Morning Oregonian., April 21, 1913, Page 6, Image 6

TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY. APRIL 21, 1913.
rORTLAXD. OKEGOX.
he In nick and tired of the right and
taste of it. Hence the preachers now
I scarcely know what chicken tastes
like.
In no branch of business usually
Entered at Portland. Onioa. postotTiee a I rondurioil hr linil-nirnm have there
nuVacJipuoa1 SaleHlavarlablr la Advance been such radical changes of late years
; BT maid as In the poultry industry. Indeed,
Pfty. Bandar included, ona r 100 the raisin of Doultry and production
" 'nc'u4. month ... 4." of s rom. to he sciences, and
fur, Sunday ineiuded, tor rooniaa.. i -- -
i:y. Sunday Included, ona monin .... -T I yet so simple ones as to make one
'!"' wl'5out ona year ...... wonder how it was possible for us so
.Paiiy, without Sunday, r.x months ... I'J . .
,IaJly. without Sunday, thraa montha .. 1.TS I long to pursue the occupation In the
, iaiiy. without Sunday, ona menu .... -jv i haphazard wavs of even a decaae
Weekly, ona year. -?e I
aunaay. one year -jv i ob-
Sunday and Weekly, ona year.. ........ a- I The business has been systematized
(BT CARRIER) I c-. that tViA Inmhatnr and the hrnorlpr
.RH;: SSSgSSSSSSZISte:::: the place of the mother
uaw t Kdpmit boa Doscouic nwnj w i nen. lnnnsanas 01 yeupic are niKwca
Ar. txarcM order or irui& check on your I . . inA,,h.tinr" oViipbe rhl-h I la.w which nnnrhr nation re cards as
l.'.nd sell when they are a day old at an Insult. The Democracy cannot do
,Iuii. moiudina county and state, .. I about 10 cents each, and ship them this because It has left this country
- . r " r m m I i ..na. notnn.A.c in Tn a n I- a l n fin I 1 1 n n r p n ji r e rl to face the consfoucnceji,
miles. And here Is where the parcel In other words, the Democratic doc
post comes in as the greatest boon the trine of state rights conflicts with the
poultrymen have ever had. for it has uemocrauc pojicy 01 "iiitiie American
cut the cost of transporting- the chicks ism." We cannot Insult Japan with
in half. If we ret no other good from out the ability to ram the Insult home
this branch of the postal service that when Japan protests.
benefit alone will more than make up ' Mr. Wilson has discovered that It
for any deficit that mar occur.
If the voters generally would pay
greater heed to the aptitude, capabili
ties, honesty and general fitness of can.
didates than they do to sentiment,
friendship and personal dislike, the
preferential system would probably
work like a charm. But so would the
straight plurality plan now in use. The
main point Is that human nature can
not be tricked out of Its natural weak
ness by ballot forms or mathematical
computations. -
STATE RIGHTS AND IJTXI.E AMERICA.
President Wilson has learned that
his party cannot safely adhere to the
doctrine of state rights so closely as to
uphold the right of a state to enact a
place Victor Trevltt named Lewiston,
and the place across the river Charles
ton, in honor of Lewis and Clark,"who
had camped on the Lewiston site on
their memorable Journey of explora
tion.
14 to XS pacee. 2 cents; SO to u pacea.
rente; 40 to 60 casta, cent. toreim
a poe'.aia. doublo rate.
Eaatera Buaiaeae Offlcre Vorrae Conk
' Iln. New Vork. BrunewleJr. buildlDC Cat
A Kullltm
' baa FraacJeca Office R. J. Bldwall Co.
Kurpaa Office. No. S Rasent (treat S.
w.. Loadoa.
PORTLAND, MONDAY APRIL tl. IMS. I
IDEALISM RTI.I'G NATIONS.
Carrollton. Wah.. April 17. (To the Ed-
I Itor.) A few question In reference to
is useless to offer state rights as an
excuse far non-interference with the
action of California in passing the
alien land bill. Japan regards the
United States as a Nation responsible
PRESIDENT WILSON'S CUU.
t
! President Wilson Intends to use a
'club in forcing- recalcitrant members your editorial. "Arm to preserve peace." for the acts of each of its states and
. vi . ... , . . . Will yon kindly explain to me how you 0f each of its citizens. It will no
;f his party Into line for his policj , In , , h ,d , j..,trt state, or.. Fed , Government to
revlsln the tariff. Any Democratic Britain and France Jf" .hlrk responsibility for the acts of
Senator or Representative Who does I place Germany ahead of either Great Brit- 1-jiHfnmlji than It would exnect to es-
I not stand by the caucus majority is to joranc. .. Jl0'Jn? c.pe responsibility for the acts of
. be marked lor deieat. II ine praug l of arbitration recti on an entirely different i tlOKKaiao, were mat province to ao
and influence of the President can ac- l and in the cae or nreat ,na tome act which gave us cause for war.
:compUah It. We are to have a repe- "H d. afic the iiiciew knov that Bhe were t0 mak
1 titlon of the rolicall, not from an indl- of ideaiirm on the part of Germany? ThJ war on California, she would find her.
vldual Senator (La Follette), but from of ideaiiem would hare to how liaeif tf,lt at war wltn aU tne united States.
.the President of the Vnlted States. .J," " ., thl. . to that Since our Federal Government would
The men who are to be clubbed Into could draw comparisons and could poseinly defend California from attack. It can.
line are not opposed to the tariff bill tin out where Great Britain and France not disclaim the duty to answer for
" . . ., are ahead of Germany. I would appreciate
as a whole, nor to reduction of duties yoor kn, ,nrormiI,lon on ,huj ubj,ct. CaUfornlas acts.
in conformity with the principles laid XARk schilz. The action of the very party which-
down In the Baltimore platform. They I -u-r -itd h advocacv of dlsarma- I has resuscitated the doctrine of state
are to be punished for not accepting I ment by the United States, Great rights has rendered the maintenance
the Wilson and Underwood interpreta-I Briu)n and France as an evidence of! of that doctrine impracticable. We
Ition of principles as approved by the I - hlirher level of Idealism than dictates cannot uphold California's right to leg-
' caucus. They are to be visited withaerinan poicy- Germany has support-1 islate against the Japanese without
the President's verureance, are io oeii arbitration, but the other three na- Delng prepared to ngnt japan, .nut
denounced by him on the stump, for I tions named have taken the lead, while the Democrats are putting- us In a po.
disagreeing with him on details, im-1 Germany has opposed disarmament. sltion of greater unreadiness every
porta nt, it is true, of a bill which they The level of idealism attained by the year. While so eminent an authority
approve unreservedly In the main. The German people may be and probably as Captain Hood says we should have
platform does not specifically demand i s njKn tnat ot tne British and forty-elgtit first-class battleships by
free wool or free sugar, and may fairly French governments, but the Germans the year 1920, In order to be able to
be interpreted as countenancing- a rev. have not as direct and complete con- hold our own, the Democrats nave
enue tariff on both of those commodi- troj over their government as have the adopted a programme which would
ties. Xo longer ago than 1913 the De- British and French, hence the Ideals of give us only sixteen such ships In that
mocracy was "willing to accept a 29 per the people are not as closely mirrored year and would make our Navy infer-
"cent duty on wool as according with n the National policy of Germany as lor to that of Japan. Our Navy list is
' Its principles. But men who are unable i the more democratic nations. Sur- padded with the names of ships which
: to Jump from a 19 per cent duty to I r0unded as she is by powerful armed are mere Junk and with Navy-yards
free wool In a single year are to be I nations, Germany may feel the greater which are useless. Were the money
made political outcasts. I necessity of maintaining her arma- wasted on Navy-yards to be saved, it
Is there to be no room for Individ- I ments and may feel Justified in re- would suffice to enlarge our shlpbuild-
tial differences of opinion on sucn aegarding with suspicion overtures for Ing programme without increased ap-
tails of policy within the Democrauc disarmament. propriatlons
rarty? Dare no man call himself a I rn anv cli4, advocacv of dlsarma- As with the Navy, so with the Army.
Democrat'unless he can pronounce the I ment Is on Its face an evidence of I Our regular forces are bo small and so
Wilson shibboleth? Is the big stick higher ideals, though, as Mr. Schula 111 distributed that we could not gather
to descend with crushing- lorce on I says, it may be dictated by selfish mo. I an adequate trained force to repel in-
every Democrat who presume to have 1 tlves. I vaslon, . and what we could gather
a mind of his own? If this be the pen- : lacks Quick mobility. We should im
tty,J f"trlnS !m fhin4veu w BAUOI FORMS vs. HCMAJf JfATCRE. merely have to fall back on the Na-
Presldent, then will the Roosevelt big tional Guard, and behind that we have
stick be a mere toy cane by compart- For instruction of those who put lit- arsolutelr no trained or partly trained
eon with the Wilson club. Then have faith in the virtue of the preferen- reserve. Were we to abandon our use-
we arrived at the days of one-man tial voting system as proposed in the Iesa Army posts, which are nothing but
rule, when Congress will oe a mere cnm-ier. r. w. . pork, we could build up a reserve on
machine for registering the President's I a communication to The Oregonian. I tne pIang proposed by General Wood
will. nas ,ven lno vole CMl " ruu -uiiv- wlthout added expense.
Tiile the President is prepared to uon, oio in iu. mat city naving in Mr WUson is confronted with the
resort to such drastic measures for the force a similar preferential system. Mr. choico between state rights and Little
punishment of men who dare to differ Hart finds considerable comfort In the Americanism. He cannot have both,
with him on details not specifically de- result, but there is more than one way He mugt etther equip us to fight for
manded by the platform, what is his of analyzing the figures. For the pur. California's right to pass any laws that
attitude on measures which are so de- Pose of brevity and clearness the fig- 8tate desires or he must inform Cali-
manded? Only a few days ago we had ures submitted by the correspondent fornla tnat Its rights are subordinate
an intimation, plainly from the wmte onueniteu, ie iu m tQ the Natlona interests and National
House, that the President would rec- the table indicating the six candidates poIicy state rights doctrine requires
ommend repeal of the provision in the 'op Mayor: a 8tr0ng Army and Navy and abandon
Panama Canal law exempting coast- "f"d ment of the pork barrel. Little Amer-
wlse ships from payment of tolls. HowlAwpwle ,65 143 145 I lcanlsm and preservation of the pork
does that square with this plank or tne f anni.ier wm
Baltimore platform: Uitea 41 114 ss
We favor the exemption from toll! ot Slocomb 2t9 S.1T S26
paaeln throush the Panama Canai. Majority under Portland plan would ha alternative
How does Secretary Bryan, who had Tne correspondent makes this com
ine cniei nana in a rnwmg; up ins pim. 1 ment:
- form, reconcile that wun nis remain- 1 From the above It will be een that no
Ing at the head of the Cabinet of the I candidate received a majority of first choice
tn.n w-hn rn-imiinMril reneal of the I '""'
r land 1
. provision In question?
J home: educatio.x of the deaf
President of Oregon Association Defends
System on Efficiency Grounds.
PORTLAND, April 12. (To the Ed
ltor.) As president of the Oregon As
The Colonel Wright was not merely I sociation for the Education of Deaf
the first steamboat to ply the Upper Children, I feel It Incumbent upon me
Columbia; she was really the founder I to make a short reply to an articl
of the Thompson fortune, the start of I published in The Oregonlan April 12
what came to be the Oregon Steam I We have not hastily formed this
Navigation Company, which later be- association of parents and teachers o
came the Oregon Railroad & Navlga- the deaf. We have studied the question
tion Company and is now the Oregon. I of home education of the deaf, and base
Washington Railroad and Navigation our faith In Its efficiency on the splen
did work the pupils in our school have
accomplished, as well as upon the
opinions of men like Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell, who is an International
authority on the education of the deaf,
and who said of the day schools ot
Wisconsin: "This Is the most impor
tant movement of the century for the
benefit of the deaf.
Germany, tne leading country in the
world in educational matters, after
making a scientific study of special
education, has done away with institu
tions using the cottage plan, leaving
the child in his home, where he has
one. In the case of no home or of
wrong environment, he is placed in a
Company.
What a pity it is that our State
Historical Society has not the funics to
secure from Mrs. Crandall her" full
memoirs? But the Legislatures are
so parsimonious with this society that
Its secretary and manager, Mr. Himes,
has scarcely sufficient funds to pa
postage on manuscripts sent him, let
alone having them printed or paying
the authors for them. And yet almost
every day some pioneer passes away
whose story of the olden times would
wonderfully enrich the history of Ore.
gon.
barrel require abandonment of state
rights. The President s latest move
indicates that he has chosen the latter
FIR8T STEAMBOAT ON TILE TJFPEB
COLUMBIA.
Mrs. C. J. Crandall, of The Dalles,
and eecond choice votes were added to-1 recently prepared a paper which was
retner ana atui no one recciveo. a majority, i n. A ,.-tin . tha rVilumhl and
The same platform commits th the hi(hit combined fim end lecond choice w.rw.v ...oM.tinn at
-Democratic party to the principle oi l ,k. .mm. a ,.. .t I n ji.. i n,. ,!,. ti,., t
a single term for the Presidency, but Todd, who had received lost. nt. eecond h . ln oreon so well
the amendment to the Constitution de- and third cho.c vote, (and a majority of haI ' no P on " iTa 1.
signed to put that principle in effect, w" .VlVt. ...... , P A?JL . r
' which was adopted by the Republican hand. Banniiter would have been elected, j .j ui,.. , ,nr VBi,'
rnate In the last Congress, was quieU althpush h. had than one-third lot the - '
ly put to sleep ln the Democratic I . . d ., nnM t,.va tn h.id. k. -.1 o,- i . ..in- h Zn.
House. Never a murmur of disap- and all candidatea would have been dropped .,,
proval was heard from the President th. , eecond .lection .xcepl LAupperla and
B:tltt.LT7( . Will. Wtl C ,WW IIIKUEat I .-..wm.. J
the flret election. The preferential ballot "th Columbia from The Dalles
la neither complicated nor cumbersome, and v-j been naviaated onlv bv
cornea nearer to arriving at the choice of an I upwaras naa Deen navigated only oy
actual majority of the voters than any other I Indian canoes, the Hudson Bay Corn-
system yet devised. nanv's batteaux and. for a short time
The prominence of candidates in a immediately before this date, by a few
who was elected on that platform, nor
from the Secretary of State, who wrote
it and who has until now been a vo
ciferous champion of the single term.
If President Wilson is Justified in
J I .... . . I. - . ... V. T-lMA-
JL. r.n7Z Pol'tlMl contest where more than one flat-bottomed sailing craft freighting
?,chPPrra Ir. other Demo Permitted the TOter Is gener- to Wallula. which was then old Fort
sugar, much more are other Demo- . T.rii w.n,
crats Justified In reading out the man
ally indicated by the first-choice votes. I Walla Walla,"
Crandall recounts the
I Therefore. Judging from the foregoing! Then Mrs.
figures, but knowing nothing 01 tne fact tnat Lawrence vv. t;oe ana . .
actual campaign they represent. The I Thompson had taken a contract to
Oregonlan would Infer that Aupperle I carry Government supplies to Fort
and Bannister held the center of the I Walla Walla, which service they had
; principles and of nominating candl.
- dates pfedged to carry them out. To
! assume that the President and the
; House caucus are free to rescind or
revise any plank of that platform Is to
' assume that the creature is greater
' than the creator. The men whom the
President threatens to denounce on the
who proposes legislation directly con
trary to the plain demands of the plat
form. The convention which adopted
that platform was the highest author.
I... 1 , t. n.-tuiHl. Ma VIt.A-
?tontrtZZto " " ? lance 4t Performed rather unsa torily to
ar.o..a..,. ait Viap H.ia w Can ota Tt second and thlrd-cholc columns he themselves by flat-bottomed batteaux
aa.-.. alaital I Will IlULtS t,llll. llCtUlCr Ul U1CTO I, U fC" Wf 0JU. UUUCIO jl UCllCU J J Dt caiU
I of-declaring what are JVJKAr 11. H.V
vTllt. J VI VII 3 J VCTI IU 03.VU lUUIIIjaUU llStVa ayuaiv in.wt . V
and third-choice candidates Is not al- mouth of the Deschutes River. This
ways directed toward expression of his place was probably selected, although
preferences. The adherents of one Mrs. Crandall does not" so state, for the
leading candidate more generally cast reason that there was a bridge across
no second or third-choice ballots at the Deschutes Just above its mouth and
all or seek to Dlace them for a wae-on road from The Dalles. This
some other than the chief op- bridge also brings up another histori-
stump have here a weapon wherewith Ponent of their favorite. The figures cal name its owner being Victor
., ...it,. ... i.w j v.-.jlln this case certainly tell that tale. Trevltt, Mrs. Crandall recalls the
force and even he plausible and I Hovr otherwise could it happen that Trevltt monument on Memaloos Is
skllled reasoner as he 'is. will not easily th candidate who was primary favor- land "a shaft that attracts more , at-
flnd an answer satisfactory to the plain 110 01 a P"iiiy etooa lowest as sec- tention irum wi i..vr...,s
neonle 1 ona-cnoice canaiaate ana at tne 001-1 tne ncenic gnumnur v.uiuuiu
Then there was Slocomb. who was At the time of the events noted
rtl I. TRY AD THE FAKt IX POUT. I ., a- fl .hnli- itiil innannllv fnlnnal Wrlsrht was in chance Of the
Perhaps no branch of food produc- considered a weak candidate. His very, forces at Fort Dalles, and the boat
tion is of more importance to the hu- weakness undoubtedly helped boost was named "Colonel Wright" ln his
man family than poultry-raising. In-I him into the lead in the second-choice honor. W hen the boat was launchea
eluding, of course, the production of I column. Lough, whose vote was neg- Len White took charge as captain, and
eggs. We are all prone to under-1 liglble as a first-choice candidate, is on April 18. 1859, she left her land-
estimate the value of eggs as a food substantially recognized on second Ing at Deschutes for the upper river,
product for the reason that we allow I choice. There were 568 voters who her cargo consisting of fifty tons of
our minds to look upon "hen fruit" I did not express any second choice. freight and a dozen passengers. Among
as an every-day article of dletl The third choice may be analyzed in the latter Were Messrs. Coe and
served ln some one of the various I much the same way. It is readily Thompson, her owners, and Victor
"styles known to the chef or housewife, demonstrable that when there are two I Trevltt. The latter was . pessimistic
But with the exception of flour there! strong candidates ln a field of several about the outcome of the attempt to
Is no article that enters into so many I seeking one office and neither of the get up the Snake, his judgment per-
dishes served on the table as the egg. I two can muster a majority of first- haps being warped by his ferry enter
Without it the chef would have his 1 choice votes, the two strong men are prise, which would be ruined If navl-
creations cut In half, and his choicest practically eliminated from the con- gation could be maintained toward
would be relegated among tne lost test. It then remains a matter of the gold fields
arts, while the ordinary housewife chance as to who among the second- Trevltt offered to wager J500 that
would have taken from her the chief rate candidates Bhall win the office. the boat would not succeed in making
mainstay of her culinary successes. Thus in the Grand Junction election the trip, but no one took him up. But
If so much can be said of the egg, the two candidates who were third and the next day, before he even knew the
what of the fowl that produces them fourth on first choice led the balloting result of the trip, he sold his bridge
the hen? What would civilization when all three choices were added. ) The trip was a wonderful success, the
:be without chickens? Ask the coI-They traded votes among themselves time from Deschutes to Umatilla oe-
ored brother first. He will tell you and drew from the favorites in second ing Just twenty-four hours the return
"that this world would not be a fit I and third-choice voting. The system passage was made In eighteen hours.
place to live ln If there were no chick. I Is something of a lottery in which the In 1861 the Colonel Wright made
ens. Ask tne we were going to say 1 man ot moderate popularity stands tne I tne first trip ever maae vy a aieamor
Tthe preachers, but the old saw about I best chance of being slipped the capl- I up the Snake and on up the Clear-
nreaehers and chicken has been so I tal prize. water for twenty-five miles.' Two
. overworked that the housewife U now 1 Even at that, it may be said that the I other trips were made this lar, t.ien
'afraid to serve the parson with chrtk. I most popular candidate is not always I a lauding was constructed at the con
en. thinking he gets It so often that I the best fitted for the office he seeks. I fluence of the ' two streams, which
Participation by Cabinet members
in debate on questions relating to the cottage with a limited numher of others
Army. avy and foreign anairs is par. and caa for by a house-mother.
iicuiariy aesirame at times. ior tney The latest census on th ..ration of
may clear up instantly doubts and the deaf states that 75 per cent of deaf
uiiicucusiuiio i children In school tortav am l.nirht
tuurse 01 uiecusEion ana may inauce speectl. The percentage of increase in
congress to act ln harmony with the 1 the past few years Is marvelous. As
Administration on many occasions. I that is the method used ln the local
When, as la now the case, executive 8Chool, it is obvious that It is truly
. . .... 1 ''rnnnari - unaairviir n.i c;AakUa
and legislative departments are con- . " , : '"J" la
trolled by the same party, friction :"''. 71 -I -V . V . .
"""tl 1 scnooi and home closer together.
the minimum, while leaders of the I Our teachers are superior in educa-
minority could draw out the Admin- I tion, special training and experience to
tetration on points they desired to I most, if not all, of the teachers ln an
raise. If the two departments, execu- JnstituUon. They have come to us
tive and legislative, were ln nartlsan h'?.hly recommended and proved their
conflict, friction mighty be aggravated, ace It second none In the Welt
but we should have In-fighting in place or even Middle West; while it has been
or tne long-range ngrrting wnicn would established but five years.
otherwise be practiced. This would I Our children follow, the city course of
be sharner and fiercer, hut would more siuay, taxing tne same examinations
clearlv define issues for the Judirment na lne Bame test as tn
I nearlng children. In one case a boy.
l""i"- out ot a-honI thru vr- ;
deafness, 15 months older than a hear
Rowland Estcourt, an English bar- I Ing sister, after being ln our school one
rister. was charged 83.85 for storage year, passed tne same examination she
of his baggage by a railroad at Los Passed and received higher marks.
Angeles after delivery had been re- l .A1 th?"! J" 11 "p.ASlde.
fused. He has filed a complaint before Mr. Granning is as proud of his 'deaf
tne interstate commerce i,orainiion. i boys as we are. One bov of 1 has al
That marks one difference between an I ready finished the course for the
Englishman and an American. The grades and works in a shoo outside of
former will fight against the smallest scnooi nours.
i t.t a . a i . .... t..a i rvreuuii luve is tne Keynote or tms
IIUUOIUUIl al aiiuwi Ol I J 1 1IU I A a a n.J . . . , - ,
latter will protest but pay rather than 0VnUtein the' placeo
knthaii ohnnt srnall mtttnrta . TfriA A vn a4 I r
uu iuuu. .no -jii.iM jh, loved one. ir we could hear the
can's policy encourages numberless burden of deafness for them, we would
small impositions, not only upon him- I giaaiy ao it; but, as we cannot, we
self, but upon others, which in the ag- snail do all in our power to help them
gregate reach a considerable sum for overcome its difficulties.
each person. It breeds petty graft- ,,f l"SLd" ,thIscan f? be accora-
. ,,, ,,,., rr . .. . ,,. PHshed ky keeping our children close to
ing of all kinds. If a few men like their homes while receiving their edu-
Mr. Estcourt would fight it out the cation, and have seen it proven in
grafters would stop the game because I numberless cases, notwithstanding Mr,
thev "could not eret awav with it." Schneider's assertion to the contrary.
ThM ilinnlv nT-oonma nn rVta ImaH. Our OflSPrlntr In OUT school am deaf.
can's unwillingness to make a fuss ,th.!y re not ute' and to Prevent
about trifles. I r- i. ,mH.r,tn ih
stands on friendly relation with th
Moved to Investigation by the fact state Institution for the deaf. We
that it was paying out $3,000,000 a would not lay a hair ln the way to
year for the care of Indigent and that J"end "ne f tthe 1ast f th deaf ln
ln one county one person ln 165 was a ff6, i?, "i. ill,0?.
rlananHanr XTn TAvsaAW POn rllevmnararl I ... -
"''t""t"t' I oe put into institutions.
at tne .fines a veritaDie nest or ae- MRS. C. A. WARD.
generacy, where lawlessness and lmbe-
cinty rciBu mutiny . t ul I HOW MAN CHECKS NATURE'S UW
count. une aegezierate woman was i
found to have had 292 descendants, of Human TJnflta Are Xonrlahed and Sur-
whom 174 were degenerates. These vlval la Prolonged.
people are of American stock which REDMOND, Or., April 17. (To the
has run to seed and their colony needs Editor.) V. B. B., in his recent corn-
cleaning up as much as a city slum. Imunlcatlon concerning eugenics over
looks the fact that the law of the sur-
Survlval of Mrs. Hope Allcorn to the vlval of the fittest is not allowed to
ripe age of 80, long after her triplet operate to its ultimate conclusion
sisters, Faith and Charity, were dead, I among mankind as it Is among plants
shows there's something in a name af- I or animals in a state of nature. Insane
ter all. Charity died first at the early I people and those suffering from in-
age of 52, Faith lived to be 74, but! curable diseases would perish much
both dwelt in single blessedness. Hope sooner than they do if compelled to
alone won a husband and bore chil- exlst y tneir own efforts, as would
dren. and was led by the sentiment ! the case were they lower animals.
CLEVELAND, O., HAS CITY DAIRY
Registered Holstelns Provide Milk (or
Tuberculoafa Sanltorlnm, Etc.
Clinton Rogers "Woodruff in the Phila
delphia Public Ledger.
The City of Cleveland has purchased
a great tract of 2000 acres (more than
three square miles of land), absorbing
25 farms. This tract Is two and one
half miles long and more than a mile
wide. Upon this vast area are fou
separate enterprises. The Colony farm
for the almhouse people, the Overlook
farm for the tuberculosis patients, the
correction tarm for the house of cor
rection prisoners, the Highland Park
farm for the development of a great
municipal cemetery. The whole tract,
named by the City Council "the Cooley
farms," after Harris R. Cooley. the di
rector of charities and correction, who
has been the father of the plan, thus
consists of four estates ot 500 acres
each.
In the development of the dairy to
provide milk for the tuberculosis sana
torium and the other Institutions, there
are now about 100 cows, a part
them . registered HolBteins. A model
dairy has just been completed, the barn
unit to accommodate 50 cows. Two
more are to be built, a maternity barn
and also a large storage barn for the
food which Is not kept In the silos.
These, together with the present barns,
will care for 200 cows. The quality of
the stock will be developed until there
will be one large herd, all thorough
bred Holsteln.
The plan is to supply the groups on
the farms and also the municipal insti
tutions in the city with pure milk pro
duced from the best cows living under
the best conditions. The last test
showed the herd free from tuberculosis,
The farms are all of rolling clay land
with springs and running streams, fur
nishing an ideal place for pasturage.
The results will be pure milk for the
municipal institutions, thoroughbred
stock for sale, the enrichment of the
great farms and for the surrounding
country the fine example of a well-kept
dairy.
We not only deem It murder to put a
wretched being out of his misery, but
which her name signifies to come to
America, the land of hope. Great is hold it our duty to prolong his life as
the power of hope. , I long as possible. While this sentiment
may or may not be right it certainly
Simply because he does pot like her 1 'lflZ'JZ1
HJUKa, mi uuga.iia.il i. amruceu man is less llf. of ,, or disappointment.
suing for recovery of the money he The standard for enlistment into the
advanced for the fare of a woman I British army was lowered simply be
from the East whom he expected to cause it was getting to be impossible
marry. The ungallant swain should ? obtain enough men of the better
h .rt 1 trim for lo nf tim anrt physique. Industrial England of the
: . . " 1 last century has produced quite a dif-
'"' luvmoi.Kuo, ii ciit-I -.. from .h. oB-rlrnltiirnl Wnr.
uuib- . i iana or xormer times, i nave it on
good authority that a very large num
Th iiiimitv nt th nrp 1 tuiar., inert ber of the recruits now are unfit to
in the case of Editor Nelson by the P"'0"?, ,th?.IS"e Au" barrack
... J 7 "" month or so. But everything possible
win De purgea ot contempt ot juugB jg done to improve their bodies, with
Guthrie at least it will read that way. the result that a wonderful efficiency
Is maintained in the worst climates the
itaa.i , ta-a A- .mi --. world over.
liwioiciu o.iu "... pvvii ... V T T J a .
a .v.. AtJ..... .V.a. ... tkl...l. 1 "
" "," " , aider that a robust body Is desirable,
quarts a day, yielding 26.47 pounds of aside from its money-earning capacity,
butter, as only one of the breed, while it is useless to argue with him. There
theirs are numbered by the thousands. I are worse things than being a good
mark for a bullet. JAMES BAKER
Romeo H. Stephens says the rail
roads are the "easiest marks" of all.
More corroboration of Louis D. Bran-
deis' reflections on railroad efficiency.
BEAUTIFl'l. DISTRICT FOR HOMES,
Great Promise Seen la North East Side
In Leisurely "Walk.
KENTON, April 19. (To the Editor.)
Having read about the agitation for a
crosstown carline and a regular car-
line on Killingsworth to connect with
same to serve both the South East Side
and the thickly populated districts
on the Peninsula. I took a leisure
ly trip from Albina along Killings-
worth clear to the Slough and Sandy
Road. The greatest surprise met my
eyes. All along the street looking
north lie the finest and prettiest build
ing sites ln the city of Portland. East
of Union Is the beautiful district of
Piedmont, but the finest of all starts
on Twenty-second street at a district
called Irvington Park. The streets are
all on a gentle slope toward the north,
overlooking the majestic Columbia-
Above the mountains on the Washing
ton side tower snowclad Mount Adams
and Mount St Helens. Such a sight. It
was almost a dream.
It Is inconceivable for me that the
wealthy people of the city have not
picked out this location for their
homes. The grandest sight comes in
view from Thirty-third street to Fort
ty-second street and thence to the Cully
road. There are homes all along way
out to Sandy Road. The grandeur of
seeing is unsurpassed. The greatest sur
prise is that this district has no car
line and a street like Killingsworth
from Mocks Bottom to the Sandy and
Slough roads.
I am not a prophet, but predict that
Mocks Bottom will have a number of
big docks, a bridge will span the river
at that point, and Columbia Slough
will have a deep water channel and all
along there where water and sail meet
clear up to Park Rose acres will be
the manufacturing side of the city of
Portland. Killingsworth will be the
leading artery of commerce.
GEORGE GRAY.
ANY CHARTER SUBJECT TO ATTACK
CREDIT FOR FREE DENTAL CLINIC
Dentist Falls to See How Mayor Rush
light Can Claim It..
PORTLAND. April 19. (To the Ed-
That Chehalis man has a remark- htor.) I was surprised , to read in The
able brain to Invent a trap that will Oregonlan that Mayor Rushlight. In his
catch anything that will run the gamut speech before the Garment-makers'
from a fine comb to a rail fence. Union, took unto himself and the pres
ent administration the credit for the
Corvallls objects to steam whistles f ... d-ntai cllnio in the r.itv Hail.
in the early morn, yet those whistles Tho question of a free dental clinic
mean a local payroll, the best invest- was f lrst taken up by the Portland
ment a city can make. . I Dental Society. I serve on a commit.
tee appointed by the Portland Dental
Decision on the extradition of Charl- I Society to take the matter of a free
ton, the accused wife-murderer, has I aentai clinic up witn the city authori-
OTaln hn delavftd. He mav be tried I ties. Our committee met considerable
v j t , j . difficulty ln arousing the administra-
..w. j u ,110 iiia,kci. uiivii
the proposition was explained to Mr.
The two-legged pig at Kenton, thriv- Lombard, then a member of the City
ing and fat, is a lesson to man in what I Council. He became interested at once
can be dona to overcome adverse cir- and was an enthusiastic worker for the
... ... . clinic.
-""""" I T aVa . . I
Slmnn war nrevallAH nnnn n nrfiul.lo
.r-ennsyivaiua not oiuy bm dui ib uio quarters lor the clinic ln the City Hall.
The benool Board appropriated funds
for the maintenance of the clinic for
the first year. The clinic was estab
lished in the early part of 1911. Much
credit Is due Mr. Lombard for estab
llshment of the free dental clinic. I
fail to see where Mr. Rushlight had
anything to do in the matter.
GEO. A. MARSHALL.
Ability to Draft One That Would Not
Be Criticised Is Doubted.
PORTLAND. April 19. (To the Edi
tor.) I am unable to understand the
motives which impel an organization at
this time to combat the proposed com
mission charter. I might properly add
that I am also unable to clearly deter
mine the motives of the organization
which supports it. Then, again, there
seems to be a third element of strad
dlers who are guessing which band
wagon to jump into.
O course we are all patriots, and it
is very sad to see some of our patriots
referring sarcastically in public to
other equally good patriots when dis
cussing the charter.
A lengthy experience In delving into
city affairs of various kinds has con
vinced me that surely a commission
charter will help some; therefore I am
inclined to avor it. Just lately I wanted
to find a missing document of Important
nature. Owing to the lack of a cen
tral authority in charge of city docu
ments, I have not found it yet. Some
thing is wrong with the filing system,
for example.
My conclusion is simple. I think if
we had a charter committee compris
ing the best brains from cities now
having the commission form, its charter
product would never be Impervious to
criticism or attack Irom some of our cm
sens. I think, therefore, we better adopt
our own handiwork and improve it
hereafter as experience dictates, and
rwe will be found doing It, never fear.
Is the proposed charter good for the
best Interests of the community as a
whole? That is the question up to the
voter. If so, then let smaller organiza
tions than the whole give way.
ROBERT C. WRIGHT.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan of April 21, 1S8S.
New York. April 20. Funeral serv
ices were held this morning in Trinity
Chapel over the remains of Roscoe
Conkling.
Seattle, April 20. News has been re
ceived here to the effect that the nec
essary $175,000 has been subscribed by
the citizens of Spokane Falls for the
stock of the Seattle, Salt Lake & East
ern Railway. Officers of the road say
work will be begun on the roadbed
from Spokane Falls westward next
week.
Mr. Alex. Looney having resigned as
postmaster at Monroe, Benton County,
Mr. Adam Wtlhelm has been appointed
In his place.
Rev. P. R. Burnett, of Monmouth, has
accepted the pastorate of the Christian
Church at Salem.
Mrs. E. H. Gerrlsh died a few days
ago at Gaston. Mrs. Gerrlsh was an
old pioneer, having lived ln that neigh,
borhood since about 18.",n.
The first train over the new railroad
bridge at Kennewlck crossed last week,
connection having been temporarily
made. s
The committee having charge of the
advertising fund Is still at work. Yes
terday H. K. Hunsaker began a canvass
of East Portland and another gentle
man started to interview the Albina
people.
A number of letters and telegrams
for Robert Harris, president of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
have been received by Assistant Gen
eral Freight Agent S. G. Fulton. Mr.
Harris la expected la Portland next
week.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Industrial Fair Association will be
held on May 10 for the purpose of
electing a board of directors and also
to decide whether the capital stock
shall be increased to $150,000.
Julia Ward Howe
Portland next week.
will lecture in
Both Mrs. Fred Stoker and her In
fant child, who were so fearfully
burned in the fire at East Portland
Thursday, have passed away.
Judge Stearns yesterday appointed
T. F. Rourke receiver of the Oregon
Marble & Lime Company, vice Charles
F. Beebe, resigned.
Mr. R. Scott, of Scott's Mills, Butte
Creek, is in the city.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of April 21. 1S6S.
Headquarters, Army of the Potomac.
April 13. A refugee, who left Rich
mond on Tuesday, says that the bread
riot was witnessed by him. It caused
the greatest consternation among the
authorities. The women, heads of
families and working classes were ac
tually starving, having been compelled
to submit by threats.
Salt Lake,. April 13. Colonel Evans.
with two companies of volunteer cav
alry and two Infantry companies, was
sent yesterday by General Conner to
Spanish Fork, Nevada Territory, to
chastise the Indians. Lieutenant
Honeyman, with five men and a mount
ed howitzer, was sent in advance. Ho
reached Pleasant Grove and quartered
for the night ln a Mormon corral. One
hundred Indians attacked the artillery,
but were repulsed with five killed.
Sacramento, April 13. In the Assem
bly bills were passed to allow Sacra
mento to subscribe $200,000 to the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad and for a branch
prison at Folsom.
Professor Myers failed to leave town
yesterday for The Dalles, as antici
pated, owing to the vigilance of our
efficient City Marshal, who politely in
formed the professor that he must pay
the license tax before he left. Alter
finding that he couldn't trick the
Marshall, he "shelled out.
Bids for the transportation of Army
freight from Vancouver to the various
military posts east of the Cascade
Mountains were opened yesterday at
the office of Captain Hopkins, A. A.
Q. M, and those made by the Oregon
Steam Navigation Company were lower
than those of the People's line.
The O. S. Navigation Company have
reduced the price of passage from this
city to The Dalles to tl and we are
credibly Informed that a still further
reduction will probably be made.
prize cow. The bosses who milked
her for years discovered that fact.
The woman who consents to divorce
that her husband may remarry "hands
a bunch" to her successor.
What else can a Democratic Admin.
Istration do than recognize the doc
trine of state -rights ?
With castor oil under a low tariff.
every baby will shout for protection.
Love Brought Ip to Date.
Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Lady You must ask mamma
Suitor But your mother has gone on
her travels
Lady Yes. but she's left an answer
Governor Blease Is most ln his ele- in the affirmative tn the gramaphone.
ment when defying somebody.
Stern- Home Discipline,
Boston Transcript.
Willie Does your pa ever send you
to bed before 7 when you're naughty?
Bobby Worse n that. When I've been
bad he makes me get up before 7
Municipal politics becomes an im
portant industry this week.
But is the cubist artist able to pro
duce a square meal?
Suppose Blease- were Governor of
California! Wow!
Rye (the cereal, not the booze) gets
Into the free list,'
All tn the Dny'a.Work.
Baltimore American.
"Oh, dearie, I just thought about ask
ing you to fix the stove pipes for me."
"Just thought about it? It's what I
call a put-up Job."
"PASSING THE BUCK ON ELECTION.
Attempt to Shift Responsibility for
Referendum Cost Is Noted.
DALLAS, April 19. (To the Editor.)
Some people are howling their heads
off about taxes and are therefore going
to invoke the referendum in the State
University, the County Attorney and
other bills. The amount asked for the
Eueene school Is reasonable this time.
The management was taught a whole
some lesson and that made the amount
asked reasonable so why spend two
dollars to save one, especially as the
one is needed anyhow?
As to the County Attorney bill, the
Increased cost over the present law is
$420 a year for the entire state. Four
cents taxes on each one thousand dol
lars will now raise $25,000. Will some
man who pays taxes on the ten thous
and dollars or less please figure the
change that $420 for the entire state
will make in his taxes?
There ought to be a movement to stop
this abuse of the reserve veto power of
the people by a refusal of the electorate
to sign petitions.
Parkison says the election will cost
nothing because there will be ona on
the dentists' bill anyhow. The dentists
say there will be an election on the Uni
versity anyhow so their eloction will
cost nothing. The traction engine
people by a misinterpretation of the
law will get out a petition and say it
will cost nothing because the dentists'
and Parkison will have one out any
how. One way to save taxes is to cut ex
penses and to cut expenses do not sign
an order for goods not needed.
TAX PAYER.
APPROPRIATION NOT FOR WIDOWS
So Learns Pioneer Woman Whose Him.
baud Supplied Horses In Indian War.
BEAVERTON, Or., April 18. (To the
Editor.)--I was so disappointed yester
day when I got a few lines Jn answer
to an inquiry I had. sent to the War
Department. My husband was in the
Indian wars C55-'56) and I supposed
his widow would be entitled to soma
of that $60,000 which was appropriated
for the old soldiers who supplied horses.
My husband was one that furnished his
horses and rations. But I was sadly
disappointed. It seems husband and
wife are not one ln Oregon.
I am 81 years old. I went to school
in Oregon, so you see I am an old
pioneer. I could write three or four
sheets and then not tell" all the hard
ships we wives had to go through with
while our husbands were in .that war
I am living in a little house all alone,
trying to take care of myself as best
I can. I hope you will publish this
short letter and oblige a subscriber.
MARY A. PRATT.
'Iln! I Run" Poor Name.
PORTLAND, April 17. (To the Edi
tor.) I am considerably interested in
Portland and have often wondered why
vou hold on to such an unfit name
for the pure stream that supplies your
water. Bull Run does very well for a
battle or a barn yard, but not for a
crystal river, or silver brook from
which you drink each day.
A. H. BARNES.
Klectlon Dates in Oregon.
ABERDEEN". Wash, April 18. -(To
tha Editor.! I am writing in behalf
of the class in American civics in tho
Aberdeen Hijrh School. It states ln our
civics the United States Representatives
from Oregon are elected in June. But
we have heard that this has been
changed and that they are elected on
the Tuesday alter the first Monday in
November of the even-numbered years.
Kindly give us some information on
this matter. JAS. A. MACDONALD.
The constitution of Oregon originally
provided that general elections should
be held biennially on the first Monday
of June. An amendment changing the
date to the first Tuesday after the first
Monday, in November was adopted by
vote of the people June 1, 1908. The
amendment is so worded that general
elections are held in even-numbered
years.
Road Bill Not Liked.
ESTACADA. Or., April 18. (Tn the
Editor.) In The Oregonlan of April II,
under the caption "Road Campaign
Grows," wo note that the Government
will endeavor to secure the co-operation
of teachers and pupils in the country
schools in the cause of good roads.
How can the Government expect any
good results from this campaign or any
other so long as our "all-wise legislat
ors" pass such bills as the one known
as Abbott II. B. 312?
It may be folly to Invoke the refer
endum on the University of Oregon
bills, but It certainly would be folly
not to invoke it on this bill. Instead
of being "construftive," it Is de
structive legislation." G. T. HUNT.
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