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Newspaper Page Text8 THE MOTiXTXC, OREGOSIAN. TUESDAY, MAT 16. 1911. Eatsi-d at PorcUcd. Oregon. Fostorflce as Ikob4-Ci Matter. ei-cxl?uoa liataa Invariably tm A4 fET MAIL) DaUr.Baatfaytaelodad.ona year... f-silr. Sunday Inrlude-i. al months .. telly. SuHliy Included, thraa mor.tha. rallr. Sunday tncl'ide-i. oaa moBto.... X iiy. withant Sunday, one year.. . t 1 r. wtt;wut Sunday. :a month. ... X-eJlr. eltfcout U-in lay. thraa mooias. . X aiiy. without K"-drr. en moats. .IS-" . 4 21 . ." . 04 . 51 . ITS v. I r, aaa year .... 1-50 Sunday, see yaar euiuiar sad weekly, one year.. ......... aftO (BT CARRIER) Ia!ly, Sunday Ineloeed. ona yaar. ." L-et;y. Sunday Included, oaa month..... .79 How to Rami! send poatorriea money rCer. aiprtM order or parsonal chock on your local assk. stamps, com or currency are at the sender's r'.si. o:a potorr:ca eddreee la fu.i. i&eludlcg county aad aiata. .... . foataca fee tee 10 to 14 oagea. 1 cant: la to 24 oases. 2 coata: lO to eo nagea. S coata o to so pages, 4 casta. oi:a p-je'.age doohla rata. Tsetses giillm Orfl.ee Vsrrs Conk- Da e Tor, l.runsartcs. building. Cnl ayo. Sieger building. TOaTLA-VD. TCXSDAX. MAT J. 1011. THE BTAXDAJLD OH. DECISION. The decision of the Supreme Court sir air. at the Standard Oil Company foreshadow what will happen to the . Tobacco trust whose case la very sim ilar. For a time It waa whispered that a decree adverse to the monopo lize would bring- terrible things to pass Jn Wall Street. There would be such a panic as man had never seen be fore. But the adverse decree has been - published and there Is no panic In fact the time seems to have passed by when a threat from Wall Street sufficed to modify the Judgment of the highest court In the land. If there ever was such a time. The purport of the court a order Is ; that the Standard OH Company Is a ' monopoly in restraint of trade and that It must dissolve. What the method of Its dissolution will be is as yet mere matter for curious specula tion. Mr. Rockefeller and his co conspirator. Mr. Archbold. declare that they have no plan, and some credulous people may believe them. Others will take It for granted that the lawyers of the trust are well pre pared for what has happened and that they will presently surprise the world with some new scheme ade quate to circumvent the law. If an actual dissolution takes place It will be so managed that no prop erty Interests will be sacrificed. Noth ing will be done in haste. Although the shares of the Standard Oil Com pany bring a heavy premium In the market they are fully worth what they coat. There Is excellent security behind them which could be liqui dated to good advantage. But there is no likelihood of liquidation. The chances are that an individual will be substituted for the "comb I nation" which is obnoxious to the law and things will go on much as before. It Is not unlawful for a single Individual M UUW ..!" .V, ....... . to monopollxe all the business In the I country If he can do so. or to own all the property In the country. What (he law objects to are "conspiracies In restraint of trade' ' and "combina tions. It will surprise many observers If the trust lawyers do not find a way out of their difficulties through these obvious holes. But all this Is guess work. We are certain of nothing ex cept that the trust lawyers are Ira ' mensely shrewd and that decisions of this kind are not apt to cause very staxtlins revolutions. CANADIAN orrtxrnos TO KECI- IKOCITV. The Canadian parliament has post poned action on the reciprocity agree ment until . the return of Premier Laurler from the coronation exer cises. This delay makes It highly probable that adjournment will take ' place without action on the agree ment. When the measure was first proposed In this country, there was a favorable response Immediately In Canada. The sentiment was so strong that reciprocity seemed to have struck one of those favorable tides which "taken at the flood HA on to for tune. Unfortunately for both' the United States and Canada, dilatory tactics prevented action until the ebb Set In and carefully cultivated opposi tion had Increased on both aides of the line. The Canadian manufacturers are organizing to tight the measure and the American manufacturers have already lined np their forces. We have become so accustomed to the domination of the trusts on this aide of the line that the action of our own manufacturers was not surpris ing. It Is somewhat unexpected, how. ever, to note the Increasing protest en the part of the Canadians and the growing danger of failure for the bill as the delay Is protracted. Great Britain, fearing that the reciprocity measure may Impair the loyalty of t 'ana la for the mother country. Is keeping the matter stirred up and us ing what pressure she can bring to bear to defeat the measure. With thts highly desirable legislation thus im perilled on the Canadian aide of the line It becomes all the more necessary that there should be prompt action on the part of our own people. The prompt passage of the bill by oar own Senate would have a most favorable effect In Canada and might result In early action on the measure after Pre mier Laurler returns. The opposition la Canada. like that In the United Slates, Is of course due ta the work of selilsh Interests. While the rack and file of the producers and consumers of both countries are strongly In favor of the reciprocity measure, there are Canadian trusts as well as American trusts, and both see a common enemy in reciprocity. Any delays that may occur will tend to solidify the opposition to the measure without bringing any compensating features in return. The Canadians offered much criticism of our alleged tad faith when the last Congress ad journed without passing the agree ment. It bow seems probable that their own Parliament wtu adjourn the present session without taking any action oa the matter. It would un doubtedly strengthen the hands of Premier Laurier and materially aid him In forcing the measure through the Canadian Parliament If the Am ericans would show a little more firm ness and Insist on Immediate action on this most important measure. Antiquarians and others who have snoney to burn are In eager attend ance on the resurrection sale In Eng land of a lot of Junk that belonred to the early Charlies and their women. Among the lot Is a c-arved-oak a: air rasa trod by Elisabeth, the first James aad the first Charles. There are many degrees of lunacy and the quet for this kind of stuff Indicates possession of the highest. Soma dmr somebody will uncover the bark of the apple tree In the Garden of Eden, a rung from Jacob's ladder and perhaps the rat tle that graced the tail of the snake that led to the downfall of our firrt mother, beside which dinner plates that belonged to Nell Gwynn or any other "lady- will be fit only for the garbage heap. WHT NOT TUX EXACT TRUTH? The truth about the Ore iron system ought to be good enough. Why do not the professional exploiters, historians and evangelists of the Initiative and referendum tell It? Here Is this W. O. Ega-leston again Eggleston, who with IT Ren has his hands In the Fels fund and Is getting a fine, fat living out of It. The people of Oregon had expocted that Mr. CRen would re gard the Oregon system as something better than his meal ticket; but of course they did not look for a worth ier aspiration or a higher effort from Eggleston. for they do not know any thing else about him. . Eggleston continues to get space In so good a magazine as World's Work to tell about the "People's Power in Oregon." The article Is marred by many gross misstatements and some outright falsehoods, like these It la significant that no measure contain ing a "joker" aaa beea approved by too poo- Dle. That amendment (single tax) does not ehaaga the present method of taxation ex cept by abolishing the poii tax. No measure attacking property rights has beea proposed. These statements are untrue. Ev erybody in Oregon knows they are untrue. Eggleston knew. If he knows anything, that they are untrue. The people of Oregon have been deceived and buncoed Into passing the single tax (county tax) by a false and misleading title. The amend ment radically changes, or proposes to change, the present method of tax ation. It does not abolish the poll tax. for there was no poll tax In vogue when this measure was passed. The Rogue River Initiative measure ' and the Columbia River fish bills were direct assaults on property rights, and prohibition, gross earnings tax. single tax, the railroad bonding meas ure and several others were aimed di rectly at property Interests. The best Interpreter and advocate of the Oregon system Is the one who tells candidly what It la. what It has done, what It has not done, what It will do and what It will not do. Is not the truth good enough? ANOTHIB1 BIO E1XCTIOX TASK. It Is said that many of our multi millionaires derive their greatest pleasure, not from the comforts and luxuries that their wealth affords, but from the carrying out of great enter prises their riches make possible. Therefore to every voter In Portland will soon be given the opportunity to experience the feelings of a Harrlman or a Morgan. All he has to do Is to Imagine that he la the head of a great .111 .14V 11 O t 11 17 U - Ut. S. 1W1 corporation and that It Is left to him to decide whether It Is expedient to borrow two and one-half million dol lars for building a bridge, an audi torium, a Jail and buying a p&rjc and establishing a garbage collecting sys tem. The Joy of spending large sums of money and the creating of Important conveniences for his fellow men may be tempting, but the voter must re member that he already owes 1 1 6.800. 000; that It Is unsafe for him to go deeper than 111.000,000 Into debt; that the plans presented to him would approach within 12.000,000 of this sum, and that there may be some un expected and very necessary expendi tures calling for more Indebtedness in the near future. On the question of increasing his bonded Indebtedness the voter of Port land has grave cause for study and de liberation that should not be over shadowed by the Inclination to do big things, and there are other important questions that ought to engage his at tention. Twenty-one proposals are before him for approval or rejection. These proposals cover a wide range. Several of them. If adopted, will bind him to pay out annually large specific sums of money In addition to the In terest on his bonded indebtedness. Others will Increase the running ex penses of the corporation of w hlch he Is a part and two will bring In reve nues. Here are the matters that call for his attention In consecutive order: 1. The Issuance of $1,400,000 in bonds for the erection of a bridge across the Willamette River In South Portland. I. The levying of a tax of not more than 1 mill to be credited to the street cleaning and sprinkling fund. 3. The levying of a tax of one- twentieth of a mill for the mainte nance of a pension and relief fund for members of the fire department. i. The Increasing of the salary of the City Attorney from 1:400 to f 3600 per annum. . The levying of a tax of one twentieth of a mill for the mainte nance of a pension and relief fund for members of the police department, . The Issuance of $200,000 In bonds for the acquisition of a site for and the construction of a jail and po lice headquarters. 7. The issuance of $250,000 In bonds for the acquisition of Council Crest. t. The adoption of a charter amendment providing that the filling of gulches and ravines shall be paid for out of the special bridge fund. . The issuance of $600,000 in bonds for the acquisition of a site for and the construction and maintenance of a public auditorium. 10. The Issuance of $75,000 in bonds for the establishment of a mu nicipal garbage collecting system. 11. The Increasing of the salary of the City Engineer from $2400 to not leas than $1000. 11. The levying of a tax of one twentieth of a mill for the mainte nance of a pension and relief fund for members of the street-cleaning de partment. 1. The adoption of a charter amendment requiring bids on mora than one type of pipe In all proposed sewer contracts. 14. The adoption of an ordinance making It punishable by fine for a street railway company to admit per sons to its cars during the morning and evening rush hours unless seats are provided, or to compel persons to wait longer than five minutes after being unable to secure a scat In a car. 15. The levying of a $ per cent gross Income tax on gas companies. 16. The levying of a 3 per cent gross Income tax oa electric lighting com pan les. 17. The creation of a public service commission. It, The prohibiting of the city from divesting itself, ut tliie to pub-, I Ho DroprtT for a distance of 2000 feet from navigable water Or within 1000 feet of any depot or terminal yard. 19. The vacating of portions of Adams and Oregon streets for steel bridge plera 20. The prohibiting of banner car rying on the public streets. 21.- The adoption of an anti-boy cott ordinance. In this list of measures are some of high Importance. Some are the prod uct of prejudice, some the outgrowth of hobbles and some are the expres sion of an intelligent and honest desire to benefit the community. A few of these measures may be understood without great mental labor by the man of ordinary - Intelligence. Some would require exhaustive research and consultation with legal authorities to give one a proper conception of their meaning and effect. How many vot ers In Portland have the time or incli nation to give the latter the considera tion their Importance warrants? How many voters In Portland can state off hand the assessed valuation of Port land property, the total bondol in debtedness of the city and the Lax levy all matters that should be consid ered In determining whether addl- .' tlonal bonds should be Issued T How ! many have attempted or will have time to attempt to ascertain whether experience has proved that a local public aervioe commission is hotter than or not so effective aa a state commission. How many have read or will read all the measures In the pam phlet Issued by the City Auditor More important Issues are at stake in the measures submitted than exist In the selection of this or thai man for public office. The people have again been burdened with a task that the majority will find impossible to accom plish in all Its aspects with the intelli gence that is logically demanded. The only recourse is for each voter to at tempt to set aside his prejudices, fan cies, suspicions and impressions, and if then In doubt, vote no. CROMWELL'S HEAD. The Reverend H. R. Wilkinson, clergyman of the Church of England, has in his possession a head which. It Is believed on pretty convincing evi dence, once belonged to Oliver Crom well. It has been offered, for a price, to the British government which di cllnes to purchase because there is at Oxford another head that some say belonged to Cromwell. Inasmuch as he could scarcely have owned both of them perhaps the government Is wise to delay purchasing until the rival claims have been decided. At present the weight of authority leans heavily toward the genuineness of Mr. Wilkinson's relic. It has been examined with the almost particular ity by experts in cranlology, by paint ers and by archaeologists who are Intt matoly acquainted with -the singular ities of the human head and they seem to concur in the opinion that the withered flesh thinly clad with hair and the skull which it covers, now lying in a box at Mr. Wilkinson's house, once enclosed the matchless brain of England's greatest statesman. When Cromwell died, on September 13. 1653. his body waa embalmed and burled in Westminster Abbey. Two years later the Stuart dynasty waa restored in the person of the dissi pated and Incapable Charles II. and the servile Parliament which had made him King hastened to show Its loyalty by outraging the remains of Cromwell. The body was disinterred from Its tomb in Westminster and hanged at Tyburn, an act highly grat ifying, of course, to the petty Stuart malice. No monarch of that detes table family ever recognized great ness except to hate It. When Charles II had sated his envious spite by gazing at Cromwell's corpse swinging on the gallows where he himself ought to have been hanged the remains were cut down and beheaded. The Stuarts were no match for Oliver alive, but they could wreak vengeance on his corpse with perfect safety. The body was burled under the gallows and the head was stuck on a pike and nailed up over Westminster Hall. Thus the next gen eration of Englishmen after the great Parliamentary revolution rewarded the memory of their mighty champion. How long Cromwell's head re mained on the pike grinning satirical ly at the debased England of the res toration nobody seems to know. It must have been there for years. Pepys saw It, as he saw everything of inter est, and tells of it In his diary. No doubt It was blown down by the wind after a time, for of course the wooden pike staff must have rotted and weak- ened. It is at this point that the his tory of the head begins to grow a lit tle vague. The seml-mythlcal story runs that a sentry picked it up and carried It home, biding his time, and finally sold It to a member of the Rus sell family In Cambridgeshire who were related to Cromwell. Thia la not Improbable, as the Springfield Republican plausibly ar- gues. The most likely person to pick 7. .... v-. wh.n i n ,.!., . r.1: " " I k. . YZ-- the spot and the best market he could find for it would have been among Cromwell's relatives. Nobody else in the riotous and slavish England of that day would have cared to own it. Very likely nobody would have dared to possess It openly. Their standing with the court would have been en dangered. This no doubt accounts for the mystery which Involves the history of the head for the next hundred years. In 1787 it was obtained by a dealer in curiosities, named Cox. from an im poverished actor who was a Russell probably one of the Cambridgeshire stock, though that ts not certain. This transfer followed the terms of a writ ten contract which Mr. Wilkinson noi has. Cox sold the hrad to a man who passed It cn to his son. This son hap pened to choose the Rev. Mr. Wilkin son's great grandfather for his physi cian, and in 1112 gave him the relic together with a memorandum specify ing the adventures which It passed through. Thus it came into the hands of its present owner, who has tried in vain to sell it to the British govern ment. This is a credible story even if it lacks one or two degrees of certainty, but the evidence of the head itself la still more convincing. For one thing, it Is embalmed and this process was employed only upon the bodies of ex ceptional individuals In Cromwell's time. It would have been excessively difficult for a person to have procured an embalmed head fraudulently and almost impossible for any one to have given a freshly prepared one the ap pearance of having been embalmed years before. The head In Mr. Wil kinson's possession has a ragged beard such as Cromwell wore In his latter days. It shows his mustache and has even a place for the famous wart which he refused to allow his portrait painter to omit. The artist Flaxman. who has special gifts for such a task, has minutely examined the shrunken features of the relic and has declared, after comparing it with portraits, that it must be Cromwell's head. Little more seems to be needed to convince the world that the head is genuine, but the British government will no doubt make more difficulty than ordinary people. Cromwell does not stand high in favor with Kings and Tories. Perhaps ona of our Amer ican millionaires may be persuaded to buy it and confide it to some museum not far from the Statue of Liberty. The conjunction would be happy. Cromwell did more for liberty than almost any other man who ever lived. The United States Supreme Court In Its decisions yesterday deprived the soapbox orators who clutter up our street corners of a large stock of am munition. Of course if the highest tri bunal in the land had decided in favor of the Standard Oil Company in the trust case and against Mr. Gompers and his friends In the labor case, the nightly jnouthlngs of these soapbox Socialists would have been something fearful to contemplate. But the Su preme Court, as usual, decided both cases on their merits, and Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison de not have to go to Jail, and John D. Rockefeller and his coterie of multi-millionaires must dissolve their gigantic merger of oil properties. There is of course i ray of sunshine for the chronic rail- era against the existing order of things in the decision In the Diets murder case In Wisconsin last week. Diets was convicted of murder because he committed murder, but he was fight ing the corporation when the tragedy happened and that was sufficient to make him a Socialist martyr. H. J. Parklson Is obdurate. In the specious pretense of serving the people for economy's sake he persists In the purpose .of filing petitions for a referendum of the University of Oregon appropriation bills passed by the late Legislature. The outcome will prove anything but economical Its effect will be on the contrary to delay the work for which It was ap propriated and incur expense which will have to be borne by the people whom Mr. Parklson declares that he Is willing and anxious to serve. It can scarcely be doubted that In the end the appropriation upon which the fight Is made will be ratified by the voters of the state. Queen Mary of England, like the Czarina of Russia, has placed the ban of her displeasure upon women who smoke cigarettes by forbidding those who Indulge this baleful habit to come into her presence. Of course her majesty cannot compel the ladies of her court to eschew smoking. T he most that she can do is to forbid smoking in the palace and thus check, to some extent, the frequency of Indulgence in the habit. The in terdiction is womanly and gives Queen Mary a chance to array herself on the right side of a vexed question among women of pernicious leisure and easy conscience. The "find", a few days ago, in the barnyard of W. H. Robinson, of Sal mon Creek, Washington, of a num ber of gold pieces aggregating to $160 in value, that had been Industriously scratched up by hens will not, it Is thought, induce a boom In poultry raising. While the poultry business well managed and carefully worked out in detail 1- profitable it can scarcely be depended upon to yield returns in this way. The coronation of a new Emperor in Abyssinia Is an event too remote to excite very lively Interest in America, and yet Abyssinia has claims upon our attention. It Is one of the oldest Christian countries in the world and has had a continuous organized gov ernment longer than any modern na tion except China. The new successor to the throne is named Lldjl Jeassu, The new wine in China is bursting the old bottles at a fearful rato. The ferment seems to come from Japan In the guise of modern culture. Appar ently China cannot break her Intel tactual fetters without bloodshed, but liberty Is cheap at any price. At least Anglo-Saxon peoples have always thought so and acted up to the thought. When that Vancouver man's fowls got on the scent of his lost gold and scratched it up he was very naturally surprised, for hens have no sense of smell. By the way. safety deposit and other folk who suffer occasional loss might with profit run a poultry an nex. Queen Mary, who inherits the fam ily tendency to accumulate adipose tis sue, will have none of the harem skirt -D Hi. w-b hh-h as did those of Eugenie, who decried the mammoth hoopskUt when she be- came bulbous. The Supreme Court rapped Stand ard Oil of New Jersey a hard one yes terday and at the same time a quar terly dividend of $9 a share was de clared. The big oil concern Is a Juicy piece of fruit for anybody who knows bow to squeeze lt The free and easy referendum stands for one thing that was not down in the bill. It gives the stub born politician and pin-head political economist a chance to make a publlo nuisance of himself in the name of the people. Vale has accepted a water system in which the liquid ' is brought from springs thirteen miles distant, with not a particle of alkali In solution. That knocks the last hope of the "wet" contingent. Parents who have dropped into a state of Innocuous desuetude will take notice that the Baby Home Is In need of little chairs and walkers and act accordingly with promptness. More than sufficient unto the day are the evils thereof. So let the Presi dential primaries of next Spring be kpt out of the way until the munici pal trouble is settled. The conflict between brains and bul lion for social supremacy at the Panama-Pacific Exposition will be abattle royal, with no quarter given or asked. The sibilant whisperings under the official coverlet at Salem prove again the truth of the assertion that ."poli tics makes strange bedfellows." WASTE) El LUMBER. MANWACTURSI 9W1 Bwilder Declares Industry Most Backward of Any in Economy. PORTLAND, May 16. (To the Editor.) Considering the vast number of won derful improvements in machinery and systems, from the manufacture of but tons to the making of battleships, the system of manufacturing lumber is of ail systems the moat stagnant and anti quated. Practically the only improve ment outside of what concerns speed and capacity made in sawmills since the first board was sawed by machinery is that by the use of thinner saws a little less sawdust la made. But as far aa the lumber is concerned, the millman of to day saws the logs into lumber as his great-grandfather did long before he was born, regardless of the great waste and destruction of the very best lumber in the log while squaring it up. The clear est and finest grained, in faot, the very best and highest priced lumber is found In the outer portion of the log from which large and unnecessary slabs are taken. This, together with the edging of the lumber under the prevailing system, which provides no profitable way to gave the Immense amount of clear lum ber carried away in the edgings, con stitutes an enormous loss to tbe lumber men. Of this anyone can satisfy him self, even If he knows little or nothing of the lumber business, if he will go to a "modern" mill and watch the con veyors carry the wastage to the burner. But the greatest loss of all. and one that la not so easily discernible to the average person and the extent of which is not always seen by the millman him self, is the great amount of high grade material In a log that is lost by being manufactured into low grade lumber through the unwieldy and Inflexible ayi tern that has been pursued since the manufacture of lumber began. This is more especially marked in larger mills. Now, we know, as was clearly disclosed at the meeting of the Loggers' Associa tion In this city May 6. that the lumber market Is weak and tottering. In re gard to the appeal for help made at that meeting the publlo very fully ap preciates the great importance of the lumber Industry of this state. It also recognizee and appreciates the fact that the prosperity of every business interest in Oregon is vitally affected by the ac tivity of the lumber business. The very business life of this Coast depends upon the continued activity of this great in dustry. But would the reduction-or taxa tion of timber, as suggested in the ap nea! for holD. have a tendency to con tinue the activity of the lumber business, or would It merely out the large timber owners in a better position to bold their timber and boost the price or stumpago to such an extent as to kill off what limited market the mlllmen have? If the latter is the case it would be the surest and swiftest way in which the collapse of the lumber Industry and business cataclysm" which the 'loggers referred to could be brought about. In building up against strong compe tition any other business in which i broad market is required, did the suc cessful manufacturers continue to in crease their output regardless of the waste of raw material and the quality of the finished product as Is done in tbe manufacture of number on this Coast? Well, hardly. The lumberman who has the nerve to break away from the old moorings and the capital to go into the lumbor busi ness on a modern business plan will be able to bring the cost of manufacturing down to a point where he will be able to pay a fair price for logs and sen his lumber at a price that will defy com petition and yet net him a handsome profit. This may seem rather radical. but It Is nevertheless true. We have the best timber In the world for all general purposes right here in Oregon and Washington. The lumber made from it has the preference over other lumber In the East, and if the price Is right it will find a broad market. O. H. HAMILTON, Sawmill Builder. LAFFERTT LETTERS CRITICISED Mr. Clartdsre Thinks Name Controversy Is 81Uy and Childish. PORTLAND. May It. (To the Edi tor.) I have Just been reading the letter published In this morning s issue of Ihe Oregonian from Representative A. W. (Walter) Lafferty. I have put the paper down with chagrin and disappointment. have never met Mr. Larrercy. X sup ported him In the recent campaign be cause I was and am now in sympathy with the progressive movement- But I am convinced since reading the afore said letter, and other despatches and letters from Washington attributed to him, that I helped put an ass In Con gress. Such twiddlededee and dwiddle- dedura I never read in all of my life and that from a supposed statesman! It sorter makes me believe the man working In my garden would have bet ter answered the purpose. If the people who elected Mr. Laf ferty to Congress are willing to forget his confessed shortcomings. It Is too bad he cannot bring himself to do the same. If it were not such a serious matter It would be laughable to see a man who had been carried by a popu lar wave into the balls of Congress, taking himself so seriously that he would discuss In the publlo press a question, which is the most euphonious way of pronouncing or the best way of writing his name whether it shall be simply Walter Lafferty, or Abraham Walter Lafferty, or the eccentric A. W. (Walter) Lafferty. Think of it! Silly is it? It is childish! He seems to be obsessed with tbe notion that the writ ing of one's name gauges, directs and determines his destiny in history. I very much fear the gentleman mistakes tbe forces which determine greatness. If these letters are Indicative of the man's mentality, we have over-honored him. and from those letters, too, I would hazard the opinion that his political ascendancy will not survive the 62d Congress. If the Oregon newspapers are Dent on the political oblivion of Mr. Lafferty they can accomplish It in no surer way than by publishing his puerile letters and pronunclamentos. Assure mc that they are not forgeries by his enemies, for his enemies could not lampoon him more, or with me, as with the masses. he is undune. It is not possible that such mediocrity could competently look after our many Interests In Washlng ton, S. J. CLARIDGS. Home Role BUI. MTIINNVTLLE. Or.. May It. (To the Editor.) Will you kindly answer the following questions In your valuable publication: Where a county in Ore gon goes "wet," do municipal corpora tions in that county, under the pro visions of the home-rule law passed at the last state election, have abso lute control of the aale and regula tion of spirituous liquors within such corporations? Should a county go Mrv." does a munlcinal cornoratlon have the same powers in regard to the I sale and regulation of spirituous liquors as it does when the county goes "wet?" AM OLOJ SUBSCRIBER. Yes to the first question. The lower court has decided the second question In the negative, but the Supreme Court has not yet passed on it- Sea Voyasre Stremert hewed Lnags. THE DALLES. May 14. (To the Edi tor.) I have a word of encourage ment for some one who is alarmed about the condition and promise of his lungs. Lafayette Grover, when a young man, was threatened with pulmonary disease, and obliged to cut loose from all other plans for life. What he did was to take passage on a whaler bound for Hudson Bay. In those charmed waters he spent the necessary months for the cruise, with this result, that he lived a long Ufa and though never a ruffged or robust man died not of lung disease at the age of SS. Timely Tales of the Day One of the most expert "powder men' In the West is that eccentric old char acter "Heavy-weather" Smith. The railroad men and contractors all know him as "Heavy-weather" because he has a heavy, rolling gait like a sailor on the deck of a ship in a storm. Nobody seems to know his given name Jr ini tlals, although he has been employed in shooting soma of the- heaviest blasts ever made by the railroads of the Coast. These include the Great Northern. North Bank. Milwaukee, the Western Paciflo and the Bav Shore Cut-off. On his last trip through Portland he was Jarred out of bis usually tight shell and related some of the trying ordeals he had gone through in his peculiar line of work. He explained the great care that is needed In handling big: charges because of the money involved and the time required in getting everything Just so, to say nothing of the hazard of the game. His auditors listened to stories of the freak things that some times happened when the blasts were touched off and finally wound up his yarns remarking: "I don't suppose you fellows would believe it. but I have never made a mis take In my life." One of the crowd bit immediately and asked. r "You must be a wonder. How do you account for it?" "Well, it's Just this way," concludei Heavy-weather with a slow drawl and a bland smile, "a man in our business can make only one mistake." He didn't have to draw a diagram of the Joke, either. Several railroad men who returned from a trip through Central Oregon few days ago bring back the following anecdote about the heavy winds that prevail in Crook County at certain peri ods of the fear. The party bad reached Madras one evening and found the hotel well filled with a cosmopolitan crowd. After din ner the guests sat chatting In the lobby. There were railroad men, traveling men and boosters from various new towns which have sprung up. along the line of the two new railroads. In the crowd was a Scotchman from the East who represented a number of clients who had sent him out to invest! gate conditions and opportunities for investment. He hadn't Joined in the conversation but sat quietly smoking his pipe, looking half bored until one of the drummers in the group addressed him: "Mr. So-and-so, where do you go from here 7 'Tm going to take the first train out. "Why, what's the trouble? Why don't you look the country over a wnue?- Too much wind to suit me." "Oh, well. It only blows like this few weeks in the year." Tes,oand say, said the booster irotn Metollus, "if you don't like the wind, come up to our town, no breeze at all Finest weather " "Nothing doing," - interrupted the Scotchman, "your town Just blew past here fifteen minutes ago and I didn't like the looks of It." The crowd waa now interested. "I'll tell you, my friend," argued man from Gateway. "You take a ride with me over to our place in the morn ing and I'll show you a town that's i comer." "Sorry, old man, but there lsn t any town there any more. I got it In my eye coming up on the train this after noon." The crowd decided the Scotchman had a grouch and changed the subject. Foreigners having unpronounceable names often find them a great handicap in getting about in this country, and in many cases they have applied to the court to have their names changed. Some have hit upon the idea of carrying about with them pencils and paper with which to write out their names when it is found impossible to make them un derstood. One of the men in Portland who has found much difficulty of this kind is Wawrzyniec Jarosz. He cannot write Veil, and thus the matter of using pencil is out of the question. When Jarosz recently became a plaintiff in a case filed in the Circuit Court his meth od of making his name understood came to light. The complaint filed by Jarosz had the name subscribed with a rubber stamp. Jarosz' attorney explained to court officials that the man had a stamp made with his full name on it and that he carries the stamp and a small ink pad in his pocket. When asked for his name he produces the stamp and ink pad and prints it on the small tablet he carries for that purpose. At the Portland Hotel in the hallway leading to the Grill room for years there has stood as a sort of a sentinel a colored porter of a very dark hue. The face is familiar to all of the patrons of the place and in turn he knows nearly everyone who frequents the rooms, .hie received during the stay of John F. Stevens in the hotel many pleasant re minders in the way of tips from the then- president of the Hill system In the Pacific Northwest. The other day one of the old-time friends of Stevens was passing through the hallway and noticing the colored porter, remarked to him: "Well, tieorge, your in en a, nr. ele vens, has lert town ror gooa.- Yas, sir, Yas, sir, Ise sorry to lose him. He's a mighty big man! Why, mister, he was so big he cast a shadow over the whole of Central Oregon. OLD PARTY DOCTRIJiB INDORSED Writer Believes Rushlight's Opponents Should Support Ticket. HELIX. Or., May 13 (To the Edi tor.) For 23 years I have been a con stant reader of Tbe Morning Orego nian. I am a strong Republican and a feeling of sadness comes over me to see my beloved paper drift away from Republicanism by opposing the regular Republican nominee for Mayor, A. U Rushlight. While I do not Know Mr. Kusnngnt personally, the people of Portland do. especially those in his ward and pre cinct, for after a most stubborn opposi tion he won out. As a Republican, I favored J. K. Werlein, but after the primary I am for Rushlight. Last Fall was Tor urant uimicic lor trovernor and Ellis for - Congress, but after the primaries I supported Bowerman and Lafferty. If I win I am pleased. If I lose I am a good loser and don't whine and plot because I was disap pointed in the primary. We goody-good Republicans elected George E. Chamberlain Prosecuting At torney over a good Republican and put the said George B. In line for Gov ernor to beat our nominee, ir It Is so independent that it cannot support a nominee by the people on a Repub- Hcan ticket after he is fairly the choice of the Republicans, then the dear old Oregonian has left the Repub lican standard and is an Independent paper. If it was a minor office, I would hold my peace but for Governor or Mayor or United States Senator I will abide by the will of the majority or plurality. I hope that no independent can be found and if so that the klckera get kicked for their trouble. Mr. Rush light cannot be so bad if the Intelligent public after a fierce fight, gave him over 1200 plurality. C A. HERMANN. Schools for Boys. PORTLAND, May 8. (To the Ed itor.) I would like to have some in formation concerning boarding schools for boys In and around Portland, and about where to find them. SUBSCRIBER. Consult Portland City directory, un- Jdar hsadlne, "Ciee and Schools,"! Advertising Talks By WUlisun C. Freeman. Newspaper advertising; serves a dou ble purpose It Introduces articles to merchants and houaevrlvea at the same time. It not only places goods on shelves, but It creates a demand for them and sella them. For this reason, a manufacturer can get sreneral oUstrlbutiosi of his product at a lower percentage of cost through newspaper advertising than through any other method. Newspaper advertising has another great advantage It gives quick action -Immediate results, and the general advertiser la beginning to awaken to this fact. Only the other day, Mr. W-illya, of the Willys Overland Auto Company, made the statement that he was going to Increase hla newspaper appropriation this year 25 per cent. And he further said he expected the company would have to Increase the facilities of their plant one hundred per' cent to take care of the business that the extra newspaper advertising would produce. When a man of Mr. Willys' advertis ing experience makes a statement of this kind, it is eloquent testimony to the power of newspaper advertising. If newspaper advertising can ac complish such results for the Over land automobile and it has been demonstrated to Mr. Willys' satisfac tion that it can Is it not reasonable to suppose It can do the same for any, other manufactured product? Newspapers are National advertising mediums they can sell any article of merit from a paper of pin to a $25,000 pearl necklace, and the sooner general advertisers realize this fact, the better It will be for themselves. (To be continued.) Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams.) Men seem to do more courting in every succeeding generation, and less marrying. You always get fine meals at restaurant. a new A man who had been a thorousrhbred all his life, was sitting in a saloon, busted, blear-eyed, and blue. "Bill." the barkeeper said, "you suit me too well." If you hope to distinguish yourself one good quality is not enough. You must have a lot of them. Don't get up a picnic. Wait to be invited, and then sit around, and turn up your nose at the arrangements. No man has anj fun at a picnic he pro poses or manages. Do the best you can, and you will be surprised how well you get along. Ever notice that boys never tie tin cans to a bulldog's tall? A bulldog won't stand such foolishness. Man is very ungTateful; he will for get the good time he had a month ago. and say he never had one In his life. No doubt you think there is a lot of complaining in the community in which you live. No more complaining in your community than in others, probably. a- Most married women have an exag gerated notion of the ease with which their husbands should make money. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian, May 16, 1861. Some of the natives, who had never seen a steamboat, when the Colonel Wright pushed her way up te Clear water, ran to the woods. The unionists have raised a fine flag at Forest Grove. A traitor dared to open his mouth in insult upon the glor ious banner. It was suddenly closed. Vancouver, May 15. The long-wind ed Democracy are still on It, over here. The afternoon was consumed in ballot ing for a candidate for delegate to Con gress. The anti-Stevens men, having effected the downfall of their great an tagonist, and a controlling Interest in the convention, were unable to agree among themselves. STATE CONTRACT WITH NATION Visitor Thinks Conrt BUsht Raid School Appropriation Referendum. EUGENE. Or., May 12. (To the Editor.) When Oregon was admitted into the Union it received grants of public land for the support of the common schools, for a state univer sity and later for a state agricultural college. It is also receiving large an nual cash payments for the State Ex periment Station. In accordance with these grants It established these in stitutions and has accepted and used the money. er Let me ask if the state did not by accepting and using these grants enter into a compact with the United States to create, build and maintain each of these institutions which were so created because they were for the wel fare alike of Nation and state 7 It . seems that the State Supreme Court might Justly be asked and expected to declare void and of no effect the result of the referendum closing these edu cational Institutions. The state rests under a contract and strong moral bligation to maintain them. Further, a wise ana patriotic sug gestion has been made that the lands that may be forfeited by the South ern Paciflo Railroad Company be se cured as a permanent endowment of the common schools of the state. Could the state hope to secure that grant for the common schools if It had violated the other great compact? The writer Is not a citizen or Oregon, only a visitor from another state, boutn Dakota, that won honor by Its manage ment of the school and endowment lands received by it and thereby caused the same polioy to be required of six ther states, when they were aamitteu. W. H. H. Bi.AU.Ufi Portland Census Flgnrea. WESTPORT. Or., May 11. (To the Editor.) Please give the population or Portland, the figures given nrst, ana the official figures. I wish to have tne first figures given out, then the cor rected figures after the recount, and the official count- Please give the time the state Legis lature meets, also the unitea stater Congress. . Aula. u. v. wntijb The official count of Portland's pop ulation for 110 by the United State. Census Bureau, was 207,214. There hat been no re-count. The department, however, rejected about 14,000 names turned in by enumerators. Congress convenes annually in regular session on the first Monday in December. The Oregon Legislature meets on the sec ond Monday In January in odd-numbered years.