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THE MORNING OREGONIAN,' MONDAY, MAY 29, 1911. rotrrt-AND. oaveoox. X -, -r--l at Fwetrand. Oragoa. Fastefflee aa fWor-i-.';. Va'trr. auMcrlpuoa .ataa toTarlahlr la ainxa (BY MAIL) Datir. fvi4r tnenmad. cma year. . . " I-ailr. Sjodajr lnelud-4. rnanthe. .... 4 1$ 1 a:ir. Sunday ln-lu'd, thrae moaiaa... 3- X'allr. Suntar Inrlud-.!. ana mostk .J X:r. ):but !talftir. tfi yar. ....... - 0 J aj. r. wlr&out S-iad-ir. a a moatrte. ..... 1 -S X'ftiir. wtt&eut Sun!ar. tbrae months.... 1-71 1-ai.r. wlttout Sunday, aaa monta. ...... Wa!r. ORa yaar. .............. ....... 13 iio4i. eo )Mr X fcuaajr Bad neaBly, ana ar. ......... S.M BT CARRIER) rnr?r. aaaaT In-roTtd, atia ytar Xllr. Sunday Included, aaa moaca..... .T3 Haw ! a-asaM aad poatemca motar aeaw. axpraaa ardar ar paraocai cheek aa yoar face: bank. 3:ampa, coin ar ettrTmcy ar at tna ao4r'a r.aa. la paatoft'.ca BJirara la full. ln.:lud.aa count? Bad stala. treataaa Rale, la 11 14 eaaa. t cant: 14 t I pace. 2 cwata; SO ta 4 paaaa. Z cents: o fa a, 94a. 4 ceata. foreiaa auatase dJuM rata. IiMi ill Baalaeaa OftWa Terra at Corik lla a Vrk. riranaaic. biuldiaa. Cal ces'', at-fr bui:d;nc. ruBTLAD. MONDAY. MAY . 111- TtBMNO OS THE IJOHY. When that picturesque plunger. John W. ;atrs. In the celebrated Louisville at .Nashville deal a few years ago. succeeded in detaching a few millions from the Morgan bank roll, Mr. Morgan In the ensuing suits lest.fied that his reason for wishing to get Mr. Gates out of the road was because ho rvgardedahirn aa "a dan gerous man." Viewed from the Mor gan standpoint, the testimony of the famous plunger before the House rommlttro which is investigating the steel trust has certainly warrant ed the Morgan opinion that bo Is "a dangerous man". for Morgan and his aMie. Mr. Hate is too much of a gambler and a stock Juggler to merit much praise for anything he does, but the cauxe of tariff reform certainly owes htm something for his sensation al testimony at Washington Friday and Saturday. Mr Gates did not go far enough Into .1. tall to glvr the public a very good estimate f the amount of "mater un a hu h tho trust has born earning i:lvi lends. He did. however. discJose the colossal nature of the fraud that La (rarticed on the American people undT the guise of a protective tariff on steel when he staled that Andrew Curm-tate wxs paid $320,000,000 for 3 lau.uu4.00O worth of property turned In to the steel trust when It was or ganized. The "water" which was represented by the 11(0.000.000 paid 'nnr(ir, over and above what his tarl properties! were worth, was gen erally reported to be leas than one third of the total amount that was Injected into the stock of the billion !. ar trust, and for ten years the consumers have been paying extrav agant dividends on this watered stock as well as on the actual value of the properties Involved. The testimony of Plunger Gates be fore the liouiie committee was won derful tale of modern magic. None of the fabled magicians of the Arabian Knights evrr coined more millions eut of nothing In as brief a prrlod as was iwvcssary for Carnegie. Morgan, Gatrs and the other financial high wamrn to transform about 1500.000. C iO worth of atmosphere Into dividend-paying steel stock. That por tion of the (Jutes testimony which rr lAtea tn watering the stock on such a colossal scale. while sensational In the extreme, has not brrn a secret In mnd: financial dtotrtct of the country, and among the consumers It was fair ly well understood that the exorbi tant price of steel und steel products was largely due to the desire of the trust to earn prorlia on property that existed only In the shapo of hand somely engraved stock certificates. Plunger Gate., however. In his tes timony threw a great light on another feature of the steel trado that has al ways puzzled the small consumers aa wetl as others not directly Interested In the bu'tnes.a. The railroads have always been about the heaviest con sumers of steel and steel products and as such might nnturally be expected to make a tlicht for lower prices. This ru-ht. except In a mild and Inoffrnslvo sort of a manner, has never been made. While the rvason has been sus pected it has never been given in as plain language as that used by Mr. Gatra. who. In telling of the inception of the stevl trust, said: "In 139 or 100 Mr. Morgan organized the Na tional Tube Company and was making money. Mr. Carnegie then took it In to his head to build a railroad from Lake Erie around his plants and also to erect a tube works at Ashtabula. Ohio. Mr. Morgan heard of it and consulted with J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern. Mr. Morgan expressed fi-ars that If Carnegie went Into the railroad business ho would demoral ize the rail situation, as he had the teel business, and if he built a tube mill he w ould demoralize steel prices. It was to prevent this alleged "de moralization" f the railroad business that Mr. Carnegie was bought oft for SlO.ttOt).O04 more than hia holdings were actually worth and the opportun ity iemtt so good that the other or ganizers of the steel trust pumped In something over SIOO.OOO.OCO addition al In water in order to make the trust m billion dollar affair. Summarized, the testimony of Mr. Gates indicates that Mr. Morgan, owner of railroads with liberal applications of water, perfected the s:eel trust and secured virtual control of It In order that the a:eet makers would not engage in railroading. This accomplished. Mr. Morgan, the steel rail maker, natural- would not bo inclined to sell Mr. Morgan, the railroad man. steel rails at anything lea than "all that the traffic woulj bear." To aid In the maintenance of this fancy fUure. the protective tariff has -ftvesarl'y been continued despite the j rote-ts ef the rmall consumers of steel products who are not in fvar of railroad buiMing competition. No stronger argument in favor of the re moval of the tariff on steel and steel products has ever been offered than the Gates story of the organization of the steel trust. Before the WlUon Democrats and tho Harmon Democrats begin shed ding blood over who shall be the head and who shall bo the tall of the Dem ocratic Presidential ticket, it might bo well to consider other Candida tea. In view of the numerous defeats suf fered by the Democrats It Is but nat vral that one of tho qualifications of the can. lldateshould be that of a "good '1 aer." In ra-:lrg about for a stand ard bearer possessing this qualifica tion, there ta one Illustrious name w hlrh. like that of Abou Ben. leads all tho rest." Past performances how that in staying qualities as a candidate before election, and after election. Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, is without a peer. And if our Demo cratic friends believe that they can pull off a Presidential election with out the aid and consent of Mr. Bryan as a candidate, let them wait a few months and then realize the error they have made. CANADA BUYS Aw ERIC. IX 1XHBER. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, a Canadian corporation which is en gaged In the upbuilding of that vast country lying along the northern boundary of the United States, is-taking an unfair advantage of our ram pant protectionists who are Bghting Canadian reciprocity. For weeks these protectionists have been paint ing vivid pictures of tho destruction of American lumber Industries to coma as soon as Canadian lumber Is ad mitted Into this country free of duty. Naturally the only possible condition that would permit Canadian lumber to displace American lumber In our markers would be that of lower prices. The theory that prices in Canada are lower than in the United States re ceives a rude shock in a transaction reported from Seattle yesterday. The Grand Trunk Pacific has Just placed with the Port Blakely Mill Company an order for 8.000.000 feet of fir lumber. This, according to the Post Intelligencer, is "the largest In dividual order ever placed with' one firm in the Puget Pound district." and it has been distributed among four prominent Seattle manufacturers. Si multaneously with the receipt of this order, the Port Blakely Company booked an order for 1.000.000 feet of lumber for use on the Copper River 4k Northwestern Railroad In Aldska. Tho British Columbia mills are much nearer Alaska than the Puget Sound mills and if lumber were enough cheaper in British Columbia ac tually to demand the presence of the duty, the Alaskan business, like that of the American railroad, would have probably been captured by the Cana dians. That -the theory of the protection ists regarding the lumber trade has always been at variance swlth the facta has been repeatedly shown by transactions extending over many years. Hardly a month passes without one or more big tramp steamers com ing to Portland in ballast from a Ca nadian port to load lumber for the Orient. Australia or tho west coast of South America. Their coming here Is not because our protected lumber is higher priced than that of the Ca nadian ports from which they sail in ballast. ' TWO H:r CKORGE THEORlKd. By somewhat of a coincidence a lit tle pamphlet descriptive of the single tax plan designed for "Free Acres Vil lage" In New Jersey, has come to hand on the same day that we are priv ileged to read the bills proposed by the single tax organization for adop tion In Oregon and Multnomah Coun ty. "Free Acres" is a private enter prise. Raw land ts to bo leased by the owning association at an annual rent of 33 per plot of 10.000 feet. The rents are to be used to pay taxes levied by state or county and the re mainder for roads, water and other public Improvements. It seems that In Frre Acres the single taxers begin with a form of public ownership of land, then charge rent t pay community expenses and call their plan the Henry George the ory. In Oregon, where there is indi vidual ownership, single taxers pro pose a tax on land only, based on what Is termed the "community made" value, with all licenses and occupa tion taxes cancelled and Improvements and personal property exempted. This also is called the Henry George the ory. The "Free Acres pamphlet does not reveal whether community-mndo value Is to be considered In that ideal vil lage or not. We infer not. The man who ts farthest from the railway sta tion, the recreation grounds that are planned, or other centers of con venience, we suppose, will pay the same rent as those who are nearest them. It is acknowledged that there Is a mosquito community present but Its effect on rentals In not told. It Is conceivable that the Free Acres plan may work out successfully so long as agricultural pursuits and home building prevail throughout the vil lage to equal extent In each tract. But suppose a factory could gain a foothold on one tract. It would call for larger police supervision, more adequate Ore protection, would prob ably lessen tho life of the highways and cost tho community more money In a dozen different ways than would one tract devoted to homes and gar den plots. Would not the lessees of the home sites and garden plots ob ject if the factory paid only the same ground rent or tax they did? Every tract In Free Acres might ba as available for and as adaptable to factory purposes as the one so utilized. The community-made value might come from Jersey City or New York, many miles away. Free Acres could of course recognize this community made value but single tax theories curried out consistently would still leave the home-builders and agricul turists to pay the added cost of vil lage expenditures. It must be reas oned that all should have established factories Instead of built homes or tilled the soIL Land should be de voted to Its fullest use. they Inform us. The home-builder's tract there fore would have an unimproved value equivalent to the community-made or labor value of the factor)' tract. All would be taxed the same amount in rents. But probably Free Acres will not admit factories. Portland already has its factories. Its warehouses and Industries. These create a greater proportion of the municipal expenditures than do the homes erected ot tracts of equal area. The single tutcrs tell us the factories should be exempt. They rec ognize no such thing as community made value In personal property. The laundry, the Ice factory and similar Institutions that can transact business on cheap land In the city's outskirts and pile up profits by serving the dis tant community create little or no land value by their presence. In some communities their presence retards It. The community-made or labor value Is all In their buildings, machinery, delivery convenience and "good will." yet they are to bo taxed only for the land they occupy. Tho transfer com pany and the tax lea b concerns, whose life and profits depend upon the pub lic favor and do not add to land values, and the autoist. are all to b exempt. Yet each contributes to the wear on community-owned pavements far otK of proportion to their numer ical Importance. Tho saloons are to bo conducted without license. Hawk ers may pursue their calling on the public stroets without tax or fee and compete with the extabliahed mer chant Who will pay taxes Indirectly through hia rental. Pretty plan, isn't It? Single tax. If It fits anywhere, fits an agricultural community only and then only a district where years of toll and effort and expenditures of large sums are not required for slash ing and clearing. Free Acres, start ing with virtually community owner ship, with limitations placed on the area of lease-holds, with improve ments restricted to home-bulldlng and truck gardening, may provide a small socialistic Utopia. Portland will probably be content to continue to Im pose the greatest burden Of taxes on those best able to pay and for whose benefit the bulk of public revenues Is expanded. -At NT CHLOE- TO THE FORK. The annual "clarln'-up time" Is upon the city. Back alleys, kitchen door yards, basements, market places, gutters, streetsall are under Inspec tion, and many are under interdiction by a band of housewifely women who thoroughly understand tho necessity of Spring clearing (when cleaning is put off until Spring), and are quite competent to direct It. Old-fashioned house cleaning, con sisting of a "clarln'-up spell" similar to that described in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," in tho kitchen presided over by Aunt Chloe. is said to be obsolete in well-ordered households. That Is to say, in all such households, every day ts cleaning day to an extent that leaves no chance for an accumulation of rub bish and dirt that make a general go ing over of the entire house once a year necessary, the only alternative being to move out. We hope this is true, since it would, in that case, mean the elimination, to many mlmls. of one of the chief drawbacks of civilization. It Is clear, however. fjom the stir now being made by housewifely wo men, looking to the clearing up of the city. In order that It may be made pre sentable to the" throng of visitors ex pected a week hence, that public house-cleaning Is still confined to Spring; that It Is an annual function In which confusion worse confounded reigns. For the necessity that finds expression and excuse In this annual outcry and turmoil, careless house maids, easy-going housewives. Incom petent street Inspectors, health offi cers who do their work chiefly at their desks, slovenly marketmen and con scienceless vendors of perishable ar ticles of food, are-Jointly and severally responsible. It is not only desirable. In order that the city may present a respectable ap pearance, but necessary to the public health, that the order embodied In the words "clean up." be promptly and fully obeyed. It is. to be sure, some thing or a disgrace, from the viewpoint of the modern housekeeper, that it Is found to bo necessary to issue this or der when, or because, we are "expect ing company": but it would be much , more disgraceful to longer ignore con ditions that make this order neces sary. Hence we may hope that it will send "Aunt Chloe" abroad In multitude with scrub, broom, shovel, rake, garb, age cart, scavengers' tongs and plenty of water wherewith to execute the or der for the annual "clarln up." AT CROSS PI RPOHES. No measure presented to the voters of Oregon or Portland under the free and easy plan of Initiative and refer endum can safely be accepted as standing on Its own bottom. Two or more Individuals or groups working toward separate and distinct ends may draft measures which, when con strued together, may reveal a crossing of lines and a possible blockade. Such condition was discovered among the measures presented to the state at large In November. It apparently exists among those to be presented to the Portland voters June S; at least serious doubt is created as to their desirability doubt which the voters have ' no ready means at hand of relieving. Mr. Riesland and others have pre sented a local public service commis sion law; Mr. Kellaher and others have Invoked the referendum in the vacation of Oregon and Adams streets for the Harriman steel bridge foundations; Mr. Ziegler has offered a charter amendment prohibiting the selling, vacating, and, according to competent legal construction, the leas ing of water front street or streets leading to railroad depots and ter minals. The brief outline of the pur poses of the three measures reveals nothing that may be considered vi tally conflicting, yet if all are success ful, what becomes of the steel bridge? Could the' city under the Ziegler measure grant any right whatever to the Harriman lines to block the ends of Adams and Oregon streets with bridge foundations after the vacation has been revoked by the Kellaher ref erendum? Not If they "interfere with full access to the public" to the uses of "travel, transportation or distribu tion." Would the steel bridge piers Interfere with the public use of Ore gon and Adams streets? Probably In theory, not In practice, for the street ends are so located that the public now has no real use for them. Lawyers for the Harriman interests. It Is understood, assert that even if the referendum carries the vacation of the streets will stand, and there arc some lower court decisions that seem to authorize this contention. At best, success of both referendum and Zieg ler measures means prolonged litiga tion. On top of this comes the Riesland public utilities bill declaring null and void within ninety days all permits, franchises or privileges that have been granted by the city and are re vocable at Its option. How many such permits are there? A dozen or a thousand? Does the ordinary voter know? The list may include permits for water or sewer pipes laid beneath streets, warehouse and manufactur ing plant permits, transmission line permits and many other kinds. The Riesland bill provides for renewals of privileges thus canceled if the public service commission approves. The Ziegler bill denies renewals if they are for structures interfering with the full public use of streets leading to the water front or railway terminals. If both measures carry and the Zieg ler bill receives tlje highest affirma tive rota It will prevail In this partic ular. Ar there any manufacturing plants on the water front or near the railroads that will be put out of busi ness or seriously hampered In opera Urn by the approval of both meas ures? Does the ordinary voter know? If he doesn't know, how can he find out? These three measures have other features Just as bad as their tendency to "work at cross purposes. The. rebuilding- of the steel bridge and the Interference with the business of existing- manufacturing plants are not alone at stake. If Portland voters de- more than one block shall be located f within 1000 feet of a railway terminal or 2000 feet of the river; or if they desire that the entrance of -the Mil waukee and other new transcontinen tal railways shall be subject to will of the Northern Pacific Terminal Company, the adoption of the Ziegler measure is an effective way of bring ing about that situation. If the voters prefer an Ineffective public service commission one that will have no Jurisdiction over -plants, or transmission lines outside the city, but which may lead Into the city the creation of the Riesland commis sion will give them Just that thing. It will give them a commission that will not have sufficient scope of Juris diction to correct the evils of exces sive rates and inferior service. It will give them a board unlimited in the amount of its expenditures, one em powered to pay the City Attorney an unlimited additional salary a com mission that will undoubtedly be su perseded In eighteen months by a more effective state commission cost ing the voters or Portland "much less money than a local commission. The success of the Riesland measure means the throwing away of from $40,000 to 150,000 in the next year and one-half. The growth and welfare of the city are at stake. These three measures should be defeated. THE END OF DIAZ. History relates that "when Xapc leon. fleeing from Moscow In advance of the remnant of his army, arrived In Warsaw, he went to a hotel, and, the day being bitterly cold, called for a fire in his room. A Polish girl tried again and again, but the fire would not burn. The Emperor, already chilled by a long ride in the Russian Winter, sat with his great-coat tightly buttoned, shivered, thought of the splendor of his palace and the wreck of his greatness, then of himself shivering while he watched a stupid Polish girl's abortive attempts to start a fire and exclaimed aloud: "From the sublime to the ridiculous Is but a step." Even so with Diaz. Liberator of his country from the dominion of Maximilian and the French, triumph ant leader of the Liberal party, un disputed ruler for over 30 years, hon ored as a monarch the world over, the creator of his country's greatness by the construction of railroads and the development of Industry, he found himself secretly leaving his palace and country, his nerves racked by a rag ing toothache, while his ears were filled with the shouts: "Viva Madero!" Diaz made the mistake of almost all strong men who rise to positions of great power. He did not realize that the time would come when age would force him to step aside. He did not surround himself with younger men and train them up to carry on the work as he would have It car ried on. The members of his Cabi net were all old men until he changed them too late to stay the storm of rebellion. Even among them . he would not brook ambition to be his successor. Corral and Creel have been talked of for the presidency, but the talk was snuffed out. When Reyes threatened to become a dan gerous rival he was practically made a prisoner In his mountain retreat and finally exiled to Europe on a pre tended mission. His successive re elections were shams. When Madero became his rival Dial failed to per ceive that the people were no longer In the humor to put up with shams: he imprisoned Madero and forced his own officials to go through the mo tions of electing him. . But the people demanded that the oligarchy of which Diaz is the head should pass away, that the elections should be a reality, that their rulers should be men of their choice and that the whole population, even to the despised peons, should have, enough education to fit them to exercise the franchise. Madero has ridden in on this progressive wave. It remains to be seen whether Madero. who is the real power behind the provisional president, can rule this restless nation which has Just broken the bonds of a long-enforced peace. Events of the past few days do not portend early security in Mexico for peaceful avocations. What poor specimens of man sometimes turn up! At a local hotel the other night one turned on the gas and was found dead next morning with $18 in his pocket. He was about 30 years old at'that. Yet to many a young man 118 would be big capital, with which he could do much. . Possession of great wealth antagon izes connubial serenity. Now the Drexels are about to air their matri monial troubles. The hope of the Nation yet lies, as It always has lived. In respect by the poor of laws of God and man. Senator Jones put one over the Oregon delegation Saturday In asking the President to live on Puget Sound during the heated term. It is not too late to remind him of the links at Portland. Kentucky has seen Its last legal hanging and condemned people will be electrocuted. The lynching style of fire and gun will continue, how ever, as occasion may arise. Secretary Fisher proposes to act in the Alaska coal affair, but Just sup pose for a moment his predecessor had made such announcement. What a howl would1 go up! The Baker County woman had the proper Idea In loading a shotgun with rock salt for a neighbor who was too "fresh." but the act put her In Jail, nevertheless. It Is a truth borne out by results since this Nation became , such that no candidate gains or thrives on abuse of an opponent. The Seattle lawyer who asserts he married a widow much his senior un der fear and duress Is working a tech nicality overtime It is rather early In the game to ask an Ohio man to take second place on the Democratic ticket. Additional registration of 4494 vot ers means a real awakening In politi cal life of this city. SIMON'S RECORD SHOWS HIM FIT. William Held Telia of 37 Yean of Ob servation of Candidate. PORTLAND. May i7. (To the Ed itor.) In voting for Mayor Simon's re election Portland must educate, not its voters of 1901 (17.000 persons), but its new voters 37.00O) in 1911. since located here, upon the character and experience of the various candidates for Mayor ship. With my 37 years' residence in Portland and knowledge of all Mayors since 1874 elected here, permit me to say disinterestedly that not one of the candidates now possesses (today) the experience Mayor Simon has acquired. Let me explain why. I was the organizer as well as the builder of 197 miles of railway into Portland (there today) .and of other in vestments since 1S74 of $5,000,000 of foreign capital. I became secretary of the Portland Board of Trade for six years and Commissioner of State Immi gration in conjunction with the presi dents of the banks of Ladd & TUton and First National Bank of Portland, and the County Commissioners, our only object being development of this city. Mayor Simon became Councilman In 1877. was re-elected for two terms more and In 188s and 18S9 he became Police Commissioner. I never would accept, although a Republican, any city political position, but my three separate editions republished In ten years for the Philadelphia and Paris expositions, entitled "Progress of Portland." and my personal experience since Mayor Simon became United States Senator all to this day demonstrate to me he is the Ideal candidate for re-election as Mayor as against Mr. Rushlight, an untried and inexperienced man, no matter whether the voters of this city adopt the commission plan of govern ment for Portland's affairs, which Major Simon so strongly recommends. I may be wrong, but after 37 years in this city, and seeing how it has been mismanaged In the past, I feel con vinced the commission plan is our only salvation in the future. WILLIAM REID. SPENDING OF HARRIMAN MILLIONS Writer Believes Tntveraity Will Not Benefit Common People. PORTLAND. May 27. (To the Ed itor.) A dispatch from New York States that Mrs. E. H. Harriman. America's richest woman, is to be the founder of a great university In the West, located probably somewhere in Southern California. This raises the question of the wisdom of these im mense bequests in founding universi ties or Institutions of higher education. The Harriman millions were accumu lated from the earnings of the common people of the country, and would It not be wiser and better for the good lady to expend these millions in some scheme that would benefit these com mon people directly? It is questionable whether higher education helps any man to make a living, and the living problem la the ever present and Important problem with every man. The most of the suc cessful men of today, success being measured by the ability to make a liv Ing. have not university education. The education one receives from the public schools and the higher school annex is sufficient for citizenship and success. Those who are adapted to receiving a university education and who would re ceive benefit therefrom can always find the means to pay for such educa tion and build up such Institutions. Now, wouldn't It be better for the kind and charitable lady to devote the ten or twenty millions that she will glvo to found this great university to some great enterprise looking to the reclamation of the thousands of acres of arid land in the United States, and to people this land with home-loving farmers upon some eystetn of long and easy payments? There are too many over-educated people In the world today. An educat ed fool is the least able of any kind of fool to make a living In this world, and It Is a sure shot, if a person in this world is unable to make a good living for himself or herself, that he or she is living off of somebody ekie. S. T. JEFFREYS. Varmint Destroy Game. ASHLAND. Or., May 2. (To the Ed itor.) My article in The Oregonian of May 21 on gRme parks in forest re serves has Brought a lot of corre spondence, all of a favorable nature. I would like to see more discussion on this subject that will lead to legisla tion that will make the plan a reality. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 3330, "Deer Farming in the United States," is In teresting, and everyone Interested in the subject should be urged to send for It to the Agricultural Department, Washington. D. C. Last Winter over 30.000 elk perished of starvation in Wyoming and Montana on account of their former range be ing overstocked by sheep. Had the elk been a commercial animal instead of Just a game animal, they would have been taken care of. The time has come for a change in policy regarding game animals if their extinction is to be avoided: our old and useless game laws will have to be brought up to date to accomplish any material results. The reason why the Otzinachson Rod and Gun Club Park in Pennsylvania beat all previous records for increase of deer was principally due to the extermination of the wild cats in the park. Wild cats are very destructive to the young fawns. Wild cats and cougars destroy many more deer in the West than the hunters do. A cougar kills an average of a deer a week dur ing Its life. I know of 15 cougars be ing killed In the neighborhood of Glendale. Or., this last Winter. A good cougar dog ie worth from $200 up, and there are but few of them In Oregon. A hunter may travel hundreds of miles through our forests and not see a cougar, while a good dog trained not to follow deer but to tree cougar, will tree one or more in a day on an aver age. These varmints will be exter minated in game parks and the game animals given every show to increase. N. F. THRONE. Ditch Rights of Way. MOUNT HOOD. May 20. (To the Ed itor.) A has 80 acres and B -has 20 acres adjoininge B and others .want to force a right of way for a ditch through A's place, but A objects un less B will give him a right of way for drainage, as otherwise he will have to dig a ditch 20 rods long and five feet deep without allowing for fall. Unless ditch has good fall it fills up. Can A force B to give him a right of way for drainage? DRAINAGE. There is no way to force A to allow the ditch through his land, unless it is a public ditch, when a right of way may be condemned, or unless B pur chased his land from A with the Im plied understanding that a drainage right of way should go with it. White Gowas and Rosea for Gala Dress PORTLAND. May 27. (To the Ed itor.) After reading the. articles in The Oregonian regarding the Rose Fes tival gala costumes for ladles. I would like to suggest that the ladles and children wear white, and as many roses ae each may wish. Also, on ac count of the crowds, it -might be a very good idea for all ladies' headgear to be left at home a rose in the hair would be more becoming. This would be within the reach of everybody, more attractive to visitors and more pleasing to citizens who wish to keep our Rose Festival the "thing of beauty" it now is and a credit to the Rose City. SUBSCRIBER. MEASURE WOULD HAMPER GROWTH " Xo - Seat - No - Ride " Law Would Not Solve Traffic Problems. PORTLAND. May 28. (To the Ed itor.) As a taxpayer somewhat con cerr.edn all matters pertaining to the welfare and vital interest of our city. I have thought It proper to scan the various measures about to be voted upon at the coming election of June 5. There is one measure in particular which impresses one forcibly and. in sofar as it is calculated to do much harm, it necessarily should be criti cised. This measure is the proposed "ordinance by initiative petition," sup posed to regulate streetcar traffic, and commonly known as "No Seat, No Ride." .- . ' This measure is vicious In Intent. It does not serve any purpose and it makes confusion worse confounded by offering Impossible solution, thereby placing the real remedy at greater dis tance. It is Impossible to believe that the company, which has so many millions of dollars invested here, should be in different to the regulation of Its busi ness. The truth is that the problem of handling local passenger transpor tation in all great cities is very diffi cult and intricate and requires all the shrewdness and all mental acumen of our most intelligent men. The company should not be hampered in its task, but rather the people should extend to It a helping hand and assist It In overcoming difficulties with patience, forbearance and a degree of moderation. Instead of compelling the company to expend moneys for useless litigation in fighting such bills, allow the company to expend these moneys In extension of lines, betterment of equipment and for enlarging the serv ice. This is the policy for making our city attractive as a field of investment for the many strangers of surplus wealth, who, in making their invest ments, desire to have reasonable pro tection and safety. On the other hand, if we persist in making arbitrary rulings, obstructing the ordinary channels of business, the result of such a policy need not be il lustrated. Sufficient to say, that it will create nothing new, and have the tendency to stifle what there is. If the voter is keenly alive to his best Interest, let him vote 127 X, No. JULIUS HEILBRON. MEASURE BUILDS CHINESE. WALL Terminal Conunltteemaa Oppose Aatl Street Vacation Amendment. PORTLAND, May 26. (To the Ed itor.) Some time ago the writer was appointed on a committee known as the terminal committee of the Civic Im provement League. Nothing but preliminary- work has been done and we have been waiting for the more com plete plans of Architect Bennett. I understand that Dr. Wetherbee has these plans and is exhibiting them in the East. I would noy call attention particu larly to one of the initiative measures that Is to be voted upon at the coming election. It is an act to amend section 93 of the city charter, so as to prohibit the city from vacating any street or streets where the same are located within 2000 feet of any navigable water or within 1000 feet of any rail road depot or terminal. Initiative measures of this kind are very largely passed upon favorably by the people without realizing what good or harm they may do to the community at large. As a member of the terminal committee I can eee that with a law of this kind on the statute books we might as well quit having any more meetings or dis cussions, and the money and time we have spent Along the Bennett plans will have been thrown away. Not only will this law prevent the arranging for and erecting of proper teiminal facilities for the present city, to say nothing of the city that is to be, but I can see no hope of getting other railroads of any magnitude to come into our city: for there Is certainly no respectably-oized railroad but will re quire a terminal that must be larger than one of our little city blocks. Who got up an asinine amendment of this kind to the charter I do not know, but I have my suspicions. How ever, that Is neither here nor there. What should be done is that an effort be made to defeat silly legislation of this kind. Isurthermore, this bill will not affect railroads alone and I would say in this connection that! it is extremely fortu nate that the North Bank dock has al ready been built, the new O.-W. R. & N. sheds finished as well as the freight sheds of the North Bank road at Twelfth and Hoyt streets but other large industrial enterprises that may want to locate here. Suppose, for in stance, that the John Deere Plow Com pany had wanted to put up a building similar to some of those they have elsewhere, not only would one of our city blocks be required, but probably two' or three. We would better dis continue our solicitation of enterprises and railroads coming to awaken com petition in our city if we are going to surround ourselves with a "Chinese wall" of ridiculous laws to check our city in a growth that has been remark able, considering the limitations of some of the people who Inhabit It, whom I hope the next election will show to be In the minority. COMMITTEEMAN. Physician Indorses Garbage Act. PORTLAND, May 28. (To the Ed itor.) The Oregonlan's indorsement of municipal garbage collection is good. Minneapolis and St. Paul have col lection of garbage by city authorities. It is the only effective method. The law compels householders to provide galvanized iron receptacles with covers, and as little water as possible is placed in cans. Empty cans and dry waste are also removed by the city. Ashes must be removed at householder's ex pense, but the garbage collector re ports failure to remove ashes. This system works out to the best advantage of all householders, hotels,, restaurants, etc., and there are no hid den piles of decaying garbage or vacant lots littered with tin cans de posited by careless, dirty and indiffer ent people, who breed disease on their own premises and are a constant menace to the health of their more sanitary neighbors. Give us municipal garbage collection by ail means. FRANK F. CASSEDAY, M. D. Smith or Smyth. PORTLAND, May 27. (To the Ed-itor.)-"-My father, let us call him John Smyth', leaves England and settles in the United States and falls Into the habit of calling himself John Smith. He takes out naturalization papers, but I do not know where nor do I know how he spelled his name in the process. I was born in this country. Is my legal name Thomas Smyth- or Thomas Smith? DOUBTING THOMAS. Unless your father had his name changed to Smith by legal procedure your name is Smyth.- The Motor Cop " la Envied.. Washington (D. C.) Star. "I suppose you are happy, with all the wealth you have accumulated." "Thfire is only one man I envy," Mr. Cbuggins replied. "W ho Is that?" "The motorcycle policeman. Every once in a while he gets a chance to violate the speed limits without being arrested." Advertising Talks By William C. Freeman. St. Elmo Masxencale, of Atlanta, who has done so much to develop the adver tising spirit among the business inter ests of the South who runs an agency which costs 373,000 a year to maintain has eome decided views on the. agency question which he expressed frankly to me in my house the other night. He thinks that a license fee of $500 a year should be charged each agency . by the American Newspaper Publish ers' Association thereby giving a fund of at least 3100,000 a year to the news papers with which to organize a big creative advertising department. He suggested that this fund be aug mented by individual subscriptions from publishers of newspapers, so that perhaps 1200,000 per annum, or even more, could be employed to maintain a staff of the ablest advertising men in the country. The duties of these men would be to point out to manufacturers and mer chants the right way in which to start an advertising campaign In the news papers, and to help them in every way In their power to make the advertising a success. A part of the fund should be em ployed, be thinks, in dlaaemlnattnar ad vertlalnar knowledge a boat newapapers that is, the newspapers should have a fund with which to advertise them selves. On this subject, I might remark that in a humble, yet in a fairly intelligent way, the sixty newspapers now print ing these Advertising Stories are sup porting an organization in an effort to create more business for newspapers. They are also supporting the doc trines of honest advertising which the stories preach and are doing all they can to make their own readers appre ciate and rely upon the advertisements printed in their columns. A really great work has been started in a modeet way. It is founded on the right basis and therefore must win. Tomorrow's story will be a continua tion of this subject. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams.) It was reported once that a woman had whipped her husband, and, as a re porter, I was sent to interview her. "Yes," she confessed, "I whipped him, but it's none of your business. You can take it up, if you want to." Women rush frantically to a wedding, but when they return home they say: "Oh, well, it was Just like all the others." A woman never realizes the trouble and work necessary to earn a dollar. Only one letter in a hundred really means anything. "I never lied to my wife in my life." said a man in a crowd, and there was a big laugh. "You didn't hear me out," the man continued. "What I intended to say was that I never lied to my wife that I didn't get caught at it." When a man sees a' sign on a door reading. "Keep out; this means you," he thinks it refers to other people, who are bores. A young man does not realize what a small figure he cuts in the world, but when he is 50 or 60, he begins to have suspicions that are very near the truth. Some people give with so much reluc tance that you'd rather do without. In novels, "popping the question" is very difficult. In real life, popping the question is aa easy as sleeping late In the morning. When a man is at all backward in "popping the question," the women have a way of helping him along. Lots of people enjoy a good runaway on a crowded street. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian, May 29, 186L We learn that the union meeting at Dallas last Saturday was one of the largest gatherings ever held in the state. Patriotic addresses wore deliv ered by J. L Thornton, Judge Hogdon and others. From Humboldt news is received of continued Indian depredations and ac tive movements against the unfriendly tribes by the United States troops. Indians have seized the schooner Laurel on Puget Sound and robbed her of all the articles they desired. The Dalles, May 25. The Indians from the Warm Springs reservation came in town today to the number of 300 men, women and children. They had several scalps, Just torn from the heads of the Snakes, and still reeking with blood. The United States Marshal at San Francisco Is alleged to have informa tion of arms secreted in that city de signed for use by Secessionists in the South. Lone Grave on Macadam Road. PORTLAND, May 27. (To the Ed itor.) Can The Oregonian give any in formation in regard to the lone grave to the right of Macadam road and Just this side 6f Terwilligor Park? The headstone reads: "John Bolame, died April 16, 1872." It seems somewhat queer that there should be the single grave at that place, although it was made 40 years ago, and I suppose there must be some sort of history or story about it. Such things hold a peculiar interest for me, and I would be greatly obliged if you will enlighten me on this particular subject. E. T. The tract used to be a cemetery. The other graves were removed to various places. Mr. MeAHen for Relief Fund. PORTLAND, May 28. (To the Edi tor.) I have advocated for years a pen sion fund for the police and fire de partments. "As the matter stands now, there is no incentive for young men of sound fiber to enter the ranks with the intention of- remaining there the best years of their life. Then again, if mar ried and in case of death or accident which is liable to occur any moment that may cripple him for life, there is no provision for his family. If the vot ers give this matter careful thought I feel satisfied that they will vote with a capital X. DANIEL M' ALLEN. A Woman Patient Speaks Out. London Tattler. Dentist (after examination) And will you have gas, madam? Nervous Spinster You don't suppose I'm going to Tet you tinker with my teeth In the dark, do you? A Game Financial Finish. Pittsburg Post. " Mister, can you assist me " " Not a cent." " Assist me to find the First National Bank; I wish to open an account."