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TTTTI MOTIVING OKEfiOXTAX. MONDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1913. 03$$ (Drntmt PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon, pootoffico aa aeeoad-cias matter. Subscription ItatroIr variably In Mruiet IBT MAIL) Pally. Sunday Included, one year 2 Daily. Sunday Included, six month! ..... f2 laly. Sunday Included, three roontha ... Dally. Sunday Included, one month ..... v laiiy. without Sunday, on year aw uauy. witnout Sunday. sx monins ..... - Dally. without Sunday, three montha ... - Iai:y, without Sunday, one month ...... Weekly, oa. year V2 Sunday, on. year fjQJ rn-v riRRieni n,i- e -- - i.... .... 19.00 Zallr. Sunday .Included, one month -18 How te BemH Send postoffie. money or. der. express order or personal check on your local tana, marops. cum w v - - at eendera risk. Olv. postoflic. addreea In full. Inciudlns county and elate. Postage Kates 12 to la pagse. 1 cent: IS to 32 pagsa, oanta; S4 to 4 pages, S cents: MUM pacea. 4 cent: S3 to pacea. centa: 7t to M peaee. casta, aeraisa are. double rates. Eastera Boxtneoa OtTVra Verry Conk Itn. yew York, H rune wick building. Chi cago. Stecer building. Etaa rranrlaro OSIca R. J. Bldw.II CO., T42 Market street. PORTLAND. MONDAY, DEC. . MIS. PRIVATE SNAPS ABROAD. The chickens .of the spoils system re coming home to roost. The Santo Domingo scandal has an unusually ugly look, because the United States occupies the position of trustee to the little republic. That country In sub stance confessed inability to collect and dispose of Its customs revenue honestly and efficiently and asked the United States to become its trustee. This Nation, on a lofty pedestal of superior virtue and efficiency, as sumed the trust for its little brown brother to keep him out of the hands of his importunate creditors. We sent Jacob II. Hollander to put Santo Do mingo's finances in order and to ad vise the republic in financial affairs. He was a financier of proved ability, chosen on that ground alone, and not for political reasons. In Tact, Who's Who does not even Indicate to which party he belongs. In the same spirit men have been appointed to collect the customs revenue of the republic. But the Wilson Administration, be sieged by Democrats hungry for office and to whom it owed political debts, in its search for means wherewith to . pay turned to Santo Domingo. The Administration sent as Minister to - that country James Mark Sullivan, whose public services seem to have consisted in defending "Jack" Rose at the Becker trial and In stumping , Maine with Secretary Bryan. As re ceiver of customs was sent Walter W. Vick. of New Jersey, a good Wilson man. despite Dominican protests against change. Mr. Sullivan pro- ' ceeded to take care of his friends by Instructing Mr. Vick to transfer the government funds to the bank owned by S. M. Jarvls, and Mr. Sullivan's cousin, "Tim," soon appeared n as a railroad builder for the republic at a fat salary. If we choose to regard our own public offices- as private snaps. that is our affair, but we should at least ex clude the agents of our trusteeship for another country from that classi fication. The view taken by our wards of the conduct of the Admin istration was well expressed by the Dominican Finance Minister in these words: When we reward political service ti pay for It cut of oar own revenues, while 'you provide ealarleo tor your own politicians out .f our revenues. The Administration's handling of Santo Domingo and Governor Harri son's sweeping out of experienced, competent officials in the Philippines to make room for Democrats supply a new and cogent argument against the financial control of Nicaragua and Honduras, which was proposed by the Taft Administration, und against the protectorate of the former country, proposed by Secretary Bryan. Appar ently we cannot trust ourselves not to treat the offices of Latin-American countries as our own political spoils. We are Justifying the belief in those countries that, though we may not wish to annex them, we wish to an nex their lucrative jobs. Unless the Administration returns to the ideal which guided Presidents Roosevelt and Taft in dealing with Santo Do mingo, we would better turn that re public loose to settle its own financial troubles. A CHANCE rOR OCR SENATORS. Whether one or more regional re serve banks will be located on the Pacific Coast depends on which of the three currency bills now before the Senate is adopted. The House bill provides twelve or more, the Democratic Senate bill provides eight, the Hitchcock-Republican bill four. It is practically certain that, which ever number is adopted, one will be located at San Francisco. If the total number be four or eight, that will be the only one on the Pacific Coast; if there should be twelve or more, a sec ond should be established at Portland. The decision will probably rest with the organization committee created by the House bill, composed of the Secretaries "of the Treasury and Agri culture and the Comptroller of the Currency, or with the Federal Re serve Board created by all three bills. The House says that the Federal reserve districts "shall be apportioned with due regard to the convenience and customary course of business of the community," and that the Fed eral reserve cities shall be designated from among the reserve and central reserve cities now existing. Those provisions point to Portland as the natural choice for the Pacific North west. A district extending from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Moun tains and from the southern bound ary of Oregon to the Canadian boundary would cover this city's nat ural field of trade, which embraces the whole Columbia basin, with the addition of the Grays Harbor and Wlllapa Harbor country. Southern Oregon and the coast country of Ore ; gen. The regional reserve bank ' should be within one day's mail of all banking towns In its district. This would be true of Portland in relation to the territory described, but would not be true of any other city In this region having the other required qualifications. The territory remain ing to San Francisco would also be within reasonable distance of that city, while if it were extended north of the Oregon-California line, some distances would be too great. As the principal business of the re gional banks will be to rediscount notes for their member-banks. It Is Important for the quick; transaction of business that they be not too re mote from any of the banking towns In their districts. That Is one argu ment against a central bank and It Is a strong argument in favor of the larger, rather than the smaller, num ber of regional banks proposed. Ad vocates of a central bank point to European countries as examples, but they overlook the element of distance, The area of the continental United States is 3.616.4S4 square miles,, as compared with 208.830 square miles in Germany, 07,054 In France, 121 191 In the British Isles. 261,035 In Austro-Hungary. While a central bank in each of thee European countries serves a larger population than would each of twelve regional banks in this country. It serves a much smaller area. Time is so Im portant an element in banking that distance cannot safely be Ignored In deciding the number of regional banks. It is well that the attention of the Oregon Senators has been called to the need of vigilance, so that the claims of Portland be not Ignored In this matter, for they may be assured that our enterprising neighbors are wide awake. Although the location of the regional banks will not be de cided until after the bill is passed, others will not hesitate to assert the claims of their cities in advance of that event, and Messrs. Chamberlain and Lane should not be behind them. Oregon Senators, being in harmony with the Administration on a meas ure whereon every vote will count. should have much influence in mold ing the decision of the body which makes the selection. They have an opportunity to make good. ADVISING THE VOTER. More than one-half of the amend ments to be voted on Tuesday have their purpose stated so clearly In the title that the ordinary voter ought to have no trouble in reaching a con clusion. Several of them, however. require explanation. This The Ore gonian has attempted to give from day to day In its news and editorial columns. Today the complete list Is reviewed on this page and a few words of comment made on the sim ple as well as the complex. In presenting recommendations to the voters The Oregonian la follow ing a custom that has grown up with the use of the initiative and refer endum. A newspaper's sources of Informa tion in great part are open to every one, but there are not many electors who have the time to consult sta tistical records or compare amend ments with sections In the charter it Is proposed to change. As a matter of duty to Us readers. The Oregonian, prior to every election In which meas ures are to be submitted, details members of its staff to study the leg islative isues. Not only is Infor mation obtained from public records, but frequently competent legal opin ion la sought as to tho effect of pro posed, laws or amendments. A summary of the results of such an investigation is given today. Every problem presented has been attacked with an open mind. There is no amendment in the list In which The Oregonian is peculiarly interested. It merely expresses its opinion as to whether each amendment Is or is not for the common good. STOP THE LEAKS. It Is a matter of record at the City Hall that some of the small contract ors engaged in street improvement work have been In the clutch of loan sharks continuously for more than five years. Under the existing system of paying contractors not one dollar is forthcoming from the city until a contract has been finally completed and accepted. As a result numerous contractors. In order to meet bills for labor and materials, discount their claims against the city. The warrants when issued go to the warrant shaver. The contractor takes this loss into account in bidding on the work and the property owner thereby supports the loan shark. The first amendment offered In Tuesday's election provides for pay ing contractors In part as the work progresses. A balance Is to be re served sufficient to guarantee faith ful performance of the contract. It is naturally anticipated that these progress payments will relieve con tractors from tho necessity of hy pothecating the proceeds of their con tracts or borrowing money at high rates of Interest. Competition for work will cause this saving to appear In the cost of Improvements for which the property owner pays. It has been a frequent practice for speculators In new outlying additions to secure the Improvement of a tract, bond the property for the entire Im provement and then pay no Interest on installments. The bond Interest and Installments thereby accumulate to be paid -by the lot purchaser. In the meantime the city has given Its bo ltd on the Improvement. Re ceiving nothing from the property the city must advance the money for In terest payments, until the speculator has disposed of the tract In parcels. This money cannot be advanced with out an Interest cost thereon to the taxpayers in general. The first amendment on the ballot If adopted will Inflict a penalty of 1 per cent on delinquents. It Is good business.' The city at times has a large fund in the treasury available for the re demption of street improvement bonds, but cannot apply It owing to peculiar provisions in the charter governing the retirement of . such bonds. On one occasion this fund amounted to more than SI, 000, 000. By banking it the city could get 3 per cent Interest. But the city was paying 6 per cent on the bonds. There was a definite loss of 4 per cent Inter est on $1,000,000 until the dates ar rived on which, the bonds could be retired. The first amendment on the ballot stops this leak. There are other" features In the amendment somewhat ' similar. The measure Is one that governs financing of street Improvements only. It adds no powers to those the city now pos sesses to involve property in street improvements. All rights of remon strance against the Inaugurating of work or the acceptance of completed Jobs are preserved. It Is an economy measure and ought to be adopted. The miners' strike at the Transvaal gold mines has called attention to the high mortality by accidents and dis ease. In the first three months of this year there were 289 deaths by accident and 2039 from dlseaso. while In the ten years ending December 31. 1912, the number of natives killed by accident was 18.559, and the number who died of disease while actually working In mines was 52,200. In the last, five years 32,103 natives were sent home to die. The minister of native affairs pronounced this death rate "little less than murder" and ex pressed a desire to emulate on the Rand tho work of the Americans at Panama, where the death rate had been reduced from about fifty per thousand under French rule to less than seven per thousand. But he would have to face the opposition of the mining companies, one of which, soon after the speech quoted had been delivered, declared a dividend of 230 per cent, another a dividend of 70 per cent, while the Unlon-Castle Steamship Company boasted of hav ing carried 30.000,000 pounds' worth of gold to England. THAT DEAD BCBTER1TGE. Post mortems on the Daly water rate plan are popular Judging from several letters ju the subject received by The Oregonian which cannot now be given space owing to the pressure of other matter, and out of respect for the dead, may never be printed. But in vlow of Mr. Daly's belated estimate of a saving of 3100,000 In one year's administration of his de partment through the. operation of the late lamented, a passing reminder is worth while that this saving obviously would have been the product of the quarterly payment system. In an advisory referendum the water consumers by a large majority op posed a direct quarterly payment of water charges in lieu of the existing monthly payment plan. The chief purpose of making the property In stead of the consumer responsible for water rates apparently was to Impose the unpopular quarterly payments under the guise of something else. Meters were to be installed, bills sent only once in three months and the property owner., was not only to be constituted the Involuntary collecting agent of the city, but be made the goat of a collecting system that would be oppressive on the small consumer. If there Is the reputed merit in the principle of holding the property for water charges the plan proposed was the old U'Renlc scheme of coating something -bad with something good in the hope the public would swal low It. But would the plan have saved the water department $100,000 a year? What of the several hundred thousand to.e spent for meters? Moreover, If 3100,000 can be cut out of the cleri cal, printing and postage items the Daly plan is not the only one that would do it. The preparation and mailing of bills to flap rate consumers Is not necessary, monthly or quarterly. Reminders could be sent to delinquents with a penalty attached sufficient to pay printing, postage and clerical cost. This penalty would soon make flat- rate water collections practically auto matic. And It would not call for the expenditure for meters of four or five times the amount "saved." ODER TIIEIR OWN COLORS. Abandonment by the California Progressives of the name of the Re publican party was the only way out of an Impossible situation. So long as they retained the name, they in effect confessed that they were merely trying to capture the Repub lican party, yet they professed an intention to organize a new party. The only logical thing to do was to abandon the old namo and organize anew under another name. The way would then be open for the Progres sives to make a fair, open fight with the two old parties for supremacy. In tho next election we shall be able to Judge how many of those who voted at the last election for the Pro gressive ticket masquerading under the Republican name were really Pro gressives and how many were Re publicans. Members of the older party will have an opportunity to vote un der their own colors, which was de nied them in 1913, and can show how many of them there are. PROVIDE COAL ItR SHOT. In- order to be fully equipped for handling the Increased foreign com merce which will come to Portland when trafflo through he Panama Canal Is in full swing, this port should have coal bunkers on the waterfront for supplying ships at minimum cost. and with every convenience for eco nomical handling. Cargoes of coal can be brought here from Pugct Sound and British Columbia and sold to ocean vessels at prices which will effect a great saving on a voyage to those sections for ccal. The col liers might also carry Portland goods north as a return cargo. When the Alaska coalfields are opened, ships can bring coal thence for sale cheaper than, or at least as cheap as, that of the nearer mines and It has been proved of higher quality. There will then be an opening for a lucrative return trade. The timber of the Alaska coalfields Is useless for structural purposes, hence lumber must be Imported. Several years, at least, must elapse before the agricul tural and stockgrowing districts of Alaska will be sufficiently developed to feed the large population which will grow up about the mines and railroads. All these commodities, as well as furniture, hardware and build ing materials, must be Imported. Thus every ship bringing coal south should be able to take a full return cargo. The prosperity and development of a port depend upon the provision of more than a deep channel, a harbor, docks and cargo. It Is necessary also to provide every accommodation for ships coal, dry docks, supply stores and shipbuilding and repair plants. The nearer complete are these facili ties, the lower can freight rates be secured, and as freight rates go down, more commerce will come and more ships will be needed to carry It. The Dock Commission should see to it that coal bunkers equal to the demand are provided, by private enterprise If pos sible: if not. by the Commission itself. In a very few years they will be In urgent demand. , MIKING TBRMS WITH CL6TER. While Premier Asquith attempts to deprive Ulster of the means of revolt by placing an embargo on the ship ment of arms Into Ireland, he de prives that province of all excuse for revolt by accepting the conditions on which Ulster will agree to home rule. The real difficulty will arise when Parliament comes to define what Is degrading or humiliating to Ulster. The objection Is to government by an Irish Parliament and the reason for that objection Is that a Catholic Na tionalist majority is certain. Ulster Protestants regard this prospective result as degrading and humiliating, for It would place them under the rule of those whom they have hitherto ruled as a subject people. Mr. As quith will find great difficulty In over, coming this objection without giving Ulster a separate government, which he has pronounced Impracticable, but he may find a way. The second Ulster condition seems to hint at future establishment of home rule for England, Scotland and Wales under the supreme authority of the Imperial Parliament The third will doubtless be provided for In the home rule bill and can be rendered more secure la the future If necessity should arise. The Imperial Parlia ment will retain power to amend the Irish government law and, should the majority attempt to oppress Ulster, It could add new precautions. The fear of ultimate separation of Ireland from England is a chimera created by excited Unionist imaginations. The Nationalists do not ask Independence; they ask only such home rule as Is enjoyed by each of the American states. Only a few. Irreconcilable Irishmen have ever asked for Inde pendence and they are likely to find few followers when Ireland actually governs herself, while at the same time enjoying the protection of the imperial government and a voice In Imperial affairs. The approach to compromise be tween elements apparently so lrrecon citable as the champions and oppo nents of home rule Illustrates how the fundamental common sense of the British people guides them out of the most serious crises and breaks seemingly hopeless deadlocks. In the long run the will of the majority pre vails, but by determined opposition the minority gains all that Is of merit In Its contention. The Unionists have known In their hearts that their talk of dismemberment of the empire through Irish home rule was bun combe, and they are coming around to acknowledgment of the fact. The Nationalists have learned by their long struggle the consequences of an attempt at total separation and will scarcely venture to make it. By the greater freedom of each member In conducting Its domestic affairs the union will be atrenghened and will win many supporters among those who have been accused of a desire to break It. A bill is now before Congress lim iting to three months the period dur ing which food may be kept In cold storage, and an Inquiry is to be made by the Department of Justice with a view to the prosecution of any men who have been guilty of using cold storage to foster monopoly or to en hance prices artificially. The wiser course would be to defer legislation until the inquiry has been completed. Dealers in food have asked to be lieard and they are certainly' entitled to a hearing. They should be able to give information useful In guiding Congress how to act. Middlemen gen erally are being blamed Indiscrimin ately for misuse of cold storage; some, perhaps many, are Innocent, and the blame should be placed where it be longs and .nowhere else. Those who are storing food for purposes of mo nopoly and extortion should be pun ished without mercy. By withdrawing from the Canadian border the Immigration inspectors whose duty was to apprehend vio lators of the white slave law. Immi gration Commissioner Camlnettl shows his Indifference to enforcement of that statute. There Is a commun ity of sentiment between Mr. Caml nettl and Attorney-General McRey nolds. for the latter long ago In structed his subordinates not to prose, cute offenders unless they were ac cused of transporting women for pur poses of gain. Mr. Mclteynolds en forced the law against Camlnctti's son only when driven to It by Mr. McNab's denunciation, and neither he nor Mr. Camlnettl can have any love for it. But who gave them author ity to suspend Its enforcement en tirely? That seems to bo what we have corao to. The elder Camlnettl. who is Com missioner of Immigration, is touring the Coast on Intent to prevent Intro duction of the hookworm. It is de voutly to be hoped he will succeed. Everything comes so easily In this fa vored region that any Incentive to laziness must find the bars against its entrance. The wireless feat of making the tick of a clock in Paris audible in Washington suggests great possibili ties. A wireless attachment might enable the operator to ring all the alarm clocks in a city and the man ager of a big Industry might wake all his employes without getting out or bed. Oxford seems about to elect a uni versity man Mayor an evidence that the thousand-year-old feud between "town and gown" is dead. The man who seems sure of electon Is Rev. William E. Sherwood, master of arts of Magdalen College. Poultrymen In the vicinity of-Quln- aby are mistaken in disapproval of Mr. Howard's plan of a skunk farm. Once he concentrates the odoriferous chicken thieves, one source, of the poultryman's troubles will cease. Asked what were the politics of a new appointee. Mayor Kline, of New York, answered: "I'm sure I don't know." What has "come over New York, anyhow, that it tolerates a man so Indifferent to its chief Industry'? An eminent architect quretlnna the value of huge central railroad stations, on the around that "a gyrslory eyetem or transpor tation" haa been found desirable In our treeta. Did he ever try the old Bslt Line horse ears? New York World. Why not try the merry-go-round? Who knows but what Johnny Mann's young son Maurice will In years to come be a naturalist of re nown? Taking all the prizes on guinea pigs Is a good start. In the three counties of Idaho Ada, Canyon and Washington where Irrigation is nearest perfection, fruit shipments this season were of more than a million dollars In value. Willing Spencer has been trans ferred from the embassy at Berlin to the legation at Caracas. Surely he belled his name when he got the news. Since the basic unit of the cord of wood is a four-foot stick, the State Sealer need find little difficulty in lo cating undermeasurement. College theorists are tellng why the delinquent hen should lay. but Pro fessor Dryden Is an exception. The hens lay for him. The Corvallis department can put out a fire, though It wrecks itself in the performance. The Sheriff of Cowllu County la a better getter of outlaws than the nine Utah officers. The parcel post Is becoming more and more a people's service.' New York is not a big enough field for Dr. Broushr. '.... REVIEW OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Reeoa seadatlona Made oa 15 Change la City Charter to Be Presented to Voters la Electloa Tuesday. December . The Oregonian presents herewith its recommendations on the several amendments to be submitted to vote of the people tomorrow. For the purpose of brevity titles are condensed but the first few words of each title are given , to aid accurate Identification: An act to amend tho city charter of Port land by addlns thereto two aectlona deflnlns tne word improvement, etc. 10O. Yea. lul. No. ' This amendment merely changes the present details of financing street Im provements. It gives no added author ity to the Council to involve private property in any form of Improvement. Its purpose is to stop numerous leaks of money In the form of interest pay ments, and overhead charges which are now taxed against the propvty owner. It Is a measure of economy. Vote 100 Yea, An act to amend section 12 of the city charter so aa to except the city Kngineer ana superintendent or Firkrrrom the pro vision requiring all municipal officers to be registered voters ot tho city. 102. Yea. 103. No. The purpose of this amendment is clear. It Is to authorise the city to employ a city engineer or park super intendent who may not be a resident of Portland. It Is perhaps a principle of commission government that the city should be free to go Into the world's markets for employes having technical knowledge and experience. Against It Is opposed local pride and the proba bility that competent men for these positions are obtainable in Portland. Tbe Oregonian believes that the latter Is the case. Vote, ios No. An act to amend the charter of the City of Portland so to exempt the City Engineer and Superintendent of parks from the pro vision that such officers shall be citizens of the United eitatea. etc 104. Tea. 100. No. This Is a companion of the preced ing amendment. Two amendments of the same Import are required because the restriction on appointments occurs In two sections of the charter. The same reasons for approving or reject ing apply. Vote 10.1 No. An amendment to section 3 of the city charter so as to accept the limitations ot governmental power contained in the slate constitution and criminal laws. 1. Yes. 10T. No. The governmental powers of the rlty are now limited by charter to those prescribed by the constitution and civil law Instead of criminal law. The chance is said to be technical, but The Oregonian confesses that It does not understand Its necessity. The present charter provision was contained In the 1903 charter, tinder which the citv ex erted governmental powers without disaster or serious handicap. As rrmsinirBilitlna. An act to amend section SIT of the city charter In relation to civil service. lo. Yes. 0!l. No, This amendment merely changes the order of the eligible list so that em ployes losing positions through no fault of their own may be reappointed In the order of their efficiency rating Instead of the order of their discharge. It is a measure to promote efficiency. V ote ins 1 ca. An act to amend the city charter of Port land by adding thereto two sections provid ing for a Municipal Court, etc 1 1. Yes. 111. No. The amendment plans a reform In judicial procedure l.y perfecting meth ods of appeal from the Municipal Court. It also constitutes the Municipal Court a Morals Court. It creates no new of fices. . . Vote 110 Yea. An act to amend that irtion of the charter of Portland which requires at least one week to elapse between the Introduction ami ftnul passage of any ordinance. 112. Ira. 1 13. No. The amendment change the period between Introduction and final passage from '"one week" to "six days." The effect of the existing section Is to postpone final action for two .weeks Instead of one. The measure will fa VILLI.U TO TRIST CITV COI'MCIX Realty Board Replies to Criticism of Public Market Bond lanue. PORTLAND. Dec 5. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian December S. "Taxpayer" expresses his disapproval of the bond Issue fur public markets. Xow who Is Taxpayer?" Why doesn't he come out In the open and fight tbe bond Issue under his own name? Is he afraid to bark up his letter for busi ness reasons? Th. v It I. - lnnl,,il In v.ln fnr Taxpayer'a" name) In tho telephone or city directory. It having been supplied by Tbe Oregonian. With his home in a postotflca box. be feels called upon to argue against this much-needed mar ket. It looks to me as If tho interests that have always lined up against a publio market and heretofore have been successful in defeating any such proposition might como out In the open and wage fair fight. The matter of public markets is ot the utmost Importance at thla time, and every man and woman voter should for their own good vote for the public market bonds. The only remedy for high prices on farm produce is the public market, where consumer meets producer. This is' proved by the ex perience of other cities, shown by the evidence subjoined to this letter. "Taxpayer seems to be afraid to trust tbe present Council In directing the operation of tho publio market. In reply I would say that no public mar ket can be a success unless controlled by the city and run under the city's supervision. The Realty Board Is will ing to leave the details of operation to the Council. What we do want Is some tangible evidence that we are going to get a public market and then It will be time to suggest methods of control. There are several so-cauea pudiic markets in tnis city at tne present time, but all are private enterprises and not run In any way like a munici pal market will be. The so-called Italian market on the East Side Is a private Institution and no produce Is sold to consumers. Prices are fixed by mutual agreement and all produce sold to tho peddlers. Xow don't be misled by articles which on the surface seem to be friendly to public murkets. but which under the surface condemn the pro posed bond Issue of 825.0U0 for mar kets, one to be on the Market block on the West Side and the other on the East Side. Let's not worry at this time how the market is going to be governed, but let's all get out and vote for the mar ket bonds. If we vote for no other bonds on the ballot. X. H. ATCHISOX. Chairman Public Market Committee of the Portland Realty Board. Medford The market at Medford has been a success from the start. The publio Is satisfied. Tbe market means a living to many growers and a big saving to the consumer. E. J. Run yard, Market Master. Los Angeles. Approximately 2009 cilitate the work of tbe Council. Vote 112 Tea. An act to amand that portion of tho city charter of Portland which authorises the city to Issue and sell publio utility certifi es tea 114. Tea. 116. No. This measure permits the Council at will to mortgage any existing public utility, such as the water system, for extension or enlargement. It is ap parently designed to raise money with out recourse to bonding proposals which the voters have and are deter mined to curtail. It has no limitations and is indefinite to a dangerous point. Vote lis No. An act to amend section 306 of tho city charter so aa to exclude th. Superintend ent of Parks and the secretary of each Com missioner from civil service. lie. Tea. 11". No. Civil service by embracing these po sitions goes to extremes. Each Com missioner should have a secretary in personal accord with him. Vote 11 Yew. An act to amend tho city charter of Port land so aa to provide that the Council only In the transaction of legislative business shall act by ordinance. US. Yea. 119. No. This amendment permits the Council to transact judicial business by reso lution or motion and leaves legislative business only to be done by ordinance. Judicial business Involves such acts as vacating a street, making a special as sessment, passing on objections as to assessments, exercising discretion in passing on saloon license locations and character of applicants and similar matters. It Is a measure to facilitate the work of the Council. Vote lis V raw An act to amend tba charter of the City of Portland by adding thereto a section re lating to bond Issues. l'JO. Yea. 121. No. This measure confers authority on the Council to sell municipal bonds in small denominations by popular sub scriptions and la a needed provision. Vote ISO Tea. An act to amend the charter of the City of Portland by adding thereto a section pro viding a bond Issue of ISO.vOO for a munici pal paving plant. 12-'. Yea. 1-3. No. While primarily designed as a re pair plant the amendment permits Its conversion into a general paving in stitution. The chief objection to this measure Is that tbe need Is not yet pressing for a repair plant. It Is some thing the city can get along without until the city s financial condition warrants going into debt for a new enterprise. Vote 123 No. An act to amend the charter of the City of Portland by addlnc thereto a new sec tlnn for tho Issuance ot $25,000 In bonds for a public market. 124. Yes. 1 jr. No. The Oregonian believes that provi sion should have been made in the budget for a public market. Hut the need for one Is pressing and the bond Issue Is therefore reluctantly given In dorsement. Vote IM Yes. An act to amend the charter by adding thereto a new section authorising tho Is suance of SJW.OOO lor park Improvements. lKu. Yes. 11-7. No. In view of this year's high tax levy and also because the amendment is complicated by the addition of a sec tion establishing a precedent for the assessment of park improvement bene fits to nearby property this bond issue is opposed. Vote 127 No. An act lo amend aa act adopted June 2, 1.1 '-3. establishing a firemen a relict and peneion fund. I'Js. Yes. 12U. No. This amendment permits the pen sioning of firemen disabled In service prior to the adoption ot the act. It applies to only two firemen, who seem to be as much entitled to the benefit of a pension as those who may here After be disabled. It Is an act of jus tice. ' Vote 12S Ten. persona attended the opening of our three municipal markets today. Farm ers sold out before 8 o'clock. Actual ales at the market and the stores on the opening day show a saving of 60 per cent on purchases made at the market. From Tho Oregonian. May 3, 113. Seattle. Dependent on whom you are Interviewing, the saving to consumer la from 30 to 60 per cent. The spec tacle of at least Su.OOO shoppers crowd ing through the two public markets of Seattle on Saturday afternoon and evening seemed acceptable evidence that these trade marts had accom plished their purpose. Commission men admit that the public market baa broken their control in making prices on garden stuff. Mark Woodruff in The Oregonian. The installation of public markets In cities reduces the cost ot all foodstuffs and especially fruit, vegetables and meat from 25 to 30 per cent. The cost of living In Indianapolis Is that much lower on account of our public mar kets. Address of William L. Taylor, ex-City Attorney of Indianapolis. In speech before our Mayor and Commis sioners, August 7. 1911. I have always strongly favored pub lic markets and have advocated them consistently. I am very earnest, not only for one but for three or four. Mayor Albee In letter to Public Market Committee of Realty Board. The secret of Baldaeaa. Dr. Woods Hutchinson In Common Dis eases. The actual condition of the scalp and ot the hair has very much less to do with the healtb of the latter than Is popularly supposed. The bulbs of the roots of the hair go down com pletely through the skin and into the fatty layer which lies between It and the skull, and the thing that to the expert eye is really significant of the prospect as to progress or cure in a particular case of baldness Is not the condition, or color, or cleanliness of tbe scalp, but the thickness or thin ness of this fatty layer which under lies It. So long as this Is present and the scalp is freely movable over tbe Bkull. there is hope of restoring a reasona ble growth of hair; but when this fat has been absorbed and the shiny scalp sticks as closely to the skull as tbe cover on a baseball, the outlook is practically hopeless. This, of course, shows at once the futility of most of the local applications to and man ipulations of the scalp, from which It suffers untold torments In those who are or imagine themselves to be becoming bald. TV by lie Refused. K young theologian named Fiddle Refuaed to accept hla degree. "Tot." said be, "'tis enough to be Fid dle Without being Fiddle, D. D." Philadelphia Public Ledger. Twenty-five Years Ago From Th. Oregonian of Dec. S, 18SS. Washington. Dec. 7. The House went Into committee of the whole -on the bill to incorporate Nicaragua Canal Com pany. Salem. Dec. 7. B. S. Arnold, president of the State Agricultural College at Corvallis. was In the city today, mak ing arrangements for a farmers' Insti tute. Salem. Dec. 7. Hon. D. J. Pendleton. ex-County Commissioner and a member of the last House from Marion County, died at his home near Butteville this morning. Olympla, Dec 7. The Olympia & Grays Harbor Electric Company has made telephone connection with Ka milchie and S:ielton in Mason County, and Klma, Montesano, Cosmopolls. Aberdeen and Hoqulam. The first message from Iloquiam was received yesterday. Trouble is acain brewing In the First Regiment, O. X. G. This time the scene of battle Is in Company C. the newly organized company. Superintendent Wetxell has inaugu rated a series of competitive reviews in the public schools of East Portland. The first was conducted Thursday aft ernoon. The subject was spelling. The new coach on the Sunnystd: railway is very nice and comfortable, but those who travel on it would like a beater these cold mornings. George P. Lent, Phllo Holbrook and James Short, viewers of a new county road from Mann's place below town to the Pllklngton place In Washington County, went over the line of the road on Thursday, accompanied by Super visor Redman. About 8:30 last evening fire was dis covered in the secontl story of Willis Co.'s millinery store in C. A. Allsky s building on Morrison street, near Third. The fire was soon extinguished. S'.noke drove four girld from Roenicke's hot factory on the fourth floor. al'.:i Lamb, thinking the elevator had reached the top. stepped Into the shaft and broke her right arm. The other girls slid down the rope and bu:ned tbeir hands. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of Dec. 7, 1 fc. "The mi-mbers of the state union cen tral committee are requested to meet in alcm on Wednesday, the Sth day of January next. Questions in rcsard to tiia time and place of holding a state convention will be presented for con sideration. John II. Jloorts, chair man." Tho purpose of the convention will be the nomination of a candidate for tho next Congress and for State Printer, probably also the- election of delegates to tile National convention to nominate a candidato for tho Presi dency. Rev. C S. Klnsrsley. of this city, was to preach at Bannock November 22. A man by th name of Brady was amus ing himself and the other Bannocks by walkins. on a bet, 100 consecutive hours without rest or sleep. A report Is given by parties recently up from Auburn that a party of pros pectors somewhere between the Owy hee and Malheur, while out hunting fur their horses, came across a barwi f 16 Indians and, taking it for granted that they had stolen the horses, di-t-armed and killed the whole party. T;:c horses were soon after discovered un molested. The scalps were display -.! In Auburn. The editor of the Eugene Kevie.v says he saw last week about 10:' pounds of specimen rock, taken from the lodes on Blue Itiver. and also fri-tn a lode on the McKrnsle several mil-, s below the mouth of the Blue. The fire department election yester day was very quiet. The total vote was 167. Mr. Buclitel received S and Mr. Both well 71 fur chtef engineer. For assistant Mr. Jaretsky receive 1 149. scattering 16. W. L. Carter was elected second assistant. W. C. Hlckltn. who resides near this citv. has received a letter from his brother, 1L II. Hicklln. also an cM res ident here, who was taken prisoner at Chirkaraau.'.i and conveyed to Kicii mor.d prison. ARMOKV PLA.V I XOT FEASIBLE What la Needed lu an Aadltorlosa la Oatllaesl by Writer. PORTLAND. Dec. 7. (To the Edi tor.) In reference to the article in The Oregonian Sunday relative to convert ing the Armory Into a public audi torium. I would like to ray that, in my opinion, the location of tho auditorium is of secondary importance. What is the first essential is an auditorium as near perfect from an artistic stand point as possible, i. e.. with line acous tics and a building that will be a credit and an advertisement to the city. 1 know of several made-over bured inga that have not been a success, and do not see why Portland should think of going to so expensive an experi ment. Any convention that we are likely to have here could be taken care of In a building with 4000 seating capac ity, and such a building could be made a success from an artistic standpoint. I recommended to the reorganixed Rose Festival Association at one of their lunches that a musical festival b: given In tbe Armory in connection with the display of roses there next Rote Festival, say with an orchestra of 70. assisted by soloists and a chorus of 10v, all Portland people. I realized then that the Armory was not the place for such a performance, but the only one available. We get the great singers and player. here all the time, we have our Sym phony Orchestra, we have the materia, for a line military band, we have sot. excellent organists, besides singers wle- are known across the continent, bu. we have conventions and auto show only once In a long while. So, let us have an auditorium where a speaker, a singer or a violinist can be heard per fectly In every part of the ball. GEORGE E. JctfbJKl. S30 Shaver street. When a Man's Married . When a man's married a great many things may happen to him, but one of the bust things that can fall to his lot is to have a home wherein The Oregonian is the fam ily newspaper the guide, philoso pher and friend of the household. The Oregonian wiil bo all of thaT If given tho opportunity. Through Its advertising columns It will put pure food and drink on his table: it will place correctly-fashioned gar ments upon his back, a well-shaped hat upon his head, good shoes upon his feet; It will tell him how and where to build his bouse and how to furnish and paint It: it tells him how to save money and how to In vest his savings: it points the way In a hundred lines of every-day ac tivity; and. if he will let it. it will be the best all-round friend be has. next to his wife. The best way to be friends with The Oregonian and Its advertising columns is to tak It home every day and accept the help it offers you. Adv.