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Average number of copies of eaoh Issue or this publication soia or Bmnuuw through the mails or otherwise, to paid sub- acrlbers during the six months preceding aha date of this statement. Db,4f!. H. i P1TTOCK. Publisher. Sworn to and aubsorlbed before me this 1st day of October, 1913. (Seal) W. E. HARTMUS, Notary Public (My ooraml salon expires May ii. 115.) POMXAND, FRIDAY, OCT. S, IMS, CAUCUS BULK AKD CONSISTENCY, People) proverbially have short memories, bat Democratic memories appear to be the shortest of all. The Democrats gained control of the Gov eminent largely on the Issue of Can- nonlsm a system by which a com mittee of the majority party dictates to the caucus and the caucus binds every member of the party to sup port measures "which it approves, but nono which it disapproves. But Con gfcess no sooner met in extra session thaa President Wilson and Represen tativ Underwood framed in secret the skeleton of a tariff bill, the Demo cratic ' members of the ways and means committee completed it, also In secret, and the Democratic caucus, also meeting in secret, approved it, As the majority of the caucus voted, every Democratic member of the House was pledged to vote. No amendment which the caucus had not approved had a chance of adoption, no matter how meritorious it might be. The debate in the House had no greater effect on the fate of the bill or on its details than a debating con test between a couple of college teams would have had. Republicans are estopped by their . own adoption of these methods from criticising them, but Democrats are estopped from adopting them by the fact of having condemned them. They will doubtless plead that the caucus is the only practicable means of se curing legislation and making the ml ioritv party responsible. That was Speaker Cannon's defense. He said repeatedly to the Democrats and their insurgent allies, "the majority must rule," and they denounced him as a Czar, a tyrant and various other kinds of a monster. President Wilson Joined in this de nunclatlon of Cannonlsm Just before his inauguration and by so doing he condemned the methods pursued by himself and Mr. Underwood. In his "New Freedom" he said.: Cone-rets has become an Institution which does Its work In the privacy of committee rooms and not on the floor of the chamber; a body that makes laws legislature; not ' av body that debates not a parliament. And again: I don't want a smug lot of experts to ait down behind closed doors In Washing ton and play Providence to me. And again: I am not even now surgestlna corrupt Influences. That la not my point. The prosperity of this country depends upon the interests of all of us and cannot be brought about by arrangement between any groups oz persons. And finally: The light must be let la upon all proc esses of lawmaking. Those Representatives who were elected strictly as Democrats may be able to excuse their conduct at the expense of their consistency by say ing that they found caucus rule the only " practicable means of securing party unity of action and of accom plishing the purpose of the voters In electing them, but there are some men In the Senate, where the same meth ods were pursued, who cannot even make this excuse. Senator Chamber lain was elected not as a Democrat, but as a nonpartisan and was pledged to set the Interests of his state above his Democratic predilections. Sena tor Lane, while elected as a Demo crat, also pledged himself to put the interests of his state above loyalty to his party. Yet they both went Into the Democratic caucus, threw the Interests of their state into the pot to be disposed of as the majority de cided and pledged themselves to vote as the caucus ruled. By remaining Independent of the caucus and refus ing to support the bill unless changes were made safeguarding the Interests of Oregon, they could have lived up to their promises to their constitu ents and probably have forced the concessions they demanded. But in violation of their pledge to their state, they took a pledge to the Democratic party which bound them to sacrifice Oregon interests to partisanship. The Eugene Guard has added an other linotype to its equipment, one of the latest model, making four In Its plant, the largest number in an Ore gon office outside of Portland. The business of a city is indicated by the growth of its newspapers. FAREWELL. TO THE II RE HORSE. With the adoption of motor fire engines, the fire horse will pass into history. The loud rattle of the ma chines and the fiery prancing of the team will soon cease to draw thou sands to witness the inspiring spec tacle of the engines dashing to a fire. The boy's ambition will be turned from a desire to drive" the mettle some team to that for the chauffeur's seat on the swift and, by comparison, noiseless motor-driven apparatus. The romantic and spectacular must give place to the practical and economical. The auto fire engine will cover two or three times as much territory as that drawn by horses. It la depend able in all weathers and is less likely to stick in the mud. When not in use. it eats no hay and oats, -though in action it burns gasoline like the mischief. It requires no other fuel, however, for It pumps water with its own engines. It does not need shoe ing, though It needs new tires. Being able to cover more ground In a given time, it renders less apparatus neo essary and the number of engine houses may be reduced one-half. But what will become ef the old fire horse? He may be sent to the farm to draw the plow or wagon, or may be harnessed to the heavy dray In the city until the auto truck drives that out of use. ' He may serve out the rest of his days for the city, haul ing street sweepers or paving ma terial. If too old for service, he may be pensioned In pasture by a grateful municipality, or, should the city be coldly practical, he may be consigned to the knacker. His days of glory are passing and will soon end. ONE CRITIC'S STRANGE FANCY. The objection Mr. Piggott 'offers to the Interstate bridge is striking for its novelty. Perhaps that is the rea son it appeals to Mr. Piggott as being worth while, for It seems to The Ore gonian to have no other merit. Brief ly, Mr. Piggott wants to build a tunnel through the hills southwest of Port land and leave Southwestern Wash ington to unreclaimed Isolation. Why not develop our own resources? de mands Mr. Piggott. Why build up Vancouver at the expense of Port land? Waving aside the question as to whether a tunnel is the solution of the problem of better opening-up of the Tualatin country, and admitting. for the sake of argument, that the people of Portland would hail with Joy the opportunity to get out Into the country, and come back again, through a long, dark hole In the hills, why should we assume that Clarke County and Southwestern Washington belong to a foreign state and that we ought to Ignore their existence by re fusing to support any effort to im prove our facilities of communication? It Is absurd, of course, to contend that the Tualatin Valley is tributary to Portland and that Clarke County is not. It is equally absurd to contend that Portland has no duty to remove or overcome any barrier between Its limits and the adjacent country. Tou can go around a hill or a mountain, ordinarily, but there is no way to get over . a river except by crossing its surface or digging a tun nel. Building a bridge to replace .the primitive ferry is a logical and neces sary enterprise. The Columbia bridge Is not only a vital link In the chain of Interstate development, but It is in itself a recognition of our neighborly duty to our friends and patrons on the other side. Some day the tunnel through the southwest hills will be built. We hope so. But we doubt if the state, recog nizing its importance to all the people, will guarantee and pay the interest on the bonds Issued to build the tunnel, as it is doing witn tne interstate bridge. FOBcnra party regularity. The Progressive party of New Jersey found its ingenuity taxed for an ex planation ofbthe poor showing it made in the recent primaries, but it has found one. It is a Joker in the di rect primary law, the law which was pushed through the Legislature by that progressive Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, the foremost champion of the people's will and the sternest foe of legislation In secret chambers. This is the Joker, as quoted by- the Pro- gressives: No narson who has voted at the last pri mary election In one party ahall be allowed to vote at the primary election ol anotner political party the following year. As a club to drive the voters into regularity. It is a beauty. It com pels them as long as they participate in primaries to continue in the same party In which they first registered They can only legally change their party by omitting to participate In the primaries for a year. "Once a Democrat, always a Democrat" seems to be the law under President Wilson's new style of freedom. Having made a miserable showing in the recent New Jersey primaries, as In other states, the Pregresslves are using Mr. Wilson's Joker to cover their weakness. They say it forbids Repub licans who would otherwise have transferred their allegiance to the new party to carry out their wish, Of course, there is but a cor poral's guard of such Republicans; the trend is all the other way. In states where elections have been held this year the Progressives have flooked back Into the Republican ranks by tens of thousands. There is every reason to believe that they would have done the same in -New Jersey had they actually gone out prior to the November election. But the new party did not flock by itself in the primaries for state and ongressional offices in New Jersey In 1912. They continued to mas querade as Republicans for the pur pose of dictating Republican nomina tions. Now they find that Mr. Wil son's Joker compels them to continue marching under the Republican ban ner. Had they come out under their own colors last year Instead of re maining in the Republican party when they were not of it, they could have done the same this year and could have shown their full strength. what there Is of it. As a party they have been largely shut out, simply as the result of their own duplicity. RECLAIM THE SWAMTS. A bill for the drainage of swamp land promises to form a com panion to the law for reclamation of arid lands. It was prepared by the executive committee of the National Drainage Congress after conferences with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, the Speaker, Vice President and Senators and Represen tatives of all political parties. The Drainage Congress says it has assur ances that the bill will pass If kept before the public and not permitted to "grow cold." The bill creates a drainage fund consisting of proceeds of public lands In Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illi nois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michi gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin and Alaska, except the 5 per cent set aside for educational purposes. This fund is to be used in the drainage of swamp land by the Secretary of the Interior, who is to report to Congress yearly. He may withdraw public land from entry for drainage and after work is completed restore it to entry under the home stead laws, but not under the commu tation law, subject to charges for con struction and maintenance of drainage works. He Is to fix these charges and the number of annual installments to be paid. Where a drainage district Is owned wholly by individuals, corporations or states, he may give them the priv ilege of letting the contract under state law. He may take over partly completed surveys or construction. Private or state land may be included with Government land in a project on petition of a state and is to bear Its share of the cost. In that case the drainage district is to issue bonds for the amount assessed against state and private lands and to deliver them to the Secretary, or the district may cede private or state land to the Govern- ment equal to at least 25 per cent of the area. If the work la to be done by the state or district, he Is to turn over to It the proceeds of sale of bonds, Proceeds of sale of drained land are to be returned to the drainage fund and when the major part of a district has been paid for, the works are to be returned to the purchasers for maintenance. When navigable chan nels are possible, they are to be ere- ated and to remain under Federal control. The Secretary is authorized to condemn land when necessary and to lease or sell it. He may accept ces sions of reclaimable land. He may es tablish townsltes and may lease water power developed under the act, giving preference to municipalities. This bill would do for swamp land states what the reclamation act does for arid land states, but would do It better. The power to condemn or ac cept cessions of land would remove one obstacle which has been en countered by the Reclamation Service. Drainage would make available for cultivation vast areas of rich land. which now breed malaria, other dis eases and wild beasts. DIVINING AND DOWSING. The story that a congress of Ger man scientists has resolved to form an international association to Inves tigate the divining rod may or may not be true. The necessity for new Investigations. scarcely exists since the facts concerning this marvelous in strument are Well knos-n and undis puted. No person whVTias looked up the subject would think of denying that there are men in whose hands a hazel or other species of forked wand twists violently downward over a stream of underground water. Per sons who possess this gift of discov ering sites for wells are known as "dowsers" in English. They have similar names in other Teutonic lan guages, for the art is widespread and very ancient The use of a wand connects it with the general subject of witchcraft. In almost every fairy story the presiding witch is fitted out with a magic wand of some sort. No enchanter ever appeared In the tales of chivalry without his instrument of the same sort. Shakespeare was well acquainted with lore of this nature and did not fail to give Prospero a wand appropriate to his superhuman powers in "The Tempest." Milton, who knew everything, knew all about enchanted wands, and in "Comus" it was only after the evil spirit had been dispossessed of this potent weapon that the fair damsel could be released. The ancients used wands In their arts of divination and we read plenteously of enchanters' rods in the Bible. Moses had a very efficient one, which he used in his contests with the Egyptian magicians. In Exodus we read that he "cast the rod of God on the ground," only to behold it turn into a serpent, which surprising phe- nomenon naturally frightened him so that he fled. When he regained cour age to pick It up again it became noth ing more terrible than a wooden rod. Aaron also had a magic wand or rod, which, as Paul reminds us In He brews, had the capacity to bud and perhaps blossom when occasion re quired. This Is even more wonderful than twisting downward in the artist's hands over a stream of hidden water. Divining rods have been popular In Germany since early times, because of their power to detect veins of minerals. In the Harts Mountains particularly they have been relied upon a great deal for this purpose and the results have been, in general, satisfactory. In Southern France in the days of persecution the divining rod was found extremely useful for tracking heretics. Fleeing secular criminals might seemingly have been pursued in the same manner, though we do not read that they were. The power to use a divining rod with profit does not belong to every body. Like spiritual mediumship and clairvoyance It Is possessed only by the elect. Men who have invest! gated the subject tell us that plain persons of the rank in life of artisans or farmers are most likely to succeed as dowsers. No doubt the compara tive freedom of their minds from dis tracting ideas helps. The magician usually employs a forked wand of hazel or peach wood or taken from any tree that he favors. The particu lar kind of wood makes no difference. Some even use an iron hoop. A fork is held in each hand as the magician walks deliberately over the ground to be tested. When he approaches an underground stream the rod Is vio lently twisted downward. Often the action is so violent that the bark is peeled off In his fingers. These facts, we repeat, are beyond question. They are as easy to verify as the miraculous cures at Lourdes or the wonders of Christian Science. How shall we ex plain them? The electrical hypothesis must be discarded. It is so facile to invoke the mysterious power of elec tricity that it has been sadly over worked in matters of this kind. Some tell us that table-tlpplng and the marvels of the planchette are caused by this protean element, but science scoffs at such explanations. What ever causes the activity of the divin ing rod, we may be perfectly assured that it Is not electricity-or magnetism or- anything of the sort. 1 For the true -explanation we must turn to psychology. The dowser, all unbeknownst to himself, as M-s. Gamp would put it, is a subject of motor-automatism. Something that he is not conscious of operates his muscles Independently of his own vo lition. We must. In fact. Invoke the help of the subconscious. Water run ning underground sends out certain vibrations, perhaps, or emanations of which the dowser's subconscious mind takes note. The knowledge which is thus gained does not rise into consci ousness, it is like tne migratory in stinct of birds, which guides them thousands of miles without ever tak ing shape in their brains. The hom ing pigeon does not find its way by knowledge of the conscious sort, but by a similar mysterious instinct to that which leads the dowser to un derground water. No doubt his feats indicate what man will be able to ac complish when he has developed his potential relations with the subcon scious. They are at present rare and rudimentary, but in the future nobody can predict what they may grow into. The only use of the wand is to fix the dowser's mind on his task and assist him into the state of self-hypnotlza-tion which makes motor-automatism possible. As he walks along in this condition the vibrations, as we may call them, from the subterranean stream affect his subconscious mind and his muscles are thrown Into vio- lent activity. xi is to oo nopeu mat mo uiUa.u savants, ii tney unaenaan to """. " thing new, but we do not believe they will. It is already too well Known and understood. fr, Turtlanannll. XTw HtM the) irlr. lllty of the rice-eating Japanese and Chinese as evidence that meat la not necessary for us Americans. That only proves that Japanese and Chinese can grow strong without meat; It does not ti,,t AoM.na n An mn A change from a rice to a meat diet would probably be Injurious to the Oriental nations, because they have been trained to eat rice; a change from a. meat to a rice diet would prob- ably Injure Americans for the same reason. The best rule to follow Is that suggested by the Agricultural De- partment eat what you like, that Is, " , , rm- so long as you nave u.o pnee. present price of meat strains our pocket books, but it will stimulate pro- duction of more meat, and this will regulate the price. We need not all hnvtma vpfi-fttarlans. thoueh wn can. and nerhaps must, sret along with less f " The National child labor committee estimates that 1,000,000 children In 1 N., R. 10 E-, Oregon, has been withdrawn the United States who ought to be at anra '.V ".Vthta wWSIwV "rt school are employed in gainful occu- tract is not subjeot to disposal or appro nations. More than 200 Industries de- priation for any other purpose. This Is the rive part of their profit by thus help- Ins- to bllirht the lives of the rising generation. Sometimes it is the chll- dren themselves who shirk school ln .--x oraer to earn pouaei iiiuy. inair ueuuquentj i w. lauu. w noever may do o oisrao, me of Law Review, the General Land Of publlc welfare requires that these nce sent me the following ruling by children should leave the mills and go to school. A Minnesota farmer was blest with enough sense of humor to be able to Jest about the failure of his corn cnp.lZXZl'Z.X He searched through his scorched cornfields for enough roasting ears for dinner, his wife removed the kernels and cooked them. His daughter's "steady was the guest of honor, and, after taking one spoonful of corn, was about to take a second, when the farmer checked him, saying: Ston right there, young man; you already have fifteen acres on your plate." Kaiser William's opinions In favor of total abstinence seem not to have penetrated tne uerman universities, a "drv" student at Griefswald, who crit- iclsed the authorities for disciplining him because he refused to take part in a drinking bout in honor of the Kaiser, has been imprisoned for three days for "inciting to action against academic customs." If the Kaiser Is still "on the water wagon," he should discipline the academic authorities. ; . , The Balkan peoples in the United States may raise a race issue The Greek, Roumanian, Servian and Bui- garian shoeblacks of Indianapolis formed a trust and . maintained the nrica of "shines" at 10 cents, but ne- n-nu nrlrci and "hnstnd" the e. " - f trust- How can "the American stand- ard of wages" be maintained by the polyglot people of Southeastern Eu rope when Buch conduct Is tolerated T An accident In the Middle West which caused the deaths of two persons and the Injury of several others is ascribed to " friendly race between automobiles." what would an unfriendly race be like? Spring- field Republic. ' The chauffeurs would probably shoot up each others' tires and throw con- fettj Cured of kleptomania, a Los An- geles woman thief has been released, One day, as understanding of human nature increases, all our criminals will be treated for their moral maladies. New Tork takes its rainfall In bulk. 4.86 Inches falling in one day. Ore gon's rainfall is distributed at the rate of 4.88 a month and is found far more beneficial and less objectionable. Daring bankrobbers held up an Ar. Kansas bank In broad daylight and stood off the town with rifles. Must be trying to qualify to write for the popular magazines. Failure to raise money leaves the Bull Moose without fodder for the coming Congressional campaign. Who wants to spend money on a forlorn hope? Tlnptnra a Interested in the casm of o ...or, T,.v,r. ha. tiinr.niio-r.orl fnr thirtv j w. e n r. 1 .1 , u ior inirry years. A Milwaukee butcher says his heavy business Is due to the rush of unmar ried spinsters to his place. Regular weinerwurst Idol. The Kankakee system of compelling insane persons to remain in bed Is ef- fectlve, only the poor creatures die as success cornea Dr. Owen, great anti-Shakespeare militant, has gone in search of fresh documentary evidence. Trying to save his Bacon. Thaw has protested against his re- turn from Canada to the United States. We feel as badly about it as ' - ne uoea. i Hobos are advocating good roads. They must have found some method of boarding the brakebeam of motor! cars. ' I That navigator who tried to run his sailing vessel over a mountain must nave tnougnt ne was in a nyuropiane. Yakima Indians are fighting for water rights. Their forefathers used to fight for firewater rights. The Reed College sophomores who were pulled through a slimy pool should be wiser now. With the six-rldes-for-a-quarter plan postponed ten days, the patron sees 50 cents vanish. We apply for the Job of superin tendent of the city gold mine at Mount Tabor. ' Another big deal, the sale of a town lot for $360,000, has been closed. Pros perous daysl It's getting so one needs an alpen stock to navigate " the downtown streets. Having stood the earthquake test. no fear need be felt for the Panama Canal. As we predicted, the latest Mexican crisis went up in smoke over night. I J hanger IN reservation policy. Cha- V.l-.l I. Interior wit Deen- - nnrvrppfi.- rr not 1 To the I Editor.) Your recent editorial on tne I necessity of opening a 40-foot channel 1 from Portland to the ocean will no doubt be approved by every citizen of the Columbia River Basin, and no doubt " wl" "u "ry "- nll-h thl. ,t th .rif,at date nossible. t0 duII out the dIust that hinders the largest ships afloat from free access to Astoria and Portland is commend- able. Tet If the resources or mis vast I region are partly locked up by a reser- vatlon polio, that prevent, a full and tha nfl,r,,r neQegs.rv to ..puU out tne piUg" will be partly in vain. it Is but recent history ' that rival railroads were delayed in building up one bank of Columbia River into Cen- tral Oregon by power-site reservations, Without railroads centuries might have elapsed ere that regions resources would have been available or it could havo b seUled. I That these nower-alte reservations prevent the use of water for Irrigation or power purposes let the reader of I the following rulings Judge. These letters were sent to me by way of ad vice as to "right of way" for irrigating I ditch: I fit-. T in vnnr- -tt- ftf Met til t. TOU ... advised that the N. W. u see. 81. T. -.; Wa. anV n'th.r nor. tinn. n anfri sections that mav be vacant are subject to appropriation for right of wa ?urpo",f- . - . . This ruling was made October 12, 19()0 Cn N()-emDer 13 1909 afteP this ietter had been reviewed by the Board way of advice: , I Sir: Referlng to your letter of the 21st uiu, tnere la encioseu a circular cwioiu- ln . ralr.rc 1 aftK vrAntlnff riirhtS Of KIV over the public lands and reservations of the United States for canals, ditches, reser- and use of water Is, so far as these acts re concerned, vested in the states or ier- limited to the approval of maps car- I rying- the riEht of way over the publio lands. Of the tracts described in your let- Jnr s' w. V4, N. E. H. E. H. N. w. . and N. w. s. e. Bee. 6, and w. w, s. w. k, seo. 7. T. 1 S., R.- 20 E.. Oregon, have Deen re- that none 0f Baid tracts are subject to ap propriation for any other purpose so ions as such reservation remains In force. rrn.sa OwH-j. lAiara nf oHtrls-A rnnrm. . ,ht . wnv fnr . irrigating dltcn are practically the" same, save in second letter It Includes ail me lanas lnaulred about, while the first does not,. and the second letter advises that the "control of the now oi water a to tne states ."r ITSworla SS . h, . t f .crosses any power slte re8erve. Since then these rulings may have been reversed. If they have. r am not fully advised, though a let- ter by the Assistant Secretary or in- I terlor to Senator Chamberlain, written "".r, ... ... .'. - "Vnta that U may ha"ve T been reversed but does not definitely say so. t you Wiij eei a map of these power- gite reserves you will find them along nearly every stream of water in Ore- ron and many of them are mixed In 1 . . . . . , , 11 . 111.. witn patented janus m a....... " tnose reierreu iu m J . -j . . quiry. The settlers owning Interven ing tracts cannot legally secure a right of way across these lands. The State of Oregon, by legislation of 1905. passed a law "which compelled Lan)j Board to put In all deeds the f0ii0wine: clause viz.: 1 " S . ' . . . ... I Subject, however, to njni "? ". .fl ! "i ''"'m n ' t r,ert , the authority of the united States or otherwise, which right ot I way Is hereby expressly reserved. A nis to tne writer euuiiua oi Kir a nnit rialm deed, for all state inl1. .0id nlnc 1905. until some one might want to use them for reservoirs. ditches or canals. I am aware a prom- lnent attorney Of . this state claims there could be two decisions in refer ence to what this might mean. The territory affected by tdese re serves Is only a small portion of this vast res-Ion of the Columbia River basin, vet the rulings of General Land Office and the deeds of the State of Orfie-on mav and will likely be a re tardlna: Influence on a complete devel opment of the resources of this seo tion, even If we pull out the plug to th Onean. J. Hi. JJavia. APPRECIATION, I stand amidst Earth's changing scene. I watch the shadows as tney tan A moment may but Intervene When the arreater light ODscures them all All earthlv forms must pass away, The shadows quickly come ana go. The things I love how soon decay. I thank the Lord, that it is so. Of earthly eooda I have but few; l Know tne way oi iwiuw bread: -k. . mpll. 0i0 things look new While my hungered heart was yet unfed Nay. I'm not robed In purple gowns. Nor with latest "slang" am up-to- date. The chanelnfr world upon me frowns 1 "lanlt wio xhere are greater things that I possess, No greater hath kind Heaven wrought. That before my God I may confess All the beauty of my thought. O! What Inborn Joy I feel As all my thoughts to Him doth flow. Brina-ing riches that are real I thank the Lora mat it is so. I thank Thee, Lord, for my desire To Know the peace tne savior Drings; I thank rnee, ioro, inou oiobi inspire My mind to seek more lofty things: . , , t i v. tv, m J. U1UUA MIU, UiAh -unto. show Thy love when Thou withheld from me The better things on earth below That I might find my peace in Thee. Yea, Lord, I thank Thee that I missed The many things, that many crave; xhe r0Se strewn path, sun-ray kissed, That leads me downward to the grave. I stand amidst this changing scene, I watch the shadows as they fall; I stand and watch, I atand serene; God's love is greater far, than all. B. Y. Location of Meta. MOLALLA, Or., Oct. 1. (To the Edi tor.) I am writing you as an author- ity to settle an argument regarding the location of a town by the name of Metz. in France. The base of the argu ment Is as follows, that the above men tioned town Is 16 miles from Paria and the opposition Is that there Is no Ger man territory within 60 miles of the French capltol. Metz is a city In Alsace-Lorraine, German territory, and is more than 206 miles from Paris. Shutting Up n Motber-ln-Law. Puck. Jinks From what you told, me of your motner-m-iaw I should think you'd have heard enough from her In PersonV wlthut tvl,n? c"ed l? ,n" w Filkins Oh, you can't Imagine the pleasure It gives me to start the ma- chine going, and then shut it off right in the midst of a sentence. SOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEM. It Will Come Oady Wfcen Doable Moral Standard la Abandoned. PORTLAND, Oct 2. (To the Editor.) Having read in The Oregonian Judge Stevenson's remarks upon the Begrega tlon of a social vice district may I say that I feel confident that the publio. generally speaking, applauds his ex pressed deaire- to wipe out this vice forcibly, but must question the feasi bility, of his plan. Theoretically it Is most beautiful, but I fear that the Judge and his co-dreamers might ex perience a sad awakening were they called upon practically and Justly to solve the problem by that method. His comparisons are Indeed odious, as we all know that if all the mur derers, firebugs and thieves in our state were bunched together they would be but a handful In comparison to vast numbers practicing prostitution in one form or other here. We have adequate means at hand with which to handle the murderers, but the proposed law against prortltution must neces sarily take in great numbers outside the district of professional vice, for do not statistics prove that venereal dis ease Is much more prevalent among non-prostitutes and young girls than It is among the professional? So why punish the unfortunate woman of the underworld alone for a crime which could not possibly exist were it not for the men? Again, if we are to punish man and woman alike for this crime, where In spacious Oregon are we to find a spot large enough for the buildings re quired to house them all? As Judge OatenS says of the reform schools, "No reformatory ever reformed a boy; he enters It with only a specific knowledge of crime, and leaves it usu ally with full knowledge of crime gen erally, and is fitted thenceforth to fol low the life of a graduate criminal." So it would be with the creatures of the underworld. Environment and as sociation go far In reforming or cor rupting the morals. Why waste time Bprlnkling perfume at the mouth of a sewer to purify its contents? The unjust upholding by society of the double standard of morals for men and women Is the primal cause of this social problem, and nothing but the single standard shall ever solve It. MRS. ANIJI SNETAG. FLIMSY DRESSES ARE MERE LITRE. Women Seek Not Comfort, bat Atten tion, Says C. M. Moore-. PORTLAND. Oct. 1. (To the Editor.) May I be permitted to reply to the letter of W. W. Truax which appeared in The Oregonian September 27? He severely criticises F. A. B., who writes on the decency side of the question of female apparel, and winds up by saying: "The only contention of importance that the writer desires to make is that the human female form in itself is not and never was and never will be an Inde cent tiling." That Is very true, and I believe no ono will dispute with him on that state ment. But "the human female form" is. In the present day, being put to very Indecent uses by very indecent females. It Is hard for me to believe that any decent, sensible woman will expose her person on the streets in the way some of them are doing In the present styles. He says, "Women themselves are the best Judges as to what is best to wear for their own comfort and conveni ence." That may be true also, but II they were to follow their best Judg ment for comfort they would put on more clothes In cool -weather. Instead of taking them off and exposing their bare skin to the chilly air. I have seen them shivering in the cold, with bare ly enough clothes on "to wad a shot gun." There Is no comfort in that, but there Is pleasure for them In seeing the men stare at their "charms," and they will risk their health for tha pleasure. And there seems to be very few really healthy womn now days in the cities. "The human female form" Is not, as a rule beautiful, but the nakedness it in the present-day styles has an attraction for some men that they can not resist, and nobody knows it better tnaii the women. C. M. MOORE, TOM LAVSOX SET IN DE LUXE Amazing: Volnme In Red Sent to Every Member of Congress. Washington, D. C, Cor. New York Sun, Thomas W. Lawson, Boston's flnan cier, sprung one on official Washing ton that caused every member of Coh gress to rub his eyes. In the mall of every member there arrived a copy of .Mr. Lawson's latest literary work. treatise on the cost of living, bound In colors so bright that It caused eyes to water when first exposed to view. This Is an autographed edition de luxe limited to 1000 copies. It is one of the rarest things seen In Washing ton In many a day. It is a bulky vol ume, about 13 Inches by 10, containing 17S pages, printed on fine, heavy paper and generally got up regardless of ex pense. The covers are of velvety bright red lambskin and are ribbed with crimson material. On the cover, embossed in gold, ap pears the name "Thomas W. Lawson" in relief. , There are a photograph of Lawson and a picture of the devil, the latter entitled "His High Living Cost." There are 14 chapters in the book, in each of which "the system" is hunded some hot shot. One chapter Is headed thus: "To H With It All." The more frenzied portions of the book are printed in red ink. Does Shakespeare Quote Bible? CHEHALIS. Wash.. Sept. SO. (To the Editor.) "But we would go still far ther and suggest that it were wise to bar out Shakespeare from our libraries, as he quotes so voluminously from the Bible." The foregoing Is an excerpt from an epistle entitled "Dangers Lurk In Lit erature," over the signature of R T, Weyburn, on the editorial page of The Oregonian September 29. The general Impression prevails that Shakespeare rarely if ever quoted from the Bible In his literary work. A severe attack of Inert" prevents me at present from combing his plays for such Instances. Could Mr. Weyburn be Induced to divulge which of the many Bibles he has reference .to and to cite some of the plays of Shakespeare where the quotations can be found? PROFOUND STUDENT. Mr. PlgKott'a Objection. PORTLAND, Oct 2. (To the Editor.) In the matter of the Interstate bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver, Wash., allow me to sug gest to the taxpayers of Portland that they would make a better investment with their money In putting a tunnel through 'he hill southwest of the city and opening up 16 or 20 square miles adjoining the city than by opening up Vancouver in the State of Washington. I, for one, believe In developing our own resources first. It is true that this bridge Would open up a new, route for autos, but the majority of the tax payers are unable to own an auto. They are unable to receive any benefit excepting to see Vancouver developed tit the expense of our own city. C. U. PIUGOTT. Magazine Feature Please. WESTPORT, Or., Sept. 29. (To the Editor.) Your little Sunday Magazine was sure a happy thought. It will be highly appreciated, especially by out-of-town subscribers where such read ing Is- a luxury. aires, akihuk ai. nniTis, Definition of a Bridegroom. The Club Fellow. Jones A bridegroom doesn't count for much at his own wedding. Smith No; he might as well be Vice-President of the United States. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of October S. 1SS8. Helena. Mont., Oct. 2. The vigilance committee hold a consultation last night for the first time In a good many years, and Eryson, the wife murderer, can thank them for saving his life temporarily. The citizens were ripe for a lynching bee. and it was only by the Influence of the prominent men of the vigilance committee that an assault on the Jail was prevented. The steamer Michigan has been moved to Dunlway & Co. 'a wharf and a large force of men have been un loading the steam motor and passcngct car of the Portland & Vancouver Rail way Company. The Willamette Bridge Company vll begin work on their track on Wtlliami avenue today. William Dunbar is preparing a ship ment of applea to China Mr. E. Cooklngham, private secretary to General Manager Holcomb. of tht O. R. & N. Company, returned Monday night from the East. Testerday occurrtd the annual elec tion of the Morrison Street Brldtro Company. The following board of di rectors was elected: William Beebe, C M. Wiberg, Rufus Mallory, H. A Hogue. J. M. Campbell. Tne opening lecture of the medical department of the University of Oregon will be delivered at St. Vincent s Hos pital by Professor Curtis C Strong, followed by a cllnlo under direction ol Dr. William Jones. Frank A Cook, bookkeeper for Z. I Wright, In loading his revolver Mon day, accidentally discharged a load, which took effect upon the patella bone, of hia rlarht knee. , Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of October B, 1883. The total white population of Idaho Territory is 82,342. Of this number 74)J are voters. Father De Smet, the celebrated mis sionary. Is Journeying across the moun tain and may be expected in Walla Walla in a few days. Washington, Sept. 26 The Govern ment has received glorious news from Rosecrans. This la interpreted to mean that reinforcements have reached him. Sherman's corps Is on the way to Rose crans. Washington, Sept. 26 A sneclM dis patch aaya the Army of the Potomac Is In motion. Dra. Glisan and Wilson yesterday made their regular monthly inspection of the State Insane Asylum at East Portland. Major H. A Goldsborough. Collector of the Federal Revenue for Washington Territory, was in our city yesterday. One hundred and twenty-five pounds of gold dust came down on the Hunt laat night. Tracy A Co.'s express from Boise arrived also, bringing 100 pounds, besides a very large amount in tho bands of passengers. Pacific market Mr. A. H. Johnson. formerly of the firm of Johnson & Perkins, has purchased the interest of Weeks & Gllmore in the above market. MAKE-BELIEVE WAR-PLAY COSTLY. Rumania Loses io,0O Soldiers and Never Fought Battle. Bucharest Dispatch. Rumania's victorious army ' in the "war" with Bulgaria Is returning and the troops are being sent to their homes. The "war" literally Jumping on a nation when it Is down which re sulted in the taking of several hun dred square miles of Bulgarian terri tory and adding them to Rumania, was a bloodless "war" but not a deathless one. Rumania ran against ayfoe it had not figured on cholera and typhoid. An .official report issued gives the num ber of dead from cholera as 867, but returning soldiers and officers declare that It exceeds 6000. Manv of tha ftroops are still In quarantine. There is danger of the cholera spreading throughout Rumania In that event Rumania will pay dearly for the terri tory taken from Bulgaria when the latter could not help Itself. Recalling the American-Spanish War and its confusion on the American Bide, serious charge are made against tna War Department of utter incapacity in dealing with the commissary and sani tary departments of the army sent to Bulgaria. The question is asked if th casualties from disease alone In a war of a week In which not a shot wai fired, has been 6000 from typhoid and no small number from dysentery, whal would have been the death toll had Bulgaria been In a position to fiRhtl It develops that the army of occupa tion was three days without food afLoi crossing the Danube Into Bulgaria. The commissary department broke down completely. The three days' rations the troops carried with them turned out to be spoiled, wormy and unfit for consumption. The hungry soldiers stormed the orchards and ate unripe fruit. Dysentery and other Intestinal troubles put a large portion of the army out of business. Not expecting this and being unprepared, the hospi tal department broke down completely and was unable to take care even of a small proportion of the sick. This re sulted in many unnecessary deaths. Ac cording to reports In the Rumanian papers it Is believed that when the truth la known if it la ever made. known Rumania pnld for the territory taken from Bulgaria with not less than 10,000 lives on the field of dishonor- that is Incompetence and Inefficiency. Art Critic In Serious Mood. London Opinion. Countryman (at the National Gal lery) Why, them s the very same pic tures I saw here the day before yes terday! Attendant (dryly) Quite likely. Countryman Then that clerk at the hotel is an awful liar. He told me that the pictures was changed daily in nil the leadin' picture houses. Encourag'n'?; the Advertiser If newspaper advertising leads you to some purchase or transac tion that results to your advantage, or if it points the way to easier and more comfortable shopping and business dealings in short, if It In any way works to your advantage as a reader of this newspaper, mhy not tell the advertiser so. if an op portunity offers? If the advertiser is business-like and progressive enough to place his proposition within your reach through the columns of this news paper, he deserves to be encour aged. He should know that your patronage at least was secured by means of his advertising In The Oregonian. Without a doubt any orje of our advertisers would be glad to know that you have benefited by his an nouncements and would welcome your- Ideas and remarks upon that very Important part of his business, Adv.