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rLrsH or one. iox of the other.
Will th Kast Oregon Ian (new
paper), at Pendleton, which Is deeply
anguished In spirit over the possible
triumph of "aasemblylam" In the
election of Mr. Bowerman for Gov
ernor, let its readers know -what dls-
tlnctlon is. or was, to be ma.de be
tween the attitude of Mr. Bowerman
toward the assembly and of Mr. Ell!
(for Conrrf) toward the same
dreadful bogy?
Mr. Bowerman u nominated by
tho same assembly (or by the dele
rates of the Second Congressional
District) that nominated Mr. Kills.
Both accepted. The address of Mr.
Kills, particularly In accepting the
assembly recommendation. wi
glowing and grateful affair. Mr.
Bowerman succeeded. Mr. Kills
failed, though he had th ardent and
unqualified support of tho East
Oregonlan.
What had th defeat of Mr. Kills
to do with th Pendleton paper's
present pained physiognomy when It
discusses the assembly? Is It pos
sible that th nomination of Pendle
ton's favorite son might not have
changed for Its newspaper th entlra
map of tho political world? would
Ellis. If nominated, have been an
iHtrrKEsr tir.ws or rooevto.t.
Perhaps the New York World Is
not quit so badly frightened at Mr.
r.oosevelt's "Caesarijtm" as Its panic
stricken editorials Imply. It has a
grievance asaln.tt the Colonel and
loses no opportunity to toll how dan- I assembly candidate or direct prl
Kerous and wicked h Is. This Is mary candidate? If th former, how
pardonable, for newspapers are vary uld virtuous and highly conais-
human In their like, and dlaUkea, but !nJ'et" p! JHi
. , Eiils as an assembly candidate and
a -S - a A a I a a ara h a V. aa-als-Kt a r
it oetraci. in... ... r.,.. . h4Ve opposed Bowerman?
th worlds opinions on Mr. noose- i Cr ,f the lttcr. how could it In
velt.and Ms doings. A tragic spci- f ennscione have had th nerv to say
men of what shattered work bins can I that Ellis could be th people's
mak cf a writer's Intelligent1 may
b seen in the World's comments on
th Saratoga platform. According to
lh Outlook, which ought to know.
Mr. Roosevelt did not like this plat
form at all because It was not half
choice through the direct primary
and Bowerman could not be?
The matter Is of course not Im
portant, but It la Interesting as
throwing light on th motives and
doings of the so-called "Independent'
press. Th "assembly" Issue Is to be
radical enough to suit him. but our I kept alive and to be made paramount
metropolitan contemporary finds In
it all the frightful heresies which It
has mad Itself believe Roosevelt
stands for. In th eye of the World
the orthodox Saratoga platform was
far more-radical than La Follrtte's
flaming pronouncement (which quick
ly followed it. At least w gather as
much from our contemporary's com
ments. For example, th world finds In th
dovelike cootngs of the
against thos candidates only whom
I thos disinterested non-partisans are
profoundly anxious to defeat
THEIR CAKEFVL TROtiRAMME.
Th only way to beat the assembly
gam is to beat Bowerman." is the
slogan of the Boume-Chnmberlatn
West machine. In other words, th
only way to beat th Bowerman gam
Is to clay th Bourne-Chamberlain
.r""" West game. If we swallow Bourne
again and Chamberlain again and
West ajraln. and don't choke, the peo
ple will have no arpctlto for Bower
man. Naturally.
Th public understands the Issue
perfectly. It Is the life or death of
th hybrid near-Republlcan-DemO'
rratie machine, otherwise th Bourn
& Chamberlain partnership. First th
election of West; second, th re-election
of Bourne; third, the re-election
of Chamberlain. These are the pro
gressive steps la a carefully designed
programme. Can It be carried out?
It cannot be unless West shall b
elected.
statesmen the New Socialism. Roose
velt's candidacy in 11I. a terrific
panic, the downfall of th Supreme
Court, and. to cap the awful climax,
"it accepts his socialistic dictatorship
and makes itself the tool of his so
cialistic revolution." The World's
capacity to see nightmares In Terr
Innocent platitudes reminds us of the
late Dr. Driver's ability to Interpret
marvels Into th Scriptures. This
text in Job. for Instance. "Wilt thou
play with him as a bird?" according
to the good old doctor contains an
unmistakable prophecy of the navi
gation of the air.
It is amusing to observe how dlf
ferantlr the same thlnr affects dlffer-
tnr. mlnrla T Kr.t Tl.tfrm ft" SrlCJOl'g BASEBALL.
whlr-h seems to hav scared th Uttl doe It matter-to th millions
World Into fits, almost, cost Mr. of bball admirers whether Napo
Rooseveit many followers In th ,eon Jole or Tyrus Cobb leads th
Wet if th accounts are true. A American league in batting. Each Is
correspondent cf th Evening Post a top-noicher. One or the other is
found that it had decidedly chilled "titled to ail the honor of his sea
hls followers in Ohio, while some n' achievement, whether his place
Iowa radicals are reported to have nr"t or second. Both also are en
said that they began their movement l"el to th glory which, when you
without any help from Roosevelt and on to think of It. is no small mat
could finish It without him. His ttr- nation's hero, even when his
fondness fpr insurgency In th West me rests on swatting th ball is
and regularity in the East seems to never a negligible personage,
have displeased ardent spirits here Bu' won't give our honors if
and there. It has been suggested ws suspect crookedness. Suspicion
even that th Saratoga platform Ba been aroused over th genuine
marks th beginning of the end of the nPS of La Jole's final performance at
Roosevelt mania. Tim
nether-it does or not.
will . teU
REGARIr0 DOCK BATCH.
Vigorous competition among private
dock-owners alone; the Portland
waterfront gives shippers and import
ers cheaper wharfage and storage
than Is charged at ports where public
docks provide soft Jobs for politicians.
In an attempt to cloud the Issue,
th energetic boosters for public
cocks in Portland hav had much to
th bat. His average was too large;
It was unprecedented. Experts har
bor belief that there was collusion
between the batter and opposing
pitchers and fielders. Additional to
the honor, the prize of an automobile
was at stake. Temptation was very
strong; therefore suspicion Is natural.
Doubt concerning a player's Integrity
is fatal to him; It Is fatal also to the
great game.
Considering how highly commer
cialized our National gam has be
come. It U remarkable, to say the
His record as Governor of New York
Is on of recent reckoning. At the
State Fair at Syracuse on September
14 he bade farewell, politically to the
people of New York and last Monday
he took the oath of office as associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
A young man still, as age is now
reckoned. Justice Hughes has entered
upon what will doubtless prove an
honorable career In Jurisprudence,
and. if the hopes of the Nation are
fulfilled, one of great length of years.
The vigor and decision of a relatively
young man in the highest tribunal of
the Nation is manifestly needed, since
upon Its docket awaiting august de
cision there Is the largest number of
cases In Its history.
TUB EXDLESS RATE CASE.
Walla Walla Jobbers, who filed a
complaint with the Washington Rail
road Commission protesting against
the more favorable distributing rates
enjoyed by Spokane, have been noti
fied by the State Commission to file
as intervenors In the Tacoma-Seattle
rate hearing now pending before the
Interstate Commerce Commission. If
the rates granted Spokane were fair
and equitable. It would seem reason
able to assume that Walla Walla
also Is entitled to a similar conces
sion.
The appearancoof Walla Walla In
case which Is already so intricate
that It la baffling the skill of the best
rata experts and the best lawyers In
the country. Is not unexpected. When
Spokane, regardless of the favoritism
of the railroads In giving her mer
chants a protected tone In which
competition by other cities was 1m
possible, filed the original complaint
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, there was set in motion a
force that "to still moving and that
has brought about changes In rate
schedules from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The ultimate result is more
In doubt than It has ever been.
Walla Walla, by the Harriman
lines. Is about 200 miles nearer the
Eastern markets than Spokane and
djacent territory. It la also 200
mllos nearer tidewater than Spokane
and Is entitled to a lower ocean and
rail rate than the city by the falls.
Spokane will hardly agree to such
concessions, however, and there will
be great changes on th distributive
schedules before the great problem is
permanently settled. Meanwhile
Portland is Importing goods in In
creasing quantities by the water route.
which has a regular schedule of rates
that is 60 to TS per cent of the rail
rates.
much of th intellectual charm one
finds In architecture and picture gal
leries without the discomforts of
hotels and trains. The serenity, the
constant appeals to the intelligence,
the regularity and easy unworldliness
of the college atmosphere must ap
pear extremely agreeable to a great
many women of years and leisure.
Perhaps It Is only fashion which pre
vents their Invading the universities
in multitudes. Some writers on soci
ology have wondered whether sooner
or later it would not occur to one
of our millionaire philanthropists to
endow a college which. like the
Sorbonne and its allied institutions
In Paris, should abolish entrance re
quirements and open its lectureships
to people of all ages and social
classes. The experiment is well
worth trying.
"I know of no place in the United
States that is more favored In a cli
matic way for the raising of poultry
than the Rogue River Valley," says
professor Dryden, of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, In a letter to the
Medford Commercial Club. If this
suggestion will be acted on and poultry-raising
be taken up with the same
enthusiasm and care that have pro
duced such wonderful results in the
fruit line. Oregon will be a distinct
gainer by the change. Not only Is it
impossible for the home demand for
eggs and poultry to be supplied by
Oregon poultrymen at present, but the
price is so high that the consump
tion Is heavily curtailed. If Oregon
people can sell eggs and poultry the
year round at the prices which thep
are now obliged to pay for inferior
Eastern stock, there would be a good
profit In the business.
KILLING DIRECT PRIMARY LAW.
Tbis la What Senator Bourne and Bis
Aaalataats Are Dolus.
PORTLAND. Oct. 9. (To the Editor.)
The very absurdity of the Idea that "as
semblylsm" is the real issue has an
amusing aspect. After the people at
the polls passed on the assembly ques
tion as to whether it should be a bar
against the preference of Mr. Bowerman,
and decided that it was no valid ob
jection to him. it ceased to be. a sub
ject of the slightest Importance to every
man in Oregon who is a friend to the
direct primary law.
If the people are not to choose their
candidates direct, who is to do it for
them? Is that duty delegated to any one
who refuses to be bound by the expres
sion of the people? The fact that Mr.
Bowerman was indorsed by the assem
bly was exploited with unceasing indus
try for fully two months before the
primary election was held, snd the men
ace to good government, ss well as to
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r.r. .r "l of the way. There are "Joints
ested public, with the result that a large out number in Oklahoma City, for ln
plurallty of the Republican voters of c; wthere l0kT .w m rh
I. r . .. . .... I nlnrari fla fir ua a hlork IWIV from the
place, and arranged in tiers, as it were.
cloae to the entrance
HOW DRY ISN'T DRY IX OKLAHOMA
Easy Evasions of Law We May Expect
If Prohibition Carries la Orecon.
J. L. Martin in Harper's.
When a "Joint" is raided in Okla
homa, the distress signal is hurried
to the source of supply by a "wire
less" system known only to the whole
saler and the "Joint" keeper, and before
the confiscated liquor has been deliv
ered at headquarters, or has been de
stroyed in the streets of the town, a
fresh supply is hurried to the "Joint"
from the secret storehouse of the
wholesaler, who is enabled, under "the
beat prohibition law ever written," to
reap a rich harvest, without paying a
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
William O'Connor recently returned
from Michigan, and he brought home
the story of an Indian squaw who
was anxious to have a "Merry v mow
hat.
Petoskey furnishes a thousand things
in its Summer shops, whore many vis
itors to the place are purchasers. The
Indians are taken with what is shown.
and this particular squaw had seen
the hats. The day hor chief was to go
to Petoskey she gave him instruc
tions to bring her a hat of this name.
Wh-n tho r-htpf reached the milliner's
penny revenue into the city or state I piace 0f business, the idea was still In
treasury, though the courts are made hls mjni, but the name of the hat was
to B-rlnd for his clientele, uaewise
without cost to them.
The Oklahoma "bootleggger" does
not enter the business in a bapnazara
manner. If he happens to be the keep
er of a "Joint" of any pretensions he
has his guards on duty at every step
witn-
Amonr the devils of rapid transit
th arch-fiend Is the motorcycle
when bestrode by an ' irresponsible
speeder. Corresponding in self-assess
mcnt with the river pilot who claims
the waters of the earth as his very
own, the motorcyclist bowls along
braying harsh discordance on the air,
leaving a blue, malodorous streak be
hind him and driving affrighted pe
destrians before the earth. In his
own estimation, all his own. If any
presumptuous creature who Is still so
lowly of ambition as to be content
to use his own natural powers of loco
motion in covering the distance be
tween his home and his work, gets in
the way of this petty lord of speedy
traction so much the worse for- him.
SECRETARY MEYER'S VISIT.
Ther have been many Improve
ments and many different systems of
wireless telegraphy since Marconi won
for himself lasting fame as the orig
inal Inventor of a system for sending
messages without wires. But until
It Is encouraging to observe the In- I the end of time, Marconi's name will
creasing Interest shown In th Paciflo lead all the rest as a benefactor of
Coast country by leading Government the human race in this particular
officials. President Taft, In the days field of endeavor. For that reason
of the Roosevelt administration, made the public will be pleased to note that
frequont "scouting" trips around the jn far-off Argentina Mr. Marconi has
country, in fact around the world, iUst succeeded in receiving at a hew
for the purpose of securing first-hand
knowledge regarding matters in which
the Government was directly Interest
ed. This policy has been continued
on a more generous scale by th mem
bers of the Taft Cabinet and even by I the world.
th President himself. To It we owe
the presence In Portland today of Sec
rotary of the Navy Meyer. The Secre
tary will find on the Coast a strong.
sentiment to th effect that this por
tion of th Far west has been neg
lected In many ways, and a personal
Investigation may suggest to - him
means by which th situation could
be Improved.
high-power station a message from
Ireland, 6S0O miles away. This breaks
all previous records for long distance
transmission and suggests the belief
that wireless may yet be flashed round
"WrJtman County, Washington, has
three murder cases at the present
term of the Superior Court, all direct
ly traceable to bad whisky. One of
th murderers killed his man because
he was reprimanded by the victim's
father for giving liquor to a boy. An
other killed his brother-in-law in a
drunken row, and the third man is on
the state decided under the direct pri
mary law that they preferred Mr. Bow
erman with his assembly handicap to
either of his competitors without it.
From this it appears that the "real
issue" now is not the assembly idea, but
whether the direct primary law Itself is
to be "scuttled" by a coterie of aspir
ing individuals who spurn the decision
of the people and promise to Incorporate
themselves into a bunch of bosses whose
cardinal principle appears to be the dec
laration that the people "haven't sense
enough to select their own
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.ino necessity jur more oaiuesnijjs fn villlne- a man in a fiirht in A
on th Pacific station Is ao plain that ,nnn. Tn. r.anK of temner-
lerapung u to "maio . our ftnce w,n De materially aided in Col-
preseni unproicctea sxat. a personal fax b thes0 three trlals; but tne ,es.
investigation by Secretary Meyer may aon m not need)d by th6 siUoon
iw iguQwva uy rvuunirncuutvuuni oi
say about wharfage charge in Sa .v - v I y,. .
Francisco. We are informed by them ''"'' thiJ" .h" b'cn kept
that the wharf a r charge In 6in ," " T . 7 "".''"""'
Francisco Is . cents per ton. while in N?Wht!r l "fZ.01'"1 t0T
Portland from 25 cenu to $5 cents per !"Ut': Ab"1 ,thlrt: Jea"
tea la charred. Rut th. k.,h, .i!! bookmakers (In thos day. they .were
and regulation. i, k- r,-. I CRlld pool-sellers) got Into a com
e Q..t- t I blnatlon with a six-club league.
learned In advance which three teams
f Stat Harbor Commissioners for
raflfnralm at.r. ..r-Hnitiw v. . . m
chaadls must be removed from the 7?"ld .Wln ac,iUr,m many
wharf before S o'clock P. M. on the '
cay fo lowing th on on which it wo. "V" --"cii me
wy ironi me
games, and owners lost heavily. Since
placed thereon." although a proviso
to this rule 83 gives the wharfinger
permission to allow merchandise to
remain ther longer at a toll of S
cents per ton for every forty-eight
fcours.
Grain. Sour, millstuffs, etc.. must
pay th same rates as merchandise
except on sections 1 and 2 of the sea
wall, where It can remain fre of
charge for three day, but must pay a
toll of S cenu per ton for th next ten
days: for each additional day after
th ten days th wharfage charge Is
a cents per ton. At these rates It will
then if dishonesty was practiced. It
was carefully concealed.
The season Just closed In the big
leagues and drawing to a close on
tho Pacific Coast, has been success
ful beyond all precedent, and it is
a matter of regret that a cloud rests
now upon a contest which, though In
dividual, Involves the integrity of
members of two noted clubs. Fair
play's the thing: without it profes
sional baseball will die. And It will
be a sudden death. The American
coat SO cenu to 0 cenu rer ton r,er P" P t money ror
nifiih fn m-hoWo..- i .. . , I lakes.
Ban Francisco, whll In Portland th
maximum charge is SO cenu for sixty I JrSTICE CHARLES E. HtGHES.
Jays and 2i cents to SS cenu for Governor Hughes has been safely
thirty day, with much lower rates I and honorably sidetracked by poIIU-
' wner special arrangements are made clans or stat and National ambition.
; for larg shipments. In th dockage WTiether he has lost In political
i charge Portland has an Immense ad- achievement by this move can only be,
Vantage oves San Francisco. . a matter of conjecture. What he has
Rule SI of th California Board of gained la apparent, since his accept-
Jlarbor Commissioners provides that ance of the proffer of President Taft
for a day of twenty-four hours or any to a place on the Supreme Bench in-
tart -thereof th charges shall be: sures to him. while he lives, a life
"For all ocean -mals. steam or sail, of honor, dignity and position high
and all sail vessels, steamboats and above the wind of such commotion as
barges navigating th Bay of San blows in fierce and fitful gusu across
Francisco, the rivers and other water the ever-open field of American poll-
florin into It. of 200 net registered tics.
ton or under. 2 cenu per ton; for A clear-sighted, honest and ener-
all such vessels of over 200 net regis- getlc Interpreter of the people's laws;
tered tons. It for the first 200 tons a man who scorns technicality when
and three-quarters of a cent for each urged to delay Justice and defeat the
additional ton." To " Illustrate: The popular will; on whom unreasoning
British steamship Knight of the Gar- clamor has never deterred from the
ter. now loading In Portland, would performance of duty as he saw an
pay on her 4JS5 tons net register interpreted It. the country may well
xjt.ix cents per cay dockage charges. I congratulate itself upon the accession
while la Portland th rat is but 110 to th -Supremo Bench of Charles
Krrans Hughes
per oay-
Th necasalty of the higher rate
la San Francisco can be understood
when w consider th army of state
Justice Hughe wa born In 1SJ2. In
th stress of war. and U a native son
of New TorK. WlUUn that state his
value to th Pacific Coast. Th great
handicap under which the- Pacific
Coast has always suffered is lgnor
ance of th people of the Kast regard-
ng this region and 1U possibilities.
The various fairs held on this Coast
have proved effective in removing this,
prejudice against a region In which
there are great possibilities, both po
men, for it is in the small city or town
that the business is conducted with
the least possible regard for decency.
With all our scientific progress we
have not yet solved the problem of
preventing forest fires. They are
fully as destructive to property as
they ever were and to life they grow
tnnatanllv WIAPA fiBlflhlMlv lt T1 f
lltlcal and economic, but ther is still roaaoa tor thl8 of course. Is the in
plenty of room for Improvement. PPPIin- nooulatlon of the forested
Secretary Meyer Is not a stranger to ,,. .,., there are more neo-
the Coast, but this Is his first visit
since he has been especially interested
In National defense. With his expert
ence and knowledge of conditions on
tlus unprotected borderland now Invit
ing Invasion from the Far East. Sec
retary Moyer U well qualified to un
derstand "what Is needed here; his
recommendations would undoubtedly
carry great weight in Washington.
The more that la known about the
Pacific Coaot the less difficult it be
comes to secur that to which w are
entitled
pie In the way of
perish.
the fire more
It was to squelch Just such' an offen
sive attitude of bosslsm as this that the
direct primary law was enacted by the
people.
But Senator Bourne's excuse for flout'
Ing the direct primary law and the popu
lar expression of the people under what
He calls "Oregon s popular plan of gov
ernment" is unique and fundamental. He
Justifies his advice to Ignore the voice
of the people under the primary law
and his assumption that his Judgment is
superior to that of a large plurality of
the Republicans of the state, by saying
that, although Mr. Bowerman is the
choice of the voters of bis party under
the primary law, nevertheless the popu
lar expression should be set aside be
cause his nomination "originated in the
assembly.
But suppose It did. The people all
knew that fact ss well as Senator Bourne
did, and decided to nominate htm any
way. Is Senator Bourne above the peo
ple and the direct primary whose func
tion It is to furnish a vehicle with which
to voice their wishes? In this presump
tion on the part of the Senator that he
knows better what is best for the people
than they themselves do as expressed
under the law which lies at the founda
tion of the "Oregon plan," he plainly
assumes to know more about "popular
rights" and what Is best for the average
man than that benighted individual him
self does.
And If this isn't bosslsm in its most
flagrant form, where will you go to dis
cover It?
Mr. Bowerman's nomination "originated
in the assembly" perhaps, but where did
Senator Bourne's originate, or Mr. Ho
fer's aspiration, or Mr. Dimick's? No
man's nomination originates in the elec
tion booths, and it is not a matter of
special interest to the voters whether
the first announcement of a candidate's
nam was made by a gathering of a
thousand men from various parts of the
state, making an open declaration of it,
or whether it originated In the man's
own mind that he would like to have a
certain public position and begins to
push his own ambition with whatever
means he has at hand.
Hence, the question of "assemblylsm'
originated by the people under "the
Oregon plan" at the polls on the occasion
of the primary election. They decided
that it is not a matter of vital ..nport-
ance whether a candidate is first boosted
by a gathering of a thousand of his
fellow citizens or by his own "lonesome'
in an hour of deep meditation and ad
miring contemplation of his various
qualifications for the exacting duties of
a public servant. There are ways of
originating candidacies and then there
are other ways, none of which Is of
serious consequence under our primary
law, where all the voters have unre
stricted opportunity to pass Judgment
without regard to what has gone before.
To still harp on "assemblylsm" is the
When an officer presents an appear
ance, or if a "suspicious" character
heaves into sight, the "lookout" gets
busy. By a simple system of pre-arranged
signals the approach of the
enemy is announced at the joint long
before his shadow casts itseir beiore.
A gallant tip of the hat to an Imag
inary acquaintance, the lifting of a
ftna-Ar. the Tftvlnr nf a bit of Daoer
tr n T nn ' - - a - -
these are but a few of the signals
successfully employed by the "look
outs" of every well-regulated "joint
in Oklahoma City. By means of these
signals an officer Is many times saved
the trouble of a raid. The Jolntkeeper
gone. He struggled ror awnue ana iin
ally came out with a request for "She
glad he dead" hat. Indianapolis News,
a a a
Two Scotch fishermen, James and
Sandy, belated and befogged on a rongh
water, were in some trepidation lest
they should never get ashore. At last
Jamie said:
"Sandy. I'm fearing, and I think you'd
better put up a bit of prayer."
"I don't know how, said bandy.
"If ye don-'t I'll chuck ye overboard,"
said Jamie.
Sandy began: "Oh, Lord. I never
asked anything of Ye for 15 years, and
If Ye'U only get us safe back, I'll
never trouble Ye again, and "
"Whist. Sandy." said Jamie. "The
boat's touched shore; don't be be
holden to anybody." Short Stories,
a a
Dr. XV. B. Church, who formerly held
the chair of surgery in the Eclectlo
Medical College, tells this good one on
himself:
"There was a tailor, a friend of mine.
who once made me a suit. Through
destroys his stook when the danger some oversight or bit of carlesssness
signals point to certain trouble ahead.
A push-button Is arranged in many
cases, so that when the distress sig
nal continues to come "idown tho line"
the "lookout" nearest the throne can
give the "hurry up" signal, which
means destruction to the stock of the
"joint." The signals prevent the pos
sibility of an arrest, and, even though
the stock Is lost or confiscated, it may
be quickly replenished, and the cost
Is but a drop In the bucket to what
the license would be for the conducting
of a legitimate business.
on the part of an assistant, the coat
was much too small. I promptly took
it back and he made me another.
"Some months later my tailor and I
met at an old mutual friend's funeral.
The tailor was under the impression
that the deceased had been a patient
of mine.
" 'Well, Doc' said he, 'you're a hang
sight luckier than I am.'
" "How's that?' I asTced.
" Well, it's a cinch they can't return
any poor work of yours.' "Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
WANTS PART CLACKAMAS ANNEXED
New Resident Who Asks for Informa
tion on the Subject.
PORTLAND, Oct. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonlan advises us not to
vote on any measure next month un
less we .know its merits. Now, as to
the annexation of part of Clackamas
County. Where are we going to get
information except from The Ore
gonian?
Though I am a comparative stranger,
I want to vote for annexation of part
of Clackamas County. My son-in-law
lives in that county: and yet he is
three miles nearer my home than is
Rose City Park. Will you please give I Magazine-
one reason wny AiuwauKie snouia nut
be a part of Portland? QO a step
farther: Why not the strip south of
Johnson b Creek?
I am not statesman enough to ex
plain why adjacent suburbs and cities
eaoh benefit by getting under one
municipal government, but somehow or
other they do benefit. One municipal
lty of 300,000 people makes a finer
city In every way than a city of, say,
200.000 with 100,000 population in its
suburbs. For a splendid illustration
note Cincinnati falling away behind
Cleveland. Cincinnati did not annex;
Cleveland did. Each city with suburbs
is approximately the same size.
Like a majority or residents, I am
in favor of a Greater Portland, there
fore I want to annex a slice of
Clackamas County I mean our imme
diate neighbors and then take them
into the city.
Let us have from The Oregonian all
the facts, including a map or maps.
Then we can vote intelligently.
JAMES Z. JOHNSON.
A little girl returned from services
at a fashionable church with a thought
ful brow.
"Mamma," she began, doubtfully, "do
all angels dress Just alike, in white
robes?"
"Why, certainly, dear," the mother
assured her.
"And just any kind of persons can
be angels?"
"If they have been very good."
"Laundresses and cooks and maids?"
"Of course, sweeetheart. Why do you
ask?"
"Well," the little girl commented
slowly, "I certainly would like to know
how the Lord is going to tell that we
belong In the best society!" Harper's
TIMBER-MAN'S CLCB FOR PORTLAND
Formation of Such Organization Pro
posed, for Timber Protection.
PORTLAND, Oct. 1L (To the Editor.)
T havA ftflmnari In rhm wnnrflnnrta et
veriest, dohh. ana especially is una true Columbia County 21 Summers of the
oi every man u preaumea iu uu iu na-t 53 year. ana. whlle I am a timber
any sense a believer in or supporter of
the primary "law.
The question now in this campaign is
whether the primary law fs to be trod
den under foot and the expression of
the Republicans of Oregon under Its pro
visions that Mi. Bowerman is their choice
for Governor, to be Ignored. When the
Republicans themselves, after a spirited
Equinoctial Storm Delusion.
Boston Transcript.
That the moon exerU an influence upon
the tides has been demonstrated, and
science has declared the reason for It.
but that the sun when passing southward
mobilizes the winds and marshals the
clouds for angry demonstration is one
of the doluslons that has thus far re
sisted all assaulU. One authority Says:
"The equinoctial storm Is simply a name
given to the heaviest storm that happens
to occur within a few weeks of the date
of the equinox." Sometimes it does not
come until October, and the believers
in it say that it has been delayed, as
though the sun occasionally failed to
get through Its operations on schedule
time. Sometimes it occurs in early Sep
tember or late August, and then it is
described as ahead of time.
As a matter of fact, there have not
been in two hundred years more than a
dozen storms in close connection with
the equinox. As many as that could
have been connected with any other ar
bitrary date at this season of the year.
The beginning of the stormy season over
the north Atlantic is due in August and
its period of continuance is into March
or April.
Votinar a Privilege, Not a Right.
Rochester Herald.
A good many people entertain the
notion that voting is an inherent right
Instead of a privilege conferred by laws
made by men, just as the owning of
property is, and the -power to dispose
No doubt the ten lashes which
Herbert Hallowell is to receive will
do him more good than his ten
years' Imprisonment. His crime was
one which it Is extremely difficult to
forgive and the Canadian law seems
to have hit upon a suitable penalty
for it. The only possible criticism
would be that Hallowell is. to receive
too much imprisonment and too fow
lashes.
'The Modern City" is a topic for
the study club of the Sellwood branch
library. A very good typo of the sub
ton to see an adult woman pursuing Ject in hand can be found within
her studies there, but that is only be- I these boundaries: MiVwaukie, Co-
cause the sight is new to them. When I lumbla Slough, Mount Tabor and
they get a Utile used to It the oddity Willamette Heights.
will disappear and they will no doubt
WOMEK IN COLIJ9CK.
It rooks odd to the faculty and stu
denu at the University of Washing-
Portland's latest amusement proj
ect is a theater to be devoted to bur
lesque. For the Initial attraction, a
hit could be made with Bourne as an
unselfish friend of tho plain people.
perceive that Mrs. door's presence is
fully as appropriate as her son's In
th college classes. In the medieval
universities there were studenU of all
ages, mature men perhaps predom
inating. John Hopkins, in 1U early
period at least, had a great many stu- I Every time a "J'lner" hears of a
denu well along in life, though of suit for damages during Initiation, he
course they were men. Very few smiles and pats himself on the chest
as a brave man. It seems that only
thos who sue are ever injured.
women attended that famous seat of
learning and they were not too warm
ly welcomed. Th late Professor
Rowland, Inventor of th renowned
Rowland grating" for analyzing
light, used to say that he "could not
see why respectable women should
want to hang around men's colleges."
When Bishop Vincent invented the
Chautauqua, idea he revived the me
dieval plan of uniting people of all
ages In th same courses of study.
His project has teen widely success
ful and has very likely filled with
pleasurable purposlveness many a
woman's life which might otherwise Registration closes next Monday,
have withered In utter vapidity. The If you don't get on the books -by that
land owner only in a small way, still
I have given the question of forest
fires and practical protection much at-
tn Hnn.
Many correspondents in communica- ot It Dy will. Jr-ropeny ngni. are con-
inn, r,nKii:V,o in Thi fir. or, i ,Hia lerrea in the same way as is me priv-
the questions intelligently, but it is not eKe of voting, and under the common
given to any one man to know it all. w the state has the right of escheat
tt ... .v,ooD ..ri) nn,th. mcnt In regard to the voting right a
campaign of two months, eliminated the er eary. an(1 often that anyone having Colorado Judge has made the law on
issue as to how Mr. Bowerman's nomi- Dractical experience or Ideas may air that privilege plain in a decision where
Hxtlytn nl 4 nnta1 Vi fl trl n t ha Tl - I I ....J r vail M nf n ft a rf In t"
them for the benefit of all. With that a """
nation "originated," that matter has no
more to do with the election in Novem
ber than has the price of Oregon ap
ples In the London market
The question is whether the voice of
the people as expressed through the
medium of the primary law shall be
heeded or whether that mainstay of the
"Oregon plan of popular government,
as set forth In Senator Bourne's speech
in the upper house of Congress, is to be
scuttled by taking the advice of those
who assume to be above the people and
above the law.
"Here's your real Issue."
T. T. GJ3ER.
Nine carloads of Nebraska hogs
reached Portland yesterday. Those
animals need no colonist rates to
travel. They are worth enough to ride
In parlor cars.
A New York court has ruled that a
man is not obliged to support his
mother-in-law. The decision will re
vive all the decrepit Jokes about, the
old lady.
Pointed Paragraph.
Chicago News.
The high roller doesn't always roll
In wealth.
An average man never geu more
than average pay.
Even a liar may be given credit for
being a busy person.
It takes a smart man to make money
out of his own failures.
Some people waste a lot of good bait
fishing for compliments.
The good you do often lasts long
enough for tne worm to forget it.
One kind of an economist is able to
make a little work go a long way.
Many a mane success leaves a bitter
taste In the mouths of his associates.
Anyway, the owner of an airship may
be able to keep up with the cost of
living.
Truth may be stranger than fiction,
but fiction always makes a grand-stand
finish.
end In view, I suggest the formation
of a Tlmberman's Club in Portland.
The Oregon Legislature will meet in
January. No doubt some good laws for
protection of timber will be proposed;
many others, more or less impractica
ble. Timber land owners are the most In
terested and bost informed on what
further legislation, if any, should be en
acted. A club of tlmbermen in Portland
would be a central bureau of informa
tion on many questions pertaining to
timber lands, standing among the first
in importance in Western Oregon.
Damage by fire to timber in Columbia
County this year is not worth mention
ing. In some other counties, the loss
has been more serious, but not large.
What the public wants is reliable Infor
mation. The truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, should be
given out by such a proposed organiza
tion. WM. H. DOLMAN.
Combining Schools and Parks.
Topeka State Journal.
Boston is responsible for a brand new
idea- It is that of building school
houses in the public parks. The chief
reason advanced for the plan is that
land for schoolhouse sites has become
expensive and the city already owns
the parks. The plan might be worked
both ways, locating schools where con
venient in public parks so as to give
the children a maximum of ground for
recreation, and turning the grounds
about such buildings into breathing
spots for use in the neighborhoods, es
pecially in vacation times.
and city officials who must secure I abilities. Judicial and political, hav
their salaries out of th business In hitherto found scop. A graduate of
Ban Francisco. Ther th Immense Brown I'niversity in his early youth,
number of political hangers-on. who he started out In life with a fair edu-
craw their living from th docks, are cational equipment. A student of law
,part of an active political machine. In Columbia University, h equipped
Ja Portland the docks are operated himself for his chosen profession and
on strictly business principle and no In a relatively short time mad a no-
raperflupua help U carried on the pay table place for himself In 1U ranks.
Just objection to the Chautauqua
courses, however. Is their shallow
ness. So far as knowledge roes what
they Impart U extremely superficial
and tainted more or less with a de
nominational bias. It tends to in
cite an Ill-founded conceit of educa
tion raj-her than to foster education
luelf. In this particular the college
must enjoy a marked advantage.
It U pleasant to contemplate a
woman of matura years, or a man
either, passing the peaceful leisure of
life's downward way at college. An
Intelligent mind must find the lec
tures and laboratory experiments in
comparably more attractive than
bridge whist or the nursing of a
poodle. One cannot easily think of a
more sensible or useful avocation. To
many it will seem preferable even to
travel, because th college life lias
time, yeni can't vote in November
without going to a lot of trouble.
.
Secretary von Meyer: Tour atten
tion Is respectfully called to the ad
visability of stationing sixteen battle
ships on the Pacific Coast.
Another suspicious character was
arrested yesterday for the Los Angeles
crime. These numerous detectives
must make a showing.
If you want to vote next month,
you must register. Do it yourself.
This is one of the civil acts that you
can't let George do.
More Reaaona.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A California editor says that another
reason why men are not more anxioue
to marry is the fact that they can buy
socks that do not wear out.
They can also secure suspender but
tons that won't come off.
If they desire conversation they can
rent a phonograph.
If they feel the need of a squabble
they can tackle tne janitor.
Universities Establishing; Banks.
New York Herald.
Following the example of Chicago
University, Columbia University has
established a students' depository at
the university. The bank is connected
with the bursar's office. . The uni
versity pays no interest
Payments for tuition, etc, can be
made through this department and all
those having accounts will have the
The launary win look after their privilege of having checks cashed with
out discount. ine pian was tried in
July and August, in the Summer sea
son, and the university authorities be
lieve that it will prove popular.
linen.
Th club will give them companion
ship. Anybody will Spend their money.
In short what's the use?
East Indian Climate.
Wheatley's "Literary Blunders."
This is not unlike the bull of the
young soldier who, writing home in
praise of the Indian climate, said: "But
a lot of young fellows come out here,
and they drink and they eat and they
eat and they drink, and they die; and
then write home to their friends saying
it was the climate that did it"
Delegates to the National Bankers'
convention ar lucky. They will
reach Portland Just in time for the
Horse Show.
May Exterminate Each Other.
Rochester Herald.
Still, th Roosevelt-Hearst alliance may
not prove serious to the Innocent by
stander. It will be recalled that the
Kilkenny cats injured only themselves.
Appropriate,
Boston Transcript.
Lady Shopper I am looking for a
suitable Christmas present for a gentleman.
Clerk What is your friend's occupa
tion? Lady Shopper He is an undertaker.
Clerk An undertaker. Let me show
you a nice berry set.
The Second Caeaar.
Houston Chronicle.
Bryan toured the world and was de
feated; ditto Fairbanks, ditto Grant.
Caesar, however, went to Gaul and
came back and mastered Rome; but
has T. R. a Tenth Legion t
failure to carry him home in time to
permit him to deposit his ballot If
weight, had been given his complaint
the railroad would have been heavily
penalized, for the salvation of the
Nation appears to have depended upon
this citizen's vote. But the court took
a more sensible view or tne matter.
Counted the Procession.
Youngstown Telegram.
The Curbstone Club members were
discussing the speed of motorcycles
when the Ancient Carpenter, who had
Just comd in. Joined in the conversation.
"Talking about motorcycles." he said.
"I took a count of them in front of my
house the other evening.
'I noticed that a continual string of
them seemed to be coming by the place.
so I started in counting.
"By the time I had reached 987 I
made a peculiar discovery. I happened
to notice by a mark on the tire or tne
wheel that It was the same motorcycle
that I had been tallying.
'The rider went so fast round and
round the block that I mistook him for
a parade."
y
Ticker for Morgan at Church.
Cincinnati Post.
That he is to be kept fully informed
as to the standing of his stocks and U
not to be cut off from them at any
time during the 'Episcopal triennial
convention was shown by the action
of J. Plerpont Morgan In procuring two
wires to New York City today from One
of the telegraph companies. One of
these wires will have a ticker attached,
and will report fluctuations in stocks,
and the financier also will have an
other wire direct to his New York of
fices, over which he will be kept In
touch with his partners in that city.
Two operators have boen assigned to
the work.
Common Fate.
Washington Evening Star.
"It IS a terrible thing," said the pris
oner, "to be known by a number in
stead of a name, and to feel that all
my life I shall be an object of sus
picion among the police."
"But you will not be alone, my
friend," replied the philanthropic vis
itor. "The same thine happens to oeo.
pie who own automobiles."
Better Bait.
Washington .Herald
"How did the gymnasium nan out.
that you Installed In the basement of
your church?"
1 It was poorly patronized. We're
thinking of turning it into a garage."
Auspicious.
Purple Cow.
First Student What makes that red
spot on your nose?
Second Student Glasses.
First Student Glasses of whatl