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booth: A-ni west.
The Oregonian solicits from tie
people of Oregon an attentive and
thorough reading of the complete re
port, published elsewhere, of the Joint
debate between R. A. Booth and Gov
ernor West. There we have, in all
their grotesque details, the charges
now made by the Governor against
ilr. Booth; and there also is the can
did and convincing reply of Mr.
Booth. One result of the discussion
iwas to destroy forever the standing
In Oregon of the Governor as a quali
fied and credible witness in any pro
ceeding. It is a painful thing to
know that the word of the Governor
of a great state is worthless, unless
fortified by strong corroborative evi
dence; yet it is necessary for the pro
tection of the good names of men
he wantonly assails that the public
learn the humiliating truth.
It is a lamentable fact, too, that
the miserable West campaign of slan
der and falsehood has had an unfor
tunate effect upon his own followers,
or some of them. Upon what other
theory can there be an explanation
of the riotous conduct of the West
partisans who sought to deny Mr.
Booth a hearing in the last half hour
of the discussion? They obviously
feared the deadly weight of the Booth
rejoinder. They had had an illustra
tion in the first half hour of the
damaging effect upon their leader and
champion of the powerful statement
of facts by Air. Booth. They wanted
no more of it. The only way to stop
it was to adopt the hoodlum tactics
of breaking up the session, and they
nearly succeeded. The unvarnished
narrative of the stenographer tells
enough of the story to disclose the
intolerant spirit of the West claque.
It was a shameful exhibition. It must
be said in fairness tha Governor
West endeavored to calm the disorder
among his friends; but he failed.
Governor West devoted his attention
largely to the manner in which the
Booth-Kelly company had acquired its
timber lands, and sought to show,
from the well-known Jordan and La
Kaut cases, that the whole method of
the company was to procure them by
fraud, collusion, corruption and indi
rection. He ignored utterly the fact
that the Jordan and the La Raut
claims number only five, and that they
constitute less than one-tenth of- one
per cent of all the holdings of the
company. In other words, no question
has ever been raised by anyone as to
the entire validity of more than 99
per cent of the Booth-Kelly proper
ties. The statement ought to be empha
sized again and again that only the
meagerest fraction of the Booth-Kelly
holdings was ever in litigation. It is
a remarkable record, and should be
irrefutable and unquestionable testl
.mony of the absolutely straightfor
ward methods of the Booth-Kelly con
cern and Its managers. The Booth
Kelly holdings were bought outright
from the patentees. The patents
were nearly all issued before the
company even had an existence.
There is no testimony that Mr.
Booth had any personal connection
with the Jordan matter none what
ever. That is the reason he has ig
nored it heretofore. But he was di
rectly responsible for the La Baut
matter, so far as the company was
concerned. The La Raut 3 were rela
tives. They desired to take up tim
ber claims. Mr. Booth procured the
money for them, and later, when two
of the La Rauts decided to leave the
country, the claims were bought by
the company. The entire essence of
the controversy is as to the motive
of Mr. Booth in financing the La
llauts in their timber-land scheme.
Kid Mr. Booth give them the money
for the company's benefit, or for their
benefit? Did he. as he says, seek,
upon their earnest importunity, to
Sielp them? Or did he use them as
dummies to procure valuable timber
holdings for the company?
The Federal District Court Judge
Bean accepted the Booth contention;
the Federal Court of Appeals decis
ion by Judge Gilbert choose to be
lieve that the La Rauts were pawns
of the company, and not beneficiaries
of the generosity of Mr. Booth to
xvard needy relatives. The District
Court preferred to accept the testi
mony of a single witness, who was di
rectly contradicted by seven witnesses.
The case is on appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States, which may
well agree with Judge Bean and not
with Judge Gilbert. The public ought
at least to suspend Judgment until a
final decision.
But there is a part of the public
which feels that it does not need to
await the decision of any court to
know either about Mr. Booth, or the
Booth-Kelly company. The people of
Lane County are .unanimous In their
Judgment as to their most useful and
distinguished citizen. The theory that
he sought merely to help the La Rauts
to find a way to Improve their con
dition is entirely compatible with Mr.
Booth's known character. He is a
generous man. His charities are. and
long have been, numerous and varied.
Me was always a giver, never a
spender. He never turned away from
any applicant for help without in
vestigation; and the customary re
fponse was practical aid, with money
or with work. There are hundreds,
and even thousands, of people in Ore
gon who know of the Booth methods
Jn benefaction and in philanthropy.
It is strange that this most generous
and worthy impulse, manifested to
ward the La Rauts, should be twisted
intoa criminal plot to defraud the
Government.
The public during the campaign has
heard much of the La Raut and Jor
dan cases. It was felt by the political
enemies of Mr. Booth that here was
the weak spqt in his escutcheon, and
they proceeded to hammer away, day
after day, on the theory that a lie
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o one knows better than Governor
West how outrageously Mr. Booth
was persecuted by the Federal prose
cutor, Mr. Heney. He was indicted
on a trivial charge much like the La
Raut case and he was denieti a trial
for four long years, though he re
peatedly demanded it. When the
Government finally permitted the case
to go to trial, the prosecution miser
ably failed, and Mr. Booth was vindi
cated, without introducing a -witness
in his 4 own behalf. Yet Governor
West, knowing the facts through his
old-time association (for pay) with
Heney and Burns, for political pur
poses becomes the leader of the pack
in the pursuit of Mr. Booth.
Mr. Booth is entitled to fairer treat
ment from his political opponents and
to appreciative recognition by all the
people for the things he has done.
From humble beginnings he literally
created a great industry in the Wil
lamette Valley. He had no special
favors from Government, from finan
ciers, nor from railroads. He obeyed
the law. It must be true that, as the
lumber concern grew, and its needs
for timber Increased, there were many
opportunities to procure lands through
dummy entrymen. It was a common
practice in the early days of Oregon.
It was regarded as ethical, and the
Government itself deliberately en
couraged it. But it was not done by
Mr. Booth, nor the Booth-Kelly com
pany. The reason doubtless was that
It was wrong and he sought to obey
tne law absolutely,
Other charges made by Governor
west at the Joint debate were inci
dental to the main accusation discussed
herein by The Oregonian. Many of
tne tnings he said were frivolous.
others were serious, but none were
true. The reader can best Judge for
himself of the quality and character
of the West indictment and of the
Booth reply, by reading the entire
discussion.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81.
Three important city officials
Mayor and two Commissioners are
to be recalled on Tuesday, October
27 two days hence if the movement
shall be successful.
The recall ought not to succeed.
it cannot succeed if the public is
aroused, and goes to the polls. But
it will succeed it certainly will sue
ceed if the people are indifferent.
The recall is vastly more dangerous
than is generally supposed. It is well
organized. It has workers and it has
money. It has sleepless determina
tion. It has man voters many
more than most citizens have thought.
The only way for Portland to escape
the everlasting stigma of the recall is
to go to the polls Tuesday.
OVERALLS AND FINE FEATHERS. .
Portland voters generally have re
ceived copies, franked through the
mall, of a "speech" by Representa
tive Lafferty, in which ha declares
himself the friend of the man in over
alls. It is not a speech. It was never
delivered anywhere. It was printed
in the Congressional Record at Mr.
Lafferty's request, to enable Mr. Laf
ferty to get many thousand copies of
It printed at low cost at an open-shop
printing establishment and to. mall it
to the voters of Portland without cost
to himself for postage.
Part of this so-called speech is an
attack upon the newspaper and maga
zine postage rates. Yet the newspa
pers pay for the transportation of
their publications by mail. Mr. Laf
ferty pays nothing for postage on his
"speeches." Few members of - Con
gress are guilty of more than petty
grafting in the use of their free post
age privilege. Mr. Lafferty, according
to the records in Washington, has
mailed more franked material than
any other member and it is estimated
that the postage which, as a private
citizen, he would have had to pay on
his campaign documents exceeds the
total of his Congressional salary.
In Portland Mr. Lafferty dons old
clothes and a slouch hat and circu
lates diligently among the men in
overalls during campaign periods.
In Washington City he is known as
a fashionable fop and a spender. For
distribution among the elite he has
had his picture taken, proudly dis
playing his high silk hat, his white
kid gloves, his immaculate expanse
of shirt bosom and his full dress suit
of costly fabric. In his Portland
advertisements this proud replica of
fine' feathers never appears. Another
picture is used.
Mr. Lafferty lives at the Army and
Navy Club, the most exclusive and
most expensive - club in Washington.
We can imagine the reception of the
man In overalls at the Army and
Navy Club. He would be directed to
the servants" entrance. If perchance
he got by the liveried servants there
would be a hasty holding of noses in
scented handkerchiefs by the horri
fied Lafferty and the epauletted
Colonels and Commodores with whom
he endeavors to associate.
Lafferty, the friend of the man in
overalls? Of course he is. He is the
friend of anybody who can be fooled
Into sending him back to mingle with
the dudes and climbers and the uni
formed aristocracy of the country.
OIB TARDY SCHOLARSHIP.
The indisputable fact that our
schoolboys of sixteen and over are
two full years behind those of the
same age in Europe continues to ex
cite comment. The situation Is in
tolerable. Few wish to confess that
our youth are less bright than those
of Germany, France and England.
Their backwardness must be con
nected in some way with the public
schools. Somewhere in the system
there is a lack of efficiency.
Dr. Charles L. Dana, of Cornell, be
lieves that some improvement might
be effected by lengthening the school
day. This is more feasible in the
higher grades than in the lower, but
even the youngest children might
profitably spend more time at school
than they do. -The common belief
that they exercise their minds too se
verely Is a silly mj-th. The trouble
with most of them is that they do
not exercise their minds enough.
What with coddling at home and
pampering at school, it is a wonder
that they learn anything at all.
We should not be surprised, -consid
ering how unwisely the ordinary
American parent treats his chlldren,
if they were five years behind Euro
pean scholars instead of two. Taking
all the circumstances Into account it
Is greatly to their credit that they
do so well.
Our school year is too short, we
have too many vacations, and the
Summer vacation is far too long for
the pupils' good. ' Students of the sub
ject are also coming to believe with
Dr. Dana that the school day ought to
be longer than it is. . The sessions
should begin earlier in the morning
and .close later in Uw. afternoon
Nobody needs to fear that the chil
dren's health would suffer. It is not
work that injures them. Both brain
and muscle could do a great deal
more without the slightest ill effect.
It Js injudicious diet, late hours and
the excitement of those "'social pleas
ures" in which little boys and girls
are encouraged by their fond parents
to Indulge that do the mischief. If
they were in bed at eight o'clock
every night and made to live on a
simple diet of bread, milk and vege
tables they could study and play all
day long without suffering any injury.
Of course proper playtime is as es
sential as study time. It is our .lacka
daisical habits in regard to both that
keep our children behind in their
school work.
WAR AND WASTE.
Some of the sympathy for the wid
ows whom the European war is sup
posed to be making is probably wast
ed. By far the greater number of the
men at the front both on the French
and -the German side are youths rang
ing between 18 and 24 years of age.
They are unmarried and so when-they
fall there are no wives and children
left to mourn for them. But there are
fathers and mothers whose grief may
be quite as sincere as that of widows.
While it Is a satisfaction to know
that families are not being destroyed
at such a wholesale rate as may have
been supposed, there are other con
siderations which have not as yet been
oirset by any new facts about the
fighting armies. Although most of
the troops are at present unmarried
youths, it is reasonable to suppose that
they would have taken wives some
day and become the heads of families.
They are the picked stock of the rising
generation. They are at the front be
cause in every way, both physically
and mentally, they are superior to the
males left at home. Hence when any
of them are killed the finest human
specimens of their respective coun
tries are sacrificed.
And they are being killed by thou
sands. Nobody knows Just what trib
ute the war has already paid to Death,
but it must be enormous. The facts
are rigorously kept from sight. The
various . censorships permit only the
most scanty scraps of news to leak
through, but even from these tantaliz
ing sources if is perfectly evident
that human beings have fallen like
Autumn leaves in the great battles of
the war.
Each man who perishes carries
with him out of the world a possible
family. He is a dead loss to his coun
try and the world not only industrially
but biologically too. There Is always
a possibility that some great genius
may be born in the lowliest family. It
is from such origins that geniuses
usually come. The war is diminishing
the chances for a normal supply of
superior intelligence in the coming
century. It is also wasting the capital
upon which the world's productivity
must depend.
THE INCANDESCENT jLAMP.
It is about thirty-five years since
Mr. Edisdn hit upon the plan of using
bamboo filaments in the incandescent
electric light. When he first began
to work upon the old problem of the
incandescent lamp he employed paper
filaments. Thin paper was cut into
the form of a horseshoe and then sub- ;
Jected to heat in a vacuum. By this
process the volatile elements were
driven off and nothing left but a strip
of carbon which was more or less
suitable for lighting purposes. But
it was extremely fragile, . and, in the I
quest for something that would stand
rough handling a little better, Edison
finally tried bamboo. This gave him
what he needed and did more than
anything else, perhaps, to make the
incandescent lamp a commercial suc
cess. Edison began these experiments
in 1879 and completed them in 18 80.
His success was all the more astonish
ing to the world inasmuch as he had
shortly before invented the mega
phone and produced a practicable
talking machine with the old-fashioned
tinfoil cylinder, which was such
a wonder in its day.' ""
There is no individual to whom we
can ascribe the whole credit for in
venting the Incandescent lamp Edi
son did more than anybody else, but
his work was the consummation of
a long series of discoveries. In the
primitive days when scientists ob
tained electricity through leyden Jars
the electric light was not unknown.
A battery of leyden Jars, such as Ben
jamin Franklin experimented with.
would heat a wire to the point of
luminosity very readily. The light pro
duced was unstable and did not last
very long, since the wires soon either
disappeared In vapor or were oxy
dized. But in this way a beginning
was made. Carbon rods were not
long afterward substituted for metal
wires in lighting experiments and, to
shelter the lamp, the filaments were
inclosed in glass globes, but number
less difficulties remained to over
come. Sir Humphrey Davy, the great
British physicist, produced an incan
descent light with voltaic batteries.
This arrangement gave a steady cur
rent, something that could not be ob
tained with leyden Jars, and his suc
cess was soon improved upon by
other Inventors.
Lamps sustained by voltaic batteries
were not suitable for commercial use,
though they furnished pretty labora
tory experiments and were sometimes
used by eccentric people in their
houses regardless of expense. It was
the magnetic generator which pro
duced an adequate current at mod
erate expense and thus really intro
duced electric, lighting into the com
mercial world.- Both carbon and
metallic filaments were used by the
pioneer experimenters who preceded
Edison, and by inclosing them in vac
uum globes their life was prolonged,
but they were very imperfect. We
may mention one difficulty out of
many. If the filament was made large
enough to be durable great quanti
ties of energy were wasted to keep it
Incandescent. If a small- filament was
used it soon disappeared, while the
metal conductors were burned away
at the points where . they penetrated
the globe. For some twenty years
before Edison achieved his brilliant
triumph Inventors had become so dis
couraged that they neglected the elec
tric lamp almost entirely and turned
their attention to other subjects. Some
Improvements were made by Russian
scientists but nothing of essential im
portance was devised.
When Edison at last came into the
market with the carbonized bamboo
filament all the difficulties seemed to
have disappeared together. His lamp
sprang Into existence free from almost
all the troubles that had baffled pre
vious inventors. The world . was
pleased and delighted with the new
method of Illumination and everybody
supposed that gas lighting would dis
appear like the old kerosene lamp.
But nothing of the sort happened
Gas stocks went down on the markets
for a. few .years, -but. 4hey. presently
came up again. The invention of the
Welsbach burner produced with gas a
light quite as good and cheap as elec
tricity could supply, and the two sys
tems have developed side by side in
friendly rivalry rather than destruc
tive competition. Both in street light
ing and for Inside Illumination either
gas or electricity can be employed
with about the same results in com
fort and expense.
The principle of the incandescent
lamp is simple. When electric energy
is transmitted through a filament
some of it is spent to overcome the
"resistance" of the conductor. The
resistance may be great or small. In
a large copper wire It is hardly notice
able. In a carbon filament it is heavy.
The electric energy used up to over
come this resistance is not annihilated
by any means. In accordance with the
great law of conservation of energy
it is transformed into heat and when
the heat reaches the proper tempera
ture light is produced. The electric
current Is said by scientific men to
"do work" as It drives its way through
the resisting filament, and the quan
tity of work done exactly measures
the quantity of heat generated. But
what causes the electric current to do
this work? What compels it to force
Its way through the filament and
overcome whatever resistance Impedes
its progress? This driving power Is
spoken of as "electric pressure." Just
as water at a" high level seeks a lower
one under the pressure of gravitation,
so electricity at the positive end of a
circuit is moved under electric pres
sure to flow toward the negative end
and to accomplish this transit it will
make its way through enormous re
sistance. It is this property of elec
tric energy which makes the incan
descent light possible.
HOW AUTHORS LIVE AND WORK.
The ever benevolent New York Sun
has sought to increase the Joy and
beauty of the world by inquiring into
the habits of authors. How do they
eat, sleep and recreate themselves?
It was natural to suppose that since
they differed from ordinary persons
in so many other particulars they
would be singular in these respects
too, and it could hardy -be doubted
that a rich feast of wisdom and pleas
ure would be spread for the Sun's
readers by its investigation. The ex
pectation was more than fulfilled.
Several authors of more or less dis
tinction answered the questions Issued
to them. Some took ythe affair In
grand seriousness and discoursed at
large on their habits of life. Others
lapsed Into flippancy. Exasperatingly
flippant is James Montgomery Flagg.
who only condescends to inform the
public that "he needs a certain amount
of sleep." He fancied at one time in
his adventurous life that he Could do
without any and might "devote the
time thus gained to porch-climbing
or something lucrative and exhilarat
ing like that." But he had to give in
at last and sleep an hour or two out
of the twenty-four in spite of himself.
In pleasing contrast with this mis
placed f rollcksomeness concerning
weighty matters is Fannie Hurst's
sternly gravity. She begins her reply
to the Sun with a little sermon on the
habits of other great writers in whose
footsteps she follows with more or less
docility. Balzac, for example, "wrote
his novels in the garb of a monk,"'
Miss Hurst assures us. This doubt1
less accounts for the deep piety that
pervades his books, especially his
"Droll Stories."' Mark Twain, we are
told, wrote his works In bed. This Is.
of course, particularly true of his
newspaper reporting, writing in bed
Is quite, a common habit among re
porters up to this day. At least., we
have been told so on authority fully as
good as Fannie Hurst's. It is a pity
that she did not think to cite the
example of Dr. Johnson's friend
Savage, who habitually wrote in bed,
sticking his hand out through a hole
in the blanket for that purpose. John
son himself composed some of his
more weighty volumes in bed wait
ing for his shirt to come back from
the washerwoman.
Fanny Hurst, we are gratified to
learn, treats herself fairly well. No
overdriving of the willing Pegasus for
her. She takes seven hours' sleep a
day and spends seven at her desk in
the fervor of literary composition.
After working for seven hours at her
desk Fannie always feels bright and
even giddy with the Joy of living. She
has "a feeling for recreation, music,
pictures, walking, riding, golfing, the
dance, as the case may be." None of
that sickly exhaustion after work
which was the curse of such literary
pigmies as Shelley and Dickens.
Fannie has set a new pace for liter
ary people, not only in staying power,
but also in devotion to duty.
Unlike' the reckless Shakespeare,
who never altered a line once written,
she tells us that she sometimes writes
a single paragraph 110 times over
before she attains that precise exalta
tion of melody which she seeks. Her
search for perfection is particularly'
recommended to newspaper writers.
Let each one of them rewrite his story
or editorial squib 110 times at least
before letting it go to press and what
a change for the better we shall wit
ness In the literary tone of the press.
If ajl novelists would follow the. same
rule the flood of love stories would be
somewhat stayed, too, and no doubt
the weary world would rejoice. Upon
the whole, Fannie's example is worthy
of an ample following.
Rupert Hughes says he is a good
sleeper. He can sink into slumber as
soon as his weary brow touches the
pillow, and dream on and on indefi
nitely until somebody wakes him up
with a pitcher of cold water. On the
other hand. Just as he can sleep like
a log, he can work like a steam en
gine. He says he has kept at it from
dawn to dawn for several days in suc
cession when he felt genius burning
within him. Lest the reader should
question Mr. Hughes' veracity, we
hasten to say that other great literary
lights have had the same power. The
author of "Vathek" wrote that ex
traordinary book at a sitting. Lord
Byron used to compose his poetry, or
some of it at any rate, very much as
Mr. Hughes says he does his novels.
There may be some slight difference
In the value of the product, but the
methods are the same, which is the
main point.
' Mrs. Freeman, she that was Mary
Wilklns in the days of her unwedded
glory, announces that she has no rules
to go by. She eats all she can and
sleeps as long as her .tasks will permit.
She does not cpnfess to having dys
pepsia, but we dare say she suffers
from it a good deal, which may ac
count for her intimate sympathy with
the thin and ill-nourished New Eng
land spinster who breakfasts on pie
and dines on tea and hot saleratus
biscuits.
The obvious conclusion from these
letters is that each literary, person Is
a law unto himself. They are born
with different outlooks on life, differ- I
ent stestiporarnanrsk -ajidi adiffareit c-
pacifies for work. The successful ones
are those whor understand themselves
best and live up to their own require
ments without trying to imitate any
body else. Other men and women be
sides' authors will find the same plan
of life profitable to follow. "Know
thyself," which was such a wise pre
cept for the ancient Greek, Is Just as
wise for us, and when a man knows
himself his best plan is to utilize the
knowledge in his dally work and life.
An old pessimist said that by the time
most of us learn how to take care of
ourselves we are ready to die. The
number of those who learn the great
secret a little earlier in life seems to
be increasing in our day.
New Yorkers have taken readily to
the "habit Of living on the flat roofs
of skyscrapers. One family occupies
an entire floor high up in a tall tower.
Another has built a bungalow on a
roof. The flat tops of schoolhouses
make pleacant playgrounds. Any
city's useful area mieht be almost
! doubled by turning roofs to account-
Vagrants in England are being
given their choice of Jail 'or military
service. That type of man should
not be permitted to share in the glory
of upholding .the Nation's honor, but
then, if all reports are true, volun
tary enlistments are not as spontan
eous as might be expected under the
circumstances.
The .Christian Science Monitor calls
attention to the constructive energies
at work in this country while war
desolates Europe. The reclamation
of the arid regions and Alaska leads
It to exclaim that -"there is no longer
a hopeless territory on the roof of
the American continent." It Js all
being subjugated to man.
It is said that the best laws are
obtained when lawyers, university ex
perts and plain citizens co-operate in
framing them. .This ideal combina
tion is found in states where the Leg
islature works in close toach with the
university. Ignorance is responsible
for most of our defective laws.
The Czar has decorated a captain
for a series of deeds of sensational
bravery. After reading the account of
the hero's valorous acts we surmise
that he will never live to wear his
decorations, as a man of his courage
Is certain to ' "stop something" that
will stop him before the war has gone
much further.
Germans and Austria ns are charged
with having sacked churches in in
vaded Polish towns. That shows lam
entable lack of financial discretion,
to say the least. It would seem
that if they were going to do any
sacking they would have sampled the
town banks.
The spectacle of a Belgian Social
ist leader speaking, amid shot and
shell, in an effort to encourage the
troops indicates that individual fads
and fancies can be put aside even in
the most bitter and warped of men
when great National disaster im
pends. Oxford has been almost depopu
lated of native students by the war.
This will make the American Rhodes
scholars doubly welcome. None will
go from California this year on ac
count of a change in examination
rules but other states, it appears, will
send them as usual.
According to a Copenhagen report
the Germans are -building armored
barges with which to carry troops to
England. Now all the Germans need
is a sufficient navy to ' convoy the
barges.
Hundreds of Democrats are flock
ing to Dr. Withycombe, the Repub
lican primary nominee for Gover
nor. It begins to look very much as
if the doctor were going to get all
the votes. .
Warsaw reports say that the Ger
mans have been driven back by su
perior Russian skill and spirit. Not
to mention superior Russian force.
Still, even If you are a most ardent
Democrat, you can' hardly blame
those hundreds of Withycombe Dem
ocrats for wanting the best man.
However, a week from Tuesday
there'll be a real election. Or, more
properly speaking, a state-wide Re
publican ratification.
Great Britain is sending in "heavy
reinforcements," although the num
ber of men is not stated. About two
squads, we surmise.
Switzerland is watching everywhere
for spies. Even the 'holes in the
Swiss cheese are being kept under
surveillance, no doubt.
Voters would do well to put in
fifteen or twenty hours a day from
now on studying the special meas
ures on the ballot.
An English girl wrote saying she
would like to be a nurse in order to
"kill a German." Or, more likely,
marry one.
In seeking a quorum the United
States Senate finds, only a ragged hole
where the Chamberlain post of duty
lately stood.
Remember Tom Hurlburt is run
ning for Sheriff and Roscoe P. Hurst
is the man to defeat the other Hurl
burt. Fruit orchards in Russian Poland
have been destroyed. But don't worry.
We have enough apples to go round.
Now save your pennies to pay the
Democratic deficiency tax, more com
monly known as the war tax. Ouch!
The casualties to titled English
men must bring abiding grief to our
title-hunting heiresses.
"Germans tfikA psn rf W.n.Vi
says a headline. But not on the scale
originally pianneu.
Let's see, there's some sort of an
election day after tomorrow, isn't
there?
The campaign, in its final stages,
is warming up a bit In spite of the
war.
Anyway, the country will soon have
to quit laughing at Oregon over Lafferty.
RECOMMENDATIONS OFFERED Off MEASURES
toadrnsrd Tltlea Given Wltk Resnai In Brief for The Oracoalsa's CB-,-lnstoas
o tne Merits or Demerits of the 2 Billa sad Amendments
the November Election Ballot.
The Oregonian again presents here
with Its list of recommendations on
initiated bills and amendments.
Because of space considerations the
titles have been condensed, but In each
Instance the first lew words and the
ballot numbers are given in order that
each measure may be readily identi
fied. They are also compiled in the
order they will appear on the ballot.
The recommendations and the reasons
therefore are commended to the serious
attention of the voters of Oregon. -
For an amendment of section 2, article 2
of the constitution relative to Toting Qualifi
cations 300 yes. 301 no. --'
Makes final citizenship papers nec
essary to qualify an. alien-.born resi
dent for the voting franchise. Pre
cautionary measure in anticipation of
large Influx of immigration due to com
pletion of, Panama Canal, aliens now
being able to acquire the right to vote
one year after landing in Oregon ports.
Vote SOO yes.
For constitutional amendment to create
office . of Lieutenant-Governor. 302 yes,
303 no.
A simple proposal heretofore rejected
by the people in a manner to leave no
doubt as to their will. It is art un
justified "repeater."
Vote 303 no. - . '
For on amendment of section 6, article 15
of the constitution to permit city and county
governments to be consolidated upon vote of
the people interested. 304 yes, 305 no.
Simple grant of authority the enact
ment of which can do no harm and may
lead to economy in municipal and coun
ty government.
Vote 304 yes.
For amendment of section T of article 9
of the constitution authorising state In
debtedness for irrigation and power proj
ects. 30S yes, 307 no.
Would release wise restriction on
state indebtedness and encourage bond
ing abuses. -
Vote 307 no.
For amendment of section 22. article 1
of the constitution modifying the uniform
rule of taxation. 308 yes. 30U no. 1
This Is third submission of an amend
ment twice defeated. It is impossible
for it to receive adequate considera
tion because of organized raids on tax
ation system embodied. In numerous
other measures.
Vote SOS Bo.
For amendment of section 1, article tf
of the constitution. 10 yes, 311 no.
Another proposed modification of
uniform rule of taxation heretofore
twice defeated.
Vote 311 no.
A bill for an act -to levy annually a tax
to re-establish the Southern Oregon Normal
School at Ashland. 31J yes. 313 no.
Rejected in .principle in 1910. The
question is whether the people desire
to levy a tax to Improve the qualifica
tions of teachers in the public schools
and Is a matter which each voter can
readily decide for himself.
No reeommendatlon.
For amendment of article 9 of the con
stitution permitting enactment of a gen
eral tax law authorising .adjoining cities to
consolidate on vote- of their electors.
314 yes. 215 no.
A 'needed authority, cities not now
being able to merge when to their ad
vantage. .
Vote 314 yes.
A bill for an act to levy annually a tax
to re-establish the State Normal School at
Weston Umatilla County. 316'yes, 317 no.
Similar to the Southern Oregon meas
ure. Also rejected In 1910.
No recommendation.
For an amendment of section 29. article 4
of the constitution raising pay of leglslatora
313 yes. 319 no.
Third submission of a measure twice
rejected. An unjustified "repeater."
. Vote 310 no.
Universal constitutional eight-hour day
amendment. 320 yea, 321 no.
Defines legal day's work as nine con
secutive hours with one hour off. Ap
plies to every kind f employment.
"Consecutive" principle involved men
aces life of farm and many other Indus
tries. '
Vote 321 no.
Eight-hour day law for female workers.
822 Yes. 323 no.
Includes 10-hour consecutive princi
ple, undertakes to apply rigid regula
tions and goes over the head of legally
constituted board now In existence
which makes similar orders after due
and careful consideration.
Vote 323 no. -
Non-partisan Judiciary bill. 324 yes.
323 no.
This amendment would remove selec
tion of the Judiciary from the influence
of party politics.
Vote 324 yea.
$130o tax exemption. 326 yes, 327 no. '
Single tax in disguise. In devious I
ways would Inflict higher taxes on the
WHY LIST VE TO THE CLARION'S
CALL?
Men in monotonous gray, in gorgeous
array, and Tommy Atkins, too.
What means this reign of terror?
Is it for humanity's ajd, for God's
- glory, that ye list to the clarion's
call?
All dumb march they the men in mo
notonous gray. In gorgeous array,
and Tommy Atkins, too.
What think ye. men in monotonous
gray, in gorgeous array, -and
Tommy Atkins, too.
When all day long, in rhythmic step,
side by side, ye march on to meet
your foe?
What is it, men in monotonous gray,
in gorgeous array, and Tommy
Atkins, too.
That caused ye to list to the clarion's
call, leave mother, work and all?
After the thick of the fight, in the
calm of the night, do ye hear the
cries of the fallen?
Dost thou stifle thy awakening soul,
men in monotonous gray, in .gor
geous array, and Tommy Atkins,
too.
By thinking, 'tis for land, for wealth,
for Justice, that we leave mother,
work and all, to list to the clarion's
call?
But not until each one In monotonous
gray, in gorgeous array, and
Tommy Atkins, too.
Hears God's call to right-about face
and arbitrate, will man his brother
cease to slay.
So list to the voice, ye men in monot
onous gray, in gorgeous array, and
Tommy Atkins, too.
Hear God's call to right-about face and
arbitrate, and man his brother will
cease to slay.
EFFIE BEACHREST.
281 East Fifty-third . street North,
Portland. Or.
Where to Get Sample Ballots.
BEAVERTON, Or, Oct. 23. (To the
Editor.) In an editorial October 20 you
say "get a sample ballot for evening
study." Will you kindly tell your read
ers where they may be secured?
' S. A. C
Apply to County Clerk.
poor on one hand and the rich on the
other, relieving chiefly' the moderately-
ell-to-do. Inevitable, unjust. Cruelly
deceptive in that it purports to be a
poor man's measure. . -
Vote 327 no. "
Public docks and aaterfront amendment
32 yes. 3S0 no.
In wording this amendment purports
to void tidelami titles recognized arid
txed for 40 years; would lock up for
future generations unsold tidelands and
prevent development of industries
thereon; would deprive interior locali
ties of their interest in assets "owned
by entire state: would deprive the state
school fund of revenue.
Vote 829 no.
Muriolpal wharves and docks bill. 330 yea
331 no.
A measure permitting cities to go
further irfto debt- A, companion of the
preceding measure. '
Vote 331 no. .
Prohibition constitutional
332 yes. 333 no.
amendment.
Presents a question which each per
son can decide for himself. -No
recommendation.
Constitutional amendment abolishing death
penalty. 334 yec 835 no.
. Heretofore rejected by the. people by
large majority.. An unjustiiied re
peater." Vote 33S no.
Specific graduated extra-tax amendment.
33a yes, 337 no. .
Confiscatory tax. Opposed to industry
and development of Oregon. Heretofore
defeated by more than two-to-one vote
Unjustified "repeater."
Vote 337 no.
Consolidating corporation and-
Insuraac
deparments. 33s yes. 339 no.
A personal grievance measure in
spired by a corporation which was de
nied ' a permit by corporation depart
ment to Issue bonds because of inade
quate assets. Initiative blackmail. ".
Vote 338 no.
Dentistry bill. 340 yea 841 no.
A personal grievance bill. Regard
less of merit It Is not properly a sub
ject for initiative action but rather for
legislative consideration.
Vote 341 no.
County officers" term amendment. 542
yes. 343 no.
Would save election costs and pro
mote efficiency in county office.
Vote S42 yea.
Tsx code commission bill. 344 yes; 343 no.
Creates a commission and appro
priates moiiey for work now under
taken by a paid state board assisted by
an appointed legislative committee. A
duplication.
Vote 343 no.
Measure abolishing Desert Land Board
and merging certain offices. 84s yes. 847 no.
Personal grievance measure Insti
tuted by enemies of the State Engineer,
who desire to deprive him of office.
Opposed by leading engineer authori
ties and various commercial organiza
tions interested in the state's develop
ment. Vote 347 no.
Proportional representation amendment.
34$ y.m, 84U no.
Not a true proportional representa
tion plan as defined by authorities on
subject. Would abolish district repre
sentation and leave some counties un
represented. Would give Socialists op
portunity to secure representation out
of all proportion to strength in state.
-Vote 349 BO. .
Stat Senate constitutional amendment
abolishing that body. 350 yes. 351 no.
An amendment antagonistic to the
views of political economists of Na
tional and world-wide reputation.
Would destroy all check on hasty legis
lation and give Legislature greater
power to override Governor's vetoes
and executive functions. Heretofore
tried by three states in Union and re
jected. Vote 351 no.
Constitutional amendment establishing de
partment of industry and public work.
352 ye. 353 no.
Proposes to levy inheritance tax to
give work to unemployed. Authorises
legislative appropriations for same
work, thereby encouraging higher
taxes. Would impose on Oregon the
task of caring fQr the idle of the entire
Nation if all could get here.
Vote 353 no.
Primary delegate election bill. 354 yes,
355 no.
A' bill that would greatly increase
election costs and legalize an advisory
political assembly.
Vote 305 no.
Equal assessment and taxations and 8300
exemption amendment. 3 5S yes, 357 no.
Imposes a restriction on the Initiative
in matters of taxation.
Vote 3S7 no.
DO VOt KNOW WHERE INDIAN ISt
Important Survivor of Wapato Lake
Gross Sought by Scientist.
C HEM AW A. Or., Oct. 20. (To the
Editor.) I should like to obtain your
assistance in locating a certain Indian
individual whom I need in connection
with my ethnological studies carried on
in behalf of the Smithsonian Institu
tion. As you may probably know, I have
been engaged for the last four years
in collecting, for the Smithsonian In
stitution, all historical, linguistic and
ethnological data that are available of
the Indian tribes of Oregon. I am try
ing this year to collect such data of the
Kalapuya Indians. The Kalapuya In
dians were in former days by far the
most powerful and numerous tribe of
Oregon. Their possessions extended
from the Cascade Mountains to the
Coast Range, and they claimed all ter
ritory lying between Portland and the
Umpq.ua River. -
A good number of our present geo
graphical terms within this territory
are of native Kalapuya origin. Thus,
Wapato Lake. Yamhill, Santlam, Che
meketa.Chemawa, Yonkala, Lucklamute,
and many others are Indian terms taken
from the Kalapuya language. The
Kalapuya Indians were divided into
about ten distinct groups, whose"dia
lects, while undoubtedly related, pos
sess sufficient marks of differentiation
to Justify a separate study.
At the present time there are hardly
more than five or six Indians left, liv
ing chiefly on the Grand . Ronde
Reservation, who are still able to con
verse In tneir own native language and
who can still remember some of their
native traditions. I have seen all of
these, obtaining-from them all the in
formation at their disposal. It is abso
lutely necessary for me to obtain In
formation as to the whereabouts of
Louts Kenoyer, also called Conoyer.
who Is the sole survivor of a very im
portant group Vnown as the Wapato
Lake, or Atfalatl Indiana. He has been
reported at different times to be in
Portland. Salem. Independence and
North Yakima If any readers of The .
Oregonian happen to know his where
abouts they will confer a great favor
upon me by communicating with me at
once. LEO J. FRACHTENBERQ.
Interview With St. Peter.
St. Peter What was your occupa
tion on earth? Spirit Robber. St.
Peter Ice, coal or gas? -
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