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WAR CLOIIM.
The mar talk which Juat now dla
' turbs European minds ahould not be
taken too aerloualy. No doubt the
newt as It come acroaa the. water to
us la somew hat warmer than the feel-
Ing between the Cabinets of Germany
' and England. This. It must be re
membered. Is "the silly season" when
news of any consequence Is scarce and
; when an event like the German lnter
' ference In Moroccan affairs Is a good
deal of a godaonj to news bureaus. It
, Is certain to be made as much of as
' possible and if nothing happens to ac
' crue to It as it flits along the wires, we
.' may be thankful.
By the treaty of Algeclraa the super
. vision of clvllixed interests In Slorocco
; was entrusted to France and Spain
Jointly. This arrangement did not
! greatly please the Kaiser, who was de
' ilrous of having a finger In the Af
rican pie as in most other confections.
The reader will remember that he
mi led bodily to Slorocco before the
i A!gclras meeting came off In order
j t. overawe France and get rid of the
I Inconvenient Dolcasse. Minister of
i Foreign Affairs, who was not disposed
to knuckle down to the Imperial
eagle. Deli-asse was sarrlflced tem
porarily fr the sake of peace, but
Oermany had to rest satisfied with
I the disturbance It had thus far caused.
J The Algeclras conference averted the
danger of war and thwarted William's
ambitious schemes for building up an
J African domain on the ruins of French
! rolor.tal Influence.
j The Algeciras treaty has something
more than a sentimental Importance
" t Americana since this country was a
party to It. Some person believed
j that in Joining wtlh the European na
1 lions to settle the Moroccan trouble
- we departed from our traditional pol
I Icy of nonintervention In foreign en
; ' tanglements. but It has been explained
i. that our delegates went no farther
than the offering of good advice. The
new difficulties arise from the irre
J presslble disposition of the Moroccan
. r.ivages to fight with anybody who
happens to come In their way. That
' country Is astonishingly uncivilised.
! considering how near It lies to Europe
.and for how many thousand years the
commerce of the world has sailed past
Its doors. It has no roads but bridle
' paths. Its religion 1 unmitigated Mo.
hammedanlsm. Its fertile Isnds are
" untitled. In short, modern life has
' left It utterly untouched except at tso
i ' lated points along the coast. Here for
j elgn trade has grown up and foreign
protection for It Is needed. Neither
j , the trade nor the protection is paftle-
ularly liked by the Mohammedan sav
i i ages who prefer a wandering life dl
i versified by murder and robbery. In
j Roman times Morocco was one of the
i world's gardens. The great St. Augus
! tine was born there, and In his "Con
1 fesaslons" he tells of the pear trees
) that flourished, the gardens he fre
j quefited and the schools he attended.
Nothing of the sort can be discovered
; now.
Spain would naturally be the Euro
I ' pean guardian of civilization in Mo
' rocco If her mltlt.try efficiency were
I equal to the duty. But It is not. When
' she undertook to dispatch troops
thither to settle a mining difficulty a
year or two ago popular repugnance
to the movement was so violent that
i civil war almnwt followed. The an
', .archlst outbreaks at Barcelona. In the
; course of which Francisco Ferrer was
i sacrificed, were intimately connected
with the attempted expedition to Mo
I rocco. France Is the next nearest
I neighbor to the territory. She has a
j colony bordering It on the east and
hs gradually acquired numerous In
f vestments along the border which af
"ford an excuse for keeping troops at
t'hand and for occasional Inroads.
! Ker.ce It was natural for the European
' nations to constitute France and Spain
! the guardUns of Morocco at the AI-
geclras conference.
This arrangement satisfied every
, country but Germany. It was espe
' daily pleasing to England, who sees
! no peril to herself in France's colonial
ambition, but a great deal In Ger
, mnys. Ever since the treaty was
signed the Kaiser has been more or
I less vlg'.Ian-tly on the atch for a pre
J text to violate It. The recent out-
breaks of savaae violence In Morocco
t have given him what he wanted and
.'he showa himself ready to interfere
again In defiance of the exclusive
. rights of France and Spain. The situ,
i atlon looks a little more dangerous
i than It otherwise would because of
. Detcasee'a return to power In France.
lis Is anti-Teutonic to the core, and
! nothing would please him better, ac
J cording to the report, than a chance
to retrieve the debacle of ItTO and
"perhaps recover Alsace and Lorraine.
Something Is added to the Inklnes
'of the war clouos also by the state
of affairs in England. The Liberal
- Ministry Is passing through a terrific
crisis and does not dare to show the
white feather to a foreign foe. No
doubt if France should be drawn Into
a fight with Germany the British fleet
would take a hand In It. France anJ
..England are united by an -entente"
engineered by the late King Edward.
Tbey are still more closely united by
- hatred of German power. It Is not
to be believed for a moment that they
would tolerate German Intervention of
any consequence In Africa. Of course
the Kaiser knows this as well as any-
. body else does, and for that reason It
gtv) an assurance of peace. Iteadv
- he might be to fight France or
F.rgland. he could not venture to fight
- them both at once even If he had no
" troubtes at home. But he haa plenty
-ft them. The German socialists, who
outnumber any other party In the
. empire, are resolutely opposed to war.
To prevent it they would stop at noth
ing not even at firing on their officers
or lay lr. g down their arms In the pres
ence of the enemy. That they would
' resort to every Imaginable parllainen-
tary trick to embarrass the conduct
of the war go without saying.
The truth of the matter ta that Ger
many has nothing to Rain and every
thing to lose by war. William !
shrewd enough to realize this, and we
may feel perfectly certain that, how
ever much he may bluter. he will not
do anything more dangerous.
INMIM.LNT KII1EB DEKKAT.
The Republican insurrection in
Nebraska was suppressed In the first
engagement and the party in that
state Is In line with the Taft Adminis
tration. Nebraska, is one of the states
where the insurgents have been count
ed strong. Senator Brown and Repre
sentative Norrls Brown being from
that state, but a count of noses could
not show more than 150 of them
among S55 delegates to the state con
vention. In short, the noise made by
the insurgents Is out of all proportion
to their numbers.
Events In Nebraska and in Congress
are evidence that the Insurgent wave
Is already receding and that their
claim to the title "progressive" has
been rejected by the people. Taft has
come to be recognized as the rtl
i-n nt iha nrotrresaive Republicans.
Tariff revision Is a distinctly progres
sive measure and ne maae n me iu
in the campaign of 10S and has kept
it before the country until he has
forced reciprocity through Congress
and has put a Tariff Board to work
nn ..in.. ih fart on which a tariff
should be based. He It was who pro
posed revision by scneauies, a puuw
on which both Democrats and insur
gents seized eagerly. Prosecution of
the trusts Is a -progressive policy and
Taft has carried It on more vigorously
than any of his predecessors.. Control
of corporations Is a progressive policy
and Taft secured an Important ad
vance in that direction by the imposi
tion of the corporation tax.
The fate which befell insurgency In
Nebraska will also befall it in Kansas.
Iowa and Minnesota, and the sole sup
port of La Follette's candidacy will
probably prove to be his own State of
Wisconsin. Insurgency la dying be
cause It has no reason for being.
MOVING PIC-rrRK AND THE CORONA
TION. The truth Is coming out finally
about the failure of the coronation
show to attract a proltable multitude
of spectators. The whisper that spec
ulators who hoped to get rich In a
day by renting seats narrowly escaped
bankruptcy have been confirmed by
later reports and now the Independent
taxis us why. People refused to give
half their fortunes for a seat at the
show because they could see the whole
thing more comfortably and far more
cheaply in a day or two at a moving
picture theater. The spectator at a
good moving picture show sees every
thing but the color of the objects be
fore him, and that he does not greatly
miss. The action Is perfectly lifelike.
The speeches are easily Imagined. The
Illusion is so nearly complete that no
wonder it charms the multitude.
It Is said that the Kaiser William
takes a moving picture outfit with him
wherever he goes in order that none
of his sublime deeds may go unrecord
ed. Of course the process will prove
Invaluable In futur riots. Everything
can be taken down In fadeless pictures
Just as It occurs and It will be of no
use for any participant to deny that
he was there. Hts own Image will
contradict him. Perhaps by means of
moving pictures it may become possi
ble to convict murderers in the Amer
ican courts after a while.
Persons who have not actually seen
the best exhibits of moving pictures
cannot conceive how realistic they are.
In a Portland theater some weeks ago
the events of Dickens" "Tale of Two
Cities" were shown. It is probably not
too much to say that the spectators
obtained a clearer concept of the story
and Its setting than most of them ever
could from the book, vivid as It Is. A
little later came "The Fall of Troy."
In which the classic costumes and
Homeric surroundings were strikingly
apt.
In our opinion the moving picture
shows will prove by and by to be pow
erful educators of the public. Just
now they Incline a little unduly, per
haps, to the cowboy and Indian le
gend, but nothing Is perfect. There
are a great many worse things than
cowboys In the world.
at IENTtnC MANAGEMENT OF THE SOIU
A "booster" movement of National
scope is that undertaken by the Na
tional Soil Fertility League, of which
President Taft Is an Incorporator and
which alms to double or treble the
productiveness of the soli. Its purpose
Is to apply scientific management to
the farm. It would in effect double
or treble the farm area of this country
by increasing what the present area
produces In that ratio.
The solution of the problem of the
high cost of living has several factors,
but one of the most Important is
waste. It has been said that the
American people are the most waste
ful on earth and In many Instances
this Is true. We found a continent so
vast and so fertile, so rich In every
resource, that we Imagined It could
not possibly be exhausted. We forth
with set to work to try to exhaust it
and we had very nearly succeeded
when the conservation movement
made us rause. We burned forests to
get rid of them: we drew the fertility
out of the soil by sowing the same
crops year after year without putting
anything back: we sowed with one
crop land which was adapted to an
other: we milled gold ore and let half
the gold escape In the tailings: we
gophered out the rich ore In mines
and left the mines a wreck for the
man who was to mine the low-grade
ore: we drilled oil wells without pro
viding storage for the oil: we drilled
gas wells without pipes to carry off
the gas and we used them for glgantlo
Illuminations: we depleted our fish
eries and slaughtered our game and
birds. We acted like a spendthrift
Nation.
The time has come when that scien
tific management which L. D. Bran
dels told the railroads would save them
1300.000.000 a year will be applied in
every line of Industry. A man who
by the same labor, but with more
knowledge and thought, could make
his farm treble Its production Is wast
ing two-thirds of his physical energy
through not using his brain enough.
Two-thirds of hts work Is lost motion.
Just as much so as Is that of a pile
driver which hits the air Instead of
the pile. The essence of scientific
management Is to make every blow
count, to make every unit of fertility
in the soil produce It share of the
crop, but so to apply nature's laws
that each unit will reproduce Itself;
so to manage the fisheries that each
season more than enough fry shall
grow to maturity to replace the year's
TIIE MORXIXG
catch: in cutting the forests to cut
only the ripe trees and let the young
ones' grow to maturity. To do other
wise is to act like the pig which puts
his forefeet In the trough.
There need be no fear that this good
old earth will cease to produce enough
to feed all her children If they will
but respect nature's laws In drawing
their sustenance from her breast.
Every year since Malthus wrote has
produced evidence to disprove his
gloomy theory. During the century
since he published his "Essay on
Population" history has been crowded
with Inventions and discoveries which
have directly or Indirectly Increased
the productions of the earth. He as
sumed - that the limit had been
reached, but events have proved that
science can multiply the productive
power of the earth and there Is no
reason to doubt that the future has as
great discoveries in store for mankind
as the past has given. But In order
that man may continue to enjoy na
ture's gifts he must not only use them
to their fullest power, but must use
them so that they will renew them
selves according to the laws nature
has laid down.
WORK FOR INWimXO HAS1W.
There Is a demand from all sections
of the rftv. as well as from various
surrounding towns, for unskilled and
skilled labor, some of the employment
agencies averring that 8000 men could
at once find Jobs at from 12 to 12.75
per day. And yet a visit to any of the
parks or plazas, or to various saloons
In the North End, will show that there
are thousands of unemployed men in
the city, the majority of them without
the price of a day" living in their
pockets.
Farm hands, loggers, teamsters,
cooks, all sorts of hands for camps,
farms and construction gangs are
wanted at good wages, and there are
idle men here who could fill the posi
tions if they would. But the wage
looks too small. A few years ago,
when the cost of living was no higher
than now. from a J1.50 to $1.75 was
considered good pay for unskilled la
bor, and ten hours was the rule. Now
only nine hours are required, the wage
Is a full dollar higher, there are thou
sands of situations waiting and thou
sands of able-bodied men walking the
streets looking for easier Jobs, shorter
hours and bigger pay.
That is a condition, not a theory.
And soon the cool weather will come
on. outdoor sleeping will not be com
fortable, there will be lesa demand for
labor, and that at lower pay. and then
there will go up a wall about the lack
of opportunities for the working man.
Then we shall confront another con
dition, which will have to be handled
by the free lodging-houses and free
employment bureaus, at the expense
of the taxpayers. and as these men
must also have food they must some
how be provided with meals or hsnd
outs: and that will be done as a rule
likewise at the expense of the taxpay
ers, either in a public or private ca
pacity. The remedy for the disease for dis
ease It Is will not be applied perhaps
for years to come. But society even
tually must decide that the Impecu
nious man who is able to earn a liv
ing and will not do It of choice must
be made to do it. Wlien It comes to
choosing between enforced labor with
out pay and with poor food, and In
dependent labor with good pay and
short hours then this indigent class
that Is such a menace to prosperity
will perhaps see the error of Its way
and go to work willingly.
OCEAX MAJLKS PORTLAND WTREME,
With the open ocean on which to
carry on her commerce. Portland can
afford to regard with comparative in
difference rates for carriage on land.
If the rates by land and water are
about on a parity, either means of
transportation may be used at con
venience. If the rate by water be
lower, the merchant can quickly turn
from the railroad to the ocean. The
only Inconvenience from rate decisions
such as that In the Spokane case re
sults from the necessary readjustment
of business. So long as the Pacific
Ocean exists and the channel to it is
open, Portland's commercial suprem
acy cannot be Impaired.
The advantages of the seaports
over the interior towns will become
even more accentuated when the Pan
ama Canal la finished. When trans
continental railroads were first opened
the long voyage around the Horn con
stituted an embargo on ocean compe
tlon. The Panama Railroad promised
to counteract this, but it and the con
necting steamer lines fell Into the
hands of the transcontinental rail
roads. The Tehuantepec Railroad In
Mexico and connecting steamer lines
have reopened thtj short cut and
freight has been moved from New
Tork to San Francisco by that route
In less time than by rail across the
continent. The completion of the
Panama Canal will shorten the time
and reduce the cost by eliminating
transfers. In order to compete in time
of transit, the railroads will be com
pelled to expedite their freight service
materially.
The completion of the canal may
render It unprofitable to haul freight
across the continent by rail. When It
originates within a certain distance of
either coast It will be hauled by rail
to that coast for transportation by
water to the other coast. There will
be a mid-continent sone which will
have long rail hauls to either coast.
The bulk of the traffic will be from
interior towns to seaports on one coast
and from seaport to Interior towns on
the other coast. The coast towns will
become more than ever tlie mercantile
centers of the country, gathering
goods for transshipment by sea or
land. As Commissioner Lane says in
his decision:
"They are rendered secure as entre
pots of commerce by the presence of
the ocean, so long as they choose to
avail themselves of Its advantages.
There Is much reason for the belief
that they have at times chosen to fore
go these advantages In the expecta
tion that they would be made secure
by the rail carriers In the possession
of a large distributing market In the
Interior."
The railroads being no longer In a
position to secure the merchants the
Interior market. It behooves the mer
chants to use the advantages they
have foregone and develop the ocean
route. There Is capital enough avail
able In Portland .to operate a steam
ship line bv the Tehuantepec route
from New fork to Portland until the
canal is finished and through the
canal after that event. There is also
freight enough to make the line prof
itable If the merchants will pull to
gether In giving It their patronsge.
There Is traffic also for Independent
OREGOXIAy, TIIIIRSPAY,
vessels which would call at the several
wayports.
The lime has come for Portland to
realize and develop fully her possibil
ities as a seaport. She has treated
the river and ocean too much as trib
utary to the railroad; she should treat
the railroads as feeders to the water.
The wealthy men of seaports are not
only merchants, but shipowners. What
this city needs is both ships and ship
owners. They would furnish trade to
merchants, ship-chandlers, shipyards
and any number of allied Industries.
They would seek out and develop new
fields of trade. They would secure
for Portland a share of the Alaska
trade, which has been allowed to go
by he board through sheer neglect.
Much Can be done to counteract
the effects of the Spokane de
cision by opening the Upper Colum
bia. No railroad from the East to
Lewlston. for example, could compete
with a steamship from New Tork to
Portland and a river steamer from
Portland to Lewlston If there were an
open channel the year round. It is as
practicable to develop slackwater nav
igation on the Columbia and Snake
Rivers as it has proved on the Ohio,
Monongahela, Allegheny and Kana
wha Rivera The states interested need
but to make a united effort to get it
and keep on asking for it until they
do get it.
With ocean steamers Independent or
railroad control, a river open to its
source and steamers to ply upon it,
Portland can laugh at interstate com
merce decisions, for nature and hu
man energy can annul them as fast
as they are rendered.
The Walla Walla hunters who nar
rowly escaped death from a cougar
ought to have "read up" on the habits
of this animal before venturing into
the wilds. We are told in numerous
books that when first disturbed It is
quite likely to run away, being cow
ardly, like all call. But presently curi
osity overcomes its cowardice and it
almost invariably returns to see what
scared it. If the hunter has lain
down to sleep in the meantime his
fate is sealed unless, like our Walla
Walla heroes, he haa a vigilant wife.
The California man who received
$70,000 from the railroad for the loss
of his arms and legs made a profit
able Investment of those members. A
salary of $1000 a year earned for fifty
years would only amount to $50,000
and very few laborers make $1000 a
year or work continuously for fifty
years. Still there is a mild satisfac
tion in retaining one's appendages and
no doubt the California Jury took it
Into account in making uj their
verdict. "
As the drought progresses it be
hooves farmers, hunters and campers
to take new precautions against fires.
A single spark may destroy millions
of dollars' worth of property. The
cigarette end Is especially to be
watched. Campfires ought to be killed
so dead that no revival is possible.
After the fire is out. pour on another
pailful to make sure.
It is perfectly proper for "labor" to
contribute funds for the McNamara
defense, even $500,000. if so much is
necessary. But the call for this enor
mous defense fund seems to hint that
there Is some terrible difficulty to be
overcome. What can it be? To de
fend an innocent man it is usually suf
ficient merely to tell the truth, and
that is not a very expensive process.
It would be interesting to know ex
actly how common the morphine and
cocaine habits are In Portland. Of
course the specter Is usually veiled, but
now and then an event like the fright
ful death of Anderson gives the public
a peep. Liberty is an inestimable
treasure, but would it not be well to
sacrifice a little of It and restrict the
sale of these seductive drugs?
It would be most appropriate to let
the old battleship Oregon, which made
a historic voyage around Cape Horn,
make the-equally historic first voyage
through the Panama Canal. She
would then wear the honors of both
maritime war and maritime peace.
Poor Pussy! The poet called her
"the harmless, necessary cat." but
now he or she is "lousy and mangy,
howls and fights all night, kills birds,
destroys flower gardens and spreads
contagious disease." Such is the con
trast between prose and poetry.
Stricter laws should be passed to
prevent sale of narcotic drugs to chil
dren and "fiends," as suggested by
the Oregon Pharmaceutical Associa
tion, but to pass a law is only the first
step. It should be rigidly and con
tinuously enforced.
The steel plate men dissolved their
association because there was so much
"restlessness and uneasiness and talk
of illegality." Strange that people will
get restless whether there Is a burglar
in the house or a trust controlling the
market.
The Importation of elk from Wyo
ming to the mountains of Oregon is a
severe reflection on the care which
Oregon has taken of the native herds
which formerly ranged the Coast and
Wallowa Mountains.
A Georgia woman, widow of five
veterans, serfatlm. Is asking for fire
pensions, and although many of th
warriors were Confederates, she is era.
titled to something anyway for het
temerity as well as good Judgment.
Bobby Leach has gone over Niagara
Falls and lives, but the world Is no
better off. All Leach gains Is some
notoriety which he could not have
gained by honest, useful work.
"Wireless" De Forest, like many
others, blames his mother-in-law for
all his marital troubles. Adam was
the only man who could not be this
kind of hypocrite.
"Made in Oregon" goods should be
given the preference by the City of
Portland as well as by all Its people,
Earle. the artist, has a third soul
mate on his affinity menu. He must
be an artist..
Anent this delightful weather, did
you shed your flannels too soon?
The Eastern brand of weather has
followed the tourists to Europe.
Just slip on your overcoat when you
get up at 5 to water the lawn.
Great weather for hoes, hose and
hoUer.
JULY 27, 1911.
SPRIXKLIXO RfLES CRITICISED
C. K. Henry Declares He Will Have
Water Reeardleaa of Cmeiiuence.
PORTLAND, July 26. (To the Edi
tor.) The writer has established an
expensive home and grounds in "Lau
relhurt" on the site of the old Ladd
farm house; has imported many valu
able shrubs at considerable expense,
has employed an expensive gardener
to beautify and take care of same with
an effort to and In making a "city
beautiful," has been charged some
$1S00 for water mains Into the prop
erty; has paid the city water boards
demands for the Irrigation this sea
son and nas me receipt meiciui.
ls now told that under recent rules he
must only use water between the hours
of 5 and 8 A. M. This thing of fixing
a rule of that kind without proper
consideration ought to be condemned.
In my case u is simpiy pruu.u-i
for being on an elevation of 225 feet,
and all the other people being obliged
to use the water between those hours.
leaves us witnout any water m i"
time. M .
Rules are supposed to be enforced,
but they ought to be enforoed with
w hot i the sense in ask-
ruiuc .. -
ing all the people in all parts of the
city to use water oeieii -
M.T Why not use a little common sense
In connection with the dilemma, and
say that the East Side shall water be
- hnnra. and the West
Side between certain hours; or why
not say that people iiviiib uu.w..
Holladay avenue shall use the water at
one time, and those south of Holladay
avenue at another time, but to fy ana
have all the people on both sides of the
river use water between the hours of
5 and 8 A. M. Is simply ridiculous.
Any man with common sense knows
that water used in the morning is ab
sorbed by the sunlight, and does not
do half the good as when used at night.
The writer frankly and flatly says that
having gone to great expense to get
water to his place, having paid the es
tablished water charge, and being un
able to get the water In the hours
prescribed by the rules. Is going to
have the water, Jail or no jail.
The writer believes that the con
tractors should be obliged to comply
with their contract. Just as much as
those using water should be made to
comply with the so-called or miscalled
rules. The truth of the matter is that
the city affairs have been handled in
such a shabby manner, that the tax
payers are constantly left In the lurch
This is evidenced by the Madison-street
bridge matter, with the long delay be
fore It was completed. The writer be
lieves that the city should make the
contractors comply with their contract
Another Illustration is the Court
House The Yeon building and the
Spaldin building were both begun
since the Court House "d both are
finished and occupied, and the Court
House Is not yet half completed The
great Multnomah Hotel, covering a
whole block, will be finished before
half the Court House is finished.
During the past administration ad
ditions were taken in. and water was
promised to the outlying farms. It is
time for the people now to stand up
for their rights; to have what is right
and what is coming to them. The
writer may be Jailed for using water
outside the hours prescribed in the
rules If so, there will be an immediate
suit to restrain the Water Board from
upplying water outside the city limits
on the river road, and south of the
golf links. Let them use a little sense
Tn the issuing of their rules giving one
portion of the city the right to use the
water at certain hours and another
portion of the city certain other hours,
so that all may be served.
There cannot be any excuse for the
Water Board to apologize for. and
overlook the dereliction of the con
tractors who should nave been made to
comply with their """dollars"
thousands and thousands of dollars
worth of homes and lawns are ruined
on account of their neglect.
If It were shown that proper care
and consideration had been given i to
this subject of water. I. or no other
man should hesitate to sacrifice lawns
for the good of the people, but it is
evident clear and patent to all who un
derstand the situation that proper con
sideration has not been given to the
plans for supplying water to the citl-
f Pt,rtlCHARLE3 K. HENRY.
Liw library's IMare.
PORTLAND. July 25. (To the Edi
torsJudge McGinn is right. The law
library has no place In our County
Court. I am In part owner of that
building; 1 pay taxes, and erected the
county courthouse for prescribed, legal
purposes, not to house, entertain or
run an embryo law school or private
library. ' , . ,
My clients have been required. Ille
gally, to support this library and
school, and they could not use the
books, even If they desired so to do; I
cannot use or consult them.
I am also one of the employers ot
the. Circuit Judges. When I hired
them. I supposed it was to do Judicial
work, and I also supposed they at
least some of them were learned in
the law and needed no coaching or
practice on Indigent students in order
. . .i.i.i.. t mv clients. Manv of
U HUlllliUO1-! .
us were educated at greaf expense In
great universities oy our pnicmo o..u
w.. j n olafimnm-narv institutions tO
nurse us; the students who are seeking
admission to inn oar iuiuus"
school have no right to be furnished
i . Knnli, ot -fTie forred ex-
jiieu u 1 ' v ii v.
pense of my clients; the fees In the
Circuit court oi aiuiiiiuinuu iuuiuj
were too great before this imperial Im
position was Inflicted upon them.
MAC MAHON.
THE LOST OPPORTUNITY.
(WANTED Newspaper man to run small
country weekly: if can lead band, position
mad worth 125 a month Local Ad.)
Why did I waste my early youth
In learning grammar'a rules.
Philology and rhetoric
In colleges and echools.
Instead of learning "do ra ml"
Upon the flageolet.
Or studying the saxophone,
Bassoon or clarinet?
Alas, alas for wasted years.
And opportunity
That's waiting for some other guy,
But leaves me here to moan.
I might wax rich and thrive
On that hundred twenty-five.
If I'd only learned to double
On the slide trombone.
What riches wait to fall into
That ambidextrous hand.
That can guide a village paper
And direct a village band;
Who can shake the editorial desk
To make the bass drum beat.
When "the hand that rocks" the baton
Is the hand that writes the sheet.
But not for me this treasure store;
I never learned to play
A darned thing but the typewriter
And that won't help me land.
For the man they want must know
Both how to make the paper go
And to coax melodic noises
From the village band.
Dean Collins.
Portland. July 26. 1911.
Just As Easy.
. jf. Y. Telegram.
Just a little millionaire.
Jnat a little wife;
Mighty little happlneaa.
Awful lot of trif.
Juat aome little lawyera,
Juat a little fee.
Then a little evidence
To a referee.
Juat a little courtroom.
Jnat a whlapered line.
Scratching of the Judge' pen.
And everything 1 fine-
INTEREST PAID' BUT NO BENEFIT
Nearly gSO.OOO Accrues on Water Bonds
Dnrlnir Delays of Contractors.
PORTLAND, July 26. (To the Edi
tor.) A knowledge of the terms of the
Mount Tabor reservoir and pipeline
contracts will no doubt be of intense
Interest to the average taxpayer pres
ently. Being matters of great public
importance, the writer stole a little
time from business to look them up for
the benefit of those who cannot do so,
and gives them now for thousands no
doubt interested.
The contract to build Mount Tabor
reservoirs No. 6 and No. 6, which are
to be the big storage places for water,
was let to Robert Wakefield & Co.,
October 19, 1909. They agreed to be
gin work on No. 5 (upper reservoir)
ten days after signing up and complete
it K.r Ttilv 1 fqin and In hepin work
on No. 6 In ten days and complete It
by October 31, 1910.
The contract also provides that time
Is an essential condition of the work
embraced and that there will be
charged the following amounts as
fixed and liquidated damages (not as
... . . . V 1 1
penalties or ioneuures; iwr ewn aj
beyond the time limited on No. 5, $250
. T,,i.. ir loin o nH fiftnh dav after
that $500; on' No. 6 It was $250 a day
after October Si. lsiu.
If at any time during the prosecu
tion of the work, the rate of progress
Is not such as in the opinion of the
engineer will Insure Its completion
within the time specified, then the con
tractors shall, upon receiving notice
In writing by the engineer. Increase
their working force and appliances for
doing the work, to such an extent as
will. In the opinion of the engineer.
Insure its completion on or before the
time limited.
Also there was a provision that ir
the delay was unreasonable or the con
tract violated, the city might cancel
the contract and finish the work itself
or re-let the work. The estimate of
total payments to contractors for this
Job was $444,760, but extras may run
It somewhat more. Neither reservoir
has been accepted up to this time.
The new Bull Run pipeline was taken
over by Schaw-Batcher Company Pipe
Works by contract dated April 8, 1910.
It has the same clauses as to. notice by
the engineer to increase forces and that
the city may cancel and have the work
done, as in "the reservoir contract. The
liquidated damages are fixed at $100
per day after June 15, 1911 which is
the date fixed for completion. The
estimated total contractors pay is
11,259.782 but as in the other case can
legitimately run over that for other
expenses or extras. To both must also
be added the cost of expert engineering
and inspection, office work, etc.
Probably both Jobs will cost the city
$2 000.000. The pipeline was to be car
ried to reservoir No. 6 ready to deliver
water June 15, 1911. It is not com
pleted yet
Thus far bonds originally authorized
for these works have been sold as fol
lows: January 1. 1909. $250,000.
June 1, 1910, $500,000.
September 1, 1910. $500,000.
January 1. 1911. $500,000.
This money was in hand ready to
pav the contractor and whether It was
paid or not. the city was stuck for
the interest on It at 6 per cent. Take
for example interest on one-half of
$450,000, round numbers, for the reser
voirs for one year from July 15. 1910,
and on the other half from October
31 1910, for nine months and we get
$19 688 to be paid out for interest on
bonds to pay for a Job the taxpayers
are getting no benefit from. The in
terest on the pipeline sum can be easily
computed by the calculating taxpayer.
The other damages In having gardens
and lawns burned up and the city made
to look like a desert to people at home
and tourists passing through, cannot
be safely estimated by the writer. Tax
payers should cut this out and paste
it up over their garden hose stands, to
reflect upon while they wonder why
more nervousness was not displayed
about the reservoirs say about last
November. The fiprures and provisions
of a contract which appears to be en
tirely protective to the city, speak for
themselves and further comment is un
necessary. ROBERT C. WRIGHT.
THE LAW LIBRARY CONTKOVERSV
Student Thinks Judge McGinn Hasty
In Hts' Criticism of Institution.
PORTLAND, July 26. (To the Edi
tor ) In answer to Judge McGinn 1
would like to ask him with all serious
ness how are any . of the books of the
Law Library hurt, or how are any of
the taxpayers hurt, or how is the pub
lic In general hurt by the fact that
these books ar. taken from the shelves
10 or 20 times a year, more or less, by
some poor, struggling law student who
is trying to get an education in that
same' profession which Judge McGinn
so highly honors?
When he was only a student was he
fortunate enough to have access to
such a library of his own. or perchance
did he gain some of his early knowl
edge from the same library? Our city
Is certainly not hurt by having one of
the best law schools. If not the best, of
any In our Western States. The tax
payer is surelv benefited by everything
which makes Portland the greater city,
and can It hurt the taxpayer If a va
cant courtroom Is used an hour or so
In the eevnlng? Does not the good it
does pay enough?
The faculty Is composed of the
Judges of our courts, ex-Judges and
some of the leading members of the bar
of our state. Is the taxpayer hurt be
cause these students are being trained
here, instead of going to some other
city? Or Is the taxpayer or the public
at large hurt because these Judges
spend an occasional hour or so, of an
evening of their own time In teaching
these students, thereby keeping brushed
up in the fundamental rules of their
profession? Are they not benefiting the
future welfare of our city?
Suppose one of our leading citizens
owned a library of 11.000 books and
it would take a wealthy one would
the taxpayer and the community be
benefited the more by his keeping them
under lock and key, or by his allow
ing, under proper regulations, their
use by deserving students?
As for Judge McGinn, no matter
what mistakes and he is but human
he may make of judgment or temper,
1 1 will never forget that he is the Judge
that first instituted the humane parole
system here for "first-offense" crim
inals. So, what I say above Is with
all due respect to him and his human
ity. I think he was a little hasty in
his arraignment of the Law School
and of its hurting the taxpayer or
anyone, in fact. It is in reality helping
as much as anything the poor, strug
gling man or woman who wishes to
engage in the profession.
As for the profession of law being
overcrowded, I suppose It is no
stanger to the rule of supply and de
mand, and so the public will be bene
fited by a reduction of fees at least.
A STUDENT.
Carnegrte Hero Fund.
ALBANY, Or., July 25. (To the Edi
tor.) Please let me know If the
Carnegie medals have a monetary
value, also If he gives cash medals, and
the address of Andrew Carnegie.
B. R. O.
If this correspondent means to ask
whether a Carnegie medal award may
be exchanged for a cash award the
answer Is "no." The fund commission
Is authorized to grant cash disablement
benefits or money for care of depend
ents of persons who may lose their
lives in heroic efforts. Inquiries should
be addressed to F. M. Wllmot, secretary
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Pitts
burg, Fa
Advertising Talks
By William C Freeman.
A remarkable advertising campaign
for the Encyclopedia. Britannic Co.
has Just finished.
It started last November with four
page color Inserts in all of the prom
inent magazines, and ran during the
months of November, December, Janu
ary, February, March, April and May.
A couple of hundred thousand dollars
was spent in the magazines in these
months. ,
Up to May 1st about $100,000 had
been epent In newspapers, but during
the month of May one month, mind
you a total of $100,000 more was ex
pended. In order to clinch the general
publicity and the previous newspaper
advertising and bring In the order.
At first glance, a $400,000 expendi
ture for advertising In seven months
seems enormous but what was the
result?
Thirty-four thousand set of the
Encyclopedia were sold at a price of up
ward of $150 per set. That mean a
bunlne of $3,100,000!
So the newspaper and magazine ad
vertising together only cost between
elcht and ten per cent of the total
buMlneas done.
When It is taken into consideration
that this is the eleventh edition of the
Encyclopedia Britannlca Issued by the
Cambridge University of England, it
makes the result all the more remark
able. One would think that ten editions,
all of which were successful, would
come pretty near distributing as many
encyclopedias as would be wanted
throughout the United States.
However, It ie the old. old story over
again IntelliKent advertialnie of a
Kood article, that makes a square busi
ness appeal to the public, alwaya
brine satisfactory result.
I am Indebted to Frank Presbrey,
of the Frank Presbrey Co., who placed
this business, for the facts above re
lated. He Is rather proud of the cam
paign and has a right to be.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 1911, by George Matthew Adams)
Men never remember details of dress.
When I was a reporter there was a
marriage of general interest. I ap
pealed to the preacher who officiated,
and asked him to describe the dress of
the bride and groom. "AH I remember,"
he replied, "is that the woman wore a
dress, and the man pants."
Unless he Is her husband, a woman is
usually good natured and polite with a
man.
I sometimes fear It is necessary for
a man to be rude occasionally, in order
to get his rights.
I have known nearly all varieties, and
have concluded that the meanest man
Is the man who becomes impudent be
cause of 111 treatment; and most of us
do it
After a man passes 50 it is impossible
for him to get up any enthusiasm about
anything except his troubles.
When you are tempted to do wrong
this Is the thing you should think about:
It isn't what the neighbors will say;
It isn't what your friends will say; the
Important thing is, you' can't afford It.
Washington and Lincoln were so good
that I am tired hearing of them.
There Is always a good deal of
wrangling when a pretty girl's looks
are mentioned.
What Is there about simple truth and
common sense that Is so repugnant to
people?
I have heard women say they didn't
object to smoklnpr, but I have never
heard a woman say she didn't object to
chewing.
Half a Century Ago
IT Tha nreenniftn. .TulV 27. 1861.
We have a letter from Mr. J. B.
Morgan, dated Fort Laramie, June 17.
He says: "The Oregon and Washing
ton emigrants are progressing rapidly
and are in good health and spirits.
You may expect a large emigration
this Fall. My company (Morgan's
Company) has 46 wagons. We left the
Missouri a month ago. Grass good so
far, but we do not expect to find much
from here to the South Pass. . . .
We had a marriage in our company- to
day. The following are the names of
the parties:
'"Married at Fort Laramie, June 17,
of Morgan's Company of Oregon emi
grants, Mr. George Haw, of Missouri,
and Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Iowa;' .
"So you see we commence right as
we advance on Oregon." v
A child of Mrs. Simmons was bitten
by a rattlesnake at Fisher's Landing
last week. The reptile was kill.l by
the mother.
The old Hudson Bay fort at Vancou
ver is now utterly deserted and fast
falling Into ruins.
We suggest it as a measure of pru
dence that independent military com
panies be formed in different parts of
the state. They should be composed of
the best men and officers and men
should be unconditional supporters of
the Union. On proper representation
to General Sumner they can be armed
to some extent by those supposed to be
at Vancouver.
Brad's Bit o' Verse
(Copyright, 1911. by W. D. Meng.)
"I've nought but scorn for that old
slouch who, to relieve his pent-up
grouch, sends out the statement mean
and cheap that babies do not earn their
keep. He surely is a crusty crank
they ought to make him walk the
p--nk or hook him with a toasting
fork this rube who shoos away the
Btork. I'd like to grease some light
ning skids for every man who knocks
on kids. A little baby in the fold Is
worth Its weight in precious gold. 'Tls
true it rousts us out at night and SUs
the air with sounds that fright; It puts
us all on wheels and racks and fills
our dreams with pins and tacks; it
makes us hike for sundry dopes, this
haughty scion of our hopes. But when
we see the dimpled form all "cuddled
doon" so snug and warm, we never
think of board or rent that baby
doesn't owe a cent. It's worth a mil
lion any day to hear the neighbor
women say "you little popsey wopsey;
law, you're Just the Image of your
pa." That man's ideals are wholly
wrong who never loved the cradle
song: for earth would be a bleaK
abode, and every Joy would soon cor
rode without that squalling, squirming
elf, the sweet epitome of self.