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WHAT TUB MAINE VOTE INDICATES.
The full significance of the Repub
lican victory In Maine can only be
appreciated by studying its bearings
on political opinion in the country
at large. It is a typical American
community as to occupation and ratio
of native to foreign-born, and it points
which way the people incline polit
ically. The vote for Senators In that state
la the truest index to opinion on Na
tional Issues. An average between the
vote for the two candidates of each
party is: Republican, 78,686: Demo
cratic, 67,552. This is a gain on the
vote for Representatives in 1914 of
18,868 or 30.45 per cent for the Re
publicans and of 6869 or 11.3 per cent
for the Democrats. By applying these
percentages to the vote cast for the
two parties in 1914 on National issues
we can make a fair forecast of the
way the states will vote on President
In November. The following table
shows the result of such a calculation.
In general the aggregate vote for Rep
resentatives is taken as a basis, as in
several instances the vote for Senator
was confounded with local Issues and
with personalities, Oregon being an
example. In a few cases where the
vote on Senator is a fair test it has
been adopted as a basis. This was
necessary in California because party
lines were obliterated by fusion in
several districts. In close states like
Indiana, Colorado and Nevada the vote
on both Senator and Representative
has been used:
Gain 191 Sover
Estimated
vote
on this
basis.
ltfU vote for
STATS,
Dem.ll Rep.
Dem, t Rep.
Alabama ......
Arisona .......
Arkansas
California (Sen)
Colorado (Rep.)
Colorado (Sen.)
Connecticut ....
Delaware ......
Florida
Georgia ......
Idaho
7,2171
8.20SI 71, 0S8
2,790 28.715.
2.91&1
4.101 1.244
H1 B2S 77.301
311.524
ll,53i' 80.0e-iill3,57
8.82I.V 2T,10l s,wso
2,S3rt!
6 979, 23.017
2,713
9,130
..I... 36.72
I 80.U3O
4.335
1.1 SIR 42.703 58.234
Illinois
44.234
111,171 !435.6S8'6K4.1 16
Indiana
(Rep).
(Sen.).
81.070
Indiana
Iowa . ,
3U,7t4
15.6B0
68,830i303.013i205,606
B8,139!154,15424.43
87,871221.939.245,484
87, 611I20O,37 161, 129
45.126
Kansas .
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine . .
Maryland
2.129.
4.581
6,8891
18.868 67.562 78,8
12,5S9t 29,105 123.9HU 124,691
Massachusetts .21.265
Michigan 16.9i3
67.953 2O0, 45 1.200. IBS
66.S16 16o,6.S6;284.7l
66,261 97,170,236,743
Minnesota .....I U.fcGrri
Mlaslsslniil .... 4.074
40.1841
Missouri (Rep.) B5,mS
78,859 854.5i6!814,276
Missouri (Sen.)
3,207
78.273 346,780 385.829
7,948! 46,161 84.061
88.860 126,642 145,Oi9
Montana .......
NeBraska . . . . .
Nevada (Rep.).
Tseveda (Sen.)..
New Hampshire. :
New Jersey....
New Mexico....
New York
North Carolina.
N. Dakota (Sen)
Ohio
Oklahoma (Sen)
Oregon
Pennsylvania . .
Rhode Island . . .
South Caroline;.
South Dakota. ..
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont .......
Virginia
Washington ...
"Wost Virginia. .
Wlaoottsln
Wyoming
14.077
12,756
007
912
2,714 8.9S8L 11.620
2.447 8.90O 10.4O6
12,826 89,2231 66.878
64,'SS 104.788,234,718
8.982
19.771
2,237
7. 250 22.0421 81.062
60.166 183,285692.61 07785.209
18.711 26,622)135.058,118,623
8.016 15.a 29.699 66.258
A4 7R1 tl J A ftn RRft n7frfi'rt ISA
18.497 22,417132,840 95.709
7.610 81.03O 74,95M82,937
40.781 165,227 401,63,707,854
1 3.9761 11.814 89.102 60.61
8.737 M 86.810 96
1 4.2H.V 1HOS9 42017 68.938
17,6631 IS. 687172. S06f 68.638
IdU.otti -Oil lyj, 4ti. li.uui!
0,900 btt.Uit-l I l,t9
1.640 11,260 15.231 68,240
6,690 7,82 64,910' 30,056
10.2ll 88.976 107.57 81166.7 7 7
12,018 82.822;118.830;i40,O14
13.148 47.277 129,694 202. 689
2,41B 6.251 28.7751 22,497
If the percentages of increase shown
by Maine should be maintained In
every state, Hughes will carry Cali
fornia, Connecticut, Delaware. Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mary
land, .Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne
acta, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota. Utah
Vermont, Washington, West Virginia
and Wisconsin with a total electoral
vote of 833, while Wilson will "carry
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida,
CJeorgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North
. Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wyo
ming, a total of 192 electoral votes.
On one basis of calculation Colorado
would go Democratic and on the other
Republican. It is therefore omitted
from both totals, this fact accounting
for the six votes less than the total
of 531 to be cast. As 266 are neces
sary to elect, Hughes would have,
without Colorado, sixty-seven more
than enough and Wilson seventy-four
less than enough.
While the basis of estimate adopted
gives Indiana to Wilson, It does so
by only a few thousand, and that state
Is highly debatable ground. The mar-
gins in Maryland and Nevada are also
small, and they may swing either
way. One basis of figures gives Mis
sourl to the Democrats by about 40
000, but the other gives them only
11,000, and there is good cause for
a fight there. Though the Senatorial
vote gives Wyoming to the Demo
crats, that state is normally Repub
llcan.
The Maine vote shows the Repub
lican party to be united and, that be.
ing the case, the odds favor it and
there is every reason for confidence
on Its part. Yet some states are so
close and new issues have brought
such change in public sentiment that
victory can be assured only by united,
constant and well-directed effort.
New York meat consumers have
been awakened to the fact that they
have been paying twenty-six cents and
more a pound for paper supplied them
in the form of wrappings for hams
and bacon by certain packing-houses,
which have been haled into court un
der the provisions of a container
clause of the general business law.
The defense of the packers is that
wrapping paper is not a "container'
and the cases are to be tried on that
issue. The aggregate importance of
many small items i3 illustrated In this
instance. Although no single person
pays a large amount of excess, the to
tal is estimated by the State Depart
ment of Weights and Measures to be
$5,000,000 a year. It has long been
the custom of the trade to mark gross
weight on products of this nature, but
the laws of many states require that
13,746
9. 806
B.BSi
831.550
130,819
128.790
116,100
89.0V1
the set weight shall be stated.
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single buyer la said to pay about ten
cents, at meat prices, for paper cost
ing: two and one-half cents or there
abouts.
ARE THE RAILROADS STUPID T
The railroads musrt fln4 umnrhan thn
urns needed to meet the advanced cost of
rotherhood labor. It must be. they say.
from higher freight rates. The publlo will.
f course, pay the higher freight rates the
consumer, the shipper and the producer.
Oregonlan.
Then why are the- railroads so onnosed to
the, eight-hour law? If this contention Is
true, why do they defy it 7 Benton County
Courier.
The assumption of our Socialist con
temporary is, of course, that the rail
roads are Indifferent as to whether
freight rates are high or low. Can
that be so? If It were bo, we should
find, of course, that they were appro
priate subjects for castlgation by
every self-respecting newspaper and
every thinking citizen in the country.
There would be a revolt among ship
pers and travelers. We should have
either Government ownership as a
result, or at the least a stricter and
more comprehensive scheme of public
control.
Railroad managers are usually cred
ited with intelligence of the first or
der. The Socialist Courier assumes
that they are both stupid and vicious.
No merchant, or dealer, or broker
can be indifferent to the price of his
commodity. High prices, of course.
restrict business, and tend to stifle It;
low prices mean Increased volume,
wider distribution, better satisfaction.
more buyers. Transportation is a
commodity. The railroad sells it. It
Is preposterous to say that the sales
man, as a pure matter of business,
cares nothing as to what the buyer
pays.
The Corvallis paper attacks the rail
roads because they complained about a
scheme of legislation which would in
evitably advance their rates. They
might better be criticised if they
viewed with unconcern any plan to
raise rates.
IGXOBLK SCHEME.
The petty scheme t cast discredit
upon Simon 3enson by opposing his
application in count for final citizen
ship papers came to an ignominious
end. The witnesses who were relied
upon to say something to the discredit
of Mr. Benson either didn't say it, or
didn't show up. Of course they didn't.
Mr. Benson is by birth a Norwegian,
by adoption and adaptation an Ameri
can. He came to America a long time
ago as a boy! His father was natural
ized, which should have made young
Benson a citizen, but the record was
Incomplete and some years ago Mr.
Benson thought it expedient to take
out his first papers. The matter was
neglected until lately, when he sought
to procure his final papers an act
accomplished after about fifty years'
actual residence in the United States
and after nearly fifty years' exercise
of the electoral rights of an American
citizen, .
The ostensible ground of attack
upon Mr. Benson's title to be a good
and true American citizen was that
he had sought to intimidate sundry
public officials. The complainant who
took this lofty view of the noble func
tions of American citizenship was Mr.
Eugene E. Smith, aided and abetted
by Mr. W. S. U'Ren.
This is the same Eugene E. Smith
that appeared before the County Com
missioners a year or two ago and pub
licly threatened to fight, and Incite
organized labor to fight, the proposed
$1,250,000 road bond Issue unless the
Commissioners would agree to a cer
tain wage concession to Mr. Smith
and the Interests he claimed to repre
sent. The Commissioners refused to
bargain for the support of Mr. Smith
in this way, and he sought then to
make good his threat, with conspicu
ous lack of suecess.
There are citizens and citizens. The
man who challenges the right of an
other to be a citizen ought to have a
proved record of devotion to American
ideals, service to American institu
tions, reverence for American tradi
tions and loyalty to the American flag.
IMPOVERISHED FOOD.
That a state of refinement too high
for the good of the consumer may be
reached In the preparation of food
delicacies is shown as an incident of
Investigations by the United States
Public Health Service Into the causes
and the cure of pellagra, which it has
been definitely concluded is a disease
of malnutrition and one than can be
cured easily, provided proper atten
tion is given to the diet of the sufferer.
Proper food is the remedy, but the
word "proper" needs especial explana
tion in this connection. It has been
found that the mere balancing of the
ration as between the essential pro-
teids, carbohydrates and fats is not
sufficient. So far as mere bodily fuel
may be concerned, people In a pinch
can do with a poorly balanced diet for
a time, due to the fact that to some
extent the different nutrients can do
the work of one another. But chemis
try has made wonderful strides in the
past few years, and among other
things it has shown that certain ele
ments known as "vltamlnes" are quite
as important in sustaining health as
are the better-known food properties
In preserving life and strength. It
has been demonstrated beyond serious
doubt that diet deficient in organic
salts rather than in the commonly
called nutritive elements is the cause
of pellagra, and that - restoration of
these necessary salts will effect a
cure.
It is not commonly known that the
discovery of our white bread is due to
the desire of an English epicure and
society man to devise a dinner for a
company of friends in which all the
decorations, the table service and even
the food should match perfectly. Ev
erything had been arranged for ex
cept the bread, which in those days
was made from whole wheaand con
sequently was ci a. i k. ui color, aji aus
trian volunteered to fill the long-felt
want and succeeded in making a bread
even whiter than that now In use by
rejecting a large part of the grain
The new bread became a favorite with
the rich, and later with those in more
moderate circumstances who liked to
imitate the rich. Manufacturing meth
ods, however, have been greatly im
proved since that time, and the white
loaf of today has vastly more all
around food value than had the origi
nal. But it is still found that polished
rice Is the cause of Beri-Beri and
that barley and other grains that
have been too greatly refined are a
menace to health if their use is per.
sisted In.
The average dweller In a civilized
land who is earning wages sufficient
for the purchase of a variety of food
is in no peril from the refined foods
toward which we are tending because
of the fact that the organic salts he
falls to get In one item of his diet are
likely to be present in some other ar
ticle on the bill of fare. These vita.
mines are widely distributed in nature,
and are present in sufficient quanti
ties In many of the vegetables as well
as the grains. There Is danger, how
ever, to the person who habitually re
stricts the variety of the things he
eats, whether from poverty or other
causes. It is a noteworthy fact, how
ever, which is attested by physicians,
that many persons who can afford to
choose Jhelr own way of living fall to
oultlvate taste for enough different
things for their own good.
Final announcement that pellagra
has been placed on the list of prevent
able diseases may be classed as one
of the marked achievements of the
present century. This is true not only
because of the way It opens to stamp
ing out pellagra Itself, but because of
the discoveries made Incidentally to
the search for Its underlying cause.
Chemistry Is coming to play a greater
and greater part in the comforts and
conveniences, as well as the necessities,
of our complex civilization.
TS DOLLARS AXD CENTS.
A project is under way for a first -olass
trunk road through the Hood
River Valley. The design is not so
much to attract tourists, though that
has come to be important In. Oregon,
but to accommodate the producers,
particularly the apple raisers.
The Oregonlan has no notion of ad
vising the people of Hood River to
approve this particular plan, nor to
reject It; but it is willing to repeat
to them, and to others, that a well
laid and well-built road la the best
Investment a community anywhere
can make. It is much struck by the
Ingenious and convincing nature of
the argument made by some of the
advocates of the valley road plan and
reproduces it elsewhere.
There Is an attempt to show the
average citizen who in Hood River
is the apple grower in dollars and
cents Just what a good road leading
to his market place means to him. It
Involves a direct and substantial sav
ing in money, in time. In wear and
tear and In comfort. If It bo permissi
ble to speak of the pleasure to be de
rived from a well-graded permanent
highway, where In the world can more
of it be had than In Hood River?
TBCB FARMERS' BOYS.
The Country Gentleman In a recent
Issue asked some pertinent questions
relating to the treatment of boys on
the farm, the most Important being
this: "Is your boy getting his chance?"
That means the chance he is entitled
to not only for his own good and the
good of his parents and his home, but
for the good of the community.
The Country Gentleman asks other
questions which It would be wise for
the fathers of farm boys to ponder
over, among them the following:
Are yoa merely giving your boy food,
olothes and shelter as the law requires or
Are you training him to help himself?
Does he have work that he likes because
he earns praise and pockets money, or
Does he merely work because you com
mand himT
Do you work with him or merely talk
at himT
Do you make him feel that he has the
chance to earn more, do more and be more
than you If ha will try?
Times have changed greatly since the
fathers of today first lived on the farm,
and the boys are as quick to note these
changes as the fathers. The lures of
the city are stronger now and the
means of reaching them are nearer
at hand than ever before. So to keep
the boys at home the fathers must use
somewhat different tactics from those
of even a generation ago. The first
of these should be to make the home
so pleasant that the boys will not care
to seek any place that may at first
glance seem more agreeable. Of
course. In this the mother cuts a large
figure larger even than the father
but we are now talking to the fathers
of the boys.
The first step the father should take
when his boy becomes of a discerning
age should be to give the boy some
living thing in the way of a farm ani
mal as the boy's very own. A calf, a
colt, a pig, some chickens or turkeys
some living thing or things that the
boy will delight in seeing grow and
prosper. Many and many a boy has
not only been kept on the farm and
In the right path but has earned
enough money from such a simple
start to astonish the father arid give
the boy a start in life when ready to
strike out in the big world for him
self more than likely on a career
that will outstrip that of his father.
Added to this he should have a little
plot of ground, If not more than two
or three square rods. He should be
encouraged to plant this and then to
attend to the cultivation later, and
finally to reap the harvest. Any. boy
worth while will thus at an early age
begin to ask the whys and wherefores
of riant growth, and In most cases
will appeal for help to the school or
college where such subjects are taught.
In this way the boy will become an
adept himself and In thousands of
cases the result of his labors has
taught the father better ways of farm
ing than he ever dreamed of before.
Numerous cases might be cited of
boys here In the Northwest taking up
on their own account and with their
own calves better dairy methods,
whereby the father has profited to
such an extent that he has not only
cast aside his old method but has
made more money than before.
All the boys need Is a chance to do
something for themselves. The mo
ment the labor Is done on his own ac
count it becomes congenial it be
comes play. The moment the boy gets
thus deeply Interested he forgets the
lure of the city, for he has tasted
something far, far more lmpelllng-
the lure of the home and the home
farm.
IMAGINARY irrSBANDS.
The imagination is stirred by the
possibilities of what has been de.
scribed as an "extremely practical
course In home economics" established
In Leland Stanford University by Dr.
Jessica Peixotto. To each girl in this
course is assigned an imaginary hus
band, with a stipulated (Imaginary)
income. Her task is to furnish a home
for him, feed him, care for sundry
children and settle all domestic prob
lems. It is not to be forgotten that
in the nature of things the children
are also imaginary. So, to a great
extent, must be the domestic prob
lems. But the purpose of the course is
attained in the end, if, when the books
have been balanced, the imaginary
wife has come out with a balance op
hand and has solved her problems to
the satisfaction of her mentor.
There are many advantages in pos
sessing an imaginary husband. A few
will suggest themselves. He will not
be late to his meals., He will not
smoke in the house, causing sundry
odors to linger in the Imaginary lace
curtains after he has gone to his im
aginary work. Presumably he will
wipe his feet on the mat on rainy days
at any rate, there will be no mud in
the imaginary house. Then he will
not lose his temper and complain
about the food or swear at the cat,
and especially, no matter how high
the bills may run, he will have no
fault to find with them. The Ideal
husband has been found at Stanford.
He Is the Imaginary one.
So the course might be extended in
definitely. Why pause at food prob
lems and matters of purely household
economy? It Is well known that poor
ly cooked meals and badly managed
households are not the only causes of
domestic Infelicity, although it must
be admitted that they are frequent
contributing factors. There Is, In our
highly refined state of civilization, a
good deal too much "temperament"
in married life. Commonly it appears
In court as "lnoompatablllty." Clearly,
If married lives are to be happy ones,
it will be necessary to know how to
eliminate, or at least greatly to re
duce, this vague but seriously dis
turbing element. While the fair co-ed
is studying the management of the
imaginary home, why not endow her
husband with some of the frailties
that are common to husbands all over
the world, and let her wrestle with
that problem, too? It would be high
ly practical; it would dovetail nicely
with the course In psychology with
out which ho true university Is com
plete; and the girl who passed a satis
factory examination would be a wife
to tie to while life should last.
The growing figures presented by
our divorce courts, unfortunately, are
not Imaginary. Learning to cook for
an Imaginary husband probably will
not greatly lessen the evil. The prac
tical husband is far harder to please,
as any wife can testify, than the Im-.
aginary one. For the matter of that,
the Stanford course cannot be said
to be complete until it includes also
a corelated course of special training
for Its young men.
A I.B8SON TO BE 1EARVED FROM WAR.
The experience of the belligerent
nations seems to suggest that the
scope of the forthcoming survey of
the pupils in the Oregon State School
for the Blind be greatly broadened.
So many otherwise able-bodied men
have been blinded in action that the
belligerent nations have engaged on a
large scale In training them to earn
their living. Many blinded soldiers
are men of high education and some
have genius. The purpose Is to enable
all of them to exercise their faculties
notwithstanding loss of sight. They
have learned some occupations of
which the blind would not have been
thought capable.
There Is a way of overcoming every
handicap imposed by nature, disease
or accident. Necessity has compelled
the warring nations to find that way
as regards not only the blind but the
deaf and dumb, the armless and the
legless. Europe at present affords a
fruitful field for study. Oregon could
not do better than provide for that
study and then apply the lessons
learned to the treatment of Its physi
cally defective citizens. It would not
be necessary that they become inmates
of a state Institution or even public
charges. The state, however, or some
of its public-spirited citizens, could
well provide far their Instruction In
occupations which they are capable of
following.
More is to be gained than merely to
make the physically afflicted self-
supporting. Their happiness would be
enhanced by occupation in place of
helpless Idleness, and even more by
the consciousness of Independence.
The Chicago Judge who gave the
young thief the option of a year In
a reformatory or a year In the United
States Army had strange ideas of the
functions and duties of a soldier. It
was appropriate enough that Captain
Kinney, a recruiting officer, should
register a vigorous protest. The Army
is a body of self-respecting men, who
are there for patriotic service and not
for reform. The would-be recruit who
confessed that he had a criminal rec
ord would have small chance of ac
ceptance; and, if he were by any mis
chance to be taken In, he would find
that his intrusion Into the company of
honest men was resented.
Since the day when a genius advised
to "keep your eye on Pasco" and an
other later entreated to "watch Taco-
ma grow," the writing of slogans has
been an active brain industry. New
somebody is due to win a few dollars
for a catchy phrase about Portland
It must be the real thing to take the
money. '
According to a ruling of the court.
swearing by a husband Is insufficient
ground for granting a decree. It may
be said, however, that much depends
on the man. Profanity can roll from
the Hps of some men In tone and vol
ume to inspire awe; from others it
incites desire to use a club.
The crossing of the Snake River at
Old's Ferry is a historic spot In east
ern Oregon. Five months ago C. C
Morton sold the ferryboat and fran
chise to an Ontario man for $1000
He has just bought It back for $2000
which shows there is business revival
in that end of the state.
Those three men at Oswego who
drilled holes in the nostrils of cows
that they might easier lead them with
ropes are living In the wrong age.
They belong to ,the time when man
"belted" his mate with a club to de
velop her affection. x
Justifying the assertion that any
kind of game can be played In Chi
cago, a private bank with $50,000 of
depositors' money has Just been closed
with $119 cash on hand.
Y Turkey Is willing to admit relief
supplies from America for the Syrians,
who will enjoy the cobs and shells.
no doubt, when the Turk has passed
the lot.
Hermlston has produced a nineteen
pound muskmelon and fifty-pound
watermelons are grown there. That'
Just Hermlston, however.
These local scientists will frighten
a lot of bathers away from swimming
if they continue finding "bugs" in the
pools.
It's a wise daughter who marries
the same day her mother remarries.
She sidesteps the warmed-over honey
moon.
There will be healthy rivalry at the
State Fair, with nineteen counties ex.
hibitlng, to win first prize.
Hanging a circus elephant for kill
ing a trainer looks like a spectacle
for purposes of publicity.
Connie Mack can draft the best
of the Beavers, and he needs them.
The good news of the Congress dis
aster Is that no lives were lost.
Ideal weather to negotiate the Co
lumbia Highway.
Flour is becoming a self-rising ar
tide In price.
CLEANLINESS IS PUBLIC PLACES I
Highway Already Suffering From Fall
al- te Curb Dlsregardfnl Unmans.
PORTLAND. 6epC 14. (To the Edi
tor.) Laet year at the San Francisco
Exposition I held an illuminating con
versation with a parson seated next to
ne on a bench In the lovely Court of
the A area. It was at the noon hour and
the plaoe was deserted. The individual,
well dressed am well groomed, was
engaged in peeling a banana and
throwing the peelings on the floor. I
entured a remonstrance: "If you were
In your own oountry you would not be
doing this." No." he replied calmly.
would not be allowed to." and he
went on casting his swine before
earls. .
This waa a new experience to ma. I
have often wallowed in the lunch and
dinner leavings or my fellow-cltlaens
n our publlo plaoea. but never before
had I grasped the viewpoint of the
thrower of debris. Of, course, thiet is
not the viewpoint of the entire lot of
them. The others are people too stupid
to think. The easiest thing to do la
to drop things, so they follow Instinct
and let gravity take its course.
But the comparison of our puDllo
parks with those of Europe Indicate
that there la something lacking. Peo
ple are the same the world over, ao
the lack must be In our system of gov-
rnlng such thin era. The man throw-
ng down banana peelings gave me the
clew. Granted that most people are
pigs, la there no such thing as clvlo
pride? Any person who has ever vis
ited our City Park on a Monday (or
any other morning) must feel that
omething la wrong with a system that
allows" auch an array of dlaorder and
dirt on grass, benches and walks.
But moat distressing la the deteriora
tion apparent on the Columbia High
way, still lesa than two yeara old. Last
Saturday I noted the wholesale dirti
ness of that most magnificent of the
scenic roads of the world. Almost the
entire route waa strewn with gunny
sacka, newspapers, paper boxes, burnt
out and burning fires (one of them
blazing unattended In the high wind),
melon rinds and other kinds of food.
About Multnomah Falls the filth In
creased, and to reach the brink of
Horsetail Falls we had to wane
through human filth of all klnda and
watch quantltlea of newspapers eddy-
ng about the basin before sinking to
the bottom. At Wah-keena Falls there
waa a good deal of bustle. A carpen-
er or two were ereotlng a cheap uttie
fountain aurmountej by the advertla-
ni slogan of a local club. There waa
not the excuse of necessity for thla, aa
a neat drinking fountain had been set
up tome time before Just acroas the
road.
We In the West have to learn that
beauty unadorned Is adorned the most
ami that cleanllnests is desirable in
public places, we also must learn thai
reventton is better than an attempted
cure. For in nature, aa eisewnere, a
oure Is usually "impossible and almost
nvariably leaves a scar. (For example.
the Mount Hood road to Government
Camp, where after the expenditure of
much time and money and the cutting
of trees for a boulevard 100 feet wide,
an attempt le now being made to re
claim the old road.) Let ua not be
slothful in regard to the Columbia
Highway. Now la the time for inter
ference. Let ua not "allow" vandalism.
Let us organise a force to preserve tta
wondrous beauty. Let these men. and
women permit no cheap, tawdry monu
ments, let ua maintain oners to ar
rest all persona destroying parts of
the scenery or throwing rubbish on It.
The Highway la one of the world's
masterpieces: nature naa aono ner
duty the engineer and hla men did
their duty let ua do ours!
GENEVIEVE TBUJir-lu.l.
WOMAlf GLAD SHE IS DIVORCEI!
Sneaklna- From Experience, sae sT
Uni Are None Too Lax.
PORTLAND. Sept. 14. (To the Ed-
linr No doubt the ordinary human
being ought to defer most humbly when
a commission of rive Disnops ana an
ennoi number of clergymen and lay
men of the Episcopal Church decides
that no more divorced persona may oe
married bv an Episcopalian clergyman.
Yet, somehow, that decision, which The
Oregonlan printed in its newa columns
Thursday, Is not aa formidable upon
analysis aa it seems. It will have an
effect only on a limited nunrner 01 per
sons. Is dlvoree. then, auch a terrible
thing? Episcopalians are trying to
make out that It Is. xne trutn is me
American people believe divorce ehould
be allowed where certain shameful and
obnoxious conditlona of married life
have arisen; and secular law, under
democratic control, will continue to
permit remarriage. If Episcopal clergy
men will not perform the ceremony
other clersrvmen or Governmental offt-
ciala will be found to do so to their
eternal credit be it said.
If the EDiscoDallana or any other
religious body think they can make
divorce practically Impossible under
American law or can. by Implication,
cast a cloud of Infamy over the napie
of a woman who haa obtained a divorce.
they will live to find themselves mucn
mistaken. Our divorce laws are by no
means too lax. In the main they are
fair and Just. Why should a woman be
rnmnelled to live with a brutal or a
drunken or a dissolute or an Indolent
and worthless husband? Ia there any
thing aacred about such a union? It la
hell on earth and I apeak from bitter
experience. Oh, but the children, cry
the unco good people. The children
are infinitely better off away from the
vile Influences of a home where sus
picion and quarrela and hatred and
blowa are the common thing. By all
means let the children's welfare be con
sidered aa a primary element In ar
ranging the conditlona of every divorce.
Tlie law at present la In fact not neg
ligent on thla very point.
Let no set of men think that Amer
ican women are so low-spirited, servile
and Indecent as always to live with
husbands whom they have ceased to
love and whom all too frequently they
cannot even respect. You could per
haps Impose that antiquated and cruel
code upon a Nation whose" women are
fools and slaves. The majority of
American women happen to be neither.
That Is why most divorces are sought
by women to maintain their self-respect
and sense of decency. Let us not
forget either that in nine or more
states now women have the vote. They
will have a voice In the making of di
vorce laws.
The Episcopal commission forgot to
take the spirit of American womanhood
Into consideration in making its recom
mendations. Henc its efforts are very
likely to be futile. The only real ef
fect will probably be to reduce mem
bership in the Episcopal church.
DIVORCED AND GLAD OF IT.
Ladles' Aid of Centenary Chnrcb.
OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 10. (To the
Editor.) According to J. D. Lee a
statement of the history of Centenary
Methodist Episcopal Church, published
In The Oregonlan. the Iadiea Aid so
ciety was organized in 1875.
The first Ladies' Aid Society waa or
ganized in 1871. I have not the exact
date. I waa aecretary, and have a copy
of the minutes, constitution and by
laws stating tht.t Mrs. Susan E. Miller,
wife of Rev. J. W. Miller, pastor of
East Portland ' Methodist Episcopal
Church, was president, and Mrs. Jennie
Kerns Williamson, -now of Oakland.
Cal., wife of A. J. Williamson, member
of the East Portland Methodist Episco
pal Church choir, waa treasurer and
one of the main leaders In organizing
the first Ladies' Aid Society of the
East Portland, now called Centenary
Church.
LOUISE GRAYDON BRADLEY.
Hose for Zeppellna.'
London Punch.
Woman (In London garden) We al
ways keep the hose ready in case of a
Zeppelin raid. Visitor But aurely, my
dear, it would never reach them at the
height they fly.
HOW TO MAKE AND SAVE MONET
Good Read Means Great Gains to Pro
ducer and Traveler.
From a Hood River Road Circular.
One million boxes of apples; 10,000
wagon loada of 100 boxea each. Every
one produced at an elevation or over
ISO feeet above the railroad station at
Hood River. Fifty million pounds of
apples and boxea All these apples and
the boxea have to get down to the rail
road station.
Seven million pounda of boxea have
to be hauled up thla hill. Say nothing
of getting the boxea up the hill. It
costa an average of S cents per box
to get them down the hill. It costs
60,000 to haul the applea to the rail
road, an average haul of .07 miles per
dox; isuu.uuu to haul them from Hood
River to New York. 8000 miles, an
average haul of 4.3 miles per box. It
ooata $.0057 per box per mile from the
orchard to the railroad, by wagon
$.0001 per box per mile from Hood
River to marked by ralL
It costa only t-1000 aa much to haul
by rail aa it doea by wagon, owing to
lnoreaaed quantity hauled and lack of
grades. A railroad couldn't do business
at any price if It had to haul Ha cars
over 6 per oent grades. A 6 per cent
grade la pie for a team, even though
Ifa down hllL It lan't hauling the
applea down hill that counts, It'a get
ting back.
Saving one-half the time getting
10,000 empty or half empty wagons
back up the hill at a half hour savins
per wagon la $2600 per year. Hard
surface thla 5 per cent grade which
the w a irons should have to haul over
and another $2600 would be saved per
year in wear and tear, aa well aa In
creased time, and $6000 la low; $5000
a year would be saved In the way the
fruit would keep on account of lack of
bruises that come from bumps.
A aavlng of $10,000 a year would nay
the Interest on $176,000 of bonds to
build the 6 per cent grade and hard
surface It.
But the Individual says: "It would
not come Into my pocket. But It
would, Mr. Individual. The truth la.
you would save twice what your share
of Interest money would be. It is not
In big amounts that the saving would
come. The wear and tear la not In $10
clips, but In the broken buckle, the
buated tug, the looae apple rack, the
new. collar pad, the nut that haa to be
replaced, the hundred and one little
5 and 10-oent Items.
Do you keep a cash account of your
small repair bills? If you do not, you
have no figures to prove otherwise.
Get a little cash book and start today
to keep account of the little repairs
that ateal your nickels. See how soon
you've got a dollar Into the bands of
the repair bill. A dollar pays a lot of
Interest when you come to figure your
share.
Why does the railroad paint the 20.-
000 gallon tank just .west of the pas
senger depot every year? Figure It
out. Why do they have a track walker?
Why, oh why, do they keep every little
detail of their system right up to the
notch every minute? In order to haul
apples at $.0003 per mile, that's why.
And the most Important thing Is the
roadbed a nil the grade. That's the
starting point of a railroad.
A and Hla Children Are Citizens.
SHERWOOD. Or., Sept. IB. (To the
Editor.) A'9 father and mother moved
te the United States when A was
years old, and took out full citizenship
papers, A enlisted at the age of 23
years and served four years during the
Civil War and la now drawing a pen
slon. Doea A have to show his father"a
naturalization papers In order to regis
ter and vote? What Is the statua of
A's children aa to citizenship?
M. M. F.
A Is a citizen of the United States
and hla children are citizens. If his
citizenship were disputed, reference to
the record of his father's naturaliza
tion would be proof of hla rights.
Olttalnlna Patent en Washing? Machine.
STANFIELD. Or.. Sept. 1J. (To the
Editor.) I have a clothea washer
which I made for my own use, which
my friends are urging me to have pat
ented. How shall I go about obtaining
a patent? What should It be worth
If eold outright? MRS. M. H.
You should consult a patent attorney,
as the requirements In the way of
drawings, models, etc., are quite tech
nlcal. It Is not possible to estimate
the value of the machine until it la put
on the market. Much depends on Its
merit and more on ability to find a
buyer.
Wide Range of Interesting Inform
ation in News and Feature
Stories of
The Sunday Oregonian
WITAT MODERN MAN HAS THE THEWS OF SAMPSON? The
day of conquest by sheer brute vip;or has slipped by in the calendar
of centuries, maintains Allen Sinsheimer, special writer in the Sun
day magazine of The Oreponian. Under the title, "Is Muscular
Strength Going Out of Fashion?" he contrasts the doughty deeds
of history with the conquests achieved by an increasing brain ca
pacity. A scholarly, yet vivid, argument in narrative style.
WITH FRANK G. CARPENTER IN WINTRY TAN ANA This trav
eler's message from the very heart of Alaska transports the reader
' to the banks of the frost-silenced Yukon, where the little town of
Tanana waits for Spring. But the happy folk of Tanana won't
admit that it is really cold, and they raise Rhode Island Reds and
Plymouth Rocks. The better half of bacon and eggs bring 51-50
a dozen and, in the midsummer daytime of 24 hours, chicken
raisera darken the coops so the weary fowls may sleep. With
pictures and anecdotal "punch."
ANOTHER ALASKAN STORY Really two of them, told by women
who camped with little Dan Cupid among the frozen peaks of
Alaska. Romance with the snap and flash of snow-crystals in it,
the patter of dog teams and the luring white mystery of the North.
How a troth was plighted at a mountain top. In the Sunday maga
zine section, with photographs.
CniPS OF THE OLD BLOCK A feature article in the Sunday maga
zine of special interest to those who place their faith in the influ
ences of heredity. Children of famous artists, who followed the
parental bent, are the characters in this most interesting chat by
Gustav Kobbe.
THE AUTUMN GIRL Concerning togs for the chic maiden who re
gards the seasons as timely opportunities for smart costuming.
The Autumn girl is fully aware of the advantages that are hers
and the article in the Sunday magazine section depicts her in the
outdoorish suits that are now. in vogue.
"THIS IS THE FREAK YEAR" Consider the Hottentot. Turn then
to the Sunday magazine section and consider Miss America, who has
borrowed her heathen sister's nose ring at the behest of fashion.
Skin stencils, tog, and natural-flower hats. Live foxes, stuffed
monkeys and other whims of the feminine mode of the moment.
With paragraphs and pictures for each fad.
THE TEENIE WEENIES Turn over! This is the children's very
own page of the Sunday magazine. These merry little people were
almost made forlorn the Cook was out of cornmeal mush, they
hadn't any corn! But 'twas the Dunce who saved them and filled
the empty bin. They've set the stage, spread out the page and.
Daddy, please begin!
A Weekly Clearing House of the World's News and Progress,
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.
A newspaper that your friend3 will appreciate. Five cents.
SEND IT!
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Yeara Ago.
From The Oreaontaa of September le, 18UL.
Boston, Sept. IB Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge will be permanent chairman of
the Republican convention, which opens
here tomorrow.
The foundatlona for the City Hall
still stand, but there la no algn of life
or movement about the place and there
ia no prospect of any work being done
on the building until next Spring.
The cable cars will atart a few hours
late thla morning, aa a new piece will
be spliced onto the cable In order to
operate the extension from H to I
street.
1 Jack Dempsey, the ex-champton rold-
dlewelght pugilist, who haa been
making hla home In Portland alnoe his
fight with Fitzslmmons, leavea tomor
row night for San Franclsoo by
steamer.
A petition addressed to the common
Council, asking that body to consider
the advantages of H or G atreet aa
the East Side location for the free
bridge, is being circulated.
A number of plckpocketa followed
Forepaugh'a circus and robbed sev
eral persons of amall amounts.
ROUTING OF CARS TO ST. JOHNS
Plea Made for Restoration of Old War
Via Broadway Bridge.
PORTLAND. Sept. 14. (To the Ed
itor.) We, the (all-the-tlme) patrons
of the St. Johns carllne. have read with
much Interest the little publication is
sued every little while by the Portland
Railway Light & Power Company, en
titled "Watts Watt." We have been Im
pressed with the truthful argumenta
therein presented relative to the atti
tude of the public toward the company.
When the jltneya threatened to mo
nopolize the transportation business of
our city we, the (all-the-time) patrons
of the St- Johna carllne stoically atood
on the atormy street and shrugged our
shivering shoulders aa the Inviting jit
ney passed in the direction that we de
aired to go. after offering ua quick
service. We loyally waited the IS
minutes between trains to pay our
nickel to the party whom we thought
would best serve us and whom we In
return should serve. We thought for a
time that our loyalty waa not to go
unrewarded, aa this service was Im
proved by the addition of aeveral cars,
but not for long, aa we were soon back
to the old achedule of 18 minutes. But
we were billl loyal and answered the
complaints made when the routing waa
changed to the railway bridge and
Third street that It waa only tempo
rary, made necessary by the contem
plated Improvements on Broadway, and
that the old routing would be resumed
when the improvements were com
pleted. We are now Informed, not by any
direct statement or Information from
the company, but from other sources,
that It haa been discovered that a few
of the 'Williams avenue cars can be laid
off by having the St. Johna cara do lo
cal work thereon, and for this reason
they are not to be rerouted, but will
continue to deliver their rafsengers on
Third street.
We are not spasmodio nor chronlo In
making complaints, but believe In and
expect progression and that our car
aervice should be kept up to Its former
standard.
What we want ia that the St. Johns
oars be rerouted over the Broadway
bridge and street to Washington, with
out local stops south of KUllngsworth
avenue In the morning and evening.
C. W. HOPKINS.
Salutation of Letter.
PORTLAND, Sept. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) Kindly Inform me If It la cor
rect to capitalize the "d" In "dear"
when used as the second word In the
salutation of a letter, e. g., "My Dear
Mrs. Smith?"
Some are of the opinion that the
small letter Is preferable In personal
correspondence and the capital in busi
ness letters.
Are both forms permissible regard
less of the nature of the letter?
READER.
It Is the custom to write "My dear
Mrs. Smith" in both business and social
correspondence, although the pronoun
la commonly omitted by business men.
when the word "Dear" would be capi
talized by virtue of Its position at the
boainnfvjr of the phrase.