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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JISB . 1915.
MR. BRYAN'S RESIGNATION.
.Mr. Bryan's resignation as Secretary
of State Is an event of momentous
Import in its relation both to the for
eign affairs and the domestic politics
of the United States. In both con
nections it is an event of such gravity
that with difficulty can the one be dis
missed from the mind while consider
ing the other.
Admittedly President Wilson and
Mr. Bryan have disagreed on some
vital point In the dispute with Ger
many about the' LuM tarda massacre
sand the submarine war in general.
'Mr. Bryan is the arch-priest of the
peace-at-any-prlce party. He has
fpreached in and out of season that
any war is a crime and that any quar-
yel between nations can be settled by
..arbitration. He seized with Joy the
opportunity to put his theory in prac
tice, and political expediency induced
iMr. "Wilson to give him that oppor
tunity. He tried his policy on Mex
ico and we see the result in ineffective
meddling, in the scuttle from Vera
Cruj, in a rich country made prey to
murder and famine. He would have
liked to try it with Germany in a
case requiring: prompt, firm, decisive
'and courageous action.
I Signs have been accumulating: for
some time that the President was los
ing faith, if he ever had any, in the
jBryan peace nostrums, and was chaf
ing under the necessity of bearing
responsibility for the lamentable fail
tire of the Bryan policy in Mexico. He
iwas restrained, doubtless, by reluc
tance to reverse himself, by conscious
ness that he is finally responsible for
ithe policy that has failed, by a sense
Jof obligation for the valuable aid
5given by Mr. Bryan in carrying out
jhis domestic policy and by thoughts of
Jthe break in his own party which must
fesult from a rupture between them.
But the two men were bound, to
gether only by a political community
f interest. Mr. Wilson is a scholar,
ks. trained economist, and, above all, a
patriotic American who will brook no
Ivalf-measures in dealing: with a case
iof wholesale murder. He can have no
sympathy with the shallow free-silver
heresies and -ultra-pacifist theories of
Mr. Bryan. His true opinion of the
ex-Secretary of State was no doubt
expressed years ago, before political
obligations had tied his tongue, when
he expressed & desire to see Mr.
Bryan "knocked into a cocked hat."
Close association, more intimate
knowledge and practical tests of the
Bryan theories can only have con
firmed his Judgment.
Affairs were ripe for a break when
the sinking of the Lusitania required
the President to show of what stuff he
was made. Instinctively he turned
away from his Secretary of State as
a poor staff to lean upon in such a
crisis. He took the matter in hand
himself and wrote a dispatch to Ger
many which sent a thrill of pride
through every true American and
gained unhesitating approval from
all except the most persistently
hyphenated of our citizens. Mr.
Bryan was consulted only in common
with other members of the Cabinet.
He suggested one. amendment the
proposal for investigation, according
to the peace treaty plan, which might
have been expected and it "was re
jected. The dispatch was sent for
final revision to Counsellor Lansing,
not to Mr. Bryan, whose only part in
the work, which might have made the
fame of any Secretary of State worthy
of the occasion, was to sign it.
The time having come to call upon
Germany to abandon evasion and to
meet the clear issue put before her,
there have been strange delays in
Bending a reply to Herr von Jagow's
hote. These are explained by Mr.
Bryan's resignation and by its an
nounced cause. He has evidently held
put for arbitration or conciliation in a
ease which requires a plain answer to
k just demand. His policy would have
meant delay when the National self
frespect requires prompt and, if neces
sary, vigorous action. Mr. Wilson will
be strongly fortified in the confidence
of the people by the fact that, when
called upon to choose between his duty
to the Nation and his most powerful
political lieutenant, he did not hesi
tate. The effects of Mr. Bryan's resigna
tion on internal politics are only
slightly less Important than its effect
en our foreign policy. For sixteen
years prior to Mr. Wilson's election to
the Presidency Mr. Bryan had been tha
dictator of the Democratic party. J
There was enough opposition to him
rithin the party to prevent his elec
tion as President, but not enough to
tirevent his nomination and his contin
iecT control. In 1896 he led the party
into the paths of radical experiment
and he kept it there until 1912. In
the latter year, finding his own nomi
nation impossible, he skillfully engi
neered the nomination of Mr. Wilson
and thus placed the President under
an unforgettable obligation to him.
Hence his appointment as Secretary of
State. It will probably be found, when
the secret political history of these
times is written, that Mr. Bryan asked
for that office, if it was not offered to
him. At that time the Balkan wars
had only begun and there was good
ground to hope that they would not
prove the prologue to the present
world tragedy. Madero was still Pres
ident of Mexico and his tragic end and
its sequel were not foreseen. Hence
Mr. Bryan's pacifist theories would not
then be considered such an Insupera
ble obstacle to his being Secretary of
State as they have since proved.
The aid given by Mr. Bryan in car
rying out Mr. Wilson's policies has
been of immense value and has been
given loyally. Without It, the tariff
law and the Federal reserve law, which
are the two outstanding achievements
of the Administration, could not both
have been passed at the first session,
fhe strong Bryan following was held
in line, notwithstanding the tendency
of an excessive majority to break Into
factions. The President had no per
sonal following and was dependent on
Mr. Bry&n for the means of carrying
through his programme. He permit
ted the Secretary of State to have his
own way in the lesser affairs of the de
partment and in the great majority of
appointments, praised him for his ca
pacity for business and tolerated his
Chautauqua lecturing.
But the President has been gaining
a personal following and personal
strength, while Mr. Bryan has been
losing. The latter has borne the
blame of the PIndell and Williams ap
pointments, the Santo Domingo scan
dal and the Colombian treaty, as well
as the peace treaties, which are pe
culiarly his own. The Mexican fiasco
has been ascribed to his Influence.
He was not able to hold his party in
line for Administration measures In
the last session of Congress. His in
fluence in Washnigton is waning.
Mr. Bryan's definite separation from
the Administration, however, is bound
to estrange from it thousands of his
devoted followers. His name Is i
shibboleth among the radical Democ
racy. He is the political creator of
many men in Congress, someof whom
may seek to avenge what tHey deem
his wrongs. A division of sentiment
will arise which can easily be widened
into a split by men like Champ Clark,
who loves neither one of the two
estranged political friends. In losing
Mr. Bryan, Mr. Wilson loses the sup
port of the 'radical wing of his party,
and may prove to have wrecked the
party itself, as did Cleveland.
But, had Mr. Wilson done otherwise,
he would surely have wrecked his Ad
ministration and his party with it
The Nation would not patiently have
tolerated any paltering with the Lusi
tania affair after the Bryan fashion,
and would at the first opportunity
have destroyed the Administration and
its following. Having given proof that
such Is not his policy, Mr. Wilson may
have lost the Bryan strength, but he
has won immeasurably greater
strength among that- vast 'body of
Americans, tied only loosely to any
party, which values the National honor
and the National safety above all else.
We know that he abhors war, but he
has proved that he abhors peace with
dishonor more. Therefore we can trust
him to preserve peace with honor. If it
be possible, and we shall support him
the more readily if war comes.
ROSES AND HEARTS.
The streets are gay with festival
banners, more of the Stars and Stripes
than all other decorations together.
Portland is a patriotic city and she
loves to remember the country and the
National emblem in the midst of
merry-making. The throngs moving
happily up and down the streets will
be all the lighter-hearted for the hun
dreds of flags waving over their heads.
The Stars and Stripes mingle' beauti
fully with the roses which are lavished
wherever there is space to display
them.
June has smiled with singular favor
upon the Rose Festival this year. The
weather has encouraged the flowers to
bloom in exceptional luxuriance. The
colors are deep and pure, the odors are
rich. Nature invites us to be gay. The
wonderful roses, the mild breezes, the
purple shadows on the mountains and
the shimmering waters of the Willam
ette all persuade us to cast away care
for a week and Join in the merry di
versions of the annual Festival. It is
but a poor-hearted citizen who cannot
for these few days forget his business
worries and his war passions and give
himself up to pure joy.
June is the merriest month of the
year. The farmer has sown nis seed,
the green of the new crop has ap
peared, but the time of reaping has
not come. He may rest and delight
his soul with the marvels of the Rose
Festival. So he Journeys to town with
his wife and children and all of them
revel in the floral splendors, the pa
rades, the pageants. The city man
pausing In the mad race for wealth
and success wonders at the beauty of
his surroundings. He has j not been
able to gaze at them before for lack
of time. The traveler from the East
Is astonished at the wealth of flowers.
Nothing of the kind is to be seen in
the stern regions from which he came.
Next year he will come again to re
new the sweet impression of color,
fragrance and joy unbounded.
For a few days Portland cries with'
the poet, "Hence, loathed Melancholy,
of Cerberus and blackest midnight
born." Wars may rage and death
reap his harvest, but here for a little
while we shall forget the sadness ot
life and remember nothing but its joy.
There is a song that Nordica used to
sing in her melodious prime. The
lover had given his sweetheart a rose.
a beautiful red rose, and she had put
it In her hair. He gazes at it there
and sighs and sings, "To you it was a
rose. To me it was my heart." Port
land showers roses upon her visitors
by the thousand, but they are more
than flowers. Her heart goes with
them.
DEAR MEAT.
According to the reports, our great
packing-houses are busy supplying the
European belligerents with fresh meat.
principally beef. Nofa great deal of
it reaches Germany, but still that
country is fairly well supplied. Pigs
are so plentiful in the Fatherland that
there is talk of slaughtering them by
the thousand to save grain for human
beings. Our packing-houses had a
great store of meat' on hand at the
outbreak of the war. They have been
drawing on this for shipments up to
the present,, but now it is about ex
hausted and they must begin to de
pend on the living herds. Naturally
this implies a fresh rise in prices.
It is questionable whether beef and
mutton will ever again be cheap In
the United States. Their price is a
function of the value of farm land
which has been increasing with us for
many years, and is not likely to de
cline permanently. . Beef is a luxury
produced only at the expense of waste
and loss In the food material fed to
cattle. The case is different with pigs,
wrllch. can be maintained on leavings
that would otherwise be wasted. It is
for this reason that China has many
pigs but very few cattle, comparative
ly. The chances are that our meat
food will come to be almost entirely
pork, with some poultry intermingled
for variety.
It would be just as well if we left
off meat-eating altogether. The mod
ern theory that flesh foods cause can
cer may not be verified In the long
run, but it is certain that human be
ings thrive Just as well and ofter bet
ter on a vegetable diet. With the re
sources of our fields and gardens a
vegetable diet can be arranged which
meets all the requirements of the body
and wonderfully conduces to health
and an easy conscience.
The London Times was lately prose
cuted under the "Defense of the
Realm Act" for indiscreet remarks. It
has had similar experiences before. In
1789 its owner, John Walter, was sen
tenced to 50 fine and a year's im
prisonment for libeling the Duke of
York. Walter had also to stand an
hour in the pillory.
THE CITY ELtCTIO.V.
The real issue in the city election
Monday was Mr. Daly. The meter and
garbage questions were merely inci
dents to the organized political and
Socialistic activities of an astute and
aggressive Commissioner. He has
made himself somehow the central
figure of the city administration by
formulating and proposing policies for
the conduct of his own department
without the sanction of the Mayor,
though with the more or less willing
acquiescence of one or two fellow Com
missioners. In some of its important
aspects it has been a Daly, and not an
Albee, administration. It ought not
to be. It will not be hereafter if the
verdict of the people means anything
to the Mayor and the Commission.
There can be no mistake about the
intent of the voters at Monday's elec
tion. It was a distinct and purposeful
rebuke to Mr. Daly and an emphatic
setback to Dalylsm.
Commissioner Daly committed his
political and official fortunes to the
meter and the garbage projects. They
were schemes of his own devising.
They were unmistakably and avowedly
nis own ana nuuuuy ejse s. nc pro
posed in both the expenditure of con
siderable sums of money and thus
seriously affronted the anxious senti-
ment of a hard-pressed people that
there be the strictest economy in pub
lie expenditures. It was clear, too
that the reorganization of the water
and garbage collection departments
carried with it the opportunity to con
struct a formidable political machine.
Both proposals were on their merits
needless and wasteful. Nevertheless
they were strongly supported by the
classes to which the radical activities
of Mr. Daly particularly appeal, and
by a combination of three newspapers.
It is impossible to say which of the
impromptu newspaper triumvirate
contributed most to the general public
suspicion of the entire combination
and its joint venture; but doubtless
each had its part. There has not often
been so plain and pointed an expres
sion of dissent and distrust by the
voters. If there is anything of com
fort or solace for the partners in any
feature of the election from the Com
missi onrships through the whole list
of measures down to the dog-pound
transfer, except the narrow victory of
Mr. Bigelow, due mainly to the divi
sion of the many elements opposed to
him, it has escaped The Oregonian's
notice. a
Mr. Baker's election as Commission
er was a tribute to his remarkable per
sonal popularity. It was a well-won
victory. He has had experience in
city affairs, and he has a genuine de
sire, and we think an equally genuine
purpose, to serve the public.
The annexation of St. Johns and of
Linnton, the bill for regulation of the
jitneys and the results on other meas
ures carried no special surprises. It
would appear that the people had
acted with discrimination and sound
Judgment on the whole of them. The
Oregonlan does not know of a single
decision which It regrets, or which it
might wish had been different
GRADUATION SPEECHES.
There are fashions in graduation
exercises as there are in bonnets and
gowns. This Spring no rigorous meth
ods prevail. Some schools require
each member of the class to deliver
an "oration." others go to tne otnei
extreme and cause the class to gradu
ate in solemn silence, while some
speaker from abroad supplies the
oratory. Perhaps the best way is to
select two or three competent mem
bers of the class to speak for all the
rest. This somewhat limits the wordi
ness of the imported speaker but no
body la any the worse for that.
It is commonly true of oratory that
the less we hear of It -the more we
esteem it. The most shining merit of
all public addresses and the one whose
absence we lament most frequently is
brevity. The schools also differ a
great deal in the choice of subjects for
class orations. Some encourage the
students to dilate upon questions of
National policy like forest conserva
tion, child labor, the National bank
ing system. Others take up subjects
such as "What I intend to do with my
education," "The benefits I have de
rived from my college course," and
so on.
Many schools, many fashions. The
person who expects mature and mel
low wisdom in the commencement
speeches of young graduates is doomed
to disappointment. Whatever themes
they treat they will naturally treat as
boys and girls and not as middle-aged
veterans. Upon the whole, they are
as likely to do well with subjects of
National import as with those which
'lie nearer home." We should expect
a boy of 16 to dilate as ripely upon
forest conservation" as upon the
benefits he has derived from college.
He probably knows less about 'himself
than about the public resources.
Self-knowledge comes to all of us
later than anything else If it comes
at" all. Persons who believe that an
enlightened and interested body of
citizens is essential to the welfare of
the country are pleased to hear the
youthful graduates speak upon sub
jects of National import. The excel
lence of their intention compensates
for many deficiencies of knowledge
and logic.
SERBIA ON THE OFFENSIVE.
Serbia's renewal of hostilities by the
invasion of Albania may be a sequel
to Italy's intervention in the war.
Since the valiant little kingdom drove
the Austrian across its borders last
December for the second time, it has
remained quiescent and Austria has
not renewed the attack. This inaction
has been generally ascribed to exhaus
tion and to the plague of typhus, on
the part of. Serbia, and to the greater
need of men in Galicia. on the part
of Austria,
There is reason to believe that the
truce was imposed by Italy during the
negotiations for concessions from
Austria. The attack on Serbia was
the ground of Italy's desertion of the
triple alliance and of her demands for
territorial compensation from Austria.
She may -have insisted, as -a, condition
of peaceful rather than warlike ef
forts to gain her desire, that the rela
tive positions of Austria and Serbia
remain unchanged. This respite has
worked greatly to the advantage of
Serbia. It has enabled that country
to rest and reorganize its army, to ob
tain arms and ammunition from its
allies and with the aid of Americans
and British to combat the typhus
plague. Serbia should still be able to
put 200,000 able-bodied veteran
troops In the field.
The truce having been ended by
Italy's- intervention in the war, Austria
1s now free to attack Serbia again, but
the very fact that she must now fight
Italy limits her power to fight Serbia.
Had Italy remained neutral, Austria
migrnt have felt free, after the Russian
defeat In Galicia, to declare the truce
off and to detach troops southward
for this purpose, but she now needs
all her forces tor defense as nauch
after beating Russia as before. Italy's
intervention neutralized the benefits
of the Galician victory, so far as the
release of troops for a campaign
against Serbia is concerned.
It is probable, instead, that Serbia
will take the offensive with the aid of
Italy. The invasion of Albania may
be 'designed both to make good Ser
bia's claim to an outlet on the sea and
to open the way for an Italian army
to land for a Joint invasion of Bosnia
and Herzegovina. While Serbia would
be the direct beneficiary of this move
ment, Italy would benefit indirectly
by causing a diversion of 'Austrian
forces from Trent and Trieste and by
thus facilitating the conquest of those
provinces. Serbia may also Join Mon
tenegro in recapturing the fortress of
Scutari, which the latter country was
compelled by the powers to surrender
Immediately she she had captured It
in 1913.
In the last two years Oklahoma has
wasted 2,000,000,000 cubic feet of nat
ural gas. Should we add to this the
political gas gone to the bad, the fig
ures would be appalling. Nature has
bestowed upon Oklahoma a great store
of gas in the caverns of the earth. The
" l V
th" to dtaslpato it in the air. We
might wish such a population as the
archbishop did Gil Bias, "all manner
of blessings, with a little more sense.'
It is Interesting" to read of a big
Zeppelin brought to earth by an aero
plane. The affair reminds one of
the swordfish and whale, David and
Goliath and such like hare-brained
fights between ill-matched foes. The
airship flew over the Zeppelin as
blackbird attacks a hawk and smote
the monster hip and thigh. In the
end it fell, like Satan, "as lightning
from heaven' (Luke x:18).
A matrimonial bureau is not a ne
cessity, and the more it is watched the
better for public morals. Records of
divorce courts show that getting mar
ried is an easy function and the man
who thinks he must go through a
clearing-house to attain the blissful
end would better keep out. This ap
plies more forcibly to the woman with
the affliction. -
If the padding and useless ornamen
tation were cleared out of our school
books, their contents would be con
densed a half or two-thirds. Text
books cost more than twice as much
as they should, they are too numerous
and they are changed too often. Un
happy the school that tries to make
the textbook supplant the teacher.
If we had another week to get to the
voters and explain to them that the water
bureau is In a fair way to go on the rocks
within a lew years, unless we have meters
to cut down the enormous expense of new
pipe lines, you would nee a tremendous
majority lined up on our side Interview
with Commissioner Daly June 7.
Is it so bad as that? We wonder
that Commissioner Daly stays with the
job.
We have not so many relics of the
old wooden Navy that we could not
preserve them, as England preserves
Nelson's victory, in order that the
memories they recall may inspire
the new generation to rival the deeds
of which these old ships were the
scene.
The manufacture of whisky has
fallen off in the great distilling centers
at a surprising rate. In Kentucky
of all places, the decline is two-thirds,
In Pennsylvania it is one-third. What
ever else may stand still or recede, the
cause of abstinence advances.
What happened to Russian soldiers
armed with steel bars is a hint of what
would happen to Americans who went
to war lacking modern rifles and ar
tillery. Brave men badly armed are
thrown away.
une remarks or the eastern news
papers on the expected departure of
Herr Dernburg may be summed up in
the words: "Here's your hat; what's
your hurry?"
The treatment given James Ells
worth by Villa's execution squad at
Juarez io One more addition to the
score which the Mexican bandits must
settle.
Among the British, highest honors
in the war have been won by the
colonials. This may make Tommy
Atkins Jealous.
Germany should know better than
to rely on a treaty for Rouraania'a
neutrality. Treaties are but scraps of
paper.
Arise early and retire late. Be joy
ous and joyful. Let trouble be wafted
hitherward. These are festal days.
Every boy in the city thinks the
School Board is "all right"- rising in
flection and sounded very loudly.
It is a hard-hearted old grouch who
does not feel his eyes moisten as the
children march by today.
Great Britain is much too busy Just
now to take cognizance of the murder
of Britons in Mexico.
The "boys" who are making the
scores at Jenne station would be great
on a skirmish line.
Portland has an alphabetical com
mission Albee, Bigelow and Baker,
Dieck and Daly.
Maybe the heathen Chinee thinks
we're "all clazy." Pin a rose on him.
. It all happened because the "people
wanted it so and voted accordingly.
If you do not find something doing
all the time, start something.
Let the children have the edge of
the curb and do not crowd.
Pin a rose on a marine when you
catch him. ashore.
Hello. South Dakota! You're named
for a great state.
When Portland fixes up, she's some
rosy girl.
There were too many B's for the
hive.
The weather folk are doing nobly.
Barbur got almost all of the votes.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan June 9. 1S90.
Washington Senators Squire and
Allen of Washington are feeling jubi
lant over the Increase in the rivers
and harbors bill appropriation which
they received for Washington. Repre
sentative Wilson obtained all possible
in the House and the Senators carried
the campaign successfully in the upper
body. The Senate will take up the
silver bill for final passage in a day
or 30.
Montreal Eugene Cowles. son of the
great editor of Cleveland, O., was shot
by his brother-in-law here yesterday
as a result of an alleged domestic
trouble in which another woman
figured. Cowles it is said was about
to shoot when his brother-in-law
stepped in, and sent a bullet into
Cowles' neck.
London Stanley,, the explorer, who
has been the lion of the hour in
England since his return from Africa
today went with Miss Tennant to the
office of the Canterbury registrar and
oDtained a marriage license. With his
nartcee he is being highly feted.
Mr. Hunt has ordered 3D0 mora teams
to work on the grading for the roadT
oetween Centralla and the City of
vjrrajs naroor.
William O'Donnell, who for years has
been watchman of the New Market
block, has associated himself in busi
ness with J. Driacoll in . the Boston
MarKet-
At a meetlnsr of the director., nf
scnooi district 49, East Portland, the fol
lowing teachers were appointed: Miss
cya ji. urownmg. Miss Kate E. Doulln,
auss .Margaret Gowans, Miss M. L.
facKer. Miss Louise Sharkey, Miss
We shall know In a few weeks what
the population of Oregon is, but on
estimate we place it at 350,000
General Manager Smith says Union
x-acino trains win be running into Se
attle by December, 1891, in all proba
bility.
fpi, a i. .. ..
1"c iirtii autnentic narrative of a
trip across tne Olvmrjie ranea i nrint
in the Post-Intelligrencer of Seattle of
recent date. The trip was made by S.
C. Gilman, of Grays Harbor, and his
father C. A. Gilman. for several years
icuienant-uovernor of Minnesota.
To the' Carnival Itone.
as though some strange compassion
arew your tear,
The morning light has found
misty-eyed.
you
And with its promise of the srun has
aned
Lcttl -u; w on your cneeK ana left no
smear
Or trace of grief. Yet,' still it would
appear
Your blushing, petaled face you seek to
mue
From mortal gaze; and gone that wont
ed priae
Which was your gentle boast in yester
year.
xuuay me air is neavy with your
praise
It reeks and shrieks in furthering your
fame;
But you who loved the peace-pervading
ways
ine homage of the ones who tip-toe
came
No wonder you should dread Inquisitive
gaze.
And ribaldry committed in your name!
H. H.
Come to the Rone Show.
Oh. the Portland beauty rose
Is the fairest rose that grows.
And everybody knows
That this is so.
When the roses are in bloom.
They dispel all weary gloom.
And they make our city boom.
This I know.
If you're feeling sad today.
Come to-For.tland right away,
And I know vou'll soon be gay.
Just like me.
And I know' you'll tarry long,
And you'll be a booster strong,
Like all our happy throng.
Come and see.
With our Queen and roses fair.
There is nothing can compare.
In this broad land anywhere,
You'll agree.
Come and join our happy band
And receive the welcoming hand
From all of our Portland
And from me.
MRS. LILLIE MYRTLE ME VERS.
"Some Waste."
MYRTLE POINT. Or., July 7. (To the
Editor.) Referring to an article pub
lished in The Oregonian, June 3, under
the caption. "American Waste Cited,"
in which William Conger Morgan, pro
fessor of chemistry at Reed College, in
an address before the Rotary Club.
6tated: "We have been absolutely fool
ish in this country in handling our re
sources. We waste 150,000.000 tons of
lumber in a year and w'e waste 1,000,
000 cubic yards of gas a day."
The equivalent of 1D0, 000.000 tons of
lumber is about !0, 000. 000, 000 feet, board
measure. Assuming that Borne of the
largest mills in this country cut about
750,000 feet per day, it would take no
less than 290 such mills working to
full capacity every day in the year to
meet this enormous waste.
If we bear out Professor Morgan's
statement certainly some waste.
Oregon, with its wonderful timber
resources, can stand the pace a couple
of years. GEO. E. TONNEY.
Cribbsgre Count.
ASHLAND. Or., June S. (To the Edi
tor.) Please give us an answer to the
following question: In a game of
cribbage, A play a S. B plays a 3, mak
ing a pair, and counts two. A then
plays a 4 and B plays a 5. A claims
that he can count more than the run
3-4-5 and B contends that all the points
that can be counted would total three,
besides the pair. Kindly advise us if B
is not correct. What do four cards
of a kind held in the hand count, as
four aces? E. L. DAVENPORT.
B counts two for the pair, three for
the run of three and two for a IS;
total seven.
Four of a kind count IS.
Kindergarten Trainlnjr Schools.
PORTLAND. June 3. (To the Edi
tor.) Are kindergarten teachers re
quired to pass an examination in or
der to conduct a private school?
Are there any training schools In
Portland? If so, where located?
I am anxious to take up this line
of work and any information on the
subject will be much appreciated.
AN INgUlKlSK.
R. H. Thomas, Clerk of School Board,
says there are no public kindergartens
in Oregon, nor training schools for
kindergarten teachers in Portland or
Oregon.
Fishing License for Woman.
BLACK ROCK. Or.. June 3. (To the
Editor.) Does a woman have to have
a fishing license at this time? L G.
No. The act was repealed at the
last Legislature and went into ef
fect May 22, 1915. ,
Ilealtl ' of n Doll.
Judge.
Mother Ella, what has happened to
your doll? Ella 'tne doctor says its
nervous breakdown, and he has pre
scribed mucilage.
ECOSOMT SEEN I2V SIXGLE SERVICE
Consolidation of Telephone Systems
Would Mean Savins; to Patrons.
PORTLAND, June 8. (To the Edi
tor.) In reply to an interesting letter
written by Mr, Dan E. Powers and
published in The Oregonion June 2, in
whichj he apparently demands that I
"show my hand" in the telephone game.
I respectfully submit the following in
formation. I do not own any interest in either
telephone system, nor am I employed
by either telephone company. My agi
tation of this subject is merely in the
Interest of citizens of Portland, includ
ing myself. I want one, complete, manual-service,
individual-line telephone
system, and I don't care who owns it.
Moreover, the personnel of ownership
of a telephone system should not be
taken into consideration by the public.
Either the Home or Pacific Telephone
Company, operating a manual service,
individual-line system, can render com
plete service, satisfactory to the pub
lic, at a cost much lower than is now
being paid for incomplete and unsatis
factory Bervice.
I prefer manual service because it is
more conveniently operated. While I
was with the Home Telephone Com
pany I learned that elderly persons,
with Impaired vision, cannot conveni
ently operate the automatic telephone
at any time, and that other persons
cannot conveniently operate it in the
dark. First of all. elderly persons are
entitled to consideration in all matters,
including telephone service.
I object to the automatic system, due
to the fact that it requires a much
greater investment than a manual sys
tem, as Indicated by a report published
in a local paper December 27, 1913, ad
vising that the investment mt the Home
company of this city was 15.557.864.59.
According to a report bearing infor
mation to the effect that the Home
company had, on December 31, 1914, less
than one-fourth of the total number of
telephones In Portland, I feel Justified
In advancing a statement to the effect
that it will require an investment of
approximately $22,000,000 to complete
the automatic system. I am confident
that either the Home or Pacific com
pany can install a complete manual
service system throughout Portland
and St. Johns for $7,000,000. Probably
the enormous investment necessary to
complete the automatic system was
taken Into consideration at the time
the Home company made application
for franchise, which provides for $8
per month for business service and H
per month for residence service.
During the Home Telephone Com
pany's campaign for 5000 subscribers a
verbal report was clrcui-ted to the
effect that the Pacific company was
considering the installation of auto
matic telephones. I don't know wheth
er the report is true. However, insofar
as the public indirectly pays all tele
phone expenses, it should be the priv
ilege of the public, and not the busi
ness of the Pacific Telephone Company,
to consider whether the public shall
have automatic or manual telephone
service.
Should the exclusive patrons of the
Home Telephone Coi-pany transfer
their patronage to the Pacific com
pany, probably a condition would be
created whereby the Railroad Commis
sion would be Justified in causing a 25
per cent reduction of the Pacific com
pany's present rate. Accordingly, Mr.
Powers would save approximately J14i
annually. By the consolidation of tha
two systems Mr. Powers and other in
diivduais and corporations would not
realize - a saving of more than the
amount they are now paying the Home
company. In other words, the Pacific
company's present rate would probably
remain the same, as was the case in
Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and other
places where the public was benefited
by telephone consolidation.
ED WORD.
Burbank's) Latest Hope.
Ladies" Home Journal.
One day Luther Burbank was walk
ing in his garden when he was ac
costed by an officious acquaintance
who said:
"Well, what are you working on
now?"
"Trying to cross an eggplant and
milkweed," said Mr. Burbank.
"And what under heaven do you
expect to get from that?"
Mr. Burbank resumed his walk.
"Custard pie," he said. "
Before and After Marriage.
Boston Transcript.
Wife It's a mystery to me that I
didn't sec these faults in you before
we were married. Hut) No mystery
about it, my dear; I didn't possess them
then.
The Portland Rose
Hy J. 11. Cradlebangh.
In the beginning, so the legends run.
The earth was made -full-fruited, and
the sun
When first it chased away the gloom
of nipht
At the divine command: "Let there
be light,"
Looked down upon a world that knew
- no Spring.
Or glorious beauty of its blossomlnfr.
It saw. alone tne Autumn-rruitea
earth.
Unknowing yet the mystery of birth.
God saw that it was good lacked but
one thing
And so he sent his first handmaiden.
Spring,
To touch with dainty fingers, and
adorn
The world, left rugged at creation's
morn.
And thus she came, bringing from out
the skies
The choicest flowers that bloom In
paradise.
And all the fragrance so th
legends are
Distilled from sorrow on the knees
of prayer.
The blue-eyed violets peeped up where
she trod
And dainty daisies starred the emerald
sod.
Soft mosses beautified the rocks'
rough seams.
Tall ferns were mirrored In the
winding streams.
Trees first fruit-laden burst to sudden
bloom
And myriad blossoms mingled their
perfume.
The climbing vines, like Charity,
concealed
The blemishes the forest trees re
.vealed. Around the world she traveled with
the sun
'Till here in Oregon her task was done.
But ere she kissed the joyous world
"good night."
And from it winged again her home
ward flight.
Her dearest and her sweetest gift she
planned.
From all the dainty things at her
command.
And planted where -the blue Wil
lamette flows
The queen of blossoms, in the per
fect rose.
Delicate laces from the fairies' looms.
The daintiest velvets from all other
blooms
She used for petals. When the day
was done
And blushing clouds said "good
night" to the sun
She stole their colors: from the dew
distilled
The fragrance all the other blossoms
spilled.
Kissed it, and left her breath to mix
with those
Her last most perfect gift The
Portland Rose.
Half a Century Ago
From the Oresconlan of June , 1865.
F. B. Carpenter, the artist who paint
ed the picture, "The Signing of the
Emancipation Proclamation," contrib
utes to the Independent an interesting
paper on reminiscenses of Lincoln, em
bodying some interesting and highly
valuable impressions of his associa
tions with the late President,
T. J. Carter has published the fact
that Charles M. Carter is his duly au
thorized apent during the former's tem
porary absence from the city.
John Nestor, architect, has opened an
office in Portland in The Oregonian
building, and is prepared to furnish
plans, speci lications and working draw
ings for buildings of the latest ap
proved types.
Fire broke, out on the south side of
Main street just above Washington at
The Dalles yesterday morning and
among the stores damaged or destroyed
were: Humaston. Stocking & Co.;
George H. Twitchell; Thacher & Co.;
Humason & Odell, law offices; Rudio's
studio and the building occupied by
F. A. Hake.
The returns from Cowlitz County
give Denny (Union), 67; Tilton (Cop.),
4 1 .
A meeting is appointed to be held at
Dallas, Polk County, June 10, for the
purpose of '"discussing such measures
as will tend to maintain civil author
ity." It is said Judge Boise and J. S.
Smith will speak.
We are requested by Chief Engineer
Buchtel to give notice of a meeting of
the foremen of the several fire com
panies of the city at his office. Front
and Morrison, at 7 o'clock this evening.
PROBLEM OF CHURCH ATTE.XDAXCH
Writer Thinks Welcome Is Ganged by
Individual's Finances.
PORTLAND. June 8. (To the Edi
tor.) In answer to the question, "Why
do not more people attend church?" I
will give my experience with one of
the churches in the city which may
help both ministers and the congrega
tions to understand, partly at least,
why attendance is small.
Through a most unwise investment
my husband lost our all since coming
to Portland. Out of our "former
glory" we saved some rather passable
clothing, so our appearance did not ad
vertise our strained financial condition.
We attended church, one Sunday,
dressed of course in our best. After
services the rector was very cordial at
the close, taking our names and ad
dresses, urging us to attend regularly
and promising to call.
In the meantime, we had been banded
pamphlets, explaining what? Not the
principles of the brotherhood of man,
but explaining advantages of the du
plex envelope system in giving to
churches, a card to be slKTied as to the
amount of offerings, and other book
lets all in regard to the pecuniary
needs of the church. Not that I don't
realize such things are necessary, also
that 1 deeply regretted not being able
to sign my name to the largest amount,
but that Is another story.
However, to go on. Both my hus
band and myself were agreeably sur
prised by the minister's cordial greet
ing, so after a few days' consideration
he decided to call upon him. tell him
of our needs and ask his help and in
fluence in securing a position. The
minister again promised to call and
get acquainted and although many
weeks have elapsed that promise is un
redeemed. Which leaves the question
open in our minds, would he have
called if he had not discovered our fine
plumage did not represent our finan
cial standing?
You can very readily understand that
both of us, although confirmed mem
bers of the faith, are not attending
church nor have we the least inclina
tion of doing so. The world is hungry
for truth which should be found in
God's house if anywhere. Our experi
ence has been that there truth is
weighed and measured by the coin of
the realm. To what purpose did the
Nazarene drive the sellers and traders
from the Temple? That is our reasox
for not attending church, perhaps many
others have had the same.
ONE WHO STAYS AT HOME.
Rose Fair, the Victor.
Old "Dull Care"
Rode everywhere
Upon the thoroughfare.
Our learned Mayor
Began to swear
When "June Time," found him there.
"See here. Dull Care."
Exclaimed the Mayor,
"I don't see how you dare.
To fill the air
With hard-times scare.
While I am in the chair."
So then and there
Our worthy Mayor
Called on Miss Rose Fair, fair.
To chase Dull Care,
The old bug-bear,
From off the thoroughfare.
With queenly air
And golden hair.
Up rose Miss Rose Fair. fair.
With trumpet blare
And torchlight flare.
She started for Dull Care.
She pulled his hair;
She licked him square;
She sat him on hi mare.
She ran Dull Care,
The old bupr-bear.
Clean off the thoroughfare.
GENE RILEY.
Merely poetic license. Of course the
Mayor would never swear.
Will Divorce 13tb Ilnnband.
An Evansville, Ind., dispatch says:
Mrs. Polly Anne Wood Strodes, 70
years old. who has been married 13
times, announced today that she would
apply for a divorce from Harrison
Strokes, aged 87, and as soon as she
obtained it would marry a fourteenth
husband.
"Men love flattery," said Mrs.
Strodes. "I never used love powder. I
simply flattered them."
Plan for the Summer.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
. "What are your plans for the Sum
mer? 'Further exploration, I sup
pose," answered Mr. Muvings. "I'm
grolng to keep on looking for some place
that carries out the impressions I get
from the pictures of the Summer re
sort postcards."
Training of n Family.
Puck.
Hokus Flubdub is very careful
about the training of his family, isn't
he? Pokus Yes; he tries to bring up
his children in the way he should have
gone.
America Is a Big
Country.
Selling America Is a big contract
for any National manufacturer.
To attempt to advertise every
where at once usually means spread
ing the message out so thin that
it misses its mission.
But this great territory is made
up of a series of buying centers
"urban and suburban."
All of these are well covered by
daily newspapers.
The wise distributor talks to the
country section at a time, making
his advertising pay its way.
Such a plan means both efficiency
and economy.