Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 07, 1915, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextL PftRTT.AD. OREGON. Entered at Portland, Oregon, Foatofflce as second-class matter. Subscription Kates Insrlably In adrance Sally, Sunday Included, ona year Dally. Sunday Included, six months..... a i , y, banamy inciuaea, tnree Dally, Sunday Included, ona month... Dally, without Sunday, ona year Daily, without Sunday, six montha . i.u ... . . r mnDtlll. 2.26 .75 6.00 1.75 Tlallv vilhntil fiiinfllV. Una DIOOta .OV Waekly. ona year J-Jj cuuusj-. uuo jvw . fiiiDdav ami WeAlclv. one year. - By Carrier.) Dally, Sunday Included, ona year . . a-Y Dally. Sunday included, ona month How to Remit Send Poatoffico money or der, ezpreaa order or personal check on your local bank. stamps, coin or currency are at senders risk. Give poatofflce addreaa in loll. Including county and state. Postage Rate 12 to 18 page. 1 cent: IS o Zt pages. 2 cents: 114 to 48 pages. 8 cents; 0 to eo pages, 4 cents; 62 to 76 pages, o cents; 78 to 111 pages, 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Eastern Business Office Veree Conk Hn, New York. Brunswick building; Chicago, fctenger building. p 8an Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Com pany. 742 Market street. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, ATKIL 1, 115. FOB THE BENEFIT OF ALL. Just how the $1,250,000 bond money Js to be expended is shown by the fol lowing plan of distribution, adopted by the County Commissioners and made part of the, official records: Base Line Road 9 152,266 Sandy Road 221,925 Columbia River Highway. .-. 468,007 Powell Valley Road 128,935 Foster Road 76,303 Canyon Road , 39,350 Slavin Road 95,814 St, Helens Road 67,400 Total $1,250,000 Here is a complete answer to the unfounded declaration of the road obstructionists that the money is to be used to build a scenic road' up the Columbia River and that other parts of the county are to be neglect ed. AU sections and all interests are represented. The farmer and the sub urbanite, the horseman and the auto mobilist, the gardener and the? truck driver, all are to be cared for. Undoubtedly the Columbia River Highway is to be a great scenic route. one of the finest, or perhaps the fin' est, in the world. It will besides be a great commercial thoroughfare con net ting Easterly and Western Oregon, and available to every kind of traffic. But It would be short-sighted folly for the people of Portland and Ore gon not to utilize the transcendent scenic resources of the Columbia River. As a means of attracting tour ists the Columbia River Highway can not be excelled anywhere. Let us do something to bring to Oregon the thou sands of people who annually visit California and leave their millions there. All Oregon knows what California has done with and for its tourists. Let us profit by its example. DR. COOK'S HC.MBl'GGERY. Dr. Cook seems likely to enjoy a sort of tatterdemalion immortality. Ills stupendous impostures will keep his name alive and we suppose there will always be a few people who be lieve in his mythical exploits. Edwin Swift Balch. of Philadelphia, believes that Dr. Cook climbed to the summit of Mount McKlnley and has written a book to prove it. But competent critics still have their doubts. Hudson Stuck. Archdeacon of the Tukon, Is himself a mountain climber of renown and he has only lately ascended Mount McKlnley. which he thinks best to call by its Indian name of Denali. Would that his taste might prevail and the beautiful native names of all the West ern mountains be restored. Politicians might then find some other road to Immortality. In the course of his climb to the summit of Mount Denali, to follow his usage. Archdeacon Stuck noted every thing that could possibly bear on Dr. Cook's claims, intending to give him full credit if there was any evidence that he had really reached the summit. But there was none. According to Archdeacon Stuck. 10,000 feet was about the upper limit of Dr. Cook's ascent. Up to that height his descrip tions of scenery, paths and routes are clear and distinct. But above that limit everything becomes vague. The descriptions might apply equally well to any snow-covered peak and In some Instances they are positively Inaccurate. Thus Dr. Cook speaks grandilo quently of mighty masses of granite near the summit, though none exist these visible above the snow. Dr. Cook's story Is that he made the trip from the base to the summit of Mount Denali in three days. The archdeacon believes that it could not be done in so short a time. Since the only prac ticable route lies over a succession of Icy peaks from each of which there Is a descent upon low-lying glaciers, the climb is extremely arduous and must require a great deal more time than Dr. Cook allows for it. The chances are therefore that his ascent of Mount Denali is as imaginary as his visit to the North Pole. He chose en easy path to fame, but unfortunate ly it led in another direction. AN INFANT PRODIGY. Fame clings tenaciously to little Winifred Stoner. the twelve-year-old irlrl who speaks eight languages. Winifred's mother declares that she is not a "phenomenon" and that any normal girl can do all the wonders that Winifred has accomplished if she Is managed properly. It is all a ques tion of gentleness and love. Winifred In the twelve busy years of her life has never been punished, not even scolded, and she has never been wor ried with "don'ts." .Her mother avoids telling the girl that she -'must" or 'must not" do this and that. Everything is voluntary on Wini fred's part and she learns languages, mathematics and science Just as other children play games. Indeed, her mother. Mrs. Stoner. deliberately makes a game of language study, as any other teacher might if she had the wit. At twelve Winifred knows more than most college graduates have forgotten during their entire course. She is not only adept in the ordinary languages of the college curriculum, but she can speak and write Esperanto. She even taught it at the Pittsburg Car negie Institute. Winifred has also adapted the Montessori method of ed ucation to a class" of her own and is teaching the little ones to follow her Illustrious example and become prodi gies of erudition in their babyhood. Cases like those of Winifred Stoner and the Sidls boy. who lately made nuch a stir at Harvard, demonstrate the possibilities of education when it is conducted with intelligence and zeal. The child's mind works with extreme rapidity and is extraordinarily reten tive. Its capacity for acquiring: and tntninr lmnwlp.deB is far beyond the standard of the public schools, where there Is so much formality and class routine that the possibilities of the mind m barelv taDDed and its cowers are called Into action only In the most minerftcial wav. It is only when nrnman like Mrs. Stoner aonlies free intelligence to the educational process that we begin to understand what the brain of a child can do unhampered by formalities ana traaiuons. PIJ.-CHOT NO DIPLOMAT. fiiffnrA Plni-tint's relationship to British diplomat was probably only the pretext for his expulsion from Bel rinm by the Germans. A more dis creet man might have been permitted to remain in spite of such a relation ship. Mr. Pinchot IS Dy nature vaalnt anil wnillri not hft able tO re strain himself from speaking and act ing in a spirit of hostile criticism oi German rtrocedure in Belgium. He miirht rcvua l farts ahnut the German military dispositions and preparations to maintain their position wnicn woum nrnva nf .Treat value to Germany's - - enemies. . Mr Pinchot's appointment as special diplomatic agent in the war zone was a blunder ot tne istaie u partment, for he has not the diplo matic temperament. His disposition ; t fnrm rlpr-irinti opinions on every subject which comes Deiore mm ana to propagate and act upon those opin innn without regard to consequences. The appointment may have been prompted partly by appreciation of his wirHngness to spend his time and money in the cause of humanity, but a more controlling motive was prob ably a desire to win over tne rem nants of the fast diminishing Progres. sive party to- the Democratic party That Haair hast been evinced in sev- arai tm nnrta nt annnintments which have been made since the election of last November. Should the Bull Moose remnant be absorbed by the Democracy, the his . r 1. 1 .-7 naW-ioa vrtll (inl v Ha TA Wljr u. uuiu yt"' ..... - peating Itself, for they have usually haan a hrirltre hv which discordant elements in the Republican party have crossed over to the Democracy. That was the case with the Mugwumps of Cleveland's first term, the Greenback- ers and the Populists. Their transfer of party allegiance has naa little in fluence on the result of party battles. for Republican victory has usually synchronized or shortly followed the apparent accession of strength to the opposition. ELEMENTAL ESSAY ON A DRY SUBJECT ThA nreirnnian has from a reader, who says he voted for Taft, a request for enlightenment on the troublesome question of the tariff and its effect on the lumber industry. The Norwegian steamer Thor recently came from isrit ih rv.inmr.ia. and loaded 3.750,000 feet of lumber for Quebec via Panama Canal. "How do you account for that, if our lumber trade is ruined?" asks our critical friend. "Why did she not load from British Columbia mills if labor is cheaper there, or if they nave other advantages?" The Oregonian has a fairly clear recollection that it answered this same question a month or two since, Dut, being always anxious to please, it will ,1 c. acain nnri avpn A?ain. if there remains one clouded mind in Oregon on a subject which is clear as noonaay is rmrtinai minds. One answer is to be found in idle sawmills and diminished American shipping. A cargo of 3,750,000 feet for Quebec delivery was bought in the open market. A vessel the Thor was then i-hgrtcH for transportation, for the simple reason that a foreign carrier is cheaper than the American carrier. The Columbia River muis an American mills have long been able to compete with Canadian mills in the foreign export trade. It is doubtless true that in the generally demoralized nnrtitinn of the lumber industry the Quebec buyers were able to name their own price. But the iirst ana obvious effect of removal of the Amer inn tartff on lumbpr. eis well as on other products, is to open the Ameri can market to the foreigner. When that is done, the American manufac turer must compete with the foreigner for his own market.' Is that desirable? n-i-nuAn m n now shio lumber into n Atlantic American port on a cheap carrier like the Thor. But the Colum- Kia ptvar shinner cannot. He must use an American vessel, and he must pay tolls through the Panama Canal. T.mhof io a world's commodity, and i , k r.nf-c,lori that the law of 11 Uioj " supply and demand will in the main control. But local tariff, shipping and other condiUons have their Deanng. It is an unfortunate fact that our own National legislation, either in the tar iff or in the important matter of the Panama tolls, has not aided the American lumberman. THE FALL OF KICHMONO. It was on a Sunday morning fifty a, oo-n that Jefferson Davis. Presi dent of the Confederacy, received word from General Lee that Richmond must hn evacuated. He was at church when the message came. It told him t.t rnn fed prate lines had been pierced in two places by Grant's men and that the defenses of the city were no longer tenable. The evacuation began at once. Two big tobacco warehouses were fired to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy, and for the same reason the ironclads in the river were blown up and some of the riparian defenses dismantled. When the Union troops entered Richmond on Monday morning, April 3, their first task was to extinguish the flames which had been spreading rapidly through the night. The fire was under control before dark. That same day the news that' Richmond had fallen spread through the North, occasioning wild rejoicings. From the beginning of the war It had been the popular ambition of the North to cap ture the Confederate capital, but the enterprise had brought nothing but disaster upon all concerned until Grant took command. No wonder the people of the North rejoiced when they learned that the long series of failures had been at last retrieved and the focal point of the Confederacy had been captured. There was no longer any possible doubt that the end of the great rebellion was In sight and everybody was ready for peace. The commercial affairs of the North throve fairly well during the four years of the war, but still there had been a terrible drain on the re sources of the people. No country can endure the constant destruction of wealth incident to war without ruin ous consequences. Richmond was left completely deso late. The inhabitants had lost their means, business was paralyzed and discouragement" prevailed everywhere. The contrast between the city today and the old capital that fell Into Grant's possession is astonishing. Richmond is. now one of the most thriving cities in the United States. It is a center of commercial prosperity as well as of' fine social life. The for tunes lost by war have been regained by trade and the arts, blossom in peaceful beauty over the graves of dead hatreds an stern ambitions which are nothing now but a melan choly memory. NOTHING TO PROTEST. As heretofore remarked, no opponent of the paving Bonds has ventured to condemn permanent road construc tion. That omission will be observed by those who read the communication reprinted elsewhere in which the cor respondent deplores the burdens of street assessments within the city. This writer indicates a belief that hard-surfacing of streets does not add to the -value of adjacent property. Theii what does the correspondent propose shall be done about country road work? If pavements do not ben efit adjacent property, surely the sug gestion is not intended that because city property owners have thus been unjustly burdened the rural property owners shall be. If the local assessment plan is wrong in the city It is wrong in the country. The cjty property owner who believes he has been wronged by local assessments is fashioning an insur mountable obstacle to road improve ment. He opposes the local assess ment plan because it is unjust to prop erty owners; he opposes the bond issue because it adds to his taxes. There is no other method available. But the city property owners who believe they are now over-assessed for pavement are - protesting against an increase in taxes that is not to exist. Take the case of that cited by the correspondent today of the owner of a house offered for 31000. If the tax value of the property is placed at $1000, which it likely is not if the property cannot ' be sold for $1000, the approval of the bond issue means a tax of 18 cents a year against it for the- next four years and 55 cents against it thereafter during the life of the bonds. If the bonds are not approved the same tax and more will be assessed against it for repairing and oiling the same roads it is proposed shall be paved. But even assuming that the issu ance of the bonds means an increase of 18 cents a year In the owner's taxes for the next four years, is it not worth 18 cents a year to the owner of the property to test the truth of the com mon understanding that a system of hard-surface roads in a county adds to its prosperity and the prosperity of its market places and thereby creates a realty market? OCR LATEST PROTEST TO BRITAIN. The latest American note to Britain regarding the blockade of German commerce narrows down the points at Iumiia hatnApn thfl two nations, but at the same time causes them to stand out more sharply. The State Depart ment concedes the right of Britain ana France, to establish a blockade at long range as a consequence of extension of a blockaded nation's defensive power by the use of submarines, mines and aircraft. It, however, insists on calling a blockade that which Britain has hitherto carefully abstained from giving that name. Had Britain chosen to call her war- forn nn German commerce a blockade. she could in some, respects have exer cised far broader rights under Inter national law than she has announced a purpose to exercise. She could have made prizes of all ships with their cargoes, neutral or belligerent, con traband or non-contraband, which at tempted to enter or leave German nnf-e, 3hp mimnses onlv to make prizes of belligerent ships, of those portions of belligerent ana neutral cargoes which are contraband and of neutral shins carrying cargo the great er part of which is contraband. This could be done without a blockade. The additional right Britain claims, without proclaiming a blockade, is to take into port all neutral vessels bound to or from Germany, or bound to or from neutral ports with goods of Ger- Ai.lrin iiltfmntA rl astinatlon. to condemn contraband, to sell non-con traband for the owner s Denein ana to set the ships free. Thus the British plan is to create an ntormorllate ritrht between that of search and seizure of contraband on iha httrh spas and that of blockade. It involves a practical blockade of neu tral ports which can be reached only by the ocean highways leaaing aiso in rjpT-man norts. It subiects all ships entering European water from the west on leaving them westbound to detention and probable seizure of their ..a-rmAO T4- 4 c Oil IlHinVftHdn IHlKnOWll to international law and the United States Is right in declaring that it can not lawfully be made with the com- mnn -nnpnt nf all civilized . nations. neutral as well as belligerent, and that were the United States to recognize H,iih nn innovation made by one or more belligerents in time of war, it would be guilty of a breach or neu trality against those belligerents' pnpmipjs. and could justly be called to account by them in this case, Ger many, Austria and Turkey. Th State Department comes into direct conflict with the British conten tion when it maintains the. rule that wn thnnirh a blockade should exist and the doctrine of contraband as to mblockaded territory be rigidly en forced, innocent shipments may be freely transported to and from the TTntta statas thmiiirh neutral coun tries to belligerent territory without being subject to tne penalties oi con traband traffic or breach of blockade, much less to detention, requisition or confiscation." Britain claims the right cuWa tmncst of German origin or destination when going to or from a neutral port. The rule of continuous voyage, as applied by the United States in the Civil War, would apply hen the goods were to be transported v sea from-one neutral country to or frnm Germany, but not when they were to be transported by land. The jm.iHan fnntention ' would forbid seizure of non-contraband goods des tined for Germany through iionana. The latter country thus has a greater Interest with the United States than has any other European ition In resisting tne isnusn ciaim. The weak point of the American note the reliance on legality as affecting is the rules of war. Law cannot exist without the existence of physical r,mcr tn enforce it. Any tribunal now existing to which disputes arising un- internationai law mignt ae buo- mitted has no such power. Inter -.nHnai law cntild hn enforced against Great Britain and her allies by such a combination only as tnat against chih thev are now contending. Bel- ticrpT-Bnta therefore feel that they are free to revise rules In order to meet new conditions as they arise.- The only restraint upon belligerents in so doing is the risk that they may anger neu- trals into enmity. To this cause may be ascribed the fact that Britain did not go even farther in her measures against neutral commerce.. The. best course the United States can take is to insist, as we are now doing, on the principle laid down by Jefferson in 1793, "that when two na tions go to war those who choose to live in peace retain their natural right to pursue their agriculture, manufac tures and other ordinary vocations, to carry the produce of their Industry for exchange to alt nations, belligerent or neutral, as usual, to go and come freely without injury or molestation, and, in short, that the war among others shall be for them as if it did not exist." The only restrictions on this right which we concede to belligerents are the same as Jefferson -then con ceded the rights of belligerents to blockade and to satisfy themselves by search and seizure that our ships act in a neutral manner. Our means of enforcing this right are not a mere assertion of its legality under -the precepts of international law, but our power to bring economic pressure on those who deny it and in the last re sort, by arms, to which we resorted in 1812. As in 1793 Jefferson said we refused to aid England in starving France, so in 1915 we refuse to aid her in ' starving Germany or to aid Germany in her submarine campaign, not' Only against British cbmmerce, but against neutral commerce and human life. Th most deadlv weapon In the Roman gladiator, fights- was a little net with which one man eniangiea uib antagonist, whom he could then stab at leisure. The submarines appear to find the -net equally fatal. We shall soon hear that the great trade routes have been planted with traps or mis kind and the depths of the sea will be strewn with helpless submarines, en tangled and destroyed. We all know that "fleas have, small er fleas to bite "em," .but .it has only just come to light that Pullman por ters must yield up part of their plun der to dining-car waiters or go hun gry. The porter is - not the carefree pirate he has been pictured. It is the man in the dining car who is exempt from trouble and tips, unless he has to tip the company. We eagerly await light on this point. Th commander of the Eitel is in no hurry to make up his mind about going or staying. If he can piay nis astute game of indecision indefinitely he may escape at some lucky moment when the harbor authorities and the hostile vessels " are off their guara. Usui ia sunk half a dozen American ships instead of one he might have been the next President. Prenaratlons have not yet begun for celebrating the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims at -iymoutn Hnrir. hut talk is active and no doubt Lsomething will ccime of it. An exposi tion is suggested by Boston Doosters, but we fancy the country-would enjoy some other kind of a snow oetxer. We . shall be surprised if France does not produce a towering military genius before the war is over. That has been her habit in iormer wars, with exceptions. Prosy -formalists tell us that modern warfare affords no scope for genius, but we reply sagely, "Wait and see." The dog issue aroused more interest in the Eugene election than tne per sonality of the candidates for office. Thia n-nst natural. The right to keep a canine is not guaranteed by the Constitution as "in pursuit ui uapyi ness," but many would place it there. Probing trusts has become a favor ite pastime of Federal juries and since it injures nobody it should be encour- 3 n, v. n o 1 1 t- tiiiAt- i now to be oscii. ii". .tv..v.. . investigated, but it Is too used to harmless dramatic spectacles to ue frightened The head of the Pullman service says he can get all the porters ne n-ant. at the lnw rate of wages, and he is right. The ambition to be "a railroad man" Is inherent in tne young colored men. in.An a wiiman riip another for stealing her husband's affections, the probabilities are they aren't worth a very small fraction of the amount ir,s,rLA nv ana nvnuld . have made more successful effort to retain them. rlestrovad a British battleship by gunnery at last the Lord Nelson stranaea in uio xjuejyuo rus. The Turk is a sure killer when the goat is tied to a stake. n a .Tarklinsr has made enough money in mining to be able to assure his bride that, if she ever noes ner own cooking, she will do so for pleas ure, not from necessity. if jnvhi-.n'v fri deservlnar of tips, it is the sleeping-car porter; some of them are artists," says the general manager of the Pullman company. They certainly are. i Why not exchange surplus animals at the Zoo for a lot of snakes? After this year that will then be tRe sole place where the hitherto bibulous man can see them. - . News of the stage robbery in Baker has the old-time flavor as well as telling the world one section of Oregon Is producing gold. Not even the wink will go in King George's household hereafter. The royal butler 'as 'is horders. Tight shoes share condemnation with tight corsets. It is a bad thing to -get tight anywhere. "On account of relatives" is the easy way Germany ties' the can; but this country knows Pinchot. Colonel Roosevelt and William Barnes are still fighting the political battle of last year. : Holland proclaims against misuse of her flag, but Holland is weak, and what can she do? The birds in the recent cockfightlng affair have been paroled and the inci dent is closed. Willard's troubles have begun. An "Irish giant" is after him for a go. Wing Wang may prove to be the yellow hope of the prizering" Twenty-Five Year Ago From The Oresonlau April 7, 18M. Congressman Hermann has arranged for a mail schedule between Roseburg and the coast points to. relieve the sit uation that has caused complaints of the service between Roseburg and the Myrtle Point country. ThA TTiiiBB haa rennrted favorably the bill appropriating J20.000 for the lifesavlng station at Tiiiamoon. The Astoria Columbian says: "On May 11, 1792. Captain Robert dray en tered the Columbia River in his ship Columbia, of Boston, and gave the name of his ship to the mignty uregon. In 1892 a century will have' elapsed. and by that time, two years hence, the atstea of Oregon ana wasnmnion should celebrate the event in a fitting manner. The singing section of the Social Turn Vereln gave one of their enjoy able concerts last night at Turne Halle. The cable service will have six more cars here by May 1 and will then give four-minute service. Colonel Weidler, collector of .Inter nal revenue, has moved hfs office from Fourth and Morrison streets to the offices formerly occupied by . Con troller Wiley, of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, in the Ainsworth building, second floor. - At 89 and 91 Seventh street, between Oak And Stark, Mrs. Nettie Koch and Mrs. B. Bauer have opened up a newly furnished and elegantly appointed boarding house. Mrs. Koch is well known among commercial men for her savory dinners, and the new combina tion is one which insures comfort to friends and strangers within the gates. A host of friends, wish the new house success. Charles L. Fay has returned from an extensive business and pleasure trip through the . Interior and has taken rooms at the Portland. Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, of the United States Circuit Court, leaves for the Eas in a few days. Since the primary results Mr. Simon gave-out an: interview yesterday in which he said he didn't think he was fairly beaten, as several instances had already come to" light. The primary has caused a great deal of talk and some plain words, not to mention a few open accusations. Fred Silcocks, the bookkeeper of the First National Bank, arrived Saturday at his home as suddenly as he de parted a week ago. Mr. Silcocks is still very much in a nervous state of mind, although his health generally Is believed to have been better. He was almost a wreck before he took his sudden trip. Mr. Silcocks can give only a very incoherent account of his travels at this time, as he has been suffering frbm his severe attack of la grippe, and his physicians have for bidden anyone to talk with him for the present, although Mr. Corbett and Mr. Failing, of the bank, visited him yesterday. DOES DOUBLE! RULE PREVAIL? Correspondent Asks If Advice Holds as to Paving Bonds, PORTLAND, April 6. To the Edi tor.) We wish to inquire of The Ore gonian the advice It will give electors who are "In doubt" on voting the road bonds? We have always contended that the usual advice to vote "no" when in doubt is pernicious and brings decisions on public questions that are evil in their consequences, or results that do not decide issues as the case may be. If on every public question only those voted who were Informed on the question at Issue greater social progress would be the general rule. The principle of voting no "when in doubt" would, not be accepted as evi- ,.ur-i in thfl land. Were a witness to state that he "was not certain." his testimony woum ut, thrown out and the case be considered :J U , lira o thp rflSUlt Of On eviUCUtB iiicfc - ' knowledge undoubted. It might be ad visable to let "wen enouen mono ... instances where well. enough is satis factory; but it is the essence of folly to vote "no" and then kick about con ji.i fpam aiifh vntiner. A UlLlflia ttliDiiiB J- - - current ditty, which Is full of wisdom. says: A mule can kick and still be a mule; A man can kick and still be a fool Unless lie kicks to a purpose. wm .1 ,..nAFal npeaa advise of "VOt- ing no when in doubt" is practiced in the coming election tne roau uunu Ha favnrahiv nasRed. We are curious to knpw if the public press of Portland, which seems to favor these Kria la o-nlne- to change about face its pre-election aavice. ThA nrpennian has always advised the voters to avoid, if possible, doubt as to any and every election issue in thpr words, to inform tnemseives. With but one measure up and that a nniA nronosition. no one shouia De in doubt. But if such tnere De, in Oregonian's advice to them is as here tofore, "When in doubt, vote no. Mr Tiarzea is reminded that tne voters are jurors, not witnesses, on the Issue as to whether a submitted bill is m..it,i-innii. Would Mr. Barzee vote a man guilty of crime or award liti gant large, damages it in aouoi.' Adjacent Property Not BencBted. prvRTT.AND. Aoril 6. (to the Edi- t Inst read Mr. Seton's sensible letter and also the answer, and I still fail to see why we, the com- ..Anla ahmild havn to Dav 'such amounts as we do for street and road improvements. We are tola mat it en chances the value of our property, which is not' true, as one cannot sell ; any price. . . ... niai-. liut in nrfp.red for $1000 nice five-room house, three fine ltivated lots, iruit, less tumi vuc block from streetcar,, house about seven years old. the owner in actual eed. so It It maes our prupcrij juv.c aluable. why this condition? We have a niiraoivaa that we are as sessed so much on now that I think we will lose it .In a few years, as we cannot possibly pay the street im provements and taxes already assessed. I thoroughly believe in doing all. we can to help others, but do not think we should sacrifice all we nave to benefit others. We go without all tne comforts of life and are elderly peo i A n Ait nr thAAA pxnenses now. So why make the burden heavier? We have tried to trade ror iarm iana, out the nrice of property in town Is way down. But you are asked all the way from $200 to $700 an apre for land. Will someone please tell me why farm land is so very high and town prop erty so low? It surely has nothing to do with good roads, for if it does raise the value of tarm iana. no one can buy a farm unless they have money enough to.: live without work anyway, if the 70 miles of roads are built ' INQUIRER. jlNjfew One on Ann. wonDBURN. Or.. March 29. Speak ing of Ann, when Ann was one-third her present age her grandmother was 10 times as old as Ann was then. When the grandmother is 90 Ann will be three times as old as she is now. How old are Ann and her grandmother? O. C WAUUO. Lamentable That We Dance Wfcea We Mivfct Discourse on Salntjf Lives. PORTLAND. April 8. (To the Edi tor.) Since you ask me one or two specific questions on what proper con duct is between young people of the opposite sex, I trust I may be al lowed to reply briefly. Tes, I have escorted a young woman home from church services. On such occasions I have always conscien tiously tried to keep the conversation on the highest spiritual plane. .1 have tried to interest myself and the young woman- In the most exalted spiritual truths, in those things which human bein&rs should cherish in common re gardless of sex. such as the beauty of God's grace and the weirare or . tne Immortal soul. Men and women may meet and talk about the blessed truths of the Chris tian religion without any harm what ever. The subject of the divine mercy extended to mankind througn our Lord Jesus Christ, whose death atoned for the manifold sins of the race, is inexhaustible in providing material for elevated discourse. Human beings of opposite sex or of the same sex may safely meet to talk of the eternal truths of holy religion, of incidents In the lives of the prophets and saints or of noteworthy examples of piety in righteous men and women whose godly spirits are like beacon lights to guide our troubled path in this world of sin. With such noble opportunity at hand for ' social intercourse between the sexes that could result tn nothing but good, Is it not most lamentable that custom sanctions such frivolous amusements as dancing, the effect of which, at best, contributes nothing to the soul's SDlrttual grace? We are obsessed these days with "sex problems" of all kinds, not only as related to dancing but In other ways. Does not all our trouble arise from the fact that we have ignored God's law that the only purpose of sex is to reproduce the species under the protection of the blessed sacra ment of marriage? Too many em ploy sex for base purposes of lustful self-gratlflcatlon. Undoubtedly such commit a great sin. This corruption Is probably widespread and sooner or later God will Impose his penalty upon society. Humanity must leave the paths of Bin and return to the ways of God before this world can be re deemed. ONE WHO KNOWS. The correspondent has not yet an swered the spirit of the question. Let us put it in another way: Why does the young man usually choose a young per son of the opposite sex for communion in elevated discourse on the way home from church? "One Who "Knows" pre viously presented the postulate that dan cing is bad per se because persons of the opposite sex usually dance together. If an amusement is wicked because it is most attractive when indulged in together by persons of opposite sex, why is elevated discourse on the way home from church not bad also for the same reason? We cannot agree that dancing con tributes nothing tc spiritual grace. It is a health-giving exercise and evidence that it Is a mental tonic can be had at all insane asylums where advantage is taken of Its beneficial brotherly love and other attributes of spiritual grace thrive best when the body Is healthy and the mind alert. On the other hand im perfect phys'cal condition tends to promote that somber bigotry which with some persons passes for Chris tianity. Rigid asceticism is generally more indicative of a clogged liver than spiritual grace. DANCING IN ITSELF 18 NOT BAD EjVll Men, Who Intrude and Abnormal Postures HWet the E1I. AMITY, Or.. April 5. (To the Edi tor.) Being a constant reader of The Oregonian. and In the main an enthu siastic admirer of Its editorial utter ances, and as much has been said edi torially and by others In Its columns on dancing, I beg this word. Dancing, like all other pleasures or employ ments, cannot exist without expense. It does not matter whether this ex pense is provided by contribution or by the sale of tickets, it must be had or the oance must cease. The ticket buyer, or the contributor who provideB the funds for Its support Is at once a stockholder in the institution. He is such because he has paid his money. He is on a common level with each and every person in attendance, and that not on the fact of a reputable charac ter, but because he has paid for his right. It is not too much to say that It Is not all good men and women who at tend the public dancehall; nor Is it too much to affirm that the man with an- thing but the purest motives will be there, and be there because his money puts him where character could not. Furthermore, It Ib reasonably certain that he is there because of the advan tage the place furnishes for his in troduction to the young and unsuspect ing, and that his experience will give him advantages that no other condition will offer to deceive and ruin the un guarded. Again, the very attitude of the dancers on the floor would not be permitted in any other place on the earth between the sexes. I am not al luding to what is called the "vicious" forms of dancing, but the most com mon form practiced on the floor. t Suppose that the husband should un expectedly step into his home and find his wife or daughter locked arm In arm with the man whose money ad mits htm to the dancehall, whose pri vate life is as black as black can be, what would take place? Lastly, the fact Is that the fine sensi tive nature of the -race is such that communications between mind and mind are so positive that each regards the other's thought. That suggestion can be and is made In countless In stances where no word has been spok en that determines that destiny of many persons. "The devil is not In the fiddle, but he often handles the bow." So there is no devil In the dance, per se, but the char acters that make up the operators and the abnormal attitude assumed again and again in the dance Is productive of anything but the desirable. Not only so, but the confessions of the cause, or causes, that have led many to ruin that have been poured Into the ears of parents and others who are making the work of rescue the business of life show beyond dispute that the dancehall is not the birth place of the purest conceptions of life. That some and even many attend the dance and escape is no argument, as many have run the gauntlet between a double file or armeo. savages ami es caped. But while they made their es cape their less fortunate comrades went down to death. "It 1b safer far ther away." J- S. RHOADS. Points on Government. Washington ID. C.) Star. "What do you mean when you say you are going to establish a protec torate over us?" asked the weaker gov-.-...t "Wa mean." reDlied the stronger, "that we are- going to protect ourselves as tar & vwwmio aB" further annoyances on your part." i Qualifications of a Cook. . Judge. -... hut T avtvprtinpd for a Scandinavian cook." said Mrs. White. "Lawd sake!" replied raraiysia wan dies. "What diffunce do it make what a ladv's 'liglon am, dess so's she kin cook?1! . Half a Century Ago From Th Oresonian April T. 18S5. The Kansas City Journal of February 13 condemns the Chlvlnston massacre of the Indians In severe terras. The In dians were, to all Intents and purposes prisoners and had laid down their arms, so to speak, when the massacre was staged. Some amue this Is the only way to prevent Indian disturbances, but the Journal maintains their argument is wrong. The fact that Cblvlnrton Is a clergyman makes the affair all the more infamous, says the Journal. Hugh McCuIloua-h. who succeeded Mr. Fessenden as Secretary of the Treasury, is the present Controller of the Cur rency, a position he took at the earnest solicitation of Mr. Chase. For years he has been president of the Stato Bank and the Bank ot the State of Indiana and did much to perfect the working of the currency law. The London Star of March 7 says the visit of General McCle'.lan was of short duration. After landing t Liverpool he proceeded at once to the Au'clphl Hotrl. where he dined with the Vlce-Consul, the Consul, Mr. Hudley, being shsent In London. Later Mr. McClellan took a, stroll with the Vlce-Consul and August Belmont, the young Northern Democrat and agent of the Rothschilds In Amer ica. Immediately after he left for Lon don, Paris and Rome. G. A. Lawson has written a communi cation. Intervening an opinion In tha debate between ex-Sonator Harding and General Alvord upon the soldiers' boun ty act. Mr. Lawson remarks. "The Pen. ator seems to forget the 'ex' of his title and Italicizes the 'Brigadier-General of volunteers' In a contrast of the value of their two opinions. Gentlemen, I shall not preatnd to decide whether a Senator going down has a right to sneer at a Brigadier-General of volunteers goln up, or not. but I am Inclined to think that a Legislature that can be Influ enced so lightly and flippantly by either of them, as is Inferred tn the corre spondence, cannot get much further down." Portland decided to celebrate with a vim the fall of Richmond, and accord ingly Sheriff Stltxel. Chief Buchtel of the fire department, and tho militia members and all other agencies ma!o rapid-fire preparations. In fact, the celebration began at noon. E. J. North -rup took a lead. Bells were rung; at noon amid the firing of 100 guns from the plaza by tho Washington Artillery. By nightfall the whole town was cele brating and a first-rate programme was arranged. Hon. J. H.Mitchell and Judge E. D. Shattuck were among the speak ers. During the marching of the troops and firemen bonfires were lighted alone: the streets and general Illumination was the order of the evening. Rockets were sent up. Every window In the down town hotels was lighted by a candle, and It was a great and Inspiring slshi. The orchard trees of the M. E. t'lnn.'i parsonage even were selected y Mr. Rutledge to burn a few candles. Tho evening was magnificent and the streets dry, and the crowd was Immense. IMMODTY SOTrOMMBHCIAllIKD. Mr. Cord ray gays Beauty and Moral of Film Overshadow Possible Coarse. PORTLAND. April 6 (To the Edi tor.) May I express JUst a little regret that your correspondent, C. R. W., and perhaps also The Oregonian. have mis Interpreted the action of the Peoples Theater In displaying "Hypocrites." While I believe "Hyprocrites" to he the most beautiful picture play ever produced In Portland. I would like to answer only one charge leveled against the Peoples Amusement Company that of commercialism. When we first learned that "Hypo crites" would be offered to the Peoples Theater we declined. Our reason wss based on the press reports of the nude woman, etc. After viewing the plctu:-, we were agreed that tbe sheer beauty and magnitude of the subject more than out.'hadowed any possible charge of indecency, which later charge I be lieve to be wholly unwarranted. So we decided to call a private ses sion to which the Mayor and Commis sioners, all city officrais, newspaper men, the presidents of all women's clubs and leaders In civic life. BOO In all. were Invited. About 150 persons attended this Invitational performance. Following this performance. Mayor Albee and Mrs. Albee declared the pic ture should be seen by everyone In Portland, while I received over 10i letters urging us to show the picture. I believe there were Just five letters condemning "Hypocrites." In view of these facts. I do not think the charge of commercialism may Just ly be levied against the Peoples Thea ter. Unless we had sj-.celved the fa vorable verdict of those 150 men and women, who, I may say, severs I times burst Into spontaneous applause dur ing the screening of "Hypocrites." It would never have been put on at the Peoples. Just one word more. Many Portland ministers have approved "Hypocrites." I may say that had I thought "Hypo crites" sordid, indecent or immoral t should never have allowed it to go on the screen. Mav I ask that before criticising the Peoples Amusement Company for show ing "Hypocrites ' tnai tne mm ne nrst Inspected, for I - am loath to be lieve that the correspondent ever saw it. PEOPLES AMUSEMENT COMPANY. John F. Cordray. General Manager. Law as to Lotions. PORTLAND, April 6. (To th TA itnr . 1 there a law relating to sell ing lotions, tonics or preparations of any kind that sre made up by the one selling them, such as barber shops and beauty parlors use? If so, please state what the law Is. MISS il. 15. HAKKia. If th nrenaratlon In question Con tains no Ingredient that would bring It under the poison law or the Federal antl-narcotlo regulations, no require ment is made except that it shall be tiAtiaatir what It nuroorts to be and contain no misleading statement on the label. Caesar (iets Old. Washington (D. C.) Star. T.dv." said Plodding Pete, "dst dog of yours come mighty near biting ine." "Wall." renlled the matter-of-fact wom an. "Caesar Is getting old an' kind of careless. Every once in a wnue n misses somebody." The Grouni of Love. Exchange. Lover fFasslonately) Sir, I love ths very ground your daughter walks on. Father (grimly) No oouoi you ao it s worth $200 a front foot. The Day' Motion Pictures This is the age of motion, of which tbe animated picture is the most recent development. In a sense the advertising col umns of this or any other good newspaper are daily motion pictures of business. . They record the progrsss of mer chandise from producer to consumer. They register changing styles and prices. They Illuminate the paasinr of th old and the coming of the new. They are vital, interesting and a very Important part of tho world's work.