t. ' t. , THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20,' 1903. EDIT0Rj,Ic4L COcTWcTWENT cND TIcTWELY TOPICS & THE.ORjEQON C u ? BY DAILY JOURNAL ;C : : C a JACKSQN ; Jfmttmaf JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. AtfaVeis: THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill 8U., Portland, Op. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Entered at the I'ostofflce of Portland. Oregon, for tra.nsniU;lon through the malls as second-ch. j mntter. Postage for single popirs i'?r an 8. 10. or 12-page paper, 1 cent; 1 to 22 pages, I cents; over 2$ pages, 3 cent. Tl-LUPHONES Business Office Oi -nn. Main BOO; Columbia, 705. Edttorla' Roomi-Oregon Main 250. SUBSCRIPTION RATGSi Terms by Mail. The Dally Journal, by mall, ene year. .24.C0 The Dally Journal, by mall, six months. 2.25 Terns by Carrier. The Dally Journal, one year The Dally Journal, sis months ... Tho Dally Journal three months 1.30 The Dally Journal, by mall, three months 1.28 rk. r.n k n.v .IS I Tha Datlv Journal, br malL one month. 4 mw m u v, - na vf ..- ..... j - .$5.C1 . 2.60 The Soml-Weekly Journal. Tha Semi-Weekly JournaL eight to twelve pages each Issue, all the news and full market reports, ens year 11.60. Remittances should be made by drafts, postal notes. The Vjckly Journal. The Weekly Journal, 100 columns of read ing each Issue, Illustrated, full market re. ports, one year. 21.00. order and small express amounts are acceptable In one and two-cent postage stamps. THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121, Portland, Oregon. The fruits and fragrance of a kindly life, like that of the Pope of Rome, who has Just passed, to the beyond. Is an encouragement and an inspiration to us all who know or read of It, leading us to feel a strong desire that we may die the death of such a man. and that our last end may be like his. It shall be, If our life Is spent as his, faithfully doing our duty, and not stopping there, but reaching out In helpfulness to our neighbor, doing all In the spirit of kindness and brotherly love. CAREER OF A GREAT AND GOOD MAIS. The Inevitable end has come and the ven erable and saintly old man whose, critical condition has been watched with anxious sympathy by all of Christendom has entered upon his rest. Pope Leo.XIH, revered by Protestant and Catholic alike. Is mourned to day In every land and clime, not alone be cause of his greatness, but because he has earned the love of his fellow men by a life of rare sweetness and beautiful devotion. That Pope Leo was a man of broad states manship and powerful Intellect, fully capable of conducting the diplomatic struggles In which the papacy became Involved during his pontificate, history affords ample evi dence. The spiritual ruler of more thnn one hundred millions of people, Invested with a power and influence that was world wide, he reigned with wisdom, with beneficence and In the fear of God. Few If any of his predecessors have done more to build up the Catholic Church, to In crease Its Influence or to widen the scope of lta endeavor. Others have addecj more to its temporal power, but Leo's constant aim was to so'splrltualire the church as to make It . 1 i 1. 1 A . mIIIUm. a nA- herents. He could have had no loftier Ideal nd his life In the Vatican was deyoted un .swervlngly to the achievement of this end. But the magnitude of his purpose and the Immensity of the task he had set before him never distracted the attention of Pope Leo from the wants of the poor, Jhe needy or the suffering, to whose appeal he was ever ready to give quick response. His sympathy was broad and catholic. His hand was ever out stretched In the defense of the weak. His voice has ever been for peace, and by his peaceful intercession, wars have more than once been averted.. A great and a good man such was Pope Leo, and the world may well sorrow for his ' departure. AN INEFFICIENT ADMINI STRATION. Many things Indicate an Inefficient city administration. There are ..hundreds of places where new sidewalks are being put down where the refuse lumber and rubbish litter the streets for days and weeks longer than necessary. The dusty streets are un comfortable. On some car lines, the cars are lost in clouds of dust that they stir up. People payYarfare anil taxes, but between the car companies and the city, they get no reller. mere win douotless le excuses lor these and other discomforts and disfigure ments, but results and not excuses are what the people want. The disorganized condi tion of the police force shows a want of executl veness. There are some 25 more policemen than were on the force under the last administration. Yet who will venture to say that the police service has not de teriorated? Is it the fault of the men, or the chief, or the commissioners? substantiate Its statements. But proof Is scarcely necessary In view of the admissions of both the Sheriff and the Jailer. Both acknowledge that warning of the contemplated jailbreak was given to them several days beforehand. Jailer Jack son says they "talked it over." but concluded that there was "nothing to It." This is nothing more or less than a plea of guilty. No doubt It Is true (hat the county Jail Is in need of repairs and Improvements, and that the Jailer needs an assistant at night. These very circumstances should have rriade the Sheriff and the Jailer all the more vig ilant, when they received warning that a Jailbreak was to be attempted. These two officials are exceedingly unfor tunate In having the Oregonlan as their de fender. . There has not been a single dis honest, corrupt, Incompetent official of this city or county who haa not found In the Oregonlan an eager apologist, when his mis deeds were exposed by The Journal. There are some attorneys whose appearance In court Is a tacit admission of the guilt of their clients. It may or may not be true that Harrlman is contemplating the construction of a rail road Into Central Oregon. Doubtless he will do so if convinced that It Is to his Interest to build Into that territory. But why should Portland wait for the convenience or the selfish Interest of this railway king? The Columbia River & Northern Railroad Is an example of the results that can be accom plished by home capital. Let similar enter prises be shown In exploiting and opening up the resources of the Inland Empire, and Mr. Harrlman's Intentions will no longer be of moment to the people of Oregon. The portage road commission will meet tomorrow at Salem to receive the engineer's estimates on the cost of constructing the road. It Is understood that his estimate will be within the amount of the appropriation made by the last Legislature. If so, there should be little loss of time In getting the work of construction under way. A few weeks must be occupied In advertising for bids, but the time Is apparently near at hand when the public will have visible evidence that this great enterprise is to be carried to successful completion. SHERIFF AND JAILER PLEAD GUILTY. As was to be expected, the Oregonlan rushes to the defense of Sheriff Storey. "Very little blame for the recent jail de liveries." says this habitual defender of of ficial laxity and malfeasance, "can attach to Sheriff Storey or Jailer Jackson." To support this assertion, two thirds of n column of excuses and apologies by these two officials followed. Despite all denials and evasions, It is literally and absolutely true that the Sheriff end the Jailer were warned days befo. vhand of the Jailbreak which occurred last Wednes day night. Any statement to the contrary by either of these Individuals is false. And notwithstanding the warning that w-s given, the prisoners were permitted to go on unin terruptedly In their work of sawing out of Jail. These are plain, cold facts. The Journal was Informed of them on the day after the Jail break occurred, butt delayed publication in order to obtain conclusive proof that the lureL and The Journal has roe evidence to When the energy which was devoted to cutting through iron doors, bars and pad locks at the county Jail Is expended upon the rock pile, some substantial results may be expected. If a portion of the handsome profit derived by the Sheriff from feeding the county pris oners were expended In guarding them more carefully, Jallbreaks might not occur. The Hunt Club which has its headquarters at Second and Oak streets has been doing so much bickering and squabbling that it is not strange that It has lost the trail. No advance notice of an Intended Jailbreak will receive credence with Sheriff Storey unless accompanied by plans and specifica tions, and verified by affidavit. WINNERS OF JOURNAL PRIZES AROUND THE CORRIDORS , "What would I do If .1 were editing a news- The next time anyone tries to give In formation of a contemplated Jailbreak, he may as well understand that Sheriff Storey is from Missouri. If those highwaymen are gentlemen they will send their names and addresses at once to Chief Hunt and save him any further worry. The mills of the gods may grind slowly, but they haven't any the best of the Dlstrlet Attorney In that respect. Citric acid added to sea water precipitates the salt, making a harmless mineral water. Seven ounces of citric acid will supply a shipwrecked man with this marine lemon ade for a week. Although one fourth of the world's sugar crop Is consumed in the Ignited States, but One twentieth of It grows here. The following articles are winners of the third and fourth prizes in The Journal's contest for the best articles' by women on paper:" Third Prize. By Mrs. Joseph H. Jones, Portland Heights. The technical make-up of a daily paper la pretty much the same the world over, and Us mechanical success Is always assured where there Is capital to command me chanlcal experts and modern machinery. Apart from insistence on clean floors and clean windows (which go far toward establishing order and superior workmanship) woman's concentrated attention should be given to the contents of her favorite news paper. The newspaper of today Is a public educator. It is a medium of thought for the millions, and by bringing its powerful persuasion to - bear on public opinion, it will ultimately solve some of the deepest sociological problems of the day. There are a great many to whom the dally paper la an only source of Information. Thejr borrow therefrom their Ideas, ambitions and political knowledge. How essential, then, that the editorial as true aa steel on steel, should strike at wrong whenever and wherever seen, truckling or subservient to none, fearless and Inde pendent ever. I would not be given to "padding" news. We would not devote too much space to what Is supposed to appertain exclusively to womankind. A bright, modern woman Is none less Interested In "news" than a man. And as a trends mother's mind in reading. so also will trend the minds of her children. We should diligently hammer away at municipal wrongs that blight what else Is one of the fairest cities on earth. We would hammer against national wrongs such as the recently developed postofflce scandal. Against the Immigration bureau for the quality of citizen that is being presented by Eastern Europe, with Its accompaniment of crimes. Against the forestry laws, that allow one portion of our country to drown while another burns. There are needs municipal, educational, political, corresponding to every phase of life, that cry out to all who may hear. We should endeavor to present this truth as an Imperative command to the man of money the man of millions who forgets that he Is "the trustee of mankind' and after providing every luxury for his own, looks not about to see what he can do for others. We should thus advocate socialism not the socialism that has to do with any theory respecting law or government, but the much- desired socialism1 of the heart. We should attempt to make people think, and thus grow. We would get the school girl interested In our paper. Schoolgirls are good advertisers they talk. We would offer a prise for the best written paper on "Impressions of a Trolley Ride to the Fair Grounds" to schoolgirls under a given age. We would get the schoolboy Interested. A boy who is Interested In something will interest the whole family. We should, for. example, offer a prize for the boy of .12 or thereabouts wtio reports most accurately his Impressions of a sermon on a given Sunday. The boys and girls should be ac counted and treated as future patrons. We would try to tell the youth Just from school how to take the next best step and this might be accomplished In a measure by publishing a standing list of technical schools In and near Portland (including the T. M. C. A. night school) where one might obtain knowledge along special lines of trade or profession. We would write an editorial to the boys occasionally on the Importance of mastering a trade; on procuring an ed ucation, on the great force of mind concentration. We would ask Jhe prominent business men to give their views on what is most desired in an employe. We would Invite the ministers to give their opinions on certain subjects such as woman's rights, etc. We would have It understood that special articles relating to Portland or to the Fair, or to the great Northwest In general were always earnestly solicited to be 'accompanied whenever possible by good, clean illustrations. We should have a dally note or editorial regarding the coming Exposition and the means to make it a success, keeping It constantly before the minds of the public. We should encourage none bu the higher drama, thus helping to build up an Intel lectual class, of plays. Under these conditions. If our paper came not forth, wearing a clean, honest, Intel lectual face and breathing a wholesome cheer, then am I no prophetess, Fourth Prize. Mrs. O. B. Tout Eugene, Or. In considering the offer of the Journal to listen to real women discuss Journalism from the feminine point of view, I was struck by the sudden illumining generosity of our brother men. There is no harm In discussing a thing where you know that some of them will never be used in a print shop. In the first place, if I were an editor, I would not be slow In arranging details of my paper to suit me, no matter what my whims might be. It Is supposed that The Journal wants the view point to be from The Journal sanctum. There let It be. . j It Is my notion that every employe should look to me for authority of an action, If a reporter wanted to question the advlsibllity of an action of mine, I should discharge him If it were not a good suggestion he offered in substitute. I would surround myself with the best literary talent consistent with my means, and would compel writers to do their best to arrange things for the public taste. I would require them to write things that would cause the paper to be read, not because of the sensational character of the article, but on account of their Interesting qualities and Its novelty. i wouia require my articles 10 oe or equal auimy ana lr i couia not employ a large contingent In this capacity, I would have at least one of the best. His work should be faultless In detail, excellent in originality and should follow a line that would make a characteristic feature of the paper. What is characteristic about New York papers? The San Francisco papers? All papers? Why is It that nn experienced exchange man can tell from what paper almost any particular clipping Is taken? It Is because of the characteristic style of known publlca tions. Every woman wishes to look pretty. People like to look at a pretty woman. Every paper should strive to be a good-looking paper, for all people like to look at a good looking paper. The arrangement of the different departments should be of the simplest system. The news of the outside world would be, to my notion subordinated to the local news. The home field would be far more Important to me than the foreign. Telegraph, except on occasions of great events would be placed Inside, while local news would be given a front, top column, well-headed place of honor. The news of the state In which the paper Is published would be handled as thor oughly, almost, as the local field. With these last suggestions comes the thought of the business end of the publication the part that counts with the owners. The business office is the place where the success of the paper is found. If rules were followed out, I am constrained to thjnk that the paper would make Itself a financial ueeess. The business -manager-wouldsee that 'his -books showeaa balance! on the right side. If these suggestions were followed out the advertisers would seek the office of the business manager and demand space. It is like the Bible's Injunction, "Do these things and all these shall be added unto you." Make a good paper and the business will take care of Itself. Of course a little transient business tan be. picked up by giving prizes, holding contests, and arousing interest In various faker ways, but the average man, the man who supports your paper, the man who Is the backbone of the. city and the nation, cares little for these specialties. He wants a newspaper to tell him things. Tel him In the news columns, tell him on the editorial page. In clean and vigorous style, what you have to say In as few words as possible, without an entanglement of rhetorical phrases and endless sentences. The policy of my paper would be to please my reading public, but I would want my reading public to be the best people of the state, for the best people want the best paper. . In my opinion The Journal fills a place as near the fulfillment of the t-uggestlons as is possible in this state. It is a bright, newsy, well-arranged and neatly-printed sheet and, considering Its infancy as one might call It Is doing very well, Indeed. We have great hopes for the future of the people's fearless Journal. Keep the good work going. George E. Wait, a well-known commercial traveler residing In this city, was not al lowed to enter his own horns last Friday until he had proved to a new Swede servant girl that he was himself. Mr. Waits r turned Friday afternoon from a tour of Pa clflc Coast cities, ono day earlier than he had expected; Mrs. Walts was attending the Chautauqua at Gladstone Park, while a new domestic ruled the homestead. Mr. Walte walked up to the front door, rang the bell, and lingered. In a minute the "gate" swung ajar. The commercial man started to travel In, but the girl, who seems to have eaten Force, grabbed him by the coat collar and pushed him out of the house. "I don't dank you can kom in here," roared the girl as she slammed the door. Mr. Walte was confused. In fact, he was muchly surprised. He was sure he was at the right house. Again ringing the door-bell, he was met by the same glad face. This time the rrald was armed with a potato-masher, she be lieving that the man outside was a bold burglar. Mr. Walte started to enter a sec ond time, but getting a glimpse of the w.r club, he ordered his buglars tt sourd the "retreat." He sat down on the porch, and pondered. Was this the welcome that he was to receive upon his home-coming! For an hour and a half he lingered on the front porch, pining for a seat In his old arm chair in the sitting room Just Inside the door. But the Moor was closed and the potato masher loaded. At" last he rang again. Just as the door opened, he put his foot Inside the 'way, and kept It there. He then talked as only a man, pleading for his home, can talk. Picturing himself as an outcast in the cold, cruel world, he at last got the maid to let htm enter. But the friends of Mr. Walto say he still shudders every time he enters his front door. - Prof. Edwin A. Smith, a wejl-known Port land music-teacher, once almost served us a lunch for a hungry cougar. Air. sinitn was Inspecting some mines located up In the mountains In Butte County, Cal. He was staying alone In a cabin, his nearest neigh bor being some two miles away. One l-'ght about 12 o'clock, he was returning to his lonely cabin from a visit with hi neighbor. The night was dark, and the moanlns pine along the narrow trull seem to whisper of danger. Suddenly Mr. Smith became aware that he was being followed, and looking The McLean automatic one-pound gun, which is used In the navy, and which Gen. Miles says is "the deadliest weapon" he has ever seen, has been improved. The new gun was recently tested at Sandy Hook. It weighs about 450 pounds and discharges 25 one-pound projectiles with one pull of the trigger, unloading, reloading and firing being done automatically by energy generated Within the gun, on the principle of a gas machine. It can fire 800 shots a minute. An altogether effective way to"pasteurlze" milk, rendering It "sterile," Is to set a pan of cold water on the stove and put the vessel containing baby's milk into this pan. Just as soon as the water comes to a boil take it off, Add a pinch of baking soda to the hot mirk a little less than half a teaspoonful to a quart. If the milk was sweet and hadn't begun to "turn," it will keep sweet for 24 hours or more, even In hot weather, If put In a stoppered bottle. Governor Garvin of Rhode Island has put himself on record as a believer In woman suffrage. In a recent address before the Bhode Island Woman Suffrage Association he said: "I think woman suffrage will be adopted In Rhode Island and In other New England states. It has been tried In other statea and has worked well, and sooner or later it will prevail throughout the unlon.'V , . around saw two green 'eyes a few yards be hind him. He was unarmed, so you may guess whether or not he was frightened. Not daring to run, he hiked along a wee bit more rapidly than he had been, looking around every minute to ask the cougar's pardon Jfor turning his back on him. The trail that led to the cabin was narrow and winding. But there was a deep, wide gulch over which one might crawl, a one plank trestle . having been put across It. When this bridge was reached, Mr. Smith started to cross, although he could hardly see his way. When he had crawled across a plank, he kicked it over, and In this man er escaped, having dropped the first two planks down in the canon below before the green eyes reached the brink of the gulch. While visiting in this city on her recent tour of the Pacific Coast, Ella Wheeler Wil cox met a well-known Portland attorney, who Is also an autograph collector. After chatting pleasantly with the famous poet for a, few. minutes, he sprung the album. Tha author of tha Poems of Passion wrote, not only bar name, but a pretty little verse, In the book. This pleased the collector, so he bethought himself to get an autograph letter from' tha poet He asked her if she would write him a short note upon her return to the East, and she promised. Several weeks afterward, he received the followiiyr, writ ten from The Bungalow, Short Beach, Cdan.t "I said some day I'd send a line to you So here It la to make my promise true. . ELLA WHEELER WILCOX" t "When I was In the Philippines I used W discover some curious, methods to whfa soldiers would resort In order to obialn whiskey," said Charles Hague of Vancouver, who was chief packmaster In Generals Law ton and McArthur's division for nearly thre years. "When we occupied the Islands, no American whisky could be had, and the soldiers had to content themselves with, vino, the native drink. Well, vino Is not a very agreeable liquor. The taste of It Is bad enough, but" the effect is far worse, and It has sent many a man to the guardhouse. After we had got fairly settled, good liquor began to come in for the hospital depart" ment, and I was put In charge of the pack- trains. We did not know at first tha , con tents of the boxes which we handled, but w found out before the end of the Initial trip. for a mule had fallen and a lot of good liquor had gone to waste. After that tha number of mules that fell during a Jourany was surprising. They stumbled with suet astonlshine regularity that I was ordered tA make an Investigation, and ascertained thatJ .V,. ..... . ,h. n Iha iralllna mule were so Insecurely tied that an ordinary Jolt would Jar them loose, and the driver took care to see that not much mors than one bottle waa broken. The rest of tha case was distributed among the men, and they had a pretty bad time on the trip. They were never called to account for their? offense by the officers." 'Tf we could get more Californlans to visit us," said George C. Blrrel of the Oregon Bureau of Information, "It would be better for the state. The people of California as a rule are prejudiced against Oregon until they visit It and find out the resources of the state. Then they are enraptured. It is sur prising the number of residents of the nelghi boring commonwealth who visit the Bureau and go away with changed Ideas concerning Oregon. They believe that California is the only place on the Pacific Coast, but after a look at what the Webfooters raise, they have different opinions. No better advertise ment for Oregon can be had than ' a visit from a Callfornlan who goes back home and tells of what he has seen. He doesn't have to run down his own state to praise Oregon either." "Not a vacant dwelling in the WlUamtStte Valley," said J. P. Jones, traveling passenger agent for the Southern Pacific, "Is the best sign of prosperity I can point out. It Is the result of the Harrlman Immigration, and the new settlers are a contented and happy lot." . Mr. Jones has Just returned from a "10 days' trip through Southern Oregon. The grain crop, he said, was In an excellent con dition and harvesting has commenced. ','The hop outlook Is more encouraging than It waa," he said, "and I believe 'the crop will be good. The prune orchards are looking fine and I look for a heavy yield." THE LETTER BOX. PORTLAND, Or., July 20. Editor Jour nal: Almost every line of business requires a telephone. Under conditions now existing in Portland, they cannot get It. If Mayor Williams wished a new telephone, do you thing he could get It? Hundreds of changes In telephones have been requested from new firms and from business people who have moved to other locations. They are with out service and cannot get it forfciny price. Three dollars an hour was offered last Sat urday to have a telephone placed In the Fall ing building, but the party didn't get his Jphone. JhishowsQuJhowwe ful the public are"belng served by this com pany. A strike of this same character was continued in Chicago for 11 months and won by the striking linemen. Now Is Portland to be treated In the same way? I think It Is within the power of Mayor Williams to do something to relieve the situation. City of ficials are not merely elected to grant fran chises, but also, to e,e,that such franchises are carried out'tone letter. This telephone company was granted a franchise to serve the public in Its particular line of business. Are they fulfilling that franchise when It Is impossible to get a telephone? I think not. and upon this ground they should be In formed by the Mayor to do so, or forfeit their franchise. Another point for consideration is this: The Oregon Telephone Company purchased the Columbia Telephone Com pany's franchlse and have abandoned the old Columbia wires and poles. Now there Is no question but what the Oregon company should be compelled to remove the Columbia outfit from our streets. If this. Is done It would require the calling to work of the old construction force and the trouble would be settled Immediately. SUBSCRIBER. PORTLAND, Or., July 19, 1903. -To the Editor: Permit me to say a few words re garding the many and severe criticisms1 which have lately appeared in print con demnatory of our guardians of the' peace. While the results are better than no re sults achieved by the department in the va rious and flagrant" holdurs reported, prove beyond the peradventure of a doubt that a part at least of such unfavorable comment is wholly deserved, It seems; to me that a great deal has been said which to any unbiased mind ' must needs appear unreasonable, to say the least. Charity has ever been one of the noblest features of humanity, and If we would live up to the precepts of the good book, we must "give the devil his dues." Let us be charit able, therefore, and dispassionate and de- lilulIVi livt vuc iJiiLrvooiuici t Tf la baM rhar ntir nn1lA tfVfA 4a wVlrtl !x W inadequate to protect the city, and whlle Portland has been steadily extending every direction, our police department only Improved in the outward appearance of the men. . Referring to the remarks of Mr. Gladstone Stevens published In your last issue, Is It not passing strange that the gen tleman did not disclose his identity to the detectives? Surely it cowld not have been Jgouchjroubiejrprjb department, even if he had no time to go to the station In person. No! It Is their busi ness to hunt us up, not ours to run them down, he says, but he forgets that detectives even, are only human. Doubtless they would have Been quick and glad to call on Mr. Stevens and thankful for any Informa tion he might have given them, but appar ently he enjoyed his experience to such an extent that he did not like to rob others of the same opportunity by endangering the gentlemen who were engaged in furnlshfli the amusement. Dumb drutes were ordained to suffer In Hence nnri even some of them have tho 1 faculty of making known ' their sufferings, but are not human beings supposed to pos sess 'a higher degree of intelligence?- Re spectfully yours, JULIUS ADLER. Omnibuses were first seen In Paris In 1827, and the name Is nothing more than the Latlri word signifying "for all." "Cab" is an ab breviation of the Latin word cabriola, which was changed to cabriolet in French. Both words have a comman derivative cabriole signifying a goat's leap. The exact vpason for giving- it this strange appellation Is un known, unless because of the lightness and springiness of the vehicle In its original form. In some Instances the names, of special forms ofcarrlages are derived frorn the titles of ,the persons who. introduced them. The brougham was first used by the famous Lord Brougham, and the popular hansom also derives its name from Its Intro ducer, Mr. Hansom Landau, a city in Ger many, waa the locality in which was first made the style of vehicles bearing that name. , , i. . . i .