8 i PORTLAJfD. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oreson. poatorric. a, Second-Claaa Hatter.. . tubacrlbuon Ratea Inarlalr to Advance. IBT MAIIO Ia!Iy, Bandar Included, ona year. Dally. Sunday Included. six montna..... J" Dally. Sunday Included, three montna... Dally. Sunday Included, ona montn Dally, without Sunday, ona y;" rjj Dally, without Sunday, alx nntefAl" t'73 Dally, without Sunday, thrae montna... -! Dally, without 6unday. ona month Weakly, ona year M Sunday, ona year Sunday and Weekly, ona year. Dally. Sunday Included, ona " 7e Dally. Sunday Included, ona m,on"- or How to ttemlt send P-'f1"""'" der. expreae order or personal cJ 'JJJ local bank. Stampa. com ' """Jiii, at tha aender-a n.k. Give poatoj flee aooraa, to full, including- county and etate, raataco Katea XO to 14 ! .nt" to Sa pagea. 2 oenta; HO to 4U p . M u paea. 4 canta. Foreign poatage. double rata. - conk- h.lern Boaincaa Offlcea Verre Ha New York. Branawlck buildlns- -" cago. Sieger building. uMwall Co- Baa Franclaco Olllce B. J. Bldwau -o-(42 Market atreeL -t. S. European Ollice No. 8 Bagent atreat Vv .. Loudon. yOBTLASD, BATVBDAT. ACCCST 8. i9lS. I OS THE TICKET. BIT OCT OF THE J PARTY. : The Supreme Court of the United I States is to be called upon to settle ! the muddle which has been created by 1 efforts ot Roo.ev.lf. toUowtt retain places on the Republican elec ? ?oral ticket after they have openly se- ceded from the Republican party It would seem obvious to a mar, of the 1 most ordinary intelligence and of the t most elementary Integrity that no man X Should seek election as a Kepubltom . unless he Is a Republican, much less one who frankly admits that he is not I Republican. But the . T. champions 01 pouueu -- i ing us some queer examples of their 1 conception of that quality. ..., Of the twenty Republican candidates : for elector In Kansas, eight Have an 5 rounced that, if elected, they will vote for Roosevelt. Legal proceedings have t become necessary to prevent them from obtaining votes on the prete ns e 2 that they are Republicans, when they intend to use the office they seek in S order to defeat the Republican 1 candi- 3 dates. In Oregon one candidate on the Republican ticket Is still in doubt 1 whether ho will assume the same po- sition. In California all the men nom ' mated as Repblicans are declared J Roosevelt men. but refuse to run un- der their true colors. The straight- forward course for these men to pur f sue would be to follow the example of the entire electoral ticket In Minne t sota. All these men. being pledged to Roosevelt, have resigned their places 1 as Republican candidates. 5 Whatever claim Roosevelt had to a d mi... mix tin abandoned when he announced his purpose to organize a third party and began doing his ut most to destroy the Republican party. Had he denied that the body which nominated Taft was the Republican convention and had he organized his followers in a rump convention and procured a nomination by that means, he would have retained some shadow of standing as a Republican. The men named for electors might In that event have had some excuse for con tending that they could vote for him without being false to their implied obligation to the Republican party. But he publicly announced that he was J no longer a Republican: therefore he cannot be the candidate of the party. If. as he contends, the nomination of Taft was obtained by fraud and Is in valid, then Taft Is not the Republi can candidate;, neither .is Roosevelt, ind the Republicans havano candidate. By his own conduct Roosevelt has recognized that the convention which nominated Taft acted for the Repub lican party and that Taft is therefore entitled to the vote of every Repub lican elector. He has admitted the soundness of the argument of Thomas H. Benton, in writing whose biography he collaborated. That statesman said In 1824, when discussing proposed amendments to the Constitution relat ing to the election of President and Vice-President: The electors are not independent: they havr no- auperlor intelligence; they are not left to their own Judgment In the choice of a President: they are not above the con trol of the people: on the contrary, every elector la pledged, before he is. choeen, to give hla vote according to the will of those erho choose him. The difficulty which confronts the Federal Supreme Court in deciding the Kansas case 'arises from the question whether the electors are state or Fed eral officers. Their office is created by the Federal Constitution, which au thorizes Congress to fix the time of their election and . the day on which they shall vote. Congress therefore has not attempted to prescribe the manner of their election, except to pro vide that they are to be chosen in such manner as the Legislatures of the sev eral states may prescribe.. They may be. elected either by a state conven tion, by the Legislature or at a general election. ' They may cast the electoral vote at any place within the state which the Legislature may designate. They may or may not cast their votes for the majority choice of their state, as the state law provides. For exam ple, if the law of Pennsylvania pro vided that the electors should vote for those candidates who received the ma jority vote of their party at the prefer ential primary, then they would be re quired to vote for Roosevelt, regardless of the action of the National conven tion. In the absence of such legal re quirement, they are bound, both by theory and practice dating from 1820, to vote for the candidates named by their party in National convention. By doing otherwise they would commit a breach of public confidence so grave as to make them social and political outcasts. There is danger of enough confusion growing out of the election without the addition of uncertainty as to whether 'T?iniiril!rnn rnniilflfttpji. Tf the Tinrmfll. "ly- Republican states should be divided between Taft and .Roosevelt, and Wil- f son should not obtain a majority, the J J election, would be thrown Into the 1 House, each state voting as a unit. J Even if the Republican members were t J to stand by their ticket, there would , be a tie. twenty-two states on each side with four states tied between Re publicans and Democrats; and a dead lock would result. If some Republi cans should refuse to vote for Taft and should support Roosevelt, the dead- twlr wftiilri Tint Via riwilron tint ivnnld j f be aggravated, for there would be inree pa-rutrs iwieaa vt two. ins 1a.11 ure of the Senate to elect its president pro tem. raises doubt whether It would have better success In' electing a Vlce- j rresiaeni, inougn ine tonsumuon j j having the largest number of electoral I votes. In such a contingency, we ! should have a vacancy In the White I j House with no Vice-President to fill it, ( I and Secretary Knox would become ' acting President until the tangle was 5 '.unraveled. Such, a prospect may do- llarht Rnmevelt and his friends, but It does not delight the average order-lov. ing citizen. WIPING THE - REGIMENTAL SLATE. Prompt and summary disbandment of the Second Battalion'ls an effective curative for the ills of 'the Third Ore con Reelment, That drastic step, a taken yesterday by the general staff of. the Oregon National guard, indi cate the severe disapproval with which the state military policy invests Insubordination in any form. in viAir nt mich a. curative measure and considering the splendid spirit of obedience to orders shown by the rest of the regiment in the recent rieia maneuvers, the slate should be regard ed as wiped clean.'-The -Oregon regi ment has a long and enviable record won by service in the Philippines and augmented by 'creditable, conduct and rttenlava of military' efficiency at field maneuvers. The mutiny of five mis guided officers should be lookea upon as a purely local disorder. The fact that the misconduct was decried by every officer and man outside the mu tinous battalion emphasizes the point. Disbandment of the faulty battalion puts an end to airing of personal grievances and saves the National Guard from much unenviable bicker tntr Riihafitntion hv a new second battalion takes away the one blot on an excellent regimental record. So let the incident be forgotten forthwith. CINCHTNG A . NOMTJfATION. As a matter of fact, there has been too much talk about Roosevelt and the Bull Moose and too little talk about the new party Roosevelt represents and the princi ples ha advocates. He is not the candidate of the progressive party yet. He may not be.- And although the formal declaration of the party has not been made ita principles are discernible. Medford Sun. Not yet the candidate? Well, per haps not. But we should say that the prospects of the big Bull Moose get ting that nomination are fairly bright, and perhaps a trifle brighter. Our prophecy is based on the fact that a large number of the Bull Moose con ventions in the various states have in structed for Colonel Roosevelt every one of them, so far as, we have ob served. That would seem ordinarily to give a reasonable assurance of a nomination. But the game is now be ing played according to new rules. A pledge means nothing much, when it is against Roosevelt. Take those can didates for the electoral college, for example. Your average Roosevelt delegate won't stand without hitching, and bolting with him is an hourly recreation. You can't tell what will happen at Chicago. ; But the Colonel 'thinks he knows what will happen. He has that nomi nation all signed, sealed and ready to be delivered. Woe be to the traitor Who tries to steal it away from him. We pity him. ' : But if the Colonel doesn't get the nomination mark the if we'll wager that that tried and true disciple of the Roosevelt faith Dr. Henry Waldo Coe delegate to Chicago in -June and delegate to Chicago in August, will hold a third convention and nominate him anyhow. TAFT AND THE PROGRESSIVES. The following letter so well typifies the attitude ot many critics of Presi dent Taft that it calls for comment: ABERDEEN, Wash., July 30. (To the Ed itor) Did President Taft ever call on the House of Representatives or in any way recommend an investigation of the ateel trust? You had quite a lengthy article in The Oregonlan. July 29. on "The Steel Trust- In the Campaign-" Taft atated pub licly, four yeara ago, that he would carry out the Roosevelt policiea ajid every Re publican paper said amen. Why this change of front now? In the same Issue you had an editorial on "Senator Borah's' Progressive Policy." Has he had the support of the Taft Senators in thla progressive legislation that you speak of and commend? You would not have had an opportunity to write an editorial on Sen ator Borah'a progressive legislation had not the Democrats in the Senate joined hands with the progressives and paaaad merltorloua measures over the opposition of the Taft Senatora. Why not be consistent as well as give credit where It la due? W. M. HAZLETT. President Taft did not ask the House to investigate the steel trust, but caused an investigation to be made by the Bureau of Corporations, the result of which was published more than a year ago. The findings of fact were practically the -same as those of the House committee, as re gards the watering of the trust's stock, the percentage of Its profits and the degree to which it controls the steel industry. This report was followed a few months later by the suit to dis solve the trust, in which it was al leged that Gary and Frlck deceived Roosevelt into acquiescence in the ab sorption of the Tennessee company. This allegation is supported by the re port of the House committee. Taft has carried out the Roosevelt policies as to the trusts, he is still carrying them out and there has been no change of front on his part. Roosevelt diverged from his general policy In his treat ment of the steel and harvester trusts, but Taft has adhered rigidly to the original policy. " As to whether those whom Mr. Haz lett calls the Taft Senators voted- with Senator Borah on the measures men tioned as evidence of Borah's progres slveness, the Senators who have usual ly supported Taft have either divided on or voted in favor of those meas ures. Taft- Indorsed direct election of Senators in his speech of accept ance in 1908;. he has never done any thing against it, and, when the amend ment had passed Congress, he signed it. His habitual supporters In the Sen. ate divided on it, only sixteen of them voting against it. Those who thus joined the progressives, as well as the progressives themselves, were the Taft Senators on' this occasion; those who voted against the amendment were the anti-Taft Senators. Taft's letter to Roosevelt, which was written long ago and was published in the primary campaign, declared his opposition to Lorimer and stated that his only reason for not actively using his Influence to promote that Senator's expulsion was that the Senate's Jeal ousy of executive interference might prompt it to take the course opposite to that he recommended. On this oc casion the regular Republicans again divided, and, as Taft was in sympathy with the progressives and those regu lars who voted with them, the latter were on this occasion" the Taft Senators. As to the three-year homestead bill, it was not a party, or even a factional measure. It was Indorsed by Taft be fore its passage, was approved- by him when passed -and was generally sup ported by the progressive Republicans. Once again, therefore, the progressives equally with the regulars can justly be called Taft Senators. On these three subjects Taft has been in harmony with the progres sives. On the tariff Taft's policy is distinctly progressive, for Its two dis tinctive features the Tariff Board and revision by schedule were strongly favored by the progressives until the Democrats obtained control of- the House. Then the progressives changed front. The policy of revision - by schedule, which Is the only practicable means , of securing -' genuine revision downward, originated with Taft and has been taken up by both factions of Republicans and by Democrats, yet they deny Taft all credit for it. It would be more nearly correct to say that Borah has had the support of some Democrats, not "the Democrats, in securing progressive legislation. The Democratic Senators , were divided on direct election of Senators, eight of them voting against the measure on the crucial ballot. They were also di vided on the expulsion of Lorimer, some of whose most ardent defenders were Democrats.-- As to the tariff bills which the Democrats passed in 1911 and !n the present session with the aid of the progressives, we deny that they are progressive and maintain that that adjective properly applies to the Taft policy, against which Taft's' present opponents in his own party turned after having indorsed it in the cam paign of 1910. We may fairly ask Mr. Hazlett the question he asks us: "Why not be consistent and give credit where it Is due? His letter Is typical of the gen eral attitude of too many men who style themselves progressives. They close their eyes to the fact that on many occasions Taft has been in harmony with the progressives, and they assume that every measure pro posed by that faction Is necessarily progressive. TROUBLES OF THE CO-OPERATORS. The Mutuallsts need not be v dis couraged byUhelr difficulty with the bakers. They must expect to have such trouble until they have grown strong enough to bring the whole salers to terms or to do their own manufacturing. It is but natural that the retailers should combine to crush a co-operative enterprise; the ques tion is one of self-preservation with them. It is equally natural that the bakers should lean in the direction where their greatest Interest now Ilea Co-operation in England encoun tered just such obstacles in Its In fancy. It fought until It ovecarne them. It has caused sincere repen tance among the wholesale merchants who refused to sell to it, for the co operative societies have combined in co-operative manufacture and whole sale buying. They have their own bakeries. They grow tea on their own plantations In the Orient- and blend and pack it in their own warehouses in England. They manufacture or pack for the retail trade many other commodities. They are in a position to laugh at opposition. The success of co-operation depends upon its practice on a large scale, so that it can thus break down opposi tion. It must grow or die. It. must extend into buying by wholesale, man ufacture and packing, or ba cramped in its activities. A new obstacle with which it will have to contend in this day is the system by which manufacturers re fuse to sell one article to the retailer unless he buys others from the same firm and by which the manufacturer dictates the price at which an article shall be retailed. This system Is a re. straint of trade which apparently vio lates the Sherman law and could probably be broken. up by determined litigation. When co-operative stores become numerous and strong, they will be able to force some manufac turers to terms by the threat to do their own manufacturing. All is not plain sailing for the co- operators; there are many rocks ahead In their course. But perseverance and skilful management will carry them safely through. Once established, they will be as well able to dictate terms as now are those from whom they buy. UNOCCUPIED XANDS NEAR PORTLAND. Taking the . Courthouse of this county as the center and describing a circle, twenty miles In diameter; and then reaching ten miles farther out and describing another circle of forty miles in diameter, one finds In this radius a large amount of unimproved land. Eliminating the land in the in. ner circle, as the most of It, or at least a large amount of it, is city and Bub- urban property and the balance held at a higher price than most people wish to pay for acreage to be used for farm purposes, we find In the outer circle something like 460 square miles. Reducing that 10 per cent for the pur pose, of cutting out the water surface and the abrupt hills, there is left say 400 square miles of desirable farm land. Reducing that to acreage, we have 256,000 acres, and of this it is estimated by those best able to ascer tain the facts only two-fifths, or 80,000 acres, are Improved. That leaves more than 175,000 acres of unimproved farm land right at our doors. Traversing these lands there are six railroads operated by steam power and the same number operated by electric power; there are also flowing through it two navigable rivers, the Columbia and Willamette. All of it can be easily supplied with an abundance of the best of water for domestic purposes. Nearly all of it has upon it trees enough for firewood for years to come none of it is more than two or three miles from wood that can be pur chased at a very low cost. It is true that much of this area Is what is known as cut-over or logged-off land. That Is, It was at one time covered by timoer which has. been removed. The stumps are still standing, and urjon large portions of it there is a growth of brush or young trees. As to its value for agricultural purposes, that can be ascertained by looking at the splendid portions of it that are im proved, for within that circle are some of the finest and most valuable farms In Oregon. It is hardly too much to say that there is no better land for gen eral agricultural purposes In the world than most of that in the radius described. Most of these unoccupied tracts are for sale at very reasonable prices, and as a rule on attractive terms, in subdi visions usually to suit the purchaser. Cut up into twenty-acre tracts we have almost at our doors 8750 vacant farms. With a family averaging five people on each tract there-would be an addition to our. adjacent population of nearly 44,000 people. Twenty acres is not only enough for any family to make a living upon. Any frugal. Industrious man could within a few years obtain a competency. - - - Why is it that these lands are un occupied ? It is not, as a rule, that the price asked is prohibitive. Farm lands are constantly changing hands in .the Northwest that are from twenty-five to fifty miles from a railroad, at prices greater than the majority of these lands can be bought for. It is surely not the lack of market facilities, for every acre of it is in close touch with the City of Portland. Good roads, the best In Oregon, traverse the area inj all directions, so no buyer need be more than three or four miles at the utmost from a good highway, and con necting roads can be cheaply built, will be built by the county as soon as the neighborhoods settle up and the people demand them. None of these things keep these lands lying idle. It is the fear, so to express- it, of the stumps and brush. There lies the bugaboo the thought of the hard work and the expense of removing these. These obstacles are more imaginary than real. It is not necessary to clear all the land pur chased at once. With only an acre or two the new settler can make a living, and that much can be cleared at an outlay of from 850 to $100. If there is brush upon it, this can be cut and grubbed out and the stumps left for a time. You will find In many parts of Oregon, particularly In Tillamook County, fine dairy farms upon land that Is dotted all over with stumps. Between the stumps are growing fine timothy and clover, making as good pasturage as can be found. All sorts of garden truck can be grown regardless of the stumps. In the irrigated districts of the Northwest unimproved lands are sell ing at prices up to $300 an acre, and perhaps the water Tight costs from $75 to $90 more. Then there is an annual water tax of say $3 per acre. Those prices are not too high, if we compare them with the prices of other sections. Anyhow people pay them and make good money on their investments. But there are people who want a farm but do not fancy irrigated lands. To those people we offer the sugges tion that before purchasing elsewhere they ought to look over the lands In Portland's front and back yards. OUR NEW "HANDS OFF" FOI1CT. Expansion of the Monroe doctrine as provided in the Lodge "hands off resolution, signals entry of the United States into the vortex of world politics. It is a position calculated to meet the demands of international readjust ments and is inspired largely-because of the Panama Canal, although there are other important considerations. . The Monroe doctrine sufficed to make clear our stand on forcible ac quisition of American territory. The Lodge resolution goes further and pro tects us from the wiles of international intrigue. It is a stern and forcible, rather than subtle, warning to the whole world, that we do not intend to fall victim to ruse or subterfuge; that we mean every word of the Monroe doctrine and are not stupid enough to be tricked. Hence we are not going to wink at "peaceful settlement" of strategic points on the American con tinent points that In a twinkling could be turned into naval bases de signed to cut us off from the Panama Canal and weaken our whole position as a world power. Having built the Panama Canal, it is now made obvious that we Intend to protect our handi work which, thus far, has been men aced only by thinly-veiled intrigue. There' seems to be very little ques tion that ulterior motives lay behind the efforts of Japanese commercial in terests to acquire a foothold on Mag dalena Bay. Its strategic Importance so outweighed its commercial value, in fact, as to leave small room for question. Had we permitted the camel's nose Inside, what would have followed ? So It may be said that the Lodge measure is put forward to coun teract such international sut "Hies whether practiced by Japan, Germany or Baluchistan. With this new policy on record as' an irrevocable American- doctrine, there may arise cause for friction, but certainly no grounds for misunder standing. Our position is made tre mendously clear. If the Monroe doc trine is ever to be put to the test, the action will have to be direct . and forcible. It cannot be preceded by a campaign of -peace-time strategy that would weaken, if not lay bare, our most vulnerable points. That our new stand is bold and reso lute and perhaps not justified by our naval and military capacities for up holding . so stern an attitude, is an other matter. There can be no ques tion but that the new policy, as well as the unembelllshed Monroe doctrine, depends for its logic upon our armed force. This is a .phase of the situation which the world is certain to comment upon. Already, with the type barely dry on the Lodge resolution, we find this utterance In a British Columbia dally: If it Is to be the declared policy of the I United States, the sooner, the United States brings Its military and naval forces Into Una with modern conditions, the better Tor the peace of the world. Even Americans cannot -make the Monroe Doctrine out of words alone. The warning is timely and Justified. But if the Monroe doctrine is destined to get us into trouble, who can deny the wisdom of getting into trouble at the outset rather than after we have been further weakened by internation al Intrigues such as the new policy renders impossible? Morris' practical work in giving em ployment to paroled and discharged convicts is the best atonement he could make for his offenses. The most critical time in a convict's life is that when he is set at liberty with a brand on him. Many a man who has gone into the world again under such cir cumstances, firmly resolved to be an honest citizen, has relapsed into crime through his Inability to secure employ ment. It would be far better .to re quire a convict to serve his full term and then make provision for his earn ing a living than to release him before his time expires and throw him en tirely on his own resources, of which he often has none. The saving of Halfway from de struction by fire Is a Joint triumph for woman and the telephone. But for Mrs. Blsher's quickness of thought and action and but for the spread of the telephone service through the state, the town might have been in ashes be fore help could have arrived. Modern inventions like the telephone, the tele graph, wireless telegraphy have saved many a life and prevented many disasters. Governor Johnson's decision to stay death sentences until the people of California have voted on the abolition of capital punishment is a specimen of the substitution of the rule of men for the rule of law, of which Senator Root spoke in notifying President Taft of his renomination. The only safe course for an executive officer Is to en force the law as he finds it without being swerved by his opinion of what the law should be. The story of the oil fire on the steamer Eureka takes rank for weird horror with that of the gun on board ship which broke from Its lashings in a storm and rolled about the decks, smashing men's legs and everything else which came In Its way. THE CIRCULATION Ot) Oregoniatt FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS AS FOLLOWS: Daily Average, 55,195 Sunday Average, 71,670 This Circulation Was Oregon Washington Outside Total Note that the great percentage of circulation is in Oregon and Washington. The bulk of The Oregonian's circulation is of course in Portland and nearby towns. County of Multnomah, "1 State of Oregon, . j' This is to certify that the actual circulation of The Oregonian for the month of July was as above set forth. E. P. HOP WOOD, Circulation Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d day of August, 1912. W. E. HARTMUS, (Seal) - ' ' Notary Public. CITY SEVERE OIT ATJTO DRIVERS Victim Protests Against Sudden En . forcemeat of Traffic Laira. TROUTDAX.E, Aug. 2. (To the Edi tor.) If the remains of an individual run over by the steamroller may be permitted to speak, I would beg to say a few words regarding the present speed craze in Portland police circles. I am- one of the hundred or so people of good Intent who have recently been halted and hauled before the court, charged with exceeding the speed limifc I, a farmer and a very slow coach, returning to the country one evening with my little' farm wagon, when near the city limits was stopped by a man in very plain clothes and told to re port next morning to the police judge. Though financially crippled by the en counter I am still alive and able to talk coherently. This is not a defense of my case. It Is Jjut to show that not being a hardened criminal I may ask respectful attention from the re spectable citizens who read The Ore gonlan. In . Berlin, Germany, probably the best policed city in the world, where the police ye have ever with you, or after you, no spectacle like this Port land affair is ever known. Every body knows the rules of the street, for they are posted so plainly that the wayfaring man, though an au tomoblllst, need not err therein. The city government Is steady handed: ar rests and fines are applied according to rule, the fines for first offenses being just sufficient to warn the well meaning that the second offense is considered the actual misdemeanor. The result is that in Berlin there is the minimum of trouble between police and power-driven vehicles. But in Portland the city governors have let autos go their own gait for years. Probably there is not an auto owner in the city who has not time and again broken some of the ordi nances regarding the speed or- the handling of autos. Then all of a sud den, for some reason not known to us out in the country, the police authori ties secretly plan a tag day, and pounc ing upon the sleeping public, wake them with a slam, the Judge reckoning compound interest on all the fines the treasury missed while tne police were sleeping. This government by spasms is no better lor a municipality man for a family. It brings the govern ment into contempt of all its better citizens. It would take only about five years of such intermittent family gov ernment to make a kid out of any well-born son. Further, I discovered that spotters' unsupported testimony is Invariably taken as against the word of accused citizens. One of these creatures in particular had a face that if it were not criminal, was, to, say the least, un fortunate. I would not nave nung a black cat on the testimony of such a fellow. Yet his word offhand was taken as against that of far better looking men than I. As the cases came before the court, I noted that whatever the plea all were first offenses and nearly all were evidently unconsciously committed the citizen was hit for from Zi to !. Why the fines varied at all I could not see. So that when my case was called I did not expect mercy nor did I ask it; though I am morally certain that the spotter was in gross error In his testimony as to my speed. Be that as It may, the city got my bank ac count all right and I paid my check to the chuckling clerk. Being badly rattled, and subcon sciously finding I still had my hat, I unwittingly put it on my head before I reached the courtroom door. An officer of the court halted me and made me take it oft. Here the police missed a good opportunity for another thirty of revenue. They could have had it for contempt of court. Just as clean and just as easy money as the other. I say they could have had it, for though I didn't look it. I still had twp or three friends In the - city who would have loaned me thirty on a hard-luck story. About a quarter of a century from now, when wisdom and righteousness, level heads and steady hands shall guide American municipal govern ments, this sort of government by spasms and by grab will be reckoned by us to resemble good government about as a prizefight resembles a Methodist prayer meeting, and the good officials of Portland will blush to re member it a good deal harder than I am blushing now for having Inadver tently exceeded the speed limit. MILTON O. NELSON. The campaign against speeding was begun because a distressing series of automobile accidents had occurred in Portland. It was announced in the newspapers that the police would begin a strict enforcement of the traffic ordinance. ( A Japanese Fairy Tale. Harper's. I am- going to tell you a Japanese fairy tale. Once a Japanese husband and wife had a little sparrow, and one day the man went to cut some wood In the forest, and the woman was washing clothes and had some starch on the table. The bird flew In and ate the starch. So the woman drove It away. The man came . back and he scolded the woman, then he went out Into the forest to find the bird, and when he found It he was very- glad. The bird said it had a present for the man and it went and got two baskets. The man took the smallest basket, then went home and-found It full of gold and silver. The woman said, "Why didn't you take the biggest?" The man replied, "Because I thought I would let him keep that one." The woman said, "Well, I will go out and get it." So she went and got the biggest one, and when she came home she found it full of frogs and toads. Distributed as Follows: Weekday 46,134 6,521 2,540 Sunday 60,428 8,204 3,038 55,195 71,670 Half a Century Ago From lha Oreg-onlan of Aug-uat 4, 1862. St. Louis, July 26. Considerable ex citement existed yesterday at the Brit ish Consul's office. In consequence of a large number' of persons claiming the protection of the British flag to ex empt them from enrollment in the mili tia under the recent order of General Schofield. Several claimants having permanent business here were severely handled by the crowd. Numerous ar rests were made. Washington, July 26. The enemy are sending some of the best troops ot Longstreet's, Pillow's and Swell's di visions to join Jackson between Gor don vllle and Staunton. It Is not be lieved, however, that Jackson's whole force numbers over 30,000 men. His purpose is thought to be to push up the Shenandoah Valley and, if prac ticable, to enter Maryland. Cairo, July 28. On Tuesday last the rebels entered the city of Florence. Ala., burned all the warehouses used for commissary and quartermaster's stores and all the cotton they could find in the country, seized the United States steamer Colona, took all the money be longing to the boat passengers, and then burned her. As will be observed by this issue, we have again enlarged the size of The Daily Oregonlan, and It is with much pleasure and sincere thanks we an nounce that the patronage we have re ceived enables us thus to enlarge its size. The attention of our energetic street commissioner is respectfully called to a very dangerous hole on the corner of Front and Taylor streets. Mnssmnn & Co.. will disnatch a mes senger from Portland on Monday, August 11, for the purpose of meeting the oncoming emigration to Oregon and Washington Territory. The messenger will carry letters and papers on most reasonable terms. We take pleasure in informing the public that the long-looked-for postage stamps have at last arrived at the Post office. To Fit the Song By Dean Collins. "Columbia, gem of the ocean," The people and lawmakers sing In deep patriotic devotion. And much hefty language they sling. Yet, when Democratic lawmakers Assemble, with most fervid lips They reaffirm our Monroe Doctrine And whittle our budget for ships. Oh, bold is their reaffirmation That the grass of the West Hemis phere Is not to be trod by the powers That over the sea may come here. Yes, bold is that reaffirmation Of the Doctrine Monroe once did tate: But while they are thus reaffirming, Our Navy becomes out of date. And when we have thus reaffirmed It, Forsooth, It would seem rather tough If someone from over the water Should sail, with a call for our bluff. "Columbia, gem of the ocean." The words grandly roll from our lips Oh millions for bean seed and pensions, But never a kopeck for ships. "Columbia, gem of the ocean," I move though you may think me wrong If we must sing thus, let us frame up Conditions to fit with the song. Portland, August 1. 60M00 Yearly lost by Fok. London Chronicle. The London taxpayer is put to an extra expense of $600,000 annually by reason of the prevalence of fog. One gas company alone furnishes gas to the value of $15,000 over and above the normal figure on a single day of fog. The suspension of traffic is another serious item. SUNDAY FEATURES Will Man Live to Be 140? A full page, illustrated by photos, is devoted to the work of Metchnikoff, the eminent bacteriologist of the Pasteur Institute, Paris. Home Life of World's Greatest Actress An intimate story of Sarah Bernhardt. , Big Tort-ones From Small Patents How apparently foolish and ' freakish ideas have been among the most profitable of all. Half page, illustrated. Future Kings of the Diamond They play on vacant city lots. An illustrated page on Portland's juvenile ballplayers. The Romance o Mrs. Afitor A letter from Paris on the romance in which an Astor and a Rostand are the principals. Wielding Sword and Pen Czar of Montenegro divides his time between dispensing stern justice and writing poems. An absorbing article from a Cettinje correspondent. Coaching on the Inside Hughie Jennings, manager of the Detroit Tigers, gives some inside pointers on the fine art of piloting a runner around the bases. Two Short Stories, complete. New adventures by all the colored comic cutups. Many other features. Order today from your newsdealer. Roasting Ear Days , By Addlaon Bennett. Have you noticed that there are no roasting ears on the market this yearT There have been none for many years. At least so those who sell vegetables, fruits and other edible products of field and garden say. Particularly the sons of Italy who do most of the truck farming, and their close competitors, the Japs, and their cousins, the Chi nese; none of these savvy roasting ears. There is to be sure the same thing in plenty green corn. But roasting ears and the roasting ear days have passed away vanished never to re turn. Sometimes, however, the ""old youngsters," who were In their prime a couple of decades ago, recall the roast ing ears of their younger days, par ticularly during the season when "tha frost is on the punkin and the fodder'a in the shock" all save the corn fodder. When the warm September or October sun sinks down in the west in a haze of golden glory, almost Immediately there comes a twang of delicious, ex hilarating freshness in the air, that causes you to say, or hear said, "It will be almost cool enough for frost before sun-up in the morning." Now, there was that night up Jora Iemon way that Is, in the neighbor hood where the Joralemons live, up to ward the Singleton Mountains though they are not real mountains Just wooded hills. The Joralemon boys and the Singleton boys and Cy. Armbrus ter had sent word that it would be well to be, at the forks of the road down near Spauldlng's wood lot as soon a; possible after milking was done, and bring that 'ar 'coon dog along, and also the old shotgun, for "Howell's cornfield is Just lousey with 'coons." There were six In the party, not counting the dogs, for there were seven dogs, all good 'coon dogs, too. We hadn't much more than got Into the cornfield, though we hadn't ' hurried much, giving the 'coons a chance to get busy we hadn't much more than unleashed the dogs until there was the most tarnation barking ever heard, and the dogs, we knew by the barks, were headed straight for that big hlckorynut tree over In the lower corner of the field, near the sweet spring. All hands followed on the run. and yep! By gee, they had him treed! Soon, mighty soon, all hands were busy pack ing wood. Almost before you knew It there was a huge fire burning right near the tree not right under it. Just off a dozen yards or so, and the whole sky was lighted up. Then we looked and looked and looked up into the boughs of that tree from every angle. Meanwhile, the dogs were barking and acting like crazy brutes, trying their very utmost to climb the treel Just think of half a dozen cur dogs, but all fine 'coon dogs, trying to climb a tree! Pretty soon, the fire all the time burning brighter, we spied the 'coon in the very topmost branches. Lorn Joralemon saw him first, but we all pretty soon got him sighted. Of course we discussed the best way to get him. It was sure too high a tree for any of the guns to quite reach him, but As the discussion was going on tha party seemed to break ranks and ona by one they wandered off into the cornfield, and soon each one returned with about a dozen roastlng-ears. Not green corn there was no green corn In those days. And then hot coals and hot ashes were hauled out of the fire, a great bed of them made, and into this we burled the roastlng-ears, husks and alL For 15 minutes well, perhaps 20 min utes we discussed the 'coon problem, and then the roastlng-ears were pulled out, each fellow produced a little piece of rag or paper In which he had some pepper and salt mixed, and the husks were peeled off the corn, and there was something that all of the chefs In all of the great restaurants In the world could not equal for the palate of man! No, there was never anything quite so good as those roastlng-ears that night, except more of the same kind on similar nights. Just as we were finishing, old man Joralemon. who didn't know the boys were out, he said, came along, having seen the fire and heard the shouting and barking, and wanted to know If we didn't know that Howell would just about skin us if Just then .we gave htm a view of the 'coon and It took three of us to hold him away from the guns, for he was just crazy to get a shot at that 'coon. Pretty soon we held a sort of council of war and we did allow him to take the first shot, all the time knowing the old 'coon was -perfectly safe. But. sir, dinged if almost before the report died out a little bit that old 'coon and two youngish 'coons didn't come tum bling down to be pounced upon by the dogs. But the fate of the 'coons, even the presence of the coons in the neighbor hood, has nothing to do with the story, though it took, perhaps, the sharp air, the brisk walking and running, the ex citement of the chase to whet the ap petite to make the roastlng-ears taste Just right, to make them, every grain and kernel of them, the sweetest, choic est morsel that ever passed between the Hps of man. A Chance for Her at Last. Fliegende Blatter. Young Husband What a glorious day! I could dare anything, face any thing, on a day like this! Wife Come on down to the millin ers!