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THE MORIfBG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER . 12, 1912. f! t PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Poitofflct a Second-Clau JJatter. Subscription Rats Inrartably la Advane. (BY MAIL.) Daily, fftinday Included, one year. .... .$8.00 ua.u y. bunaay incjuaea, mix. montm. . . . Daily, Sunday Included, three months.. 2-25 nitv Gnorii tnplnrtjtrl nn. mnnth.... .73 Daily, Daily. Daily, Daily. witnout Sunday, one year y without Sunday, mix montni.... vithnnt il n n m V tnrM IDODID1... JU without Sunday, on month.... .w' "Weekly, one year...... ?V Sunday, one year bundar and Weekly, one rear... - CBT CARRIER.) Dally, Sunday included, one year 0 riaiiw BiinHi niudd. one month.... Maw t Kamlt Send Poet of flee money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the aendere risk. Give poetofflce address la full. Including- county and state. Porta re Katee 10 to 14 pares. 1 cent; ! m 2M ni.roa U cnti: SO to 40 DafCS. 8 cents 40 to 60 paces, 4 cents. Foreign postage. double rate. Eastern Business Offices Veers Conk lln New York. Brunswick building. fm n Rr.rn bulldlna. , 6an Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. T42 Uirkt atrt KimnMii fifties No. 1 Reaent street. & W.. London. PORTLAND, SATURDAY. OCT. 1. SENATOR BOURNE'S EXPLANATION. Ki-Rpnalnr Fulton is not "on trial" th neoDla of Malheur County are not 'on trial" at least not since the close of the primary campaign; the re nree-nn are not "on trial.' Senator Bourne is the one who i on trial. He has voluntarily and with insistence not affected by a former verdict against him placed nimseir in that position. Yet in excusing ht failure to save or even attempt to save for Oregon the state's fair and legltl mate proportion of the reclamation funds, Senator Bourne, in his reply rv .sntnF Fulton, attempts to shift responsibility, and make all these his handy burden bearers. Senator Fulton, we are told, failed to save Oregon when the funds were originally allotted. The people of Mal heur prevented an allotment for the Malheur project by refusing to ac cept the terms of the Reclamation Service. The State of Oregon is lack ing In feasible projects, and finally the Government used poor Judgment in undertaking so great & number of irrigation enterprises. Such is the Bourne contention. ' The statement that Oregon had not sufficient feasible projects to call for its proportionate share of the reclam ation funds is a slander that cannot be supported by unprejudiced evidence or color of truth. The land is avail able for new projects in numerous localities. The water is at hand. The climate Is Ideal. The markets are es tablished. The soil is rich and cries out for the life-giving moisture. Yet even granting that the charges made by Senator Bourne concerning Senator Fulton, the people of Malheur County and the Reclamation Service, are true, there remained in the Fed eral statutes, until 1910, a section that, if enforced, would have correct ed every one of their mistakes or omissions or incompetencies. That section was repealed while Senator Bourne sat supinely by and raised not one word of protest. - The repealed section Is quoted in Senator Bourne's statement today. It nrnviriorl that, tha mftlor DOrtlon Of the funds derived from the sales of publio lands should be expended for reclama tion in the states in which the lands sold were located. The Secretary of the Interior was authorized to divert these funds,, but - only temporarily. The section plainly provided that within a period of ten years the ac cumulations from land sales should be expended in the aforementioned pro abortion among the states that con tributed them. It may be lnterpo ' lated that Senator Fulton-had no rea j! son to fear the repeal of the section 't or look upon excess allotments to ; other states as more than loans whose '; repayment was protected by law. i The law was adopted in 1902. In ! 1913 the ten-year period would have -'( expired and it would have been ta il cumbent upon the Government to have i expended 51 per cent of .the Oregon j land sale proceeds for reclamation of feasible projects in the State of Ore i gon. In 1910 it developed that it would be Impossible to return the 1 money borrowed from Oregon's pro portion of the public funds and con tinue all the projects that had "been '! started in other states. When a $20. ;l 000,000 bond issue against the recla J matlon fund was authorized by Con '! gress a clause was Inserted therein ' repealing the election that saved to Oregon its just share of the funds. I, The bill, with the repealing clause, was i: passed by the Senate, as heretofore j stated, without protest by Senator !' Bourne. ! It Is not altogether a matter of how II much money Oregon has already lost ' ' through the indifference of Senator Bourne. There are still public lan as in Oregon. They are stm being sold. The reclamation fund is accumulating and the bulk of the money is going to the advantage of other states. The sum of 19,700,000. cited by Senator Bourne, does not now represent Ore gon's contribution to the reclamation fund. On November 6, 1911, Governor Vest gave out at Salem figures he had obtained from the General Land Office at Washington as to the total amount if mihlio land sales in Oreeron since the establishment of the reclamation fund. These figures were published in The Oregonian November 7. They . disclosed a total at that time of J14, L . 03S.756, from which it was necessary to deduct $701,687. representing the 5 ; per cent of land sale proceeds granted ; to the state by the Government. The i remainder, $13,352,066, was the total j' ' net sum Oregon had furnished to the C reclamation fund. By June 30, 1912, the amount j that should have been expended for ' Government irrigation projects in Ore - gon, had the protecting section not ! ' tAAn rarwaTfart would have aarrreerated approximately $7,000,000. The amount that has actually been expended is short of $3,000,000. The total allot ment made, or of money expended and to be expended, in Oregon, according ; to Senator Bournes own ngures, is J onlv $4,173,990.27. Thus is the sum of $3,000,000 already lost to Oregon ieyond recall. Moreover, it is esti mated that at the close of the next f l decade the public land sales will have aggregated approximately $25,000,000, of which Oregon's 51 per cent would be $12,750,000. Under the law as it now stands, all proceeds from land sales since the adoption of the bond ing act may go to other states. We -..are to receive only $4,178,000. The . jonly hope of more rests with a live ' Congressional delegation from this ; state. What assistance could we ex ' pect from one who says Oregon has 3 no more feasible projects? it ina nnt hflt the aituation to var- 4.k iha truth with rpmifHHM. ral or .4- fancied, of others. It does not change the situation for Senator Bourne to cite his efforts to convert trust mag nates to his theories of popular gov ernment, or to relate his efforts to still the panic through compromise with Standard OIL The fact remains that when a live issue menacing the growth of his own state and the prosperity of his constituents was be fore the Senate, Senator Bourne did not lift a finger to protect them. COUNTING THE BULL MOOSE HOST. If the registration lists are an in dex, the Bull Moosers In Multnomah County have attained the colossal ag gregate of 155. It is a stupendous showing, due to the bountiful enthu siasm for the Grand Exalted Megalo- ceph, head of the Bull Moose herd. and the magnificent outpouring in his behalf at the several conventions throughout Oregon. At one conven tion as many as 150 were present. All the credentials any delegate needed was a vociferous intention to vote for Roosevelt. While this grand total 155) was being rolled up, 953 Republicans reg istered in Multnomah County. Thus it would seem on paper that there are six Republicans to one Bull Mooser. But are all Bull Moosers registered as Progressives, or do they Intend so to register? Is six Republicans to one Progressive the correct proportion ? We do not assume that it is, for we know better. But the registration is a straw showing something else point edly and conclusively. If there are as many citizens in Portland who will vote for Roosevelt as for Taft and we suppose the Roosevelt men will not -deny .it the proportion of Bull Moosers who intend to leave the Republican party and Join a new party is one in six. In other words, - the Bull Moose movement is 16 per cent new party and 84 per cent Just Roosevelt. DELAY AS TO THE AUDITORIUM. The Oregonian has no notion that the $200,000 additional bonds desired by the auditorium commission will be voted. Between the people who want no auditorium and the other citizens who think $600,000 Is enough, and the considerable remainder who are sure that the site ought to be somewhere else than the place it is likely to be, if it is anywhere, the opposition Is formidable, aggressive and very nu merous. The commission might as well cut Its garment according to its cloth. If, as a result of the long delay, or for any other reason, an unsuitable site should be chosen for the auditor ium, the mistake could not easily be repaired. It would, be a grave blun der, for example, to locate the audi torium on the ' East Side. The Ore gonian is frankly of opinion' that if the question were to be left to the de cision of the residents of the East Side they would favor a site at or near the civic center, where it ought to be. On what East Side location could they agree 7 But it ought not to be left to popu lar vote. The location ought to be fixed by competent and expert Judges, who shall Investigate and reach a ver dict in accordance with, experience and. local conditions. Hotels, theaters, publio buildings, traffic center, retail business radius, the dally movement of population, are all factors that must be considered. Why should they be ignored? 1 WHEN AND HOW TO VOTE NO. Shall the Indiscriminate use of the Initiative for miscellaneous legislation be encouraged? If so, the moBt effi cient method is for the people to vote In the affirmative on the large num ber of bills offered for their consider. atlon. If not, the best and quickest way to crush a grave and growing misuse or overuse of the initiative is to. record a decided No against all measures that may suitably be acted. on by the Legislature. Here are five bills which the peo ple of Oregon must vote up or down In November that illustrate the In creasing tendency to use the initiative for general laws. So far as The Ore gonian knows, none of them has ever been presented to the Legislature, and their presence here constitutes in no wise an appeal from the Legislature to the people. The promoters of these bills have their own reasons for ig noring the Legislature and invoking the Initiative. Scan these bills: A bill for an met to protect purchasers of stocka and bonds. . . . Establishing- a separate corporation department, fixing the annual salary of the commission thereof at f3000 - and restricting the expenses of the department. (3S4-S3S.) A bill for an act creating- the office of hotel Inspector, prescribing his duties, ap propriating $7000 per annum for salary and traveling expenses of the inspectors, defining hotels and providing tor their Inspection an regulation. (S30-S31.) A bill for an act fixing the percentage that freight rates, less than carload lota, shall bear to carloads, and to establish min imum weights and maximum freight and providing penalties for violations of the act. A bill to nut Into effect the flat salary state printer law on December 1. 1912. In stead of January l. ltfio, etc., etc S29.) A bill for an act making eight hours a day's labor in all cases where labor for the state, county, school district, municipality or other subdivisions of the state are In terested. . . . Providing that contractors shall give a bond, etc, etc (832-333.) The Oregonian does not say these measures may not be meritorious. It says merely that they do not belong on the ballot. If the people of Oregon do not register a wholesale veto on all such measures, we shall soon have the hundred or more bills which Senator Bourne, who believes in the people sometimes, says he would like to see on the ballot. When in doubt, vote No. When not In doubt, vote No, unless you know exactly why you are voting Yes. UNSTABLE IMMIGRANTS. Almost half the immigrants who have come to the United States from foreign countries in the last ten years have returned to their native lands. The precise figure is 44 per cent, which means 4,800,000 out of 11, 000,000. In former years our immigrants, as the reader need not be reminded, came from Northern Europe and once here they stayed. The bone and sinew of the population in vast sections of the United States Is Irish, German or Scandinavian. Now the immigration comes from Italy, Hungary, Poland, Greece, and it is far from stable. Many thousands remain and cast in their lot with the country, but others never intend to remain. Their only purpose is to -work until they "make their pile" and then go back home. On the earnings of a few years in America they can live like aristocrats for the rest of their lives in Italy or Poland. There is nothing necessarily blam- able in this ambition as far as we can see, but their way of attaining it is injurious to American life. Uttetly absorbed in the rage for laying up money, immigrants of this character are prone to accept living conditions which native Americans cannot en dure. They cut down wages by un derbidding. They subsist on food which is unfit.for use. They herd to gether in disease-breeding tenements. In short, they obliterate the good, old American standard of living. This is bad for the permanent la boring class of the country and there fore bad for the country as a whole. We ought to welcome Industrious Im migrants who come here because they like our institutions, but it Is a ques tion how warmly we should receive those who come only because they like our money. THE TKI -COUNTY FAIR. The people of Morrow, Sherman and Gilliam Counties a year' ago put their own shoulders to the wheel by organ izing the Tri-County Development League. That the work of this league is practical may be seen from its bav ing employed an agricultural ex pert to advise farmers as to the best methods. The first fruit of the league's work will be the Tri-County Fair, to be held at Condon on October 15. 16 and 17, for which the people of that town have found time to make ample prep arations, though they have been busy harvesting Gilliam County's big crop of 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 bushels of wheat. By subscribing liberally, the Condon business men have secured a list of prizes which has attracted many and varied exhibits, well representing the products of the three counties, and Portland people cannot do better than pay a visit to the -fair, for they will find much to admire, .. An opportunity will be afforded to visit the fair by the Tri-County special train, for which the Portland Com mercial Club has made arrangements. This train should carry a large and representative party of citizens to show Its appreciation of the industry and enterprise of the people of the great wheat belt. OLD IDEAS WITH NEW NAMES. Among the many eminent foreign physicians who are attending medical conventions in America is Dr. Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, or soul doctor. It is his business to delve into the depths of his patients' subconsci ous selves, drag their troubles to the light and slay them. In his hands such a psychic malady as hysteria is a very simple affair. His theory is that hysteria arises from some suppressed "motivation." In other words, it is smothered activity perishing and putrifying far down be low the depths of consciousness. His method of cure consists in discovering this hidden cause and bringing It fully face to face with the person whom, like the devils of the New Testament, it has been distracting. Astonishing as it may seen), the mere "takln out" of a secret and often forgotten trouble is usually suf ficient to cure hysteria. Other psy chic diseases yield Just as easily to Dr. Jung's treatment. His processes amount to nothing more miraculous than the ordinary "mind cure" re duced to a science. The church has long known the therapeutic value of thoroughly searching the soul and has made excellent use of it. in the confessional. ' It is startling to reflect how many Ideas which originated as theological dogmas are receiving new life as scien tific truths. Thus the spiritual duty to confess one's sins is transmuted into a method of curing hysteria. Sim ilarly the old doctrine of predestina tion is reborn . with the new name "heredity." Other Instances could be cited almost by the dozen. THE GKOWLNG DEATH KATE OE ADTJLTS. , There can be no doubt that the an nual death rate of the United States has been substantially decreased in the last quarter of a century. Some place the deduction' at 25 per cent. The natural inference is that more human beings live to a good old age than formerly, but It appears that this Is not so. Elmer E. Rittenhouse, of the Equitable Life Assurance Company, who is a great authority upon vital statistics, points out the discouraging fact that while the falling death rate has lengthened the average of human life, the number of persons who reach old age is actually decreasing. How can this be? The process is simple. Our efforts to conserve human life have been applied chiefly to children and they have been remarkably suc cessful as far as they went. Very many more children now live to ma turity than In former decades. But with adults the case-is far dif ferent. Little or nothing has been done, according to.Mr. Rittenhouse, to preserve their health. The conse quence is. that while the death rate for persons under 40 has aecreasea, ror those above that age It has risen. In an interview printed in the New York Times he assigns various reasons for this discouraging state of things. One is the prevalence . of vicious habits In the youth of both sexes; that American prudery which lis now so vigorously condemned everywhere has favored the spread of r vice until it positively endangers the population of the country. Again our habits of work and play are not conducive to long life. We have formed them with little ' regard to the laws of health and as a natural result they make us easy victims of degenerative diseases, such as cancer, Insanity, kidney troubles and arterial sclerosis. Add to these bad " living conditions our National addiction' to destructive drugs and we begin to understand why the American death rate rises so rapidly after 40 years. Mr. rutten- house estimates that the country loses annually 650,000 lives cut off in their best working years through prevent able causes. Naturally he asks, as every thoughtful person must, how this terrible waste of human material can be prevented? The question becomes all the more pressing when we compare American vital statistics with those of other countries. Such a comparison brings the startling fact to light that while In England, France and Germany the Infant death Tate has diminished fully as much as It has here, the adult death rate has diminished with it. In no case has it risen as with us. The obvious inference is that the United States pays less attention to human welfare than any other country in tne world. Mr. Rittenhouse says that the con servation of life means "a struggle be tween the death rate and the dollar," with the dollar ahead so far. In his opinion we spend too little money by far to protect life In dangerous occu pations. Men who perish by accident are usually in their prime and each one means therefore heavy economic as well as moral loss. A serious and determined campaign should be un dertaken to break the terrible grip of drug habits on American life. We need education as to proper methods of work, recreation and diet. The terrible truth about vice and its con sequences must be --suppressed no longer. It must be dragged into the light and all its hideousness manfully regarded. Something must be " done to check the tendency to shun mar ried life in both sexes. Of course this subject is intimately related to the cost of living and it is useless to scold celibates as long as high prices make a family a perilous venture. But are high prices irremediable? Finally- Mr. Rittenhouse laments the stingy appropriations our cities make for their boards of health. Port land, for example, expends $1.91 per capita annually to prevent fires and only 13 cents to prevent disease. The disparity is remarkable. It shows the estimate which We make of life com pared with property. This perverted psychology must be changed fundamentally before we shall see much diminution in our scan dalously high adult death rate. It has Increased more than 27 per cent in the last twenty-five years. The train wreck at Westport, on the New Haven road, has given occa sion for Interstate Commerce Com missioner McChord to remark that the Commission a year ago recommended the installation on that road of auto matic apparatus to stop a train in case slgnalB or rules were not observed. Exhaustive inquiry has led the Com mission to the conclusion that such devices are as practicable on roads through open, country as on under ground and elevated lines, where they are already In use. Then why do not the railroads adopt them? The ex planation seems to be that, aside from the expense, railroads do not always wish their rules to be observed. When an engineer, in violation of rules, tries to make up lost time, his superiors wink at his disobedience, provide no accident occurs. If a wreck results, he is called to account. The manage. ment runs fast trains to meet the pub. lie demand for speed and tries to avoid delay in order to avert criticism. Automatic stops would largely elimi nate the human factor, which is re sponsible- for most wrecks, but the railroads do not wish to eliminate this factor entirely, for they would thereby reduce speed and cause ' delays. So they pass along the responsibility to the traveling public. The 1500-foot fall of Beatty, the aviator, without serious injury Is a reminder that the manner, not the dls tance, of one's fall is what counts. Some men, like Beatty, can fall 1500 feet and only suffer a few scratches and bruises; others can fall only a foot and break their necks. So .it Is In politics. A leader may receive many defeats but still win fame, as did Clay In a past generation and as has Bryan in our own time. He may win seem ing triumphs, but be consigned to ob loquy. If Roosevelt should happen to win in this election, he would not hold as high a place in history as would Taft, defeated. One's place in permanent public estimation is deter mined not by the passing brilliance of one's .victories,, but by the principles for which one stands. While-Governor Wilson is seeking the voters, he sleeps well, but if he should become President, the officer seekers would seek him and disturb his repose, no matter how sound a sleeper he is. A man who can sleep through a railroad collision may not be able to sleep through the pleadings of the politician. . Then, too, Wilson's brain is now soothed by hope, while as President he would be irritated by the daily worries of possession. If elected, he will have long arrears of sleep to make up at the end of his term. i , Colonel Hofer fixed his personality in the Capital Journal, which the new owners will find not easy to eradicate. Having written a book which is hinted great" by those who have been fa vored with glimpses, the Colonel will become a publisher, though that will be a sorry field for his versatility. However, he Is yet young, and, simi larly, so is the world. By the time Great Britain finishes pondering on the canal tolls she may decide to withdraw her protest. It would be very Inconvenient to be re minded that the action of the United States follows the precedent set by Great Britain and other European nations on the Suez Canal. . , Knowing that they had a Turkish army cornered, the Montenegrins de clared war and struck home without waiting till dilatory diplomacy had given the Turks time to -mass their forces. The Montenegrins are practi cal men. Secretary Olcott declines to open up the candidate's pamphlet to candidates who have had after-thoughts. Rather hard on those who change with every political gust of wind. The Colonel is now assailing Woodys writings. The author of rough rider swashbuckling piffle and big game" hunting buncombe should go slow on this score. Governor Hunt, of Arizona, objects to legal hanging. Time was when the process was unnecessary down there, which shows the new state has been civilized. Aviator Beatty, who fell 1500 feet and was not hurt, would shock Sir Isaac Newton If he were alive, by his disruption of effect of the law of grav ity. Edith St Clair showed bad Judg ment In her deal with Erlanger. She should have collected the ten years' pension in a lump sum. If Hetty Green's auto had killed the Humane Society's agent when it knocked him down, her apologies might have been more profuse. Loss by the smoke nuisance Is esti mated at half a billion annually coal smoke, not tobacco. The loss by pipes and cigars is beyond calculation. Roosevelt finds that Wilson wrote too much when young. The art of Burn this" had not been discovered In his adolescent days. When the Turk shouts "No quar ter!" and begins killing Christians, the bloodletting in the Balkans will cease. If the aviators continue to work badly overhead, we may gradually put them under ground. Wilson cannot visit Oregon, but Tom Marshall will wag the end of the ticket two days. . ROSS ISLAND IDEAL PARK SITE River Spot C.mpared. With Locatloa .f Detroit's Proudest Poaaeaslon. PORTLAND; Oct. 10. (To the Ed! tor.) Mayor Rushlight's efforts to ob tain Ross Islands (there are three) for park and other, municipal purposes. call to mind that when sites were be ing proposed for the Jeewis and Clark Fair among others mentioned was Ross Island. On July 19, 1902, The Ore gonlan said editorially: Eleventh-hour mention of Ross Island brings to mind the admirable adaptability or that lovely spot for a park. This should be its ultimate destiny. It is, what few if any, other of our so-called parks can claim to be. a true park In the Eastern sense. Its contour ana surroundings fit It for what the crowded great city most needs a retreat. City Park is undoubtedly an eminence, but an eminence Is not necessarily a retreat. On Ross Island, remote alike from the West Side crush and the East Side mills, the kills and inlets, shores and groves, beaches and glades and vines would lend themselves readily to such treatment as makes Philadelphia beloved for Fair mont, New York for Central Park, Balti more for Druid HiU ana St. Louis for Lake Forest. There, some day, a great central park should ba provided. Half the town Is hills; the solace of thick woods and quiet waters will be the crying need when Portland numbers 500,000 souls. Tour advocacy of the matter then was timely and characteristic of the Coast's greatest daily; but unfortu nately, nothing was done In the mat ter. The action suggested by Mayor Rushlight now to obtain Ross Island for park purposes reminds of a similar suggestion by Detroit citizens 20 or more years ago to "acquire Belle Isle, which ocoupies a position In the Detroit River in front of Detroit that Ross Island does in front of Portland. There was some opposition, which finally gave way to sound Judgment, and Belle Ish was. acquired, and today It is conceded to be one of the grandest parks In the world. It is no uncommon sight to see as many as 5000 to 20,000 people in the park at one time. The Islands In front of Portland, with their magnificent oak trees, lakes and pools possess every possible advantage that could be wished for park purposes. They are In the corporate limits of the city, are accessible to boats of all kinds, and with construction of the proposed bridge over the river In that section will be reached from both east and west sides' They will afford plenty of room for park purposes as well as for many other purposes which the In creased growth of the city will make necessary; and being wholly surrounded Dy water tneir situation is simply Ideal. I do not believe that today there is another city of the first class. but Portland, which has not at least one large park capable of entertain ing its citizens. Many of our people are not in position to enjoy the ocean beaches, so let us liave Ross Island, and give our mothers, fathers and little ones a breathing spot, which nature intended it should be. Belle Isle today s Detroit's proudest possession; Ross Island will be Portland s. Mayor Rushlight's announced plans for Rosa Island, in case of Its purchase, is to place a garbage crematory there; also a city machine shop, garage for the municipal automobiles, rockplle for prisoners and refuge for disorderly women, In case a home for them should be decided upon as the best means. A. L. BARBUR. VICE INVESTIGATOR LOSES S20. Independent Worker Pays for Curiosity to North End. PORTLAND, Oct 9. (To the Edl tor.) Here Is a little story about a traveling man who. Ilk. most traveling men, thought he was somewhat wiser than most of us; especially, he had an exalted opinion of his ability to take care of himself under any and all cir cumstances. Ha always took great de light in relating his experiences In some of the real "tough" places which he had visited during his travels through the country. "As long as I am sober. I can go any place and be per fectly safe," he would say, adding, with some pride, "and I am generally strict ly soDer. But that was ail before he had explored the "Bad Lands" of Port land. Since, his high opinion of him self has been modified to a certain extent. This happened not so very lonsr ago. In fact, shortly after the latest "vice crusade" was started. Having heard of the great wickedness of this town, our traveler took it Into his head to go and see for himself whether conditions really were as bad as some people seemed to tninK, Accordingly, one fine evening be set out for the famous North End and be fore long found himself strolling In the vicinity of Seventh and Flanders. With in two blocks he had been Invited three times to "come in." The last Invitation was accepted. On entering the dark ante-room of the shack where the fascinating voice came from, a negro wench, as black as the proverbial ace of spades, suddenly threw her pow erful arms around him, lovingly whis pering "honey," while her dexterous claws worked with lightning rapidity, petting him all over at once. A few moments later the adventurer emerged from the house, and the next morning imagine his chagrin and humiliation when he discovered that he had been touched" for a $20 bill. Chicago, he says, certainly has some clever artists in the pickpocket busi ness, but they are crude amateurs in comparison with the dusky damsels of the North End In Portland. Undoubt edly many poor fellows could corrob orate that statement. For a long time past negresses have been soliciting boldly from behind the dark, shutter-covered windows, and any luckless stranger who happens along and accepts the Invitation to "come in," Is quickly relieved of at least some of the spare change that he may have tucked away in his pockets. These black vampires know that their victim will not appear as witnesses against them, and they also know that they have nothing to fear from the po lice. Consequently, they carry on their nefarious operations without the slight est danger of being molested. The special prosecutor who, by the way, seemingly has a herculean task on his hands, rrnerht turn his attention to these inqultous dens, which, no doubt, are the worst in the city, and by far the most dangerous to the guile less, unwary stranger. DEL MXJNDO. HIRED WORKERS OUT FOR BOURNE Chairgre Made That They Wear Buttons of Three Parties. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 10. (To the Editor.) Members of all political par ties should be warned that the $4 a day paid workers in the Interests of Jonathan Bourne, who work among the Republicans will nearly always wear Taft Buttons and pretend to be Tart men. Those who work among the Democrats will wear Wilson buttons and pretend to be Democrats. Tho who work among the Bull Moosers will wear Bull Moose buttons and pretend they are Roosevelt men. An enormous campaign fund has been raised by the big Interests to re-elect Jonathan Bourne, as a reward tor the faithful service which he has rendered in voting with Aldrlch and Guggen heim. Friends of the Oregon system should remember that if the direct primary law that they have put upon the stat ute books can be set aside by a peti tion secured by hired workers, the next step will be to petition members of the Legislature to ignore statement No. 1, and the entire Oregon system will be destroyed. They 'should also remember that the man who is now seeking the overthrow of the Oregon system Is the same Jonathan Bourne that, under the old system, bribed ana debauched Legislators to accomplish his dark and selfish purposes. J. S. WASHBUWiEi. IDEAL EXISTENCE IS FOR FEW. Women Know There la One, hat Not Many Experience It. PORTLAND, Oct 8. (To the Editor.) I am a woman of B0 and a mother, and I feel assured you will give my letter a place In your columns as written by one who has had experience with the varied phases of life. I have been keeping in touch with the views expressed on the "bachelor woman" question, and I feel called upon to write In vindication of the woman who signed herself "That's Me." I consider only one person has taken the correct view of the letter which "That's Me" Wrote, and that Is W. H. Joseph. I married when 35 years old, a man whom I loved and who I believed loved me. I have two sons and a daughter. For years I lived in ignorance of the double life my husband was living. Like thousands of women, I would not be lieve a word of slander against him. He was kindness Itself to me why should a doubt cross my mind? But he was in reality possessed of those "fle: le" affections of which "That's Me" speaks. I have loved and suffered, and now my sons, for whom I sacrificed and worked, have left the home nest and are both married and living far away, and I hear from them about once a year. My daughter is greatly taken up with her admirers and will no doubt soon have a home of her own, while I. who now earn my own living, and have, to quote from R. W. F., "done my duty, respected by all," may "sit by the fire side" and enact "the last scene of all," with very little more satisfaction, if any, than has been represented as being the . lot of the "unloved, "friends forsaken bachelor girl." "That's Me" admitted that there was an ideal love and existence, but hav ing seen the falseness of life, and hav ing through circumstances of which we know nothing concluded to live the bachelor life, have we married women any right to consign her to a friend less old womanhood, or deprive her the privilege of the friendship of men and what pleasure she can get out of life, Just because she has not been the fool some of us have been nor done her duty" by bringing children into the world which Is the only "duty" some of these "good" and "high - minded" women seem to know. I would ask. How many of you wom en who have spoken slightingly of "Thats Me" really have exferienced a great love In life how many would dare look Into your own hearts and aBk the question, "Did I marry for love or for a home?" Many of you women who, like myself, have married, had not the courage to remain single and fight the battles of life alone. That is about the truth of- it. It Is easier to have a man support you and have the respon sibility of caring for you than It is to fight It out yourselves, and so you marry. You love your husbands? Oh, yes. You bear his children, you do your duty as you see It, and then, from the elevation of your matrimonial pedestal, you can sneer at the woman who, while realizing there Is an meal existence, refuses to be satisfied with anything but that ideal, the . woman who Is above marrying from a sense of that "duty" which has enslaved our sex for centuries, or -for a home" the woman who doesn't marry the first man who asks her nor perhaps the tenth, and who will not marry until she is satisfied that she has found a man she can not only love and respect, but trust. If In the meantime "That's Me" takes what happiness Bhe finds in the eoci ety of the opposite sex, I cannot see any reason why she should be spoken of in the slighting: tone which has been used, or have vulgar Insinuations cast upon her head, and why she should be asked to keep her opinions "strictly private. She said nothing in her let' ter to imply that she was a "home- breaker," nor that she enjoyed the friendship of married men, though I do not doubt she has just such men as you are trusting and as I trusted to thank for the views she has of life and its falseness. We need more worn en of strong character and broad na tures; we have too many weaklings among us who talk sentimental slush about "married duty" and the "fire side." We admit there is an ideal ex istence, but we know few experience it ELEANOR HUMBERT. MARRIAGE IS NOT EVERYTHING Bachelor Sees aGreat Deal of Happi ness In Single State. OAK GROVE, Or., Oct 10. (To the Editor.) I have been reading the let ters regarding old maids with much Interest and some of them with much amusement Some of the old maids evidently don't know what they are talking about; In other words they don't know why they are not married. I should judge that "Happy Though Single" In today's paper does not live up to her title. I should say that she is decidedly selfish and expects other people to think as much of her as she does of herself, and self praise is revolting in anyone. I agree with her that "That's Me" is not a butterfly. She might have been had the chrysa lis developed properly. - Her ("That's Me") kind of girls give me a feeling like most people get when they step on a: snake, and I am not alone in this either. "That's Me" Is a standing Joke among the male population of Portland at the present time, and girls of that class, or girls who express sentiments of that nature never can command respect from any man. No self-respecting man would care to be seen In their com pany. "Happy Though Single" is de scribed by men to each other as a lemon or pickle. What we need is more girls like "A Mere Girl" of Mc Minnvtlle. If they don't get married they find some more worthy occupation than calling attention to their own sacrifices or doing "more embroidery to pass away the time. I know, because I had "experiences" with both kinds and have watched the outcome of matrimonial ventures of my friends. Just ask yourself the question, "What use would That s Me be to a working man?" Girls who will make themselves worth havings won't have much trouble getting a good home if they will make sure It Is a good home before they accept it "STILL A BACHELOR." ROOSEVELT TERMED DANGEROUS Dnfor Man Assert That Bnll Moose Chief la Menace. DUFUR, Or., Oct. 9. (To the -Edi tor.) I read The Oregonian and am a little surprised at its mildness in its treatment of the Bull Moose party. Roosevelt Is by far the most dangerous man that has ever been before the American people for President His egotism, has ambition are unbounded. "I am It I am the only man; I need no counselors; I and my family will rule America for untold generations." He is an Alexander. He is a Caesar. He is a Bonaparte. Alexander robbed the Greeks of their liberties. Caesar robbed the Romans of theirs, and Bonaparte robbed the French for a time with a threatening cloud of titles still hang ing over France "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." We have two other candidates both safe men. Neither of them can be accused of such egotism or ambition as besets Roosevelt AARON FRAZIER. Coastwise Ships Pay No Tolls. CARROLLTON, Wash., Oct. 9. (To the Editor.) Did the last Congress pass a bill providing for free toll on American ships at the Panama Canal? A READER. A law has passed Congress and has been approved by the President admit tine American shlps engaged In the coastwise - trade of the United States to th. canal free of tolls. American ships in foreign trade must pay tolls. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of October 13, 1862. On Tuesday of last week quite a party from Portland and Vancouver visited the Cascades on the Carrie Ladd and examined the recent railroad improvements made by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The im provements are on the north bank of the river. The whole distance of the road is about miles, four of which are completed. The -gauge Is five feet New York, Oct 3. A dispatch from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac of the 8d says; President Lincoln arrived at Harper's Ferry on a special train from Washington yes terday afternoon and was escorted by Sumner's division l to headquarters. After a cordial Interview with McClel lan arid Sumner, a brilliant cavalcade, composed of the division and brigadier generals, with the members of their staffs, reviewed Sumner's corps on Bolivar Heights. The troops greeted the President and General McClellan with great enthusiasm. Jackson, Tenn., Oct 6. The rebels yesterday, under Price, Van Dorn and Lovell, were repulsed from their attack upon Corinth with great slaughter. The enemy is In full retreat leaving their dead and wounded upon the field. McPherson, with his command, reached Corinth yesterday. Rosecrans pursued the retreating enemy this morning. A party of soldiers went out from Vancouver on a scouting expedition on Falday and after a desperate fight killed three large catamounts, or panthers. The numbering of houses on Front Btreet waB commenced and completed as far as Alder street on Friday and Saturday last Efforts are being made at Lewiston to charter the steamer Spray to take supplies up Snake River for the Boise mines. FINDS MARRIAGE DELIGHTFUL Matron Who Has Had Three Ventures Comments on Subject. ' a ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 9. (To the Editor.) Just a few lines in behalf of "That's Me." I failed to find anything in her letter that showed her to be anything but a Jolly, care-free girL Stilk so many have found pleasure In casting insulting slurs at her, even go ing so far as to say they believed her mentally unbalanced and they thought her early training lax. Judge not lest you be judged, tor there are none perfect And we all know that experience is the best teacher. Perhaps "That's Me" has not had the experience of some of those who have been so free with their opin ions of her. There was one letter from one who said he feared for his daugh ter's future because men are so bad. He must have soured on himself. Let me say that In my opinion two-thirds of the men make Ideal husbands if they have a wife that Is a wife. I speak from experience, having been three times married; got stung once, but have been blessed with two of the best men that ever lived, and don't you. ever think I grabbed the first one that came my Way, either. It's Just as "That's Me" said: Men are as easy caught as trout And let me say right here, a woman don't have to be a but terfly to catch them, for a good man, a real man, don't look for a butterfly wife, DEVOTED WIFE. PERSONAL PROPERTY AND TAXES Argument Thnt It Should Be Freed of Taxation, RJddleiL, - COQUILLE. Or., Oct. 10. (To the Edi tor.) TaxeB are collected to pay the expenses of the government. Without Bome form of government, there could be no such thing as property. Govern ment protects "property, and property pays for that protection In the form of taxes. That is the present plan. The man who pays the tax, simply pays for services rendered. Personal property Is mors directly benefited by the protection of govern ment than real property, because It Is more easily destroyed or confiscated. It would seem, then, that personal prop erty ought by right to pay a greater tax than realty, since it requires more service from government Your single taxer proposes to abol ish tax as a payment for services ren dered, and to substitute therefor a fine upon real estate. He proposes to punish a man for owning real estate until such ownership shall become such a burden that the private owner will be annihilated, and all land fall into the hands of the state. It would seem more honorable. If it jn.t..KiA in tha state to own the land, that the state should buy It But the soap propaganda prefer to steal It. 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