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REMEDIES FOR THE MEAT FAMIXE.
The Democratic plan of putting meat
on the free list will receive a consider,
able boost from the statement of Pres
ident Leonard, of the Stockyards Com
pany of Chicago, that we are facing; a
meat famine in this country. The
range is being; fenced and farmed, and
cattle-raising; on the farm has not yet
reached the point where it can supply
enough meat to take the place of the
range. While we are building up the
cattle Industry on new lines, we must
either eat less meat or buy our sup
ply abroad.
Our best foreign sources of supply
are Argentina for beef and mutton,
Australia and New Zealand for mutton.
Canada can help, but It cannot provide
nearly enough. The beef trust has
gained such a hold in Argentina that
it may be able to restrict the supply
from that quarter. We must, there
fore, look to Australia for the cargoes
of mutton which will relieve the fam
ine and save us from resort to horse
and dog meat, which is Germany's
plight.
There Is one other way of escape
from exorbitant butcher bills to eat
less meat. Doctors tell us that we eat
too much meat and too few fresh vege
tables, fruits, fish and coarse flours.
These articles are more trouble to
cook, but they will Improve the health
and cut down both the butchers' and
doctors' bills.
REFTM-ICANS GETTTNO TOGETHER.
As Nicholas Murray Butler, from
one wing, and Senator Borah, from the
other wing of the Republican party,
have declared In favor of a reorgan
isation convention this year, so Sena
tor Root's adherence to the plan from
the conservative side Is now matched
by that of Senator Cummins, from the
Progressive. Both wings and all
shades of opinion in the party are get
ting in the mood for a grand Republic
an revival, at which all shall confess
the faith which all hold In common
a revival similar to those in which
Christians of many denominations
Join.
Free from the embarrassing rivalries
of a nominating convention, this gath
ering could get down to first princi
ples in revising the rules of represen
tation, which afforded the pretext for
the split In 1912. Fresh from the
people and disciplined by defeat, the
convention could adopt a re-definitlon
of Republican principles as applied to
living issues. The platform of 1913 Is
too much associated In men's minds
with one faction and with party disas
ter. It should give place to a new
declaration having that ringing appeal
which will fire the spark of enthusi
asm In the hearts of Republicans.
The old party will yet be cemented
together more firmly than ever by the
new realization that it is agreed on
basic principles and disagrees only in
non-essentials. The Impending con
flict with the Democracy in Congress
will greatly aid the process of recon
ciliation by causing men who have
differed to fight shoulder to shoulder.
In their foreign policy the Democrats
have already exposed a weak point,
and others will appear as the tariff
debate progresses and as other Issues
come up for solution.
SUCCESS OF NEW UW FORECASTED.
Advance Information from the forth
coming report of the Industrial Insur
ance Commission of Washington, giv
en in an Olympla dispatch today, pro
vides a valuable insight into the pros
pective success of the Industrial In
surance law lately adopted in Oregon.
In essential respects and there the
Washington act is highly satisfactory
the two laws are not very far apart. On
the other hand. In some smaller de
tails where the Washington law has by
experience been demonstrated to be
defective, the Oregon act seems suc
Vessfully to have evaded error.
The officials who administer the
Washington law find among its defects
the lack of a "first aid" provision
that is, a method for paying the hos
pital, surgical or other Immediate costs
of caring for injured workmen. An
other fault is that the pensions or com
pensations paid for injuries are often
inadequate.' Still another complaint is
that the act is not sufficiently sup
ported by safety standards, causing
- the careful employer to pay for the
losses of the cnreless employer. It Is
. also found that the act falls short in
forcing collections of premiums from
the casual or remote employer. He is
never heard from until one of his
workmen Is Injured, and then the state
. fund Is called upon for compensation,
while the Commission may or may not
be able to collect the back premiums
from the employer.
These are all defects that may be
T easily remedied and are not enumer
ated here for the purpose of finding
v fault with state Industrial insurance.
" The report indicates that the act in
r the main has wrought a vast improve-
raent over the old experience with
common law doctrines and recourse to
t courts in personal Injury cases. The
few faults Indicated, because of their
.. avoidance in the Oregon law, promise
; greater success for the state insurance
principle in Oregon.
The Oregon law provides a first-aid
, plan by authorizing the Commission
to expend not to exceed 12 50 In any
one ease in supplying medical or sur
gical attendance, hospital care, trans-
portation or other accommodation nec
essary to the immediate welfare of the
Injured. The compensations author
ized by the Oregon law ave-age about
. IS percent greater than those allowed
in the neighboring state, tor exam
pie, while the maximum pension that
may be paid a widow in Washington
is $35 per month, the maximum in
Oregon is Hi. Oregon also has ar
ranged an automatic guard against
neglect of safety devices in the form
' of an increase in premiums imposed
upon the individual employer whose
workmen sustain accidents.
In the fourth matter, however, the
Oregon law seems as lax as the Wash
ington act. Collection of premiums
from the casual or remote employer Is
left largely to chance. It Is obvious
that a seeking out of each of such
employers by the state will be imprac
ticable. Tet If neither he nor his
workmen formally reject the law,
a workman. If injured, is entitled
to compensation from the fund col
lected by the state from other em
ployers and employes. It is likely to
transpire in Oregon, as it has in Wash
ington, that certain Individual employ
ments will not be heard from until
some workman .therein is injured and
puts in his claim for compensation.
Still, this is a matter that can be
readily remedied and such cases are
not likely to be so numerous as to
work a hardship on the fund in the
period that will elapse before another
meeting of the Legislature.
In view of the fact that we have
accepted the good Included in the
main principle of the Washington act
and avoided practically all of Its minor
faults, the gratifying record shown for
the Washington act will doubtless en
courage numerous employers or em
ployes, who might otherwise nave
elected to remain under the present
liability statute, to accept the terms of
the Insurance or compensation act.
GOOD OCTLOOK FOR THE WEST.
The speech of Senator O'Gorman In
opposition to the Connecticut River
dam bill Is peculiarly important be
cause it 'applies the Democratic prin
ciple of state rights to the control of
water power and because the sena
tor's relations to President Wilson
gives ground for the belief that he
voices the opinion of the Administra
tion on that subject. Mr. O Gorman
was one of the framers of the plat
form on which Mr. Wilson was elect
ed and has shown himself to be in full
accord with the progressive Democ
racy of which Mr. Wilson is the leader.
The Senator's speech defining tne
attitude of the Democracy on the wa
ter-power question shows that party
to be of one mind with the public-land
states of the West, regardless of party.
On this question there Is division of
opinion between Eastern and Western
ReDUblicans. The former nave oeen
Infected with the Plnchot microbe, but
the latter desire each state to control
its own water power.
There Is good opportunity for set
tlement of the conservation issue in
harmony with Western sentiment. The
Democrats, reinforced by the Wester
Republicans, have ample numerical
strength to pass revised land laws on
the lines laid down by Senators O Gor
man. Borah and Nelson and to dispose
of the Plnchot idea of Federal control
of all details of their development.
HONESTY IN A PRIMARY,
n . t 4 rr MA-oh M (Tn the Rdltor
u-m Th n'i.nnlin klnrilv enttle this
dispute? A voter registered aa a Republican
wienes at too ppuv-iuiig piuai7
to vote for the Progreaeive candidate for
vi-.- t t v--- v. a nitiitnt e One man
auerta that It will be Impossible for him
tO QO SO. wane auui.nj maja . n . -J -'
scratch out the name of the Republican
candidate and write above It the name of
. i r. i i . I.. tmnAtAmlm TtThlfh nnlnlnll
la correct, and If tbe name la scratched
wblcll candiaate win receive tue vote i
a. v.. r.cvt ii-u
Thl Innnlrv Illustrates the confusion
of the general mind over the important
matter of registration, ii an intelli
gent man is not to know where he be
longs, politically, and what he may do
In his own primary, what Is to be ex
pected of others who do not keep close
watch of nubile affairs and who know
and care little about party forms?
If a Progressive desires to nominate
Progressiva for Mayor or any other
public office, it is his duty to cancel his
McUtratlon aa a ReDUblican If he is
so registered and re-register as a
Progressive. Moreover, ne nas no ai
tamsitivA unless he shall Join In a con
spiracy with others to give a Progres
sive a Republican nomination, out no
so-called party Progressive is now a
candidate for any office before the Re
publican primary, nor has ne any
moral right to be.
Let us answer specifically the ques
tions of our correspondent: A voter
registered as a Republican must vote
in the Republican primary. But he
may scratch the name of any Repub
lican candidate and write In the name
,.r a Progressive candidate. If the Pro
gressive candidate should In this way
get a plurality of Kepumican votes, ne
would be the Republican candidate for
Mayor, and not the Progressive candi
date, unless Indeed he should also get
the nomination at the Progressive pri
mary. The votes cast for a Progres
sive In a Republican primary will not
be added to the votes received by the
same candidate in a Progressive pri
mary, and vice versa.
It" is the function of a Republican
primary to nominate Republican can
didates, and no other, and of a Pro
gressive primary to nominate Progres
sive candidates, and no other. Any
effort to confuse the lines between the
several party organizations by voting
for a Progressive in a Republican pri
mary, or a Republican in a Progres-
ive Drlmarr. is not only aisnonest, out
It Is certain to be futile.
The Progressives have said that they
ant a party of their own. Why don't
they have it?
GOOD BYE TO THE FIREHORSE.
The most hardened lover of new
contrivances will pause in hla worship
of Innovation to bewail the passing of
the fire horse. His knell has been
sounded In New Tork. It will not be
lonir before he disappears from other
cities. He has served man well for
manv generations. His beauty and
courage have won him friends on all
sides. His docility has made him the
fireman's indispensable ally. But now
the automobile has come and the Are
horse must give way to It. The old
order changeth, giving place to new.
The human race is evidently prepar
ing to play one of its old tricks of In
gratitude and send the horse to extinc
tion after using him to build up civ
ilization, as old monarchs compelled
slaves to erect monuments and then
slew them. We owe to the horse a
debt we never could pay If from this
time forward he were permitted to
roam at liberty In the best pastures of
the world. Without his aid the battles
of olden time could not have been won.
If he had not lent his strength to us,
fields could not have been tilled nor
forests cleared. Nature compelled
man to choose between advancing
painfully and slowly by his own
strength or advancing rapidly by en
slaving the horse. With great good
sense he chose the latter alternative.
The human race never shows much
gratitude to the bridge that carries it
safely over. Our forefathers burned
the bridge as soon as They had no fur
ther use for it, and this generation
shows much the same disposition. The
horse has fulfilled his mission. It is
time for him to sing his death song,
or get some poet to sing it for him, and
disappear from the face of the earth.
The modest cow need fear no such
melancholy fate, at least not quite yet.
She has been the nursing mother of
mankind ever since time began, and
up to a few weeks ago one would have
said that her services would secure her
a good living forever, but now there
are intimations which ought to make
her tremble. A German chemist has
Invented synthetic milk. No doubt the
destiny of the cow may be read in his
advertisements. Her sun, too, is set
ting. The world of the future may be
without domestic animals, except pos.
sibly cats.
A CONTRAST OF SPIRIT.
France has received with cheers the
government's demand for longer serv
ice In the army and consequent in
crease in effective military force. The
lesser German states are pausing to
consider the Kaiser's and the Reich
stag's call for more troops. In France
anti-militarism is drowned In patri
otic enthusiasm; in Germany it is dis-
l played' in the hesitancy of the lesser
sovereigns and in the protests from tne
ever-swelling ranks of the Socialists.
Frenchmen take to soldiering as a
duck takes to water.. Germans think
of the burden and whether the occa
sion requires them to bear it. The
King of Saxony asks the other sover
eigns of the German states whether
they would not better let well enough
alone with the army. He may well do
so, for In his kingdom, with its great
industrial cities. Socialism and Its
concomitant, antl-milltarism, are most
rife.-
France, too, enjoys the advantage
of practical unity solidarity, as
Frenchmen call it. It is one state with
one heart and one voice. Germany is
a federation of many states, each with
its own heart and its own voice. Each
state contributes a certain contingent
to the imperial army. The two corps
of Saxony, the one of Alsace-Lorraine
and the one of Wurtemberg are num
bered consecutively with the imperial
corps, but Bavaria's three are num
bered separately and preserve their
Identity. These states, which rank
next to Prussia in population, may
feel that they are already doing their
full share, for Saxony supplies 50,000
soldiers from among 4,797,700 people,
Bavaria 70,000 from among 6,624,372
and Wurtemberg 25,000 from among
2,302,179.
Germany may begin to ponder
whether the glory of military greatness
is worth the price, for a new genera
tion has grown up since the triumph
of 1870-71. France, glorying in re
covered strength, smarts with the rec
ollection of defeat and longs to wipe
off the stain. If the two nations should
soon get to grips, this contrast of
spirit may enter into the result of the
strife.
A NEW KIND OF SCHOOL.
Tt aperrta snnrnnriate that some of
tho mnst nrls-ina! Ideas In modern edu
cation should be advanced by women.
Their tastes and habits of mind lead
them to study children, and it is only
reasonable that they should find de
fects in the school systems which men
have invented and propose new ones
more in accordance with sound prlncl
nia, Tlr M nntessorl's educational
nethods and theories have stirred the
whole world. Many oppose them irom
beginning to end, pinning their faith
on the older ways mainly because they
are old and It would be troublesome to
change them. Others are enthusiastic
over Dr. Montessori's work and believe
that it will revolutionize our schools
from the orimarv grades to the col
lege. Now comes another woman, Mrs.
Marietta L. Johnson, with views of
teaching which may prove to be better
than Dr. Montessori's. She has estab-
iichon n school not far from Mobile at
a village called Fairhope and already
numerous students of education have
spoken with deep Interest of what she
is doing.
Arr .Tnrinson'e, theories are very
similar to those of the Montessori sys
tem. She believes in basing education
on the child's interest, declines to help
htm In his tasks unless ne appeals to
hr nf his own free will, depends a
great deal upon the hand and eyes and
excludes anything like formal exam
inations. Her chief advantage over
the Italian teacher seems to be that
she has a less elaborate outfit of appa
ratus. Dr. Montessori insists so strong
ly upon blocks and other articles de
signed according to certain exact rules
that many teachers might suppose
nnthinir -niild he done without them.
Those who have been trained in any
famous system of teaching are only too
nt-nna tn make fetishes of all its de
tails, even the most insignificant. There
is a story of a young woman, a gradu
ate from a celebrated institution in the
vaat u-hn .irpni to a distant state to ac
cept a position. On arriving she dis
covered to her dismay mat sne nau
forgotten to bring any lentils along,
and since there happened to be none
for sale in the village where she was
to teach, she could not open school.
Her professor at the norma! school
hurt used lentils in his number work
with children and the young woman
supposed nothing else could possibly
do as well, feas, Deans ana majoies
ii-miM hnve been shockingly unortho
dox and pedagogically useless.
One of the dangers of the Montessori
system is that teachers will make idols
out of her elaborate apparatus and
fancy that the entire outnt is indis
pensable. Mrs. Johnson, as we learn
rrnm sn article In the Sunday Times,
avoids this danger by using any ap
paratus that comes to nana, i ne crua
est serves her purpose as well as the
mnct nrtistin and exnenslve. Her ed
ucational maxim Is that the child's
will should be led, not forced, and that
the studies ordinarily Imposed upon
him an tnslfs should be offered as a
privilege. This may seem a little
startling to teachers who nave never
seen anything in the way of education
except the processes of the machine,
but it is sensible enough. In the old
fashioned district school, where all
grades of children were taught to
gether, it was common to see a pupil
begging the teacher to let him begin
some new study. The sight of the old
er boys doing sums in algebra at the
blackboard inspired younger ones with
curiosity to know what it was all
about. In the same way the little
scholars grew ambitious to take up
geography and history. They caught
just enough from the more advanced
classes to rouse their curiosity, which
la a most valuable educational help
when it has not been stupefied. Mrs.
Johnson says she "lets" pupils begin
to write when they ask for it as a
privilege. On the same principle when
they see others reading they want to
learn how to do it and, as a special
favor, she permits them to begin. The
application of this device is as wide as
creation. One can easily see how a wo
man like Mrs. Johnson, whose re
sources seem to be endless, can build
up a whole course of education upon
it, the pupil running forward of his
own desire Instead of being pushed
from behind.
She begins every subject with ex
perience. - The child cuts apples into
quarters and then into eighths, and
so on, long feefore he sees anything
about fractions in print. In fact, he
masters the whole subject of numbers
with eye and band before he learns
the figures which stand for them. No
doubt this process quickens his wits
as much as the ordinary prosing over
definitions and rules dulls them. So
it is with . all the other subjects of
eduoation. Mrs. Johnson creates by
the child's rich experience an apper
celving nest into which the theory will
in due time be received and find itself
perfectly at home. Of course a wo
man of her abundant common sense
perceives that education means a great
deal more than merely storing up
knowledge in the memory. She lays
iso much stress on good health and
proper bodily hamts mat ner scnooi
at Fairhope has won renown as a
sanitarium. Instead of children be
ing taken out of her school now and
then to recover their health invalids
are sent there to recover. Like Dr.
Montessori. she assigns to each little
one a garden which it cultivates as It
likes. Many of the classes are held
In the open air and there is no such
thing as a programme of rigid quiet
such as we see in ordinary schools.
Tasks are done in an atmosphere of
free activity. No lessons are taken
home to be learned at night. There
are no examinations to pass. In fact,
the machinery of the ordinary school
seems to have been completely aban
doned. And yet, unless the reports
are sadly misleading, Mrs. Johnson
teaches her young people more and
they learn it in a shorter time than
boys and girls usually do in the pub
lic schools. How shall we account for
the marvel?
The Federal authorities burned up
20,000,000 new postage stamps the
other day. They had been printed for
the Panama Exposition and bore a
picture of the locks at Pedro Miguel.
But the legend read "Gatun Locks,"
and so they were thrown into the fur
nace. If some shrewdly dishonest
employe had yielded to the temptation
to save a few, philatelists would have
paid him almost any price for them.
Presumably the postal employes are
above temptation and therefore these
stamps have disappeared completely.
No city family dreams nowadays of
supplying Its own light or water, but
each household still keeps up a heat
ing plant. This is because gas, elec
tricity and water can be conducted
from a central station with little waste,
while heat cannot. Congress has or
dered that the Government buildings
at Washington shall be heated from
a central plant. This will lead to ex
perimenting which may cause the fur
nace and the kitchen stove to go the
way of the kerosene lamp.
Loss of life In Omaha was great be
cause everybody was at home at that
hour Sunday and the tornado traveled
through a residence section. Locally
It would be as if the path of the dis
aster embraced Laurelhurst, Sunny
side, Sellwood and so on, an eight-mile
strip of desolation.
Perhaps President Wilson does wise
ly to defer asking Congress to act on
other measures until the tariff is out
of the way. By that time the weather
may be so hot. Congress so tired and
the year so far advanced that Congress
will have, no energy to tackle other
subjects. '
In one respect the Wellesley girls
who refuse to marry unless the man
has an Income of J5000 show good
judgment. That kind of husband is
worth landing. What the men will
think when hooked is another story.
Commend the thoughtfulness of the
Hood River man who saved two incu
bators and the embryo fowls therein
from the flames .that destroyed his
dwelling. He will have -Winter eggs
to sell and recoup the loss.
With grotesque color effects and
stovepipe skirts in style, we shortly
may find ourselves unable to distin
guish at a distance between a lady
friend and a barber pole.
Motorcycle riders take too many
chances and too much for granted as
they fly through the streets. They
need regulating more than drivers of
the big machines.
Ocean bathing season Is opened. For
the time being, however, some few of
us will continue taking our baths in
the family tub.
Ah, cruel fate! Why don't they offer
one of those rejected Ambassador,
ships to a real Job-hunting type of
Democrat? i
If the gunmen of rival tongs should
be deported on the same ship, they
might save the law much trouble by
practicing on each other.
California is investigating the plant
ing -of bamboo and other tropica!
growth. Arctic vegetation mignt also
profitably be looked into.
Vancouver threatens to reply to
Governor Listers bridge bill veto by
saying: "We can get along without
you, anyhow
Miss' Shedd will have no difficulty
in fintnir a mon to hpln her in win
ning that $3,000,000, but will she find
the right one?
The price of butter is rising, but new
grass soon will cover the fields and
"June" butter be here ahead of the
calendar.
Bachelors tip in Klamath, In the
Land of Nod, want wives and are
ready to bid on carload lots anywhere
f. o. b.
Tes. we are having Intermittent
clouds, showers and hail here. - But
look at the rest of the country:
Will R. King, Democratic National
Committeeman, will yet need a politi
cal coon trap to catch anything.
Hail, all hail! Wherein we refer ex
clusively to recent and frequent weath
er manifestations hereabouts.
Two hundred wives are asked for
by Langell Valley Dacneiors. now
many bachelors are there?
Democrats in Idaho' are having
trouble over division of plums. There's
going to be bloodshed yet.
Democrats in Idaho seem to be
grabbing the plums about as fast as
their Oregon brethren.
WHAT STATES PAYS FOB. PRIXTIXG.
Records Disclose Outlay of A boat
S40.000 Gross Per Aiiis.
CANBY, Or., March 31. (To the Edi
ted.) I am confused by conflicting re
ports as to the amount of money paid
by the State of Oregon annually for
printing. . One paper says "the State
Printer Is making S150.000 a year clear
from the printing." Another paper says
"he makes 1475,000 in a term. inen
how much would he receive gross each I
year? Not long ago The Oregonian said
editorially "the printer draws nearly
.75,000," but I am unable to determine
whether that sum Is gross or net, and
whether it is for one year or for a bl- j
ennlal period.
Will you enlighten me by giving the
facts? VOTER. .
There is little difficulty in learning
the amounts paid by the state for
printing, as the books of the State
Treasurer, the Secretary of State and
the State Printer must all show the
number and value of each warrant is
sued in his favor.
The State Printer's report to the
Legislature for 1911-1J gives In full
the amount of printing he has done
during the past six years a total of
J230.422.23 since 1906, or an average of
$38,407.04 gross per year. The Printer
furnishes the plant, employs and pays
printers and pressmen, and meets mis
cellaneous expense, such as inks, power,
oils, etc; but the state provides the
paper and rooms in the lower story
of the State House. His original bills
are on file In the Secretary of State's
office.
For the years 111 and 191J the print
ing charged to the different depart
ments, commissions and institutes of
the state, as given on pages 6 and 7 of
the State Printer's report, amounted
to (43,382.90 and J35.996.36, respectively,
as follows:
mil. 19U.
Legislature of 1911 7.140.79
Secretary of State 9,81(3.32 .,.q
Motor Vehicle Dept 1,150.74 l,061.db
Bankirir Department.... 6M.00 ?.'9..
Attorney-General I'HS.Hl "fj-";
Labor commissioner.... ouo.o ov.v
Dairy and Food Com-
mlssioner 200.07 iSi.i
Department of Educa- ..-
tlon 2.723.92 1.819.93
Board of Eiaminere ... 'Mi-Tl 2:il.K2
Kallroad Commission .. 1, Will. 97 7o0. t-i
Insurance Departament. 2.110.y;5
state Board of Forestry aoo.05 3U9.b7
Hoard Tax Commission-
;rs 1.2VU. II A,OiO.OA
Supreme Court 2ol.40 w
Supreme Court Reports. B.400.00 5.400.W
Executive Department. . ou.-i 7,'o
Printing Department... 14. i4 -1-?u
Treasury Department... ll8.wo 06B.o
State Land Asent 10.54 7.82
Board of Control is.td.oi
State Enslneer 244.03
Desert Land Board .... -vs.oo
State Land Board 226.23 dl1-0
State Library fist zu.
Library Commission ... eus.ui o.n
State Purchaslne Board. SS.7l 81.-7
Stallion Registration B d 102.60 i'i V.
Conservation Commission 13.35 3iiX'K?
Child Labor Commission
Game and Fisheries le-
partment 666.21 506.08
Board of Sheep Com-
missloners 11.80 10.32
Veterinary Medical B'd .... ,i' ,
Insane Asylum 817.43 3?7,"li
School for the Blind ... 6.46 1J.44
Institution for Feeble-
minied 219.22 62-46
State Tuberculosis San-
atorlum 59.53 60.36
Eastern Oregon State
Hospital 1800 4.40
State Training School . 1061 50.0o
State Penitentiary 40.34 loa.39
Oregon Normal School... 159.64 208.14
State Immigration Board 354.17
0l7gen.Af.?.U"U'a.'..C.0.': 171.22 1.742.47
Bureau of Mines S!?2 ?5
University of Oregon 1.864.27 1'&'l "
"Medical Department 48.7
Soldiers' Home
School for Deaf-Mutea ........
State Board of Health.. 8S6.61 781.10
State Board of Horticul-
ture 560.10 33.41
State Horticultural So-
clety 44.13 821.26
Oregon Naval Militia... 60.15. 8.48
Oregon National Guard.. 1.040.13 407.9.
State portage Railway.. 107.82 . 28.62
Commission to revise Ju
dicial system 11.68
State Board of Agricul
ture 660.02 818.83
District Fair Boards... 1.724.20 1.807.73
Initiative pamphlets for --.,--
the general election 8,126.oo
Total J43.382.90 JS5,9B6.36
The following sums weTe received by
the State Printer from citizens of Ore
gon for work required by law to be
done In 1912:
Candidates' pamphlets, primary
election $1,761.28
Nominees" pamphlets, general eleo-
tlon 2.486.95
Arguments In Initiative pamphleta.. 8.193.00
The Oresronian's remark that the
amount paid by the state for printing
was nearer $75,000 than $475,000 bien
nially came close to the actual figures.
Taking into consideration the great
quantity of printing required by the
"Oregon system," the cost of the pub
lic printing is moderate. The steady
growth of the state Increases the
amount of printing required yearly.
Probably It will not again fall below
'$40,000 gross per year.
THIXGS ARB ABOUT TO HAPPEN
Mexico Will Hoist American Flag and
the Earth Will Tip Over.
PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi
tor.) As one who predicted in his own
circle the Spanish-American war, the
Missouri flood and the San Francisco
dlaster. I wish to make known two
"things" that are going to happen, to-
wit:
First That by her own volition Mex
ico will hoist the American flag.
Second That a great and radical
change in the climatic conditions of the
world will be made by virtue of the
tipping of the earth. What is now the
North Pole will be the equator. The
pole will then have shifted to where
the equator is. The time is near when
this will take place. The present pe
culiarities in the climatic conditions
mag h what I would call the fore
runner of such happening.
when this happens great aestruction
to both life and property will be re
sultant. But on the other hand not as
much as would be expected In such a
great change.
For reasons otherwise than not feel
ing assured that this prediction will be
verified, I will sign myself
DEVINE CLARA VOT ANT,
Renaming Broadway.
PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi
tor.) Because Seventh street has nai
a shave and is a bit wider for a few
blocks, it hardly seems justified to
monopolize good old Broadway, wny
should the tall was the dog?
Broadway begins at the river and
runs out to the Sandy road. It's a fine
attractive street bearing the name it
has been known by for many years
As a long-time resident on it and a
tax payer I wish to register my pro
test against those who would talmly
annronrlate our erood name, help them
selves to our street signs and push us
as far off the earth as possible
We're willing to share, to give the
square deal to our friends at the other
end of the bridge. We're willing to
permit them to change the natural
name for their street, which Will be
far less confusing to strangers tnan
Broadway, and allow them to be a con
tinuation of our good street. But we
object most decidedly to being termed
East Broadway. It is too suggestive
of a far different Kina or street man
w dwell UDon. If the West Side de
sires to call itself West Broadway that
would be more in keeping with It
business character. But at any rate
if Seventh street wishes to marry Mr.
Broadway, have affection enough for
us to take our own good name, but at
the same time give us the privilege
of keeping our own dear name ana
using it.
Begin numbering at the river, keep
ing the numbers as near what they are
now as possible, as that is the only
guide streetcar men have to direct
strangers to like numbers on parallel
streets. JAMES D. CORBY.
WHY DO SOME GIRLS GO WRONG I
Higher Wages May Lssem Dssger. Bat
Chief Fault Is Elsewhere.
PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi
tor.) Everyone admits that many
female employes are paid too little, yet
the agitation for a compulsory Increase
of wages is largely born of sympathe
tic Impulses and is most actively In
dulged in by those who have no knowl
edge of the causes of vice or tne re
sults of the legislation demanded.
In all the testimony presented to the
Illinois Investigating committee there
appears to be one conspicuous allega
tion ,ith a fnrarettlna- Of actual
facta. . The allegation or intimation Is
that the women of the wonting c
supply about all the female denUens
of the red-light district. The fact over-
innbul i that thalr ranks are as roucn
recruited from the so-called upper
lovoi. nf anoiatv. Admitting that legis
lation will aid the former, though It Is
a question of grave doubt, it surely wui
n .---. tha latter and therefore it
will not remove the social evil in any
degree. '
The number of women who have
sold themselves for bread and meat is
exceedingly small. The professional
prostitute class In their eagerness to
justify their lives and in their charac
teristic tendency to follow the line of
least resistance by testifying to mat
nkirh thow know they are wished to
testify to may advance hunger and
privation as excuses, but as a matter or
f,.i invABticrntinnn made under normal
conditions by trained Investigators
without suggestion oi an answ-r
not show that any material number
whatever are driven by necessity to a
life of shame.
Th nlain truth is that there are at
toast am manv had women in the well-
to-do class as among the poor, that as
many prostitutes come from the former
as the latter, that there is more secret
: i i . v. f .-. y-tti than the latter
0 1 11 11 1 11 1 1 1 b.lO . w . . .. - -
and that the former carry an enormous
burden or responsiDimy tor miuus
example of extravagance, dangerous
u-i- inn,, mnrals before those
whose unfortunate heritage la a sad
desire to emulate those supposedly more
fortunate.
.....iitntA hefnm the Chicago
committee told the truth when saying
that the cnler contriDuting i
' - Jnninfnll WOR th A TlOTHi StCn t
effort of men who laid seductive en
tertainment in their way, ana wo nn
too well that those men are not con-
j .. ....bin. i-lns Ten thou-
1111 cu lu mi. ., ... ..... ,
sand women fall from grace because
their appetites, their envy, tneir sympa
thies and their sentiments open an ap-
t. .how nnMinriH. where one
pi 4Jil,H VVT "'"" r
pursues the primrose path because of
hunger. uquor
i na.iva tinn lad one astray.
Can you legislate those facts away?
. 91 nAA (inn
If an increase in wages ui
u .nnr crirl th money
WOU1U .1 , v..o 1'
should be spent, but to enforce a gen-
1 ..ioa in rnmnensation will only
mean a repetition of the old story of
compelling every consumer
tribute toward tne aoaea epeuoc.
......tinn thn exacted is always
greater than the outlay and, being
11 nai-ccslHpn of life.
aiStriDULCU. " --
will result In no final benefit to the
women who work.
ii.. 1 1 mA-no lnfwAii thn danger If tt
can be done. Pay more wages or adopt
any other metnoa, nut ao not
.1 . rw!.mntsil THlllt lieS Within
ourselves. Higher wages for working
women will not Improve tne monui oi
.1.- t nur Jnv and Until that im-
nrovement is effected we are subject to
. UI.1. n.lni Ka.OI,Q
the temptations wuaii oui
there are men and women and because
r ,h.m n wnrA and weaker
than others. It is a moral question,
not one or dollars.
JOHN. A. ROGERS.
WIDENING OP BURXSIDB OPPOSED
Property Owner Says Movement Is
Canstng Losses to Owners.
PORTLAND, March IS. (To the Edi
tor.) By persistently agitating the
widening of BurnBlde street, against
n.-iDha nf nra.r.tirallv all the prop
erty owners on that street, the Greater
Portland Plans Association is aunm
lot of people a tremendous financial
Injury. The property sees no necessity
for the Improvement and does not want
it. yet the impression is broadcast
that it la generally in favor of it, and
that how much the street shall be wid
ened alone remainB to be decided. The
property holders may be somewhat to
blame for allowing this matter to go
as far as It has without positive oppo
sition, but they considered the widen
ing unnecessary and the agitation un
likely to come to anything, and gave
no real serious attention to it until
Mayor Rushlight was reporter ad
vocating the establishment of a line a
certain distance back from the curb,
outside of which property should not
be allowed to build until the widening
plan was perfected. This called a meet
ing of the property holders at once,
for such legislation would absolutely
tie up the whole street, no one being
willing to build at a distance from the
k i ; - - an nil nrooartv being un
salable because of the restri. ion.
At the meeting It oeveiopea a num
ber of deals had already been held up
if not actually killed by the agitation,
one in particular being a 25-year lease
.t. .r.-iinn nf a roncrete struc-
VVUU -'11 v. . . -. .
ture at Eleventh and Burnside, and
another a building in the neighborhood
of Seventh ana Burnsiae streeio.
treat people's property like this is not
right, and the Burnside-street property
holders would like to know whether, as
taxpayers, they have not a right to the
undisturbed possession of their prem
ises, or whether all the financial value
is to be taken away from them by an
agitation for street widening which
they do not want, and for which they
can see no reasonable necessity. With
Portland blocks but 200 feet deep, they
feel there is already ample street space,
far more than other cities have, and
that wide streets are a detriment to
business, not a benefit.
But for this constant agitation a
number of buildings might have been
built on Burnside street since the
opening of Oak street, and improve
ments might go ahead at once if the
agitation were stopped; but it con
tinues in spite of no evidence whatever
that the Greater Portland plans will
ever be carried out as a whole or in
part. The Library has not conformed
to them, neither will the Auditorium;
and if Burnside street is widened there
is no guarantee that it will ever be
necessary. for it surely is not neces
sary now. and it is time enough to talk
of widening when it has been decided
to do some of the other things which
were supposed to make widening ad
visable. The location of a union depot,
the cutting through of a diagonal road
to the northwest from Park and Burn
side, the widening of East Burnside.
and cutting through of the Sandy Road
were reasons given for widening Burn--ii-
...a,t nnri if thn ftreaLer Portland
plans committee will show these things
guaranteed, ana a reai oeeu ui uum
side widening, the property holders
might be willing to discuss limited
widening, though I cannot say they
would; but to start In on Burnside
street in this way. to the detriment ol
the property, without any guarantee at
all that any other portion of the plans
will be adopted, is wrong, and should
nub uta i"iu"ii t
PROPERTY HOLDER.
"Unnton" la Correct.
PORTLANjj, March 24. (Eo the Edi
tor.) Kindly inform me the correct
way to spell 'Xlnnton." Or. I note on
page 42 of the light list of the Pacific
Coast, published by the United States
Government In 11Z. they use but one
"n" in the name. EDWARD BRAY.
Simplified Spelling
By Deam Collin.
Of latest freaks on which to write
A merry rondel, ode or sonnet.
Tve found a freak more freakish than
The new Bulgarian blouse or bonnet.
It Is the brand new fashions set
In spelling, simplified for using
By the great Spelling Board, to ease
The task of writing and perusing.
In the new list they're sending forth.
Shorn of their trimmings, 'fore us
wobble
Old words, in latest fashion dressed
Close-fitting vowels, an ultra-hobble.
The silent consonants once worn
The Spelling Board pronounces trea
son; "Superfluous letters all must go-
Words are not wearing them this
season."
If I would hie me to my home,
To my own hearth, I find It looted
The Spelling Board hath borne it off
And a stiff "harth" is substituted.
Ah, woe is me! Tve lost my heart.
That yesterday with glee was Jump
ing The Spelling Board decrees my blood
Shall by a "hart" henceforth go
pumping.
If I would give a hearty laugh.
The Spelling Board denies that pleas
ure; By a short "laf" henceforth must I
The limits of my gladness measure.
Or If I start to laiigh In glee,
My lips in joyful grinning crooking
I'm forced to change It to a "cof,"
For fear the Spelling Board Is look
lng.
Avaunt, hard-hearted Spelling BoardI
My soul for liberty Is yelling;
I scorn the "fantoms" you would raise!
You shall not "bos' me In my spell
ing! If yon persist, and try to cram
Your new revisions down my maw,
sir,
I warn you. ni rebel at ones.
And start in "spellynge just lyke
Chaucer."
Portland, March J4.
From Tha Oreffonlan of March 28, 186S.
Recent letters from the Boise mines
and vicinity confirm reports in regard
to the hostility of the Snake Indians in
that country. Several persons have al
ready been brutally murdered and
scalped by these savages. That there
will be a war with these Indians tha
coming Summer there Is every reason
to believe.
Jacksonville was honored by a visit
from Captain Kelly's company of
mounted rangers. The appearance of
the men was excellent, their bearing
soldierly and their riding all that
could be desired.
Our Government has determined
upon building three enormous iron
clads, to be 400 feet long and much
more formidable than either the Brit
ish Warrior or the French Gloire. The
Iron armor of the turrets will be two
feet thick and the iron bow as sharp
as a knife blade.
Mr. H. S. Jacobs, of this city. In
forms us that he has just completed a
new machine for making wagon
wheels, which surpasses anything of
the kind ever before invented.
Tt. wiiinmpttn Thatpr will acaln be
opened tonight under the management
of Mr. J. P. Dennlson. upon wnicn occa
sion will be presented the semi-tragical
play of "The Koobers. or tne r orests ox
Bohemia," in which Mr. and Mrs. Wald
ron, assisted by Messrs. Thayer and
Mortimer, will appear in appropriate
casts.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of March 25. 1888.
Mrs. A. E. Borthwlck will return to
day after eight months' absence In the
East and California.
Mr. S. G. Fulton, assistant general
freight agent of the Northern Pacific,
is expected to return today from San
Francisco.
The Oregon Bicycle Club will take a
run over to Vancouver Barracks today.
weather permitting.
The city Directory, which will be
issued the end of this month, contains
in the Portland portion 1650 more
names than laBt year, which, by using
.1 n..l,tnlla. tha IrtlL'ORt in
mreo no muni m-.l., -" - - - - ---any
computation of population, will
give art-increase ior me paat i- muuiua
of 4950.
built at Skamokawa by Montgomery oi
Colwell for the coast jumper itau.:
will be launched. The schooner will
probably be named Michigan.
Commencing next week the Water
Commission will use wood as fuel at
the Palatine pumping station. A sup
ply of 600 cords has been secured as
a starter. It cost J3 a cord. The av
erage price paid for coal was 87 a ton.
The equivalent of a ton of coal can
now be had for 4.60.
rr.i-- T-i . -o a nf Hia omitllv ll eld
their primaries last evening to elect
... . .1 nn,v nnvpn1 inn.
aeiegatea w "
The following is a list of the delegate
elected: North Portland Polling place
No 1. John Finnerty. Richard Gerdes:
No. 2, M. G. Munly. P. Riley. Captain
W. J. Riley, William Cummings: No. S,
John Clark. Theodore Liebe. S. Nep
pach, M. Doherty; No. 4, C. C. Scott,
Charles J. Kennedy. Sidney Delaney;
No 5 T. A. Sutherland. Patrick Bowers,
W. A. Scoggln, John W. Holman, Ben.
L. Norden; South Portland No. 1. J. C.
Welch, E. Meyer: No. 2, Thomas Duffy.
H W Cushing, W. H. Mansfield; No. i,
A. E.'walt, V. K. Strode, P F. Castle
man; No. 4, Peter Taylor, R. Menden
hall. George A. Brodie; No. 5, Joseph N.
Teal Fred V. Holman; East Portland
F A E. Starr, G. D. McStrand and
Charles Fernau; Holladay's Addition
John De Boest and James Powell.
The Republican Central Club of East
Portland last night had a discussion of
the proposed annexation to Portland.
Mr Merrick opposed. Mr. Hislop, F. R.
Neale Mr. Mayo, Mr. Kenworthy.
Frank Hacheney, William Fliedner.
Max Bloomer, Mr. Thompson and Mayor
Wheeler favored annexation.
Washington Town Keels Quake.
LA CENTER, Wash., March 21. (To
the Editor.) There was quite a tremor
here on the night of March 19. between
9 and 10 o'clock, which old settlers pro.
nounced an earthquake. It seemed to
rock north and south and lasted about
five or six seconds and was noticed by
nearly all inhabitants of this section of
Clark County. We would like to know
If it was felt in Portland or any Coast
cities. . AMQ3 CLEM.
Bad California Cnatom Invading City.
PORTLAND. March 24. (To the Edi
tor ) The California custom of carry
ing cans or pails of beer by boozers to
their homes through the streets of your
city should be prohibited. It Is a cus
tom which is suggesting the people.
G. M. M'ALLISTER.
S87 Thurman Street.
I j Half a Century A;o
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