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THK rUTOSTEKOlS ABBOTT STOBT.
The Abbott woman Is primarily re
sponsible f-r the most Inexcusable
.-andJ stirred up at Washington In
recent ream. Upon her unsupported
testimony rs: a charge Involving the
Prrsi.ient of the United States that has
been ir'.ztA by the enemies of Mr. Taft
Irt a, recklrs and disgraceful effort to
r-.-nlrch htm and his Administration.
It Is said that Mr. Taft Is much In
rensrd over the episode. It is not
surprising. It Is Trrr najty business,
and It dishonors everybody engaged
in It.
The Abbott woman says she found
In the private filf. of the Secretary of
the Interior to which she had cheer
fully been given accrM by Secretary
nhr a compromising postscript of a
letter from an Alaska claimant to the
former Secretary. Mr. Bellinger. The
Abbott woman alone dollars there
was such a p'WtjH-rlpt. Secretary
rtsher denies It. or rather says he
never saw It. Plainly he does not be
lieve It. Private . Secretary Brown
never saw It. Nobody eLe saw it. or
ever before heard of it.
The Abbott woman's story Is pre
posterous and it Is doubtless false.
The woman is the most dangerous
type of muckraker. She Is able to
find Incriminating documents in let
ters where, even If they existed, they
could have been placed or loft only
through the most Insane folly or un
accountable stupidity. It is Incredible
that anyone should have written such
a letter on such a subject in such
a manner. It Is Incredible that It
could have been found and revealed
only through the vigilance of such
a person as the Abbott woman, a
space writer of the spying type, selling
her wares to whomsoever should buy.
The people of the United States have
profound confidence in the personal
Integrity of their President. It Is out
rageous that for any purpose there
should be a conspiracy to shake or dis
turb their faith.
VICT. AND THE ARMY CASTCSTS.
The statement that almost one
fourth of the men enrolled In the Uni
ted States Army undergo treatment In
the hospitals each year for diseases
caused by vicious indulgence natur
ally provokes comment. The patriotic
citizen who takes pride in the army as
one of our National Institutions Is
moved to inquire why soldiers should
suffer ma much more than other men
from these avoidable maladies. Their
life seems to an outsider to be rather
more healthy than that of ordinary
persons. They take a sufficient amount
of excellent exercise, their meals and
sleep are supposed to be regular, their
dwellings are carefully looked after.
"Why should vice have obtained this
fearful hold upon them and why are
Its physical effects so deplorable?
There was a time when the French
army suffered even more than ours
from the maladies of vice, but It is
said by observers that the evil has now
been remedied, to a certain extent, at
leAst. No European troops, we are
told by the Surgeon-General of the
Federal Army, suffer so severely as
our own from these disgraceful dis
eases. Of course, with a hospital en
rollment which amounts to one-fourth
of the troops each year the efficiency
of the forces is seriously impaired. For
the sake of military fitness, if for noth
ing else, the secret of this trouble
ought to be sought out and frankly
faced.
Americans are usuatly somewhat re
luctant to approach the subject of vice
and Its effects, even when the public
good requires that It should be dls
cuased. We are Inclined to keep the
whole matter under a discreet cover
and let the consequences accumulate
without much effort to counteract
them, except by ill-advised legislation.
.The faith of our people in theoretically
remedial laws Is pathetic. It was
supposed by many, for Instance, that
-when the sale of liquor was abandoned
at the Army canteens the morals of
the soldiers would be greatly Improved.
Prohibitionists entertain a similar de
lusion about the saloon. Close it up,
they tell us. or rather pass a law say
ing ioi ii must oe ciosea. ana noming j
iiiuis iiitu -r.-r w uuijd iu ;uro lll-j
evils of strong drink. They will all
vanish as If by magic the moment the
statute has been printed in the books.
The folly of this reliance upon law
to cure moral ills Is beautifully illus
trated by the consequences which fol
lowed the closing of the canteens. In
stead of improving the morals of the
soldiers, it seems to be true that this
mistaken policy made them a great
deal worse. - At the canteens a regu
lar quantity of liquor was sold to each
soldier who asked for It, but no excess
was permitted. The hours of closing
were reasonable and diversions of
various sorts helped to ward off the
tendency to drink too much. But our
good friends of the prohibitionist
.propaganda were not satisfied to let
are!! enough alone. The canteen made
decent men of the soldiers. Our apos
tles of perfection could not rest until
they had made angels out of them, the
definition of an angel being a person
who "touches not, tastes not and han
dles not the accursed beverage." So
they kept nagging at a too compliant
Congress until the canteens were
closed.
But the deprivation of refreshments
under wholesome conditions has not
made angels out of the young men who
"constitute the fighting force of the
Army. On the contrary, the testimony
of their officers Is virtually unanimous
that It has depraved their habits.
-Drinking has now become dc-bauchery,
whereas, in the days of the canteen it
was a mere moderate and compara
tively Innocent Indulgence. We know
that there are some fanatics ho draw
no distinction between the "moderate
drinker" and the sot, but we hope their
number Is not large. The rational
rltisen would far prefer to see the
troops permitted to enjoy their glass
of beer at the canteen under the super
vision and restraint of their officers
than to see them resort to the vicious
dens whlch encircle tvery Army post,
and there stupefy themselves with
poisonous liquor, to say nothing of the
other vices which are practiced in con
nection with drunkenness.
The canteen was clean, temperate
and wholesome. The low dens where
the soldiers now go for their drink
are unspeakably vile In every particu
lar. At the canteen excess was dis
couraged. At the dens of vice no
temptation Is omitted which tends to
draw the young man on Into debauch
ery of every sort, without menus,
counsel or restraint, he plunges Into
sin and Incura disease which follows
It In blind obedience to -debased pas
sion. Such Is the work of the fanatic.
In this particular Instance. We should
think thev would feel proud of If,
Still there Is something to be said
on the other side. Although the offl
cers who are In direct association with
the troops are almost unanimously of
the opinion that the abolishment of
the canteen has led to miserable conse
quences, the Surgeon-General does not
seem to be of this opinion. According
to him the fearful Increase of vicious
diseases In the Army began and was
well under way before the canteens
were closed. Statistics more or less re
liable are also presented from other
sources which seem to prove that alco
holism was even more prevalent In the
Army when the canteens were open
than it is now. It is swtd thai the habit
of drinking was formed In the can
teens even If it wa not carried to ex
cess there. The InMdiers were lust as
much at liberty to visit low dens then
as they are now, and they did so t
the same extent. In fact, the canteens,
it Is alleged, were In a sense, feeders
for the stews. Thus the subject is one
upon which the wise citizen will hesi
tate to dogmatize for the present. It
needs thorough and candid Investiga
tion. The problem of keeping the
morals of an army decent Is one of the
most perplexing In the world. It never
has been completely solved anywhere,
but it is humiliating to our National
pride to learn that the European na
tions have succeeded better with it
than we hare.
TVIHT M TltriR BE.U, rVRfOSET
Senator McCumber. of North Pako
ta, offers through the New York-Independent,
a supplement to the weighty
reasons he has heretofore presented to
the United States Senate against reci
procity with Canada. The Senator is
greatly distressed for the farmer, and
for the Bepubllcan party. "The prop
osition." he declares, "amounts to the
proposition that the farmer is now re
ceiving unjustifiable compensation for
the labor and capital he invests." If
It were demonstratable that the farmer
had received the slightest benefit from
the tariff on wheat against Canada
the Senator is using wheat to point his
moral the farmer might well be
anxious about what will happen to
him. But the farmer knows better, or
he ought to know. Continues McCum
ber: ll I not a Republican msasur. It is
not protection. It U not for revenue. It
la a hybrid which lnharlta doi ot in good
politic of on parent and only th bad poli
tics of th othar. . . . Th Republicans
In Consrea ar almost aolldlr airainat It.
. . . It cannot b charged to th Re
publican parly except that It la supported
br a Kepubllcan executive.
If Republicans are to defeat reci
procity and a Republican executive, be
cause reciprocity Is not a Republican
measure, and appeal to the country,
what will be the r5ponseT Not even
Senator McCumber can be Insensible
to the fact that the people at large are
for reciprocity and that It is or will
be the most popular achievement of
the Taft Administration. If reciprocity
shall be beaten, the Republican party
In the next campaign will justly be
held accountable, and It will be over
wh3lmlngly defeated. If reciprocity
shall succeed. President Taft will have
a chance of re-election.
Is it the desire or purpose of Mc
Cumber. and his standpat Republican
allies, te defeat the Republican party
and the Republican nominee?
MOSQriTOES.
Observers agree that this Is a bad
season for mosquitoes, though perhaps
we ought-rather to say that it Is good
for mosquitoes and bad for human beings.-
Not for 'several Summers have
the little pests been so numerous and
vicious. Luckily those which we en
Joy In Oregon are not of the malaria
breeding variety. If they were every
body would be shaking with the ague
or pining with malarial fever and the
price of quinine would sor to the
heavens. It Is a sign of the natural
submisslveness of mankind that they
have permitted themselves to be bitten
by mosquitoes and harried by files for
thousands and thousands of years when
both pests can be extirpated with com
parative ease.
There is no good reason except
neglect and ignorance why any house
hold should be worried by flies, while
it Is still easier to be rid of mosquitoes.
All that is necessary is to pour a little
kerosene on the pools where they
breed. If there Is a stagnant pond in
a meadow It Is almost certain to send
out mosquitoes by the million each
day to bite the owner and his Innocent
neighbors. A little kerosene poured
on the surface would kill the "wig
glers" and end the woes of the com
munity. The oil spreads out to almost
infinite thinness on the water, but no
matter how thin the film may be It
suffices to smother the pests.
Mosquitoes will also breed, as we
have been told over and over again
by scientists, in barrels of standing
water, in forgotten buckets or even
In a basin left with a little water in
the bottom. In a atate like Oregon,
where not much rain falls after the
end of June, there ought to bo no
difficulty in getting rid of mosquitoes
everywhere except along the Columbia
bottoms. There the problem la more
extensive and difficult. Some time
these great marshes will be dralaed
and dyked. Instead of sour swamps
they will become productive fields.
When that happens the pest of
mosquitoes will be extirpated from
Portland to Astoria, but we fear
this happy consummation Is a lit
tle remote. Meanwhile householders
along the Columbia must make out
the best they can with screens and
smudges.
In seasons when there is no "high
water" and the marshes remain dry
during the Summer there are very
few mosquitoes. The railroad grade
has protected ome areas from their
ravages by shutting out the June
freshets, but no general remedy can
be hoped for until some engineering
genius undertakes the project of
building dikes and pumping out the
seepage, as Is done In Holland. There
is reason to believe that the Columbia
flats would prove fully as fertile as
the famous polders of the Low Coun
tries If they were once drained and
protected from overflow.
JOKE OX THE PEOPI.E.
The commission form of government
for Portland Is on the way. and we are
to have It, certainly not now, nor
soon, but some time. That Is the lat
est from the City Hall. Mayor Rush
light Is "Just as much in favor of early
submission of the commission plan
as he was before election. Explicit
enough, for everybody remembers that
before election he was Just as much
for early submission of the commis
sion plan as he thought he would be
after election. Various members of
the charter board appear to be In no
hurry. It Is a delicate matter. There
Is a long Winter before us. Just
look what happened to Tacoma, which
adopted the commission government
before It was really ready. It will be
quite expensive to open the regtstra
tlon books. Special elections cost
money. Rushlight snd his administra
tion are entitled to a fair chance to
show -what they can do. A year from
neott November is only a year longer
than next Fall.
The present charter board was ap
pointed by Mayor Simon before the
June election. In response to the gen
eral public demand for a new commis
sion charter, and to give the public
evidence that he meant what he said
when he promised "immediate" com
mission government. The present
Mayor, then a candidate, wiggled and
wriggled and hesitated, but finally took
position also on an "Immediate" plat
form. The various candidates for
Council, too. solemnly assured the pub
lic that they had no concern not they
about how soon they might be legis
lated out of office. No, Indeed.
All hands agreed that the earliest
practicable time was the right time for
commission government. Mayoflect
Rushlight was so eager to get the mat
ter off his mind and out of his way
that he had an ordinance presented
fixing the date of the charter election
and January 9. Ir2, the date agreed
upon, was none too soon for htm. But
the ordinance was defective, and
Mayor Simon vetoed it on grounds that
no one criticised, and Immediately
presented another which the Council
quietly laid on the shelf.
Meanwhile the inspired rumor
springs from the City Hall that there
is a "Joker" In the Simon ordinance.
There Is no Joker In if, except the Joke
on the people played by the new Mayor
and the Council who pretended that
they were for a commission govern
ment right now.
PORTXAVirS nfl-VBeK WALL.
The repetition by Mr. D. O. Lively of
a statement by an officer of the Mil
waukee railroad that that company will
not attempt to carry out its purpose
to enter Portland so long as the so
called Zlegler amendment remains in
the charter does not come with the
shock of surprise. This amendment
was considered by the voters with more
than a score of others during the heat
of a lively municipal campaign for the
election of city officers. Yet it was
plainly and repeatedly pointed out
prior to election that Its approval
would bar the entrance to the city of
transcontinental railroads not now
having terminals therein, and prevent
the development of new manufacturing
enterprises. There was no reason why
any voter should not have known what
the probabl results of Its approval
would be.
It Is difficult, therefore, to reason
out to one's own satisfaction Just what
theory or reasoning actuated those who
voted for the adoption of the Zlegler
amendment. In Portland we have the
direct primary which is supposed to
guard the people against bosslsm and
machine politics, and the resultant in
vasion of public office by those who
are corporation-controlled and dis
posed to squander the city's patrimony
for the benefit of their masters. In
addition we have the ever-ready re
call to invoke against the dishonest or
Incompetent public servant who may
have slipped into office when the pub
lic mind happened to be diverted else
where. On top of these two safe
guards we have the referendum by
means of which we may reverse or
overrule any action by the City Coun
cil that may be deemed adverse to pub-
lie welfare.
With all this paraphernalia of popu
lar and progressive government It was
still deemed necessary to bottle the
city for fear some designing land
grabbers might obtain a street to
which the public desired free access.
Streets that may be of far more value
to the public if devoted to railway or
manufacturing needs than If left open
to vehicle uses are to be forever re
served for the benefit of the few who
occasionally travel over them.
It may be stated, however, that
there is serious legal doubt as to the
applicability of the referendum to a
street vacating ordlnanoe. But if this
was in the minds of moat voters In the
election a peculiar way was chosen to
remedy the difficulty. One does not
usually so bar his house against bur
glars that he cannot enter himself.
In view of the seml-authorltatlve
statement of the Milwaukee's view of
the new charter amendment it would
seem to be a wise policy for the char
ter commission now at work to frame
a provision that will safeguard
streets essential for public access to
the-waterfront and railroad terminals
and still permit the use of streets for
other purposes when the public bene
fit to be derived from those purposes
outweighs their value as thoroughfares.
If there Is no better way a charter
provision certainly could be devised
which would make the referendum ap
plicable to street vacations.
One thing stands forth clearly, how
ever. In the matter, and that is if it Is
necessary to build around ourselves
a Chinese wall Impregnable to Industry
and development in order to protect
ourselves from the assaults of land
grabbers and dishonest public officials
It Is time to seek some way of doing it
that will do less harm to ourselves and
more to the persons or Interests we so
violently fear and dlstrnst.
DR. COOK OXCTC MORE.
T- trrariartak A. Cook, the man who
did not discover the Pole and did not
climb Mount McKlnley, is exploiting
his shame on the Chautauqua circuit.
Having coined into dollars the false
statements that he had solved the
problem of the Arctic and of Alaska's
highest mountain, he coined into more
dollars his confession of their falsity.
He now colnst "till more dollars out
or .ttns-fra on Admiral Peary, wnicn
are sufficiently refuted by the fact that
they emanate from Dr. cook.
rw o.v aura he will devote the
rest of his life to substantiating his
claims and will eventually submit his
case to some Impartial European tri
bunal before which Peary will also
be Invited to appear. When he re
turned from the Arctic he promised
further evidence but did not produce
It. He promised to bring to the United
States the Eskimo. who accompanied
him to the Pole, but he did not. He
has had plenty of time to do these
things since his claims were rejtia-ted
by the University of Copenhagen. In
stead of doing so, he did his great
disappearing act and was reported to
have been seen at various points from
Copenhagen to the southernmost peak
of the Andes. He returned to confess
that he really was not sure that he
had reached the Pole. Still without
the promised proof, he now revives
his claim, seemingly with no motive
but to keep a remnant of doubt alive
and coin It Into still more dollars.
If Cook persists in keeping himself
before a nauseated public, he should
be hooted off every platform on which
he attempts to speak. The only man
ner In which he can gain pardon for
his monstrous imposition Is to become
silent and retire Into such deep ob
scurity that his existence may be forgotten.
Seattle has good cause to hold a
Golden Potlatch on July 17. On that
day fourteen years ago the city was im
poverished by four panic years, and
saw no hope of Improvement, when a
party of miners arrived from the
Klondike on the steamer Portland
bringing $700,000 In gold and telling
of the great wealth of the Yukon Val
ley and Alaska. Since then, Seattle
has become a new city with nearly
Ave times the population, and the af
fairs of Alaska have become the cam
palgn cry of the parties.
It appears now that the commodi
ties clause of the interstate commerce
law was merely stupefied, or lenocked
silly, by the late Supreme Court de
cision. It was not actually killed, and
now, under Mr. Wlckersham's tender
assiduities. It shows signs of reviving.
To pry the railroads loose from the
coal mines will be something of a job,
but for the public good it ought to be
done, and Mr. Wlckersham may be the
champion predestinated to win the
victory and reap the glory. Power to
his elbow.
Our trade with Alaska and our in
sular possessions last year aggregated
J200.000.000 in value more than dou
ble the total of 1904. This commerce
has been practically free from exploi
tation and has proved an immense ad
vantage to all concerned, thus verify
ing the commercial foresight of Will
iam H. Seward In the Alaska purchase
and that of the McKinley war Cabinet
that adjusted the terms of settlement
with Spain at the close of the Spanish
American JWar.
The Postofflce Department performs
many functions, but E. G. Lewis'
scheme to convert its fraud charge
against him into an advertising me
dium is the most novel. It he should
be vindicated, promoters whose
schemes fall flat, may seek to revive
them by engineering a fraud charge
with trial and acquittal as necessary
accompaniments. There would, how
ever, be risk that the Jury would not
acquit, for no man can safely bet what
a jury may- do.
The times are out of Joint when the
price of Ice is permitted to rise with
the thermometer. Costly ice means
misery and often death to the poor in
big cities. If it is controlled by a trust
then that trust. If no other, ought to
be regulated even to the point of fixing
prices for It. " The health and com
fort of the community are more im
portant than the extortionate profits of
a monopoly.
Evidence accumulates that Senator
Heyburn, like Milton, waa born "an
age too late." In the heat and strife
of the Civil War his fllngsj at the "Lost
Cause" might have been pardoned,
vii l trap nrA cruel, as thev are. Now.
when peace reigns and good men
everywhere talk of brotherly co-operation,
his language admit of no ex
cuse. The terrible forest fires in Ontario
combine with the beginning of Sum
mer weather In Oregon to warn every
body In this state to be on his guard.
No fire should be started without be
ing watched to prevent its. spread, and
every campflre should be stamped out
before campers move on. Burning of
forests is burning up money and, worst
of alL is often burning up human life.
The Portland Auditorium is proving
a drawing card. Already since It was
voted two big National conventions
have been secured to meet in it. There
is no time to wast in building it, if it
is to be ready to receive the Elks and
the Christian Citizen Conference.
A news dispatch says a man named
Jonathan Bourne was scared by what
he thought was an infernal machine.
The scene of the scare was Salem, the
time is a year ahead, and it was an
other Jonathan, so no political signifi
cance attaches.
It requires bo great stretch of the
Imagination to fancy what an awful
howl would have gone up from Rush
light sources if Mayor Simon had been
re-elected, and had now proposed to
put off the commission government
another year.
In the matter of the bridge draws.
the War Department is not suffering
from incubus of inertia. Great bodies
move slowly, and the War Department
is very great.
When the Oregon hen read in the
market column that Dakota eggs can
be put on sale here at 20 cents, she Is
not to be blamed because she "flew the
coop."
Potatoes go down on the Pacific and
Ice goes up on the Atlantic Coast. The
necessaries of life play see-saw.
Do not grumble at the heat. Think
of people in the Antipodes who have
this for Christmas weather.
Two waddlna-s were necessarv in
make Gogorza and Eames one. It
also -tooK two divorces.
Mr. Taft realizes this is mosquito
weather' and' will let La Follette's
stings go at that.
The Oregon hop, in its glorified form.
figured largely In the retail line yester.
day.
The Municipal Milk Inspector has
soured on his Job and quit. , .
The traffic officer haa the hardest
job this weather.
Gleanings of the Day
The New York trust companies are
between two fires, and some of them
are undecided into which fire they should
Jump. The Clearing-House has voted to
admit them to membership and they are
anxious to join, that they may get the
benefit of its assistance in times of
stress. But they cannot do so .without
becoming subject to its rules, which ren
der the charge of a commission on out-of-town
drafts and checks compulsory
This has led Philadelphia and Albany
banks to reach out after their business
and has caused some trust companies to
hold off from Joining the' Clearing
House, Trust companies have not been
in the habit of charging commission on
collections and thereby have gathered
In much business which Clearlng-House
banks would have llked '
The National Citizens" League, which
has undertaken to push the agitation
for monetary and banking reform, will
seek to win popular support by ellml
rating the name of ex-Secretary Aid
rich. The league, of which Prefessor
J. Lawrence Laughlln Is the head, will
adopt the plan for a National Reserve
Association, but Is eliminating those
features which had the special counte
nance and approval of. Aldrlch, who Is
accused by the American Banker of "ar
rogating to himself the honors that be
long properly to the National Monetary
Commission." On this subject the United
States Investor says:
Th lack of proirreas thus far characteris
tic of th movement has been largely du
to suspicion and fear of the auspice under
which th plan wai being- urged. Kemove
these, and th flrat step toward better condi
tions haa been taken. But It Is unlikely
that any hanking bill can be forced through
Congress unless the Dubllc Is genuinely con
vinced that the plan Is to be shaped 1n th
Interest of all, and that there Is to be no
special favoritism for any particular class
or for any particular grmp or businesses.
IB order to establish In the public mind
th opinion that th movement for banking
reform Is now sntirely rre rrom Mr. aiu
rich's point of vlw. as well as from per
sonal control of the cx-Henatoc himself, the
National Cltlsen League should as soon
as possible put Its plan Into th terms of
a definite bill. If It thinks best to adopt the
Ideas heratofor srouped as the Aldrlcb plan
as th basis or such bill, no one will od
Ject. for. as we have often noted, th fun
damsntal Ideas underlying th Aldrlah plan
ar the earn that have been accepted by
all atudents of banking for years past. The
learu will necessarily have to reshape th
proposition at thos points where objection
haa been found, and must hold Itself In
readiness to make further changes as occa
sion aeeras to demand.
Excessive Irrigation has destroyed the
fertility of a tract of 6600 acres of land
Of the Deseret Irrigation Company In
Millard County, Utah. This tract was
once good farming land, and while It
was properly Irrigated it yielded fine
crops. Those in charge, however, be
came too generaus in the use of the
precious water. It was not long before
the crops on the land grew less vigorous,
and finally they failed to be profitable.
R. A. Hart, one of the experts of the
Soil Investigating Bureau, found that
the flood of water had washed alkali
and other poisonous substances on to
the land from the adjoining hills, and
so- had killed its fertility. Mr. Hart
will have en Immense excavating ma
chine turn over the soli, and bury the
alkali. He estimates that the fertility
of the tract can be restored for about
113 an acre.
Commenting on the decreased Impor
tations of champagne, the Chicago Record-Herald
says:
Where has the money gone that would
have been spent for chamDagna under a
continuance of our thirst for that flzxy
coverage! speculation is only speculation,
but possibly a large part of It has gone Into
automobiles. To those who have been won
dering how It has been possible for Jones
and Robinson to purchase machines we
venture to suggest this explanation: They
may have cut down their champagne bills
Instead of mortgaging their homes. This
also snoum be tor public good, since the
automobile, moderately used, means th en
joyment of fresh air and recreation for all
the family. Less champagne, more auto
mobiles may the good showing increase
even inougn it cannot do snown tnat there
la a direct relation between the two.
Possibly domestic champagne has taken
the place of the imported article. It
may be that the suppression of racetrack
gambling has some relation to the cham
pagne slump. The first Impulse of a
man making a big winning used to be to
"buy wine' Held down to his regular
salary, he buys beer. Champagne may
be going out of fashion with high-livers
and other wines may take Its place.
Automobiles are only one of , several
possible explanations of the phenome
non. Unable to get rid of Police Justice
Stag In any other way, citizens of Hill
side, N. Y, have asked the court to
order a special election on the dlslncor
poratlon of the village. Stag caused the
arrest of Hillside's only policeman for
neglect of duty and of two saloonkeep
ers for violating the Sunday law.
Strife -and disaster fill the world with
pain, our month of roses Is a month
of rain. but. after all. our lives are not
In vain, Caruso's singing voice has come
again! New York Times.
Since the United States Government
has gone Into the banking business,
and has not bought out the individually-owned
banks, why, also, might it
not go into the express business with
out purchasing the equipment of those
corporations? says a correspondent of
the American Banker. The answer Is
that it might If the Influence of certain
Senators could be overcome and the
delusion that the business of country
storekeepers would be injured could
be dispelled.
A 0.G OP TEMPERATURE,
Old Sol has turned upon the East,
Oregon, old Oregon;
Till asphalt streets boll up like yeast.
Oregon, old Oregon;
Sweat runs as it baa never ran.
The card's out for the Iceman's van.
And John D. hollers for a fan,
Oregon, old Oregon.
The mercury's obliged to stop.
Oregon, old Oregon;
Since it has bumped against the top.
Oregon, old Oregon;
Iced lemonade can scarce be bought.
Sunstrokes have come to count for
naught.
They are so easy to be caught.
Oregon, old Oregon.
And when I view this state of things,
Oregon, old Oregon.
My soul soars up on Joyous wings,
Oregon, old Oregon.
Here can I don, without a care,
A suit of heavy underwear.
And saunter out to take the air.
Oregon, old Oregon.
If then you e'er heard me complain,
Oregon, old Oregon,
Of your Winter, with its bit of rain,
Oregon, old Oregon,
I make apology complete;
It's certain, in this tempered seat.
We don't die off from cold or heat,
Oregon, old Oregon.
Dean Collins.
Portland, ululjr 11, MU,
IRELAND IS NOT CONTEMPTUOUS
Loyal Addresses to Kioa; Simply Await
Constitutional Relations.
PORTLAND, July 13. (To the Edi
tor.) The abstention of the repre
sentatives of the Irish people from all
participation In the ceremonies of the
King's coronation was not intended as
an act 'of contempt for the person or
authority of the King, but as a pro
test against the unconstitutionality of
the existing relations between his
kingdom .of Great Britain and his
kingdom of Ireland.
The passage of the act of union was
only successful treason, brought about
according to Lecky "contrary to the
manifest will of the people and by
means so corrupt, treacherous and
shameful that they are likely never to
be forgotten."
O'Connell said, "the union is null
and void; it has only the force of the
soldier's sword and the policeman's
baton." Vice-Chancellor Saurin, one
of the foremost Jurists of Ireland, said,
previous to the passage of the act of
union:
"If a legislative union should be
forced upon this country, against the
will of the inhabitants. It will be a
nullity: and resistance to it will be a
struggle against usurpation and not a
resistance against law."
Mr. Gladstone addressing the British
House of Commons April 16, 1886, s
of this political crime "I will only say
that we obtained that union against
the sense of every class of the com
munity by wholesale bribery and un
blushing Intimidation."
Redmond In 191 says to George V
what Grattan said to George III -Just
about one hundred and thirty years
ago:
"We shall beg leave with all duty
and submission, to lay before his maj
esty the cause of all our discontents
and Jealousies; to assure his majesty
that his subjects of Ireland "are a free
people, that the crown of Ireland is
an Imperial crown, ' Inseparably con
nected with the crown of Great Britain,
on which connection the interests and
happiness of both nations essentially
depend but that the kingdom of Ire
land is a distinct kingdom with a par
liament of her own the sole legislature
thereof that there Is no body of men
competent to make laws to bind the
nation but the King. Lords and Com
mons of Ireland nor any parliament
which hath Any authority or power of
any sort whatever In this country save
only the Parliament of Ireland to as
sure his majesty that we humbly con
ceive that In this right the very es
sence of our liberty exists a right
which we, on the part of all the peo
ple of Ireland do claim as their birth
right and which we cannot yield but
with our lives.
When- King George as King of Ire
land opens the free Parliament of Ire
land, then, and not till then, should
he be entitled to receive loyal ad
dresses from his subjects of the king
dom of Ireland.
L SHANAHAN,
President Branch 270. U. I. L.
MOSQUITO SHOIXD BE SWATTED
Writer Appeals for Its Inclusion In
Anti-Fly Campaign.
PORTLAND. July 13. (To the Edi
tor.) If our fair city is to become the
noted Summer resort we all wish it
to be should not something be done at
once to rid us of the pesky mosquito?
It really is embarrassing to have
our Eastern friends visit us expecting
to enjoy our delightful evenings on
the verandas, or in the gardens of
fragrant flowers, and then be com
pelled to go through all sorts of
gymnastics to protect themselves from
the vicious mosquito, or retire ignomin
iously behind closed doors and screened
windows.
In one of the recent magazines, I
notice that the authorities In a New
Jersey town have Imposed a fine of $10
per day upon persons allowing stag
nant ponds or water that may become
a breeding place for mosqultos, to re
main upon their premises. That mos
qultos can be vanquished has been
demonstrated on the Isthmas of Pana
ma and other places, a traveler recent
ly returned from Panama declaring
that in traveling the length -of the
canal, he saw not one mosquito.
In our campaign against the fly, let
us include the mosquito. My experi
ence is that the latter is the more un
comfortable companion of the two.
MARY N, WHITNEY,
Edmar Cottage, Woodstock.
Work on tbe Sabbath.
PORTLAND, July 12. (To the Edi-
r hnonAned to read an editorial
In The Sunday Oregonian, reading:
"Let Portland show tne visiting clergy
men today we axe a city of church
goers." It should have been added,
but not of Christians. Why?
R.PDHU T hovA hp An watching- these
churchgoers coming out of church on
Sunday for the last six montns, pass-
I rr r.n 1 o1 T- WAV lOnrAl Of W O T It IT1 6 H
tearing down old buildings, digging
foundations, building hotels, with noise
making steam hoists, yanking 10 to 15
tooma oiAtit snd vnt thev nfever
complain or get red in their faces wit
nessing such outrageous aDUse or me
doctrine of Christ and the Sabbath.
t ttava travelAfl all over Europe and
this country and nowhere else have I
met such conditions.
NEW YORKER.
Largest Lumber Cargo.
PORTLAND, July IS. (To the Edl.
tor.) Kindly state what the largest
lumber cargo amounted to that ever
left Portland on any ship, and whether
tt was the largest that ever left any
port A SUBSCRIBER.
Aboard the British steamer Knight of
the Garter, which cleared from Port
land for Shanghai October 14, 1910, was
a lumber cargo measuring 5,000.000
feet and valued at JSo.OOO. It Is gen
erally admitted to have been the larg
est cargo of the character floated for
export in the world. It Is without ques
tion the record cargo from Portland,
and the assertion that it takes first
place in lumber export loads of the
globe has not been disputed, though lo
cally all records are not available.
Brad's Bit o Verse
It Is not merely what you eat, but
what you can digest that builds your
wasted tissues up and makes you truly
blest. It is not simply what you
make, but what you salt away that
makes you rich and prosperous and
equal to the fray. It U not 3u leet
of books to read and highly prize, but
things that you remember make you
exeat and truly wise.. It is not loua
apparel that makes a man of you, but
a heart throb warm and tender and a
hand clasp that is true. It is not what
you seem to be, or what you may pro
fess, but what you are and what you
do that make for righteousness. It Is
not what you mean to do, or what you
may pretend, but the things you put
in practice that will keep you to the
end. The world Is full of theories, and
full of empty creeds; but it hones for
truth and honor, and for brave, unsel
fish deeds. Don't fret about your war
ranty to mansions over there, but lend
a hand to make this life a bit more
bright and fair. Somebody needs a
cheering word to help him on his
road; somebody needs a little lift to
ease the weary load. If- you would
win the blest reward and shine forth
as the sun, get busy on some noble
deed before this day Is done.
(Copyright, 1W.0. fcx W. S, Aleng.).
Advertising Talks
By William C Freemaau
The first essential to a sucoessful
advertising campaign is good copy
copy that Is distinctive enough to at
tract the reader's attention, and con
vinclns; enough to hold their attention
after they read it.
To be convincing, the statements
made in the copy must be absolutely
true there must be no exaggeration
and no promises made that cannot
be fulfilled.
Accuracy and plain words are the
chief assets of all advertising copy,
and simple directness sells more mer
chandise than anything else.
Such advertising copy run in reput
able newspapers will bring responses,
and If it Is backed up absolutely by
reliable Roods there Is no question
about the success that will follow.
Every manager of a store and every
advertising writer has his own con
ception, naturally, of what constitutes
good copy.
There was a time when the retail
stores especially ran largely to "price
Hat" advertisings that Is, they filled
up their space with a mention of the
goods they had for sale, and the prices
at which they would sell.
"Price list" advertising, however. Is
gradually being eliminated. People
nowadays want to know the Intimate
details of the store in which they deal
they want to know how the apparel
and other necessities of life are made
before they buy.
And the wideawake merchant and
manufacturer Is responding to this de
mand by printing "human Interest"
copy about the goods he has to offer.
Clothing manufacturers are telling
In their advertising Just what their
garments are made of how they are
made, and under what conditions they
are made, and why they should be
bought and the eame is true of other
manufacturers.
It is this kind of advertising copy
the newsy, Interesting, story-gtvlnsj
details, that is bringing the greatest
results.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 1911. by Oeorge Matthew Adtmtl
Frequently you do not know, but you
might find out oftener than you do.
A man rarely tells of a bet he made
unless he wins.
A man should take pleasure in paying
a bill: hs found pleasure in the fact
that he waa able to buy on credit.
It is all right to vote for the country's
prosperity; but you must work for your
own.
When a man hears of lstress, he
longs to give advice. '
People never fall to appreciate good
ness: but you can't fool them with
bogus goodness.
Every man is full of philosophy he
can't apply to his own necessities.
A business seldom amounts to enough
to give all the employes the credit they
claim.
There would be some reason In putting
oft work if you could get out of it by
delay; but the work has to be done, and
delay makes more of it.
An amateur would never take part in
an entertainment If they didn't believe
he could do better than he really can.
Timber Reserved From Sole.
NEHALEM, Or., July 11. (To the Ed
itor.) "A" sells a piece of land
to "B," which has some timber on It.
"A" reserves the timber, no time being
specified to take it off. Has "A" all
the time there Is to take, or is "A's"
right outlawed In a certain number of
years? Would the timber then be
long to "B?" A SUBSCRIBER.
If not removed within a reasonable
time the timber would revert to the
land. "Reasonable time" would depend
on accessibility of tract and other fac
tors, but is usually about two years.
It would be well for "B" to consult a
lawyer before asserting ownership.
When Property Owners Can't Agree.
PORTLAND, July 13. (To the Edi
tor.) In case of a short street, not
much traveled, one-half of the property
owners want parking, the other half
want full width of street hard surface.
Being equally divided on the question,
how would this terminate according to
law? SUBSCRIBER.
The Ulty council nas auinorny, un- (i
der the charter, to determine this ques
tion. FICTION
FEATURES
IN
THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
Sherlock Holmes will solve an
other perplexing . mystery next
Sunday in "The Adventure -of
the Solitary Cyclist." It is a
tale surcharged with tense action
Conan Doyle at his best.
The adventure, occupying more
than a page, illustrated, is com
plete in the Sunday issue. The
following week, by the way, and
each succeeding week during the
Summer months, will develop a
complete Sherlock Holmes adven
ture. Don't miss them.
Further light entertainment
features are provided by the
Funny Men's department, by the
suave philosopher, Colonel Crowe,
and by a short story, complete.
An additional fiction feature will
be the next installment of Miss
Cranston's story of Washington
society, "Compensation."
Mexico seems to have dropped
out of sight lately. What is be
coming of Mexico nowt What is
Mexico's future. Important light
is thrown on this subject by a
well-known writer, who was in '
the country throughout the late
rebellion. Half page with photos.
i
Another half page of popular
music, new adventures by the
Widow Wise and other favorites
and an endless variety of selected
reading matter bearing on almost!
everything of popular interest.