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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1911. 8 Trr (Drcmrnimt roiruuo. otccot. i Eater el rartland. Oregon, featofnee aa pecaai- is, atattar. . ' liMciuiiUa aLatea Invartabty la ' I u t u All I ; Ilr. teaSe rarliided. Ma ." !? ! tailr. Sua4er Included, sis tneathe.... J" ' Imi'r. liKar Include, three wonlha. . . Ieilv. (jidir Included. M boi... I? Illy. witacut S.aJar. year....... J-" I.lT. wltneat Suadar. SX ' f-f? wunoat SuaJer. tnrse bojiU... -" Iiallr. without Sunday, en nioot -J weaaiy. on tear J-J? aWaaar. o .Mr - ........ r?T 1ST CARHIHO - reriv. eaaea hseledea, as year... , lim.lr. Ij44r tc-luded. oae mtl. Haw to Kaaait Sana eotof flee ard r. nr ardar a naraonat ehaett lacal tank, stamp. a:n ar mrrMT i at the eaadefe nea. Olva poatefne addraee Is fall. Including moll ud atet. aaaaa bin-la to 14 pmm 1 cast: 14 ', ta It casta, t casta; 0 ta u p-caa. 1 : . la to sages. 4 aaata, roxia poatag , ejoi rata. LMtwm - n fa . T - mm A lrl Ha Smw York. Hrunswlea- aalldlac. Cal ces '-r sulldiaa. I-OJl rLAT. TTKxnAY. FEB. 1. llt. nmr tiau or kansaa. Kansas was admitted to the Union : en Jan. 29. 11(1. BO year ago and a little more. Tha great rebellion ' broke out at the a&me time. In fact If 'the, Senators from Mississippi. Ala bama and Florida had not fled from Washington to Join the Confereracy a few days before the rote was taken there -would hare been a majority - against the new state. As it was Kan aas entered the Union crowned with gory laurels and during the Civil War , she bravely maintained the reputation ; she had won In the preliminary skirmishes. Out of her 100.000 popu latlon 10.000 men joined the Union armies. No other state has such a record. In no other did the flame of patriotism burn so fiercely. From the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill ' lh 18 4 the territory had been a bat tle ground between the forces of slav ery and freedom. Douglas' cherished . measure, which he hoped would settle the contest between North and South left the question of slavery to be de cided by the voters of each territory' . It turned the matter over to the ar bltrament of 'squatter sovereignty Like all compromises upon funda mental moral issues the Kansas-Ne- i braska bill exacerbated the trouble In ; stead of allaying it. From the South and the North emigrants set out for the ecene of strife. Each side strove to have a majority on the ground when 'the constitution should be : framed and the state admitted to the Union. The natural consequence fol . lowed. Kansas was like a maelstrom In the ocean where opposing tidal wavea meet and fail Into a chaos of conflict. The struggle was furious. relent.ess. pitiless, aa struggles are apt to be when both panic believe they are In the right and the prize Is lasting supremacy. The slavery men . were no doubt Just as sincere as were the followers of John Brown, but their sincerity doee not diminish our satis- faction In remembering that they failed. Soldiers of many an evil cause have been sincere. Torquemada aa he stretched his victims on the rack be lieved that he was glorifying God j i ii urai irrruotiM eicvuona were won I by the slavery forces a ho hurried J hnrdxa of "border ruffians" In from ; Missouri and overawed their oppo j rents. They pushed their advantage to ! the point of rxpelTlng the free-eoll men from the Legislature nor did they j scruple to burn and slay when It J saemed profitable to do so. Siavery enjoyed the great apparent ; benefit of having a nonentity in the Presidential chair during these fate- . fut years. Pierce, who was but . cipher, was followed by Buchanan, a , man of weak will and infirm nuroose, ! In quiet times Buchanan might have i made an estimable President. The , struggle between freedom and slavery uuna nim unequal to nis au.iea. rne . InderUive mtuurra which he applied T to the difficulties in Kansas always in clined feebly to the side of slavery, but they did not Incline vigorously enough to be of essential service to the cause he favored. The determined colonists ' from New England and the older West finally gained the upper hand and when at List Kansas went to Washing, ton to apply for admission to the Union It was under a constitution which forbade slavery. Hatred of the ' "peculiar Institution" had been ground Into the souls of her populMon by the bitter experience of warfare which showed no mercy The heroic figure of that struggle was John Brown. In him were embodied Its lofty purpose, its tireless zeal. Its bigotry and Its cruelty. He murdered men to break the chains of the slaves. He com mitted midnight assassination tn the cause of liberty. In the same way Catherine de' Medici Incited the Massa cre of St. Bartholomew to rid the world of the enemies of God. Some times sincerity takes fearful forms and Issues In fearful deeds. Perhaps It Is Just aa well not to have too much of It tn the world at any one time un less It be counterbalanced by Intelli gence. Kansas Is one of the few Western states a hose population has remained almost purely of old American stock. - It may be for that reason that It has been always a prolific breeding ground of ldas- Some Inspired soul has re marked that there are more Ideas to the square yard In Kansas than In any other part of the world. The editors of her country newspapers rank as prophets. Some of them shine with a mild and beneficent glow In the higher literature. It was In Kansas during the height of the populist evangal that a famous economist came out for baled hay as the monetary standard of the country. With the dubious exception of Maine, no other state has stood so loyally for pro hibition through thick anj thin. To Kansas belongs the complete glory of Carrie Nation. At Glrard. In Kansas. U the focus whence socialism redlatef lis beam over a more or less grateful world. We owe to the Sunflower State the ' pioneer efforts to apply scientific principles to the problems of farming. One of her citlxens has probably done more really useful work along this line than any half d zea of his contemporaries. One of the professors la her State University has attacked the question of giving to Industry the benefit of advanced sol . entitle discoveries, aa they do habitu ally In Germany, and as we have sel dom done at all In the United State. In chemistry. In electricity. In divers other Industrial fields his success has been triumphant. Very likely the tremendous moral Impulse which Kansas gained by her ante-bellum struggles haa not waned In th least. It has merely been diverted to th field of peaceful enterprise whr It hint with the benign aspect of per severing Intelligence. EXTRAVAGANCE IX rRJVTlNO. The State of Oregon wastes too much money. Take the state printing, for example. The appropriation fo the biennial period will amount to 1180.000. If estimates are correct. There Is a great outcry about the ex tra vacant profits of the printer an a loud demand that he be put on fla salary. But If the public thinks that a State Printer on a flat salary will effect economies In the printing d partment it does not understand the system. The trouble Is not with the printer It is with the printing. Everybody in the employ of the state, and man out of it, turns into the State Printing Office pamphlets. , circulars, leaflets reports, letters, booklets. Dills ana tn like for gratuitous publication. It costs nothing, for the taxpayer foots th bill. Besides, since the state went litto the business of making itself an In telligence office for the benefit pf the voters, sweat Quantities of matter about proposed initiative and refer endum measures have been sent over the state. The pamphle containing the 32 popular bills at the reeent election alone cost. with postage, a great many thou sand dollars. Oregon- has the best system of government In the world, no doubt; but its most ardent sponsors will hardly claim for It that it baa saved the taxpayer a dollar. If there are to be smaller printing bills there must be less printing. That Is the whole story. Putting the State Printer on a salary will accomplish nothing In the way of reform, unless there are limitation and censorship of the vast bundle of stuff that go Into the printers' hopper to be ground ou In "state documents." What printer, salaried or not salaried, will deem It his duty to stop the steady stream of useless, unreadable and unread pub lications that pours Into hi office? The state's1 printing, costing J 90,000 per year, or thereabouts, ought to cost one-half that or less. BRITISH ALARM OVER RECIPROCITY To what extent has the Americani zation of Canada alienated our North ern neighbor from the mother coun try? This question has been prompted by the misgivings that are expressed In England over the reciprocity plan. The sending of the Duke of Con naught, the King's own uncle, to re lieve Earl Grey as Governor-General of Canada Is regarded as a belated at tempt to stem the tide that Is setting In favor of American annexation. The London Dally Mall while hop ing for the best asks Itself: "Does he. the Puke) succeed to an empty throne?" and "Has Canada In drawing nearer to the United States, set her foot on the road of separation from Great Britain?" The London Stan dard regards the appointment as a political expedient. Intended to offset the reciprocity measure, and "remedy some of the mischief wrought by fiscal perversity." The London Post Is more onllmintif rerardlnr the effect of .endlna- such a Dromlnent member of th TOV.i family to Canada and sees In the change the "final stage of the evolution of the Dominion from a col ony Into a nation of equal status with the United Kingdom and constitution allv rrfinirtiil with It hv no other tie than allegiance to a common SOT' erelgn. Perhaps the Mall and the Standard have a little better knowledge of the Canadians than that Is possessed by the Poet. While 'there are a large number of people In Canada who dearly love a Lord and 'the glitter and pomp and tinsel of royalty, there are also a large and Increasing num ber of hard-headed Canadian busi ness men. thousands of ex-Americans, and more thousands of Nova Scotians rho are pretty fair Americans themselves who do not rare a rap for royalty. These men have become so fond of the American creed that OM man i, as good as another so long as he obeys the law and behaves him self, that they are no longer satisfied to pay homage to the men whose only claim to consideration Is the fact that they were pUace-born or Inherited titles. Reciprocity may remove some of the red spots which now adorn the map of the world as markers for British possession. BTBftlDY-aEKKERS' LATEST. Those valiant alms-seekers who are out for "the old flag and an appro priation" for the merchant marine. are now presenting the 111 Spring styles In ship subsidy promotion. Seasons come and seasons go, but this effort to raid the treasury goes on forever. For that reason. It Is not an easy matter to find some new bait to offer the public. Everything from the gold brick to the bludgeon haa been unsuccessfully tried and each year brings some new organization to take up the work where th exposed and discredited plunderbund of the pre ceding year left off. This year something new Is offered the public in the "Navy League of the United States." Fully appreciating the temper of the American people regarding ship subsidies, the Navy League has placed plenty of sugar coating around the pill It offers. In It manifesto It make some really good suggestion regarding the re organization of the navy and for "continuing, consistent and adequate programme of naval construction, A both these suggestions are al ready being acted on. especially the latter, there Is of course no necessity for their being mentioned In the "Patriotic Reasons" pamphlet sent out by the League. The one Important matter on which Congres has not yet acted, and which Is favored by the Lesgue, Is "Legislation to encourage a strong merchant marine as an auxil iary to the navy." It also wants "merchant vessel built with a view to special naval uses in time of war" and laments that "the voyage of our Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships and auxiliaries around the world pre sented the humiliating spectacle of forty-r.lne chartered colliers flying foreign flags. In spite of preference offered American ships. This was hu. mutating In time of peace; It might have meant disaster In time of war." This "humiliation" has been harped on so long by th subsidy seekers that It haa become part and parcel of all ship subsidy argument, although it la a fact well known to all, subsidy seekers Included, that the Government could, had It so desired, have pur chased the forty-nine chartered ves sels and placed them nnder the American flag within twenty-four hours. Perhaps the most attractive fea ture of this latest subsidy promotion scneme is the sliding scale of member ship. A subscription of f 100 will en title the patriotic victim ko become one of the "founders" of the Navy Lesgue. Any one possessed of less 1 money and more modesty may be come a life member for the beggarly sum of J2S. "Contributing member ships" axe on the bargain counter at the low price of $5 per Vear. Nor Is this all. At the bottom of the an nouncement cards. In very small type, appears the statement that "There is also an annual membership of 11, but in the present Instance founders, life members, and contributing members are particularly solicited." Why com plain of the high cost of living, when tl per year Is the sole cost of admis sion to the "Navy League of the United Statea." WILfOV AXD MAKTTNE. The case of Mr. Martine, Senator elect for New Jersey, would appear to prove once more that persistence is the greatest of all qualities in politics as in every walk of life. Mr. Martine wanted office wanted It very much. He ran for Congress, for the Legisla ture, for any office to which he could get a nomination. They never gave him a nomination that had the slight est value or prospect of success; but always put off on to the faithful and thankful Martine the falorn hope and the last chance. Last year Mr. James Smith. Jr.. the political boss of New Jersey, played a Joke on Martine by permitting him to take the Demo cratic primary nomination for United State Senator. The Legislature, on the urgent representation of Governor Wilson, who never could see a joke, elected Martine. Of course, except for Governor Wil son, Martine would have been left to run hopelessly for some other orrlce next. year. The Governor think tho voice of the people even of a fraction of the Democratic party mean something. It does doubtless, but not always In New Jersey what Wilson thinks It does. He is new at the game, though the novices have been showing the old-timers a few tricks lately that they never dreamed of heretofore. But how long will the Wilson tactics pre vail In New Jersey a state without a real primary law and with many real machine politician? Governor Wilson la a putative can didate for President. He is not likely to be the candidate of James Smith, Jr. There will be great goings-on In New Jersey about next year. PHASES OF A RECALL ELECTION. The recall election, directed against Mayor Gill in Seattle, will be held to day. It 1 the first attempt to recall nubile official responsible to a large electorate that has reached the final stage of balloting. Los Angeles, it 1s true, a year or two ago. entered Into the throe of a similar campaign, but the officer at tacked. Mayor A. C. Harper, resigned before the day of election. hue moral issue was Involved in Los An geles points of dissimilarity are no ticeable. Harper was not elected on a moral Issue. He was the regular nom lnee of the Democratic party and was opposed by a regular Republican, by a candidate of the organization that has since developed into the Insur gent Republican faction In control In California, and also by a union labor candidate. Harper won the election largely as the result of fear on the part of the anti-union element in Lo Angele that the labor candidate would be successful through a division nt the Renubllcan vote. He wa chosen for three year and the "graft' rtinrria which brought aDOUt mi downfall arose when he Btlll had two- thirds of his term before him. In Seattle Hiram C. GUI. the pres- nt Mayor. wa chosen on a definite pledge that hewould restore the re stricted district. Hi recora as i member of the Council, his assocla' tion and his personal characteristics did not or should not have left any tnuM In the minds of the voters aa to wnai uiu s pieuntj The majority he received spoke for a wide ODen" town and it accompany inir evils. Gill was elected last March for a term of two years, ana ne no given Seattle an open town. Hi pol icies had een m force dui a lew month when the agitation that ha resulted In the recall election began Perhaps Seattle just now is in tne rlrht mood for the excitement attend ant upon a bitter municipal election. Business Is quiet and when money getting becomes difficult American tendencies are against the existing order of things political and moral, Gill made the mistake of leaving town on a vacnting cruise ai a pen wn-i overwrought minds welcomed a di version. Still worse for mm, ne ten reformer In his chair as acting mayor, two investigating cunuunien have discovered evidences or gran in police circles and have recommended he removal oi tniei ui r um-o " v- nensteln. While Wappenstein servea In an executive capacity In policing the Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition without arousing public protest, we now learn from the Post-Intelligencer that he ha been "tried and rouna wanting three times in two cities" and that he is "cunning, cruel, coia, caicu latino-, crooked." Mayor GUI has re fused to dispense with the service of this alliterative villain. In fact the same newspaper quote Gill a saying, "If Charley Wappenstein has com mitted a hundred murders, I will see that he hold his Job. But campaign material has not been ctilled wholly from the moral Issue. The Seattle Times, defending Gill, ac cuses corporation and special Inter- ta of fostering the candidacy of George W. Dllllng. the reform candi date. The Times ha attempted to pin down this connection by exploit ing Mayor Gill's advocacy of public docks, municipal collection of garbage and his policy concerning the opera tion of the municipal lighting system. Even the ancient Lake Washington canal, which has borne the brunt of many a political fight and even In vaded state politics, has not been over looked. The Oregonlan doe not profess to know anything about the foundation for the accusations against Seattle's Mayor and Chief of Police, but -It doe seem that If half that has been charged Is true, the people of Seattle have chosen the wrong tribunal for deciding the case. If It can be proved that a Chief of Police has grafted, there 1 a way to circumvent the loy alty or obstinacy 'of the appointive power. Penitentiary wall effectually remove a dishonest officer from hi field of activity, and at only a mall fraction of th expense created by an election. . Seattle i not to have a monopoly In Washington in the recall business. Tacoma. after a very brief experience with a commission form of govern ment. Is about to use this new and shining weapon against its mayor. Morality, with economy as an accom paniment is to be the Issue, and prob ably the city will expend as much money In the election as Mayor Fa'wcett is accused of having thrown away. The recall is a cumbersome and ex pensive weapon In actual use, but it seem to be as ready to the hand as the six-shooter of the early day "bad man." We may in time discover that loading the public down with such weapons 1 Just a dangerous in its way as promiscuous carrying of pocket pistols. The cemetery at Salem will today open Its bosom to receive the earthly remains of another loyal son and de vout follower of Methodism, Dr. D. L. Rader, editor of the Pacific Christian Advocate. With a moral and spiritual nature reinforced by earnest convic- I tions of duty and made effective through a vigorous body Dr. Kaaer had since his early youth been earnest In proclaiming the truth as he saw it, both with voice and pen. He had been practically an Invalid for the last year of hi life and looked for ward to the end with the longing of a tired child for rest. Dr. Rader work In the pulpit, the field and through the press was that of an able man who possessed the courage of hi convic tions. Though he did not attain to a great age he left a wide and appre ciative constituency In the Methodist Episcopal Church, together with a shining record of good words and work, and to the community at large the example of an earnest life. The ex-convict who violated hi parole and robbed the man who gave him employment committed a crime far. more serious than the mere rob bery of the till. By his act he ha to - j - ...1 iv. fnr o(T : - -8-i: ."":"Bk-: rn.Vw IU a. giCBt waiij vuigi - must now suffer In the estimation of the public. There would bo much more of a disposition on the part of the public to lend a helping hand if it were not for such ingratitude and -t-..H a that hwn bv the ex- depravlty as that shown by the ex convict. Stewart. The lot of the ex crlmlnal who 1 honestly seeking to reform Is hard enough at the best, but It is made doubly hard by every crook who backslides after he has regained the confidence of hi fellowman. Stewart should receive a good long sentence for robbery and as much a can be consistently added, for the damage he haa done to other ex-con-vlct who will, even though It Is un just, suffer for his Iniquity. King George of Great Britain opened Parliament Monday "with the pomp and circumstance in wnicn tne British people delight. They were denied this satisfaction during the greater part of the long reign of the late Queen "Victoria, who after the death of the Prince Consort In 1860 withdrew as much as possible from public life. Although they loved and venerated the mourning .Queen her people grew tired of the gloom in which the throne was shrouded for more than a generation, and although they sorrowed tenderly at her death, they rose to meet the changed condi tion of a new reign with manifest pleasure. All Indications point to a popular reign for King George, while the all too brief reign of King Edward was one of the most gracious In English history. ' Mr. TTRen explain that Mr. Fel Is not paying him a salary, but haa agreed to reimburse the law firm of U'Ren & Schnebel for the losse it suf fers through the U'Ren withdrawal to exploit the single tax. Kind man, that Fel. It can be understood how kind he la when it 1 stated, on the Fela authority, that tho U'Ren law practice ns-irreB-atea many thousands a year but U'Ren get from Fel only $2500 ter annum. Now we ee how bread cast upon the waters return after many days, gold-lined. Five bills that passed both branches of the Legislature have received the Rnnprnnr'i signature. Only one of the. that which validate the Broad way bridge bonds, is of any special Importance. One of the others adds mnthsr holiday October 12 to the already overburdened holiday calen' dar. The three remaining are of lit tie consequence and that little only in a strictly local sense. Mr. Hitchcock may well be pleased but we dare say he is not much sur prised over the success of the postal savings banks. Tney nave Deen estau, lished in many countries ior many years and have worked well every where. Naturally tney ao xne same here. The parcels post would give equally good result. With three legislative Investigations due this week; Three Twins at the Helllsr and "Three Weaks" at the Lyric; and big tollls at the three vau deville house we are promised a tri umvirate of farces all around. John C. Muller threaten to float down Death Valley In a canvas canoe. If he finds Maud down there she will not be raking the hay but will pos sibly be scouring the sink. On the very date a telegram is sent from New York that confidence has been restored a confidence man in Chicago robs a restaurant of X39O0 In cash in broad daylight. Many & self-made man has been made over by marriage, but all of the assaults on divorce fail to prove that papa's mis-fit marriage can be made over to fit vllllie. Of course the Joint legislative committee may call on Food and Dairy Commissioner Bailey to resign, but he won't. What next? America threatens to float airships over Mexican battlefields. The sud den drop of an aeroplane has proven Its adaptability as a piece maker. If all of tho reapportionment bills pending before the Oregon Legisla ture become laws this state will be cut up finer than chop suey. Reading maketh a full man and writing an exact man, but a news paper man after a sumptuous banquet Is exactly a full man. Th Oregon whipping post has been ort of wobbly for a fw days, but Governor est promise tobrace it up. This Is the season of the year when each team in the league Is a pennant winner. Be sure and get your hunch now. PLUMAGE BRINGS HIGH PRICES. Mllllaery Dema'ada Cause Shooting; of Paraaaata, Says Mr. Flaley. JENNINGS LODGE. Feb. S. (To the Editor.) Concerning the seizure of some China pheasant plumage which was made Saturday. I have noticed an article in The Oregonian of today. Among other things it says: "J. H. Green, chief deputy game warden un der R. O. Stevenson, is indignant at the allegations of Air. Flnley that Chinese pheasants are being slaughtered by the wholesale and the skins tanned for plumage for women's hats." There Is realty" no cause for indigna tion, because I did not state that these birds were beinsr killed by the whole' sale. The fact is, there are very few of these birds to be killed at all. It cannot be denied, however, that certain persons whom we have not yet been able to catch have been killing and selling the plumage of male China pheasants since the hunting season closed in November. One of the causes that leads to the shooting of male Chi nese pheasants is the demand for the Plumaire for the millinery marital. know that recently skins of this bird have been sold for $6 each. The clerk in Lipman, Wolfe & Co.'s store asked S7.50 each for the skins tbey naa. The fact of the matter Is that the plumage of the China pheasant is not at its best durlnz the hunting season. As a rule, birds are either young and have not acquired full color, or they have lust finished moulting ana tn nlummrn Is not in fine condition. A skin in October would not be worth half the amount it is in the month of January or February. The premium on the skin of one of these birds killed during the Winter and after the hunt ing season is entirely too high. It is too much of a temptation for certain people to break game laws, especially when there Is so little respect for them tn rartaln narts of the state. In thla same article. Mr. ureen is outitnd as saving. "I also would HKe Mr. Flnley to show me the law which makes it unlawful for any one to nave the skin of a pheasant killed curing open season in hi. or her posses siOn." Slnca Jt may De too much trouble I for Mr Green to hunt up and read the , jaw 0n Page 13 (Section 22) of the j Laws for the Protection of Game Fish j and Game, which is furnished by the . State Printer free of charge, I shall quote the section concerning the pium- age of the China pheasant: "From and after the date when this sot becomes a law, any person or persons who shall have In his or their possession the feathars. carcass, or any portion of soy ead riss-necked or Chinese (Torquatus) pheas ant at any time when It Is unlawful to hunt or kill the same, or who shall at any tima mutilate any carcass or any such bird for the purpose of disguising the sex there of shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the provisions of this act, and tha possession of said feathers, carcass or any portion ot the dead bird shall be deemed and held prima facie evidence of guilt." The penalty for violation of this law Is: "a fine of not leas than 25 or more than lo0,' etc. I should not have been surprised to have some people ask this question, but Mr. Green draws a salary from tne ' state and Is paid to study ana eniorce I the game taws, as uuu, seems to .i. these things Instead of coming out In public print and asking to be shown. WILLIAM L. F1NLEY. PRODUCER AXD FALSE WEIGHTS. He, a Well aa Consumer. Needs Pro tection from Fake Sales. CORVALLIS. Or., . Feb. 2. (To the Editor.) The Oregonlan has lately been informing us that our legislators at Salem ar working on a correct weights and measures law for Oregon. Thla is one of the very best and most needed measures tackled by them for many years. But why stick at 16 ounces to a pound? Xet us also nave -vuvv pounds to a ton, and give producers as well as consumers a correct weight. As The Oregonian points out, 'there is now no correct standard weights to compare with and both consumer and producer have to accept the dealer's weight as correct. What scale can tell us we are getting 1 ounces to the pound or 2000 pounds to the ton? Would it not be feasible for a correct set of standard sealed scales to be placed In every courthouse in Oregon under the supervision of the County Clerk or some other responsible offi cer? The public and honest dealers would then be able to compare and de tect false weights. By charging a small fee (say from 5 cents for weighing a pound to 60 cents for a ton and over), they would probably be self-supporting; but even if they were not they would be worth many times their cost to the taxpayers and public of Oregon. otiAi.TTPPD A V 1 1 CONSIIMKR. Paris Streets In Bad Condition. New York Evening PoBt. There was a time when tho main streets of Paris were supposed to be models of what public thoroughfares ouzht to be. but for some years they have been falling Into a condition of neglect, and complaint of their dust and dirt are heard on all sides. M. Da us set, an investigator for the Munlcl nal Budget, denounces exiting condi' tions with great severity, remarking that when ail Is said and done, the rain is the great cleanser and scavenger or me rltv streets. It aDDears that $3,000,000 is allowed annually by the municipality for the upkeep of the streets, and that 6000 men are regularly empioyea upon- umn. M. Dausset says that one great cause of the trouble is the utter lack of or ganization In the various public depart- . ...... i 1 1 i, r, I.A n i.-o "art ments. ruuuc .w executed at haphazard, without regard for promptness or uniformity. A single roadway is torn up time after ume for one purpose or another, and no attempt nt co-ordination is made." It is gratify ing to know that eccentricities of this kind on tne part ot execuuvo ties are not confined exclusively to this side of the Atlantic. ESTBAYS FROM THE DAY'S DOINGS. Of course, the Missouri state capltol was a -H hn it was discovered that loo convicts couldn't bar tha progress ot tha flames. Whether the single tax propoeltion suc ceeds In Oregon will depend upon how far our voters can be soft-soaped. x-, an iv, verhsvi. however, are slngie- taxers most of them being found shouting Socialism on tne street come But there will probably be a bigger ex plosion In Idaho than Governor nrauy Z1OO.O00 affair whan uepDurn cornea up in re-eiecuon. it it mrmrm not for the excessive lyelnr that will enter Into It the single tax campaign in Oregon should be a remarkably clean one. sine those roadhouse owners have been subjected to Sheriff Stevens' steam roller why not put them In charge of a first-class rock crusher? Centralia young women will no doubt sea to It hereafter that padding preceaes pad dling while reform is being taught tn an open-handed manner. Of course. If the worst comes to the nrmt th. President of the Mexican Re public will Dlas a hero should. Th. i already a certalntv that the man who doesn't pay even a single tax now will favor the single tax proposition. When we had four Judges we wanted five. Now that we have five we need, seven. My all means let us keep the wires from getting crossed until wa complete the circuit. vttwithstandlnr our continued heavy foreign Immigration It Is consoling to know that hereafter a largely Increased number of our peoyle can boast of having descended from tapper Derma. If the Alisons authorities would consent to It that man Lasher mluht get a perma nent Job at the Centralla Reform School. Tnrd rwiea and Ms chlld-brlde will go to Ervpt the first place. But why Egypt? There's Keno, wnica m yawning 10 juh such. BETTER CAR SERVICE IS ASKED. Complaint aa to Stoppage of One Train From Oregon City. PORTLAND, Feb. 6. (To the Edi tor.) Through the medium of The Ore gonlan I should like to have a little heart-to-heart talk with the Portland Hallway, Light & Power Company. The Oregonlan of today publishes a new time table for the Oregon City cars. In which I notice that three cars are taken off in the evening and one in the early morning. The three evening cars I do not wish to discuss, but the morning car Is a totally different mat tea Those people who use the evening car are usually not pinned to time so closely, whereas the morning car car ries workers to their places of busi ness, etc. The car which is cut out in the morn ing reached Second and Washington streets at about 7:20 A. M., giving those who are due at work by 7:30 and 8 o'clock time to get there. The new time table will bring the cars into Second and Washington streets at about 6:45 and 8 o'clock, which means In my own case, to say nothing of many others, either 45 minutes too early or else 30 minutes lato. I cannot do either of these things, and must, consequently, leave the section served by this carline, and my home, which I have Just com pleted, and rent In town. On car No. 10S4 this morning, which is one of three on tha train to be cut off, the register showed 88 fares, and the other two cars looked to be equally as well filled, making an approximate total of 249 passengers on this one train alone, who will be more or less affect ed by the change. Some, like myself. will be compelled to leave the line en tirely. I, personally, know of four families, comprising 17 people, who all pay fare, and nine of these ride back and fourth every day, who will be com pelled to leave. I want to believe that the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company peo ple are wllllng to do the right thing, if this is put to them in its proper light. Let us hope that they will see this from our point of view, and not add the Oregon City line, which has here tofore been the best line in Portland, to the long list of "rotten service" we hear so much of. I Intend this as a plea, not a "kick." C. JAMES SMITH. ROAD SUPERVISION IX ENGLAND Former Superintendent Recommends Plan to State Legislature. WOODSTOCK, Or., Feb. 2. (To the Editor.) Your editorial remarks on "Roads and the State" in The Oregonlan of this date, should be an eyeopener to the State Legislature and to the public who -travel on the public roads. What meaning is given by both to the public road system in the state? If it means a public service, and the present road statute of the state is Intended to carry out that service, it should be the abso lute duty on the part of the County Courts and the road authority in every district to make and keep the roads In good order. As the Legislature has power to enact public roads laws, provid ing for the finance and local manage ment. It has the power to provide a com pulsory execution thereof. The public roads of England would never be as good as they are were It not for the compulsory clauses of the highway laws. If any road free for public service is in bad condition and complaint arises, the county authority makes an order on the defaulting parish or district to repair the road within a specified time. If this Is not obeyed, the county authority orders the county surveyor to make the repairs and levies the cost thereof upon the parish or dis trict. I had scores of such cases to deal with during the six years I had the supervision of 6000 miles of roads In the County of Norfolk. In England, the ounty corresponds with the state here, and the county authority is much the same. A. the public roada are created for the use of the public, their proper con struction ana annual maintenance should be cared for by the state authority. The city and town authorities enforce the construction and maintenance of thj streets and sidewalks for the use of the public; so why should not the state au thority have the power to compel the ru ral district authorities to fulfill their duty to the public In the matter of pub lic roads? The S4 counties In the state are ex- pending in the aggregate about 81,000,000 annually on the public roads; yet where can you find any mileage of really good roed at the present time? R. M. BRERETON. John D.'s Core for Headache. New York Tribune. Have you a headache? If so write o John D. Rockefeller. The chances are ' that he can cure it w'th the wonderful, new headache remedy which he pre scribed for John Rltter In the lobby of the Fifth-avenue Baptist Church yester day morning. Kltter Is the sexton of the church. A day before Christmas he stood on a lad der lfl the Sunday school room affixing miniature electric bulbs to a Christmas tree, when the ladder toppled over and he bad a bad fall, as a result of which he was confined to his home until yes terday. When Mr. Rockefeller appeared in church yesterday be took Rltter by the hand and asked him how he felt. The sexton said he was all right again, ex cept for a bad headache. "I know of a remedy which has helped many a man," said Mr. Rockefeller, and he pressed a 820 bill into Bitter's hand. "I suppose he gave it to me," said Rlt ter afterward, "because I was home at Christmas time and didn't get the com pliments of tho season he always gives mo. But, really, my headache does feel much better already." Now York Women Bill Posters. New Tork Sun. Twenty members of Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch's Political Equality Union armed with buckets of paste and brushes posted 200 bills In various parts of New York last night announcing the coming lecture of Miss Sylvia Pank hurst the English suffragist at the Carnegie Lyceum. The party was formed at the clubrooms at 46 i-ast Twenty-ninth street at 8 o'clock and the members started out in pairs. Mrs. Blatch and Miss Elizabeth Elsworth Cooke took the territory from Thirty first to Forty-third street up Broadway. Among the bill posters were Mrs. Blatch, Mrs. Nora Blatch de Forest, Miss Caroline Lexow, Miss Alberta Hill, Mrs. Townsend, Miss Sarah Splint Mrs. John Winters Branon, Mrs. John Rog ers. Jr., Dr. Jane Berry, Mrs. H. W. Graham and Miss Frances Maul. Most Danger in Coaat Fishing. New York World. Insurance agents have figured out the most dangerous occupation for the last year. It isn't working in a powder mill or dynamite factory, as many suppose, or railroading. It is shown that the highest percentage of fatality is found among the ttsnermen along tne jsew England Coast wnere 13 per cent or tne total number employed go to their death every year. Tne mortality among rail way workers is about 8 per cent The number of deaths due to accidents of occupations among all wage earners Is between 80.000 and 35,000; the non-fatal accidents exceed 2,000.000. Explanation Is Easy. Atlanta Journal. A London editor finds our sailors "thin-faced and sad." The ones he saw must have stumbled upon a copy of Punch by mistake. OXE VIEW OF A NO-LIQUOR TOWN Picture ot BelUngham, Wash., Since Prohibition Began Recent Reltvn. BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Jan. 3L (To the Elitor.) A communication in The Ore gonlan of a recent date, from M. C Dick inson, of this city, states that Beliing ham is "dry" in name only; that tho only change made was that the city treasury loses 42,000 of licen ss monev j that the city went "dry" as the result oi a political trade, and would vote "wet" by a tremendous majority if another elec tion could be held now. Owing to the fact that Mr. Dickinson is a man of standing, reputation and In tegrity, his statement in an outside paper is greatly regretted by many of his per sonal friends and a host of this city's well-wishers. His communication has created a sort of mild panic, It has been the topic of discussion ever since its publication, and has aroused a storm of protest. The election in this city Is too recent for accurate knowledge as to the result of this city going '"dry." So far, the "dry" forces are satisfied and content with the result; they are pleased with the rigid enforcement of the law by tha Mayor, Chief of Police ana the city and county officials. Since January 1 three arrests have been made for drunken ness, and one of these "drunks" stated that he had got his "booze" in Seattle. One man has been arrested and fined for selling liquor, and he was a Japanese who sold two half-pints of whisky. The police have strict orders to arrest every body drinking in publio places or show ing any signs of intoxication, and these orders are being rlg'dly obeyed in every respect A close scrutiny of the columns of the Herald and American for the past 30 days will bear me out In this state ment. The writer has been In this county the past 20 years and he is prepared to oweur unaer oatn, ir necessary, that there has been practically no drinking or drunkenness since the town went "dry." If anyone doubts this assertion, write to Mayor J. P. DeMattos or Chief of Police John L. Llkins for the facts In the case. This is not a prohibition state or coun ty. This city went "dry" by a majority of 93 votes after a bitterly-waged cam paign. The politicians, large property holders, most of the officeholders and both daily papers opposed the "dry" forces. Practically every magazine and outside paper or publication which en tered the city ridiculed prohibition or local option, and the professional or busi ness men lent their aid and financial support in the majority of cases to the saloon cause, which had ample funds and the assistance of the ablest, most astute lawyers and politicians in the city. If any political trades were made, nobody Beems to have discovered the fact until this moment. If Mr. Dickinson knows of any violations of the local option law. It Is his duty to so inform the local officials. If he will do so, tie will get quick action, as the Mayor, Council and the Police Chief are alert active and fully determined to absolutely enforce the law to the limit If another election could be held to morrow, the majority aganst granting license would be much greater than it was at the November election, and now that woman suffrage has carried, the prospects for a return to the old license system In the future are very slim. Tho most ardent friend of the open saloon has practically abandoned all hope of any return to old conditions. The friends of temperance are better organized, more aggressive and alert than ever before; they realize that the work has Just be gun and they do not Intend to relin quish one foot of the ground that they have gained. As for the loss of the 842.000 license money, that matter has already been dis posed of, and the feeling Is growing stronger every day that it was "dirty." greasy money, practically blood-money which the city Is much better off wit.. out The mothers, sisters, daughters and wives of this city think so, anyway, and most of them feel safer, happier and more contented than they did under tha old license system. Belllngham Is "dry" and It Is going to stay "dry" for all time. She knows a "good thing" when she sees it! J. C. NATTRA9S. IVIIEItB DOBS OREGON STAND? Query aa to Its Attitude on Presiden tial Nomlnationa. Springfield Republican. Politicians in both parties, who are planning the preliminary operations for 1912, are not overlooking the important bearing which the Oregon primaries a ' year from the coming Spring will have ' upon the National conventions and the 1 Presidential nominations. In Oregon the delegates to National conventions will be chosen in the party primaries directly by the voters, no state con ventions standing in the way. The primaries will be held in April of the Presidential year and any candidate for a Presidential nomination may thus put his name before the people. The delegates elected will be instructed to support the candidate who gets the largest popular vote. The Oregon primaries in the Spring of 1912 will not be lacking, therefore, in significance to the rest of the country. They will be looked to as Indicating the drift of popular sentiment concerning Presidential candidates, especially among voters who In both parties have in recent years developed the most radical tenden cies. There, If anywhere, the National Republican progressive league, or "Sena tor Bourne's Salvation Army," as Mr. Depew wittily describes it, should have Influence and show its hand. There, too, the two wings of the Democratic party " should be able to measure strength. If Senator La Follette is to gather a string of delegates to support him In the next Republican National convention, Oregon will surely not be overlooked by him. Nor will the President's political manager leave the field unstudied and , unworked. On the Democratic side, who is there who could most easily carry Oregon? Champ Clark today Is said to be the favorite among the Democratic voters of the state, but it may confident ly be predicted that when Governor Woodrow Wilson's great achievement is smashing "the Bystem" in New Jersey, in the Senatorial contest, and his ap preciative regard for Oregon institutions become well known in that distant com monwealth, neither Champ Clark's prairie breeze of a name nor bis Missouri as sociations In politics win put Dr. Wilson ,out of the running. As for Governor Harmon, present Indications are that his chances are slim in Oregon. 1 V How Robbers Steal From Coins. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Secret service agents of the United States Government have been working for some time in Maiden Lane, New York, in an effort to trace robbers who have devised a new form of coin-trimming. Gold coins are put in a burlap bag and shaken briskly for an hour or two. The result Is that tiny pieces of the metal are knocked off the surfaces and edges and cling to the bag. The coins are then put into circulation ap parently no more worn nor battered than most money that has been in use. The bag is burned and this leaves the melted gold, which Is gathered up and sold to the Jewelry manufacturers. Th sub-treasury and the Treasury .Depart ment at Washington have been receiv ing large quantities of gold coins of re cent date which are short in weigh! from S to 15 per cent and which seem to be worse battered than coins sub jected to the usual wear and tear. Or microscopic Investigation they discov ered that the gold pieces had been sub jected to some violent treatment,, and they discovered the method of stealing from the coins by shaking them In sack. Usually Well Recommended. New York Press. Temptation always gets an introduc tion to you under some other name.