The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 14, 1907, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text1 ; ' : ' THE JOURNAL IV IVPWB.VKENT WItWSirAPKII , C. . JACKSON... ..I'ubHaSer I'uhilabr rnn tIu ai-ut Sunday! and cr Omnia ntarnlun. at TUe Jouraai Quil l- - mx. tutu a lautuui auwta. rarusiHi, -, . KntrrM at ths KxaUlfrkw at Portland. Or.. traiiamlwhaa Utroiutli the auatla secMd-clsaa aati-r. i. TKLKI-HU.s e M1N T17. . All tprlaH-Dl ivmHml ky llill numbar. IIh? opeit tlie department you want. Tetl KDHKICX ADVKUTIHINd BR PR KSR NT ATI VI 7 t'mll Brnjaaita Cfwinl Ad'arllals Altrwr, lis) Naasas afreet, Hmm Yoral Tribune VullaV i. Sohacrlptloa Teraia Lj man to any address . la lua lulled stales. Canada r Maalco: daily ., : i Oii ear.....I...t.Vl I On nwnth. ...... I .M On rear....'-. .'.8:1.00 One stoat..-. .,'..$ .IS . DAILY A XIV HIIKWV fm year...; 7.S0 ( On month. ..... . ,A5 Our reward is la the me n run; not in the prixe. Roger. ' -COMMISSION-BILL PASSED. f RECON WIIX have a railroad U commission law, and except " in one particular it is the law ' framed by the transportation committee of the , chamber of com merce, demanded generally by pro ducers and shippers, and urged for . weeks by The Journal. IWelbelieve the bill was Carefully considered and drawn, and in the main is a good as . could be framed to meet present con ditions -in' this state.' It gives nhe commission power toy regulate the .". railroadaj in ..-.important particulars, and to correct abuses, and we hope and expect that a commission will be appointed, that will exercise that power wisely, and though moderately, yet with chief regard for the people's interests;""! that the railroads will - - to great extent accept the situation and conform more than they have , done; hitherto to the people's needs - and public sentiment,. . ' , ' - The Journal believe that the legis- titureTlTirougli" aTpaf tlsan .piritthaT would better r. have Jbeen yepresseq', erred very gravely in dividing the appointive power and, making the commission elective hereafter, but if -results sought are obtained this pa per will be satisfied-It cared noth ing for a party or any particular of ficial in the matter; all it was fight ing -for was a commission so "created and appointed as toIo ttie1est possP- .'.. Lie " wxirlc land give., the . people -the best possible service. It still believes that appointment by the governor with power of removal is the better plan,' but is quite ready and willing to give its sympathy and support to a commission .created the other way, in all the good work that it may do 'for, the people. ; , ,- The law itself was the main thing, and for" this The Journal ha con tended, apparently not? without ei feet It is the only Portland paper - that supported the commission move' ment or the.Chapin tilL 1 , While 'it was" doing this with vigor and candor, its morning coBempoary, that now , assumes a gratyJatory tone, was ridi- ruling and sneering at the authors and promoters of the bill, and doing what it could to discredit it and to serve the Harriman interests. Two of the member of the com mission, at least, will be Republicans, but care nothing about that, . if they are Ihriight kind of -men. Mr4 Steel is an old resident o Oregon, long prominent in business and poli tics,' and he is certainly competent to ' make a good selection. So is Secre tary : of State Benson. Governor Xhamberlain ' will , doubtless display the same conscientious care and good ' judgment that-Jiave In the past char acterized .his appointments. So The journal on . the whole congratulates --.theipeople ofOregon' on the passage of this bill, and hopes for very bene ficial results.: ', ' " LET PRIMARY LAW ALONE. "TXYOTICEefef"br::Tr'a!em l , grange on the legislature with X 1 ' reference .to . Statement One . and other changes in the pri mary law, is a fair warning. Itttells- those . legislators who "' insist -on changes that if they cannot let the "primary law alone, they would bet- . ... trr .resign. '"Laws enacted by the people through the initiative are in struction to our representitivet or agents as to what we want," says the grange, in effect, "and we believe that public as well private agents should obey the instructions of the principal or resign."..- -" - it is a perfect, statement of .the cane. A sweeping change has come . over the legislative methods in Ore- pan. The sovereignty as to law making is lodged in the people now. They have absolute and. all author ity. TUey can v.nmake any law of the lrgislatvtre, and .'ran make any hw they S ant to. The legislators are entirely - subordinate and their niraKures but tentative, so to speak. A the gra'nge aptly puts it, they are lujtut, having a limited and. very 1 1 ii authority, ; They mitit by suf fci..r,tc lt permitted to cbuugc a Uw tr.KuJ by the people, but it would be the servant correcting, the work of th sovereign. Clt.would, of course, be, presumptuous, but were the of fense trivial, it might be overlooked In the cie of Statement One, it would almost surely be resented by resort to the referendum. ' The primary - as been but once tried, but its effect In that in stance' was salutary. It has served as final deliverance from senatorial scrambles that have been the humilia tion of the &tate and the demoralUa tion of Jhe .legislature, . Jnstead of complaint,' there is .only congratula tion except by politicians, and peo ple are sick and tired of politicians. The masses -want the law in every part to Mind s is evidenced by the keynote sounded by Salem Grange. "We want public agents as' well as private agent to obey the instruc tions of principals, or resign" is their clearly spoken warning to the gentle- m at Sa1m-. It ,is welt that 4he. legislature has heeded the warning. - PRESIDENT AND CALIFORNIA. HATEVER the rnerits of the contention oh ehher side be tween the president and the . Californians 1 or .; however much the latter may exaggerate the danger - of Japanese immigration, if they do, it seems clear that the. presi dent, made one of. his tharacteristi- cally impulsive blunders in declaring so trong!y in bis annual message for the paramouhtcy of treaty. law, and more particularly in threatening Cali fornia with compulsion by the federal army it it did not coniorm to nis view. With all his exceedingly good intention and admirable qualities,, the presidential-time exhibit too much of the spirit of a dictatorj'an occa- sionally rushes into a . position that the country . cannot support him in maintaining. He is disposed Jo be iinpetuouftly-autocratiCr-aod " to aas tume that hi will and word .should and'" must be the ultimate and abso lute' law to which everybody must bow. In consequence of tlii un statesmanlike temperament he some times makes pets of. .doubtful men, and has abusively misrepresented men who merely and mildly differed with htm, and as it' afterward turned utwere tn the-TightHe is. quick to arraign and censure those Who op pose him, yet if he makes a mistake is slow to acknowledge, jt pt to right himself. The California episode has assumed an appearance of large in ternational importance because of the president's unwise treatment of it in his message.) He should have known beforehand that to try to ride rough shod over the people of California would be, not only a difficult but a needless task; What was needed was temperate diplomacy, not the-eoldr ing of a schoolmaster of a generation ago. -. .; . v NOW IS THE TIME TO SPRAY. I T IS the time for winter spraying. In some district outfits are al ready in the field. The prize to be won by the. process i an hun dred fold it cost in money and effort. Dying tree restored to health, and apples saved from an advancing host of codlin moth is a part of the re- waf d. - he, test 1s-orchardxonditions so bettered as to make orchardists rich and the state famous. .. . . . . The limit of what spraying will do for u is a benefit a yet unguessed and uncomputed. j It opens f rway for revenues from apples that ts price less. Our apples from Hood river and Rogue ' river have broken' into the dining rooms and" found the way to" the tables of the New York and London rich. . Their superiority has become known to those who demand the best and pay the price. They art demanded by men to whom dollars are nothing except to supply their appetites arid surround -their- bodfel with the best the world affords. ,, For cs it is a field inexhaustible, a lode never to be worked out. It is a market" we can forever hold because there is no spot thO can produce the equal of our goods. " If we keep the quality up and "we.' shall the jirice will soar higher and higher and the demand grow stronger and stronger. It is a line of industry as promising as the best mines 'in our mountains, more rich in its rewards than our golden" field "of wheatT More than $3 a box this season for apples from Hood river and Rogue river is the cold, undeniable proof of what spray ing, science and intelligent care will do for Oregon orchardists. In the light of the golden hours, what folly if our farmer and fruitmen shall let the golden hour" glide by unused, when it i time to everlastingly spray, spray, spray? - Philadelphia is in the throes of n other revolt against the Republican machine, but the machine ought to win out.. Philadelphia . i hopeless and deserves to be "stolen blind." Reformers that arewhipped back in to the ranks by a party la.b befor real reform,, has fairly begun don'J deserve to be considered seriously. Philadelphia is joined to its .idols, and anybody there who .can't stand municipal rottenness . should move away. ' : . .' ;, ' . TAXING. BACHELORS, THE JOURNAL remarked the other day that in the great .' number of bills introduced in the Oregon legislature' none proposed the taxation of bachelors as such, and some- reader- may have thought that this was a novel propo sition, or one very rarely made in a legislature, but the fact i that a bill for this purpose has hrcn introduced this winter in about a dozen states. An Illinois legislator introduced a bill to tax. bachelor $1. a head, but tlx committee to which it was re ferred never reported it. A Missouri state senator proposes a bachelor tax ot tor the benetit of tee road fund. Missouri had such a law for Several years after its admission.; A like bill, the proceeds to be used to found a home for fallen women, Has been introduced in the Iowa legisla ture, as a result of the efforts of the women of the state, and of the hold ing last summer of an Old Maids' and Old Bachelors' conventio.ru. An. Ia diana legislator would tax bachelors so- as to increase teachers salaries. A member of tie Texas assembly believes his bacbelor-taxfng'bin will pass A Wisconsin lawmaker pro poses to tax -all bachelors over' 30 $10 a year. v In Delaware a represen tative urges a tax on bachelors be tween 5 and 30. In Nebraska, Minne sota and Virginia the subject has been discussed, but no bills are yet pending. - ' - ; " "V ; . ' . TbeJollowing. petition is on file in the Massachusetts state house: "VVe. the unmarried ladle of the town ot Wukefleld. petition your honorable body for a law levying a tax upon bach lora. W tax -t -fee- rlutt rpl 1o war "rronr ?0t0f JS Jefcrs.' I5Tfrom IS to SO yenrf, HO; from SO to 85 years. SIS', from SS to 40 years, $20; over 40 years, chloroform tn large doses. And your petitioners further repreeent that bachelors are a fungus growth on the hip-of society, ; Impeding- -Ma-progress, and wi ot no earthly use except a pall bearers. - ' - .. ' The Journal is not suggesting that such a law would be t wise one, nor advising any member of the Oregon legislature to immortalize himself by introducing such a bill; only showing that it is not a very novel proposi tion, though jSuch a bill never, or very rarely, becomes a law. '.-v.- r If the legislature "can make Elijah Smith Jet go of that 100,000 acres of land over on Coos bay it certainly should do .'o. But the Southern Pa cific has 30 or 40 acres to his one held in the same way, retarding the growth pf the: state. $ . . - . r : i a, Mr. Jerome objects to any other evidence in behalf of Thaw until he has been proved insane, and he ob jectsto any testimony that he is in sane until . Mrs. lhaws evidence is completed, - And there , y' are, Mr. Delmas. But Delmas will work out ' This Is a short month, but If every body who should do cr responds lib erally it may be long enough to raise the balance of that Y. M. CAfY. W. C A., fund. Subacribe early and so encourage others. -. A British authority says Cleopatra was lively, racy' and good company, but not beautiful.' But she could have been no longer young when he knew her' "Railroads oppose elective commission,"- is an-Albany Herald headline. This has ho standing as a statement of fact and is a pfor excuse for a joke, - .'--.. -- . But the presence of the American an announcement that the United State government is collecting funds from the people for a shipping trust . The Hermann trial at Washington will have considerable local interest, but even Oregonians won't read it until after they have read every word Of the Thawirial. . J The state senate did another good job in killing Bailey's bill amending the primary election law. The peo pTewant notTnlcering with It. ; California, or . San Francisco, is somewhat handicapped by being rep resented in some measure by Schmitz, who smells of Ruef. V , As was expected the anti-pass bill "died a-bornin." The average legis lator dearly loves a pass. T While -Oregon is backing in early spring, eastern people are congratu lating themselves on an unlimited ice crop.. ' ' ;- ""'- ' '" " '" - An Oregon City man is ytire the Captain, KiiM treasure is buried along th Tillamook coatu Well, it' as likely to be there as on the African or Greenland coast, anyway. But maybe it turned into that Nehalem beeswax. It will take more than Schmitx and Hobson to bring on a war with Japan. Ttc. Industrious Lawmaker By James J. Montagus. ; CVfashlngron, Feb. 7 The river and harbor bill, carrying' tsf.0o0.6o 'appro priations, passed the house today bjr unanimous vote.) ; ' . Now doth the busy statesman . t - Improve' each shining minute -By opening the treasury . . And blowing all there's In It. Old Bong. If yoo. fancy that statesmen don't work , for their pay that their Ufa is Just grand, sweet song; If you think that they shirk . 'Every semblance of work,. .. , . Tour fancy's wrong. Of tuuise, paltry tntng lit the law people need Bald statevmen are likely to slight, , But you'll see them do bis With a vim and a whls - -',. Whrn there's money enough la sight. Just whisper abroad through the Capl :, tol's halls that a measure's about '".' to go through, - Providing for blowing th dear people's funds to the tun of a billion or " ' two, And tlie lawmakers get .. .j...... v "Tn a furloua sweat r " ' . , ""T"'" And a lather of laudable seal To see that each one, ; . ' When the dealing Is done, - -Gets an ace and five kings In the deaL There's never a loafer In senate or house; all swear that their work's a delight. t"'.- . ' The way they get busy "'Would males a frog discy When there's money enough In sight- The railfbads may hash up their pas senger trains, and congress makes never a peep; ' The trusts may take what ' - 'f - -Thr bflltva they. have aKt, . And th stateamaA wlii placidly sleep. Byaa-andr Belmont and .gent"!. John P. continue to slug and -to slam ' . The pool populace ' V In the. usual place, -, And the lawgivers don't give a cent nut pian an awnquii V .a ' , K irMtiim vault . And they'll labor from dawning till -night; --- ' Till the busiest bee N Seems a sick thing to see, " " " When there's money enough In Sight ';. The Pugilist and Jtha Compo-er. From Washington Times. i Over In New York the other night there wss held a benefit for a broken down, little prise lighter who for years has not done a days work except that Involved-tn-tratnlng forencounter wltB other bmlsera The man had earned -i . ,.. ria nf dollars In the art of pounding somebody else Into Insensibility, all of which he had squandered through the dissipation of drink and other sorts of ex censes. plainly the young fighter should now be Independently- wealthy, and he would be had ho exercised -oven the common sense of a squirrel. Instesd, M Is a battered and poverty-stricken derelict and his friends with a loyalty for which others . cannot help honoring them arranged a performance to help lim i- nn a arav avnil Another actu ally' got together. It la said, 126,000 for bis maintenance. - In a little country town of New Eng lang there lives In poverty and the' piti ful gloom of a darkened intellect on of tho greatest composers this western i.., .rnrfititri He la Edward MacDowell, whoso splendid orchestral works have aengntea munis iurir mnu here and In Europe. ' He. labored for years In the Interest of art at salaries that never adequately paid for his gen ius. But he. gave freely the best there was tn hlmaod that best was glorious. Then came a mind diseased, and now there is hope only ot a long and peace ful twilight A fund Is being ratted v.i nn Vn- ith all the work of 1UI ww, " - " . .... a year or more It has not reached th proportions OX .tn.pnse ugntere re ward. . ai, .kn nrattenA to lOVe tho "higher t tings" of life less willing to translate mat love mm ooum nu cents -than those who regard a "mill" as the height of human enjoyment? They have far more money in ths ag gregate than those who rallied to th support of Terry McOovern, but i they , ttaiarta It Is a sorrowful commentary upon the alleged desire for culture and me line axis in inn v-uumry that men and women all over the land should not pour In upon the promoters ot the MacDowell fund all the money that the stricken maker of beautiful . i- Ortfttnlv the .(lUJ.. - W . ... I" " "dead gam sports" have set them an admirable example lor iiiwravmy ikj preciatlon. - " . February 14 In History. ' 1T7 Captatn James Cook, navigator, rti.rl. Born October 2, 172J. 17 g0 lr Wllllsm Blakstona, -famous M eathorHy, dletv- Jora-i uiy-ie, j77 Ppanlard defeated at battle of Cape St.. Vincent ' ; . . 184X Grand ball glw-en In Park the atre, New York, In honor of Charles Dickens. . . ' . ' . . .. iiua Prance and Turkey concluded treaty regarding the holy place ..of Palestine. "" " 160 Bridgetown, capital or Barba- doea, destroyed by nre. 17 First telephone patent granted to Alexander Oraham BelL 1S90 Hoiine of representative adopt ed Poeaker Reed's new rulrs. 11 King Edward VII opened ths flrst parliament of his reign. "' Waiter, Canned Mermaid. Epicure of the more adventurous sort will befors long have the oppor tunity of passing judgment on tinned dugong, a delicacy wblr.h will soon sp near on the London and Paris markets from northern Queensland, ' says tb Country Gentleman. The dugong. which Is an aquatlo ant mat, and no Hah, la common In some of the shallow waters off ths Queenelsnd coast, and a it 1s a clean feeder, con suming the sea grass wblota grows on the shoals, there sems certainly no reason why ItsVleaH should not be ap petising' enough, . . . The dugong's upright attitude In th water and habit of clasping it young to its breast gave It a- queerly human appearance in the eys of early marl nrrs and explorers, and it has, perhaps, nt yet ceased to appear stuffed In traveling shows s the suthentio body of a m'irmald." Its decline from this romantic role to tlie level of tner tinned meat . douhtl'" rhwrnrterlstlc ot our prosaio and industrial . Letters From the People Water Meter and Waste. Portland, Feh. 11 To th Editor of The Journal The water commission ha proved a failure so far as handling the water In a businesslike manner Is con cerned. While the legislature Is In slon steps should be taken to have this Commission abolished, unless It can rem edy ths evil from which the water con sumers are suffering. million and a half 'dollars have been spent by - the water commission to bring water from Bull- Run--to Portland. It was under stood that the vast Income from the proceeds of this water, which la now from SWO.000 to SoflO.fluO a year, would, be ample to pay all expenses attached to tho project; that It would also pay in terest . on bonds, and would Insure a sinking fund by which the bonds could-) bs redeemed. Were the commissioners satisfied wltn confining themselves to furnishing wa ter .to th city, covering th amount or territory then composing the city, which . for the project . wa extensive, there would bavo been ample water. TnctMil hnni ,n4 nfhep nutlvlna? nrOD- efty adjacent to-IK city BavtV"Ben taken In and enormous sums or money expended for pipes to convey water to these farms and the cost of theso con- diilta placed, on the water consumers of the city proper., Ilad th land owners or tneaa outsiae districts been dealt with tn a business like manner, the cost of these mains would have been placed o .their land, and they, as. owners ot tba land, com pelled to pay for-them. " Th commission Is In a dilemma as to how to furnish water for this immense territory, as many of the conduit are worthless and Incapable of holding wa ter. Th commission even goes so tar as to recommend wooden conduit for the consumers. These wooden conduits are worthless, and not tn use In any modern city, as the water in tnem Be comes contaminated. . - The commission is engaged in placing meters in the houses of small consumers, believing that these meters will save a sufficient amount of water to furnish this Immense scop of territory, ine commission also recommends - bonding the city for 1100,000 In order 40 purchase meters. This sum, however, would not be Isrge enough to place meters In all th" nouses of tbecllyof "Portland". To do this would mean a cost of at least AO,On0, -.Mater arvblng placed linnany of the,- smaller houses, but these oostly Instruments are being bandied la such a reckless manner, that many are al ready broken and hew. one will hav to be substituted. If the coramlsslonere -4a-slst on placing these meters they should at least have competent workmen handle them. They should also be placed on the Interior of the houses Instead ot th exterior, as they are now. where they would not be exposed to th weather; as they are now they are not only an eye sbre to the community, but they cannot last more than two rear exposed to all sort of climatlo changes. - - It would t of Interest to th taxpay ers of this city to know who sre th holders of these water bonds; whether they"ar6hed TbyTe""cltUenrTrTOH land. who hav vast aums ot money lying Idle In bank vaults, or by foreign capitalists. Is It not a fact that the local capitalists are seeking a .safe and sure Investment, hence their undue Interest tn ths water meters anil th Issuing ot bonds? No doubt a great deal of " water I wasted, both in the city and suburbs, owing to the inability of ths water de partment to handle tho bustnesa The greater part of this wast can be stopped by obliging th property Holders to take care of th plumbing In their buildings. In th city of Boston there are no me ters except in great public buildings; nevertheless tho water department has Its Inspectors supervise all building using water. 'This Inspection Is mad once a month by mean of an Instrument,- one end ot which' the inspector places on th water faucet and th other tol his ,ear. and is thus abl to detect the lerfk at once. He reports the fact of th leak to the owner of th building and if the leak haa not been repaired within a month) th owner 1 fined; should this fine" remain unpaid the wa ter la shut off until th leak 1s repaired and the sum paid. The coatNif this in spection - would not be great It w adopted a similar plan In this city,. the income from tines and other source would pay for the Inspection; . THOMAS GUINEAN. ' . ' aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Telling the Editor. .1 Portland, Feb. IS. To th Editor of The Journal I hav often wondered why so many people when feeling that an Injustice haa been done them by th paid servants of th publlo want to write to a paper and scatter their feel ings around tb country In order to re- llev th pressure a little. I no longer wonder, for such is my feeling tonight that I must tell somebody about It. Ow ing to my falling eyesight, due to old ase, I have been virtually condemned to life Imprisonment In my own horn for th crime of alighting from a car that had as I really supposed - come to a stand still to let rne off a the conductor stood by and- let me step oft . with no warning at all. ? . But it's the am old story after all of putting. t he blam .on Eve for the fall while Adam goes free from shar ing tb blamed .. MRS. NORA ARMSTRONG. Sir Mortimer Durand'a Birthday. 81r Mortimer Durand, who ha fust retired from th post of British ambas sador at Washington, was born February 14, 1850 and entered ths Indian civil service Jtn 1871. He went to Kabul In 187 a political secretary to Sir Fred- crick, now Lord Roberts, and was In Bherpur during th siege of th British cantonment. In 1891 th Amir Abdurlroad commission and provide that th Rahman, having expressed hi willing' ness to receive a British mission 81r Mortimer wa Selected by Lord Lans down a th British government's en voy. . This mission successfully accom plished, Bir Mortimer was appointed British minister at Teheran. In IMO he wa promoted to th embassy at Ma drid and three years later cam his ap pointment a British ambassador ' at Washington. It Is thought , hi, diplo matic career Is at an end. - , 'r Bear Fight Locomotive. - -A freight train on th C C L. rall road, J. A. Allan, engineer; ran down and killed a hug brown bear about three miles north of TwMv Mile, Cass county. Indiana, recently. ' The bear probably encnped from a party -of Rus sians who hsi been at Rochester exhlb iXiag...lt animal with two iher per forming bears, and had mad It way to the. railroad track. . It was wearing a mussl and a ring In It nose, tr which wa attached a chalu about 1J feet long. When first seen by th engineer th animal was mistaken for a calf, but when th engi neer sounded hie whlstl the beat reared on It haunches nnd showed fight.. Tho engineer was unams tr stop. Allen picked up portion of th body and took Ultra home a cviaanc. . r i i i ' 1 .1 JJinkelspiei and the - Copyright Law ', By Oeorge V. Hobart. : ' , a Home, DlH Veek. - Meln Lleber I.ooey-Ve vss glat dot you vss making such a pleasant wlslt In Vashlngton, und dls relmnd me, Looey, dot mebb yeu could haf a talk mlt some of dose Congresser mlt re gards to a subcheckt vlch is now gnawing at der bullvorks of our liberty. Der subjeckt vlch I referenoe to. Looey, la der new copyright law vlch affectations many of your friends und at least vun of your relatives, vtoh I Kudolph Bauer sohmidt, der song writer, und a cousin of yours. Kor some Inferior reason der average Congresser or Legislatorial look mlt der lamp of scorn on der man dot writes for a living. - - . - Ven der man dot keep der delicates sen store' valks up to him der Con gresser eggstends red right hand of fellowship und says, "Vot! you hsf In wentloned a new style of potted cheese! Vy, my boy, I vlll get a law passed dls afternoon to protection you sure!" , Ven nr farmer valks UD to htm der Congresser t rows both arms around his ""'j ritaonferMl how to blend tumlpS Und potatoes mltouid der aid of a- mashert Vy, dear old chap. I vlll put a law through at vunc to protection der fruit of your braint" . k K-alwt - But ven der author or composer valks up to him dor Congresser looks in' his lunch basket to see Is dare a lemon left. Took der case of your cousin Rudolph Bauerschmldt for a eggssmpla, please. Rudolph . Is th euthorshlpper of many famous songs such ss, "While der River Runs to Yonkers 8tlll My Luff for You Is True"i und , dot udder vun called. "When der Moonlight Floods der Mead ows I II Com Back to Hackensaek." -.- Der most popular . song dot Rudolpn efer gave vent to la called. "Dough Dey Call My Luff sn 'Onion He'Waa All der Vorld to Muhl" But vot dlt u get OUld Of Itt -! Practlckely nuddlngs. " - Eferyvar you could hear 'dot eong on der , self-playing pianos, on der speaking machines, on der funnygraTs und on der hand organs, but ven Ru dolph yent to der pupllshers dey handed hlm'ritn dollar nnd his hat. , "Ach, JIlmmel,"..et Rudolph to .-.der publishers. "my song is eferyvare! In der cafes, der rathskeller, der lobster emporiums. In . der orchestra. , efry- vareH" " : - - "Bur!" aet der : pupllsher; "It- I eferyvare dot dey doan'd baf to pay royalties!" ' - r "Vot- dlt TOU" mean r set- Rudolph, gasping Ilk a salt mackerel. "Der Idea is yust dls," set def pub lisher. "V put ould your ong vlch haa got sympsoms of becoming popnlar and nfteen minute cftervards efery mechanical device in der vorld I sing ing it or playing it mltouid glflng you vun penny for der result of your brains!" - V r::, .'":,': " "But aln'd ou got It copyrighted?" Inkvlres Rudolph, mlt a grocer bill staring him in der face. L'Yas. hut. deccopyrightjawopan a tell der speaking machines or der self- playing planoe to psy you any royalty, do dey? Inkvlres back .der pjipllshera, Den I vss Stung!" .set Rudolph, pushing der tears -back mlt der linger of bis glove vlch has a hole in it. "fiur you va stung, und vJll con tinuation to bis .stung, vile der law doan'd protection der author undS com poser, set der pupllshers. "You valk into a large compartment store und look dey matter ofer- A voajan valks up py der moosle counter und she says, Hsf you Bauerschmldt' latest ballad, entitled, - "To May Call M Vot You Vlll, Dear, Only Do Not Call Me Slob!" ' und yust der clerk 1 abeuld to sell her a copy for fifty cents, somebody tarts up your song on der speaking machine on der next counter, und der voman says, 'Ach, my leedle boy hss vun of dose machines, so I vlll buy der song on a record so I can sav my sing ing vole to play brltch vlst mlt!' "Dare ts der ides in a nut shell," der pupllshers vent on; "if der voman hat bought a copy of der song in its origi nality, you, a der author. vould get Igs cent royalty, but she bought it already sung on der speskessy, und you get nuddlngs; va you -vise?" e e . "Vot. 1 der use to be vis ven vlsdom get it in der neck svaysl" vlspercd Rudolph. - , ..'. "Anudder ding." vent on der pupllsh ers, "des mooslcal. machineries tak .your song mltouid raying you a penny for it und grind it ould, morning, noon und night, till der publlo. gets such sn anger ofer dot song dot in a veek It is dead." .,",. "Vot, I der answer T" ' Ink vlred R, dolph. . Der answer," et der pupllshers. "ti pi der to make des mechanics! mooslc- ers pay for der vork of udder people's brains, or elos up our song- factories und let dem starve." , "Yes, but how vlll X pay dergTOcert" tnkvlred' Rudolph. "Pay htm mlt der nine dollar v gaf you," set der pupllshers. Such Is der sltlvstton. Looey, und I vish you 'vould speak to some of dose Congressers abouidlt. .Pick ould a Congresser mlt a goot singing wotcs, because he la less likely to be grouchy, . ; . Bevare of der man mlt der grouch. Looey, because he is alvaya ready U larnonTsryou. 7;-' f - :-t"T Yours mlt iutt . D. DINKELSPIEL, 1 -, ; . . . Per George V Hobart - ;:'- Distressed. " From the Albany Democrat . The Oregontan I deeply . distressed over th thought that maybe tb legis lature may pass a law creating a rail- members of tbe commission. ..- . -Over this proposition for th -governor t appoint that paper goes wild. It says the governor insists tremend ously for th privilege of making the appointments In case th Isw shall be passed." On th surface nothing of that kind seems to be apparent. Neverthe less, a large majority of th people of th state would be highly gratified to know that the governor was to he clothed with th power to make such appointments, for no one In the state is better . equipped by experience and knowledge of railroad conditions In th stat to make such appointment than the governor. Th objections of th Oregonian ar purely partisan. The suitableness of persons t aerv on that commission Is of secondary importance with- that paper. Th governor would doubtlns make th commission- non-partisan-most- likely two Republicans snd one Democrat or maybe he wnuM select three men each of whom would differ from th others, but with the governor that matter would not be nearly so Im portant a tn gst three men whom, the railroad eonld not control.; On this point four fifths Of the people have faith in Governor Chamberlain aiw! but very little' faith In a legislature, or In ui eavicf or. me vreguniaot tange The one Thaw turor who la a bachelor Is perhaps glad of it. '. , Even with free water. Brother Wsg non' argument won't wash. - It feeding will do It Senator Bourn will make a lot- of friend In congress. - ' .. e . Speaker Davey adds nothing to hi ' ' gracefulness by getting on a-high horse. -'..-".,:'' ;.' : A great many people would Ilka iO Judge for themselves how bad "Salome" la. ,; ....,-:..-a - :v-r--v-v Dryden Is at leaat to be commended ' ' for not becomlna a New Jersey Ad- . dicks. e e ' ' Oil-consumers will contribute, via Rockefeller, $40,600,000 to higher edu cation. ' . , . . ' ' Mr, Jerome will stunda better chanc of convicting Thaw If he doesn't os his. temper ...... . ;. TAU the essential facts in the thar" caae could hav been fully presented in two dart. J Af least no Oregon normal school , hav been established QUJt beyond th state line. ; t ' . . T,vl"e believe ther nre peopl who real- - -lr don't care to see any more picture of th Thaw. , . , . . i Thhaw trial afford a fin lllua tratlon of th farcicality of tho applied ' rules ot evidence. . .;..,..!- S. S - :.( A New Tork man died of enlargement of th head. T'nfortunatelyy most such " case ar not fatal. : ' ;-.: , -' A fit Louts minister say baptism Is' ' uselesa Not if needed for a bath, per haps he would concede. - ;- " , . '-,'. , , - .;.' ',: It is announced that women's hats . will be cheaper , this spring. Cheaper : than what automobile? ,' - ; .; ; a ' -'."; -.. s : Everybody in office want 4 bigger . alary. Most men who work have to get along witkout a raise. - ; , .. -.., e ''r. r.-K - A scientist , ay . 1,00 'mtorohwLa . , . stand on tn Dotot or they sit down- or lie down on it? - e '. . . Biit a6uTileis"1her . are women In Missonrt - who would be tickled to bs assured of two 11.68 bat a year. - , ' - :iTliere habn almost anoug taken out of -the Culebra out to fill quit a , deep depression on a Portland lot. - . v-. - : ..,, A Virginia woman handed her baby over the fence to a bear, which she mis took for her husband. "But perhaps IT" was a lucky mistake. -t 1 .. . .... ::- fJnow storm this winter hav to: th New York City government, asld rrom Individual and other damage, over 11.000.000.. This beats v our "silver 4 thaw,! Small uli A South Carolina psper says Tt kinds ; f cocktails caw be made of dlwpenswry whiskey. But it would seem that after on had taken IS th other SO would tastei alike. . . ' y j... . -i i. - ,; ' !- ; . A Salem young- man- eloped with' hi y stepmother, and In- North. Dakota a gay old- boy ran off with his on'a fiancee, showing that the course of love takes queer tangenta.. . ' :. . ' . Oregon SitieKglits , Glendal becoming quit telephone center. ' -.- ,, . , -. ' A sheep 'deal at Payett Involved , : $80,000.).' .. ..'' ; ;. . .a llxty Inche of water" hav fallen in Acme in th pasty five months.' : . ' -.- '- Some Malheur county sheepmen ar ..' Contracting their wool at 18V cent. . Fifty member attended' th last meet-; Ing of tb Seaside Development league. . . ''.'' -Two Albany men rod to Portland in a canoe during th high water, and had om hair-breadth 'scape. , v.. .. -,. "' '; ., A . Wasco ' man ha cleared $S.M an acre on 14,720 acre of Texas land, but ' Is glad to get out of that state. .. . . ".. -.-'".". . . .' ; - - , . Albany needs a brick factory, a can- ',- - nery. a condensed milk factory or en larged creamery concern' and a sawmill. .; - - ' '- r v., Th Grants Pass council' ha voted to post tn the various saloons th namss of habitual drunkard to whom It was un- '.. lawful to sell intoxicating liquors. - . - . ". --' . A Mcillnnvlile finrf atarted- Jast fall - with about 200,000 walnut-trees In their" -nursery and t present they only hsve a few thousand, and most of their sales ' were made In Oregon. . : .. . . "' ;"'. : ; i. ,Th Tone Proe.lalmer's compositor I In hospital and the editor says he cut . , his right thumb the first of th week, whlch-cauaee- hlra-te- lima- soma-whit f endeavoring to pick up type. - There I a greater demand for lumper at Myrtle reek than the local mills -can supply, All last summer ther was ' no lumber to be had, and many building enterprises were crippled, or postpon td . altogether -for thl season.', : ; e "e' ... '. ,vi -fr V "' ; The present .Outlook for every elas of business In Rogue river valley dur- -Ing th present year I better than' vet . before, and there Is twice th -amount ' ot bustn! now in sight compared with the' beginning of last year, says the Medford Mall. - ' - N "- e .e ' .." An Eagle Point man started home with 10 fehceposts, bnt on account of th eon- -dIUon of th road had to unload, pull his empty wagon out by hitching - to ' the end of the tongue, reload, and final-" (f had to leave his wagon and take an other day for It. . ' - ---, - y-- - - -r.- - rr,;; When th lc Jam came out of th . upper John Day river It suddenly rose .i about three feet, say th Spray Cour ier, And soon the great blocks of Ice appeared, filling the river from bank to' bank, rolling and tumbling In a seeth ing msas as they . ground ovsr the shal low bars or wer forced high up on th banks. 1 ( ' . . A Kerhy man was hauling a heavy load of hsy, and when his tanm got about midway of a brldg It began to tip. It leaned upstream and foil very , slowly, so thnt th horses and . wsgon slid off the bridge Into the creek arid tho .bridge fell upon them, drowning two of. the horses snd a third was hurt In- the full, so It foil heirless and wa : Browsed. .Tilt leurU escaped unhurt"