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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1814.
WHO HOLDS BACK PROSPERITY?
With prospects of unprecedented
crops and with the money market so
easy that lenders seek borrowers,, re
vival of business is still delayed. One
explanation of this delay is no sooner
removed than a new one takes it
place. A year ago the hesitation was
attributed to uncertainty about tariff
and currency legislation; now it is
attributed to the Mexican crisis, to
the anti-trust bill, to delay in raisins
freight rates and to uncertainty as to
the composition of the Federal Re
serve Board.
As to Mexico, it is well known that
President Wilson Is averse to a. cam
paign against Huerta and to general
occupation of Mexico. If that should
be the outcome of the occupation of
Vera Cruz, it will be Huerta's doing.
Should we be compelled to send an
army to Mexico City, heavy expense
will be incurred, but there are in
the Treasury unsold Panama Canal
bonds, aggregating more than J100,
000,000, the main part of the cost of
construction having been paid out of
surplus funds. By simply selling these
bonds, recouping the Treasury and
using the money for operations in
Mexico, the Government could prob
ably finance the war for a year with
out imposing a dollar of additional
taxation. There need, therefore, be
no immediate apprehension that war
taxes will embarrass business.
The omnibus anti-trust bill should
not cause hesitation on the part of
those engaged in legitimate business.
They knew it was coming, and it can
only affect the illegal combinations,
which also knew it was coming." The
sooner the latter know with what
laws they must comply, the better for
them and the better for business in
general. If they sincerely wish to
obey the law, the best thing for them
is to end as soon as possible the un
certainty as to what the law is to be.
They cannot fairly say the omnibus
bill is too drastic or would injure le
gitimate business. The New York
Evening Post's Washington corre
spondent says of it:
It Is by no means a bad bill, all things
considered. Its exemptions and reservations
might have evoked applause In Wall street
if it had been proposed on the heels of Mr.
'Wilson's January message.
The sooner the President ends
doubt as to the membership of the
Federal Reserve Board the better, for
on the charactor of the men he se
lects will largely depend the success
of the new banking system and the
degree of confidence which it will in
spire in the business public. But
there is no reason to fear that the
President will make bad appoint
ments. Throughout currency discus
sion he has shown such scrupulous
care to meet all well-founded criti
cism that there is no good reason to
believe he will not be as careful to
the end. We are promised that the
reserve banks will be opened in time
to handle this year's crops. Eastern
money centers can therefore figure
on being relieved for the first time
of the great draft which harvest
makes on the banks and can safely
apply their funds to manufactures
and commerce.
One serious obstacle to business
revival is the shrinkage in railroad
earnings and the consequent inability
of the railroads to make needed im
provements. This obstacle would be
removed if permission were given to J
increase freight rates, but the Inter
state Commerce Commission contin
ues to delay. Although general opin
ion in the East is that the Commis
sion will concede the need of some
increase, decision may be delayed
until Fall. That would postpone for
six months at least the 'beneficial ef
fects on Industry and trade.
The reception given to the omnibus
anti-trust bill awakens suspicion that
the men behind the combinations
have misapprehended the President's
conciliatory attitude and are. playing
on the fears of Congress to prevent
action at this session. This may be
read between the lines of the follow
ing quotation from the Evening Post's
Washington letter:
I' have talked with some Congressmen
In conspicuous positions In the various com
mittees, who have frankly, and with some
irritation, expressed their apprehension that
the tossing of this highly controverted
measure into the arena, with business in Its
present sensitive condition, and with the
certainty of a clash of opinion on its pro
visions, might easily jeopardize the stand
ing, with the business public, even of such
already enacted measures as the tariff act
and the banking currency law. There Is
undoubteaiy a stTong general feeling that
Mr. Wilson, if he chooses, can carry his
point and require consideration of the bill
this session. Perhaps the first and prevalent
Impression is that he will do so. But that
remains to be seen. The situation is not
what it was last Summer, when he forced
Congress to stay In session and enact the
banking bill. He had the country (even the
business interests) behind nun then. Con
eress was reallv in favor of nrnmn m.tfnn
And no Congressional elections were im
pending. The last sentence of this quotation
gives a hint of what is behind the
reluctance of Congress to legislate
against trusts and of what is behind
the continued depression. The trusts
seem to have been encouraged by Mr.
Wilson's conciliatory attitude to at
tempt the staving off of any legisla
tion. They appear to be Intimidating
Democratic Congressmen with the
warning that an election held during
times of depression will result disas
trously to them and to be repeating
their stereotyped phrase about "at
tacks on business" in the hope of pre
venting action. So covert attacks on
prosperity are made in order to scare
Congress into avoiding action hostile
to the trusts.
The only kind of business which
the people desire to ' see attacked is
illegitimate business. The only terms
on which the President would concil
iate such business are that it submit
to the law and cease obstructing anti
trust legislation. The people are of
one mind with a Chicago banker, who
la quoted by the Post as saying:
There has been a great deal of "hogging
It" on the part or some or. the dit corpora
tions, and probably some regulating will
be a good thing for them and the country,
The National banks- have been able to run
satisfactorily for years under the strictest
uovernment regulations, and it la not im
possible that the corporations can do the
same.
If Congress holds its hand in at
tacking the corporations which have
been "hogging it," it is likely to hear
from the President, and, if it does not
heed him, it is likely to hear from
the people in no uncertain terms next
Fall. The people are anxious to have
settled business conditions that pros
perity may revive, but they want
those conditions settled on their
terms, not on the trusts' terms.
PASSING OF COXEYISM.
The difference between the hard
times of 1894 and the present time of
moderate depression is marked by the
difference between the size of the
army which followed General Coxey
to Washington in the former year and
the corporal's guard which follows
him this year. Business is not what
we should like to see It, but this is
still a land of plenty and there is still
work for all who will honestly seek
it and do it. Armies of unemployed
melt away before offers of work,
either because their members accept
the offer or because they have a hor
ror of work.
In short, the bluff of the agitators
who make capital of their unemploy
ment has been called. They have
been exposed as what they are men
who shun work with any muscles ex
cept those of the jaw. Coxeyism
awakens' no sympathy because it has
proved itself unworthy of sympathy.
If a man cannot find employment
with individuals, he can find it with
the public, which will allow no man
to starve, but will also allow no able-
bodied man to loaf..
The melting away of Coxey's sec
ond army and of the several other
armies which have attempted a
march across the country s due to
realization in their ranks of public
apathy to their pretended distress, of
public disbelief that they are idle
against their will. The conviction has
become settled that they are loafers
who wish to prey on the workers.
A COINCIDENCE IN ICE..
In New York the price of ice dur
ing long periods of hot weather some
times goes up to 40 cents to the ordi
nary household consumer. When this
happens there is invariably a fervent
discussion as to whether the Increase
is due to trust control or actual
shortage. In short, 40-cent ice is
considered a calamity worth worry
ing about in New York.
We cannot conceive why ice should
cost more to manufacture in Portland
than in New York. There is not
much difference, it is stated, between
the cost of cutting and storing nat
ural ice and manufacturing ice, and
of course a large part of New York's
Ice Is manufactured. Yet in Port
land the householder would look'upon
40-cent ice as a blessing, not a calam
ity. He has been paying 50 cents
without grumbling.
But by some mysterious concerted
process of checking up labor and
other costs of manufacture all the ice
dealers and all the ice manufacturers
have discovered at the same moment
that ice is sold too low In Portland.
At the beginning of the ice-consuming
season, not in a period of warm
weather, the price of ice throughout
the city is increased to 65 cents per
100 pounds. The dealers deny that
they have agreed or combined in re
straint of trade. Some occult power
has impelled each to check up the
ledger and Induced each to boost the
price 15 cents on the same day.
It is a remarkable coincidence, per
haps too remarkable to escape notice
considering the prices at which ice is
delivered to consumers in many other
cities no more fortunately situated
than Portland. The City Commission
is wise in making an investigation.
If an unlawful combination is not
discovered there may be certain here
tofore unknown "facts concerning
mental telepathy unearthed to the
lasting fame of Portland and the
wonderment of the world of science.
THE COPPERFTELD AFTERMATH.
Acquittal by a jury after five min
utes' deliberation of H. A. Stewart,
the deposed Mayor of Copperfield, is
cumulative evidence of what has
heretofore been apparent. Governor
West Interfered in one of the bitter
factional squabbles that so often pre
vail in villages and he invoked the
military power for the benefit of one
and to the detriment of the other.
As it happened in this village em-
bitterment there was a moral issue,
but subsequent developments indicate
that at least some of the so-called
moral element were no better than
the saloon faction. One member has
subsequently been indicted and has
fled the country. Another could not
tell a straight story at the trial of
the former Mayor on a charge of sell
ing liquor to minors, and evidence
was produced to show that the wit
ness himself had distributed liquor
to boys on the occasion which
brought about the accusation against
the Mayor.
Oregon Is the last place in the
world where it ought ever to be nec
essary to invoke martial law while
the civil authorities are In control.
Elections are .free and equal. The
recall is a ready implement for oust
ing officials recalcitrant in enforce
ment of law. The referendum exists
to prevent enactment of laws not de
sired by the people and is extended to
every incorporated town. The liquor
traffic can be abolished either by Ini
tiative or by Invoking the local op
tion law if the people so desire. As
a further weapon of defense of law
and order the Governor has been em
powered to make temporary ap
pointments to the principal peace of
fices of a county in the event it is
shown in court that the regular in
cumbents are not performing their
duty.
' When home rule and majority rule
are in such thorough control as they
are in Oregon It is plain that appeals
for the militia in the absence of riot
or invasion are founded on circum
stances that should be thoroughly in
vestigated before executive action is
taken. The Governor's hasty methods
truly hampered real law enforcement,
for law enforcement consists not
alone in preventing repetition of law
lessness but in punishing the perpe
trators of crimes already committed.
The logical conclusion is that law
lessness did not exist In Copperfield
or if It did the Governor's action has
prevented Just punishment of the of
fenders. Sir Francis Younghiusband, who led
the British expedition to Tibet, tore
some of the laurels from tha hrn
of both the Tibetans and himself and
nis men wnen he said in a commu
nication to the National Geographical
Society that "It was not dignity and
bravery so much as altitude" that
caused the Tibetans to retreat before
him at the rate of only two miles an
hour. He continued:
Later we had occasions to retreat for
short distances ourselves, and, although ex
treme desirous of making good time, we
found it impossible to run or walk at a
faster pace than two miles an hour. In addi
tion, owing to the rarity of the mountain
atmosphere, shells from the guns of our
mountain battery traveled about twice the
distance on the same charge of powder as
they would have done at sea level. Bullets
from the rifles behaved the same way and
we were compelled to revise completely our
system of sighting our firearms.
That hint about the effect of alti
tude on the carrying power of guns
may be useful to our own troops if
they should be required to climb to
the high tableland of Mexico.
CRAFT x VILLA.
Villa, the bandit chief and leader
of constitutional forces, is playing a
very crafty game in expressing his
deep and abiding friendship for the
United States. His cunning mind
sees only too clearly that a struggle
against the United States would be a
hopeless affair. Even though his
heart probably Isn't In his utterances
he is not permitting his feelings to
dominate him completely, preferring
to provide for himself a soft place in
which to land when the crash comes
in Mexico.
Villa's words and his gift of fine
rugs . to General Scott show quite
conclusively that Villa sees clearly
that the die is cast. He is not a man
for idle friendships. There is noth
ing altruistic in his barren nature.
The power to extend favor to Villa
must be the basis of any sentiments
of friendliness on Villa's part. Though
he should be forced, in the course of
events, to resist movement of Amer
ican troops in Mexico he might plead
that his heart was not in the opera
tions and that only as a soldier obe
dient to the will of the constitution
alists did he take the field. He has
craftily laid the foundation for such
a plea.
The only other possible motive for
Villa's stand is that he hopes to In
crease his supplies of arms and am
munition before falling under suspi
cion of the United States. But this
is hardly probable, since his border
experiences must have shown him the
futility of resisting the American
military arm. Villa, if he is of the
mind, can carry his armed forces
with him into a position of neutral
ity, temporarily at least. Doubtless
an order from him would serve to put
a stop to the utterances of Carranza.
For Carranza has long been suspected
of being the mere tool of Villa a tool
that came in handy when Benton was
murdered.
But whether the attitude of Villa
might serve to placate all Northern
Mexico and all territory outside of
Huerta's grasp is a question open to
considerable doubt. Should he fall
out 'with Carranza over the matter
of upholding the Mexican honor he
might find that the power of his iron
grip has been lost. He might not be
able to survive the scornful cry of
"gringo-lover" even among many of
his own followers who hold him in
mingled terror and admiration at the
present time. The future conduct of
Villa will be watched with consider
able interest.
INVENTIONS AND PSYCHOLOGY.
Commenting on the death of
George Westinghouse, an Eastern pa
per recalls that there were 250 pat
ents credited to his inventive genius.
In this respect he was one of the
most prolific of mankind, but his
achievement has been surpassed by a
few others." . Edison, for example,
stands at the head of American in
ventors with 800 patents to his credit.
Francis R. Richards has 600. The
next man follows after a long inter
val with 300. His name is Robert L.
Hunter.
Mr. Richards' patents are confined
to the curiously limited and unro
mantic field of weighing machines.
He has contributed more than any
other man of his time to make them
sensitive and accurate. There may
be little romance about weighing ma
chines, but, as the reader will see for
himself if he reflects a moment, the
whole fabric of modern science de
pends upon their trustworthiness.
Chemistry is nothing more than the
art of weighing carried out to infini
tesimal accuracy. It was with the
balance that scientific men demon
strated the Indestructibility of matter,
from, which follows immediately the
great principle of the conservation of
energy. Efface either of these prin
ciples and there is scarcely anything
left of militant science.
The nineteenth century is frequent
ly spoken of as the age of Inventions.
The great era opened about the year
1820 with the discovery of photog
raphy. From 1609 until that date
very few inventions of much Impor
tance had been made, but after 1820
progress was dizzyingly rapid. It Is
well within the truth to say that more
inventions of real Import to mankind
were made in the nineteenth century
than in all preceding history. Archi
medes, the father of science and one
of the greatest geniuses who eVer
lived, was born in the year 287 B. C.
He achieved Innumerable mathemati
cal discoveries and laid the founda
tions of mechanical engineering. At
his death his discoveries went out
like a candle and his work was for
gotten. Between the death of Archi
medes and the year 1438 A. D., aston
ishing as it may appear, not a solitary-
invention of real consequence
was made, while many were forgotten
that had been effected by the an
cients. During that interesting period
people were so absorbingly engaged
with the affairs of the other world
that they had no attention left for
this one. The second two-thirds of
the period is called "the age of faith."
It was also the age of the black death,
witchcraft and Ignorance.
Printing is said to have been made
practical in the year 1438. We shall
probably be seconded by everybody In
saying that this is the most momen
tous of all inventions If we except the
alphabet itself. As for the alphabet
it was a growth rather than an inven
tion. Beginning with word pictures it
passed on little - by little toward the
true representation of sounds, but the
process consumed countless ages.- It
is not finished yet by any means. The
English alphabet can only be said by
a violent figure of speech to represent
sounds. Such representation as It
exhibits is chaotic to the last degree.
The telescope came In 1609. Galileo
was the first to use it in his studies.
He discovered the moons of Jupiter
and the rings of Saturn with the new
instrument, which he greatly im
proved by his mechanical ability.
The steam engine followed the tele
scope after a long interval and there
is but little else to record In the
way of mechanical invention between
Galileo and photography.
But we should make a great mis
take If we called tha Interval a, barren
period for the growth of intelligence.
A series of years that Includes the
law of gravitation, Spinoza's philos
ophy, Leibnitz' calculus and Newton's
Principia can hardly be called barren,
even if we do not mention the steam
engine, which, next to the alphabet
and printing, has most powerfully
affected human affairs. It is an
error to say that mechanical inven
tions have influenced merely our ex
ternal surroundings. They have, on
the contrary, profoundly modified our
mentality. There Is scarcely a soli
tary principle pertaining to material
or immaterial things that has not
been radically altered by the effects
of mechanical invention. We look at
the world from a standpoint totally
unlike that of our fathers. To them
the universe was at the mercy of an
arbitrary will. To tts it is ruled by
inflexible law. In other words, we
have become democrats in our cos
mology Just as we have In our politics.
, INVITO. Q CHAOS.
A time may come when schoolboys
and girls will be capable of choosing
their teachers wisely, but we do not
believe it is in sight yet. Youth at
Hlllsboro may be more precocious
than it Is elsewhere. No doubt there
is some quality in the air and soil of
that favored region which brings
boys and girls to early maturity, but
it seems scarcely likely that they are
so far beyond their elders as the re
cent action of the School Board would
Indicate.
This remarkably Judicious body de
cided the other day to allow the pu
pils to "hire and fire" their teachers.
The instructors were lined up before
the representative of the children and
informed by him with all becoming
pomp that their situations depended
upon the votes of his constituents.
That must have been a proud mo
ment for the teachers. It must fill
the souls of the Hlllsboro parents
with pride to reflect that they have
permitted such a scene to take place
in their school. But for some occult
reason the teachers did not relish the
honor thus thrust upon them. They
held a meeting to express their sense
of the Insult they had suffered and
resigned in a body.
We commend their spirit. The
teachers were unpardonably wronged
by this absurd action on the part of
the School Board. Some of them may
possibly be unfit for their positions,
but the pupils are not competent
judges of their fitness or unfitness.
That is one of the duties from which
their elders cannot be absolved. We
favor giving children all proper free
dom, but where their fundamental
welfare Is concerned they still need
the mature judgment of their par
ents. The best teachers are often
temporarily unpopular!- To give the
power of dismissing them to the pu
pils would reduce" the schools to the
flabby ineffectiveness of some fami
lies where there is no parental law
and no authority.
We will charitably assume that the
School Board at Hlllsboro fell into
a fit of temporary insanity. There is
really no other way to account for
their action. It will not be long be
fore the children themselves will see
how foolish their school directors
have been.
James Oppenhelm has written an
other satirical novel which he calls
"Idle Wives." Its theme Is the' para
sitical woman who saps her hus
band's energies by her self-indulgence.
He strains every nerve to
provide resources for the household.
She lolls and wastes. The book has
another heroine, Mollie, who is para
sitic on her hard-working father and
mother, never lifting a finger to help
them. The book is so true to life
that careless critics will say It Is false.
The alluring theory ot a "psychic
ether" is supported by Thompson
Bixby In the May Harper's. The psy
chic ether supplies soul substance just
as the physical ether produces bodies.
So the theory runs, but it is far sim
pler to assume with the great Spi
noza that a single basic substance
produces both souls and bodies." This
was Walt Whitman's view and It is
spreading with the vogue of his powerful-
poetry.
The bill for eugenic marriage was
killed in the Massachusetts Legisla
ture. The Bay State has too many
unmarried women to place impedi
ments in their way to happiness.
High order of courage was required
for the house-to-house search made
by Americans at Vera Cruz. But the
American regular is always equal to
any emergency.
A New York agitator who de
nounced the flag in public was set
upon by an ex-sailor. This is hardly
a safe season to insult the flag.
But where Is T. R. all this time?
He should have been heard from
with an offer of at least three or four
full field armies.
A New York broker Is being sued
for having jilted his fiancee in rhyme.
Capital punishment alone fits such a
crime.
A Rome editor compares Wilson to
Lincoln. Little early. The war may
give way yet to "watchful waiting."
Those Mexican federals would bet
ter not cross the border or Villa will
get them on the home run.
In the meantime the scene of actual
fighting has been transferred to Col
orado. However, rifts in war crowds usual
ly occur like the lull before the
storm.
Governor Johnson might let out
Abe Ruef to Join the volunteers.
The score boards are beginning to
attract a little more attention."
Villa is not hostile, after all. Villa
knows his Uncle Sam.
The war will be over before the
Panama Fair opens.
Multnomah expects every man to
do his duty today.
Hillsboro's students are getting into
politics early.
First Oregon Volunteer Infantry
sounds good.
Work a" polish on the pick and
shovel.
Enlist today in the Good Roads
army.
Save the volunteers' Jobs,
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of April 25, 1864.
Senator Kesmith has written to Henry
Denllnger, of Jacksonville, stating that
his nomination for collector of internal
revenue had been confirmed with the
support of both Senators Kesmith and
Harding, when Mr. Kesmith received a
copy of Derllnger's paper containing an
attack on his personal integrity. It ac
cused Mr. Kesmith of appearing in the
Senate drunk and making a disloyal
speech. Mr. Kesmith Induced the Pres
ident to return the nomination to the
Senate, which, after hearing the ar
ticle read, reconsidered and unanimous
ly rejected the nomination.
Chicago, April 24. In the Senate yes
terday a bill making Portland, Or., a
port of entry was passed.
Washington, April 22. Grant has left
for the front and Burnside for Fortress
Monroe. Reports gain credence that
Lee has sent a part of his army into the
Shenandoah Valley to compel Grant
to divide his army by sending a force
in pursuit.
The South Portland Union precinct
meeting on Saturday elected the fol
lowing delegates to the county conven
tion: J. H. Mitchell, W. B. Royal, J. J.
Hoffman. William Masters Felix Lan
ders, G. T. Myers. Charles Hodge. H. K.
Woodard, Joseph Webber, Sherry Ross,
M. F. Mulkey. P. A. Marquam. L. M.
Parrlah. A. Hurgren. Clark Hay, Rob
ert Pittock. W. B. Doublebower. W. R.
McCord and James Steele. The North
Portland meeting elected A. M. Starr,
L H Wakefield, G. H. Williams, George
Bottler, James W. Cook. Samuel B.
Parrish, Marks Jaretxky, 'j X. Dolph.
H. B. Morse. W. Delllnger. R. B. Knapp.
A. B. Stuart, J. Bauer, J. Ewing, John
Thompson, Isaac Buchanan, L. C. Pot
ter, E. G. Randall and E. T. Reese. The
delegates from Multnomah precinct are
John T. Wolfe sjid O. P. Lent; from
East Portland, C H. Hall and H. Han
son. The prospecting for favorable trees
by pitch gatherers appears to be quite a
business and parties are often seen pil
ing up small boatloads of cans, barrels,
etc The trees that yield the best are
those which have checks in the grain.
They yield 10 and even 20 gallons In a
very few minutes. The generality of
trees yield from five to eight gallons.
The tapping is performed with a long
auger.
The fine steamer Kew World will
leave San Francisco April 27 for this
city under the charge of Captain C. C.
Dall.
The steamer John H. Couch, Captain
Holman raced the Sierra Nevada from
the mouth of the Cowlitz River. The
ocean steamer came out ahead.
The old What Cheer House will be
abandoned this week for the new and
comfortable quarters just completed.
Astoria, April 23. We were highly
entertained by an eloquent and patriot
ic address at the Courthouse from his
excellency. Governor Gibbs, last even
ing. TOO-KIND QUEEN WHO ERRED
i
Diagcr of Home of Wealth and Culture
Is the Spoiled Child.
Christian Herald.
The papers report a sad instance of
early depravity in the stabbing of a
nurse of 19 by a little boy of wealth,
only 4 years of age. ' The boy went
into the kitchen and was creating a
disturbance when the nurse told him
to leave it- He refused, and she took
him by the left hand to lead him out,
when he seized a sharp potato knife
from the table and plunged it into the
girl's side, inflicting a dangerous
wound and sending her to the hospital
hovering between life and death. The
little fellow did not Intend to kill the
servant, or seriously to wound her; he
only had a spasm of anger and did in
tend violent resistance. One of the
dangers of a home of wealth and cul
ture is the spoiled child. The best
nurse for a child is its mother. If she
have the means or desire she may hire
whomsoever she may please to help her.
If she be the right kind of woman she
cannot farm out the care or moral
training of her child to anyone else,
no matter how beautiful in spirit or
dutiful in service. She is the one gently
to lead to self-control and authori
tatively compel obedience. No Queen
upon the throne has a greater privilege
and responsibility than the mother who
trains her children well for God and
humanity. The value of home training
is described by the wise man in the
following words: "Train up a child
in the way he should go and when he is
old he will not depart from it."
Just a Ll'l Argument.
Saturday! 'Evening Past.
A colored man employed as an office
boy in Kentucky came to work one
morning with a face that looked as
though he had been run through a
meat grinder.
"Henry," demanded his surprised
employer, 'what In the world happened
to you?"
"Well, sub, boss," explained Henry.
I got into a li'l argument las' night
wlf another man, and one thing led to
another twell I up and hit at him.
Well, suh. it seemed lak dat Irritated
him. He bit both of man years mighty
nigh off and split man lip and knocked
two of mah teef loose and den he
th'owed me down and stamped me in
do stomach. Honest, boss. I never did
git so sick of a pusson in mah life."
I'nder the Sod.
Normal Instructor.
Murphy An' can ye rlcommend him?
Casey Oi can, faith; he is a moighty
foine docther. Lasht Siptlmber. whan
little Katie wor prosthrated with dlf
thayrie an' braythln' her last brlth, Ol
said: "Doctor, will she live till
marnln?" he said: "Dinnis, don't wor
ry. She will live." he said, "till many
years afther ye are dead and under
the sod."
Murphy An did she?
Casey She did.
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Homesteads and Taxation.
ROW RIVER, Or.. April 20. (To the
Editor.) Klnrllv- avlott r
- J . . v UUIIIO-
stead Is taxable before patent is Issued.
SUBSCRIBER.
The land Is not taxable until patent
Is Issued; improvements and personal
property are.
RlKhta of Widow.
PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Edi
tor.) I would like to know, when prop
erty Is bought in the husband's name
only, can the wife claim it after his
death? SUBSCRIBER.
Yea, If there are no children.
Mexico In Limerick.
There once was a "GIneral" named
Huert-a
Who thought he would try to avert-a
Probable hanging
That Villa was planning;
So In Uncle Sam's face he threw dirt-a.
B. V. D.
Yes.
PORTLAND, Or., April 24. (To the
Editor.) If a man buys a lot and does
not pay for It; builds a house on it and
doesn't pay the carpenters, can the car
penters obtain a Hen on the lot in pay
ment for their work? READER.
Wo.
PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Edi
tor.) Can a party residing in Oregon
marry a party residing in Minnesota by
proxy? If so, what Is the procedure?
. ser-B.
HEARD THE SAME SPEECH BEFORE
"Impoliteness" at Recent Meeting- Ex
plained by One of Andlenee.
PORTLAND, April 26. (To the Edi
tor.) "Barton Barlow." in The Ore
gonlan last Sunday, calls Portland peo
ple "impolite," and he gives them a
lesson in polite speech, when he says,
"they are Ill-mannered, barbaric and
discourteous; lacking common decency,"
and so on!
As to his criticism of men retaining
seats in the streetcars when women
are standing, I say nothing, but when
he animadverts against the people who
left the White Temple while ex-Gov-vernor
Patterson was speaking, "Bar
ton Barlow" needs a little information.
Ex-Governor Patterson delivered an
address In the Armory of this city at
4 o'clock, on Sunday, April 12. At 8
o'clock of the same lay. in the White
Temple, not a quarter of a mile away
from the Armory, he repeated that
afternoon address faithfully, as would a
phonograph repeat a record. We had
heard the address in the Armory and
at a late hour in the day we were
asked to sit and hear it again. Twice
in one day was a little too much for
the patience of some of us! Though
we may have been "ill-mannered,
barbaric and discourteous," and lack
ing "common decency," in all probabil
ity "Barton Barlow" would have been
one of our number had he been un
fortunate enough to have heard ex
Governor Patterson in the afternoon.
It would be well for organizations
bringing speakers to our city to know
once for all that an audience does not
enjoy the repetition or a speech from
the same speaker, insuring even the ad
herence to punctuation and gesture, on
the same day, and one might almost
say in the same building.
Yet I sat and heard to the end the
speech, both in the Armory, and in the
White Temple. But I would not do
so again, even to avoid the scolding of
"Barton Barlow." BILLY BREEZE.
Distributor of Estate.
ALBANY, Or., April 23 (To the Edi
tor.) A man died leaving personal
property and real estate. He left a
widow and two children. The widow
was appointed guardian of the two
children.
1. Does the estate have to be di
vided when the children are of age. if
one of them wishes It?
2. What part does the widow get?
3. Does she get all the personal prop
erty that has been accumulated since
his death?
4. Can she keep one child from hav
ing any of the property?
E. How does she go about to have it
divided? o. R.
1. Yes.
2. One-half of the Income for life or
a specific portion based on expectancy
tables.
3. No.
4. Consult a lawyer.
l'se of Assumed Name.
PORTLAND. April 24. (To the Edi
tor.) 1. Is it lawful for a man to as
sume a name provided he 'does not do
that for fraudulent purposes?
2. If a man obtained a license and
married under an assumed name Is the
marriage considered legal?
3. Must he retain that name Indefi
nitely, and If so, will his future busi
ness transactions be legal?
SUBSCRIBER.
1. It Is not prohibited by law.
2. Yes.
3. He may or may not retain the as
sumed name, but his business transac
tions are legal in either event.
Bank: Clearings.
PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) I would like to ascertain,
if possible, the bank clearings of some
of the more important cities of the
Korthwest for the year 1913.
(2) Of the 31.000 automobiles regis
tered In the State of Oregon, would
25.000 be a fair estimate of the num
ber in use in Portland proper!
N. S.
(1) Portland, 627,838,005.'Sl: Seat
tle. $664,857,475.
(2) No. The number of autos In
Portland is probably not more than
one-third the total.
Publishing a Book.
KELSO. Wash.. April 22. (To the
Editor.) A person Is writing a story
fiction. What is one required to do to
get a book published, for sale, etc?
This story Is good and so much of It
facts, of a reality except names
enough that the author desires friends
to not know, at least for some time,
who Is the author of this story.
M. W. B.
Submit the manuscript to some book
publisher with Instructions that if pub
lished it is to be under a pen name,
which the author should supply.
Police Must be Residents.
ST. JOHN'S. Or.. April 23. (To the
Editor.) If an applicant to the police
force In Portland resides In St. Johns
would that be any bar to him securing
a position on the Portland police force?
ST. JOHNS.
Yes. An applicant for a position of
any kind under civil service in . Port
land must have been a resident of
Portland for at least one year im
mediately preceding the date of ex
amination. Reading; of Minute.
ALBANY. Or.. April 22. (To the
Editor.) A woman's club has the fol
lowing article in its constitution: "The
club shall meet every two weeks, on
Thursday, at the place designated.
Business meeting the first meeting in
each month." This is a literary club
and should the minutes be read at each
meeting or once a month at the busi
ness meeting? READER.
The business meeting is the proper
time for reading the minutes.
Divorce Record.
ALBANY, Or.. April 23. (To the
Editor.) Kindly tell me to whom I
would write to find out whether a
divorce had been granted in a certain
state, not knowing the county in
which it was granted. A READER.
We know of no state where divorce
records for the entire state are com
piled for record and kept In one place.
Divorce In Oreffoa.
THE DALLES. Or., April 22. (To the
Editor.) I am a present resident of
Oregon, husband residing In New York.
Can I apply for a divorce in this state
for cruelty and inhuman treatment?
MRS. G.
Yes, if yo'u have resided In Oregon
one year.
Saloon License In Portland.
OLNEY, Or.. April 22 (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly answer whether the re
tall saloon license for the City of Port
land is regulated, of rather if the cost
of a license is based on the length of
the bar. A SUBSCRIBER.
A rate is charged in Portland which
does not vary with length of bar.
Debts of Spouse.
HARNEY, Or., April 20. (To the
Editor.) I own a deeded ranch; can I
be sued and made to pay my husband's
debts, contracts or agreements be
made without my consent?
A READER.
If debts are for family necessities,
yesj otherwise no,
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Orefronian of April 25, 1889.
Seattle, April 24. Austin A. Bell,
a prominent and wealthy citizen of Se
attle, committed suicide by shooting
himself in his real estate office in
Korth Seattle.
Spokane Falls, April 24. The
grand encampment of the G. A. R.. De
partment of Washington and Alaska,
opened today. A campfire was held to
night, at which addresses were made by
Mayor Furth. S. C. Hyde. Judfre Will
iam II. Calkins, Colonel J. W. Feighan
and John L Wilson, of this city;
Thomas H. Cavanauprh and General R.
G. O'Brien, Olympia; Colonel Thomas M.
Anderson, Vancouver; S. G. Cosgrove,
Pomeroy; Thad Huston and H. F. Gar
retson, Tacoma.
Independence. April 24. The court
house contest was completed at Dallas
on Wednesday, the petition having 881
on the accepted list with 114 doubtful,
the remonstrance having 910 accepted,
with 410 doubtful. Although the peo
ple of Polk County evidently do not
want a new courthouse, Dallas still
claims that one will be built.
Independence, April 34. Mr. Hem
low Is organizing a stock company to
operate a cannery here.
Last evening J. E. Donley, who lives
near Margaretta avenue, Albina, had a
paralytic stroke.
The league baseball season opened
yesterday. .
There was a. large attendance in the
East Side Presbyterian Church last
evening to hear the lecture on Alaska
by G. M. Weister.
Dr. W. W. Royal has returned from
the Sound.
Considerable work is being done in
extending the water system. A four
inch pipe Is being laid from Fifth up
Alder, on East Park. Washington and
Eighth to Burnside street.
"We expect to make the Standards
a strong team," said Manager Jack
Letcher, speaking of baseball matters.
Mr. Letcher is corresponding with
Shorty Carroll and Thompson, of the
old Pioneers, of San Francisco, and is
confident of securing one of them.
Mrs. Helen Martin met with a pain
ful accident while driving yesterday.
Her horse slipped at Sixth and Main
streets, throwing her out of the buggy.
She was bruised and shaken, and her
ankle seriously Injured.
The Astoria & South Coast Railroad
will endeavor to secure pledges to take
$50,000 of additional stock. M. C. Cros
by was appointed to solicit.
APPRECIATION OF REAL WORTH
Opportunity Still Left to Portland to
Show Dramatic Perception.
PORTLAND. April 24. (To the Edi
tor.) Those people of Portland who are
not even yet fully aroused to the singu
lar Importance of the visit of the Strat-ford-Upon-Avon
players have still one
opportunity to enjoy an acting company
as efficient, as ideally balanced as any
that ornament the English-speaking
stage. Superbly equipped in every de
partment of their art. these brilliant
and scholarly visitors. Imbued since
childhood with the Shakespeare senti
ment, are putting a fascination and
charm into these performances of the
classic drama the like of which we
have seldom. If ever, known.
Those who have enjoyed their rollick
ing sport and hilarious abandon In the
"Merry Wives of Windsor," or have
come under the spell of their poetic in
terpretation and the somber beauty of
"Richard II." will certify to their ver
satility. In scenic attire. In the costuming of
the period, in the deft handling of
lights and all devices for stage illu
sions, there 1& a genius shown for beau
tiful and realistic effects.
If we allow these really great artists
to depart without a suitable patronage,
let us forever refrain from abusing the
disappointed theater managers when
they try to pay the rent by displaying
the Gaby Deslys and the Evelyn Thaws.
FRANK BRANCH RILEY.
f '
In The Oregonian Tomorrow
WAR PHOTOS
WAR NEWS
Striking pictures on the latest de
velopments in Mexico will be a
leading feature of THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN. The very latest
news of every phase of the situa
tion will be another feature.
Photos, map3 and comprehensive
articles will be included in the
service.
On the Border
A striking page fresh from El
Paso. It deals with the refuge
camp, where C000 Mexican pris
oners are being' held by a small
detachment of American troops.
It also shows conditions along
the border line and at Juarez.
The article is written by a trained
observer. Illustrated by photon.
A Japanese View of Us
Viscountess Cbinda, wife of turf"
Japanese ambassador, gives her
impressions of Americans and
American life.
Peace
Theodore Roosevelt has something
to say on this gentle topic. He
deals with the "peace of right
eousness," and admits that peace
cannot always be had.
Breezy Suzanne
Ellis Tarkcr Cutler's delightful
new character hits the high
places in society.
War on Pests.
Experts tell how to get rid of the
housewife's foes.
The Boy Financier
Young Harriman has just grad
uated from crew coach to a jug
gler of millions m the financial
world. The story of how he has
taken hold of his vast power is
an absorbing one. Illustrated.
Motor Goose Rhymes
A full page of illustrated fea
tures for the children.
Perpetuating Game
A full page ia colors on the
work of protecting wild anknalg
in Oregon.
Moods of Genevieve
This is the second in the series
showing the changing moods of
woman. It defines the "sensitive
mood."
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