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heart and secure comfort.
: Sir Humphrey Davy.
: A NEW REPUBLICAN IS
TROUBLE,
THE Pendleton East Oregonian,
that baa latterly become a Re
publican paper, thinks that the
lata Republican convention In
'Portland "precipitated a political
crlslB in the state," because the Ful
- ton forces that ran the convention
'. "are emphatically opposed to State
, ment No. 1, the popular measures by
, which the people may express their
sentiments on public affairs and
. practically all of the recent political
progress made by the state."
This appears to be so. but the same
Convention Indorsed Mr. Cake for
senator, and his brother was an ln-
Ouential factor In Its proceedings,
and yet the East Oregonian Is trying
' to argue itself Into support of Mr,
Cake as a Statement No. 1 man. The
Pendleton paper goes on to say:
' The people Of Oregon, Republican and
Dunocratio voters alike, are making
' progress. A handful of leaders cannot
, dictate to them any more and if the
leaders do not need the demands of the
people and. five the people the recognl
tlon which they demand and deserve, the
people will hare something to say as
to the fate of the leaders.
Mr. Fulton and his friends cannot
hope to turn back the clock of political
progress. They cannot hope to check
the onward march of popular sentiment
and If they hope to keep the Republican
, , party la power they will get Into the
forward moving band wagon with the
people and make the party strong by
keeping abreast of the progress of the
times.
The people win not stand for the re
peal of the primary law, the Initiative
and referendum or any other popular
measure and through these measures
they will administer their rebuke to the
leaders who persist In disregarding the
; people's power.
It will require the services of every
lnoere and progressive Republican to
prevent the state from becoming Demo
. , eratlo. A crisis has been precipitated
upon the state by the state convention.
Very well, but where does your
friend and candidate Cake come In?
" i Has he been heard to protest against
'. the action of the convention In de
fying the people's demand and will?
Did he or his brother, officially at
the head of the party,- make any ef
fort tQ,snpport Or affirm these pop
ular forward movements? Where Is
- Mr. Cake at? And as his supporter
where Is the East Oregonian at?
NEW PROTECTION AGAINST
BURIAL ALTVE.
ANEW method of proving death,
against any possibility of
burial alive, has Just been dis
covered In the Parisian hos
pital of Lariboissiere. Determinate
experiments have proven that' the
radiograph of a body taken a few
minutes after death will reproduce
Clearly the forms of the viscera, while
a radiograph of the living body fails
to exhibit them.
This discovery marks an epoch
among the most precious of modern
medicine. It Is not long since the
discovery of a child burled alive in
Germany sent a thrill of horror all
oyer Europe. Until now there has
r been no absolute method of secur
ity in pronouncing death, but the
( horrible eventuality so feared by all
' humanity seems precluded by this
new discovery of the radiograph.
HARRIMAN'S HOLDINGS.
W
ITH the 1100.00ft nnn
Union Pacific bonds which
Mr. Harriman has been
authorized to Ihbiia ha i 4
p - - - . v lO 11
a position, it is stated, to issue and
put afloat $257,000,000 of this one
company's securities. The issues
lately authorized, in addition to the
,1100,000,000 of bonds, are $100,
000,000 in preferred stock and $57'
000,000 of common.stock. And be
sides this Mr. Harriman.
he still retains his position of ab
solute master of : this corporation,
has at his disposal for sale or spec
ulation, all the. vst Investment hold
ings of the corporation. These con
sist principally of stocks of other
railroads and on December 5 of last
year, when ihy were down to about
low water mark, amounted to $228,
000.000. .. Thus it appears that Mr.
Harriman has. or soon can have, at
bis arbitrary disposal or to manln-
ulate as bo pleases, railroad secur
ities -amounting to oyer $500,000,-
, Cot!sidorlcs'ib't these securities
are based on railroads, in which all
the people hare a direct Interest, and
which are properly pubiia gather
than private concerns, is not this too
much power to be vested In the
hands of one man, especially a man
of the Harriman type? Do the peo
ple think it a healthy sign, or a clr
cu instance to be viewed with indif
ference, that one such man can se
cure so vast an amount of power
over the transportation business of
the country? But it is not Har
riman alone; allied with him, inso
far as the railroads' relations 'with
the people are concerned, are a
small group of other multimillion
aires, who practically own nearly all
the railroads of the country, and
much besides.
Some day the people of this coun
try are going to wake up to a real
ization of the fact that so much ar
bitrary power over them In the
hands of a few men wont do, and
cannot be tolerated. Even now the
people are mildly trying to regulate
and control railroads to a small ex
tent, but they are being checkmated
and outwitted at almost every at
tempt. Eventually they will have to
give up these efforts, or else get into
far more vigorous and determined
action than they have yet under
taken. AN UNSAFE ADVISER.
IT WAS Editor Geer that proposed
that Governor Chamberlain
should withdraw from the sen
atorial contest. It is doubtful
if Mr. Geer's advice on public mat
ters Is safe to follow. In late years
he has more often voiced the senti
ment of Mr. Geer than of the Oregon
people. He was an original anti
Statement No. 1 man, and has lived
to see his views badly discredited.
He saw Mr. Fulton defeated by the
Republican voters because he refused
to indorse the principle. In the vot
ing he has seen that three fourths
of the people are in favor of State
ment No. 1, and that therefore his
notions on the subject are only the
voice of Geer.
In other particulars, Mr. Geer has
had experience to prove that his
voice la not the voice of the people.
It was his very recent insistence that
he should be nominated for congress,
but the count of the votes showed
the voice of the people to be for
Ellis.
In 1806 the voice of Mr. Geer
was for Mr. Geer for governor, in
1903 it was for Mr. Geer for sena
tor, In 1901, before the Furnish
convention, it was for Mr. Geer for
governor. In each case the people's
bice was otherwise. In fact, the
Tall Sycamore, formerly of the Wal
do Hills, but now of the Umatilla, is
so much, of late, out of harmony with
the popular will as to be an unsafe
counsellor. His demand for Mr.
Chamberlain's withdrawal was as
distasteful as any other of his late
plans to the Oregon citizens.
As to Governor Chamberlain, the
people have tried the man and found
him always true. He never betrayed
them, never sacrificed their Inter
ests, never forgot them and their
desires, never failed to be their gov
ernor Instead of some party bosses'
governor, never failed to conduct the
executive office as their representa
tive, and not as their master, and it
Is but natural thousands of them
should urge him and desire him for
their United States cenator.
PRIMARY LAW IN VIRGINIA.
DOWN In old Virginia a primary
law, and the election or at
least the nomination of sen
ators Dy popular vote, are lore-
most questions. The Richmond
Times-Dispatch says: "No topic is
interesting so many people in the
state of Virginia as the question of
the primary." Virginia is over
whelmingly Democratic, but It seems
that an element of the dominant
party there, as here, Is opposed to
the primary election plan, fearing
that it will break up the party or
ganization and injure the party. One
paper having predicted that to es
tablish and maintain primary elec
tions would in a few years put the
Republicans In power, the Times-
Dispatch says that it "is confident
that Virginia will keep the primary
and will stay Democratic. This state
is naturally a Democratic state, and
the primary is naturally a Demo
cratic institution. The only way by
which Virginia will be driven Into
the Republican ranks will be by the
folly, the arrogance, the corruption
---in short, by the lack of Democ
racy of its present political lead
ers." This latter remark may well be
taken home by Republican leaders of
Oregon. This Ib "naturally" a Re
publican state, and the Republican
party, yielding to the demand Of the
people, enacted the primary law and
provided In it a means whereby the
popular election of United States
senators could be assured, but now
various "leaders" are determined to
destroy the law or render It inef
fectual. The Republican voters will
not stand for this, and we'could par
aphrase the Richmond paper's state
ment thus: "The only way by jvhich
Oregon will be driven Into the Dem
ocratic ranks will be by the folly, the
arrogance and the double-dealing of
political leaders." HV ' rt ! ;
v It was not inconsistent for the late
convention to have refused mention
of the primary law and ; Statement
No. 1 in the platform.. It was a con
vention ol Mr7 Fulton's friends, and
many of them hare all along opposed
Statement No. 1 They are today
what they were yesterday. Moreover
the sting of defeat of Mr, Fulton was
upon them,' and that they should
have manifested spite toward State
ment-No.' 1, the vehicle of their de
feat, is but . human nature.
As to inconsistency, that appears
in striking character, In the fact that
Mr. Cake, who reckons himself
Statement No. 1 man, is a candidate
for senator on an anti-Statement No,
1 platform. No case of legerdemain
in Oregon politics equals it, no spec
tacle of political hocus pocus ap
proaches it.
1 -a
The twentieth annual conference
of the bishops and laymen of the
Episcopal church, and the conven
tlon of the bishops of the eighth dis
trict, now in session In Trinity
church in this city, is a reminder of
another continuous and persistent,
though serene and methodical power
for good that has been operating not
only for 20 years but for more than
three times 20 in the Oregon coun
try. Bishop Scott, the pioneer in
this region,' and Bishop Morris, his
successor,' and other faithful work
ers of the early times, have gone
hence, but their work lives after
them, and is being carried on by able
and faithful men and women.
There seems no good reason for
supposing that the Fulton men will
support Chamberlain, and surely the
Cake men will support Cake, so
where will George E. come In?
Pendleton Tribune. Why. Cham
berlain will have to depend on just
the mass of common voters who are
not politicians and who never get
anything out of "party allegiance."
There are a good many thousands of
farmers, worklngmen and business
men who are not particularly either
Cake men or Fulton men, or any
body else's men, who will probably
vote for the fitter candidate, one
who has done them good service.
The morning paper? having lately
changed its tune on the subject,
which Is not surprising, is now say
ing that if Chamberlain shall get a
popular majority on June 1, he will
be elected by the legislature, without
doubt; but Its afternoon edition rep
resents that if Chamberlain wins at
the polls the legislature, even if it
has a majority of Statement No. 1
men, will not elect him, but will re
sort to former methods. There is
nothing like a paper making opposite
statements; it is then pretty sure to
be sometimes right.
It is not strange if, as reported,
the president is not well satisfied
with the selection of Senator Bur
rows as temporary chairman of the
national Republican convention.
While Senator Burrows is not so con
spicuously a senatorial tool of the In
terests as some others, he has never
on any occasion betrayed any desire
or purpose to be of service to the
masses of the people. His natural
and habitual attitude is one of op
position to all the Roosevelt policies
at least all the good ones.
That cartoon in the Oregonian yes
terday morning, reproduced in The
Journal In the afternoon, was really
quite significant as Indicating the
former paper's true opinion of the
common people, the mass of voters,
of Oregon. When words fall to ex
press Us contempt for them, It drops
a hint, perhaps In unprintable lan
guage, to Its cartoonist. It is due to
him to say that he caught on to the
Oregonian's idea of the people very
correctly.
There Is no getting, away from
this proposition: The wfir to in
sure the election of senators by di
rect vote of the people is to elect
Statement No. 1 candidates to tho
legislature. Those who are against
such candidates are against State
ment No. 1 itself, and consequently
against the popular election of sen
ators. This is as clear as the sun In
a cloudless sky.
An eastern woman thinks that
there ought to be a woman president,
or at least a woman coadjutor to the
president. But each candidate so
far mentioned is a married man, and
if a president's wife can't be a "co
adjutor" it Is pretty certain that she
wouldn't allow any other woman to
be so.
Mr. Cake's favorite argument for
his election Is that the only way to
get things for Oregon Is to "elect
me." Probably the groundwork for
his claim Is that being the champion
political Hopper, he could be on all
sides of all questions at one and the
same time, and thereby catch the
senators "a-comln' and a-gwine."
Mr. Harriman and his family are
coming out to Pelican Bay in Klam
ath county again this summer. It
is a fine place for recreation In the
summer time, and one can stop there
a long time and imagine that Oregon
needs no more railroads.
The president has discovered that
he can't run congress, but he will be
surprised if he does not come pretty
near running that 'Chicago conven
tion. j
A Bend man has ordered a gasoline
launch from Detroit, Michigan, and will
operate it on tlie Deschutes above Ben
ham Falls. The craft Is 1$ feet long
with a five-foot beam anddrawa 14
inches of water. The engine Is three
horsepower. - ' Euch a boat can, be run
for a distance of about 40 milesmtasr
urtng the course of "Jthe rivet, and
should provide a means for much 'Sport
toe seocle la this viclnltr. .
Small Change
Nobody will, admit a desire to run for
vice-president.
Alabama heads the Bryan column In
Denver cunvenwon.
e
Pert, paragraphs .about the sweet girl
gruuuea wiu soon p in order.
Some young men find almost all girls
iiicioBiing except tneir sisters.
A Missouri nlar has an rtr fall
More spare riDs would be better.
O Part v. how mtn neonle have been
looiea ail enrougn lire in my name.
So far Leslie Shaw's remains have
not been round on the Gonneas ranch
Manv voters reafise that thev have
long been humbugged and swindled by
party.
Peary is still begging for money for
a north pole trip. He haa become a
chronic beggar.
It seems .that some men rot awsv
from Mrs. Gunnees' place alive, which
is anomer mystery.
The mayor of Tlmoson. Texas, rets
a salary of $1 a year, which is possibly
more man ne earns.
It looks as if the weather sods had
conspired to save most of the best roses
irom public exhibition.
Isn't there somethlnr wronar In naval
circles? There hasn't been a change of
aamirais ior mree aays.
It haa been remarked that a calr.t
brush is one of the cheapest and best
or Doosters ior a town.
-
Most neonla don't care how or where
Anna and me -prince reiiow are mar
ried, or whether they are married at all.
There are 10 days yet in which May
can do something to brighten up its
dark record so far though it might
have been worse.
Have a little sympathy for the sail
ors on the warships; they are passing
by the best town and reelon on the
coast and haven't a chance to stop.
It is supposed that the reason that
Hnrry Orchard is so anxious to be
hanged is that he is sure to becomean
exceedingly happy angel. So he's been
told.
FAirhnnkii' mnnnc-er uvt thA tIm-
president has as good a chance for the
nomination as ne ever naa. rnis is
probably so. .
President Roosevelt alludes to certain
Americans as people with sweetbread
brains. These, we suppose, go with
chocolate-eclalre backbones.
Henry Watterson says that this Is
he year for the Republican party to
lose. But the choleric colonel says a
good many things that it would not do
to bet on.
Old Senator Piatt's reputation for
ruth and veracity (both, observe) Is
about the worst Imaginable, but he Is
to be believed In preference to Mrs. Mae
Anyoldthlng.
President Roosevelt sent for J. J.
Hill to attend and address the late con
vention, but did not Invite Harriman,
which the latter may consider unfair
discrimination.
A New .York man had four ounces of
rains removed, and seems to have suf
fered no harm. If thev were a eood sorr.
of brains, there are plenty of people
who need them.
Ruth Bryan Leavttt Is going to make
political stump speeches. If she couli
get up a Joint debate with Alice Roose
velt Longworth. they would be sure of
large audiences.
Whv don't the llauor men and brew
ers try to make the people believe that
if ironiDUion wins me grain ana nops
ow used In tneir Dusinens wouia oe
made Into breakfast foods? Wouldn't
that defeat Prohibition?
Oregon Sidelights
Cottae Grove is to have a handsome
new hotel.
A Wallowa county man's new milking
machine milked 27 cows and separated
the milk in 50 minutes. w
A Freewater boy caught 10 young
coyotes in their den, and thinks there
ought to be a scalp bounty.
Klamath county has a 110 calf case
that has lasted several weeks and will
cost several hundred dollars.
A Milton man says that the peach
crop of that vicinity will be reduced
one half by the green aphis.
Eastern Oregon people are usually
happy, but they are rather Jollier than
usual Just now on account of plenty of
needed rain.
Wells are belnn sunk in Sunset val
ley, Harney county, and a correspond
ent says there Is more money In doing
this than In selling mouse traps to old
maids.
The Cottage Grove Leader advocates
the creating of a new county oajt of the
southern portion of Lane and tte north
ern portion of Douglas. It wbuld in
clude the Bohemia district.
Josephine county never had a more
flattering prospect .for an abundant
fruit crop than Just now, and there la
an apparent dawn of progress and de
velopment of the natural resources of
this section of the Rogue river valley
which should cheer every resident, says
the Grants Pass Courier.
Frank Pavsy of Burns, who has been
visiting his former home city, Salem,
tells The Statesman that Harney coun
ty, while an Immense territory, contain
ing 10,000 square miles. Is being rap
idly settled. Eighty-seven homestead
claims were filed in the Bums land of
fice last month, and according to Mr.
Davey the number will go over 100 this
month. The new people are coming
from all parts of the country.
Forty-six pickers were working In one
Mijton five acre pea garden Wednesday,
says the Eagle. This shows plainly the
great advantage a fruit growing com
munity haa over one where wheat rais
ing is the principal Industry. While no
one draws a 170.000 check for-one sea
son's crop, as George Peringer of Pen
dleton did, in the aggregate an immense
sum is distributed among the people,
and even the children have money to
spend. '
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Sumpter American: .The season Is
certainly opening nlcsly work has been
resumed on several very promising and
meritorious properties; one property
rich in promise has been transferred
from the idle to the active list; eastern
capital has been Interested in the con
stellation with assurance of extensive'
development; the financing; of the Im
perial Is virtually accomplished; deep
slnklnr is In progress at the Red Boy
and two deals of magnitude and great
import are sow pending. .
;
Union Sddut: It is no wonder that
North Powder la a good business point,
as there are "miles of fin farms well
improved with fertile soil and well Ir
rigated, all tributary to that point. As
a stock, grain and! hay cobntr, combined
Powder ivalley can not be beat in the
northwest. Above the tillable district
there are many square miles Of excel
lent timber that Is Just coralns into no
tice. Further than that North Powder
is not off the map when It comes to
mines. We predict a great future for
that country and nee no- reason why
North Powder should hot be a city of
a60Q people ia few yaaxa. f w. . ' 1
I LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE I
, Answers Dr. Humphrey.
To the Editor of The Journal In your
issue of She 18th Dr. T. C Humphrey,
writing on.-the tax amendment, makes
the same mistake that many, make In
considering economic Questions, and as
sumea' facts that do not exist and con
sequently with perhaps faultless' loglo
reaches conclusions that are far , from
the truth. For instance be assumes
that the value of livestock In eastern
Oregon exceeds that of all other classes
of property combined, when according
luv MicBBUi a urn u iuii ... Mini-
heur county, where the assessors seem
to have a spite against livestock and a
fondness for the holders of the vast
tracts of land held idle, livestock
sessed at a little over 26 per cent of tht
total valuation.
Throughout the state on an average
the farmers would pay an increase of
one sixtn on tneir land values, un
their Improvements, etc., exempted by
the amendment, nothing. Now it is a
fact which the doctor cannot evade that
the cultivated fields of the farmer are
assessed all over the state at higher
rates than the land of equal fertility
and utility. This amendment would
stoD that.
in many oountles the Held Is assessed
at from four to ten times the amount
of the Idle land. One case in Malheur
county where o,000 acres of idle land is
assessed at IS an acre and cultivated
land alongside is put at $30. The
speculator in this Instance is a single
taxer, and if the farmers near by are
not they are no more blind than the
doctor to tne actual racts ally around
them. In Marion county the tax Is 10
mills, and the exempted classes of prop
erty this amendment woUld create are
ufnclent to Increase the tax rate on
the remainder to It mills. A farmer
with 140 acres of land assessed at
15,000 would pay 160 taxes on it now:
with the change made his taxes would
be 160. If he had exempted property
to the assessed value of even SI, 000 he
would pay the same, if 12,000, $10 less.
and so on. Does the doctor believe that
farmer can make a home and live on
and cultivate 100 acres of such farm
lng land as Marion county assesses at
5-0 an acre with less than $1,000 worth
of buildings, teams, implements, furni
ture, orcnara. etc. :
Tne poor farmer alongside the rich
one would have less taxes to pay than
ne has now unless tne poor rarmer naa
so much land that he was a rich, specu
lator. In which he should not be en
couraged to be a dog-in-the-manger.
neitner using nor letting otners use
what he laid on. This poor farmer
argument Is like the "poor widow with
one nigger, the sole means of tilling
ner little field, the, reliance for support
for her large and helpless family,
which was thrown at the Abolitionists
In the ante-bellum days. Behind" that
ildow'g skirts the plutocracy of the
south attempted to hide 4.000,000 slaves,
and did so for two decades. Such poor
farmers flo not exist to any notlceablo
extent, as neither did the poor slave-
holding widows. A man with a rarm
worth 11.000 for lnnd alone need have
but $200 in the exemptions the amend
ment provides for to pay the same taxes
he does now, and if he by Industry and
thrift gets another horse. Cow, wagon,
carpet or a coat of paint on his house
his taxes will not be Increased.
The doctor assumes that manufactur
ing sites are not worth as much as tho
michlnerv and buildings, but In most
of the instances In Portland the sites
are far more valuable, and many fac
tory sites are held more for speculation
than use throughout the state. It has
been demonatrated that any manufactur
ing nlant creates land values around It
and under It greater than the machinery
and buildings. Why drive out from the
state what other localities have demon
strated it pays to. encourage? The in
stances given by the doctor have cre
ated and In some cases are possessed
of more land values than anything else.
The pettv pleading about "tools
owned and 'in use by a mechanic" Is
unworthy of notice. A mecnanic lscon
trirrl linfnu his kit of tools whether
he has them all In his hand at once and!
all the time or not.
Manitoba Is still attracting American
farmers by the thousands because they
are not taxea on meir improvement.
That a number of foreign people in
Wlnnepeg peaceably assembled to peti
tion rnr a renress or rievaur mm-
out being clubbed, snot and rode down
shows eome higher signs of civilization
than exists in New York, but has noth
ing to do with the fact that Manitoba
exempts farm improvements and is at
tracting the best class of Amerlban
farmer, across the llne CRID(3E
Secretary Oregon Tax Reform League.
Thinks Prohibition Did Not Pay.
Portland, May 19. To the Editor of
The Journal Being a regular reader of
The Journal and Interested in Its wel
fare, I am sorry to see you Imposed
upon. I hope you will make this publlo
so that the people may know that your
paper Is not biased. In an editorial
printed on the 8th Inst., entitled "Does
Prohibition Pay?" It is plain that the
paper has been grossly deceived. L. O.
Gates of Kent, Oregon, is quoted as
saying that In two years of prohibition
In Sherman county $25,000 has been
saved to the people and that taxes have
In the nrst place he falls to explain
how all this money has been saved.
Surely not because the people of that
county have been doing a much larger
percentage of their buying at The
Dalles and in Portland since the county
went dry than before! .
In the second place, Mr. Kent is
either woefully Ignorant upon the sub
ject he attempts to discuss or has de
liberately attempted to deceive the pub
lic The taxes in Sherman countv have
not been lower since prohibition went
into effect; they have increased to an
alarming extent.
I do not ask you to aocept my un
supported word, as does the gentleman
from Kent, but refer you to the publlo
records of Sherman county. They will
show that in 1905. the year before pro
hibition went into effect, ths county
tax was 8 mills on the dollar. In 1906
the county tax was Increased to 10
mills and In 1907 Increased to 12
'-The city taxes In Sherman county for
th. sum yr. h90a5-,mr6lnCri9a0S7 :
Mills. Mills. Mills.
Moro . 10 10 10
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This does not look as If taxes had
been reduced by prohibition, does it?
Mr. Kent Is an agent for Balfoun
Guthrie ft Co.. who buy barley from the
farmers of Sherman county to sell to
th brewers. I it possible that Mr.
Kent Is quite the "disinterested busi
ness man pictured In The Jom-nnl s edi
torial? B- lKjOuet.
Opposes Single Tax.
The Dalles. Or., May 17. To the
Editor of The Journal In regard to
the articles published in your paper on
the single tax. I cannot see that anyone
will be benefited except owners of prop
erty who are manufacturers or those
who own fins residence property, where
the Improvements are worth from five
to 20 times the value of the lots they
stand on. Now, some of the writers
favoring the single tax speak of the
large tracts of land held for specula
tion, and of blocks of land in Portland
that are worth several thousand acres
of farm land, which is correct. Now
all such property is subject to tax
under th present system. There Is no
use of a long argument - The point- is
this: The amount of money to be
raised by taxation each year is on the
Increase.- Now 1f we exempt one half
In value from taxation, then In order
to raise the amount we are now raising
under the present system of taxation,
when all kinds of property is subject
to tax. It will be necessary to double
ths tax on the remaining property
which will be. but little beside the land.
Now, as to the -farmer.- gupBpse his
shrubbery, shacks, sheds, stock nd Im
plesaeata to the amount of 11,600 Is
exempt from taxation, and then they
double the levy on his farm land, which
is worth from $5,000 to $20,000. then
won't he be getting It in the neclc for
having a little exemption? The land
owner, let him be farmer or speculator,
who does 'not know better than to vote
"yes" on the amendment, will only be
rn.iL,,,, n no oeserves ne gets n
a the neck.
And now as to the homeseeker who
will be able to gat land cheap from the
peculator on account or hign taxes.
NOW If the tAV a inlnr tl ha an hls-h
on the land held by the speculator that
he will be wllljne; to let It aro for a low
price, to get It off his hands, won't the
homeseeker be a little shy about taking
. Duraen on tne lianas or tne specu
lator? Every landowner, let him be
farmer or speculator, and every voter
in the state of Oregon who is in favor
of fair play, should consider himself
a committee of one to not only be at
the polls on the first day of June to
worn against the single tax amend
ment, but should get busy Immediately,
ior this single tax association seems to
nave me weirare or the farmer at heart.
Just notice in the bill how they have
Itemized his different classes of prop
erty. And why have they not given
us an Idea, of the value of the property
in me ciiies mat is to ne exempt rrotn
taxation?
And now, brother landowner, If this
amendment carries at the June elec
tion, then see If there is not a strong
nun uaioi at tne next legislature to
have the Initiative act rervAnlari ft thv
succeed In that then you can depend
i,u mat nm landowner win nave tne
t0t P7, lUBt lon" money can
vuuiiui mo legislature.
J. C. WINGFIELD.
Visits Socialists' Hall.
Hood River, Or.. May 18 To the Bdl
ior or The Journal A few days ao.
while In Portland, I happened to pass
by the corner of Third and Burnslde
streets, at which place a Socialist lec
turer was holding forth to a mixed
audience of worklngmen, on the merits
and demerits of (he forgot, to mention
the demerits) Socialism. In the course
of his talk he was Interrupted by one
pf the avudlence. who tried to prove
that he had made a misstatement. The
lecturer answered his interruption, but
the man-r-who seemed to hnv. ha a w
much liquor insisted on interrupting
the lecturer, who commanded him to
keep still; and as the man refused to
siient, tne lecturer Jumped off the
box he was, standing on, and knocked
the man who had Interrupted him down
with his fist After having- done this
brutal deed (for one who iilvnmtai
universal peace) the lecturer steDDed
" upira tne ooi ana statea that:
'We are not protected In these meetings.
u w uiuii protect ourselves.
Having read considerable on the sub
Jet of Socialism. I decided to inves
tigate it In the form of a political
organization. I therefore looked nn tlm
DuiiauHi nan, wnicn place i round lo.
cated at 309 Davis street. I was dis
appointed from the start; for I found
the outside of the hall covered with
gsuay signs; tne windows covered with
dirt: the atmosphere Inside the hall
tnica witn the rumes of tobacco smoke
the floor covered with tobacco 1
the .walls covered with the same gaudy
signs that appeared outside, one of
which read like this: "To Hell With
Charity"; and my ears were shocked
witn roul language that a-reeted me on
all aides after becoming dlsarusted with
tne aire ana rout language that per-
vauea tne naiL. i aeciaea to laav.
As I SteDDed out UDon the sidewalk In
front of the hall, a poor deluded relig
ious ianatio crossed tne street and
topped in iront or tne nan (he was
carrying a large wooden cross made of
old planks upon his shoulders! and
started to talk to the men who were
assembled In front of the hall. In
short time the inmates of the hall
gathered upon the sidewalk and began
to jeer ana noot at tins poor fellow
the speaker mentioned above and the
state secretary, of the Socialist party
being among the leaders. One of the
crowd, a small man with a llirht mous
tache. a red necktie, a Socialist button
upon his laDel. and a loud voice, bain?
especially aggressive In hooting at and
ridiculing tnis poor rellow. Finally, the
man with the cross beoomlng disgusted
with this treatment, turned, and with
out a word of reoroach. left the crowd
ana passed up the street.
What have these "defenders of free
speech and preachers of universal
peace" to say in defense of their action
in knocking people down for Interrupt
ing tnern ana jeering ana mocking a
poor fanatic who tries to exercise his
right to speak upon the streets 7
What have these people who claim
that Socialism will develop or aid to
develop the humane and artistic side
of man's nature; to say In defense of
tneir gaudy signs, vile language and
filthy hall?
What have these "defenders of wo
men's" rights to say In defense of
their hall, which Is located in the most
disreputable part of the city the north
end and Is a place no self-respecting
woman would visit?
What defense, indeed!. Excent that
of denial, which would be a very poor
weapon, for the reason that anyone
who doubts the truth or these asser
tions can prove the substance of them
by visiting the hall and investigating
for himself.
But perhaps these Socialists are the
product or tneir environment.
JQHN CLARK.
Looking to t,he Future.
To the Editor of The Journal--Port
land oannot escape her destiny, that of
being one of the great cities of the
country. IJer location as a distributing
point, her rich and extensive tributary
territory, her climate, all point to a
great future. Looking ahead a score of
years. It Is not hard to foresee that the
east side win oe tne resiaence section
of Portland.
Granting: this fact would it not be
well for the city to make provision for
the future pleasure and welfare of the
residents of this part of the city? Four
blocks norm or tne business district at
Sunnynlde there is a tract of woodland
consisting of from 40 to 60 acres.' This
is almost in the heart of the residence
district and I understand the owners
are contemplating chopping- down these
splendid evergreen trees and cutting the
tract up into residence lots. Is it not
possible for the city to secure this tract
of woods for a city park? Ten or 15
years from now It will cost twice its
present price. Some one has called ths
parks the lungs of a city. Portland, the
commercial metropolis, Is a term we are
proud of, hut will we not be even more
proud of the appellation "Portland the
Beautiful"? Can we afford to sacrifice
beauty and pleasure and healthfulnes
to commercialism? One cannot live in
Portland without having a great affec
tion for It, and it is its beauty its
wooded hills, Its gleaming river. Its ver
dant lawns that appeals to one. Let us
do everything possible to preserve its
beauty, rot only for our own pleasure,
but for .the good of the coming genera
tion. Can you suggest any plan by
which thf olty can secure this beautiful
woodland tract as a city park?
FRED LOCK LEY.
This Date in History. .
1471 Albert Durer, celebrated painter,
born. Died April 1S28.
1774 Charter of Massachusetts an
nulled and people declared rebels by
parliament f . .
1776 Declaration of Independence
adopted at Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
1781 Rev. David Dudley Field, Amer
ican clergyman and writer, born. Died
April 16. 1867. .
1826 Rev. 'Antoinette Brown Black
well, first woman ordained as a minis
ter, born near .Rochester. New York.
1858 Capture of the Pelho forts.
IgfiS French and Sardinians defeated
the Austrlans at MontebelTov--- - ,
1879 st Patrick s cathedral. New
York City, dedicated. .; r ; , .
A single millinery store in Pendleton
is large enbufch to contain four Merry
Widow hats, and a Jew others besides.
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77e REALM -
A'
MONO the things that surely must.
tend ' seriously to confuse the
mind Of the young men . and
women who are - growing; up
among us,, the modern up to data
story of the man and girl who fall des
perately In love with each other after
an acquaintance of a few hours surely
la entitled to first place;
Nearly every magazine has one of this
kind, -In one narrative the lovely he
roine arrives for a week-end visit and
finds every one gone from the house ex
cept a handsome man In flannels, who
takes her out rowing. By the time .the
rest of the family get back the young
people are engaged. Another, even more
extremely modern, lands the hero, an
aeronaut, at the feet of the girl In a
sunbonnet no not on her feet, but
never mind and by the time he nasi
taken 'off his wings and they have dis
cussed bees for half an hour and walked
back to the lodge, it is suddenly dis
covered that she will never marry Lord
What's-Hls-Name, but loves only the
flying machine man and he her forever.
It must be very easy to write this
kind of a story, for no such little thing
as a previous acquaintance, individual
characteristics or crankiness, orecon-
celved opinions, nor the duty one party
or tne ouier may owe to parents or
riardlans need be taken Into account
voiding all the difficulties and. dan-
fers which have previously belonged to
he oath of true love, as told by the
older novelists, the magazine writer of
the get married quick story aancea nis
puppets along the road to matrimony
in a haze of bliss. The data for this
sort is remarkably simple. Dramatis
personae, man, woman. Time, one hour
un a summer day. Setting, beach resort
or woodland. Tableau and there you
are.
But as I was sayintr. it must be con
fusing to the mind of the young person
whose ideas on love and marriage are
of necessity formed largely by reading.
The trouble la that this predlgested love
episode leads the two people concerned
at a double quick up to the marriage
altar, and there leaves them, absolutely
Ignorant of each other's natures or dls-
riosltlon, and prepared to start married
lfe with a fuscinatins; dimple and a
pair of broad shoulders or a squaro, de
termined chin. Not that these charac
teristics militate against marital happi
ness, but It must be admitted that they
are a mighty small stock In trade.
II we talKed to our young peopiu
about this weighty subject of mar
riage which we seldom do we should
be likely to warn them that personal
fascination coes but a short way toward
ntaklng the long Journey agreeable ami
easy. That Mariana's easy way of tak
ing life as too amusing to require any
steadfast opinion on anything, may
easily lead to slatternly housekeeping,
and as she grows older, a wishy-washy
complaisance that would surely mad
den a neat, aggressive man who had
to live With her. That Daniel's square
chin determination, which is an excel
lent trait for his own forwarding, miKiit
naturally develop Into the cocksnreness
and Intolerance which his father mani
fests and which makes that Individual
so difficult to eet along with.
We should tell them (supposing- that
we talked to them about these things)
that the quiet, self effacing sister of
th nrottv Mariana Is the Elrl who will
by her unselfishness make her husband
happy ana comiortaoie, aim ui wrr
lei's brother, who has brushed up
against people enough to have lost hla
intolerance will make his wife happy
by allowing her to express an opinion
occasionally, anu even un a tu&iivi w
take her advice.
No. no this marry In haste has been
tried and found wanting. The kind of
love with which to start married life
Is not the kind that grows to Its full
height In an afternoon. It takes mu
tual give and take, a knowledge of the
weak Doints as well as the strong ones
of the object of one's affections and a
Seriod of testing which even one whole
ay is not too long to prove.
Mariana's dimple and Daniel s squaro
chin are all right In their way, but
what is Marianna's mother like at 60
years, and what sort or an individual
Is Daniel's father when his hair has
grown gravT And have thSlr life part
ners found happiness?
K It
Electricity as Food.
EATINO raw fruits we absorb
vital electricity. This is a novel
principle of dietetics which has
been dlsoovered by A. a Balnea, an au
thority on food reform, according to a
London letter to the New York Ameri
can. By means of a galvanometer of
remarkable sensitiveness, Mr. Balnea
has discovered that all fruits, nuts and
vegetables are while alive storage bat
teries of electricity. "When they die or
are killed by cooking the insulation be
tween the negative and positive sys
tems is "destroyed. ,
In an orange, says Mr. Balnea, each
alternate section is a charged cell which
causes the galvanometer to record a
current These cells are Insulated by
their skins and collectively they consti
tute a battery whlcn la insulated by the
rind of the fruit.
Baby's Xight Meal.
THE meal at night becomes a burden
to the mother, and Is after a
certain ace unnecessary
certain age unnecessary for the
child.
At six months usually, and -by eight
months quite certainly, a child can go
from 10 at night till perhaps 6 in the
morning without rood, and it is better
for him to do so. It may be accom
plished by arranging the day's meals so
that the last comes at 10 p. an. Then
If the child wakes and cries for food
give him a drink of water and put him
Back to sleep. If he will not go to
sleep wait till considerably after the
usual time for feeding, and each night
that this happens put off the meal a
little lonaer. Usually two or three
nights will settle the matter. Much of
the dirricuity . comes rrom reeaing a
nhlM whenewa it fries, until it Is
taught that lt cannot ko to sleep with
out feeding when overfeeding may be
the real cause ot restlessness.
-'lltsy
TheJ)aily Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal. Minced Liver on Toast
.-Graham Gems. Coffee.
1 1 LUNCHEON.
Veal Loat Saratoga Potatoes.
Shrimp Salad.
Rhubarb. 'Cream Puffs. Tea,
, DINNER.
Oxtail Soup. Lamb Potphs.
Ripe Olives. Radishes.
Creamed Potatoes.
Artichokes With Mayonnaise.
Pineapple Cake, Whipped Cream.
Coffee.
T.amh Potnie Stew slowly the re-
mains'of a roast or a shoulder piece of
nrlna- lamb, seasoned with salt and
Sepper and a little catsup. When done
rop batter in spoonfuls for dumplings
and cook covered 10 minutes and un
covered 10 minutes. Sprinkle with
chopped parsley.
Pineapple Cake Rub half a cup of
butter and one cup of sugar to a light
cream, add the beaten yolks of two eggs,
one half cup of milk, one and one half
cups of flour mixed and sifted with
one. and one half teaspoons of 'baking 1
fiowder, one half teaspoon . of ( lemon
ulce and finally fold ,.in layers. Spread
with pineapple v filling and tsover the'
top with plain boiled frosting. ,
Pineapple filling NPare and arrets a A
medium sited pineapple, let simmer un--
til well reduced, add an equal measure
of sugar, cook to a marmalade, add ths, '
gratod rind and Juice of half a lemon
and CooL . . ' --.. ,
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