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TUX COJlN'G ELECTION 9 N.w Tork Stale U in the heat of a .trenuous and doubtful political I cam pelfn. So are other Eastern State, but New Torlc ha. such heavy la the balance of the Nation' political affair, and the responsibility of carry ing It Republican ha. devolved so largely upon the eminent 'K-SUcit poimaan. Colonel Roosevelt, that that commonwealth occuple. the center of the country1, raxe. ... Democrat, are trylr.S hard to elect DU Governor and to win the next Leg islature and the House Congress. The present X-" :aad i Rt publicans and SS Dmo .T.U. The Mate Is represented In the lower house of Congress by .S Re publicans and 10 Democrats. Demo crat, think they see omens of v Ictory la their party triumph In Maine and in the victories of Foss. f ongre. this year n M""?"" and Havens, elected ln,Now anbll Roosovelf. assumption of ReP" can leadership in the Empire State ha. made him- sponsible for hi. party, outcome. He ,tate. made himself the leader or Ue t,c. and now find, himself ta i tM thick of a very hot campaign. He U dolrc his level best to elect hi. can ,! t-.tie. Stlmson. Governor, and 1. trav rling the .tat. on a .tumping tour. Ke and Dix have been xch.nrlng ha.vy broadside. The Colonel ha. a.cased D!x of being a member of tha wallpaper trust, and Dlx ha. de manded apology, which he ha. not yet received. The Democratic speaker, have turned their batteries on Koose velf. "new nadonaliwn" and on hi. Oaawatomle .peech. ch"" J' with radical utterance. In the A est and "with -TOOOth-over- utterance, in the conservative Kast. Certain it I. that the Colonel haa felt himself constrained to modify hi. extreme utterance, in New York. That state turned from Brian because f hi. antagonism to property and businesa. Roosevelt, however, while a radical In many reapecta. ha. not proved himself hitherto dangerou. to , the aafety of property; In fact. hawa. brad la allk stocking, and Inherited considerable wealth, to that he doe. not belong to the one-gallu. democ racy that Bryan tried to .peak for. Intimately connected with tw Tork State are the commonwealth, or Massachusett. and Indiana. The Colony ha. undertaken to help Re publican, elect the Legislature of Mas sachusetts for success of Lodge ano of Indiana for success of Senator Bev erldge. All over the country the Colo nel I. "wleMlng hi. Influence for Re- publican harmony and for defeat oJ the rising Democratic strength. The country ha. neen o deeply s'JrTed Ith discontent that the result of the election twelve day. hence, as to control of the next House of Rep reientative. and of high state office, in several large Eastern common wealths, la extremely doubtful. Pros perity ha. never dealt o kindly with the people, yet a powerful element seek, change of party control. Is It reasonable to suppose that Democrats would do better for the country? Hitherto they have not done o." They promise tariff reforms, yet promise nothing definite except low duty or free trade tn "wool, the great product of the Pacific North west. It la known well enough before hand that Democrat. In power would only shift tariff duties, as they did when in power before, and would con tinue the .poll, game In "protecting" the raw product, and the manufac ture, of their pet district. One cannot see how Oregon and Washington, for example, would ben ant from election of Democrat, to the National House of Representative. On the contrary, these state would lose in position and Influence from sacrifice of old member, and would be exposed to the uncertain shifting, of protective tariff at the hands of a po litical party chiefly interested in con serving protective spoils for Eastern and Southern States. The individual chiefly concerned In the National outcome is Roosevelt. Should New Tork State and the coun try preserve Republican ascendancy, the Oyster Bay Colonel will be a great political power, indeed. But should 'Democrats win. the blow to Roose velt will be the worst and really the firat damaging setback he has ever re ceived. The name of Nome ha. been added to the list the long, dreary list of deserted mining camps. Within ten year, this place in the far North has changed from a bleak, forbidding, lonely shore of a lonely sea to a busy, prosperous town, where, urged on by the greed of gold and made feverish 'by the sight of fortune, to be had for -the taking, men have strained and tolled and hoped the few to be' re warded by fabulous wealtli the many to suffer hardships and disap pointment. First a city of tents, then of rudely improvised wooden shacks; a little later, as the stories of the ..free gold taken from the tundra were repeated with added emphasis, a ' town of mora or less pretentious buildings, it flourished and grew. N"ow it is practically deserted, it 2. house vainly seeking tenants more T vainly .till, purchaser, at figures that J few year, ago would not have bought a tent. "Now. say. a corre- apondent. lt looks as though a ' plague had struck Nome and all of It. people had fled rrom it in terror. leaving everything behind." This 1. the history of the mining camp, from - the gulches of California to the shore and mountain of Alaska. Here ' and tnere throughout the great Rocky - jlountaJn region, there are deserted town once populou given over to the occapancy of the creatures of the wild. Nothing new has happened In the case of Nome. It ha merely taken It place In the history of min ing camps. ORW.ON-S TWO RETRJF7NTATIVr. A correspondent writes to The Ore gonlan to ak its opinion as to the reasons for the decided victory he describes it as the -unexpected uo- -. ... r.rr.rt In tha recent ccn ' " -- Congressional primary far the Second Oregon District. mere candidates. Lafferty was not widely Known. The incumoeni iuppi a.ble advantage. The opposition to Lira wa. divided. Vet Lafferty won. ,-tir- of Mr TjiffertT was due doublles to hi. aggressive campaign methods, to the general desire for a change, and to the favorable impres sion he made upon tne many uul" anroa ha addressed. Lafferty appeared at the psychological moment. He .-n-.!..! nn lr rl in tne uuiti u- ... rrt.rarve meth- od. that met general approval. .n nomination 1. without question in a large measure a demonstration of the j . v. s.ata of Oregon for numtlon. with proper regard and respect for the state's Interests. against the radical ano unuu " lng Finchot scheme. t tha nomination fairly. He deserve election, and The Orego nlan hope he will toe elected. He will make an active colleague with Repre sentative Hawley. who ha "mad good" at Washington and "whom the voter of the First District will of course not make the grave mistake of keeping at home, iney ceniv , m n t . that hltinder when they become more and more familiar with the gale of wind, blowing in au oi rectlons. nominated against him. BOXD8 FOR GOOD ROADS. Alarm onr "wholly unlikely and even impossible procedure In the event the good road, amendment to the constitution la approved in tne v...nk.. oiartlon is exDressed by Mr. Connelly in a communication pub lished In another column. In the amendment It 1. proposed only to re move a constitutional restriction now Imposed by the constitution on coun ties incurring an indebtedness of more than JS000 and permitting a greater indebtedness than J5000 for permanent road, when Incurred by a majority voting on the question. r intimation that there Is a con spiracy among the idle rich to Impose yast financial burden, on tne cuuuuc in order that the bankers- may buy the bonds and the auiomouuo owner. Indulge in extenaea joy .ni rsainot be given thoughtful consideration when the fact remains tnai tne w mnr toflde whether the county shall be bonded for highway construction. The vote oi mi u hk h Kankara and the automobile- owners would not alone carry a meas ure In any county In the state. ... tn arho is behind HV the proposed change is answered la the official pamphlet. There I incorporated therein a resolution, - c "! at a adopted by the Oregon ouu a farmers' organization, on May J. 110. in which hearty Indorsement U given to any proposal to remote constitutional restrictions on the peo ple's power to obtain and pay for good roads. i. aloa indorsed by U, .lilt tju-ii. the Oregon Good Road. Association. of which Dr. Andrew o.n.iu . uonnl R. Webster. chairman of the Executive Committee. In addition, the Oregon state inrean ers Association, through Its secretary. Philip S. Bates, is devoting time and energy in support oi xne Nor can the expressed fear be real ised that any county refusing to bond . .. ...n. .n.,i. mw have bond forced upon It through the initiative and by the vote, oi tne '"' " 1.,,. The Constitution expressly reserve, to the legal voter. of every municipality ana . . . . . . i . n fr.nflnm nower. a. to all local, .pedal and municipal leg islation of every character. u '" "' their respective rounicipuues -. . t- At..- amotion of the Con- sUtutlon the state is prohibited from enacting special or iocai laying, opening and working on highways. Taxpayer who oppose permanent road work on the .core of Its high - .tw to lake into consld- cw ioiif 'j - . eration the increase in value that will accrue to their property a in resun of good roads. Much mischief ha. undoubtedly been done in forming sentiment in certain communities by unskilled and unscientific attempt at permanent highway construction. Properly-built macadam road, cost more than 1600 per mile, it must be admitted. Union County 1 paying about $3000 per mile for such high way, and Marlon County from $2500 to $3000. In Marion County, how ever, along auch highways, the land It I. asserted, has doubled and even trebled In value since the roads were constructed. Along one of these road the Improvement ha affected the value of property for a distance ol two mile on either aide to the extent that the increased value provide a sufficient tax to pay for the road, n. tha other hand. Washington County, without .killed supervision. pent nearly llio.ouo lasx year oe road building, and in macadam con struction got either poor results oi total failures. The good road, amendment doe not tie the state or counties to -any plan of construction, either of strictly local roads or trunk lines. It doei not compel any county to change its m.tliAil. of roat htillrflnflr or of ro plenishing it road funds in any par ticular. 1 ue ywiirjw n in uuu method may still be followed. It doe not Impose any uaoiiity on tne state at large for assistance In road con struction. Happily the state fundi are now safeguarded against theii expenditure in aid of local highways, and The Oregonlan is firm In its con viction that this safeguard should In those counties that may approve oono issues tor pcroiancoi ru.uuuiiu In. itnil.. thla amanrimant 1f la noaal ble that part of the burden of paying lor vne ruaus wtu uciune uu can A rs.n nf lh. nraarnt a-anaratlon of tax payer. But they will have handed down to them smooth, permanent and lands and other property that would otherwise be of much less value. If the roadbuildlng 1 done in termittently, a little thl. year and a little the next, the next generation of taxpayer will atlll have to complete what ha been commenced and the t '11 IK JlUH.ltr uiHiUu.'A.'i . . present generation will get none of the benefits that mignt oe snarea paid for by both. The Increase in the value of the property benefited In most Instances will provide sufficient taxes to pay the Interest on the road bonds. So let us leave this bogy of unconsidered future generations to the monopoly of Eastern conservationist and hand down to our children and our children's children good roads, developed water power and cultivated fields, even If they do share some of the cost "with lit. The Oregonlan can see no reason able possibility of harm and a cer tainty of much good being accom plished In the adoption of the good roads amendment. "FRETENTTNO" RUXAOAD BCIXDESO. Eaatara Ora.on had baen bottled up for , y.ars by tha UirrUaan railroad ,t when Jim Hill tw.an conatractloa ot tha Droohataa road Into tha Interior of that a-cllon. It was Jay Bowarman. saa.mhly nominee for Governor, who brought the In junction rroceedlnga In behalf of tha Har rlman road to alop Hill's Invasion. Th .a. '- - V..,K Haa 'oral JutlEfl XlUt- proc,...., ------- .nd-.h. n- junction waa promptly granled. J!"" 'h caao waa iranaierreo. to m- . . . . ..... . - k. il.Mnrad to ana 11111 won ouv, ju.. "-.---v and Eastern Ora.on was Invaded by rsu- partn nftner falsely caII- ng Itself "Independent," that vouchea , , V. i. for the above mean iaaenouu, n n.inrfl The Guard got It from some other single-eyed Bourne- Chamberlain organ ana aoes iia j" .i e n..iin it slonr. Trie fciaui v.i-w v. y ry Bourne-Chamberlain press ha raked and scraped tne t-apnui " from dome to easement In a persistent endeavor to And something dlscredlt .vi. .Tyarruaini in Bowerman's legislaUv record, and has got nothing but vicious ana untrue ireuoa " foregoing. Bowerman wa an attorney at Con don, a village lawyer with much time much ability, much energy and little practice; and he acted in severe .tiif.ir.v and Iniunctlon suit for the O. B. & N. Company, and was paid for It, and waa giaa to monov Ho randered efficient service there as he does elsewhere. But no railroad, and no other employer or principal who was fortunate enough to have Bowerman for an attorney, ever assumed or attempted to con trol his action as a publio legislator. Here is. briefly, tne uum .uou. T.rman'a "aftem Dt" to keep rail road out of Central Oregon: The Harrlman raliroaa naa uiui l-u n rtnahiitna Csnvon. Bower man had aided In right-of-way and other matters. Then tun Degan worn, too. There were mighty conflicts at several strategic points. Bowerman as attorney .ued out an injunction be fore Judge Butler (a Judge appointed by Governor Chamberlain, ty the - ...train tha Hill oeople from interfering at a particular point with T'V, a the Harrlman construction InjuncUon was grantee., it .mnua m this day. It was not taken to tne Federal Court. The Harrlman con struction proceeded and the HU builders crossed the river and pro reeded with their work. Thus Mr. Bowerman "prevented" building of a railroad to central uxegon. a. c.Imh nswermu as President of the Senate aided the effort to force Harrlman to build into central Ore gon by casting the deciding vote for the Constitutional amendment au thorizing the state to go into mo rail road business. It was not an alto gether wise proceeding, but it had the annnort of manv anti- C 11 1 II u rji.wi . . w - - railroad people and of newspapers like the Guard, wnicn are auuj ..iiii.. that win unset the esta'b- llshed order.- Bowerman "stood In vigorously. Will the uuara nave mj decency and fairness to commend Bowerman for that act now as it doubtles did then? Hardly. DimXNO TXCB TT.TJL1C? -nnrv.ition of tha Port of Portland Commission to the Broadway bridge nroiiv-t mar delav the viaduct out wm not defeat 1L Authority of the Com mission will either be set asiae or win be brought Into conformity with pop ular demand and municipal needs. This attitude of the Commission baa caused public inquiry Into the nk.r.Kin of that body: Into the method of choosing it members, and into the Commission' responsioiiity to voting citizen. It is brought to pub lic notice more foroefully than ever before that the Commission 1 a per petual body; that vacancies are filled by the remaining members until the next meeting of the Legislature, when they are filled by election in the law making assembly of the state. Further. It i brought to notice that under decision of the Supreme Court of the state the port district is a mu rMmi onmoration. like a town or a city, and that It charter and Its laws are subject to tne iocai auiuuiiiy home-rule legislation, under constitu tional amendments giving legal voter of every municipality "power to enact and amend their municipal charter, subject to the constitution and crim inal law of the State of Oregon"; and "reserving the initiative and refer- a., nowera to the legal voters of every municipality and district, a to all local, special and municipal legis lation of every character, in or for their respective municipalities and districts." Power to alter the Commission or t. .h.ror therefore, a d Dears vested In the voters of the port district under the Initiative. This power can be called Into play in a near-by election. Th. Port Commission Is a creation of the lawmaking power of the state, and that power is really exercised, in this case, to conform with desire of the people of Portland. It is hard to believe that the Port Commission will defy the demand of naonia of Portland for Broadway bridge. It is conceivable that the member misjudge th temper of the public, but not that they hold their Commission superior to the will of the electorate. Disregard for that will is certain to cause the downfall or tne npaunl rAmmludOD. This river span surely will be built. Members of the Commission who op pose It would better bring themselves Into closer touch with public opinion. ana uusk again. The agricultural possibilities of Central Oregon, especially that por tion of this vast expanse that lie be tween Prinevllle and Ontario, have been very thoroughly Inspected dur ing the past few month by Professor Shaw. late of the University of Mln nesota, employed for this purpose by James J. Hill. This announcement la significant of the changes that will take place in that region during the next ten years, whether through irri gation or dry farming. Known, since it has been known at all, as a vast grazing section of which Prinevllle wa the center and freighting point, v irn 1 1 pen v nrrniTP'Tt 27- much of this region will without itniih ha a rtri en to tne ixncmiui.' area of the state, by Irrigation where this Is TeasiDie, Dy ory where water cannot be lifted for the niirnnwi of Irrliration. To furnish adequate transportation for what this land, thus served, "will yield la the ...in... of tha railroad builder: but first his mission is to exploit these lands so that settlers inaucea u veritable data may flock in and pos sess them. The scheme Is a grand one. That It will In due time be worked out cannot be doubted. iri..n I. n fallow at Corvallls. run nlng.a paper called the Gazette-Times, j who complains in tne issue oi h.r 9a that Tha Orpnonlan misrepre sented through its correspondent the attendance at tne uowermnu Hanvley meeUng last Saturday by overstating the facts as to attendance. i'r.nti. 90s ninnla heard Bowerman and Hawley at the Republican, rally at the Courthouse," he declares. The Corvallls editor counted them, it may be supposed, yet it may oe suppuacu .i that he was kept so busy with other thing at that meeting that he may have overlooked a few people, though 225 is a pretty fair crowd. This ..noonor alitor vai restonsl- ble for a statement circulated on his authority all over Oregon tnat air. Bowerman was drunk in i-orriu.ua " in Julv. Called to ac count for hi falsehood at the Satur day meeting, the editor maae """ kHni. nnViHn anolosrv. admitting that he wa mistaken. . He waa Tet what sort of petty alanderer la this Corvallls editor that he wouia print sucn a. u, jt h. ha haH narsonally seen UCli ..'Si . i . " the Gubernatorial candidate in an In toxicated condition? wnat is nis tes timony on any subject worth? The Oregonlan mentions this painful inci dent only because other newspapers throughout Oregon the so-called have eagerly reprinted this Infamous Corvallls varn. How many or mem wi the fairness now to print the facts? Not one. How many of them also have suddenly been converted to the view that drunkenness in a public man Is a grave offense? t.o Ane-nlp Li a truly exciting town ,n i. in To it nothing of its heav enly climate and its bombs, there is always something stimulating in tne o.iiit Una s-oinar on. Just the other day a widow of the angelic city began to long for a signt or one oj. ue ohnnimiips whom she had not seen for forty-five years. The longing brought it fulfillment, a spirit toiu har tn ionic for him In Brooklyn. She obeyed, met him on the street a few hours after she arrived, ana promptly married him. It Is worth while to live In a city whore things like this happen, even at the risk of being blown up now and then - m.. v.n'htlltv methods of the Bourne-Chamberlain machine are ... . tk. .itmifir.mt feature of the campaign. Has anyone even seen West called oy tne macnuie, or uj of its newspaper agencies, the "Dom- .i. -eroiMata for Governor," which he is. Reference to his sup posed Democratic allegiance is evciy where and always carefully omitted. t, - l i,.,, unifnrmiv described as the "antl-aaaembly candidate," which he I not. How does tne jyemocmui like it? . r.i,n. nrohlbitionlst lose vote when they assert that every person opposed to them Is in league witn s innn.vaannra nnd hrewers and Is coni trolled by them. For there are great many moral citizens mno uiui. liquor vice and oppose the tyranny ano the farce of prohibition. Thes are the citizen from whose rankf prohibitionists seek votes. It would seem better politics to refrain from calling them henchmen ot saloon keepers. j Harry Lane has taken the stump, ostensibly to make vote for West for Governor and "Josephine" Smith for Congressman, yet really to advertise himself for office again. He neglects to tell how the present city adminis tratlon set the house in business order after his slipshod and flapdoodle ca reer as Mayor. It was a distinct gain to the community when Lane went out and the present Mayor went in. An assembly of citizens Is to be held to protest against the Port Commis sion' obstruction of Broadway bridge. "Antl-assemblyltes" who think the people should not confer together in meeting can stay away. The Aleuts are reported to tie neap ing extinction. The diseases of civili sation are said to be the cause. ' This may be true, but it is more than likely the dissipations of civilized life are the real reason. Another farmer has suffered Injury from an Infuriated bull, this time in Clark County. It would seem by this time that people would learn not to take chances with the head of the herd. The lanv on the subject says that any member of an election board who has accepted the appointment and neglects to do the work is guilty of a misde meanor and subject to fine and impris onment. Dtogenea was out with, hi lightec lantern last night looking for friends of the Port of Portland. It is under stood that the old man met with diffi culty. , The white slave traffic would be ef fectually nipped in the bud at home by prompt application of the parental slipper, and example, early and often. It is announced that "Springfield will get gas from Eugene," which might mean that Publicity Promoter Freeman is warming up. " Is It not about time that the Colo nel ceased talking platitudes and came down to the relation of the tariff to cost of living? Eastern people continue to buy farming land at Medford for $1000 an acre. The supply is unlimited and worth the money. Having become old-fashioned, the police automobile has been discarded. It certainly did not match, those mili tary caps. Promotion will be rapid in th Hay tlen army, with ten Generals drowned iij the sinking of the gunboat Llbcrte. . J Johnstone wear the American aerial record for going up and Walter Wellman for going down. 1910. FirXXV STCDT OF" TWO COLONELS "Marae" Henry Welahs Mr. Bryan and Mr. ltooeevelt! Finds Them Wanting. Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal. Colonel Roosevelt haa not only stolen Colonel Bryan's clothes, but he has crowded Colonel Bryan ' off the stage and taken his place before the foot lights; and, as if to add insult to in Jury, ex-Vlce-President Fairbanks in troduces him as "tha mighty com moner." Meanwhile. Koosevelt, the merest Colonel of the Second Part, quite out Bryans Bryan, the original Colonel of the Firet Part, and more's the pity, the fickle audiences are beginning to like him just as well. In some- quar-f .... ...m' actiiflitv to nrefer him. their preference being perhaps like that of the clowns at the fair In Salamanca described by Gil Bias, that thought the showman who, upon an open platform Imitated the squealing of a pig. gave a more natural and agreeable perform ance than his rustle rival, who pinched the tail of a real, living pig. hid be neath the folds of a cloak. This, In deed, would appear to be the differ ence between the two Colonels. Colonel Bryan actually believed his fancies. It is safe to say that Colonel Roosevelt Is Just a play-actor. In 1908, the voters, alike discrediting Bryan and Roosevelt in favor of Taft, elected Taft because they believed he would make a safer President than Roosevelt had been or Bryan would be. The Colonel of the First Part Is out of the running for 1912. The Colonel of the Second Part has not declared himself, but in case he does,' will the voters turn about and reverse their former Judgment? Colonel Roosevelt evidently thinks so, or he would not ap propriate Colonel Bryan's wearing ap parel, his political assets and his-parts of speech. The Courier-Journal's objection to Colonel Bryan turned mainly upon the point that he was a dreamer. He prom ised both the people and himself too much. Hie voluble simplicity and inno cent transparency subjected him to every manner of misconception and mis representation. He was a moral phil osopher rather than a statesman. He was a captivating pleader; not a man of affairs. Had Colonel Bryan been elected President he could have achieved few, if any of the Idealisms to which he had committed his party and himself with such spontaneous and confident belief. Things would have gone on measurably in, the accustomed way. The President of the United States Is neither a lawgiver nor a lord high exe cutioner; unless. Indeed, we decree that he be by taking Theodore Roose velt at his word and returning the Colonel of the Second Part to power, charged with the life work of uplifting private morals and beautifying the pub lic service. Casting the score and striking a bal ance, we do not believe the Colonel of the Second Part will fare any better than the Colonel of the First Part. Aa Hans Breltman observed, the people are not "a dam fool yet already." as was the saloonkeeper's wife who Joined the Good Templars. Most of them are pleased by the spectacular. Many of them like to be humbugged. Some are carried away by gush and gammon But when the crowds that gather so noisily about the lion-hunter of Africa disperse and go home, there will be found a residuum of good sense, of sober thinking, which will dispose of the one Colonel as they disposed of the other Colonel, who. In his day, was equally renowned and popular, and drew a. great and as enthusiastic! audi ences. That Is In point of fact the Im pression made upon Arthur Krock, the Courier - Journal's correspondent, who accompanied tne Kooseven parry serosa Indiana. In the case of Bryan the popular fear wag Imaginary. The Colonel of the First Part menaced nothing tne people need to hold sacred. In the character of a humanitarian he was ahead of time. In the character of a radical he was misjudged. He paid the forfeit ex acted by society of the agitator. The case of Roosevelt is far more serious. Yet. if the Colonel of the Second Part looks to reap the fruitage denied the Colonel of the First Part, he will. In our opinion, find himself equally dls- appoincea. With every footstep Colonel Roose velt's record In office stares nim in me .D. .nA riianntea hla rlarht of way. As an open and avowed candidate, his self seeking would be as obvious as Colonel Bryan's artleasness. The people would TV. turned Cnlonol Brvan down because we thought Mm a simpleton. and we will turn you aown dcchuso jou ... fn. .ImnUtnnr" The Colonel of the. Second Part made a mistake In putting all upon the hazard of the die in the coming New Tork election. There is every reason to v.n.. h. 'n-m lnia It. Tf ha does he is himself lost: because the lasue there is nothing except Rooseveitism, wnicn translated into plain English spells .li . ,.mi.m rhlh i In hnrntud and explained, can only mean life - tenure. absolutism ana arDiirary power. SPECIMENS OF BABOO ENGLISH. East Indian Stndents In a Straggle With Their Adopted ranarnaa. vnnir.'i "Thlnm Indian." The headmaster Is a man of- great anger the boys suiter so raucn irum Jn i .iiniihmtnt that no man can LUl V.l ... . ... f.nm erhonl without sheddlnfir his tears. Under him the school is changed to butchers shop. Dear She My wife has returned from Tour hospital cured. Provided males are allowed at your bungalow. I would like to do you the honor or presenting mvself there this afternoon. But l wi:i not try to repay you. Vengeance be- longeth unto God. xours nouceaDiy. Dear and Fair Madame I have muoh pleasure to Inform you that my dearly unfortunate wiie win do no longer un der your kind treatment, she having left this woria ior tne uuier on lae nierht of 27th ult. For your help in the matter I shall ever remain grateful. Yours reverently. The sub-postmaster report that last evening a mice come out from behind office door and after walking a little stammered and breathed Its last In the presence of sub-postmaster. As this la prognostlo ot plague, piease arrange. Bowerman's Fitness. Burns News. Jay Bowerman. candidate for Gover nor, has bad six years- training in tne state senate, one term as president of that body and for several months has been Acting Governor of the state, all of which gives him a knowledge of state affairs and an intimacy with the bus! ness of the office that will enable him to fit into the executive chair with ease and dignity. m A Mean Fling. . Irrlgon Irrigator. It Is now reported that Seattle is to have a building. 41 stories high, but we believe that is one of the SI varieties of "stories." commonly called lies, period Ically emanating from that town. They had better fill up a tew hundred of the thousands of vacant oince rooms, oeiore starting any other skyscrapers. Kothlng Different. Loulavllle Courier-JoTimaX Sams old speeches, same old booms; Buns old tiresome hunt for rooms. Earns old weeds that bend and nod; ame old pesky goldearod. Bame old oysters, same old quail; Earns old bills by every mall. Same old freckles, same old tin; Same old padded moving van. name eld asters In tba mall: i aaiae old eider, same aid fall. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM MEASURES Woman's "Taxparlng" Snffrnsje Amendment Is a Misnomer, for It Will Confer Ballot on Ail Adult Female Personn Result of Investigation by Ladles' Home Journal In States Where There Is Suffrage for Both Sexes. ARTICLE NO. 8. 1 women uutpayma -l" ' ' " ,J . , a-rantine to taxpayera regardless o sex, tne riant oi uttrtun. S00 Yes. 1M1 No. Tt la nnrlnnbtadlv unsafe to SSSUmO that the woman's suffrage amendment to the constitution enfranchises only women who are taxpayers. The amend ment as submitted contains uuwuci .. - .j ni " if nrnvMiia that every citizen of the United States, of the age of 21 years and upwaras ano who u." have resided in tne 6tate aunuis ujo o. . . v. on .laMInn shall be luuuma v"..p - entitled to vote. A slmlar provision applies to roreign-Dorn ijoi auu. " " have declared their Intention to become citizens . one year preceding such elec tion. The only reference to taxpayers is i . i. i.B, . im tniia mhfoh exnresslv 111 UIQ 1 " L ij.. r provides that no citizen who is not a taxpayer shall be aeniea tne njui i vote on account of sex. Inasmuch as the preceding woras oi the amendment grant the right to vote to all citizens, and women are citizens, the last sentence of the measure is surplusage. This feature is pointed out in the ar- ...ntln. Oo amendment as published in the official pamphlet The sole question men is auau have the full right to vote in Oregon'" im..u ... fnnf etntaa In tha TTnion j. uoi a w .uu m.. in which women have held this for a ,, tw, .. ..an Wvnmfnr. Utah. Colorado and Idaho. The right to vote was granted in each state in mo uiu 1 T. H'. I . r tz..mon have had it 41 years and Idaho women 14 years. . . . ; i . It may naturally De consiumcu euui. policy, before adopting woman's suf frage In Oregon, to look to these four states for results. Statements on each side of the woman's suffrage question as a rule are largely argumentative; but an exception to this rule is found In the issue of November 1 of the Ladies Home Journal. The Ladles Home Journal is recognized as the hlgnesi type oi woman s iimea-imG un voted to the Interests of women that is nnhliaherl Prom nOllcv it is 0DP0S9d tO woman's suffrage; but recently It com missioned Kicnara narry to so 10 ..... ..a.oo Ti-iiorn vtroman vota and as certain what the women there had actually accomplished in tne matter or reiormo promised by the advocates of "votes for women." The Journal announces that it stood ready and prepared to print the results o Mr. Barry's lnves . i . i m.,t-.. whl.h .Ida tha In- l,UllU.o, V " vestlgation. favored, and that it be lieves the actual trutn irora me aciun authoritative reoords of the lour states has been presented. aaa rrifi .rnrasicAil. "Mr. Rarrv found that women in the four states named had failed to accomplish the four re sults generally promised by the lead ers of women's suffrage movements. These promised results include "higher wages and oetier nours iur wuiwus women; great reforms in child, labor laws; a decided decrease .In divorce ...I... I..,.,. morflacA ln.ws nnd a OOSl- tive regulation of the eocial evil." In presenting an argument In favor of the constitutional amendment the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Associa tion has made none of these promises unless tlie first two of those enumerat ed are to be construed from the para graph In which It Us declared that "a ji,fF.ii.i1iAfi nniin hrnncht necessarily into ruinous competition with an en- rrancmsea ciass, createn uciiiuittnw- . 1 .. ; l- e anrl wnrlcft F; Tl ' f ' i .'il hardship upon all men and 'women who toll tor a iiv-eiinooa, uius etuuiug ever increasing menace to the sta bility of the home." If. T.p.r'a o,tlilA enfl 0 OllltO fixteil. mi. j . j , ..-. r. -i sively into a comparison of child-labor laws ana laws tor ine dbiwiiuchi v. working women in the four woman's suffrage states with similar laws In force In other states. He found that "Wyoming and Utah, where women vote, prohibit the em ployment of chlldretf in mines only, while the States of Nebraska, Oregon, New Tork, Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as several others, where men only vote, prohibit the working of children under 14 years of age in 12 specified employments durfng school hours. . . . Montana, where men only vote, and which is as free from factories as Wyoming. Utah or Idaho, all thre states where women vote, has a con stitutional amendment prohibiting the working of all children under 16 years of age." aaa A remarkable picture of one result of women participating in general elec tions Is contained in the following paragraph dealing with child labor laws, from Mr. Barry's article: While I was In Denver, one of the news papers undertook the expose of a revolting; child-labor condition near the city. As it was the paper of the party out of power and as an election was In progress, the opposition papers and every man In office pooh-poohed the expose. Nothing came of It. Nor did the voting women of Denver even investi gate whether It were true or not that children were being overworked and abused In the outskirts of their own city. I sought the reason for this and found, for example, that the most prominent political women's organization of Denver waa absorbed In a factional light. In Feburary, when knowl edge of the condition of the abuse of child labor nrat became public, this women's pollUcal organization held a meeting at which the members fought with fists. Women, who wore false haJr lost It. and ona woman lost a handful of real hair. Their debate was not over the outrages committed on children In their state, it concerned the choice of one of their number for Indorse ment to an unimportant office. In May, when I was there and the employment of children in factories was more widely dis cussed, this same woman's political organ ization waa absorbed In a more desperate fight: one faction was striving to have the treasurer arrested for refusing to distribute the funds of the organization as this minor faction desired. aaa Furthermore, Mr. Barry asserts, the mere statement of the child or parent is accepted as proof of age in each of the four states, whereas 19 other states require documentary proof. In not one of the four woman's suffrage states Is there a law limiting the hours of wom en's employment, yet 20 other states where men only vote, have such en actments. Three Btates have laws pro hibiting night work by women. Neither Wyoming, Colorado, Utah nor Idaho haa such a law. Mr Barry found that cashglrU and salesgirls In Salt Lake and Denver re ceive exactly the same wages as girls similarly employed. In Chicago and that it costs more to live In Salt Lake and Denver than it does in Chicago. He found that in Denver girl stenogra phers just out of school could be had In plenty for $5 and J6 a week, whereas the greeneat boy received 7.60. Women domestics received. In the two large cities in Utah and Colorado, $18 to $2o per month, whereas the Japanese "boy" received $25 to $40. In none of the four states could he find a woman real es tate operator or promoter, a woman in the exeoutlve ' management of a cor poration or a woman bank cashier. Salaries and sex proportion in teaching vocations were found to be exactly like those in the East. He found eight women attorneys in Denver and quotes the leader of them as saying that wom an's political enfranchisement had been hindrance rather than a help to her end that it does not aid Industrial equality. a a A to the social evil Mr. Barry quotes Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, National President of the Florence Crittenton Home for Wayward Girls as declaring: "In all the 78 Florenoe Crittenton home, in the United States I never saw such a collection, of young, Innocent girls of the better das aa there are in the Denver homes. There are 63 girls there, most of them still In their 'teens. The number of illegitimate births among young girls Is Increasing at an alarming rate. So-called "free love' is also alarmingly on the in crease." On the authority of the Chiefs of Police In Denver and Salt Lake, Mr. Barry asserts that prostitution is large ly on the increase in Utah and Colo rado. Salt Lake City has the only "stockade" in America. This consists of a walled space in the center of the city where the social evil has police pro tection. Mr. Barry also publishes statistics showing that divorce is laregly on the Increase in Wyoming-. Utah, Colorado and Idaho. He found that, with the exception that each state requires a yeas's residence, the divorce laws are as lax as in notorious Nevada and South Dakota. Denver newspapers con stantly carry advertisements of divorce attorneys. a As to uplift and purification of poli tics, here is Mr. Barry's statement as published In the Ladles Home Journal: I was In Denver at the time of tha last election, and had, therefore, & first-hand op portunity to study the question of woman'! honesty in politics. I saw scores of women accept money for the election held in Den ver on May 17, 1010. An incalculable amount of money was spent on that day. In my own very restricted sphere 1 saw about $17,000 paid out to women in live, ten and twenty dollar lota Two issues were before tha people. First, tha temperance question; should tha town be wet or dry? Second, the water franchise question; should the city own its own water plant or let a corporation have ltT On the. temperance question every ona of age oould vote and the ballots were about half male and half female. On the fran chise only taxpayers could vote and the ballots were about two-thirds mala and one third female. The great bulk of the money was spent by the saloonkeepers to keep tha town wet, and by the corporation to get the franchise. 'The corporation, though it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, oould not purchaao the male electorate. Municipal ownership won by a comfortable majority. But on the temperance question the vote was: For the drjs. 17.2S7; for the i 83.101; the wets- majority, 15.9M. With: the votes halt female and half male tha saloonkeepers won almost two to one. For two weeks before that election the women and children of the working classes paraded the streets making strenuous ap peals for a "dry" town. Three nights beoia the election the Auditorium held 8000 peo ple, largely women, fighting desperately for temperance. That same day I sat In the office of tha campaign manager of tha "wets" and saw . stream of "political" women pasts in and out. Kach woman took with her a ten-dollar note and Instructions how to work her precinct. There were 211 precincts and four womon workers to each precinct. The night befora election each of them got another $10; tha committee-women $25 and the chairwomen $75 apiece. It has been possible to give only a partial review of Mr. Barry's article. It is an extended report on conditions as he found them in the four states where women vote, but In his report not a single improvement in moral, civic or labor condlt'ons is mentioned as having been brought about through ' the enfranchisement of women. On the contrary he has found much to be con demned. Inasmuch as the report of his Investigations treats the question from the standpoint of ex'sting condition, and not theories, it should prove a val uable guidance to the voters of Oregon in the coming flection. Because of the recognized standard of the Journal in which it appears The Oregonlan is ready to accept the article as a fair statement of what women have actually done in the four states in which they vote. Woman suffragre has been defeated four times at the polls In Oregon. WORLD'S VAST COAIi SUPPLY Vo Need of Tying; it Up for Sake of "Conservation. Tacoma Ledger. Now they have discovered largo cnal beds In Chile. The other day great dis coveries were reported In Brazil. In the last" few months China has been sending coal to the Pacific Coast of the United States. China Is rich in coal and al though it la a very old nation little coal has ever been used. The people used wood and grass for fuel. New coal dis coveries are being made In Alaska a3 agents of the United States Geological Survey and prospectors penetrate new districts. Here in Washington more of this fuel is being found every year. Extremists in the conservation move ment used to tell the country that tha coal supply was rapidly being exhausted and It was Intimated that the second or third generation from the present might freeze to death or suffer terrible in convenience. This fright was employed in support of a policy of "tying up" the coal mines. Not much Is heard today about the dire prospect of early exhaustion of th coal supply. It appears that the more the United States Geological Survey In vestigates the more coal it finds. What is true in the United States Is true to some extent in other countries. Nobody knows how much coal there Is In China, though it is known the quantity Is im mense. Nobody knows how much there Is in the United States or Alaska. The estimates of the supply for this year may be less than the estimate will be for next. The earth Is aa yet but slightly Investigated. It contains treas ures of which no man has ever yet dreamed.. It is not Improbable that earth and air will afford fuels superior to coal, gas, electricity or wood. And It may be that mankind of the future will have less need of fire than we -have today. Certainly we should not waste coal simply because there Is a large supply in the earth. Neither should we waste timber. Still It is wise to take into consideration the discovery and em ployment of new building materials and the probable discovery of new and more economic fuels. It Is indefensible to compel residents of Alaska to buy high-priced coal Im ported from British Columbia or Washing-ton when mines are near by with an enormous supply of the fuel. The pres ent generation deserves " fair considera tion, though it should not be permitted to waste natural resources. An Kxplanatlon. Prairie City Miner. -If the public could be placed in the position of an editor of a newspaper, there would be a better understanding of the man who gets up the copy. Some people are wondering il) wo worked out a grudge last week when we neglected to mention some very deserving persons. The paper Is run irrespective of any personal feeling and if any one does not get his or her dues it is from some other cause. The trouble last week was merely an oversight. We have reference to the programme given at the hall by the Episcopal people and their friends. Pointed Paragraphs. Chicago News. Beauty unadorned is barely tolerated. Frowns are free, but a smile costs 15 cents. Some tnen are born great then they begin to shrink. Not all gushing letters are written with fountain pens. Words are the making of wise men and the unmaking of fools. It isn't the depth of love that counts so much as the length. Some people seem to think that he who laughs loudest laughs best. How Important a woman feels the first time she takes her baby to church,!