Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1910)
10 TTTE 3IORXTCG OREGOXTAX. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1910. ; . . (Drwnmtrm rORTL-tXO. OKEOOM. Eatere IMrt inJ. Ore"". Flof M 9.a ; Mi:if. sacr:t. Koo-Invariably t A4aa. 1;T Ua:L1. a a -tar lre.urfa.1, vr ?? Csilr. Susasy ln: maBtt" Stl.f. Jar lnrhMlU. trrm tnonthfc.. ? r'aa.T. s-'a.!er ln..i?xi. aee m.nl..... : : . w -. f t (jiittT on . .... S. ej Deti. Mtr-..wt wa!r. K Buinl'" iaiy. rriut y-:2 tit. trirsa mnt" 1 :S i.v. v.thout s ,tJv. set n.kia... vrm jr. ................ 5 -itst.ay. i.a J'r . . . .. ----"- wa-ay aa4 w:y. o& yer. iBT CASSIIR). "a.'?r. lrc:ii4J. ana jrr -JJ M.w la kerall --wr. ! V '- "."". rr. ,ar0r cf p" tfn fcxa: llal St.Tr. . " .'- r a r :i J-r r . t' - . ' .lirv.a la .., c.i.t:) fMwt list w t Is w : (J4d 1 o.. If U t. tMl . .t ... j-. - .-,- t BOtaS ti rata, aUatara tin Ofe V- C" awgvf &at:U-ac- M )HrtA0. VLrMr-'IAT. M. 3. Itia. THJ. UTXAUKNT HlrE. l-i tti dy of i- adversity It was tfe enough IT the tvawctilic party l no:Mn tut find fault wltn the rtects ef the lit p jbl.v ar.s. Now that : is coming Ir.t.i powrr. vnnu ar eard from 'I directions coJ.lrg ufnn . f offer better solution for th w . w . . V. . X' . 1 . I h J 'I r. r.'r.:rurt!vi lrK;..tifn 15 nt .- f.iu;iftn.l;njr. but l the only rty miy l nt-l tr merely h'cju.'x othrr has N'n a fj;Iurr. but n- &s It doc .:nf thin of uhytatittal rf!t ta th country It will -on b -td out akMln. TJ:e Dfniwrau of slilty und h.ir:ctr whom tho l.it ur.paign brought to th rront jmhi ly ooultn to uar our nn. t.r..i rns with rojiolntion. J'crhar th'y y uccci In iw tillnK snm of thom r tTnrrarJn to cfinc. No doubt tho dccaJunt Ilous of prfscntatiys rwfnu one of th Oft fTpWxir.K ilUlicuUi.-s whiib our itrtmta will hav t dl with prr. tlr. Whut art tho rauwj which we broitht It to Its lfnv cMate? Hew .a It b rrtitorrd to Its rrvrT fi'i- ury in th Government? Sooner or :rr the litter question nu bo an ered unless wo rc wiillriK to be .d by monarch or a t!o: oll .rchy. and ti answer It e must flmt ytisate the former. The process decadence cannot be reversed until 4 understand w nat fus n. i perflcls.1 to explain the lus of powrr d pretlg which th? ll-ux hoa iiiit- n of mediocre ability, and of fUc 1 mtnd. Too frequently this Is true, .t why U It true? WY.y do not the 'ers e!ect men of stern Integrity, iiu.nteJ courage aud ouLstAdinK iltry to represent them in Conirre!J? Xt doubt there are many reasons, t one or two ureni more Important Aa the rest. Kor one thtrj men of st-raxe ability do rot as a rule care mo. for Conprens, and aaln th nple do not take interest enough In lower bouse to pcrsuude them to ike the sacrifice. This disrepute o wrhlch tho so-called popular nch of the National LeirtsUture f-illen aiivre the Civil War Is a narkahle phenomenon which future .torUaj will study with astonished erest. They will find as they pur- i their researches that this branch Conirress Is In our day neither rep tentative, popular nor. In any true of the word. lecUlatlve. To sure. Its members are chosen ectly by the people, but when ction dy ts over It has been practice for many of them to (tet their constituents. 'onstitufjonalty the powers of the er house are by no means Impos- Even Its theoretlcaliy exclusive vers over revenue bills have been entoasly evaded. Tho Senate U-iuaJ- makts of the House bill a mere rims; poinc ana amenus 11 oui 01 likeness to Itself. The popular nch has no voice In fililns; the great ointlve offices, while the Senate ! the Supreme Court, working In son for the last half century, have . B . . 'J . ' a, " ...... ... m, ' 'J -It It may have shown. Whether House will some day recover Its ialrve and make head against the rr orncne ni Kiitarnrneri( wniin e almost obliterated Its power is Interesting question. Its condition ly is no more debased than the ise of Commons was In Kllzubeth's and It possesses the nam weapon ch has made the popular chamber ilr.ant In the British Parliament. ie!y the constitutional control of revenue. Skillfully used, this In- .ment would make the House su me over the Senate, the President the courts, but hitherto It has J line ii iwuMii c a mm vm m hand of a little chll.L SO MORS "POKK BIR'L." jbstantlal appropriations recom- ata nv ins t.nieE di r.nrinrvra inr rove me nt of the Columbia River recognition of the work that the pie of Portland, have performed ;hat stream. The river and har- blll hna been removed from the rk barll class of legislation. Now In the future the merit of proj for which appropriations will be d vrlll be determined largely by amount of faith shown by the le asking1 the money. This faith of course understood must take form of local appropriations such the Port of Portland has been In? for many years. . the old days when the river and wr bin was brought Into discredit the large number of worthless cis on wnicn money was wasted h!y, none of the communities that red the worth of a Congressman :he amount of money he could i( i irom iii9 .-ftuonu i reitsury heir worthless projects would put i single doHsr to show their own In the merit of their respective mes. rtlar.d. by expending mora than )0.000 on Columbia River !m rmer.t. has demonstrated to the rnment that this Is a project of Importance to the growth and lopment of the region drained by rreat river. Other ports situated waterways that are actually en 1 to consideration In Federal ap Hatlons. are now following the of Portland, and the river and or bills of the future tll show consideration for any ports that to aid with local appropriations! mook. Coos Pay and other const are In 1'ne and have made pre- tl sums by taxing tho districts benefited. Recommendations f 930.000 for the mouth of the Colum bla River and J00.000 for the Celilo Cir.iil. The former sum should carry the Ji ttv work and the dredging oper aMons tn to a point where the 40-foot ch.tr.ncl o-isht to be an assured fuct It Is noticeable In connection with thc.e llh-ral appropriations for the Columbia Klr that the opposition which formerly existed in the State of Washington has completely van lhe,1. The Importance of that miKhty river from Its mouth to the head of n.n !s:ition. as a great trade artery, is at I.st thoroughly appreciated in Washlneton. where Its sreatest ehore line lies, as well as In Oregon, and in the future we may reasonably expect substantial aid from the Washington .1. legation In iVncrrx for ary projects th.it will enable ocean carriers to handle our products most economi cally. Meanwhile the work of the Tort of ! rttand Is not completed, nor will it b until the Urc'st ships afloat can rcn.-h this dry. the create-t rail road center on the Pacific Coast. OKI4.UN IN 0t.R.V. The coming Oregon La-guUature will doubtless be called on to reapportion the mate into three Congression.il dis trict.-: f"r it appears to, be avtured that the state's representation hi Con-grr.-u will be Increased under the new apportionment. The present Concrete h is 31 members on a baois of 1S.1 population for each district. If It sha'l appear dei-lrable not to lm re.i creatly the House membership. th ratio for the reapportionment will probable be about 1:5.000: and Ore- 1 : . c c i A inn tn T (1 n nnn K'n. itn ii-'n i..'v.v--v population, ought easily to get an other representative. The result will be. of course, that Multnomah will have one Represent ative In Congress. It cannot be and will not be denied her. But It will riot be ea.y to devle a plan for divid ing the remainder of the state Into two new districts. The statisticians, etatejmen end politicians who usually take charge of such things will have now something to do In arranging a scheme of apportionment that will aallffy aiL niB Mx.i.r twkks' nuF.i. A newspaper in Portland defends and upholds the single tax. It Is tha Portland Journal. Here Is the lan giisge of that bold advocate of a rad ical, revolutionary and destructive system of lund confiscation 6V Impos ing on realty the entire tax burden. Sinr'e tx ... Is mmpllcliv ltlf. n-l IT nrr Silopleil Would l-en 111" im-nr( of covrnn-.entl ms-hlnTy. leas-n ret(illrsltna sn1 llmntl put mn end te ui snd lnjualny in tb UUig aad co- .tton ej lKXe. Ttis comylct lncuallty of the present vstiTt Is io rolonous ihsl It I" larslv robbery, robbery f the honest tnn who nbmtli to sBnlcnt at fuii vain for the Ksneflt ef tl.a who e.iuester prrpsrty o in limit or tulr manipulative ability. The iractb-e of eiariUns Just snd unllornf taxation has bom ao general that tha tuoral linpulao la corrupted and vcn IMU'loIlam ltalf Is 1ull-l and d.tlneJ. Thrra are worse tliliiirs than slncle tax. TliTe are thtnsa preva-nt In Orron and In l'.-r:iiil that ra infinluly wore than tr.t tax Thi )loin U widely popular In many rlflea and i-umraunlilM In t'anaila. In soma of them It has been la operation f"r mr than five years with the rult that tha pi as" la being coplM I", others. Vanrou-er recently adopting It. In all. .It Is becoming a permanent Institution. There Is morn stuff like this more of the cant, sophistry. Jargon and humbug of the obecsed slngle-taxer. The above Is quite enough to show that the penniless propagandists of a destructive and ruinous project and the grevdy beneficiaries and busy hirelings of the Fels fund have a fri.nd and champion In a Portland publication. Yet we think the men who own farms and homes and city lots. Im proved and unimproved. In Oregon, are not going to make any mistake about what the single tax will do for them. They lure not for It. The re sponsible citizenship of Oregon Is against It. The people have gone on rrcord once. They were buncoed Into passing the rr'sent county scheme. They will put themselves right wnen they have the chance, despite their self-called leader and their fa lee counselors. TRAnB AM) M BMMIA Consul-General Thomas Sammons. at Yokohama like a great many other American Consuls In various parts of the world, seems to have the idea that one of the duties of a foreign repre sentative of the United States Is to boost for the ship subsidy. In a re rent report to his government. Mr. Sammo'ns bewails the scarcity of American shipping on the Pacific and calls attention to the advantages which Japanese lines on the Pacific have over American lines. He states that the Japanese government pas the steamships plying from Japanese ports to San Francisco and Seattle di rect subsidies to the amount of :.:?(. 14$ a year. As these team ships carry considerably less than 1.000.000 tons of freight a year, it is easy to see that the Japanese taxpay ers are contributing more than tl a ton to the profits of the big syndicates that operate these ships. It Is quite true, as stated by Mr. Sammons, that "if wages and other expenses were equal, the government subsidies to the Japanese vessels would alone be sufficient to enable them to drive the American vessels out of the trade If an active freight war should start." It will probably be news to Consul-General Sammons to learn that an active freight war" has been raging on the Pacific for years and that even as he was writing his plea for a ship subsidy British and Norwegian vessels were carrying freight across the Pacific at a lower rate per ton than the Japanese sub sidy amounted to. and neither the British nor the Norwegian vessels were drawing a penny of subsidy from their respective governments. Commenting on the report of Mr. Sammons, the Seattle Fost-Intelli-gencer says: "Japan has sacrificed In many directions in order to build up and maintain on the ocean a great fleet of modern steamships through which the foreign trade of Japan Is steadily expanding." and that. "In the commercial warfare for the control of the Pacific, the Japanese government has shown Infinitely more Intelligence and forethought than has the Govern ment of the United States." While It Is questionable whether the "commerce" of a country is benefited by paying a few rich shipowners a subsidy to carry freight to and from a country Instead of permitting It to move In a natural manner, we have to admit that In some respects the Japanese government has shown more intelligence and forethought than the American Government- We find, for Instance, that when Japan decided that a merchant marine would be of advantage, she went out Into tha open market and bought ship by the dozen. In Germany, in England, In Norway, in the United States, wherever, tn fact, a good ship could be purchased at a reasonable price. This was the beginning of the Jap anese merchant marine. It Is there that the Anurlcan merchant marine must begin If It is ever to amount to anythlue. At present a few big ship pine concerns In Japan have enough of a puil with the government to raid the treasury for some very heavy sub sidies, but the trade of Japun Is in no manner benefited by the practice and nothing that the United States can do will counteract the effect of the evil. If Cimsul Sammons or the Post-Intcl-llg'-ncer will point out h single In stance where the United States has lost any trade on the Pacific or In any other quarter of the globe through lack of ships to carry the freight, it would be something worth knowing. rt'BIjr M-1IOOI. MAN.W.BMKM. There has been much talk of the mismanagement of the property Inter ests and other affairs of the school district by the Board of Education of School District No. 1. Favoritism In letting contracts has been charged, re sulting as has been alleged In the construction of unsuitable and flimsy building", at prices out of all propor tion to their cost or value. Now comes the Civic Council, coin posed of delegates from twenty-two Improvement clubs of this city, and after freely rensurlng the School Board for alleged sins of omission and commission, recommends that all the present members of the Board remain in office and assist the Civic Council In inducing the legislature to pass laws reorganizing, the method of public schools control on more mod ern lines. "The present .ystem." says the Civic Council committee. -ls antiquated and does not give as much general representation as Is desirable." The Oregonian believes that the School Ttoard of District No. 1 Is composed of careful, honorable and capable citizens. Mistakes may have been made doubtless have been matin In construction. In letting con tracts and in supervision. But he must be a churl Indeed and hold withal who would institute grave charges asrainst the Board on this ac count and broadly hint at collusion between that body, or any one of its members, with di.honest contractors. The present system of conducting the affairs of School nistriet No. 1 may be antiquated. The fact that they havo been practically unchanged for years, and are. Indeed, merely a continuation of methods as old as our common school system. Justifies this assumption. That they need to be revised ami improved to meet con ditions entirely dissimilar lo those which they were framed to serve is more than probable. But the Civic Council. In attempting to make- the management of the schools in a wide sense representative, essays a task that It will be slow to accomplish, for the simple reason that, beyond send ing their children to the public schools, and making complaint when some rule of discipline Is enforced upon their own, the patrons of these schools take very little interest in or note of their methods. GROWTH OF THHXB OITIXM. Of American cities now In the 200. 000 and 300.000 class not one other has shown one-half of the Increase in population since 1900 that the Federal enumeration of Portland, Los Angeles and .Seattle discloses. Among the larger cities, Detroit shows tho largest relative gain, viz. 63 per cent. In the South. Birmingham. Ala., with 132, C8S Inhabitants shows a gain of 245 per cent, due to development of the Iron Industry. Centers of population have not shift ed In ten years, though It Is certain that complete returns from California, Washington. Oregon, Utah and Idaho will show an unparalleled movement toward the Pacific Coast during the past decade. These states may reason ably be expected to have an Increase of 65 to 70 jier cent, practically all of It drawn from territory" east of the Rocky Mountains and most of it from the Mississippi Valley. But Portland, Seattle and Loa An geles have grown much faster than the sections for which each is the chief murket place. What causes con tributed to the extraordinary advance of these cities not only tn point of more people, but of commercial im portance? Primarily the " Spanish- American war. At its conclusion the United States for the first time in his tory faced the Orient. San Francisco first felt the Impetus. Except for the disaster of April, 1906, the Golden Gate would undoubtedly have led ev ery other city la the then 300,000 class. ' Alaska gold made Seattle. In the thirteen years since the steamer Port land arrived with her cargo of nuggeta and miners from the Klondike, the great peninsula has poured into the lap of Seattle directly and indirectly hundreds of millions of treasure. Geographical position and a most ag gressive fight secured the carrying trade of the new Eldorado against all competitors. Seattle also developed profitable business relations with the region lying immediately north and made a start In trans-Pacific com merce. She laid but small hold upon the rich agricultural section east of the Cascade Mountains. Her future depends largely upon the development of Alaska. All the gold In that vast, wild empire does not lie near the Yu kon, at Nome, nor along the Tanana, There Is much truth In the oft-re peated statement that the chief asset of Los Angeles is climate. A steady stream of money from every part of the United States for five months in the year Is quite as desirable as the proceeds of wheat and lumber cargoes. It dally adds to the permanent wealth. The crop of tourists grows larger each year. But Los Angeles Is the market place for orchardlsts who raise annu ally about 135.000.000 worth of citrus fruits. In the last ten years oil has been an Immense factor In the city's growth and manufacturing has grown to extensive proportions. Of "outside" capital there is no end. It will not be surprising If Los Angeles, now less than 100,000 behind, shall overtake San Francisco within the 'next ten years. Creation of the city and county of Los Angeles here la annexation with a vengeance is more than a pos sibility. And what about Portland? It would be waste of space to enumerate the resources of the vast region w-hose products Portland buys and whose ma terial needs Portland supplies. Will there be fewer acres under cultivation or more? Will saw -mills multiply? Has horticulture reached the maxi mum or only begun? How much vir gin territory will be opened to settle ment by railroads now building, to say nothing of lines to be constructed In the next five years? Is Portland's hold on the Columbia River basin growing weaker or stronger? As a dis tributing center for a rich empire, where on the Pacific Coast can you match Portland. Has Portland a rival? If so, name it. Is it unreason able to estimate that the three states comprising Portland's field will add a million people within the next ten years? Wherever you go. either on the Paci fic Coast or the cities of the East w ith which we have relations, you hear Portland spoken of as preeminently the safe city as well as the progres sive city. Everywhere It Is known that there has been no boom; simply natural growth. In ten years the Increase In population was 1-9 per cent. Based on the steady growth the past thirty years, shall we call the population ten years hence 400, ono or 450,000 or a round half million? Note that an industrious farmer of Eagle Valley, Baker County, raised this year on ll'.i acres of excellent soil crops that realized JS160. The products were fruit, vegetables and hogs. No doubt this result could be duplicated in fifty fertile valleys of. Oregon with the same Intelligence and effort. It goes without saying that the Baker County man did not spend much time In saloons nor in making speeches against this country shutting the door of opportunity in the face of the man who works with his hands. Now the holiday season is about here, the womenfolk can help wonder fully by shopping early and getting home before the late afternoon rush. The human biped of the male gerjder is naturally a chivalrous animal, but continued Imposition by thoughtless (or selfish) women on a crowded streetcar has taken off the pol ish on his manners, leaving only the grouch. When he Is In that condi tion, the gentler sex need expect no favors and little courtesy. In spite of all the agitation against the demon wim, this country increased Its consumiHion of distilled liquor by 30.900.000 gallons last year. Perhaps some genius will pit down and figure out the relation between this amazing fact and the "high cost of living." The grain that made the liquor. the money paid for drinks, the loss of time, energy and efficiency and the moral deterioration of the consumers all enter into the problem. Our only fear Is that the rich Illi nois girls who have taken .up home steads In Montana and intend to work their land will never find husbands worthy of them. There are plenty of so-calied men who would gladly com sent to be supported by these gritty girls, but most of the males who have anything like their ambitious spirit were caught in the matrimonial trap long ago. Why not have another North Bank road to connect with the Ilwaco line at Megler? After waiting nearly forty years, Portland would hail with dis tinct pleasure a Journey to the finest beach In the world without change of cars. In this era of railroad building perhaps we will not have to wait long to hear the station master call out: "All aboard for North Beach!" Perhaps Mr. John M. Scott did not really mead to say that we praise the Oregon apple too much. Our fault lies in praising our other blowings too little. Swell the chorus for the apple, but don't forget to shout for the tim ber and dairy too. The apple men are not an atom too noisy, but some of the others are more quiet than they need be. Even the most expensive warships cannot expect a long life. Those which sailed gallantly forth to fight the Spaniards a few years ago are now selling at auction. To such base uses must the proudest vessel come. When fighting Is done' In the air very likely ships will die still younger, but It Is a comfort to think that they will be cheaper. IruroHe In dry territory let some statistician give the figures but Uncle Sam reports an increase of 30, 000,000 gallons of distilled spirits and 3.000,000 barrels of beer In the last year. One fact like this upsets a whole library of theories on whether laws forbidding liquor to be sold tends to stop the drinking of liquor. When Industrial warfare Is pushed to the point of causing babies to starve one is compelled to reflect that peace would be preferable. The Chicago garment workers" strike has made 5000 babies hungry. Is the intelli gence of America unable to discover a milder way of settling wage questions? , A gallon of benzine will run an automobile thirty miles if all goes well. Hence the 2.500,000 gallons which exploded in Berlin would have sufficed for a Joy ride 100 times around the earth. The waste of pleas ure thus vanished In smoke and noise Is appalling. Eugene Is certainly "going some" In' the race for municipal supremacy by opening a wholesale grocery busi ness. Next we know, her Commercial Club will have the Interstate Com merce Commission out here to regu late rail and water rates. From the National point of view, decrease In the xural population of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri as shown by the 13th census is compensated by like increase of farmers in Oregon, Washington and California. Some one Is advertising a book en titled "Two Hundred and Nine Ways to Serve Apples." As a culinary curi osity it may be -worth the price, but who cares for the 208 other ways? What's this? England being sold for American dollars? We hadn't heard of Pierpont Morgan organizing a syndicate to buy the little old island. If you go at it today, you can get most of your Christmas shopping out of the way by the end of the week. When the world has all the apples It can eat. Oregon will develop the po tato and onion Industry. Nebraska has 1,192.213 people and William J. Bryan, but Texas may get him yet. l.MFtIRM DAY FOR ELECTIONS. Wliy the First Tne-day After the First Monday In .November W as Chosen. New York Times. To the Kdilor of the New York Tlmos: tVill you Inform me wJiy It la that election day In manv mates la the first Tuesday af-r the flrt Momlav In November? I hae asked many of my friends. imt nobouy knows. Newspaper people are supposed to know everything-, so I appeal to you and would thank you verv heartily for the in formation. GEORGE HEGEMAN. Newark. N. J.. Oct. 2S. 11U0. We are not omniscient, hs our cor respondent flatteringly suggests. We do not know, for example, how this question managed to pop into his head. The books on political curiosities fail to note the answer. But we have ascer tained the facts and the reason stated, as follows: The State of New York in 1 S4 1 was the first to adopt "Huesday i after tho first Monday in November" ae its election day. Most of tho states at that time held their elections on the first Monday, Tuesday or Wednes day in November. The Congressional act of March 1. 1792. had prescribed that elections for Presidential electors be held within 34 days preceding the first Wednesday in December, every fourth year." But the Congressional Globe of January 17, 1S4.".. records the passage on that day of a Mil making the quadrennial election day uniform thiougliout the United Ptatee. On De cember S. IS44. the essential provision of the bill read: "The next regular stated election for the choice of electors of President and Vice-President of the United States shall he held' in each slate on the first Tuesday In the month of November, ISIS; and on the first Tuesday in the month of November In every fourth year thereafter." This fixed upon the "first Tuesday." not the "first Tuesday after the first Monday." But Representative Duncan, the father of the bill, at once an nounced his intention of changing It. for the Globe reports: "As soon as It would be in order to do so. he (Mr. Duncan) should move tn amendment of this section so as to make the riay the first Tuesday alter the first Monday In November, instead of the first Tuesday In November. the section now stood. His reason for making this change was to avoid the necessity of changing- the laws In rela tion to the day on which the Electoral Colleges now meet: for the first Tues day in November might. In some cases, be more than 30 (sic) days from the flret Wednesday In December.' The report should have read "34" Instead of "30" days, to be accurate but otherwise the reason atked by our correspondent must have been as stat ed. Since the Congressional act of February 3, ISS7, which changed the date of the meeting of the Electoral College to the second Monday In the January following tho election, no spe cial reason has existed for the statu tory designation of election day. Any week day durins; the Fall months would do, provided it be uniform throughout the states for the Presi dential elections. Historic Highway Marked. New York Sun. Rebuilding roads and restudying his tory have become twin occupations that are not entirely confined to western trail markers. Some students of Amer ican history from three Eastern col leges spent much of the Summer in tracing and marking BraddocK s route across Virginia and West Virginia to Western Pennsylvania. Maryland, In acquiring through the State Commis sion what Is known as the Kldge Koao, finds that almost every mile of the old highway Is associated with the history of the nation or the state. Along it once were the homes and now the graves of many of the John sons, the Thomases, the Lees, who helped build up the state. One monu ment by the roadside is to Governor Frank Thomas, who. according to an epitaph written by himself, was "the author of the measure which gave Maryland the constitution of 18S4 and thereby gave freedom to 90,000 human beings." Over it tramped and fought soldiers of the French and Indian Wars, the Revolution and the Rebeyion; at the extreme end John Brown gathered his straggling forces and marched upon Harper's Ferry. A wonderful range of National history for one little country road scarcely 50 miles in length. Pointed Paragraphs. Chicago News. It Is usually the "good fellow" who has the most bad habits. A widow's second matrimonial play is apt to be a sure-thing game. As a matter of fact the majority of people would like to be honest. The principles of a good many men run to Inclinations and then stop. Few' women are as handsome as they think men ought to think they are. ' It's tough on a man who Is too lazy to work and can't get elected to of fice, Two may be able to live as cheaply as one If the one doesn't have to pay ali mony. ' While it Is well to meet your obli gations promptly. It Is better to have no obligations. If a man Is honest with himself, he can be depended upon to give his neigh bors a square deal. After a man has been married a week he begins to unlearn a lot of things he knew about women. Kaeta About Mexico. Chicago Tribune. Area. 7fi7.l square miles. Population. l.T).nOO. Silver production, nearly $50,000,000 an nually. Gold production, nearly J30.000.0o0 an nually. Value of yearly exports, about $125,- C0M0. Capitalization of banks, about $100,000, 00. Miles of railroad, about 15.000. Republic of Mexico declared Independ ent February 24. U21. Independence proclaimed December 2, lS2i. Recognised by the United States In 1S23. First constitution proclaimed October 4. 1824: Present constitution adopted February 5, 1S67. Republic consists of 26 states, one ter ritory and a Federal district. - BUHard Shots. Boston Post. The billiard course Is very popular at Harvard this Fall. It consists .of Eng lish and drawing.' A Winchester man made a great hit at a masquerade ball a short time ago. He stuck a piece of black court plaster on the top of his bald head and went as the cue ball. The Feminine Reason. N. SalBbury, In Puck. Do you ever feel down in tho dumps As cranky and cross as two stieks. When life, seems a road full of bumps. And your spirits are all In a mix? "Would you know why you're in such a fix? Why with inward forebodlnss you're gnawed ? The reason, five times out ef mix. Is called Gladys, or Thoebe. or Maude. Did you ever feel light as an lf? As free and as blithe as the air? As pleased as old Punch with yourself. Without e'er a trouble or care? Would you know why tho world seems so fair. And life's way so smooth and so broad? The reason (exceptions are rare) Is called Gladys, or Phoebe, or Maude. In short, if you feel sad or blue. r your spirits with Joy overrun: When you feel that with life you'd be through. And with the gray world you'd be, dona; When you're bubbling all over with fun. When from coldness your attitude's thawed. The reason, ten chances to one. Is called Gladys, or Phoebe, or Maud. UNIVERSITY "SPIRIT" COXDEMXED. Correspondent Appeals for Higher Ideala Than Sports and Frata. PORTLAND. Nov. 26 (To the Edi tor.) The Oregonian has been publish ing from time to time communications from parents, who, no doubt, have chil dren attending our universities, protest ing against the whims, fancies, fads and sports fostered and lureo. there. It is our duty as citizens of the states, as taxpayers In the states, whether we have children or not attending these schools, to stand with those parents and ask the proper authorities to call a halt to such nonsense as those burlesque youths away from parent control, are allowed to dabble In. Take, for instance, the so called fraternities, those secret organi zations which are granted permission from nobody but university authorities, the privilege of plastering their hoot-lng-houses for secret purposes upon public property. Yes. and it is great to note the various select classes who are permitted "free shelter" In these I houses, built on grounds -which belong I to the general public. It is not the boy who studies hard. It is not the boy with the "dough," it is not the boy who I strives hard for an education, but it i Is the lad who aspires for vain glory. the "pug with the bulldog, the ass with the cane, or the "fat scholar." who, even in his sleep, is ever dream ing of that "line buck" who covers himself with glory. Yes. these are the "scholars" whom our state is forced to pension with free rent obtained through the Influence the college frat holds on the university authorities mere "oligarchy." Then, aiiain. there is the question of so-called "eoliee" spirit." which even the professor in the classroom, prior to the hig game, urges with greater ne cessity than one's strict application to study. Spirit for what? Spirit to arouse mule strength; spirit such as demonstrated itself at Corvallis a few weeks ago. Why don't they establish a chair of "spirits'" and teach the art to a perfection, if they make it a busi ness to employ a vast army of high priced men to train these boys and ex pect them to win by the amount of college spirit that is yelled into them. Not long ago we heard the cry raised hy those interested in university af fairs for an increase In university ap propriations. It Is true that many heads of departments were receiving half pay. If the large amount spent in departments whose purpose was to train boys for athletic stunts was given over to departments whose pur pose was to train them for intellectual feats, we would realize greater results in university affairs. Why do they permit such valuable time in the golden hours of youth to be spent at the many "rah-rah meetings on the eve ot these "great battles"? A boy should go to school for the express purpose to fit himself for life's battles, to earn a living and I do not mean by that he should deprive himself of associations or fellowships; but how shall their liv ing be mads If he is half prepared if the time well spent In study Is the only requisite, and this time is dreamed away in the spell of college spirit. No wonder, then, the many examples where boys are forced to sponge from their parents after receiving their "Ill- begotten sheepskin. Then, again, there Is the question of hazing, and the. boys who possess tha least amount of college spirit ar among Its chief victims. Imagine a student to be punished for not showing that frenzied disposition, that savage- like enthusiasm typical at some foot ball game a game in which the losing side resorts to anything but fairness imagine him to be slugged for his "un patriotic conduct" and you have to con sider the merits of so-called college spirit and hazing. These and scores of ofher fads, vain In character, are the "messes" our boys are allowed to mix In. May we look to the time when our educational institutions shall see the folly and rid themselves of such childlike hob bies. L. R. W. One Revolutionary war Pensioner. Washington Star. Mrs. Phoebe M. Palmeter. 89 years of age, of Brookfield. N. Y., pensioned by special act of Congress as the daugh ter of Jonathan woolsey, wno servea In a New Hampshire company, is the only pensioner on account of the. Revo lutionary War remaining on Uncle Sam's pension roll, according to the annual report of Pension Commissioner James L. Davenport. The last widow pensioner of that war was Esther S. Damon, of Plymouth Union, Vt.. who died November 11. 1906, aged 92 years. The last survivor of the War of the Revolution was Daniel F Bakeman, who died at fTeedom. Catta raugus County, N. Y April 5. 1869, aged 100 years, 6 months and 8 days. Wagner and Little Notes. London Public Opinion. Here Is a printed placard, meant to K. navlpH hrondcast In the nassaces and dressing rooms of a theater. As to Whien and wnere it speaas tor iiseu: A last appeal to my dear colleagues. Be distinct. The big notes will come by themselves; It Is the little notes and their text that matter. Xever speak a lina to the audience, but alwuys to your fellow artor. In soliloquies. look up or down, never straight In front of you. I.H.it wish of all kwp your love for me. my dears. RICHARD WAGNER. Bayreuth. August 13. ls"i. This interesting card Is quoted by a correspondent describing a theaters' ex hibition In Berlin, at which the relic is exhibited. Fncyelopedln to Be Dedicated to Taft. The president of the British Academy, 8. H. Butcher, has announced that the new edition of the Encyclopedia Britan Ica, which la now In course of prepara tion, will be dedicated to King George and President Taft. The work consists of 28 volumes, with 26.000 pages and 40,000 articles. Fifteen hundred persons of note are engaged in its compilation. His Means. Baltimore Evening Sun. "You are charged with vagrancy, pris oner at the bar." "What's dat, Judge V "Vagrancy? Why, you have no vis ible means of support." "Huh! Heah's man wife, Judge; Mary, Is you visible?" Not Necessary. Louisville Courier-Journal. 'What shall we say ef Senator Smugg?" Just say he was always faithful to his trust." 'And shall we mention the name of the trust?" Wrist Pincushion. Philadelphia Times. A nincushion on the wrist is a con venience to the home dressmaker. It should be a small, soft cushion, attached to an elastic band Just snug enough to wear en the left wrist. No stopping of work is then necessary to look for a pin. Where He Is Enshrined. Washington Herald. Mr. Daniel Boone has failed again of election to the Hall of Fame, but he has a certain shrine in the heart of the American boy. Easy Money. Washington Post. Onlv to think that outfit of unskilled labor In the next Congress will cinch nine months' pay Before being called on to earn a dollar. Stand Fast, Men. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Don't forget to notice that woman's suffrage won In the state of Washing ton. They're edging in on us, fellows. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE Champ Clark was seated in his office In the Capitor surrounded by Democratic friends when a Republican admirer en tered. "I want to congratulate you on 'the Democratic victory." said the newcomer smilingly. "I have been around Wash ington for 15 years and had got tu idea in my mind that the Constitution provided for a Republican victory every two years." "Do you know." said Mr. Clark, "a lot of people had the idea that the proba bility of a Democratic victory was re mote? This frame of mind is best illus trated by a story I heard not long ago. A teacher addressing her pupils said: "Every boy present who would like to be President of the United States raise his hand." Only one boy failed to re spond. " 'Johnny,' said the teacher, 'wouldn't you like to be President?' " 'Oh, yes," was the response, "but what's the use? I'm a Democrat.' ' Miss Merrill, a teacher in a graSa school, had trouble with Johnnie last week. Johnnie had trouble doing his work, and the authorities finally dis covered that his sight was defective. Miss Merrill told Johnnie and sent hi.a homo with a note to his mother. H-5 gazed at the note in horror, then at the teacher, and burst into tears. The note read: "Johnnie has astigmatism: do not let him return to school until he has osn attended to." Miss Merrill understood his grief bet ter when she received a note from his mother. It read: "1 don't know wh.it he done, hut I linked him for it. I car. t find It on him. and he says he ain't got It; now you better lick him and see if you can find it." Chicago Record Herald. It was only a bit of cardhoard with the word "Lost." drawn In more or le-s uncertain letters, with an arrow point ing to a lonely kid glove, in a window on Grand avenue near Nineteenth street. "You mean found, don't you'." asked a visitor, more to start an argument than anything else. "No, Fir." replied the proprietor, ;i mean 'lost.' If" "But it had to be lost 'n nrdr to b found, didn't it? So. therefore, you should have 'Found' on that card in stead " "I'll admit it is something like tha egg and chicken question of which was first," the proprietor said. "Now let's settle th's if we can. In the first place a thing must be lost before it can be found. On the other hand, a thing that has been found must havo been lost at some time. There we are right back where we started from. Great. Now Oh, I'll give it up. I'll be sent away to a large state building especially suited for persons who worry over such trifles If I don't look out. I wish I hadn't placed that card and gove in the window, anyhow." Kansas City T'mes. A good-sized squad of newspaper men, citizens and merry villagers flanked the entrance to the Taft Sum mer home, at Beverly, and kept their eyes on the road back of the secret service guard for the approach of the carriage containing Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Lodge. The wait was more than two hours long and conversation flourished at times. One knot fell to discussing Roosevelt. "The secret of his success." said a villager, "is that he is a good man." "That makes me think of the death of Casev," replied another. "When Casey lay in his coffin a neighbor looked long at his face and then said to the widow, 'He was a good man, Mrs. Casey.' " 'He was that.' she replied. It al ways tuk more than two cops to han dle him.' " Boston Traveler. Ed Howe's Philosophy. . Atchison Globe. It's a rare man who can loaf and not become a nuisance. When some men are not smoking they are fixing their pipe. Some men are like phonographs; every day they reel off exactly the same rec ords. A man's conscience is frequently as sisted a good deal by the work of a good detective. ..... . What has become of the old-fashioned woman who had a little knot of hair on the back of her head? When two of your friends are in a quarrel tbev will usually make it up quicker If you let them alone and do not mention It. a Some people think That if they do not eat with a knife or drink coffee out of a saucer that is enough to know about etiquette. Tolstoi's Thoughts on Death. From His "Cycle of Readings." The fear of death is unnatural. The fear of death is the consciousness of s n. The fear of death emanates from the fact that people regard as life only a small part of it. limited by their own erroneous conception. Just as the owner of the fig-tree know s the time when the fruit is ripe, so God knows when to call the righteous from tl:is world. . Str've to keep your life at a point where you neither fear death nor de sire it. Incredible Brutality. Puck. Willis-U-nder this year's ffotbaH rules you can't assist the man w itH the ball. Gillis-Great S-ott! What do they do stand around and let him die! Do It Early. Do your Christmas shopping early, do it early, motner For you know you were exhausted with .. . , . ..Ae AwAii r. tne Iiurrj jcdw- .... Please go out and get the trinkets for the prattling little ones Get the engines and the candy and the pistols and the guns; Better start right out tomorrow with your money and your list But at 10 o 'clock on Christmas eve you 11 thiDK oi ono "- Do your Christmas shopping early, do it early, sister dear; Get a card for our rich uncle that will out him on his ear, Get a tie that is hand painted for your one and only teau He will say it Is too splendid for a man to wear, you know. Work a pillow for the preacher, and get something for each friena. But you'll find you've overlooked one when you re shopping s at an eno. Do your Christmas shopping early, do it early, do you hear.' Let the high cost of living give you neither fret nor four. There are friends In other countries: who are sure to write Ere the first day of December heaves serenely into sight, So be ready to remember all the people far away But you'll find you've failed to get one for some one on Christmas day. Do your Christmas shopping early, ere the drifting snows are nere. For the day before is madder than all others In the year And no odds how soon you do It, when the final days have come You will be right In the struggle show ing how to make things hum. And on Christmas eve, dear sisters, all of you. Including ma. Will exclaim: "Well, goodness, gra cious! We had quite forgotten pa!"