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lidito'fiiMlage .of IE3 Journal PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1904 . 1 .... . 1 . THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; t, . AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 4 - . C S. JACKSON Published every win Oxcept Sunday) et The Journal BuUdlng. Fifth "LET THEM TAKE THEIR ,,T ET THEM I ' J anthrbplc, pie of Port take their chance," humanitarian mayor. "If the peo- Portland, the women stranger within our rates, unaware mayhap, of the danger, like to risk their lives upon the Morrison street bridge in its nresent condition, let 'em go ahead. We don't care, Let them take their chance." " 4 "Let them take, their chance." This is the policy of the municipal officials of Portland in a nutshell. The con- verse is: "Let us make hay while the sun shines. Let the great army of grafters keep on grafting while it Is yet day, ; The night may be coming soon for us all when the people 'of Portland w ill no longer tolerate anarchists .in its municipal offices; WcTre keeping the people quiet Just now by. pretending to investigate something behind -inaait Annrm nhprp u f. nsiaa the' time aulte Innocently. smoking and pleasantly cracking Jokes the so easily befooled ones. Meanwhile, register the honest voter from the city Jail. Fill up the city pay roll wltfi names of slum allies." "Don't, oh don't criticise that grand old man, our , be loved mayor," wails the Oregonlan. "He is past master at Miitn ihA niitttAm hniiae nthr nlarM of flrrnftera.'. Tt as his record in this line which helped in electing him. He Is not to be influenced by popular clamor. W will see to that. Don't suppose for a moment that he Is a factor in municipal affairs. ' ' , ' "Just look at the lovely bluff our good mayor made about the enforcement of the curfew law. It fooled "heaps of flkr nd now you're .callingLMsbluff with all this fuss. No one need know that the children of all ages roan) the streets of Portland under cover of the friendly shades of night at all hours, unrestricted. Of course the police are far too busy working for election of their friends to bother with a lot of children. Let them take . their chance of moral contamination. That. Is"" their business; we only sow the seed, the harvest concerns us not at an." ; ; According to the Oregonlan it is vicious to call atten tion to corruption in municipal affairs; it Is a sin to en danger the present administration's chances of retnstate- ' inent In power by exposing Its illegal methods of securing votes. It la a high crime and misdemeanor to criticise Mayor Williams, or assume that he is a factor in munic ipal affairs. Let The Journal be' .anathema therefor. . The reasoning of this high principled newspaper is akin to the reasoning of one Touchstone: Why If thou never wast at court thou never sa west good manners; If thou -never sa west good manners, then thy wicked, and wickedness is sin and Sin Is art in a parlous state, good shepherd." NEARING THE TUG OF f I iHE CRUCIAL TEST for the Lewis and Clark con ' I ' gressional appropriation will come not In the house, but In the conference committee which sooner or later must decide Us fate. The senate has passed one bill, very favorable to the project. The house presents a radically different bill, very much less favorable and which, if it becomes a law, will deal a hard blow to the whole enterprise. In the event the house. adopts its own bill and In the event the senate refuses. to recede from the provisions of its 'bill, then the' matter will go to a conference committee of the two houses. What that com mittee decides Is likely to be final. The conference committee Is, therefore, of the Utmost importance. St. Louis has been so exceedinglly fortunate before the present session of congress that there seems no good reason why Oregon should not fare proportionately well. This does not imply that there is not a. great deal of hard work ahead or that the passage of a really favor able bill will not demand the ceaseless vigilance df those who are striving- to secure Its passage. But with the St. Louis example before themmany things that were" al- . leged to be Impossible have become possible arid if the purpose Is to "tote fair" no valid reason can be advanced . prglylng tbeJ)regoa.enterprl8e .the ..gold shoulder. J 'White no effort should be relaxed to get the most fa vorable concessions possible from the house, on the final showdown the friendly disposition of the conference, com mittee ,wlll go farther to solve the problem than all other influences combined. With this borne in mind we still liavei great confidence In an ultimate which will extend to the enterprise that" merit aid which In the light of past contributions to other similar enterprises Is so well deserved. V ' Besides being Washington's birthday, a day which Americans always and everywhere reverence, this Is like wise an anniversary of peculiar interest Oregon. At 4 o'clock Jn the afternoon rOMTXCAX. SSRTKOYXira AJTOEL. From the Astoria n. If one were to take the Oregonlan seriously, all the noise in its columns recently about th row between Simon ltd anti-Simon, factions in Multnomah .county developed at the recent Lincoln 'banquet might go down as truth and gospel, but in the light of facts the Oregonlan, destroying angel of Repub lican harmony in Oregon, made the most out of a very ordinary affair, so far as a political row was concerned. If the Oregonlan wants harmony In Republican ranks In Multnomah county Its course does not show it. The bigger and fiercer the struggle, the better that paper seems to like It; nd nothing Is omitted from its columns that will add fuel to the flame after the Oregonlan Is careful to see that the fire la properly started. Multnomah county ought to be set off Into a Jurisdiction by itself until the po litical death rate of the Republican party In that locality la lessened by proper sanitation and the leaders become clothed and In their right minds. The political sins of Multnomah should not he visited upon our children even to the first generation. Nor the Oregonlan be allowed to scatter . widespread the disaffection. , . A XJLWTEK'g 950,000 IAX.ABT. s i From the New York World. Edward M. Shepard leaves a place - with the rapid transit commission pay ing $10,000 a year to become one of ha Pennsylvania Railroad's counsel at a salary reputed to be live times that amount, or equal to that of the president tf the United States, What was form erly a minor branch of the profession, that of commercial law, by its develop ment into corporation practice has De tune the most profitable line of legal pursuit, if not the one most conducing ti national fame. -. With tfils fvolutlon v hasj come a i hange -of manner and method 'In the lnwver no less marked. Rhetoric and oratorical accomplishments are sub wrdiuated t dispassionate statement tit the law In the case and a skilful cita tion rif precedent. All warmth Is left for the criminal lawyer, pathos is rele gated to resntry court rooms and mt Is retained merely for its saving grace. A PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. OFFICIAL, PAPER OR THE CITY OF CHANCE, 1847, the battle of Buena VIM a was begun, the American troops under-Zachary Taylor, afterward president of the United States, and the Mexican troops under General Santa. Ana, president of Mexico. It was there that Gen. Joseph Lane wod his promotion by his gallant conduct. Born In North Carolina he came here from Indiana, was United States senator from Oregon and a nominee for the vice-presidency,' " A CHANCE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY says our pnii- and children or the I HERE is a growing sentiment in this state, based I upon' sound Judgment, that there is only one way ' In which the Democratic party can be built up arid that Is by avoiding entangling alliances with either faction of the1 Republican, party. So long as the highest motives for its being are the loaves and fishes of public dfflce, even when gradgingly doled out by one of these' fac tions, there is In reality no reasonable excuse for its ex istence. :'4.-' V' -One of the. most fortunate things that could happen the city and state -would be a strong, well-managed and ef fective; minority party. The overwhelming "preponderance of any' one party leads to obvious evils in the administra tion Of public affairs. When the party is so powerful that It divides Into two factions, the purpose of each of which is the spoils of office, the public good being merely Inci dental and casual, we have a condition of affairs which may well challenge public attention. ' But rightly considered this gives the Democratic party the very opportunity which It seeks to build up an organ isation that .will command the respect and sooner or later the confidence of the voters; 'The starting point would be an absolute refusal to fuse upon any terms with either of the two Republican factions. Then the party should stand for certain well defined principles. As evidence of US good faith it should nominate men of a character and standing that they themselves would constitute a platform upon which to go before the people. Such a party need not be afraid of defeat. It might indeed expect them at the beginning. But with a bold enunciation of its prin ciples, with public evidence of an ability to fight for them and to stick by them under all circumstances, backed by the evidences of good faith 'which would come from the quality of men put forward to seek the public suffrage, the enduring foundation of a party organization would have been laid and a standard would be planted about which all friends of good government could confidently rally. Thers Is everything in the way in which the thing is started. Perfect good, faith must be demonstrated at the very outset. If fhere is no choice .between? the methods and promises of the political organizations the so-called at the expense of manners must bo damnation. Thou v Democratic party WAR. duty is to prove Itself. It cannot expect the voters to give it more credit than it deserves. Every inch of Its progress toward success and into the public confidence must be won by hard fighting for, the principles it processes. If it pro ceed upon any other theory its efforts are' foredoomed to defeat and Its organization is s far as it ever was from a safe and secure foundation. THE QUALIFIED MAN FOR THE PLACE. IT IS QUITE conceivable that the eastern senators do not want Senator Mitchell to succeed to the chair manship of the interoceanlc canals committee left vacant by the death Hanna's life Senator Mitchell ranked third on the com mittee, the second place being occupied by Senator Piatt of New York. The latter la now in the- direct line of pro motion but, belrur interested in other lines of committee work, would prefer to continue them rather than to as sume the greatly Increased responsibilities which would fall to him as the head of the canals committee. In this emergency there are rumors that an effort will be made to sidetrack Mitchell to another Important committee to give some other senator the place at the head of the canals committee which will be his In the event of Senator Piatt declining It. - Such a course would naturally be' resented by Senator Mitchell. ' This committee has now grown to be of the profoundest Importance. So far aa Senator Mitchell is concerned there are few men in the country better qualified to head the committee. ' He has for years made a profound study of the Isthmian canal question. No man has been a more strenuous, consistent and, unremitting advocate ot such a measure. It is a question which has interested him both from the standpoint of statesmanship and the local ad vantages which would accrue to his state from the con struction of the canal. This being not only true but well known to all his confreres in the senate any talk of super ceding him in the event that Senator Piatt declines the promotion is not merely unjust but utterly ridiculous." " favorable outcome degree of govern to the people of of February 22, plea is carefully shorn of Us "phrases" snd the arts on which a Webster or a Rufus Choate rellod are disused as likely to prejudice rather than convince. None of this corporation pleading gets Into the .school books for recital by the budding orator. As literary composition It has features of the commonplace. But that It is financially remunerative be yond all other forms of practice admits of no doubt. And from the corporation point of view the large fees are regarded aa not excessive for the safeguarding of business Interests literally colossal. GOOD rOKTTJJTH IK DXSASTEK. From the Baltimore News. ' Given the amount and nature of the property destroyed. Baltimore has beerr wonderfully fortunate 1n almost all the attendant circumstances of its great conflagration. It is a tremendous blow to have the heart of the business sec tion of the city eaten out at a stroke, but every other circumstance of the situation bearing upon the condition and spirits of the people has been extra ordinarily favorable. First and fore most, there has been no luxa of life; secondly, only a mere handful of people have loat their homes, ao that the sufferings of great numbers of persons with no roof tg shelter them are not added to the distress; thirdly, the rail rood terminals are wholly ' untouched, thus; permitting supplies to come In without delay or confusion; fourthly, the great public building, ao near to the burning region, hav eacaped' uninjured, a cause of congratulation on its face, and especially welcome because Injury to the postofflce or the court house would greatly add to the difficulties of the situation; fifthly. Insurance was so widely distributed that the force-of the blow as a downright and immediate money loss Is broken, the prospect being that almost every dollar of insurance will be paid; and last, but no far as the immediate sltustlon is concerned by 'no mesne least, the weather has been at most Meal winter weather. . . ...... , . '. , Absurd. . -. From Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "Look at those Jolly young people oves there. Are they in lover.' . . . ..... "Dear, not Why, they've been married two years.' . . ' JNO. P. "CARROLL and Yamhill streets. Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND con only hope for the worst of-It," (, Its of Senator Hanna. During Senafot ATE BAEbBOASnra. From the Baltimore American. The action of the borthwestern Rail way company in forbidding their train crews to exceed schedule time In order to make up lost .time is one that will greatly exasperate the Impatient and In considerate traveling public who have become danger-hardened, yet it is a wise and Judicious move. The train that. In speeding to make up the lost minutes or hours, is wrecked at a cost of numerous human lives', with all the tragedy at tached to each, has paid a fearful price for the convenience of a few persons who would have been accommodated by the train's timely arrival at Us des tination, to say nothing of the terrific waste of life to sustain the prestige of a corporation. A general Improve ment of roadbeds and safety appliances, accompanied with actions such as that mentioned, would render the railroads of this country the best and safest in the world, and would put an end to a reign of recklessness such as Is. not realised or appreciated except when the fearful penalty Is sometimes exacted by outraged nature. A KZHT TO KtLxiai, From the Baltimore Sun. Wayne MacVelgh. the lawyer and dip lomat, has on the outskirts' of Philadel phia an. admirable stock farm. One day last summer some poor children were permitted to go over his farm, and when their inspection waa done, to each of them waa given a glass of milk. The milk wss excellent. It came, in fact, from a f 2.000 cow. -"Well, boys, how do you like It?" the farmer said when they had drained their glasses. "Ge! Fine!" said one little fellow. Then, after a pause, he sdded, "I wlsht our milkman kep'.a cow." barker Bald Xfothlag. From the Boston Herald At last Judge Parker of New Xo ; has been to dinner. There was coplbus hos pitality, music snd smilax. ftlaoa let ter, from Grover Cleveland, XwiJ not a word from Judge Psrker, who ate. dranx ind listened. Parker lies low, : Oregon Sidelights In one ' respect Albany Is a "slow" town; there Is not a prisoner In the Linn county Jail. - ; ' , . ; , "A quiet little wedding" in Medford Is reported. Perhaps the groom did not have the price of a full grown wedding. .' The Salem Journal says Salem needs, among other "better" things mentioned, "better editors." It Is never -too late to mend, colonel. , ,',-' Nine men' have already publicly" an nounced their desire to become sheriff of Grant ' county,, and 90 others, mere or less, are yet to be heard from. . t y . A Spokane man named Ham wants to be nomlnated.,..for governor. He has "a natural hankering for political pork.: ; Two boys and their dogs killed . a cougar- on the McKenste river that was nine feet long and weighed over 200 pounds, and four creatures were', made happy. , ; ' . An Arlington woman yawned so' widely and deeply that her Jaws were dislo cated. Hereafter she will endeavor to restrict herself in this exercise to yawn lets. "Good roads" talk is Increasing all Over Oregon,' especially .in the Willam ette valley; which is well, but it might as well be remembered that money Is the most effective talker. . ; The Leland correspondent r of the Grants Pass Courier announces that "as soon as R. G. Virtue has- time to consider. his speech, he will present to the people of Leland a speech on the Issues of the da.r In the light of the Republican lamp." What office he wants is not stated. The Dalles Chronicle, speaking for or - of - Republicans -of Oregon,- says: 'There is no dissension in the ranks," which leaves a reader in doubt aa to whether the editor has been asleep or is becoming a humorist. Two Oregon City doctors have been sued for $5,000 damages by a widower whose wife died undet' their treatment If this sort of action should become frequently successful, the crowded ranks of the medical profession might soon become comfortably thinned. ' Forest Grove, Times: Pets Peterson was doing some work in the south part of town the other evening where he' was using his hatchet. As he came up he had to go to a neighbors on an errand and struck his hatchet in a telephone pole near the school house. When he came back it was gone. The party who took It had better return It. ' The-Springfield, iee--C-ettntyr-4fewft after giving Speaker L. T.' Harris a send-off, add ; "Mr. Hermann can d Just what he; should have done a long time ago; go to the rear and sit down." But Hermann wlir never "go;" he "will have to be "drug." ;,' . , Miss Retta Andrews made the trip of 75 miles on horseback through a heavy snow storm in order to reach the county seat of Umatilla county and take the examination for a certificate . to teach school. That school ma'am is likely to make the big boys behave. Business conferences and gossiping are rendered easy in the settled agricul tural districts of Morrow county, where over 400 farmers and stockralsers have telephones In their houses, the sound conveying medium .being barb-wire fences. r1 Union county is going to have fruit to eat, if not to sell abroad; one nursery man last year planted 40,000 apple trees and 10,000 cherry trees, and will not have enough to meet this season's de mand. Fine winter apple region, that. A Jefferson, Marlon county, citizen considers that President Roosevelt Is not is high favor In -that town, where, he says, only one baby has been born in the last 20 months, and that one was a "transient." If this be not a slander, Jefferson people should wake up to a realisation of their duty and privilege. . Thus opens a petition to Represent ative Hermann: "We, your humble constituents, and members of Sluslaw Grange No. 64, P. of H., assembled In full, do hereby pray and petition and humbly aak that yqu will, with your great ability, use your power and in fluence," etc. From which It may be supposed that the great and good Blnger is viewed with much awe by the Slus law grangers. Things People Want to Know To the Editor of The Journal Will you please settle this dispute between a couple of your subscribers and oblige? An article In an eastern paper headed, "Osage Indians richest tribe in the world; each and every one has $4,600 on deposit In safest place in the world, in' Uncle Sam's bank;, drawing five per cent interest, also several hundred acres of land." Now A says, if a white per son married one of the women he has a right under the law to draw this money on deposit; also to sell or mortgage the land. In other words If a person mar ried into this tribe does the land and cash belong to him or his wife or does the United States stjll hold same as a sort of trustee. ' TWO OLD SUBSCRIBERS. . T. A. Wood said: "While I have not read the law on this, subject for some time, yet my recollection and under standing, of it, I can say the husband would have no right to the sum on de posit with the government; he could not obtain It In any manner; the government would continue to pay the interest to the woman the same aa before marriage. Of course she could give him this in terest money if she wanted to for she can do what she pleases with that. The husband would not have any Interest In the land that he culd sell or, mortgage; In the event the woman should become sble to convey the la'nd he would have to Join in the instrument of conveyence, in all probability. The theory of the law Is that the benefits conferred are for the Indian blood and not for the white. The children of such a marriage being of the Indian blood, would inherit - ' "I do Jiot remember Just the sum of money or the amount of land the Osage Indians have this way, but it is large and I think the figures sre about right as stated. - This was an early treaty and different from most of the latter ones. It gave these - Indians . a special and greater privilege and benefits than has usually been done, c "The government sets as their guard ian, the same as a guardian of a minor acts for his ward." . life CaTer. ' ' -From Comfort. V Chsrlle, whose salary Is $( per I was reading the other day where a 'girl wss poisoned by eating chocolates and died In awful sgony.- ,. ' '. Mabel The -poor girl would have been alive yet If she had been going with Oregonians Now -New Tork, Feb. 16.To the Editor of The Journal An Oregon association has been formed here, with Arthur M. Plato, formerly of Portland, president and Miss Musa Geer of Salem, secre tary. The object Of the association Is to advertise Oregon, Names land ad dresses will be kept o Oregonians Tiers in New York. Oregon people contem plating visiting New Tork. can find by writing to the secretary or president the whereabouts ot friends. Mrs. Edyth Tocter Weatherred has taken an active part Jn -getting the society started. Arthur M. Plato la an enthusi astic Oregonlan, and he and his. wife are doing some good missionary work for the state. iS'u The following are a few of the Ore gonians here: , Virgil ison Of Baker City is at Colum bia college studying medicine. . . . , , Mrs. Myrta Marsh Kinder of Salem is the wife of a New York banker. Bert Bye Geer of Salem Is , on the Daily News. He and his sister, Miss Musa, the. latter doing magaslne work, are living at 139 Edgecomb avenue. Homer Davenport and family, his sis ter, Miss Alice, and father, Hon. T. W. Davenport, live at 143 North Fourteenth street, East Orange,. N. J. ; Henry T. Finke of Aurora '- is a- re porter on the Post . .: Frank Cusick of Portland' is a re porter on the Journal. - v ri " Mrs. James C. Bennett; 1?1 Warbur ton avenue, Yonkers. is a daughter of Mark Malarkey, Portland. - Her husband is a practicing physician. - . ? Miss Hurley, daughter of the late Judge Hartwell Hurley bf Portland, Is studying music here. , Dr. Hugh Mount of Oregon City Is at St Bartholomew's clinic as house sur geon. " Letters From To the Editor of The Journal What Portland needs - is a wise, economical and business-like administration. ; Un der the present regime it Is Impossible to have a well organised government, as the city" Is In the hands of "bosses." We have had two boss rings under dif ferent names, : but virtually the govern ment of the city has been In the hands of the same grafting leaders. If these leaders or bosses possessed intelligence or ability the burdens Imposed by them would not bear so heavily upon the tax payers. As an example: Over $1,000,000 has been spent in the construction of the macadamised streets and sewers, but so far as the streets are concerned the money might -Just as well have been dumped Into the Willamette. ' A mac adam street to be of service must be well rounded In the center, and have good drainage. Here the macadam streets are perfectly flat, -with, no pro vision whatever for , carrying 1 away water; . the results are that the streets are an unsightly mass of mud. Another example is the tow-boat McCracken. xThis boat which was con structed in Seattle, cost a large sum of money. When completed she was ac cepted by the commissioners 'without Inspection, and paid for. i She was soon found to be wholly inadequate In every particular. The machinery had to be taken out and replaced by ' new, at an expense almost equal to that of building a new boat. And this is not all. The boat Is too large for Us present purpose as she draws eight feet of water, Ja un wieldy and difficult to manage. " The McCracken would make a Splendid sea going tug, or an excellent fire boat, but is not fit for the purpose for which she is now used. She is also expensive and requires at least three times the number of men of the ordinary towing dredge. The old boat, which originally cost about $6,000 is far better fitted for the purpose than the new one, and . Is Only one third as expensive. Still another example is the fire-boat under course of construction ' and in which the commissioners intend? to in stall . French tube boilers.- 'Wherever these boilers have been tried in this country they have proven a failure. If the commissioners , really had the in terest of the tax-payers at heart they would put m Scotch marine boilers. In these boilers a fire can be built in the morning and banked and It will retain Its heat for 24 hours and be ready for use. .',...'... Another evidence of extravagance la the bridge on First street which is to be constructed at an expense of $10,000, but no doubt when finished will have cost $100,000. The whole gulch' on First street. Front street and Water street could be filled and made sightly for less than $30,000. A road could be built on Marquam hill, lot can be bought here for $60 to $100 per lot, and the railroad run by gravitation and the dirt taken out, loaded in cars and dumped in the gulch. In a couple of months the whole gulch could be filled and made Into valuable property and in a few years Us value would be enhanced three times the amount expended in the work. The cltlxens were lold that when the new charter was put In operation, that under it they would have a government of which -they would be proud, but so fsr the results have not been flattering, as taxes have been higher than ever before. There is a clause in the charter which makes it necessary for the city's books to 'be experted once a year, This charter has been In vogue ' over a year, but up to date the books have noc been touched. The county ' books have been partially gone over and a great deal of the city's money found- to be misappropriated. Judge Carey was em ployed for the prosecution of the mal efactors, but no definite results are forth coming. It would seem that the city attorney ought to take this matter In hand, and bring it to a culmination so that the rights of the city could be maintained. , THOMAS GUINEAN. v The raving Queetloa. I Portland, Feb. 422. To the Editor of The Journal While jny improvement tax has been limited to a small sewer assessment I expect some time in the near future to be paying an Improve ment assessment, and If you will allow me space I would like to express myself on this paving question. When it comes to paving in front of my property, which I think will more than likely be macadam, for the reason that I am pretty well, out from any other, pave ment, and knowing a little about this business, I will sure make an awful howl If It has to go down the same way as macadam pavement is put down in other parts of the city. The Idea of putting down a macadam pavement with six , Inches of crushed stone, without even a gutter to carry oft the water ftom the street. Why, It's Simply non sense; macadam . will surely absorb water when there -Is six Inches of mud In the gutters washed in from other streets, which makes the street- flat In stead of having' a crown. "' ' I want to say to you that six Inches of stone on this clay surface is Just making a bill of expense in my estimation and I hap pen to know a little something about it . The only way to put down a macadam pavement -is to first grade your .street and then roll it well and put, say about five Inches of stone down and have that Living in New York - Miss Gates, daughter , of the late Mayor John Gates of Portland, Is here studying music. ' . t . Captain Edwards, formerly with the American Book company, Portland, is living here with his family.: 1 1 v ' J., J. Montague, formerly of the Ore gonlan, is on tho Journal. . ' . - Carleton B. . Harding, Oregon City, Is a civil engineer with the Bubway Rail road company. ; He and his sister. Mis" Imogens Harding, who , is - studying music, is Hying at the Washington inn, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth .street' 1 Mrs. Catherine Celeste-' Coggswell of Springfield, Or., is here for. the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Platoy for 2 years citlsens of Portland, have offices at 160 Nassau street, room 1124. They are well supplied with Oregon literature and have sent many people to Oregon. The Oregon counties would profit by putting Plato in charge of an exhibit on some prominent, lower floor and con tribute to the support of .an, information bureau. I know of PlatoX good work and- pronounce ' him the ; most ,- reliable man in New , York for booming Oregon who is available for such work. Oregon ought to have' a headquarters here and the' expenses paid by the "state. 7 Frank Matthews. M. . D., of Eugene, has a position over . on Blackwell's island. , , Professor Vinlng, 'formerly of Ash land, is with the New. York College of Drama on Fifth avenue. ' t , T. W. Lee, formerly "general passen ger agent of the Union Pacific .in Port land, Is general passenger agent of the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad com pany. ' V- 1 George N. llayler, well known In tall-. road row. Portland,' is with the, same company here. ALBERT TOZIER. the People. well v rolled, ', then on top of that put about three Inches of - your - crushed stone thoroughly -rolled and then bring it to about one-half Inch of the- sur face and have that rplled again and then surface It with your screenings,, making 10 Inches in all. Any less than this Is Just throwing away that much money. As one property owner has Btated, you had far better throw it In the river, and when it comes down to pavements, there are only three, first, stone on a concrete foundation to your wharfs and freight yards and to your large commission blocks; then asphaltum and brick on a concrete base. Either of the latter two pavements give about the same results. These two pavements can be very easily spoiled by the carelessness of the manufacturer at the kilns or by the mixing at the asphalt plant. While the asphaltum may be th'e most desira ble, owing to Its smoothness, the other ia home produet. Nowr pick-what ou want. The two last named pavements are put down, all over the world in the business streets, and macadam is used in most cities in the suburbs and gives good satisfaction, but you can't put it down for 36, cents. I doubt whether you can put it down for less than $1. be cause you certainly need either brick or a stone gutter or a concrete founda tion, and then you don't want, to be putting down a block here and there. Let the people, petition for good pave ments and I am sure the council will grant them, and your .city engineer will be more than -pleased kto see that, you get them put down right ? Pave tM ity first where 'the business l1s, "Look at yoor streets from the depot to Wash ington street; why It's a disgrace to any city. Why not try and agitate in soms way to get the business center paved from the river' to at least Park avenue T V , PROPERTY OWNER. ftUl-rald or Call 7 Irs Department? Portland, Feb. 22. To the Editor of The Journal As there has been a great deal of matter published of late in the dally press pertaining to the lowering of Insurance rates in the city and the re organising of the present fire depart ment Into a full-paid force, and as one that has given much thought and had somsDraetleal experience in fire matters. I wish to Inquire of those who are ad vocating a full-paid force, in what way will it be of more protection to the prop erty owners and taxpayers than a call department such ss the city had under the old, so-called; "Simon charter," when the department was kept up to Us full fighting force as required by law. When the so-called afid much-ridiculed "Pen noycr fire commission" was installed it was shown then that the previous com mission had been running the force two extramen short, in esch company, and when It was explained to them that it would be misfeasance in office 'to dis regard the ctty .charter and their oath of office to continue in the same way, they gave each company Us full quota of men, which proved to ,be a wise move and money welt spent, as in spite of the criticism df the dally press and mud slinging of numerous soreheads. It stands on official record that the fire loss during the Pentooyer regime was 60 per cent less than the two years pre-, vious, ,0 any. liKe time since and with less cost to the taxpayers. 1 After the retirement of the""Pennoyer . ..... ...... ahum ui LTnoui a i ii re duced the force, with the result that when an alarm Is given and a hatfull of fire is in sight the chief in charge sends from one to three cells for outlying companies; not that they need more en gines, but the men to man the hose of companies arriving first at the fire, and by so doing leave vast sections .of the city without .protection for hours at a time, and . all this great risk taken to save $40 per month per company as they claim they cannot raise the funds to pay a full company' of extramen. If that Is true, where will they obtain funds for a full-paid force, as the difference In cost of a call and full-paid depart ment will be at least $30 per month per man, as a paid department to be effi cient will require as many men as the present one? , All that is required to make the Port land fire department as efficient as any, is to Increase the number of call men aa follows: - Each first-class truck, io call men; second-class, eight call men, and' third class, six men. Engines, first-class, eight call , men; second class,, six call men. Hose companies, six call men each. With a department of this kind and proper ejecutlvsi officers there could fee no reasonable excuse given for the loss of the west wing of the Park school, for with wo engine companies, two hose companies and one truck company, prop erly directed,' the fire could have been confined to the east wing, without call ing for extra companies. If the citizens Of Portland want a good . fire department,' they thust stop this civil-service, red-tape buncombe, and get down' to ' practical common - sense. All this talk of rejecting men less than five feet nine Inches -tall Is all slush. If general Sheridan had waited until he grew to be five feet nine, he never would have won the battle of Winchester. If Admiral Dewey had waited to obtain the same height there is no doubt that the Spanish fleet would still be floating In Manila bay. All the requirements to be a good fireman Is a. cool besd, a liking for the service and plenty of sand. - As to insurance rates, with a prop erly managed fire department, the rates Small Change Under favorable circumstances the torpedo boat is as dangerous as the toy pistol. ' -. Never did : so many people want to walk across the Morrison street bridge asi now, ; vi'V i jv;-t''i 7 . ; .Russia won't play in. our.' Bt., Louis 1 fair, -not .even If by . next summer she has some victories to exhibit .-, .' Unless' one pays close and particular attention to the news from Santo Do mingo, he never .knows 'Whether the government or the revolution Is on lop. But It is no matter. ' ; , , , Pronouncement - of the publication of. Murat .- Halstead'S s -"History of the Russo-Japanese War" may be expected any day now. The Mitchell Republicans are becom ing active in efforts to preserve, to use Secretary Hay's phrase, their "adminis trative entity.", . , 'Two Kentucky young men who were In love with the same girl fought a duel about her, with fatal results to both. What a lucky girl! . And this leap year, too! In northeastern ;, states people are yearning for the time, a jew weeka hence, when the Ice' and snowdrifts, will begin to disappear.; And then look at Oregon In February! " , , Not only ought there to be more Street improvement- in Portland this year than ever before, but the Improve ment ought to be an improvement upon that made in the past. If "a bad beginning makes a good end ing," the Russians can ' mingle soms measure of faith, and hope with their prayers for victory over the lively little Japs. ; Unless he doesn't mind being the tar get for a storm of verbal arrows and a polyvocal chorus of sharp criticism. Dr. Woods Hutchinson may wish he had not aid publicly what hehought. Senator Morgan announced that his speech Saturday was the last one he would make on! the, canal treaty, but he may. have a few mlUlon words to say yet. If he lives, on the location and management of the canal. Those Balkan states will have no war going on anywhere, and they re main at peace. They can start up a war on as short notice as anybody, scarcely excepting the Latln-Amerlean republics. . ;v v . Senator Hanna's death was unques tionably a severe loss to the. Republican national committee, but. this Is In some slight measure compensated for by the riddance afforded In the resignation of Secretary Heath. . Remembering results two years ago, the Democrats of Multnomah county seem determined to "go it a Ions" this spring, and maintain their political self respect even if they have slight chance of winning any offices. If the csar has abolished his hitherto rigid , press .censorship, so as, to allow the world access to sources' bf: wsr news.' he is either, making progress In practical enlightenment, or elss has con cluded that the guesses made by tome news-gatherers were worse for him than the truth, , a That .venerable but lusty vehicle of the trust-breeding high tariff, the Amer ican' Protective Tariff league, Is circu lating as numerously as possible a pamphlet . entitled. "Why First Voters Should. Be Protectionists." It does not present any good reason why they Should be protectionists of the league's stripe, but their youth and Inattention to economic principles may serve for an excuse. - The Portland policemen have gallantly displayed -their military acquirement s and attractions before the admiring of ficial gase of Mayor Williams and Com missioner Beebe, who cheered the brave pollcemahio . hearts with the wine of compliment, and everybody who . wit nessed the Inspiring spectacle retired with the feeling that if Portland were bodily transplanted to the banks of the Yalu or among the Balkan hills, her citisens would still be perfectly secure, and Justified in remaining entirely serene, , . , vwm 9 AW. Yo Ssn, In the New York Sun. Who was It laid upon Manchuria a 1 greedy band? - v It wss the Rues. And practically claimed It as his own we underatsndT , It was the Russ. But one thing he neglected to correctly count upon, . - To wit:1 a little brown-skinned gentle-; men of old Nippon; . You'll spot him1 if a cartograph of Asia you'll con t' - .-. -. A curious CUSS. - ; . s, Who wss it Jumped a thousand years in , fifty, more or less? It was the Jsp. j,eapea ai a Douno into me xoremosi or , the cosmic press? . 1 It was the Jap. But one. or two things-he retains from those old, ancient days; He's still polite and quiet and consider- r ate in his ways, . v Stjll slow to take offense and somewhat Indisposed to frsys ' A courteous chap! . A shock In the Port Arthur fleet a shock, and then a gap, ! And half a dozen Russian ships were blotted from' the map! They thought It was seismic In Its origin, mayhap . '. But no the Jap . It was. The Jsp i Has several little Jokes on tap In Asia. .. , .. Machinery Went Wroag. From the New York World, , When a Mormon bishop succeeded In proselyting a fascinating ' Englishman and the convert ran away with the only wife a beautiful. Irony of fate! the "bishop had, .It Is safe to affirm that somewhere in the machinery of Utah's scheme of salvation a cog had slipped. should be of the lowest; for the follow ing reasons: ' ' Portland has ' a ' good- water supply, fairlygood streets, and small blocks; only 200 feet square, no alleyways to create back drafts in case of fire, snd" no tarind to .contend wltn, so that with four good working streams a fire can." be held within the block. , It Is all right to have 4-inch hose sivl five-ton engines, but they will hot prove much of a success wlth. short.crew of men and with lack of executive ability. ' ' , ' ; b. HAYER, S2S Twelfth street :