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TIIK EXPANDING CHAUTAUQUA.
Chautauquas and Summer schools
ere all -the fashion this season In Ore
gon. From La Grande to Ashland the
lyceum lecturer, the forum philos
opher, the dramatic reader1, array
themselves In their full Intellectual
panoply and sally forth to charm and
enlighten the raptured multitudes.
The Chautauqua has restored the
lyceum to all the prldeful eminence It
enjoyed In the days of Emerson and
Thoreau. Most of the literary wor
thies of that day were enrolled In the
ranks of the peripatetics and readers
of their letters learn pitiful tales of
the privations they endured from slow
trains, cold hotels and Indigestible
dinners. Henry Ward Beecher was a
popular lyceum lecturer. The glory
of this career was already waning
when Colonel Robert Ingersoll took It
up as a sideline, but he more than
revived It pristine brilliancy. The
eloquent and impious Colonel was his
own lyceum and In the vigor of his
days he needed little advertising. It
was only necessary to let a town know
he was coming to expose the "Mis
takes of Moses" and everybody was on
hand to hear him, tnough not always
to believe him.
Nowadays the principal business of
the lyceums In the Summer months Is
to keep the countless Chautauquas
supplied with "talent." Big men and
little ones are on the string. Mr:
Bryan occasionally scandalizes us by
disporting himself on the Chautauqua
platform side by side with the ven
triloquist and the snake-charmer in
brotherly harmony. Senator La Fol
lette has used the Chautauqua during
recesses of Congress to propagate
some of his most effective ideas.
These semi-educational gatherings
are becoming more attractive to
statesmen with popular ambitions
every Summer. Of course this Is a
departure from the original Chautau
qua concept, which was scholastic ed
ucation pure and simple. The founder
of the Chautauqua made It a people's
college with strict requirements for
study and graduation and an austere
religious atmosphere. "Vaudeville,
sport and miscellaneous entertain
ment were not repulsive to him, we
may Imagine, but he did not empha
size them. His purpose was to bring
education to the people, especially to
those whose youthful ambitions had
been thwarted by untoward circum
stances. The modern Chautauqua does this
and a great deal more. Taking ac
count of the truth that man cannot
live by bread alone, it supplies his
appetite with a great variety of spices
and effervescent drinks. There are
still graduating classes at the various
Chautauquas. but we do not hear
much of them in comparison with the
baseball games and the lyceum speak
ers. Perhaps the most ', Important
work done at the gatherings goes on
inconspicuously in the little tents and
shacks where the college professors
meet their classes. Here history, lit
erature and science are pursued with
earnest intent and ambition is fired
to climb the height of fame. Here,
too, farmers' wives who have silently
studied all the year round in the se
clusion of their homes blossom
forth into graduates and win the
laurel which crowns their intellectual
strivings.
When it began the Chautauqua was
Just about the only educational agency
in the country that appealed to adults.
The colleges icily assumed that mar
ried women and bald-headed men
knew all that was good for them and
shut their doors in the face of every
body but blooming youth. AH that Is
different now. Nobody is too old -to
go to college and receive a warm wel
come from the blushing professors.
"We heard the other day of a man of
60 who is enrolled among the boys at
Eugene and every Winter the gray
beard farmers swarm to Corvallis
by the hundred. "It is never too
late to learn" has become the
motto of the age. The whole
Nation is going to school. We
should guess that in the race for pure
scholastic eminence the college Sum
mer schools would outrun the Chau
tauquas, but not in platform attrac
tions. There the leafy groves and the
breezy tents have all the advantage.
What a dream of bliss to camp for
two weeks by a purling rivulet with
blackbirds singing overhead and an
eloquent lecturer pouring forth phi
losophical and witty harmonies from
a neighboring platform! With all
their lighter attractions the Chau
tauquas resolutely maintain a solid
programme of intellectual work, and,
better still, they have never relaxed
an iota of their sound religious and
ethical aim. -
WHAT DO WE GATX BT ITT
The one industry which the Demo
crats promised to take care of in re
vising the tariff was farming. In
angling for farmers' votes they bait
ed their hook with the farmers' free
list and in angling for urban dwellers'
votes they used the free market bas
ket as bait They slurred over the
fact that whatever they gave to the
farmer they took from the manufac
turer and his workmen and that
whatever they gave to the consumer
in his free market basket they took
from the farmer. .
The farmer now has his free list
and the consumer is saving 2 cents
a pound on his butter In consequence
of New Zealand importations. A .de
cided check has been given to the
dairy industry of Oregon, and men
who contemplated engaging in it have
held off. Land does not sell as freely
or at as high a price, the demand for
all the commodities which would be
used or consumed on dairy farms Is
restricted and there is less employ
ment for labor In producing these
commodities and on the farm.
The question naturally arises: Has
anything been gained by this state or
by the United States through this sav
ing to the consumer in the price of
butter at the expense of the farmers'
profits? With more land improved,
more creameries built, more farmers
In the country to buy of the neighbor
ing towns and with more labor em
ployed, should we miss that extra
nickel in the price of a roll of butter
as much as we miss the prosperity
which flew away with the advent of
the Democratic party to power?
These are questions which both
farmers in the country and consumers
of farm products in the towns should
ponder. The chief consideration with
the voter this year is the eminently
practical one, how to revive general
prosperity. The Underwood tariff has
brought what we now see. It is hard
ly what we bargained for.
U8LNQ KANSAS.
Statistics are serviceable things.
Two years ago, when capital punish
ment was an Issue in Oregon, it was
observed that successive Governors in
Kansas had refused to sign death
warrants fof convicted murderers and
that the death penalty had in practice
been abolished. Yet Kansas had
fewer murders than any other state.
It was reasoned therefrom that the
death penalty tended to raise the
homicide rate.
But William Allen White, in the
current issue of the Saturday Even
ing post hsm the name statistics as
an argument for prohibition, for Kan
sas is dry. -' :
Two vears aco the ultra-human
itarians had it all their own way, for
prohibition was not an issue in Ore
gon. This year it is. Abolishment of
capital punishment has also been of-
BoBln (-it- rnnirlfra.tion of the
voters. Which element that opposed
to the liquor traffic or that opposed
to the death penalty- has exclusive
right to use Kansas as an argument?
Is there any basis on which the force
of the Kansas statistics can be divided
between the two?
-ctnt or the other would better seize
Kansas before the other gets it. De
lay may result in appropriation by
hnf ir-tn-the-land advocates of the
same figures to prove that a state
where rural activities preaominaie
and there are no large cities is freer
from crime than any other.
MUNICIPAL GOOD BREEDING.
Tun Korinus offenses against good
form have been severely dealt with by
City Commissioner Dleck. One culprit-
it annears. so far forgot the dig
nity of his position as clerk that he
appeared before Mr. DlecK in negligee
onstnma for no better reason than that
the weather was hot. The other of
fender neglected to shave himself ana
appeared at his desk with a stubbly
htrant. o-rnwth on his face. These
grave derelictions might have escaped
another man, but not the exacting
ty nwir Ha acted promptly ana
sharply and when he had finished ten
big, black demerits stooa against me
record of each offender.
Thi. nrnmnt and effective treat
ment of the matter probably put a
complete stop to what mignt nave
grown into a serious state of affairs.
Such transgressions are . contagious
and contaminating and might have
reached such a stage that any cfty
.nniv. nrmilri have felt free to re
move his coat when the thermometer
was hovering around the so mar.
Some might have gone to the extreme
of rolling up their sleeves under the
false belief that they could do their
work better when not hindered by
the uncomfortable warmth of exces
sive apparel.
It is a reform that snouia oe uai
f0riinr insufficient dignity is
felt by many minor city employes.
There should be a more rigid adher
ence to the rules of polite society ana
......tinn w see no reason why
Mr. Dieck shouldn't compel his sub
ordinates to observe those suDiieues
j ,.( nf cr.nflpmanlv conduct
nu uitcucB o -
that are followed in, say, diplomatic
circles. From 8 o'clock unta noon
the city force should appear in smart
4 Biiita During the am-
UlViui... - -
pie Interval for luncheon the attire
should be changed to conventional
frock coat and top hat. If any of the
employes are required to carry their
labors into the evening msj-.iiuuu.u,
of course, appear in evening dress.
The same rules should prevail for
women employes.
Thus the full dignity oi me greai
City of Portland would be fully up
held. Mr. Dleck has entered upon a
wide new field of endeavor and
opportunity.
SHOESTRING LITIGATION.
Txn.. nncuHhi nrcuse there can be
for an expenditure of more public
money to test titles to w&ieurum
nroperty in Portland, as is now pro
1 t .v. - r-( f t fnmmission. is be-
puseu uy j - -
yond the ordinary comprehension.
Dnrt nf Portland attempted to
appropriate to public use without
compensation certain w.i.c
Th Drfvate claimants
took the question to the Supreme
Court and wltmn recent iuu""
definite and conclusive opinion was
handed down confirming title in the
private holders. At the close of its
decision the Supreme Court summar
izes as follows:
The acta of 1874 and 187U wera a valid
axeVcTse of th. legislative will and "t.d
and confirmed the title of the state to the
tide and overflowed land upon said rivers
(Willamette. Coquille. Coos and tmpqua)
to the upland owner.. The Plaint'" t Pa
cific Milling & Elevator Company) hasauc
ceeded to the title which the state formerly
nad in the lot. described The title is sub
jS to the paramount right of navigation
existing- in the public and subject to such
readable regulation as the etaxe through
ita municipality may prescribe. To allow this
property to be taken for publlo use with
out Just compensation would work a great
Injustice and do violence to the constitution
of Oregon. The restriction, upon the state
conveying land subjaoent to the waters of
navlrable rivers ahould. we think, generally
speaking, apply to landa under navigable
rivers, or below ordinary low water mark, or
the bed proper of a river as distinguished
from ita banks or shore aa In the Chicago
waterfront case.
. The Supreme Court has thus clear
ly disposed of question as to the title
of the Portland waterfront between
high and low water. It belongs to
the owners of the upland. Their title,
however. Is subject to the rights of
navigation and to publlo regula
tion. Below the low water mark the
state cannot alienate its title. But
the state has granted a wharfing right
below low water. This apparently can
be revoked If the people deem it wise.
A measure providing for such revoca
tion Is before the people for vote in
November. But the state cannot re
voke the title it has had the power to
grant and has granted to lands above
low water mark.
It is indicated by the decision that
the state through the municipality
has the right to regulate the use of
the shore land to which its title has
Vitton granted. Public ownership Is
therefore not necessary to reasonable
regulation or control. The terminal
committee, for whose benefit the pro
posed legislation is proposed, has
therefore had laid down a plain
course of action. It may devise such
rules and regulations for public use
and access as It may believe reason
able. If the property-owners deem
the regulations unreasonable, let them
commence the litigation. The only
thing lacking is a ruling as to what is
a reasonable regulation of the water
front. It has been clearly established that
while title to the shore lands Is held
In private Ownership, such lands can
not be so used and monopolized as to
interfere with certain public rights, If
the state elects to assert them.
THE COLONEL ON THE FENCE.
Of all men, Colonel Roosevelt cuts
the most ungraceful figure when
seated on the political fence, but that
is where he is seated now. The stana
pat Progressives of New York are
trying to persuade him to jump down
on their side and run for Governor.
The standpat Progressives of other
states plead with him not to confine
his activities to New York, but to go
into all the states and help them to
stay the tide which sets so Btrongly
towards the Republican party that It
may reduce their own to a mere rem
nant of an army. The Colonel has
hitherto refused to jump down on the
New York side and has expressed a
determination to take the other siae,
but all the time he has cast wistful
eyes on the growing Republican host
in the next field. ie pernaps wumu
fain perform the acrobatic feat of
walking along the top rail and Jump
ing into the Republican field, were It
not that he would thus be thrown into
the company of those detestable fel
lows, Barnes 'and Penrose. The Colo
noi'a nntiir.il inclination is not to sit
on a fence or to walk along ,lt, but
to vault over It, and he shows visible
signs of discomfort.
He hears discordant cries irom ine
crowd. He is called upon from one
quarter to. take the Progressive nomi
notinn tnr Governor, which he can
have for the asking, and to strive for
union of progressive KepuDiicans ana
.rn.:iliii Djmnerats with his own
simon-pure Progressives, with a capi
tal P, for the overtnrow oi me mu-
boss system. He has expressed a wil
lingness to make such a fight and to
make his appeal to tne elements meu-
tlrtnarf nut not an a candidate. That
seems 'to be the meaning of his allu
sion to "all right-minded people,
that is, people who think as the Colo
nel thinks. From the distance comes
a shrill call from W. R. Hearst to the
Colonel to make the race and to sup
port Mr. Hearst for Senator against
Elihu Root in consideration of the aid
of the Independent guerilla band. Mr.
Hearst's motive is a desire both for
the office and for revenge on the man
who declared him morally responsible
for the' assassination of McKinley.
But how can the Colonel heed these
overtures, since it was at his own
urgent request that Mr. Root made
the offending speech? Alsb New
York has a direct primary law, un
nViioh th 'Renubllcan and Demo
cratic nominees would have the moral
prestige of being tne iree cnoico ux
their parties, not the dictated choice
of the boss. The progressive voters
of the two old parties might then ad
here to their party nominees In
other words, they might prove not to
be "right-thinking." That would not
leave enough "right-thinking' voters
to elect the Colonel, for only about
110,000 are enrolled as Progressives.
The Colonel's prestige would be so
damaged by such a defeat that his
chances of nomination for President
in 1916 by any party would be utterly
ruined. Hence, perhaps, his reluc
tance to tump down on the New York
side of the fence. . '
As to the other side of the fence.
Colonel Roosevelt would gladly deal
some blows at the Wilson Adminis
tration, which has stamped as evu nis
foreign policy and has appropriated
much of his domestic policy, but what
wmiM h the effect? Political forces
are forming into two camps the
Democracy and the opposition, ine
i.- i. m-ninir. with a dally growing
approach to unanimity, to the Re
publican party as tne most e"Kuv
instrument of Democratic defeat. Any
blows the Colonel may land on the
n.mnnrfixr nHii under these circum
stances, make votes for the Republi
cans, not for his own party. If in
speaking for Gifford Plnchot in Penn
sylvania he should turn tne peopw
o,in r(m orracv. they will be dis-
(a.QCM..k, -
posed to turn to his pet aversion, Sen
ator Penrose, as tne ioe oi
tt-Vi n Vina the best chance of win
ning, rather than to Mr. Pinchot,
whose party has shrunk in two years
from 444,889 to 48,253 vdtes. What
ever he may say against Mr. Penrose,
whose election now seems assureu,
hii nnh orM fnres to the blow at his
own prestige. As in Pennsylvania, so
It is in other states, wnere um jtiu
gresslve party is dwindling awav and
where the people are turning to the
Republican party for deliverance from
Democratic depression and incom
petence. The political signs point to Repub
lican success in November more cer
tainly as the day of election draws
nearer. The reaction which almost
invariably comes at a mid-term elec-
.i.hv Democratic blunders
abroad and by discontent born of de
pression at home, jfresiaeni vvum
u them for he is reported to
have given as . reason' for forcing
through so many party measuiea at
..Minn ifa ripslra to clear the
way for nonpartisan legislation at fu
ture sessions. As aissaiisiac-uun
grown, the disposition of Republicans
to turn to Colonel Roosevelt for lead
ership has given place to increasing
confidence that they can win without
wi o ovnn in Hnite of his oppo
sition. If the Colonel were to unite
his forces with them at tne present
time, he would be received with no
such enthusiasm as would have greet
ed him a few months ago. As Colonel
George -Harvey says in the North
American Review, in an able, satirical
analysis of Colonel's Roosevelt's posi
tion, It is "a plague o' both your
houses," reefrring to Democrats and
Progressives.
In this state of the public mind,
what Is the Colonel to do? ' If he
makes a last effort to keep his party
alive, and puts up a Congressional
ticket in each district, the effect can
only be to increase the chances of a
small Democratic majority in the next
House, which would be more manage
able than the present unwieldy ma
jority, and thus to prolong Demo
cratic misrule. The diminutive Pro
gressive party in the House would still
probably be eliminated. On the other
hand, if the Colonel leaves the Re
publicans and, Democrats to fight it
out alone, unhampered by a third
tinirat i-o. nHii aA thosn who eDurned
and reviled him in 1912, will increase
their ability to dispense with him and
will risk the rise of some new leader
who may ride into the Presidency on
a popular wave in 1916.
No wonder the Colonel sits on the
fence and thinks.
' What is the use of housing city
employes in a chastely ornamented
building as long as they go about in
slovenly attitre, unshaven and un
shorn? It is idle to talk about a "city
beautiful" while municipal servants
make scarecrows of themselves. - We
commend Commissioner Dieck's ef
forts to secure a calm and classlo pose
in his employes, but we think he does
not go far enough. Why not make a
beautiful form a prerequisite to em
ployment, giving twenty merits for a
Grecian nose, thirty for hyacinthine
locks and so on down the line?
Senator Clark, of Arkansas, is ac
tuated by the best of motives in build
ing a model town for the men who
work in bis copper mines. It is a
charming thing to give wholesome
surroundings to the poor fellows and
provide a fine school for their chil
dren. But the scheme will fail like
every other of the kind. The fly In
the ointment is Senator Clark's de
clared purpose "to run the town to
suit himself." Experience shows that
you cannot heap enough material
comfort upon an American citizen to
buy his self-activity.
Dr. Charles H. Keene, of Minne
apolis, fears that sex instruction
"would lose its sacredness" if It were
made as much a matter of school rou
tine as spelling and geography. Per
haps it would. But inasmuch as this
"sacredness" attaches to the knowl
edge gained from vicious servants,
vile schoolmates and suggestive pic
tures, it might be sacrificed without
many tears. It seems as if instruc
tion given by a competent, clean-
tMchAP nne-ht to be at least
as "sacred" as that coming from these
venerable and revered sources.
According to European observers,
France is on the verge of a great
nt the nresent Chamber of
Deputies not a ninth of the members
are genuine conservatives, xne ri
are all revolutionaries of one hue or
another. There is a malignant cam
paign on to drive President Poincalre
out of office. His successor would be
. ..dinii anfl Franca would see lively
times should the campaign succeed.
, a 1 nlll rm rtVM
Russia ana ngmua,
said to be aghast at the outlook.
To a woman who loves to talk as
. tit-., vmnnTlnn "Panlchurst
Weil tUS ivi.xa. aj limit""
the keenest pang experienced from
her repeated lmmuremeiius mu
due to the want of an audience. Talk
ing to soulless walls Is all very well
for a few days at a time, but kept up
forever it becomes wearisome. Hu
manity demands that those who im
prison born orators like Emmellne
shall provide some mechanism by
which they can reach the public ear
In spite of bolts and bars.
According to what Henry Ford told
the President, there is "absolutely
nothing wrong with business." Pos--11.1-
nnf fmm Hunrv's standpoint.
aiU I J 11UI av v
Those who were buying limousines a
few years ago are now comem io pa
tronize Henry's product.
Prosperity rapped at Portland
doors for admission yesterday. The
first car of Inland Empire's grain ar
rived two weeks ahead of normal sea
son, which means all will have the
monev early with which to buy
Christmas presents.
If you think Portland has not a
million population, look at the local
trolley system figures for the Fourth.
The lines carried 220,000 passengers
that, day and all will concede that
"everybody was out of town."
Funston has been cautioned by the
federal commander to avoid letting
onTM-nunh th federal lines
uua luc.i "'-. -
for fear of a clash. We imagine,
however, that the Greasers have had
about all the clashing with American
tro,opa they desire. t
Th Tiin-nnd-tuck race between
Judges M'Nary and Benson Is still on.
We hope the matter win oe saum--tn
oHiimrpd before the election
or expiration of the term of office
Intervene.
So Government officials have been
riding on passes. That is a bait cal
culated to catch even those who are
Inclined to be honest in ordinary
transactions.
Secretary Daniels has received the
check for $12,535,275.94 for the two
A.t-ir.an ho 1 1 ssh inn sold to Greece.
Half enough to pay Colombia's phoney
claim. -
a iwisiniirla.n fishing in Oregon
waters reports catching a huge trout
with his hands. Big trout are juai
that plentiful in some Oregon streams.
If the fool who didn't know it was
loaded could only hit the man who
rocks the boat, few would object to
his possession of firearms.
Improvement of the Columbia near
v.- ranaHlDn hrri1er ran wait. What
Is needed is a good stage of river from
the Clearwater down.
A Cottage Grove hen laid an egg
the size of an ostrich egg. Nature Is
doine her best to counteract the ef
fects of Democracy.
The wheat crop will reach close to
tha billion-dollar mark. And, of
course, the Democrats will attempt to
claim the credit. -
Villa is said to feed his soldiers
j .VBt- mi cf pccfn! battle.
caiiuy oiici v, . l . j -
Then they haven't been getting much
canay oi ia.io-
Returning vacationists have the
same old line of talk about the big
ones that ' broke the hook and got
away. '
A German aviator made a record of
about four miles high yesterday and
an auxiliary record of a safe descent
Costa Rica has been promised a
wad by Bryan. How much longer
will the Nation's money hold out?
Another Mexican crisis is about due.
Haven't had one now for nearly a
week.
And now they are grilling the
HIGH TUITION SERIOUS PROBLEM.
City School Poller Teads to Hold Back
Nearby Land Development.
PORTLAND, July 9. -(To the Edi
tor.) Portland Is the center of a rich
and fast-growing suburban community
all tributary to Portland not only in
asmuch as what residents raise going
to help set the tables of the city people
as well as their own, but in that every
thing they use either comes directly
from the business houses of Portland
or from the little stores along the ln
terurban lines, who buy their stock of
the wholesale merchants In the city.
It Is to the interest of Portland that
this urban community continues to
grow. In fact everything should be
done to encourage families either at
home or from a distance to make their
homes in some one of the rich garden
districts surrounding the city, rather
than crowd Into a home on a 40-foot
lot or in an apartment or tenement
house in the city.
But almost the first question that
now confronts the family man is the
school problem.- Usually the grammar
school Is fairly well provided for, but
as children reach the high school age
so many drop out for one reason or
another, that there are few compara
tively who can either spare the time or
have the ambition for a high school
training. For this reason there are
few of the urban or farming communi
ties that have sufficient numbers in a
given locality to warrant the expense
of maintaining a high school.
It has been conceded by those who
have made a study of this question
that our children make better citizens
if they are better trained and given
better mental equipment with which
to make their way in the world, and to
do this all over our land education in
the grammar school Is compulsory, and
high schools are provided for higher
training in every well-regulated com
munity. The states provide atlll higher edu
cation, by a state tax, universities,
normal schools and agricultural col
leges. All these institutions have been
established and maintained by the citi
zens for the training of their children,
so as to make better and more efficient
citizens, by a system of taxation and
not by a. direct charge to the individ
ual, and so far as I can see the only
ones who are barred from taking ad
vantage of this are the children' of
high school age living outside of a
high school district. From them tui
tion is exacted in addition to the
higher carfare the commuters always
have to pay. The extra carfare Is
something the commuter considers
when he locates, . but as a rule the
school question does not receive con
sideration till he is confronted with it,
or possibly to many it has been mis
represented at the time of purchase.
The School Board of Portland has
in the past been rather generous and
when a child showed that if the tuition
were insisted on he would have to give
up school or If he was earning his way
through school it was very often re
mitted. This privilege has doubtless
been abused.
In the last two or three years as
the high schools have become more
crowded and times have not been as
good as formerly and the taxpayers
have been pressed to their limit, it of
course is natural the School Board
would cast about for a place to cut
down expenses and It looks as if com
muters' children are the first to re
ceive the ax. The School Board in
.Portland district has now raised the
tuition for non-residents from $40 to
$80 per year. This is a calamity to the
suburban resident. Wouldn't it have
been better to hold off such radical
measures until a provision had been
made by the next Legislature whereby
the school district without a high
school should have to adjust its school
tax so to provide for high school edu
cation for all who wanted it and the
amount per capita paid to the school
district providing the education? The
education of our children is just as
much a part of running our govern
ment as any of the administrative of
fices at Washington or at our state
capital, and the expense should be
reckoned with and apportioned out so aa
to cover all the needs of the different
localities, and t should not be neces
sary for any Individual because of his
location to have to pay in addition to
taxes a tuition for what is free to
others as individuals. Neither should
it be for the individual to have to pay
tuition or plead poverty to avoid it,
nor should it be In the province of the
School Board to Inquire into people's
personal affairs, but this should all be
adjusted by the powers that be in
school matters.
'It is a matter that should not be left
to the decision of the majority of tax
payers In a suburban community,
either, for, should the ones who are op
posed to either the expense of a high
school In their community or to the
extra levy to provide for sending chil
dren to another district be numerically
the strongest, this would be voted
down and then those children living in
that community would not receive what
the country provides for her children
elsewhere, and it would thus be an in
justice to the young men and women so
situated.
The Portland school district includes
in its patrons all the children of for
eigners, whether naturalized or not; it
keeps a night school going for several
months of the year for adults who have
not an opportunity to go to day school;
it runs a Summer school for those
pupils who have either failed in some
of their studies during the regular
school term or where they wish to
make extra credits; all of which is
splendid; but, in view of the circum
stances, does it really not seem as im
portant to Include the suburban chil
dren of a limited district surrounding
Portland until the population of those
districts increases enough to support
a good and efficient high school T
,We are so apt to vote against the
thing that touches our purse, i. a., raises
our taxes, and in this way vote down a
good proposition that does not seem to
touch us personally, but which, if we
took the trouble to investigate thor
oughly, we would find that in the last
analysis, it is a matter that interests
every property owner and business
man in Portland, for. Just in proportion
as our rural districts are settled and
Improved by the people who take a
pride in bettering conditions, building
good homes, urging modern improve
ments and good roads, will the financial
and stable condition of Portland or any
other city be Improved.
ELSIE R. BATES.
POPULARITY WEARIES BERGSOTf
Philosopher Tries to Scare Away Ad
" mlrera With Abatrnae Lectarea.
Paris Cor. New York Sun.
Henri Bergson Is growing weary of
his popularity, which since his election
to the French Academy has Increased
so much that there is never even
standing room at his lectures at the
Sorbonne. Mr. Bergson, who lives a
solitary life in his Ivory Tower at
Auteuil, is bored by his fashionable
audiences, and by lecturing as
abstrusely as possible tries to frighten
them away. But it is no good.
The other afternoon a woman, whose
name is historic, and whose clothes are
the envy of Paris, went up to the phil
osopher at the close of a lecture on
the psychology of laughter. "Master,"
she said, "I do not know how to
thank you. You have made me think."
"Please accept my Blncerest apologies,
time, la Duchesse," said Bergson.
Star-Spangled Banner.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., July 5. (To
the Editor.) There has been much dis
cussion in our family as to which is
our National anthem, "The Star-Spangled
Banner" or "America." Kindly let
us know which Is right. H, S.
State Press and Politics
Are We CrasyT
La Grande Observer.
Lafferty says he expeote to be re
elected by the largest majority he has
ever received in Multnomah County.
Well. Multnomah County has done Just
as crazy things politically.
Everybody's Candidate.
La Grand Observer.
You notice no one Is betting that Dr.
Withycomb will not be elected Qov
nor. The doctor cannot be called the
candidate of any particular party. He
is truly a people's candidate.
Another Freak Bill.
Gresham Outlook.
An Initiative petition is being circu
lated in some parts of the state to
place upon the ballot In November the
question of abllshlng th State Senate.
Oregon has already lost much by
her freak legislation. Let us not give
support to any such piece of un-American
legislation as this on.
That Lafferty Outrage.
Brownsville Times.
Under th workings of the direct
primary law we now have the spectacle
of Congressman Lafferty running for
Congress in the Third district as an
Independent Defeated in the primary
election for the Republian nomination,
it seems that his itch for office will
not down and he has determined to
make all the political trouble possible
and bring added discredit upon the di
rect primary. His excuse Is that he did
not have a fair deal at the hands of
the Portland newspapers, claiming that
he was grossly misrepresented and the
people were thereby miBled. On can
almost hear the manly breast of Con
gressman Lafferty heave with Its heavy
load of outraged virtue and honesty.
Majority for Wlthyeorabe.
Lebanon Criterion.
The assurance of Democratic support
for Dr. James Withycombe in the cam
paign for Governor is one of the rea
sons that Republicans have for be
lieving that they have selected the
right man at the right time. There is
no doubt of the fact that every element
of the Republican party Is satisfied
with his leadership and with the dis
satisfaction known to exist within the
ranks of the Democratic party over
the nomination of Dr. Smith, the Port
land prodigy, who gained the nomina
tion for Governor in that party through
the efforts of the present Governor in
his behalf, the chances are increasing
every day for a rousing Republican ma
jority, not plurality, for Dr. Withy
combe when the returns come in after
the shower of November 3.
Position la Enviable.
Eugene Guard.
Dr. James Withycombe is one candi
date who is In a position to be envied.
He has behind him the full strength of
a reunited party, and he has the hearty
friendship and support of all his late
opponents in the primary election.
There are no sore spots to be avoided
and no old wounds that hav not yet
healed over. He Is generally admitted
to be an estimable gentleman and a
man who Is fully acquainted with the
needs of the state. He Is calm and
sane and level-headed qualities In a
chief executive that the state stands In
special need of Just now.
His opponent Is in no auch envlabl
position. His party Is torn with dis
sension, and many of the men who
would normally be counted as his sup
porters are in open revolt against him.
The rivalries of th primary campaign
have been carried over and .will b
strongly apparent at th November
election. Personally. Dr. Smith Is
doubtless an amiable and pleasant gen
tleman, but he Is hampered in that he
Is the personal choice of a Governor
who baa specialized In three-ring cir
cus methods of government
There is certainly every reason to
believe that this is a Republican year
in Oregon.
PRESIDENT NOT PRACTICAL MATT.
Scholastic Bent and Lark of Experi
ence Account for Sllatakea.
COBURG, Or., July 9. (To the Ed
itor.) The policies of the present Ad
ministration recently criticised Sr be
ginning to b reviewed, with aom ahow
of results or effects evident. Suffi
cient time has elapsed to tell with
some prospect of a reasonable con
clusion what th success of the same
will be. To an old-timer or experi
enced politician it was reasonably plain
at the start what th results would
be. With an Inexperienced college pro
fessor in charge of affairs, hli mind
incllnedto theories in the main, many
of them worn as far as any fitness to
the occasion was concerned. It was
not a difficult guess at all. Th af
fairs of government, Ilk other affairs
of a practical nature or of business in
general, of wnicn tne government is
a nart and th most important Dull
ness to th people as a whole demands
a man of good practical sense to De in
charge of it.
Theorists may be good In their
places, but In the business of politics
or government the practical qualities
are demanded in the highest measure.
We admit Mr. Wilson In some respects
is a very Intelligent and brtght-witted
man, has a fluent tongue, but there is
not much evidence so far that n is
much more, than this. His qualities, I
believe, are mainly scholastic, be la
chiefly a pedagogue as to his real
Qualities. He has never had the train
ing or hard knocks In active politics
and legislative experience necessary to
a man of affairs, and hence some of
the mistakes, such as his curious and
sentimental handling of some prob
lems, including the Mexican problem,
his foolish and childish proposal in the
canal question, and the recent sense
less policy on the Colombian treaty
and woman suffrage.
J. L. DARSIE.
Boh Bnrdette's Birthday.
LAWRENCE. Kan., July . (To the
Editor.) Do not wait until your friend
Is dead and then heap flowers on hla
casket, trying to show other people
how you loved him, but give him kind
words add bouquets while he is yet
alive and can appreciate them.
Robert Jones Burdette, of Pasadena,
Cal., the pleasing writer, th Christian
humorist and effective minister of th
gospel, will be 70 years old this month.
We are asking every friend and ad
mirer, from Coast to Coast, to send him
a real or postcard bouquet, with birth
day greetings, some time during July,
and let us make it the happiest month
of his life, as he rounds out the allotted
time for man.
Physically Mr. Burdette is slowly de
clining, but growing stronger spirit
ually. JOHN CORBLY EVANS.
Pheasant Raising.
TROTJTDALE, Or., July 9. (To the
Editor.) I have found a nest of 16
eggs on the banks of the Sandy River.
They are about 1V4 Inches long and
one Inch wide They run into a kind
of point. I hatched them out. The
birds are a kind of reddish brown, with
yellowish stripes and yellow under
neath, and hav short bills. Pleas
tell what kind of birds these are and
what kind of food I should feed them,
as I expect to raise them if I can.
DAN BOURGEOIS.
The birds are probably pheasants.
Send 6 cents to the Fish and Game
Commission, Ealem, Or., for the June,
1914, number of the Oregon Sports
man. It contains an article on th care
and feeding of young pheasants.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From Th Oregonlan of July 10, 1119.
Tacoma, July t. Judg Allyn today
granted a nolle prosequi In th caa of
Sadie Brantnar against Ju1 James
Wickersham, thus ending th famous
case,
Salem, July $. Governor Pennoyer
today received a latter from John
Kelly, of Portland, who Is Oreron's
representative at th Paris eipoelilon.
Ban Francisco, July I. The Heatings
Law Collate has refused to admit Jap- ,
ancs students.
W. T. Burner, Register of th Oree-on
City Land Office, says that hereafter
no married woman will b allowed to
111 on timber land.
Daniel R. Murphy and Daniel J.
Kelly were elected delegataa from
Branch t. of th Young Men's Insti
tute to the grand council, to meet In
Oakland. Cal.. In September. William
J. Corcoran and Jamea bheehan wore
elected alternates.
J. G. Pyle, leading editorial writer
for th St. Paul Pioneer l'reea. la at
th Esmond with hla wlf.
Th contract for th ston work of
St. Patrick's Church, to be built at
Eighteenth and t atreeta, waa let yes
tcrday to Jamea Barrett for $11. HI.
The rough carpenter work waa let to
James Clancy for $4126.
Sheriff Kelly yesterday appointed
Charles E. Jloxle county Jailor.
Geortt S. Merrill and hla mother.
Mrs. IS. A. Merrill, arrived home yes
terday after an extended Eaatem trip.
The committee of IS has collected
$577.60 for the Ellensburg and $li(0 for
th Hailey fir auflerera.
B. Neustadter leaves this morning
for Nawport with hla wlf and aon.
Coroner A. P. D Lin left for Victoria
yesterday.
Dr. William Koehler will go to New
York thla evening to accompany his
son, George T. Koehler, M. DH on a
trip to Europe.
Th work of filling Couch Lak la
progressing favorably.
The Oregon Stat Horticultural So
ciety met yesterday. Dr. Cardwell In
the chair. A letter from It. D. Allen,
of Sllverton was read and Mr. Settle
mler, Mr. Clark. Dr. I'lummer and Fcth
Luelling took part In th discussion.
The Vancouver Fourth of July cele
bration netted $2478.86 fur th Johns
town flood sufferers.
Aa American Consul On the Jon.
Paris cor. New York Sun.
The latter sent by F. Van Dyn.
American Conaul at Lyons, to th
leading manufacturer of th district,
whloh mad th Matin wish that
French Consuls abroad would ahow an
quel interest In their country's com
merce, ran:
Would you kindly reply on th back
of this sheet to th following ques
tions: 1. What American goods do you
stock?
I. Do you buy dlrctly from th
American manufacturer or exporter?
If not, would you ilk to b put in di
rect communication with th Ameri
can houses sailing th goods you
stock?
5. Is th quality of th American
good you buy satisfactory f Ar they
carefully packed and sr th terms
and conditions of payment satisfactory T
4. Could you suRsest any chan
in patterns and qualities tat would
make th goods mor sullabl to th
French buyer?
6. Do you tak an American com
mercial newspaper? ..... .
(. Any remarks you would Ilk to
add will b welcome.
A stamp la inclosed for your reply,
which wlil r. mnon ippnrmm.
Some Features of
THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
Hear Colors Sea Smells
A unique color pape f ctur,
dealing with the ultra-marina blue
strains of the violin and the fra
grance of your opal ring.
On a Visit to the Moon
Some extraordinary thinpi are
poinff on up there, as observers are
able to noto with the aid of power
ful glasses. An absorbing full patfe
in striking colors.
Georja Ada Again
Ho has written some new fables
for Summer readers, and you will
not want to miss them. The first
is the fable of Susan and the
daughter and the pranddauprhter,
and then something frrand. It has
all of Ado's compelling humor.
Where Men Marry Trees
An illustrated special article
from a realm of the queerest cus
toms, where girls are widows at 5.
A Mountain Girl
The true romance of a miss who
went alone to New York and with
pluck and native common sense
won out against heavy odds.
Americana in Mexico
Why they are there and what
they have been doing, both good
and bad, is told by a special cor
respondent of The Oreganian,
Charles M. Pepper, who is now in
Mexico.
A Streetcar on Wings
That describes the newest and
biggest aeroplane. With photo
graphs. A whole page is devoted
to newest scientific discoveries and
remarkable facts.
. The Postscript
A complete short atory, by Helen
Parker.
In Holland
Harrison Fisher's "American
Girl Abroad" is in the land of
wooden shoes in the drawing for
Sunday.
Unintentional Clews
An expose of the methods of
crooks, whereby they invariably
leave some trace of their identity
in their manner of working.
The Fold-Upa
Another entertaining cut-out for
the children, together with a full
page of illustrated stories.
Scores of Other Features.
Order early of your newsdealer.
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