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roRTUAD. rRIDAT. APRIL t.
THE i RE.1T TfcST.
The confiding nature of some of the
largs Eastern magaalnes In matters
political Is one of the refreshing feat
ure of the present campaign. It really
gratifies the soul to team that faith in
human nature in at least one locality-
repulses the thought that loud Doasts
of Ttrtue by candidates are not always
cheap claptrap. The Saturday Kven
Ing Post seems to possess this admira
ble trait. In Its issue of April 12 It
displavs It to Its million or two
readers by accepting the words of
Senator Jonathan Bourne as lit
eral truth, apparently without In
ilmini his deeds. Senator
Bourne, some time ago. announced
w- determination not to make
a nmpai. re-election, although a
candidate. The Saturany Kooning Post
admires Senator Boumt'l avoed
Dose. "His method," It remarks. "Is
unique and without precedent In the
Donular government movement"; it Is
decidedly the Interesting event of the
iear."
It Is true painfully true to lovers
of honest purpose, honestly fulfilled
that Senator Bournes campaign poi
icy is "unique" and "without prece
dent." It Is so because no man In the
history of the popular government
movement ever before announced such
a policy and so signally failed to live
up to it. Senator Bourne Is making a
tampaign. It is an active one. n is
a costly one. In it he Is violating the
spirit. If not the letter, of the corrupt
practices act of which he is so loud a
champion.
Information derived from authentic
sources In Washington discloses that
he has mailed, in the present cam
paign, under "frank." to voters of Ore.
gon. 210.009 copies of speeches deliv
ered by him In the Senate.
As a campaign advertisement he has
contributed 1600 to the employment of
detectives to enforce the corrupt prac
tices act. notwithstanding the fact that
that act prohibits contributions during
the campaign by candidates to any
cause "supposed to be primarily or
principally for the public good."
He has answered criticisms of his
course In Congress and of his busi
ness connections by writing and ob
taining the wide publication of open
letters.
Within the last few days his cam
paign managers In Oregon have begun
the flooding of the state, through the
mails, of literature advocating his re
election. Although the corrupt practices act
declares that the holder of an office
rt filled by the voters shall not "pay
or contribute to aid or promote the
nomination or election of any other
person to public office." Senator
Pomrne." who was elected by the Leg
islature and not by the voters, did con
tribute, two years ago, money for that
purpose. He published leaflets over
his own signature, and swore to the
expenditure of money In the aid of cer
tain candidates. Some of these candi
dates are now contributing to and aid.
lng his campaign. They are recipro
cating. Senator Bourne Is also receiving the
enthusiastic support and earnest ef
fort in behalf of hut re-election of nu
merous active workers through the
Influence of Federal patronage which
h has doled out to them and the mis.
us of which he roundly condemn.
He has done one thing he said he
would. He has paid $400 for four
pages in the official pamphlet.
Senator Bourne li his energetic
campaign has the aid of the franking
privilege. Kach of his opponents
must pay cash for postage stamps.
Each Is limited by law to a total e
pendlture for campaign purposes of
S 1 125. To duplicate Senator Bourne's
one item of 280.000 speeches sent to
Oregon voters would cost either of his
opponents 12800 for stamps alone and
make him a lawbreaker. To print,
fold and direct a single leaflet and pay
for stationery and stamps costs, in
jantltles and sent unsealed, about
:i cents each. Mr. Bourne gets his
printing from the Government at ac
tual cost. Hie opponents must pay
p. Ivate firms a profit. Bourne's
speeches cover more than a single leaf
each. But on that basis the lowest
povible cost a private citizen can send
210.000 circulars to the voters Is 16000.
The spirit of the law limits Senator
Bourne to an expenditure of SI Its. In
effect. ''In one Item of his "no cam
paign'.' he has expended far more than
15000. In addition, the three cam
paign documents mailed by tats Oregon
managers are sent out under 2-cent
postage. A conservative estimate on
printing and mailing these circulars to
the 100.000 voters of Oregon la an
other 15000. N
In answer to criticism of Bourne's
use of the franking privilege for cam
paign purposes the reply may be made
that "everybody's doln It."
True enough. It 1s a time-honored
custom for Senators and Representa
tives to Inject local campaign material
into their speeches that they may be
printed In the Congressional Record
snd then franked out to constituents.
Rut other states do not have corrupt
practices acts the spirit and letter of
- which a candidate for office ought. In
honest duty, feel bound to obey. Sen
ator Rourne's "no campaign" Is food
f-r Eastern consumption only. In
Oregon It Is a Joke. If elected, he will
have ostensibly proved the value of a
lofty idea. If defeated, his gullible
friends will see in him the victim of
misplaced confidence In the public
gratitude.
Meanwhile, the great "no campaign"
goes merrily onward. There Is no
dearth of Bourne campaign literature.
Charges are answered and counter
t harges made. Campaign workers are
vurrying over the state. Money flows
Crom Bourne sources In cplte of the ,
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law's Inhibitions. It Is a great test:
a great experiment. The people are
on trial, not Bourne. Yet the amount
of 'incompetent, irrelevant and Imma
terial" evidence submitted in behalf of
our absentee owner who is not on trial
Is truly astounding.
TRIE PROGRESSIVES.
"There is not a true progressive in
the state supporting Mr. Selling,"
writes a friend of Mr. Bourne to one
of the local papers. Ah. hs! Tour
true progressive supports Bourne only.
If he wanders away from the sacro
sanct Bourne fold, and seeks other
company, he Is a traitor, a reactionary,
a hard-shell, an assembly-He, and a
standpatter.
"Tou are on trial, not I." says the
Ineffable Bourne. Let us see whether
the people of Oregon are "Intelligent
enough" we employ the Great Arbi
ter's own words to reccgnue and ap.
rfrsciate "demonstrated efficiency.'
and thus prove their capacity for self.
government. The real test of progres
slveness. In the Bourne lexicon, is un
qualified and unconditional acceptance
of Mr. Bourne. What are going
to do. here In Oregon, when in the
course of time Mr. Bourne shall be
gathered to his fathers, leaving the
Oregon system to get along as best It
may without him?
It is contemptible to question Mr.
Selling's record of progresslveness. It
extends over many years. It Is an
open book. He has in many ways
aided politically the men who now as
sail him. He has been straightfor
ward, manly, unselfish and effective
He was a progressive In 189 when Mr.
Bourne did not even know the mean,
lng of the word. He was a progres.
sive in ItOt. when Bourne, a sealoua
convert to progresslveness. was a can
didate for Senator. He was a progres
sive In 10I when his help was badly
needed to make up a Statement One
ticket. He was a progressive In 1J10,
when Bourne repudiated the direct
primary nominee. He is a progressive
In 1912, when he Is a candidate against
tn.and-out progressive like Bourne,
whose prosaivness will cease when
h i ceases to be lis aut beneficiary.
ny don t the rrantic partiau of
Bourne give Mr. Selling's political rec
ord, and all of It. In contrast with Mr.
Bourne's political record, and all of It?
THE ACQl'ITTAL OF KICKS.
Burt Hicks has been acquitted for
killing Wortman. the picket, after a
strenuous trial lasting many weeks.
The outcome was long ago clearly-
foreseen by all who followed the testi
mony. Hicks acted In self-defense.
He had been harassed, badgered and
threatened repeatedly and continu
ously by the pickets at his East Side
machine shop, and his men had been
similarly pursued and annoyed and
several of them had even suffered
physical violence.
Hicks was the object of special aver
sion by the strikers, and he if new It.
His attitude toward them was never
conciliatory. The crisis was reached
when Wortman. supported by several
others, approached him menacingly
and tauntingly, and Hicks shot to kill,
and killed. That Hicks wss in real
danger, or In greater danger than he
had been on other occasions, may pos
sibly be matter of dispute. But that
Hicks believed his life was In Jeopardy-
Is unquestionably- true. He had long
had good reason to know that he
might be summoned at any time and
in any place to protect himself from
violence and possible death. The
Jury's verdict was Justifiable, for no
other verdict was possible. It Is never
possible In such circumstances to con
vict such a man before an American
Jury, believing In fair play, law. order
and the right of every man to his own.
Including his property and his life.
Peaceful picketing Is lawful; but
picketing is seldom peaceful long. It
Is too apt to be provocative of violence,
disorder, riot and even murder. The
Hicks trial offered, through Its testi
mony, a shocking accumulation of the
violent Incidents that have attended
the conduct of strikes In Portland; the
Hicks verdict may possibly terminate
the series.
ROOSEVELT INDORAEA TAFT.
For an unequivocal indorsement of
President Taft's Administration we
need go no further than the platform
adopted by the New Tork State Con
vention of 1910, which was controlled
by Roosevelt and over which he pre
sided as temporary' chairman. That
platform said:
The amendments to the Interstate com
merce law; bslnnlnc of a National Itcla.
latlva procramma for tha axarciae of th
sain powtr In eonnactlon wtth bis cor
poration dolos an Intaratata buslaaas. tha
appointment of a oommluloD to frame
assures that do away lth the tvlla of
over-capllallxatton. and of Improper snd ex-
eeaalr laaues of stocks and bond; the law
proeidlns for publicity of campalsn expenaea.
he estabuanment or the maximum snd mln-
mum tariff provisions, snd the exceedingly
able negotiation of the Canadian and other
restlea in accordance therewith: the In
auguration of the policy of providing for a
diaintereeted revision of tariff schedule!
through a hlcn-elaea commlaaion of experts
which will treat each schedule purely on Its
own merlta. with a view to protecting the
consumer from excessive prlcee snd to se
curing the American producer and eape-
clallr the American wage-worker m-bat will
repreaent the difference of eoet In prodiic-
lon here aa compared with the cost of pro
duction In oountrleo where labor Is leas
liberally rewarded: the extenaton of the
law regulating safety appliances for the
proteetloa of labor; the creation of a bu
reau of mlnee those, aaal similar laws,
backed up by executive action, reflect high
credit upon all who succeeded In putting
hem In their preeent shape upon the atatute
books; they repreaent aa earneat of the
achievement which Is yet to come, and the
beneficence and far-reaching Importance
of this work, dona for the whole people.
measure the credit which la rightly due to
he Congreae to our able, upright and die-
ingulabed President. William Howard Taft.
The only really National issues on
which Roosevelt has disagreed with
Taft are the prosecution of the steel
trust, the arbitration treaties and the
Controller Bay scandal. Do Republi
cans approve the prosecution of the
steel trust? Then they should vote for
Taft. who is responsible for It. and
against Roosevelt, who condemns it.
Do they believe In International arbi
tration? Then they should support
Taft. who negotiated the treaties, and
oppose Roosevelt, who condemned the
very provisions which made them
worth while.
As to the Controller Bay scandal, it
was proved to be based on a forgery
and reflected only on those who stirred
t up. The eagerness with which
Roosevelt seized upon the unfounded
Charges and circulated them Is evi
dence of the malign Influence which
Plnchot exercises over him and of the
carelessness with which he uses any
weapon against his former friend.
Knowing that defense of the steei
trust and opposition to arbitration
would not be votegetting Issues. Roose-
elt hss left them In the background
nd made recall of Judicial decisions
nd Presidential primaries the main
Issues of his campaign. Tet he pro
poses recall of decisions only In Indi
vidual states, thus maikng It a purely
state, not a National. Ksuc. and he
proposes the Presidential primary only
after many delegates have already
been elected and the Legislatures have
adjourned. These Issues are made
-v-e.Miary by his Inability to attack
Taft os any of the real Issues without
eating his own words.
AORICVLTVRAL CO 1.1. EG B EXTENSION
WORK.
There Is now pending before Con
gress a bill providing for an agricul
tural extension department In connec
tion with each of the agricultural col
leges throughout the country. The
bill calls for an appropriation of $6000
for each Institution, to be used in con
junction with equivalent sums to be
set aside by the various states. This
bill (H. B. 18160) is now In the hands
of the committee on agriculture, and
there seems a reasonable hope that
both the committee and the House and
Senate will act favorably upon It be
fore Congress adjourns. An agricul
tural Journal In speaking of this bill
says :
It la the third eteae In the development
of AmTlian axrlcultural euurallon. The
flret was the Morrill an of lwli. establish
ing the agricultural colleges; and the !
end. the Hatch act of l"t, eetabliahing the
experiment stations. The propoaed law
will, by establishing a rexuiar extension
eervlce. furnish the connecting link between
these Institutions and the man on the farm.
This extension work, so-called,
means that the college work la to be
taken directly to the farms. In place
of having but one place In Oregon
where the farmer can learn various
branches of scientific farming, the Ore
gon Agricultural College at Corvallls.
he will have small experimental
patches near at home, and these will
be conducted along lines Immediately
connected with his locality and with
the crops which he is producing.
There Is no state where such work
Is of more Importance thah in Ore
gon. This state Is an empire. We
have In places an annual precipitation
of over eighty Inches; In other parts
It falls below ten Inches, often as low
a - three or four Inches. Our soil is as
varied as our rainfall. In places the
thermometer rarely reaches xero. In
other sections SO below Is not unusual,
end the altitude of our agricultural
lands ' ranB 'i-om sea-level to over
6000 feet.
Hence It can be seen that tm -allege
at Corvallls can even tnrough the
experimental stations now connected
with It. do but little for the benefit of
these widely-scattered outlying dis
tricts. What we need is what this bill
would give us hundreds of actual ex
periments carried on by the farmers
themselves in their own neighbor
hoods, on their own lands, but under
the Immediate supervision of the ex
perts from the college.
It might facilitate matters if the
agriculturists of Oregon, and allthers
Interested In the welfare of our state
and the country at large, would write
tu members of the House and Senate
urging prompt and favorable action on
House bill 18.160.
LETTER TO A YOVNO LAWYER.
The West Publishing Company's
Docket Is printing a series of "Letters
to a Young Lawyer, which the lay-
public would eagerly seize upon and
read If It were commonly known how
entertaining they are. We dd not be
lieve that the primary aim of the
writer, Arthur M. Harris, of the Seat
tle Bat. Is entertainment, but he bulld
eth better than he knoweth. The let
ters are supposed to have been written
by a veteran lawyer to his adolescent
son who is as yet a stranger to tne arts
of the profession. His well-instructed
parent tells him all about the mys
teries of fees, pleadings and cli
ents. As to fees, we are told
flatly at the beginning that "there
s no fixed scale of fees for lawyers."
The only rule deduclble from what Mr.
Harris has to say is thAt the lawyer
should get all he can out of the client.
taking locality and competition into
account.
But Mr. Harris goes on to admit
that there is a certain type of lawyer
whose charges are not cubject to the
law of competition. He can ask and
obtain as much In Pennsylvania as he
can in Alaska. This happy man Is the
lawver who gives "absolutely reliable
and honest legal advice, advice upon
which a man may act Immediately and
safely. The man who renders such
advice will soon find himself in a
position to charge almost what he
pleases." Enviable character. But he
will accumulate other advantages of
which Mr. Harris makes no mention
in this letter, though we suppose he
will come to them later on In the se
ries. The lawyer who "gives absolute
ly honest and reliable legal advice
which a man may act upon Immedi
ately and safely" will obtain a reward
which to some persons may appear
even more desirable than extravagant
fees. He will win the respect of the
community where he lives.
In every rural community there Is
daily need of one good lawyer, one and
no more. He should not be a pro
moter of neighborhood quarrels. He
should not be hand In glove with the
blacklegs' and toughs of the vicinity.
He should not soil his hands with
every swindling scheme that happens
along. His main employment should
be to do the necessary legal business
of the neighborhood, and for this he
ought to receive adequate pay. His
fees ought to amount to enough to
support a family In something more
than ordinary comfort, for the lawyer
of a community would, if things went
properly, be its leading citizen. He
would stand at the head of progressive
movements, uphold morals and pro
mote civic betterment. The people
would look up to him for advice on all
Important subjects and heed what he
might say. He would not stir up
feuds in order to get fees. If drawn
Into a suit he would not suborn per
jury to help out a weak case. He
would not run round among street
loafers and Impoverished Imbeciles In
search of witnesses who would sell
their testimony for the legal fees.
THere are plenty such In every- village
and it Is very little trouble for a law
yer to look them up In case of need,
but the ideal lawyer of whom we are
speaking would prefer to b beater; in
court rather than suborn perjury.
Mr. Harris seems to think that our
modern, or "code," pleadings are pref
erable to the old common-law species
because they do not "penalize" the cli
ent for the mistake of his lawyer."
He tells us that the code abolishes "the
ancient and ironclad forms" of the
common law- and "requires that you
state every cause of action in plain,
eimple and concise language." He
does not mean to be satirical In say
ing this. No doubt the Intert of the
code is that pleadings should be plain.
simple and concise, but everybody who j
nas naa tne misionune to get into
court knows that the practice la some
thing very different. The art of plead
ing is still or the fine, Italian sort in
this country' and clients have to suffer J
for their lawyers' blunders Just as
much as they ever did under the com
mon law. Every day we read of cases
being thrown out of court, reversed on
appeal for technical errors, sent back
for a new trial, ond so. on. and all be
cause some lawyer has blundered. If
the client docs not pay the bill for all
this, who does pay It?
The Nebraska primaries to be held
on April 19 have peculiar interest be
cause they will decide not only
whether trie Republicans favor Taft
or Roosevelt, but whether Bryan is
still the leader of the Democracy of
his own state. Senator Hitchcock is
running for delegate-at-large and asks
Instructions to vote for Harmon.
Bryan Is also running for delegate with
out Instructions, but declares that, if
instructed for Harmon, he will resign
and go to Baltimore to work against
Harmon as an individual. He accuses
Hitchcock of trying to carry the state
for Harmon by causing division of the
progressives v between Clark and Wil
son. Hitchcock accuses Bryan of dic
tating to the party. The whole atti
tude of Bryan foreshadows as deep a
schism between the two elements of
the Democracy which will dim the
bright hopes of victory entertained by
the party.
Albert E. Herpln, the Trenton man
w ho ha lived and worked thirty years
without any sleep, is a living confir
mation of Mr. Edison's wisdom. Edi
son says that time spent In sleep Is
wasted. He wastes very little In that
way, and yet few people have ever
worked more diligently or continuous
ly. Still, for most men sleep is a ne
cessity, and unless they get a good
deal of it their health fails. Children
In - particular need a great deal of
sleep. As a rule, they get too little,
which accounts for some of their nerv
ous troubles.
The Stanford scientists have proved
by experiments with rats that meat
produces more energy than vegetables
when used for food. This Is satisfac
tory as far as it goes, but It does not
go quite far enough. What we want
Is to see the Stanford scientists feed
one cow on meat and another on al
falfa and see which gives the most
milk. The test might then be extend
o sheep in order to find out
whether n. out 0f meat' or grass will
yield the more wool, -w, annot with
out more evidence persuade oui.i..oS
that what is true for rats is true for
all animals.
Common sense applauds the French
for numbering the hours consecutively
from 1 to 24. It would sound a little
odd at first to speak of "19 o'clock,"
and so on, but Vve should soon get used
to It and then the convenience would
begin to emerge. Another beneficial
change would be to make the months
of equal length and have them begin
and end invariably on the same day of
the week. This la practicable and
some time It will be done.
If the home rule bill passes Parlia
ment Ireland will be put on her mettle
to prove that she is capable of self
government. The Irish opponents of
home rule contend that it would throw
the Island Into an orgy of oppression
and plunder. It will be the glory of
tho native party to show that they are
mistaken. The world believes In Ire
land and will be glad to see the end of
arbitrary English rule.
American blood naturally boils at
the cowardly killing of Thomas Foun
tain by Mexican rebels, but the mur
der affords us no excuse for interfer
ence. When an American takes a hand
In the quarrels of our neighbors he
takee the chances which go with their
less civilized methods of government
and warfare. The way to avoid those
chances is to keep out of the fight.
Judge Frater gives the aliens to un
derstand that the oath of allegiance
means what It says that fealty to the
United States takes precedence over
fealty to any organization of any kind.
It is high time that some men learned
that American citizenship Imposes a
duty while it confers a right.
Selection of an engineer to prepare
plans for the Pacific Highway bridge
across the Columbia within a month
after the scheme was first broached
speaks well for the energy of the com
mittee In charge.
If this should prove a Democratic
year In Illinois, the pink whiskers of
James Hamilton Lewis may wave In
the rarefied air of the United States
Senate next year. But don't overlook
the "if."
The Tillamook beaches will attract
the Portlander this season, since there
is railway transportation, but a lot of
the charm will be missed by elimina
tion of the ride by wagon.
A split In the organization of apple
growers at Hood River over the sell
ing agency Is not the kind of competi
tion that reduces the price to the con
sumer. Rains in Gilliam and Morrow may
kill a few sheep, but the benefit to
grain crops will repay the damage
more than a thousand fold.
Stepping into a moving elevator Is
as dangerous as climbing on or mov
ing under a train, yet the average man
thinks he can safely do It.
The death rate among grandmothers
all over the country was high yester
day. The details are in the sports col
umns. Fountain preferred Invoking the
"law of flight" to standing against a
wall to be' shot. That's the American
of it.
Germany must be amused to learn
that France Is spending nearly three
millions a day for national defense.
The contest for the Multnomah
shrievalty Is reaching such acute stage
as to becloud the National campaign.
The coal strike in the United States
promises to be a pink tea by comparison-
with that in Great Britain.
Fifty thousand soft coal miners have
had enough "vacation" and will re
sume work Monday.
Michigan Is now the political storm
center. It will move next to Penn
sylvania. 1
Insurgency Is so rife that it extends
even to the Hood River apple men.
What a
rainy region California
must bei
At the Cafeteria
By AdtllaoB Benaett.
When the owners, managers, pro
prietors, promoters, sponsors, officials
and stockholders of The Cafeteria
Poultry Company, limited, entered
their favorite lunch-room and wan
dered down the alleyway which sepa
rates the feed from the feeders, had
their trays filled and ambled to their
accustomed seat, it was noticed that
each of the three had as one of his
dishes of edibles hard-boiled eggs, the
fat man having two and the others six
each.
The blond cashier, noting this de
parture from their ordinary bill of
fare, remarked In an undertone to her
picture In the little hand mirror, into
which she waa gazing as she attempted
to smooth down a stray lock of hair
over her right optic, that those "fresh
ranch eggs." which had been In cold
storage for many months, were now
going like hot cakes, the Easter period
having left only 40 or 50 cases on
hand, "not enough," she remarked, "to
last us more than a couple of months
more."
see
"These, 'ere eggs," said the fat man
as he was taking the shell off of one
of those' on his plate, "are what are
called by the dealers and purveyors
'fresh ranch eggs,' which is term
used to deceive the public, for under
that name the seller rings In any
thing that looks like an eng. regard
less of its age, nativity or condition."
There was no dissent to these sage
remarks, for all were agreed that the
condition of the egg business in Port
land was something to call forth exe
crations, and was ripe for reform.
"And." said the dyspeptic, "when we
get our plant In smooth running order
this Fall and begin to dump on the
Portland market about 20 crates of
hew-latd eggs every morning "
"There you go again." Interrupted
the vegetarian, quaffing the uncertain
aroma of his third egg as he cracked
the shell, "there you go 'way up in
the clouds, "way up In the sky. Why
can't you be conservative? Do you
know how many eggs that would be,
them 20 crates a day?"
see
f. They all began to figure, and it was
snown that at 30 doxen per crate the
JO crates would mean 7200 eggs. "And."
said the vegetarian, "how in thunder
are we going to harvest a daily output
of over 7000 eggs from 1000 hens?"
"You." came back the dyspeptic,
"talk like one of these regiar Oregon
mossbacks, one of these pessimists.
ne of these fellers what Is so derned
uey t-.irn(r for the hole In the sinker
that he never a
see snything in any
remark an intelligent n.o
cept hot air. Now, I would advise you
to dispose at oncet of your holdings in
the Cafeteria company, even the land,
and let me and my obese friend have
It exclusively our own. You are too
dingnation low for us."
"Don't you know." chipped in the
fat man, "that we are going to start
with a thousand hens this Spring do
you grasp that? A thousand hens this
Spring tack the remark up in that
part of your head where your brains
would be If you had any a thousand
hens this Spring. This being the case,
what are them thousand hens going to
be doing all Summer? Just loaf around,
pick their teeth, manicure their corns
and go to the seaside on pleasure Jun
kets?" "There you have the question in a
nutshell, rather an eggshell," remarked
the dyspeptic. "What are them hens
going to be doing? I can tell you; they
are going to be laying eggs and hatch
ing chickens that's what they are go
ing to be kept busy at. And our Incu
bators why are we going to have IS
or 20 Incubators, holding from 400 to
800 eggs per each? Answer that are
we going to use them to put clothes in,
to keep our money in, as cold storage
vaults or are we going to use them
for hatching chickens? Such being con
ceded to be the case, why can't we
have maybe 20.000 hens busy laying
eggs by this Fall, and gathering In
from 8000 to 10,000 eggs per das?"
"Holy smoke," said the land owner,
"I have alt this time been figuring on
a thousand hens remaining a thousand
for a year, I see I am pretty well
moss-covered. I had also overlooked
another thing you have not mentioned
the sale of broilers. We ought to
have at least four or five thousand
broilers for sale during the Summer.
These should bring us at least CO cents
each, say, around $3000. Adding to that
our dally egg sales during the Summer,
say 60 dozen a day at 40 cents a dozen,
$20 a day "
"But there is the feed to consider."
Interjected the obesa one. "We must
feed 'em well if we expect 'em to keep
up a steady stream of eggs. It will
cost as much as two cents a month
per hen. or $20 per month for the thou
sand. And every chick will cost about
a fourth of that, so we will be up
against quite a feed bill."
"As an offset to that, more than an
offset." Interrupted the dyspeptic, "we
will have the sales of the guano; I
am reliably Informed we can get
mighty near $100 a ton for that, and
we sure ought to be able to harvest
two ton a month. That will more than
pay the feed bill."
e e e
"Just then there was an interruption,
the blond cashier coming up to the
table and asking If the letters she held
In her hand were not intended for the
diners, at the same time placing three
letters before them, the envelopes all
being addressed to The Cafeteria Poul
try Company, Limited. "They were all
brought at different times this fore
noon by messenger boys," said the
blond, as she ambled back to her sta
tion. "Ah, here we are." remarked the
president of the corporation, the vege
tarian .having been designated to fill
that Important office, "here we have
some answers to our ads for a man
ager." He singled out one of the letters,
took out his pocket-knife ana care
fully opened It, then, leaning back In
his chair and beaming on the other
officials of the company, he remarked
In a benevolent, fatherly way, as be
came the president of a great corpora
tion, that he had a little surprise in
store for his associates, quite a pleas
ant little surprise. "For this letter,"
said he, "is an acceptance by me of the
office of manager of the Cafeteria
Poultry Company, Limited, my duties
to begin forthwith, also my salary. I
know you fellers are surprised to think
that I would make such a sacrifice as
to accept this Job, but my whole heart
and soul are in this work, a work that
will bring us all wealth and renown,
so you can Just consider me as your
new manager.
see
Silence, deep, awful, uninterrupted
and terrible silence. Two flies on the
Inside of the plate glass front window
were making the only noise, and that
sounded like Gilmore's band and that
was the only sound heard as the three
softly paid their checks and crept out
and mingled with the busy throng.
That the other letters were notices
from the fat man and the attenuated
one that each decided to act as man
ager but why speculate?
I ade Yarn's Corn Clubs tor Boys.
BaJtlmore American.
Uncle Sam's corn clubs for boys last
year had 55.000 members. Each of
these boys planted and harvested an
acre of corn. Bennle Beeeon, of Mon
tlcello. Miss., raised 227 bushels on his
acre. The average yield per acre by
men farmers, the country over, is about
2S bushels.
EVAN'S' ELECTION' GOOD EXAMPLE
It Will Start Public Sentiment Toward
Klectlng Capable Ofrictnla.
PORTLAND, April 11. To the Ed
itor.) The widespread interest over
the election of District Attorney, now
manifest throughout the city, bids fair
to result In an awakening of public
sentiment toward tha obligation that
the voter owes to the community in
which he lives and to the society of
which he is a part.
How true are the words of Benja
min Harrison when he said that no
government, however perfectly organ
ized, can be maintained without tho
interest of its citizens. In this com
ing election, we may- well remember
these words. If the public interest In
the election of men to office Is not
I sufficiently great as to make it worth
while to go to the polls why then,
after the election is over shouli we
complain of the "rule of the rinjr" that
has placed a corrupt man in public of
fice? It Is an obligation, as truly as
the paying of a tax or a debt, to go
to the polls and vote for a man whose
term In office will be of benefit to the
people and whose rule will be the rule
of right and Justice.
And yet, when such a candidate
comes before the people, are we as
Citizens doing our public duty by fail
ing to grant to him our full support
and encouragement? No! We are but
lending our aid on the side of political
corruption, the effect of which Is felt
all over the Nation; we are but giving
over the reins of Government of which
we are a part, and yet, expecting from
that same source the protection which
we feel should be accorded to us by
reason. of our being citizens.
Permit me, a friend and admirer of
Walter H. Evans, to say a word at this
time to the voting public In his behalf.
Mr. Evans has been tried. His wovk
as the Assistant United States District
Attorney Is evidence of his fitness for
the office to which he now aspires.
Long ago his ability as a prosecutor
was recognized. His efforts in the
prosecution of "white slave dealers"
has been so marked with success as to
command attention throughout the
country. This superior knowledge of
prosecution gives to him that experi
ence necessary fully to carry on the
duties ot District Attorney for Mult
nomah County, to which office, it Is
hoped, our voters will have wisdom to
elect him.
Walter H. Evans is a home man. and
as such believes In the home to which
he pledges the fullest protection. He
is a morally clean man as all of his
friends will testify. He is above graft
and dishonesty, and a man whose am
bitions are to serve the people of this
county faithfully, wholly independent
of influence of party, sect or creed. His
platform Is summed up in his own
words when he said, "If I am elected to
tK. office of District Attorney. I will
see before- naa in the prosecution of a
man, the crime, the -harge. the evi
dence, and the law; aiid lyvili prose
cute all men alike, whether from Nob
Hill or Goose Hollow."
What I have heretofore said being
true, when the office of District At
torney Is In danger of falling into the
hands of a man who is of more service
to the world In private than In public
life, we cannot afford to fail to elect
Mr. Evans. His election will encourage
other good men to run for office, and,
in a large way, will be the means of
starting public sentiment in the direc
tion of electing honest, upright and
capable men to public office.-
E. R. FOREMANN.
A
KW ROAD BILLS ARB CRITICISED.
Clackamas Farmer Objects to Provision
for Trunk Lines.
OREGON CITY, Or., April 8. (To
the Editor.) The farmers and taxpay
ers In this part of the county (Route
2) are particularly opposed to the
last new road bills that were put
out by the Governor's compromise
commute. The most objectionable
feature in them is the clause that
reserves one-third of the entire
state road bond issue, for the construc
tion of what Is termed "the Pacific
Highway." This reserve of one-third
of a million dollars every year, just for
this one piece of road, would amount to
over $6,500,000, by the time the state
road bond issue reached 2 per cent of
the assessed valuation of the property
in the stato. Then the interest on that
$6,500,000 would amount to $11,000,000
in the 30 years that the bonds run. Ho
that ono piece of road, called the "Pa
cific Highway," would cost the taxpay
ers or the state over $15,000,000, and it
would do the farmers and laboring men
of the state but very little good, but
would be devoted, almost entirely, to
the use of automobiles.
It looks like the whole design of the
bill is to make the taxpayers of the
state build that piece of road, but tho
promoters are going to get badly fooled.
While all of Clackamas County would
only get a little over $335,000 out of
all the state road bonds, this one piece
of road (the Pacific Highway) would
get over $6,500,000, and the amount
that Clackamas County would have to
pay on that Pacific Highway would be
over $413,000. The "Granga road bill"
Is pretty near what wo want, I think,
GEORGE HICINBOTIIAM.
Carrier Long; on Job.
BROWNSVILLE, Or.. April 11. (To
the Editor.) The first rural mail de
livery routes established in Oregon
were at Turner, in Marion County, In
October, 1897. Fred Gunning was ap
pointed carrier for rural route No. 1
and is still carrier for that same route.
If any other rural mail carrier In Ore
gon has a longer record for service we
should, like to hear from him. Two
other rural routes were established at
the same time at Turner, but the car
riers have been changed several times.
W. M. HILLKARY.
New Special Features For
The Sunday Oregonian
Railroads for Alaska Aa illustrated full page of timely interest
and importance on the plans laid by the United States Government to
take up gigantic task.
Mathewson's Big League Stories In his twelfth article the Giants'
star' pitcher takes up notable instances where the "inside" game has
failed.
Songs of the Cowboy A collection, of ballads peculiar to the dash
ing man of chaps and daps.
Domesticity on a Throne A close-range study of Queen Mary and
how she dominates through the subtle quality of domesticity.
The Marriage Proposal Laura Jean Libbey contributes another of
her articles on the subject of love and marriage.
Fables in Slang George Ade concludes his present series with an
uproariously funny fable about "two unfettered birds and how far
they flew."
Grim Coup Brings Success An unusual letter from a St. Peters
burg correspondent giving the real inside story of Artist Protazy'b
climb to fame. .
Two Complete Short Stories "The Man the Fly Lit On," tbj
story of a real hero, and "A Mountain Phillfpa," a drama of the
Southern mountains.
The Jumpnps Mr. Jumpup goes up in his ncw.aeroplane and in
cidentally comes down again.
New frolics and adventures by Sambo, Hairbreadth Harry, Slim
Jim, Mrs. Timekiller and Mr. Boss. Anna Belle has new cut out clothes,
and there is a catchy puzzle in colors for the children. -
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of April 12. 1862.
The Fort Donelson Prisoners The
steamers brought 8000 of these prison
ers to Alton. The paper of that city
says: "When the boats arrived from
Cairo their presence drew crowds of
thousands to the wharf, who went up
within 25 feet of the guards of the
boats, chatted freely with the prisoners
and threw them apples, oranges, cakes
and pies In a continuous stream. fe
'secesh' soon became as cheerful as
their entertainers and scrambled Vig
orously for the edibles pitched to them
by their visitors. Not a word of taunt
or insult was offered." .
We have dates from Eugene City to
April the 9th, 11 o'clock. Most of the
delegates had arrived. No understand
ing had been had in regard to the
nominations. There were a good many
candidates spoken of. but no estimates
had been made of the strength of can
didates among the members. We shall
be likely to receive further news this
evening.
We see every day long pack trains
moving along our streets. Yesterday
they appeared more numerous and
longer than usual. Every evening the
rear of the Pioneer Hotel Is crowded
with horses and freight ready to be
taken to The Dalles.
Yesterday the smokestack of the
Mountain Buck passed In front of our
office to the boat. The Mountain Buck
will be ready for the river trade on
Monday next.
"Richard III" will be performed to
night. Mr. and Mrs. Pope and Mr.
Beatty take the. leading characters.
Flour at Yale is said to be $75 a
barrel. The Chinese population are on
the verge of starvation and pay as
high as $5 each for dogs and cats.
A terrible accident occurred at Mc
Crea's Bar, above Fort Yale, on the
21st. This bar had long been aban
doned by white miners, who left a log
house, which was occupied by four
Chinamen, who worked in good weath
er. On the afternoon of tho 21st, while
engaged in rocking near the water's
edge, an Indian perceived that immense
masses of snow had detached them
selves from the summit and sides of a
mountain in the rear and were sliding,
almost with lightning velocity, down
the declivity towards the spot Which
they occupied. He gave the alarm and
all turned to flee, but before they could
reach a place of safety the avalanche
was upon them and over them to the
depth of at least 50 feet. Not One of
the poor fellows was seen after being
overwhelmed.
The Government has taken possession
of the telegraph lines to prevent the
publication of intelligence of the move
ments of the Union forces which would
"able the rebels to take advantage of
such information. It may with truth
he said that thousands of lives have
been lost and military enterprisea hv
been arrested by the publication of
such intelligence.
As "EdM Howe Sees Life
A brave man may not run from dan
ger, but he may dodge without loss of
reputation.
A new automobile is like a bride;
there Is a lot of upkeep and deprecia
tion to be considered.
Mean as the devil is he never takes
anything not justly coming to him. But,
lie 11 take that. sure.
How unreasonable and unfair you
know your critics to be. And you are
often unreasonable and unfair when
you criticise others.
In giving the revolutionist plenty of
rope with which to hang himself, he
Is liable to use it to hang you.
Brag is the most impudent form of
the lie.
The people are doing better than the
leaders. We haven't any leaders equal
to George Washington, but the people
of 1912 are doing very much better
than the people of 1776.
In giving everybody a square deal,
you can't let them decide what a square
deal is.
If the women are satisfied, it is an
ideal marriage.
A schoolgirl asks: "What shall I do
after graduation?" They usually teach.
Johnston's Lack of Decision.
BANKS. Or., April 9. (To the Edi
tor.) In the editorial on General Al
bert Sydney Johnston you made the
statement that he had never been ac
cused of indecision in the face of dan
ger. I think your memory must have
slipped a cog.
In "Memoirs of Lleutenant-General
tj. s. Grant," General Grant makes the
statement that after a careful study
of General Johnston's campaign papers
he comes to the conclusion that he
did lack decision in the face of dan
ger. I am an admirer of General John
ston, but General Grant had such a
fine reputation for honesty and square
dealing that, not being able to make
as close a study of the question as he
did, I must accept his opinion, although
he was Johnston's opponent.
P. S. WHITCOMB.
Iron Furnaces l aed 2000 -Years.
London Telegraph.
Iron has been smelted in Sweden for
more than 2000 years, and some of the
ancient furnaces still are In existence.
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