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Caatara Baatswaa OCnVaa Varra 4a Con Bn . Tori. HrunKk. aalidla. caso. Sirr boiMtna. rORTLAXD. U)OiI. M.VBCU L Utl a rorvuu x lectio nj.rx? Although the resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for the popular election of Senators has been defeated, still we mar console our selves with the reflection that It haa made substantial progress. Never be fore haa It been possible to brine the ubject to a rote In the Senate. Reso lutions have been Introduced many times and usually they have passed the lower house without difficulty, but when thxy came to the Senate tragic fate awaited them. The one which was Introduced In 1901 was typical of all the rest. As It entered the Senate It contained nothing- but a plain and simple plan for the popular election of Senators, and In that shape It went to the committee on elections, of which Mr. Depew was a member. That distinguished states man applied to the resolution the same process which has killed the present one. He attached an amend ment which. brought In the everlast ing negro question by giving Congress control over elections for Senators in the states. The resoltuoin of 101 perished Just as Mr. Borah's has per ished, except that the former met Its fate In the committee on elections under Mr. Depew's suave manipula tion, while this one actually came to a vote. The adverse vote in the Senate will not atop the movement. It will gain In force with every year that passes. At the next session of Congress it will come up again, and again at the next one If It should fail of adoption, and so on until it is finally submitted to the people. Senator Heyburn. ol Idaho. Is entirely wrong In his opin ion that the substantial citizens of the United States are not In favor of the direct election, of Senators. There are few questions upon which they are so nearly unanimous. The dis sent to the proposal comes from a very small class of men who find their advantage In the delays, corruption and anarchy which surround the present method. Mr. Heyburn. with Incredible fatuity, asked his col leagues. "What Is the matter with the present method of selecting Senators? Upon what does this Imaginary cry of the people restT Have the legis latures proven themselves Incompe tent to elect? Is the standard of the Senate lower than It should be! Would direct election purify this body of any evil? This was a deeper gulf of Idiocy than roost of the opponents of the resolution slipped Into, but none of them had anything very sen sible to say. Even Senator Root talked bathos and nonsense. Mr. Heyburn's question. "What Is the matter with the present method of choosing Senators?" was terribly Indiscreet- Some of his colleagues must have been tempted to reply that ne of the most serious objections was Mr. Heyburn himself and the other men of his stamp who parade their Ignorance and fanatical stand patters In the Senate. Regarding his other Inquiries. It La a fact which everybody admits that the state leg islatures have proved themselves In competent to perform this duty prep erly. Not only do they sometimes send men like Heyburn, Lorlmer and IVpew to the Senate, but now and then they fall to send anyobdy. An empty-pated simulacrum would be better than no Senator, perhaps, but It happens too often that not even i bad choice ran be made. Mr. Hey burn need only have looked as far as New Tork to find out what is the matter with the present method. There he would have seen a Legisla ture so clearly Incompetent to choose a Senator that It has to go to the boss of Tammany Hall for orders upon the subject, and having received or ders, it has not the capacity to obey them Or Mr. Heyburn might have rast a glance at the last Illinois Leg islature, or at the present Colorado Legislature or at any one of half a dozen which are trying their best to send feeble-minded rascals to Wash ington and falling to do even that. Perhaps It was disgust over the zness In Colorado which persuaded Senator Guggenheim to vote for pop . ular elections. If It was. we com ' mend his taste and good sense. Some men. like Mr. Heyburn. cannot smell carrion no matter how near them it lies. Others find the odor so offen sive that they wish to clear It away. Mr. Guggenheim seems to belong to the latter class. He was almost the only one of the standpatters to vote for the resolution, but not quite. Mr. Terklns was with him on the side of the sheep, and so was Stephenson, but almost all the rest of the old guard Senators herded with the goats and In the same band were a goodly number of the Southern Democrats. They opposed the resolution osten sibly because of the Sutherland amendment, which brought In the negro question. The purpose of the amendment was to make these Dem ocrats do exactly what they did. As Mr. Borah neatly put It In his speech, the amendment was Introduced "to kill the resolution." and It succeeded perfectly. To some who really fa vored direct election It appeared so offensive that they voted against their convictions In order to down It. To others the Sutherland amendment afforded a plausible excuse for voting against a measure which they knew their constituents desired. Had the resolution come before the Senate on Ms merits It would have passed. It was defeated by piece of strategy which has been osed be fore, but which will not esrve for ever. Either the resolution will ulti mately be adopted In the Senate or It will be adopted In a constitutional convention and that before many years. Already some J 7 states) tare demanded a convention. Should four more concur. Congress would be l obliged to call one. and then not only would the popular election or Sena tors be secured, but also a number of other Innovations for which there .is much less reason. The standpatters and negro-haters who have killed the Borah resolution may have the satis faction of reflecting that they have helped to dig their own graves. XB. HRTAX SHOULD MOTE 0!f. Mr. Bryan, tn the Commoner, er roneously ascribes to Colonel Roose velt advocacy of the Initiative, refer endum and recall. He points out that the Colonel In his New Nationalism haa coolly appropriated various Dem ocratic principles or policies and has proclaimed them as entirely original discoveries. The Democratic party the party of Bryan In the more or " leas rlorious recent past has long favored corrupt practices acts, elec tion of Senators by direct vote and direct primaries, and Mr. Bryan moves rapidly and easily to the ad vanced ground occupied by Colonel Roosevelt on election of delegates to National conventions, and the ad vanced ground not occupied by Colonel Roosevelt on the Initiative, referendum and recall. These great reforms, says Colonel Bryan with fervor, are "Democratic In principle and are becoming more mna mum part of the Democratic creed In the various ststes." "We shall await." adds Mr. Bryan, with unexpected patience, "the pro posal of other reforms." Give Bryan the new things. They cannot come too fast or too soon for him. He will be ready and will Incidentally point out that they were a prominent part of the Democratic faith years and years ago. If there la enythtlng new under the sun. Mr. Bryan would like to know what It la. and he will file a caveat on it Instantly. Why doesn't Mr. Bryan Join the National Progressive League, If It be lieves In the principles he supports and supports the principles he be lieves In? GRKAT CBT. LITTLE WOOL. Now Governor West and Treasurer Kay go to Pendleton and find a suit able building site on the Carpenter Oliver Insane asylum tract, purchased on the recommendation of Acting Governor Bowerman. This Is the outcome of all the great hullaballoo raised by West and Kay over that asylum location, and of the mean Innuendo and ugly Insinuation that Bowerman had loaded on the state a worthless and useless piece of acreage, for reasons best known to himself. . The tract Is all right. The price was reasonable. The location near Pendleton was the best to be found. No other tract, or tracts, near Pendle ton were available on the same terms or under equally satisfactory condi tions. The selection was maae t careful Investigation and ample con sideration by the Acting Governor, acting under competent advice. What a- petty, spiteful and inde fensible little game was the en deavor, emanating from the executive office at Balera. to envelop this entire ly straightforward and honorable transaction In scandal. TUX RAILROAD TRITE. Railroad stocks which were hard hit by the recent decision of the In terstate Commerce Commission have steadied under good support, and a better feeling Is supplanting the wave of pessimism that swept over the entire country last week. From New York comes the report that the lead ing roads affected by the decision will make no Immediate appeal from the Commission's ruling. This attitude is susceptible to two Interpretations. It wlll be regarded In some quar ters as a silent admission that the ruling of the Commission was Just and was warranted by the conditions. It will also be re garded as a "breathing spell" in which the roads, realizing the futility of fur ther fighting along the lines on which this latest disastrous campaign was conducted, will endeavor to enlist public sympathy and make a better showing a few months later. Much of the hostility that gTew out of the "publlc-be-damned" attitude of the railroads a few years ago has been dispelled by a superior class of rail who have come to the front. These men have sought to show the Interdependence of the railroads ana the people. They have acknowledged the sins of the railroads In the past, and have promised that these sins will not be repeated. These men are tired of fighting the people, and having the people fight them, and will welcome a truce In which both sides to the con troversy can get a better understand ing of their respective rights and de sires. In the present case. If the de nial of the Increase In rates is to work such a hardship as some of the roads now seem to fear, it Is up to the rail road people to continue their cam paign of education and enlist the sym pathy and support of the public, which In the long run roust suffer If the railroads suffer. There may be more or less selfish ness In the matter, but out here In the Pacific Northwest, where the railroad companies are spending millions of dollars In opening up the country, there s) an Inclination to be lenient with them, and to prevent, if possible, the placing of any obstacles In the way of their getting all of the money that la needed for the great projects they have mapped out for this part of the country. The peoplo of Central Oregon, who last week witnessed a de cline tn freight rates from $80 per ton to less than :0. can hardly have other than the kindliest feelings for the rsJlroads that made the cut. There are a dozen other localities In Oregon for which the railroads are now head ing and in which freight rates will be practically prohibitive until these roads get there. The foreign capital ists who have already Invested sev eral billions in American railroads may not dump their stock and bond holdings on the market because un favorable Interstate Commerce Com mission decisions have impaired the earning capacity of their capital. They will, however, be somewhat cautious about placing money In new lines, al though the latter are necessary as feeders to the trunk lines In which they now have money Invested. In this respect the undeveloped West will suffer far more than the East, where the packtrain is no longer used as a means of transportation. A gradual elimination of the evils that were responsible for the wave of anti railroad hysteria that swept across the country a few years ago has been In progress, and eventually It will be pos sible Xor both tbe railroads and their natrons to secure a fair deal. The American people, however, on this .i t I.. r.nm X T I t-on! i r parucuitif pwnifc mo ....... . I and they, must be shown by the rall . roads that the latter are not being treated fairly before they will rally to their support. Public sentiment tnor oughly awakened, whether In support of the railroads or the people, or both, will have a powerful effect on this matter, and It will be heeded. IVKIGIIAM TOO'OI PICTURE. When the Presbyterian ministers of New Tork have sat down and calmly thought over the resolutions about t v.l kin Tt n Vi vhlph (hpv latelV adopted, the chances are that they will be ashamed of themselves, i ne purpose of the resolutions Is to pro test against the use of Brigham Toung's picture on a silver service which the State of Utah Intends to present to the warship bearing its name. It Is also proponed to engrave the facade of the Mormon temple on the dishes. This scandalizes the good NeWTerk ministers frightfully. They declare that It will be "an Insult to the Christian people of the whole country-" We should like to know why. We cannot see for our part how the af fair concerns any sect or creed or In what way It Insults anybody. Utah has never had any other citizen who could begin to compare with Brigham Young In ability. His genius laid the foundations of the state and his per severanco and energy brought about Its Initial prosperity. To Brigham Young Utah owes the beginnings of agriculture. He planned the first Ir rigation works, superintended the planting and harvesting of the first crops and sustained the fainting cour age of the Inhabitants while they awaited the slow returns from their Industry. Brigham Young gave Utah Its first laws, built Its first city, led to the state Its pioneers. He transformed the desert Into a garden. He wrung wealth and human "welfare from a soil where nothing had thriven but sagebrush. Utah owes him a debt which the engravement of his por trait on a piece of silver would but feebly repay, and yet even against this poor return sectarian malice raises Its voice. The Oregonlan has no Uklng fot Brigham Young's religious eccentrici ties. No doubt his teaching was fun damentally wrong, but that has noth ing to do with his merit as a states man. We can repudiate his erron without trying to deprive him of the fame which Justly belongs to him. So far as the Mormon temple Is con cerned. It Is the finest building In Utah. No other represents the archi tecture and aspiration of the state so well. Why not portray It on the battleship? RJ3COKD FOREIGN TRADE. January statistics, together with those for the remainder of the cur rent fiscal year to February I, indi cate that this country Is again build ing up a fine balance of trade which last year was very nearly entirely wiped out- A gain of more than $50. 000,000 In January exports, and a loss of $3,000,000 In Imports, made a sub stantial addition to the balance of trade which began Improving last Fall. 'For the first seven months of the fiscal year, our exports broke al? previous records by reaching the enormous total of $1,256,792,966. Im ports for the same period were $894, 000.000, a gain of but $3,000,000 over the same period last year, leaving us a trade balance for the seven months of $363,029,000, compared with $193, 493.200 for the same period last year. This gain of more than $170,000. 000 has proved a very great factor In maintaining a steady financial and commercial situation in this country. With declining prices for agricultural products on which we have placed such great dependence In the past, the liberal Increase tn manufactured products Is exceptionally welcome. It shows quite strikingly the great eco nomic change which la taking place In this country, a change which means a home market for our agricultural products, and a widening foreign market for manufactures. Exports of breadstuffs. which a few years ago were one of the largest items In our favor on the foreign trade balance sheet, have dwindled to a point where they are very Inconsequential In com parison with cotton and manufac tured products, and at the rate of decrease that has been shown for the past three years, another five years will witness the shifting of this coun try from a wheat exporting nation to an Importer of the premier cereal. The January trade report, showing as It does, with a single exception, the largest exports ever sent out In a cor responding month, makes an excel lent start for the year, and conditions are favorable for a continuation of this highly satisfactory foreign trade. With another year of good crops at home and a good foreign demand for the Increasing .output of our manu facturing Industries, the United States will soon again enjoy a high "wave of prosperity. WOMEN IX rAXTALOONS. "The pantaloon gown" Is creating a sensation In fashion's great centers. Unlike the wearers of the short skirts devised and worn by Mrs. Amelia Bloomer In a past generation, the wearers of the pantaloon gown are not reformers, nor yet are they advocates of "woman's rights." The modern pan taloonlsts are most ardent devotees at the shrine of fashion, bidding for pub lic favor, while those of a former era defied fashion and custom in the' name of health and convenience and were literally ridiculed out of the open court of public opinion. , The costume devised and worn by Mrs. Bloomer and bearing her name made caricatures out of the women who In the name of "dress reform" wore It. But it was certainly not more objectionable as lacking in gracefulness and beauty than Is the "harem cos tume." which, according to the edict of fashion, the women of society are about to adopt. If even the small boy was Justified In hooting at the woman who appeared on the streets in bloomer dress In a post generation and many people, at least tacitly, condoned his rudeness then surely he will not be unduly censured now If he sounds a chorus of "kl-yl's" when the full trou sered woman Is out on parade. The tussle Is one between rigid cus tom and a conventionality that are al most sacred, and fickle fashion, which Is nothing If not audacious. It is easy to see who will win out in the end the grand dame or modest home-maker who clings to garb that custom has long decreed as womanly, or the .devotee of fashion who ambles along ungracefully In the pantaloon gown of the Oriental harem. In the meantime, however, milady will mas querade the streets In semi-male attire with no one in a gaping crowd to do her reverence, a bevy of curiosity-seek, era In her train, until tired of making a show of herself she will return to womanly garb, or perhaps in order to even things up she will return to the hoopsklrts. As a choice between the two ex tremes we confess to a preference for the harem skirt over the hoopskirt since the former gives mere man at least an equal chance to retain a foot hold on terra flrma. The troubles of the rich are dis tressing in the extreme. Last Monday we read of the theft from an Atlantic liner of $130,000 worth of gems which had been carelessly left In a stateroom by a wealthy passenger. Yesterday It was a Seattle man, en route to San Francisco, who left $800 worth of dia monds In a handbag In his berth, and failed to find them there on his return from a stroll. We are inclined to make light of the. Intelligence of the man who buys the gold brick, tackles the lock trick or bets his money on the shell game. All of these unfortu nates, however, seem to be as well en dowed with common sense as the tourists who leave their diamonds and money around where It will attract the attention and excite the cupidity of those who think they need these valubles In their business. A Hungarian nobleman who died recently left a" bequest whereby a sum was provided, the Income of which was to be used to furnish a comfort able home for twelve horses belonging to his estate which ihave outlived their usefulness. As these horses die otli ers are to be selected to fill the va coney, hence the bequest Is In the na ture of an endless chain. Homer Davenport makes this bequest the subject of a cartoon showing a num ber of old horses at rest or lazily cropping herbage and flowers, that is Instinct with his well known love of the horse. The act of the Hungarian and the cartoonist alike, Is suggestive of the personal tie that grows up through the association between a good man and a tractable, affectionate horse. ' The Oregonian's attitude, past and present, toward the direct primary law Is giving a great deal of humbug concern to the false friends of the pri mary law who are trying to Invent a defense for Governor West In vetoing the second-choice bilL Never mind The Oregonlan. The Oregonlan was not sponsor of the second-choice bill. It came from Speaker Rusk, Senator Slnnott, 1 Representative Gill and Rep resentative Brownhlll, all Statement One members of the Legislature. These gentlemen are friends of the di rect primary, with a standing that the Bourne-Chamberlain-West machine and Its newspaper beneficiaries and side partners do not dare to Impeach. So they roar about The Oregonlan. Let them roar. No one Is fooled. Postofflce receipts, bank clearings and building permits for the month of February show large gains over the corresponding month a year ago, re flecting as no other commercial feat ures can the- healthy growth of the city. The 'building permits of more than $1,000,000 in the shortest month in the year are especially sig nificant, for the reason that the pro posed change in building laws caused a phenomenal rush for permits dur ing the closing days of 1910 and a very light business In this line was expect ed for the early months of this year. New York retains more of the boobylsh habits of a country village than one would suppose possible In a city of Its size. An actress who should wear a harem skirt or a pair of bloomers on the street in Seattle might naturally expect to be mobbed but the metropolis xf the country ought to have outgrown this form of rustic savagery. In Portland one or two Idlers might smile at her, but the throng on -the street would be too busy to pay any attention to the style of her garments. Senator Young, of Iowa, shows marvelous perspicacity in declaring that reciprocity means "free trade In disguise." It takes a standpatter to see through a millstone. But why "In disguise?" W"e have not discerned any deceptive trappings about the President's bill. He has said in plain terms that freer. If not free, trade Is his aim. What more could be asked in the way of candor? It ought not to bo necessary to amend the city charter In order to .r.ri new municloal building. A charter is a statement of fundamental law, a new building Is a matter or detail. When a man has to tear down his home to get through the front door there Is something wrong with the plan of the structure. Hawleys efforts in behalf of the 61 letx settlers are futile, for the Senate Is too busy on the Illinois refuse pile to consider the bill. That gives the young Congressman from Oregon op portunity for aa early start next ses sion. With present weather conditions, flres that destroy sawmills must be ex pected. Human vigilance does much to prevent them, but the nature of the plant makes It ready prey for the flames. Xew York clergymen are still pro testing against the Utah silver service. Why not let poor old Brigham rest? If he was wrong, he knows it now and Is paying for It, Patrolman Frey Is a good shot, hence a good officer. Creasing the ear of a Joy-rider who would not stop Is fine target practice, with an excel lent result- Affected, no doubt, by the epidemic, the Mayor of Salem vetoed a railway franchise vesterdar. Yet Salem needs all the transit lines It can get, and more. Now Anthony Comstock Is object ing to wax figures for lingerie display In show windows. Anthony Is too old to appreciate art. The City Jail should be in the base ment of the City Hall, but a City Beautiful requires something special. Cupid held a high Jinks In San Francisco last night, two fortunes, representing $20,000,000, being united. Mrs. Drummond la wealth v enough to wear Imitation pearls and diamonds. Perhaps she wllL WHERE SHOE REALLY PINCHES Reciprocity Should Be Attended by Free America Ships. PORTLAND, Feb. 27. To the Editor.) Tha article headed "Reciprocity's Lum ber Bogy" seems to me quite unfair for a paper existing in a state whose great est natural source of wealth and Industry so largely depends upon, the lumber busi ness. The. lumber business across the line is mostly carried on now by men from this side who have found more favorable con ditions there for manufacturing and mar keting lumber than exist here. We can make lumber as cheaply here as there and can hold our own in the export ' trade, despite the export bonus paid the Canadian mills by their gov ernment, but will you kindly explain in future editorial articles on the subject how we are going to market our lumber In our own ports, say New York, when the canal Is open, in American boats, at a freight rate $3 to $3 per thousand feel In excess of rates from Canadian ports In foreign boats, and the further handi cap of the bonus allowed by the Cana dian government on all exported lumber. The figures you give On the amount of lumber sent to foreign ports In 1910. from Oregon and Washington ports, represent approximately one-seventh of the total amount out, so It appears that our trade with our own country Is the big Item. There Is no Industry toward which more unfriendly publicity has been di rected of recent years than the lumber and timber business. The public Is taught to consider It an unfair source of fabulous wealth, whereas, for the capi tal Invested, I know of no busir.ass pay ing less. The lumberman who cuts his timber Is a ruthless despotler of our Na tional resources. If he holds It, he is a despot. If it burns up he Is broke. Take your choice. H. P. SPRAGUE. This correspondent admits exactly what The Oregonlan has always contended, that: -J'We can make lumber as cheaply here as there and can hold our own In the export trade, despite the export bo nus paid to the Canadian mills by their government-" The correspondent also admits that it Is the handicap that we place on our shipowners, and not removal of the duty on Canadian lumber, that Is threatening the domestic lumber trade. When a patient Is suffering from rheu matism, the attending physician does not treat him for the smallpox. If our lumber trade Is suffering from Government dis crimination against our own carrying trade, why not attempt something that will remove that disability. Instead of saddling legitimate business with a tariff handicap which, w are now Informed, Is needed to offset a shipping handicap? The Oregonlan fully appreciates the Im portance of the lumber industry in this state and in the Pacific Northwest. It is of such vast proportions and requires such an Immense amount of ocean ton nage, both foreign and coastwise, to han dle It that not the slightest restriction should be placed In the way of market ing It. Neither a tariff handicap nor a shipping handicap la needed, but some of our statesmen have succeeded for many years In making the peoplo believe that both are Indispensable. The Oregonlan would like to see the extra $2 to $3 per thousand feet that our correspondent complains of distributed among the lum bermen and their employes in Oregon, Instead of among a few very wealthy shipowners. NEW WONDERS OF GATCX LOCKS Concrete Mixer Turns Out 90,000 Cable Yards of Material, Monthly. New York Press. The construction of the Gatun locks on the Panama Canal is in many ways one of the greatest engineering Jobs ever undertaken. The magnitude of the masonry work la stupendous and far be yond anything on record. Tbe great Assuan dam on the Nile contains 701.000 cubic yards of masonry. Tbe Gatun locks, when completed, will consist of some thing more than 2,000,000 cubio yards of solid masonry. The concrete tn them would fill Broad way from the City Hall to Madison Square with a great monolith the full width of the street and 40 feet high. According to the Engineering News, from which these figures are taken, consid erably above 1,000,000 cubic yards of the total have already been laid to be exact, 1,051,723 cubic yards up to January 21 last About October L 1909, the great con crete mixing plant prepared for the work began to get down to business, and by June, 1910, It was turning out concrete at tbe fabulous rate of 90,000 cubio yards a month enough to build a concrete road six feet wide and six inches thick from New York to Albany. Since then the monthly output has varied between 75,000 and 86,000 cubic yards. So far as the concrete output Is con cerned the locks could be finished within little more than 12 months. In the days of the oiwi-fashloned stone and brick masonry such remarkable speed as this would have been absolutely impossible. Names In Slam. Christian Herald. The late Kins of Slam had for a full name Phra Bat Somdeth Phra Paramlndr Maha Chulilongkorn Phra Chula Chum Klo Chow Yu Hua, and this does not include his titles. A wag In Bombay saw it In the paper when the ruler was visiting that city and was being received by the British of ficials, and passed It over to a young Irish subaltern with the challenge that he pronounce it. The young fel low looked at it a moment and then handed It back. He said he was not long enough winded, but he was sure he could play it on the garrison club piano if the instrument were a' couple of octaves longer. The King's uncle, however, who was also a prince high priest, had for one name alone the following collection of letters: Pawaratshawarlyalongkaun. Anw one who can get through this and not flat one of tha notes has lived a long time where he can look out of the window and see the gilded peak of a wat or temple shimmering In the equatorial sun. Half a Century Ago From Tha Oregonlan. March 1. HSl. There is great excitement at Astoria about some newly discovered silver mines towards Gray's River. It is doubtless a humbug. Two companies of United States soldiers went down aboard the Oregon, who have been posted at Vancouver. A great disposition was manifested to se cede from the service but a good watch was kept on them. Being prevented fmm dnsartlna- some of them kicked up a fight aboard in which one of the mates was badly Deaten. une oi ins nfflr-ora comlnir up resorted to the last argument of kings and put down the row by the use or tne swora. various "dough boys" were slashed. The chronic civil wars In South America are beginning to be renewed again. President Castllla in Peru Is buying munitions of war In anticipa tion of an outbreak. The Indian na tions on the Southern frontier of Chill are committing depredations, and the Department of Panama was much dis turbed by revolutionists. Tha Dally Overland Mail has passed the House by a large majority. One of the amendments to the Paclflo railroad bill provides lor a branch to the City of Portland via Umquab, What's Doing in Oregon No Live Birds for Hats. Baker Democrat If we had our way we would have all conversion of live birds Into milli nery prohibited by law. Dark Outlook. Portland Advocate. If signs mean anything, the coming primary election campaign will reach the high water mark of slander and muckraking, and there ,ls ample stuff to make it red-hot- City Money to Loan. Grass Valley Journal. The city of Grass Valley has about $S600 cash on hand, and at the Council meeting Monday evening It was de cided to make a loan of $2500 to the Moro school district, at 8 per cent In terest. This speaks well for the finan cial affairs of our city. Later we learn that the above amount will be loaned here at 10 per cent- Hope Not Fulfilled. Woodburn Independent The Independent asks the pardon of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Trullinger for re porting the birth of a son at their home. It was a charming girl, making two daughters for them. This office knew what Mr. Trullinger confidently expected, and erroneously supposed it was a boy that had arrived. Dies of Old Age. Pilot Rock Record, Keeno, a shepherd dog, owned by Charles Newcomb and aged IT years, gnawed his last bone and barked his last bark last Monday. He was a "heel er" and highly valued as a cattle dog. He was not made Into eausage, as many good dogs -are, but, on the con trary, was given a decent burial by Its owner. The cause of death Is supposed to be due to old age and disappoint ment over his Inability to hold his own with the other dogs in the race for those things dear to the hearts of canines. Old Folks Interested. Hillsboro Argus. J. W. Cave eold out his entire ship ment of dally Oregonlans Monday, without any trouble and the reason was an editorial on "radium." The dis sertation set forth the experiment of a London physician, who alleges that an Injection of radium had made a colt out of an old and broken down equine. The editorial was read and comment followed, and J. W. says that the way the elder citizenry called for extra pa pers was a marker for Hillsboro dally paper sales. Even the reporter on the Argue became interested, and if ra dium Isn't altogether too high, some of the dodgasted Ponce de Leon stuff shall grace a place on the sideboard before the year Is out. LETTER TO MRS. WILLIAM P. LORD Writer Is H. R. Klncsld, Secretary of State Under Governor Lord. EUGENE, Or, Feb. 27. Mrs. William P. Lord, Salem, Or. My Dear Madam I wish to express to you and your chil dren, Montague. William and Bessie, my sincere sympathy In your great bereave ment caused by the death of your hus band and their father. ex-Governor Wil liam Paine Lord. I would have attended tha funeral services at Salem or have written you sooner, but I have been con fined to the house wltn grip, curing me last four weeks. During his four years' administration as Governor of Oregon, I had occasion to associate with Mr. Lord very intimately as Secretary of State. We otten had a seek of Yaqulna Bay fresh oysters In a little room in the Statehouse where we opened them ourselves and lunched to gether all alone, and spsnt hours nearly every day, when business would allow, for four years, talking over private and public matters. We were more Intimate and harmonious than brothers usually are. He had apparently unlimited con fluence in me and never hesitated to do anything I asked him to do, and I was therefore, careful not to impose on his confidence. I felt and acted the same way towards him. I believe I knew Governor Lord's opinions and wishes on all public and pri vate matters better than any otcer man In Oregon. I am sure that there was not then and never has been any other man in office in Oregon in whose ability, in tegrity and good judgment I had so much confidence. He was a statesman and a jurist from the ground up, and seemed to be almost indifferent to or deficient in the arts of the politician. Had he played politico even a little, he would easily have been re-nomlnated and re-elected Governor for a second term, but he left that entirely to others who were in politics for all there was in it. On all matters, big and little, he regarded the interests of the public superior to- his own personal and private interests, reversing the rule which has been quite common in all ages ejid in all countries. He did not like to take as many postage stamps as under a fair construction of the law he was entitled to. As a judge and a statesman, Governor Lord was far above the average. As a politician, pandering to ignorance, preju dice, misrepresentation and public clamor, which is necessary to secure and hold public office under "the best system of government in the world." (?) he was as helpless as a child. He did not know how, and refused to be shown. He ap pointed a Judge in Portland, against a clamor of protest that no politician would have dared to oppose. The same judge has since been elected by the peo ple of his district and Is now In office, and Is one of the best judges in Oregon. There always have been and no doubt always will be others to take the places of all who have filled every station in life, but I believe it will be a long time before Oregon will have a Jurist and a statesman the equal of William P. Lord. Oregon has had many able Judges of the Supreme Court but none whose opinions have been so widely quoted and approved ae the opinions of Judge Lord. Oregon has had many Governors who will com pare favorably with the Governors of other states; but none whose records will shine brighter than the official acts of Governor Lord. As a public man, he was without reproach. As a true and trust worthy friend, he had few equala Among the acquaintances of a lifetime, there la not one I will miss more than Governor Lord. Long may his memory be cherished and honored by the people he served so well. H. B. KINCAID. Runnlnsr Errands (or the Mayor. New York Sun. When he examines in civics the pet question of a West Side teacher is: "What would you do to cut down the expense of running the city?" That question appeals to youthful patriots and embryo financiers, and civic re formers evolve brilliant schemes ror lopping several millions of dollars off the annual budget. But at the last examination the problem was tackled by an unimaginative youth who was unable .to save the city by spectacular methods. Hard facts had a grip on him and he finally wrote. "Run er rands for the Mayor and not charge anything for It." Hen Works at tbe Food Problem. New York World. A hen belonging to Mrs. Susan Smith, of Bellmore, Long Island, lays such big eggs that- one of them has been placed on exhibition in the window of a Bellmore drugstore. The hen is a Brahma 9 months old. The egg weighs 3 ounces. It is 2 Inches long, 1 Inches thick, 7H inches in circum ference the long way, and 6 Inches the Ishort way. Timely Tales of the Day Eugene Howe, who has recently be come proprietor of the Atchison Globe through the retirement of his father, the well-known Kansas editor, secured a position as reporter on a Portland newspaper a few years ago. One of his first assignments was the hotel beat. Howe faithfully made the rounds of the leading hostelrles. but discovered nothing even remotely resembling a story. It is a difficult thing for a man who is unacquainted to get hotel news and anyway It was a quiet day. Finally Howe sat down to rest In the lobby of the Portland, but he was still determined not to go back to the office empty-handed. Despite the clerk's report that there was "nothing doing," Howe kept watching the people in the lobby, hoping to see someone who might be able to give him an item of interest. Finally his attention was at tracted to a uniformed man who was pacing back and forth near the door. His brass buttons and gold brain con vinced Howe that the stranger could be no less than a General. Finally Howe approached and after apologizing for the Intrusion, announced that he was a reporter, and desired to get an Interview. Then Howe discovered that he had ac costed the head porter. "Jo" Borden, of Spokane, reputed to be a millionaire and in the printing business at that, told a story at the opening of the Printers' Pacific Coast Cost Congress last Friday night- He ex plained that a Spokane school boy re fused to take part in the regular class sewing lesson, evidently regarding skill with the needle as beneath the dignity of a 9-year-old son of a printer. "George Washington sewed," remon strated the principal, summoned by the grade teacher, "Do you consider your self better or greater than the father of our country?" "I don't know," answered the young Spokanlte, seriously, "time will tell." W. M. Ladd, the banker, usually eats luncheon at the Arlington Club, but oc casionally he drops Into the cafeteria of the Young Men's Christian Associ ation, of which organization he is pres ident. Recently A. S. Pattulo, secretary of the Oregon Iron & Steel Company, called at the bank to go to luncheon with Mr. Ladd, but found he had al ready left for the Y. M. C. A, where Mr. Pattulo joined him. It was Mr. Pattulo's first visit to a cafeteria. He sat down beside Mr. Ladd who was already eating, and waited patiently to be served. As no waiter appeared, Mr. Pattulo finally began making signs to attract the at tention of one of the white-aproned men along the counter at the rear of the room. When he found out that he was still ignored, Mr. Pattulo oould re strain himself no longer. "Well, I must say, Mr. Ladd, he re marked, "that while you seem to have a neat appearing place here, the serv ice is simply abominable." It was then that Mr. Ladd, who had been enjoying the situation immensely, explained the modus operandi of the cafeteria system. "Is this the Mayor's officer" queried a woman over the telephone. "It is," replied the Mayor's secretary. "Well, ' I want to talk to him right away," said the woman. Mayor Simon took up the conversation at this point. "Why am I forced to pay such out rageous assessment for a water main?' demanded the woman. . .. "I do not know, madame." replied the Mayor, blandly.- "I do not make up the assessments; you should see the City Auditor." "Never mind referring me to someone else." snapped the woman. "I know who's responsible for this, and I m not going to be put off; I will not be robbed." . "But my dear woman," the Mayor said. , "Who gets all of the graft out of this water main business?" she next de manded. "I am sure I don't get any, the May or managed to put in. .... "Well, I'm not sure about that, was the rejoinder. "I think you do." The Mayor tells this story on himself. Dudley Clark, the former football champion, who served as reading clerk of the recent House at Salem, acquired during his term of service a nice judg ment in parliamentary practice, and before the session was over became adept in expediting business by antici pating the action of the Speaker in such matters as the assigning of bills to committees. Once, however, he was stumped. paterna,nstlc bin providing for supervision of school children, with a special view to extirpating certain parasites which at times become very prevalent in district schools. The bill provides that the children were to be closely Inspected by their teachers, and that those who could not stand the test of a fine-toothed comb were to be sent home. .,-, "Where would you send that omr asked one of the attaches of the house. "Dud" scratched his head a moment and then replied: "I think it ought to go to the com mittee on game laws." E. Phillips Oppenheims Adventure Tales to Appear in The Sunday Oregonlan Nine adventures of the cele brated character of the short gtory realm, "Mr. Peter Ruff," have been secured by The Orego nian from the noted writer of ad ventures, E. Phillips Oppenheim. The first of these tales will appear in the magazine section of next Sunday's issue and one will be printed each Sunday thereafter until the series i3 com pleted. "Ill Blows the Wind That Profits Nobody" is the first of the series, which will appear next Sunday. It is a compelling adventure tale which holds the interest from beginning to end. Next will follow "The Demand of the Double Four" and, in succession, "The Little Lady from Servia," "The Indiscretion of Letty Shaw," "A Modern De lilah," "Mr. Yincent Cawdor, Commission Merchant," "The Perfidy of Miss Brown," "Won derful John Dory," and "Mrs. Bogruor's Star Boarder." These are among the best short stories that have come from the pen of Mr. Oppenheim. Each story is complete, meeting all the requirements of short fiction in barely four columns of space. Frank Parker, a well-known il lustrator has provided admirable pen pictures to accompany the series.