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TTTE 3rOK-IG OREGOXIAX. MONDAY, JUNE 5. 1911. aa(ara4 at Nn ul taaa . TvmfTBf i' Matter. lUKflriM kM-liwtiMr tm t4tu BT MAIL, falty. 4T trt1L eaa, T' I'lr. Skadar luluK ets aaoaiKa JJ 2 sir. Ia4r Intfiwau. three BMtt... X-J t I'lp. luMar l:tud4 M sssata...... " Ii.r. vltkwt W)M. n rar.. ....... Xi F. sMt&ost I'iBdir. a:s masiha. ..... I : ' 7. iiau a ! a r. tarss) isi.r. himi s4jr. aea saaain.. W a- It. ess .......... 4f, esa yasr..... ...... SssaJ Ass s-saai. m jamx. ..... 1 y . BT CiKUUl IVUTt. S-aT ta-tta. esa ...... fca:.r. iKlif Isclsasrf. eaa aaaetk Raa BassH rat.me wiener err. tsprtas srdae er paraosai rasr resl MaL ! pa. com er ' ' a ra ai lh a-aar'e r-jx. oise aoataffiea alftraaa la rsu. UulUM saualr n stale. ri ifi Bun tt ta 14 sea. I eeae: 1 ta aaaas. csats; M 1 a t . S caste: as ta as pa-aa, 4 casta. fm aaLaaa -a rata. ralar pi la i Offli a Veree Cee. as Tari. Pnuatcc aatlanas. CM esaa. tar aaM. Verrt-D. WMU41. JV B '"- auxtravrtrrnr mj riuarr. President Taft'l argument In favor ef Canadian rarirrocity. like hu argu ment mrrtl year ago for free trad with th Philippines, la unanswerable. Evary word that be bu spoken In fa Tor cf tha measu ra has baen a r'flw tlon ef ha general sentiment of tha peopl. and tha earnest fifht he la mak ing for tha biU haa greatly Increased hla popularity wlta alt cUmm except tha protected Inter, who hav In lnaa fear of any expoaur of tha weak ness ef thalr position, and who will naturally suffer by any demonstration of tha benefit of removing tha bar rlars that hlndar our foreign, trad. Every effort to rrmovt the trad barriers that Interfere with tha fr Intarrhansa of traffic brlmnn tbla and other countrlra haa bern mat wtth tha Mai objactloo and by tha aana anru. menu aa ara now In arldrnca aclnat Canadian rarlprocity. It would b lmposplbla to find (afar or mora rallabla prvcrdanta by which to JuJa tha affact of Canadian re rlproclty than thoaa eltad by tha Prl dant wbati ha atataa that. "I'ndar reci procity with Cuba, which raducad tha dntlra on each (Ida 12 par cant, our trad with that country baa doubled. I'tnJar com plat reciprocity or fre trad with Porto Rico, our trad with that teland haa Incraaaed nearly 1 'limes: under reciprocity relations with tha Philippine bland, our mutual trad haa nearly doubled In leas than a year. In flshtlnc aalnst the pro f reas and trad zpansl-a with tha countrtea mentioned, the clever cham pions of tha hlcbly protected Interests, then as now. mad a special ffort to line up the arncultural Interests In op position to the reform policy. The American farmer, bowerer. has trained wisdom from the past. and. exrept In Isolated cane, where irrantr leaders have formed alliance with protection ist politicians, tha harmlesa bogle of fre trad no longer fiihtens." -Tha bill will pass." aaya the Presi dent. "If It pasae at all. because of tha fore of public opinion In tt favor. It Is equally true that. If the bill la de feated. It will be In spit of a stronc public sentiment In Its favor: and thrr Is bound to b a severe political penalty attached to the crime of thwartlna that sentiment- The present session of Tonare was called for tha eapres purpose) of ratlfjlns; the reciprocity aareement with Canada. . All of tha Important points at tssu had been thorouchly discussed In tha protracted Tnearlns and deb-itea ahk-h ended with tha piyC of the bill In the House. ,br a Ura majority. It was apparent at tha rloea of the last session that a majority of Ih Senate was In favor of the MIL and It Is severally believed that had It been put to a vol as soon aa tha special session convened, tha President and the peopl would hav won hr a safe majority. Unfortunately for tha people and for the Republican party, which must stand sponsor for th acts of tha lien ate, the reciprocity hill fell Into th hand of tha fenat IT nance Commit tea. where It aaa fully aa aaf as waa Utile r.'d Kldlnc Hood In the home .f tha wolf. President Taft unques tionably ha a treat majority of th paopl with him In this flint, but th same unscrupulous flllbusterlnc that prevented the bill coming to a vote In the eVnate last Winter ha proved ef-f-tlve for more than thrr weeks, and the end Is not yet In "lent. Mlased and mlsleadlnr testimony In unlimited amount has been paraded before this hostile commltte for no other purpose) than to convey tha Impression that there Is actually a well-founded oppo sition to the measure. Th President's speech at Oha-a last Katurday show that he has faith In th power of the peopl to fore th abandonment of thfca Senatorial con spiracy aratnst the bill. If th bill 1 defeated. In th fac of existing condi tions, there will be trouble ahead for thoea who ara seeklnc to perpetual th nefarious trade-atintn. trust-pro-duclnc tariff policy. lis defeat would a'so strengthen tha chances of Presl dant Taft for renomlnatlon. but It would make reciprocity and Ita defeat such a M tssu that th entire Re publican party would b punished and probably defeated for th Inexcusable conduct of its leaders In th Cnlted State Senate. MtTtM-n-Af. PATlJtO fXAJTT. Th leading plank In Mr. Rush llght'a platform is a demand for a l.SOO.Oe municipal paving plant. TBI projevt will also be submitted to th voters at today" election. Th echem Is f special Interest to th thousands of small property owners all over tha city who In tha past flv years ha j-ald million for bard-surfac street Improvements. Th experience with th "g'.It-edc" Broadway brldg bonds indicate quit clearly that aom difficulty would be encountered la floating thla bond Issue at six per cant Interest. Even wer It possible to do so there would be a fixed Inter est charg of f 0.v per year withoat mailing any allowance for deprecia tion cr deficits. This interest charge Is a direct tax on every property owner In the city. On the west side of the river at the present time practically all of th bard-surface Improvements have been made. There are vary few streets be rweea the river and the hills that have tvot been improved or on which con tracts for improvements have not been let On the east side of the river neaxlv It per cent of the streets have etther been Improved or are under contract for Improvement by private . paving companies.' Th property own ers hav paid, or will bav to pay for i these Improvements. Some of th streets Teach far out Into th country I where they will not be needed for kjeavrav Uo toy o the lu-avT cLaxres that hav been laid against this Im proved property will be placed this additional l0.O0t per year Interest charge, although th people who will pay at least nlne-tentha of th tax. hav already paid for street Improve ments and hav no use for a munici pal plant even If It could save money la street work. Those who will pay th remaining It per cent of the tax will not get their paving any cheaper and the city will be left with an expensive elephant on Its bands, it wouia pt"'J . - nn,nti-al move for the city to be In- stall a repair plant for taking care k .a-.4aiiaj-e streets, when 1 of the tin., r ita naad arrives, but th high eat estimate made on the cost of such a plant are less than 140.000. and this small sum could be paid out of the general fund, thu avoiding any unnecessary bond Ifsuea. The mu nicipal paving plant should be rejected by the voters. 0 PAT fOB STAT-AT-HtrwM. Portland's total registration shows a count of JT.5J. At the prlmary electton. May . Mr. Ruh!ight received a total of . Being a candidate of one-stxtb of the people. Mr. Rushlight has the auJaclty to advertise him self as the people' nomine. It re mains today to be seen whether nve slxths of the people are In accord with one-sixth, or whether they have an other opinion. Tet It will not do to assume that Rushlight developed his full strength In the Republican primary. He will lose soma probably many of the six thousand odd. but he will gain others and will get more than 00t votes to day. Rushlight' opportunity today Is a small vote. Hla organisation la exten sive, vigilant, confident and bold. It will go to the polls early and slay lata. A heavy vol ta Mr. Simon's chance for success. If the people of Port land want Mr. Simon again for Mayor, they will get him If they turn out and vote. Not otherwise. Th stay-at-homes never yet won an election. They will not today. CEHAL m'BaUC. To few men has been afforded U opportunity of participating In more stirring scenes and great events In the country's history than fell to the lot Of General Daniel W. Burk. who died In thla city last Monday. To the wide circle of friends and neighbors who knew and respected this gallant soldier, there was nothing In hla mild manners, genii demeanor anl ex treme modesty that Indiratod the nrst-c!ass fighting man" who had played a prominent part In making much hl'tory In this country. But General Burke. In a continuous service of more than t years, ran the gamut of all the heavy warfare that this country has witnessed since Sumpter waa fired on. In those historic engagements that have made the names Gettysburg. An tletam. Bull Run. Fredericksburg and Chancellorsvlll famous for all time. General Burke took a prominent part. From assisting in preserving the Union from disruption, he was shifted to the Western frontier to aid In keeping tha banner of civilisation where the West ern pioneers had planted It. Th In dian campaigns In which Oenerml Burke was a conspicuous figure, like those of the Civil War. brought with them fierce fighting, and a kind of savage warfare such a the world will never again behold. The military ca reer of General Burke was rounded out In th Spanish-American War, from which he emerged with the same splendid record that had character ised hla entire career. It ti t far cry back to the bloody battles of the Civil War. Even the wild events of the Western frontier, when the Indiana were making their last atand against advancing civili sation, seem dim and far away In the past: but so rapid Is history In th making In our new country that th brav old soldier who will be laid to rest todsy lived and was a pari of all the stirring events which made possible the splendid power and glory of the country today. As a soldier. Major-General Burke was among th best the country has produced. As a citizen he was a clean, high-minded gentleman, beloved and respected by all who knew him. aCXOBAJfCK TOt gKATTt. "Poor old Portland" come In for another hard "slam" In last Friday- Issue of the Seattle Times. The occa sion was the opening of a new flour mill at Seattle, which Is nearly as large aa some of the Portland flouring mills, and the Times devoted much editorial space to exploiting the event. After praising the wonderful shipping facil ities of the mill, the Times states that, "At the very moment of Seattle' pros perity celebration, th steamer Presi dent was at th dock of th flouring mills taking on cargo." Continuing, th dltorlal informs us that, "This ship 1 il fe Inches long. 4t feet beam and 1.7 feet depth. Sh car lie a crrw of 140 men. Sh baa ton nag of ill I gros. and carries a cargo net of tone. Her loading draft Is ; i fMt t Inches forward and IS feet Inches aft. In other words, a ship of the slxe of the Presldeat could never enter a stream like-, the Columbia River. The condition of that water way forever precludes, on account of tags of water, a traffic In which a vessel of this te can take part." This mammoth steamer President Is probably larre enough for the business which Seattle haa to offer at the pres ent lime, but we of "Poor old Port land" must take slight exception to the statement that this moderate-sixed coasting craft "could never enter a stream like the Columbia River." As evidence In support of our contention, we respectfully call the attention of th Times to th fact that, while the President, with Its length of 11 feet Inches, and net cargo capacity of ton, was loading at the new mil in Seattle, the British steamship Orterlc. 4 faet long, it feet beam and feet depth of hold, was steaming out cf Portland harbor with more than 009 tons o flour, wheat and lumber loaded at this port. The Orterlc was en route for Puget Sound to complete her cargo with the scanty offering available at the Puget Sound ports. She was preceded last month by the steamship Lucerlc of exactly the same dimensions, but the Lucerle losded at Portland ton of flour. tOOO ton of wheat and 45 tons of lumber, a total of TI0T tons. Th Lucerle left Portland drawing It feet It inches, and was on an even keel, Tha HaarUi lieao. another regu lar liner out of Portland, drawing about 25 feet of water, left Portland about the same time a the Lucerle with 4 90 tons of flour, 1500 tons of wheat and 450 tons of lumber: a total of t10 tons. Cargoes of this size are not unusual for Portland, and these are mentioned because of their recent loading here. Last Winter the Norwe gian steamship BJornntJerne BJornson sailed from Portland with tl7t tons of wheat aboard, and the steamship Knight of the Garter carried out of Portland more than 5.000.000 feet of lumber, the largest cargo of Its kind ever floated. These facts, which are a part of commercBtl history, can. of course, be verified by the Times, and when this Is done we hall be pleased to reprint the Seattle paper's apology for stating that the diminutive steamer President "could never enter a stream like the Columbia River." rAVINO THEIR DEBT. A final word ought to be said to the voters of the Nlr.th and Tenth Wards as they enter their voting booths: Io you not owe Mayor Simon a vote of confidence for his efforts in secur ing for you the Broadway brldgeT Do you realise that the obstruction ist have not yet abandoned their ef forts to defeat Its construction? Are you not aware that you require for Mayor a lawyer of ability'. P" sesslng sound business Judgment and tact. If the efforts of these obstruc tionists are to be defeated? Who Is there, other than Mayor Simon, that you can rely upon in this emergency? THJS voice or Tirx? WACin.vE. There are Ave reasons why Mr. Rushlight should be elected Mayor of Portland, according to the Republican City Central Committee. Therein may be heard the feeble creak and squeaky rattle of the ruty and decrepit Repub lican city machine. The reason, ac cording to Mr. Rushlight, why Mr. Rushlight should be elected are nil, for that discreet gentleman has re mained tongue-tied from first to last, except to give through his hlt-or-mlss pres bureau a few reasons why In bis opinion Mr. Simon should not be re-elected. The Republican Central Commit' tee' five reasons, brleHy, are: 1 Mr. Rushlight won the primary nomina tion after a fair fight: 2) a rot for an independent Is a vote against the direct prtmaxle and. the Oregon sys tem: (1) th success of the Indepen dent nominee declares the primaries a farce; (4) Mr. Rushlight Is a man of the people and would further the es tablishment of the commission form of government: (6) being decent and economical. Mr. Rushlight believes In a decent and economical city and be lieve In th right of the people. That 1 all. Just generalities. Evasion, subtraction, silence. The committee aaya nothing, means nothing, argue nothing, promise nothing, fools nobody. It venture not a sentence nor a word In definition of any policy, except one, the commis sion form of government. It makes not one promise or pledge or state ment as to what Rushlight w ill do a Mayor. It does not say what his elec tion mean to the public nor what he will atand for nor whom he will stand with. Nothing ta given aa to hi at titude toward the corporations, or the contractors, or the sewer trust, or th saloons, or the disorderly houses, or restricted district, or any political machine. What kind of a man is thi that he thinks be may be dumb and deaf and blind as to any public policy or any municipal prob lem, leaving everything to him to de termine as he chooses when the time come for action? Mr. Rushlight' single promise for a commission form of government. It may well be sus pected, will find early realization In a secret commission of his chosen ad visers George Baker. John Coffey. Jack Grant, Henry Beldlng and Andy Matson who will In their own way undertake to give the people what they have been Baking. There a com mission Indeed. The five reason given by the cen tral committee are doubtless Intended not so much as an argument for Rushlight as an evidence that the cen tral committee minus Loclcwood still lives, breathes, move and speaks. The five reasons are no reason. They may be summed up as constituting an appeal for election of Mr. Rushlight because he Is the Republican nominee, and a vote against the Republican nominee is a vote against the direct primary and the Oregon system. Ab surd, untrue and Billy, of course, but that Is the argument and logic of the committee. It ts foolish to say that the election of an Independent candidate "declares the primaries a farce." Moreover. It Is false. The primary law provide for the nomination of party candidate and of Independent candidate. The Republican primary nominated Mr. Rushlight, and the Democratic pri mary Mr. Thomaa. Mr Often, the Socialist candidate, and Mr. Harrison, the Prohibition candidate, and Mr. Simon, the Independent candidate, were nominated without B party pri mary, but by convention or by peti tion, a) the primary law provides, and In strict accord with its plan and in tent. If" It Is necessary to elect the Republican party nomine In order to sustain th primary law and th Ore gon system, what becomes of Mr. Thomas? What become of the Dem ocratic parry? What become of Mr. Otten and the Socialist party? What become of Mr. Harrison and the Pro hibition party? What becomes of Mr. Simon and the great body of voters wtio on occasion may desire to .elect b candidal for Mayor, or any other public officer Independent of any party? The way to destroy the primary law ts to follow the Republican City Com mittee In It plan to elect none but Republican nominees to office and to exclude all other men from the right to participate In an election. So. too. Rushlight poses as the people's nom inee because he Is the Republican nominee a position never before taken by that gentleman and never again to be taken unless he shall again be a Republican nominee. There will be another etorjr a loud cry for the people's rule in opposition to Republican machine rule if he shall fall In another primary. The extent to which Tillamook has developed since the railroads began heading In that direction is shown in the big Increase In buslnes on the water route to that port. Two steam srs working up to their capacity now make regular trips where one made Irregular trip and Infrequent trips two years ago and Saturday an ele gant fast passenger steamer wa launched In thl city to run to supply additional service on the route. Even wit), ample railroad facilities there will always be a good business In ca tering to the trade of those ror wnom a trip by water has a special charm. Portland visitors at Clatsop beach re sort have a remarkably good railroad service both coming and going but a big. fast river steamer of slxe, speed and equipment In keeping with the trade, would handle Immense crowds of people to Astoria during the Sum mer season. A mistake la made by some of the campaign orators In stating that the saloon element 1 "solid for Rushlight for Mayor." There are a number of quiet, orderly saloons In Portland where the proprietors obey the laws. These men do not wish to evade the Sunday closing laws, will not sell liquor to minors or drunken men, and will not permit women around their place of business. The saloon men of the class mentioned have for years been endeavoring to reform the abuses that the Rushlight saloon element seeks to perpetuate. This better ele ment In the saloon business, being gifted with average Intelligence, is fully aware that the unbridled abuses that will grow out of Mr. Rushlight's promised "open town" will do more to hasten the coming of prohibition than can be accomplished by all of the pro hibition people In "the country. There may be a tinge of selfishness in the motive of this better class of saloon men In supporting Mr. Simon, but It Is not entirely lacking In commendable qualities. ' For year Great Britain has been making strenuous efforts to develop new. cotton field in various parts of the world. The dependence on the United State of the great manufactur ing centers of Europe for cotton sup plies, with an attendant instability of prices, ha always been a source of concern to foreigners. Egypt has thu far. been the most promising field for relief, and the growth of the Industry ts shown In shipments between Sep tember 1 and April 1 of 400.000 bales, compared with 250.000 bales In the previous season. These figures, of course, seem small by comparison with the 10.000.000 to 11,000.000 bales which thl country produces, but If the output In the new field continue to Increase, and there Is no decrease in the American yields, the foreigners may eventually secure cheap raw ma terial for their cotton manufacturing Industry. At present prospects are fa vorable for a big crop of cotton In this country, and last year" prices are hardly probable. At every election the people vote away- millions of dollar In bonds for various projects. This year more bonds are to be voted- Thus we are spending great sums of money all the time for municipal enterprises. Tet we regularly vote down Increases In salaries of officers like the City Engi neer and the City Attorney. Evldently we prefer to waste our money rather than place the direction of It Invest ment in competent hands. Every parent feel a grip at the heart to learn of the killing of a lit tle child on the atreet Yet there Is no good preventive, for children are gregarious and cannot be confined to the limits of a yard generally un fenced. Maternal vigilance doe much to enhance safety of offspring, but it must at times relax, and, more Is the pity, those are the times of calamity. Tennessee Confederate veterans ob ject to women riding "astraddle" In their parades, and will have none of It. The old boy are behind the times. Barring the novelty' to unaccustomed eyes, there la not a prettier sight than a shapely rider sitting firmly In the saddle, and menfolk are prone to show appreciation by turning to gaxe. John B. Ooddard for Police Commis sioner! That la the latest story. The Democrats say they know that Rush light has promised the Job to God dard. Likely enough. But of course Goddard may not get It. Yet some body will, though many are promised and few get anything. Voting a million dollars for a $25, 000 paving plant la a typical Kellaher Idea. We shall have no new paving In Portland until the bonds are sold and the plant to Installed If the Kel laher scheme carries. What a chance for another Klernan! Through It all. Rushlight has not made a public statement of his plans or policy. But the Solid Ten know. The North End knows. Is anybody fooled? Bets mean nothing much. Does any one remember when that North End bunch, which Is so freer w ith Its money about election time, ever hit It right? New reports say President Taft has gone to Chicago to open his campaign for renomlnatlon. Hardly. He opened It at Washington. March 4. 1909. The solid crust of the earth Is said to be not less than sixty-three miles, but not In California and other chosen spots of seismic disturbance. Men get hurt cranking their auto, but there Is no record of accident while cranking the wood hoist In the basement. The Astoria Centennial Celebration people have arranged a strenuous pro gramme for their thirty day of festiv ities. Carnival visitors who keep their hands on the pocketbooks too much show the way to the pickpocket, A dispatch says Dr. Brougher was "surprised." which is surprising, as the doctor Is unusually alert. William Waldorf Astor does not contemplate dying, but he knows how to dodge the Inheritance tax. Now the campaign has ended. It to devoutly to be hoped the recording angel mislays the records. Every citizen la a committee on re ception to give the stranger the infor mation he desires. Rather chilly for tub goods these festival days, but enthusiasm is warm ing. Rex Oregon us will observe many big changes since his previous visit. A little more caloric. Mr. Pluto. This weather is not seasonal. Let the Portlander be known by the rose he wear., WAR-MXG FOR ELECTIOX DAY Hlat Twat Voters Ave Belaa" TTsea for Gala ef Irresponsible Aaitatora. PORTLAND. June 4. (To the Edi tor.) The powers of the initiative, as asked for in tomorrow's election, will. If passed, certainly bankrupt this city. For Instance: City .public utilities: Does this city need two commissions? If not, why. when the State Legislature has already provided, as it did January 2 last, a state public utilities commission for tha state at large, including Portland, and that, too, w-lthout a dollar of cost to Portland taxpayers, should there after. Senator Kellaher and Ben Riesland file another bill for Portland City alone and try to set aside the state's law, approved by Governor West Ta legal impossibility, as every lawyer in the United States knows), and supersede the state law? I would say that simply because It provided (the Portland bill) for 15000 salary to each of Ben Riesland. Dan Kellaher and a third commissioner, as well as 3 per cent yearly, which Riesland says will yield $200,000 a year "for other expenses from ptbllc utilities com panies to support their Portland com mission. Talk of "hold-ups" against capital coming Into Portland! If this bill be passed at tomorrow's election, not only will no more public utilities companies locate In Portland, but those here now will raise their rates against the publit. Why? Since the United States Supreme Court and Interstate Commission have declared that public companies cannot be deprived of a rea sonable profit, t per cent; also will the State Public Service Commission, cre ated by act of January 20 last, ask the Supreme Court of Oregon to abolish Portland's (Riealand's) Commission as Illegal and void, and it will do so, and it will cost the municipality of Portland $100,000 to $200,000 useless expenditure from taxes levied upon Portland tax payers. Local Ziegler Initiative Bill No. 137: If this bill becomes a law. East Port land and the east side of the Willamette-River will never have an Inde pendent terminus for railroads In the future or for manufactories. What then follows? Depreciation of East Side properties and no further rise of val ues on that side, with Hill and Har rlman perpetual terminal control against new lines seeking entrance into Portland on the east or west sides. The proposed Municipal Paving Plant Not to Exceed $1,000,000. Where are we drifting to? If this bill is voted Into a law. It would be better for the city to own. as It does the bridges, all street railroads and municipal pub lic utilities as well, as all chances of competition 'Will then be destroyed for ever. If this city is to continue going into these speculative schemes of owner ship, there can be no possible tuture for the permanent investment of out siders' moneys tn the City of Portland, since a dozen of men like Dan Kellaher, Ben Riesland and others, without ex perience, can get the people to author ize them, by flimsy and unsound rea sons, to levy taxes upon owners of property Investing in Portland In good faith. Truly, there Is no encourage ment now to develop Portland, except upon "iron-clad" first mortgages. The Socialists will soon own all public utilities - and railroads "pro-bono pub lico," . WILLIAM REID. College Girls Plaa Pie Battle. Wellesley, Mass., Dispatch to New York World. The supremacy of the "Pie Eaters" as pastry punishers at Wellesley College Is threatened by "The Consumers," a new organization which already holds tha fudge and charlotte russe records. Pie was barred from the women's col lege. But pie, the girls declared, they must have, and "Pie!" became their password and slogan. The "Pie Eaters" was formed and is how one of the healthiest organizations in the college. Then "The Consumers" came Into exist ence. , The Consumers" have challenged their rivals to a catch-as-catch-can pie eating contest and the "Pie Eaters" have accepted. The date of the contest is being kept a close secret. The only stipulation is that there shall be no dill pickles in sight. The president of "The Consumers" says the members of her club could not resist the temptation of dill pickles. Regtsleiims; Farm Names, EUGENE, Or, June J. (To the Edi tor.) In a recent issue of The Orego- nlan a dispatch was published from Salem announcing that six farm names had been registered under the new law. Please state what the new law is. ALBERT S. ROBERTS. The Oregon Legislature last Winter enacted a law authorizing the regis tration with the County Clerk of farm names on the payment of a $1 fee bj the owner of the property. The pur pose of the statute Is to aid in avoid ing duplication in farm names. The earning of e King. Th rush of the rain, and the shimmer of sunlight. Those tailorsi of Nature, through months of the Spring Hav labored together, 'til now it Is done quite Th rose coronation robe made for the King: And ringed in her garlands of riotous roses. Whose breath on the winds of the wide earth Is blown, Proud Portland the gates of her city uncloses That Rex Oregonus may come to his own. As far as the perfume of roses Is driven O'er mountain and ocean, the width of the world The seals of our letters of envoy are riven, Th scrolls of our swift-footed heralds unfurled; They bear to all peoples our free In vitation: The workaday world for the time we depose; Free hearts, open city and proud cor onation Hall Rex Orgonus, the King of the Rose! Far Nippon," plnk-stalned with the cherry bloom's showering. Old Egypt, asleep on the soft lotus bed. Fair Florida, buried In tropical flow ering. Bright-wreathed California, with poppy leaves spread. And tulip-mad Ho: 'and. far-famed in story. We proffer our welcome to each one who knows The lure of a blossom: Come, share In the glory Of Rex Oregonus, the King of the Rose! Where the sun sinks to rest In thefar Western Ocean, Encircled in bloom does our city repose. The Mecca of all who pay honest de votion To flowers, and the queen of al! blossoms the Rose. The blush of the sunset and blush of the roses. Let these be the beacon by which ve are shown Where Portland the workaday tryant deposes. And Rex Oregonus comes Into his own. DEAN COLLINS. Timely Tales of the Day The excessive prices for food on railway dining cars have always been the butt of an endless variety of jests, but, according to the dining-car con ductor on one of the through trans continental trains running in and out of Portland, there is aajpther side to the question. "You may think It Is a fairy tale." he said the other day, "but it is a fact that if a passenger sits down and orders, say a bowl of soup for 25 cents, the company actually loses 11 cents on the order, and yet everybody thinks that two-bits is a pretty stiff figure for soup. If he takes bread and, but ter with his soup, we still lose 1 cent. "Statistics have been compiled, irom more than 60 railroads which show that It costs the company between 35 and 36 cents for every dining-car customer who sits down to the table before his order is taken. This Is absorbed in the wages of the nine men employed on the car. in fuel, light, heat. Ice, laundry, flowers, wear and tear on equipment and so on down even to the printing of menu cards. , This In a way explains why the scheme which is being tried on some of the lines, that of giving a lunch counter service on dining - cars, is proving a losing venture financially. "It was demonstrated that when the Harrlman lines inaugurated this lar-prlced service on the through spe cial trains during the recent colonist season, the . plan was not a howl ing success. It did not result in in creasing to any material extent the number of patrons of the dining-cars because of the light-lunch service, but on the other hand, it was found that when the waiters walked through the tourist cars packed with home-seekers, and shouted 'First call for luncheon,' the most of the passengers looked upon it merely as a signal for pulling out their well-filled hampers and enjoying their own meals Which had been packed for them before they started for the estate men are having a quiet laugh over the way in which one of their number was brought to time re cently by a lot buyer with whom he had had a disagreement. The hero of the story had purchased a lot in the agent's newest addition, on certain terms, of which he and the agent took different views. Several meetings had failed to straighten, out the tangle, and at last the buyer left,-saying. "I'll bring you to time yet." Next day the agent had a fine pros pect, to whom he expected to sell a whole block, adjoining the land over which the dispute had arisen. The deal was all but closed, but the "prospect" had arranged to make one more trip to the tract before signing the papers. An automobile carried the negotiators to the tract, and on the way the agent put in his best licks to close the deal. Mr. Buyer was coming his way and all was lovely when they reached the land. Then the blow fell. 8mlth Bros.' tannery will occupy this site after June 1." On a big billboard, on the lot In dispute, this .sign met the horrified eyes of the agent. He knew without being told that his big deal was off. A moment later the prospect saw the sign and at once he froze up. The agent tried to restore the understand ing, explaining that It was a mistake, that the building restriction forbade Buch a ' thing, and so on, but the customer had awakened from his trance. Next day the foxy lot owner received an urgent telephone call and after a long conversation, not all of which was fit for the telephone girl to listen to, he heard these words: "Well, come in and we'll fix It up, but take down that blasted sign right away, quick I" Well known to be a supporter of Simon for Mayor. Charles Joseph Schnabel. president of the Multnomah Bar Association and otherwise tilling a prominent place before the public eye. Is also appreciate! as always ready with a clever answer or a joke that is good. The other day he was accosted by a client known to prefer vehemently that the municipal control of the city be placed under a very different sort of head, towit, Mr. Rushlight, so Mr. Schnabel with the tact of a born leg islator and diplomat cast about for some means of diverting the issue to the extent that neither would he olTend his client nor actually falsify with regard to his own political opinions. "Now really, Mr. Schnabel, won't you concede that Rushlight is a capable and proper head for a city placed as ours Is just now?" "Rushlight? Why, he's a pretty good fellow." "And as for Simon, I suppose every man may have his right to Ideas. Now I have mine and you have yours by the way what do you think of Simon for Mayor?" Not to be forced to an argument, Mr. Schnabel good-naturedly said, "Why he's all right too I guess." "But seriously tell me what you think. You're a man of judgment. Who, as you see matters, has the best show?" A merry twinkle lit the eyes of the lawyer and for a moment he seemed to consider: 1 "Who do I think has the best show? Well, really now that you force me I suppose that I might as well express myself. From personal consideration and much- individual pondering, in answer to that question "Who has the best show?" I can only say that to my mind Ringlfng Bros, is far In the lead of all others." Nine-year-old Bert from a near-by town was recently spending a short time with his aunt, who resides on the East Side in Portland. Bert occasional ly has unruly spells, at.which time the aunt Is compelled to administer a little chastisement. Following one of these little diffi culties, after the lad had been made to mind, he sat for a long time in deep study, watching his aunt busily engaged in duties of the kitchen. Finally he said: "Auntie, when you get old and are alone and helpless, and I am a grown man. Til have to take care of you." "Yes," assented the aunt. "Well, I tell you, when you come to live In my house, you've got to be have yourself." Few Friends and Economy. Chicago News. The fewer friends you have the smaller the income you will need. The Greeting of the Rose. Hall! Festival morning! Lo, you are here! - I greet you! I call you the best of the year. I am happy, so happy I flush with de light, And . thrill as you call me to grace every sight. I greet you, my votaries! so gladly you come To see me enshrined In my fair Port land home; I have striven in pride all the Spring time till now. In this June of my beauty before you I bow. I greet you, my courtiers! whose wis dom devised. Such pageants of splendor; so dearly they're prized. I have brought all my fragrance and beauty today My Fiesta to grace in my own regal way. MARY ALICE COXGDON. Portland, Or. Advertising Talks By William C Freemaa. Two advertisers recently met They were discussing media One was a general publicity adver tiser in a great National medium. The other was a newspaper adver tiser only. The newspaper advertiser said to the other: "Why scatter your shot? Why not concentrate? Why not sell to the deal er and cet the dealer to sell to the people through the one advertisement? "Why use General Publicity at all when local publicity where your goods are on sale will enthuse both the deal er and the consumer? And, by the way, what are you doing now?" "I am not advertising at all at present," replied the General Publicity advertiser. "Well, that la worse even than ad vertising In thla one great medium. Never atop advertising. It won't do," said the Nowspaper Advertiser. "What do you suppose I do?" con tinued the newspaper advertiser. "Do you suppose I ever stop telling the readers of the newspapers in which I advertise about my business? Not on your life! I am at vem alt of the time. I don't give them a chance to forget me. If I did give them a chance they would forget me all right, "Don't you forget that no mam In this world can give up his neat for tea minutes without some other fellow will cone along and fill It. The man who thinks he is at the top never reaches the top." This philosophy Impressed the Gen eral Publicity man, who asked the Newspaper Advertiser what he should do, whereupon Mr. Newspaper Enthu siast rightly so because newspapers helped to make his business amazingly prosperous said : "There is a man I know who helped me greatly in my advertising. Ho started me right and he has kept me going right ever since. "He has a splendid list of news papers which print daily Advertising Talks written by him. These newspa pers are doing a great work in pro moting honest advertising. They help, in every way they can, the general ad vertiser. "T would advise you to consult with him. Let him suggest a plan of cam paign to you. Take my advice and fol low hie advice." A plan is hatching. This newspaper Is one of the list that will help the General Publicity Advertiser to become an advertiser for both the dealer and the consumer using a double-barreled shotgun which cannot miss fire. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright, 1911, by Georxe Matthew Adams.) If there were a wounded dog lying In front of your house, would you walk out and kick It? That is what you do when you repeat vicious gossip; you are cruel. How many wives would leave their husbands If they had good places to go. and money sufficient for their needs? Do you men ever think about It? The description of a wedding notice in the society department of a country newspaper sounds like dukes and kings, until the last 10 lines, when it is said that the groom is a popular clerk in a drygoods store. After a woman over 30 has passed a crowd of 16-year-old girls on the street, somehow she doesn't feel as spruce and well dressed as before she met them. Half the people have nothing to do but to notice things, so don't imagine you can act wrong without being talked about. Being a professional musician In a country town must be an awfully hard Job. If you want a man to remember you always, cheat him; he will soon forget a favor. A young girl was pushing a baby In a buggy. "He's a very bnd boy," she said. The boy was 11 mofiths old. The women begin talking about us early. We would all be In mischief oftener if we didn't have so much work to do. Nearly every woman has an ambition to regulate the men. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan, June 5, 1861. Under the new arrangements of the California Bteamers we are to have but two steamers a month and Victoria but one. The Territorial Legislature of Wash ington Territory at its last session chartered a company for the construc tion of a wagon road from Walla Walla to the Nez Perce mines. c A soldier at "Vancouver, a native of Prussia and a naturalized citizen of the United States, petitioned Judge Strong, of Washington Territory, to be discharged from service on the ground that the United State; Government was broken up. Judge Strong told him he would have to serve his time out. Judge Crosbie, of Utah, is discharging sol diers on the ground that we have no Government. Carnival Song. Let us now forget awhile, Work-a-day content. And the fragrant hours beguile With a glad intent. Who can not forego the gloom When the clouds are rent? Why are roses made to bloom? Why are babies sent? Spirit of the Carnival. Ages old and young, Listen to thy madrigal By devotees sung. Who. though not in Greek attire By warm breezes flung. Still can echo their desire The Immortal young. Come! The Junetlme fast la fleeting, Spirit of the hour! With our feet in dance-time beating, Wake him in his bower! Where the swift Willamette flows Nurturing the perfect rose. Gather round with mirth and laughter, Hand in hand close pressed; Let the happy throng come after; Break his year-long rest! In our valley quite sublime, Mountain guarded, lovely clime Let no shade of gray tomorrow Klit across today. Gladness ever frighted sorrow With bright wings away; Make all earth with gladness ring! ,.gfn la TCIn MATTHEW COLEMAS. Y. M. C. A., Portland, Or.