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Foreign postae doable rates. Eastern Business Office The 8. C. Beck wlth Special Agency N'ew York, rooms 48 to Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 110-611 Tribune building. PORTLAND. J-KnAx MARCH 6. 1909. MR. TAFT'S IX AUGURAXu The language of Mr. Taft'a inaug ural address Is that of a wise and mod erate man who does not lack the cour age of his convictions. The address Is clear and positive, but in only a sin gle Instance does it show any signs of heat. Speaking: of the persons who keep up a "Are in the rear of the men who are at work constructing the Pan ama Canal," the new President de clares that he proposes "to devote all the energy possible and under my con trol to the pushing of the work on the plans that have been adopted and to stand behind the men who are doing hard, faithful work to bring about the early completion of this, the greatest constructive enterprise of modern times." These words do not lack vigor. Indeed, none of the speech can toe called- indecisive. Quite the con trary, and yet the language in- general Is serene rather than violent and its tendency Is to reassure everybody who may have feared that something im pulsive would be done by the succes sor and, in some senses, the adminis trative pupil of Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Taft impresses one as being a strong rather than a violent man in his in tellectual processes. There is a good deal of the suaviter In modo which the old copy books used to recommend eo highly; but at tne same time one can discern in what he says plain in dications of the fortiter in re. There is no hint In the inaugural speech that Mr. Tart does not ap prove heartily of everything his "dis tinguished predecessor" has done for the suppression of "lawlessness and . abuses of power of the great combi nations of capital invested in railroads and in industrial enterprises carrying on interstate commerce." He says lie was one of those who advised Mr. Roosevelt to do what he did for the subjection of the malefactors of great wealth and he held up his prede cessor's hands while the task was under way. However, the actual work of bringing the lawbreakers to-justice and checking their destructive prac tices is now pretty well done, and Mr. Taft seems to look rather toward legis lation which shall make the reforms permanent than to any new expe ditions against the trusts. One gath ers from his speech that he thinks of a constructive administration. Crearly ha is of the opinion that were the laws what they ought to be, much of the mischief which has come from the breach and evasion of law might have been obviated. There are few who will not agree to this, though there will naturally be differences of opin ion about the proper changes. Mr. Taft evidently hopes for some modi fication of the Sherman law which will permit beneficial combinations of cap ital to work unhampered. Mr. Roose velt desired the same thing, but he al ways coupled with his demand of more liberty for capital the remark that the anti-trust law bears heavily upon organized labor and ought to be amended in that respect, also. Mr. Taft is silent upon this point. Still, he is not, by any means, ob livious to the Just claims of labor. It is pretty plain to see that he has studied the questions at issue between worklngmen and their employers and is ready to go far in recommending remedial legislation. He commends the employers' liability law, which Congress has enacted, and speaks highly of the child labor law for the District of Columbia. There is no mis taking the fact that nis attitude to ward labor is kindly. He wishes the Uovernment to act the part of a benevolent friend to its employes and if he could see such a relation estab lished everywhere, nothing would please him better. Industrial peace is his ideal, and he Is willing to do a great deal to help bring it about, but he is not willing to impair the author ity of the courts in the least degree. The agitation for any restriction of the injunction power finds no favor in his sight, though he does not ob ject to proper regulations of the time and manner of issuing the writ. Along these lines property and vested rights have nothing to fear from the new President. The impression which, the. entire speech gives of straightforward cour age is particularly clear in the para graph about the postal savings banks. The facts bearing upon this subject are so well known and so nearly indis putable that Mr. Taft could say noth ing new, but he could state the case cogently for the savings banks, and he did so. With a deft reminder to his party that postal savings banks were promised the) country in its platform, he goes on to repeat - the familiar arguments' for them, in his own calm, simple style, which la prob ably more convincing than a heated statement would be. His unequivocal stand for the postal savings banks, together with his suggestion In dis cussing the currency that the object of financial legislation, la not wholly to secure large profits to the bankers, contains food for thought which some of our more flamboyant financiers may find wholesome. If any of them are disposed to fancy that the Govern ment exists for the banks, and for nothing or anybody lse, it will do them good to ponder over what Mr. Taft has to say on the subject. But the most Interesting sentence in the whole speech is this: "The scope of a , modern government In "what It can and ought to accomplish for its people has been widened far beyond the principles laid down by the old laissez faire school of political writers, and this widening has met popular approval." In these words the genius of Roosevelt speaks again. They contain an entire theory of po litical action. Th ever else Mr. Taft may or may not dc, no is a student or his times and an original thinker. His language about the tariff and the Army Is neces sarily more or less conventional, but this is not conventional. It is a dec laration of principles as clear and Indubitable as any statesman ever laid down. It aligns Mr. Taft with the progressives and removes every lingering fear that the reactionaries have captured him or have any pros pect of capturing him. OREGON'S BUNGLING UX1I8JLATURE. Prom first to last, Oregon's latest Legislature was a bungle. The nomi nation, and election of Its members were bungles and its work was full of bungles. Now It must be called back to the Capitol to repair Its work. De fects In the $350,000 improvement ap propriation bill are discovered; also In the game code, the tax code, the dairy Inspection act, and what nor else. Such are the fruits of the "new sys tem." There la no such jumble of pol itics and cross-purpose voting In any other state as has produced 'this result In Oregon. The men who did the botch work at Salem are typical of the sys tem, creatures of It, and for -the mo ment lifted out of obscurity by it. They are responsible to no organized party opinion or abiding principle of statecraft. Their constituents are ashamed of them, as is known in Mult nomah County full well, and they are ashamed of each other. There was never before such a boisterous, "rough-house," "funny" Legislature in Oregon, and taxpayers during the next two years will pray that there may never be another like it. Lawmaking is the most serious busi ness of government. From that busi ness men should be barred whose char acters and even names are unknown to the public. In this Legislature are men who never were heard of before. Untried or unknown men should never make the people's laws. No system that puts such men in office will long endure. By its fruits the people of Oregon are knowing its direct-primary Legis lature. By its fruits also the people' of Portland know their direct-primary City Council. CHILDREN AT FUNERALS. We are told that an epidemic of diphtheria prevails In an Fnatfrn jew tion of Multnomah County as the re sult or a public funeral of a .child who naa aiea of a virulent disease. In credible as it may seem In view of In telligent "knowledge of this deadiv scourge of childhood, children so runs tne story were allowed to attend this funeral, and. in the ThrSA rnm mon to such occasions or exhibitions, to iook at the face of the comw " to sit in the room during the services and to follow the bod v to . o-r-w, All of this was permitted, as it would seem, as a sort of treat to the awe stricken children, and a "treat" it proved, presasrlner "treatment" fnr- tv, disease of which the child had died, in a number of cases, the closing of two aistriet scnoois and a menace of death in many households. rvow, as a matter of oomnmn nm. dence and enlightened humanity, no young child should be taken to, or al lowed to go to a flmf-ra.1 V.vor, iko funeral of a grandfather, who had Died peacefully in his bed of old should not be attended by young chil dren, tnough in this ca.se. ohiHni.ak- the danger of contagion is remote and can only be communicated by the touch of time. The reason in eimr,i The sensibilities of children should not be exposed to shock from the gvewsome and to them Inevnitcnhio presence of death. We have all seen (in times happily now for the most part outdated In civilized comtnnniiiMt tie children lifted to look upon an impassive, emaciated, possibly pain drawn face in a coffin: have nwn th. round-eyed horror depicted upon the iittie iaces and the involuntary shrink ing of the childish forms. Seeing, we have marveled at the lack ity that would thus needlessly oppress tne spirit or afflict the imagination of a child. The ignorance that permits a. nnhiie funeral in the case mentioned above is so dense as to be appalling; or if reck lessness permitted it, such reckless ness is criminal: or if grief, that wind ed the parents of the" dead child to tne aanger to which they subjected otners, it was most rnipllv ifl.h Here is where the health unthnritioi should step in and assume charge. aenying to parents, whose regard for the public weal is swallowed up in their own grief, the right to order the funeral of their child in is nothing loss than a public menace. SNUBBING TUB PACIHC COAST. There are a great many men in the United' States who will hardly agree with ex-President Roosevelt that the public Is in any need of "such elevat ing knowledge as will prove the folly of attempting to divide the fleet be tween the Atlantic and the Pacific." If there is anything savoring of "folly" in the request of the Pacific Coast that some protection be afforded Coast cit ies. It was certainly the height of folly to send the battleship fleet Into these waters for the purpose of mak ing a demonstration of power, which was good while It lasted, but as a guarantee of peace is now no more useful than a last year's bird's nest. European statesmen who guide the destinies of the Old World powers are practically unanimous in their opin ions that the next gr-eat battle will be fought on the Pacific. The Atlantic seaboard Is not only exceptionally well fortified, and In a position to repel a foreign foe with land defenses, but po litical conditions on -ooth sides of the Atlantic are of a nature that reduce the possibilities of trouble In that lo cality to a minimum. Mr. Taffs su perior knowledge regarding conditions on the Pacific and his lack of desire for the ostentatious displays and re views which are possible when all of the Navy is on the Atlantic station, will undoubtedly result in a reversal of the Roosevelt policy and the Pa cific Coast will receive the protection to which It Is entitled. A Washington dispatch In yester day's Oregonian notes that the prin cipal objection to sending battleships to the Pacific Coast la the lack of Navyyards at which they can be re paired altHough naval officers are said to prefer the Atlantic station, "where there are greater opportunities for so cial entertainment" trian on the Pa cific. Inasmuch as the occasions on which we will actually need a Navy will not be pink teas or dress parades, the latter objection- carries Bmall weight. The Navy-yard shortage on the Pa cific Coast Is due to the same reasons as those for which the fleet is kept intact on the Atlantic station.- The two conditions work together to the eminent satisfaction of all who seem to forget that there is such a place as the Pacific Coast. No provision Is made for Increasing Navy-yard facilities on the Pacific Coast because there are no ships here to be repaired, and no ships are sent here because there are not enough Navy-yards here to take care of them. The logic is fully as sound and convincing as that of the white man who could not repair his leaky roof when it rained and found no need of repairs when it did not rain. TWO MAIDEN AUNTS. Miss Delia Torrey, aged 82 years, of Mllbury, Mass., an aunt of Mr. Taft, Is In Washington, the only representa tive of her generation of the Taft family who was present at the inaug uration of President Taft. Though she has, throughout all the years of her long life, remained unmarried, she has led the life of an earnest, useful, intelligent, helpful woman. Like "Aunt Mercy," of Whittier's Incom parable Winter Idyl. "Snow-Bound," "Aunt Delia" has Found peace In love's unselfishness And blessing, wheresoe'er she went. Summing up the gentle, womanly virtues and lauding the tender and helpful Influences of "Aunt Mercy's" life, Whittler exclaimed, in the fervor of his love and admiration for this gentle aunt: A calm and gracious element. Be shame to him of woman born Who hath or such but thought of scorn. Mr. Taft Is not a poet, but he Is something of an orator and the life of "Aunt Delia" has been the inspira tion of many an address delivered to young women students, upon the love ableness of character that is developed by self-sacrificing unmarried women who have made a place for them selves in the domestic, educational and social economies of their station and generation. "Aunt Mercy was a. frequent In mate of the Whittler home at Haver hill, Mass., during the boyhood and young manhood of the poet. When the old home was broken up by tHe death of his parents and he removed to Amesbury, "Aunt Mercy" and his sister, Elizabeth, went with him, arid his home was theirs also until each passed "beenath "the low, green tent whose curtain never outward swings." It is said that a strong affec tion .exists between the Incoming President and his maiden aunt. It is probable and fitting, therefore, that she Is the chief guest of honor at the inauguration, that a quiet nook In the White House will be dedicated to her use and a seat reserved for her at the family table while her nephew Is President of the United States. IS THE HILARITY FREMATURE? Spokane Is quite jubilant over the Interstate Commerce Commission de cision in the rate case. Quite natur ally the Spokane interpretation, of the decision is much more optimistic than that of the railroads or of the-terminal jobbers. Yet there is a possibility that Spokane may be wise in indulging In her celebration immediately before the full effect of this new ruling: has had time to be fully absorbed. The Re view says that "to the extent that the Commission's decision is a victory for Spokane, It is likewise a victory for the entire Inland Empire." The Re view is of opinion that "the Spokane case has been consistently and cour ageously fought out on broad lines, and our neighbors all through the In land Empire may well rejoice in the victory." In this the Review is correct, for Spokane's neighbors throughout the Inland Empire will no longer be obliged to pay tribute to the city by the falls. The decision is far-reaching. It sweeps aside the barriers which prevented "the entire Inland Empire" from participating in the mo nopoly which Spokane enjoyed within the limits of that 200-mile zone which the railroads had kindly set aside for Spokane's exclusive exploitation. The merchandise which in the past fcas been unloaded at Spokane and reload ed and shipped to Colfax, Pullman, Moscow, Lewiston, Sprague, Ritzville, Rosalia, Harrington, Odessa, Creston, Wilbur, Davenport. Wilson Creek. Wenatchee and other points with which Spokane has enjoyed a fine trade will not long contribute to the earnings of the Spokane jobbers. ( The decision, in abolishing the Spo kane zone, enables each af these points named, as well as a number of others, to get the same proportionate rate as is granted Spokane, and a saving will be effected of the cost of rehandling and Jobbing at Spokane. Unquestion ably it is a case where Spokane's "neighbors all through the Inland Em pire may well rejoice In this victory." It yet remains to be seen to what ex tent the rejoicing of the neighbors will Impair the hilarity of Spokane, after the rates become effective. In commenting on The Oregonian's expressed belief that the railroads might meet the situation with a corre sponding cut to the Coast terminals, the Spokane paper says: It is not likely that the railroads will be so solicitous for the welfare of the Coast cities as voluntarily Jo make that sacrtnee. in the Judgment of many clone otservera It will be to the Interest of the roads to acquiesce In the Commission's, de cision, since It will be more profitable lo carry merchandise to Spokane at the re duced rates than to carry that merchan dise on to the Coast at existing terminal rates. Certainly there could be nothing In It for the railroads still further to reduce the existing low terminal rates merely to save business to the Coast Jobbers. This view offers an excellent exam ple of the Spokane paper's lack of un derstanding of the great underlying principle of the entire rate question. Portland does not expect the railroads to reduce the existing rates "merely to save business to thA rvaf t k k T. Portland does not expect the railroads to be "solicitous for the welfare of the Coast cities" to the extent that they will make any sacrifice whatever. It is not a case where sacrifice or senti ment has any plage. It Is purely a business proposition. If the railroads do not meet the reduced rates to Spo kane with a corresponding reduction to Coast points, they will lose practi cally all of the Coast traffic, which can easily be diverted to the ocean carriers. The total westbound movement of freight is insufficient in volume to sup ply cars needed for lumber shipments east. ;and, for strictly economic rea sons, it will be necessary to supply these westbound cars with loads for Coast terminals. Not only would the roads be forced to haul "empties" west of Spokane for the lumber trade, but. under the Spokane interpretation of the decision, they would be obliged to haul empty cars west to Portland and Puget Sound to be used in moving ocean-transported Eastern freight from Coast terminals to interior points. Spokane should lose no time In having that celebration, for If It is deferred I Another treasure-hunting expedition I has sailed from California in the quest o the Golden Fleece, which Is sup- I posed to exist on Cocos Island. In the i form of'burled treasure. A Los Angc- les dispatch announcing the depart ure of the treasure-hunting vessel says that "a supply of arms and am munition has been provided for the party, as an attempt to rob the yacht Is feared in case, the quest is success ful." In view of the marked suc cess that has attended the numberless Cocos Island treasure-hunting expe ditions, this precaution is somewhat similar to the tearful action of the old maid who explained her lamentation as due to the thought that some day she might get married, and might have a child, which might fall down a well and get drowned. Cocos Island treasure-hunting has become such a pop ular pastime on the Paclflo Coast that the modern Sir Henry Morgans and Captain Kldds would have become so discouraged holding up the unsuccess ful hunters that they would have long ago ceased bothering them. . It would be difficult to conceive of a better object lessou on the benefits of education, says the Boston Herald, than that presented by Booker T. Washington's mention of his recent Inspection of the inventory of a Vir ginia estate In which he was scheduled as an asset, valued at J400. - Mr. Washington Is characteristically mod est In accepting this Inventory as a correct estimate of value at the time It was made. It was the value of a working animal In the form of an un tutored, nameless colored boy. The free man developed from this chattel boy is quite another creature one not for sale at any price and one whom even the aristocratic spirit of old Vir ginia honors as a useful. Intelligent human being. The prolonged wet season Is caua lng some unfavorable remarks from those who delight in sunshine and cloudless skies, and a Mttle variation would be welcomed. In the midst of these weeping skies, however, we should not forget that a large quantity of this moisture that is falling over the Inland Empire Is being stored up and later in the season will be trans formed into dollar wheat. The Pa cific Northwest will this year have the largest wheat acreage on record, and, with plenty of moisture early In the season, the crop cah be carried along toward harvest with a comparatively light rainfall later In the season. . For fear that the shorts might for get that he was still in absolute con trol of the Chicago wheat market, Mr. Patten yesterday forced the price of the May option up to J 1.19 Vi. which equals' the record figure for the sea son. It is gradually dawning on the theorists who, for weeks, predicted Patten's downfall, that the wheat king's Judgment on world's supplies might not -be very far from wrong. The grand jury appears disposed to grab the fake wrestlers with a nice, large strangle-hold and put them on the mat. There may be and are square professional wrestlers"; but squareness is not the usual dimensions of the gen us. Money talks for the gumshoe candi date. Stephenson has been .elected in Wisconsin, home of La Follette. He bought his nomination at the direct primary, but he had trouble in getting the Legislature to deliver the goods. Counsel for Mr. Harriman in the land suit argues thus and so. Counsel may delay the litigation finish till kingdom come. Counsel's chief is a great postponer himself, of things he doesn't want to do. Tom Richardson talked the citizens of Ontario into subscribing J2500 for publicity work. Ontario is the town where a well had been spouting nat ural gas for three weeks before Tom reached there. It never was supposed there were so many Mrs. Waymires until they be trayed the city's reform officials. And there is no telling how many Delilahs are snooping around the moral squad. Better find out all the flaws In the acts of the Oregon Legislature before the special session, else the lawmakers may have to go to Salem several times. This Legislature Is certainly a "daisy." After a vast deal of backing and filling. Congress has finally decided that 175,000 is about the right sum. That may seem a large figure; but have you ever seen the President? When the Oregon folks congratu lated themselves that they were done with the Legislature, they ought to have touched wood and whistled to keep the evil charm away. After the next city primaries and election there will be another' lot of disgusted aspirants declaring polltk-s no place for a decent man. Same old story. The great work of harmonizing the grand old Republican party In Ore gon goes merrily on; but the casualty list continues to grow also. . But for those silver mementoes pre sented to Fairbanks by the Senate, his passing as Vice-President might have been wholly forgotten. Few of those Republicans who are working for the new political deal in Portland dare blame the plight of the "party" on the others. Thunder and lightning, snow, rain, heavy winds and a genuine blizzard all In one day at Washington. Nice town. A body of "Republicans" In Portland say they desire to. "put up" a repre sentative man for -Mayor. What for? Harriman say these are times for wearing last year's clothes, meaning, perhaps, last year's railroads. President Taft has the Roosevelt policies In his inaugural address, with out the Roosevelt preaching. March 4 is gone, and all is well. But John Mlnto is still postmaster at Portland. Fulton for Federal Judge in Ore gon. Won't Heney be pleased? Ex-President Roosevelt will not go unmentloned long. IDAHO'S NEW PRIMARY LAW. Derera Is Wlseossln and Waablnartosi Lavrs) Said to He Remedied. The direct primary bill which re cently passed, the Idaho Legislature and will become a law aa soon as ap- patterned after .the Washington and J Wisconsin statutes, is declared to rem- i edy the defects of both. There are. three salient features In the proposed enactment. One provision la taken di rectly from the Wisconsin law and was conceived by LaFolIette himself, re quiring that all party conventions shall be held on the same day at the state capital. The significance of this Is that the platform of every party cannot be copied by another to its own credit. Another clause Is designed to be an Improvement upon the Washington statute relative to the selection of united 8tates Senators. In that state a majority of first choices Is required to Instruct the legislators for any one party candidate. This Is corrected to read a majority of first choices, or. In the event there Is not a full majority, the most first and second choices but the language of the measure does not stipulate that this shall mean a bind ing Instruction to the legislators Another section provides for sepa rate ballots for earh party in a pri mary election and permits no scratch ing. A man must vote an entire party tlcket or none at all. The party convention Is to be at tended, not by candidates, aa in some states, but by delegates designated by county central committees who have been chosen by the nominees. This plan la adopted to prevent the plat form from being distorted to fit the Individual purposes of the various can didates. The same Idea requires that the conventions of all parties shall be held on the same day, bus shall be concluded within 43 hours. The law comes as near the election of a United States Senator bv direct vote as Is possible under the Constitu tion of the United States. A voter at the general election may signify his first choice and then his second choice. The party candidate for the toga re ceiving the majority of first-choice votes is certified by the Secretary of State to the Legislature. If no one candidate gets a majority, then the Secretary of State certifies the name of the one who gets the most first and second choice party votes. The Leg islators of the same party are not bound to elect him. They cannot be. But they may atgn pledges at the time they become candidates' for the Legis lature,, promising to cast their bal lots for the one who receives the ma jority of first choice or the most first and second choice votes. The measure stipulates that separate ballots shall be used at a primary elec tion by each party, a voter receiving all of them upon entering a booth and discarding all but the one he wishes to vote. On each ballot under every office Is a blank line to bo filled In with the name of the Individual choice of the voter If he has no preference among the published candidates. The law will operate in somewhat the following manner: The first pri mary election Is to be held on the last Tuesday in August. 1910. Any person entitled to hold an office may become a candidate. He does so by filing a nomination paper at least 30 days be fore the primary election. If he Is a candidate for an office embracing more than a county he files It with the Secretary of State and pays a fee of t2, if his prospective salary is 1300. and an additional sum equal to 1 per cent, if the salary is above that. If he Is a candidate for a county office, he files it with the County Auditor with a fee at the same rate. A petition may be substituted in lieu of a fee. If the candidacy embraces more than a county. It must contain 3 per cent, of the party voters; If for a county. 6 per cent. After the nomination papers are filed, a candidate must signify his ac ceptance in writing within 10 days. Names of candidates certified bv the Secretary of State are then published In two newspapers in a county for two consecutive weeks. After that, each party has separate ballots containing all of the nominees printed. All of the ballots are to be uniform In size and color. Beside the name of each candi date shall be two squares one of which shall be for "first choice" and the sec ond for "second Choice." The rule of first and second choices applies to every office. The voter casts one of these ballots. Any qualified voter may participate in a primary election. The general laws applying to elections and the appoint ments of Judrres and clerks, are In force In primary elections. SENATOR MIL1T HELPED NORMALS Tbongh A barn t on Flat Ilallot III Vote Warn Cast by Merryman. BERKELEY. Cal.. March 2. To tho Editor: In your Issue of last Sunday. I am credited by your Salem correspondent with belpg responsible for the defeat of the bill that was Introduced at the Inst minute, providing an appropriation of tlO.000 each for the three Normals, which was Intended to carry thorn o the end of the school year. Since there were 15 votes for thla meas ure on final passage and myself absent, the assumption of your correspondent seems correct, but In view of the factn. with which he was evidently not pro vided, the assumption Is not correct. It Is true that I was not thern and that I left while thV bill was pending. The time for final adjournment had been set for 2 p. m. so I felt Justified In mak ing all arrangements to leave for this city on the train leaving; Salem at :is p. m. on the date set for final adjourn ment. At p. m. the' Senate took a re cess until 7:30 p. m. and It was after that time that the above mentioned bill came Into the Senate and. after long debate, was referred to the committee on education. Anticipating that their report would not be made In time to permit of fln.il dis position of the bill In time for me to catch my train, I approached Senator MerTyman, who bad voted against the Normal Schools throuchoiat the session and who had cat two or three votes against the above bill In preliminary skirmishes before It was finally sent to the Committee on Education, and In the presence of Senators Kay and C J. Smith. I asked him as a personal favor to me. to chance his vote to favor the Normals on any matters that might come before the Senate before adjournment. In order that I might leave as previously ar ran Red. He agreed to do this and thn final vote on thte bill shows that he carried out the promise and the bill lacked one vote of passage. I left the Capitol building at 9:36 and all but missed the train and had I stayed for the final vote the only difference would have been that I would have been recorded as .voting "aye" and Merryman as voting "no" net result, no appro priation aa at present. L. L. MX'LIT. Rentes ?fo After "Porlt r Whew! Corvallls Republican The Legislature appropriated jr.ofn) for the Btate fair. l.nX for the Grcsham and $1.i00 for the Clackamas fairs, and numer ous others were after money, but Benton was not among those who were awake after funds. Why was this and whose fault Is it? There is no reason why the All-Bsrrton School Fair should not have been on the list. , TAKE CO I.I) f WHY, OP COl'RSE NOT Follow rr. Ilntc-hlnaow'a Advto-, aart You'll Live Always Perhaps. Mateel Howe In Atchison Globe. rr. Woods Hutchinson, who writes so much for the magazines, used to be a practicing physician In Portland. Ho has certainly made a success in his lit erary efforts. We take the Saturday Evening Tost, like most people, and nearly every week It contains an article by Dr. Hutchinson. I read them, and they sounded good to me. and I decided to try to live up to some of his advice. One of his first was about colds. He said that a cold was very contagious, and not to go around anyone suffer ing with one. That sounded practical enough and easy to do. Immediately every friend I had in Portland caught either a cold or the grip, and grip was also said to be contagious by my au thority. Of course. I wanted to go to see all my sick friends, but I thought of all the misery a cold In the head brings with It, so I staid home and telephoned. Dr. Hutchinson said that one could not catch a cold unless one became very much chilled suddenly, or by catching it from someone else. "The grip was very, prevalent in town then and. as rr. Hutchinson has advised against going to the theaters because of germs. I faithfully staid away from them, and did stay out of doors, damp as It was. Did I catch the grip? I did. and was sick a week, besides offending many of my best friends, and missing the best attractions of the year In the theater line. Nevertheless. I decided I must have caught a germ some place, and lost not my faith in rr. Hutchin son. . . . Soon after this, after I had recovered, a friend came to visit me who had a dreadful cold In her head. I had to sleep with her, and I immediately prepared to have a cold, too. Did t catch one? I did not. in fact. I did not have a cold for six months after she left. My faith continued strong in the smart Dr. Hutchinson, nevertheless, and, as his next article was on draughts, I read that with much inter est. Dr. Hutchinson declared that the belief that one could sit In a draught and catch cold was a delusion and a snare, and belonged to the middle ages. He said draughts were the greatest blessing God gave us, and that. Instead of avoiding draughts, we sholud spend most of our waking hours seeking draughts to sit In. Moreover, if we did not sleep In a draught, there was really no hope tor us at all. and tuber culosis, cancer, pneumonia and small pox were all brought on by not sleep leg In good-sized draughts. He ex plained that a draught was merely a current of air. and that, when we were outdoors, we were always In a draught. After finishing his article, 1 ran to all the windows, and threw them open, though It was Winter, and shuddered to think I had lived so long In such depraved Ignorance. When the family came homo, they Immediately Instated upon closing the windows. In great haste, and. although I gave them Dr. Hutchinson's article to read and as sured them that It was only by great good luck and good form no that wc had so far escaped having tuberculosis, can cer, pneumonia and smallpox, they re fused to appreciate my efforts and were really quite rude about it. So I deter mined to save them. In spite of them selves, and of ail the struggles I ever went through that was the worst. We have always been In the habit ef sleeping with- the windows wide open, but not one of my family could be persuaded to drag their beds around so their heads would be In a good draught, no matter how long I coaxed. They all Imagined that they knew several examples of har rowing deaths, where all the suffering could be traced directly to a draught. But Dr. Hutchinson had said that this un happy prejudice existed among the masses and I struggled on. In the daytime I stealthily opened windows. hoping I would not be noticed, and the family Im mediately became regular experts In de tecting the tiniest currents of the blessed air that was to save them, and would in sist upon closing the windows. Finally, in spite of all my efforts, all of us took tremendous colds. Of course. 1 knew that the colds came becaiMe I had been prevented from providing draughts enough, and was grateful that none of us had tuberculosis, cancer, pneumonia or smallpox. But was the family grateful? It was not. I might say it wue the most ungrateful f.-imlly I ever met. They, ono and nil, united In blaming me. and In laying their colds to my open windows and draughts. They finally Issued an ulti matum to the effect that I could either abandon some of my or rather Dr. Hutchinson's "fool" notions or leave home. So what could 1 do? Reluct antly I was forced- to give up following my oracle. 1 no longer dare read the Sat urday Evening Post, because I know 1 should be tempted again. My family con tinues to keep warm and draiightlemi. and. most of the time, by great luck, they keep pretty well. Hut the day of reckoning will come some time Dr. Hutchinson said It would and, perhaps, then niy efforts will be appreciated. Tuberculosis, can cer, pneumo la nnd smal'pox are not very pleasant visitor, and 1 live in daily dre.id of their cominx. Anyway. I did my best. fntir Cow Ifaa Rablea, and Snlrlde. , New York World. A long-horned cow belonging to KdwarJ I.a Giitrc. a dairyman of Northwest, a hamlet near S.g Harbor, long Isl.in.l. suddenly went erazy and killed live other cows hefore commlti lug suicide. The crazed cow broke loose front her stall and attacked the others, goring them un til they died. The nolne attracted the dairyman and his workmen, but she turned upon them when they tried to drive her off. Fearing she might aunved In killing all his cows. I Gulre started for the bouso on a run to fetch his gun. Hefore ho could return. she had committed suicide by butting her head against an upright beam. A veterinarian believes she must have suffered from rabies. Tho Voice of the People Imdeed. Irrlgon Irrigator. Whn lie people last June defeated by a majority of over 30.000 the bill to in creaso the number of Judges on the su preme bench they did not. If we are to believe the voice of the LeKislature, know what they were doing, for by a law en acted by that b.vly we have two more Judges on that bench. However, on state ment No. 1 Jhe "voice of the people" wrs holy and supreme! Of course! Why not. when by following the voice In that In stance It gave- us a Democrat for sena tor, and by defeating tlw vo'ce In the other Instance it gave us two IVmocn'.ic Judges! See? Ir1ee Limit for Uradnstlra (.owns. rtoltlmore News. Willis J. Prouty. principal of thn local High School at Merlden. Conn., has re quested the parents of girls who will be graduated this year not to spend more than 60 cents a yard In the material for graduation gowns. K times a ad Rosroraa Stnrt ' Tour. New Tork Press. Emma Eames. who has recently retired from the operatic stage, and Kniilio de Gorgorza. the well-known baritone, will make a long concert tour through the West and Eouth. to last until the end of May. Com mo Carrier. VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 4. -(To the Bdltnr.) What Is meant by the phrase, "Common carrier?" C. C RKI-Lj. A common carrier Is one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Life's SunnySide li;-ijrea-ntat! ve Macon, of Arkansas, a small but concentrated personality con cealed In tile House of Representatives, has been distinguishing himself theso last few weeks. Mr. Macon evidently has long been nourishing an ambition which only recently reached the blossoming stage. Without warning, without ofrtclal Intima tion, without. In fact, anything at all that might serve to lesson the shock, he suddenly emerged from the profound gloom of Arkansas obsvurlty which had ' enveloped hltn like a London fog up to that time and began to rb'ect to things. Drawing himself up to his commanding height of 4 feot Mr. Macon got on the Job; and he Is still on It. He shows no signs of weariness. "Mlstah SSpeakah." he says. In the honeyed accents of ArV.iriKiw, -Ah have no lnfohmatlon on the subject of what the misguided gent on nuih left 'is trying to put over the plate on this distinguished If somewhat unlntellectuol body. but. on principle. I am constrained to object." Or perhaps he rut-s and remarks: "Mlstah peakah. 1 am about to make a P'lnt of ohdah agn'.r.st the gent from Maine. His proportion cannot have merit because hi Is a Yar.k." The papers are beginning to discuss Mr. Macon, and his face shines more liko the morning sun each passlr.g day. Mr. Macon Is destined to rise. Washington tD. C.) Star. One of the stories that a certain novelist likes most to tell Is about what he cnKs an Amvrican due, wherein two duelists with one second met within doors and drew lots to decide which should shoot himself. A wns the unlucky man, ar.A without a word he retired into the next apartment to carry out the purpose of self-dertructlon. 1? and the second, both very much moved by the tragedy of the situation, remained In listening attitudes. At last the pistol was henra, they shud dered With emotion Anil r. innr... , suddenly In rushed thn supposed dend man. triumphantly exclaiming: "Missed, by George:" The Tatler. "Doln' any good?" nked the curious Individual on the bridge. "Any good?" ar.swrred the fisherman In the creek bt-low. "Why, I caught 40 bass out o' here yesterday." "Riy, do you know who I am?" asked the man on the bridge. The fisherman replied that he all net. "Weil, i am the county fish and game warden." The angler, after a moment's thought, exclaimed: "Say. do you know who I am?" - "No." the officer replied. "Well. I'm the biggest liar In Eastern Indiana." said the crafty angler, with a grin. Recreation. A young artist once persuaded Whistler to come, and view his latest effort. The two stood before the canvas for exme moments in silence. Finally the young mnn asked timidly: "Don't you think, sir, that this painting of mine Is well ex tolerable ?" Whistler's eyes twinkled dangerously. "What Is your opinion of a tolerable egg?" he asked. Every body' a. "Jamfs," protested the father, "what do you mean by boring holes Into that big tree?" "Father. I'm a benefactor," said the boy. giving hlsaugur a few more vicious turns. "I'm n'aklr.g knot holes In base ball fenoos for poor boys." Puck. "Doctor." the patient begged, "lot me know the worst. I Insist on lt "Well. If you will have It, I suppose I may as well tell you. It Is my opinion that you will live to have to explain t your wlfo how it happened that you were in an automobile with three chorus girls 27 miles from home at 4 o'clock In the. morning." Chicago Record-Herald. t "Why do you do that?" "To save trouble." "What's the use of saving trouble? Tou can always borrow as much as you like." Washington tD. C.) Hcrald. "Tou say. madam," said the be-spee-tacled lawyer to the woman In the wit ness box. "that the defendant Is a sort of relation of yours. Will you please explain what you mean by that Just how you ar. related to the defendant ?' The witness beamed upon the court and replied: "Well, It's Just hke this: His first wife's cousin and my second husband's first wife's aunt married brothers named Jones, and they were cousin. to my mother's aunt. Then, again, his grand father on his motlier's sldo and niy grunr.father on my mother's side wr second cousins, and his stepmother mar ried my husband's stepfather aft-r hi- father and my mother died, and I.m brother Joe nnd my husband's brother Hnrry married twin slrters. I ain't never flggered out Just how close- related w. are. but I've always looked on 'im as a sort of cou.v-ln." "Quito so." answered the lawyer. "Tour explanations- are perfoctlv satisfactory." Tit-Bits. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN LETTERS OF A JAPANESE SCHOOLBOY Easily the most quaint, clelirrht ful humor of ivrrnt year. Thoir author, Wallace; Irvin, is writir.jy nn entirely new series, which this paper secured st no sma'.l ex pense. These letters will consti tute a feature of The Sunday Orerjoninn for soveml weeks. The first is entitle.!, "Trading Kinjrs nt Wu.-ltinprton," anent the ir.aniruration ycctordny. If you l-ea.i this, you will ncorl no re niimler to watch for siioreedinlr letters. MEN WHO WILL ENTERTAIN ROOSEVELT IN AFRICA Peter Mar-queen, Fellow of tho Koyal Oeopjrathiral Society, writes of the royal welcome that awaits the ex - President from whole-souled sportsmen in the Dark Empire. WHEN ROYALTY STOOPS TO MONEY-MAKING Emperor William and Kine Ed ward have larcre. incomes from farms and business enterprises. UNCLE SAM'S CORPS OF WEATHER PROPHETS Their busy season now he-;n-ninr; new system ir.aucruraied for compiling forecasts. 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