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1916.
AIX ABOARD FOB COOS BAT!
Today Coos Bay, all of Coos County,
the entire area of "the Coos country."
Is to be officially connected with the
rest of Oregon by a railroad. Such
connection had been long contem
plated and more than once begun;
but now, through the general devel
opment policy of the Southern Pacific
Company, the work is practically fin.
ishod and Coos Bay is within six or
seven hours of Portland by train. So,
after more than forty years of wait
ing, we are in close touch with our
fellow-citizens of the Coos country.
What a wonderful country it is!
What a great asset it is to Oregon!
Yet it has been built up almost as an
alien country because of the vexations,
uncertainties and hardships that the
Coos people had to endure to reach
the metropolis or the Willamette Val
ley. Today many people will go to
Coos Bay who were never there be
fore; and they are likely to go often
in future. When they reach the end
of their journey they will find a fin
ished city two of them on Coos Bay,
Marshfield and North Bend. They are
two flourishing cities that will one
day be merged into one great city,
the city of Coos Bay and the metrop
olis of the southwest Oregon coast.
It seems scarcely necessary to say
that the Coos country must be a sec
tion of wonderful resources and the
home of a people more than ordinarily
progressive. If it were not so. Coos
County as a whole would not have
been the twelfth in population by the
census of 1910; it would not have had
twelve people to the square mile, com
pared to seven In Lane, seven in Doug
las and twelve in Wasco. Since 1910
Coos has probably gained a larger per
cent in population than any other
county in the state.
"There must be a reason," as the
advertisers say, but in this case the
reason is easily discovered: it lies in
the wonderful resources of Coos and
In the intelligence and faithful labors
of the Coos people. No county any
where has a population with higher
average intelligence than the people
of Coos. In thus complimenting the
people as a whole, it is remembered
that the newspapers of Coos have al
ways been a great factor in the up
building of th country, even as they
are today. There are eleven of these
papers, four at Marshfield, two at
North Bend, two at Bandon, two at
Coquille and one at Myrtle Point.
While it has at times been said that
the Coos country was largely domi
nated by the people of California, it
can be stated without fear of contra
diction that the newspapers of Coos
have been loyal to Oregon.
It may be appropriate to advert to
the fact that in times past it has been
suspected, and even declared, that
there was in Portland an underlying
hostility to Coos Bay through recog
nition of the possible fact that a
greater harbor in Southwestern Ore
gon meant less prestige for the Co
lumbia River. It Is true enough that
Portland has not given to any plan
for the development of Coos Bay the
same diligent and continuous atten
tion it has given to the Columbia
River. The reasons are obvious. But
It is also quite true that the moral
and political support of the metropolis
has been friendly to every legitimate
and practicable endeavor in behalf of
Coos and every other part of Oregon
There is a fine harbor at Coos Bay, and
It is entitled to have from the Govern
ment a plan of improvement which
will attract to its waters the shipping
of the world.
The development of the coal, tim
ber, dairying and general agricultural
Interests of Coos County has been
marvelous, when one considers the
handicap under which the people of
that section have worked. Here are
the only great coal fields of Oregon
and their development means almost
untold wealth In future. The lumber
interests, when considered in connec
tion with the magnificent harbor and
the fact that the largest sawmill In
the world is situated on the harbor,
are enough to build a great and pros
perous community. The largest and
perhaps the most advanced industry
In Coos Is dairying. No doubt Coos
has more dairy cows than any other
county in the state; no doubt they
are of better average grade and of
higher average yield of milk than In
any other county. Coos seems to be
the dairy cows' heaven, and the own
ers of the herds are among the most
progressive of any in the country.
More than 70 per cent of Coos dairy
cows are constantly tested for the
bulk and quality of their milk. Coos
has more dairy testing associations
than any county in the United States,
save one county In New Tork. So the
dairy business of Coos is growing by
leaps ana bounds, principally for the
reason that every man and woman
who has engaged in that pursuit with
intelligence has prospered marvel-
ously.
There is only one fly in the ointr
, ment of our rejoicing today that is,
that Curry County is not to benefit
greatly by the present rail opening.
Let it be hoped that soon the present
road will be continued on down the
Coast to the end that the splendid
timber of that section, particularly the
Port Orford cedar, may have an out
let, that the fine dairy section of Curry
along the Coast and rivers may have
easy access to market, and that the
rich gold and copper mines of interior
Curry may have transportation facil
itles to make them the wonder and
admiration of the state, a place they
will one day occupy.
Portland and Oregon today and fo
iseveral days will join in the great
celebration at Coos Bay. The pres
ence of many citizens from all parts
of Oregon is designed to show th
hearty and genuine interest of all In
the triumphant result of Coos Bay'
long struggle for rail connection with
the outer world.
' If President Wilson had known the
ftatlona.l forests by. anything but gffi
cial reports and hearsay, he would not
have vetoed the bill permitting cities
to use parts ot them for parks, ceme
teries and sewage. There are places
where no other land Is readily avail
able for those purposes and they
would not interfere with the primary
purpose of timber culture. If a city
used part of a National forest as a
park, it would carefully preserve the
timber. What harm would be done if
some small city or village used part of
a forest as a cemetery or ran its
sewers through a corner of the re
serve? The objections arise from the
excessive jealousy entertained by the
Forest Service of any person who en
ters a National forest, and from the
underlying sentiment that a tree is a
sacred thing until some official de
crees that it be cut down. The peo
ple should be permitted to use the
forests for any purpose not incon
sistent with their primary purpose.
MAX'S-SIZE JOB.
The Oregonian Is indebted to its
contemporary, the Aurora Observer,
for the following report of a speech
made at Wjlhoit Springs recently by
a distinguished citizen, who is also a
candidate for the Oregon Legislature:
He declared Oregon the worst governed
state in the Union for the laBt 12 years,
charging the Legislature with squandering
$3,000,000 for the chair-warmers at Salem.
He expressed himself as opposed to most of
the state commissions, particularly the tax
commission and the fish and game com
mission. He declared himself opposed to
the convention system, though he admitted
he had worked it himself for all it was
worth while It was in vogue. His enemies,
he. said, called him "ellck." One must be
slick, he asserted, to cope with the crooks
that would rob the people of their rlghtB.
He promised, if elected to the State Sen
ate, that he would, within 48 hours after
his arrival in Salem, place a law on the
statute books abolishing the useless com
missions and offices that encumbered the
State Capitol and many believed him!
Do we need to add that the name of
this great reformer is the Honorable
George C. Brownell, of Oregon City?
Of course his audience believed him.
He has been a member of several Ore
gon". Legislatures, and the record he
made there justifies any audience of
his in believing anything.
The people will wish the Honorable
George well in the mighty task of do
ing away with useless commissions
and offices. It ought to be done, and
if Brownell can do it, send 'him along
to Salem. There will be no com
plaint if he fails to get results within
forty-eight hours, as he promises.
Much latitude may be allowed to the
enthusiasm of the spellbinder. But
if, in forty days, the state is trimmed
of its superfluous officers and boards,
the people will be satisfied. Let George
do it.
IKMNG RIGHT tJNDER COMPULSION.
Having on the eve of an election
passed laws for the Increase of the
Army and Navy to a point approach
ing what is necessary for adequate
defense, the Democratic party now
takes credit for having done under
the whip and spur of public opinion
that which it had previously refused
to do. For three years that party neg
lected our defenses and permitted our
Navy to sink from second to fourth
place among the world's navies, yet it
boasts because in the fourth year,
when driven and in fear of defeat, it
began to atone for its neglect.
The true convictions of the Demo
cratic party on this subject are ex
pressed by the utterances and actions
f those of its leaders who opposed
preparedness when not under pressure
but who have now executed a sudden
change of front; also by those who
have honestly refused to yield their
convictions to party expediency; also
by those who, yielding against their
will, have done their worst to mar
preparedness laws.
President Wilson's deepest convic
tions were not expressed by the
speeches which he delivered in 1916
when the demand for adequate de
fense had become irresistible and
when the election was drawing near;
they were expressed in his address
to Congress in December, 1914, when
he said that everything was serene
and that those who demanded pre
paredness were nervous and excited."
Secretary Daniels' real convictions
were expressed in December, 1914,
when he recommended for 1915, the
second year of the war, the miserably
inadequate building programme of two
dreadnoughts, six destroyers, eight or
more submarines, a gunboat and an
oil ship. After pressure was put upon
him he proposed a year later a five-
year programme of some magnitude.
When the House rejected this pro
gramme and provided only for five
battle cruisers besides lesser ships in
1917, Mr. Daniels acquiesced, but when
the Senate adopted a three-year pro
gramme with four battleships and
four battle cruisers during the first
year, Mr. Daniels boasted as though
he had proposed it and put it through
He had not favored it; he only con
sented and attempted to steal the
credit as a means of. getting votes for
Mr. Wilson.
When the flop to preparedness was
made, the shaping of measures to put
it in effect was left in the House to
men who did not believe in it the
Little American spoilsman Hay and
to Little Navy Paget. The result is a
travesty of a military system with an
inadequate paper Army which can
not be recruited up to paper strength
and a second line composed of state
troops brought only partially under
Federal control. The good work of
the Senate was wrecked on the rock
of Mr. Hay's pacifism and of his yield
ing to the National Guard lobby. Mr.
faget tore up the continuous pro
gramme and substituted his own for
one year only, which was promptly
and fortunately proved Insufficient by
the battle of Jutland. A storm of
protest forced the House to yield to
the better judgment of the Senate on
the Navy, but local political Influences
stiffened the opposition of the House
to the point where it wrecked the far
superior Army programme of Senator
Chamberlain.
Throughout the consideration of the
two bills, -Representative Kitchin, the
leader of the House Democrats, con
sistently, persistently and conscien
tiously worked against any advance
toward preparedness. He was not
willing to eat in the fourth year all
the words he had uttered In the pre
ceding three years. When the Ad
ministration, fearing for Mr. Wilson's
standing with the voters, forced the
Senate's naval programme on an un
willing House, Mr. Kitchin bluntly
said
T do not hesltat to TrrfAss dmhorM ,
ment. X denounced this building programme
two months ago. and I cannot see an v dif
ference now. If it -was wrong then. It is
wrong now.
The great majority of Democrats in
Congress still believe that "it is
wrong now," but political expediency
has driven them to vote against their
convictions. There is no reason to
doubt that, when the pressure of publi
opinion is relaxed, as It inevitably will
be as danger becomes more remote,
the Democrats will again act upon the
convictions which they held through
out the four years, which they ex.
pressed and acted li0a alps J&lQl-l?tfiM E&Ua US5td- tz tb.fi
first three years and which they aban
doned during the fourth year only
under the compulsion of political ex
pediency. If they were to retain pow
er, the country would again be per
mitted to lapse into the same condi
tion of defenselessness in which they
kept it for three years.
The Nation cannot afford to en
trust its safety to a party which does
the right thing in so vital a matter
upon compulsion only. It cannot af
ford to entrust the . framing of legis
lation of such importance to men
whose hearts are not in the work be
cause they do not believe in it. Such
a task can only be properly and con
tinuously performed by a party which
belicvses in its wisdom.
MR, HUGHES' POLICIES.
Mr. Hughes has made known what
he would do as President. His
speeches have not been limited to
criticism of President Wilson. He
has not "abused" Mr. Wilson; he has
only criticised Mr. Wilson's perform
ance of official duties, as is the right
of every citizen and as is the duty of
a man who seeks the office which
Mr. Wilson desires to retain.
There is no difficulty In discovering
from Mr. Hughes' speeches what he
would do.
He would restore the protective
tariff without monopoly or abuse. By
means of a scientific tariff commis
sion he would place Import duties at
such rates as would enable American
industries to meet after-the-war com
petition. He would promote legislation treat
ing the human rights of labor as
paramount, protecting women and
children from exploitation, compen
sating injured workmen and work
women without litigation and encour
aging ' amicable adjustment of labor
disputes. He would continue the rec
ord which he made as Governor of
New York, a record which caused the
official organ of labor in that state
to say: "He was the greatest friend
of labor that ever occupied the Gov
ernor's chair."
He would carry out the wishes of
the Republican masses which nomi
nated him and would be independent
of the bosses, the Old Guard and Wall
street, as he was when Governor, for
he is under no obligation to any of
them. We can rely upon the follow
ing declaration of his purpose, made
in his Los Angeles speech, for it
squares with the policy he has always
followed:
There 13 not jtoine to- ibe any private crip
on any public privilege for any corporate
Interests at the expense of the interests of
the people of the United States if I can
prevent it.
Mr. Hughes will uphold the civil scrv-
ce law and will appoint men to of
fice because of their ability to serve
the Nation, not merely because of
services rendered to their party.
He will stop waste of public money
by adopting a budget system, by en
forcing efficient service, by abolish
ing useless offices and by opposing
pork-barrel bills.
He will urge the adoption of an
amendment to the Federal Constitu
tion granting suffrage to women in
every state and territory.
He will exact from other nations re
spect for the rights of the United
States and of American citizens in for
eign countries and on the high seas,
and will respect the rights of other
nations, attempting no aggression or
territorial aggrandizement. Ho will
make no demands without backing
them up.
He favors an Army and Navy un
der complete Federal control suffi
cient to defend the Nation, its terri
tory, its rights and Its citizens, but
without any taint of militarism.
He will promote the development of
the American merchant marine with
out either subsidies or Government
owned ships.
He will renew the Republican policy
of preparing the Philippines for in
dependence by education and gradual
extension of self-government, but will
not countenance abandonment of the
islands before this task is completed
These policies will promote happi
ness and prosperity at home and safety
of American citizens, respect for the
American Nation and extension of
American commerce abroad.
JTEBET'S GRAND FLOP.
Jerry Rusk not the original and
only Jerry Rusk of agricultural fame,
but the modest little Jerry flower
which blooms in the Oregon garden
finds the Republican atmosphere too
much contaminated by the presence
of Penrose, Cannon, Barnes et al.,
and he has joined Bill Hanley and one
other in the grand progressive hegira
to Woodrow Wilson. "The boss-rid
den Republican party," bemoans Jerry,
has produced far too many culls In
the human herd." So the candidate
who is good enough for Theodore
Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson, James R.
Garfield, Albert J. Beveridge, Ray
mond Robins, Medill McCormick, Will
iam Allen White, Henry J. Allen and
nearly all the Progressive host that
left the Republican party in 1912, is
not good enough for Jerry.
We fancy that Jerry's distrust of a
party which harbors Penros.e et al.,
and his growing confidence in the
other party which folds in its all
embracing arms Charlie Murphy, Tom
Taggart, Roger Sullivan and a horde
of Southern Brigadiers, began with his
overwhelming defeat for Congress in
a Republican primary a few years ago.
Tet Jerry thought he would give the
party of Penrose one last chance and
he became a candidate for Railroad
Commissioner last May. The decadent
Republican machine was wedded to
.its Idols, for Jerry, sad to tell, ran
next to last in a field of six. In his
own county (Union) he got a paltry
472 votes, 'vhile another candidate
got 1478 votes. No wonder Jerry is
disgusted and repents of his associa
tion with a party which shows so de
cided a lack . of appreciation of his
shining virtues.
There are some persons who regard
Jerry as a party liability rather than
an asset. But they are unkind. Jerry
belongs in the closed accounts.
ELEVErXATIXa RAILWAY ACCIDENTS,
As a result of forty years' research
by a scientist who virtually made his
home for thirty-three years of that
time on a specially fitted railway car,
definite promise is given at last that
one of the chief causes of railroad ac
cidents is about to be eliminated. As
the story is told In the news dis.
patches, the New Tork Central Rail.
road announces that the probability
of the occurrence of a broken rail
has been mathematically reduced
from a proportion of one In every 600
to one In 142,000. The Interstate
Commerce Commission's report for
1915 ascribes to broken rails a total
of S345- railway accidents, in which
205 persons were killed, 7341 were in
jured and there was property damage
of $3,967, 1S8, all on railroads of the
United States in the past fourteen
years. A striking result is obtained
I when these figures are reduced by the
railway ' announcement. Under the
new conditions, with an equal amount
of traffic In the next fourteen years,
we may expect only one life to be lost
with a total of fourteen such accidents,
and only about thirty persons in
jured and a property damage slightly
in excess of $17,000.
Credit for this important develop
ment in safety for travelers is given
to Plimmon H. Dudley, whose work la
distinguished for the fact that he re
fused to accept the conclusion of other
investigators that the flaws In rails
were inevitable because they were
hidden and could not be disclosed by
ordinary methods of Inspection. It
had been accepted by these men as a
fact that the flaw was the result of
"heavy wheel loads In the service"
and not an incident to the process
of manufacture. Railroads thus were
confronted with the alternative of
lightening their equipment and loads
or greatly increasing the amount of
metal in the rails. Either solution
meant lessening of relative capacity
and neither promised immunity from
accidents.
Searching for a reason why some
rails gave way under the strain of
wear and others did not, the scientist
found that the underlying cause often
was an almost microscopic core of
faulty metal existing inside the rail
when it left .the steel mill and expand
ing gradually under service conditions.
From this beginning, progressing by
stages too technical to be of interest
to the layman, he discovered that re
heating the "blooms" before the rails
were rolled obviated the defects, and
the installation of bloom reheating
plants in the rail mills of the country
has followed generally.
The true Importance of this discov
ery does not become fully apparent
from a study of broken rail accidents
alone, since further investigation un
doubtedly will show a certain relation
between the breaking of other parts
of equipment and flaws of like na
ture in the steel of which they are
made. Thus there appear among the
probabilities of an early day better
tirSs, better axles, better wheels and
even better railroad spikes. Every
thing made from steel that enters into
the construction of track and train is
to be subjected to the same Improve
ments, so that in the aggregate the
number of accidents heretofore re
garded as inevitable but that will be
avoided In future will be exceedingly
large.
Elimination of a considerable pro
portion of casualties in railroad travel
due to the "human factor" has pro
gressed at a correspondingly rapid
pace. Obviating the hidden flaw brings
the traveling public almost to com
plete safety.
Massachusetts makes a plea that the
hatred the human race now feels for
snakes be turned against rats, and its
ornithologist declares that the rat is
far more destructive, directly and in
directly, of human life than any wild
beast or venomous serpent. It appro
priates everything that man eats, de
stroys his poultry and molests his do
mestic animals. It carries the germs
of disease and is the forerunner of
pestilence and death. It infects men's
houses with plague and burns his ships
and habitations. "As if not satisfied
with pursuing him through life," says
the Massachusetts investigator, "the
rat follows man in death, desecrating
and mutilating his mortal remains.'
The Bay State has been stirred to re
newed action and a movement for
the co-operation of other states has
been set under way. It is justified by
both hygienic and economic reasons.
It Is said that the waste caused by
rats has an important "bearing on the
cost of living. . S
Oregon looks good to Eastern news
papermen. They have a way of
dropping into a country office and
asking the owner to name his price.
A sight of the checkbook induces
many to sell who would better hold
on. The latest change is in owner
ship of the Bend Press, which Charlie
Short started about a year ago and
which has been reeking prosperity of
late.
As Rovernor of New Tork state he
rilughesl has the record of giving the state
the most extravagant administration in the
history of the state, signing appropriation
bills for JIO.000,000 more than any other
Governor, though there the Governor has
the power to veto individual Items. One
cannot remember a candidate for President
who has made a poorer showing on a cam
paign. Albany Democrat.
Yet they whine when Hughes critl
clses Wilson.
People are not wholly fair in' ask
ing for a male principal to succeed a
woman who is making good in the po
sition. The days when big bad boys
had to be "whaled" have gone and
the qualification for the head of
school is ability. If a woman possesses
that, keep her on the Job.
The fair season in Oregon has be
gun, and though the biggest pumpkins
and squashes are not ripe, there is
enough of the vegetable kingdom to
make an impressive exhibit. It is
almost as much a civic duty to attend
a county fair as it is to vote.
The spirit of the Northwest Mounted
Police is to get the criminal, without
counting time and expense. They
have just landed two Eskimos who
committed murder three years ago.
The counterfeit tens and twenties
circulating in Mexico mean calamity
to the Mexican who gets "stuck,
Twenty dollars American looks like a
fortune.
The Turks talk of an incursion of
brigands on an island off the Asia
Minor coast. What is the difference
between a Turk and a brigand?
It's a good little Senate to jump
when Wilson cracks the whip. The
literacy test will be dropped from the
immigration bill.
The woman who cooks with elec
tricity feels sorry for poor Eve, who
had to get along with a Dutch oven.
If the New Tork barbers strike,
whiskers and safety razors will go to
a premium.
These are the days when a fellow
wishes the clocks were pushed an hour
ahead.
The old-timer misses the smoke
from the forest fires at this time.
- i
The heat wave checked its grip in
Chicago and came West.
The Chicago "board" knows what
it means to be stung.
Is Coos Bay on the map?
(Loud pedal.)
Is it
The ghost Is walking oa. the border
fet iftst, '
Montana Mutterings
By Leone Casa Bacr,
SEVERAL new plays have already
been produced in New York and
more are in process of production. So
you see the theatrical season is begin
ning earlier than usual in the metropo
lis. Which is all a matter of theatri
cal development. A decade ago it was
the custom to open the season In Sep
tember, because there was a belief ex
istent thai the city was absolutely de
serted by theater patrons during the
heated season. Then an astute man
ager found out that while the native
New Yorker may go out of his haunts
for the Summer, there are thousands of
Middle Westerners and Middle Eastern
ers whatever those terms may mean
to say nothing of Pacific Coasters, who
o to New York on business, with what
ever pleasure they can get also, during
the Summer. Some manager with
bug for gathering statistics found that
New York is the greatest Summer re-
ort in America and its visitors like
to be entertained. So the statistician
manager told other managers and now
shows are put on as early as July and
August. Says one of the aforemen
tioned astute ones
It pays to put on a good show early
in August, and also means for cooling
theaters have beeen found. Wherefore
patrons of the playhouses are always
comfortable. One other reason and
an excellent one for early opening, is
that the manager learns whether his
play Is worthy or not, and if it fails
to make a hit he can throw It away
and bring out a new dramatic piece be
fore the season is far advanced. The
time may come when many of the play
houses In the city will be open the year
around.
A perfect husband has been brought
to publicity in Brooklyn. He would
have remained unheralded and unsung,
but his wife la suing him for divorce.
Hence we get to hear of his splendid
qualities. He admits that he is per
feet. That In itself Is enough grounds
for divorce. Can you imagine any
fate on earth or elsewhere worse than
having to be the wife of a perfect hus
band?
Leader of a little German band in
Billings is suing a woman because she
threw a plaster o' paris bust of Wilson
at him. It does seem a rather harsh
rebuke, but maybe it was the handiest
thing she could grab
A neighbor woman says her little
boy locked their cat up In the auto
matic piano and the mechanism of both
Instruments of torture got all mussed
up. "The pore cat won't ever be the
same agin, she tells me
Nance O'Neill Is a bride. She Is now
Mrs. Alfred Hickman, of New York and
way points. The .wedding took place
one day last week at the home of
mutual friend in New Rochelle. Imme
diately after the 5 o'clock ceremony
the bride and Bridegroom motored to
Miss O'Neill's home in Bayside, Long
Island, where they will make their res
idence.
The honeymoon period will be spent
at the Popular Plays and Players' stu
aio, where air. and Mrs. Hickman are
engaged in filming the five-reel Metro
photoplay. "The Iron Woman." This is
a screen version of Margaret Lcland's
novel of the same name.
Before enlisting in the films Mlsn
O'Neill enjoyed a successful carrer on
the speaking stage. She was firs
brought Into prominence by Alan Dale,
who came upon her one day in a stock
company at the Murray Hill Theater,
and pronounced her one of the best ac
tresses In America, Under McKee Ran
kin's management she appeared there
after with pronounced success. In nu
merous plays and made a tour of Aus
tralia and South Africa in "Madge,
The Sorceress" and "Camille
It was on tour with Mr. Rankin that
Miss O'Neill became best known along
the Pacific Coast. The new Mr. Nance
O'Neill has been leading man in the
films with his wife. Their engage
ment was announced several months
ago. They met for the first time five
years ago, when they appeared to
gether in "The Lily." This play was
brought to Portland. A chronicler of
the wedding says "Mr. Hickman is
member of the Lambs and New York
Atnietio ciuds and. If memory serves
right, he was married for a period to
the late Blanche Walsh
Life for Archie Bell, dramatic critic
of the Cleveland Leader, is just one
travelogue after another. He has re
turned from the Orient after three
months spent In Japan and China, an
during that time he ground out a series
of stories about the two countries tha
aggregate 32,000 words, he estimates.
Mr. Bell, an extensive traveler, has in
corporated hla experiences in out-of
the-way places of the world In previ
ous volumes, the best known of which
are "The Spell of the Holy Land" and
"The Spell of Egypt.
Well, Billings is an "out-of-the-way"
place and I've been here two months.
Also I hold the same sort of job Arc hi
Bell does. Therefore be prepared for
a 32,000 travelogue from my pencil en
titled "The Spell of Billings."
The Dolly Sisters, Roszlka and Tan
sci, pronounced Rozeeka and Yonsy,
are to appear in a farce comedy,
three-act affair called "His Bridal
Night." Lawrence Rising wrote it,
Margaret Mayo revised and elaborated
upon it and A. H. Woods is producln
it. The story has to do with the mel
ancholy plight of a young man who
marries one of the twin dancers and
doesn't know which Is which on hi
bridal night. This sweet plot and the
title suggest there will be much horse
play.
Advance notices eay that "His Bridal
Night" permits the "two Dolly sisters
an opportunity to display their skill
as dancers." (Trotting and galloping.
reckon.) Still it's a good thing there
is this provision and opportunity, for
as actresses the two Dollys are cer
tainly good dancers.
Harry Fox and Jean Schwarz are th
husbands of the two dancing dollies.
Dorothy Shoemaker is to be in vaude
ville next season. She In having
sketch written for her by Anna Nichols
Incidentally Miss Nichols, who makes
a lot of 'em writing sketches, has
day. "His Heart's Desire." which will
be presented by Flake O'Hara this sea
son.
LIna Abarbanell to be featured i
a new operetta, "Flora Bella." The
libretto is the work of Cosmo Hamil
ton, and the score is by Charles Cuvil
llr and Milton Schwarzwald. Richard
Ordynski is staging the operetta and
ORDIXAXCE IS HELD TOO DRASTIC
Attention Called to Situation It Inter
est on Improvements la Not Paid.
PORTLAND, Aug. tl. (To the Edi
tor.) I bellevo that mot of the prop
erty owners of this city who have had
street Improvements charged to their
holdings since July, 1915. do not real
ize the condition they will be In it they
o not make their semi-annual pay
ments of principal and Interest prompt
ly. Under the old ordinance, so long
s they kept up their interest and paid
the principal at the end of the 10-year
period, nothing particularly bad hap-
ened. The city. In that case, was pro
tected. It had Its Interest to pay on
the improvement bonds and enough
money came in on principal to take
p the bonds long before they were
ue.
But under the new ordinance, if pay
ments are not made oa time, the prop-
rty is advertised, penalties and addi
tional interest are added, and the prop-
rty is sold. Then, to redeem, the full
amount with penalties and interest
must bo paid; In other words, the
owner is not allowed to go back to
take advantage of the bonding he has
done and pay in semi-annual Install
ments, lie must pay up the lull
amount-
There Is no occasion for such a dras
tic ordinance. The city has been em
barrassed only because Interest was
not paid as it became due. It has met
with no embarrassment because of the
non-payment of principal. During these
strenuous times it should be satisfied
with the interest and permit the prin
cipal to become delinquent without
penalties.
The mortgagee of a piece of prop
erty, when his mortgage becomes due,
provided he does not want the money,
and provided that the interest and
taxes are kept 'up and hie security is
not impaired, is not insistent on the
principal's being paid. Surely the city
has no good reason to be less generous
than the individual. I agree with the
city authorities that it is very Import
ant that interest payments on munici
pal liens be paid when due, ns the city
s required to pay interest on its bonds
promptly. But the city has for some
time been calling In bonds long before
they were due, by the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. The owners of these
bonds do not want their money. It
should not be extorted from property
owners during these times, when it is
unnecessary.
It seems to me that this Is a matter
for real estate owners to take up with
the City Commission. Organization is
needed, for otherwise untold hardship
will be done to a great many deserving
people. TAXPAYER.
COMING FAIRS AND OTHER EVENTS
State.
Oregon. Salem. September 25-30.
"Washington. Norm Yakima. September
1S-23.
Idaho, Caldwell, October
Montana, Helena, September 25-30.
District.
Southwest Washington, Chehalls, August
S-Septemher 2.
Interstate, Spokane, September 4-!.
Western Washington, l'uyallup. Septem
ber 12-17.
Gem State. Holse, September C.V"rt.
Central Willamette Valley Exposition. Al
bany, October 12-14.
County.
Tillamook, Tillamook, August 22-25.
Indian Fair. Siletz. August 23-25.
Coos and Curry, Myrtle Point. Septem
ber 4-9.
Linn. Sclo, September fl-S
Qras Harbor, Klma. Wash., September
Hudson Bay, Tmapine, Or., Srptemher 7-8
Harvest Festival, Itosuo River. 6-ptom.
ber 8.
Walla Walla, "Walla Walla. September
11-13.
Thurston. Olympla. September 11-13.
Hay Palace, Mabton. Wash.. September
12-1G.
Multnomah. Gresham. September
Douglas, Koseburg. September 13-10.
Lane. Kugene. September 13-11.
Jackson, Medford, September 13-18.
Benton, Corvallis, September 13-15.
Baker. Baker, September 13-16.
Southern Wasco, Tygh Valley. September
13-15.
Morrow. Heppner, September 14-16.
Grange Fair. Cottaga Grove. September
14-10.
Schno! Fair, Spray, Or., September 1.
School Fair, RiUgeflcld. YVush.. Septem
ber 15.
Clackamas. Canby. September 1S-2".
Josephine. Grants Pass September li-21.
Tolk. Dallas. September 1P-LM.
Malheur, Ontario, September 10-22.
Mason, Sholton, Wash., September 19-23
Wasco. The Dalles September 20-23.
Washington, Forest Grove, September
20-23.
Columbia. St. Helens, September 20-22.
Clatsop, Astoria, September 21-23.
Gilliam, Condon, September 21-23.
Pumpkin Show, Junction city, September
Wallowa. Knterprise. September 2?-C0.
Crook, Prinevllle. September 27-SU.
Local Fair, Hillshoro, October 4-7.
Sherman, Moro, October 4-7.
Klickitat. Goldendale. Wash.. October 4-7
School Fair. Harrisburgr, October G-S.
Polk, Dallas, October 10-14.
Other Kvents.
Railroad Jubilee, Marshfield, August 24-26.
Itaclnjf Meet. La Grande. September ti-y,
Annual Regatta, Astoria, September 1-4.
Nehalem Valley Pioneers' Reunion, Ver
nonla, September 15.
Round-Cp, Pendleton. September 21-23.
Fan-'Em-AU Round-Vp, Mitchell, Octo-
oer o-i.
Northwest Land Products Show, Seattle,
October 4-14.
Northwest Livestock Show, Lewiston, No
vember 26-December 2.
Cascades International Livestock Show,
North Yakima, November 27-December 2.
Pacific International Livestock fcho
Portland, December 4-7.
ItlCIv KIGALI, WORD OF EARLY DAYS
Diary "Written In 1S43 and Joel Palm
er's Journals of 1S45 Cited.
PORTLAND, Aug. 22. (To the Ed
itor.) The writer cannot settle the
RIckerall-LaCreole dispute, but I
seems easy to disprove the statemen
that the word "KickreaU" was unused
in early days. As a matter of fact
written records Indicate that the word
"Rlckreall" was certainly used before
the words LaCreole, as applied to the
stream In question.
George H, Himes has seen a diary
written in May, 1843, by James John
which refers to the stream as the
"Rickreall," and the writer has in h
possession a copy of Joel Palmer's
Journals written in 1S45-4S which uses
the name Rickreall and not LaCreole,
Many of the earliest settlers alon
the Rickreall were Southerners, and
these people had known and heard of
the Creoles of Louisiana long" before
they came to Oregon, and it is rather
hard to imagine that such Southerners
would so mispronounce LaCreole and
make it Rickreall. Creole was a fa
miliar word with them. The writer
does not believe that Rickreall ever
was a changeling- from LaCreole.
Mrs. Josephine Boyle, a pioneer res
ident of Polk County, who died las
Spring", held the opinion that the name
LaCreole. the French for "native, was
used by French Canadians to refer to
the ford at Dallas where an Indian
or native, had been drowned, and thus
the stream at that place became known
as LaCreole. She Insisted that the orig
inal name was Rickreall. and that that
name antedated LaCreole.
LEWIS A. Mc ARTHUR. "
Art F.xhblts In Portland.
GRESHAM". Or.. Aug. 22. (To the
Editor.) Has there ever been a pic
torial art exhibit in Portland? Will
there be one? What are the rules for
entering" a painting there? Where could
Information be obtained on this sub
ject? M. L. M.
There have been exhibits conducted
by the Portland Art Museum and by
art clubs. Mrs. Alice Weister. 653 Kast
Fifteenth street North. Is chairman of
the art committee for the women's
clubs and is Interested In encourasring
i local artists. She will give full Infor
matlon. Mrs. Weister is arranging for
In Other Days.
Half a Century Abo.
From The Oregonian August 1. 1S6.
G. H. Atkinson and rarty of mountain
climbers reached the summit of Mount
Hood on August 20 at 2:15 P. M. In the
party besides Mr. Atkinson were Pro
fessor A. Wood, Rev. J. Deardorff, D.
Dexter Clark, John E. Higgins and
Q. II. Atkinson. Jr. The second party to
reach the summit a few hours later
comprised: Messrs. llovt, Campbell,
Wintler, Carey and Eliot.
Tha wheat crop as a whole in the
state is large, but Fall wheat is not so
Joseph Ilelliner nn,1 r; Tr;,y.-t t
Mayer, of Portland, were married last
xuesaay by Justice J. J. Hoffman.
Joseph Bergmann has sol.l a v,if
interest in the Citv 5lart,.t to i,
Epplnger.
The second slorv of tha v,r-it- v.,,iui
for the Tioncer Paper Mill of Oregon
is now completed at Oregon City and
the machinery will be placed as soon
as the third story is up.
The "Lauerhinsr "Son-" ...
Madame D'urmy, will bo sung at her
Fino Hall Jl0nday niSht at Oro
Vancouver. Autr. 2.1 a ,i
-. alio l 1 l u I C U U L
to T"10rnsin a bu"dig belonging
n k. BowIps an-i occupied by West
eil'hr k Mt."makor" Th- liro turned
checked ',n8S .bef0,e U c,rt bQ
cntcKed. lhe citizen f t
in th , 18 Karri8n was brought
to the fire, as it is believed the xi-hol-
..;lld n?w bo in but for
ana valient
oificers and soldiers.
work of tha
Twenly-Flve Years, ABo.
From Tho Oreponian Auaust 21 11
W. W
Lockhead. an attorney from
The Dalles
is m the city on business.
Miss Stcll.l TIee.! 11,.
lady of Cordray's stock com pan" art
KcVwdYork.tel 10rtl!"lJ yesterday" from
Will E. Clark anH tvin r ,
Just returned f rom LvokC iVlk'count
ncre tiiey have boon rusticating.
Mrs. Edward Martin r c-
Cisco, is at the Portland, on her way for
a European tour, jsho is a sister of
-Mrs. I etcr Konatioe. and is accompa
nied oy her eon, r-eter X). ilartin.
The poet. Swinbumo ii ,,,nj'.. .,.
hummer vacation at Cheltenham, in tha
house built by ir Walter ilaleish.
James J. Hill, president of the Great
Nortnern Railway, i.s expected in Port
land in a tew weeks. It i.s snl,1 ih
company is innkinir a trackage arransc-
juent irom Spokane so as to allow
trains to rcarh Portland.
Several horsemen havo returned from
tho Kent meeting. Thev are: - W M
Ayers. 11. c. Smith, Sam Bennett. Char
ley Tupper and T. II. Bulton. They all
ay a revolution in lust trottinr is
at hand.
PRACTICAL. IKSSOAS OX TARIFF
Orciton Lumbermen and Clirrrv grow ers
Know Front Kipcrtrnee.
PORTLAND. Aim-. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) I see in The oregonian that a
new tariff and timber expert has coma
to town. Postmaster Myers has made a
speech at the Jackson Club and told
tho Democrats there, just before thev
became nonpartisan and nominated
that life-loiiK nonpartisan, Billy Ua
tens, Tor Juiise, that it wouldn't help
the lumbermen of Oregon any if there
was a tariff ot Jltj per thousand on
lumber. That must have sounded real
good to the boys, but they should know
that there are thousands of common
laboring men working In our lumber
mills who could teach any Federal
office holder in Portland in a single
day more about the effects of a tariff
on tho lumber business than they could
learn in a Democratic campaign text
book in six months.
Mr. Myers would better stick to his
postoffice. Under a Democratic Admin
istration it beats the sawmill business
"all hollow." lie would better read
up what happened to scores of shingle
mills in Washington within 12 months
after the L'nderwood tariff bill took
effect and how tho mills of British
Columbia havo in the last three years
increased their exports of lumber and
shingles Into the United States all
along the Canadian border by millions
of dollars.
Captain Robert Dollar, in an article
published about two years ago. showed
what effect the Underwood law and
Woodrow Wilson free Panama tolls had
upon the importations of lumber and
shingles from British Columbia into the
United States. A few million dollars
spent by American citizens for lumber
in Canada means just that much with
held from the pockets of. American
millowners and millworkers.
If Mr. Myers wants to know how the
Democratic tariff law permitting free
importations of Italian cherries has af
fected the Oregon fruitgrower, he would
better read a recent article by W. II.
Paulhamus, one of the leading fruit
growers of Washington. He would get
some new ideas about the magnitude
of that industry and of the disastrous
effect the Underwood tariff has had.
TIMBER OWNER.
Requirement for Marriage In Orrcon.
PORTLAND. Aug. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) To settle an argument will you
kindly answer the following: Is it
necessary to pass a medical examina
tion in the state of Oregon in order
to be married, and if so does not this
apply alike to both man and woman?
SUBSCRIBER.
It is necessary for the man. not the
woman, to present a certificate of
"health" as a condition of obtaining a
marriage license.
War Xot Formally Declared.
FORT KLAMATH. Or.. Aug. 21. (To
the Editor.) Has Germany ever for
mally declared war on Italy, and Italy
on Germany? DAN SAVAGE.
There has been no formal declaration
of war by either nation against the
other.
Information About South America.
BEND. Or.. Aug. 21. (To the Ed
itor.) To whom shall I apply for in
formation regarding railroad con
struction in South America?
P. A. HATES.
Write to the Director-General. Pan
American Union, Washington. D. C.
Arrented With Difficulty.
London Tit Bits.
"What is this man charpred with?"
asked the magistrate. 'Dynamite!"
was the unanimous reply of the six
policemen who had made the arrest.
ltoeUliifr the Boat.
Exchange.
"De man dat rocks de boat," said
Uncle Eben, "generally can't swim an'
needs do most rcscuin'."
Matrimonial Puzzle.
Life.
Cyniiiis Oh. all women are alike,
sillicus Then why ehould any man
commit bJsamyl
Captain Bnhbltt. Captain Weeks. Lieu
chari ,"15" their
wmcn.