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PAGE POUR OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1911. EIGHT PAG EX AH lNDEl'KNDKNT NKWSPAPKB. rklUltrd lmily. Wwkly and Seml-Wetkly at lvndii'tnn, Oregon, by tb 181 OKKtiONlAN llllLlSUlMJ CO. HIHSOUU'TION KATKS. ob year, by mall $500 li months, by mall 2.50 three month, by mall 1 25 on month, by mall AO one year, by carrier T.RO a: i montus. by carrier 3.73 three mouth, by carrier 1.95 one month, by carrier... 03 Weekly, one year, by ntl 160' ekly, alt month, by mall T3 ! Weekly, tonr moutha, by mall... .60 ttral ml The ra1ly Fast Orevonlan It kept oa tale t the t'refoa Newt Co., Morrtaoo treet. rortland, Ore-on. korthweet Nei Co., Portland. Oregon. ihh-apo llnrean, !) Security Building. Washington, 1). C, 11 n roan. 3ul Four atita atreet, N. W. Member Tnltetl Preaa Association. rntered at the postofflee at Pendleton. fvSon. aa otvond claaa mall natter. ?.eiihone yaln 1 Official City and Comity Paper. THE BRIGHT ROAD. I. Don"t you take a glimpse o' life an' say there's nothin' in it; The hoss that you're a-bettin' cn may make a mile a minute; There's not a race In any place but that brave hearts can win it! II. Swift the time is passin' by for sowin' and for reapin', Lightnln's ever on the fly; thun der comes a-creepin'; There'll be rest-time by an' by, time enough for sleep in". Frank L. Stanton. Ti i I ! Z l 4i A 1 1 Jj A i Ti 7 I 1 ! ISXT IT BEIXG IMPROVED? In order to elevate the stage and' make the drama of the future occu py a higher plane than the drama of the present Professor George P. Baker of Harvard, would educate the children of the country to a better appreciation of true dramatic art. He believes that by such a course the future playwright can be brought to work for somtthing really good and not merely to swell bank accounts. As to bank accounts common sense Indicates that they will always be very highly considered by those who write plays and by those who pre sent them. The stage is a business like anything else and the supply of theatrical productions will tend to conform to the demand. Tet this fact need not interfere with the elevation of the stage. With the advance of civilization and with such instruction as Professor Baker would give, will not the public taste become more and more discriminating and wiil not the people naturally call for a better order of things theatrical? That such will be the course of affairs to shown by the conditions at thla time. People dont like vicious or dirty plays now. That is because vice is not pretty or pleasing to the eye. People of taste prefer a clean opera to a vulgar one for the same reason they would rather look at a sparkling brook than a muddy ditch. The same is true In literature. One of the most popular short story writ ers of this decade, O. Henry, declared a few weeks before his death, that he had never written a filthy line and was proud of the fact. His popular ity was due to the fact that he was clean, vivid and humorous. Many people think that the stage has degenerated because comic and musical operas have superseded the heavy dramas In popular favor. But is'nt an opera as high In tone as a Shakesperian tragedy? It should be. Because a play is light and airy and pretty it need not and should not be wicked or vulgar. Gayety need not mean vice and does not mean that except In the minds of some people. No doubt Professor Baker is right In his scheme to elevate the stage by educating the children to higher ideas. But in his course of Instruc tion he might also Include a few lea s' ns for theatrical managers. There are some theatrical men who dont know how many people there are In the world and dont know as much as they should about their tastes. EFFICIENCY DEMANDS IT. Discussing the subject of the pro posed state examiner of accounts yes terday the Journal voiced the follow ing sentiment: "The senate wls ly rejected the pro posals to make the state examiner of accounts elective. It is foolishness to further lengthen the ballot with petty offices. It Is already so long with peanut politicians that. Intelligent though they be, voters do not discrim inate. "Nor la It possible for voters to ascertain what are a candidate's qualifications (or inch a position as examiner of public accounts, it Is a position that requires technical knowledge ,and undoubted Integrity. To properly measure a candidate's fitness requires personal contact, in vestigation of antecedents and close scrutiny of his qualifications, a pro cess impossible to the muss of voters." It might also be added that with the examiner of accounts an appoint ive official the field of applicants for that position will be greatly enlarg ed. Were the office elective compar atively few wouid seek the place and they would all have to be residents of Oregon. When an office is appoint ive the place seeks the man and it t'.ocs not have to confine the search to any particular locality. Many a capable man will gladly take an ap pointive office though lie would re fuse to seek an elective position. If we are to have efficiency in the public service then minor positions calling for technical fitness should be filled under the merit system not by election. If the people elect the governor and other general of ficials that is "enough. Let those tnen select people for such positions as ex aminer of accounts, state printer, food and dairy commissioner and kindred offices. The general officials may be trusted with making these hipointments because being elected under the direct primary and being subject to recall they are directly re ; ....l.ij to the people and must serve the public welfare. THE PEOPLE SUPERIOR. It. is entirely true that this paper! lias given its approval to the Rusk second choice bill. But It does not fellow from this that the East Ore gonian favors the general practice of ;i Mowing the legislature to change In itiative measures. The second choice provision looks to making the direct primary more effective. So does the bill for rotating names on ballots. N'o one can deny this. The legislature may properly do such work as this while it would have no right at all to enact changes that would annul or weaken the law. Under this -paper's conception of things the initiative and the refer endum serve a3 a check upon the legislature, yet a check that should be used sparingly. The legislature at times may also revise work done by the people under the Initiative. But since the people are the higher au thority the legislature should nova with decided caution. While the leg islature may properly make changes that are in line with public sentiment it plainly has no right to interfere with an Initiative measure to the ex tent of making changes that are con trary to a sentiment that has been clearly expressed. Any man who thinks that the legislature is above the people and that a few legislators have a right to override the will of the people has the cart before the horse. Xo creature can be greater than its creator. The state aid bill came within two votes of being adopted. In other words Oregon almost entered upon a campaign for good roads. By the next session of the legislature public sentiment will demand the passage of some good roads legislation. All told there will be 1510,000 for the branch asylum. With that am ount of money to start with the state board should be able to erect a very good institution. Why should the powers stop Rus sia from fighting China. If Russia whips China she may save some other white power the job later on. WHERE THE TROUBLE IS. Cleveland Moffett n the March number of Hampton's Magazine gives an effective specific Instance of the blighting effect of Wall street on practical railroad affairs. The article tells about wonderful economics for railroads through scientific man agement. "About two years ago,"' says Mr. Moffett, "a distinguished industrial engineer, H. F. J. Porter, was traveling over the country Intro ducing high speed steel Into machine shops of one of our largest south western railroads. And here, to his sreat surprise, he found everything far behind the times. ' They were do ing their drilling of Iron, for Instance, their riveting, their clipping by the old hand methods Instead of using compressed air. Their antiquated wheel lathes would have gone to pieces If driven under the strain required for high speed steel. In short, all their machines and processes belong ed back In the stage-coach period. "Porter ' could scarcely believe his eyes, for this yas an Important rail road with hundreds of locomotives and thousands of cars In constant need of repairs. Thi welfare of the road required that these repairs be made under good conditions with high efficiency, yet here were hope less conditions with scarcely any ef ficiency. " 'You might save an Immense amount of money by changing all this,' said Porter. " 'Yes,' agreed the official, 'we might' " 'A modern plant with up to date methods would double your effi ciency.' " 'No doubt' " 'Then why don't you have It ' " T can't get the appropriation,' the official confessed and went on to toll how, in despair of ever obtaining from headquarters an authorisation for a compressed air plant that was abso lutely necessary, they had finally built one without authorization, Hakes Home Baking Easy Absolutely Pure The only baking powder ma&'o from Royal Grape. Cream of Tartar NO ALUM.HO LIME PHOSPHATE charging the cost to miscellaneous re pairs. They had built this compress ed air plant themselves instead of buying it (this for secrecy) am it had cost them ten times as much as the price of a ready-made plant, with out counting a year's delay. "'But why is this? What does it all mean?" persisted Porter. " "It means Wall street,' said the other. "Then he whispered three great names, multi-millionaires, railroad kings, financial magnates, three men who sat In New York ofices and ran this road. They knew all about rais ing loans and watering stock, about "cutting melons" and juggling securi ties in the market, but they knew very little about repairing cars and locomotives. Repair shops, in their eyes, were a necessary evil, always calling for appropriations. The only thing for a magnate to do with re pair shop appropriations was to cut them ruthlessly. What If a hundred costly locomotives went to the scrap heap for want of proper care! It was always easy to borrow money for more locomotives. And make roe commissions in doing it!" FEBRUARY 19 IX HISTORY. 1401 William Sautre, an English clergyman burned for heresy by the clergy with permission of Henry IV. 1S04 The French army concen trated at Bardeau for an invasion of England. 1529 United States mail route to Key West established through the newly acquired Florida territory. 1530 Bread riots occurred at Liverpool. 1855 President Pierce vetoed the French spoliation bill, and It failed in the house of the requisite vote to pass over the veto. 1884 Gladstone's Egyptian policy upheld in the British commons. 1814 President Cleveland surren dered to the senate opposition on the appointment of a supreme court Jus tice, and named Senator Edward D. White, of Louisiana, who was Im mediately confirmed. 1904 Kuropatkin " and Makaroff appointed to command the land and navy forces of Russia, respectively. 1910 Strike of street car men be gan in Philadelphia; 300 cars were wrecked by rioters and many persons Injured. FEBRUARY 18 IN HISTORY. 1478 George, Duke of Clarence, executed by drowning in a butt of Nalmsey wine, for taking up arms against his brother, Edward IV. 1546 Martin Luther died at Wit tenberg, Saxony. 1777 Colonel Nielson of New Jer sey, with a party of American mili tia, defeated the British Major Stock ton, killing four and took him and fifty-nine of his men prisoners. 1791 Vermont admitted Into the Union. 1820 Missouri compromise bill passed the senate. 1856 Helnrich Heine, the celebrat ed German poet, died at Paris. 1890 New extradition treaty be tween the United States and Great Britain. 908 British steamer Kelvlnslde sunk In Para river, Brazil; captain and eight drowned. 1900 National conference for con servation of natural resources met at Washington. 1910 Fatal race rioting at Cairo, III. 1910 Nlcaraguan army defeated by insurgents. SUCH A REBUKE! WOT. Yonng Lady You are a wonderful master of the piano, I hear. 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