TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1913.
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MEMORIAL DAT.
Inevitably as the years now by the
solemnity of Memorial day will be
tempered with Joy. Time aasuagra all
grief, but It will magnify our sense
of gratitude to the men who rave
their Uvea for their country. The pain
of their sacrifice will fade In the light
of Its beauty, and while tears must
always flow when we remember the
Xatlon'a dead, they wl not quench
the grateful smiles with which we
think of the heritage they have be
queathed us. It la characteristic of
human nature to forget the struggle
with all Its sorrows and remember
only the prlxe to which It led. "We en
Joy the triumph of some great actor
as he portrays Hamlet or Lear without
a thought of the years of toll by which
he prepared himself for his perfect
art. Caesar lives for us as the great
Roman conqueror and lawgiver, and
the dark days when he hesitated on
the basks of the Rubicon doubting of
his destiny sink out of sight. In the
same way as we fix our minds more
and more with every year upon the
blessings which we owe to our Na
tional heroes, the day when we com
memorate them loses some of its mel
ancholy and brighten with gratitude.
Memorial day can never become a
mere holiday for sport. A sense of
fitness will always Impart a serious
tone to its exercises. ut grief for the
past will give "way as the years elapse
to weighty reflection upon National
problems and prudent forethought for
the future. What more auspicious oc
casion could we find for deliberation
upon the country welfare than the
day when we call to mind the virtues
and sacrifices of Its departed great?
They gave their lives to Insure the per
petuity of onr Institutions. It Is not
asking too much or their descendants
to give one day In the year to serious
thought for the same purpose. As
this spirit makes Itself felt more pow
erfully, the services of Memorial day
will assume an aspect of reverent Joy
ousness. We shall be as those who
mourn not without hope, confident
that we can build nobly upon the
foundations whlch have been laid
down for ns. And as the day takes on
this air of solemn cheerfulness its
spirit will enlarge.
Americana have In the past been
singular among the Nations for the ex.
elusive reverence they have paid to
statesmen and soldiers. Nobody could
find fault with Oil disposition, for the
debt we owe them 1 beyond computa
tion, and no honor to their memories
can bo too great. Still there have
been others In the course of our his
tory who merit recognition on a day
like this, when the Nation may fitly
render tribute to all its distinguished
dead. The Italian government has
named one of Its new battleships
-Dante Allghlerl." In this way it com
memorates the most famous man who
ever was born in it territory, not ex
cepting any of the Romans, unless it
be Caesar himself. Dante, like most
men of his age. took part in a cam
paign or two. but he wa not a soldier
nor was he a statesman. He wa em
phatically a poet and a such hi name
Is conferred toy his country upon a
ship of war. The United State has
no poet to compare with Dante, but
what impropriety would there be in
naming some Teasel "The Longfel
low"? Whether w ever do this or not.
there will surely come a time when
Longfellow and all our "worthy poets
win be commemorated with the other
National heroes on Memorial day. The
country will not be content to permit
any of her children to be forgotten
when the rest are honored. Those
who have served In war and those who
have served In peace will be equally
remembered, and all will share alike
in th gratitude of the people. The
first sight which the traveler goe to
see in Rotterdam I the statue of
Erasmus In the market place. Eras
mus wa not a soldier. He wa a
monk. But the Dutch, who are, not
wanting In reverence for their war
riors and statesmen, rank him with
the highest and remember him in their
national festivals because he won as
much for humanity In peace as any of
the others did In war. It is difficult
to see how the modern world could
ever have come into its own without
the work Erasmus did. though. the
only weapon he wielded wa his pen.
The people of Paris name their streets
after the great event of their history
and the men whom they revere. Al
though the French are the most mili
tary nation In the world, soldiers have
no preference over poets and drama
tists In this respect. If there is a
ttreet named for Napoleon, there is
another for Victor Hugo.
Nor would soldiers themselves have
It otherwise. The true military hero
understands that his service, Indis
pensable as It Is. could not sustain so-t-iet
without the co-operation of many
other men. Achilles would have been
forgotten In a generation or two after
his death but for Homer. The soldier
defends and enlarges the civilisation
of the world, but it takes a multitude
cf hands and brains, different from
his. to construct It and make it vital.
This the true soldier knows perfectly
well, and none would rejoice more
than he to see the heroes of civic life
honored equally with himself on Mem
orial day. Indeed it will probably be
through the patriotic efforts of mili
tary men that the day will become
-,,! commemorative of the entire
scope of the Nation's greatness, as it
must sometime. Meanwnne. tne soi-
m. .nun,inr f its anirlt crows more
impressive every year. Already the
deepest tone we near a it returns i
that of brotherhood and unity. Old
enmities have passed into oblivion. Old
causes of dissension have died. All
th forces which make, for National
greatness meet harmoniously to find
in th nast new hope for the future,
and the noble deeds we commemorate
give us steadfast faith that deeds as
noble can be done again. Every hero
U the spiritual father of a line of
heroes running on and on a long as
the Nation endures.
SATE MEN TO KLECT.
Th, nniv ritirim of the recom
mendation of the Committee of One
Hundred has been directed at tne
mi.,iitn fmm nnt the Inclusion in.
the list of twelve fit candidates of cer
tain names.
frionrta nt nther candidates believe
them suitable, and doubtless the twelve
picked by the committee are not the
nniv men whom It would De saie to
elect Commissioners. But there must
be concentration If competent com
missioners are to be elected.
The trelve recommended are good
-. Th renresant a variety of oc
cupations. They are clean, honorable
and Intelligent. The oregonian again
present the list and urge the voters
to vote for each of the twelve either
on first, second or third choice..
The list Is nubllsbed In the order or
rnmmlttrt recommendation, not in the
order the name appear on the ballot.
as stated yesterday. The numoer
placed toefore each name indicates tne
ballot place:
0. XT. I Rreweler . C. C.Crala
ST. T. N. Slonpmbach M- T. MT Horlbort
. M III II. IHly . K- Werlela
' 1 1 .4 k- ma & -rmh.ll N. Oolia
1. (mots l- Cellars 19. W. II. MrMonlea
tS. '. A. illgrloOT S3, jonn litaoiu
ornOAL EvXPXAEfER WRONG.
Km nna In Mayor Rushlight's
name la causlna- to be Imposed upon
the nnximnectina- Journal report of
speeches the Mayor doe not make.
For example, we discover in tne coi
nmn nf the more or less tuneful sec-
vtniin of the Rushlirht orchestra
the News being rightfully accorded
the first Tlollnshlp an account or tne
Mavnr'e meetlnsr at Mairs 11 ail. Ai-
bina, Wednesday night, which put in
the Mayor's mouth an elaborate ae
fense of his administration for the uiu
nnwerionteri increase in taxes. The
staggering excess f $1,00,000 to be
exact. $1.614.20J.81 for.tne Kusniigni
biennial period over any previous ad
ministration whatever. has been
achieved by the present Mayor. The
Mayor I reported In his admiring or
he making a vigorous reply to
his critics. In this fashion:
They do not tell yoa that tho annual lery
has bern Increaaed many mill by reason of
. ..kn.hm.nt .f the Tinok Commlaalon.
tho eonatnictlon of tho ll.siw.000 Broadway
bndze. tho Eaax xwenty-tmru-eiri
forced concreto orKis. inn ci1ui .
land for parka, playitrounda and th boule-
. . . imn-nv-rnvnt nf roadwara.
vara m, i n. - -
the addition of acorea of policemen for your
protection, tne eeiaoueuravni o. "
' .... .a th. MirrhaM of SIOO.-
000 worth of nw equipment for th Kir
.v ... .An.i..u!liin of a new City
I rr 1 1 iiic 11 , ...v - - -
Jail and emergency hoepltal. tha Increaaed
fore of employe maae neceeevy w
th pur milk ordinanc and many other
.hl.li Involve levies to
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provide for a sinkln fund and for Interest
on bonded Indebtedness.
There la more like it. The Mayor
ctirl nnt make these remarks in hi
speech, but we suppose he acquires.
h.nnr he aonears. leave to prim
whatever he mieht have said, and we
shall take the liberty of assuming that
It I really the Rushlight explanation
to the gToanlng taxpayers.
The reason the critics Of the Ituan-
llght administration have not told the
things the Mayor mentions Is un
doubtedly that there was no excuse
nr occasion for telling them, for they
are not the truth. The largest items
the Mayor cites have only the small
est bearing on the increase fn taxes.
for the following reasons:
The Dock Commission is covered, by
a bond issue.
The S 1.600.000 Broadway bridge is
covered by a bond Issue.
taii-vhnae nf narks and nlavsrounds
Is covered by a special one-half-mlll
levy.
The new City Jail is covered by a
bond Issue.
The lainavlnr nublio has paid the
principal on none of these bonds, and
the payments of interest and the small
tax for sinking funds (one-tenth of a
mill) 1 practically negligible.
We hone that Mayor Kusnngnt
know whr taxes have increased. His
Official Explainer does not know. The
publlo may not know why, but It
knows how much.
SfT-EBVlSIOJi OF PARTIES.
Senator Sherman's bill providing for
presidential primaries and Federal
supervision of National conventions
goes to the extreme in legal direction
of party affairs. Parties were for
merly regarded a voluntary associa
tions of individuals which had full
control of their own affairs, but gov
ernmental regulation, both state and
National, has been constantly extend
ed, until almost every move a party
make la regulated by state law. Fed.
eral legislation ha hitherto been con
fined to restriction and publicity of
campaign contributions, but Mr. Sher
man now proposes to reduce conven
tions to mere bodies ratifying popular
votes, adopting platforms and electing
committees. He proposes to deprive
National committee of almost all
power except those of fixing the date
and place of conventions, issuing the
formal call and conducting campaigns
after nominations are made.
Tk Sherman bill recognizes state
prima TT laws a tha lawful guide in
choosing delegates to National conven.
tlons and party committeemen. It
fixes the basis of representation in
conventions at one delegate and one
alternate for every 15.000 votes cast
by the party in the state, but it allows
at least one delegate for each congres
sional district and two for each Sena
tor and Representatlve-at-Iarge In a
stnte casting more than 25.000 votes
for the party, or one additional where
the vote Is less than 25.000. In states
where there Is no law providing for
primaries on the National ticket, local
officials may place on the ballot names
of candidate for delegates, alternates
and committeemen. Delegates not
elected by primary are disqualified.
Voters may indicate their preference
for President and Vice-President and
name of candidates for those offices
must be placed on the ballot upon pe
tition of 5 per cent of tho party voters
of the state or district, and upon writ
ten acceptance by the candidate. The
Secretary of State In each state certi
fies the results of the primary to the
Secretary of the Interior, who certifies
to the convention the temporary roll
of delegates. Contests will be decided
by the state authorities, from whom an
appeal may be taken, not to the Na
tional committee, but to the convention
Itself. If a National committeeman is
not selected under a state primary law,
he Is elected by the delegation.
This bill deprives a party of all voice
in the adoption of Its own basis of rep.
resentatlon and In deciding in the first
Instance on ti-e qualifications of dele
gates. It gives National sanction to
such outrageous laws as mat or Cali
fornia, which sets aside the district
basis of representation, thus stifling
the expression of local preference, per
mits the name of a party to De stolen
hv 1t nnnonentn. and practically dis
franchises that party. If the Repub
lican party should make headway in
the South, one can scarcely imagine
the IpbilI devices which would be re
sorted to by the Southern oligarchy for
its destruction. The state autnoriues,
vested with power to decide who are
and who are not elected delegates.
could rig up delegations to conventions
of opposite political raitn. in sucn man
ner as to promote discord and the
nomination of weak candidates. Con
ventions would become ratification
meetings, not only f.or the popular
choice for Presidential nomination, but
for state officials' decisions on contests.
Mr. Sherman seems to have abandoned
the Roosevelt plan of giving contested
delegates no voice in these decisions.
A Republican convention might then
be composed largely of men whose cre
dentials were contested and wno naa
been seated during preliminary pro
ceedings by Democratic state officials.
In seeking mean to prevent the
steallna. nf nominations by members of
a party, Mr. Sherman has discovered
means of enabling members of one
party to have a strong voice in nomi
nating candidates for the opposite
party. That la the kind of progress
toward letting the people rule which
tha Bull Moose party offers.
A HAPPY -LAND FOR SOME. .
PORTLAND. May 29. To tho Editor.)
The , Oretcoulan's edILorlal, "Penalona for
Firemen." Indlcatea that yoa or not pay
Ins your full share of tae. My taxea were
13t per cent of my total tnoome. How much
wen yours r O. A. PIETZOLD.
Mr. Pletzold 'must belong to the
"property-Toor" class, who never
think of unloading or of becoming
more industrious. The "property
poor" . would be Just as hard up if
taxes were reduced 50 per cent, for
the reduction would impel them to
load up with more property and cry
for still lower taxes, that they might
acquire still more property. There are
all grades among the "property-poor."
The spirit is found among men of
moderate earning capacity and corres
pondingly small holdings as It is
among the large land misers.
If -our correspondent pays taxes on
J100 worth of property, the fireman's
pension law would cost him 1 cent
a year: If he pays on 11000, it would
cost him 10 cents; if he pays on
f 10.000 it would cost him $1. The tax
payer who can't afford to perform a
plain duty no more burdensome than
this toward the men he employs to
protect his property ought to be hap
pier In Fran Josef land, where there
are neither fire departments nor taxes.
FIGHTING FLIES.
Who is not a foe to the fly? The
crusade against the insidious pst has
enrolled both old and young. The in
fant swats him. The elegant society
dame deals out death to him with her
bejeweled fan. The modern world rec
ognizes In the little buzzing fly Just
about the deadliest enemy It has to
deal with. Rattlesnakes and tigers
are comparatively harmless. Even
the mosquito, though hols bad enough,
Is not so fell a foe to our race as the
housefly.
And to think that for millions of
years he 'was thought to tje as Innocent
as the babe- unbornl Everybody hated
hlra but nobody feared him. His an
tics upon bald heads were the diver
sion of youth. His funeral in the
huckleberry pie drew tears of mirth.
But now all Is changed. We no longer
laugh at the housefly. We dread him
worse than plague, pestilence and war.
Indeed he embodies In his own small
person both plague and pestilence and
more than the horrors of war. More
than five million lethal germs have
been counted on a single fly which
buzzed merrily Into a milk pitcher af
ter his repast in a garbage can.
To speak roundly, the housefly is
horribly nasty. The flea and the bed
bug are cleanly compared with him,
and far less dangerous to life. The
day is at hand when a fly in the
kitchen will be a greater scandal than
a louse on Tommy's brow. "Oh, yes,"
it will be said of the slatternly house
wife, "no doubt she has her good
points, but look at the file in her
kitchen. Mrs. Grundy saw two when
she waa there last Tuesday." Two
flies are two too many. The problem
Is how to eliminate both of them.
Swatting has proved effective In a way,
but not wholly so. It Is a palliative
measure merely. The swat come in
after the mischief is done.
What is needed la some way to an
nihilate the fly before he Is born, and
science has found a method at once
easy and infallible. It consists simply
In abolishing filth. Who wants filth
around hi house? Get rid of It In all
Its modes and degrees and there will
be no more flies to bother and slay.
Brooms, disinfectants and fire are the
best weapons to use against the deadly
housefly.
rROSPEBITT E THE MOLAIXA VALLEY.
The Canby Irrigator state that
about $400 a day 1 coming regularly
Into that town from the sale of eggs,
which are shipped by the mercantile
establishments and commission houses
of that place. As these establishments
probably make about 10 per cent for
their labors, there is left the tidy sum
of 1360 a day, or about $9000 per
month, cutting out Sundays, which
goes into the pockets of the poultry
owners, principally the farmers of the
Molalla Valley.
In addition to this, there are large
quantities of garden truck shipped
from Canby every day, and rhubarb,
which grows to perfection in that
neighborhood, Is now being shipped to
California In carload lots. Then we
must remember that in the Fall of
each year there are something like
400 carloads of potatoes shipped from
there, principally to points in Cali
fornia, and as the Molalla growers
have established a reputation for their
spuds, they get the top price in the
California markets.
The sweet corn shipped from Canby
Is as fine as ever was grown, while
lettuce, radishes and strawberries
from that locality sell well up to the
top. There are many growers of
clover seed in the valley, making It
the largest clover seed market In the
Nortlyvest, and the buyers gobble up
the entire product each year at some
thing over the quotations from other
points. There are also a large num
ber of dairy cows in the valley, and
the butter, cream, milk and cheese
shipped out each year amount to a
great many thousands of dollars, and
the so-called "by-product" from the
dairy ranches, cheese and butter fac
tories the hog brings in a very large
sum annually.
We hear it often said that the Mo
lalla Valley ranks among the most
prosperous sections of the state. Is it
to be wondered at? Would the land
owners be wise to go wholesale into
apple, pear and grape-growing, as
many think they should? There is
Just as good fruit raised in that val
ley as Is produced f In Oregon, but
roniiv the t-ro win tr of standard fruits,
such as apples, pears, prunes, peacnes,
apricots and grapes, is a side industry
with them. Many young orcnaros nave
been planted, but while the owners are
waiting for these orchards to come
Intn full frnlHnn thev flre rrowinar rich
from their gardens, dairies, pigpens
and cnicKen coops. .
Isn't the Molalla policy a pretty
good policy for the landowners of
other sections to emulate, or at least
seriously to Investigate and consiaer ;
ONE CONVICTED BRIBE-SEEKER.
Conviction of State Senator Stillwell,
of New York, on a charge of soliciting
a bribe also convicts the twenty-eight
Senators composing the majority
which exonerated him of not regard
ing bribery as a crime. It establishes
the standard of Integrity observed in
the New York Legislature. It is the
first case within many years where a
bribe-seeker has been convicted in
that state, "though it is notorious that
legislation- has been bought and sold
and that members have introduced
"cinch" bills In order to be bought off.
The standard of public honesty will
be improved by Stillwell's conviction,
to some extent at least. It reminds
public officials that. In the eyes of the
law and of public opinion, as voiced by
a Jury, bribery Is a crime. One man
having had the courago to strike back,
others may do the same and more con
victions may follow. In time New
York may come to have a fairly honest
Legislature, Its reputation may so im
prove that membership will cease to
be ground of suspicion that a man is
corrupt. Then a larger proportion of
honest men and men of a higher type
and greater ability may seek and ob
tain election."
Landmarks of the battlefield of
Waterloo are In danger of obliteration.-
The farmhouses of La Hale
Salnte and Hougoumont may be re
built, in which case marks of cannon
shot would disappear. Already part
of the wall of Hougoumont against
which the French directed their as
sault, has been torn down, tramcars
run from Brussels and a British offi
cer says "tawdry cafes" have been
erected on the spot where the last
charge of the Imperial Guard was re
pulsed. The approaching Gettysburg
celebration has suggested co-operation
between England and Belgium for the.
preservation of the battlefield as Get
tysburg ha been preserved. One who
has seen other famous battlefields and
has endeavored to identify points on
them mentioned in history can realize
how soon they become changed beyond
recognition.
A Boston contemporary offers Ore
gon some advice upon the fruit busi
ness which Is worth heeding. The first
principle it lays down for us is to ship
"only such fruit as will sell on its mer
its." The second is to establish can
neries and driers to take up the un
salable surplus. The third, to foster
the home market, something that
never has been done' adequately, and
not yield utterly to "the lure of the
long hauL" This advice is pretty ob
vious, but none the less sound for that
The looker-on often sees more of the
game than the players.
An interesting phenomenon of our
day is the sudden upspringlng of thriv.
ing cities in parts of Canada which
have always beep thought of as ice
bound wastes. The boom town called
Athabasca Landing Is 100 miles beyond
"the farthest limit of habitation." as
we used to know it. People are flock
ing there by the thousand for free land
and now another city has been found
ed 200 miles farther on. Canada has
millions of acres of wheat land which
It Is giving in quarter sections to
homesteaders.
Those distressingly wise people who
Intend to vote only "first choice" may
gain a little more wisdom still by
glancing at what happened in Denver.
That city had a few more candidates
than Portland on its preferential bal
lot, but the number was substantially
similar and not a man of them all
was elected by first-choice votes. Nor
by first and second choice. In every
case the third-choice votes had to be
added in. Here is a plain lesson for
the citizen who wants his ballot to
count.
A balky horse comes pretty near to
taxing the limit of human endurance;
yet it should not be the victim of In
flamed rage. The man who maltreats
it would hesitate if the "animal were
in position to hit back. So the law
steps In as the friend of the horse and
lays a heavy hand on the offender,
which ia well.
A plcturo of Now Tork In 1656 shows a
portentous gibbet In the foreground and a
windmill at the back. Positions are more
than reversed In our time. The windmill Is
at th front and th gibbet Is nowhere.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Walt till President Wilson builds his
gibbet high as Hainan's. That will be
at the front.
"Go slow" is advice to Japan from
English sources. Excellent advice, in.
deed. Uncle Sam Is a tougher nut to
crack than figures, statistics and theo.
retical essays indicate.
The Government official who would
stop the racing of steamers on the
lower river in its present stage of
water has little sporting blood in his
veins.
Salute the flag today for what it
represents and in reverence of the
men who gave their lives to make It
mean something. '
. The battle at Guaymas Is being
postponed from time to time. No
doubt the moving picture men ran
short .of films.
You can measure the candidate also
by the manner of political tricks and
subterfuges he launches against adver
saries. Married schoolteachers in New York
seem to have peculiar ideas of pe
culiar conditions of peculiar affairs.
Three days more of air-castle build
ing, and all but four will get back to
earth.
Progress will shortly receive added
stimulus. Graduation day is close at
hand.
Possibly the Beavers were waiting
for the mercury to set the upward
pace.
That raise of wages for the carmen
sounds a lot like hard times, doesn't
it?
Have Mexico and Japan gone to
sleep on the Job?
Rose-making weather's back at
work.
GOOD WORK THAT IS NOT CHARITY
Working . Woman Resents Application
of Term to Service rnia or.
PORTLAND, May 29. (To the Edi
tor.) Having attended a meeting a few
Avpnlnn nco of a woman's club or
league, In this city, for the so-called
help and advancement of tne wonting
woman. I listened with ot a little in
dignation to the address of the even
ing, where the speaker referred many
times to the grand work and the "char
ity" which this organization was ac
complishing toward the "working
woman"; also an appeal was made to
the people to help this work along to
the end that the working woman might
be protected from the many evils that
beset her path when not protected by
the home, as many other so-called more
fortunate women are. I cannot remem
ber the exact . words, but they were to
that effect.
Now, as a working woman, I wish to
protest against this word "charity"
when used in connection with work of
this kind, for, as I understand it, the
women who patronize those places pay
for the accommodations which they re
ceive there, and are more than willing
to do so, as the average working woman
does not need, nor is she looking for
charity, but Is-amply able to pay her
way at all times.
These clubs and meeting places are
an advantage to women' in order that
they may meet and exchange Ideas,
also for social purposes, to the end that
they may become better acquainted
with each other and establish a fellow
ship that could not be otherwise ac
complished, but when they are ex
ploited under the name of "charity" It
is an Insult to the average self-supporting
woman, who is usually abun
dantly able to take care of herself, and
has done so In the past.
As to the fear expressed that the
"working woman" might not long,
t.i... th. li.ln a thsA anplntles. be
V HiU II . 1 1' I. -
able to maintain the high character
which belong to woman, . it
looked into I venture to say that the
character and life of the average
working woman" would" be found to
compare quite favorably with that of
her so-called more fortunate sister who
is protected by the home. In fact, her
work in the world has a tendency to
develop a strength of character which
.v... ova,.-",, wnmHii whose ill i n cl and
heart have never been broadened by
contact with tne business worm uuwo
nothing about more is the pity, for
work In the world enables her to see
the smallness and futility of those petty
little gossipings and slights which so
many women Indulge in. Then. too.
the average working woman usually
has her time and mind taken up with
her work and is not so apt to fall a
victim to the wiles of that Individual
whom we have always been taught to
believe "finds work for the Idle to do."
as the woman who belongs to the lei
sure class and who "tolls not, neither
does she spin." " '
Of course, I do not mean to have it
understood that I do not consider the
home the best place for woman, and
the place in which she can do the most
good, if she does her duty there, but
feel that there Is at the present time
on the part of women a tendency to
neglect the work in their own homes,
where they are needed, and go about
to clubs and societies working imag
inary reforms when their efforts would
be of more avail if used In their own
homes. If women looked after the wel
fare of their own children more and
Instilled Into their minds principles of
a sound moral character instead of
spending so much of their time in out
side work there would not be so much
need for this rescue work that Is now
being so widely exploited.
Also, If the women who employ
women would use a little of the con
sideration they so loudly express at
their clubs In the treatment and the
advancement of the women whom they
employ In their own households they
would be doing a wider good and a much
more needed work; then "housework'
for working women would not be
looked upon as the bugbear as It now
i .i monv T.-nm n who are fitted for
that line of work would be glad to
take it up and wouicr not oe anvou iv
work for starvation wages in factories
as they now are. Of course. I know
that many women treat those whom
they employ in their households with
ii j anRirif.ra.tion. but I am
ww. . -
sorry to have to say that I fear that
those who do so are noi m .
. ... -v.aitt.a- n t think- that you will
find many of them active in club and
reform work.
Women are too prone to forget tne
work that is near them and to wander
far-afield looking for the good that
they could accomplish within their own
doors.
Let us give the working woman a
rest" and look, for a change. Into the
.1 a aama nf tllA W O ITl P W fl O are
not working women and see what we
will find there.
A WOMAN WHO WORKS.
TRIBUTE TO MRS. C. A. COBlItST
Old Salem Friend Telia of Her Sympa
thy for Pioneers.
SALEM, Or., May 28. (To the Edi
tor ) I was much grieved this moan
ing to learn that Mrs. C. A. Coburn
had passed on. I had known her cince
tne time when we were both young, and
had for many years greatly admired
her splendid talents and her beautiful
womanhood.
Mrs. Coburn was more than unusual
ly talented. As a writer on almost .my
subject she was able and brilliant, but
on matters pertaining to the early
pioneers and her old acquaintances, she
was one of the most touching bio
graphers whose writings I have been
privileged to read. Coming to Ore
gon when a young girl, she had passsd
through the hardships of pioneer llf3,
and fully appreciated them. With thsa
who had passed through these hard
ships she always felt a warm sympathy
All through her editorial work she
ever was en the side of truth. Justice
i . v.aa aftfvananln
UUU. iwn.w w..-. -- r'
For all these years that have passoi
sne nas bioou a,,o ... . . .
sister, Mrs. Duniway, and given her
voice and pen in favor of the en
franchisement of women. She as
lived to see the triumph of this move
ment, and none rejoiced more over it
than she. Her whole life was spent
to serve others, and to mako the world
better, and Oregon Is vastly advanced
by reason of her life and Its efforts.
To such an one we cannot say good
night, hut In some fairer land bid me
good morning. J- C. M.
TRIBUTE OF" THE FLOWERS.
Breathe balmy airs, ye fragrant flowers,
O'er every silent sleeper's head;
Ye crystal dews and Summer showers
Dress In fresh green each lowly bed.
Strew loving offerings o'er the brave.
Their country's Joy, ' their country's
pride;
For us their precious lives they gave,
For Freedom's sacred cause they died.
Long, where on glory's fields they fell.
May Freedom's spotless banner wave,
. j , o tT-iViiita. crrateful tell
Where live the free, where sleep the
brave. samuei . Dmnu.
Ear of Com 32 Years Old.
r .-alia -Kin nlanateh to N. T. Sun.
B, L. Angell has an ear of yellow
corn which is 82 years old. The corn
was of the last crop raised by tha late
James H. McBrlde between Centralis
- L' 1-r.a na Tt bnH h PPD k rtTl t. fl ITIO n C
tl.il Lt SJ.w.
the household treasures all these years
by Mrs. Agnes aicuriae, niu vnuuw, -uV
died last wtex. airs, mcjonue
Angell's grandmother, and before death
gave the heirloom to him to be per
petuated In the family. Mr. Angell will
plant several grains of the ear this
Summer to ascertain if the vitality is
still in the corn after the 32-year dry
ing process.
RAISING CHICKEXS IX THE CITY
One Who Haa Tried It Says It Is Not
Profitable.
PORTLAND. May 29. (To the Edi
tor.) A chicken fancier writes In The
Oregonian, May 26, as to raising chick
ens In the city limits, i raisea cnicK
ens In the city for nearly seven years,
and am unable to say where the profit
comes in. With the high cost of feed,
no person can make a profit off chick
ens, and chickens will not produce
enough eggs on table scraps. A chicken
needs a variety of feed sucn as wneat,
barlev. shorts, bran and shell and the
like to be healthy and egg-producing.
As to a hobby, let those who care for
it go outside the city limits. 1 can
DOint out chicken yards and houses in
a thickly-settled neighborhood, where
I live, whose owners clean them out
twice or three times a year, and some
have never been cleaned. The stench
coming from those yards Is ' strong
enough to kill a horse. I say it s a
torture to the chickens to be pennea
ud in a run xxiz or larger ana nevei
have fresh soil to scratch In. It's
against nature; the fowl cannot be
healthy nor can the eggs it lays db
healthy. Talk about making sanitary
laws. We have lots of them on the
books now; in fact, too many. But are
they enforced?
There is a class of people who are
Indifferent to laws. We have an or
dinance that chickens must not run
at large. Is that enforced? No. I
do not blame the official of the Munici
pal Court for refusing to be bothered
with neighbors' quarrels about chick
ens. I for several years had to put
up with my neighbor's chickens Hying
over mv fence, scratching in my well-
kept garden and destroying seeds and
plants.
To chicken fanciers I suggest my
nlun: Get vour eeg supply from a farm
er by parcel post. I hope the city will
make a law as suggested by Judge
Tazwell no chicken-house within 100
feet of any dwelling. That gives
rhtrlt-n fanciers a chance in the sub
urbs to ' follow their hobby. By all
means let's get through wlttt tnis
chicken nuisance.
ANOTHER CHICKEN FANCIER.
PARK BOND ISSrE IS NECESSITY
Safety of Children and Economy In
Purchases Call for Action.
T1AT) T A X" Tl ,f .. 90 Ta, tnA Rfl-
itor.) The recommendation of the Tax
payers league to vow no un -"
$2,000,000 park bond issue Is unfortu
nate for Portland. The league, in its
own words, says that It "favors the
acquisition of parks and playgrounds
as needed and where needed, but does
not believe at this time that public
necessity requires the issuance of
$2,000,000 in bonds for this purpose."
f Ul 11BI1Q ,iS AC, v.-.w. .
parks and playgrounds. It is deolor-
aoiy snort or email n.n awiv.w.w
throughout the city.
There are many sections of the city
that are rapidly becoming thoroughly
congested, notably South Portland and
Albina (Albina Is one location having
300 people to the acre) which have no
parks or playgrounds. Three children
were killed on the streets of South
Portland last year. What constitutes
K...k1l. aaaBolfrv if allnh aanHltiOn3 dO
not? Are these gentlemen ignorant of
the situation inis sureiy is me n.mu
est interpretation to give their recom
mendation. Furthermore, $2,000,000 will buy less
land the longer buying is postponed,
and it will be Increasingly more diffi
cult to find suitable area not built upon
In the crowded districts where the need
of parks is the greatest. When "public
necessity" has become so acute that
the "Taxpayers' League" comprehends
it, opportunity will have ceased to
knock at their door, and they will find
themselves compelled to buy land
which Is not suitable at prices that will
stun them.
A $2,000,000 bond issue now is econo
my It Is public necessity; furthermore,
it Is sound public, policy. Voters
should not heed this recommendation
of the Taxpayers' League.
ROBERT H. STRONG. ,
LEGAL KNOWLEDGE IN COUNCIL
Work Yet to Be Done That Requlrea
Expert Advice.
PORTLAND, May 29. (To the Ed
itor.) The decision of the Supreme
Court now permits the city to move
forward. The change is momentous.
Judge McBrlde says:
" It must bo confessed that the change Is
a tremendous one. and the centralization of
all tho powers of the city in the hands of
five men is an experiment In which mis
takes. In tho selection of the persons who
are to wield this enormous grant of power,
might be fraught with serious consequences.
This verifies Judge. Kavanaugh's
statement on another page.
The attack of Mr. Duniway upon the
new charter is only a sample of the
attacks that will be made upon every
act of the new Council. A great deal
of work Is yet necessary to make an
economical and smooth-running gov
ernment under the new charter. The
different branches of city government
must be segregated and assigned to
the different departments. The duties
of the officers and employes must be
clearly and distinctly defined. Safe
guards against abuse must be enacted.
Plain and simple provisions must be
made for public improvements.
Obscurity and technicality in these
working laws would be disastrous to
the city. Law suits would" be en
gendered and appeals made and valu
able time would be consumed before
the Council would be able to do any
thing towards securing the economical
and efficient government designed by
the charter.
I know that good men are going to
be elected Commissioners, and I hope
that a method of doing business may
be provided which will enable them to
get results. I have struggled, to the
best of my ability, to obtain the pass
age of a good charter, and I know that
we have such a charter. If the new
Council shall have sufficient, legal
knowledge In the body Itself of its
meaning and effect it will greatly aid
in immediately carrying out Its pur
pose, and all its supporters will have
cause for congratulation upon its
passage. WM. C. BENBOW.
An Enclneer on Commission.
PORTLAND. May 29. (To the Ed
itor.) The selection of the four men
who are to transact the business of the
city for us is a matter of vital im
portance. It has not only a direct
bearing upon the prosperity and repu
tation of Portland, but - affects the
pocket-book of every citizen. The
number of candidates who really stand
a show of election is not more than
two dozen, and probably less. The dif
ferent public welfare committees that
made lists of those candidates deemed
best fitted for the offices have agreed
quite closely on the names selected.
Among these appears the names of two
engineers, one the present City Engi
neer and the other a man who has been
City Engineer of Manila and had much
other public service.
Questions of engineering involving
the expenditure of great sums of mone
and affecting all the residents of the
city, are of frequent occurrence in the
city's business. These include street
improvements,- sewers, water service,
bridges, - the filling of gulches, public
buildings and-- the operation of the
building department. Some of these
Items are certain to mean much to all
of us. A Commissioner of executive
ability, and also with an engineering
training, can be of great value to the
public in overseeing the departments
that have charge of such work, and
also by his Influence in the Council
when special matters, of which engi
neering questions form a part, are be
ing passed .upon.
I believe, therefore, that ws should
give our support to the election of one
of these engineer candidates. They
have been highly indorsed, and we are
not likely to make an error in voting
for either one. A CITIZEN.
The Common User Ealloon
By Dean Colllna.
I feel a great idea surge, .
... .. . . ,laa
Oh, Dan, wltn tny Dig g uanuuu
I have a plan that I would urge
iTnnn tho. Dun in ivrln tune.
Why linger in the azure sky
In solitary grandeur high?
W.hy boost for naught save thy own
cause .'
Make haste! Full soon
On thy balloon
Pray tack a Common User Clause.
Why hog the hot air, as it were,
Oh, Dan, with thy big gas balloon?
How the would-be Commissioner
Would deem it, from thy hand, a boon
If you would let him also tag .
His name upon that big gas bag.
Look, listen, stop, consider, pause.
Reflect, and soon
On thy balloon,
Thou'lt tack a Common User Clause.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From Th Oregonian of May SO, 18SS.
New York, May 29. The Tribune pub
lishes a letter from Mr. Blaine dated
Paris. May 17, saying: "Assuming that
the Presidential nomination could by
any possible chance be offered to me,
I could not accept it without leaving
in the minds of thousands of men the
impression that I had not been free
from indirection, and, therefore, I could
not accept It at alL"
Seattle, May 29. Ex-Chief Justice
Roger S. Greene, late of the Territorial
Supreme Court, is now closing up all
his legal business preparatory to de
voting his entire time -to the ministry.
New York, May 29. At the general
Methodist conference today. Bishops
Vincent, Fitzgerald, Goodsell, Joyce and
Newman and Missionary Bishop Tho
burn .were consecrated.
Monday night a wild steer forced Its
way into the lawn of Mrs. H. H. Royal's
boarding-house on Fourth and M streets.
East Portland. Several gentlemen mi
ting near the house were quickly out
a oil H a a o-aa Kot SO With Mr. Pear-
son, who was sitting with his back
towards the approaching animai. -n"
animal came against his chair and
. . u a fi it ?-am under him. Me then
skipped into the house with the steer
close onto him.
a Ti'.nar iottr to the SDOkane
Falls Review says: II. W. Monnastes.
City Treasurer of Portland and inter
ested in the Stemwinder and Sierra
Nevada mines, is here this week. Van
B. De Lashmutt has purchased one-
half of the banK nere.
t ivh the ardent lover of turf
sports and horsemen, received a fine
colt on the steamer state oi wmuutui.
.Tne Beveridee. manager 'of tha Wil
lamette baseball club, returned yes
terday from Seattle, where ne com
pleted arrangements with the Browns
to play two games against the Wll
lamettes at Clinton and McCoy's
grounds in East Portland.
Johnny Parkhill. an Indian war vet
eran and also a Mexican war veteran,
was notified Monday that he would be
granted a pension.
The east half of lot 8 in block 49,
.i .. -a- nt Alftor and Third
3UUliica.il wv, .w w -
. . n.a 1 . u.il.rHnv t ft John
Angel, the well-known real estate
agent, to Judge K. JV1 uemeni iui
000. Mr. Dement contemplates the erec
tion of a four-story brick block.
Yesterday afternoon the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Company's new and
elegant sidewheel steamer T. J. Potter
was launched from the ways at the old
boneyard.
Firemen and Old Age.
PORTLAND. May 29. (To the Edi
tor.) A careful reading of your edi
torial on the proposed pension fund for
disabled firemen suggests a question
which I trust you will kindly answer.
What about the firemen who are not
injured or disabled, but who remain in
the service until the natural failure of
old affe the ills of flesh that come to
allof us in the course of time shall
have rendered them unfit for further
service? Are they to receive old-age
pensions from this fund for as many
years as they may chance to live?
A VOTER.
The measure does not provide for
automatic retirement on pension at a
stated age; constructively, however, the
fireman who became permanently dis
abled through enchoachment of age
would receive half pay .during the re
mainder of his days.
Not at All Theatrical.
Detroit Free Press.
"He says he's a self-made man. What
sort of a fellow is he?"
"Oh, Just like all amateur produc
tions!" 71
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Zapata, A close-range study
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written by an American newspa
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staff of a big Mexican daily.
Theodore Roosevelt Another
chapter in his own story of his
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Resurrecting the Dead How
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est health diet in the world, ac
cording to an eminent German
physician, who tells why.
The Trail of the Silk An
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story by Montague Glass.
His Evening Out A discus
sion by Laura Jean Libbey of
whether or not all of a man's
evenings belong to his wife.
Dogs of War They are real
pups and are now a part of
every modern army, their keen
instincts being invaluable to
troops in the field.
Our Naval Wasps A page in
colors, illustrated with remark
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with American torpedo-boat de
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is dominated by women of the
Spanish court, reports a Madrid
correspondent, who has dug up
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