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rOBTLAXP. SATCRDAY, APR II. 24. . 1909.
OREGON'S SMALL COLLEGES
.Th.t peraon8 who have charge of the
dta .trlbutlon of Mr. Rockefeller's edu!
ca lona! fund have decided that the
collies in the Willamette Valley
would, not be proper recipients of his
bounty. The reason assigned for ex!
toge til rthewH3 that are to c,os
together. When one remembers that
there are eight denominational col-
ihn' iC ted.,Wlth,n an area not m"
'haa" 150 mlIe 'on? and containing
hardly more than 100.000 population
LT flVl denled that some or
,h '5ht be dlPensed with and ed-
t0 ae,clde which shall perish and
hich survive. Or. to take a less rad
ical view of the subject, which shall
be merged with their neighbors? The
m J .rP,y f the fr,enl8 and facul
th.i S,1 stru11"S schools will be
that they all ought to be encouraged to
continue their work. Some benevolent
Person should be persuaded to bestow
to lirt Its debt and place It bevond
Tn",' f,?v l,he fUtUFe- But no such per
son Is likely to appear. Every man en
gaged in the business of endowing col
leges and there are several suchf who
has Investigated the needs of the de
nominational schools In Oregon has
decided that it would be unw"se to
pend money upon them.
Forest Grove, to be sure, has re
ceived a gift or two from Eastern
sources but even with that aid the
necessities of the school are still press
in thou5h he 'uture is promising
enough. As for the others, they are so
poorly supplied with means that it
requires some charity to believe that
they can provide youth with an educa
tion suitable for the times. Always in
want, falling deeper and deeper into
the quagmire of debt, competing with
each other and with the state institu
tions for a yearly supply of new stu
dents which Could ho i
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two good colleges, what is to become of
these foundations? Why not merge
them mto a single strong university?
The separate endowments are very
small, but united, they would amount
to a respectable sum. enough certainly
to attract gifts from the East. En
dowments, like other possessions, fol
low the scriptural rule. "To him that
hath shall be given." A large endow
ment tends to become larger by nat
ural increase, while sensible people can
rarely be induced to bestow bequests
where they will be of little use. If the
Institutions at Salem. McMinnville.
Newberg and the others were com
bined at some point, no matter where
the trustees of the Rockefeller fund
would not hesitate to aid the new
and promising foundation. It would
have every prospect of healthy growth
both in means and students, and could
accomplish many times as much good
as the separate schools will ever effect
while they feebly compete and spend
their energies in driving the wolf from
the door.
The objection that the colleges are
founded to propagate different creeds
is unworthy of the name "Christian,"
which they all assume. The differ
ences In their creeds never were of any
consequence and the progress of mod
ern ideas has rendered them still more
negligible. What essential distinction
is there between the religious belief of
the faculty at McMinnville and the one
at Salem? Is the gulf between them
wide and deep enough to warrant
paralysis of educational effort for all
time? Have they not enough in com
mon to make it possible for them to
occupy the same classrooms and in
struct the same students? Why not
fix their gaze upon the points of argu
ment and forget their differences, if
they have any differences? Some of
these colleges are proud to assert that
they have risen above mere denomina
tional ideas and become non-sectarian
If this is the case with them, what
sound reason Is there why they should
persist in ruinous competition when
union would benefit them so enor
mously? If they are united In faith
why not unite in works and thus con
struct an efficient Instrumentality for
good? The denominational character
Is Injurious to a college in many ways
Not to speak of Its influence in narrow
ing instruction, it has become a severe
hindrance to the betterment of college
finances. Sectarian professors, cannot
share In the benefits of the Carnegie
pension fund, the Rockefeller bene
factions are withheld from them also
at least In Oregon, while It is a
matter of common knowledge that
private Individuals are loath to leave
bequests to colleges which are strictly
bound to a creed.
The best proof which our struggling
colleges could furnish of a resolution
to escape, once for all, from denomina
tional impediments would be to feder
ate their resources. Oregon might
thus be provided with a strong uni
versity, independent of the Legislature
and, therefore, free from politics,
which would occupy a field left vacant
by the state schools and of great Im
portance. It is not well that the edu
cation of the young should be confined
entirely to the state. Other points of
view are essential to the best results
The religious idea In education is a
sound one and should be worked out
under broad and happy conditions. Of
course, the religious Idea is not the
same as the denominational and con
ditions, for it never can become broad
and happy while It is imprisoned in
poverty and fettered by debt. Our
denominational educators owe it to the
cause they represent to overcome their
divisions and unite their resources In
a single, powerful school. When they
do that, "Christian" education in Ore
yon will become something more sub
stantial than a' mere name and stu
dents will not be compelled to attend
state schools for a modern education.
THEIR REAL OBJECT.
If a group of five persons or ten per
sons has the right to name or suggest
a candidate for public office, why
should the same right be denied a
group of 500 persons? Yet that is
precisely what the politicians who are
howling against the late Republican
assembly are doing. They uphold
the action of little companies of men
in meeting secretly by themselves and
fixing up a slate, but they repudiate
the action of an open assembly of Re
publicans, freely, fairly and impartially
named, met to express their prefer
ence for candidates or their wish that
the Republican primary select some
one at their suggestion.
The candidate for Mayor recently
selected by the Republican assembly
was Joseph Simon. He was not in
any real sense nominated, nor was it
pretended that he was. He was
merely recommended, with others.
That is all the Republican assembly
could do. That Is all It tried to do.
The decision as to Mr. Simon, and
other candidates suggested by this as
sembly, must remain with the pri
mary. If Mr. Simon's nomination 13
not acceptable to the Republicans of
Portland, the primary will reject him.
It has the freest, fullest and fairest
opportunity. so to do on May 8. The
action of the primary Is not, and can
not be, in any sense Impaired or re
stricted by the assembly. How could
it be? Then what reasonable objec
tion can be offered to the methods
pursued by the assembly? There may
be objection to the candidates. If there
is, all Republicans who want other
candidates may say so and will say so
on May 8.
The truth is that all objection to the
Republican assembly, or any political
assembly, is a denial of the right of
any political party to organize. It is
an assertion that the primary is and
must be a free-for-all scramble for of
fice by self-nominated candidates and
by no others. Tet the primary law
professes to have for Its first purpose
the maintenance of political parties.
The so-called "friends of the primary"
have no such purpose. Their scheme
is the destruction of political parties
or of the Republican party.
ONLY SPEED MANIACS UNDER BAN.
Ex-Governor Geer has roused one
automobilist. Dr. G. K. Watts, to rush
Into print , in defense of the reckless
driver. What the ardent advocate has
to say in his astonishingly, weak brief
is published today in another column.
His attitude on the subject under dis
cussion 13 more curious than his tacit
plea of guilty to every charge that Mr.
Geer presented in the scathing indict
ment. No one demands that motor
cars be put under the ban. Not pro
hibition, but strict regulation, is the
public cry. The speed maniac must
go.
Dr. Watts sings loud praises to him
self because he turned his machine
quickly and missed maiming or kill
ing a man who had stepped off a
streetcar which had stopped a short
distance ahead of the auto. It was
his plain duty when he saw the car
stop in his path to slow down. Doesn't
he know why the car stopped ? Mustn't
he reasonably expect that a passenger
will i alight and step into the street?
Neglect to consider the necessity for
such precaution constitutes the bulk of
reckless motoring. Reduce speed to
four or five miles an hour on busy
streets and you eliminate 99 per cent
of the chances for committing homi
cide or murderous assault. Will the
course of empire be changed if you
reach your destination sixteen or sev
enteen seconds later?
There cannot be divergent opinions
on the matter of the pedestrian's right
at crosswalks. It is equal to the ve
hicle's. The walker and the driver
each must exercise reasonable caution,
but clearly the larger duty in this re
gard rests on the common sense and
the conscience of the man in the mo
tor, because he moves so much faster
He is never in danger from the man on
foot; the pedestrian is always in dan
ger from him. His machine is deadly.
Motor cars are here to stay. No one
opposes them. With longer experience
in their manufacture, more stability
less liability to get out of order and
much lower cost of production, their
number will increase very fast. Within
a few years there will probably be
three on the streets of Portland where
now there Is one. Consequent natural
danger will increase proportionately.
The Oregonian appeals to every owner
not to put his car into the hands of
an ardent, hot-headed boy; it begs
men who drive cars to be careful at
crossings, in turning corners and
when approaching streetcars that have
stopped. If persuasion will not suf
fice for reform, then other means.
Portland will hobble the speed maniac.
MANCHESTER TO MONTREAL.
Early in May a new steamship line
organized at Manchester, England, will
begin a regular weekly service to
Montreal, Canada. The Canadian port
has developed its maritime commerce
so rapidly that last year It shipped
more wheat to Europe than was sent
from all American ports on the Atlan
tic. The inauguration of this new serv
ice is particularly interesting, for the
reason that both of the termini of the
new line are inland seaports. Mon
treal is situated nearly 250 miles from
the ocean, and yet great ocean freight
ers drawing more than twenty-five feet
of water have no difficulty in making
their way to the wharves of the city
and back to the open sea with full car
goes. Manchester is in a class by Itself
as one of the world's greatest seaports
that has been actually manufactured
to order.
To enable deep-water shipping to
reach its docks, Manchester spent more
than J80.000.000 in building a canal
which converted the inland city Into
an ocean seaport; and so remarkable
has been the increase in the business
of the city, since the canal was built,
that the citizens all consider the mil
lion and more per mile which the canal
cost as money well expended. On the
other end of the new steamship line
conditions are in degree similar, for.
when the Canadians began the work
of improving the St. Lawrence River
so that large ocean carriers could
reach Montreal, vessels of twenty feet
and even less draft were unable to get
up and down without much delay and
danger of grounding.
The work which the Canadian gov
ernment has performed in opening up
a deep-water channel from the sea to
Montreal, and the work of the Man
chester people, Is not dissimilar from
that which has for several years' been
carried on by the Port of Portland in
deepening the river between this city
TITE BlQKJUJfO OKEGOmy, SATTJTTPAY,
and the sea. Every foot that the chan- f
nel from Portland to the sea has been
deepened has chea.rend th rno
getting the products of a vast empire 1
to tne world's markets by way of the
ocean routes. The results achieved
have been satisfactory, and will be
even more so in the future. The only
unsatisfactory feature of the work is
that it is manifestly unfair that the
City of Portland, alone and single
handed, should be obliged to per
form this public work from which the
entire Pacific Northwest profits.
Neither Manchester nor Montreal is
obliged to bear all of the burdens of
water improvements, in the profits of
which the entire country tributary has
shared. The Canadian government
has contributed handsomely to the
Montreal improvements and the British
government has done the same for the
Manchester waterway. Eventually the
magnificent Columbia, which the en
terprise of Portland has changed from
a scant eighteen feet depth to more
than twenty-five feet at rjead low
water, will be appreciated by the peo
ple of the Inland Empire, and they
will join with Portland In still fur
ther Improving the channel. Ships
here, as at Montreal, Philadelphia,
New Orleans and other of the world's
great ports, will go as far inland as
they can find water sufficient to keep
their keels off the ground. To this
world-old rule of maritime commerce
was due the selection of Portland as
the seaport for the Columbia basin,
and the prestige of location, aided by
the work of our people, will retain
this prestige for all time.
6CKIVKLY AND THE PRIMARIES.
The Indictment of J. H. Schively for
embezzlement adds nothing to the
public assurance that he has managed
his office unworthily. As Insurance
Commissioner he acted partly for his
own Interest, . partly for the advan
tage of a number of unreliable com
panies. If he ever did anything to
benefit the people who paid his salary,
it has not been discovered. The vot
ers of the State of Washington knew
these facts as well a year ago as they
do now. There could hardly have
been a man in the state who did not
know that Schively was an unsuitable
person to act as Insurance Commis
sioner. Everybody had been informed
of his irregularities. Everybody had
been told of his lax character. With
this knowledge before them, how did
the voters treat Mr. Schively at the
primaries? Surely if he was nomi
nated It was by the skin of his teeth.
The intelligent citizens of Washington
would not cast their ballots for a man
whom they all knew to be a rascal
would they?
Facts are harsh things. They play
hob with some of our preconceived
opinions now and then, but after all
they must be faced. The staring, mis
erable fact about Mr. Schively is that
he received 15,000 more votes at the
primaries than any other candidate
for Insurance Commissioner. Does
this prove that the people of Wash
ington do not want an honest man in
that office? If it does not prove that,
what does it prove? Mr. Schively's
vote in the primaries came pretty
near being the largest cast for any
candidate before the people. Bell, for
Attorney-General, received only 2000
more than this acknowledged grafter.
Hay, for Lieutenant-Governor, re
ceived 3000 less.
Such facts as these do not tend to
upbuild one's faith in the direct pri
maries. If they simply increase the
prestige of grafters and make it easier
for such fellows to slip into office, it
will not te long before they are aban
doned. If the people wish to retain
the right to nominate candidates, they
must prove that they can make a bet
ter use of it than they did in the case
of Schively. If the Vote for him was
an accident, it was too ominous to
bear repetition.
SENTIMENT AND ECONOMICS.
The overwhelming extent to which
sentimental hysteria has figured in the
wheat market for the past week is not
dissimilar from that which is notice
able in a run on a perfectly solvent
bank. For more than two months the
entire wheat trade of the world has
had a fairly accurate line on the size
of the crops In Argentina and Aus
tralia, the two big exporting countries
from which the bulk of the European
Bupplles Is secured In the Spring.
The Argentine crop was known to be
small, and the high prices were draw
ing it out quite rapidly. Last week,
either through a delay in loading ves
sels already chartered and known the
world over to have been chartered, or
for some other reason, the weekly
shipments declined to small figures
compared with the corresponding
week last year.
Then staid old London and Liver
pool, forgetting that the actual size of
the Argentine crop, already accurately
estimated, could not be changed either
by large or small shipments, marked
prices up about 5 cents per bushel on
account of "decreased shipments from
the Argentine." The market steadied
at the top for a brief period and then
started down in sympathy with liqui
dation in this country. This move
ment was accelerated ny the receipt In
Europe Thursday of news that the
Argentine shipments would show a
large increase.
The Europeans,, having advanced
prices when Argentine shipments were
small, quickly marked them down
when the shipments became larger.
This was consistent, perhaps, but It
was purely a sentimental and not an
economic situation that caused the
change, for the available supply in Ar
gentina had not been increased or de
creased, nor will it be changed until a
new crop comes on next ' December.
Meanwhile the Russian ports which
had been icebound were opened, and
a rush of wheat which could not reach
the market earlier began coming out.
The existence of these stocks in the
icebound ports was well known to the
trade, and they had actually been fig
ured on as absolutely necessary to fill
in after the United States and Canada
ceased shipping heavily.
For all that, the European markets
in the lead, and the American markets
following, accepted this news of in
creased Russian shipments with all of
the surprise that might have been no
ticeable if an airship load of No. 2
red winter had Just got in from the
planet Mars. The wave of hysteria
showed signs of passing yesterday, and
Liverpool acknowledged Chicago's de
cline of 4 cents on Thursday with a
drop of less than 1 cent per bushel.
The Chicago markets were steady,
with cash wheat selling at J 1.40 per
bushel.
"In arriving at the rates fixed we
were guided largely by distance, and
we established a materially higher
rate from Chicago than from St.
Paul." writes Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Prouty in explaining his
reason for releasing the Harriman
lines from the Commission's order in
the Spokane rate case. This enables
the Harriman lines to meet the Hill
rates at Spokane, if they so desire, and
It also makes it more profitable for
them to give Walla Walla, Colfax and
other intervening points a. lower rate
than will be given Spokane. Helena
and Missoula, on the other side of
Spokane, by this ruling must also have
lower rates than Spokane. This will
enable the outside cities east and
west of Spokane to get better rates
than Spokane can get, and incidentally
do a Jobbing trade right up to the city
limits of Spokane. Of course this
was what Spokane desired when she
started the fight that has cost her a
protected jobbing zone and has given
smaller cities on both sides of her
lower rates than Spokane is legally
entitled to.
Governor Hay and the State Board
of Control, over in Wht n ft An a m In
viting trouble over their grain bags.
accoraing to an Olympia dispatch,
which says thev will sell a nnn nnn
bags, delivered in any pan of the state,
at o cents eacn. This is nearly a cent
under the best rate that can be quoted
by the importers of Calcutta bags, and,
as present crop prospects indicate a
demand for approximately 10,000,000
grain bags in Washington it aoama
quite clear that about two-thirds of the
wasmngton farmers will be obliged to
pay more for their bags than those
who are fortunate enough to secure
8-cent bags from the state. Grain
bags at present prices are a consider
able charge against the price of a
bushel of wheat, especially if the mar
ket should be low next year, and it
would help matters considerably if the
duty should be removed from the bags
which are Imported.
Citizens of every section of the coun
try are public economists upon the
question of e. reduction of Government
expenditures. But when it comes to
denying the appropriations asked for
the Improvement of their local
rivers and harbors, new postofnee
buildings, custom-houses and other
pet items that eat into the revenues
from every community, they are not
willing to abate one jot or tittle of
their demands. It is the old story
with purblind selfishness in the title
role, the adjustment of the magnifying
glass to personal desires and the ap
plication of the inverted field glass to
the wider view. Simply stated, it Is
human nature In its most familiar
phase.
The Interior Department has ap
proved the maps and surveys cover
ing the first forty miles of the Harri
man railroad up the Deschutes can
yon. This is encouraging for a starter,
and all Oregon will hope that there
will be no delay in passing on the
merits of the remaining ninety miles
of the proposed route. As the Des
chutes would be of very little value
either to- the railroad or to Central
Oregon until it reached the upper end
of the canyon, the railroads will quite
naturally object to proceeding with
construction work until they have
some assurance that the line can be
built the entire length of the canyon.
The Coroner's Jury at Eugene failed
to fix responsibility for the death of
the 16-year-old boy who was poisoned
by drinking wood alcohol, thinking it
whisky. In this connection it is
proper to remark that too many men
are being fined for drunkenness in Eu
gene, which is in . a "dry" county.
Somebody Is remiss In official duty and
Is not helping tlje cause of moderation
by winking at violation of law or in
ability to see It. The University City
is too good a place in which to live
and has too good a reputation to toler
ate these things much longer.
Just to dispel any hazy Ideas as to
what the Gothenberg system is, it may
be defined as a scheme by which all
the saloons of a city are to unite un
der the ownership, of a high-minded
and virtuous concern like the Ameri
can Distilleries Company, championed
and represented by that eminent foe of
the Demon Rum, Mr. E. S. J. Mc
Allister. With certain unnamed part
ners. The Lewis County committee on ex
hibits at the A-T-P Fair has, through
its secretary, Dan W. Bush, of Che
halis, issued a folder that will attract
the attention of visitors and colonists
seeking a location. Lewis County is
one of the great fertile spots of Wash
ington, and the Idea of this booklet is
to lead people to It.
Dustln Farnum Is playing the gen
tleman's part. He is another polite
witness who never, no, never, saw Mrs.
Gould drunk. By careful management
the attorneys of the lady ought to be
able to summon numerous other wit
nesses who have not, in all their lives,
seen Mrs. Gould drunk, or sober.
Now they are going to hang a China
man for killing another Chinaman.
The world moves. Formerly we occa
ionally hanged a Chinaman for killing
a white man. Some day there may be
a white man hanged for killing a
Chinaman.
Principal Curtis, of the Sunnyside
school, thinks a little thing like sixty
cases- of scarlet fever among the Sun
nyside children is no occasion for
alarm. That ought to make at least
sixty Sunnyside families feel better.
Those worthy persons who are go
ing to see that we have a vote on the
question of making the state dry in
1910 will, of course, keep a wary eye
out to prevent their petitions from be
ing reinsteined.
The Seattle bankers have set aside
$5000 a. day for the entertainment of
delegates to the Tri-State Bankers
convention." There will be 500 dele
gates or less. Figure the rest out for
yourself.
Now is the time when the City
Health officials should turn the Willamette-water
germs out to graze and
get a firm hold on the scarlet fever
epidemic, which may or may not be
light.
The decision of the Young Turks to
let the Sultan-hold his Job for awhile
longer will cause a vast sigh of. relief
to go up. Just think of a homeless
Sultan with a harem on his hands!
Now if that Sunnyside scarlet fever
epidemic had 'broken out on the West
Side just after the Bull Run water was
turned oft !
APRIL, 24, 1900.
REVISED SERVICE ANNOUNCED
Temporary Changes on North Bank
Road Next Month.
Officials of the North Bank Railroad
yesterday announced a temporary revised
service over the Hill line up the Columbia
River which will pre-all beginning May 3
until May 23. It includes a 12 hour and
40 minute service between Portland and
fwaBemVSr US DeW pasPkan6 line.
There will be two trains a day each way
as at present, and the only change In the
time of arriving and departing at Port-
?t Wl11 be that the day train from
Spokane will reach Portland at 9 P M
instead of 5:25 P. M., so as to allow the
train to run through from Spokane.
The Inland Empire Express will leave
rUid Rt 9:15 A- M" and reach Spokane
at 10 P. M. Its equipment will consist
or first and second-class coaches, smoker
dining-car and parlor observation car
Train No. 1. the westbound daylight train!
will leave Spokane at 8:20 A. M. and ar
rive in Portland at 9 P. M. The equip
ment of this train will be the same as
that of the Inland Empire. Train No. 4
eastbound night train, will leave Portland
at 5:40 P. M. and will arrive at Spokane
at 6:30 A. M. Train No. 3, westbound
will leave Spokane at 6:30 P. M. and will
arrive in Portland at 7:30 A. M. The equip
ment on No. 3 and No. 4 will consist of
first-class coaches, one standard and one
tourist sleeper, one compartment observa
tion car and a diner.
POLAND STICKS TO HIS JOB
Receiver of Prairie City Rank Re
fuses Any Compromise.
BAKER CITY, Or.. April 23. (Special.)
Receiver J. R. Poland, while passing
through Baker City tonight on his way" to
Prairie City, said that the contest be
tween himself as receiver of .the Stockmen
& Traders Bank at Prairie City and the
state banking department would be fought
to the end.
Determined to hold the position given
him by the Multnomah County Court. Mr.
Poland did not hesitate to state that so
far as he and a number of the creditors
were interested there would be no com
promise and if the State TtnnV -n.miD
sioner secured possession of the failed
bank's business It would be through a
legal fight which might be taken to the
Supreme Court.
He said there are wealthy creditors of
the institution who hold themselves in
readiness to guarantee all depositors from
loss, provided the business can be wound
up hurriedly.
SEVEN DENTISTS PUT IN JAIL
Seattle ToothpuIIers Accused of Vio
lating State Law.
SEATTLE, Wash.. April 22. Special.)
For violating the state law requiring
licensed practitioners. Informations for
ten dentists doing business In Seattle
were sworn out today and seven were
arrested in their places of business and
lodged in Jail pending bail. Bail has
not yet been arranged. Following are
the names of those who were arrested:
H. J. Brown, A. C. Littoy. H. A. Wise,
E. G. Thompson, A. C. Froom, E. C.
Phelps, A. R. Long.
E. J. Brown is one of the most promi
nent dentists in the city and is a leader
of a faction of the Socialist party op
posed to Herman C. Titus. He gained
considerable notoriety here last Winter
by defying the police and was lodged in
Jail for street speaking. The arrests to
day caused a Bensation.
PARK BOARD PUT ON GRILL
Tacoma Grand Jury Probing Ex
travagance Charges.
TACOMA. Wash.. April 23. (Special.)
The probing into public affairs by the
grand Jury called at the instance of Coun
cilman Jamieson to investigate the alleged
graft charges against the city adminis
tration, is taking a peculiar turn and the
Metropolitan Park Board ls now under
tha microscope. Just what the results
will be is a matter for conjecture but
so thoroughly are the affairs of the City
Park- Board being investigated that it is
persistently rumored indictments of a
sensational nature may follow. The grand
Jury has visited all of Tacoma'B parks
and each member has displayed an
astonishing curiosity lrr the whys and
wherefores of many pieces of faulty work
for which extravagant prices were paid.
ALBANY IX AUTO RACE PATH
Promoters of Cross-Continent Run
Arrange Route In Oregon.
ALBANY. Or., April 23. (Special.)
The route of the big Guggenheim auto
mobile race from New York to Seattle
may cross the Cascade Mountains by the
Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain
wagon road. Local automobile men have
received word from the promoters of
the race that the routes across the moun
tains in Washington are not satisfactory
and that the road from Prlneville to Al
bany Is being considered.
An effort will be made by local people
to have the route mapped out this way
the racers to turn northward at this
city on the final course of the race.
WORK FOR NESMITH COUNTY
Solicitors Place Initiative Petitions
in Circulation.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., April 23 (Sne
clal.) People of Southern Lane and
Northern Bouglas counties are again ask
ing for the creation of "Nesmith County "
this time by the initiative. Men have
been sent out to get names in various
sections of the state, and when the requi
site number have been secured, the peti
.Wl"ne subm'ed to the Secretary
of State. The question will then be voted
on at the general election next year. Thn
solicitors are meeting with splendid uc-
iEOXARD WILL GET REWARL.
hree Hundred Dollars Due Him to
Capture of Train Robbers.
r-' Apr" 23 (Special.)
Sheriff Stevens, of Multnomah CountV
r"t ,C,Iy !?day Wltn eomo "ivlcfs
for the Penintentiary and while here took
occasion to look up the law relating to the
payment of the reward of 300 due Deputy
Sheriff Archie Leonard from the state for
the capture of the chief of the Troutdale
& N. train robbers. While the
code provides for the payment of this
reward there is considerable red tape in
volved in Its collection.
SALEM PUTS OX CITY AI
RS
Streetcars Will Hereafter Run Until
Midnight at Capital.
TfEM C,-' April 23.-(Special.)The
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
pany has promulgated a new set of rules
to go into effect Monday. April 26. which
will do away with all smoking on street
cars in Salem and with patrons riding on
front or rear platforms. A large number
of new men have been added and here
after cars will be operated In nine-hour
shifts Instead of 12. Hereafter cars on
all lines will be run until midnight, in
stead of 10:45 o'clock.
CLUB STANDS BY RUSHLIGHT
i
Brooklyn Republican Body Promotes
Candidacy for Mayor.
At a special meeting of the Brooklyn
Republican Club Thursday night. In the
hall on Powell and Milwaukie streets,
the campaign of A. G. Rushlight for the
nomination of Mayor was launched by his
frienda. A. L. Keenan presided and A.
L. Barbur was the secretary. Rev. Father
Gregory started the speech-making by a
plea for Mr. Ruehlight and reviewing his
work in the Council, ending by declirinj;
that Mr. Ruehlisht would be the right
man for Mayor of Portland. Remarks
were made by L. S. Di;ia, Waldemar
Seton. A. L. Keenan and several other..
Chairman Keenan asked all who favored
the nomination of Mr. Ruaiiliht for Mav
or and would work to .hat jnd to stand,
when the entire audience arosj.
At this showing. Mr. Rushlight ex
pressed his gratitude and 3aid nv hoped
his friends in the Seventh Ward would
stand by him in the con:o. for he real
ized that not being an exp?rienced poli
tician he had a hard flcht on his hands.
Mr. Rushlight said that he r.ood for the
primary law and an economical adminis
tration of the affairs of the city, and re
ferred to his attitude on the various sub
jects that had come in the City Council
since he had been a membsr.
J. J. Jennings, candidate for Councll-man-at-large.
addressed the meeting
briefly, principally in behalf of Mr. Rush
light. At the end of the talks Mr. Rush
light's candidacy for Mayor and Mr. Jen
nings' candidacy for Councllman-at-laree
were indorsed. It was decided that those
present should act as a committee of the
whole in pushing Mr. Rushlight's candidacy.
NORMAL BOARD TO MEET
Operation or Schools for Next Year
to Be Decided On.
SALEM, Or., April 23. (Special.) Sec
retary C. L. Starr, of the State Board of
Normal School Regents, today sent no
tices to all the members of the bfiard
that a meeting of the board will be held
at the Capitol at 10 A. M. on May 8. "for
the purpose of considering the policy of
the board relative to the operation of
the Normal Schools for the school year
of 1909-10, and for the consideration of
such other business as may come before
the meeting."
One or two of the college presidents and
some of the students are anxious to have
the schools continue next year under the
direction of the Board of Regents, who
would, of course, act in a purely advisory
capacity and without compensation, with
all the expenses oc maintaining the
schools borne by private contribution.
The executive commiteee did not care to
take the responsibility of making any
such arrangement, and so the Governor
has decided to call a meeting of the full
board to consider the request of the edu
cators and the students.
The presidents of the three Normals
have been advised of the meeting of the
board and requested to be present if they
have any suggestions to make regarding
keeping their schools open next year.
WIND CHANGES, TOWN IS SAVED
Fire Threatens for a Time to AVlpe
Out Village of Summervllle.
LA GRANDE, Or.. April 23. (Special.)
A lull in a strong wind blowing over Sum
mervllle, 15 miles from here, saved that
town from destruction late last evening.
When the flames were spreading and the
citizens were appealing for help from La
Urnnde the wind went down and the
bucket brigades were able to successfully
cope with the conflagration. At 10 to
night the flames had abated.
Three automobile loads of chemical ex
tinguishers were sent out from La
Grande.
The Are originated in the Chatln meat
market and quickly spread to the Chatln
residence. From there it went to the
Galllspy store building, unoccupied, and
later to two Donaldson buildings. These
five were destroyed completely. The
Choate and Rlnehart merchandise stores
were saved by the efforts of farmers and
Summerville residents, who had rushed to
the scene.
Losses are estimated at $5000.
FATHER ORDERS SON'S ARREST
Accuses Own Child of Being Too
Lazy to Provide for Self.
TACOMA. Wash., April 23. (Special.)
Charging that his son is lazy and refuses
either to work or pay board, Reuben
H a a.n emP'ye of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company, today caused a
warrant to be issued for the arrest of his
son Oscar, aged 27 years, on a charge of
trespassing on the premises of the family
home. (
When the elder Shade appeared before
refused either to support himself or help
support the family, and that in the face
of his orders to leave home and never
tn 'VP1'"', the yunr man returned
and continued to eat from the family
arder Mrs Shade favors the sonnd
is anxious that he shall remain at home
She became very Indignant on learning
of her husband's action.
OLD ROGUE INDIAN
DIES
Martha, Weil-Known Aborigine Near
Oregon City, Passes Away.
OREGON CITY. Or., April 23 r5
clal.)-Martha. a wrtl-kSown Tndfan
?hmS?,Wa.." b.Ur'ed here thlB afternoon
She died at midnight Wednesday in the
Indian settlement south of town She
m,thi ,T'?.?f JSeph AJrews com!
monly called "Soosap," and was nJI,
nvmreS bCen b nnja-cky-
sonvtlle. Or. Martha was a memhei- r.t
the Rogue River tribe. She f married
to Andrews about 35 years ago Five
years ago she was made totally blind by
an attack of Bob Gardner, a generate
character, who was sentenced to
In the penitentiary and Is now In fhe
state Insane asylum.
Forest Grove Farmer Dies.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. ADril 23 r5
.t't1 Buh' aged P50UyearT iTi
for many years a fruitgrower on David's
on th PMed ""nly at his new home!
on the Henry Schmale dairy ranch yes-
ninay7nlnfr-,,H6 leaves widow and
nine children. Only three days ago he
moved on this dairy ranch for which he
Mr Bu8h died f heart
rllrhf v,h,le .hls canary, his wife
end came m T 8 before the
Chehalls Streams Stocked.
S.fHT13' Waeh- APrtl 23. (Special.)
-Within the past week about 50,000 trout
have been planted in the splendid fish
ing streams near this city. Senator Fish-.-received
a consignment of 20.000
which were placed In Mill Creek. Rep
resentative Leonard received 20.000 which
were placed in the South Fork of the
Newaukum. Another consignment of 10 -000
were also placed in the North Fork of
the Newaukum.
City to Bridge the Willapa.
RAYMOND. Wash., April 23(Special.)
Preliminary steps were taken at the
City Oouncil meeting last night for the
Issuance of city bonds to cover in part
the cost of construction of two brid-es
across, the Willapa and South Willapa
,VrS ft thIs Place. The estimated cost
or the two structures is about $30,000 each.
AS AN AUTOMOBILIST SEES IT.
Let the' Public Look Out, for That la
Its Buliru.
PORTLAND. April 22.(To the Editor )
In your issue of April 21 appears an arth-le
by T. T. Geer, about automobiles which I
consider very unfair and 1 m surprised
that some one more interested and m, .re
competent than I does not answer it and
"It" .ther articIs oth editori-U
and otherwise that have appeared tat, v
drivert aUtoraobl- ani.omooilL
owi058 firSt rlacc- the writing the
.r" ar,rry deedly unfamiliar
Rlth the handling of automobiles- so tliJ'r
opinion is not worth much. And in everv
f,OUr Wory ou find the old
fogies blocking, to the best of the ir
ability, every advancement. The saw
mills kill too many men; go back to the
BaW-K T"e ra-oads kill too many
men; go back to the ox team. The electric
cars kill too many men; go back to "the
horse cars. The linotype machines put
too many men out of employment- go
back to the typesetters.
The automobile business is one of the
largest industries of our country but the
fogy farmer wants to put them all out of
business and go back to the horse so that
he can raise hay for them
v,Tht.awtomobile ls the eafoRt vehicle on
the highways according to statistics, so
why should it be called "Juggernaut" and
death dealing" machine wnen there are
more people injured every year hy horso
vehicles and streetcars in proportion to
tne number In use. Why not rule them
thetreets too and let the pedestrains
na-ve the whole street, sidewalk and all
mey might at least make the streetcar
company . put in singlo tracks on busy
7 'l'"'18- Why is It necessary for
Burnside bridge cars to loop down Wash
Srl?n Street where three other lines run
making cars about SO feet apart on the
Duslest and narrowest street in town'
In regard to th ri.rht nr .. ' j .
trians have the right of way on the side
walk and there should be an ordinance
compelling them to look both wars t,e'-
re SteppinK ofr the curb.' ai.d
should they cross the street in tl,
mlddle of the block, or any other place
except at crossings, they should do at
their own risk. Why should automohn,.
drivers do all the "looking out" and the
pedestrians walk along asleep with an
air of "run into me if you dare?" Th
sooner the people wake up to the fact that
Portland is no longer a little countrv
town where they can go down the streeia
star gazing or asleep, but s a city, and
a busy city at that, with mighty busy
streets, and that not only automobile
drivers but horse men. streetcar men pe
destrains. and everybody else traveling
on our narrow busy streets has got to
be on the alert, the sooner accidents will
diminish.
If pedestrians and everybody else kept
as sharp a look out as automobile drivers,
there would be very few accidents he
cause most of the accidents or narrow
escapes are due to pedestrians stepping
ofr the curb in front of automobiles with
out looking where they are going, or step
ping from behind another vehicle or
streetcar without looking. If the truth
w-ere known everybody who gets hit l.y
an automobile knows, down In his own
mind that he was going along thinking
about something and not paying attention
to where he was going, and if he had
paid attention he could have avoided the.
accident. Of course, he ls mad and won t
admit that. Then lots of those so-call- ,1
"narrow escapes" are not narrow escapes
at all although the pedestrians and lv
standers may think they are; the auto
mobile driver knows the control he has
over his machine and stops probably four
or five feet away which is Junt as sate
as if he had stopped half a block away.
The prediction that automobiles will he
ruled off the streets in the business dis
trict rather surprises me coming from a
man of Mr. Oeer's supposed or claimed in
telligence. It would be just as reason
able to rule him on a farm and keep him
there all his life, more so because lie is
attempting to block progress. A man's
rights are his own whether he ls afoot,
in a buggy or an automobile. No more
reason why an auoUst should leave his
vehicle In the suburbs than anyone ctee
driving a different and much less sale
vehicle, for any horse vehicle, even if it
is only driven in a walk, is more danger
ous than an automobile if properly
handled, for you never know when a
horse will take fright and do damase. An
automobile at 15 or 20 miles an hour is
safer than a horse going in a jog he
cause It can be stopped quicker if nects
sary. I will admit that there are times
when the autolsts are in the wrong but
many more times when pedestrians are
in the wrong, so do nt drive us mi off
the streets because one or two fools get
into our ranks. Pedestrians have been
known to go Insane but that ls not a
reasonable excuse for sending all pe
destrians to the insane asylum.
What we want most is a fair law, made,
by people who are familiar with the sub
ject, in place of a lot of one-sided, unfair
laws. One place the automobile gets th
worst of it ls In the writeups they get in
some of the papers. A stree tcar or horso
accident, if mentioned at all In the news
papers, is given an inch or so at the,
bottom of the column, whilo an automo
bile accllent is put in big head-lines at
the top of the column, anl probably clear
across the front page. Take for instance,
the accident to the Vice-President's wife,
"Mrs. Sherman in Danger." In the morn
ing paper of April 21. A runaway horve
endangers her life while she Is in an
automobile. Had she been in a buggy and
struck by an automobile and endangered
to the same extent, it probably would
have been in big head-lines clear across
the front page instead of an inch and a
half at the bottom of the, column.
A short time ago on Williams avenue I
passed a streetcar Just as It stopped to
let off passengers. I passed on the left
according to law. A man Jumped off tlm
front platform and ran around in front
of the car to cross before it started and
ran right in front of me. I avoided him
only with an effort and chance of wreck
ing my machine. Had I been as careless
as he was we would have collided. I was
clearly in the right; yet what thanks did
I get? He swore at me and abused me.
Now I am almost sorry I did not let him
run into me. If I had known how dirty
he would be about it I don't think I
would have taken the chance of wrecking
my car to avoid him; he was not deserv
ing of It.
About a year ago I attempted to pas
a man In a buggy on the road. He would
not give me any of the road but when I
got down on the side and was just i?i
the act of passing him. he turned ri-ht
down in front of me. Now I could havs
hit him equar and probably injured mm
and his horse very badly and with very
little risk to myself, but I turned so
short that I tipped my machine over and
wa injured and crippled for life in an
effort to avoid hurting him. What thanks
did I get for it? A damage suit. W hat
should I do next time under such cir
cumstances? I would avoid accident if
possible. If not. I would come through
it looking out for number one.
The people know Juries, and the peo
ple who have no machines are prejudiced
against them. They employ blackmailing
attorneys, perjure themselves and ol.I
out for big damages, knowing they have
all the best of it on account of thts.
predjudices. Let Mr. Geer. and a few ol
the other howlers, drive a car for a
while and learn what control you have oi
it and have It handed to them by every
body else on the highways, law-makers,
juries, etc.. like the rest of us get it,
and they will howl a different tune alto
gether. There are two sides to this ques
tion and all we ask is to be treated
fairly. dr. g. E. WATTS.
Cottage Grove Given Day at Fair.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. April ii (fe
cial.) The Woman's Club met last night
to set a Cottage Grove day at the A-Y-F
Exposition at Seattle. The day was set
for Thursday, July 29, when a large dele
gation from here will be present.