THE 3IORMXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JCXT 22. 1911. Dmrimt;w Fntr4 ! Portland. On torn Paatefrla S.-n1-i; aaa Maitar. luMcnpiiH Hata Invariably la AdtiM 4BT MAIL) rti, Suatfsr lnrvl4. ana yaar. . .... 'I T. Sunday lr.rtucl-4. raont Ha . . . 4 35 I'::t. Sind la-lu41. thraa mMihi... Ia. r. Siri.lay tn -lu-1l. on nwata..... 1 a- y. l' .".ut Sunday, ent yaar........ a t'a.:. wchnut PiinUy, Bis moDIFil l-"a t'.:r. without uaOar. aaa Booth u o(t ,..r J ?.na. oe year. 3-3' Sunday sad W klT. ea yaar. AM (BT CARRIER.) r?r. f i4r Inrlixij. sa far. ...... la! r. fund? lnrioll. ana month. .... .t Haw tm kmil -ad r t.ifTir moHf r-!r. avpraaa oc4r r pr-c aj chwi on our bank. Kcarip.. coin or eurTncy " at tha "crfrr'a n. liiva potffl-a c-r ia r- i. in-luaifif roanty and acaia. ICalra 1 to It rac-a. 1 cant; IS to ;4 p4a. canta: t ao pacaa. a cants: ii Dca. 4 canta Fokiss poataja !e rata iMtm Wailna-a MW-Varra Cork. 'Ji-N-w Hranaalck building. CM- f. sar bat'diRS. roTUr. TtRitv. Jt i t rt. tn. THE ETo BII.I. As almost everybody expected, the vaporous talk In the British House of Lords about rejecting the veto bill hi amounted to but little. When it came to the pinch the cournire of th Tory peer turned out to be of the pot s)'te variety and thrjr voted for the bill with some amendments which ex press their Impotent spite rather than their adherence to principle. Un doubtedly the commons will reject the amendments and then the Lords must face squarely the isnue of accepting; the veto meaveare or submitting to be submerged by a new army of peer. The bill ttiU be passed In any rase. WL-tdom has not shone very brightly . among the Lords during this contest and It Is quite likely that they will r- ait until they no longer poetx-ss any pom-er of resistance. This bulldog ten acity is admirable on the battlefield and has often helped the British .armies win victories from the Jaws of defeat but it Is a little out of place ri politics. The peers may have the consolation of reflecting after the fight is over that they brought their dif ficulties npon themselves. If they had not strained a constltu tlonal point to reject the Lloyd-George budget their evil day might have been put off for years. Of course it would . liave come sooner or later but it was not imminent. Acting upon foolhardy advice they rejected the budjet and thts gave the liberals an opportunity te appeal to the country upon the con stitutional question of the right of the Lords to reject a finance bill. The ref erendum went In favor of the liberals and it was then almost Inevitable that the veto question should be pushed to the front. The liberal ministry at once raised It by proposing a bill to limit the power of the upper houae. This has now been accepted by the com mons and has paused Its third read ing In the chamber of peers with amendments. The tug of war will come over these amendments. It Is not supposed that Mr. Asqutth will again appeal to the country since he already has the pop ular verdict. He will ak the King to create enough new peers to pass the veto bill and the King will undoubt edly accede to his request, not be ' cause he is liberal In his ideas bat be cause he does not wish to endanger ' his throne. THS WORLD OROTflNlJ I'ttrMIU Trestles of permanent arbitration how under way between the United States and the powers of Western i-urope and among those powers them , e-lves wnuld after all serve only to aanaka definite and perpetuate a condi tion of peace which has existed for O years. Tho United Stat. Creat I'rttain. France and Germany are the powers concerned. Th. T?n1ri Kr.tM In thai fin.. V. . . hnd the Spanish r. which Is the only , r In which anv of the fotir nations timed has fought with any European fower and Great Britain has had the Hur war. which was the subjugation of a rebellious colony, and several minor colonial wars. France and Ger- rnany have had some fighting of the tme kind In their various colonies and France has made some expeditions Into Morocco. But these powers have rcen at peace with one another and though there has been occasional fric tion and 111 feeling, there has been no serious danger of war. The moral threatening war-cloud has been that between France and Ger many regarding Morocco, but in that 14 blood was split, only Ink and a few e-ard words. The political issues were settled at Algiers, but the Casablanca incident forboded worse consequences. lor it might be called a question of national honor. Yet even that yielded Mo reason ard guve proof that a slap ,iu the face may be atoned for without another slap. Little Greece has fool ishly fought her semi-barbarous neigh bor. Turkey, and Japan has barred the sy to the encroachments of nearly as Joarbarons Russia. Wars of aggres s.on have been confined to the seml tarbaroua nations, while the civilized powers have kept peace among them selves and proved that as the world progresses, peace becomes more firmly established wtthotit formal treaties. j Vet treaties have helped the work. The triple alliance led to the Ru-so-' i Vrench alliance and the two have kept five great nations at peace for 40 years. The Angle-French alliance has checked any tendency of Germany to 'Kgrexslon. The Russo-Japanese war proved the effectiveness of the Anglo J.ipanese alliance In blocking Russia's .advance on China and as an aid to 'bringing Russia and Britain to an un c rstandlng In Russia. Any threat of .war contained In this alliance Is re moved by the Insertion In the treaty renewing it of an agreement that nettbr party shall be required to 'make war on a nation with which It h- made an arbitration treaty. This concession of Japan was evi d. n'ly made In view of the approach ing conclusion of an arbitration treaty tHtween the United States and Great "Britain. It is evidence that Japan ex pects no quarrel lth this country "which may lead to hostilities and fl'ught to silence the noisy few who tiave been prophesying war with Japan. The treaties of alliance have kept the peace by Inspiring wholesome fear lof the consequences of war. Old cau of quarrel have grown stale and and new quarrels hsve been set tled by diplomacy until the habit of 'such settlement has grown op. The ftatura! sequence is to make perma nent this mode of settlement, and where It fails, to provide other mum Than war. nam!y. arbitration. Thus -;e Angle-American treaty promfsto e the first of a series. Others will be between the United States and France and Germany. Then may com treat la between each to of these three European power. The early adhe sion f Austria. Italy and the Scandi navian countries may he expected and In fare of. this league of peace. Rus sia will be Isolated in her barbarism. A few years ago thla forecast would hare been deemed the dream of vle lorary: now H la In Immediate pros pect The g-'ory of the United States consists In having; taken the first deft, nlte step to realize It and to Presi dent Taft la due the credit Of having caused that step to be taken. IirX-TO-4ICK FAKC AGAIN The only person who ever saw, or pretends to have seem, the astounding Ilt k-to-Dk k note In the original files of the Secretary of the interior was the Abbott woman. She alone had an in stinctive appreciation of Its Important Character, and rescued It from the oblivion of official burial. Private Secretary Brown never saw It. Sec retary Fisher never saw It. Commis sioner Iven nett never saw it. Chief Clerk Dutlley never saw It. Assistant Attorney Williams never saw It. No one at the Wblte House, where the documents reposed for a time, discov ered IL No other of the multitude of clerks or officials familiar with the Controller Bay transaction ever saw It. Only Miss Abbott, with her eagle eye and her big muckrake, caught it. In course of a hasty examination of the papers. Tet alias Abbott, who had been given the paper by direction of Secretary Fisher, did not mention the IicJc-to-Dlck postscript when later she sub mitted hex article to him for comment and approval. It was not there. Sec retary Fisher told her hor article con tained too few facts and too many in ferences, and he could not approve It It was not printed then; but later the article, or a now article, containing the Plck-to-Dlck seimatlon, was printed In Philadelphia. This is the brief history of a scan dalous affair, made clearer than ever by the convincing and circumstantial narrative of ex-Private Secretary Brown, printed in The Oregonian yea terday. The Dick-to-Dick postscript Is a preposterous forgery. EH.sr.xcE or A ORAvr. crime. Governor Johnson, as Governor, hes itates to extradite Banker-Fromotcr Wilde because as a lawyer he ha grave doubts as to whether a crime has been committed by the San Ulege plunger. It would be instructive to have the Governor's definition of crime and Its essential elements. On his part he might be Interested in having an Oregon Interpretation of a grossly Infamous and criminal transaction, Here It is: A J. Rufus Walllngford comes to Portland with an assortment of phony telephone bonds In his trunk. They are not salable at par through the usual banking or brokerage channels, and J. Rufus corrupts a hank cashier through a secret bargalrr-to give him a large commission If he will use the bank's money In the purchase of bonds at par. The essence of the contract between J. RuXus and the dishonest bank otllclal for the bond transaction is the Illicit rake-off for the cashier. Otherwise there would be no purchase or sale. Thus the cashier is induced by J. Rufus Walllngford to betray his trust, devoting large amounts of the depositors' money to an unfortunate speculation, leading to disaster for the bank, ruin for the depottltors and prison for the unfaithful banker. It is nonsense to pretend that J. Rufus Wal llngford has no moral responsibility for the consequences to the bank and the loss of Its money. Unquestionably there Is also a definite legal account ability. What Oregon proposes to develop. If It can. Is the identity of Mr. Louis J.. Wilde and his operations In Portland with the supposititious Mr. J. Rufus Walllngford and his operations. If Governor Johnson fully understands the situation, he will do what a Gov ernor of his high reputation for up rightness and straightforwardness should do. rHKB-rOR-ALL nKTIOH. The Los Angeles Times, which ad heres devoutly to the old order of things political and governmental, dis covers a "logical conclusion" of the popular elections of United States Senators and discusses It in a tone that leads one to infer that the Times be lieves the forecasted outcome is pre posterous and unprecedented. It says: D!spne In aueh conta:s with both prl- marlea and petmana. Make It a rraa-rr-all raoa. Iat eery mas nu Saalrea hava an tran chance and try hia lurk. Kaqutre only dapoait with tha Count? Treaaurar sunl- clant to covar tha coat of printing tha can- dulata'a name open tha ornelal ballot and turn tha aaptranta loose. Lt tha beat man, or tha man who has tha most Industrious and ItraWaa Jawbone, or tha man who can bay tha alTorary of tha greatest number of fraa and Independent aewapapara. win ojt. and let tha hlndmoat aspirants go seek tha soothing society of tha anamy of mankind. That such an outcome might not be so very' disastrous and might even have some merits has been illustrated. In rart at least, by the State of Wash ington. Washington never abolished the primaries, but. owing to the dom inance of the Republican party, the result of the primaries in the Repub lican party is almost equivalent to election. - The state hits avoided the petition plan of bringing out candi dates, and charges a fee equal to 1 per cent of ote year's salary attached to the office sought. Any citizen may become a candidate for United States Senator or Repre sentative In Congress simply by tiling hia name In the offl-e or the Secretary of State and depositing 115. A man can run for state otHce for as small an amount as, 112, If he seeks no higher place than that of Lieutenant-Gover nor. The idea in framing the law was to provide only sufficient money for printing the ballots. A cursory Investigation of the results attained under this system In Wash ington might lead one to unwarranted apprehension. The record of the, men chosen in the first election under the s stem discloses that one Justice of the Supreme Court was accused of submit ting an opinion In a railroad case to one of the railroad attorneys before he filed It. This Justice resigned un der .fire. The Secretary of State was accused or grafting, and he also re signed. The Insurance Commissioner was accused of grafting and declined to reslam. Impeachment proceedings were instituted and a special session of the Legislature was called, with the outcome that he whs retained in office . by three votes. The Governor died soon after election, his end un doubtedly having been hastened by hia exertions during the campnlgn. When used for comparative pur posea, however, this record Is not so bad as It sounds. The Justice of the Supreme Court had previously been appointed to the position by tfce Gov ernor: the Secretary of State had twice been nominated for the same office by state convention and had been twice elected; the Insurance Commissioner had served as chairman of his party's state central committee In conventlo days and had been a deputy state offl cer for eight years. The case of the Governor Is by no means unique In th annals of the country's political hi tory. These things all happened following the first election held under the prl mary law of Washington, and, while not Indicating In themselvea an lm provemcnt over the old system, they Indicated no retrogression and were perhaps to be accounted for In the lack or experience among the voters with their new powers. In any event, the negative results have been offset by good ones. t Two United States 6enator have ben chosen .under the Washington law and with no presence of scandal or deadlock or Interference with lawmak Itig such as marked some other ses slons of the legislature. Two men have been elected who are poor In purse and who were opposed by candl dates financially able to buy the advo cacy of any or all newspapers that cared to sell their honor anil lnflu ence. Nor are any of the Representa tives elected - to Congress tinder the srstem noted for vast wealth or tire less Jawbone. Klther considering or rejecting this record, we cannot see much distinc tion between a nominal fee Imposed on the person who desires to run for of fice and the requirement that he file a nominal petition. What little differ ence there la ts In favor or the fee.. If the ,no-account" or the demagogue seeks a primary nomination, the need for signatures to a petition Is no ob stacle. It Is simply a matter of em ploying petitlon-shovers. and an equal sum Is better applied when devoted to the payment of ballot-printing cost This "logical outcome" of popular elec tion of United States Senators does not look so very threatening to the public welfare after all. PORTLAND A PACKES'O CENTER. Portland Is now definitely estab lished as a great meat-packing reenter Not only that. It has fixed the penin sula as the center of this industry In Portland. Tills has been accomplished by the location of the Schwarzschlld St Sulzberger plant at that point, adjoin Ing the Swift plant. To them will be added others until Portland will be come one of the great packing centers of the world. The pioneer work in this direction was done when the Swifts located their plant on the peninsula,, prompted by the building of the North Bank, and when the Union Stockyards were lo cated In proximity to their plant. This made the peninsula a livestock center for the whole Northwest, for buyers come to the Union Stockyards from Seattle and Tacoma and other cities. Iuit year to per cent of the buying was done by others than the .Swills. Portland's advantages as' a packing center would have- been Impaired if the S. & S. plant had beetJ"located at some other rolnt in or near the city than the peninsula, and if a separate stockyard, had been etabllhxr near It A scattering of the Industry would have followed as more packers came and the city would hhve uffered through not having a central market where livestock could be bought and sold. The nctlon of Schwarxschlld & Sulzberger, the greatest rivals of the Swifts, in taking an Interest In the stockyards and announcing the pur chase of a site and erection or a pltint adjoining them, clinches the creation of a parking center on the peninsula with no danger of a rival. The lead ership thus gained will draw other packers there and the Puget Sound firms will ultimately come not only to buy, but to pack livestock. ; The advantage of such a center for the Industry is evident from the ex perience of Chicago. There a num ber of packers have asnembled around one great stockyard until the industry supplies one-third of the city's busi ness and supports one-third of Its fam ilies. Portland's packing center on the peninsula should do as well, with Its railroads reaching through Eastern Oregon and Washington, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, with deep water at the very doors of the packers, -and with al most unlimited room for expansion. Until recently Oregon cattle have all been shipped to he granger states to be fed and many of them have been shipped back to Portland to be packed. The cutting up of the large holdings of land In Oregon into small farms has already begun a change. Cattle are now going from the Oregon range to Oregon farms te be fattened, and then come to Portland to be packed, saving the loss tn weight and time and extra freight of the trip East and back. In stead of having flesh Jolted off them In crossing the mountains, they come on a smooth down grade and suffer the minimum shrinkage. Cattle from the whole Northwest will all be eventually diverted this way and Portland will become the undisputed packing center of the Pacific Coast. A PATHETIC rAJl.1 KK. The pathos of a wasted life attaches to the memory of Andrew Gernand. He died at Baltimore the other day in extreme old age after spending 86 years trying to invent a perpetual mo tion. That he should have wasted his energies upon a task so hopeless is all the more regrettable, since he was a man of real Inventive genius who might have done useful work. But practical achlvement did not charm him so much as the pursuit of a chimera, and so far as the good of the world Is concerned his life might as well not have been lived. One cannot help asking whether he was happy or not as he followed his vain quest from year to year. If dis appointment means misery, his days must have been woeful Indeed, for as fast as he worked out his ideas he necessarily found them wrong. It may have been a continual tragedy to him to see his models fall one after another. Perhaps -he knew the bit terness of hope deferred as well as any man who ever Mved. Certainly few have known It longer. And yet we must not make up our minds too has tily that (remand lived an unhappy life. If he experienced many failures he also experienced the perpetual re newal or expectation. Evidently his faith never rorsook him, and what Is more comforting than the unshaken belief In an Ideal? The unreality of our castles In Spain does not matter If only we can think their towers and banners are substantial. "There l nothing good or 111 but thinking makes it so." Gernand must have found his career fairly satisfactory or he would not have followed It so long. If length of days is a sign of a contented life he was probably as well pleased with himself as most men, for he was 88 years old when he died. Men of a theoretical turn of mind are apt to live long even If they are valetudinar ians. Herbert Spencer and Darw(ri were both of uncertain health, but neither of them died young. Spinoza was almost the only philosopher who failed to reach his three score and ten or something near It. Such men live with Ideas which seem to make cheer ful companions for them. The world Is a better place to live in because of Gernand and his like. Mistaken as they often are, they still possess a deeper sanity than many "practical" men.' He who assumes that material things are the only realities is also mistaken and his error Is more tragic than Gernand's, for he sins against hia own higher nature. The exploit of Evans R. Dick in Hay tl is a pleasant relief from the dirty Dick-to-Dick scandal In Washington. A private citizen who shelters Ameri cana from mob violence on his yacht and Is only restrained by his own gov ernment from shooting holes In the mad Haytlan rioters Is made of the right kind of stuff. Mr. Dick action suggests a new form of recreation for the rich. When they discuss plans for a cruise on their yachts, some one may make the sug gestion, "Let's go to Central America and suppress a revolution." The so' quel might be a protectorate of some Wall street bouse over the banana belt republics where the yachtsmen had checked the pugnacity of the citizens. Mr. Dick may have unconsciously opened a new field for the operations of American captains of Industry. John E. Parsons, "proud father of the trusts, asserts their right to cap italize the prospects of their business and the men behind them.' One diffi culty about this Is that death may destroy a large part of their capital How much would the steel trusts cap ital be impaired by the death of E. H. Gary or J. P; Morgan? The only pro tection would be for ti 1 s to in sure the lives of these men for an amount equal to- that at which they are "capitalized. But the genius of these men, which makes them valu able to the trusts, is used to inflate prices. The consumer is compelled to pay a higher price In order to com pensete the genius which enhances prices. Mr. Parsons may yet think of a few more things to capitalize. Lord Lansdovvne cannot have read recent history or he would not have predicted that the first Unionist min istry will repeal the Lords' veto bill. A measure Increasing the power of the people and reducing that of the aris tocracy, once passed In England, has never been repealed. The modern history of England is a record of continued progress In liberty, political, religious and economic. A step forward, once made. Is never re traced, though there have been occa- sonal halts. The most aggressive re actionary movement Is that for protec tion, but It has accomplished nothing. When the Lords' veto is once taken away. It will never be restored. A bollermaker nnturally by virtue of his occupation can tolerate a little noise, but the combined noise produced bv a tub full of beer and watermelon. a 16-hour graphophone, boisterous and Improper language, and a pajaina and kimono parade drove him to distrac tion. Even a change from the sounds of the boiler shop might be pleasant. but the combination of noises mel lowed or raised to profane anger by beer-parched tongues made eloquent by watermelon, of all manner of voices sounding from the graphophone and of loud pajamas and kimonos was too much for his esthetic soul. Better the din of the bollershop. Jack IJlly of Klamath Falls exhibit ed a trait of human nature the other day which the apostles of peace do not sufficiently take Into account. It Is the lure of danger. -Jack rode on a plank down a roaring rapid through perilous gorge with his life in danger ail the time simply for the sake or doing It. He Is Intensely human. We love him for his deed though we do not want to Imitate tt and hope he will not try it again. The fictitious Dlck-to-DIck letter was a singularly stupid Invention. At- ack9 of that nature upon the reputa tion of a public man always react in his favor. There are many men who think Mr. Taft ought not to be Pretd dent again but hardly one of them wishes to see him ruined by a libel. Of course the Dick-to-Dick affair was of minor consequence in any case but he animus of it Is not agreeable to the country. Mr. Wlckersham's project for a com mission to regulate corporations Is sensible. Those who expect the new Commerce Court to perform this duty will necessarily be disappointed. Reg ulation by lawsuit must he slow, cum bersome and futile. It is executive work and should be Intrusted to an ex ecutive commission. Any tendency to pervert the courts from Judicial to ad ministrative functions is unfortunate. Ex-Senator Aldrlch la now added to President Taft and a number of others as denying Hlnes version of the Lorimer election. The inference is that Hines misrepresented his talk with Aldrlch and used Taffs name as a club to line up Republicans he could not buy. As a witness Hines Is already discredited. He is handling the truth with the recklessness of a guilty man at bay. There are plenty of men for the easy harvest Jobs such as bossing and driving, but for stern manual toil the laborers are rew. Meanwhile every city has its "army of unemployed." Sometime a genius will appear who can bring togother the Job and the man who wants it. He Is badly needed at all times and especially at harvest time. Edward Hay, harvest hand, and eon of Governor Hay, looks like good ma terial for another governor in the Hay family; if not something higher. He Is n Improvement on the type of student that lolls around town in partl-colored socks, gaudy hatband and other clothes which provoke the people to wear smoked glasses as protection against the lurid glare. The garbage crematory fight, the poor, Is always with ua. like Al'DITORICM SITE IS SUGGESTED IX R- Marpby Recommend Use of At klnaon School Black. . PORTLAND. July 21. (To the Edl tor.) As a citizen lnterest-d in the city's welfare end In the Auditorium shortly to be erected here, permii m to take space In The Oregonian for cer tain suggestions. We are confronted with the fact that our regular blocks are 200 by 200 feet that the Ziegler amendment prohibits the vacation of streets within a certain distance from the river; that we ought to have a space of at least 200 feet by 300 feet; that the City Market block. that seemed best available for the rea sons here stated, cannot be used for an auditorium. What. then, is the best location? I surest the Atkinson School block, opposite the Armory. This block seem to me to be the most available and bes for the purpose, for many reasons First, that, like the Market block, it 1 owned by the city. Second, that the Zlegler amendment in no way prohibit the vacation of streets adjoining thl block. Third, that it is immediately next to the Armory, and either an ar, rangpment can be made with the state by W-hlch part of the Armory block may be used for the Auditorium, or. if this was found Impractical, and it seem lng best to use part of another adjoin ing block, the Armory would still be of tremendous advantage to tne Auano, rtum for overflow meetings or for meetings that perhaps must necessary Uy be held in proximity to the Audi torlura on certain occasions. It Is to be noted that It Is one block from Burnslde street, one of the main arteries of this city, two blocks from Washington street, close to the new Postofflee site, close to the depots, both the Union and North Bank, close to several carllnes, and within two or three minutes' walk of all the best ho tels of this city. The trades school now held in the old Atkinson School could easily be moved either to the Market block, or any other place that might be arranged for it. Certainly the old Atkinson School build ing cannot be considered an asset as it stands, and within a short time must be torn down, and at the present time should be considered practically worth less. It is at the present time unsani tary and not adapted for a trades school and probably should be prohibited for any use at this time. It will be remembered, too, that in all probability the future business growth of the city will be to the west, and that within a period of a few years this probably will be the center or near the center of the large business portion of Portland. It Is quite apparent that an auditor ium should be within easy and lmme diate reach of .the large hotels, since the use of the Auditorium is for ex traordlnary occasions, when the city is filled with visitors using the hotels and restaurants, and it Is important in the selection of the Auditorium that this be not lost sight of for one moment. Such a location would have the effect not only of creating a proper impression of the. city upon visitors, but above all places. them in Immediate touch with hotels and restaurants. DAN R. MURPHY. Nietssche'g Place. PORTLAND. July 20. (To the Edi tor.) Probably no one but the editor of a leading paper can form any con ceptlon of how difficult it is to please everyone, even in making the most commonplace observations. My little "wail" has been elicited by the statement In an editorial on Nietzsche in Sunday's Oregonian which begins: "The most potent Intel lectual Influence in the world today Is Nietzsches philosophy." This is felt to be a very great over statement of the case, which overstate ment, however, is negatived In a me as ure in the body of the article where referring to Ibsen and Nietzsche It is stated: "The ideas which they both used were In the air as legitimate products of the evolutionary theory and belonged to the dramatist quite as much as to the philosopher. Metzsche with practically the whole raft of so-called moderns have only heen possible as such because of Dar win. Recently In looking through book on Nietzsche by' Henri LIchten berger the coincidence Is cited between Nietzsche's "Eternal Recurrence" and similar theories advanced by Le Bon and niRnnui. all acting independently. Llcht- enberger also speaks of some influence in the air. Now what I object to Is the air being credited with what had cost so many weary years or toll and observation. To give Nietzsche, brilliant and cour ageous as he was, precedence over Dar win in his influence over modern thought, or even compare them, seems to me to be preposterous. HARPER PEDDICORD, M. D. Oregon Ilvoree Law. PORTLAND. July 21. (To the Edi tor.) Can a person divorced in Oregon marry in this or any other state in less than six months? If they should do so, how do they stand as to property rigntsr UUS1'ANT READER. Marriage in' this or any other state within less than six months after di vorce in Oregon is illegal. No proDer- ty rights are acquired by an illegal marriage. Uncle Jerry. (Chicago Tribune.) "Every time a trust gets it in the neck." observed Uncle Jerry Peebles. 'I reckon Roosevelt cuts a notch in his big stick." THE WI.NJUVG OP THE WORLD. Two Esperantlsts sat upon a fence. And parleyed each to each, with zeal Intense, Saying, "Lo, friend, the time comes rapidly When our new language, gaining ground apace. Shall rule triumphant o'er the human race, In lands and nations washed by every sea." "We two are prophets of the coming age. Apostles come from Zamenhof, the . sage. To sweep the world and to illuminate It With this new marvel of linguistic science, Equipped with every up-to-date ap pliance, So simple that a child can operate it. "Spanish shall sink to' nothing, poco pronto. And Madras' men rebel in Esperanto; When o'er the world, at all doors we go knockfu'' Spreading, our gospel where the Italians babble. Where Russ and Pole, Arab and Hindu gabble. And In the lands where German 1st gesprocken. "If billion people in the world there be, A billion victims they, for you and me. And if' we hurry forth and do not wait. We may today cop two beginning fine There'll but remain to capture 999 Million, 999 thousand, 998. "See how It spreads! Let us haste forth. O friend. To work, and of our speaking make an end." So saying, they their several legs un curled. Leaped down in highest hope, from off the fence. And hastened forth to bear, with seal Immense, The Esperanto gospel te the world. Dean Collins. Portland, Or., July 21, 1911. PROFIT KTHE CITY'S GARBAGE Mr. McCuaker Recites History to Prove There Is Money In It- PORTLAND, July 21. (To the Edi tor.) I uotice that a company calling itself the Portland Fertilizer Company has or is about to submit a proposition to the city to take the garbage of the city, except such stuff as will not make fertilizer, delivered to it at some point designated by it, to be taken outside of the city to its plant and made into fer tilizer, and the company wants the c'ty tn make such delivery and pay to It 81 per ton for so doing. I am not surprised at this, nor do I blame the aforesaid company, as the City of Portland has demonstrated that it Is an easy mark when it comes to the question of garbage; but why should any company ask the City of Portland to pay it to take away the garbage, when a stm'lar company on Puget Sound runs cars and pays 81 to ave the garbage delivered to it? I remember a few years ago that the firm of Fisher. Thorsen A Co., of this city, asked for a franchise to collect the garbage, and offered to pay the city for its plant on Guild's Lake, and also to pay a certain per cent of its gross earn ings to the city for t.ie franchise. They offered to put up a bond of J50.000 that they would have sanitary wagons and sterilised cans, etc., and take the gar bage outside of the city limits. Did they get the franchise? Hardly. A howl went up Immediately that this firm would make a pile of money by utilizing the garbage for the manufac ture of soaps, fertilizer, etc., and so the city finally decided to buy a good plant that would consume the garbage, but made no effort to profit by it, and I see there seems to be some trouble yet about tha aubiect of garbage. Now. the fact that this firm offered to do certain things Will convince any one that they expected to realize a profit by handling the garbage, ana n also convinces us that the Fertilizer Comnanv exDects to realize on the fer tilizer or It eould not afford to handle it for $1 per ton. Therefore I do noi believe that the city should be taxed to maka a profit for this or any otner company, but if they wero to handle it free I would favor giving it to them and let them make what they could out of it. It would have been better If the city Instead of building a new plant had used the old one for con suming paper, etc.. and made the rest Into fertilizer, etc., at a profit. I am Informed that the, City of Ber lin realizes a big profit 'on the han dling of its garbage where formerly it was a great expense. I am not pre pared to advocate the city going Into this business at this timo, hut if a reputable firm like Fisher, Thorsen & Co. should ask for a franchise on the conditions mentioned before, I believe it would be wise to grant it. There is an ordinance compelling garbage collectors to cover their wag ons and haul the garbage at certain hours, but it is never enforced any more and. as a result, we have foul n,inr mixed with the perfume of our roses for the edification of our visiting friends. THOMAS .vrJUS.n One for the Minister. Michigan Gargoyle, nan... nMn't von notice that I pressed your foot at the dinner to night? Mazier-Why, it wasn't my foot you pressed! Oh. George, I wondered why mamma was smiling so sweetly at the minister. ConntryTown Sayings by Ed Howe (Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams) You can't make a compliment Dig enough to cult some people. Th. Kact Tinfificai workers say you can't tell, from what a" man says, what he will do. There Is always some one in every crowd who remains Just quiet enough to be able to tell afterwards what fools the others made of themselves. ' A man looks almost as wretched at a rcentic,n aa a. woman looks when traveling in a covered wagon. u.,w r Kw n njilr nf shoes Monday. and by Saturday night his toes 'are stick ing out. When you And a new friend, do you neglect old ones Just as good? t .rnnfttimA. thfnir that when a farmer comes to town to serve on the Jury, he as a pretty gooa time, tie says n i miMIn duty he doesn't like, but I rather think he does. whn nn -nay out a dollar, do you growl In a way indicating that you are in love with It? Tnat is a poor way. wK.n a vammi in a. novel is reduced in circumstances, she cuts her servants down to two. That always maww country town woman' sniff. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian, July 21. 1801. The San Francisco Bulletin of the 8th says that no clipper from the East l 1 at that nnrt within the previous iO days and that but little business was doing. At the Counoll meeting Friday night Mr. Hallock offered a resolution pro viding tor the grading of Front street from Columbia street to the southern boundary line of the city at tne ex pense of the owners or adjoining prop erty. Not adopted. Congress met July 4. a majority of all embers from the loyal states being present. West Virginia sent three mem bers; North Carolina one. In his mes sage the President reviews the action of the secedent states and declares they hava acted without Just cause; they are the aggressors. He takes up the doctrine of states rights ana demol ishes it. Ho condemns trmed neutrality and says it is resistance to the Govern ment and will not be tolerated; as such seceded states have violated the laws and attempted to overthrow tne uov-- ernment they deserve the severest pun- shment. The war must be pusned on epeedlly and decisively and for that object he cans tor tuu.uuu men ana $400,000,000. Brad's Bit o' Verse (Copyright, 1011, by W. D. Meng). When the world goes against you and pleasures decay, when friendships grow feeble and cold, there is always one friend you can trust in your grief a friend with a heart of pure gold. There is none like a mother to soothe away care and comfort your heartaches and woes; you don't need to tell her the troubles that grind, for the sweet, pa tient darling, she knows. If you're down in the gutter she'll follow you there with soft words of blessing and cheer; she will love and defend you when others condemn and the world turns away with Rneer. No friend like a mother; no eart that's more true: no blessing more bright than her love; it encompasses all, from the nethermost depths to the white, gleaming portals above. She knows all our fallings, your weakness ana wants, he believes with a faith that's sublime; nd her tender affection, though often betrayed, grows deeper and stronger with time: and oft in life's conflict when false friends deride, when the waves of despair madly foam, how we long for the touch of her soothing caress and the welcome that waits us at home. Advertising Talks By William C Freeman. John J, Irving, Mayor of Blng hamton, N. Y., told me the following advertising story recently: "My mother always did some buying in the old A. T. Stewart store. New York. "One day while making some pur-; chases she overheard the following conversation between a woman cus tomer and a salesman: "'Is this all wootf afked the wom an, picking up some material. " "Yes, madam, it is,' answered the salesman. ..."Are you quite sure?' again asked the woman. " 'Absolutely, answered tho salos man. " 'Then I will take it,' she said. "A man also had been standing near enough to overhear the conversation. "When the woman received her pack age and was starting out of the storo this man asked her if she would mind stepping up to the main office that he desired to talk to her about the pur chase she had made. "She assented, and when she reached the office she asked the man who he was, and he replied: " 'I am A. T. Stewart, tho man who ownj this business. I think I over heard that salesman tell you that tha material you Just purchased is all wouL Did I understand correctly?' " "Yes, sir, you did," tha woman re plied. ""Well, madam. It Ic not all wool. It is part cotton. I don't want you or anybody else to buy anything in this store that Is not exactly as represent ed. Will you please go with me to that salesman?' "They went to the counter and Mr. Stewart said to the salesman: "'You told this lady that this ma terial is all wool, did you not? You know better than that.' "The salesman did not know Mr. Stewart, so he answered rather flip pantly: " 'No, I did not tell her that It is all wool.' "Mr. Stewart then said: " 'Go to the office, young man, and get your money. I don't want any sales man in my store who will lie about my merchandise. I am Mr. Stewart, so go.' "Ho went. "Now, that was a great many years ago. "That incident made a great impres sion on my mother. She told it to her friends. She always had unbounded confidence tn the Stewart store after that." The name A. T. Stewart is remem bered by everybody in America, and al ways will be. He was a great mer chant.tand it is because he was both great and honest that he is remem bered. How about salesmen and saloswomon who are taught not to toll the truth but are taught to lie about the quality and price of the merchandise they sell? Wouldn't it be Just as well for mod ern morchants to follow in the foot steps of Mr. Stewart? Does anybody know of a better way to build up a good name in business than by giving the public a aqiiarc deal f And which is better a good name, or a lot of money with a namo that won't stand the sunlight? -. , (To be continued.) SHERLOCK HOLMES Fathoms Another Mystery in The Sunday Oregonian The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist is the case which the fa mous sleuth takes up in tomor row's magazine section. Sherlock Holmes is here compelled to exer cise all his keen ingenuity, for it is a baffling tangle which he must clean up a case in which he meets with thrilling adventures. Complete in Sunday's issue. In "An Arctic Scoop," another fiction feature, is presented. This is a fascinating tale of journal ism in the Far North. It deal3 with news of the late war with Spain. Jimmie and Ethel afford still another vacation feature with their blithsome domestic adven tures. Chapters 7 and 8 of "Compensation" also appear. Admiral Togo, the greatest naval hero of the century, is about to visit us. There is half page devoted to the career of this great warrior a half page of truth that is stranger than romance, in which the personal side of tha greatest living warrior is devel- . oped. Shooting Straight is the sub ject of an illustrated half page which will prove a revelation to many who have come to look upon themselves as being handy with firearms. With the advent of the modern high-power rifle shooting straight has become an intricate process. Are Americans going the' pace that kills? Vital light and important data are thrown upon this great sub ject in a half-page article. "The Edinboro Wriggle," a' Scotch song hit, is the week 's lat est musical offering. In conveni ent form for your music rack. Another full page of Civil War . action pictures seven of them taken at the front during the great struggle. - Ten minutes of wholesome" mirth are afforded by the Funny. Men, the Widow Wise has an ad venture in Munich, and Mr. Twee Deedle and Sambo appear in fresh pranks. ...