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Whatever our opinions con cerning the proper mean of handling the aoclal evil, we must all agree that when vice flaunts ltaelf and grows to undue proportions there Is lax admin lutratlon of law somewhere along the line. We are not Inclined to Indlrt Chief Clover offhand for dereliction In duty. It Is likely true that he, even though Chief of Police. Is unaware that condi tions are as described by .the grand Jury. The patrolmen and plain clothes men, the rank and file, how ever, undoubtedly know It, and this .peak of lack of discipline. The whole department Is weak, and yet even a head of strong executive will rould not put the police force on a much better footing. Insubordination Is po.aslble of punishment only In the most open and flagrant cases under the present civil ervlce regulations. The underground derelictions may go forward unham pered. The patrolman who will not see or who profits by turning his back .M . m.w k kniwR t .1 hl anniirlnM but he cannot be dlrhsr(red for the good of the service. He must be spe cifically amused and. positive proof, practically Impossible to obtain In such cases, must be forthcoming. Is It any wonder the police force Is Ineffective and almost demoralized T The evidence Is not conclusive tht we need a new Chief of Police r a change of Mayors, but It Is clesr that our present charter provisions put law enforcement Into the hands of an or ganization of wfilch there can be no adequate control or discipline. We need not only centralization of author ity, but stronger authority. Civil serv ice should undoubtedly be applied In recruiting the police force and In reg ulating promotions, but the efficiency of the police or any other city depart ment should not be sacrificed because of a remote fear of political abuses. The recall, as applied to the principal. Is or ought to be a safe and effective substitute for the present Ironclad pro tection of their Jobs that Is given em ployes by civil service. These facts are not recited as suffi cient excuse for the Inroads vice has committed upon the community. A little more energy and firmness at the head of the department ought to bring about a curbing of the moat open and flagrant violators of the low. More action Is demanded. i.rr ttib wm try its, hat. Senator Newlttnds plan of concerted action by the Congressional delega tion from the West for the revision of the land laws Is deserving of seri ous consideration by Western people. About all the open public land remain ing Is In the West. Unless that land Is developed and made productive, the progress of the Western states will be halted, or at least checked. - The West knows best the character of this land and by what means Its development ran be promoted. The Interest of the ' East and South consists in precautions . that those to whom the land Is grant- f d. either by sale or lease, shall pay an ' adequate price and shall Improve It In order that the National domain be not quandered. The West has the same 1 Interest, If the East would but reeog- ' nlze the fact, and has the added Inter est that Its progress is mainly depend. 'ent on the wise development of the ' public land. Until recent years tne land laws which have controlled the West have ' been made by Eastern me'n. Those laws contain within themselves evi dence of the ignorance of their mak ers. Not until the reclamation law was passed did the West have a nearly adequate voice In making the laws which were to govern It. The Eastern men had a vsgue Impression that the West waa all alike and they made laws of general application without regard to the radical differences between sec. 'tlons. They Imagined that the land mm largely worthless and that there was a practically unlimited supply of It. They therefore gave away much of tt In lavish grants to railroad and wagon road companies which, with keener foresight, held the land for In creased value and thus the grants, which were Intended to promote devel opment, became an obstacle to It. The most beneficent law passed un der Eastern influence for the develop, ment of the West was the homestead law, but Congress forgot that the homesteaders needed materials to build houses. Necessity knowing no law. the settler in the prairie states, which they first overrsn. took timber and stone from the neighboring hills and from the wooded fringe along the streams. Pome of them were arrested for treepsss. and a rry then went up for a law to grant them timber and stone. To remedy Its blunder. Con gress passed the timber and stone act. with the thought that it would allow each settler to have a wood lot or stone quarry or both which would supply bulldrng material and fuel. But In pssxlng this law, Congress forgot or did not know that west of the Cas cade Mountains and la many other sections the land to be taken up by the homesteader was covered with more than enough timber for all his needs. The result has been that the law Is a standing .invitation to each home steader In those sections to locate a timber clnlm and sell It. Hence the existence of timber barons and the land-fraud prosecutions. All sprang from blundering legislation by Eastern men ignorant of the West. The West Is not responsible for the squandering of the public domain: the East is responsible through passing the laws which made It possible. The East laid down the conditions under which the West should be settled and devel oped; the Went made the best of those conditions. The East, having already wasted and given away Its public land, undertook, after thus proving Its Inca pacity, to do the same for the West. Now in an access of remorse tt rushes to the opposite extreme and upholds Finchotlsm. It Is high time that the East turned over to the West the Job of making land laws. The West can so amend the laws that our resources will be developed and still be conserved; that the Government shall receive a fair return on Its property, but that the farmer, the cattleman, the sheepman, the miner, the logger, can pursue their Industries with profit. The East, whose policy has borne fruit In the anthracite coal trust, the denuding of the Eastern forests and other evi dences of monopoly and destruction, to say nothing .of the timber and coal land frauds in the West, is in no posl. tlon to play mentor to the West. Let the Wet try Its hand. THK OI.I AND NEW BEXATB. The Senate of the United States I undergoing a transformation as great as that which Is In progress In the Re publican party. When the direct elec tion amendment becomes effective. In a few years, that transformation will be complete. Those who still remain of the Senators elected under the old plan will feel compelled to change their tactics. If they desire to preserve their political existence. The faults of the old Senate were due mainly to the election method, which relieved them of a sense of di rect responsibility to the people. The fact that they were elected for six years aided In inspiring this excessive feeling of Independence. Their disre gard of public sentiment has also been, enhanced by the fact that the manner of their election gave a fine opening for private Interests to fill the Senate with men antagonistic to the public interest. Their sense of their own Im portance has been exaggerated by their power to cenflrm or reject ap pointments and to ratify or reject treaties. The peculiar rules of the KenAte give an individual Senator ex cessive power and the entire structure of senatorial courtesy tends to the same result. The Senators have been encouraged to foster the delusion In their own minds that they are superior beings, not made of common clay. The new Senate will be composed of men directly responsible to the peo ple. Any member who sets up sena torial courtesy or prerogative aa an excuse for attempting to thwart the popular will may expect to feel the scourge of popular wrath. Defense of the mangling of an arbitration treaty on the pretext that It infringe on the prerogative of the Sonata will be heard with small patience. Refusal to con firm the reappointment of a competent official on the plea that he 1 "person ally obnoxious" to some Senator will be received with derision. Public opinion is likely to force the adoption of some measure on the lines of that recommended by President Taft. whereby all local officials will be added to the classified civil service. The power of the Senate over appoint ments will then be confined to Judges, ambassadors, ministers and heads of departments and bureau and we shall have a less powerful but more useful and responsible Senate. There are features In the rule of the Senate which render them superior to those of the House. The Senate ha erred on the side of too great, the House of too little, freedom of debate. Some measures have been more thor oughly threshed out In the Senate and greatly Improved after they had been rushed through the House, where amendments had been rejected In the mass without consideration. No man need feel discouraged be cause the retirement of the old leaders of the Senate has not been followed by the rise of new leaders of equal force and ability. Time and occasion will produce the men. TUB WEALTH- OF ALASKA. The Territory of Alaska ha an area of B0.S84 square miles, being some thing over six times as large as the State of Oregon, nine times as large as the six New England states com bined and twelve time as large aa the State of New York. My the census of 1110 the population, of Alaska, was 64.1SS, or on person to each nine square miles, approximately. If Its population was as dens as that of New York it would have over 110.000. 000 of people; If as densely populated as Oregon It would have practically 6,000,000. Nobody maintain that our northern territory could maintain population aa dense a that of New York or even Oregon: the figure are given so that the reader who ha not closely studied the matter may have an Ides, of the Immensity of 'Seward," a a great many people are In favor of calling Alaska. Since the opening of the ter ritory under the ownership of the United States, gold, silver and copper have been sent out to an amount con siderably over 1100. 000,000, and the surface of the mine ha as yet scarce ly been scratched. The coal mine val ues of the territory are almost beyond computation. Compared with the Pennsylvania mine they are more than likely as fifty to one. The mar ble and slat quarries but await their opening to produce aa fine material in those lines as there are In the world. About the furs of Alaska we know that they are of a value greater than that possessed by any other country. The same can probably be said of the lead, tin and sine mines. But it Is of the fixhlng industry of Alaska that we wish to speak, for greater develop ment has taken place In the Alaskan fisheries than In any otiflr branch 'of commerce there followed. The first salmon mere packed there In 1178, the output being (IS case (each case containing forty-eight one pound cans). In that year the total pack of the Pacific Coast amounted to 629.11 cases, of which 47.6I4 case were packed In Oregon. In 1889, ten years later, the Oregon pack hsd fallen to J88.85 cases, and the Alaska pack had reached a total of 719, Its cases, and the entire Coast packed 1. 614. case. In 1911 the entire pack of the Coast was as follows: Wash ington, 1.444.650 cases; Columbia River. 643.331; Oregon coastal streams, 153,828; California, 11.746; British Columbia, 948,965. Alaska packed 2.820.066, or almost one-half of the total output of the coast. The total pack, 1878 to 1911. Inclusive, was 16.189.717 cases, valued at 3147. 000.000. Just how many more canneries there will be put in operation .each year it is difficult to estimate, but those best informed think the industry will gain as rapidly the coming decade a It has during the past. In due course of time, depending upon the way Congress treats our northern ter ritory, the coal mines will be opened up, and then we shall have a wondrous story of evolution. It Is one of the crying sin of the times that practically all of the coal now consumed by the Alaskans comes from Japan. Sending coals to Newcastle was as nothing enmpsred to tying up the mines of Alaska and compelling the good peo ple of that section to ship their coal thousands of miles. A WHOLESOME STATTTE. . Attention la' called to one of the practically somnolent temperance law of Oregon by a complaint recently filed In the State Circuit Court In this city by the mother of a minor against a saloonkeeper charging that the lat ter has contributed to the delinquency of her son, a youth of 19 years, by sell ing him liquor until he has become an habitual drunkard. The damages asked by this mother are 310.000. It would seem rather late In the day for the mother to enter this complaint, since she could at any time during the process by which her young son has become 'an habitual drunkard have caused the arrest and punishment of any saloonkeeper or other person who had sold or given to him intoxicating liquor. However, It I better late than not at all. If too late to save the youth, which now aeems probable, from be coming a settled drunkard, it is not too late to punish the man or men who contributed to this, shocking result. The law to which appeal Is made In thl case Is one of the most salu tary of the temperance laws upon our statute books. It la founded upon the grave responsibility of the man toward the boy a responsibility that Is rec ognized, and Justly so, aa binding all along the path that leads to Juvenile delinquency and Its sure consequence, criminal manhood. The time to make appeal to the law grounded upon this responsibility Is the very first time of its Infraction. The very first time that a saloonkeeper is detected In the Infraction of the law which forbids htm to sell liquor to a minor he should be brought to book by that minor's parents, or If without parents and home, complaint should be entered against him by anyone who 1 witness to the act. Enforcement of this law la not the business of one person or another. It la the business of society In general and the specific business of any man who witnesses Its violation. As for the parent of the minor who comes home drunk, or gets drunk whether he comes home or not, they should be Indefatigable in the deter mination to find out where the boy got hla tipple, and who supplied him therewith, whether by gift or sale; having learned this, they should be relentless In the prosecution of the guilty person, whether a saloonkeep er, a neighbor, an acquaintance or a stranger. Thl crime la, from the viewpoint of responsible parenthood or reputable manhood and womanhood, an unfor givable one, since. In the language In which the "Worm of the Still" waa arraigned In a reading exercise In a school reader of a former genera tion. It Stlnr tna body and th mind. Yaa, It daveur th oul. The law I a most wholesome one. Let it be enforced. . DOWXFAIX OF THK OOCXD9. The report showing that the Goulds have practically been eliminated a dominant factor in the railroad and, financial world teaches a lesson that should set all men .of great wealth to thinking, for the downfall of thl fam ily show what may and possibly will happen to any who practically for sake their business that they may climb high In society. Jay Gould, the founder of the Gould family and the Gould fortune, waa one of the most remarkable financier of the last century. He died before he waa 67 years old. Had he lived twenty or thirty years longer there 1 no tell ing what hi fortune would have amounted to. Had he 'administered his affairs a well he did during the last ten year of hi Ufa he would more than likely have been on of the very richest men In the world. How he made hla start as a surveyor, map maker, biography writer, tanner and lumberman, later embarking In a small way In the banking business In a small town In Pennsylvania all this 1 history. Gould's first railway venture was maie when he was only a littl over 21 years of age. This wa the pur chase of a little road, about 100 mile in length, running from Troy, N. Y to Rutland. Vt He bought the atonk of this road for 10 cent on the dollar, and began hla career by managing tt. He built It up rapidly, and two years later consolidated It with the Rens selaer 4k Saratoga road, and then sold out Ms holding at 110. He then went Into the brokerage business In New York with Jim Flsk, forming the historic firm of Flsk Gould. How In lt(t this firm entered Into a war fare "with Daniel Drew and Commo dore Vanderbllt, th two railway mag nate of those day, and wrested the Erie from them, and th methods by which they did it. form another page of history. No matter how he secured the Erie, no matter how many he wrecked and ruined In doing It. Gould got control. Flsk taking no part In the manage ment, and at once began to build the road up. He did make a auccesa of It, and his Erie venture may be aald to have been the beginning of his railway career. In 1171 he secured, by his methods of bearing the market and then buying the stock, the Mis souri Pacific, a road of about 287 mile In length. He later sold out his Erie holdings at a large figure and gained control In turn of th Wabash, th Texas Pacific, the St. Lout ft Northern, th St. Louis San Fran cisco, and the Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas. By 1880 he controlled over 10.000 miles of roadbed, and wa the most powerful railway operator the world had ever known. HI holdings comprised more than one-ninth of the railway mileage of this country. Later he went into the telegraph business and was Instrumental In consolidating various lines into one great system the Western Union which he domi nated and controlled. He also con solidated the various elevated rail road of New York City and controlled the new system, the Manhattan Ele- vated. When Jaj- Gould died In 1892 he left a fortune of 376.000.000. prac tically all of which waa Invested In, the various enterprises mentioned and subsidiary connections. HI real es tate holdings were confined to his residence on Fifth avenue and a country place or two. He had some Government and other gilt-edge bonds which he kept for the purpose of get ting quick loan In time of stress. He left his vast fortune to his six children. George, Edwin, Helen, How ard. Anna and Frank, whose ages were respectively 28. 26, 24. 21, 17 and 16 years. George had been for a number of years a very active figure In th management of the various properties, and the elder Gould thought that George would soon be come one of the most astute railway men In the world. Of such vast help had George been to hla father and so highly did he estimate hi services that to him was given outright $5,000,000. The balance was thrown Into a com mon fund to be eventually equally di vided between the other five; but George had the deciding vote on all questions of policy or management. Indeed, such were the conditions that George was the whole trust. For a time It seemed that George would fulfill his father's predictions. He gave his whole time and attention to the management of the properties and went on acquiring others, th holdings of the estate amounting by 1395 to over 17,000 miles. But soon the society bug bit Mrs. George Gould and the virus Inoculated the whole family. The properties began rapidly to run down. Whenever he attempted to branch out he was forestalled. An "upstart," as Gould called him, by the name of Harrlman, a man who waa on hi job day and night and on it at close range, was harassing him at every turn. Harrlman was acquiring roads, building them up, improving them, -bettering them In every way, while George was letting his systems run down. The Harrlman roads, many of them paralleling the Gould road, had their earnings reinvested In bet terments or extensions; George wa grabbing the last cent possible In divi dends, often borrowing money to pay these dividends. But no matter the demands of society, which come mighty high, had to be met. In looking back over the wrecks, noting the practical annihilation of the Western Maryland, the wiping out of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the bankrupting of the Missouri Pacific and of the Wahssh. the 345.000.000 expenditures in Pittsburg on a system that has been the laughing stock of the financiers of the country, the en tire loss of the Western Union and the Manhattan E.evated, their best paying properties while the Gould boy for latterly Edward, Howard and Frank have made opera bouffe attempts at management, while they were not marrying or divorcing wives, or dawdling In Europe, or building castles In looking at these things the Goulds present a pitiful spectacle. What's the matter with the Portland widows? Are they not good enough for J. F. Ryan that he must send to California for oneT If there are any widows among his acquaintance, he is likely to hear from them in some way. In retaliation for this slight. If the Judges at the eugenic baby how poke the exhibit In th ribs aa do the judges at a fat stock show, there will be the greatest variety of yells ever heard In a human assemblage. A member of the Republican Na tional committee Is now the man moat courted by both factions. A month from now he will be the most cursed by one faction. If the explanation of Chief of Police White, of San Francisco, be correct, recall of a police Judge or two might close the poolrooms and thus prevent further dynamiting. The bulk of Oregon' growth In the last census decade waa urban. Development by electrical energy will change that during the -current period. How are "Lucky" Baldwin's daugh ters ever to live on $550 a day each? Just consider what a hole the care of a poodle will make In that trivial sum! Operation of the Oregon Electric to Albany will be enough reason for a Joyous celebration of the Fourth In that city. ' A woman who commit suicide by shooting aeldom alma at her head, knowing ahe would not "lay. out" nicely. One feature of the atate fair that will have special interest will be the dog show, which Max Muller will direct. Intervention by the United States may be necessary to suppress the revo lution In San Diego, as in MtxJco and Cuba, Nobody seems to be worrying about a Vice-Presidential candidate, for the woods will be full of fillers. . , No use looking for the O. O. P. brand on the big elephant today. That animal la Indisposed. Senator Milt Miller haa the faltk and the hunch that "call the turn" occasionally. The Southern delegate now consid ers himself the most important person on earth. Give the beet positions on the curb to the women and children during the parade. Parmalee also wa one of the "saf est" aviators, the clasa Invariably killed. Only a week more until there will be something doing in the Rose City. United States Rubber haa stretched: its capital stock. PFJACK ILA FOR TirB CO VEJTIO rrrespoaeat Smarsrata rawrs He B. Itcvce Will Brlaar Harsaoay. PORTLAND. Or. Jane 1. (To the Editor.) A split in the coming Nation, al Republican Convention, as now ap pear. Is not ony possible but probable. But It seems to me thst this may be avoided by a clear understsnding all around, and fair, unaelflsh conduct. If personal ambition rules, disaster la llkalv to follow. If action taken Is bssed on principle, and precedent fol- lowed only so far as It is founded on t resson and fitness, success may be as- , talned. The steam roller cannot be brought into th convention with i safety by anybody. It must he kept j out to Insure success at tbe poll next I November. I Any party must have machinery. It muat have executive officers, and these should have carefully defined duties. They are In no sense leaders or rulers, but are charged with the duty of car rying out the wishes of the majority. They ought not to attempt by power of might or opportunity to Impose meas ures or men on the party that are dis tasteful and unpopular. They have no right to cuoose between proposed csn dldates for office in any action they may take prior to a pending convention. It Is their business to be fair and equal with all candidates and provide for an equal and unobstrurted opportunity for all. ,Tak th National Republican Com mitter of 53 members, for example. They were elected four years ago and conducted the campaign of 10. This year it was their duty to call a Na tional Convention and fix tbe time and place for holding It. They have don that, and Chicago la the place, and June 18 the date of meeting. On June the committee will meet tn Chicago and make out a Hat of delegatea who may be entitled to seats In the convention. Some 800 delegates are entitled to seata beyond question, and these unques tioned delegatea have a right to seats, snd to be considered the National Re publican Convention for 112. and to take part in the temporary organisation of the, convention. So far the National Committee may go in determining who are members of the convention, and no further. Contests for seats must be de- r A mA ,ft th. nMllmtitar nmnlii. I .. . . . A w. . v. - - . I al Committee. Tbe proceedings would be this: The hour of noon. June 18, having ar rived, and over 800 unquestioned dele gates being seated In the convention hall, the chairman of the present Na tional Committee raps for order and announces that the hour for opening the convention has arrived and that It is ready for business. He has no moral right to name a temporary chairman, and he ought not to attempt It. To do that Is to take an advantage that does not properly belong to him. That right belongs to the convention Itself, snd must, in all fairness,. remain there. The temporary organisation of a conven tion is very Important, indeed. In con trol of the temporary organisation of a convention, a few adroit men who un. derstand each other, and work for a common purpose, can run It In spite of a majority, and control results. What the chairman of the old National Com mittee should do after he raps for or der, would be to say that motions for temporsry chairman were In order. A ballot should then be taken by the un contested delegates and tbese votes should place the temporary officer In the chair. When the ovation to him was over, and he had made his speech of thanks, the chairman of the old Na tional Committee should step to the front and notify the convention that the labors of his commltt were at an end. and that ,th business of the conven tion thenceforward waa wholly in its hands. It seems to me that from this on the work of the convention would be easy and harmonious. A secretary would be elected. Tbe members of the new National Committee would be reported from th state delegation, and this committee would ultimately paaa upon ronteated seats, subject ti'revialon or amendment by the convention Itself, and then the regular work would go on without confusion, heated battles or hesrtburn afterward. The reason of It all. though some what contrary to precedent, la that each convention Is a new birth, a new child In the household, and that tt ought not to be put at a disadvantage by the mistakes and grouches of the past. It must be allowed to choose for Itself. It must enter on Its own responsibility with a clear conscience and a pure heart, tf such a state of things can be thought of In connection with political parties and their arts. The new Na tional Committee must carry on the rampalgn to success. If It can, and tt must not be burdened with the sins of the peat, or the unseemly alms of the present. It must not have a candidate thrust npon It that It does not want and cannot carry through to victory, and It doea not want to be loaded down with a platform that does not commend Itself to th great public body to whom It muat appeal for support. For this reason the old committee must let go, and leave the field of action, with the calling of th convention to order, and aa soon thereafter as the nwcommlt tee can be called together, tt must take hold and enter upon the new campaign, with a new slate before It. and all tbe sins of the past forgiven, so far as may be possible. The convention ltse:f must be free to carry out Its best Judgment without being gagged or hobbled by a presiding officer not in sympathy with It- At the best that can be said the convention will have diffi cult problems to solve, and a warm and complex campaign la before It. To se cure success, as I see It, those having axes to grind had better leave them at home when they start to the Chicago convention. LEVI W. MTEK3. Maniaare Vy Coatrart. PORTLAND. June 1. (To the Editor.) Can one person hold another to a con tract marriage? Is It considered bind ing In any state and how about Ore gon? The case tn mind is one in which two persons wrote an agreement In which they then and there, with Ood Almighty aa witness, took. each other to be husband and wife for Vll time. Can they hold each other to this pledge? Were they, by this agreement, married or not A SUBSCRIBER. Validity of common-law or informal marriage according to the latest avail able data la recognised In Alabama. Arkansas. Colorado, District of Colum bia, Florida, Georgia. Illinois, Iowa. In dlana, Kansas. Louisiana. Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin, but not In Oregon. As re forms In marriage laws have been popu. lar in the laat few years person inter ested should not rely too closely on compiled data, but seek Information direct from the state in which th con traot waa entered Into. Vtky .Net Raakr Day PORTLAND. June 1. (To th Ed itor.) Taere is so much said In the paper about benefit for th different homes and charitable organisation, why don't Portland have a rubber day? I know of other cities whert there are two or three dsys in the late Spring set aside for -the collection of old rubbers. In fact, all rubber articles that can be sold are, deposited In barrels and the proceeds are given to somo baby home or orphanage. Stray pennies also find their way Into tbe barrel. I bava bees tn Portland two year and have never heard of this being done here, so hope my suggestion will not come amls. A Sl'bdCKIBbR. GHAXtiK ROAD POLICY DEFENDED. KM-rieldlaer Spirit Devlared to Be Ride f Gate Rad Auarlaun, HOOD RIVER, Or- June 1. (To the Editor) A few dsys ago aa article ap peared In a Portland evening nw paper from Mr. C. T. Trail, President of the Oregon Good Roads Association, of Portland, relative to the attitude of aome of th member of the Oregon State Orange upon good road a legisla tion. Mr. Trail attempts to answer Brother H. A. Darnall'a very compre hensive argument published a few days previous. L'ld he antwer t.lm? Far from It. On the contrary, he tried to belittle the efforts of many sincere member of the lirange who have been trying far the laat six yeara to get bet ter road lama for Oregon. At tbla time I ahall not attempt to offer any argument for or against either set of road bills now before the public, but only snawer some of Mr. Trail's varcaim, ridicule and meanest statementa. lie says: A certain element of the grans I pre pared to A In the middle of a muddy rd If need be. but harrnonls never. rerleh th thought. In the brlsht lillron of thee men there I no ut h word a "harmonise. In the laat aeeatnn of the Lnrtslature. In th deliberation of th tte.!d and harmony committee. In fart, whenever and wherever the queatton of road law eome up. there will l found theae rhampton of a narrow and restricted policy tuhbornly lnitins on their Idea with n thousht of harmony. Friend Frail' memory muM be very poor. At the last eeaxlun of the legis lature the Oregon Good Roada Associa tion. oT which Mr. Trail la now presi dent, and th mate Grange, each had their lobbyist at 8alem to work for their particular road bill. Judge Lio nel R, Webster was their chief repre aentailve during the campaign pre vious to the election and during the entire Legislature, and he waa ably aaalated by Hanker A. H. Albert of Salem. At least 10 daya before the Legislature adjourned there waa a com promise mad and accepted by theae gentlemen end the representatives of the State Grange, with the result that four ro1 bills passed both houses of the Legislature and were afterward vetoed by the Governor. Mr. Trail ahould aearch the records, and tell us who asked the Governor to veto the four road bill passed by the 90 duly elected lawmakers of Oregon. Yet In face of these facts Jaf Is now trying to make the public believe we are "narrow minded" and "stubborn." Yes, the State Grange of Oregon met the association half way at the last Legislature. We were fair, reasonable, and accepted a compromlae with their representative. And now I ask Mr. Prall to tell the publio who stood true to that compromise, the Oregon State Grange or the Good Roads Association of Portland? The State-wide and Har mony committees were very wisely se lected In order to force us Grangers to compromise their wsy. But In face of this fact, the Grangers accepted a compromise with the Harmony commit tee. A letter stating the terms agreed upon was sent to the Governor snd was published in both The Oregonlan and the Journal. This agreement was signed by all five of the Harmony com mittee. But the next morning after this agreement was signed up the Pres ident of the Harmony committee made this statement: "I have been called np nearly all hours of the night snd told we have compromised too much, so we have de cided to Initiate our own bills." While we are, handicapped to get all of our actlona before the public tn the dally preas. time will reveal It all. "Truth" though crushed to earth, will rise again." Yes, we have compro mised, eepeclslly at our laat LeglHla ture. and twice have we been fooled. Such articlea as title one anwera are not of aa much intret to the publio a the dlsoulon of th true merits of both sets of road bills. Our whole dlfferenoe msy be easily discovered by comparing tbe two aets of bills. It can be told in about one sentence: "Who shall locate the roada upon which tbe peopl'e money la to be expended T' In conclusion I desire to say If Mr. Prall dealrea to share time In dlacuas tng the two eels of Initiative road bills before any audience In the state at soms future date we shall be pleased to meet him face o face on the mer its and demerits of both. A. L MASON. RIVERVIEW F.XTRAMCK CRITICISED Writer Kates Maay Cesaplatata Dlfflralt Hep at Ceasetery, PORTLAND. May 31. (To the- Ed itor.) I would Ilk to oall the atten tion of th Rlvervlew Cemotery authori ties to the poor arrangement made for getting into the grounds from the streetcar terminus. Tears ago the streetcars leaded passengers on the hlghe parts of the ground, from which all sections were easily accessible. At the present Urn, as then, the majority of the graves are In the higher portions of the cemetery. The only way now to get to the upper plateau Is by climb ing a most uncomfortable and poorly arranged series of steps, or by tsklng lhe long winding road. Flther Is diffi cult or Impossible for elderly or feeble persons. Everyone cannot afford a carriage or automobile, and, aa It Is not likely the streetcar company will build a line to the upper portions, the cemetery offi cials should Improve the etvps tn order to make ti.e climb less difficult. This can easily be don by selecting a new and less steep route, and by putting In occasional landing atag and bench-. Th erowd on Memorial day wa the largest, probatly, that ever visited the cemetery, and there were Innumerable complaints about the unhandy and dif ficult steps that led up from the street car platform. READER. HAIL TTIR WORLD, HAIL. Hall to th world the world all hail. Com forth and meet Pacific's sun. Where wealth and beauty shall not fall To have their noble work well don. Behold the stately redwood tree. Behold the flower garden, rare. Where orchids bloom exquisitely And wonderment Is everywhere. The orange tree and apple bloom That 'rise from lor of virgin sod Still resonant In twilight s gloom Bespeak the kindliness of Ood. And magla spell of fertile plain That bursts with treasures for mankind Proves life will not be lived in vain With grain to sow and reap and bind. Upon the pasture's gentle slop Th great hsrds browse till day shall ceass. Fulfilling e'en the wildest hope Of Jar and happiness and peace. The mighty hills that meet the sky Like tow'ring battlements of old Inspire, at sunset, evary eye. With robe of purple and of gold. Her Bacchus might be well content And Sappho trill her grandest lay. Hre la the raaim of betterment For tired humankind, today. So come, pray, come In counties throng And tread Pacific's golden sand. Where fortune wskes the heart to song And scatters wealth to every hand. O. Norbrey Pleasants. Yamhill, Or. Marriage Laws. AGNE9S. Or- Jun 1. (To th Ed itor.) Is there a law In Oregon prohib iting the marriage of whites with In diansfull blood, half or quarter? Is It unlswful for a man logally au thorised to perform th marriage cere mony to perform the same for his cousin? A FUBSCP.IBER, . Marriage between white and In dians of more than half blood la prohib ited In Oregon. A person legally authorlred to sol emnise a marriage may perform that service for relstivea The Amateur Waiter By Desi Colli. Twas a grill In New York. I went In and was seated: Th waiter cam 'round with th menu to me. And very distinctly, three times, I re peated ' The names of my order, before h could see. 1 said "pomme de trr' and he gasped, a a token, That it was a new one on him; but I read It sev'ral times over, "I thought you was Jokln' Tou want -"in pertater," my waiter man aald. I worked with him long, all aroused to a furor And drew him beside me to sit on my bench; My knowledge wss poor, but the welt er's wns poi.rer It took me three hours to Instruct him In French. At Isst, when he grasped It, with xeal fairly Itehln' To prove himself not what I thought him a dub He plunged through th wide swinging doors to the kitchen. And bawled at the chef my long or der for grub. But when it was brought. In deep Irs did I mutter. And called his attention to what h had done "Hey garcon, see there, that's a hair In the butter." H looked and ha hollered, "Great Scott, there's Just one." And then, to my bitter and deep dlf. appointment. He bow4 with a auav nd ton sorlal air, And 'gan to discourse on some won derful ointment, "Which same he averred was a fm ' thing for hair. "What's tha.tr I fumed, as I glared at him coldly. "Have I stumbled into a bughouse, by chancer' He balked In th speech he had started so boldly. And, all of a sudden, came out of hla trance; "Forgive me. kind air, and please eat your pertater; My mind for a moment waa dlscom . posed like k You see, sir, I'm not Just regular, waiter. But a barber called in here to serve through the strike." Portland, June 2. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of June 3, 1863. Victory Is oural A good day's work! Multnomah all right! The whole Union tlcke-t elected by an overwhelming ma jority I Ve rejoice to record the fact that the Union ticket has been elected by an overwhelming majority without doubt. Multnomah County has given a clear majority of at least 400 for tho glorious cause of the Union and en forcement of the laws, for sustaining the Administration In Its efforts to sup press treason and crush rebellion. Ore gon hss undoubtedly proven herself sound and true. We give as much of the result In Portland as could b hsd st I o'clock: For Congress John R. McBrlde. Rep., 470: Aaron F.. Wait. Dem., 209; majority 261. For Governor Addison C. Glbb. Rep.. 4J: John F. Miller, Dem., 177: majority 31. Clackamas bounty At 4 o'clock yes terday evening the Union ticket Was 126 ahead and gaining. Linn City gave all but two for th Union ticket. Mll waukle waa unanimous, giving a Union votn of 72. Washington County We hear from two precincts on the Tualatin. One gave 40 Union votes to 4 Secesh, and the other 43 Union votes. Since the commencemwit of the pre, ent yeas the rebels have lost sn aggre gate of nearly 600 large-slxed guns and artillery pieces. We visited yestsrdsy afternoon the soap manufactory of Messrs. W. H. Mead It Co. on Front street, opposite Mansfield's suction house, and were pleased to find that theise gentlemen are engaged In a commendable enter prise that should be patronised and en couraged by every rltlien In Oregon. Two hundred thousand dollars It Portland papers announrs tha fact that th above amount of treasure arrived In that city a short time sine from th Salmon River mines, but they for get to stats that numbars of "dead broke" and disheartened adventurers were returning every dsy and leaving the country In disgust Victoria Press. Will you bs kind enough to Inform us, Mr. Press, bow many "dsad broke" adventurers dally return to your city from the Cariboo and other localities In Brltlah Columbia? . At "Ed" Howe See Life A woman never returna from a visit to the cemetery without abusing some man for th way hi wlfe'a grave l neglected. There Is a big stick of which every man is afraid. When a man dies, and pop1 say: "He is better off." It Is a sign that they don't care much. W all know how much trouble we have, but we fall to realise how much trouble otbera have. Never work one friend In th Inter est of another friend. When a number of men "chip In" to rais a fund, a mean man ia sura to develop who will not give hla share. If you ar determined to ruin your stomach, do It with gravy and pi, in stead of with whisky. If the men who are going to the devil would go more promptly, and make less trouble on the way, people would be better satisfied. About half of the women seem to be named Mary Anyone who has cried over "Uncle Tom's Cabin" la believed to have a good heart. The Quality Kind of Feeling. Indianapolis News. Little Constsnre did not approve of the manner In which she waa being treated by her elders, who were teasing her for something she hsd dons. She left the room end sought solsce In th nursery, where her father found her whimpering a few minutes lster. "I don't care," she cried, "none of you cart anything about my feelings and and they're good feelings, too." slssprove sine la Tasmania. Baltimore American. There are in Taamanla 60 landed es tate, having average valuea of over 60.000; 21 estates averaging 16,000 to 60,000, and 186 estates averaging (25, OfQ tn $35,000. Theae are unimproved values. Th Kb of a Courtship, Chlcsgo Tribune. "Myrtle, can you cook?" "No, Lionel; can you afford to keep a motor ear" "No, dear." Bo they did not marry, and they lived bapplly ever afterward.