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,1 BlLli.tRU MAY JOIN TECTOXS.
Austria has a good prospect of reap-
Ing: the fruits of the intrigue by which
he turned Bulgaria against the other
Balkan states in 1913 and brought
upon that country the humiliation of
; defeat in the second Balkan war. The
' original cause of the present war was
the longing of the Balkan Slavs for
complete emancipation from the dom
ination of Turkey and Austria, but
their mutual hatreds have ' been so
artfully fanned by Austro-German
diplomacy that Bulgaria seems ready
to fight on the side of her traditional
enemy, Turkey, in order to avenge
wrongs suffered from Roumania, Ser
bia and Greece, rather fhan to help
Austria, Germany and Turkey.
Bulgaria's one desire is to wipe out
of existence the treaty of Bucharest,
by which, with the sword at her
throat, that country was forced to
surrender much of the territory
awarded her by the Balkan League,
w-hile Turkey took back most of that
which Bulgaria had won In Thrace.
The quadruple alliance has been try
ing for months to induce the three
other- Balkan states to satisfy Bulga
ria, promising them compensation in
other directions. Their efforts en
counter several obstacles. One is the
intrigues of Austria and Germany
to keep Bulgaria's' quarrel with her
neighbors alive, to keep Greece neu
tral and to intimidate Roumania. Ser
bia shows a disposition to make ma
terial concessions to Bulgaria, but the
latter country's claims on Greece are
irreconcilable with Greek ambitions.
The bone of contention is the port of
iCavala and the towns of Seres and
Arama, on the Aegean Sea, which
Greece took in face of Bulgaria's
claims after the second Balkan war.
These towns were the scene of massa
cres of Greeks by Bulgarians, and
Greece claims them by virtue of their
being inhabited chiefly by Greeks and
of their being consecrated with the
blood of her murdered people. Bulga
ria claims them as having been
awarded to her by the Balkan League
treaty and as a necessary window on
the sea, Dedeagatch, Bulgaria's only
Aegean port, being made difficult of
access by mountains in the rear. When
the allies began their attack on the
Dardanelles. Premier Venezelos, of
Greece, was ready to aid and to cede
Kavala and the neighboring territory
to Bulgaria as the price of that coun
try's alliance, but King Constantine
and the Greek army staff blocked his
plans. It was expected that,- when
Venizelos recently returned to power,
lie would carry out . his original
scheme, but his predecessor. Gounaris,
fteems to have aroused the Greeks
against it with his declaration that -not
one inch of territory should be given
up.
From Roumania Bulgaria demands
re-cession of Silistria and the adjoin
ing territory which was ceded to the
former country in 1913. Roumania
has been hesitating between peace and
war, leaning to the side of the allies,
ut impressed by the victories of the
Tuetons Just across her border. The
possibility of being involved, however,
has caused the kingdom to prohibit
transport of war supplies through its
territory from Austria and Germany
to Turkey. Austria has retaliated by
obstructing grain traffic on the border,
leaving the Roumanian farmer with
much unsold wheat on his hands.
As usual with Orientals, the Bal
kan states arenas busy driving bar
gains with both parties to the war as
they are reviving their old quarrels.
Bulgaria has terrified the hard-pressed
Turk into giving up the Dedeagatch
railroad and the territory it traverses
without promising anything. The ulti
matum probably may be summed up
thus: "We won't promise anything if
you give up, but we will certainly fight
you if you don't," if the Bulgarian Pre
mier's declaration that the Turkish
treaty did not bind his country to
neutrality may be credited. Believing
they hold the key to the situation,
Bulgarian statesmen attempt to dic
tate terms to all their neighbors. Some
of them are frankly pro-German, but
the people, hating the Turks as cor
dially as. they hate the Greeks and
Serbians, are said to favor neutrality.
Greece, - too, is bargaining. The
longer decisive allied success on the
Dardanelles is delayed, the higher be
comes the price of Greek aid. Greece
not only claims Southern Albania,
tvhit-h is mainly Greek in population,
but dreams of a great empire in Asia
Minor. Serbia, being already at war,
is in no position to press claims, but
in addition to Bosnia, Herzegovina and
Croatia, that little kingdom would like
part of Dalmatia and central Albania,
leaving Scutari to Montenegro. No
obstacle would be placed by the allies
in the way of Roumania's annexing
Transylvania and Bukowina, but that
country also wishes to recover Bessa
rabia, which Russia took from it in
1878. Only Russia's -extremity can ex
tort this concession.
Italy's entrance into the war has
complicated the situation. That coun
try's desire to hold both shores of the
Adriatic Sea interferes with satisfac
tion of Greek and Serbian claims in
Albania and Dalmatia. Italy wishes
to revive the glories of "Venice by an
nexing a large section of Asia Minor,
and there again she comes Into con
flict with Greece. Probably when the
history of the pending negotiations
comes to be Written, it will be found
that tho conflict between Italian
claims and those of the Balkan states
'has been one cause of delay in recon
structing the Balkan League as an
auxiliary to the allies.
Recent events indicate a purpose on
both sides to break the Balkan dead
lock by force. Italy Is understood to
have sent a large army to aid her
Allies, in battering their way through
jLue, Dardanelles. .The- Turks are be-
lie-ed to be in a bad way, with badly
worn guns, ammunition scarce and
armies terribly reduced and held to
their work only by. Draconian meth
ods of German officers. Should the
Balkan nations not have already de
cided, a signal allied success might
stampede Greece and Roumania, at
least, into the allied camp. The Teu
tons may also hasten this decision.
Austria's and Roumania's relations
are strained, the former country and
Germany tnreaten to force a wav
through Roumania to carry help to the
Turks, and Roumania has called out
reserves to guard her border. Bulga
ria may be disposed to aid Austria
1 against Roumania, but is separated
t,rom Jrlapsburg territory by sixty miles
or berbo-Roumanian frontier on the
Danube. Reports of fighting between
Bulgarian and Roumanian border pa
trols suggest that hostilities have al
ready begun, and we may' see Rou
mania joining Serbia to fight Austria
on tho west, while she holds off Bui
gana on the south. In that .event
Greece could scarcely keep ,out of the
fray, and would be likely to attack
Bulgaria on the southwest. Indeed,
one of the many reports is that the
Balkan League has been restored with
Roumania substituted for Bulgaria,
and that the latter country is to be
isolated.
Should that be the outcome, the
diversion of Teuton forces to the
southward would give welcome relief
to Russia, and the Turks would pray
Allah for a Teuton advance to the
Aegean. Austria could not safely
weaken her army in Galicia without
risk that the Russians, who have sue
cessfully hammered it, would break
through, but troops would be needed
to withstand Roumania and Serbia and
to open the road to Turkey. If Ger
mans were sent to that quarter, the
northern armies might be compelled
to stop their advance into Russia. The
allies would hasten their efforts to
overcome Turkey in order to be ready-
to turn on the Teutons. It seems in
conceivable that the Bulgarians would
become allies of their hereditary foes,
the Turks, but war makes strange
partnerships. If they do, the Balkan
peninsula will become the chief scene
of hostilities
WHY NOT BE HONEST?
The Democratic shufflers are now
busy trying to explain that the one
term declaration in the Democratic
platform of 1912 does not mean what
it says, but refers to some remote fu
ture time when it may seem desirable
to prevent some President a Republi
can, no doubt being a candidate for
re-election. The Baltimore platform
uses these explicit words:
We favor a single Presidential term, and
to that end urge the adoption of nn amend
ment to the Constitution making the Presi
dent of the United States ineligible to re
election, and we pledge the candidate of
this convention to this principle.
"What principle? The principle of
the single term, of course. Is'ot the
"principle" of procuring the adoption
of a Constitutional amendment, which
is not a principle, but a method.
Why was mention made of the
"candidate of this convention" except
to include him specifically in the great
Democratic principle of the single
term? If it was intended to refer to
future candidates and not the candi
date of 1912, why the pledge upon the
1912 candidate? Was it a pledge to
provide a single term for candidates
to follow and not himself?
It is ridiculous to say that Wood
row Wilson in 1912 solemnly commit
ted himself to the "principle" that he,
but no others, might have two terms
as President. .Yet that is precisely
what your second-term apologists now
pretend.
It does not appear possible that
Woodrow Wilson thinks so little of the
intelligence of the country that he
will seek by quibbling and tergiversa
tion to justify himself for seeking or
accepting a renomination. The honest
course is a frank repudiation of the
1912 plank. .
ABOLISH THE FILIBUSTER. '
An attempt is to' be made by the
Democratic majority in the Senate at
the coming session to abolish the right
of unlimited debate. That right has
given opportunity for obstruction
to legitimate business and led to in
jection into bills of amendments
which to a greater or less ex
tent defeat their purpose. It has
facilitated the insertion in appropria
tion bills of vicious riders, which, as
Senator Thomas says in the North
American Review, are a species of leg
islative blackmail.
Senator Thomas' condemnation of
unlimited debate is evidently inspired
by the filibuster which prevented
passage of the ship purchase bill at
the last session of Congress, but he
frankly confesses that each party in
turn has resorted to this reprehensible
practice, only, to condemn it when
used by the other party. He recalls
that, when the filibuster against re
peal of the Sherman silver ptrchase
act was in progress in 1893, limiting
of debate was proposed by Senators
Lodge and Gallinger, "both of whom
are now prominent and eloquent de
fenders of the' old system." That is
one difficulty in the way of abolishing
obstruction; either party's attitude is
contingent upon whether it is in the
majority or the minority. Another dif
ficulty is that a motion to amend the
rules would itself be subject to unlim
ited Uebate. If only one Senator per
sisted in talking, a vote could not be j
taken until he was physically exhaust
ed, while half a dozen objectors might,
by talking in relays, prolong debate
Indefinitely.
Senator Thomas rightly maintains
that unrestricted exercise by the mi
nority of the right to debate deprives
the majority- of the right to vote. It
Wastes time, which costs $8000 for aj
day of eight hours. While it Occasion
ally prevents passage of a bad law, it
causes passage of many others equally
bad in order to appease a determined
minority. It crowds consideration of
supply bills into the last days of the
session, making extravagance inevita
ble, economy impossible and ill-digested
legislation the rule. His pro
posal to give the majority power to
fix a time for taking a vote after a
bill has been under discussion for 30
days is reasonable.
Abolition of unlimited debate would
certainly facilitate passage of some
evil laws, but it would fix upon the
majority responsibility for those laws
and for their consequences. Whatever
bad results followed would be more
than offset by limiting the other evils,
at least equally great, growing out of
debate without limit. Senators who
are at heart opposed to, a measure put
forward by their" party, but who yield
to the party whip. by giving their out
ward support, would be forced to de
clare themselves. All business would
be likely to receive full consideration
and -much more business would be
dona, Whereas under the present rules
almost an entire session is devoted to
one or two measures and all others,
perhaps equally important, receive
scant consideration or -are shelved
IlE SEES AXD IS CONVINCED.
The remarks of Representative Fess,
of Ohio, on his observations of the
West, are such as would probably be
made by any candid, plain-speaking
member of Congress who made a tour
of the country west of the Rockies
They must see the West in" order to
understand it, its needs and its prob
lems. Congress ha . blundered ter
ribly in legislating for the West, most
or all In public land legislation. Igno
ranee is the chief cause.
Every member of Congress should
follow the example of Mr. Fess and
come' to see ' the West and learn to
know it. Then he would realize that
when a Western member expatiates
eloquently on tho, natural wealth and
wonders. of the West-and pleads for
w,se plans of development, that mem
ber is not discharging "hot air" or
merely delivering a speech for home
consumption. He would recognize that
the man was speaking truthfully of
mat which he knew. When a legiti
mate demand was made by the West
he would do as Mr. Fess says he will
do in behalf of the Rainier National
Park, "be on his feet and fighting for
it. we only ask men from the East
and South to come and see, for we
know that then they will be convinced
what we ask is but just.
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AN JN'CIOKNT.
. California has a Government reser
vation known as Sequalla National
Park. Within the pari; is a concern
known as the Mount Whitney Power
Company. It is one of those venture
some and trusting corporations which
has invested its money in water-power
development even under the restrictive
conditions imposed by the United
states Government. The company ha-d
a written contract setting forth the
charges to be paid the Government.
It was to run for ten years, and fotlr
years have expired.
But let us H?e hov the Government
regards its contracts when it has a
water-power corporation in the vise
of its eager and repressive bureau
cracy. It was desired to build some
roaris into the park; and tho bureau
crats did not know where to get the
money. But they did not hesitate
long. Was not a water-power corpora
tion operating in'ithe park, under Fed
eral permit? To be sure.
The company was notified that the
charge against it would be raised to
the extent of something like $30,000
per year. Tho fact that tho company's
contract had six years to run was of
no consequence. It was expending
other money for enlarging its plant,
and the fate of the investment, new
and old, depended absolutely on bu
reaucratic favor. A compromise was
reached by which the old rate was
merely doubled. Only doubled; that
is all.
We heard from our own Senator
Chamberlain at the recent Bar Asso
ciation meeting, and we have had sim
ilar assurances from Secretary of the
Interior Lane, that the Government is
not desirous of extracting more money
from local industries, but wishes only
to retain for the., people control of
their water powers.
It is -not to be forgotten that the
benevolent purposes of the Govern
ment are manifest in the so-called
protection of water powers belonging
to the state, through the fact of Fed
eral ownership of adjacent lands, held
in trust for the states.
A FINE EXEMPLAR.
A few days ago Sir William Van
Home - died at the Royal Victor
Hospital in Montreal. Sir William
began life as a common workman in
the railway yards at Joliet, Illinois.
At the time of his death he had been
for 33 years one of the heads of the
Canadian Pacific system. His rise in
life was due to his own efforts, backed
ry sound health and good ability.
When his father died, William Van
Home was ,13 years old. with no
prospects in life except such as he
should make for himself. Asking
no pity from friends and no favors
from fortune he went to work in the"
railroad yards and in his spare time
learned telegraphy. The Illinois Cen
tral Road soon afterward made him
one of its operators and promoted him,
as he demonstrated capacity and fi
delity. He saw service with one rail
road after another in the United States
until he had made himself known as
a man who could be depended upon
not only for the faithful performance
of routine duties but in any emergency
that might arise. Since , he could be
trusted implicitly not only to intend
well but to do well his superiors
heaped one duty after another upon
him, giving him full opportunity to
exercise his inborn powers.
In 18S2, when the Canadian Pacific
railroad needed a new general man
ager, Van Home was chosen for the
position. He signalized his first years
of service by completing the road to'
the Pacific Coast through difficulties
which had been deemed insurmount
able by less courageous men. From
that time until his death Van Home
was" in the service of the Canadian
Pacific system. The confidence of his
fellow men which he had won in his
youth he- increased by the labors of
his mature years. He was never
satisfied while his work was less than
perfect. No trust confided to him
was ever betrayed or even neglected.
1 he study of his life repeats the old
lesson that opportunity is often what
we make it. Fortune heaps her favors
upon those who earn them by hard
work, and success is the reward oT
high character and stern purpose.' It
s only nov and then that any young
man, however gifted, can hope to reach
the top of his profession, but if he is a
flat failure it is by his own fault.
A DISTCKBED - SLEEPER.
One of those wise and witty young
men who delight the world With car
toons has pictured the woesof the out
door sleeper. The miserable man built
himself a sleeping porch with all the
modern accessories and in the inno
cence of his heart he promised himself
a rapid increase of health and beauty.
Ah, to think of those sweet dreams
under the canopy of heaven with the
bright stars twinkling refreshment
down upon him. He thought of the
dream, but that Was as far as he got.
No sooner had he begun to sink into
slumber the first night that he tried
his sleeping porch than a pair of cats
on the back fence set out to serenade
him. Their musical efforts lasted till
well on toward midnight and, left him
a mental wreck, but worse was to fol
low. When the cats were still the
neighborhood dogs" began to practice.
Cats are bad enough, but dogs are
worse. Their voices are shriller and
better trained because of more con
tinuous use. Moreover the dogs divide
themselves Into" responsive choruses
through, the day's duties without a nap
so that the outdoor sleeper gets hit
from every quarter, while cat music is
strictly limited to one locality.
Noisy cats are universally hated, but
the more racket a dog makes the more
fondly his owner loves him. "We never
hear our dog bark in the night," ex
claims his idolatrous mistress when
the neighbors drop in with their com
plaints. "It must be some other dog."
There is nothing in the world that so
steels a man's heart to the sorrows
of his friends as the ownershiD of a
-dog-, particularlyone of those little
white objects with a volco like the
Himalayas.
After the dogs comes tho milkman,
who plunges rattlety-bang up the
street in a long procession. One milk
man could supply a block of houses
without any trouble, but he never
does. There are always at least twenty
to help him and they all mako as
much noise as they possibly can. Fi
nally, just as dawn began to color the
glad east with ruby fingers the first
streetcars whizzed by and our outdoor
sleeper gave up in despair. It was of
no use trying to sleep on his porch,
but inasmuch as he could not go
he betook himself to a boiler factory,
where he found comparative quiet in
side a tank on which two huskies were
Hammering with sledges.
Outdoor sleeping porches would
acquire twice their present vnlue if
superfluous cats and dogs were ban
ished from the city. They would take
still another rise if other source's of
unnecessary noises were hushed. Why
Is it that every act of man -or beast
within tho city limits is. performed
with as much racket as conditions
permit? Suppose as much effort were
spent to keep quiet as goes now to
rend the heavens with noise, would it
not be a happier World?
Nw York drug habitues are to have
a hospital for their exclusive use. Mr.
Rockefeller has contributed gener
ously and so have Mrs. V. IC. Vander-
bilt and other wealthy people. Per
sons addicted to morphine, cocaine
and the other habit-forming drugs can
be cured and saved by proper treat
ment, but it requires much.timo and
strict supervision. The misery they
suffer in tho process of their cure far
outweighs all the pleasure the drugs
ever gave them.
Tho story that Ambassador Dumba's
brother is a section hand on the
Northern Pacific railroad sounds fishy.
Austrian diplomatic posts always go
to "gentlemen of good family." No
court in Europe pays so much atten
tion to birth, breeding and family for
tune as thut of the Hapsburgs. There
may be a section hand who calls him
self Dumba but probably one would
have to go back to Nor.h to trace his
kinship with the ambassador.
A contemporary expresses the view
that good spellers are always intelli
gent readers. They spoil correctly
because they read understanding-.
Nothing could bo more mistaken.
Spelling- is rot an art that depends
upon the "Intelligence. Since it vio
lates all the rules of reason, reason
does not help it. Good spelling de
pends upon the memory of pure form-.
This year's grain crop in the United
States exceeds that of last year by
600,000,000 bushels. Canada's crop is
also abundant. Our 'surplus food
products with those of our northern
neighbor could feed the world until
the next harvest. With such plenty in
Bight their seems to be no good rea
son why anybody who is willing to
work should go hungry.
We know of a boy 18 years old in
the eighth grade of a village school.
He is ready for promotion in several
branches but not in all. The principal
refuses to promote him in any because
it would not look well.". It would
disturb the grinding of the mill. Will
the time ever come when our schools
will think first of the -pupil's welfare?
There is a mission yacht in New
York harbor which distributes reading
matter to the sailors on merchant
ships. One month this Summer it
supplied 2700 ships, breaking the
record. Sailors do not despise the
reading matter they receive. It is wel
comed and read to tatters.
Weatherford, Oklahoma, has a mu
nicipal ice plant, the first In the coun
try. It sells Ice in small quantities at
4 0 cents a hundredweight. In car
load lots the price is15 cents. We
trust the resources of the plant will
not melt away at these figures.
Now that South Carolina has
achieved a prohibitory liquor law we
may hope that she will find time to
look after public education a little. Of
course, the first necessity is for citi
zens to be sober, but it is also well for
them to know how to read.
Some people In Chicago deserve to
go hungry and will, never fear, some
time, for sending to the garbage heaps
carloads of peaches, for which there
was no market. There are thousands
in that city who would Be glad to get
the fruit.
In spite of the new ordinance, if a
man owns a rooster that can whip his
neighbor's bird and essays to do so
behind the fence it is not in his nature
to stop the "go."
Hooper, the classy bandit who broke
jail at Grants Pass, is'stlll at large,
but the prisoner who aided him gets
three years' minimum for being "a
good scout."
Confiscation, of American cargoes by
a prize court is Just another kind of
privateering, a little more dignified.
The Daniels view of the submarine
does not agree with the German
demonstration of its effectiveness.
Before it is realized, somebody will
begin to close Oregon pretty tight
on Sundays.
Wilson may recognize Carranza, but
Villa Is where he can resent the snub.
Did you go to Gresham yesterday?
If not, do not try to explain go today.
A good way to secure repeal of an
obnoxious law is to enforce it.
John D. might lend them the billion
if they spend it all for oil.
This is fair weather. Dagnosis will
reveal no pun is intended.
The big leagues must see more value
this way that do the fans.
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Do the barbers get in on the Dollar
day plan?
Directum I has a good, driver.
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Stars and Starmakers
' By 'Leone Casa Baer.
SEE where the president of" the
American Bankers Association says
for print that "an almost unbelievable
wave of prosperity is upon us." Fine!
Great! But who does ho mean by us?
Just read an exciting account by an
actress or her press agent. The story
says that during: her rest meaning out
of a job this last season she traveled
fn E.arypt and "unearthed 12 skeletons
of prehistoric 'man.
Hasn't the race degenerated some
thing awful? The modern man, you
know, has only one skeleton. .
"Chorus Girl Elopes With Man in
Jitney," says a headline. Now that's
my idea of credulous innocence. Enter
ing life on a nickel basis is a serious
thing.
Frances Mcllenry opines that the
worst offense committed by tho jitney
is a new verb.
See where a nonagenarian actress
attributes her iongevity to the fact
that all of her life she has drunk a
glass of beer at 2 o'clock every morn
ing. I predict that from now on there
will be many who will sit up and fol
low her example.
"Kddie" Cook, the original motif for
the slogan, Cook-With-Gas. is in Port
land ahead of nn aggregation of stars
in "The New Henrietta." with William
Crane, Mabel Taliaferro, Thomas W.
Ross, Maclyn Arbuckle and Laura Hope
Crews and some lesser stars. Eddie
has been ahead of some big attraction
or another since Noah staged the first
one in the ark. For a dozen years he
has touted the wonders of "Hen Hur,"
and Is responsible for ' that ancient
whoeze about "if it ' hadn't Ben llui,
who would it have been?" and a lot of
others which some wag- collected and
mado Eddie sponsor for. This year
"Ben Hut" has' not been sent out, be
cause a big revival of it is planned for
a metropolitan presentation after
Christmas at the Amsterdam Theater.
Eddie brought it to Portland on Its
first visit in 1901. "The New Hen
rietta" opens here September 2S for a
five nights' run.
Henry Kolker is to appear in Edward
Peplc's latest Play, "The Girl," the
premier ot which will take place Octo
ber 15.
Emma Chase is one actress who does
not talk of her Age in whispers. She
made her debut with Edwin Booth in
"The Duke of York" before many of us
were born and is proud to proclaim it.
In her long career on the stage she has
played with John McCullough, Tom
Keane. Louis James, Marie Walnwright,
John T. Raymond and other stars of
their day. Now Miss Chase lias a com
monplace, but Important role, in "A
Telephone Tangle" at the Orpheum. She
is the comical Mrs. Steiner. who wins
many laughs in the novelty playlet.
Miss Chase was a member ot Denman
Thompson's company In vaudeville in
the East and. cherishes the honor of
being the last actress to appear with
that renowned Thespian on any stage.
She played with Thompson at the bene
fit perfoimance in which he was
etricken with fatal iUness. In real life
Miss Chase is Mrs. Walter Collittan.
wife of the showman who has been
Chauncy Olcott's stage manager for
the past five seasons. She has appeared
in Portland with several road com
panies. Including "David Hnrum." "The
Old Homestead" and "My Friend From
India," with which she visited this city
more than 13 years ago.
Someone observes that an actress
with a dimple is" a dangerous thin
1 es. and she can usually show you a
lot of littles wrinkles that are also dan
gerous. .
Otis Skinner has returned to New
York from his extended holiday trip
in the West. Immediately he Is to be
gin rehearsals In a new play written
for him by Henry Arthur Jones.
James Q. Clemmer. one of the big
Northwest powers in the motion-picture
field, is a guest in Portland. He is co
owner with two others of the rig-hts of
"The Birth of a Nation," now showing
at the Heilig, and will stay here until
its close, in another week.
'
Raymond Duncan says "I dawnce the
way they dawnced in Rome before its
fall." And now. no more, will I won
der why Rome foil.
PASSKXCER PIGEONS XIMKROIS
K r- Warner Taken I km ne With IJr.
llornidar on Their Extermination.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 15. (To
the Editor.) My attention was called
today to the article in your paper by
Dr. Hornaday. He stated that the pas
senger pigeons were extinct. It is a
well-known fact that at Wild Pigeon
Si rings, on the Kaiama River. 12 miles
from Kaiama. Wash., can be found
thousand of these pirjeons. Also on
the Wind River, 20 miles up the "river
in Washington, can be found today a
roosting place where a large number
roost every Summer.
John Baker, at Cougarl Wash., can
give the location of other roosts of
the passenger pigeon.
There is a bitter-water spring west
of Amboy where large numbers of
pigeons come and spend ti.e Summer
every year. All along the Lewis and
Xalnma rivers in Washington can be
seeir large numbers o these pigeons
They are as numerous, the oldest Bet
tiers state, toduy as they were 50 years
ago.
Two miles northwest or the Govern
ment springs on the Wind Itivcr, Wash
ington, can be, found about tho bitter
springs many or these pigeons.
1 have been near the Wild Pigeon
Springs and I saw many pigeons along
the streams. p. p. WAGNEls.
Furni Loan Anaoclntiona.
ROSKBCRG. Or., Sept. 15. (To the
Editor.i--.n article in The .Sunday
Oregonian September 12 states: Ore
gon is to liavo tlie first association to
lend money to the farmers on a 20
year payment basis, and mentions S.
per cent as the probable rate of inter
est. Jf you will loolc up the recertt
companies organized by the slates in
Missouri and Oklahoma you will prob
ably find that Oregon is the third or
Fourth In line, and is asked to pay
double the rate of Interest these states
are charging their farmers. In a re
cent issue of Hoards Dairyman the
plan of the Missouri State Loan Asso
ciation was outlined, and if I remember
correctly the rate of interest was 4
per cent. The-farmers should get the
full texC of "'these Institutions before
they are tied up with something they
cannot be 'lee-from in an ordinary life
time. J. M. MOURE.
(iRAMMAR AXD COMMON SENSE
Violation of Some Rulea Due to Be Ac
cepted If Not Reformed.
VALE. Or., Sept. 15. (To the Editor.)
The sentence to which Mr. Geer so
gravely objected, which used a plural
verb with a collective noun, illustrates
many supposed shortcomings of alleged
uneducated writers, but such sentences,
seem to be well understood by readers
generally and it is the general reader
the newspaper endeavors to reach.
The countless thousands who know
little, and perhaps care less about
grammar, are the people who really do
or can control this country and are the
people the great daily desires to reach.
Nevertheless grammar has rules and
?ar. Goer's criticism must he accepted
as technically correct, but I greatly
fear the rule will be violated if hot
reformed.
Fmerson. an atcepted authority on
Knod language, wrote: "Language is a
city, to the building of which every
li u n uui being brought a stone." This
sentence seems to indicate a completed
city, a finished product, while, as a
matter of fact, it was in course of con
struction at that time and Knicrson
li'msolf was assisting In the building.
The substitution of the words "may
bVirg" for the word "brought" would
more correctly express tho condition
of the "city ot language" at that or
any time. It. is Irt course or construction
now; thousands of new stones are being
added to its already enormous bulk
and will be added after this generation
has passed even unto the end ot time.
Thoughts are Infinite and none other
than a language of infinite variety will
suffice for their expression.
Perfect Ikiglish is something not
found in every library. Mark Twain,
in his criticism of Christian Science,
wrote: "No one can write perfect Eng
lish and keep It up for a stretch of 10
chapters. It has never been done."
It is just as well. One might tire of
the mechanically perfect. It is not
the mechanical accuracy which pleases
the eye, ear or mind in music or speech,
rather it is the human element, the in
finite and delicate human changes
wrought by the voice or strings on the
ear and mind; the intangible some
thing which appears in the picture in
dicating the humanity or the painter
which impresses the eye and mind.
Language is he servant of thoueht.
As new thoughts in infinite variety
appear in the human field infinite
chans'c and improvement must come
to language. Evolution of man.
progress of man. incorporatea change
and progress in language.
Jn language the fundamental ground
work imperfectly annotinced in gram
mar. Is necessary, but, the severo me
chanical lines may bo as variable as the
rainbows in spray or wind in and out
as does the silently flowing brook. To
dantie effort and prosaic effect are
forcefully, if inelegantly, expressed by
CranflcM:
lie Giv-ek and Latin penk with greater
Than hoirs ent acorns and teme pigeons
peas.
The mechanically correct phrases of
the technologist are not to be compared
with the smoothly flowing- sentences of
an educated man who has had human
experience. Grammar is necessary,
but it will never displace common
sense. JOHN RIG BY.
I. W. W.'S RF.VEXGK IS I I.I.-PI. A CKD
Inaiironce Companies and IMrkers, Xot
Hopfjrowerti, Suffer Ffure Lom.
BROOKS. Or., Sept. 15. (To the Ed
itor.) The I. W. W. agitators, dis
satisfied hoppickers and whatnots who
have been destroying the hopgrowers'
plants, dwellings, barns and hoos bv
fire think they are wreaking revenge
again.t them. If they would' stop to
consider and reason (which, they do
not), they would realize it is not the
hopgrowers who are suffering the loss,
but the insurance companies. Every
hopgrower in the state has his hop
houses and hops, dried and in course
of lrying. insured at market value:
even the hops in the Held are insured
under his policy. Hence they are
not losing a cent, but the insurance
companies bear the burden.
With hops at 10 cents to 12 cents
per pound the growers cannot afford to
pay more than 40 cents per box; it costs
10 cents to 11 cents to produce hops.
Who is making the money at that
price? The pickers and day laborers
are making It; the pour hopgrower has
nothing left for his year's work, but
these agitators are too obtuse to rea
son and figure the reason they are only
paying 40 cents per box this year.
The growers have In former times
had their hops picked for 25 cents and
30 cents per box and there was no dis
satisfaction among the pickers then, as
they knew prices for hops were low
and the grower could not afforJ to pnv
more. That was before the I. W. W.
was In existence to any extent here,
but since they have made their ap
pearance they have caused deserving
and needy hoppickers to suffer arrd lose
a chance to make some money by burn
ing the hop kilns, which stops the fu
ture pickinfr of the hops in that par
ticular yard where the plant is de
stroyed and making the insurance
companies bear the heavy toll.
Wo hopgrowers want a chance to
make a small pittance for our year's
time and labor and we want to see the
deserving and needy people make what
they can. HOPGROWER
ATTACK XOT OX' COMMISSION FORM
Manager of Groorri' and Merchants' A
sorlatlon Mate Ixnue Clear.
PORTLAND, Sept. 15 (To the Ed
itor.) It has now been given out to
certain sections of the press that the
compaign being carried on for the reg
ulation of the Yamhill-street pullic
market by the Portland Grocers' and
Merchants' Association is an attack on
commission form of government.
This statement is at such variance
with the facts that the Grocers' Asso
ciation feels it incumbent upon itself
to niake denial of any such intention.
There has not been one word of dis
cussion among our members relative to
commission form of government and
we cannot but see in this statement a
subterfuge to detract from the impor
tance of the question at issue.
The campaign being wae;ed" for the
regulation of the Yamhill-street mar
ket is entirely separated from any
other political activities and has for
it aim and oSject giving a square deal
to vested interests that may be lrsis
nated 'as land owners, wholesale and
retail grocers, wholesalers' salesmen,
telephone companies, railrond compa
nies, commission merchants, peddlers,
clerks. delivery men. accountants,
laundry owners, fuel dealers, auto deal
ers, steamship companies and in fa--t
every form and kind of business In
which capital is required and help em
ployed. What we are after is a square deal
for sound business. Tho form of gov
ernment under which we obtain this Is
of no consequence, but if it should hap
pen that commission form of Efivprn-
ment is conducive of demoralized con
ditions, we of course would be impelled
to tackle that also, but to this date not
one word has been breathed relative
to the form ot government.
e feel that we have too much form
and too little substance as it now
stands, and we propose to get some of
the suostancc.
ROBERT 3. DUNCAN.
Manager Portland Grocers 'and Mer
chants' Association.
Small Claims Court.
PORTLAND. Sept. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) Would ni kindly let mo know
through your columns where 1 can find
the court in which a man can collect
a smajljbill like J1.50. I know there is
such a court, but don't know where to
find it. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The clerk of the Small Claims Court
is in room 330, at the Courthouse. .
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oreronian of Sept. 17. is:iii.
Puyallup. Wash. An exploding ln-.p
last nlfht set fire to the hrnej fh,n
operated by Walter Rend, and " "tb'n
flames spread' so rapidly that by mid
night most of the business section of
the town had been burned down. .v
bucket brigade was orcanizeo, and tie
Hotel Puyallup was saved.
an Francisco A letter recently re
ceived from Salt Lake says a weii
known sporting man has sent JlOiin
to I-ondnn to back McAullffe uc.i:nt
flavin.-
Spokane Falls-. Sept. IS. Spokane's
auditorium was opened toniaht. It
was one of the most notable even:
that cVcr took place in tills part nf
the country. The theater is suM to
be the largest, most perfectly appointed
and most costly of any in the North
west out. -Me of California". A brilliant
audience was present. W. T. Carl'ton's
famous comic opera companv tr'ive :
faultless performance of "Nanon." wlt'i
J. K. Murray, Clara Lance, .feniimc
Winston and Mr. i-arlton in the cast.
Colonel Patrick R. Winston. United
States District Attorney, made the ded
icatory address.
The new fire encine-house on Fourin
street, between Yamhill and Morrison,
is now completed.
The forr-e of men who have been en
gaged in repairing the roadbed of the
Washington-street electric line have
about completed the work preparatory
to the opening of the exposition next
week.
Piglron Lodge No. 133. A. O. U. W
was organized Monday evening at the
Oswego Ironworks.
Mrs. Lydia Tlchenor Bailey, of Ocden.
I. T.. will deliver an address at th
Plymouth Concregatlonal Church to
night. C. A. Johns, a prominent attorney cf
Raker City, is in Portland.
Miss Lulu Chandler, daughter of
State Senator Chandler. of Baker
County, and Miss Alma Hannah ar
rived in the city yesterday.
.Fannie Wheeler has been named ad
ministratrix ot the estate of Frank T.
Wheeler.
THK I'IBLIC MmKKT rRORLRM
G. '. Xewbcrry Cite Aihanlacrs, Ad
mitting ("are in lluylng XecrsKnry.
PORTLAND. Sept. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) The proceedings of what pur
ports to be the Retail Grocers' Associa
tion, as published in The Oregonian
September 15, forecasts an attempt to
close the public market -on Yamhill
street. Mr. Duncan scen; to be the
projectile force and gives the follow
ing reasons why the market should
be closed: Because the retail Iner
chants lose $40.imio a month In con
sequence; that it puts t'orcin-born
citizens ahead of tho native-born; and
that landowners, insurance men and
peddlers would aid in the. foreclosure.
As to the amount lost by the grocers
every month; I presume it is correct.
Who gained by this loss? The Ore
gon Almanac gives the population
of Portland us 239.510. so tho loss of
tho grocers each month is a gain of 55
cents to every man. woman, child and
baby in Portland, and a family of six
persons is ahead in consequence ot the
market $3.30 every month, besides pro
curing fresh, clean vegetables. I can
nut connect where tho landowners and
insurance men como in," but one devoid
of vision can understand why tho ped
dler would join in an effort to close
the market.
Tho people of Portland are not candi
dates for tho bughouse, yet. Everv
family of six wants J3.30 per month.
Every citizen' wants those dean, crisp
fresh vegetables procured in the mar
ket, whether from an American or Jap
anese farmer. Tho American farmer Is
capable of self-protection, and as there.
Is no combination In prices between
the Japanese, wherein is the difference?
That a person must be carefol in buy
ing in the public market goes without
saying. I bought a nice-appearing,
plump chicken, looked fat in tho rear
and full in the front, and the lady
(American citizen) assured me it was
young. It might have been young one
day in the past, but the amazement
was in tho contents of the insides.
Tho rear that I thought Was fat was
water. Bull Run I suppose, but a full
glass was hidden there. How it was
sealed I don't know. The . forward
plump part was a gorged oraw of grain,
gravel and feed. Tb poor bird It
seems had fasted for a week or less
and then was gorged before killing.
G. C. NEWBERRY.
MARKET'S 1IOOX TO I.AllORIXG MAN
Reader I'olnt Out Kxamplen of Savinic
IoK.ilble to Poor Fnmilie.
PORTLAND, Sept. 15. (To the Ed
itor.) Uesardine- the article in The
Oregonian September 15, where the Re
tail Grocers' Association wiil ask a
market Injunction, we would like to
know what the poor laboring man will
do If we again are compelled to pay tho
hivth cost of living. As it is now, with
the public markets we can lisv instead
of barely existing. Before the public
markets wer placed along Yamhill
street to g"e tho public a chance to
get its money's worth, hundreds of
men were kept with their rose on tho
grindstone to pay their grocers the
hiph prices they demanded.
One case 1 know of not many days
ago where a grocery sold two cucum
bers for ft cents, when at the public
market you set one dozn for 5 cents.
I myself ordered 10 cents" worth of
tomatoes. I was sent four tomatoes
of medium size. At the market we got
a box at 4" cents. If the public mar
ket can alTord to sell at such prices
(for we all know if they were not mak
ing a profit they would discontinue)
the grocers certainly can give a square
deal. "Live and let live."
Seattle supports two large public
markets. Oakland, I'al.. has three an. I
Los Angeles has three. Why can't
Portland have its public market, nnl
give the laboring man a chance to buy
at the right figures without working
for a grocery alone?
A READER.
Psnnhroktr'K Rate of Interest.
PORTLAND. Sept. 16. (To the Ld
itor.) What rate of interest may a
pawnbroker charge. 1 thoueht 3 per
cent was all that was allowed. I
rawned a watch some time npro and
sot 52 on it. I find that I must pa
them $3 before they will release tho
watch: a mere matter of 50 per cent
for tiio money for 30 davs.
I. C. NOW.
Pawnbrokers are allowed to charge
3 per cent a month. But in cuse
where this interest for otic year
amounts to less than Jl they may
chaise $1 for makinu the lorui.
Credit Rate JYour
Manufacturer
Before your manufacturer sells
you. Mr. Retailer, he carefully looks
up your credit ratir.sr.
Why not reverse this process be
fore you buy and look up your
manufacturer's crcilit rating for
"business efficiency?"
Find out if he proposes to adver
tise his brands in the newspapers, of
your city, where your possible cus
tomers will learn about them.
Tell the salesman, ir he Is. you
will co-opeirtto with the advertis
ing. '
And if the manufacturer is spend
ing his advertising- money some
where, else, tell him to go back and
improve bis credit rating -vith you.
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