8 fliE MORNING OREGOSIAX. MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1911.
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THE WATER-LEVEL II AIL.
The wheatgrowers of Eastern Ore
gon and Eastern Washington who
have been encouraged to dream of In
creased profit a a result of the new
Joint wheat rates to Puget Sound are
doomed to a rude awakening If the
conception held by the Seattle Times
of the outcome Is correct. The glow
ing prospect of two great markets
Instead of one. with the new market
paying as a rule 2 to t cents more
per bushel, has been .held out to
them. It has also been declared that
wh,at prices in the two ports would
he equalized upwarj to the reported
higher Puget Sound prices. Natural
ly the growers have become Jubilant.
But now must their fond hopes
h turned to dpa!r. for in an In
structive article on the link of advantage-
in a water-level haul th
Times tel!s us that wheat prices are
to be equalized downward Instead of
upward. It Is the f'ut Sound buyer
who Is, to profit by the rate, not the
Inland Empire grower. Says the
Times:
The m'Tlere of Puf-t Pound hare, for
fi fca-n forced t vT two or three rant
ear suantf mora than Portland for wheat
irn.Ti -ineee joints In order to com
Bela.
It la. therefore. evident that our millers
e-Jd fr::y n-rr-r ander theae near
r -a. cnir einorrer. and alao what, la
aaooa aa th Independent eaporlera of
Portland. !!! alao areatly proa per. for they
ran sow purrhaee wheat from many mora
interior r-wiute tnn eter and pay no mur
than Portland aMFPra.
But perhaps, the Times Is as muddy
in Its reaaoning as it la In Its con
ception of shit the rate really Is. It
speaks of the O.-W. R. N. Co. mov
ing wheat under the new rate "over
Its own rails to Seattle." and of hav
ing by entrance to Seattle avoided an
order of the Washington Railway
t'omnls.lon that "would have
forced the O.-W. R. tc N. Co. to haul
wheat to Portland and turn It over
to the Northern Pacific to be hauled
ll miles north to Seattle." As a
matter of fact, the new rate Is not
to app'y to traffic moving to Puget
Sound via Portland. The rate Is via
Wallula and the Northern Pacific's
mountain route. The O.-W. R. tc N.
Co. has simply sacrificed the long
haul on a portion of the wheat traffic
from Its exclusive territory in order
to obtain the long haul' to Portland
on a portion of the wheat from com
petitive territory. The entrance of
the Harriman system Into Puget
Sound points can have had no bear
ing on the making of the rate, unless.
Indeed. "Pugt Pound shippers of
freight other than wheat threatened
to boycott the new Portland-Secttle
line unless the Joint wheat rate was
ordered In.
Am the Time asserts. Portland has
felt a setr-eatlsfactlon over Its water
level railroads perhaps too Idle a
eIf-satI.faction. More assertlveness
might have given the general public
greater returns from the advantage
of the city's natural location. But
Seattle also boasts of superior natural
advantages. Its press has continually
derided and misrepresented Port
land's harbor facilities and has held
up Its own as Immensely superior.
We find the Times In the same article
from which extracts have already
been quoted, saving this:
Puret Sound rorta bar practically no port
rharce. th coat of handtlng wheat from
ear to Vp la no htsher her than t Port
land iPor-land Tapar aay It ta !. tha
rost of taktnf that ship to th ovean from
P'jffet found porta Is taaa than th cost from
Portland ta th ovaru Tho rat from
Pugt gourd and from Port. and to Liter
tool. England, art th aam.
Tet with these boasted advantages,
if they do exist, the Times tells us
that Pu?t Sound exporters, now on
a par with Portland In the matter of
railroad rates, will pay no more for
wheat than does Portland. Seattle
may well ask Itself what advantage
is there to boast about In superior
harbor facilities If they do not enable
exporters to pay higher prices than
do their competitors and thereby in
crease trafrlr. Just as Portland Is ask
ing Itself what Is the advantage in
a water level railroad haul If It does
not give Portland better freight rates
and greater traffic than cities barred
from their territory by a range of
mountains.
In truth Portland has no fear of
harbor competition with Puget Sound.
If a difference exists against Portland.
Portland can correct it by Improving
the port and Its facilities. But Puget
Sound can never raxe the mountain
barrier. The railroads will always
toll up its steep and wooded slopes
or else go around. The 150.000.000
tunnel Is visionary and an absurdity.
nd Portland undoubtedly has It
within It power to gain lower freight
rates from the Interior than are now
obtained by Puget Sound. If com
parison of length of haul and cost of
haul In an action before the Interstate
Commerce Commission will not do
It. Improvement of the upper Colum
bia will. Wheat growers of Klickitat
eormty are today getting four and one
half cents more for wheat at the
Columbia river shipping "point of
Columbus than they can obtain at
rail shipping points. The railroads
will meet the water rates when water
transportation Is given to so great a
number of communities that It will
cut materially Into the rail traffic.
W only reed to apply our advant
ages. They will then become some
thtrg more than boast.
The readmls-Ion of Jews to Spain
after four centuries of exclusion 1
undoing too late a btunder which was
one of the main causes of Spanish
decadence. By expulsion of the Jews
and Moors Ferdinand and Isabella
drove out of Spain the .chief
factors In Spanish industry. the
Spaniards considering any occupation
but statecraft, soldiering and land
holding beneath their dignity. This
happened at the opening of Spain's
great era of foreign and colonial con-
quest, during which th wealth of
Peru and Mexico waj poured Into the
kingdom and large part of Europe,
fell under Spanish sway. The arti
ficial wealth and military glory con
cealed the mischief done by the ex
pulsion of Jew and Moors and aggra
vated by the persecution of Protes
tants by the inquisition towards the
end of the sixteenth century. but
when Spain lo-t the Netherlands and
the Empire and the flood of Ameri
can riches fell off. her military power
decayed and the nakedness of tho
land was exposed. Religious bigotry
has proved a poor Investment.
THR IMMOLATION OF ALASKA.
Mr. Church, who writes to The Ore
gonlan today. bursU forth In the fa
miliar sing-song of the crank "re
former" who see) the Big Interests'
behind every bush, and who Is af
flicted with a chronic nightmare
about monopoly, corporations and the
railroads.
The alternative of PInchot and Pln
chotlsm Is not spoliation of Alaska by
greedy financiers. The Orejconlan
does not oppose conservation. . but fa
vors U. It protest against a bureau
cratic strangulation of Alaska and the
public domain. It wants all bogus and
fraudulent claims to Alaska lands and
to public lands everywhere denied
and the swindlers who would rob the
people exposed and punished. There
has been a lot of fraud In Alaska
claims, as there has been much dis
honesty In Its government. But that
la no reason why we should Insanely
say that all claims are fraudulent or
should abolish all government,.
Except for Plnchotlsm we should
have had cheap Alaska coal landed
today at Portland wharves. But Pln
chotlsm has locked up Alaska, and.
In defiance of law and common Justice
to many honest Alaska claimants, has
stopped the development of the terri
tory. The cost to Alaska has been In
calculable: the cost to Oregon heavy;
the burden to worthy cltlsens who
sought to Invest In Alaska ruinous.
The Government of the United
States ought to keep faith with
Alaska. But It has not. and appar
ently It will not. Common fairness,
common Justice and common decency
have-been Ignored by the Washington
bureaucracy. The Oregonlan .wants
Alaska developed. In accordance with
law and In recognition of the lights
of the living. Alaska should not be
Immolated on the altar of a fantastic
and Impractical theory of conserva
tion that would do nothing worth
while now, but w-alt for unborn gen
erations to do It.
TARif-r roB roi.iTirs only.
President Tat has not ' only ac
cepted the challenge which the Dem
ocrats and Insurgents made In pass
ing their three tariff bills, but has
taken the aggressive In such forflble
style as shows him to- be prepared
for a fight on the tariff Issue through
the coming year. In opening his
attack he has branded the policy of
his opponents aa "tariff for polUIca
only" a name which will stick In
the memory and will be .recognlred
by Impartial observers of the pro
ceeding of Congress at the recent
session as truly describing the pur
pose of the tariff bills. It is a name
which the allies will not easily live
down.
The President left nothing unsaid
In his Hamilton speech to show the
Inconsistencies, the blundering and
the sinister motives of the allies. De
mand for Impartial ascertainment of
facts Is followed by hasty action
when those facts could have been se
cured by waiting ninety days. Prom
ise of free raw wool Is broken on the
pretext that a 20 per cent duty Is
necessary to wipe out a deficit, when
no deficit, but a surplus, exists. De
nunciation of logrolling Is forgotten
and logrolling Is resorted to In bring
ing about a compromise between the
two diametrically opposite principles
of tariff for revenue only and pro
tection. The result Is a Wool tariff
which accords with neither principle
and violates both. It Is j hybrid
product of political miscegenation.
As it w as with the wool tariff so with
the free list and cotton tariff. Both
parties to the alliance acted directly
contrary to their professions and
passed bills which they would not
have passed IT they had expected
them to become law. Their design
was to win the favor of all "who desire
tariff reduction without Incurring the
enmity of the protected industries
affected, and. when their pretended
efforts failed to bear fruit, point to
Taft's vetoes and tell the revisionists
that he thwarted them.
That the Democrats only used the
Insurgents aa cats pa s Is evident
from their conduct in regard to the
cotton bill. When the regular Re
publican Senators walked out and
gave the Democrats an adventitious
majority, the latter promptly broke
their agreement to substitute La
Follette's cotton bill for their own.
They passed their own bill and took
up the Insurgent amendments and
passed them, the Insurgents, consist
ent only In their Inconsistency, vot
ing aralnst ' measures which' they
themselves had Initiated, the only
reason being that they would not
help the Democrats steal their thun
der. They played politic from start
to finish.
At the recent session the Demo
crats "put It up" to Taft without suo
cess. The President's speech fore
casts that at the regular session he
will "put It up" to the Democrats In
such forcible style that by no manner
of squirming can they evade the
Issue. When the Tariff Board reports
on wool and cotton they will have
no alternative but to base laws on
them. It is not conceivable that the
Tariff Board's report will Justify any
of the provisions of the Underwood
La Pollette bills, and If the allies pass
bills In accordance with the Tariff
Board's findings, they will Justify
Taft's vetoes. If. In spite of the find
ings of fact, they should attempt to
revive the vetoed bills at the regular
session, they will stand convicted of
blocking revision for another session,
for they will know In advance that
their bills are doomed to be vetoed.
In Including La Follette and his
little band of Insurgents In his con
demnation the President gives no
tice that he regards as Republicans
only those who work with the party
on fundamental question of policy.
The Insurgents cannot continue to
enjoy the privileges of membership In
the Republican party while they vote
with the Democrats. How little they
have In common with their tempo
rary allies Is apparent from the fact
that one of them. Brlstow, Introduced
the amendment to the direct election
bill which aroused Southern anger.
That the Democrats regard them only
as a convenient weapon for use
aglnrt the Republicans is apparent
from the violation by the Democrats
- . .v. Kill
oi ineir agreement va tuw inuu w...
when they found Insurgent aid
unnecessary.
The President has so completely
exposed all tricks, shifts, evasions of
his foe.' anrf his own version of the
tariff doings at the extra session is
so obviously reasonable and true that
he might fairly have begun as Prince
Henry began In addressing Falataff
and his band of bravos: "Mark. no-,
how a plain tale ahall put you down.;
I.OteTBR. rOR THE PACIr'lC.
There Is great hope of the success
ful planting and propagation of the
American lobeier In the waters of
Oregon and , Washington, after many
attempts have failed. This cheering
Information Is Imparted In a volumin
ous bulletin of the United States Bu
reau of Fisheries, written by Dr. Fran
cis Hobart Herrlck. which from Its
thoroughness seems to deserve the title
All that Is worth knowing about the
lobster."
Five attempt's to acclimate the
American lobster on the Pacific Coast
were made between 1874 and 1889,
when E0 animals, some of them with
. were successfully carried across
the continent and distributed all along
the Coast from Monterey Bay to Puget
Sound. Concerning these attempts Dr.
Hugh M. Smith, of the Fisheries Bu
reau, wrote:
No poaltlv ranulta having appeared, th
aperiment a aa rr.i.wid In th Fall of l'".
when a pclal ca-l'.a'l o hnvd lobular.
mimhiHn, mare than all th urevlou plant
combined, waa dlapatched to Puget Sound and
In IV 'i a ami mr axtnive piani.
satins about looo adult lobater. was mart
In tn same water. runner vt'nei n-
wlll Ha mad until tha lobater 1 removed
from th llai of lallurea and recorded a,
areat financial aa well a a saatronomic
ucceaa.
Although Dr. Smith falls to dlstln
guJsh between the two sections, a large
part of the last shipment of lobsters
waa sent to Taqutna Bay, Oregon. Dr.
Herrlck promises perseverance In
propagating lobsters In the Pacific,
saying:
Wa bellev that this bureau ha takrn a
moat commendable atp and In th rlaht
direction, th Initial attempt belns to find
a watar where th Atlantic lobater will
thnva. When thla primary queatlon ha
bean settled, further Importation to that
point. upplmenled in time by artificial
Droiaca:lon. oromla wall for th ventual
earabliahment of new and remote flaherle
which, for all that I now known to the
contrary, may at soma futur day enjoy a
grtater proapatity ven than -those nearer
bom.
Lobsters have been a favorite lux
ury of the Atlantic Coast since the
days of the Pilgrims, who caught them
weighing twenty-five pounds apiece, a
giant one weighing thirty-four pounds.
In 1740 large lobsters sold for "three
halfpence" each, but the price ta now
26 cent a pound, that price being paid
for one weighing 3 pounds 9 ounces.
which la equivalent to 90 cents a
pound for the clear meat. The prod
uct of the lobster fisheries of both
America and Europe has diminished
enormously in the last two decades,
particularly In the United States and
Canada, but the Increase in price has
been such that the present aggregate
value is much larger. The average
size has also much diminished, the
present legal limit of catch being 1 !
pounds. If the lobster should be ac
climated on the Pacific, stringent laws,
strictly enforced, will be necessary to
allow it to grow and multiply.
THE X'EW COVRSB OF STI'DY.
Superintendent Alderman has pre
pared a course of study for the Ore
gon public school which ought to
make every child In the state his
friend forever. The course has three
pre-eminent merit. In the first place
It Is one of the moat practical we have
ever seen, sticking closely to the home
ly common things which are the warp
and woof of life. But while It makes
the simple realities the basis of educa.
tlonal values, this admirable course
does not stop with the material.
Mr. Alderman is never satisfied un
til he ha opened a window toward the
Ideal. Take, for example, what he
has to say to hi, teachers about draw
ing. This Is perhaps the most prac
tical study In the world. Engineers,
carpenters, pattern-makers, masons,
all must know how to draw. But Mr.
Alderman doe not Insist upon the
utility of the art. That he leaves to
be discerned by one' common sense.
What strikes him Is Its Ideal value, the
world of beauty which It reveals.
Children naturally appreciate beauty,
he reminds us, but too often thclrtaste
dies away In the sordid routine of
life. By drawing their Inborn love of
beauty I "developed and may replace
the craving for unwholesome pleas
ure." This Is sound philosophy. Indeed
It Is the comment which runs through
the course of atudy which appeals to
us as its third and very likely Its
greatest merit. Mr. Alderman writes
like a man who has pondered the sub
ject of public education deeply and
with broad comprehension of Its many
sided problems. He seems to under
stand a well as anybody how essen
tial It Is that children should leirn
In school practical things like agricul
ture and manual training, and for
these branches due provision 1 made
In the course of study. But, on the
other hand. It has not escaped him
how fundamentally Important good
health is. What shall It profit a child
If he learn everything there la to be
taught and loses hia eyes in doing It?
Mr. Alderman has much to say about
hygiene, and It Is surprisingly sensi
ble. He seeks to undermine the Im
pregnable stupidity of the public
about fresh air by teaching the young
to breath It and crave it. He rrasps
the-fact that tobacco and alcohol are
not the only menaces to health. Im
pure water is as bad as they are. and
our practical Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction tells the youth of the
state how to avoid contaminated
wells. It is a far cry from' hygienic
wells to cube root. The world jnoves
In spite of all the despairful sights we
see.
But we Insist that the best part of
Mr. Alderman's pamphlet Is Its high
aim. He has hitched his wagon to the
stars, though he never forgets that the
road It must follow Is laid out on solid
ground. In this course correct Eng
lish, for example, 1 something more
than a pious aspiration to be talked
about but never attained. We find
precepts which will actually lead to
the goal If they are followed. The
children are to repeat stories which
the teacher ha told them while she
prunes their language. They will
write out the stories a litgle later.
Best of all. they are to commit poetry
to memory, and we hope they will re
cite It so often that It will become an
unfading possession to them. Noth
ing In the schools of today adequately
replace the Friday afternoon for
"speaking -pieces." which has. unfor
tunately, been abandoned. For some
timid children It was a trial to stand
up before the whole district and "speak
a piece." No doubt those who found
It too painful should have been ex
cused, but for most of the pupils the
day was one of pleasurable triumph
and the bit of verse and prose which
they memorised for the grand occasion
were never forgotten. They remained
in the memory a standards of lan
guage. Ideals which must have told for
correct expression even If they were
never lived up to.
It is sometimes Questioned by writ-
fers whether our schools and colleges
really promote the use of correct
English. The language of children's
"compositions" 1 so frightfully self
conscious and prim that It cannot
help much to form good habtls.
Doubtless they dislike it aa much as
they do Sunday clothes and are only
too glad to lapsA into the rude vernac
ular as soon a they get out of school.
As for the colleges, they certainly
strive to make their students speak
and write good English, but the tide
of fashion runs strongly the other way,
A college student who wishes to be In
the swim must speak slang on the
street. In the ballroom, on the athletic
field. If he uses correct speech where
slang Is possible, he betray his social
deficiency. College songs are com
posed In a sort of argot. They seldom
condescend to good sense or good Eng
lish. In the face of such a fashion, what
effect are the professors homilies
likely to have? As a rule bachelors
of arts speak no more correctly than
mechanics. All the more need, than,
for Mr. Alderman' resolve to begin
language practice early and co'ntlnue
it long. In this particular, a In oth
ers his recommendations are so well
considered that they cannot help be
ing Incalculably useful If they are
heeded. If Mr. Alderman's authority
were commensurate with his stand
ards, Oregon would have ideal public
schools before his term of office ends.
The Minnesota farmer who has
found by experience that horses can
work by night with less exhaustion
than by day In the hot season has em
phasized a useful fact. Were we all
wise the world's work would be done,
not by night perhaps, but In the cool
of themomlng and evening. Dur
ing the blazing midday hours effort
would cease.. Some would sleep and
some would play, but none would toll
under the sun's vertical rays.
What la more persistent than super
stition? Mrs. Dowie announces that
she will found a second "Zion" after
the model of the late John Alexan
der's, and apparently the faithful are
ready to flock to her fold. Dowie had
some Ideas on economic subjects
which were well worth putting into
practice if they could have been Iso
lated from his fanaticism. Perhaps
his widow will preserve his good sense
and discard his folly.
The great salmon pack of the Co
lumbia River this season is at least
partly due to the fishery law passed
Jointly by the Legislatures of Wash
ington and Oregon after the passage
of the two Oregon Initiative bills had
thrown the Industry Into a hopeless
tanele. It prove also that our re
sources can and will be conserved as
efficiently by state a oy federal ac
tion. The cruiser Boston has proved the
excellence of the harbors of Portland
and Coo Bay by going in and out
without difficulty. If the Navy de
partment could only be inveigled into
sending a battleship to Portland, the
department would finally be convinced
that Its maps are out of date and
would get new ones.
The Flnel'sh strikes demonstrate
that the course of peace is In the
hands of the workingmen. By strik
ing simultaneously the trades en
tra traA in transDortatlon oaralyzed the
traffic of the nation. If they were to
strike against carrying troops and
military supplies, they couia prevent
war.
In contrast with the deadly panic In
the moving picture show at Cannons
burg, Pa., after all danger from fire
was -past is the daring and coolness
of the Oregon City mother who res
cued her baby from a burning home.
Another effort will be tnada to pre
vent execution of murderer Webb, and
in these days of miscarriage of Justice
his attorneys may not. be blamed for
using every subterfuge to thwart the
law. Yet they but prolong the agony.
if ViA nrlmarr nominating election
'
is to be held sevqjf months before
the November election, many a suc
cessful candidate will be elected and
forgotten before the voter has final
opportunity to mark his ballot.
"
If the fortune Inherited by the two
rvl brothers of Spokane Is Hke
many other English "fortunes, the
brothers did wisely to continue work
ing at their trades, pending arrival
of the money.
Another victim of attempt to board
a moving car lie In a local hospital
with a broken back, nigh unto death.
Warnings are many, but each un-.
fortunate thinks he can do it "this
time."
T.awaon m a.v take a sDOrtinj;
chance on the tock exchange with
out legal Interference, but when he
raffles a horse and buggy at a county
fair he Is going too far.
Tha wreck on the Lehigh Valley is
now said to be due to a rail that
was defective when It left the rolling
mill. One excuse Is as good as an
other.
If Industrial trouble can be averted
those who bring about such solution
will be given full credit. This is no
time for labor disturbance.
It has come to the point where
fatal accidents at automobile and
aviation meet are expected and taken
as a matter of course.
Those Hood river "fellers" seem to
be determined to keep In the lead.
They now talk of hauling their fruit
in auto trucks.
The new vehicle law will revive
the fashion of sidelight that adorned
the doctor gig half a century ago.
The halo that surrounds a Federal
court Is too sacred to be shattered
by common or uncommon people.
The fate of free newspapers in
Oklahoma showed the people took
them at their value.
Onlv a few days are left for the.
straw hat and the bathing gift. ,
MR. CHURCH AND CONSERVATION
He Has Vision of Gobbllnar Trnsfa mmd
Wicked Gnasrenhelma.
PORTLAND, Aug. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) It Is very manifest to the read
ers of The Oregonlan that it is wholly
antagonistic to the prevailing cry that
Is being sedulously raised that some
of the remaining possessions of the
Government should be held as a
usufruct of the people rather than to
be shoveled into the maw of Big In
terest. The Oregonian's principal rea
son seems to be that because it has
been permitted in the past it shoud
be continoed in the future.
There are few that are so bold, in
Dublic view, to proclaim that the ad
mltted wrongs by which the most ot
our National assets in the way ot mine
timber and . coal have been absorbed
under cover of loose and fjagitous
laws, made purposely to contribute to
the cud of corporation control, should
be continued until the last vestige of
natural ownership ha ceased.
Cannot The Oregonlan get in line
with almost unanimous sentiment with
Roosevelt. PInchot and that first one
on the firing line. Glavls, who have
succeeded in bringing this wholesale
spoliation to a halt, ever if a few mil
lionaires have by this frustration suf
fered in the loss of a few dollars In
their abortive attempt?
I am sure there will be few found
weeping. In common with Taft and
The Oregonlan, that tho famous Guggenheim-Morgan
attempt at gaining
possession of one large coal field be
hind Controller Bay was thwarted.
Can The Oregonlan not find common
ground with the great majority of its
readers who will be grlad if Congress
will direct that railroads be con
structed at public expense, with docks,
at which to receive 'the coal for cost
at which ships' may call for roads to
deliver dow-n the Coast?,
The Oregonlan Is well aware that
for manufacturing we are greatly in
need of the cheapest of fuel In order
that we may successfully compete with
the East in the .great race for commer
cial supremacy the operation of the
Panama Canal will thrust upon us.
Does It think the coal fields of Alaska,
If Morganlzed, as it seems to prefer,
which : also controls the railroad sys
tems across the Continent, will give
us fuel -cheap enough from Alaska, it
they control it, to in any way help
the manufacturer here, as against the
manufacturer in the East, whose prod
ucts they wish to freight our way?
Notwithstanding its desire that, the
Alaska coal fields fall to the Interests
it favors, let me ask The Oregonlan
to give some concern for the future ot
the City of Portland and the cities of
all the Coast, so that The Oregonlan
may .become proportionately greater.
too. CHARLES P. CHURCH.
PLEA FOR MOINT HOOD COMPANY.
Correspondent Believe Near Railway
la Infatrly Treated by Council.
PORTLAND. Aug. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) It seems unfortunate that a
great enterprise like the Mount Hood
Electric Railway cannot secure a fran
chise to enter the City of Portland
The officials did not seek an entrance
into the city until they had expended
a very large amount of money as evi
dence of their good faith and ability
to keep any contract they might enter
Into with the city. The objection to
granting tne cortlpany a temporary
permit to construct a streetcar line
from East Eightieth street and Villa
avajnue eaet to connect with their line
at Ninety-second street is unsatisfac
tory. During the Simon administration, as
during the Lane administration, the
matter of. the Mount Hood Company
holding; some adverse right to the
waters, of the Bull Run River' was
threshed out. and a great many people
assumed that a satiefactory and con
clusive settlement had been reached,
and now when the owners of the
abutting property petition the Council
to grant the Mount Hood Railway a
temporary right to construct a street
car track to their station on Villa ave
nue, he Council, in my opinion, should
grant the request. It would be of
great benefit to the people, saving the
half-mile walk through the dust. How
Inconsistent the position taken by
Councilman McGuire in refusing this
petition of the people, saying he would
vote for no special privilege to a cor
poration, then the very next measure
coming before the Council was a like
pet'tion from Twohy Bros., which Mr.
McGuire supported. If this report is
correct his action is contrary to the in
terest of tho people.
Should tho petition be refused for
the reason the company has had some
little difficulty with its electric labor
ers? Are there not other and more Im
portant reasons for the continuous re
fusal to grant t.his great 'enterprise a
right to enter our city? Nothing has
come, to Portland in years that Is of so
much Importance to the eastern portion
of the city and all the rich territory
east as the Mount Hood Electric Com
pany. It is beyond the knowledge of
a large portion of the people of the
city why this company is compelled to
fight for yeans for every inch of right
of way into the city, and is met with
bitter opposition at every point. Is it
not possible that the people would fare
better If there was a little less politics
and more business In theouncll?
C. B. LA FOLLETTE.
10 East Eighty-first street. North.
OREGON NEWCOMER IS PUZZLED.
He Wonders What Impelled First Dl-
trlet In Choice of Representative.
BEAVERTON. Or., Aug. 27. (To the
Editor.) As I have only been a resi
dent of the fair state of Orejp some
seven monfha there is much twout the
state and its politics for me to learn
thit to the residents of many years
In this state Is j simple and common
knowledge.
There is one thing I feel the need
of more light upon Just now, and that
is the Honorable A. W. Lafferty. His
letter of August 17 to the voters of
Oregon does contain some interesting
information. It whet my appetite for
more. I am new here and I would like
to know what district he represents In
Congress, and how the voters of -his
district happened to let him steal "first
base. He tells us he is captain of the
Congressional baseball team, but he
overlooks to mention the score of laxt
week's game. But perhaps he will let
us know aboui these thing soon.
Is this man Lafferty of such magni
ficent dimensions politically that we
should overlook that he harbors bats
In his social belfry? His letter of
August 17 alone Is reason enough to
request hi resignation. He will at
least be worthless in Congress till he
rets married, and who would want to
marrv him now?
DAVID LINGMAN.
Double Eagle of isr.i.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Aug. 23. (To the
Editor.) Please inform me if a $20
gold piece dated 1852 and without the
words "In God we trust" Is of more
than face value. E. H.
The words "In God we trust" were
not printed on United States coins un
til the '60s. All 820 gold pieces of 1852
are without the words and are worth
face value only.
- The Familiar Keyhole.
Puck.
The Cop Which of these houses do
you live in?
Mr. Jaggs Take me all 'long the
street, Iemme try every door, and the
only one I can't open ish mine.
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS ON LATE
CONGRESSIONAL SESSION.
Scan not the Congressional record .
My son. to find hist'ry therein, ',
But remember Its contents is largely
Not what was, but what might have
been.
Think p'ou to Judge of the doings
Of men who are makers of laws.
When you count in the Congressmen's
speeches.
The bracketed "cheers and applause."
If "cheers and applause" waxed too
frequent.
And the speaker should fear writer's
cramp.
Would it render the cheering less
fervent,
Were it done with a nice rubber
stamp?
Do you dream, oh my son of the thou
sands Who listened with ears opened wide?
Forget not how many might duck it.
And smoke In the lobby outside.
If one be new come Into Congress,
To fight for the commonwealth's good.
There's really no need that he mention
The fact of his bachelorhood.
The people may read with some
pleasure,
A young Representative's speeches.
But fail to appreciate duly
His rhapsodies penned about
"peaches."
Then youth, if thou wrltest a letter.
Play safe, tear discreetly and burn it;
Thereby saving much explanation.
If her father should call to return it.
Much marvelled I in the late session.
And sat with excitement agog,
As I watched the Insurgent appendage
Try to wag the Congressional dog.
Insurgent-Republican were thef.
And therefore great marvel was mine
That the tail was most readily always
Hooked onto a Democrat spine.
Strange was it not. how that caudal
Contingent was pestered and nagged,
When spite of the "good of the Na
tion" The dog was not readily wagged.
A tariff board should be created
From this howl much Joy they
Strange then, they could not delay
action
'Til the board, they had called for
arrived.
When wool was laid out for the flaying.
How the East and the South got to
gether; But later J whispered of cotton.
And they said, "It is beautiful
weather!"
I said to my soul. "Ah 'tis lovely.
Their unselfish fight for the people."
And back my soul answered me calmly.
"Aw shoo the . bats out of ryour
steeple!"
Then looking again on the turmoil.
Beheld I the aim of their craft.
With wool tariff spade they were dlg-
A nice hole to stow away Taft.
And behold the muck rakers were
ready
To rake the soft sod over it;
Just one thing they hadn't prepared
for
That Taft and the hole didn't fit.
Insurgency's mills may grind slowly.
The whole extra session aiong,
But somehow after all of their grind
ing,
Taft keens right on coming back I
strong.
The long session finally was ended,
Ann viewina- the facts one by one.
I pondereTl full long and full deeply
To figure out wnai naa Deen uune.
And scratching my head, low I whisp
ered
To my soul, "Well, at least make
confession.
That they've done a great work for
the people.
In this recent Congressional session.
But lo, as I bent dowu and listened
For the answer my soul might turn
loose.
Mr- soul looked at me with calm pity.
Ana Baiu HDciv, " " 1
Dean Collins.
Portland, August 27. 1911.
You and I.
If I were you (and an Optimist),
I'd rave of the beauty of hills sun
kissed. Of the cloudless sky serenely bright.
Of the health-giving virtues of warm
sunlight;
I'd stroll through the parks with a
moist, happy smile.
Mopping my brow with contentment
the while;
I'd revel in sleeping with only a sheet
For cover at night; I'd freely stand
treat.
Thinking meanwhile with a Joy quite
Immense
That a good ice-cream soda costs only
ten cents:
I'd cheerfully bear dust, mosquitoes
and bliss.
With each slight annoyance my spirits
would rise;
Sour cream in my coffee would cause
no dismay;
When my last fainting collar would
fail a nnite away.
I'd Joyfully hunt up that old celluloid
My wife made me promise like sin to
avoid:
No mundane thermometer'd e'er mar
m v bliss
If I were but you (and an Optimist!)
p-.a.
Tint alnca I am I (and a Pessimist),
I Just say confound it that I must exist!
. 1 iza DC L ri vvauace.
Corvallis, Or.
Solace?.
It's good to know, when his work is
done
And the laborer homeward repairs,
Though the world recks not of the
poor man s lot.
There's someone at home who cares,
nd it fine to feel in a world of sin,
whan ho'i met and resisted Its snares.
There's someone on earth who knows
his worth,
Someone who really cares. '
Oh, the solace to him who strives;
To him who sutlers ana aares.
On this gray old sphere to have one
near,
Who is faithful and always cares.
And well for him who runs the race.
Or the heat or tne Duraen Dears,
If come what will of good or ill
There s someone somewnere wno
cares.
Mary H. Force.
Portland, August 23. 1911.
A Serenade.
A youth went forth to serenade
The lady he loved best,
And by her home at evening
When the sun had gone to rest
He warbled until daylight.
And would have warbled more.
But morning light disclosed a sign,
"To Let," upon' the floor.
Charles Houston Gondlss.
By William C. Freeman.
I have repeatedly made the state
ment in these stories that Ms; copy la
not eaaentinl to an advertlxina; auccea.
Small advertisements, if run with per
alatency and rcealarlty, will build a
permanent and aueresaful business.
Wallach Brothers, of New York, are
a standing illustration of this fact.
They started in business in 1SS7 In a
small store, 7 by 15 feet, with a cap
ital of a little over $1000.
They commenced to advertise in
April, 1SS8. in w hich month they spent
f37.04 in the newspapers not a big
amount, although It was big for the
firm at that time but Mb enough to
make a little iiiiprenalon on the public.
They pcraiafed in their advertising,
each month adding all they could af-,
ford to the appropriation. The buslnea -crrw
aloniy but nurely. They now
own frve Mores in New York, and their
business has grown to be one of the
largest of its kind In the city.
Their advertising appropriation at
the present time Is between five and
six thousand dollars per month. Al
nioat all of thla money la apent In the
newspapers.
Their advertising announcements are
plain and straightforward, and they
alwaya make their claims srood.
The success of Wallach Brothers
proves that It Is persistent atlvertlalng
.within the limitations of a business
that brine; actual result.
Any firm, no matter how small, that
advertises regularly and backs up
that advertising with reliable mer
chandise can attain the same meas
ure of success.
Steady, eonslatent advertising will
btlild a atrady, eonaiatent buslnea.
(To be continued.)
Country Town Sayings by Ed Howe
(Copyright. 11)11. by George iltthew Adun.a.
After a man has once occupied a
big position, he usually continues big
feeling as long as he lives.
When 1 see a man go into a dentist's
office. I can't help wondering whethei
he is going to have his tooth filled or
pulled.
Experience shows that successful
men usually make their money at home.
Much of the unhapplness In the world
Is due to people expecting something
that can't happen.
A man who is alw.-rs complaining li
always willing to exaggerate.
Every time a really smart woman
looks at a man, she thinks to herself;
"How easily you men are fooled."
No wonder the teacher knows , se
much: she has the book.
Hard working people have lots ol
Idle time they forget about.
Women have a number of longings,
but what they long for most Is a little
income of their own.
Few men are as good as the advice
they give.
Mean husbands and fathers are not
as common as they used to be; civiliza
tion bluffs the mean man more ano
more every year.
Brad's Bit o' Verse
(Copyright, lull, by W. IX Men,.)
I went to church the other night, and
I was sad and pensive; for all the week
I'd waged a fight with toil that was in
tensive. An usher bowed me to my
place with neatness and precision; I
closed iry eyes in fervent grace ami
roamed through fields Elyslan; but
soon my errant thoughts were curbed
no, not by hymn or praying; a ragtime
tune my peace disturbed the village
band was playing; and then the choir
got up and sang with speed that fairly
clattered; it made me feel like saying
"damn" my pious mood wa shattered.
So many weary hearts were there to
hear the sweet, glad tidings the
preacher dished them up a pair of mo
tion picture slidings; I'm patient, mod
erate and slow, and not the least con
trary; but when they sprung that cur
tain show. I beat it for the prairie.
Thffc- went to church In Olden times
with sorrow and contrition; they told
the tale of primal crimes and preached
of dark demnition; they took poor
trembling, quaking souls, for love, anil
mercy yearning, and yanked them over
red-hot coals, then snatched them from
the burning. It was a fierce and awe
some way to save the dying millions:
but it looked better any day than
churchly vaudevillyans.
Portland an IVheat-ExportlnB Point.
PORTLAND, Aug. 27.-1 To the Edi
tor.) In course of conversation with a
resident of Salt Lake City during a
recent visit there. I stated that the
Port of Portland either shipped about
one-fifth of the total annual wheat crop
of the United States, or that one-fifth
of the total crop of the country 1?
grown in the belt embracine Eastern
Oregon and Eastern Washington, I did
not know which, neither of which was.
granted.
I may be in error, but it occurs tc
me that I read some such statement in
the columns of The Oregonlan at some
time or other.
I would thank you for definite in
formation on the subject. .
LAWRENCE MANNING.
During the cereal year of 1910-11
Portland exported 7,345,784 bushels of
wheat, valued-at $6,314,303, of a total
of 23,388,619 bushels, worth $21. 696, 335,
that was floated from the United States
to foreign lands. In the wheat expor
tation 15 customs-nouse oisiricis iiai
tlcipated. Portland leading all with
hearlv one-third of the output and Pu
get Sound was second with 3,997,43d
bushels, valued at $3,461,200.
Grounds or Aator Divorce.
PORTLAND, Aug. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) Will you please answer the fo':
lowing questions with reference to
John Jacob Astor, who is soon to
marry Mis Madeleine Force? First
What was the cause of divorce from
his former wife? Second What is. tl
amount of Jils wealth at the -present,
time? SUBSCRIBER.
A statutory offense on the part of
Colonel A-stor was the ground on
which Mrs. Ava Willing Astor obtained
a decree of divorce. Colonel Astor's
wealth has heen variou-sly estimated at
from ,100,000.000 to $200,000,000.
Analysis of Water.
GILMER, Wash., Aug. 24. (To the
Editor.) I would like to have some
water from a spring examined and I
have heard there are places that exam
ine it free of charge. Please let me
knowaddrefcs of such a place.
MRS. S. A. STEVENS.
The chemistry department of the
Washington State College at Pullman.
Wash., would probably analyze the
water free of charge.