THE MORXrN'G OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1910.
10
rORTLAD, OKEGOX.
Entered at Portland. Oragon. Fostofflce as
Fcon-1-C:aa Matter.
fcuoecrlpuoa Ksim Invariably la AdTanee.
(BT HAIL).
fal'r. Roniay Included, on year S'I?
laliy. Punay Included, m months J.-5
Fally. Burnley ln-luded. three montha... 2.25
Ially. Sunday Included, ont moma..... -75
. rlir. without Sunday, one year. .... aOO
' Daily, without Sunday, alx montha 3
J Tail-. without Sunday, tnrea mnthe... LiS
Ially. without Sunday, ona month
Vakly. ona yaar.
'Sunday, ona yaar ............... J-JJJ
' Sunday and weakly, ona year. a-30
(BT CARRIES).
Pally. Sunday Included, ona yaar
' IaKy. Sunday lncluaed. ona month:..... -T3
', How ta Remit Send Potofflce money
order, expreaa order or personal cheek oa
'. your local bank, tit amps, coin or currency
, are at the aender-a rlk. Gla poatofflee
addreea la full, including county and etate.
Pnataca Ratra 1 to 14 pages. 1 cent: 1
to 3a picas. 1 cinu; to pegae, I eanta:
. 40 to o pe-aa, 4 cent a. Foreign poaiage
doobla rata.
' Eastern RasslneM Offtrea Verree Ce-i-1
Vn New York. Hrunawlck building. Cnl
. Mo. Stager building.
.PORTLAND. ITODAt, OCT. 11. "10.
THE CBOLEfiA CTRh E.
' Asia-tic cholera ha reached the
. : Cnlted State, there being three posl
itively Identified cases already in K
' fork and a number of others sus
pected. New York authorities, are
taking extraordinary precautions to
prevent the spread of the disease, but
, ao long as health officials In foreign
(ports are so lax in enforcing their
. regulation this country will be la
! constant danger. There is always
filth and dirt In -which the cholera
) germ can thrive In the congested ten
'ement districts of New York, but
' even at the worst, conditions are so
much less favorable for the develop
ment of the germ than they are In
other countries that cholera scares
are not easily started here. In the
present epidemic which is sweeping
over some parts of Europe and which
through steerage passengers from ln
lfected ports has already reached New
York, Russia Is the headquarters and
'the chief offender In permitting the
spread or tne area a aisease.
1 Cholera epidemics run far back into
J history. The disease has a way a
nr.. ,1 mntt ranlrilv and claimed the
greatest number of victims among peo-
i pie who failed to observe tne simplest
nie rete-ardlnr sanitation. It was
from the unclean of India that th
1 .i ! .nrAat AL'af in T? in! fi and 1
(found so many unclean fatalists there
' that for two centuries It never de
parted. Varying climatic conditions
'have at times checked the ravages of
' th disease, and again It has levied
fearful toll on the people. Through
all the years in which It has been kill
ing thousands, even millions, of her
people, Russia has made cut rew at
tempts to stamp out the disease.
We And. for example, in a St. Pe
tersburg cable to The Sunday Orego
nlan. the statement: "Vessels loaded
with grain from Odessa, where there
Is plague, as well as cholera, are al
Umi en enter sit. Petersburg without
any medical Inspection or sanitary
precautions whatever." The uispatcn
f,.rth.r uetee that nut of 11.082 towns
throughout the country only 38 have
any kind or drainage at aii, ana oniy
192 are provided with a water supply.
It is not surprising to react . mat la
such conditions the highest Russian
medical and sanitary authorities are
v.olnnfnv trt ernress the, most pessi
mistic views concerning the unhealth-
lness of Russia.
Thus far the cases which have
reached the United States have come
through the ports of Hamburg and
Naples. Hamburg has always been a
favorite embarking point for Russians
coming to this country. So long as
conditions remain as they are In Rus
sia, this country will be In danger of
the scourge. The owner of a well
kept lawn adjacent to a thistle field
will never be free from thistles until
they are exterminated in the field. It
will be similarly Impossible for the
United States to escape cholera and
plague so long as they are permitted
to nourish unchecked in countries with
which we are constantly doing busl-
AOAEi TILE SPEED MAX I A.
Experimentally the Munlclpafbourt
is assessing speed maniacs SCO for
exceeding the maximum limit of auto
mobiles as fixed by ordinance. This
Is double the fine ordinarily imposed
for such offenses. It is not worth
while to discuss the efficacy of the
more expensive punishment. If loss
or tl will not deter a man from
speeding, forfeiture of twice that sum
won't. He will simply charge tip the
amount to the high cost or living.
But what about imprisonment for a
second or third offense? Other cities
have tried it with a fair measure of
success.
Given a long, well-paved street like
Union avenue on the East Side or
Thurman street on the West Side
particularly those stretches distant
from business sections the tempta
tion to "open 'r up" is too strong
for many ordinarily law-abiding men
and boys to resist. They are encour
aged, too. by young women whom
Anywhere else you would call normal,
Wealthy, pleasure-loving folk. At all
:lmra they are willing to take the
chance of arrest. Thought of danger
to themselves or to others does not
enter into the scheme of what they
consider rational enjoyment. We are
not referring to Joy riders, who more
r less under the Influence of Uquor
make the night hideous, but to well
known, reputable citizens whose one
public fault is that they drive their
ars too fast.
They must curb this mania. It can
not be tolerated on city streets. Be
'ore automobiles came into use, eight
:niles an hour was the maximum limit
or vehicles drawn by horses. Speed
noderate for motor cars. while
wenty-flve miles an hour Is not re
tarded as wildly excessive. Still not
day goes by when registers on cer-
aln machines do not show forty-five
r fifty miles. This Is outrageous.
I speed mania is not cnecaea. tne
ime may come erhen the public will
et up an irresistible demand that no
automobile under any conditions shall
allowed to move faster than, flf
een miles an hour within corporate
mils of a city. For all practical pur
poses this is fast enough. It la pos
ible that ordinances will be passed
equiring gear to be so locked that
tore than fifteen miles an hour
ould not be accomplished.
A new danger to occupants and to
edestrians has presented itself in
'ortland since most of the principal
treets have been hard paved. Slight
una outer a kw w
-greasy'' surface. Cars skid on
vel thoroughfares, often half the
.-Idta of a street. At corners where
there Is a grade, it is next to tmpos-
aioio iu control can even uuu "uu-
erate speed: at a high rate, the situa
tion la murderous. Hence the neces
sity of extreme caution before contin
uous rains have cleaned the streets'
surface.
Death toll by speed maniacs in
Portland has been small, but it can
not be expected that good fortune will
always attend those who drive at a
furious rate. There is never need for
it. Our streets are narrow. At every
corner danger lurks. The Oregonlan
would be glad if every professional
and private chauffeur took and stuck
to a pledge never to be guilty of
speeding that would cause his arrest.
A MEJfACK TO PORTLAND.
Rather than made larger, Multno
mah County should be made smaller.
One government for both county and
city should suffice. Instead of one for
each. It would be much cheaper for
taxpayers. This has not been done
hitherto because the county is too
larite.
Yet schemes have been started for
nearly trebling the area of Multnomah
by annexing to it big slices of Clacka
mas and Washingtno. The purpose be
hind these schemes is taxation of Port
land for roadbulldlng in country dis
tricts. This county, however, is un
able to provide all the road improve
ments needed in its present area. Then
how much more impossible the prob
lem after annexation T
If these Washington and Clackamas
County slices expect to tax Portland
for their roads, why should they alone
enjoy this privilege t Just as logical
to make the whole state one road dis
trict, grabbing road taxes from this
city.
.These annexations, if carried, will
make impossible the future conso!1da
tion of city and county governments;
a union which would be obviously
cheaper for taxpayers and would re
duce the number of political Jobs.
This is a question that should be
properly decided by home rule of the
localities affected. Yet It Is to be de
cided by voters throughout the state,
many of whom know and care little
about the real merits of the contro
versy. Similar local questions are in
volved in the numerous county parti
tion projects on which voters are
called upon to cast their ballots this
next election. These county questions
should be decided either by the Legis
lature or by vote of the localities con
cerned. The initiative has been sorely
misused in this business.
joirx rSnrrz.
TH-nhshl Inhn Diet tha Wiscon
sin farmer who has been at last
arrested after a long siege, will end
i1a mrwr In nriaon or on the gallOWS.
Unhappily for those who wish for the
latter alternative capital punishment
la not nertmnea in isconam. um
than mnhe amnetlmea fomt the law.
Before Diet disappears from his
tory it would be curious and interest
ing If some psychologist like Profes
sor Hugo Munsterberg would take his
case In hand and make a thorough
study of his character. There must be
some instructive singularities in the
makeup of a man who dares to defy
the courts and has the ability to re
sist legal process for several years, as
m.r, hui rinne Nn doubt he had the
sympathy and clandestine aid of his
neighbors, for it was a corporation
which sought to deprive him of part
of his farm, but even with such assist
ance his performance seems marvel
ous. Of course his stubbornness Is
nut nt riw in the modern world. One
man, even if his cause Is Just, cannot
hope to accomplish anytning Dy ngnt
lng society except his own ruin. Diets
has brought ruin upon himself and
upon his wife end children as well.
But in other times there was a place
en .h.MAtr ilka Diets and a very
useful one. His psychological kindred
nave piayeo. a great pn m uum
history. We may say with some truth
that they have won for us the larger
nwmnrtien nr mir liberties. It was
the men who did not know when they
h.tin whn fnnerht "on and on
and on" until death struck them down.
that defied kings in tne past ana con
quered freedom of thought In mar
tyrs' fires. So in spite or our rever
n, inw anr! order and our re
spect for the decisions of the courts,
we may still cherish a little admira
tion for Dletx" pluck. It was mis
directed. It was saaiy niuappuou. oi
rminr itself is praiseworthy.
Without it the world would be a vast
ly less desirable place to live in than
tt Is and man would be far more sub
ject to oppression and outrage.
TARDT REMORSE.
If young Merle Fuller's sorrow
could restore to life the man whom
he shot In a fit of passion it would be
well. Since it cannot we must per
force make the best we can of his
resolution never again to carry a re
volver. Had he made this admirable
resolve some months ago, he would
not now have the death of a fellow
being on his conscience and the man
whom he killed would be pursuing the
useful course of his life. Fuller has
been acquitted by the court at Van
couver, as our slayers of men usually
expect to be. and no. doubt during the
remainder of his career he will seek
to redeem by his conduct the crime
he committed in haste. His expe
rience may serve as a lesson to those
misguided men who fancy they are
protecting themselves from aggression
by carrying deadly weapons. Nine
times out of ten It is the armed man
who suffers violence In a rough crowd
while the peaceable- person who car
ries no weapons will not be molested.
There is a story of a typical tough
who entered a barroom, cast off his
coat and proceeded to "clean out" the
room. Naturally his endeavor excited
resistance and for a Urae Xhere was a
lively scene.
Finally nobody remained to be con
quered and expelled but one little
fellow whom the rowdy might have
eaten at a mouthful. He did not de
vour him, however. On the contrary,
the small individual approached him
confidently, pulled from his pocket
not a -revolver but a plug of tobacco
and in brotherly tones offered the
Invader a "chaw." Need we say that
it was accepted in the same . spirit
that prompted the offering and the
twain became comrades, for the rest
or the nlghtT 'There is something
worth considering In the old Scripture
that "a soft answer turneth away
wrath." Equally efficacious ds the
soft manner, or at least the. manner
which is unaggressive. The principal
reason why no man should -go armed
In civil society Is that his weapon
tends to make him aggressive. He
resents little things which unarmed he
would pass by without -notice. A re
volver gives to any person who car
ries It more than a slant's strength
and it is only here and there a man
who has the self-restraint not to act
like a giant and a bad one. too.
ONXY A TEMPORARY OBSTRCCTIOX.
No one believes, not even Frank
Klernan himself, that the people or
Portland can be deprived or the trans
portation facilities of which they are
in need for crossing the river. Con
struction of the Broadway bridge was
authorized in response to an almost
unanimous demand for the structure.
It met with the approval of the great
majority of the taxpayers of the city.
Few, if any, of them have changed
their opinion regarding the necessity
of the bridge. This being the situation,
it is folly to believe that in the long
run, after every technicality has been
exhausted, and every obstacle encoun
tered has been removed, the peo
ple of Portland will not get iwhat they
want, what they are willing to pay for,
and an improvement to which they are
entitled. It is. of course, a very prof
itable move for the owners of busi
ness property on the east side of the
river thus to prevent-a much-needed
Improvement, but how about the
thousands and tens of thousands of
taxpayers who have homes on the east
side of the river and are obliged to
cross to the west' side to do business
and find employment T.
Is it right that a few Frank Kler
nan a shall prevent these taxpayers
from providing the necessary facilities
for crossing the river? The building
of the Broadway bridge can be de
layed, but It cannot be prevented. The
courts of the land, from the highest to
the lowest, are organized and main
tained by the people and for the peo
ple, not for a few of the people who
seek to enhance the value of some
special property at the expense of the
many, but for the great majority. The
best that Klernan can possibly expect
Is a temporary delay and ultimate de
feat. Meanwhile, the thousands of
taxpayers who suffer dally delays from
a few minutes to an hour on account
of the congested condition or traffic on
the Inadequate Steel bridge are accu
mulating resentment that may some
day make Portland a very unpleasant
place of residence for the Frank KJer
nans. BIO SHIPS, SMALL FREIGHTS.
Great is the tramp steamer and
wonderful is the amount of traffic
handled by '-his modern ocean wan
derer. The British tramp steamship
Scottish Monarch yesterday finished
loading a cargo of 266,000 bushels of
wheat, the product .of more- than. 100
farms. The British steamship Knight
of the Garter is finishing off a cargo
of more than 5.000,000 feet of lumber.
an amount which required . in raw
material all of the timber from 160
acres of the best forest In the" state.
It. Is in the Immense size and cargo
capacity of these great ocean freight
ers that we can trace the growth of
Portland as a seaport. The Scottish
Monarch, for instance, was the lar
gest or the October grain fleet to
leave- Portland, and her cargo was
120,000 bushels greater than that of
the largest October grain ship In 1900.
Going back ten years earlier, tne
big October cargo was 82,990 bushels.
In 18 80 the largest ship of the Octo
ber fleet carried but 63,499 bushels
and in 1870 when Portland was Just
beginning to figure as a grain port,
the largest cargo sent foreign in Octo
ber consisted of 24,580 bushels, while
number of cargoes that year ranged
between 15.000 and 20,000 bushels.
It is not In the remarkable increase
In the size of these cargoes that all
of Portland's growing prestige is re
flected. Very few of the diminutive
carriers of thirty years ago could load
to their full capacity in Portland.
Each season a large portion of their
cargo was lightered down the river to
be placed' aboard -after the ship
reached Astoria. Now monster
freighters like the Scottish Monarch
and the Knight-of the Garter go
through to the sea without lighterage
and without delay.
As Portland improved the channel
to the sea and made It possible for
vessels or Increasing size to reach this
city, there was a corresponding de
crease in freight rates. While In the
days of the 20,000 bushels cargo, as
much as 100 shillings per ton freight
was paid, the Scottish Monarch car
ries her cargo to Europe at SO shil
lings per ton--
KEYNOTE OF GROWTH. .
Butte Grange Patrons of Husbandry
made a showing greatly to its credit
and to -the credit or the surrounding
country at Tlgardvllle. Washington
County, last week. The section rep
resented is one of the oldest agricul
tural settlements of the Willamette
Valley on the "West Side. But like
other sections It .was slow to develop
on account of a restricted market and
almost total lack or transportation
facilities for many years. The wagon
roads in the early days between Port
land, then a pioneer hamlet, ana tne
relatively small cultivated areas or
Washington County the Tualatin
Plains apd beyond were the only
highways, . and these during many
months of many years were almost
Impassable even on horseback.
A writer recalls a stage rtae raneo
between Forest Grove and Portland in
March. 1870. The vehicle was the
mall coach. The thrifty carrier was
glad to Increase his small and dearly
earned pay from Uncle Sam by taking
as many passengers for the trip as
his cramped vehicle could noia ana
his laded team' could pull over the
uneven roads and through the mud.
which at that season of the year was
at It deepest. Starting early, almost
before it was light, from tne fosi-
offlce in Forest Grove, the Journey
was continued without . Intermission
until almost dark, when at last even
Jefferson street canyon, with its ruts
and Jolts and discomfort, was left
behind and the passengers, bruised,
hungry, mud-bespattered and weary,
thankfully dismounted and with wolf
ish appetites set out to hunt some
thing to eat.
This is foreign to the subject intro
duced, yet not wholly so. There were
at that time and for years before as
fine vegetables and as luscious fruits
gro-vm in the district represented at
the Tlgardvllle Fair as any that were
shown last week. "My vegetables are
a sight to behold," said one of the
pioneer farmers or that region in the
long ago. "I have rutabagas as big
as a water pall, pumpkins as big as a
washtub, carrots and parsnips a foot
and a half ana two reet long ana
potatoes, a dozen of which will nil a
Deck measure. But. law me." he
added, "you can't sell your stuff and
it is more trouble to get rid of it
than It is to raise it. The hogs eat
all they can: we chop It up and feed
it to the cattle and live on It and on
the hog meat that it makes the, year j
round, and still tons of it go to
waste."
So the story of generous abundance
and a restricted market ran on for
years and years and yet even then.'
anxious to show each other the
products of their endeavor, the farm
ers of Washington County instituted
and maintained a September Agricul
tural Fair at Hlllsboro for a number
of years and the trophies of their
industries and the bounty of their
lands have not jet entirely passed
from memory. Fruits, grains, fancy
work, vegetables and kitchen products
then, as now, attested the industry,
skill and tireless patience of the
farmer folk. These showed their
products, not in the hope of stimu
lating a market, for there was no
market to stimulate: not in the hope
or attracting settlers because none of
the visitors came from a far section.
The fair was simply an expression
of neighborly spirit, of friendly rival
ry and of a desire to meet friends and
acquaintances in a social way.
These features, happily, the agrl
cultural fairs of the present day re
tain and the Grange fairs especially
emphasize. But added thereto Is the
exultant feeling that comes from the
knowledge of a market at the very
doors of farm houses. For do not
electric lines wind in and out among
these long Isolated farms? And do
not the cars go singing along over the
rails, regardless of heavy rains ana
muddy roads? ,
This is the accompaniment of the
agricultural fair ' of the present day
which the old-time fairs lacked
Rapid transit to and through agricul
tural sections -this is the farmer's
friend and ally; this, to borrow the
words of Hamlin Garland, is a refrain
of "the song that the century sings.
This is the keynote of growth, the
thrill of which is felt throughout the
great Pacific Northwest.
No bad cause was ever made any
better by misrepresentation, and no
good cause was ever seriously dam-
faged by It. The cause of temperance
needs defense .from the attacks of its
friends. The over-enthusiastic re
former who included a number of
oleomargarine shops in her list of
"blind pigs" In this city, no doubt
meant well, but In her desire to show
up Portland in a much worse light
than was warranted by the facts, she
wandered far from the truth, and thus
destroyed any good effect which her
work might have had with people who
do not approve of misrepresentation
Between the saloonkeeper who sells
liquor to minora and drunks and the
temperance worker whose enthusiasm
Induces her or him to substitute mis
representation for facts, the liquor
men and the temperance people get
about an even break in the way of a
handicap.
If it Is through a complicated sys
tem of distribution worked up by in
terested parties that the tax for milk
has become burdensome to consumers,
relief should not be far to seek nor
difficult to attain. The case was
somewhat complicated when, In an
swer to the loud protest against rais
ing again the price of milk, the dairy
men responded that inspectors made
their business so costly by ordering
their cows killed, forcing expensive
improvements about their barns, etc..
that they would either have to charge
more for milk or go out of business.
Sifted down to the matter of simplify
ing the distribution system, ,it Is easy
enough. Los Angeles, it is "said, has
such a system. In this particular, at
least, Portland would do well to fol
low the Los Angeles system. '
The United States forbids the sale
of liquor to Indians on reservations.
It is inexorable in the punishment of
offenders. Nevertheless, liquor is con
stantly sold to Uncle Sam's wards.
Near every reservation there are al
ways low-down white men who barter
the stuff and Indians who have an ap
petite for It. If prohibition does not
prohibit In the case of a primitive peo
ple under guardianship, how can it be
expected to prohibit among a free peo
ple? The "short ballot" movement ought
to receive some Impetus in Oregon
from the appearance of the 13-foot
document which awaits the voter this
Fall. The notion that liberty is rortl
fled by voting for the rat-catcher, the
pound-master and the garbage man
fades slowly, but still It is fading.
Many who yell loudest for liberty can
not distinguish It from humbug.
There are now under care and treat
ment In the Oregon Asylum for the. In
sane 1628 patients, the largest number
in the history of that institution. This
statement is not surprising. It merely
corresponds with the larger number
of people in the state. There is noth
ing to show that the pro rata or insan
ity has increased over that of former
years.
There has not been a county-seat re
moval contest in th's region for years,
but the effort to be made by Kelso to
remove headquarters 'from Kalama will
bring the deficiency to excess in a short
time, once it Is begun.
If Walter Camp, who knows the
game from A to Izzard. cannot inter
pret the new football rules, how are
rank novices to adapt their play to
suit the 1910 regulations?
Helen Gould will spend 860.000 on
a bathing pool in her country home,
but a million could not make It equal
any "or swimmln' hole" in the land
for genuine luxury.
The world owes at least two cur
rent blessings to Russia. One is the
idea or using dynamite bombs in pri
vate and public quarrels. The other
Is cholera.
At one station in Mississippi a
bunch of negroes did not recognize the
Colonel. That was one time he was
not advertising his dentist.
A six-inch geranium bloom Is doing
pretty well for California, but there is
more fragrance in a six-Inch Oregon
onion. '
Is It possible that La Follette who
rejects the Colonel's aid considers
himself a bigger man than T. R.T
Senator Abraham's excuse for non-
attendance at the Salem harmony
meeting could not be better.
One steamship from Alaska at least
has arrived at Seattle with its gold
cargo undisturbed
All these new buildings in their
coats of tile will make Portland a
white city. .
NEIGHBOR'S VIEW OF BOt'R-XE.
Taeoma Editor TainJta He Blundered
ia Bolting Primary Election.
Taeoma Ledger.
A breach between Jay Bowerman.
Republican nominee for Governor, and
Jonathan Bourne. United States Sen
ator, is adding eplce to the Oregon cam
paign. Bowerman has addressed an
open letter to the Senator in which the
record of the latter is attacked in vig
orous style. The first act of hostility
came from Bourne. when he gave out
an interview advising Republican elect
ors to vote against every assembly
nominee. Bowerman was one of the
assembly nominees. Or, rather, he wae
recommended by an assembly of Re
publicans, and his name went before
the voters at the primary election. He
was nominated by a large plurality.
Candidates contesting with him for the
nomination for Governor are now in
line for Bowerman and the rest of the
ticket, but Senator Bourne is fighting
the men who were recommended by an
assembly before the primary election
was held.
It Is the contention of Bowerman
that, having received the nomination at
the primary election, he i entitled to
the support of all Republicans. He de
nounces Bourne's attitude as in the in
terest or the. Democratic candidate ror
Governor and as a part or an alleged
alliance between Bourne, Republican
Senator, and Chamberlain, Democratlo
Senator, for future political control of
the state. The arraignment of Bourne
in the open letter is most severe.
A document like this will surely put
General Apathy to rout in Oregon.
Meantime there is stout demand from
scores or Republicans ror harmony.
This demand is so strong that it looks
very much as ir Bourne made a tactical
blunder when he came out with advice
to Republican electors to scratch the
ticket nominated at the primary elec
tion.
,- BOURNE I3T ROLE OP BOSS.
Instructs Republicans to Vote for
Democratic Candidate for Governor.
Oregon City Enterprise.
Tha VannhlMana nf Hrpfnll have been
taking orders from Jonathan for a long
while, and Mr. Bowerman nas right
fully donned his fighting clothes and
forced Oregon's golf-playing Senator
out into the open.
Bourne knows, as every other man
knows, that he can never again be
elected United States Senator under the
primary law. The Republicans will not
stand for him. If he should obtain a
plurality of the votes in the primary,
there would unquestionably be an inde
pendent Republican candidate in the
field against him.
But with a preferential voting sys
tem, such as is now proposed, it would
be smooth sailing, provided the Legis
lature is willing to enact such a meas
ure and a complacent Governor would
call for a special election. Bowerman
would not accept a substitute for
th. nt-lmaw law hilt OkWrM West
would do whatever George Chamberlain
ordered.
Jonathan cannot go back to the Sen
ate. His record shows that his much-
hea1t frlenriarrin nf tha neOole is
pure "gufr." He is great on proclama
tions, DUt it is eviuenc mat no hm
..ni. anna tnn often. JaV
T)mF,rmfln la tha nnmlnea of th a Re
publican party for Governor, and when
Bourne attempts to Bwii.cn tuo no
publican voters wholesale to the Demo-
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candidate, he has a large round con
tract upon nis nanas.
BOrmNE-CHAMBERLAIJr COMBINE.
Democratic Scheme Can Be Foiled Only
by Union of Republlcana.
St. Helens Mist.
The great evil of the direct primary
law Is the Interference or Democrats
in Republican primaries, and the only
way to put a stop to such work is for
Republicans to stand by the nominees
of their party when they are not per
sonally ' unworthy. If this had been
done when Mr. Cake was nominatea, no
would have been eleoted United States
Senator instead of Jonathan Bourne,
and the motive for further interference
in Republican primaries would have
been removed.
Republican dissensions have been of
great benefit to certain Democrats, but
not to the Democratic party. No voice
Is raised for Democratic principles in
Oregon today, the efforts of the so
called leaders of that party being de
voted to promoting strife among Re
publicans in order that certain Indi
viduals on both sides may remain the
beneficiaries. The personal combina
tion between Jonathan Bourne and
George Chamberlain is too plain to be
denied. Let the Republican party unite
in support of the nominees of the direct
primary, and this combination will lose
Its power.
Land Values Low In Coos.
Myrtle Point Enterprise.
A great many people who come to
this section of the country are Inclined
to find fault with land values because
thev consider them too high. The fact
-that local people buy them at the
price and attain wealth in growing ana
marketing produce raised thereon would
not tend to sustain the contention or
the stranger, and another thing to look
at is that very little of the land Is
offered for sale, even at prices consid
ered not too high. The fact that actual
demonstration has proved that more
can be made off of 16 or 20 acres of
fertile Oregon land than can be se
cured from cultivating 160 acres of land
in the Middle West Is another argument
to prove that land is not held at ficti
tious values. "The proof of the pud
ding is the eating thereof," and the
true test of land values is in . careful
and thorough cultivation.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
New York Press.
A woman is never as proud of her
ankles as a man can be or his beard.
The crazier a man is to get married-
the crazier he will afterward know he
was.
In the next world somebody has got
to answer ror Inventing the piano in
the flat above.
Some people seem . to think the Ten
Commandments are only good resolu
tions specially made to be oroken.
If s awfully easy to think you are good.
when all the- matter with you is you
haven't a chance not to be.
The People Learning Jonathan.
Lebanon Criterion.
The people are beginning to learn
where their Senator, Jonathan Bourne,
stands. They were considerably en
lightened on the subject in an open
letter to Mr. Bourne published this
week in The Oregonlan, and written by
Jay Bowerman, Republican candidate
for Governor. That letter baa been a
tower of strength to Mr. Bowerman and
has made him many votes. The people
are beginning to see things and Mr.
Bowerman in an open, clear-cut man
ner, has assisted them in the matter.
Live Table Talk.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"I hose you will be interested in yon
der gentleman," said the hostess. "I
have assigned tlm to take you out to
dinner."
T shall be. responded the lady ad
dressed. "That gentleman was formerly
my husband, and he's behind with his
alimony.
Specialisation.
Fllegende Blaetter.
Doctor What can I do for you?
Patient I have cut by index finger.
Doctor Very sorry. But I am a spe
olallst on the middle' finger.
MORGAN'S 8100,000 BEDROOM.
Will slees tn Luxurious Chamber In
Million-Dollar House.
New York World.
When J. Pierpont Morgan goes to Cin
cinnati next Tuesday he will have by far
the most valuable bedroom in the Queen
City. He will sleep in the special guest
chamber at Dalvay, the home which the
late Alexander McDowell built at a cost
of 81,000,000 and which has been thrown
open to the greatest of American finan
ciers by his adopted daughters, the
Misses Stallo. These young women re
cently sailed for Europe to be gone for
a year or two, and before tsey went
away they made all arrangenjents for
his reception and entertainment.
The bedroom in which Mr. Morgan will
sleep cost Mr. McDowell more than $100,
000. It is as large as the ordinary flat,
and has genuine Louis XVI furniture
throughout. It Is hung with rose pink
damask , tapestry, and is decorated,
among other costly things, with three
gold cabinets, each filled with antique
jewelry and rare bric-a-brac. Mr. Mor
gan's special servants, who are In Cin
cinnati to prepare for his coming, say the
house will be suited to every convenience
he could wish.
Mr. Morgan will remain in Cincinnati
for three weeks, attending the sessions
of the Episcopal convention, which will
beg.n on Wednesday, He has detailed
six chauffeurs to be ready with their
cars, has sent about two dozen servants
under the guidance of John Frailer,
headwalter at Sherry's restaurant In New
York City, and Miss Kate CI ax ton. the
housekeeper for the same place. Louis
Sherry will come to Cincinnati tomorrow
morning and will have charge of the
dinners to be given at Dalvay for the
bishops of the church by Mr. Morgan.
He will bring with him a complete corps
of servants to take charge of the kitchen
at Dalvay.
When Mr. Morgan comes he will be
accompanied by his special guests,
Bishop Greer, of New York City; Bishop
Lawrence, of Massachusetts: Bishop
Doane, of Albany, N. Y., and a half
dozen prominent Episcopal clergymen
and laymen from other parts of the
country.
He will sit In the house of deputies
and will represent St. George's Church,
of New York City, the largest Eplsoopal
church In this country. It has 5000 mem
bers. He is allied with the low church
members of his denomination and has
attended the last eight triennial conven
tions of the church body.
ARE PARTIES SHIFTING PLACE ST
Is Republican to Be the Radical, Demo
crat, the Conservative T
Boston Globe. .
Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to a
Boston political gathering before he
was regarded as a candidate for Presi
dent, in which he said the situation
then existing reminded him of two men
who fought so furiously that each
fought himself out or his own coat and
into the coat or the other. The party
of Jefferson, Lincoln said, after half a
century had changed coats with Its
opponent, and the latter now wore the
garb of true democracy.
It Is not an uncommon sight to see
parties cross the dividing line and
change sides- Is this spectacle about
to be repeated? As more radical lead
ers are pushed to the front in the Re
publican party by the Insurgent move
ment, the radicals who have led the
Democrats since 1896 seem to be falling
to the rear, and men of a more con
servative type are taking their places.
Judge Baldwin in Connecticut, Wood
row Wilson in New Jersey, and Judson
Harmon in Ohio, each the chosen leader
of the Democracy of his etate, belong
to the Cleveland school. If they win
this Fall, they will contribute the pres
tige of success to their wing of the
party. The long-looked-for and long
overdue realignment of parties may
come In the course of the next two
years. .
"OK" as a Verb.
PORTLAND. Oct. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonlan has been" my
teacher so many years that I Hesitate
to question its authority. However, I
must take issue with it in its answer to
& corresDondent as to the use of X). K.
The Oregonlan considers Its use good
form in business, but declares that "O.
K." can not be used as a verb, there
rore can have no present or past par-
ticlDle.
ir you consent to "O. K." at all you
are compelled to accept it as a vero as
well as a noun. For example:
"Did you 'O. K.' these bills?"
"I 0. K'd' half of them yesterday,
and I am' "O.K'ing the remainder now."
This is not elegant English, but if
trade terms are to be grafted Into
written language (The Oregonlan so
approves) let's use them to the full, not
half way. Lv . J.
Wrote to Stork About It.
New York Herald.
Requesting the delivery of a baby
girl, the following letter addressed to
"The Stork, care of Mr. Snyder, super
intendent. Central Park," reached the
office 'of Park Commissioner Stover
yesterday:
"Dear Mr. Stork: I would like to
have a baby girl, but if you have no
girl please send a baby boy. I have
only one big brother, nd would like
to have a baby to play with."
The epistle written in a childish
hand, was signed "Martha Grants, 9
years old, 451 Fifty-fourth street,
Brooklyn," and there was a postscript.
which read: . .
"Be sure not to bring a baby girl
and boy, too, because it will be too
much for my mamma.
Photographer's Novel Charity.
Boston Herald.
There is a man in New York who has
his own notions about charity, and who
believes there are more ways than one
of brightening the lives of the poor. He
is an amateur photographer. He takes
with him into the East Side a dozen
plates and a hand camera and offers to
make a picture of the family for per
sons who cannot afford to go to a pho
tographer. Two prints is all he ever
gives, one being to keep, the other to
send back to the old folks at home. He
says there are many thousands or these
poor pople who never had a picture
taken In their Uvea The curious part or
it is that when he offers to make them
for nothing they frequently refuse, fear
ing that there is some trap or scheme
In it.
Weodrow Wilson as a Campaigner.
New York Times.
With the ease and good-fellowship
of a veteran stump speaker. Dr. Wood
row Wilson got into instant touch with
the 4700 persons who listened to him.
His genial sense of humor and his keen
wit put them in good humor, and with
forceful oratory held his audience to
attention and drove his arguments
home. After the meeting the audi
ence filed out of the hall making ex
clamations like this:
"Gee, he's a wonder."
"Didn't he get to them quick T'
AH the Rage,
Puck.
The Farmer But. great gosh. Sua an!
What could you do to earn a llvin' If
ye went to New York?
His Daughter Why, I .could write
my experiences for some magazine,
couldn't I?
Impossible Partnership.
Galveston News.
Nothing is more absurd than the pre
diction that Colonel Roosevelt and Mr.
Bryan will form an alliance. Even In a
political firm there ought to be at least
one silent partner.
Life's Sunny Side
When Miss Jennie Lee was on tour
with the dramatized version of "Bleak
House," she met with an amusing ex
perience. One night she was in the
midst of the long and harrowing death
scene of poor Jo. The stage was dark
ened and the limelight illuminated the
pale features of the death-stricken boy.
People were sobbing all over the house.
Suddenly, to her consternation. Miss Lee
heard the limelight man addressing her
in a brawny Scotch whisper, audible to
half the house.
"Dee quick. Miss Lee dee quick!"
he roared softly. "The limelight gaen
out!"
She did die "quick." but It was for
the purpose of making a speech to that
limelight man, whlcli he said he would
never forget. Detroit Free Press,
a a a
"Did you succeed in selling old Nye
a lot In the new cemetery?" one of the
Summer residents asked a native of
Harborville.
"No, I didn't," said the man, with an
expression 'reminiscent of both amuse
ment and scorn. "He said he was afraid
he'd never get the full value of suoh an
Investment."
"I can't see how he could help get- ,
ting it," said the Summer resident. "We
all have to die some time."
"I know," said the native, "and I re
minded him of that fact, but he told me
he never could lay his plana from
month to month, and now two of his
nephews own yachts, he thought more' n
likely he should be lost at sea."
Youths' Companion.
a a a
Michael Butler, one of Unole 6am's
trusties, who carries mall to the Jack
les at the Philadelphia Navy-Yard, and
over Gray's ferry road to the Naval
home, had this Joke the other day for
a party of friends. It's a -story about
the definition of the word miracle.
"Mike said to Pat, 'Can you tell mo
the definition of the word miracle?"
' 'Sure,' said Pat, with a grin.
" 'Well, will you tell me? queried
Mike.
" TU do that, replied Pat. 'Now,
Just torn around.'
"Mike did as he was told, and Pat
booted him hard.
"Mike straightened up In anger.
" 'Did you feel thatr asked Pat, with
a chuckle.
"You bet your life I did,' Mike re
plied. "Well, if you hadn't felt It. it would
have been a miracle,' " Philadelphia
Times.
a a a
General Frederick D. Grant, at. Pine
Camp, N. Y., said of camp cookery:
"Soldiers in camp have a right to ex
pect nourishing and palatable rood.
They mustn't expect, however, French
'plats.' They mustn't be overparticular,
like the man at the quick lunch coun
ter. '"Give me,' said this man. two new-'
laid, brown-shelled eggs, fried on one
side and mounted on a grilled slice of
Virginia peach-fed ham be sure it is
peach fed, mind you.'
"The waiter roared down the speak
lng tube:
"Two new-laid, brown-shelled eggs,
fried on fried on
"Then he turned to the man again.
" 'Excuse me, sir,' he said, but which
side will you have them fried on,
please? " Philadelphia Bulletin.
Tipping In This Country.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. '
There is nothing new about the tlpless
ness of a hotel In London, though its
success, if It is successful, la a genuine
novelty. Years ago the Palmer House
in Chicago, of which the late Potter
Palmer was proprietor, announced that its
employes would not be permitted to re
ceive tips. Palmer vaa a multi-million
aire and could afford, if he had the back-'
bone and disposition, to put up a big
fight against the tip nuisance. But it
was all in vain. The guests of the hotel
seemed to take pleasure in defying the
rule, and the employes clandestinely ac
cepted all that was offered them. So the
scheme was abandoned. The tip evil is
chiefly kept alive by the public It has
invaded American life with a virulence
exceeding the carefully-regulated prac
tice in Europe. Americans are the worst
tippers in the world. The worst offend
ers are commercial travelers and the
new rich.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.
Ifs folly to be good unless you are
good for something.
It's an insult, to beg a girl's pardon
after kissing her.
The man who is entirely satisfied with
himself Is a freak.
When the world laughs at a fool he
imagines It is laughing with him.
The calmness of a man is frequently
the cause of a woman's storm.
There are times when we should be
thankful if we fail to get Justice.
If a young man has no family tree ifs
up to him to branch out for himself.
Self-esteem is a brand of yeast that
enables a man to rise in his own estlma-
tion. .
Did you ever hear a woman boasting
of how little It cost her to have her last
year's hat remodeled?
Enjoyable Occasion. - -Washington
Star.
"Was your chafing-dish party a suc
cess?" "Great. We spoiled all the food early
in the evening and then went to a reg
ular restaurant."
' . . i
Rare Caae.
Washington Herald.
'"He takes a cold bath every morning;
a very remarkable man."
"Plenty of men do that."
"But I knew him for five years be
fore he ever mentioned the fact."
New Aliment.
Washington Post.
Perhaps the country now is suffering
more from undigested statesmanship
than It did from undigested securities
some time ago.
Faith In Grandmother.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Somehow we are unable to have much
faith in a grandmother who insists on
wearing French heels and two pounds
of purchased hair.
Elektra.
New York Times.
Th baas fiddles groan and the larsa trom
bone Gives a bellowing- yowl of pain.
While the deep baiioon frunta a sordid tana
And the lutea make wind and rain.
The flageolat aqueaka and the piccolo shriek
And tha toasa drum bump to tha fray.
While the lone aaxaphono with a hideous
sroaa
Joins the cacophononi lay.
It-s a deep blood lust and we're taught wo
nut
Oulp it down and pronounce It grana.
And torget the lore when Trovatore
-was sweat to understand.
Ah, those dear old airs, it now appears.
w ere not to " -j '
we mnat ahake with fear through a great
nightmare
And awake with a terrible start.
O, the nameless dance and tha hideon
trance
And the strange, strange noise and tha mur-
And tha fun of a far-flung ain.
No more, no more; it waa fun galora
While wa pmngea uiraugn iaa rokuns
waeda.
Bat the time has come to be going home
TO tha fine Ola musics-, creeua.