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tk I'tlouM an ! t Maho rarhandta.
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Ur. I Cantral Waahlrcton. baa ba
loma tha aval of a thrum rommu
n n.l of !!-ruttivatJ fjrtn. an-J
a con.tdTtt rtty. Tti pfinomnoii
ha bn rptl In t.a Wanalfh
V::r and la othar ni:bla locall
ttaa, Itut In rrn. lth a aimitar
aortuoltv fur davalnpmont. littlo haa
baan dona aaat of tKa L'aacadaa. A
frt rr1". natur:t tributary t
I'nrtUad. t bit ttttia bettar thn a
d'Mrt. whtla th cttlea of lc:t Pound
Bva taaa Imm.nwtf banrf;tJ by Jn
arttlrmol and culvtina of thaif
a a at ta. Thara tha nnad hav
d 'na morn: bar thera ha baan ortty
a bc!nninc ao fr aa K-t.trrn and Cro
tral Orrcon ara eoncarnad.
Tha rontra.t Ntvnn tha t atata
la a di-onrartlnc aa It L atrlklnr. A
dirrt ru!t of t?ia -pr5nr railroad
B'tivHy aortn of tha Columbia haa
Won lh aatramalr rapid crowth of
W.runton. Thr trmnar.nttnntal
ralra4. hlch hava th Ion haul
avr th Caa.!a til Tuft soond.
aatural'y m-ttt to b-I traf'l- la that
dtr-tioa: htta a aircla trincontl
antal ro4 atmllar'y arvra rortlaad.
TTi obvloua rrmdy for thla aitua--n.
part!y aaturwl. Ur!y artlfl. ul.
la r!lr4 dvalopmant of Central arid
ra'arn Orevn. Tt atop and fu
ahoqi d-ai!a. and diacnoa our t rou
ble aa d a to ratra. an. a.-tuatty rro
om t- ft op htvr aivanUf
raar now bava. la tha mattr of
Vaunn, la tha blind h"p of cattiac
avra b.. i froot mmiwlwrt.
P tl If f 'antral Orot and i:attrn
Or-n ahalt ba dl"Pl aa Cantral
and H"trn Wahlnctn hv baan,
tot ran Portland f-ill to t tha ala
esrrk'lanr amonc Cait porta?
WOMV AT MIW WORK.
r.fporta of tha varll atlltla of
woman In Flurvp rontlnua to Btuttl
pry. !ha haa Ir't tNa kitchan for tha
nauBition workva. tha atobroidcry
room for tha factory, tba auraary for
tha public arrvic. Wbar alia one
vufiti dishaa or darnad aovka aha
aoar epr(ra tmllay rara or avva U
bnrka In ahnrt h h-aa takan ovar
maa'a part whlla ma la at tha front
f'.iM;r.(. ta arn auartvrs ah haa
Jom.d man on tha firm Una.
ta tot thia dark motnant. f!r alt.
tha opanic of a raw ara f r woman
kind? ta aha not prnvtn bar worth
In tha moat aertous and labortoua tasaa
of Ilfa? la aha not takln man'a pLara
and Uk!r It well? Th contantloa
rauht ha advancad that whllo man-haa
rB forward to mt a mor arrtoua
Uutr. woman ho takan up tha toaka
ha laft bhlad until au. h tima aa ha
may return. Hut tha fact muat not ba
!ot ta atcht that million of ma wttt
not raturn. of tha million who do
ratura a oo.lty parranta may not
ha ahi to afford tha luxury of mar
rf aftr pavtn tha war las out of
tha meacr wa acat common la
Kuropa.
S. woman will rontlcua to do tha
work of men in many fielda of an
deavor and thereby brtr an end for-
aver to tha Ida of th auoarfluity of
th'ta women who do rot marry and
hear children. Not that tha reaponal
hillty of woman In thla reapert Will
ha leadened. Hut thoaa who berom
aplnatera thrnuch clrcumstancaa b
ond their control, or aa a matter of
Iron peraonal Iprlinatton. will find
m phr of uaefulneaa open to thertj
whereto their worth wilt not ba quaa
Uonel. UTTI lt. l Ot f-OLLCOE.
An attack upon tha aiiatm tec tore
yatera la American roilrce ta
launobad by tha Harvard (."rttnaon,
whi't pronounce th method clumay,
waateful aad Inatf trient. Th Crlm
an orea an Immediate rt'UI-m. a re
Uia which will piao the collec lac
tar en a o-f j anl helpful bt a a
fa"tr In ad ovation.
While th atudenU publWatioo may
apeak of tha aubjac-t mora harahiy than
th fact JueUfy. thera la a (rowir
roravtouaaaa that a cbanaa for th
ba'.ter la ana. Thera la too much ar-tifi.-fcatlty
In th current praA-tu of
da.'ivertcc a lactur bafora aa audience
whk-h rauet ait patiertly throuch It all.
abeorb'a aaliant point and er.terln
rapioo fa for th purpoa of re
lairir them nnrhai'ente-1 for exam
loaUoa day baa. Xa atudant a bo
laeaturuca Lb srealeel Sumlnf of
polnta and antara tha reteet volume
of notea may ln th Urcrst benefit
from th lectur. At leant ba may aln
lh tareat Immcdat benefit throuh
b in able to paa a mora rrvdttabla
axaminatloa. un th other hand, tha
tudect who baa liaiened lotclllcaatly
and analysed what th lecturer haa
had to aay may far lea wall en exam
ination day through bavin failed to
learn by rota.
Th ayhool lactur could b mad to
tv a mor valuable aad taatln pur
poaa wera th function of th lecturer
limited to tha preaer.talioit ef Idea
and facta for dlcuein. Th Crlmaon
aucce-ota thai th Itiatrurtor preaant a
trea atatemant of hia Idea. Wether
wllh the defenea and explanation of
th.m. after which ha ahould direct tha
dt.-uji!on of tha eubjeel by tha mem-,
ber of Ma cta. Tht aucretlon l
rthy of conalJeralioo by th lo
ftructnra and erhool authorttlea con
cerned. Th atuJent who muat dlacuM
a aybj-ct In any or all It phaaea will
need an underatandsn ef It. If ha
Ucka that ondet-etaadin. tha fact lil
b detected promptly In th rleroom.
where It mar ba corrected, t" rdcr th
present arrarmer.t th atudent who
rram enooch of what tho leturrr
mt Into hb mind may pa tha teat
atLifactnrttr. while bavin no real un-
dervtacdin of tha ubec t.
OILT fOif
foulbty th araiataot rumore that
th Stt SjrremeVourt of Waahln
too ha declared lh prohibition law
ki.i m LitMitAniial foundation.
If ao. the court ouh to hav kept lt
wcrru better. If not. tha fact wiil be
known whea a lieclaloo 1 rendered In
th pendin . It would really
eeetn that th court oueht to lak JuJI
rUI cooinc of tha acut intereet
In th eubject. th Imminent approach
of tha new year, and tha proper con
cern of th liquor dealer aa to their
tecal aUtus, nl promulat the da
clion. Thee I current an opinion In Ore
con that If the Waehtnsloa Uw ahall
b he'd ! b uncor.atltutlonal. a alm
llar raautt would follow her. Ir
hap: but th analoy la not ao cloa
as aorne peraon uppo.
In Wahlnton th rr,hbll,'", I
ja enacted by th pcopl throuih
k. t.m.Mv Tli la no nrohlblllon
conatitulional amendment. If tha court
ahall hold th atatut Invalid. : win
probably b ever oueatlone of pro
cedure and not on th merit ef lh
meaaure.
In Oregon ther enacted In
111 a prohibition constitutional
amendment. Tha lUlatur In MIS
enacted a prohibition law. providing
for It anforcemenl. It I not ay to
a how any ronatitutional laaua can
be r!4 over the amendment or th
nrncedure before th LcCUUture. Any
attack upon prohibition In Oregon will
be made, ir at all. upon tna nwuiu
r ha be law to Irr-
lIite an Induatry cut of existence.
Th outlook for uch a proceadin la
not hopeful.
Mir.it-rKici.-tt n t
Abolishment ef the efficiency code
which had been In more or Iwa ua
sine th adoption of th commission
government charter remove th laat
physical reminder of th eurvey con
ducted la Portland by tha New Tork
tlureau of Municipal Kearch.
Kxpert rrom that bureau war
brougbt to Portlaad durlr a period
of intense hypochondriacal suffering.
Portland already had become con
vinced that II was a municipal In
valid and had. through an crganlxa
tion of local experts, prescribed for
Itself.- The aervlce of thNbureau
wer purchased by certain well-mean-
in c!tur.a who ware grimly deter
mined to obtain a complete ftianou.
and meet death If need be In a atolcal
manner.
Municipal doctor. I ke some doc
tors of medicine, feel that It ta tiere
aary to preecrib no matter whether
aliments are Imaginary or nol. Tha
charter already havln been drafted
and presented, for approval of the
voter, the next beat thin wa an
efficiency code. 80 aa efficiency code
was preec-flbcd. As a producer of
card tndev and record th effi
ciency cod wa a wonder. It at
tempted to determine th worth or a
city employe by mathematical rote
and with mathematical precision. The
trouble with It wa that It took r.o
account of human nature or chance
In general economic conditions.
Th city felt unable to grant tha
Increase In salary which th effi
ciency record called for. and It even
appears that some departmental
head were unalterably convinced that
the record provided by the evetem
war pot as daflnlt or conclusive aa
their own knowledge of what their
employe were doing and arcompliah
Inc The case la not remarkable or novel
In Its way. Portland lias called In
other expert to tell city or chool
board or Chamber of Com mere what
lis th body politic. Either Informa
tion already known and defect al
ready acknowledged hav been pointed
out or some fantastic or Impracticable
scheme has been offered. Illgh-prlced
advUe In th ron run haa not proved
a valuable as food, hard plagglc In
our o n war.
D(.Kt 13 r.MKJWMr.XT.
What was a burning taaue In the
middle age may be revived la a new
form by th endowmente which rich
men ara lavishing on educational,
philanthropic, scientific and religious
institutions. These endowment tak
th form of stock and bond of large
corporation, and these securities are
helJ by perpetual bodies) of trustee.
Th Institutions thus endowed may
soon attain control of the corporations
In which their funda are invested.
Congre may tliu V hampered In
legUUtin on railroads and Industrial
corporations by consideration of lh
effect on great public Institution of
every kind. Th corporation may b
fortified by the support of all mho
ar interested In the Institutions.
Consre might gleefully legislate
to reduce th "swollen fortunes'" of
"malefactors of great wealth." but It
woutd step gingerly In proceeding
aralnet the Ilk fortune of colleges,
hospitals, home for the agsd. pen
sion funds for aged ministers and pro.
feasor, libra (He and museum. A
great vested toterrst may grow up
around the corporations which may
render them Impregnable against
legislative attack.
Tat wa learn front history that con
trol of great fortunca by th dead
band of a defunct benefactor grow a
Into a great avll. tiome of the moat
Important laws of medieval England
wer aimed at thla evil. Th monas
teries, which wer th chief bene
flclarle at that time, bcm cen
ters of corruption, absorbed on-thlrd
of th National wealth and overshad
owed th government by their power,
lie their diwtution Klt.g Henry VIII
swept awat th a hoi atrg
it 1 possible that the grea; endow
ments now being created may pro
duce like evils which can be cured
only by Ilk remedies. The better
way would be to adopt mean or pre
venting th system from grow lag up
c Axninarrsi axi wcu
Th political situation In the Wst
Is discussed In th Fatufdjy Evening
Post by Samuel O. Plythe In hi usual
lively style. He ha come to about
the earn conclusion a almost every
othar pollUcally-oUservant person
that th lmocrats have a canuiuaie
for President already In the person
ef Wood row Wilson and will consider
no other and that the Republican
ar afraid they can"l hav th candi
dal they want Justice Hughe and
are therefore a party In search of a
candidate.
The trouble with the Republican
party la that, though the Progressive
party la practically dissolved, the sen
timent which gave It being etlll pre
vail atmoM. If not quite, aa exten
sively now aa In 1J1J. Republican
Irreapei-tlve of their convictions on
those principle on which Progres
sive most Insist. realUo that they
cannot win without th aid of th
great mas of Progressive. This large
body haa returned to the Rcpuoucan
party, but I dlJpoavd to leave It agnln
should It show decided signs of yield
ing to reactionaries, and Mr. WUon
la more or lea skilfully angling after
lha political wanderers who hav not
)et become, firmly settled In their old
home. The sentiment described Is
more strongty prevalent In the West
than In the East mor o than was
Indicated by the Vote In 11S. for In
thla section a larger proportion of
progressive remained with the old
party than In tha East. Hence arises
the neceKslly of picking a candidate
who wtil win th progressive vote
both that which stayed In and that
which went out of the Republican
party yet one tho U not go radicAlly
progressive that the conservatives
would pronounce him Impossible.
The search for such a man calle
forth objection to every man who Is
named, with one exception. Eastern
men propose Root, and all agree that
he would be an excellent President,
bnt tha objection is mad that h Is
too conservative, too old, would an
tagonise th progressive and there
fore could not be elected. Weeks Is
favored by the same element, but Is
loo conservative also. Hurton has
Ohio behind him, but doe not en
thuse the Wet. and his record on
National defense Is ag.Un.-t him.
Cumming. Ilorah and Hhcrman are
each strong- In thrlr own states, but
Cummlngs Is too radical. Rorah from
too small a state which 1 too far
west, and Sherman doc not attract
many men outside of Illinois. In con.
elderlng each man the question arise.
What would Roosevelt s.iyT for It I
still auch a political force that h
could wreck any ticket which did not
meet Uh hla approval. Other. uch
as Whitman. Thompson, Mann, Mc
Call. have been suggested only to be
discarded or to scoff at the Idea as
Impowlble.
After turning In first one direction,
then anMhrr. Republican always
come back to Hughes. Mr. Rlythe
flnda everywhere a atron under
current of lluahe sentiment, which
encounter serious opposition only
from Justice "-Hughes himself. He
would bo acceptable to both conser
vative and progressives and would
b ure of Colonel Roosevelt' sup
port. In their perplexity. Rcpulill
rana erousry talk of ignoring
Hughes scruples and of drafting; Mm
Into the service of the rr'v nJ lh
Nation.
Iwmocrat are more of ona mind
In favor of nominating the willing
Wilson than are Republican In fa
vor of the unwilling Hughe. There
may be exception, however, and they
may loom larger at the eloctlon thnn
at the convention. Hrysn ha un
doubtedly lost strength since he
caused party disunion with hi pacl.'lxt
propaganda, but he la still a power
In the party. He ha gathered around
Mm all thos whoa aversion for war
haa overcome ihetr Judgment, and h
will be heard from at the convention,
and doubtless In the ranvsss. He may
push forward his single-term plank
to plagn hi former chief. Without
hope of accomplishing anything for
himaelf or for the peace cause, he
can alienate many rote from Wll-on.
Th Republican are better supplied
with IwHie than with candidates.
Should tha war contlnu until after
the election. Wilson' chief source of
strength will be that he ha kept this
country out of It. Any criticism of
hi ineffective policy toward Ger
many and Rrltaln Is met with the
reply: "He ha kept u out of th
war. Republican will retort, "How?
and will answer Cielr own question
by saying he has retaliated for marine
majuueres by the Germane and for
arbitrary Interference with commerce
by th llrltlah with a scries of bravely-worded
notes. If the wsr should
end before election, the public mind
will quickly turn to other Issue. It
will be said on behalf of Wilson that
ha kept us out of intervention In
Mexico, and again tha Republican
will ask "How 7" Thsy will answer
with a recital of American murdered,
robbed, brutally abused or shot down
In border battle and by snipers; of
masaacr and ptllsge In Mexico, and
of the American name spat upon by
Mexican of all faction.
Republican will turn to domestic
Issue and will ther find abundant
material for criticism. Answering
Democratic boast of prosperity, they
will recall that tha Underwood tariff
produced deepest depression from
which the Nation wa rescued only by
the artificial stimulus of war. . That
and every other taw which was the
exclusive work of Democrat will be
denounced as a sham and a a quack
panacea. Th Vnderwood tariff has
combined with Democratic waste to
produce a deficit of 1 100.000.000 this
year. The trusts are favored with
cheaper raw material and Northern
Industries are deprived of protection,
while Southern Industrie are favored
In that regard. An antl-truat law has
been passed which haa no terror for
th trust and which purports to give
labor unions all they ask. though In
fart giving them nothing. A trade
commission la created with very lim
ited power, though opposed by Wil
son in his campaign speeches whan It
waa recommended by Republican and
Pros resolves.
The Reed Congress waa named
"th b!Ilon-oIlsr congress' because
It spent that sum In two year, but
th Democratic Sixty-third Congre
outdid it by spending 2. 111. OSS. 150
In two years. Th Treasury balance
has steadily shrunk until Secretary
McAdoo ran only conceal the facts
by tnrenlou Jugglin with figures.
Emergency taxes ar Imposed whKa
the country Is at peace In a vain ef
fort to .overtake the losa of customs
revenue nd Increase of expenses.
After having been deaf to all urg
Inga that the country be placed In a
slal vt ado'iuat defense. Mr. Wilson
yields to public opinion so far aa to
propos Increase of Army and Navy,
but ona of tha cardinal polnta of his
plan the citizen army I condemned
a a sham. It will not draw recruit
In peace time, when an army ahould
be organized In order to be ready
for war. and therefore I no Improve
ment on the old system of reliance
on militia and volunteers which broke
down In every war we have had.
Careful reconstruction of our entire
fiscal and commercial system will be
necessary after the war. Th Demo
cratic party haa proved It utter in
capacity for the work. The only re
course Is to the Republican party
under which our Industries grew to
their present vast proportion, our
financial syitem was put on a sound
basis, railroad anl monopollea were
brought under control the party
which devisod the new banking sys
tem that 1 now In operation.
Th Democratic party haa a man
It could not escape him for next
year's campaign, but It lacks winning
Issues. The Republican party ha
abundant issues: It lack th man.
Its full realization of what ta needed
In him Is the best evidence that It
will choose wisely and will win under
his leadership.
Twenty-two more day until Christ
mas. Tha time la about expired for
calling upon you to shop early. Shop
before It I loo late. But shopping
does not end the Christmas obligation.
This glorious day of good will should
brln;r out and emphasize the best in
everyone's nature. It I tha season for
deed of kindness. What ar you go
ing to do for someone who la lea for
tunntely situated than yourself? Now
la the time to lay your plana for some
gentle kindness. These thing muxt
be arranged well In advance If they
are to ba done effectively. Now la the
time. If you do not know what to do,
call np the Associated Charities. There
Is plenty of information on the gubject
to be had there.
How the great war capital gloat
over every rumor directed against
their enemies. Berlin and Vienna
have had the Czar hungering- for a
separate peace on many occasions.
London haa foreseen German pleas
for peace so often that the press as
sociations hav all but ceased to credit
such canards. Now Paris haa it that
Austria craves a separate peace. How
else explain the Kaiser' Junket to
Austria? We shall hear many such
stories this Winter, no doubt. When
the guns ore silent Dame Rumor does
her best to keep thing stirring.
Is the war affecting; us subcon
sciously and bringing an unwonted
crldlty into all our lives? Every ob
servant person must have noted that
these are times of extreme agitation,
vituperation and vilification. Men
high in public life aurnll one another
with unseemly fury. The same spirit
I displayed frequently by the smaller
fry. Criticism Is a popular pastime.
Perhaps there Is something; In the
charge that the good old world Is be
coming brutalized and harsh from wit-
maelng the fearful spectacle presented
by Europe.
The. first ouestlon sueffested bv the
revised shipping bill is: "If capital
can bo found to buy or len-e ships
built by the Government, why can it
not be found to do likewise with ship
built for private owners? If It can,
what occasion 1 there for Government
Intervention?" The simpler plan Is to
remove obstacles to private enterprise.
The Bank Herald waa seven years
old last week and wa Justified in
calling attention to Its ago. 'Banks Is
not a metropolis, by any means; it is
Just a country town in Washington
County, but If on is to Judge Its spirit
by the advertising- patronage given the
Herald by all Its business men. It is
laying tho foundation for big; things.
Bryan will not accompany the Jitney
peace Junket. However, even with this
star comedian off the bill, the spec
tacle la the funniest single Incident in
history. Our only hope is that the
world will laugh with us and not at
us. What country could not provide
a similar expedition were soma mil
lionaire willing to foot the bill?
According to statistics of a recent
exchange of prisoners. 4 400 German
were swapped for 7S50 Russians. The
surmise for the difference In
figure Is the Russian were more
bunged up."
Tha mnln ld1 of "KPttinff the boVS
out of the trenches" having been
given up, suppose they cnango 11 to
gctlln themselves out of trouble be
fore Christmas.
tl.fArtnn" overtook the North
Douglas Herald at Drain yesterday
when th ornce was Durneo, dui ed
itor Becbls' middle name In Phenix.
From the firebug point of view
the most satisfactory point about a
powder-mill explosion is the complete
destruction of the evidence.
if Prill. h Columbia also should go
dry, the tourist will not be able to
quench his thirst anywhere between
California and Alaska-
Wonders are not only not ceasing.
but a new brand Is beginning. A man
ha declined a political Job paying
$100 a month.
Th trile le on t ha local Sherlocks.
U'hiln ten wera aearehins; the city for
a woman wanted, she walked into the
Jail. '
T I. t. mm fm K that th A tWO KalSerS
discussed what they should do with
Serbia now they have It.
The local campaign against the trun-
toter ha begun, but where is the
rockplla?
Restrictions upon "booze" up north
rill sadden the remittance men.
There should be room on the
Oscar II for a few sample cars.
The trunk murder mystery of two
weeks ago U a deep as ever.
It Js the Kaiser turn to threaten
Greece, and he is doing It.
How to reuch th trenche without
passports Is the problem.
It waa worse overhead in the time
of Noah, but not much.
"A mis I aa good a a mile" with
"Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Thought for the day": Three
week to Christmas.
After the war the Canal may be
reopened.
Twenty-five Year Ago
Prom The Oregonlan. December 1, 1890.
President Harrison's message to Con
gress Monday, December 1. took up an
exhaustive discussion of the tariff and
reciprocity problems and he made a hint
to Congress that our foreign relations
should be strengthened. The country's
prosperity, he said, waa beip? Increased
steadily by wise business legislation,
and he urged the extension of our
ocean traffic, Mr. Harrison made an
eloquent pica for a free and fair elec
tion law. and urged a contract with the
telegraph companies for the handling
of Government business, but he made
It plain that he aid not recommend
Government ownership in this utility.
Washington. Dec, 2. In the 'House
today Frank, ef Misaourl. introduced a
bill making an apportionment under
the eleventh census and it provides for
two Representatives for Oregon and
two for Washington.
General Miles In an Interview given
out at Washington last night said he
believed a fight wlih the Indians in the
Central Northwest was imminent. All
available troops, be said, were being
massed at Plnerldge and Rosebud.
Mrs. Alderson, who lives four miles
from Albany, Or, has a piece of the
cloak la which Jeff Davis, in woman's
attire, was caught after the collapse
of the reoellion.
On the concert programme at the
Flrat Congregational Church tonight
will be Mrs. Ueisler. Miss Parrlsh, Miss
Morse, Mr. Dahlslrom and Mr. Flint.
Th Arlington Club Is taking steps
towsrd building a suitable home. A
stock association, with capital stock .of
tsO.000. ha been formed. Soma of the
directors ar In favor of the Holmes
corner, at West Park and Alder.
V. J. Sherman and Mrs. Helen Mc
Kay were married Monday night. De
cember 1, by Rev. T. L. Eliot at his
residence, 127 West Park.
East Portland still Is in darkness at
nlcht, Mr. Hogue holding to his deter
mination to consider December 1 the
time of his contract's expiration. The
East Portland officials were under
tha Impression the contract would al
low six months' grace.
Berlin. Dee. S. The Reichstag as
sembled today, and the bill providing
for defense of Heligoland passed the
first reading.
Emma Abbott saner the role of Leo
nora In "II Trovatore" at the Marquam
last night. Miss Lizzie Annandale sang
the contralto role. Mr. Tache, William
Pruett, William Broderick. H. Keady
and Miss Myra Mirella were also in
the cast. 'The Bohemian Olrl" is the
bill for the matinee today. Tho "Masked
Ball" performance tonight will be fol
lowed by Miss Abbott's famous rendering-
of th "mad scene" from "Ham
let." OREGON'S PIOXEER EXECUTIVES
Enactions First Deatawed en Three Blen
lader Provisional Government.
PORTLAND. Dec. 2. (To the Ed
itor.) In a number of instances of late
mention haa been made through the
press of the alleged fact that the late
"Addison C. Uibbs was Oregon's first
Governor." The very tact that such
statement has been made proves to me
that there are those who believe it to
be true.
The first executive functions ever be.
stowed in Oregon were lodged In the
governing committee, consisting pi
three men, towit: Joseph uale, lion
ert Shortess and Dr. Babcock. This
committee was creftted under sanction
of a series of settlers' meetings, the
most -important of which was held at
Champoeg on May 2. 1843. There was
gathered nearly the whole white male
DODUlatlon of Oregon, in an earnest,
purposeful assemblage. Their object
waa to found a civil government to
build a state. Their tabernacle waa
roofed with the green leaves of the
grove, it was wailed in by tho tree
trunks of tbe lorest, wiin me ground
for a Moor.
Here was, for tho first time, exercised
the rights of "squatters' sovereignty."
There were 103 of these sovereigns and
did they not squat around on the
ground and Incubate the embryo from
which waa hutched the "Oregon bird 7"
They cilled their product the "pro
visional government of Oregon."
Well, after a try-out it was deter
mined to drop this governing commit
tee and elect a real Governor, ao, in
1843. they elected George Abernethy.
In 1847 they re-elected blm and on the
third day of March General Joseph Lane
superseded him as Governor of Oregon
Territory.
For the next 10 yeara we lived under
territorial government and In 1859 be
came the State of Oregon. During this
time we bad numerous Governors and.
becoming a state. John Whitaker was
elected tta first Governor. His term
expired in 1862, w.ien Addison C. Gibbo
became the lale of Oregon's second
Oovernor.
He mado an able and efficient execu
tive and was loyal to the Union and a
true patriot, whl.h was not always
said of some who had preceded him in
office. ED C. KOSS.
THOSK MAHTIAE. SOVXOS M0 A It BY
Blaatlast at Kelly'e Butte May Tars
Youthful Mlads Astray.
PORTLAND. Dec. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) I hav been wondering if the
people of Portland have been disturbed
as I have by the awful explohions Just
after soon each day east of town at
Kelly's Butte. For one. I think it higt)
tima. this thing were stopped, for the
bad effect It Is having on the Doys
and young man of our city, causing
rthera to think of cannons' firing, when
they ahould be thinking of peace.
If this thing continues till alias jjo
Graff geta back from making peace in
Europe she will yat a stop to if, and
that quick. It sounds all the world
ilka an artillery duel, with the man
gled and bleeding bodies of men lying
11 around. My:
in the meantime, what are Mr.
Wheelwright and the Evening Tele
gram thinking about? Are we, after all.
to have military training in the schools
and National protection f
MISS It AIM. X DAliKC.t.
Frd H'at Be President f
ruftiuA.-1 . -
Itor i "Enery" Ford seems to hav-
. I... . i.... I. kin Reina-
tha owner of a few millions, his ambi
tion has got ins uouer wi " iowi,.
lis is going to clear In a month
trenches that have taKen a wnoie year
. . 1 A. n it. . 1. mrtA m.Ir.
or lernoio wui
and nir with patriota in the battle for
th right. Like Peace-at-Any-Price
Bryan, he is ambitious to get the votes
of the' foreign element and labor votes
to pave the way to the Presidency.
Indirectly be Is siding In with an
archy and treason in this country to
destroy commerce and create idleness
and poverty. Bry-tn aought it by try
ing to stir up anarchy in India for
"peace at any price." Both think It Is
loyalty to the flag they live under and
both will meet with sad disappoint
ment and defeat. Those to make peace
are the ones who are at war, when
they learn that right should be might
Instead of might tha right. YATES.
No.
CLATSKANIE. Or..' Nov. 29. (To the
Editor.) Can a search warrant be
drafted or made to cover several dif
ferent rooms or a number of buildings?
Th-vt Is to say. may an officer search
two different buildings not owned by
tha sarno man on the name warrant?
SUBSCRIBER,
WELFARE DEPENDS OX DEFESiSE
Country Cat Progress Wlthnt Ex.
citing Others Eavy.
PORTLAND. Dec 2. (To the Editor.)
-There is an issue to this question of
preparedness that I have never seen
presented. Doe anyone imagine that
National welfare Is not measured by
Its defensive position in the world of
arms? If, for Instance, by our shrewd
looking ahead, and productive powers,
great prosperity come upon the coun
try, and if capital were able to better
the conditions under which men work,
could we keep out the rest of the world
of real distress and need? Cogld we
even buy off the jealousies of govern
ments less morally efficient than our
own?
It seems very Improbable that any
National prosperity that is peculiar to
a mere continent, however much' de
served, can find safe issues unless aorne
far greater Internationalism prevails.
Even that might not avail unless gov
ernments themselves were well able
defensively to control the eituation.
Speaking for myself, I think the best
remedy for depression In business is
doubt the cheapest way is the naval
lorce. 4ne.r0 are many, rw uhb
to such a programme. Our policies,
largely forged by mere money power,
naturally are deficient in stability and
purpose. We have seen in a late crisis
and in the Panama Canal dispute, how
for once In our history philosophy and
determined morality won out to our
fairer fame, (t do not allude, of
- . 1 1 1 .. t
course, 10 ine euuiimruia ijuijdumu.i
There Is, of course, the danger of
cheap Jingoism, the kind that emanates
from the son of jagdom. ' But I do
think that the educational process that
is going on ail over 111a vuuuwy, wio
lanu , 1 1 1 1 1 uwiiifs maug sir b.hh-
tion snd ventilation,, for clean towns
sna aeceni aweuings, snows mat. mo
Dfilier living 01 ine isai ivtemy years
is having some effect. It I not en
couraging to look at our criminal rec
ords. They will perhaps improve. On
the whole, I think there are sufficient
us to a defensive force that should
win us the respect of the world.
- E. B. CLARK.
IPEHIOn ONLV IX MILITARISM
Writer Says German EfTIfteacy Not
Remarkable in Other Particular.
PORTLAND. Dec. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) Having read times without num
ber articles and references to the great
and wonderful and all but superhuman
German organization, efficiency, mighty
power, etc., the latest of all an article
by Frank Harris in the Collier's
Weekly and quoted in The Oregonlan, I
challenge the writer to prove by any
facts of history, in what way she has
excelled any other nation excepting in
the strictly military sense. The United
States or the British Empire could have
easily put her in the shade had either
devoted 40 years and bent and utilized
all their resources to that end.
The pagan Idea that physical force
is power, is the greatest fallacy of all.
Is not the whole structure of our
modern civilization the outcome of
Christianity which the meek and lowly
Jesus breathed into the life of man
2000 years ago, and is still' inspiring
men to loftier conception of life? Did
he not come into a world when slavery
was the rule of the day and never
made any direct reference to it. Yet
his truly mighty power has practi
cally swept slavery from the face of
the earth.
This terrible war has proved and will
prove more and more, that right is
might and not the German version
might is right.
As for the German system of educa
tion about 20 years ago the Kaiser
made a public speech in which he said
he was going to reform his system of
education, which resulted in decreasing
the hours of real education of the
pupils and increasing the hours for
military drilling. This then has been
the bedrock of the early education of
German youth. Little wonder that they
have lost sight of the fundamental
things of life. WILL EVANS.
1193 East Taylor street.
PRESS AC'CESSOHIKS BEFORE FACT
Ford's Head Turned by Newspaper
Notoriety, Say Writer.
ASTORIA Or., Dec. 1. (To the Ed
itor.) Not being Veritas, Constant
Reader or Tro Bono Publico, I hesitate
to break in.
Friend Ford has started an expedi
tion to Europe. Is It possible that you
are to blame? I am afraid partly so.
Inasmuch lis Hank Ford has had a lot
of newspaper notoriety that has turned
his head, you, with a few others of our
leading papers, ara to blame.
The idea of Ford fancying that he may
be received by the Kaiser with "Wie
gehtz, Helnrich," or in Ixmdon being
srreeted hy George as "Hello, Harry,
old chap," is of course only to be ex
pected, but to think of Gailieni or
JofTro calling him "Mon cher Henri" is
much too much.
But tset down to cases, can Amer
ica stand to be the laughing stock of
the entire world. If Ford persists In
his tomfoolery? It's food for reflection.
B. WALTERS.
THE WOLF AT THE DOOR.
In no deep burled pit of ancient mold
Is there a form more hideous, terrible,
Fierce fans aglut with blood of Inno
cents. It la, of truth, a thing to make men
quail.
And women what depths has It drv n
- them to!
There, guarding vulture-like the nar
row door,
Ijest some poor fugitive escape his eye,
The monster crouches. In his grim
domain
A birth is wept death i a glad re
prieve For tortured soul and body, doubly
shriven
By the high priests of Hunger!
That shrill howl
Congeals the voice of prayer, so it may
not
Reach the high ear of heaven; that
fetid breath
Poisons the balsam air; that skulking
frame
The sun's warm light obscures (such
guise had been
A deal more fit abode for Satan's craft
Than talking serpents bred of lies)!
Hometimes
In meek friendliness, spurious fawn
ing. Cozening with comrade airs a simple
mind
That lies down seeking rest, to fate
resigned
This fiend disports, and then those
wicked claws
Coil Failure's letters subtly 'round his
brain!
Ah. let the Hounds of Knowledge
scent yon beast
That fattens upon what the world calls
Luck,
But slinks from Understanding's flam
ing torch!
JOE HARTMAN, Santa Monica, CaL
Profit and Age of MaJorUy.
VERBOORT, Or, Dec 1. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) If an article is bought for
16 cents and sold for 20 cents, what is
the per cent gain, 20 or 25?
(2) At what age Is a girl of age. 16
or 18? A CONSTA-NT READER.
it Tim nrofit In 25 ner cent or tha
purchase price and 20 per cent of the
selling price. Percentage of profit is
usually figured on the purchase price.
(2) A girl becomes "of age" at 18;
that Is. she may then receive and de
vise uroperty in her own name. She
attains voting age at 21. The minimum
ajte of consent la lu.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. Kvana.
(Questions pertinent to hygiene sanita
tion and prevention of disease, is matters
of general Interest, will be answered in this
column. Where spaoe will not permit or
the subject is not suitable, letters will bo
personally answered, subject to proper limi
tations and where a stamped, addressed en
velope Is inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe Xor Individual dis
easvg. Requests (or such service caauot be
aniwered. )
(Copyrighted, 1815. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with Chicaso
Tribune.)
Neglect Causes Baldness.
WHY do peopl get bald premature
ly? There are several reasons, any
one of which may be the principal one
in a given case. I think inherited
tendency is the principal factor. Men
get bald at about tbe ages their fathers
lost their hair.. Furthermore, the shape
of the bald spot runs in families. The
fact that baidness an affliction of the
male does .not mean that it is not in
herited. X tendency to grow a mus
tache is also an affliction of the male,
and that is inborn.
Next in importance is neglect of the
scalp. Making nnir is the acme of
skill shown by the skin. Making sweat,
grease, dandruff, even nails, is simple
in comparison. Tbe cells which make
hair are set deep in the fat and muscle,
well away from the ordinary skin
cells. If the skin is allowed to get
dirty or infected or if the scalp is al
lowed to get hidtoound. the cells set
aside to make hair will stop work. They
tend to return to the primitive mak
ing skin cells and not hair cells just
as men tend to return to the primitive
when a riot or a war desorganlzes so
ciety. A dirty sc.ilp induces baldness
by the dandruff route. '
It does little practical good to refer
to No. 1. A man cannot change his
ancestors certainly not after he begins
to lose his hair.
Every child neglects to clean his
scalp and brush his hair. Neglect is the
rule among older people until they be
gin to losa their hair. The opinion
prevails among boys that the hair
should not be washed with frequency.
They have been told it washed out the
grease. Everybody should wash hia
hair with soap and water twi(je a week.
Once a week .is often enough for girls.
Their longer hair keeps some dirt from
the scalp. The hair should be well
brushed every day.
If one notices that he has dandruff
or that his hair is beginning to fall
out, he (or she. if a woman) should,
shampoo the hair twice or three times
a Week at first and less frequently as
the condition improves. In addition
the hair should be brushed until the
scalp tingles. If it is found that after
washing the hair remains overdry a
little oil or vaseline can be rubbed in.
This may seem si lot of trouble, but
without trouble it is not possible to
save the skim An electric fan set so
as to drive hot air from a stove or
radiator will speedily dry a woman's
hair. An electric fan costs money! So
do hair tonics. Shampooing does good;
hair tonics do not.
The hair follicles are set in the mus
cle and fat well below the skin. They
need more nourishment than they can
get near the surface. If the skin does
cot slide well over the skull, if there
is very little fat between the skin and
the skull, or if there is pressure on the
blood vessels which lie between the
skull and the skin, baldness will result.
This is the third cause of baldness. A
fourth Is certain forms of constitu
tional disease; a fifth local skin dis
ease other than that which causes ordi
nary baldness.
For 23-3Ionths-Old Child.
E. L. S. writes: -your advice will be
sincerely appreciated in regflrd to the
following, which . try to condense aa
much as possible:
"(1) What vegetable contains pTios
phorus suitable for diet of 22-months
child?
"(2) How much water should a child
22 months old take daily?
"(3) Is there any correction for 'pot
belly'? Should flannel band be worn to
give support to abdominal muscles at
this age?
"H) Can ammonia in urine be cor
rected by plenty of water drinking?
Should orange Juice and apple be given
if there is ammonia in urine?
"(5) What is the cause and correction
for a brownish and dandruff-like de
posit on the scalp of child 22 months
old?
"(6) Is meat necessary? Neither beet
Juice nor eggs has been given success
fully." REPLY.
1. All grains are rich in phosphoru. The
phosphorus la especially in the bran. Whole
whaaT natmpal. sweet corn, corn bread.
beans and iK-as are rich in phosphorus
Practically all nuts are good sources of
phosphorus. The staple phosphorus foods
are milk, butter and egrrs.
1 Twelve ounces (two glasses) in ad
dition to what he gets In his food.
2 Am to the flannel band, or any othx-r
band, no. Pot belly may be. and usually is,
the result of a diet too rich in starch and
sunrar and too poor in meat and in fresh
fruit juices and vegetable. It may be the
result of weak, muscles. I think you Bhould
change this child's diet, that you should
stimulate the child to play, and that a lit
tle time spent In exercising the muscles
may do some good.
3. It will help a little. Ammonia in tha
urine of a child means that tha diet is out
of balance. A frequent cause is overrlch
milk. Sometimes it means that the child
Deeds orange Juice and other fruit juices.
5. Krror in diet. Questions a," 6 and 7
Indicate that your child's diet is at fault.
6. Try fine chopped meat. Let him suck
and gnaw meat bones.
The Care of Tonsils.
IT. II. B. writes: "If tonsils are the
cause of tad breath. (1) should they
be removed or treated? (2) Is there a
cure for ozena? (3) Should people with,
rheumatism diet? If so, please publish
the things not to be eaten."
REPIy.
1. In some cases the tonsils can be
cK-aned: In others they must be removed.
Recently we had an article on the
treatment of ozena by vaccine. Another
treatment consists in the injection of par
affine into tha tissues of the lining of the
nose,
3. No.
Not at Orphen'n.
THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 1. (To tho
Editor.) To settle an argument, please
answer. Did Harry Lauder show at
the Orpheum in Portland a few years
ago? M. R. M. -
Harry Lauder has visited Portland
but once and then he appeared at the
Armory.
v Liquor In Clubs.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) Will state prohibition affect the
amount of intoxicants the Elks' Clubs
will be allowed to keep on hand?
READER.
Serving of intoxicants in clubs is
prohibited by the law
Directory for
S. P. U. G. S.
"Spugs" are members of the so
ciety for the prevention of useless
giving.
They believe a Christmas gift
should combine utility with beauty
a precept which fulfills the high
est ideals of art.
"Spugs" shop carefully and ,buy
with discretion.
They are thankful for the Tielp
and suggestions given them by the
advertising in a live newspaper like
The Oregonian.
Some of them tell tis our adver
tising is a veritable "Spug's" directory.