people was to the attempt to bottle resources, and to the subtle Oregon fiffnrt to Hivesr. the owners of water front titles and privileges of what they had long possessed. The Senate resolution specifically exempts from its assertion of title such beds of streams, or submergea lands, as have already been alienated hv- - thp state. It attacks no titles which it has already granted. It of fers no restriction on sale or lease Clearly the Senate of water-powe- r. r.r th onininn that when the State once gains that full control of its water-powewhich is denied it dj withdrawal of lands necessary for development, the state will exhibit intelligence in guarding this resource from dissipation or reservation. It is something more than a coincidence that Senator Kellaher, West and the Portland Journal should have simultaneously discovered the fanciful indorsement amendof the pernicious water-powment in the Senate resolution. But come to from it is a strange criticism counsel by this trio. If they believe what thev have said they would be for the resolution. That they are op posed to it reveals their insinceritj. In truth, they are the spokesmen of timM piemen! within the state which doubts the people's ability to manage their own property ana wouia tie the people's hands in the fond hope that, in years to come, a wise i,ano,atinn mnv inhabit the earth. The Journal. West and Kellaher are the triple alliance of Pinchotism m

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TWO POEMS BEAR SAME TITLE

"Ashes of Roses." From The Oregonian 50 Years Ago, Reprinted by Request.

THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 4. (To the Editor.)—In The Oregonian January 25 in the items of "Half a Century Ago," I noticed that "Frances Fuller Victor had written a poem for The Oregonian" entitled "Ashes of Roses."

About 25 years ago I wrote verses with a similar title. They were published, I think, in the Springfield Republican and later in the Magazine of Poetry and Art. I am curious to see the poem written so long ago. The verses I wrote were set to music.

Is there any way to gratify my curiosity?

I enclose a copy of the verses I wrote.

MRS. HELEN N. PACKARD.

Ashes of Roses.

By Frances Fuller Victor.

(From The Oregonian, January 25, 1865.)

Following is the poem "Ashes of Roses," written 25 years ago by Mrs. Helen N. Packard:

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Matthew Rice and Mrs. Nellie Clif-at married ford, of La Grande, were .r.,,- has just iinoofv ft it the Peace been announced. Justice of anou Horton tied tne J. Ho'man, The remains of xj Almira n i tvt a n who died in Alameda, Ca... May 17 1863. arrived yesterday on the dui place at the irsi funeral will take ash- Presbyterian Church. Thirdat I o clocK. ington streets, tomorrow E. X. Cooke. State Treasurer, passed T,r-,-

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them capliva swooned snares blow To let them perish? Now no roses In the waste gardens thou art sweeplnt bare Where are my heart s bright roses; wharo, , oh, where? rale. Hsst thou po answer, thou unintying me No gentle whisper from the Past to No snatches of sweet song, no loving tale. from lhat Summer No tender murmur Sea? on the Neverwrecked my Are all dreams more? Vain Is thy taunt. Destroyer; Spring once more Thv mad and ruthless ruin shall restore. Following is the poem "Ashes of Roses," w ritten 25 years ago oy mi a. Taking

. through Portland saturaay deliver the State Helen X. Packard: to Fort Vancouver to A, irst Bounty Bonds to Company Ashes of Roses. Regiment Oregon Infantry. What though the Ultes may withera And lifes music be hushed with a. sigh! Isaac H Gove sustained a broken

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Still may we gather, ere the day closea Near to our bosoms, ashes of roses. What though the flowers we have gathered in youth. Culled from the gardens of freshness ana truth. Fade In our ela.p. as the long day closes. Still '.here remains to us. ashes of roses. When In life s west fades forever the Hs'. hushed falls the And o'er our pathway night. as the day closes fragrance In Still subtle All lhat remains behind, ashes ot roses. Earth unto earth, and dust unto dust. Burled from sisht for aye, love, hope and trust. Tet wafted backward, ere the day closes. Sweetest of incense, ashes of roses! Ashes of ros?s: O'er an Infinite sea Islanris of gladness look we to thee! Something Immortal our clear faitU discloses. Sweeter, far sweeter, than ashes of roses.

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CRIIIXL YOl'THFt of the The fislit for the organization Oregon Legislature seems to have resolved Analyzed by Sermonette (irand the County against Jor.i'a Multnomah of one Into Orecommunities of the slate. The freely Alvin Heckttsora. rural R THE PLAINT OF THE gonian admits and the opposition To the Editor.) favorable lo.G1er.m"liaU PORTLAND. Feb. 3. wins oui other matter that if Multnomah county i-All is not harmony among the pork- - aclaims n n Tn lanuarv!tl. the This country is common law our bill will be put through, reapportionment County thirty members Our language, our saying: barrel statesmen in the House. Repre- giving Multnomah and --I January grand jury is quoted as reducing the repre- traditions and our ioei the Legislature too "The imlirrerence ol organizeu ucieu sentative Caraway, of Arkansas, com- - of has been e ntireb feelsentation of the outside district proportionthere believe Josephine Counties of youthful toward the reformation nlsined that those states which have ately Thus Jackson and two shown for the instead of four much consideration disnumber a opinion, small be entitled to but our in comparatively is, representation on the river and har- would criminals a ings of : !...,. r.iiiii2 among us. are given generous Representatives.

worthless "creeks, lakes, inlets and hnrennnds." If the community bene fited by any improvement were reor quired to contribute one-haof the cost, the number of pleas digreatly for improvement would be minished. to pledged economy. is He form of The entire tone of Mr. Caraway s reduce appropriations and consolidate plaint testifies to the essential vlclous- Yet wnen an appropricommissions. oaa the nresent policy and to tne ation heretofore granted is touched urgentof necessity of placing apportionwith ruthless hands the Legislator is and harbor funds in condemned for sacrificing efficiency ment of river their hands rather than those of Con for economy. When a consolidation gress. same critics the proposal is advanced aver that it will not save any money. THE PINCHOT TRIO. Nor can the pessimistic mentors ol the Legislature apparently be ap One of the most important subjects peased if the Legislator fails to keep for consideration now before the Leghis pledge. The same complainants islature is the application of the Jason complained and complained of the extravagance and inetiicient legisla- Moore interests for a lease of Summer tion of the last session until the call and Abert lakes. The plan of develing into existence of the present Leg opment contemplates the use of the long pipe islature offered a more timely target. water, the constructiona of great hydroIf the preceding Legislatures have lines, the erection oftransportation to been extravagant and the authors of electric plant, the Wyoinefficient legislation, and if it is folly Oregon of phosphate rock from 310,000,-000 and unwise penury to reduce the ming, the establishment of a enterprise and the permanent budget or merge any commissions men. heretofore approved or created, how employment of hundreds of Oregon needs Industries of suen is the Legislature to apply the econ-om- v to which it is pledged and w hich character more than anything else in the world, yet if the people ot Oregon the people demand? water-frohad adopted the Doubtless the only way to accom plish constructive legislative work Is amendment submitted at the last elec to ignore the habitual scolds and hew-t- tion, without a doubt this offer of an enormous practical development of a the line. resource valueless so long .as latent, not now be subject to LegisTHE ANNIVERSARY OF DON QVIXOTE. lative approval. This is the three hundredth amendment re The water-frovear of Don Quixote. The sec the use of lands submerged ond part of the immortal book was stricted navigable waters to Improvement published in October, 161s. it naa by commerce and nav- finished some months before, but iti behalf of water cation. The only lease permitted Cervantes' persistent want of construction and mainhim from bringing it out. was for the private or municipal docks. The first part was published in 1605. tenance of respect other than use in 2ven then the author was in nis ostny In ever" of commerce and navigation the ear. He had seen debt. war. captiv-t- aid would have tied up all amendment sorts, but of all misfortunes and of water within the lis mind remained vigorous and his navigable bodies mirit eerpne. There ' Is more sound state. It has not been definitely estab practical philosophy in Don Quixote that Summer and Abert lakes ran in any other book ever written lishednavigable. But It has been aunn except Montaigne's Kssays. Be are thoritatively admitted at the commit tween Montaigne and Cervantes therey at Salem that it is pos j a certain kinship, though it is pret-- tee hearings are. Certainly they are well veiled by the classical ped-nt- sible they for commerce of the former. His book brims of no practical value navigation, if navigable, ana It ver with quotations, while Don Quix-t- e and that the Government will brims with passages fit to be is assumed But a difference af not object to their drainage. ,,4.i which is ouite been so unwise as the people had ter all. But their point of view Is they if amendto approve the "water-front- " me. Cervantes insinuates nis whimsically. Sometimes he of-- ment, the state, in view of the un lakes, of quality the navigable with more or less subtlety in certain haveno leasinsr rights that Don Quixote's astonishing adventures, anybodynow-would piece foe. pay a discourses to ,tmtiirip( In knis-htlcase stands the state nas Sancho Panza, but it is invariably But as the develop great nrosncct of enjoying a ivept nnii sane. a new income of Don Quixote is an inspirational ment and acquiring anni-prsa-

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nnv manner in lie's tells of toll bridges where walkers l wearing shoes must pay 5 cents, while heretofore been neiu to country? the barefooted are charged but 1 cent. ..!...j eve from land better happy not be Many people in that Would it Oregonian to wear sandals with soles of twisted point of view for The to its views and straw. It is difficult to discern much give free expression elng misunderthe risk of by of an opening there for the sale ot not run of its stood either by us orside ofthose the inter American footgear. readers on the otherw boundary " national . Apropos of some recent remarks allied to us? .. CHAKLbS 11. r.-iabout cranberries The Oregonian is nfonned that over 3100,000 has been invested in developing the bogs of DICK PROTECTION BILL ITHELO The work has all Clatsop County. SlajlnB One Day been done within two years and the Feedlnit Six r """ " Kaon prospect of returns is said to be the d'tor.) SALEM, Or.. Feb. (To highly encouraging. ( Hill No. 53 is a good bill and a law. otisrht to become w says it. is New York State will waste time in whait near licks while """ting deer. voting on the suffrage question. From .'1- Illie mCTI Br,Ai)amn . Hnow AS it, "the Battery to the Falls the male sex anfl lO itrcu n., ame All Eastern states, with , thehflVS these Sunday is bigoted. on then week, . -- -( ') craw i m surplus women, are the same. The sportsmen , . for ... come ri.i.u in ti. follow must vote woman who would are slaughtered whole- Seir feed the star of empire. SaNow is this thing right? Hasn't it The goods fit the pattern down in been going on long. enough? .. ..;... nincea the num- jury Georgia. in the The Coroner's on the case of the physician lynched for at ber of ducks killed each 800. making alone at tacking a woman found the mob acted Columbia Slough for open 14 weeks the The victim had a the total numberup 11.200. in season to foot gun. Proper the to be I can't conceive this the way to protect the ducks. Stop get all The man who calls himself "an ex- - feeding and the hunter can then will It priest" for the advertising it will he needs, besides alle. to pass on up the bring can depend upon getting the the ducks a chance to the farmers The thus giving occasionnlly. worst in a row over religion. dinner duck have a . turn-cois peculiarly abhorrent. A I!... 1.

There seems to be nothing for The Oregonian to say except that it made no such "admission" or statement about reapportionment at any time. Let our friend call on the sad Tidings to retract. It will do so, undoubtedly, retraction of previous misstatements being one of Its best and most frequent stunts.

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Is it possible President Wilson figCompliment to Portland Impaired. ures the machine he if trying to build c .xt pnivrwrn Tivh 3. ITo the will take the shape of a sawmill and i?A.r.tii- - T forwarded to vou j:. plank? demolish ljis mv tribute to the Portland roses. My tn show vou that beyond v.,.i.t of Oregon your most Germany is acting fair in telling the confines and interesting flowers Great Britain of the risk in transport- beautiful was appreciated. Hence, when you ing troops, w hich she treats as a sort .t,.ti...t trt nm residence In Portland, of Fliegende Blaetter joke. as you did, you are failing to give to your city, and to your iiower, the outthat I had intended. The prairie states have two periods sidea appreciation panitani visitor to Portland. a blizof pleasant weather when the keenly appreciative of Its at zards are not raging and the cyclones and it is not witn any leenng tractiveness whirling. are not of antipathy to a residence in Port-K,- .t miliar thnt the record may Spain is to hiiy four submarines be straight, and the intent made clear, from United States builders. No doubt that I suggest a correction. she recalls the efficiency of American weapons of war. Insurance Company's Standing?. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Feb. 3. (To The "Death Division" of the GerWould you inform me, mans will go down in history with the Editor.) eolums of your paper, to the the brigade that inspired poets of the through apply for Information could I whom Crimea. in regard to the standing of the British Empire Insurance Company, of Van A SUBSCRIBER. Centralia certainly knows how to couver. B. C. undeon the put the "Injun sign" Commis Insurance Wells. Harvey pickets. sirable I. W. W. sioner of Oregon, will give you the company do All the Turk can hit is a pipe. It standing of anyin insurance Oregon. atiaress took 12,000 of them to kill fifteen ing business is Salem, Or. Britons the other day one-ter-

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y or might it not oe wen iu wards, by innumerable factions, each seeking to promote sonic semend ......... which their narrow-mindearound views of life have become so crystal- ..v, n.iuihilitv for lizea iliac .iincic a thought ot the purity of the race to c tneieui. Iind loagmeiii . . n .a. . tnesc tactions to n. 1. .1 hA eves of the sociologists by throwing the dust el tneir seuiaii icui.i .....a... in the air; the acts of criminals they keep on producing are too glaring to prevent those who are in truth trying to uplift humanity from seeing where the fault really iies. The vital question is not so much in how to reform those who are now to the harness of crime as it is how The criminals. check the production of psychic factor of bearing criminals is an unknown quantity to the minds of the reformer of todtiy. The youthful criminals are springing from the loins reformers in equally of these would-b- e large numbers as from criminal parents. For the past 25 years crime has not only been, on the constant Increase, but the average age oi criminals naa constantly fallen, until now we have. uum mere children committing . 1. .. tno on. -- .. wn " tne crimes, .mju'ioi with born dered at when they are all millionaire desires and all too soon paupers li op- they find ... themselves . ..If., ll.nu. poriuniucH iu Mark well this, ye reformers: Inborn desires for things not possessed will find a way for in the vigorous youths. ALVIN HECKETHORX. ?

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FBASTIC kcOXOHV IS DEPLORF.D. ow Helnr Cat Will He Capers Think One Cltlaen. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 3. (To the Kditor.) In their frantic efforts to economize it seems that the members of the present Legislature are cutting a few capers which will be regretted before the next executive bote)- - assembles in Salem. For instance, the members of the ways and means committee are taking the bit between their teeth and running away w ith whatever little pet idea that chances to enter their worthy minds, despite the fact that in carrying out their respective plans several of the different state institutions are placed in a fair way to become pretty near stranded and destitute of even ordinary operating funds. The members of the ways and means comrryttee have not as yet seen fit to, discuss the needs of the state institu-tions with the members of the Board of Control. They simply visit the ask the heads of the departments to get along for the next years without this and that and two then arrive at a decision as to how much or how little money should be appropriated. The estimates made by the The Board of Control are ignored. no members of the Board have hadways opportunity to appear before the the result with committee, means and the latter body has cut down on monevs asked for which was and Is needed very badly. Such reductions in the cost of farm equipments, window blinds, bathtubs and a lot of other example of the minor articles is a fairways anil means manner in which the committee Is endeavoring to curtail ex. asked Control penses. The .Board of Not for these very same articles. supply the many, but simply enough to present needs at some of the Institutions and which, not provided for, will he bndlv mlsBCd before another ap propriation can be made or means pro --

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From The Oregonian February 6. ISJn. The water on Front strevl was deep yesterday that the iiomli of sightssers wero compelled to fa! I back on First arrest. Second street la also nd under water five or six blocks On Third s'reet in place is Inundated. havo sldewa'.ka elevated First street between Morrison and been built Washington streets. The river now feet and five Inches. re-At registers Oregon City the water ia reported ceding. A dispatch from Jacksonville, Or., says the heavy rains and melting snows have precipitated the rreatcyt flood known since the country waa settled. nd Frsnrca L, David L. Williams Therkelsen were married TuesdaybyevenUcv. ing at Trlnltv Kpiscopsl Church They will be t home at T. L. Cole. S55 Ninth street after February IT. J. C. Bayer announces the regular meeting of the Builders' Association has been postponed on account of the rooms be'.ng flooded. safe-elatio- n

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a reward of .0 for the recovery of the boathouae of the Portland Rowing which went adrift Sunday morning. February 2. For the first time in nearly two er The Oregonian will reach Its readers e sheet. Just this morning as contraction half Its usual aire. Thisnecessary by In space has been made the the 14 inches of water coveringpress-roofloor ot the business office nd making It impossible to run this issue on the big press. A fall of three Inches, expected by tomorrow, will allow the press to operate aa usual. The four-pag-

Oregonian has secured desk room at Co., the office of Hughes. Brown Washington street, where all regular business of the paper will bo handled today. L. Samuel has graciously oflere.l the presses of the West Shore and V. W. Baltes V Co., also have offered theirs. Al Hayman has telegraphed to P. It. Friedlander that he left San Francisco Wednesday morning. February 5. on the steamer Columbia with the entire Emma Jurh Grand English Opera Company, end would reach Portland February 7, with 117 mcmebrs. Lew, Spiegl A Co., have been driven out of their quarters by the flood and now are at 21'7 Second street. The graduation exercises at the High School drew a crowded assembly hall last night. Miss Media A. Conner. Henrv Denllnger. the only male graduate. Miss Llllie O. Spiegl and Miss Lslla Dalton were among those on thr. programme. Miss Spiegl delivered the valedictory to the class. C. E. S. Wood delivered the principal address, erring and going out of his way to arraign the newspapers. D. P. Thompson presented the diplomas.

Let the Castles Teach You the New Dances

Mr. and Jlrs. Vernon Castle, greatest exponents of the modern steps, have written a series of articles that will appear in

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OREGONIAN The first of these will be printed tomorrow. The proper way to dance p will be explained and the illustrated by photographs of the one-ste-

Castles. Other Features in The Oregonian Tomorrow Are Here Listed. Penrod. a Real Boy. Booth Tarkingrton contributes the, first of a series of stories on the escapades of Penrod, a character that will make you live attain in the realm of Boyville. If you laugh with and at Penrod once, you will not miss a story of this delightful series. Panama Fair From the Air. The most remarkable picture yet Expotaken of the Panama-Pacifi- c It is a sition will be published. birdseye view from Silas aeroplane, taken at an elevation of 1500 feet. Other pictures of the great fair. Chris-tofferson- 's

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From an old shack in New York City, given over to him by the authorities, King Jefferson Davis rules over 400.000 professional globe trotters. Mary Watts has 1 chat with Davis about his kingdom. Exploits of Eaine. If you read the beginning o this thrilling story last week you will not miss the next installment tomorrow. If you did not, it is not too late to begin, as the first chapter will be summarized. "The Exploits of Elaine" is by Arthur B. Reeve, creator of Craig Kennedy, scientific detective of fiction. Palestine's Future. Formation of a Jewish state is a possible outcome of the present war. This eventuality is seriously discussed in Europe, particularly in England. Russians in the Trenches. A correspondent records his visit to the firing line at Vilna. The men in the trenches tell their experiences.

American Women at the Front. Wives of English noblemen take big part in relief work and in caring for the wounded. Pictures show them on duty. Portland Pastors Contribute. Dr. John II. Boyd contributes the first of a series of sermons by Portland clergymen. His subject is "The Divine Method of Developing Manhood and Womanhood." A powerful sermon by a brilliant writer. Oregon in Retrospect. The second in a series of interesting historical pictures shows the laying of the cornerstone for the Masonic Temple at Third and Alder streets in 1871. Other Features Include. reproduction of one A first-pag- e of Gifford's famous Indian pictures, a page of stories for the children, Dolly Dip docs the Lobster Crawl, Dock Yak, Polly and the other popular comics. Order Today.

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