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j-rxx tysnixnoNS and feace.
Mr. Taft opened the National Peace
Conference rather pleasantly with his
reference to the pacific Intentions of
the American people. We do not wish
to transgress upon the territory of
any other country, he declared. We
have a large domain of our own to
develop and plenty of home problem
to solve which will keep ua busy for
many years to come. Hence our
neighbors need not be afraid of us.
Big as we are. we are not bullies. We
do not want to fight and we are anx
ious to do no vrong to anybody.
This wholesome sentiment ought to
do something toward allaying the per
petual war tremors of our Hobsons
and battle-fleet projectors. But the
chances are that It will not. The fact
Is that their tremors are not amenable
to reason. They are manufactured
for a specific and highly tangible pur
pose, that of making business for a
clique who would profit by war and a
vast fleet, and nothing but huge prof
Its can affect them much. Mr. Taft
discusses the subject of war and peace
like a tolerant Christian gentleman.
His enlightened common sense Is like
balm to the soul after listening to the
ravings of fanatics on both sides of
the question.
Although there can be no dispute
about the pacific Intentions of this
Nation, stll our neighbors are auspi
cious of us. Mr. Taft called attention
to this deplorable circumstance. The
Mexicans do not like us. They believe
that we only wait for a decent pretext
to Invade their country and annex it.
There is more or less sentiment of the
same kind In Canada and remarks like
those which Champ Clark made when
the subject of reciprocity came up do
not tend to soothe It. Who can blame
our neighbors for suspecting that we
are eager to devour them when our
conspicuous statesmen openly pro
claim that we are only waiting for an
opportunity?
Americans do not want to annex
Canada. Our farmers are especially
aealous for Its Independence because
they find It such a useful refuge from
our trusts. Nor does any sane citizen
of the United States cherish the faint
est wish to Infringe on the states of
6outh America. Those regions seem
far away and strange to most of us.
When we think of them at all It Is
with vague visions of wild and barbar
ous tribes who probably worship Idols
and devour their grandfathers'corpses.
Of the brilliant civilization which has
developed In South America the in
habitants of the United States know
and care nothing. Mr. Root, when
he was Secretary of State, did some
thing toward remedying this unfortu
nate Ignorance and curing the mutual
suspicion which results from it. but of
late years his work has been allowed
to lapse and today the South American
countries look upon us as predatory
Imperialists, while we think of them
as rioting in savage nakedness. '
Commercial Intercourse would
change all this If It could be set go
ing, but we sell very little to the coun
tries south of us and they send most
of their productions to Europe. Ship
subsidies would not help this at all.
It makes no dlfferencec how much
subsidy we band over to our ship
owners; that will not make the South
Americans trust us and want to trade
avith us. Their affiliations are all
with Europe, and they will not incline
this way until we have improved our
manners a good deal and changed
our methods of offering goods for
sale. The consular reports are full of
information and good advice on this
subject, most of which has passed
unheeded.
Ignorance and bad. or careless,
manners account for the greater part
of that suspicion which Mr. Taft dis
cerns and laments In our near neigh
bors. They would naturally feel shy
toward us because of our stature, but
we could gain their confidence If we
thought It worth while to cultivate
those little amenities of conduct which
count for so much with Latin peoples.
But thus far we have not thought it
worth while. As for the people of
the United States, they are more and
more losing the taste for foreign ag
gression and becoming Interested in
home problems. The discovery of nu
merous flaws in what was once
thought to be a perfect governmental
machine has fascinated their attention.
The spectacle of one legislature after
another struggling vainly to perform
the apparently simple act of choosing
a Senator has awakened their curios
ity. The Lo rimer exposure has set
their minds at work on an Inquiry
Into the causes and consequences of
legislative bribery. Why did the mem
bers of the Ohio Legislature sell them
selves so cheap? How did It come
that votes brought so little money In
Adams and Vermilion Counties? Why
are our cities worse governed than any
others in the world?
These questions occupy the Ameri
can mind so profoundly that there is
no room left for aggressive thoughts
toward Canada or South America. We
want peace In order to solve the prob
lems that vex us If for no other rea
son. But there Is another reason.
We want peace because we are be
coming truer Christians as the re
sult of popular Institutions and free
public schools. The Institutions of
liberty are making better men of us
and therefore we grow less and less
desirous of fighting with our neigh
bors. It would be strange Indeed If
a century and a half of free schools
and popular government had left us
as savage as they found us.
Bishop Fallows, of the Reformed
Episcopal Church. Is no doubt a
Jaarned man and goCly withal, but It
does not follow that he knows every
thing or Is necessarily always right
eous In his Judgments concerning the
subtle things of life. Speaking on the
overworked topic of race suicide, for
example, he says: 'In the majority
of cases wilful childlessness is due
more to the wife than the husband."
A solemn declaration upon a vital sub
ject should be based upon absolute
knowledge. Upon what facts avail
able does he base this positive state
ment? ' Briefly, how does he know?
KOADS A"D RACE SCICXDE.
The Chicago newspaper men who
have left their offices one after an
other to dwell on farms showed good
Judgment, and California, too, will
profit therefrom. But to make life
on a farm agreeable three things
are essential, good roads, neighbors
and a decent climate. Oregon has the
neighbors and the climate, but not the
roads as yet. Hence we cannot con
scientiously counsel Chicago newspa
permen to forsake their comfortable
dens and locate In any but a few" of
our -rural districts. Most Oregon
farms are now attractive chiefly to
men not accustomed to city advan
tages and amusements. Our more
sensible Immigrants will continue to
cluster close to the towns as long as
the roads go unimproved. The re
moter country districts must have
practicable roads before they can ex
pect population.
At the root of all solutions of the.
rural life problem lies the question of
gtod roads. It Is absolutely funda
mental The. man who seeks to per
suade people to settle on farms which
are shut off from the world ror nan
the year or more shows his own lacK
of sense and offers them no favor.
It requires only a little reflection to
perceive how closely the race suicide
question Is related to the road prob
lem. With good roads there would
be an immediate distribution of popu
lation throughout the rural districts.
Families would Increase because chil
dren would become economically valu
able. As things are., a farmer's boys
leave him as fast as they become old
enough to earn wages In town. They
will not remain in the country under
the forlorn conditions which prevail.
What Is the use' of their buying auto
mobiles? They could not use one If
they had It except now and then In
midsummer. There is no society, no
access to interesting' meetings, no life.
Existence In back-country districts
without good roads is merely a living
death. One might as well be In the
grave.
It Is Irritating to hear men like Mr.
Roosevelt talk about raceo suicide
when they ought to be talking about
good roads, since these are the funda
mental remedy for It.
MOVTXO PICTCRES IN SCHOOLS.
There is a great deal of Inexcusable
prejudice against moving pictures.
Unskilfully managed they are certain
ly bad for the eyes and It has some
times happened that Improper ones
were exhibited, but this is Unneces
sary. The art of showing them has
been so perfected that the scenes pass
on without a tremor. They do not
fatigue the eye In the least, while the
subjects are so varied and truly edu
cative that they afford excellent en
tertainment to people of all condi
tions. No matter how much one may
know about. Troy and the Iliad, he
could learn something more from see
ing the moving pictures of the sack
of Troy which were on exhibit In
Portland the other day.
Mr. Edison has' been one of the
foremost to promote the exhibition of
moving pictures, as he has been In
many other excellent enterprises. The
other day he was reproached for this
by a visitor. He was told that the
moving picture business was "a curse
to the world." Tho person who thus
accused him must have been a sad
fanatic, and, being a fool, he ought to
have been answered according to his
folly as the Scriptures direct. But
Edison was more charitable. He
sought to assuage the man's prejudice
by stating to him the facta of the case.
Edison declared that he could teach
more geography with moving pictures
In fifteen minutes than could be
taught out of a book In a whole term
of school. This Is not extravagant.
The moving picture shows us the
world alive and acting. It is only less
vivid than actual travel because It
lacks color. Compare the dull Inef
fectiveness of a book with the living
spectacle of fields and cities and you
get an idea of the advantage of the
moving picture.
Years ago when It was proposed to
use lantern slides in the lectures at
one of our Oregon colleges the plan
was scorned as "a picture show." To
day no lecturer thinks of doing with
out a lantern if he can get one. It
will not be long, as Mr. Edison proph
esies, before moving pictures will be
on. exhibit In all the public schools
simply because of their educational
efficiency. The fact that they can be
used for bad purposes Is nothing
against, them. It only proves that
they can be made equally efficient for
good purposes.
DEETESTXa THE COLUMBIA.
The problem of a deep and perma
nent channel at the mouth of the Co
lumbia River Is no longer a serious
one. With the Government dumping
nearly 4000 tons of rock per day Into
the south Jetty, and with plans pro
gresing for the north Jetty, it will be
but a. comparatively short time until
there will be a channel over the bar
that will admit any type of vessel that
piles the Pacific.
The results that have followed the
construction of the Columbia River
Jetty have left no doubts as to the
final success of the project.. There Is
such an Immense volume of water
sweeping seaward between the north
and south banks of the stream that
the attainment of almost any depth
desired has always been possible when
confined In a fixed channel. It has
been many years since the Jetty work
first closed up some of the old chan
nels through which the waters of the
big river wandered seaward, but at no
time since the work began has the dis
tance between the two banks of the
river been short enough to force the
river to scour out to as great a depth
as Is required.
The building and maintenance of a
deep channel at the mouth of the river
Is of more Importance to Portland and
to the entire Columbia basin than any
other transportation facility that can
be provided or Improved. Deepening
the river between Its mouth and Port
land, while of Inestimable value to the
shippers of the Inland Empire and to
the people of this city. Is of secondary
Importance to deepening of the chan
nel at the mouth of the river. The
same may be said of all up-river Im
provements. There has never been a
period since the coming of the white
man. when we could not cat traAo
down to tidewater at Portland or As
toria without much delay, but from
the earliest times there has been some
delay.
This delay, owing to the Improve
ment that has been carried on at In
tervals for the .past twenty years, has
been diminishing each year, and at the
same time the vessels entering the
river have shown an Increasing aver
age tonnage. At the present time ves
sels of twenty-six feet to twenty-eight
reet draft can get in and out of the
river, and the same draft can be car
ried on to Portland. This city is
working on a thirty-foot channel, and
will secure this depth in the near
future. Owing to the swell that is al
ways In evidence on the bar It Is nec
essary that the depth of water on the
bar be at least ten feet greater than
that In the river. In other words, the
thirty-foot channel in the river must
be accompanied by a forty-foot chan
nel on the bar. When this depth Is
once secured there will be but little
trouble and expense in maintaining it
or In deepening It as Increasing com
merce may demand a greater depth.
The maintenance of a dredge to as
sist the Jetty 'in the work of scouring
odt a channel over the bar is of the
greatest Importance to the port. Every
large seaport In the world where there
Is a , great amount of sand or other
sediment carried seaward maintains
dredges for removing the shifting ob
structions. The commerce of this port
has reached such proportions that we
cannot afford to be without this neces
sary equipment. We now have two
great water-level grade rail systems
carrying the products of the Inland
Empire down to tidewater at this port,
and It la to the interest of every Port
lander and of every dweller In the In
land Empire that these products be
passed on to the world's market over
an unobstructed highway to the sea.
A H"OGESnOX OF FRCDEXCE.
Personal assault with a horsewhip
the favorite weapon In such cases
as a panacea for the virus that drips
from a slanderous tongue, approaches
the plane of lynching. It is. of course,
a step lower upon the ladder of law
lessness, but it is incited by the same
feeling which leads to the subversion
of the civil law by mob violence.
While, assault of this type, like
lynching, is frequently Incited by the
feeling that it is impossible to ooiain
redress for the crime or misdemeanor
upon which the punishment is based,
neither the one nor the other expres
sion of violence can be Justified, in a
ltv llvinz within the domain
and under the protection of the civil
law. The end or personal or puouo
revenge may be attained thereby, but
nnt th ends of lustice. These latter
can only be secured through Judicial
procedure, which allows every crimi
nal, whether of high or low degree,
his day In court.
Primarily speaking, a man who de
fames the character of his neighbor
Is a sneak and a poltroon the more
so If the object of his slander Is a
woman. At times, however, and es
pecially in rural communities where
personal matters loom large, things of
trifling Import are exaggerated by
repetition, and upon Investigation the
district attorney decides that it is not
only unnecessary but ridiculous to
take the complaint of the aggrieved
individual before the courts for ad
justment. It la usually In such cases
as this that the horsewhip is orawn
from the folds of the skirt of an ag
grieved woman, while men who cham
pion her cause and have possibly
urged her to the act In supposed vin
dication of her character, stand by to
see that bodily Injury la not In return
inirioteA nnon tha Irate assailant.
Thus a matter which a Judicious pub
lic prosecutor attemptea to nave set
tled, or hoped would be settled out of
.niirt is hroueht to wide Dublic notice
and the slander which should have
been left to die of Inanition Is galvan
ized Into life and sent broadcast over
a wide section through the dally news
reports.
As before stated, a man who slan
ders a woman is a sneak and a pol
troon, but It certainly does not help
the character or cause of the person
whom ' he has slandered to arouse
sympathy In his behalf by wielding a
horsewhip about his shoulders. This,
Indeed, but serves to make a cheap
hero of him. It is likely to raise up
voluble champions In his defense and
may even cause public sentiment to
veer In his favor.
Such a case, wherever It- occurs,
whether, as recently reoprted from a
rural district In Clark County, Wash
ington, or in this city, as It has upon
several occasions, shows that common
sense In a worthy Individual has tem
porarily, at least, been blinded by
anger or overruled by the nwlse
counsel of well-meaning friends. The
lawyer who, when trouble of this kind
Is brought before him for action, coun
sels the aggrieved person to take no
notice whatever of the story, but dis
miss It as an Idle tale unworthy of
Inciting Indignation, and thus succeeds
In committing it to the domain of
silence, earns a fee much larger than
that to which he would be entitled
were he to drag the case through legal
process to penalty.
' It is well In all cases of personal
grievance to' recall the warning of the
wise man: "Behold how great a mat
ter a little fire klndleth." and to act
upon the suggestion of prudence con
tained therein.
THE 8LCMP IN RUBBER.
The usual effects of excessively high
prices of any commodity are a restric
tion in the consumption and an in
crease In the supply. If the commod
ity in question Is wheat, farmers are
more careful In their harvesting and
waste less on the farm. The con
sumer, on the other hand, noting the
effect in the smaller loaf. Is more care,
ful of the crusts, and In the case of
poor people, a cheaper food Is substi
tuted. If cotton Is the affected prod
uct, there Is an Increased acreage and
more care exercised in handling it.
As the supply Is thus Increased, It
meets a smaller market for the reason
that the consumers are taking better
care of their clothes and buying less
cotton cloth. A similar rule of econo
mies applies to nearly all commodities
of which there is a wide production
and for which there is a wide demand.
Just at present one of the most Inter
esting trade cataclysms that has hap
pened In recent years Is the collapse
of the values In rubber.
This collapse affected stocks In rub
ber companies, rubber plantations and
both the raw material and the finished
product. But, unlike the case of most
commodities, this slump In price oc
curred In the face of a steadily In
creasing demand. The automobile in
dustry has created a greater demand
for rubber than has been shown in
any other industry. The annual In
crease In the amount of the product
needed in the manufacture of tires is
enormous. But rapid as this increase
has been. It has failed to keep ahead
of the Increase in production of the
raw material. Lured by the high
prices which followed 'the sudden leap
of the horseless carriage Into popular
favor, rubber plantations came into
existence by the thousands. The storm
center of this boom in rubber was the
London Stock Exchange. This phe
nomenal boom In all securities In any
manner connected with rubber reached
a climax last year.
In May, 1910, pure Para rubber sold
up to $3 per pound. From this high
point the descent was rapid. In Janu
ary this year the price had dropped
to $1.75 per pound. Since then
there has been a steady decline. Last
week it sold down to $1.12 per pound,
or but little more than one-third the
price reached a year ago. The high
prices, of course, may have had some
effect in restricting the demand which
might have followed the increased
output of automobiles, but It also
drove consumers to the use of substi
tutes and of cheaper grades of rubber.
Another factor was the fear that the
ouput from the new plantations that
would be coming on the market In In
creased quantity from this time for
ward might create further weakness,
so consumers have for nearly a year
declined to stock up and instead are
buying only for their Immediate needs.
A slump of more than 60 per cent in
the price of any commodity Is some
thing remarkable, and it Is a matter
of regret that the decline has not ex
tended to something that might reduce
the high cost of living for others than
those who can afTord an automobile or
the gasoline needed In its operation.
If the steady increase In the output of
automobiles has had no effect In stay
ing the decline in rubber, there should
be a still further drop In the price of
rubber stocks, plantations and tires
when this auto craze subsides a little.
The greensward of May was broken
yesterday In the village cemetery of
Sllverton, Marion County, near which
most of the years of his long life were
spent, to receive the body of the late
Timothy W. Davenport. No less a
philosopher when he neared the con
fines of life than when in the strength
of his manhood he engaged In Its
activities, Mr. Davenport approached
In peace and serenity the end of his
earthly pilgrimage and looked for
ward without wavering of belief or
shadow of fear to the awakening to
fuller life beyond our - mortal ken.
"Death as I view it is not alarming
or horrible," wrote this serene philos
opher a few days before his passing,
"but a solemn and Interesting transi
tion from life corporeal to life spirit
ual; and to those who are bowed with
the Infirmities of age It should be wel
comed as a blessed relief. I hope my
children and friends will so view It
when the time comes for my transition
and shed no tears of regret, but with
wishes for my deliverance 'speed the
parting guest. " If no other token
than 'this were In evidence of his fit
ness to be called "sage and philoso
pher," this would make Mr. Daven
port's title clear to this designation.
The fine rain that has been falling
throughout the Columbia basin this
week will be the means of bringing
more millions into tho country than
were brought here by the last colonist
rush. Advices from various points In
the Northwest all show that the rain
has been quite general and that it
came at a very opportune time. The
high prices for wheat for the past two
years have resulted In a considerable
Increase In the acreage of that cereal,
and with a good crop now practically
assured there Is an excellent prospect
for the 1911 yield to establish a new
record. Wheat Is no longer the one
great factor in our prosperity, but In
the region east of the Cascade Moun
tains Its production still remains by
an overwhelming percentage the
greatest of an Industries. By reason
of new rail connections in the Interior
there Is more wheat tributary to Port
land than ever before. Unless un
favorable weather intervenes, the pres
tige of this port as the greatest wheat
port In the United States will be main
tained. "
Mr. Carnegie can give ten millions
to a Japanese university If he desires,
for it is his money; but less than that
sum would greatly help thousands on
this side of the world who were de
ceived into placing their funds In a
shaky bank by the permitted use of
the name "Carnegie" In Its title.
It Is a duty of precinct committee
men to see that the election boards
are filled by capable people. They
are In touch with their neighbors and
should recommend the best men. Es
pecially, is this . desirable In the ap
pointment of members of the second
board, who do the counting.
A wife alleges In her complaint that
he bit her finger. It was not a play
ful nip, but a regular hog bite. A
man who would bite his wife's finger
when but let it go at that and give
her the decree.
Confiding people have seen Mount
Hood "smoking" again. Some day the
old landmark may break loose, but
not yet. nor soon; at least, not until
all the orchard land in the valley has
been sold.
Was ever there anything worse than
these candidates are saying of each
other? The humorous part of it is
that after tomorrow night all will be
hurrahing for the winners perhaps.
Jeff Davis yesterday wanted Postmaster-General
Hitchcock discharged.
About every half century a man of
that name makes trouble at Wash
ington. The "top price was , paid for fancy
steers at the yards yesterday. All
kinds of steers will be given away free
today, but not at the yards.
Local patrolmen aare forbidden to
eat on their beats. , This applies to
square meals. Bananas and peanuts
are always exempt.
The suggestion is offered to the
"sane" committee to have all the
"spieling" on the Fourth done by talk
ing machine.'
Carter Harrison's wife is writing
fairy tales. Possibly she heard the
old man electioneering a while back.
Statistics give the per ' capita at
$34.35, but it is Just as well not to
let the wife know it.
The Illinois Senate rejected the Ore
gon system. Oh, Lor-lxaer! .
QUESTIONS OX " OHEGOJi SYSTEM
Current School Inquiries Answered in
Concrete Form.
WALLOWA. Or.. April 28. (To the
Editor.) First What is the "initi
ative?" Second What is the "referendum?"
Third What is the "recall?"
' Fourth What are the requirements
in percentage of voters in the three
above measures to secure their being
placed upon the ballot?
Fifth What is "corrupt practices
act?" Does it apply to Oregon laws?
Sixth At what time does the Ore
gon Legislature meet? And for how
long? .
Seventh What Is the amount of
population required for one State Rep
resentative? For one State Senator?
Eighth Who are the members of the
Oregon Examining Board for teachers'
state certificates and diplomas, and
subjects assigned to each?
Ninth How much population is re
quired for a Representative in Con
gress? Tenth What is reciprocity?
Eleventh When was the Payne-Al-drich
tariff law passed?
Twelfth What was the reason that
the "insurgents" in Congress bolted
their regular party organization?
Knowing that the answers to the
above questions will be of gTeat value
to teachers and eighth-grade students
throughout the state at the present, I
ask The Oregonlan to give very clear,
brief and definite Information.
N. D. BURGOTNE.
The Initiative is the power reserved
by the people to propose laws or
amendments to the constitution and to
enact or reject the same at the polls
Independent of the Legislative Assem
bly. The referendum is the power reserved
by the people to refer, by petition, to
the voters for enactment or rejection
laws adopted by the .Legislative Assem
bly. In Oregon the referendum may
also be applied by the Legislature at
its own option, to Its own acts, but is
mandatory In constitutional amend
ments proposed by the Legislature and
also on legislative measures relating
to exemption and regulation of taxes.
The recall Is the power reserved by
the people to bring about a special
election by petition to determine
whether any designated elective Incum
bent of office shall be superseded by
another during the remainder of the
term of o.ffice for which ho has been
elected.
Initiative and referendum petitions
must be signed by eight and five per
cent, respectively, of the total vote
cast for Justice of the Supreme Court
at the next preceding election.
A recall petition requires signatures
equal in number at least to 25 per cent
of the vote cast for Justice of the Su
preme Court In the state or In the
electoral district of the officer sought
to be recalled.
The corrupt practices act restricts
the amount of money that may be ex
pended in behalf of candidates for of
fice and the manner of its expenditure
and seeks to prevent bribery and other
corrupt influencing of voters. It ap
plies to all Oregon elections.
The Oregon Legislature meets on the
second Monday of January in odd num
bered years and lasts 60 days.
Senators are apportioned at the ratio
of one to 12.083 of white population;
representatives, one to 6041.
Members of the Examining- Board
will not be named until the new law
becomes effective. May' 20.
Representatives in Congress are ap
portioned at the ratio df one to 194,182
of population.
The Payne-Aldrich bill was enacted
August 5, 1909.
Reciprocity Is the term applied to
agreements between nations.a mutual
admission free of duty of specified
products or commodities originating In
the countries that ' are parties to the
agreement.
In the House, insurgency was origin
ally a revolt against control of legisla
tion through parliamentary restriction
by the committee on rules. In the
Senate it wae revolt against similar
control by an . unofficial conclave of
Senators of long service and estab
lished power.
.Army of Alpinists Now 100,000.
London Echo.
The Austrian and German Alpine
Clubs have published statistics show
ing that between the years 1901 and
1910. inclusive, 88S Alpinists lost their
lives in the central Alps of Europe,
an average of nearly a hundred deaths
a year. In 1909, however, there were
144 climbers killed, and in 1910 100, not
Including 28 persons who met their
death while picking edelweiss. . Of this
total of 128 fatalities, 42 were Ger
mans, 24 Austrians, 19 Swiss and four
English, while the rest, including eight
guides, were of other nationalities. The
largest number of fatal accidents In
the Alps took place in August. It is
estimated that the army of Alpinists
now numbers 100,000.
Fast Trains In Europe.
Scientific American.
Express speed in Great Britain and
on the continent is high. In Great Brit
ain there are eleven dally express trains
making runs of from 60 to 11894 miles
without a stop, whose average speed Is
from 61 to 59.2 miles an hour. The
fastest and longest nonstop run Is 225
miles, from Paddlngton to Plymouth,
made at 54.8 miles an hour. France
has seven daily expresses that run from
7794 to 147 miles without a stop, at
speeds of from 61.1 to 61.8 miles an
hour, and there are nine French trains
that run from 102 to 147 94 miles with
out stop, at speeds of from 50.1 to
59.3 miles an hour."
Why Not One Dona Roosevelta
Trenton (N. J. Times.
A Fallslngton woman has written to
a local paper asking Theodore Roose
velt several pertinent questions and
saying he should be the father of at
least 12 children if he carried out his
Idas on race suicide.
She takes exception to the Colonel's
contention that every woman should
have four children, and tells how diffi
cult it is to support the two she has on
her husband's $7 a week and the neces
sity of paying $16 a month house rent.
"I wish Mr. Roosevelt would tell
what I could do with two more chil
dren If I had them," she adds.
Up-to-Date Engrlliiu Golf Yarn.
Indianapolis News.
When F. Durham was playing on the
Warren golf links at Woodham Walter,
Essex, England, recently, he drove a
ball which killed a skylark 200 yards
away.
John Bull's Telegraph Line.
London Standard.
The present system of British teleg
raphy all over the world embraces
1,111,356 miles of wire.
I nele Sam's Trade In Spain.
Baltimore American.
Ninety-seven American manufactur
ers have agencies In Madrid.
Higher' TJp.
Life.
All Ufa and all experience will show
la every situation that arises.
The pleasure that a'er has tho warmest
glow
Must always be the one that tantalises.
Upon tha topmost bough, as you'll agree.
Are ranged the ripest and most tempting
peaches;
And she who smiles the sweetest' sura to be
Ths very doll who Just beyond our reach Is.
But dolls snd peaches only hang aloft.
(Behold the moral of my artless rhym
ing) Blushing and blooming in their beauty soft
To tempt ambitious man to do soma
climbing.
Timely Tales of the Day
Mayor Simon is preparing to leave of
fice July 1, having but two months
more to serve, and his friends frequent
ly ask him whether or not he is glad
or sorry to leave the work which he
has been directing for the past two
years.
Recently one of the Mayor's friends
asked him about leaving office, and the
Mayor did not seem very sorry to be
facing the period when he would retire
to private life.
"No, sir," said the Mayor, "I have en
Joyed my work as Mayor, but, do you
know, I am so glad to get out of office
that I have already begun to move my
personal belongings." '
The man involuntarily took a look
around the executive office, in an ef- I
fort to discover vhat the Mayor had
taken away. He discovered nothing
particularly missing, so he seemea
somewhat puzzled.
"Tes," replied the Mayor, "last night
when I went home I took two lead pen
cils with me."
Trials and tribulations of court life,
particularly as they arise before the
Judge sitting on the bench, are so nu
merous and novel as to be of especial
interest to those who seldom go to the
courtroom.
Judge Morrow of the Circuit Court, to
Illustrate how witnesses often delay
trials, related the following story a few
days ago:
"It was during the recent Kersh trial,
as I remember it," quoth the Judge.
"The prosecuting attorney in legal
terms and technical phraseology was
attempting to secure a reply from the
witness as to his knowledge of certain
phases of the case in hand.
"The witness played for time. He
beat about the bush until the case was
prolonged so far that it appeared this
same witness might remain on the
stand all day and nothing be accom
plished. After being plied with vari
ous questions, put In the lawyer's legal
tongue, which the witness pretended he
did not fully comprehend, it came to a
point where it appeared the court
should Interfere.
. "So the bench interrupted:
" 'Mr. what we would like to know
Is, Will you come through?"
"It wag all over. The question got
him. The prosecution's point was an
swered, and the case proceeded. You
have to use plain language these days
sometimes," concluded Judge Morrow.
During the recent visit to Portland of
T. P. O'Connor, and under the spell of
the famous Irish orator and literateur's
eloquence, Roger B. Sinnott, like many
another loyal Hibernian, was moved to
great enthusiasm for the cause of home
rule in distant Erin.
In the height of his sympathetic zeal
for helping along the valiant struggle
of the oppressed race from which he
sprang, Mr. Sinnott seized his fountain
pen and subscribed $25 toward the
home rule fund that was being raised.
It developed later, however, that he
had unselfishly conferred upon another
the great pleasure of contributing to
the cause, for he made the subscription
in the name of his brother, Senator
"Nick" Sinnott. then at Salem engaged
In making laws for Oregon.
Later Dr. Andrew C. Smith, treasurer
of the local home rule fund, received
Senator Sinnott's. check for $25, with
the following letter:
"Portland, Or., Jan. 7, 1911. Dr. An
drew C. Smith, Portland, Or. Dear Sir:
I have been repeatedly dunned for a
contribution of $25 for the home rule
cause in Ireland. I. did not subscribe
my name h or this or s,ny amount and I
was at loss to learn who took the lib
erty to subscribe my name. I have to
day ascertained that my brother In a fit
or ebullition of Hibernian enthusiasm
akin to that which impelled Artemus
Ward to want to sacrifice all his wife's
relations on the sacrificial fires of his
country's altars, and with vicarious
generosity put my name down for the
above amount. I suppose I must stand
for it, and consider myself lucky that
I have only one brother burning with
the desire to bleed his relations in Ire
land's cause.
"As you were chairman of the meeting
I herewith send the check to you, as I
do not know the proper parties to send
it to. Very truly yours,
(Signed) N. J. SINNOTT."
ABATTOIR A MUNICIPAL UTILITY
Amsterdam Conducts Place for Slaugh
ter of Food Animals.
. "Daily Consular and Trade Reports.
One of the largest and most import
ant municipal utilities of Amsterdam is
the city abattoir. It is situated at the
eastern end of the harbor, surrounded
by canals and docks and connected by
branch lines with the local railroad
system.
The buildings comprise two slaughtering-houses
for cattle, a slaughter
house for hogs, and one for horses;
three stables for cattle, and three each
for hogs and horses. There are other
buildings also, for the treatment of
waste and hog's hair, for blood drying,
tripe boiling, a forge, the steriliza
tion of meat, a laboratory for the mic
roscopic examination of trichinae and
offices of administration. There Is
also a space for a cattle market, on
which are a cafe and stables for
visitors' horses and vehicles. Once a
canning factory was operated, but be
came unprofitable and was abolished.
The total surface occupied by the build
ings and cattle market exceeds 100,000
square yards.
All the slaughtering of animals for
food in Amsterdam must be done here.
Some meat slaughtered elsewhere is
brought to the city, but it must be in
spected at the city abattoir and be
marked with a stamp the same as
meat slaughtered there. If any such
meat is found unfit for consumption it
is converted into fertilizer. Meat not
perfect is sometimes made edible by
sterilizing and salting.
The slaughtering is not done by the
city, but by owners of stock or dealers
in meat, who pay for the use of the
abattoir 64 cents for each cow, ox or
horse, 84 cents for a hog or a fat calf,
and 10 cents each for a younger calf,
a sheep or a goat. For examining meat
not slaughtered there, the charge is
about a fifth of a cent a pound for
beef and pork and a tenth of a cent
for other meat. The charge for exam
ining a live animal is 56 cents. The
meat is taken from the abattoir to the
shops In town in specially-arranged
conveyances.
Open Season For Councllmen.
PORTLAND, May 3. (To the Editor.)
I am greatly distressed at this time
over certain placards that thrust them
selves upon the sight at every turn,
notifying the patient people that there
are councllmen at large. There begins
my sadness. I am fearful to venture
forth- until I have assurance that they
have been captured. Please advise me
In this my dark hour, and deserve my
sincere gratitude.
NERVOUS FEMALE.
Nervous Female is advised to remain
close at home until after the June elec
tion Desperate traits usually crop out
in Councllmen only during political
campaigns.
Occultus, New Artificial Man.
London Tit-Bits.
' A Berlin inventor has succeded, after
years of toll, in making an artificial
man who can walk, make all move
ments, epeak, sing, laugh and whistle.
It Is a life-size figure, and so natural
an imitation as to be completely de
ceptive a yard away. "Occultus," as
the figure is named, obeys words of
command, such as "march" and "halt,"
and he answers (any question put to
bim. It is not an Illusion or a trick; it
is a piece of pure mechanical work.
Advertising Talks
By William C. Freeman.
How long does an advertisement live?
This subject has been discussed many
times by everybody interested In ad
vertising in any way.
Some people claim that magazine ad
vertising lives longer than daily news
paper advertising, because the maga
zine remains on the library table from
one month's end to the other, while the
newspaper is thrown aside as soon a3
read.
Tet it is a fact that Ludwlg Baumann
& Co., the well-known furniture house
of New York, received a response to an
advertisement of theirs 15 years after
it appeared in a New York newspaper.
I have forgotten just where the re
sponse came- from, but I think it was
from Australia.
A young Philadelphlan who Is inter
ested in advertising Mr.' W. C. Jacob
wrote me the other day of an Incident
that came up while he was on a busi
ness trip to Baltimore.
He called on the manager of a large
manufacturing concern, and the conver
sation drifted around to the value of
advertising.
The manager of this concern sale?:
"One can never tell what vril result
from a well-placed advertisement."
He then Bhowed Mr. Jacob a letter
from a small city in India which had
come in that day, and which referred
to an advertisement that had been
placed in an American publication by
them twenty-seven years ago.
Back records verified this to be ab
solutely true.
It is facts like these, which come up
every once in a while, that emphasize
the value of advertising, a value which
does not cease as long as publication
lives.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Rowe
(Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew
Adams.)
If you don't get along with an ac
quaintance, don't try to reconcile your
differences; keep away.
When there is a bad accident, the
first thing the coroner does is to go
through the pockets of the man re
sponsible for It, to see if a bottle can
be found.
No one ever fooled the people with
false teeth.
After a falsehood has been accepted
60 years by the people without general
protest, it gets into the school books.
Ever occur to you that lately there
are an unusual number of handsome
married women? There was a time,
long ago, when a woman quit trying as
soon as she married.
How willingly tho world imposes on
an Easy Mark!
A bluff has a tendency to run out,
and every so often it is necessary to
renew it.
When you make a request to a rail
road man, and he says he will "take It
up," he Is going to give you a chance
to forget it.
If you want to be popular, don't ask
for sympathy, give it.
No woman should laugh at a Joke
on her husband.
Memories
Hark oft we back to gladsome days,
Sad sighing to recall
Joys that filled the heart of youth.
Sweet raptures one and all.
We would again the old paths roam
Could, we our fortunes make
A kid once more for just one chunk
Of granny's ginger cake.
Exchange.
SPECIAL FEATURES
OF NEXT
SUNDAY'S
OREGONIAN
Steelworkers, and their daily
gamble with death is told of in a
graphic illustrated page. It is of
especial local interest, dealing
with the construction of the new
12-story Wilcox building at Sixth
and 'Washington streets.
Special Fiction Short stories
by Cleveland Moffett and Sewell
Ford. Complete in the Sunday
issue.
Colonel Crowe, Wallace Irwin's
latest character, deals in a mildly
cynical and decidedly humorous
vein with the gentle topic of
peace. You will like the Colonel.
Uncle Sam has had a tough
problem trying to infuse a little
civilization into some of his wild
and wooly wards in the Philip
pines. His latest and most suc
cessful coup is with moving-picture
machines. Half page, with
unusual photos.
A woman has pitted her wit
against royal pride in a unique
contest in Europe. The stake is
nothing less than the Austrian
throne. Truth again outdoes fic
tion in this article by Henry
Carslake.
J. B. Horner recently spent a
day with the poet, Joaquin Mil
ler. He presents his experiences
and impressions, in a delightful
half-page article, fully illus
trated. In the Turret of the Monitor
is the Civil War installment. It
is a graphic story of a stirring
fight, and told by the officer who
commanded the Monitor's turret
in the fight.
Cap Anson winds up his base
ball reminiscences. The Widow
Wise has an adventure in Naples.
Mr. Twee Deedle evolves some
snake magic for the children.
Sambo, gets back to Australia.
Two children's pages, depart
ments for women, arid all the
news, right up to the minute.