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TirB MORNING OREGOXIAr,. MONDAY, JULY 28, 1U13. POBTLAKD. OREGON. Entered at Portland, Oregon. Postofflcs as second-class matter. Subscription Rates Invariably In Advance (BY MAIL) Dntlj-, Sunday Included, one year ...... 8-pJ Daily, Sunday Included, six months .... 4.2a Dally, Sunday Included, three months S. Daily, Sunday included, one month -. Daily, without Sunday, one year Daily, without Sunday, six months jj Dsily, without Sunday, three months .. Daily, without Sunday, one month ..... -f Weekly, one year J-"0 Sunday, one year - J-jU Sunday and Weekly, one year sl' (BY CARRIER) Daily, Sunday Included, one year ...... 9.00 Dally, Sunday Included, one month .... How to Kemit Send nostoftlce money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender'ti rixic ftiva naitnffica address w lull, including county and state. Postage Kates 12 to 18 pages, 1 cent: IS trt S-J . . . . " -,,,,. 91 n Ait 1I7,R ft CSntS : BO to 60 naze. 4 cents: 62 to 76 pages. 6 cents; 78 to 92 rages, 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Eastern Business Of fieee Verree & Conk 11 n, New York, Brunswick building. Chi cago, Steger building. Pan Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Cow 142 Market street. European Office No. 3 Regent street 8. W.. London. PORTIASD, MONDAY, Jl IY 88, 1913. thinks of eking out his meager salary by returning to the diamond. Why should he not? And why should not Secretary McAdoo promote another tunnel scheme or Secretary Houston lecture- at a Summer agricultural school, or Secretary Daniels edit his newspaper at long range, or Secretary Garrison and Attorney-General Mc Reynolds gather in a few fat legal fees In private practice? Their salaries are small, their expenses great and they need the money to provide for their old age. Anyhow, governing the coun try" Is a mere side Issue whereby one picks up cigar money. A PATRIOT FROM THE SOUTH. It Is a safe guess that no man in the whole country has been more aston ished by the controversy that has arisen over Secretary Josephus Dan iels' reference to the red flag In his Seattle speech than Mr. Daniels him self. Mr. Daniels is a native of the Old Confederacy. He was born in North Carolina in the second year of the Civil War. Yet he comes from a portion of the United States where the people are intensely and demonstra tively patriotic. They cherish the flag and defend It from insult. They de spise its traducers and condemn them as a matter of course. It is probable that such calumny as is nightly directed at flag and country on the streets of Seattle and such as was until recently tolerated on the street corners in Portland Is unknown in North Carolina. In that State there are only four Socialists to every 1000 voters. In the State of Washington 'there are 124 and in Oregon 97. The JSouth in large part has preserved its Americanism. The same words spoken in Fenneyl vania caused no furore. But it Is a fact little realized that In proportion to pop ulation there are more red flag adher ents in the West than in the East with all its foreign element. Nevada car ries off the palm. Oklahoma is next, Montana third. Arizona fourth and Washington fifth among all the States. We do not here propose to speculate why this is so. But it will be noted that three distinctive types of States are represented in the list: The type that has lately attracted a large Influx of population, the one that boasts a healing climate, and the one that sup plies employment to large numbers of undergrouid workers of foreign extrac tion or late immigration. We do not believe that Mr. Daniels is one who will be deterred by unrea soning clamor from expressing patriot ic sentiments. No organization that is loyal to country can or will object to them. The Secretary of the Navy, moreover, Is in a post where example of loyalty to and love of country is essential to the best performance of duty by h,ls subordinates. It is gratify ing to know that he possesses these qualities. It is also a pleasure to observe that he is becoming familiar with the needs and requirements of the Navy and all that pertains to It by systematic study and personal investigation. The abil ity of a trained investigator and thor ough student acquired in long years devoted to journalism is his. It cannot be denied that he is applying it in a practical way. If along with this ap plication of high mental attainments to a responsible, and difficult task Mr. Daniels of North Carolina can incul cate a higher type of patriotism in a few Northern communities where it appears to be needed, good for the South and good for the Secretary of the Navy! THE ENEMIES HE HAS MADE. A recall movement against Mayor Albee, under the joint auspices of Sen eca Fouts, H. D. Wagnon and "Rev." Frank E. Coulter, would command the least possible minimum of public re spect. The enmity of such men is a badge of honor. No municipality in its senses would displace a Mayor dis pleasing to any one of them or elect a Mayor likely to have their separate or joint approval. If these three agitators, and the peo ple who support them, want to invite an overwhelming public rebuke, and to know just what the public thinks of them and their new-found adoration of the American flag, let them go ahead with their recall. SCARING VOTERS. An argument advanced in favor of the single taxers latest proposed con stitutional amendment Is that the household exemption law adopted by the people in 1912 is unconstitutional. The single taxers' measure exempts household furniture and is offered as part of the fundamental law, so all who wish to escape paying taxes on home effects ought to vote for the new measure. Thus they reason. Of course the latter measure proposes other things, but It was ever thus with the single taxers. A little sugar is counted on to kill the bitter of the pill. We presume" the fact that in the 1912 election the people repealed that section of the constitution which de clared, among other things, that no constitutional restrictions should ap. ply to' tax exemptions voted by the people is counted on as abrogating the household exemption law. But it may be gravely doubted whether constitu tional restrictions apply to such laws even now. The household exemption law is an amendment to the general statutes. It could just as well have been an amendment to the constitution. As such It would have required no greater number of petition signatures. no different action at the polls, no larger affirmative vote. The sole dif ference would have been a mere mat ter of word form. The Supreme Court has already commented on this phase of direct law making in Oregon and has observed that "under the system now prevailing a clause of the organic act appears to control only the Legislative Assembly, since it requires no more effort nor any greater care to amend a clause of the constitution than it does to enact, alter or repeal a statute, for a major ity vote Is sufficient to give sanction to a bill and no greater vote Is required to amend the fundamental law." It therefore seems that the advo cates of near-single tax. are deprived of the hope of frightening people into supporting their movement. It will have to stand on its own bottom. as unstable as that of the stored prod uce behind it. The determined effort of a large faction of Democrats, headed by Rep resentative Henry, to base the new currency on evidence that so much produce had been stored instead of on evidence that so much had been sold is a symptom ,of the mental confusion on financial questions which is preva lent among the Democracy. There Is small hope of sound financial legisla tion from such a party. Its efforts in that direction can serve only one good purpose. They will provoke discus sion of the subject and will inaugu rate a campaign of education similar to that which the country underwent on the subject of sound money in 1896. After a period of wobbling, the Repub lican party in that year took up a po sition against free silver and in a few months of vigorous work injected into the people's minds the antidote for the poison which had been spread by sev eral years of systematic propaganda. That campaign proved that, once the American people's minds are fastened on a certain problem, they will reach the right solution. A similar opportunity now lies be fore the Republican party to prove its capacity for sound constructive legis lation. By exposing the fallacies of Democratic plans for banking and cur rency reform and by offering as a sub stitute a measure which will embody all the good points of the Monetary r Commission's plan and avoid all the objections to that plan, the Republican party can rehabilitate itself in the public confidence. By putting in the lead what President Wilson calls the forward-looking men and relegating to the background those to whom at taches any suspicion of subservience to the money power, that party can prove itself the true progressive party the party that does things, not merely the party that propounds theories without the capacity to shape those theories into laws. The Democratic party came into power in 1893 on the tariff issue, but was wrecked on the silver issue. At taining office again on the tariff issue, it may again be wrecked on the finan cial issue. Let us hope that the paral lel will not be carried farther, and that the Republican party will not abuse its opportunity by imposing on the people a burdensome tariff, as it did with the DIngley law in 1897. Such an offense would bring it3 own punish ment. modern business block.. One of the star attractions of the Summer of 1888 was McKee Rankin. The Multnomah Driving Association contributed to the Summer amusements. Semi-profes sional baseball was popular, but was confined to local teams which played "tournaments" or series of several games each and gave exhibitions on Sundays and holidays. The Oregonian was then an eight page newspaper. Oddly enough, the papers of even date in 1888 feature Congressional debates on the tariff and the proposal of the bill to place wool on the free list. In May, twenty-five years ago. The Oregonian devoted a large part of a sixteen-page edition to exploiting in story and illustration the City of Seattle, an enterprise of neigh borly spirit whose repetition now would probably be resented as unjustly implying that Washington's largest city had a lack of home newspaper fa cilities. Twenty-five years from 1863 to 1888 wrought their tremendous changes, but no greater than the succeeding quar ter century. Times have affected not only old-established enterprises, but brought new ones and provided new means of development and improve ment. There has been swift advance in inventive genius to alter the ways, circumstances and aspects of life everywhere, but in less newer phases of improvement Oregon, Portland and the Northwest have gone on apace. Specific oiianges are beyond enumera tion. The population of the city has reached a figure five times that of 888. Horsecars, steam motors and cable railways . have been superseded J oitoe-ether too manv says: "What are the dog victims (in by a network or electric lines, wnicn places they not. only are out and out numDer. eumpareu wim uiuo m mo have converted suburbs into "close-in ' I nuisances, but serious menaces besides, property. Interurban lines have turned Let's love humanity more and dogs less. movintr-Dicture houses . are better quipped and more elegant places of war with Mexico was hisisuuiss amusement than the best theater of twenty-five years ago. The leading ho tels of that day have been crowded to the bottom of the scale by lofty and expansive hostelrles. What were im portant buildings then are overshad owed by a score of skyscrapers. Yet the country that supports the ter to The Oregonian, the writer, speak community Is still in large part a vir- ing for himself, is not inclined to re irin soil. Ths resources are as vet I dukb. practically intact. The end of prog. ress is not yet, nor is It In sight. Twenty-five years ago a line in The Oregonian succinctly said: Buy a town lot and grow rich." It would be" .! NEW FORESTRY POLICY WELCOME. Oregon will welcome the announce . ment that obstacles thrown in the ' way of settlers on agricultural land within National forests are to be re - moved by the Forestry Bureau. There has never been any excuse for this 5 obstruction to settlement. It is the ,-' fruit only of the unjust suspicion of r; settlers in general which was har j bored by the Pinchot regime and an ii outcome of cupidity of forest rangers who no sooner learned from a would t; be settler that a certain tract was de ll sirable as a homestead than they schemed to appropriate it as a ranger . station. - Forester Graves is now approaching a true conception of what" the National . forests should be. They are specified J areas within which all timbered land is reserved from sale by the Govern i ment, which sells the timber alone. i without the land, under the bureau's regulations. All Jand in these areas is open to mineral location and all non- timbered land is open to homesteaders. The purpose of the forestry law can . be carried out in perfect consistency with the general development of the . country, In fact can be made to aid . that development. The proposed trans-Cascade wagon ; road through the National forests by way of the Mackenzie River is a case . in point. The proportion of the pro ceeds of Government timber sales al lotted to road construction win he a valuable contribution to road-building and hence the general development. . Settlement will follow this road to agricultural land and will create better market for the Government tlm- i ber. The road will also make the tim- ' ber more accessible to loggers and en- t courage them to buy from the Gov- ernment. Sales will fatten the road ; fund and will thus promote road im- J provement and extension, which will stimulate more sales. There was never a more cruel libel on a people than the assumption of ' the Pinchot brigade that the settlers ' wished to steal the public domain and f- despoil the forests and that the West , was opposed to the National forest policy. It has been recognized i. throughout the West that the forest f preservation policy, rightly applied j; would be the salvation of the West from the dire consequences of the I wasteful methods from the effects of which the East and Middle West now v" suffer. But the West never believed - that the execution of this policy re quired an embargo on development in general. It believes that agricultural i? mineral and power development and t road-building can be continued step by i: step with the working out of the for - estry policy. The - West will rejoice Z that the Administration coincides in ',ts view. AS IXGEXIOUS EX-MOXABCH. King Manuel, late of Portugal and more recently of any country where hospitality offered him a ready means of livelihood, has just solved a truly perplexing problem. It was that of getting married on his native Boil. Some time since he became convinced that the Portuguese were steadfast in their determination not longer to cup port him in his Joy-riding, wine-woman-and-song tastes. Hence he turned his attention to new fields of endeavor with the flattering results that he will wed a noble heiress in Germany. That isn't as pleasant, per haps, as the King business over In Portugal, but it provides an ample livelihood with short hours, light work and no unseemly degree of responsi bility. But having made this purely ma terial arrangement for his future, Man uel was confronted by a great diffi culty growing out of a purely senti mental whim. He wanted to have his new profession incorporated under the aws of Portugal, falling to recognize the rights of New Jersey in such mat ters. This desire took form and grew to the amazing proportions common to those who are balked after being used to their own way. The principal deterrent lay in the temperament of the Portuguese. Manuel had every reason to believe that his appearance on his native soil would occasion a public demonstration which would not react beneficially upon his royal health. Was ever a monarch, even an ex-monarch, more sorely tried? But he is a resourceful rogue, is the frivolous young past monarch of all the Portuguese. He finally put the re verse English on Mohammed's cele brated solution of the mountain prob lem. If he could not go to Portuguese soil he would have Portuguese soil brought to him. So now, at his short coming marriage, he will be wedded on his native soil on a whole bag of It which will be imported for the oc casion. All of which goes to prove that there is some sort of a way out of al most every difficulty. Governor Tener of Pennsylvanl once renowned as a baseball pitcher, DE3IOCRATTO CTXAXCIAI, HERESY. Demand of some Democrats in the House that the proposed new cur rency be based on agricultural prod ucts stored in warehouses shows how thoroughly the Democratic party is infected with financial heresy. Some may fail to distinguish between cur rency thus based and currency based on commercial paper, but the distinc tion is vitaL Warehouse receipts are simply an evidence that so much wheat, corn or cotton is in existence at a certain place. They do not es tablish its value, which varies from day to day within a wide range. The products they represent are an inactive asset, on which it may be impossible to realize within a long period of time Currency based on commercial pa per represents like products which have passed into consumption and have been given a definite value by actual sales. Such products are a live asset. The giving of notes to secure payment for them imposes an obliga tion on some responsible business house, . which makes the currency based on these notes good for its face by insuring its redemption in coin on demand. When the holder of such currency has this assurance, he rarely makes the demand, for others are will ing to accept the currency in place of coin. He could have no such assur ance as to currency based on ware house receipts, for its value would be PROGRESS. How short the span of years in which the present development of Ore gon and the Northwest has been ac complished is forced to the attention of him who has a mind given to con trast by perusal of the reproductions from early editions of The Oregonian printed every weekday on this page. Who can say, for example, how many mails arrive today in Portland from east, north and south? Tet fifty years ago today Portland was alarmed lest Its one daily mail service be cut off or reduced to intermittent and haphazard state. The mail was brought by daily stage from Sacramento and letters from the East had traveled by similar convey ance across the Western plains. In good weather the route from Sacra mento to Portland was covered in eight days; in bad weather, twelve were required. The Nation was in volved in civil war and gold was at a premium. The stage company' relied for the greater portion of its remuner ation on a Government mail contract which paid it $90,000 a year. But this sum was paid in currency, while the company's creditors demanded pay ment in coin. It appeared that unless the Government could be induced to pay in gold the one daily stage Would have to suspend. North of Portland the territory of Washington and Puget Sound had tri-weekly mail stage not very reliable. and frequent complaints were regis tered. News of the war reached Port land eight to ten days after the events described had happened. The trans continental telegraph was then in op eration, but no wires extended as far north as this city. Events of local in terest consisted mainly of Indian dep redations in the interior, mine devel pment in Idaho and crop condition in the Willamette. Valley. Portland was a village. The Oregonian was a four-page paper, the first page being given over entirely to advertising and the fourth page carrying one column of miscellaneous clippings. The edl torial and telegraphic and local news on the inside pages rarely occupied more than four or five columns of space. Small though the town was, it had then what may be termed a theat rical stock company, of which G. B Waldron was the manager. Such plays as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "The Rag Picker of Paris" were produced. The water supply for fire-fighting purposes was stored in cisterns sunk in the streets. The fire department's appa ratus was the hand pump appliance of the day, and contests and exhibitions by the volunteer companies supplied an appreciated diversion from the mo notony of life in an isolated town. Twenty-five years wrought wondrous changes. The Shasta railway route was then in operation to San Francisco and transcontinental service was pro vided over the O. R. & N. and the Northern Pacific. Yet Portland was a city of but 45,000 people. Seattle had about 60,000 and Tacoma 35,000. Spo kane, with 19,000 population, was looking forward with gratification to a carrier mail delivery service. In Port land the Union depot that the people now hope soon to see give place to a greater passenger terminal was in an ticipation. Foundations had been laid for the Portland Hotel, but plans for the superstructure had not been com pleted. The Oregonian building, the first of modern office structures in the city, had not been commenced. There was but one bridge over the.Willam ette fully completed. The lower deck of the Steel bridge which was lately torn down to give way to a greater and better span was finished, but peo ple in Holladay Addition were restive under delays in completing the upper deck. Just twenty-five years ago the Jefferson-street line of the Southern Pacific was opened with considerable pomp and celebration. Sunnyside was happy over the installation of a steam motor service out Morrison street, and there was talk of a street railway to Sell wood. Grand avenue, or East Fifth street, as it was then called, was the farthest east of any improved highway between the two settled portions of the East Side, but plans were adopted in the Summer for the grading and side walking of Sixteenth street from Hol laday to Hawthorne, in spite of oppo sition entered on the ground that, the improvement was premature. The principal playhouse in Portland was then the New Park Theater, which In later days became the Empress. It was located on Washington street and was but lately razed to make way for a FARM IS BETTER WITHOUT DOGS Animal' in the City la Useless, a Nuisance and a Menace. SDVER, Or., July 26. (To the Edi tor.) I note an article in The Orego nian which is very near the truth when the writer of it says "-dogs in the city are a menace" and therefore a nuis ance. For of what use is a dog In a city? There is nothing for it to do, but lie around or be petted, and when the hot weather comes he must be muz zled or some life may pay the penalty. It is very true that one person's life is, or ought to be, of more value than all the -dogs in Christendom. Now I am not a dog hater by any means, and I have owned -dogs before now that I thought a great -deal of, but I have learned that usually they are not needed. I -do not live In the city, but there is no dog on our farm, and if I have my way there will not be hereafter. For the past year we have gotten along without a dog, and although we have numbers of cows, horses, sheep and hogs, we get along much quieter with the stock by doing entirely without dogs Boys can easily drive the cows, and help handle the other livestock and no barking, and no hydrophobia, and no fleas; either one of which is not a necessary or delightful asset in any home. I may be prejudiced and very hard hearted, but I take more pleasure in the company of my children than in the company of dirty dogs, and all dogs are dirty, even the leer, wneezy, bow legged pets that I am sorry to say are hugged and often kissed by some of our ladies; that odght to learn the absurdity of their ways, and go to loving their own babies. If they haven't any, at least they ought to have. Dogs may in many places be very DOG DEFENDERS READY TO BATTLE Midsummer Heat Will Not Deter Them, Declares One. PORTLAND, July 27. (To the Edi tor.) If The Oregonian's corresponds. ents, C. Newton and A. B. G., wish to tir up a dog light in midsummer. they can easily do so. The battle of Gettysburg was fought in July, and the defenders of the friendless won out. A. B. G. 13 a self-confessed dog-hater. I should like to say just what I think of that type of man, but as I am offer ing this for publication I think it pol itic to refrain. Fortunately, men of his kind are in the minority, here and elsewhere, which fact they would be made to realize if they undertook to inaugurate a war of extermination against dogs. A. B. G. urges that the Commissioners "act at once," with "dog3 must go" for their slogan. Evi dently he doesn't know that in these progressive days a dog is "property," just as legally an asset of his owner's estate as is the horse or cow, and not subject to confiscation in time of peace so long as his health is good and his license tag is in sight. There Is only one thing that A. B. G. can reasonably ask of the City Com mission. His .case, I imagine, comes under the head of public safety, and it is to Mayor Albee he must appeal. If the Mayor could be prevailed upon to appoint a boy who isn't afraid of dogs to go home with A. B. G. of evenings and stand between him and the little dog with the teeth, it might be a very good thing for A. B. G. There is no telling what effect a severe nervous shock" might have on him. The correspondent signing himself Subscriber," asks a question that ought to be shouted from the housetops by all owners and friends of dogs. He saloon, the motorcycle, vicious living, etc?" I ask all the A. B. G.'s to put that in their pipes and have a long, thoughtful smoke over it. C H. MORGAN, Same Result Could Have Been Had Without Conflict, Says Writer. UNIVERSITY PARK. Or., July 28. (To the Editor.) The rebuke of the Mexican War by Dr. Matt. S. Hughes at Gladstone Park, notwithstanding vigorous yet courteous protest in a let- POISONED WHEAT FOR FIELD MICE Treating of Fir Seeds Suggested Good Substitute. CLATSKANIE, Or.. July 27. (To the Editor.) Referring to the letter of S M. Sebring in The Oregonian July 16 pertaining to the sowing of an area of 2000 acres in Tillamook County with poisoned wheat to kill field mice, Texas, won from Spain by the Mexi- gophers and other animals that migh can Revolution of 1821, had been put eat the seeds of the Douglas Fir, which along with Coahuila Into one provin- I are to be planted there this Summer. cial government, but Texas, achieving I think Mr. Sebring is right that to her Independence by revolt from Mex- sow poisoned wneat would destroy tn ico. and coming into our Union, claimed birds which we could not afford to do hard tn ennnt those who mleht that Coahuila had revolted also, ana cut wny lane poisoned wheat r today be millionaires had they heeded that the true boundary line was at the f o'soned wheat if planted will grow tne admonition, cut me au..tD uu of Texag Coahula was winlng to ac- same solution and save the birds and holds good. - ceDt that intemretation advanced by I at the same time still get the mice and Texas. She won indeDendenee with- other animals that will eat the fir out revolt. Mexico could not consent seed to this ex-Dost facto arrangement. Referring to the letter of John Mlnto, Texas was annexed to advance the or July 17. in wnicn ne says ir it is at reign of the slave power, and the war tempted it will be used as a boost for with Mexico was carried on in inter- robbery of 20,000 acres or more from est of slaveholders. Such men as Lin- use by the land poor, the writer knows coin did not anDrove of that conflict of hundreds of acres of burned-over and his "spot resolutions" revealed the lands where timber once stood that are humor and conscience of the future now barren, except ror rem and on ac Lincoln. New Entrland had too much count of roughness and inaccessibl e-ranita In her conscience to annrove location are not practicable as an agrl the conflict, whose character was seen cultural proposition, where If young fir in the defeat of the Wilmot proviso. trees were growing the lands would We beat a weak and distracted do someDody some good in tne course neighbor, and trained territory that of not many years. I might say too miKht have come to us without war. that a lot of this kind of land is not as- the Louisiana Territory came to us. all owned by the "land poor. The boundary lines of a nation proud -A- place where the land could be of her historv are not lands and waters, used to good advantage for agricul- but Justice and righteousness. But tural purposes Is a different thing, but men are found to make war Instead of wnen lands are unnt ior anytning eise sroinar into its hell of slaughter. Those but timber, I think they should be men stay at home. B. J. HOADLEI In excuse for the necessity of con tinuing his Chautauqua lectures Secre tary Bryan says: I cannot expect to be a breadwinner when the Infirmities or age overtaKe me. Why not? That other great orator, Gladstone, entered upon his famous Midlothian campaign when he was past 70 and continued to pour forth eloquence for many years after that event. Is there any reason to believe that the perennial spring of words in the Nebraskan's brain will be dried up, or that his vocal chords will be para lyzed or his tongue refuse to perform its function for many years to come? Cheer up, Mr. Bryan, there are many years of vocal activity in store for you after your four years In office are ended. There is no danger that Mrs. Bryan will need apply for a widow's pension. Twenty-five Years AgD From The Oregonian of July 28. 1SSS. Salem, July 27. Jud(te Boise todaj ecided to allow work on the new Courthouse at McMinnville to proceed Vancouver, W. T.. July 27. Articles of incorporation have-been filed of the Vancouver Electric & Power ComDans with a capital stock of $15,000. This, corporation proposes to furnish electric ight, etc. The trustees are: David Wall, Louis Sohns, B. F. Shaw, Charles Brown, William E. Maxson. William S. Patten and John O'Keane. New York, July 27. Justice Van Brunt in Supreme chambers today granted a temporary injunction re straining the Oregon Railroad & Navi gation Company from building branch lines, which are objected to by Bray ton Ives, Edward Sweets & Co. and Charles Colby. Modified plans for the new hotel building are now in active course of preparation under the supervision of Architect William ,H. Whidden. A deed was recorded yesterday whereby the Portland Trust Company of Oregon conveyed to the North Pa cific Terminal Company block 221 of Couch Addition for $28,000 cash. A few days since W. R. McCord, who runs a cannery on Bradford's Island, exhumed the. bones of an Indian. A number of trinkets were discovered in close proximity to the skull. One was a solid silver medal brought out by the Lewis and Clark expedition, bear ing the following Inscription: "Second Administration of George Washington, 1796." Joseph E. Smith, who has the con tract for building the trestle across Couch Lake for the road to the tem porary depot of the O. R. Sfc N., has be gun work. Yesterday a Washington County farmer brought in a load of hay to Goddard and Frazier. He had only pitched out a few forkfuls when a Mongolian pheasant about half grown flew out of the load Into the stable and was caught by George Watklns, who took it home. L. Zimmerman has bought the Hoff man slaughter-house property south of the city. It is his intention to erect a fine, slaughter-house. William McGuire and wife sailed from San Francisco on the Forest Queen for Honolulu on the 19th. George H. Thomas, day chief oper ator of the Western Union, Is shortly to become a benedict. On the 1st of August he is to be united in marriage with Miss Lucy A. Fuller, of Portland. Half a Century Ago The new divorce bill introduced in the British Parliament permits divorce DOGS SPOIL LAWXS AND FLOWERS Protest Entered Against Their Leaving Owner's Premises. growing timber, as we all get some thing out of that either In a direct or an indirect way in Oregon. RANCHER. LIGHT SURELY SEEN OS MT. HOOD 2" ?Z? "eW.J" 7 ":TT E: Unix Affidavit. Wll. Convince One Man uc. muu iurj a nave reELu wua iiuei cbi . Liitz i ne CnntrBTT. PORTLAND, July 27. (To the Edi tor.) After reading the number of articles pro and con on the subject of the light that appeared on Mount Hood on the evening of July 21st, will state that the light did appear at a few min utes after 10 o'clock, and that It was exactly in line with the top of Mount Hood, and that it was red fire, being distinct and visible for about one mln ute, and apparently was placed in line running north and south, or else the flame was blown by a strong wind. My wife and myself, with two other parties, witnessed it from East Forty- forbidden, tout can hardly be prevented I communications on the dog nuisance, when both parties are anxious for free- I but no one-thus far has mentioned their dom from bonds irksome to both. We destructive ravages on lawns and now hr mtiKh r.f the evils of divorce made ers and shrubbery. What encourage ..!,, -hut atif h ment can one have to work and worry evil's could be. prevented were divorce -er weU-kept lawn, when ecur judges to do as a certain Ohio JudBe ground? Even when held in leash, the has done constitute tneiiiseives mcui- owners (both men and women) will ators and peacemakers between jan- brazenly and shamelessly allow the dog gling couples. A wise judge could de- to injure and ruin both grass and termine whether differences were ir- flowers. ru.nin-ibhie nnd then could either -A- B. G. was right, whether he has grant a decree or reconcile the couple. here two years or 25 Dogs should I go, or else be kept tied on owner's premises, and never allowed on the , , . ,,(x vi. , . , l 1 1 l ii and Lfii, in wnicn case we George B. Cox says he has quit his streets or lawns of a city. Further- n nv, job as Republican boss of Cincinnati more, there should be a fine imposed, as the same and an exact description of after ne has neia it tor iweuu-sevcu u oeruu, wnen UuB muivjs ma iieiBii-i ii and can verify the location. years. For a. boss to quit voluntarily oornooa oy Darjting. aiter i r. It ia my candid opinion that the is unheard of; he always hangs on as Th Mayor would be doing a great party had cold feet and left the job long as the people will submit. What Bery.ic to the immunity if he would for a guide to do, who came down after lung ao ino i"H'o . make the muzzllne- of doors a Derma- w ntr oi th, ..i,i.. i . happened at Cincinnati was iw tne ,nt feature or restrlct dQg3 par people quit being bossed. Of bosses to tnelr owner..s premises and Impound ties, including the guides, that were on it may De saiu mat io tum an dogs xouna running tne streets, resign, but one is occasionally kicked j. M. out. the mountain that day and an account ing of the red fire taken up with them will convince me that there was no red fire set off on Mount Hood on the evening of July 21st. W. B. REESE. 82 Fourth Street. Parcel Post Weights. DEER ISLAND, Or July 26. (To the Editor.) What is the least weight that Examining Congressional Candidates. While New York reformers quarrel PORTLAND, July 27. (To the Edl instead of fusing. Boss Murphy smiles tor.) When occasionally at long lnter at the fine prospect of again gather- yals some one of our solons happens ing in the spoils. Each faction of re- j "" " , ins " f " . by the spirit, is speaking his mind toruiBrs miu clearly and right from the heart, It and none OI tne tnree leading cautu- Vlnd r.f npna thrill of rlplle-Vlt lin th If-sn y,a Ant at mcrrhanHlu rat. K dates pledges his support to either or SDine of every true patriot. But when. United States mail? I claim that It Is the other two who may be nominated, before you have time to take a second optional with the sender whether or no It is a fine prospect for Tammany, one breath, you discover the same aforesaid he shall use parcel post or merchandise and indivisible. solon taken in tow by his fellow Sena- rate on packages under four pounds. tors, and it is maae to appear in mo i ivinaiy state now mucn a pacKage must Hflal rAMipo that nntKfnc Txra a KftM. InrAlfrh h.fni, rAnnlrlnc, a a r-r-t n tr ostm cince tne iw pruatiiuca the reaction is somewhat different, pulsory to use parcel post stamps. From the Oregonian of July 23, 1863. The steamers which left St. Louis in May for Fort Benton were unable to each the latter point on account or low water. Traveling in small boats is unsafe on account of the Indians. All the boats but one last year were robbed and one party from Salmon had about $125,000 of dust taken from them. It is reported that Simon Cameron is a warm adherent to the fortunes of General McClellan and Is decidedly In favor of his election to the Presidency. Dr. Robert Newell, of Lapwal and formerly of Champoeg, has announced himself as an Independent candidate for delegate; to Congress from Idaho. New York, July 17. General Kll- patrlck arrived here . last night. A orce of cavalry, as a. mounted patrol. will be immediately organized!. Prob ably the last fight of consequence (in the dratt riots) took place last nignt near Twenty-ninth street, - where a military force had been cent to drive away the scoundrels who were plun dering the houses there. Nearly every house for three or four blocks on both sides of the street was filled with the mob, who fired bullets, stones and other deadly missiles upon the soldiers. The Times' report says that 15 mem bers -of the Seventh Regiment were killed. Seven hundred Regulars were sent up as reinforcements, when a terrible battle took place. Eleven rioters were killed, IS wounded and 35 taken prisoners. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning the thermometer Indicated 99 in the Bhade and at 4 o'clock it had fallen to 92. The successful drama of "The Rag picker of Paris" will be repeated at the theater this evening. The fleet little steamer Leviathan started last evening down the river with a party of excursionists and a lively band of music. A SUBSCRIBER. thing without horns this season there Talk about Mulhall. pernicious lobby- will be few. if any, accidental murders ing and the like, what does it all of friends while deer-hunting. Should amount to compared with this deliber- I Parcel post is simply a new name for a man be shot, the killer will be hard ate crucifying the truth for dear old the fourth-class or merchandise post. tmt to Drove his innocence. uemocratic party s saKer iso that there can be no difference in I I inaa t i 1 m hnnph rT wnrtnlAfi T h l n if i ... , , w : r rates between the two. Tnere la no I M H V ITX.I1 1 1 1 f M n M. HI II If in BH.J IM liri mill I . . The towerman at an Illinois cross- taU -t-v fn thlp taik about reducing minimum weight for parcels. The min ing who derailed a Pennsylvania loco- the cost of living by making tariff re- imum rate is for a pound or fraction motive to avoid collision with a wa- ductlons equivalent to the value or a or a pound, nence tne traction may bash passenger train 13 of the stuff of 2-cent postage stamp per month fori be as small as the sender pleases. It which they make commanders during ui mo inna.uimni. uuiu ls no longer compulsory to use parcel fighting times. ,r v... ;i Pst stamps. Any kind of postage several sorelv needed industries? Seventy-seven bushels to the acre is Wonder if the time Is not ripe for the first report from the Umatilla some kind of a civil service examina I stamps may be used on parcels. wheatf ields, which is pretty good, even tion before a candidate is allowed to for TTmatilla. that is famous for grow- run tor congress : ing 1 per cent of the Nation's crop. R. LAUTENSCHLAEGER. How the Turk must grin as he sees Greeks, Servians and Roumanians clos ing in on Sofia and as he advances un resisted over the ground he so recently thought lost forever! -(To the Highest Mountains, EAGLE POINT, Or., July 26 Editor.) (1) What if mountain in the world? (2) What is the highest mountain in New Guinea? ROY T. WILLETS. Monte Carlo. SHANIKO, Or., July 26. (To the Edl tor.) To settle an argument, please tell me the location of the famous gambling resort, Monte Carlo. C. CONNELLY. Monte Carlo is In the principality of the highest Monaco, which is located on a promon tory in the Mediterranean near the boundary line between France and Italy. (1) Mount Everest in the Himalayas, The German woman goes the mill Hlaroo oho in-ill how nn mora babies I until electoral reforms are adopted. 2 Mount Wllh.elm,?.a-"'5,80- Mo"nt uarsienzs, more iaaa id,iuu ieei. xne Th hot, market is showine advance "ct height has not been definitely almost daily; yet the Oregon grower I who contracts now or soon may get the best of the gamble. Pensions lor Soldiers. PORTLAND, July 26. (To the Edl- Fnshion authorities sav that slit tor.) A desires to know ir he is en- skirts will rule late in the year. How- titled to a pension, having joined the ever, old Mr. Mercury will take a fall out of them. Americans in China are reported to be "taking precautions." They would better take a steamer. Army In 1867, and was honorably dis charged three years later at Sitka, Alaska. A SUBSCRIBER. The service pension applies only to veterans of the Civil and Mexican Wars. Domestic troubles of the wealthy are of equal importance with foreign troubles nowadays. Members of Fair Commission. CAMAS, Wash.. July 27. (To the Ed itor.) Please publish names of men appointed commissioners in charge of Oregon exhibits at 1915 fair. C. W. H. R.- A. Booth, Eugene; O. M. Clark, Portland; W. L. Thompson, Pendleton; After many years Kansas will revive John F. Logan, Portland; C L. Hawley, the "sooner-" ' I McCoy, Or- Really, we need a few Bulgarians to handle the Mexicans. Address Given. PORTLAND, July 27. (To the Edi tor.) On June 28 you published a pic ture of the Poughkeepsie race marked "Copyright by American Press Associa tion. Please publisn the address the above association. P. L. LANG. No. 225 West Thirty-ninth New York City. - street. Free Wool. FOREST GROVE. Or., July 27. (To the Editor.) vv as wool ever on the free list? C. L. LARGE. The Wilson tariff bill adopted 1 1894, but superseded by the Dingle bill In 1897, placed raw. wool on th free list. Sale of Liquor. PORTLAND. July 27. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly publish If there is any way of preventing a drugstore sellln liquor to a person who is a habitual drinker. A READER. Would advise you to lay facts before District Attorney. Do You Read Advertise ments? Do you? The question 5s one of excep tional importance. It has so many intensely in teresting angles. Advertisements thems elves constitute a class of literature that daily commands world wide attention. Think of the number of daily newspapers there are in North America. Think of the dollars spent daily in advertising. Think of the enterprises that are behind the advertising in the daily papers ; the millions of dollars invested; the countless number of employes ; the enor mous number of shoppers more than 10.000,000 each day! Would all this exist if adver tising were not an element of colossal power? Take The Oregonian, for in stance. Look at the advertisements. Note the daily message to an appreciative public. Observe how the advertisers aim to obtain your patronage. Reflect what must stand be hind good advertising. Integrity of character; good store service; stocks of merit; stocks comprehensive enough to meet a varied daily public de mand. Proper and effective stock displays. These are the spokes in a gigantic commercial wheel. So when you read the adver tisements in The Oregonian give this subject some thought and you will have a better apprecia tion of the power and purpose of advertising.