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LAJfD CBAJfT FORFEITED.
Judge Wolverton's decision forfeit
ing the Southern Pacific land grant
was almost a foregone conclusion, but
It cannot become effective until It has
been finally confirmed by the United
States Supreme Court. In the mean
time no disposition of the land can be
made. The Southern Pacific's title la
now so clouded that It could find no
buyers, even though It complied strictly
with the terms of the grant. The Gov.
ernment can do nothing until the grant
is finally annulled and until Congress
has provided by legislation for the
disposal of the land. The decision Is
assurance that In not less than two
years the way will have been cleared
for raising the embargo on the devel
opment of Southern Oregon, but how
this will be done remains to be decided.
It Is necessary to lay stress on these
facts because many persons have been
deluded Into the belief that by settling
on tracts in the land grant or Dy
making a tender of the legal price to
the railroad, they have established a
prior claim to purchase whenever the
forfeiture Is confirmed. They have
established nothing, but have simply
thrown away their money. Forfeiture
of the grant will rescind all its condi
tions and will restore the land to the
public domain, but not render it open
to settlement under any of the general
land laws. The courts can only declare
that the Government, not the railroad,
is the owner. They cannot declare on
what terms it may be purchased from
the Government; Congress alone can
do that. Men who pay $200 to $250
apiece to lawyers and land locaters are
buying a mere shoestring. Let them
take warning and keep their money.
The decision is Important as a Judi
cial determination that the greatest
corporations, like the poorest Indi
vidual, must keep faith with the Gov
ernment. When they acquire land
from the Government, they must com
ply with ' the terms of the grant or
give back the land. The homesteader
cannot get a patent without improving
his claim and standing the fire of a
special agent's inquiry and a land
office hearing. The railroad stands on
the same footing. It has the money
to fight a lawsuit through to the high
est court, but the Government Is
equally ready and able to fight, and
will do so. The decision means that
there Is to be an end of deals between
the people and corporations wherein
the people live up to their side of the
bargain and the corporations Ignore
theirs.
4 It has been freely predicted that the
forfeited land, being mostly timbered,
will be added to the National forests
and that there will be little. If any. left
available for agriculture. This is by
no means certain. Congress during
the Roosevelt administration passed a
law forbidding any further additions to
the National forests without specific
enactment. Congress ha9 shown in
creasing reluctance to pass such laws.
Much of the timbered grant land, being
in the valleys and near the railroads,
will be admirably adapted for farming
when cleared. Such land may be
turned over to the Forestry Bureau
with orders to sell the timber without
delay. It may then be thrown open
to homesteading. The West will not
consent to the legislative sanction of
the Land Office's new classification of
some land as "timbered homesteads"
and to such land being withheld from
settlement on that pretext. It would
probably agree to the harvesting of
the timber by the Government before
agricultural settlers are admitted.
That course would accord with the pol
ler of conservation which carries with
it the development of the country.
WHY OIKLS GO WROXO.
Committees of various sorts have of
late been busy investigating, associa
tions and societies of various sorts
have fceen endeavoring to determine
and philanthropists and humanitarians
have been trying to discover why girls
go -wrong. Perhaps it would be more
proper to say they are trying to sift
out the principal cause; for, disguise
the fact as we may, silver coat the
crude truth as best we can, the fact Is
that many of those who are treading
the primrose path -were drawn down
through their innate passions. Wheth
er this came through some pre-natal
causa over which science can exercise
control is another question. We
simply know that in these cases pas
sion held sway and the fall followed.
In all of the Investigations made and
the reports published it seems that
one great cause why the ranks of the
fallen are so swiftly augmented has
been overlooked, and that is ill-advised
marriages. Any candid Investigator
will find that a very large percentage
of those who thread the great white
way have stood before the altar and
promised some man to love, honor and
obey. Which brings us to the sad fact
that after all is said and done the par
ents, and principally the mothers of
the fallen, must take a large share of
the responsibility for the downfall of
their daughters. These mothers have
not Intended to do so. There Is not
one mother in a million who could for
a moment think of her own daughter
going wrong without suffering severest
pangs. It is done unwittingly, perhaps
through inculcating love for finery,
perhaps by permitting association with
undesirable companions, or in with
holding words of counsel these are
common aids to the downfall of our
young women.
On the other hand, there are moth
ers who go to the opposite extreme
and deny their daughters such raiment
as they can afford, others who keep
them housed against all companion
ship and society, hold them In Ignor
ance of such joys and pleasures as
girls rationally need, and In the end
usually will have, even at the cost of
honor.
So in the Investigations of under-
nav and overliving and unfit abodes,
suppose we go a step further and see
what share of responsibility the par
ents have had, are constantly having.
In the downfall of their daughters.
This is not a pleasant phase of an nn
nlnasant subiect. But it is not an in
dictment of the average mother or
father. It Is a mere statement or ract
which cannot be denied, and a hint
that to get at the root of the evil, we
should, through our best workers,
reach the homes of those who are not
treating their daughters 'rationally.
BRYAN'S MISSION FRUITLESS.
Having gone to California to plead
with that state not to embarrass the
Government in its relations with
Japan, Secretary of State Bryan has
found his mission has proved the fail
ure which was to be expected. Repre
senting the whole Nation, he weakly
begged one of its forty-seven units not
to cause trouble, admitting Its perfect
right to do as It pleased In the Japan
ese question. His action resembles
that of the teacher who says to the ob.
streperous boy, "Please be good."
This Is the humiliating position to
which the Federal Government has
been reduced by President Wilson's
adherence to the long-since exploded
state rights doctrine. Our relations
with foreign nations are by this doc
trine rendered subject to disturbance
by the freak legislation of any state.
To the protests of Japan Mr. Wilson
and Mr. Bryan can but return the Im
potent reply: "We can't help it." An
drew Jackson, whose name Democrats
love to link with that of Jefferson as
the Ideal Democrat, did not play so
pusillanimous a role when South Caro
lina defied the Government.
The new version of the alien land
bill Is more offensive than the orig
inal through its attempt at deception
by change of phraseology and through
its pretended scrupulous respect for
treaty rights. The bill is still admit
tedly aimed at the Japanese: mere
verbal changes cannot hide that pur
pose. No other state has a law thus
aimed at a single nation which has not
long since become obsolete through
ago and non-enforcement. The Cali
fornia pretense that Its bill Is on all
fours with those of other states forbid
ding any aliens without distinction of
nationality to hold land is too hollow
to deceive a schoolboy. The show of
respect for rights guaranteed by exist.
lng treaties Is by implication a denial
of the Government's power to make
new treaties enlarging those rights.
If the President wishes to assert the
supreme authority of the Nation and
to show California that it cannot light
ly flout the Federal power and dis
turb international relations because of
the phantom danger of 45,000 Japan
ese among 2,500,000 people, the way
is still open. He need but negotiate a
new treaty with Japan, by which each
nation grants citizens of the other the
same rights as to landholdlng. That
treaty would override the California
law, for the Constitution would make
it the supreme law of the land. By
so doing the President would abandon
his extreme regard for state rights and
would risk a stormy time in securing
ratification by the Senate. But he
would prove the futility of any at
tempts by a single state to enact laws
which disturb our foreign relations.
CALLLVG EACH OTHER'S BLCFF.
There was a refreshing novelty
about the tariff debate of Monday,
which was a relief from the dreary
monotony of such -discussions. Each
party was exposing the insincerity of
the other in pretending to advocate a
non-partisan tariff commission.' All
parties - have at different times pro
fessed to favor such a commission, but
all have shown a strange reluctance to
establish it when they had the power.
Representative Murdock, the Progres
sive leader, now renews the proposal
and accuses the Republicans of hav
ing been always opposed at heart to
a tariff commission. He is sustained
by the Democrats, speaking' through
Speaker Clark, but his party's practice
would probably square as little-with
Its profession if put to the test.
The records or tne tnree parties jus
tify the belief that they are all afraid
to establish a really effective tariff
board, though all pretend to favor it.
During the debates on the payne-
Aldrlch bill In 1909 and In former
years. Senator Beveridge was its most
ardent champion and was well sup
ported by other insurgent Republicans.
The regular Republicans very reluc
tantly yielded to the repeated urglngs
of President Taft and consented to the
creation of a board with very limited
powers and with no assurance of per
manence. They grudgingly gave it a
renewed lease of life and more money
In 1910. While the insurgents or pro
gressives appeared clamorous for It,
their enthusiasm cooled as President
Taft advanced towards success In its
permanent establishment. The Demo
crats were favorable to a tariff board
until their opponents endorsed it but
insisted that it should report to Con
gress rather than to the President and
should receive Its instructions from
Congress.
The Democrats no sooner secured
control of the iouse than they turned
against the existing tariff board and
proceeded to revise the tariff without
regard to it. The insurgent Repub
licans, some of whom have since be
come party Progressives, helped them.
Mr. Taft insisted that Congress live
up to the professions of its leaders, but
he gained no' support except from the
regular Republicans. Democrats ob
jected to a board responsible to the
President and created a new bureau
to perform the same functions, which
should take orders from and report to
committees of Congress.
The truth is that no party desires
what Mr. Taft proposed and actually
created a genuinely non-partisan
board of experts which would report
facts, no matter which way they hit.
Republicans, Democrats and Progres
sives alike were and still are afraid
that such a board would discover most
Inconvenient facts. Standpat Repub
licans fear exposure of the Jokers they
have hidden in the tariff and of the
inexcusable character of many high
duties. Progressives and Democrats
fear revelations which would cut the
ground from under their feet in "tak
ing care" of the pet industries of their
own districts. If they must have a
tariff board, they desire one subservi
ent to the party in power, one which
will make no investigations except
those they wish and which will find
out and report only the kind of facts
they wish discovered. That Is why
the Democrats wish the board made
responsible to Congress.
The Taft Tariff Board pleased no
body except Mr. Taft, because it dis
covered facts which suited the purpose
of no party. Regarding wool, it showed
that, while wool duties were much too
high, they were not as much too high
as had been alleged and that free wool
would bo ruinous to many growers.
That was too fair to suit any of the
extremists. If Congress had legislated
according to these findings and public
satisfaction with the 'result had com
pelled it to allow the board to continue
work and to act apon the board's re
ports, we should gradually have se
cured a scientific tariff. Then the poli
ticians would have been deprived of
much of their thunder and Congress
would have been reduced to the nain
ful necessity of legislating on many
other subjects which urgently call for
pKttnn .hnr which members artfully
dodge by wasting time on tariff
debates.
Congressmen do not wish to settle
the tariff question and let it stay set
tled. They wish to keep it in the air
like a shuttlecock. They do not desire
a non-partisan tariff board, for that
would reduce them to the necessity of
action with some approach to finality.
When they advocate a tariff board,
they are nearly all bluffing, without
distinction of party.
COLLEGE BOYS IN BUSINESS.
It would be terribly disappointing If
the college graduate did not make a
better man of business than the
youngster who has simply "growed"
without the benefits of intensive cul
ture. It Is common to say that the
fine effects of the college show them
selves In a general excellence of char
acter rather In mere efficiency. But
what is general character but effi
ciency of one sort or another. A man
who is fitted to do nothing but sit
like a placid Buddha to receive the
worship of the world can hardly be
said to have much character. It Is
more likely that the solid stuff of
which character is composed has
been washed out of him by the
drenching floods of his four years of
learning.
The question whether colleges really
do produce washed-out and faded hu
man specimens or men and women
capable of efficient service in life is
admittedly an open one. Some say a
man f affair is vastlv better off if
he gets his education in "the school
of hard knocks." Others contena mat
tv. riis-A- rivM him all the training
he could obtain in the stern school of
experience without its exhausting
hardships.
Nn rirmhr observation will settle this
little controversy In the course of
time. Some light has been tnrown
imnn th nnlnt In disDute by a ques
tionnaire which. Howard Eltlng sent
out to business men in many parts of
the country- He gave the results of
his Inquiries at a conference on "com
mercial education and business prog
ress" held at the dedication or tne
nw Commerce Building at the Illi
nois State University. This excellent
university includes the practical and
mechanical studies In its curriculum
as well as the theoretical.
Mr F.ltinc said that, from his ques
tionnaire, he must Infer that college
hnv nrA In flinprl to be snobbish and
easily discouraged, while on the other
hand they have more concentration
than other vouths. and are more con-
isolentious and adaptable. The balance
seems to swing to the college side a
little, but Mr. Eltlng predicts tnat it
will swing that way a great deal more
strongly when the old "culture
courses" have been replaced by studies
relating directly to practical affairs.
NTatnrftHv he had In mind such
studies as will be pursued in the
Commerce Building which was men
being dedicated.
' THE APPLE GROWERS TRIALS.
Amonsr everv class of men there are
some who lose their heads in time of
trouble and some who keep their wits
about them. The former are the vic-
Hmo et firru mstances. The latter win
victories In war and industry where
their weak competitors fall, 'lnis is no
less true of those engaged in orchardry
than in other human enterprises. The
last season was not propitious to apple
growers. The crop of fruit was abun
dant In all carts of the country, mar
keting methods were defective and
trices were discouraglngly low. as
Professor Hector Macpherson points
out In his letter to The Oregonlan, pub
lished yesterday, a great many appies
produced in the Northwest were not
mot-voteri at all. When we remember
that the arrangements for manufac
turing them Into cider and vinegar as
nroii na the canning establishments
were far from adequate we must con
clude that the loss was heavy. It will
be heavy in the years to come unless
tlmelv measures are taken to cure
these maladjustments.
But this is a situation which numan
intelligence is perfectly capable of
moAtlne- The aDDle growers have
brought their tribulations upon them
selves by too great zeal in speculative
planting, by faulty methods of mar
keting, by careless grading, and it lies
with them to apply the proper rem
edy. There Is, as Professor Macpher
son remarks, no occasion for panic and
It is only the shortsighted and timor
ous who will be panicky.
Tt atinds to reason that the Western
grower cannot compete with his East
ern rival on equal terms, tie must
have some advantage either of nature
n, irt nr nlsn he, la doomed to failure.
It ought not to require any argument
to prove that he cannot pay rreigm to
the East on the same varieties oi iruu
thot th TCiuitnrner nroduces as well as
he himself does and sell it at a profit.
His only rational hope lies in pro
ducing varieties which the East does
not grow in perfection. With these he
can enter the market and hold his
own. There is a great deal of unwar
rantable boasting about the superior
ity of all Western fruit. Some of it Is
superior to what the East can grow,
some is not. In color and general ap
pearance, as other observers besides
Professor Macpherson have pointed
out, we have the advantage, but as far
nn flavor is concerned our position is
disputed on the Atlantic Coast.
Common sense teacnes us to mane
ih. mini nf nnr natural advantages
and send no fruit to market which is
not up to the highest standard both in
size and color as well as symmetry.
In order to attain this end production
must be restricted to varieties which
reach greater perfection here than
elsewhere. What these varieties are
experience has pretty well demonstrat
ed by this time. Professor MacPherson
says that at least 100 varieties of ap
ples are grown here now In more or
less excellence. Naturally many of
them are of poor quality. Tne apple
Is one of the most sensitive of all
fruits to the Influence of soil and cli
mate and It is absurd to expect that as
many as 100 different varieties should
reach their best estate in this quarter
of the world. If we have half a dozen
varieties which excel, these are the
ones to fix upon to tne exclusion or tne
rest.
r .M-wwwat mnat nnt lnnk rn rpa the
j t. vwuibv w
same varieties thrive in' both the Wil
lamette Valley ana tne iooa liiver
country. The conditions in the two re
gions are radically omerent ana grow
ers must accommodate tnemseives to
this tai-t Prnfpssrir Maenherson Quotes
a Chicago dealer upon the subject of
the best varieties lor tne toast, ae
mentions the Spitzenberg, Ortley,
Rome-Beauty, Jonathan, Ben Davis
and others. But the word "Coast" is
of wlfle import. The SplUenDe.gr is
not by any means the best variety for
the Willamette Valley, neither is the
Ortley, while both these apples reach
matchless perfection at Hood River
and Mosler. At Wenatchce the Wine
sap seems to surpass most others.
Thus each region has its own problems
to solve both in the choice of suitable
varieties and in methods of culture.
When these matters have been settled
wisely the fruit business will go for
ward at a steady pace to permanent
success. But this can not happen until
both haphazard Ignorance and specu
lative uncertainty have been elim
inated. Each fruit region needs special
methods of culture as well as specially
adapted varieties. The tillage which
succeeds perfectly In the Irrigated sec
tions is not likely to be the best for
the Willamette Valley. Here there Is
abundant rainfall almost every year
up to the first week of July and often
later, so that the problem of conserv
ing moisture 'is not nearly so serious
as some others. It might almost be
said of the Willamette Valley orchard
that if soil fertility is properly attended
to the clouds will provide all the mois
ture that is needed. One of our most
vexing problems is, in fact, to avoid
that unseasonable growth of wood
which is promoted by excessive mois
ture. The question might well be
raised whether an annual hay crop or
some other which would help dry out
the soil In late July might not be
directly beneficial to many valley or
chards. There is ground to believe
that it would increase both the quan
tity of fruit and its quality. It has
often been observed that "wild" apple
trees growing without cultivation in
neglected fence rows produce regular
crops of fruit which are excellent in
their modest way. Here as elsewhere
the husbandman must submit to take
lessons from nature. Theory Is often
oblivious of simple facts which are
fundamentally essential to Success.
"Oh, Earth, what changes hast thou
seen," must have been running
through the workmen's brains as they
dug out that old ship buried forty feet
deep under a New York street. Since
ships don't salt-up the streets, the tide
must have ebbed and flowed there one
day. Tennyson, when' he wrote the
line we have quoted, was thinking of
the changes wrought by streams that
"draw down Aeonian hills and sow the
dust of "continents to be," but the
changes wrought by human hands are
as Interesting and sometimes as exten
sive. At the meeting of the National Fed
eration of Musical Clubs In Chicago a
few days ago the delegates represented
400 clubs with 45,000 members. This
Is good, but not good enough. The
public schools in every village and city
ought to be musical clubs. They ought
to make young people as ambitious to
compose music as to write short
stories. There Is no reason why Amer
ica has not its own Bachs and Wag
ners except that we do not care to
train them up. It is time for us to
begin to care.
Wilson sends regrets that he couldn't
attend the St. Louis peace conference.
With Japan In a bellicose attitude and
Mexico on the rocks again the Presi
dent probably is not In the precise
mood to enjoy a peace conference.
Mrs. Belmont is so irritated by the
treatment accorded suffragettes in
Fnrlnnd that she will "not spend a
penny" on her London visit. That's
the kind of punishment, too, that hurts
the Londoners.
Archaic discoveries in New Tork
will be paralleled here in the distant
future, when timbers and other debris
used in filling deep gulches are un
earthed in making foundations for
hundred-story buildings.
Whale steaks in competition with
beef may suit Californians, who can
stand most anything, but Oregonians
prefer the steer, the hog and the
wether, with a little goat made into a
side dish.
John Reed has been sent to Jail for
threatening to "make boobs' of the
Newark police. He's not the first to
come to grief through trying to im
prove on Nature.
With Mexicans once more engaged
lr rhoti- favnrltn nastime of Dlunderinz
and murdering Americans, President
Wilson shortly may be compelled to
show his hand.
Justice will not have been fully sat
isfied by the get-rlch-qulck promoters
convicted at Philadelphia unless they
are compelled to .refund the proceeds
of their frauds.
With the tariff debate warming up
it might be Just as well to conduct a
daily search for "weepons'- on some
of the more excitable Congressmen.
The outcry against closing wireless
stations on account of the operators'
strike reminds us how quickly a new
discovery becomes a necessity.
TT v-t-n r, an4a, a narA In n. Bn7r1 rflKP.
for identification purposes. As though
that e-pnlal countenance would need
Identification in any.portl
When there Is no fighting for the
army, it can always be relied upon to
supply us periodically with a domestic
scandal.
Any man who attacks Governor Sul.
zer may expect to get twice as good
as he gives. Senator Brown has learned
that.
Fresh Columbia River Chinook sal
mon for dinner tonight will be mighty
good and Just as suspicious.
The difficulty of unmerglng the Har
riman railroads Is measured by the
unwillingness to unmerge.
Forty-five Inches Is the limit of any
trunk hereafter. Barely large enough
to accommodate one hat.
Why not make an example of Mex
ico, for the effect it will have on other
off-color N people?
Still, let us hope that discussions
of the charter do not lead to the di
vorce courts.
The political spieler has two stren
uous days left In which to transmogrify
truth. -
It would appear, now, to be up to
the Japs.
Bryan's visit served to grease the
skids.
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Caaa Baer.
Waldemar Toung in the San Fran
cisco Chronicle says some pertinent
things' in this:
"The reason many of the productions
which reach here seem to be the victims
of economy is not that this Pacific
Coast territory lacks the fertility to
support the original article In Its orig
inal splendor, but rather because in
the transcontinental Journey from New
Tork a vast expanse of theatrical 'bad
lands has to be traversed. ' The
vaunted 'Middle West,' as narrow in
its view of life as It Is broad In acre
age, lies between San Francisco and
New York. This is a sad geographical
fact, but It's true."
Mark Murprty, star of "The Coal
Strike" at the Empress, Is one "of the
few pioneer vaudevllllsts who recalls
playing in Portland in Its hamlet days
in 1876. In that year Murphy appeared
here as a Jig-dancer with Joe Murphy's
Minstrels. Then Murphy wore a medal
heralding him as the champion Jig
dancer on the Pacific Coast and a
feature of the minstrel show was the
creation of rivalry In every town visited
in endeavors to wrest championship
honors from Murphy. The veteran
actor recounts that a youngster named
Keating tried in vain to out dance him
in Portland in a hall near the river,
where the minstrel show held forth
for several nights. Murphy remem
bers Portland when there were beaten
paths on the sites now occupied by
skyscrapers and when "nothing but
forest could be seen on both sides of
the . river now forming the metropolis
of the Willamette.
Murphy regards himself as a Pacific
Coast product, all his early stage suc
cesses having been won in the Far
West. His brother P. J. ("Paddy")
Murphy was State Senator In California
from 1884 to 1890. Senator Murphy was
city editor of the San Francisco Post
when Henry George was managing edi
tor. James H Murphy, another brother
of the Empress actor, lived In Port
land for many years and is remembered
by old-timers here as the owner of the
Bank Exchange.
After his first appearance In Port
land Murphy returned to this city as
a boxer In 1877. In 1893 he again visited
Portland, then as the star of "O'Dowd's
Neighbors," which was presented at
the Marquam Grand. Murphy says he
has the distinction of having engaged
David Warfleld In the early days In
New York to play the role of a woman
in "O'Dowd's Neighbors." Warfleld
played the part of Honora Murphy, a
scrubwoman.
a e
Frauleln Martha Haberland, petite
and attractive owner of Don, the talk
ing dog at the Orpheum, has invited
all the members of the bill to a little
celebration after the matinee today
in honor of Don's 9th birthday. Don
first saw the light of day In Ham
burg, Germany, where Frauleln Haber
land's father is one of the forest keep
ers. Loney Haskell, who introduces
Don, has promised him a wreath of
flowers with a Wienerwurst In the cen
ter and Vida Reed, the Portland girl,
who is "possessed" about dogs In gen
eral and Don in particular, is giving
him-, a home-made birthday cake with
nine candlea There will be a bone for
each of the six white collies In the
ballet of the Top q," th" World Dancers
and If some of the gifts and plans
hinted at by various performers ma
terialize, Don's Portland birthday
paTty will not soon be forgotten.
The author, whoever he or she may
be, of the winning play In Wlnthrop
Ames' American play contest Is now
assured of the $10,000 prize. Edward
Lyons, business manager for the thea
trical enterprises of Wlnthrop Ames,
has filed a guarantee bond for $10,000
with the National Security Company.
ThiB Insures the winner In the con
test, which ends August 15. Officials
of the surety company say that the
bond Is unusual.
The bond was made out to Adolph
Klauber and Augustus Thomas as
trustees for the unknown author of
such a play. These two gentlemen,
with Mr. Ames, form the committee of
Judges.
Wilson Mizner has been called on to
write a new review for the London
Opera-House. He is expected to infuse
humor and life into the work.
e
Adele Farrington, long the second
woman of the Belasco Stock in Los
Angeles, has gone into vaudeville. She
has a sketch called "Turning on the
Gas," written by Frances Nordstrom.
e
The stork Is again figuring in Ethel
Barrymore's plans, and she has gone
to Europe for two months. Lillian
Russell also is going to sail soon,
e e
Fay Bainter opened last week as
leading woman in Toledo, O., with
Keith's stock. James Durkln, Maude
Fealy's husband Is leading man. Their
opening bill was Bernstein's "Samson."
e e
Robert Homans, a one-time Baker
player. Is with the Northampton, Mass.,
players.
e
Hugh Dlllman, who was Juvenile man
with the Baker company for awhile last
season. Is to open In three weeks as
leading man with the Mary Servos
Stock in Grand Rapids, Mich. Frank
Fatton will play leads until then,
e . a e
Ethel Clifton, who played leads for
George Baker stock In Seattle two
years ago. Is with Poll stock In Spring
field, Mass.
a
Lillian Kemble Is at the Duquesne
Theater in Pittsburg.
e e e
Baker Moore will open on next Mon
day at Union Hill, N. Y. He has been
playing Juveniles at the Harlem Opera
House. e e '
Nat Goodwin and Marjorle Moreland
are at the Helllg tonight In "Oliver
Twist." Miss Moreland is Nancy Bikes,
e e e
From a New York exchange It Is
gleaned that Florence Roberts, Cath
erine Countlss and E. D. Price were
fellow guests at a house party at
Cedarhurst, near New York, on a recent
Sunday. It was the first time that
Miss Roberts had met Mr. Price since
she was under his management at the
old Alcazar and .on the Pacific Coast
circuit, and they had many happy rem
iniscences to talk over. Miss Roberts
is playing Eastern vaudeville time In
j. Hartley Manners' fine sketch, "The
Woman Intervenes," and Price Is still
manager of Robert Hilllard, who is
nearing the 200th New York perform
ance of "The Argyle Case," at the
Criterion. It Is one of the greatest
hits of recent years. Miss Countlss is
on the Orpheum circuit in vaudevi"
In a sketch "The Birthday Present."
DEFECTS IN NEW CITY CHARTER
Inconsistencies Are Pointed Out in Sal
ary Hate of Official.
PORTLAND, Or., April 30. (To the
Editor.) The writer wishes to reply
to a letter signed by W. C, Elliott and
published in The Oregonlan of April
19. Mr. Elliott states in his letter that
the salary of the City Engineer is
fixed and determined by section 303 ot
the new charter at $2400 per annum.
To correct this statement, I would call
Mr. Elliott's attention to section 286,
headed "Appointive Officers," wherein
the Commissioners have the power ot
appointment of the City Treasurer,
City Engineer, City Attorney and Mu
nicipal Judge. The Commissioners
"shall also fix and may change from
time to time the salary of every offi
cer," so that the salaries of these ap
pointees can be made any amount at
the discretion of the Council.
It is easily understood why Mr. El
liott was wrong in his belief that the
salary of the City Engineer was fixed
by the charter, and the voters of Port
land are being disillusioned in the same
way, for under sections 289, 303, 330
and 340 the salaries of the City Treas
urer, City Engineer, Municipal JudKe
and City Attorney are fixed at $2400,
respectively, except that of Municipal
Judge, which is $1800. These sections
are in direct contradiction to section
286, wherein the Council is given the
power to fix and change the salary of
any of these officers at any time.
aThls Is only one of the glaring In
consistencies of this new charter, and
Is an attempt by the framers of the
same to disillusion the voters into the
belief that the salaries of these offi
cers remain as they are at present. The
framers of this charter knew that at
the last election the people overwhelm
ingly voted down an attempt to raise
the salaries of the City Attorney and
City Engineer, and have, therefore, in
sections 289, 303, 330 and 340 attempted
to lead .the voters to believe that these
salaries will not be raised, and at the
same time under section 2S6 Inserted a
"Joker" giving the Council full power
to say what these salaries may be.
The voters are also led to believe
that the Auditor, who is elected by the
people, is Independent and not under
control of the Commissioners and
Mayor. But this, also, is buncombe, as
under section 270 it says "the salary
of the Auditor shall be fixed by the
Council, and shall not be less than
$3600 per annum," By this power of fix
ing his salary, will not the Auditor be
subservient to the will of the Commis
sioners and the Mayor? They call this
the commission form of government.
Nothing could be more false, and the
voters of Portland should condemn and
overwhelmingly defeat this "Joker"
charter, which would permit to be
formed a political machine, such as
the present administration would like
to form, which would be the "Tammy"
of Portland for years to come.
H. R. SHROYER.
POINT RAISED ON NEW CHARTER
Question Which Has Been Overlooked
Raised by Mr. Clark.
PORTLAND, April 28. (To the Edi
tor.) So much has been said for and
against the proposed charter that I
would hesitate to call any further at
tention to its provisions except for the
fact that I think an important ques
tion has been overlooked. This ques
tion will arise in case of the passage of
the charter, as the local improvement
code of the new charter provides (Sec
tion 346a) "That so much of sections
346, 347, 348, 349 and 350, as hereto
fore amended, and of sections 362 to
421, both inclusive of the charter of
1903, as is not inconsistent with the
provisions of this charter, shall re
main In full force and effect as ordi
nances only subject to repeal and
amendment and to the enactment of
new legislation by the Council," etc.
This quotation Is sufficient for the pur
pose of this communication.
It Is proposed to change the desig
nated charter provisions to ordinances
which may be changed by the Council
In accordance with certain provisions,
and this change presents the question
whether an ordinance can be enacted by
the people except in the manner pro
vided by the. general laws of 1907,
which provide In certain detail the
manner of the submission of an ordi
nance to the vote of the people. In the
first place it must show that it is "re
ferred to the people by the Council of
the City of Portland" in accordance
with the change of x the act of 1907
made by ordinance known as the "Mc-
Nary ordinance." Second, it must have a
ballot title, In no case exceeding 100
words: third, it must be numbered on
the ballot; fourth, it must have an
affirmative and a negative space for
voting, each of which shall be sepa
rately numbered In numerals. The pro
posed charter does not enact these or
dinances in accordance with this law
or with any law In force. It therefore
becomes necessary to vote on all these
ordinances submitted by charter in the
affirmative or negative.
The local Improvement code is one
of the important provisions of any
charter. These questions are bound to
arise in the shape of legal proceed
lngs and suits to enjoin improvements?
to declare assessments void- to restrain
the sale of bonds and as the procedure
may be changed several times a year,
it will be the subject of grave ques
tions until It can all be determined on
appeal to the Supreme Court.
The manner of submitting to the
people city ordinances is contained in
the general laws of 1907, page 398, and
as there provided this law shall govern
until changed by city ordinances. With
out going into detail the city ordinance
governing the voting on these measures
Is not in conflict with the act of 1907.
EDWARD J. CLARK.
MODEST WISHES ARE OUTLINED
Among? Other Thins" "Taxpayer" Wants
Commission Government Installed.
PORTLAND, April 28. (To the Ed
itor.) Things we would all like to see:
L Will King given a Job at Wash
ington or sent home to Oregon.
2. A law or ordinance passed pro
hibiting the cruelty inflicted on the
public by candidates defacing the map
of the entire county with their photo
graphs on trees, fences and other con
spicuous points along the highway.
This could probably be brought about
by the law against nuisances, or cru
elty to animals.
3. Some real good men, who measure
up to the Job, to be persuaded to run
for Mayor and Councllmen or Commis
sioners. 4. Let us try the commission form
of government. It may not be any
better than the present lorm out cannot
be any worse. A TAXPAYER.
Stont Jeweler Has to Move.
New York Herald.
Because he grew so stout last
Winter that he can barely squeeze in
j rwt hi. nlwA nf riiiHinpna. Leo
UUU UUfc ' " '
Strass, a Jeweler in Sixth avenue, an
nounced tnat ne wouia ob ouhsim iu
move to larger quarters June 1. "The
1 tnT is whnr SrrAKa calls hi
store It is three feet wide and 18 feet
deep, so small that it cannot support a
half number street address and is
known as 745 Sixth avenue.
running the length of the rc ' '
1 mi .t o a a mnrfrln of Onlv t V
the proprietor to wait on his
After i nave esutonantm a
wwtwoww kDr. r mncit Ipfivft If' lam.
Strass. "When I opened this plat
years s-o J. weigneo-i- n-.:
now I ' i 2s5 and rr -.
in h' .jar rl
On Straw Hat Day
By Dean Collins.
Forth from your shelf, oh faithful
straw.
Where you have lain the Winter
through!
Old bat, you show full many a flaw,
But still I think that you may do.
In years agone, five bucks I threw
To bear you from the hatter's store.
Since then, each May day, blooming
new
TTnnn mv head T-e carried vou.
As glorious as In days of yore.
Fond mem'ries linger round your brim.
There is tne tooia mailt, iMeiciut,
hrniia-h
Where Arabella bit your rim
When she got man. lour iiuuihi iuu
To ctsinwl and faded from the dew.
The night I left you on the lawn
When Phyllis iaa tne dooijiicr wubw
At me with savage aim and true.
And bade me fiercely to begone.
There is the mark of Sylvia's heel,
The evening tnat sne sieppeu on jo
When, fearful of unsteady keel.
She tried to hop from the canoe.
Upon thy crown, that blotch ot blue.
Spreading in broad, uneven stain.
Brings memories to me of Lou,
And how her parasol, brand new.
Faded in sudden Springtime rain.
Those pin pricks scattered o'er your
crown.
My dreams of Hazel's eyes renew;
Of how she decked you up and down
With leaves, with daisies woven
through.
And, with approving smile and coo.
Placed you on my protestinff dome
And spite of all that I might do,
(And I felt like a Jackass too)
Begged me until I wore you home.
Old lid. adowu he street a bit,
A Greek boy stirs a magic brew.
And swears if you've a dose of it.
You can come back as good as new,
In years agone five bucks I threw
To bear you from the hatter's store.
I'll see what Grecian zeal can do
To take the mem'ries out of you.
And make you glorious, as of yore.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The OreRonlan of May 1, 1RS8.
Washington. April 30. The President
has sent to the Senate the nomination
of Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, to be
Chief Justice of the United States Su
preme Court
San Luis Obispo. April 30. The Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company's steam
er Queen of the Pacific, plying between
San Francisco and southern coast
ports, was sunk near Port Hanford
this morning.
Salem, April 30. Two pioneers of
1847 yesterday Joined the great ma
jority. They were Mrs. M. J. Watson,
relict of the late Sanford Watson, of
Polk County, aged 78 years; and John
G. Orchard, living near Stayton, aged
about 74.
The storm of last evening did not in
the least affect the number of auditors
of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's second lec
ture. Rev. Dr. J. Bloch last evening was the
surprised and gratified recipient of a
testimonial In the form of a set of ele
gantly engrossed resolutions adopted
by the board of trustees of the Congre
gation Beth Israel. Dr. Bloch expects
to leave for Europe tomorrow, aceom
pied by his daughter, Miss Rose Bloch.
Prior Adelhelm, of the Benedictine
Monastery at Mount Angel, reports the
nunnery of the order near Mount Angel
rapidly approaching completion.
Salem, April 30. Articles of incor
poration of the Portland & Vancouver
Railway Company have been filed; in
corporators, Frank Dekum, R. L.
Durham and John B. David; capital
stock $200,000.
Dr. Josephi has his new residence on
Twelfth and N streets, East Portland,
well under way.
J. H. Munk has been appointed Coun
cilman for Alblna in place of R. B.
Deaton, deceased.
All that was mortal of Portland's
late Mayor, John Gates, was laid to
rest yesterday at Riverview. Over 1000
guardsmen, "officials and citizens were
in the funeral processsion.
Fourteen subscribers to the hotel
fund were added yesterday: Mrs. Mary
Phelps Montgomery, Forbes & Wheeler,
G. Shlndler & Co., Walter Bros. & Co.,
Dr. A. C. Panton. Dr. C. H Wheeler,
Lewis Russell, James Canby, James P.
Moffatt, Edward R. Adams, L S. Wat
son, Buffum & Pendleton, Percy G.
Cllne and J D. Meyer.
Mr. H C. Campbell, president of the
Willamette Street Railway Company,
has let the contract for grading the
railway through Lone Fir Cemetery to
the center of the Sunnyslde tract.
Mr. George S. Morrison, chief engi
neer of the O. R. & N. bridge across
the Willamette, arrived here yesterday.
FRAZIEB HOME ABLY CONDUCTED.
Present Management Is Landed and
Proposed Change Opposed.
PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) As a taxpayer and citizen of this
county I wish to enter a protest against
the proceedings of Judge Gatens in
asking- Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Baker to
resign as superinteddent and matron
of the Frazier Detention Home.
It appears that the Judge has asked
.w.l- o-na tlnn Wlthnilt CTlvinS
iur men- ; -
any other reason than that he desired
to make a change in tne manageraeni.
, nr hw fact that Mr.
Diiice ciiii"6 " - "
and Mrs. Baker were asked to resign.
I have visiteu tne xiumo
. wa than satisfactory.
IHilimBcmcui . -
The first thing that impresses you Is
the cheenui ana cuulculcu -.un.i
ns. thn motherly and
OS LIIUUlcil ' . w
fatherly care of two of the most lov
able people it has Deen my pieonmo m
meet. The children are well fed and
corori for in every way possible, under
the circumstances.
Judge Gatens states mat ne uues mi
. . i inE,tnHnn In hp merelv a.
waui l"
Dlace where youthful offenders may be
' -. : j . ! ... V. , 1. 4c,
connnea. xms i r ua . ,1
. . K,,, li'Vi.n a niirhr wntchmun
not liuvv, uuv n
is DUt on it will bo, or will have that
eliect on me tuuui ou. - u
. ., hill nrnvll no f nr a
juvenno L" - .
night watchman, which is decidedly un
necessary ana atwaj" win un uiiuci mc
. . . it n -T- d n f Twr. hnv hflVA
preseut . -i--
run away at night from the Home in
the past nve years unu mey wm
tramps. ...
JB t mo ...........
and good-natured encouragement that
- . 1
the juage sucans j"w"e
children's countenances and the cheer
ful manner in which they respond, one
cannot help but feel that his wishes
are met to the fullest extent at pres
ent. Mr- and Mrs. Baker's influence
and ' over children are extensive.
I Home Duuoing anytning
ht to ba from an archi--f.
it biMng very in
v. Is not the
neither is
t has
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