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ENTEKPRDS ,. Hm your tubtcrlp' t- plradT Look r You houl'' ttO 1 Tht Enterprise li the only Clackamas County Newspaper that print! all of the ntwt of this growing County, p KT3 of oi . ,rs. : FORTY-SIXTH YEAR-NO. S. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 39, 1912. ESTABLISHED 18M OREGON POULTRY SHOW TO BE GIVEN HERE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT OP COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL HAVE CHARGE. . MANY PROMISE TO HAVE EXHIBITS Rooiter, Trained By Little Girl, To Be Ftaturt Cath Print And Ribbons For Win ing Fowls. Tho first poultry ahaw In Oregon City will be (Iveu February 2 and 3, at Hit Armory, under (be auspices of the Publicity Department of tbo Ore gon City Commercial Club, tbo com mittee being composed of O. I). Khy, clialrmun; U. T. Mcliuln, J. K. M. J, Laitlle, aacrttary of tht Promo tion Departmtnt Of tht Commtrcia Club, who will havt charga of tht poultry show. Hedge, M. I). I-atoiirotte and Frank Hush, with M.J. Lazellu chulnnan It bad boen planned to give the affulr at the MaHmilc Temple, but owing to the large number of entries It wua fouud that the room would not be large enough to accommodate the largo number of blrda. Many of the poultrymen of the county a well aa the state hare decided to have ex hlblts, and from all Indication the exhibition will be an unusually One ono. Among thoao who have signified their Intention of having displays are K. Fisher, Oregon City; C. A. Nash, Oregon City: Mrs. George Story. Ore- gou City; C. Mler, Oregon City, K. F. I). 3; Kverard Matt, Oregon City. R. F. I). 1; It. 8. Coe, Canby; W. A Dodds, Oregon City, It. F. D. 6; F. A. Roscnkraua, Oregon City; W. A Shewmun, Oregon City; I. D. Taylor, Oregon City; J. II. Craw, Oregon City, K. F. D. 8. 8. Mobler. Ore gon City; Elmer Dixon. Oregon City; II. Lee I'aget, Oak Grove; A. C. War . ner, Mount t'leasant; W. I). Law ton, Mount Pleasant; Mrs. L. J. Ewalt Sprlngwater; Dr. M. C. Strickland, Oregon City; William Garduer, Frank 8pulak, New Eta; Mrs. E. M. Shaw, Oregon City, It. F. D. 5; W. W. Qulnn. Oregon City; Max Telford. Oregon City; P. M. Hurt, Oregon City; A. J. Iwis, Maple Lane; C. W. Swallow, Maple Lane; B. A. An derson, Oregon City; R. V. Hoffman, Pleasant Valley, Oregon; Thomas Smith, Oregon City; Mrs. Lloyd Wil liams, Oregon City; James 11. Rob inson, Portland. Many poultrymen of Portland, will have exhibits. Mr. Robiusou will have aome of flue poul try here from hla farm In Yamhill county. R. V. Hoffman, an employe of the Oregon City Enterprise, who U making a specialty of raising White Wyandottes at his borne at Pleasant Valley on the Eatacada line, will have tome of his choicest birds here. Mrs. Lloyd Williams has a fine Silver Pen ciled Hamburg cock and hen that will be on hlblbltion. There will be many attractive fea tures of the ahow among them being the educated rooster belonging to ti tle Mildred Smith, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, of this city. The rooster's name Is "Dollar," having been given this name by Mr. Smith. He had pur chased a setting of eggs, which cost Mm $1 and this chicken was the only one that hatched from the eggs. The little girl haa taught the rooster many tricks. His delight Is to coast with ' the little girl on the coasting wagon. He takes his place In the wagon when ready to start, and to give his com panian, the little girl, sufficient room, he will more to one side of the wagon to allow her to have her position, and when she Is In her place, be will "cuddle up a little closer" and be come ready for the ride down hill. He also enjoys a feast at the little table of Mildred. The little girl has a chair especially for the rooster and at hla place are a plate of wheat, a few bread crumbs and glass of water. He relishes his luncheon with Mildred at his side. The rooster Is one and one-half years old, and In asking him his age he will tell It by nodding his head. Mildred will be at the ahow with "Dollar." There will be an Incubator filled with little White Orpingtons, an ex hibit of one of the prominent poultry men of this county. There also will be good music by the Oregon Philhar monic Hand, under the direction of R, V. D. Johnston and selections from the opera 'Chanticleer," by Mr. Johns ton, who will be attired In Chanticleer costume. Mr. Johnston Is one of the leading soloists of this city, and thia will be hla first appearance In solo work. He has a rich baritone voice and has had much experience In con cert work. There will be two mov ing picture shows, one of which will be of Interest to the fanners, while the other will Intereat the poultry continued on pan 4) ERVISORS OF ROADS ARE NAMED HENRY CROMER VICTOR IN HOTLY CONTESTED RACE OVER H. W. HANDLE. WILLIAM KISER HAS TWO OPPONENTS County Court Adhtrta To Rule Of Appointing Mtn Chon At Mtatlnga Voting Speo lal Tax. Aftor an all-day session at which more than fifty persons were beard the county court Thursday appointed the rotid supervisor for the ensuing year. About two-thirds of the super visors were reappointed. W. II. Kandle, In district No. 33 hnd a largo following but the court appointed Henry Cromer, because he was tho choice of a meeting of tax payers at which a five-mill tax was voted. The court has made a rule that the man selected at meetings of taxpnyors at which taxes are voted be uumed aupervlsor. In district No. 43 William Klser was oppoxed by Jeff Shaw and II. T. Shipley. No one was selected for su pervisor at the meeting of the tax payers a motion to adjourn having been carried before one to proceed with the selection of the candidate for supervisor. Klser was the supervisor and no charges were filed against him with the court. C. A. Keith was opposed In dis trict No, 41 by George Kllzmlller. Keith was chosen at a meeting of the taxpayers at which a ton-mill tax levy waa voted. F. E. Davidson was op posed In district No. 30 by George Jarlsh, who was recommended for ap pointment at a meeting of the tax payers at which a motion for a special tax was voted down. This Is the Oswego district and the court held that Inasmuch as Oswego had made a road district by ordinance the town had no right to take part In the coun ty road meeting. The court will name the Judges and clerks of election today. Following are the road supervisors; No. 1 C. B. Ilattln. No. 2 John Den nett, No. 3 W. W. Cooke, No. 4 John Glthens. No. 6 J. W. Roots, No. 6 Charles Krebs, No. 7 Erneset Leaf, No. 8 D. W. Douglass, No. 9 Peter Rath, No. 10 Frank E. Thomas. No. 11 C .R. IJvesay. No. 13 Henry Swales, No. 13 J. C. Fullam, No. 14 Henry Honrtcl, No. 15 William Fine, No. 16 August Stachley, No. 17 D. R. Dlmlck, No. 18 Fred Kamrath, No. 19 D. N. Trulllnger, No. 20 II. Sullivan, No. 21 E. A. Swanson, No. 23 Albert Engle. No. 23 R. W. Zimmerman, No. 24 Clarence E. Miller, No. 25 J. B Mitts, No. 26 W. W. Everhart. No 27 John Ilarth, No. 28 L. D. Shank, No. 29 W. A. Rogers, No. 30 F. T. Davidson, No. 31 O. P. Sharp, No. 32 W. C. Heater. No. 33 Henry Crom er. No. 34 William Klser. No. 35 Wil liam Booth, No. 36 A. M. Anderson, No. 37 C. W. Kruse. No. 38 Q. W. Derry, No. 39 Frank Jaggar. No. 40 E. M. Cox, No. 41 C. A. Keith. No 42 L. II. Judd, No. 43 D. D. Burnett, No. 44 Charles Rider, No. 45 Jess Cox. No. 40 J. J. Hatton, No. 47 O. P. Roatho, No. 48, J. G. Deslazer, No. 49 G. T. Hunt, No. 61 J. E. Set ter. No. 52 H. F. Kanne, No. 63 E. R. Ridings, No. 54 W. F. Stanton, No. 55 II- II. Mnttoon, No. 56 Nat Scrib ner, No. 57 William Stewe. BERLIN, Jan. 13. Returns at noon today Indicated that the Socialists elected members to the Reichstag from sixty-soven districts and will have at least an even chance In elect ing their candidates In the reballot lug January 24 In the 120 districts where no candidates received a plural ity In yestorday's election. Socialist leaders claimed today that they were certain to carry at least thirty of these districts the conserva tives admitting that the Socialists probably would have at least 100 mem bers In the Reichstag, making them the second party In strength. There s also a possibility that the reballot- lng may result In the Socialists win ning first place from the Catholic cen trists. The Socialists retained five seats from Berlin and In the reballot Ing expect to carry the first district, In which the Kaiser lives. The growth of Socialism here Is shown by the announcement that Le- debour, the Socialist leader, carried hla district in Berlin by an Increased vote of 42,000. Although the centrists failed to gain new seats, they are held to have been the victors in the elec tion as they retained tholr 105 seats In the Reichstag. The Socialists won at the expense of the progressives and other parties. The government fears that the So cialists, Radicals and Liberals will form a coalition and thus completely dominate the Reichstag. VOTERS URGED TO AT County Clerk Mulvey announced Monday that registration, which start ed January 2, was slower than ever before. Mr. Mulvey said that from now until the close of the hooka voters must register at the rate of sixty a day to hare as many as last year. All persons who fall to register will be denied the privilege of voting In the April primary. The books will be op ened again for registration for the general election. SUP 6-FOOT CHANNEL IS RECOMME MAJOR M'INDOE SENDS REPORT TO 8ECRETARY AND CONGRESS. COST OF WORK IS TO BE $24,000 Terminal Association Confident That Oregon City Will Be Al lowed Same Rates As Portland. A message waa received here Thurs day thut the Secretary of War bad sent to Congress his reports with the maps of Major J. F. Mclndoe, on the preliminary examination of the Willa mette river between Oregon City and Portland. The district officer reports that a twelve foot depth la no longer requir ed as tho maximum draft of the liver bouts running above Portland la under Ave feet He recommends the aban donment of the twelve-foot portion of the exstlng project and would obtain by dredging where necessary the six- foot low water channel, from 150 to 200 feet wide below the head rapids and 100 feet above, and the removal of Copeleys' rock to a like depth. 1 The estimated cost would be $24, 000, with an annual maintenance of $2,500. An Initial appropriation of $12,000 Is recommended under the name appropriation title a that for the Willamette river between Oregon I City and Harrlsburg. These reporta have been referred to the Board of Engineers on Rivers and Harbors, which will concur with the Division Engineer In recommend Ing the plan proposed by the district officer. -The board of directors of the Ore gon City Terminal Rate Association, at a meeting Thursday evening, heard reports of several committees. The directors will meet In about ten days with II. E. Lounsbury, General Freight Agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, regarding giving Oregon City terminal rates. If terminal rates are allowed, Oregon City will have the same rates as Portland. The Southern Pacific Railway officials have promised that If deep water la to he provided by the government from Portland to Oregon City terminal railroad rates will be allowed. The terminal association directors say if they win their fight the river here will be lined with factories In five years and the population will more than treble. The directors who at tended Thursday's meeting were B. T. McBaln, L. Adams, A. A. Price and E. Schwab. E FILES DECLARATION SALEM, Jan. 15. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., United States Senator, filed his declaration of Intention with Secre tary Olcott today to become a candi date for re-election. He gave his slo gan "The substitution of the general j welfare for selfish Interests In all gov ernmental operations." In his plat form he advocates the Oregon system of popular government; popular elec tion of Senators; parcels post includ ing rural delivery; Federal control of Interstate commerce; exclusion of coolie labor; liberal appropriations for rivers and harbors; free tolls for Am erican shipping through the Panama Canal; liberal pensions for deserving veterans; fair snare of Irrigation funds for Oregon; Increased efficiency rather than false economy In govern mental affairs; National good roads legislation; use of public resources with intelligent conservation; honest government, service and business. HAWIfY WILL URGE T WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Repre sentative Hawley will go before the rivers and harbors committee tomor row to present arguments In support of appropriations recommended for waterways Improvements In Western Oregon. For the Willamette River Mr. Haw ley will urge the adoption of a pro ject looking to Improvement between Portland and Oregon City and a pro ject calling for an annual expendi ture of $40,000 for confining the river between Ita banks at points above Oregon City. Mr. Hawley will also ask for esti mates of the cost of Installing a sys tem of locks in the river above Ore gon City, with a view to Increasing the channel depth to six feet. D SPECIAL NOTICE! To those of you who may receive a sample copy of this paper wejwish to call special attention: On the 27th of January, 1912, we will give a one dayfrate of just one- half our regular rate (or 75c) for a year subscription to the Weekly'Enterprise. This' rate is also good foPTenewals to our tegular subscribers. ri"; 7 -J One day only January 27, 1912. Letters postmarked the 27th will be accepted.1 73 PROGRE8S EDITION IS PRAISED BY OREGONIAN. The "progress and anniversary number" of the Morning Enter prise f Oregon City, Issued last Haturday, Is a work of art pic torial and letterpress. Details of manufacturing progress are given at length, with well-writ- ten description of the opportun- Itles of city and Clackamas County for the man who knows what b wants. The booklet If something approaching maga- rlne size and shape can be called by that name deserves wide circulation among people who are looking toward Oregon Oregonian. 4 4, .$ $4t4.t,$$').4 LIVE WIRES START CONFERENCE WILL BE A8KED WITH OFFICIAL8 OF P. R-. L. A P. COMPANY. UNIFORMITY AT LEAST IS URGED Fare to Golf Links Twenty Cents And to St. John's, Twice as Far, Charge la No Higher. Bent on securing lower fares be tween Oregon City and Portland, and determined to bring to end what has bee termed discrimination toward this city as a result of the recent de cision of the State Railroad Commis sion, the committee of the Live Wires of the Commercial Club held a two hours' session Wednesday night in the club parlors, and concluded to ask for a conference with the officials of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, and this conference will probably be held at Portland within the next ten days. The committee seeks to ascertain the attitude of the corporation toward Oregon City In relation to the fares between this city and the metropolis. The meeting of the committee brought out, among Other things, the fact that one maj ride from Oregon City to St. Johns for twenty cents, yet the fare to Golf Link, about half the distance to St. Johns, la also twenty cents; tb- In a number of Instances the fare la lower between Intermediate points and Portland than between points having; a comparative distance to Oregon City; that the old rate from Oregon City to Golf Links was fifteen cents, when ticket books were purchased, and that under the present schedule the fare la twenty cents and ticket books are not ob tainable, and that the former commu tation rate between Oregon City and Portland, on monthly books, was fif teen cents, and the lowest rate given under the present schedule U eighteen cents, and this rate carries no trans fer privilege with It. It was possible, under the old schedule of rates, to ride from Ore gon City to any transfer point In Portland for nineteen and one-half cets, by the use of a Golf Links com mutation book and a five-cent fare book, and a return to Oregon City could be obtained for the same price, a total of thirty-nine cents for the round trip. The only way to obtain a transfer at present la. to pay a cash fare of twenty cents to Portland and the return trip may be made for twenty-two and one-half cents by the use of a commutation book and a five cent fare book, a total of forty-two and one-half cents. (Continued on page 4.) S EVENING TELEGRAM ? LAUDS PROGRESS EDITION. S The anniversary number. Vol. 3, No. 1, of the Morning Enter- prise, of Oregon City, Just from $ the press. Is one of the neatest g annual editions of any paper of S v- class In the state this year, and & ? carries the story of the great re $ sources of its special field In a 4 way to reflect credit on the pub- $ $ Ushers as well as on the field $ Clackamas County. The Issue Is 3 In magazine form and printed on $ a high quality of book paper In- closed in an embossed cover, and $ the articles are all richly illus- trated with halftones. Every de- partment of activity of the com- $ munlty the Enterprise serves is $ $' covered by special writers the $ $ business houses of Oregon City, $ b as well as the smaller towns in & $ the county, and pictures of the $ leading business houses, churches, s schools, beautliul farms, herds of 3 fine stock of all kinds, make it $ one of the best mediums of pub- $ llclty for Clockamaa County yet is- $ sued. It should have the effect of bringing to that county as a direct result many new home- seekers of the best class, who are looking for an ideal spot in which $ $ to establish new homes. 4$$.9&r LOWER FARE FIGHT GAMBLING SPELLS IN CARNEGIE IRONMASTER ON STAND 8AY8 HE PUT BAN ON STOCK JOBBING. OPPOSED PHILIPPINE ANNEXATION Roosevelt Policy Preferred To That Of Taft Millionaire Declares He Did Not Oppose McKlnley. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Andrew Carnegie concluded hla testimony to day before the House "steel trust" In vestigating committee. He admitted that in 1900 be contributed $15,000 to oppose the policy of imperialism and the annexation of the Philippines; that he assailed Wall street and branded "stock Jobbers" as "para sites," urged the Roosevelt trust pol icy in preference to that of Presi dent Taft, and asked Congress to con sider that problem carefully. Mr. Carnegie was subjected to a fire of questions which put him on his mettle. Chairman Stanley elicited from him an attack on stock jobbing, which probably will influence legisla tion to be proposed by the commit tee, and Representative McGilllcuddy, of Maine, took the ironmaster over some unexpected political jumps. "Mr. Carnegie," uked Chairman Stanley, "in the organization of the Carnegie Steel Company of New Jer sey, why did you divide your stock Into $1,000 shares" "To keep them off the Stock Ex change,' was Mr. Carnegie s quick, reply." "Why did you want to keep them off the Stock Exchange?" "Because I did not believe In stock jobbing. Because I did not wish to have any partners In business tempt ed to speculation. I never in my life bought or sold a share of- stock on the speculative market. I was reared dif ferently. I had a grandfather ruined in Scotland by stock speculation; I resolved that it waa ruinous to a young man. Throughout my business career I never bought long or sold short." Mr. Carnegie said he never opposed Mr. McKlnley. JURY LIST COMPLETED. ' The County Court has completed the Jury list for 1912. Two hundred and fifty names, from which will be chosen the grand and trial juries, have been selected. Thirty-one names are drawa at each term of court for trial Juries. BISHOP SAYS BIBLE ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 15- "Whoso ever sheddeth man s blood by man shall his blood be shed." This was the answer of Right Rev erend William Croswell Doane, Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Albany, when asked whether he believed in the abolition of capital punlshmsnt, the question having been suggested by the attitude of Governor Dix and Colonel Joseph S. S. Colt, Superin tendent of Prisons, who have announc ed their belief that the death penalty should be abandoned in this state. "Capital punishment is best," the bishop said. "The objection to It is sentimental. Those who have been declaring themselves In favor of the removal of the death penalty overlook the one great significant Instruction god's own word which I have quoted." WATTERSOffS FAITH LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 17. That he had hoped to find In Woodrow Wil son another TUden, but naa rouna 'rather a schoolmaster than a states man,' was the declaration or Henry Watterson, the veteran Kentucky edi tor and Southern Democrat, In a statement made here tonight In con nection with the break between Gov ernor Wilson and Colonel George Har vey. "I was hoping I might find In Gov ernor Wilson another Tilden," said Colonel Watterson. "In point of in tellect and availability, I yet think Colonel Harvey made no mistake In his choice of a candidate, but the cir cumstances leading to the unfortun ate parting of the ways between them leads me to doubt whether In charac ter and in temperament It may be merely In the habits of a lifetime Governor Wilson Is not rather schoolmaster than a statesman." INWILSON POMONA GRANGE RAPS SINGLE TAX MEN PROMOTING PROPAGANDA IN STATE AL80 ARE SCORED. STARKWEATHER FATHERS RESOLUTION Equal Suffrage Is Favortd And County Court Is Urged To Take Over Fair. The Single Tax movement In Ore gon waa punctured Wednesday after noon by Clackamas County Pomona Grange at its quarterly meeting with Harding Grange at Logan in a resolu tion that scores the men who are pro moting the single Tax propaganda In Oregon under salaries from the Joseph Fels Fund. Harvey O. Starkweather, Master of Milwaukle Grange, gath ered the resolution and bad an easy time securing Its adoption, the main Single Tax movement here. The action of the Pomona Grange, which has representatives from every part of Clackamas county places the farming Interests of this - county on record, and shows the weakness of the Single Tax movement here. The res olution follows: Pomona Grange also adopted a reso lution favoring the equal suffrage amendment to the Oregon Constitu tion, and in another resolution, the Grange urged the County Court to take over the Clackamas County Fair Association and manage that enter prise, paying off the mortgage Indeb tedness of about $8,000 and taking possession of the site near Canby. The next meeting of Pomona Grange will be held April 10 at Eagle Creek. Following is the resolution regard ing Single Tax: Whereas, it Is a notorious fact that a large amount of money Is being con tributed to a fund to influence legisla tion la the State of Oregon, and Whereas, such contribution comes In a large part from wealthy interests outside the State, and Whereas, such foreign interests can have no legitimate nor proper motive in shaping the legislation In our State, and Whereas, such suggested legislation would provide for the exemption from taxation of a considerable portion of the wealth of our state, and would thereby additionally burden the lands of the state, which are now bearing more than their just share of the ex pense of the government, and Whereas, such legislation would be generally detrimental to the state and especially so to the farming Interests. Therefore, be it resolved that we the I grangers of Clackamas County in dis trict Pomona Grange assembled at Lo gan, Oregon, on this 10th day of Jan uary, 1912, do denounce this extrane ous campaign fund as a menace to our system of government Be it further resolved that we con demn as Un-American and unpatriotic the distribution of such a campaign fund. Be it further resolved that we con demn the single tax as a most vicious form of class legislation. E LI CORVALLIS, Or., Jan. 17. Prizes totaling thousands of dollars nave ai ready been offered to the children of Oregon for industrial exhibits at the state and county fairs and school fairs. State Superintendent of Schools Al derman, cooperating with the county superintendents, the State Fair Asso ciation, the Portland Commercial Club, the Oregon Development League, the State Bankers' Association, and the extension division of the Oregon Ag ricultural College, will organize and conduct contests in corn growing, poul try raising, manual training, domestic science, potato growing, and other In dustrial work, and every child in the state will have opportunity to com pete for the prizes. The State Fair Association has agreed to furnish $1,400 in cash prizes for school exhibits, and promUes of other prizes amounting to $2,000 have also been made, while other interests which will doubtless contribute have not yet been approached. The com mercial clubs all over the state will push the work, and a committee on agricultural education from the State Bankers' Association has agreed to raise at least $1,800 to assist In the work, for which plans are to be made at a meeting here January 15. Some 30 different branches of In dustry will he Included in the con tests, and those entering will be re quired to keep for the college accurate and complete records of their work from the beginning. Thus a vast amount of valuable data will be se cured. One county superintendent states that there will be at least 4.000 children exhibiting from his county alone. WOMAN IS HELD OVER! Justice of the Peace Samson held Mrs. Mary Johnson and D. M. Hoi brook to answer to the Grand Jury in bonds of $250 each. Mrs. Johnson, who is the wife of R. L. Johnson, a Portland chauffeur, was accused of stealing silverware from Mr. L- Nay lor, of Eagle Creek. The defendant denied the charge, and, in turn, ac cused Holbrook. Johnson, who also had been arrested, was not held, there being no evidence against him. SINGLETAXERSHIT BY STARKWEATHER MEN IN EMPLOY OF FELS ARE LIKENED TO HESSIAN SOLDIERS. PROPOSED, SYSTEM IS ANALYZED "Same Money Raacala," 8aya Writer, "Under Leadership of King George Attempted to Fix Scheme of Taxation." The Morning Enterprise is in re ceipt of an article from Harvey O. Starkweather, of Milwaukle, In which the single tax theory Is attacked. After quoting a statement of Joseph Fels, Mr. Starkweather says: "We may not have any bitterness for the Tory or Royalist, Though wrong, they may have been honest In their opinions; but there Is another character who figures at about this same time, the paid hirelings, the Hessians, having no natural Interest, who came to this country to fight against the patriots for pay. "History repeats and we now have the Whig, the Tory and the Hessian." Mr. Starkweather's letter follows: Milwaukle, Or., Dec. 28th, 1911. To the Editor: Since so much space has been given by our great dallies to the discussion of the merits of the single tax move ment, and since so much has been said and written by the paid hirelings of the millionaire soap-man. It seems In order for those who are not in sym pathy with such a movement to point out a few of the most glaring defects of the proposed new system. Taxes are levied to support govern ment, which Includes police protec tion, public schools, road-building, etc., who should naturally pay for such legitimate expenses of government? Does the vacant land require the same police protection as the land which Is used and occupied? Does the vacant land demand the same Ore or police pro tection as the sky-scraper building be side It? Should the wealth of our country other than Its land contribute nothing to support our public schools? Does not the man whose wealth lies in personal property owe a duty to the public in the matter of roads? With all Its imperfections, our pres ent system Is vastly better and more equitable than the proposed revolu tionary changes of the soap-man. Most of the - Imperfections or the present system are due to administra tion, and are incident to any system which is administered by mere man. Our friends tell us that land like water and air is naturally the prop erty of the government, and they thereby Justify this system of confis cation. The land did belong to the govern ment until the government parted with Its title to the settler or purchaser. In either case such transfer of owner ship came about as the result of an agreement or contract by and between the buyer and the seller. In the one case the government agreed with the settler to give the land In exchange for service, 1. e. occupancy of the land. In the other case the transfer was for cash; and In either case, the sale was complete and evidenced by a form of warrantee deed called a Patent. In this Patent Issued in pursuance of law, and signed by the president of the United States, It Is agreed that the land shall descend to the settlers' heirs and assigns forever. Now It would seem In rather bad faith to say that the government did not mean it and that the land like the air and water still belongs to the public. A man can live without air, only a few seconds; he can live without water only a few days; but land ownership la not In the least essential to long evity or earthly happiness. Thous ands of people do not choose to own land, often because it produces such a small income on the Investment. I am aware our friends of the soap nersuasion. whose palms have been lubricated with oleaglnou8 naptha, will say that we misquote their position, and that they do not mean to be quite so radical as suggested. We are aware that they have receded somewhat from their former position, and that some are advocating a three thousand dollar exemption on personal proper ty, a sort of mongrel or hybrid cross which has most of the evil tendencies of the one side and few of the virtues of the other. It Is what they call the entering wedge for the farther exten sion of their doctrine. They seem to think that this bait will lure a class of unpatriotic voters who wish to shirk the natural respon sibility of citizenship that of con tributing to the support of the govern ment which protects them, schools their children, and builds their roads. During his last, and perhaps his on ly visit to Oregon, this man Fels Is quoted by the Oregonian of January 31st, 1911, as promising $12,500 for the promotion of the Henry George theory. Strange Is It not this phil anthropist (?) loves us so much on such very slight acquaintance? We confess we fear bis love is prompted by ulterior motives. In the same article this man Fels Is quoted as saying, "I spend half my time in Europe. We have a branch factory In England and I use it as an excuse to put In my time hobnobbing with the money rascals on the other side." This reminds ns that these same money rascals unaer tne leaoersnip of King George Third attempted to fix np a scheme of taxation for the Ameri cans about one nunarea ana nrty years ago. History now repeats itself. In those days there were some patri otic Americans who thought that the Americans should make their own laws, and saying "We hope in God were knowa as Whigs. Every Ameri can school boy has been taught to honor the names of such patriots as Samuel Adams. John Adams, Patrick Henry, Roger Sherman, Richard Hen ry Lee. Thomas Jefferson and others. We may not have any bitterness (Continued on page 4.)