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PORTLAND, TVESDAY, MAY 19, 1914.
WHAT CAN THE MEDIATORS UO?
Now that mediation in Mexico Is
about actually to begin, it is timely
to consider what the mediators have
undertaken to do and what are their
prospects of success. Their' mandate
waa originally to adjustthe dispute
about the Tampico fiug incident be
tween the United States and Huerta.
If they had confined their activities
to this incident and if .their decision
were that Huerta had already made
sufficient amends to us, would Pres
ident Wilson recall our warships and
troops from Vera Cruz and resume
his attitude of watchful waiting? If
the mediators decided that a salute
was necessary to salve our wounded
dignity and if Huerta gave it, would
the President withdraw our forces?
What sort of figure should we cut
before the world in either event?
Should we not resemble the "grand
old King of France, who had 10,000
men and who marched them up a
great, high hill and marched them
down again"?
Perhaps, fortunately for us, the
mediators have saved us from pre
senting this ridiculous spectacle by
undertaking to discover a plan for
the general pacification of Mexico,
but there is risk that even then we
shall still be made ridiculous. The
parties .between whom the A B ' C
powers1 are mediating are the United
States and the Huerta government.
But Huerta is losing ground so rap
idly that he may soon have no voice
in deciding the future of Mexico; he
may soon have no guns or ammuni
- tion with which to fire a salute
should he be called upon to fire one.
Carranza and Villa have positively
refused to have anything to do with
mediation. While Mr. Wilson has
been striving to eliminate Huerta by
means of diplomacy. Villa has been
working to the same end by the more
effective force of arms and with bril
liant success. There is strong prob
ability, that before the mediators
complete their leisurely deliberation,
if Huerta has not voluntarily with
drawn, he will have been eliminated
by Villa, Mexico City will be in Villa's
, hands and the mediators will be ar
ranging the future of Mexico with a
;man whom Mexico has cast out. If
their talked-of commission should at
tempt to establish a government, it
may be informed with charming
frankness by Carranza and Villa that
they rule Mexico and consider them
selves quite competent to do so with
out foreign interference.
We are under certain obligations to
Villa which we cannot ignore, al
though he was already under obliga
tions to us. But for our diplomatic
hostility to Huerta, our influence
against his obtaining money with
which to fight Villa and our lifting
of the embargo on arms. Villa could
not have won the victories he has.
Our expedition to Vera Cruz was has
tened in order to prevent a "German
steamer from landing arms for
Huerta and was therefore an aid to
Villa. Bandit though he has been
and unlettered though he is. Villa saw
how much he owed to us and he re-
turned the favor. When Huerta
' sought to inflame Mexican patriotism
against the gringo invaders Villa
'; might have joined him with an army
i of 50,000 victorious troops and given
I us a very interesting time at Vera
; Cruz. Instead, he drowned the flame
of patriotism which Carranza lighted
! by denouncing the invaders and
' warned tire Mexicans not to fall into
j the trap set by "the drunken little
I brute, Huerta." He has proclaimed
: his friendship and admiration for
Americans and has proved it by res
; cuing our consuls and refugees from
; the federals and by aiding their es
i cape across the border. He has In
, vited Americans to return to the ter
', ritory he has conquered and to re
i Biurie their occupations, and has
. pledged them protection. He has
abandoned his bandit methods of
warfare except as to execution of
, federal officers, whom he despairs of
! reconciling to his party. This prac
! tice is barbarous and finds a parallel
i only in the guillotining of aristocrats
by the French during the reign of
; terror, but it agrees with Mexican
. customs.
' If, as seems probable. Villa should
capture Mexico City and should be
; come the mailed hand which executes
' Carranza's decrees, what standing
1 would any commission of pacificators
; named by the mediators have? The
custom of such bodies is to arrange
' a coalition government drawn from
' the two contending parties or com
' posed of men who have been neutral
i in the struggle. But the triumphant
, constitutionalists" would say they had
1 won control by force and would yield
! it only when driven out by the same
, means by -which they had driven out
Huerta. The mediators would then
be compelled to choose between with
drawal from the field and giving a
, mandate to some outside power to
enforce their decrees with an army.
After all his protestations of good
will to Mexico, Mr. Wilson could
hardly accept a mandate to force
upon that country a government
which would be considered of foreign
origin and to depose a government
which had gained power by the only
i means hitherto efficacious in Mexico,
f If he did. the government he set up
! would last about as long after the
American troops withdrew as that of
Maximilian lasted after the French
withdrew.
The best promise of a happy out
rome for the United States rests in
the disposition of Villa himself. He
trusts the United "States and distrusts
the ABC powers, as the following
interview published in the New Tork
World shows:
While I sm hoping that these mediations
mill to throueh to success, et I do not
wish to see th control of affairs go out
of the hands of the United State, which is
big enough, broad, enough, and powerful
enough to be patient and tolerant of us in
our troubles.
I would hate to see those three powerful
South-American countries gain too strong
a hold on my country, for that would not be
for our good. I know them, and they are
like some people in my country who io not
always do as they say.
My first wish would be that President
Wilson handle this whole affair alone, for
1 believe he is honest and 'intelligent
enough to know what is right and to do it.
Should Huerta withdraw, as now
seems probable, his delegates to the
mediation conference would still rep
resent the defeated Cientifico element
and would be powerless to bind any
but that element. Any attempt at
compromise between the factions
would fail, for between them there is
an irreconcilable conflict. The war
is a social, class war between the men
who carved up Mexico among them
selves or sold it to foreigners and the
men who would divide the land
among the masses. How can such a
dispute be compromised?
A IKM ANiI FOK ECONOMY.
What is uppermost in the minds of
the people in the matter of state
affairs is clearly indicated by the
nominations for the Legislature. The
candidate who was pledged to reduce
the expenses of state government and
plainly expressed his pledge in his
ballot slogan had a distinct advantage
over his silent opponent. The Leg
islature in 1915 will convene in Salem
with the avowed intent above all
things to promote retrenchment.
There is broad room for retrench
ment without sacrifice of efficiency.
Work is now duplicated in some par
ticulars; in others new heads of de
partments with large clerical and
field forces have been created -when
the duties could be performed by oth
er departments. Whenever a new of
fice or commission is created more or
less of a sinecure is provided for some
political ornament. The deputies and"
the clerks and the field employes do
the real work. Combination and cen
tralization will be the watchwords
and moderate appropriations the leg
islative motto.
The Oregonian does not ascribe the
election results to a penurious spirit
among the electors. There is prob
ably little in state activities that the
public would be willing to give up.
But it is believed with reason that the
public is charged' more for the
benefits it receives than it ought to
be. A businesslike administration is
what Is needed. That a businesslike
administration will be elected is not
a guess but a certainty.
FAVORITE SONS.
The fact that Dr. C. J. Smith car
ried Pendleton, his former home, and
Umatilla County, of which Pendleton
is the political center and commer
cial metropolis, by a large vote Is
held by his friends to be gratifying
proof that where he is best known
there he Is strongest. The Oregonian
has no purpose now to lake issue
with this little bit of personal or sec
tional argument, for the campaign is
young, and the public mind is just
now ready for other things. But it
is well enough to use the Umatilla
situation as a text for some remarks
on candidates in their own homes.
Dr. Smith made a fine showing.
with a total of 1056, upon the indi
cated returns . up to date, or more
than three to one over Mr. Bennett,
who had 314, and 101 for the other
candidates. Dr. Smith has about 70
per cent of the aggregate Democratic
vote in Umatilla.
In Wasco County his chief com
petitor, Mr., Bennett, reversed more
or less completely the Umatilla
status by getting 576 votes, against
208. for Dr. Smith, or 294 for the
combined opposition. Mr. Bennett
thus had about 65 per cent of the
total Wasco vote.
Now let us cast our eye on Multno
mah County, where dwells an hon
ored son, Mr. Gus Moser, who, it is
not forgotten, and will not soon be,
was a candidate for the Republican
nomination. Early in the late un
pleasantness a certain Smith news
paper organ made the blunder -of
sneering at Mr. Moser, With -what
result? Although there were three
other Multnomah candidates for the
Governorship, Mr. Moser swept the
county against his seven competitors,
receiving 8484 votes, against 54o6 for
his nearest rival, and 936 for the low
est. In percentages the shoeing is
about 25 per cent of the total, but as
evidence of Mr. Moser's running
qualities the achievement is re
markable.
Over in Clackamas County, an
other favorite son. Grant B. Dimick,
was decidedly in the running. He
got 1485, against 531 for the next
highest candidate, which proves that
his neighbors think highly of Mr.
Dimick.
But the crown must be given to
Benton County and Its candidate.
Corvallis has long been the home of
Dr. James Withycombe. Last Friday
Benton county rolled up for him a
total of 902 votes, against 107 for
the nearest candidate (nearly nine to
one), and 233 for all others. The
proportion for Dr. Withycombe is 80
per cent. And the returns are not
II in. They have no doubts about
Dr. Withycombe in Benton County.
Meanwhile we have "waited in vain
for a proclamation from Salem, tes'
tifying to the gratification of Gov
ernor West that he and his political
cabinet had succeeded in making the
Residuary Legatee the Democratic
candidate. What is the matter?
REJOICE A I. WAY.
Dr. Corby's gospel of cheerfulness
has both sacred and scientific author
ity back of it. He mentions 800 places
in the Bible where "we are com
manded to rejoice and be glad." Per
haps the most comforting of them all
Ls the Savior's mandate to "take no
thought for the morrow." Most peo
ple lose their cheerfulness fretting
over imaginary evils which may pos-
siblv happen in the future. Very-
wen. Let them happen. They will
not be mitigated by everlasting worry.
On the contrary they will be made a
great deal worse.
Worry taxes what little strength we
have and unfits us to bear actual
troubles when they come. On the
other -hand a cheerful frame of :n!nd
increases one's physical energy and
imparts the power to bear up under
calamity. But it is the scientific au
thority for cheerfulness, or gladness.
as Dr. Corby puts it. that will weigh
most heavily with some persons. Of
course everybody ought to accept the
teachings of the Scriptures as the
final word on every subject, but un
happily there are some who do rot
and in order to persuade them of the
advantages of an undaunted smile
we must resort to science.
The skeptic will ask of what use it
is to smile when the heart is sad
He may even go so far as to declare
that smiHng in such circumstances is
a piece of pure hypocrisy and there
fore sinful. But let him pause and re-
fleet before passing such a bitter
judgment. William James and other
advanced modern philosophers have
taught us a lesson in regard to the
forced smile. It is not hypocritical in
the least because, although when the
smile begins it may portend no joy,
nevertheless before it vanishes it may
flood the soul with radiant bliss.
The scientific fact is that our phy
sical expressions tend to produce a
corresponding state of mind. If we
allow ourselves to scowl the heart
quickly grows angry. If we brush
away all signs of dark passions from
the countenance the soul presently
becomes serene. The smile creates
in the mind a reason for smiling.
Thus Dr. Corby's philosophy not only
has the sanction of Scripture but it
is also supported by scientific fact.
MARION AND CLACKAMAS ROADS.
Friday the electors of Marion and
Clackamas .Counties voted on meas
ures which, if passed, -would have al
lowed the County Commissioners of
those counties to issue and sell
5 per cent bonds for the purpose of
raising money to "construct perma
nent highways" in those counties.
In both counties the vote against
the bonds was very large and for
them very small in Marion the lat
est available returns show more than
two-thirds of the voters cast their
ballots against the measure. There
fore the electors of those counties
have registered their verdict against
permanent roads under a bonding
system. As there seems to be no other
way immediately open to secure bet
ter roads, the people of those coun
ties will apparently go on with the
old system of spending large sums
each year in patching roads instead
of building roads.
It was shown by facts and figures
in both of these counties that a tax
of less than a dollar a year on each
thousand dollars assessed valuation
would pay the interest on the bonds
and create a sinking fund sufficient
to retire them at the end of . twenty
years, and that the tax levy of the
last few years would not only do this.
but provide enough money to build
and keep in repair many outlying
roads which now receive practically
no attention..
It was also shown in Marion Coun
ty that, under the bonding measure,
less than one-third of the tax would
fall upon -the farmers, whereas they
now pay practically all of it all ex
cept .what little is taken from the
general fund. In other words, had
the farmers of Marlon stood by the
measure with unanimity the business
interests would have footed two
thirds of the bills for about a hun
dred miles, of good road.
But the farmers were quite gener
ally against the measure and the
Granges were also arrayed against it.
Yet the State Grange first started the
bonding campaign. At the general
election in 1912 there was a measure
voted upon, which was submitted by
the State Grange. This measure pro
vided for a' State Highway Commis
sioner and also for the issuing of
bonds by the various counties in
practically the same way as the Leg
islature a few months later provided.
Both of these bills were lost, the for
mer by a vote of 49699 to 56,713 and
the latter 23,872 to. 38,846.
In their argument Messrs. Spence,
Leedy, Shaw and Mason, of the
Grange committee, said: "These
bills are carefully drawn by the
Grange committee . . . and,, we
believe, if enacted into laws, will
benefit all. . . . Business , man
and farmer, producer and consumer,
vote for these Grange measures, for
you, one and all, ,are interested in the
development of the state that can
never be accomplished without the
construction of good. permanent
roads."
It is perhaps too late to do any
thing in Marion or Clackamas Coun
ties. The voters of those counties
have placed themselves on record.
But there will be other counties
no doubt where like measures will
come up and it will" do the voters of
those counties, particularly the farm
ers, no harm to consider how the
funds are raised under the bonding
act; also to consider the arguments
advanced by the State Grange in 1912.
JAPAN'S REAL ATTITl;lE.
There has been a remarkable sub
sidence of talk about Japanese en
mity to the United States since the
Mexican troubles entered their latest
phases. Wre hear no more of Japan
ese sale of arms and ammunition to
Huerta, or of possible Japanese aid to
him in case open war should break
out between the United States and
Mexico. The conviction has become
fixed in the American mind that
Japan would not fight us if she could,
and the manufacturers of war scares,
finding that their alarms made no
impression, have been silenced.
The belief in Japan's peaceful dis
position is held not only by stay-at-home
Americans, but by those who,
through long residence in Japan and
through intimate acquaintance with
Japan's leading men, are best quali
fied to express an opinion. - Such a
man is Rev. Dr. Benninghoff, a pro
fessor in the great Wasseda Univer
sity at Tokio, who is now on a visit
to this country. He Is an intimate
personal friend of the Prime Minister
and of other Japanese statesmen and
knows personally about 1000 students
in the most advanced educational in
stitutions of the empire. He knows
the spoken as well as the written lan
guage of Japan so well that he is at
ease with his students' families and
he wields immense influence among
the 8000 students of Wasseda.
In an address at Valparaiso, Ind.,
Dr. Benninghoff explained the real
attitude of Japan towards the United
States. He said the Japanese do not
talk or think of war with, the United
States, and their newspapers never
suggest it. Japan has had two costly
wars which have put, her a billion
dollars in debt, and has not enough
cash on hand to keep an army In the
field twenty days. She could not go
to war without borrowing money, and
he asked: "What country would
lend money to Japan for the purpose
of furthering war with America?"
Japan knows that Russia does not ad
mit the recent -war was a final settle
ment, but is preparing for another
trial of strength by planting settlers,
Increasing garrisons and establishing
supply -bases in Eastern Siberia that
she may be right on tiie spot, not 2000
miles away, when the next clash
comes. Japan buys 75 per cent of her
raw material from the United States
and sells us more than twice as much
as to all the rest of the world. Said
Dr. Benninghoff:
She Is keen to "establish and to develop
industries and Is hardly likely to shut her
self off from her chief source of supply
and from her best customer.
There are also sentimental consid
erations. Since Commodore Perry
opened Japan, to the world, she "has
been under the particular and friend- 1
ly guidance of the best Americanism,
many Japanese statesmen are gradu
ates of American collges, and many
Americans have taught in Japan."
The doctor said: "The good fellow
ship has been mutual. All Japan
feels this and all 'America should."
Of the Japanese feeling as to ex
clusion from the United States, he
said: --
-TTnfortunately. one state dislikes Asiatics,
and on this account the United States Gov
ernment, has discriminated against the Jap
anese, putting them below the Huna and
Poles and Lithuanians, all of whom come
In freely. The Japanese are sensitive, and
in view of their history and their recent
achievements in science, in art and In
diplomacy and military affairs. believe
they should not rank below the Huns.
To find out why the Government In
-Washington ranks Japan low, a commis
sion came to this country and spent months
studying conditions. The members reported
reoently, and the result is that the Japan
ese are "taking their medicine" and are
doing much to bring themselves to the
highest plane of integrity and of spiritual
development.
The Japanese may underestimate
tjie strength of the objection to their
Immigration, growing out of racial
differences which cannot be obliter
ated, but we cannot but applaud their
efforts to remove what they imagine
to be the causes of this, objection. The
idea of regarding with hostility a na
tion which so studiously seeks our
friendship and good opinion in spite
of many slights is repugnant to the
best instincts of Americans.
There is genuine truth in the argu
ment that the free public market will
encourage small farmers to diversify
their products. The reason is simple.
They can sell what they raise and get
cash for it. This applies to all farm
ers within driving distance of Port
land but not to those farther away.
For them the great hope is the parcel
post, which will do for all sections of
the state what the market does for
the vicinity of Portland.
The free dental clinic for school
children has now been, held on Satur
day mornings in the City Hall, for
four years. Hundreds of children
hUve been treated and countless mis
eries relieved. The clinic inflicts no
loss on the dentists because very few
attend it who could afford other
treatment. It saves the teeth of the
very poor and thereby improves their
health. It is a truly sane and scien
tific public service.
The Federal Government has ap
plied the laboratory principle to road
building with happy results. The
work is superintended by- Dr. Logan
Waller Page, who has constructed
twelve miles of model road near
Washington, using all sorts of mate
rials and illustrating all the approved
methods. A visitor who inspects Dr.
Pasre's exhibit can hardlv heln re
ceiving a quantity of sound and badly
needed instruction.
The persons who are showering ac
cusing postal cards in the younger
Rockefeller's direction, no doubt,
mean to wound his feelings, but the
chances are that they will fail. The
young man may or may not have feel
ings which are vulnerable, but the
cards will never reach him. They
will be fended off by an array of sec
retaries, who read all his ordinary
mail and burn what he ought not to
see.
There Is joy over the Underwood
tariff in Bradford, the wool center of
England. Exports from that city to
the United States last March showed
an Increase of 280 per cent over
March, 1913. The Bradford Trade
Record says: "The new tariff has
worked wonders in the Bradford
trade." So it has in the Oregon
trade, but not precisely the same
kind of wonders.
An ordinance will not be needed to
regulate the prices at the public mar
ket. If they rule too high, the pro
ducer will fail to sell; but if, on the
other hand, he "cuts" too much he
will be "stung."
Same old elephants, same old lions,
same old clowns and same old Buf
falo vBill (himself) in the parade;
and to carry to a logical conclusion,
the same old boys of all ages
watched it.
An eclipse of the sun is scheduled
for August. And one of both the sun
and moon will be noted by Oregon
Democrats early In November.
While politics has engrossed all at
tention, the Willamette has been at
tending to business and will soon be
flooding the Front-street cellars.
Professor Taft thinks mediation
will fail. That is assured. But the
Administration has pinned its faith
in a partnership with Villa.
Dr. "Withycombe got nearly all the
votes In his home district. Which is
the most eloquent testimonial that
could be paid.
One losing candidate went to the
extreme of killing himself. The ma
jority, however, restrained .them
selves. Here's an opportunity for John
Barrett as mediator. A Boston bar
keeper is a claimant to the throne of
Siam.
Tomorrow the mediators will take
up the trifling problem of making
humpty-dumpty stand again.
Pacification of all Mexico is the
hope of ihe mediators. What brand
do they smoke?
Uneasy lies the head that's been
feasting at the Democratic pie-counter
in Oregon.
The "kiss-me-quick" curl -will be
the rage this year. Sort of a female
S. O. S.
The .general weather office
this will be a stormless week,
shall see.
says
We
And this time there are no political
soreheads at least not in the Repub
lican fold.
These candidates for5 Queen are get
ting their first lessons in practical
politics.
Lean years are In prospect for. lo
cal Democrats.
It's all over now but the shouting
in November. .
Nobody any more asks, "What's the
score?"
The Rose Festival then vacation.
They've got Huerta tesigning again.
FROM A SOCIALIST-SPECULATOR, j
Mr. Barx.ee Tells Abont the Land He Is
Holding Out of Vac
PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Ed
itor.) Betwixt the Heppner Gazette
Times, which must stand for Morrow
County resources; The Oregonian, which
is looking for a Socialist-single-tax
mares nest, and a citizen's demand for
a fair rate of assessment, I have been
muchly advertised as a kicker in the
matter of taxation. Thia Is exactly
the opposite from the truth, which this
letter will explain.
Instead, of single tax applying to
this land assessment, exactly the op
posite is the case. My holdings are
improved. Because 1 plowed the land
and tried to farm it, I am taxed on
improved land; while my neighbor, ad
joining, leaves his land in the wild
state bunch trass and gets off with
from one-third to one-half of the taxes
I have to pay because I. supposedly,
improved the land.. Had I not plowed
and improved I should have the bene
fit of unimproved land rating. This is
exactly the opposite from the single
tax "George" theory.
Now the facts in this case are these.
Some of my neighbors' land Is farmed
and enough rye or other hay some
times grain can be raised to feed a
bunch of stock that is ranged just
north of this land on the irrigation re
serve covering 15 miles between my
Place and the Columbia River. These
people make their living from the
range and not from the farm. Another
man adjoining this land farmed him
Belf so deeply into debt that he may
never be able to pay out and was
forced to abandon his own land and
new rents in another section of the
county. Other land, still farther south,
lying in a better district, 1s being
farmed by some careful Swedish far
mers, and they make a living, in a
way. The whole belt in the location
of this particular land has been prac
tically abandoned. -
With a fair rating I would not ob
ject to the taxes assessed against this
land. I deny the accusation of being a
"deserter" in theory or practice of the
Socialist philosophy or that of single
or land tax. Moreover, I profess to
know how to farm and will take my
hat off to no one. Also I will meet
any editor on even space on any one
of these three questions.
I asked of the Morrow County offi
cers a fair assessment, and if the group
in this section of land-owners will
stand by me, we might show the offi
cials of that county the justice of our
Claim. c. W. BARZEE.
According to Mr. Barzee, his land has
been plowed, but as he does not dis
pute the Times-Gazette, we presume it
is now Idle and, as -the newspaper says,
grown up to noxious weeds. Perhaps
it is taxed aa improvable, instead of
improved, land, and therefore given
the same rating as improved land ad
joining. This is the single tax meth
od. But if this theory be disputed by
Mr. Barzee, how about the Socialist
idea of land taxation?. Mr. Bar-ee's
party stands for "the appropriation by
taxation of the annual rental value of
all lan,d held for speculation or exploit
ation" in cases where collective own
ership of land is Impracticable.
Mr. Barzee is letting the land lie
idle. He continues to own it. Is he
not a speculator? If measured by his
own Socialist ideas of justice, the
taxes on his land ought to be higher
than the land of others, because he is
a speculator. (
Socialists and slngletaxers are down
on the land speculator. Mr. Barzee is
all three. He ought to cease being
one or the other or quit Equealing
when hit as a speculator. Moreover,
his case shows that the land specula
tor can be reached with taxation with
out establishing either socialism or
single tax.
MUNICIPAL PAVING PLANT AGAIN
Idea Defeated Recently nt Polls Re
vived by Mr. Gordon.
PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Edi
tor.) The City of Portland has a pop
ulation of about 250.000 people, and is
considered an up-to-date metropolitan
city. We have miles of hard-surfaced
pavements of all kinds, also over 100
miles of macadam and gravel pave
ments. These macadam pavements
have been solidified by travel, and
have been constructed in the best man
ner by competent road engineers.
It has been demonstrated that with
a little repairing to bring them to a
proper contour, and then applying a
heavy coat of heavy asphaltic oil,
heated and then forced into the pave
ment while hot penetrates the road
metal, and when a coating or layer
of rock chips or pea-size gravel is
placed over the oil and then thor
oughly rolled it allays all dust, and the
experience of the, city officials who
have tried this method recommend it
highly and state that a second coat
of this hot asphaltic oil put over the
first one adds several years to the
life of the roadway. The cost of this
method of treating old macadam roads
has been 6 to 8 cents a yard per coat
An extra coating of hot asphaltic oil
and chips every two years keeps the
pavement in condition Indefinitely.
The cost to the property owner would
be about $6 per 50-foot lot per coat.
and a hard-surface pavement has
been obtained, which is cheaper than
the present cost of watering. When
main traveled roads have been badly
raveled on account of not being kept
in good repair, another method high
ly recommended by city and county
engineers in all parts of the country
is to scarify or loosen up the macadam
to a depth not exceeding three inches,
level up an uneven places, then ap
ply a surface coating of crushed rock
or crushed gravel (the run of the
crusher, with some finer added),
which has been heated' and mixed with
a neated and specially prepared as
phaltic paving mixture. It is then
placed on the roadway and thoroughly
rolled until a monolithic surface is
vbtained.
The Union and Standard Oil com
panies furnish these specially pre
pared mixtures to suit the conditions
and requirements of the city officials.
A city paving plant is the only solu
tion to the paving situation, and the
city should adopt their own method of
taking care of street improvements.
Hot paving mixers can be obtained in
the market for 2500 that will pave
a city block in one day. Boost for city
paving plant.
GEORGE W. GORDON.
When Church Notices Appear.
WINLOCH, Wash.. May 17. (To the
Editor.) Coming in on a train from
Los Angeles I purchased a copy of
The Oregonian, expecting the Satur
day edition to give notices of church
services. I find no such column and
nothing to indicate that Portland has
any cnurches, except a display ad
vertisement of the First Congrega
tional. Why? J. F. M'CLELLAN.
Church notices are not published
Saturday because they are published
Sunday.
Second Choice Good Thing.
PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Edi
tor.) Permit me .to express my ap
preciation of your editorial for a sec
ond-choice expression of the primaries.
That would make me more satisfied
to register once again as a Republican.
A second-choice candidate like Dr.
Withycombe can create in me as much
enthusiasm as my first choice of
either Geer or Brownell, but neither
of whom would today be a second
choice. Here's hoping Withycombe
has been nominated by the Republic
ans and so strengthened tne party.
OSCAR W. WETTERBORG.
CONFESSION OF . SIN TO MOTHER
Pastor Replies to Remorseful Girl Who
Seeks Advice.
PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Ed
itor.) I am in receipt of a letter of 900
words which for sufficient reasons the
writer did not sign. The author of the
letter has a troubled conscience, and
comes to myself for advice, with the
request that I reply to her in The Ore
gonian. She says:
I am a young woman. 22 years of age.
who has had a little experience that rests
so heavily on my mind that I must tell
some one. The reason I have selected you
is that I know you sre a parent, and hav
ing heard one or two of your sermons I
feel your sincerity, and that you are a good,
true servant of God. I am highly respected.
I have parents, and suppose you wonder
hy I do not go to them instead of your
self. I wsnt the advice first of a student
of the word of God. I think no one In the
world has a dearer, better, nobler mother
and father than I. I love my mother better
than tongue can tell, and for this reason i
do not want to make her heart heavy
burdened for my mistakes and short
comings.
This young woman goes on to ex
plain that she was led into sin by i
woman who was a mother, and w-hom
she for that reason trusted, being
young only 15 years of age. "She told
me of a vicious practice and argued
that all people did those things," says
mis young woman, and goes on to men
tion other arguments and make other
statements which are most astounding.
Further along she says: "Dear mother
puts all the faith in the world in me,
and always has. She has reason to
now, for I stay constantly with her,
for I feel the world is full of such
people, and there is no safer person in
tne wiae world than mother."
'Again she says: "God knows my
heart was naturaly a clean one, com
ine; from clean parents." And "God
knows my b,eart is a penitent one. If 1
do not get comfort some way I shall
go insane.
Following this and much more which
shows the penitence and sorrow of this
young woman, and which is a revela
tion of how she, in her childish inno
cence, was sinned against, and which
we are giving thus fully as a warning
to parents ana to the young, particu
larly young girls, the letter in question
continues as follows: "I want, you to
advise me whether or not to go to
mother with my heart. I have spent
hours and hours in prayer and prayer
ful thought. I have tossed on a bed of
mental agony night after night. Would
mother still love me, if I told her, the
same as ever? Dear, beloved mother!
For her sake I never would want to do
anything wrong, and would never, if
some one had not forced their debased
Ideas upon me. Should I carry this
burden through life? Shall I - tell
mother?"
The answer: Tou need not and
should not carry this burden through
life. Of course the sin will leave its
scar in your memory, to say the least.
i ou believe in God, and as you say,
you have tried to "make it right with
him. ou are deeply penitent. You
believe that Christ is the son of God
and your savior. Now it was Christ
who said, "Whosoever confesseth me
before man. him will I confess before
the father in heaven." What you need
most of all and what you must have,
if you would cast your burden upon
the Lord, Is to have Christ own you
and confess you unto the father. But
this he will not do until you have con
fessed him before man. Give your heart
to God. Trust him. Talk it over with
him,( not as if you felt him angry with
you, but as a " dear loving savior, one
who is every ready to forgive a Binner,
no matter how deep into &in he has
fallen, provided he will come to him
with a broken and contrite heart, and
with a fully surrendered life.
Having prayed it out with God in
this manner, and conquered by his
help, all opposition, go to some minis
ter of the gospel in whom you have
confidence and tell him you wish to
confess Christ before man. and obey
his precious gospel. For Paul tells
that "the gospel is the power of God
unto salvation, to everyone that be
lieveth." And Paul evidently meant
that the faith must be strong enough
to impel obedience. Conversion, com
plete conversion,and nothing short of
conversion will enable you to roll this
buraen off your heart and keep it off,
enabling the leve and light of heaven
to enter your heart and life.
Having given God first place by
first squaring my life with him.
wuld then consider the matter of
talkfng it over with mother. If your
mother is the good and noble mother
you say she is, 'hen 1 advise you to
tell her by all means, unless it chances
that she is in delicate health for any
reason, and more especially a nervous
strain, or on the verge of a nervous
breakdown.
In this latter case it will not be
necessary nor even best to add the
slightest extra burden to her already
overloaded condition. It will be th
part of wisdom and graciousness on
your part to save her from anything
that might worry her all the more be
cause of her delicate condition.
But, barring ill-health on the part
of your mother, tell her all about it.
If you tell her the story you tell in
this letter to me, she will not, I assure
you, think the less of you. She will
love you just as dearly, more, dearly,
no doubt, than ever before in her life,
The Lord bless you and lead you in
the way everlasting is my pravper.
REV. SAMUEL HAWKINS,
Pastor Central Christian Church
W o wonder if Mr. Hawkins, on fur
ther reflection, will not admit that in
tone, if not in intent, he has magnified
as has this young woman, the enormity
of a sin committed by a child of 15,
in Ignorance and under undue influ
ence.
Still, we have no fault to find with
his advice. If the mother is as sensible
as she ought to be she will realize
that part of the responsibility for th
sin rests upon her for not having giv
en her daughter plain information, in
struction and warning. It would be a
strange mother indeed whose affection
for a daughter would be altered by
confession of a mistake of childhood
or who could not find practical words
to comfort an exaggerated remorse.
OIL ON ROADS IS BADLY NEEDED
Rural Highways Deteriorated Rapidly,
Saya Contributor.
PORTLAND. May 18. (To the Edi
tor.) I have had It in my mind for
some weeks to call attention to th
fact that by neglecting to apply heav
crude oil to many miles of what are
still excellent county roads between
this city and Troutdale. Gresham and
other points in that direction, great
damage is daily resulting.
During the past month or two I have
made several trips over these roads,
and unless it has been done in th
past few days no oil has been applied
this Spring. I am sure that I am
safe in stating that damage to the ex
tent of hundreds of dollars is daily
resulting from this neglect. Withou
doubt this oil will be applied in time,
but the damage is daily becoming more
serious. I cannot understand the de
lay. If this oil Is much longer with
held, roads that were very fine las
Fall and this Spring will, in a short
time, be practically ruined. Anyone
can readily see that the surface is rap
idly being thrown into the air and
onto the adjoining rieias oy tne Heavy
auto traffic, exposing the heavier and
sharper stones and ruining the sur
face of the highway.
We all know, or at least we thin
we do, the remedy; but why delay
the oiling when the money we put into
the roads is rapidly Deing wasted? Ca
it be that the throes of political bat
tie have interfered in this matter
Why this delay, gentlemen? Why al
low this great waste to go on for
weeks and months?
"GOOD ROADS."
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of May 19, 1889.
Eugene, Or, May 18. Mr. Taylor, the
mail carrier between Eugene and Flor-
nce, brings news of the safe arrival of
l of the crew of the wrecked KtAiimur
Alaskan.
Seattle. May IS. The came today be
tween Seattle and the Standards of
Portland resulted in a. victory for the
former by a score of 16 to 15.
New York. Mav IS. Vlllard sars ha
has 201,700 shares out of 400,000 of Ore
gon & Transcontinental stock. The
other party says he cannot possibly
vote that number of shares unless he
has Issued some of the remainder of the
10,000.000 of preferred stock In snito
of the injunction.
Oregon City. Mav. 18. This after
noon District Attorney McBride was
stabbed by Henry Smathers, a ranch
man living near Springwater.
The First Regiment. O. Nr G.. will co 1
into camp at Fort Canby about the mid
lde of July.
The Scandinavian citizens of Portland
last night celebrated the seventy-fifth
anniversary of their national independ
ence. Those on the programme were:
Kay's Orchestra. Endre Cederberg. Mr.
Borqutst, A. E. Johnson, Arthur Wilson.
Dr. Eisen.
Representatives of the banks of
Portland mt at the First National
Bank yesterday and took steps towards
the organization of a clearing-house.
There were present: G. E. Withlngton.
William Mackintosh, T. B. Wilcox, I.
L. Hawkins. J. T. Harlman, H. C. Strat
ton. D. F. Sherman, I. A. Macrum.
George Good, J. P. Marshall and Will
iam M. Ladd. Messrs. Mackintosh, Dur
ham, Macrum, Withington. Good, Sher
man and Wilcox were made a commit
tee to formulate a plan.
Rev. Father Leo Lebas died yester
day at St. Vincent's Hospital, aged 82
years. He was one of the very earliest
Catholic missionaries on the Pacific
Coast.
The line of the Willamette Bridge
Railway Company has been completed
to the top of Mount Tabor and cars will
be running in a few days.
The City Council yesterday provided
for the election of a police commission
er at the city election on June 17.
The select committee of the Senate
on "Our Relations with Canada" arrived
last evening. The committee consists
of Senator and Mrs. Hoar, Senator and
Mrs. Hale and friend. Miss Stoughton.
and Senators Allison, Dolph and Pugh.
Senator and Mrs. Hoar and Senator
Dolph will be the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Dolph; Senator and Mrs. Hale
and Miss Stoughton of W. S. Ladd, and
Senators Allison and Pugh of Henry
Failing.
Half a Century ,Ago
From The Oregonian of May 19, 1864.
According to the Golden Age, the
interests of the infant territory
(Idaho) are not much regarded by
those who have been elected or ap
pointed. That paper, though it worked
earnestly to secure the election of
Colonel Wallace, is now exceedingly
bitter against him, and says: "Not a
Federal official within the confines of
this extended territory (except a sec
retary .who has lately returned a Com
missioner, and three or four little
postmasters); not a copy of the lavs
in the hands of an individual, except
the above secretary, nor any certain-
tv when they will be provided. Why is
all this?"
The following are the Union nomi
nations In Josephine County: 1-or
State Senator. J. V. R. Witt: for State
Assembly, S. R. Scott; Sheriff, r .
Floyd; Clerk, Silas Draper; Treasurer.
William Sawyer; Assessor. Willis
Alden; Commissioners, Isaac Thomp
son and Samuel Harkness; Superin
tendent of Common Schools. R. J.
Forbes; Surveyor, ' R. R. Middleworth;
Coroner, L. D. Hart.
San Francisco, May IS. About 11,100
votes were polled in this city yester
day, and the People's party elected all
their officers except three Supervisors.
In the Tenth district last night after
the election a disturbance occurred.
The mob overpowered the police, and
the provost guard came to the rescue
with drawn sabers and scattered the
crowd.
The sanitary meeting on Tuesday
evening at the Congregational Church
was a great success. There was some
excellent singing and the address of
Rev. Mr. Atkinson was eloquent and
patriotic. A collection in aid of the
work of the Sanitary Commission
amounted to over T00. Yesterday the
amount was increased by the dona
tions of citizens to $1100 and Ladd &
Tilton by a telegraphic order directed
their correspondent in New York to
pay that sum forthwith to the Commis
sion. Colonel John McCraken placed on
our table yesterday some luscious ami
magnificent strawberries of the Hovey
seedling variety, and cherries of the
early purple Glgne .variety.
R. R. Haines, superintendent of the
State Telegraph, has returned from
Puget Sound and will commence im
mediately a line from this city to
Olympia via Vancouver.
Captain Van Bergen has been pre
sented with two pairs of beau'iful
birds by the proprietors of the town
at Pumphrey's Landing on the Cow
litz River. They are of the Jay and
pigeon species.
The repairs to the planking of Front
street are only for temporary use and
before two seasons roll around we ex
pect to see an established grade, finely
paved, with all the proper foot cross
ings, take the place of the present di
lapidated thoroughfare.
As Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Corbett were
riding on the macadamized road yes
terday, the bridle bit broke in the
mouth of one of their horses, which
started to run, throwing them vio
lently from their carriage, but fortu
nately inflicting no injury.
The Democracy of Portland yester
day appointed the following delegates
to the county convention: North Port
land II. C. Leonard, J. W. Jordan, T.
J. Holmes, William Cree. A. L. Davis,
Ben L. Nordeu, Joseph Tucker, Lewis
Gill, William Sherlock, James Burke.
William P. Burke, Thomas G. Robin
son, J. G. Castle, E. Gallagher, Arthur
Fahie. J. G. Lisle. H. A. Gehr. D.
Wright. L. F. Mosher; South Portland
J. B. Stephens. A. D. Shelby. W. Beck,
Lansing Stout, M. O'Connor, L. I.
Protzman. F. G. Protzman, J. W. Sut
ton. P. Sinnott. A. M. Snyder, F. Gaten.
J. Blanchard, Levi Knott, M. Durk
helmer. M. Muscovitz, M. Schwartz, D.
W Dwyer J. McNamee. Curtis Palmer.
Joseph Bergman.
The Value of a
Manufactured Product
is not created by the claims of its
maker but by its merit.
You may be sure that a product
advertised regularly in the dally
newspapers must prove its value
by measuring up to Its advertised
merits.
A poor article cannot stand the
light of newspaper advertising.
Buy the products that are good
enough to be advertised. ,