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Pottase Rates la to 16 pages. 1 cent: 18 to 32 pages. 3 cents; 34 to 4S pages, 3 cents; 0 to 40 pages, 4 cents. 62 to 7 pages, 5 cents. 7S to n pages. cent. Foreign post age, double rates. Kaotern Business Offices Verree & Conk lin. New York, Brunswick building. Chi cago, Steger building. Man Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. T43 Market street, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JULY H, 1914. A PLAIN TALK TO THE FARMER. In the State of Washington the farmers are in dismay oyer the possl ble adoption of an eight-hour law that will apply to farm labor. They have cause to be uneasy, but not so great cause as have the farmers of Oregon over the possible adoption In this state of an eight-hour constitutional amendment. The Washington bill Is both mild and lenient in comparison with the measure submitted In Oregon. In the Washington bill the peculiar position of the farmer as an employer of labor is recognized in a way. He is to be permitted to work his men two hours longer each day if it be unavoidable and incidental to farm management, but he must pay time and one-half for the extra two hours. The only exceptions allowed In the Oregon measure are In case of acci dent, breakdown, fire, flood or storm. Any employer may keep his men at work more than eight hours in either of the named events, but he must pay double for overtime. Otherwise he may not employ them more than eight hours at any raje of pay. Nor Is that all. The Oregon meas ure defines an eight-hour day as nine consecutive hours, allowing one hour for eating and rest. This nine-hour period must be identical In each cal endar day. No workman is to be em ployed more than forty-eight hours In any calendar week, and the measure applies not only to farm labor, but to domestic service, to the members of one's own family and to every kind of employment whatsoever, skilled or unskilled, mental or physical. " For committing the heinous crime of employing a man or woman more than eight hours a day the employer may be fined as high as 11000 or committed to Jail for as long as one year, or both, and the penalty at taches to each and every violation. It is hardly necessary to instruct the farmer as to what would happen to him if this amendment should car ry. There are farm chores that must be performed every day In the week. The farmer could work his "hired man" but six days. Unless the far mer were able to perform all the ab solutely necessary farm work alone on Sunday, he would have to employ a double shift the year round. And let him not overlook the con-ecutlve-hour provision. The "hired man" could not be given a rest of two or three hours in the middle of the day, with expectation that he would make It up later. If the farmer sent him out to milk the cows before breakfast the farmer would go to jail unless he counted the time his man was eating the early-morning meal as part of his eight hours of labor. But if the hired man milked the cows at 6 A. M., beginning of course after he had breakfasted, he would have fin ished his day's labor at 3 in the after noon. There would be no one who could legally do the evening milking unless the farmer had doubled his permanent working force or could perform the labor himself. In the harvest period there would be no one to cook for the hands on Sunday, unless someone were special ly employed for the purpose. Indeed, the feeding of the employes could not be accomplished during the week without a double force. The cook who prepared the breakfast would have performed a legal day's work before the harvest hands had com pleted their day's toil. The cook would have rounded out his nine con secutive hours, with one hour off for rest and refreshment, because his day had begun an hour or two before that of the other employes. Possibly the Then who had been in the field all day would be content with a "cold snack'' set out for them for supper, but we doubt It. But perhaps if the farmer could see his way clear under the eight-hour law to garner his crops and keep the chores done, he would not worry about the annoyances that would otherwise accrue. They would be merely incidental, in comparison with bankruptcy. There are many other employments that would be similarly affected, but It is pertinent for the moment to drive home upon the farmers of Oregon the tendency toward spoliation in certain initiative legislation before the peo ple. There is a sufficient number of employes of all classes to put this amendment into the constitution. That they will not do so will be due to a sense of justice. There are a number of large employers of labor in whose establishments the eight hour day is now in effect. They might, too, support the measure because It does not affect them directly. But the large employer sees beyond the end of his nose, else he would never have risen to the position of large employer. He knows that the inter ests of the farming community are his interests: that their prosperity is his prosperity; their failure his failure. Are the farmers of Oregon equally observant? Their principal organiza tion, the Grange, has indorsed a tax exemption measure which proposes to permit certain taxpayers to escape payment of part of their taxes by transferring their obligation to the large Industries among others. Tet Just as the large employer's prosper ity depends on the prosperity of the farmer, so does the prosperity of agri culture depend to a great extent upon the prosperity of other industries. Taxes are now unconscionably high. Still it is doubtful if any farmer would save to exceed 116 a year by the en actment of the J1500 exemption. But the large Industry would make up not only the 115 that one farmer escaped paying in taxes, but the exemption of many farmers. Will the farmer Join the element that Is seeking to despoil Ua with an Impossible eight-hour law and aid it in its effort to despoil others in the matter of taxation? Does the farmer expect justice to be one-sided? Will he ask the large in dustries to help him defeat the eight hour measure while he works to de press the large industries with a heavier tax burden? Will he expect the intelligent employe to save him from bankruptcy while he pushes for ward an exemption measure that will Increase the monthly rent of the same employe? The Oregonian believes that there is this year more reason than ever before for intelligent citizens to unite to suppress vicious legislation. Unity of purpose Is also essential in another direction. The cause of high taxes is the high cost of government. An en lightened, determined campaign to compel economy In state, county and municipal affairs will do more to pro mote the prosperity of worker and employer and be of greater relief in the matter of taxation than any en actment regulating hours of labor or creating tax exemptions. The time is at hand for use of brains, for application of sanity, for exercise of Justice. If Oregon is to continue to grow and prosper, ill-digested theories, dangerous hobbies and socialistic doctrines must be over whelmed in November by an ava lanche of noes. TIIE COWARD'S WAY. The Oregonian has rarely seen a more inexcusable affront toward a public man, or any one, than an arti cle in the Albany Democrat, July 21. entitled "Senator Booth." Its quality may be Judged from the following: Senator Booth, where did you get it? This Is the question to which Millionaire Booth. Republican nominee for United States Senator, should make a full and complete answer before the date of the general elec tion. The Democrat will not attempt to answer the question. We wiU not attempt to ex plain how the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company acquired title to-sa much valuable timber land In Oregon, nor do we wish to be un derstood as making the charge that the same was acquired dishonestly. We don't know how It was acquired.- The public don't know, but the voters are frankly In terested In the very pertinent question. "Where did you get it?" There is more like it. Aware that it had by Innuendo made an infamous charge against Mr. Booth, without rhe slightest warrant, and without any evidence whatever to support It, the Democrat lamely adds this sentence: But in the absence of proof to the con trary. Senator Booth'a rlcnds have a right to assume that his immense fortune was acquired by honest toll. They have. And so must be the assumption of all others. What pos sible Justification, then; for the stud ied insinuation that the wealth of Senator Booth was not acquired honestly? It Is obvious, of course, that this vicious little paper at Albany has sought to poison the general mind against Sir. Booth by phrasing, In the language of prejudice and Jealousy an Indictment against him for being a wealthy man. That is all. The Albany editor lacks the courage and candor to say that the fortune of Mr. Booth was procured improperly, but he nevertheless seeks to provoke a public discussion as to whether a man can be a "timber baron" and a good citizen. It is low politics. If the Democrat will cause an in quiry Into the methods by which Mr. Booth created a great Industry in the Willamette Valley, and will make a fair report of results, it will be ob liged to say that this man Is entitled to commendation for his straightfor ward methods and upright conduct, and to the gratitude of a state for his practical contribution to Its welfare. He built a great business where oth ers had failed. He got his timber lands by outright purchase. He ex tended his operations to various parts of Oregon openly, wisely and persis tently. He asked and had no special favors, from Government, from rail roads, or from individuals. What the lumber industry in the Willamette Valley owes to Mr. Booth can hardly be calculated In terms of money. What the people of Oregon owe to him is an acknowledgment that he has done much to elevate its com mercial standard and to extend its commercial Interests. The term "timber baron," used by the Democrat in another part of its article, Is of course opprobrious and Is Intended to be. The Oregonian does not know how much Mr. Booth Is worth, but it suspects that it is not nearly so much as he is commonly believed to have. The popular con ception of what he has Is probably based on the knowledge of what he has given away. It occurs to The Oregonian that a man who by his real constructive genius and by his honorable ways has done so much for industry ought to be useful in a public capacity to the state. Dr. Smith will be broken before the return of Governor West, announced for August 3, 1914? THE ROYAL ROAD. New Yorkers will naturally feel sorry that G. K. Chesterton has made up his mind never to visit their city. Their opportunity to gaze upon a monster of Chesterton's magnitude is one not to be foregone without a pang. It is not to be supposed, however, that he will lose anything by staying at home and never crossing the Atlantic. Quite the contrary. He will gain Im mensely by it, as he does not fail to point out in a truly Chestertonian way. He already possesses a vision of New York., Whether It is accurate or not is of no consequence. The im portant point is that Mr. Chesterton has formed it himself and It is there fore infinitely precious, far, far super ior to the sordid reality. Understanding full well all the value of his transcendental dream. Mr. Chesterton refuses to disturb it for any consideration. "Break not the blissful seeming" is his Invariable reply to all who urge him to see New York in its native brick and stone. He obstinately prefers to see it in the fairy hues of imagination. Much the greater part of Mr. Ches terton's knowledge of menand things In general has been gained in this way. ' When the oriinant essayist wants to learn all about anything he sits down and lets his mind dwell upon it for a reasonable time, say ten minutes or so. He then rises replete with knowledge and quite ready to pour out floods of information upon a thirsty world. Other men may find it ex-nedient to read books, consult encvclopedias. travef in distant lands visit New York, but not so Mr. Ches terton. All he needs to do is to sit placidly and let his imagination work. He thus acquires a body of truth a great deal more interesting than mere fact and upon the whole Just about as useful. Would it make any difference to more than one man in a million If Java were as little as Rhode Island Instead of as big as Kentucky? And if It makes no difference, then why not follow Mr. Chesterton's method and acquire otir knowledge of Java, and other islands, by thinking about them, instead of by tiresome study? He has found the royal road to knowledge. geniuses are commonly born of ma ture parents, then it follows pretty clearly that late marriages are prefer able to early ones from that point of view. From other points of view, that of morals, for example, we might still prefer early marriages. A NEW JEREMIAH. A new Jeremiah pours forth his abundant sorrow In the North Amer ican Review. His name Is Daniel F. Kellogg and th course of his lamen tations is the fact thai Americans are not the same today as they were yes terday. We have changed, says Mr. Kellogg, and inevitably we have changed for the worse. To his mind perfection was attained by humanity in this country' about twenty-five years ago. Since then we have been degenerating. His wall is very ancient and highly respectable. Every old fogy since Adam has mourned the degeneracy of his own time and lauded the days of yore. If there had been anything In their shrieks mankind would have expired from excess of idiocy ages since. The world changes because change is the law of life. Only the dead remain the same from age to age, and the reason why such men as Mr. Kellogg hate change and fear it Is because they are as good as dead themselves. There has been little open criticism of the Bryan peace policy among Democrats, but every now and then some member of the party drops some words which do not accord with Kthe Bryan idea. Such is the following passage from a speech of Senator Reed, of Missouri, in defense of an appropriation for the erection of a monument to Commodore Thomas McDonough, who won the decisive battle of Lake Champlain: In these piping times of peace and expur gated diplomacy we have constantly thrust upon us the philosophy that war is a thing to be abominated and that soldiers and sailors who die in defense of home and country are In need of apologists. X, in com mon with all others, would like to behold the sunrise of the millennium, when the lion and the lamb may lie down together and the white dove of peace hover over every land. But, sir, he Is blind, Indeed, who does not recognize the fact that as the world Is now constituted, the life of the republic, the lib erties of its cltlrens. their right to walk this earth without clanking the chains of a master, depend In the last analysis upon the valor of the people. Stars and Starrnaker8 BY LEONE CASS BAEB. Some Democrats are becoming alarmed at the probab'e consequences of their own extravagance in spend ing public money. Discussing appro priations recently, Senator Vardaman said: It seems to me that the Senate of the United States has well nigh lost its head oar the question of appropriations. Every Idea of economy has been thrown to the winds and the source of the Government's revenue has been forgotten. The Democratic party came Into power pledged to economy and retrenchment In public expenditures. Not withstanding that pledge to the people I am advised that the prospects are that this is goinff to be the most expensive congress in the history of the Nation. The American are lone suffering and patient, slow to anger and full of love and the spirit of forgiveness, but forbearance ceases to be a virtue after a while and they will not al ways tolerato such perfidious betrayal of promises. "Economy thrown to the winds" and "perfidious betrayal of promises" u strnner lantntaee for a Democrat to use in speaking of a Democratic Congress. . A great advance has been made in ocean travel through the abolition of the steerage by the Cunard line in its new steamer Aquitanla. In place of the steerage is a third-class cabin which is a vast Improvement on the quarters where swarms of people were huddled together without regard to health or decency. This may be considered one of the results of the showing up which the Immigration Commission gave the steerage a few years ago. Publicity sometimes works reform far more effectively than legislation. All has been quiet on the surface in Russia since the Czar by a policy of assassination suppressed his people's demand for a constitutional govern ment. But surface appearances are sometimes deceitful. The revolution ists have been secretly sapping and mining all these years and some of the effects of their work are coming to light In the great strike. Nicholas has supposed that he could extinguish the spirit of his people by sending the Bresh Kowskys to Siberia. He must now try some other plan. WHEREIN WE WONDER. The dog days approach, but Mr. U'Ren does his best to keep alive the public interest In his doings and say ings. The Oregonian gives space to day to another eplstolatory contribu tion to the one-sided U'Ren corre spondence with Dr. C. J. Smith. Mr. U'Ren, the Prohibition candidate for Governor, wants to know where the Democratic candidate stands on the question of prohibition. Up to the present time the Democratic candi date has not answered. Perhaps he does not . know. Governor West has been absent for a whole month or more. On June 22, 1914, Mr. U'Ren ad dressed an open letter to Mr. Withy combe. Republican candidate for Governor, demanding to know where he stood on prohibition, and inviting him to Join U'Ren and Smith, Demo crat, and Gill, Progressive, In support ing the cause of prohibition. On June 2t, 1914, Mr. Withycombe replied, declining plainly to commit himself as a candidate on the prohibi tion issue, on the ground that he had no right to speak for the Republican party, but explicitly asserting his pur pose as Governor to enforce the pro hibition law. If enacted. He then asked Mr. U'Ren why he assumed that Mr. Smith and Mr. GUI would be with him on prohibition and if there was an agreement between them on that subject? On July 3. 1914, Mr. U'Ren re plied, saying that lie had no arrange ment with Smith or Gill, and ex plained that he had merely assumed they would be for prohibition. On the same day he addressed an open letter to Dr. Smith, asking him to de clare himself. On July 15, 1914, Dr. Smith, when asked If he intended to reply, said he would decide soon; but he "rather questioned Mr. ITRen's right to ask such a question." Mr. U'Ren himself has no doubts about it, for in his letter of July 22, 1914, printed today, he repeats the inquiry in pointed terms. We rather wonder if the spell of oppressive silence which encompasses EARLY AND LATE MARRIAGES. Professor Rosweli H. Johnson is one of those savants who are alarmed at the rapid multiplication of the in ferior classes and the race suicide of the Intellectual. To justify his fears he presents figures which may be ter rifying or not according to the way we look at them. Professor Johnson says that the Inferior classes produce four generations to a century, while their betters produce but three. A little ciphering will prove to anybody that if the two grades of people begin a century with equal numbers the in ferior stock will compose two-thirds of the population at the end of the first century. This means that, under present con ditions, the lowest grade of human beings 4s gradually but effectually taking possession of the world and crowding out their superiors. No in telligent person can gaze with equa nimity on such a prospect. None of us really want the world to become the abode of blockheads and simian types exclusively. We all prefer to Imagine the future supplied with at least as many wise men as we have now. A few more in proportion would do no harm. The obvious remedy for the unin viting aspect of our racial future is, as Professor Johnson believes, earlier marriages on the part of the better classes. Their children would thus become more numerous. He also as sumes that they would be, upon the average, of a higher type than those of the poor and Ignorant. It is Just at this point that Professor Rossiter Johnson, with all his weight of learn ing, slips up. At least C. L. Redfield, of Chicago, believes that he slips up. So confident, is his belief that he is willing to back it with 200 good, solid dollars. Mr. Redfield offers J100 for the names of any three great men who have been brought Into the world at the rate of four generations to the century'- He inclines to think that men of high Intellectual ability have been bred at the more moderate rate of three generations to the century or even more slowly still. If this is so, then late marriages on the part of the more fortunate classes are not to be deplored. On the contrary they should be encour aged because they are a distinct ad vantage to the race. If Mr. Redfield is right in his views, earlier marriages on their part would not increase the relative number of desirable children. It would merely add to the roll of simpletons. To clinch the matter Mr. Redfield offers another $100 for a single in stance of a man of the highest emi nence who has been produced on the basis of three generations to a cen tury. This offer applies to men like Bacon and Darwin, who tower im mensely above the average. Mr. Red field rather suspects that men of that class have been bred at the rate of two generations to the century and perhaps somewhat more slowly still. From some calculations of his It seems that grandsons are most nu merous, upon the average, when their grandfathers are 64 years old. This would probably make their fathers most prolific at an average age of 30, but we must avoid the persistent blunder of making prolific births identical with desirable births. The age when a man is most likely to produce children need not be the age when his children are most likely to be of advantage to the race. If Albania is the liveliest hornets' nest on earth. The people are bent on rebellion and massacre and Impu dently refuse to live under a govern ment not of their own choosing. If the European powers were wise they would keep their hands off and let the Albanians settle their own af fairs. But that Is too much to expect of crowned heads all greedy for terri tory and all jealous of one another. Ordinary sprinkling with a hose does a garden little good. Sometimes It Is injurious. The true way to water growing plants is to dig a trench alongside or around them, fill the trench with water until the ground is saturated, then replace the dry earth. Moisture thus supplied will remain In the ground a long, time and it en courages the roots to grow downward, which Is always desirable. Curiously enough, the Chicago Woman's Temple still carries a heavy mortgage. It was built long ago as a memorial to Frances Willard, but en thusiasm waned too soon and the debt remains unpaid. The belated effort now making to pay it off should sue ceed, for Miss Willard was one of the best friends humanity ever had and her memory ought to be kept bright. BILLINGS, Mont.. July 20. The Bill ings Tribune (and it's some paper, too), had a grand and noble account ing of my being In "our midst" and be gan it by saying that "I would 'sim mer' in this city." Yes, they meant Summer. But simmer is good. Also correct. And they do say that Billy Sunday is booked to do the town good some time this Summer. Well, all I can say Is that it's a poor season of the year to come here to win converts on the theory that there is any warmer place somewhere. Since news of James K. Hackett's falling heir to all that money has been spread broadcast I think I've received two dozen letters from would-be play wrights and play-wrlghtesses. mostly the latter, asking If I "could-please-glve-them-Mr.-Hackett's-address-etc. stamped -envelope-enclosed." Just think of that mutiny of the Hindus on the Koi..agata Maru and Jack London a thousand miles away. But ril wager that the little moving picture machine was somewhere around. Local woman has come to the front with an idea of the approximate worth of a husband. She offers $100 reward for the return of her missing spouse. Cousin of "Daisy "Virginia" lives right here in Billings. Daisy Virginia Is In London just now where the od dity of her name and her vaudeville talents are being noticed. The cousin tells me that Daisy Virginia's real name Is Minnie Hoeff eldlnger and that she hails from Pennsylvania. George L. Baker, with Mrs. Baker and Lee Pearl, stopped In our city for 20 minutes last Saturday morning en routo from Yellowstone Park to Den ver, where they will visit ror a few days with Mary Edgett Baker before going on to New York to collect a now stock company for next season. "Man of 82 runs like a colt," scin tillates a headline. On all fours, I infer. It is quite consistent with Blease politics in South Carolina that his op ponent should be shot. Blease will, of course, "do all he can to catch the criminal," but he will also continue to do all he can to make new criminals by encouraging graft and lynch law. Poor South Carolina, which Is the greater curse to it, Blease or child labor? If the idea of a hump at the point of intersection of streets is not un sound, it will become so, once in op eration. The affair might kill a few firemen, and it might maim a doctor doing some "hurry-call." The propo sition has Colonel Wood's plan of trenching the crossings faded out of sight. According to Mr. Barnes, Colonel Roosevelt's reference to his sacred person "lacks dignity and self-restraint." It would be more to the point If he could say that it lacked truth. Representative McDermott's defense Is in substance that, as his political ethics are good enough for the Chi cago stockyards district, they should be good enough for Congress. Cut the weeds. In justice to many citizens who have complied with the ordinance, those derelict should be pushed into action. The young man who gives his seat to an elderly person finds discomfort in being well-bred, but It pays in the long run. Wilson will not short-circuit the Supreme bench. He wants a man under 60 to fill the Lurton vacancy. Every well-bred dog will agree with Dr. Brougher that there are "people who ought to be muzzled." The mattes, of the Swiss Admiral should be referred to a proctor in ad miralty in Wyoming. Was the groceryman tired yester day, after a day off? Yea, cushion and pneumatic. Displacement of the Beavers from first place is merely temporary. Adelaide Thurston has gone to Eu rope to confer with Amelle Rives, who Is the Princess Troubetzkoy, about a new play that the titled American Is writing. Miss Thurston will be a guest at Miss Rives' home "Logo Maggiore," in Italy. See where an actress named Justlna Huff has wed her temperamental lead ing man. And I reckon we'll read some day where he leaves Justina Huff. Word comes that Wilton Lackaye is ailing at his home, near Greenpoint. Long Island. His Illness is the result of an accident which occurred In Chi cago about two weeks ago, when he appeared at the Majestic Theater in "The Ferret." In stepping from his cab he slipped. At the moment the accident was not considered serious, nd he walked away unassisted. It developed afterward that he was suffering from strained tendona. A season or two ago when Ian Mac- Iaren ofTered "Hamlet" to New York he had among his acquaintances a gentle man deeply Interested In horseraclng who had taken a fancy to the English actor. When aiaclaren announced me performance the man purchased a num ber of tickets which he distributed among his associates, one or two oi whom knew Shakespeare was dead, while the others didn't even know he had been 111. "What's the Idea?" one Inquired. "I want you to see a good play," ex plained the distributor of ticket. "Come along as my guest." But what Is it?" the other Insisted. 'Hamlet' Maclaren up," waa the answer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hllliard have returned from Europe, the first lap of their honeymoon trip, and have gone to SlasconBet, "Where they will occupy their new Summer home. Sleepy Eye. Upon arrival In New York Mr. Hllliard talked shop Just long enough to say that next season he would appear in a new play. He witnessed the Johnson-Moran fight In Paris and said he had never laughed so much in his life. Mr. Hllllard's advance publicity man ager, E. D. Price, who Is otherwise known to fame as the husband of Cath rlne Countlss, is vacationing with his actress wife in Denver, Colo. Miss Countlss goes Into vaudeville again this next season. i Lena Dyke, a New York chorus maid, values her dog-bitten legs at (25,000. Guess the folks she is suing are glad she Isn't a centipede. m m It may or may not be generally known that "O Promise Me," the most famous of all the musical gems In Kobin Hood, was an interpolated num ber, the lyric for which was not writ ten by Harry B. Smith, author of the libretto, but by Clement Scott, the London critic. De Koven, of course, wrote the music and the song was first Introduced into the opera by Jessie Bartlett Davis, the original Alan-a-Dale. Since then It has always held an honored place in the second act. The words of "O Promise Me." long before they had become part of "Robin Hood," were revealed to the light of day at a luncheon given In London at which many distinguished women were present. Mrs. Kendal, the eminent actress, read them, taking pride in the fact that the author had dedicated them to her. A moment or so elapsed and then the Countess of Warwick unfolded a paper with the same verses on it. tenderly dedicated also to her by the author. There came a rustle from an other side of the table and another lady of title produced another copy, dedicated to her. Before the luncheon was over, two thirds of the women present had con fessed themselves tbe recipients of similar chlvalrlc attention from Clem ent Scott. MR. r'RE.V TO DR. SMITH A;I. Democratic Candidate trgrd Oner More to State Views on Prohibition. OREGON CITY, Or., July 2. Dr. C. J. Smith. Portland, Or. Dear Doctor: On July 3 1 wrote you asking whether you favored state and National prohibition of the manufacture and sale of Intoxi cating liquors. I have not received your answer, but the newspapers last wees published your interview doubting my right to ask the question. 1 believe you are the first candidate to question the right of any citizen to ask any candi date for public office what his convic tions are on any question at Issue be fore the people. A candidate may refuse to answer, or may make an evasive reply. 1'nder the direct primary plan, either refusal or evasion usually leaves the people with the Impression that the candidates only positive conviction la that he wants the office, and is willing to do all tilings and promise all things to all men and women In Oregon, If by any means thereby he may be elected. But in view of the campaign you made for the nomination. It would seem that you cannot consistently do anything but make- a plain, straightforward answer in favor of the prohibition and utter destruction of the Honor business. Governor West is a "dry" Democrat, and he used all his influence, to obtain the Democratic nomination for you; he assured his friends that you would con tinue his policies If you were elected, you used language which conveyed the same idea before you were nominated; It was generally believed that you would get most of the "dry" vote among the Democrats because of the Governor's representations, and your own or Implied assent thereto; you have assured some men privately that you were most earnestly opposed to saloons and the whole liquor business: these statements were an general and so frequent by yourself and your sup porters before the nominating election that there Is a very general Impression that you favor state and National pro hibition. Yet I cannot find any state menet over your signature, either be fore or since the 'homlnatlng election. clearly stating your conviction. Some of vour opponents say mat friends of yours have assured represcn tatives of the liquor men that you ore not irolntr to be unreasonably ln shout enforcing any laws; that enforce ment of prohibition. If it carries, will be the local business and duty or in District Attorneys and Shi riffs In th different counties. Liquor men arc no afraid of that kind of law tiiforcemen as to prohibition, as you know. It Is sort of regulating and licensing tli Honor traffic by fines instead of ordi nances, just as public gambling wn regulated and practically licensed by monthly fine In rorutna, jenuieion and other cities of Oregon a few yeara H CO. Political conditions are lntolerabl under which any man who Is a candi date for the highest office in the gift of the people must bow to any purely selfish Interest like the organized whisky business. I hope this lette mav not only remove your doubt my right to ask the question, but also Inspire you publicly to deciaro you convictions, whatever they may be. W. S. U'REN. Twenty-Five Year Ago PROTECTION FOR NIGHT WOUOOl Woman Demand Freedom From In- null on Way Home. PORTLAND. Aug. 23. (To tho Edl tor.) The columns of The Oregonian are generously open to so many peo pie that I thought I would write a few lines regarding something that 1 ininK at vital imoortalico. not only to my self but to many other women who have to work for a living, and whose work takes them out alone at night It Is necessary for me to be out 11 and 12 o'clock at night and al though I dress modestly and walk along quickly attending solely to my own business, I am spoken to by at least one man, sometimes by several everv nlcht. They often stand at corner and as I come along fall In step and say they wish to walk with me. This terrible condition should be stoDned. Can not something be done Do the police, the city authorities, the decent men of the city realize condi tions? Do the good women who have husbands to protect them realize what the unprotected woman has to race: Does the boast of an unrestricted dis trlct for Portland mean that the ten derloln Is scattered over the entire West Side and every honest, straight woman has to he taken for a street walker, or whatever women of that type are called? It Is evident to me that men, lots of them, are looking for opportunity to meet women of uncertain virtue. The authorities may clean out the haunts of those women but they haven't changed the nature of the men. It Is pretty hard for the woman who is working hard for her little children or for the poor girl who Is earning an honest living for herself and maybe for her mother and younger sisters to be accosted on the streets and insulted. Let the philanthropists, the social re formers, tho moralists, the city auth orltles do a little thinking and hit upon a common sense, practical solution of the problem and take into considera tion the laws of human nature. Let them try and harmonize Ideals and actual conditions, If they can. A WOMAN WORKER FROM ONF. WHO KNOWS R. A. BOOTH Knfn Tribute From a Farmer Who II Im am a Hoy and Man DEF.R CREEK. Or.. July 22. (To the Editor.) In looking over late files of The Oregonian we find The Oregonian Is very favorable to the candidacy of R. A. Booth, of Eugene, as candidate for United States Senator. We wish to compliment The Oregonian In aiding In the election of a good and capable man to represent our state In Washington Mr. Booth started In a poor boy In Douglas County and worked for the munificent renumeratlon of 25 cents a dav and tolled out a 10-hour day on farm. Always a good business man, he kept working up. but not by any but hard ItnUTClU did he arrive at tne top He bruised not his fellow man on the way up in his struggle for a roothold In our state. He is now and has been a friend and a good man to the men he has and now employs. Success has not changed Robert A Footh at all; he la a man Oregon should be proud to have represent the state as a Senator. J am but a simple farmer, but I have read Tho Oregonian for 35 years, and notice that when The Oregonian favors a candidate for office the man Is al ways a good, upright, clean, capable man. Here la one who made a success of his own business and is fully cap able of handling the business of the people in an honest, square, business like manner. To speak further in regard to that good-hearted employer of men and a friend to all. R. A. Booth, Is to give justice and the votes of the people to a man who has carved his way up from a poor working boy to a man of means. He left no scars of reproach or hard feelings on humanity that labored with him or for him. C. W. CARLSON. Lillian Lawrence, at one time a Ba ker leading woman, is to appear in a comedy called "Cordelia Blossom.'' written by George Randolph Chester and his wife, Lillian Chester. Klaw & Erlanger make the production at the Gaiety the last of August. Besides Miss Lawrence the cast Includes other notables we know, among them Burr Consul. United States National Bank Mcintosh and Louise uresser. Building, city. Allen Aa Public Charge. ALBANY. Or., July 22. (To the Edi tor.) (1) If a man has been In this country for 30 years and not become a citizen, can he be deported In his old age If he becomes a public charge? (2) Can he obtain assistance from the British Consul to return to England? ENGLISHMAN. (1) Not unless he has been out of the United States and has returned within three years. (2) Consult Thomas Ersklne. British From The Oregonian of July 14. Ill Olympla, W T . July 21 The eltUena of Olympla gave a clambake at But ler's Cove, Ihtre miles distant. toda Xearlv every member of the ronetltu tlonal cenventlon was there and the citizens of Olympla made the occasion a holiday. At the city hall this evening Senator Stewart, of Nevada, spoke on irrigation Hnd silver. Boise. Idaho. July 2J. The censtit" tlonal convention today was addressed hv Representative Porey, of Nein.i ka; Burrows, of Michigan, mewart. ..r Vermont, and General Nathan tKff. "f West Virginia Spokane Fall., July 2S Hon. e Cox and wife departed today for the Sou nd. New York July M John I Sulllvsn was today paid the 120.000 stake n In hi right with Kllraln. and the I o lice Gazette championship belt. R. A. Habersham haa returned from Aberdeen. Gray Harbor, where he went to make aurvey for a water supply. The law passed by the last legis lature to regulate the practice of medi cine and surgery will go Into effect August 23. The Portland Rowing Association will hold It annual regatta on August SI. A. B. McAlpin. John fpadone and J. P. Marshall have been appointed to arrange the detail. Member of the State Board of Horti culture J. H. Cardw. ll. It. 8. Wallace. J. A. Varney. Henry E. Poch. J. P Whitman and James Hciidershott lef t yesterday for Medford. C. A. Allsky. who wont to Park ritx. Utah, to have carload of or from the Arlington mine tested, returned and I much pleased with the result. Mr. Rlner haa begun work on hi contract for the extension of th Tan ner-Creek ewer. Chehall. July II. Frank Morrison hn sold his half Interest In DM Che hell Bee to J. C. Bosh. Cordr.iy's Musee and Theater held a large audience Tuesday night through out the play "Fanchon the Cricket, ' In which the leading parts were taken by Miss Essie Tittle. Mrs K. Vernon, Mr. M. Roaseau, Minnie Tlttell and Sam Morris. A photograph of the residence por tion of Portland In 1112. extending from Oak street to about A (Ankenyl, was seen on W. S. fluid's desk yester day. The building are all on the west side of tho street, and behind them loom up tall fir trees. At the corner of First and Pine stand n two-story building, the City Hotel, kept by Pe Witt Next I a arhoolhou and then a one-story carpenter shop. About the corner of Pino and First I Mr. Ladd's residence, known the Pink house, and north of thl the residence of lln B. Stark, a boarding-house kept by Mr. Grlawold and the residence of Captain Moullhrop. The frame of the Stark and Moulthrop residence were brought around the Horn and erected In the shadow of mighty tree, any one of which contained timber enouah for eeveral such house. The ground from First to the river seem to be cleared off. but no building are visible there. Mr. I .add say hi wife used to bn afrnld to go through the woods down to about where the Qulmby House I, to vllt Dr. Wilson' folk and the Couch folk. Old-FSftbloned Drugstore rsisrs. New York Tribune. "The old-fashioned drugstore, where a man could obtain In a few moments 11 of the material for a fint-rla sickness, to say nothing of ulclde, seem to be passing," ay one observer. "It hn gone through various stage In the postal card. The first drugglat wa equipped only with a bronxe aa Ho went out and cut up roots, boiled them over a fire and produced a combination hair restorer and physic From thl Idea started all of th patent medi cine." We are not as dependent upon drug stores a we used to be. because we cn die 1000 new way every year. There are motorcycle to hit us between th curb and car tracks, aeroplanes to drop on us In Central Park. The druggist who used to mortar and pestle his trad Into steady customers now deuia out froth and Minis. Privilege On First I'sicm. PORTLAND. Or.. July 22. (To the Editor.) la anyone with her first naturalization paper only entitled to the same protection and the asms privi lege a one who has taken out both papers? Some people say th only osTferen. I I that one with only th first papers cannot obtain Government position. O. ABEL PATTERSON. While entitled to the protection of the law of thl country h doe noi have all the prlvllogr er a cltlsen. He cannot obtain Government land or take a Government position. He could not have the same consideration abroad that Is offered a citizen. That he I allowed to vote I only an Indulgence of state law. When Installment Are Nut Paid. PORTLAND, Or., July 22. (To the Editor.) If 1 should buy a lot In Port- ami on the Installment nln and al any time shnulA fall to make pay ment could the company take the lot from me and If o do I get a per cent of what I have paid In? READER. What the purchaser hn paid 1 not necessarily forfeited, even If o pro vided In the contract. If an agreement cannot be reached between the p.w ti tle equity may be forecloed and old The Installment-purchaser then re ceives what the equity nets above court costs, etc. Ill Greatest Disappointment. Scoop. Stewart Edward White tell of his greatest disappointment. It hppetid when he was . year old. I understood that thoi. who main allied perfect deportment In MfeMl during the week would he given their holes of sweetmeat I therefor be haved myself with extraordinary pro priety When th time came and I de manded my sweetmeat, I found that was my choice of a seatmate that had been offered. I never quite for gave that teacher, and shall alway onslder tin- week of gocyq conam t ne lot ont of my life Advertising and the Cost of Living To tho question "Poea advertlilnt Increase the cot of living?" the fol lowing reply haa been made: "Advertising tearhee people how to get morn out of life by making better Inveatmenta In the thing that improve the dally proCe of living." Anything that will add to your sum total of happlneaa or comfort la a good Investment. By thl token It 1 a good thing to get the ad-readlng habit. Judicious ly applied It will bring you th beat return for the effort you expend In earning the dollar.