8 THE - MORXPfG OEEGOyiAX, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1910. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Postofflee ma Becond-Class Matter. Subscription Bates Invariably la Advance. (BI MAIL). Pally. Sunday Included. one Tear $8.00 gaily. Sunday Included. lx months.... 4-21 gaily. Sunday Included, three months.. 2.2S gaily, Sunday Included, one month 75 gaily, without Sunday, one year 6.00 gaily, without Sunday, six month S.25 Pally, without Sunday, three months... 1-75 gaily, without Sunday, one month.... .00 Weekly, one year.. 160 Sunday, one year... 2-BO Sunday and weekly, one year.......... 8.60 (By Carrier). gaily, Sunday Included, one year " OO Dally, Sunday Included, one month.... -75 How to Remit Send Postofflce money or aer express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at tbe sender's risk. Give Postofflce address In run. including county and state. . T"U Kates 10 to 14 pares. 1 cent; 18 28 Pa-rea. 8 cents; 80 to 40 pa-res. S cents: o to 60 paces. 4 cents. Foreign postage double rate. .jasteri Business Office The S. C. Beck with Special Agency New York, rooms 48 J Tribune building-. Chicago, rooms 610 B13 Tribune building-. PORT I. A TV I. TUESDAY, JUIY, 19, 1910. STTLi, ANOTHER tHEN FBEiK. The lawgiver at Oregon City now turn from his erstwhile fad oj plu rality primaries and advises the people of Oregon to accept as substitute his new revelation "preference voting." "The chief cause of dissatisfaction now," says Mr. U'Ren, "Is the nomina tion, as well as the election, of impor tant officers by a plurality, which is often less than half, and hardly more than one-fourth of the electors vot ing." Now, at last, this apostle of "prog ress" admits the evils of plurality pri maries and minority nominations this after having led the van of the direct primary cause. There is prom ise, however, that evils of minority nominations can be largely corrected through party assembly. Yet this ra tional remedy Mr. ITRen and all his satellites are resisting. Instead, Mr. U'Ren comes forth with the most hair-brained scheme yet pro duced by his "reforming" intellect. It would dispense with nominating elec tions and would attempt election of officers at the one polling time, by causing voters to mark ballots as to their diminishing preference for can didates; thus several choices for Gov orner: First, Jones; second, Smith; third. Brown; fourth. Black. Then by a hocus-pocus of adding together the several choices for the respective can didates, Mr. U'Ren plans at last to secure a "majority" election. This arrangement would complete the disruption of political parties in this state beyond any repair of assem bly. Its so-called "majority rule" would be an empty phrase. Political parties would find their purposes foiled at every turn far worse than under the hitherto prevailing system of plurality primaries. In the State of Washington the primary law allows for nominations .by first and second choices and the law worked out In the last state primaries with some degree of success. But this fresh freak of ITRen's eliminates nomina tions altogether, adds third and fourth choices and proposes criss-cross voting between the parties that would make Impotent the purposes of political organization. It marks genuine progress, however, that the Oregon City lawgiver admits the evils of plurality primaries. The rational remedy of assembly he rejects and proposes instead this other vision ary scheme. But the people of this state are coming fast to the realization of "the U'Ren fallacies. Abolition of representative constitutional govern ment is his goal, but he will never reach it in Oregon. TirjB IX-HiB OF VANITY. W. G. McLaren, of the Portland Commons Settlement, drew a painfully lurid picture last Sunday of the lure by which young girls are -won from lives of modesty and virtue to shame and ruin. He spoke of young girls, who. upon one flimsy pretext and an other, remain away from their homes over night; going in some instances from work in which they are earning good wages to accompany men to places of low resort or to private rooms, presumably, at least, to possess themselves of more money than their legitimate earning capacity furnishes. That it Is the lure of vanity that draws such young girls on can scarcely be doubted. The "desire for fine clothes Is a contagion and Just now it is raging as an epidemic among the vain and thoughtless. It is Tint pnnftwaj" rt those who can afford to buy what they want, though It Is rampant In the ranks of these: but It spreads from mistress to maid, from the young wife who is still reveling in the beauty of a wedding outfit that sadly overtaxed her father's means, to the young girl Just across the way, who goes daily to her work In store or shop or office, , leaving her overtaxed mother to do the work at home, for the sole purpose of earning money wherewith to buy the fine apparel for which she longs. Perhaps the mothers are to blame in the latter case; it is commonly sup posed that they are. ' Perhaps the father has undertaken to bring up a larger family than his earning capac ity warrants, thus forcing his young daughters out into the ranks of wage earners all too soon. There Is reason in many cases to support this assump tion. Perhaps the church is to blame in that It does not enter Into the lives of these young girls and establish, principles of morality and Christianity therein that will be to them shield and buckler wherewith to ward off tempta tion. The settlement iworker men tioned more than hinted of delin quency in duty here. But after all is said and done, it Is the lure of van ity that leads these weaklings on. We hear of the "white slave traf fic" in places high and low. Con gress has taken cognizance of it and attempted to stamp it out by stringent wide-reaching laws. Rescue workers tell of the" traffic in shuddering de tail; the public Is notified that it is going on in every community urban, suburban and rural. Everywhere the lure of vanity is held out: the foolish and the unwary take the bait and are lost to home and friends and hope. The story is an old one, so old that Its awful details can hardly recite any thing that is new. Any headway that Is made against the horrors with which it is reflected in dally life must be made through home-life, the first principles of which are those of obedi ence, modesty and self-respect. Without this basis settlement -workers can do no more than pluck occa sional brands from the burning. With It. there will be no need, relatively speaking, of what is popularly known as rescue work. The love of vanity, elitterlrur and entlcins- if o n prevail; at least it seldom prevails against the womanly virtues inculcated and fostered in the home. "Every young daughter should have the watchful care of her parents, at all times," said Mr. McLaren in sum ming up his presentment of the white slave traffic as he declares that it exslts in Portland. This is as complete a summing up of a many-sided case as could be made. If the advice thus given were followed, if it "were pos sible in all instances to follow it, the occupation of the rescue worker would be gone and the abhorent traffic would cease to exist and the lure of vanity would become innocuous. OREGON'S ASSEMBLY SPIRIT. Of course, foes of the Multnomah Republican Assembly and of Ub can didates assert "slate" and "machine" and "corporation influence." Sub stantial, prominent citizens could not be named for office without starting their opponents clamoring in this fash ion. It is the universal opinion, how ever, that the recommendations of the assembly make up an- uncommonly good list of candidates. Had such lists been offered the voters in pre ceding elections there would have been no such political turmoil as has dis rupted the Republican party in the last several years. This signifies an awakened public conscience in matters political. i If the people demand right things from political assemblies and insist upon getting them, there will be no bad politics. That is the solution of evil conditions in public affairs. And the solution is working out in Oregon in satisfactory manner. Corporations and "machines" are not running the Republican assemblies. An unbiased glimpse of the membership of the one in Portland last Saturday and of its candidates convinces that this Is true. These assemblies represent the best spirit of the citizenship of Oregon. PACKED CONSERVATION' CONGRESS. The desire of Mr. James J. Hill to speak at Portland in September will probably prevent his attendance at the conservation congress at St. Paul. Portland naturally prefers to have Mr. Hill in this city for the September meeting of the Livestock Association, yet it will be a matter of regret that he cannot be present at the conserva tion congress. His announced inten tion of not mincing matters, in case he should speak at St. Paul, is a guar antee that the proceedings would be greatly enlivened. There are few, if any, men in all the West who have a more thorough knowledge of conser vation than Mr. Hill. It is on the conservation of the natural resources of the- country that he must depend for the prosperity of his great railroad system. But Mr. Hill has always preached the doctrine of development. To a greater extent, probably, than any other living man, he has aided in bringing about the -great economic change which through transportation "has drawn the world together, and spread the race apart." He has pro tested against the conservation policy which has forced 100,000 American citizens to leave this country and make homes in Canada, while millions of acres, on which smiling homes and prosperous cities and towns should be builded, are locked up in forest re serves. Mr. Hill knows that the mil lions of acres of ripening timber, which Is fast losing its marketable value, and much of which is ravaged by forest fires, should be contributing something to the public good before it is too late. He knows that nothing but loss can result from such a false and pernicious policy of conservation as is preached toy Millionaire Pinchot and his wealthy Eastern associates, whq are crying loudest for adoption of the old European feudal system of withdrawing vast tracts of land from use of the people. Mr. Hill is not the only one who has a fairly accurate idea of what will take place if the conservation con gress is thoroughly Pinchotized. Gov ernor Hay, of Washington, is still firm in his determination not to appoint delegates until he is assured that they will be accorded the fair and cour teous treatment that was denied Judge Hanford, who read a paper at last year's meeting criticising the Pinchot policy. Eventually, the honest and practical people of the East will un derstand the Western view of conser vation, but they will never learn it if they persist in "packing" their con servation congresses with delegates who think only as Pinchot thinks. MR. ROCKEFELLEK'B DEVOTIONS. John D. Rockefeller must "spend almost as much time composing his prayers as he did in former years de vising ways to rob his competitors. In his last reported address to the Almighty the ancient humbug begins by telling the Lord: "This is thy most beautiful world." How does Mr. Rockefeller know that this informa tion is correct? Unintentionally, he may be deceiving the Creator. There may be worlds a great deal more beautiful than this one and far better adapted to the happiness of their in habitants. If that Is the case, the angels must have had some difficulty in keeping their faces straight while the saintly oil magnate put up his petition. But when the conclusion of the prayer was wafted heavenward cer tainly a broad grin must have per vaded the regions of bliss. "May we not mar" this most beautiful of worlds "by our selfishness" pleaded benevo lent John, "but by the gentleness and sweetness of our lives make it more beautiful. Is it possible that Mr. Rockefeller attaches any meaning whatever to the words he addresses to the Lord? Or does he believe that it is as easy to fool the Almighty as it is to bamboozle the ordfnary Legis lator? There is a little text of Scrip ture which it might be weli enough for this sincere and humble Christian to remember once in a while in the fervor of his devotions: "For -it is written, vengeance is mine, salth the Lord, I will repay." CONTEMPT ItB SPEED LAW. An automobile driver was arrested twice Sunday afternoon in different parts of the city for exceeding the speed limit. The incident discloses the contempt which many reckless chauf feurs have for the law and the rights of other people who make use of the public highways. It also reveals the fact that moderate fines or warnings are totally inadequate to check this dangerous form of lawbreaking. Port land, with its short blocks and nar row streets, is not well adapted for speeding automobile drivers. In not a single accident that has -yet been re ported was there necessity for the haste displayed by the drivers. Frequently injured or dying persons are rushed to the hospital at a high rate of speed, and physicians drive fast in answer to emergency calls. In none of these cases, however, have accidents occurred. As it is impossible to keep a police officer at every crossing, the speed limit is violated with impunity every hour in the day in many crowded places. The average . . lawbreaking chauffeur, like the one- arrested twice on . Sunday, figures that the chances are against his being caught in the first place, and also that after he is caught the worst he can get will be a reprimand or a moderate fine. Perhaps a stiff fine for the first offense, with a doubling of that fine 'for each subsequent offence, and im prisonment for a few weeks might check this evil before there shall be greater loss of life.. The better class of automobile drivers and owners no more desire this reckless driving than the citizens on foot, whose lives are Jeopardized, and a movement for more drastic punish ment would meet with their approval. Unless something more serious than a reprimand or a slight fine is admin istered to these lawbreakers, the mat ter will culminate in corrective measures more severe than is actually necessary. The public is becoming weary of dodging speed fiends. If some of these reckless chauffeurs, who break the law twice in one day, should pound rock at Kelly Butte a few weeks they might have more wholesome respect for the law and the rights of the unfortunates who are obliged to use the streets for other purposes than automobile speedways. AS TO MORTGAGE TAX. The Oregon Tax Commission plans to Include mortgage notes in its "equalization" of state taxes.. This, its members say. Such business will not serve well the Interests of Mult nomah County, where most of Ore gon's mortgage notes are held. It can have no other purpose than taxa tion of mortgage notes in one method or another. . It is to be expected that this scheme-of "equalization" aims in directly for increase of Multnomah's contribution to state revenues. r This in , turn means that visible property in this county will have to pay the increased increment because mortgage notes will generally elude the assessor. When they shall be oc casionally - detected by that official the tax will be at once added to the interest rate exacted of borrowers. These are primer lessons of taxa tion. It cannot be believed that in telligent officials are ignorant of them. It is absurd to tax loans of borrowed capital. The person who pays such tax is not the owner of the money, but the user of it. Yet the one argument Justifying mortgage tax is that wealth in money should pay tax the same way as does wealth In land or buildings. Thus mortgage tax defeats Its own purposes. The State Commission, while deny ing that it has ordered taxation of mortgage notes, has launched upon a policy which appears intended to force Multnomah County to include money loans in its county assessment. The effect will be both restrictive to in vestments and burdensome to borrow ers. Most mortgages require borrow ers to pay any tax that may be levied on the note, this being one of the in demnities for prevailing low rates of interest. It is safe to predict that every loan hereafter will impose that requirement on the borrower. It will be Impossible . for users of capital to obtain loans without such guaranty. When selecting the members of the present Tax Commission last year, Governor Benson refused to appoint a Multnomah man, on the ground that this county already had enough power in the state government. But evi dently this .county could fitly be rep resented commensurately with its in terests. IRELAND. Thus far in its history the mission of Ireland has been to inspire and civilize the rest of the world. Living under severe oppression for many cen turies Ireland has sent- her sons to al most every nation on the globe. Exiles and wanderers in strange lands, they have been foremost as military com manders, as orators, as poets and as statesmen. Members of Irish fami lies settled . on the continent of Europe have commanded armies and won victories. The Emerald Isle has invaded England with forces more effectual than armed soldiers and won honors in fair intel lectual fight with the men (who re fused them common Justice at home The poet who touched nothing that he did not adorn was an Irishman. Burke, the only British statesman who ranks high as a philosopher, migrated to England from the Island which England's agents had reduced to mis ery. The greatest satirist who ever wrote in English was an Irishman. As long as politicians are venal and fool ish, as long as churchmen are bigoted and fanatical, so long will the keen wit of Dean Swift amuse and instruct the Intelligence of the world. In the past the Irish have been the most unselfish people on earth. They have won glory for every country ex cept their own. In our day this spirit is changing somewhat, and the sons of the Green Isle, while they confer as many benefits as they ever did upon other countries, are beginning to gain substantial benefits for the home that none of them ever forgets. Irish in dustry is reviving. Agriculture begins to -bring comfort Into the homes of men who have known all too well the dire stress of want through the effect of political tyranny. Irish literature now wins credit for Dublin instead of London. It is no longer necessary for poets and satirists to migrate from the island where they were born in order to find publishers and readers. Irish exports once more cut a figure in the commerce of the British Isles. Per haps the time is not far distant when -Ireland will resume the pre-eminence it held in the older world and the country of Irishmen will enjoy the same proud rank among the nations as they themselves hold among the citizens of the lands where they reside. THE MONORAIL ACCIDENT. The monorail car to which the acci dent happened on July 17, not far from Long Island City bridge in New Tork. is not to be confused with the invention which employs the gyroscope to maintain stability.' Mr. Tunis' car, which left its track and was wrecked used some other device. Just what it was the brief accounts do not make entirely clear, but it was not a gyro scope. A vehicle which contains a gyroscope in rapid motion could not possibly- be overturned by the mere irregularity of a roadbed, aa was the case with Mr. Tunis' invention. The gyroscopic car has been made to follow a track so irregular that it was almost literally knotted, but it ran smoothly around the sharp curves and showed not the slightest disposition to jump from the rail. It is a British invention and has not yet, so far as the public is informed, been applied commercially. There Is no doubt. however, that this will soon be done and both the speed and the safety of transportation will probably be in creased by it. The promoters also predict substantial economies from its use. I It has been suggested that the ulti mate solution of the problem of sta bility for the flying machine will be found in the gyroscope. Of course, the difficulty lies in the weight. The machine must be constructed of heavy material and the .very thing which makes it stable its moment of mo mentum requires a considerable mass in the rotating part. This complicates the task of adapting the gyroscope to flying machines, but other problems Just as perplexing have been solved in the past and there is no reason to despair of this one. The Jubilation of Springfield, Or., over the anticipated completion of its electric railway and the bridge con necting the town with Eugene is fully Justified by the improvement. Years ago, when Springfield was a remote rural hamlet, it would have taken a bold prophet to foresee its present flourishing condition. The change from isolation and stagnation to a bustling center of progress has been rapid and no doubt it is due largely to the ener getic exertions of the citizens of the town. People usually get what they strive for if they strive hard enough, and they seldom get much else. The rapidly extending electric railways mean civilization, wealth and happi ness to the country districts of Oregon. They increase the value of land, make it easy and cheap to market crops and, above all, they promote the inter change of thought and information among the people. v A Husum, "Wash., dispatch says: "The Mount Adams Orchard Company has recently added another large gang of Japs to help clear its 1,000-acre tract. Nearly 600 acres have been cleared and 400 acres are planted to leading varieties of apples.' This is a grievous offence that should not be overlooked nor condoned by the Indus trial Workers of. the World. Why should employment toe given to these Japs when our parks and North-End saloons are filled with idle white men. industriously dodging work of this kind? Another feature of the outrage lies in the fact that a few years hence these hundreds of acres of apples will be bearing fruit, and further insult will be offered the Neverworks by asking them to go out to pick apples, and get them ready for market. The Pacific Northwest is becoming a very unpleas ant place for a lazy man to live. Some Canadians are disposed to take the marriage contract' more seriously than some Americans do. At any rate, one might safely draw that conclusion from the hubbub which has arisen in the domains of our Northern neighbor over the twenty divorces which were obtained there last year. Twenty di vorces, or even forty, would not make much stir in one of our states. There are single cities which would look with serenity upon sixty or seventy each year; Not only do the Canadians take their marriages more awesomely than we, but they make divorces vastly more difficult to obtain. Here, any Judge of almost any court is author ized to sever the bonds of matrimony and set the emancipated pair upon the quest of new soulmates. Over the line it requires an act of Parliament to turn the trick. Democrats are planning to make their votes felt in the next Republican primaries. They are busily prompting Republican malcontents to "fight" the assembly candidates and promising them aid. Such malcontents as aspire for seats In the Legislature they are alluring with Statement One. This Is dishonest and lying business, from first to last. So-called Republicans who lend themselves to it may think their party impotent without them, tout even if they should defeat their party organization and quit its. mem bership, that will Improve the bad political mess hitherto prevailing. The Republican party needs to be cleared of half-baked and spineless members and of a good many angel-faced dema gogues. Otherwise it will stand for nothing and accomplish nothing. Whilom we were treated in an at tractively written lesson in a school reader to the wondrous beauty and delicacy of. construction of the house fly under the title: "How a Fly Walks on the Ceiling." That was the day before the microscope was perfected and photography became a fine art. Now we are shown in alarming detail how a fly walks on our food, what he leaves there and what he carries to the next plate. When science, especially sanitary science, draws the veil of enchantment aside what lovely visions give place to wretched, crawling, dis gusting realities. Ugh! Beware of the evangelist who boasts that he has been "converted" after having committed every sin in the calendar, and is therefore compe tent to denounce sin in others and point men to the way of all virtue. Be ware also of politicians who have been ringleaders and bellwethers In all legislative and official crookedness and now proclaim their conversion to the principles of good government as based upon the rights of the people. Such men , are not to be trusted either as spiritual adviBers or political re formers. ' - Let Oregon be hospitable to Dr. Boggild, .the Danish dairy expert, now inspecting Its industries. We would welcome 50,000 of his fellow country men within the state's borders. The financial betterment would prove mutual. While . President Taft will make three speeches this week away up in the Northeast corner of the United States, he will cut out politics. His determination to keep cool is com mendable. Development of monorailroading ia not likely to be so dangerous to life as aeroplanes, and far more useful to the world. After all Is said, when mortgages are assessed the borrower pays the tax. Oregon proved this years ago. Portland'is sustaining its reputation as one of the finest Summer resorts in, the United States. For this week, Portland is the Emerald City of the United States. STATISTICS OUT OS" "WHO'S WHO." Interesting; Summary of Facts About America's Lenders. New York World. Of the 17,546 persons whose names are in Who's Who in America for 1910 11, Just Issued, 15,518 give general edu cational data concerning themselves. It appears that 8529 of this latter number, or 54.96 per cent, are college graduates, while 476 are graduates of the United States Military and Naval Academies. Those who- attended college but were not graduated were 2049. Only 209 were educated privately; 67 were self-taught-Lawyers are 30S1 of the grand total in the book: physicians, 1345; clergy men, 2035; artists, 623; musicians, 283: persons in technical pursuits. 1124. It is a striking fact that, of the physi cians 49.36 per cent, just under half, are college graduates. In the ministry the per cent is 81.23; in the law, 52.2S; among the workers in technical profes sions, 45.82; among musicians, 12.36; among artists, 8.38. Of the 17,546 persons listed, 15.361 are natives of the United States, 379 of England, 333 of Germany, 331 of Canada. 172 of Ireland, 121 of Scot land. New York furnished 2970 of the native born; Massachusetts, 1769: Penn sylvania, 1516: Ohio, 1274; Illinois, 744; Connecticut. 532: Maine, 526; Indiana, 517. Virginia, New Jersey, Vermont, Michigan, Maryland, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Missouri and Kentucky are the other states contributing more than 300 natives each. In present residents as listed New York leads with 3931. which is 191 less than last year. Massachusetts has 1771 listed residents; Pennsylvania, 1296; Illinois, 1159; District of Co lumbia, 1107. The editors of the work call atten tion to the westward movement, indi cated by such facts as that Colorado, with only five natives in the book, has 199 residents, while Montana, with one native, has 46 residents. They might well quote California, with 141 natives and 583 residents. In some Eastern and Southern States the conditions of migration are reversed. Even Penn sylvania shows 1516. natives, aganst 1269 residents, while for Ohio the fig vires are 1275 and 648 the wrong way. Illinois, with Chicago's aid, balances for the residents by 744 to 1159. New York State, holding New York City, presents 8931 residents to 2970 natives. JAPAN'S NAVY TEN YEARS HENCE Tabulation Showhqr Weakness In First Line Fighting Ships. Tokio Correspondence London Times. Between 1913 and 1916 Japan's fleet is to be augmented by seven battle ships and seven armored cruisers, of which there remain to be constructed three of the former and three of the latter, the total expenditure on the whole programme being $150,000,000, which is provided for already. Two questions present themselves. The first Is: What diminution of strength must be anticipated from superannuation? the second: What may be regarded as the minimum naval force necessary to secure Japan's safety? As to the first question, it is considered axiomatic that the really effective life of a battleshtp is limited to fifteen years. Calculating on that basis, and taking into account the building programmes of the various powers, the Japanese find, that the great navies of the world present them selves at the dates given in the follow ing order, so far as first line fighting ships are concerned: . - 1909. 191. 1020. England ,.gi 7s 74 France 2S 7 40 Germany .....3' 40 87 United States 37 38 26 Japan 23 14 8 In this tabulation Japan's weakness in first line battleships' in 1920 (only eight) is strikingly shown. The out look is very disquieting, and it is nlain Japan must lose -no time in making provision to keep up the strength of her navy. She should assure herself of competence to encounter any force which any power, England excluded, will be capable of massing in Far East ern waters ten years hence, and for the purposes of that calculation she as sumes that In view of the Baltio squadron's feat in reaching Far East ern waters a European power must be regarded as able to send out the whole of Its navy. Even if It is reckoned that suDeran nuated ships possesss 25 per cent of the strength of first-class1 ships the case Is not Improved for Japan. The minimum addition to her navy in the next ten years should be twenty-five ships of the first fighting line, which would involve an outlay of S225.000.000. Japan would have the great advantage of fighting near home and supplies, but on the other hand the quality of the ships built in her own yards is still unproved. Feminine Beauty in the Morning. Jean Carrington in July Columbian. The morning hours at a Summer re sort are surely the most trying of the day. It is so easy to be lovely In the soft glow of candle light, but the girl who can achieve the distinction of be ing beautiful In the morning is a posi tive genius before whom mere man bows in abject homage. Therefore, my sisters, if behooves you to think long and deeply upon your morning toilette. Simple it must be, but, oh. the elasticity of that word, for how often is it ap plied, and not Inappropriately, to the all but priceless lingerie dresses one wears to the casino to watch the bathers when It is one's whim not to join the throng. Nothing more be witching in the line of a hat was ever evolved than a sunbonnet. It implies such youth and bloom asd simplic'ty that -can you wonder that the maid who ties the black velvet strings of a frilly lace buttercup - trimmed bonnet under her chin ties a young man's heart within? It is the old. well-beloved sunbonnet with modern improve ments a sunbonnet de luxe, and It would take a homely woman Indeed whom it did not soften and beautify by its contact. - Irrigation In the Willamette. Eugene Register. No other valley in the country has a greater supply of water underneath and close to the surface. As valley farms be come smaller and the production in tensified accordingly, irrigation will be come general. Another decade will find a surprising number of farmers in this valley operating their own irrigation plants and raising double the crop they are now getting and it will be the dawn of the greatest era of prosperity ever known to the Willamette Valley farmers. SohooU in 19SO. Nw Tork Times. At 9 o'clock each morning He left his parents' cot And hastening to the schoolhouse A city breakfast sot. Past speed the morning- session And scholarly It proven While skillful city surgeons His adenoids removed. A manicure and masseur. All by the city paid, A barber and a valet Each plied on him his trade. When thns the hours of study Had gone their way unchecked. " A flve-cou'rse city dinner His path of knowledge decked. The city dentist's mercies "Wound up the afternoon. And then a city tiffin Came not a whit too soon. The city left his parent One duty to do well. And so at night pa labored' To teach him how to spell. GARFIELD'S "LOOSE THINKING" His Comlnsr-Ont Speech Abounds With Inconsistency and Emptiness. (Washington Post) Former Secretary Garfield bares his brow to the brand "insurgent" and pridefully throws down the gauntlet In the President's state. Rather surpris ingly, albeit the insurgent Is nothing if not a free lance. Mr. Garfield first of all the party without whose aid and votes pounces upon the Democratic party, the insurgents, in Congress must have come oil empty-handed. The Demo cratic party Is all to the bad. It Is the tool of special interests, its leadership Is vitiated by the same agency, and he sees no hope for better things. Democ racy is worse than the Republican party, which has among its leaders some who are tarred with the same special inter ests stick, "but. on the other hand, it has progressive, aggressive leaders, who are the people's representatives." To these and their "progressive allies" oon i call mem JJemocrats, please country owes a debt of -gratitude." This Is the first Intimation the Demo crats in Congress, all of whom at one time or another voted with the insur gents for the reasons of party, not principle, are to be classed with the in surgents, or, rather, claimed as such. As Democrats they are without hope, as "progressive allies" they hold the major interest in that debt of gratitude. just now air. Garfield reconciles his radically opposite estimates of Champ Clark and his followers we are not per mitted to see. But what he says is cap able of the construction that he reads the Democratic party out of existence and resurrects it as an arjunct of the new party whose keynote he sounds. Mr. Crarfield s coming-out speech fairly abounds with loose thinking, of which the foregoing is a fair sample. Thus, "the nation stands today in a critical situation," confronted with the problem whether the progressives win or "sur render and admit that government for ana Dy the people is & failure." This is orthodox Pinchotism. and if true would stand alone; but Mr. Garfield goes on to say: 'fortunately, we have realized the need of radical changes in time to save ourselves." Now, having saved our selves, why is the situation still critical? Having saved the country from the peril of "domination by special interests," why organize a new party and set forth a platform in advocacy of a false cry? wny cry won after the wolf has been caugnt with the bare hands and Aber nathycated? U'REN REPITDIATES PRIMARIES Now He Adda "Preference Voting" to His Political Curios. Eugene Register. ' Time seems to have demonstrated even to U'Ren, that the primary law as it stands is full of defects that aggra vate instead of cure the very nolitical evil sought to be remedied, and some thing must be done to pull the state out of the deeper rut into which it seems to have . fallen. To do this Mr. u Ken now proposes to do awav en tirely with the direct primary law and enact. In its stead, the preferential vot ing system which, he says, will give us true majority rule and which we do not nave under the present law. He ei plains, in support of his new measure to be offered to the Legislature next Winter Instead of by initiative netition. that "The chief cause of dissatisfaction now is the nomination, as well as the election, of important officers by the plurality, whicn I often less than one half and sometimes less than one-fourth of the electors voting." U'Ren further shows that his nro posed new law would . make primary elections unnecessary, thereby saving the people the expense of two elections; it would also prevent voters of one party meddling In the nominatinr; elec tions of another party and would pre serve party entity. It may Just be possible that U'Ren having led the people of Oregon Into the wilderness, is willing and anxious to lead them out again. It will.be a gladsome day when we can look over into the promised land and see party peace and plenty ahead of us after the weary years of trudging in the etesert wastes of poor political picking. WOMEN EAT TOO MUCH CANDY. American Girls Consume More Sweets Than Any Other. New York American. Temptation is conspicuous in the windows of the bonbon shop, and it is but too easy to succumb. Some of us are munching almost all day long. Not girls only, but their mothers as well. Dentists could tell tales about them. Doctors,, too, would have much to say. "How many pounds of chocolate creams do you eat in a week?' asked one of these of a fair patient. "About a pound a day," was the answer, and then, as if in excuse, "but mother eats nearly as many as I do." It is fatally easy to set a bad example. Seven pouds of sweets a week bring their own penalties upon the consumer, and especially if but little i exercise be taken. The confirmed sweet eater Is not fond of walking. She likes to sit in a comfortable chair and read a novel while she discusses the contents of her carton. It is a universal fashion now for young men to give boxes of sweets to girls they admire, to daughters of kindly hosts and hostesses from whom they have received hospitality, also to the said girls after they have married. A very pleasant custom, too, but let each recipient see to it that her con sumption of these nice things be far below the supply. Otherwise she will lose much of that bright gayety that is one of the most attractive attributes of girlhood, will sink Into a sort of leaden dullness. Often very often she does not know what causes this. "I feel horrid," she says, "but can't think why." Sweets are very well in moderation. More, they are very good, particularly for young people, who have a natural crav ing for sugar. But in moderation only. The Oreg-onlan's Course Is Commended. PORTLAND, July 18. (To the Ed itor.) Aside from the political aspect, the action of last Saturday's Republican assembly recommending to the suffrage of the people such leading men of business as L. G. Clarke, J. R. Wether bee, A. S. Farrell and others, should re ceive the hearty response and approval of the citizens by a decisive vote at the polls. The very fact that men of such undisputed business qualifica tions have consented to take a hand in the management of the state's affairs is a healthy sign of higher political purposes and ideals. The City of Port land and Oregon are to be congratu lated upon this further evidence of progress which pervades every branch of our activity. The Oregonian de serves credit for Its share in the work. FRED MULLER. They Say Boston Transcript. That a. little pepper in a man makes him worth his salt. That the person who lives on hope is seldom troubled with obesity. That eye-openers won't make a man see his own faults. That there are many large tales con nected with Small fish. That a man who hunts for an easy berth generally gets a wide one. That many a man who can find fault Is unable to locate work. That it takes a man with sand to leave footprints on the sands of time. That very few people have weak eyes from looking on the bright side of life. Doesn't Cost a Cent. New Tork Sun. While millions of . dollars For rivers outroll. Fond memory deepens The old swimmln' hole. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE Senator Aldrich. of Rhode Island. rarely tells a story, but the nosition of the insurgent Republican Senators in nnaiiy voting tor some of the Ad ministration bills, and their attitude toward the regulars when so doing, re- I minded him of a thin, hatchet-faced woman he saw once in a streetcar in Providence. She stood in the rear doorwav of the car and refused to move up. although several times asked to do so by the conductor. 'Move up." the conductor shouted. pushing her ahead. I sha n't do it," she said. "I sha'n't move a peg." "Move up, insisted the conductor; "plenty of room la the middle of the car." I shan't do it." said the woman. clinging to her strap." Just then a man ran across the track in front of the car and the motorman put on his brakes hard. The car stopped very suddenly. The woman was pulled from her strap .and sent skittering up to the front end, where she banged against the door. From" that position she glared back at the conductor and shouted: "Well, I'm here; but you didn't make me come!" Saturday Evening Post. "James A. Patten has a fine house In Chicago." said a New York broker. "I dined with him there one night last month. "After dinner I admired a superb statue in the drawing-room. " "Splendid statue. that.' I said. What's it made out of bronze or cop per?" - "' 'I made it out of cotton." said Mr. Patten." New York Tribune. "I see you claim one hour's overtime. Bill," said the master of the mill. "How's that? I thought no one worked overtime last week." Bill passed a horny hand across his mouth. . Quite right, guv'nor," he replied. "One hour's me due." The master regarded him suspiciously "Come, when was it?" he inquired. "Last Thursday," responded Bill. "I was sent up to your own 'ouse to 'elp shake the carpets." "Yes; 1 remember that distinctly.'!, cut in the "boss." "But you got off at 6 sharp." "Ah, that's true, guv'nor, as far as it goes," assented the man. But your missus give me arf a meaUpie to take 'ome, an", that there hour is for bringtn the dish back!" Answers. Judge Alvin Duvall (while Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals), in company with Squire Johnson, a very large man the Judge being much smaller once called a political meeting in Lexington, which for lack of adequate advertisement was attended by themselves only. The dis tinguished Judge, possessing a fund of quiet humor, finally began to wrtte a notice, reading aloud as he wrote: "At a large and respectable meeting held In this city yesterday " i ""Stop there a minute, Judge!" exclaimed the suuire in surorise. "von wonWn't t.hh Ilsh a notice that this was sa' large and respectable meeting." "Why not?" quickly rejoined the Judge. "Are not you large and am I not re spectable?" Nashville Banner. m m m This story is told of a New York teacher who recently escorted a party of children to the Zoo:, She came to a stop in front of the savage little peccaries, the South American wild hogs that often chase the unwary traveler up a tree or else make him over into a nutritious lunch. She couldn't nnd the sign on the cage. "These, children," said she im pressively, "are mustangs." A bystander overheard her, and "sought to put her right, for the children's sake. Jr'araon me, said he, ""but you have the name a little wrong. These -are wild hogs." . , - Evidently some faint recollection - of those arboreal adventures referred to in which travelers are sometimes engaged when they fuss with the peccaries floated throuarh her mind. She eav the rtelnfiil Btranger a bright look of thanks. "I am so-o grateful," said she. "I knew it was something that climbs a tree." Cincinnati Times-Star. The. Superior Sex. Chicago Post . There is a lot of vainglorious expres sion on the part of the men about their being the superior sex. .We hear too much of man's endurance, of his intel lect, of his executive ability and.all that sort of thing. Take a man and make him wear a spotted veil and he will be nearly blind within a year. -' Pinch a man into corsets and within a week he will have heart trouble, chronic pleurisy, acute indigestion, appendicitis and a funeral. Pile a few pounds of false hair o:i a man's head and he will succumb - to brain fever within a month. Tie a man's ankles in a hopple skirt and he will have rheumatism, followed by paralysis of the legs from lack -of exercise. - .' Clamp a man's feet in tight shoes and make him toddle about on high heels and he will die of the charleyhorse. Man loses on the score of endurance alone. Intellect and executive ability are argued by the capacity to combat these tortures and trials. Man is un doubtedly the Inferior-sex .and should retire to the last row -of seats and be quiet. Policy of Obstruction. New York Journal of Commerce. If we are- to compete with European countries in supplying the markets or South America, or Asia, or any country that does not manufacture for itself, with manufactured goods, it Is certain that we must produce and sell them as cheaply as our competitors do. We can not do this with high prices and high cost of living for our own producers, and unless we do it in some way it Is useless to talk about promoting trade by subsidizing ships or- establishing banks or expediting malls. It is the cost of the goods that will determine the trade. If we are to reduce that cost without lowering our- "standard of living," which is a different thing from cost of living as determined by prices, we must remove taxes from. ma terials and obstacles from- the. inter change of products with other nations. We must abandon the policy bf obstruc tion. Why New York Sun. The Sphinx propounded a riddle. "Since each tariff is an improvement on perfection, why does any one object to more revision?" she asked. Vainly she awaited an answer. The Carpenter. J. I M-, In London Chronicle. When Jesus paused amid his work, and leaning Upon his plane to take a moment s breath. Did he. like me, thus ponder o'er the mean ing Of birth, and life, and death? Or. when his work was done and in th gloaming - . He put his tools back In the wooden ch est ; I wonder if, like mine, when he was homing Deep sadness filled his breast? If In the red defeat of day' retreating. He saw a symbol of his calvary Or If. like me, he saw how life was fleet ing. And wept that it must be? If when i I. U hi. i. : With duteous toll, upon his humhle bed: He closed his eyes, nor thought upen tnt waking. And lost, like me, his dread?