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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MAY I. 19O0.
EXCHANGING P.ARTS.
The moBt amusing Incident in the
tariff debate thus far is McEnery's at.
tempt to exhibit Thnmaji Jefferson as
a high protectionist. The Senator
from Louisiana is evidently rather
ashamed of himself for deserting; the
ancient, free-trade principles of hus
party, and feels the need of some
plausible authority to justify his in
tellectual somersault. So he quotes
the revered JrfTerson to the purport
that there ought to be a duty on the
necessaries of life In order to render
this country independent of foreitrn na
tions. Evidently the fond MoKnery
believes that the jnoe wo pay for
what eat and wear the more we
shall distress the wicked fore'.ipjer. He
is also of the opinion that the higher
taxes we pay on food and clothing the
more we shall produce. Taxes. In the
imagination of the ravinR standpatter,
are the one and only agent in the pro
duction of the necessaries of life. Rain,
sunshine, human industry and ingenu
ity have nothing to do with it.
This species of madness is spreading
rapidly among the Southern Senators.
The spectacle of their mental aberra
tion U a sad one. and might make us
despair of the country were it not for
the encouraging fact that a good many
.Republican Senators seem to be recov
ering their wits at the same time.
Upon the whole, therefore, the balance
of sanity seems to swing fairly even.
Just as McEnery, the Democrat, begins
to rave over the way protection makes
sugar cane grow, the Republican Bris
tow of Kansas opens his mouth to
wonder what possible benefit the sugar
duties can confer either upon the Gov
ernment or the producer if they are
made prohibitive. In that case the
trust will get the entire proceeds. If
the work of grace should proceed until
all the Republicans stand for. a low
tarirT. we might easily reconcile our
selves to seeing all the Democrats
transformed to standpatters. It would
be quite in accord with most of their
tarty history to adopt a demonstrated
error as soon as their opponents had
discarded it. That is why the Demo-crati-?
party is appropriately s'ymbol
Lzed by an ass.
With the false theory of prohibitive
protection, the Southern Democrats
seem to have swallowed all the stale
old fallacies which were formerly used
to defend it. but which no well-informed
person now thinks of repeat
ing. Thus Mr. McEnery bases his
plea for a prohibitive sugar duty on
"the necessity for the country to be
come Independent of any foreign gov
ernment for the things- it requires."
This kind of talk has a strangely me
dieval ring. In the face of all our ef
forts to promote International trade,
with the growing perfection of our
consular service, whose principal busi
ness is to open new lines of commerce,
with the efforts made on every hand to
build up intercourse among the dif
ferent nations of the world by steam,
by telegraph, by international banking
and by a thousand other devices, it is
an amazing phenomenon to hear a
United States Senator argue for Chi
nese cxcluslveness. No greater mis
fortune could happen to us than to be
come "Independtnl 'of foreign coun-'
tries." since they can produce many
things much cheaper than we can. and
vastly better. On the other hand, we
can produce some things cheaper and
better than- ttrey.-so -that both of us
find advantage in exchange. But what
Is the use of opposing common sense,
to Senatorial twad-lle on the tariff?
A PHASE OF THK "WHITE MAX'S
BIKOF.X."
A phase of the "white man's bur
den" which was taken up by the
United States as a result of the late
war with Spain. Is noted in the men
ace of leprosy as existing in Porto
Rico and shadowing our own people
through the commercial and educa
tional touch that exists between that
Island and the cities of the Atlantic
seaboard. A thriftless. Indolent peo
ple, without ambition either in blood
or environment, listless, unsanitary In
their habits and homes, - the - Porto
Rlcans are an easy prey to this most
loathsome and hopeless of all diseases.
Utterly irresponsible for themselves or
others, they go about freely among
their fellows, who in their turn do
not take the trouble to guard against
contamination through association.
Lepers In -various stages of this baf
fling malady gn IiWhH the streets of
Ponce, and hang begging pon the
skirts or tourists, or. standing upon
street corners, hold out rotting hands
for alms. This state of affairs shows
what Dr. Edward Ehlers. a European
expert who has been stu riving dis
eases prevalent in the West Indies,
calls "an alarming laxity" on th part
of the Porto Rican government. This
Is especially alarming when It is add
ed that under present conditions it is
possible for many lepers to emigrate
and carry the -disease to the United
States.
Dr. Ehlers. however, may not. and
probably is not. familiar with the re
strictions of our immigration laws,
which require expert inspection of im
migrants for the very purpose of shut
ting out those who are afflicted with
communicable or contagious diseases,
of which leprosy Is one of the most
dreaded.- It would hardly be possible
for a leper to pass Ellis Island or any
other immigrant receiving station of
our seaboard without detection, if In
any pronounced or perceptible stage
of the disease. It might, however,
exist, a lurking contamination, about
his clothing or bis unclean person
without being discoverable, and thus
fleet an entrance; or it might be.
brought over by unsuspecting tourists
who had befn in forced propinquity
to Its victims, who. it is said, sre al
lowed, even when suffering from the
disease In an advanced stage, to beg
upon the streets of Ponce.
While the menace to this country
may not be great while indeed it
may not be worth considering the
fact remains that it is necessary to in
stitute such supervision and control
of those whom Kipling character
izes as
Otir new-foirnd eutren -people.
Half devil and half child.
We cannot make responsible citi
zens of children, but tbey ran and
should be controlled, both for their
owtf safety and for that of their spon
sors. YOIR I NHOtCHT IUTV.
The magnitude ared grave im
portance of the task Imposed on the
voters of Portland under the Initiative
and referendum may be discovered by
the following brief summary of titles
of the various measures for enactment
or rejection on election day:
Xew charter, reorganising through
out the administration of city affairs.
Alternative plans for payment of
new water main extensions.
Charter amendments proposed by
the Council under the Initiative, and
radically changing the present char
ter. Charter amendments proposed by a
committee of seven under the initiative
and submitted by the Council, making
changes In the present charter.
Regulation of electric wiring.
Prohibiting patented articles In pub
lic improvements.
Monopoly of liquor business for
Gothenburg association.
Excise (McKenna) ordinance for
control and regulation of sale of liquor.
Crematory bonds. 1 150.000.
Market-street bridge bonds. 1450.
000. Sherman-street bridge bonds, $1.
500.000. Broadway and Ldrrabee-strert
bridge bonds. I. 000. 000.
Municipal ownership of electric light
and power. 12.000.000 bonds.
Referendum on the vehicle ordi
nance. The new charter profoundly affects
the future administration of out; city
affairs, and it is undoubtedly such a
proposition as the people as a whole
should decide. But the entire matter
is much complicated and entangled
by various other proposals which will
prevent a clear determination of the
charter question through referendum
to the people. It should never have
been in this way left to them. All the
average voter can hope to learn, or be
expected to learn, about any charter Is
as to Its general purposes and policies,
and to govern himself accordingly. He
cannot and win not Investigate details
or particulars, and it is a gross abuse
of the Initiative when he Is required
to vote upon such special matters.
There are thirty-five measures to be
determined by mass meeting, so to
speak, at the polls. How can It be
done Intelligently, or considerately, or
properly? It cannot be. No one can
with honest purpose say that It can be.
Why. then, should any device devolv
ing this heavy and undeslred burden
on tbe public be permanently approved,
or continued without modification or
limitation?
PORTLAXD THK RAILROAD CENTER.
Building of the North Bank railroad
to Portland was a belated admission
on the part of the Hill Interests of the
superior advantages of the Columbia
River route from the Interior over
those presented by any of the routes
to Puget Sound. The recent Hill.
Harriman deal, by which this city
becomes the greatest railroad center
on the Pacific Coast. Is further recog
nition of the superior natural advan
tages of this port over all other ports
in the Pacific Northwest as a traffic
center for a vast region In which de
velopment has Just begun. Portland
enterprise In beginning this develop,
ment Is. of course, entitled to some
credit for the great change that has
Just fairly begun, but all of the enter
prise and all of the wealth that Port
land could throw Into the project
would have been comparatively uv-lmi
had nature In the beginning failed to
provide a location for the city at the
foot of a down-hill haul through more
than 200.000 square miles of wonder
fully rich territory.
Without In any manner disparaging
the great natural resources lying
around the shores of Puget Sound and
In Alaska, a careful or even cart-less
study of any official map of the Pa
cific Northwest will reveal the reason
why Portland's location' as a railroad
center is so much preferable to that
of any Puget Sound city. The down
hill haul, of course, gives the Columbia
River route an Immense economic ad
vantage over the routes across the
Cascade Mountains. In addition to
that, a glance at the map will show
that the O. R. A N., North Bank
Road. Northern Pacific ' and Great
Northern, -with their feeders now built,
under construction, or under consider
ation, admit Portland into nearly all
of the territory east of' the Cascade
Mountains that can be reached by the
Puget Sound people.
Being on somewhat better than even
terms with the Puget Sound compet
itors in this Immense trade field, our
merchants have no" difficulty In secur
ing more than half or the trade of that
great region." This percentage will, of
course, be greatly Increased as the
facilities are Increased by the construc
tion of north and south line through
the State of Washington. In addition
to something better than an even
chance In this, the only great trade
field on which the Puget Sound cities
have to draw for business. Portland
stands alone In her position as a big
trade center of the great Willamette
Valley, a field in Itself sufficient to
support a city of 00.000 rx-oplo. of the
Incomparably rich timber, dairy and
stock regions between the Willamette
Valley and the Coast, of the great fruit
and mining region of Southern Oregon,
of the Immense Central Oregon coun
try, destined to equal In Importance
the Willamette Valley, of the rich
Wallowa country, of the lower Co
lumbia and half a dozen other local!,
ties on which nature has showere4
her gifts with a. lavish hand.
rortland has had a complacent
knowledge of these advantage and of
her Impregnable position In the com
mercial world, ana It is possible that
our self-satlsfae-tlon and disincline
tlon to make much noise about our
merits may have postponed the In
evitable recognition which Is now he.
Ing made of our merits. Portland has
for many months been booming along
on the high road -to prosperity with a
clear track ahead and no trouble In
sight. These recent developments can
hardly fall to accelerate the pace at
which we are moving. It now seems
certain that we ir entering on an era
of the greate-st commercial and Indus
trial development that the city and
state has ever known. Much yet re
mains to be done, however. We must
continue the work of deepening the
river and bar. and at the earliest possi
ble moment a weil-dlrected. earnest ef
fort should be made to establish trade
relations with Alaska. Until now we
have apparently been too busy In other
directions to pay much attention to
that great field for exploitation, but
now. with the as-tntance of the rail
roads. It li b far le, difficult to
get a foothold than it ha ever IWn
before.
ONE IMMIr.KlNT-M HON.
Wtl'iam Io rimer was the son of a
poor Immigrant mho came to this
country In the steerage when William
was five years old. When Irlmer
grew up and became a rull-fledged sol.
der In the battle of life. he. of course,
had to listen to all that twaddle about
"the rich are growing richer and the
poor are growing poorer." and that
there, was no longer a chance for a
poor man In this country, etc., etc.
Lorlmer. however, had no time for
that kind of logic. and while the Jaw
smiths and Idlers loafed and delivered
anarchistic and socialistic speeches, he
buckled down to the fight, and by en
ergy and good habits rose steadily
from the position of laborer In a pa. k-Ing-house
and driver of a horeecar to a
seat In the United States Senate.
In the language of one bf the new
Illinois Senator's friends, "hla life la
clean, his habits clean and his lan
guage clean." lrimer record Is an
unanswerable rebuke to the socialistic
argument, and it is a glowing example
for the other "William. Lorlmern" who
are still coming over In the steerage
to grow up In the only country on
earth which presents opportunities
where the packing-house laborer can
reach the highest office In the gift of
the people.
NORTHWEST WHEAT CROP.
Reports from the most prominent
wheat-growing districts of the Pacific
Northwest indicate unusually favorable
conditions for the i0 wheat crop. Not
only Is the grain in excellent condition,
but there Is also a large Increase In
acreage in most localities The critical
period In the life of" the plant Is yet
to be passed, but an abundance of
moisture during the Winter enabled
Kali wheat to secure a good, healthy
growth, which will enable It to with
stand the hot winds that sometimes
create havoc In June. Fortunately,
for the farmers, and for all others who
are to such a large extent dependent
on the prosperity of the farmers, the
methods of wheat farming now fol
lowed are much superior to those In
use a number of years ago when crop
damage was so much more frequently
encountered.
As a result of this better cultivation
and better care of the land, the grain
now withstands unfavorable climatic
conditions which, a dozen years ago.
would have meant almost total de
struction. Oregon and Washington
have been developing fruit, gardening,
dairying and other branches of the
agricultural Industry to such an ex
tent that wheat Is no longer the over
shadowing Influence In our commercial
life. For all that, the millions which
it annually draws into the country
from the Old World play a tremen
dously Important part In the prosperity
of city and country alike. It U perhaps
expecting too much to look for a con
tinuation tit the present extraordinary
prices throughout the coming season,
but It is practically a certainty that
no dlfTicu'.ay will be experienced In
marketing the crop at the highest
average prices that have prevailed for
many years.
Not only is the prospect unuua!l
bright for giod prices in all of the
world's markets, but there la such an
abundance of ocean tonnage all over
the world that there Is very little pros
pect for hlith freight rates, and the
farmer will, accordingly, secure this
additional advantage In price for his
wheat. The progress of the crop from
now on until harvest will be watched
with considerable Interest by Portland,
for the coming season will be the tlrat
in which this city has had an oppor
tunity to participate to any noticeable
extent In the grain trade originating
along the Hill lines In the Slate of
Washington. Wh-thrr the crop Is
large or small, the changed conditions
will enable Portland to handle a
'arger amount of the cereal than ever
before.
AI.W AT THE RIGHT THING.
The climate of Oregon Is erratic at
times, as witness the freak that It took
last January, but It can usually be de
pended upon to do the right thing and
to correct all mistakes. Rain that fell
two days ago evened up the January
score and extendi the promise of
abundance to fields, orchards, gsrdens
meadows and pastures Impartially.
The horticulturist went forth smil
ingly again to "disc" his orchard, the
dairyman to renew hla contract with
the owners of milch herds: the farmer
to take a fresh look at his growing
crops and the good wife to transplant
her cabbage and tomato plants. The
rain was timely also as a check to an
unseemly rush of waters In the Co
lumbia and a "back-up" of the Wil
lamette, and cut short the plaint of
heat that had already risen after the
mercury had dallied a couple of days
In the vicinity of 80 degree.
The right thing? Certainly. That
is what the matchless climate of Ore.
gon can be depended upon to bestow
alike upon the Just and the unjust, the
growler and the apologist, the cheer,
ful man and Mm who toti about with
wailtng in his voice. It Is a climate
that can be depended upon to bring
strawberries In May. roses In June,
cherries In July, apples, melons and
peaches in August, grapes and pears
In September, and apples for every
month of the entire year In unstinted
abundance.
The Spokane Review Insists that
the Pacific Coast Jobbers are fighting
Spokane and Intimates that they
should stand In with the Inland city
and tight the railroads. The Spokane
paper is slightly in error in Its Inti
mations that the Coast ports are f ght
Ing anyone. We have. In Portland, a
few agitators who like to atlr up
trouble, and nimcUmti fail accurately
to gauge the results of that trouble.
but the most of us are a peaceful lot
and thua far have been able to gain
our ends by peaceful means. Quite
naturally, we shall enter an objection
to any rate reductions In territory
which has no water competition unless
there Is a corresponding reduction In
our own territory, where w-e have such
competition. The Spokane contention
before the Interstate Commerce. Com
mission, so rar as the Portland rate
was concerned, was Illogical and un
reasonable. a"nd It was not considered
In the decision of the Commission.
The ruling of the Commission IS unsat.
Jsfactory to Portland, but our ship
pers will find wa forfeiting It aside,
or for nulltfving Its effect.
Miss Luella fay I'trtm, who. from
the It-fancy of the Unlverslly of Ore
gon, has been at the head of lis Eng
lish department and d-sn of women,
will rloee her official connection with
lht Institution at the end of the pre,
ent s meeit-r. She goes to Mills Col.
lege, at Oakland, a school for young
women, founded many years ago by
Mrs. c T. Mill, as president of that
Institution. The tit carries the as
sumption of promotion In the educa
tional field In which she has so long
labored, though loyal friends of the
State University wi:i hardly concede
the new station to be one of greater
honor or Importance- than the one
vacated in order to aore.pt it. Be this
as It may. her many rrienda win re.
Jolce with her In a rhange thai prom
ises to be pleasant and profitable and
one that reflects credit upon her ability
as an educator and honor upon her na
tive state.
The people of the Middle West here
tofore serene In the belief that they
were well out of the earthquake sone.
had a rude awakening Wednesday
morning when houses swayed, win
dows rattled, chimneys tumbled down,
e-tc. The general panic incident to
seismic disturbance ensued. The
shudder of M ith-r Earth lasted from
two to thirty seconds, the shortest time
being sufficient 10 send people pell-
mell Into elre-ete or npra eusr-es in
w-ild alarm. The most serious result
of a succession of ahnrkt that were
flt throughout Illinois and portions
of four other states was the loss of
confidence of the people In the Im
munity from earthquake, of the solid,
seemingly long ago completed sex-tlon
of the country so suddenly shaken by
Internal forces. In other respects the
damage was slight.
Some of the California papers are
claiming that there will be a sufficient
amount of wheat produced In their
own state this year to meet all de
mands for home consumption. We
trust that no mistake has been made
In the estimates. During the eleven
months of the current rerea year
Oregon and Washington ports have
been called on to contribute (flour In
cluded) about . 000. 000 bushels of
wheat and may have to send down
another million before a new crop Is
available. This Is profitable business
for ua. but we would much prefer
shipping the surplus of Oregon and
Washington to Europe and keep the
money here on the Coast, where It It
needed for other purpose.
Citizens of any quiet residence dis
trict, especially of any suburban dis
trict, to which police protection does
.not extend except In name, are Justified
In protesting against the opening of a
skating rink and dancehall In their
midst. The Common Council falls In
Its specific duty when it refuses to rec.
ognize such a protest as valid and In
the face of It passes an ordinance per
mining such a place to be opened.
There are Indications thai the appli
cant for a license In this case will
prove superior 10 the governing body
and not press the matter In defiance V.f
the objections that have hern filed
against It by his one-time neighbors.
As a concession. perhaps, to the
large amount of work enforced upon
both teachers and puplia by the edu
cational exh'bit for the Alaska-Vu-kon-Paciflc
Fair, the public school
will close this year one week earlier
than Ihe date nxed by the annual
schedule. That s la say. they will
close June 17. Instead of June SJ
Strenuous, effort win be made to cover
the oourse of study In Ihe shortened
lime and lo bring the children through
examinations for promotion with
credit. AH concerned are divided be
tween anslety upon Iheee latter points
and pleasure at the shortened period
of confinement in Ihe school room.
The Municipal Aesvoc-latwn has In
dorsed Mr. Alhee for Mayor. Judging
Ihe future by the past, this Indorse,
ment ought to help soma in Ihe elec
tion of Mr, Simon. Let's see. who
was the Municipal Association candi
date at the primaries? ir aii he
have a candidate?
What ha become of those clarion
tones we used to hear from various
pulpits In support of certain candi
dates for Mayor? Has Brother
Brougher lost his voice? Or Is he Just
plain mixed up?
If Judge Webster will resign as
County Judge, there will not be the
slightest objection from any source to
his absenting hlntself as long as he
pleases on his private or any other
business.
One vaudeville circuit has eliminated
the mother-in-law Joke. This may
have been out of regard for ihe
mother-in-law; but more likely it was
because there are no good mother-in-law
Jokes.
General H. C. Corbln. retired, who
used to have a thing or two 10 say
about the Army, wants Army expense
reduced. But there Is nothing ex post
facto about his suggestion.
Kaey enough for you to decide be
tween Simon and that bunch of re
formers; but what are you going to
do about all those charter amendments
and other things?
President Taft has won a barrel of
sauer kraut In a raffle; and he win
probably eat It. We have now a Pres
ident who Is Vqualo any crisis.
A June flood during Rose Carnival
week would be another great free at
traction. England will have her four new
Dreadnoughts, though many get no
bread.
Pass the word to the tourist:
"Tou'U find something good in Portland."
sn. nt.v Rm: a s.trrrr.R.
Mere-a a Medkai Itoatai fee rrf laad
rrmtm a Seattle Maw.
rORTl.Nr. Ore, Jlay IT ,K.1r
Oresoman e Votir mow covered Lsi:-.
I commenting en the fact, that JUrrl
man s the U. H government has at
last discovered, that Portland is real
ly on the map. it la no credit to you,
or the eittsens to put.lish lha news it
stows you up in a true light. a:o
back niimbera Ihe real genuina sleep.
Ing m-..l.r. if ,our -uv ever get
any mire In the way of e.mmer- Ih.
r-eople h certainly ct 1 0 wake up-
In hosflisi shout the procrese of tii
rllv Just nsure up some ef the other
cltlea on the mill, publish the flcurea
so Ihs pjhli-- ran see w-.ere rotlland
stands, at the bottom of inn list.
Itetter let in. atreet railway co
build you a new bridge for 11 la the
only sure way ihe puhdc wl. eer hat
of securing one and furthermore it
will t a first class trurturs not
something- cliesft. r:i a the ttv of
Portland would ere. t. protls!rg fori
land does rer erect a new bridge, of
course that la one of tie quest r.e tSal
a future population will r.ave to con.
tend wiitt, after the lor-s long sleep
has ended ,
l--l llarrlana build hi new brldce
where he wanta to. the city will nee
sjel one unless tie R. R. Co bullda 11.
Secauae 1 he rnoasbark would build
b rid era like they do buildings, cheep
fire trap, cheap that la Ihe slogan ef
Portland, there la a great hurra ahout
Ihe price of any building projected hut
sift 11 down, to actual facia, you wl I
find out when completed that there la
a pro.! ufl of eomeiiitng cheap. How
about the new Court house, will t r
any Improvement on the old Noah Ark
you already have, hut cheer up port.
land Wl'.l be a flag station between e-
Mle and San rtn,l. the Capllol of
Oregon la aolng to he removed to Se
attle, also the Columbia and Willamette
rivets are la he removed and made to
amply Into Uk Wa.-inclon also
there are I- undress of Mlsr sins'! and
large Item that Seattle wll relieve
Portland of. sleep on you moeoe-tis
you ate a loosing game. might just
aa well with draw a, let. a real city and
real live people show you what they
can do. a they have been rising for
the pasl many year a.
C- 8 IAUT.
Ssrsa N el h sew lid's l.anlrss.
New Vorh Herald.
One ef the prettiest sight Imag
inable at the present time is that of
ihe garden and hothouse of liaron Al
fons Hoths.-r.ill at Hohe Wane. In th
outskirts of Vienna. The" grounds are
beautifully laid out and the training of
fruit lives in be noticed there Is remark
able. The head gardener Is a genius in
hla line and I cannot recommend visitor
lo Vienna a more pleasant way of pass
log two or three hours than In going 10
see hi artistic arrangements of plants,
flowers and fruits.
In the enter of all this display of na.
lure assisted by art stand an Ideal villa,
pagoda-like, dominating a!l. Horticultur
ists can lake away many new idraa from
a visit to the Rolhar-hlld gardens, for Ihe
orlclnaJity displayed there Is quits un
usual and makes the how unique. The
gardens and conservator.es are open
once a week. The sum of one kronen,
which is charged for this rare a.gM. is
given to charity.
T4 ' ladwatry la t ax-aerked.
Kansas City Star.
A Oerman tourist, who recently via.
Ited Tolstoi, w rites: "The venerable
man makea heroic effort to disregard
Ihe pain which Is the natural accom
paniment of the malady from which he
la suffering, and when he ran do so
he lake long walk, knowing full well
thai nesl day he must pay the penalty
In hla artnehajr. Mis Industry ta un
checked. Me a writing a Mstorr of
lb revolutionary movement of le4--B
and labors diligently on his book en
titled -Children a Wisdom. which con
sists of questions asked by children of
their elders and the answers. He la
writing also a treatise on Confulu
and a book on India. Hi correspon.
dence la tremendous, "tut he directs
It personally, and enjoy doing It."
Joke) .arak Aeioe and l-ewt t.aa.
New Tork I h. patch.
47rlone John Jacob Astor has applied
for a patent for a machine which it i
hoped win make pose hi the ut.;:ation
"t P"l depost-.e as a fuel tor power. It
la said lhal Co. or.. I Astor Intends la
present II lo the public. In Ihe hope that
U may be of wide general use. Colonel
Astor la about to try out h:a Invention
al hie own place. l..-.!r.erl.rr-on-the.lu1-aon.
He wi; erect a Ua-bonr power plant
ar-4 attach it to a atone crusher. If the
peat gas ucreeii m running this. It ta
believe,! an trterest'.rg er.gtneerlrg a1-
o e. with f ar-reaxt.tr-g afreets, w .l
hams been achlrvrat.
leaaiBv. Iw alary. S.i.wd to rarass.
Pana Correspondence N T. Herald
le Sleaaa. the noted tenor of the VI.
enna opera, who I la appear al the Met.
ropolitan 1 "prmdirtisr. New York, neat
season, will, it 1 understood, twvit. a
aalary see-on d only to that of Kntico
Cauruao. and h s contract peovtdea for
an increase In hie compensation if he
makes tie Buccraa fiat Is anllclpatod.
Mr Klraak. w ho la or.ly Jl years ol t. In
worked bis Way up fmm trie rl.ot-ua. He
Is dcso-INn) aa al feel three Inches tall
and strikingly handsome
Hs:f"l 0 t hleWewa seam yisser.
I-n-s(er. I's . rlsr-e!ch
In a runaway al Allentow n. la. a bag
containing live chickens was thrown
from a wagon A woman, picking It up.
tMnkirg it contained inanimate produce
Was so ff-ehtened when lh chicken he.
gan to cluck that she fell in a dead
falnU
M awake la rsslsrtrs Malt.
Wilmington. Iel . Ix.iralrh.
Kmployee In th nnstofve at llMrpv.
lown. ll . scattered when a perksg
waa opened and a large snake por.ned
out.
One s'li went Into hysterics.
Art
Seriie'd Wright Ksofmsn l Swart .
SWiWehew It Is Ihe -l:t.a ttt'ne 1 hat last
nd mtli the picture whew the medsJS
f 1 1
Her s-rl.e her voice. In way h toaeett
her head.
Coquetting, wt-ea the raemery I past
? .In and tester. 1 -n stick irtt.e sea
Ttaeir gaere to the erush-a
lleerieti
Waa Just that sect : h... and there
I ksew her UIU tea Winters loved her
one
And yet. we eesr was tk sforr don
Tnaa I reuli scarce have 10.4 ye, if her
ra'r
Was r ark or gatdew. (Thee. I enmettme
llrk
Lay if her charm, a ma a rou'd look sad
dr nk
Oreat leug e-oen ai tier reetttaesa. aad
then
Cia, and fe-get. and long ta d-1nk agaJtt'ft
Wr.i. en lot mi. av years since i,a w
said
Oeod-ey without a hoartsroak. were 1 sent
t -a VlnH r art to retch that reeaanent
tot feeling aad distinctive tek ta mo
Aed paint aa eom spick caaae her d m
head.
So all the world wauld straight acclaim it
She.
E'en o. my hand would fall me atterly
Aad ye I know her aflU
frean.
her laugh and
Tha aaaeo of he.Mer and lha fail nf
Jtt.4 af i-icmsnts, her .ni,4rir.
That vera a r trwenl. rou 1 aee-tf, m ipsa
A -luipte dartinr l'. ttmrt.f
Ahsncjt rhe t o w e r m tha fn and hl
.a4 ta'"'n f her i-i-r.. It lpin l.cVt
leesas In IM ted sSet gessti a lf. l a.T -1 .
I na f-tri s-rri- f nr tv i r anq n Irs fcwee
aha " oar-. i tier tCrtw aaaumed i
C "tr.
An 4 that ahr aattnea her ta rvr.v-isWia f
ora la In moaou af tnituf hi rt
An4 that ta al It phe-a - m'i. an4 a
TMi leet remalr- Ih.l t rec All iht
ia va isreytl s-f ( r fa rel mM ay - .
-s.-4-i-s, am aaa raaU ta Cu av l
HF.AVV I.oaa BY t ITiS. unTIII
Letter a "adi Mswr to I -ay ktawe
"lee Usej, Says V rt I ee.
PCRTLANIt. vj.y .T,T ,,.
,nr A few daya since. noticed a
" report In The oregonlan atut
water me ters. stating that the city of.
n.-lala had purchased loon of these eco
nomical deilrea at a coat of enlv 3S
IS.. or ahout I il per meter; and that
the Water Ito.rd. after clue delibera
tion and consideration, had fully cle.
elded upon Installing met, re through,
out Ihe -M r m all the re.idenoea and
other plscea Where water Is used I
should I k to know wh-se "fad" this
. ar.d If It Is g wise ore
V hate the graxllstl. n vstera rr.
with enough water at Hull Itun Uk.
w are toid to aupplv leea ee or more'
peop.e. f wo. would It ret t-e more
economical at this time to sv addl.
Ilonal pipe lines. Ihan la measure out
waier cy meters Basing l-e cost prl. 0
of meters on the last l;ch of lee
pur, l.ased hv the 1 Ity. ,t for
.e houses- I, m .stl-osle of
Ihe houses now In our rlt -IM wot.: I
be ahr.ut tlsl.ee f r meters alone,
with tl-.o cost prioe of Installation atw.,,1
the same, or a lotsl of e TM.
added to ettr clerk KIT, readeta. me.
ler-men. tappers, plumhera and a host
ef other factors would bring the to.
lal to about I ooa
How long wilt 1 ha meter last' tome
say nve yeara. and Some ssv csa At
we to pay ('. ..e evrrr live yeara for
'e "tad" of having water measured
out to us? Or shall w stop the -fad-before
we drift Into a condition. In
wl-.lch our drinking water will cost
more than If a prtiale corporation
operated Ihe system? T! surely I
not economy to Ihe latpayera, for they
ar bound to meet any a-id de
ficiency occaaloned by the Water Hoard
Including their receevy raised sal
aries. It doesnt look I. he sating la
toe. when th taxpayers and people are
cotrpe'led la make tip by dtreei taxa
tion the losses of water rents.
We are alsa Informed that some of
Iheee met er - r urn is hln g corporal lor. a are
about to establish business quarters
here for Ihe sale of rretera a the
field la a goo,f one. they po doubt have
struck a pay-streak and know a god
thing when thee see It. and no doubt
have decided on staying with u so
long aa we hue meters of I hem at 14
each. If the W ater Hoard doesn t spend
al Ihe Income from water rents for
meters and salarlea. we may yet hae
somethlr.g lo pay on the Bull Bun
water bonda. The water-rate here has
never been too high, or questioned by
legitimate consumers.
people In email houses get their
drinking water from ;&c to tl per
month, while tr-.nse who maintain more
expenstte homca are willing to pay in
accordance. The truth of the matter Is.
no one thought about water meters until
Some Interested person who had them
to sell, crime along and showed ths
city officials how they could save water.
The city oftirlala thought It was a
good thing, and so did Ihe man who
sold the meters. There was no douhl
mutual profll to seller and hmer.
Again, we are told that under the
meter system the coil prtc to con
sumers In some cases Is e per cent
less than before the installation of
meters, which means a large reduction
annually to he added to ihe IJe sea
for the rot of meter, above referred
lo. Thla meter huslneea. It seems to
me. Is baaed on false economy, and the
aooncr the Imposition Is exposed the
Sooner th people will be relieved from
an unjust tanatlon. which Is benefiting
only some Kastern corporations, and
eatiafylnar a few ornrtat laddtsta who
have nothing to lose and much to learn.
PKTrit TIVM.t.
! Third rMreet.
t.4c-a.a mt OH-la I htrTllfr.
irrlr. Mas.unv
Tt la with a-r.-Ts-7-t htn or a tVat
Irarst tbat t ! mmllm-Bl of it al-u;t
va frrtrr than tKaf of lunrrj.
Yale, rrinr-sioti ind 1 1-a l.'trmr ,f
Chlrtrri conib'.nrvl. and that. In a4iM
f )n t u 1 r. a t:.rr ar -- r
l-oy- numi-Tv4 ia If var.ou bh
t-rhuoli of iKa r'.Tjr.
Toki Kia tSa -rW-S-a ao om Vlm,nc.
y in Ih'-a d " r-r-r. 1 r-n thai -a a roui-1 laka I ha
ri.n-i frMtlaii'A of I ha n.j of Iso. An
aT4-l-a wMnout r-a-h!r ha aitxlrnl an-rvltm-i.t
of ih Jat-aa rapiial.
rra 1 jv.w aiurlrn!! ir tstimtwer-4
la I ia ro'.ertzra of To-K ar-l th rr.
fTrr.ii pr-i I .-: . r-r-v rounirjr of I ha
Or.rrt Tf itioT-t a s n.firar.i f-aii.r of
tt a!u..n, .ofrr. l otM isa bu'.li
of Pun. twr-. but I a ler-men. a b:o t ha
utfr Ten jreara t .' re re hut
I r. 4"h.in-a-a in the ar:v.oa of T-ki- Ta
Jr IJrfa ana mora r.n lJ Ina,
be n hr t ba f(tra of J pt.ca a r-ria
r4 rui.B.r. la a:t!!r al I'm- fert of her
cwRtturrvr in the er?fi to tiita tha
erria of her learrmtt ar4 jrr,
e-ee fate, mt avna rW(a.
rtefl I Atlanta trn-t'T-allH-n
The laf treat trait-H of nt yr rrotrxt-4
la that aiFlrr. a rejrtr-4 lswea n fc.a.-a
Isf-n rna4a l;4 I".-.-. an. Jr.. of At
Unit, en h.'m f 1 her a flar.t atlctn tsear
ISera. tea T-9?i era riu.M t ora
I'.rr.a
Th pS-t-.n r-ntation I loratrvl on t-a
-,int ;!-er. an4 thera ar m nx-mlw r of
r-t-ola ciear l y . rtuM4 f fTrn ( ; reent
K--T tmtr.m arv1 ra4 tiaa of tha ner.
Mr. Ihe.n hal arr-'e4 to oa
a ar hnr4 of f.aH In or.e of I hae iwn4.
tl am arr. ire 4 a n4 f oui4 t V ia t rue
ar4 IJ-.al T-h ere b-rir. l-r4e4. aa
It Were. I r larce 0nr. hVti a a
Mlinm'M arrvun4 them. Ha , -kal
n4 let 11 clcawn Into tHa r-rn4 Sera therjr
n tha iMa-ktrat. an4 hen K puiM it
vp tha buf -1 a a fu-l of rH. Thrr
rra oer . rch aSout an Inch or oo
on.
Hn aa4 trar 1 iai t"1nt far Tt.
tarr t or, PhS.aAr.rn.a IVoaa
A rytht betaerti a haif 4 'a-n I r cr'nh
rarT a and a a arm of tera for tha
pmmr aai-n of a o1 4 ire on 1 ha la n
of K tr J Houaw ZMain aire-t, j 1t.
rieaM rr a number of lnetvie-4 ffarit
torm The rol.fir of Ke arme around
tha ar.4 .'.aroverinc hola ahout
fest-t (mm tha f round near In. The rrtt
of tha army, -hkh rilH tha air I'ke a
rnin'atura -li4. ha 4 harder enter. th
ho.a mr f sra tha rarro oama out. ruf
I :ntt ther her k featt.era an4 rhatierinc
irf-f,
Thera a -ere aim aparman livinr In lha
tree. an4 f -r Bvt rninuirg they rjt tin a
raUant fthl f-r tha w-awaioa of their
hme. out tha oeaa r tn-n murh rr
them a4 a.ier a tima they ;oij- near
off. f.aht'.r lo lha Uat.
Ratlra-i4 raia-. Mlr.llaet
C htra.ro piaTatrh.
Tha manaremant of tha I'Mearo. Pur
llnrion 4k vj-iinr-r Hallroad hmm roaae-4
tha r-ranioa of uar-endinc orerai.r.c em. '
ployaa for intrariior.lt of mi-a, on tha !
srouni that aarh pur-ahrrent la an Ir.ef. I
foriual means of diaripiina. tr.a;ea4. tha '
t-ompar.y ha Institutod a forr.prehaniilva j
wtern or raror.a whirh ara at ail ttmea
rw-aaihla to tha men. and from wh.-ti
rmmou-ifii and diarntaaala from tha aerv.
t-ra wul hm made.
Kmrmmrmr araaa at a rxnaer.
I let., t: mora Nema.
In Near Tortt a arva!thy man av
ttnnar at a hotel to - frwniia al mh
irh
as. ..i . esi ' J w-iaew- -m mm Tnrraf Tfa-
OMAK'.r-a durk-. rroa-ir.ii rrwirti-ra
J in-it-aior rhhrkena. runntnr loo
a wtret enrloaura In tha renter
round table. Tha aama man onr
a clinnar at ahtrh knnraroo tneal
arrvvd at a ooat 0f Jji.
nd
in
A t-latleaar-aa- a4 Ilia Mtiriv.
Kar.aaa t'sy ttar.
A h-ra rd t ha aleerear. t ha pre M-nt re
t'ee-i-wi. aemya tha Hiaton Trana.-r.pt, urv-n
Mr. lj-roiey a aad . ry : -,.ar ran a
CntUman lake clt fc;- ciuthta hla alt
t.n' va ihuaf
I I.I CTIOX
m TTr.ns
Consolidation of Atlmtnl.t rat Iv
Boards Pros Idtvl hy Amrndment.
cc'. . -n of the water, hearth and
park boards with tie ttwu n Bvard 1
proM.Vd Sr. a proposed cr-srter amend
mert. drafi-d hv the spc-ial comrr !lle of
seven. apront-d b tte iVr 1-v.ur,.-il
Iwhi.h w r.l he sihn 'tied to Ce vcters In
' Jure Thi rut-pose of Ilk iM.hKil ta
I ta centralise tn one hoard tie a .". .-i.'.r .latra
J lion cf ths various pa t : me t ts of ti.e
, rliy g.-vrrrmert The riat-d
J a'roady Kas cordrol cf the ere. jwl.re
rard street department. :.gM rg C
j in t
riartr
l-uo.ie- puiMinci awd puh: C places
the city, 'he .,rN r t pour 1 de.
partmer: r.J all ollrr A- pt linr r. la and
n-.unlflpal ??. . ea cnno."te4 w th 1 Ve ciiy
goverrrr.er.t ISv toe tr-res o t an erd
ment alt of t!.e furr'l-sr.s pr t .. Tr.r .1 hi
the water. Jealth all prk ho.t.W. irj
I beir adriilr..trstu oji.-ii.. sre to t
atrrlr. latceed hy tie t.o-u: ! i e r-tard
I'nocr ?' proposed r-or solic". n.-.n of
Oese taroue CV ps r t-ric t. s. t ' e Ksecu'Ke
I'.rafd ts am h.-t-s-d 10 froreM w--h tie
lse-.iar.ee of k. r 00 ..f bonds and oor.
struct an aCiit ;;.-r-.sl p pe 1 r.e f -e. 1 o
besdsoTks on l"i . ! Him l.lvrr to th s cl-.y.
Includltg the pur-ct.aee of re-cesery
gtourd I C add '. lor.al fervo'-s ar.d tie
jr.tUatWrn of Wai.r meters :! fc elTli-
nstir, of ce wsicr toard f e a-nrnd-
toet.l furtey t 11FWS t - .e , ' ' y V. p V -
mert la that b.iard of so.-os arr.i;sVJv lor
'he water service now hKTled t'.e cl-t .
Tl ieculits Hoard I 'wn rl.-lialis
power to pur-chew aM tupple tor t -,e
water d' per-.mer.t en. ploy and d r-a'a-e
an tsoor. rio-pt that s.iKwt to ci -I eerv
loe ru ns and . s. arv act in the con.
struct son. operation ai d n-.a t.t t snce of
'be Water Worka of I he civ of -,irl'it 1
tr.st may be deemed rro-ain or s i -va-tsgootie
lo said cltv "
The l-iec-utle l.osrd S'll V
t-T fl'j-niirwM, h.-4-s. ul.tf- mr-A t ,t
of I !- m: Tirr r r-t 0f I'm : -,r'm-- ",
-"U IS rfaM c. ll.te. .llr.,-U. ;-Wt la
t 1 rai.m-t-t,, . ; 5 . i -- h r , ,. ,
- r-tl T .iy K 6'fir - 411 W err..
(iw-r -f i is afrr . r,at:"ivr: mnA ll
l i-'ini an -su;-ri. rn j-i
f r.l1 t N t tl r r r.. Tt t"e"s ry
of I ! U avjii.ar.t 1 la fltM i h
1 ounrij. u!oi-t ,0 1 THMm:nrr :vt.a
of 1 1-- acu:! ! w. r0
Trie. K.cX-t.lJ ..re 1 4 I :o'ir-4 e.
twrt is- auiNtu it. a f . . :'r-. 7 - firn,, T
r. :.rh-r - anil a. m pr .. X
Ice Clll .sr-e - c- lulo Trip, ---- In t'a
r m- tit. n- it ; h -,.'
ria a-.. U-m 1 t.n. uh.wi , r, t.wn..-.
r.c t OrtV-a-1 rn ti, . a-4, t : it,-, .:i
r r Ihe u-s
J o r. u -n p J i rvri .,f K r
iD! Ih'.!wfi-w r-fscf - ' -cJ a
It. ir In ii v of t r or. r.ip;l4
. i i.i fc.f th mr,i: T
tm-r.ih.y in i!ni.-e ltd i ..
1 he
vt-tinU .he- t-o-xKr- f,r .-,,.ut. ot. -Se rt
f
r c -oitr.-sir man ir,m ru.sa ao ,r
the ewfsav; ltxieeL
Annu.!;) he fore tha ft rat a of rHom
orr. t!.a KvrruiUf Kar4 a :. ha r
auiree4 to nva ke a a n: tr n rallniata of tha
(vrhahla riptna of ir.mn:-)ne ar.4 00
Ou. t.ra: tha irr morku fir ti.e enii:r g
year, inrlud'.ac tha ol of all cfrm.
p:ied Itrrrovrmenta. and at tha -n
t:rr.o prr-riha aa nearly aa ..M-
water rla that will yi--l4 autTVient rev
cnua to moat tia e n.miM t.prr.Ma of
th drrwartmrnt. Oonttnutnc. aort.on zr&,
as amended, provide:
Tha Onunrll ahtill nei !t,rrtt tha ai-nri11.
turr M" xmeA. r -cr 0.rai I w-tiewt- ,.1ra
an om Ti--r-:-.. hut it tnar fd a- or am..
anr prrrrsas4 1 : s.r. of .ttctiuiiur- ar 11
rrwsst, ih. ra:a ta He fv-.ij frtr m mi0 Tha
." H aha.l h orvl ihknr aui hm um tha
rf.wM-1 tafl.torw t t ra4 er.lr ut f
lha tttsr fur.d. ar4 ahail l..tis f. ih.
'er ra:a rr 1 h er.Pia.ra -ear i t
ea. or mtty -hfnrrdswsn or tr., emeTCet.r
t out, it lliat lay nMlMtire) f M - lime"
.1efa ef lh y iuU,e Icn - A
ut r.tiKr -.tet.i!kt. i - Mttu.
out or lha atr faad.
The tsearuilva Ioard U rharcM
tha rrdemttiM.n of horva herrt-'cre tapi.rd,
hy th tr harvard, ihrotich the ratiniT.
of ainkma lurd. U alao oa re
quired avmiannuar to ruha.h a J iM
report of tha rooeitr-a au4 dihiiT-aaiTent
of ta !rr epanmenu inrud re an in
entory of !U rrorrrU . Implrmer.la. ar,4
rnaieriala lreeinr.tr. n lo tha vairr mvnra,
tomber with ua cm.l:oa and rrhui-
m.ia -alua thereof.
FSiil c-oniro and author-y Awr tha
rx all h V nartrrient alao ta cr.rfrrrr.fi tt
thia amen.ment on tha Ktrvo; ,, lrrd
ahlch u aulhoriaod ta
aea a cJi r-e-r h ftr.. tw m.mJ 9
ee--1 fS. 4 i.n T4 m tr:il er-rwwr, , hs
r-a. i l-e tNs sr sa. Ul.te -tf K ttatw L,
a f-eairn t-ne-bf srd r.. .j htt 1 -: n-rt,.
.:. r In h a.ti.tT mrm: rv I.
n- an 4 ffutav. and rm u.m: ...Tt xf it- t-
- Ii-at a . f cm- - a tk ui (t4
a. cf -re, -.,, rr-.ri.n -a
..- a..'! a- t.fmtii.& V th a'or.. i
a-.t aurh aaij ad t su)',.n t o , ij
w e t-.mi : . I..s..-
ft rj.h eirr ,t? r erii mr a
r K e-saMh iV-rar-frieti a r.
et, r f . a ah a, 1
r -srt v t
i-t-h . mtti r:.t ,..n e.h
4 for 4jr. . . tt , s
. ( -mm 4 Ire, Cag.
In ft'
tr
lha tcsf 1 -f-l i4Ss.4
or 1. km c i-avj x ;r 4a
It taai-a wf 1'w. diteirilon of tha ra.rtt
drrvartnjcnt, Ua roctir.va lVrt-.rd akan
jUcoTia4 t-jvri ard trp)r.y .4
r ooraaarr aaeiatanra In t :e tytTtarr t- 1
of the r'tra parka and hni.iMai. x ha
mt.4t.f tit in na ir lrt4Tf-r h 1 ra
l-r4 laaue of IW, f tar $ n,o r f rr k A . 4
t-ru:avard botsdw. rscvrrj wit lha . j r r. -. ' .
tur of that a-urn 3evr.t.-a j son tha
:e-u.M-a iicMird lnara4 of t Taa
iv-ard
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY OREGONIAN
TEATUEES TOR
MEMO UAL DAY
I"ishnl:r t.f ihe rr.re.Vrat
Amy. (Jreat story cf fsrt for
rorrnonal day. vy Id M. TaiWil.
I'alhelif ! nic.-!r cf il.s hnrv!n
ar.d rrtvisjcrjle-r.s n,,,i1(T a reach
llieir bomrs and l.srate Ibeir lotrd
flMM.
l"ncle Rsrr.rr.ie at Ihe iVrr-e!e-rT.
Crral sfory of fiction for Memo
rial day by Charles f. F.mhrre.
lis IrnrVr niiir.c, n circled hu
mor and pslho. rr.a'w fTror.j srw
peaj.
A pt cf thceir4,f r.r ctratnrs
and joei, inrliKiirif Cojor.rl In
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UVSTJya THE ELEPHANT.
THE WHITE RHINO
AND THE HTPrO
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which Colonel Ijoosevr'.! I hstirr;
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se nhed by Winston Ch
BASEBALL AND
HOW TO SPEAK IT
This i the lo-.;e of Wa:'are I r
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trr. It is a nio-i del :ht f ul f-stire
on the Urc-tisre etr j loved row.
a !ay in the crest Arnrriran Fame.
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