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Consider the lion stealing through the
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Entered in PostofHce at Portland, Oregon, a* aecond-cla*» matter.
Saturday, September 14, 1912
MISSIONARY WORK.
W hy arc newspapers published?
For some papers this would he a hard question to answer. For
this paper it is simple. This paper is published to awaken, to as great
an extent as possible, the public conscience to certain frauds that are
foisted upon a gullible public from time to time. There is no malice
in this but. merely is it the belief of the people behind it that the
truth ought to lie pointed out with greater simplicity than it is
sometimes set forth elsewhere. Perhaps this aim is not always
achieved, but effort is made to accomplish it.
For instance, in the matter of the proposed commission form of
government for the city of Portland, this paper thinks that a great
ileal of truth should be brought to light that is now being cleverly
hidden or ignored. This paper believes that the adoption of this sys
tem of local rule would be an evil of considerable magnitude. This
paper believes that as long as the people of Oregon, as a whole, be
lieve in the most democratic form of government possible, that it
would be a grave mistake to turn the running of the city of Portland
over to a clique of men who would have the maximum of power and |
the minimum of direct responsibility to the voters and taxpayers.
Some of Portland’s departments are at present operated by com
missions. Three men control, for instance, the police department.
That is to say. they are supposed to control it. As a matter of fact,
they sit bac k and listlessly permit one man to control it. When they
do take action, they seem to have the misfortune of doing the wrong
things. A majority of two out of this trio can mismanage the police
department to such an exetent that Commissioner Fitzgerald is pow
erless to interfere.
Suppose a commission o f such men were vested with supreme
control of Portland’s welfare. Is there any reason to believe that
they would manage the city's affairs as a whole any more creditably
than the affairs of the police department have been managed? Is
there any guarantee that there would not be similar unpleasantness
over such affairs as the Bailey tangle?
Right now bobs up the knowing citizen and shouts that along
with the commission form o f government the people would have the
recall, and that commissioners who did not do what they should would
be removed. True. Portland citizens have the recall at present, too.
but it has not been used to painful excess as yet. nor has it been used
to particular advantage. And right near home thave been examples
o f this recall st unt.
Tacoma adopted the commission form of government. Tacoma
lias been recalling her mayors and commissioners ever since. Some
of the .... alls have so tangled up the official signatures upon Tacoma
bonds that there has been a hesitancy in financial circles about ac
cepting city paper. Spokane adopted the commission form of gov
ernment. and attempts to recall some of the men who at once built
up an adamantine political machine have failed.
Out here in the wild and enthusiastic West a great many people
refer to this proposed scheme as the lies Moines plan. Des Moines
list'd to be promt of the notoriety thus gained. The commercial club
of that city used to emblazon upon its stationery, “ Des Moines orig
inated the commission form of government.” However, even a com
mercial club may have sense, and now. after some years of experience
with 11it‘ plan, Des Moines no longer boasts of the fact that she ever
perpetrated such a thing. Des .Moines has learned something, may
hap; and tin1 lesson might be taken to heart in Portland.
zle often project to Bucb a distance
, (hat from point to point th e; Indicate
' the exact width o f the body of the
FELINE WHISKERS.
We are apt to think that the cat's* Jungle at night In search o f prey, when
ability to see in the dark is due entire I the least stir o f « «* 1 « Rives alarm. £
ly to its eyes, but competent authority The lion’s whiskers indicate, through
assures us that the feline’« power I d the nicest nerves, any object that may
tills respect is clue almost as much to be in his path. A touch stops him short
before pushing through some close
Its "whiskers.”
These delicate hairs that project thicket where the rustling leaves and
from the muzzle ot the cat family are boughs would betray his presence.
wonderful
mechanisms.
Each one Wherever his head may be thrust with
grows from a follicle, or gland, nerved out a warning from the vibrissae there
to the utmost sensibility. Its slightest his body may pass noiselessly. It is the
aid given
him by his
whiskers, in con-
contact with any obstacle Is Instantly altl
Clven nim
Dls v
felt by the animal, though the hair Junction with the soft cushions o f his
Itself may be tough and insensible *eeL that enables him to proceed as
The exaggerated whiskers on the muz ; silently as a snake.—Harper’s Weekly.
Vice President Sherman
A n d His Cheery Helpmeet
Had a
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or a
RUN ON THE SANDY SHORE
at
NORTH
BEACH
WASHINGTON
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health-giving, fun-making
SUMMER RESORT
by taking the
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Then down the
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fi “ T. J. P O T T E R ,” “ H A S S A L O ”
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W her trains connect with boats for North Beach Points.
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f i o r u t l her health has not always permitted her to take an active
part In the social life of Washington. Mrs. Sherman, the w ife o f the
vice president, is one of the most popular women In the capital
While her husband was still a representative in congress she was
mainly Instrumental In forming the Congressional club, which is made up of the
Wives of senators and representatives. She is small In stature, has gray hair
and. like her husband, has a youthful fnce. which usually wears a smile. Mrs
Sherman through her many years spent in Washington has obtained an in
sight Into politics that few of her sex possess. She is abreast of the times
and is an Interesting conversationalist on events of a public character. Mrs
Sherman was the daughter of General Cliakim Babcock and was married in
1881. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman have three sons.
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e n i l i! JOHN J. C I’ UHAN of Wllkesbarre, P a. is one of the most
popular Homan Catholic clergymen In the anthracite coal districts.
He lias lieen the friend and adviser In things temporal as well a*
spiritual o f the miners in many a labor difficulty, and so they made a
gala occasion of the celebration o f his silver Jubilee ns a member of the priest
hood Chief among the well known men who gathered at Wllkesharre to ilo
him honor was Colonel Itoosovelt. whose friendship for Bather Curran dates
from the strike o f 100'J, when the priest was one of a conutdttee that called
on the president and gained his consent to Intercede and bring about a peace
ful settlement The Illustration shows the colonel, with Father Ourran on
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