TITE MORXING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1911.
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ML fURil rrjULOCS IT.
If the country were leas convinced
than tt U of Mr. Champ Clark's an
trr.'lc Innocence of motive. 11 might
aspect that he Injected th) Subject
of Canadl n annexation Into th de
bate on reciprocity for a sinister pur
pose. What better way could an
enemy of reciprocity have chosen to
lay thoma In Ita path? No sooner haa
Mr. CUrk uttered his amUbly silly
remarks In the Hoo of Representa
tives than we bvho'.J all Canada In
dignantly air or. England pricks up
her ears and wonders what tha tricky
Tanker are contriving now against
h peace and dignity of th British
Empire. In a day or two word will
come that all Europe la watching u
auspiciously. Th innocent-appearing
rrlproc!:y agreement with our North
ern neighbor doubtless conceal lomt
vast Imperialistic project to b pur
sued by th usual conscienceless
methods ef th Americana. Thua th
Car tans and th French will whl.per
in th bfT rarvlora and cafva wher
thy moil d conrrerata. It rlly
"mi as If Mr. Champ Clark rn!.ht
h.ar waited for a more auspicious
ironeM to lndulc In display of
hi farll but not too dlafrnit ability
to Joke.
It la to Mr. Taft'a credit that h
fwm th coneequenc of Champ
C'.ark'a r.trln; Indiscretion and
hastrnxd to prerrent as much aa h
could of It What ty,pvat word to
this ambassador and cautUu Intrr
vlw with that newspaper man or
Senator h did all bo could to flv th
world to understand that Mr. Clark
apok f.ir nobody but himself. Un
fortunately, folly Is a very difficult
thlnr to conntract. and tha chances
ar that th reciprocity acr eement
will undergo aom slight los of pre
ttr In spit of a:l that can be don
In the matter, though w may hop
there haa been no es.wntlal harm. It
would b a .id pity If the welfare of
two countries should suffer because
a public man whose htad hna been
made a little light by too much flat
tery could not control his tonirue. Mr.
Knox Mmi to think th affair of
enough importance to merit grave
iplanatlon. Hla speech at the Chi
cago banquet on Wednesday night
took up th subject of Canadian an
nexation seriously, de-d and uninter
esting as It haa become to Americana,
nd said what ought to be said
about It.
tn subetanc Mr. Knox declared
that nobody In th United States now
c.i re anything about annexing Can
ada. Formerly there was aome mort
or less superficial Interest In th mat
ter, and If our tariff had been man
aged Judiciously forty or fifty years
g. the Canadians might hav been
drawn toward us strongly. As It was.
we repelled whateer sentiment ther
was among them for union with th
United States. W forced them to
rnly upon themselves and the mother
country for markets, and In fact took
precisely th right cours to fowtrr
th sentiment of nationality among
them. Th natural consequence Is
that th Canadians do not wish to Join
fortunes with us and w are certainly
far from desirous tht they should.
As Mr. Knox said In the course of
rt's speech. Interest In Canadian an
nexation haa diminished to th sero
point In the United State. if Mr.
rtark had not been perfectly well
aware of thU fact, of course, he would
not tar allowed hlmelf to make his
unttmely Jest But It Is nor always
nf to play with' th bodies of th
!ed. Their surviving relatives may
feel tonchy about It. In our relations
with Cana.ta w have reached th
point where Intimate commercial In
terchange" ar desired without a
thought of politic. Economic friend
ship, to quot Mr. Knox again, doe
rot Imply In this case any political
complication. Canada baa her de
tlry to fulfill and we have curs, but
there Is no reason In the world whr
th two cour tries should not be ex
cellent boMnes friends.
There ar a great many ways In
which the United States would profit
V.t (ewer trade restrictions with Cun
mix. Her products ar needed her
as bal'.T as ours ar needed ther. If
Canada wants our machinery and
citrus fruits, w want her lumber and
pulp wood as well as dozens of other
products. Fre lumber alon would
mak up to the farmer all that he
can possibly lt through reciprocity.
Th ffort tt frighten him with big
talk about th terrible slump In th
prices of food stuffs that would ensue
under the adoption of' reciprocity is
not Ingenuous. Most of It la framed
for a purpoe nn too honest. Th
reliance of predatory protection has
aivavs been upon the Ignorance of
the farmer, and some of It advocates
seem to thlr.k that th old tricks can
ri:i b worked. Wt shall se whether
they are mistaken or not
Fre wood pulp and the paper made .
from tt would benefit the newspapers
and through them th people. lnc
th Aldrlch tariff went Into effect the
price of print paper has gone up S2.f0
a ton. Soma say this was don by a
tru.t, but we may .charitably Imagine
that the Increased scarcity of pulp
wood made It necessary. Ther Is
not neaxly enough pulp wood In this
country to supply the demand, and It
is conceded that our paper mills can
not fill their orders. Th New Tork
Time offers a yearly contract of
1750.000 to any paperraaker who will
accept It and ther ar no bidders.
This Is an anomalous condition. It
cannot be tolerated very long. Canada
haa large forests of pulp timber. She
L eager to supply our presses with
wood psper. Th tariff of $3.7 a ton
stands In th way and leaves ail our
periodical at th mercy of th do
mestic paper mills, which cannot ot
will net meet the demands of the
trade even at an exorbitant figure.
Would not comraoo ens seem to say.
let paper come In fre of duty from
Canada? Is th United States pre
pared to sit down under a reign of
obscurantism caused by scarcity and
extravagant cost of paper? Is the
tariff so sacred that we aro all willing
to live In Ignorance tn order to pre
serve It unimpaired?
Tn atrtiwlln. fnp eoclnrncltV I".
Taft fights the battles of the plain
cursen wnose weuare is too inurmif
forgotten In the rage for protection
and colossal profits. People who un
derstand their own best Interest will
back him In the fight
WtTTTXO ORCOX RIG JIT.
When the slnglo-taxers by evasion,
artifice and chicane tricked th people
of Oregon Into adoption of the county
option (single tax) amendment, they
attemptod at the same time to tie for
ever th hands and gng the mouth of
the Legislature on the vital subject of
tsxatlon. The amendment sought to
withdraw from all future Oregon Leg-
Islature the power to enact any tax
measure.
Yet th THlafiire has continued to
make Itself heard on the single tax. It
h row BYtn oa rrord- throtirh Its
vote on the proposed constitutional
tax amendment in direct ana irrecon
cilable opposition to the single tax. It
reflects here Infallibly the sentiment
and purposes of the people of Oregon.
Th ae nnt fnr the slnsrle tax.
They
never will be. They can never again
be fooled by th UTJens. the Crldges
and the Wagnons Into adopting any
measure from such a source without
cine scrutiny of all Its terms. Let
URn. Crldg and Wagnon beware.
Th people of Oregon will In 1S1J
set themselves right on the single tax.
They will vote It down overwhelming
ly, aa they did In 10J by S3.0 ayes.
0,T1 noes. The people of Oregon
are altogether sane.
vr rCTT or a i.r.i;iLATinK.
The Pendleton East Oregonlan.
lonir-tla-io champion of the Initiative,
refuses to got Into a panic about the
purpose of the Legislature to repeal
the "people's Ias. The direct pri
mary waa enacted though the Initia
tive In 1904. It ha stood to this day
without amendment Now Speaker
Rusk and several other legislators
whos standing aa friends of the peo
pln. and all of them, is unlmpeach
able: propose to cure the mistake of
plurality nominations by amending
the primary law so as to Include a
second-choice person and to require
all candidates to get a majority vote.
The East Oregonlan remarks that
-with the Rusk bill enacted into law
and with a provision calling for rota
tion of names upon ballots, the direct
primary law will then be open to few
Just criticisms."
The Ambrose bill, orovidlng for ro
tation of names on the ballot passed
th nous without serious difficulty
or radical change. It Is an amend
ment to the people's primary law. It
Is a fair and proper measure.
Th Lcglslatur of HO enacted a
new fish lav to extricate the fishing
Interests of the Columbia from the
Impossible situation Into which they
haj tiii driven bv the enactment
through the Initiative of two conflict- I
Ing laws In 10S. Did the Legislature
i i - -.lain ot.ll-.uMon tn tha neo- 1
tiuiAia fwu - - w i
Pie there? I
Representative Q11L or asco ana
Hood River Counties, contributed
to The Oregonlan yesterday a
letter which every disturbed guardian
of the Initiative ought to read. It was
an unanswerable arraignment of the
promoters of the unfortunate and In
jurious Rogue Klver legislation, and
a vindication of the motives and rights
of the Legislature In its purpose to
modify the bill.
The Legislature has Just passed y
an overwhelming vot three measures
designed to set the state right on th
single tax question, relieving It of tha
sore predicament In which it haa
been placed by adopting, under a mis
apprehension, the county option hill.
Will anyone suggest that the Legisla
ture haa not acted strictly within. Its
prerogatives?
Th Legislature has no business and
no moral right to lnterfer wantonly
with the people's law s, or any other
law. But Is It not time we heard th
last of the foolish and Insincere
clamor about the necessity of the Leg
islature keeping "hands ft" when
ever the clear duty to all the people of
a conscientious legislator may require
him to take a hand?
TUB WA.VWO oonn idrtoe.
Tn tha mutnr nf no r c r flnulit from
control of the great railroad proper
ties wua vmcn me xamiiy name nits
always been connected, and over
wblch the retiring president has had
command for nearly twenty years, the
public has another example of th re
markable change that has taken place
In American railroading. George
Gould is still comparatively young In
years, but he haa lived long enough to
se th practical elimination of the
Gould nam from a position of power
In railroad circles, where twenty
years ago It led all the rest
Thar wer many contributing fac
tor, tn tha downfall of thn Gould
power and prestige. The larg. com
pact lortun wnicn jay oouiti ten to
h'. f.mllv hail It txuin li.ert to a
greater extent tn th protection of th
roads and less In purchasing actresses
and titled foreigners, might have pre
vented me interests wnicn now con
trol the property from getting a foot
bld during th panic of 1107.
ThU distribution of one of our great
American fortunes Is not however, a
novelty. There Is both truth and phil
osophy In th homely remark that It Is
only "three generations from shirt
sleeve to shirt sleeves." With the
progress that the Gould family Is
maktng. the third generation may yet
get back to the occupation of mouse
trap peddler, which was followed with
signal success by the founder of thd
railroad fortunes of the family. The
most logical explanation of the pres
ent difficulty, however. Is found In the
statement In the news report of th
Chang: "George Gould has been pres
ident eighteen years. H seldom vis
ited the property." There Is also
much meaning In the remarjt of one
of the new Interests that Mr. Gould's
successor win "not onnt ana sieep on
the job.
e job.
Mr. Gould has not been a drinking
tn. us- i "v..r. -i..n.-j
man. His life haa Teen clean" and
eminently respectable, but any man
Who seldom visits tne property in
which mor than $100,000,000 is In
vested and dependent for success upon
his management may truthfully bs
charged with being "asleep on the
Job." The late Mr. Harrlmafi. In the
closing years of his life, had charge of
a railroad mlleag four or flv times
as great as that of th system from
which George Gould haa Just been re
moved, but his personal visits. Inspec
tion and "first-hand" knowledge of
his lines, their patrons and the coun
try on which they drew their support
enabled him to keep in th closest
kind of touch, with them. American
railroads can no longer be successfully
operated from a Wall-street oflice.
The personal equation looms large In
all of the big systems of the country.
Kt'MSIA A.VD CHINA.
The Czar's deeds do not evince quite
th same devotion to universal peac
as his words. Though he was the
originator of The Hague tribunal, he
has fought one great war since It
opened. Its doors and seems now to
be on the verge of another. Unless
the Chinese renew his privileges in
Mongolia, which expire by treaty this
month, he threatens them with war.
Why does he not follow out hla own
principles and refer the trouble to
irbltratlon? If International armtra
, t,oa ,s gooA ,n lh Wet it Is good in
I r ioh.hiv h Chinese would
. prefer to submit the matter to a court
. of arbitration rather than fight Rus-
of arbitration rather than fight Rus
sia would set an excellent example to
normanv and TCna-Iand if ahe took the
same view of it. But Russia will not
take the same view. With all the
Cxar'a professions, of a love of peace,
he Is the eern I-barbarous ruler of a
barbarous nation, and his dielike of
war Is assumed to preserve respect-
hmti- in th. kvm of Europe. It Is
! -..,.. -ion nni.h can hA evnected
aiVft . r .. ....... - .
. f ,,i,i ki. conduct.
It Is safe to believe that Russia
would not dare to go to war with
China unless a preliminary under
standing had been concluded with
Japan. The two nations, hostile as
they were a few years ago. are now
acting In perfect understanding -with
each other. If Russia Infringes upon
China's rights In Mongolia, japan
will keep th balance even by in
fringing somewhere else.
In former years It was the policy of
the United State to preserve the ter
ritorial Integrity and the autonomy
of China. Our Department of State
has Interfered to check aggression In
the very region where Russia Is now
operating. A word from Mr. Knox
might be of the greatest assistance to
our Oriental friend at this Juncture.
It Is difficult to Imagine a more,
opportune time for giving out a state
ment that this country still stands for
the open door In Asia and will not sit
Idly by while China is piunaereo. inn
large expectations of Oriental trad
which we had In Mr. Hay's time have
"been more or less disappointed, but
there are other reasons than com
mercial ones why tho Integrity of
China Is important to the United
States. It Is not to our Interest to
sea the whole of Eastern Asia gath
ered under th "vlngs of two preda
tory and ambitious powers.
kokkht-kihjc rBOTKTioy.
A atrlngent Are law properly en
forced Is much needed In this tat to
prevent the annual loss through forest
Area. Th Oregon Forest Fire Asso
ciation, composed of men who control
nearly l.SOO.000 acres of timber land,
has in recent years maintained at Ita
own expense an efficient Are patrol,
which haa not only prevented the de
struction of much timber owned by
members of the association, but haa
,!90 vea tne timber of small owners
j Vlo-TraMen O ! 1 -
irum ucanuiuvii. -
pert of the association, truthfully
states that "If danger spots, such as
logging slashings and brush along
trails and roads, were ordered burned
at the proper season, and it were
known that the State Forestry Board
stood ready to punish violations of the
Are law, we would not have this an
nual fire scare."
In proportion to th value of the
Immense holdings. of the big timber
companiea. th cost of a fire patrol Is
very small. Unfortunately, a perfect
patrol system covering the big- hold
ings would be of small value If a fir
carelessly kindled In an unpatrolled
timber belt should sweep down on th
guarded holdings of the big compa
nies. Scattered throughout th state
are. many thousand Individual claims
and small tracts whose owners are
non-residents and who have no pro
tection against forest fires. While th
loss through the burning of the tim
ber on these claims, of course, falls
heaviest on th owner, the state as a
whole Is a loser by the destruction.
This) loss can never be recouped, for
It is a matter of generations before
the fine timber now destroyed by fire
can be replaced by natural processes.
In their campaign for a more efllcient
patrol of all forests the Oregon Forest
Kir Association Is entitled to the sup
port not only of the small timber
owner, but of every one Interested In
the conservation of our matchless for
est wealth.
muwvni of th city.
PorUanders who have received their
tax statements this year may have dif
ficulty In discovering anything of a
pleasant nature In connection with the
lill roll. " Some of the details re
garding the new roll, however, offer
very Interesting testimony aa to the
rapid growth of the city and county.
For example. It contains 9600 more
line than Its predecessor, and the ex
tent of the activity In real estate Is
shown by th appearanc f 121 n
addition and subdivisions which have
been platted and placed on the mar
ket within th past twelve months.
Quite naturally, some of these new ad
ditions might appropriately be classed
as "wildcat." but the most of them
are legitimate and will provide homes
for the many thousand of newcomers
that have been pourlnc intp Portland
'during the past two years.
On the East Side alone last year
permits were Issued for 8125 new resi
dences. Most of them were built In
new districts, and. except In a few lo
calities, the buildings were not close
together. Strike an average for the
entire East Side and it Is doubtful if
there would b more than four resi
dence to the block In the new dis
tricts. It is thus apparent that thf
new homebullders on the East Sid
alon last year required approximately
800 acres of land for residences,
streets and alleys.
The East Side residence permits for
nil to ner cent greater than
those for 1909, and as the movement
troomera to
this city in Ian.
promises to break all records. It Is
l reasonaDie to w.'
year will witness th addition or at
I; . . .hmt.anit acres to the "built-
vCu n tit - --
least a thousand acres to the "built
up" portion of our resldenc districts.
Th stress of famine 1 unabated In
Northern China. Death, hunger and
disease, though making great Inroads
In the ranks of the destitute, have
made little Impression upon the great
mass of wretchedness. The condition
Is most piUable, yet the way In which
thousands hold out against It is proof
that It Is relatively less acute than
would b a Ilk situation to people
who ar accustomed to food and shel-
ter and clothing In the civilized, sense.
At best these creatures are half naked,
unhoused starvelings. The large num
ber of Infants and little children
among them testify to their Insensi
bility to the sufferings of others snd
to their utter Irresponsibility In the
matter of perpetuating and multiply
ing the miseries that they suffer.
Chlldlings In a race that outdates his
tory, they are simply repeating the
lesson of the ages, uncomprehendlngly
the lesson that would ain teach a
man to be a responsible being If he
would escape the severe penalties that
Nature visits upon the helpless and
dependent. In an effort to aid these
unfortunates a responsible organiza
tion, the Seattle Commercial Club, is
accepting subscriptions. It is said
that 'two dollars contributed now
through this organization will save
the life of some man, woman or child.
The proposal to admit the new
Mount Hood Railroad to the city by
way of the present line on Broadway
street Is an excellent one. As Broad
way already has a carllne, there would
be no objection on the part of the
property-owners who are determined
to fight to th end against placing
the new suburban line's tracks on anyj
of the other principal residence
streets. The complaint of the Irving
ton people has never been on account
of lack of carllnes. but because of
miserable service over the lines al
ready there. The Portland Railway,
LieTht & Power Company, which con
trols the Broadway tracks, might
naturally object to thus favoring the
people, but as that corporation Is
always asking some kind of franchise
over other streets. It might be per
suaded Into an arrangement that
would please the people who pay all
the bills.
The serloua Illness of Joaquin Mil
ler, foreshadowing his speedy demise,
recalls many Incidents In the erratic
life of the poet pleasing and other
wise. Like other men of erratic but
pronounced genius, he was In no sense
a man of domestic tastes and habits,
and hence was a lamentable failure In
the role of a family man. He was,
however, loyal In his friendships, a
lover of Natur and in a somewhat
diffusive sense a poet An old but
not. In the modern sense, an aged
man, a vigorous aclon front sturdy
pioneer stock, h had reasonable ex
pectation of further length of years.
Hence his passing at the age of 70
(If his present Illness prove fatal)
will be a surprise to the friends who
have followed his course through the
past half century In "which h has
been known in the world of adven
ture and literature.
Apparently wonders iwlll never
rease. Here w have an order direct
from the office of the Secretary of
State, the object of which la to prevent
legislators from carrying off all of the
state's movable property about the
Capitol, upon which they can lay their
hands. Codes, stationery. Inkstands,
pens, pencils, pen knives and waste
baskets, not to mention the oversup
ply of postage stamps which members
regularly vote themselves all have
heretofore found their war Into the
unrefunding depths of traveling bags
at the close of the session. A watch
la to be set upon thea things and this
wholesale looting of the legislative
chambers Is to be prevented. For the
first time there is something more
than the semblance of reform at the
state capital. This is indeed the real
thing. 1
It Is amusing to read that Mr.
Rockefeller intends to found "the
most Influential church In the
world" on his homestead In New
York. Of course he has endless mil
lions to carry out his scheme with,
but the most Influential church the
world has ver seen thus far was
founded by a few poverty-stricken
Jews who had scarcely money enough
to buy their food. They had little
gold and much faith. W shall now
see how a church succeeds which Is
founded with little faith and much
gold.
It is highly Important, of course,
for the police to look after the quiet
of the saloons and attend to the -vel-fare
of the red light people. Every
body admits that these Interests are
of the first Importance. But there
are many citizens who look hopefully
for a time where a few policemen
can be spared for th protection of
stores and decent homes. Perhaps
the idea msy be preposterous, but it
la a good deal talked about Just now.
The capture of some cars by the
militant I. W. W. men reminds one
of the blessed times when Coxeys
army smiled and shone. We doubt
whether these fellows know exactly
what they want, but they manage to
stir up a nice lot of trouble In grop
ing around for It. We wish them
well In their higher strivings, but w
cannot help thinking they would be
far happier if they got a Job and went
to work. At any rate, they would be
more likely to keep out of Jail.
In the rush and crush of tho legis
lative session's close a member be
thought him to Introduce-a bill for the
protection of beea Most people, es
pecially those who hav at one time
or another rudely assaulted bees In
their castles, bav found out that Na
ture haa provided them with some
what effective means for their own
protection
With Standard Oil declaring quar
terly dividends of $15 a share, It Is
easy to see where the money came
from to buy control of the Missouri
Pacific.
Champ Clark stands convicted of
the same crime attributed to- the his
torical parrot. Even in Jest a states
man may be too loquacious.
A soon ss Spring opens up In good
earnest all PorUanders who can spare
the time ought to pay a visit to Mad
ras, our re west suburb.
Would anybody like to lay a small
wager that Portland will not raise
enough money to get tbe Elks' Grand
Lodge?
. It Is up to Carnegie's J10.000.000
peace commission to get busy immedi
ately at Pekln and St. Petersburg.
Will the new garbage crematory
ever cease to be a topic for acrimoni
ous discussion? -
What! No whipping post in Ore
gon? We hope the Legislature
breathes easier.
Of the 1911 Legislature one may
truthfully say It xoleht have done
worsa.
HAPPENINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE
LOWER HOUSE HAS HARD DAI
Representatives Busy In Passing,
Discarding and Postponing Bills.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 16.
Special.) The House today passed the
following bills: ... .
H. B. Ui. Nuner Appropriating S50.000
for salmon aatcherlc. .
H. B. 71. Chamber Fixing; salaries ot
Lincoln County officers.
H. B. 4U4. Bryant Legalising certain ai
vorce decrees. ... ,c ,aa
H. B. 61. Chatten Appropriating 115.000
for salmon hatcheries. .
H. B. 44:. Holll Fixing standard tor
condensed milk.
H. B. 361'. Reynolds Appropriating iu.
000 annually for agricultural Investigations
by CorvallU Agricultural College,
H B. 191. Pouts Enabling Multnomah
County Court to make appropriation to aid
county or district air association.
H B. 407. Miller. Columbia Appropri
ating 1750 annually for Columbia County
Fair Association.
H. II. lib. Brook Regulating the, issu
anca of permit for th appropriation or
water. . .
8. B. 4. Haw ly Transferring certain
lands to Falls City.
S. B. Bean and Calkins Regulating
salaries In Fourth Judicial District.
S. B. 1st. Joseph Regulating recovery
of damange for Injury or death sustained
on boats.
S. B. 182, Norton Relating to actions
arising from contracts.
8. B. 174. Dunlck Regulating the control
of state funds. . .
S. B. 171. Bean Requiring and regulating
registration of trademarks.
S. B. 5S. Locke Appropriating B0O
annually for protection from bubonlo plague.
Indefinitely Postponed.
H. B. 12. Polrce Requiring Stat Sen
ator to resign when h becomes a canal
data for another elective ofnc during his
tarrn. .
H. B. HI, Collins Authorizing Railroad
Commission to act as board of arbitration.
H. B. 107. Abbott Appropriating 15.
00 for equipment of Battery A.
H. B. 414, Jiahoney Prohibiting County
School Superintendents from conducting
ummr norm!. , ,
8. B. 1SS. Merryman Amending th scalp
bounty law.
M. B. 390. Pirc e Removing from Fish
Warden authority to close streama,
H. B. 7. Ambrose Reapportioning
atat Into Senatorial and Representative districts-
. .
H. B. Eggleston Providing method
for creating new counties.
H. B. Jo 7, Heynolds Amending law a to
satisfaction of mortgages.
H. B. JS4. Clydo Prohibiting th Im
portation of armed strikebreakers.
H. B. T4. Ambrose Appropriating S00O
for th Oregon Human Koeloty.
H. B. a7i), Abrama Enlarging powers of
Stst Board of Agriculture.
H. B. 19:. Olll Prohibiting public dance
halls running on Sunday.
S. B. 108, Joseph Concerning prepara
tion of abstracts of title.
8. B. 194, Carson Regulating fees
charged for copies of public reeorde.
H. B. 276, Carson Fixing feaa for taking
depositions.
H. B. S40. Brownhill Requiring that all
laws enacted by th Legislature be published
In at least two newspapers in each county.
BCCHAXAX'S BILL IS PASSED
Senate Favors Allowing Assistants to
Attorney-General.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18.
(Special.) Buchanan's bill providing
for assistants In the office of the Attor.
ney-Oeneral was reconsidered in the
benate and passed. President Selling
was the only one to vote against It
The bill was originally defeated be
cause It was supposed to carry an
emergency clause, but later It was dis
covered that this clause had been
stricken off in the House, The bill
gives legal status to the head assist
ant and also creates the office of brief
clerk. The Attorney-General's present
assistant was found last year to be
drawing his salary without warrant of
law. The Attorney-General asked for
a brief clerk, stating that the litiga
tion pending before the higher courts
has reached such proportions It is an
absolute necessity to create the new
office to make any satisfactory prog
ress. PARCELS
POST
SUSTAINED
Senate Refuse to Oust Joint Me
mortal Indorsing It
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 18.
fSpecial.) Parcels poet won a prelimi
nary victory In the Senate this afternoon
when that- body refused to postpone in
definitely the House Joint memorial ask
ing Congresa to adopt the parcels post
system. .
Some of the country members and mer
chants were In favor of Indefinite post
ponement but they found their strength
slightly wanting. .
The vote wss:
Yeas Barrett of Umatilla. Barrett of
Washington, Efan, Bowerr nan. Calkins,
Hosklns. Joseph, Kellaher, Malarkey,
Nottingham, atton. Wood. Selling 13.
Nays Abraham. Burgess. Carson.
Chase. Dlmlck. Hawley, Lester. MeCol
loch. Merryman. Miller. Norton. Oliver,
Slnnott. Von der Hellen 14.
Because of faulty construction of the
resolution It has been sent back to com
mittee for changes before final vote is
taken.
TEACHERS' FUND IS PROVIDED
Abbott's Bill, Approved by House and
Senate, Up to Governor.
FT ATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. IS.
(Special.) Abbott's bill, providing
for the creation of a teachers' retire
ment fund association In Multnomah
County, passed the Senate this after
noon and is now ready for the signa
ture of the Governor.
The bill allows establishment of an
association, which will receive annual
payments from teachers and at the end
of a stipulated time the' association
provides for care ot tne reurra
er. The bill affects Multnomah
County only.
House Puts Self on Record.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18.
(Special.) Members of ths House to
day went on record as opposed to re
quiring the Incumbent of an elective
office to resign 'that office when he
becomes a candidate for another elect
ive office, when they Indefinitely post
poned a bill by Pelree. The bill re
quired any State Senator to tender his
resignation as a member of the Legls.
lature whenever he became a candidate
for another elective office before his
term as senator expired.
Senate Asks 2 1,000 for Branch.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18.
(Special.) The Senate ways and means
committee decided to treat the Eastern
Oregon Asylum more liberally than the
House today and reported an increase of
tia.000 over the House appropriation.
Five thousand dollars of this i for addi
tional land and 16,000 for maintenance.
This latter Item was decided upon to be
on the safe side in case the asylum
should open before the next session of
the Legislature convenes.
$60,000 Forest Fire Fund Asked.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. !.
(Special.) In a tentative manner 'the
Benate this afternoon agreed upon 190,000
to give to the State Board of Forestry
for fire protection. A minority report
came In cutting the amount in the bill
to W.000. the majority report holding to
the JftO.000 figure. The majority report
was adopted.
One Extra Judge- Approved.
STTATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 18.
(Special.) By unanimous approval the
Benate this afternoon adopted a favor
able report on the House bill calling for
an additional Circuit Judge In ilultno-
'UHlX. l
I UPPER HOUSE DISCARDS MANY
Day's Work of Senate Shows Varied
Action on Proposed Laws.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 18.
(Special.) Bills passing the Senate
today were:
S. B. 138, by .Parrlsh Fixing th salary
of County Assessor of Grant County.
S. B. 301, by Albee Creating the offic
ef Assistant Secretary of State.
H. B. 237. by Ambrose Providing tor sup
port of county libraries.
H. B. 17T. by Fouls Relating to payment
of claims for car of oatlents at ajBylum.
H. B. 140, by Hollis Creating a state
board of nsh and game commissioners.
H. B. S13, by Steelharomer Relating to
llena on chattels.
Postponed Indefinitely.
Substitute H. B. 28. by Clyde Providing
for free text books.
H. B. 210, Lane County delegation Ap
propriating t3h,232.l8 for buildings and
maintenance at University of Oregon.
H. B. 211. by Lane County delegation
Appropriating I175.O0O for library building
at University of Oregon.
H. B. 212. by Miller and Shaw Requiring
fences along railroad rights of way.
H. B.. 338, by Miller, of Unn Authoris
ing construction of bridge across TO'illamette
at Harrlsburg.
H. B. 273. by Abbott Creating Teachers'
Retirement Fund Association.
H. B. 333. by Amme Giving two additional
deputies to District Attorney of Multnomah
County.
K. B. 249. by Brooke Fixing salaries of of
ficers la Malheur County.
IL B. 208, by Bigelow To provide for
creation of game reserves.
H. B. 15a, by Bonebrak Fixing aalarles
of officers of Benton County.
H. B. 143. by N-uner To prevent fraud
in collecting scalp bounty.
H. B. 816, by gam committee To provide
for protection of lobsters.
H. B. 88. by Fouts To prevent having
more than 85 ducks la one's possession In
am week.
IL B. 249, by Lelnenwber and Belland
To prevent propagation of Dolly Varden
trout.
H. B. 267, by Chambers Allowing shoot
ing of certain game from a skiff.
H. B. 8iio, by insurance committee Au
thorising Insurance Commissioner to make
examinations Into affair of Insurance com
panies. H. B. 328,, by Insurance commission Pro
viding for licenses of Insurance agenta an
nually. H. B. 32T. by Insurance committee Pro
viding for transfer of annual licenses for
agents of lite Insurance companies.
H. B. 235, by -Reynolds To protect gin
seng Industry.
H. B. 2 ID. by Westerlund Fixing salaries
of officers of Jackson County.
H. B. 82, by Buchanan Providing for as
sistants in Attorney-General's office.
H. B. 64. by RacklefC To Increase salary
of Coos County Assessor.
H. B. 258, by Abrams Appropriating 840,
00ft to construct armories.
H. B. 844, by Abbott Legalizing evening
Schools and adult education.
H. B. 384. by Derby Placing Hood River
County In the Seventh Judicial District.
H. B. S45, by Bonebrake Authorizing
Benton County to construct bridge across
Willamette at CorvalMs.
H. 13, 220, by Gill Relating to gallon
houses.
H. B. 867 Regulating construction of
bridge over streams that are boundary lines
between two counties.
H. B. SIS Regulating killing of game In
Union and Wallowa Counties.
H. B. S6t, by Belknap and Thompsen
Fixing salaries of officers of Crook County.
. H. B. 176, by Belknap and Thompson
Fixing salaries of officers of Grant County.
H. B. 20tf, by Brooke Fixing salaries of
officers of Harney County.
H, B. 1SS, by Beals To fix salaries of
officers of Tillamook County.
Bills Failed to Pass.
H. B. 8R8, by Buchanan. Allowing rota
tion of directors of corporations.
H. B. 820. by Sutton Relating to counting
ef election ballots.
H. B. 117, by Clemens Relating to surety
company bonds.
H. B. 872. by Marlon, Clarkamas and
Yamhill delegations To close Chinese
phoasant season for two years.
6TCDEXTS LAUD LEGISLATORS
Eugene Celebrates Passage of Ap
propriation for University.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or.. Feb. 16. (Special.) Inspired by the
news that ths $508,000 University of Ore
gon appropriation bill had passed the
Stat Senate, an impromptu student Jol
llfication tonight culminated In one of
the most enthusiastic student rallies
within the history of the Oregon Univer
sity.
After the street demonstrations, in
which fireworks, explosives and yells
played an important part the crowd re
tired to Villard Hall, where patriotic
addresses were delivered by President
Campbell, Regent Friendly and promi
nent students. Cheers were given the
House, those Senators voting for the
bill, and Governor West, who Indicated
In his recent inaugural message that he
favored a liberal appropriation.
BURGESS SCOKES KELLAHER
Senator Says Chairman of Railroad
Committee Ignores Others.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. IS.
(Special.) Senator Kellaher was again
berated this afternoon when Burgess
asked that a House bill relating to dam
Bgbs for stock killed by trains be re
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
"There hasn't been a meeting .of the
railroad committee for two weeks,' de
clared Burgess, aiming his remarks at
Kellaher, who is chairman of the com
mittee. "That's probably your fault"
rejeined Kellaher.
"But the only meetings we do get."
continued' Burgess, "are not of much
satisfaction. Kellaher always prepares
tho bills In a manner satisfactory to him
self alone and reports them in without
getting our ideas on the subject."
The motion of Burgess finally prevailed.
SALES TO STATE OPPOSED
Hons Passes Bill Prohibiting Offi
cials From Bidding.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 16.
(Special.) Senator Bowerman's bill pro
hibiting any salaried officer of the state
from selling to the state any goods or
entering into any contract which might
be of pecuniary interest to him, was
paRsed by the House this afternoon.
There was no debate on the bill, al
though Johnson, a Salem merchant, was
opposed to the bill until Informed that
Its provisions applied only to salaried
officers of the state. There were 33
votes for the bill.
Senate Gets One Netv BI1L
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 18.
(Special.) One new bill was Introduced
in the Senate this afternoon, thla being
8nate bill 306 of the Judiciary committee
in which it is provided that when any
cause comes before a County Court when
the County Judge is absent, it may be
certified directly to the Circuit Court
)
Bill Legalizes Night Schools.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 16.
(Special.) Night gchools and system
of adult education in Portland are le
galized by ths Legislature In Abbott's
House bill, which passed the Senate
ihi. afternoon and is ready for ap
proval by the Governor.
Two More Deputies Get Approval.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 16.
(Special.) Multnomah County's Dis
trict Attorney is given two more depu
ties under Amme's House bill that
passed the Senate today without a dis
.ntinr vote. The bill was chamnioned
by Malarkey la the Senate.
The Anniversary Number
Reads Like Romance.
TONCALLA. Or., Feb. 14. (To the
Editor.) Your Fiftieth Anniversary
Number reads like a romance. In it I
find things that take my mind back to
the days of my girlhood.
Nearly 36 years ago my husband
brought me, a bride of little more than
16, to this old home, once the home of
J. W. P. Huntington, mentioned In The
Oregonlan aa one of the stockholders
of The Oregon Statesman, launched in
1851. Throughout these years. The
Weekly Oregonlan, has for a good part
of the time, been a member of our
family.
In 1S80, I, In company with a daughter-in-law
of Uncle Jesse Applegate,
was in, Portland, and visited The Or
egonlan. and though its home was then
in the old building, we had wonderful
things to tell about It when we came
home.
Last September, I stopped off in
Portland, on my way home from Salt
Lake City and found a new and won
derful city in the place of the Port
land I had visited in 1880. Though I
had always Imagined Salt Lake City,
a greater city than Portland, I found
Portland In many ways far ahead.
In looking over the wonderful Fif
tieth Anniversary' Number, and noting
the rapid growth of Portland, one is
led to believe that Portland is and al
ways will be the great commercial
center of the West Coast
With best wishes for the continued
prosperity of The Oregonlan, and a sin
cere wish for the happiness of that
man and his worthy wife to whom Tha
Oregonian represents a life's acnieve
ment I am. Very sincerely yours,
MRS. J. T. MILLER.
Pioneers Were Courageous,
OAKLAND, CaL, Feb. 10. (To the
Editor.) As a former resident of Port
land, permit me to congratulate you
upon the splendid Fiftieth Anniversary
Number of your excellent paper. In
every department it is of the highest
standard. I was especially interested
in Mr. Pittock's history of the founding
and growth of The Oregonian as I had
the pleasure of knowing him and his
family when I was a child. The ster
ling character of such men as he has
been In a large measure the cause of
the successful development of so many
large enterprises in Portland and to
the steadfast courage and sound Judg
ment of the early-day citizens la due
the solid foundation that la the city's
in the business world. With best
wishes for the success of your publica
tion, I am sincerely yours,
(Mrs. .R. D.) Edith Knight Holmes.
Factor In Development.
Fargo (N. D.) Republican.
The Portland Oregonlan has recently
celebrated Its fiftieth anniversary as a
daily. H. L. Plttock, who waa propri
etor with the first issue, still owns the
publication. The Oregonian has been
a great factor in the development of
the Northwest
Important and Influential Korea.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Portland Oregonlan has recently
passed the fiftieth anniversary of its
establishment and has Issued a fine
anniversary number and also an at
tractive illustrated booklet in observ
ance of the event The Oregonian has
been one of the most important and In
fluential forces for righteousness, po
litical and moral, on the Pacific Coast
for many years. Its late editor, Har
vey W. Scott stamped his personality
upon the paper effectively, and his
successors promise to maintain the
strength and leadership of the Journal
which ha largely created.
Edition stands Alone.
Pacific Banker.
. The Oregonian Issues this week a
splendid fiftieth anniversary edition,
which is a credit to itself, the city of
Portland, the state of Oregon, the
Northwest and even the Pacific Coast.
In the ability with wnleh it is edited,
the high tone of the articles and the
complete but not surfeited preaenta-.
tion of all forms of lite and energy in
this section we think it stands alone,
in compariHon with anything hereto
fore done in its line on this coast
Fills Field Well.
New Tork World.
The Portland Oregonlan waa fifty years
old last Saturday and celebrated the oc
casion by Issuing a special edition of 18
pages. When The Oregonian entered the
fluid in the Northwest It had three local
competitors; now it occupies the morning
field alone and fills It well. H- L. Plttock.
one of Its founders, is still the business
manager and probably holds the long
distance record for active control of a
successful daily newspaper.
A Striking- Anniversary.
Salt Lake Tribune.
The issue was one of extraordinary in
terest being in effect a history of th
State of Oregon, and especially of the
growth that The Oregonian has recorded
In all the years, and Its participation in
that growth. This development has been
a wonderful one, and It Is fitly commem
orated by this splendid issue. No other
paper has Issued any such a number as
rhls. because no other paper has had the
same opportunity to do it. So that the
issue is unlqua in every respect, and Is
extremely valuable, not only for what it
represents, but for what it is Itself.
Cnequaled as Advertisement of Oregon.
PORTLAND, Feb. 13. Mr. H. L. Plt
tock. Manager The Oregonian: I desire
as chairman of the promotion commit
tee of the Portland Commercial Club
to express to you our appreciation of
the splendid piece of advertising which
you put out on February 4. The mag
nlfigent 50th anniversary number of
The Oregonian ought to do the state of
Oregon and the city of Portland an Im
mense amount of good, and I am sure
it will. .
t ...... . ntinn crlc w a nave made
a great effort to advertise the state,
but I do not believe that there has been
any single piece of advertising put out
to "compare with this Fiftieth Anniver
sary Number of The Oregonian.
Doubtless you are aware of the fact
thn rnmmftrcial f?lub has sent out
29.000 of these, all of these going east
of the KOCKy .mountains.
G. F. JOriNSUM.
V
High Tone Esteemed.
wnn rvTTTL Mass.. Feb. 9. H. L.
Plttock. manager The Oregonian: I
i mitt, crpat nlpasure. the
unvc i tu, - -
beautiful souvenir, commemorative or
your 50th year in Duainess.
Tha rtovoinriTnejit of your printing
house Is somewhat akin to the develop
ment of the KOJ-al Worcester wraoi
r. t hovan hiininess In one
tUIUJJCLH J . w r
room, with one girl, a half century ago,
and am glad to greet you on this com
mon ground.
I wish for The Oregonian great fu
- . anri HffRlra to exoresa to
LUie ouuucoo, "17 Z 1 -
you my admiration of the high tone of
vnr esteemed publication In all the
years that I have known it.
UA V if ro. rAiinniu,
President Royal Worcester Corset
Company.
Carrier of Ws Writes.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 8. Allow me
to express my appreciation of the An
niversary Edition of The Oregonlan.
It is certainly magnificent, as differ
ent from The Oregonian I carried In
the "sixties" as the Portland of that
date to our present metropolis.
DAVID S. STEAKS