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f in the ir-f.nth of h! pl.itforrn
i!e.i;e t. r'i-'e the t.irlff by rail nwr a
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AMrtch. I'nyne and
r.mnon. They !. liberated for nmnths
n,! evilve.l ; tariff. The Pn-ehlcnt
v i- ti.it e.it!'i'd. and .t ;I go; but ho
runiptl'.i.l ttu in to accept a provision
f..r a . r.rp.i iti m tax ami a nun-parti-
4:1 t trirr 1m iini. which were lncor-t-orf.l
in t'ie t.iri'T bill. He txprc.--ly
r.i; I that s. hr.l ile K (wmilll was "ln
ri. fersihlr." but thoiia-Kt it was a bet
ter l-ill tit. in the ixi.-:inr nteiLsure. ami
r. 'i;.-icg t make -ny praniistand ap
peal t. the niunir), h approved ii.
i'l .''r. S er.strutn inform Tho
nr..-.ii:n what is the matter with
th" r.i; tie-.!.!r! h act that was ;iot
tiie nistt.-r i:h every other protective
lit.f bill ever enacted In the United
Slat..? r. es he object to the cor-'P'-r
tti'in tax? !.rs h disapprove tho
t.iri'T b'laril? IWs he' oppose the rev-
iiue-proiliii in,;; qualities if tne mil
Would be have vetoed the bill, if he
It. tl been i're.-ident. defeating; cor
poration tax. tariff board, mlequato
revi-tiiio arul all?
Irt no man who is a Rood citizen
iiri'i uinil patriot condemn a I'resi-ib-iit
who is aI.--o :i cnml citizen and
otind patrl t for any jexecutive act
aithotit full ."nd fair investigation
"I'd under.tani!ln; ff Jill the ronill-.i-ir.s.
rc-iuJons and jiunioses.
tit iih mini: it 1 l.K.
In hol'linsr that the 8t. Johns an
nexation :i ll'iiral the Supreme
I'ourt has construed In still another
particular i-ttinii 2 cf arti.ie XI nf
the st.ite constitution. Since lw re
enactment In 1S10 with certain provi
sions concerninK; the licenlnc reprulat
tnc ami pro'iibitlnir of the sale of II
Hior this K-ction V.us lux-ome popu
larly known as the "home rule"
mendment. It wns first enacted
without the laiitor-roeuiiitinn feature
to fit a 1. al ami specific situation, if
lr-r ni.irv Is not r.t fault. Very soon
therraftir It was discovered that it
eprtvci the la t::;-latiiro of authority
tr. . rente r.evv i-otir.tles. In 1910 it re
nlt. .! in kii evertlow of local county
i';i:on nua;irts to h- voted upn
,i the Mate at large. In 1110 the
Ihome rule ;ii;ii..r irt.iion w.ut tacked
tort snd lhL p'c.a.se I. as require,! two'
Supreme t'ourl tlecLsions to cive the
vot.r f'e.tr conception of uhat they
had tlonr.
A.-t ori'irif to ti e dei i-ion In the
,-t. Johns f.ie it Is fir from being; a
i"ho:ne-r jt"' amendment in t.ne ini
r rt ir.t partii til.vr. It U held that In
.. . -rpor-xte.l c-ti.-s or towns may not
. ti-o:i.' ite rxiftit by vote of all the
T-eopte of the state. As the law now
itir.U .1 t!:.tr;ct h.nlni; ISO inhabi
tants. m.i in.-, rpornte as a town, by
iit.rvln certain formalities) and vot
i afirniatlv ly thereon. I'.ut once
.1 ton It mnt a!was remain a town.
ntnv annex nnlncorpor it.-d run
i.".io:ij territory hut cannot Join ltef
to another c tv. The constitution g-tyes
city authority t.v enact or amend
its charter but n.ot to .e-roy it. The
t;e. i.nlv. niy d- th.it. A new
e-uhtirb. ItXe I'nrkrose. for example,
jnay re.tdiiy ireorporate b,- vote of Its
s.wn elector, but If It does it I.s for-
ver Kirrrd from annexation to I'ort-
I. n.l unli's" the voters of the entire
wt.tte . M'til thereto. According; to
II. is latest opinion tha con.t!.lation
t f Sen.-oJrt and A c.vt rteis.!e Is ap
V.retitiy lncffet tive and prolmbly one
r two ether recent annexation of
ahurKs by 1-irs.-. r tow ns are invalid.
It is not a re.tonable conclusion
to.it the voters in adopting thus con
st titior.il aitten.iVmi nt had the least
thonjthr of placing upon th vot-rs
at int.'.. ttio taj-k of deciding purely
Jn-.tl iuentior.-. Yet literally con-
Ktr'te.l the amen.lment d es Just that
In ton an 1 city consolidation and
co'.irtv division issues. There is a
w 1 !!-i(. vt loped antipathy held by the
r-'orlo at larue to the submission to
t.ieni of li"l mut'ers. it win shown
in the lir.'-at In 1510 of every county
!i.t.i..n and county ai.ntxatlon bill.
The f. H ti if. moreover. Is a proper
tne. It i. impossible for thj voior
k ( one ecti'n of Oregon to form an
honest Opinion upon an issue that af
f.cts or.ly the voters of another and
remote section. The situation is
therefore wholly undesirable and U
ems can bo remedied only by fur
ther amendment of the constitution.
The result In this case also provides
another admonitory lesson as to the
isdom of enactlne constitutional
amendments that havo not been pre
pared by or submitted to competent
legal S'tVlsers.
Incidentally it may be mentioned
hat the St. Johns opinion is one that
.miild he within the scope of Colonel
. ; r,rv It's proposed "Kecall of De-
1-1 ins." I!ut with that novel plan
t.i force we would be in no better con-
prer
inir. We till would have a local is
sue to be decided by the whole people.
We can now refer the issue to the
voters at large by Initiative, not as
n matter of nverrldlnir court and con
stitution, but rsj an orderly question
4n which an affirmative or negative
answer would In results mean the
same as tho decision under the IJoose-
. , , .
velt scheme. Or by no jn-eater effort
we can amend the constitution to
permit annexation or consolidation of
, . . . l. , ,..j
citiej. by vote of the people affected.
Itecall of decisions would be of no
more value In the St.
Johns or any
other case In Oregon than would a
fifth wheel be to a watron.
IF WK H.L MNfiLE TAX.
When is the single tax not single I
tax? When It proposes a sinRle (land)
tax plus some other Ttind of a tax
(franchise tax) and plus one more tax
(inheritance tax). The singie-taxers
wrou.d not put the entire burden on
the rnmlt.wner. Oh, no. They would
pet the coriKiratlons and the rich es-
l.ttt-a of deceased persona. ' Or they
say they would. But they would ex
empt many, many present gourcesof
lejrltlmato taxation.
The sinfle-taxer would exempt
money, notes and accounts.
The slnple-taxer would exempt every
bank and every other great financial
institution.
The slngle-taxer would exempt the
g;rr-at mercantile establishments and
Jobbing houses.
The stngle-taxer would exempt man
ufactures of all kinds.
The glngrle-taxer would have no
state Income or corporation tax.
The single-taxer would exempt the
automobile of the rich man; but he
would tax the home site of the poor
man.
The slnple-taxer would exempt the
saloons from any tax even license
tax.
The sinjrie-taxer would exempt the
accumulations of wealth and property
of every kind.
The slngle-taxer g;ets the landowner
only. ("an the farmer, the home
owner and the lot-owner bear the
whole burden of state, county and city
taxation?
Tiir rw road biij.s.
The Impulse of the state Is Renulne
lv toward good roads. All want Rood
roads, and all realize their enormous
value to the development of the coun
try. Hut no two persons agree exactly
on methods. It is easy enough to talk
and preach good roads, but it Is not
easy to devise any comprenenilve
working plan of financing and building
them.
The West, good road bills have been
virtually abandoned. The objections
to them came from every quarter and
were based on various good reasons.
A 140.000,000 scheme embracing ten
or more years, was too daring. Coun
ties w-rre not willing to surrender local
control. A political machine mlRht
and probably would bo created
through expenditure of so vast a sum
of money.
Now the Governor's compromise
committee proposes new measures and
has caused their publication for the
purpose of inviting suggestions and
criticisms. So far no proposal for
change or modification has come from
nny source. Tho public Is cither well
satisfied with them or It is not Inter
ested In the subject. It should be.
The bills distinctly recognize the
principle of local or county control;
they apportion only a small part of the
fund to be raised by state taxation to
the exclusive direction of the State
Hoard: they provide for a highway
commissioner with supervisory pow
ers: they remove any suspicion of an
organized political machine: they
make a most equitable and discrim
inative distribution of state funds to
the counties.
The proposal now is to raise 1 1.000, -000
per annum for a period of years
through the sale of state bonds for
road purposes. The former measure
provided for 11,000.000 per year for
ten years, with an equal expenditure
by the counties. The only question
now as to these measures. The Orego
rlan thinks. Is its to the amount of
state bonds. That question the voters
of the state will soon be called upon
to decide.
nttu. vix wrrji isrouMKR -x-ii:m:i).
The practice of procuring evidence
of land fraud by promise of Immunity
to Informers met with stern condem
nation from United States Judge
Iletrlch. of Idaho, when he dismissed
the civil suits of the Government
against Kcttcnbach. Kcster. Kobnett
and others to recover title to land they
were accused of having obtained by
fraud. The Judge brushed aside as
unworthy of creIence the protesta
tions of the prosecution that Robnett
had been given no reason to expect
Immunity, holding that all the cir
cumstances pointed to the opposite
conclusion.
Tho Iewiston land-fraud cases and
the bank embezzlement cases growing
out of them have been dragging
through the courts for seven years.
Accused of procuring men to locate
timber land by advancing money for
expenses and by making contract be
forehand to buy the land, Kettonbach.
Kester. Dwyer, Kobnett and other,
were indicted. They were convicted,
and appeals to the Circuit Court are
now pending. It was subsequently
tILscovered that the money with which
they conducted their land operations
was 'embezzled from tho bank of
which Kettenbach, Kester and Rob-
r.ett were officers. They were indict
ed for this offense and Kobnett turned
informer. He testified that, when he
saw that Kettenbach and Kester were
using the bank's funds for their land
operations, he began to do the same
and to speculate In orchard land; that
he told Kettenbach 'he waa doing so
and that Kettenbach consented, but
warned him not to take more than
S 10.000 at any one time. He stole
S 33.000. and the total amount stolen
by all three men waa I1J7.000. AH
three men were convicted on Novem
ber 14. 1911. and Kettenbach and
Kester were each sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary and Kobnett
to ten years. On the very day sen
tence was passed. Robnett was par
doned by President Taft on recom
mendation of the prosecuting officers.
Judge Dietrich expressed his opin
ion of this transaction In dismissing
the civil suits. He showed that It was
proved by other witnesses that Rob
nett had Induced men to commit per
jury; that Robnett's testimony on one
occasion directly contradicted that
w hich he had siren on another. He
1 1
land purchases "seems to have been
almost wholly wanting." and thus dis
credited Kohnetfs testimony ajruinst
them. He . discussed the probability
that, having been led to expect par
don, Robnett perjured himself in giv-
. m evidence in tne nun ci.- ...
j words:
, It l not to be umMl that any of the
I offlrcra of the lioveriiment ulil knowln-
j ,v ,ncoura!e or cnumrriaQK a faiaifiraiion
of the facta by him. but beina consriona
"t the far, that l; re. of th.j P'"''';
of tht bank indictments hta liberty w
I lmrwrlf WIIhlo lh ,,ow,r of the Pr.erutinit
! officers, titer muit have been preaent to
I an unusual lm, the atronit inaucemeni.
unner s men an aeromoiire imiurin..
f.ea, to give such evidence, as In his juuk
ment. itoulrt tend to Ingratiate him In the
good will of thoae upon whom he waa de
pendent. It la quite Incredible that he did not
learn from some source that the prusecutlon.
aa a rule, la not ur.itraff ul for Information
furnished hy persons charged with crime,
and his hnj that he might profit by such
consideration prove not to have been en
tirely unfounded for. subsequently to his
, giving teuimnny
In several cases, it is
Z.XXTVy VraTA "an
,i,..iuie pardon.
J The practice of procuring evidence
in land frnud cases by instiKatinfr one
of the guilty persons to testify against
his associates, which is commonly loi
lowed by land officers, has been re
peatedly condemned by The Orego
nian as offering a premium on
perjury. Tt is now condemned for the
same reasons by a Federal Judge who,
having tried this whole series of Lew -Iston
cases, U in the best position to
form an unbiased opinion os to the
viclousncss of this practice. The re
sponsibility for the evil done rests with
the vpeciul agents, iwho collected, and
with tho prosecutors who used, the
informer's evidence after having in
some way conveyed to his mind the
belief that Immunity whs the price to
be paid him. The event proved that
this belief was well founded and the
men who carried out the bargain can
not evade culpability.
laMK.KAVT! rl-A K.l ON FARMS.
How great demand there is from
farmers for laborers and how much
good may be accomplished in finding
employment for Immigrants on farms
instead of leaving them to crowd the
already congested cities is shown by
the work of the Immigration Bureau.
A division of information has been
created with a branch office in New
York, and has also developed into an
immigrants' employment office. Men
have been sent to Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska, Illinois and other Western
states In response to Inquiry from
farmers and the immigration officials
have received letters from both em
ployers and workmen expressing satis
faction with their bargain. In one
case the immigrant took a homestead
in Nebraska w ithin a year after he was
sent to work for a farmer in that state.
ThLs office is a good, practical
means of placing immigrants where
they are wanted and taking them
away from the coast, where they only
glut the labor market. The same ma
chinery fur finding work for immi
grants should be placed on the Pacific
Coast, when the completion of the
Panama Canal opens the way for di
rect steamship lines from Kurope to
this coast. Immigrants are most
wanted in the interior of the North
west to develop the land. They are
not wanted in the seaports, where they
would be more likely to develop slums.
It Is not even now too early to prepare
for their reception.
AMKKKAN UKM.R Al'IIKKS.
Not very many years ago an Eng
lishman named Sir Lepel Oriffin made
a flying trip to the United States, and
on reaching his native shores again
naturally gave his countrymen the ripe
fruit of his three weeks' sojourn. His
conclusions were finally summed up In
the verdict that "Americans Inck dis
tinction." Whnt he meant was that
we all look, think, talk and act alike.
This opinion of us is fairly common
among Englishmen, even those who
make some claims to superior Intelli
gence. Mr. Hryco, for example, finds
In Americans "a tendency to uniform
ity." and mont foreign visitors to this
country agree with him. Allen John
son, writing In the current number of
the Yale Review, believes that "so far
as this Impression has been received
from biographical literature It is not
unfair. Too many biographies," ha
remarks, "have been written by liter
ary hacks who have no eye for local
color or individual characteristics.
Their highest ambition seems to be to
rescue their hero from humble sur
roundings and to thrust him into a
Senatorial frock coat." But now and
then "latter-day statesmen are mus
tered Into wrvlce" to compose biogra
phies and then "the results are not
happier." The conviction that be
cause a man has held office he must
necessarily know a great deal about
his predecessors Is only too often er
roneous. Mr. Johnson does not admit that ''to
the true artist" American lffe is want
ing In local color. He Is impressed
with the circumstance that our eco
nomic and geographical conditions are
widely diverse and from this diversity
there can hardly help resulting a great
difference of local traits. The com
mon people of tho South differ mark
edly from those of New England. Ore
gontan have many traits which Cali
fornktns do not possess, and between
two states so near together as Wiscon
sin and Illlnyd close observers find as
tonishing varieties of speech and con
duct. The older fashion of biography
was to treat the career of a man as if
he had been the sole author of his own
fortunes and misfortunes. His envi
ronment was mentioned only casually,
if at all. His constituents were not
deemed worth much reference if he
was a statesman. The economic revo
lutions which caused the divagations
of his political career were lightly
skipped over. The biographer stuck
so closely to the llgure of the man that
he lost the opportunity to explain him.
This nst-thod received high sanction
from Ralph Waldo Emerson, ncho said
In one of his essays that "every Insti
tution Is the prolonged shadow of
some individual." thus reversing the
actual fact of the case. Men, as we
now concede, are the products of the
institutions under which they live, in
large part. To be sure, they react on
the environment which fashions them,
but before they begin to react they
are already formed and fixed.
Thomas Carlyle strengthened the
hold of the ancient "hero fallacy"
upon the mind of the world. In his
view all there is of any value in civili
zation has been the work of great he
roes whom we ought to adore and
humbly serve. Following out to Its
natural consequences a philosophy of
this sort, one school nf American btog.
raphers has produced a shelf of freaks
utterly unlike human beings. They
resemble nothing so much as the mar
ble figures of statesmen which one
sees scattered about the City of Wash
ington. Contrasted with these unfor
tunate writers of biography there is
anothers school which Is fully as bad,
but Its badness Is at the other extreme.
These authors do not permit the indi
vidual to count for anything. The en
vironment is all in all. In pursuance
of their theory they heap up memo
randa, print vast collections of
"sources," shovel barrels of letters
into book form, and in the end give
us an immense chaos of materials
from which biography might be made,
but no biography. Every reader of
current literature is sadly familiar
with these monstrosities which pass
for "lives." The "Life of Lincoln" by
Nlcolay and Hay was not by any
means one of the worst of them,
though it Is probably the hugest, but
It was saved only by Hay's literary
genius. HWlnborn genius would not
let him be wholly "scientific," and so
he produced a biography which it is
possible to read.
What a pity it Is that some others
were ne,t blessed in the same way.
The "Life of Garrison," by his sons, is
a horrible example of what a biogra
phy may become when the writers of
It follow out a resolute determination
not to leave a solitary fact afeout their
subject untold. We have passed
through the purgatorial experience of
reading this portentous work and can
truly say that we have learned in sor
row what we now teach in song. John
Bigelow's autobiography is another
specimen of prodigious immensity
which is unreadable and half useless.
Mr. Johnson believes that there is a
middle course between the fatuousness
of the writers who neglect a man's en
vironment entirely and those who
make so much of the environment
that they forget all about the man.
Charles Sumner, for example, can be
placed in his proper setting of Massa
chusetts morality and commerce with
out obscuring altogether his rigid.
Puritanical, impossibly conceited per
sonality. We may study the economic
rhanges which made Calhoun flop
from a strong nationalist to a burn
ing state's rights man without neglect
ing the traits which made him a fero
cious fighter and a gallant knight
Daniel Webster's fall from grace in his
famous 7th of March speech is to be
acounted for partly by the Inner na
ture of the man, partly by exterior cir
cumstances. The biographer iw-ho neg
lects either factor does but half his
duty.
Great men are not made by their
times altogether, nor do they fashion
the tendencies of their age by the
mere exercise of will. Most Individu
als drift with the tides In which they
live, and that is all there is to be said
about them. But in these same tides
there ia a flood on which some have
the Intelligence and resolution to ride
to fortune, while others never see it.
The delay of Governor Osborn, of
Michigan, in calling an extra session of
the Legislature to pass a Presidential
primary law Is another evidence that
clamor for the law was an after
thought. Until he saw a possibility of
being nominated for Vice-President,
Osborn's enthusiasm for direct nomi
nation slept. When it awakened the
time had gone by to make the bill ap
ply to the election of delegates to the
National convention of this year, and
Osborn must have known this. There
Is a strong alloy of personal ambition
and gallery play In the patriotism of
the average insurgent.
Touching upon the question whether
or not the church militant is intended
by the Lord to be a "saints' rest," we
are disturbed by a possible dearth of
saints who are fitted to enjoy the pro
posed nirvana. Paul looked upon the
Christian career as a struggle, not a
swoon. At the close of it he said: "1
hava fought the fight, I have finished
my course." He had not rested much,
though we fancy his sainthood was up
to the mark.
The "unconstitutionality" of laws to
protect the health and morals of
women wage-earners is substantially a
thing of the past. The recent decision
of the Washington court to sustain the
eight-hour law is in full accord with
modern tendencies. The welfare of
the human race Is a consideration
which, in the long run, will necessarily
outweigh all others.
Reward for Tornow, the Olympic
bandit, dead or alive, has reached
$5500, but he is not worth it. Already
he has caused sacrifice of many valu
able lives and will Increase the number
before capture.
Registration of automobiles in the
United States has reached close to the
three-quarter million mark, yet a good
horse costs more than he did before
the machines essayed to put him out
of business.
When the Indolent British lords as
semble at 2:60 A. M. to pass the mini
mum wage bill they must be deeply
Impressed with the emergency created
by the miners' strike.
Old John Arbuckle, who died yester
day, was well known by name to the
coffee-drinker on homestead and In
mining camps and all the kitchens in
tervening. The rural delivery carrier who cov
ers a specified distance in the shortest
time should receive Increased pay
rather than the man who drags out
the day.
The .Senators from the two new
states will increase the membership of
the Senate to an even eight dozen, but
will not change the strength of par
ties. The pastor who leads his flock In
working on the church lawn is in some
degree a worthy imitator-of the car
penter's son who founded the church-
Exposure to night air Is alleged to
have weakened a Portland policeman.
This is libel on the finest atmosphere
on earth.
A Chicago brewer who cammitted
suicide recently left over $3,600,000.
It is needless to say he had to.
Republican Senators in New Mexico
and Democratic Senators in Arizona
will preserve the equilibrium.
This is the week for the Turks to
win and there Is reported great loss
of Italians.
Colonel Hofer's modesty is phenom
enal. He is preaching "Oregon First."
The Colonel Is already a bad loser.
Stars and Star-Makers
By Lease Caaa Baer. I
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Cathrlne Countiss played last week
In Kansas City, at the Grand Opera
House In her big success, "The White
Sister," In which she tis touring this
season.
Jessie Shirley will close her season
In Stock at the Auditorium theater In
Spokane next week, and will open
for a brief season at the Seattle thea
ter, in Seattle. This week Jeanne
Towler Is presenting "The "White Sis
ter" at the Seattle, the play in which
she was seen at the Baker theater last
Fall.
Also in the Sound City, at the Moore,
is Olive Vail, starring- in "Miss Nobody
From Starland," the first . musical
comedy to visit Portland at the be
ginning Of the present Heillg season.
Mildred Disbrow, an old Baker fa
vorite in stock, is appearing at Pan
tages theater in Seattle in a comedy
drama sketch called "Nerve." Ruth
erford Davis is her partner in the act.
Next week will bring them to Port
land. Pprtlanders are taking . more than
the customary interest In the coming
of Elsie Janls next month to the Hei
lig, inasmuch as this very young and
interesting star has never played here.
"The Slim Princess" Is her vehicle, the
book of which was written by that
master funster George Ade, and the
music by Henry Blossom. The story
Is taken from the Ade novel. Its scenes
being laid In a mythical Oriental prov
ince. Miss Janls playing the roie of
a girl who can't get fat enough to
suit the beaux of her home town. In
her support is Joe Cawthorn who has
visited Portland as a star; Julia Frary,
Oscar Ragland and Queenie Vassar,
all of whom have appeared on local,
stages. -
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Maude Fealy, who was one of the
leading women under consideration by
George L. Baker for his new stock
company, to play leads after the
Maude Leone-Willard Mack engage
ment ends, has gone to Winnipeg to
play In stock. She will play a ten
weeks' engagement in the Canadian
city with her husband, James Durbin,
as leading man.
Charles Daxey, the playwright, and
wife are visiting Los Angeles, where
Mr. Dazey's newest play, "Captain La
Fitte," is to be given a production by
Oliver Morosco.
In San Francisco Kolb and Dill,
having amicably settled their differ
ences and burled the hatcher with all
due ceremony and press dispatch, are
playing the second week of their en
gagement at the Savoy theater in "The
Girl In the. Train," the Viennese musi
cal comedy.
At the Cort in San Francisco
"Madame X" began a week's engage
ment last Sunday night; later the
Madame heads for Portland on her
second visit.
John Cort, after the longest absence
from his home in Seattle since he has
been so largely Interested in the
theatrical business, returned Tuesday,
March 19, Bringing first announcement
of what may be expected In the way
of attractions on the Pacific Coast
next season. To the Hellig will come:
"Every Woman," Frltzl Scheff In "The
Duchess," "The Blue Bird," ''The
Piper." John Mason In "As a Man
Thinks." "The Kiss Waltz," the Winter-Garden
road show, Maxine Elliott,
May Irwin, De Wolfe Hopper in "Pina
fore," "Bunty Pulls . the Strings,"
"Bought and Paid For," "The Million."
"The Rose of Panama," "The Wedding
Trip." Grace George In "Just to Get
Married," "Little Boy Blue," "Sum
urum," "The Bird of Paradise," "The
Truth Wagon," "The Butterfly on the
Wheel," "Baby JWne" (star cast), and
Chicago - Philadelphia Grand Opera
Company, Including Mary Garden,
Tetrazzlnl, .Constantino, etc. t
Mr. Cort points out that the greatest
event scheduled in the bookings is the
engagement of the Chicago - Philadel
phia Grand Opera Company. Such
stars as Mme. Tetrazzlnl. Constantino
and Mary Garden will be among the
principals of an organization number
ing S50 persons. The production, he
says, will cost on an average approxi
mately $8000 a day.
The theatrical magnate Is the oppo
site of gloomy in his view of present
National theatrical conditions, declar
ing that theaters now are enjoying a
sudden boom which came after the be
ginning of the new year. Tils own
ventures, notably "The Rose of Pana
ma," "The Bird of Paradise," "The
Truth Wagon," "The Gamblers" and
"Two Women," he says, have shared
bountifully In the rush of prosperity.
Grace Cameron, who starred in
"Nancy" and was later adopted by the
Portland Press Club after her clever
vaudeville contribution at their first
Jinks, has sailed for Europe. She left
Monday from New York, and will visit
London, Paris and Berlin to gather
new material for her second tour of
the Orpheum circuit, on which she
starts in July.
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A lemon-colored handbill, sent by a
correspondent with an acute sense of
comedy, tells of the wildly exciting
theatrical amusements in an Eastern
Oregon town. Announces the bill: "To
night. Sunday, March 24 American
Theater A good clean show of 8000 feet
of new film, consisting of thrilling
adventures, comics and dramas. Par
ties wishing to attend after church
will be shown all the pictures. Don't
miss this. One night only."
I'nrnly Children and Fond Parents.
PORTLAND. March 27. (To the Edi
tor.) We notice that by persistent
efforts the parent of the girl who
was chastised by her teacher for an
infraction of the rules at the Gresham
School has been able to get the matter
before the grand Jury for investiga
tion. This seems to be persecution to
the extreme after the matter had been
threshed out in Justice Court. Now,
if this young woman's certificate is
revoked and she is deprived of earn
ing an honest living, will justice be
restored? If parents of undisciplined
urchins would work more in harmony
with teachers instead of antagonizing
them, better results would be mani
fested at examinations.
F. I. GANNON.
ROTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS BY TAFT.
Worthy Ends Galaed and His Policies
Recited Briefly.
1. Arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and France.
2. Federal court procedure simpli
fied. 3. Enforcement of Sherman anti
trust law without fear or favor.
4. Veto of Democratic wool, cotton
and free list bills as unfair, unscientific
and destructive of the Republican prin
ciple of protection.
6. Abrogation of discriminating
passport treaty with Russia.
6. Postal savings banks established.
7. Railroads prevented from putting
rate increases into effect without ap
proval of Interstate commerce commis
sion. 5. Panama Canal pushed to early
completion without hint of scandal.
9. White slave traffic practically de
stroyed 10. Admission of Arizona and New
Mexico to Statehood.'""
11. Bureau of Mines established to
safeguard the lives of miners.
12. American capital and labor bene
fited by extension of foreign markets.
13. " Abolition of peonage.
14. Income tax amendment to the
Constitution submitted to State Legis
latures for ratification.
lo. Boiler inspection law passed by
Congress.
16. Bond issue to complete irriga
tion projects in the West.
17. Maintenance and extension of
open door policy in China.
18. Peace maintained in Cuba, South
and Central America by friendly warn
ings and intervention.
19. Government business methods
modernized and reformed by economy
and efficiency commission, saving mil
lions of dollars annually.
20. Nonpolitiral methods used in
taking the thirteenth census
21. Bucket shops and get-rich-quick
concerns destroyed.
22. Parcels post recommended
23. New treaty with Japan, ending
racial., controversies on the Pacific
Coast.
24. Further extension of safety ap
pllance art. '
25. Postofflce department made self-
sustaining.
26. Canadian reciprocity. Rejected
by Canada through fear that the
United States would derive the bene
fits.
27. Publication of campaign funds
and expenditures.
28. Indorsement of committee's re
port and proposed bill concerning em
ployers' liability.
9. Reorganization of customs serv
ice, corruption eliminated, frauds ex
posed and punished and millions of dol
lars recovered.
30. Court of Commerce to review
findings of interstate commerce com
mission.
81. Nonpartisan tariff board to re
port on the difference in the cost of
production at home and abroad.
32. Corporation tax, yielding $30,-
000,000 annually: government examina
tion of corporation methods provided.
S3. A deficit of $58,000,000 trans
formed Into a $30,000,000 surplus.
34. Nonpartisan judicial appoint
ments.
35. Further control of railroads
through extension of powers of the in
terstate commerce commission.
36. Workingman's compensation act
brought to successful issue in the Su
preme Court.
37. Stock and bonds commission;
valuable and exhaustive report sub
mitted as basis for legislation.
38. Extension of civil service by ex
ecutive order.
30. Practical conservation acts.
40. Court of customs appeals; un
dervaluations stopped.
Pollelea of President Taft
1. Peace with all the world through
just dealing and preparedness for war.
2. Neither race nor creed a bar to
appointment to office
3. The upholding of a righteous ju
diciary.
4. Economy and efficiency, including
care or superannuated employes.
o. Penny postage through postal
economies.
6. States' rights when not in con
flict with Federal authority.
7. Extension of practical conserva
tion acts.
8. Parcels post.
9. Federal incorporation act.
3 0. Revision of currency laws and
prevention of panics.
11. Protection of American citizens
at home and abroad.
12. High standard set in Federal ap
pointments.
IS. Scientific study of industrial con
ditions.
14. International investigation of
causes of high cost of living.
15. Scientific revision of the tariff
on a protective basis through non
partisan tariff board.
Single Tax Measures.
WAMIC, Or., March 24. (To the Edl
tor.) Kindly Inform me just what the
proposed single tax amendment Is. as
it will appear on the ballot next Fall.
Is It Henry George single tax?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Slngle-taxers have not yet prepared
their state-wide measure and,' it is
said, are undecided whether to present
one. It is impossible to 'apply the
Henry George plan fully In state or
local taxation. Certain Indirect taxes
such as Import duties and Internal rev
enues Imposed by the Federal Govern
ment cannot be abolished except by-
Federal enactment. In the Clackamas
County measure franchise taxes are
substituted for government ownership
of public utilities, which is an essen
tial of the real single tax. Henry
George advocated taxing land to its
full rental value. The Clackamas
measure does not specifically so pro
vide, but some opponents assert that
that result would be accomplished with
out further legislation through the de
preciation of land values caused by an
excessive tax burden.
Makers of Plaster Board.
GRAYS RIVER. Wash., March 26.
(To the Editor.) Could you tell me
if there are factories on the Pacific
Coast that manufacture any plaster
board?
A READER.
Sullivan Fireproof Partition Block
Company, 84 East Water street, Port
land, manufactures plaster board, and
GiUen Chambers Company, of Portland,
also manufactures an asbestos plaster
board. The Western Lime & Plaster
Company and the Central Door & Lum
ber Company both handle plaster
board.
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Gold on Deeded Land.
LAKE CREEK, Or., March 24. (To
the Editor.) A discovers gold on B's
land that has been deeded as agricul
tural land for over 30 years. Who has
the first right to the gold mine?
M. D. BOWLES.
When one takes tip land he gets the
gold and everything else in it. The
only exceptions are the cases of rail
road or other lands where exceptions
are made In the jgrant, so that the
mineral does not pass with the land.
Even in case A found the gold on
railroad land he could not probably
hold claim to it without a lawsuit.
De-e-lighted
By Dean Collins.
He sat beside his desk and from
The Outlooks walls the outlook
viewed;
And watched the fleet occurrences
With which the moments were im
bued; And often some event he sighted
That made him softly roar "de-e-lighted!"
The months flew by. Nine Governors
Before his door their cards let fall.
He smiled receptively and said:
"In sooth, the sovereign people call."
His hat into the ring he shied.
And once again, "De-e-lighted!" cried.
Dakota spoke, and when her call
Came o'er the wires a-humming
free.
He wiped his brow, but gamely still
The same expression shouted he.
Though the "De-e-lighted!" which we
quote.
Perhaps, has some Sardonic note.
Now comes New York, and it says
"Taft."
Say, will he fling his scorn at gloom
In word and type, or will he phone
Up into the composing-room:
"Take all those galleys of De-e-lijrht.
And chuck them some place out nf
sight?"
Portland, March 27.
Half a Century Ago
, From The Oregonlan of March 28. 1862.
Florence This Is the embryo town of
Salmon River. It consists of five log
houses, three of which are occupied as
stores and two as whisky mills.
General Wright writes to The Dalles
that a military force will be sent up to
the Nez Perces mine to protect the
miners.
A correspondent of the New- York
Tribune, writing from Washington,
says: "General Stone was arrested
while in bed at 2 o'clock this mornins.
The substance of the charges is as fol
lows: "First For misbehavior at the bat
tle of Ball's Bluff.
"Second For holding correspondence
with the enemy before and since the
battle of Ball's Bluff and receiving
visits from rebel officers in his camp.
"Third For treacherously suffering
the enemy to build a fort or stronghold
since the battle of Ball's Bluff under his
guns without molestation.
"Fourth For a treacherous desiarn to
expose his force to capture and de
strurtlon by the enemy, under pretense
of orders for, a movement from the
commanding general which had not
been given.
"A court-martial will be speedily
ordered."
The following delegates were elected
to attend the Union County conven
tion from Bethel precinct: George
Filers, George Bell, Amos Harvey, Dr
Warriner. C. C. Walker, W. B. Walker,
J. Puroine and William McCarty.
The Union voters of Dayton elected
the following delegates to the county
convention: James McDonald, General
Joel Palmer, Stewart Hanna and D. M.
Jessee.
Circuit Court Considerable merri
ment was excited during the examina
tion of witnesses In the divorce of A. J.
Culbertson vs. Martha Culbertson. ano
no little scandal was brought out. In
reply to a question, one of the wit
nesses said: "Ef you talk to me. I
want you to talk in plain Missury lan-
ffllilrA T trtn't unilal-.lanrl ani.lhlnff
about your grammar lingo. That word
percure, 1 don t Know wnat it is. He
evidently came from Pike.
"Richard III" will be put on the
stage tonight. Queen Elizabeth will
be represented by Mrs. Forbes. Mr.
Beatty will appear as the Duke of
Gloster, Mr. Forbes as Henry VI. and
Miss Lawrence as Lady Anne. "Plzarro"
was played to a fair audience last
night.
Don't let your smile become a jnkr;
many believe that is what started the
present revolt against Mr. Taft.
You can usually tell when you are
welcome; and get out when you are not.
Occasionally the guards appointed to
watch the devil, raise the devil.
Every biff Republican politician talks
as naturally about "me and Lincoln''
as every Democratic politician talks
about "me and Jefferson."
How proud the old Revolutionary
patriots were of their country. In J776;
but if they could see their country now,
they would burst with pride.
Possibly the most pitiful sight in the
world is a fool who is mistaken, and
in dead earnest.
There wouldn't be much excitement
were it not possible to fool people -0
or 30 times in the same way.
I'm becoming very tired of Leaders
who can't lead, and of Freemen who
are not free.
It has always seemed to me that the
last item in the list of wrongs of
women is that they are not permitted
to vote.
This isn't the best that I can do; I'm
now at work on that.
Stare Ridicule of Nationalities.
PORTLAND, March 26. (To the
Editor.) The news from Denver In
your issue of today regarding assur
ances received by Rabbi Friedman that
'derogatory characterization of the
Jew" will disappear from the theater
in this country is interesting and sug
gestive. .
The writer could wisn mat "Vindic
tive and venomous buffoonery" engen-'
dered by race and ereed prejudice and
contributing largely to Its perpetua
tion might be removed from stage,
press, pulpit, platform and film in all
countries. It would be gratifying to
believe that the action of the theater
managers was inspired by something
loftier than the box office or by the
fact that no great difficulty can be
anticipated in this reform bv a profes
sion so stronly represented' commerci
ally and artistically by the race in
question.
It would be wen ir tne uritisn-oorn
Americans and those proud of their
Anfflo-Saxon stock were sufficiently
numerous and enthusiastic to make it
unprofitable to ridicule the race which
originated all the finest characteris
tics constituting whatever of nation
ality can be ascribed ethnologically to
the citizens of this great country.
"CITIZEN-BY-INTENT."
Citizenship and Foreign Service.
PORTLAND. Or., March 27. (To the
Editor.) A citizen of the United States
enlists in a foreign army and after
serving the term of enlistment he re
turns to the United States. 'Is he now
a citizen of the United States or does
it become necessary for him to be natu
ralized? F. H. N.
If he swore allegiance to the foreign
country at the time of enlistment he
became expatriated, and it Is neces
sary for him to be naturalized, as any
other alien, to become again a citizen
of the United States.
As "Ed" Howe Sees Life
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