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VMB. TAFTS RAILROAD PROGRAMME.
Mr. Taft's programme of legislation
for the next Congress is so extensive
that one cannot believe he expects all
if it to be enacted. Perhaps he is pro
ceeding; on the plan of asking a great
deal and thankfully accepting wnai-ne
can get. No doubt the most Important
project he has In mind Is to complete
the Government's control over rail
roads. To this end Mr. Taft promists
nramminil several new measures
to Congress. For one thing, he would
forbid the railroads to issue new se
curities without the consent of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
r.M.nHtr hia la AsKAntia.1. unless
i Government regulation of rates Is a
mere sham. The courts will always hold
,that the railroads may charge enough
to pay Interest on their debts and
intake a reasonable profit besides.
jHence, if there is no limit to the debts
they may Incur, there Is no real limit
jto the rates they may charge. Again,
the pretense of regulating rates is
purely chimerical so long as the rail
roads may classify goods to suit them
selves. Me. Taft's contention that they
should not be permitted to move an
(article from one class to another,
without the Commission's consent, has
everything in its favor. What good
does it do for the Commission to fix
'( moderate freight charge for an ar
fticle ir the railroad may double the
J charge Immediately by making a new
j classification T
i Mere widely remedial than any of
liV.ie nfher recommendations in this
connection is Mr. Taffs proposal that
(the Commission shall be empowered
fto begin proceedings against a rail
road wnhout formal complaint irom a
shipper. At present such complaint
must be lodged with the Commission
hefnra It can act. but it Is clear
enough that Important administration
acts which concern tne weuare oi
great communities ought not to le
gend on the sccident of some Individ
ual making a formal complaint. An
efficient administration must have the
power to do what ought to be done
! without too much regard to preliml
fnary ceremonies. If rates need regu
jlating, the C-immlssion ought to have
'authority to regulate them, even If
inobody complains. Thus the truth
gradually emerges that effective reg
Kilation of the railroads by the ' Gov
ernment Implies pretty nearly all the
accidents of ownership except the li
(vestment of capital and the receipt
jof earnings. If John Doe Is obliged
Uo do whatever Richard Roe orders
wlth his property, John's ownership
(assumes more or less of the character
of a trusteeship.
PERMANENT RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
, After more than two years of ldle
tness there. Is at least a prospect that
!the big dredge Chinook will be placed
)ln service at the mouth of the Colum
bia River next Summer. Specifica
tions covering the contemplated alter
ations to be made to the craft have
been forwarded to the Engineers' De
partment at Washington, and, after
fthey shall be approved, the work of
remodeling the vessel will begin. It
has always been a matter of regret
that the Chinook was withdrawn from
the bar before much had been accom
plished in deepening the channel. The
results shown where the Chinook was
operated were quite satisfactory, 'and
had the dredge been continued In
service, there would undoubtedly have
been two or three feet more water on
the bar than there is at the present
time.- The Jetty is steadily proceeding
(seaward, and its advantages as a per-
imanent Improvement are unques
tioned, but the dredge will prove a
.necessary addition to the channel
making plant at the mouth of the
Tiver.
I The great weight of the heavy
Jewells rolling in from the ocean
pounds the sands1 at the entrance of
the river into a solid mass which Is
not easily stirred without the aid of a
dredge, and until It is loosened up so
that the current will catch It and
(sweep it out to sea, the best results
from the Jetty will not be obtainable.
(The Government Is to spend $200,000
in repairing the dredge for service
next Summer. This should leave the
' craft in a condition where It could for
; many years be relied on to keep open
;any channel scoured out by the Jetty.
I As recommended by the engineers, a
I north Jetty must eventually be built to
; Insure the rermanency of the channel
f where it will best serve the needs of
commerce. The maritime prestige of
(the Columbia River is Increasing so
1 rapidly, however, that retention of the
: dredge as a permanent fixture, to be
used annually In connection with the
! Jetty Improvement, is advisable.
! Every big Atlantic port of promi
nence and nearly all of the big Euro
pean ports maintain a regular dredg
j lng fleet which Is kept constantly in
! service for the greater part of the
I year, removing 'obstacles whenever
they appear and keeping the chan
fnela free for shipping. Jetty and
j dredge insure permanence of a deep,
' safe channel from Astoria to the sea.
; With this most troublesome part of
; the route from Portland to the sea In
j good shape, the task of providing an
1 ample depth of water above Astoria
is small by comparison. For many
years the channel between Astoria and
Portland has been In much better
I shape for ships than that between As
' toria and the sea.
As an Increased depth of water on
! the bar is now & certainty. It Is im
portant that .no time should be lost
In deepening the river channel to cor
respond. This work In the river should
all be of a permanent nature. In
stead of pumping sand out of one part
of the river and dumping it into an
other, as has so frequently been done,
all sediment removed by the river
dredges should be carried far enough
ashore to prevent Its being washed
back into the stream. River and bar
Improvement should; no longer be car
ried on In the fitful, uncertain man
ner which has, characterized so much
of It in the past. We should build
now for all time. .
OFFICIAL WAR. BUT NOT PTRE MILK
Pure milk In Portland should be a
subject, not of official spite, but of
official Industry. The State Board of
Health and the State Rairy and Food
Commissioner have been warring over
questions of each other's efficiency
and relative value to the public.
Really, neither is needed, if this city's
filthy milk supply Is a fair test of
their service. They would better stop
their war, go to work, clean up the
filth and prove, in this worthy manner,
their value to taxpayers who pay their
salaries.
Dairy "conditions In and near this
city are' dirty and disgusting; so they
are In and near every city. Every
where is vast room for Improvement.
Milk is especially liable to be soiled
or contaminated ty filthy methods,
and the danger appears worse than In
the case of any other food, because of
the menace to infant life and the lack
of sterilization, as In most other foods,
by cooking. But throughout the bill
of fare, filth is all too abundant. The
wise housewife knows this frorft her
vegetable gardener, whose products
are coated with the evil germs of offal
fertilizer; from her butcher, whose
meats are visited, some time or other,
by typhoid-bearing flies; from her
grocer, who Is careless of noxious
odors and of the treatment his goods
receive In his h( p and In handling.
These evils are remedied hardly at
ail by health inspectors and deputies.
Here we have had a big squad of of
ficials in Portland for years and milk
Is in the tame bad plight as If they
did not exist. They idle and dawdle
and swing swivel chairs and dictate
letters to stenographers. i
A heavy load of blame and censure
rests on these so-called health officials.
None of them shonld hope to escape
the responsibility by shifting It off on
others. The Dairy Commissioner has
shown more activity that the State
Board of Health; this is true and the
records of prosecutions prove it. But
this Is not saying he has done his full
duty. As for the State. Board of
Health, although It has existed six
years, it has accomplished nothing at
all for pure milk. Neither has the
City Board of Health, with its long
retinue of salary-drawing officials,
costing the city $25,000 a year, any
pure-milk achievement to its credit.
All of which bears out this news
paper's frequent contention that milk
reform will not be achieved through-office-holders
now on the public pay
roll nor through the many others who
are destined to be added to the tax
payers' -salary list. It does no harm
to shake them up and tell them to
"get busy" once in a while. They de
serve even harsher treatment. But
they will not hoodwink the public by
attacking their rivals in the official
family nor convince thereby that they
themselves are usefully busy. It Is
not clear why any Board of Health
should find It necesary to call In any
organization of citizens to "help.'"
The laws are written plainly -on the
statute books and so are the duties of
health officials. Portland's milk needs
more performance and less talk by
office-holders. . .
All this brings us back to the self
evident truth that consumers are the
most capable guardians of food purity.
They are "on the ground" and nearest
Interested. It does not need an of
ficial to detect filth in milk; a careful
housewife can see it for herself, or
else take a sample to one of the
numerous tax-supported laboratories.
Milk Is bound to be dirty or diseased
when consumers rely on government
to keep it clean. Their only safe pro
tection Is their own vigilance.
THE HORSE SHOW.
The remark that the horse show ex
hibits human beings instead of horses
Is rather pointless. Noble as the trot
ter and saddler may be in their perfect
estate, they are not so noble, after all,
as man. Beautiful as the Arabian
may be in his pride, he Is not so beau
tiful as woman. The equipment of the
aristocratic horse glitters with silver
buckles, but It la not half so attract
ive to the artistic eye as the diamonds
In a fashionable matron's hair or the
glories of br embroidered gown.
Why should not men and women, who
can afford to deck out themselves as
well as their prancing steeds In Bump,
tuous attire, form the principal part of
the horse show? What would the horse
be, without an owner to educate and
ornament him? Nothing better than
an uncouth. Ill-mannered beast, wast
ing his time and strength roaming the
unlettered wilds.
If the proper study of mankind lo
man, it Is pasing wise to seize upon the
horse show to exhibit him in his pride
and splendor. He is there in almost
every possible variety, gaily appareled
for parade and on his very best be
havior. How could one desire "a bet
ter opportunity to study him? Socra
tes, most sapient of the ancients,
taught us that the summit of wisdom
Is to know ourselves. He also taught
us that the best way to know 6ur
selves is to observe our fellow human
beings. Hence, In attending the horse
show and pondering deeply over the
radiant raiment exhibited there, we
are complying with the precepts of
wisdom as well as with the longings
of the heart.
MONEY MARKET HARDENS.
The Bank of England discount rate
was advanced Thursday to 3 per cent.
There Is nothing ominous In the ad
vance at this time, but it is naturally
refleced In a hardening money mar
ket throughout the world, and in this
country its first effect was noticeable
In higher rates for both call money
and time loans. Three per cent Is
not a disturbing rate, especially- when
we recall that about two years ago
the effort to prevent gold's coming to
the United State forced the rate up to
6 H per cent. With the discount rate
holding easy. at 2 per cent, as It hs
been for the past six months, crop
moving demands In the United States
and Canada would . undoubtedly ha-.S
caused a gold movement In this direc
tion. England, however, has been
shipping gold in large quantities to
South America and to Russia, and Is
now obliged to supply many million
pounds sterling to finance the cotton
crop In Egypt, and within sixty to
ninety days must be prepared to
finance the new Argentine wheat crop.
The entire financial system of the
civilised world Is so closely connected
and interdependent that a heavy de
mand for told in any part of the world
Is almost instantly reflected In money
centers not directly interested in the
transaction. If the 3 per cent bank
rate will not prevent the outflow of
gold from England, it is not improb
able that a further advance Trill bj or
dered, and if it should come, the ef
fect on some of our stocks which have
been soaring Ekyward for several
weeks might be serious. So Ions as
stock speculators could secr-e call
money at 1 and 2 per cent, they
were encouraged to- pay fancy figures
for good stocks. With the rate up to
.4 hi anr" 5 per cent and still higher
figures probable, . there will come an
easing of the demand for stocks, at
least from the speculative contingent,
which .is responsible for the recent
"kite-flying" in Wall street.
Fortunately for this country, our
bankers, both East and West, were
taught a severe lesson two years ago,
and there will be no possibility of
their being caught napping with re
serves at low ebb. For all legitimate
purposes an abundance of money is
available, and the supply is rapidly
Increasing as a. record-breaking crop
of agricultural products moves to mar
ket. It will be but a short time until
Europe will again be heavily In debt to
this country and will pay the bill
either In gold or goods. Meanwhile It
might not be a serious matter If its
advancing bank rate should check the
flow of gold sufficiently to call a halt
In stock speculation of the rampant
character that has been In evidence In
Wall street for a long time.
A FLEA FOB METERS.
The Oregonian is Informed by a val
ued friend that many mitigating cir
cumstances attended the shooting of
Policeman Eckhart by young Meyers,
in Salem. "Meyers occupied a room
In a building owned by his father," the
man writes, "and the room had been
fitted up by the father for both his
boys. That night, Meyers was . not
drunk, had violated no law and no
warrant had been issued for his arrest.
While he was asleep In the room, the
policeman, armed with a club and a
loaded revolver, attempted, whout
authority, to take him out of the room
and put him in a dirty, lousy Jail. In
his dying statement, the officer saI4
Meyers asked him why he was arrest
ed and his answer was that he did not
know, but that he had orders to lock
him up."
These facts soften the depravity of
young Meyers' deed somewhat, but
they are far from vindicating him.
Had he been a youth of proper educa
tion and habits he would have yielded
to the authority of the law, as repre
sented by Eckhart, and sought redress
later on by legitimate means. Even
If the policeman did not know what
Meyers was to be arrested for and had
no warrant, still, he was obeying the
orders of his superior and It was an
unpardonable crime to shoot him
down for doing his duty. The fact
that the Jail was "dirty and lousy"
does not make matters any better for
the youth. It was no dirtier or
lousier for him than for other offend
ers. Its condition is, no doubt, a re
proach to the City of Salem, but that
does not justify criminals In shooting
the officers who try to lock them up
in It.
The best than can be said for young
Meyers Is that his readiness to shoot
Is a perfectly natural consequence of
our lax administration of the criminal
laws. The proneness of the courts to
set murderers .free on trivial pretexts
is a direct encouragement of homi
cide. " As long as respectable lawyers
will quibble and prevaricate in behalf
of offenders, who they know are guilty
we may expect reckless youths to
shoot on slight provocation and take
chances of escaping punishment.
Nothing that has yet been said in be
half of Meyers abates his guilt a single
Jot. ' If he is not captured and pun
ished the blood of the man whom he
ruthlessly murdered will be upon the
heads of the officers, lawyers and
judges who conspire to let him escape.
A WOMAN'S FOOIJSH JEALOUSY.
"I was jealous of the liberty my hus
band had as a man." This was the
astonishing and, as measured by the
consequences, pitiful plea of one Mrs.
Mabel Thomas, a young wife 21 years
old, when arraigned before the Police
Court In this city a few days ago upon
the charge of frequenting an immoral
resort. "He could meet his friends,"
continued this misguided young
woman, "and go out for a sociable
time, and this made me angry and I
thought I would get even."
While clearly there is a divided re
sponsibility here, and there may be
some sort of excuse for this young
wife, In that she was left alone to an
Idle, sentimental young woman's de
vices while her husband had "a socia
ble time" among his friends, It Is sur
prising that even so young a wife and
one sov jealous could not foresee trie
folly and shame that would Inevitably
follow her attempt to "get even" with
her husband by seeking the associa
tions of an Immoral resort. Fatally
mistaken is the woman who hopes to
"get even" with her husband by any
course that will cast dishonor upon his
name, since therein lies the wreck of
home, the loss of reputation, the utter
sacrifice of the high ideals of a virtu
ous womanhood and an honored wife
hood. The young woman In this case, how
ever. Was graciously magnanimous In
that she took upon herself all of the
blame for the breaking iip of her
home and for the shameful plight in
which Bhe was caught. "My husband
Is a fine man; he never did anything
wrong against me," testified the dis
graced wife when confronted by the
evidence of her marital and moral de
linquency. In this she showed a mag
nanimous spirit rarely seen in either
husband or wife whose marital trou
bles or sins are brought before the
Police Court for adjudication. This
magnanimity may well be taken into
account (though that It will be Is most
unlikely) by the husband, who, In sup,
posed vindication of his own honor,
has cast her off, "either to continue in
her fallen career or to mend her ways
apart from him."
That he found his social pleasures
outside of his home, thus leaving bis
young wife much alone when he could
have been with her; that he might and
could have found, in the main, amuse
ments In which she could have" shared,
and which she would have been de
lighted to share. Is without question.
Of course this is an old-fashioned sug
gestion based upon the conjugal loy
alty of our fathers. So also Is the
verdict that casts the woman out,
sanctioned by hoary custom. Right
or wrong, the woman is the conserv
ator of the morals of the community,
the purity of the home, the social
honor of the family. That she should
ever be so blinded by .Jealousy of her
husband's "liberty as a man" to attempt
to match It by seeking the companion
ship of social outcasts Is indeed a sor
rowful indication of weakness at a
point where true womanhood is strong
the point where converge the allied
virtues of self-respect, modesty, womanly-
purity and conjugal loyalty.
This woman, according to her. own
self-accusing estimate, had a "good
husband"; one who had never wronged
her, though by inference he had often
neglected her for a good time among
his fellows. Husbands who measure
up to this standard of "good" are per
haps not scarce. It is reasonably cer
tain, however, that they are not in
oversupply In any urban community.
No woman who Is a Judicious wife (a
title to which, In the very nature of
things, relatively few young wives are
eligible), would be so foolish, so ut
terly impractical, as to attempt to "'get
even" with a husband that measures
up to this standard, much less with
one who measures lower. By the very
patent of Nature she will become, if
shj attempts this role, speedily more
lhan "even," and in the sure reckon
ing that follows, her husband, who
was perhaps accessory before the fact
to her delinquency, will be acquitted
ty the verdict of court and commu
nity, while she will be condemned as
a wanton.
A good woman, seemingly without
effort, measures up to the standard of
a good man, and even excels him In
the subtle humanities and graces that
adorn character. But the attempt of
the wife to "get even" with a neglect
ful but otherwise good husband by
seeking forbidden haunts and their as
sociations, speedily results In a bal
ance against her an account more
than "even" the evil preponderance
of which she can never hope to worhv
off.
It is to be regretted that Dr. Cook's
splendid narrative did not get
.into every home In the land.
For boys and girls between 12
and 18, as well as for their
elders, the story has deeper interest
than anything that has come over the
wires since the battle of Santiago. Un
fortunately it was published by only a
few newspapers which united with the
New York Herald in the exceptional
ly large expense. So far as Oregon
onrt ftio nnnthern Dart of Washington
and Idaho are concerned, every family
had access to Dr. Cooks prose epic.
Probably in no section of the United
States was it so universally read. For
fifty-eight years The Oregonian has
served almost exclusively as tle
agency for the dissemination of the
world's news among readers within
the boundaries of its.fleld.. Today it Is
doing this work on a! larger scale than
ever.
, The wealthiest of American families
and the bluest of blue blood will be
united in the marriage of Miss Mary
Harrlman and Robert Walton Goelet.
The fusion will take place in the near
future. The daughters of E. H. Har
rlman, stanchly American In their
tastes and Ideals, have put out no bait
for Impecunious Princelings, Earls,
Dukes and the smaller European fry
that rise eagerly to the golden fly cast
by American girls of wealth upon the
sea of matrimony. They are extolled
as the sensible daughters of a practi
cal mother, who are seeking happiness
and not title, in marriage. .
The trouble with the henB of the
woman at The Dalles, told of in Thurs
day's' Oregonian, is doubtless ptomaine
poisoning. The fowls have been eat
ing something, which putrefied In the
crop. Let her mix a tablespoonful of
spirits of turpentine in a glass of
water and pour It into the crop
without . strangling the bird; then
squeeze it out. This may cure the
hen, but sometimes it kills her. The
woman must take the chance. Let
her clean up the premises and remove
the cause. Hens have a highly devel
oped curiosity, and no sense of smell,
hence will eat anything.
What pull has a man, addicted to
drunkenness, that enables him to be
appointed drawbridge tender by the
County Commissioners? The question
Is as puzzling as that of the Intelligent
schoolteacher, asked, however, under
her breath, as to what pull a man
who knows little of music can have
that Insures his appointment, year af
ter year, as teacher of vocal music
the "do-re-me" sort In the public
schools? Truly, some things are past
finding out, even in a country that
boasts a fair field and no favors.
There Is no stopping the woman
with the marrying habit. For exam
ple, there is the woman In Vancouver,
on the other side of the Columbia
River, whose nuptials with a China
man are delayed by the time limit the
law puts on a decree of divorce.
"There was no such thing the other
time," she wails. It is to be hoped
the necessary wait will cool her ardor.
A good way to widen the streets of
Portland is to make every other thor
oughfare a sixteen-foot alley and
more In the business blocks. Paying
for all this is a small affair. Let the
taxpayer do It. An easier and better
way is to let it alone. .
This week's show is proof that the
automobile has not affected adversely
the breeding of fine horses. In the
Pacific Northwest they are getting
more numerous and handsomer than
ever. '
Let the County Commissioners col
laborate with Mayor Simon In lopping
off unnecessary publlo expense. If
they do, the levy next year may be
held within 31 per hundred.
San Diego's Panama Canal Fair is
scheduled to open January 1, 1915.
Within five years the Pacific Coast will
be able to furnish enough visitors to
make it a financial success.
President Taft Is row better. He
says he "caught ' cold In Seattle."
That's one thing he could take away
with him from Seattle.
Maybe Commander Peary is Waiting
until the baseball championship is de
cided before filing those advertised
charges. . .
Chicago has decided to cut all mu
nicipal salaries 10 per cent. Here is
a precedent for Portland.
"Col." Hofer's gas generator In Sa
lem was out of order Thursday. It
was a very serious matter.
Sales of New York hops up to 85
cents must stiffen the spine of Oregon
grower
SUN STORM MAY END OCR WORLD
Electric Solar Onttrarat Likely to Do
the Trick, Says Writer.
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. To the Editor.)
An editorial In a recent Issue of The
Oregonian, in which the end of the world
is spoken of, tempts me to state what I
learned from a German archaeologist on
this interesting .question. In the Pan
American Fair, held in Buffalo, N. Y.. a
few years ago, there was a large, pic
turesque building that bore over its en
trance this Interesting legend: "Alt
Nuremburg." Within, . the crowd found
beer "helles." music halls and various ex
hibits, among these being the evolution
of the doll.
Recently, in wandering through Europe,
I visited among other places this old
Nuremberg, to me ona of the most in
teresting of cities. In passing through
Its twisted streets, I came upon the
original of the imitation "Alt Nuremberg"
of the Pan-American exhibition. It was
In the German National Museum. Its dis
tinctive feature was that it gave In ob
ject lessons the evolution of the German
race from Its primitive barbarism to its
present high civilization. .For instance,
its first exhibits in art were of ' the
Alaska totem-pole character. And as here
we had the beginning of things, so it was
natural that we should learn something
of their end. In a collection of old books
and charts, I was shown the first map
on which America was reproduced. Near
by there were old globes on which were
given the tracings of land and seas as
understood by the geographers of differ
ent periods.
While I was looking at a globe of 1492,
on which nearly all the land was repre
sented in the Northern Hemisphere, an
old custodian said to me: "As you seem
to be Interested In this exhibit, it will
give me pleasure to offer my assistance."
This encouraged me to say that as before
the deluge there seemed to be such a pre
ponderance of land on one side of the
earth, it seemed quite natural that It
should topple over with the deluge as a
consequence. Old Typholdrock took my
remark quite seriously for as he said,
there being still the same preponderance
of land in the Northern Hemisphere, why
should we not expect similar conse
quences? Then turning on me a pro
fessorial glance, he asked: "Do you know
why the world turns round?" I meekly
replied that I had heard that the mag
netic current flowing around from west
to east might have something to do with
it, and that I feared an unusual violent
electric storm in the sun might give our
magnetic current such a twist that our
crazy old world might topple over like
a rotten apple in a bucket of water. "You
jest on a serious subject." said the cus
todian. "You have fallen on a truth
which I have demonstrated by mathe
matical calculations. If you will come to
my study I will show you how the elec
tric currents of the sun controlled the
rotation of the planets." Then I asked:
"Then why does not the planet, Venus,
revolve?" Before he could answer my
wife said to me: J'Why are you wasting
your time here? Come ar.d see the doll
exhibit." But for this interruption I
might be able to tell how and when the
world will end. If anyone really wishes
to know, go to gallery 74 in the Nurem
berg Museum, and ask thd custodian.
T. M. ANDERSON.
Practice march good for army
It Weeds Out Wenkllnara and Enables
the Nation to See Its Hired Men.
' Baltimore News.
In view of the continual chorus of
complaints about the practice march,
which by many Army men is looked
on as a needless ' hardship, without
compensating benefits, it is interest
ing to hear the words of General Fred
erick D- Grant on the subject. Gen
eral Grant, who has made his an
nual report as commander of the De
partment of the Lakes, not only sees
good In the practice march, but he
believes It good alike for the troops
and for the country. He says:
Pr&ctlca xnarchea have been made by all
the troop in this department. These
marches are bringing the soldiers into con
tact with the people of the country, who
begin to aea and realize that the United
States has an Army, and an efficient one.
The good behavior of the soldiers and the
thorough discipline maintained among them
have done much toward making friends
along their routes of march for the Army,
and I look forward to the time, which I
trust la not far in the future, when the
Army will again attain Its old-time popu
larity In the United States.
It may well be doubted if any sol
dier fit to be in the Army can take a
properly regulated practice march
without benefits, such as a better phy
sique, a more thorough knowledge of
how to take care of himself on the
field, and a better understanding of
the people and the country. The pub
lic, as General Grant indicates, is
likely to learn some new facts as to
the Army, and he might have added
the experience is likely to be even
more valuable to the officers than to
the men. - It will be a mistake to abol
ish the practice march simply because
its hardships are decried In some quar
ters. And the same thing may be said
of the test ride for officers. It does
not appear that the tendency in the
armies of other leading countries Is
to soften -the requirements of training
for either officers or enlisted men.
Taft and Roonevelt Policies.
Springfield Republican.
The President is now in a very hotbed
of Roosevelt sentiment. He shines, as it
were, in a reflected light, and has to ac
cept as high compliments introductions
which rest his title to greatness on the
fact that he is the chosen one of his
predecessor in office. So Mr. Taft feels
bound to say again, as he did yesterday
at Seattle, that he is still filled with the
determination "to carry out the Roose
velt policies" "as I understand them."
That last seems to be a rather daring as
sertion of himself under the circum
stances. The President might well have
expected a cry from the audience: "Why
not as Mr. Roosevelt understands them?"
But wait until the ex-President returns
home. Then we may hear plenty of such
challenges to the Taft administration.
The Sobtletles of Jeat.
Washington Star.
"Father," said little Rollo, "what Is a
tariff Joker?" '
"I don't know, my son, whether I can
give you a definition that will enable
you to understand it any better than
the average voter does. As a rule it is
a manifestation of a crude style of
humor which throws cold water on the
ultimate consumer and then hits him
with a slap-stick."
Fair Dates.
Albany Apple Show Ootober 27-2.
Gresham October 13-16.
John Day October 12-16.
Mayville October 12-14.
Prineville October 4-9.
The Dalles October 8-9.
Boise, Idaho October 11-18.
Spokane National Apple Show No
vember 15-20.
New Westminster, B. C October 12
16. "
Truth In Dr. Cook's Narrative.
Albany Democrat
At last Dr. Cook has reached the
North Pole In the narrative running in
The Oregonian, so splendidly told.
Those who have followed the narration
know that he is telling the truth, and
that the goal sought for centuries was
reached by him.
The Finishing Blow.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The price of California prunes Is ris
ing. This is the last, the finishing
blow. When prunes go up how can a
poor man live In this country.
A Common Democrat.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
nmmnn kind nf Democrat Is the
who voted for Bryan but was
afraid he'd be elected.
fake: by cook would be short.
pro Man Could Long Asnert Lie About
North Pole.
London Ilustrated News.
As I was sitting at the Pole, I could
not help smiling at the people who
on my return would call the whole
expedition American v humbug Dr.
Cook. , .,
In these days of scientific exploration
it Is not sufficient merely to assert; one
must produce proof which will stand
the test of examination by scientific ex
perts. . Therefore, Dr. Cook has doubtless
been doubly careful to bring back with
him those very essential proofs to his
claim. How, then, would he be able to
establish this claim? What would or
should be the nature of his observa
tions? It would be quite possible to fake ob
servations and notes and nuzzle scien
tists Indefinitely. But great ingenuity
would- have to be exercised or ne wouia
be caught. The production of his orig
inal penciled diary, necessarily be
grimed, with his astronomical sight
and rough deductions for latitude and
longitude therein, his meteorological
observations and general . remarks,
would go far to establish his claim.
Such a lengthy diary, covering a per
iod of months would be a very diffi
cult and dangerous document to forge.
Traveling toward the North Pole,
and when within reach of his goal, an
explorer would exercise the minutest
care in his astronomical observations,
and greatly multiply them. The best
Instrument under such conditions is
perhaps a small theodolite, as used by
Captain Scott in the Antarctic. This in
strument is steadier than a small sex
tant, whioh has to be held in the hand,
and probably more accurate. The read
ings of the altitude of the sun should
be checked, if possible, by another
member of the party, and carefully
noted in the traveler's field book, or
diary, with a record of the tempera
ture at the time, and the barometrio
pressure, so that corrections may be
applied for these two Influences. The
altitudes would be roughly worked out
on the spot Indicate how closely he
was approaching to the Pole. Having
reached what he believed to be the
position of the Pole, he would be care
ful to 'take a very large number of
different altitudes over a period of
hours, or even days, and the mean of
these observations would undoubtedly
give him a fairly accurate result.
These original notebooks, absolutely
unaltered, and the testimony of his fel
low travelers, are practically the only
evidence he could produoe of having
reached the Pole.
ICO LONGER LAND OF THE FREE
England Sees Husky Safrragettea Hen
peck Premier and Chew Police.
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle.
Is England any longer a free coun
try? We are moved to doubt by the
cable which represents Premier As
quith indulging in his favorite game
of golf with a squad of husky police
men to keep militant suffragettes away
from the links.
Mr. Asquith's fear of these tempestu
ous termagants is by no means a fool
ish or Ill-founded apprehension. They
have smashed the windows of his of
ficial residence in Downing street.
They have Jeered Into silence members
of his Cabinet who tried to make pub
lic speeches. They have slapped,
kicked and clawed the police who
barred their way into the House of
Commons, and on one occasion they
stealthily invaded those sacred pre
cincts and defied removal by chaining
themselves to an iron railing. They
have challenged imprisonment at
Wormwood Scrubs as cheerfully as any
Irish patriot who ever courted the se
clusion of Kilmainham Jail.
Women who do these things will not
hesitate to break up a golf game. Mr.
Asquith's need of recreation Is to them
a consideration of no consequence be
side their beloved principle of sex
equality. Yet even a common- Premier
has rights for' which the most aggres
sive suffragette who ever scratched a
bobby should be compelled to show a
modicum of respect. Imagine a cordon
of bluecoated guardians drawn around
the Beverly links while Mr. Taft is
playing a twosome with General Ed
wards, so that Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, sup
posing them to be as intrusive as their
British prototypes, should not worry
him into a foozle. No; our suffragists
are better mannered than their English
sisters and our executives are conse
quently safer. The British Premier
ship is a proud position, but it has its
drawbacks when, the responsible head
of an, empire on which the sun never
sets has to call in the police to pro
tect him from a handful of women.
Sleepy Graas In New Mexico.
Kansas City Star.
While making a trip through the south
western part of New Mexico. Herbert W.
Wolcott, of Alamogordo, N. M., found
a grass from which he believes a nar
cotic may be extracted which will take
the place of those now known to medical
science.
".The grass. Is known as 'sleepy grass'
to the natives of New Mexico near the
Apache reservation," said Mr. Wolcott.
"Cattle and horses will eat it the first
time they see it. It makea them fall to
the ground in their tracks and lie in a
state of coma for two days. When they
wake up they have no ill effects from
the opiate. But they will never eat it
again: in fact, they will run away If it
is offered to them.
"This 'sleepy grass Is not to be con
fused with the loco weed. The grass
is a real grass, not unlike the Kentucky
blue grass in appearance. The looo weed
is a plant and bears a flower. Horses
and cattle become loco fiends and are
worthless after tasting the deadly stuff."
Increasing Population of the German
Empire. ,
Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
The Statistical Year Book for the Ger
man Empire, the 1909 edition of which
has Just been printed, gives the popula
tion of Germany on June 30, 1909, at 63.
586,000. The population of the empire
on June SO, 1908. was 62,982,000. The
year thus shows an increase of 896.000.
This Is slightly less than the Increase
for the year ended June 30. 1908, which
is given at 899,000. The last census of
the empire was taken in December, 1905,
when the population was found to be
60,641,275. Later population figures aro
arrived at by adding the excess of births
over deaths and emigrations. By this
method the population on June 30, 1906,
was 61,177.000; in 1907, it was 62,038,000.
In the- three and a half years since the
laBt census the increase in population has
been 3,250,000, and sine the founding of
the German Empire in 1871 It has been,
in round figures. 23.000,000.
An Offer to Mr. Wchrtug.
Stanfield (Umatilla Co.) Standard.
Seattle is nearing the close of the
fair, and the Oregon Commission has
got to pull through with a beeearly
$8000 until the end, the other $117,000
having been spent ' for necessities of
i,. a fan nthflr thincra in the
last six months. We' have several hun
dred dolars in delinquent subscriptions
we will loan that honorable body. We
hate to see three Oregon Commission
ers coming back to Oregon with a
bunch of hobos.
An Artful Pleader.
Washington Star. -"Look
here," said the lawyer, "I enjoy
a ball game as much as anybody. But
the next time you get off you musn't tell
me you are going to somebody's funeral.
Nobody can have so many grandmothers
and aunts and other near relations."
"Our family isn't like the general run,"
answered the office boy. "Father was a
Mormon,'
Life's SunnySide
Mabel So you and Jack don't speak?
What's the trouble? Marjory We had
a dreadful quarrel about which loved
the other most. Boston Transcript.
( . .
Count D'Orsay, on his first visit to ,
England, chanced to be seated at din
ner next to Lady Holland. That re
markable and many-sided woman was
in one of her imperious humors. She
dropped her napkin; the Count picked
it up gallantly. Then her fan, then
her fork, then her glass, and, as often,
her neighbor stooped and restored the
lost article.
At last, however, the patience of the
youth gave way, and on her dropping
her napkin again he turned and called
one of the footmen behind him:
"Put my plate on the floor," said he.
"I will finish my dinner there; it will
be so much more convenient to Lady
Holland." London Globe.
"Pop, did you say a bird told you
about how I was naughty yesterday?".
"Yes, my son."
"Pop, did It tell you In pigeon Eng
lish?" Baltimore Amer'can.
Cassandra had Just uttered another
prophecy.
But as usual nobody believed it
"People don't pay any more attention
to my predictions," she complained.
"than If I were William Jennings
Bryan."
What made it all the more exasper
ating was that her predictions always
came true. Chicago Tribune.
Photographer Now, look pleasant,
piease.
The victim Say, what do you want,
anyhow? I promised my wife to have
my picture taken before she got back, .
and she's coming back tomorrow and is
bringing her mother with her. Phila
delphia Record.
"Why can't she make a choice be
tween her suitors?"
"Well, one of them is a press agent.
His language is very attractive. But
the other is a traveling salesman, and
he treats her as if she were a big buy
er." Pittsburg Post.
a
"The North Pole cocktail Is the lat
est." "What are Its particular characteris
tics?" "It starts a lot of argument." Pitts
burg Press.
a
"Why are you crying, Johnny?"
"We was playing train and I was th4
engine."
"Yes."
"And pa corned in and s witched me.
Judge.
a
"Say, pa?"
"What is It?"
"What was Horatius doing at the
bridge party?" New York Press.
a
Teacher in the Sunday School (whe
has been Instructing the young Idea
on the subject of vision) Now. chil-
dren, can any one tell me what vision
Is? Ah, Tommy's hand is up! Well.
Tommy? Tommy, with a drawling voice
-.-It is a sort of dizzy spelL Judge,
a
Editor (to new assistant) Are you
up on poetry? New man No; I'm sorry
to say.
Editor That's all right, then; I don't
want you to be up on It. I want you
to be down on It- Exchange.
m
Mrs. H. Why are you so very fond
of Oriental rugs? Mrs. R. Fll toll you
a secret. The dirtier they get the more
genuine they look. You've no idea how
much sweeping that savea Detroit ,
News.
a
He It has been said that a woman
can make a fool of any man. Do you
believe It? She Of course not- The
best she can do is to develop him. St.
Louis Times.
a a
"Why did Eve give Adam the ap
ple?" "I suppose she wanted to get ridbf
the fruit so as to wear the basket for
a hat Illustrated Bits.
.
First milliner You have designed
the North Pole hat? Second milliner
Yes, It will be a matter of dispute be
tween the purchaser and her husband.
New York Sun.
Like Dog In the Manger.
Harney County News.
In widely separated portions of Oregon
hopes are entertained of obtaining oil,
and practical men are engaged in sinking
wells. Difficulty is encountered in secur
ing leases from owners of land on rea
tnmA. Tt Memo incredible that
land owners, without capital or Inclina
tion to put money In a "hole in the
ground" on the chances of finding nat
ural gifts, will prevent capital and labor
from developing what will be the source
of great wealth and development In
older countries land owners are even
more exacting.
Work Cure for Snobbery.
Washington (D. C.) Times.
A Kansas University president says
that the state's prosperity may make
the youth snobbish. The youth will
probably take a chance. And a Sum
mer of harvesting back on the old farm
will have a strong tendency to reduce
Inflated cranlums. Work is a cure for
snobbery in most cases, for your true
snob is a loafer who Imagines that he
deserves something for having either
position or money that somebody else
has earned. -'
Pierce County and McCredle.
Aberdeen World.
Picture If you can the horror with
which Pierce County would have con
templated a talk of bolt in the South
west had the Olympia convention
named a Congressional nominee from
Pierce who might have been distasteful
to the Southwest.
Diversion.
Chicago News.
"Say" queried the Summer boarder,
"what can a follow do to kill time
around here?"
"Waal," drawled the old farmer,
"mebby yew kin coax th' ole woman -1
tew let yer whitewash th' chicken
house." If They'll Only L'ae Em.
Condon Times.
'Salem Is going to remodel Its lead
ing hotel and add 60 bath tubs In order
that Senators. Representatives and the
army of legislative hangers-on may
not be classed with the great unwashed.
The Irragsriat.
Washington Herald.
I am a druK?lst, lorn and lone.
A being without guile,
When strangeia grab my telephone
I merely smile.
A big director I keep.
And should through any stress
You want my aid, I'll in It peep
For an address.
I have on hand of glue and string
A large and free supply;
I'll gladly get you anything
You'd like to try.
At midnight I climb slowly to
My little cot to camp,
But I'll get up to furnish you
A postage stamp.
a. Emotions I have learned fo curb; '
I've alwa-ys helpful been.
And naught that happens can diatur.
My gent 1