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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1912)
THE TIMES THE TIMES P u b l , s h."l - v . T ,• would be to jeopardize political friendships and i coniliiimtiouN. anti .Mr. C offey w ouldn’t d o this for the world. S a t u r d a y l.y T H U T I M K . S C O M P A N Y , a! 812 K im Str iai, Portland, O r io n i. Ph ,ju a : la coriKiratc d h i ' h s c k m t i o n K A ’n > — I per year, in advance, A U V K im a lN O BATKri imi.lr known upon application. , ia»» lustrer. S atu rday, A ugu st 3 1 , 1 9 1 2 • • • #*,• I • • • • • V i! Have You Everij Between Governor West, with his misguided enthusiasm and g his personal bluster and fanfare, and Mr. Coffey, with his smug si- ♦* I nee and quiet subservience to political expediency, this paper pre- *♦ i ters the Governor. Officials are elected or appointed to office to do £ fth in ««, «m l it they overd • th e n ■ blame is less than it ii*,-\ , ii '£ ittcrly to do anything at all. Main .1(1,17: A -2686. K lrrtd in Piistofflco* at Porflsnd, Or* ,rr>n. ttt r •• • • • • • « I • • • Had a V ISIT B Y THE SEA or a RUN ON THÈ S A N D Y SHORE BEING ON TH E JOB. at Maybe the State o f Oregon and the City o f Portland in par ticular is not gain ¡no anything form being advertised as an abode o f the lawless. In fact, if is extremely to be doubted if G overnor W est’s campaign is accomplishing half as nmch good as it is harm. His E xcellency may be forcing t few corrupt officials out o f office in the smaller cities, and lie may be frightening some o f (lie few Portland n ’er-do-wel!s into better ways; but the good thus accomplished will never in the world offset flic black eye he is giving the S tate in the eyes o f people residing outside its borders. These people do not know our Governor as we know him. they d o ‘not understand the political intricacies o f the present upheaval. They only know that they rem :n the papers that Oregon is such a frightfully wicked place that its G overnor has to dash madly about, from one hellhole to another, using the militia to keep down the vicious element. Ks,:popotamuses—The Pygmy And the Ordinary Size NORTH BEACH W ASH INGTON D id you know you could reach this delightful care-slaying, health-giving, fun-making SUMMER RESORT by taking the j O .-W . R. & N. Portland business men got riled up pretty well last Spring over the “ famine letter” sent out, in which it was sef forth, quite truth fully, that there were more laboring men in Portland than there were jobs. But that famous famine letter m ver did half the harm to Portland arid to the Slate that the specluvular maneuvers o f G ov-, ernor West are doing at the present, moment. The famine letter was not printed as general news in the daily papers o f the Knst, whereas iho actions o f the Slate Executive are detailed in every small paper! from the Pacific* to the Atlantic. People read these things and not knowing local conditions, they picture Portland as a frontier m ining! camp in a community o f savagery. THE TIM ES does not discredit G overnor’s W est’s motives. This paper lidiet* > that I I :; Exi ‘liency really thinks then* is, work cut out fo r him to do. But it does disapprove o f the grandstand methods he is adopting, ami it believes further that political considerations are causing .Mr. West to m agnify the ills that lie feels tailed upon to correct. And this paper further believes that Portland and Oregon will suffer greater harm from the efforts o f the G overnor than it would have suflered from the conditions which he is trying to cor rect. E very community o f the size o f Portland has its vicious ele incut. Iliis element must be kept in constant check, it must he con nisi out ly combatted. But there is no need to advertise the State broadcast as a hotbed of corruption atid crime merely to do this. ^ et at that G overnor West is to be admired more than some i (Iter officials. The Governor, no matter what his reasons, political or otherwise, is doin g something. IIo thinks he sees an evil, and he prom ptly calls out the artillery to swat it on the head. This may be something like using a thirl eeri-inch mortar projectile to kill a runs t/uito, Imt nevertheless there is a certain amount o f commendable a< lion in it. N obody can sa y . when reviewing the G overn or’s Action Unit lie is not follow in g out the bent o f his convictions. They can limi fault with his methods and with the over-production o f destruc tive energy. But in the final analysis, it must, be admitted that the G overnor is doin g something. Then down the I COLUMBIA RIVER viaSTEAMERS •! 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I I I .' - Government Standard P o w d ers C om pa n y OF PORTLAND E le c tr ic a l W lrem an E le c t r ic a l e n g in e e r M e c h an ic al Enqineer T elep h o n e E x p e rt S ta t io n a ry E n g in eer T x k tu e M an u factu rin g C i v l E n g in eer B uri J o g C o n trac to r And Have an Expert Explain Our Money Maker P lu m b in g , S te a m Fittin g Mm e F orem en M ine Sup erin ten d en t Asm* ______ Street and A o .. C ity_ H. H. Harris, Manager, 409 McKay Bldg., Portland Main 6383 ». y o u SHOULD & :• YOU CAN so with Mr. Coffey. He sits in his tailor shop and tells his friends wluit lit* knows, and then goes toddling on his way. oppressed with his insight into the misdeeds o f others. Other influences run the police department, influences which .Mr. Coffey could combat if he would influences which perhaps he could defeat. But to do this G ILB E R T & SU LLIVAN FESTIVAL COMANY A T HEILIG THEATRE W EEK OF SEPTEMBER 1. The big opera organization o f 100 people will present »..<■ M ik a d o," "T i h a e . The Pirates o f Penzance,” " Pinafore** and ‘ 'P atien ce” at the Heilig Theatre. 7th and Taylor Sts., during the week beginning Sunday. September 1. I :> “ T. J. P O T T E R ,” “ IIA S S A L O ” and “ H A R V E S T QU EE N ” 5: ■ 8 TO MEGLER. copyright by Underwood ii Underwood UAlIt Of pygmy hippopotamuses has bean acquired by the New in m i a I park at a cost o f Sl.MtiK). They are the lirst pygmy hire l “ pt"amuses to lie exhibited, the pygmy animal having been regarded as nmiost mythical. They captured in Liberia by uu intrepid '" " " c ■ •’':•! t-.plorer in t. country reeking with cannibals An ordinary hippo Contrast this with the action o f some other officials. Just for P'damns will weigh more thnn 0.000 pounds and measure some eleven feet In instance, contrast it with the manner in which John B. Coffey is un .•trend!terenre and twelve feet In length The male o f these pygmy hippo pole Vemits (to pounds, u thirty Inches high at the shoulders,'seventy ostentatiously filling the office o f police commissioner. Mr. Coffey " In length mm , end o f nose to base o f tall, and the tall Itself Is twelve tells his friends that lie d oesn ’t approve o f a lot o f things in the 11 ’ 1!“ ‘ f; : ‘ ■■'I*1 eighteen Inches high at the. shoulders and ' I s o f the pygmy ts more con vex or rounded on Its police depart.... .. lie is reputed to have a stack o f affidavits a mile Hive,- stiM.i. e. I t s l e g s are longer and more slender In proportion, and its eyes or more high, relating to misdeeds on the part o f men connected with do not fir like those o f the giant species The fare o f the pygmy la rein tlie police department. II the G overnor had as much inform ation as lively si:]:<lit " i i : i that of the large s|M*cles The lower Jaw bears only two incisors, w C huge species bag four The eyes ure not set us high In the Iliis he would need the army and navy both to act upon it. But not Iie'iil tin* to. animal as In the large one i !i *« 90 First Street % •* £ 8