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THE aiORXIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1914.
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HOW LONG ?
The Oregonian submits for the con
sideration of the Judicious two para
graphs that have a special relation to
each other and a general bearing on
the great question of the increased
cost of public living. The other day,
in the United States Senate, Mr.
Thomas, of Colorado, a Democrat,
made this frank statement:
The aggregate of our appropriations Is
appalling' and Increasing by leaps and
bounds, and the tendency of the Senate is
to so the Republican party one better. The
Treasury Is coming to be regarded as a
fountain of mercy, reachable by all through
the agency of the Senate. The Baltimore
platform indicted the Republican party for
reckless extravagance. Kither that indict
ment was true or it was not. If it was true
should not follow their practice. If it
was not, we owe an apology to the Re
publican party.
From a Washington dispatch to the
New York Sun. this significant in
formation is gleaned:
The total value of all manufacturers'
materials imported in the four months under
tlia new law was ICOO.GOO.OOO, as against
3(7,000,000 in the same months under the
Payne law. a reduction of 13 per cent;
manufactures ready for consumption J152,-
eoO.000, against $143,000,000. an increase of
about i per cent, and foodstuffs '161,000,000,
against 1142,000.060. an increase of 20 per
cent
Lees Governmental revenue, great
er Governmental expenditure these
are the early results of Democratic
economy.
How long till our foremost Demo
cratic orators on the stump will have
an opportunity to explain the deficit
as one of the beneficent results of a
Democratic Administration?
WHAT THE PCBI.IC WANTED.
However legally sound or unsound
the decision by Judge Cleeton in the
tax-penalty case may be it certainly
has the approval of the tax-paying
public. The coifrt, with Solomon-like
wisdom, arose to an emergency. He
found an unreasonable provision In
tho law and contrived to relieve the
law of its presence without openly
violating the accepted restriction on
the power of courts to pass on the
reasonableness per we of a statute
Perhaps he has strained a point; he
admits some doubt on his own part
that his reasoning is without flaw, but
ho has the courage to run what risk
there may be of a reversal that he
may construe the law to read approx
imately as it ought to read.
Tho chief hardship in the hew tax
law is that It purports to deprive the
taxpayer of the privilege he has here
tofore had of paying his taxes in two
installments without Incurring pen
alty. It Is true that the statute
now abolishes the 3 per cent rebate
for tuxes paid before March 15, but
a rebate merely meuns that the rev
enues thus sacrificed must appear in
a higher levy. The only ones who
get advantage are those best able to
pay, while the ones least able to pay
must make up the larger part of the
revenues lost in the rebate.
There is not valid objection to the
Installment plan of paying taxes. The
entire tax revenues are not needed
by state, county, city, school district
or port in a lump sum. If all taxes
are paid at once a large balance Is
carried which can be put out at a
small rate of interest and perhaps
Jn the end the taxpayer will receive
the benefit of the interest revenue.
But the benefit is indirect; besides,
Interest on public money is not as
high as the interest the wise and pru
dent man can obtain on his private
Savings.
The new law does permit the pay
ment of one-half tho tax on any par
eel of real property or on any per
sonal property before April 1, but
the property owner who so pays does
not escape the penalty on the remain
ing half of his taxes, as he did under
the old law. He is compelled to pay
1 per cent a month on the tax money
lie withholds until September ' 1,
though the state or local government
Hoes not actually need the money.
But the law as construed by Judge
Cleeton is still defective. It does not,
S he interprets it, offer any induce
ment to the property owner to pay
one-half his taxes before April 1. He
ran let all payments go until August
31 without penalty. Such a law,
firmly established by highest court
construction, would result in the pay
ment of practically no taxes before
August 31. Instead of the taxpayer
fceing individually injured the public
would then be the sufferer. While
the various branches of government
Ho not need all the taxes at once they
do need part of them. Plainly there
is some repair work to be done on the
law by the next Legislature, regard
less of whether Judge Cleetoo's de
cision stands.
VSI'G THE r.VRCEL POST.
The steady extension of parcel post
facilities will be welcomed by both
consumers and producers in all parts
of the country. Its ultimate effect
will certainly be the establishment
of direct relations between buyers
and sellers of country produce and a
desirable drop In the cost of living.
It will take time to bring about such
a consummation, but it is sure to
come.
One great difficulty in the way will
be the lack among the farmers of
deftness in preparing their produce
for the market. This is an art which
requires knowledge and practice,
neither of which is possessed by many
country producers. One of the best
courses the Agricultural College could
offer, both in its regular and short
courses, would take up the grading
of fruit, potatoes and vegetables and
packing them for shipment.
We are moving now with fair ra
pidity toward a truly modern parcel
post and we should not neglect the
essential preliminaries to the full en
joyment of its benefits.
The Northern Pacific Railroad's
call upon it trainmen to "cut out tae
noise" is worthy of Imitation en
erally. "Whenever any man wishes to
give warning- that he is coming or to
give notice of anything or to cele
brate an event, he rings a bell, blows
a whistle, toots a horn, pounds a
gong or fires a gun in other words,
makes a noise. In the aggregate, all
these sounds proclaim us a noisy peo
ple and perhaps explain our National
nervousness. Noise Is not a neces
sary accompaniment to action, and
there is no danger that -we should fall
asleep if we made less noise.
MOTIVES AND WATER SERVICE.
The perverseness of Commissioner
Daly in adhering to his early mis'
statement of the facts "in his discus
sion of The Oregonlan's reasons for
opposing his water-meter policies is
worthy of a better cause. Mr. Daly
has discovered that Mr. Pittock and
several others desired water service
to be established on certain property
adjacent to Kings Heights, and he
refused, he says, to lend himself to
any real estate scheme. To fortify
his noble resolution he adds the quite
inexplicable misrepresentation that
the property proposed thus to be ben
efited is, or was, outside the city
limits.
The kindest explanation of the lat
ter statement that can be made Is
that Mr. Daly does not know where
the city boundaries are or were be
fore yesterday. It is something of a
coincidence, without special bearing
on this controversy, that the. Supreme
Court of Oregon yesterday rendered
a decision voiding the annexation to
Portland of Sylvan and Mount Zion,
in. which is included the particular
section to which extension of water
service was sought.
A year ago Archbishop Christie and
thirty others sought to have the ex
tension made. They were joined by
Mr. Pittock and Mr. Ladd. After long
negotiations the old water committee
agreed to the proposal, requiring
bond guaranteeing 6 per cent interest
on the investment, in accordance with
the charter provision. This Mr. Ladd
and Mr. Pittock gave, on behalf of all
the petitioners. When Commissioner
Daly entered office he found the ar
rangement npt yet- consummated. He
sought many excuses tor delay,
though there was no legitimate ex
cuse, for the extension was such a;
had been repeatedly made in all parts
of Portland, and was in strict accord
ance with the city's policy and with
sound administration. Commissioner
Daly literally did nothing, and has
done nothing with the proposal until
now, when he says the petition has
been refused.
This incident has no bearing what
ever on the water-meter question, but
is dragged in by Commissioner Daly
In an attempt to show that there is a
motive behind the criticisms of The
Oregonian upon his methods. There
is: but the motive is a purpose to
protect the taxpayers against incom
petence, sloth and waste in the con
duct of the water department.
MEXICAN POLICY BEARS FRUIT.
As time clears the atmosphere and
gives a true perspective of the prob
lem, the abject failure of President
Wilson's Mexican policy Is being dis
cerned by the erstwhile ardent sup
porters of his mistaken attitude. The
latest to see the matter anew and
chide President Wilson for his blun
ders in Mexican matters is Collier's
Weekly.
All too late. Collier's notes that the
present Mexican policy is leading to
the very thing it was most desired to
avoid armed intervention. It is in
the light of developments, and exer
cising what it admits to be "hind
sight," that Collier's now observes
that the de facto government of
Huerta should have been recognized.
for Huerta alone has proved himself
to be a dominant figure the only one
capable of maintaining a semblance
of order in his stricken country. Col
lier's would even have the Adminis
tration reverse itself at this late date,
arguing: ' That Huerta has Deen aoie
to do so well under the appalling
handicap of our disapproval shows
what he could have done If we had
recognized his as a government de
facto." Otherwise Collier s sees armed
conflict as the answer.
Precisely what The Oregonian has
said repeatedly except that The Ore
gonian exercised its foresight and
pointed out the menace of the Y llson
policy a year ago. The Oregonian
has never favored armed intervention,
but saw in the Administration's mis
guided policy a sure road to war,
contending that Mexico was either
our business or was not our business.
If it was our business we should have
taken immediate and effective steps
to end disorder. If it was not our
business we should have recognized
the de facto government and lent
every assistance to the arduous work
of restoring peace and order. Since
President Wilson intervened in Mex
ico a year ago conditions there have
grown constantly worse and they con
tinue to grow worse every hour.
WHITE-SLAVE LAW 3IISAPPLIED.
The case of an actress married to a
man whose divorce irom nis iormer
wife proves to have been illegal has
been made the occasion of prosecu
tion of the husband under the white
slave law for transporting a woman
in interstate commerce for immoral
purposes. Persons with whom the
woman quarreled over business affairs
went to the Federal Prosecuting At
torney and made the charge, but that
official says "there is not a line of
evidence to show that the husband
is guilty of a violation of the act."
The New Tork Sun asks:
If the divoroe was not valid, and tha
subsequent marriage was Illegal, by what
stretch of Imagination, by what juggling
with words, can the union be tortured into
"white slavery," the exploitation of prosti
tution for money T
The Sun describes this as "a con
crete and notorious instance of the
operation of the act for purposes of
revenge," and asks whether Congress
should "tolerate the continued pres
ence on the statute books of an act
so worded that such an Indecent thing
can be within the dreams of malig
nity?" The Sun seems to be unduly per
turbed. The law proscribes trans
portation of women between states
for immoral purposes. The man and
woman In question, believing them
selves to be lawfully married, were
obviously innocent of immoral pur
pose. If any Federal District Attor
ney could be found to prosecute the
man, it is highly improbable that a
Jury would convict or, if it did, that
a court would sustain the verdict.
The law was properly made to apply
to such cases as that of Diggs and
Caminetti, who sought to escape pun
ishment under state law by crossing
a state line with the girls they be
trayed. Its primary purpose was to
punish the men who trade in women,
but it was wisely- extended to apply
to libertines. . The Sun admits that
"the Supremo Court will eventually
decide to what extent It may be per
verted." There need be no fear that
the Supreme Court will interpret the
law as not applying to the man who
honestly believed the woman with
whom he traveled to be his wife, but
as applying to the precious pair of
Sacramento rakes.
CONVICTION" BY PUBLIC CLAMOR.
After having clamored for the life
of Leo M. Frank as a penalty for the
murder of little Mary Phagan, 'At
lanta has been seized with remorse,
and public opinion is divided. The
demand is growing stronger that,
after having been convicted, denied
a new trial and twice sentenced to
hang, Frank shall yet be granted a
new trial before the day of execution,
April 17 his thirtieth birthday an
niversary arrives.
The clamor for Frank's execution
was first inspired by horror at the
enormity of the crime; It was height
ened by false charges that he had
been guilty of unnatural vices and by
prejudice against his race, for he is a
Jew, and It was kept at fever heat by
repeated asseverations of the police
that he was guilty and by sensational
statements of newspapers engaged in
a circulation war. Now Atlanta has
learned that much of the evidence
was manufactured in the sweat
box"; that affidavits accusing Frank
of nameless vices and supporting the
charge of murder have been repudiat
ed by those to whom they were at
tributed and that the principal wit
ness against him, a pretended accom
plice, was frightened by the police
into turning state's evidence and had
told several conflicting stories, the
last of which was contradicted in im
portant points by half a dozen other
witnesses. Finally, Atlanta awakened
to the fact that it had condemned a
white man of good education, an ex
pert in his business, held In high es
teem by others of his race and creed
on the evidence of a negro, "a drunk
en, worthless, jailbird negro, as one
preacher styled him from the pulpit.
Atlanta's qualms of conscience about
gratifying one race prejudice at the
sacrifice of justice were strengthened
by another, more deeply-rooted race
prejudice.
The judge who tried Frank ad
mitted his doubts about the ' man s
guilt by saying, when he denied a
new trial:
I have given this question long considers
tion. It has aiven me more cuncern than
any other case 1 whs ever In. and I want to
say right here that, although I heard the
evidence and arguments during those thirty
days. I do not know this moining whether
Leo Frank Is Innocent or guilty. But I was
not the one to be convinced. The jury was
convinced, and I must approve the verdict
and overrule the motion.
Careful reading of the exhaustive
article on the case which was written
for the New York Times by Edward
Marshall would convince any unbiased
man that Frank was not the type
of man to commit so revolting a
crime and that his negro accuser,
Jim Conley, was precisely that type
of man. It would convince any man
of open mind that prosecutor, police
and newspapers have all striven to
make a case against Frank regard
less of facts, and that the trial was
conducted in an atmosphere of such
violent prejudice, not only among the
public but among the officials, that
a just verdict was a morl impossi
bility. Almost every shred of evi
dence against Frank has been refuted
tnd the case rests almost entirely on
the unsupported testimony of the
callously brutal Conley.
It is inconceivable that Frank will
be hanged. The opportunity is still
open to grant a new trial. If this be
denied, tho Governor can save him
by pardon. By whichever means he
mav be saved, Georgia will have had
a terrible warning against permitting
race prejudice, popular passion and
yellow journalism to try to convict
a man and to Impose their verdict on
tho courts.
A VALUABLE BOOK.
"The Social Emergency," a new
book soon to be issued by "Reed
College and the Oregon Social Hy
giene Society," discusses many of the
important phases of the hygiene of
the sexes. It contains contributions
from several writers, most ' of whom
live in or near Portland and the edi
tor of the book is President Foster,
of Reed College. Dr. Foster has also
contributed three chapters to the
book, the first two and the last. The
work is further enriched with an in
troduction by Dr. Charles W. Eliot.
The "Social Emergency" in ques
tion has arisen, according to Dr.
Foster, by the lifting of the taboo
which withheld sexual subjects from
common mention up to witnin me
last few years. Now they are dis
cussed everywhere with appalling
freedom. The new state of things has
come about before the world Is pre
pared for it and the authors of this
book express a more or less lively
apprehension that - the consequences
may be more destructive than the
taboo itself was during its uncanny
reign. Dr. Charles W. Eliot's intro
duction is particularly provocative of
thought. "The book," he says, "Is
a sincere effort to supply the needed
knowledge of terrible wrongs and de
structions and to indicate cautiously
and tentatively the most available
means of attacking the evils de
scribed." It is not intended for chil
dren, or even adolescents, ha cautions
us, but rather for parents, teachers
and ministers who have to answer the
natural questions of children and
youth about sexual matters, "We all
know only too well how often and
by what insincere evasions these
questions are thwarted and the young
person turned over to vicious com
panions for the instruction they so
sadly need. "Most of our boys and
girls," says Dr. Foster, "having no
opportunity to hear sex and marriage
and motherhood discussed with rev
erence, heard these matters discussed
with vulgarity. While those interest
ed in the welfare of the young with
held the truth those who could profit
by their downfall poisoned their
minds with errors and half-truths."
Dr. Foster roes on to assure . us of
the fact, which almost everybody well
knows, that "nearly all children
gained information concerning sex
and reproduction from foul sources."
Now the miserable taboo has been
lifted and we could give young people
plenty of Instruction from pure
sources If we only knew how. That
Is the burning question. This book
on the "Social Emergency" has been
written mainly, we take it, to warn
the zealous public that not all meth
ods of instruction are to be trusted
and that some instructors are not
wise. This is a situation where en
thusiasm, however ardent, cannot
take the place of competent scientific
knowledge.
It is probably true, as some of the
contributors to "The Social Emer
gency" assure us, that mistakes in
this field are likely fa be more dis-
astrous than in almost any other. Dr.
Eliot is of the opinion that the prob
lem of adequate sex instruction is
more Important than any other that
confronts us unless it be "the warfare
between capital and labor." He be
lieves that the first experiments in
dealing with it ought to be made in
normal schools. Naturally we look
anxiously to "the home" for warnings
and teachings, but Dr. Elliot reminds
us sadly that "family instruction is in
most cases impossible, because neither
father nor mother Is competent to
teach the children what needs to be
taught about both the normal and the
disordered sex relations." The ques
tions is difficult to the last degree,
but it is one that must be faced and
solved. This book will contribute sub
stantially to the solution.
Good roads work in New York
proves to have been a "good thing"
for the politicians. The Highway
Commission, according to James W.
Osborne, .Governor Glynn's special
commissioner, left the maintenance
and repair work to Charles F. Foley,
the first deputy, whom Mr. Osborne
finds to have been "totally unfit for
the work." The men whom he em
ployed to inspect work under main
tenance contracts were barbers, tail
ors, prizefighters, bartenders, bank
ers, bakers anything but road build
ers. It Is surprising that the loss on
maintenance and repair work in 1912
was only $1, 000,000. The grafters
were quite moderate.
Governor Glynn, of New York, has
put the dethronement of the bosses
and the reorganization of the "Demo
cratic party up to the voters. TJn
der the revised direct primary law
any "50 enrolled voters in a district
can nominate a candidate for the
state committee, which is to be com
posed of one member from each of
the 150 Assembly districts. If the
Democrats enroll themselves and go
to the primaries, the party, not the
bosses, will control the committee
The choice between good and bad
government is in the hands of the
voters.
People who make flower gardens
this Spring should plan for future as
well as present enjoyment by planting
old-fashioned perennials with the
pretty but transient annuals. The
daisy is a very satisfactory flower in
this locality. Lilacs are always de
lightful. But many hold that the
Oriental poppy is the queen of Spring
perennials. It thrives with little care,
grows stronger yearly and always puts
forth Its glorious blossoms for Me
morial day. Be sure to plant Oriental
poppies.
Professor Harry Thurston Peck's
suicide is the natural end of an ill-
regulated life. A brilliant man of
great attainments, he preferred sen
sational display to solid -work and did
not always select conscientiously the
means to gain his ends. ISO doubt he
had the right in his literary quarrel
with Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, but
the quarrel was not worth while. To
the outside world it looked a little too
much like one charlatan accusing an
other of trickery.
Should fortune smile upon the
women who wish to go to the Legis
lkture they may initiate a new order
of things in that venerable and not,
too reverend body. Women, as we
know from the historians and poets,
are adept Intriguers. Their skill in
the delicate arts of manipulation may
prove to be so great that men will
be shamed out of their old ways and
thus the Legislature will be cured of
its bad habits.
The Asquith ministry will probably
lose ground by its flabby indecision
in dealing with bumptious army of
ficers. The loyalty that shrinks from
obeying a disagreeable command
might turn to cowardice before a for
eign enemy. A government that can
not control its own troops will not
long command the confidence of an
empire. .The British Ministry and the
British army both seem to need a
little revision.
Secretary Redfield tells the truth
when he says the country is passing
through .a gradual and almost un
conscious social revolution, .Better so
than to achieve progress through
bloodshed. It Is happy for us that
our institutions are flexible enough
to expand and change with the grow
ing needs of the country. Natural
growth is far preferable to explosive
eruptions.
British army officers in Ulster
would resign rather than fight. The
grim god of war is losing his hold on
the fighting men.
Wilson says tolls repeal Is a party
idea. No doubt the Liberals and
Unionists are unanimously behind the
movement.
Britons are paying tribute to Colo
nel Gorgas. They ought to. Didn't
he help make the Panama Canal for
them ?
A Spokane man has been lured by
a dream to seekx for gold. He's likely
to conclude it was only a nightmare.
General MacCready has been sent
to make ready for the Ulster trouble.
Who said there's nothing in a name?
A San Francisco sporting writer
leaves an estate worth nearly $200.
000, He must have inherited it.
There have been ho arrests at New
port for seven months. Is the Town
Marshal on a vacation?
It would seem that Villa does not
permit the correspondents to speak
out of their turn.
The idle in Los Angeles are plead
ing for blankets. And arctics and
woolens, doubtless.
Despite a refreshing shower or two,
the weather is still two months ahead
of the season.
John Wanamaker now lauds Wil
son's Mexican policy. He's almost
alone.
The contest for conducting the
morgue shows signs o warming up.
Senator Lane, championing the
cause of woman, is always gallant.
Can it be that the Mexicans are
fighting a real battle at last?
Judge Cleeton is the man who put
the ax. in tax.
The swat-the-fly season is now fast
upon us.
Teddj-'s kill proof.
SAYS SIR. DALY MISQUOTED HIM.
William De Veny Replies to Attack on
Watershed Road.
PORTLAND, March 33. (To the Edi
tor.) Owing to the condition of my
health I have been away from Portland
for two weeks and upon my return I
was confronted with an interview of
Mr. Daly in the Journal, in which Mr.
Daly has misrepresented me In refer
ence to the Bull Run watershed road.
In this connection I wish to state that
I am in a position to say positively
that Mr. Conway has never had any
interest in the road, but has unquali
fiedly refused to discuss the matter
with me on two or three ' occasions,
stating that as a forest service em
ploye he was forbidden to discuss mat
ters of this nature and what mention
I have made of the matter to Mr. Sher
rard has always been met with the
statement that he did not believe it
possible to get this road open.
In connection with the road I have
interviewed Mr. Daly and have tried to
impress upon htm the great value that
this road would be to the City of Port
land and also the fact that it could Jn
nowise affect Portland's water supply
and I am-convinced that an investiga
tion on the part of anyone Interested
will convince them of the truth of this
statement.
It is a fact that I am interested in
opening this road if possible, also that
the Hood River people are Interested
in it and It is a matter of vital Inter
est to the whole City of Portland not
from the standpoint of contamination
of the city's water supply, but of its
inestimable value to this city, and at
the proper time and under proper con
ditions I intend to bring to the atten
tion of the Portland public all the data
in connection with the project and be
lieve that Portland will be unanimous
ly for the road.
I am at a loss to understand why
Mr. Daly should make such extravagant
statements that are so wide of the true
facts, as it can only injure his cause
and will not damage the interest of
anyone else, for the reason that actual
'conditions and facts are so easily ob
tainable as to make it possible for any
one to contravert his statements.
Mr. Daly Is an expert in the imputa
tion of motives to others. Personally
I can not understand why anyone can
have any motive in the anti-meter cru
sade other than that of public splrited
ness. On the other hand those who are
to handle the contracts and have di
rection of the disbursing of the funds
used for this work, should the meters
be installed, might have motives which
are not shown on the surface.
WM. DE VENT.
THE HIGH COST OF SOIL SAVIXG
Comment on Return From Bill- Sun
day Crusade in Pittsburg.
New Tork Sun.
What is most curious in the Monday
meeting syllabus of antl-Sundayism is
the economic side of tha Pittsburg
manifestation:
"It cost Pittsburg $90,000 to hear Sun
day, and 3107 converts were made, or
about $30 per convert. The preachers
agreed that not more than 12 of those
converts would remain faithful, and
that $90,000 was a pretty high price to
pay ror them. The preachers said they
could do much better themselves at
much less cost."
It may be said that a soul is price
less, even a Pittsburg soul; but with
out irreverence, it might be argued that
if the the figures given are correct, the
cost of the Sunday conversions" Is ex
cessive. Outside of the financial ex
hibit, here is a perpetual knot of "re
vivals," whether in the backi.oods or
tho cities. The overstimulation of the
religious instinct, the communicative
ardor or frenzy, the effect of "sugges
tion," the separation of religion from
morality, the intoxication of crowds,
the substitution of swift excitement
for hard, painful, genuine growth in
the knowledge of the Lord, the easy
"conversions," the easier backslidinsrs
all this is ancient ground. Billy Sun
day Is merely an extreme case of a
familiar type. As to his converts, as
to those of less rude "revivalists," the
question always remains of the per
manency of conversions; but surely
12 souls supposing the anti-Sunday
record. to be correct la souls for $90,
000 is a high price only in the eyes of
the children of this world; and Pitts
burg is only too well known.
THEFTS OF TULIP TREES ANNOY.
Acts of Selfish Vandals Discourage
Those Who Beautify Groaods,
PORTLAND. March 21. (To the Edi
tor.) A few days ago the writer plant
ed In his dooryard, a tulip tree in full
bloom. He placed It in such a posi
tion, close to the walk, that its beauty
and fragrance could be shared alike
by the owner and the passerby. Last
night It was torn from Its place,
stripped of its blooms and carried
away.
Such acts as these (for there have
been others), raise other feelings than
mere resentment.- How much pleasure
can possibly accrue to the new pos
sessor of this plant, no matter how
much admiration he may have had for
the flower? Will tha taker derive the
same satisfaction whenever the deli
cate fragrance of these blooms arises.
coupled with the recollection of tha
manner In which It was secured? And
then, too, there Is the discouragement
felt by those of us (and there are
many), who are endeavoring to make
our homes attractive, not alone for our
selves but for the visitor.
The writer hopes that this letter may
fall. afoul of the person who took tins
plant; not that he may return It but
that lie may perhaps be willing to share
It with others, ror tnis shrub cau De
propagated by slips and cuttings, and
if the taker will only share his pos
session in this way, I will be the last
to find fault with him for the loss I
have suffered.
erv trulv yours,
WILLIAM F. WOODWARD,
669 Hancock street, Irvington.
MaJc Idlers in Women's Park.
PORTLAND, March Zi. (To the Edi
tor.) I wish to say a few words In
regard to the parks designated for wo
men, their escorts and children.
The particular one I am speaking ot
is located across from the Courthouse.
There are two squares there. One for
men and one for ladies and children.
Now I notice that there are numerous
signs there Informing people of the
same.
Why is it then, that ladies cannot re
servo it? I scarcely ever go there to
sit and rest, but by chance did so a
day or two ao. A lady friend of
mine and I sat down to rest a few min
utes and of all the disgusting actions
I ever saw from a man, we saw from
two young men who were sitting near
us. When w.e arose to leavo they made
a very Insulting remark. I noticed
that the square was used by a great
number of men. Cannot these I. W. W.
be made to stay in the square desig
nated tor men? Cannot something be
done to enforce the rules and make this
square for ladles, their escorts and
Children?" MRS. H. W. SOUTH.
Proper Credit for Characterization.
- RICHMOND, Ind., March 16. (To the
Editor.) In your editorial February 1,
"Asahel Bush as a Boss," the keen and
discriminating characterization of Mr.
Bush, beginning "A ready and trench
ant writer," etc, taken from my book,
should be credited to T. W. Davenport.
I refer to him Indirectly In the text
and directly In a footnote, page 88, In
"Political Parties lu Oregon." but the
sentence in question should have been
placed in quotation marks.
In fact, my statements on pages 87
and 88. relative to the peculiar sup
plementary influence of the personal
ity of Bush and of his paper. The
Statesman, are based largely on Mr.
Davenport's able article in the Oregon
Historical Magazine for September,
1908. W. C. WOODWARD.
Topical Verse
What's the Uae.
She is skilled at calisthenics;
She's an expert in eugenics.
She has studied music, medicine and
law;
She can dance the tango lightly.
And her conversation's sprightly.
But she fails to sparkle brightly
When she's needed in the kitchen to
assist her weary ma,
She's a fairly good soprano.
She can thump the grand piano.
She can run a seven-passenger ma
chine: She has learned a lot of Latin.
She has hands as soft as satin.
And she shuns the foods that fatten.
But her nose is red and snubby and her
eyes are small and green.
Chicago Record-Herald.
An Electric Sign.
O Sweetheart, thou art dear to me
Ten thousand amperes dear!
Thine eyes are incandescent lights.
So luminous and clear.
Thine amber locks electrify
Whene'er they brush my cheek.
Fair maid, pray give me but a sign
That I my love may speak.
My arm about her waist I stole
The circuit was complete.
And thus, by' wireless means, I sought
My message to repeat.
She turned the current of her thoughts
On me without ado.
No wonder when she gave the sign
It proved electric, too!
Blanche Elizabeth Wade.
An Indignation Meeting.
Said the grizzly to the bunny.
Said the bunny to the turkey:
"Ain't these modern dances funny
With their movements odd and jerky?
And to thiuk that they have blamed
them
Onto Inoffensive us.
And with our good names have named
them!
It is simply libelous.
Why, I wouldn't act so foolishly for
any kind of money."
Said the grizzly to the turkey to the
bunny.
Said the grizzly to the turkey.
Said the turkey to the bunny:
"Every young man fresh and perky
Is cavorting with his honey.
At the rate the craze Is growing
'Twill soon cease to be a joke.
Every cabaret's o'erflowing
With a crowd of dancing folk.
Every afternoon and evening, be the
weather fine or drizzly,"
Said the bunny to the turkey to the
grizzly.
Said the turkey to the bunny.
Said the bunny to the grizzly:
"Don't know what you call it. sonny.
But I think it's pretty measly
When they lay such nonsense arrant
To an innocent like me
And pretend that I'm a parent
To such utter Idiocy.
Let us beat it quickly, brothers, to
the forest deep and murky,"
Said the grizzly to the bunny to the
turkey.
Woman's Home Companion.
Eugenic-s.
He chose her, not because her eyes
Were like the stars that glow at
night:
Her biceps were of goodly size
And she was of superior height:
He thought not of her rather's wealth,
For that, to tell the truth, was small;
He chose her for her rugged health.
Her beauty pleased him not at all.
Her nose was big, her jaw was square.
Her height was suited to her weight;
'Twas not because ho thought her fair
That she was asked to be his mate;
To state the facts and nothing- less.
She did not have a lovely face;
He chose her, as you doubtless guess,
That they two might improve the
race.
She looked on him with favor, not
Because of honors he had won:
She did not waste a single thought
Upon the deeds that he had done;
She gave herself to him because
He measured six feet In his socks.
And, being free from ailments, was
About as strong as an ox.
Love did not figure in their case.
They sternly thrust all that aside;
'Twas solely to improve the race
That they in marriatre were allied:
They dwelt within a city flat.
Their joys were few, their circle
small ;
In time they both grew coarse and fat,
Ana never had a child at all.
S. E. Kiser.
CLEVER PLAN TQ CHEAT CLOCK
Bustlinnr Ohio City Discovers Way to
Gala Needed Hour of Daylight.
Philadelphia Press.
Cleveland, Ohio's bustling city on
Lake Erie, has hit upon an ingenious
way of gaining an hour of daylight at
the close of the day's work. Being in
something less than S3 degrees west
longitude. Central time has heretofore
marked the hours there the time that
prevails between the 75th and the 90th
meridian. Cleveland has now decided
to set her clocks fn accordance with
Eastern time. By this simple method
the working1 day begins an hour earlier
and ends an hour earlier, with the re
sult of giving the worker In the Spring
and Summer months an extra hour of
daylight in which to enjoy relaxation
or recreation.
A few years ago another scheme to
cheat the clock was proposed in Eng
land and widely discussed. This sug
gestion was to move the hands of the
clock back arbitrarily in the long Sum
mer days of that high latitude, with
out any regard for sun's time at all.
But that was too radical a proposition
for the tradition-respecting Britisher,
and it was never adopted. Cleveland
is less conservative, and also more
scientific. Eastern time as well as Cen
tral time Is determined by the sun.
Cleveland has simply decided to ignore
the arbitrary distance of 15 degrees of
longitude and set her clocks by the
75th instead of the Moth meridian.
Cleveland will not gain as much as
England would gain by a similar
method, for the days are never so long
in Summer in her latitude as in the
latitude of the British Isles, but an
hour of sunlight at the close of busi
ness hours is not to be scoffed at. It
would be a boon to thousands who
know and value the pleasure and the
profit to be gained out of doors. Nor
will the getting to work an hour ear
lier to gain the added hour at the end
of the day's work be any hardship on
a bright Summer morning.
Income From Cons.
PORTLAND. March 23. (To- the
Editor.) Kindly tell me what five good
cows will average per month on a
cream route? SUBSCRIBER.
It depends on the breed of cows, and
the feeding and care they receive. A
definite answer cannot be given.
Qualifications of Voters.
LAMONT., Wash.. Marcli 21. (To tha
Editor.) Please tell me if one who has
taken out his first citizenship papers
has the right to vote in any city, coun
ty or state election. W. P. R.
In Oregon, yes, if he has residence
qualifications: In Washington, no.
Yes.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, March 21.
(To the Editor.) When a bond elec
tion for city or county in Oregon is
held on a regular election day, do vot
ers who are not taxpayers have a right
to vote? A. B. JOHNSON.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of March 25. 1SS3.
Vancouver. W. T.. March 24. This
morning the unoccupied building on
Sixth and C streets, East Vancouvei.
owned by Mr. McCarthy, of Portland!
and intended for a saloon, was burned!
Professor C. W. Young, superinten
dent of the Albina public schools, an
nounces a teachers' meeting to be held
on March 30.
School Clerk F. W. Blelch has moved
a building from the terminal grounds to
the corner of Russell street and Will
iams avenue, to be fitted up as an of
fice. A. E. Morse, from Dubuque, Iowa, has
concluded to make Albina his home
and has purchased some property 011
San Diego street and in Riverview Ad
dition. Mr. and Mrs. Stout are back again
after a sojourn in Los Angeles.
The funeral of Mrs. J. c. Mendenhall.
who died Saturday, March 23. will take
place from the Centenary SI. E. Church
East Portland, this afternoon.
The work of placing- the floor joists
of the sixth story of the new hotel is
about completed.
A. P. Sharpstein. of Walla Walla, left
yesterday for the East to attend to his
case against the Northern Pacific Coal
Company for possession of a portion or
tho Roslyn coal fields.
Police Captain Cardwell is suffering
from acute rheumatism.
Captain Paul Boynton gave a swim
ming exhibition in the Willamette
River yesterday.
Judge George H. Williams delivered
an address In behalf of the Christian
religion from tiic pulpit of Trinitv
Church last eveuing
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of March 25, 1S64.
The Senate committee on nuhlie
lands has agreed to report a bill grant
ing lands to aid in tho construction of
a wagon road from Eugene City. Or.,
to the eastern boundary of the state bv
way of the middle fork of the Willam
ette River and Diamond Peak.
The House committee on ways and
means has introduced a bill appropria
ting $100,000 for fortifications at the
mouth of the Columbia River.
At a county convention held at Hills
boro on March 12. Ralph Wilcox was
chosen president and Y. D. Hare secre
tary and the following: delegates to tin:
Union State Convention were elected:
W Bowlby. T. D. Humphreys, T. R.
Cornelius and D. C. Quick.
Somebody's cow had a free ride to
the Cascades and back on the steamer
Julia yesterday. Upon arriving at th
Cascades and counting the stock, it was
found there was one head too many
and that a very line brindle was not
represented by an owner. She was
brought back to this city.
Abernethy's Wharf The first vessel
to this new- wharf, between Morrison
and Taylor streets, was the bark Alma
tia. It looks cheerful to see a vessel
"uptown."
Articles of incorporation were filed
yesterday for the Gainbrinus Gold &
Silver Mining Company. The incor
porators are: J. C. Ainsworth. D. F.
Bradford, R. R. Thompson and Ed A.
Temple. This company takes its name
from a lode near Idaho City.
The rush The Hunt carried 120 tons
of freight and 100 passengers to the
Cascades yesterday. The Express took
all the freight she could carry, and jet
the company s dock is full.
Mrs. Leighton and company will give
a benefit to Thomas Ward, inanacer
of the Willamette Theater, on March 26.
ARISTOCRATIC TITLES FOR SALE
French Republic Gives Certificates of
Nobility at So-Much-Per.
London Chronicle.
Dom Pedro II, who lost the throne of
Brazil In 1SS9. was the last monarch to
offer titles for sale. In order to obtain
funds for the erection of a hospital in
Rio Janeiro, the Emperor announced
that be would confer the title of
"Baron" on every subscriber of 100,00"
milreis, and the title of "Count" on
every subscriber of 250,000 milreis.
Many proved willing to become en
nobled on these terms, and sufficient
money was forthcoming to endow the
hospital as well as build it. Over th
main entrance may still be seen the
inscription supgested by Dom Pednx
'Human vanity to human misery." Al
though French titles of nobility were
abolished at the time of the revolution
by a decree revised in 1S71, yet the
Ministry of Justice issues certificates
of nobility. Members of the French
diplomatic service who use titles have
to obtain one of these certificates, and
pay stifily for the transaction. The fees
in the case of a Duke amount to 720.
a Marquis pays 400. a Viscount 280.
a Baron 60 and a Chevalier 52. Thr
certificate sets out that the pedigree of
the holder having been investigated,
his claim to the title he bears has been
fully established, and the seal of the
republic is affixed to this patent of
nobility.
t
The Store-
Window's Story
There's a great deal of difference
among store windows.
It has been said that the window
of a store is an index to what is
inside.
So it is from the public's point ot
view.
But lor the retailer, his window
is even more it is his head sales
man and is OPPORTUNITY spelled
in capital letters.
The first opportunity is to show
the character and class of mer
chandise sold.
The second Is to create confidence
by showing that the store is up
and doing and desires the patronage
of the passer-by.
The third is to bck up the deal
er's advertising. The same things
advertised In today's Oresronian
should be found in the window.
Many an advertisement brings peo
ple up to a store window and many
a customer is lost because the win
dow doesn't complete the sale.
The fourth Is to make the store
window show every article in the
store for which a demand Is belns
created by the manufacturer's news
paper advertisin;,'.
There is hardly a dealer in the
city who does not carry some brands
of merchandise backed up by good
newspaper advertising. This ad
vertising by the manufacturer can
be made to earn profits for every
dealer who is enterprising enough
to keep in touch with newspaper
advertising and then see to It that
his store windows properly display
Ibis merchandise.
The Bureau of Advertising, Amur,
ican Newspaper Publishers Associ
ation. World Building, New York,
will be glad to answer any ques
tions about co-operative work with
dealers In newspaper advertising
campaigns.
Booklet on request dv. .
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