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It Is possible, nay probable, that If one of cur erudite representatives de a.red to discu the Copernlcan theory, elucidate the fourth dimension or do fine hU views on the existence of persona! devil he could uncover en available tuxt In one of the tariff measure now pending In Congress. It Is. therefore, not with astonishment that we find that the recently deliv ered add res by Representative Henry Oeorge. Jr.. on (ingle ta was pre sented when the House had under con spiration the bill to reduce the duties orr wool and the manufactures of "nl. Nor are we surprise to discover that wSen Representative Victor Berger ex-t--unded socialism a few days later. It l.o was when the House had un der consideration the bill to reduce .the duties on wool. and the manufac turs of wool. There are some particular feature bout the reasoning of the two gen tlemen. however, that may be consid ered out of the ordinary. Mr. George took pains to announce that he was not a socialist and Mr. Berber was equally explicit In asserting that he had an aMdlr.g distrust of the single tax. Yet Mr. George, by a course cf single tax reasoning, reached the oor.clusion that the bill to reduce the ; duties on wool and the manufactures ;of wool ought to pa.s. and Mr. Hcr !er. after a thoughtful exposition of socialism. also attained the conviction ithat the bill to reduce the, duties on wool and the manufactures of wool ought to pass. It Is not our purpose, herein, to harge that either Mr. George or Mr. Ferger ha been grossly guilty of bur .der.ir.g the Conrreesdonnl Record with .extraneous discussions, nor to express the fear that In revising; the tariff we hail be hurtling- along- toward two Incompatible goals. Kather. concern ing; the latter possibility, we have bevn -under the Impression that socialism was so near a corollary of single tax that our single-tax representative In Congress ar.d our Socialist member might b expected to go out to lunch together, swap notes during- House proceedings and exhibit other evi dences of friendship and common pur pose. 1 nis idea r.ss Deen g-ainea. pernnp. a result of the proposition presented by some of the single taxrrs 1: our Tw-n midst thru all the rental value of land should be taken by the Govern ment, which bvloutf.'y means that they would appropriate land hnd wind up with Government ownership. The so- railea single-tax communities or r ree Acres. Arcen anl alrhope, too, have the equivalent of Government owner ship, the land being; owned by the as--clatlon and put Into use, under a perpetual lease plan. V But Mr. George says: "I am proposing- to change titles. I am not Socialist. I do not propose to put l!ie lard Into the hands of th Oorrrn wsent." He would have the Govern ment leave Just enough untaxed value In the land to make a basis for sales. And here Is what Mr. Berger says: Pom iay th-r wl'l b s volcanic nir I'nti. A tearful rtr:lutton mill t nact.l tpoa the capitalistic claaa aa a claaa. ami t.i tnneent win auftwr with tb rur.tr. Various rmeii:ea have or n pro- yol. eir.it! ta. rr or ailrer dollara. crn Ta.'ka. an J a 1oan other remelirg ha tn offrd. B it t'.nrm r.nn o thetn Uee a ay with th f.raa: ffevta of cemr-ti-ti- and with th ff--t t th rr.a'-hln t ar n r W m i T n r . . f t I .... f m .,an, . laaufricieat. TJi; la particularly th eaa with th aln. harpn ernpwtltl.-n and thus Increaa th . ns.rv of th working ciaaa. Comforting words these, for the many Ort iron P n-lnlaits w ho are sir.cle taxers. and the mnny Oregon slngle taxers who are Socialists, moat of whom, no tloubt. look upon Govern ment ownership of Unrt as a long step toward the Socialists" dream of Gov ernment ownership "of !! the Irnple rncnts of production, riainly, Mr. iW-orge and Mr. Berper are at outs with a considerable following. If one may Judge from the Indications in Oregon. Both should be tried for h'resy. .TIIK tOtriKt K AM) THE (IICHI B. If Ir. Wly shall be unfortunate -enough to lose his position as Govern ment Chemist, the public may not be wholly a loser, for he will be free then to devote himself to the gr-iit anti tobacco frusad recently Inaugurated by himself and ether distinguished men. These rouraseous disciples of clean habits, clean streets and an un po!utd air are Just now In a hopeless ir.iEoriry. but there L a great work to be dr.e. and Dr. Wiley Is the man for th Job. brooking Is an unnecessary and wasteful habit Most smokers ore j-.ulsances some ef the time and some s.inokers ail the time, while chewlr.g; tobacco Is filthy, unsanitary and dls-a-ustlr.g. and ought to bo prohibited by the canons of decent society. It Is gratifying to feel that the great Na tional circle of tohacco-chewers ap tegrs to be diminishing year by year, s that now the practice Is not nearly in common, or. at least, not so notice able as it was fifty years ago. when most men chewed and many women specially in the South ate snuff. Tho widespread use of tobacco as an edi ble and the generous and Indiscrimin ate distribution of the product through expectoration have attracted the at tention and excited the rldlt tile of every foreign visitor. Much that fharles Pickens had to y In his v-.merican Notes" on the manners of "the American people was undeserved, but his derisive coaiment on the of fensive vice of tobacco chewing and spiitln'g la public places was well merited. The smoker who smokes at home. or alone, or In company with other smokers. Is strictly within his rights; but the smoker who insists on Intrud ing upon non-smokers, men or women, with his vo'.caifle mouth and un-aro-matie person is an altogether undesira ble citisn. In rortlavnd, the street rail way compnny has performed gen uine public service by prohibiting smoking on its cars: but who has not run across the' nicotine-soaked per son w'th m. lighted cigar or cigarette In his )rnds who Insists on holding on to the stinking -butt" until, ho R"ts a chaica to revive It Into life? He Is Just about as offensive as the smoker In actual eruption, for ha thus fills the car with the fragrance of t:.e dying weed, and at the same time advertises publicly his own hope less ar.d Incurable addiction to a bad habit. Such a person Is. indeed, an object to be pitied and to be avoided If possible; but It Is not possible unless one Is to' give up riling on the trol ley cr. Even so. where "Is ono to go? He ca-.not escape the clouds of. to bacco eruoke on the streets nor the more cr ls noticeable evidences that the expert expectorator Is abroad In the land. He must follow the line of least resistance and go If be can where tha wa.llnr through tobacco Juice 19 comparatively easy and the atmos phere fairly pure. More power to Dr. vVlIey In hi ,..nf rniMita' We Would not If WO could deprive of his cigar or pipe or cigarette the smoker wno smojti wber amoklnr Is allowable Or de- aired, but we would drive to the ends ef earth the smoker or the chewer who regards his use of tobacco as a personal and Individual right, and not merely a matter of the highest privi lege. HANKFR tnlJE-S PANIC. Parker-Promoter Wilde puts up a rltlful plea to the Governor of Califor nia as a. reason for resisting his en r.iwe.4 r.fnrn to Orecon to answer a serious criminal charge. He Is a very busy man. asjd he has not the time to bother with ancient and outdated af f.ir. iii,.. ih fniinro of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. Besides, some body Is trying to get him racK 10 urt- .n tn Ker'n a laWSUit Of tWO against him. Besides, also, they are seeking to Injure nis lame ana nnir by injurious charges and vexatious lit igation. This Is the same Wilde who filled IK. o n.r. fur veara n with heat ed denunciation of his enemies and noisy defiance of anybody that wanted him to "come and g--t him." But times have changed, and conditions, nn ItkoT nnniie-h Wild IS tTemeil- dously concerned about his reputation as a banker ana promoter in tamor nla; but he cares nothing about his reputation, present or past. In Oregon, He has no more 'phony bonds to sell In Oregon. The field is worked out. His most convenient and gullible agent m,...ii i in the nenltentl.irv. Banker Wilde has a natural and Instinctive de sire to stay out of the penitentiary. t , a 1 n onrw-M vsi M e that Governor Johnson will protect Wilde. He Is wanted here. Me enouia do orougni back. Ail the transactions wun n.o he had to do. so far as the unfortu :,. rirnnn Trust la concerned, should be brought to light. Will Governor Johnson stand In the way of a proper and lawful Inquiry Into a grave public matter, having a deep interest to many good people THE UTRONGEST MAS. Dr. Aked said in the first of his lec tures at Glndstone that "the man who stands alone is the man who, if he is right, will rule the race." This Is a terse and convincing paraphrase of the Biblical command to "seek first the kingdom of God and all things shall be added unto you." Meaning, of course, that power,, wealth and honor neces sarily accrue to the man who stands for the right. This was a favorite thought among the Hebrews who anciently had but a dim hope of Immortality. If virtue brought no re-ward on earth, w hy prac tice it? Thus they reasoned quite as Dr. Aked seems to. Suppose a man standing alone with the right had no prospect of ruling the race, would Dr. Aked counsel him to cleave to the rU-ht or forsake It? Does the elo quent minister really believe that the present rulers of the race have stood alone for the right? No doubt there have boen men who did so. Savonarola Is perhnps one of the best examples. But that unhappy Florentine was never more than a phantom ruler. His Influence was transitory. He can hardly be classed even among the precursors of the Iteformatlon. Men like Socrates, John Wesley and Lincoln, whom Ir. Aked lauds as solitary champions,- do not eem fortunately selected for his pur pose. Socrates did not "stand alone." He was highly popular among the gilded youth of Athens. Who always surrounded him and greedily swal lowed h'.s leaching. They even con trived an escape from prison for him if ho would hve availed himself of it. Nor was John Wesley a solitary voice In the wlldernosaly any means. From the outset he was a popular Treacher with realous partisans. It Is singularly Incongruous to speak of Lincoln as a lonely prophet of the right. Ho was heart and soul an op portunist. He never In all his career made an Irrevocable move without the certainty of a safe majority to sup port him. His handling of the eman cipation problem strikingly Illustrates this fact. We wonder if Dr. Aked would not like to revise his precept after reflec tion. Is It the man who stands alone that rules the race, or tho man who" can win a majority to his wa yof think ing? urr the west mine its orx COAL. The Government Is about to throw open to entry 70.000.000 acres of coal land in the Northwest, having finished surveys to determine Its value. It will then allow the people of the West to do what they came west for to de velop the resources of the country. They no longer expect the Government to give away land as It did to the drat settlers and the railroads. They ex pect to pay for It, but they expect the terms and conditions to be such that they can make a good profit on the venture not as large a profit as the protected Industries of the East and Middle West make, but Just a fair profit. They also expect that. If, they find It necessary to enlist the aid of Eastern capital In carrying through the venture, they will not be branded as thieves and perjurers by the ever busy special agent. When the Government has finished Its work on this coal land near home, the people of the West fervently hope that It will find time to approve the S00 coal claims In Alaska against which no charges of fraud have been made, but which have been suspend ed because fraud was suspected In 600 other claims. To the non-legal mind It does not seem fair to Inflict a wrong on 600 men because 600 of their neigh bors in the same business may have been guilty of crime. That is what the Government has done to the 600 inno cent bystanders In Alaska. If the Alaska coal can be brought Into the market. It may serve to bring down the Drlce of coal In the North west, which is exorbitant. It will ma m-a Ho Kl. fn. tlia Vnvv and reven cutters fuel close to the scene of the rtneratlnna Till mav be rl IstSStef 111 1 the coal barona of the East, who hav Imnressed on the Nflvv Departme tho onlnion that theirs Is the only co, n-nrt u hiivntnir o n rt whn are nrofitin largely by the Alaska embargo, but the Onvarnment ho tint shown any CXCCS- slve tenderness for the sensibilities of other Eastern barons, and the West expects that it will show no more when tho Interests of the whole Pa cific Coast directly and the whole country Indirectly are set against tho interests of the Eastern coal barons. The law undor which the Alaska coal land will be opened Is defective In some Important respects. It should be made practicable for a corporation to acquire a large tract of land on terms which would make the mining and shipment of coal profitable and at the same time reserve such power to the Government as will prevent the corporations from charging an exorbi tant price or doing anything against the public Interest. The present pro vision against trusts Is so vague and general in Its terois that it scares away capital by Inviting litigation. The contract with the Government should be so clear 'and definite as to leave no room fdr reasonable doubt of Its mean ing. . More legislation of this kind and less sawing the air In speeches about the tlmeworn tariff would do credit to Congress. " v . -- THE INSCBOENTS AND BECrPROCITT. One by one the amendments which have been offered to the reciprocity bill In the Senate have been rejected by riaeiaiv mniorltlAs. What other fate can be expected for those which Sena tor La Follette has so long and wiaeiy v.Hlint Thpv now hold the stage and he and some of his Insurgent allies are suDDortlng them with speecnes more or less brilliant and logical. Mr. Brlstow's remarks may pernapa serve as an example of Insurgent eloquence on this subject. He declares that Mr. Taft has proposed the reciprocity agreement for the nefarious purpose of punishing tne insurgent iarmero vl the West and winning the favor of the newspapers. So far aa the newspapers are concerned, there does not appear to be anything very heinous in Mr. Taffs tTfTort to gain their support. If he has thought of such a thing, by proposing a measure so wise and statesmanlike as the reciprocity agree ment. Would that all our public men might seek favor by similar methods. it thev Hid. what an abandonment there would be of the trickery, double dealing and senseless appeals to un reason with which we are too familiar. There is something exquisitely absurd In blaming a President because he asks public approval for Judicious measures. Should he ignore the pub lic altogether? Or is it his duty to try to win Its favor by deceit and hum buggery? To be sure, the newspapers are more or less interested In the success of the reciprocity agreement. It will mean cheaper supplies to them. But their Interest is entirely legitimate and does not exceed that of meat other Amer ican consumers. Everybody Is con cerned in the success of reciprocity be cause It means the beginning of a gen eral roductlon of taxation, lees reliance of the individual upon the Government for assistance in his business and a universal uplift of political morality. With these benefits certain to accrue from the measure, what folly it Is to seek to discredit it because the news papers or some other great Industrial enterprise may Incidentally profit by It. If nobody profited by the bill, what sense would there be in promoting it? But the absurdity of this accusation Is mild compared with that of M.r BrlstowVi other charge. The idea that the President has thought out the reci procity agreement for the sake of pun ishing the Insurgent Western farmers Is exquisitely funny. Granting for a moment that suffering will flow from It, hiw Is Mr. Taft going to discrimi nate among the farmers? They are not all Insurgents. Some of them are standpatters, and. Inasmuch as the woes of reciprocity will fall upon all alike, the President seems destined to punish his friends aa sorely as his ene mies. Mr. Rrlstow evidently suspects that Mr. Taft lacks common sense. Or Is It the American people whom he re gards as half-witted? Probably It la the people, since hla speech was in tended for public perusal and not for the President's instruction? But we cannot grant for a moment that the reciprocity agreement will in jure the farmers of the country a par ticle. A few years ago Mr. Cummins, of Iowa, now one of the bitter oppo nents of reciprocity, was of another opinion. He said then that nothing could be more beneficial to the farm ers of the United Slates than reciproc ity with Canada, since It would en large their markets and tend to keep American capital at home. Under the tariff, as every reader known, capital steadily flows from tho United States to Canada. It goes across the border not only to' build manufacturing plants, but also to erect farm build ings and Improve land. The emigra tion of -American farmers to Canada Is one of the economic phenomena of our day, and each man of the thou sands who go thither carries with him not less than a thousand dollars of good capital. If reciprocity stimulates trade, as It surely will, we shall not lose the benefit of this capital entirely In case It Is adopted. But Mr. Cummins, under the inspir ation of hla dislike for President -Taft. has seen a new and great light on reel, proclty. He now believes that it will bring misery and ruin to the groaning populations of Iowa and the other In surgent states. When he was making hla speech against reciprocity in' the Senate, somebody had the wit to read what he said on the subject seven years ago. before hewns converted to Insurgency. Of course, every listener laughed, for there is a certain fla grancy of inconsistency which Is not permitted even to politicians. But Mr. Cummins wriggled out of the dilemma y saying that "times had changed." They have changed Indeed, but the changehaa not .affected the country. It has been active only In the persons of Mr. Cummins and his band of col leagues, or conspirators. If you like, who have reeojved to oppose Mr. Taft In whatever he undertakes. They are determined to oppose him Just as re- ' lentlessly when he ia right aa when he Is wrong. Being a man and there fore fallible. Mr. Taft naturally makes mistakes, and when he does he ought to be criticised and withstood. But. not being an Imbecile or a demon, Mr. Taft la also right now and then, and when he la he should have the support of honest Senators. Mr. La Follette Is the leader of the faction which can see no possible good In the President. Hla voice Is loudest of all In blaming Mr. Taft for wishing to stand well with the newspapers. It might be retorted. If anybody thought it worth while, that Mr. La Follete wishes to stand well with the farmers. That ia the end for which he Is play ing his pawns every day and hour, and he Is doing It In the hope that they will make him President to succeed Mr. Taft. Conceding that Mr. Taft wishes to win votes In order to succeed himself, in what respect Is he worse than Mr. La FoIIette-.rovlded that ho uses only honorable means 7 How does it come that It Is so holy for Mr. La Follette to bid for votes and so wicked for Mr. Taft to do the-ame thing? Verily, the Insurgents have attempt ed to revise a great deal more than the wool schedules. They have tried their improving touch on the moral law. The Lorimer inquiry is settling down to a question of veracity among Illi nois politicians. E.t-Governor Tatea accuses Governor Deneen of falsehood and Deneen flatly contradicts Hlncs' version of the telephorle cqn versatlon in which Hines says he told Deneen Taft wanted Lorimer elected. Hlnes and Funk are also In direct conflict as to what passed between them in regard to the J100.000 fund. Either somebody is perjuring himself or Illi nois taolltlclans have extremely defec tive memories as to Important transac tions in which they took part. All the legal acumen of the Senate com mittee will be required to puzzle out the truth from this mass of contradictions. Sensible people 111 not object to the verdict of guilty against Apostle See of "the absolute life." He deserves all tho punishment he Is likely to get. But why does the law strike him with this Just severity while It overlooks the same offense in hundreds of others? See harbored two girls fdr Immoral purposes and he very properly goes to prison for It. Is there any reason why the same penalty should not be visited upon every man who commits the same crime? If every person In Port land who contributes to the mainte nance of vice were sentenced to prison, we should have to build a new penitentiary. Farmers who are frightened at the vision of Canadian reciprocity may find solace for their fears by studying the potato market. Potatoes are com ing in from Mexico In spite of the tariff because our home supply Is short. Under the same conditions and not otherwise, tarlfl or no tariff, food would be Imported rfom Canada. In normal circumstances we can produce our own food cheaply and are not tempted to . buy abroad. When the home supply falls we must look else where or go hiingry. Reciprocity would facilitate the working of this law, but would make no other change. The City Health pepartment should make a campaign against mosquitoes every Spring before the river rises and not wait until the water has risen and the mosquitoes have come. It Is well-known where pools' form at flooa stage In tho river and the sprinkling of these places with oil would prevent mosquitoes from breeding. What has been done in the whole Panama Canal zone can surely be done in the re stricted areas around Portland where the pests breed. Oil will serve as a temporary remedy until all the low land Is filled In. The Spokane potato war affords one of the rare examples available In these degenerate days of real competition. Under the active rivalry of the deal ers the' price fell to less than a cent a pound, and of course housewives re joiced for the moment. But suppose the competitive war should continue a few weeks, what would happen? The weak dealers Would go to the wall. The aurvlvors would combine. Prices would sail skyward and the smiling housewives would be drowned In tears. Competition Is beautiful while it lasts. The State Department has been ad vised by the American embassy at Rome that the contract for 4100 tons of armored steel plate forjhe new Ita lian war vessel has been awarded to American steel manufacturers. Brit ish. French and German manufactur ers' also submitted bids. Tho value of the contract is about $2,000,000. Tho Carnegie and Bethlehem companies "Infant industries" that insist upon tariff protection won It. Mr. Wemme has certainly achieved distinction. To set the date of retire ment at tho time when he shall reach the ago of 60, and to do ao, Is a privi lege not given to many men, nor do many have the resolution to embrace the privilege. Hundreds of young men and women of the East Sldo who were her pupils while In the "baby" classes will learn with regret of the death of .Miss Car rie Hayden. for twenty years a teacher in tho old North Central School. One consolation for the auffefec from the heat la that it waa not as hot yesterday as It was In Parla 122 years ago. On that day the French revolu tion was begun toy the storming of tho Bastile. A Hood River strawberry grower haa realized over $600 an acre, which beats the Tellow Newtown record, when all the work Is considered. The new broom at work In police circles will see that there la" no Illicit sale of "booze" tomorrow. The weather man la not a Mexican, but he shows symptoms by his "cooler manana" predictions It la better to be married than pois oned is the conclusion of the Vancou ver barber. - What glory is It to the man higher up than his fellows when the tap runs dry? It is an indictable offense for a census enumerator to see double. "Cooler tomorrow" if you sit on the Ice. Gleanings of the Day The Atlantlo transport liner Minne apolis, which sailed from Liverpool four days behind her schedule time on account of the seamen's strikei reached New York July 7 with but two pas sengers on board, the others who had been booked, having been transferred to other ships. The "lonesome two" had a royal retinue at their command, consisting of 18 stewards, two steward esses and five cooks, and the great dining salon to themselves. Notwith standing all this the two solitary pas sengers had a stupid voyage and were glad to make port. Adverse comment on the decreasing population of Vermont, shown In the census returns, has moved the Boston Transcript to print a vindication of Vermont. In which it reviews the legis lative and social changes of the last 10 years. P.eferring to the drift of population from the country to the towns and villages, it says: But this drift from the rural regions does not mean that tho countryside la being de serted, neglected and li going to w. On the contrary, th farms of the state never were ao welltilled aa they are today, and the farmer ntrver followed ao faithfully tho latest approyed precepts of tho aclenc of scrlnulture as more nnd more of them are riotn erery year. There has been aoma thlnij of a revolution here in this respect In tha paat derivdo even, and specialize and Intensive farming, maple susar making, orcharding; bee-keeping, tobacco raisins and Imllar ' interest are fast being developed to abundant prosperity. Not only that, but the so-called "abandoned farms" are not abandoned farm at all. If the pioneers that settled Vermont had enjoyed the lirht of madern knowledge of the science of husbandry, they never would have cleared those farms for tillage purposes. They are forest soli, never will be anything else, and should revert to the forest. And that Is what they are being left. to do now. When the second growth has been established, tho owners of such property will take a greater annual profit off the land by the employment of expert forestry methods than a farmer could have taken out of tilling the soli for generations. Does such a change as this Indicate "decadence" or simply busi ness common sense? The Eastern States frown on Inno vations used by hunters. A Maine court fined a non-resident, for using a silencer on hla rifle in hunting deer. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania sustains the prohibition of the uee of automatic guns, and the lower courts have upheld the law prohibiting the possession of firearms by aliens. But the automobile Is gaining popularity among hunters and the successful use of the aeroplane in duck hunting in California last November may lead to many Imitations next Fall. George Bernard Shaw has at last been asked a question he can't answer. Say ing to his audience he could write a better play than Shakespeare, he re ceived the reply: "Of course you can, Oeorgrf. Why don't you do it?" IViat was a "facer." A great silence may fall upon Shaw while he tries to write that play, and he may cease Indorsing now fads such as the anti-bathing cult. But if he should write a play which he considers better than any of Shake speare's, and the umpire should decide against him, what a storm would break over the head of the umpire. , The Wisconsin Income tax law Is taken by the Commercial and Financial Chronicle fis the tfext for a warning that a National income tax might bear more heavily on the poor than the rich, contrary to the general impression that It would "hit the rich." In Wisconsin every ona whose income Is over $500 a year Is required to make a return to the Assessor. Single persons pay on incomes over $&00 a year, and married persons on all over $1200. Wage-earn-,n rnnld not escape, for corporations are allowed to Include payments for . ... , . , . wages and salaries in meir when figuring net Income, only on con dition that they return to the Assessor the amounts of such salaries and the names of those receiving them. The law provides for a graded rate of taxa tion, starting with 1 per cent on the first $1000 above the limit and increas ing one-auarter per cent on each added $1000, until $12,006 Is reached, when the tax Is 514 per cent. Over $12,000? the rate Is 6 per cent. Measures have been taken to exempt the farmers, whose opposition could have defeated the bUl. A count taken ' by the American Bison Society shows a total of 2108 pure-blood buffalo In North America, as compared with 1917 at the date of the last census, made in 1908. Of these. 1007 are In captivity in the United States. 626 are in captivity In Canada, and 4"5 are wild. The cor responding figures for 1908 were 1116. 476 and 323. The decrease In the num ber in the United States was caused by the large purchases made by the Canadian government; the total num ber of buffalo has, however. Increased by nearly 200. The largest herds in private hands are now those of the Soldiers" Creek Park, at Belvldere. Kan.; the remainder of the Pablo herd at Ronan, Mont-; the Blue Mountain Forest Association herd at Newport, N. H.; the Lillle herd at Pawnee, Okla.; the Phillips herd at Pierre, S. D. ; the Goodnight herd at Goodnight, Texas, and the Dooley herd on Antelote Island In Great Salt Lake. The outlaw buf falo belonging to Michel Pablo, which have thus far defied all attempts at capture, are supposed to number about 76. It was announced In the Autumn that a hunt would be organized by the owter of the herd. The State Warden immediately took steps to pre vent the hunt under the provisions of an ld Montana law prohibiting the killing of buffalo at any time in the state. An Order for a Motto. Print me a card, O busy printer man. To save me from the torments of the season; For'lo, 1 am oppressed on every side, Until at times I tremble for my reason. Why should the yaps about the city way. Pester me with the obvious every day? Print me a card, O busy printer man. In letters large, that he who runs may read it If It be bold and black, there's no ex cuse For one who sees the legend not to heed it; And I will hang It proudly In my vest. Plod through the sultry streets and be at rest. What shall the legend be. O printer man. The magic motto that shall stop their plaguing. And to the limbo of the "Things Un said" Shall hurl their sorry bit of sport, a-begging? Tls this and let the letters boldest be "Yes, fool, of course It's hot enough for DEAN COLLINS. Portland. Jul 14. 1911. MAYOR TAVSICK'S GOOD SERVICE Walla Walla Has Shown How It Ap preciates Him. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. July 13. In The Oregonian recently there ap peared the statement that, "The harder Mayor Tausick, of Walla Walla, tries to hold his job. the more determined Walla Walla appears to separate him from it." For a quarter of a century I have been a subscriber for and a constant reader of The Oregonian. I think that I am entitled to say that I have learned to appreciate Its worth as a newspaper. Statements appearing in its editorial columns' are entitled to, and meet with, great respect. Such statements. It is presumed, have been made advisedly. The comment quoted must have been written under a total misapprehension of the facts. Mr. Tausick was first elected Mayor of the City of Walla Walla in 1908, re ceiving 1404 votes out of a total vote of 1866. At this election, Mr. Tausick was a candidate on the Democratic ticket, and defeated his Republican op-, ponent by a majority of 942 votes, notwithstanding the fact that the City of Walla Walla then was. and at all times since has been, overwhelming ly Republican. Mr. Tausick was re elected Mayor In 1909. receiving all but eight of the votes cast for the office at that election. Prior to the election in 1910, Mr. Tausick announced that he would not again stand as a candi date for the office of Mayor. A peti tion, signed by the leading bankers, business men and taxpayers of the City of Walla Walla, was presented to him by a committee appointed for that purpose, urging him again to become a candidate. Mr. Tausick finally con sented to do so, and at that election received all of the votes but 21 cast for the office of Mayor. He announced at that time that, under no circumstances, would he again acoept the office. A short time prior , to tha June primaries of this year. 'he was again petitioned to be come a candidate at the ensuing elec tion. This -petition was as strong as the one presented to him in 1910. Mr. Tausick explained to the petitioners that his private business absolutely required his attention, and that a proper attention to the duties of the office of Mayor would render It Im possible for him to give the time to his private affairs which they demanded. He therefore declined srgain to stand for the office of Mayor. It has not been a case of a man trying to hold his Job. bnt rather of the leading citizens of Walla Walla striving to keep him from getting rid of his Job. These facts are well known m Walla Walla, but seem never to have penetrated as far as Portland, where Mr. Tausick has friends, who will be surprised to learn that he is trying to hold a public office in spite of the peo ple's wishes. Mr. Tausick has served the city lor three years as Mayor without salary. Under the new organization. Into which the city is passing, the Mayor will be paid $2500 a year. Had Mr. Tausick been desirous of continuing In office, he could probably have so shaped his course as to have secured both the office and the salary. For three years he ha given to public affairs the greatest portion of his time. This has been at a sacrifice of his personal business. These facts are all well known, and may easily be corroborates C. C. GOSE. SHI P MASTKRS TIEU BY RILES Navigator Defends Captain of Wrecked Steamer Santa Rosa, PORTLAND, July 9. (To the Edi tor.) In regard to the wreck of S. S. Santa Rosa at Surf, The Oregonian ac count in Sunday's issue Bays the quar termaster must have altered the course. Now all licensed men, also quartermasters, are aware of the fact that they can't alter a course except upon direct orders from the officer on watch. I have known Captain Farla for 14. years and I know (as I have sailed with him) that there are no braver, nor more capable men on this Coast. The man who was to blame was the officer on watch for not keeping a proper lookout. The land at Point Arguello is high and can be seen for miles on a clear night. As any navi gator knows, a ship could be the proper distance off a point such as Point Piedras Blancas or Point San Luis light and still be carried by current or bad steering, four to six miles inside her course and the captain perhaps asleep below, thinking all was O. K. Anyone with sense can't expect a 'cap tain to be on deck 24 hours out of 24 hours, and accidents will happen as long as companies Interfere by employ ing their mates instead of permitting the captains of the ships to do so. A licensed man. If he has the pull, no matter how Inefficient he is, can land the position before a man who has had the experience, no matter what the captain says. They are only too glad to keep their Job. In regard to fog Tve never been In a steamer that moderated her speed in fog. No matter what the United State regulations are so long a3 companies want to make time and demand it of their captains those things will happen. If they don't their captains will not last All the blame could be rectified by the United States Inspectors them selves, by examining the vessel's log books and, when they observe that a vessel has been running In fog at full speed, suspending such masters' license for a period.' Anyone can understand if he looks at it from a sea farer's point of view that a captain has his hands tied fast by company rules and in some instances by a lot of managers that know no more about sailing a ship than driving a streetcar. A MASTER MARINER. Rlj-ers In France and Italy. PORTLAND, July 12. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly publish the names of the rivers that flow through Paris, and Rome and their length. A READER, The river Seine, on which Paris In located, traverses in its windings a distance of 482 miles. The air dis tance from source to mouth Is 250 miles. The River Tiber, on which Rome Is situated. Is 244 miles long. Brad's Bit o' Verse In my memory there's a picture of a little country place, and a dear ld fashioned mother with a look of saint ly grace. It was Just a tiny cottage, nestling low among the trees, where the crimson-breasted robins , warbled love songs to the breeze. Just a home nest by the wayside where the world seemed bright and new, with the wealth of all the ages in the diamonds of the dew; where the lilacs and the marigolds and all the old-time flowers lent a sweeter, fairer meaning to the joy .of childhood's hours. But the Bweetest memory of all is of a dim old room, when, the shadows of the twilight softly deepened into gloom, and the melody of angels seemed to float from heaven's dome, as I listened to my mother sing the dear old songs of home. Oh, the world has much of beauty, and it has Its gladsome hours; I have seen its lights and shadows, and plucked Its thorns and flowers; and I'd give my earthly riches Just to see my .mother's smile and to feel her soft caressing hand just for a little while, and to hear again the home songs as she sang tbem sweet and low in the days across the valley of the. happy long ago. -(Copyright, 191L tr W. V. Meng.) Advertising .Talks By William O. Freeman. During the last meeting of the Pub lishers' Association in New York, I met Mr. Lynn J. Arnold, of the Albany Knickerbocker-Press. Mr. Arnold resides in Cooperstown, N. Y and, if I remember correctly, he was president of the bank there for 15 years. When he took bold of the hank, the first thing he tlltl waa to advertise It In the local weekly ncwennpe'r. He told the country people all about the bank, It's stresKio, what it would do for its depositors, how it would ealeKuard their funds; bow it would help the bnsineae community in every way by its co-operation. Some of the directors of the bank thought he had lost his mind when he commenced to advertise the bank in the newspapers, but he knew he was right, anil be kept on Just the some what was the result? In ten years) time he multiplied both the surplus and the deposits In the bank by ten! This means that if tho surplus was $100,000 when he took hold of the bank, it grew to $1,000,000 in ten years and If the deposits were $200,000, they grew to $2,000,000 in ten years. This is a good advertising lesson to banks everywhere. Why banks do not advertise to get more business makes everybody wonder, because there ia no advertis ing in the world mvt likely to ap peal to good, sensible people than stood, senalble advertising; by a re liable bank. If ever confidence is needed in n business, it is needed by the banking business, and the way to get it is to tell the public nil the facts about tho bank. If banks want to increase their busi ness, they must reach more people, and the surest way of reaching people In any community is through the columns of the dally newspaper. Think it over, gentlemen! (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911. by George Matthew Adams) People are always complaining of an noyances they get pay for standing. A man ehould have no secrets from his wife, except pleasant surprises he Is getting up for her birthday. When a man advertises that ha wants to buy a "safe" horse for his wife to drive, he moans one that Will not cost more than $20. Nothing makes a young couple so vain as a big lot of wedding presents. The wonder grows every day how many mean things a man can keep covered up, and still look Innocent. Some people look upon every new friend as so much additional capital. When a man tells a woman he will make any sacrifice for her, ho expects her to be equally generous and not. ask any. Every man is a good husband for awhile. So many things hapren every day to make a maji humble that the won der grows that anyone can be proud. Every man knows some one -ho ex pocts to be finally compelled to kill. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian. July lt, 19(11. The San Francisco papers state that there is some difficulty in organizing the different departments of the branch mint In that, city. The law authorizes and requires the superintendent to ap point all the clerks and other employes in the mint. The assayer will not recog nize tills authority. The first annual examination of the scholars at the School of the Sisters of Charity in this city will take place today. Austin H. Smith, late Navy anent at San Francisco, has gone Kust with tho money and books of ills olllce. He says that the "Federal Government is an ex ploded humbug to which he owes no allegiance." No farmer ought to be satisfied with out a crop of turnips and buckwheat. He will want them both next Winter. The Simcoe trail .from Vancouver, it is said, will be open for travel by August 1- FICTION FEATURES IN THE SUNDAY , OREGONIAN Sherlock Holmes will solve an other perplexing mystery next Sundav in "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist." It is a tale surcharged with tense action Conan Doyle at his best. " The adventure, occupying more than a paue, illustrated, is com plete in the Sunday issue. The following week, by the way,, and each succeeding week during tho Summer months, will develop a pom pit-tc Sherlock Holmes adven ture. Don't miss them. Further light entertainment features are provided by the Funny Men's department, by the suave philosopher, Colonel Crowe, and by a short story, complete. An additional fiction feature will be the next installment of Miss Cranston's story of Washington society, "Compensation." Mexico seems to have dropped out of sight lately. What is be coming of Mexico now 1 What is Mexico's future. Important light . is thrown on this subject by a well-known writer, who was in the country throughout the late rebellion. Half page with phoios. Another half page of popular music, new adventures by tho Widow Wise and other favorites and an endless variety of selected reading matter bearing on almost everything of popular interest.