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Poetaca Bates 12 to IS pages, 1 cent; IS to 32 pages, '1 cents; &4 to 48 pages, o cents; 0 to 60 pages, 4 cental t2 to o pages. 5 fcents; 78 to pages, d cents. iTorelgn post age, doubls rates. latern Business Office Verree & Conk tin. Mew York. Brunswick building. Chi cago, gtoger building. ban Frnnetseo Omce R. J. Eld well Co. 142 Market street. I-OKTI-ANIJ, HUDAI, MAY 1, 1914. FROM THE BALKANS TO COLORADO. . It's "a far cry" from the Balkan Peninsula to Colorado, and there would seem to be little connection between the Balkan war and the war which has been raging at the Colo rado coal mines, but there Is a close relation. Many of the miners who have been doing deadly execution among the militiamen and the private guards are Greeks or natives of other Balkan states.' They had their bap tism of fire in the war against Turkey auid In the subsequent war of Servia and Greece against Bulgaria. They learned to stand fire, to shoot," to en trench, to take advantage of cover .nd to charge, and they have applied their teaching in their new environ ment. Peace advocates should take note f this fact. The Balkan nations have learned by experience that the Turk yields only to brute force and have, therefore, become accustomed to re gard force as the last court of appeal In a controversy. The tactics they krlng to this country, where the las' appeal is to the ballot, are believed In and practiced in their own coun try, also In the greater part of Asia nd In Central and South America. The great powers of Europe, civilized though they be, are always ready to make an appeal to this tribunal, but are so evenly matched and so fearful of the outcome that they postpone the trial. The gates are still open for admission of hundreds of thousands of people with these Ideas to the United States. If we do not close the gates we must subdue these turbulent elements with the superior force be hind the law, and must convince them that the justice of our laws and of their administration, renders resort to arms unnecessary. The men who fought in the Bal kans should be good material for cit izenship. "When the regular troops have shown them the futility of re sistance In Colorado and have con vinced them that the army has come on a mission of impartial peace mak ing, they may be expected to lay down their arms. When Colorado has given proof of its purpose to deal out equal Justice to employer and employe these fighting men will probably learn that the guns which were necessary In the Balkans are not needed in America And will become peaceful, law-abiding citizens. NEW ENGLAMl'S LEADERSHIP. Dr. Frederick Adams Woods, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy, has been studying the origins of the eminent men In the United States. Taking the records in "Who's Who" for his source of information, he finds that men of Anglo-Saxon descent are from three to ten times more likely than any others to achieve positions of eminence. This is discouraging to our German and Scandinavian fellow citizens. If It Is true,, and Dr. Woods rubs In the smart by telling us that "all the stocks that have come to America since 1830 are inferior to those" that came before that date, "and In general they have been get ting worse and worse." In Jtls opinion the families which have produced offspring of command ing ability are those that have not in termarried with other stocks. He does not believe that there is any real "melting pot" In the United States. So far as the various races commingle their blood they lose character by it.' "If there had been any thorough min gling of races in this country there would already have been a decline in natural ability." Dr. Woods gives us a good deal more talk of this nature which proves the thoroughness of his Tankee prejudices if it proves nothing else. He tells us, In fact, that by far the greatest proportion of our truly eminent men have come from Massa chusetts and Connecticut. It would be strange Indeed if the "Anglo-Saxon" element had not pro duced the largest proportion of our leading characters up to this time. That element was here first. It got hold of the positions of power in gov ernment and society and assimilated the natural resources. The Astors, for example, laid hold of the land on Manhattan Island. The Adamses and their brethren captured the offices in Massachusetts. Much of the farm land of the Middle West was gathered In by Boston and Philadelphia mag nates of Anglo-Saxon blood. Having everything In their own hands, those people must have been incredibly im becile if they had not stood forth prominently in American affairs. But that does not prove that they will continue to do so. As far as the West Is concerned. New England influence is fading continually and the Ger mans and Scandinavians are forging to the front. The Governor of Kan sas has an Anglo-Saxon name, but he is an exception in his group of states. Nor is there the slightest real rea son for saying that the immigrants coming- to the United States now are Inferior to those of former genera tions. It is flagrantly false to speak f the Germans who came in 1848 as "inferior." They were the very best men Germany had at that time,' and they, have proved their quality by their deeds In this country. Our pres ent immigrants are different from those of other days, that is all. They are apt to be Catholics Instead of Cal vinists, and they speak unfamiliar languages, but these facts do not necessarily Imply inferiority. In art, literature and the capacity to co-operate, the peoples of Southern Europe are ahead of New England. They fall In the delicate business of wooden nutmegs and artificial hams. They have produced no Barneses and Pen roses as yet, but can we really say that such failure is to their discredit? JVew England has woij her superiority in American affairs less by accom- pusnment than by boasting and bluff. It is .time that her blu were called. OBSTACLES TO MEDIATION. While the mediators are holding protracted sessions with the most ac ceptable end in view of effecting an amicable adjustment of the Mexican mess it may be well to point to a most fertile danger that confronts their plan. It is the heavy movement of troops by Villa and Carranza against Saltillo. With Torreon out of the way, Saltillo threatened and San Luis Potosi able to offer but small resistance the rebels will shortly be able to put a new terror into their cry of "On to Mexico City." The charge has been made seri ously, and with many concrete cir cumstances to give it color, that Huerta deliberately provoked the United States to save his face. He saw breakers ahead in the fall of Torreon which he concealed from the people at the capital as long as pos sible. Singularly the affronts to American sailors, began shortly after Torreon fell. If Villa, declining an .armistice, continues his onward swoop, as he plainly intends doing, Huerta's plight will soon be more desperate than ever. While mediating with the United States he will have the Villa menace staring him in the face. Placed between the devil and the deep sea there are many reasons for1 believing that he has already made a definite choice, if fail he must. In many ways he has shown that he re gards the United States as the lesser evil. Hence, If it Is true that Huerta prefers to lose to the United States rather than to the bandit chief, he may find it convenient to bring about an end to mediation at the first rea sonable opportunity. Such a trick is not beyond him. It is the desperate selfishness and lawlessness of pow erful individuals such as Huerta that threaten the success of mediation and a peaceful adjustment of Mexico's sorrows. I.ITTLK POLITICS. In spite of all that Oregon has done to rid itself of underhand politics and in the face of pronounced public sen timent against anything that savors of trickery it seems that there are still some men in Oregon who hope the sure-thing days for those in power may not be over. The attempt to deprive ninety-one candidates for county committee places on the sheerest technicality is not far removed from ballot-box stuffing and ballot-box thievery. One day when gang rule extended to the offices of District Attorney and County Clerk the thing might have been pulled off. That it is attempted at this time discloses bold presump tion and raw effrontery on the part of the schemers. It was sought to keep the 91 candi dates off the ballot on the ground that in their petitions they called themselves candidates for "precinct committeeman" instead of "county central committeeman" and because the names of men who circulated their own petitions were not found in the body of the petitions. The objec tions were too trifling to appeal to common sense. They were overruled speedily, as they well deserved to be. It is proper to deprive candidates of ballot place if such be sought through fraud or trickery or gross neglect of the requirements of law. But the worthy candidate asks only that elections be free and equal. The one who would apply some strained construction of immaterial formali ties to make his own election certain is not the proper man to guide party destiny and ought to be defeated. LET'S MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS. Agreement of all parties to the Mexican muddle that all questions at issue not only between the United States and Huerta, but also between the two Mexican factions shall be the subject of mediation holds out promise that the source of the diffi culties will be removed. The medi ating powers may be able to arrange for establishment of a government in Mexico which will have the support of all factions. The United. States will not-hesitate to recognize such a government. The firing of a salute to the American flag may then be the prelude to our withdrawal from Vera Cruz, and may signalize the opening of a new era of friendship. That event would give Mexico, convincing proof that we do not desire National aggrandizement at her expense and would go far to remove Mexican dis trust of this Nation. For no party in this country, either Democrat, Republican or any other party as a whole, desires even a tem porary occupation, but some noisy en thusiasts in both parties would wel come annexation of Mexico as the first step in an -adventurous policy of expansion from the Pole to Pan ama. Because the cooler heads see how by taking the first step we might be committed to a gradual realization of this dream, they opposed even that first step, which was refusal to recog nize Huerta or any President of Mex ico who was not constitutionally elected. We do not want Mexico, because we do not wish to be drawn into faking Central America next, and we do not want these 25,000,000 alien-people because we do not want an "Irish question. We should welcome media tion of all phases of the Mexican dif ficulty because it affords us an op portunity to secure satisfaction of all reasonable demands, and then to withdraw in a dignified manner, with the statement to Mexico that it can elect whom it pleases as Presi dent, can hold elections as its peo ple desire and establish such govern ments as they choose and that we will recognize what they have done. HOW TO WRITE A PLAT. Louis N. Parker, who has written three or four- successful plays, dis closes to the readers of the New York Times the secret of his art.. The first requisite is to hire an aristocratic cottage at some resort, buy an ex pensive motor car and have oneself photographed amid these opulent pos sessions. This will captivate the theater-going public who care a great deal more for an author's money and social connections than they do for his genius. - The next thing is to find an attrac tive title'" and a seductive ending. If we understand Mr. Parker correctly, these are about all the literary points the aspiring author needs to worry about. The construction of. the play, the action, the dialogue, may be left to chance and the good will of the audience. "The modern schools of playwrights," he says, "deny the need of any construction at all." Certainly something should be left to the imag inations of the spectators, and per haps the body of the play is as good as anything for them to practice upon. After the title and ending of the play have been arranged the author should attend to two other vitally Important matters. The first Is to delay the beginning of the action until the audience comes. The process of arriving never begins until the moment fixed for the curtain to rise and it usually lasts un til the middle of the first act. Hence it is obvious that the initial half of that act should .contain nothing that is of any importance. The play wright may devote it to a description of the last hard Winter or an account of his grandmother's funeral. Again he must be careful to close his play af least five minutes before the formal ending. This is necessary because the audience needs those pre cious, moments to put on its hats and fur coats. No perfect lady can be asked to attend to the sufferings of a dying heroine while she is pinning on her hat. Clearly, therefore, the heroine must be put out of the way before the hat comes into prominence. Finally Mr. .Parker lays down the inflexible principle that nobody can write a successful play until he has a famous name. Since the same condi tion is required in order to write a successful novel, it is difficult to see bow a gifted but unknown young man is to begin to climb. THE WASHINGTON WILLS. Among the treasures which J. P. Morgan possesses is Martha Washing ton's will. Governor Stuart, or Vir ginia, naturally wishes to get this im portant document back among the records of Fairfax County, where it lay In the first place, but Mr? Morgan fears that It would not be safe there. George Washington's will still re mains in the archives of Fairfax County, and is exposad to all those perils of fire which Mr. Morgan dreads for Martha's. He has .there fore laid two proposals before Gov ernor Stuart looking to the preserva tion of both dbcuments for the benefit of the American people. ' His first plan is to deposit both wills at Mount Vernon among the other Washington relics which are collected there. The other is to deposit both of them in the library of Congress. Since they are valuable historical mementos, the library would appear to be the proper place for them. It is hoped that Governor Stuart's state pride will not make him ' intractable in this matter. George Washington belongs to Virginia only by accident. By his merits he belongs to the whole country, and whatever relics remain of his writings should repose In the National library. REACTION BTILL AT WORK. The majority of the Senate may be progressive, but its rules are st'Il re actionary. Here is an illustration cf the manner in which they work. Sen ator Walsh some time ago reported a bill similar to that passed by the House providing for Government purchase of radium ore, and by some lucky chance had it made a special order, which gives it precedence until 2 o'clock,- when unfinished business is taken up. The decision of the Vice-President declaring it a special order . was challenged by the Utah Senators, and debate on an appeal caused several days' delay in taking up the bill. The decision was finally sustained, but since then Senators have contrived, by talking about everything else under the sun, to pre vent consideration. Evidently some body does not wish to have that bill passed, but fears to come out into the open and tight it. He therefore pre vents its being taken up. The motives of this somebody- can only be inferred from certain facts. The greatest deposits of radium-bearing ore in the. United States in the world for that matter are in adjoin ing sections' of Colorado and Utah. Most of the claims have been bought by interests which ship the ore to Europe, where it is refined, and whence the radium is shipped' back to this country. These interests are gathering in other claims that the product may not become subject to the Government's prior right of pur chase, which would apply only to claims located after enactment, of the law. The longer action s delayed the more nearly complete control will these Interests have over the radium producf of the United States. Thus the antiquated rules of the Senate are being perverted, inten tionally or not, to promote control of the radium product by a special in terest which ships it to Europe, and to put the Anerican people in ; the anomalous position of having' to buy back from a foreign country the product of their own country. This product is believed by the ablest phy sicians to be capable of curing many thousands of cases of a most painful and deadly disease, but our hospitals have an inadequate supply, though this country yields abundant supply. Much progress has been made in converting the Senate into a means of serving the people, and much more will be made after one-third of its members have been elected by direct vote next November, but the trans formation will not be complete so long as obsolete rules enable one or two reactionaries to prevent "action on a bill, no matter how strong may be the sentiment in its favor. A WAR-TIME SENATOR. It Is very rarely that a Senator of the United States serves his state and his country so well that thirty-five years after his death a day is set apart by the Senate for the delivery of eulogiums to his memory. But that is what happened Sunday, April 19, when the Senate sat for the pur pose of hearing eulogies of Zachariah Chandler, who for more ithan twenty years was a member of the Senate from Michigan. This Sabbath session of the Senate and the remarks delivered were called forth by the presentation to the Government by Michigan of a statue of Senator Chandler which now occupies a pla in the old hall of - the House o' Representatives where each state Is, or will be, rep resented by the statues of two of its former citizens who serve with the greatest distinction m the Senate or House. Those who knew Mr. Chandler, as well as those whose activities were contemporaneous with his brilliant days in the Senate, are aware that he was one of the great figures of the country Just prior to, during and for a number of years after the Civil War. He was one of the prominent men present at the convention at Jackson, in his own state, which nominated Abraham Lincoln for President. This was in 1859. and Mr. Chandler had at that time been a Senator for two years. He became a close personal friend of Mr, Lincoln. So close was this friendship, and so well was it known, that many of the remarks made by Mr. Chandler on the floor of the Senate were supposed at the time to be inspired by President Lincoln. Perhaps they were. It Is certain that the President could have selected no better mouthpiece than the great Sen ator from Michigan. Many people remember Zachariah Chandler only as the fighting chairs man of the Republican National Com mittee which seated Hayes. Some of these look upon his name as one sa cred merely to partisan politics. But if you will go to Michigan you will find that there never was a better or more universally beloved man in that state. He built up a large mercan tile business, accumulated a great fortune and thousands " and thou sands of his friends and descendants of his friends will tell you that he started more young men in business and put more young men in other ways on the road to fortune than any half dozen men who ever lived in that state, before or since. In private life he was one of the most loveable of men; in business his Integrity never had to be questioned, his character for probity and indus try stood out as 'a shining light; in politics he was such a thorough be liever in the Union as to make him hated by every laggard in the cause of the Union. No indictment can be brought against him. And in proof thereof his statue stands in the "Hall of Fame," as one who performed his whole duty and did it well. Dr. Katherine Davis, the New Tork Commissioner of Correction, and Dis trict Attorney Cropsey had an argu ment recently in which they disagreed about the honor system, but agreed about work to prevent children from becoming criminals. Dr. Davis fa vored the honor system, but Mr. Crop sey insisted that many prisoners had no sense of honor. Our own Gover nor must have discovered that fact by this time. A confirmed criminal's honor is deadened and he regards an appeal to it as a joke. The atrophied sense must be reawakened before it can be trusted. , The American Army and Navy are giving Vera Cruz a lesson in good government which may bear fruit in the future.- That city is probably bet ter governed than many cities in the United States, where the boss and the ward politician are supreme. But when Uncle Sam's soldiers and sailors go abroad they put on their "com pany manners," for they "are guar dians of the Nation's good name. , It is plain to see that Ashland is ambitious to become a resort. Those mineral springs which are to be piped into the city betray the secret of her aspirations. With a climate like Eden, fruit of unparalleled savor and charming scenery, why should not Ashland attract lovers of health and beauty? We know of no place in the world where we should like better to live. An adverse report on a bachelor tax. has been made by a Massachu setts legislative committee. When the spinsters get votes there may be a different tale to tell, but if male bachelors should be taxed, why not also bachelor maids? Governor West, in calling Chief Clark an ugly name, suggests that the Chief may have satisfaction by call ing at the executive office. In pass ing, it might be well to note that West is barely 40, while Chief Clark is wejl past 60. Having been a newspaper man (and a good one) early in life. Municipal Judge Stevenson has the work habit, and when he tells the Mayor and Commissioners he. needs an assistant there can be no question of the neces sity. , The smartest criminal always has a weak spot in his getaway. Captain Griffith was too sure and was caught. The lesson is of little value, however, for every lawbreaker thinks his sys tem is perfect. Japanese cruisers are headed this way on a friendly mission. And not even the yellow perilists see anything dangerous in it. Japan has convinced us all of her friendship. The Mexican commander reported American battleships to be firing on West Coast cities. It must be that some of those Mexican leaders are using the needle. The observance at Champoeg to morrow serves to remind a busy and bustling people of the men who gave Oregon a place on the map of the United States. Mexican clergymen have been in structed to pray against Invasion of Mexican territory. The crafty Huerta is trying desperately to rally his di vided people. "A' legal chaos, buttressed with shapeless masses of digest and in dexes," is John Bassett Moore's defl njtion of American law. Upton Sinclair is a cheap martyr, staying in jail for three days rather than pay a fine of 13. It is cheap ad vertising, anyway. When the elephant is nursing a sore foot the Jungle must perforce sympathize. Mr. Taft will receive general condolence. But why didn't the peacemakers busy themselves before the shores at Vera Cruz were drenched in Ameri can blood T- The womenfolk are doing nobly in registering, and by the same token will be effective at the primaries. If anything comes of mediation, Bryan and Barrett may have to fight a duel over title to the credit. It takes the advent of American civilization to open up such pestholes as the prison at Vera Cruz. Rebels announce that they will confiscate no more property in Mex ico. Must have it all. A skirmish in Colorado Is more de structive than a general engagement in Mexico. Few will object seriously if Upton Sinclair succeeds in starving himself. Seize this last opportunity to reg ister. Burnish up the old straw hat today. FORMER MEMBER SCORES I. M W. I He Believes He Would Now Be Criminal Had He Stayed In Organisation. PORTLAND, April 30. (To the Edl-tor- About one year ago I Joined the L W. W. in Seattle. They talked of striking. Well, I joined them. They said we would get eight hours a day and $3 the smallest wage. It sounded good to a man that had been working 10 and 11 hours a day at pay from S2 to $2.60 a day. So we I. W. w. went on strike in June. All the members are supposed to wear the button and have their pockets full of L W. W. liter ature. They made some of us do picket duty. I never could understand what good it did. Well. I got arrested one day the first time in my life. I always was a law abiding citizen. Well, the Judge gave me 30 days. I got out in a few days. I con't know why they let us go. The I. TV. W. claim they compelled the au thorities to do it. Well, I found out what kind of a bunch of bums and ho boes I got Into. The words "I won't work" fit that bunch just right. Why, say, I couldn't get even a Job anymore. I would ask a boss for work, he would look at me, then see the button on my coat. I was driven off sometimes cursed at. Well. I have quit that gang. I came to Portland. Now I have a steady Job and 1 will stick to It. I actually be lieve I would be behind the bars, a criminal, if I had stayed in that L W. W. I found out lots of their tactics to injure the boss. It's too vile and dirty to be In print. They don't care any thing for the flag or the church or God. They say "to hell with the lawB or the United States." Well, they are pretty near all broken up, and it's a good thing. They are a Disgrace to our great country and civ ilization. I feel sorry for some of thi members. They were rood, honest fel lows, but will be criminals if they stick witn that gang long. I heard them on the street a few nights ago. They told the people nut to go to war in Mexico. Now. I think a citlzeji of the United States a traitor to his country if he should refuse to light when called upon. Please publish this to let the honest people know what T have escaped. ANDREW F. JONES. GEXEALOGr FASCIWATINU STUDY Contributor Wishes Attention Might Be Gives It In Colleges. PORTLAND. April 30. (To the Ed itor.) While the noble and worthy study of genealogy has been almost wholly Ignored and overlooked In our generation, and on this Western hem isphere especially, it is worthy of note that of recent times some Elijah spirit has become manifest and people are slowly but surely beginning to fulfill .prophecies. The study of genealogy is as old as Adam, as old. therefore, as the race. We are given the exact descent of the early families in Genesis, while Moses wrote a book to establish the lines of oescent Irom the 12 aons of Jacob. With the Hebrews, the preparation of genealogies was one of the classic arts and employed the finest talent among the people. They were exceedingly particular about descent and tribal re lations. The Levitical priesthood, af ter the days of Moses, was held only by those of proven descent. A man's word could not be accepted when there 'were no genealogies recorded to sub stantiate that declaration. The keeping of genealogies has been extant to a greater or less degree in every land and at every period of his tory. Yet none understood the reason for this careful preservation of lines of descent save the chosen seed of Abraham, who doubtless learned ' by revelation and tradition the vital sig nificance and value of this labor. The double genealogy of the Savior given by Matthew and Luke forms the long est and most remarkable chain of gen ealogy in the world. It establishes that Jesus, son of Mary, was born in direct descent from David, Moses and Adam. In Europe and Asia we find gene alogical societies of long standing and. since 1830, several societies have been formed in the United States for gene alogical endeavors. These societies have for their object the establishment of genealogical libraries, publishing of parish records and the preparation and printing of books and periodicals on the subject. The oldest one in this country is the New England Historic Orenealoglcal Society, with headquar ters in Boston. . , My fondest hobby is genealogy, and for many years I have ridden it in season and out of ason with ever increasing love and pleasure. I sin cerely wish that our supervisors of university and college education. would allow space in these ' institutions of learning for this one more chair, gene alogy. J. C. WESTERGARD. Part of Madison Not Dedicated. PORTLAND, April 30. (To the Edi tor.) When I first came to Portland one could walk on Madison street from Tenth to Eleventh. About 1903 the Burrell estate threw a fence across the walk and now I see they have fenced up the whole end of the street parallel with Tenth street Last week I saw where the city had to pay $3600 for a atrip on Mill, between Sixteenth and Chapman. I would like to know if the property owners have any right to fence this street .in and how much the city will have to pay when Madison street is put through? TAXPAYER. Investigation of the records at the City Hall shows that the strip referred to, extending westerly from Madison street, between Tenth and Eleventh street, never has "been and is not now dedicated as a street. Therefore It is private property and the. owners are within their rights in erecting a fence. At one time, it is said, there was a foot path through the strip, but it wag not an established walk. The city to get the strip for street purposes would have to resort to the usual street ex tension proceedings involving the creation of an , assessment district. Property benefited by the extension would pay the cost of acquiring the ground. The price, to be paid would be determined by legal proceedings. In the Mill-street case the same condl tions prevailed, the strip which the city seeks to buy for $3600 being pri vate property. Had it been dedicated at any time as a street the city would not have had to buy it. The Farm Boy's Creed Good! Washington (D. C.) Post. In every schoolhouae in Prince Ed ward County, Virginia, a placard con taining a creed for the American coun try boy and dedicated to the Boys' Corn Club of Virginia has been posted. It reads: I believe that the country which God made is mora beautiful than the city which man made; that life out of doors and in touch with the earth is the nat ural life of man. I believe that work with nature is more inspiring than work with the most intricate ma chlnery. I believe that the dignity of labor de pends not on what you do, but how you do it; that opportunity comes to a boy on the farm as often as to the boy in the city; that life is larger and freer and happier on the farm than in the town; that my success depends not upon my location, but upon myself; not upon my dreams, but upon what I actually do; not upon luck, but upon pluck. I believe in working when you work and In playing when you plav, and in giving and demanding a square deaj In every act of life. TYPHOID WIPED OCT IN CE.VTRAXIA W asking-torn Official Reports no New Caaea for Two Months. SEATTLE, Wash., April 29. (To the Editor.) Recently I have been review ing the Central la typhoid epidemic with a view to getting all the data in re gard to this entire unfortunate occur rence authoritatively adjusted. Inci dental to thisT have written all the medical profession in Centralla and several other persons from whom in formation could be obtained, asking ir tney could not supplement In any way the reports of the health authori ties. This inquiry has only tended to corroborate the official reports, which go to indicate that the epidemic was checked aa suddenly as it began, and that there have been remarkably few secondary or contact cases up to the present time that have resulted from the epidemic. At the same time I am informed by several of the people in Centralia that many of the towns tributary to Centralia the public are still under the Impression that there is a large amount of typhoid still In Centralia. and, as a consequence, that Centralia, la suffer ing an undeserved handicap by these erroneous reports being circulated. I am very positive from the direct correspondence that I have had with the practicing physicians and personal visits that have been made by repre sentatives of this board to Centralia that the official reports are absolutely correct In regard to the prevalence of typhoid fever for Lewis County. These reports show that In November last there were 50 cases In the city of Cen tralia. that In December there were 275 cases, in January 37 cases, in Febru ary three cases and in March no cases. No cases have been reported to this office for April. The final official re port for the month of April is not yet in, but I am quite positive that had any cases occurred they would have been mentioned by the attending phy sicians, as I have received letters from practically all practitioners In Cen tralla within the past week. Furthermore, the examination of the water supply now being furnished Centralia. which is being carried out by the laboratory of the State Board of Health two or three times each week, shows that since the Installation of the sterilizing apparatus it has suc cessfully killed all dangerous germs. In addition to this, the city haa. through Its engineering and health de partments, been carrying out a very careful sanitary clean-UD camnalcrn. with special attention to the elimina tion of Insanitary vaults and insistence upon connection to sewers in the sew ered district, with special attention also to vault toilets outside the sew ered district to -make sure that they are neither contaminating the wells nor aerving aa breeding places for flies. Because of all these facts. I feel Ins tifled in asserting very positively that not only are there no typhoid fever cases in Centralia at present, but, fur thermore, that better precautions are being carried out today to see that the possiouity or typhoid infection is re duced to a minimum than ever before In the history of the community. Such -being the facts. I feel that it would only be Just to the city of Cen tralla to give the facta as they now are a reasonaDie degree of publicity. EUGENE R. KELLET, State Health Commissioner. BELACTIFLL R1CKREALU Leaping down the mountains. In glad, wild glee. To greet the blue deep of The moon-mad sea; Lashing and splashing in Nature's chaotic strife. Purling and Jwlrllng like A joyous thing of life; Laughing and mocking, oh! A merry friend, indeed. Singing and sighing through The waving, grassy mead: Kissing the silver moon When painted bright I , On thy limpid bosom In the calm night: Winding through the Valley, Like a monster wild vine. Frfhged with green woods where The honeysuckles twine. O, beautiful Queen of Willamette Valley streams. Thou mystic enchantress Of my boyhood's strange dreams! Rusing down the ages. Eons long ago. Slushing through Cambrian fens, . Melting the snow; Carving thy rugged path. Through sandstone, drift and loam. O'er, the Pleocene plain Where great wild herds roamed. Ere human thought came -to Improve nature's rude plan. And make earth a fitting Habitation for man; Thy voices were singing The glad, proud lay. That conquering man was Coming some day. On thy shady, green sward One brilliant Summer moon, A dusky, coy maiden Hummed a wild love tune; A gallant warrior bold Came at her low, sweet call. And he christened thee "Beautiful Rlckreall." Sparkling in the twilight. Sportive and free. Splashing like a fountain On the green lea; Rippling o'er the pebbles. Pouring o'er foaming falls. And hailing the forest Songsters with loud love calls; Rushing through the gorges. Resting in limpid pools. And twirling In eddies Where the speckled trout schools; Saluting the snow peaks. In the dim blue. Shouting nature's gladness All the year through. Rlckreall. Rlckreall. "Swiftly flowing water," Thy Indian synonym Stamped on nature's altar! Flow on, beautiful stream. Through the ages flow on; Time can neither mar nor Scar thee, flow on, flow on! J. T. FORD. Dallas, Or.. April 26. Knockers' Club Needed. PORTLAND, April 30. (To the Ed itor.) I was very much Interested in the address of W. W. Cotton, delivered before the Rotary Club, and the article about it' that appeared in The Orego nlan April 29. He said that the great trouble Is that we are not sore enough; we indulge in a little pessimistic talk, and are so complaisant that we sub mit to more freak" legislation than any other people in the world. Isn't Mr. Cotton an able-bodied man with, I am sure, more than the aver age amount of brains? Why does he aubmit to these things? Why doesn't he act? I mean-act, with a capital "A." Talk is cheap we need more men in this community who will actually do something to right these wrongs. The trouble in Portland and all. of Oregon is that nearly everybody waits for somebody else to do something. It Is up to Mr. Cotton to form hia "knock ers' club" and start the ball rolling. ANOTHER KNOCKER. Maaagrlnar n Literary Hnaband. Exchange. 'Does your husband read a great deal?" "He tries to. but whenever he takes up a book, I can usually find something I want him to do." The Tj pewriter Angel's Star." Texas Coyote. "Excuse mo: can I speak to your typewriter a moment?" "You cannot, she's engaged." "That's all right; I'm the fellow she's engaged to." Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of May 1. 1SS9. New York. April SO. The centennial of Washington's inauguration was cel ebrated today by President Harrison with services In St. Paul's Episcopal Church, a military parade, addresses by Chauncey M. LVpew and the Presi dent and a banquet at the Metropolitan Opera House. Rev. Mr. Shields, of Joseph, will move this week to Seilwood to take chars of the Presbyterian Church. At last the Sellwood ferry is a set tled fact. Half the capital stock is subscribed and the shareholders have elected the following officers: Presi dent, George L. Read: secretary, Mr. Cummins; treasurer, Mr. Alexander. It is the intention to purchase the ferry boat belonging to Captain Adair, of Astoria. Alexander Mackey. attorney of the liquidation of the Oregonian Railway Company, has returned from a trip of Inspection over the lines. A grand panorama of Alaska will be given by George M. Weister. In Cal vary Presbyterian Church this evening. C. E. Michener reports four of the elevators along the lines of the O. R. & N. Company completed. Mrs. Captain J. C. Apperson was thrown from her buggy at Oregon City yesterday and severely injured. Charles De Burgh will erect a livery stable on N street. East Portland, on the west side of the building now used by Morgan & Ross and the Willamette Bridge Railway Company. The East Portland Water Company has appointed S. Stuart and Frank Vaughn to represent the company In the commission appointed by the City Council. The Washington centennial was cel ebrated yesterday In Portland with a military and civic parade: exercises at th Tabernacle at which Governor Pen noyer presided and Honorable M. P. Deady delivered the address: a banquet at" Fretmann's by tho Board of Trade, at which Donald Macleay presided and Governor Pennoyer. General John Gib bon, Judge Deady. Mr. Scott, of The Or. egoulan: Judge Williams. General Ka pua. Colonel Beebe, of the First Regi-' ment. O. N. G.: Colonel Lee and Major Sumner. U. S. A; Colonel McCraken and others spoke. The Exposition building of the In dustrial Fair Association was opened yesterday under the auspices of the First Regiment, O. N. with an ex hibition drill, promenade concert and grand ball. MASTS OF LATTICF.D Tt BI XG Tall Honaen for nature-Kinder on a Vnlted States Battleship. Kansas City Star. A smudge of smoke on the horizon, then two skeleton towers of steel lat tice work Just above tho skyline. A battleship! A Unites states bat tleship! Why? Because United States battle ships are the only ones that have masts of latticed steel tubing towers that look as If they were meant to train Crimson Rambler rosea and 100 or more feet high. Fighting tops are obeeleta in the United States Navy. The men who oc cupy the nests at tho top of the masts nowadays are unarmed. Their sole use fulness to the ship consists in finding the range for the gunners down below. The towers are made of the latticed steel, so they will remain upright, al though riddled with shots from an enemy's ship. Shells may pass through the network of tubing until every strand Is severed, and still the tower win stand. The old style steel masts, with a sin gle support, could be cut in two and sent crashing to the deck with a single shot from the enemy's gun. The new masts are used as wireless towers and for searchlights and signal platforms, aa well as for range finding. The range finders, usually three men. pass canvas -belts around themselves in action. - Otherwise they might be thrown far aboard by some sudden lurch. The top of the "waste basket' mast is like the lower end of a clock pendulum when It comes to swaying. The ship leans over just a foot or two maybe, the mast six or a dozen feet. When the guns are firing below, the concussion sets the steel tubes vibrat ing like a suspension bridge with a crowd crossing. Sometimes the vibra tion s so strong that the range finders can't work. Then the guns are stilled for a minute. t Some Teatnres for Sunday: MR. D00LEY Peter Finley Dunne Brings Him Back to Earth to Discuss the Mili tary Career and the Troubles at Water.-- , On righting Men. I full page of photographs show ing different phases of campaign ing as it is conducted by American soldiers in -wartime. These are graphic action pictures and of es pecial interest at this time. Latin America and the Canal Just what the bis ditch will do for our sister republics is. told by John Barrett. Modern Woman She is dissected and Conningsby Dawson, author, who includes the things in women men. When Royalty A full page in colors sonages that have United States and on garian Queen will be discussed by the English a chapter on that attract Comes on royal pcr- visited the how-the Bul received and entertained. The Mated Rubies A story of love and adventure, by Mulloy Finnegan. Flying to the Pole. Admiral Peary tells how this jour ney will be accomplished ere long by dariilg aeronauts. Master of Dancing. The story of Ni-jinsky, greatest of dancers, who is a big man with the strength and build of a Sandow. Peace in the World. Just what makes for international amity is discussed by THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Character Analysis. The concluding installment of Mrs. Hall's handwriting series. . Scores of Other Features Order early of your news dealer. 1